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Evening star., 1947-02-17
CLASSIFIED AD
CUSTOMERS

We wish to thank our many
classified od customers who
have responded so readily
to our request that they
place classified dds for the
Sunday paper as early in the
week as possible. Thanks
to your cooperation, our
service has improved. We
do, however, seek your con-
tinued help, and we in turn
pledge continuation of eff
cient and prompt service in
the placing Of your cIossi-
fled advertising.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
REPAIRS AND SERVICE.

ADDING MACHINES. calculators cleaned.
oiled and adjusted. All work guaranteed
RE I177 UNITED TYPEWRITER co.
S13 14th st nv
BRICKWORK, concrete, Easements, drive
ways, walks, retaining wells, general re-
anytime. -22
general and repair; glass
RiNALDI K Co FIR 234a. 90:
CABINETMAKERS-Fu store sfK-
lures and yalances designed and con-
structed repaired and refnished by men
Of experience. CUSTOM CABIAETcRAFT.
CAMERA REPAIRING. Can FULLER a
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CLOCK REPAIRING. Grandfather clocks
a speciality; guaranteed work; free estt-
mates: pickup and delivery. YORK jew
ELER AD 1885 lis
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United S t a t e S
Navy, after con-
sidering som e
2,500 new uni
form styles, has
decided to go
back to the old
fashioned bell
bottoned trous-
ers, with the 13-
b u t t on drop
front and the
laced back. I
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! m a gine our
o ailor VS.
bounding on the
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EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
BUSINESS.

NEED HELP? Phone NO. 9s79 for re-
lia6le help. no charge to the employer.
PROGRESSIVE EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.
ENGINEER. Ord cl.; $3.50. (m); 4 to mid
night shift. Engineer, 3rd cl.; 5-day VIZ:
new openings' Est IA yrs. Pay no ad-
vance fees to any agency Don't be taken
for ora ride. PERSONNEL SERVICE. 1911
RApio R Iof NV" "sEGRETARY GAi 0o: interesting
work; age under 80. Legal stenographer,
start $50 wk Stenog. -receptioniSt, SlI5
mo. Stenog -bookkeeper. advertising. S55
wk Need 100 new applicants daily for
interesting opening. Oldest agency IN p G
Est 30 yrs Thousands placed. BOYDS,
I233 r MA o33S
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Oracle Aliens S
Comments

Well, in this day of nuclear fis-
sion, super-cumbustible fuels, frozen
foods, and projected trips to other
planets, it's certainly refreshing to
Evening star., 1947-02-17
MOTOR TRAVEL

SHARE PLAN--If pass. we arrange ride:
II car owner. we fill your vacant seat; refs.
exchanged. 90 Mass. ave. NV. RE $3.50.
LEAVING FOR FLORIDA, take two; one
help drive, one share expenses. RA. o466.
DRIVING TO MIAMI Feb 90: room for
4; share expenses. Phone WI. 633T. after
3 pm 10
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HELP MEN and WoMEN Cont }

WHITE COUPLE, with best local references.
for lovely. NV. home: wife as cook-laun-
dress. husband as houSeman; live in: other
help kept; must be thoroughly experienced
DI 00fin. 9 an. To 3 D m. MeekdayS. %
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Writer Found Stranded

With an unfinished story in her
typewriter, Francesca Celli short
story writer, was found strangled
In her fiat in Milan, Italy.
Evening star., 1947-02-17

Classified Advertising is
the outward and visible sign
of reader confidence and re-
SponSe. The Star prints
each week a larger number
of Classified Advertisements
than all other Washington
newspapers combined and
on Sunday, the big day in
Classified Advertising, double
that of its Sunday competi-
tors combined.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
BLAME YOUR
LAZY BILE If

CONSTIPATION with its headaches,
mental dullness, half alive feeling often
result when bile doesn't flow freely every
dan into your intestines. So take DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets to insure gentle
yet thorough bowel movements. Olive
Tablets are wonderfnl to pep up lazy bile
flow to help digest fatty foods. Follow
label directions. 15t. 30t. All drugstores.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
CLASSIFIED AD RATES
Local Advertisers

LUCdl ktuttltiSCiS
Three Lines (Minimum)
/ time -------3lc BIC per line
2 times o4C
3 to 6 times consecu-
lively ------------ 2Sc
Z times or longer con-
secutively -----. CSC
Advertisements under Personal
and Special Notices SC per line addi-
tional.
OUT-OF-TOWN RATE
Four Lines (Minimuml
Flat rate per line ---- ---~-- 45c
Out-of- Town Rate is charged on
all advertising Is miles or more from
Washington.
Claims for errors must be made in
time for correction before the secono
insertion.
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For Lost ond Found Advertisements
See Poee A-3


IMPORT ANTE!
When canceling classified adver-
tisements be sure to make . note ,
of the cancellation number. This
is important in case your state
ment does not show q credit for
the cancellation.
m advertisement was prepaid, retain
cash register receipt, which bears
serial number, with date. and
identifies your advertisement.
Evening star., 1947-02-17

Eye 81 nv" between y ana q IL
wear Splendid opportunity. in one Of
E Yo6N MENs sHop 5A?PE
SALESMAN, with car, for wholesale house:
appliances hoassyaEes, and efheT fheIos Iast
SALESMAN. drugs; veteran; pharmaceutical
house seeks reliable party. as distributor
stores; expenses and commissions to ag-
sressive man; company training and super
vision: car necessary. Write 1uuy, sta!lng
s3H Essk s.sr aged so5o: selling
only. no extra duties, no canvassing. no no
us you spend all your time, selling; This
company recognizes the professional status
Of a good salesman. With thus US yoS ~. don't on
toner happy. Our product is tops in It's
field. stands on its own feet after, you sell
it. Men hired now viii get in on big I post aiii
weekly; Apply MR.. MAGILL, 525 Evening
sslASLLEsMAN-stop worrying, Come on
over and start TO work tomorrow. We
have speciality that sells direct to the
consumer on easy monthly payments; s1, ahd ,ha
biggest in, our 17s, years history; Last
year was bigger still. This year our men
are breaking every safes record We nave
ever had. An honest, serious minded sales
man can earn from S75 to S150 week
with US every week in the year No slack
sea son with u.s. Training and contacts fur
nished. Basis draw against earned COM
mission. Apply 526, Evening Star Bids
is
Statesmen, again this year, only limited
number of air-conditioning units will be
available to supply the huge market
built up. through the, war years; but we
are ready now, we have units for i'm
mediate installation. 3 men of seasoned
sales exper will be given training and
of this waiting market; references re-
CURED See MI Hayter. between 10 and
12 noon: and pm. AMCO PRODUCTS,
1912 NJ ST. NV -lS
statesmen (3) to sell food service sup
plies for hotels, restaurants, bars. draw
ing against commissions; selling expert
ence preferred but not essential. Box
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EXTRACTOR MAN, coIored. WASHINII-
TON LAUNDRY. 1927 K st. NV.
FINISHER, Al, who can handle produe,,
ton finishing Of new furniture; pay S2
need spray man good steady jobs for right
men. Call Rockville 3555 or apply
DEUEL. CLAYTON FURNITURE CO., Rock
vile pike, between Bethesda and Rockville.
Evening star., 1947-02-17

CLERKS-Young women who. are. high
school graduates, some KNOWLEDGE OF typ
ing, for general office work. Working con-
ditions are ideal. Salary you will be
satisfied with and 5-day week. Phone
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Top Ten Spot News
Stories of 1916

(As selected BY nations tUeekLy editors
in PSbIisbers' AaxiIiary RoH.)
Republicans sWeep into pOwsr in state
and congressional elections.
TWeIVe top Nazis sentenced to bang
at end of Nuremberg trials.
Wallace asked to resign from cabinet,
following speech on foreign policy.
Paris peace farley meets, Nth 81 ma
Ho1s represented.
President Vetoes new OPA; all CON
trolls end as law dies.
Nary detonates atom bomb at Bikini
in two tests; third cancelled.
U. S. sends demands to YNgoslavia oVer
death Of fue fiers.
Nation-1Vide rail strike ends Wben
Truman asks LatVs to draft strikers.
Barneb tells first meeting of U. N.
atom gronb that tOorld faces peace
or destruction.
Kidnab-nnnrder Of Suzanne Degpan,
six-year-oN Chicago child.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
.llI

$3.50 40 January
sS,aY kidnapping and
kS51SgsT 1881 murder of six
year-old Suzanne
Degnan in Chica-
., go starts nationwide manhunt,
24-Contact with moon by radar achieved by
army experimenters; beam reflected in
"a seconds.
February
3ETelevision in full color demonstrated in
New York.
March
awards by Academy of Motion Pictures:
Best picture, 1.-The Lost Weekend; best
performances, Ray Midland in THE Lost
weekend and Joan Crawford in Mil.
April
1-Great seismic wave in Pacific sweeps
coast of N America, Hawaiian islands
report 200 dead. many missing. 10 mil
lion dollars damage. Alaska also hit
6-Oklahoma City first community to insti.
tute city-wide rapid-treatment drive on
venereal disease.
10 American Chemical society announces
elements 43 and 81 isolated during re-
search on atomic bomb. completing peri
odc table.
May
5-General Motors Corp puts in claim for
$50 600 in carry-back adjustments of
income taxes for first quarter blaming
losses on strikes
IL New record for fight between Hawaii
and U. S. set by 1t. Col Robert Gould
in B-29, making journey in hours. IA
minutes.
June
2-Maj. Hans Hornbostel denied permission
to live with wife in Carville La, leper
colony, but is allowed to visit her l2
hours day.
Large, 79-year-old widow in Louisa, XIV,
She has 49 grandchildren: IS Wealth.
by local standards
18th husband, Col. Theron Coulter, in
July
Musical show "Oklahomal'' breaks long.
est run record with 1405th performance
In New York
e-Public health service reports worst polio
epidemic since 1918 raging. with 900
stricken since January, and l54 deaths
minneapolis hardest hit of big cities
l0-New book. Memoirs of Hecafe County.
banned in Philadelphia
August
S-New glider record claimed by Maurice
flight. ''s
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
December
MEzW.

EAAX- January
Sr,>,NIINFS president signs 100
IL n1G4-J million dollar vet
housing bill.
feelings on fresh citrus fruits re-imposed
to counter sudden price rise.
22-National Intelligence authority created
to coordinate all government intelli-
gence units overseas.
29-Meat-packing workers return in 134 gov
ernment-seized plants.
February
13-Harold L. Ickes resigns as secretary of
interior, following dispute with Presi-
dent
25-Office of Economic Sterilization re-estab-
Ished with Chester Bowles at head.
26-Julius A. Krug, former WPB chief, ap-
pointed secretary of interior.
March
7-Presidential order re-opens all public
lands to demonstrating, excepting those
with uranium deposits.
23-W. AVerell Hartman becomes ambassa-
dor to Great Britain.
31-Army superfortress makes first nonstop
flight from Honolulu to Philippines,
covering 5,525 miles in 81 hours, as min.
uteS.
April
1-Strike of 100000 soft coal miners begins
7-Balanced budget possible this fiscal year,
declares President.
22-Army announces discharge of seven mil
lion men since rehabilitation began
May IL, 1915.
2s-Army-navy munitions board plans sur
vey of nations caverns for underground
installations in case of atomic war.
29-Farm prices hit highest level since July.
1920
May
local mine operators accept two week
truce" offered by miners, as coal short
age begins to affect nation seriously.
13-President signs 'stop-gap" draft extern
sion bill.
22-Emergency housing bill signed, provid-
ing 400 million dollars for building mate
rial subsidies, a billion dollars for home
mortgage loans, priorities for veterans.
23-Railroad strike paralyzes transporta-
ton.
asking congress for power to draft rail
workers.
29-Coal strike settled with raise of 1917
cents per hour, other benefits
e-Fred vinson appointed chief justice of
26-Federal debt limit reduced from 300 bill
lion dollars to 275 billion
29-President signs bill extending draft for
nine months, age brackets 1914
President vetoes modified OPA bill
30-NaVy conducts first experiments at
Bilxini lagoon; atom bomb dropped on
feet of 70 old vessels. Five ships sunk,
IS damaged, whole area charged with
dangerous radioactive rays.
July
1-OPA controls suspended.
11-National Farmers Union president,
James Patton, says his organization
has broken with Truman"
15-British loan bill signed
16-Draft calls restricted to 1929 group
18-Labor bureaus index goes I'D 252 per
cent since July l. Cattle sell at all-time
high of $25.75 hundred pounds
25-President reluctantly" signs new OPA
bill, calling it inadequate
Atom bomb exploded under water in
navys tests, sinking 10 batteships
carrier, submarines and small craft,
damaging others.
August
President vetoes bill on ownership of
tidelands oil fields signs atomic energy
control act.
2-Congressional Reorganization bill signed
by President.
14-President signs bill for Farmers Home
corporation to handle agricultural loans
23-Department OF agriculture eases gram
controls.
31-Senate war investigating committee an.
nual report urges preparedness for quick
action.
September
Harmed forces grant terminal leave 20
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WAR TRIALS

l6-Big league baseball season opens. At.
tendance ar at all games hits lars
May
Assault wins Kentucky Derby. paying
$3.50.
17-Tami Mauriello beats British heavy.
weight champion Bruce Woodcock in
New York.
3O-Indianapolis Speedway motor race won
by George Robson, averaging 114.82
mph.
June
16-Lloyd Mangrum wins National open golf
tournament in Cleveland by single stroke
over Byron Nelson.
19-Heavyweight champion Joe Louis retains
title by knocking out Billy Conn in eighth
round in New York.
23-Cleveland Indians ball club sold to syndi.
cate including Bob Hope and Bill Veeck.
July
6-Paulne Betz wins women's information.
al tennis crown at Wimbledon, England.
28-Herman Barron takes All-American open
golf tournament in Chicago.
August
s-Pittsburgh Pirates ball club sold to Bing
Crosby and three others for $2.250,000.
september
l4-Stanley Bishop takes national amateur
golf title at Springfield, N ].
18-Joe Louis knocks out Tami Mauriello in
first round to retain heavyweight title.
29-National league pennant race ends in tie
for first time in history, between Brook
lyn Dodgers and st. Louis Cardinals.
October
3-St. Louis Cardinals defeat Brooklyn
Dodgers in three game playoff to take
National league pennant.
7-San Francisco beats Oakland to win
Pacific Coast league playoff series.
15-Cardinals take final game of world
SERIES beating Red Sox 4-S. to capture
pennant.
22-Buster Taylor outpoints Beau Jack in UP.
set fight in Newark, N. J.
November
2-Annual draft of minor league baseball
players begins.
9-Army and Notre Dame play to score
less tie in biggest football game Of year.
22-Stan Musial voted most valuable Ma
tional league player.
26-Bob Montgomery, lightweight champion
knocks out Wesley Mouzon in Philadel-
phia.
2s-Army defeats Navy, 81 to 10.
December
6-Marcel Cerdan French middleweight
champion, wins decision over George
Abrams in New York.
15-Chicago Bears win National Football
league title.
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November

Most powerful atom.smasher in world,
184.inch cyclotron, completed at u. Of
California.
2-Cure for brucellosis In cattle may be
near In new vaccine, announces Michi.
gan State college expert.
6-New operative technique disclosed to
give normal life to blue babies" with
defective hearts.
12-Soap prices rise so per cent. General
Motors increases prices 500.
13-Report sharp decline in patronage Of
taverns because high cost Of living alb
serbs income.
15-Raincloud turned to snow by six pounds
Of dry ice pellets dropped from plane.
N-Robert Scott in broadcast over San Fran
cisco radio station expounds atheistic
views; station flooded with protests.
29-New York City license commissioner
threatens to revoke license of any movie
theater showing THE Outlaw"
December
LANDLORDS may legally bar children
from living in their properties, Ohio SUI
preme court rules in authorizing eviction
of veteran and family.
11-Army rocket plane tested at $50 miles
per hour. Eventual speed to be 1.70t
rnph
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enlisted men.
4-War department clears Carson group
of manufacturing plants in defective
shells case.
9-Maine Republicans win all major Offices.
15-U. S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
reports no bank failures in 1945, first
time in IS years
22-Henry Wallace forced to resign as secre.
tary of commerce by President, as after
math of speech favoring Russia. w.
AVereu Hartman, ambassador to Great
Britain, appointed successor.
30-Secy. of Agriculture Clinton Anderson
refuses to remove price ceilings from
meat
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1947-01-02
December
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m AXa january
5-George J. (Slim) Sum.
A''''-'47 merville, so, film CO.
median.
29-Harry L. Hopkins, IS, advisor to Frank
lin D. Roosevelt.
February
Edward Phillips oppenheim, 70, noted
fiction writer.
Adm Richard H. Leigh. rs. former U. s.
George Arliss. ~. stage and screen
actor.
March
9-John Cardinal CIennon, 49, Catholic
archbishop of St. Louis.
21-Vice Adm. Howard L. Vickery, SO, for
mer vice chairman of U. S. maritime
commission.
30-William J. Macdonald IS, former con.
gresham from Michigan.
31-Martin Davey, 81. former congressman
and governor Of Ohio.
April
NOAH Berry, 60. film star.
calvin " Donafey, 70, former senator
and three times governor of Ohio.
1l-Rep. William o. Burgin, 81, congressman
from North Carolina.
22-Harlan F. Stone, 70, chief justice of u. S.
and former attorney general.
May
1s-Booth Harrington. 7e. novelist and play
wright
25-John E. Erickson, 80, former senator
and governor of Montana.
28--Sen Carter Glass, 49, long time men,
Der of congress, once secretary of treas
ury
sO-Joseph M. Patterson. 81. publisher of
New York News.
June
12-Sen John H. Bankhead, Is, member Of
senate since 1880.
13-Maj. Edward Bowes r. Snowman, spon.
sor OF amateur hour on radio.
Charles Butterworth, 46, comedian.
22-William S. Hart, rs, cowboy film star
S0-Dr. Howard H. Russell, 80. founder Of
Anti-Saloon league.
July
10-Sidney Hillman, SO, CLIO union leader.
24-Arthur Gould, 80, former U. S. senator
from Maine.
2-Gertrude Stein, 70, author with unique
experimental technique.
August
Tony Lazzari,. AZ. former star second
baseman on New York Yankees
15-Col Edward Bradley, Sc, long associated
with Kentucky Derby.
17-Channing Pollack. sc. essayist and
playwright
20 Fielding Hurry Up) Yost, rs, famous
football coach.
24-James C. McReynolds, "a, former U. S.
Supreme court justice,
September
11-Mrs. Ida S. Eisenhower, "a. mother of
General Eisenhower
21-Miles Poindexter, 70, former senator
from Washington state
October
LBernar Eli Barney oldfeld. So, famed
pioneer auto racer.
Clifford Pinchot. 81. twice governor of
Pennsylvania.
IL Gen Joseph W Vinegar Joel Stilwen,
&c. hero of Burma campaign.
17-Adm. Russell Waesche, go. former coast
guard head
20 Phillips Goldsborough 81, former sena-
tor and governor of Maryland
23-Maj Gen. Charles Martin. 80, former
congressman and governor of Oregon.
November
Thomas L, Bailey. So. governor of Mis-
14-Dr Augustus Hatton. 70. noted professor
Of political science.
lS-James ]: Jimmy Walker. IS. former
mayor Of New York City.
22-Edgar Pew, rs, oil industry executive
and political figure.
December
il-Damon Runyon. 60. famous newspaper
Walter johnson. %. noted baseball
pitcher.
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October

16-Cattle prices on Chicago market hit rec
ord high at $685. a hundred pounds.
23-New York City school board rules there
is no regulation against recitation of the
Lords Prayer, in response to protests.
2e-Band leader Artie Shaw and Kathleen
Winsor Herwig, author of Forever Ann
ber," married in Mexico.
3l-Cotton exchanges reopen after having
been closed for third time in two weeks.
Prices down $50 bale since Oct. 8.
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October

October
MARINE engineers (CIo) and masters,
mates and pilots tAFL) strike, tying up
all shipping.
14-Meat released from all controls by Pres
idential order.
H-Army announces all 1945 draftees viii be
released by Jan. l.
clair Line Pilots association calls strike
of l 400 TWA pilots, first OF its kind; ask
top salary OF 900.
23-OPA lifts controls from all foods and
beverages except rice. sugar, syrup and
molasses.
24-Cosmetics, drug sundries and many 9TH
err items decontrolled.
28-President names David Lilienthal to head
atomic energy commission of five men.
29-Masters and pilots end strike
31-OPA closes 1,642 local price boards, as
hundreds Of items are freed
November
2-President announces 4s Estonian refu.
gees will not be deported.
5-Repubicans sweep elections, win con-
troll of house and senate. Big city DEM
ocratic organizations lose heavily State
and county Offices throughout nation go
to Republicans.
8-United States intends to retain control
of former Japanese islands won by
American arms. u. N. assembly told.
11-PreSident Truman pledges cooperation
with COP congress.
13-Army and navy ordered to dismiss 90, 400
civilian employees by Jan. /.
A-U. S and India sign bi-lateral air trans
port agreement.
15-Republican steering committees an
nounce plans for Both congress Main
points Lower expenditures, reduced
taxes, elimination of all federal controls,
new labor legislation, limitation Of Pres
idential term.
21-Nationwde strike of soft coal miners be-
gins.
30-Restrictions on use of grain terminate
December
5-Wilson Wyatt, housing expediter, resigns
after controversy with RFC.
Army extends draft holiday through
January.
6-ICC approves freight rate increase add
ing billion dollars to shipping costs.