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Evening star., 1950-11-10
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 10.-Fed-
eral grand jury investigators con-
tinued their search today for a
tin box mentioned in a memoran-
dunn left by former Police Vice
Squad Inspector Craig D. Ellis,
who committed suicide the day he
was to have appeared before the
Jurors.
Ellis keys led to one discovery
the investigators considered i'm
portant yesterday. With one of
the eight keys they. opened a COM
Ipartment in a large safe in Ellis
City Hall Office and found a sheaf
Of six typewriter sheets of paper.
On the paper was listed what the
investigators described as names
and addresses Of known gamblers
in Philadelphia and in Pennsyl-
vania and neighboring States. :.
Investigators also said they had
found something very important
but refused to identify what it Is,
saying only, ''it is a great help to
US and must have further investi-
CATION"
Search Of Ellis home and Office
was made after the grand jury
investigating gambling in the
Philadelphia metropolitan area
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Houston's S Grondnephew
Will Be Buried Today
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

KNOX CITY, Tex, Nov. TO-
Last rites were to be held here to-
day for w. M. Houston, retired
Army officer and grandnephew OF
Sam Houston.
The 70-year-old veteran Of the
Spanish American War and World
War ] was found dead In his auto
mobile yesterday. Justice of the
Peace Sam L. Faver said death
was due to carbon monoxide
poisoning.
Mr.. Houston entered the Army
in 1898. He retired with the rank
of captain in 1921 after serving
in two wars. the Philippines and
on the Texas-Mexican border.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Big Business Forms
Group 10 Fight Any
Excess Profits Tax
sy the Associated Pres.

An important section of big busi-
ness closed ranks today against
enactment Of an excess profits
tax.
With the tax-writing House
Ways and Means Committee start
ing hearings Wednesday, more
than 100 business executives an
nounced formation Of an "emer-
gency" committee to oppose an
excess profits levy and to urge in
its place sound emergency cor
porate taxation"
The committee, in statement.
called the excess profits tax
breeder of "inf1ationary waste and
extravaganza" which, it said. has
"demoralizing to prudent mana
serial Judgment"
Acknowledging that business
profits must bear their fair share
of increased taxation" it suggested
a defense tax. increase in the
level of corporate taxes and pre-
vention Of undue profits" from
defense contracts by effective ne
gotiation and renegotiation pro-
cedures."
Ruml Is Organizer.
/, Beardsley Ruml, author of the
! present income tax Withholding
, plan, was one of those active in
formation of the business group.
Leon Henderson. former OPA
chief, is one Of It's consulting
economists.
:, Mr.. Ruml. In q separate state
ment. called the excess profits tax
"inequitable and inflationary." !"
and said no excess profits tax has
ever been devised that will do
more harm than good"
This new attack added to grow
ing doubts that any excess profits
, tax would be approved either at
the lame duck" session Of Con-
gresS later this month, or by the
82d Congress convening in Janu-
ary. Instead. informed tax experts
feel the lawmakers may favor
straight-out increases in corpora
ton tax rates.
. Tuesdays election results un-
/ doubtedly will have some influence
on tax planning. Some Of the
strongest House advocates Of ex-
cess profits taxes were defeated.
, However, the House and Senate
tax-writing committees were
pledged, before the election recess,
to consider the excess profits levy
either at the lame duck" session
or in the new Congress.
This was stipulated in both
houses to prevent blocking of the
$4.7 billion boosting bill
, passed in the last session of Con-
gress.
LABOR Opposition.
Formation of the Ruml tax
group Immediately drew the fire
Of one section of organized labor.
The publication Labor" Of
f1cial voice of the railway labor
organizations, accused business of
attempting "a gigantic fraud" by
pushing for fake defense tax"
! as substitute for the excess
profits tax.
Labor contended, In this weeks
issue. that an increase in normal
corporate taxes would not affect
corporation profits. The tax would
be passed along to the consumer
With profits untouched, the pub
lication said in q front-page
article.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Missing County Treasurer
Wins Reelection in Indiana
BY the Assoeioted Press

HARTFORD CITY. Ind. Nov. 10
"A missing man was reelected
Blackford County treasurer Tues
day.
Lester Hiser. a Democrat, re-
ceived 2,460 votes. almost double
the 1,251 given his only opponent,
Prohibitionist Luther Brandt.
Hiser has been missing since
October IL. when his burning
truck was found on a country
road near here. Examiners of
the State Board of Accounts have
reported there is a Substantial
shortage" in his accounts.
The county commissioners have
appointed Dennis Guy to serve
the unexpired term. which will
end December 81.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

Social Security Board and War
Manpower Commission. In addi-
ton she has held q number Of
similar posts in New York City.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Texos' King Ronch Holds
First Stock Auction
BY the As.oeiosed Press

KINGSVILLE, Tex, Nov. To-
The first auction ever held by the
King Ranch is scheduled today.
with SO head of quarterhorses and
25 head of Santa Gertrudis cattle
offered for sale.
The Santa Gertrudis is the only
breed Of cattle ever developed in
the United States.
A quarterhorse is a type Of horse
developed in range land country,
noted for its endurance and for
its high speed over short distances
such as quarter of mile.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Dr.. Greenboum's Estate
Willed to Hospitals
BY the A.soeioted Pres.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1o.-Dr.
Harry s. Greenbaum. who died
last week. has left the bulk of his
81 million estate to Johns Hopkins
Hospital. with $25 900 grants going
to Sinai, Women's and Union Me-
mortal Hospitals here.
The money will go to the hos
pitals after the death of the physi-
clans widow.
Evening star., 1950-11-10
Shah of Ironts S Fioncee
Stricken by Typhoid
BY The Assoeioied Press

TEHERAN. Iran, Nov. 10
Court circles disclosed yesterday
that Saroya Esfandiari. 19-yecr-,
old fiance Of the Shah of Iran, is
recovering from a mild attack Of
typhoid fever.
She is expected to be fully re-
covered in time for the wedding.
which has been set for Dece, er
q. Informed sources said re
wedding will be a small ir
restricted to court circles. cut
a sparkling ceremony is planned
next April for the formal corcna-
ton Of the Shah and his new en-
press.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

A weed-killing program has in
creased Greece's wheat output by
about 10000 tons.
Evening star., 1950-11-10

Give where you work to the
Community Chest.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

the gate. He's my youngest" We circled
once and over the pasture fence; with scarcely
a bump the wheels touched sod. We sped
through the gate, right to the kitchen door.
Ruth was there - that's Mrs. Newton -
in slacks and cotton shirt, pancake turner
in her hand. Hurry, you, two" she said,
breakfast is waiting. This was Renco Farm.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

We ate in the kitchen, pancakes and sausage
with a brown-sugar syrup. There were just
Dr. Newton, Ruth and Charlie and me.
.'Now when Ruth starts telling you her
recipes." DR.. Newton said. giving the wink
to Charlie, have her give you that crumb
cake. That's why Charlie and I married
Continued on next page
Evening star., 1950-01-15

lust back from the war; his
name was Roy Newton.
A Busy Wosaan
ALTHOUGH Ruth has a full
schedule looking after the
farm, she does her own house
work and that eight-room
house is kept neat as a pin.
She gardens, she cans. she
freezes half a ton of produce
during a summer. She is COM
munity-minded - teaches
nutrition to the All Clubbers.
is Program Chairman for the
Farm Bureau, serves as secre-
tary for the County Holstein-
Friesian Association.
Come to breakfast, folks"
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Three Rivers, Mich. Here the Newtons
live: Ruth is the on-the-spot manager. DR..
Newton, vice ce-president in charge of research
for meat packers Swift and Company. COM
mutes from Chicago for week ends and in
between just as often as he can get there.
I had come to see Ruth to talk about her
cooking Middle Western farm style"
That's how Ruth cooks, DR.. Newton told
me. And he told me more - that Ruth grew
up on farm near Logan. Iowa. She's an
Iowa State College product. worked her way
through and graduated as an honor student
in home economies and journalism. Out of
college she took job in Swift's test kitch-
ems, one of the many Martha Logan girls.
Right here the business career abruptly end
cd She met a Young chemist
Evening star., 1950-01-15
COWARD socnuREx

Our food editor takes a quick
trip to the Newtons' home for
Middle West farm-style eating
TNE little plane didn't look bigger than
Il one of the Lake gulls. 1t circled North
eriy Isle, made a perfect landing and /
climbed into it, up the side. A tight squeeze
for two.
could feel the little ship charging itself
with power as it roared down the field pick
ing up speed. then into the air. To our left
the sun winked over the liquid rim of Lake
Michigan To our right Chicago's Jackson
Park was mantled in soft haze. the steel
mile of C1rv Ind the
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mills OF Gary, lnO. -. tne
wind-rippled sand dunes -.
Michigan City.
1t was too noisy to talk.
The pilot, ruddy-cheeked,
graying DR.. Roy c. Newton.
wore a half smile as he touched
the levers, buttons, knobs of
his little kingdom. He mar
vels still over its bringing his
Chicago Office into commut-
ing distance of his Michigan
farm. He shouted out y
landmark, s'Notre Dame
ON your right" He knew
every little hump of the
earth.
An hour of time flowed by
unutilized. Here's the farm.
There's Charlie out to open
Evening star., 1950-01-15

W7ANT to save time and money -.
w yet delight your family with
really delicious dessert? Well
Get out your prettiest fruit dish -.
empty into it a can of well-chilled
Hunts Heavenly Peaches serve with
crisp little cookies! Mmmmm!
Hunts Heavenly Peaches are hand
picked. ender-mellow, golden-yellow
beauties. They're put up in delicious
heavy sugar syrup. And
With all these quality features, do
Evening star., 1950-01-15

they cost more than other peaches?
Heavens, NO! Your grocer sells them
at down-to-earth prices-usually LESS
than brands you've bought!
SO, when you think of peaches, think
of heavenly flavor. Get Hunt quality
for less money!
Evening star., 1950-10-17
The Jets Come Through

General Vandenbergs comment on the role
of jet fighters in Korea takes on added interest
in view of some of the earlier criticism of their
performance.
Back in the days of retreat after retreat,
when it seemed that nothing could stop the ad-
vance of the Communist armies, there were few
people, except perhaps the pilots who flew them,
to say good word for the jets. They were too
fast to give effective ground support. They
lacked the range that was required. They were
not sufficiently maneuverable.
But General Vandenberg says that these
complaints have been invalidated by experience.
AS against the piston engine fighters jets will
take more punishment, are just as good in range
and carrying capacity, and are far superior in
speed and climb rate. Whether the jets used in
Korea are as effective against ground targets,
a job for which they were not designed, may
still be open to some question. But General
vandenberg says that if the North Koreans had
had jet fighters of their own, our F-51 pro-
peller fighters could not have been used.
That, so far as the future is concerned, is
the clinching point. 1t is always with reluctance
that tried and trusted weapon is put on the
shelf. But success in modern warfare will not
be on the side of those who stick by outmoded
weapons. The propeller plane is on the way out,
and the jet has come to stay for while.
Evening star., 1950-10-17
BY Charles E. TroceWeH

The pedestrian came up to the girl
he had spoken to. She was halted by
the lights.
"She is still there" he said pointing
back to the bareheaded old woman.
II know" said the girl. as if she. too.
were in doubt about something or other.
"The Indiana part of me-" he said.
"says to go back"
He smiled.
But the Washington, D. c., part of
me says to 60 on" he continued.
The girl looked as if she understood,
but she said nothing.
So they parted, conversationalists for
few seconds, as such things go.
He wondered if she did understand,
or If he understood himself.
The one side of him said to 60 back,
to speak to the old lady. to find out If
she were in any trouble.
The other side said to accept the situa-
tion for what it seemed, just an old
woman standing bareheaded in the rain,
the water pouring down on her unpro-
tected snow white hair.
He wouldn't have worried about it at
all, he kept telling himself, If she hadn't
been bareheaded.
Somehow, that did 1t. It was such
gloomy day.
Evening star., 1950-10-17
This and That

A gray-haired woman was standing
with head bowed at the curb in the
driving rain.
Most of the hurrying passersby looked,
but none said anything.
None, that is, except one, and he
turned to hurrying young woman and
remarked, Doesn't look right, does it?"
The dark-eyed young woman shook
her head.
"It doesn't" she said.
She did not go back, however. No one
else seemed to pay any attention.
X
After all. a very old-looking woman
has right to stand bareheaded in the
rain if she wants to.
That was what the man thought, as
he. too, went on his way.
He kept looking back, now and then,
and sure enough, the woman was still
there, in the same attitude, her head
down, as If looking at her shoes.
The man felt uneasy.
Should he go back?
Madam" he could hear himself say
ing, "are you all right?"
'Sir," he could hear the woman saying,
maybe, "of course am all right"
Indignantly she would turn away, with
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the unspoken comment. why don't you
mind your own business?"
He kept looking back.
The woman was still looking down.
Should he overcome his doubts, and
do what his heart told him to do?
After all. she was pretty close to the
curb
His mind got in the way. The city
got in his way. Doubts got in his way.
Always doubts crop up. whenever one
listens for even second to the call of
the emotions. The heart, let us say.
The city and the mind and their
doubts
Surely these are good things, he
thought, even though at times they
seem to gang up on the emotions.
Together they act as safety valves,
to keep one, at times. from being
spoken harshly to, and at other times
to save one from real danger.
It is the same when driving car.
There was that case of the honest
fellow who, seeing woman lying by
the side of the road, stopped his car
and leaped out, only to be assaulted by
two men who had been crouching there
to rob him.
Evening star., 1950-10-17
The Comic Book Has Entered Politics
By Mary McGrory


THE "colorless" candidate may be-
l. come thing of the past if the pres
ent trend towards comic books as polit-
ical ammunition keeps going.
Time was when Mr.. Hopeful used to
send around glossy little folders show
ing studio portrait of himself with
Mrs. Hopeful by his side, the children
transfxed in their Sunday best, the
family dog grounded at the masters
feet. Under this in large type went his
lodge memberships, previous Offices If
any. and his 'if-elected" promises.
Now, however, he's in there with Hop
along and Superman as the hero of q
brightly -colored picture book If as
youth he sold papers. he's shown ragged
in the rain shouting "Wuxtry!" Later,
he appears pounding his fist on the
desk of some heavy-set, obviously privi-
legged character demanding the rights
of the people. The balloons coming out
his mouth are filled with resounding
phrases. "We are determined" for in
stance, ''to see now, while so much Gov
ernment money is being spent, that it
is spent wisely and not wasted"
The use of political comic books on
a national and Statewide scale began
two years ago, although they had been
used sporadically before that in several
New York and Massachusetts local cam
paigns. They really came into their
own in the 1948 presidential election.
when Malcolm w. Alter, the young presi-
dent of New York firm called Com
mercial Comics, Inc, sold the idea of
THE Story of Harry S. Truman" to the
Democratic National Committee.
"The Story" began with the announce
ment of President Roosevelt's death,
flashed back to Mr.. Truman's boyhood
on the farm, brought him through his
senatorial career and picked out the
high points of his administration. It
was a smash hit. Three million copies
were printed, and on the eve of the
election wires came from State COM
mittees all over the country, asking for
more
Its success started what the originator
thought was trend, or at least sufficient
business to warrant setting up shop in
the Capital. Now Mr.. Alter, Navy vet
eran from Illinois, keeps in touch with
people who want to win friends and in
1uence voters at an Office at 1907 M
street NV.
Mr.. Alter, who also does comic books
for industrial firms, has just dispatched
to the political battlefrontS 1.-THE Story
of AL Loveland," who hopes to unseat
Senator Hickenlooper, Republican of
Iowa, and "The Story of Scott Lucas
which will provide ammunition for the
Senate majority leaders hard fight with
former Representative Dirksen of Illinois.
So far, only Democrats have used
comic books Actually the G. O. p had
first crack at them. A Democrat him
self. Mr.. Alter approached the Republic
cans with the idea just before their
1916 national convention. They turned
it down on the grounds the comic books
were "undignifed."
But" says Mr.. Alter, whose customers
so far have all been elected, with the
single exception of certain aspirant to
the Mayors job in Buffalo, sooner or
later every candidate will have to use
Evening star., 1950-10-17

comic books to counter balance the ef-
fects of his opponents comic books
In the Filipino presidential election
a year ago, Mr.. Ater's THE Story of
Elpidio Quirino"-a sixteen-page book
that caused gunfights in the streets of
Manila-was generally credited with much
of the substantial lead that Quirino
finally gained. 1t was printed in five
languages.
Not Unexpectedly. the books tell only
one side of the story-the candidates
side. They don't go in for controversial
Subtleties
For instance, in "The Story of Harry
Truman" the Presidents political career
begins in domestic scene. with the
young Truman hanging up his hat and
saying to Mrs. Truman, 'Bess, the boys
at the Legion meeting were talking about
having me run for county judge" JON
athan Daniels, in his semiofflcial biog-
raphy, "The Man from independence"
tells a somewhat different story, with
Boss Pendergast key figure.
I'm the case of Mr.. Truman's failure
in the haberdashery business" says Mr..
Alter, I'VE couldn't leave 1t out, because
every one knew it. So we showed it, but
blamed 1t on the Republicans for not
helping small business"
Evening star., 1950-10-17
Letters to- The Star

under pressure to take protest action by
various organizations interested in world
peace and pacifisn. Not knowing ex-
actly what course I should follow as a
world citizen, left for Haiti for period
of reflection and to complete my book,
"Credo." There realized that 1t was
not America alone which was involved
in the Korean matter but the United
Nations itself with whose principles am
in complete accord. And so I saw that
my protest" as such was a mistake.
1t was with joy that on September IS
returned home.
It was thus that felt could right
fully ask for reinstatement of my former
citizenship. For one thing I did not
feel had the right to enjoy the privi-
leges of being resident of the United
States without assuming the burdens Of
citizenship. I anticipated that many
would regard my request as denial Of
my belief in One World and world citi-
Zenship. Many would enviSion me crawl
ing back to the fold, defeated and bitter.
Neither is true. My beliefs have never
been stronger I feel neither defeated
nor bitter. Quite the contrary.
Those who would welcome me back
to the fold with backhanded smites at
how mistaken ! was ever to leave appar-
emily think that American citizenship is
the reward of the true, the brave and
the good. They have overlooked, in my
opinion. the grave responsibilities which
accrue to every American citizen today.
They apparently do not realize that
privilege brings with it crushing burden
of responsibility, moral as well as ma
terial Every American has the duty
to defend with all the power at his
command the basic human rights with
out which United States citizenship or
any citizenship whether local or worldly
would be mere shell covering the
rottenness of dictatorship.
To sum up: America is my homeland;
love it. I know it is not perfect. No
one would contend it is. But am no
longer an abstract idealist and I wish
to start at home in putting into practice
my belief in world citizenship. I asked
for my United States citizenship with the
full knowledge born of my experiences
in Europe, of the burdens as well as the
rights such citizenship entails so that
all men may one day enjoy the freedoms
which are part Of everyday America.
Garry Davis.
Evening star., 1950-10-17
Dry Falls

Ponderous, f1t-slabbed, the aged rocks
Slant SloDly do1Dnward under the
autumn sun.
Rooted By sky, slim -colun,ned by white
birches,
They floor ,Uith moss the ,Dooded
Pantheon.
Year unto year they lie. unmouing amid
con1-lotion.
Birds fit, iDind s,Days the cat-tails and
green Sedge.
Trout lurk beloW In the shallotns. the
crane flaps 1Dings
And glides up,pdrd, the rattler slips
under the ledge.
Summer brings bold feet to intimate
crGnnieS,
Scatters light iDords and color. then
the images blur.
Insects rustic the grasses. the shadows
fotD OnaDGrd.
The rocks are still. They do not
n,urmur or stir.
MYRTLE ADAMS.
Evening star., 1950-10-17
John J. Roskob

John ]. Raskob was creation as we'll as
creator of the financial age to which he belonged
He was instrumental in the expansion of the du
Pont empire and was responsible for the credit
policies which distinguished General Motors in
its relations with middle class purchasers of au-
tomobiles. His skill as manipulation of indus
trial values was acknowledged by friends and foes
alike. In the fabulous TwentieS he was a worker
OF prodigious magic That he was not destroyed
in the crashes which followed was proof of the
elemental SoundnesS of his procedures
But in politics Mr. Raskob was not so sue
cessful. He failed as manager of the campaign
of his friend Alfred E. Smith for the presidency
in 1928 and, by sponsoring the so-called smear
campaign" of Charles Nicholson against the
administration of Herbert Hoover, prepared the
way for the victory of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1882 and the experiments of the New Deal which
he deplored. BY 1910 he was in effect, a Re-
publican. who's Who in United States Politics"
recently published, does not mention him in any
connection.
Washington was acquainted with Mr. Raskob
when he made his home here while serving as
"a dollar year" adviser to the Government in
World War l. One of the stories told about him
is that he admired Paul P. Cret's design for the
Pan American Union Building so much that he
copied it in his Claymont, Delaware, residence
His own explanation of his opposition to prohi-
bition was that his observation of extravagant
use of liquor during wartime had convinced him
that such laws were unenforceable.
Perhaps Mr.. Raskob will be remembered
longest for his charities. He was generous
giver to churches, schools, hospitals and other
agencies striving for the common good.