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Evening star., 1948-10-07
American Aircraft Designers

To the Editor of The Star
Reference is made to the recent letter sub
mitted to The Star by person vino, obvi-
ously took the liberty to sign the letter as a
Mechanical Engineer because of having
acquired by some means a certificate stating
that he had completed sufficient courses to
receive degree of Bachelor of Sciences in
mechanical engineering.
Mechanical engineering, even when applied
to aircraft engine design, is a broad field and
there are few men in this field with enough
experience to state that American aircraft
engine mechanical engineers can oRly exceed
European engineers in their ability to set up
mass production lines. First, it must be re-
membered that in most large corporations pro-
ducing aircraft engines mechanical engineer
ing graduates are employed for a variety of
duties. Some are production line tenders doing
very little creative work while those designated
as engine designers have little connection with
production since they are in the experimental
division. The writer of the aforementioned
letter must have been employed in the former
of these two types of positions since he makes
mention of production lines.
I will venture to say that American aircraft
engine designers can do and are doing lot
of original ingenious designing. think I
experimental design and test engineer for four
years prior to and at the beginning of the
last war in the engineering division Of the
Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Let me give
credit to the English for getting the jump on
us in connection with jet engine development
(not their basic idea since the Chinese devised
an exhaust driven ball several centuries B.Co.
A lot of factors enter into the quantity OF
development carried on by country or nation.
One Of these factors is that American corpo-
rations are not all able to apply large quanti-
ties of the investors money to development
projects that will not show immediate none
tary return. They must depend largely upon
Government development contracts financed
by congressional appropriations, and not all
persons in the United States can see the
Government using money that way. There are,
however, q few far-sighted persons who feel
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 3l6 I street NE. Washineton . D. c.
Please nclose three t3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
"A Rotten Tax
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the Eoltor OF The Star:
Wish to indorse your editorial on the
personal property tax. 1t is tax that should
oe aoonshed. 1t is dishonest tax It compels
the taxpayer to make declaration which he
cahnot support. Years ago urged the SUBJ
stltutlon OF an income tax, though I knew we
might get the latter without losing the former.
we OLD. Then many residents were permitted
TO evade the income tax
Each year when I have paid my personal
property tax have protested on the score that
cannot make fair appraisal Your sugges-
tlon OF using replacement value seems to me
Ahpractlcaole I have rugs that are 80 years
olo or older They have been in one of our
iocai storage warehouses, where they were badly
motheaten We have had them repaired-at
my expense. The warehouse company denied
responsibility in spite Of the fact that the
moths were their moths These rugs are not as
good as new rugs, so why should pay taxes on
replacement value? We have some paintings,
the painters of which are dead. What is their
replacement value?
What have used in my tax declaration is an
estimate OF what We might get if our house
furnishings were sold at auction OF course,
that varies according to the market and the
skill OF the auctioneer. If put sentimental
value on them-and large portion have a
sentimental value, such as the furniture bought
by my parents when they were married and a
table given my grandfather by the crew of a
wrecked ship whom he rescued-I certainly
would be paying more than any purchaser
would pay. Obviously, they have no replace
ment value
The personal property tax is rotten tax.
1t cannot be applied honestly. 1t should be
abolished. Yet recognize, as you do, that the
District needs the money. So as long as some
District residents escape paying taxes on the
incomes they earn here it probably will have
to be continued. Otherwise we could simply
increase the income tax So I welcome the hit
or miss method devised by the District tax
collector OF assessing personal property taxes
In accordance with the assessed value of the
dwelling. Now it is up to him. il.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address Of the
,Driter, although 1t Is permissible for
,Driter knoDn to The Star to use
non, de plume. Please be briet.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
More About BarkinS Doas

Your editorial of September 49, containing
venomous and cowardly attack on what un-
counted centuries have acclaimed mans best
friend" Is the most irresponsible and assinine
editorial writing coming to my attention in
over so years.
We find here and there, among those of
high and low degree, warped natures, weak
characters, too cowardly to speak out against
the strong and those who can fight back It
is not surprising to find one of these such as
your editorial writer in question, attacking
the defenseless dog, attempting to heap upon
him ridicule and scorn
AS long as life lasts in this world of cruelty
and treachery, the young and the aged will be
forever inspired toward finer appreciation of
the truest and best things by the eternal love
and devotion of the dog
Your editorial may have caused a chuckle
among very few of Sam Rice's friends but
1t has come as shock to and is resented by
100000 subscribers to The Star, at least Is 600
OF whom are dog owners and dog lovers and
therefore, believe in decency and fair play
PHIL D. POSTON
To the Editor of The Star:
wonder If there's room for one more barking
dog letter.
l can't help wondering what manner of
thinking leads person to believe that person
who dislikes to hear constantly barking dog
Is dog hater and that dog lover will eniov
hearing one.
Now, having known my share of dogs, both
IN the country and in the city, I have come
to two conclusions:
l. happy dog doesn't bark much.
e. dog that is necessarily barking is most
likely frustrated and neurotic dog.
out on farm, where dog belongs Won
won't hear dog barking all day long-or all
night long, either. He'll bark if he's rounding
up the COWS or chasing rabbits-both of which
oogs ike to do. He'll bark awhile around
sundoWn, If he thinks he smells wolf or a
lady friend across the hollow But he won't
spend 20 hours day screaming his lungs out
as my city neighbors' dogs do
can't help wondering, say, how person
can call himself dog lover and keep a mis-
eraole, mourning, 50-pound dog in the. city.
1nelr despalrlng cries are to be heard eyerv.
"nere-lssuing all day long from the windows
OF houses whose owners have gone to the
once echong from 10-foot-square back wards
"nere, chained to clothesline post or i'm
prSoned In woven wire, mans best friend"
dreams of meadows and wonders what crime
he's done.
Yes, G1 Joe, let's hope your K-9 Lady was
truly Whisked away to her eternal home But
lets hope her barks there are happy rabbit
CHASING barks, and not the miserable screams
heard day and night forever and ever bv tho
nelghbors OF city dog lovers"
DEMASIADO PERROS.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Importance of Sidewalks


A news item indicates that the District IL
about to require property owners to remove the
snow from their sidewalks.
I had about formed the opinion that side.
walks had gone out of style and were no
longer considered the proper thing in front OF
up-to-date modern homes.
For long stretches in the newer sections Of
the city there are no sidewalks at all. The
front lawns come right down to the edge Of
the paving and there are no curbs.
If one dareS to get in out of the traffic, stifs
guilty conscience and wade through the wet
grass the property owners glare at one with
that mo trespassing" look
Some property owners plant shrubs just
where the sidewalks should be-a gentle re-
minder to the thoughtless to keep off. One
owner even posted sign in the middle of the
space where you might look for sidewalk,
promising to prosecute all persons who dared
to tread on his" property.
We were old-fashioned enough to put side
walk and a curb around our property On
winter mornings we can't get out fast enough
to shovel the snow away, so those people who
never have sidewalk can get through. They
willingly walk in the roadway until they get
to our block. However we must get out and
shovel just because we were stupid enough to
spend the money for what we thought was an
improvement.
So rise to point of order. The Commits
sioners in condoning this condition all these
gears have, by their action, tacitly admitted
that sidewalks are unimportant to the we'll
being of the community. We probably have
snow on the ground not more than 20 days in
the year. Why are sidewalks of no consequence
the other S45 days? w. M. TEMPLE.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Useful for Reducing

the Editor OF The SUIT:
Rumpty bump ii bump tt bump, rump tt
bump. This is the familiar sound have been
hearing every day. and I'm just about fed up
with it. My nerves had all they can stand.
Scores of other people are fed up with it also.
Just what am talking about, anyway? Well.
sir, it's these CTC buses, including the new
ones. wonder what they were designed for.
Reduction of weight in plump women, believe.
Oh, yes; hear they plan to uproot some of the
trolleycar lines and replace them with buses.
IRRITATED PASSENGER.
Evening star., 1948-10-07
Prices Blamed on Congress

To the Editor of The Star:
So carfares in the District are going up from
10 to 13 cents! That will be a hardship for the
poor who have to depend on the streetcars.
What does Congress care about the poor?
If it had any concern for the poor it would
not have allowed merchants to boost food
prices 800 to 400 percent
: Coal also is up nearly 300 per cent. AS to
clothing, q good example we find in suspenders
-oiae-third the width and three times the
price!
I wonder how it is in Berlin? Are conquered
countries allowed to be gouged in this
manner? II. B. BRADFORD.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15
NAAcP Leader Denies
DisIoyaIty Charges

LOS ANGELES, June. l5. =
Denying that he had enlisted the
support of, or associated with
communists or other reputed sub
versive elements, Frank H. Barnes,
president o fthe NAACP branch
in Santa Monica, Calf, has filed
an answer contesting suspension
from his job in the post office on
disloyalty charges.
Mr.. Barnes, asp resident of the
NAACP branch, headed a drive
and picket line campaign to OBJ
tain employment on a .non-discrim.
inatory basis for Negroes in the
newly opened branch store OF
Sears Roebuck and company. Or
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15


May A, he was suspended from
his job under Executive Order
1885 on charges that he was "af-
filiated or sympathetic with an or
ganization, association, movement,
group or combination of persons
designated by the Attorney Gen
eral as subversive."
In answer to these charges Mr..
Barnes, through Loren Miller and
Harold J.. Sinclair, attorneys re-
tanned by the NAACP, denied
specifically that he had enlisted
the support of subversive groups
and that she frequently associated
with persons we'll known to him
to be communists and fellow
travellers" He further denied that
he had ever been a member OF the
communist party, National Negro
congress-, international Workers
Order or other allegedly subver-
sive organizations listed in the
post office departments notice of
proposed removal action.
After the NAACP had initiated
the drive for job equality at Sears
Roebuck, some rs local organiza-
tons including those listed in the
notice as "subversie' on the basis
Of the Aattorney Generals desig-
nation, joined the campaign and
supplied personnel for the picket
line. Appearance of representa-
tives of these organizations on the
picket line led to charges against
Barnes.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15
TT HAPPENED
IN NEW YORK
BY Gladys P. Graham

John B. Kingi principal of P.
S. 70 in Brooklyn, a Catholic,
spoke before the Interracial coun-
Gil at their Vesey street headquar-
tiers Thursday evening. Mr.. King
discussed "Projects for Improv-
ing SCHOOL, Community relations.
Claude Marchant and his cele-
brated Afro-Cuban Dance COM
pany will give the final to this
seasons Dark of the Moon dances.
The members of the Marchant
group r Marguerite James,, JAG
queline Hairston, Billie Allen, Don
aid Curtis, James Brown, and
Gieno Moxer. Paquita Anderson,
Mario Costello and Berand Tay-
lor will handle the percussion for
the Caravan ball event.
The American Negro theate1
presented Harry Wagstaff Crib
ble's new comedy, almost Faith.
full" last Wednesday night.
Muriel Rain and Dick Camp
bell (known as the Campbells in
private life), celebrated Is years
| of welded bliss at their Rivertor
apartments.
King Cole trio opened at the
Paramount for a long Broadway
run.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15

In further reply, Mr.. Barnes
maintained that his. suspension
was an attempt to deprive him of
freedom Of speech under the 1st
amendment to the u. S. Constitu-
ton and further to deprive him of
his privileges and immunities as a
citizen, as we'll as of due process
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15

and equal, protection of thel aw
under the 18th Amendment. He
demanded a hearing on the charges
with the opportunity to call wit
nesses and file affidavits in his
own behalf.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15

Paul Robson, baritone, and
DR.. Max Yergan have really ar
rived at a rather v%itrolic point.
Last Wednesday the singer took
the African authority before the
state supreme court. Robson is
seeking an order to restrain Yer
gen from representing himself as
the head of the now defunct Coun-
Gil on African affairs. Robson
also is making a strenuous effort
to have Yergan barred from the
premises. Some few days ago DR..
Yergan, accused the opposing fac
ton of taking some 5000 IN
monies from their safety place.
Talented Charles Gray, bari
tone singer Of Louisville, is in the
town for an addition on the Ar
thur Godfrey Hour over CHS. A
student of Municipal colleges
voice division, Gray is residing at
the aHrlem YMCA.
Lorraine Gossin, Memphis song
bird, who has studied voice at
leading Conservatives in Chicago
and New York, has announced
her marriage to Charles Frazier
Jr. She is the only Negro holding
a high clerical post at the 42no
street Social Security office.
Edith Myers, registered nurse
employed at the Polytechnic hospi
tai, lost her mother, Martha Myer.E
The deceased was carried to he1
home in Washington for burial.
The domestic relations cour
iurist, Hubert Delaney, is spon
soring (along with members of hi
committee) a might Under tn
Stars" The benefit affair for ju
bilee night at City college will b
held for the Student War Mem
orial building fund. Stars of al
races will perform.
Letters have arrived from Dl
Thomas Fortune Fletcher and hi
aide, Bill Howard, from Add
Ababa, Ethiopia. Both are thrille
with the spirited response of tn
youth to their teaching. Halle Sc
lassie has looked with great favo
upon the new educational in
proyements instituted by the form
er Lincoln university professor.
Creighton Thompson, emlner
actor seen in "Street Scene" an
numerous other Broadway produ'
tons, cards in from Aavana.
Avis Tinnen, former start
the all-vet show, "Call Me Mi
ter" will soon hit Harlem. III
former singer-actor has bee
studying at Carleton college, {
Mortified, Mimi.
Leo Coleman Of "The Medium
Writes from London that his shoy
starring Marie Powers, will ope
in Paris.
Alma Vessels attended TT
nurses biennial meeting in On
cago. She is the executive seer
tary of the National Associate
of Colored Graduate nurses, whle
has offices on Broadway.
Alfred Scott, circulation NAL
ager O fthe African magazine,
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-06-15

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1948-04-09
Young Judaean Leaders
CONTINUED from Page One)

Myron Blattner, Bar Mltzvan'
from the Leaders Institute. Later
the guests were given Kiddlsh by
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Etegman,
parents of the Bar Mitzvah.
Luncheon was served in the
Hotel Seminole and Rabbi Sanders.
Tofield of the Jewish Center was
the guest speaker. Rabbi Totleld
spoke of the present day political
scene. and entreated the delegation
to continue in devotion to their
ideals in the face of reverses IN
the United Nations and in Pales-
tine. He expressed his disapproval
of the policies of the terrorist
groups in Palestine, and warned
against any emotional support OF
the groups. Developing the SUBJ
iect of terrorist groups, Miss Ben
drummer told of their activities IN
the D. P. camps, and reported that
these groups never accepted the
self discipline that the other D. P.'s
were ready to shoulder. Miss Zip
porth- a Palestlnlan
guest at the conference, reiterated
the Rabbits statement, and re-
ported that in Palestine also the
majority of the people support the
Haganah and only a very small
minority bend toward Irgun or
Stern Gang support.
Following the luncheon session
the Institute was moved to the |
Community Council Building and
Mrs. Norman Moss conducted a
session on How to teach a Pales-
tinian Song"
Supper and the evening session |
was held in the testers Club. Miss |
Gabrielle Mayer; of Jacksonville,
and Rosh of the Southern Region
of Plugat Aliayh, conducted the
session on Young Judaea and
Chaluziut. Ted Gross, educational
director of the Jewish Center, con-
Quoted the Havdolah service.
The session was followed by
dance to which Jacksonville Jew
ish youth were invited.
The Sunday morning session was
conducted by Miss Harriet Cotton
of Birmingham, Alabama, and
Herman Popkin. An afternoon
session on Arts and Crafts and a
work shop led by Mrs. Isadore
Moscovitz of Jacksonville conclud-
ed the afternoon. The Institute
concluded with the singing of
H'Tikvoh.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Four Policemen Freed
In Magistrate Arrest
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA. Aug 26-United
States Commissioner Ethan Allen
Doty yesterday dismissed charges
against four policemen accused of
Gepriving Magistrate Joseph Rainey
of his constitutional rights in rlac-
ing him under arrest last month.
At the hearing before Mr.. Doty,
Ma gistrate Rainey's attorney said
no further attempt would be made
to press charges against Patrolman
William Subers. Acting Sergt. Nor
man L. Young, Acting Capt Albert
w. Young and Patrolman Jesse
Strange.
Mr.. Rainey, the citys only Negro
magistrate, is a candidate for Con-
eress from the 4th district on the
Progressive Party ticket. He went
to the seth and Lancaster avenue
police station July 16 on behalf of
a. party worker who had been seized
while operating a sound truck.
The policemen contended that
Magistrate Rainey went behind a
railing in the police station where
the public Is not permitted. Ac-
cording to Assistant District Attor-
ney James r. Ryan, Mr.. Rainey re-.
fused to obey an order to leave and
was then arrested.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
First DIP Immigrants
To Reach u. :. Under
New Program in Fall
BY the Asseeioied Press


The first shipload of European
refugees under the new displaced
persons immigration program will
arrive in the United States early in
October.
Ugo Carusi, displaced persons
commissioner. disclosed this yester-
day and said that Government in
vestigators will begin selecting pros
pective immigrants late next week.
These refugees will be the van
guard Of 205, 900 who can enter the
United States during the two-year
period ending June 30, 1850, as pro-
vided for by Congress.
First Group From Reich.
Mr.. Carusi told a reporter the
first batch OF immigrants will come
from displaced persons camps in
the American zone of Germany.
Newly hired investigators and
selectors will leave for Europe with
in few days to begin screening
thousands Of applicants. Aided by
Government experts borrowed from
other agencies, they will expand
their operations later to American
camps in Austria and italy.
! Mr. Carusi said that the first i'm
migran nts will be resettled in Eastern
and Middle Western States where
approved jobs in farms and indus
tries are awaiting them. Some later
arrivals will be distributed in States
west of the Mississippi and in the
/ South.
Job Offers Pouring In.
Thousands of job offers are pour
ing into the State Department and
other Government agencies, Mr.
Carhsi said, making it virtually GER
tain that every immigrant under
this program will have Job waiting
for him when he reaches American
shores.
Mr.. Carusi said he is confident
Congress will appropriate additional
funds for his agency after January
A shortage OF funds otherwise will
limit the number Of refugees that
can enter the United States up to
June 80, 1949, to around 10000.
Evening star., 1948-08-26
Son Of Army Sergeant
Dies After BicycIe Fall

The 10-year -old son OF q Fort
Eustis Army sergeant died at Walter
Reed Hospital yesterday of head
injuries suffered when he fell of his
bicycle.
The boy was Fred w. Carter, jr.,
son of Sergt. and Mrs. Fred Carter.
He was given emergency treatment
at Fort Eustis Hospital before being
brought here by ambulance Tuesday
night. The body will be sent to
Alton, ILL.,, for burial, according to
hospital officers.
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1948-09-25

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