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Evening star., 1949-07-19
Subway Showdown
Threat Renewed
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 19.-Threat
of a transit workers showdown
hung over the vast city,
subway and elevated system to-
day.
The threat CT a showdown in
support of six-day- old strike
against two private bus systems
was revived last night by Michael
J. Quill. International president of
the CIO Transport Workers
Union.
Mr.. Quill said any showdown
would be spontaneous not or
dered by the union.
Immediately after the Quill
statement, made shortly before
midnight. the police department
ordered all men to oe TN :he alert.
State law makes a strike or
showdown by public employees
illegal. and prescribes penalties
for violation. But by following the
177-page book Of operating rules
to the letter the city-employed
subway workers could slow opera
tions-as they have done in the
past.
Negotiations seeking to settle
the bus strike broke off yesterday.
The two companies struck by
the Transport Workers Union
the iointlv-owned New York CITY
Omnibus Corp: and the Fifth Ave-
nue. Coach Co.-normally carry
1,125,000 daily riders.
Negotiations were broken off
after officials of the two companies
announced they would file damage
suits against the union for $1.100,-
900 today. Five hundred union
officers and shop stewards voted
not to resume peace talks if the
threat to sue were carried out.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Small Loan Companies
Here Say New Law
Would Close Them

Representatives of small loan
companies here protested today
that they would be driven out of
business by proposed new reg,lla-
tions now being considered by the
Commissioners.
At the close of their second
hearing on proposals submitted
by Assistant Corporation Counsel
Chester Gray. the Commissioners
gave the company representatives
until August 10 to submit briefs.
Objections today centered on
proposed provisions designed to
tighten up on the amount of in
surance required of borrowers.
The new regulations also would
require a license for lending
money at an interest rate of per
cent or less. At present a license
is required only If the rate is
higher than per cent.
Insurance Is Factor.
The draft submitted by Mr.. Gray
would authorize the companies to
charge premiums only on that in
surance necessary to protect iJs
investment-such as collision, fire
and theft insurance for automo-
biles.
I'VE can't operate" protested
William R. Lichtenberg, represent
ing some of the small loan COM
panies. If it is the position of
the Commissioners that they don't
want the companies in The Dis
trict. let us not beat our heads
against brick wall. Let US close
them up and let them go to Vir-
ginia and Maryland"
He said there was a great need
in the District for the companies.
He said many of the companies
clients are "substandard risks"
and that if those borrowers could
get money at the bank they would
not come 20 US"
Henderson Testifies.
speaking 1Or Lne new regule-
tions was Leon Henderson. former
OPA head. He said he had worked
on the question while with the
Russell Sage Foundation, but that
he was appearing for himself as
a citizen. He said he felt there
should not be an insurance busi-
ness carried on in connection with
the lending of money.
The new regulatio would
eliminate the practice of some
loan companies requiring borrow
ers to buy every conceivable type
of insurance before getting his
loan, Mr.. Gray has. explained.
The insurance. also sold by the
loan companies. accounted for
much of their profits, he said.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

The troop led by William s.
Anderson. former scoutmaster and
a western district Scout commits.
sioner here: Richard P. Ellinger.
present scoutmaster, and two
other leaders. includes:
Edward Martin. 1882 Patterson
street NV: Henry P. Gardner.
6331 Western avenue NV; DON
aid r. Mattmueller. 5015 Sixth
street. North, Arlington: Charles
Christensen. 3239 Beech street
NV; Daniel r. Cunningham.
1920 Oliver street NV; Armen
Nazarian. jr.. 340o Oliver street
NV: Carl w. Tyler. jr., 1884
Worthington street NV: Randall
Hoes, 6115 Western avenue NV:
Lawrence c. Martin, 1854 Patter-
son street NV: Robert E. Miller,
1881 Beech street NV: Hugh o.
Muir. 5339 Thirty first place NV;
Gene P. Lueders. Waterford, Va.
and Billy Neal. 4104 Thirty first
street, Mount Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Rx the Associated Prssa

President Truman yesterday
called for a $33,65O,ooo appropria-
ton to begin work on the vast.
long-range housing program which
became law last week. The money
also would pay for . housing
census.
He requested that the Treasury
be given authority to make $25.-
100000 in loans to start the farm
housing program. a part of the
general law.
At the same time. the House
passed and sent to the Senate a
bill permitting Federal mortgage
financing for private building Of
low-rent housing at military posts.
The President also asked Con-
gress for a $10.000.000 loan to the
Federal Housing Administra ton to
establish military housing in
surance fund.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Answer on BiraciaI Theater
In HyaHsviIIe Likely Soon

An early answer to the question
Of whether a non-segregated. le-
gitimate theater will be estab-
lished in Hyattsville appeared
likely today.
Hyattsville Mayor Caesar l..
Aiello last night told a representa-
tive of the National Repertory
Theater. Inc, which seeks to
establish the project, that the
matter of a permit for remodeling
the old Arcade Theater on Celia
tin street. will be considered by a
special city council committee.
The original request for a per-
NIT to remodel the building, which
has been unused for two years
was made in February, but the
council has not acted.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Brannan Asks Probe
Of Food MiddIemen
Nv the ASsoeioted Press

Secretary of Agriculture Bran
nan suggested to congressional
monopoly investigators yesterday
that they take look at middle
mems" profits in the food indus
try.
While retail prices are on the
downgrade. he charged. the mid
dleman's charges are holding up
at the expense of the farmer.
"At last July's prices" he said
the annual retail cost of filling
the food market basket for a fam
lily of three average consumers
was sos. At prices in April of this
year. the comparable figure was
$647. a reduction Of $61.
yet in April the entire differ
ence in cost to consumers was
coming out of the farmers price
none out Of the middlemen' S
margins"
Mr.. Brannan. testifying before
a House Judiciary subcommittee
studying monopoly powers. also
called attention to these other
areas of the economy requiring
study:
/. Concentration Of economic
power in the food processing in
dustry. Mr.. Brannan said that In
1947. 1873 corporations had Al pet
cent Of all sales.a.<sss.sss<sss.ssss..sss. Z
2. Transportation. He suggested
that Congress review the whole
matter of regulation of the trans
portation industry.
3. PricsrnaakdnR processes, "par-
ticularly the open price practices
prevalent in Wisconsin cheese,
New York and Boston poultry and
eggs. and Chicago butter. by way
of example"
Evening star., 1949-07-19
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fact, officials said the convention
probably will show a financial loss.
The crack units in the parade,
which got under way at 8 am. in
clude top-fiight circus acts. So
norous chanters. smart-stepping
brass bands, precision drill teams,
fancy clown troupes and speciality
outfits.
Among these were the camel
patrol from Zor Temple. Madison,
Wis: the white horse mounted
patrol of Abu Bekr Temple. Sioux
City, Iowa; the balloon brigade of
Tadmor Temple. Akron: the pinto
pony mounted patrol of India
Temple. Oklahoma City; the black
horse patrol of the President S
Ararat Temple: a Sioux Indian
patrol from Ell Zagal Temple.
Fargo. N. Oak. and the human
pyramid builders from Indianap-
oils.
City. State and Shrine officials
were listed for welcoming speeches
at Soldier Field. Then, before Mr..
Truman's broadcast speech. ira
dition was to be shattered by pub
lie installation of the new imperial
potentate. The installation cere-
monies up to this convention al
ways have been secret.
Mr.. Lloyd succeeds Galloway
Calhoun of Tyler. Tex. Mr.. Lloyd
left a hospital bed. after recent
gall bladder surgery. to assume
his post.
The convention. which will end
Thursday, will stage another pa
rade in the Loop tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Price of Steel Scrap
Down to OPA Level
BY the Assoeioted Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July
19.-The President of the Insti-
tute of Scrap Iron and Steel said
yesterday steel scrap prices have
plunged since January l to the
old OPA price of $40 ton.
Edward L. Solomon of Pitts
burgh said scrap steel brought up
to $50 a ton In late 1948 and pig
iron scrap sold for $85 a ton. Pig
iron scrap sells today, he said,
at about S22 a ton.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
WAC Camp at Lee
Is Opened by Groy
By the Associoted Press

CAMP LEE. Va. July 19.-Sec-
retary of the Army Gray yester-
day informally opened the first
Women's Army Corps training
camp at Camp Lee.
In an address to reservists and
other WAC personnel, Secretary
Gray stressed the need of women
in the reserve program OF the
Army. They will be utilized to the
fullest extent, he said, in event Of
mobilization.
The reservists in the group
starting the first program in
cluded Capt. Ruth c. D. Engel-
man. 1882 North Glebe road. Ar
lington.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Il Norfolk Policemen
Cleared Of Taking Bribes
BY ihe Associated Press

NORFOLK. VA, July ia
three-man police-fire trial board
deliberated only 20 minutes yes
terday before acquitting % sus-
pended Norfolk policemen on
charges of accepting lottery bribes
from former Patrolman Claude A.
'Withrow last year.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
House Votes to Extend
Farmer Tax Declaration
By the Assoeioied Press

BY The Assoeiofed Press
The House passed without a
dissenting vote yesterday a bill
giving farmers a couple of weeks
extra to file their annual income
tax estimates.
Because their income Is uncer-
tain and subject to great f1uctua-
ton, farmers are not required to
file declaration of estimated tax
until January Is following the
year in which the tax liability
was incurred.
Evening star., 1949-07-19
Poland Again Demands
Damages in Eisler Case
By the Associoted Press

WARSAW. Poland, July 10
Poland repeated today a demand
that Britain pay damages arising
from the seizure of Gerhard Els
Ter, Communist leader who fled
the United States, from the Polish
liner Batory.
A new note was handed the
British Embassy replying to a re-
cent British rejection of the orig
inal Polish protest. Poland de-
mands that Britain punish those
who arrested Eisler aboard the
Batory. as violators Of interna-
tional law. and pay "compensa-
ton for damage done to the Polish
flag, ship and crew."
Evening star., 1949-07-19

The state flower of Florida Is
the orange blossom.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

A large brewery in Northern
Sweden has installed equipment to
recover the carbon dioxide con-
tent of its chimney gases. under
a plan worked out by the Stock
holm Institute of Technology.
Evening star., 1949-07-19

"Savsd $l6S.5o"
L
Mr. Edmund O'Brien Of
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We bseon heofina our
home with hard cool ond
ON cvfomoiie sfoksr-
which reduced our fvsl
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o sowing. Of $1eS.5o."
Evening star., 1949-07-19

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06

example of his own topic, Club Service"
 In lighter vein, William R, Hughes was called on to form a quarter to sing Happy Birthday tc the club, this assignment being harmoniously completed by him. self, Hank Harmon, Brooks Han ford and Eric Newbould.
 The four Decemcer birthday babies" were called to the front and made to blow up colored bal looms. the first to blow his to bursting roint to win a prize. In this contest Bill Ellis won over Frank Heintzleman, Gil Eide and Monte Grisham.
 Guest Rotarians introduced were Bill Bates, George s. Duryea of Ketchikan, and Bill Sperling, Jun for Rotarian for the month. Wes Overby of Juneau was the only other guest.
 Malcolm Creamy stood treat tc fellow -Rotarians on behalf of his recently adopted son, Dennis.
 Thomas A. Morgan was chair man of today's birthday program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
MALCOLM CREAMY SERVES ET(ETERAS
 ALONG WiTR CIGARS

Malcolm GTeany, photographer, surprised fellow Rotary Club mem- bers with novel tfeat at this noon's luncheon meeting. Greany had been warned that he hadn't done right by small Dennis, and that the club expected the usual cigars.
 Today, Creamy carried novel display to the meeting. As he want ed everyone to see what his two adopted boys look like, he had mounted a large photograph of them and attached the picture to Ia tray on which were three kinds of treats.
 There were cigars For those who smoke" cigarettes For those who smoke cigarettes and candy bars For those who just eat.'
 Rctarians came through with s1729 for the youngster, which, in Rotary custom, Creamy is to match and deposit for the baby's savings account.
 The photograph was 4-month- old Dennis William, recently adopt ed, and Michael, who is 3A years old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
HERE: FROM SOUTH

The seamer Denali arrived this noon at the Alaska Steamship Conl- pany dock, bringing 10 passengers into Juneau from Seattle, three from Ketchikan and five from Petersburg. She was due to sail for Sitka and the westward at ap- rroximately 3::30 pm. Passengers arriving here were:
 From Seattle: Mary E. Bond, Mrs. Lucia Hawley, Mrs. E. c. Hawley. Sylvia Carol Hawley, Beverley Anne Hawley, Edna M. Linton, Mrs. Madge Woodall, Helen Marcus, Sgt. and Mrs. Lex Utter.
 From Ketchikan: Elmer Adams MT. and Mrs. Warren Hager.
 From Petersburg: Mrs. c. Clau- sen, Clem Gerald, Jacob Hadlund Neil Mcdonald, Albert B. Quino
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06

Calico constructed lis -:s sele- scope in 1909.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
COMMUNITY EVENTS

Tonight at 7:30-Messiah prac- tice at Methodist church.
 December at noon - Kiwanis Club.
 December ', 1:30 pm.-Juneau Woman's Club business meeting AEL&P penthouse.
 December at p.m.-Elks Lodge December at g pm-WSCS Christmas Party at Methodist church.
 December ' at 8 p.m.-Gastineau Channel Public Health Council meets Moose Hall, lecture by pr. C Walter Clarke.
 December ' at o'clock Club.
 December at Chamcer ot Commerce.
 December 8 at p.m.-Emblem Christmas party and annual roll call.
 December 9-Juneau Players pre- sent comedy.
 December 10-First Church of God parcel post sale at Sears.
 December 10 - Juneau Players, second night presentation of com- edy.
 December II, afternoon = Boy Scout Council Court of Honor at Memorial Church.
 Deeemcer 12, noon-Lions Club.
 December 13, noon-Rotary Club.
 December Is at p.m.-Juneau High School Senior Ball in gym.
 December IT, afternoon and eve ning-Rebekah Lodge bazaar, Odd Fellows Hall
 December IT, 10 pm. Beta Sigma Phi Christmas Ball, Gold Room, Baranof Hotel.
 December r Elks Christmas party for children, Elks Hall and Capitol Theatre.
 December 18 at 2:30 p.m.-Mes- siah to be sung at 10th Century Theatre.
 December 20 at noon-Rotary' $ Children's party.
 December 27 at noon - Rotary members exchange Christmas party
 December 30, pm.-Jose Rizal Banquet sponsored by Filipino Community, Baranof Gold Room.
 December 31-Annual lSlkS Hi links, Elks Ballroom.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
DELEGATE OF NATIONALlSTS
 GETS EXCITED

LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. 6-tRl-Na- tionalist China's Chief Delegate to the United Nations lashed out bit terly today at an American-sup- ported move which he said is de- slgned to stop JUN. action in the Chinese Russian dispute.
 The Chinese representative, T. F. Tsiang, said the new proposal, sub mitted by the Philippines with US. lacking, presupposed silence will sclve the Far Eastern crisis and said: That silence means uncondi- tional surrender to aggression"
 Tsiang said this amendment in effect says i've have done enough. ," Then he went on bitterly:
 There are those who say China is dead. Free China is not dead.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
CAp TO DISCUSS EXPERIMENT FOR
 WEATHER SET-Up

Furtherance of organization ano talk of unusual technical inter- est are scheduled for an important meeting tomorrow of the Juneal Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol according to Alan G. Marcum Squadron Commander.
 Men and women in the recently organized unit will meet at 7:3J o'clock tomorrow evening in the office of the Resident Engineer at the Army Dock.
 Half of the meeting will be de- voted to orientation. Marcum will discuss eligibility to membership and the service uniform, and the table of organization will be set up Temporary appointments will b. made after explanation of the dut- ies of staff members.
 The squadron is completing the administrative set-up at the great est possible speed in order to gel its program of cadet training under way, and to be prepared to under take rescue mission assignments as soon as the airplane assigned to this squadron arrives. The plane now is being winterized and re- painted, and will be transported here by the Alaska Air Command when ready. It will be equipped with pontoons and skis, as well as for ground.
 Identification pictures made at the last meeting will be ready fol those who have uncompleted appli- cations.
 The second part of tomorrow nights meeting of this auxiliary unit to the United States Air Force will he devoted to a talk on new methods of weather observation which will be proposed especially for this squadron. Should it be ap- proved, the new method will bt adopted experimentally and, if the experiment is successful, it may become standard throughout Al aska.
 Marcum announced that he may call a meeting of half an hour ol so on December 16 or IT, for tht purpose of introducing very i'm portant guest closely associatet with CAP activities in the Territory
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06

Kids SIeds below Cost at Mad sens. 65-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
RECORDS BIG CONVENTION

RECORDo BLU CON v FIN HUN
 Stabler recalled the time when, less than Your years old, the Ju- Eeau club had invited Rotarians to hold a district convention here, thinking to gain favorable publicity. To the Juneauites' amazement they got that and more-acceptance.
 Have we lost our brashness to attempt the impossible, then carry it out?" Stabler asked his fellow members. All the townspeople came to our rescue and the convention was brilliantly successful" he said. Rotarians still talk about the Ju- neau convention of 1889. To this day, there is always a convention within-a convention at district conclave. They keep having re- unions"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
SELF-EvALUATi0N
 MARKS ROTARY
 BIRTHDAY PARTY

The Juneau Rotary Club took a thoughtful look at its mirrored self today, and had the courage to study it's bad features as well as Leauty marks.
 The weekly luncheon marking the fourteenth anniversary of the Juneau clubs founding was not at all the mutual lovefest which often features such a birthday.
 Howard D. Stabler, first Juneau Rotary President, challenged the present club to equal the spirit and achievements of the early days; pr. William Whitehead, charter mem- her, continued in the same serious, critical vein, and President Bob Akeryick, closing the program, put aside his carefully prepared talk to lccept the challenge.
 Happy Birthday, Juneau Rotary Club" read posters on the mirrors of the Baranof Gold Room, and the cele-ration turned out to be that, beside having a constructive value.
 Stabler spoke briefly of the Ju- neau Clubs charter meeting De- cember 6, 1885, and introduced Bill Bates of Ketchikan, who had been president of the Ketchikan Rotary Club which sponsored formation of the Juneau group.
 On behalf of his club, Bates had presented the new Juneau club with it's charter, also the gavel, bell and wheel which have been used at all meetings since then. tThe array of flags was presented by the Prince Rupert Rotary ClubD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-06
SOROpT pTIMIST CLUB CHARTERED, FORMAL BANQUET AT S!TKA

The Soroptimist Club ol Juneau completed it's sponsorship of the second new club within two months, when the Soroptimist Club of Sit ka was chartered at formal ban quet in the Lutheran Service Center in Sitka on December 3.
 Mrs. Dorothy Bilbo was installed as Charter President. Other charter officers were Mrs Martha Gushing, Vice President Mrs. Lydia Tilson, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Helen Hager, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Velma Mosher, Treasurer and Mrs. Josephine Carter and Mrs. Hopewell Bands, Directors.
 Other charter members were Vel ma Brown, Frances Johnson, Kath- erine BanVard, Phoebe Rimmer, Vera Coon. Ella Muir Catherine Shennett, Esther Clithero, Alice Guertin, Katherine Beach, Violet Metrivoch, Carol Archibald, Inez Snowden and Ernestine Veatch.
 Presiding at the banquet was Alice Tilton Thorne, President of the Soroptimist Club of Juneau and Alaska Area Chairman of Extension Dr. Dorothy Novatney, member of the extension committee, spoke on "Soroptimism at Home and Abroad and installed the officers in an impressive candle-lighting cere- mony. Each officer was given a parchment scroll sent them by Mrs. Loise Bell Sandal, Past President sof the American Federation of Sor- optimist Clubs who visited Juneau and Sitka in October at the time of the charterlng of the Soroptimist Club at Ketchikan.
 Tables set for TO and were light ed by blue and gold candles, the official colors of Soroptimism, bank ed with golden mums tied with blue ribbons. The Sitka Club pre- sented Dr. Novatney with spray of tiger orchids and Mrs Thorne was given large purple orchid while all of the charter members wore tiger orchid corsages.
 Following the reading of more than 50 wires and letters of greet ing and congratulation from clubs of the American Federation and from England. the Sitka Club was given a leather bound guest book sent by Alice Dowell Jones, Director of the Northwestern Region; and the official Soroptimist plaque was presented by Mrs. Thorne in behalf of the sponsoring club of Juneau This plaque, used throughout the world by clubs of the Soroptimist International Asso sociation, was sculptured by Victor Alonzo Lewis, sculptor of the Prospector statue recently unveiled at the Pioneers Home in Sitka.
 The Soroptimist Club of Sitka was welcomed into the city by words of greeting extended by May or Daniel Doyle, City Clerk, Frank Calvin, Utilities Manager. Manager Vincent Beauchamp, Commissioner Frank Richards, President Lesie Yaw of Sheldon Jackson, Kenneth Laughlin of Station KIFW, Tom Tilson, Walter Welch of Radio Sta lion KALA and the Rev. Frederick xnebel who also gave the Invo- .ation.