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Evening star., 1950-09-07
1850 Slot Machines
InD.C., Nearby States,
u. 5. Tax Books Show

Federal taxes have been paid on
about 15,600 slot machines in the
District, Maryland and Virginia
during this fiscal year, figures of
the Baltimore and Richmond
Offices of the Collector of Internal
Revenue show.
This includes 900 slot machines
Of various types in Virginia and
$4,000 in Maryland and the Dis
trict. Virginia and the District
ban operation of the machines,
but they are legal in four Mary
land counties: Anne Arundel, Cal
vert, Charles and st. Marys.
Spokesman at both the Rich
mond and Baltimore Offices of the
collector said Federal law specifies
that payment of the $10O annual
tax does not make legal the use of
the machines where they are
banned by State or local laws.
Claws and High Hand Included.
The Baltimore Office said that
slot machines. CLAW" machines
that pay off in merchandise, and
high hand" machines that pay
of in free plays. are included in
the 15,000-machine figure.
A spokesman for the Wage and
Excise Tax Division of the Balti-
more office said there was no
breakdown Of the estimated $4,000
machines in Maryland and the
District. The collector lists 5000
tax stamp applicants, however,
with each applicant averaging
about five machines. The spokes-
man said up to SO machines may
be included in one return.
One Maryland applicant, he
added, has 80 or IS slots at one
location.
Sc in Nearby Virginia.
Records of the Richmond office
showed Sc taxed machines on
military establishments in nearby
Virginia. These locations, with
the number at each place, are:
Arlington Hall Officers Club,
five; Engineer Mess, Mackenzie
Hall, Fort Belvoir. 18: Fort Belvoir
Golf Club, Fort Belvoir. five:
Gravelly Point Air Force Officers
Mess, National Airport, seven;
Non-commissioned AFCRS Mess.
National Airport. six; Non-com-
missioned Officers Mess. Fort Bel
voir, Is. and 62d Non-commis-
stoned officers Mess, Fort Belvoir
four.
The records also showed IS
taxed machines in Richmond, 70
at Virginia Beach locations, Is in
Norfolk and total of AIS ma
chimes in military and naval in
stallations throughout the State
The Suffolk Elks Club and the
Winchester Loyal Order of the
Moose each was listed with two
machines.
Increased revenue from slot
machine stamps is expected by
the Richmond Office as a result
Of an enforcement drive now
under way.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
Longest Covered Bridge

ST. JOHN, New Brunswick.-A
covered bridge .282 feet long, be-
lieved to be, the longest of its kind
in the world, spans the st. John
River in New Brunswick, Canada.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
Boston Ready For
Masonic Meet

BOSTON (ANP)- Prepare
tons for the seven-day convention
of the Prince Hall Masonic family
have been completed, according to
Grand Master William D. Wash
ington to Lynn here last week.
The lodge will be in session from
Aug. 1919.
More than $4,000 delegates
from all branches of the lodge
are expected to attend. Among
the delegates will be the juvenile
Masonic contingent known as the
"Pythagorans."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07

Russia, more clever than the
others, is exploiting the desire for
self-rule in Asia and Africa. Many
persons claim that Russians are
oriental in their PHILOSOPHERS.
Many occidentals seem to forget
that Jesus Christ was of Asiatic
and African lineage. They forget
that he was oriental, not Europe
an, in his thoughts, in his way of
living, and in his dress.
Above all, they do not remem-
Der that he was colored just like
the darkskinned Buddha and the
Mohammed Of Arabia.
The Christian Bible and the
Koran use the same parallels.
There is very little difference in
the contents Of the two religious
books. The major difference is the
Interpretation of the written
words.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
By Francis D. Edwards

NEW YORK (ANP)-Until the
Asiatic in Asia and the black man
in Africa have regained full con-
troll of their land no colored man
in a western nation is going to re-
ceive non-biased treatment.
Today the fervor of freedom l.
burning in Asia and Africa. The
people are determined to modern
ize, to overthrow western domina-
ton. They are fighting for more
than mere equality, they are fight
ing to be masters of their home
lands.
Unfortunately the western pow
ers including America are still
anxious to preserve their world
dominance of colored people aid
do not truly support the freedom
movements in Africa, Asia, or the
East Indies.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
Co|ored Peoples Of The World
Demand Control Of Native Lands

The occidental Christian has at
tempted to hide the true identity
of many of the characters in the
Bible. In the Koran the characters
who are colored remain colored
and are not bleached out, given
European features to satisfy the
superiority complex Of the occi-
dental.
1t all started back in the 18th
century when Europe started it's
imperialistic plans to conquer the
colored people of the world under
several pretexts.
That the colored people were
uncivized heathens who must be
Chirstianized :. colored lands were
filled with wealth and resources
which the people could not devel-
op thus making it the duty Of the
white man to conquer them.
Concluded in next issue4
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
Althea Gibson
Loses In Second
Round OF
Eastern Finals

EAST ORANGE, N. J. CAMP
Afer taking her first round set
last week, Althea Gibson vas eli
minated inthe second round from
the Eastern Grass Court Champion
ships.
Her congueror was Mrs. Helen
Perez of Encino, Calf, who rank
ed fifth nationally. The score was
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
By Jimmie N. Jones

The "Firey Speech" of Attorney
l. L. Jacobson swung the ''week
kneed lilly white" jury to a YER
dict of not guilty in the case of
violation of the Civil Rights Laws
of the state of Ohio, where Nancy
Donahus, 9O7 w. Third street, a
combination cook-waitress at the
establishment of the Four Aces,
I'LL w. Third ST., refused SER
vice to Alvin Oldwine, FL, of
1899 S. Broadway ST., on the
night of November II, 1949.
The case being tried by a jury
N the two day trial before Chief
Justice Paul Sherer in a capacity
lacked court room, hearing the
parade of witnesses tell the jury
heir weird testimonies of what
}appened on the night of the de-
NAL of the human-rights of our
citizens because of their race and
color, and according to Jacobs,
"should have never gone to the
Four Aces, and should have stay
ed in their own "class" despite the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
"Firey Speech" OIL.
Jacobson Wins For
Waitress

laws of the state of Ohio which
%decrees," they shall have the rights
to any public place to eat, drink,
and enjoy the privileges of an
American citizen, regardless Of
Race, Greed or Color.
Gaines P. Wilson, a white law
student of Louisville, Kentucky,
was screened by Jacobson in the
cross-examination and branded a
trouble maker" who came to
Dayton for the purpose of Great
ing trouble among the whites af-
ter being inspired by what he,
Jacobson, termed a "firey speech
at Bethel Baptist church previous
to the incident.
Mrs. Constance Motley, promin-
ent attorney, also from New York,
and in charge of the legal program
of the organization, told of the
treatment by the waitress il. re-
fusing to serve the group. She too
was referred to by Jacobson as
being assigned to her position for
the purpose Of instigating "test
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
YMCA News

The Annual Teen Age Picnic of
the Fifth Street YMCA will be
held at Bryant State Park, Sun
day, August 13, 1850. The Bus
will leave the YMCA at 1890 p
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07

the Ballweg's cafe 3105 Third ST.,
early Sunday morning. The police
were dispatched to investigate a
burglary. According to the report,
Ptl. j. w. Tatom arrived at the
scene, found Floyd Bruck 20, of
Hamilton, Ohio fleeing from the
cafe and fired a shot at him strik-
ing him in the left leg. A cloth
covered rock and a medal box
containing $25.15 was found near
the burglar when he went down.
Following his arrest, Bruck told
the officers he had entered the
Kone Tavern, 3016 E. Third st.
After finding the front door open,
entered and rifled the jute box
and pinball machine.
Another shooting was reported
Saturday afternoon, when an off
duty police dispatcher came upon
two, attempting to break into all
auto with intentions to steal it.
Ptl. A.. A. Pleiman and a COM
panion Ralph McMurray, Of 1907
w. Third st., saw the two men act
ing suspicious in an alley off 1875
S. Ludlow ST., and went to investi-
gate. After the officer made him
self known to the would-be thiefs,
he held them at hey with his pis-
toll while his pal went for aid. In
the meantime one of the prison
ers made a get away. The other
man was identified as Harold Ash
burn, %, of 2915 Home ave. and
is said to have been released from
the Ohio State reformatory after
serving a term of five years for
auto theft.
Police are Investigating the rob
berry of Mr.. and Mrs. James Elan,
of 1924 N. Conover ST., who were
attacked and robbed of 1922 in
cash and two watches in an alley
in the rear of their home at $3.50
last night. According to the Elams,
three men and a woman met them
in the alley and after throwing
Mr.. Elan to the ground and took
his billfold containing $32 and his
watch and then 500 and a watch
from Mrs. Elan and fled down
the alley.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-08-07
From Police BL0tter
By Jimmie N. Jones

For more than two weeks all
has been quiet on the "Home
Front" in Dayton and the West
Side. However, the weekend
came up with no less than four
shootings with three of them west
Of the Miami River. Starting the
outbreak of pistol plays was the
Shooting of Marcellus H. Prior 80,
of 1850 Germantown st. He's in
fair condition at the Veterans
Hospital following the gun shot
wounds at the hands Of Marie B.
Jones 81 of 2341 Lakeview ave.
she admitted shooting him in the
abdoman following an argument
at the Lakeview address Sunday
am. According to the statement
of Mrs. Jones Prior is said to
have slapped her several times
and she grabbed a 80 caliber re-
volver from the kitchen cubbard
drawer and shot him.
She is being held in the central
police station for investigation.
John R. Renear, IS Bank
street stopped a bullet from a
pistol fired by an unknown man
at 2 am. Sunday morning in a
west side restaurant. According
to the police, Renear was stand
ing in the restaurant, was shot in
the right leg by the suspect now
being held by police for further
investigation. Renear was treated
at the st. Elizabeth hospital and
released.
Things really happened in a
hotel cafe on w. Fifth street early
Sunday morning, when Rufus
Jamison, 44O Homestead ave., is
alleged to have shot Theodore
Thompson Jr, 26, of 432 Kearnew
ave.
According to the report, a
fight between Jamison, Thompson
and the brother of Thompson's
started and with Jamison getting
the worst of the fisticuf, Jamison
is said to have gone home and la
ter returned with a shot gun and
pumped two shots into the right
thigh and left elbow of Thompson.
He was removed to the veterans
hospital where his condition is
reported "Good" this morning.
Jamison was taken into custody
Sunday afternoon and held for in
vestigation.
Shooting number four was the
shooting of a burglar suspect by
a police officer who came upon
him in the act of fleeing from
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Dr.. Hunsen to Speak

Dr.. Carl Hansen, associate su-
perintendent in charge of District
elementary schools. will speak to
the Murch Home and School AS
sociation at 8 pm. Tuesday at the
school, Thirty-sixth and Ellicott
streets NV. DR.. Hansen will talk
on "Your School Today"
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Priest to Speak Tuesduy

An eyewitness account Of the
process Of Beatif1cation and Ca
nonlZation will be given by the
Rev. Frank McGough, formerly of
st. Susanna's Church in Rome, at
8:15 Tuesday in the Catholic
Daughters of America Building, 2
Scott Circle NV.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
TruveI Film Tuesduy

Mrs. w. Ridgely Chapline,
Washington photographer-lectur-
er. will show her color motion pic
ture, Western Wanderings" at 8
pm. Tuesday under auspices of
the National Capital Parks in the
Departmental Auditorium on Con-
stitution avenue between Twelfth
and Fourteenth streets NV.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

GOLDEN WEDDING-Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh L. Peden of 1923
Fourteenth street NV. who
recently observed their 50th
wedding anniversary. MIR.
Peden, 10, a retired linotype
operator Of the Government
Printing Office, and Mrs. Pc
den, ", have three sons, four
daughters and four grand
children.
Harris Ewing Photo.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
u. S. Distances Great

Greatest distance east to west In
the United States is 3.100 miles.
The north to south maximum is
17O0 miles.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Quick Freeze at 40 Below

At temperature Of 40 degrees
below zero F., a wind of only 10
miles an hour can freeze exposed
human skin in just one minute,
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Concentrated Ice

There is enough Ice centered In
Antarctica to cover the entire
earth in layer Of ice 100 feet
thick.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Coughs Eased! !!
Quick, Pleasant, Easy

Halls Expectorant .quiets coughs
due to colds amazingly quick.
Tends to soothe and aid Nature
heal irritated membranes of the
throat. Special ingredients warm
throat and chest and help you
feel many times better. Take no
needless chances by letting that
cold go unchecked. Get a bottle
Of soothing HALLS EXPECTO-
RANT today from your favorite
druggist. Convenient size bottle
only 40c. Larger sizes for home
and family use.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
Tax Unrelated Business

Congress has been asked by the
Administration to require labor
unions, business leagues and So
cial clubs, as we'll as charitable
and educational organizations, to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01

alties and capital gains, would
remain tax exempt.
For some strange reason, the
Treasury experts did not include
religious bodies in its recommends
ations. The President, in a spe-
cial tax message, included only ed
vocational and charitable organiza-
tions, but Secretary of the Treas
ury John w. Snyder, under COM
mittee questioning, said that "the
same thing would apply" to re-
ligious organizations.
We do not see why any religious
organization should be exempt
from paying taxes on the opera
ton of any unrelated" business.
Whatever is usual, necessary or
advisable for a religious organiza-
ton to operate, as a part of It's
religious work, should be exempt.
However, if a church, or other
religious organization, goes into
an unrelated business, it Should
be required to pay taxes just like
anybody else.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01

many miles of breastworks, gun
emplacements and rifle-pits.
3 The scenes of the assaults of
May 18th and 22nd and of the
fight in the crater at one of the
main redan-type forts are among
the most famous of all sites on
American battlefields. Because of
the unique topography, and the
markers and monuments which
operations at these points are
especially impressive and easily
understood.
One hundred and twenty-eight
cannOns are mounted in the park,
of the same type and in the same
position as those used during the
siege. They vary from the light
field pieces to the heavy Column
biads and mortars used during
that operation.
AT Fort Hill, at the northern end
of the park, the view over Lake
Centennial ana YaZoo Canal en-
ables the visitor today to visualize
ChC COul sc VI Tic NlSSl6Slppl IliftE
in 1868 and the difficulty encoun-
tered by Union gInboats and trans
ports in running the Vicksburg
batteries.
Each year the singular beauty
and significance of Vicksburg's
National Military Park attracts
increasing numbers of travellers
from every state in the Union and
from many foreign countries.
At present the Parks program
calls for paving of Union Avenue
and the conducting of regular
daily tours in the morning and
afternoon. Only tours for large
groups are now conducted by park
officials.
The National Park Service is
responsible for maintenance of the
park and its memorials, but is not
charged with renovation of state
markers and major repair to them.
One st al e which has plans
underway for renovation OF its
monument is Wisconsin. Others
may follow suit.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01

The title of the current u. S. Air
Force recruiting poster is Career
Man." You, too, can be a career
man in the u. S. Air Forcel
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
VICKSBURG MILITARY PARK
BIG TOURIST DRAWING CARD

The Vicksburg National Military
Park, site of one of the most ia
nous battles III American history,
is still one of the greatest tourist
drawing cards IL Mississippi's full
deck of historic, scenic and rec
reational attractions.
James r. McConaghie, superin-
tendent of the park since 1871,
has recently reported that 1860
visitors went through the National
Cemetery taSt year, an
increase of 6S,119 over 1916 and
a slight increase over 1947.
Many of the visitors are stu
dents, McConaghle reports, getting
their history lessons right on the
scene. In April this year a total
of zoos students from IA schools
and nine states visited the park,
inspected its interesting topog-
raphy and learned first hand from
the 1888 memorials. monuments
and markers how the battle that
sealed the fate OF the Confederacy
was waged.
If { e n G continues
throughout the year as it has thus
far in 1949 the biggest visitation
since the war can be expected.
In April alone 4 total of II, 34Sper-
sons took advantage of Vicksburg' s
park, which is considered one OF
the outstanding in the world.
In 1868 Vicksburg was the plv-
otal point of the Campaign of the
West in the War Between The
States. It's fall on July 4th, Sc
years ago, largely sealed the fate
of the Confederacy.
The daring campaign and siege
conducted by General U. S. Grant,
and the heroic resistance offered
by the army of Pemberton, form
one of the most brilliant chapters
in the Epic OF America.
The Park was established by
Act of Congress in 1899 to COM
memorate this momentous event
and to preserve the history of the
battles and operations on the
ground where they were fought.
Consisting of 132S6S acres, the
Park comprises the battle area of
the actual Siege and Defense of
the city from May 18th to July 4th.
Here today the visitor may walk
along the remains of the earth
works and systems of trenches oc-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01

cupied by the Confederate defend
ers of the city and see marching
up the steep slopes in front Of
them, the rows of markers in
dicating the positions reached by
the Federal troops in their assaults
and other siege operations.
There may be seen, in numerous
places, outlines of the Federal APP
proach trenches. once filled with
soldiers determinedly d 6 n g
their way towards the Confederate
forts. The battlefield, to a great
degree, still preserves and wildly
presents the C o d of events
which transpired here in 1863.
1t is said that on few battle
fields of the world today can mil
itary operations of such scope and
significance be so clearly visual
lied and understood.
In topography the park is rug
ged and billy, consisting of two
systems of ridges running in a
northerly and southerly direction
which surround the city Of Vicks-
burg like a crescent on the north,
east and south sides. Connecting
the main systems of ridges are
secondary ridges, at right angles
to the former, with attending val
leys. Approximately 40 percent OF
the park is densely wooded, while
the remaining sixty percent is
sparsely wooded or open ground.
The tory of the Campaign,
Siege and Defense of Vicksburg
is recorded in bronze, iron, marble,
and granite, on 89S historical tab
lets, 274 markers. and go mon
uments. These mark the positions
of the various military organiza-
tions engaged IN the historic en-
counter.
Nineteen beautiful memorials,
three fine equestrian statues, and
more than $50 busts and relief
portraits have also been erected
in memory of the troops and of.
ficers who served here.
The visitor also may see the
remains of nine major Confederate
forts, ten Union approaches, and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
BIRTHS IN FRANCE
TOP PRE-WAR ERA

PARIS - France, whose low
birth-rate caused concern to ma
tional leaders before the war, is
now producing more babies. Off
cial statistics for 1949 show 840,-
900 births as compared with an an
nual average of about 100000 in
the immediate pre-war years. The
number of marriages in 1949 was
about 100000, slight decrease as
compared with 1948.
Official estimates placed the
population of France for the year
at around 100000.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
U. S. Must Aid World Economy


The annual report of the Euro
pean Marshall Plan countries, re-
Gently issued in Paris, points Out
that Western Europe's production
and foreign trade have rapidly
regained approximately their pre-
var volumes and that the dollar
deficit in its balance of payments
has been about cut in half in two
years.
The report points out that the
problem of European recovery is
pot one that can be solved by the
Western nations alone, but that a
ioir1 effort by Europe and the
United States, in their mutual IN
terest, is necessary because neither
area can thrive unless the other
likewise thrives.
The Marshall Plan has succeed
ed in restoring economic activity
in the area but living standards
are still estimated at ten per cent
below pre-war levels. Some head
way has been made in connection
with world trade, but no cure is
found for the dollar shortage.
The conclusion is reached that
the world trade that existed in
1889 may never be restored and
that it will be long dominated by
the balance of payments" due
the United States: 1t is noted that
world trade stands at about the
same volume as before the war
but that exports from the United
States are more than twice their
pre-war volume.
The report, consisting of some
100000 words, outlined the need to
correct the distorted trade pic
ture and create a pattern of world
commerce that can endure. This,
it admits, annot be done by West
ern Europe alone but must be done
through its trade with the rest
of the world. A cautiously OPP
timistic forecast is made that the
final two years of the Marshall
Plan, is there is no depression in
the United States and continued
effort on the part Of Europe to
attain financial independence, in
Inmates that the dollar problem
might be brought into manageable
proportions.
The effrots of the United States
to assist Western Europe to re-
cover from the devastating conse-
quences of the recent war have
been based upon the belief that
unless this could be dono, the CON
ventional economy Of pre7war days
would be lrrevot ally destroyed.
AT some sacrifice, this nation has
literally expended its money to
render unparalleled assistance.
Nevertheless, even after the
Marshall Plan ends. it will be
necessary for us 10 willingly ac-
cept larger volume of goods
from the Western countries of Eu-
rope if we expect world commerce
developed in line with American
ideals along economic lines. If we
fail to make major contribution
to the solution of this problem.
based upon the mutual advantage
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01
LIGHT WILL SAVE
MANY BABY PIGS

DES MONIES - Researchers Of
the Iowa Agriculture Experiment
Station at Iowa State College say
an ordinary 100-Watt light bulb can
prevent the loss of many early
pigs during the critical first two
weeks.
The light bulb in a corner brood
er, or an infra-red lamp, will help
provide warm, dry area for the
litter to lie down and sleep.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-04-01

pay taxes on income from the OPP
Grafton of unrelated businesses.
AS explained to the House Ways
and Means Committee, the "tra-
ditional sources" of income of the
affected organizations, consisting
of interest, dividends, rents, roy