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The Nome nugget., 1950-03-29

The annual festival of Up-Helly- Aa in the Shetland Islands is be- lieved by some to go back to Vii king days.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-29
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 343

An Ordinance of the City of Nome, Territory of A l a six a, amending Ordinance No. 335 com monly known as City Sales Tax by adding thereto Sections TX and x. BE IT ORDAINED AND EN- ACTED BY THE co M M o N COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NOME as follows:
 Ordinance No. 335 commonly known as City Sales Tax is hereby amended by adding to the Ordin- ance Sections TX and x to read as
 SECTION TX
 All taxes imposed on the buyer by Ordinance No. 335 shall be due and payable to the seller on all cash sales at the time of sale and on all credit sales at the time the account is due and payable.
 SECTION x DEFINITION OF TERMS: RETAIL SALES as applied to Ordinance No. 335 shall include every sale made to a consumer or to any person for any purpose other than for resale in the orig inal form of tangible personal property and regardless of the quantity purchased or the sale price.
 RETAIL PRICE shall mean and shall be construed to mean sale price.
 PASSED by the Common Coun- cil of the City of Nome in regular Session Assembled and approved by the Mayor of said city the 27th day of March, 1850.
 STEVE ANDERSEN,
 Mayor Attest:
 CARRIE M. McLAIN,
 City Clerk Pub. Mar. 29, 31, April 3, 1850.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-29
THIEF HAS DOUBLE TAKE

BNTTE, Mont. (H) - Rot pc r Jones had this double hard luck story for police:
 A portable radio and a shirt were stolen from his room while he slept. He traced the property to the operator of a boarding house who had purchased it, inno- gently. But, said the boarding house keeper sadly, just before Jones arrived the radio and shirt had been stolen again-apparent- ly by the man who lifted them from Jones.
 zion.
 One was made on a large ice block covered with coarse graul- lated snow; the other on hard packed and drifted snow, the usu- al surface found in the region.
 On both days, the CAY was pre- ceded onto the ice by a glider pi- loted by It. James s. Keel of Chi cago. It later was snatched up by a C-54 and lowed back to Barter Island.
 The crew of the CAY remained on the ice approximately 35 min utes the first day and about 90 minutes the next. Neither day, however, were crew members able to take soundings of the Wa ter depth because of the 10-12 foot thickness of ice.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-29

About two and one-half million people in the United States are cripples.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Advisory Rent Board
Opposes DecontroI in
Alexandra, Arlington

The Alexandria Arlington Ad-
visory Rent Control Board yester-
day formally opposed legislation
which would exclude Virginia from
the Federal Rent Control Act.
A copy of the boards resolu-
ton will be presented at public
hearing on the bill at 3 pm. to-
morrow in Richmond. 1t was re-
ported enormously in yesterdays S
Star that the hearing was to be
held today.
Fred N. Windridge, chairman of
the Alexandria Arlington Rent
Board. said the group felt it was
not necessary to decontrol the
entire State because Federal law
permits individual communities
to decontrol themselves when
controls become unnecessary.
''The Federal law gives the
right to persons on the scene to
determine for each locality" If
controls are no longer needed
the boards resolution states. It
says the housing shortage still, is
acute in the Arlington and Alex
andria rental area.
Conrad H. Reid, vice chairman
of the rent board, will present the
resolution at tomorrow's hearing
The 10-member advisory board
is appointed by the Governor. 1t
includes landlords, tenants and
business representatives.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Arlington Forest Group
Renews Stop Light Fight

The Arlington Forest Citizens
Association last night renewed its
five-year fight for traffic light at
Lee boulevard and Park drive
where 12-year- -old Fred Lehman
was killed Friday.
The associations executive COM
mittee will circulate petitions de-
manding the light. The citizens
also drafted a letter to State
Highway Commissioner James A.
Anderson. asking opportunity to
discuss the Lee boulevard traffic
problem.
AS another safety move, the
group asked that the County
School Board reroute school buses
SO children will not have to walk
across Lee boulevard. Fred Leh-
man was struck as he crossed
the highway after alighting from
q school bus.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Takoma Park Delays
Decision on Bonds

The Takoma Park City Council
last night postponed final action
on a proposed 100000 bond issue.
The council has been unable to
agree how the money should be
spent. Last night it was suggested
by Jack Krochmal, Chamber of
Commerce president, that most of
the money be used for off-street
parking lots, street widening and
other civic improvements. Others
from the chamber who spoke we're
Roy c. Potts. secretary, and Will
liam E. Van Zile.
The council originally intended
to use the bond funds for a new
municipal building, remodeling the
fire house and other improvements.
Last night councilmen discussed
whether to employ a city planner
for advice on civic improvements.
The plan was tabled. pending
further study.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Aberdeen Given q Real Test:
Find 3 GIs Overpoid by 5000

The Aberdeen proving grounds
has real problem to solve today.
1t is: Where-oh, where-are
the three soldiers who yesterday
were overpaid 5000?
It all was done with a quick
flick of the wrist by a cashier
who tossed the men a package of
100 bills. He thought they were
ones. Instead, the package con-
tanned $40 notes.
Capt. Harvey G. Vance, provost
marshal at the proving grounds,
reconstructed the story this way:
Yesterday was pay day at Aber-
deem. A civilian cashier was pay
ing off the men. All morning he
counted out the money:
At noon, sergeant, who was
going on re-enlistment leave, ap-
peared at the window. He was
accompanied by two privates who
were to receive their discharge
pay. One private asked for 500
of his pay in 81 bills. The SER
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Landlord Fined
$500 on House
Infested by Rats
By the Associofed Press

BALTIMORE. Feb. Regret
ting that he could not make the
punishment fit the crime, Judge
Robert France today pinned a
$500 fine on a landlord for renting
a rat-infested house.
Alvin Lapidus, 2l-year-old law
student stood before him in
Criminal Court. l'
What I would like to do said
Judge France. "is sentence you to
live in this house for one year
yourself. But I can't do that"
IT can, however, take part of
the profit out of the landlord
business.
Mr.. Lapidus said the fine made
it Improbable, all right.
He bought the house for $1,000
nine months ago. paying 5000
down and hoping to make money
on the rental of $40 month.
But the Health Department took
him to the city's unique housing
court. As the result he has had to
pay out $618 for repairs, 1925 for
plumbing and $50 for painting,
Evening star., 1950-02-01

Meet Ernest P. Walkers best
friends - bats -" "the incest little
folks in the world"
And don't start jibbering a lot
of silly superstitions about them,
either, or Mr.. Walker will give
you a good tongue-lashing.
People malign animals so much
that I'd like to see animals malign
people for a change" he said.
They could say more mean
things"
Mr.. Walker. assistant director
of the. Zoo here for 90, years. has
been making pets of bats for sew
eral years and studying their
habits. An article by him on his
bats appears in this weeks Sat-
urday Evening Post. OF course.
he has been studying animals all
his life. $50 ..t
Evening star., 1950-02-01

you know, were seriously studied
during the war to learn their
navigation secrets
Although he admitted it takes
time to fool with these little
folks" Mr.. Walker had nothing
but praise for them as pets and
as personalities.
They're perfectly friendly and
nice," he said. Lets give these
silly superstitions about them a
knockout blow and stop being
scared like a little boy in the. dark
over a tiny creature weighing q
quarter of an ounce.
Bats aren't blind. They can't
hurt you and they're clean. I've
seen them groom their silky ful
for hours. People call animal.
dirty - animals don't make
t-ct11r1o %
Evening star., 1950-02-01

geant and the other private re-
Iquested $50 each in 81 bills.
The cashier was tired of count
ing.
"All right, here it is Capt.
Vance quoted him as saying.
You divide it. I'm not going to
count it for you.;''
And with that, the captain said,
the cashier tossed the men two
packages of money-presumably
containing 200 81 bills. But one
contained $40 bills. The three
soldiers disappeared.
II was UP all night looking for
them said Capt. Vance.
The Army sent an interstate
police lookout for the men.
Capt. Vance indicated that the
Army expects little trouble re-
covering the money when the men
are located. He said if they do
not repay it voluntarily. larceny
charges can be placed against
them.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
0'Conor Calls for Slash
In Wartime Excise Taxes
By the A.soeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. Senator
O'Conor, Democrat, of Maryland
spoke for prompt reduction OF
wartime excise taxes" yesterday
and renewed his argument in sup
port of a "cut In Government
spending"
The Senator addressed a lunch
con meeting of the Baltimore
Rotary Club.
The Maryland Senator quoted
a letter he said he received from
a Rockville poultry producer:
"You just spend as little of my
money for me as you can and
will do darn sight better job of
taking care Of myself than any
Government bureau can"
Mr.. O'Conor said that SEN
tence deserves to be repeated
throughout the length and
breadth of the land as a gem of
wisdom in the midst of an era
Of clouded thinking"
Evening star., 1950-02-01

What I'm mainly interested in
are animals personalities" said
Mr.. Walker. 1--WE been curious
about animals ever since I was
farm boy. I'm interested in them
as individuals. I want to know
what they do and how and why
they do it,
That is why he has spent hour
after hour handling bats-watch-
ing how they fly, eat and navi-
gate.
- For they do navigate. just as a
! ship does. you know" he ex-
planned. You probably have
heard Of their echo location -
Bats make inaudible as well as
audible sounds. and the. .echos tell
them where to fly in the dark.
And I've discovered they also have
/ a special body vibration. too. Bats,
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Parenfhood Planners Seek
$4,000 in Montgomery

The Montgomery County
Planned Parenthood League OPEN
ed drive for $4,000 last night
at a dinner meeting in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Bethesda.
The money will be used to help
defray the cost of three clinics in
the county.
The Rev. William F. Creighton,
honorary chairman of the cam
paign and pastor of st. Johns,
called the leagues work "a way to
make better, families in a world
too full of bad families"
DR.. v. l.. Ellicott, county health
officer, reviewed the work of the
league during the 10 years of its
existence. DR.. j. w. Bird was
toaStmaSter.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Barrett School Opens
First Of New Rooms
In Arlington Program

First units of more than 100
new classrooms planned for Ar
lington were opened today at Kate
Waller Barrett School, 44o0 North
Henderson road.
AS the second semester of the
school year began, approximately
750 new pupils were expected to
raise total county enrolment to
nearly $4,000. Twenty-Five new
teachers were on hand.
Hereafter, under a new policy
adopted by the School Board, new
students will not be admitted at
midyear.
The new classrooms are the first
completed from funds approved in
a $6,500,0 900 bond issue. The larg-
est structure to be built under the
program is the 33-room Stratford
Junior High School, under con-
struction at North Military road
and Vacation lane.
The new Kate Waller Barrett
classrooms are part of project
including construction of admin
istration and multi-purpose rooms
and remodeling of the old build
ing.
Two rooms at the new Glen
carlyn Elementary School are
scheduled to open in two weeks.
-Four others will be ready about
the middle of March.
Also nearing completion is an
addition at the Peyton Randolph
School, South Quincy and Four
teenth streets, where six rooms
are under construction.
Seven claSsrooms at the new
Yorktown Elementary School at
North Greenbrier and Twenty
eighth streets. are scheduled to
open Monday. In about a month.
three other classrooms and a
multi-purpose are to be COM
pleted.
The opening of the Yorktown
School will relieve overcrowding
at John Marshall, Robert E. Lee
and Charles A. Stewart Schools.
The new Abingdon School at
North darlington may be ready
this spring. school officials said.
In August. an addition at Walter
Reed. including eight classrooms
and a multi-purpose room is to
be finished. III
Other schools planned are a
new six-room Hoffman-Boston
Elementary on the same site; a
14-room school at Dominion Hills,
Mckinley road and Ohio street,
and new 10-room Hume School,
site undetermined.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
81 Held for Grand Jury
In FutuI Auto Accident

A Fort Belvoir soldier yesterday
was held for the Arlington grand
jury on a nanslaughter charge
growing out of an automobile
accident.
Sergt. Marvin Everett Taylor,
80, pleaded not guilty at county
court hearing.
Police testified Sergt. Taylor
was driver of an automobile in
which Sergt. Roy Franklin Jack
son. n, also of Fort Belvoir, was
injured fatally. The car rammed
the rear of a tractor trailer on
Route /, the night of January 8.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Press Group to Meet
In Montgomery Fridoy

The Montgomery County Press
Association will meet at 1880
pm. Friday In the dining hall of
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory
at White Oak.
Offlcers will be nominated at
the meeting. The election will be
held in June. Byron Sedgwick,
columnist for the Maryland News,
is president of the group.
Maj. George Blackburn. Marine
Corps News and special events
chief, will address the group.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
overwhelmingly Park
Meetinq on Mercer Called

OffcialS and citizens of Hyatts-
vile and University Park will
meet at 8 pm. Friday in the
County Service Building, Hyatts-
vile, to discuss a proposed mer-
ger of the two communities.
The meeting was called by the
Planning Committee OF the Hy-
attsville Council.
Citizens of the area south of
Hamilton street, just west of the
city limits. have been invited to
discuss extension of the line to
Ager road.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Prince Georges Asks
Rule 10 Make Voters
Prove State Residence

New Prince Georges County resi-
dents may have to show they
cannot vote in any State except
Maryland before they can register.
The county's Board of Election
Supervisors yesterday decided to
ask Maryland's attorney general
to rule whether removal certifi-
Gates should be required of new
residents. The removal certifi-
Gates would show that the new
residents no longer maintained
voting residences in their former
home States.
The League of Women Voters
in Prince Georges have contended
affldavits should be sufficient, in
stead OF requiring the certificates.
Safeguards Held Needed.
The board at its meeting yester-
day said it wanted to offer every
opportunity" for newcomers to be-
come registered voters in Mary
land. A board spokesman said it
was felt, however, that proper
safeguards should be set up to
prevent people from voting in
more than one State.
In another announcement. the
board said that a general registra-
tion will be held throughout the
county on June 13. The date CO.
lncides with Gov. Lanes procla-
nation setting aside the period
June 1919 as Maryland Regis
tration Week"
! Two new registration officials
were named by the board. They
were Mrs. Blanche Longanecker
OF Berwyn, Democrat. and Mel
win D. Rees of 1908 Madison street.
a Republican.
Demonstration Set.
The. new appointees will be at
the County Service Building,
Hyattsville, each Tuesday and
Friday, beginning next week.
Hours will be from 6 to 9 pm.
They will be there to register new
voters for any election precinct
Of the county.
The board also announced that
1t would follow the same procedure
used by Montgomery and Anne
Arundel Counties in demonstrat-
ing the 125 voting machines which
are expected to arrive May /. The
Voters League had asked that
some of these machines be placed
in schools and public buildings for
demonstration purposes. In Mont
gomery County, dummy machines
were used for community demon
strations, while the real machines
were on exhibition in county
buildings.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Charles CoIIow Chosen
To Head Curuvun Club

Charles e. Callow of Cheverly
has been elected president of the
Democratic Caravan Club Of
Prince Georges County.
Other officers are Elmer Hook
man, Capitol Heights, vice
president: Frank Dyer. Berwyn,
treasurer; Mrs. Frank Jordan,
Bradbury Heights, corresponding
secretary: Mrs. James Robertson.
Cottage City. recording secretary.
and r. Earle Sheriff, Landover,
sergeant alarms.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Youth Held in Collision
Of Auto and Train
By the Assoeiated Pres.

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Feb. L.
Anne Arundel County police
charged Robert Mintz, 18, OF
Baltimore, with reckless driving
today as a result of a collision be-
tween his car and a slow-m moving
Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad
train.
A passenger riding with Mintz
suffered minor injuries in the
crash Monday night.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Foirfux PTA to Meet

Plans for operation of the Fair
fax County school health clinic
this year will be discussed at a
meeting of the Fairfax Elementary
School Parent Teacher Associa-
ton at the school at 8 p. m. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
School Building Fee
And Welfare Disputes
Flare Again in County

Two disputes f1ared anew yes
terday before the Prince Georges
County Commissioners at Upper
Marlboro.
The first is the question of
whether building permit fees
should be charged on schools.
This led to a heated exchange
between Paul H. Kea. Hyattsville
architect. and Chairman Irwin L.
Main of the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
The second dispute involves ap-
pointment of a County Welfare
Board member. It widened a rift
between the commissioners and
the Maryland State Board of Pub
lie Welfare.
MIR. Kea asked that no building
permit fees be required of con-
tractors for the new senior high
school at Suitland and the Lang
ley Park Elementary School.
Sees County Cost Increased.
He asserted such charges actual
ly cost the county more because
contractors include them in their
bids.
Mr.. Kea's contention that COM
mission inspections are not neces-
sary and that permit costs were
more than inspection expenses,
aroused the anger of Mr.. Main.
The commission chairman. seat
ed in the rear of the room and
unobserved by Mr.. Kea. arose and
Indignantly denied the charges.
Inspection of buildings is high
ly desirable and necessary" he
declared. "As a matter of fact,
many defects have been found in
buildings constructed throughout
the county"
Denies Inspections Necessary.
Earlier, Mr.. Kea said the in
spections aren't necessary because
he makes inspections in his Ca
pacity as architect. He added,
however, that he has no objec-
ton to the commissions inspec-
tion if the agency feels it neces-
sary.
The architect cited the contract
price of $1.326, 500 on the Suitland
School and the permit fee of ST.
584.
The commissioners deferred
final action until next Tuesday.
Yesterday was the third consecu-
tive week the commissioners con-
sidered the matter. On January
II, they ruled out fees for schools
and other public buildings. Last
Tuesday. they rescinded their
order.
The. Welfare Board controversy
has smouldered since last spring.
1T was renewed yesterday when
the State agency wrote it still
will not certify the appointment
Of Harry T. Jenkins, Suitland.
Board Reiterates Stand.
For the third time in eight
months. the State board reported
it will not approve the COM
miSsioners' recommendation The
commissioners yesterday asked the
State group to give it's reasons
for opposing Mr.. Jenkins.
Mr.. jenkins completed a six
year board term in May, 1948.
Under State regulation he could
not succeed himself. The conf
missioners are recommending him
to fill a vacancy caused by the
resignation of H. Clay Whiteford,
Hyattsville.
The commissioners ruled that
treasurers of special fire tax dis
tricts must post surety bonds.
Personal bonds will be unaccept-
able, the commissioners ruled.
Clarification was asked by dele
CATION of volunteer firemen.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Heart Month Proclaimed

ANNAPOLIS, Md. Feb. (P.-
Gov. Lane has designated Febru-
airy as Heart Month" and has
urged all Marylanders to support
with their financial gifts and
their volunteer work" the Nation
wide campaign against heart
disease.
Evening star., 1950-02-01
Planning Group
Sought for Rural
Would Have Functions
Like Park Commission:
Hearing Set Feb. -


Establishment of a planning
commission for the rural area Of
Montgomery County has been
proposed by the County Council.
The proposal, advanced at the
councils meeting yesterday, will
be discussed at a public hearing
at 1880 p. m. February 13 in the
Rockville Courthouse.
In other business, the county
heads:
l. Granted an $50 monthly PEN
sion to Mrs. Annie Emily Turner,
whose husband, Policeman Harry
A Turner, died January 16.
2. Appointed Alfred James Clark,
8130 Old Georgetown road, Be-
thesda, a junior craftsman in the
Public Works Department at an
annual salary of $1,000.
8. Named John A. Lewis, gen.
eral engineer in the Public Works
Department, as assistant director
OF the department. He will con-
tinue to receive his present salary
of $4,000 a year.
4. Proclaimed the week of Feb
ruary 6 as Boy Scout Week in
recognition of the organizations
40th anniversary.
Rockville Excluded.
The proposed planning commits
sion would have functions similar
to those exercised by the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission in the
Maryland Washington regional
district, which embraces the
suburban area and includes Po-
tomac, Ashton and Olney.
Rockville would be excluded
from the planning commissions
authority, however, because it al
ready has zoning regulations, ac-
cording to Council President Fred
eric P. Lee.
The commission would have five
members, one to be appointed by
the council from it's own member
ship and four to be named by
the council president subject to
confirmation by the group. All
would serve without pay.
Their duties would include
preparation of a master coming
and highway plan and subdivision
regulations. Any such plan and
regulations would be presented at
a public hearing before being act
ed upon by the council.
Called "Step Forward"
This proposal" Mr.. Lee ex-
planned, 'is an attempt to do
away with the present absurd
situation in which planning, zou-
ing. subdivision control and build
ing, electrical and plumbing in
spections are carried on by the
Park and Planning Commission
in the suburban area, but do not
exist in the rest of the county"
At the same time, however, he
conceded the proposal, if adopted,
would result in duplication of
functions now being carried on by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
But he said the "obvious rem
ledy-one planning agency for the
entire country-cannot be accom-
plished except by legislation at
Annapolis"
At this point. John R. Reeves, q
member of the county's delega-
ton to the General Assembly, who
was seated in the council hear
ing room, described the proposed
planning commission as step
forward"
Mr.. Lee also discussed the
matter of State police protection
in the county. He said Mont
gomery has a much smaller num-
Der of State policemen assigned to
it than Prince Georges County
and he termed this unfair" He
said the county's legislative dele
cation has promised to take up
the problem with State police
Evening star., 1950-02-01
DIP, SO, Flies Atlantic

Mrs. Ksenia Psocik, 80, a Polish
displaced person, claimed to be
the oldest transatlantic f1ier,
after flying from Scotland to New
York and back.
Evening star., 1950-02-01

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