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Evening star., 1953-12-20
Man Who Testified
InD'AIesandroC Case
Reported Missing
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. ia key
witness in the grand jury's
perjury investigation which led
to indictments against James H.
Pollack and Franklin Roosevelt
D'Alesandro was reported miss
ing today.
The wife Of Samuel M. Adle-
man. 25-year-old mystery wit
ness before the jury, said he had
been missing from home since
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Alderman said her hus-
band was out of a job when he
left home Wednesday. When he
failed to return, she notified po-
lice.
The wife said she thought Mr..
Adleman'S disappearance was a
personal matter" between them
and, as far as she knew, he had
mo other reason to be missing"
Mr.. Alderman made brief ap-
pearance December 9 before the
grand jury which returned
indictments against Pollack,
Northwest Baltimore political
leader, and D'Alesandro, 20
year-old son of Baltimore'S
mayor. Pollack was accused of
trying to obStruct justice and
young D'Alesandro of lying at his
trial on morals charges involving
two girl cousins, II and 13 years
old.
The girls were principal fig
ures in cases involving II other
young Baltimoreans. DAlesandro
was the only defendant found
not guilty.
The police broadcast described
Mr.. Adleman as feet IL inches,
155 pounds, blond-haired, of
light complexion and gray eyes.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Paris Airports Closed
As 1000 Workers Strike
BY the Associoted Press


PARIS. Dec. ia strike of
1000 control tower radio and
radar operators today closed
down Paris two airports, lie
Bourget and Orly, and halted
traffic at almost all airdromes
in France.
Air France Cancelled many
flights, including one for New
York. In id-afternoon it called
off its London fight.
The American companies,
Trans World AirlineS and Pan
American, diverted their planes
to Brussels, Belgium.
The Dutch kim Cancelled all
its flights into and out of Paris.
The strikers are seeking an
increase in pay now based on
a minimum of $4,000 francs
1857 monthly.
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Cigar ExpIOdes Matches,
Churchill Burns Hand
BY the Asseeioted Press

LONDON, Dec. 19.-Prime
Minister Churchill went off to
his country home today with his
left arm in a sling to nurse a
burned hand.
The story came out today how
1t all happened at a private
luncheon party yesterday. Mr..
Churchill laid his lighted cigar
on a plate and it exploded a box
of matches. The flare-up burned
his left hand.
Friends gave first aid on the
spot. Later he saw his personal
physician, Lord Moran, who de-
scribed the burn as slight.
A guest at the party said:
1.-THE old man took it all we'll
as if 1t was all in the days work,
He showed no sign of shock"
Evening star., 1953-12-20
Fathers Urged to Help Mothers in Child Care

Fathers who leave the whole
burden Of child care to the
mother" were severely criticized
at Perth, Scotland, by DR.. May
Baird, mother of four.
Evening star., 1953-12-20

Average size of the British
family today is % children, or
less than necessary to keep the
population from declining rap
idly, she said. =.
Evening star., 1953-12-20

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factories passed by the production line gave to Nancy
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tones flrSt. PP-H
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Bids Asked
For Severn
River Bridge

Bids on a contract for painting
the structural steel, hand-rails and
lamp posts on the new Severn
River Bridge will be opened at
noon March third at the State
Roads Commissions headquarters
in Baltimore.
The bridge, which is 1856 feet
long and provides four driving
lanes with a median divider strip,
is now nearing completion a short
distance upstream from the pres
ent Richie Highway bridge into
Annapolis. 1t will provide Severn
River crossing for the new divided
highway now under construction
from the present eastern terminus
of the Annapolis Washington Elk
pressway 10 the intersection of the
Richie and Revell Highways.
Current plans call for this new
highway, which will afford through
traffic a means of by-Lassing An
napolis, to be ready for use by
June l5, although temporary roads
will be utilized for some time to
carry vehicles around the areas
of heavy construction.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Methodist Church
Mems Club Dinner
Enjoyed by Many

Approximately 1875 men gathered
at the Rockville Methodist Church
Tuesday evening for the Annual
Banquet of the Mems Bible Class
Among this number were guests
and members Of other churches.
Dwight Hurley served as
POSTMASTER. The Reverend w,
Wesley Dodge, pastor of the church,
gave the invocation, which was fol
lowed by words of welcome from
the president Of the class, Ed 0s-
born. DR.. Hurst Anderson, presi-
dent of American University, was
guest speaker. He spoke about en-
couraging youth to think open
mindedly under guidance of reli-
gious teachers. Mrs. Mary Gale
and Lewis Crawford presented
several duets. The name of the
late Theodore Crawford was added
to the memorial plaque.
The Banquet was served by the
ladies of the local church under the
craftsmanship of Mrs. Hugh Thomp.
son. The Mems Bible Glass meets
each Sunday morning at $3.50 in
the Church Sanctuary and any one
interested in attending, is urged
to do so.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Md. Income
Tax Trials
Begin Here

A 36-year-old Gaithersburg man
was convicted of tax evasion for
failure to file a 1851 income tax
return in the county circuit court
this week.
He was Henry M. Leet, an at
torney with the U. S. Department
OF Labor. The jury which convicted
Leet, however, exonerated him of
a charge of failure to pay the tax,
since he had later turned over his
tax to State officials.
He is Henry NJ. Leet, an at
convicted Tuesday. Judge Stedman
Prescott postponed sentencing.
Also convicted in another Jury
trial was Edward L. Gooding, 81,
of 95l2 Seminole Street, Silver
Spring. He is a clerk at the Wash
ington City Post Office, and was
convicted for failure to file a State
tax return for the same year.
Judge Prescott dismissed SINH
lar charges against Howard Rath-
mill of 1907 Merrimack Drive,
Langley Park, when it was learned
he lived in Prince Georges county.
Walter w. Dawson, states at
torney for the county, declined to
prosecute another tax evasion in
dictment against Colin X. MacKin-
tosh of 6906 Sycamore Avenue,
Takoma Park, when it was learned
that he.also lived in Prince Georges
County.
Dawson also declined to prose-
cute a tax evasion indictment
again George A. Owens of 9501
Dallas Avenue, Silver Spring, be-
cause he had paid his delinquent
State income tax before the in
dictment was returned.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Processing Acreage
Sc Percent Greater

The increasing Importance of
canning as major source of Vir-
ginia farm income is shown by
the fact that the states vegetable
producers are devoting almost SO
percent more land to crops for
canning and other forms of proc
essing than they did 20 years ago,
according to American Can Com
pany, supplier of metal containers.
DR.. H. E. Michl, economist for
the company which adapted the
vacuum-pack method of canning
for the industry explained that in
1882 only 24,720 acres of Virginia
farm land were planted to veg
etable crops for processing. In
1852 farmers cultivated $4,000
acres. "a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Station WGAY
Gets As RPM
Recordings

Radio Station WGAY, Silver
Spring, was selected this week by
the Radio Corporation of America
as the first station in the greater
Washington area to receive a com
plete library of its hi-fidelity as
rpm recordings for broadcasting
use. To reproduce these recordings,
WGAY engineers have installed
new and additional equipment.
"The new music pattern of our
station will mean even greater en-
tertainment for our listeners" said
Joseph L. Brechner, general man
ager of WGAY. at means we can
now broadcast and reproduce per-
fectly choice RCA Victor selec-
tions," he stated.
Arrangements for the installa-
ton of the new system were made
by Edward o. Welker, RCA, Area
District Manager.
The system was installed by the
WGAY engineering staff under the
direction of Chief Engineer Arthur
McDougall. According to Mr. Nc
Dougall, the ability to play 45
rpm records gives WGAY a dis
tinct advantage over stations which
do not have this system. as rpm
discs reproduce sound more faith
fully than any other type Of disc
recording developed thus far. The
quality is almost perfect. Discrim-
mating listeners to WGAY should
be able to detect the higher fidel-
ity," said Mr.. McDougall.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Rate Increases Forecast
By Telephone Executive
In Maddox Annual Report

Despite the impact on its OPP
erations of higher expenses, taxes
and material costs, the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Company
of Baltimore City in 1852 served
more people and handled more
calls than in any prior year, H.
Randolph Maddox, C and P presi-
dent disclosed in his annuol report
yesterday.
At the end of 1852, the company
had 758,564 telephones in service,
gain of more than 100 per cent
in the 10 years since 1912. During
the year, III, 137 telephones were
installed and 1850 were dis
connected, for a net increase of
55,547.
Maddox noted that local calls
increased 7.2 per Get over 1851
and out-of-town calls, at record
high level, were 7.3 per cent
greater.
Financially, Maddox reported
that inflationary pressures caused
C and P's expenses to increase
faster than revenues, with earn
ings of 500 per cent on invested
capital representing a decline for
the second successive year.
Total operating taxes in 1862
reached the record sum of $12,-
.729,000, MADDOX said. He pointed
out that this is an increase of
100000 over the previous year
land 395 per cent greater than
in 1916 when it first became nee
essary for the company to seek
postwar increases in rates."
Excise taxes imposed by the
Federal and some local govern
ments on telephone service and
charged directly to the telephone
customer as a part of his bill
amounted to 81, 100000 in 1862,
bringing the total tax bill of the
company and its customers to
$24, 035,000. The telephone tax
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
Rockville Baptist
Church to Have
Supply Minister

Until a new pastor is engaged,
a supply minister will occupy the
pulpit Of the Rockville Baptist
Church each Sunday morning, ac-
cording TO an announcement by
c. II. Robertson, President of the
Board Of Church Officials.
Regular services will be as fol-
lows; $3.50 am. Church School;
II am. Public Worship; 700 pm.
Young People. Other services will
be announced.
The former pastor Of the church
Reverend William b. Adams, has
resigned and taken a pastorate at
Temple Hills Baptist Church, on
Route 240.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19

burden carried by Maryland GUS
toners last year averaged $685.
per month per customer, or $46,22
for the year, the report stated.
C and P's total operating reven-
ues amounted to $71,347,000, an
increase of 1876 per cent over the
preceding year. This gain was
largely Offset by increases in OPP
Grating expenses and taxes, which
totaled 500, 195,000 in 1852, or
1876 per cent over last year. At
tributing the increase to higher
wage rates, the number of employ
ees, higher Federal income tax
rates made effective in 1851 and
continued infationary increases
in other operating costs, Maddox
said
at is inevitable that if the COM
pany is to pay continually increas-
ing taxes, wages and costs of ma
terials, and at the same time,
maintain a safe margin of earn
ings over these expenses, the
prices for it's services must like
wise be increased"
While net operating income in
creased 0474,000 over 1861, the
company's rate of earnings on in
vested capital declined from 6.O3
percent in 1851 to $50 per cent in
1852.
"This was due mainly to two
factors" Maddox stressed, "the
heavy investment of additional
capital funds-required to meet
growing demands for service-and
the fact that price increases for
telephone service have not kept
pace with the effects of initiation"
In order to continue to proide
the people of Maryland with
more and better telephone service,
Maddox said the company spent
26,824,000 in gross construction
in 1852, bringing the postwar con-
struction expenditures to over
$155 million. He added that mot
able progress" has been made in
meeting demands for rural SER
vice, with 74,456 company oper-
ated telephones in rural areas at
the end of the year, 1886 of
which were added during 1862,
"the greatest annual gain in the
history of the company"
Looking ahead, Maddox said the
company's plans for the future to
meet continuing demands for new
and additional services will require
huge sums of new money" from
investors for further plant ex-
pansion and improvements.
at is essential, therefore, mad
dox said, "that the rates for tele-
phone service be sufficient to pay
the increasing costs of furnishing
the service, including the heavy
tax burden, and still pay the in
weston a fair and reasonable wage
for the use of his money and at
the same time provide an adequate
surplus to meet emergencies and
keep the business sound. We have
confidence that the public and the
regulatory authorities will agree
and support the premise that good
earnings are in the public interest"
Concluding his report, Maddox
stressed that there are many req
uisites to furnishing the people of
Maryland with good telephone
service at low cost. "But," he ad-
ded, "the job could not possibly be
done without the loyalty and the
spirit of service which so often
have been demonstrated by tele-
phone men and women. They are
trained and ready as never before
to tackle the problems that lie
ahead, to convert new products of
research and new equipment into
better service for more people,"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
County Men
Join Marine
Reserve Unit

With the activation of the 9TH
Special Infantry Battalion, US.
Marine Corps Reserve, in Deem
Der, the following men from the
Montgomery County area have
joined the unit which meets at
500 pm. each Tuesday at Rossell
School, 9th and E Streets, S.W.,
Washington:
Capt. Arthur L. Snyder, Rock
vile; Cpl. Elmer T. Childress,
Kensington; Cpl. Lewis S. Grand
staff, Silver Spring; Sgt. James
E. Sirk, Rockville; Cpl. Myron E.
Thompson, Jr., Bethesda; Sgt. Jo-
seph T. Boyd, Jr., Takoma Park
Pvt. Charles T. Carroll, Silver
Spring, Cpl. Richard M. Crowley,
Chevy Chase.
Major William M. Browning,
Silver Spring; 1st 1t. Lawrence
E. Carr, Jr., Silver Spring; Capt.
Robert D. Forester, Rockville;
Major Harry E. Wheeler, Chevy
Chase and T-Sgt. Alonzo N. Ches-
ney, Takoma Park.
Lieut.. Col. Ernest E. Codere,
$40 Beacon Road, Silver Spring,
is commanding officer of the bat
talon.
Billet vacancies at this time of
organizing are open in most all
ranks. High school students and
other men who have had no pre-
vious service may find out what
opportunities are open to them
by personal interview at the train
ing center or by calling ME S-21S3,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19

extend its activities to teen-agers
and adults when it begins it's
Spring semester during the week
of March 1.
Courses including Modern Dance,
Ballet, and Dramatics are open to
children from 5 through II years
of age; Ballroom Dancing for teen
ayers from IL through IA; and
Modern Dance for Women. A des-
criptive folder is available from
the Center office, Juniper 9-3880.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19

munity Center, East-West High
way and Meadowbrook Lane, will
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1953-02-19
MOI Ctr. Workshop Expands Curriculum

The Creative Workshop of the
Montgomery County Jewish Com
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13
PARIsHIoNERs MAKE Dolls

VERONA, Italy tR = A young
priest Of a mountain village near
here taught his parishioners how
to make dolls, to keep them from
emigrating abroad.
The Rev. Luigi Bodini Of Lugo
Di Valpantena organized a small
factory where he teaches the. young
ones to make dolls and gives them
a specialized handicraft education.
With an initial fund Of S6,4O0, which
he obtained from families Of thes
valley, he bought the raw mate
rails required for his artisan shop.
After one year of work, the little
factory produces 500 dolls q month.
They are made in unbreakable por-
velain, they say mama" and apa-
pa" and close their eyes. YOUNG
girls cut and tailor the dresses
Young men bake the special CLAW
in a homemade oven for the dolls
bodies, heads, arms, and legs.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13
Religion In Books
By Roy L. TaWes

MORE POWER FOR YOUR
CHURCH by Willard A. Pleuthner.
Farrar Straus and Young, New
York. 1913. A book full of plans
and projects that have met the test.
There are additional articles of in
terest and challenge. This book be-
longs on the desk of the busy pas
tor and church leader. The work
is the result of an extensive sur
vey. The treatment of subject mat
ter shows careful preparation and
thOrOughness. The author is an
advertising executive, and has al
ready written Building Up Your
Congregation" This volume aims
at increasing church attendance,
building the membership, enlarging
financial support, deepening the
spiritual life of the members, and
attracting teen-agers. There is a
detailed plan for the Every Mem
Der Canvass, and a chapter on Pub
lie Relations for Your Church.
THE LOST CHURCHES OF
CHINA by Leonard M. Outer
bridge. Westminster Press, Phila-
delphia $3.50 An eye-opening ac-
count of the largest mission field in
Christendom, and a challenging ar
gument as to why the Western
world has lost out. The author
claims that missionaries have will
fully ignored the religious herit-
age of China, and more recently the
nation has been betrayed by the
secret Yalta deal. He says that
Christianity has lost out in China
five times in thirteen hundred
years. He points out the peril of
divisions and competition, the ne
glect of the basic spiritual message,
and alliance with political powers.
Yet there is the expressed faith
that the door of opportunity will
open once more in China, and that
the people will rise up against
Communism to assert their rights.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13
SELBYVILLE
By Mrs. Kathryn Browne

Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Long spent
the weekend in Cape May, N. j.,
with their son and wife, Mr.. and
Mrs. Steve Long, who is in the
Coast Guard, there.
Miss Francis Duncan spent the
weekend with Miss Rosene Long,
in the absence Of her parents, and
Miss Nancy Long spent the week
with Miss Joan Gibbs in Roxana.
Mrs. Kathryn Browne was a din
ner guest of her daughter and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Lynch, Jr.,
and A. F., 3rd, in FrankfOrd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lilliston
of Stockton, spent from Friday un-
til Sunday with her daughters and
families, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Stephens and son, Billy, and Mr..
and Mrs. Dalton Blades, and they
also visited their son and brother,
Mr.. Edward Lilliston, Jr., in the
Salisbury Hospital, where he is re-
cuDerating from a recent operation.
Little Trenny and Clayton Ring
ler, JF., are spending some time
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Ringler, due to
their mother being i'll with the
Flu.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tingle and
Mr.. and Mrs. John McCabe of Bis
hops, Md. motored to Snowhill'
Md, on Sunday and visited with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney BTrris for
awhile on Sunday.
Mr.. Van Murray Browne OF the
iU. S. Coast Guard, Staten Island
N. Y, spent a part of this week with
his mother, Mrs. Kathryn Browne.
Milford chronicle., 1953-02-13
FELTON, SCHOOL
NEWS

The FELTON, PTA will celebrate
the anniversary of the organization
at the regular meeting next Mon
day, February 16. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Hates will. be in charge
of the program. Refreshments will
be served under the supervision of
Mrs. Russell TOrbert, chairman
of the hospitality committee. Par
ents and patrons of the school are
cordially invited to attend this PTA
birthday party.
Members of the FELTON, Faculty
Association, their wives and hus-
bands and members of the board of
school trustees will hold a party
Saturday, February IA, in the
school cafeteria. Activities will in
clude card games, ping pong, vol
ley ball, Switchboard, and charades.
Mrs. Bess Dill and Miss Margaret
Taylor are in charge of refresh
ments; Lott Ludlow, Miss Elsie
Clark and Miss Dorothy Heyd will
direct the activities.
Mrs. Amelia Sipple's Math Class
| presented a movie entitled 'The
Delaware Story" Wednesday, Feb
ruaTy II.
The sixth feature movie of the
year will be presented by the Stu
dent Council at an assembly next
Wednesday. Trail of the Noun
ties" will be the feature presen-
tatiOn.
Elementary bulletin boards fea-
ture pretty Valentine exhibits by
the pupils of grades 6, 4, and 1.
Attendance figures have dropped
considerably during the past two
weeks. Both pupils and teachers
have been absent, generally be-
cause of colds or influenza. Par
ents are cautioned not to send pu-
pills to school who are running a
temperature before leaving home.
The seniors have nearly COM
pleted soliciting the Yearbook ads.
The work on the Yearbook is pro-
crossing.
The FELTON, High cagers are on
the road this week, having travel
ed to Greensboro Tuesday and
journey to Middletown tonight.
Last Friday FELTON, boosted their
record to wins and losses by
beating Milford 81 to SO. At half
time Milford led % to 16, but the
Green Devils came back in the
third quarter to go ahead and win.
Wayne Creadick, who scored II
points that evening, dropped the
winning basket with five seconds
to go. other scoring honors went
to Captain Bill Mack and ElwoOd
Fisher, who each had 10 points.
Next week, FELTON, is host to
Bridgeville, on Tuesday and go
TO Greenwood on Friday.
On Wednesday, February II, the
Vocational Agriculture classes Wis
tied the University of Delaware
where the Farm and Home Week
Program was being held in Agri-
culture Hall. They saw a film and
heard a panel discussion on the
bulk handling of milk, and a talk
on the control of spittle bugs and
leaf hOppers on forage. They also
saw the exhibits and entries of the
Delaware Crop improvement Show
Several of the boys had entries in
the show. They were as follows
Purnal Friedel, silage and red clo-
yer bag; William Mack, yellow soy
beans; Elbert Harrington, black
soybeans; Joseph Hughes, lesped-
eza seed; Kenneth Fitzgerald, les
pedeza seed, and Edwin Reed, les
pedeza hay.