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Evening star., 1950-08-07
Limiting the Number of Toxicobs

There Is revival of bills to limit the number
OF taxicabS in Washington. subcommittee of
the House District Committee has voted to report
SUCH measure to the full committee. On the
Senate side, subcommittee first voted against
the bill and then decided to put it before the full
committee where it is now pending. Perhaps the
greatest demand for the bill comes from the taxi
operators themselves Certainly there has been
no public demand for it. Even with about 5000
cabs licensed in Washington there is little visible
evidence that there are too many.
During the past war the number of cabs here
was frozen at about 5,300-not by legislation but
by an order of the Office of Defense Transporta-
tion. One of the effects of such legislation was
sharply to increase the value of taxicab licenses
for they were transferable Pending legislation
would prohibit such tranSfers-so that if taxi
cab driver died or became incapacitated, his de-
pendants would realize nothing from his invest
ment in a cab, which could not be driven without
a new license. This seemed wrong to the Com
mssioners and it seems wrong to The Star, and
1t doubtless would favor the corporate owners of
taxicab feets-in whose names licenses are held
as against the individual owner. Transfer of
licenses should be permitted.
The Public Utilities Commission has expressed
no opinion on the desirability of the legislation
other than the sound recommendation that any
ceiling placed on the number of cabs should be
lifted by the commission if experience showed an
increase to be in the public interest. The number
of licenses now outstanding is not real index
of the number of cabs operating, for there is
much part-time and short-time cab driving by
people who hold regular jobs in other lines and
who are concerned only with the Cream" of the
rush hour traffic.
Consideration of the legislation should not
be made only from the point of view of the spe-
cal interest represented in the drivers. The de-
Gliding factor should be whether limitation is
necessary or even advisable in the interest of the
public.
In 10 years. Nantucket. Mass, added only
10 to it's population figure, and shapes up as
Just little tougher to break into than the U. N.
The cost of modern warfare never ceases
to amaze. Even Hollywood can stage its mighty
battle epic for less.
Evening star., 1950-08-07
Movies at IncurubIes Home

New York, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Smoke Inhalation Fatal
To Silver Spring Woman

Mrs. Elizabeth Erner, II, of 713
Richie avenue, Silver Spring,
died yesterday at Washington
Sanitarium of smoke inhalation
from a fire at her home the day
before.
Mrs. Erner had been carried
from her burning home by four
Montgomery County policemen
after telephone operator called
them. The operator, Mrs. Chris
tine Surles, 801 Wayne avenue
Silver Spring, had heard faint
fcalls and noise from Mrs. Erner
phone.
The fire apparently started in
the basement from an oil burner,
firemen said. Damage was esti-
mated at $4,000.
Mrs. Erner, widow, lived a one.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Catherine Clarke and Mrs
Anna M. Moore, both of Washing
ton.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. tomorrow at st. Mich
ael's Catholic Church, Silver
Spring. Burial will be in st.
Johns Church Cemetery, Forest
Glen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
JET Pilot Found Safe
After Chesapeake Crash
By the Associated Press

CRISFIELD, Md, Dec. 15:-A
Navy jet fighter pilot from Airing
ton, Va, whose plane crashed in
Chesapeake Bay last night was
found safe near here this morning
and flown back to Chincoteague,
Va, by helicopter.
The Patuxent Naval Air Station
said the pilot is 1t. Comdr. Robert
E. Warner of $50 South Greenbrier
street, Arlington, attached to the
Bureau of Aeronautics in Wash
ington. 1t was not Immediately
known if he had been hurt after
bailing out of the plane.
The pilot had been the object
of search since he radioed Patux-
ent last night he was "out of gas
This morning, a helicopter from
Norfolk discovered Warner walk
ing around the Eastern Shore
countryside.
Patuxent said Warner was fly
ing Douglas Esd, a twin-engine
jet night fighter called the Sky
night. He was ferrying it from
Hensley Field in Dallas, Tex, for
testing at PatuXent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Contractors Refuse
To Deal With Reds
Representing Unions

Washington building contrac-
tors have served notice on the
AFL Building Laborers Union that
they will refuse Ito negotiate or
deal with any union on any mat
ter if the union is represented by
Communists"
The statement issued yesterday
by the Construction Contractors
Council. comprising 1875 general
contractors and sub-contractors,
was aimed specifically at Henry
Thomas, president of the Build
ing Laborer's Local IA and one
of the trustees of the building
laborers welfare fund for Locals
"a. 801, 1872 and 764.
The contractors threatened to
halt their $6,OO0-a-week pay
ments into the welfare fund I'M
less Thomas is removed as a
trustee.
Thomas Testimony Recalled.
Thomas earlier this week tes-
titled before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities that
he and a half dozen members of
Communist cell had seized con-
troll of Local IA early in 1949.
He resigned from the Communist
Party later that year, he said. in
order to sign the non-Communist
oath required under the Taft
Hartley law. But he continued to
follow the party line "instinc-
lively" Thomas testified, until
last week when, upon being sum-
moned before the Un-American
Activities Committee, he decided
to make a complete break with
the party.
LabOrers Council Statement.
Leo NaZdin, president of the
Laborers District Council, to
whom the contractors addressed
their threat, said in a statement
today: 1--WE feel immensely re-
lieved that this condition has at
long last come to light. for we
now feel that the right and proper
action will be taken"
Mr. Nazdin would not be quoted
on whether or not he would exert
his authority to remove Thomas
as welfare fund trustee.
He said the members Of the
laborers council "are as much dis
turbed over the recent statements
made before the House committee
about Communist inf1ltration
into Local Union No. "a as any
good American should be . This
council hates and despises Com
munistS and their activities per-
haps little more than most peo-
pie, for we have been subjected
to their attacks"
MIR. Nazdin said he wished to
make it clear that no action of
local union No. IA will be tolerated
by this council that in any way
ieopardizes the officers and mem
bers of our other six affiliated
local unions nor Of the laborers
council itself"
William F. Nelson, president Of
the contractors council, said
Thomas was admittedly" Com
munist until week ago and that
therefore the management group
wanted nothing to do with him.
Along with Thomas. the con-
tractors in their letter to the
Laborers District Council named
as unacceptable "any other ad-
mitted Communist such as
THOMAS G. Sampler" Sampler
is secretary-treasurer of Local "a.
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|450-MiIe Oil Pipeline
Is Opened in Cuncdr

EDMONTON, Alkcrto.-t. r.
m'la p&;c-
oil from the Alberta fields to Re-
gina, Saskatchewan, has been
opened.
The Interprovincial Pipeline
Company hopes to extend it 1900
miles to the nearest tip of Lake
Superior. 1t is calculated that
completion of the line will save
about 100000 a year row
being spent for foreign crude.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

Successful blue baby" surgery
on a 37-year- woman is re-
ported by surgeons in Auckland
New Zealand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15
Cleveland Cocu-CoIu
Raises Wholesale Price
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 15.-Cleve-
land Coca-Cola Bottling Co. today
increased the wholesale price of a
24-bottle carton 16 cents to sc
cents. The firm said retailers
probably would boost the nickel
coke" to 6 or 7 cents and six
bottle cartons from IS to 80 cents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-12-15

CHINESE. ASH TRAY,
heavy bross, with Oregon
designs; eloisonne hondIe
1873
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ALL-5TAR CONTEST
ON COAST TONIGHT

SACRAMENTO, Calf, July IT.
tR = The Pacific Coast League
North-South All Stars play tonight
in Edmonds Field and if the game
runs true to form the Southerners
will notch their ninth victory in
10 starts.
The game is benefit for the Ma
tional Association of Professional
Baseball Players. The All-Stars were
selected by sports writer's in the
Coast League cities.
The Southern team is composed
of men from Hollywood. Los An
geles, San Diego and San Fran
cisco. Fred Haney of Hollywood
will manage the Southerners, with
Del Baker, San Diego manager as
his coach.
Charlie Dresser of Oakland will
manage the Northerners selected
from the Oakland. Sacramento,
Portland and Seattle clubs.
Starting pitchers will be Max
Surkont of Sacramento Q4-1O and
San Francisco's southpaw, AL Lien,
Q3-4.
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POWELL, 10y ARE
AGAIN REUNITED
AT 20I'H CENTURY

mfr. and Mrs. Thin Man''-Wil-
liam Powell ana Myrna 10y. of
course--are backl
The screens fir 4 lady and gentle
man of crime alS reunited once
more in Song of the Thin Man, .
most mirth packe, murder mystery
yet in the popular COMMUNICATIVE
series. 1t opens tmorrow on the
screen at the Gre Es goth Century
Theatre.
The picture mark the thirteenth
time Powell and Mis- ) 10y have been
teamed on the screerL and the sixth
of the Thin Man" pictures.
In their favorite roles of Nick
and Nora Charles, the two stars are
supported by an even dozen OF the
top murder suspects thtat Hollywood
could muster. THERE'S keenan,
Wynn. fresh from his triumph in
The Hucksters." this ! ime cast as
a 1--WE playing clarine list. There's
little Dean Stockwell, "a aging Nick
Charles. Jr, Other susp acts include
Phillip Reed. Patricia Morrison.
Gloria Grahame, Leon -Ames and
Ralph Morgan.
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WILSON PITCHES
RAINIERS TO win;
REMAINS, 3RD SPOT
BY JIM HUBBARD


James Alger Wilson, the hottest
pitching article in the Pacific Coast
] League since Frank Browning won
/ 16 straight in 1909, evidently win
not do much pitching in tonight's
annual All-Star game.
And if League President Clarence
Rowland doesn't convoy his chagrin
to Seattle Manager Paul Richards,
the other pilots in the league will
be disappointed, to say the least.
Richards went ahead and pitched
Wilson against San Diego yesterday
in the face of a request by Rowland
that the 15-game winner be fresh
for duty for the All-Star contest at
Sacramento.
A similar request went to San
Francisco Manager Lefty O'Doul for
his ace. AL Lien. O'Doul complied.
Wilson pitched, though. Richards
had obvious reasons. First, he needed
that to victory Wilson's four hit
ter achieved to stay in third place
ahead of the Padres. Second, Big
Jim's charmed arm could mean
pennant for Seattle. Why risk its
injury in an All-Star game that
never has caught on with Pei fans?
Wilson'S triumph in the seven in
ming game was his 18th in row.
But his string of scoreless innings
was snapped at 40, six under the
record. San Diego won the first
game of the twin bill, to Q.
The rest of Sundays double
headers passed without incident.
Oakland kept its three game lead
by splitting with Hollywood and
Los Angeles divided with San Fran
cisco. Portland won twice from Sac
ramento, to in 10 innings and
10 to in seven
Mickey Rocco's scratch single
scored Luis Marquee from third to
give Portland the overtime game.
Oakland's S to 4 triumph in the
first game was achieved in a two
run sixth wherein pitcher Clyde
Shoun and outfielder George Met
kovitch drove nome the deciding
markers.
Hollywood won the second Q to /.
Los Angeles edged the Seals, 3 to
q in their opener with an unearned
tally in the ninth, but succumbed,
1913, in the nightcap.
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SECRET GARDEN"
MYSTERY DRAMA,
CAPITOL THEATRE

Frances Hodgson Burnett's haunt
ingly beautiful story, "The Secret
Garden" estimated to have been
read by some fifty million readers
since its publication forty years ago,
has at last been brought to the
screen and energies as one of the
most poignant and touching dramas
to be offered filmgoers in the last
decade.
No little of the gripping impact
and sustained power of this new
M-G-M offering. now on view at
the Capitol Theatre, is due its cast
ing.
The talented child actress, Mar
garet O'Brien, enacts the central
figure of the stubborn and imperious
girl whose character undergoes a
remarkable change when she enters
world of beauty and Imagination
opened by wondrous secret garden.
This gifted young performer rises
to new stature with performance
that holds you in its spell from
the moment that little Mary arrives
from India to make her home with
her embittered and melancholic
uncle; through the suspense-laden
episodes in which she penetrates the
terror-ridden house and finds one
of it's victims to be the crippled
child, Colin; to the final breath
taking Climax in which she aids the
boy to free himself from the bond
age of his tormented father.
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RAIN|ER5 PURCHASE
PITCHER 5CHANz

SACRAMENTO Calf, July IT.
tR-The Seattle Rainiers announce
the purchase of pitcher Charlie
Schanz, the man most sought to
bolster the clubs pennant drive in
the Pacific Coast baseball league.
Earl Shelly, Rainier General
Manager here for tonight's All-Star
Coast League game, made the an
nouncement.
The 31-year-old Schanz, MAIN
stay of the Rainier pitching staff
last year, was drafted by the Boston
Red Sox. The Red Sox in turn
sold him to the st. Louis Browns
but he refused to report.
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TENNIS PLAY

Here are results of tennis playing
over the weekend:
At Spring Lake, N.J.-Gardnar
Mulloy, Coral Gables, Fla, defeated
Art Larsen. San Leandro, Calf,
4-6, rs, 60, GA in the finals OF
the Spring Lake Tournament.
At Indianapolis - Herb Flam OF
Beverly Hills, Calf. won the West
ern Tennis Tournament, defeating
Tony Trabert, Cincinnati. 6-3, 6-3,
Ga.
At Copenhagen Denmark won
both final singles matches from
Italy to enter European Davis Cup
final round against Sweden.
At Montreal Frank Sedgman
and Ken McGregor of Australia de-
feated Lorne Main and Brendan
Macken of Canada to give Australia
SO sweep of North American Zone
Davis Cup semi-final, and the right
to play Mexico.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-17
LEADERS IN B. B.

Leaders iii tn major baseball
leagues through Sunday gslnes are:
American League
Batting Kell, Detroit. 1859;
Dropo, Boston and Dolby. Cleveland
.351.
Runs Batted In Dro9)o and
Stephens, Boston, 80.
Home Runs Williams, Boston
and Rosen. Cleveland. 25.
Pitching - McDermott, E'oston
ST.. 1888.
National League
Batting Robinson. Brooklyn
1856; Musial, st. Louis, .348.
Runs Batted In - Kiner. Pitts
burgh, &c. Sauer. Chicago. GA.
Home Runs - Kiner. Pittsburgh,
Is; Snider, Brooklyn, 10.
Pitching Miller, Philadelphia,
81, 889.
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NEBRASKA RAINS
FOLLOW T0RNAD0E5

OMAHA. July 17-lR-Nebraska
who seldom get done hopping up
in the wake of weather violence,
were at it again today.
Two tornadoes ripped across Sec
tons of rural Nebraska late Satur-
day. On their heels came drench-
ing rains and hail.
The rain, of which there was
nearly five inches in places, de-
luged the east central Nebraska
area near York where just week
before Is inches of rain brought
death dealing floods.
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GAMES TODAY

BOSTON, July 17-4R-Al Rosen
hit No. 26 to take over the major
league home run lead as the Cleve-
land Indians outslugged the Boston
Red Sox, lis, today in the first
half of a day-night doubleheader.
Joe Gordon, who also homered,
spanked the Indians 12-hit attack
with a perfect five-for-five batting
performance. The Bosox' Junior
Stephens Dashed his 22nd homer,
with one on, to assume the runs
batted-in parade with 90 total.
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HOME RUNS PLAY
BIG, SUNDAY GAMES
in MAJOR LEAGUES
(By the Associated Press

Wy biiS hooONlatSo 1900
About that lively ball, now. here's
the dope right from the Sunday
box scores: the appalling one day
total-37 home runs, 1877 base hits
1873 runs: 68 beat up pitchers in is
games.
Rabbit? Better make it kangaroo
No bunny can jump that high, that
often.
Out in Pittsburgh a little guy
named Ted Beard who hit PIT for
Indianapolis last year. hit one over
the right field stands. Nobody had
done that since Babe Ruth in 1895.
Walt Dropo, mountain Bos-
ton Red Sox rookie dashed three
home runs and two doubles in a
doubleheader. Duke Snider of
Brooklyn went for against the
st. Louis Cardinals. One of the
Dukes hits was homer.
The New York Giants and Gin
cinnati slashed away at one another
for a total Of So hits including IL
homers in long, weary afternoon.
No less than SO hits splattered
off the walls of Fenway Park where
Cleveland and the Boston Red Soy
divided doubleheader.
One Shutout
BY some peculiar combination OF
events there was one shutout. But
Walt Dubiel of the Cubs kept ir
tune with the times by making II
a perilous nine-hitter.
Dubiels shutout was a bitter blow
at the Philadelphia Phillies. Barely
escaping st. Louis Saturday in a
first-place tie, the Phillies dropped
two to the Cubs and fell into Sec
ond place. Dubiel did his stuff in
the 30 first game when the Cubs
chased Russ Meyer with six runs in
the seventh inning. In the second
game, the Cubs ended rookie Bob
Miller's eight-game win streak with
a 1913 WALTON.
Brooklyn pounded four Cardinal
pitchers for 10 hits. 1912. as rookie
Chris Van Cuyk coasted home in his
major league debut.
Boston missed a chance to close in
on the leaders by losing the second
game to Pittsburgh, 6-5, after TAX
ing the opener, 9-5, for Vern Bick-
ford'S 10th win.
One Error-Game Lost
Hank Thompson's error on Bobby
UShers grounder with the bases
loaded in the 18th gave Cincinnati
an lilo win over the Giants and
clean sweep of the home run bat
ties. The Reds took the opener,
1874
Everybody split in the American
League. leaving Detroit with its
four-game lead over the New York
Yankees.
Homers by George Kell, Hoot
Evers and Jerry Priddy enabled the
Tigers to take a second game from
Philadelphia, 7-6, after the AS
whipped Art Houtteman. So, in
the first.
Just when the Yanks were ready
to move in on the Tigers, Bob Cain,
1850 New York hoodoo stopped
them. Cain, who owns only six wins,
beat the Yanks for the third time,
So, in the second game. Gene
Weddings two-run double won the
first, 81.
Dropo hit two homers in Boston's
1910 opening victory over Cleve-
land and added another No. %, in
the second game which the Sox
lost, "a.
Sid Hudson limited st. Louis to
seven hits for ST. Washington
victory in the first game but six
Senators couldn't stop the Brownies
who earned an even break with a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-17
SUNDAY GAME CALLED
OFF AS GROUNDS WEI

The Sunday game in the Gasti-
neau Channel league between the
Elks and Coast Guard was called
off after two and one half innings
because of ground condition owing
to the drizzle. with the Elks leading
by 4 to 0. The game will be played
on the first permissible open date,
except Saturdays.
The game tonight. between the
Elks and Moose will also probably
be called off by drizzle and wet
grounds.
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B. B. STARS

Stars of games prayed Sunday in
the major leagues are:
Batting = Walt Dropo, Red Sox
= dashed three homers and two
doubles as Sox split doubleheader
with Cleveland, winning 1910 and
losing "a.
Pitching - Chris Van Cuyk, Dod-
gers = rookie lefthander pitched
Brooklyn to a 1912 romp over St
Louis with seven hitter in major
league debut. He struck out seven
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vii GAMES

Final scores of WILL games ovel
the weekend are as follows:
Games Sunday
Tacoma 6-10, Wenatchee SIS.
Salem IA, Spokane %.
Only games scheduled.
Saturdays Results
Wenatchee 3, Tacoma 2.
Yakima So, Vancouver Ole.
Victoria 1877. Tri-City ST..
Salem 3, Spokane l.
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Saturdays Results
Brooklyn 10, Chicago 5.
ST. Louis 8, Philadelphia 6.
Cincinnati 8. Boston 4.
Pittsburgh 2, New York l.
Sundays Results
Brooklyn 10, st. Louis 2.
Cincinnati 1911. New York 4-1C
end, IL innings).
Chicago $40, Philadelphia 0-3.
Boston 9-5, Pittsburgh SIS.
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ATTENT1Or; TOURISTS

Ride the Mailtoat Yakc5i TOR an
intimate acquaintance with Sc AL
aska. Leaving every Wednesday,
arrive Juneau Saturday night.
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STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast League

Saturdays Scores
Oakland 4, Hollywood az innings)
San Diego 3, Seattle 2.
San Francisco 3, Los Angeles l.
Sacramento 7, Portland 2.
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Saturdays Results
New York 4, Cleveland 3 Go in
nings)
Chicago 7, Boston 8.
st. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 90 in
nings).
Detroit at Washington. postponed,
rain.
Sundays Results
Philadelphia So. Detroit 2-7.
Boston 1874. Cleveland 1913.
New York %. Chicago lis.
Washington SO, ST. Louis lilo.
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Sewing machines for rent at the
White Sewing Machine Center.
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BIKES AT MADsEN's
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ton was called quitting before
they fired him"
This came from scores of people
from Iron Curtain countries who
long ago refused to accept Moscow
domination of their countries.
One of the most outspoken was
DR.. Jan .Papanek. former U. N.
delegate from Czechoslovakia who
was succeeded by Mr. Houdek 81
months ago when the Communists
seized power in Prague.
DR.. Papanek. an avowed anti
Communist, stated that DR.. Hou-
dek had served communism for
more than two years and asked
for asylum here only because he
knew he was to be ousted when
he returned to the Czech capital.
DR.. Houdek was to have sailed
for home last night.
A police guard was put around
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his residence In Great Neck. I. I.
at his request.
Here at Lake Success, there
were indications that the Czecf
delegates had known for about g
month that his days were num-
bered as a Czech Communist Dip
lomat.
Two weeks ago. he issued a
statement disagreeing with Her.
bert Hoover's suggestion for re-
the U. N. without the
Communist countries.
When he decided to make tht
announcement, he asked that the
U. MS movie cameras be rugged
up to record and picture his ap-
pearance. This was considered
a strange request but the pictures
were taken.
1t is believed now that he
wanted a record of his last i'm
portant act at the U. N.