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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

For ten years, a5-hp General Electric
motor has been helping G. E. Bowers
of Circleville, Ohio, get his feed
mixing done quickly and easily. He
says, Il used to use my tractor to
drive the mixer but it seemed that
every time l had feed to mix the
tractor was being used on some other
job. Now | get my feed mixing done
IN about the same time it used to take
to hook up the tractor. Besides, on
cold winter days it's not necessary
to open doors or windows to let in
tractor belts" He went on to say, 81
have had that same General Electric
motor or my mixer for ten years
and during that time it has never been
out of service once. Except for occa-
sional lubrications and inspections it
has required no maintenance"
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

If you will examine the celery plants
on the right in the photograph shown
here, you will notice that they are
almost twice as tall as those on the left
grown in a manure-heated bed. With
proof like this, you and your neighbors
would do well to check further into
electric hotbeds. General Electric has
prepared a six-page folder on the sub
ject and I'd be glad to send you a copy.
Just check it off on the coupon below.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

A G-E battery charger, designed
especially for farm and home use, is
now being offered by your G-E dealer.
Small and lightweight, this charger
makes it possible to restore a battery
without removing it from the tractor,
car, or truck. 1t is available in two
types. The "Overnite" model is partic-
ularly suited for farm use since it will
recharge the average battery in IL
hours or less. Where this higher charg-
ing rate is not required, the Gone Day"
model GA hours or less) may be used.
Both types are now available in hard
ware stores, automotive supply stores
and farm equipment stores. Suggested
retail prices: $24.50 for the "Overnite"
Type, $3.50 for the "One Day" Type.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

months Farm News. 1t illustrates
wonderfully one of the best features
about electric soil heating - the fact
that you know in advance that you're
going to get enough seedlings of the
right size for spring planting.
That's because the grower has direct
control of plant growth when his hot
beds are electrically heated. Germina-
ton is high and vigorous uniform
plants can be produced.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15
Maryland grower instaIIs eIectricaIIyheated hotbeds; pulls
more and better sweet potato plants earlier in the spring.

For years, Barnsley Warheld and his
brother Clay of Severn, Md, found
that their manure-heated hotbeds did
not produce half of the sweet potato
plants they needed for their 52-acre
farm in Anne Arundel County. They
even put in far more seed than was
necessary but still the shortage oc-
Cured every spring. Finally, two cleo
trically-heated hotbeds, wired with
G-E heating cable were installed. Mr..
Warheld now has this to say about
electric hotbeds.
Plenty of Plants by MayI
Friends of ours using electrically
heated beds, had wonderful results,and
it was largely because of their success
that we decided to try two electric beds
ourselves. So, on the fifth of April, we
installed them and seeded them the
following day. After losing so many
plants with n beds in past years,
it was a welcome relief to find plenty
of hardy s~weet-potato plants ready for
the fields by the middle of May"
G-E heating cable is easy to install
and economical to operate. Daily cur
rent consumption averages about /
kilowatt hour per 8 g. sash.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15
FINDS WAY TO BEAT PLANT SHORTAGE!
NOTES FROM THE FIELD
by GEORGE RIETZ, Mgr.
Form Industry Div, General Electric Co.

It's winter now,
but the wise farmer
knows he must plan
his spring planting
soon. There's a good
lesson in the story
of BarnsleyW arfield
whose experience
with electric hotbeds
is described in this
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

IT'S NEW -. IT'S FREeG
The G-E Farm G.
Home Cata1og con-
tains IFS illustrated
pages ON G-E equip
ment and appliances.
A guide on how to
make oil farm work
easier. Send for it now.
Use coupon below.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-01-15

General Electric Company
Section 669-s7c. Schenectady S, n. r.
Please send me the following bulletins:
GeA-5lo@ (G-E Form and Home Motors,
GEs-3349 (G-E Soil Heating Goblet
1877 (G-E Forn cotoIos).
hAme
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Property Owners Elect
HeitmuIIer as President

About 80 persons attended ar
organization meeting of the Wash
ington Property Owners Associa-
ton in the Lafayette Hotel last
night at which the following Of
fcers we're elected:
Theodore Heitmuller, president
John Safer, vice president; Nathan
M. Lubar, secretary, Morris G
Bishop, treasurer. The officer!
were name to the Board of Di-
rectors which also includes Cliff.
ford H. Newell, Arthur KatimE
and Sam RoSey.
The group voted unanimously tx
request the Commissioners tt
withhold any action under tht
new egress law until six month.
after copies of the law are made
public The law became effective
January /.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Home Rule Bill Drafting
will Start Thursday

Chairman Kefauver of the
Home Rule Subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee today
called an executive meeting of his
group for pm. Thursday to be-
gin drafting a bill for District
self government.
The Tennessee Democrat has
been comforting with his col
leagues on the suggested form of
a bill since public hearings re-
Gently developed a wide difference
of opinion.
AS a former member Of the
House, Senator Kefauver has said
he is we'll aware of the practical
difficulties facing a home-rule
measure and hopes to bring out
the bill which will stand the best
chance of enactment.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Church Right 10 Share
Nutting Estate Upheld

District Court Judge S. Dickin-
son Let's has upheld the right OF
Washington Cathedral and the
Nativity Episcopal Church to
share in the estate of the late
Mrs. Lillian L. Nutting.
Mrs. Nutting, "a, widow of Dr.
Hugh Nutting. died on July 26
1947, leaving an estate estimated
at nearly $4,000. She left three
wills, each giving a third Of the
residue to the Cathedral and one
sixth to the Church of the Nativ-
ity, Massachusetts avenue and A
street Sc.
A number of cousins had asked
an Interpretation of these pro-
visions since the last will was
dated July IA, 1947, only II days
before Mrs. Nutting died.
District law provides that be-
quests to clergymen or religious
bodies in wills must be made at
least a calendar month before the
testator dies.
Judge Let's found that in max
ing her last will, Mrs. Nutting
sought only to put her will in
conventional form. 1t was identi-
cal with an earlier will of March
II, 1947, in disposing of the es-
tate, he noted.
The will leaves money also to
the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home, the Home for Incurables
and cousins and friends.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
U.S.. Scored on Seizure
Of Land , Loss Of Taxes

The Federal Government drew
sharp criticism from county and
municipal officials here today for
taking and holding land without
compensating local governments
for loss of tax revenue.
Representatives of the National
Association of County Officials and
the American Municipal AsSocia-
ton met at the Mayf1oWer Hotel
to- map out arguments for hear
ing before the House Public Lands
Committee tomorrow.
They will urge action on a pend
ing bill directing the Federal
Government to pay State and
local governments annual amounts
equivalent to taxes that otherwise
would be assessed on Federally-
owned real estate.
The Districts financial problem
was not specifically mentioned.
Several of the visiting officials
said, however, that their plan
should apply to the District as we'll
as other areas.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

The smallest opening day crowd
in the history of the Municipal
Building turned out this chilly
day to buy the first 1949 license
plates sold over the counter.
Only about 100 persons were on
hand when the doors opened at
8:15. They moved past two teams
of clerks, who handled the opera
ton with remarkable dispatch, to
emerge with shiny new tags-yel-
low this year, with black numerals.
! Because of the temperature out
side. the crowd was allowed to
queue up along one of the cor
ridors of the building. Capt. j.
H. Davis of the District Building
Guards, who has been on hand on
every such occasion since the
Municipal Building opened seven
years ago, said this was the small
est turnout he remembered.
Of course, there were some who
ran according to the pattern
established on previous first days.
Arguing heatedly at the head OF
Evening star., 1949-03-01
.FWA Seeks Authority
To Buy Foggy Bottom
Tract for u. ). Use

Land developers are regarding
Washington's Foggy Bottom with
new interest, and the Federal
Government may lose out on a
bargain if it doesn't get Congress
sional authority to buy there soon,
Public Buildings Commissioner w.
E. Reynolds warned the House
Public Works Committee today.
Mr.. Reynolds was discussing a
feature of a public construction
planning and site-acquisition bill
which would permit the Federal
Works Agency to acquire a four
block section in the area between
Virginia and Constitution avenues
for a future Government Office
building.
He said he first had recon-
mended acquisition of the site II
years ago and pointed out it was
one of the last remaining areas
convenient to downtown Wash
ington which the Federal Govern
menu Wlght nope 10 oDtaln.
Washington is similar to Miami
Beach in that land values follow
a steady upward course, even
through depressions, Mr. Reynolds
said. While the neighborhood in
the vicinity of Heurichs Brewery
still has been subjected to little
modernization, developers can be
expected to move in before long,
he suggested.
Mr.. Reynolds said FWA had no
plans for early construction of a
new Federal building there, but
wanted the authority to acquire
site in order to forestall private
improvement projects which would
raise the purchase price OF the
property substantially.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Challenge Delays Trial
In Beating OF Infant

The trial of Billy w. Keith on
charges of beating his 18-month-
old son was delayed today when
defense attorneys challenged the
validity of the warrants on which
he was arrested.
Trial Magistrate William B
Wheeler took under advisement
charges by the defense that a
welfare worker and a Montgom-
cry County policeman were not
required to give their oathS when
the warrants were issued.
Keith, who lives at 1914 Self
ridge road, Viers Mill Village,
was arrested after his son was
admitted to Children's Hospital
February 6 suffering from a bro
ken leg. pneumonia and an in
famed ear. The child recently
was returned to the custody of
the parents by the county Juve-
nile Court.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Conditional Nay|or Gardens
Eviction Notices Served

A number of nonresident own
ers of apartments in the Naylol
Gardens cooperative apartment
development at Thirtieth street
and Naylor road have served 30
day eviction notices on their indi-
kidual tenants, the cooperative
management said today.
The notices were sent in antici-
patton of the expiration Of rent
control in the District March 81,
the statement said.
The members are seeking to
yain occupancy of the apartments
which they have purchased the
ttatement continued. Previously
his has been denied to them under
;erms of the deed of trust which
vas drawn up when Naylor Gar
lens was purchased from Defense
Homes Corp. in 1948."
Nonresident members concerned
n the cases recognize the fact
hat in the event rent control con-
inues uninterrupted in the Dis
rict, their action Gn serving
iotices to vacate) will be in no
6ect." the management said.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Report Expected in Week
In Columbia Hospital Probe

A grand jury report is expected
within a week on its investigation
of a $4,000 embezzlement from
the Columbia Hospital for Wom-
en-. the United States attorney s
office said today.
The shortage was disclosed yes
terday, when it was learned the
case was being presented to the
grand jury. The presentation
now is being studied by the
jurors.
Accused in connection with the
case is Frank K. jenkins, 35, OF
the $500 block of Colesville road.
Silver Spring, a former book
keeper at the hospital. Compile
ton of the case before the jury
disclosed that jenkins was placed
under $1,000 bond after a
hearing in Municipal Court in
December on a warrant charging
embezzlement. There had been no
prior notice of the hearing two
months ago.
Jenkins, hospital authorities
said, had been employed there as
bookkeeper for three years;
which they said was the period
covering the alleged embezzle-
ment. They said he was dis
charged last December "for other
reasons"
Evening star., 1949-03-01
.Loeff|er 10 Install
Drainage System on I
Soggy Golf Courses

Draining operations in East Po-
tomac and Anacostia Parks are
being undertaken to improve the
public golf courses, parts of which
are frequently under water or
"soggy," the National Capital
Parks Office said today.
S. G. Loeffler, who has the golf
ing concession, started operations
in East Potomac Park yesterday
and is preparing to begin drain
ing the Anacostia course shortly.
Improvements on both courses
should be completed in a month.
Nature is entirely to blame for
the "soggy" condition of the East
Potomac Park course, since the
land has settled about six feet
since the fill was made years ago
it was said. Flood conditions in
the city's most frequented park
have become SO serious in recent
years that park officials say con-
troll measures should be applied to
the whole area.
The operations in East Poto-
mac Park will cost Mr. Loeffle1
about $1,000 A ditch-digging
machine was moved to the
grounds yesterday, and nine new
drains will be dug.
The miniature golf course has
settled so that the holes are now
about six inches under water, Mr.
Loef1er said. This course must
virtually be rebuilt at a cost OF
about $4,000.
Work on the Anacostia course
will begin as soon as the District
Sanitation Department permits
the tapping of a storm sewer. The
drainage job there will cost less
than in Potomac Park.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
New Admitting Office
Opened al Ga|Iinger;
Facilities Improved

Gallinger Hospital today opened
it's new $4,000 central admitting
Office to provide more facilities for
examining new patients and to
give a better check on whether
patients are eligible for care al
the unsupported institution.
Previously. patients were routed
through crowded examining rooms
officials explained. An inadequate
number of social workers, who
certify whether patients are
eligible for care, also were unable
to control admissions.
In his annual report. John P
Sanderson. head of the Hospita.
Permit Bureau, said his unit last
year cleared only II .404 Gallingel
bed patients among 20,637 "Whc
should have all been checked"
The new center will be manned
IA hours every day by investigating
social workers instead of the eight
hour five-day a week shifts they
worked previously. Admitting clerks
will be on duty "a hours day
The center also provides many
examining facilities not available
before to admitting doctors.
Health Officer George. c. Ruh-
land said there still is lot miss
ing, but this is a big step forward
and we are grateful for it,
| Long Gallinger plans, how
ever. he said, provide for a centra,
administration building, in which
all clinics and admission facilities
would be housed. Patients records
still cannot be centralized, he eX-
planned, because clinics are located
throughout the hospital.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

the line before the door opened
were a man who said he had been
there since 6 am. and a woman
who said she came at am. and
hadn't been to bed at all"
Chivalry and the woman won
out in the end. The first plate
number $1,000 was issued to Miss
Bebe Martin, 46, of 925 Crittenden
street NV. Why had she come
so early?
so wouldn't have to stand in
line, of course"
The Department of Vehicles anc
Traffic announced that 1882 OF
the new tags were issued yesterday
before the opening of the public
sale. These included 730 unlisted
plates to the White House, the
Justice Department and other
Government agencies. and 2,635
to trucking and taXicab COM
panies. The American Automo-
bile Association received 1,1l6 and
the Keystone club, A. More thar
10000 plates were mailed yester-
day, officials said.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
CHA Reports S14,774
Surplus for 194S, Gain
OF 2,142 Members

/ Group Health Association had
an operating surplus of $14,774
during 1948, about 500 members
of the prepayment medical care
and disqualification cooperative
were told at its 18th annual meet
ing last night.
Melvin L. Dollar, executive di-
rector, compared the surplus with
1947 deficit of more than $21,-
900. In addition, he said, s15,450
in membership fees was placed in
reserve last year.
He reported a net membership
gain of 2,142 during the year, and
participation in the association
now stands at more than 1920.
i OF the $596,00O in operating ex-
penses, Mr.. Dollar said. $4,000
was for doctors salaries. About
100000 went for hospital care,
representing a cost of so cents
per participant per month.
Calls for Center Plans.
President William E. Warne
called for final plans and financial
arrangements to build a new med
lical center building as the asso-
cations major 1949 goal. The
center will be built on land the
group has purchased on Twenty
seventh street near K street NV
Mr.. Warne, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior, was renamed tc
a three-year term on the CHA
Board of Trustees. Others elected
to the board were Wilbur j
Cohen of the Federal Security
Agency and Douglas Ensminger
Agriculture Department official
Principal speaker at the CHA
dinner meeting, held in the In
terror Department, was j. Donald
Kingsley, assistant Federal Sc
curity administrator, who urged
support for administrations -spon-
sored compulsory health insurance
proposals.
Hits ANA Plan.
Mr.. Kingsley hit at the Amer
ican Medical Associations recent
12-point health plan as "the old
poorhouse approach that does
credit neither to the American
doctor nor the American citizen.
The plan stressed expansion OF
voluntary prepayment insurance
groups.
Mr.. Kingsley referred to a
lengthy court fight several years
ago in which the Government sue
cessfully proved charges that the
ANA and District Medical So
ciety violated antitrust laws in at
tempting to prevent CHA from
carrying on it's group-practice
program.
He added that compulsory
health insurance has replaced
you as the No. / whipping boy
of the ANA, but he predicted that
"in II years, we will be enjoying
the same respectability that you
do today"
Evening star., 1949-03-01
zoners Reject
Housing Plan
For Friendship
Back Georgetown
Residents Protest
On Multiple Units

The Zoning Commission has
turned down a request to rezone
the site of the late Mrs. Evalyn
Walsh McLean's estate, Friend
ship, to permit construction of
multiple housing units.
The request for rezoning was
made by the trustees of Mrs. Nc
Leans estate, because they had
not been able to get a fair price
for the land, they said, while it
was zoned Residential B Re-
Stricted.
Residents of Georgetown at a
hearing before the Commission on
February 9, objected to any re-
Zoning. They said such action
would not be consistent with plans
to keep Georgetown an exclusive
residential area.
Another Request Approved.
The property involved is the
block bounded by Reservoir road
r street, Wisconsin avenue and
Thirty-fourth street NV. 1t was
acquired by Mrs. Mclean after
the first Friendship was sold to
become the site of Mclean Gar
dens, apartment project.
The commission at its meeting
yesterday afternoon approved the
request to rezone the property
bounded by Twenty-fourth, E
streets and Rock Creek parkway
NV. to Residential, except for a
strip of 100 feet along both sides
OF Virginia avenue, which is re-
zoned first commercial In addi-
ton it was decided to permit site
of the Water Gate Inn in Rock
Creek parkway to remain first
commercial. This entire area had
been Zoned, variously, residential
first and second commercial and
industrial.
The commission refused tc
rezone as First Commercial an
area abutting on the east side of
Minnesota avenue Sc, to permit
the construction of a G. C. Muir
ply Co. 10-cent store.
Apartment Area Authored.
1t approved, however, a change
proposed by the Zoning Advisory
Council to permit apartment con-
Struction in large area east of
Dupont Circle. The change in
wolves property located on the
northeast side of Dupont Circle,
from P street to New Hampshire
avenue NV; the east side of
New Hampshire avenue, from Du-
pont Circle to I'LL New Hamp-
shire avenue; the west side of
New Hampshire avenue, from @
to Corcoran street NV, and the
north side of r street between
Eighteenth street and New Hamp-
shire avenue.
The commission turned down q
proposal to permit commercial
parking on vacant lots in resi-
dental areas but within 500 feet
of commercial zoning. The pro-
posal to relax the restrictions was
opposed last month by five citi-
zens' associations. who protested
that parking lots would detract
from residential character OF
their property. The National
Park and Planning Commission
also opposed the change.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Revenue Official Retires
After so Years Service

D. Spencer Bliss, deputy COM
missioner in the Bureau OF In
ternal Revenue, retired yesterday
at the age of 10 after so years
Government service.
He was the oldest employe In
the point of service. He began
work as a clerk in the Treasury
in 1899, on returning from duty in
the Spanish American War.
Among the positions held by
Mr.. Bliss have been section chief
head of various divisions, assist
ant commissioner of prohibition
commissioner of industrial alco-
hol and deputy commissioner in
charge of the miscellaneous tax
unit. where he remained from
May, 1884. until his retirement.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Red Tape Running D. 6. Worse
Than Army's, Gen. Young Says

a specific thing and even authority
for a specific job. In contrast to
this. he said, the chief of Army
Engineers and his division heads
in the field have a broad free hand
in allotting funds, filling jobs and
making contracts. He said Dis
trict affairs are "set forth in the
most meticulous detail in the
budget
The Engineer Commissioner
said complex laws, which hamper
freedom of action by the city
fathers here, can be remedied only
by Congress. And Congress, he
added, seems reluctant to take this
action.
Col. Walter D. Luplow is presi-
dent of the society's Washington
post.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Albert w. Atwood Heads
English Speaking Union

Albert w. Atwood, past president
of the Cosmos and Rotary Clubs
here, was elected president of the
Washington Branch, English
Speaking Union. by the groups
Board of Directors, meeting at the
United Nations Club, last night.
Mr.. Atwood succeeds Lyttleton
Fox, acting president. Other
officers elected include Mrs. George
P. Scriven, hospitality chairman,
and Miss Alice Mary Dodd, pub
licity chairman.
Executive Committee members
named we're Admiral Harold r..
Stark, U. S. N, retired, Leander
Mccormick -Goodhart and Mrs.
jefferson Sebastian.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Fourth Dangerous Salt
Substitute on Market

A fourth salt substitute con.
tanning dangerous lithium chloride
is on the market, the Food anc
Drug Administration warned to-
day, but spokesmen said they hac
no knowledge as to whether the
product has been distributed here
The product is Milosal, manufac-
tured by Milani Diafoods, May
wood, Calf, the agency said.
Three other lithium salt substi-
tutes-Westsal, Foodsal and Sal
tisalt-were banned as poisonous
drugs February 18, following re-
ports of several deaths over the
country after the products were
used.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

Red tape" involved in running
the District government is worse
than it is in the Army, Brig. Gen.
Gordon R. Young, the Engineer
Commissioner, told the Society OF
American Military Engineers.
The general, addressing the
group in the Burlington Hotel yes
terday, declared long-standing
laws hamper the Commissioners
even down to appointment of an
extra stenographer in his office.
Il have never seen any Army
red tape such as that by which
this city is governed, because OF
the laws here" said Gen. Young.
He explained to his audience
that there must be a specific ap-
preparation from Congress to do