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Strauss
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filled every obligation of patriotic
service-in the field of prepared
ness during the period of hostilities
and member of the Atomic
Energy Commission for nearly
three-and-a-half years
The President also told the re-
firing official that "the sound pol
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Professor Beaten, Robbed
By Two Bows in Fairfax

A college professor was beaten
and robbed last night by two boys
in Fairfax County.
Under observation at Arlington
Hospital was Harold Barnes, AZ,
professor of Romance languages at
the University of Michigan. Ann
Arbor. His address here was given
as tourist home in the 5000 block
of Wisconsin avenue.
The hospital said Mr.. Barnes
was treated for face injuries be-
lleved not serious. He apparently
had been knocked unconscious, the
hospital reported.
Police quoted Mr.. Barnes as
saying he picked up two boys on
Constitution avenue near Twenty
fifth street NV. en- route to the
tourist home. He said they forced
him off course, across Chain
Bridge and onto dirt road in a
new subdivision. He said he was
dragged from the car, beaten and
robbed of $125 and left beside the
road. He said the boys left the
scene on foot when the car got
stuck.
The professor said he made his
way back to Chain Bridge and no.
tilted police, who called an ambu-
lance for him.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Poles to Draft Women
Into Armed Forces
By the Associoted Press

WARSAW, Feb. Women are
to be drafted into the Polish
armed forces for the first time in
history.
The Polish Parliament yester-
day passed a conscription act call
ing for military training of wom-
en- in ground forces. air force
navy and anti-aircraft units.
Brig. Gen. J.. Mieczyslaw Wa
trowski, former chief of the polit-
ical section of the Ministry OF
National Defense, said the bill
corresponds to the defense needs
of the peoples Poland" and the
"close alliance with Soviet Rus
sia's endeavors to establish world
peace"
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Unemployment Rises
To 4,48O,000, Highest
Since Fall Of 1941
BY the Associoied Press

The number of job openings
across the Nation declined 1,609,-
600 last month and sent unem-
ployment soaring to 100000
highest since prewar September,
194l.
Although largely seasonal in
character. rejecting the onset of
winter. the development had the
effect of putting out of work seven
out of each 100 persons in the
Nations labor force.
That left 56,947, 900 civilian
jobholders, Plus another 1,408.00
in the armed forces. the Census
Bureau said yesterday in a survey
taken the second week of January.
Worst Months for Job Seekers.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
promptly pointed out that mid
winter January and February are
always the worst months for job
seekers. Taking into account that
unemployment last month was
higher than a year ago, he said
1950's start wasn't as bad as 1949's
because industrial layoffs are not
responsible for so much of the
out -of-work figure.
Mr.. Sawyer stressed these parts
of the picture:
/. Bad weather in many parts
of the country cut sharply into
construction work and farm &C
tivity.
2. Factory employment did not
appear to be materially affected"
in contrast to a year earlier,
Evening star., 1950-02-07
rifle Bullet Smashes
Hospital Window Of
Noble, Dallas Gambler
BY the Asseciuted Press

DALLAS, Tex, Feb. IA rife
shot smashed the hospital WIN
dow of Herbert Noble, wounded
gambler, in seventh attemrt or
his life last night.
Detective Capt. Will Fritz said
the shot was fired from the
ground and that the bullet tore
through the screened window and
splattered against the ceiling.
Noble. seriously wounded by a
rifle shot as he stepped onto his
front porch last December 81,
said he was walking around the
room when the shot was fired. He
said it was possible the gunman
could have seen his shadow from
the ground.
The silver-haired, self-styled
retired gambler" has been the
central figure in Dallas gang vio-
lence which took the lives of two
persons in the closing days of
1949
Wife Was Assassinated.
Louis Green, Dallas underworld
character, was ambushed as he
came out of night club Christ
mas eve morning. A month
earlier Mobiles wife was blown
to bits by bomb placed in Mobiles
automobile. 1t exploded when his
wife stepped on the starter.
Police questioned Green in the
death of Mobiles wife and ques-
toned Noble in the shotgun slay-
ing of Green.
These slayings are still un-
solved.
Noble said he fell to the floor
when the shot was fired and
craWled along the wall to the door.
A man who has been staying
with Noble at nights heard the
shot from outside in the hall. He
crawled into the room and turned
out the& lights.
Capt. Fritz said he thought it
was more of scare shot" than
an attempt to kill Noble.
Bullet Splatters.
"It looks like they fired through
the top of the window. think it
was more of a scare shot than
a serious attempt to kill Noble"
he said.
THE bullet was pretty we'll
splattered, but it came from a
rifle"
Capt. Fritz said no guards would
be posted over Noble.
He refused to say what pre-
cautions would be taken to patrol
the ground around the hospital.
1t was believed the bullet was
fired into Mobiles fourth-hoor
room from the vicinity of Victory
Village-nurses' quarters-north-
east of the hospital.
Il know if I go out of here"
Noble told a Dallas News reporter
that will be killed. I just don't
know what to do"
Evening star., 1950-02-07
T uxes
Continued From First Page.)

NOo1iGlildcu rAOuI IL 81 RAGE
gain will be approximately $154,-
900. In the absence of such cor
poration, the tax at present rates
would be approximately $455 900
Or an avoidance of approximate
ly $301.0 900 in income tax"
Mr.. Lynch said it is understood
this process also Is being used in
the building and construction
trades. In that field, he said, the
corporation is organized at the
beginning of construction and
liquidated before any sales are
made. If the corporation con-
tinued to exist and sold all the
units, it would pay an ordinary
income tax on the difference be-
tween the amount received and
the cost of construction. This
tax. he said, would be in addi-
ton to taxes payable by the share
holders on dividends received by
them.
Mr.. Lynch said that when the
corporation is dissolved before
sale the value of the assets dis
tributed is estimated at the ex-
pected sale price. On this basis
he explained the stockholders re-
port as a long-term capital gain
the difference between the net
amount they expect to receive
and the cost of stock owned by
them at the time of liquidation.
Having received the assets, the
stockholders proceed to sell the
units and report for tax purposes
only the difference, if any, be-
tween the value at which the
units were acquired on the liqui-
dation and the actual selling
price"
Other loopholes listed by the
Treasury included:
Treatment of sales Of business
property; handling of short sales
in stock transactions; avoidance
of taxes by domestic corporations
on income from operations abroad
through the formation and liq-
uidation of foreign subsidiaries;
distribution of property in lieu
of cash dividends by corporations;
treatment of taxes of corporations
engaging in trade in certain over
seas possessions of the United
States; capital gains of non-resi-
dent aliens: treatment of interest
on life insurance paid in INSTALL
ments, and transfers of property
in contemplation of death.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
w. WILLARD WRIT.

he not be identified, said that
George J. Titler, District 30
United Mine Workers leader, told
a union group to be prepared to
return to the pits Monday.
But Mr.. Titler was quoted as
advising the men to save your
money because you will need it
80 days after that"
Pennsylvania miners appeared
ready to defy the expected in
junction
Let 'em put us in jail" de-
clared a Uniontown, Pa, miner
Now if the Government puts us
to work for Uncle Sam and gives
us a contract, we'll dig coal. But
not under this Taft-Hartley stuff ,
A mine leader declared:
mo contract, no work-regard-
less of Taft Hartley or anybody
else. We feel the same as John
L. Lewis.
"We are not going back to work
under somebody dominating us
We'd be beat before we start If we
go back to work now.
IF they want coal dug, let Taft
and Hartley and Truman come
dig it"
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Two Gangs Arrested
In Housebreakinqs;;
Teen-Agers Involved

Police believe they have solved
nearly 80 recent robberies with
the arrest of two gangs of house
breaking suspects last night and
early today.
One group, all teenagers, has
admitted 10 housebreakings, while
the second has been charged with
three and may be connected with
seven more, detectives said.
The teenage gang was seized
after the arrest of two youths at
a restaurant in the 1400 block of
street NV. last night. Pvts.
Clarence Muse and Albert G.
Fielder of the first precinct found
the pair there after a report of
an attempted houSebreaking.
Three Others Implicated.
Three other alleged members of
the gang were implicated by the
pair in the other 19 cases, which
occurred in the first. second and
seventh precincts, the detectives
said. The youths were held for
juvenile court.
The second group of suspects,
arrested last night and early to-
day, are:
Sterling Penn, 81, of the 500
block of Ricketts, court NV;
Ernest Sephas. jr., 20, of the 500
block of Twenty first street NV:
Charles Anthony. 10, of the 800
block of Fifth street NE, and
Savannah Smarr. SO, of the 400
block of Twentieth street NV.
All are colored
Grocery RObberies Charged. :
They are charged with robbing
a grocery at 2101 Virginia avenue
NV, another at 913 E street NV,
and the same grocery two nights
later. All have police records, de-
tectiveS said.
Some of the loot, which included
cigarettes, meats. canned vege-
tables, cash and women's hose, has
been recovered. they said.
The series of housebreakings has
been investigated by Plainclothes-
men Mahlon E. Pitts and Leonard
G. Cragh. Pvt: Pitts made the
arrests.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Phones
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such strike would inf1ict upon
our domestic economy and society,
and the blow it would deal to our
national prestige abroad"
Mr.. Ching asked union and
company representatives to report
before noon February 20 on any
progress made through bargaining.
Meetings continued in New York
today between the CWA's division
No. 6. made up of Western Electric
installation workers and the COM
pany. 1t is this group which
would exert the greatest impact on
strike. since they are employed
in the District and 43 States ano
would picket all telephone ex-
changes.
Meetings Under Way Here.
The A. T. & T. long lines divi-
sion also met with union officials
in New York, where Mr.. Ching
and other conciliators were work
ing.
Some of CWA's divisions have
been bargaining for more than six
months. The union has asked for
a general wage increase, shorter
hours and training periods, i'm
proved vacations and pension plan
and other benefits.
Two Washington CWA divisions
were holding meetings today at
Turner's Arena. A general mem
bership meeting for the 5000
workers will be held at s pm. for
discussion of relations with the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.
C. g. p. Reports on Negotiations.
Negotiators for the unon and
company held their fourth bar
gaining session on wages today.
A union official said no specific
wage demand had been made since
the union was awaiting an indica-
ton by the company that it was
willing to make some concession.
Replying to Mr.. Ching's request
for a strike postponement, H. Ran
dolph Maddox, president of the C.
& P. here, informed the concilia-
ton chief that the company had
just opened negotiations with the
Washington CWA divisions. i
1--WE will continue to bargain in
good faith and will inform you on
February 20. as requested, of the
situation existing at that time"
Mr.. Maddox said.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Autos
Continued From First Page.)

out and across the District at
least five days week, making up
what the bureau estimates is 81
per cent of the traffic load.
Nearby Registrations.
These automobile registrations
In the areas concerned tell it best:
1889 1949
Arlington --- 20,306 52,363
Alexandria ----- 1921 23.690
Fairfax ------ 1868 7,341
Montgomery --- 19,460 41,633
Prince Georges - 1886 30.254
With the exception of the war
years, the traffic count has
mounted steadily.
The Washington figures per
force are slightly out of date. The
Automobile Trade Association esti-
mates 16,443 new cars have been
sold here since June 80. District
registrations are totaled on the
basis of the fiscal year, ending
June 80.
During December, on 24-hour
average, the Highway Bridge ham
died $500 vehicles. Eight years
ago, the same span handled 49,
918 cars in a similar period.
Memorial Bridge was doing a
43,918-car-a-day business in 1941.
Last month it was 46,756.
Maryland SpigotS.
Principal Maryland traffic
spigots were spouting 25,615 a day
over Bladensburg road NE. in
December, 1941, it was 32,449 last
month. Wisconsin avenue north
Evening star., 1950-02-07
JOHN T. DUNLOP.

icies which today guide the ma
tional atomic energy program
bear in large measure the imprint
of your efforts in support of civil
ian direction which will serve the
military needs of the Nation and
at the same time foster the serv-
ice which science and technology
can render to the general well
fare"
Service Is Recalled.
The President recalled Mr..
Strauss service with the COM
mission during a critical inform
ative period" and emphasized that
your counSels have been invalu-
able He pointed out that Mr..
Strauss acquaintance in the eco
nomic and scientific fields has
enabled you to draw experts of
divers talents to the adviser groups
whose guidance has played SO
largely a part in the commissions
development of the national
atomic energy program"
The terms of both Chairman
Lilienthal and Mr.. Strauss would
have ended July under the fiat
two-year tenure voted by the 80th
Congress when the law was re-
vised. -.
AS originally contemplated the
five commissioners would have
served staggered terms of one to
five years at the outset of the
organizations work but Repub-
lican opposition to Chairman
Lilienthal, who was slated for a
f1ve-year appointment. caused the
law to be changed
Evening star., 1950-02-07

Australia received a 100000
hydraulic forging press from Ger
many as reparationS.
Evening star., 1950-02-07
DAVID L. COLE.

of the District line handled 49,
357 day 10 years ago; 21,866
last month.
Georgia avenue had 20,237 a
day in 1941; 28,646; last month
at the Silver Spring underpass.
Sixteenth street NV, had 25.-
GOT a day during last month,
but no survey was taken in 1941
for comparison.
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. be-
tween Fifth and Six streets
handled 24,431 in December of
1941 and 30,736 for the same
period last year.
Other Cities Worse off.
Traffic officials maintain other
cities are worse off than Wash
ington.
With its street layout, it is
one official bluntly put it, "a
helluva thing to signalize" Yet
the fact that it does have WIDER
than-ever streets is one of the
factors on which officials base
their contention that the city is
better off than many others.
A strictly unofficial estimate
places between 100000 and 275,-
900 autos ona Washington streets
during a normal business day.
That, they explain, doesn't in
'clude the tourist traffic.
Although vehicle registration in
Washington approximated 100,-
900 in 1925, 81 persons lost their
lives in traffic. Last year, with
registrations near the 100000
mark. II persons were listed as
traffic fatalities.
Auto registration figures from
1889 through 1949 in the metro
politan area:
1889 - Washington, 170,998:
Alexandria, 1921; Arlington, 20
306; Fairfax, 1858; Prince
Georges. 1856; Montgomery,
19,460.
1910 - Washington, 165, ,s42;
Alexandria, 11,003; Arlington, U.s.
79l; Fairfax, 4.077; Prince
Georges. l7,264; Montgomery,
21,552.
1941 - Washington. 185,124;
Alexandria, 13,207; Arlington, 2s.-
718; Fairfax. 1859; Prince
Georges, 2o.216; Montgomery,
25,414.
1912 - Washington. 176,276:
Alexandria, 1873; Arlington,
26.626; Fairfax, 4,7S2: Prince
Georges (unavailable) Montgom-
cry (unavailable).
1943 - Washington, 1882;
Alexandria, 1924: Arlington,
26,555; Fairfax. 1920; Prince
Georges and Montgomery Gun
available).
1914 - Washington, 13O,666;
Alexandria, 14,303: Arlington,
26,370; Fairfax. 4,O68; Prince
Georges. 1887; Montgomery,
25,89S.
1945 Washington 1909;
Alexandria (no AGENT; Arling-
ton 43,982; Fairfax, Alp; Prince
Georges and Montgomery Gun
1916 Washington 25,049;
Alexandria 1929; Arlington 49,
129; Fairfax Sab; Prince Georges
19,946: Montgomery 1881.
1947 Washington 165,880:
Alexandria 1881; Arlington A.
1893; Fairfax 6,238; Prince Georges
1882; Montgomery 25,521.
1948 - Washington 177,108:
Alexandria 20,678: Arlington 49,
165; Fairfax 6,755; Prince Georges
24.464; Montgomery 33,988.
1949 Washington 94,418:
Alexandria (through January 25)
23,690; Arlington (through Janu-
airy 25) 52,363; Fairfax tthrough
January 2D 7.341; Prince Georges
3o,254: Montgomery 1883.
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have signed a new contract with
Mr.. Lewis. All, or nearly all, OF
the big coal producers have re-
fused to sign the contract, pro-
viding higher wages and a bigger
welfare and retirement fund for
the miners.
The old soft coal contract ex-
pired last June 80 and since that
time the industry has been beset
with strikes and the three-day
work week. Mr.. Lewis has en-
ployed those devices to reduce coal
supplies and pressure the opera
tors into a new agreement.
Out in the coal regions, the
miners said they now will not re-
turn to work until they get their
new contract.
Plea to Return Reported.
In West Virginia there was an
indication miners would be asked
by leaders to obey the expected
Federal court order to return to
work next Monday.
A miner source, who asked that
Evening star., 1950-02-07

when industrial layoffs (due to
production cutbacksD were an i'm
portant factor in the rise in un.
employment"
Holiday Opportunities Gone.
3. Many of the jobs that disap-
peared were Christmas season
openings, and efforts of holiday
workers to secure other jobs
January swelled the unempL./-
ment figures.
Government officials have b en-
predicting for some time that un-
employment would rise in Sanu-
ary and February, but have
pinned hopes on an expansion Of
job opportunities when spring
comes.
Many, however, have shown
frank concern over the fact that
the number of job openings has
been declining for more than a
year, although the number of job
seekers has grown with the popu-
lation.
Australia received 100000
Evening star., 1950-02-07
Bishop William Murphy
Of Saginaw Diocese Dies
By the Associated Press

SAGINAW, Mich, Feb. T.
Bishop William Francis Murphy
81, of the Saginaw diocese of the
Roman Catholic Church, died this
morning at his residence.
Bishop Murphy had been i'll for
a year with a heart ailment.
The Saginaw diocese includes
Is Michigan counties and has
more than 100000 communicates
Bishop Murphy was consecrated
a bishop in 1888 by Pope Plus XI
and was named to head the Sag
inaw diocese when it was created
February 26, 1888.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Maryland Republicans
Ask GabrieIson's Aid
In Settling Dispute
By the Associoied Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 10. The
chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee has been asked
to step in and smooth over a
stalemated dispute among State
Republicans.
The Republican Activities Com
mittee of Maryland wired Guy
George Gabrielson:
"The situation among party Of
ficials in Maryland has come to an
impasse and is impeding the prog
ress of an otherwise favorable pic
ture for us as Republicans.
Your intervention by calling
these officials into consultation at
your earliest convenience will help
to alleviate the situation here"
Urged to Meet Programs.
Meanwhile, David HALEY. ex-
ecutive secretary of the activities
committee, asked party officials to
meet face to face the social and
economic problems of our time and
not ignore them"
Republican State Chairman,
Stanford Hoff and Jacob France,
national committeeman for Mary
land, came under fire in the latest
verbal blasts within the party
ranks.
Mrs. Calvin Gabriel, former ma
tional committeeman, sharply
criticized Mr.. Hoff's attempts to
designate Deeley K. Nice as head
of the Baltimore City committee.
In statement, Mrs. Gabriel de-
clared:
when I am ready to live under
dictator I will go to a country
where dictators are accepted. I
will not let Jacob France or STAN
ford Hoff dictate to me as a free
Republican"
Group Is Critical.
Criticism also came from the
iOlAGll olStl lCG oIdUc SClltl al NOlIl-
mittee, which corresponds to the
sixth legislative district in Balti-
more City.
A statement the committee is
sued notified Mr.. France and Mr..
Hoff that unless we and the other
Baltimore City districts are taken
into consideration in the selection
of candidate, the golden oppor-
tunity for pulling door bells to
elect their hand-picked candidates
will be theirs, and the RESPONSE
bility of his election also will be
theirs"
A majority of the city COM
mittee last month voted to oust
Mr.. Nice from the Craftsmanship
and elect Paul Robertson in his
place.
However, Mr.. Nice met with the
committee last night and appoint
ed six city members to accompany
him to the State Republican meet
ing Saturday.
Evening star., 1950-01-19

M. Henri Rousseau, director of
the famous Academic Julian on
Rue du Dragon, where there are
so veterans:
practically all students here are
hardworking and a percentage of
them have real talent. I don't
keep those who don't work because
I could have 200 veterans here if
I had places for them. =,
Il find the students work harder
than American students worked
before the war"
Vets Have Zeal.
M. Henri Coy, founder and di-
rector of the Sorbonne course in
French Civilization, who has had
10000 American students since he
founded the course in 1919:
1--WE have all categories of people
here. But I should say that at
least three quarters of all the vet
Grams have great zeal and an ar
dent desire to know French and
the French people.
II am not seriously perturbed If
few students are loafing. The
city Of Paris is a lesson in itself.
It's animation and spontaneous in
telligence are instructive. We are
getting what you call garden
variety Americans who are crude
in some ways but are really Ameri-
cans. 7 think it is a fine thing for
your country and for France to
have so many of these people
studying here"
Evening star., 1950-01-19

These customers are like thou
sands of students now attending
college at home, but they are con-
spicuous because they do much
loafing in the Left Bank cafes
where every American tourist car
see them. They also advertise theil
own phony characters by boards
long hair and sideburns.
The rest of American students
here are too busy studying to get
out of doors much and too poor to
buy drinks at the Deux Magots
and the Cafe de la Flore.
. Many Live on Allowance.
Almost all with whom we have
talked are living or trying to live
on the $75 a month which an
unmarried student gets under the
CT Bill of Rights.
They can scrape by on this
amount but it doesn't provide for
alcohol. Many have given up
smoking because they can't afford
the extra $40 a month it costs.
Some of them live in the Cite
Universitaire where they have
modest but decent quarters for $12
a month.
Others try to improve their
knowledge of French by living in
Evening star., 1950-01-19
BY WiIIiom H. Stonemon
Foreign Correspondent of The Siar and
the Chicago Daily News

PARIS, Jan. 19.-"Magnif1cent.
excellent, very serious, diligent, al
together admirable"
Those fine Latin adjectives are
used by French professors, deans
and instructors to describe the
1883 American veterans who are
now studying in France under the
CT Bill of Rights.
After spending a week with
these same students and their in
structors, in cl ssroom S and
studios and living quarters, this
correspondent supports that
opinion.
Only a Few Loaf.
Charges that GI's are 1oafing
and living a life of dissipation
"at the expense of the American
taxpayer" may apply to a small
percentage of the American stu
dents here under the CT Bill of
Rights The percentage may be
as low as 10 percent of the total
or high of IS or 20 per cent.