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Evening star., 1950-12-20

Fires Labor Party claims a
phenomenal rise in member
ship" and says 1t has 400
branches-a Jump of 200 within a
year.
Evening star., 1950-12-20

The latest Handbook OF the IN
dian Film Industry indicates that
there are 1895 motion picture
theatres In India.
Evening star., 1950-12-20
Izyesa Says U. 5. Dictated Decision 10 Rearm Reich

tion calling for unity Of Germany
on Communist terms was the only
program for the sound solution of
the German question"
Evening star., 1950-04-19
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Evening star., 1950-04-19

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Evening star., 1950-04-19
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Evening star., 1950-12-06

would have it so. He fell at his
post. a casualty of his fidelity to
duty and his determination that
our people should know the truth
and all the truth, in these critical
times.
His exacting duties did not end
with his work as press secretary.
More and more, all of us came to
depend on the counsel on ques-
tions Of high public policy which
he could give out Of the wealth
OF his learning, his wisdom and
his far-flung experience. Patriot
ism and integrity. honor and
honesty, lofty ideals and nobility
OF intent were his guides and
ordered his life from boyhood on
ward. He saw life steady and saw
it whole. We shall miss him as
a public servant and mourn him
as q friend.
Evening star., 1950-12-06

hear of the sudden death of
Charlie Ross.
AchesOn Pays Tribute.
"For myself. the loss of wise
and helpful friend is very sad.
His death has thrown a shadow
over our immediate deliberations" ;"
William M. Boyle. jr., Demo-
cratic national chairman, said he
was shocked and saddened. His
death is real tragedy to all who
knew him.
Secretary of State Acheson re-
leased a statement saying:
There are no words which
could possibly express my shock
and grief at the loss of Mr.. Ross.
Charlie Ross was a close personal
friend. He was one of the warmest
and gentlest persons ever knew.
In his quiet. easy way, Mr.. Ross
toiled relentlessly in che interests
of the American people. Charlie
has fought the good fight. He will
live on IN cherished memory"
Secretary of Defense Marshall
issued this statement:
"a newspaperman whose search
for the truth was persistent, a
teacher whose instruction in
fuenced generation of writer's
and thinkers, a public servant who
gave his heart, his soul and his
mind toward the Interpretation
and understanding of national af-
fairs, a loyal friend and man
of great character, Charles Ross
epitomized the sturdy quality Of
a great American. His death at
this critical moment is a keen
loss to his associates and to his
country"
The Midcentury Conference on
Children and Youth paid silent
tribute to Mr.. Ross when Oscar
Ewing Federal security admins
traitor, announced his death, and
recalled that Miss Helen Ross was
conference delegate.
Friends were asked not to send
flowers for the funeral, but in
stead to send contributions if they
wished to help sufferers from
arthritis. Mrs. Ross made the re-
quest.
II know Charlie would want 1t
that way" she told reporters.
Mrs. Ross suggested that any
contributions be sent to the Ar
Thrills and rheumatism Founda-
ton, 535 Fifth avenue. New York
Citv
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Fate Of WeakIey
Slated 10 Be Placed
Before Jury Today

A District Court jury was sched-
uled to begin celebrating this
afternoon in the case of Luther
r. Weakley, 40, charged with
first-degree murder in the fatal
shooting last May 20 of his ex-
employer, Thomas G. Carnes.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Edward L. Carey contended in
final argument that Weakley de-
liberately shot and killed Mr.
-Carnes because the latter would
not reinstate the defendant in his
job.
Mr.. Carnes, 43. was shot in his
Office at 316 F street NE, where
he was Washington branch man
ager of Blue Plate Foods, Inc. 1t
has been testified at the trial that
Carnes had fired Weakley, a sales
man. the night before the shoot
ing.
Before the jury of eight men
and four women, Prosecutor Carey
referring to Weakley, said:
This man went in there with
murder in his heart. We fee.
that the evidence in this case is
conclusive" Mr.. Carey urged the
jury to bring in verdict of guilty
as charged"
Defense Attorney James j
Laughlin contended that Weakley
had gone to the Office at Carnes
request. Mr.. Laughlin has main
tanned throughout the trial that
his client shot Mr.. Carnes in self
defense.
Evening star., 1950-12-06

General Electric today showed
how workers in atomic energy
plants handle dangerous radio
active materials without ever
touching them.
It's done with mechanical
hands, which can accomplish such
intricate maneuvers as joining q
small screw and nut.
The mechanical hand device is
one of several equipment displays
on General Electric's 10-car ex-
hibit train. which opened its doors
in Washington this morning to ar
invited group of Government
business and military representa-.
tiveS.
To demonstrate the mechani-
cal hands, GE engineer sat at
the controls and picked up a
penny with one steel claw, then
deposited it in small glass held
in the other.
Under actual working condi-
tions, the operator of the hands
is shielded from the radioactive
materials by walls Of lead and
water.
The train, called the more
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Refugees
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the tender. Some were crushed to
death between the cars-and
some fell off, so cold they couldn't
hold on"
Sariwon was the main center
of the refugee flight. They were
converging on the town by the
tens of thousands. Among the
multitude were several hundred
former Pyongyang policemen who
had marched out of the city to
escape the Chinese occupation.
Most refugees were choosing the
railroads as the best escape route
They climbed on cars and waited
patiently in the cold for an engine
to pull the cars southwark.
Army Traffic Moves Fast
Not many were on the highway
down which the U. N. forces
were withdrawing in long dusty
conveys. The Army's traffic was
not being hampered by the civil
ians. 1t was moving swiftly and
without panic.
And there was no panic among
Evening star., 1950-12-06
7rumon,s Tribute to Ross

President Truman issued the
tolloUing statement last night
on the death OF Charles G.. Ross,
his White House press secretary
and lifelong friend:
The friend of my youth, who
became a tower Of strength when
the responsibilities of high Office
so Unexpectedly fell to me, is gone.
To collect ones thoughts to pay
tribute to Charles Ross in the
face of this tragic dispensation is
not easy. I knew him as a boy
and as a man. In our high school
years together he gave promise
Of these superb intellectual powers
which he attained in after life.
Teachers and students alike ac-
claimed him as the best all-around
scholar our school had produced.
His years Of preparation were
followed by an early maturity of
usefulness. In the many roles of
life he played his part with exalted
honor and an honesty of purpose
from which he never deviated. To
him as newspaperman truth was
ever mighty as he pursued his
work from Washington to the
capitals of Europe and to far
continents.
Here at the White House the
scope Of his influence extended
far beyond his varied and complex
and always exacting duties as
secretary to the President. He
was in charge of press and radio,
a field which has steadily broad
ened in recent years with continu-
GUS advance in the technique of
communications. It was charac-
teristic of Charlie Ross that he
was holding a press conference
when the sudden summons came.
We all knew that he was working
far beyond his strength. But he
Evening star., 1950-12-06

Power to America Special" is on
a 30,000-mile, one-year tour of
the country.
Undersecretary of the Navy
Dan A. Kimball and Maj. Gen
Philip B. Fleming, Undersecretary
Of Commerce for Transportation,
participated in brief ceremony
beside the train at the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroads lexington
yards this morning.
F. C. Ruling. manager of GE's
Washington Office, presented a
symbolic key to A. G. Neal, presi-
dent of the Potomac Electric
Power Co. c. H. Lang. vice presi-
dent of the company's apparatus
department. which is sponsoring
the train, also spoke.
Eight cars of the train are
crammed with exhibits of more
than 1000 electric products, sys-
TENS and techniques, ranging
from small precision instruments
to huge jet engines of the type
used in the F-80 Shooting Star.
The train will be here through
Monday.
Evening star., 1950-12-06

THE Prime Minister has asked
NE to say how shocked he is to
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Charles Ross, Truman
Friend and Aide,
Will Be Buried Here

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Evening star., 1950-12-06
| House Profits Tax Bill
Attacked by Business
AT Senate Hearing
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the benefit Of adjustments on its
excess profit credit to take into
consideration substantial and
continuing growth in the first six
months of 1850"
He also said the House bill
would discriminate against the
industry by subjecting q much
larger portion of its earnings to
excess profits taxes than those
in corporations in general.
Twenty-one witnesses were
scheduled to testify before the
Senate committee during the day.
Many Changes Predicted.
The Senate hearings began
Monday even before the House
finally acted on the tax bill and
Chairman George predicted sub
stantial changes would be made
in the bill. At the same time he
reiterated his belief that the
Senate will act on the bill before
Christmas.
In the major House test yes
terday, only one Democrat, Rep
|resentative Kennedy of Massachu-
|setts-voted with the Republicans
for the substitute bill.
The Republican proposal ex-
pected to receive consideration
by the Senate group would COM
bime a more moderate excess
profits tax with an increase from
As to so per cent in the normal
corporate income tax and surtax.
On the final vote. 20 Repub-
licans were recorded as against
the bill. They were Anderson of
California, Byrnes Of Wisconsin,
Clevenger of Ohio, Crawford of
Michigan, Jensen Of Iowa, Mason
of Illinois, Phillips Of California.
Plumley of Vermont, Reed of
Illinois, Reed of New York, Rich
of Pennsylvania, Shafer of Mich
igan, Simpson of Pennsylvania,
Smith Of Kansas, Smith of Wis
consin, Stockman of Oregon,
Taber of New York, Wadsworth
of New York, Wilson of Indiana
and Woodruff Of Michigan.
The measure would impose a
rs per cent tax on corporation
earnings which exceed IS per cent
of the average earnings in the
best three years of the four years
of 1916 through 1949. The tax
would be made retroactive to last
July /.
Senate Committee Satisfied.
Members of the Senate Finance
Committee have indicated they
are now satisfied with the formula
established in the House bill for
taxing so-called excess profits.
Chairman George said he be-
lieves the excess profits tax should
apply only to earnings above the
full 100 per cent credit for normal
earnings in the 1946-49 base pc
riod. Senator Millikin of Colo
rado, ranking Republican men,
ber of the Senate group, said
there is growing question in the
committee whether the IS per
cent provision would not, in effect,
tax as excess the top IS per
cent of a corporations normal
earnings.
The Treasury suggested that all
earnings above rs per cent of the
average in the base period should
be taxed at the rate contained in
the House bill.
1t already has told the Senate
group that the House-passed bill
will fall about 81 billion short of
the 81 billion goal requested by
the President from an excess
profits levy.
Neither Senators George nor
Millikin disclosed what changes
may be made in the bill, or what
they would propose to increase
the revenue from the excess-profit
levy.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
HE"O or
NAMIW

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glass!
Evening star., 1950-12-06

the refugees. They were silent
and patient and resigned, as
though grown used to terror and
discomfort through years of suf-
| fering.
But heartbreak awaited the ref
ugees at Kumchon There their
| flight to safety was halted abrupt
I ly. They could ride no farther on
the iron highway to the south.
At the 38th Parallel the door,
way to the safety they sought was
slammed shut. And there was
no place for them to go.
Evening star., 1950-12-06

he expected Mr.. Truman to be
defeated.
Mr.. Ross was born in Independ-
ence, Mo-, on November 8. 1885,
the son of James Bruce and Eta
Thomas Ross. His father was the
city jailer, and he happily recalled
those days when he spoke last
month at a civic celebration in
independence, at the time Presi-
dent Truman went home to vote.
In Glass With President.
He went to independence High
School with young Harry S. Tru-
man. and they were graduated to-
gether in 1901. In that class. too,
was Bess Wallace, who one day
was to become Mrs. Truman.
Their old teacher, Miss Matilda
Brown, who was happy when her
two pupils achieved eminence, re-
called that Charlie was the out
standing student in that class" "
She conceded that Harry was
an excellent student, too-not SO
brilliant as Charlie, but deter
mined and hard worker"
The paths of the school chums
separated after graduation. Young
Ross went to the University of
Missouri, where he was graduated
in 1905 with a bachelor of arts
degree.
While at the university, and
for some time afterward, he
worked on the Columbia (Mo.)
Herald. Then he moved to the
Victor (Colo) Record, and, from
1907-08, he was with the old St.
Louis Republic.
On Faculty for Decade.
Mr.. Ross joined the faculty of
the Missouri School of Journalism
in 1908 and was there for a dec
ade, which was interrupted by a
sabbatical year as sub-editor of
the Melbourne (Australia) Herald.
He went to the Post-Dispatch
in 1918 as chief of the Washing
ton Bureau, remaining in Wash
ington until 1884. He won a Pu-
liter Prize in 1931-in the midst
OF the depression-for an article
on "The Country's Plight-What
Can Be Done About it?"
Recalled to st. Louis in 1884
to take charge of the Post
Dispatch editorial page, Mr.. Ross
occupied that post for five years.
Then he came back here as con-
tributing editor, the post he held
when President Truman drafted
him.
h Column in Evening Star.
While with the Post-Dispatch,
Mr.. Ross did a syndicated column
which appeared in The Evening
Star.
Long a member of the Gridiron
Club, Mr.. Ross was its president
in 1888. George Washington Uni
versity and the University of Mis-
souri, honored him with degrees
of doctor of laws. In 1888, the
Missouri school gave him medal
for distinguished service in jour-
nalism.'
He was a member of the Ma
tional Press Club and the Over
seas Writers.
In 1918, Mr.. Ross married Miss
Florence Griffin, also Mis-
sourian. There are two sons, DR..
Ross and Walter Williams Ross,
who lives in st. Louis.
Others in the immediate family
are several grandchildren and six
SlsterS-Miss Helen and Miss Ella
Ross, both of Chicago; Miss j. B.
Ross of Poughkeepsie, N. Y; Mrs.
Fred Holmquist, of Phoenix, Ariz.;
Mrs. Charles H. Weston of Wash
ington, and Mrs. Lowell L. Leake,
ST. Petersburg, Fla.
There were universal express
sions of regret from many high
places when word of Mr.. Ross
death spread.
The British Ambassador, Sir
Oliver Franks, in statement for
himself and Prime Minister Attlee,
said:
THE Prime Minister has asked
NE to say how shocked he is to
Evening star., 1950-12-06
ChoruI Group PIunned

A choral group for the Rock
vile and vicinity will be organized
at pm. Friday at the Rockville
Methodist Church. Candidates
wishing to addition are invited to
the meeting.
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Rio Grunde Occupotion

The earliest permanent occupa-
ton Of the Rio Grande valley in
New Mexico by prehistoric Pueblo
Indians was probably not before
1000 A. D,
Evening star., 1950-12-06
Hume PTA Buzuur

The Hume School Parent
Teacher Association will hold a
Christmas bazaar from 7 to 9 pm.
tomorrow 1901 Arlington Ridge
road.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-11

was success.
 After the show, the crowd found many more hours of enjoyment dancing to the musical debut of "The BlizzardeteS" which includes Barksdale White, piano; Carl Bar icman, saxophone; Vera Lonergan, drums; and Bill Boucher, trumpet. While some enjoyed themselves dancing others amused themselves with the numerous games. One of the highlights being the prospec- tors cake where those who struck the lucky claim found nugget in their cake. Thank goes to Henry Ullrich and Helen Stevens and their committee for the splendid work on the concessions, to the many ladies who contribu d cakes besides their time and ef- forts in the many booths, and to Ann Walsh and Pete Olsen and their group for seeing that the hundreds of people had food and drink.
 Three beautiful nuggets are awaiting to be claimed, as we'll as other gifts which the Pioneers wish to give those who patronized their celebration. Prizes can be claimed by numbers 229, 598, 36 and 364. Alternate numbers are 559 and 167.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-11
Naval Transport Sabotaged At Seattle Dock

SEATTLE, (P = A big naval transport, just back from carry ing troops and supplies to Korea, was sabotaged at a Seattle dock last week.
 Military and civilian investiga- tors pressed an intensive search Saturday for the saboteurs.
 The incident was made public Friday night by Navy Capt. M. O. Eaton, deputy commander of the Military Sea Transportation Serv- ice in the North Pacific
 He said the vessel was damaged extensively in five different places by someone mot on our ball team"
 He did not specify what parts of the ship had been sabotaged nor estimate. how long it would take to make repairs.
 The damage occurred while the transport was under tight secur- ity guard. The civilian crew had been "screened insofar as it was possible" Both Eaton and other navy officers said it wa virtually impossible for an unauthorized person to get aboard.
 Military sources said that as far as they knew it was the first such act of sabotage since the out break of war in Korea.
 Eaton first said the damaged transport was the navy's Gen. A. w. Greedy, a CA type of 12,OOO tons. The Greedy docked here earyl last week from the Orient.
 However, early Saturday Eat on's office said there was some uncertainty over the idendfica- ton; that the damaged vessel may not have been the Greedy but another transport of that ton- mage and type.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-11
COP Senators Say 11Arm FOrmOsa''

WASHINGTON (P)-Three Re- publican Senators proposed Sat- urday that the United States go beyond the Truman-Attlee agree ment on Formosa and arm Chi nese Nationalists to fight Chinese Reds.
 Senators Taft of Ohio, H. Alex ander Smith of New Jersey, and Knowland of California, said in separate interviews they are not satisfied merely to submit the fate of Nationalist-held Formosa to the United Nations as PreSi- dent Truman and British Prime Minister Attlee indicated they plan to do.
 Formosa, an island off the coast of China, is the last remain ing stronghold of the Chinese Ma tionalists.
 All three Republicans suggest ed that the United States furnish arms to the Chiang Kai-Shek gov ernment to carry on guerrilla warfare on the continent against the Chinese communists.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-11
TB. VACCINATION PLANS
 WELL UNDER WAY

Plans for the community TB vaccination are we'll under way according to Health Nurse, Marie Grant, who stated that in re- sponse to request to the Or der of the Eastern Star and the Home Arts Club for volunteer assistants for the clinic, she met with overwhelming and whole hearted response which was most gratifying. In addition to these there have been voluntary offers of assistance. To date the follow ing women will assist Thursday, Friday, and Saturday of this week during clinic hours.
 Eda Dewey, Emily Boucher, Dorothy Gallagher Alice Osborne, Emma Lyle, Olive Fults, Ellen Waldhelm, Betty Edwards, Irma Clark, Grace Kraft, Mrs. Ann quist, Evelyn Boucher, Adeline, Ullrich, Mable Taft, Mary Ellen Walsh, Faye Morris, Julie Hu- dert, Anne Tveter, Beverly Mor- gan, Rita Harper, Ann Jenks, Marguerite Glavinovich, Karen Baldwin, Peggy Kelliher, Margar- ct Mozee, Ella Taner. Helen Fa- gerstrom.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-11
Old "SOB" Will
 Break Nose, Black Eye of Music Critic
Continued from Page One)

OOntlnued rom rage One) and Hume professed publicly knowing just what MT. Truman said. But the Washington Daily News quoted the President in an irate-father vein like this:
 "I have just read your lousy review buried in the back pages. You sound like frustrated old man who never made a success, an eight-ulcer man on a four-ul- cer job and all four ulcers work ing.
 "I never met you but if l do you'll need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak and perhaps sup porter below.
 "Westbrook IPegler, a gutter snipe, is a gentleman compared to you. You can take that as more of an insult than as a reflection on your ancestry" In New York, Pegler, news columnist often critical of MT. Truman's admin istration said:
 ''It is great tragedy that in this awful hour the people of the United States must accept in lieu of leadership the nasty malice of a President whom Bernard Bar uch in similar incident called a rude, uncouth, ignorant man. Let us pray"
 Some who said they had seen the letter described the Presi- dents language as even more earthly than the publieized yer ten in longhand on White House stationery and signed HI. $. T." was similar to the published yer sion "but not quite identical"
 While Hume was inclined to ex- cuse what he called "an outburst of temper" at least one Republi- can Senator wasn't quite so char itable.
 Senator Watkins (R.-Utah told a reporter:
 "That is what you have to ex- pect. This is in line with some of the comments that the President has made before when his guardi- ans were not there to take care of him."
 Most Democrats in Congress apparently assessed the incident as a human sort of reaction by a proud papa whose daughters art wasn't appreciated as he thought it should be.
 On a concert tour in the south,