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Evening star., 1944-02-21
Federal Power Aide
Assigned 10 Help PUG
In Pepco Rate Inquiry
c. W. Smith Appointed
As ConsuItont in Case;
Moy Be Witness

Charles w. Smith, chief of the
Bureau of Accounts. Finance and
Rates of the Federal Power Com
mission has been made available to
the District Public Utilities Com
mission in a consulting capacity,
in connection with the PUG in
vestigation Of rates of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
In announcing this today the
FPC said Mr.. Smith would act in
a consulting capacity" and that
he might appear as a witness in
formal hearings on Pepco rates,
which start next Monday.
In its request for assistance, the
PUG asked that the FPC staff mem
Der be made available as a con-
sultant in the following matters:
81. To review with us the past
depreciation policies of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
Q. To advise us in the formula
ton OF views as to the adequacy of
the existing depreciation reserve in
the event it is determined that a
deprecated rate base be used as a
basis for future adjustments.
g. To assist us in establishing
fair and reasonable provisions for
depreciation expense in the future. /"
In letter acceding to the request,
Chairman Leland Olds stated:
I'VE shall be glad to cooperate
with you in the manner outlined in
your letter, to the extent that this
can be done without prejudice to
the efficient and proper conduct of
the affairs of this commission, and
subject to the further understanding
that the commission shall be reim-
bursed for the compensation and
expenses of its experts who may be
used as witnesses, as provided in
- the Federal Power Act"
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Postal Clerk Indicted
In Thefts Of S From
Presidents Mail
One Check for 81
Declared Destined
For Paralysis Fund

Mrs. P. Elaine Pond, 81, of the 400
block Of Anacostia road Sc, was in
dicted today on charges of delaying
the mail and taking the contents of
three letters addressed to President
Roosevelt, while she was employed
as clerk In the Post Office here.
One of the charges accuses Mrs.
Pond with taking a check for 81
which was said to have been sent to
the President for the infantile
paralysis fund OF the other two
counts, one accuses her of taking 81
in cash from one letter and 81 from
another.
The indictment was one of 80 re-
turned today by the grand jury be-
fore Chief Justice Edward C. Eicher
Of District Court.
Indicted in Paper Theft.
Eight colored men, whose occupa-
tions are listed as either truck driv-
ers or laborers, were indicted on
charges Of stealing waste paper from
the Government. Assistant United
States Attorney Sylvan Schwartz,
who presented the cases, said the
paper was diverted by the accused
to other persons, instead of being
hauled to a paper dealer.
The eight were listed as William
E. Holman, %; Alice Russell, so;
Allen Rowe, 25; George Williams, 81; !;
George w. White, %; Meier S. Cum
ningham, Is: Erwin j. Anderson, %,
and Alfred E. Belle, 80. Williams
and Russell were said to be en-
ployes of the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration.
In another indictment, Carl Lee
Shue, "a, truck driver; a helper,
James H. Motley, IS, and Fred E.
Fesperman, %, the latter of the
2400 block of Pennsylvania avenue
NV, were charged with conspiracy
to take bed sheets being hauled in
interstate commerce.
Sheets En- Route to New York.
Shue, 1t was said, was in charge
OF the consignment being sent from
North Carolina to New York. The
three were seized after authorities
found efforts allegedly had been
made to sell some of the sheets
here.
Two colored men were charged
with criminally assaulting colored
women. They are Lee Audry
Whitehead, %, of the 400 block
of Oakdale place NV, and Tyree
Holloway, 81. of the 200 block of
Seaton court NV.
Two Chinese. Wang Chin Yick,
80, of the 500 block of H street
NV, and Ing Wing were indicted
on a charge Of assault with a dan
gerous weapon on Lee Lin, So, in his
laundry in the 400 block of H street
NV. Wing is said to be still at
large.
Others indicted included Victor
v. Juliano, 80, charged with re-
ceiving more than $50 cases of
whisky stolen from railroad cars.
Ivan de Tarnowsky, As, was indicted
on a charge of making only a partly
truthful statement when he became
naturalized American citizen sew
eral years ago.
William Vincent, %, and Will
liam Baker, "a, both colored, were
indicted on eight charges of rob-
berry in connection with robbing
men at a poker game of more than
$3.50. Their addresses were listed
as the 1900 block of Vernon street
NV.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Knights Of Columbus
To Honor New Members

The Washington General Assem-
bly, OF the Knights of Columbus will
honor the 121 new members who
were initiated yesterday at a ban
quet and dance tonight at the May
flower Hotel.
Principal speaker will be DR.
James A. Magner of Catholic Uni
versity. Alfred A. McGarraghty will
act as toastmaster,
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Patriotic Essay Victors
Announced Toniaht

Lawson ]. Cantrell, assistant su-
perintendent Of schools, will speak
tonight at the 10th annual patriotic
assembly of Fort Stevens Post, No.
80, American Legion, in Roosevelt
High School. The assembly will
start at 8 pm. Winners Of the
sixth grade patriotic essay contest
will be announced.
Judges Of the contest were the
Rev. Charles Pickard Of the Angus
tinian College, Mrs. Elizabeth Chase
of Roosevelt High School, Mrs. E. C.
Worley of Paul Junior High School,
Mrs. M. T. McKnew of Macfarland
Junior High School and Raymond
F. Gable Of the Petworth Citizens
Association. Joseph A. Walker will
be in charge Of the program.
The Rev. Luther Holcomb will offer
invocation and benediction.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
HyuttsviIle Man Found Dead

Mortimer F. Geary, so, of 4805
Rhode Island avenue, Hyattsville, a
guard at the Engineering g. Re-
search Corp, Riverdale, was found
dead early today at Baltimore
boulevard and Oliver street, River
dale, Prince Georges County police
reported Police said he probably
died Of q heart attack.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines Is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Liquor Store Robbed

Isaac CHASER, proprietor of a
liquor store in the 1900 block of
First street NV, reported to police
yesterday that thieves who removed
iron window bars to gain entrance
to the store over the week end stole
six cases of whisky and . case Of
brandy.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

Willis, 4707 Over
b rook roa ,
Brookdale, Md.
G r a d uate of
w ii on Hi G h
School in June,
1899, he attended
the University
of Maryland and
enlisted as an
A rm y aviation
cadet in 1912.
He trained at
Nashville, Tenn;
Maxwell Field,
Ala, and Craig
F e ! d, Selma, i,
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Heart Specialist Dies

DETROIT, Feb. II (P.-Dr. Paul
Piper, 81, heart and lung specialist,
died early today at Henry Ford Hos
pital. DR.. Piper was born at Pitts
buryh, where he will be buried.
Evening star., 1944-02-21
II. Robert B. Willis Killed
In Panama Plane Crash

Second 1t. Robert B. Willis, %,
has been killed in an airplane crash
in Panama, according to word re-
ceived by his father, Robert Maupin
Evening star., 1944-02-21
Packs Of Wild Dogs
Raid Livestock Pens
In Northeast Section
Police Kill ; Animals
Of Gr CUP Which Turned
On Resident

Savage dogs, believed by police to
be abandoned and strayed pets
which have reverted to a semiwild,
marauding existence in wooded areas
Evening star., 1944-02-21

Uncle Sam needs your waste
bacon grease, drippings, vegetable
shortening. Taks them to your
meat dealer.
Evening star., 1944-02-21

to Mexico and thence to Panama,
where he was completing advanced
training when the crash occurred
February 2.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14

The issue of food subsidies is not so
complicated as some people would like
to make 1t.
Either we must have substantial
subsidies to keep down the cost OF
food; or, without subsidies, living costs
will speedily rise far higher than they
are already.
A ban on subsidies, for instance,
would mean another cent on a quart
of milk, 5 cents for pound of meat,
8 cents more for a pound Of cheese,
and similar increases in the price Of
bread and various vegetables.
The House voted last year for higher
living costs by passing ban on SUBJ
sides. At this writing the Senate Is
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
Subsidies VS.. Higher Living Costs

voting for similar bill to kill the SUBJ
sidy program.
Now Is the time to make your
voice heard against higher living
costs and imitation, by asking your
Senators to vote against the subsidy
ban in the Bankhead bill, and to sup
port an amendment to continue and
strengthen the subsidy program.
This is true even if the Senate has
voted to kill food subsidies by the time
you read this. The fight Is not over.
The President can veto the subsidy ban
and successful fight can be made to
sustain his veto. So let your Senators
hear from you without delay in any
event.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
No Retroactive Votes Allowed

blackboard, turn backward, oh
time, IN thy flight!
Make me a voter again jalst for
tonight"
Something like that Is likely to be
the theme song of those few service
men who ever receive ballots, II soldier
voting Is left to the states-judging
from past experience.
Rep. Forand Or. H. reports hav-
ing In his possession 1918 election
ballot which reached him some time
in 1919. He has not yet succeeded
In making IL retroactive. But It's q
nice souvenir.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14

harming war production. Nor Is there
any "infiationary surplus" in such an
income.
If, on the other hand, any income
has been SO swollen as to provide
a considerable surplus, 1t is no longer
lower income but one of the higher
incomes that should be taxed to pro-
vide revenue and check imitation.
That is why the Go tax program
makes sense when 1t calls for increases
in income taxes only on incomes over
$4,000, and sharply progressive in
creases in income taxation on incomes
from $4,000 upward-with a wartime
limit of $4,000 on the net income of
any individual, after taxes.
And that is why proposals like the
sales tax and other taxation directed
at the lower incomes threaten only
suffering, mischief, and harm to the
war effort.
AAHS ASASS WSCnJ SoASLCSS lIfidiky
passed tax bill that does everything
wartime tax measure should not do.
Philip Murray has asked President
Roosevelt to veto 1t, describing 1t as
this travesty on wartime tax pro-
grams"
No argument can be made in favor
of the present bill. No argument can
be made in excusing Congress for
passing 1t. They've had more than
a year to work on 1t, several Presi-
Dental messages telling them what
was needed, countless communica-
tons from labor and all progressive
groups.
The President should veto 1t. Fol-
lowing that, labor should give all DOS
sible support to the veto, so that It
will be sustained In Congress. Then
labor will have to get down again to
the task of persuading Congress to
write decent, fair and win-the-war
tax program for the nation.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14

Rep. Weiss (Pa.) says that in the
recent Allegheny County, Pa, elections,
only 1925 out of $4,000 eligible soldier
votes were cast. Hundreds Of ballots
were returned-some with as many 40
% postmarks-but never able to catch
up with the soldier.
Uncle Sam has been able to stream
line the shipment of supplies and NUM-
tions to millions of our fighting men
all over the world. Why not let him
streamline the shipment to them Of
one small sample of the democracy
Tor which they're fighting?
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
On Taxing Lower Incomes

We wish someone would explain-if
anyone knows-the meaning of phrases
like "war-swollen lower incomes"
which constantly crop up in tax dis
cussicns and editorials.
Those are the kind of incomes, say
the tories, which really should be taxed
more to provide war revenue and pre-
vent imitation.
To ordinary folks, lower income
10 q lower income any way you
choose to look at 1t or any name you
choose to give 1t.
If war workers family has lower
income barely sufficient, or less than
sufficient, to provide the necessities of
life, health and productive efficiency, it
matters not how much 1t may have
been Swollen" above some pre-war
starvation level.
It still cannot be locked further for
taxes without impairing the health and
efficiency Of that family, and thus
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14
Looking Ahead
By Len De Caux

nELLY-ROBBING is becoming a
fine art these days. 1t has more
wrinkles than all the customers Of all
the country's beauty shoppes.
Once you could say, without fear Of
successful contradiction, mo matter
how thin you slice it, it's still bologna"
But not any more.
The slicing gets thinner and thinner,
it's true. The name remains the same.
But what it is that's sliced, has become
q trade secret-and twice as expen-
sive.
The hamburger is usually treated
like an enemy alien in wartime. In the
last war it furtively adopted aliases
like Liberty steak" and other fancier
names.
But In this war It's just been
blitzed like Hamburg, Germany, and
there's little meat left to 1t. For
double the pre-war price, you can
now buy a concoction of meal, rice
or what-have-you, favored with
memories of meatier days.
Or take Goldfish cakes (you might
as well, instead of waiting to be told
"we're all out" of the other dishes).
They used to be 500 Goldfish, but now
they're 500 potatoes and 500 cod
fish. according to an AFL restaurant
survey in Washington.
X X X
Stew, like hash, has always been
something of a mystery. But the same
survey has detected five pieces of meat
in the average Washington stew serv-
ing, where previously there was no
limit.
In case you have difficulty In find
ing those FIVE pieces, there's a rea-
son for that too. Butchers are In
structed to cut the meat cubes
smaller. But one thing you'll find
quite easily Is the increase in price.
Or take ham sandwich-if you can
get It. A 15-cent ham sandwich can
now be bought for Is cents, with half
as much ham In 1t.
And don't wonder too much what
you're eating when you order chicken
a la king. If you're lucky, it's probably
tuna fish, which makes up large pro-
portion of wartime Chicken la king"
X X X
Facts like the above, which any
"eater-out" can verify for himself In
between gulps, are taken from the
wealth of evidence on increases In
restaurant prices presented in the COM
prehensive CIO-AFL survey, which
shows an increase Of 1850 in living
costs since January, 1871.
An investigation Of lunch rooms
In Pittsburgh area steel towns
showed that the basic Especial"
meal I'm January, 1941, sold for 80
cents and included appetizer and
dessert, dinner plate, bread and but
ter and beverage.
Today the same Especial" sells
for 30 cents, with smaller portions
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14

butter.
X X X
We could multiply examples indei-
nitely from the report, showing 800.
1909 or even greater increases in res
taurant prices for smaller meals Of
inferior quality.
But we have mentioned enough to
indicate some of the facts leading
to the conclusion of the CIO-AFL
survey-borne out by the experience
of every restaurant eater-that 1t
costs about twice as much today to
get an equivalent meal as IL cost
three years ago.
With statistical caution, and to err
on the side of conservatism, however,
the survey limits itself to including
a 1852 increase in restaurant prices
in its computation of total living costs.
X X X
One of the reasons why the Bureau
of Labor Statistics can keep living
costs down so low "statistically" 10
that-believe It or MOTT obtains no
prices for restaurant meals but simply
assumes they have risen no higher
than the few retail food prices which
1t does index.
Yet, what with wives working, moves
to new war jobs far from home and
many other new war conditions, res
taurant meals are larger part Of the
American workers budget than they
have ever been before.
X X X
We reserve the tail-end of this COL
umn for our contemporary (though
we sometimes wonder), Philip Pearl,
publicity man for the AFL-so those
who are uninterested in trivialities
may skip it.
Pearl, in a recent AFL newssheet,
referred to number of CLIO leaders
as "vermin0us without con-
science, without scruple lice -"
etc.
We might reply in kind, II there
were not paper shortage. We might
refer to the must and mold and cob
webs In some high quarters of the
Alto padded membership figures
to hidebound tories, isolationists, or
plain nitwits-to racketeers who man.
aged to muscle in there but who
couldn't get a toehold in the CLIO. Or
we could just be abusive, as he has
done.
But the CLIO happens to be sim
cerely intent on united labor action
TO win this war and win the peace
which Is not furthered by undue at
tention to a puerile exhibition Of
Hearst-type journalism.
Furthermore, Pearl wrote his piece
under the shadow Of John L. Lewis,
before the ALL council had stalled the
latter off again. He was evidently try
ing to please an anticipated new boss
with frustrated passion to split and
destroy the movement he once headed.
Totes Allowed
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-02-14

and without appetizer or dessert, or
both, while some restaurants also
charge extra for bread and less
butter.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
Politiics

Continued from Page. One)
total when Ohio's so COP votes
are officially listed for him as he
result of Tuesdays primary there.
Previously. Bricker has been cred
tied only with the support Of six
delegates chosen by Mississippi
regulars, who face a contest
from an Independent group at the
convention.
Like their Democratic colleagues,
the 10 Republican delegates TO be
chosen in West Virginia will be in
instructed. Leaders say there is
some strong Bricker sentiment
among the candidates. although
three of those running openly fav-
or Gov. Thomas E. Dewey OF New
York.
Tennessee Republicans will PICK
10 delegates Friday TO wind UP
COP activity for the week.
In both the Ohio and West Vir-
ginia primaries tomorrow nomina
tons will be made for state. tickets
Senator Taft (R.Ohio) has been
assured OF denomination in his
states primary. where House as
pirants also will be chosen. In
West Virginia, the parties are to
nominate for six House seats.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
Daily Market Report

Detroit. Mich. May S -AP --
CATTLE: Top was $500 for
good and choice. l.l00lb. mixed
yearllues. good l.OjO-lb steers
Sl575; bulk fed steers and year
ungs. S13oui5.j0. Most neifer
cashed az $lroo-ifoo. All interests
were very aggressive COW buyers
.hroughou, the week. prices Csc to
mostly sue higher Beet COWS bulk'd
at S900-l2.00, a few 10 $1,000. can.
ners and cutters mostly $fOu-A.l5.
some shelly. lightweight Gamers
down 90 $500. Medium and good
heavy sausage bulls made 1880
ll.5nf common and medium Hight
weights mostly S9u0.l0.O0 Common
20 good light replacement cattle
turned ar S90ole 90; some offcol.
orcd Kinds down 10 $500.
CALVES food and choice bulked
$i6Se-l7ee, only $3.50 late COM
mon and medium made {l20O.l5.O0t
Culls $7u0-lUHn.
Hogs Top remained at the
1880 support price all week. paid
for good and choice 20a.27o-lb bar
rows and gifts. Comparable 270.30o-
lbs. made Sls 3512A5. and 100000
lbs. sold unevenly at Sll.N5-122O.
Most 10000 lbs brought Sl25Ol3
and l6u-lN0 lbs. tll75-l2.50. with
lio-l59 lbs a. tlo75.ll,0 90. Good and
choice SONS bulkcd at SO 25.1075
SHEEP. 4 few wooded fat lambs
made Sl600-l6.75 Most good and
choice shorn lambs with No. and
pclts made $500 those with 40.
. and pelts Sl3501450. other
grades down to $ll.00 with cults
5000 90 Some tat Vo0led ewes
sold az S7o0-S50. and shorn kinds
at $6.00-G50. Shorn Gull ewes
brought S200-350.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
Municipal Court

Charged with being intoxicated
and disorderly when be was arrest
cd by city police Saturday after
noon. Cleveland Hutscn. 5O4 First
Court. Park Ridge subdivision. was
given alternative o. paying $50 or
serving 81 day Jail term by Jus
tice \. VI. Nandersall this morning
Officers who arrested the man al
his home confiscated several eases
Of beer and four quarts OF liquor
which they found in the trunk OF
his automobile. Also charged with
being intoxicated and disorderly.
Leo Hale, Waltz. Colbert Smith.
Willow Lodge, and William Fink.
l3s Ford Blvd, each paid SIS. on
the same charge Paul Fettig, liz
Washtenaw Ave, and Aloysius Ne
Caffrey. 32l 5. Huron St, were
given alternative Of paying $50 or
Of serving so days in jail.
For disorderly conduct Helen
Peterson. 5Oi First Court. Park
Ridge subdivision. paid SIS. For
reckless driving Ollie Crutcher, 6Sl
Armstrong Dr.. paid s95.
Receipts in court for Saturday
were S23715. At the police sta
ton minor traffic violations yield
ed $50.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
Burglary

Continued from Page One)
seems TO have been gasoline cou-
pons. They apparently did not
know that unissued coupons are
kept in the bank and that very
few were therefore to be found in
the office drawers or filing cab
inets.
Mrs. Alice Pepper, Housing Of
flee director. had her office pretty
well Strengthened before she knew
of the robbery. Under the impress
sion that 1t was some sort Of
prank. she gathered up papers and
replaced filing cabinet drawers. IN
readiness for the usual busy day.
but she was later advised not to
open the office till investigations
had been completed and time al
lowed for Mrs. Tefft and her as.
sistants to put things in readiness
to again serve the public. The Of
flee was closed today, but Mrs.
Tefft hoped this afternoon, she said,
to resume regular hours Tuesday.
The person most Inconvenience
was probably Prof. r. r. Cleary.
who was greeted upon his arrival
az the college with the sight OF oy-
erturned filing drawers, papers
scattered over the floor. The return
OF these to their proper places rep.
resents several days OF extra work
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
Deaths



Milan, Mich. May S-Mrs. Alice
c. Bond. 63. died sunday al 81. Jo-
sephs Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor.
after a brief Illness. She was the
daughter OF Oliver and Anna Lam
kin and vas born in Exeter Town
ship January Is. 1881. Thu family
moved 10 Oakville when she was a
young girl and she vas married 10
Louis Bond. Feb, %, 1900 in Milan.
They lived in London Township till
1928 then moved 10 Cone Road
where they lived until March OF this
year. The present residence is at
1855 Carpenter Road.
Surviving are her husband. two
sons Eldred D.. Seaman &c, L. S.
y. r. Fort Pierce. Fla. and Albert
at home. one daughter. Mrs. f.
June Howell. Willis, grandchil-
dren, one brother, Charles Lamkin
OF Rochester. y. Y. and two sis
tiers, Mrs. Mary Stuart and Mrs.
Eleanor Worth. Milan.
The funeral will be at 2 p. m.
Wednesday at Stevens and Bush
funeral home in Milan. George Nil.
lage. Christian Science reader, will
conduct the service and burial will
be in London Cemetery. Friends
may call at the residence until 10
o'clock Wednesday.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-05-08
German Prisoners TO
Produce, Can Food

approximately $500 German pris.
oners OF war are expected to BE-
working soon on farms and in food
processing plants throughout HI.
nois, Michigan and Wisconsin to al.
leviate the manpowcr shortage
Brigadier General John r. Davis.
Commanding General Of tho Sixth
Service Command. announced to.
day at Headquarters in Chicago.
The total includes some 5000
prisoners OF war who are being
brought to the Sixth Service Com.
mand for temporary assignment un.
I'll mid-August, when they will be
shifted elsewhere. and approx.
mately 5000 others now available in
Prisoner OF War camps within the
Sixth Service Command, he said.