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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Relief Expected
 FBI Enters Fight On Black Meat
CBy United Press)

The Governments allout drive against the black mar ket and shortage of feed expected today to force into legitimate channels to relieve the shortage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Bomb Explodes M Barcelona

Barcelona, April 3o-(UP)-A bomb exploded today at the base of a monument erected in 1889 to commemorate the victory of Generalissimo Francesca Franco In the Spanish civil war.
 The bomb exploded at 4:3o a. m.
 The monument was not seri- ously damaged by the blast.
 The statute which Is a bronze figure of a woman representing victory was overturned by the explosion.
 A similar bomb was exploded at the same site March 30.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Salem Witchcrafters Still Retain Faint

Boston, April 3O-tUP)-De- spite the fact that 2A years have passed the Massachusetts Legislature still refuses to clear the names of Ann Pudester and 19 other men and women who were "severerally indicted, con- victed and attainted of witch craft" in 1892 at Salem--and hanged.
 The matter, originally brought up last year by H. Vance Green slit of New Orleans, La. descendant of Ann Pudester, came up again in the State Sem ate yesterday and was rejected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Bethlehem Steel Wins Ship Bids

Washington, April 30-tUP)-The Maritime Commission has approved the low bid of the Bethlehem Steel Company of New York for con- struction of three passenger-cargo ships for American Export Lines, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
ALLIANCE PAPERs PUBLISHED

Moscow. April SO-(UP)-PhOtOstatic copies of German diplomatic elegrams were published today in the Soviet press revealing secret military alliance under which Gen erassimO Francisco Franco agreed to resist Anglo insula.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
DROUGHT THREATENS TEXAS WHEAT
Rv Ilniieh Prassl

drought threatened the wheat crop from the Texas panhandle North Dakota todav and farmers feared that unless p fu rain falls the golden grain needed by Europe's starving would De '--
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
-Russia Wiling
 U. s. Treaty Plan For Germany to Go On Big 4 Agenda

Paris April 30-(UP)-Russa has indicated willingness to place the American 25year treaty for German dsarma ment the Big 4 conference agenda it was learned to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Bulletins
BLAST WRECKs NAVAL VESSEL

Leonardo, N. J., April 3O-(UP)-A number of men injured and have been killed today when two explosions rocked the USS Solar destroyer escort vessel at it's dock the naval ammunition depot in Earle N J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
Protest Arrests
- Protest Arrests - 4, 900 Landsberg Camp JeuOs Go On Hunger Strike, Deride GLs

Lnbg Germany April thousand Jewish residents of the Lands
  i n unoari occupation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-30
CITY BOARD LEVI
First Install1nent
 Falls Due Tomorrow

"A property tax levy of $6SO6O9S colectabe this year determined by the Board of Finance today at special meeting held at noon in the office of the Mayor
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Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21
LOT OF GOOD CONES
FROM THE EARTH

body knows for sure quite
how it got there. But they
does know the wonderful
things natchcl Chilean
soda does for crops. ~ra
Seems like jes being
natchcl makes Chilean
soda different from any
other kind. Maybe folks
won't be able to get all
they want this season, but
if we re careful with what
we get, it may do.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21

Sonny was sayin' that Of
bossy COW is jes a natchcl
factory for making milk
out o. fodder. But l tell
him that making good
milk begins when mother
nature gave us the ferti-
lizer to help the fodder
grow. l was re(errin to the
natchcl soda us farmers
uses on all our crops.
Natchel soda comes
right from the earth. No.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21
AROUND TOWN
rTFAL NOTED.

Harry Clinton Orr, white, tried in
recorders court Tuesday for aban-
dCnmcnt end ner-support, today
stated tha the toch an appeal from
his sentence Of six months, suspend
ed upon payment Of costs on coAdi-
tion that he provide adequate sup
port 70" his minor children. Bond
was set al 500 and the case is
scheduled for the June term Of Su-
pcriOr court
SHRINE MEETING =. =. .. ..'.pi
The Henderson, Shrine club will
meet al Hotel Vance tonight at 7
a'clC. <, it was announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21
Sick
Patient At Hospital.

Miss Elsie EdWards is reported to
be improving satisfactorily following
an appendectomy at Maria Parham
hospital On Wednesday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21
Methodist Choir Practice.

The choir of the First Methodist
church viii meet Thursday night at
8 o'clock and the girls choir wilt
meet at 7 o'clock, it was announced
tCday
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-03-21
DRI NIX CASE.

Howard NcGill, olored, was trI"d
or public drunkenness in the c"ly
case in pClice court today. He was
fined s. and costs.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

been corrected Doris Fleeson.
and party strategists are thoroughly
fretful about the whole matter.
They plan to renew an old sugges-
ton that the President find an alter
ego to bring him into advance ac-
cord with the leaders. so that public
fiascoes at least can be averted.
Leaders Loss of Face.
The OPA sore spot is not the veto
but the unhappy spectacle of Speak
er Rayburn and Mr. Barkley seeking
approval of bill the President
would not sign. This absurdity
with its loss of face for the leaders
naturally made for hard feelings,
which aSsertedly have cropped out
more than once
Mr.. Truman's rebuff of the orig
inal proposal for a contact man with
real prestige occurred when he was
Evening star., 1946-07-09

still confident of his ability to be
his own contact man. He did not
like the Roosevelt system of Con-
gress-whippers and he is not by
nature finagler. He didn't say no,
but he didn't do it.
Great sympathy is felt for Mr..
Barkley on the Hill. He has had a
hard year. He is grossly over
worked. Because of its explosive
nature he became chairman of the
Pearl Harbor inquiry with its ex-
haustive, exacting hearings. For
months he was de facto chairman
of Banking and Currency due to
Bob Wagners illness, handling such
complex controversies as the British
loan, Breton Woods, OPA For
strategic reasons he has acted as
chairman of crucial conference COM
mittees with their firing hours of
negotiation. He fought the Case
Evening star., 1946-07-09

from a sabre -toothed Wagner bill to
a rhino."
I believed Mr.. Buck-that is until
few days ago when, in a moment
of what must have been complete
idiocy, I attacked supply sergeants
in the United States Army.
Never Joins Attack.
Mr.. Buck Is wrong. The most vi
cious thing in the world is supply
sergeant. That goes double for a
supply sergeant whose feelings have
been hurt. He will back up against
the items he doesn't like to issue the
poor soldier and, with fangs barred,
defend his shoes, blankets, sheets,
carbines, shirts, blouses, pants, and
what-not, with the last ounce of
breath In his body.
He won't attack, of course. At the
risk Of being nasty, I will say that
the history of the United States
Army contains very few references
to the time and place that supply
sergeant ever abandoned guard over
his possessions and joined in the at
tack.
Since I wrote about supply ser
geants, and how cruel, cold, calcu-
lating, and mean, they were, I have
received a hundred or more letters
from supply sergeants. Not one of
them admitted weakness. They all
insisted that II the Star of Bethle-
hem had not shone on the one 1t did,
1t would have shone on supply SER
geants
Typical Letter.
Let me quote from typical letter.
1t is letter from Earl j. Cameron,
supply sergeant at Camp Polk, La.
Some three hundred years ago a
certain Baron Won Steuben, at that
time the inspector general on
Gen. George Washington staff,
evolved a procedure for property
accounting based primarily on the
assumption that the average soldier
tor any otheD would know a mus
ket when he saw one, and could,
therefore, be held monetarily liable.
. AS for Secretary Patterson S
predictions. we're all for them, in
Guiding the benighted supply per-
Sonnel.
Unfortunately, 1t so happens that
distribution of replicas of S. P.'s
crystal ball. which would enable us
to foresee the arrival of a soldier
with a nineteen-inch neck, 29-inch
arms, and two left feet, has been
delayed by the recent rail strike
Until the day comes to pass,
when the United States soldier Is
inducted into the Army in a uni
versal size, and is miraculously
gifted with a burning desire for
scrupulous honesty, the bloodless
supply sergeant will undoubtedly be
called upon to labor his allotted
three minutes day-all such labors
being, of course, directed toward the
furtherance of the sartorial down.
fall of the poor innocents you de-
Tended in your unwarranted attack
upon a group of men who earned
their pay by doing the job and keep
ing their mouths shut"
So bitter! 1t tears my soul! I
cry with shame!
But-Sergt. Cameron proves my
point. Who, but a supply sergeant,
would have time enough in the
Army to write such a letter?
Distributed by McNauEht Syndicate, Inc. !
Evening star., 1946-07-09
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.

BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.
@. What COW holds the record for
butterfat production?-F. Y.
A. The champion butterfat pro-
ducer is Alcarta Gerbin, Canadian
cow. Her record is 1,409 pounds Of
butterfat in one year.
@. How much did Congress allot
to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln on the
death of the President?-F. R. E.
A. The sum remaining of the cur
rent years salary as President was
$4,000. This, Congress allotted to
President Lincoln's widow. Later,
she was granted a pension Of $1,000
annually.
@. Has any one ever estimated
how much the variation between the
several versions of the Bible and
the original manuscripts amounts
tod. A.
A. Though there are numerous
textual variations, they are, for the
most part, of a relatively minor
character. Careful students of the
Bible have estimated that there are
substantial variations in hardly
more than thousandth part of the
entire text.
@. To settle discussion. please
state whether or not English ivy Is
vine.-H. N.
A. English ivy is generally con-
sidered to be a vine but actually it
is a nigh climbing evergreen shrub
clinging by aerial rootlets.
@. After a person has been re-
tired from the Federal Civil Serv-
ice, may he accept employment with
private company without losing
his pension?-M. K. I.
A. Employment of a Civil Serv-
ice annuitant outside the Govern
ment will not affect his right to
continue in receipt of his retirement
benefits.
@. Who originated the term
Homo sapiens" to designate man?
&C. P.
A. Carl Won Lime, the Swedish
naturalist. better known as Lin
naeus. The term Homo sapiens"
first appeared in his "Systema
Natura" in 1853.
O. Are the Army and the Navy
service ribbons for decorations and
medals of the same lengths?-N.
E. o.
A. The Army decoration service
ribbons are three-eighths of an
inch long; those of the Navy. one
half inch. The term length" is
based on the fact that a piece or
length" of ribbons is cut from the
same bolt as the suspension ribbon
for the corresponding medal.
Therefore, the length" of the rib
bon is the short measurement.
@. Can the mother of an illegiti-
mate child, whose father is in the
armed forces, file claim for back
allowances which were not paid be-
cause the father had not acknowl-
edged the child?-E. C.
A. No family allowances are paid
to dependents of servicemen for
periods before proper application
was made. An illegitimate child is
only eligible for family allowance
if the required proof of paternity is
S u b m t ted. Proper application
would include the submitting of
such proof.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

tuckian on his feet, his arms fall
ing, exhorting his colleagues with
evangelistic fervor to come once
more to the aid of the party. And
Evening star., 1946-07-09


building of homes. Under this bill
Mr.. Wyatt is confident, the goal o.
100000 new homes can be reached
After thorough consideration, thu
Senate passed the bill on a voice
vote. The opposition was practically
nil.
Hearings Put OFF.
But now, in consequence of Re.
publican strategy in the House, the
fate of the bill is definitely in doubt
Utilizing two ancient rules of the
House, Republican members of the
Banking and Currency Committee
have persistently delayed hearings
on the bill. One rule is that which
requires a quorum of a committee
to be present whenever a bill is
under consideration. The other rule
is that requiring all committees ex-
cept Ways and Means to recess when
the House is in session. In the past
these rules have been honored only
in the breach. Chairman Brent
Spence has stated that to his knoWl-
edge they had not been invoked by
any member in Is years, until the
present session.
Banking and Currency has been a
heavily laden committee during this
session, the OPA bill and the British
Loan bill being among the matters
it has had to handle. There is q
limit to the amount Of time any
member of the House can give to
any committee. 1t has been the GUS
tom therefore for all members to
rely on their colleagues to keep
them advised concerning develop
ments when they are unable to at
tend. 1t has been the custom also
to continue committee meetings
after the House has convened unless
there is a matter of importance on
the floor.
While the minority leader, Joseph
w. Martin, has announced that the
Republicans will not make the hous-
ing legislation party issue, he has
also said the Republicans will ad-
here to their new policy of insisting
on the two obstructionist rules.
D1iat0ry Tactics.
Thus far only Senator Wagner
has completed his testimony before
the Banking and Currency Com
mittee. Two weeks ago Senator
Taft was heard one morning from
10 o'clock until II. At that point
Representative Buffet, Republican,
of Nebraska demanded that the
committee recess, since the House
had gone into session. Recess was
taken, despite the desire of the
Democratic members to proceed.
Senator Taft, affronted by this
treatment, protested to Joe Martin.
Mr.. Martin refused to give him any
comfort, saying instead that the
two rules would be invoked when
ever occasion arose. Chairman
Spence, seeking desperately to COM
plete his committees heavy calen-
dar before Congress adjourns for
the election campaigns. has also
protested to Mr.. Martin without
avail. Still to be heard on the
housing bill are Messrs. Taft, Wyatt,
other housing agency heads and
Evening star., 1946-07-09

cannot take more than q days
holiday as he will not leave her.
Evening star., 1946-07-09

bill. He was left out on q limb with
another nerve-frayer, the Presidents s
emergency strike legislation. The
list is endless. All in addition to his
duties as leader.
Backheld Weak.
Part Of his problem Is the weak
ness of his backf1eld, so to speak.
Some Senators are too old to carry
a load. One, Carter Glass, who died
recently, was never there. Messrs.
Bailey and McKellar have been i'll.
The new members are inexperienced.
Only one, Mr.. Mcmahon of Con-
necticut, has showed plunging talent
for seizing job and getting it done
(atomic energy.
A third group is plainly cut of
sympathy with Mr.. Truman's fol-
lowing of New Deal policies. They
are anti or apathetic.
Like an indulgent parent, Mr..
Barkley has spoiled his charges. He
Evening star., 1946-07-09

II the President
gets a bill which
he feels he can
sign, it will be
a 6 in largely
due to the man.
ner in which his
Senate wheel =
horse has per-
formed his tasks.
But the lack
of good liaison
between G o n =
gress and White
House which led
to the moot re-!
ports has not
Evening star., 1946-07-09

dIb UIII, lIedSuIt IIIaC has peeH
hailed with satisfaction by nearly
everybody having an unselfish in
terest in housing-or an interest
Evening star., 1946-07-09
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C..
TUESDAY, 3,

may not be brilliant but he is
thorough. He goes to the floor pre-
pared. Knowing this, the rest Of
the Democrats relax. 1t is not un-
usual to see the Majority Leader for
days take and repel the Republican
attack almost alone. Just to make
1t harder, the Democrats stray
across the aisle fairly often.
Washington knows also that the
ever cheerful Mr.. Barkley goes home
at night to sadness. His wife is i'll
and cannot stir from their apart
ment. Hence he goes out little;
Evening star., 1946-07-09

ornery crltter,
Mr.. Buck said.
Probably t h e
orneriest tn e
jungle has to Of
fer. He gets up
in the morning
with a crouch,
spends half his
time at break
fast filing his
teeth and sharp
ening his claws,
and, as soon as
breakfast is over,
starts looking for
trouble. He will
attack ANYTHING.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
.McLemore-
Sergeant Brings
Him Back Alive
By Henry McLemore

NEW YORK.-Frank Bring En-
Back Alive) Buck once told me that
the most foolish thing in the world
that a man could do would be to
attack black panther.
THE black panther is a most
Evening star., 1946-07-09

no more selfish
than a desire
for a d e C e n t
home. 1t is not
a radical b i'll.
Senator Taft's
name as co-au-
thor would seem
to guara n t e e
that. But it sat-
isfeS w IL S o n
Wyatt, named
by the PreSlQent
to co ordinate
the various Gov
ernment housing
agencies and to
e p e dit e the
Evening star., 1946-07-09

presumably the private interests
opposed to the bill.
Chief opposition, as in the past,
is expected from the National AS
sociation of Real Estate Boards and
the National Association of Home
Builders. The present Republican
dilatory tactics, of course, are not
offensive to these organizations.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Doris Flees0n
Barkley Overworked
Senator Renews Fight to Revive OPA
Amid Reports of White House Goodness

Majority Leader Barkley begins his efforts to raise OPA
from the dead amid reports that GOODNESS is developing between
him and the White House The Senator thought of
reports to deny them Washington made cynical experience
will delay its verdict.
Nevertheless the close of the debate
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Answers to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by writing The Evening
Star Information Bureau, 3l6 I street
NE. Washington 2. D. c. Please in
close 3 cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1946-07-09
Lowell MeVeft
On the Other Hand
Says Sinister Political Strategy
Nav Prevent Housing LEGISLATION

sinister political being played in the
sentativs by the Republican leadership 1t that threatens
disaster to the national housing program Direct Victims in that
will be and others who hoped obtain
Indirectly the whole national will suffer- housing
recognized the key industry the reconverson
Three months the passed the Elender
The Valley settler., 1946-02-28
Fe bruary 28, .1946

FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION OF MEDICAL ASSOC. Physicians fr23- the entire Tcrr itory are expected to attond wherever it is possicl q Thoro will be throo speakers from the States: Dr. Joel v. Baker, Chief Surgeon Of the Mason Clinic in Seattle; Dr.. Ralph B. snove1y If Chicago, 11odical Director of the Offico of Indian Affairs; and Dr. Leo J. Gohrig, Tuberculosis Clinician United Stotcs Public Heal tn sorvico. Several members of the Association have prepared papers for tho nooting.
 
 nART-M110F HEALTH M77s RELEASE ogot iat ions for. the tran sfcr Of tho Fort .2y1ond Hosp itcl ct Seward to the sTorri- Toria1 Department of Hoc1th are moving rapidly toward corplotion and the pro SD cc u is r2st enc 0uraging for a second tcrp orary tuberculosis sana tor jun ing opened in Ala ska very son.
 Tho Seward sonatoriul. T ill be operated by the Board of Missions of the Church Exton- si on of tho Methodist Church.
Evening star., 1946-12-22

to scream at Sinatra-seem to be
the number one hate of radio listen
ers, if our mail is acceptable evi-
dence.
| 1t must be obvious to the newest
apprentice huckster as well as to
the elderly veteran Of radio sales
manship-to put 1t on commercial
rather than an entertainment level
that it is better business to cater
to the majority. In radio, even url-
der the worst conditions reported by
Mr.. Hooper, the larger audience is
in the living room, not in the studio.
But the performers of radio, with
the full accord of their sponsors,
still aim their efforts too often to
those few they can see rather than
to those many who can only hear
them.
Studio audiences probably, in
many cases, are necessary evil,
though they are not necessarily evil.
They could be better behaved. The
trouble is that many entertainers.
comedians especially, need actual
audiences before them and do not
care how they behave just as long
as they laugh enthusiastically and
often.
Too many of the comedians, when
faced with a quiet studio audience
that obviously is not hearing any
thing funny, turn to visual comedy.
They resort to all their old vaude-
vile tricks, short of taking off their
pants (and Fred Allen even did
THAT to Jack Benny one time), to
get laughs. And right there is where
indignation in the living room
reaches it's peak. Worse than hear
ing things that are not funny, we
now are made aware that We are
not seeing things that are funny.
X 4 X X
It might be argued that we wouldn't
have this irritation in the living
room over studio audiences if the
audiences were not in the studios
in the first place. It is good point,
but it might be we'll to note that
there are times when the studio
audience actually makes a show
better for radio listeners. You would
lose a lot of Bob Hopes comedy, for
example, if he didn't have an audi
ence before him for timing purposes.
Firing gags with machine gun
rapidity, Hope has to know, by audi
ence reaction, when to pause long
enough for you to laugh in the liv-
ing room without missing the next
line.
AS long as audiences behave, we
might as well leave them alone. The
burden is on the writer's to keep
material general rather than local,
and on the comics to remember to
stick to the sort of comedy that will
pass a microphone. Not bypass!
Evening star., 1946-12-22

WARl, 3:00-Four excl students at George.
town University and fHA officials discuss the
housing situation.
WRc, 400-The Quiz Kids guest is Ger
trude Lawrence.
WT0P, 5:00-A t00.voiee male choir joins
Rise Stevens in a program Of Christmas music.
WRc. 5:00-Ihs prelude 10 HumperdintRs
"HanseI and Greiel," Sehumann's Third Sym.
phony" and KodalYs Dances Of Galanta" are
played.
VOL. 5:30-Joe Louis plays Santa Claus 10
six children from New york's Shelter Home.
WMAL, 6:00-psuI Whieman assists In the
presentation of a medley Of Jerome Kern
tunes.
WRc, 7:00-Four Jack Benny alumni aid
with ionighfs entertainment. They are Andy
Devine, Kenny Baker, Larry Stevens and Sam
"Sehlepperman" Hearn.
WRc, 800-lrene Dunno and the Robert
Mitchell Boys Choir pay Yulefide call on
Charlie Mccarthy.
VOL, 1904 special Christmas play with
a United Nations theme starring Victor JorY
Alexander Kirkland. Waller Abel and Sam
Jaffe.
WRc, 8:30-Fred Allen adds few pillows
and plays Santa Claus.
WT0P. 9:00-Singer Buddy Clark and the