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Evening star., 1947-12-21
Fight Promised
On Sales Tax in
Virginia Areas
Assembly Members
From Alexandria and
Arlington Hit Propose.

Arlington and Alexandria mem
bers of the Virginia General As
sembly yesterday pledged a finish
fight on the Moses School Study
Commissions recommendation for
a State retail sales and use tax.
Such a levy, the legislators de-
clared, would be inequitable. They
found no fault with the purpose
of the proposal-to raise additional
funds for public schools-but said
other forms of taxation should be
used.
The Moses Commission recon-
mended in a report made public
Friday that the legislature adopt
a general retail sales and use tax
not to exceed per cent, and that
1t also increase levies on the in
comes of individuals and corpora ;
tions, and the rates on public -serv-
ice corporations.
The commission estimated that
a 2 per cent sales tax would raise
$23 100000 annually and that reve-
nues from other sources would bring
the total to $34,932, SOB.
Fenwick Voices Opposition.
Northern Virginia legislators said
they were not yet prepared to offer
substitute proposals but added that
they will join in submitting an al
ternative program.
1--WE are going to do everything
we can to oppose the sales tax"
said Charles r. Fenwick, senator
elect from Arlington. II have writ
ten to the organizations which have
expressed opposition to a sales tax,
asking them to get together and
decide on a substitute so we can
present a united front in the legis-
rfature."
Mr.. Fenwick said there is no
question that the schools need ad-
ditional funds but he contended
that other means could be found
to provide the money.
A similar view was expressed by
Senator Andrew w. Clarke, repre-
senting Alexandria and Fairfax
County.
Delegate J. Maynard Magruder OF
Arlington, said he had not read the
report and preferred to withhold
specific comment on it, but that he
was definitely opposed to the sales
tax.
Held Drain On d. C. Area.
George Damn, who also repre-
sents Arlington in the House OF
Delegates, said he had never
favored the principle of a sales tax
and would not accept the commits
sion's recommendation.
"It is not equitable, he asserted,
expressing surprise that the COM
mission proposed it.
Mr.. Damn and Mr.. Magruder
said efforts which have been made
in Northern Virginia to crystalline
sentiment against the levy would be
extended. Sales levies, he empha-
sized, are paid by individual buyers,
not merchants.
Mr.. Damn said. q sales tax would
be more serious for his area than
for some rural sections, proving a
drain on the populous communities
in the Washington Metropolitan
Area.
A less positive stand was taken by
the new member of the House of
Delegates from Fairfax County
Robert J. McCandlish, jr., who will
begin his first term in January,
said he had not decided how he will
vote on the question.
He said a sales tax might be bur-
densome on persons with small in
comes but added that he felt it was
equitable in that 1t applied to every
one.
Armistead L. Boothe, new member
of the House from Alexandria, could
not be reached to comment on the
Moses report but he has previously
expressed opposition to the sales tax
Evening star., 1947-12-21

the southwest edge of Baltimore and
connect the city with its developing
municipal airport at Friendship
Church, as well as the parkway to
Washington.
Evening star., 1947-12-21

cluding infection by the tsetse
fly which spreads sleeping sick
Evening star., 1947-12-21
Federal Red Tope Holds FostStops Entire Herd of nyumbos

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Evening star., 1947-09-14

< After the impoct. her heod stoys down. Right
arm IS stroight as the follow through begins
By MERRElL WFErTLESEY
Mrs. Walter R. Stokes never hos tried
sport at which she has not excelIed: hence.
it wos only noturoI thot. when she took up
golf in 1887. she become champion.
The quiet spoken. preroturey groy links
woman hos won eight city. Stote and sectional
titles. dozens of one-doy events end several
club championships since she first captured the
Middle Atlantic crown in 1889. At present, she
holds the District, Middle Atlantic and Poyne
Cup titles, in addition to the crown at her home
country club. Manor
Mrs. Stokes hos an excellent golf swino
and the gift of concentration in tournament
Evening star., 1947-09-14

- The champions model folIo.x-throuoh ends
o with the hands hieh Star Star Photos By
Eltcood Baker.
pioy. She is equally good at match or medal
poy
A champion rifle shot, Mrs. Stokes also is
at nome on horseback. She recently returned
from months fishing in Colorado
Fred Mcleod. Columbia Country Club pro,
oss'sted in onolyzine these pictures, which show
how she swings on q ball.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20
Plan reilly
for Kr0II

South Side supporters of John
P. KraH, labor attorney and Pro-
gressive Party candidate for Su-
perior Court judge, will gather
at 9231 Houston av. Sunday, Sept.
%, at 2 pm. to map plans for an
intensive election campaign in
that area.
More than 500 representatives
of organizations which have
pledged their support to Krall are
expected to come to the meeting
from the 7th, 9th, 9th, 10th, and
18th wards in Chicago, and from
Hazelcrest, Lansing, Calumet City,
and Harvey.
The rally will be addressed by
Kran and three of his mates on
the Progressive Party judicial
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

Other members are Represent
atives Henry o. Tale, Walter B.
Huber, and Senators Joseph H.
Ball, James P. KEN and John
Sparkman.
LEADING OFF in the testi-
mony will be the Chicago Indus
trial Union Council, according to
Regional director Michael Mann.
veral international unions
whose offices are located here are
also expected to testify, along
with various consumers groups.
The%committee is directed to
ed make a full and complete
study and investigation of the
present high prices of consumer
goods and 90 to report to the
Congress not later than February
l, 1913, the results of the study
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

While daily newspapers and
politicians, who had recently ad-
vocated abolition of OPA as a
solution to rising living costs tried
to duck out, the facts remained
that basic living costs hit all
time records.
The national Go has demand
ed a roll-back of prices and re-
establishment of OPA. 1t is ex-
pected that CLIO unions here will
re-enforce that demand with facts
and figures.
Included among the facts avail
able: Cd Millions of eggs being
held in government storage while
prices rise; CO meat and dairy
profits rising to all-time highs;
go profiteering on the grain ex-
change.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20
Pockinghouse workers cut COWS,
but cant put meat or table

"a special session of the grand jury will meet
this Tuesday TO investigate charges of high price
profiteerins by the Big 4" meat packing
porations of Chicago The investigation comedies
with pending Investigations with the entire cost
of living scheduled for October lst by a congress
sional committee
We can't buy good meat ourselves. So we sent
a Star reporter oSt to the stockYards and asked
the men who produce tons of pork and beef every
day this question: Can You afford TO pat meat
YOUR table? The following are some of the
typical answersl
ANDERSON HOLMES, 52O6 South Prairie ave-
nue., grievance committee man. miscellaneous division
in the Wilson Company: 81 talked to the grocery
yesterday He asked me what guys in the yards
doing about price increases. 1 had to tell him
we don't have as much on the table now as we did
in 1899.
"We don't get any discounts on meats. We're
boxed in here at the south SIDE and we have to
pay almost double for many other items For in
stance I've been in court for four months in battle
with my landlord; he wants to raise the rent on my
threeroom apartment from $50 month to $500
per month.
Sat average of $4,000 week, even at $119 per
hour can't make out the trouble is prices
going up on all commodities big business lets
out only much, then they lay off and bring back
the later for short time production"
PHILLIP HENDERSON, AHA s. Parkway, vice
president of Wilson Local. IS, in charge of the pork
packing department:
'You help handle several tons of pork chops every
day, do you eat them at home?"
Henderson laughed. "Are you kddin 5. you
know you can't make enough money to buy pork
chops at this place. We buy meat once week
mostly cold plate to with vegetables, and tc
flavor cooked vegetables" Henderson cares for
wife, one child and mother. His wife works at
Goldblatts to help support the family His rent is
being raised from $45.OO to $51.72.
JOE BEZENHOFFER, 3746 w. Dickinson avenue
president of Armour Local S47: mo, we don't earn
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

Chicago had a new dubious
claim to fame this week, as avail
able figures indicated this grain
and meat packing center of Amer
lea heads the list of the nations
highest priced big cities.
Facing this situation, labor
unions prepared to present facts
on the high cost of living to in
vestigators of two government
agencies:
l. The Congressional sub-com-
mittee on the Economic Report"
which meets October l.
2. The coming investigation of
charges that the Big Four packers
here. are deliberately engineering
high priced meat and food short
ages.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20
REPRESENTATIVES

HEPhESENIAIlV OF The
Chicago Star will present facts
and proposals to the Congression-
al committee at the Invitation of
Senator Robert A. Taft, head of
the joint committee on the Eco
nomic report.
The Star requested the appear
ance after several subscribers de-
manded action based on facts
gathered by trade unions of i'm
portance to any genuine investi-
cation of sky-rocketing living
costs.
Taft granted the request in a
letter received by The Star, We'd
nesday. The subcommittee in
vestigating high living costs here
on October 1, is headed by Con-
gressman-at-large Gorge H.
Bender R., Ohio.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

enough to buy anything but the cheapest cuts but
I'm more interested president of the local union
in explaining that have large Star circulation
in plant.
sits amazing how much our members learn
through the facts in The Star and it is a fact that
every Star reader has become leader of the local
l wish every and in Armour were a
reader now. We're opening our drive for 100 per
cent registration of members voters and for ST.
for-PAC contributions. The facts presented by the
Star would help in this drive as they helped in
other big problems. That is the way do some
thing more than simply beef about the high cost
of beef
JOE ZABRITSKI 50, financial secretary of Wilson
Local 25: 81 have wife and two children at home.
When eat meat it's the cheapest cuts only. The
goes for other workers turning out the meat
here. They asked whether lamb chops are not
important in the diet of my two kids and explained
they've never seen lamb chop"
ROY THOMPSON, "a, 1901 s. Michigan avenue:
"We're able to have meat twice week-thats all
we can afford, even though my wife works for Com
monwealth Edison. support mother in addition to
the rest of the family and try to give her of
the meat.
81 can't afford the good cuts-mostly salami, sau-
sage and other cheaper meats The Armour COM
pany doesn't choice meats in the cafeteria here
and a pork sausage sandwich costs % cents"
CARL NELSON, chief steward Wilson local: "How
often do we have meat the table? Rarely! What
with rising living costs, we're becoming vegetarians
There's thing though-the Star information go
ing to members helps build the strong local we've
got here and therefore helps protect our families
through the union"
MAX STRULOVICH, 560S Honore avenue steward
at the Swift local: workers at Swift tell me they
can afford only the cheapest meats gave the first
500 to start The Star and it's paid off in building
union and therefore helping the workers Wen
win the high cost price if we stick togetherg
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

slate, Earl B. Dickerson, Negro
attorney and businessman, Sam
uel Rosenberg, labor attorney, and
Homer F. Carey, professor Of rent
law at Northwestern University.
Curtiss MacDougall, journalism
professor at Northwestern, will
also speak.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

and investigation of its sub-com-
mittees together with such rec
concentrations as to necessary
legislation as it may deem desir-
able" according to the Baldwin
resolution on which ordered the
investigation.
Address of the October hearings
here were not announced.
IT WAS KNOWN that the
United clearinghouse Workers I'M
ion (CIO) is considering appear
ance on the major problem
rising meat prices.
Interviews with rank and file
meatpacking workers this week
showed they cannot put meat on
their own tables at home-except
as luxury item.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-09-20

HERE ARE typical workers in the plants who pack
Americas meat and who live Back Of the Yards Carl
Nelson upper left Joe Zabrtski upper right Philip
Henderson middle left. Joe Bezenhoffer fright CEN
teri. Max Strulovich flower left). Roy Thompson
lower right. Anderson Holmes tbottoml.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Raid on Greek Village
Near Border Is Reported
BY the Associated Press

ATHENS, Feb. IA press dis
patch from Salonika said today that
O guerrilla force had raided the
Greek village Of Constantia, 10 miles
from the Yugoslav border, killing rs
residents. wounding SO and captur-
ing 10.
The dispatch, from correspond
ent OF the Athens newspaper En-
bros, said the force which made
the attack yesterday was heavily
armed and used nortars. 1t identi-
fed Mrs. Stavros Euthimiades, wife
! of a Populist member Of Parlia-
ment, as one Of those seized.
The report came as United
Nations commission sat in Athens
to investigate Greek complaints that
Yugoslavia, Albania and Bulgaria
had given aid and comfort to Leftist
bands raiding Greek soil.
A spokesman for the commission
said last night it intended to ask
the Greek government to postpone
execution of five condemned guer-
rillas pending an iquiry to deter
mine whether they have informa-
ton of value.
The United Nations Security
Council has ruled that the commits
sion may not intervene in such mat
ters unless it believes the doomed
men have valuable information.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
By the Associuied Press

United States Navy flyers have
discovered a strange lake-studded
"oasis" tucked into the wastes OF
ice and snow which comprise the
vast continent of Antarctica and
there is much speculation whether
the remarkable area Is warm enough
to support year-around human life
in comfort.
A combined American press dis
patch from Associated Press Core
spondent Alton L. Blakesiee last
night said discovery of the ice-free
inland region, 40 miles wide, might
be one of the most important yet
made by the Navy expedition now
studying the little-known down
under continent.
Expeditionary leaders. Mr.. Blakes-
lee said, considered the discovery of
the greatest significance from the
standpoint of geology and geography.
Capt. Robert S. Quackenbush, jr.,
chief of the expeditionary staff, said
this lakes region was discovered by
flyers of the expeditions western
task group recpnnoitering in PBM
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Divorce PIon Reported
By DunieIe Durrieux
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Feb. 12.-The newspaper
Liberation, in a dispatch from Mar.
seilles today, said that Daniele Oar
rieux, the screen star, announced or
her arrival from Casablanca thai
her husband Porphirio Rubiross
had agreed to q divorce 50 that she
could marry Pierre Louis, with whom
she has played screen roles.
MY husband came to- see me ir
Morocco. where exterior scenes o1
my new film, 'Bathsheba,' were be-
ing made" she was quoted as saying
IT made known to Him my intention
to divorce him. He accepted like 9
gentleman"
Miss Darrieux said she planned te
marry Louis soon.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Nickname Clue Leads
To Arrest Of Youth
In 3 Taxi Robberies

A passing reference to the nick
name "Marblehead," was credited
by detectives with bringing about
the arrest yesterday Of 17-year-old
youth on charges of robbing eight
cab drivers at knife point.
Detective Sergt. George W..
Cooper'S memory capitalized on the
clue which broke the case, detectives
said. At routine Detective Bureau
lineup last night, Detective Sergt.
Cooper heard one of the prisoners
referred to as "Marblehead.
He Immediately remembered that
one of the cab driver-victims of
the knife-point robberies had heard
that name mentioned during the
holdup. When questioned, Marble
head" readily named the 17-year-old
youth as the kinfe-point robber and
the arrest was made shortly after
ward by Detective Sergt. Cooper,
Detective Sergt Otto Fuss and
Precinct Detective E. p. Jefferson,
in the 1400 block of U street NV.
The youth, according to police,
admitted committing the eight
thefts within a two-week period
last month for total of SLOT. He
was charged with robbery and sent
to the District Jail to await Juvenile
Court action.
" Three other robberies were re-
ported to police. Two boys re-
portedly got away with $3.50 yes
terday, when they held up Leon
j. Taishoff, 1905 Arkansas avenue
NV, at slnpoint yesterday, in his
cleaning shop at 6l9 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. Mr. Taishoh told police
the pair, apparently teen-agers,
forced him into a rear room and
left with both his money and his
trousers.
Jewelry and other property valued
at $1,094 was reported stolen yes
terday, from the home of Oscar
@. Altman, 4700 Twelfth street NE,
according to police. The burglar
slashed screen door and removed
the glass from rear basement door.
A leg of veal and 55 bottles of
assorted liquors, valued at $3O6, was
taken by thieves who broke into the
La Sale Restaurant, 704 Ninth street
NV, early today, according to the
owner, Jerry Petrillo.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Warm Springs Believed Reason
For Ice-Free Antarctic Oasis

mariner planes Monday In the Knox
Coast vicinity.
They described 1t as remarkable
inland "oasis" OF muddy pea green
lakes-some of them big enough to
land a plane on-and tail, dark
brown mounds of apparently bare
earth rising 500 feet above the
surface.
Messages to the headquarters ship
from Capt. Charles A. Bond, COM
manding the western wing, dee
scribed the lakes as being "of a pea
green, muddy color, interspersed
with dark blue and light green"
Can't. Bond said there was no smoke
to be seen in the region, indicating
that the conical mounds resembled
volcano peaks.
Exact location Of the area was not
given nor were the number of lakes
and mounds sighted specified. but
Capt. Bond said photographers
planes took colored motion pictures
and still shots of the area, which he
said had radius of about 20 miles,
and q width of about 10 miles.
Mr.. Blakeslee said there was spec
ulation on the headquarters ship
Evening star., 1947-02-12

had volunteered to serve in Ger
rnany's submarine service in this
war-received when he reached the
United States. He was greeted as
If he were Mahatma Gandhi. In
Los Angeles $4,000 persons turned
out to hear him. Mrs. (Eleanor)
Roosevelt teiephoned me that I
should write some sort OF article to
counteract him. It was sad"
Evening star., 1947-02-12
|14-Yeur-OId Girl Saves Father
And Repuiirmun Felled by Gas

they dragged the unconscious Mr.
Poole to the foot Of the stairs.
There, the father became almost
completely helpless from the effect:
of the! gas and had to leave thu
cellar. Florita managed to drag thu
workman the rest of the way to the
street with the help of an uniden.
titled passer-by.
/ Mr. Flores summoned the fire res.
cue squad while Florita gave artifi.
lcial respiration to the repairman
Twenty minutes Of oxygen revived
Mr.. Poole. who today is reported II
good condition.
Firemen said Mr.. Poole, and prob
ably Florita's father, owed theil
lives to the courage and resource.
fulness Of the girl.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Brown Asks Reform.
l0f Labor Abuses as
Tribute 10 Edison

Congress can best pay tribute to
the memory Of Thomas A. Edison
by encouraging private enterprise,
outlawing labor abuses, lowering
taxes and safeguarding American
traditions, Representative Brown.
Republican, of Ohio declared last
night at a Tooth anniversary OBJ
servance Of the inventors birth.
Addressing the 18th annual meet
ing of the Electric Institute of
Washignton at Hotel Statler, Mr..
Brown said Republicans would pro-
tect the right of workers to organ
ize, bargain collectively and strike
for legal objectiyes.
Would Outlaw Violence.
"But we want TO be sure" he
added, that once an employment
contract is made under collective
bargaining 1t is honored in every
detail by both parties. We all agree
that force and violence should be
outlawed."
Mr.. Edison was product Of the
American way Of life" and his prime
interest, If he were alive today
would be to have Congress make
secure our way Of life" Mr.. Brown
said.
I'VE must first find ways to place
our Government on sound, effec-
tive basis so it can serve the public
welfare without waste and without
danger to our traditions and insti-
tutions," the Ohio Congressman
continued. 'The heavy burden OF
taxation must be hghtened. We
must end the evcesses and harmful
practices of certain labor organiza-
tions and their leaders, now drunk
with power gained during the emer-
gencies of the war. It is imperative
that private enterprise must again
function if we are to meet our great
destiny"
Drama Is Broadcast.
Mr.. Brown advocated a ban on
jurisdictional strikes and secondary
boycotts and urged "a wise and just
balancing of the scales between labor
and management under the Wagner
Act"
After his talk, the Spirit of Prog
ress." a dramatization Of Edison's S
genius, was broadcast from the
meeting over Station WMAL.
New officers installed were Warde
B. Stringham, president; Samuel
Del Vecchio, vice president; Harold
Stoll, secretary, and H. G. Lease,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1947-02-12
Nail Propaganda Continues
lin U. S, Masaryk Declares
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Feb. 12.-Jan Masaryk,
czechoslovak Foreign Minister, said
yesterday he believed German prop
aganda still was effective in the
United States and was responsible
for aggrayating the rift between the
East and the West.
The Czechoslovak statesman made
the remark In a chat with French
journalists, during which he was
asked whether Czechoslovakia might
be considered too much within the
orbit of the Soviet Union. Mr..
Masaryk's view was supported by his
mdersecretary, Vlado Clements.
There is still plenty of German
propaganda about" Mr.. Masaryk
said. Look at the welcome pastor
(Martin) Niemoeller man who
Evening star., 1947-02-12

that the existence of warm water
springs might be the explanation
for the inland lake area.
Regarded as additional evidence
that the Lakes region was compare
lively warm were reports from mar
liners returning to the mother ship
that much new ice was forming on
the sea.
Evening star., 1947-02-12

to work on the defective pipe in the
cellar. y
Suddenly an obstruction in the
pipe gave way and blast OF illumi-
mating gas swept over the men. Mr..
Poole, Navy veteran decorated for
wounds, was knocked out and Mr.
Flores was partially overcome.
Florita, a slight, eighth grade stu
dent at Gordon Junior High School,
saw her father and the repairman
fall. She rushed to the cellar,
Florita said, and helped her father
make his way to the street. Revived
by the fresh air, Mr.. Flores returned
to the basement with Florita and
Evening star., 1947-02-12

home at 1885
New Hampshire
avenue NV.
A Washington
Gas Light Co.
repairnan, John
B. Poole. ~, of
$3.50 S arg e Mt
road NE. came
to the Flores
h o m e shortly
before 7 pm. to
Hx q gas leak,
he told frenen.
w i t h Florita s
father, Floren-
clio Flores, 38,
Mr. Poole went
Evening star., 1947-02-12
'Kino of Lion Tuners Dies

BERLIN, Feb 70 tR.-The Berlin
press today reported the death In
Hamburg of Richard Sawade, famed
circus performer, once known a
the king of the Lion Tanners"
Evening star., 1947-02-12

Florita Flores, IA, last night saved
the lives Of her father and work.
man by helping to drag them from
the gas-filled basement of the Flores