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The record of Lewis in the past
season was SO outstanding, he
has been urged to cast his lot with
the Hilltop school and may be to
the team what Jackie Robinson
was to Major Leagues baseball.
IKE WILLIAMS, the Light
weight champ, is a 11-5 favorite
tonight in his title defense with
Fitzie Pruden. It'll be a 10-round
fight. Pruden, the Canadian well
terweight, is seeking a bout with
the winner Of the Gavilan-Bratton
go this summer. However, Ike is
out to prevent him from taking
over the lightweight title in the
Chicago Stadium at 10 pm. The
fight will be televised over WHO
TV at 10 pm. It will not be
broadcast.
RAY FAMECHON, Frenchman
a n d European featherweight
champ, proved too much for Eddie
Burgin last night in their TO-
round go and won the decision
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over his former conquerer before
8,244 fans in the Cincinnati Gar
den.It was revenge for the French
man, who lost to Burgin in the
second round of their match a
month ago when Burgin won on a
TKO.
CLEVELAND INDIANS are
among Major League teams I'M
able to start the season with many
regulars when the season opens
next week. Larry Dolby will be
missing from the opener due to
strained muscles in his right leg
as the result Of fielding M of
Monte Twins hardhit balls last
week. The replacement for Easter
at first base, Allie Clark was tax
en- out of the lineup with a bruis-
ed foot. Orestes Minoso, the Gu
ban flash and all-round infielder,
has taken over the initial sack and
may be there in the opener. Jim
Hogan is also in the ranks of the
injured and may be out for the
opening game.
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1t a theme song to identify
Herb Lance would be chosen, it
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"Close Your Eyes" That hap
pens to be the one song most
frequently requested by Herbs
admirers.
Herb Lance has often shared a
star-studded bill with another
great singer = the Queen of the
juke box, Dinah Washington.
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Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
Magician Wins $775 In Suit Against Club

two sums were not allowed by Judge Anthony J. Dimond who termed them "specula- tive profits, The court also ordered that present officers of the club named in the com- plaint could not be considered defendants as the alleged action took place before their term of office.
 Because the jury, in 8 yer dict reached after only two hours of de!iberation, found only against the club and not against the defendants in- dividually named, the latter were considered to have won that aspect of the suit and therefore were awarded $65O attorneys fees to be paid by Riley.
 The club itself, in addition
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
Ryan QNjfs Aa
 ! School Cor1sssi89ioneF

Juneau (P)-Dr. James c. Ryan has resigned as Alaska's commissioner of education, after holding the post for ten years.
 He announced his resigna- tion to the territorial school board of education but said there was no personal clash with the board involved.
 "The real reason is that I've been working under such tremendous pressure for ten years, understaffed and with no real relief in sight" Ryan said. .. Later at Fairbanks, the school board announced it had offered Ryan the position of superintendent of the Fair banks schools and that Ryan had promised to answer the offer in about ten days.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
! sfhY pA0M, 8
! Ney Housing Planned Al Base

New housing, to cost ap- proximately two million dol lars, is scheduled to begin this summer at the naval station in the junior officers and mar ried enlisted mems quarters areas. district public works has announced.
 The housing will consist of 56 two and three bedroom family units. Depending upon the low bid of the contractor. they will be either duplex or eight family apartment struc- lures. They will be of perman- ent construction and will have basements. Capt. w. F. Wesanen, pub lie works officer, said that in all probability" some of the apartments will: be- avail- able for occupancy :. in Noy- ember or December this year.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
KODIAK MIRRtaR

Herbert A. Riley, magician failed to pull one out of his hat In his suit for sums total- ing more than $6OOO against the Civil Service Club, it's past and present directors and officers, and was awarded only S775 damages from the club itself in a civil suit heard last weekend in District Court here. .s..
 Riley charged that the club and the several defendants mad allowed magician's equipment which he allegedly stored there to become de- teriorated and lost. and asked $l690 for the equipment, A0M for loss of stateside en- agreements and $1OO0 for loss of Alaskan engagements.
 His demands for the latter
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24

to the $775 damages. will pay Riley $500 for attorney fees, the court ordered.
 The verdict was returned by the jury of twelve just before 5 pm last Saturday.
 Riley was represented by Talmage L. Smith, and the Civil Service Club and its officers and directors by Will liam Renfrew of Anchorage and John c. Hughes.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
Kay Wade To Be Aviation Cadet

Kay Wade, son of MT. and Mrs. Ken Wade, now of Fair banks, has passed his exami- nations and been accepted for training as an aviation cadet. according to the Fairbanks Daily News Miner.
 Young Wade, now a senior at San Francisco State Col lege, was graduated from the Kodiak High School. He is a star athlete and holder of several swimming records in the Far Western Conference.
 MT. and Mrs. Michael Hernyak left Wednesday for a two months vacation in the states and Canada. Hernyak works at the base and Mrs. Hernyak at Bert's Drug Store.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-02-24
Sam NelsOn's Essay Chosen

With the essay appearing below, the MIRROR con cludes publication of the six papers written by high school students on the need for 8 new school. -n.... .
 The six essays were judged by the, Parent Teacher As sociation which sponsored the contest. This one, by Sammy Nelson. senior, is one of three to receive honorable mention. It is titled What Do You Think of Our Heating Sys- tenn.
 Citizens of Kodiak, do you ! know what it is like in the high school rooms in the main building and our quonset huts? We'll. our heating fa- cilities seem to fuctuate. Dur ing the last couple of days, when the winds were strong and cold. rooms one and two of the high school didn't have any heat. This condition made all students uncomfor- , cable.
 1 Our local custodian tried everything he could ir ~'n- 1 plying heat for the tu@n@ Our main difficulty With v..e furnace is that it doesn't give enough heat to produce a pressure of steam which cir culates in pipes throughout the building and into radiators l and fans in the rooms. .....I
 Our quonset ,huts have 8 poor heating system also. There are stoves in every hut which give eff lots. of heat during the first months of school and also the last three months they are like ''ice boxes. 7" They are not adapted for cold winter days.
 This is just one of our main difficulties with our heating at the present time, but what is it going to be like in the future? Are you going to do anything about it?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Gamblers Face New Tax Deo-ond They Don't Like It Bit

of both amateurs and professionals
taxable as net income without any
offset for losses where the bets were
made illegally.
For example, suppose a big num-
bers man had cleared 100000 when
suddenly a heavily played number
hit. costing him 100000 in payoffs.
The suggested law wouldn't make
that deductible He'd have to pay
taxes on 100000.
That would be lot tougher than
today'S law.
Nowadays. gamblers are allowed
to deduct the same legitimate oper-
atlng costs as any other businessman.
The legitimate businessman lists
rent, telephone and telegraph serv-
ice, salaries, equipment and the like
among his operating costs. So does
the gambler, whose equipment may
be adding machines and pickup cars.
whose phone and telegraph expenses
may be for leased race wires. and
whose payroll may be for numbers
runners.
The gambler can't deduct fines
and penalties or lawyers fees to de-
fend him and his henchmen against
criminal prosecution, but neither can
the legitimate businessman.
Entertainment and Gifts
Like the legitimate businessman,
the gambler can deduct for ENTER
tainment" and gifts" But for one
gimmick, that could be the place
where the gambler could bury his
brides and protection payoffs. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Iope From Copenhagen

. nope from Nopenno9en
Researchers from several countries
met early this month at Copenhagen
to exchange results. They were told
two Rockefeller Institute researchers
had devised simple test for polio.
This is great advance, since the
only sure test now is inoculati, of
Rhesus monkeys with specimens from
a human suspected of having polio.
If the monkeys become paralyzed, the
polio diagnosis is confirmed. This
takes time, and money. RhesuS mon
keys don't come cheap-and, of
course, monkeys aren't humans.
The new test is something like the
Wasserman test for syphilis. But
many checks still must be made be.
fore the procedure can be adopted
generally.
DR.. Harold K. Faber, director of
poliomyelitis research at the Stan.
ford University Medical School. re-
ported the polio virus seems to move
along human nerve f1bers about two
inches day. The first growth is
often scanty, he said, and it has a
tendency to die out within a few
days. But in some cases, the virus
suddenly becomes refreshed and
launches widespread attack.
Way Goes the virus die in some
Eases ana revitalize in others? That's
a question scientists are working on
right now
With much OF the knowledge at
hand-and with thousands of dollars
available to seek the missing pieces
scientists may be able to announce at
some future international conference
that the dread polio virus is about to
become as extinct as the passenger
pigeon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

refused refund to the widow of a
gambler who lost money in 1910.
made money in 1941 and lost money
in 1912. In their 1941 returns, the
gambler and his wife each tried to
take net operating loss deduction,
carrying over the 1910 loss The de-
auctions were not allowed and now
the widow wanted a refund.
For the occasional wagerer," said
Judge Jones, mo carry-over deduc-
ton is allowed. To sustain the con-
tention of plaintiff. it is necessary to
extend to the professional gambler
tax deduction privileges that are not
accorded to one who bets OCCASION
ally"
Close Scrutiny
And there's one more difference in
the legitimate businessman as tax
payer versus the gambler.
Some 2,400 enforcement men. or
approximately 10 per cent of the In
ternal Revenue Bureaus front-line
forces. are now fine tooth combing
the tax returns of approximately 27,-
900 racketeers. Considering that
some so million Americans are pay
ing taxes, it is obvious the men who
try to make their money the easy
way are coming in for preferential
neutrality-suspicious. in the sense
that they are getting a lot more
attention than their fellow taxpayers.
California Mobster Mickey Cohen
found that out when he failed to re-
port all his gambling profits st.
Louis Betting Commissioner James j.
Carroll has found himself accused of
violating little-known and rarely
enforced portion of the tax laws.
Members of Florida's S and G Syndi-
cate are under indictment on in
come tax charges and so is Washing
toms one-time kingpin gambler, Sam
Beard.
Elsewhere in increasing numbers
as the Internal Revenue Bureaus new
racket squad gets down to cases. the
Nations gamblers and other racke-
teers are finding this out:
That the tax collectors may not
distinguish between what's legal and
what's illegal when the moneys be-
ing made. but when it comes to coll
Letting, the gambler is in the same
boat with the cloak and suit manu-
facturer. Like the legitimate bust
nessman, the gambler has to report
his true income and keep the books
and records to prove the accuracy of
his reporter else.
1t remains for Congress to decide
whether it wants the tax collectors
to go further and draw a firm line
between the legitimate businessman
and his fellow taxpayer-the gam
bier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
By Miriam Gutenberg

simmick is that the tax collectors
require proof of the outlay for enter
talnment and gifts-checkS, vouch-
ers and account books. But "ice" is
paid in cash, with no records kept,
and SO proof is lacking and these
deductions can't be claimed. Bust
nessmen are in the same boat when
they resort to fixes" and "payoffs."
But most OF their entertainment and
git deductions can stand scrutiny.
Like the legitimate businessman.
the gambling boss with a normal
business on the side can deduct his
losses in the bona-fide business from
his gambling profits. But not vice
versa. Gambling business losses
aren't deductible from profits of the
legitimate business. This is different
from the right of the orthodox bust
nessman to play either business
against the other
OF course. It's rather unlikely that
gamblers betting business would be
less profitable than his other inter-
ests: usually the latter are Just a
respectable front.
The crime committee took a look
at the question of how the Govern
ment loses income when it examined
the records of Charles E. Nelson, an
acknowledged hacker of a lucrative
numbers business as well as breeder
OF race horses on his Richie Md
farm. Said the committee in its final
report:
Notwithstanding the fact that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

Nelson's books reflected net income
from his gambling accounts of more
than $4,000 during 1850. not one
cent of tax did he pay to the Gov
eminent. How did he explain this?
AS gentleman farmer his losses
from the operation of the farm,
which included such questionable
deductions as mileage charges for as
many as seven automobiles, exceeded
his admitted gains and thus his
method of computation left the Gov
eminent without any tax payment"
Another Difference
There is another difference be-
tween tax treatment of the legitimate
businessman and the man in the
gambling business difference
brought about by court decisions.
The legitimate businessman who
operates at a loss this year can carry
that loss back to last year when he
operated at a profit and reduce his tax
burden for last year. If the loss is
not totally absorbed in last years
profits, he can carry it forward for
the future five years-thus lowering
his taxes each year in which he shows
a profit.
This carry-over is forbidden to the
gambler. If he made a big profit last
year and lost money this year, that's
just tough.
Chief Judge Marvin Jones of the
Court of Claims discussed that ques-
ton in one of the years most read
able opinions. In the course of the
opinion, he explained why the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Star Stan Photo.

there was no more carryover of ami
mails than there was before.
One Of those who asked the sub
committee to continue the ban on
quotas was L. Blaine Liljenquist,
Washington representative of the
Western Meat Packers Association,
He said that in the spring of 1916,
when livestock quotas were in effect,
about 80 per cent of the beef was in
the black market and legitimate
slaughterers could buy scarcely any
cattle.
Ike w. Duffey. who is not only
packing mouse official but also a live
stock dealer and head of the Indiana
Livestock Producers Association, was
on the other side He said the quota
system is the fairest for assuring that
meat will be kept in legitimate chan
nels and elimination of quotas has
been an invitation to fly-by-night
operators to enter the business.
Since the removal of quotas prices
have gone up. Some legitimate
packers told the subcommittee they
could not buy at present prices and
stay in compliance.
Memory Of '46
Back in 1895 the beefsteak crisis
erupted all over the country. There
was postwar desire to cut out con-
trolls and get back to normal. Con-
eress took controls off of meat in
July The next month the OPA
Price Decontrol Board found there
had been unreasonable price in
creases since June 80 and reinstated
controls. as it was authorized to do.
Thereafter there was little meat
available in the usual supply chan
nels Farmers held off sending their
animals 10 the usual markets in the
belief controls would be ended and
the price would go up But there
were alarming stories of black market
slaughterers operating in dirty sheds
and getting high prices for meat.
In mio-October Mr.. Truman re-
moved the controls, assailing the
feeble OFA law and the selfish men"
who urged sellers to gamble on the
end of controls.
Ard il November came the cleo
ton. The Republicans gained IL
members of the Senate for total of
81. and IS seats in the House for a
total of 246.
1t wasn't all due to the meat crisis.
But it was conceded that the desire
for beefsteak played a part.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23

If you run cloak and suit fac
tory or numbers business, it's all
the same to the Bureau of Internal
Revenue-almost.
The way things stand now, the
tax people are not keepers of the
public conscience but only Of piece
Of the public purse.
To the tax collector, business is
business. Just because a man hap
pens to make money by violating a
State law, that's none of Internal
Revenues worry. State laW-enforce-
ment officers are supposed to worry
about that. The Federals get in the
act when a taxpayer fails to report
all his income.
Two congressional moves are under
way now to change the laws that
prompt the Internal Revenue Blu
reau to lump professional gamblers
with more orthodox businessmen.
One move would levy a special 10
per cent tax on gambling profits.
This one has passed the House, been
approved by the Senate Finance
Committee and now awaits Senate
action as part of the big new tax
bill. But the Senate crime probers,
the Attorney General and the reve-
nue. people don't like it.
The crime committee spoke out
against direct imposition of taxes,
saying that such recognition of gang
sters and hoodlums tends to COM
promise the dignity of the Federal
Government and to ,complicate local
enforcement problems" The COM
mittee suggested forcing gamblers to
disclose more about their operations.
Also, the group came up with another
bill that would change the whole
attitude of the Internal Revenue
Bureau toward its taxpayers on the
gambling business.
New Approach
Up to now, the bureau has made no
distinction between pari-mutuel win
dows and corner bookie joints as
gambling locales. But the crime COM
mittee bill, now resting with the Sen
ate Finance Committee, would change
all that. One section would prohibit
the deduction of any expense in
Cured in or as result of illegal
wagering" In a bookie's case, this
would include the costly race wire
service-which has been the subject
of much scrutiny by Congressional
committees and law enforcement
agencies in the last few years.
A second section of the bill
changes the present right of taxpay-
ers to deduct wagering losses up to
the amount of wagering gains. 1t
would forbid the deduction of all
losses incurred in illegal betting
transactions. making total winnings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-23
Slaughter Quotas Are q Delicate Subject

Beefsteak is on the congressional
menu again in the shape of slaughter
quotas.
Just how explosive the problem of
beefsteak can become may be COM
pretended by recalling the congress
sional elections of 1916. Beefsteak
figured in those elections and the
Republicans won control of both
branches of Congress.
Slaughter quotas appear to be a
mild sort Of thing at first glance.
But witnesses before a Senate Bank
ing subcommittee have been vehe-
ment on the pro and anti-quota
sides during the past week.
The question of quotas came dra-
matically to public attention last
week when a nearby Virginia butcher
told Congressman that thanks to alb
sence of slaughtering quotas, he was
able to sell meat as much as 81 cents
a pound under ceilings. Naturally
the butchers volume of business did
not suffer from the resulting pub
licity.
The background of slaughter quo
taS is this:
Last spring the Office of Price Sta
bilization set quotas on meat slaugh-
ter. In April. OPS ruled, slaughterers
could kill no more than correspond
ing 1850 amount. In May the quota
was 80 per cent, in June 80 per cent
and in July 80. These figures were
based on Agriculture Department
market estimates. There also were
quotas for hogs in May, June and
July, but the interest in beef put that
subject in the. shade.
Quotes Bonned in Act
Congress. in extending the economic
controls act, banned quotas. Presi-
dent Truman signed the bill. but went
back to Congress and asked that it
permit quotas to be reinstated. That
is what the argument is about now.
OPS says that quotas are necessary
to control black markets, to help
maintain price controls and to assure
a fair distribution Of beef animals
among legitimate slaughterers.
Senator Butler, Nebraska Republi-
can. who sponsored the quota ban
ming amendment to the controls act
sees 1t quite differently. He said last
week he believes that quotas would
probably seriously hamper meat pro-
auction and thereby, perhaps, lead to
real shortage and rationing.
Senator Schoeppel, Republican, of