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Evening star., 1949-03-07

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Graduated Levy
Asked in Proposal
Before Senate
By the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 7. - The
Maryland Senate will consider as
a special order of business tonight
a constitutional amendment to
authorize a graduated income tax.
The amendment is sponsored
by Senator Edward D. Storm,
Democrat, of Frederick County to
give the voters a chance to eX-
press their sentiments on a grad
uated tax system. If approved,
the amendment would go to ref
erendum in the 1850 general elec-
ton.
Mr.. Storp introduced the pro-
posed amendment after he was
stymied in his attempt to reduce
the tax rate on the first $1,000 OF
unearned income. He argued that
that would give relief to 1.-THE
little felloW''-the retired teacher,
pension holder. etc.
His proposal was discarded,
however, when it was labeled a
graduated income tax That
form of taxation (where the rate
is set according to the ability to
pay, has been generally consid-
cred contrary to the Maryland
constitution.
Amendment Introduced.
Mr.. Storm said he didn't want
to push his bill as long as it was
questionable whether graduated
taxation is constitutional. He said
he introduced the constitutional
amendment, on the advice of At
torney General Hall Hammond. to
clear up the question.
Expected to be introduced in
the Senate tonight as the law
makers return for their final
month of the 1949 session is bill
to provide more State aid for
schools.
The measure. sponsored by
Minority Leader Kimble. Senator
j. G.. Turnbull of Baltimore
county and several others. would
quadruple the incentive fund,
under which the State matches
County appropriations for school
construction on a sliding scale
basis.
Bonus Hearing Set.
The Senate Finance Committee
will hold a hearing at II am. to-
morrow on proposal for a $780,
100000 veterans bonus.
And the Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries Committee will hold a
hearing tomorrow afternoon on a
bill sponsored by Senator Louis
Goldstein, Democrat, of Calvert
County to create a Maryland-Vir-
ginia Potomac River oyster COM
mission. The measure is designed
to end the bi-State oyster war
over conflicting regulations in the
Potomac.
Mr.. Goldstein's committee also
is considering early, action on
bill to reVamp the State Tide
water Fisheries Commission. He
has indicated he will abandon
hope of saving an oyster-leasing
provision in the same admins
tfation measure.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Maryland Plane Crash
Fatal 10 Farm Manager
By the Associoted Press

CENTREVILLE. Md, Mar. T.
A small airplane crashed on. a
farm near here yesterday. killing
a passenger and critically injur-
ing the pilot.
State police identified the dead
man as Tom Lord. manager of
the L. A. Andrus farm near
Queenstown.
Taken to the Easton Hospital
with critical injuries was Roland
S. Patchett of near Queenstown.
The plane, rented craft from
Webb Airport in Easton, smashed
to the ground on the Walnut
Grove farm of S. w. Blakslee, 4
miles from this Queen Annes
County town.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Women Voters 10 Share
In French Film Proceeds

The Prince Georges County
League of Women Voters will
share in the proceeds from the
French film, Beauty and the
Beast" during it's presentation at
the Greenbelt Theater, March %
and %.
Money for tickets sold by men,
bers of the League before March
20 will help defray expenses in
Cured by the organization IN pub
fishing various reports on county
government and schools
They can be bought from Mrs
Fred Peterson of &C Hillside
road, Greenbelt, or Mrs. George
Ellowitz, 2704 Webster street
Mount Rainier,
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Chicken Breeding Contest
Announced by U. Of Nd.
By the Associoted Press

This years chicken of tomor-
row" program will be held from
next Monday to June %. DR.. Nor
ley A. JUL, head of the University
of Maryland poultry department.
announced.
The project is intended to slim
ulate interest in the breeding of
high-quality broilers. The Great
Atlantic g. Pacific Tea Co. will
award State championship tro-
ply to the owner of the best entry.
All Maryland poultry breeders
are eligible to enter, including
poultry-project members of the
z-H Club and the Future Farmers
of America.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Ar|ingtonBoa
To Get Record
Budget Tonight
Larger Allowances
Reported Asked by
Severcl Departments

A record breaking proposed Ar
lington budget will be presented
to the County Board by County
Manager A. T. Lundberg at 8
o'clock tonight.
Although contents of the pro-
posal will not be revealed until
tonight, it was known that a
number of county departments
have asked for increased allow
ances. The current operating
budget for general county pur-
poses, exclusive of schools, public
assistance, and certain sewer and
water counts, amounts to
slightly less than $5,000,00O.
The school budget for 1949-50
already has been presented to the
county manager. AS proposed by
the school department, it totals
$3,067,O56, exclusive of capital i'm
provements. This is an increase
of approximately $800,000 over
the current figure.
Assessments Increase.
The real estate tax rate now is
1925 per 500 assessed valuation.
The assessment base, as a result
of new construction during the
past year, will be about $15,000,-
600 more than the $T21 100000
used for the present budget. This
will yield an estimated $450,000 in
new revenue at the present rate.
In addition, the county expects
to get about 100000 from new
business and professional and
motor vehicle license taxes.
The increased school budget, If
unchanged the County Board,
would require additional funds
equal to a 50-cent raise in the
1925 tax rate.
A $6,342,000 school construction
program is being financed from
bond issues. A county incinera-
tor and garbage disposal plant
also is to be built with a $750,00
bond issue, which already has
been approved by the voters.
Among groups which will ask
for increased funds at a public
budget hearing at 8 pm, March
"a, in the court house, will be the
County Firemens Association.
New Switchboard Sought.
John Paul Jones, association
president. said today that sep
arate switchboard to handle fire
calls will be requested. Mr.. Jones
pointed out that most other com.
munities in the Washington area
have such facilities.
Fire calls now are taken by the
police switchboard, which also dis
patches equipment from the coun-
tvs eight companies.
Mr.. Jones said also that the
firemen's group will request three
pieces of firefighting equipment to
replace obsolete engines. He said
two new fire companies also are
needed. One should be in the
Country Club Hills section and
the other in the area west Of
Glebe road on Columbia pike, Mr..
Jones declared.
He noted that Arlington had
eight fire companies in 1888 when
the population was only $4,000.
To-day. with a population near
100000, the county still has only
eight companies" Mr.. Jones as
serted
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Prince Georges zoning Plan
Available Before Hearing

Copies of the proposed master
zoning plan for Prince Georges
County will be available for in
spection before the county COM
misSioners' hearing March 80.
Linden Briscoe, clerk to the
commissioners, said that copies
of the proposed ordinance and
zoning maps of the Washing
ton. regional district within the
county will be available at the
courthouse, Upper Marlboro and
County Service Building. Hyatts-
Vile.
Copies also will be on hand at
the county Office of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission in the Queens
Chapel shopping center. West
Hyattsville, Mr.. Briscoe said.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
By the Associated Press

TOWSON, Md, Mar. Mrs.
Monette Burns was in police GUS
tody today, charged with killing
her estranged husband on dare.
Police filed a murder charge
against the 4O-year-old Parkville
resident, after finding the body of
Emmett T. Burns, 38, at her home
yesterday. They said she had
confessed to the Staying.
Mr.. Burns had been separated
months. and had been living at
the Boumi Temple Lodge in Bal
timore.
A .25-caliber pistol lay beside his
body when police found it yester-
day, and hospital officials said he
had been shot in the face, chest.
left arm and right leg.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Capital Transit Hints
'0f New Fare Increase
In Annual Statement

The hint of the possibility of
another fare increase was con-
tanned in a Capital Transit Co.
annual statement mailed to stock
holders today by President E. D.
Merrill.
While the company obtained
rate increases from the Public
Utilities Commission in May, 1947
and October, 1948. Mr.. Merrill told
the stockholders, the adequacy of
these has not yet been determined
while gross operating revenues
and net income under. the new
transit fares show material i'm
provement, the adequacy of the
rate is yet undetermined" Mi
Merrill declared.
Firm Earrings Cited.
The president pointed out the
firm is earning only slightly more
than 2 per cent on rate base OF
about 80 million dollars"
A decline in the number of pas
sengers and rising labor and ma
terial costs were cited by Mr..
Merrill. He also pointed to the
problems incident to shifting pop
ulation and new shopping centers
and theaters. involving changing
transportation factors.
Mr.. Merrill advised the stock
holders that operating income
from transit operations (exclud-
ing the Glen Echo Amusement
Park totaled S672,685 for 1948.
He declared the years net income
reached $39O,665 or $1.63 a COM
mon share. The new rate of fare
for the last two months of the
year only was reflected in these
figures. he said.
Showed Net Loss in 1947.
The firm showed a net loss of
$90,631 in 1947 and for nine
months dividends were omitted.
But dividends of so cents a share
were resumed in the last quarter
of 1948.
Increased availability of private
automobiles was blamed for q
steady drop in revenue over the
last several years. Mr.. Merrill
conceded, however. the added
fares probably cut the number of
short rides temporarily.
1948 total revenue passengers
reached 42,982,247 compared
with 380,711,307 in 1947. a cut of
99 per cent, the company de-
clared.
Bus Operation Costs Jump.
Operating costs per mile for
buses jumped from 2O.45 cents in
1910 to 44.27 cents per mile in
1948, while streetcar costs rose
from 1921 cents per mile in 1910
to $3.50 cents last year, Mr..
Merrill declared.
In 1948. about SO cents of each
revenue dollar went for payroll
costs. the report asserted. The
company will pay $550,000 for
track relocations and other facili-
ties at the new Dupont Circle
underpass, Mr.. Merrill told the
stockholders.
Fare increases granted by the
PUG brought the weekly pass
price from $1.25 to $1.75; tokens
went from three to Is cents to
three for IS cents and cash fares
were raised from a dime to 13
cents
Evening star., 1949-03-07
PTA to Meet in Tukomu Park

A demonstration of audio-visual
aids used in the Takoma Park
Junior High School will be given
at a meeting of the Parent
Teacher Association at pm
Wednesday. A square dance will
be held at 8 pm. tomorrow at
the school for the benefit of the
Teen-age Canteen.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Virginia Pilot Is Killed
In Trainer Crash Landing
BY the Assoeioted Press

SUFFOLK, Va, Mar. 7.-Bryan
Rose of Portsmouth was killed ir
an airplane crash yesterday neal
Monogram Airfield about 10 miles
northeast of here.
Mr.. Rose. flying solo, had taken
trainer off from Roosevelt Air
port near Portsmouth and wa:
coming in for a landing at the
former naval auxiliary field neal
here when the plane sideslippec
and spun into anearby field. He
was killed instantly.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Burcroft PTA to Meet

The Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton of the Bancroft School will
hold an open house at 7:30 pm
Wednesday at the school, 625
South Wakefield street, Arlington
A business session will begin al
I8.15 pm.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Jewish Veterans PIun
Services in ARLINGTON

Services will be held at $50
pm. Friday at the Arlington
Jewish Center, sponsored by the
Robert L. Cohen Post, Jewish War
Veterans.
Aaron Tollin. former National
president will speak on The Jew
ish War Veteran and his Com
munitV."
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Hudossu to Hear Finder

Harry Finder, press attache OF
the Israeli Embassy will speak at
the second annual donor buffet
supper of the Arlington-F Fairfax
Chapter of Hadassa at $3.50 pm
Sunday, in the Terrace Room
Washington National Airport.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Club to Visit Assembly

Members of the Women's Demo
cratic Club of Silver Spring will
attend sessions of the General AS
sembly at Annapolis tonight. Mrs
George w. Eiker, president, said
the visit will take the place of the
clubs March meeting.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Club to Present Operettu

"The Mikado" will be presented
by the Clef and Key Club of the
University of Maryland at 8:15
o'clock tonight and each night
through Saturday in Central Audi
torium at the university.
Evening star., 1949-03-07
Silver Spring Bake Sole Set

A bake sale will be held by the
Women's Society of Marvin Meth
odist Church, -Four Corners, Silver
Spring, Md. at 2 pm. Saturday
at the church.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Woymock Sees Atomic Power
As Next Major Step in Field

Mr.. Waymack adds. It may be
solved in any one of three ways, or
combination of more than one of
them, which he pointed out:
First, the location of more rich
uranium deposits such as the ones
in Czechoslovakia and the Belgian
Congo. both of which were worked
for their radium content before the
war.
Second, Mr.. Waymack pointed to
the much-less-rich deposits that can
conceivably be exploited by large
scale operations of extraction and
refining.
Finally, there are the possibilities
of revolutionary breeder piles" !"
Mr.. Waymack placed particular
emphasis on these piles" COR re-
actors or atomic furnaces: the
words all mean the same) that theo-
retically can produce more fuel
than they use.
Radio-Is0topes in Use.
Research in many important di-
rections has not waited for the de-
velopment of power reactors or the
finding of uranium deposits. Work
with -isotopes has put them
into practical use already in the
fields of medicine, agriculture and
industry, Mr. Waymack said.
Radio-isotopes are atoms of any
element Qike carbon or phosphorus
or iron that vary slightly in weight
from normal atoms and that give
off radiation which allows them to
be traced through the life pro-
cesses of animals or plants and also
Evening star., 1949-01-27
By Bob Spieael

DES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. 81
Development of reactors for the
production Of atomic power should
be the next major step in the atomic
energy field, in the opinion of
w. w. Waymack, who recently re-
signed as a member Of the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Mr.. Waymack is back on his Coon
Holler farm home to rest for at
least six months" Former editor Of
the Des Moines Register and
Tribune, he was appointed to the
five-man commission when it was
formed in November, 1916.
Mr.. Waymack contends that
atomic power production and growth
of general knowledge of atomic
energy are extremely important to
the Nations defense potential"
probably as important as the bomb.
Laboratory Building Reactor.
The foymer commissioner said
the BroJlhaven National Labora- =
tory on Long Island, N. Y, is build
! ing a new atomic-power reactor
now, which will be demonstrated
soon.
People should understand, he
thinks, that, unlike familiar kinds
of power plants, any atomic power
Ireactor must meet severe new con-
ditions. He mentioned three:
! l. It must be made to stand ex-
tremely high temperatures for long
periods of times.
You can't spend millions of dol
lars to build reactor, taking sew
eral years to do it, and then have
it run seven days and STOP" Mr.
lWaymack said
2. It must be made to withstand
prolonged periods of great internal
radiation"
This Is something new" Mr..
Waymack said. The intensity Of
atomic radiation is far beyond any
thing ever experienced before" He
said most of our we'll known and
commonly used materials are mo
good" for use in atomic reactors.
SO new ones, plus new purities of
some old ones. have to be produced
3. 1t must be made of materials
that do not absorb neutrons.
Neutrons Split Atom.
'It is the neutrons which are
used to split the uranium or plu-
tonium atom that sustain the neces-
sary chain reaction. Mr.. Waymark
said
One flying neutron hits the core
Of a splittable atom and splits it.
Fresh neutrons fly out in the split
ting process, then fresh ones split
other similar atoms: and so on.
But we don't have neutrons to
spare, and if building materials
gobble up the neutrons, it will de-
feat the whole operation" he added.
Mr.. Waymack explained that the
problem of proper radiation
shield. to protect people from deadly
radiation, is the big stumbling block
in using atomic power to drive an
airplane, ship or locomotive.
He said that the educated
guesses" still say practical use of
atomic power on significant scale
Is 20 to 80 years away.
Feels Period Can Be Cut.
But is Is Americas job to cut
that period, at least for uses In
which dollar costs are secondary.
And this, he thinks, can be done.
In the meantime, Mr.. Waymack
warns that the United States Is not
self sufficient in the supply Of
uranium for all purposes.
The search for an adequate"
supply OF natural uranium, part of
which Q/140th) is the fashionable or
splittable variety, Is not hopeless,
Evening star., 1949-01-27
industrial processes.

through Industrial processes.
lowering over all research and
development in the United States Is
progress made by Russia in the
atomic energy field. Mr.. Waymack
referred obliquely to it when he
commented that there is nothing
panicky" about Frances develop
ment of an infant reactor under a
Communist, DR.. Frederick Joliet
Curie.
Intelligent Americans, including
especially our atomic scientists, have
been telling us all along that the
only possible way for us to keep
ahead in this field is by making
progress ourselves, faster progress
than anybody else-not solely by
sitting tight with things we have
previously learned, and certainly
not by moaning whenever some
body else takes short step that we
took several years ago." he said.
Sees No Early Agreement.
Questioned about prospects for
iAleC1 CllClSy u,
Mr.. Waymack was not optimistic as
to early abandonment of the Rus
sian bloc of its opposition to Amer
ica's proposals. There Is no par
ticularly encouraging sign of break
in the ice jam at present." he said.
Apparently We are in for a con-
siderable period of deadlock. That,
of course, is just my personal
hunch."
Mr.. Waymack hammers the need
for education in atomic energy at
every turn. He believes that progress
Is being made in education but that
accelerated self education" is ur-
gently necessary. The constant
threat of war adds to the urgency.
1T is not necessary that every one
be an expert on atomic energy" Mr..
Waymack said, "but everyone should
have a basic understanding of it as
I'VE do of radio, automobile end air.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

commission policy it considers
harmful to National security. Mr..
Waymack said that the military
group had made only one such ap-
peal. This concerned the custody OF
completed weapons and was decided
In favor of continued civilian con-
troll last summer.
This appeal was made without
acrimony," he said.
Copyright, 1949. North American
Newspaper AllianceD
Evening star., 1949-01-27

plane. Without this basic knowl-
edge, panic might result ir the case
of war or even in the case of a war
scare"
Glancing back over his two years
as member of the commission, Mr..
Waymack considers its relationship
with the military branch to have
been well handled. The atomic
energy control law provides that the
military has the right to direct ap-
peal to the President against any
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

the crop is ensiled.
The losses of carotene
as influenced by the
method of curing al
falfa is clearly shown
by tests conducted by
the bureau of dairy
industry at their re-
search center at Belts
vile, Md. In this test
alfalfa was harvested
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

hay. The carotene content of hay
appears to be fairly closely related
to the green color.
The carotene is better preserved
in ensiled crops. Furthermore, there
is generally less destruction of the
carotene by the suns rays before
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

Total carotene intake -. .40+
Now there is a deficiency of SO
milligrams. In this case the cow
would likely produce fairly well for
several weeks but ultimately the de-
ficiency would affect her health,
milk production and perhaps her re-
production. In this case the defici~
ency might be corrected by substi-
tuting 4 or 5 pounds of choice alfal-
ia hay for an equal amount of hay
fed.
Example S. Ration for brood sow.
Daily requirement 20 mig.
Daily Ration
s lbs ground barley Very
IA Id. tankage little
v ID. soybean oil meal) carotene
Brood sows fed the above ration
would do well for a while but ulti-
mately would do poorly. To correct
this the addition of a pound of choice
pea-green alfalfa hay would provide
the necessary carotene. See table ii.
While no figures are available as
to the animal livestock losses in
Montana due to retarded growth,
breeding difficulties and death losses
as a result of a carotene deficiency,
it is evident that much better re-
suits would be obtained if our hay
crop was harvested, cured and stored
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

and cured as silage, barn cured hay
and field cured hay. Table l shows
the loss of carotene in micrograms
per gram of dry matter.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01
It's Carotene That Counts
Continued from page y

From tables ii and III ese can
determine with some degree of ac-
curacy if his animals are receiving
the required amount of carotene.
To illustrate this point the fol-
lowing examples are given:
Example l. Winter rations for
beef breeding cows.
Milligarms
Daily Ration of Carotene
Is lbs. oat straw at i mig.
per ID.
l Id. cotton seed cake 100
Total carotene intake AS
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

Total carotene intake .344
This is three times her require
ment. The surplus, however, is de-
sirable as it will increase the vita
min content of the milk produced.
Example 4. Ration for dairy COW
weighing 1900 pounds.
MilIigrams
Daily Ration of Carofene
10 lbs. nonlegume hay at
4. mig. per Id. .............4 40
20 lbs. stack brown hay
at very lttle) ............ =?
10 lbs. grain at very little) =. ?
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

**Heated air used with first crop,
unheated air with second crop.
The above table shows a very
marked decrease in the carotene
content of the alfalfa while it was
left to dry out in the field. The mi
tial loss was greatly reduced when
the alfalfa was made into silage. In
all three methods of curing there
was a gradual loss of carotene while
the alfalfa was in storage. Note,
however, that the alfalfa silage when
fed contained three to four times
more carotene per gram of dry mat
ter than did the barn-cured hay, and
the barn-cured hay had two to three
times nor carotene than the field
cured hay. The field-cured hay that
had been rained upon was greatly
inferior to the hay cured without
getting rained on.
Amount of Carofene Needed
The amount of carotene recon-
mended per day for the various
farm animals is taken from the Ma
tional Research council reports of
1914 and 1915. These recommended
tons are based upon the findings of
the leading research workers in this
particular field of animal nutrition.
Table 2 shows the milligrams of
carotene needed daily by the various
farm animals.
T6uT TT
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01

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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-06-01
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