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Arizona sun., 1950-02-10
Do You Want 70 Cut
Your Federal Taxes?
Your Wasted Taxes

No reasonable man questions the
need for taxes to pay the cost OF
governmental services. Everyone
should be willing to pay a fair
share Of his income for that pur-
pose. But nobody wants to under
write extravagance-in the home,
in business or in government.
The bipartisan Commission on
Organization Of the Executive
Branch Of the Government, created
by Congress with the approval Of
President Truman and headed by
former President Hoover, has pro-
vided . chart for the elimination
Of governmental extravagance and
waste.
This past year, because e dup
lication and overlapping in the
Armed Services we wasted about
one billion dollars out Of the fifteen
billion spent for National Security.
In 1948 two agencies planned to
build the same dam In nearly the
same place at Hell's Canyon, Idahe.
Each set Of plans cost about $780,
600. The plans differed BY approx
mateiy Is million dollars In esd
mated cost Of erection.
Il now costs the Post Office De-
partment two and Q half cents b
print and deliver O penny post card.
The Veterans Administration. at
the time Of the Commissions sur.
vey, had $500 empty beds In &c
hospitals, yet VA and ether gov.
ernment agencies have planned or
are building additional hospitals at
q cost Of over q billion dollars,
when 649s Of the available beds are
not now occupied. This h Alice IN
Wonderland.
Il takes more than $1o worth ok
paper work to complete o govern
mental purchase order. For example,
BY the time the necessary paper
work b completed. . SOC typewrite9
ribbon costs the taxpayer about SO.
Turnover Of labor 10 recognised
BY all industry - expensive. Yet
IN the Federal Government labor
turnover runs about Is per cent, Q
rate much higher than any private
business could stand. This means
that every year approximately
100000 either leave or enter q gov
ernment job. The personnel SYSTEM
II clogged with red tape. The best
men leave because Of the low pay
scale, and the inefficient eannet
easily be discharged.
II enacted into law, the Cons
mission recommendation to remedy
these and other defects In conduct
ing our Federal business would save
the taxpayer three TO four billion
dollars . year.
To play your part IN putting .
stop to this wasteful extravaganee,
Join the non-partisan Citizens Com-
mittee, which In working for the
enactment Of the Commissions
suggestions. Write TO the Citizens
Committee for Reorganization Of
the Executive Branch Of the Gov
ernment, 1921 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia 2, Pennsylvania. Write
your Congressman. Inform your
self about the Commission Report.
Tell your neighbors!
Arizona sun., 1950-02-10

Your dollars, together with those Of
other Valley Bank depositors, are a
reservoir of credit for community use.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Werner Named President
OF First Last Man Club

Ralph N. Werner last night was
elected president of the First Last
Man Club of Washington, succeed
ing Col. Julius I. Peyser.
Ten members of the club, formed
in the 1930s by 100 World War
veterans, met for the annual meet
ing last night at the Willard Hotel.
Ninety-three members are still
living.
Other officers elected were L. j.
P. Fichthorn, first vice president;
Charles E. Smithson, second vice
president. and Lloyd E. Henry. Sec
retary-treasurer. Named to other
posts were Penn H. Howard, chap
lain; Daniel M. Goodacre, chief
of staff; William Vaughn, Judge
advocate; Edmund Baldwin, SER
geant at arms: DR.. w. w. Gill, jr.,
surgeon; William B. Covert. MIS-
torian, and Senator Gillette, Dem
ocrat, of Iowa. color sergeant.
Each president of the club keeps
in his custody the single bottle of
chianti wine from which, some
year in the future, the last sur
viving member will drink a toast
in solitude to the memory of his
departed comrades on the date OF
the annual banquet. This years
banquet will be held February is
at q place to be determined later.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
EvongeIists
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the intent and character of anti
religious activity already charac-
teristic of Communism-discredit-
ing the Catholic church, the Pope
and clergy: rediding the method
of teaching Catholic doctrine. Its
dogmas, its rites; and insinuations
against the moral conduct of its
bishops and clergymen."
Ministry Hurled Charges.
The Italian Interior Ministry
said earlier this week that it had
told the United States Embassy
in Rome that American Protestant
activities in Italy often aid COM
munism. Tpsjf
The Vatican organ said the
evangelists of the Church OF Christ
in Italy pretend that the humble
classes are the most abandoned by
the Catholic church"
It said of the 13 young evangel-
ists-who include six married cou-
Piles and nearly all of whom are
under 80 years of age:
They, in fact, do not limit
themselves to putting forth their
ideas. but they love to insist upon
erroneous and calumnious histori-
cal errors, with a polemical spirit
and offensive. aggressive Ian
guage."
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Man Sentenced on Charges
OF Threats 10 Kill Father

Thomas L. Wilson, jr., 20, con-
victed of threatening to kill his
father and stepmother, yesterday
was sentenced to serve two months
on a charge Of threats In a men,
acing manner.
On another charge of threats,
Municipal Court Judge Almond
w. Scott ordered Wilson to post
a $500 peace bond or serve go
days.
Wilson was arrested Wednes-
day after. his stepmother said he
threatened her. The father tes-
titled that on October 18. his son
grabbed q long japanese sword
and threatened to "cut my head
Off" $50
In passing sentence, Judge
Scott recommended the man be
Ihospitalized.
Wilson lives with his family at
TIA Whittier street NV.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Civic Group Asks Truman
To Enforce Civil Riqhfs

The Pleasant Plains Civic AS
sociation last night voted to petit
ton President Truman for en-
forcement of civil rights laws a.
dopted in 1872 and 1878.
These laws. the group says, op-
pose segregation, and have never
been repealed. The association S
action came after a symposium on
civil rights led by Woolsey w. Hall,
president of the Federation of Civil
Associations, David Ryan, and
Mrs. Margaret A. Haywood, attor-
neys.
The group also commended Mr..
Truman for his stand on civil
rights and asked for early enact
ment of legislation supporting his
program on this subject.
The group reafflrmed its previ-
Gus stand against the proposed
transfer of 500 girl students from
Cardozo Business High School to
Park View School. It asked that
CardoZo be banned from use i'm
mediately and that students be
transferred to Central High
School.
The meeting was conducted by
David E. Wells, president, in the
Monroe School, Columbia road be-
tween Georgia and Sherman ave-
nues NV.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Italian Court VoIidutes
RosseIIini AnnuIment
BY the Assoeiofed Press

TURIN, Italy, Jan. 14.-An
italian court today removed one
of the obstacles that has been
keeping Film Director Roberto
Rossellini from marrying his lead
ing lady, Ingrid Bergman.
An assizes court ruled that the
Austrian annulraent of Rossellini's
marriage to Marcella de Marchis
is valid in Italy.
Rossellini and his former wife
were represented in court by att
torneys. The court had said it
would make no effort to investi-
gate the reasons for the reported
annulment, but only would estab-
lish that an Austrian court had
issued the annulment decree.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Navy Plans Housing
For Installations Here

Plans for construction of 1902
dwelling units at three Naval in
stallations in the Washington
area have received preliminary
approval of the Navy Department,
it was announced today.
The units will be occupied by
Navy and Marine Corps personnel.
The Naval Air Test Center at
Patuxent, Md, will get $50 units;
the Marine Corps School at Guam
tico, Va, $50 units, and the Naval
Powder Factory at Indian Head,
Md, 102 units.
The construction will include
all utilities. streets. walks, serv-
ices and site improvements. The
projects will be built by private
firms yet to be selected by the
Navy. Details, including location,
size and average rentals are to
be worked out.
Interested builders were invited
to apply to the District Public
Works Officer. Potomac River
Naval Command. Naval Gun Fac
tory, Washington, before January
25
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Open Budget Hearings
Date Yet 10 Be Set

District budget-making on Cap
itol Hill is in recess today and it
appeared that the closed door
hearings for city department Off
cials will be over by the end of
next week.
The date is yet to be scheduled
for open hearings for citizen wit
nesses. Numerous requests for
time already have been filed.
The House subcommittee in
charge of the District supply bill,
headed by Representative Bates,
Democrat. of Kentucky, yesterday
ran through the Commissioners
estimates for the Health Depart
ment and Gallinger and Glenn
Dale Hospitals. These total $10,-
$4,000, more than $5,000,000 be-
low the requests of the health Of
ficials..
The subcommittee also took
testimony on the needs of the Fire
Department and some of the n1u-
nicipal courts.
When hearings are resumed
Monday, the subcommittee will
take up the budget problems of
the Corrections Department and
the SIG, 900. 900 asked for the city's
ua1foro coryicec
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Woman Gets S55,00O
Award in SHOOTING

A 5000 default judgment yes
terday was awarded a woman cab
driver who sued her ex-boy friend
for shooting her in both hips dur
ing a quarrel
The award was returned before
District Court jury and Judge
Edward A. Tamm in favor of
Louise Douse, colored, of 14o6
Fifth street NV. The defendant,
James L. Smith, SO, colored, Is
serving a three-to-n -nine-year SEN
tence given him in the 1948 as
sault.
Miss Douse, who said she had
earned $l4 a day driving cabs,
testified Smith broke into her
house in July, 1948, and threat
ened her with a gun, after she
said she was through with him.
In tussle over the gun, she
fell to the floor, she added, where
upon Smith shot her twice and
fed. She appeared in court on
crutches, and declared she can
no longer drive her cab as a re-
suit of her injuries.
Another case before Judge
Tamm resulted in a $4,000 judg-
ment returned for an awning
company business agent, who
claimed breach of contract. This
award went to S. Charles Bond,
5000 H street Sc, in his suit
against the Kool Vent Aluminium
Awning Co. of Virginia. He
charged the firm failed to pay
him all the commissions agreed
to in their 1946 contract,
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Protestant Groups Bishops
Take Oath, Hungary Says
Bv the ksxor;otsd py.ss

BUDAPEST, Jan. 14.-Bishops
of Hungary's Calvinist and Evan
gelical churches have given a re-
quired loyalty oath to the Com
munist-controlled government, an
official communique said today
The oath was demaned in a
decree last October IA. It said
that, in addition to government
officials. the oath was required
from all persons who supplement
their financial income from the
state" Because churches of all
denominations draw State sup
port. all clergymen and higher
authorities are involved.
The Roman Catholic Bishops
have so far not taken the oath.
They announced December % that
they would permit their priests
to do So. but would not make
the pledge themselves unless
granted permission by the Vat
ican. They did not disclose
whether they would ask such ~
mission.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Stocks Close Uneven
As Selling Upsets
Steady Undertone
By the Associofsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Last-
minute selling came in today's
brief stock market. upsetting to a
degree the relatively steady under
tone that prevailed most of the
two-hour session.
Final prices were mixed, with
scattered minus signs replacing
earlier plus marks in the strongly
favored radio and television group.
Meat packing shares. a late added
favorite, held most of the gains
up to the close.
Admiral Corp. Down.
Admiral Corp. ended down y
point after being up most of the
time, and Magnavox was un-
changed, along with Zenith.
The intense pressure that
knocked the market off it's feet
late Thursday and again yester-
day at times. however, seemed to
have spent itself.
Trading was fast, especially for
Saturday, although well below
Friday, which was the biggest day
since May, 1948. Turnover hit
rate of around 100000 shares
for the tWo-hour session.
The leadership offered the mar
ket by radio -television and meat
packing issues was considered a
trif1e on the weak side. Brokers
were pretty we'll agreed. though,
that the market-even if another
selling riot should develop-was
on solid footing from a long-range
viewpoint.
Chrysler Weak Spot.
Chrysler was one of the few
weak spots. losing around a point
at one time.
Pushing ahead vigorously were
Armour g. Co., Cudahy, Swift, In
ternational and Wilson. A favor
able earnings statement issued by
Armour helped to bolster this
group.
Radio -television issues slanted
upward most of the day, but
found the going a little rough
toward the close. Higher were
Emerson Radio Cup nearly 2
points, Philco and Radio Corp.
Others asead included Good
rich, Sears Roebuck, Douglas Air
craft, American Telephone. Inter-
national Telephone, American
Smelling. Allied Chemical, Amer
ican Woolen, International Paper,
Chesapeake & Ohio, Illinois Gen.
tral and Johns -Manville.
Evening star., 1950-01-14

Mr.. Wiley "has thereby mali
ciously deceived and defrauded,
grossly wronged and injured" Miss
Laing by allegedly causing her
great pain in mind and body,
humiliation, anxiety and injury
to her social standing" according
to the suit. Miss Laing further
charged that she has sustained a
"loss of earnings" and has to ex-
pend funds for medical care and
disqualification.
Miss Laing gave her address
here as the West End Apartment
House, 2124 I street NV. Her
lawyer said, however, that she
left the city about a week ago
on her physicians advice to stay
with brother in Milwaukee.
During the widely publicized
Nowicki trial. testimony revealed
that Mr.. Wiley had been inti-
mate with the plaintiff and that
she had had an illegitimate child,
a son. r.
Mr.. Wiley admitted on the wit
ness stand that he had been in
innate with Miss Nowickie on one
occasion. but denied he had ever
promised to marry her. 4E
Evening star., 1950-01-14

radio appeals describing the living
conditions of the family. Mr..
Evans stated the immediate need
for $500 to purchase a Govern
ment surplus house.
In two days time contributions
amounted to $1,500, and a truck
company owner. a contractor, a
surveyor, painter, a roofing man
and an insulator offered their
services at no cost.
Busy getting the parts of the
house ready for the truck. John
Ford, commander of the Legion
post, explained that his men were
really going to fix this house up
right" He said a peaked roof
will be put on the now fiat top of
the structure, the interior reno
vated and the exterior painted.
None of the Legionnaires knew
the name of the family they were
assisting. TT doesn't make any
difference" Mr.. Ford said, they're
people who need help"
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Trumon Nominutes Two
To Advisory Commission

President Truman yesterday
nominated Justin Miller of Los
Angeles and Mark A. May of New
Haven, Conn.,, for three-year
terms on the Advisory Commis-
sion on the State Departments
information activities.
Both were members of the orig
inal commission of five members.
The commission is headed by
Mark Ethridge. publisher of the
Louisville Courier journal and
Times. and its job is to advise
the Secretary of State on the de-
partment's Voice of America pro-
grams and other information &C
tivities abroad.
Mr.. May is director of Yale
University's Institute of Human
Relations. Mr.. Miller is president
of the National Association of
Broadcasters.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Wiley
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promised and agreed" to marry
her.
In consideration of the de-
fendant's promise, and confiding
and relying on his promise and
representations, the plaintiff
(Miss Laing). agreed and entered
into contract to marry the de-
fendant," Miss Laing declared in
her suit.
Miss Laing added in her action
that she and Mr.. Wiley continued
their constant association and
companionship" after the alleged
promise. But she said further in
the suit that although Mr.. Wiley
ION numerous occasions re-
affirmed his promise of marriage"
he was "evasive" as to naming a
date for the ceremonies.
This situation continued until
last September, the suit charged,
when Mr.. Wiley refused and has
continued to refuse to perform
under the contract to marry"
Because Of his alleged actions,
Evening star., 1950-01-14
House Set Up for Family of 10
As Radio Plea Nets $500

A family of 10 is being moved
out of its present home, a two
room chicken coop in Beltsville,
Md, to a four bedroom prefabri-
Gated house, thanks to the &C
cumulated generosity of a lot of
individuals.
The new house was dismantled
yesterday by members of the
American Legion Housing Post
and moved by truck from it's for
mer site at 2004 West Virginia
avenue NE. to a cinder block
foundation in Beltsville.
The plight of William Cue, a
hard-working but presently i'll
World War I Navy veteran, now
in the Naval Hospital at Bethesda,
and his family came to the at
tention Of the Sunday school class
of the community church in
Greenbelt.
Members wrote a letter to An
nouncer Mark Evans of Radio
Station WTOP, who made two
Evening star., 1950-01-14
British Ship Damaged
In Swutow Bombino
BY the Associofed Press

HONG KONG, Jan. 14.-The
British freighter Winghing was
damaged by three Chinese Ma
tionalist B-24 bombers Thursday
in the Chinese Communist port
of Swatow. None aboard was in
jured.
The hull of the 254-ton vessel
was punctured by one bomb which
hit few yards off the stern in
what crewmen said was the first
bombing raid on the South China
port.
They said large. fires were set
in the city.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
CeyIon
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may not like me to continue this
work in six weeks time"
Mr.. Bevin referred to the
British general election February
%, in which Britain's labor gov
ernment will either be returned
to office or supplanted.
Storm Seen Approaching.
1ndia's Prime Minister Java
harlal Nehru. commented that
though the conference might not
have solved the worlds problems,
1--WE have learned what the prob
lens are so we can face up to
them"
1--WE live under the shadow of
the approaching storm" said P. c.
Spender, Australian minister of
external affairs. Whether it will
break upon us, or pass by, we
feel there has been an urgency
about our deliberations and that
time has not been running in our
favor"
The conference communique
said Commonwealth economic Of
ficials in simultaneous meetings
had surveyed the sterling areas
current and prospective position.
with particular attention to re-
cent and future dollar exports.
Six of the eight Commonwealth
nations reported last night that
devaluation of the British pound
and other sterling currencies so
far had resulted in little increase
Of exports to dollar areas. Only
the United Kingdom and Can
ada reported such increases. :,
Committee Setup Asked. +
The communique said the Com
aaonTealth governments would be
Evening star., 1950-01-14

asked to set up a consultative
committee in connection with the
proposed economic aid to Asia.
The conference also discussed.
the communique said, the recent
political settlement in Indonesia,
the present situations in Indo-
China, Burma and Malaga; the
question of recognition of the
new regime in China" future re-
lations of the Commonwealth
countries with China, the current
political situation in Europe and
the Middle East, and steps being
taken to promote closer co-opera-
ton, both political and economic,
among the countries of Western
Europe and between them and the
United States of America and
Canada"
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Portuguese Sub Hits Ship;
No Casualties Reported
BY the Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal, Jan. a.
The Portuguese submarine Delfim
with Vice Admiral Oliveira Pinto
aboard, collided today with the
patrol ship Santome off Setuba,
Bay during maneuvers. Both
craft were damaged but there
were no casualties.
A big hole was ripped in the
bow of the Santome and she was
towed to port by the submarine.
Admiral Pinto holds the highest
administrative post in the Portu-
guese Navy.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Wilbur Forrest Retires
From Herald Tribune
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Wilbur
S. Forrest has retired as assistant
editor of the New York Herald
Tribune.
Mr.. Forrest, 81, will continue,
however, to administer the Reid
Foundation, which awards annual
fellowships enabling newspapers
men and women to study in vari-
GUS parts of the world.
Mr.. Forrest has been a WASH
ington correspondent, war corre-
spondent and foreign correspond
ent and is a past president Of
the American Society of Newspa-
per Editors. He joined the staff
Of the New York Tribune, later
merged with the Herald, In 1918.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Toll in Glider Crash
Reaches 13asAnothe
Dies at Fort Benninq
BY the Associated Press

CoN4 DGINNxl<G, Cd., Jan. 14,
The unexplained crash of an
Air Force glider here claimed its
18th victim early today as another
paratrooper died of injuries.
Only 4 of the II men aboard
the glider now have survived yes
terday's crash. Three are in crit
ical condition at the Lawson Air
Force Base Hospital.
Among the victims were II STU
dent paratroopers ready for their
final exam-one more jump. Also
killed were a sergeant-instructor
and the glider's pilot. I'd 1t. Robert
D. Henley of Columbia. Mo.
First Fatal Accident Since 1916.
The crash-the cause of which
was unknown-was the first fatal
accident in the glider training
school since the death of one man
in 1916.
The glider, one of two released
by C-82 tow plane, was settling
on the runway normally when,
witnesses reported, one wing
dipped sharply and struck the
ground.
First 1t Melvin L. Minnix, pilot
Of the companion glider, said the
crack up came at 30-gree angle
and scattered wreckage over the
field like confetti after a parade. 4"
His gliding speed seemed nor
NAL" 1t. Minnix continued in
describing 1t. Henley's landing.
His altitude looked perfect and
his angle to glide appeared the
same as mine.
Glider Disintegrated.
He was still in his turn,
though" 1t. Minnix related,
when noticed his glide angle
had become fairly steep. He lost
altitude fast and then hit the
ground at about 30-degree angle
with his left wing down"
Other witnesses reported the
glider hit the runway, bounced
into the air and began to disinte-
CRATE. Debris and bodies were
scattered over TOO feet of the run
way.
Capt. A. c. Parker of the In
fantry Training Center Public In
formation Office said Is of the
men were taking glider training
in conjunction with their six
weeks training as paratroopers.
Other Victims Identified.
Besides 1t. Henley, the Air
Force listed the men killed as:
Sergt. First Class Eugene S.
Jones, Is. instructor, Clay, w. Va.
Sergt. Frank c. Rathberger, %,
Portland, Oreg.
Pvt. Alfonso Romero, 18, Berk-
eley, Calf.
Pvt. Alvin F. Runnell, 10,
Preekside, Pa.
Pvt. Gordon A. Smith, %,
Columbus, Ga.
Pvt. Robert Smell. jr., 1s, Nash
vile, Tenn.
Pvt. James H. Stacey, %, St.
Helens, KY.
Pvt. Rodney r. Toebel, Is, Wis.,
consin Rapids, Wis.
Pvt. Norman H. Viands, 1S,
Holly Oak, Del.
Pvt. Townsend E. Tomlinson,
10, Dover, Del.
Pvt. Richard L. Wedeikis, 18,
Kenosha. Wis.
Pvt. Charles M. Rothrock, jr.,
18, Belle Vernon, Pa.
Evening star., 1950-01-14
Guest Speaker Named

Weldon Mayock, former general
counselor Of the National Demo-
cratic Committee, who recently
announced his candidacy for the
democratic nomination for the
California governorship. will be
guest speaker at a breakfast of
the Women's National Democratic
Club at II am. tomorrow at the
club, New Hampshire avenue and
@ streets NV.