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Evening star., 1947-11-30
Fifty Years AGO

Ihe Star on November 26, 1897, said edi-
torially: "The New Orleans Picayune rises to
protest against the degeneracy
Hand Or9on Of the hand organ. The Pica-
Slippino yune, published in a commu-
nifty once highly esteemed for
its musical taste, deplores the lowering of the
standards OF the music ground out by these
peripatetic orchestras of the people, and ex-
presses fear lest the people will In time &C.
quire low tastes in this direction. It would
seem from this appeal for a more classical
output OF hand-organ music that the New
Orleans product is confined almost exclusively
to the reproduction Of the so-called popular
songs OF the day, whereas once even the street
musicians recognized demand for the classics
and gave the people music of higher order.
It is unfortunate If there is ground for this
plaint on the part of the Picayune, but 1t
would seem that this journal has surely mis-
taken cause for effect. The street musicians
are after pennies and they soon find where
the pennies flow most freely" In other words,
the folk who. paid for the entertainment
called the tune" Probably the same obser-
vation applies to juke boxes Of 1947
\ 4
Under the heading, art and Artists" The
Star published November a, 1897, explained:
Those who have seen the news
FIottering paper representations of the
Imitation accepted design for the new
building Of the Academy OF De-
sign in New York must be struck with the re-
semblance which the facade OF that structure,
when erected, will bear to the new Corcoran
Gallery Building in this city. OF course it
cannot be called copy In minor decorative
features 1t is quite different; still, in the front
elevation, with the lower wing at each end, the
general effect, at little distance is almost
precisely the same. and this resemblance will
be all the more striking in spite of the more
elaborate ornamentation of the new building,
in that 1t is also to be white marble New
York is to be congratulated in having so fine
and important an addition to her public archi-
lecture, for the Corcoran Gallery is generally
conceded to be one Of the finest buildings Of
its class and best adapted for its intended
purposes to be found anywhere"
Half century ago any reader Of The Star
desiring to rent house needed only to turn to
the classified section Of the paper
Houses and make list Of the properties
For Rent advertised. On November 20,
1897 q nine-room residence at
1744 Corcoran street could be had for $45
month; an 11-room home at 2014 Hillyer place
for $50, 14-room domestic establishment at
725 Eleventh street NV. for $40. Other houses
available were: 1880 Twentieth street NV,
$e5; 2235 Q street NV, $50; 1915 o street NV,
$4o.50; 1725 De Sales street, SIS: 2l55 L street,
$50; 1918 Linden street, $25; 10 Watkins street,
Chevy Chase, 80; o26 Majors alley, Is.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Not a Crime to Split Them

DR.. Thomas Clark Pollock, hrSt vice
president of the National Council of
Teachers of English, may have laid himself
open to charges of heresy from council
members when he criticized them for doc
trinal "extremism," but he deserves the
gratitude Of every one who has ever split
an infinitive or dangled a participle. DR..
Pollock, who is dean of the Washington
Square College of Arts and Sciences at
New York University, told the council at
its annual meeting in San Francisco that
English teachers should bow to good
usage" as well as rules of the textbook
The eminent grammarian deplored the
overemphasis, for example, on infinitive
splitting. 1t is no crime, he declared, "to
sometimes split an infinitive." Moreover,
he said, he had found that a proposition
often Is a useful word to end a sentence
with. He admonished his listeners to seek
wisdom and balance and avoid pushing
every new truth or seeming truth we meet
to the edge OF folly"
DR.. Pollock recognizes that there are
various standards of good usage in Eng
lish. What Is good usage in formal writing
or in the pulpit, he asserts, Is out of place
in normal conversation or at sports
arena. And vice versa. He is so right.
Imagine a Flatbush ball fan pausing to
get his syntax straight before heaping
abuse on the umpire! Or man of the
cloth exhorting his flock to "t'row dat bum
out" meaning, of course, the devil
What one says, in other words, depends
on where one is and what one is doing
at the time of saying. In short, just be-
cause the grammar book says English
should be spoken certain way, 1t amt,
DR.. Pollock contends, necessarily SO. Eng
lish is living, growing language, con-
stantly bursting the seams of hidebound
tradition. 1t may even bust them, eventu-
ally in the best circles, although to do so
today is, the dictionary says, chiefly
dialectal and inelegarit."
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Surplus .Priorifies Out?

Congress may be asked to wipe out veterans
priorities and some other priorities on surplus
property early in 194S so that the War Assets
Administration CWAA) can 60 out Of business
June 80. The agency feels that the complex
priority system slows sales and will become
more and more burdensome as the surplus
stockpile nears bottom. Congress doesn't like to
affront veterans or little businessmen. So
far 1t has resisted wAAs plea to scrap the
priority list, but The legislators may change
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Not So Important
Prom the Halifax Herald.

What politicians seem incapable of under
standing is that, in these times Of crisis end
emergency, the average citizen is not very mu.,a
interested in the political complexion of public
men-whether this man or that Is or was an
adherent Of this party or that These are not
bread-and- butter questions: nor Is there any
thing in them to produce work and wages and
an easing Of an intolerable tax burden They
are important merely in the minds Of political
campaigners who, with an incredible bourbon
Ism, sttll learn nothing and forget nothing"
In the art Of governing country"
Evening star., 1947-11-30
New Canal Route?

BALBOA, Canal Zone-The official report on
proposed second waterway across Central
America has been sent to Washington Presi-
dent Truman will submit it to Congress. The
report still Is secret, but officials In charge OF
it have said they would make positive rec
ommendation one way or another on lock or
sea-level canal. It is understood some 30
possible routes between Mexico and Colombia
are covered
Evening star., 1947-11-30

In Paris and saw the modest middle class
lunching fairly well for the equivalent Of about
So. The same thing is true near the Grand
Bretagne Hotel In Athens.
To further confuse them they noted the
tremendous differences between countries In
Finland and Norway. not even the black market
has very much, and you feel actively hungry
up there, whether you are or not. But Belgium
seems overflowing with food. And in England
while the diet is monotonous and dull and
skimpy, people at least are eating.
The statistics, too, were Of little help to our
Congressman.
The hospital statistics would show starvation
but they would not show continuing hunger
They might show as they do in Germany
approximately the number Of people who had
died of actual undernourishment. But there
is no way that they can record that the real
cause was hunger when, according to the cer-
tifcate, death came from pneumonia or tuber-
culosis.
At news conference recently President Tru-
man used the phrase starvation basis" in de-
scribing conditions in Europe. 1t was more
accurate than perhaps he realized.
Except in Germany and Austria, you will
not find very many people who are actually
starving. You do not see such sights as we
saw in India, in 1914, when terribly emaciated
bodies simply dropped in the streets, or the
vast and obscene horror of famine in China.
1t is not like that
1t Is a creeping thing, slow death that
confronts millions in Europe. The thousands
will survive, and fairly well, because they have
enough money to buy food on scarcity based
prices. But the others will simply grow weaker
and less efficient and more susceptible to dis
ease.
This, in turn, strikes at the other side of the
problem Europe needs to work, so that it can
produce food and coal and steel and the fin
ished products that will buy food. But hun
CRY man can't 60 very long or very hard in q
coal mine He can't even think well If he has
an Office job
No, it is not starvation in Europe now. 1t Is
plain hunger, the slow and soundless draining
away of life, much more dangerous thing
Evening star., 1947-11-30

inevitably suffer and he will presumably
become . negligible factor in the eyes Of
his former supporters. The only gamers
may be the Communists, who could use
him as symbol to denote the uselessness
of resistance to the Red "wave Of the
future"
Evening star., 1947-11-30

"A Des Moines woman is held for shop
lifting wardrobe trunk" You mean the
kind YOU see everywhere-worn over one
shoulder with strap?
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Price Possibility

There may be one beam of light on the 194s
price horizon. Government trade experts think
our exports might possibly drop as much as
10 to 20 per cent next year even though we
make new foreign loans up to 5000, 900 ,0o0
Goods not sold abroad would have to be sold
somewhere, and that somewhere would be little
old U. s. A. Since this would be that much
more goods on American store shelves, it's a
good guess that some domestic prices would
drop.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Tar Tactics

One congressional tax leader says there is
slight chance for enactment of any one tax
revision or change by itself. Once any tax
measure gets astarted, he says, 1t will grow
like a rolling SNOWFALL. Nearly every Repre-
sentative and Senator has some pet provision
to attach The lawmaker saw little support
for an extension of the so-called community
tax benefits IN 1948. He explained that by
allowing husband and wife to divide income
for taxes it would benefit some 1000 900 persons,
most of them in middle and upper brackets.
general tax reduction would cut taxes for
100000 income taxpayers That's important
in an election year.
Evening star., 1947-11-30

Strangely enough, the presence Of i've
kings In London led to no untoward Incl
dent. It was this that started all the
shooting In frontier saloons.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Unifcaffon FoOtnofe

Look for the Marine Corps to add tails to its
officers full dress evening uniforms. Although
known as the magnificent amphibians" be-
cause of their generally resplendent attire, the
Marines don't have tails. Army and Navy do
The Secretary of Defense has asked for new
designs for dress uniforms, and they're to be
submitted shortly
Evening star., 1947-11-30

Further scrutiny Of the off-shoulder
gown as currently worn at opera openings,
ETC., strengthens an impression that they
didn't stop the hem line; they lowered
the whole garment.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Freight Cars

NEW YORK.-This winter will see steadily
increasing supply of freight cars. Deliveries are
nearing the 100000 month mark, and COM
mitments are reported for steel to maintain
this rate beyond January /. A new Govern
ment-sponsored program proposes to boost out
put to around $4,000 month by July, 1948. A
25-month decline in car ownership by the
railroads was reversed in September Retire
ments jumped out in front again in October,
but they included 5000 "bad-order cars out
OF service for some time "Serviceable" cars
actually showed an increase of 1,442 during the
month
Evening star., 1947-11-30
COP SharbShoofers

Look for increased pickering among con-
gressional Republicans as their June national
convention gets nearer. There are lot of
potential COP presidential candidates in Con-
gress, and some of them won't mind too much
making the other fellow look bad If the oc-
casion arises There is suspicion that recent
party criticism of Senator Taft Of Ohio an an
nounced candidate for the nomination, stemmed
In part from Mr.. Taft's quick-step into the
spotlight, after President Truman laid down
his anti-inhation program.
Perhaps significantly, speakers at the closed
meeting where Mr.. Taft was somewhat singed
included Senators Baldwin of Connecticut, a
likely fayorite-son candidate, and Thye Of
Minnesota, supporter of former Gov. Harold
E. Stassen.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Morals

MEXICO CITY.-Mexicos National Hotel
Association has declared business morality" to
be the best hope of reviving tourist trade and
has voted to expel any member found guilty
Of unethical practices. Tipping holiday prices
and charging more than advertised rates are
branded as particularly Immoral"
Evening star., 1947-11-30
Air Pact Breakdown

Air Pact Breakdown
Reports from Geneva, Switzerland, indicate
that the conference on world air rights
agreement broke up not only because of diff
ferences over major points but because fewer
than half Of the 20 countries were willing to
support even the principle of such an agree
ment.
Apparently, the United States failed to evalu-
ate properly the sentiment Of other countries.
American delegates went to Geneva deter
mined to get the plan over and felt that
virtually all nations supported at least the
principle.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
T ooL;rr hood Some ShadoaUs of Coming Events
AOOhlllS 1All1du Are Noted Here and abroad

their minds if it will make the difference
between supporting big agency and getting
rid of it.
Evening star., 1947-11-30
WeSfeyn Union

Look for an early solution to the case of
two serious fires III DC-6 planes.
Evening star., 1947-11-30

Some labor union officials think strike of
Western Union employees, threatened during
the Christmas holidays, would strengthen
proposals by telegraph worker unions for
Government control of the telegraph monopoly
The AFL telegraph unions have advocated to
the Federal Communications Commission
FCC) that either: G) The Government oper-
ate the system or ca it be sold to the Ameri-
can Telephone & Telegraph Co. "a. T. g. ID.
A. T. & r. sold all its stock in Western Union in
1918, and union leaders hear 1t is not too inter-
ested in purchase now Some of the union
men like the idea of Government ownership
because they think it would result In raising
the pay of telegraph workers to the level of
Federal employees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Baltimore Markets

malhsi .sssay Aq Bsma ss very as~
summer Rambos, ~ inches up, 5-s.ss5
Potatoes-Market about steady; 100.
sSS-asa, few $;4osbo: 5o-pound paper
sas Sweet e0p Desstoes2arket about steady
Eastern Ei4 Shore. bqshei baskets. aoiasns,
So BUSHES hs5 Psek a sS Sss
Poultry-,Aboyt steady fryeEs and broil.
for, fryers and br2tlers. fowl dull; Fryers
and broilers, 35-37, mostly 36-37; light
weights, $780, FSwl ,, solorsd, few slo
Livestock Quotations.
cattle-none. Compared with week ago:
| tive, steady; medium and low good, slow,
around SOC lower; heifers. scarce, IN
ehansed; cows draegy, barely steady; bulls.
average and top good s9o:i 800 pounds
grass fat steers, 24,0O;27.75, few loads
with weight, 2s:O0-.5O. latter price week
s sGs ao.oe-s4 So s s Strictly medium
steers down to 1900; few cutter and COM
hei h is6oss5o ef deW 40 49, s0 good beef
cows, is. 5O-17 90: sprinkling young nel1er
type to 1900; common and medium, 1900
lightweight Shelly Gamers At the nfst heurs:
odd head lots good beef bulls. 2l.50: bulk.
1s;0o.19.5o; medium I'm snd good weissh hE.
Southern bulls, 1900 down; medium and
good stockers and feeder steers from 900
rounds dogn 1seoSs5o 10 common 1.W ieh5 s
Calves-none Compared with week ago;
yeslers; stssdy; mixed lots lot g 90 s.- ana
II .ooNiS . culis, around 900 200 Weishty
s sy:s % p ssasa bu1eis 1852 few steer
Uneven. barrows and gifts from 10000
s1s y, 1SS hIshss; seTs: i'?S v: i sS
4o pounds ssS550 14 s. pounds asn
rs 'o pounds oo s7.oo e s75o30o pounds,
Is s5-26.50; sOo-350 pounds. ga. 25-:4 %;
$40 pounds up FoSd snd eh soS
over 400 pounds. aO0O down.
sheep-none. Compared with week ago:
rs sPn a sass p Busss G nsuass
23.o0-24 90; mixed lots, medium and good,
16.00-22 90. Gull and common. II 90;
hoee Feb active Ewes sndsr
pounds. 10000; common ana medium,
Flour-Receipts. 2,017 1O0-pound sacks.
ments, 1855 O6 bushels: stocks, 4,777,7S7
bushels; No. 2 red, garlicky, spot, do
nestle, $40 August, 246.
Corn-Receipts, 112,9O1 bushels; ship
ments, $4,000 bushels; stocks. 1.103,1e1
oats-Receipts, $500 bushels; ship
ments. 1880; stocks, 2O,027 bushels: No.
2 white oats, 1.22-1.25.
BaEley-Receipts: none; SHIPMENTS. none;
stocks, 6S,S26 bushels.
Rye-Receipts, 1,135 bushels: ship
ments, none; stocks, $685.. ..,
ments. none: stocks. 34,12O bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, none.
Hay-General hay market steady; tim
othy. clover and mixed hay prices; 21 to
% per ton. For all Grades OF hay below
straw-Market steady; wheat straw, No.
2, Is to 16 per ton.
Butter and EEgs.
EggsAMarket firm top grades, others
steady; receipts moderate; demand good
ing prices; A extra large, 1886: A large.
62-63 cents: A medium, 55-57 cents;
B large, 54-56; current receipts. un-
graded, 46.4S cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

was transferred to the washington
ONCE.
He is married and has two chill
dren. His home is at Bay Ridge.
Annapolis, Md.
D. C. Agents Among Leaders.
New York Life Insurance Co.
announced that Sidney Simon and
Warren s. Stone Of its Washington
office have been named members OF
the Nylic Top Club, which includes
leading members of its field force.
Isador Brem and David Klein OF
the Brem 81 Klein Agency here
ranked third and fourth among
agents of the Bankers National Life
insurance Co. Of Montclair. N. j.
in the number Of paid insurance
applications written in July.
All American Drinks Corp. has
designated Washington as its con-
troll city, in . study Of merchan-
dising and advertising methods Tor
its new product, Joe Louis Punch.
Studies here will determine meth
DDS used in other cities.
Financial District Notes.
q. Bowie Chapman Of the WASH
ington ONCE Of Laidlaw IL Co. Is
recovering steadily from q recent
operation ut his Georgetown homs,
and hopes to visit his of1ce soon.
Jerry P. johnson, vice president
and general manager Of the Ter
minal Refrigerating g. Warehousing
Corp. entertained around IFS guests
at his annual barbecue at his home
in Brentwood, Md, last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

N0oay FfUMoS0d by Chky18ol.
Charles B. Nicely. Warrington d.
trict manager for Chrysler Corp,
has been promoted to Warrington
regional manager to succeed the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24
Stocks Dip Uneven|y;
Volume Is SIowest
In More Than ) Years

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The stock
market during the past week dis
played an irregularly lower trend,
but bullish contingents derived some
satisfaction from the fact that deal
ings were the slowest for more than
three years. Major commodities hit
record peaks, bonds were mixed:
Sentiment was chilled but shares
were not particularly weakened by
the Governments antitrust and
price-fixing charges against the
steel, rubber, Technicolor and brake
lining industries. Light offerings
were attributed partly to skepticism
regarding the business outlook, with
the cloudy export picture stressed
following the shift in the Anglo
American loan pact suspending
sterling convertibility temporarily.
Dwindling dollar resources abroad,
it was feared, would substantially
restrict purchases from the United
States. Mounting labor difficulties
provided a restraint.
Special Issues Strong.
While some dividends and earn
ings were ignored on the market,
special issues exhibited a certain
amount Of strength. Tinid short
covering and quick-turn buying
provided intermittent support as
professional elements. felt that the
list was in technically good shape
for a fall rally Ii the news war
ranted. Modest recovery tendencies
cropped up toward the end of the
week but lack Of real demand made
these unimpressive. The Presidents
forecast of a record budget surplus
for 1913 and Washington assurances
that a recession was not in sight
failed as stimulants.
The financial sector derived some
satisfaction from the SEC report
virtually giving the Stock Exchange
q clean bill of health in connection
with the sharp market break of
September 3, 1916. A slight rise in
short interest from July Is to Au-
gust Is was helpful.
The Associated Press 60-Stock
composite was off 3 of a point at
65.S on the week. It was the third
successive week. without a single
million-share session. The aggre-
gate for the five days of 3,073, 065
shares compared with 1861 $3.50 the
week before and was allow for any
5-day or 6-day stretch since the
period concluded April 20. 1914.
Mondays turnover of 10000
shares was the largest of the week
but leaders, with scattered eXcep-
lions, operated on the losing end
It was the fifth straight declining
Monday. The dip was extended
Tuesday on only 100000 shares. The
same volume was recorded WedneS-
day although the average loss was
the widest of the week. Rails were
heavy. The average enjoyed fair
revival Thursday with assorted
specials adding several points and a
few favorites touching highs for
the year. Activity. however, dwin-
died to $4,000 shares, a bottom
since June 9.
Selective improvement was re-
sumed in Fridays final session but
the ticker tape continued to loaf
on only $4,000 shares and laggards
were numerous. A handful of
"thin" issues executed wide jumps
on meager sales but advances gen.
orally were restricted to minor
amounts. Hershey Chocolate, which
had been moving up in prior ses-
sions, tackled on S1a points at lis.
a 1947 high, and for the week regis
tered a net gain of Is points on
small transactions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

Capital Store Sales
Remain About Even
With 1916 Levels
BY Donold B. HodIey

Washington department store
sales in seven months of 1s47 re-
manned 2 per cent above record 1915
levels, although July sales were /
per cent behind the same month
last year, the Richmond Reserve
Bank announced today.
July sales made a better show
ing than in June when sales were
3 per cent behind the 1916 month.
However, the banks latest weekly
report covering the period ended
August Is revealed that Washington
sales again were percent behind a
year earlier after a decline OF 8
per cent from the preceding week
and were down 2 percent In four
weeks ended August Is.
Hold Far Above Prewar
Although Washington sales are
fluctuating slightly above or below
a year earlier. July sales were II
per cent above the same month In
prewar 1871 and 226 per cent above
July, 1929. Seven months sales were
90 per cent above 1941 and 206 per
cent above 1929.
Sales In the entire fifth reserve
district were per cent below q
year earlier in July but per cent
higher in the seven months. Sales
for the week ended August 16 were
II per cent below the like 1916
week, after decline Of Z per cent
from the previous week. and In
four weeks ended the same date
were 5 per cent below q year ago.
Percentage changes from q year
ago in July and the seven months
in various cities Of the fifth district
are given below:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-08-24

lhJe E. -. LICK
erson, the cor
por q t ion an
nounced last
night.
Mr.. Nicely Is a
native OF Ala
b a m a an d q
graduate Of the
u nj Nv e r sity Of
Ala b q m q. He
joined the sales
s I q II OF I n e
Chryler's Plym-
outh Division in
1910, and after
ar servic e
with the Navy