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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01

Mr.. Fern is quite used to phone
calls and letters from well meaning
people who insist they have an I'M
usual story they can tell on News
reel" But recently he got a call
which he believes tops them all.
1t came from a gentleman who
solemnly informed that he was a
one-man band, and that he'd be very
happy to demonstrate his talents if
a studio and porters could be pro-
vided to house and set up his equip
ment. The producer thanked his
caller, but automatically pointed
out that "Newsreel' is not a must
cal program.
Curiosity getting the better of
him, Fern asked: "How come you
need a studio, plus ~porters?"
The gentleman on the other end
of the phone shifted haughtily: BE
cause, sir, I duplicate, instrument
for instrument, a symphony or
cheStra."
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
FOLLOW THE SELECTRICS
WITH HERB HUNTER

The familiar radio greeting, Good
evening, sports FANS" emanating
from your loudspeaker every base
ball evening this summer, will be
the voice of Herb Hunter, KNOWS
sports announcer.
Herb is a newcomer to Great Falls
and KMON, but no. stranger to
sportscasting. Thirty-three years old
and married, Herb has had II years
radio experimental in the field of
news, sports and special events.
Hunter is a native of Clark, Wyo.
Moving to the midwest in the early
'20s, he spent his youth in Mime
sofa and Wisconsin, was educated
in Minnesota schools.
In 1888, Herb turned to radio with
station KDAL, Duluth, MINI. Since
then he has toiled for a number of
stations and ball clubs. For the past
two seasons he has been connected
with the Western International
league at Wenatchee and Spokane.
Hunters baseball career has also in
Guided a number of years on the
playing field, and as business man
ager for the Superior, Wis, Blues
of the Northern league.
To get the complete background
on the Selectrics' lineup, Hunter
spent a week this spring with the
boys at their training camp in Will
mington, Calf.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
"NEWsREEL" sKIps SCOOP

Gathering together the voices of
the people who make the world
wide news of the day and compress
ing their statements into a 15-minute
program is serious business. But it
has its lighter moments, too, ac-
cording to Jack Fern, producer of
KNOWS Mutual weekday "News-
reel' program, 7:15 to 7:30 p. m.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
RIB DOES IT

That Wiling" every time Straight
Arrow" fires one of his golden ar
rows during his Mutual network ad-
venture broadcasts Wednesdays. 8 TO
$3.50 p. NJ. is actually produced from
the rib of an old umbrella. The
sound effects man for the show
found that. by whisking the UNI
brella rib through the air. he could
produce a more accurate sound than
by actually shooting a bow before
a microphone.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-05-01
MIGHTY HUNTSMEN

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
Starred on MutuaI's Sunday The
Roy Rogers Show" 4 to 4:30 p. M.
are hunting enthusiasts. Every spare
moment they can find from their
radio and film commitments they
HE themselves TO the mountains in
California on hunting trips. Their
latest hunting expedition Melted
them a 70-pound mountain lion.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
Kiwonis Club Formed Here

Newest of the Valleys many, many clubs is a local branch of the KiWanis Club, organized here recently by a delegation from Anchorage. The club, which al- ready numbers 31 Valley men on it's membership roll, meets each Monday at noon in the former library at the Rec Hall.
 Club officers include: Clyde King, Jr., president; Palmer Ickes, vice-president; William T. zahradnicek, secretary; and Bob Johns, treasurer.
 The immediate local objectives of this service club as announced by M. D. Snodgrass, chairman of the public relations committee. are: CD The development of the playground area located across from the Valley Hospital, and C2) A campaign to complete the naming of Palmer streets and
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
LUTHERAN LADIES MEET

There is to be a special plan ming meeting of members of the Lutheran Ladies' Aid on Aug. 24, it was announced this week by Mrs. Jenny Perkins. The meeting. to be held in the parsonage of the church at D. m., is to make final arrangements for the Jay Gee banquet to be served during fair time by Aid members. All women of the organization are urged to be present at this meeting.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
MORE LICENSE PLATES HERE

Another new shipment of ve- hlcle license plates has arrived at the office of Mrs. Dorothy Sax ton, U. s. commissioner. She asks anyone who has paid for plates, but who has not received a set. to call at his earliest convenience. Fifty sets of the vehicle licenses are included in this shipment, and no further shortage is an- ticipated.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18

the erection of signs to properly label them, as we'll as signs pointing the road to Wasilla.
 The playground development plan is proceeding under the di- rection of Charles Wilson. A committee of three, Mir. Snod- grass, Irwin Pitt, and Everett Yohn, met Monday night to con- sider plans for the erection of signs on Palmer streets.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
STEWARTS HAVE BOY

MT. and Mrs. Robert Stewart of Dutch Harbor, former Valley residents, became the parents of a baby boy last Monday. The boy, born at the Valley Hospital, tip ped the scale at a plus seven pounds at birth.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
HELP WANTED

YOUNG LADY, good driver, self reliant; interested in good driving job. Ina. at Frontiers man office.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18

MODEL c '46 Allis Chalmers tractor with blow, cultivator, hitler attachments; used. Co., op Garage.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18
ClAS 5 S|FIED
 FOR SALE

Used records. Your choice popu- lar numbers, polkas, Westerns. B & c Supply.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-18

COFFEY INSURES EVERY THING-REMENIBER,
Evening star., 1949-08-21
6| Helps Deliver Own Baby
En- Route 10 Hospital

S/Sergt. Kenneth Aronhalt Of
Fort Myer helped deliver his own
baby yesterday while he was en-
route with his wife to the Fort
Belvoir Hospital.
They had just crossed the Hunt.
ing Greek bridge on Route when
Mrs. Aronholt told her husband
the baby was about to be born. A
friend who was driving the Aron-
halts to the hospital stopped at
Blunt's Service Station and called
the Pen Daw Rescue Squad.
The Aronhalt's 8 pound 3h
ounce daughter already had put in
an appearance when the rescue
squad arrived. Sergt. Aronhalt
willingly accepted help from men,
bers of the squad, Capt. Harry
Rouse, Tommy Thompson, Ches-
ter Chinn and Harold Lewis.
Mrs. Aronhalt and her newborn
daughter were taken the rest OF
the way by the rescue squad. Both
were reported doing fine.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Warrenfon Baptist Church
To Observe Centennial
Speeiol pispoteh TO The Stor

WARRENTON. Va, Aug. 90
The Warrenton Baptist Church
will observe it's Tooth anniversary
with a series of five services start
ing Wednesday night.
The Rev. DR.. William U. Park
inson, enlistment secretary of the
foreign missions program of the
Northern Baptist Convention, will
be the speaker on the opening
night. Thursday night. to be OBJ
served as Sunday School night,
with a talk by D. p. Wood, Jr.
Friday will be home coming
night. The history of the church
will be read and Mrs. Henry
Decker of Richmond, daughter Of
the late Rev. Frank Boston, q
former pastor. will speak.
The Rev. DR.. E. B. jackson. a
former pastor here. will be the
preacher at the Sunday morning
service, and the Rev. DR.. Thomas
c. Allen, another former pastor
who is now interracial secretary
for the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America,
will speak in the evening.
The Rev. Guy c. Heyl, pastor,
noted that the centennial observ-
ance comes as the church has
announced the beginning of an
extensive building program which
will add two wings to the edifice.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Que =nof fGreenbeIt Water Show
Will B. Given Grown TONIGHT

The water pageai11 sponsored by
the Greenbelt Recre- Depart
ment at 9 o'clock ton will be
climaxed by the coron. of a
pageant queen chosen from COM
munity contestants.
During the program at tt.
Greenbelt pool, City Manager
Charles T. Mcdonald will present
the queen with loving cup. May
or Thomas j. Canning will crown
the winning contestant.
Six entrants had been submit
ted by late yesterday under spon-
sorship of as many community or
ganizationS.
They were: Betty Mae Gussio,
16. representing the National
Guard unit; Jackie Hause, 18. Res
Evening star., 1949-08-21

Children's dimples apparently
had an edge over grown-up glamor
in elimination rounds of the Falls
Church Festival redhead contest
last night.
Of the six redheads selected for
the finals at 8 o'clock tonight,
four are 6 years old or younger.
Three more redheads will be Sc
lected for the finals in another
elimination contest this afternoon.
The winners last night were
Nancy Lee Powell, 3, of 1921 Ninth
street, Arlington: Lili K. Cocker
lille, 4, of Fairfax; Sharon Lee
Earman, 2, of 800 Grove street,
Falls Church; Ann Claiborne
Thompson, 6. of 506 Madison
place, Falls Church: Miss Gwen
Monger, %. of 2318 Thirteenth
place Sc, and Miss Rose Keys,
%, of 1000 North Sixteenth street,
Arlington.
The object of the contest is to
select the prettiest redhead. There
is no age limit.
Festival officials estimated 5000
visitors attended the events yes
terday on the Virginia Village
grounds on Hillwood avenue IN
Falls Church. The festival closes
at IL o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Man Admits He 5etFire
Fatal 10 4 in Home
By the Assecioted Press

SALISBURY. Md, Aug. 90
Police said today 28-year- -old
man admitted setting a fire which
burned three children and their
mother to death.
The man, Charles Hicks, jr.,
colored. of nearby Ffuitland, was
held without bail for action by
the Wicomico County grand jury
on four charges of murder and
one of arson.
The fire burned down the house
of Marion Wells. colored, on Aug
ust 13. Trapped and killed by
the blaze were Mr.. Wells wife,
Bessie. and their three children.
Bertha Mae, Willie Lee, 4, and
I. j.. 2.
Police said Hicks gave this ac-
count of the fire:
He, his wife and the Wells
couple were drinking and got into
an argument. Hicks went out
side. siphoned a bucket Of gaso-
line from his car, doused the
frame house and set the gaso-
line af1re.
When he realized what he had
done, he shouted a warning to
those inside.
Marion Wells and Mrs. Hicks
escaped the flames. Mrs. Wells
died with her children when she
went upstairs to rescue them.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

There was a pet show yester-
day. Margaret Trout, IA. of Route
3, Vienna, won the distinction
of having the most unusual pet
skunk. Winners in other classes
we're: Smallest, a tadpole owned
by Judy Levenberg. 9, OF 1926
Hampton court, Falls Church;
prettiest, white collie owned by
Marilyn Glover, II, of 539 Freat
Falls street: largest, a boxer, also
owned by Marilyn Glover; smart
est, a dachshund owned by Ar
thur Herman, 10, of 200 Graham
road, Falls Church.
Dick Bowling. IA. of 1911 North
Lexington street, Arlington, won
the creased pig contest. Dick
and II other boys tried to see
who could catch the creased pig
first and hold it for minute.
CNco, a pony, ridden by Laura
Shreve, 8, of 800 South Carlyn
Spring road, Arlington. was grand
champion of the pony show. Re
serve champion was Rita, ridden
by, Virginia Lee Marcy. l6. OF
1886 Marcy road, Arlington.
The festival is sponsored by
the Falls Church Park Commit
tee to raise, funds for a municipal
park.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Falls Church Council 10 Ask
Tax Penalty Rate Change

The Falls Church City Council
will be asked tomorrow night to
change the penalty rate on busi-
ness license taxes to conform with
the State rate.
At present the city penalty is l
per cent the first month, which is
increased by l per cent each 'addi-
tional month. The State penalty
is per cent Immediately after the
deadline expires and an increase
to 6 per cent after six months.
City Treasurer James E. Fergu-
son will make the request for the
rate change. OF more than 30
Fails Church businessmen who had
failed last week to pay the an
nual license tax, only few have
failed to respond to personal call
from Police Chief E. H. Howe, the
treasurer said.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

cue Squad; Norma Kerns. Is,
Youth Center; Rosemary Hennes-
sey, II, Greenbelt Consumer Serv-
ices; Ruth Schwab, II, Health AS
sociation, and Carolyn Garner, 10,
ire Department. Other entrants
!. expected.
'Ine pageant plans call for COM
bined 1 -ck and water ballets;
tumblers tn water floats; an
aquatic "fire dance" executed by
sparkler-waving SINNERS COW
cred with luminous paint. IS Teh
as diving exhibitions.
Miss Ora Donoghue and Ms.
Peter Labukas are directors of
the pageant. Samuel Fox is head
Of the recreation department
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Alexandra Public Schools
To Open on September 3

Alexandria public schools will
open for the fall session at 8:45
am. September 8.
New pupils will be registered
from 10 am. to noon and from /
to 3 pm. on September s and 7.
At George Washington High
School, new pupils may register
from 9 am: to 4 pm. any weekday
before school opens.:
Out-of-town pupils who are ad-
mitted to Alexandria schools must
pay $120 a year tuition for ele-
mentary grades and $3.50 for high
school. Half Of the tuition is due
at the beginning of the first
semester and the other half at
the beginning of the second
semester.
Children entering the first grade
must present a birth certificate
showing they will be 6 years old
by September 80.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Virginia Republicans
Adopt Platform for
Candidates in Fall
By the Associated Press

ROANOKE, Va, Aug. 20.-The
State Republican Central Com
mittee today adopted a campaign
platform for the party candidate :
for State Offices this fall, which
includes demand that Virginia S
judges be kept out of politics.
The reference to judges engaged
in political activity was typical of
many of the platform planks d.
rected against existing policies in
the Old Dominion.
Twenty -four of the 80 Central
Committee members attended to-
days session. Nile Straughan,
Fredericksburg grocery executive,
was chosen to head the COP cam
paign for State Offices in Novem-
ber, and Richmond was selected
as headquarters for the campaign
drive.
Late in the afternoon the meet
ing was surprised by presentation
of resolution by Miss Phyllis
Otey of Richmond, vice chairman
OF the committee. calling for a
purge of party officers and COM
mittee members who assisted in
the recent Democratic primary or
did not take part in the Repib-
lican Primary August 2.
Resolution Lacks Second.
The resolution, however, died
for lack of second. It was pre-
sented by A. w. Davenport of
Richmond. who carried Miss Otey's
proxy.
/ Among were the following: ii
| Separation of State bureaus to
the fullest practical extent of law
making and judicial powers with
preservation of the right of
appeal into courts from all
judicial decisions by them.
An unrestricted" constitional
convention.
Endorsement of a policy calling
for removal of judges from all
political activity and authority to
make political appointments;
support of the right of women to
serve on juries and the direct
election of trial justices.
Protection of the public from
exploration" by creation of a BIZ
partisan f1ve-member public util-
tiles commission with opposition
to Government ownership and
operation of any public utilities.
Abolition of the State Com
pensation Board and direct elec-
ton Of school boards and welfare
boards.
Opposition to any further in
creases in taxes with q belief.
Simplification Of State election
laws.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Mon Sought in Passing
Of Bogus Bills in DunviIIe
By fhe A.,oeiated Pres.

DANVILLE. Va. Aug. 90
United States Commissioner Bas-
com Jordan issued a warrant to-
day for the arrest of Louis Robert
son Of New York City.
The warrant charges Robertson
with passing a counterfeit $40
Federal Reserve bank note here.
The Secret Service says II bogus
410 bills have come to light in
Danvills recently.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Eleven Candidates. File
For Five City Council
Posts in Greenbe|t
By John w. Stepp

An eleven-way race for the five
Greenbelt City Council seats de-
veloped before the filing deadline
at midnight last night.
Greenioelt voters will elect a new
council Sep, emoer 20. The new
councilmen will select a mayor
from among themselves. Mrs.
Winfield MeCsmey. city clerk. said
only go new votels registered yes
terday to participate in the mus
nicipal election.
The apparent apathy of voters
to the forthcoming election was
ascribed to a lack of issues.
Sale Of GreenbeIt an Issue.
Mrs. elizabeth s. Harrington. an
incumbent council member who Is
running again this year. said she
regarded the impending sale OF
Greenbelt by the Federal Govern
ment as the most important mat
ter facing residents.
Everyone is pretty much in
accord with the idea that present
residents here should get prefer
ence in any sale of Greenbelt," she
said.
Other observers recalled that at
this time in the 1947 campaign for
tWo-year council terms, three is
sues divided 10 candidates into
two States and nine independ-
ents.
Seven Candidates Listed.
After the resignation a year ago
Of Manager James Gobbel and the
succession of Charles T. Mcdonald,
no public controversy has arisen.
These are the candidates:
Mrs. Harrington. Thomas j.
Canning, present. mayor: Frank
j. Lastner. also an incumbent
councilman, who served a 2-year
term before the war; Steve L.
Comings. Adelbert c. Long. Bruce
Bowman, present head Of the
Greenbelt Citizens Association;
Walter J. Bierwagen, James N.
Wolfe, George K. Davidson, Mrs.
Margaret Carmody and Mike Salz-
nan.
Allen D. Morrison, member of
the present council. dropped out
Of the 1949 campaign due to his
recent appointment as a county
magistrate for Greenbelt. David
Granahan, another incumbent.
refused to run again since he
plans to live elsewhere.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Potuxent Health Tests
To Be Held Tuesdoy

A health examination for 5 and
6 year old children of military and
civilian personnel at the Patuxent
River Naval Air Station will be
held from 9 am. to pm. Tues
day at Frank Knox School, Lex
ington Park, Md.
The summer roundup is spon-
sored by the P-TA for children
who are entering kindergarten and
the first grade in September.
Appointments also may be made
for physical and dental examina-
tions by the medical department
of the Naval Dispensary at a fam
lily clinic from to 4:15 pm. Tues
day and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

within the sanitary district. Some
who live on large farms in remote
areas of the district that would not
get sewer service may not approve
the plan. County officials have
tried to show that eventually the
entire district will benefit as more
and more sewer extensions are
made.
Other criticism has appeared in
several large housing projects that
now have sewer service. Some resi-
dents of these projects believe
there should be a greater reduc-
ton in the sewer service charge.
The loudeSt criticism. however.
has come from the city OF Falls
Church. About IS per cent of the
city's sewage is. emptied into the
Holmes Run trunk sewer. Under
the city's present contract with
the Government, only 50 is charged
annually for each city home served
by the sewer. The county proposes
if it acquires the Holmes Run
sewer. to charge the city an an
nual fee averaging $3.50 a month
for each city home served.
Outside Sanitary District.
Faced with this increase, Falls
Church officials are looking into
the possibility of disposing of it's
sewage in another manner. Coun-
ty officials argue that the city
should pay the same proportion
ate share for sewer service as
county users.
Falls Church residents do not
have vote in the referendum
because the city is not within the
sanitary district.
Passage of the sewer bond issue
could have an important effect
in other communities that also
empty sewage into the Potomac
River. Both Arlington and Alex
andria contribute more to the
Potomac's pollution than Fairfax.
With treatment plant, Fairfax
would be- in a strong position to
demand that the State Water
Board crack down on the county's
neighbors. Alexandria already has
been warned by the State about
pollution.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Frederick County Debt
Cut Below $3.50, 900
sp.eioI pispaieh 10 Ihe ster

FREDERICK, Md, Aug. 20.-
The county's funded debt will drop
below $750,000 by the end of this
year. The report of the county
auditor received by the Board of
County Commissioners, placed out
standing bonds at 1922, 900 as of
December 81, 1948.
The commissioners appropriated
SOL 900 toward payment of bonds
this year.
All county bonds now mature
serially and under present calcu-
lations the bonded Indebtedness
would be wiped out completely by
1861 if no additional bonds were
issued.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
United Baptist Church
Preachers Named

The Rev. Robert D. Crowley
will conduct II am. services
today at the United Baptist
Church, 1915 North Quincy Street,
Arlington.
He will speak in the absence
of the Rev. Elmer Lucas. pastor.
who is out of town. Preaching at
the 1880 pm. service will be the
Rev. Thomas E. Boorde, former
pastor of Anacostia Baptist
Church.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
One New Polio Case
Brings D. {. Total 10
"a, Same as in '&

The District Health Department
last night reported one new case
of polio. raising the number OF
cases it has reported so far this
year to 34-the same number reg
istered in the District at this date
in 1948.
The new patient is an 8-year-
old boy living in the 3100 block OF
Buena Vista terrace Sc. admit
ted to Children's Hospital yester-
day.
In addition to the "a District
cases. IS persons have been strick-
en- this year in Alexandria and
nearby Maryland and Virginia
counties.
Virginia reported two new cases
yesterday, bringing its total to
119 for the year.
Throughout the country. polio
took a sharp jump during the
week. increasing at a rate well
ahead OF that for the near-record
year of 1948, when a total Of
about $1,000 cases were reported.
The national rate of increase
leveled off earlier this month
usually the worst of the year.
Only 3,100 new cases were re-
ported the first nine days of
August. But a sudden squirt shot
the number up to nearly 5000
for the next nine-day period.
There is no uniform pattern of
behavior for the disease, accord
ing to surveys. Some large cities,
like New York and Boston. have
been hit far harder than smaller
communities and rural areas. But
Chicago and Philadelphia are in
much better shape than areas in
I,1r ,,&1 -
Evening star., 1949-08-21
FHA Officials to Attend
Virginia Housing Session
By the As.eeiated Prsst

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 20.-Top
Federal Housing Agency officials
will attend the annual meeting of
the Virginia Association of Rede-
velopment and Housing Authori-
ties Thursday and Friday at Ocean
View.
Commissioner John T. Egan of
the Public Housing Administra-
tion will head the visiting delega-
ton from Washington and will
participate Thursday afternoon in
a round-table discussion on rede-
" 'pment aspects of the Housing
Acs of 1949.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
.O'Conor Proposes Study
OF Shud in Chesapeake
by the A,soc;oted Press


Restoration of shad in the
Chesapeake Bay is one of the
aims of six-year study pro-
posed by Senator O'Conor. Demo-
crat, of Maryland, and recently
approved by President Truman as
part of an overall fisheries bill.
The Fish and Wildlife Service
study, to cost SIS 900 a year, also
would extend to the siad fishing
all along the Atlantic coast.
Sene or O'Coror said in a state
ment yesterday that he introduced
the measure at the request of
Maryland fisheries interests and
the National Fisheries Institute.