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bed began the conversation. Here
is his story, told without a trace of
bitterness:
"I was number one in those days
before AL Capone. I guess the only
news about me that most people
want to hear is my death. Once !
had $15,000,000. I used to carry
couple of million in my pockets, in
certified checks and cash. Look at
me now. I guess a lot of people
would say got what 1 deserved.
MY business was simple. 1t was
the old game of robbing Peter to
pay Paul. You would give me $l00
and I would give you a note to pay
you $3.50 in three months. Usually
1 would redeem my note in As days.
My notes became more valuable
than American money.
Il had to keep the ball rolling and
SO I bought a bank. 1 didn't need
any advertising. Everybody knew
about it. l did a lot of business by
mail. That's what get me in trouble.
Pretty soon postal inspectors and
policemen were dropping in asking
questions.
Honest Challenged.
"They said my business couldn' t
be honest 1 showed them the facts.
Fifty per cent on your money in
As days Everybody wanted to get
rich quick. I was rich too. Every
thing was rosy.
Then came trouble. The whole
thing was broken. They closed my
bank to investigate and lot of
money was lost. They indicted me
on I don't know how many charges
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Ponzi, Once Wealthy
Hoaxer, Is Charity
Patient in Brazil
BY the Associated Press

RIO DE JANEIRO, May l -
Charles Get Rich Quick Ponzi,
the wizard of scrambled finance who
hoaxed Americans out of millions
of dollars in 1920. is now charity
patient in a Brazilian hospital.
Ponzi is 10 or thereabouts (ac-
counts of his birthdate differ, but
most agree he was born in Italy in
1879 and semiparalyzed. He can
not move his left leg or left arm
and he has cataract on his right
eye. But he recalls with chuckle
the days when he had millions.
Visitors to the charity ward of
the government hospital find it
difficult to pick out the man whose
operations once caused a major
financial scandal There are 20
BEDS in a row. On them are 20
sick old men,.
Ponzi is not penniless. He re-
ceives unemployment compensation
under Brazil's social security laws
and has managed to make a living
teaching English in a modest sub
urb of Rio.
Came From Italy.
PonZi came to Brazil from Italy
before the war and opened the
airline Lati here. He had lived in
Italy for several years after his
deportation from the United States
in 1884.
During the war Ponzi was ar
rested on suspicion when Brazilian
authorities broke up an Italian spy
ring which was directing the sink
ing of Brazilian ships. He was soon
released, however.
He was stricken with what he
thinks was a severe case Of food
poisoning in February, a hot month
here. He said he ate some spoiled
meat and fell in a faint, paralyzed
When he gets stronger he intends
to have an operation to remove his
cataract. He can see only with his
left eye. He likes to think he can
doctor himself because he once
studied medicine.
Tell His Story.
| PonZis bouyant personality makes
him a character to hospital attend
ants although he is half paralyzeo
and half blind.
We'll how much do you know
about me?' was the way the bald
smiling little man on the hospita,
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I turned over everything ! had to
the bankruptcy court. could use
some of 1t now!
Both the Federal government
and the state wanted me. I went to
Plymouth and served time for the
State. When I came out I did a
number in vaudeville for $1,000 a
week. Pretty soon they handed me
another indictment. I went to At
lanta as guest of the Federal
Government. That was the mail
charge.
"I came out and there were still
more charges. I conducted my own
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defense and fought hard. but I
lost. I had never completed my
citizenship and they deported me,
think the authorities were too
hard on me. Even some of the
reporters who won prizes for their
papers convicting me agreed. They
said I was a good sport and had
taken my medicine like q man. I
had lots of friends, but I had to go.
When I got to Italy. I moved
in pretty high circles. But I was
never in any political party or in
politics, I had been way too long.
Through a nephew, who was Mus
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solini's pilot, I came to Brazil in
1889 to open the airline Lati.
Then the war came and every
thing was confiscated. But got
along all right. I had to move
from my big house and sell my
car, which had belonged to Musso-
lini. 1 have worked recently as a
correspondent for some English
commercial houses. I also teach
English. In my neighborhood I am
known as professor Carlo Ponzi.'
I also give lessons sometime in
italian and French. ! can do
anything"
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SPECIAL PU RCHASE
Just so reproductions
Of a very fine bowed
front corner cabinet

NHESE reproductions ore q new item .
with the factory. In ony new product
Il machines must be adjusted, crofts-
men become familiar with every detail,
So these are the very first ones
produced, the prototypes Of hundreds to
follow at the regular price Of 1850.
The factory is famed for its high quality
and these hove some defects, so...
Evening star., 1948-05-02
They are factory seconds

nut the defects are minor, do not ef-
feet either beauty Or durability. The
~ fine proportions, the delicate de-
tails, the fine mahogany Veneers are oil
there Notice the bowed glass doors, the
curved front drawer with cupboard BE-
neoth. Here is q really unusuol oppor-
tunity to own q distinctive piece Of furni-
ture OF remarkable savings. Specially
priced for Monday only at
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pattern for future appropriations.
Until I see the budget, I can't
say how much we will cut It." said
Chairman Taber Of the House Ap-
propriations Committee. But 1t
is safe to say 1t can stand some
cutting"
How Mr.. Truman will lay down
his program-whether In general
terms in the state of the unoin
message with supporting details in
the economic and budget messages
or spread out over the three docu-
ments-remains to be seen.
Some Requests Forecast.
But in advance of actual
knowledge, congressional leaders are
speculating that the President will
ask the lawmakers to:
Approve the Marshall plan quick
ly.
Extend rent control beyond Its
February 20 expiration date.
Pass q universal military training
bill.
Approve a national health insur-
ance program.
Broaden social security coverage.
Extend the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act expiring in June.
Give legal status to and expand
the State Departments foreign in
formation program.
Do something about the housing
situation, and
Give him standby price-wage con.
troll and rationing powers.
Some idea Of what to expect from
the Republican controlled Congress
will be given tonight In Nation
wide radio program Ito be heard
here over Station WOL) at 1896
o'clock Washington time. Senators
Taft Of Ohio and Millikin Of Colo
RADIO, Speaker Martin and Repre-
sentative Halleck Of Indiana will
reply to Democratic contentious dur
ing a similar broadcast last Friday
night that the majority party
blocked effective anti-inflation leg
islation during the special session
Evening star., 1948-01-05
and are ready to use them Il necas-

and are ready to use them II neces.
gary.
Nevertheless. We do not threaten
recourse to violence" II =
Togliotti lashed out at the United
States as, wen Is ut the italian
government, calling the directing
classy In America promoters Of
war"
Asserting that italian indepen-
dence was being "menaced by for.
eign countries" he declared:
THE Truman doctrine aims at
acquiring q directing position In
the world, which means that the
United States wants world doniiria-
ton" ~.
The national congress Is expected
to continue In session for about Q
week, ,a-s
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Congress
Continued From First Page.

tax-reduction bill. House leaders
want to pass the measure this month
50, as Speaker Martin put 1t, the
President will know what to expect.
Actual Cuts in Doubt.
The tax bill under consideration
would cut $500, ,000, 900 and about
100000 low-income and elderly
persons from the tax rolls. 1t goes
further than the two bills Mr.. Tru-
man vetoed last year.
While the President has said moth
ing about his plans If he receives
another tax-cutting measure, highly
placed White House aides expect
him to oppose any general slash
while the national income Is at q
record high.
Despite the insistence of House
leaders to forge ahead with a tax
bill, there Is strong sentiment in the
Senate to hold up action until the
Nations fiscal status can be seen In
the light of contemplated foreign
spending and domestic appropria-
tions. 9
However, Chairman Knutson OF
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee declared yesterday that "all
talk Of holding up consideration
until q foreign relief program is
disposed Of is based on wishful
thinking"
Most signs indicate that the for
eign aid situation will not take
definite shape for several months.
While Democrats generally are
supporting the administrators
Marshall plan to spend $l7,000,-
100000 during the next four years
to help the 16 nom Communist ma
tions OF Western Europe regain
their economic feet, Republicans
are divided. &,
MIR. Truman Is expected Ito SUBJ
nit q record peacetime budget Of
about $4,000, 100000 In his mes
sage next. Monday. Shortly there
after, joint committees will meet to
work out q legislative budget as a
Evening star., 1948-01-05

Arab forces are offering $3.50 4
week for men to. train them In
guerrilla warfare. 4
Evening star., 1948-01-05

Wage increases caused Chile to
raise customs charges for handling
air shipments. tar
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even If they hadn't defeated the
whole plan, they had At least won 4
partial victory II MarshA1is sNers pre-
vented from directing M program" ."
Senator Brooke, Nepuhiican, 0f
Illinois is leading ! group demand
ine sbusinesS~ administration Of the
recovery prograln. They have made
such an issue Of this point that
Chairman vandenberg Of the Sem
ate Foreign Relations COMMITTEES
has asked the Brookings Institution
to weigh all administrative propos-i
ais and report TO the committee by
mid-January.
Senator vandenherg apparently
does not share Senator Connally.s
views that actual administration Of
the program should be carried out
by the State Department. although
the committee chairman has said
the department must have = direct
hand in all decisions affecting for
eign policy. 4 /.
As the four year, III. COZ; ;000. 900
program was presented to Congress
by President Truman It calls for I:
separate administrator. with > rov-
ing Ambassador in charge Of for
eign field work. :,
Hearings to Begin Thusday. I
The question Of how the program
will be operated Is expected to be
the subject Of extensive testimony
before the Senate committee when
1t begins hearings Thursday, prob
ably with Gen. Marshall as the first
witness. The hearings first were set
for Wednesday, but were changed
today for Thursday IN view Of Pres
ident Truman's appearance before
Congress Wednesday.
Senator Brewster, Republican, Of
Maine returned last night from q
holiday tour through Europe to re-
port that prospects for saving West
ern Europe from Communism are
much more encouraging" in q
number of countries than when he
visited them last April.
He said he found "a feeling that
they are going to have to do their
own part, particularly in England" !"
to make the recovery plan work.
The Maine Senator told reporter
also that he was encouraged by the
steps which have been taken to
strengthen the governments Of Italy
and France. He praised the work
Of Premier Schuman in France and
said "the Italian government has
strengthened itself In recent weeks
by taking in some middle Of the
road elements"
In Greece, which he also visited,
Senator Brewster said the emer-
gency aid this country has already
extended has saved the situation,
but he added II don't know how far
it leads" -.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Palestine
Continued From First PageD

ssbuildipg housing the Arab Ma
tinnAl Committee newly formed
body which. was set up to deal with
the present emergency situation
and Is sponsored by the Arab Higher
Executive in cooperation with the
Arb National Treasury. =
Tho blast not only wrecked this
building, ~ but also damaged q
police station, Barclays bank and
souSfS nearby shops. 49,. --... r.
Tclice, who attributed the bomb
ing to the Stern Gang, Jewish ex-
tremist group, said the explosives
apparently were hidden In a truck
and . sedan which were parked
outside the entrance to the Arab
headquarters q short time before
the explosion.
Arab sources estimated that 80
had been killed In the Jaffa blast,
but police today put the death toll
onicially at Is. Twenty were seri-
ously wounded and IS received les
ser injuries.
The bombing was sharply con-
damned by the Palestine Post,
Jerusalem Zionist paper which fire.
qnently reflects the views of the
Jewish agency.
Those Jews who now them
selves become murderers, said the
Post, those who play into the
enemy's hands by adding to the
bloodshed, by putting of the day
when peace may be re-established,
are killing people on whom the
Jews have no wish to make war,
and are stabbing their own people
In the back.
sIhey should be treated accord
ingly'"
At q regular Jewish Agency news
conference a spokesman said he
had no comment on the hotel at
tack.
He said that 1900 Jews inside the
old city were still cut of by Arab
forces and that the gates to the
walled city were occupied by armed
Arabs.
Even the British Army Is show
INF identity papers to Arab guards
and submitting to the authority oi
the Arab Higher Committee" the
spokesman declared. "The British
hsve abdicated their authority t
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Virginia Court Backs
Legality Of Arlington
Elected School Board

The legality Of Ariington,s first
elected school hoard was upheld
today by Circuit Judge ]. Garland
Jefferson who held that the Virginia
law under which the board was
elected was constitutional.
The right Of the new board to
take ONCE had been challenged by
the outgoing, appointed board.
Counsel for the new board an
nounced the judges ruling and said
they were instructed by him to pre-
pare an order sustaining the law.
: Judge jefferson heard arguments
in the case last Monday. He was
appointed to hear the case after
Circuit Judge, Walter T. Mccarthy
disqualified himself.
It is expected that the outgoing
school board will appeal the case to
the Virginia Supreme Court Of Ap-
peals.
The Arlington school system had
been operating under the two boards
during the past week under an ar
rangement for paying Of teachers
and other expenses approved by the
court.
The elected school board was
represented by Edmund D. Camp
bell, former county board member; /;
Frank L. Ball, ST., former State
Senator, and State Senator william
D. Medley, who sponsored the chal-
lenged legislation.
Attorneys for the outgoing board
were George E. Allen and Ralph T.
Catterall, both of Richmond. The
county government was represented
by Commemorative Attorney Law
renee w. Douglas and Denman T..
Rucker, commemorative attorney
elect.
Evening star., 1948-01-05

today he felt 1t might also be pos
sible to stipulate that certain OF the
incidents in which Chief Murphy Is
accused Of using rough language did
occur.
The other two panel members.
flanking Mr.. Canfleld at the bench"
in the Police Trial Board room In
the Municipal Center Building, are
William P. McCracken, jr., q lawyer,
and Joseph A. Wilmer, q merchant.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Labor Unrest Rises
In haly as Communist
Conference Opens
BY he Assossaisd Press

/. ROME, Jan. 5.-Messina, q Sicilian
city Of 100000, was caught today In
: general strike called in sympathy
with strikers in nearby Barcelona.
The new labor unrest came as the
Communist National Congress In
Milan mapped . program aimed at
overthrowing the government Of
Premier Alcide de Gasperi. Palmiro
Togliatti harangued the Communists
with q four-hour speech yesterday,
denouncing the United States and
the Vatican, among other things.
Millions went without pay Satur-
day because Of q continuing strike
OF 10000 bank employees, demanding
more money and other benefits.
Stores Remain Open.
Street cars In MeSsina were not
operating but the Italian news
agency said many. workers reached
the places Of employment, regard
less. Food stores and public build
ings remained open. Police forces
were strengthened.
Another general strike was called
in Barcelona in protest against the
arrest Saturday Of a score of dem
onstrators. including local labor
leader. =.
A general strike was threatened
in Padua. Seven cities had unem-
|ployment demonstrations yesterday.
Togliatti, in his opening address
yesterday, charged that the gov
trnment had, sold itself to the
United States and the Vatican and
accused Mr.. De Gasperi of "organi-
zing squads to unchain an offensive
against the workers.
Hits U. S. "War Promoters"
He drew a roar of applause from
the crowd when he declared:
"Reactionary provokers should
remember that we have behind us
tens Of thousands Of youths who
learned to use arms as partisans
Evening star., 1948-01-05
US. Officials Seeking
Source Of TINT Seized
On Way 10 Palestine
BY the As.oeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-An expla-
nation why crates labeled FUSED
industrial machinery, which were
being loaded for shipment to Pales-
tine. contained INT was sought
today by Federal and local author
ities.
The INT acknowledgements
discovered Saturday when crate
burst open during the loading Of the
American Export Lines freighter
Executor at q Jersey City pier.
When q second crate also proved
70 contain INT, police and customs
onctals ordered n Palestine bound
crates impounded and removed by
barge to safe anchorage.
Police said 26 crates were believed
to contain 65,0oo pounds Of INT
enough to devastate a 100-square-
mile area.
/ Special Permits Required.
No charges or arrests have been
ahnoumced during the ensuing in
vestagation.
Customs officials said explosives
for export require special permits
and must be labeled properly. The
State Department embargoed arms
shipments to the Middle East last
month after the United Nations
General Assembly voted to partition
Palestine. There was no announce
rnent, however, that the TINT was
classified as q military material.
A few hours after the shipment
was inpounded, New York police
searched a Bronx warehouse and
reported finding cartridge-makins
machinery and q stencil used in
labelling some Of the crates seized
In Jersey City. They returned to
the warehouse yesterday and exam
ined other crates which they said
contained radio transmitting equip
nsent, motors, pipe and electric
equipment.
Barge Carries Warning Flag.
The as crates believed to hold
INT were consigned to Haboreg
Ltd, Tel Aviv, Palestine, by the
Owed Trading Co. Of New York
City, the export declaration said.
Efforts to locate officials Of the
Oved nrm were not successful.
The other 81 crates-impounded
because police said some Of Their
contents were Of military nature
were consigned to the Palestine
Glass Works and Phoenicia, Ltd.
both Of Haifa.
The impounded crates were
placed aboard q barge and an
chored in lower New York Harbor
The barge few q warning ,pennant
meaning "explosiyes-keep clear,
and q watchman on a nearby tug
warned all vessels to keep at least
500 feet away. ~:-~
Julius Chender, described by police
a. the owner Of the Bronx ware
house, was quoted by an NBC CORE
spondent in Paris as denying that he
owned such q warehouse or that he
was engaged in. shipping arms OF
ammunition to Palestine.
He said that IT have been inter-
ested in the Palestine situation since
was q kid"
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page.)

porter he assumed Moscow would
attempt to propagandize the estab-
lishment of a separate administra-
tive agency as a rebuff to Gen.
Marshall, the author Of the Euro
pean aid program
-"Of course" he said. 'T@ don't
know what Moscow would do. But
w&s thinking Of the propagal1da
line they have used in the past.
They would be likely to say that
Evening star., 1948-01-05

It's dangerous to let dirt and oil sIudee the oil filter
This protective device put into your cor for your
benefit It should Be checked periodically and replaced
to insure clean motor Iubrieotion at all times.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
Forty Die in jap Crash

NAGOYA, Japan, Jan. 5 R.-
Kyodo news agency reported today
10 persons were killed and 100 in
jured when two overcrowded electric
cars overturned while speeding
around . curve at Moriyama, a vii
lage near Nagoya. The cars were re-
ported carrying $50 passengers.
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Elected to Frederick Posts

FREDERICK, Nd, Jan. 5 @.-
"A. Irvein Rem, Frederick, and
Clyde w. Smith, Evansville. have
been elected to the Board Of Man
ayers Of the Frederick County
Agricultural Society.
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the Arab Higher Committee, set
ting a very bad precedent"
Arabs chased away at gunpoint
American and British newsreel
cameramen who went to the site Of
the Crmbluemiramis Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-01-05
'Emiriton' Gives Reds
New Collective Music

An electro musical instrument
called the 'Emiriton" Is the latest
development In Russian experiments
In collective music" Leningrad re-
ports.
Resembling . midget pianoforts
or organ, 1t has IS keys and can
produce sounds Of any continuity or
timber. reproducing effects Of rths
violin. cello. clarinet. oboe, bassoon,
flute, trombone, double bass and
Hawaiian guitar, 1t Is claimed.
The aggregate power Of 10 Emiritons
corresponds to that Of = 15o-piecs
symphony orchestra. . H..
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15

Cutcheon and Walter Huntley, both Democrats, appeared sure of the Senate with Stanley MeCutcheon, Jack Conright. Chester Carlson, pr. c. A. Pollard, William Egan, Clarence Ken.ting and Heinie SLl- der in the House. Snider is the on- ly Republican on the list.
 The Fourth was sending John Butrovich, Republican and Frank Barr. Democrat. to the Senate and Glen Franklin, Walter Calhoun, Joe Coble, Mrs Essie Dale and Frank Angerman to the House. Franklin. Dale and Angerman are Democrats. Warren Taylor and Robert Hoopes, both Democrats,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15
ANS DELEGATES ELECTED
 TO ATTEND CONVENTION

At the regular Alaska Native Sisterhood meeting last Monday Mrs. Rae Patterson and Mrs. Jas. Bradley were elected delegates to attend the ANB-ANS convention 8, atka next month.
 The newly elected President, Martha Bradley, appointed the fol
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15

were trailing in that race with narrow enough margin to still make 1t.
 The Second Division returns We're still too incomplete to indi- cate final outcome. Only twenty votes separated all Senate aspir- ants, Waldhelm, Howard Lyng. Dewey Anderson and Edward An derson.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15

lowing committees: Citizenship, Al ice Stokes and Mrs. James Bradley Sick Committed: Matilda Herman deg; School Committee: Rae Pat terson; Social Committee: Edna Calatuton and Amy Churchill.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15
SOUTH ON LOUISE

Mrs. Helen Wells and MT. and Mrs. R. L. Kneeland were passen- gers southbound on the Princess Louise October 1.
 Mrs. Wells will visit her daugh- ters in the south and Mir. and Mrs. Kneeland will spend the winter in Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15
MARTEN SEASON TO OPEN

Trapping season for marten in Fur District No. 1, which includes this area, opens November 1. 194S, and will continue to November 20.
 There is no limit on marten, ac- cording to the Fish and Wildlife regulations for 194S49.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15
LATEST RETURNS

fContinued From Page OneJ and Mackenzie, Ketchikan.
 In the Third Division Steve Me
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-10-15
IN APPRECIATION

l wish to express my deepest thanks to you, the voters of the First Division for the renewal of your expression of confidence in me by re-electing me to a place in the Territorial House of Re presentatives.
 l assure you I will do my best to promote the best interest of our Division as well as working for the welfare and development of our great Territory.
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