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Marion progress., 1949-06-30
WAS HIS FACE RED?

Frederick, Okla When the
tornado siren began wailing during
the night, Dan Largin sleepily dis
carded his pajamas and groped for
his clothing before making a dash
for the storm cellar. He didn't find
them, but took comfort in the fact
that only the family was in the
cellar and there were no lights. AS
he settled down, however, in rush
ed some neighbors-with a light.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30

First members from North Caro-
lima to the House of Representatives
of the United States since the adop-
ton of the Constitution were John
B. Ashe, Timothy Bloodworth. Will
liam Shadwick, John Steele and
Hugh Williamson.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
OCTUPUS CUDDLES GIN

Sydney, Australia.-An octupus
which two fishermen drew up at
the end of their line was cuddling
full bottle of gin. The fishermen
threw the octupus back into the
water. It's your guess as to what
happened to the gin.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
ISLAND UP AND DOWN

Honolulu.-Falcon Island has
disappeared for the fourth time in
its recorded history and man,
who ought to know, says it will rise
again some day, bigger and better
than ever. The island is (or was)
small, volcanic member of the
Tonga group, located $500 miles
southwest of Hawaii.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
ONLY GRADUATE

Ada, Kansas.-Eva Mae Brad
bury, 16, recently graduated from
high school, the only graduate. She
has been a one-student class since
she started in the first grade.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
QUIT SMOKING
Gets $19,320

Brisbane, notwithstanding to
give up smoking tobacco, Norman
Payne sold his tobacco, papers and
cigarettes to a friend, and, .with
the proceeds, bought ticket in
lottery in Brisbane. 1t was the Win
ming ticket, bringing Payne $19,-
800.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30

bearing brushes and buckets of
paint, swarmed over the house and
put on one coat. They promised to
return week later to put on the
second and do the trimming.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
VET HELPS ANOTHER VET

Chicago.-Saving up $1,000 for
a down payment on a house, Lar
ry Borko, and his wife, Anna, learn
ed that the VA would not make a
loan on the house unless it was
painted. Borko, a handless veteran,
could not afford to have the paint
ing done or do it himself, having
lost his hands as a Seabee on Oki-
nawa when japanese mine explod-
ed in front of him. Hearing of his
plight, however, Legionnaires, who
were painters, twenty-five strong,
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
SOME. SALESMAN!

Los Angeles.-Stopped by traf-
fic officer for driving through
pedestrian cross walk, Bill 'Carmi-
chael, an insurance agent, began
talking to the officer. After a few
minutes of conversation, Carmichael
walked away with the officers ap-
plication for an insurance policy.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30

And one day while l was walking
down the street saw girl walk
ing beside me. She was looking me
over very carefully as we strolled
along,
In a few minutes she stepped di-
rectly in front of me and said, "are
you that woman that goes to all the
weddings?" She was planning to be
married and wanted to talk to me-
about the write-up.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30

Drive more carefully than ever and thus
make doubly sure the safety of your own life.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30

After all these years I've written
social news, it's still hard to recog-
nize engaged couples. That's the
good part of newspaper work
something new and different all the
time.
One night l was at home listen
ing to the radio when l heard a
knock. I opened the front door and
there stood a boy and a girl. For
the moment I thought they had mis-
taken my house for the teen-age
center at the community building
across the street.
"Here we are!" the girl exclaim-
ed jubilantly.
"Y-e-s-s", you are,," l said hesi-
family, not knowing whether I was
supposed to expect them or not.
won't you come in?"
They did. It seems that several
weeks before l had asked member
of the girls family if she was get
ting married soon and had been told
they would let me know if she did.
She had picked up the threads Of
the conversation right where it was
left after lapse of several weeks.
We had the write-up we'll under
way when there was second knock.
I opened the door and little girl
about five years old whisked by me
without word. Although she had
never been in the house before, she
found her way into the room where
the couple was seated without the
slightest hesitation. She was the
brides sister and was tired of wait
ing in the car.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
TALL TALES
Bv ELIZABETH WRITTEN

This morning was writing few
items about people going to beach,
es and people having summer guests,
etc. When l looked up I saw couple
coming in. The man had on new,
blue gray suit with the creases in
the trousers pressed to fine line,
his hair was slicked down and his
shoes a high shine. The girl was
wearing a pretty blue eyelet dress
with white accessories, white hat
and gloves and pink carnation
corsage.
Oh, goody, a wedding, l thought.
But they just wanted to buy a sheet
of white cardboard, they said. All
the time l was wrapping it up I
thought maybe they were just get
ting their nerves settled before
launching into the story of their
marriage.
"Now," the girl said, eve want
Ia package of colored chalk"
"I'm sorry, we don't have that
I said And then, as they turned to
leave I couldn't keep my curiosity
any longer, said, 81 thought you
were coming to tell me you'd just
been married."
ooh, no." the man smiled with a
wicked gleam in his eye. eve came
up here with a couple to be married
and we're fixing to put a sign on
their car JUST MARRIED.
| let them use one of the colored
pencils we use to mark Advertising
They wanted to know if / had two
pencils so they could mark it fast
er and heavier. | didn't, but they
worked harder than if they were
getting paid for it and soon they left
grinning from ear to ear. I Won
dered if the bride and bridegroom
were any happier than they were.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

laundering Ii truly germicidal.
with controlled temperatures and
rinse water a pure - the water
you drink.
Today's modern laun- n
dries give you ''gentled" "a,
clothes. They're easier on W
your garments. Special ~
multiple rinsing processes
never leave soap in your wash
to shorten the life Of fabrics
Take the matter Of cost. When
your laundry is returned. there's
q hill attached for the total cost
Of the whole operation. Compare
It with the total cost Of doing
the laundry at home. Figure
Evening star., 1949-04-28
|PUC Valves Bidding
But Reserves Veto on
New pepco Stock Sale

The Public Utilities Commission
has authorized the Potomac Elec-
tric Power Co. TO raise about ST.
000. 900 for It's construction pro-
gram by selling $40. 900 900 In first
mortgage bonds through COMPETE
tive bidding and 592 $50 shares Of
common stock without such bid
ding,
In an order issued late yester-
day. following an all-day hearing
on Pepco's request Monday. the
PUG gave the power company
exactly what 1t sought. Pepco.
however, must submit TO the COM
mission by May . the price at
which the $40 par value common
stock is to be issued and the fees
or commissions to. be paid the
underwriters.
The issue may not change hands
in the negotiated sale until the
PUG has considered and approved
these details.
Sees Need Of Financing.
In finding for the company. the
PUG declared there is no doubt
Of Pepco's need for additional
funds to finance its construction
program. It appears from the rec
ord. the PUG said. that the pro-
posed financing will effect slight
improvement In the company's
capital structure and that the
company's income Is sufficient to
support the proposed new securi-
ties.
Under the ruling the interest
rate. price to the company. public
offering price and the prices atI
which the first mortgage bonds
may be redeemed will be deter
mined by competitive bidding.
Pepco will invite. by newspaper
publication, sealed and written bids
for purchase of the bonds.
The 592. $50 shares Of common
stock. however. will be offered to
holders Of outstanding common
stock ut the rate Of one share Of
new for each flve shares Of old
stock.
Otis Plea Ruled Out.
Pepco's proposal that the COM
mon stock be issued without COM
petitive bidding attracted the in
tervention of Otis e. Co. The
PUG found. however. that Otis g.
Co. was the only prepayment Of
competitive bidding and that the
company has not been the princi-
pal underwater OF any issue of
common stock by q utility company
during 1948 nor 80 far In 1949.
The PUG concluded that it is
in the public interest that COM
petitive bidding be waived with
respect to the proposed issue and
sale Of the common stock shares.
Pepco had advised the PUG that
1t wanted authority to make the
transactions for three reasons: To
reimburse the company for capital
expenditures previously made, to
meet the expenditures Of its l949
construction program and to ad-
vance funds to its subsidiary, the
Braddock Light d Power Co.. for
Its construction program.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
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The laundry Iuushes clothes
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Evening star., 1949-04-28
ToIent Show of Pupils
To Be Held Tomorrow

A talent show composed ol
pupils from Dunbar High School
will be held at $50 pm. tonor-
row In the Garnet-Patterson
School auditorium. Tenth and Q
streets NV.
The show Is sponsored by the
LeDroit Park Civic Association
the Urban League. the Junior Po-
lice and Citizens Corps and Dun
bar and Garnet-Patterson Schools
to help curb juvenile delinquency
Proceeds viii be used In youth
programs this summer In the
LeDroit Park area.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28
Ambassador Nominuted

President Truman yesterday
nominated George r. Merrell Of
Missouri for promotion from Min
lister to Ambassador to Ethiopia.
The action raises the status Of
this country's representation in
ETHIOPIA.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
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Evening star., 1949-04-28
.MeoI Contract Awarded
For Stution Prisoners

The Bandana Commtssary. 30
Hanover street NV. again has
Evening star., 1949-04-28

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the amount your money would b
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Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-04-28

operating costs Of your equip
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water. the wear and tear on
your machines. Add the cost
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Evening star., 1949-04-28

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Evening star., 1949-09-02
Threats on Tucker's Life
By Capone Men Reported
By the Assoeioisd Press

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-Preston
Tucker, head of Tucker Corp, has
reported threats against his life.
The Chicago Sun Times yester-
day quoted Mr.. Tucker as saying
the threats came from members
of the Capone syndicate who al
legedly lost large sums on fran
chises for the rear-engine auto
mobile which Mr.. Tucker had
proposed to build.
The Tucker Corp, now in re-
organization proceedings in Fed
eral Court, never got into produc-
ton. Mr.. Tucker and a number
of associates in the firm are under
indictment on mail fraud and
conspiracy charges. The charges
grew out of the firms operations
Mr.. Tucker has not been avail
able for comment since the story
was published. Police Capt
Thomas Harrison, in charge Of the
police district In Wnlcn ne lives,
said the incident had not been
reported to him.
The newspaper named four for
mer associates Of the late AL
Capone as among those who pur-
chased Tucker franchises. They
are Louis Uittle New York; Cam
pagna, Paul (The Waiter) Ricca,
Charles CHERRY Nose) Gioe and
Philip d'Andrea.
The four gangsters recently were
paroled from Federal prison after
serving one-third Of 10-year SEN
tences for $1,000,000 movie
extortion plot.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
ECA Man Says Belgium
Is Now Creditor Nation
By the Asseeiafed Press

NEW YORK, Sept. belgium
"has made a rapid recovery from
a debtor to a creditor nation due
to the same free enterprise system
we have here" an ECA official
said today.
John Haynes of 3012 Mckinley
street NV, Washington, D. c.,
ECA program review officer for
Belgium, said on arriving from
Europe aboard the liner Washing
ton that Belgium is in the "best
financial position Of any European
country"
Belgium now has q trade deficit
only with the United States, Mr..
Haynes added. 1t has a surplus
of goods to sell, he said. but has
trouble in finding markets because
there is not enough purchasing
power In Europe to buy all the
goods Belgium has to sell.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
By the Associated Press

NEY YORK, Sept. 2.-Extensive
remains of a primitive group OF
hunters, who roamed the Ameri-
can West thousands Of years" be-
fore Christ's birth, have been un-
earthed near Cody. Wyo., it was
disclosed here today.
DR.. Loren Eiesley of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania said the
Wyoming camp site probably dates
back to between 5000 and $4,000
years before Christ.
He called the find one of the
most important ever made in
connection with the culture OF
the Yuma, the Nomadic group
who disappeared centuries ago as
a cultural unit. They were among
the earliest known inhabitants 81
New World. -
DR.. Eiseley estimated that the
ancient camp site covered about
600 square feet of terrace over
hanging Sage Greek, five miles
northeast of Cody.
Covered With Dusty Sands.
The valuable deposit of tools,
weapons and food remains were
preserved through the centuries
by dusty desert sands, now cover
ing thes camp site to aydepth OF
about 10 inches.~ sss-,7e-e.ss,- :. 7.
The Yuma were foot hunters
who roved the high plains Of the
American West in search Of bison.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Toothoche Victim
Goes 1900 Miles
ToCIosest Dentist
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

EDMONTON. Alberta, Sept. g.
A toothache can become a pain in
the neck when you're 1000 miles
from the nearest dentist.
For Mrs. Adolphus Norris of
Aklavik, Northwest Territory, it
meant a three-week trip up the
Mackenzie River to Edmonton by
tug boat.
When she suffered a severe
toothache, her husband packed her
and their two daughters aboard
the tug which he uses in his trad
ing business and set out for Ed
monton, 1000 miles south.
after a 1.100-mile water trip and
a 500-mile jaunt by bus. the Nor
rises arrived in an Edmonton den
lists Office. Just for good measure
they are all getting their teeth
fixed.
Mr.. Norris hopes to make the
return trip in 10 days.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Debris ofHunters' Camp Dating
5OOOB.C. Found in West

Evidences Of their existence have
been found before, DR.. Eiseley
said, but never so extensively or
in a deposit that may enable
scientists to fix more accurately
the period in which they lived.
No human bones were found,
DR.. Eiseley said.
There were numerous "Yumo
points," delicately fashioned fiints
that apparently tipped Yuma
lances. 1t is believed the Yuma
did not use bow and arrow.
Ancestors of American Indians.
The Yuma roamed the same
general area of the Folsom man
who it is believed lived about Is
600 years ago. DR.. Eiseley said
the Cody site again reveals clearly
that the Yuma and the Folsom
cultures were distinct. q
Both, he believes, may have
been the remote ancestors OF the
latter-day American Indians.
An expidition began its work on
the cody site last August under
the direction of DR.. Glenn Jespen,
Sinclair professor of geology at
Princeton University. Princeton
sponsored the exploration. {
DR.. Eiseley was called in by pr.
Jepseff to assist. DR.. EiseleyA is
chairman of the department OF an
thropology at the University OF
Pennsylvania and curator of early
man at the university museum.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
ID, T.. Publishers Ask
Printer Wage Cut
By the Assoeioted Press

The Washington Publishers As
sociation has proposed "a sub
stantial reduction in wages" to
the members of Columbia Typo
graphical Union 101 employed on
the Capitals four daily news
papers.
The union will act on its reply
at a meeting Sunday. It was
freely predicted that a counter
proposal, suggesting a wage in
crease, will be the unions answer.
The publishers said in a letter
accompanying proposals for a
contract effective November II
that in view of the present eco
nomic trend, a substantial reduc-
ton in wages is justified"
The employers added, "in view
of the overall seriousness of the
wage question. it is a matter that
should be discussed by the scale
committee of the publishers and
union"
IN its proposals the publish
ers' association, composed of The
Star, the Post, tie Times-Herald
and the News, left the wage issue
blank.
Among other changes. the pub
fishers suggested to the union the
elimination of type-setting for
bogus" or dead horse" work
meaning the duplication in each
shop of the matrices which are
often furnished for local adver-
tisements.
There has been no written con-
tract between the Washington
publishers and the union for the
last two years. because of the
Taft Hartley Acts ban, on the
closed shop and the printers Ma
ton wide fight to retain the
equivalent of that without a con-
tract if necessary.
The proposals by the publishers
make no reference to a closed
shop or to the incorporation of
union laws. The union has wanted
the laws in its contracts so as to
assure uniform operating rules in
union shops.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Youth, IS, Kills Father
To Teach Him a Lesson
By the Associated Press

CHARLESTON, S. c., Sept. g.
A 15-year-old boy who killed his
father to teach him lesson"
was in the custody of his mother
today.
County Police Chief Julian T.
Williams said the youth, Leonard
Craven, would be charged with the
shotgun Staying after a coroner's
inquest. He quoted the youth as
saying he did the shooting TO
teach my father a lesson"
The father, Marion M. Craven,
was shot after he had threatened
Leonard and two other children
yesterday and ordered the mother
from the House.
Chief Williams said the father,
a 36-year-old truck driver, had
been drinking.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Low Bids Announced
For Yorktown Bridqe

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 2 (R.--
Two Kansas City construction
firms and the Virginia Bridge Co.
of Roanoke. Va, submitted low
bids yesterday for the Yorktown
Bridge across the York River.
The bridge, with a double-leaf
swing span in the center, will be
the largest single project ever
built by the Virginia State High
way Department.
+ Total low bids on the substruc-
ture and the superstructure to-
tailed $7,114,943.
The bridge. to be paid for by a
revenue bond issue which in turn
will be redeemed by tolls charged
on the bridge, will span the York
River between Yorktown and
Gloucester Point. Va.
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Indiana Judge Denounces
Cancellation of Meeting

CINCINNATI. Sept. 2 (R.-Can-
collation. of a civil liberties rally
here was described last night by an
Indiana jurist as totally un-
American"
Judge Norval K. Harris. the
scheduled speaker, told newsmen
the cancellation was caused by
"undemocratic pressure" from
newspapers and possibly veterans
organizations who have been mis-
led into believing civil rights meet
tngs are munist-inspired."
The Hotel Gibson refused use of
a meeting room for the rally after
learning Judge Harris was CO.
chairman with Paul Robson of
d committee to support Commu-
mist leaders on trial in New York.
Later, the Herwegh Hall also
turned down the local sponsoring
group.
Judge Harris said he had be-
cbme co-chairman Of the New
York committee without the knowl-
edge of the Cincinnati group,
which included Julian F. Bech-
told, Dilwynn Ratlif and Campbell
Crockett, all assistant professors
at the University of Cincinnati.
Judge Harris said he was not q
Communist sympathizer.
,""I am not a Communist but q
Democrat" he declared.
He said his appointment to the
committee with Robson was not
embarrassing.
t"If it has any affect on my
career" he asserted, lit will just
have to happen. I will join Robe
son at any time to further the
aims of the New York Communist
Conspiracy Trial Committee"
Evening star., 1949-09-02
Soviet Requests Ships
To Repotriote Jops
. By the Associoted Press

TOKYO. Sept. 2.-The Soviet
Union today asked Allied occupa-
ton headquarters to supply re-
patriation shipping for $4,000
Japanese prisoners of war who are
to be returned to Japan this
month,
Forty-eight thousands prisoners
have been repatriated this year.
Earlier in the year the Russians
said they would return the remain
ing $4,000 Japanese prisoners of
war still in their hands. Occupa-
ton headquarters charged the
Russians still held more than 400.-
600 Japanese.