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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15

representing the Kalispell Chamber o
Commerce came out plainly in his ad
dress for development of the water
resources west of the mountains as &
part of and in connection with the
Columbia river basin
Even more uncomfortable for the M
P. stooges present, was undoubtedly
the very brief but telling statement
made by Dr. Raver, of the Bonneville
Authority. DR.. Raver who is in charge
of the electric power generation and
distribution of power from the Bonnie
vile and Grand Coulee government
dams, told a story of success. In the
five years since the authority has
been operating, it has paid the amor
tization of the costs of the production
and transmission of electric power,
selling it at low cost to users and on
December 1 this year after meeting
all obligations and paying the govern
ment " per cent on the money in
vested had a surplus of $12,000,000 in
it's treasury DR.. Raver emphasized,
that development of power, irrigation
and flood control, was neither one of
first Importance; that only by co-or-
dinated development for all useful
purposes, could the waters of any
stream be considered as developed for
the best interests of the people.
Engineers Report
Reports were made to the conven-
ton by w. G. Sloan of the Reclama-
ton Bureau and by Col. C. P. Harding
and 1t Col. H. H. Roberts of the
Army Engineers. Each of these,
speaking for the interests of their re-
spective agencies, stressed the results
of what has been called a shotgun
wedding" of the two agencies in
agreeing on a coordination of imme-
date plans as defense against an
to bring about actual co-or
Continued ON Page FOur)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15
new COOP CAFETERIA
OPENED in new YORK

The largest Coop Cafeteria in New
York opened for business on Friday,
December 1. 1t runs an entire city
block, from II Park Place to II Muir
ray Street, with entrances on both
streets. 1t is across the street from
the Woolworth Building, just West of
Broadway and City Hall Park.
The new unit is operated by Con-
sumers Cooperative Services, Inc,
which opened it's first Coop Cafeteria
in 1921, and now operates cafeterias
and food stores for its 5000 mem
bers.
With a seating capacity of 800, the
new cafeteria can serve 1000 for
lunch, with additional space which
may be opened later No dinners will
be served.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15
STATES URGED
TO REPEAL Ok
ON TAX GRAB

Pound for pound, the legislativ
journals of the 4S states are jus
about as dull reading as the Congress
sional Record.
And about the dullest reading Il
those journals are the resolutions, us
ually concerned with awarding of wa
stamps to retiring chief clerk o
praising Speaker absent because o
illness.
That partly explains the strange
success of Frank Gannett's commit
| tee for constitutional government in
trying to put over the proposed 22d
or "Millonaires' Amendment" to the
U. S. Constitution.
This amendment would repeal the
10th (income taxi amendment ant
limit all income taxes on individuals
and corporations, all inheritance and
gift taxes to 25 per cent.
BY is Legislatures
Yet resolution approving this
amendment has been passed by the
Legislatures of 16 states. Under the
Constitution, a constitutional conven
ton can be called if go legislatures
act favorably.
Frankly, The Record wasn't aware
of the significance when a resolution
approving the Millionaires' Amend
ment was approved by the Pennsyl-
vania legislature - by the assembly
March 81, 1913, and by the senate
May Z, 1943.
We are glad that Governor Martin
was more awake than we were. He
disapproved the resolution with this
fortnight statement on June 7, 1913:
Martin Statement
Much as | feel constrained as a
matter of policy to keep taxes to the
lowest possible sum consistent with
good government, and anxious as
am to collaborate with those bent
upon erecting barriers against the
cost of government
am yet above all conscious of our deep
Involvement in the most serious as
well as the most expensive war in
which this or any other nation has
engaged. There is yet no indication
Of the termination of the war or of
the vastness of the funds necessary
to :. victory.
''At this time of great national cri-
sis, with the future demands for mon
ey unpredictable, and not knowing
what the service charge will be on the
rational debt at the conclusion of
The war, | am unwilling to take any
action that might hamper the govern
nent in due prosecution of the war,
FOR these reasons the resolution is
lot approved"
Has No Effect
Unfortunately, Governor Martins
iisapprovaI has no legal effect. The
resolution still stands, and Pennsyl-
iania is on record as indorsine an
that might wreck this
;ountry's postwar program.
AS Rep Wright Patman d., Tex |
las pointed out the amendment |
would:
Destroy the principle of ability to
,ay in federal taxation; wreck small |
BUSINESS because big business would
10 able to keep so much of its huge
rofits that little business could not
ompete; leave the federal govern
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15

Authority by Spec1Ilc HleHCloli
of it's designation.
In his opening statement, the presi-
dent of the association, Wesley A.
D'Ewart in outlining the principal pur-
pose of the meeting stated that the
association should go on record for
full authority for carrying out the CO.
ordinated program of the Army Engl-
neers and the Reclamation Bureau for
the development of the Missouri river
waters for use. The convention failed
in that respect, the final decision ex-
pressed in a resolution adopted at the
end of the session being that both of
these government agencies should be
in control
Corporations Kick In
That the corporations look with
favor on the control and proposals OF
the association was evident from the
report of the secretary-treasurer, 0.
W. Monson of Bozeman, showing that
what he called the large corpora
tionc" of the state had contributed
more than rs per cent to the financ-
ing of the work of the association
during the past year according to his
statement of receipts.
In view of the attitude taken by the
association during the past year in
fostering controversies between the
states in the Missouri river region
over the development of the waters
for the benefit of all, it is not sur
prising, of course, to find the large
corporations finding in this support
for their continued monopoly controls
and willing to pay something for it.
DR.. Raver
In the afternoon session of the first
day of the convention, with Al Wink
Ter of Kalispell occupying the chair,
it is probable that the Montana Power |
Company representatives present did
MT find it too enjoyable. Don Treolar, |
operator of the Kalispell radio station !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15

(This material is prepared by the
Office of War Information from in
formation contained in foreign
broadcasts and foreign newspapers,
and from other data received by the
owl through various overseas chan
nels
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15

UNREST IN GERMANY

UNREST IN GERMANY
Reports of mounting unrest and ten
sion in Germany, including stories OF
open demonstrations in Rhineland
cities, have figured prominently in re-
cent neutral press dispatches. The
Rhineland and Bavaria have been men
toned as the seats of gravest tension,
but Silesia has also been cited as a
third danger zone.
1t was in Silesia that the nazis be-
gan cracking down on elements said
to have been associated with Karl
Goerdeler, one-time mayor of Leipzig,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15
MONTANA CLAmAT|0n
ASSN. DRAWS LARGE
ATTENDANCE AT MEETING

Two-day Annual Meeting of the Organi-
cation in Helena This Week Hears Army
Engineers and Reclamation Engineers
Tout Their ssCo-ordinated Plans and
Featured Spef Sta. Handemn the MVA.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1944-12-15
Featured Spe'

While adopting rvs oaDt0 sldss Library that develop
ment of the Missouri valley in the hands Of
Army Engineers and the Reclamation the annual
convention of the Reclamation Association held
Helena Monday Tuesday Of this week. did not Off
ciay on record against the proposals for Missouri Valley
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Mrs. Jennie Horowitz, "a,
Active in Charities, Dies

Mrs. Jennie Horowitz, 64, a resi-
dent of Washington for the last 40
years. died early today at her home,
1852 Meridian place NV.
Mrs, Horowitz came to the Dis
trict from Russia in 1904 with her
husband, the late Samuel HoroWitz
During her residence here she took
an active part in charitable organi-
cations. Among them were Slobotkey
Yeshevah, of which she was one of
the founders; the Hebrew Home for
the Aged and Jewish Consumptive
Relief. She also was member of
the Ladies' Auxiliary of the District
Beneficial Association and the Ha-
dassah Society.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
Lillian Stearns, Annapolis, Md, and
Mrs. Ida Selsky, Washington; two
sons, Harry L. Horowitz, Washing
ton, and Lewis Horowitz, field di-
rector for the American Red Cross
at Camp Pickett, Va, and one
brother. Morris Grunt, New York
City.
Funeral services will be held at
! pm. tomorrow at the Danzansky
funeral home. Burial will be in
Tifereth Israel Congregation Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Margaret Foran, II,
Acquitted in Staying
OF PiscataWay Man

Margaret Foran, II, Hyattsyille
was acquitted today by a Prince
Georges County Circuit Court Jury
on charges Of manslaughter in con-
nection with the fatal shooting De-
cember "a, 1913, Of William Earl
Sweeney AT the Piscataway farm
home of Guy Hamilton, where she
was staying at the time.
At the opening of the trial yester-
day the girl told jury that
Mr.. Sweeney, who also lived in
Piscataway, was arguing with Mr..
Hamilton when he turned to her
and said, I'm going to kill you"
She said Mr.. Sweeney had been
drinking.
After picking up what looked like
an electric cable in his car. she said
Mr.. Sweeney advanced toward her
and again threatened to kill her.
She said she backed onto the porch
of the Hamilton home, picked UP a
rifle in the hallway and. pointing it
at him, warned him not to come any
closer. He continued to walk
toward her. however, she testified
When he threw the cable at her,
she said, she shot him in the alb
domen.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Dunnine and Bell Reach
Red Cross Posts Abroad


The Red Cross announced today
that Henry Dunning, 921 Nineteenth
street NV, has arrived in England
to serve as assistant director of Re-
Left to Prisoners of War, and Leslie
Bell. 1928 I street NV, landed in
Italy as special representative of
American Red Cross.
Mr.. Dunning, former international
executive secretary of the Inter-
allied Federation of Ex-Servicemen,
was serving at Red Cross national
headquarters here before his over
seas assignment.
Mr.. Bell, who was director of ac-
counting in France, was irterned at
Baden, Germany, after the occupa-
ton of Southern France in 1912. He
returned to the United States aboard
the Gripsholm.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Conviction Of Woman
Who Refused Medical
Examination Reversed

The Municipal Court of Appeals
today in unanimous opinion re-
versed the conviction of Charlotte
Dohring Huffman, 38-year -old for
mer employe of the Coast and Geo.
detic Survey, who was fined S25
June l in Municipal Court for re-
fusing to submit to physical exam
ination.
The conviction followed a COM
plant by woman physician of the
United States Public Health Service
that Miss Huffman was under sus-
picion of having a communicable
disease and of having transmitted
it to soldier stationed at a nearby
camp.
Soldier Reported Visit.
The case came to the attention of
the District Health Department
when the soldier was found to be
infected during routine Army
physical checkup He is said to have
told his commanding officer that he
visited Miss Huffman in her apart
ment in the 1700 block of F, street
NV.
The information was relayed to
the District Health Department and
Miss Huffman was requested to un-
dergo an examination. She refused
and prosecution under a District
regulation authorizing such proceed
ure followed
Miss Huffmans attorney, Leon
Sclawy, offered in court to have his
client examined by any physician
picked at random by the court. Miss
Huffman, nevertheless, was con-
victed
Today's reversal of the conviction
sends the case back to Municipal
Court for further proceedings.
Constitutionality Upheld.
The opinion, written by Justice
Nathan Cayton, upholds the con-
stitutionality of the regulation au-
thorizing physical examinations in
the cases of persons suspected of
having communicable disease as
a legitimate exercise of the police
powers OF municipality but states
that the evidence in this case was
insufficient to support the convic-
ton"
A slander and libel suit for
Sl,000,000 damages was filed May 81
against the District government by
Miss Huffman, charging irreparable
damage to her reputation and i'm
pairment of her ability to obtain
employment. That suit is pending
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Mrs. Jeanette Harris Kinq,
D. {. Native, Dies at Home

Mrs. Jeanette Harris King, widow
OF Philip King, co-owner of Kings
Palace department store, died yes
terday at her home in the Broad
moor Apartments, 1901 Connecticut
avenue, after a brief illness.
A native of the District, she was
the daughter of Ruben and Hattie
Harris. She was active in the Red
Cross and the American Women's
voluntary Services and was in
charge of War Bond sales for the
latter organization in the Northwest
section of the city.
She is survived by a son, Mai.
Philip King, Arlington, Va, and
three sisters, Mrs. Maurice Bandler.
Mrs. Edmund Rhodes and Mrs. Sig
mund Romberg. wife of the noted
composer. all of New York City.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Gawler's chapel.
Burial will be tn Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Foster Parents Custody
Of Child Is Upheld

Declaring that 'for nearly a half
century the established rule in this
jurisdiction has been that the rights
of the sparent to the child are sec
ondary to the welfare of the child"
the United States Court of Appeals
has affirmed a District Court de-
cision which permitted foster par
ents to keep 5-year-old girl after
the mother had sought to regain
custody.
The child was born out of we'd
lock when the mother was 16. Since
then the mother has married and
sought through habeas corpus pro-
ceeding to regain custody of her
daughter In the decision which the
appellate court affirmed, District
Court held the interests of the child
physically and culturally" were
best served by allowing 1t to remain
with It's foster parents.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
lsWRstionmiq
&Remiinder,@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps AS through Z-8 and
AS through RS good indefinite
ly. Each stamp worth 10 points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through Z-8 and AS through P-5
good indefinitely for 10 points
each.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps so through
33 valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for 5
pounds for home canning through
February 28. 1945.
Gasoline-A-11 coupons good for 3
90 lions each through November 8.
B :, CA, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for 5, gallons each. New A
Ration Books good November 8
now available by mail to local
boards. Get applications at serv-
ice stations or Ration Board and
mail in along with back cover of
present A book.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and In
Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. Stamp
3 will become valid November /.
Fuel Oil-Periods No and cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period l,
1944-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than 7 per cent of their ration as
~ Oc4~her 20
Evening star., 1944-11-01

Run ragged from answering false
alarms, police felt like lot of Mack
Sennett rockies today.
Halloween and the pants burglar
got all mixed up.
Result: Changing of bells and
screaming of sirens throughout the
night.
The pants burglar apparently de-
clded 1t was amateur night and
stayed home. Citizens found their
money in their jeans this morning
Or if they missed a little they
didn't call police.
The District Recreation Depart
ment arranged number of costume
parties in Fairgrounds and schools
all over the city to keep the young
sters off the street.
1t helped, but it didn't quiet things
down altogether.
A dozen persons in the upper
Northwest section telephoned police
that the pants burglar was lurking
around. He wasn't.
Thirty False Fire Alarms.
Thirty false alarms sent the fire
engines careening through the
streets. Suburban fire departments
were busy, too. Many alarms were
caused by boys lighting piles of
leaves.
Five special headquarters cruisers
with two-way radio helped direct
fleet of % squad cars and 20 motor
cycles with radio receivers. They had
numerous calls to break up gangs of
disorderly boys.
A body fell beside a moving street.
car at Thirteenth and F. streets NV.
about midnight. Two women on the
traffic island screamed. Two motor
cycle policemen drew up and invest
tlgated. 1t was dummy. Capt. Clyde
N. Strange, assistant chief of detec-
tives, found the dummy sitting in
his chair this morning. 1t was
labeled Pants Burglar" It seems
police Will be boys, too.
Little damage was reported. The
street urchins did the same things
as in previous years and this NOM
ing merchants and motorists found
their plate glass marked up with
soap.
Boy after boy wearing masks in
the Recreation Departments cos
Evening star., 1944-11-01
D. C.. Area WACS
Join Contingent
On Gold Coast

First WACS to set foot on the
tropical soil of the African Gold
Coast are contingent OF l59 flown
across the Atlantic to Accra for
duty with the Air Transport Com
mand, the War Department dis
closed today.
Pvt. Helen Faye Roselle, 1863
Euclid street NV, and Pvt. Libby
Rothstein, Ill Maple avenue, Ia
koma Park, Md, are among the
new arrivals. The women will ham
die clerical jobs and work in the
motor pool of the ATC's Central
African Division and the ATC base
at Accra.
Commanding officer of the WAC
contingent is First 1t. Patrice A
Brooks. San Francisco. Their ton
sergeant is Mary Martha Braford
Natural Bridge Station, Va. Their
average age is % years and most of
them have had business experiences
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Two CWACS Injured.
With Two Soldiers
In Traffic Accident

Five persons were injured, three
seriously, in traffic accidents In the
District yesterday.
Two members of the Canadian
Women's Army Corps and two SOL
diers from Fort Meade were taken
to Emergency Hospital last night
when a streetcar struck their auto
mobile at Eighteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, police
said.
Seriously injured were Staff Sergt
Marlin T. Goas, %. Fort Meade, and
Dorothy Cummings, %, CWAC, 222l
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Treated at the same hospital for
minor cuts and bruises were staff
Sergt. Ernest Eichorn, Is, Fort
Meade, and his wife, Olive, 81, also
a CWAC, 1921 Massachusetts, ave-
nue NV. They were dismissed later
police said.
Police quoted the operator of the
streetcar. Curtis Disharoon. 27. OF
205 Thirty-fifth street NE, as say
ing the crash occurred when the
automobile made a sudden turn
across the path of the streetcar.
In another accident yesterday
James E. Brown, l3, colored, a
Terrell Junior High School safety
patrolman, was seriously injured
when he was struck by truck at
First and M streets NV, police said
1t was the first case of a safety
patrol boy injured on duty in the
18 years the patrols have existed in
the District, police records show.
The boy, who lives at 39-A I
street NV, was hit while standing
on the sidewalk when the truck
driven by James M. Fitz, 81, COL
ored, Oil M street NV, collided
with an automobile and swerved to
the curb.
Police said the operator of the
other auto was Mrs. Pearl Baxter
43. colored, lib Eighth street NV
The boy was taken to Gallinger
Hospital where it was said he suf-
fered a fractured leg and severe
lacerations.
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Kin Receive Medals
For Six Air FIGHTERS

One Distinguished Flying Cross
and six Air Medals were presented
to next -of-kin of six Washington
area men at retreat ceremonies yes
terday at Boiling Field by Col. Rob-
ert w. C. Wimsatt, commanding
officer Of the base. Two of the men
earning the awards are dead one is
missing and three are prisoners.
The Distinguished Flying Cross
and the Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters we're presented Mrs.
Ruth Caller and her daughter,
Rochelle, 6, of 230 Portland street
Sc, for her husband, Tech Sergt.
Isadore Caller, now prisoner in
Germany.
The Air Medal with three Oak
Leaf Clusters was presented Mrs.
Lillian L. johnson, route 2. Silver
Spring, Md, for her son, Staff Sergt.
Edgar M. johnson, also a prisoner
in Germany.
The Air Medal with one Silver
Oak Leaf Cluster was presented to
Capt. Isaac S. K. Reeves, U. S. N.
(retired), of 53O6 Worthington drive
NE. for his son. Second 1t Ken
drick U. Reeves who also is pris-
oner of Germany.
The Air Medal with one Oak Leaf
Cluster was given to Mrs Margaret
B. Ferris. 1903 Forty third avenue,
Colmar Manor, Md, for her hus-
band. First 1t James w. Ferris, who
was killed December 26, l943, in a
raid over the Marshall Islands.
Air Medals were given to Mrs.
Edna E. Ames, 1914 Eleventh street
NV, for her husband, Second 1t
Vaud v. Ames, reported missing
over Europe May 25. and to Clyde
H. Council, 909 Savannah street
Sc, for his son, Second 1t. Clyde
H. Council, jr, killed in a training
flight near Clovis, N Mex, in April,
after a wear of duty overseas
Evening star., 1944-11-01
Pro-Churter

Public service commands high
caliber men either by paying them
no salary or an excellent salary.
Under charter, the council men,
bers receive no salary; the county
manager can be paid up to $4,000
The distinction is this: A council
member determines policy, has few
administrative functions and (once
the transition period is over need
give only few hours about once
week These will be outside his
daily working hours. The county
manager should be trained, pro-
fessional man., He has a full time
administrative job. 1t is his hveli-
hood. The relationship of council
and manager is similar to that of
the unpaid board of directors and
a well-paid general manager of a
large business corporation.
Unpaid nonpartisan part-time jobs
are a common means over the coun-
try Of attracting high-caliber men
for park, school, water supply, well
fare and other boards and commits
sions and for city councils in many
communities. Able men take their
turn at serving as a public duty.
Montgomery County has had excel
lent experience with unpaid mem
bers of the Public Welfare Board,
draft boards and others. The Char
ter Board itself was unpaid.
The county's experience with paid
part-time boards has not been good
as whole. A small salary for a
part-time job attracts the politician
interested not in the job but in the
money. Thus the five Montgomery
County commissioners receive $1,000,
ST 800, $2.400, $1,000 and $4,000, re-
spectively. totaling $4,000. The
$4,000 man receives $1,000 as county
commissioner, plus $1,000 as sub
urban commissioner, plus $1,000
more as police commissioner, and a
final $500 for devoting "his entire
time to the performance of his
duties"
Much of such pay, viewed
realistically, is compensation for
political activity in support of a
party organization. A trained
county manager will get more and
better work done than all five, and
done solely in the public interest.
Evening star., 1944-11-01

Corps School for training He served
later at the General Hospital at
Montauk Point, N. Y.
Mr.. Riess served in the Army dur
ing the Spanish-American War, the
Philippine Insurrection and the
World War. After the Spanish
American War he was sent to the
Philippines to instruct soldiers in
f1ngerprinting. Leaving the Army
in June, 1920. with the rank of
master hospital sergeant, Mr.. Riess
entered the Public Health Service
the same month. He was trans
ferred to the Veterans Administra-
ton in 1922.
Mr.. Riess, who is II. lives with his
wife at 1916 Park road NV The
couple celebrated their 45th wedding
anniversary this year Mrs. Riess
was the former Margaret Schlerf
of Washington.