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Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Newton billiard
Succunbs to Illness

After few days illness Mr.. New
ton billiard, SO died at a local hos
pital Wednesday night. He became
i'll Sunday night and was taken to
the hospital Wednesday, the day of
his death.
Mr.. billiard and family came to
Phoenix II years ago from Como,
Mississippi and has lived at 1922
East Monroe Street ever since. For
many years after coming to Phoe-
nix he operated hucksters wagon.
He was. member of the First
Colored Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife Martha
E. billiard, one daughter, Mrs. Sadie
Barnum of Los Angeles, four
brothers and two sisters, all living
in the East.
Funeral arrangements pending
arrival of his daughter. Body at
Ragsdale Mortuary.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Boys Club
Activities
Westsiders Win Regional Honors

Members of the Westside Boys
Club have been making very COM
mendIable showing in the National
Contests, Sponsored by the Ma
tional Headquarters, Boys Club OF
America.
Tommy Reveles, age II and Mel
vim Spagner, "a G e II both made
notable scores in the Pull-Up (chin-
ning) and Standing Broad jump
contests respectively.
The Pull-Up Contest was con-
Quoted during the month of Janu-
ary. Tommy topped all the local
contestants in the IL year old and
under classification with a total
16. More over he tied for first place
in competition with boys from the
five other clubs in the Western
Region.
A standing Broad jump of
feet 9, inches gave Melvin Spagner
first place in this event in COM
petition with the boys of the five
other clubs in the Western Region
In the local contest there were
149 contestants and the second best
local jump was the feet 7 inches
made by Orie Hasker.
Paid up Members Attend ROdeO
Through the courtesy of the Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce 15c
members of the Westside Boys
! Club and also members of the
Eastside Club were able to attend
the Rodeo last Friday without
charge. A truck for the purpose OF
transportation the WeStside group
was provided by the Arizona Truck
Rentals, Inc.
Track and Field Meet Held
Competitionw as keen at the first
intramura1 track and field meet
held at the Westside Club ] a I
Saturday and when the last whistle
had sounded and the dust cleared
away the following were the re-
suits:
so yd. dash, Midgets
Issiah Steel, 1st; James Winrow
End; Herman Jones, 3rd. Time: {
seconds.
go yd. dash, Juniors
Otto Hutchinson, list; Emory
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

inconsistent 20 per cent retailers
excise tax.
Trade magazines and papers are
on the news bandwagon with pleas
to salesgirls and store executives
to work for the repeal of this tax
which works hardships on the re-
taller. Among those trade papers
which are giving about support
are: Beauty Fashion; Cosmetics
and Toiletries; American Druggist;
Drug Trade News; Chain Store
Age; Drug Topics. State Pharma-
ceuticals Associations are talking
to individual druggists in their re-
Spective states.
Package enclosures readed THAT
20 per cent Tax You Just PAID re
being used by many retaid stores
with toilet goods purchases. These
retail accounts include departments
as well as drug stores throughout
the country.
The fight for repeal is stronger
than ever. Women'S clubs through
out the country are enliSting the
support of their membership for
repeal. Many women's clubs al
ready have passed resolutions to
ask Congressman to work for the
repeal of the 20 per cent tax which
is unfair, inconsistent, and diScrim-
mating against women.
Hair fashions seem destined to
remain short casual and lovely to
look at.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

pointing out the inconsistencies of
this tax which diScriminateS against
wohen and children. Women's mag
azines in the class, service and mass
fields are running feature articles
on the subject. Recently Vogue ran
"In Taxes as in Love" by Harriet
van Horne, explaining to women
that "it's the woman who pays"
Fawcett Publications ran signed
boxes in True Confessions, Motion
Picture and Movie Story, urging
women to write to their conkreSS-
men about the unfairness of taxing
feminine necessities when the mas
culine counterpartS of razorS and
shaving cream are tax-free. Ideal
Publications, who spearheaded the
fight last Fall, continue to run ed
itorals. OthermagaZineS have Sch
eduled important space in April and
May issues.
Newspaper throughout the coun-
try are running editorials and space
news stories. The New York Daily
Mirror ran a four part series for
repeal of the 20 per cent retailers
excise tax which Disseminated "a
gainst the low income group, by
Sidney Fields, as well as full page
editorial on the subject. The New
York World Telegram reported
that women's "Clubs Declare War
On Taxes" in an article by Eleanor
Koiasser. other n ew spaper S
throughout the country are raising
their vaices against the unfair and
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Appointed to Serve
Another Five Years

On Wednesday, April 13, Mr..
Wade H. Hammond of 1921 East
Washington st. took the oath of
office as the appointee of Mayor
Nicholas Udall as a member of the
Phoenix Housing Authority for a
term of five years. It is interesting
that Mr.. Hammond, the first and
only Negro to be appointed to the
Phoenix Housing Authority Board
is being reappolnted to the place
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

Winrow, End; William, Hutton, 3rd.
Time: 7.8 seconds.
70 yd. dash, Juniors
Frank Jackson, 1st; D o n d
Campbell, End; Charles Lucky, Bird.
Time: 81 seconds.
80 yd. dash, Seniors
Melvin Spagner, 1st; Joe Richey,
End; Bertran Russell, 3rd. Time:
9.6 seconds.
Softball Throw
Juniors: James Hunter, 180 ft.;
Emory Window, 159 it.; Ralph
Love, LAT ft. Midgets: James Win
row, 122 it.; Billie Lavine, 12G it.;
Charles Random, 113 ft.
8 pound shot
Seniors and intermediates: Mel
vim Spagner, 43 it.; Joe Richey, 80
#. Juniors: William Hutton, %
ft. II inches; Charles Luckey, %
it,; Robert Johnson, % ft.
5 pound shot
Midgets: James Winrow, 30 it.;
Paul Williams, % it.; Leslie Will
Iiams and Charles Random, 26 #.
High Jump
Seniors: Joe Richey, 1st, 4 ft.
6 inches. Intermediates: Cornelius
Hopper, 4 ft. 10 in; Bertran Rus
sell, ft. 4 in; Charles Lucky and
Theodore Grain, 4 ft. 5 in. Juniors
Bobby Johnson, 4 ft. 10 in; David
Pogue, 4 ft. 5 in; Chauncy Braggs
and Garnett Williams, 4 ft. 3 in.
Coaches Thomas Dickey and
Pete Williams have been grooming
these contestants for the dual meet
that will be held with the Eastside
club on Saturday.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Funeral Pending For
Child Fire Victim

Funeral arrangements are pend
ing for % year old Mary Hutchin-
son, the infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams Hutchinson, 915 w.
Yuma st. who was burned fatally
last Wednesday at home while
playing near a wood stove.
She suffered second and third
degree burns and died two hours
later in a local hospital.
RagSdale Mortuary has the body.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
EXTRA! EXTRA!

Watch for the "BIG WESTERN
BARN DANCE" featuring old fash
ioned Square Dance, sponsored by
the Grand Canyon Temple No. 437,
at the Elks Home, 1907 South 7th
Ave., Monday, April 18, 9 p. m.
till 1 a. m.
Prize given for the best western
togs.
Prize given for tackiest western
togs.
One dollar per person, $1.75 per
couple. Let's go Western!
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Eks Lodge Initiates
Class of Seven

VIM. H. Patterson Lodge of Elks
initiated seven new members at
their regular meeting last Tuesday
night.
After initiation lunch was served
new and old members.
Initiated were: Don Williamson,
Andy McMurry, Carl Lee Mason,
Richard Hightower, David Carney,
Levy Williams and Ollie Hervey.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Phoenicians Attend
Funeral of Father

Word was received here last
week of the death of Rev. L. D.
Meador of Yoakum, Texas, by
relatives.
The relatives left last wednesday
for the funeral services; attending
were: Mrs. M. H. Clack, daughter,
teacher at Coolidge; Miss Ora l..
Meador, tea ch er at McNary;
George Meador, son, South 11th
Ave-, and Mrs. Enola Holt, 9O2
South 3rd Ave.
The funeral services were held
last Saturday.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
Women Throughout Country
Protest 2O% Cosmetic Tax

Women all over the country aroused about the
2O6 cosmetic tax "Unfair" is the cry. 'Why pick on
say the female voters in protest letters to Congress-
The national press in important editorial space is
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Word Game
Find Is or more words in
VERBENA,

meaning, "a garden plant Az
erage is "a; limit, 20 minutes.
Rules. Words must be of four. or
more letters =. Words which acquire four
letters by the addition OF, s. such as
bats" cats" are not used. 3. Only one
form of a word is used 4. Proper names
are not used. list will be published
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-03-21

In the days of wild Indians, "
there was danger to people who
settled in backwoods areas OF this
continent. Certain Indians were
peaceful enough, but others went on
the warpath very often. White
settlers who had never done any
harm to the natives sometimes
suffered.
Shortly after the end of the Am
erican Revolution a pioneer named
Scott was sleeping in his cabin
when 13 painted Indians broke In.
He reached for a rifle, but be-
fore he could fire a bullet he was
struck down.
That event took place in western
Virginia. Scott's wife was captured
and was led away through the
night.
In the morning the Indians di-
vided themselves into two groups.
The larger group was made up OF
nine men, the other of four.
Mrs. Scott was left with the
smaller group, an old chief and
three young warriors. Eleven days
after her capture, she was left un-
der guard of the old chief; the
young Indians had left camp to
hunt.
During the day she waited for a
time to escape. The chief let her
walk to a brook a few hundred feet
away. When she got there, she
looked back and saw that the old
Indian was out of sight. Quickly
she left the brook and started run
ming away.
No shout followed her, but as the
day went on she feared that Indians
were on her trail. Ahead OF her
was a mountain range, and she
knew that she would need to cross
it to reach a white settlement.
One day she caught sight OF a
bear which held a dead fawn in its
mouth. Smelling or hearing the
woman, the bear dropped its bur-
den and ran away. Mrs. Scott was
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Take Nv Word for 1t
Fronk Colby

gantic, enormous, prodigious," an
adjective formed from Gargantua,
an amiable giant, famous for his
tremendous capacity for food and
drink, in a story by Rabelais.
But the correct pronunciation OF
gargantuan is: gahr- GAN-c -choo-un.
Watch the word pathos, sym
pathetic or pathetic sadness" as,
music of haunting pathos. Do not
rhyme the first syllable with bath,
hath" Better say: PAY-thoss.
Overheard at a natural history
museum: "See, Junior, this one is
a flying reptile, Peter O'Dactile." !"
The word pterodactyle does suggest
Peter O'Dactile." But the p
should be silent, and the "e" in the
first syllable should have the "eh'
sound as in terror. Better say:
TEHR- h-DAK till.
Note also that "REP-tyle" for rep
tile is a criticism. In the United
States best usage rhymes the Sec
ond syllable with "f1ll, hil," thus:
REP-till. Also correct: REP-tI
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Test Your Horse Sense ByDr G W. c'o"s

think it is true, or the "F" if you
deem it false. You are entitled to
one point for each correct judgment.
T F. (a) A woman's fingers are
usually more nimble than a
mans
T F. (b) A farmers cattle can be
subject to a chattel mort
gage.
T F. (c) Peanuts are harvested
from the limbs of small
trees.
T F (d) Potatoes were unknown
in Europe before the time
of Columbus.
T F. (e) The last State admitted
into the United States was
New Mexico.
Score yourself as follows: 0-2,
poor; 3-6, average; 7-8, superior;
9-10, very superior.
ANSWERS in Column g.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Uncle Ruy's Corner
BY Romon Coffmon

hungry, but she refused to touch
the fawn because the bear might
rush out on her from a place of hid
ing.
Onward she walked, living on
roots, sassafras leaves and the juice
of wild cane stalks 1t was a hard
task to cross the mountain range,
but she did so at last. She reached
village called New Garden, and
was given food and lodging. Later
she went onward until she came
safely to the home of some old
friends.
South America! Many readers have
asked for special articles about our
prepared a new leaflet, Five South Ameri;
can Republics which he will be glad ad
envelope bearins. your own name and ,1o CON-
nlete address Send your letter to Uncle
Raw in care Of The Star.
Evening star., 1949-03-21
ADVERTISEMENT.
Mother" Speaks

II wish my dolly could eat some
Ranger Joe cereal, tool like 1t
so much" says bright little
Beverly Ann Kurtz of 1862 Seth
st., NV, Washington, D. c.
And who doesn't? For Ranger
Joe popped wheat is golden
honey flavored-crunchy-whole-
some. A taste teaser that needs
no sugar. An energy booster
when you eat it in milk, or when
nibbled right from the package
like candy. Try Ranger Joe
popped wheat. You'll say, Me
for that"
Evening star., 1949-03-21
PUNCTUATION ERRORS.


Overheard at a concert: They
saw she has such an artistic temp
munt." 1t is a common fault to
telescope the important word tenn
per-a-ment (note the four Syllables). Z.
Watch the word carefully, speakers;
it sounds much better like this:
TEM-per-uh-m'nt.
Heard on a news commentator:
Lined up to watch the GAHR-
n-TWAHN inaugural parade ~
What, I asked myself, is GAHR-
gun-TWAHN parade? Always in
terested in learning new words, I
turned to my collection of die
tionaries; but a word pronounced
"GAHR -gun-TWAHN" was nowhere
to be found. But there must be
such word.
Miss Corona Remingwood, my sec
retary, finally solved the riddle. Il
think GAHR-gun-TWAHN is simply
a mispronunciation of the word
gargantuan." And she was right!
The word used is gargantuan, "gi-
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Answer tn PROPULSION.

Answers to Horses Sense.
!; H9llsteiniz Shhr..1 8 Ius. g. rrds Bergen zen
True d. False (c), they grow under
ground True Cd. False te). Arizona.
Evening star., 1949-03-21

Bridge Quiz
By chorIes H. Goren
@. 1-As South you hold:
AKQ1o7s OCT uAQ5 +K97
The bidding has proceeded:
ispsa ispade Pass Pas; ahesrts Pass
What do you bid now?
Awhile all the suits are STOPPED: a
because the hand is not strong enough 70
Justify such action. Very little over a
does 5ustce Is s'd to the p Holding 70 qualify as
0 sound rebid of two no-trump, the open
Ing hand must have the high-card eadiv- S;d
alent of an opening one-no-trump DID
that is to say, about 10 points
@. 2-As South you hold:
AA42 V1oS72 uJ652 +AQ
The bidding has proceeded: /
South West North East
Pass 1spade Double Pass
What do you bid now?
Amy hand containing II points
facing partner who has mage sN. q tsHeoui "a and
double offers bright prospects foT game ahn
2sv p1P NJ he 5d previous is Whs orna
it is desirable to show four.caro ma!ot,
not in accordance with our tastes where
Some other suitable bid is available ano
our choice is two no-trump.
@. 3-As South you hold:
AKJ1o VQJ1o6 uA1o5 +A74.
The bidding has proceeded:
West North East South
1heart Pass 2hesrts q?
What do you bid?
A-Nothing You might as well accept
a short profit You have no reason to feel
confident that you can make th5ee rb,19n 81 any
and double by you would ooligate part
ner to bid.
@. 4As South you hold:
A1o73 VAe43 uAK64 +Q4
The bidding has proceeded:
North East South west
club Pass heart Pass
2clubs Pass diamonds Pass
3 clubs Pass ?
What do you bid now?
A.-Since you nave DeGteI tilhu al opeH-
ing bid, you should make one more try
for game. 1t is true that partner has has
the fact that he still retains his opening
bid Your hand is more than .ha an ansep open n
clubs as sure winner p5. apd the tt, aesom rgo4de
partner the option of checking out i ne
happens to be sorry about it all; 1t is
hard to visualize a hand on which 10
trick contract would not be safe on this
sequence of bids
@. @Partner opens with one
heart and you hold:
AJ9753 0K74 u102 %A93
What is your response?
A.-This is a mediocre hand and you
can afford to make only one forward bld,
consequently the proper response Is two
hearts bid of one spade would be a
tactical error, because you would be IN a
position where you could not also support
hearts safety When you are e. not os,t IN
rer's major suit should be preferred.
(Copyright, 1949. by Charles H. Goren)
Evening star., 1949-03-21

/. Which one OF the following Il
not a breed of horses?
Belgian Hackney Morgan Holstein
2. Which one of the following is
most likely to be self-propelling?
Tug Scow Barge Raft
3. Which one of these men is
a famous ventriloquist?
Crosby Hope Bergen Cantor
4. Duststorms are usually asso-
ciated with which one of these
States?
New York Nebraska
California Virginia
5. Which one of the following in
dicates the smallest unit of thought?
Paragraph Clause
Phrase Sentence
6. This is true-false problem in
which you are to encircle the letter
"T" in front of a statement If you
Evening star., 1949-03-21
Points for Parents By Edy'h Thomas wo'os'
Dhat not to

Even babies respond
able Day of doing someing than they do Dhen shoDn GROSSLY
1phat
Evening star., 1949-03-21
@. 5-Partner opens with one
heart and you hold:
AJ9753 0K74 1912 %A93
What is your response?

A.-This is a mediocre hand and you
can afford to make only one forward bid,
consequently the proper response IS two
tactical error. because you would be in a
position where you could not also support upT II
a position to do both, the raise OF part
ners major suit should be preferred.
(Copyright, 1949, by Charles H. GorenJ
Evening star., 1949-04-02
BY the Assceioted Press

RICHMOND, Va. April a.
More than 200 high school boys
and girls enrolled in the YMCA's
Hi-Y program invaded the State
Capitol yesterday with a full
fledged model General Assembly
and a set of top-ranking State
officials.
They spent most of the day
working out the details Of organ
ization and listening to the inau-
gural address of the youth Cover
nor, Alton Thomas of Charlottes-
vile, who lashed out against a
retail sales tax and urged legisla-
ton dealing with rural and Negro
education, conservation, and other
matters.
The youthful legislatorsreturned
to the House and Senate after
supper last night and worked away
on the pile of bills quickly. re-
ported to them by their various
committees.
Coaches in both Houses helped
the youngsters with their parlia-
mentary and procedural problems.
with Delegate H. II. Adams OF
Northampton and Accomack
Counties functioning as coach in
the House and Senator Charles W.
Crowder of Richmond City. In the
Senate.
Gov. Tuck addressed the joint
Assembly just before the inaugural
address of the youth Governor.
Gov. Tuck emphasized what he
Evening star., 1949-04-02
New Policy 10 Speed
Literary Loan Funds
Announced in Virginia
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, April 2.-The
State Department of Education
announced yesterday a new pol
icy to facilitate handling of lit
erary loan money.
A memorandum to division su-
perintendents from Dowell j.
Howard, assistant State superin-
tendent of public instruction,
pointed out that the State Board
of Education at its meeting here
last week gave careful considera-
ton to the present status of the
literary fund"
At present there is a backlog
of untitled requests from the fund
totaling more than 100000.
due to the very urgent de-
mands now being made for loans
from this fund. and because OF
the fact that funds are not now
available to take care of all the
requests" Mr.. Howard said, it was
found necessary to provide:
That temporary notes for money
from the fund will not be held
more than 60 days from the date
on which construction is COM
pleted. However, the local school
board may request the State Board
of Education to hold such tempo
rary notes until December is of
the year in which construction
is finished.
Installment payments from the
literary fund will be made in
amounts of not less than $4,000,
except in the case of the last in
stallment, which may fall below
this minimum.
When construction is under way
on a school building. temporary
notes are issued to provide money
for the work. After construction
is completed these temporary
notes are then exchanged for per-
manent bonds.
If these temporary notes are
held for long periods Of time, II
was explained, it causes delay in
literary fund repayments.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Stute Will Be Asked to Finance
Wisconsin Avenue Widening

Gil estimated about two weeks ago
it would cost the county about
$500.000 to acquire the necessary
rights-of way and build curbs.
sidewalks and cutters from East
West highway to Glenbrook Park
way. The Council said it could
not afford such an outlay at this
time.
According to Mr.. Keiser. about
$4,000 square feet of land are in
volved in the proposed widening.
OF this amount, about half has
been dedicated to the county or
will be within the next 10 days.
He estimated new curbs, cutters
and sidewalks would cost about
$4,000, adding that the expense
for such facilities during the
widening and repaving Of Georgia
avenue in Silver Spring had been
borne by the commission. Ito the
best of my knowledge"
IT don't see why the commission
can't do the same thing in Bethes-
da that it did in Silver Spring. :"
MIR. Keiser said.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Park Planners 10 Confer
On County zoning Plan

Three representatives OF the
Observation-Disclosures Capital Park
and Planning Commission have
been named to confer with repre-
sentatives of the Prince Georges
County Commissioners regarding
proposed notifications Of county
master zoning plan.
They are Robert M. Watkins. a
commission member; j. Bond
smith. general counsel, and Fred
w Tuemmler. director OF plan
ming for the Prince Georges office.
They will confer with Waldo
burnside, attorney for the county
commissioners, and Attorneys
Ralph J. Powers and Adrian P.
Fisher who we're designated by
the county commissioners after a
nvbIic hearing on the proposed
plan last Wednesday in Upper
Marlboro.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Virginia Candidates
For Governor Outline
Stand on Poll Tax
By the Assoeiotsd Press

RICHMOND. Va, April a.
Three of the five Democratic
gubernatorial candidates oppose
and one favorS removal Of the
State poll tax as proposed in con-
stitutional amendment to be voted
on in November. The fifth was
non-committal
The Richmond News Leader
said it asked the candidates
whether they expect to vote for
the amendment and received
these answers:
Francis Pickens Miller Of Abe
marie, Horace H. Edwards OF
Richmond and Nick Prillaman of
Martinsville all said they would
vote no"
State Senator John S. Battle Of
Charlottesville said "yes."
Remmie L. Arnold of Peters,
burg was noncommittal "for the
present. He said he favored re-
peal of the poll tax but was far
from convinced" the proposed
amendments offer desirable So
luton"
Mr.. Battle said he did not "ap-
prove the whole proposition. but
I must vote yes or no and shall
vote for it."
Mr.. Miller said he was "unal-
terably opposed to the poll tax as
a prerequisite to voting" He
added the alternatives in the pro-
posed amendment leave open the
possibility that the right to vote
would be even further restricted.
Therefore, I am opposed to this
amendment.
Mr.. Edwards called the amend
ment proposal "suspiciously con-
fusing and complicated" and said
in his judgment the proposals
would further restrict the elec-
torate and I shall vote against
them In November. ''
Mr.. Prillaman. stating his OPP
position to the amendment in Its
present form" said mo citizen
ship should be withheld to coerce
the payment Of taxes" which
he contended should be collected
by due process Of law II need be. "