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Smyrna times., 1951-03-01
STATE MUSEUM
MAKES SURVEY
Devoted TO Collecting and Pre-
serving Materials of
Days Gone By
MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS

The Delaware State Museum in
Dover is devoted to collecting and
preserving materials that show
how Delawareans lived and earned
their living in days gone by. The
Industrial Age has brought change
in nearly every department of liv-
ing, as the handmade has been sup
erceded by the machine-made.
That which is outmoded we are apt
Ito have little regard and appreci-
alton for, and therefore cast if off,
as of no further value to us. The
abandoned tools or equipment
probably have no actual use-value,
but they have great historical and
educational value. 1t is that which
museums and historical societies
stand by to recognize and develop.
The State Museum is making a
survey of material in still existing
Delaware which shows an earlier
way of life. 1t has commenced also
to assemble a collection of tools of
early trades. A bolting-frow, riv-
ing-maul, and irving frow, used
by early carpenters preparing to
shingle roofs, and bear trap have
been contributed by Mr.. Anthony
Higgins. A Steelyard used by early
tradesmen for weighing goods to
be sold comes from DR.. Joseph S.
Mcdaniel. Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Stout have started the historic
agricultural section with a gift of
a cradle scythe and two early
ploughs. The early milling indus
try is represented with a recent
gift of J. F. Wilson of Milford. AS
owner of the last operating grist
mill in that community, he closed
his business on January l, 1851.
This completed a chapter of what
was part of an industry for which
Delaware enjoyed wide renown in
the late Colonial and early Federal
period.
None of the aforementioned
articles is at present included in
the current exhibits, but it is the
Museums plan to enlarge the col
lections, perhaps borrowing to sup
plement the assembled items, in
order to share with Delawareans
and others the nearly-forgotten
evidences of their heritage, in fu-
ture exhibits. The State Museum
at 316 South Governors Avenue,
Dover, invites correspondence and
pictures of early industries and
equipment known to exist in the
state.
The present exhibits of agricul-
ture, commerce and industry as
well as others may be seen daily
Except Monday from IL to and
on Sundays from to 5. Admission
is free. The Museum is one block
south of Loockerman Street on
South Governors Avenue, Dover.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-01
GIRL SCOUTS
THINKING DAY
Senior Girl Scouts
Observed Birthdays of Lord
and Lady Baden Powell
FOUNDERS OF SCOUTING

Troop 1, Smyrna Senior Girl
Scouts, observed Thinking Day at
their meeting on Monday. Think
ing Day means a great deal to the
Girl Scouts for it is the birthday
of both Lord and Lady Baden Pow
ell, founders of scouting. Each
year pennies are collected to be
sent to national headquarters, to
be sent later for aid to other coun-
tries. The troop has been accepted
as an International Friendship
Troop, an honor which requires
years of work and friendship with
Smyrna times., 1951-03-01
Poisonous snake Lore

Poisonous snakes usually can be
distinguished easily from non
poisonous because the harmful
ones, except small corals, have tri-
angular heads much broader than
the body. Heads of non-poisonous
snakes are about the same width
as the body.
Smyrna times., 1951-03-01
Riviera's King Carnival

February on the Riviera means
Carnival, when masked professions
battles of flowers, and fireworks
are held daily until March, when
King Carnival is burned.
Evening star., 1951-04-17
Shepherd Park Citizens
ASK FIuoridation in 1851

The Shepherd Park Citizens AS
Isociation last night voted to urge
Ifluoridation of the Districts water
this year.
A letter asking for the treat
lment, said to reduce dental cavi-
ties in children IS to IS per cent,
will go to Commissioner F.: Jo-
seph Donohue.
The group. meeting at Shepherd
School, tabled a motion suggest
ing control of after-hours bottle
clubs by the District Alcoholic
beverage Control Board. A special
committee to study the move was
to be named by Walter M. Bird,
association president.
Benjamin Striner, delegate to
the North Washington Council of
Citizens Associations, announced
the Council will sponsor two meet
ings soon to stimulate the lag
ging community interest in civil
defense"
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Tough Price Formula
Promised by DiSa|Ie

Manufacturers today had a
warning from Price Stabilizer
Michael V. Disable that they face
Ia tough new price-fixing formula
which he will sign later this week,
Some people who have CO.
operated in the December 10 vol
untary rollback of prices will
benefit by this regulation" he
said. "And for them there will
be roll forward while for
those who did not cooperate
there will now be a rollback."
The formula will be based on
,pre-Korean war prices adjusted to
reflect increased costs of labor and
materials and Mr.. Disable said it
would correct inequities."
MIR. DiSalle's announcement was
made in a speech at Philadelphia
last night at a dinner of the mems
apparel trades division of the
United Jewish Appeal.
Meanwhile. price control officials
were preparing the machinery for
wholesalers and retailers to ask
adjustments in their ceiling prices
to meet levels fixed under State
fair trade laws.
Forty-flve States, including
Maryland and Virginia, but not
the District, have fair trade acts
which permit manufacturers and
retailers to agree on minimum
prices for specific items.
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operating expenses. The company
now contends its financial position
has been improved materially
Figures show the company's earned
surplus is climbing.
ICC examiners, who looked into
the company's finances while
studying proposed four-to-one
stock split plan found it's earned
surplus was $5,263,8o7 on October
81, 1850. E. Cleveland Giddings,
the company's vice president,
brought out that this had mount
ed to $5.453,000 on January 81.
Mortgage Indenture. d..
But under a mortgage indenture
dated December /, 1914, which Sc
cures the first and refunding
mortgage bonds, Series A, issued
under ICC authority, $3,000,077 OF
the earned surplus is restricted
against payment of dividends until
the bonds are paid off.
The examiners, H. C. Howard
and w. L. Fulton, said the conSoli-
dated balance sheet of the COM
pany and its subsidiary companies
as of October 81 showed total
assets of sos, ,105,217. consisting of
property and plant accounts, $54,-
738,961; deposits with mortgage
trustee, Slabs; current and work.
ing assets, $9,953,644, including
cash on hand and in banks, $4.-
673, 1876, and material and supplies
81 ,149, ,908, and deferred charges
1898, ,487 and United States Gov
ernment securities. $3.741.245.
The examiners said the COM
Ipany's liabilities then were: Com
mon capital stock, $24 million;
first and refunding mortgage
bonds, Series A, 4 per cent, due
December l, 1864, So million; cur
rent and accrued liabilities. $3.-
867,195 reserves, $23,954,215
chiefly depreciation, and retire
ment of property and plant, $22.-
728.O65.
Excess of Recorded Cost.
During the year 1949 and the
10 months ended october 81, 1850,
said the examiners, the company
and its subsidiaries had aggregate
met income of S332,432 and $751;
I254, respectively, after provision
for income taxes. The item prop
Ierty and plant accounts, $54,738,-
I961, reflects the original cost of
the property and also includes
Sc, ,250,000 designated road and
equipment unclassified," their re-
port said. This represents the
excess of recorded cost over the
original cost of the properties.
During the 10 months ended
October 81, 1850, the company
and it's subsidiaries received oper-
ating revenue totaling $4,000, ,236
from the streetcar passengers and
$40, ,126,562 from bus passengers,
the examiners said. During each
of the years, 1945 to 1948, inclu-
sive, the operating expenses for
streetcars exceeded bus operation
expenses. In 1949 this relation
ship was reversed, when the total
bus operating expenses exceeded
the total streetcar expenses, de-
clared the examiners. This was
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Grocer Group Briefed
For Pricing Dead|ine

Retail grocers, facing an Apri
80 deadline for putting price cell.
ings on some groceries, last night
were told how to go about it.
The brief1ng by District price Of
ficials covered Ceiling Price Regu-
lation Is, which applies to indie
pendent grocers of Groupe l, with
annual gross sales of less than
$4,000, and Group 2, whose an
nual gross sales are $4,000 or
more, but less than $375,000.
More than 600 grocers showed
up at the Interior Department
auditorium for the explanation
For purposes of demonstration
William S. Mirman, chief of the
\ food branch of the District Office
of Price Sterilization, followed one
can of peas. step by step, through
the entire process.
Other speakers included Vim
cent A. Holmes, District director
of OPS. who outlined the back
ground on price control and asked
the grocers to cooperate in carry
ing it out; James D. Mann, Dis
trict counsel for OPS. who empha-
sized that the regulation is a Law
and violators can be punished
Mrs. Henrietta Donaldson, a price
specialist in the food branch, wht
explained the method for filing {
form due April %, and j. Walter
Smith, District price executive.
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explained. "It shows how photo
electric cells can turn a motor
on and off at desired point, and
how it controls the speed of a
motor.
That's often called servo-mech-
tanism." the 12-year-old patiently
explained.
Now Howard will buy parts for a
Ishort-wave ham" set.
Howard. who doesn't stand much
over 4 feet and weighs 1l3 pounds,
has his own library and working
equipment in his bedroom. There
are volumes on basic science, log
arithm tables and a handbook OF
chemistry and physics.
Howard has little spare time
that he doesn't devote to radio
and electronics. Even on Sunday
afternoons he visits the Library
of Congress.
He goes with DR.. Leo Shubert
professor of chemistry at Ameri-
can University, and Archie Fook-
son, an organic chemist at the Bu-
reau of Standards.
They're the only ones who talk
his language" Mrs. Silber ex-
| planned.
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Chevy Chase Villagers U|ine Health Hazards
Cut Special Tax Rate; Allowed 10 Continue
More Revenue in SIGHT 7 Years, Official Saws

Chevy Chase Villagers voted
with applause to cut their special
tax rate from 40 to IS cents last
night after being told the incor-
Iporated suburb had 1851 900 worth
Iof new property in the area and
could expect more revenue from
State sources this year.
More than 100 residents of the
old, big tree section" of Chevy
Chase also approved a $52,325
budget for 1851, an increase of
$2,375 over last years budget.
Chairman Arthur G.. Lambert, who
told the gathering of a newspaper
advertisement that called Chevy
Chase "the most famous suburban
name in America" reported that
about go homes have been added
to the villages domain and that
the re-laying of its cherished brick
sidewalks should be completed in
Ia year or two.
Managers Are Elected.
The annual gathering, held in
the style of New England town
meeting, gave the Board of Mana
gers a rising vote vote of thanks
for their "unselfish service"
A special election of managers,
to comply with new law specify
ing staggered terms of office, re-
elected all but one member of the
board. Chairman Lambert, Vice
Chairman George M. Ferris,
Treasurer Paul A. Davis and Emile
A. Pessagno were reelected for
two-year terms and Mrs. Edith
Claude Jarvis and c. Carroll Nor
gan were renamed for one-year
terms.
The new manager is John L.
Bischoff OF 121 Hesketh street,
who was elected for one year in
place of Mrs. Virginia Platt, who
had served on the board for II
years.
civil Defense Talk Heard.
The meeting heard a talk on
civil defense by William Roger,
Montgomery County public well
fare director and civilian defense
deputy director for emergency well
fare services.
An on-the-spot collection raised
$l82 to help support Reinhold
Springirth, 79-year-old retired
Village watchman who is now
blind.
Mr.. Ferris, a member of the
Chevy Chase Fire Board, told the
meeting a plan for the county to
take over area fire departments
would harm the community and
urged opposition to the proposal.
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Irate Alexandra Parents Urqe
2 Teacher Contract Renewals

Nearly 100 irate parents stormed
into the Alexandria School Board
meeting last night and demanded
renewal of the teaching contracts
Iof two elementary school music
teachers.
School officials have indicated
that the contracts will not be re-
|newed for Robert c. Field and
Donald Loftin, both of whom for
feited collateral last month on a
charge of being drunk after ram
ming a cabin cruiser into the sea.
wall at Hains Point, according to
Park Police records.
Police pulled the pair from the
water when their boat, Sea Rab-
bit. sank in 4 feet of water. They
forfeited SO collateral each, police
said.
But the parents, many of them
hopping mad, filled the School
Board Offices to over1owing and
apparently were unanimous in de-
Evening star., 1951-04-17

Twelve-year- Howard A.
Silber thinks a man can learn
just as much as he wants to in
this world.
He proved that yesterday when
he passed an examination for an
amateur radio operator license as
the youngest person in Washing
ton to be authorized to set up a
ham" station.
But Howard, who lives at 1888
Fort Dupont street Sc. and is in
the eighth grade at the Sousa
Junior High School, hasn't con-
fined himself to the radio station
he plans to set up.
Last year he took a prize at the
Science Fair for a tesla coil he
built himself to turn ordinary
house current into high-voltage
current. And he thinks he stands
a chance at another prize at the
fair tomorrow at the Chamber of
Commerce Building for a photo
electronic device which makes an
electric fan go on and off.
II don't understand it" his
mother, Mrs. Arthur Silber, said
"Oh. it merely demonstrates sew
!eral electronic principles" Howard
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manding retention of the two in
structors. Mr.. Field in particu-
lar. was described as an able teach
er. who had developed musical tai
ents in children far beyond the
expectations of parents.
Principal statement was made
by Maj. Bernard D. Daitez, I'LL
North Pitt street.
He said School Supt. r. C. Will
liams has refused to furnish the
teachers with applications for con-
tract renewal and the charges
against the teachers were not SUBJ
stantiated by medical aexamina-
tion, he added.
Mrs. Dean RuSk, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of State for
Far Eastern Affairs, added her
voice to the argument.
Mr.. Williams said today the
situation is unchanged. An ex-
ecutiYe session was called after
the open meeting last night.
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of the seminary. welcomed the
new president.
A graduate of the Adventist
Pacific Union College. the So
year-old DR.. Henderson, comes
here from Walla Walla (Wash.
College, where he was dean OF
theology since 1941. DR.. Hender-
shot served 20 years in the Far
East in charge of Adventist edu-
cational interests. He also was
president of the Malayan Ad-
ventist Seminary for several
years.
DR.. Hendershot succeeds Prof
Denton E. Rebok, president of the
Takoma Park Seminary for the
last eight years. Prof. Rebok has
Joined the staff of the denom-
nations General Conference
headquarters Office in Takoma
Park.
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Former D. T.. Resident
Killed in Highway Crash

David L. Rogerson, So, former
Washington resident who was
Eastern sales manager for the
Beatrice Foods Co. of Chicago.
was killed last night in an auto
mobile truck collision near Elk
ton, Md, as he was returning
to his Baltimore home from a
business trip.
Mr.. Rogerson's car crashed into
the rear of a tractor trailer truck,
State police said, after he ap-
parently fell asleep at the wheel
A Washington resident for
about 20 years before moving to
Baltimore five years ago, Mr.
Rogerson is survived by his widow
and their sons in Baltimore anc
by three. sons by previous mar
riage living here.
They are David L. Rogerson, jr.
a student at William and Mary
College; Chester Rogerson, 5404
Cathedral avenue NV, and vii.
liam Rogerson, an Arlington resi-
dent now stationed with the Army
at Fort Knox, KY.
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Sam Boards Cadillac
Sells Here for $500

A 1940 Cadillac limousine be-
longing to Sam Beard, Washington
gambler, was sold for $500 here
today at a public auction.
The buyer, a woman, would not
give her name. but was reported
to be the wife of a sightseeing
company operator here.
The car had been seized by the
Internal Revenue Bureau for nom
payment of income taxes. A tax
lien for $4,167. 1928 was filed against
Beard here March 8. He was in
dicted March 13 by a Baltimore
grand jury for evasion of $478, 900
in Federal income taxes in 1914.
The car was auctioned off by
J. w Maslin of the Internal
Revenue Bureau at Toms Auto
Service, 637 N street NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-17

Conditions at Uline's Arena
which have drawn the wrath OF
the Health Department, existed
for at least two years without any
remedial action being taken until
recently, according to a District
health official.
E. Milton Dulin, assistant direc-
tor of the Bureau of Public Health
Engineering, made the charge to-
day at a hearing before the Dis
Itrict License Board at the District
Building.
Questioned by Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel Robert D. Wise
chairman of the board, as to why
no action was taken, Mr.. Dulin
said that he was hoping the con-
d1tions would be remedied without
taking drastic action.
Uline Denies Warning.
Nigel j. Uline, proprietor ot
the arena at Third and M street.
NE, said he had never been mott.
fed by the Health Department oi
any bad conditions at his place.
The Health Department ha.
charged that hazards to public
health exist at the arena. In.
Ispections have disclosed made.
quate ventilation in the arena
proper, no ventilation in toilet
rooms. dressing rooms and othel
rooms under the stands, improper
stabling of animals and made.
Iquate cleansing of the premises
health officials assert.
Mr.. Dulin told the board that
information was filed against the
arena in November. 1948, because
the exhausts from midget auto
mobiles racing there caused the
hall to be filled with carbon mon
oxide gas. AS result of the
hearing the auto racing was can
celed.
Overruled by StOfberg.
He also said he had protested
the appearance at Uline's Arena
of the Shrine Circus last week ano
that Charles Stofberg, until re-
Gently special assistant to Com
missioner Young. had overruled
his objections and that the Shrine
was permitted to show it's circus
Mr.. Dulin said that during the
Shrine Circus animals were
stabbed under the stage at the
arena and that no facilities were
provided for cleaning the area.
c. T. Nottingham, Superintend-
ent of licenses, has refused to issue
a public hall license to the arena
on the recommendation of the
Health Department. Mr.. Uline
appealed to the Commissioners
and the hearing was set for today
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Others Arrested in
New York, Jersey;
Leader Is Caught

Federal agents yesterday rounded
up II persons-one of them here
accused of running a $3.50, ,000-
Ia-year interstate narcotics ring
After the Treasury's Bureau OF
Narcotics men shared 16 persons
in New York and New Jersey yes
terday, agents here arrested man
they listed as Carl Murphy. COL
ored, of the 1000 block of Quebec
place NV, last night. He is ac-
cused of receiving and distributing
cocaine in the Washington area.
Bureau officials said Murphy
|prooably will be taken to New
York for arraignment with the
other Is They added that the II
under arrest make up about half
Iof 'he known persons involved"
"Genius" Among Those Held.
Included among those held,
and described as the genius
behind the widespread East Coast
narcotics operation is Eugene
Tramaglino. He, along with the
others, were held on bonds up
to $50,000 for hearing April 80.
Officials here said the system,
spreading to Texas and the Mexl-
can border, consisted of smuggling
marijuana to the East and using
it in payment for cocaine and
heroin.
In New York, Assistant United
States Attorney Roy Cohn said
much of the illicit traffic involved
scores of high school children
adding that they supplied a,
least 300 addicts day."
ID. C. Enforcement Strengthened
Although he has said that there
are no known school-age addicts
in the Washington area, Police
Supt. Robert j. Barrett last week
strengthened enforcement here
He placed Capt. Edgar E. Scott,
assistant chief of detectives, in
charge of the narcotics squad.
Capt. SCOTS new assignment
followed recent raids which Maj.
Barrett said cleaned up the drug
racket here fairly we'll"
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Fire Damages Print Shop;
Smoke FeIIs Fireman

Fire caused considerable dam.
age to the Art Crafts Print Shop
1710 I street NV, and sent one
fireman to the hospital early
today.
A local and box alarm brought
out six engine companies. three
truck companies and the rescue
squad, although firemen had the
blaze out 10 minutes after they
arrived.
The injured man was Sergt
Thomas P. Newman, Il, of No
% engine company, who was over
come by smoke. He was treated
on the scene and later removed to
Emergency Hospital.
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Morningside
Crash Hearings
Open Tomorrow
Sosscer to Conduct
House Inquiry on
Maryland Tragedy

A congressional investigation
into the bomber crash at Morn.
ingside. Md, that claimed three
lives on April 8 will start at II
am. tomorrow.
A subcommittee of the HOUSE
Armed Services Committee, head.
ed by Representative Sasscer
Democrat. of Maryland, will con.
duct the open hearings. Mr.
Sasscer said the committee will
make thorough investigation al
all levels to determine if there can
be corrective regulations to pre-
vent such future accidents"
The crippled BIS bomber
abandoned in midair over Andrews
Field after it's crew of three para
chuted to safety, crashed into a
bungalow. Killed in the crash
were Kay Snyder, 6; Rene Snyder
8 weeks old, and their uncle, Irwin
N. Guyer. The children were
daughters of Sergt. and Mrs.
Samuel r. Snyder.
Capt. Paul v. Chapman, pilot OF
the bomber, was indicted on man.
slaughter charges by a Prince
Georges County grand jury. Mr.
Sasscer said he does not plan to
subpoena Capt. Chapman.
Capt. Chapman has agreed to
appear in Upper Marlboro Circuit
Court Friday, the Prince Georges
County sheriff's Office has an
nounced.
He will be arraigned on three
indictments charging man
slaughter.
Detective Sergt. Vincent S.
Free, who is assigned to the
States attorneys and sheriff S
Offices. said that the officer will
remain at Andrews Air Force Base
without posting bond.
Military authorities said he suf-
fered a wrenched back in his
parachute landing and has re-
ceived daily treatment at the base
infirmary.