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Evening star., 1949-06-16
Family Of Eight Facing
Eviction Promised New
Quarters by NCHA

The National Capital housing
Authority today came to the
rescue of a Southwest family now
facing eviction with the disclosure
that it soon will be able TO offer
a house to the family.
NCHA Chief John Ihlder said
Mrs. Lucinda Scott and her seven
children are eligible for a vacancy
which will be created by the evic-
ton of some NCHA tenants.
Mrs. Scott appealed to District
officials two days ago to hold up
an order evicting her from her
two-room quarters in a con-
demned house at ia F street
S.W. The house was condemned
as insanitary last February.
The Scots are among four evic-
ton victims who are eligible to
take over homes operated by the
housing authority which now are
occupied by families having In
comes exceeding the NCHA max
imurn.
20 Ordered to yacate.
Mr. Ihider said 40 NcHA ten
ants having incomes over 5000
have been given notice they must
vacate. The maximum income for
the housing authority's tenants
lis 5000. q
Like Mrs. SCOTS family. the
other three to be given low-rent
homes by NCHA have been ordered
from their homes because Of Gov
ernment condemnation. Two are
from Schott's alley. which was
ordered cleared for erection OF a
new Senate Office Building.
The four families require four
bedroom dwellings. and there are
only four such dwellings among
the 20 being vacated. Mr.. Ihlder
said.
The NCHA head said the rest OF
the 20 vacated houses probably
will be filled with other slum-
evicted applicants. providing the
houses are big enough. NCHA has
an over-all waiting list Of neary
l8. 900 applicants.
Mrs. Scott appeared In Munich
pal Court Tuesday for the fourth
time to plead for further delay In
eviction from her r street house.
Other tenants Of the same house
and three adjacent houses con-
demned at the same time already
have vacated.
Receives Aid From District.
Mrs. Scott has been on a priority
list at NCHA since the condemna-
ton and has been an approved
applicant for four years. but until
today officials had been able to
offer her little hope. The wife OF
a war veteran who deserted Der
four years ago. she receives $los
monthly from the District-vtrtu-
ally her sole income.
Mr.. Ihlder was unable to say
exactly when the house will be
ready for her. but the corpora
ton counsel's Office has indefinitely
deferred any court action to speed
eviction.
Despite apparent solution Of this
one case, the District still is faced
with q need for new houses for
some 5000 families now occupying
insanitary homes, according TO 1t
Col. Thomas j. Hayes. ir., chair
man of the Board for Condemna-
ton of Insanitary Buildings. Col.
Hayes plans to talk with Mr.. Ihlder
this week about further possibil-
tiles of providing for evictees. but
the NCHA head has warned that
without more new houses he can
offer little help.
Meanwhile. the city's slun-
eviction headache grew today as
result of new condemnation action
affecting Is more dwellings. The
Condemnation Board added IA
houses on Nayior court NV. and
one at l007 Seventh street S-E..I
to O list of about 90 now involved
In condemnation proceedings
Evening star., 1949-06-16
Gun Victim S Death
Certified as Accident;
Marriage Revealed

A certificate of accidental death
has been issued In the case OF
John r. Transue. 20. of 1919 Nc
Kinley street NV, who shot him
self in the head yesterday while
parked near the Congressional
Country Club in Montgomery
County.
County detectives said Mr.
Transue was victim of Russian
roulette. They said he died in the
presence of teen-age girl as the
result of a .38-caliber bullet
wound.
The girl is Miss June Marie Joy
16. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Allan E. Joy. 3412 Quesada street
NV, and a junior at Woodrow
Wilson High School.
Married Secretly in December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joy and MIR. and
Mrs. r. L. Transue, the victim S
parents. disclosed today that June
and young Transue were married
secretly last December 10 in Eli
colt City. Md. They said the
couple never lived together, how
ever, and because of the girls age,
a friendly annulment suit had
been filed in District Court.
The parents said the couple be-
lieved the annulment decree had
been granted. They added young
Transue apparently hoped to per-
suade June to remarry him and,
when she refused. he reached for
the revolver in the glove COM
partment of his automobile.
MIR. Transue was a graduate of
Woodrow Wilson High and for
merly worked at the Navy Yard
here. Since March he had been q
student at the Embry- Riddle Avi-
alton School In Miami. and ar
rived in Washington yesterday
morning for two-week vacation.
Police said he went to the high
school at II am. and picked UP
June, then drove into the county.
He parked his car on q wooded
knoll overlooking the River road
entrance to the Congressional
Club.
Was Collector Of Guns.
The police quoted Miss Joy as
saying that when she refused to
remarry him, he loaded q single
bullet in the revolver. spun and
locked the. cylinder. then fired.
With the odds Stool In his favor,
he lost.
Mr.. Transue's family said he
made a study Of firearms and
ballistics and collected guns. They
said he planned to sell two AZ
Fcaliber rifles found in the back Of
his automobile after the shooting
The youth was q member of the
National Guard. His father is In
the real estate business here and
his mother is employed at the In
terror Department. Mr.. Joy is a
used-car dealer In Chillum. Md.
Funeral services for MFR. Transue
will be held at 2::30 pm. tomorrow
at the Robert A. Pumphrey fu-
neral home. 1857 Wisconsin ave-
nue., Bethesda. Burial win be In
Fnyt iY,c,ln Cemefnrv
Evening star., 1949-09-26

pm. Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 4 and 5, to answer ques-
tiops and sign autographs for
visitors.
It took just three months at
the University Of California to
convince Mr.. Beck that college life
wasn't for him. It took him con-
siderably longer to establish him.
self as a cartoonist-but after he
began to mirror his love for dogs
and understanding of them in his
comic strips. his reputation began
to grow.
A native Of Tacoma, Wash, he
attended schools there and occu-
pied his teen-age summers with
such diverse pastimes as working
in a logging camp, filling in as a
cowhand on his uncle's ranch In
Canada, and clerking in a small
store in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
After his decision to trade text
books for drawing board, he
headed for Detroit. There, he felt.
he could make a start because of
his fascination for automobiles
and slight experience as a driver
In early-day automobile races.
He spent several years as an
illustrator in the art department
of an automobile company. But
the job did nothing to further his
desire to be a cartoonist.
So he went to New York and
started making regular-and fu-
tile-rounds of the newspapers
The old New York Tribune, in
particular, was the object of re-
peated visits in search Of q job,
any Job. .-
Finally, the paper rewarded his
persistence with an assignment to
do q Sunday auto cartoon. Dur
ing this time he studied at the
New York Art Institute.
Americas entry into World War
I was closely followed by Mr..
Beck's enlistment as an ambu-
lance driver. Although he was as
signed as a driver until his re-
turn home in 1919. he spent much
Of his time making anatomical
drawings.
He returned to the Tribune for
awhile: then started syndicated
daily comic strip called, Hem
and Amy"
It evolved into a daily diary of
"Bo," a pup of uncertain heritage
but pronounced intelligence.
More and more papers became
interested, in the story of "Bo"
until the strip attained the sue
cess it has today.
"Bo," as readers Of The Stars
comic pages know. lives with the
Evening star., 1949-09-26

Green family. He feuds with the
Green's cat, offers occasional
refuge to a wandering stray dog
named Trix, and idolizes the
Green son and heir. known only
as Junior.
"Bo" is currently the somewhat
wary and not completely mollified
witness to Juniors adoption Of
a strange puppy.
The dog talks" to other ami
mails in the comic strip. and re-
veals himself as a remarkably
intelligent and level-headed ca
nine. He has his troubles, his
joys. his moments Of triumph.
In short, "Bo" reveals Mr.
Beck's premise that dogs. like
humans, live. And that their
lives are most interesting.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
|BoIs| Creator to Attend Exhibit
Here:Quit CoIIeqe to Draw

A dislike Of college put Frank
Beck, creator Of the daily comic
strip. "Bo," in business as a car
toonist-but it was his love of
dogs which made him a success.
Mr.. Beck, whose illustrated ac-
count Of the life Of the mongrei,
'Bo." runs daily in The Star. viii
be in Washington next Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday, October
SIS, to explain to "Bo's" fans and
friends how the strip is drawn.
He will accompany more than
20 nationally-known cartoonists
here for a three-day premiere Of
the comic strip exhibit, 10000
Years Of Comics" at the Library
of Congress. The exhibit will be
held in support Of the United
States Savings Bond program. The
cartoonists will be present at the
exhibit between 8 am. and 10
Evening star., 1949-09-26

arrived by transport plane from
the mainland. In addition to the
Guamanians, many American
service personnel and civilian
workers were on hand.
A chorus of young Guamanian
girls trudged to the airport to
sing songs of welcome.
The Governor will be inaug-
urated tomorrow at Agana
Evening star., 1949-09-26

ist with an orchestra conducted
by DR.. Frank Black and the Rob.
ert Shaw Chorale. The program
will be sponsored by the Ameri-
can Oil Co. and admission to the
hall that night will be by invita-
ton only.
The contract for the engage
ment was signed last week in the
Offices Of James A. Davidson
under whose management Miss
Truman will start in October or
"a concert tour Of 81 cities.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
|WMAL 70 Garry Broadcast
By MARGARET Truman

Margaret Truman's one radio
broadcast before the first of the
year will be carried by WMAL,
The Stars station, at 8 pm, De-
cember 20 as an American Broad
casting Co. network program
originating in Carnegie Hall, New
York, it was announced today.
Miss Truman will be guest solo,
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Guomuniuns Turn Out
To Greet Gov. Skinner

GUAM, Sept. 26.-Hundreds of
Guamanians turned out today to
greet Gov. Carlton Skinner, first
civilian Governor OF this Amer
lean Western Pacific island.
The Governor and his family
Evening star., 1949-09-26

in safety-and that it contributes immeasur-
ably to its owners peace of mind. Few,
indeed, can be happy without Cadillac
once they have learned how greatly it en-
riches their lives.
If you are among the many who have the
impulse to own Cadillac, come in and see
us soon. Each day you delay means loss
in satisfaction which no other material pos
session can hope, to supply.
Evening star., 1949-09-26

arrangements at once to have one delivered
into your possession.
Each day you forego it, you will lose a
goodly measure Of happiness and satisfac-
tion-for Cadillac is JOY to possess, and
Joy to utilize. Many say that it adds to
the zest Of their whole days activities.
Certain it is that Cadillac brings with it
the utmost in performance, in comfort, and
Evening star., 1949-09-26

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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
VOTE 100 Pc. FOR AFL

Edgar, Fla. NPA)-Of the 78
workers eligible to vote in an
NLRB election at the Kaolin mines.
all 78 voted for the Lime, Gypsum
and Cement Workers Local Union
AFL.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Engravers Abandon
Pay Raise Move

New York City (ILNS)-Photo-
engravers employed on metropoli-
tan New York newspapers have
abandoned their demand for a
fourth-round wage increase of $12
weekly and agreed to work under
their present contract until June
80, 1850.
Dennis M. Burke, president OF
the Photographers Union disclos-
ed the new agreement. He said the
union originally had asked for the
SIP increase to augment present
pay of $106 weekly for day shift
workers and SIT for night shift
workers. When the Publishers AS
sociation of New York refused the
increase, Burke said numerous
meetings were held looking toward
arbitration. Recently the union
members voted to abandon their
wage demands until their present
contract expires, June 80, 1850.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Labor Conviets
Gypped By Firm

Louisville, KY. (LPA)-For al
most six months there has been a
strike by the international Wood
workers against the tie creosoting
plant Of Bond Brothers here. The
Courier-Journal, nationally noted
for unbiased reporting, has called
on the company to submit the dis
pute to the fact-fnding board Of
the Louisville Labor Management
Committee. The company has re-
fused, saying Eve know the facts.
These are the facts, according to
union officials:
Conyicts are paroled to the COM
pany, being told they either work
there or nowhere else. About one
third of the force, they are paid
below others, often as little as 80
cents an hour. They are boarded
out under contract, housed in an
shack, given one hot meal
breakfast. They are given a
package lunch, and in winter that
is frozen by lunchtime. When fore
ed to work overtime they simply
get no dinner. When they are fore
ed to borrow, the interest rate is
S1.25 a week, per IS. If they bor-
row on Wednesday and pay back
Friday, they pay the full interest.
If they kick, back to prison they go.
After they have served their sent
ences and are no longer under legal
control of the company, they are
still made to believe they are under
parole until they get their Citizen
ship" back. When the union began
these men were told by
the parole officer they could vote
against the union in an NLRB cleo
tion, but could not vote for the
union, because the parole officer
was not going to have any Of his
men involved in a labor dispute"
The company, says the union,
pays its employees with checks
drawn on the company store, and
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29

lures. Large farm benefits also
should be prohibited.
These recommendation for inn
mediate action, together with a
progressive report on long range
economic policy, came from
group of professors called together
by the National Planning Associa-
tion at the suggestion of Senator
Paul Douglas Cd, Ill., to advise the
country on the best policies to be
followed by the government in the
near future.
The group met at Princeton for
three days and agreed unanimous
ly on all its recommendations. The
reports were submitted Sept. % to
the Congressional Economic Com
mittee by H. Christian Some,
chairman of the Board of the NPA,
and DIR. Simeon E. Leland, of
Northwestern University. Other
top economists who joined in the
recommendation included:
DR.. Howard X. Bowen, Unlver-
sity of Illinois; DR.. j. Kenneth
Galbraith, Harvard University; DR..
James X. Hall, University of
Washington; DR.. Albert G. Hart,
Columbia University; DR.. Clarence
Heer, University of North Caro-
lima; DR.. E. A. Kincaid, University
of Virginia; DR.. Paul A. Samuel
son, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; DR.. Lawrence H. Self
ger, Wayne University; DR.. Arthur
Smithies, Harvard University; DR..
Upton R. Snavely, University OF
Virginia; DR.. Jacob Viner, Prince
ton University; DIR. Donald II.
Wallace, Princeton University.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Teamsters Strike
For 10c Pay Hike

Baltimore (LPA) = More than
1900 members of Int'l Brotherhood
of Teamsters-AFL went on strike
Sept. 13 against 55 trucking con-
Germs here.
The teamsters seek an increase
of ten cents an hour, which server
al independent firms have granted
but which is being opposed by the
Baltimore Trucking Assn. Wash
ington truckers have agreed to go
along with whatever settlement is
reached here.
Meanwhile, Washington drivers,
who are seeking a 25c boost and a
40-hour week have empowered
their union leaders to call strike
in the Capital city if necessary.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
1O-Cent Wage Hike Won
By AFL Transit Union

Chicago LPA) = A ten-cent
hourly wage increase has been won
by Amalgamated Street, Electric,
Railway & Motor Coach En-
ployees-AFL for 21,O00 employees
of the Chicago Transit Authority
The raise, bringing the rate to
S1.65, is divided into two parts: 2
fve-cent increase retroactive to
June l and another five cents eff
fective Dec. l.
Earlier this year Amalgamated
won a pension plan in an arbitra-
tion award. The present raise was
won in negotiations.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Leading Economists Submit Report On
Program For Initiation Or Depression

Washington (LPA)-One of the
most important economic reports
IN many years was submitted to
the Congressional Economic Com.
mittee Sept. % by the National
Planning Association. 1t was dual
report unanimously approved by
more than a dozen of the nations
leading economists, asserting that
the national economy might move
either toward initiation or deflation
and that Congress should prepare
at once for either eventuality.
The economists agreed the coun-
try should have positive assur-
ance that the government will be
prepared to act promptly either if
prices should display sharp and
continuous upward swing, or if un-
employment should increase sub
stantially." They recommended that
Congress should plan ahead and
announce the actions to be taken
in either contingency" by enacting
preliminary legislation to be effec
tive when needed.
Legislation should. be enacted at
once, the economists said, so that
if unemployment should increase
to level of 100000 Git is now
below 4,C00,000) a number of cor
rective steps could be put into eff
feet at once, including:
Repeal of the wartime excise
or sales taxes.
2-Temporary abatement of the
lower brackets of income tax, or an.
increase in exemptions to increase
purchasing power. Other tax rates
should not be changed, leaving
revenue to decline as business ac-
tivity fell. The Committee agreed
unanimously that deficits in time
of depression were proper and
wise.
3-Lengthening of the period of
payment of unemployment benefits.
This should be legislated in adj
vance, the economists said, so that
workers could count on this added
protection.
4-Expansion of public works.
This also should be arranged in ad-
vance, the economists recommend
ed, so that economically desirable
projects would be ready which
could be started promptly.
Congress also should enact at
once legislation to go into effect in
case we should head into another
inflationary period. This should in
clude:
Am increase in lower bracket
tax rates, or lowering of exemp-
tions.
2-Continuation of the wartime
excise taxes, or if they had been
repealed, replacement with other
taxes. (Here the group failed to
follow liberal, Fair Deal recon-
mendations for an excess profits
taxi
3-Reduction of public eXpendi-
lures, holding civil public works to
a minimum, and deferring all but
the most urgent military expendl-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
Townsend Lobby
Spends $4,000

Washington (LPA) = Townsend
plan supporters have reported
spending $198,975 during the first
six months of 1949 for Congress
ional lobbying activities on behalf
of their pension plan.
This puts them in the class with
the biggest lobbies of all-Ameri-
can Medical Assn ($508,397 to
block national health insurance., {,
Committee for Constitutional Gov
ernment ($306,297 to fight every
thing from Taft-Hartley repeal to
federal aid to education), and Natl
Association Of Electric Companies
1924 ,222 to fight public power
cording to Congressional
Quarterly's compilations of declar
ed expenditures, pressure groups
have admitted to spending 50, ,347,
026 in the first half of this year
alone.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
BRIDGES TRIAL OPENS NOV. IA

San Francisco LPA)-The trial
of Harry Bridges, president of the
ternati t j nal Longshoremen's
Union on charges of perjury and
conspiracy, will start Nov. Ia, Fed
eral Judge George B. Harris ann
ounced. He will hear argument
Oct. A on defense motions to dis
miss the indictments gain t
Bridges and two other union offc-
ials. If the defense wins, the Grim
inal trial set for Nov. IA will be
cancelled.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-09-29
McGrath AssaiIs
A & P Ads AS
False, Improper

Washington LPA)--In one Of
his first statements as Attorney
General, former Senator j. Howard
McGrath this week cracked back
hard at the advertisements being
run by the A & p stores attacking
the Justice Departments new anti
trust suit against them.
McGrath said the A & p ads
falsely state the position Of the
Department Of Justice and the
consequences of successful prose-
cutiOn of the recently instituted
A & P antitrust suit"
"The sci f-serving statements
contained in the advertisements"
McGrath said, "are not novel but
constitute a defense A & p inter
posed to the criminal case charg-
ing the same offenses. Having paid
maximum fines totaling $175,000
rather than ask the Supreme Court
to review its conviction, it seems
odd that A & P should now public
ly advertise the same arguments
repudiated by both the District
Court and the Court of Appeals.
I'm view Of the fact that the al
Legations in the complaint have al
ready been established in the Grim
inal case beyond reasonable
doubt, the Department anticipates
no difficulty in proving the allega-
tons in its recent civil suit. 1t
would appear that A & P is now
an appeal to the public by
the expenditure of large sums in
a publicity campaign seeking spec
lal treatment accorded to no one
else under the antitrust laws. This,
Of course, cannot deter the Depart
ment in the performance of its
plain duty to enforce the antitrust
laws, nor influence a court of the
United States.
The Department does not con-
slider such a method appropriate
for the trial of such suits. 1t is for
the court, after considering all the
to decide the questions
raised by this antitrust suit"