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Evening star., 1948-04-04
Teu at St. AIMS Today

The Mothers Club OF st. AIMS
School viii sponsor O silver tea at
st. AIMS Convent, 4201 Forty third
street NV, today from . 70 8 pm.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
Sales Tax Is Apparent Solution of D. C. Fiscal Problem

the House Approiation Subcommittee and aggregate o 400
aias indated dse
ndefense has estimated to yield sufficient
to @ ii the ae a s, Ts ss T Ds ssSe
to the impending additional burdens
obligation the United States its Capital BY no -. means do,na @
an as sDIs sos
the the District Of Is M ast a ar sn c @
year ls4s should be largely increased.
Taxation and Budsstins for Experts
in recognition OF the fact that
1 e. IA: ss e I Dr. M msas for
under the Joint Committee Taxation
n tSs
hs burden
the District and recommended tying together
plsn which could be devised under existing
and m a s The
BEING m @ eonp aS hs By m
Pond and Colin F. Stan Stated briefly
'af psa snd po % salss tax
M s san On ~ s ns sn s 'a already
ton BY the District being exempted.
Board Of Retail Sales Tax.
Reilly Washington Board Of Trade in the
April news published to the
An exhaustive study Tnne.
'ss
and members Of the staff The full committee then reported TO the
Rsy Board Of Trade has recon-.
from existing tax sources
would and injurious to the
economic health Of the community .
g. sufcien the
District Of =
peculiarly economic characteristics
of
5 analysis probably be less burdensome than
magnitude residents Of the District and
by similar forces must be solved
which the Federal Government has
therefore profit by the experience
deal with the problem than we
Retail Sales Substitute. :
Many groups heretofore opposed vigorously the
complete substitute for the
considerable nsence for
radical Of that Legislation Of this hind
the District for the fiscal
year ending June 80 1949. .
Very submitted by the
indicate the probability Of substantial reductions
Municipal Finance Committee convinced that
the budget estimates transmitted by
and that these additional especially essen
ta.
residents Of the District
the real estate the only other source
This important OF the receipts
would paid the than residents
Virginia daily the facilities the District
million visitors to Washington
hundreds Of thousands OF people
beyond taxing jurisdictions Of the c. government
1T apparent that the Congress- will not
the District which will to all
Following the principle that bad should be rewritten and
discarded entirely recommended that the personal
equity which applies to less than 100 900 people and
they happen receive
Federal Government rather than from the District
government private employer"
Evening star., 1948-04-04
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Districts Difficult Fiscal Problems;
Supreme Court and Our Court Rights
By Jesse c. Suter

Voteess Washinstonians Classed in Strange Company
Now with quadenna election ofng there
usual marked interest the potential voting strength Of thu
together with question voting absentees
not at their oa doices Recent estimates BY the Bureau Of the
Census placed the total voting e41500
This figure said United States Il
Of plus members the armed TAO
Georgia between a. Georgia State
l8year-olds
Census not informed the who
voeess but that perhaps aliens and Gil residents
of the District Columbia included stated
will
figure Then must be remembered that in enitenares
mental institutions are also among the voteess.
these estimates other
information the unrepresented
American citizens the District Columbia the
aliens criminals and Substantial
for denial participation in the National Government
through the ballot the
whatever found for denying the full rights
American citizenship the intelligent patriotic Americans the Dis
t Of Columbia allegiance the 40 sovereign States
allegiance United States America.
Evening star., 1948-04-04
Bowie Entries
FOR MONDAY.
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

Weather Clear. Track Fast.
First Post. 2 PM. EST.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Ban on viviisection
Urged for District

A ban on vivisection in Wash
ington was included in proposed
legislative program outlined 10 a
meeting of the District Anti-Vivi-
section Society last night at the
Raleigh Hotel.
The program, presented to the
meeting by Mrs. Alma T. Opal
president Of the society, advocated
the ban on interstate shipment OF
dogs for vivisection purposes.
A resolution was adopted COM
mending Frank r. Marks, District
poundmaster, for his announcement
that no animal will go from the
pound to a medical torture chamber
so long as l am in charge of the
city's official shelter
Other speakers were James Cum
ningham, investigator for the Dis
trict society; Mrs. Bennett Champ
Clark, wife of the Court of Appeals
justice; Guy Dacci, president of the
National Voters League Against vi
visection; Mrs. Nina Fisher Ham,
mer, former special investigator of
the Chicago Humare Education So
ciety, and 11-year-old Charles Fos-
ter of Arlington, who wore Cub
Scout uniform.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Monte Sanger Dies;
Mason and Official
OF Oldest Inhabitants

Monet Sanger. IA. vice president of
me Association of the Oldest 1nhabi-
tants of the District and leader in
Masonic affairs here for more than
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Partially Blind Widow
'0f II Tells Jurors Of
Attack in Takoma Park

A small, gray-haired, partially
blind widow today falteringly told
jury in Montgomery County Cir
cult Court that she was criminally
assaulted in her Takoma Park home
on May II by man who pretended
to be delivering a special delivery
letter.
The woman, who is 70 and has
lived alone for many years, was the
first witness in the trial of Joseph
(Dupe) Ross, 54. colored Takoma
Park garbage collector, accused of
the crime.
She told the jury that she was
rendered unconscious and that when
she regained her senses she was be-
ing violated.
Il was too Mortified to move" she
said.
Arrested Next Day.
The witness said that her sense of
touch, which she had developed dur
ing years of partial blindness, en-
abled her to determine that the man
was bald, had a deep crease at the
back of his neck and was smooth
ShaVen.
! On the basis of the description she
| furnished, Montgomery County
police arrested Ross the next day,
charging him with rape. attempted
rape, assault and battery.
The woman took the stand after
brief opening statement to the
Jury by States Attorney Walter
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Three Held in $500 Bond,
I0n Weapons Charges

Three persons. all charged with
carrying dangerous weapons. were
held under $500 bond each in Mu-
nicipal Court yesterday and are
scheduled to have jury trials on
July 20.
They are Oceola Gray, Al. of the
100 block of Sixth street NV; Le-
roy Lassiter, 26, of the 2l00 block Of
First street NV, and woodrow Will
son Carmichael, 80, of the 400 block
of L street NV. All the defendants
are colored.
The alleged dangerous weapons
came to the attention OF police, they
said, when:
/. Mrs. Gray drew gun on a
taxi driver who was taking her a
roundabout route to her home.
2. Lassiter drew knife on fels
low passenger who jostled him in a
streetcar.
3. Carmichael, aroused by police
man while sleeping in Judiciary
Park, at Fourth and Indiana avenue
NV, rolled over laxily. exposing a
loaded SO caliBer pistol.
All the defendants pleaded not
guilty.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Tobin Visiting White House
Today on Truman Request

Daniel j. Tobin, head of the AFL
Teamsters' Union, who in recent
presidential campaigns has headed
up the labor division Of the Demo-
cratic National Committee, is COM
ing to the White House this after
noon at President Truman's request.
Mr.. Tobin has not yet said whether
he will support President Truman
for reelection, but a spokesman for
his union. commenting on AFL
President William Green's statement
Saturday that the AFL never
would support the Dewey Warren
ticket. said the teamSters union
does not share Mr.. Green's views
on this matter.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
said the President had asked Mr..
Tobin to call 1t was assumed their
discussion would concern the labor
leaders part in the campaign.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Cycle Hits Man, SO;
Rider Hospita|ized

An 88-year- pedestrian, struck
yesterday in the 200 block Of H
street NE, refused medical atten-
ton while the operator of the motor
bicycle which police said struck him
was hospitalized for head injuries.
Tony Luckete, 88, of 220 H street
NE, was one OF four persons struck
by vehicles in the District yesterday.
Police said he was hit by motor
bicycle operated by Delbert L. Cross,
colored. 81, of Sc l street NV Mr..
Cross was taken to the Naval Med
ical Center at Bethesda with head
injuries.
Richard Rector, 81, of 5308 Illinois
avenue NV. also suffered head in
juries when, according to police, his
automobile and Capital Transit
bus collided at Franklin and Seven
teenth streets NE Mr. Rector was
admitted to Gallinger Hospital.
Jean Luke. 9, of 4018 South Capitol
street suffered head injuries when
she was struck by an automobile
which police said was driven by
Victor r. Link. q, of Presidential
Gardens, Alexandria, Link told police
the child stepped from between two
parked cars into his path. She was
admitted to Casualty Hospital.
Mrs. Elizabeth Belshe, 40, wife of
1t. Col. Thomas Belshe, of the Ken
nedy Warren Apartments. was
bruised when struck by mail truck
at Sixteenth and Irving streets NV,
according to police. Police said the
driver was Paul Manili. 27, OF 1904
Neal street NE, who was charged
with failing to yield the right OF way
to a pedestrian. Mrs. Belshe was
treated at Walter Reed Hospital.
Cuba has a near-record sugar
crop.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Nine Harvester Plants
Employing 5000
Closed by. WaIkout
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO. June 29.-Nine Inter-
national Harvester Co. plants en-
ployine more than $1,000 persons
were closed down today by walk
out OF CIO United Farm Equipment
Workers.
One plant, at Canton, Ill. en-
ploying 5000, was reported working
The company said it had no report
from the nth plant at Rock Falls
III. 1t employs $50.
Union members walked out as
their negotiators met in Chicago in
efforts to work out new contract
To replace one that expired at mid.
night. Negotiators met briefly this
morning, then recessed until this
afternoon. The company said the
recess was asked by union repre-.
sentatives after the company made
new contract proposals.
List Of Closed Plants.
The company reported an early
morning poll showed these plants
shut down by the strike:
Mccormick works, Chicago, total
employment 1900: West Pullman
works, Chicago, 3,700; tractor works
Chicago, 5000; Mccormick twine
mill. Chicago, $50; Auburn, N. Y.
1900; East Moline, ILL.,, 3.700; Rich
mond, Ind, 1900; Rock Island, Ill.
5000: Louisville, KY, $500.
A Harvester spokesman reported
on the eleventh-hour efforts to
avert the walkout.
He said the company proposed a
one year extension, substantially
without working condition changes
of the contract which expired at
midnight. Otherwise, he added, the
company offered to place in effect
an l-cents-an- hour wage raise If
the union would agree to waive all
It's other economic demands for one
year.
Would Freeze Wages One Year.
The wage scale would also be
frozen for one year with the 1l-cent
increase, which would become ef
fective for the payroll period in
which the agreement is signed.
The spokesman said, however, that
the union countered the offer with
some new local grievance demands
which the company could not ac-
cept. -
One union Official said he under
stood some workers" had left their
Jobs with the expiration of the con-
tract. About so workers were re-
ported TO have remained of mid
night shift at the Mccormick works
here. .s
Evening star., 1948-06-29

time he was praised for his long
interest in the welfare of the hos
pitfalls patients.
Prominent in many groups here,
1t was once said of Mr. Sanger that
when he pulled out his member
ship cards from his pocketbook he
looked as II he were about to deal
out a hand of cards.
Held Highest Masonic Rank.
AS part of his long list of activi-
ties, he was treasurer and trustee
for four Scottish Rite bodies here,
chairman of the Finance Commit
tee of Almas Temple, auditor for the
Supreme Council of Scottish Rite,
member of the District of Columbia
Historical Society and past MEM
Der of the Executive Committee of
the Federation of Citizens Assocla-
tionS.
He had been delegate to the
Federation from the Kalorama Cltl-
zens Association for many years,
and was a 33d-degree Mason for
80 years.
Born in Southwest Washington,
Mr.. Sanger studied at public schools
here. He received a bachelor of
laws degree from Georgetown Uni
versity in 1912 and masters de-
gree a year later.
He also studied accounting and
patent law and was chief sales
auditor of a downtown department
store before taking an administra-
tive position at st. Elizabeths in
1906. 1t was while working at the
hospital that he studied law.
Never Practiced in Court.
Mr.. Sanger was member of the
District bar and had been admitted
to practice before the Supreme
Court, his family said, although he
never made court use of his law
training.
An advocate of improved hospital
conditions, Mr. Sanger also favored
proper legislation to build up the
Home for the Aged and 1nflrm at
Blue Plains.
In his position as assistant super
intendent at St. ElizabethS, he Or
ganized the AFRAID defense system
there during the war and was presi-
dent of the hospitals credit union.
Mr.. Sanger leaves a sister, Mrs.
Jennie S. Lewenthal. and brother,
Harry j. Sanger, both of Washing
ton.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. Thursday in the Scottish Rite
Temple, Sixteenth street and Co.
lumbia road NV. Burial will be in
the Washington Hebrew Congrega-
ton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Vice Admiral J. |. Hall
.Heods Stoff College
BY the Assoeiafed Press

NORFOLK, Va, June 29.-Vice
Admiral John Leslie Hall today be-
came new commandant of the Armed
Forces Staff College, 5th Naval Dis
trict Headquarters announced.
Admiral Hall will relieve 1t. Gen
Delos C. Emmons, U. S. A. F., who Is
retiring from active duty. Gen.
Emmons has been. commandant OF
the. Staff College since it was es-
tabliShed in 1916
Evening star., 1948-06-29

Dawson, who said he would prove
that laboratory tests Of particles Of
lint and hair taken from the mans
body and clothing matched those
taken from the bed where the at
tack occurred.
Twenty Jurors Rejected.
The defendants attorneys waived
opening statements. They are Leon
A. Ransom, who was retained by the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People: Har-
old C. Smith and Barnard T. Welsh.
The latter two are Rockville attor-
neys.
The start of the trial was delayed
more than one hour and half be-
cause of defense objections to We
niremen. The defense struck 20
prospective jurors from the list, the
limit allowed in capital trial.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Retail, Sugar Price
Rise Due in Month

1t probably will cost more to
sweeten your coffee in about q
month. The price of sugar is ex-
pected to rise then about cents on
a 5-pound bag or cents on a To-
pound bag.
! A spokesman for leading re-
finery said today that prices will &c
up on the wholesale level at mid
night tonight but that the average
Washington area store has about
a months supply of sugar on hand
purchased at the old levels.
| A recent shortage in supply, due
to a strike at Baltimore refineries
has been partly cleared up since the
walkout ended, it was said. How
ever, it will take few weeks to
Evening star., 1948-06-29

Cuba has a near-record sugar
crop.
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Merchant Sues
ToDo Something
About Weather

Let it never be said that Morris
Shapiro is one of those who always
talks about the weather but never
does anything about it.
Mr.. Shapiro. operator OF drug
store in the HOO block Of Fourth
street S.W, yesterday filed suit for
$4,000 against his landlord be-
cause, he says, his place is too cold
in winter and too hot in summer.
Therefore, from the landlord,
Solomon S. Seigle of the 400 block
of M street SW, he wants more
heat in winter and the right to
establish his own cooling system in
summer, the suit sets forth.
Evening star., 1948-06-29

replenish shelves in wholesale and
retail stores.
Meanwhile, milk prices were on
the way up in both the New York
and Philadelphia areas but the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Pro-
ducers' Association reported little
likelihood OF a price change here
for some time. Chief factors here
are feed and labor costs, according
least until fall.
to Bruce B. Derrick. association
secretary. Unless there is new
rise in these costs. Mr.. Derrick said,
prices are unlikely to change at
Evening star., 1948-06-29
Libraries Close at | Saturdays

All branches of the District Pub
lie Library will close at pm. Sat-
urday beginning this week and con-
tinuing through September s. Harry
N. Peterson. chief librarian, an
nounced today. All branches will
be closed next Monday.
Evening star., 1948-06-29

40 years. died
today at Emer-
gency Hospital.
He suffered a
h e art a t tack
last night at his
home. 1876 Co.
! u m bia road
NV.
Mr.. Sanger re-
tire thre e
years ago as as
sistant superin-
tendent of St.
Elizabeths Hos
pital, after al
most 40 years
service At that
The union times., 1948-05-08
Political League
 Sweeps Country

WashingtOn-POlitical education is sweeping the country. winning new adherents constantly in cities and towns in every part of the na- ton. leaders of LabOr's League for Political Education announced this week.
 The recently established .organiza- ton has received dozens of excellent progress reports during the past three weeks Enthusiasm at the "graSS roots" is at high pitch, declared Joseph D. Keeran of Illinois, chief assistant to the leagues executive officers.
 "The money is beginning to roll in," he said. "The American people are showing a full appreciation of the fact that a dollar contributed for the spreading of political education is a dollar well invested. On the basis of receipts to date, 1t is clear that the leagues program is warmly ap- proved by alert and intelligent citi- zens and will have their financial sup port
 WILL YOU GIVE?
 Labor's League for Political Edu cation is seeking voluntary contribu- ton of at least $1 from each citizen who approves its program, which cen ters around getting all persons of voting age to register and to exercise the franchise on Election Day.
 MT. Keenan's report of great en- thusiasm among working people and other small and medium-in- come citizens throughout the coun- try was made at league headquar- ters here after appearances at meet ings in New York, Michigan, West Virginia, Louisiana and other states east of the Mississippi.
 MT. Keenan intends also to visit Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Massachusetts. In the laSt-named state he will meet with leading work CTS from all six New England states.
 The spirit which I have encount- cred wherever l have gone and which Is also manifested by the leaders of state and city branches of LLPE in their visits and communications to national headquarters indicates that . LLPE is just what the people of this country have been looking for and hoping for" MT. Keenan asserted.
 ''The people are intensely inter- ested in this effort to make our representative democracy really function by the democratic pro- cesses of full use of the ballot. Everywhere there is qualification that LabOr's League for Political Education intends to be in business not merely this year but perma- nently.
 The enemies of labor. who ex- pected apathy to be the reaction of the average citizen to the launching of this program of political educa- ton, are in for jolt. The zeal and enthusiasm of the people, and at the same time the realization that there's lots of work to be done and the will
The union times., 1948-05-08

CHICAGO-A nationwide strike was set for 6 am. May II by three railroad brotherhoods to back up de- mandS for a 309o wage increase and working rule changes. About 125,000 members of the Bro. of Locomotive Bremen & Enginemen (both unafili- ated) and the Switchmen's Union (AFL) are affected.
 CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Typographical Union voted unani- mOusIy to ask the international un- ion for permission to take strike vote against three local daiIies.
 ATLANTIC CITY-Pres. Truman has failed as leader and should with draw from the Presidential race, Pres Emil Rieve told the opening session o1 the Textile Workers Union (CIO) 5th biennial convention.
 INDIANAPOLIS - Pres. Daniel J. Tobin of the Intl. Bro. of Team. sters (AFL) wired $5,OOO to the reward fund set up in Detroit to ap. prehend the would-be assassin oi Pres. Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (CIO), who was shot in the arm and chest April 20.
 WASHINGTON-CIO Pres. Phil ip Murray called on all CIO members and the public to stop buying products of six struck meat packing companies He asked for an appeal to friends community organizations, women's groups, and others to join us in a nationwide insistence that we will eat no scab meat"
 SEATTLE-(FP)- The 13,8OO workers who walked out on strike against Boeing Aircraft Co.,, the in. dustrial giant that makes B-5O super-bombers, have had no wage increase in two years. The workers members of Aero Mechanics Lodge 75l, Intl. Assn. of Machinists, are striking for 3Oc-an-hour wage boosts across the board, mainten ance of seniority guarantees and eight paid holidays.
The union times., 1948-05-08
Coop Insurance
 Among First Three

Third largest mutual insurer of auto mobiles in US. is Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.,, re- ported Murray D. Lincoln. presi- dent at 22nd annual meeting in Columbus, Ohio. The 5O,O0O policy holders added in AZ put auto company up in "big three"
 All three coop insurance companies Farm Bureau Mutual Auto, Farm Bureau Mutual Fire and Farm Bureau Life exceeded. quotas set for 1947. Auto company increased 18.8%o over 40 coverage, with 512,196 policy holders; fire company went up 2196 writing total business of $2,O44, 593. Expected decrease in life company business was. 39o, based on national average of business of all life insurance companies Farm Bureau Life declined only 1.4%, writing policies totaling $62, 2,534,381.
The union times., 1948-05-08
New Filing Forms
 For Taft-Hartley Act

WASHINGTON-(FP) - Union registration with the Labor Dept. un- der the Taft-Hartley act will be streamlined by use of new forms, it was announced here.
 The Bureau of Labor Standards said unions using the new forms need only fill them out, answering all ques- tionS, and submit a copy of the union constitution and bylaws to be in com pliance with the law Nearly half the 14,OO0 national and local unions which have filed to date have made mistakes on their first try, the bureau said.
 WASHINGTON-Small business and the cooperatives should be allowed to play as big part as possible in Marshall plan sales and distribution, Natl. Farmers Union Pres. James c. Patton said in letter to Paul Hoff- man, administrator of the European Recovery Program.
 DETROIT-(FP)-The first of a dozen or more big distribution centers in Detroit was opened on the east side by the Motor City Con- sumers Cooperative Inc. with speak CTS from the AFL, CIO, religious and civic groups.
 WASHINGTON-American fac tory workers had a harder time land ing jobs in February 1948 than in any February since 1940, Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show. BIS reported that hiring dropped from AS per 1000 workers employed to 38 in durable goods industries. At the same time workers hung on to their jobs, with the February quitting rate of 25 per 1000 workers far below the 1947 average.
 ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-(FP)
 The American Federation of Hosiery Workers was expelled from its parent organization, the Textile Workers Union (CIO), at an execu- tive council meeting because the AFHW refused to pay increased percapita dues,
The union times., 1948-05-08

FAMOUS LAST WORDS: Re. mind me to have these brakes checked