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Evening star., 1947-07-03
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'IrBeofngGiItd1
Get Ring Back

The last pieces of a broken en-
gagement were swept up in Mu-
nicipal Court yesterday with the
sentencing of the ex-suitor to $25
or 30 days for beating his ex-
fiancee with his fists.
Found guilty by Judge Thomas D.
Quinn was Andrew J. Haywood, "a,
colored, of the 200 block of 7
street NV, charged with striking
Miss Lula Powell, 25, of the 1900
block of Third street NV
Miss Powell told the court Hay
wood had been following her when
the car in which she was riding
with friends stopped for a traffic
signal. Miss Powell said Haywood
jumped on the running board and
beat me as hard as he could"
through the open window. She
added she had broken off the en-
gagement to him six months ago,
and that he was angered because
of it.
Haywood said he was trying to
get back his engagement ring.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Questions and Answers Heard
On New MARYLAND Sales Tax

Here are some Of the questions
and answers on the new Maryland
2 per cent sales and use taxes at
yesterdays forum meeting of WASH
ington area businessmen in the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
The questions came from the
audience and the answers were by
Walter E. Kennedy chief of the Re-
tail Sales Tax Division of the Mary
land controllers Office.
@. If someone buys furniture in
our District of Columbia store and
we ship it in our truck to a Mary
land address, would the furniture
be subject to the use tax?
A. Yes. The fact that you make
such a delivery in Maryland means
you are doing business in the State
and should collect the use tax.
@. What happens if Maryland
resident comes to a Washington
store, buys merchandise there and
carries it back himself?
A. The storekeeper would be obli-
gated to collect the use tax if he
knows definitely that the buyer lives
in Maryland.
Q. What responsibility is there on
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Fairfax Begins
Study Of vepco
Power Line
Residents on Route
See Potential Danger
In Overhead Cable

A study to determine if the Vir-
ginia Electric & Power Co. is violat-
ing the Fairfax County zoning ordi-
nance in the construction of a no.
000-volt transmission line was being
made today by Commemorative
Attorney Hugh B. Marsh under a
directive by the County Board of
Supervisors.
The board ordered the study at
the climax of a three-hour hearing
yesterday at which residents directly
affected by the power line and
Vepco representatives testified. The
line would run for about II miles
in northerly direction from below
Pohick, passing near Annandale, to
bring power from Vepco station
in Prince. William County at Possum
Point.
The power firm has instituted
condemnation proceedings against a
score of property owners and the
cases are pending. Several property
owners have retained attorneys
Hardee Chambliss, jr.. of Fairfax,
and Arnold HirSch, Washington. The
attorneys appeared before the board
yesterday.
First Strand of Network.
Mr.. Hirsch told the board the
proposed line sis merely the first
strand" of proposed network of
lines which eventually will exist
throughout the county. Before it
is completed, the attorney declared,
an extension will be made to tie
it in with the 400, ,O0O-kilowatt gen.
Grating station now being con-
structed in Alexandria by the
Potomac Electric Power Co. w. E.
Wood, Vepco executive vice pres
ident, later told the board, how
ever, there would be no such tie-in.
The area along the 250-foot- wide
right-o will be virtually un-
inhabitable," Mr. Hirsch said. He
contended that another route would
have avoided the damage which has
resulted and which will result from
the construction.
Tells of Routes Survey.
Edward S. Holland. jr., an Alexan-
dria engineer, said he had made a
survey of alternate routes along
which the line might be constructed.
He said he attempted to get away
from areas under the influence of
the new Shirley highway and locate
the line on land which will remain
agricultural. The alternate route
recommended to the company by Mr.
Holland, he told the board, would
be about 21a to 8 miles west of the
route picked by Vepco.
Eight community developments
we're contemplated in the area af-
fected by the power line and will be
disrupted by its construction, he
said.
Mason Hirst, Annandale, told the
board the line will pass through the
most valuable land in Fairfax
County. 1t goes right through three
tracts, each large enough to con-
tain a self-supporting city within
their areas, he said.
Mr.. Wood said the line was needed
to bring power into Northern Vir-
ginia and declared the company had
received the best engineering advice
possible regarding its location. He
said an increase in rates would be
necessary if the line had to be
placed underground.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
New Officers Named
At ArIinqton Church

The new officers of the Wilson
Boulevard Christian Church, Ar
lington, have been chosen as follows:
William L. Dye, sr., chairman;
Arthur M. Chamberlin, assistant
chairman; James Salisbury, jr., Sec
retary-clerk; Raymond H. Schaaf
assistant secretary; Grover E. Payne
treasurer; Robinson B. Moore, as
sistant treasurer; and Cecil john
son, financial secretary and chair
man of finance committee.
DR.. Minor j. Kavanaugh has been
chosen chairman of the board OF
elders
Evening star., 1947-07-03
County Medical Society
Backs Chest x-Ray Survey

A public chest X-ray survey, pro-
posed in Montgomery County, has
been given the support of the Mont
gomery County Medical Society.
Walter S. Pratt, jr., president OF
the Montgomery County Tubercu-
losis Association, today announced
receipt of resolution Of the med
ical society, approving the program
and urging citizens to participate.
Mr.. Pratt said DR.. U. D. Nourse,
medical society president, has ap-
pointed a committee to work With
the county association in planning
and carrying out projects ito study
and combat the spread of tubercu-
losis in Montgomery County"
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Falls Church Lions Club
To Install New Officers

The Falls Church Lions Club will
install officer at charter night
banquet at 7:30 pm. next Thursday
at the Washington Golf and Coun-
try Club.
New officers are Frank Malice
president: Keith Price, John E. Tay-
lor and Francis A. Wagner, vice
presidents: Archie Munson, secre-
tary-treasurer; the Rev. Alton Al
ton Altfather, lion tanner; Raymond
Keating, tail twister, . and Robert
McCurdy, La Rue Van Meter, Joseph
Birch and John Turnbull, Board OF
Directors.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Please Phone Your Sunday
Classified Ads Early in the Week

The Saturday rush for Sunday classified advertising has
become great that telephone facilities have been
taxed This rush result of customers phoning ads
at the last minute before the Saturday deadlne
avoid the annoyance of repeated busy signal
urge customers phone their Sunday ads any time
Monday through Frday-from 800 to 900 pm. In
way your will be handled promptly and efficiently
with the minimum of inconvenience Saturday for
those place earlier We appreciate
cooperation in this effort to provide our customers with
better service.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Ex-PoIicemun Released
Pending Assault Appeal
By the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Va, July 3.-Leon-
ard E. Davis, former Richmond
policeman recently sentenced to-
seven years IN the State peniten-
tiary when convicted of raping a
colored woman here, was released
from custody yesterday under $4,000
bond until January IS pending final
action on mis- appeal to the Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals.
The States high court awarded
Davis a writ of error on Tuesday.
His attorneys contended that evi-
dence presented at Davis trial in
Hastings Court was insufficient to
sustain the charge.
Further arguments on the appeal
will be heard this fall.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Commission Unable
To Fix Responsibility
For CuIvert Safety

The Washington Suburban SAM.
tary Commission today failed tc
place responsibility for the 400-foot
storm culvert in Mount Rainier, in
which an 11-year-old District boy
was drowned during a heavy rain
storm Tuesday night.
Aroused citizens of the surround
ing area yesterday demanded that
immediate safety measures be taken
following the death of Richard A
Powell, jr., 1928 Newton street NE
The culvert is near the Haywood
Gardens Shopping Center.
Meeting today, the commission is
sued the following statement:
THE Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission has taken the mat
ter under advisement. The COM
mission recognizes the seriousness
of the situation and will give the
matter every possible consideration
The commission, however, cannot
determine the responsibility for the
condition as the commission does
not have possession of all the facts
at this time"
Sought to Escape Rain.
The drowning victim, a sixth
grade student in summer classes at
the John Burroughs Elementary
School, was riding with two other
boys on their bicycles and sought
protection from the rain in the cul-
vert.
A flash flood, similar to one about
two weeks ago in which two other
children narrowly escaped drown
ing, caught young Powell and his
friends in the culvert,
The other boys, Ellis Bunnell, jr.,
IA, of 1925 Otis street NE, and
Thomas Doyle, IA, of 1888 Newton
street NE, escaped after being
washed into an open ditch at the
other end of the tunnel.
Mayor Floyd B. Matthias of
Mount Rainier reported the culvert
was not the responsibility of the
town, but said town police checked
it as often as they could.
Town engineers and officials of
the sanitary commission, he added,
have been studying conditions there
for some time. Last week, however,
following an inspection of the cul-
vert, the group decided it would be
impractical' to do anything about
it now, he said. Even if a fence
we're erected there, Mr.. Matthias
asserted, children would climb over
it.
Funeral Tomorrow.
William A., Carson, president of
the five-man Board of Prince
Georges County commissioners, also
said the sewer was not the county's
responsibility.
Meanwhile, funeral services for
the Powell boy are scheduled for II
I'm. tomorrow at the S. H. Hines
Funeral Home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will follow in
his mothers family plot in the Lou
den Park Cemetery, Baltimore.
The boy, an only child, tonight
was to have gone to Colonial Beach
for week.
His father, a pressman at the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing,
reported the boy had been threat
ened with loss of his bicycle if he
were to go into the culvert.
Both the Bunnell boy and young
Doyle admitted going there many
times for the thrill" of it and be-
cause it was fun" riding through
the tunnel "in the dark"
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Marine Recruiting Office
To Open in Rockville

A Marine Corps recruiting Office
will be opened July 10 in the Office
of Independent Standard newspa-
per, Rockville, Md. 1t will be open
every Thursday evenings thereafter
beginning at pm.
H. H. MacCubbin of the Landon
School and captain in the Marine
Corps Reserve, will be in charge of
the Office.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Souther Named Agent
By Southern RuiIwoy

The Southern Railway System
today announced promotion of r.
Stanley Souther, assistant general
freight agent in Washington, to
general agent, freight and passenger
departments, with headquarters at
Pittsburgh, Pa. The change was
effective July /.
Mr.. Souther, who joined the rail-
road as a clerk here in 1924, will be
succeeded by Earl Brown, now as
sistant general freight agent at
Birmingham, Ala.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Bus Line Authorized

RICHMOND, Va, July 3 (P-The
State Corporation Commission
granted authority yesterday to
Reynolds Bus Lines to operate serv-
ice from Winchester to the West
Virginia line near High View over
State Route 259 and U. S. Route so.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Junior Board Puts Off Trip

Because of lack of interest, the
Fourth of July holiday trip to New
York and West Point planned by
the Junior Board of Commerce has
been Indefinitely postponed. The
group had been scheduled to leave
here this afternoon and return Sum-
daV night.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Lone to Attend Conference

ANNAPOLIS, July P.-Gov.
Lane said yesterday he expected to
leave for the Governors conferences
at Salt Lake City July 10 and re-
turn July g. He said Mrs. Lans
would accompany him on the trip.
Evening star., 1947-07-03
Bank Call

BALTIMORE, July 3 P.-State
and Federal bank examiners called
yesterday for a statement of con-
dition of Maryland banks as of the
close of business Monday, June &c.
Evening star., 1947-07-03

IN THE JONES-Members of the cast of
tableau which the Navy will present dur
the Cavacade of Freedom the Washington Monument
Grounds tomorrow evening gather for rehearsal at the Naval
Factory Left right front 1t Owen Hunsaker
Jones' Miss Sally Marie Antoinette and
Yeoman &c Fred ur King Louis XVI of France Back row.
Ma.nst Wallace Young Coxswain Glen Buff and Seaman
Lc Woods Till as the fife and drum unit.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07

eight seats, won six outright and
have a chance to increase this mar
gin in some Of the run-off con-
tests.
De Priest Beaten
The only Republican alderman
failing Of reelection outright
was Alderman Oscar De Priest
Of the third ward, veteran pOliti-
cal leader, who was disaVOwed by
his party. He ran third in a field
Of nine candidates.
De Priest ran behind Roy L.
Washington, who had Democratic
Endorsement, and Rev. Archibald
Carey, Jr., who was backed by the
Republicans after they dumped De
Priest.
Latest returns gave Washington
1888 votes, Carey, 4,I29, and De
Priest, SAP.
Five candidates in the second
ward wound up with Alderman
William H. Harvey, Democrat, and
his Republican Endorsed opponent,
Mack Atkins, in the lead. A run
of will be necessary to determine
the winner. Latest returns gave
Harvey 9,674 votes and Atkins
1921.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
FEPC Supporters
Meet at Governor
YOungdahl'S Office

A conference Of supporters Of
the state FEPC bill met in confer
ence at the governors Office at the
state capitol, st. Paul, Wednesday
afternoon.
The conference discussed strategy
to be used to get the bill passed.
Among those attending the con-
ference were: Mines. Ethel Will
liams, Ruth Alternately, Helen
Parker Mudgett, Marcella Killan,
Miss /, Myrtle Garden and Miss
Louella Miles. Others we're:
Revrends H. W. Bolts, B. N.
Moore, J. W. Phelps, Floyd Massey,
Jr., Francis Gilligan, Daisuke
Kitagawa, Carl Zietlow and C. 7. R.
Nelson. Also present we're: Messrs.
Henry Thomas, Albert Allen, Jr.,
Talmadge c. Carey, ST., J. T. Ward
law, S. Vincent Owens, s. E. Hail,
Hubert Sehon, Aaron Littman,
Samuel Schiner, J. T. Godfrey, and
Samuel Ransom.
Members Of the legislature who
are sponsoring the FEPC bill
were: Senators Gordon Rosenmeier,
Little Falls; Gerald T. Mullen, Min
neapoIis; Tom Vukelich, Gilbert,
and Representatives Rev. c. G.
Langley, Red Wing; P. Kenneth
Petersen, Minneapolis; Floyd Flom,
Glenwood; Robert Sheran, Mankato,
and William Carlson, St. Paul.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Missouri Republican Makes
Two Negro Appointments

WASHINGTON, d. C., March 5
CNNPAD - Representative Claude
l. Blackwell, Republican, Of Mis-
souri,, has appointed a colored
youth to the United States Military
Academy and a colored man to the
Capitol police.
His appointee to West Point is
Ridgley c. Bennett, Jr. Of 1926
Rutger St. St. LOUIS. The lad is
a graduate Of Vashon High school,
St. Louis, ard is at present attend
ing Stowe Teachers college in that
city. His father is a chemist in St.
Louis.
Young Bennett is the second col
ored youth to be appointed to West
Point from st. Louis The other is
Charles l.. Smith, who was admit
ted to the Military Academy July
!, 1914.
Mr.. Bakewell's appointee to the
Capitol police force is Finest L.
Gilkey, 30. 2724 Lawton St, St.
Louis. He is a veteran of four years
service. Gilkey was expected to re-
port for duty Monday.
So far as could be recalled by
old Capitol employees, Gilkey is
the first colored man to be ap-
pointed to the Capitol police.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Three Minutes, One Life Is
Cancers Toll in u. s.

NEW YORK, N. Y. - II you
think you are free from the chances
Of dying Of cancer, listen to this:
One American, colored and white,
dies Of cancer every three minutes.
OF the 1876, 100000 Americans now
living, 100000 eventually
will die of it. Which means: one
Of every eight Americans living
now will die Of cancer. About 49,
900 Americans will die this year
unless the people do something
about it. These figures come from
the American Cancer Society, now
actively engaged in the fight TO
conquer this dread disease.
Home From Hospital: Eight.
year-Old Dolly Joan Nelson, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Nelson,
5G5 st. Anthony Ave, returned
home from Ancker hospital, Fri
day, Feb. %, after undergoing a
serious operation on her eye. Dolly
Joan plans to return to Mckinley
next week.
Mrs. Gordon Kirk, 97I IgIehart
Ave, left the city Tuesday after
noon, March 4, for Chicago, ILL.,,
where she will spend the next week
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
II. G. Roberts.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Both Chicago Mayor Candidates
Who Endorsed FEPC Nominated

CHICAGO, March 5 (NNPA)-
Martin H. Kennedy, warehouse
executive and Democrat, and Rus
sell w. Root, lawyer and assistant
state treasurer, both Of whom ap-
prove fair employment practice
Legislation, won their party nomina-
tions for mayor last Tuesday and
will oppose ach other at the polls
April /.
Kennedy was unopposed. He re-
ceived 479,94O votes. Root hardly
knew he was in a contest. He re-
ceived 24O,S45 votes, while his two
opponents received some 10000
votes between them.
The Democrats outvoted the Re-
publicans two TO one in the primary
balloting, but won only twenty
three of the fifty city council posts,
compared with their present
strength Of forty. They apparent
ly won in three other wards on the
basis of unofficial returns but
spoiled ballots left the question in
some doubt.
In eighteen wards, no single
candidate polled a majority, and
run-offs will be required at the
mayoral election.
The Republicans, who now hold
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
w. ]. Sims Funeral
Rites Held Murch 8

Services were conducted on Mon
day at the Woodland Funeral
Chapel for William J. Sims, 81,
lS49 +. cath St., who died at Min
neapolis General hospital on Sat
urday, March /. Rev. Clara +.
Parker Of Rehoboth Church Of
Christ was in charge of services
with Rev. c. Parker Of Border
A.M.E. church assisting.
Interment was at Hillside Gene
terry.
Mr.. Sims was born in LOckhart,
Texas, on May 4, 1909, and came to
Minneapolis in 1880. In 1891 he
married Juanita Boone. They have
two children, Richard and Janet.
He is survived by his wife and
two children; three brothers, Bonnie
Of Detroit, Mich, f. F.. Jr., and
David; a sister. Ellen Williams, Of
Detroit; two uncles Of Minneapolis,
Jewell Simmons and William Sims,
and other relatives.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07

more damage than any other paper
| know"
Opposition to ave Termed Warped
The Post had charged editorially
that Rankin in Spearheading a 1873
vote of the House Veterans Com
mittee denying the American Vet
Grams Committee the right to testi-
fly on veterans legislation was
evidence of how far Mr. Rankin's
pOrk-barrel approach to veterans
problems has warped the minds of
legislators"
Issues which the ave had OPP
posed as well as its vigorous stand
on the Bilbo investigation" the
Posts editorial said, constituted
evidence in Mr.. Rankin's mind to
support one of his favorite pho
bias, viz: that ave is Communist
dominated" adding that if Rankin
continues to have his way, the
only effect can be to strengthen
the gravy train at the expense of
the taxpayers and the nonprofes-
sional veterans"
In his remarks Rankin said the
ave had joined the Communists
in picketing Senator Bilbo's home
here.
Representative Adam c. Powell,
Democrat, Of New York, two weeks
ago jumped Rankin about his use
Of the word "n----r" resulting in
his changing the Congressional
Record to read Negro"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Rankin Can't Tuke II:
RdnlIin Cont Tdke Il:
Congressman Attacks Little
Man From Mississippi For
Anti-Semitic Remarks

WASHINGTON, D. c. CNNPA)
Representative Emanuel Celler,
Democrat, of New York, last Thurs
day took to task Representative
John E. Rankin, Democrat, of Mis-
sissippi, the garrulous leader of the
white trash block in Congress, for
his incessant preaching Of race and
religious hate.
Accusing Rankin Of using the
floor of the House as a forum to
reflect upon the character of Eu-
gene Meyer, publisher Of the Wash
ington Post, Mr.. Celler said the
Mississippian had shown again his
fair for intolerance-intolerance Of
freedom of opinion.
Mr.. Celler said Rankin had used
the word Jewish" to connote OPP
probrium and contempt and that
he feared the Mississippian Just
cannot take it." He said Rankin
gets rather excited whenever any
one disagrees with him adding
that the right of disagreement is
precious right in our land"
Rankin Sheds Crocodile Tears
For Negroes and Jews
The remarks of Mr.. Celler were
provoked by Rankin's charge that
he was tired of being maligned and
lied about by the Washington Post,
"a Jewish newspaper" which was
doing the Jews of this country
more harm, the Negroes of Wash
ington more injury. and the white
people of the District Of Columbia
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Owen HOWell'S
Uptown Sanitary
Has Serious Fire

Owen Howell's Uptown Sanitary
Shop, 364 Wabasha St., St. Paul,
business landmark, was practically
destroyed by a disastrous fire Feb.
26.
Losses will reach $4,000 Mr..
Howell told this newspaper. All
losses were covered by insurance.
Mr.. Howell, who opened his
business in 1901, has a host of
friends of all groups. Until recent
years he was active in every COM
munity program.
When newspapers and radios an
nounced his fire loss, dozens of
friends, ministers and laymen, Of
fered him financial assistance.
Howell smilingly told about it
this week. Uptown Sanitary will
be open in new streamline style
within 80 or go days.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
Ann Smith Resigns
Urbdn League After
% Yeurs' Service

The person who was at the
birth" Of the Minneapolis Urban
League and has been in attendance
through its % years Of life has left
that movement to accept posi-
ton with the. U. S. Governments
Veterans Administration.
Ann Smith, office secretary and
office manager from the beginning
in 1925 until the present, announced
her resignation from the league
staff, effective March 10. Mrs.
Smith through her years of activity
on the staff has become widely
known as the "Urban League lady"
to hundreds Of people who have
moved in and out Of the league Of
fees, seeking employment, advice
and other types Of assistance.
Mrs. Smith has served under the
five executive secretaries the league
has had during its existence. She
first worked under Abram l.. Har-
ris, now a noted economist; then
under Elmer Carter, now a mem
Der Of the N. Y. F. +. p. Commits
sion; Robert Smalls, still in Urban
League work; Charles W. Washing
ton. industrial secretary Of the
Pittsburgh Urban League, and the
present secretary, James T. Ward
law.
Mrs. Smith is a widow, has a
daughter, MarianS and lives at 5O41
Humboldt Ave. N. Her daughter
is a student at the University Of
Minnesota.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-07
New Ownership Takes
Over Dreumlund Cafe

William VI. and Elizabeth Cas-
sius Of St. Paul are the new owners
and operators Of the Dreamland
Cafe, 3755 Fourth Ave. So, Min
neapOlis.
Mr.. Cassius has been in the real
estate business in st. Paul for the
past six years. He plans to con-
tinue in that business with his wife
and a competent staff of cooks and
experienced employees serving the
Dreamland customers the best of
foods and beverages.