davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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District cigarette sales dropped
IL per cent last year below the
sales of 1852, a comparison of
tax receipts revealed today.
This is three and one-half
times greater than the national
rate of decline reported in sur
vey by Business Week magazine.
In terms of packages of ciga-
rettes, the tapering off meant
that 9.209. 500 fewer packs were
bought in the District last year.
To the District tax cleaners,
it meant a decline of $92. 2.095 rev.
enue for the calendar year.
Like national authorities, Dis
trict Tax Collector Guy w. Pear
son blamed part of the dropping
of to the controversy over smok-
ing as a health hazard. Another
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One Worm Spot

luCLdI1Ce VI COIuIuUUGES 10 OTlVe
their own cars left highways and
streets at their most depopulated
state in years.
Three Tickets Given.
Police reported three tickets
were issued for violation of the
emergency snow rule-which
says that any motorist who i'm
pedes traffic on specified streets
because of a lack of chains or
snow tires is liable to arrest.
The emergency snow law had
a new amendment. police were
notified today. It provides that
the chief Of police. with author
ity from the Commissioners. may
call on the District National
Guard for men and equipment
to move stalled autos which i'm
pede traffic. Officials said the
amendment was. drafted and ap-
proved to be ready only in ex-
treme emergencies.
Washington and Montgomery
County schools reopened after
yesterdays shutdown. but others
in the area remained closed.
Long Lines at Bus Stops.
Traffic was light, but public
transportation was overf1owing.
even this morning. Last night
saw hundreds of commuters
queued up at bus stops. some of
the lines running more than a
block long after the Government
dismissed employees early.
Air travel was normal, al
though runways at National Air
port still had icy spots. Buses,
particularly to and from New
York, were running about an
hour late. Trains were about on
schedule and Capital Transit re-
ported things running real
good" this morning.
The American Automobile As
ISOLATION. with more than 1,400
emergency road service calls and
1000 travel information queries
in 80 hours, reported virtually
all roads open. but advised eau
ton.
Six Dead In Area.
But the storm left six dead in
the area. five of them victims of
heart attacks while shoveling
snow and the sixth a Shedding
fatality.
The Weather Bureau had its
sights on the precipitation sched-
uled for early last night from
the time it started moving up
from the Carolinas and the vir-
ginia capes and was calling for
sleet or rain.
At the last minute. it veered to
the east, turned into snow and
its western edge missed WASH
lngton by eight miles. An
napolis reported moderate snow
from it.
The disturbance ranged from
the Carolinas well up into New
England bringing subzero tenn
peratures. The picture was much
the same in Maryland and Vir-
ginia-snow and below freezing.
Both States called for cautious
driving. but said most roads were
open.
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BY J. A. oLeory

Senator Mccarthy. Republi-
can. Of Wisconsin. today was
assigned to the Senate Rules
Committee, which will handle
any fight which may develop
over additional funds for his in
vestigations of subversive ac-
tivitieS.
This was the only unexpected
development today when the
conference of all Republican
Senators approved a slate of new
committee assignments.
Senator Mccarthy, as chair
man of the Government Opera
tions Committee. is preparing to
ask the Senate for 100000, the
same amount he had last year
for carrying on the work of his
permanent Investigations SUBJ
committee.
Ever since Congress recon-
vened. there has been talk
among Democrats of a concerted
effort to curb the Mccarthy in
veStigations. Suggestions have
included creation of one joint
House-Senate group to handle
all subversive inquiries, now
scattered in the Mccarthy COM
mittee, the Jenner Internal Sc
curity Committee and the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee.
Replaces Purtell.
There has also been talk of
reducing or tieing restrictions on
funds for the Mccarthy group.
Senator Mccarthy replaces on
the Rules Committee Senator
Purtell of Connecticut. who
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this morning and similar caution
was advised for return trips this
afternoon. The city was saved
from a return to Mondays peril
ous travelling only because a new
snowfall suddenly veered to the
east early last night.
The snow-laden disturbance
was pictured on the Weather
Bureaus radar scope only 8 miles
east of National Airport.
Record for Day Is 2 Above.
The temperature plunge due
tonight or early tomorrow will
be the lowest since January 80.
1852, when 1t touched Is. Rec
ord for a January IL is 2 degrees
above zero in 1886.
The f1ve-day forecast calls fol
subnormal temperatures until .
gradual warmup Friday with rain
or snow expected Saturday or
Sunday. Washington normal
temperatures are a 44-degree
high and a 29-degree minimum.
Washington did a creditable
job Of digging out Of Sunday
nights snowstorm. which meas
ured an official four inches in
the city and did its usual traffic
Snarling.
The snow ordinance went in
effect and combined with a re-
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$500 Theft Reported
Al Fort Myer PIX

Burglars broke into the post
exchange at Fort Myer north
post during the week end and
stole a 500-pound safe and some
$700 worth of merchandise, the
Military District of Washington
reported today.
Entry to the building was
gained by removing bars from
a back window and breaking the
glass, the military spokesman
said.
The safe was believed to con.
tain no money. Merchandise
stolen by the thieves included
radios. cameras, cigarette light
ers. watches. pens and cigarettes.
the spokesman reported.
The safe apparently was moved
through back door opened from
the inside, officials said.
The theft was discovered Sun.
day night by military police MAX
ing a routine security check Of
the post buildings. The PIX had
been closed since Saturday after
noon.
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100 Dead or Missing
In Austria Avalanche
BY the Assoeiosed Press

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 12.-
More than 100 persons are dead
or missing in a major avalanche
disaster in the Vorarlberg region
Of Austria. police at Bregenz re-
ported today.
The toll was announced as
other vast snowslides through
out Central Europe claimed at
least % dead and "A missing.
The avalanches roaring down
the Alps severed communications
and isolated hundreds Of villages.
Officials said it might be days
before the full toll is known.
Police said that more than so
of the victims of the Voralberg
disaster were missing in the viii
lage of Blons. Twenty-three
houses in the town. in the great
Walser Valley near the Swiss
frontier. were covered by huge
series of snowslides yesterday.
The avalanches blocked the
small Lutzbach River and many
Of the missing were feared
drowned in the dammed-up
waters.
The other so persons listed as
dead or missing were from scat
tered villages in Vorarlberg prov
ince, police said. The reports
indicated that the sudden ava
lanches may add up to the ma
tion's worst snow disaster. Only
three years ago more than 124
people were buried alive in a
similar catastrophe.
The threat appeared to be
mounting throughout most of
the mountain area. Rising tenn
peratures were melting the snow,
bringing the danger of fresh dis
'asters in the wake of recent
severe blizzardS.
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French AssembIy's
Work Seen Para|IeIto
u. ). House Function
Opening Is Impressive
Arroy Of Poeeontry
And MiIitory Pomp
BY Crosby 5. Noyes
Foreign Correspondent Of The S,or

PARIS, Jan. 12.-Sessions OF
the French National Assembly
are generally described today in
terms that At into the dramatic
scheme somewhere between
Punch and Judy and the Choco-
late Soldier.
Actually. apart from the cham
Der itself lwhose red plush gall
leries remind you OF the Dia-
mond Horseshoe at the Metz the
soings-on make about as much
sense as those at the American
House Of Representatives. whose
governmental function the Ma
tional Assembly loosely parallels.
And they are easier to follow.
The opening is impressive.
The antechamber of the great
Greek temple facing the Place
de la Concorde is crowded. A
double line of gendarmes with
fixed bayonets forms IN the GEN.
ter of the huge hall. At the
critical moment. everybody starts
shouting commands. Heels click,
drums roll. and the Vice Presi-
dent Of the Assembly, Andre lie
Irocquer, sallies forth to open
the session. president Edouard
Herriot is too old and lame to
take the ceremonial walk M.
LIE Trocquer. who bears a super
f1cial resemblance to the Ameri-
can actor. Victor Moore, smiles
to friends as he passes.
Then more unintelligible COM
mands are shouted, doors slam
and bells ring. The National
Assembly of France-known to
foreigners as the despair of the
Western world, and the French
men as the last citadel of true
democracy-iS in session.
Confidence Vote.
In the foreign press gallery
under the skylight, breathing
room was at a premium the
other day. This was an extra
ordinary session. Joseph Laniel.
whose resignation as Premier has
been turned down by President
Auriol, had called it to win back
ing for the government at the
forthcoming Berlin conference of
Big -Four ministers.
The issue was simple enough: i:
Did the Assembly-which holds
all of the real political power in
France--trust its present. pro-
Western government enough to
send it to Berlin? The alterna-
tive was a major crisis-perhaps
no representatives at all at the
fateful meeting. The sefnicir-
cular chamber filled rapidly as
the Vice President raped for
order.
The preliminaries were soon
over. M. LIE Trocquer announced
that the government had a
(See MOVES, Page A-4.)
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that rockets will eventually car
ry most Of the worlds mail, and
the scientists working with him
have even blueprinted a world
wide postal rocket network, using
Haiti as the control center. Mr..
Puellenberg said tests of his
rocket at Hamburg have proved
that existing experimental mod
els are capable Of carrying mail
between Hamburg and Bremen
without difficulty.
The next step, he added. will
be to establish q rocket postal
network between principal cities
as the forerunner Of q trans
Atlantic postal rocket service.
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Germans Plan Rocket to Send
Mail to u. S. in 90 Minutes

FRANKFURT, Jan. IL
(NANA)-German rocket scien-
lists are planning a rocket which
will carry mail from Hamburg to
New York in so minutes.
Rocket Scientist Albert Puel-
lenberg, who had a leading role
in the development Of Hitler's
W. rocket, declared that his
postal rocket development group
has already completed blue
prints for such Q super-rocket
and needs only the money to
build it.
The postal rocket resembles q
small, Swept-type jet aircraft.
The German scientist predicts
Evening star., 1954-01-12
Four Reported Hurt
In Cairo Student Clash
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

CAIRO. Jan. 12.-Rival STU
dent factions clashed at Cairo
University today and four youths
were reported injured A jeep
was set on fire before the univer-
sity's police restored order.
Witnesses said the incident oc-
CURED while students of the ex-
treme nationalist Moslem Broth
erhood were commemorating the
anniversary of the death of a
comrade who fell in the anti
British fighting in the Suez
Canal Zone in 1851.
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Weaver Street Change
To Arizona Ave. OK'd

The Commissioners today ap-
proved changing the name of
Weaver street and Weaver place
NV. to Arizona avenue. No
opposition was expressed at a
public hearing held yesterday
The change will become effec-
tive February Is.
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Mccarthy Put on Rules Group,
Aiding His Fight for Funds
Senate Committee Would HondIe
Any Dispute Over Money for Probes

/ moved to interstate and foreign
commerce.
The committee assignments
and a general debate on the farm
issue highlighted the Republican
conference.
AS the conference began. the
Republicans were assured of re-
tanning a majority on all impor-
tant committees, even though
Democrats now outnumber them
48 to AZ. on the Senate floor.
Senator Knowland, Repub-
lican. of California, and johnson.
Democrat, of Texas. rival party
leaders, agreed yesterday to in
crease the total number of Re-
publican committee seats from
ITO to l12. This will enable the
Republicans to keep a majority
OF one on all committees except
District of Columbia and Public
Works. This is identical with the
situation that prevailed last year.
Morse to Fight Plan.
Senator Morse. the Oregon In
d depend ent. Immediately an
nounced he will fight for a
change in the agreement in an
effort to get back the seats he
lost last year on the Armed
Services and Labor COMMITTEES.
He was denoted from those COM
mittees to the District of Column
bia and Public Works Commit
tees after he. bolted the Repub-
lican ticket in the 1852 election.
Senator Morse is not likely to
succeed. but will force another
vote on what he regards as Ore
CONS right to have his seniority
recognized in committee assign
mentS.
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Two U. S. Flyers Killed

SEOUL. Jan. IL R). - The
United States 9th Army an
nounced two army lieutenants
were killed today when their Lie
observation plane crashed into
mountain and burned. Their
names were withheld.
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Eisenhower to See Press

President Eisenhower will hold
his weekly news conference at
1890 am. tomorrow. 1t will be
his first meeting with reporters
since the Christmas holidays.
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IN Degrees, Low for Winter,
But No Snow, Forecast Tonight
New Storm Veers Awoy From City;
Worst of Traffic Trouble Is Over

The temperature was headed
for a new winter low of IA de-
grees tonight, but cleared and
sanded highways have ended the
worst of Washington's current
snow troubles.
Commuters made It to work
gingerly over ice-spotted roads
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Shedding Accident Kills Boy; Five Die
Shovelins Snow. Poee B-l
New Freeze Awoited os Northeast Storm
Enters Final Stages. pcge A-3
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An Associated Press Newspaper
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tSee MOVES. Page A-4a
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(See FARM. Page A-4O
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Continued on Page "A. Col.
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Above are seen guests at the reception and Coffee rendered CONGRESS-
ton MRS BTEA l. CROSBY president held in the beauhh library
nMRS Eleanor TRENT WALLACE MISS KATHERINE
ROBERTA BROWN o
MRS SUMNER WHITTIER wife Of the 1t Gov MRS EMMA NEWMAN
JACK BATES ESTELLA CROSBY
BOWLES MRS GENEVA SHAW sitting left
CHASE, (wii Of Representative
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The parlors Of Norris Dams
Funeral Chapel were filled to
overlooking last Monday by
friends who came to pay their
tribute of love in memory of
Doris cambridge Harris. first
colored Pops Soloist, who died
the previous week. Rev S. A..
LaviScount of st. Mark Church
conducted and Mrs. Dorothy
Richardson sang two songs
most feelingly. Rev. LAWS
counts enlogy follows:
EULOGY OF REV. S. L. LAWS
COUNT AT THE FUNERAL,
OF DORIS CAMBRIDGE HAIR
RIS
With deep sorrow over the
passing of our dear friend we
come to say farewell.
Doris cambridge Harris has
"shuffled off her mortal coil"
and is now at home in eterni-
Continued On Page Two
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BAHA'S Celebrate
FOUNDERS DAY

The birthday of Baha'uIlan
founder of the Baha'a faith
was celebrated Friday in more
than $50 territories of the
world, as announced BY the
Boston Bahai Spiritual AS
sembly. Baha'u'llah, born in
Iran in 1917 as the son of the
Shah's Minister of State, chose
religious and humanitarian re-
form rather than a career in
craftsmanship. In 1863 he pro
claimed his mission to inau-
gurate new and divine CT
Vllization that would establish
world unity and peace.
Among members of the As
sembly are Atty. Matthew w
Bullock, Mrs. Sadie Merchant
Messers Herbert Gould and
Harold Scott she latter 81
whom at recent Sunday ser.
vice read a most comprehen-
Sive history of the religions
of the world. Services are held
Sunday morning at 687 Boyls-
ton st.
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BOSTON
BAKED

1--WE must make the Federal
Government a friendly vigil
ant defendant of rights and
equalities of all Americans"
Harry S. Truman
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CAR WRECK KILLS 'SHAC' TAYLOR KIN
COLORED BAL TIMORE
VOTES Republican

Responsible for reelection
of governor in rebuke TO Dem
ocratic pre-segregation candi-
date.
BALTIMORE, Md. = Thouh
the pollsters had predicted
Maryland would go Democrat
ic, Governor McKeldin, a Re-
publican, upset the prediction
by winning for the second
time and mostly because the
colored vote went Republican.
In one of the first tabula-
tons of that colored vote.
some districts of Baltimore
reported as high as 10 to /
for the Governor. These are
districts that normally vote
3 to l Democratic. They re-
VerSed this year because Of
the key segregation issue. Nc
Keldin'S opponent DR.. H. G.
Byrd injected the racial is
sue in the campaign. Though
he diSavowed the literature,
some of it claimed that Byrd
was anti-desegregation.
Thus Governor McKeldin
managed to roll up 1898 in
Baltimore and its suburbs with
a 6l,949 plurality statewide.
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Frazier S. Taylor, Lincoln
University student, was killed
when the car in which he was
a passenger overturned on the
road at Upper Marlboro. Mr.,
Sunday morning, NOV. 7.
Frazier was pinned under
the car and when extricated
he mas unconscious and did
not regain consciousness. He
was badly mangled and died
soon after.
He was a member of the
university's football team and
with his football coach Will
liam Hunter, was returning to
Lincoln Sunday after the How
ard Lincoln game in Wash
ington Saturday Hunter was
driving and was reported I'M
hurt.
Young Taylor was the son
of DR.. and Mrs. Balcom Tay-
lor and tiae nephew of DR..
SilaS F. (Shag) Taylor, all of
Boston. The brothers are pro-
prietorS of Lincoln Pharmacy
fremont and Kendall SITS.
where Frazier often waited on
customers and won popularity
by his sphightly service.
He attended Boston public
schools and following gradua-
ton he entered Lincoln Uni
versity, oxford, Pa, the alma
mater of his father and uncle.
1t was their fond wish to
have him trained as a phar-
macist in order for him to
take a regular part in the
drug store management.
His father FASTENED to Mary
land and accompanied the re-
mains to Boston. Rites were
held at the Taylor residence,
1895 Beacon st., Brookline,
Tuesday night in the pre-
sence of a houseful of rela-
tives, friends and neighborS.
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The crowd overfiowed into all
Of the rooms of the apart
ment. In the front chamber
where the casket lay a pro-
fuSionS of flowers literally
covered all space around the
four walls. Many of the floral
expressions of sympathy came
not only from family, friends
and associates but also from
Democratic leaders and others
by whom DR.. silas T. Taylor
is held in high regard for
his long service with the party.
One piece was a dozen or two
handsome full throated people
orchids.
In the gathering was the
president of Lincoln with Sc
veral Lincoln students. Rela-
tiVes came from Connecticut
and Danville, Va, the original
home of the Taylor family.
Lincoln's president spoke in
high praise of young Frazier's
Continued On Page Four
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N.A.A.C.P.

Friday, the 10Th of Novem-
Der, all high school students
are invited to attend a career
conference sponsored by the
Education Committee of the
NAACP. The conference will
feature talks on planning the
years after high school" and
will be directed to those stu
Continued On Page Four
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Mrs. Blanche Phillips
Alonza Phillips
Mrs. Marie Cheeks
Mrs. Bertha Noble
Mrs. Maud Chinn
Mrs. Laura Bailey
Mrs. Elizabeth Williams
Mrs. Ida Barnett
and several others.
By Captain MRS. MABELLE
B. SCOTT from the following:
Mrs. Viola Ryder
Mrs. Nan Trapp
Miss Pattie v. George
Mrs. Mabelle B. Scott
By Captain MRS. GLADYS
GUION from the following:
Mrs. Jennie Tynes
Mrs. Florence Jackson
Mrs. Willie Belle Santos
Earl Santos
Mrs. Clarence Watson
Mrs. Amy Shepherd
Mrs. Gladys Guion
Grand Court of Calenthe
Mrs. Sarah A. Stratmon
Grand Worthy Counsellor
By Captain DIR. WALTER O.
TAYLOR, Grand Worthy Chan
cellOr, fro mthe following:
Rev. L. N. Martin
Sir Knight of Pythias
w. H. Thompson
Rev. j. H. D. Bailey
Bona B. Smell
Harold ("Cuz") FaIkener
William C. Ertha
Freeman A. Perkins
Oscar H. F-tzallen
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BIRTHDAY GREETINGS
LIST OF DONORS

Governor Christian A. Her.
ter
Congressman Laurence Cur.
tbs
Hon. Francis E. Kelly
Rep. T. J. McInerney
By CAPTAIN ]. WILSON
PARKER from the following:
Norris G. Davis
A Madison Bland
Earl S. Johnson
Napoleon Chisolm
James Hayes
j. Wilson Parker
Louis Clark
Greene Funeral Service
Bonnie Shepard
Vernon PerciVal
Mrs. J. B. johnson
By Captain MS. LIMA BAL
LEX from the following:
Richard Saunders
Curtis Thompson
A Friend
Mrs. Lima Bailey
and several others to be listed
next week.
BY Captain MISS JULIA HI
SMITH from the following:
Mrs. Addie Buzzell
Mrs. Carl Williams
DR.. John j. Smith
Miss Lillian Tynes
Mrs. John Blackburn
Miss Julia H. Smith
and 3or 4others whose names
were misplaced. See next week
By Captain MRS. IDA BAR.
NETT, from the following:
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Car For Mrs. Steward Fund
DR.. Walter o. Taylor
Also these following:

DR.. Walter o. Taylor
Also these following:
Mrs. Adelaide C. Hill
Alfred Haughton
Miss Juanita Boyd
Mrs. Estella L. Crosby
Miss Gertrude M. Baker
Mrs. Eleanor Chandler
Mrs. Florence Morgan
Cornwall Florence
Mrs. jana White
Mrs. Isabelle Harper Spring
er, Guardian Clerk at the time
of w. M. TrotterS death.
Evangelist Reed
Mrs. Reda Morgan
Mrs. Lillian Godbolt
Albert E. Costa
James Lyken
Clarence Cameron White
Atty Lawrence D. ShuboW
Atty George D. Crosson
Peoples Market
DR.. Joseph C. Pierce
Mrs. Lillian M. Beckett
Mrs. Marie Johnson
Mabrey Kountze
AriSto Club
Mrs. A. G. Braxton
A Friend
Smith Room Registry
Eric V. Gray
Larkin Coleman
John H. Moody Family
Mrs. Benjamin Butler
Mrs. Sarah Arnold
Monroe Mason
Rev. Morris E. Grady
Harry c. Holt
Mrs. L. L. Smith
Mrs Gertrude Brown
George c. Levine
DR.. C. Noel Jackson
Mrs. Gretchen jackson
and others.