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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13

the lowest possible tax ana service
charges; and, within the bounds of
intelligence, promote the citys
growth and expansion with a pro
gram of improvements.
They met again in regular session
on Thursday night, and after the
regular routine business, the follow
ing action was taken:
The request of the Morris Frock
Post of the American Legion, that
they be permitted to buy part of
the municipality owned golf course
on which they propose to erect a new
legion home, was turned over to a
committee consisting of Council
man knight, Jennings and Hellane,
who will investigate the matter and
report back to the full council at
later date
A request was made by the Hag
erstown Retailers Bureau that the
Mayor and Council cooperate with
the bureau, on a $3.50 basis, for
the decoration of the downtown
streets during the Christmas sea-
son. Speaking for the bureau, Odello
Letter pointed out that before the
war, Hagerstown's streets were al
ways decorated, with both the Mayor
and Council and the bureau sharing
the cost, but the plan had to be
abandoned due to the lack of material
during the war years. Mr.. Letter
also pointed out that the surround
ing towns were ahead of Hagerstown
in the matter of Christmas decora-
tions, and that the local bureau felt
the time had come when Hagerstown
should again go to the front as a
merchandising center of this area.
The Retail Bureau has been working
on this matter for some months and
they came before the Mayor and
Council with a very complete report
+ VI WIldC IloO W NC uOllS, GllC lAlS
chanics of which were explained by
Parke Geiger, Jr., chairman of the
| decorations committee of the bureau
John Lacy, president of the bureau,
was the last speaker, and he point
ed out the urgency of this matter,
/ as the decorating material which
will be something that never been
seen in this part of the country be-
fore, has to be ordered, shipped and
prepared for hanging In view OF
this urgency, Mayor Mills appoint
! ed a committee of Councilmen Ell
lott, Jennings and Brown who met
with the bureau committee on Mon
day night. The committee will now
report its findings at special meet
i ing of the Mayor and Council, which
will be held tonight.
Final action taken by the council
was the giving of authority to city
engineer Abbott to negotiate with
certain property owners for the deed
ing to the city of certain strips o.
land in the Northern Avenue area
in return for free curling, so tina
the extension of the street can be
completed. The city attorney wa'
also authorized to take whatever &C
ton was necessary to get the lane
necessary to complete the project.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13

Carcasses Of the prehistoric man.
moth have been found in northern
Siberia with flesh and fur preserved.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13

The trade of Alaska is almost
wholly with the United States.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-10-13
News OF
City Hall

The Mayor and Council, in spec
ial session at City Hall on Wednes-
day afternoon, at which the favor
able result of the bond issue was
discussed, adopted a resolution
wherein the Mayor and Council
pledged their redoubled efforts to:
provide efficient and economical city
management; to protect and con-
serve their city's assets; to maintain
the lowest possible tax and service
charges; and, within the bounds of
intelligence, promote the citys
growth and expansion with pro
gram of improvements.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

IoTtIIedSt CUIler OF Odpr1
are the ruins of the expansive Villa Jovis of
the Emperor Tiberius, and the infamous
Leap of Tiberius" from which the Emperor
hurled offending senators and dancing girls
when he was out of temper.
On the way from the Villa Jovis down to the
Grotto Matromania where Tiberius and his
court celebrated the mystic rites of Mithras,
the sun god, is the magnificent White Grotto,
pictured on THIS WEEKS cover.
This grotto has had historical as we'll as
legendary significance. The Romans, the
Saracens and many others used it as a look
out post over the Mediterranean. The Ger
mans used it in the last war Today its only
garrison is peaceful tourists and bathers.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

sailing his ship between the towering cliff of
Scylla, the rock. and Charybdis, the whirl-
pool, heard the sweet song of the Sirens on
the rocks at Piccola Marina, at Capri.
"Come- On" Girls
l HE Sirens rock is still there, and natives
have another tale to tell of it: in the cav
ernous Fern Grotto near by, recently dis
covered human bones are proof to the
Caprisi that Capri was once cannibalistic,
that the early "come-on" girls were only
bait used by meat-hungry fathers and hus-
bands to lure passing sailors.
The fabulous Blue Grotto was forgotten
for several centuries before Lord Derby re-
Evening star., 1949-08-21
CARL PKRUTz PHOTOS

discovered it early in the nineteenth CEN
tury. Its legend however, survived. Ac-
cording to the story, it was in the vaulted
cave with the almost hidden entrance that
the Sirens mysteriously and magically lique-
fed their sapphires to save them from the
hands of the monster Tritons. The rocks are
blue today - and the water still bluer.
Science, of course, offers prosaic explana-
ton - colored rocks and refracted sunlight.
Around on the other side of the island is
the Red Grotto where, at high noon, the
water close under the cliffs swirls in blood
red eddies. The fshermen's explanation is
Evening star., 1949-08-21

that antedlluVlan mon
sters of the sea fought
pitched battles here for
possession of the Green
Grotto next door with its
brilliant and valuable
coral.
"Leap Of Tiberius"
lHE entrance to the
rock-bound Champagne
Grotto is under water, and
to enter one must dive
deep, swim Is feet through
a narrow tunnel to come
up in the spray-flled cave.
Up in the hills of the
--klA -
Evening star., 1949-08-21

GOWN. Inc stories OF the
Blue Grotto and the
Faraglioni Rocks invari-
ably lose out to Myrna
10y, Tyrone Power, Nor
man Douglas, Countess
Edda Ciano, 0rson Welles,
Ingrid Bergman and
Roberto Rossellini.
For the other months of
the year the island be-
longs, as it has for more
than 1000 years, to Ulys-
ses and the Sirens, to the
mad Emperor Tiberius,
and to the story tellers.
The fishermen will tell
vo,, hOw TIlvcces after
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Two-Raced Island
BY ANN CARNAHAN

Tourists at Capri scarcely
know which to look at first
the fabulous grottoes or the
fabulous visiting celebrities
ETRsT-TIME visitors to this sun-soaked
Il rock bumped in the blue Bay of Naples
frequently are confused. They can't decide
whether to concentrate on the celebrities or
the natural wonders of Capri. During July
and a part of August, when the social season
is in full swing, the celebrities win hands
Evening star., 1949-08-21
HIS this fxeitementH
reached xay[ kitchen?

Dear Sirs:
For thirteen years have been baking my
own cakes, but after trying the new Swans
Down Instant Cake Mix 1 am ready to dis
pose Of my favorite recipes. 1t is truly every
thing you say and more. have tried several
of the variations, and plan to try them all
My only complaint is that have difficulty
getting enough of it.
Mrs. Mildred S. Collier
Brookline, Mass
Sorry, Mrs. Collier, stores often do run 0ut
of Swans Down Instant Cake Mix, there.
such demand for it. Keep trying-we1 I
soon be there with more.
Evening star., 1949-09-30

Tireless, timeIess ... the oll-seoson button-up
suit Of muted color Glen Ploid WOOL Toilored
With the beautiful jocket-bone troditionol to
tlondmocher you con feel the good fit.
Convertible color, etter-flop pockets, rozor-
blode skirt. Blue or brown mixtures Sizes
10 to 20
Jeuefs-Suit Shop-Third Floor. Street
and at Shirlington, Silper Spring.
l473 Connecticut AUenuc
Evening star., 1949-09-30
Mniory-Misses-Won
It's great neoOs
to find such fashion,
such VALUE
in coats trimmed zvith
Persian Lamb
s98.75 and sI25

Short or long !. slim and stroightish,
tidy and fitted, mognifioentH fIoring
consider the coot with Persian
Lamb for wonderful satisfaction Per-
sian lamb os JeIIeff shows it-eIossy,
beautifully processed to retain tight
curl, drope in flotterine effects, with
stond seasons Of wear. Consider, too,
the choice of Black as the fur
trimmed coot thot spans all occasions
-. an investment in Iong-term foshon
poying dividends in service.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
Margin For Logic
BY ALVIN MOSES
CRUMELING IMPERIALISM Cs)

NEW YORK - amp - MORAL
TURPITUDE - that is the ritzy
500 word the British press dug up
in the Countess Carhart incident
many years ago. The lady had been
guilty of some social slip-up that
got her into bad grace with our
cousins from Brittany.
Ally KHAN, whose around-the-
world romance with actress Rita
Hayworth has but served to bury
the ex-Mrs. Olson Welles under the
dungeon walls of all social registers,
was recently called "Rita's Colored
prince" Wonder what difference
this sordid affair would have en-
tailed had Rita's travelling-compan'
ion been of any other color - pref
erably, white?
Britain, America, India, Africa,
ether points Of the gldbe-are al
ways the bugbear of color, color,
color, Lord Of the Universe, where
and when will all this senseless
tommyrot end? you think about
it readers, I'm exhausted.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
BOOKER WASHINGTON COINS

Booker T. Washington is name
our Children will see in history
books long after our unmarked foot
prints have passed into the tomor'
rows limbo. The first 1s49 issue OF
the B. T. washington memorial half
dollar was struck off two weeks ago
at the u. S. Mint in Philadelphia.
The first memorial coin in COM
memoration of the Tuskegee Insti-
tute educator. who spent his life
attempting to raise the living stand
ards of Americas largest minority
group. was struck off in December
1916. Since that time 100000 coins
have been sold bringing 100000 to
the treasury of the Booker T. Wash
ington birthplace memorial.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
MARIAN ANDERSON AND
MURIEL SMITH SET FOR
IT'D AN-CCnNyrVNyENrT wnVYK1 G

Miss Anderson gave no indication
that she had had syst removed
from her Esophagus when she talked
with this columnist some few Sun
days ago at Station WVNJ in New
ark. The great singer had driven
through one of the worst. snow
storms of the season to receive the
tolerance award at the hands of Mrs
Griffith. She left last week for a
transcontinental tour which will
keen her away from the States for
sometime.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
WONDERFUL LENA HORNE

On January IA, 1949, we clipped
this piece, lock, stock and barrel,
out of ED SULLIVAN'S corner in
the N. Y. Daily News - we think
you'll enjoy 1t lot:
LENA Horne reminds Tommy Ly-
man greatly of Bee Palmer VINO
rates way up in Mr.. Lyman's person
al Iistings. Lennie Haydn played
for Palmer and you can bet me that
he taught Lena most of Bee Palmer's
mannerisms. Catch Lena the next
time and you'll see it
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
u. s. AND CHARMING
TOBIAS ON SAME PROGRAM

Vice-president Alben w. Barkley
spoke at the annual dinner for the
benefit Of the Children's Welfare
Federation at the Waldorf-Astoria
before some 1000 guests. Seated on
the rostrum along with the Mr..
Barley were DR.. Claiming Tobias
and Fannie Hurst. novelist. also
guest speakers on the program.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29

JUDY BURROUGHS, charming
colored tot who does only one num-
Der in Fifth Avenue" with Don
aid Richards) is a protege OF Noble
sissle who suggested her for the
B'way show -. Adam Clayton
Powell. Congressman, Is reported
At this time as doing OK. He Is at
Sydenham hospital following an
ether heart attack.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29
MINORITIES HOLD THE
SPOTLIGHT FOR
SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS

NEW YORK - (ANP) - Repre-
sentative leaders from the various
minority groups have stood high in
New York's news this week.
Dr. V. X. wellington Keo, the
distinguished Chinese Ambassador
to the U. S. was honored by his Alma
Mater. Columbia university, with
the Alexander Hamilton Medal. The
ward was presented to him by Dis.
trict Attorney Frank Hogan at the
Biltmore hotel. Some four hundred
individuals, including Gen. Dwight
d. Eisenhower witnessed the cere-
mony.
pr. Koo told the gathering that
Communism was engulfing in Ma
laya and Indo-China and China's
struggle to defend the cause of free
dom and the democratic way Of life
could not be overestimated.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-01-29

LOVELY DANCER Al,lne craw.
ford, wears . shlmmerlnu black
taHstA party frock with princess
lines. Designed by Constance Ben.
nett, che dress features Ullstenlnu
rhinestone buttons, full sleeves,
and Q crisp psplum 20 accent the
eoftiy rounded hlpllne. Sold In
homes only by representatives Of
Fashion Froeks, Cincinnati.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
xxx HID ES
UNDER ALIAS

Washington (LPA) - ku Klux
klansmen are using an old dodge
name switching-to avoid feder-
al punishment Of subversive activi-
ties, Gilbert Harrison, AVG head
warned Attorney General Tom
Clark this week.
Harrison charged that new or
ganization, the Associated Klans
of Georgia, is identical with the
Knights of Ku Klux Klan Inc. )"
which has long been on the govern
ment's subversive list.
"Therc is no such organization
as the XXX, but the Associated
Klans is carrying out the principles
of KKKism," he asserted. "While
the XXX is on the Attorney Gen
erals m-American list the AsSo-
ciated Klans isn't"
Since federal agencies have been
directed to confine themselves only
to organizations specified by Clark,
Klansmen are escaping consequ-
ences for. their activities, Harrison
pointed out. He urged the govern
ment to brand the new organiZa-
ton illegal also, so that the US.
won't employ Klan members using
the alias.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Economic
Continued From Page OHe)

Sherman Act has often been ex-
pressed" stated the report, "but
efforts to strengthen that policy. &.
have been blocked while one eX-
ception of the antitrust laws after
another have been provided. There
is no agreement upon any plan to
break up existing industrial giants
or to erect positive limits to the
expansion of Others" the Council
declared. "Study of the problem
must continue, toward the end of
creating competitive conditions
thruout industry and thereby re-
moving the need for those posi-
tive controls which alone could
protect the public if it cannot be
protected by restored competition. "
This postponing Of the problem
by more studies is viewed with dis
favor by many labor people who
feel that the time for actions has
come and that positive controls
must be provided before the giant
monopoles wreck our economy.
The economic councils report to
the President is one Of the sources
from which he can draw up his leg
islatiye requests of the coming
Congress.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Two Teamster Locals
Win Wage Increase

New York City QLNS).-Two
locals of the international Brother
hood of Teamsters and the Rail
way Express Agency have agreed
on a new contract granting 1000
workers a general wage increase
of Is cents an hour.
The settlement was announced
by the express agency and John j.
Mcnamara, ecretary-treasurer OF
Local 808, and Thomas j. Murphy,
secretary-treasurer of Local 459,
in New Jersey.
Negotiations between the unions
and the company began before the
old contract expired Aug. 81. The
locals originally asked for a 25-
cent increase, a demand that was
later scaled down to 1712 cents.
When negotiations produced no re-
suits, union leaders were empow-
cred to call strike and for time
it appeared that major walkout
similar to the tie-up of 1947 might
result.
Still later, however, the union
membership agreed to lower it's
demands to Is cents and empower
ed the officers to make final set
tlement on that basis.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Priest Advocates
Stronger Unions

Cleveland, Ohio QLNS).-More
workers in the United States
should join unions, the Rev. George
G. Higgins of Washington, ID. c.
told the Catholic Economic Asso-
citation meeting here.
Growth of unionism is "the most
important single step to be taken
in the reconstruction of the social
order" said Father Higgins, who
is assistant director of the Social
Action Department of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
"Our opposition to the Taft
Hartley Act and similar restrictive
legislation" he said, follows logic
ally from our position on the nee
essity of strong and Independent
labor movement for the protection
of the living standards of the
people"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Official Rops
"Gi m hicks"
I'm DIP Stature

Washington (LPA) - Returning
from trip thru Europe's displaced
persons camps, Ugo Carusi, chair
man of the Displaced Persons Com
mission, last week said that the
"gimmicks" in the S0th Congress
DIP bill have restricted immigra-
ton to only $500 people during the
two-year laws first six months of
operation. He predicted that at
tempts will be made to liberalize it
in the new Congress.
Carusi disclosed that the restric-
tions in the bill "make it far from
workable" unless a ''ridiculously
tremendous staff of people is
hired" Only 500 Of the 1900 war
victims that the Commission had
hoped to bring into the country
each month are actually getting
thru the red-tape he revealed.
"The people of the US are offer
ing wonderful and generous assur-
ances to their kinfolk abroad only
to find that their preferences don't
gee with the act," he said. "You
cannot dictate to our people in this
great humanitarian endeavor."
Principal amendments urged by
Carusi would lift the December,
1945 deadline for eligibles to have
entered DIP camps, and the require
ment that 800 of the immigrants
be Balts and eastern Poles. Many
of those who suffered worst under
the Nazis reached the allied camps
after that date, he pointed out.
Other amendments being consid-
cred by Congressional liberals,
both Democrats and Republicans,
include boosting the top limit of
2O5,O00 and relaxing guaranteed
job and housing requirements.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Committee Says
Congress Needs
Changes In Rules

Washington (LPA)-An attack
on the filibuster was one of the
key requests made of all members
Of the 81st Congress last week by
the Natl Committee for Strength
ening Congress.
The Committee, which includes
people with views as varying as
CIO Secretary Treasurer James B.
Carey and General Electric Presi-
dent Charles f. Wilson, agreed on
rules reforms it would like to see
passed in the new Congress.
-Four great dangers now con-
front the efficient functioning OF
the 81st Congress-" said a letter
which went to all the Senators and
Representatives.
"1-Filibusters in the Senate
Blockades in the House
3-Hostile coalitions on the
floor
4-Converting professional
committee stats into patronage
positions"
"The filibuster," wrote Commit
tee Chairman Ro bert Heller
"makes the worlds greatest deli
berative body appear ridiculous to
the nation and the world"
"House rules" he said, must be
changed to eliminate the veto
power of the Rules committee"
over other committees.
In discussing hostile coalitions
on the floor, the committee made
it clear that they consider the two
party system "the only way for
us to run our democracy" Party
leaders should have the response
bility and power to select the
chairmen of the standing commit
tees instead Of relying upon the
seniority system, they declared.
Finally, the group suggested that
the House follow the lead of the
Senate, "whose Committee on Ex-
ecutive Expenditures has studied
ways and means of implementing
and improving the Legislative Re
organization Act of 1916. This act
provided for professional stating
of standing committees on a per-
manent basis without regard to
political affiliations and solely on
the basis of fitness to perform the
duties of the Office"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Written for W.
LABOR'S TAX PROGRAM

Tax collections at all levels OF
government-local, state, and fed
eral-amounted to $49.6 billion OF
1914 for every man, woman and
child in these United States during
1947. The Federal Government col
lected three-fourths of these taxes,
S37 billion, while state and local
governments received 1928 billion.
Alarmists are all too ready to
point to this huge tax bill and de-
clare that our economy is going to
the bow-wows. Intelligent mem
bers of organized labor, however,
raise only two pertinent questions
regarding the desirability of one
fourth Of our present national in
come being devoted to defraying
the costs of government. They ask,
first, whether the present tax bur
den is necessary. Their second very
natural question is how the tax
burden abects the economy. 1t Is
obvious that a tax policy that un-
duly burdens one sector or another
of our economy may be one of the
major contributing factors to a
future depression.
Are Taxes Too High?
So in a discussion of labor's tax
program, we must concern our
selves first with the amount OF
taxes. At the present time account
must be taken Of various prevail
ing factors such as high prices, full
employment, abnormally high pro
fits, and a national income at al
aIl-time high on the asset side OF
the ledger. Then, on observing thC
huge national debt, heavy defense
expenditures and costs of The
E.R.P. on the cost sheet, we can
not escape the conclusion that
taxes should remain high, certainly
as long as the present inflationar!
trends continue and income an'
production continue at high level
1t is true, then, that taxes shoulC
and probably will remain high fol
the indefinite future. However, W,
realize that when 25c out of eacf
$1.O0 in the income stream goes
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-01-06
Lab0r's Stake In Tax Policy
Workers America by Arthur A. Elder

portant fact is that while taxes on
corporations declined $64 billion
yearly, taxes on consumers in the
form of levies on sales, use, and
gross receipts increased approXi-
mately So billion yearly. During
the same period the cost of living
index rose from 1884 to 1855,
while corporation profits increas-
ed from $8.9 billion to $16.9 billion
after taxes.
!. The two successive reductions in
the personal income tax which
chiefly benefited those in the upper
income tax brackets also combined
with the cut in corporation income
tax to increase the proportion of
total tax revenue secured from
taxes on consumption.
Labor's Program
The direction of labor's future
tax program is quite clear. Taxes
on sales, amusements, cigarettes,
|payrolls, utility bills, and taxes on
dozens Of necessities should be re-
duced or eliminated. Taxes on in
come should continue to provide
the bulk Of our revenue, both ma
tionaIly and within the states. La
Dor should continue, too, to oppose
local payroll and nuisance taxes
proposed to relieve the owners of
real estate. Usually the substitute
tax proposed is not based on abil-
ity to pay and bears more heavily
ON the workers than would a mod
crate increase in the real estate
tax or state-imposed locally
shared income tax that provides
suitable exemptions.
Central bodies and state fedora
tions should study current tax de-
velopments. They should be pre-
pared at all times not only to op-
pose unsound tax proposals, but
to advance positive measures based
on considerations of sound econ
omy and equity. At the national
level the A. +. of l.. in cooperation
with other progressive organiza-
tions must be vigilant in protect
ing an promoting the peoples tax
interests.