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Evening star., 1949-03-03
State Tax Fund
Earn1arkiing in
County Sought
Hyde Drafting Bill
To Boost Bethesda,
Silver Spring Share
BY J. B. Zotmon
Stor Sfoff coyYesoondenf

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 3.-A bill to
provide a greater share of State
tax funds to the Silver Spring and
Bethesda areas is being drafted
by Delegate De Witt S. Hyde, Re-
publican, of Montgomery County.
The measure would require that
a percentage of income, gasoline
and admission taxes, license fees
and racing revenues be earmarked
for the two communities.
Meanwhile, a bill to raise Mont
gomery County's bonded indebted
ness limit from 7 to 10 per cent
moved a step nearer final passage
with the adoption in the House
yesterday of a fav6fable Ways
and Means Committee report.
County officials said last month
the measure would permit them
to issue about $11, 100000 in addi-
tional bonds as a result of the
jump in the county's assessable
base.
The committee also voted IA
vorably on a bill to require the
University of Maryland to submit
detailed budget requests. Past
legislatures have dealt with uni
versity appropriations on the basis
of lump sum requests.
Says Pledge Isn't Enough.
DR.. H. c. Byrd. university presi-
dent, in opposing the bill at a
hearing two weeks ago. promised
to make available detailed
breakdown of the institutions
budgets in the future.
According to Mr.. Hyde, there
has been considerable criticism of
the present system of distribution
Of State funds to counties, incor-
porated towns and special taxing
areas on the basis Of the Sherbow
laws.
He said residents of Silver
Spring and Bethesda complain
they do not get their proportionate
share of the funds, although they
pay the bulk of State taxes in the
county.
Under his bill. two thirds of the
revenue returned to the county by
the State would be set aside by
the County Council for use in
equal shares In Silver Spring and
Bethesda.
Each Would Get 1885, 900.
At present. he explained, one
fourth of the State income tax
proceeds returned to the county
must be spent in each of the two
communities.
He estimated that approximate
ly $156.000 would be allocated to
each of the two areas under his
bill. This compares with an esti-
mated $l40,800 to Silver Spring
and $124,200 to Bethesda If they
came under the Sherbow laws, he
added, on the basis of figures sub
mitted to him by County Con-
troller Alexander K. Hancock.
In the House, Delegate Ben
Weintraub, Democrat, of Balti-
more, presented a bill to exempt
lunches served in public and pri-
vate schools from the sales tax.
Montgomery Delegate R. Dun
can Clark, Republican, submitted
a bill to incorporate Section 4,
Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1949-03-03
Move TO Restore Expansion Plans
dc. Fund Cuts Are Announced
In Senate Seen Woodward's
Wisconsin Ave. Store
Costing 100000
TO Be Established

Woodward & Lothrop today an
nounced plans for an expansion
program calling for a start in
"the very near future" on a
branch store on Wisconsin avenue
at the Maryland line. estimated to
cost 100000 and for major re-
decoration and modernization
work in the main and north build
ings in downtown Washington.
Store officials also said a sec
ond branch in Virginia is
planned in due course"
! The large department store an
nounced that a $9,000,000 loan
has been obtained from the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Co. to
finance the expansion program.
Will Retire Loan.
About $3,625, 900 of the loan
will be used to retire a long term
bank loan made in 1947 in con-
nection with the purchase of the
Palais Royal store, now known as
Woodward g. Lothrop's North
Building.
The Maryland branch will be
erected at the Northwest corner
of Wisconsin and Western avenues
and will match, store officials
said, "the quality of our main
operation" It is planned to have
this branch completed in 1880.
ModerniZation of the main store
and north building will cost about
$1,500,000, it was indicated.
No announcement was made as
to when work on the Virginia
branch will be started. The
company owns building on Glebe
road, just south of Lee boulevard,
and zoning questions are being
worked out.
Runs For 20 Years.
The Metropolitan loan obtained
by the company will run for 20
years and bear an interest rate of
I312 per cent. Officials said it is
an open note involving no mortage
on the company's real estate.
In a letter to stockholders, An
drew Parker, president of the COM
pany. said:
Besides providing the capital
required for physical improvement
and operations, the consolidated
loan materially improves the
financial position of our company
from a banking-credit standpoint
and should provide added f1nan-
cial stability for a number of years
to come. 1t is the considered
opinion Of the directors and Off
GERS that this program will pro-
duce additional profits to service
and liquidate the loan"
The company also reported "im-
proved operating results" for the
first six months of the current
fiscal year and expressed conf
dence that 1.-The balance of the
year will show continued progress" :"
Evening star., 1949-03-03

Icollected look like something from
The Lost Week End"
A hairy tarantula spider with a
leg-span of 10 inches is mounted
with a tiny hummingbird clutched
in it's legs. This variety Of spider,
explained the Colorado naturalist,
catches small birds in its web.
"The strongest living thing in
the world in relation to its SIZE
read the label on a hercules beetle
the size of mans fist. Mr. May,
who has been collecting for II
years, said this insect rolls COCO
nuts and can lift 100 times its
body weight. One once flew into
a South American lamp post, he
said, and broke the globe.
His collection includes 6-inch
scorpions and centipedes. The
latter, incidentally. have 80 pairs
of legs and not SO. as is COM
monty believed. On display during
the Sportsmen's Show, March 5
through 13. will be 140 cases of
insects.
This is just one-fifth Of the
total collection" said Mr.. May.
Evening star., 1949-03-03

The four babies were delivered by
DR.. Louis Goldstein, a physician
for the Group Health Association
On two other occasions during
the last six and a half years Mrs.
Mikesell has made trips to Wash
ington hospitals. First she had
a girl, then a boy. And her room
mates had single offspring, too.
The two Mrs. Mikesells met for
the first time as they were being
prepared for the delivery room
in 1912.
I'VE think we may be related
because both families come from
Ohio, but we haven't been able
to trace it," Mr.. Alfred Mikesell
commented.
Mrs. Gruber, whose husband is
studying accountancy under the
CT bill, was to leave the hospital
with her babies today.
Mrs. Mikesell, whose husband
Is an astronomer at the Naval
Observatory, was to go home later
in the day,
Evening star., 1949-03-03
School Board 10 Fiqhi
Congress on Denial Of
Funds for Spingarn

The Board of Education will try
to convince Congress that the
proposed Spingarn High School,
eliminated from its budget by the
House Appropriations Committee
this week, is needed urgently for
colored students in Northeast
Washington.
Meeting yesterday, the board
voted to fight to have the item
restored to the budget.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
termed the deletion most dam
aging" and said that if Spingarn
is not built the other three COL
ored high schools inevitably will
go on part-time classes and lose
their accreditation.
Mrs. Thomas Fired.
In other actions, the board:
Fired Mrs. Edith P. Thomas, a
teacher at the Carver Elementary
School. on the grounds that Dis
trict Court found her guilty of
adultery.
Ruled that Local 81, American
Federation of Teachers. may hold
bi-racial meetings In the school
buildings and that the District
Recreation Department was in
error in denying use of Garnet
Patterson Junior High School to
the union for meeting.
The question of Spingarn High
School came up as DR.. Corning
reported to board members dele
tions in the school budget made
by the House Appropriations
Committee and passed by the
House yesterday.
Congress previously had au-
thorized the school to be built
at TWenty-fourth street and Ben
ming road NE. This was in 1941,
and since then school officials
have had to go back three times
to get the cost limit raised be-
cause of rising construction
prices. The last cost limit au-
thorized was $2,505.000.
S3,60O,OO0 Limit Asked.
The budget under consideration
asked for no further appropria-
tion, but wanted the cost limit
raised to $3,600,000. Some $1,187,-
900 already has been appropri-
ated.
Mrs. Thomas, the colored teach
er whose husband obtained a
divorce on the grounds she COM
mitted adultery, lost her case
before the Board of Education by
4 to 2 vote. c. Melvin Sharpe
and Albert E. Steinem voted mo-
on the grounds the penalty was
too severe. Voting for the dis
missal was DR.. James A. Cannon.
Mrs. James w. Williams, Adelbert
w. Lee and Mrs. Philip Sidney
Smith.
The plea of Local q, American
Federation of Teachers, was made
by Paul Cooke, the president of
the local, after the Recreation De-
partment refused the union use
of the Garnet-Patterson School
for a bi-racial meeting.
The Recreation Department is
sues permits for use of schools,
which the School Board has turned
over to them, after school hours
and follows a policy of segregation.
The board also:
Approved the transfer of the
Park View Elementary School
from white to colored students,
effective July ].
Evening star., 1949-03-03
SteakPricesUp
Again as Some
Foods Decline
Many Meats Still
Unchanged; Lenten
Items Abundant

Retail prices of steaks and some
grades of beef and pork roast and
smoked ham moved up to 3 cents
a pound at several chain and large
independent stores here today.
Most meat prices were practical
ly unchanged from a week ago,
but vegetables in general were
somewhat cheaper at several mar
kets.
The meat market listings in
Washington followed a Nation
wide trend reported in an Asso-
ciated Press survey. Meat buyers
said the comparatively scattered
increases of the last two weeks,
following sharp drops early in
February. indicated a leveling off
rather than any substantial up
ward trend.
Sirloin steak grades which sold
at SO to 81 cents pound in several
stores here a week ago were up to
IS cents in one large chain and
ranged from so to 50 in two others.
Rib roast was selling in the neigh
borhood of SO cents a pound as
compared with 81 in some retail
markets last week. One large group
of Independents listed it at 81
cents.
Fish and Eggs Abundant.
The Lenten season which began
yesterday may cause a slight drop
in meat prices, dealers said.
Traditional lenten foods such
as fish, eggs and cheese are more
abundant than they have been in
years at this season, the Agricul-
ture Department reported.
A comparatively mild winter
allowed almost continuous fishing
with resulting bumper supplies of
mackerel, cod, sea bass and smelts.
Canned tuna and sardines also
were reported in good supply, al
though salmon and shad roe are
below normal.
Hot cross buns will be available
in large quantities this Lent be-
cause bakeries no longer are lin
tied by shortages and high prices
Of sugar and shortening.
Wholesale Index Climbs.
The vegetable market in general
remained at comparatively low
levels despite varying increases in
meat prices. String beans, broc-
coli. onions, fresh spinach and let
tuce were somewhat cheaper this
week, the Associated Press survey
indicated.
For the third successive week
the Dun and Bradstreet wholesale
food index climbed higher today.
1t was $5.82 as compared with
$5.78 last week and $5.76 two weeks
ago. Previously it had declined
steadily for several weeks. A year
ago it stood at $6.70. The index
represents the aggregate cost at
wholesale of a pound each OF 81
foods in general use.
Evening star., 1949-03-03
Morgan Is Indorsed
For Commissioner

Endorsement of Thomas P
Morgan, jr., civic leader, to be-
come a District Commissioner
should Commissioner John Russell.
Young not be renominated, has
been made by the Merchants Mu-
tual Benefit Association in letter
to President Truman, it was an
nounced today.
The letter, signed by j. A. Kam-
crow, president, said the associa-
ton, made up Of businessmen, has
I210 members.
Evening star., 1949-03-03
Apple Blossom Festival

WINCHESTER, Va, Mar. 3 up
Representative Harrison, Demo
crat, of Virginia has informed
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Fes-
tival officials he is attempting to
have the armed services partici-
pate in the festival here April 28-
20 with units and exhibits.
Evening star., 1949-03-03
tuberculosis Survey

A tuberculosis survey for first
grade students in Arlington schools
will be conducted from next Mon
day through March 18 by the
school health department and the
Arlington tuberculosis Associa-
tion.
Evening star., 1949-03-03
Chicken Supper Saturday

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Burtonsville (MdD Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor a chicken
and ham supper at 5. pm. Satur.
day in the new fire house.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10

Robert J. Hesen left on the Diplo-
mat this morning for Baltimore, for
a dealers meeting, but will return
this evening.
Walter Wolfe. Jr., who has been
with the U. S. Marine corps, in the
Pacific area, is at the home Of his
parents on leave.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Lawton and
son of Romney, W. Va, spent the
weekend at the home of his parents
ON Pennington street.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Parks who have
been here for several weeks, are on a
motor trip this week to Charleston
and Bluefield, w. Va, and points in
Virginia.
Relatives in this area have been in
formed Of the death Of Mrs Ernest
Bush which occurred at her home in
Norwood, a suburb Of Cincinnati, o.,
last Thursday. Her husband is son
of Mrs. Louis Bush, formerly of Oak
land, now resident Of the National
Lutheran Home for the Aged.
Mr.. and Mrs r. f. McIntire are in
Annapolis this week where the form
CT is attending the sessions of the
Legislature. This is the first week
that Delegate McTntire has been
there, due to an illness early in De-
cember. Their daughter visited them
this week.
Barbara Winters, Emily Martin,
Gladys Wensel, Elaine Lewis, Jack
Right and Frederick Thayer, Oakland
High students, accompanied by Miss
Roberta Cogley, instructor, left yes
terday for New York City to attend
the Columbia Scholastic Press as
sociation meetings. They expect to
return to Oakland Saturday or Sun
day.
Nh and Mrs. Edgar T. Hardesty
and Rev. and Mrs. David Howe, of
Westernport, returned last Thursday
after spending a month in Florida.
They were accompanied home from
Hagerstown by the formers daugh-
ter, Miss Marie Hardesty, a student
of the Maryland Medical Secretarial
school there. The latter returned to
Hagerstown on Sunday to resume her
studies.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10
Light Vote Is
Expected In City
Council Election

An uneventful municipal election
for Oakland was indicated as the
deadline for filing as candidates
passed last Friday afternoon at o.
clock, with only three candidates for
the positions of council, and one can
didate for the position Of treasurer
They were DR.. f. L. Baumgartner
and Prentice DeBerry, incumbents,
and Emeric Dusic, for council. and
Miss Julia A. Rowan, incumbent, for
treasurer.
The municipal election will be held
on Monday, March IA, at the council
chambers. There are 81 persons eli
gible to vote in the election. Unless
a write-in candidate would appear,
the vote is expected to be extremely
light.
The third councilman whose term
expires this year, Edward g. Schmidt,
was not candidate for reelection.
Hold-over members of council are
Harry L. Stemple, Ralph Pritts and
Earl w. Shartzer, while Mayor Joseph
Hinebaugh has another year to serve.
At the regular meeting of the May
or and Town Council on Monday eve
ming, Miss Elizabeth West and Miss
Floss Shaffer were named clerks of
election; and James A. Kerins, r. C.
Townshend and Wilbur l. Davis were
named judges.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10

Mrs. John Hart, Pittsburgh, Pa, IS
visiting her mother, Mrs. c. F. White,
J who has been i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Russell Pancake
were guests this week at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott w. Shirer.
The Red House Circle will meet in
the Sunday School room Of St. Johns
Lutheran church on March 10Th.
Mr.. and Mrs. George C. Butt, of
Clarksburg, w. Va, are spending two
weeks with relatives in and near Oak
land.
A son, Douglas Dwight, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Bittinger, at their
home south of town, on Tuesday,
March l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Ensminger
and children, Cumberland, were visit
ing her father, Wilbur Davis, over the
weekend.
Miss Leona Georg and Miss Mar
jorie Schlossnagle, of Accident, are
spending this week in Washington, D.
c., with relatives.
Miss Lillian Harvey, of Brentwood,
Md, spent the weekend at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Harvey, near McHenry.
Mrs. Vesta McSpadden has returned
to her home on Deep Greek Lake
after spending several months in
Washington, D. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Naylor and S.
Townshend Naylor left Saturday for
Sebring, Fla, where they expected to
spend two or three weeks.
Samuel Nightingale was taken to
Allegany hospital, Cumberland, in the
Bolden ambulance on Saturday where
he is undergoing treatment.
William E. Naylor has returned to
his home after having undergone a
physical check-up at Mercy hospital
Baltimore, for stomach ailment.
o. M. Marquiss, Cumberland, under
went major operation in Memorial
hospital, Cumberland, last Friday. He
is brother of Mrs. H. II. Harmed.
Walter w. Dawson was the speaker
at the annual banquet of the Terra
Alta Fire department, held last even
ing in the Moose hall at Terra Alta.
Members of the Harmed Bible class
met Tuesday at the Methodist church
Hostesses were Mrs. Gordon McRobie
Mrs. B. F. Selby and Mrs. j. William
Butt
Mrs. Walter Tasker, of the Bethle
hem community, was taken to Cum
berland on Monday evening in the
Bolden ambulance, and is now {
patient in Memorial hospital, for OBJ
servation.
Eliza Bray, w. E. Spoerlein, HarolC
H. Harmed Jay Bell, Richard Davis
Howard Naylor, Dwight Slower, Jacl
Treacy, Guy W. Hinebaugh and Irvil
R. Rudy, Jr., were among the loca
persons attending a Lions club meet
ing in Keyser, W. Va, last Thursda.
evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10

Mr.. Daniel Houck, Beckley, W. Va,
was visiting relatives in this vicinity
over the weekend
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haulenbeek, of
Williamsburg, Pa, returned to their
home after visiting relatives here re-
Gently.
Mrs. Emeric Dusic entertained a
number of young folks on Monday
afternoon in honor of the third birth
day anniversary of her daughter
Linda.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Beeson Snyder en-
tel'tained with a turkey dinner fol
lowed by three tables of Five Hun
drcd at their home on Oak street last
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Weston Dodson, of
Arlington, Va, spent the weekend
here as guests of Mrs. Dodson's
brother-in-law and sister, MIR. and
Mrs. R. C. McComas.
Dr. and Mrs. T. r. Show and Mrs.
H. NJ. Ankeney, Confluence, Pa, were
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hardes-
ty on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Samuel
Bowman, Crellin, was also a guest of
Mrs. Hardesty on Wednesday.
Richard Wilson is recovering from
serious operation at the Potomac
Valley hospital in Keyser, w. Va. He
is now at his home in South Charles
ton, w. Va. Wilson was a former
resident of the Red Oak section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Browning have
moved from the Rudy apartments on
Second street, to an apartment over
the Browning store building on Third
street. The vacated apartment will be
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. l. R. Rudy,
Jr.
DR.. and Mrs. Bernard Thomasetti,
of Philadelphia, Pa, announced the
birth of their fourth daughter on Sat-
urday. March 5. Mrs. Thomasetti is
the former Miss Martha Jane Baird,
granddaughter of Mrs. ]. c. Robin
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Hamill, of
South Charleston, w. Va, were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Lora-
| ditch on Saturday night, enroute to
! n IIa,o,in a,,torad
Wilmer Institute for an operation on
his eye.
Mrs. NJ. c. Oester, who has been
seriously i'll at her home on Liberty
street, is slowly improving. Her
daughter, Mrs. Paul Morgan, who was
called to her bedside, returned to
! Washington Monday evening. Mrs.
Charles Wiley, who also spent week
with her sister, returned to Canton,
Ohio, on Sunday.
! Among those entertaining members
of their bridge clubs on Tuesday even
| ing were Mrs. George Hanst, Mrs.
/ Hugh Echard, Mrs. Howard c.
! Riggs. Mrs. Adrian Smith, of Pitts
/ burgh, will entertain former members
of her bridge club at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fulcher P.
Smith, Green street, on Thursday
Mrs William Lantz has received
word that her son, Donald R. Lantz,
has accepted position with the CAT
ritz company which owns and oper-
ates a chain of apartment houses in
Washington. Mr.. Lantz, on February
25th, was graduated from the Lewis
School of Hotels in Washington, with
commencement exercises held at the
Mayflower hotel
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10
Beall High Teams
Defeat Oakland High

Beall High school of Frostburg won
both ends of a doubleheader from
Oakland High school at Grantsville
last Friday night as the first of class
B tournament eliminations got under
way.
The Beall girls won the opener, So
80 and the boys took the nightcap af-
fair 55-33.
Betty Hanna was the Beall star in
the girls game with Is points to her
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10

credit Miss Sanders paced Oakland
High with 16 markers.
Dawson, Layman and Maltese ac-
counted for SO points for Beall in the
boys game. Harland Kelly led Oak
land with IL markers. Beall led
throughout the quarter scores with
1913, Bills and 1925.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10

Mrs. John J. Sweeney entertained
number Of friends at her home last
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Lloyd NJ Loraw and Mrs.
Evelyn Saffell Grafton, Of W. Va,
spent the weekend with the formers
mother, Mrs. Edna Whorton.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1949-03-10
LOCAL NEWS

Copies of The Republican may be
obtained at GOndcr's Cut Rate store,
Hamill's Book and Stationery Store
and at Englander's Pharmacy, at five
cents per copy.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-07
College Trustees
Meeting On Friday

Nine trustees from four states at
tending the spring meeting of the
Bluffton college board of trustees
Friday on the college campus.
In addition to giving final approx
al to plans authorizing start of con-
struction on the new quarter-mil-
lion dollar gymnasium auditorium,
the board transacted routine bust
ness.
Trustees attending the session in
cluded Rufus Rich, Washington, H.. !;
Oliver Diller, Wooster; J. S. Sla-
baugh, Nappanee, Ind; Jerry Sau-
der, Grabill, Ind; William Mohr,
Bethlehem, Pa; Morris Musser,
Smithville; Wilmer Shelly, Bally,
Pa; d. D. Hochstettler, Sugar
Greek, and Ezra Moser, Bluffton.
Mems and women's advisory coun-
ellis also met with the trustees. On
the mems group are D. w. BiXler,
Bluffton, and Elan Suter, Pandora.
Members of the Women's council in
clude Mrs. John Plenert, Lansdale,
Pa; Mrs. Clovis Oberly, Berne, Ind. /;
Mrs. Rufus Rich, Washington, H.;
Mrs. Herman Hilty, Bluffton; Mrs.
Garth Stoltz, Topeka, Ind.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-07
Youth Fellowship
Series Ends Season

Bluffton Youth Fellowship, spon-
sored by the Bluffton Ministerial as
sociation in cooperation with Bluff
ton college, closed successful four
months season of Sunday evening
meetings this week, with an average
attendance of 25 persons per ses-
sion.
The series, conducted for Bluffton
teen-agers and college-age persons,
started in December and ran thru
March.
Meetings were held from s to 10
p. m. each Sunday in the basement
of the First Methodist church.
Games and refreshments were pro-
vided.
The winter program has been held
for the past several years.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1949-04-07
Aged WOtOrcyclist
Injured In Mishdp

A 71-year-old Bluffton motorcycl-
ist is in Lima Memorial hospital
with a fractured right arm, pos
sible hip fracture and multiple cuts
and bruises sustained in an accident
on the Dixie highway, one-half mile
east of Lima, Friday.
George Z. Niswander, south of
town, suffered the injuries when he
is said to have attempted to pass an
automobile on his motorcycle, and
crashed into the left rear fender of
an auto operated by Mrs. Goldie
Van Horn, of Lima.