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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Economic HiqhHghtS
Happenings That Affect the Dinner
Pals, Dividend Checks and Tax
Bills of Every Individual
National and international Pro-
blems Inseparable from Local
Welfare

AS the Wall Street Journal puts
it, Congressional and Treasury
tax experts think the chances of
some tax increase legislation in
1949 are good enough to justify
painstaking spade-work on new
levies." But, it goes on, whether
or not Congress will favor tax
boosts won't be known until May,
when the annual budget resolution
is passed and the lawmakers have
better idea of future income and
outgo.
So far, Congress has turned a
frowning face on all pleas for
higher taxes. The recent downturn
in business, with its adverse effect
on employment, has tended to
strengthen this attitude. A few of
the lawmakers have said hopefully
that it might even be possible to
put modest tax reductions into eff
feet. Senator George, the conserva-
tive chairman of the powerful Sem
ate Finance Committee, is strong
ly opposed to digging deeper into
the taxpayers pockets. Represent
ative Doughton, chairman of the
equally powerful House Ways &
Means Committee, also takes a
dim view of higher taxes. But both
these key figures, along with a
majority Of the members of House
and Senate, are convinced that a
balanced budget is necessary.
The hope is that Congress will
trim its sails to the wind-that it
will write budget which can be
met by the estimated revenues
from present taxes. The volumin-
Gus reports Of the Hoover Com
mission, covering every phase and
branch of the Federal government,
are designed to show specifically
how the administrative cost of gov
ernment can be substantially re-
duced, without in any way imperil-
ing policies and functions. If the
reports were accepted in toto, and
their recommendations adopted, the
annual saving would be about $3,-
600, 900, ,000-more than enough to
cover any conceivable present de-
ficit. However, the reports have
not been well received i'm all Con-
gressional quarters. They would
reduce patronage, log-rolling, and
other popular practices. So it re-
mains to be seen just how much
action will result.
If taxes are increased, how will
it be done? The ideas which are
most in the limelight now include
small increases in corporate pro-
fits, on individual incomes above
the $500 level, and on estates and
gifts. But, in each case, there is a
wealth of opposition. The mood of
The country, as a whole, seems to
be that We're paying plenty as il
is.
The plight of the taxpayer is
made tougher by the fact that
states and cities are also out for
more money. Some municipalities
nave income taxes and others are
considering them. The result is a
growing overlapping of taxes at
,he expense of purchasing power.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Mine Workers
And Coal Owners
cird For Battle

Washington (LPA) - U nit e d
Mine Workers President John l..
Lewis announcement last week
that the coal diggers' union is sue
ing some mine operators for de-
linquent payments to the welfare
and retirement fund focused atten-
tion on coal operators plan to buck
the union when contract negotia-
tions get under way this summer.
Numerous coal owners h ave
never paid in the money due the
pension fund from the days when
they were attempting to avoid 1947
contract obligations. A few are still
unpaid" in their 1916 accounts,
when the federal government seiz-
ed the mines and conceded the first
welfare program to the UNIV. A
number of companies, however,
have settled these bills with the
UNIV out of court.
Speaking thru the Natl Coal AS
sociation last week the mine own
ers started heir 1949 barrage
against the UNIV. NCA Executive
Secretary John Battle called the
recent lowering of the eligible age
for pensions from 62 to 60 an at
tempt to "price the industry out
of business" Ezra Van Horn, own
ers' agent on the funds board op-
posed this move, which Lewis and
neutral trustee Sen. H. Styles
Bridges Or, NH) voted for.
Anticipating the demand for a
shorter working week expected to
be put forward when the UMW's
policy committee meets this week
end, the operators have suddenly
decreed cut in coal prices. They
have not yet come up, however,
with an answer to the unions claim
that only reduced work week will
remedy the current underemploy-
ment of miners, which has resulted
in a number of them getting only
three days work week.
Emphasizing the situation in
those industries in which demands
for coal have decreased, and feign-
ing ingnorance of new coal require
ments of others, some mine owners
are threatening a lockout this sum-
mer when the UNIV presents its
l949 proposals-which will certain
ly include the shorter work week
and increased royalties for the
welfare and retirement fund.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Ohio Republican
Kicks At Link
With Dixiecrats

Washington (LPA) - Many
Republican member of Congress
has been growing restless over the
party's anti-labor coalition with
the Dixiecrats, but an unusually
outspoken blast against this tieup
was delivered on the House floor
the other day by Rep. Walter E.
Brehm, conservative GOP-er from
Ohio.
an my opinion this coalition is
responsible for re-electing New
Deal president, and for electing a
Democratic House and Senate last
November" Brehm declared.
"The Administration stalwarts
have been repeating year in and
year out that it has been this 'un-
holy alliance which has kept them
from enacting civil rights, expand
ed social security, public housing,
compulsory health insurance, and
so forth.
"A majority of the people have
believed these leaders, with the re-
suit that the voters have reelected
New Deal President in the hope
that this coalition might be broken.
$50 long as we continue this al
legged alliance we will never get
control and | am getting fed up
with a coalition which continues
the other party in power.
at was this alleged coalition
which passed aft-Hartley and re-
suited in the defeat of dozens of
Northern Republicans but not in
the defeat Of one solitary southern
Democrat"
Brehm then said that to avoid
being tagged as collaboration
list" he would vote against the
"Wood bill"-a measure worse
than aft-Hartley--which the coal
ition is pushing as a substitute for
the Administration bill to repeal
TIL.
81 am tired of the Republican
party being taken to the woodshed
while our Southern friends are
taking all the wood" Brehm added.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

New York (LPA)-A non-union
shop, Jeanette Juniors Inc, in the
New York dress market last week
initiated a $1,000,0O0 Taft Hartley
law violation suit against the Int'l
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
AFL. The open shop employer
charged that the ILGWU set up a
secondary boycott" against it dur
ing recognition strike, persuad-
ing truckers and another garment
firm with which it has been doing
business to stop handling Joanettl
products.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
TWU WANTS FOURTH ROUND

New York (LPA) - Transport
Workers Union President Michael
Quill told his colleagues on the
New York City Council last week
that TWU will soon be filing its
fourth round" wage demands.
Union leaders are currently work
ing on their collective bargaining
program, Quill disclosed. Of New
York's $4,000 transit workers, 49,
000 are employed by city owned
lines.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
DEPRESSION NOT NECESSARY

New York LPA)-Depression in
this country can be averted-pro-
vided there is more cooperation be-
tween management, labor and the
Federal Government, Everett Kass-
allow, labor asst research director,
said here last week in a radio de-
bate with two university econom-
lists. While most of the Roosevelt
domestic legislation would ease "a
potential shock" he urged higher
wages for the nations workers,
with a lower unit of profit for busi-
ness, as the one real insurance
against economic decline.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
Trumun Promises Action
On Hedlth Insurance In
White House Interview

washington (LFA) - Inc Iuli
weight of public opinion hit hard
at the American Medical Assn,
leaving proponents of a health in
surance program to cover all of
the American people cheered by
developments here last week.
Top health news of the week in
cluded:
President Truman told dele
CATION from Committee for the
Nations Health that he will send
up to Congress a special message
urging health insurance some time
probably late this week. He will
later make a nationwide radio
talk, it was announced by the dele
CATION, which included AFL Pres
ident William Green, CIO Secre-
tary-treasurer James Carey, and
President Harvey Brown of the
Int'l Association of Machinists.
2-Sen. Wayne Morse Or, Ore.)
delivered a scathing attack on the
American Medical Assn in a
speech in the Senate. 81 wish to
make perfectly clear at the outset
of these remarks that am opposed
to the bill calling for compulsory
national health Insurance" Morse
said. "But | rise to protest the
policy of the ANA in respect to
what amounts in fact to a political
raising program" He charg-
ed AMA's -a-doctor assessment
is a $3,500,000 slush fund a
program for political lobbying in
order to deny to the American peo-
pie any medical program upon
which the ANA does not put its
stamp of approval"
3-Thoroly blanketed by Morse's
attack on ANA was the Taft-Don-
nell-Smith health bill, introduced
by the three COP leaders on the
same day. The measure would give
the states and local communities
$1A billion dollars in the next five
years, to spend for school health
services, for hospital construction,
for aiding medical schools to step
up enrollments, and for local public
health services. The money would
pay local health authorities for
medical care for those unable to
pay their way, and would in some
cases allow the local authorities to
pay the dues of the medically in
digent" in voluntary health insur-
ance plans. 1t is frankly called a
government welfare program" in
the authors summary of the meas
ure.
President Green made the ann
ouncement about Truman's forth
coming message at the door of the
White House. He also termed the
Taft Donnell-Smith bill "a subter-
fuge" which organized labor twill
oppose with all the power at our
command"
Carey added that the AMA's $3,-
100000 lobby had used its influence
to get the Taft-Donnell-Smith bill
introduced.
"If any labor organization tried
such an assessment" as that now
being levied against every member
by the ANA, Carey smilingly add
ed, ''it would receive adverse edi-
torial comment in the newspapers
of the country"
"The ANA position" Brown told
reporters, "is in direct conflict with
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
MRS. GEORGE PENEBAKER

Mrs. Grace Sarah Penebaker, 81,
wife of George S. Penebaker, died
April 10 at her home, 420 Rural
Lane.
Mrs. Penebaker was born in East
Liverpool, a daughter of Thomas
Manypenny and Sophia Kirkham
Manypenny. She was employed in
the decorating department at Plant
No. 8 of the Homer Laughlin China
Co. and affiliated with Local Union
124, National Brotherhood of OPP
erative Potters.
She leaves a brother, William A.
Manypenny, and four sisters, Mrs.
Leo A. McKeever, Mrs. Pearl Cum
Mrs. Richard Simpson
and Mrs. Carl Weekley, all of East
Liverpool.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21
TV Musicians Win Paw Hike

New York LPA) - Sc veral |
weeks of negotiations with radio
networks have resulted in a raise
for union musicians on television
stations served by the four net
works, American Federation of
Musicians-AFL announced.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

Extensive preparation for a good
time leads inevitably to intensive
disappointment.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

A woman who at times can't be
impossible isn't doing par accord
ing to feminine standards.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

! long for the good old days
when all that the government gave
away was seeds.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-04-21

Ask for Union Labeled merchan-
lise.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Xmas Parties
Given For AAA
Safety Patrol

During the coming week, there
will be four Christmas parties CIV
en- for the AAA school safety
patrol of Montgomery County.
There are more than 1000 patrol
members serving SO schools in the
County. AS result of their faith
full work, there has not been a child
injured or killed on any street
crossing or bus covered by patrol
for the past two years, and so far
this year. This is an excellent rec
or for which parents are grateful
and proud.
The patrol working in the upper
end of the County will have their
party on December 18th at P. M.
at the Rockville High School GYM
nasium. Other parties will be held
in Silver Spring Elementary
School, December Is; Chevy Chase
Women's Club December Is and
for the colored patrol of the coun-
ty, at the Lincoln Park High School
on December IL at z P. M.
All transportation for these
Christmas parties will be furnished
by the school buses, under the sup
ervision of William B. Marks of the
Board of Education.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
High Winds Cause
BlackOut Friday
In County Towns

The high winds on Friday even
ing blew down a tree limb which
fell across the power line of the
Potomac Electric Power Company
at Old Georgetown Road and
Charles Street in Alto Vista,
causing a blackout in the Rock
ville-Gaithersburg- Norbec1 area
from 7:40 to 1898.
This upper county area is
supplied current by two feeder
lines, and the cutting of one of
the lines lowered the voltage to
such an extent that lights in the
two larger towns we're almost
completely out. The heavy load
put on the second feeder was SO
heavy that after short time, it
too burned out, and the towns were
left in darkness.
Work crews from the Power
Company restored the power in
a remarkably short time, consid-
ering the amount Of damage that
had been done.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Local Hospital Marks A
Successful Donation Day

Montgomery County General
Hosoital has every reason to be
proud at its annual Donation Day
Tea Saturday afternoon, with its
new maternity wing all occupied,
hundreds Of guests, clear sun
shiny day and generous donations
pouring in.
In the large new store room on
the first floor were what looked
like twenty-four gallon jars Of
applesauce, all home made; dozens
OF Jars of soup mix, jellies and
preserves Of every kind, bushels
of apples, potatoes, turnips, pump
kins, onions, -four, sugar and every
thing II takes TO feed a hoSpital
full Of patients. The bright clean
paint everywhere added cheerful
note.
In the nurses home where the
tea was held, Mrs. James w.
Barnsley, president Of the Women's
Board received and introduced the
guests. The treasurer, Edith Bent
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Damascus Garage
Entered, 35O-Lb.
Safe Removed

A 350-pound safe containing
about $500 in cash and $4,000 in
notes was stolen from the Bur-
dette and DuvalI garage at Damas-
Gus when the building was broken
into some time during the night
of November 80. Entry was made
through a rear window, after
which the thief opened the front
doors Of the garage and backed
an automobile into the interior Of
the structure to load the safe in
the vehicle.
Other articles in the garage were
also taken. including fifteen auto
mobile titles, green box contains
ing a small amount Of money,
six flashlights from the office and
two automobile tires.
Montgomery county police are
Investigating this robbery as well
as that of a forced armed robbery
in a home in the county. The man,
who was armed with German
Luger pistol, forced his way into
the home and was seen making
his escape on foot. The only clue
to the garage robbery now in the
hands Of the police, is an abant
doned stolen car found in Wash
ington, containing some Of THO
papers that had been in the safe.'
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Vivian Simpson
To Take Oath
AS State Sec'ty

A Rockville attorney, hiss Wv
ian Simpson, will be sworn in as
Maryland's first woman secretary
of State on December Is, A P. M,
Gov. w. Preston Lane, Jr., announ-
ced early this week. He said Ber-
tram L. Boone, II, has resigned as
Secretary of State, effective on
that date and is planning to accept
a position with the Federal Govern
rnent.
Miss Simpson is practicing
lawyer in this county and for seven
years served as member of the
State Industrial Accident Compen-
sation Board, resigning in Novem-
Der 1947 to devote full time to her
law practice. In September she
was elected president of the Mont
gomery County Bar Association
after serving two terms as vice
president. She is the associations
only woman member.
A graduate of George Washing
ton University, she received her
law degree with distinction" from
the University's Law School in
Continued on Page 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Dove Belts Wants To Know
If He's Still In Doghouse

A note of levity was injected into
the County Council meeting on
Tuesday, when clerk John McElroy
read letter from Dave Belts,
local attorney and humorist. Mr..
Belts was one of two persons who
last year brought a suit designed
to invalidate the Charter. The
letter ran:
Gentlemen:
Hubert Schneider, Esquire, has
called to my attention your Person
mel Announcement No. '26 with ref
erence to the position of Animal
Shelter Supervisor.
The following quotation, there
from is, under circumstances here
matter mentioned, of vital interest
to us both:
applicant must be willing
to reside in quarters which will be
provided later in the New County
Animal Shelter :"
You may recall that Mr.. Schnei-
der and l expended we'll over a
year and several thousand dollars
tc earn place in the County
Dog House where we have been
residing quietly ever since. 1t
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
COunselman's Market
In Potomac Shopping
Center Opened Dec. l

The third store in the new Po-
tomac Village Shopping Center To-
Gated at the corner in Potomac,
opened last Thursday. 1t is
Counselman's Super Market,
owned by Ralph P. Counselman
and his nephew, James B. Gilbert.
The store will be managed by Mil
ferd M. Mcclure of Kensington.
Mr.. Counselman, who lives at
Travilah, has been a resident of
this county all of his life. He is
married and has two children.
His partner, who also is married
and has three small children, lives
in Chevy Chase.
The Shopping Center, which fol-
lows the Williamsburg Colonial
Architecture motif contains, be-
sides the Super Market, a gas
station and hardware store. Plans
are in making for the addition Of
a theatre.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08

ley Thomas (Mrs. William John
Thomas), was receiving gifts of
cash and checks. Mrs. Eugene w.
Scott, who is chairman of the
committee which raised the funds
that made the new addition TO the
hospital possible, was casting an
eager eye on the cash box, for she
says that much. more money has
to come in TO complete the pay.
ment for the new additions.
AS usual the tea table was
charming with neighborhood silver
services. The famous hot chocolate
for which the hospital is famous
at one end, hot coffee at the other,
cakes, minis and sailed nuts filing
in-around beautiful arrangement
Of pink roses.
Members of the board served
as hostesses and presided at the
tea table until after darkness had
cast a shade over the brilliant sun
set, SO beautiful from the hospital
windows.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
Two Are Injured In
Route 24O Accident

Two persons were injured Mon
day evening at the intersection of
Route 240 and Shady Grove Road
near All States Inn, Gaithersburg,
when cars driven by John Del
wiler, Alexandria, Va. and Carl
Linwood Holland. Comus, collided.
Mrs. Elizabeth DeVogel, mother
ir-law of Mr.. Delwiler was taken
to the Suburban Hospital by the
Gaithersburg- Washington Grove
Rescue Squad suffering from shock
and possible fracture to the right
shoulder. Her daughter, Mrs.
Clara Delwiler, sustained a LAGER
ated left hand which was treated
at the scene by fremen.
The accident happened at the
height of the homeward bound
Washington workers, and traffic
was slowed to a near stand-still
for some time.
November calls for the Gathers
burg Washington Grove Depart
ment amounted to twenty-one for
the month: Fire; Dwellings, 2;
chimneys, 3; field and woods, 6;
assisting other Companies, L;
rescue calls and miscellaneous, o.
The apparatus of this Company
travelled over eleven hundred miles
during the month with a total of
24S man hours donated to service
in the county.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08

comes as severe shoe
t h erefore, to find that the
County contemplates actually pay
ing someone salary to live in
this heretofore exclusive abode, and
we hasten to register this protest.
We feel, in view of our personal
sacrifice, we should be entitled to
at least 30 days notice to vacate.
But another, and more alarming
thought has crossed our minds =
maybe this means that we are not
tout of the dog house." but simply
compelled to share our quarters
If this is contemplated, we wish to
go on record at once that the
quarters are extremely cramped
and we have been filling the dog
house so completely that we
scarcely see how there could be
room for another.
Please set our minds at rest
and let US know-are we out of
the dog house ?-or is someone
else being added?
Fearing the worst, | beg to
remain (you know where).
Respectfully,
DAVID E. BELTS
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-12-08
"Tuffy" Leemans Guest At
Annual Football Banquet

Guest speaker at the annual
Football Banquet for the Richard
Montgomery High School team
sponsored by the Rockville Lions
Club, was fluffy" Leemans, for
mer outstanding football back in
this country. The former George
Washington and New York Giants
star gave a highly interesting talk
at the banquet which was held last
night in the Cafeteria of Richard
Montgomery. George Davis, past
president Of the Lions Club, acted
as POSTMASTER and introduced the
guest speaker
Guests at the banquet included
Dr. Edwin w. Broome, Superin-
tendent of Schools; E. M. Doug
lass, Assistant Superintendent,
and ]. J. Tarallo, principal of
Richard Montgomery High School.
Letters were presented to twenty
one members of the Rocket team
by head coach Robert H. Smith
and assistant coaches Eugene P.
Moran and Maynard Haithcock.
The boys honored were: Allan
Burdette, Carleton Burrows, Cor
don Coleman, Dallas Cooper, Floyd
Deer, William Floyd, Edward Gan
ley, Upton Grant, Douglas Hard
ing, Joseph Harding. Eugene Har-
mon, James King, Elmer Lazarus,
Howard Leighton, Bernie Price,
William Humphrey, Paul Schwartz
beck, R. Schwartzbeck, Horace
Thompson, Paul Violette and Law
renee Dahlin.
Managers of the team are Jack
Trevey and Lawrence Dahlin.
Other members of the squad in
clude Norris Dangler, Robert Du-
ley, William Garrett, Charles Hall,
Leslie Howes, Wiley Johnson,
James Nicholson, Frank Reamer,
Neal Sadtler, Eugene Selby, Earl
Shipe, James Spring, and Paul
Wire.
Special entertainment was pro-
vided by Bob Freed. Robert Full
cher is president of the Rockville
Lions Club.
The committee on arrangements
for the banquet was composed of
Will Stackhouse, jr., chairman; ].
Paul Brunette, C. ]. Bride. Olney
S. Weaver, and ]. ]. Tarallo.