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ray a capital gains tax of 25 per cent on the sale. In other words, the Truman letter is not earned in come, but a special personal gift from the President of the United States. A gift is not taxable until it is sold, and as long as MT. Hume leeps the letter more than six months, his tax will be only 25 percent.
 If treasury agents argue about this, MT. Hume can tell them quite t-uthfully that his letter is some thing which happens only once in 9 lifetime, that it was an unsolicited gift from the President, and that if any gift tax is paid 1t should come out of Harry Truman's pocket, not his.
 Other people who got indignant letters from the President can also cash in on this nice ow-bracket tax. In brief, the President has
 
 heen awfully kind to Mir. Hume, to Bernie Baruch. to Dr. Bishop, to Jimmie Byrnes and others. The enly one he has sighted is me. [ *- ause when he hurled the ser yant of brotherhood" charge in my direction, he did it orally. He did not write a letter.
 Someday, if I can get up nerve enough. 1 am going to ask MT. Truman to put it in writing, so I can have something either to hand down to my children or else sell under a capital gains tax. Having been the first to arouse public Pre- sidential ire, I think the President owes it to me to put it in writing.
 Note-Anyone who wants to bid on the Truman letter black-balling John L. Lewis as dogcatcher can wire the Denver Press Club.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-01-04
TOASTMASTERS MEETING

Toastmasters Club will meet to- night at 6 o'clock in tine Baranof Gold Room with Charles G. Bur- dick toastmaster. Wes Overby will talk on the Importance of Words; :" Harold Foss will give an impromp- tu speech and five-minute talks will be by Dr. John Clements, Gene Vuille and Comdr Morrison. Herb Rowland will be chief critic; Urban c. Nelson, topic master; Ed Peyton, gramnfarian; and w. A. Clipper field will say grace.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE Ss ROBERTA LEE

O. Where should placed the a letter?
 preferred position return address is in the upper although when the envelope small written the back O. permissible the for eating pie es- pecialy juicy?
 liquid the juice of may be- 1t IS eaten Wn the fork juice with
 If one has not understood person to whom has been introduced should be said?
 It in order to say sorry understand the
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H0SpITAL NOTES

Admitted to St. Ann's hospital yesterday were Mrs. Clarice Cady and Mrs. Dave Weathers.
 Baby Jack Cremin was dismissed
 Mrs. Charles Jack of Tenakee was admitted to the Government hos pital ami Robert Prokopioff of Ju- neau WIS dismissed.
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Ketchikan Wrangel Petersburg wishing Building Juneau Transportation Con- travelling facilities from this city 29, dedication day. sailing February 1
 Simpson entertained of folks n the afternoon Jean Faulkner Corrinne Jenne Elizabeth Tehun Doris Uh Virginia Uich Dana Devighne Smith Robert
 opened this day at the Alaska Basin George Miller had charge of training in the Territory
 of the Douglas Island his there agn Mike Pusich returned from the Puget Sound metropolis spent
 High, low, fl; mist
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LARRY MOORE HERE

Larry Moore, manager of the AL aska Chapter of the Associated General Contractors, with head quarters at Anchorage, arrived here yesterday via PIMA to attend a called by the U. S. Coast Guard in regard to handling of in Alaska. He is at the Baranof Hotel.
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be given for the surrendering of plane or unit commander sur- rendering with his troops.
 Intelligence reports from the front reveal that only a fraction of the Chinese troops fighting in Korea are hard-bitten Communists not susceptible to silver bullets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-01-04
SilvSr Bullets

A plan to use silver bullets" the ancient and still most effective weapon in China, is being carefully studied by U. s. strategists.
 One specific proposal offers hard cash and a guarantee of food to Chinese who surrender to United Nations forces in Korea. A soldier with rifle or pistol would get Sl0 plus six months food rations. A soldier surrendering a mortar would get one ounce of gold. and so on up to five gold bars Q0 ounces) to
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Increased Living Cost

One thing that has stumped price czars Alan Valentine and Mike Di Sale is that they cannot impose overall price controls on certain farm products until the cost Of living goes up even more.
 This is because the farm bloc ia Congress inserted a provision IL the price control whereby cer-
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LOOK and LEARN Ssy sy c. GORDON

l. worlds five largest islands? the achievement of perpetual motion Who ran for Presidency while in jail? 4 oldest known alcoholic drink? exception of the dog more "uey distributed thany any other domestic animal?
 ANSWERS Greenland New Guinea Borneo and Baffn 9 Gravity friction.
 Eugene ". Socialist candidate in 1920. 4. Beer
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20 YEARS AGO fTD f;GT EXPIRE
JANUARY 4, 1881

disks from Southeast Alaska forests were to be n- Colonial Exposition slated obtained by the Forest Service forwarded to the commission.
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compliment to Mrs A. Ficken Mrs l. Faulkner gave our- some golf party Building Mrs Fken Tilosen Yeakey composed one Coughn White and Mrs Harding
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH = : :::: j; : :: ,: 5: : :::' $: Worshipful Master: JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary. A
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At last-Xmas jewelry has ar rived. 690-3t
 NINA'S NIX NAKS
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Weather ai
 Alaska Points

Weather conoitlons ana temper atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast. at 4:30 am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau
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The Washington keGry-Go-Round

fContinue6 frorl Page One)
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Weather: High, A; low, fl; mist.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Natures Children
Bv Lillian Cox Athey

The stately bass Is known on oui
Atlantic coast north to the st. Law
renee River and south to the Es-
Gambia River in western Florida
It is rarely seen in the Gulf Of
Mexico, but fine ones are caught
between Cape May and Cape Cod
On the North Carolina coast vast
numbers congregate in the large
estuaries and open stretches Of
large. rivers. The rockbass loves
the ripples, though he is just al
contented in muddy bottom streams
AS a food-fish the striped bass
is one of the very best. His white
tender flesh is well-flavored, ano
there are not too many bones. Fol
plate dinners, six-inchers are very
popular. These small fish are
cooked whole dipped in crumbs
and served intact. Many eat the
head.
Some giant striped bass have
been reported, some weighing over
| 100 pounds. Today the average
seen in Washington markets weighs
five pounds and less.
These fish have been successfully
planted on the Pacific Coast. AL
| the published works on fishing de.
scribe the various methods which
anglers use to capture the game
fish; but they are not too choosJ
as to lure.
The fish is a beautiful olivaceou!
silver when first taken from thu
water, often it will have a brass!
ltinge, the sides are marked with
tseven or. eight blackish stripes. Th'
fins are all pale. You can readil!
IItell the rockfish from the whit
bass, whom it resembles the most
by the fact its back is not archet
and it does not wear stripes.
Some marvellous atches in tn
; past were in Norfolk, Virginia
..lwhere, in one haul, 600 were takel
that individually averaged 8
pounds each. The accounts ar
almost unbelievable, but facts ar
facts. The striped bass as we know
him today is a miniature of hi
husky ancestors.
Striped bass are rather long
lived fish. Several tagged one
Evening star., 1951-05-26

Simple rules for the proper use of
those consistently misused pronouns-
that which, who---are given in Frank
Colby's leafiet. .C-S. For copy. send
10 cents in coin to Frank Colby. care
The Star. 2. Q. Box 99 station G,
New York 10. N. 7. u.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Meade Soldier Fined $500 Greet Day
After Chase Ends in Crash :

Corpl. Douglas B. Taylor, 10,
of Fort Meade, Md. arrested after
"a high-speed chase. which ended
when his car and a police scout
car struck a safety island, was
fined 5000, following his convic-
ton on three traffic charges in
Police Court yesterday.
Corpl. Taylor appeared before
Judge Nadine Gallagher, charged
with IA traffic violations. Eleven
of the charges were dropped. He
was convicted of reckless driving,
not having permit and being
without a registration card.
Police Its. j. A. Jones and James
ID. Kchler said they chased Corpl.
Taylor at speeds ranging up to
|80 miles an hour before his car
struck the safety island at Ninth
and T streets NV. The police car
suffered $3.50 damages when 1t
struck the safety platform.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
A One-Minute Test OF You,
Ne1Ds Kno,Dled0e
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

l. .CRIME-What is the
next target Of the Senate
Crime Investigation Commit
tee?
2 SITE-Where will the
Republicans hold their 1852
national convention?
3. AID-What break has
Congress given to veterans of
the undeclared Korean war?
4. SLUGGER-Who led the
National League hitters with
a .409 average at the end of
the first month of baseball?
s. QUOTES - Who said:
g.. this strategy (Gen. Mac
Arthur's) would involve us in
the wrong war, at the wrong
place, at the wrong time and
with the wrong enemy?
Answers.
/. The illicit narcotics traf-
fic. 2. Chicago. The Demo-
Gratis will probably meet
there, too. 8. They will get
the medical benefits previous
ly granted survivors Of other
wars. 4. Brooklyn's Jackie
Robinson. S. General of the
Army Omar N. Bradley.
Tom Henry's "Quiz' EN-"
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The Star.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
TeIevision Sets Awarded
To Four Contest Winners

Four top winners in the Cape
hart Count the Parts Contest"
run in The Evening Star on May
13, have won television sets, j. A.
Doyle, sales manager of Wash
ington Wholesalers announced.
First prize OF a $1,000 Capehart
TV set went to Miss Mildred
Burch, 1919 Third street NV
Roy Epperly, 1920 North Lincoln
street, Arlington, won second prize
|of a $3.50 set, with Mr.. Marjorie
IL. Coates, 113 Leesburg pike, Falls
Church, winning a $3.50 set, and
Charles S. Sherwood, 8 East Brad
dock road, Alexandria, winning q
$500 model.
Contestants viewed q glass bowl
with television set parts mixed UP
lin it at Washington Wholesalers
l2052 West Virginia avenue NE
and had to guess at the correct
number.
Evening star., 1951-05-26

lived five years or more. In tanks,
it is said they, remain In excellent
health for ten years.
Not being temperamental, they
adjust themselves to new conditions
and millions Of them fill the waters
where they have been planted for
the pleasure and profit of man. On
the Pacific Coast the annual catch
amounts to over one million pounds
annually. This is their new home.
On the Atlantic Coast the catch
is said to4be double the west coast
Ipoundage.
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Take Ny Word for 1t
BY Fronk Colby
What's the Origin?

Houston.-I am trying to help a
little neighbor of mine. He wants
to get all the information possible
on the word "quissling." We have
been unable to find the word in
our dictionary. If you can, please
help us.-Mrs. r. w. M.
A. The word you want is quis-
ling, and a very ugly word it is.
1t entered our language thus:
Vidkun Qu1sling was the head of
Norway's National Unity party be-
fore the country was occupied by
Germany in April, 1910. Unbeknown
to the Norwegians, Quisling was a
fifth columnist in the pay of Hitler
When the Germans invaded Nor
way, Quisling was established as
the leader of the NaZi regime.
Hence, the name Quisling has be-
come an epithet of extreme con-
tempt meaning traitor" and is now
usually spelled with a small So"
In the United States the name is
commonly heard as XVII ling"
and that pronunciation now has
sanction. But, says the Royal Nor
wegian Legation of Washington,
o.. the u in this most hated of
ex-Norwegian names has the sound
fof W: and the IS should be hissed
with apology to other snakesI"
The Norwegian pronunciation is:
VEET- KVISS-ling.
New Rochelle.-What kind of oil
well Is meant by a wildcat?
A. Generally speaking, wildcat
lis well put down in improved
territory, usually by an independent
lprospector.
The term wildcat" has lived
down the original meaning, "a dis
honest or illegitimate enterprise. >
The expression originated thus:
Early in the 1800's, certain bank
IN the Middle West ruined tens of
thousands of its depositors when it
became utterly insolvent having
just issued several million dollars
in banknotes. On the face of the
notes was handsomely engraved the
picture of a wildcat.
Simple rules for the proper use of
those consistently misused pronouns-
Evening star., 1951-05-26

SUMMER CAMPS.
Evening star., 1951-05-26

Answer to CURATIVE
care, cart caret, carve, cater, cave, cite,
civet. crave, cruet, crate, cure. curate. curt,
curve, uric, race rate, rave, react rice.
rite, rivet rive. acute, acre, auric, avert.
aver tare. tear, tire. tier, trace, truce.
trice, true, icer irate, vice, vicar, ecru.
eruct, eyict
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Contract Bridge
By CuIbertson

tcopyright 1851, by Ely Culbertson.l
Weakish overcalls are far more
logical at duplicate than at rubber
bridge. This very fact, however,
points up the need for skillful play
at the contracts which are apt to
result - contracts not conspicuously
sound! For example:
East dealer. Both sides vulner-
able.
NORTH
AJ943
2Q862
HJ532
&4
WEST EAST
AQ1076 AA82
07 0AKJ10.
oAK10s u9764
&Q765 AXIS
SOUTH
AXIS
29543
90
%AJ10982
At all 10 tables East opened the
bidding with one heart. -Four Souths
passed, and in those cases West
became declarer at three no-trump,
scoring 600 or $50 points, since mol
North was psychic enough to lead
the singleton club. ]
Six Souths overcalled the heart
bid with two clubs. Three of these
doubled by West, went down 800l
points; two. also doubled, wentt
down 1,100 points. The sixth South, 4
who had perhaps been doubled
most emphatically of all, held his
loss to 500 points, and so earned
top on the board. Granted he had
plenty of help from the enemy, but
some players manage to get more
help, deal in and deal out! This
was the play: !
West laid down the diamond king
and when he shifted to the heart
seven, East didn't know that this
was singleton heart. Winning
the trick with the heart ten, East
decided to return a low spade, on
the chance that West had a second
heart for another lead through the
queen. q
South felt very sure that East
would not have led a spade from
the queen up to the jack in dunn
my, and so there was no point in
ducking from the closed hand. South
put up the king and was naturallyi
pleased to win the trick. As the
only reasonable exit play, he then
led the jack of trumps.
West, with four trumps, had no
reason to rush in with his queen:
he properly ducked, and East took
the trick. East led back the ace
and eight of spades. South ruffed
and slyly led the nine of clubs.
This time Vests duck was not so i
proper! In fact it was ruinous.
South cashed the trump ace and
threw West in with the queen, care
fully keeping durnmy's diamonds. |
Now, when West laid down the spade
queen South cheerfully discarded
heart, and did the same thing on
the following play of the diamond
ace. Then West had to give dummy
o diamond trick.
(Released by the Register and Tribune
Evening star., 1951-05-26
Word Come
Find 46 or more words in
TAW MN ESS.

n w N N Y 3 3,
meaning. "duskiness. swarthiness." /"
Average is 49,; limit. 80 minutes.
Rules-Words must be OF four or more
letters. Words which acciire four letters
hs the as. addition sot sad Of such Is for
word is used. Proper names are not used.
list will be published Monday.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
John J. Richter, Father
OF Ex-Pofomac Pilot, Dies

John j. Richter, II, father of
Elmer F. Richter, a former pilot
for the Potomac River Lines. died
yesterday at his home in Norwalk,
Ohio, after a three months illness.
Mr.. Richter, a native of Ger
many, came to the United States
at an early age. He served in the
Regular Army for seven years.
He served in the Philippines on
the Island of Luzon during the
Spanish-American War.
Mr.. Richter saw action in the
Boxer Rebellion in China in 1901
before leaving the Army to become
an actor.
He at one time lived in Wash
ington with his son, who formerly
was chairman of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee of the Board
of Trade. The son lives at 639
Maine avenue S.W.
Mr.. Richter also is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Anna Richter.
Norwalk, and sister, Mrs. Mar.
garet Parsch, Cleveland.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. Tuesday at the Fort
Myer chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington, Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
MRS. Mary EshIeman
Dies in Takonna Park
AFTER 4-Month Illness

Mrs. Mary A. Eshleman, SO,
died Friday in a Takoma Park
(Md) hospital after an illness of
four months.
Mrs. Eshleman, who had lived
for many years at 7444 Georgia
avenue NV. became ill last Sep
tember in Orlando, Fla. where
she had gone to make. her home
a few weeks previously.
Born in the District, she was
educated in the Washington pub
lie schools and the old Business
High School.
She was the sister of the late
DR.. Thomas H. Healy, dean of
the Georgetown University School
of Foreign Service and an author
ity on international law, who died
here in 1943.
Mrs. Eshleman was a member
of the Women's Democratic Club
of Washington and the Church
of the Nativity. Georgia avenue
and Peabody streets NV.
She leaves a son, E. Milton
Esnleman of 230 Tuckerman street
NV, a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy
Lee Ferguson of 2700 street NV,
three grandchildren and two great
grandchildren. She also leaves
a brother, Ralph Healy of South
Orange, N. j., and four sisters,
Sister Mary Catherine, a Benedic-
tine nun of Richmond, Va, and
Mrs. Kathleen H. Chase, zoos
Connecticut avenue NV, Mrs.
Raymond Lawrenson of 721 Rox-
boro place NV, and Mrs. Louis
Shook of Washington.
Prayers will be said at $50 am.
tomorrow at the Huntemann
funeral home, 5732 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. Funeral services will
be held at 10 am. at the Church
of the Nativity. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

had lived in Washington since
1900.
In World War Miss Prentiss
became a Navy yeomanette and
worked in the Offices of Franklin
D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy. After the
war she was transferred to the
Naval Personnel Bureau. remain
ing there until her retirement.
Miss Prentiss was a member OF
American Legion Department OF
Agriculture Post No. 36 and Auxil-
iary Unit No. SO. She also be-
longed to ST. Johns Episcopal
Church.
Surviving are two sisters, Mrs
Grace Carter, with whom she
lived. and Mrs. Harry B. Bradford
of Bethesda.
Funeral services will be held al
1890 am. tomorrow in the Hines
Funeral Home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Ari-
ington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
DR.. Samuel Wagner,
Retired Druggist, Dies

DR.. Samuel M. Wagner, Y, re-
tired manager of the z. D. Gilman
Drug Co. here and a former vice
president of the District Pharma-
ceutical Association, died Friday
night in a Germantown (Md.)
nursing home after a long illness.
DR.. Wagner, a lifelong resident
of Washington, lived at $3.50
Twenty-ninth street NV. He was
the son of the late Allen K. and
Lucy B. Mason Wagner. His
father was a former Treasury De-
partment division chief. After at
tending public schools, he earned
his doctor of pharmacy degree at
the National College of Pharmacy.
which later became a part of
George Washington University.
For a time DR.. Wagner owned
his own pharmacy at First and H
streets NV. He later joined the
Gilman Drug Co., 627 Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, retiring in
1916 as manager after 18 years
service.
DR.. Wagner was a trustee of the
old College of Pharmacy. His wife.
Mrs. Kathryn B. Wagner, died in
1914.
Surviving are a son, Samuel M.
Wagner, jr., of the home address;
two daughters, Miss Gertrude
Wagner, also of the home address,
and Mrs. Rodney R. McCathran,
Newport News. Va. and a grand
daughter, Paula Mason McCath-
ran.
Funeral services will be held at
- am. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home, 290l Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

ice, truck-leaSing subsidiary o1
the General Motors Corp.
Born here, Mr.. Gilbert attended
Central High School and George
town University Law School. Ir
World War 1 he served in the
Navy. In 1880 he Joined Genera.
Motors and was a branch man.
ager in Richmond before his as
sociation with Sterrett.
Mr.. Gilbert was a member OF
the Lambda Sigma Fraternity, the
Cathedral Masonic Lodge, the
Washington Board of Trade, the
Reciprocity Club and the Wash
ington Executive Association.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Bernice c. Gilbert: two sons, Da-
vid H. Gilbert, 6716 Parkwood
street, Hyattsville. Md. and Paul
E. Gilbert, jr.. 1900 F street NV;
sister, Miss Airline Gilbert of
Rutherford, N. j., and two grand
children.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. tomorrow in the Hines
funeral home. 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery mausoleum.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
1u Mrnturtant

BROWN. LORRAINE o. In memory Of
our dear mother and sister LORRAINE
O. BROWN, who left us fve years ago
today, January Z, 194b.
Her weary hours and days of pain,
Her troubled nights are past,
And in our aching hearts we know
BGmpsY en- sas caRs t2qRf sTfss ANS Iss HND a aS
FRABER, NELLIE DREW. tribute of
love to the memory of my mother, MEL
LIE DREW FRABER. who passed away
IA years ago today, January I q E. l937'.
mother. HATTIE M. HUGHES. who passed
away two years ago. January 8, 1949.
Gone but never to be forgotten
While life and memory last,
Is our tender loving mother,
And the happy days long past.
Somewhere above this troubled world,
Safe beyond all grief, and care.
Our mother rests in heavenly peace
God grant some day We meet her tners ,
CHILDREN. VIOLA. ETHEL. CHARLES
RALPH, EDITH. AND MINNA.
DEACON WILLIAM H. JORDAN, who
ute of love and devotion to the memory
1EAeoN 8 eS5 dsa1 WI1LAM ihsafr ana oRDS who
entered eternal res! four years ago TO-
day, January z, l947.
We shall gather around the throne,
Face to face with those that love us.
We shall know as we are known,
And the song of our redemption
Shall resound through endless day.
When the shadows have departed
And the mist have rolled away.
DEVOTED DAUGHTERS AND GRAND
SON, MARY, BLANCHE AND BER-
NARD.
MORRIS, FRANK. Sacred to the men,
ory of my brother, FRANK NORRIS who
left, me so suddenly one year ago today
January z, 1850. Gone but not Tor
gotten.
DEVOTED SISTER. EVELYN.
NORRIS, FRANK w.. In memory OF my
husband FRANK W. MORRIS. who
passed away one year ago today, January
7, 1850. ~
You left me, fer a better place,
Where all is Joy and peace,
To meet your Savior face to face,
Where joys never cease.
You are gone, but not forgotten.
Your memory shall always keep.
WIFE. GERTRUDE MORRIS.
PHELPS, CLIFTON o. In loving memory
Of my dear husband, CLIFTON o
PHELPS, who departed this life three
years ago today, January z, 194S.
1t broke my heart
When we had to part,
But God willed 1t so
! And you had to go.
DEVOTED WIFE. ANNIE PHELPS.