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Evening star., 1949-05-17
Pay Raise for D. G.. Workers
Seen After Sales Tax Wins

quate revenues" to meet the cost
was passed and became effective
When the conferees meet, the
principal dispute is expected to
come over differences in liquor
taxation. The House had ap-
proved only so per cent increase
in license fees. 1t had shelved
proposals for a raise in liquor
taxes on arguments that District
liquor, sales-40 per cent said to
be going to out-of- town pur-
chasers-would fall off and boot
Logging would increase If levies
were made too high"
The Senate District Committee
while accepting the 80 per cent
increase in liquor license fees
added a so per cent boost in pres
ent city liquor gallonage taxes and
100 per cent in beer taxes, and
left both liquor and beer sales sub
ject to the per cent sales levy.
Senate Boosts Liquor Taxes.
When the bill hit the Senate
the liquor taxes were upped to a
100 per cent increase, largely
owing to the efforts of Senator
Johnston, and still left subject to
the sales tax.
The Senate added the higher
liquor taxes and the extra Gig
arctic tax-making the latter ex-
empt from the sales levy-to make
up revenue losses from Senate
modification Of the. general GALES
levy.
The new District income tax
plan. as approved by both houses
would broaden the coverage to ap-
ply 1t to all persons actually re-
siding here seven months or more
Of the year. except for members
Of Congress, their secretaries and
presidential appointees.
Because the sales tax will hit
all residents, however. the income
tax was changed to raise the basic
exemption to the first $4,000 of
taxable income SO as to exempt
the little fellow" The rates would
run from IA to 3 per cent.
The new income tax would be-
come effective after next Decem-
ber 81. Another change in the
income tax. however, that affect
ing unincorporated business. would
be effective this year. This would
lower from 10000 to 5000 the
basic exemption for partnerships
and other unincorporated busi-
nssses, which pay q 8 per cent
franchise tax.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Robert Rownd, 1O4,
PastGAR Commander
Dies in Ripley, n. Y.
lY ths Assetiatsd Peas

RIPLEY. N. Y. May 17.-Rob.
ert M. Rownd. 104-year-old pas
commander of the Grand Army ol
the Republic, died today.
He had been in failing health
since last summer, when he suf-
fered q heart attack shortly be-
fore he had expected to attenc
the final State GAR meeting ir
Syracuse.
Mr.. Rownd, who was born ir
sarahsville, Ohio. October %. 1874
had served as national commander
of the GAR for two terms. The
first was in 1899 and the seconc
In 1947.
His death leaves James A. Hard
107, Rochester, the only other
GAR member surviving in New
York State. There now are only
10 surviving In the Nation, but
there are few more Union Army
veterans who are not members oi
the GAR.
The surviving members, now
headed by Theodore r. Penland
100-year-old commander in chief
of Vancouver, Wash, are to hold
their final national encampment
Indianapolis August % to Septem-
ber /.
Mr.. Rownd received a diploma
from Allegheny College. Meadville
Pa, In June. 1947. That was 81
years after he had left the college
to fight in the Civil War.
He had been sent to college after
two unsuccessful attempts to enlist
In the Union Army. He made il
the third time and served with
Company B, 9th Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry.
He was In 66 engagements and
In Gen. Sherman's march from
Atlanta to the sea.
He returned to Ohio upon his
discharge. married the girl he left
behind and began varied busl-
ness and political career in New
York State and Ohio. He spent
more than 81 years in banking.
Mrs. Rownd died in 1910. shortly
before they were to celebrate their
diamond wedding anniversary.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
U. 5. Native Again Citizen
After British Army Service

An American-born man. who
lost his United States citizenship
through service In the British
army, yesterday was repatriateo
during q naturalization ceremony
before District Court Judge Mat
thew r. MCGUIRE. Five others be-
came United States citizens dur
ing the ceremony.
The man repatriated IL VIII
Ham Wilson Savage. 26. who was
born in New York and now is
attending q school in Connecti-
cut. The other five who were
naturalized are:
DR.. Benito Benjamin Rish, rs,
q physician. who lives in Silver
Spring, Md, and who had been
q citizen of Mexico; Mrs. Frances
Elizabeth Webb of Alexandria,
Va, Great Britain; Mrs. Maria
A. B. Stone, 81. of the Congress
sional Hotel, Venezuela; Mrs.
Elsie Kalejta. ~. of Suitland,
Nd, Great Britain, and Mrs
Ruth Stetter Johanna Hildegard
Smith, "a. of 1101 Massachusetts,
avenue NV, Germany.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Crouch, Ex-Red Agent,
To Tell Story Today
To New York Jury
ey Robert K. Walsh

Fau4 IToacn, aFoWeG IOEmSl
Communist worker, was to estif,
today before a Federal grand jur,
in New York, after telling a Sen
ate subcommittee here that he
was ordered by Moscow 20 year,
ago 10 organize Communist sub
Versiye operations in the United
States Army at the Panama
Canal.
Mr.. Crouch said late yesterday
after the subcommittee hearing
that he would appear on May d
at an open session of the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities. He testified at a closed
meeting of that committee early
this month.
The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee. studying measures to tighten
immigration laws against sub
versiye foreign agents. had sub
poenaed the Miami Fla news
paper employe. Members were moi
certain he could come. in view
of his appointment with the New
York Federal grand jury inves-
tigating Communist activities.
Surprise Witness.
He turned up late yesterday or
short notice as something OF a
surprise witness and made the
following main statements:
He was a Communist for II
years until he broke with the
party in 1942. He informed the
FBI ut that time, but did no,
disclose publicly until a few weeks
ago that he was former leader
and organizer In various parts oi
the country. particularly tn.
South. and had visited Moscow
for instructions" and confer
ences.
In 1929 he was directed BY
Communist officials In Moscow tc
concentrate on the United States
armed services at the Panama
Canal. He said he carried
through" instructions for build
ing an organization for getting
secret military information. He
persuaded a Pennsylvania mar
named Taylor" to work for the
Communists in the Army at the
canal. he testified.
The Communists put some
members in the armed services
not only for subversive purposes
but to get training themselves
for revolution" he testified. 81
have reason to believe the same
is being done today"
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Dewey Sits Half Hour
With English Judge
ky the A.seeiotsd Press

LONDON, May IT. -- Gov
Thomas Z. Dewey of New York
sat on the bench for half an hour
in an English court today.
Visiting the law courts as part
of his eight-day tour of England
Gov. Dewey sat with Mr.. Justice
Sir Travers Humphreys to hear
a civil damage action in the
Kings Bench Division. an appeals
court.
Gov. and Mrs. Dewey are tc
visit the Archbishop Of Canter-
bury, DR.. Geof1rey Fisher, at his
headquarters. Lambeth Palace, to-
night. They leave England by
plane for Amsterdam tomorrow
afternoon,
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Differences in Sales Tax Bills

/ Pennies that wdi run into ths
millions Will start rolling into ths
District treasury by August ! Il
the House and Senate settle dif'
ferenees over the sales tax anc
other features OF the oig city rev
enue bill
This assumes that The President
as now expected, will sian the bill
( Many details as 10 how the SAFES
levy would work remain 10 De set.
tied in regulations now beins
studied by city ofnc.alS.
There are several difference.
between the House and Senate
bills.
The House would exempt food
for home consumption. The Ser
ate added an exemption for res
taQTant meals up 10 $50
Different on Drugs.
The House Dill exempted pre-
scription drugs, The Senate makes
all medicines exempt. Both Houses
exempted such medicinal supplies
as wheel chairs. crutcheS. artificial
eyes. limbs and braces. hearing
aides, eye glasses and the like.
Taxable generally would be all
commodities not otherwise ex-
empt, sold at retail here or bought
outside and brought here for use
including automobiles. tires and
other supplies.
Other taxable items.
Building materials used in new
construction or in repair or alter
alton OF properties.
The price OF rental OF transient
rooms in hotels. rooming houses.
tourist camps. but not, rents gen
orally.
Utility service bills. such as gas,
oil, electricity and coal.
Magazines Taxable.
Any production. fabrication OF
printing OF tangible personal
property on special order for q
consideration. with an exemption
for newspapers.
Magazines published here or
brought into the District for sale
Specifically exempted are:
Sales Of tickets for admission
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Mechanics Futol Shot
In Cor Ruled Suicide

A certificate of suicide has been
issued by the coroner's office In
Alexandria in the death of Julius
Randolph Cox, a, who was found
shot to death Sunday in his car.
Mr.. Cox, a mechanic, who lived
at 1904 South Alfred street, shot
himself as his wife, Mrs. Ruth
Cox, was walking from the car to
their apartment. Mrs. Cox told
police her husband climbed into
the back seat after they returned
from q drive, telling her he wanted
to get 4 newspaper out of the car
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Lincoln Park Citizens
Reflect |. R. TindaI

The Lincoln Park Citizens AS
sociation last night reelected
Levy r. Tindal president.
Other officers include J. Watson
Flanagan, vice president; Mrs
Robert s. Ware, secretary. and
B. Frank Campbell. treasurer.
The association passed motion
urging the Recreation Board to
continue its present policy OF
segregation for the Districts play
grounds.
The meeting was held in the
Epworth Methodist Church, Thir-
teenth street and North Carolina
avenue NE.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

The District governments first
big task when President Truman
puts his signature on the line and
makes the sales tax law here will
be the registering Of some 30 900
merchants in the city.
Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent
said his department will need 81
additional employees. who will
comprise the staff of a new sales
tax division. Most of the work in
volved in the sales tax will fall
on this new division.
II the bill is signed by President
Truman before June /, the sales
tax will become effective about
August l under terms of the bill
passed by the Senate yesterday
Mr.. Dent said the first step will
be to get the forms for the regis
tration printed. Then each mer-
chant will have to register with his
Office before August /. Each OF
the 10000 expected to register then
must be certified by Mr.. Dent &
office.
More forms must be printed to
handle the monthly returns each
merchant would be required to
file.
Mr.. Dent said there will be nc
problem in filling the jobs, since
there are IS applications in al
ready. The top job Of supervisor
of the sales tax division will carry
a starting salary of STOP, he said
A deficiency request Of $48. 900
to print the first batch of forms
and start hiring personnel is
pending in Congress, he said. The
annual cost of the operation will
run about $4,000, he added.
Tax Collector Guy Pearson also
will find his work increased by the
sales tax. He said about 16 new
people will be needed in his Office
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Greeks Storm Rebels
In Vitsi Mountains
Ry the ksseeietsd pfsss

ATHENS, May 17.-National
troops with tank and artillery
cover have stormed Communist
guerrilla strongholds in the Vitsi
Mountains southwest Of Phlorina.
killing 129 Of them and capturing
81, q government eommunique said
today.
The eommunique said actions
elsewhere In Greece brought the
total bag to 1872 Communist suer-
rillas slain and 523 captured or
surrendered. with Nationalist
losses of only II dead and is
wounded.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
House Extends Authority
OfMoritime Commission

A resolution to continue the
authority of the Maritime Com
mission to sell. charter and
operate vessels was approved by
the House by unanimous consent
yesterday and sent to the Senate.
The House accepted an amend
ment offered by Representative
Case, Republican Of South
Dakota to require the commits
sion to make an inventory OF
equipment and ballast and take
their value into consideration In
disposing Of vessels.
The bill would extend until June
80, 1850, authority now scheduled
to expire June 80 Of this year.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Continued From First Page. J

terday on two test votes that
preceded passage.
Senator Johnston. Democrat, of
South Carolina. chief foe of the
sales tax plan, made last-ditch
fight to prevent its adoption.
| AS final voting neared yester-
day, he offered an amendment to
write into the bill tougher per-
sonal income tax levy with near
ly doubled rates and keeping the
present basic exemptions of
81 900 and $4,000 for a single per-
son or a married couple. This
was knocked down by a roll-call
vote Of 80 to 20.
Sales Tax Deletion Defeated.
The South Carolinian then
called up his amendment to
strike the sales tax sections out
of the bill. This was rejected by
a roll-call vote Of 43 to %.
Some Senators who had sup
ported Senator Johnston on one
or another of his alternative plans
voted for the bill on final passage
after the preliminary issues were
settled.
Before these decisive votes were
taken yesterday the Senate adopt
ed motion by Senator Hicken-
looper, Republican, Of Iowa to
reconsider the vote taken during
the confused parliamentary situa-
ton last week-on Friday, the 13
by which the sitter income levy
was substituted for the sales tax.
AS soon as the Senate had
passed the bill, the body named
.conferees to work out differences
with the House. Senator Hunt,
Democrat, of wyoming, chairman
of the Senate District Fiscal Sub
committee. was named chairman.
Other Senate, managers are: Dis
trict Committee Chairman Nc
Grath, Senator Johnston and Re-
publican Senators Schoeppel of
Kansas and Mccarthy of Wis
consin.
McGrath Cites Figures.
In the closing hours of the
Senate fight yesterday, Senator
McGrath, Democrat. Of Rhode
Island cited calculations Of Dis
trict fiscal officials to show that
the program of the sales tax op-
ponents'would not produce enough
revenue In the coming fiscal year
to meet the impending SIS, ,o00, ,00o
deficit.
And when the senats had re-
jected the Johnston proposal for
a city income levy with nearly
doubled rates. Senator Hill took
the floor to say that the only al
tentative left. If the Districts
school, welfare and other budget
plans were to be met. was the
adoption of the sales plan and
the rest of the committee bill.
Action Is awaited by both House
and Senate on bills to grant $3.50
pay raises to the Districts CLASH
fed employees. already won as OF
last July / by Federal employees.
District Auditor A. r. Pilkerton
told reporters that, when the city
revenue bill is signed into law,
he will have enough authority to
grant these classified workers
their pay raises. provided suffi-
cient funds are available In the
various departments.
Originally Slated for Raises.
He recalled that District en-
ployes as well as Federal workers
were listed for their pay raise in
Legislation enacted last year. But
because of last years failure to
pass the city tax bill. he said. q
proviso was written into the pay
bill to withhold the city pay raise
until Legislation providing ade-
Evening star., 1949-05-17

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Evening star., 1949-05-17
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Evening star., 1949-05-17
Originally Slated for Raises.

He recalled that District EN-
ployes as well as Federal workers
were listed for their pay raise in
legislation enacted last year. But
because of last years failure to
pass the city tax bill. he said. a
proviso was written into the pay
bill to withhold the city pay raise
until Legislation providing ade-
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10

low one which the left-handed
hitter allowed to 60 by. The next
offering, however, was across the
eyes. There was a sudden explosive
burst of action, followed by the
unique sound of bat whose meat
end has really belted the ball. The
next thing one could see was the
pellet sailing high and far out of
sight, and the big stranger tear
ing around the bases like a fright
ened deer. A home run with two
on.
The hitter, of course, the man
too big to play baseball, was none
other than Luke Easter who, four
short years later, is pounding so
many of them over the fences for
the San Diego Padres of the Pa
ficic Coast League that he has be-
come the most talked-about player
in the Pacific Coast League and the
greatest boxoffice attraction since
the immortal Sultan of Swat him
self, Babe Ruth.
I couple Easter with Babe Ruth
not accidentally, but deliberately,
because there is much about Luke
that recalls the great Bambino-
the same largeneSs of spirit, warm
h u m n i ty, love of kids, color,
drama and, above all, the extra
ordinary power at the plate which
separates the "good" hitter from
the truly great one. Luke Easter,
without doubt, hits the most con-
sistently long ball seen in the game
since the Babe was plastering them
for the mighty New York Yankees
Luscious Easter was born on
August 4, 1921, in st. Louis, the
fourth of six children. GA seventh
died in infancy.) His father, now a
Deacon in that city, is big man,
standing 6-1 and weighing 21O
pounds, and all his children are
big, too. Luke has a kid brother
of II, named Wilbur, who already
stands GO and tips the beam at
185 pounds. (Of him Luke says,
"Just a skinny kid. I was skinny,
too, when I was his age.")
The life of the Casters was much
the same as that of any other Ne
gro working class family in the
United States. It was highlighted
by day-to-day struggle to keep
alive, with everyone pitching in
and helping the household. Luke's
father was a factory worker, and
so was his older brother. Luke, too,
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10

your shoulder. Gle was an end and
catching those passes was his big
loVe.)
However, sports was strictly an
amateur interest for Easter, as we'll
as all other Negro football and
baseball players, because at that
time both the grid and the diamond
were barred to Negro players by
the vicious although unwritten jim
crow law. Qn the office of The
Daily Peoples World e n y,
Luke reminisced to this writer,
"You know, when I read in the
papers way back in 1912 that you
brought those three Negro players
to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a
tryout I never thought it'd work
out. Nah, never dreamed it would
work, let alone that I'd be one of
the fellerS who would help make it
work. Man, it's sure crazy OF
world"
Continued Next Week)
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10

after a while, went to work as a
laborer in a chemical plant.
But like all kids, Luke liked
sports, and while he was still able
to go to high school Che never
graduated he played lot of foot
ball, bask ct ball and baseball.
Strangely enough, football and not
baseball was his favorite game, and
Luke to this day says there's moth
ing quite like catching a pass over
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10
BY Nat Loew

BY Nat Loew
editors Note-This is the first
of q series of four articles to be
run in the Arizona Sun of the
sensational rise of "Luhe Easter
to baseball stardOm.)
In August of 1915, an EXCL was
browsing in Chicago's Washington
Park watching two Negro packing
house baseball teams practising be-
fore their game. He hungrily fol-
lowed every move of the players on
the field, and then quietly ambled
over to the manager. of the teams.
"Say," asked the newcomer, "how
en- a feller join this club?"
The manager hardly paid him
any mind, but paused long enough
to fire question over his shoulder.
"What position do you play?"
"I'm a first baseman," said the
stranger.
Don't need a first baseman," re-
piled the m manager. "Need a
pitcher"
''Then you just got yourself one"
me back the eager-to-play
stranger. II pitch, too"
The manager stopped for the
first time, swung around sharply,
and looked at the immense man in
front if him who stood 6 feet Az
inches tall and weighed 245 pounds.
He looked for quite a while and
then shook his head almost sadly.
Listen, boy" he said, you're too
big to play baseball. You'd fall over
yourself"
The big guy dejectedly walked
off the field, flopped onto one of
the seats in the little wooden stands
behind the plate, and watched the
game. Along about the ninth inning
the team whose manager he had
approached was on the wrong end
of an 8-2 score and the big fellow
ambled up to the manager once
again.
"Why'nt you let me pinch hit %
he pleaded. You need some runs
bad, Mister"
The hard-pressed manager looked
at his dugout, already depleted of
pinch-hitters, looked once again al
the mammoth stranger, and then
shrugged. 20. K, let's see what you
can do"
The happy excl took couple of
bats out of the rack, hefted them
for size, weight and feel, threw one
away, and then strobe up for the
plate. The pitcher came in with
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10

Washington, D. c., won the
grand award in the 1948 National
Traffic Safety Contest, the Nation
al Safety Council has announced.
The top state in the safety COM
petition was Massachusetts.
Arizona sun., 1949-06-10
A Story Of Luke Casters
Rise in Big League Baseball

Take Man Who Stands 6'4", Weighs 245 Pounds, Who
Has A Penchant for Cloutng Home Runs and You
Have the Beginning of Legend. That's the Way
1t is With Luke Easter San Diego First Baseman Who
Is One of the Most Exciting Players That the Game
Has Seen Since the Days Babe Ruth Was in His Prime
The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1949-10-13
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

NOTICE or TRUSTEES SALE
WHEREAS, on September 81
1S4S, Ola Mae Gray and Ola Mae
Holmes executed trust deed un-
der the terms of which the here
znafter described real property
sxas conveyed to the undersigned
as trustee to secure the payment
60 Mrs George Samaha of an in
Gebtedness therein described
which trust deed is recorded in
Book 95. Page 303, of the Land
Trust Deed Records of Holmes
County. Mississippi; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. George Sama-
ha is the owner of said indebt-
eduess and said trust deed secur-
ing same; and
WHEREAS, default having been
made in the payment of all in
stalIments falling due since the
month of January, l949, on the
indebtedness described in and Sc
cured by the aforesaid deed Of
trust. and the entire unpaid prin-
cipal sum secured by said deed OF
trust having been declared due
ind payable by the said Mrs.
George Samaha, and she having
requested the undersigned to sell
said real property as provided by
said trust deed: now
WHEREFORE, the undersigned
VIII. within legal hours on Mon
day. October II, 1949, at the South
front door of the Holmes County
Courthouse in the City of Lexing-
fsu, Mississippi, offer for sale and
seII at public cutlery to the high
test bidder for cash, the following
descr1bed real property situated
IN the Town of Tchula, Holmes
County, Mississippi, to-wit:
60 feet off West Side Of that
Part of Lot No. Bricks Addition
% the Town of Tchula, Holmes
County, Mississippi, lying be-
tween the North boundary line
ef the Y g. NV RI Cos right-of-
cay and the south boundary line
u Highway No. 12--this being
Ire property decided from Mrs.
HelIfe p. Jones ct Al on September
-. 1913. by deed recorded in Book
g. EAge 30, Of the Land Deed Re-
esn1s of Holmes County. Missisr
1ippi.
WITNESS my signature on this
- list day of September, 1940.
EDWIN WHITE. Trustee.
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