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Evening star., 1948-02-09
Two Firemen Injured
In $4,000 Club Fire..
Jump Victim Dies

Two firemen suffered minor in
juries and two more were partially
overcome by smoke early today In
IA $4,000 fire which badly damaged
the Off-Beat Club, 1S49 Seventh
street NV.
Meanwhile, Freedmen's Hospital
reported the death of Eugene VIII
liams, 20, colored, who leaped from
a second-f1oor window at 203 IL
street NV. late Saturday to escape
flames which swept the rooming
houses second floor.
Firemen brought four persons
down ladders yesterday in another
rooming house fire at 602 Twenty
second street NV, and assisted a
71-year-old woman from the place
as approximately II persons fed the
smoke-f1lled house. No one was in
jured.
Attempted to Fight Fire.
Matthew Tassyn, 1859 Ontario
road NV, manager Of the Oh Beat
Club, estimated that the fire which
he discovered there shortly after
am. caused "at least" $4,000
damage. A big television receiver,
two pianos, microphones and q
81 900 bar were destroyed, he said.
Mr.. Tassyn said the club closed at
midnight and that he had dropped
by the place on his way home, a
thing he did not usually do. He
attempted to fight the fire with ex-
tinguishers, he said, then raced to
the street to ask a passerby to pull
box alarm.
Pvt. Ralph Gordon, SO, of No. IL
engine company and Pvt. Robert
Lineberger, %, colored, of No. 4 en-
gine were treated at Emergency
Hospital for minor injuries and re-
leased. Pvt. Gordon suffered a cut
hand and Pvt. Lineberger a burned
hand. Pvt. j. r. Hunt, 81, of No.
9 engine company, and Pvt. M. L..
johnson, colored, of No. 4, were
treated on the scene for smoke in
halation.
Jump Victim Burned Slightly.
Hospital authorities said Mr.. VIII
liams, who died after the leap from
the L street rooming house fire, was
only slightly burned. He suffered
fractured knee and head injuries.
Preston Watts, ST, colored, of the
same address, was released from
Freedmen's Hospital after treatment
for a burned hand. The fire badly
damaged the second floor of the
two-story structure. f1remen said.
Capt C. K. Bum of No. 2 truck
company was among f1remen who
assisted in the ladder rescues.
Brought down ladders were Mrs.
Virginia Ferguson, 18; Robert Fer
|guson, %, her husband, student
veteran; Miss Ruth Brown, 29, "a
Veterans Administration employe,
and Miss AL v. Nunis, 10, women's
clothing store employe. Mrs. Ida
Fisher, II, employe at Walter Reed
Hospital, was assisted from the first
floor.
Firemen said the blaze centered
in the basement and apparently
was due to overheated hot-air pipes
from the furnace. j. B. Gillilland,
manager, estimated damage at be-
tween $25 and $50.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Five Meetings Planned
.By Anucostiu Buptists

Representative Morris, Democrat,
of Oklahoma will be the first speaker
in a series of five meetings to be
held next Monday through Friday
at the Anacostia Baptist Church,
Thirteenth and w streets Sc, the
Rev. T. E. Boorde, pastor of Ana-
costa Baptist Church, announced
today. The meetings sponsored by
the churches of Anacostia, will be
held at 8 pm. each day.
Other speakers will be Representa-
tiyes Priest, Democfat, of Tennessee.
February IT; Bryson, Democrat, OF
South Carolina. February ID. and
Ramey, Republican, of Ohia, Feb
ruary 20. DR.. Clinton N. Howard,
executive secretary of the Interna-
tional Feform Federation, will speak
on February 10.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Mrs. Naomi HUNT Dies;
Former Aide at WCA

Mrs. Naomi Naylor Hunt, rs, In
formation secretary at the Young
Woman's Christian Association from
1915 until 1941, died yesterday al
her home, 2220 Twentieth street
NV, after a months illness.
Mrs. HUNT was born in New Al
bany, Ind, and came to Washing
ton with her parents when she was
10 years old. Her father, the Rev
Henry Rodley Naylor, was pastor OF
the Foundry Methodist Church.
/ Mrs. HUNT married the late DR.
Joseph Riley HUNT and lived In
Laurel, Md, until his death in 1915
when she returned to Washington
She is survived by son, Joseph
Henry Hunt, Erie, Pa.
Funeral services will be held at
"a pm. Wednesday at the Foundry
Methodist Church Chapel. Private
burial will be in Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Lucas Seeks 10 Slash
Funds for Further 4
Grain Investigation
BY ths Asseeioisd Press

A Republican move to prolong an
investigation into grain and food
speculation hit q Democratic snag
today.
Senator Lucas Of Illinois, assis-
tant minority leader, announced he
will seek a drastic cut in funds
for a Senate Expenditures subcom-
mittee headed by Senator Ferguson,
Republican, of Michigan.
Republican leaders are said to
have agreed to shift to this commit
tee within 80 days the inquiry
now under way by Senate Appro-
priations subcommittee also headed
by Senator Ferguson.
The investigation has brought
Harold E. Stassen, Republican pres
idential aspirant, and Edwin w.
Pauley, former department oficial,
face to face for shouting exchanges
over the Stassen charge that Mr..
Pauley traded with inside infor-
nation"
Studies Thomas Records.
1t also has disclosed Brig. Gen.
Wallace H. Graham, President
Truman's physician. as a one-time
dabbler in commodities. The COM
mittee now is engaged in looking
over the trading records of Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma.
Because the Appropriations Com
nittee has lot of work ahead in
handling money bills, Chairman
Bridges has suggested that some
other group take over the speculation
inquiry.
With Senator Ferguson still in
command, the Expenditures Com
mittee apparently planned to do
that. Some Republicans indicate
they want to keep the issue alive
because they think 1t will help take
the wind out Of Democratic charges
that the Republicans are responsible
for the high cost of living.
Wants to Know Intentions.
But Senator Lucas told q reporter
he Is going to demand that the
Republicans make their full inten-
tions known before they get a
$125,00 fund they have asked for
the expenditures group.
They have $4,000 left in their
treasury" the Senator said, land
before they get any more, I think
the Senate and the country are
entitled to know what they already
have spent $4,000 for.
"I can't see why they should pro-
long the investigation. They have
utterly failed to show that Pauley
or anybody else had inside infor-
nation and used it in trading"
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Burns Mantle, Critic and Author
OfMony Books on Theoter, Dies
Best PIoys' Editor,
IA, Had Been III
Since Christmas
By the Assoeiafsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 9!-Burns
Mantle, IA, drama critic emeritus
of the New York. Daily News and
author of many books on the
theater, died today.
Death, caused by cancer of the
stomach, came at his home in
Forest Hills, Queens.
Mr.. Mantle had been seriously i'll
since Christmas Day. He entered
hospital in December but later
was released.
Mr.. Mantle had been a drama
critic for quarter of century,
! joining the Daily News staff in 1922.
He retired in 1943, but continued
to attend every first-night perform
ance on Broadway and to put out
an annual volume on the BEST
Plays" of the season. In theater
circles, he was regarded as dean OF
the drama critics.
Wrote Review on Linotype.
Born in WatertoWn, N. Y, Mr.
Mantle moved with his family to
California while still a boy. In San
Diego he worked as a helper on
a horse drawn newspaper truck, and
later as a printer,
When he was ID, he went to Den
Iver where he wrote his flrst pub
lished play review while working as
linotype operator for the Denver
Post. Unable to read the hand
writing of the Posts regular critic
he composed a review of his own at
the machine, -... .. --.s
He worked successfully for the
Denver Times and Republican as
reporter and critic, apd in 1907
joined the Chicago Tribuae's drama
staff. In a year, he was made Sun
day editor. In 1911, he came to New
York City as drama critic of the
Evening star., 1948-02-09
National Security Week
Approved by AFL Chief

william Green, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, to-
day Endorsed the observance Feb
ruary IL to % of National Security
week.
The Reserve Officers Association,
announcing observation of the week,
SAID its 1,173 chapters and SO de-
partments will take part, and that
President Truman and congressional
and armed forces leaders have called
for participation by every citizen.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Soviet Press Reports
II, 5. Market Decline,
Hints Crisis Is Near
BY The A.seeiaisd Pres.

MOSCOW. Feb. s.-Russian News
paper readers got a full account to-
day Of last weeks drop In Ameri-
can commodity prices and a broad
hint that the depression forecast
by Soviet, economists may be here.
The Moscow press gave big play
to predictions by American econo-
mists of a major crisis. CThe dis
patch did not indicate that the
newspapers devoted any space to
American economists with oppo-
site vieWs)
President Truman's declaration
that there is danger of an economic
crash if Congress does not regu-
late the price situation received wide
play.
Izvestia, the government news
paper. described Mr.. Truman's
statement as political maneuver
to place the blame on the Repub-
licans for any coming economic
crisis.
Izvestia asserted the price drop
would encourage American business
circles to use the Marshall Plan as
an antidote for the Nations eco
nomic ills.
I'm Berlin the Russian CON
trolled press said the break in
the Chicago grain market and
value decline on other exchanges
portended a serious depression
in the United States.)
The Soviet news agency Tass, in
a New York dispatch, asserted:
"The majority of papers connected
with business circles cannot hide
deep concern in connection with the
situation. The fall in stock and
commodity exchange prices con-
stitutes a prelude to q sharp turn
in the economic situation"
Evening star., 1948-02-09

Evening Mail, becoming drama ed
itor of the News II years later.
Hundreds of Friends.
Although Mr.. Mantle maintained
that the fewer friends a drama
critic had the better were his judg-
ments, he made hundreds of friends
among actors, producers, theatel
managers, fellow critics and theater-
goers. .,.
During some years, Mr.. Mantle
who liked to call himself a pro
fessional play-goer,," attended some
270 openings. . -
He edited the BEST Plays" vol
umes for ,26 years, the most recent
having been published last fall HI
also compiled two editions of biog'
raphiess of American playwrights
and was co-editor with John Cass'
ner of "a Treasury of the Theater.
| His widow and daughter, Mrs
Edward Gerard, jr., of Wilmington
Del, survive him. ..r
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Grand Jury Opens
Probe Of Clio Activity
In Baltimore Election

A District grand jury was to begin
hearing witnesses this afternoon to
determine whether the CIO violated
Taft Hartley Act provisions by TAX
ing part in congressional election
in Baltimore last July.
The inquiry, Justice Department
spokesmen declared, has unusual
scope and Importance because it
centers on the legality of political
activities of labor unions. The out
come of the investigation, especially
if prosecution results from the
grand jury examination, Is expected
to have great bearing on the role
of labor unions in the national
elections this fall.
The CIO and its president, Philip
Murray, in their opposition to the
Taft Hartley Act, made a particular
move last summer to show their
dislike for the laws ban on political
expenditures and contributions by
unions. On the eve of an election
in Baltimore the CIO distributed
copies of the "CIO News" support
ing Edward Garmatz, Democrat, for
the House. Mr.. Garmatz was
elected.
Provisions Legality Challenged.
The law bars unions, as we'll as
corporations, from spending money
in elections for Federal Offices. II
provides a maximum penalty o1
S., 900 fine for any organization con-
victed of violating the law and ur
to year in Jail and $1,000 fine
for a union or corporation Off
cial found guilty of violations.
AFL and CIO officials have chal-
lenged the provision as contrary te
the constitutional guarantee of free
dom of the. press. They have de.
clared that ion-financed- publica.
tions have a. right to take sides ir
elections.
Various CIO and AFL unions. In
cluding the CIO United Auto Work
ers Union headed by Walter Reu'
ther, have carried similar politica
Endorsements in their publications
News officials To Testify.
However, it was indicated that
Justice Department officials will
bring the CLOS part in the Garmati
election to the grand jury's atten'
tion first.
Allan L. Swim, editor of the GIG
News, and Richard Bauer, its busi.
ness manager, were the first wit
nesses subpoenaed to testify to the
grand jury.
In his Endorsement of Mr.. Gar.
matz challenging the Taft-Hartley
ban, Mr.. Murray wrote in the C1C
News:
Senator Taft, the foremost spon.
sor of the new law, has publicly
stated his view that 1t Is the purpose
intent and effect of the new law tt
stif1e the voice of labor in politica
matters and particularly to prevent
labor from supplying in its own pub
locations, distributed among its owr
members, facts and Information
with respect to current issues ano
candidates.
eff the Taft-Hartley Act means
what it has been proclaimed te
mean it f1agrantly f1aunts funda.
mental principles which have beer
cornerstones of American tradition
and American freedom ever since
the founding of our great nation"
Attorney General Clark has as
signed Special Assistants Jesse Gil
menko of New York City and Thorn
ton Smith to handle the grand jury
Investigation.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Scout Sweetheart Dance
Scheduled for Saturday

Senior Scouts and Senior Scout
Leaders here are planning the first
annual Senior Scout Sweetheart
Ball, to be held at $3.50 pm. Satur-
day in the Sail Loft at the Naval
Gun Factory. Music will be fur
nished by the United States Navy
Band.
Meanwhile, the National Capital
Area Council Of the Boy Scouts has
announced that 20 Scout troops
have reserved camp sites for the
summer at Camp Theodore Roose-
welt, North Beach, Md. The res
ervations made to date represent 40
per cent of the camps capacity. -
The council announced that Yule
Fisher, new chairman of the West
ern District, was elected a member
of the council Executive Board at
recent meeting. a .s.-t-a
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Veterans of gath Division
'Stuue Reunion Saturday

A reunion of former members o1
the 34th Infantry (Red Bulb Divi'
sion will be held at 7 pm. Satur.
day at the Brook Farm Restaurant
6501 Brookville road, Chevy Chase
Md. 1t. Col. John H. Hougen vii.
serve as toastmaster.
The committee for the reunion Is
attempting to reach all former
members of the division in the
Washington area. Maj. Marvin E
Williams, 5113 Forty-fifth street
NV. is in charge of reservations
Evening star., 1948-02-09
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENI
How Dr. Edwards Helps
Constipated Folks!
ADVERTISEMENT,

For years DR.. Edwards relieved
patients bothered by constipation
with his famous DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets-now sold by all drugstores.
Olive Tablets are mild, gentle but
oh-so thorough! Olive Tablets act
on BOTH upper and lower bowels to
produce more natural-like move
ments. No gripping. Just complies
satisfaction. Buy todayl 15t, 30t.
Evening star., 1948-02-09
Red Cross to Show Pictures

The American Junior Red Cross
will ,exhibit selected pictures from
the International Student Art Pro-
gram at tea from 3 to S pm.
Thursday at Red Cross national
headquarters, Seventeenth street be-
tween D and E streets NV. The
pictures were made by Junior Red
Cross members and will be sent to
schools in Sweden, Czechoslovakia,
Venezuela and France.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29
VA Representative Will
Buy On Job Tools

The Veterans Administration an
nounced today that effective Febr-
uary l, 1913, all tools or supplies to
be furnished veterans training on
the-job by the VA will be purchased
by a representative of the VA and
delivered directly to the veteran
trainee. c. Camp, Regional Manager,
stated that veterans who are being
trained on-the-job must make ar
engagements through their VA Train
ing Officer for the procurement OF
tools or supplies which may be au-
thorized under the law.
Vendors are cautioned, Mr.. Camp
said. that the Veterans Administra-
ton will not pay for tools and sup
plies purchased for a veteran who
is training on-the-job if the purchase
is made by anyone other than the
authorized representative of the
Veterans Administration.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29
odudion Marketing
ICIinic SET Al State

STATE COLLEGE Especial A
production and marketing clinic, one
of a series sponsored by Mississippi
| State College for the past several
| years, will be held on February 3
and 4 at the Heidelberg Hotel in
Jackson. DR.. Fred t. Mitchell, pres
| ident of Mississippi State College
announced today.
THE purpose of these clinics" DIR.
Mitchell said, rs to bring together
| all groups interested in the produc-
ton, distribution, transportation and
consumption of fruits and vegetables
in order to improve the industry by
a discussion of problems"
M. l.. Corey, of Carl Byoir and AS
ISOLATED, Inc. New York, will res
pond to DR.. Mitchell's welcome at
the opening session of the clinic on
February 8, which will begin at $3.50
a. m, and over which L. l. Jones,
director of extension, will preside.
DR.. Frank j. WEIGH, dean, school of
agriculture, will discuss the agri-
cultural situation and outlook. On
the afternoon program, T. M. Pat
terson, state director, PIMA, Jackson,
will lead a panel discussion on
price Situation and Price Support"
K. H. Buckley. associate extension
horticulturist, will be leader for the
panel on sweet corn production and
marketing.
what is New in Vegetable Re-
search" is the topic with which John
Campbell, superintendent, truck
crops Experiment Station, Crystal
Springs, will open the program for
the second day of the. clinic. DR..
Russell Coleman, director of ex-
pertinent stations, will preside.
81 Corley, commissioner of agri-
culture, Jackson, is scheduled to
summarize what Mississippi is Do
ing in the Field of Marketing"
Panel discussion leaders on sweet
potato and tomato production and
marketing programs are Chesley
Hines, extension horticulturist, and
DR.. d. Gray Miley, head of depart
ment Of agricultural economics and
rural sociology.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

Unfortu we have some
law yiolators in every business
including those scattered few
beer dealers who fail to live up
, TO their public responsibility.
But even more unfortunate r
the hasty. unsound methods en-
ployed by some people in at
tempting to weed out these vio-
lators.
Right now I'm thinking about
Jones County where the people
have voted out the legal sale OF
beer. The bootleggers are OPP
Grating on a grand scale. The
: result. I'm sure, isn't what the
people had hoped for.
Similar conditions have exist
ed in other counties where, in
place of taking an impractical
course of action. the people CO
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

but do not live the life of a Christian
They profess to love Christ and to
bow the knee to Him in obedience,
but they show by their life that
they love the world more than
Christ and are serving other masters
rather than Christ.
This false profession is but mock
ing Christ. 1t is to pretend to have
put ourselves wholly at His COM
mand, while serving our own in
terests rather than His. A recent
poll showed that SO per cent Of the
people believe in God but only So
per cent had attended any church
cervice during the preceding month.
actually do the things He commands
Many profess to serve God, but few
Our lives and actions must be
brought into conformity with what
we profess to believe.
Lord, help me live the gospel /
profess,
May each look and word and
action thee confess,
May each deed be prompted by
thy love;
Grace to do thy will be granted
from above:
All thy truth which thou hast
taught me
Help me to live;
Freely then; these truths to others
may give"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29
From where | sit :. by Joe Marsh
aG@ COOPERATION WITH
&AN A SINGLE PURPOSE
hde~t6ems1

operated with the Mississippi
Committee, u. S. Brewers Foun-
dalton, and reinforcement Of
ficers in closing down the few
beer retailers who violated the
law and who failed to comply
with the high standards advo-
Gated by the brewing industry.
From where | sit. 1t looks
like we should cooperate with @
single purpose and employ q
sound. practical plan that works
for the public good. Eight years
experience proves that the
brewing industry's "self-regula-
ton" program. with public CO.
operation. is the best plan to
use. N
:. & %~4<
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

The total enrolment of the Uni
versity of Mississippi averaged l,275
during the 10-year period ending in
June, 1914, as compared with the
3,067 present enrolment.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29
GOSPEL TALKS
BY Rev. r.. G. Valentine
False Profession

Why call We me, Lord, Lord, and
do not the things which I say?"--
Luke 6:46.
A Christian is one who processes
faith in Jesus Christ as SAVIOUR and
Lord. He is one who acknowledges
the Lordship of Christ in His life He
is a servant of Christ and Christ is
his Master. He seeks to obey His
Master in all things.
In Christ's day and every day,
there have been and are those who
make the profession of Christianity
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

No application for a degree at the
University of Mississippi is con-
sidered unless the student has spent
the equivalent of one full year IN
resident work.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

Four student body officers and re-
representatives. of even schools and
five organizations form the Student
Executive Council at the University
of Mississippi.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

The Moot Court Board in the
School of Law at the University of
Mississippi gives students the OPP
portunity to learn court procedure,
including hearings before the State
Supreme Court.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

We wish to take this means to ex-
press our deepest thanks and appre-
citation for the many kindnesses
shown us in the illness and death of
our beloved husband and father,
Robert Buck McRae.
May Heaven bless each of you is
III prayer.
MRS. r. B. McRAE and EVELYN
SAMBO, KATHLEEN and BUTCH.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-01-29

Mr.. E. H. Skinner spent Sunday
with his wife, Mrs. E. H. Skinner,
and family.
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-08

Bill Ormerod of the British For
elgn Office here tells a new story
about Stain. 1t seems that Joe had
been meeting with his politburo and
after he returned to the Kremlin,
happened to feel in his pocket and
found that his wallet was missing.
Grabbing up a telephone, he called
the police commissar and yelled,
Arrest every member of the polit-
buro at once! My wallet has been
stolen" A few minutes later, Stain
happened to put his hand into an
other n of his pockets, and there
found his wallet. He again tele-
phoned the police commissar and
told him not to bother about arrest
ing the men. "Ah, too late!" painted
the commissar. Every one of them
has confessed"
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-04-08
Gard of Thanks

We wish to take this opportunity
to express our sincere appreciation to
our many friends and neighbors both
white and colored for all kindness
shown us since our barn was so sud-
denly and SO completely destroyed
by fire last Saturday evening.
We fail to find words to express
u real appreciation to the many
children who called and asked about
our little daughters devoted saddle
mare-who was SO seriously burned.
May our Heavenly Father who
Gained the winds, thus preventing
our Home Sweet Home" from catch
ing fire from the roaring flames,
abide with you and yours both now
and always and may each of you for
ever be spared the terrible expert
ence that we endured as the sun
went down in the western sky Sat-
urday evening, April 3rd.
Sincerely,
CECIL, E. W., and CECIL EAR
LINE WALDROP.