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Evening star., 1949-03-29
Brown, Mrs. Dove Head
ARLINGTON Jeffersonb banque'

Paul D. Brown and Mrs. Maude
N. Dove have been named CO.
chairmen of the Arlington Jeffer-
son Day Banquet Committee, it
was announced today by Harrison
Mann, chairman of the Arlington
County Democratic Executive
Committee. The annual Jefferson
Day banquet will be held April
81 at the terrace room of Wash
ington National Airport.
Mr.. Brown announced that
Leonard Hilder would be in charge
of arrangements. Other commit
tee appointments are: Speakers,
State Senator Charles R. Fen
wick; reception, j. Maynard Ma
gruder and George Damn. men,
bers of the House of Delegates;
finance, E. w. Hamman; spon-
sors, Mr.. Mann, and tickets, Leon
ard Hilder and Miss Freda Oliver.
Senators Byrd and Robertson
and Representative Smith have
indicated they will attend. Tick
cts may be obtained from Mr..
Mann or Miss Oliver.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
'Takoma Council Vote!
.ToRetain Discounts
On Real Estate Taxes

The Takoma Park City Council
last night voted to retain discounts
on payment of real estate taxes
before headlines.
The action. in effect, reverses a
previous stand in which the Mayor
broke a tie and voted in favor of
discontinuing the plan. The vote
last night was 4-to-3, with the
Mayor not voting.
Tax bills rendered July 1 may
be discounted at 2 per cent if paid
before September l and at l per
cent prior to November /. A bill
to abolish the discount system has
passed the Maryland House of
Delegates and now is pending
before the Senate.
Bus Route to Be Changed
Luke I. Bennett, president of
the Community League of Takoma
Park, which opposed doing away
with the discount system. today
expressed the hope that the
councils action would kill the
proposed legislation. He said
petitions to retain the old system
have been circulated and about
500 signatures had been obtained
when the council took its action
last night.
The District Public Utilities
Commission informed the council
that the Capital Transit Co. is
preparing to change the operation
Of certain buses on the J-1 out
bound trips in the afternoon to
operate over the J-6 route to the
terminal at Laurel and Eastern
avenues. The change will be-
come effective within the next
three weeks.
Fischer Retires.
William F. Fischer, superintend-
ent of public works for the past
Is years and a member of the
council from 1922 to 1924. retired
last night and was commended by
town officials. He will be given
leave from April II to July l,
when he goes on the retired roll.
Various civic and health organ
izations occupying the Municipal
Building at Columbia avenue will
be permitted to continue their
activities without interruption
over an extended period, the
Council decided. Plans for reno
waiting tbe structure will not be
undertaken at present.
Earl w. Thomas, son of 1t. Earl
Thomas, chief of police. was ap-
pointed a private in the Takoma
Park Fire Department at $2,280 a
year.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Frame House Destroyed
By Fire Near Leesburq
Special Dispoteh TO The Star

LEESBURG, Va, Mar. 29.-Fire
yesterday destroyed the eight
room frame residence of DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas Howard at Oatlands,
miles from here.
Mrs. Howard and her 3-year-old
son were alone at the time. DR..
Howard, . veterinarian, was away
on a call.
The Leesburg Fire Company re-
sponded to a call placed by a
passerby who noticed the roof
ablaze, but the fire, famed by a
high wind, made quick headway.
Firemen were able to save some
furnishings. The cause Of the
fire was not determined.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
; Held os Shoplifters
In Alexandra Stores

Three women were arrested yes
terday in Alexandria on charges
of shoplifting from several King
street stores.
The women were listed by police
as Mary Williams and Geral john
son, both ~, Petersburg, Va, and
Dorothy Mosby, 20, Richmond.
ALI are colored.
Police said they had shop
ping bags containing merchandise
worth about 500 when they were
arrested by Corpl. L. c. Saunders
and Pvts. w. J. Vaughn and J. w.
Varney.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Girl, 6, Finds Wonderland Behind Circus Scenes
By Horn Lever

1t doens't happen very often
to little girls. the way it did to
I6-year-old Margaret Davis.
Quite Unexpectedly, last night,
she was taken into a new and
very exciting world-a world of
close contact with animals, pretty
aerialists and funny clowns.
She patted the paw of a baby
lion cub, shook the fin of a trained
seal and rode a trained pony
while other and less fortunate
small fry had to watch the ca
pacity opening OF the big Shrine
Circus from "out front" at Uline
Arena. All proceeds OF the 38-act
show, which runs through April
8, will go to charity. Perform
ances are at 2:15 and 8:15 pm.
daily.
Trip Into Wonderland.
There was a reason why the
excursion into wonderland came
about for the pretty little daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ethel M. Davis. 9605
Georgia avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
Circuses are exciting, but that's
not enough for editors. They want
their reporters to have an angle"
for the story. And sometimes
angles are hard to get. Margaret
turned out to be an angle.
Why not take a little girl be-
hind the scenes? Let's see her
reaction to it all. the closeup ap-
peal of the clowns, all the hurried
instructions and the hustle of last
minute preparation before the
grand procession and the Sc
quence of acts.
Margaret first was taken to see
the lions. There was the little
cub. born last Christmas. 1t
frolicked outside cage, but un-
der watchful eyes. Margaret shy
ly petted it's paw. was rewarded
with a purr.
Visit to Clown Alley.
Then she went for a ride" on
the pony, got together with
trained seal and SHE'D away from
a rough-looking bear. Next came
visit to Clown Alley" dressing
room for the funny men.
The smell of makeup, colorful
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Montgomery Council
Fails in Battle 10
Name Liquor Board
Special oispoteh 10 The Stof

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 29.-One-
half of a two-way battle for Re-
publican control of Montgomery
Countys liquor affairs was on the
House calendar today after the
other half was lost by a one-vote
margin in the Senate last night.
Roy Tasco Davis. the county's 5
Republican State Senator, sreered
Ia bill giving the County Council
title to the Silver Spring liquor
Idispensary building through 70 a
IT'LL vote victory but was de-
feated in a hard fight to transfer
powers to appoint Liquor Board
members from the Governor to
the council.
The Liquor Control Board owns
the dispensary building which
Senator Davis contended should
pass to the council because we
should have title to a structure
we have paid for"
Debate Is Sharp.
Sharp debate and a speech by
Senator Davis preceded the 1914
tally which apparently killed the
appointive power measure for the
current session.
The measure may not be dead,
however. Several Senators today
said they are studying a move to
reconsider the bill.
Opening the series Of ver-
bal exchanges. Senator Davis
recalled that power to appoint
Liquor Board members had been
given the Governor in 1945, after
having been in the hands of the
county commissioners since 1888.
Pointing out that the measure
would not become effective until
1851, Senator Davis said it was
neither a ripper bill nor a political
move.
Using a colored chart he had
brought into the chamber. he cited
several counties in which local
governments are empowered to
name liquor board members.
Question Called Partisan.
Majority Leader L. Harold
Sothoron, Prince Georges County,
and Senator P. G. Stromberg,
Democrat. Howard County, de-
clared the question purely par
tisan."
Senators Della and Hofferbert,
Democrats, of Baltimore and
Shallcross of Kent County voted
with the II Republican members
in support of the bill. Senator
Della, in explaining his vote, said
that the Democrats have a 10000
book majority in Montgomery
County.
Montgomery County sent Re-
publicans down here" he said.
with such a Democratic major
ity, can't help but believe there
may be something wrong with the
organization down there"
Visibly shaken, Senator Davis
took the floor on a point of per-
sonal privilege after the vote. He
strode over to a chart and said:
Here is Montgomery County,
heretofore among the % Of the
State. I shall take this crayon
and mark it off"
The House passed a measure
which would create a 4-member
recreation board and a director of
recreation to develop program
of public recreation in Prince
Georges County.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
+counthlAssai|s
Rezoning With
Limits on Use
Conditional Changes
In Classification in
Montgomery Dropped

The practice of rezoning prop.
erty on condition that its use bt
limited to specific purpose wa!
repudiated in principle by tn.
Montgomery County Council to.
day.
The council disavowed a prac.
tice followed frequently by the
former commissioners. The ruling
further defines the course to bt
followed by the new government
and may affect the development
of property recently reclassif1ed.
The council stated it's views ir
denying a petition by Robert P
Dunlop to rezone land in Spencer
vile from residential A to COM
mercial D. The opinion read.
THE District Council is limited
to either approving or denying
proposed map amendments and
has no authority to approve such
an amendment on condition that
the applicant use the land re-
zoned for particular commercial
use.
Would Nullify Action.
"Once land is rezoned CONNER
cial D, the owner or his successors
are entitled to use the land for
any commercial use permitted by
the commercial zoning classifica-
ton subject, of course. to
applicable limitations of other
laws.
ANY such condition, to the ap-
proval of a rezoning application
would be invalid and. if the re-
zoning is approved only subject
to such a condition. then the re-
zoning action itself is without
force and effect"
In rejecting Mr.. Dunlop's appli-
cation, the council said he did not
demonstrate a need for more
commercially zoned land, in the
area. It also stated that granting
the application would not conform
to standards of the Maryland
Washington Regional District
Act.
Emphasized in Another Opinion.
The councils zoing views also
were emphasized in another opin-
ion. In denying the application OF
A. H. Jennings to rezone from
residential A to residential c
property at 11121 Old Bladensburg
road, between Wheaton and -Four
Corners. the council declared:
"Rezoning of land is not to be
granted for personal. economic or
other advantages of the appli-
cant. The act provides that
amendments of the zoning ordin-
ance map shall be made for the
purposes of guiding and accom-
plishing a co-ordinated, compre-
hensive. adjusted and systematic
development of the district : .
and the protection and promotion
of the health. safety morals,
comfort and welfare of the
public"
The Council said approval of
the Jennings application would
not be in conformity with the
statutory requirements.
A third rezoning application was
approved. This was a petition by
William j. and Dorothy M. Freas,
changing the classification of lots
4 and 7. block 7. Triangle Park
subdivision. Wheaton. from resi-
Dental A to commercial D.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

la good idea of what goes into a
circus as big as the one at Uline,
she returned to her seat. And
just in time to see a spectacular
act called "Aida-the Star in the
Moon." in which a girl is pro-
PEELED in circles high above the
audience with an "airplane' pro-
viding the motive power.
Enjoys Aerial Acts.
Margaret also liked the Fly
ing Hartzells," trapeze artists, and
Miss Violante," an aerial act
with a warning: IF YOU have a
Evening star., 1949-03-29
E. Brooke Lee Held Key Figure
As Assembly Sessions Near End

| the House chamber, his horn
trimmed glasses perched at the end
of his nose, busily tallying the
votes of legislators on key issues.
In fact, his presence in the
House, along with members of the
Governors staff. during debate on
bill last week gave rise to a
charge by one Delegate of guber-
material pressure.
The bill. sponsored by Delegate
Oliver R. Guyther, Democrat, of
St. Marys County, would reduce
the corporate income tax rate
from to 2 per cent, resulting in a
loss to the State of about $5,000.-
900 year. The measure was
referred to committee.
| Interestingly enough. Mr.. Lee
sometimes sits near the Montgom-
cry delegation, whose members
strongly oppose his policies. Al
such times the Montgomery Dele
gates studiously' avoid looking ir
his QlIeCClOn.
Although Mr.. Lee smilingly in
sists he is lust looking around
when asked why he is here. in
formed sources say it is no secret
that he devotes his time to
smoothing away differences be-
tween the Governor and State leg
islators.
A long time friend and close po-
litical associate of Gov. Lane, Mr..
Lee Is we'll fitted for the job.
He has wide range of acquaint-
ances and friends throughout the
State and his control of the Mont
gomery County Democratic organ
ization gives his opinions consid-
erable. weight in party circles.
He played an active part in the
Democratic primary and election
for Governor in 1916.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

weak heart close your eyes,"
AS to the Zacchini Cannon,
which fires the Misses Diuna and
Victoria. from its mouth within
seconds Of each other. Margaret
thought this was truly a grand
finale to the big show. which is
80 per cent new.
Then she remembered some
thing she had forgotten:
Il should have given that
clown Bozo Cosmo my lollipop,
but mommy had it out there
while I was back with the little
lion"
Evening star., 1949-03-29

costumes and the odd assortment
of gadgets clowns use came in
for inspection by the little girl.
Now I'd like to see the ele-
phinks," Margaret said. But she
couldn't, at least from a closeup
vantage point. because the big
beasts were said to be a little
unpredictable-even a little bad.
Robbers are bladder" retorted
Margaret. She said she has a
friend who recently was on the
train held up by bandits in West
Virginia.
And so, a half-hour later. with
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Rites Set in Woodstock
For John H. Lichliter
snseial pispateh 10 The Star

WOODSTOCK, Va, Mar. %
Funeral services for John Henry
Lichliter, SO, who was killed sun
day in an automobile accident. will
be held at II am. tomorrow at the
Oak Hill Church Of the Brethren.
Detrick. Burial will be in Smith
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Health Center Dedication

Dedication ceremonies for new
health center building for colored
citizens of Pomonkey, Md, will be
held at 2::30 pm. Sunday in the
Pomonkey High School.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

session draws to
a close.
Once a G a IN
t he for m e +
Speaker of the
House is acting
as liaison man
b e t W e e n the
Governor a n d
members of the
State LIE isla-
ture. He per-
formed a SINH
lar role during
part of tn e
Ritchie admin
3StrnfiOy,
Evening star., 1949-03-29

SleCCeQ as a
princess of the
queens court
of the Shenan-
doah Appl e
Blossom Festi-
val. to be held
here April %
and 20.
M SIS Fox ,
W no attended
the &c org e
w a S h | n gton
High School, is
an undergradu-
ate at the Vir-
s-S- O L
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Church Oyster Supper

The Woman's Society for Chris
tian Service will hold a ham and
fried oyster supper at 4:3O pm.
Thursday in the Colesville (Md.)
Methodist Church. Proceeds will
be used to aid in building a new
parsonage
Evening star., 1949-03-29
By J. B. Zotmon
Stor Sfoff Co,responde M

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. o. Mont
gomery County Democratic Leader
E. Brooke Lee is a key figure here
as the General Assembly's l949
Evening star., 1949-03-29

Teachers College, Farmville, Va.
She is vice president of the
student government council, a
member of Alpha Sigma Tau
Sorority and of the Alpha Kappa
Honorary Society.
Evening star., 1949-03-29
Alexandria Girl Named
To Apple Blossom Fete
Special Dispatch to The Stor

WINCHESTER, Va, Mar. 29.-
A former Alexandria high school
student, Jane Fox, has been
Evening star., 1949-03-29

SHOOTS SELF IN HEAD-Paul
j. Hastings, jr., 4, accidentally
shot himself Saturday as he
rode in the back seat of the
family automobile in Salisbury,
Md. Paul found his fathers
.22-caliber pistol in the seat
and the gun went off. The
bullet went In under his chin
and came out through his ear
after grazing his skull. Then
it passed through his mothers
hair without hitting her head,
struck the windshield and
bounced back into the front
seat. Paul was discharged
after hospital treatment.
-AP WirephotO.
Evening star., 1949-03-29

cOlOred
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20
SACRIFICE:
Love of Mate

If the name Of vanity truly is
woman" then the sacrifice made
by a Chicago woman for her hus-
band must rank among the mo
greater love" examples which are
contained in the record.
MRS. JOAN BIERDZ, 20, had a
husband who was striker with can
Ger. The disease had ravaged his
face to a point where an adult told
him that he looked like the william
of Frankenstein." Mr.. Bierdz was
a patient in the Bronx, NY, veter-
ans hospital. He had written his
wife that his face "caused com
ment'' when he attended a movie,
and that he would never 60 out
again.
After receiving the letter from
her 26-year-old husband. Mrs.
Bierdz slashed both her arms. She
was arraigned in a Chicago court
on a charge Of disorderly conduct.
SHE TOLD the judge: II did it
because l wanted people to look at
me, instead Of him my hus-
band has been told by VA doctors
he can live only a year at most"
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20
MARSHALL PLAN:
~
To Be Continued

Europe appeared certain OF con-
tinued receipt of Marshall plan aid
for another IS months.
An enthusiastic house Of repre-
sentatives, shouting down or beat
ing off every attempt to reduce the
proposed appropriation figure, ap-
proved the gift bill by a vote OF
354 to Is.
EVERY AMENDMENT which
would have reduced the fund, or
delayed action in order to study
Europe's real needs, was brushed
off by the majority.
The bill, as approved by the
house, was for 200 million dollars
less than the bill which was voted
by the senate. The upper chamber
passed a measure appropriating
$50 billion dollars. The house bill
called for 5.38 billion.
The house measure would author
ize continued u. S. aid until July
l, 1850. subject to possible later
cuts by the senate and house ap-
preparations committees. 1t pro-
vided 272 million dollars to encour-
age American private business to
invest in recovery projects abroad.
Such investments would be guar
anteed against loss by confiscation
of property overseas.
FINAL VOTE on the house bill
came after Majority Leader John
W. Mccormack 3D., Mass.) pleaded
against a copied economy drive
with a warning that the world is
looking either to Washington or
the Kremlin."
On the passage vote, 125 Repub-
licans joined 229 Democrats in
favor of the bill.
Rep. John M. Vorys (R., Oliio)
backed an amendment to cut off
$50 million dollars from the ap-
preparations, which was defeated.
Vorys, saying he favored the Mar
shall plan and the North Atlantic
pact, nevertheless warned that I'VE
have to keep strong here at home
if we are to help out abroad"
Vorys offered an amendment Of his
own to term what he called the
'~'give-away" of American billions.
1t. too, was defeated.
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20

Excuses Seen

What could the people believe
about Americas defense needs?
Were the taxpayers being taken for
a ride" by a cynical, contemptu-
GUS coterie of military brass hats
who we're using world tension to set
up an artificial basis for huge
grabs from appropriation funds?
THOSE APPEARED to be fair
questions-and here's why:
Robert Patterson. former secre-
tary Of war said: ut is no exag-
geration to say that the cost in
duplication, competition and dis
jointed effort directly traceable to
the t~wo-headed (army-navy) sys-
tenn a into billions and billions.
Much of the public debt is due to
that division of authority and re-
sponsibility between the war de-
partment and the navy depart
ment."
But what has that to do with de-
tense appropriations?
Herbert Hoover - appointed to
head up a survey committee to
streamline government and cut
costs-said that the army. navy and
air force are padding their money
requests to congress by millions Of
dollars.
He also accused them OF start
ling" waste and extravaganza.
THE FORMER PRESIDENT, ap-
pearing before the senate armed
forces committee, declared: ZAP
plications in the military budget
for hundreds Of millions Of dollars
to retool industry should be exam
ined with the greatest skepticism."
Hoover told the committee that
what the department Of national
defense needs is a good bookkeep-
ing system. "At the present time"
he said, nobody can tell the cost
of any particular function in the
armed services"
In submitting a report, Hoover
observed that the federal govern
ment now has about q billion dol
lars worth Of personal property.
and said:
I'VE might be able to live on u
fat for awhile If we had it cata-
logued and knew where it was"
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20
OLD AGE:
No Elixir

Impending old age affects many
people in many ways. But to all
who stand on its threshold, it is a
topic of prime consideration. OF
late. science, medicine and the
psychiatrists all have been con-
cerned with the subject and appar-
emily little loath to be heard upon
1t.
LATEST to ponder the problem
Of how one should approach old
age and what may be expected in
this period of life was a conference
Of 300 physicians from all over the
nation.
These physicians were all agreed
that one of the biggest problems
facing the medical profession in
the problems of old age is making
those added years healthy, happy
and useful.
Throughout the conference the
warning was sounded again and
again that something must be done
to give men and women not only
long life, but a healthy. happy and
useful old age.
THE SIMPLE and sad fact is
that mans life has been extended
beyond his present capacity to en-
Joy it as a useful citizen, the medi-
cal authorities agreed. For in pro-
longing life, science also prolonged
suffering and misery-an the
chronic illnesses and disabilities
which plague mankind in the declin-
ing years.
DR.. Chauncey Leake. of the Uni
versity of Texas, said that young
people as early as in high school
should be taught how to grow old
that is, how to cultivate hobbies
and intellectual curiosity and how
to develop a systematic regimen for
physical and mental hygiene.
He declared the country should
have an collage program" similar
to the child-care program.
he ALSO URGED increased re-
search on drugs which may help
the aged by preventing the dis
orders to which old people are SUBJ
ject.
But, coming out by the same
door wherein he went, he warned
that all hope for an "elixir of life
must be dismissed-that there is no
miracle drug to restore youth to
the aged.
Wherein he delivered himself OF
a truism well known even as Ponce
de Leon was searching for the
fountain of eternal youth.
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20
ALLIANCE:
THINGS Humming

The administration was really
moving on the north atlantic de-
tense alliance.
President Truman had urged the
senate to take early action on the
treaty in order to help western
Europe ward off brutality and
aggression by pledging u. S. par
ticipation in the pact.
SUCH ACTION, he said, would
be a long step on the road to
peace"
Thus, as he began his fifth year
as President of the United States,
Harry Truman pointed up anew his
conviction that a lasting world
peace is an obtainable goal.
This treaty." he said. makes
clear the determination of the peo-
pie Of the United States and Of our
neighbors in the North Atlantic
community to do their utmost to
maintain peace with justice and to
take such action as they may deem
necessary if the peace is broken"
Laurel outlook., 1949-04-20
ST. JOHNS LUTHERAN
CHURCH

1.-THE Church of the Lutheran
Hour"
400 Durland Avenue.
Martin H. Juengel, pastor.
Sunday school and Bible class
at 8 a. m.
English service at 10 a. m.
German service at II a. m.
The Lutheran Hour, KGHL,
Sundays at 9 a. m.
The man who doesn't have time
to go to church is like an auto
mobile which doesn't have time
to stop for gasoline. Take time
to worship your God. We invite
you to our services.