Evening star., 1949-02-25
D. {. Area Firm
Gets S862,596
Top Tax Refund
$n1,933 Reboted
To LoeoI Taxpayer
By Internal Revenue

A total of 1852, 500 returned to
the Engineering & Research Corp.
of Riverdale, Md, is the largest
Washington area figure in a tax
refund list for the 1948 fiscal year
made public yesterday by the Bu-
reau of Internal Revenue.
The company, which handled
large wartime aircraft equipment
contracts. received $812,382 in
overpaid excess profits taxes, and
$50,2l4 in overpaid income levies.
Elsewhere in Maryland, the
highest refund was $18,597,292 in
excess profits tax to the Glenn L.
Martin Co. of Baltimore, which
headed the list of 5000 individuals
and corporations granted refunds
of $500 or more in that State.
The largest refund in the Dis
trict - $582, ,282 - went to the
United States News Publishing
Corp. Twenty fourth and N
streets NV. 1t consisted of S178.-
TT in excess profits taxes and
$403,505 in income taxes.
S111,933 to d. C. Man.
The biggest rebate to an individ-
ual in the District was the SILL
933 returned to George P. Kimmel,
COS Fourteenth street NV.
The United Nations Relief and
Rehabilitation Administration got
back $23,347 in income taxes and
$1.403 in sales taxes.
Officials explained the refunds
listed were those paid out during
the fiscal year, did not necessarily
apply to taxes for that year and,
in many cases. covered tax pay
ments for several years.
The bulk of the refunds was for
income and excess profits tax
overpayments, but some were for
tobacco, employment. distilled
spirits and other Federal levies.
Other Individual Refunds.
Among other large refunds to
individuals in the District were:
Miriam K. Antel, 1929 Jenifer
street NV. S12,575; Alfred j.
Buchi. care of John Fullerman.
1881 G street NV. $39,985: Mrs.
Lenora Blechman, 1901 Kalmia
road NV. $12.236; Mrs. Ann B.
Blechman. 5034 Reno road NV.
S12,005; Sarah Carrick, 1105 F
street NV. s16.797; Ralph Felt
man. 1929 Twentieth street NV,
$25,658; Leopold and Grace
Freeman. 1900 Fourteenth street
NV. $10.207.
Also. Sidney L. Hechinger, Fiji
teenth and H streets NE, $l7,679;
Edith Newlands Johnston. 1901
Connecticut avenue NV. S35, 1854;
Marian A. Judd, 3411 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, .664; Mark
Winkler. lit Vermont avenue
NV. $l2,56l; Ralph Teunis. l7o4
Lamont street NV. $12.634
Maryland, Virginia Refunds.
Maryland and Virginia refunds
included $12,133 to William D.
Pawley of Langley. Va. former
Ambassador to Argentina; SILL
666 to the Annapolis Yacht Yard
OF Eastport, Md; $l2,783 to
Catherine w. Tyssowski, Della
plane. Va; s14,487 to John L.
Clark, Warrenton. Va; $l7146 to-
Norman A. Quasebarth, 1852
jefferson Davis highway. Airing
ton.
Also. William H. Reynolds, 9406
Columbia boulevard, Silver Spring,
$10,215; Edward D. Talbert. Der
wood, Md, $14,632; Frederick H.
Untiedt, 5625 Grove street, Chevy
Chase, Md. sl9,2Sl; William w,
Chambers. jr.. 58O7 Cleveland
avenue, Riverdale, Md. $14.078;
William w. CndmDerS, ST., same
address. s13,860; Stephen w.
Ducwett. Annapolis. $11,184; l..
Sussman. Laurel. $l3,834.
Also, Charles A. Pine. Win
chester, Va. $22,9S5; Lucy w.
Shenk, Harrisonburg. Va. $21 PAT;
James S. and Mary Preston Sim
mons, jr.. Staunton. Va, $10,480;
Sylvania Industrial Corp. Fred
ericksburg, Va, $23.705; Win
chester VA, Cold Storage Co.,
Inc, S2O,551; Dietrich & Gambrill.
Inc, Frederick. Md. $16,496;
Phillip E. Gray. LeonardtoWn,
Md, $10,629, and Beall Kent,
Kentland farms. Rockville, Md,
$12,289.