The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-13

traffic at its heaviest, the Police De-
partment took time on Tuesday
morning to help lady who had
lost her car.
The lady, in the midst of her
Christmas shopping, suddenly found
her mind a complete blank as to
where she had parked her car and,
to make matters worse, she had also
completely forgotten the license
number. As soon as I heard of her
trouble I called Lieutenant Kiser
and he got busy right away. A
cruiser was dispatched to pick the
lady up and the police officer then
drove over all the downtown streets
until the lady saw her car, legally
parked on West Franklin Street, and
happily drove it home.
A small matter to be sure, but a
complete contradiction of letter
that appeared in the papers some
days ago, accusing our police officers
of only being interesting in handing
out tickets for traffic violations.
If you want to buy a good Christ
mas tree at a reasonable price and at
the same time help a really worth
while cause, patronize one of the
three Christmas Tree sales locations
of the Hagerstown Lions Club, who
are selling trees for the benefit of
their Milk Fund, a Lions Club pro-
ject of many years standing.
You will find full details in their
advertisement on the back page.
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Edward Folliard, Washington Post
White House reporter, who address
ed the Jaycees on Tuesday night
(see story elsewhere on this page), is
just as confused about next years
Presidential race as the rest of us.
The only positive statement he made
on that subject was, that if Mrs. Tru-
man has her way, the President will
not run. He added that Mrs. Tru-
man not only dislikes the White
House, she actually hates it.
Those who accused States Attor-
ney John Holiday of prosecuting
those arrested in Hagerstown on
charges of violating the State gamb-
ling laws, while making no effort to
enforce the same laws throughout
the County, now have their answer.
The recent raids in the county of
places operating slot machines, is
positive proof that the States At
torney intends to prosecute, without
fear or favor, all those charged with
violating the States gambling laws,
as long as those laws remain on the
statute books.
The Board of County Commission
ers, who have been studying the
various budgets submitted for 1852,
find themselves faced with the ne
cessity of raising the tax for next
year if they are to give the County
the various services they are en-
titled to, such as good schools, good
roads, etc.
The Board of Education, for in
stance, is seeking a larger budget
than they operated under this year,
in addition to the funds that will be
needed for the construction of the
Salem Avenue School. In fact, the
budget increase submitted by the
Board of Education is substantially
larger than that of any other de-
partment of the County government.
The Board of Commissioners, how
ever, have not yet reached a deci-
sion as to what the rate for 1852 will
be, but you can rest assured that
they will keep it as low as possible,
consistent with the needs of the
County. They are expected to an
nounce their decision this week and
don't be surprised if the 1852 rate
will be increased from the present
rate of $3.50 on the $500 assessed
value, to somewhere between SITS
and $500.
In strong contrast to the Board of
County Commissioners, however, the
Mayor and Council, who are also
wrestling with the 1852 budget and
tax rate, seem determined to keep
the city tax rate at so cents, even
though to do so, it will be necessary,
in some cases, to drastically cut the
budgets submitted by the various de-
partments and by so doing deny
some taxpayers of city services, such
as streets and sewerage, that they
are legally entitled to.
In Congressman j. Glenn Beall's
announcement of his candidacy for
the United States Senate (Which will