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Evening star., 1951-04-20
Food Price Chances
Only Slight in Week.;
OPS Level Being Set

Washington food retailers are
now in the throes OF readjusting
their prices, some upward, some
downward. in time to meet the
deadline Of a week from Monday
to conform to the Office of Price
Sterilization regulations.
Meanwhile. food experts said
there have been no significant
changes in prices here during the
past week generally.
1.-THE whole thing is in a state
|of flux." was the comment heard
in the industry.
Complicated Process.
The food men are engaged in
regulating the markup permissible
under the OPS regulations. This
lis based on Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics figures and is a compli-
Gated process, varying with diff
ferent items.
Meat buying was reported on
the increase after consumer re-
sistance to high prices. The cooler
weather was rated a factor in this,
with people desiring to add meat
to their diet. Egg prices in some
places were reported up one to
four cents dozen, because con-
sumers have been using them as
substitutes for meat.
Potato Buying Urged.
The Agriculture Department
urged the buying Of potatoes and
sweet potatoes as thrift items, due
to the large stocks on hand and
the low prices.
Wholesale food prices eased a
little this week, according to the
Dun u Bradstreet wholesale food
index, which declined two cents
to $7.lS. This compared with the
1851 high to date of $7.3l on Feb
ruary 20, and with $5.73 a year
ago. The index represents the
total cost of a pound each of 81
general-use foods at wholesale.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

ident, and c. Powell Minnigerode,
director emeritus, who died In
March.
Mr.. Hamilton has long been
active in civic and cultural affairs.
He is a native of Washington and
a graduate of Georgetown Uni
versity and the Georgetown Law
School. For some years he has
served as legal counsel for the
gallery. His father. George E.
Hamilton. was president of the
institution at the time Of his
death and had also served for a
number of years as its counsel.
Mr.. Hamilton resides at 1880
Wyoming avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
The Story Of Copitol Transit
Company Sees Major Headache
In New Wage Increase Demand

boosting the rate to II cents al
hour for one-man Streetcar oper'
ators.
Series Of Pay Increases.
Then by a series of steps eacl
year. the union men received pa,
increases. At the end of the war
operators had a base rate of 9!
cents an hour plus 7 cents bonu.
an hour.
In 1945. the base rate went
up 10 cents to $1.14, for operators
In 1946 they got 6 cents an houl
additional: in 1947, is cents ar
hour additional, and in 1949, under
an arbitration award, it went ur
"a dime.
These latter increases were al
secured through arbitration, unior
men explain, except in 1946 anc
1948. During the war there wa.
no arbitration, wages being gov.
erned by the so-called Little
Steel" formula, laid down by the
National War Labor Board anc
tied to the cost of living index a.
of January l, 1941. It suggested
as a general rule. apart from hard.
ship cases, wage increases be
limited to Is per cent as a wal
against imitation.
Accordingly. during the wal
years, CTC negotiated with its
workers directly and no arbitra-
ton was involved.
5-Day Week Now Standard.
In 1888. the organized operators
got every eighth day off. The
basic day was 91a hours, but some
runs" went as high at IL anc
IL hours. Now and 8-hour day
5-day week is standard in CTC.
The company, about 1884, re.
duced the working week to six day,
one day off in seven. The work.
ers laid the foundation for ar
eight-hour day In 1945 when al
arbitation award established it
In l947, the eight hour day, five
day week was finally consum.
mated.
About October /. 1949, the new
management took over. What
its labor policies will be remain
to be tested In negotiations-ano
if necessary through arbitration
Some labor sources have com.
planned that through "picayune'
economies. such as turning of
lights and eliminating janitor SER
vices in ready rooms, where
the operators wait until it is
time for the men to go out or
their run. the company has sub
jected the men to petty annoy
ances.
Increasing traffic adds to ths
wear and tear on operators
nerves, makes the work harder
and lengthens the running time ol
the vehicles, say those in a posi-.
ton to know. The shift-over from
two to one-man street cars G935.
1945) is another factor in tn.
labor situation.
Transit authorities estimate
that ten per cent wage boos1
would cost the company we'll ovel
81 million and result in a reuuest
for higher fares. The payroll II
already a major part of operating
costs, officials say.
But Labor says that pressure
from the workers for betterment
has made management get more
on it's toes, devises better operat.
ing methods and improve condi-
tionS.
TOMORROW: The role of the
Public Utilities Commission
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Volunteer Firemen Oppose
Change in Montgomery

The Montgomery County Asso-
citation of Volunteer Firemen is
opposed to any change in county
suburban fire department man
agement at this time.
The association, at its monthly
meeting last night in the Damas-
Gus firehouse, voted against
proposed change from volunteer
to county-operated protection.
The firemen also voted to send
a copy of the resolution to the
County Civic Federation, which
is studying the proposed change.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Cunteen Course Offered

The Arlington Red Cross will
offer a 12-hour Canteen Service
Course for women beginning Mon
day at 10 am. The course in the
preparation Of food for quantity
feeding will be directed by Mrs.
sherman Johnson.
Evening star., 1951-04-20

place at the
quarterly meet
ing of the board
held at the
gallery.
His election
b r / n G S the
membership Of
the board up to
its maximum of
n ! n e. Two
v a C ancies oc-
CURED this past
winter with the
designations of
c o r C o r a n
Thnna tho rarnc-
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Albion Dean to Speak

Emil Letter, dean of Albion Col
lege, Michigan, will speak at an
alumni meeting at 1880 o'clock to-
night in Foundry Methodist
Church, Sixteenth and P streets
NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
George Hamilton, Jr.,
New Corcoran Trustee

George E. Hamilton, jr., was
today elected a member Of the
Board Of Trustees of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art. The election took
Evening star., 1951-04-20

utes tne rIISt
collier had pur-
chosed.
So writes o
pleased Stor
classified odyer-
tiser. You'll be
pie a. Sc d, too.
with the results
thot Stor cIossi-
fled ads bring.
Coll Sterling
5000 when you
have goods or
services to buy
or sell. Place
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Calls Begin 10 Minutes
After Star Hits Street

The Stor's won't DDS ore so good
thot within 10 minutes otter the Sot-
urdoy edition hit the street, the first
coll was received, and within IS min
Evening star., 1951-04-20
By WilIiom A. MilIen

Although the Capital Transit
Co. has paid ever-increasing wage
rates to organized labor in recent
|years-some times through arbi-
tration-it has prospered, replaced
its outmodeled equipment and
gotten up-to-date facilities, say
union sources. But now, with the
union rejecting a company wage
proposal, CTC is faced with more
labor headaches.
The company now stands on
the eve of another wage increase
Evening star., 1951-04-20

your Sunday ods now to oyoid FRI
day ond Saturday JON at The Stor
switchboard. 4
Evening star., 1951-04-20

This is the sixth in O series Of ortieIes
on the history Of the Copitol Tronsit
Co.. since it went under new monose-
ment.
Evening star., 1951-04-20
Series Of Pay Increases.

boosting the rate to II cents an
hour for one-man streetcar oper-
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Uncle Rays Corner

Except for a certain event, we
might speak about "macgregorized
roads" instead of "macadamized
roads"
That event was the outlawing OF
the MacGregor clan two centuries
ago. The sons and grgandsons OF
the clan were told that they must
change their family names. Some
of them took the name of Gregg
or Gregory, but one grandson-a
banker-made a widely different
choice He took the name of Mac
ADAM" meaning "son of ADAM"
and declared:
mo one can say that I don't have
right to be called the son of
Adam the first man recorded in
the Bible"
So it came about that the banker
became a MacAdam. That name
has been spelled in three ways
MacAdam, McAdam and Macadam
but in all cases it is pronounced
"mac-AD-um"
One of the bankers sons, John,
crossed the Atlantic at the age of
IA and reached New York. There
he worked for an uncle, wealthy
merchant.
Returning to Scotland when he
was u, the young man bought an
estate for himself. He had grown
interested in roads, and became a
road trustee" in his district.
In those daYS, roads We're DOOR
Evening star., 1951-01-04

Opening lead, king of clubs.
When there are several choices
open to declarer as to the method
Of playing hand, safety should be
a prime consideration; and the
method which will succeed despite
an unfortunate break of the cards
should be chosen.
South, holding more than the
equal of an opening bid, realizes
that there is probably a slam in
the hand when partner opens the
bid and then jumps. The only de-
terrent is the fact that partners
jump has been in a suit in which
he holds but singleton. When
spades are supported by North, fear
of misfit vanishes and South
properly shows the ace of hearts.
North's hand now takes on added
luster and the possibility of grand
slam is not too remote He, there
fore, shows the ace of clubs. At
this point, it should be noted that
the showing of an ace at the level
of six must always be construed as
a grand slam try, since if it were
otherwise it would be pointless to
show the ace, when a slam is being
bid anyhow. Note that if South had
held the queen of diamonds, a grand
slam would have been a moral GER
tainty.
In the play, had South worked on
the expectancy that either the
trumps or the diamonds would
break, he would have been doomed
to failure. If he had pulled the
trumps and then trusted to estab-
fishing diamonds with one ruff,
the AZ break in that suit would
have prevented its establishment.
Or If he had ruffed two diamonds
in order to establish that suit, he
would have been defeated, since
West would have wound up with
one more trump than declarer.
Instead, he went about on the
theory that both suits would break
AZ, which incidentally, is normal.
After winning the first trick, he
played the ace and king of dia-
monds and then small one. But
he did not make the mistake of
ruf1ng it. Instead he discarded a
low club, permitting East to hold
the trick. There was now nothing
the defense could do. Dummy could
be entered with the queen of
spades and another diamond ruffed
high to establish the suit, while the
king of hearts still remained in
dummy for entry. In this way de-
clarer took five spade tricks in his
own hand, four diamond tricks in
dummy, which with the two hearts
and one club reached the total of IL. |
Copyright. 1850. by Charles H. Goren) |
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Another Lost Cause.

Ladies, you win! I hereby pub
licly acknowledge the folly of trying
to intrude mans opinion about
the pronunciation of what I shall
now call "ladyrwords," for want of
a better term. What I am getting
at is this:
For many years I have pointed
out to my feminine readers the Gin
correctness" of saying moe-RAY
for the noun moire "The fabric
MORE should be called mwahr," I
said, again and again. I might as
well have been trying to broadcast
through a dead microphone.
My dear feminine clients would
read my articles, laugh prettily, and
say, 'Mwahr,' indeed! Isn't that
just like a MANI" There is only
one possible answer to a question
like that, "Yep, that's just like a
man."
So from now on, In this column
and IN my dictionary, the standard
American lady-pronuncistion moe
Evening star., 1951-01-04
I axe My Word for 1t
BY Fronk Colby

RAY, for both noun and adjective,
will be given.
About three years ago this column
renounced another lost cause-that
of trying to persuade feminine
readers to pronounce the word
faille like the word fail, which is the
dictionary pronunciation, Naturally,
the dear ladies paid no attention at
all to my advice that they ought to
say fail" instead of "fle."
They wrote me bales of letters
which laughed at me prettily and
said, Fail indeed. Isn't that just
like a man?" So I reversed my
field, as the football announcers
say. and began to recommend "flle"
as the standard American pronunci-
alton. Later, two well-known die
tionaries-Webster's New Collegiate
(1949) and the American College
Dictionary (1949)-followed suit.
Webster's Collegiate lists "file" as
second choice and the American
College Dictionary lists "file" as
first choice.
! Now I am ready 10 ask this mo-
Evening star., 1951-01-04

affairs. The memory of the Romans,
who knew how to build good ones,
was dim. We might say that the
Romans we're almost forgotten"
Dirt roads, or roads with very
little paving, were the common
thing. In wet weather they were
hardly better than mud holes.
AS a road trustee, John MacAdam
or Macadam was able to make tests
on short stretches of road Slowly
he built up an idea of how a good
road should be made.
At the age of SO he was given an
office by the British government.
This Office put him in charge OF 148
miles of roadway in southern Eng
land. Step by step he improved the
roads, and the cost of keeping them
in repair was cut down.
The roads built on his plan came
to be known as ''McAdamized" or
"macadamized." They had a top
layer of broken stones, from 6 to 10
inches thick. The surface of the
road was well rounded, and water
drained away quickly after a rain.
In due course, macadamized roads
grew common on both sides of the
Atlantic.
Interesting. life stories of Mozart.
Beethoven Chopin. Brahms. Strauss and
LlSzt are told in the illustrated leaiiet
called Masters of Music" This viii
be sent without charge to any reader
who asks for 1t and encloses a stamped.
letter to Uncle Ray in care of The Star.
and allow about 10 days for reply
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Goren on Bridge

Goren on Bridge
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diamond Pass l spade Pass
3 diamonds Pass 3 spades Pass
4 spades Pass hearts Pass
6 clubs Pass 6 spades Pass
Pass Pass
Evening star., 1951-01-04
Word Come
Find 80 or more words in
OPPILATE,

meaning, ''to stop up, obstruct." ="
Average is 81; limit. Is minutes.
letters. words which IJs &C acquire vi 10 four r letters
by the addition of ''s,'' such as bats"
cats" are not used Only one form OF a
word is used. Proper names are not used.
list will be published tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-01-04
~ DSvrunTnCv
mentous question of my feminine

mentous question of my feminine
readers: What do you want me to
do about the word frieze, which
lot of people are calling "free-zAY?"
Frieze Is an English word and
there Is no reason why Americans
should Frenchify it by giving it two
syllables. All authorities agree that
frieze should be pronounced freez
But Is that the way you say it?
What do the women Of America
say-freez or free-ZAYr Let me
hear from you, please.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
J.C. Tigers To
Meet Alcorn Here
Saturday Night

The Jackson College Tigers will
meet the Braves Of Alcorn College
Saturday night on Alumni Field
in a battle forthe honor of the
Blue and White (Jackson) and the
Purple and Gold (Alcorn.
Promising one of the most scpir-
tied games of the season, the two
institutions, in friendly competi-
ton, will display before Alumni
the best in football while fighting
for stronger status in the S. c.. A.
c. Already the most talke dabout
game in the State, this clash will
carry an attendance which will be
unparalleled in the past. Because
of great demand for tickets. the
Administration of Alcorn will try
to place in Jackson several hund-
red tickets to be purchased before
Friday of this week. Alumni and
fans should get their tickets early
to avoid an expected rush at the
gates.
To date. the squad of Alcorn is
unbeaten for this season; with the
squad CT Jackson having lost two
out ofthree games. The seemingly
odds cannot be very well predicted
as. this game is won by spirit as
much as strength. Only bounds,
not bets, will be made prior to the
game as Alumni of both colleges
have stated that they will not
place In jeopardy their greatest
love in sports nor allow their AL
ma Matters to become vulnerable
by scandals.
Even though the rivalry is bitt-
er, but friendly Clean ball playing
is paramount and demanded by
Coaches Dwight Fisher (Alcorn)
and T. B. Ellis (Jackson).
Tickets will probably go on sale
Tuesday monring at the following
places: NILS Drug Store at Lynch
and Dalton; Waigreen's Drugs.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
Where They Play

Morgan VS.. West Virginia State
National Classic, Washington. D..
c.
Va. State at Hampton (Home-
coming)
Lincoln (Pa) at Delaware State
j. c. Smith at Howard
North Carolina college at Shaw
Winston-Salem at Va. Union
Bluefield State at st. Paul (Oct.
19)
Florida AIM at AIT
Alcorn at Jackson College
Fort Valley State at S. C. State
Tuskegee at Morehouse (Oct. 19.
Columbus, Ga)
Savannah State at Bethune-
Goodman
Southern at Langston
Butler a tArk. Baptist
Allen at Morris Brown (Home-
ccming)
Alabama AIM at Benedict
Clark at Ala. State (Oct. 19)
Texas Southern at KY. State
Homecoming
Xavier at Lane
Knoxville at Miss. Industrial
tOct 19)
Miles at Paine
Tenn. State at Central State
Wiley at Grambling (Oct. 22)
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20

Hall School, $50 Vicksburg fell
before Yazoo City. 1877 on Octo-
beg 5, on which daw Morton bow
ed Forest, 1877 and previously to
Louisville. TO. Yazoo City edged
Louisville, 6-2, recently.
In the Southern division, Meri-
dian has won over Prentiss, 47-0,
Magnolia 56-6, Jackson, 1876 in an
interdivision game and Philadel-
phia. 24-6. in a non-conference
game Laurel romped to two nom
conference victories, over Waynes-
boro, 37-0 and Bogalousa, La, 18-
2. Brookhaven opened conference
competition at Hattiesburg last
week with a Go tie. Hattiesburg
has topped Ccrinth, 1910, in a nom
Conference game.
AS aresult of games reported to
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
- sO =
Big Eight Feature Games AT
Meridian And McC This Week

Standcut games are few .and
far between" on this weeks Big
81 Conference slate, with Hatties-
burg's Royal Street High Tigers at
Meridian. Utica at Brookhaven,
Magnolia at McComb, Forest at
Jackson, Yazoo City at Greenville,
Louisville at Vicksburg and New
ton at Morton, with games at Meri-
dian and McComb considered as
toss-ups.
To-date in the Northern division
of the Negro Prep Big 81 Confer
ence, Jackson has won two games
from Newton, 14-13, from Vicks-
burg, 1876, tied Greenville, 1912,
and lost an inter-division game to
Meridian, 1876. Greenwood has
spanked Newton, 25-7, Yazoo City,
1910. and in non-conference
game whipped Clarksdale's Myrtle
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
ougaloo Beats
billiard 80

The Tougaloo College Bulldogs
bounced back Saturday the 18th
from lopsided defeat the week
previous by the Miles College foot
ball team in Birmingham. The Bull.
dogs defeated billiard by the decis-
i've score of 310 The game was
played on Warren Field at Touga.
loo College and was witnessed by
a large and enthusiastic crowd Of
people from the surrounding area
from Jackson and alumni, as well
as faculty and students of the col
lege.
The game was hardly ten minutes
old when a Plummer to Denham
pass gave the Bulldogs their first
touchdown. Midway of the second
quarter Spinks took pitchout from
Plummer and went for pay dirt"
from the 35 yard line. The try
for the extra point was good and
halftime the score was Tougaloo
13, billiard 0.
| But the New Orleans team came
back fighting hard after the rest
period and drove within striking
distance of the Tougaloo goal line
only to be stopped cold. In an ex-
change of punts, the home team
had the advantage of their oppon-
ents Driving deep into the enemy
territory, Kenzie Moore went round
left end for the third touchdown
OF the afternoon. billiard, still fight
ing back strongly, yielded the ball
to Tougaloo by way of a wobblv
punt Failing to dent the line with
TWO stabs against it,. Spinks took a
handoff from Quarterback Plum
mer and, circling the end, appeared
stopped by Would-be tackler but
Splnks, doing some mighty nice
slde-stepping, evaded every effort
TO stop him and crossed the goal
line standing up. The try for the
extra point failed again. In the dy-
ing minutes of the game, when ev-
erybody except the Bulldogs them
selves had settled on Is points for
Tougaloo, billiard was forced to kick
out OF danger from the shadow of
their own goal posts. Kenzie Moore.
fleet footed Tougaloo back. from
Yazoo City, took the ball out of the
air on his 40 yard line. Aided by
lot OF good blocking by team
mates, he crossed the goal line
without any man laying a hand on
him. The crowd liked that brilliant
run so well itawent wild with ey-
citement The score, Tougaloo 81
billiard. 0.
The next test of the Wynne-
Coached Bulldogs comes Saturday.
October 10th when the team iour-
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20

date, Greenwood tops the North
ern division with two victories out
of as many starts, while Meridian
leads the Southern division with
two wins and no losses Jackson
places second in the Northern di-
vision with two wins an tie
game.
Reported by w. "A. Reed, Jr.,
Secretary of Negro Prep Big 81
Conference
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
assisted by Robert jefferson.

assisted by Robert Jefferson.
This Friday afternoon at 2:45 the
Bulldogs tangle with the Bearcats
of the Scott County Training
School, in what promises to be one
of the outstanding games of the
season.
The city has just added 1000
seats to the Bulldog Athletic Field
at Hill Reynolds School on Dalton
Street and one of the largest
crowds of the year is expected to
be on hand for the Friday after
noon game.
The Maroon and White Bulldog
aBnd will perform at half time to
add a touch of colorful entertain
ment for the afternoon.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
Lanier Beats
Louisville 35-l4

The Lanier High School Bull
dogs after a 1912 tie in Greenville
last week went to Louisville Fri
day night and came back with a
35-14 victory over the Blue Devils
of the Winston County Training
School.
Playing his best game of the
season, Robert Griffith of the
Bulldogs, racked up two touch
downs, aided and abetted by the
stallar playing of ice Williams
Foggie and Willie Davis, Jr., ably
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20

neys to Louisiana to take on the
Leland Bulldogs, at Baker, Louisi-
ana. It's al conference game and will
be battle royal from beginning
to the end
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20
Last Weeks
Scores

Morris Brown 20, Fla. AIM 13
Morgan ID, Howard O
Tennessee %, w. Va. State 13
Grambling z, Texas So. z
Xavier 28, Fisk IL
AIT 33, Shaw 7
N. c. College 90, Va. State 7
Bethune-Cookman 81, Benedict Is
Lincoln (Pa) 25, Va. Union IA
Albany State 6, Paine 0
St. Augustine 48, ST. Paul O
Central IA, Bluefield 0
Alcorn 33, Miss Ind. 6
Lincoln (Mo) 80, KY. State IL
j. c. Smith "a, Del. State 7
Southern 7, Ark. State 7
Sam Huston 13, Bishop 6
Hampton 20, Maryland State 0
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20

Chicken lice lays eggs, but not
the kind that you can sell, so don't
feed them. Control lice with DDT.
See your county agent for details.
The Mississippi enterprise., 1951-10-20

Capitol and Lamar: Parish Street
News Stand, Parish Stree; and the
Campus Store at Jackson College