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Evening star., 1950-12-23

die thousands Of homeward-
pound passengers who crowded
the terminal. The peak crowd
showed up between S and 9 pm
Between Is and 20 extra Sec
tions also will be added today to
accommodate those who got a
later start, officials said. The rush
slowed up schedules all along the
line, but no radical delays were
noted.
The same picture was reported
by bus companies, with double
our usual loads all day yesterday
officials said. They estimated the
traffic was at least Is per cent
heavier than last year, crediting
the long week end with decisions
of a greater number of people to
travel.
Airlines also added extra planes
to regular schedules. Most off,
cials said traffic exceeded 1949
levels, and an American Airline
representative said Thursday set
new travel record for his line.
American Automobile Associa-
ton officials said the volume of
information calls indicate Christ
mas, 1850, also will set new rec
ord for automobile travel. While
many roads leading to and from
the city presented hazardous driv-
ing conditions, the AAA did not
issue a warning because icy con-
ditions were expected to clear up
today with warmer temperatures.
Without implying that Christ
mas shopping was done earlier
than usual. the Federal Reserve
Board reported that department
store sales rolled to a new high
in the semifinal week of the sea-
son.
Store Sales Jump.
For the week ending December
16, the board said, sales jumped
nearly As per cent over the pre-
ceding week and were $40 pei
cent - nearly five-and-one-halt
times-greater than the weekly
average in the prewar 1935-193e
period. Percentage gains over last
year in business included 8 pei
cent in Richmond, New York and
Cleveland and 10 per cent In
Philadelphia.
Dozens of special Christmas
parties were scheduled here for
underprivileged children. and
many private organizations as
sured happier Christmas dinners
for needy families.
Special parties also were
planned at military hospitals of
the area, and as many patients as
possible were given leaves to spend
the holiday at home.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
British Transport
Chairman RESIGNS
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, Dec. 23.-The boss Of
Britain's nationalized railways, Sir
Eustace Missenden, resigned last
night with the statement that his
task could "best be carried out by
fresh mind"
Sir Eustace has served as chair
man of the British Transport
Commissions executive since its
formation three years ago.
The Transport Ministry ac-
cepted his resignation with re-
gret."
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Jets
Continued From First Page.)


MICS fed across the line, which
the American pilots cannot cross.
The second encounter was the
jet battle. The third came when
three MICS made an ineffective
pass" on a fight of Super Fort
resses in the Sinuiju area. No
damage was reported on either
side in this aerial brush.
One Of the downed MICS was
bagged by 1t. Col. John c. Meyer
of Forest Hills, N. Y, and Wash
ington, leading living American
air ace of World War II. Col.
Meyer, commanding officer of the
4th Fighter Interceptor Group.
now has 38la planes to his credit.
Navy Man Included.
Another MIG was destroyed by
1t. Col. Glenn T. Eagleston Of
Alhambra, Calf, a top fighter
pilot in World War II, who on
Thursday was credited with prob
ably destroying an enemy jet.
The other four were downed by
Capt. James o. Roberts, jr.. WASH
ington; 1t. John Odiorne, Day.
tona Beach, Fla; 1t. Arthur
O'Connor, st. Joseph, Mo-, and
Navy 1t. Comdr. Paul Pugh, Whit
tier, Calf, an exchange pilot serv-
ing with the 4th Fighter Wing.
The kills marked the first COM
bat victories for Comdr. Pugh,
Capt. Roberts. 1t. Odiorne and 1t.
O'Connor.
The action ended when the re-
naming MICS fled to their Man
churian sanctuary.
Comdr. Pugh, going after two
MICS attacking from below and
to the rear, sent one of them
groundward with three short
bursts of machinegun fire. Col.
Eagleson damaged another MIG,
which fed north.
Two More Spotted.
Col. Eagleson and 1t. Odiorne
spotted two more enemy craft.
Col. Eagleston challenged one at
10000 feet. It went into a smok-
ing spin. 1t. Odiorne gave his
MIG two bursts. one at 5000 feet
and the second at 5000.
He went into a vertical dive
at 1000 feet. going straight down."
1t. Odiorne reported. II pulled
out just above the treetops and
headed back to join the battle
upstairs"
When Col. Meyers flight en-
countered flight of MICS nearly
6 miles up, Col. Meyer gave one a
burst and. other pilots said, the
MIG "just disintegrated in mid
air."
Capt. Roberts attacked another,
sending it earthward out of con-
troll. He said he saw it hit a
mountain and explode.
1t. O'Conor said he saw his
MIG spin out of control to the
ground after he "got, in a good
burst" at 5000 feet.
Evening star., 1950-12-23

was a consideration behind un-
favorable criticism Of PHA issued
this week by the National Housing
Conference.
The housing conference recon-
mended that PHA personnel must
be strengthened" its administra-
ton "simplified," and dynamic
leadership" provided.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Cost Of Living Climb!
Ito Peak for Second
Consecutive Month

Advocates of compulsory over
all price controls today had new
ammunition for their argument;
in the Government report tha
living costs of moderated income
city families established a new all.
time high for the second month
in succession.
The Bureau of Labor Statistic,
announced that it's consumers
price index stood at 1855 on No.
vember is, compared to the 1885.
1889 average of 100.
This represented an increase o.
5 per cent over the October II
figure which, in turn, was 2 pei
cent above the previous recorc
high which occurred in Angus,
and September. 1948.
The latest index figure was 81
per cent above the index for June
Is, just before the Communist
attack in Korea.
The agency said that prices o1
all major groups of commoditie.
and services increased during the
month ending November Is. lee
by a rise of 1.3 per cent in house
furnishings.
The index for Washington stooc
at 171.9, which was under the
1855 national average. 1t was
however, an all-time high for the
Capital and represented an in.
crease of 1.8 per cent over August
Is. 1t was also 3.4 per cent high
er than q year ago and 28.5 pei
cent above June, 1916.
Nationally, changes in the price
index affect wages where unions
have contracts containing the so.
called "escalator" clause. Thi!
provides that wages shall be raised
or lowered as the cost of living
changes.
Food prices in Washington ad.
vanced Z per cent between Oc.
toper Is and November Is. The
Washington food index was 206.9
which was 81 per cent above 6
year ago and 42.2 per cent higher
than in June. 1916. The advance
since the Korean invasion has
been IA per cent.
Nationally. retail food prices in.
creased 2 per cent between Oc.
tober Is and November Is to bring
the food index to 209.5. This wa.
an increase of "a per cent from
the pre-Korean figure and 4.3 pc,
cent higher than a year earlier.
Chiefly responsible for increased
food prices for the month were
higher prices for fruits and vege-
tables. In Washington this in.
crease was 6.8 per cent. The
largest price increases were re.
ported for green beans Cup Sc
per cent?, tomatoes Cup 20 pei
cent?, apples Cup II per cent? ano
lettuce Cup 16 per cent?. Oranges
however, dropped 80 per cent.
Prices of canned and driee
fruits and vegetables rose 2 PEI
cent and 3.4 per cent. respectively
Prices of eggs, sugar, cereals anc
bakery products were up fraction.
ally. while meat, poultry and fish
prices were l per cent lower. The
largest decreases were reported
for chickens (4.4 per cent?, ane
pork (3.5 per cent? with beef, yea
and lamb dropping fractionally.
Evening star., 1950-12-23
PHA Rejects Plans
For 5000 Housing
Units as Too Costly
By Robert J. Lewis

The Public Housing Admins
tration. now engaged in a cam
paign to reduce per unit expendi-
lures on public housing. has re-
jected plans of municipal hous-
ing authorities covering almost
5000 housing units as "too high
in cost. .
PHA must approve local author
ity plans before it permits the
authority to award bids.
1--WE are now making every ef-
fort to have local authorities save
on costs in as many ways as pos
sible," PHA spokesman said to-
day.
lowing to the cost factor,
which has risen for every type Of
construction, we have been max
ing every effort to achieve savings
across the board, including such
aspects as architectural treatment,
types of construction and room
Sizes"
Meetings Held In Field.
The agency has been holding
meetings in the field with local
authority officials and will re-
sumo these meetings in January,
he said.
Up to December IS, proceed
orders" were issued to about SO
local housing authorities to go
ahead with construction. Since
PHA defines proceed order as
tantamount to the beginning of
construction, the agency says the
17.411 units covered in these Or
ders have already been started.
OF these, 1929 were started
prior to June 80, and 1882 were
started after June 80. President
Truman limited PHA to construc-
ton of 10000 units for the last
half of this year, in line with linn
itations placed on private housing.
Cost Range of Units.
A PHA spokesman said today
that by the end of the year $4,000
to $4,000 units will be covered by
proceed orders permitting con-
struction to begin at once.
The cost of the units so far ap-
proved for construction ranges
from about $500 per unit for
housing in Puerto Rico to about
$4,000 In higher cost areas, with
the average amounting to about
$10,500 per unit.
Public housing units are said to
be somewhat larger than rental
units built ordinarily for private
ownership because of the need to
accommodate large families in the
low income category.
Legislation authorizing public
housing construction was approved
in July, 1949. Meanwhile. PHA
set up its program. allocated units
for different cities and provided
planning loans to local authorities,
while the work Of planning devel-
opments and acquiring land pro-
ceeded in the different local areas.
Two Projects Completed.
So far, only two public housing
projects have been completed and
occupied. One has 1874 units and
the other SO units. Both are in
Owensboro, KY.
The fact that the number OF
units started in the last half of
this year did not add up to the
limit of 10000 units authorized
by President Truman, probably
Evening star., 1950-12-23
Profits Tax, Arms Bill
Put Off Until Jan. | as
Congress Recesses
By Cecil HoIIond

Congress was in a Christmas
recess today with final action on
q $3.3 billion excess profits tax
bill and $40 billion arms appro-
priation measure being held over
until January /.
Only token sessions of both the
Senate and House are scheduled
for next week. That will leave
the tax and appropriation bills as
well as other legislation to be
handled between January l and
January 3, when the present Con-
gress expires.
Before quitting for the Christ
mas recess late yesterday the Sen
ate completed action on a COM
promise $3.3 excess profits tax bill
that boosted the annual Federal
tax load to $45 billion or more
well above the previous record Of
$43.9 billion collected in 1945 dur
ing World War II.
Senate Acts Promptly.
The Senate acted promptly
after a Senate House conference
committee agreed unanimously
on terms of a compromise in sep
arate bills that had been passed
by the two bodies. Final, action
by the House was postponed until
January /.
Senate and House conferees on
the huge appropriations bill ran
into a parliamentary tangle. and
agreement on this measure was
delayed.
Before adjourning until next
Tuesday, the House passed and
sent to the Senate stop-gap res
olution authorizing the Govern
ment to go ahead with its huge
buying program without waiting
for passage of the appropriation
bill.
The resolution would authorize
the Government to draw on the
Treasury until January 8. BY
then Congress will have adjusted
differences in separate measures
passed by the Senate and House.
To Limit Debate.
Before the Senate quit until
Tuesday it agreed that no legis-
lative business would be conducted
next week and to limit debate to
one hour each on conference re-
ports that will be taken up jan
uary 2, the last day of the present
Congress.
The tax bill, designed to provide
money for the defense program
and curb profiteering, will provide
under the compromise worked
out:
l. A rs per cent tax on excess
profits retroactive to last July /.
The tax will be levied on profits
that exceed IS per cent of a COR
poration's average earnings in the
three best years from 1946 to
1949. .-.. -.
SurtaxeS Increased.
2. An increase from 20 to %
per cent on corporation surtaxes,
thus boosting normal income and
surtaXes from IS to At per cent.
3. A limit of 62 per cent on a
corporations total taxes-eXcess
profits, normal income and sur
taxes. The Senate bill had fixed
a limit of so per cent and the
House measure called for maxi
mum take Of St per cent.
4. A termination date of July l,
1858, unless otherwise extended by
Congress. The Senate bill had set
January /, 1858, as the termina-
tion date and the House bill had
no provision in this respect at all.
5. Numerous measures for pro-
tecting new and growing indus
tries whose earnings in the 1916
1949 base period were small, and
alternative proposals for comput-
ing excess profits on the invested
capital method.
Nicaragua has its first air-con-
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24
Good Templars Hold
Annual Convention

The 74th annual convention of
the International Order of Good
Templars, Maryland irginia-Dis-
trict of Columbia Grand Lodge,
was held at Poplar Springs on
Wednesday, August 16, with Grand
Chief Templar Samuel H. Gressitt,
of Baltimore, presiding.
The entire morning was devoted
to a business session and a Class
initiation.
In the afternoon, there was an
election and installation of off
GERS. Those named We're Charles ].
Fleming, Grand Chief Templar;
Mrs. Floyd S. Monkey, Grand Vice
TemDlar; Mrs. Eleanor NJ. Flenk
ing, Grand Secretary Treasures Z
Matthew Pickett, Grand Chaplain;
Samuel H. Gressitt, P.G.C.T.; Ray
mond E. Fleming, Grand Marshall;
DR.. j. Raymond Schmidt, G. S.
L. w. of Washington, D. c.; Pro-
fessor VIM. Paul Walker, G. S.
E. W., and Mrs. Dorsie G. Richard
son, G. S. j. w. A memorial serv-
ice was also held for two deceased
members.
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s8SPORTS'u %
BurtonsviIIe Nine Retain
Lead BY HaIf-Game Margin

next Sunday should be the big day
as Gather sbburg plays at Bur-
louisville in what should eventually
prove the deciding game. A win
for Gaithersburg could just about
put them in first place to stay.
At Beallsville the Red Sox
dropped a heartbreaker by score
of 6 to 3. Jack Freeburger had a
3 to 2 lead going into the 9Th but
the Firemen cut loose with a runs
on 2 hits and errors by the Red
Sox to sew up the game.
Next Sunday, August 81, the big
game is at Burtonsville where the
league leaders take on second
place Gaithersburg while Redland
plays at Rockville and Beallsville
at Germantown.
A feature of the game at Rock
vile will be the awarding of a
television set.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24

Burtonsville kept its half game
lead in the Upper County League
last Sunday by defeating German
town 8 to 5 while Gaithersburg
defeated Redland 8 to and the
Rockville Red Sox bowed to BealIs-
vile 6 to 3.
Burtonsville had a close shaw
as it was leading 5 to going into
the 9th when Germantown scored
2 runs to send the game into extra
innings. The latter team still had
the bases loaded after tying the
score by Wrenn scooped up a hot
grounder to end the inning with
the score tied at 5 all. "Dodey"
Wrenn was the whole show how
ever as he personally accounted for
5 Burtonsville runs with two
mighty homeFs. After Ricketts,
was lifted for a pinch hitter, Har-
old Morris took over the hurting
for Germantown and yielded 4
runs in the 10th to give Buttons
vile its IA win of the season.
Gaithersburg handed Redland its
18th loss of the season behind the
three hit pitching of Dick Tetlow.
Still just a half game out of first,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24
Sandy Spring Neighborhood
Ashton 1901

The recent scrap paper drive con-
Quoted by the Senior troop was an
immense success, with over 1000
pounds of paper collected. Mary
Stuart, Ann Ferguson and Louise
Kricker have returned from tw&
weeks at Girl Scout Camp May
Father.
Mrs. James A. Richards and son.
Jim, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
William Gilpin for several weeks.
L. Mccormick Goodhart present
ed Margaret Elgar Gilpin with a
delightful gold bracelet as a keep
sake of the unwilling of a tablet
on the house at Del la Brooke. She
was chosen to unveil the tablet
because she in an eleventh gener-
alton defendant of Robert Brooke,
the first Brooke who settled in this
country.
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Mrs. Benz. S. Richmond

Invitations have been issued by
Mr.. and Mrs. R. l.. Benson for the
wedding of their daughter, Mary
Lloyd, and John Fulton Lewis on
September End at St. Johns Church
in OIney. Miss Benson was the
guest of honor at dinner party
given by Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Lockhart, and at ashower given
by Mrs. James Graham.
Mrs. Lucy Trundle and Mrs.
Lula Chandler are guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. Robert Ormsby in Ports
mouth, Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cigar Stabler have
returned from stay at Camp
Kweeadin. Among their guests at
the camp were Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Cochrane and Miss Ann Stabler.
The Enterprise Club met with
Mr.. William Moore at "Plainfeld".
Recently, Mr.. and Mrs. Frances
Hawkins and daughter, Yvonne,
moved into their new home at 2425
Homestead Drive, Silver Spring.
The Little Contract Club met
with Mrs. William Thomas at
"Clifton" on Friday.
Several members of the COM
munity attended the wedding of
Miss Nancy Stephenson and Rob-
ert Lee Hafer, Jr. at the Church of
Ascension in Silver Spring last
Saturday.
The regular meeting of the As
ISOLATION met with Mrs. Robert H..
Miller, Jr.
Rev. and Mrs. James Valiant
have returned from a weeks trip
to Canada. Among those vacation
ing at present are; Mrs. Henry
Benson, Jr. and three small sons
at Beverly Beach; Misses Molly,
Corneha and Elizabeth Miller at
Lincoln, Virginia; Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Crum in Wisconsin; Mr.. and
Mrs. Parker Gill in New Hamp-
shire; Mr. and Mrs. Lotion Wesley
in Nova Scotia; Ellis Manning, Jr.
in England, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Huntley in Wisconsin.
Recent departures of neighbor-
hood guests included Elbry Stabler
who has returned to his home in
Macon, Georgia after a visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Ms. H. 0.
Stabler; and Mrs. Richard King
and two daughters to their home
in Montana after a visit with Mr..
and Mrs. A. D. Farquhar at "The
Cedars".
Hostess for the Little Garden
Clubs August meeting was Mrs.
Alan Brook.
Mrs. Lotion Wesley was hostess
recently at shower given for Miss
Jocelyn Woodward. Miss Wood
ward and William Shots will be
married on September 9th.
Plans are nearly complete for
the regular two weeks swimming
course to be held at Kramer's pool
for Girl Scouts of the Community.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24
CoIesviIIe, Silver Spring
To WrangIe For End Place

The feature game of the Mont
gomery County Baseball League on
Sunday, August 2 will be played
in Bonifant's meadow, when Sill
yer Spring and Colesville meet on
the latter's diamond. This should
decide the second place team which
receives $3.50 as runner-up to the
champion Rockville All Stars who
sewed up the first prize two weeks
ago.
In other games last week Rock
vile defeated Frederick IL to 8
and Colesville won over Damascus
8 and 3. Bethesda and Silver
Spring could not play their double
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= Cedar Grove =
Mrs. Philip Watkins

Plans have been completed for
the fried chicken and country ham
supper to be held at the Salem
Methodist Church on Saturday,
August 26, beginning at 2 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Davidson
had as house guests recently Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. Davidson, of De-
troit, Mich, brother and sister-in-
law of Mr.. Davidson. Returning to
Detroit with them was Ann David
son, for visit with her Uncle and
aunt. Their son, John Davidson is
staying here with his uncle and
aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Davidson
for a while.
Miss Rose Marie King, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley King, and
Hamilton Linthicum, jr., son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Linthicum
of Hyattstown were married in the
Upper Seneca Baptist Church Sat
urday evening, by the Rev. Claude
Brubaker. A reception followed in
the basement of the church.
At an outdoor dinner at the Phil
Watkins on Sunday were Harry
Watkins brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Hendrickson,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Runkles
and daughter Ann of Urbana; Mr..
and Mrs. George Hendrickson and
daughters, Patsy and Georgene, of
Salisbury; Mrs. Lucille Plassnig
and son George of Baltimore; and
Maurice Weaver of Washington.
The annual Labor Day fried
chicken and country ham supper
will be held again this year in the
Baptist Church beginning at 2
p. m. Mrs. Cecil Allnutt is general
chairman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Watkins had
as guests last week Mrs. Watkins
mother and sister, Mrs. Harry
Brown and Mrs. Ethel Wilmer of
Baltimore.
Mrs. Ray Purdum entertained
the Baptist Womans Missionary
Union at her home Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. Philip Watkins attended a
Charm Party at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Thomas Miles, in
Rockville, Friday evening.
Miss Joan Watkins, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ed Watkins,
celebrated her 18th birthday by
having the Misses Mary 10 Wat
kins, Jane Alice Watkins, Becky
Sohaeffer and Rosemary Watkins,
as her guests for the afternoon.
The Woodfeld family held its re-
union at the Dorsey Woodfield
home on Sunday afternoon.
The w. S. C. S. was entertained
by Mrs. John Mussetter, Mrs
Francis Meyer and Mrs. Amos
Burdette on Wednesday at the
Salem Methodist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thompson
Of Longhorn, Pa, spent the week
end with Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil All,
mutt.
Miss Diane Watkins, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Wheeler Watkins
spent several days last week with
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Kaufman of Washington.
Mrs. Guy Linthicum entertained
the Alpha Sunday School Glass
at her home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Soper Of
Clearwater, Fla. have been visiting
Mr.. Soper's brother-in-law anC
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Maynard Wat.
kins.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-08-24

Why not take full advantage OF
this summers peach crop? You
may be one of the lucky people
who owns home freezer or has a
freezing locker available. Then you
surely will freeze peaches to bring
summer sunshine into the long
winter months ahead. The lush
1ujciness Of the golden peach is
emphasized If You use a combina.
tiOn OF sweeteuers - light corn
syrup and sugar - for packing the
fruit. Apricots, plums, pineapples
and apples are also delicious
frozen, using the same syrup as for
peaches. Try some of these other
recipes, too!
Frozen Peaches
(12 Pounds Fully Ripe Peaches)
(Yield ~ Pints)
Combine 4 cups cold water, Q
cups sugar and 2 cups Karo Syrup,
Red Label. Dissolve u teaspoon
ascorbic acid in teaspoons cold
water and add 90 syrup. Stir only
enough to mix well. Set aside until
fruit Is prepared.
To Prepare Fruit; Put peaches, six
at time, in wire basket or cheese
cloth. Place In boiling water 80 10 co
seconds. Plunge into Ice water Re-
move skins: halve, pit. lmmerse at
once In lemon juice and water q
Tablespoon lemon juice to / at water).
Pour cold syrup Immediately over
frul, 10 within "a inch Of top Of con-
tsiaar TO allow for expansion In freez-
ing q TO IA inches. II glass jars are
used). This VIII take from y 10 Is
cup freezing syrup for each container
Press fruit down lightly with spoon or
knife TO make sure fruit IS covered
with syrup and air bubbles are
removed.
For moisture vaporproof cartons
which have no inner lining. or for
glass Jars or cans, a piece Of crumpled
wallpaper should b. placed under the
cover. This helps Keep fruit from