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Evening star., 1950-01-18
Nicely Wants Sd
.PUC Member
Appointed Soon
Committee Study
OF Rate Issues
Already in Progress
Bv Don 6 Warren
By Don S. Warren

Hope was expressed today on
Capitol Hill that President Tru-
man soon will bring the District
Public Utilities Commission up to
full membership, in view of its
mounting docket.
Since last November, owing to
a resignation. the commission has
had only one full-time member,
James H. Flanagan, chairman,
and one parttime associate, Engi-
neer Commissioner Gordon r.
Young. who must devote much of
his time to city public works prob
lens.
The third member, James w.
Lauderdale, resigned last No
vember.
This situation developed as the
latest consumer-company head
ache arose in the petition of the
Capital Transit Co. for an i'm
mediate and substantial boost in
streetcar and bus fares.
Neely Wants Place Filled.
It likewise is one of the basic
facts to come to attention of the
Senate District Committee staff,
exploring the rising cost of utility
services here.
Chairman Nicely of the District
Committee, who last Saturday
directed the staff to begin a re-
view of the utilities picture, said:
ut is my hope the vacancy can
be filled at an early date"
An administration supporter,
Senator Nicely made his comment
only after saying he was impressed
with the Importance of the per-
sonnel phase of the whole regula-
tory problem. Up to now, he
added, he has indorsed no one for
the post.
Study of the transit situation
and other utility rate issues has
been started by Gerhard P. van
Arkel. the new counsel to the Dis
trict Committee. He went to work
on it within "a hours after he took
over his assignment there.
Consult Interested Persons.
He has consulted with a number
of persons concerned over the
transit case and plans to seek
more views, as we'll as fundamental
factual data. Statistics on. the
situation in number of other
large cities also will be sought for
purposes of comparison.
Mr.. van Arkel. while emphasiz-
ing he has just begun his study.
said so far he has found no fault
4 in the Districts law on utility reg
ulation.
Just how far the Senate Dis
ftrict Committee and it's staff can,
or want, to go in examining the
complicated sets of facts in the
current utility rate cases has not
been determined. Judging from
comments from Mr.. van Arkel.
there is no desire to duplicate the
work of the PUG, which would
call for a considerable outlay and
employment of special staff
of experts. There is an expressed
conviction, however, that from a
review of existing records, the pic
ture can be clarified.
Phone Case Pending.
The PUG recently held formal
hearings on petition by the
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. for a 13 per cent boost
in its rates. A decision has been
deferred to await further study.
The transit company more re-
Gently asked for quick action on
an appeal for higher fares, but
the commission decided this would
have to await public hearings.
The date has not yet been set.
Whether these hearings will be
delayed until the third PUG men,
ber has been named has not been
made clear.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Gangs Prey on Pupils
AT Banneker, Assistant
Principal Reveals

Organized gangs of Youthful
extortionists are yictimizirg. stu
dents Of Banneker Junior High
School and possibly some other
downtown schools, It was learned
yesterday.
Albert N. D. Brooks, assistant
principal of the school, said he
knew of at least two gangs of
youths not now in school who
exact money, watches and other
tribute" from school students un-
der threats of beatings.
We've been working for two
years to try to stamp this out at
the Schools" he said. "These
gangs operate mostly at noon and
3 o'clock. They used to come into
the schools, but we've stopped that
pretty we'll. Now they accost
pupils on the playground or On the
street."
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing said he did not consider the
situation quite as bad as pictured,
but admitted that a serious prob
lem did exist.
He said he was making a re-
port to the Board of Education to-
day on the general subject of
vandalism at the schools, loiter-
ing and the number of break-ins
suffered by school buildings.
Mr.. Brooks said pupils at Ban
neker were confined to the build
ing during recess for three days
last week because of fear of the
youthful gangs.
Mr.. Brooks said 1t is "particu-
larly difficult for school officials
at Banneker to stop the gang
activity on the playground used
by Banneker students, because the
land is under control of the Dis
trict Recreation Department.
Parent Group Investigates.
So great is the problem, he said,
that the Consolidated Parent
Group, an organization which has
been fighting segregation in edu-
cation, is pressing for an investi-
cation of the situation. Attorney
Charles Houston confirmed this,
and said the group is planning to
run down all rumors" that STU
dents are being victimized.
Mr.. Brooks named two of the
gangs operating around Banneker
as "The Loafers' and "a group
from around Morton street."
He said he knew of two boys
who had some of their teeth
knocked out because of refusal to
comply with gang demands.
He said that che is sure" the
organized gangs are forcing juve-
niles to commit crimes.
The school official said one of
the boys who lost some teeth was
arrested recently for petty larceny
4 "I've got no proof, but I'd be
willing to bet that boy was forced
into crime by an older gang" he
said. o
Youth Held for Action.
The situation came to light yes
terday, when Mr.. Brooks was in
terviewed by reporters during q
Municipal Court recess. Mr.
Brooks was at court to attend a
hearing in which John Glover
10, colored, of the TOO block of
Park road NV, was ordered held
for grand jury action on a rob-
berry charge.
Roger Powell. Is. colored, of the
5000 block of New Hampshire
avenue NV, a Banneker stu
dent, told Judge Almond w. Scott
| he gave a watch to Glover on
Monday because he asked for 1t,
and I was afraid of him."
Judge Scott set Glover's bond
Iat $500.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Tuck Named to Bank Board

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 18 (F9.
Stockholders of the Virginia
Trust Co. yesterday elected Will
liam M. Tuck, Virginia's outgoing
governor, to the banks board of
directors.
Evening star., 1950-01-18
President and Mrs. Truman Honored at
Costume Bolt Page B-3.

included personages ranging from
George Washington to Premier
Stain of Russia Tin rented cos
tune and fake mustache.)
The scene was the Pan Ameri-
can Union, at Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV,
where almost TOO Washingtonians
gathered for the annual ball of the
American Newspaperwomen's Club.
which also happened to be the first
Evening star., 1950-01-18
By Fred de Luna

Washington (the part on speak
ing terms with the distaff side of
the Fourth Estate, that is), put on
it's borrowed mockery last night
and did the town up as 1t hasn't
been. for 20 years. ~.
Guest of honor was President
Truman Gin white tie), and guests
Evening star., 1950-01-18
Citizens Advised to Ignore
Census Quiz on Income

DR.. David Aitchison advised the
Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights last night not to answer
any questions on personal income
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Bermuda Trips Won By
Two Area Statesmen In
Recent Sales Contest

Two lccal 5s=,sr:an have been
awarded an all-expenses paid trip
and vacation in Bermuda for
doing Outstanding jobs of selling
and representing their company"
during a recent sales campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Crawford of
423 West Montgomery Avenue,
Rockville, and Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
L. Howrigan of Beltsville, left on
Tuesday by plane, and will stay at
the Elbow Beach Surf Club in
Bermuda. They will return to
Washington on September IL.
Winners of the vacation trip
are employed by Oyler and Osborn,
Inc, Pargas Service, Rockville. Mr..
Crawford has been employed with
this company for three years.
Prior to that time he worked for
the Post Office Department in Rock
vile. Mr.. Howrigan has been
with the company for two years.
The men were in competition with
statesmen from % other districts.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Local Physician Is
Named Publicity Head
Of Medical Group

DR.. R. King Shirley of Gathers
burg has been appointed chairman
of the publicity committee, for this
county, of the Maryland Academy
of General Practice. The Maryland
Academy is chartered by the
American Academy of General
Practice.
A meeting Of the Academy will
be held October 5 in Baltimore, in
the Sheraton Belvedere Hotel,
which all members are urged to
attend, and are requested to bring
a colleague. This will be the an
nual scientific assembly of the
Academy, and a record attendance
is requested. Outstanding clinicians
and teachers have been contacted
and will appear at the assembly.
Any doctors desiring further in
formation regarding membership,
etc, may contact DR.. ShiOley.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Popularity Contest
For Children To End
At Show On Saturday

The Tiny Tot Popularity Con-
test, sponsored by the American
Legion in conjunction with the
show, cts A Date" ends on Sat
urday, September 8. Awards for
the most popular boy and girl in
Rockville, and most popular boy
and girl in the county, will be pre-
sented from the stage of the
Rockville Gymnasium on the eve
ming of the 9th. Curtain time is
8:15, and the young contestants
will be presented during the first
part of the play. There will be
complimentary tickets for mothers
of entrants.
Winners will receive Sun-Ray
Loving Cups and identification
bracelets donated by Medley
jewelers., Rockville.
Following the contest, all I'M
claimed photographs and small
pictures of contestants in the Rock
vile area may be claimed at Budd's
Crest Market in Rockville;, and
for those in the Bethesda Com
munity at Lanes, in Bethesda.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Subscriptions To
Be Offered BY
Little Theatre

Final plans were laid for put
ting the Rockville Little Theater's
1950-51 season plays on sub
scription basis, in addition to a
general admission policy basis at
the second summer meeting of the
group held at the home of Lloyd
Brewer on August 20. A commit
tee composed of Mr. Brewer,
Adolph Guide and Gilbert Guide was
named to mold the final form of
the subscriptions which will be on
sale early in September.
A subscription will automatically
reserve seats until curtain time
for a choice of either Thursday,
Friday or Saturday night perfor-
mances of each of the three plays
which will be presented in Novem-
Der, February and May. Under the
subscription system tickets for The
three plays will be offered at a
total of $3.50 per person, while the
same tickets purchased separately
would cost $500.
Another convenience offered by
the subscriptions will be that tick
cts will be mailed to subscribers
before each play and will serve
as an additional reminder of the
coming play.
Producer director Pamela Barr
sto stated that 2 of the 3 '50-51
plays would be selected by Sep
TENDER, one of them most likely
being the thrilling drama Jane Eyre
by Emily Bronte. Miss Bairsto
was reelected Producer-Directo1
of the Group. Other officers elected
were: Adoplh Guide, jr., business
manager; Gilbert Guide, publicity
chairman; Margaret Slater, secre-
tary; and Leslie Able, treasurer.
Those attending this meeting and
enjoying the refreshments and So
cial period which followed were
Katherine Stokes, Harriet Veirs
Ruth Shipley, Iris Sefferden, c.
Foster Watkins, Madeline and jim
Davis, Isabelle Bailey, Dorothy
Mostofi, Dorothy Ellis, Margaret
Slater, Pamela Bairsto, Lloyd
Brewer, Alice Clogg, Barbara
Jones, Jane and Gilbert GUIDE.
Those interested in joining the
group should contact Lloyd Brewer
at Rockville 2378, or Pamela
Bairsto, Rockville 2772.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
BALTIC. Woman Candidate
For ATTORNEY General

Helen Elizabeth Brown, candl-
date for the Republican nomination
for Attorney General of Maryland.
She denies that she is SCATTERING
any precedent by running for At
torney General of the Free State
and says she is just living up to
an old Maryland Tradition.
Margaret Brent of st. Mary's
City, one of the first lawyers in
America, was Maryland's first At
torney General in Colonial Days,
she said. "She was proclaimed
attorney for Lord Baltimore, pro
prietor of the colony, and as such
was Maryland's Attorney General.
Margaret Brent. had quite a
hand in the Maryland liberation
act" Miss Brown continued. I'VE
need liberation in Maryland today
= perhaps a different type. We
need liberation for the rights of
individual citizens. Some of our
commissions, boards, bureaus and
bureaucrats often forget this. They
ignore the fact that what powers
they have are given to them by
law and that they cannot exceed
their G.. aority and go beyond the
law. 1t is part of the Attorney
Generals job to keep these govern
mental agencies within the law.
That l shall do. 1t is cur proud
boast that we have government
of laws = not men. Let's keep it
that way"
Miss Brown, for many years a
practicing attorney of Baltimore,
has served as Assistant City So
licitor of Baltimore and Chairman
of the Workman's Compensation
Department of the Maryland State
Roads Commission. She is Vice
President of the Lawyers Civic
Association of Maryland, past
President of the Women's Bar AS
ISOLATION and a member of the
Maryland and American Bar As
ISOLATION.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Voters Rally To Be Held
By LIE que Of Women Voters

"Your Ballot Comes Alive" is
the theme of Voters Rally to be
held Wednesday, September 10,
8 P. M. at the Montgomery Blair
Senior High School Gymnasium,
Silver Spring, under the sponsor
ship of the Montgomery County
League of Women Voters. The
rally is open to every voter in the
County.
All candidates of both parties on
the local ballot - County, State,
and Congressional = have been in
vited. Most of them will be in at
tendance, League members feel, as
acceptances are coming in rapidly.
All candidates will be intro
duced. Candidates for U. S. Sen
ator and Representative, State
Senator and Delegates, and Coun-
ty Councilman will be given time
for brief statements. After ques-
lions from the floor, the meeting
will be thrown open so voters can
talk personally with the candi-
dates.
. The League of Women Voters
claims to be non-partisan; it SUP
ports issues, not candidates. The
League therefore, believes this
ra'ry is unique since it gives voters
a chance to see Democratic and
Republican candidates for each
office at the same meeting.
The League has prepared a Vot-
er's Guide giving pertinent infor-
nation on each candidate. Twenty
five thousand copies of this guide
are being distributed throughout
the county. Copies will be avail
able at the rally. This guide gives
the candidates unedited answers to
questions asked by the League;
the Voters Rally is to give the
individual citizen a chance to ask
his own questions.
The public is invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Permits To Build
Issued In Rockville

The Rockville Mayor and Council
issued the following building per-
mits for the period August 16 to
August %:
August 16 Marshall Stream,
1925 Paul Drive, for repairs on
house at that address,
August II Norman C. Lynch,
Route 2, Gaithersburg, to erect a
house on Denham Road, Rock
wood; Edward Fields Tompkins,
805 Baltimore Road, to erect
porch; Clinton A. Howes, 401 An
derson Ave-, to repair house; M.
w. Bradshaw, 402 E. Montgomery
Ave-, to erect garage; Berlin Con-
struction Co., 2919 Brandywine
St., Washington, to erect 81 dwell
ings on North Adams Street.
August IS Russell ]. Dodson,
1910 DeBeck Drive, Rockcrest, to
erect garage; Connie Eisinger,
7240 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda,
to repair building on Route 240,
Eisinger property; Broadwood
Manor Housing Corporation, 1923
L St., N. W., to erect go dwellings
on Dean Drive, Broadwood Drive,
Viers Mill Road and Grandin Ave,
in Broadwood Manor.
August 81 Albert and Eliza
beth Washington, to erect porch
at 1920 Ardennes Avenue, Twin
Brook; M. M. Hayes, 908 Lewis
Avenue, Rockcrest, to erect garage.
August "a : Twin Brook, Inci,
1920 Midway Avenue, Rockville, to
erect 26 houses on Midway Avenue
in Twin Brook; Roland E. Simons,
TOO Grandin Avenue, to erect
dwelling on LeMay Avenue, Twin
Brook; Wesley G. Sauter, 1901
Chelton Road, Bethesda, to erect
dwelling on LeMay Avenue, Twin
Brook; D. E. Gingery, 1921 Ar
dennes Avenue, Rockville, to erect
dwelling on LeMay Avenue, Twin
Brook; Joseph Geeraert, Cognelin
Terrace, to erect dwelling on Lee
May Avenue, Twin Brook; Julian
Ricketts,, 211 Woodland Road, Rock
vile, to convert room in house at
that address; ]. V. Peter, 120 S.
Washington St., erect home on
West Montgomery Avenue; Rock
Villa Corporation, 2919 Brandy
wine st., N. W., Washington, to
erect two houses on Beall Avenue.
August % Roland E. Simons,
709 Grandin Ave-, to erect porch
on home at that address; A. G.
Buckholz, 5911 Halsey Road, Rock
vile, to alter house.
August % = Durant M. Burton,
1902 Crawford Drive, to add to
house at that address; Douglas C.
Donley, 13207 Midway Avenue, to
add to house; Thomas J. Pape,
1922 Midway Avenue, to add to
dwelling at that address.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Carver Junior
College To Open
September 18th

Carver Junior College, Mont
gomery County's newly established
junior college for Negroes and the
first Negro institution of its kind
in Maryland, will officially open
in Rockville September 25th. The
first week will be devoted to test
ing, orientation and registration,
Glasses will begin October End.
All of the College work will be
conducted at lincoln High School
in Lincoln Park until the new Car
yer High School is completed. The
college classes will be scheduled
between the hours of A and 10
p. m.
Students who enroll the first
semester will have a choice of five
curricula a transfer in Arts
and Science for students who ex-
pect to continue their studies be-
yond the Sophomore year; ter
minal curriculum in secretarial
training, clothing construction,
woodwork and general education.
Business firms and industrial
establishments that need groups of
workers with special skill or techni-
cal training of any type that can
be provided in a two-year junior
college curriculum or through a
shorter period of intensive train
ing are especially invited to ac-
quaint the college with their needs.
Recruiting trainees, training and
placement will be among the many
services the college will render to
the community.
Detailed information concerning
the different curricula, require
ments, fees and other data, is now
available at the office of Lincoln
High School, according to the dean,
Parlett l.. Moore.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Homecoming Events
Pack Gaithersburg
And Washington Grove

Continued from Page l.
Parade prizes included the fol-
lowing:
Floats: Commercial Center
Market, trophy; A. Guide, trophy;
and Guy Robey, Beltsville, trophy,
Bowman Brothers, honorable mem
ton.
Organizational Maryland
Game and Fish, trophy; st. Mar
tins Roman Catholic Church, tro-
ply; and Gaithersburg Lions,
trophy.
Bands: Junior Band: Silver
Spring Elks, trophy and cash; Cal
thersburg High School Band, cash.
Senior Band: Potomac Band,
trophy and cash: Browningsville
Band, cash; Harmony Band, Har-
mony, Md, cash.
Fire Apparatus: Best appearing
pumper, College Park, trophy; sec
ond, Glen Echo. Best appearing
Ladder Wagon, Takoma Park, tro-
ply. Best equipped Ambulance,
Kensington, trophy; second, Rock
vile. Best equipped Rescue Squad,
Bethesda Chevy Chase, trophy;
second, Sandy Spring. Company
travelling longest distance, indie
pendant Fire Co., Annapolis. Old
est apparatus, Woodland Beach,
trophy. Best appearing Ladies
Auxiliary, Hyattstown; second Da-
mascus.
Children's prizes: Bicycle, Nor
man Clarke, Silver Spring, as
Uncle Sam; Wagon, Becky Clagett,
8; Masquerade, Helen Caulfield;
Pets, Pony and Cart, Sandra King,
Rosalia Sandison, Tommy and Gar
ry King.
Prizes were given for decorated
windows in the town. First prize
went to Rodney Thompson of
Thompson's Market in the Com
mercial Glass. The window of the
Knights of Phythias won first in
the Patriotic Glass.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Brush Cleaning Hints

Any bristle brush can be readily
cleaned. while it is still soft. with
the proper thinner for the product
in which it has been used. Use tur-
pentine. followed by naptha or
mineral spirits for oil base fin
ishes tpaint, enamel or varnish) &.
You will need alcohol for brushes
used in shellac or alcohol stain.
Lacquer thinner's the thing for lac.
quers-preferably a thinner made
by the same manufacturer who pro-
duced the lacquer in which the
brush was used
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Building Drop Due

While the new Government
curbs on mortgages will not check
the record-breaking housing boom
until late fall, it is expected that
the eventual effect will be % to
80 per cent cut in BODYBUILDING
next year. The new regulations
require veterans to make a five per
cent down payment when buying
home, and require down payments
five per cent larger than heretofore
on mortgages insured by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Thumb Sucking

Thumb sucking may cause per-
manent damage to a child's teeth
and jaws. DR.. George W. Teusch-
er OF the Northwestern university
dental school told the American
d 1ftal association at its annual
session. Dr. Teuscher took issue
with the idea that il the habit is
stopped before the permanent
teeth grow in. they will not be af-
fected. He urged that parents be
warned that thumb sucking can
cause an abnormal position for
both permanent and first or pri-
mary teeth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07
Mahogany

African mahogany comes in ex-
ceptionally large logs often as
long as SO feet and from three to
five feet in thickness. Thus it
yields long and wide cuttings.
Freshly-cut African wood is a pale
salmon-pink. changing after ex-
posture to a pale golden-brown. 1t
has slightly milder texture and
larger pores than other mahoga-
MES and a larger proportion Of
beautiful figures. These figures.
ar.azing in their variety and de-
sign, range from simple straight
stripes to complex and elaborate
patterns of mottle. crotch and
swirl.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07

Revolutionary idea completely modern
ICES dishwashing! g. swirling jets OF
water brush-fush every
hollow of every dish. Then comes a
piping-hot double rinse; Dishwasher
stops, and cover pops open for almost
instantaneous flash drying. All in ga
minutes (normal water prcSsure).
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-09-07

Improper raising of calves is an
important and often overlooked
cause OF sterility Calves fed
poorly and raised in dirty quar-
tiers often suffer from dysentery
and recurrent pneumonia, and be.
come poor breeders as the result.