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Population Of 100000
Seen for Area in 1860

the growth Of retail trade IN the
suburban area did not keep pace
with the outward trend Of the
population.
Over 81 Billion
Retail trade volume In the
Metropolitan Area" he said,
was just over 50 billion in 1854
Sixty per cent of all retail bust
ness was done in the District OF
Columbia, and 40 per cent in the
suburban area.
, IN 1913, rs per cent Of retail
trade was In the District, Sc
there has been q relative shift
outward Of about one-flfth dur
ing the six-year period. How
ever, in the same period, the
movement Of population out
ward was even greater, with the
District share decreasing from
81 per cent to At per cent. a
relative outward shift Of % pei
cent"
The retail. trade volume per
resident in 1854. according to his
figures, was $l,441 in the Dis
trict. It ranged to O low of $34e
in Fairfax County, indicating
that many residents there did
their shopping in the District
and places other than their
home counties.
He also gave figures from The
Evening Star Consumer Survey
the data from which are being
prepared for publication. The
survey showed that the mediar
family incorn, rose from 81 ,40C
in l949 to $5,625 in 1855. This
is an increase Of 90 per cent, but
in dollars of constant value the
percentage is Is.
The largest family income in
1855 was shown to be $500 in
the nearby areas of Montgomery
County. In Arlington and Falls
Church. it was $500. In adj
jacent areas Of Prince Georges
County and in Alexandra the
figure was $500, and in the
District, $4.750.
That DR.. Pickard's data anc
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An estimated $40 million jump
in Prince Georges County's as
sessable tax base is expected by
the end Of this fiscal year. ac-
cording to figures presented to
the County Commissioners at a
meeting in Upper Marlboro yes
terday.
The estimate was made by
County Controller Carl Mace.
who says his ONCE foresees an
assessed evaluation Of $528 mil
lion for next year. The county's
present assessed value for tax
purposes is $4Ss million.
Next years budget proposals
now being compiled by depart
ment heads. viii be based on the
$52S million tax base estimate.
Mr.. Mace,s estimate was given
during a discussion between the
Commissioners and School Supt.
William s. Schmidt. They sought
to find o way for the county to
provide the school system with
an additional $4,000 1t has
lost this year In anticipated
equalization and incentive funds
from the State. The money Is
already committed in this years
school budget.
Error In Estimate
Mr.. Schmidt explained that
the school systems reduction In
State funds resulted from . dis
crepancy between the estimated
and actual assessable tax base OF
the county for fiscal 1886. The
tax base was estimated at $l4
million less than 1t turned out
to be.
The county's aid for schools Is
determined by the actual tax
base and decreases as the tax
base increases.
Mr.. Schmidt explained that
the county loses $4,000 for each
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Montgomery County fire in
spectors. who keep a systematic
check on public assembly halls,
will step up their inspections
as result of the Sunday fire
at Brooklyn, Md, in which 10
persons lost their lives.
Montgomery County Manager
M. L. Reese said he will direct
the inspectors to keep a close
check on halls after the subject
was preached yesterday by
Councilwoman Stella B. Werner
Mrs. Werner said special in
tereSt should be given to "ac-
cesses and exits. particularly
with regard to churches"
Seeks Veto Upset
The council also voted to stand
by its recommendation that the
county's delegation at the Gen.
eral Assembly seek to override
vetoes of three bills affecting the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. The
bills would provide for reorgani-
cation of the commission. ex-
tension OF its jurisdiction
throughout the county and es-
Enlistment of revolving fund
for advance purchases of school
sites and major road rghts-of-
way.
The Council yesterday set a
public hearing for 2::45 pm.
March Is, in Rockville on a pro-
posed ordinance granting fran
chise to a private water COM
pany to use public rights OF
way In the Damascus Election
District.
The firm. the Damascus Util-
tiles Co.. Inc, has been organized
at Damascus to provide a public
water system for the community
Under terms of the ordinance,
the franchise would be nom
exclusive and would be granted
on payment of a $l-a-year fee.
School Road Hearing
A hearing also was set for
3:45 pm, February %, on a
364.870 street Improvement pro-
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Rockville Jail
.Tiahtens Rules

4 Extra precautions have been
ordered at the Montgomery
County Jail in Rockville to avoid
a repeat Of the near jailbreak
that occurred there Saturday
night.
County Manager NJ. L. Reese
said that four steps are being
taken to tighten security:
/ /. Jailers are under orders not
to take more than one prisoner
from a cell at a time.
/ 2. Clothes changing periods
ARE being staggered throughout
the week instead Of all prisoners
receiving changes on Saturday
might.
! 8. All kitchen knives must be
locked in a cabinet by the guard
on duty when the kitchen is
closed at s pm.
! 4. Corridor doors between the
cell block and the rest Of the
Jail must be opened only one at
a time.
Mr.. Reese said that the
county also is trying to establish
a better alarm system to tie in
the Jail with the police station
lin the nearby County Building.
He said alarms now are sound
ed by telephone or by the fire
alarm.
/ Two men oyerpowered the
guards Saturday night as they
were being returned to the cell
block after getting clean
clothes. They were joined by
two others and attempted to flee
but got the wrong key from the
guards and became trapped in
the jailer's apartment.
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|28 Chosen
For Fuirfux
C. of c. Board

The Fairfax County Chamber
of Commerce has elected a 20
member board of directors for
1856.
This is an increase of three
members over the previous
board. 1t was decided to add ex-
ira members in cases where tie
votes occurred.
Thirteen members Of the new
board were reelected from the
1855 board. The others are new
board members serving for the
first time. Among the new board
members is Homer Hoyt. the
population and economic, spe-
cialist who has taken up real
estate development in Fairfax
County.
Besides Mr.. Hoyt, the other
new board members are Dwight
g. Chase. Stuart T. DeBell.
Charles J. Harnett, Carl H. He'll
wig, Mary D. johnson. Neil
Lantzy, j. Rothwell Lillard, Ray
mond Lynch, e. e. Lyons, Denzil
o. Nichols. q. II. Osborne. r. M.
Richards. Stanley Rowland. and
Richard M. Smith.
Reelected members are Dom
aid E. Ball. o. v. .Carper. Kath-
lryn Everhart, Omer Hirst. Will
| liam H. Hunt, George c. Land
rith, Keith Price, Glenn U.
Richard, Henry J. Rolls. Richard
E. Stands, Clarence Simpson,
Verlin w. Smith and w. c. Wills.
The new board will hold q
luncheon meeting at 1915 pm.
February 16 at the Old Coach
Inn in Fairfax TO elect new on
GERS. Mr.. Wills Is the retiring
president.
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Fire Disaster to Bring
Sitter County Inspection

gram as one access to the new
North Bethesda Junior High
School.
The council heard no opposi-
tion to proposed rezoning from
single family residential to me-
Idium density apartment classi-
ification of land fronting on
Maple avenue adjacent to the
Winchester Towers Apartments
in Takoma Park. A rezoning is
being sought to permit parking
for the apartment house, which
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Concert in Arlington

The Arlington Civic Symphony
win give q concert at 3 pm.
Sunday in Wakefield High
School auditorium. James Lewis.
Iof Alexandria. bassoonist, viii be
the featured soloist.
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has been barred from fun rental
of its units because Of insuffi-
cient off-street parking.
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The Washington Metropolitan
Area will have q population of
I2,077, 900 by 1890. with the larg-
est percentage increase in Fair
flax County and the smallest In
THE District.
This is forecast by DR.. jerome
IP. Pickard, research director OF
THE economic development COM
mittee of the Washington Board
LOT Trade. He presented 1t yes
Iterday afternoon at the Boards
annual Business outlook Con-
ference in the Hotel Statler.
DR.. Packard put the areas to-
ltal population early this year at
lie million. He said his 1856 es-
innate. 237. 900 over the 1865 pop
Iulation figure. may well prove
conservative. He pointed out
that the IS per cent rate Of
growth would be half as great
as in the 1950-55 period, when
1.-THE Korean war brought an ex-
lpansion of Federal activity.
High Level Economy
DR.. Pickard's presentation OF
figures and charts to the meet
ling was the last major speech
lof q day-long meeting. Earlier
speakers had agreeded the econ
lomy will continue at q high level
this year. Some saw prospects
lof an easing Of Of the rate OF
gain in the second half Of the
year but looked for no drastic
reimbursement.
In making his population fore
cast. DR.. Pickard gave figures
showing the rate of gain In the
1955-1960 period in the various
parts of the area would be al
follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-01

DUQUESNE ID A N c Z R.
Rose Puskarich, wearing a
costume of the Ukraine, is
one of the Duquesne Uni
versity Tamburitzans, who
will appear at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Academy of the
Holy Names, I'll Pershing
drive, Silver Spring. The
Tamburitzans will present
songs and dances Of the
Southern Slavic countries.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

Wilmington. They were accom-
panied home by Jimmy Belts, who
will spend the week with his
grandparents.
Mrs. L. B. Moore has returned
from an extended visit with her
sister in California.
Mrs. William t. Moore underwent
surgery in Beebe Hospital last
week.
Mrs. Miriam Hickman spent
three days last week with Mr..
and Mrs. Lester Banning in Mil
ford
janice Workman was the Mon
day overnight guest of Mary
Catherine Carlisle Trey attended
the Zoar MyF skating party in
Rehoboth
Mr.. Walter Carmean is patient
in Beebe Hospital.
This is Poppy Month. the month
when the American Legion Auxili-
ary of the Indian River Unit in
Millsboro would like to bring to
the minds of everyone fresh reali-
alton of the sacrifices which kept
America a free land in a world
where tyranny and aggression have
made repeated war against free
DOM The Poppy story is story
which tells of Americas remem-
brance of gratitude for these sacri-
fees.
The idea of the poppy as a
memorial flower for the World War
dead sprang up as naturally as the
little wild flower itself grows in
the fields of France and Flanders.
The flower was the one touch of
beauty which survived amid the
hideous destruction of war Along
the edge of the trenches, beneath
the tangled barbed wire. about the
ragged she'll holes ard over the
fresh graves it raised its brave red
blossom. 1t seemed to be the one
Immortal thing in that region
where death reigned. The soldiers
of all nations came to look upon
is as the living symbol of the
sacrifices of their dead comrades.
Memories of the war dead al
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ways bring thoughts of those who
did not die but came back doomed
to years of hardship and suffering,
sometimes worse than death IN
the Poppy was found way to link
the honoring of the dead with SER
vice for the living victims of the
war.
When you see the American Le-
gion Auxiliary Ladies with their
baskets of these bright red poppies
in your community, please re-
member that they are offering you
the chance to join in the nation
wide salute to our war dead, and
that these flowers have been made
by the soldier who returned home
to spend his life in hospital beds.
in wheel chairs or hobbling pain
fully about on crutches The maxi
ing of these Poppies gives him an
occupation so needed to keep alive
spirit and interest in life. The
contribution you give helps us
carry out our program for the Dis
abled Veterans and children of
veterans.
So it is the wish and the duty
of the American Legion of the In
dian River Post to ask that on
Memorial Day everyone will Wear
a Poppy-Honor the Dead, Aid the
Disabled.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
ROXANA
By Mrs. Alice Lockwood
Phone SelbyyiIIe 1891

Please remember the dinner,
fried chicken and all the fixings,
Saturday, May Il, at the Commun-
ity House, sponsored by the WSCS.
Price, SIPS, family style. Serving
starts at p. M, until p. m.
Roland Kelly has received his
honorable discharge from the y.
5. Army. He and Mrs. Kelly are
now occupying the front apartment
of the house of Russell Wilgus.
better known as the old doctors
place here in town. We welcome
them.
Miss Sigma Murray spent the
weekend with her cousin, Miss
Carol Tyre, near Ocean View,
while Miss Tyres parents spent the
weekend in Washington, ID. c.
Harold McCabe, an employee of
the Atlantic Refining Company
spent the weekend with his fam
lily here.
Sympathy is extended the fam
lily of Flemuel A. Long, who pass
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
MILL.SBORO
By Mrs.
Z. E. Carey
A1illsboro
Phone
5241

The executive committee meeting
of the WSCS will be in Grace
Church, Monday, May "A. at 1:3O
p. M, All circle chairmen are re-
quested to attend this meeting.
The rummage sale committee OF
Grace Methodist WSCS wishes to
thank all those who helped in any
wy to make the sale a success.
ST Marks Guild thanks all those
who have in any way helped to
make the card party the success
that it was. There are so very
many to whom expressions of ap-
probation are owed: those who
donated prizes, those who worked
with untiring effort, and those who
favored the Guild with their pres
ence. Thanks to ALL
The Home Demonstration Club
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Meyer Ableman on Thursday, May
II, at 1870 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Atkins are
the parents of a son, born Sunday,
April 80, in Beebe Hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Hall and
Mrs. Lettie Ellingsworth spent the
weekend in Asbury Park, New
Jersey.
Mrs. Reginald Lynch returned
Sunday to her home from Jeffer-
son Hospital where she underwent
surgical treatment.
Mrs. Clara Young of Philadel-
phia is spending the week with
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. Egil Garthe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Foster en-
tertained three tables of bridge
Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Hudson spent
the weekend in New London,
Conn, with their son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Hud-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Edward
Truitt OF Dagsboro and Mrs. Nor
wood Chamberlain of Frankford
were guests on Saturday of Mrs.
w. Norman Hickman.
Mrs. Fl. B. Mitchell and Mrs.
Walter M. Belts spent Monday in
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11
DAGSBORO
BY Mrs. Essie Hickman

Ernest Layfield and Curnie Clogg
called to see George Derrickson at
the Beebe Hospital in Lewes last
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Parkhurst
were Sunday night guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Theodore Parceii and
twin babies Sunday night.
Ernest Morris is very i'll at this
writing.
Donald Brittingham has returned
home after spending four years in
the service. He was stationed at
Forth Worth, Texas.
Mrs. Edith Lynch is seriously i'll
at this time.
Edward Brittingham of Phila-
delphia, spent Friday to Sunday
with his brother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Corklin Brittingham, and mother,
Mrs. Prudence Birmingham, who is
very i'll.
Mrs. Verde West and daughter
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Millard West and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Harper and
children of Alexander, Va, spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Hudson. other Sunday
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Rey-
nolds T. Minner of Rehoboth, Mr..
and Mrs. Marshall Hudson of Mills
boro and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hud-
son.
Mrs. Herbert Calhoun, Mrs. Har-
ry Bunting and Mrs Conn Scott of
Selbyville, attended the Official
opening of the John Dickinson
Mansion last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Lynch and
son Howard, Jr., left last Thursday
for a vacaucl in Florida. Their
son Bobby is staying with his sis
ter and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Elisha Cropper.
Mrs. Frank Johnson attended the
state meeting of the Home Demon-5
stration Club in Dover last Tues
day.
Mrs. Harry Bunting and Mrs.
Herbert Calhoun were luncheon
guests of the New Century Club in
Delmar last Tuesday Mrs. Bunt-
ing installed their newly-elected
officers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Kollock left
Friday to visit Mrs Kollock's mo-
ther, Mrs. B. NJ. Cutchins of Frank
lin, Va. Mrs. Kollock will remain
for an extended visit.
Misses Sonya and Elaine Turner
of Roxana were weekend guests
of their aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert Calhoun. Added dim
.ner guests on Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. II. Middleton of Frankford
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Johnson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland West attend
ed a card party of the VF'W in
Georgetown on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Herbert Calhoun aud Mrs.
Harry Bunting attended the Lord
Baltimore Women's Club anniver-
saly luncheon last Saturday.
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ed away Saturday at the Beebe
Hospital in Lewes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bennett
and two boys of Patterson, N. j.,
Miss Hilda Bennett of Wilmington,
spent the WEEKEND with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cove Bennett.
We are glad to welcome home
Mrs. George West from the PEN
insula Gensral Hospital, Sails
bury and Mrs. Russell Murray from
the Milford Memorial Hospital. af-
ter each of them having surgery.
Rev. and Mrs. j. T. Graham of
Bozman, Md, spent from Thurs
day until Monday with Mrs. Lille
Stevens and other friends.
Mrs. Matte McCaDe spent from
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

GRADUATED - Army Pvt. John
w. Morgan, 1S, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Morgan, Second Street, Har-
rington, Del, recently was grad
uated from the Military Police
Training Center at Fort Gordon,
Ga. Morgan entered the Army last
November and received basic
training at Fort Jackson, S. c. He
attended II Harrington Public
Schools
Fort Carson, Colo. - Pvt. Floyd
f. West, whose wife, Edith, lives
in Frankford, DEL, is receiving
basic combat training with the Sth
Infantry Division at Fort Carson,
Colorado.
West is training with Company
y of the divisions 18th Engineer
Battalion. The Sth is preparing for
It's move to Europe next fall as
part Of Operation Gyroscope.
West entered the Army last
March. He is a 1850 graduate of
Lord Baltimore High School In
Ocean View. He is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Everett C. West, Frank
ford.
FORT HOOD, TEXAS ~. Army
Specialist Third Glass Rowe v.
Pleasanton, Jr., 23, whose wife,
Sarah, lives in Frederica, Del, is
receiving advanced armor training
in the 4th Arpored Division at
Fort Hood. Texas.
The division, reactivated in June
1854. is now undergoing a compre-
hensive training program. The unit
won fame in Normandy and Bas-
togne in World War III.
Specialist Pleasanton entered the
Army last January and was last
stationed at Fort Jackson, S. c.
He is the son of Mrs. Rowe
Pleasanton, Route 2, Dover.
Camp Zama, Japan n Army
Specialist Third Glass George S.
ManlOve, Jr., whose parents live
at 80 Roosevelt Avenue, Dover,
Del, is playing baseball for the
Camp Zama Ramblers at Camp !
Xama. japan.
Specialist Manlove, a radio re-
pairman in Company A of the ia
pan Signal Battalion's S047th Army \
Unit, entered the Army in October
1853 and completed basic training
al Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. !
He arrived in the Far East in /
August, 1854.
Manlove attended Wesley Junior
College before entering the Army.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

Wednesday until Sunday with her
son-in-law and daughter, MIR. and
Mrs. Frank Barnette at Salisbury.
Miss Debra Wilmer of Snow Hill,
Md, spent Sunday with her great
grandmother, Mrs. Addie Murray,
while Debra's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Wilmer visited her mo-
ther, Mrs. Russell Murray at the
Milford Memorial Hospital.
Miss Roselee Smith, a student
nurse at the Peninsula General
Hospital, Salisbury. spent the week
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Smith.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

We recently invited large group of auto
motive engineers to try New 1856 Blue
Sunoco, boosted in octane, in their own cars
and give us their reactions. The results
of this survey compiled by an independent
firm of certified public accountants make
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

Some countries have one doctor
for fewer than 1000 people, while
others have one doctor for more
than 10000 people, says United
Nations report.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

There have been an annual av-
erage of 3,S00,00O babies a year in
the United States since the end of
World War /.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

India imported 100000 tons of
food grains in 1855 compared to
4,725,000 tons in 1851.
Milford chronicle., 1956-05-11

More than 1000 seagoing ships
were sunk in World War III.
, 1956-02-01

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post Of executive vice president created, and % that the
President is indispensable because Of his stature in the world.
THE STRATEGY is clear. While 1t is true that the Pre-
sident himself is sincere when he says that he does not as yet
actually know, this very fact works most strongly for bis re-
nomination because the longer he takes to decide the more
urgent will be the demand for him to run. There will not have
been time enough to groom, or even sell another candidate,
and here again, the question of duty will loom large.
EVEN THE professional forecasters go wrong, 50 that
If the prediction from this corner does not turn out as given,
there viii be good excuse. But here it is for what it IS worth.
, 1956-02-01
Editorial
IKE IN ,56 : A PREDICTION

IKE IN So . A PREDICTION
STATEsIDE THERE is a great guessing game going on.
Republicans and Democrats-and in between-alike are at full
tilt, and as the days grow shorter the guessing grows longer.
viii Ike run, or won't heP That is the question.
AM THE MATTER took on even greater Importance
as the President gave permission for his name to be entered
in the New Hampshire primary. Not even the fact that the
permission was somewhat qualified served to reduce the
speculation.
RON THIS distance, with even less opportunity for
close day to day observation, we might as well join in the
guessing game. President Eisenhower, it is our guess, will be
a candidate for a second term. And here are the reasons as
we see them.
FIRST, THE President is a professional soldier. For over
40 years he was used to the rigors of military life, Of giving
and obeying orders, and as such he entertains a very high
sense Of duty. Republicans everywhere, knowing that their
chances Of winning would be precious little, are doing every
thing they can to induce the President to run again. Con-
vinced that this is 4 duty to the world, the nation, and the
party. Ike tDil run again.
SECOND, DESPITE his many pronouncements that the
party should not rely so heavily upon one man, should the
President become convinced that the partys chances Of re-
naming another term in power would be slim indeed, ne
might be induced to run.
THIRD, IF THERE is sufficient conviction that his role
as leader Of the free world hangs in the balance without his
immediate leadership, then, again, that sense Of devotion to
duty will become paramount, and health considerations
subordinated to everything else.
IT is TO BE noted that the groups conducting public
relations for the party is doing everything IN its power to con-
vince the nation and the President himself of two things: (p
that his health will be good enough for the task, especially Il
bis campaigning IS done by teleUsicn, and/r there is the