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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21

3. Drill rows of holes in the
cabinet sides and pry off the rub
ber gasket around the door. These
methods, used together, will re-
dHce the danger of suffocation in
refrigerator kept in use as a
storage cabinet.
If refrigerators are temporarily
out of use while the owners wait
to move them to another location,
sell them, or pass them on to rel
atives, then
l. Remove the latch stop, which
can be easily replaced.
2. Turn the box with the door
against the wall. Most boxes are
too heavy for children to move.
3. Bind the door shut with wire
or stout rope.
A. Paddock the door when the
handle is so constructed.
The Council points out that the
hazard apparently is increasing as
more and more outmoded refrig-
orators are being replaced. Twice
as many deaths occurred in 1858
as in 1852. The average age of
victims is five years, with the
range from two to II.
While urging legislation to i'm
pose penalties for careless dispos-
al of alright cabinets, the Coun-
Gil believes that only informed
adults can give positive protection
to youngsters.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21
Canaan Alumni Dance
And Banquet May ~

Members of the Canaan High
School Alumni Assn. will hold
their annual banquet and dance on
Saturday night, May 29th.
Time for the banquet has been
set for pm. and it will be held in
the dining room at the school.
There will be dancing Ground &
square) from 9 to II o'clock mid
night. The dance is open to the
public and good music will be pro-
vided for the occasion.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21

PROBATE NOTICE - Approval and
Settlement of Account. Account and
vouchers OF the following named
person and estate have been filed
In the Probate Court of Madison
County, Ohio for approval and set
tlement: Ada Belle Hardin Guard
ianship Number 1886 Docket 8
Page 6S.
Unless exceptions are filed there
to, said account will be for hearing
before said Court. on the 30th day
of June, 1854, at which time said
account will be considered and con-
tinued from day to day until finally
disposed Of
Any person interested may file
written exceptions to said account
or to matters pertaining to the ex-
ecution Of the trust, not less than
five days prior to the date set for
hearing. Maurice E. Beathard, Pro-
bate Judge.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21

Carol Ann Converse, another
Canaan Sth Grade pupil, placed
9th and Robert Bishop received
honorable mention.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21
NOTICE or APPOINTMENT

Estate of Davis Smith Deceased
Stella Smith. Mt. Sterling. Ohio, r.
r. has been duly appointed and
qualified as Administrative OF the
Estate of Davis Smith late of Mad
ison County, Ohio, deceased.
Dated this 10th day of May AID.
1854 Number 1882 Docket Page
25 Maurice E. Beathard, Probate
Judge of said County.
May IA 81 28
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21

Left over cereals (rolled oats,
grits, cream of wheat, rice), fine.
ly chopped spaghetti or noodles
are good extenders for meat
loaves and croquettes.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1954-05-21

torian, Richard Blythe, Richard
Meeker, Delmar holland, Jay Stra-
ley, Christine Thomas, John Will
son and Carl Noland.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
2 Bills Introduced
On D. {. Adoptions

Legislation to modernize and
Improve District laws relating to
the adoption of children and
placing of children in foster
homes was introduced in the
House today by Representative
Miller, Republican, of Nebraska.
He dropped two bills in the
hopper. prepared after two years
study by interested agencies.
The groups included the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Department
OF Health, Education and We'll
fare. a committee of District Bar
Association appointed for the
purpose. and special commit
tee.
Amendments to the adoption
law are designed for clarif1cation
and modernization of the present
act.
The new provisions concerning
both child placing and adoptions
are said to be better synchro-
nized" in the proposed measures
than in the existing laws.
The District adoption law was
last revised in 1887, when the
city had no child-placing law.
The city act for placement of
children in foster family homes
was enacted in 1914.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Bomber Returns
As Hatch Door
Flies OwnCou

A BIS Mitchell bomber re-
turned to Boiling Air Force Base
last night after losing a hatch
door over Washington while on
a routine proficiency flight.
The aircraft, which had taken
on at 7:15 pm, had on board
Maj. T. E. Mahoney and Maj. L.
S. Norman Both are stationed at
the Pentagon Also on the B-25
was Airman 1/c C. H. Small. of
Boiling, the crew chief.
AS the aircraft banked over the
= 4Anacostia to climb out of the
area, the top hatch cover blew
of. officials reported. This was
between the South Capitol and
Eleventh Street Bridges.
The plane returned at once and
landed. Police said presumably
the hatch cover landed in the
Anacostia River, as no one re-
ported . falling object.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
By Richard Rodgers

That border patrol" Mary
land is using against rumrunners
turns out to be a single agent.
But this lone revenuer. Robert
N. Lucke. appears to be a one
man gang.
Washington liquor is cheaper
than Maryland's. It's natural
for Free State drinkers to buy
here and carry it home.
That. of course, deprives Mary
land of the tax it would collect
if its citizens bought at home.
Loss amounts to tens of thou
sands of dollars a year. Mr..
Lucke said
Whisky retails in the District
a nickel or so less fifth than
Maryland wholesalers have to
pay for carload lots.
ID. C. Trade Drops.
Even so. some Washington
dealers have complained sales
have dropped since early. last
November. That's when Mary
land announced it would put
revenuers to patrolling the Dis
trict line. And some nearby
Maryland retailers say their
trade has improved.
1t is unlikely this was caused
by any sudden attack of con-
science in Prince Georges and
Montgomery Counties.
Mr.. Lucke credits the transer
of business to the fact that wide
publicity was given to his out
fit. He's its boss, and. so far.
only field man.
The State originally announced
1t was setting up a seven-man
unit. That is still the plan. but
Mr.. Lucke hasn't picked his
other operatives. except for an
administrative aide, chairbound
by paperwork.
Mr.. Lueke is only 80 years old.
But he's no novice at shifting out
Illicit drinking stuff.
AS a Treasury agent. he spent
a year and a half in Wilkes
County. N. C. He says revenuers
have knocked off as many as so
bootleg stills there month, land
we probably didn't get half of
them"
This new assignment is not
purely a border matter. When he
completes his staff in a couple
weeks 16 applicants have been
certified as eligible for appoint
ment) his crew will also 60
prowling for stills.
Nor is the District line the only
border he has to worry about.
"A lot of stuff comes in
through the Eastern Shore
swamps," he said.
Maryland's northern border is
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Lone State Revenuer Patrols
MARYLAND d-District Border

| no problem. Instead. it's Penn
! sylvania headache. Maryland
liquor prices are cheaper than
Pennsylvania.
Maryland law permits a per-
son to bring in one quart of
"foreign"-i.e., untaxed by Mary
land-alcoholic beverage at one
time. Only two quarts are per-
mitted a month.
Violators are subject to two
years in the House of Correc-
ton, a $1,000 fine. confiscation of
| the alcohol. whisky. rum. ETC..
ETC." they were hauling, and con-
fiscation of the vehicle they were
using.
Three Arrested.
/ Mr.. Jucke has arrested three
persons so far. They got of with
confiscation of their whisky. and
| forfeiture of S27.50 collateral
each. They didn't appear for
trial.
Two of them had two and one
half cases between them. The
third was carrying II fifths. Mr.
Lucke said he saw them buy it
in Washington and trailed them
into Montgomery County.
He has watched hundreds Of
others leave liquor stores in the
District with a couple Of bottles
or so and drive away in cars
bearing Maryland tags.
But we haven't bothered the
little fellows, yet" he said, en-
phasiZing the last word.
He denied he has tipsters in
the District putting the finger on
Maryland customers.
The formal name of his group
is the Maryland Alcohol Tax En-
forcement Unit.
He said he's delighted that his
border patrol-a designation he
seems resigned to-has received
so much publicity. If it can edu-
cate the people into obeying
Maryland's tax laws, fine and
dandy.
Educate? You mean scare?"
he was ..Sked.
Mr.. Lucke laughed and said,
We'll, yes"
He said he'd rather not pose
for a photograph.
Il don't want my face in every
liquor store in Washington" he
said, with a sign on it: Look
Out for This Guy I'll get to be
known soon enough as it is"
Mr.. Lucke has to drive a long
way to work. He lives in Severna
Park. near Annapolis.
"Mr. Lucke." some one asked,
"do you. yourself. drink"
why. sure" he said, I'm no
teetotaler."
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Cafe Badly Damaged
In Three-Hour Blaze

A three-hour blaze today
caused heavy damage at the Joe
Del Baf and Grill, TIC Ninth
street NV.
Battalion Chief John P. Sharp
said f1remen rescued an elderly
man from the steps leading to
the second floor, but that he
wandered away before his name
was obtained.
Chief SharP said the fire ap-
parently began at the end of the
bar; where a trash receptacle had
been placed. Cause was not i'm
mediately determined.
The Oriental Club, Oh the sec
ond floor of the three-story
huildings was damaged by smoke.
The third floor is occupied by
the Spartan Club.
A box alarm summoned = fire-i
men at sos am, and twas 6 IA
am. before the blaze was ex-
tinguiShed. A cash estimate of
the damage was not available,
but Chief Sharp said it was
heavy" /
Evening star., 1954-01-07
VA Official Appointed
To Staff Of White House

Earle D. Chesney, for 80 years
director of the Congressional
Liaison Service for the Veterans
Administration, today was ap-
pointed to the legislative liaison
staff of the White House. He
will work with House and Senate.
Mr.. Chesney, So, lives at 2032
Belmont road NV. For a brief
period in the Hoover administra-
ton, he was an assistant usher
at the White House, holding that
post at the same time as the one
with the Veterans Admins
tration.
A Navy captain in World War
II. Mr.. Chesney was recalled to
active duty and just completed
% months service.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Two Held for Grand Jury
On Numbers Slip Charges

Two men were held for action
OF the grand jury yesterday.
charged with setting up a lottery
and possessing numbers slips.
Lester C. Smithson, 81, of the
400 block of G street S.W., and
James B. Strother, 40, colored,
of the 500 block of Fourteenth
street NV, were held under
$1,000 bond each by United
States Commissioner Cyril S,
Lawrence.
The men were arrested Mo-
vember 19 when police with a
search warrant raided the
SmithSon home.
Detectives said large quanti-
ties of "solen" merchandise and
obscene material were found on
the premises. They tagged
SmithSon as a well-known
fence"
Police said they seized num-
bers slips and other gambling
records from a receptacle hidden
below the stairs in Smithson's s
home.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Bill Would Prohibit
Pensions 10 Accused
Policemen, Firemen

Policemen and f1remen could
be deprived of pensions for GER
tain misconduct under a new
bill now before the House Dis
trict Committee.
introduced yesterday by Com
mittee Chairman Simpson, Re-
publican, of Illinois. the meas
ure would give the District Com
missioners power to withhold
pensions in future cases such as
that of former Police Inspector
Albert I. Bullock.
Present law does not give the
city heads such authority, it was
explained. The Simpson bill is
an amendment to the Police and
Fire Retirement Act of 1916. It
would give the Commissioners
authority "in their discretion
to discontinue relief or retire.
ment compensation under four
certain specified conditions OF
misconduct after hearings.
Inspector Bullock was dis
missed from the force but OBJ
tanned a court order that he was
entitled to his pension retroac-
tive to February IL. 1852. The
city heads have appealed from
this decision by a judge in U. S.
Court for the District of Colum-
bia.
Bullock was dismissed after a
Police Trial Board found him
guilty of charges including in
subordination, conduct prejudi-
cial to the good order Of the
Police Department and failure to
file District income tax returns
for three wears. He is not vet
receiving his pension.
The Simpson bill could NOT
affect the Bullock case. because
it would not be retroactive.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Insurance Firms Hit
Plan 10 Increase Tax
sOn Premiums Here

The Districts insurance in
dustry today protested the pro-
posed increase in insurance
premium taxes designed to help
finance the city's $306 million
public works improvement pro-
gram.
Edward j. Schmuck. attorney
for Acacia. Mutual, served as
spokesman for the 20 life. fire
and casualty insurance COM
panies which have home Offices
here.
The proposed increase from
the present per cent tax on net
premium receipts to 2.5 per cent
was branded by Mr.. Schmuck as
IAN unfair tax burden which
discriminates against and tends
to discourage our local insurance
industry"
Burden on Policy Holders.
He indicated that should the
tax boost be approved by Con-
gress. as requested by the Com
missioners, insurance policy
holders ultimately would bear
the brunt in terms of higher
| premiums.
Accompanied by representa-
tives of five other local insurance
firms, Mr.. Schmuck voiced his
objections at q regular board
meeting of the commissioners
He gave a long and detailed
analysis of the effect a tax in
crease would have on the local
companies.
Where the tax boost would be
deeply felt, he said. would be in
the local companies business in
other States where the premium
tax is lower but "retaliatory'
statutes apply. :
This payment at "retaliatory'
rates means that the District
companies would pay taxes al
the District tax rate, regardless
of the fact the State in which
the business was being trans
acted had a lower premium rate
than the District.
| Cites $159,152 Penalty.
Since the local companies dc
a large amount Of business In
other States where a retaliatory
system applies, the local firms
would find themselves paying
$159, 152 in higher taxes on theil
out-of- town business. This. Mr.
Schmuck declared, would be q
"harsh penalty" on the domestic
insurance firms.
During today's informal hear
ing, the insurance people found
at least one ally in municipal
| government. Albert Jordan, Dis
trict superintendent Of in
surance. told the Commissioner,
fatty that he agreed with the
| position Of the insurance COM
panieS.
"It is my position that insur.
ance companies should be regu-
lated strictly but taxed lightly.
Mr.. Jordan. asserted.
Municipal officials estimate thu
proposed insurance tax increasl
would bring in an additiona
$500, 900 annually.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Shift Asked for Dute
Of MARYLAND Primary
By the Assoeio,ed Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 7.-Esti-
mating that at least 1000 po-
tential voters will be out of the
State June % to attend the
national Shriners convention in
Atlantic City, N. j., House
Speaker John c. Luber says he
would like to change the date OF
Maryland's primary elections
this year.
Mr.. Luber said last night he
will ask the Legislature to con-
slider changing the primary from
June % to June 81. He is not q
member of the Shrine.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Youth Council Picks
3Committees 10 Get
0n.Ciy-Wide Basis
By Miriom Gutenberg

The Commissioners Youth
Council today set up three work.
ing committees to deal with city,
wide problems involving recrea-
ton. schools and the family.
The committees will include
both council members and men,
bers of the community actually
working in these fields.
1t was the councils first step
to deal with problems on a city
wide basis and came after a
council member called the Dis
trict lone of the backward COM
munities in prevention and
treatment of juvenile delin-
quents."
The unflattering description
came from G. Rowland Shaw.
former Assistant Secretary of
State and a member of the local
fact finding group which assisted
the Senate Juvenile Delinquency
subcommittee.
Sees Little to Praise.
Reporting on the Senate hear
ings. Mr.. Shaw said the hearings
have brought out very clearly
that there is little here in the
way of delinquency prevention
that we can look upon with any
degree of pride and satisfaction.
Ferdinand Grayson, the coun-
ellis vice chairman, moved for
the three working committees
Immediately after Mr.. Shaw ey-
pressed hope that the Capitol
committees considering the Dis
trict budget would take into con-
sideration the inadequacies of
staff and facilities brought out
at the Senate hearings.
1t was clear from the discus
sion that these working commit
tees will gather the facts to
support efforts to meet some of
the unmet needs highlighted
during the Senate hearings.
The council also voted for a
policy of close integration with
the area committees now being
formed throughout the city. The
details of this policy are yet to
be worked out. but council mem
bers suggested regular reports
to the council from the area
chairmen and the assignment
Of individual council members to
work directly with area COM
mitteeS.
Fireworks flared during the
council meeting when council
member, Capt. John Ryan. head
of the police juvenile squad. at
tackled the report made by Paul
Cherney to the councils pilot
project in the lower Northeast
section.
Capt. Ryan objected to Mr..
Cher:ney's statement that juve-
niles are being used by older
boys in the area to do their
Switching and pocket-picking for
them. Mr.. Cherney, on loan
from United Community Serv-
ices to give professional help to
the pilot project, referred to the
older boys as witch doctors"
and to their pawns as rats"
Capt. Ryan said he had never
even heard the term witch doctor
and that lot of loose talk was
giving value to things that didn't
exist. He said he wanted to
challenge the report.
Several council members
warned against cenSoring area
committees but Capt. Ryan
pointed out this was not the
area committee but an individual
loaned through the council.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
council chairman, said she hoped
the area committee would go into
the report and if the charges
were not Substantiated would
say so. She pointed out that a
police officer is on the area COM
mittee and that the area COM
mittee has not yet acted on the
report.
The next meeting of the coun-
Gil was set for January 81.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
No Polio Cases in Week

RICHMOND, Jan. Z R).-Vir-
ginia last week went through it's
first week since last May with
out a new case of polio, the State
Health Department reported yes
terday. Tentative total of cases
for 1853 has been placed at 734,
q gain Of A over 1852.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Virginia Real Estote Exoms

RICHMOND, Jan. z R.-
State real estate exams for some
$50 applicants will be given in
Norfolk January 81, r. L. Rush,
chairman of the State Real
Estate Commission, has an
nounced. The exams will be
given at Hotel Nansemond.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Auto Toq Revenues Up

RICHMOND, Jan. z R).-Rev-
enue collections by the State Di-
vision of Motor Vehicles in the
fiscal year 1928 amounted to
record $78 million, a gain of l3
per cent.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Mother Saves
; Children in
Cellar Blaze
Viers Mill Women
Singes Hair in Dash
District Cote Burns

Three children were rescued
by their mother today as fire
swept the basement where they
had been playing at 1919 Self
ridge road. Viers Mill, Village.
Md.
the blaze, which caused an
estimated $4,000 damage, started
in three boxes of Christmas
trash. according to Charles H.
Howe, Jr., Montgomery County
fire marshal.
He said the children of Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin T. Moore are
Robin, 3; Edwin T., jr., Z, and
Randy. 5.
Mrs. Moore heard the children
scream and dashed through the
blazing papers at the foot of
the stairs to rescue Robin, who
was trapped in a far corner Of
the basement. Mrs. Moore had
her hair singed, but the others
escaped injury.
a pet cocker spaniel Pug Suf-
located in the basement and a
parakeet died from the smoke
on the first floor.
Firemen said the two boys
slept in a basement bedroom
and that Edwin was getting
ready for school when the fire
occurred. The trash was pushed
against the furnace and ap-
parently touched off from this
heat. firemen added.
Two Kensington volunteer fire
companies answered the alarm
and had the fire under control
within 90 minutes. Mr.. Moore, a
photographer, was at work at the
time.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
Public Works
Hearing Opens
On Jan. 26
subcommittee Plan
Joint Sessions to
Speed Action
By Don S. Warren


An early start on the Districts
public works authorization and
revenue bill now has been sched-
uled by the House and Senate
District Committees.
Four days of public hearings
will be held beginning at 10 am.
January 26.
They will be held jointly by
the Fiscal subcommittee of the
House and Senate District Com
mlttees, at some Capitol Hill
hearing room yet to be deter
mined.
The joint hearing schedule was
in keeping with a general desire
to speed action on the measure
voiced earlier by both Represen-
tative O'Hara. Republican Of
Minnesota, head of the House
fiscal unit. and by Senator Case,
Republican, of South Dakota,
chairman of the Senate District
Committee as we'll as its Fiscal
Subcommittee.
Time Finalized.
The timing of the hearings
was arranged yesterday. At first
it was announced they would be
held beginning January 19 but a
few minutes later the date was
changed to January rs. This was
because key member of the
House unit could not attend on
the earlier date.
The Commissioners. mean
while, were winning additional
support from members of the
House and Senate, in general at
least. for their s306 million, To-
year public works program.
One of the latest boosts came
from Senator Payne, Republican,
OF Maine, after he had been
given an outline of the needs
and the financing program by
Commissioner Samuel Spencer.
Senator Payne said that while
he hadn't studied details of the
public works measure, he could
see "a very definite need for
it.
He said he was Of a mind to
support the proposed increase
in the Federal payment to $40
million and saw no objection to
the District going into borrow
/ ing. IA
/ On the question of the size
OF the Federal payment, Senator
Payne made the point that the
National Capital belongs to all
the people of the United States,
not just to the residents of the
District.
The public works measure will
be introduced in the House by
Chairman Simpson of the House
District Committee as soon as it
it released by the Federal Budget
Bureau. This is expected to be
in advance of the January 26
hearings.
Administration Approval.
The Eisenhower administra-
tion already has given its APP
proval to a public works pro-
gram for the District. This was
before the program was cut down
in size and extended as to its
duration.
1t calls for increases in Dis
trict taxes Of about $40 million a
year, for SO million increase in
the Federal share of the citys
general fund costs and for $50
million in interest bearing loans
from the Treasury over the 10
year period.
Public officials will be among
the first to be called to the stand
at the joint hearings. Ample time
also will be afforded taxpayer
groups, officials said.
The plan is to give about equal
time to proponents and oppo-
nentS of the new revenue meas
ure as drafted by the Commits
Sloners and their advisory groups.
Evening star., 1954-01-07
HyuttsviIle Citizens Meet

The Hyattsville (MdD Citizens
Association will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow in the County Service
Building, HyattSville. A draft Of
a charter will be presented.