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Evening star., 1949-04-07
Nv THE HAsKEs SERVICE

: O. OF what metals are most aiTplans mo-
tor pistons made7 Are they Of barrel
type shape and II %. why7-H. w.
A. The Department OF the Air Force says
that most airplane motor plstons are made
OF aluminium 10 which an alloy 10 added Tor
hardness All pistons are barrei-ahaped but
the sides are straight UP and down, rather
than buiaed at the center a. In q barrel.
This shape Is necessary for maximum iuori-
cation. minimum friction best efficiency.
and ease of fabrication.
@ When did Franklin D. Roosevelt hrst
use the slogan New Deal" In hia political
speeches7--F. N. b.
A. As Governor Of New York. Franklin %.
Roosevelt used the slogan. "A New Deal"
during his presidential campaign Of issz.
After the election. Or. Herbert Baysfd
swope the noted journalist. urged Rooss-
welt 70 publicize the expreskisn and II be-
came The New Deal" in subsequent
speeches.
O. How s shredded wheat mAde7-N T.,
A. In the process Of making shredded
wheat. hard wheat h dry-elesned. steam
cooked. and stored In steel tanks for 10
hours Shredded between Krooved rollers
under / TOO pounds pressure. II sm%rgea In
10 tnrendlike layers wnscn are cut Hsbo
biscuits and baked for 10 minutes
G. what Ia the origin Of mess" In refer
ence TO persons eating togsshsri-B. u. q.
A. The original meaning Of mess" waa Q
portion of food. II comes from the Freneh
word. meta, Wand. or dish. II was used -
early "a 1888 for the groups into which Q
ships company or o regiment 10 systsmAii-
caIiy divided for eating meals together. "a
early a 1890. II vas used for q small group
of persons eating together. generally four.
Evening star., 1949-04-07

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Evening star., 1949-04-07

Classroom acoustics are so poor, they
say that three American school children
out of four couldn't hear the teacher If
they were paying attention.
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Questions and Answers

A reader can set the snswsY - aaJ sassil"n 81
fact by wrtins The Essnlhs stGt Iafafmatl9a
bureau, ala / street ME-. wsshtBsien G.
Please Ineiass three tsl essts TOT return peaiass.
Evening star., 1949-04-07
MARGARET w. ANDERSON
Married Women Who Work

MARRIED w omen VINO WOTk
To the Editor OF The Star:
I would like to reply to the letter written
by j. Abner Perkins and printed In your
column recently. He complains about mar
ried women In Federal jobs.
In defense of married women. may I sug-
gest that If his daughter cannot find work.
it is certainly not the fault Of employees who
are already working?
Most married women's husbands make
enough to provide food and shelter. but If
q woman wants few little luxuries these
days. she has to put her shoulder to the
wheel also. say: More power to married
woman who has the strength to keep house
and the brains to work in an office besides
Most married women do have children and
are trying to lay little money aside for
them. I believe that most Of the married
women who do not have children wanted
them but were denied them for some reason
or other, SO their jobs are their only saliva
ton. II they had nothing but housework,
they could not sublimate their Loneliness
and we would have more middle-aged women
having nervous breakdowns than are In
mental hospitals today. Doesn't Mr.. Perkins
know that when o person is barred from
working made to feel useless in the world.
then that person begins to deteriorate?
SPEAKING FROM EXPERIENCE.
SSA Denies PropaSanda Iharse
TO the Editor Of The Star:
MY attention has been called to the
editorial In your issue Of March 70.
captioned Publicity and Propaganda.
You use as the text of your editorial 9
quotation from task force Of the Hoover
Commission on Organization Of the Execu-
tive Branch to the effect that the advocates
of social security have given wide publicity
to the benefits to be derived and little pub
licity to the costs of such benefits. think
you had q right TO assume that the report
of this task force was correct. However.
I think you and your readers ought TO know
that the allegations which you quoted from
this report are wholly untustified by the
facts
The facts are that on every possible occa-
sion we have emphasized the increasing
costs Of the old-age and survivors insurance
system The Board of Trustees Of the Old
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund
issues an annual report which shows the
increasing costs Of benefits. The Social
Security Board tnow the Social Security
Administrator has issued tventy-essns
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Post Office Ready
For YuIetide Rush
Postmaster Simpson, Predict
ing A Record Mailing, Asks
COOPERATION OF Public.

In announcing this week that the
Yuletide season at the Post Office is
now in full swing, Postmaster
Thomas NJ. Simpson makes his an
nual appeal for the early mailing of
greeting cards and gift packages.
The Postmaster expects the great
est flood of Yuletide mail in local
history. He predicted it would ex-
coed, by a considerable margin, the
record breaing 1913 holiday season.
This years deluge of Christmas
mail will be a strain on post office
facilities severely" he stated, "but
we'll get everything delivered by
Christmas if the public cooperates
intellectually"
Christmas packages for distant
States should be mailed December
5, he declared. All Yuletide parcel
post should be on its way by De-
cember 10.
Christmas cards to friends and
loved ones should be deposited by
December Is.
The Postmaster also asks that the
public stop at the post office as soon
as possible to purchase the extra
stamps they are going to need, thus
avoiding the last-minute crowds.
He also reminds you that the post
al rate for unsealed cards has now
been increased from 112 cents to 2
cents each, and he further recon-
mends the mailing of Christmas
cards at the First Class rate of 3
cents, which insures quicker deliv-
cry.
In final statement, Mr.. Simpson
said that while some packages of
course will be delivered before
Christmas, the use of the old fami-
liar do Not Open Until Christmas
stickers will prevent those to whom
you are sending your gifts peeking
before the big day arrives.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Planning Group
Members Announced

Mayor Mills submitted the names
of the men he had selected for the
new coming and planning commits
sion, and all the nominees were
unanimously approved by the Coun-
Gil They are:
Claude M. Potterfeld, assistant
cashier of the Second National Bank,
for term of two years; P. J. Pot
ter, executive vice-president of the
Pangborn Corporation, for a term of
three years; Nelson B. Rowe, real
estate agent, for a term of four
years; and George H. Hornbaker, di-
vision engineer of the Western
Maryland Railway, for term of
five years.
Under the terms of the ordinance
setting up the commission, Mayor
Mills will also be a member.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
The Playing Of
Christmas Music

The Mayor and Council cleared up
some misunderstanding that was
prevalent regarding the use of loud
speakers for the playing of Christ
mas music during the holiday sea-
son. City Attorney Francis H. Urn
er quoted the city ordnance and
pointed out that it only affects the
use of outside loudspeakers by COM
mercial firms, and has no bearing
whatever on the playing of sacred
music within the city limits by such
organizations as the Salvation Army,
the Volunteers of America and the
Elks Club, which last year sent out
those beautiful carols through a
loudspeaker in the Christmas tree
in the square. These organizations
and others of a similar kind, simply
have to apply to the police depart
ment for permit and then follow
the simple rule that the music must
not be played too loud.
The entire Council was in agree
ment that the playing of sacred
music by organizations such as those
mentioned above was something to
be encouraged, but they also en-
tirely agreed that the use of outside
loudspeakers for playing Christmas
music by commercial firms was I'M
necessary, in view Of the splendid
musical programs provided during
the Christmas season by organiza-
tons who are not in commerce.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Christmas Basket
Plans Announced
Salvation Army VIII Act AS
Clearing House To Prevent
Duplication.

AS has been the custom for several
years, the Salvation Army has been
asked to act as clearing house to
prevent the duplication of Christ
mas grocery orders, commonly
known as Baskets"
Therefore, due to the Salvation
Army's large number of applications,
all organizations that distribute
help at Christmas are requested to
clear their lists with the clearing
house in the Salvation Army. It is
preferred that your list be mailed
for checking. However, if time
prevents, you may give your list
by phoning-2487, hours 900 am.
to 500 pm.
Applications for Christmas or
ders will be taken at the Salvation
Army office beginning December
1st through the 10Th and all organ
izations are asked to cooperate with
these dates so that no applications
will be accepted after this final
date.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Retailers Bureau
Meets Tomorrow

The regular monthly luncheon
meeting of the HagerstoWn Retail
ers Bureau, postponed from last
week due to the Thanksgiving holt
day week end, will be held tomor-
row (Friday) at the Hotel Alexander.
The final report will be given on
the Christmas decorations, after
which the rest of the meeting will
be turned over to an address by
Huell Warren, news editor of the
Maryland Bureau of the Associated
Press, Baltimore, who is pinchhit-
ting for Max Fullerton, chief of the
Maryland Bureau, who was injured
in an automobile accident last week.
Mr.. Warren, who has been with
the AP Bureau in St. Louis, Mo,
Buffalo, NJ Y. and Washington, D.
c. will give the retailers a word pic
ture of the vast task of news gath
ering today,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
To Appoint Three
Negro Policemen

Following strong presentation
of their case by members of the
Hagerstown Chapter of the Frontiers
of America Ga Negro organization),
the Mayor and Council, by unani-
nous vote on the motion of Coun-
Gilman Jack Hellane, directed the
Board of Public Works to ppoint
three Negro policemen to the force
as soon as practical after the first
of January 1850. The three officers,
when appointed, will take the three
shifts in the Negro section of the
city.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Meters To Be Put On
Market Lot

On the recommendation of Mayor
Mills the Council voted to install
parking meters on the market house
parking lot. 1t is estimated that
under the parking meter system
about 1870 cars can be parked on the
lot. and the Mayor stated that low
er rates would be charged for these
meters than are in effect for the
downtown section. The exact rate
to be charged will be fixed at lat
er date, but it is expected that some
such rate as 3-hQur parking for 5
cents, and IL hours for 20 cents,
may be. put into effect.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Garbage Collection
Winter Schedule

City Clerk Eldon Kerney has an
nounced the following new dates for
garbage collection during the winter
months, effective Immediately.
Collections through the entire
North End will be made Mondays
and Fridays, and through the entire
South End on Tuesdays and Satur-
days.
The Wednesday and Thursday
collections in the two sections of the
city respectively, will be discon-
tinued until next summer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
United Religious
Census Is Set To Go
Entire County To Be Canvas
sed On Sunday Afternoon
All Faiths Are Taking Part
Your Cooperation Asked.

Sunday, December 4, will mark
the elimination of one of the great
est cooperative efforts on the part
of the churches of Washington
County. Thousands of workers, re-
cruited from nearly all the churches
of the county, will comb the county
in an effort to get an accurate re-
ligious census. The workers will go
on foot, street by street, in Hagers-
town and the larger towns of the
county, while automobiles will go
from farm to farm in an effort to
get this enumeration.
The fullest cooperation on the part
of the residents of the county is re-
quested. Where it is possible, one
member of each family is requested
to be at home on Sunday afternoon
to provide the necessary informal
ton. Where this is not possible, it
is requested that the necessary in
formation be left in the mail box or
with a neighbor.
The following questions will be
included in the survey: Name and
address of the head of the family;
number of members in the family;
number of children under eighteen,
and church affiliation, or church
preference.
The United Religious Census was
headed by committee made up of
all three religious faiths: Roman
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish. The
committee members are: A. M.
Horst, Chairman; J. c. Fulde, G.. w.
Draper, j. A. Chopper, Fred Now
en-, Arthur Chambers, Ben Pruzan,
Norman Weiss, Elmer E. Snyder,
Clifton Smith, Herman Stockslager
and Donald Haynes. An advisory
clergy committee, consisting of the
Rev. F. Berry Plummer, DID,, the
Rev. Paul NJ. Robinson, DID,, and
the Rev. Raymond M. Miller, also
assisted.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Marriage Licenses

The following from Hagerstown
and Washington. County applied for
marriage licenses during the past
week:
Quincy E. Shaffer, 66, Hagerstown;
Pearl M. Myers, As, Hagerstown.
Willard L. Smith 81, Boonsboro;
Hazel M. Hutzell, SO, Hagerstown.
James E. Shifler, %, Boonsboro;
Ruth V. Baker, 20, Boonsboro.
Earl " Hartman, Jr., Hagerstown;
Mary " Presgraves, 26, Hagerstown.
Lester H. Albin, 20, Route 6, Ha-
gerstown; Esther M. Miller, 10, Rte.
4, Hagerstown.
Luther M, Lynn, 26, Hagerstown;
Violet M. Mills, 18, Route 2, Clear
Spring.
Luther G. Balm, 81, Mercersburg,
Pa; Margaret M. Mclaughlin, So,
Hagerstown.
Charles E. Burkholder, 81, Hagers-
town; Carrie L. Troxell, 18, Hagers-
town.
Robert B. Hull, "a, Hagerstown;
Anna M. Hubble, 81, Merrettsville.
Elmer J. Horst, 80, Hagerstown;
Mary M. Horst, 81, Hagerstown.
William o. Crider, AZ, Shepherds
town, w. Va; Blanche M. Walleck,
A, Sharpsburg.
Paul H. Meyers, 20, Greencastle,
Pa; Carmen E. McDermott, %, Ha-
gerstown-
Mervin Eugene Bohrer, %, Little
Orleans; Marry Ellen Hixon, "a,
Hancock.
Dennis Elwood Reeder, "a, Boons-
boro; Marcie H. Copeland, 10, Co.
lumbus, Georgia.
Jas. H. Gardner, %, Hagerstown;
Hazel E. Reeder, 81, Rohrersville.
Preston w. Oberholzer, Jr., %,
Waynesboro, Pa; Thelma M. Nc
Nance, 10, Hagerstown.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

has been named state winner in
the national All leadership program.
Miss Chopper, who is twenty-one
years of age, is now a student at
the University of Maryland.
The following accomplishments
were responsible for Miss Chopper
being named one of the state win
ners: she has served as president
of her local All club; as secretary
of the county group; acted as re-
porter of All work; participated in
radio programs, worked as assis-
tant home demonstration agent in
her county, and later as home dem
onstration agent at large for Mary
land.
Doris was chosen this year as
representative of the Grange to the
Maryland State Al Conference, and
at the University of Maryland, which
she is attending on a All scholar
ship, she helped organize a campus
chapter of the All Club.
For her award she will receive a
17-jewel wrist watch.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Two Park Board
Members Named

The Mayor also submitted the
names of Edwin F. Darner, of the
Darner Monument Works, and Rob
ert H. Nichols, local representative
of the Standard Oil Company, to
fill the two vacancies on the park
bose caused by the resignation of
Lloyd L. Stouffer and Leonard Ma
thias. These appointees were also
unanimously approved.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Natural Gas Now
Being Used Here

Hagerstown Gas Company Has
Made The Change In Two Sec
tons OF City-Other Sections
To Change Over In Near Flu
ture.
The tremendous job undertaken
by the Hagerstown Gas Company of
switching from manufactured gas to
natural gas, is well under way and
the residents of the Hamilton Homes
section and the North End section
are already using natural gas. while
it will be turned in to the other
sections of the city as quickly as
possible.
In reporting the progress Of the
work, an official of the Gas Com
pany stated that plenty of notice
will be published in the daily pa
pers as to when natural gas will be
turned on in each of the remaining
sections of the city.
The Gas Company has issued very
complete instructions as to how
housewives will operate their ap-
planes, using natural gas, and a
copy of these instructions will be
found in the Companys advertise
ment in this issue. We advise you,
if you are living in a section of the
city that is not yet getting natural
gas, to cut out these instructions and
save them, so that you will be ia
miliar with the procedure neces-
sary when the switch is made from
manufactured to natural gas.
The Company has already filed
with the public service commission
in Baltimore a new schedule Of
rates for natural gas users, which
will mean reduction in your gas
bill, and the Company further stat
ed that there will be absolutely nc
charge for adjusting any of your
gas appliances as the changed over
is made
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Valuable Animal

Two dollars a pound-that's ex-
pensive meat. But that is what the
Badger of Mole Hill, grand cham
pion steer of the Eastern Livestock
Show at Timoniurn, Nd, brought
when offered at auction during the
show. The big, 1,030-pound animal
was exhibited by Theodore S. Ryan,
of Sharon, Conn. It was bought by
a Baltimore meat packer.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
HagerstOwn Residents Spend
More Than Average American

Expenditures in the Hagerstown
retail stores totaled $48,839,OOO in
1948, according to a recent survey.
This is equivalent to spending at
the rate of 1929 per person, as
compared with the Maryland av-
erage of 1915 and the national av-
erage of 1891.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
News of The City Hall

men Knight, Jennings and Elliott, all
stated that they were opposed to a
license being granted under the name
of the Western Enterprise Social
Club, but final action on the matter
was postponed until the regular
meeting of the Mayor and Council,
which takes place tonight.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Western Enterprise
Social Club

It was brought to the attention of
the Mayor and Council that mem
bers of the Western Enterprise Fire
Company, under the name of the
Western Enterprise Social Club,
had applied to the Washington
County license board for beer Ii
cense. The Mayor, and Council
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

/ read an amazing statement IN
the December issue of Readers
Digest" that l think we all ought to
be thinking about quite seriously.
The statement was a compilation
showing the amount spent by each
of our 81 presidents, compiled by
John r. Flynn and taken from Cen
sus Bureau and u. S. Treasury re-
ports The statement shows that
from George Washington's admin
istration down through the first
eight years of Franklin D. Roose-
velt's administration the 80 pres
ident's spent total, in round figures,
Of one hundred and eighty billion
dollars (the extraordinary expendi-
lures Of the war years from 194l to
1915 are not included in these
figures). AS against this, the state
ment shows that President Truman,
from the fiscal year 1916 to Septem-
Der 80, 1949, has spent, in round fig
ures, one hundred and ninety-one
billion dollars-eleven billion dol
lars more than all the other pres
idents spent, put together.
wonder how much longer the
public are going to stand for this
terrific deficit spending?
Is my face red!
Last week a lady and her daugh-
ter dropped in the office to enter a
subscription to be sent to the daugh-
ter at st. Mary's Seminary. While
! / was making out the receipt | told
them my favorite Catholic story but
when 1 got through, after politely
smiling, they quietly informed me
/ that St. Mary's Seminary was not
| a Catholic institution, but was I'M
! UNCONVENTIONAL and supported by
the State of Maryland
! After recovering from my en-
barrassment l turned to my history
! VI IhctI leilO, dllu lOuIlu bIdj Iu6
/ Seminary, which is located in St
Mary's City is not only unique in
itself, but that the City also has a
unique distinction
The Charter of ST. Mary's Sem
mary states that it shall be unde-
nominational and that if shall be
governed by board consisting of
five Catholics, five Methodists and
five Episcopaleans, and that mem
bers of the three faiths must also be
on the faculty The Seminary was
established in 1910.
l also found out that st. Mary's
City was first settled in 1884, and
from 1916 to 1894 it was the capital
of Maryland lin 1894 the capital was
moved to Annapolis). Since 1884
following Maryland's Centenary, st
Mary's City has been maintained by
the state, in cooperation with various
organizations.
If H. L. Munholland, the genia
manager of Sears Roebuck and Com.
pany's Hagerstown store, seems tt
be walking around with his head ir
the clouds these days, you will fine
the reason if you pick up a copy Of
the December 3 issue of Golfers
magazine, in which his company is
the subject of feature article.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
Doris Chopper Wins
All State Honor

Doris Chopper,
Leitersburg who
served as tenn
porary assistant
home demonstra-
ton agent for
Washington Coun-
ty this past sum-
mer a year ago,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

A special meeting of the Mayor
and Council was held on Monday
night, and in addition to routine
matters the following business was
transacted:
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

The New York City postofice re-
ceives delivers and distributes an
average of more than 1920, 900
pieces of mail daily.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01
News Of Boys
In The Service

Lloyd L. Anderson, seaman, USN,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William M
Anderson of Williamsport, is serv-
ing aboard the attack transport USS
Bayfield,, which is one of the units
of Vice Admiral Gerald F. Bogan's
Western Task Force.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

The city of Troy, N. Y, is the
largest United States shirt and col
lar center.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

Pvt. Charles w. Emily, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard w. Emily,
Pope Avenue, who is stationed in
Japan, has just returned to his unit
after participating in a four-day field
maneuver held at Aebano.
Private Emily, who enlisted at
Hagerstown on January 5, 1949, and
arrived in japan on May 6, is mem
Der of Company A, 9th Infantry
Regiment, part of the 18th In
fantry Division, and he is stationed
at Camp Sakai.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

Pfc. Paul L. Shatzer, son of Mrs.
Mary Shatzer, Hagerstown, has re-
turned to his unit in Japan after
participating in maneuvers held at
Shinodayama.
Private First Glass Shatzer en-
listed in Hagerstown on July %,
1948, and has been in Japan since
May II, 1949. He is assigned to
Company H, 9th Infantry Regi-
ment, part of the 25th Infantry Di-
vision, and is stationed at Osaka.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-12-01

Pfc. Robert Byers, son of Mrs. Ma
bel Forsythe, $50 Kuhn Ave, who
joined the Army on September 90,
1948 and has been in Japan since
May 10, 1949, is now stationed at
Osaka.
Private First Class Byers is a
clerk-typist in the personnel de
partment CT the 25th Infantry, 18th
Division.