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Evening star., 1949-03-01
Fire at Gold Key Club
Causes Small Damage

Fire, believed to have been start
ed by a smoldering cigarette left
by customer in a booth. caused a
small amount of damage at the
Gold Key Club. 6o6 E street NV.
early today.
I No one was in the after-hours
club when the blaze started, ac-
cording to f1remen. The alarm
was turned in by an unidentified
person in the neighborhood who
saw smoke pouring from window.
The blaze was confined to the
first floor and damaged a booth.
destroyed curtains over one win
dow and burned part of the CELL
ing over the booth. Firemen
ripped down section Of the CELL
ing to get at the flames.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Veterans Gel S5O,O5O
In Housing Refunds

The Housing Expediter's Office,
in progress report on its effort
to obtain refunds of overcharges
on veterans housing. said today
that since the first of the year
S50.05O had been voluntarily paid
back to veterans by builders.
The refunds are based on inves-
tigation of charges made for
houses built under priorities
granted during the effective Pc
riod of the Veterans Emergency
Housing Program.
In addition to actual refunds
made, the Housing Expediter's OF
flee said it has requested "A build
ers over a four-month period, te
refund a total Of 81 O38,627 or
1872 dwellings in this area. 4
number of these cases have peer
referred to litigation.
Likewise, the housing expe
diter's office is now analyzing case
involving 165 more dwellings bull
by five builders preliminary II
holding conferences with builder
in regard to refunds.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Go||inger Budgetory Practices
Sharply Questioned at Hearing

tobacco could be raised success
fully there to eliminate purchase
of it.
mo" Mr.. Clemmer replied. ut
is not good tobacco land. We
could raise tobacco there. AS ]
get it from tobacco men. it has
to be mixed with other crops or
other types of tobacco for it to
be any good
You mean that you could not
process tobacco in a manner that
would be suitable for anybody that
uses tobacco?" Mr.. Bates asked.
Mr.. Clemmer said that was SO;
that he had talked it over with
his property officer. who used to
be in the tobacco business.
Il am from the tobacco country.
and I happen to know that is
true" Mr.. Bates commented.
A. w. Heinmiller. assistant to
the superintendent of schools, told
the subcommittee teachers often
dipped into their own funds to
buy pencils, paper, cloth, paints,
crayons and other classroom sup
plies for which District funds
were not available.
From $4,000 to $4,000 a year
was being spent in each of the
nine elementary school divisions,
a survey revealed, he reported.
Pays Expenses.
You have a situation present
where some one says that the
teacher doesn't get enough and
then she is patriotic enough to
furnish out of her own inadequate
pay this additional expense" Mr..
Church commented.
THAT is very true and very un-
fortunate" Mr.. Heinmiller agreed.
Fewer Insane Brought In.
The District is maintaining a
favorable. balance of trade" in
the importation and deportation
of insane persons, John w. Tam
burg, District welfare director,
testified.
Mr.. Tramburg said that in 1948
the Welfare Department was able
to ship back to other States 260
insane persons proved to be resi-
dents of those States. Only 81
insane persons were brought here
as bona fide residents of the Dis
trict entitled to treatment. A
total of 130 nonresident indigents
were exported while only 80 were
imported.
These importations and depor-
tations are made possible by re-
ciprocal agreements with the
States. Mr.. Tramburg said.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Woman Takes Rifle Bullet
From Head Walks 10 Doctor

Prince Georges County police
yesterday told how a 35-year-olo
woman plucked a rifle bullet from
her head and calmly walked to q
doctor after she was shot Saturday
night.
Police said the woman, Dorothy
Freeman. colored, 8700 block Of
Livingstone road, Chapel Hill, Md.
told them she was shot by Clar-
ence Chew. %, colored, 5000 block
of Old Fort road, Chapel Hill.
Chew was charged with assault,
and his hearing was continued to
April l.
The bullet, police said, was fired
from a 22-caliber rifle at a dis
tance of 10 feet. It lodged in the
womans head, directly behind her
ear. Police said she pulled out the
bullet, and walked to a nearby
physician. The wound was termed
minor by the physician. Police
said they believed the rifle was
defective.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Committee Votes Funds to Add
7,5OO Tax Enforcement Agents

approved should be enough for
the job.
4 In a plea for funds for the full
1000, Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder said the enforcement staff
is undermanned and Il have no
way of knowing the precise amount
of uncollected taxes"
George j. Schoeneman. commits
sioner of internal revenue, told the
committee that dollars invested in
enforcement work will return
themselves MANIFOLD in the form
of additional taxes that are law
fully owing to the Government"
Mr.. Schoeneman said that in o.
GILL tax returns examined last
year, additional revenue was OBJ
tanned in one out of every two
cases-a total of 81 ,897 .015 900. He
didn't know how much would have
been recovered if the 79.736,000
returns which were not investi-
gated had been closely examined,
but said the extra revenue per
front line enforcement officer
average $89.270.
The committee approved in full
the $1,560,0OO budget of the
Bureau of Narcotics and granted
$35, 100000 of the $35. .950.000 re-
quested by the Customs Bureau
and $3,054,00O of the $3,165,000
sought by the Secret Service. 1t
did this after hearing reports of
increased activity in counterfeit
ing, smuggling and the Illicit drug
market.
For stockpiling strategic and
critical materials that would be
needed in the event of war, the
committee approved the full re-
quest of $775,000,000, including
$525, 100000 in cash and $780,
100000 in contract authority.
It said the program OF stock
piling "is moving forward at a
lquite satisfactory rate"
Evening star., 1949-03-01
John Wyatt Davis Dies;
Resident of ARLINGTON

John Wyatt Davis, SO, Arlington
resident for Is years, died in Be.
thesda Naval Hospital yesterday
after a three month illness. He
lived at 1922 South Sixteenth
street.
A native of Rosslyn, Va, Mr.
Davis grew up in Georgetown anc
served in the Navy during Worlc
War /. He operated a plumbing
business for many years and latel
was foreman for the Tyler Con.
struction Co. of Falls Church.
He is survived by his widow
Alena Douglas Davis. and nine
sons and daughters. They are
Wyatt D.. Comelette E.. William
A., Lois NJ. Barbara Jean ano
James E. Davis and Mrs. La Verne
Liptrap. all of Arlington; Douglas
E. Davis. Falls Church, and Mrs
Alma Benton. Manassas. Va.
A sister. Mrs. Blanche Emily
Wells, Philadelphia. and a brother
Leonard Morris Davis. Washing
ton. also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Thursday in the Ives fu-
neral home, Arlington. Burial will
be in Columbia Gardens Gene
tery.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Early Labor Hearings
Voted edbyHouseGroup
May Start on Friday
By the Associoied Press

The House Labor Committee
voted today to begin hearings as
soon as possible. perhaps this
week, on repeal of the Taft-Hart
ley law.
Chairman Lesinski told report
ters the committee turned down
16 to 9 a resolution proposing to
reinstate the old Wagner Labor
relations law without change
pending the writing of a new ma
tional labor law.
The resolution was sponsored
by Representative Kelley, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania. 1t drew
the support of nine Democrats
Opposed were seven Democrats
and all nine Republicans on the
committee.
Mr.. Lesinski said hearings will
open on. the administration S
Taft-Hartley repeal bill as soon as
the committee finishes writing a
new minimum wage bill
Hearings May Begin Friday.
The committee held almost
three weeks of public hearings on
an administration proposal to in
crease the minimum wage from
40 cents to IS cents an hour. 1t
is to meet tomorrow and Thursday
on the minimum wage bill.
Mr.. Lesinski said hearings on
repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act
may begin Friday if the commit
tee can finish work on the wage
measure. The administration S
labor bill would repeal the Taft
Hartley law and reinstate the
Wagner Act with some changes.
The Senate Labor Committee
has completed public hearings on
the administration bill and will be-
gin private sessions this week to
discuss what changes the commit
tee members think should be made
in it. Republicans are trying to
add some provisions of the Taft
Hartley law to the administration
measure.
Two-Package Plan.
The Kelley resolution in the
House committee proposed what
has been called the "two-package'
plan-that is, one bill to repeal the
Taft-H Hartley Act and a second one
to make any changes in the Wag-
ner Act.
The Democrats voting with Mr..
Kelley for it were Powell of New
York, Bailey of West Virginia,
Irving of Missouri, Perkins of Ken
lucky, Jacobs of Indiana. Burke
of Ohio, Steed of Oklahoma and
Wier of Minnesota.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Reds Reported Routed
In South Central Greece
BY the Assoeioied Press

ATHENS. Mar. 1.-The Greek
general staff said today that gov
ernment troops had inflicted
heavy losses on a band of guer-
rillas whom they attacked on a
highway in South Central Greece.
The general staff said 210 guer-
rillas were captured or gave them
selves up and that many were
killed. National army losses were
said to be only two wounded.
The communique said large
quantity of supplies and arms
had been captured and that the
air force was pursuing the rebel
band.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
DuIin Renamed President
OF Goodwill Industries

James c. Dulin. jr., retired
banker and attorney. has been re-
elected president of the Davis Me-
mortal Goodwill Industries.
The organization, formerly
known as Goodwill Industries. was
renamed at it's last annual meet
ing in honor of it's benefactress
the late Mrs. Anne Hubbard
Davis.
Other officers elected are: Mrs
Karl Fenning, vice president; Mrs
Beulah J. Drake. secretary; W.
Perry Early, treasurer, and Paul j.
Seltzer, assistant treasurer.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Continued From First Page

propriations are $99,S48,846 less
than President Truman requested
and $419,5sS,223 more than the
same departments received for the
present year. The increase was
attributed primarily to salary
raises granted postal and other
workers by the last Congress.
The Treasury's share of the total
direct appropriations recon-
mended for next year is $1,O27,-
6O8, ,4O3, a cut of sos 1886 ,046 from
budget requests. The $2,045, ,209,-
500 recommended for the postal
service is $34,462.SOO below what
the President requested.
Debate to Begin Thursday.
The bill is scheduled for House
debate Thursday and passage Fri
day. 1t has not yet been con-
sidered by the Senate.
The committee approved $220,-
500, 900 of the Internal Revenue
Bureaus request for $232,768,0O0
In rejecting the request for
1000 more enforcement workers
the committee intimated its be-
lief that the full number re-
quested might cost more than the
benefits to be received.
The committee said, however
lit feels that the average citizen
of this country. who makes an
honest, frank income tax return
should not be penalized by the
failure of the bureau. through a
shortage of employees, to collect
what Is properly due the Govern
ment from those who would not
voluntarily make a correct re-
turn"
It said the extra 1900 employees
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Mrs. Mayo. TansiN, 90.
Oies;;Widowof Ranger
Recalled Indian Wars

Mrs. May Callan Tansill, 80
widow of Charles F. Tan5ill, one
of the Army's first telegraphers, a
Texas Ranger, academy principal
and Government employe here
died today at the Home for In
curables. Until recently she had
lived with her son, Charles C. Tan
sill, Georgetown University pro-
fessor, who lives at 3419 Twelfth
street NE.
Born in Alexandria. the daugh-
ter of a Confederate Army ma
Jor, Mrs. Tansill was educated here
at the old st. Vincent's Convent,
which stoSd where the Woodward
& Lothrop Department Store is
located. After graduation she
moved to Texas, where she met
and married Mr. Tansill, also a
former Washington resident. He
was later principal Of Fredelicks-
burg Academy in Texas. She re-
called a number of Indian raids
during the Apache and Comanche
Wars.
She returned to Washington in
1891 when her husband helped to
organize the Glen Echo unit of
the National Chautauqua.
Before Mr.. Tansill's death in
1889, he and Mrs. Tansill lived in
Brookland, where they were ac-
tive in civic affairs and in st.
Anthony's Catholic Church. After
Mr.. Tansill's death. Mrs. Tansill
moved to her sons home.
Besides Charles Tansill, Mrs.
Tansill is survived by two other
sons and a daughter. They are
Frederick G. Tansill, a professor
at Benjamin Franklin University,
who lives at 1920 Newton street
NV; Col. Xavier B. Tansill, 3l3O
Wisconsin avenue NV, and Mrs.
Arthur A. Carpenter, editor of the
Montrose Ledger, Montrose, Calf.
A brother, Guida C. Callan, a re-
tired Patent Office attorney, lives
at 35ll Eleventh street NV. Also
surviving are 10 grandchildren and
l3 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held in
st. Anthonys Church at 10 am.
Friday after prayers in the James
t. Ryan funeral home at BIT
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. at $50
am. Burial will be in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Curb on FiIibuster
Hit as Obnoxious
In Conna!!y Speech
CONTINUED From First Page.)

rules change. The latest such
ruling was made last August by
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan. then President pro
tenn of the Senate.
Republicans thus are faced with
| the problem Of whether or not to
vote in favor of Senator Vanden-
berg's Interpretation of the rules
or to switch and back Vice Presi-
dent Barkley, assuming he alters
the ruling later this week.
Republican Backing Sought.
Senator Lucas has asked the
Republicans to back the expected
new ruling. But he conceded
some of them are ION the spot"
politically because, while they
favor the passage of civil rights
legislation, now blocked by the
f1libuster problem, they may not
want to vote against a Vanden-
berg ruling.
Senator Taft of Ohio, who
heads the Senate Republican Pol
icy Committee, said the group
will discuss the party's attitude
on this question at meeting to-
morrow.
Just before today's session
began, Senator Wherry of Ne
braska. the minority leader, told
reporters the policy meeting to-
morrow may make some decision
on what to do in case OF the
expected Barkley ruling. He added
a full conference of Republican
Senators may be called later this
week.
Senator Wherry would not say
how he himself would vote in
such a situation but he indicated
he leans toward the Vandenberg
Interpretation.
Another Republican Senator
who would not permit the use of
his name predicted, however, that
enough Republicans would join
with Northern Democrats to
sustain the Barkley ruling, if it
is made.
All-Night Sessions Unlikely.
If the Lucas tactics should lose
and the Senate refuse to back a
new ruling by its presiding officer.
then the present fllibuster will
either go on indefinitely or the
administration will have to give up
it's attempt to invoke a curb on
flibusters.
Senator Lucas indicated that
no all-night sessions are going to
be held before the showdown roll
call although he intends to keep
! the Senate in session until around
6 pm. each day this week.
The Senate recessed yesterday
at STA pm. after hearing Senator
George, Democrat. of Georgia.
attack the Presidents civil
rights program as absolutely un.
constitutional. The Georgian, al
ternately shouting and talking in
a low voice, declared Mr.. Tru-
mans demand for passage Of such
a program is the real driving
power" behind the proposed rule
change.
Meanwhile, the CIO called the
proposal for ending debate by a
two-thirds vote "a transparent
fake" The labor group called for
ending debate by a majority vote
and it urged Senators to insist on
day-and-night sessions until the
issue is brought to a showdown.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
d. C.. Budget of $98,923,627
Sent to House With Big Deficit

or $115,122 below the city esti.
mates. In trimming the recrea.
ton fund the committee took 6
stand against $4,000 outlay pro-
posed for repair of the Georgetown
and Rosedale lighthouses.
Police Requests Trimmed.
Requests for the Police Depart
ment for expansion of its force
were heavily cut. partly because Of
testimony showing that the de-
partment today is below it's au-
thorized strength because Of its
inability to get enough qualified
candidates from the civil service
examination list.
The Commissioner had submit
ted requests for funds permitting
employment of 80 more privates
and 19 extra civilian employees
The House Committee, in cutting
the police budget to S6,334.844, OF
$287,156 below the estimates. al
lowed funds for II more clerks
which it said thus would free seven
policemen for other duty. 1t dis
allowed requests for the 80 addi-
tional uniformed men until the
present 220 vacancies in the
authorized force were filled.
The House Committee made
only a minor cut in estimates of
the Fire Department. but slashed
100000 from the funds requested
for the retirement and relief Of
police and f1remen, for which the
Commissioners had asked $780,
900.
The House Committee cut into
the already reduced budget for the
Health Department, looping off
more than S50O,000. but approved
a proposed outlay of $4,000 for
provision Of housing for medical
officers at the Glenn Dale Tuber-
culosis Sanatorium. as a partial
answer to it's shortage of profess
sional staff.
Gallinger Funds Higher.
Gallinger Hospital was allowed
S3,753,000 for operating expenses,
or Sl47,774 above this year. but
S132,726 less than the funds re-
quested. The money allowed would
include completion of the new lab
oratory building and the equip
ment of the new pediatric building.
For public welfare services the
House committee allowed $13.670.-
600. This is nearly 100000 above
the current appropriation, but
S625, 900 below the Commissioners
estimates. The committee reduced
agency services by more than
100000 and rejected appeals for
an increase Of $289,908 in grants
for public assistance.
Among other fund requests re-
duced by the House committee
were those for the National
Guard, the Zoo. the National Cap
ital Parks Office, the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
and various agencies un-
der the public works division Of
the city government.
The House committee under
took to put an end to the two
year argument as to whether the
District auditor. A. r. Pilkerton,
should have audit control over the
National Capital Parks Office, the
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the Zoo. 1t
wrote into the bill proviso said
to have been recommended by the
Federal Budget Bureau, which Of
ficials said would exempt these
agencies from the control of the
District auditor. and leave them,
as before, subject to the General
Accounting Office.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Woman, Two Children
be-
Die as Tourist Cabin
Near Alexandra Burns
Continued From First Page.)

the line of the old-fashioneo
. crank-type telephone. but that
she then lost the operator and was
unable to get her back. though
she tried for five minutes.
. However. the chief operator OF
I, the Central Mutual Telephone
Co, small independent COM
'pany serving the vicinity. said she
was told by Chief R. w. Hall of
'the Occoquan Fire Department
that he received a telephone call
from woman at 1883 am. ad-
.vising him of the fire.
The time was recorded by the
telephone company Office because
the call was made from a pay
station in her Office.
The telephone company said
MI. Hall was telephoned again a
short time later as he was pre-
'paring to leave for the fire. An
operator intercepting the call
spread the alarm to additional
fire departments.
Seven fire departments finally
answered the police calls for help,
but the Occoquan department,
first on the scene, soon ran out
.of water and Mr.. Hall was un-
able to get a telephone call
Through for more.
Mrs. Ottens' husband, Corpl
Edward Ottens. 81, had left for
duty at Fort Belvoir before the
fire broke out at 7:45 am. He has
been stationed there two of the
seven years he has served in the
Army. li
One of the first to reach the
fire was Corpl Hal T. Upton, 20,
of the 8O1st Engineers. who rents
an adjoining cabin.
Struggling with the door. appar-
emily blocked from the inside. he
finally broke it open and ran into
"a blast of smoke and flames He
saw Terry Michael in his bassi-
nette. and managed to shove it
and the baby out the door.
Driven Back by Flames.
Corpl. Upton saw the mother
lying on the bed, apparently over
come by smoke. but was repelled
by the heightening flames.
Desperately Mrs. Resetar tried
to get through to firemen over a
party telephone. Although she is
expecting a baby in two months,
Mrs. Resetar asked the friend to
rush her to the police barracks.
Mr.. Resetar estimated Is min
utes was wasted in reaching fire.
men.
Meanwhile, her husband. Corpl.
Upton, and others drew buckets
OF water and fought the flames
the best they could. Although one
Of the adjoining cabins started
10 burn, they were able to check
the blaze until f1remen arrived.
The son of one of the volunteer
fighters, Henry B. Utz. jr.. 13, said
he was in the Ottens' cabin yes
herday and noted kerosene spread
on the floor. Mrs. Ottens said at
the time that the stove was leak
ing, young Utz said.
Wind Hampers Fire Fighters.
A high wind hampered fire.
fighting efforts. Bodies of the two
children were found on cots in the
bedroom of the three-room cabin.
All three bodies were burned be-
yond recognition.
Eleven cabins are in the Pine
Air group. The Ottens had lived
there about four months. during
which time the youngest child was
born.
Fire departments answering the
alarm were from Occoquan, Wood
bridge. Lorton. Penn Daw, Fort
Belvoir, Fairfax and Franconia.
Last Saturday, two merchant
marine sailors and two mattresses
were burned to death when fire
razed double tourist cabin near
petprShllrP
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Defective Miller Promoted

The promotion Of Carroll C..
Miller from detective corporal to
detective sergeant on the Mont
gomery County police force was
announced yesterday at Rockville.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

Israel estimates its housing
needs at 100000 units a year. to
care for the 10000 immigrants a
month now arriving.
Evening star., 1949-03-01

Philippine sugar-cane planters
will expand their domestic alco-
hol industry.
The Key West citizen., 1949-07-09

Advertisements In Thursdays Citizen
demonstrated that decrease in prices in
the sale of groceries l. more pronounced
than in any other business. Appliances.
though they show price decreases also in
Key West. are stiIl 80 high that the public.
in many cases. Is deferring purchasing
them.
The issue of Time magAEine for this
week reports several eases from . typical
American city 10 shaw The ,let-up In The
purchasing power in the united States
One wpmaH said that she wiSred't 70 buy a
new refrigerator but that when she learn
ed the cost she decided 10 buy one that had
been used and thereby save mere thkn
$3.50. Another housewife stated that she
needed an automatic toasteF but had put
off buying one til the price came down.
And 50 on about several other appliances.
President Truman last Thursday said
he was cheerful about the economic out
look in the United States. but editorial
comment did not coincide with his views
Editors maintained. baSing their opinions
ON news from all over the country. that the
buyers' resistance. instead Of letting-up. l.
beeominr firmer. That view was particu-
larry true of new ears, the prices of some
of which are more than double what
they we're in Immediate prewaT days.
Returning 20 the grocery advertise
ments that appeared in The Citizen. il may
be pointed out that housewives in Key
West note changes in prices .faF below
what they were af the end Of the war
Each year since then prices for foodstuffs
have been going down. bat they have re-
gistered the greatest decrease during this
year.
The Citizen trusts that the President
was right about the economic conditions in
the United States. but facts point 10 q re-
eeszion that will continue iii reductions in
prices Of cars and appliances are made
that viii induce rssiStent buyers 10 open
their pOcketbooks.