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Evening star., 1948-11-09
Bubble Gum Bandit
Sought for $500
Food Store HoIdup

Dubbed the bubble gum bandit
by police, a clever holdup man wa!
sought today for the $500 robbery
of the Giant Food Store, Tenth ane
U streets NV.
Before he walked into the stor,
yesterday afternoon, demanded tn,
money from the manager and ther
f1attened him with a right to tn.
head the robber had sought to dis.
guise himself.
His right jaw was puffed out, per.
haps with a wad of bubble gum
there was white patch under hi!
left eye and he wore large darl
glasses and a brown hat pulled dowr
over his eyes.
Police said the man, described a!
colored, about Is years old, fee
s inches tall and weighing about 13:
pounds, apparently knew the store
well and was trying to conceal hi!
identity from employees who may
have seen him before.
Familiar With Store Practice.
He was familiar with the practice
Of the manager, Robert Garsh, 26, OF
2S08 South Ninth street, Arlington
Of cashing checks for customers, and
approached the store office with q
green slip in his hand. Later, MIR
Garsh said he thought the slip was
government check. The manager
told this story:
When he unlocked the door of the
office, a beaver-board cubicle with
walls about 6 feet high, the "cus-
toner" held his hand in his over
coat pocket, threateningly. and
ordered Mr.. Garsh into the office.
Told to get the money out of the
safe, Mr.. Cash opened it and showed
the robher 1t was empty.
Not that one, the one under the
floor the man persisted.
Then Mr.. Cash opened a safe
concealed under the boards and ex-
tracted the currency from q bag
which within a few minutes would
have been picked up by q currency
transfer truck.
Is Customers in Store.
When the manager also withdrew
a bag of change the bandit ordered
him to put it back. Then taking
out a brown paper bag, he stuffed
the bills into it.
AS Mr.. Garsh Strengthened up the
intruder hit him below the left
eye with his fist. Mr.. Garsh is
the son of Harry Garsh. a prize
fight manager, but has had no ring
experience himself, police. said. !
About Is customers were in the
store. AT least two remembered
seeing a man leave the Office with
a brown sack and walk unhurriedly
out the door. They had no idea he
had Saturdays and yestsrdsy's re-
ceipts with him. &s<t, .
A clerk found Mr.. Garsh lying Or
the floor of the office. The mana.
ger was treated for shock as Gar.
field Hospital and released.
He will go through photographs
at police headquarters today in ar
effort to identify his assailant.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Talks in West Coast Strike
Due to Beqin Tomorrow

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 R-
Negotiations to end the Vests 60
day-old maritime strike may begin
tomorrow. Shipowners said detailed
plans will be made today. They and
union leaders have agreed on for
mula for resuming the talks and
safeguarding any future contract.
The employers last night chose
new negotiatorS: The Waterfront
Employers Association selected a
committee of 18 members of steve
doring and shipping firms, and the
Pacific American Shipowners' Asso-
citation a committee of 10 shipping
men.
Sitting in will be William N. Mar
goliS, assistant director of the Fed
eral Mediation Service, and Allan s.
Haywood, national C1O director of
the organization.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Comet Is Found,
Bright as Dipper,
Harvard Says
BY the Associated Press

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. g.
The Harvard observatory in South
Africa reported yesterday sighting
a new comet that can be seen with
the naked eye.
Dr.. Harlow Shapley. director o:
the Harvard observatory. said the
comet is as bright as the stars In
the Big Dipper.
DR.. John S. Paraskevopoulos, su-
perintendent Of the Harvard observ-
atory in Bloemfonteir, South Africa
reported the discovery just before
sunrise Sunday morning.
Closeness to the sun had prevent
ed earlier discovery.
The comet has a tail 20 degrees
long-about as long as the Big Dip
per or 40 times the diameter of the
moon.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Gustav V Embroiders
Altar Covering for
Brooklyn Church
by the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 9.-King
Gustaf v, who is 80, has en-
broidered an altar covering
for the Bethlehem Evangelical
Lutheran Church of Brooklyn,
N. Y.
The art work is on exhibit
today in Stockholm. 1t will be
flown to the United States and
presented on the church's 18th
jubilee next year. The King
used a dozen colorS in this work.
Embroidery is the Kings main
indoor hobby. The altar cover
called an antependium-is the
eighth he has completed.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Randolph, ITU President.
Wed in Indianapolis
By the Associoted Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. O. The
marriage of Woodruff Randolph, 81,
president of the International Typo
graphical Union, to Miss Helen G.
Mckenzie, 80, of indianapolis, was
announced yesterday at ITU head
quarters here. Miss Mckenzie for
merly was employed there.
The couple left on trip after a
quiet ceremony here Saturday. They
expect to be in Cincinnati, where
Mr.. Randolph will be a delegate to
the American Federation Of Labor
Convention.
It is Mr.. Rardolph's second mar
riage. His first wife died more than
a year ago.
Evening star., 1948-11-09


return to the West the first of the
year. But, now that his son is COM
ing to Washington. Mr.. Mitchell Is
said to want to remain here.
Any decision on Mr.. Mitchell's
continuance in Office rests with
President Truman. The commits
sion chief reached the retirement
age earlier this year and was con-
tinued in office to the end of the
year. The continued appointment
could have been made indefinite, but
at the time, Mr.. Mitchell asked
President Truman. to continue it
only to December 81.
Now, the next move is up to
President Truman. Many of Mr..
Mitchells long time associates in
the commission are hoping he re-
mains on the job.
NEW CHAIRMAN DUE-Repre-
sentative Murray, Democrat, of
Tennessee, who will be the new
chairman of the House Civil Serv-
ice Committee, is expected to return
here next week.
1t is anticipated Mr.. Murray will
go over pending civil service legis-
lative matters with the committee S
staff in preparation for the open
ing of the Eighty-first Congress in
January.
Il r X 4
COMMISSION-The Civil Serv-
ice Commissions information di-
vision moves today from its old
quarters in the Tariff Commission
to the main Civil Service
Commission Building, Seventh and
F streets NV. The room number
is 1894.
PAY-The House Civil Service
Committee may differ with the Sem
ate civil service group over the
strategy to use in pressing for re-
visions Of the Federal Classification
Pay Act.
A Senate Civil Service subcom-
mittee, headed by Senators Flanders
and OConor, want to go ahead as
soon as Congress convenes in Janu-
ary with separate legislation for
salary increases for the Govern
ment's top 218 officials. Then the
bulk of the Governments classical
ton act revisions would be consid-
cred in another bill.
But several House committee
members; including Chairman Rees
and Representative Murray, Demo-
crat, of Tennessee, who will be his
successor as chairman, are reported
to feel a little differently. s'ao
They feel that classification act
reyisions should be considered in
one bill on top to bottom" basis.
Otherwise, it's saids pay reyisions
for the bulk of the Federal service
would run the chance Of being ig-
nored as they have been in the past.
EXPANSION PREDICTED - The
housing agencies here are all set
for an expanded personnel force in
the near future.
They base this estimate on Presi-
dent Truman's announced goal of
getting housing bill through the
next Congress as fast as possible.
With Democratic Congress due
to take over in January, the feeling
is that Mr.. Truman will get what
he wants in the way of housing leg
islation. And housing officials say
that will mean a sizable expansion
of their personnel force.
y
ECA-Foster J. Pratt, former sec
retary-treasurer of the Government
Employees Council, has been ap-
pointed to the Economic Co-opera-
ton Administration as chief of its
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Hudson River Day Line
Ending 85-Yeor Service

NEW YORK, Nov. 9 (R}.-The
Hudson River Day Line has decided
to quit in the face of steadily
mounting costs.
Alfred v. S. Olcott, president Of
the company whose excursion YES
sells have operated between New
York and Albany for IS years, said
last night the directors plan to liqui-
date,
Evening star., 1948-11-09
$1,000 Roise Denied
Five Officers of ITU
Ry the Assoeiotsd Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. s.-Head-
quarters of the International Typo
graphical Union reported yesterday
that a membership referendum
turned down proposed $4,000
annual salary increase for five in
ternational officers.
Don Hurd. secretary-treasurer,
said Woodruff Randolph, intsrna- =
tional president, was among the off,
GERS denied O raise.
The union did not disclose figures
on the vote.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Labor Advisers Office's mission
liaison section.

Labor Advisers Ofice's mission
liaison section.
Y * X X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-The Vet
erans' Administration has openings
for 100 doctors for duty in its tu-
berculosis hospitals, with salaries
ranging from $4,479 to s10,305 an
nually. :. The AFL American Fed
Grafton of Government Employees
has written to Senator O'Connor
Democrat, of Maryland, asking that
the Senate Civil Service Subcom-
mittee on Federal Pay act as soon
as possible on legislation to grant
1880 pay raises to District govern
ment employees. The District work.
ers were left out of last July's $3.50
Federal Pay Act. Incidentally,
the AFGE District Departments
monthly meeting, scheduled for to-
morrow, has been set back a
week. Agriculture Secretary
Brannan will address the Depart
ment's employees tomorrow morning
at brief Armistice Day ceremony.
Thursday, Armistice Day, is a holi-
day in the Government. Harry
P. Carr and Leonard Hazelock of
the Army Department have been
awarded Meritorious Civilian Serv-
ice Awards for their achievements
in the Department. Jack Robins,
another Army Department employe,
was given a cash award for con-
tributing to the employees sugges-
ton program. Agriculture De-
partment employees are organizing
departmental symphony orchestra
and choral group. On the agenda
in the near future is a production
of Kurt WELLS short opera, Down
in the Valley" :. The Civil Service
Commission announces exams for
pharmacologists ($3,727 to s10,305
annually; engineers, physicists,
and metallurgists
($2,974 year,, and student aid
trainees ($2,724 annually.
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Town Studies Expansion

STEPHENS CITY, Va. Nov, 0
(SpeciaD The Town Council has
under advisement proposal to ex-
tend the communitys corporate
limits from one-fourth of mile to
q mile The extension would in
crease the towns population to about
1000.
Evening star., 1948-11-09

A D e m o crat,
Mr.. Mitchell con-
ceivably coul d
remain as COM
mission pre- S j.
dent. Adding to
his inclination to
remain is t h e
fact that his son,
H u 6 h Mitchell,
has just been
elected to Con-
gress as a Repre-
sentative from
w a S h i n g t on
State.
Mr. Mitchell
had infntalorl 70
Evening star., 1948-11-09

fBe sure to listen in every Sun
day at 1915 am. oUer WMAL,
The Star station, for Joseph
Young's broadcast persion OF the
Federal Spotlight, featuring ad-
ditional ne1CS and Uie1Us OF the
Government scene.)
Evening star., 1948-11-09
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight - -, --....
Friends SoyMitcheII Mould Like
To Stay as Civil Service Head
By Joseph Young

Associates of President Harry Mitchell
Commission would like Job December
81, the date he had planned to retire.
Mr. Mitchell, who has the commission for nearly 16
years. made his decision ago. But the
election results caused
Evening star., 1948-11-09
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Consider-
able cloudiness with highest tenn
peratures in the lower COS this aft
ernoon. Cloudy tonight with drizzle
or occasional light rain late tonight
and lowest about so. Tomorrow
mostly cloudy and mild with show
erS.
Virginia-Cloudy and milder with
drizzle or occasional rain tonight.
Tomorrow, occasional rain and mild.
Wind velocity, S miles per hour;
direction, north-northwest.
Fiye-Day Weather Forecast
November 8 Through November Is.
For Northern Virginia, Maryland
and the District-Temperature will
average from two to four degrees
above normal. Mild Wednesday
becoming colder Thursday. Some
what warmer Saturday. Rain Wed
nesday and again about SATURDAY
with total amount Of rainfall one.
fourth to one-half inch. Normal
maximum, 81; normal minimum
SO, in the Washington area.
River Report.
(From U. 8. Engineers) :,
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
ana muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
Evening star., 1948-11-09

High and Lew Tor YesteFday
High, 63, At 2:06 pm.
Low, 80. At 5:44 am.
keeerd Iemperatures This Year.
Lowest on January 20.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey
INCENSE CEDAR

A majestic incense cedar has been
discovered in Yosemite National
Park and has been placed in the
group of National Tree Champions.
Requirements for membership in
this very exclusive club are SYM
metry, age and perfection. This
incense cedar replaces the former
champion ct feet s inches in cir
cumference) which thousands have
seen near the Ell Captain Bridge.
1t was the largest known of its spe-
cies, but when it lost its crown
in a storm 1t also lost honorable
position.
Incense cedars grow tall. They
are compactly columnar trees with
crowns consisting of flattened
frondlike branches raised on a
quickly tapering cinnamon red
trunk. Most Of the trees are soli-
tary, so they can reach high into
the sky. Others prosper in small
groups with other trees as neigh
bors. In the Western mountain
ranges they prefer slopes on eleva-
tions 5000 feet above sea level. For
thousand miles from the basin of
the Santiam River in Oregon, south
ward along the Cascade Mountains
and the western slopes of Southern
California and Lower California you
may see younsters a hundred years
old which have attained height of
IS to ITO feet. All young incense
cedars have decidedly upward
fling to their branches. Mature
trees have widely buttressed bases.
The upper bark of the trunk is
to inches thick, while that on the
base is easily 6 or inches thick.
1t is deeply furrowed, shreddy, cin-
namon-brown and fire-resistant.
Incense cedars are father-mother
trees. Different kinds of flowers
appear on separate branches. The
pistillate ones are pale green and
inconspicuous, while the staminate
ones, one-fourth of an inch long, are
yellow and laden with pollen. The
tree at times is so yellow it reminds
one of giant golden rod.
The winds toss the pollen to the
female flowers situated on last year. S
wood. Here the pale-brown urn
shaped cones will be developed. BY
October, the doors to the conehouse
will open to release tiny twin seeds
whose wings enable them to ride
the brisk air waves.
Today, incense cedars have an
honored place as ornamentals. They
live to a grand old age, are always
beautiful, have no insect foes and
their crushed leaves are highly
fragrant.
Not so long ago the wood was in
Evening star., 1948-10-02
AUTOMOBILES WANTED.

ALWAYS AN EXCELLENT PRICE for a
HSrth~he ssT ANY MAKE
Wisconsin ave. NV. EN- $500, $50 am.
HIGHER II siaS p CASH "a PRICE paid for your car:
ooMSe Psf Ssssdfzs MooR T5 sXhE s1 for se sepr' 1855
NAME 9o Your peSRf o%s f4 Sk1cE Eo for your car
Vn WI VIZ ~ s cat IT IS or soS you fna pSn ehse sVe
car car away; see US $ for or the tor TOP, price rice that
5iss Sas Ws ave- '4s lE6Rs 6R MOTOR sf5
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safs Hses aoToR co orTf oTa eau
esoe Or so1 Mnn sSe ne
sHW gsnnins vXi2jr rd} Ii fo4 400 your carl Yes
vii pay Premium nor press for oar extra s clean
e s5o D m pm t' at the a$ TREw ds MoToR StSTee
CO.. 1925 14th st. NV. or call DE. 1910
postwar Why's Mail II full 'de details to to Box sox
SSH SfiS4Tf IT, i: tsAR5y ~ vent; good car; Pay
WRECKED CARS. any condition: old cars,
MR. sny m0dai' 7. NJ J1Nk 6 hm to p.m sH' sloa'
u CHEAP OLD Cans wANrED-cash wait
ing. Sl0 to $500 Any make, model.
if MORE MONEY IS what you expect for
your car let Donald Motors, one of D. C.'s
largest used-car dealers. sell your car at a
retail price. Our fee is S25 and only
when your car is sold DONALD MO-
TORS. INC. $50 Fla. ave. ne, Ii. 9575,
l37 Q St. ne: ME, 3033
cash price for your l94s or la47 car and
sas5 i ss5r M6Tef Iys IN e call Py fSoG Ss15
BELL MOTORS viii sell your 1916 to
l940 car and get you the highest cash
price in town. Our only charge is S25
to BELL MOTORS, 5O1O Wisconsin ave.
NV: Mo. 5000; ,.o -
Py chev OF ford Club Coupe or
vertible. WI. 1855 after 5 pm. -3
Evening star., 1948-10-02
I axe My Word for 1t
Bv Ernnk colhv
BY Fronk Colby
SATURDAY. Forum.

1IldCd-A student IN England says
in letter that he has been "rusti-
Gated We have no idea what he
means.-Mrs. H. G.
AnsWer-To ruSticate, In British
usage, means to suspend a student
temporarily as disciplinary meas
sure for offenses which are not so
grave as to justify expulsion.
Hanford-Should one speak of the
Dionne quintuplet or quintuplets?-
Mrs. o. j.
Answer-Quintuplet is a singular
noun meaning "one of five" In
speaking of five girls, say: Dionne
quintuplets, pronounced (best US
ageo: Kwin-tyoo-plets. Dionne is:
d'YAWN, almost d'YUN. The girls
names are Yvonne, Annette, Emile,
Marie, Cecile, pronounced, ee-VAWN,
a-NET. ay-me-LEE, ma-REE, say
SEEL.
Buffalo-Please discuss the words
nostalgia and nostalgia. The other
day read, 1T is a very nostalgia
picture" Was that not incorrect?-
B. c.
Answer-Nostalgia is formed from
the Greek nostos, "a return to
home" plus -algia, pain or sick
ness; hence, inconsistencies. The
adjective nostalgia means, "of or
pertaining to homesickness." A
picture may be nostalgia if it causes
a feeling of homesickness.
Hollywood-Please explain and
pronounce the word paisano as used
here in California.-M. C. S.
Answer-Paisano is Spanish for
fellow countryman: of the same
country" In California usage
palSano means a person of Mexican
parentage born and living in the
United States 1t is pronounced: ::
pah-ee-SAH-noe; almost: py-SAH-
noe.
Cincinnati-What is the name of
the calculating device with balls
strung on wires as used in China,
Japan, etc.?-J. r. w.
AnSwer-The contrivance is the
abacus, pronounced: AB-uh-kuss.
It's from the Greek abakos, tablet;
calculating table"
Omaha-What is the origin of
the word ignoramus, and is the third
syllable "ram"?-P. N. H.
Answer-There is no ram" in
ignoramus. Better say: IG-nuh-
RAY'mus. The word is Latin. It's
Latin meaning is I'VE do not know:
we ignore or disregard" The word
ignoramus used to be written on a
bill of indictment when the grand
jury considered the evidence in
sufficient to warrant a true bill
Mr.. Colby's Lie-Lay, Sit-Set pamphlet
makes these confusing word-pairs as simple
as. ABc. The nontechnicaI key does the
trick. For a COPY, send cents in coin,
and stamped, self-sddressed envelope to
him; care Of The & Star; Post once Box es'
(Copyright 104S, the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-10-02
AUToMoBILEs WANTED Cont }.

of cars are assured at MckEE-PoNTIAc
MORE 1sDs CASH 4, RT FOR ni HAGs GHe0 CAR, new or
T. SSas zso' sss ss 'as :sd Z
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ess opsn ssndsy So ePsn tS g. to %1sRs ne
s8Tfs FSFf; IN DIRE NEED Ex s4s asss
CASH Price mosf5 &R Fl M DfS %o
MOTORS : We want
new car or sell to any one until you give
the heed DS ears ss S suy e 4 s Dyss yUai
nj, s paid .a SI fa viii gys ySq s:aGei ss i s
sssn d..sfs AZ s.ss
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IMMEDIATE CASH-Urgently. need 80
sars trade az ena Sfe 0t
Rhode island ave. ne. Phone M. s774.
TRY TRIANGLE-We want the extra
clean cars and will paw premium prices to
set them Phone De. 63O3 for buyer
to cali or drive to either TRIANGLE
locations. 3010 r. I. ave. me-.
or 1888 r. l. ave. ne.
Will PAY UP TO $1,000 FOR:
40 Pontiacs.
40 Chevrolets.
40 Fords.
40 Plymouths
CENTRAL MOTOR SALES,
1926 Conn. ave. WO. 1886. EN-. 0764
Evening star., 1948-10-02

JuuSIIlcIlI.
(a Danish
(b) French
Co German
Id Irish
(e) Hollander.
(W Surname begins with Van"
(w) Surname ends with sen"
(x) Surname begins with lie"
(y Surname begins with "von."
CD Surname begins with 90"
Score yourself as follows: 0-2.
poor; 3-6, average; 7-9, superior;
9-10, very superior.
l. New York City. 2. Deer. s.
Mahogany T. Odd Fellows. S. Moo.
6. (a) Danish -"sen" (w). ID
French-"Le" (x). (c) German
Won (D. ID Irish-"O" (D. (e)
Hollander."yan" W.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Not This

great demand for lining clothes
closets and cedar chests, for inte-
rior woodwork and for pencil Stats.
1t takes a lovely polish and is dur
able.
Moths are said to dislike the spicy,
pungent order, but something more
direct and dependable has taken
over the battle against wool eaters.
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Test Your Horse Sense
By Dr.. George W. Crone

Score one point for a correct solu-
ton to each of the first five prob.
lens. The last problem counts fivs
points.
/. Which one of these four cities
is farthest West?
Boston Rio de Janeiro
New York City Buenos Aires
2. A fawn is the offspring Of
which one Of these creatures?
Lion Giraffe Sheep Deer
3. Which one of these varieties
of wood is the heaviest?
Mahogany Elm Eastwood Pine
4. Which faternal order employs
three links of a chain as its emblem?
Knights of Columbus Masons
Odd Fellows Elks
S. A chuck wagon should make
one think primarily of which sound?
Oink Gobble Ba-a Moo
6. Our surnames often indicate
the racial ancestry of the paternal
side of the house. Try to match the
races Of people shown in the first
five lines below with the appro-
pirate surname prefix or sufix, as
indicated in the next five lines. You
deserve one point for each correct
Evening star., 1948-10-02
Word Game
Find Al or more common English
| I- i,,

words in
RCIST,
meaning, lone who adjures evil
spirits" Average mark Is 81 words.
Time limit, 80 minutes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be Of
four or more letters. .. Words which acquire
four letters BY, the addition Of IS, such as
bats, cats" are not used. 3. Only one
form of a word is used. T. Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
Monday