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Evening star., 1949-07-06

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Evening star., 1949-07-06
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Ions-eherished Move brings lavish and lovely bou.
quets to your table . in dinnerwore and "extro"
pieces chosen in Italy by personal representative
So many shapes and sizes in which you choose this
familiar design Delicate garden eoors sploshed skill
fully dramatically potes generous sood bowls, footed
potes eronose hors doeuvre trays and host Of Others
But come and have the fun Of seeing how many variations
we have the enchanting theme. Vision your table
with linens catching color from the bouquet every meal
o"eorden port| you.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
SOLOng, Steve

the million and one things of every
day living in little bit of heaven
called American How very humble
our prayers and our thanks seem
10 be.
To-Day. Steve, I heard that you
were coming home to rest in eternal
peace. Over the same Atlantic. now
calm and sublime, across the land
you helped preserve, to the valley
you loved SO well. Welcome home,
Steve, welcome homel Though your
ears will not hear the refreshing
rrickle of the stream beyond the
gtrawberry patch; your crlnlkly eyes
will never survey the endless field
Of ripe harvest; your firm foot
;teps will trod the fertile soil no
more. believe, this year. the daft
iodils will bloom lovelier than ever
before, and the tulips will bud into
oreath-taking beauties as token
If gratitude for native son.
Your job is done--well done AL
though your fighting body is stilled,
spirit like yours will live forever
The generations to come will learn
It only from the pages of history
books. but the freedom of living
will be theirs to eniov
You see, Steve, I just wanted you
to know, how deeply proud we are
Of you.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12

WHO OWNS Americas indus
try2 It's easy to say who owns the
hot-dog stand down the street or
the candy store on the corner. But,
You say, big" business is different
You're right, it is different. The
chief difference is that most large
firms are Corporations" which are
owned by many people rather than
just one or two persons. Maybe the
hot-dog man and the candy store
owner maybe even you-own these
big businesses. That's very likely.
for the people of America do own
them.
Sometimes you'll find a fellow
who is afraid Of that word corpo-
ration. Mostly, that is because he
does not understand what it means.
The modern corporation is built
around this idea: many people
working together can sometimes do
things in a better way than Just
ono or two can do them alone.
Money for Industry
YOU SEE, it takes a lot of money
for an automobile factory or an
oil refinery. But we have to have
them. even if they do cost millions
of dollars to build Then who'll
build them? There is hardly any,
body who would want to lay down
ten or twenty million dollars for
new industrial venture. Few have
thai much money and fewer still
would want to risk that much at
q time.
But there are many of us who
would like to invest little. hop
ing for small return on our money
This NAV be done through the cor
poraticn Tt obtains a charter from
the state, which permits 1t to seek
capital bv inviting people to take
shares Of stock. Money thus put IN
by stockholders" Is used to build
factories. to gather in machinery
and materials. and to handle paw
rolls until earnings come in. If
managed we'll, the company NAV
pay dividends to those who put
up their money.
Investments Make Iohs
THERE ARE perhaps 100000 cor
porations in America. Some of them
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12

, are small. Others are equipped and
financed by thousands of people
for the purpose of doing big jobs
we'll Anyone who buys stocks OF
bonds is a direct investor. There
are perhaps 20 million such per-
SOILS. and they hardly could be
called "bloated capitalists" AbouI
half of all corporation dividends go
to persons with annual incomes
under $4,000. But whether they be
called rich or poor, those who invest
money in corporations are very i'm
portant to all of us. Their invest
ments help make jobs and create
)ayrolls
In America, not two or three
families nor a favorite political
clique nor even the government but
the people own the tools of produc-
ton. Anyone of us may invest in
corporations. Besides direct invest
1rs, anyone who pays for life in
surance or has bank savings should
be interested in the welfare of cor
porations. That is true because in
sursnce companies and banks invest
in various industrial enterprises the
money they receive from you. In
this additional way, ownership of
corporations is spread throughout
he land.
This is the miracle of Americas
free enterprise. Management. labor.
investors--all work together to make
business and industry hum with
production Everyone benefits.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
Snake River JACL
Seeks Members

ONTARIO, Greg, Feb. 12-An
about campaign for prospective
members was laid out at kick
off" dinner by the Snake River
JACL chapter last Friday in the
East Side Cafe.
With James Watanabe heading
the campaign, thirty-two workers
will make house-to- house canvass
of five districts. Working with Wa
tanabe will be the following commit
tee chairmen: Smith Morimoto.
Weiser; Frank Sakata, Payette;
Tom Ogura, Ontario; Kayne Saito,
Nyssa; and Henry Kondo, Vale
Jameson.
The quota has been set as
double 49,. which will mean APP
proximately 1886 or more members
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
Valentine FeteS

ONTARIO. Greg, Feb. 12-Young
Matrons club of Ontario will give a
basket social at 7:3O pm. Monday,
Feb IA. in the Beacon hall.
All members and prospective
members are welcome.
Each matron is urged to bring a
basket which will be auctioned off
by Ted Nakamura and Joe saito.
After the basket auction, a dance
will be featured. starring Bob Ryan
and his Beaconaires.
TACOMA, WASH. Feb 12-Tac-
oma YBA will hold its annual st.
Valentines get-together from 8 pm.
to IL midnight this Sunday, Feb. 10.
in the Buddhist temple. Fun, dane
ing and refreshments will be IN
store for all who attend.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
BY NIsEI ANONYMOUS

Spring will come again to the fer
tile valley of the Puyallup River
region. in the heart of the Pacific
Northwest. Soon. golden oaffodils
will gently nod their heads and
blushing tulips will reply in return
Fat pudgy peas will burst out of
their chunky pods and the field will
De fragrant with the scent of sweat
ng raspberries. Over yonder, scar
let strawberries, the Queen of the
Soil will glitter their sequined
coats of ruby red in the hot mid
afternoon sum- Juicy blackberries
will join the parade. bringing with
hem an aura of dark mystery.
II was here In the midst of nat
ure's wonderland that you were
born Steve. How strong and hand
some you grew up to be. crying with
he misty raindrops, laughing with
he golden sunshine. The out of
doors was your playground; the
"ich, brown earth your paradise, as
you romped your way out of sneak
srs into your first long pants. Fleeg-
nc wears dashed by, and now you
were in high school. Being tall was
an advantage wasn't it Steve, for
those basketball shots you made so
aptlv. Rugged football rubbed your
interest. but the sport that made
you famous in the valley was box
ing. can still see you. standing in
the ring in your Joe Louis stance.
your bright purple shorts sharing
YOUR spirit Tt was a cruel sport
but your interest in it made it seem
a bit more glamourous, somehow.
Crammed in between were those
beach porties with hot dogs, dane
ing and girls. I can still remember
your surprise and hewilderment at
being asked by girl to the Sadie
Hawkins" tolo. Your handsome face.
etched in serious lines, was an idol
to be worshipped from afar, during
our madcap teen-age terror days,
followed by our adolescent dreams
into fantasy. Modesty crept into
your every act, so how were you 10
know?
Perhaps you knew a lifetime had
to be lived in those twenty, short
years. Earnestly you plunged into
everything and drained every drop
of pleasure out of anything you did
Then, suddenly. the murky skies
opened in shattering thunder and
we were caught in the turmoil of
war. Off you volunteered. and be-
fore long you were riding the waves
Of the turbulent Atlantic. bound
for the land you never saw, deter
mined to save the only land you
knew and loved.
Killed In action, July. 1914.
Springtime. and the sky up above
will be a cloudless blue all day.
Over there in the southern tip of
Italy, the sky must be just as blue.
How proudly the stars and stripes
must be waving overhead. guarding
the gallant souls of you and your
buddies What can we say, what
can we do for all that you left be-
hind for us to cherish? For the
white Christmsses and the thrilling
tingle of sleigh bells; for the album
dance of food and the CAV laugh
ter of happy, healthy children; for
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
Just among People
by gordon hirabayashi

In our culture today monogamy
zone male married to one female)
IS not only the most common form
of marriage, but the only one that
is sanctioned. However, among the
primitive peoples (pre- white con-
tacD. there was form of marriage
which was permissible on a much
wider scale than monogamy. This
favored system is known as poly
gyny tthe marriage of more than
enc female to one MALE.
Readers will recall records of
polygyny in the accounts of early
Chinese and Japanese family life.
In the Bible. the stories of Solomon
and Jacob bring to mind the fact
OF legitimacy of the practice Of
oolygyny in early Christian history.
Under normal conditions the ratio
Of births according to sex is approx
imately one to one. However, among
the primitives, the hazards faced
by the males were greater. and
there was the tendency for women
70 survive in greater proportion.
This is only a contributing factor;
not the explanation Usually, this
practice occurred in areas of higher
economic level The number of wives
was highly correlated with high
status; in fact, one conspicuous way
to show ones status was the number
of wives one could support. There
fore. even in areas where polygyny
IS permissible, monogamy was act
ually more frequently found because
the rank and file could not afford
the luxury.
In areas where polygyny is prac-
ticed the children are reared to ad.
just to it. and women look forward
TO being fellow wives. In other
words, 1t is natural to them. A girl
of Mormon background once told
me that her grandmother was one
of two wives of her grandfather
She sometimes was embarrassed to
have to explain this to some people
but she did not feel it was wrong"
or bad. Many families get along
fine; each wife had her own house;
every so often there would be a
huge family gathering" Except for
a small minority. the Mormons do
not now practice polygyny, but
their sentiment seems to regard It
as acceptable.
Consider our marriage practice
One man marries several women.
but as long as it is done one at ?
time it is regarded as legitimate
and acceptable. Except for the Sc =
quential factor, there is strong
suggestion of polygyny even in our
culture today.
Another form of polygamy is
known as polyandry Zone woman
married to two or more mem.
There is some disagreement as to
whether such a practice is actually
found, or merely represent improper
observations on the part of re-
searchers. At any rate, it is theore-
tically possible, and reports tell of
such cases in Tibet. among the
Todas, and to some extent in the
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12

You will find 1t less easy to up
root faults, than to choke them oy
tanning virtues.-Ruskln
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1949-02-12
Marquesas Island.

MaTqueSaS ISIand.
Polyandry is usually associated
with female infanticide or poverty
stricken economic condition In the
latter case 1t takes several men to
support one wife Brothers in Tibet
are said to band together to "spon
sor" one wife.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
} Sales Tax Auditors
Begin Door-to-0oor
Check Of Merchants
By Horriet Griffiths

Three sales tax auditors today
began a door, -to-door canvass of
merchants to check on any who
have failed to apply for certificates
of registration required by the new
revenue act.
Chief Auditor William P. Bogar-
duS of the sales tax division said
more field men would be sent out
next week 1t is estimated THAI
more than 5000 merchants who
should have registered by last
Monday have not yet done so.
One OF the three men sent out
today will check H street NE;
another Georgetown and the third
the downtown area.
Or. Bogardus reported that few
difficulties with the new sales tax
have come to his attention. and
those he has received involve mis-
understandings.
Complaints Against Bars.
He said there were couple of
complaints about bars which have
not been charging the 2 per cent
levy on alcoholic drinks, and one
about a hotel which had been
charging tax on rent paid by per-
manent guests, which is exempt.
Mr.. Bogardus said the misunder-
standings already had been cleared
Evening star., 1949-08-05

Meanwhile. Sales Tax Admin
istrator Allan F. Brooke yesterday
issued a clarilcation of the term
transient" as used in the pro-
vision of the revenue act applying
the sales tax to hotel, inn and
tourist camp bills.
The 2 per cent levy is imposed
on the gross receipts from charges
for rooms and lodgings furnished
to transients by hotels. inns, tour
ist camps and other places in
which accommodations regularly
are furnished transients.
A transient. according to the rul-
ing, is some one who is merely So
journing in the District-a visitor
for 4 few days or a person who
comes here to perform some spe-
cial service as distinguished from
employment.
Oficials Not Transients.
Local employees of the Federal
and District governments. local
officials of such governments
members of Congress and their
staffs and regular employees of Dis
trict area business organizations
are examples of persons who are
not transients, and the tax should
not be collected on charges fol
rooms they use. !
1T is reasonable to assume that
if a person intends to remain in
the District of Columbia for 6
period of more than 80 days. such
a person Is not a transient withir
the meaning of that word as usee
in the District of Columbia Sale:
Tax Act. the ruling said.
| First tabulation on returns
from the city's new cigar.
cite tax indicates the District may
realize more than the originally
estimated 100000 a year on the
cent-a- pack levy. George H. Kid
we'll, acting District tax collector
said today.
Mr.. Kidwell reported sales OF
cigarette tax stamps and impress
sions from July IS to- % yielded
S93.564. He said while many
wholesalers probably have acquired
stamps to cover more than .
months supply, the overall figure
may represent about a month
return.
1t is too early to tell the trend
of returns from actual retail pur-
chases, since the tax went in effect
only on Monday, but MI. Kidwell
said he felt the city's take would
exceed the $66. .666-a month figure
based on the $800,000-a-yeal
estimate
Evening star., 1949-08-05
WestPotomuc Park Dormitories
To Be Used as Federal Offices

be used by the Veterans Admins
tration, which needs the space for
its life insurance operations.
Government space control Off
cials said that in the last Is
months Federal employment here
has been increasing at the rate
of 900 a month.
During the war peak, the West
Potomac Park dormitories housed
200 WAVES and civilian women
workers for the Government.
Government officials had hoped
to tear down some of the tempo
rary buildings. They were consid-
ering razing the West Potomac
Park buildings, but the Public
Buildings Administration says the
demand for more office space has
made it impossible. Government
authorities and civic leaders are
interested in getting rid Of the
temporary buildings as soon as
practicable.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Woman News Vendor. 81
Fined for Rats in House

Mrs. Maude Jones, 81, news
paper vendor who has been
familiar sight in front of F street
theaters for years, was found
guilty in Municipal Court yester-
day of violation of rodent-control
laws at her home at 315 I street
NE.
Judge Frank H. Myers sem
fenced her to pay a fine of s25
or serve 80 days.
Mrs. Jones appeared in court
ON the charge on June "a. She
was given several continuances to
clear up her house.
She has appeared in court in
1912 and 1947 on similar charges.
lodged by Health Department in
SpectOrS.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
One-Honded Man Beats Wife,
Leaves In-Low, 70, Near Death

few beers and talk this thing
over"
After one drink at the first
tavern they entered her husband
was cut off" because he had been
drinking too much. Mrs. Wilkins
said They visited two more
taverns with the same result
Meanwhile, her husband began to
grow angry and incoherent, she
said.
Husband Began Packing.
"After we left the third tavern
he hit Mr.. O'Donald. He started
to walk away. Then my husband
grabbed him and knocked him
down. Next he knocked me down.
Mr.. ODonald went away. He beat
me all the way home"
Mrs. Wilkins said her husband
began packing his bags when they
reached home, explaining he had
railroad ticket to reach his
mothers home in Pennsylvania
She wouldn't talk to him for feal
of making him angry. she said,
Then he got mad because ]
wouldn't talk and began beating
me again. My father shouted up
from downstairs let her alone My
husband rushed out of the room
and down the stairs. knocking my
mother down, and began beating
my father all over the room. He
just used his left fist and the nut
of his right arm"
Wilkins finally rushed out of the
house, but returned before police
arrived and submitted quickly te
arrest.
Despite the loss of his right
hand, Wilkins has been employed
as a truck driver for several years
His employers said he obtained {
drivers license after convincing
traffic authorities of his ability tt
handle the wheel with one hanc
and the stump of his right arm.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Delegates Leove Tonight
Star Movies

Community movies, sponsored
by The Star, the Recreation De-
partment and the Film Center. are
scheduled for 9 o'clock tonight.
Programs of comedy, sports, car
toons and musicians will be shown
at the following Fairgrounds and
recreation centers:
Fort Greble, Nichols avenue and Chess-
peake street S.W.
Fort Davis, Alabama and Pennsylvanis
avenues Sc.
Sherwood, Tenth and streets NE.
Edgewood, Third and Evarts streets NE.
Barnard, Fifth and Decatur streets
Janney. wisconsin avenue and Alrs-
marie street NV.
Keene, Rock Greek Church and Risss
Mcmillan. First and Douglas street.
Douglas IS -simons, First and Pierce streets
NV
Hayes, Fifth and streets NE.
Stevens, Twenty-nrst street between K
and l. streets NV.
ssnning HeiEhts Alabama avenue 'as
Randall, First and streets s.W
Payne. Fifteenth and c streets Sc
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Soldiers Home Resident
Found Decd in Hotel

Sam A. Witt. 66, resident at
Soldiers Home for nearly lC
years. was found dead In a room
at the Harrington Hotel early to-
day.
He had registered last night
and asked to be called at am.
at which time a houseman found
him living fully clothed in ths
bsthtub. Hot water was trickling
but the drain was open, police
said. DR.. Fred Williamson oi
Emergency Hospital pronounced
him dead, apparently of natural
causes.
Soldiers Home officials said Mr.
Witt had lived continuously at the
home since October, 1889, and was
there yesterday, apparently hav-
ing left only for the night. He
had served almost 22 years in the
Army and was veteran of World
War I. His body was taken to
the MOreue
Evening star., 1949-08-05

War-bullt dormltorles Tor Wom-
en- in West Potomac Park, which
have been closed for two years,
are being converted into Offices
because of increasing space de-
mands by the Federal Govern
ment, officials said today.
Workmen now are converting
Barton Hall and Alcott Hall, di-
rectly south of the Rejecting Pool
on independence avenue, into Of
fice space. Officials said they ex-
pect the changeover to be COM
pleted in a month or As days. Par
titions are being changed. but no
structural alterations are being
made.
The National Military Estab-
lishment will occupy Barton Hall
and the War Assets Administra-
ton will use Alcott Hall. WAA is
now in Building I, formerly occu-
pied by the Navy. south of the
Rejecting Pool. That building viii
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Accord Reached
On 0n0bserydtory
Site for Hospital
PBA Chief Tells
Planners Stort in
Z Years Is Possible
By Nelson IA. Shepard

Federal planners were in accord
today with the decision of the
Public Buildings Administration to
locate Washington's ,250-bed hos
pital center on the Naval Observa-
tory site, called the best avail
able by Commissioner w. E.
REYNOLDS.
The eight story center will be
under one roof" instead OF hav-
ing separate buildings. The only
exception will be a building for
resident nurses.
Mr.. Reynolds said the hospital,
for which he has made no present
estimate of cost, could be started
'inside of two years" if Congress
puts up the money now to move
the observatory to the proposed
site near Charlottesville, Va. The
Navy is not likely to vacate the
grounds between Massachusetts,
and Wisconsin avenues NV. until
it has set up the instruments at
Charlottesville.
The new hospital center will face
Massachusetts, avenue, with its
exact center on Thirty-fourth
street." Mr.. Reynolds disclosed. In
this way, the site will retain It's
present main entrance.
Sees Bottom Prices Reached.
No attempt has been made to
revise the early estimate of costs
ranging as high as $4,000, 900
because of changing contract
prices. The PBA official said hos
pital construction costs have
dropped 10 per cent in the last
eight months, and he believes
bottom prices" have been reached.
Congress already has made ST.
100000 available for the center,
Mr.. Reynolds explained, and the
planning has reached the point
where every basic element has
been designed.
1C COIiltlllSSiOll gave ChSooi
agement to Representative Jen-
kins. Republican, of Ohio, who
made strong plea yesterday
afternoon to rename Riverside
drive for his State. The group
took his plea under favorable
consideration" but postponed
further action until it is possible
to consult with Associate Director
A. E. Demarsy of the National
Park Service, who was absent.
The planning commission took
an additional step in planning for
an extension of the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway by ap-
proving the taking lines" or
boundary from Spout Run, on the
Virginia side of the Potomac, to
the Fairfax County line. The
parkway will vary from 100 to
1000 feet in width from the top
Of the bluff to the river.
A resolution in tribute to Mai.
Gen. U s. Grant III. former
chairman, was adopted. Gen.
Grant retired month ago.
The resolution concluded with
the statement that his former as
sociates desire to express their
deep appreciation of his long serv-
ice to the Nations Capital and
environs. and his wise. progress
sive and patriotic leadership of
this commission. and to extend to
him cordial welcome to attend the
meetings OF this commission at
any time a; its chairman emeri-
tbs