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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Last Nine District Men Drafted
As Inductions End for 2 Months

The induction of District mel
into the Army halted for at leas
two months as nine draft regis
trants were sworn in today to fl
the January local quota of 50.
The Army has announced that ii
will not issue any draft calls fol-
February and March because it is
obtaining sufficient volunteers. The
decision was made after President
Truman's budget cut back the
Army's strength from $4,000 to
CIT 900 officers and men.
Frank D. Norton, deputy District
draft director, said the District
boards would use the next two
months for the registration of 49,
year-olds and sending out question
naires to those already on the books
The District organization esti-
mates that there will be some 5000
18-year -olds to register here an
nually. Despite the fact that nc
men are being drafted presently
the law still requires youths to
register when they reach 10 years
Mr.. Norton pointed out.
A total of 181 men have been
indicted here during the last three
months. There are $4,000 men reg
istered.
Those indicted today were:
j. H. Seymour, $40 Ihirtieth
street NV; Joseph F. Butler,
1773 Lanier place NV; Otto Brad
lev, 51S Lamont street NV;
Charles w. E. Harris, 1881 Third
street NV; Jack v. Braskamp,
1O11 New Hampshire avenue NV;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

brief term in Atlanta in 1910 for
smuggling aliens across the Cana
dian border and still earlier
forgery in Canada for which he mad
been tried, convicted and pardoned,
made him a common criminal.
Came as Laborer.
Ponzi fought in the courts fol
the right to remain in this coun-
try. But his resources were
slender, his case hopeless. On Octo-
Der 7, 1884, he was placed aboard
an Italy-bound ship.
Behind him he left his wife, Rose.
Her faith never wavered. She
waited for him through his II years
in prison, helped him in his futile
fight against deportation and even
as he sailed eastward expressed the
hope that he would get work in
Rome and send for her.
Ponzi was reticent about his early
life. He was born in Parma, Italy,
in 1878. Some accounts said he
studied at the University OF Rome.
He emigrated first to Canada, work
ing as laborer, clerk and what not
He peddled fruit, waited on table
and finally set himself up in the
importing business in Boston. He
was thus engaged when he had
his ruinous dream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

Microscopes, opera glasses and bin
oculars are among Japan's impor-
tant postwar products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Money in Circulation
Drops Slightly in Yeur
By the Associated Press


Americans started 1949 with less
money on the average than they had
before-as most Christmas shoppers
and New Year eve celebrants know.
The Treasury reported yesterday
the amount of money in circulation
January 1 was $2S, 223, 592, 164, or an
average of $4,000 per person, COM
pared with $191.79 a month earlier
and $198.49 a year before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
| Ricochet Bullet
on Stomach
lOfCofe Patron

Elijah Gripper, %, colored, 900 I
street NV, was shot" in the
stomach last night as he sat in a
restaurant at Tenth and v streets
NV, but the bullet, spent ricochet
did not injure him.
Police, investigating the incident
said the bullet entered the wall OF
the restaurant, bounced off Vene-
tan blind, passed through a side
of the booth and dropped" on Grip
per's stomach.
Origin of the shot remains q
mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18
Ponzii
Continued From First Page,

Boston financial manipulation, he
finally made his way to Brazil.
When he died, he was semlpar-
alyzed and partly blind. He was
unable to move his left arm or leg
Most of the sight had gone from
one eye. Doctors said hardened
arteries and a blood clot in the brain
caused his death.
Saved SIS From Pension.
The legal agent who claimed his
body said Ponzi had managed tt
save SIS from his pension. He saic
this would be used to pay for flu
neral expenses. Until the agent ap.
peared, it looked as though the body
was destined for Potters field.
Ponzi left an unfinished book
'sThe Fall of Mister Ponzi." He hao
said he didn't think anybody was
interested in the subject any more
The former CroesuS, who peddlee
fruit when he came to the Unitee
States from Canada at the age o.
%, said at his trial that the 81
per cent return in As days was quite
simple.
He said he did it by buying Inter
national Postal Union reply coupons
throughout the world, taking ad-
vantage of favorable rates Of ex-
change.
But Federal authorities said he
was. working the old game of Dor.
rowing from Peter to pay Paul. He
served four years on a Fedora
charge and more than seven years
on a State charge as result.
The Federal men said he hae
bilked 10000 Americans OF more
than $15,0o0,ooO through his get
rich-quick promises.
Many Got Profits.
His glib promises to double money
within three months lured savings
from widows, old maids, young mer
and able business men alike. Many
in and out early enough, pocketec
profits from the great financial Jug
Cling act.
BY the time he reached Brazil
Ponzi had lost nearly all, but wa!
not quite destitute. q He mace
meager living teaching English ane
drew a little Brazilian unemploy.
ment compensation.
The man who used to carry up II
$4,000, 900 in his pockets recalled re-
Gently how he once was rolling il
money-somebody else's money.
Charles Ponzi added his name tt
the language after World War I
His financial operations on a shoe
string became so fantastic and tire.
mendous that all diversified get
rich-quick scheme became callet
Ponzis.
PonA rationalized one of the old
est mail fraud scheme-paying 6
fortunate few investors" profit
from the "investments" coming in
He explained that the profits were
from dealing in foreign exchange
then in q volatile state as they
always are after wars.
But the times were such thai
millions came in instead of the
1eW thousands previous operators
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-18

Dennis Fribbley, 1929 Sixth street
NE; A. j. Harrod, 1855 Emerson
street NE: J. B. Britt, AZ r street
NE, and Thomas w. Downs, 1905
Massachusetts, avenue Sc.
, 1949-04-20
Musical Notes Muke
Recordings For
Station WAPA

The popular Musical Mot
tas went to Puerto Rico yester
day where they made record
ings for Station WAPA. They
went on the afternoon plane.
Prior to that they featured
at the Grand Hotel in st. Tho
mas and the two nights follow
ing, at the Tropicana in Fred
eriksted and St. Mary's Hall
in Christiansted.
, 1949-04-20
Plaque To Late Babe
Ruth Unveiled At
Yankee Studium

A plaque was unveiled by
Mrs. Clare Ruth, widow Of the
late famous Babe Ruth at the
Yankee Stadium on Monday.
Just before the game between
the Yanks and the Washing
ton Senators, New York's
Mayor William O'Dwyer and
Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
took part in a march to center
field flagpole where the tab
let was unveiled.
The st. Mary's Industrial
School of Baltimore, where
the Babe began his baseball
carer, was represented by II
members of their baseball
team. A color guard from the
United States Marine Corps
Continued on Page A.
, 1949-04-20
Report Shows v. /.
Imports Greoter
Thun Exports

Statistics recently compiled
show that the Virgin Islands
exported during November
1948 goods and articles valued
at 5000 and in DECEMBER
1948, $4,000.
On the other hand, the Is
lands imported $500, 900 worth
of articles in November 1948
and 100000 worth in Deem
Der 1948.
, 1949-04-20
Netherlands West
Indies Accepts Comm.
Tourist Proposal

The Government of the
Netherlands West Indies has
notified the Secretary Gener-
al of the Caribbean Commits
sion that it is prepared to ad-
here to a Caribbean Tourist
Interim Committee in accord
ance with the recommends
tions ofthe West Indian Con-
ference Ord SESSION., held at
Guadeloupe, in December last.
The Governor of the Neither
lands West Indies has designa-
ted the Central Tourist Com
mittee as active member of,the
Interim Committee, and has
named L. F. Bouman, repres-
entative of the Central Tourist
Committee in New York, to
serve on the Advisory Council,
which will assist the Interim
Committee.
The Conference recommend
alton had asked that members
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-04-20
Chinese Ndtiondlists
Reject Communist
Ultimuturn

The Chinese Government
has rejected the communist
demand for an unopposed
crossing of the Yangste River
and the subsequent reorgani-
cation of the armed forces by
the communists.
Dispatches from Marking
said that the Government has
sent a new set of proposals and
has requested extension of ne
gotiation beyond the commu-
mist deadline. The communi-
cation makes clear that the
Marking Government will
have to resort to armed resis-
lance if the communists try to
cross the Yangste.
, 1949-04-20
Is Notions TO Decide
Who Pays For
Weather Service

Delegates from IS countries
are meeting in London today
to decide who is. to pay for a
number of aids to world civil
aviation.
BIC reporter states that
the most important item on the
agenda is the question of the
Atlantic ocean weather ships.
The present agreement in
cludes 10 countries with Is
stations. The U. S. pays
for seven and one half Great
Britain provides two and pays
half the cost of another.
A request from Denmark for
funds to construct a radar
station, and 16 weather sta
tons on Greenland, together
with a Greek request for aid
in repairing the Athens air
field are to be considered.
, 1949-04-20
Prime Ministers
Confer On Indiu's
New Stdtus

A conference of Common
wealth Prime Ministers is
scheduled to start in London
tomorrow. Thus far, a number
of them are already in the Bri
fish capital. Prime Minister
Nehru is expected to arrive
last.
One of the chief items for
discussion is how India ex-
poets to be a sovereign republic
and still remain in the Com
monwealth.
Common allegiance to the
British crown is the link
which binds all the countries
of the Commonwealth. India
is said to be anxious to remain
attached to the British while
at the same time declaring her
self a republic.
, 1949-04-20
U. S. Worship To
Visit st. Thornus
April % : Is

A United States naval yes
sci, the U. S. S. Roberts with
Is officers and 200 enlisted
men, are due to arrive in st.
Thomas on April % on a re-
serve training cruise, the COM
mandant of the Tenth Naval
District advised Governor Has
tie.
The vessel is on a reserve
training cruise and will leave
on April Is for Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
, 1949-04-20
Bottle AT Yungste
Begins Between
Chinese Armies

A dispatch from Marking
states that during the night
Chinese government tanks be-
gan rumbling through the
darkened streets of the town
as the Nationalist mass their
forces to meet expected com
munist attacks across the
Yangste river.
The time limit set by the
communists has expired and
reports of fierce fighting on
the banks of the Yangste for
ty-five miles from Marking
are being circulated.
, 1949-04-20
Locul L~egiondires
To Meet On Friday.
April %, $3.50

Members of the Alexander
Hamilton Post No. IS, of the
American Legion, will meet
on Friday night, April %, at
$3.50, in the Police Court room
in ChristianSted.
All members are urgently re-
quested to attend as there are
, 1949-04-20
RABBI STEPHEN S. WISE
WELL-KNOWN JEWISH
STATESMAN, DIES

Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, we'll
known civic. leader and
a fighter against racial discri-
mination, died yesterday in
New York. He was IS.
He recently underwent a
major operation for a stomach
ailment.
, 1949-04-20
DR.. r. HERNANDEZ,
P~SYCHIATRIST, COMING
TO VIRGIN ISLANDS

DR.. R. Hernandez, a psychia-
trist from Puerto Rico, is due
to arrive in the Virgin Islands
this week, it was announced
yesterday.
DR.. Hernandez will work
the mental health program.
, 1949-04-20

a number of important mat
tiers to be taken up.
Evening star., 1949-01-23
DNnEMM;Hr

MANS BEST FRIEND: There is very
smart man in Rochester who owns a very
happy setter named Belle. Why the man is
smart and Belle happy is our story for today.
Seems the mans Mrs. wanted to get rid of
Belle because she tore the house to shreds.
To keep the peace. the man finally agreed to
give Belle to friend in Syracuse, some 20
miles away. So. one day he drove off with
Belle, presumably bound for Syracuse. In
stead, he dropped the dog off at nearby
livery stable Hours later - late enough for
him to have made the l4O-mile trip - he re-
turned home
The Mrs was well pleased. But next eve
ming there was scratching at the door, 1t
was Belle "She's back" breathed the wife,
back from Syracuse" 'Well." !" said the man,
''I'll return her tomorrow"
Don't you dare" cried the wife. IF Belle
will walk seventy miles to see us, she's never
going to leave this house again" And she
hasn't She just lazes around and her mistress
thinks she's wonderful
Evening star., 1949-01-23
EvERYB0Dy's ETIQUETTE

Chapman Andrews, Duncan Hines, RisS
Stevens, Vincent Sheean. Hugh Gibson.
Benny Goodman. Princess Schwarzen-
berg. Next weeks expert: John Kieran,
naturalist, quiz star and editor of
the Information Please Almanac" "
Evening star., 1949-01-23

STARTING with the next. issue we begin
a new kind of etiquette feature Each
week famous personality will write
for our readers practical. up-to-date
answer to some problem of modern liv-
ing. Coming contributors include Roy
Evening star., 1949-01-23

PEEP-PEEP. Here's another of those groups
of people whose names derive from the animal
kingdom. The Vicar of Hove, England, re-
Gently baptized infants named Cosling. Star
ling and Martin Attending were Miss Grove
and Miss Raven. A week later he married Mr.,
Eagle to Miss Swami. Among confirmees was
Olive Jay. and assisting were Parishioners
Goose. Swallow. Sparrow and Thrush.
Evening star., 1949-01-23

I'm THE minds of many people, the words ladies
i and gentlemen" have lost almost all meaning,
because they are associated merely with the con-
ventional salutation at the beginning of dull
speech, or because they have come to be scoff-
ingly regarded as obsolete and empty of honor.
In the minds of others, these same words have
false meaning. A gentleman, such persons delude
themselves into believing, is merely man who
has gone to the right" schools and the right"
college, who patronizes the right" tailor, who
lives on the right street and moves in the
right circles and the word right so used,
really means nothing but fashionable
According to the same shallow school of
thought, lady is merely woman who wears
expensive clothes effectively, who entertains on
lavish scale, whose name is eagerly sought for
patroness lists and whose seasonal habitats are
largely governed by the amount of glamour and
diversion which they offer.
Personally, l have found all the truly great
ladies and gentlemen l have ever known to be
extremely simple, approachable and affable. |
have never known member of royalty who tried
to impress me with his regalty. or distinguished
scholar who overwhelmed me with his learning,
or an outstanding statesman who sought to
make me feel knew nothing of world affairs.
AND have never known really great lady
who talked about her aristoCratic family con-
nections, or the value of her jewels, or the
number and location of her various establish
ments Moreover, l have found that Lady is
always lady, whether she be French or Finnish.
Chinese or Cuban. In non-essentials, her habits
and customs may differ; her basic standards are
very much the same.
should add that, while my way of life has
brought me into touch with many individuals
generally known as the 'elite," am thankful to
say it has also brought me into touch with others
who have had very few material advantages.
Evening star., 1949-01-23

And I have found just as many ladies and gentle
men in the second category as have in the first.
Any number of humble housewives in the rural
regions where have dwelt, both in the North
and in the South, who cook and clean and wash
and iron for large families, still find time to
receive visitor graciously, and to take part in
the cultural life of the community.
Any number of peasants whom have met in
the course of my travels in Spain, who can
scarcely read and write and whose daily fare is
coarse and often scanty live up, not only proudly
but triumphantly, to their own conception of
cabalIero The Isdios ON the highlands of Peru,
the habitants in the snowbound stretches of
Quebec have the same ideal and they strive
towards it no less worthily.
FIND it hard to isolate the one distinguishing
quality which all these persons share and which
makes them, in my opinion, real ladies' and
gentlemen. However if l were pinned down,
think would say that it is kindness the true
kindness which springs from the heart and of
which courtesy and generosity are the natural
and beautiful flowers.
would base this designation on my own obser-
vation and experience; but cannot claim that it
is original Cardinal Newman and General Lee
said it in much the same way. 1T is almost
definition of gentleman to say he is one who
never inficts pain" the former remarks; and
memorandum found in Lees military valise, after
his death, reads, "A gentleman does not need
lessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a
wrong he may have committed against him. =.
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when
he cannot help humbling Others"
Etiquette, to have any substantial value, must,
like baptism, be the outward and visible sign of
an inward and spiritual grace. Its basic principle
can be explained in one ancient and homely verse:
''PolitenesS is 10 do and say the kndest thing in
the kindest Way."
Evening star., 1949-01-23
This Week Magazine

This Week Magazine
FoR A BETTER AMERICA
WILLIAM l. NICHOLS. Elasr
WHY saG SHOTS LOSE TIER Joss. ..........
BY Adie Sveksdorf
MADE FOR EACH OTHER. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BY Frances Whhins
WALlYS WAGON. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BY Woify Rosen
BtG-Towh ROOSTER. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
LITTLE MISS INNOCENCE. cE.....................
BY Louis Berg
TIE GREAT MAMsOx MYSTERY. ............
by Helen Colfon
SHORT AND SWEET. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
BY Cismsasine Paddisfosd
JUST LIKE A MAN. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Cover bv Jossph HepeHes
Evening star., 1949-01-23

SIGN: In the window of California restau-
rant. one reader writes US. reposes this sign.
Waitress wanted. Either male or female"
Evening star., 1949-01-23

Names descriptions Of all characters 10 Action
and sem-Retion articles In this magax xne are wnoy
imaginary Any name which happens to be the sane
that Of person. living dead. 10 entirely coneaoe"
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

only owners of said business; that
we are conducting said business
as co-partnership; that our full
and true names, together with our
places of residence, are as follows:
Robert E. Lincoln, Kalispell,
Montana.
Paul F. Voorhees,, Martin City,
Montana.
ROBERT E. LINCOLN
PAUL F. VOORHEES,
STATE OF MONTANA
COUNTY OF FLATHEAD SIS.
On this 29th day of April, 1949,
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

lodged to me that they executed
the same.
ISL WILLIAM o. SARETTE
Notary Public for the State OF
Montana. Residing at Martin City,
Montana. My commission expires
/ June, 1851. a..
(NOTARIAL SEAL) 43
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

before me, William o. Sarette, no.
tary public for the State Of Mon
tana, personally appeared Robert
E. Lincoln and Paul F. VOORHEES,,
known to me to be the persons
whose names are subscribed to the
within instrument, and acknow-
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

the word diameter instead of cir
cumference and that would have
made Mrs. Otto Cavalar's hen the
layer of something "a inches
around. This "circumference-di-
ameter" mix got through two proof
readings.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06
(eek Tells
fspring

q hlst stopped and
window at a beau
# is the first OF the
Mrs. Hugh Buchan-
. weeks vacation.
Ind the rangers con-
they return home.
carrier, Ralph Day,
o,lgh the park this
Ire still is a lot OF
roads.
Is. Dave Benson and
! are expected to be
ia ranch today. The
the winter in Texas
ay was celebrated at
Circle, M. c. ranch.
l Ranger and Mrs.
nan. Ranger Paul
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt
her has returned to
after spending
|siting at Polebridge.
4. Jack Mathison and
Johnnie, Frank and
III. and Bob Vickers
Harry Holcomb ranch
". |
Bids has returned to
niger station for the
! is the cook there.
derson is busy with !
bbit hill trying to get
| to haul lumber over.
Ter has a crew of men
pn Canyon creek hill.
keeps sliding pretty
Padgetts came up to
1t Polebridge. They
horses up.
IS spent a day at his
|ch at Polebridge re-
is visiting up the
after spending the
umbia Falls.
Try body is busy with
Doc Mcfarland is
citing ready for the
and Ben Rover has
taken care of. The
lg some new paint, .
bod for the summer.
summer was a deer
yer at Petersons the
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06
A Different Word

Mrs. George DeFlyer wonders if
we're trying to start a Paul Bun
yam legend about local New Hamp-
shire red hens. Last week we used
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

CERTIFICATE OF DOING BUS
MESS UNDER A FICTITIOUS
NAME
we, Robert E. Lincoln and Paul
F. VOORHEES,, certify that we own
that certain business engaged in
accounting and auditing under the
name of LINCOLN AND VOOR-
HE'S; that the said business is so
transacted by us in Martin City,
Montana and Kalispell, Montana;
that the principal place of bus
mess of the said business is Mar
tin City, Montana; that we are the
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1949-05-06

6fin's Hungry Horse
Nbe delivering ice in
i and Lake McDon-
3e l.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25

Gathering of Eggs

Eggs must be protected during
the summer months to protect egg
quality according to M. E. Jack
son, extension poultry specialist at
Kansas state college in Manhattan.
Producers should gather eggs at
least twice a day and three times
a day when possible. A cool base
ment, fruit cellar. or storm cellar
makes an ideal holding and cooling
room for eggs on the farm. Proper
gathering and cooling of eggs will
increase the quality of eggs mar
keted. Improper handling of eggs
is one of the most expensive pro-
grams in poultry profits.
Smyrna times., 1949-08-25
STOCK CAR RACE
AT LANGHORNE
2OO-Mile Speed Classic Rated
As LanghOrne's Major
Sports Event
STOCK CAR CHAMPIONS

Late model American-made
automobiles, including practically
every type manufactured in the
United States, will compete in the
20O-mile national championship
strictly stock car race at the fam
Gus one mile Langhorne Speedway
Sunday, September IL.
The 200-mile speed classic, rated
as Langhorne's major sports event
of the 1949 season, is being direct
ed by Bill France, popular Day
tona Beach, Florida race promoter,
and will be sanctioned by the Ma
tional Association for Stock Car
Auto Racing.
This will be the first strictly
stock car race of the past eight
years for Langhorne Speedway,
and the starting field for the 200
mile grind will be limited to the
so fastest qualifiers in time trials
scheduled for Friday and Saturday
afternoons, September 9 and 10.
Three strictly stock car classics
staged by France in the South this
season attracted record crowds
with 1949 model cars triumphing.
Jim Roper of Great Bend, Kan
sas, won the 150-mile Charlotte, N.
C. race, driving a 1949 Lincoln
sedan. Robert (Red) Byron, At
lanta, Ga. star, paced the field in
the 160-mile grind at Daytona
Beach, in a 1949 Oldsmobile 88,
and Bob Flock, another Atlanta
speed demon, used a similar type
car to take first place in the ZOO
mile grind over the famous Oc-
coneechee Speedway at Hillsboro,
N. C. recently.
All three of the previous win
ners are expected to battle for the
$4,000 purse being offered by Di-
rector France for the Langhorne
event.
Two women drivers, Louise
Smith of Greenville, S. c., and
Sara Christian of Atlanta, Ca, are
expected to represent the fairer
sex in competition with the out
standing men drivers of the coun-
try. Early advance ticket sales
indicate a capacity crowd for the
Langhorne event.