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The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

being processed into agar-agar were discovered. With these dis coveries the first problem of the Japanese challenge had been met.
 There now remained the prob lem of finding an efficient method of quickly processing the gelati- nous substance of these seaweeds into agar-agar. Little was known about the manufacturing methods used by the Japanese, which they had guarded as carefully as some vital military secret. About all that was known was that it took them six months to produce agar-agar. Even if the Japanese methods of processing agar-agar had been known to Dr. Sperti and his fel- low scientists it would have been of little value to them. The situ- ation had become critical.
 The supply of agar-agar in this country was nearing exhaustion and hospitals and laboratories were clamoring for supply. Some means of producing agar-agar in. a much shorter time than that of; the Japanese was imperative.
 American mass methods were applied and again scored victory Seaweed was gathered from the ocean floor, loaded in barge fiotillas and lowed to the weed docks.
 There they were unloaded into washeries and freed from the sea animals which live and feed on the weed. The washed seaweed was then hauled to drying fields for drying and bleaching under the intense Florida sun.
 Great Scientific Victory
 The dry seaweed was then boiled and the gelatinous substance. after Altering. was poured into trays. After the jeilying process had started the trays were frozen. In subsequent melting the water con-, tent drained away, leaving the agar-agar as a residue.
 The day the first strip was shipped by air marked the collapse of the Japanese threat against thei health of the American nation. It represented one of the great scien- tific victories in this war.
 Through the use of American mass methods it was found that, agar-agar could be processed in the astonishing time of four days. as compared with the six-month period in Japan.
 What was of greater importance was that this American product was found by hospitals and labora- tories, in this country and England and Russia. to be of higher quality and purity than the Japanese agar-agar.
 The first shipment of this agar agar to Russia is said to have been received with greater enthusiasm by that country than were the tanks and airplanes which were carried on the same ship.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

trying to look important who make things tough for head waiter, Klassen concludes after 43 years in which he's arranged dinners for at least a million people.
 He planned banquets for Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Hard ing and Calvin Coolidge. Presidents and governors aren't hard-boiled customers, says Klassen. You can
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
JApS SAY THEY
 DARE NOT LOSE
 PHILIPPINE WAR
Says Nippons Moi 10 Sur. yive as Nation f
 Battle Lost
(By Associated Press)

Japan cannot afford to lose the battle of the Philippines and sur vive as nation, Domei, Japanese news agency, said in broadcast.
 "The Luzon battle is being fought to determine whether Japan is to survive and play the leading role in world affairs, and she must snatch victory in this way. Gen. Yamashita can depend upon the Japanese Navy to protect his Hanks and keep him in operational con- tact with the Japanese-held islands to the south.
 If he plans to retire to the southern part of Luzon, the Japa- nese withdrawal should be con- sidered a strategic re-alignment,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

aimed at consolidating the founda- tions for final victory, while the American withdrawal to Bataan in l942 was a desperate move to slave off final defeat
 The broadcast was evidently in tended for home consumption.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
Pussy Diner
 IsTough Nut

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-William Klas- sen would rather plan meal for a United States President than try to please the average fussy diner-and he's done both. It's the lesser lights
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08
BOLSHANINS VISIT

Mi. and Mrs. N. k. BolShanin, of Sitka, are visiting in Juneau today while the North Sea is in port. He is a deputy customs collector at Sitka and has been out on leave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

place soup to-nuts before dyedin- the wool notables and then relax.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-02-08

Empire Wdnt-ads bring results!
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Full Employment Topic
Of Discussion Tomorrow

What full employment is, what it
would be like to have it, and what
has to be done to get it, will be
questions answered at a discussion
meeting on Full Employment to
be held at pm. tomorrow in the
New Interior Auditorium. The
meeting is under the auspices of the
Postwar Planning Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade, the
Society for the Advancement of
Management, and the National
Planning Association.
E. J. Coil, executive director of the
National Planning Association, will
preside. The speakers will include
DR.. John J. Corson, director of re-
search of the Washington Post: DR..
George Terborgh, research director
Of the Machinery and Allied Prod
ucts Institute, and DR.. Robert Lamb,
legislative representative of the
United Steel Workers of America.
They will answer questions on the
subject.
Among those invited to attend the
meeting are employers. employees, Of
ficers of trade associations, students
in local universities and colleges,
and any others interested.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
George Washington Carver
Day Asked by lawmaker

January of each year would be
designated as George Washington
Carver day, under resolution
placed before the Senate yesterday
by Senator Myers, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania.
"The story Of George Washington
Carver is dramatic and inspiring, -
said Senator Myers. Born of slave
parents and handicapped by pow
erty, he became a scientist and
succeeded fully in realizing his
creative abilities in this Geld.
HE created over 200 products
from the peanut and did equally
meritorious work in the cultivation
of such products as sweet potatoes,
pecans, herbs and many others
Perhaps equally significant, though
less well known, are his contribu-
tiOnS as a teacher"
Evening star., 1945-09-26
D. {. Couple in 70s
To Wed SATURDAY.

A Washington couple, the woman
70 and the man IA, are to be mar
ried Saturday.
They are Miss Clare Ellen Bal
lard, "a former employe of the
fruit and vegetable crop disease
section of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, Agriculture Department., and
Harris Gould, who formerly was
horticulturist in charge of the dis
ease section. Both are retired.
Miss Ballard, who has lived at
the Dodge Hotel for many years
said today they plan to be married
at s pm. at Rhode Island Avenue
Methodist Church by the Rev. Ed
gar A. Sexsmith. She said that
after their marriage she and Mr.
Gould would make their home. at
least temporarily. at his home, 1926
Monroe street NE.
Miss Ballard is a native of Wis
consin. and has a niece. Mrs. Lura
j. Fowkes of Mount Rainer, Md
Mr.. Gould attended the University
OF Maine and Cornell University
He is a native of Maine.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
{ Bond Per Capita Sale
In D. T.. Still Leads Nation

w. j. Waller, chairman of the
District War Finance Committee,
said today the District still is lead
ing the Nation in per capita sale
of Series E war bonds, a record
maintained since the bonds were
first put on sale May /, 1941.
He said Treasury Department
survey showed the per capita sales
for August at $1027.
Since the sales of E bonds began
the Districts average per capita
purchases of bonds has been $512.42
up to August 81. This is % per
cent above the highest State, Ore
gon, which averaged $415.5S.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Carmen Beach Trial
Punctuated by Verbal
Clashes Of Attorneys

Angry clashes by counsel caused
frequent Interruptions today dur
ing the trial of Carmen Beach and
two other women on vagrancy
charges. being heard by Municipal
Court Judge Almond w. Scott.
At one point Corporation Counsel
Milton Norman protested the fire.
quent objections by defense attor-
neys to his examination of a wit
ness. Mr.. Norman said many OF
the objections were "supertech-
nical."
Inspector Oscar ]. Letterman, a
Government witness, told the court
he believed the massage parlor'
in the 100 block of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue NV, where the women were
arrested, was being operated as a
house of prostitution for some time
before the raid last July 13.
Inspector Letterman. who then
was captain of the third precinct
said he had opposed the issuance
Of a license to operate a massage
parlor when Mrs. Margaret Locke
listed by the police as the oper-
ator, made application in 1914.
Judge Scott yesterday heard testi-
mony of police officers who told OF
entering the place on July 13 and
finding the three defendants in va
rious states of undress. Besides Miss
Beach. %, the others on trial are
Judy Hunt, q, and Mary Karikas
"a. A fourth woman, Dolores Nieto
"a, Was acquitted of vagrancy in an
earlier hearing.
Police officers who testified yes
terday included Murray Kutner,
Charles Calderwood and Henry W.
Eastman. They told of searching
the establishment during the raid
and of finding the four marked SIS
bills which had been given to Ed
mund Holmes Potter. a previous
witness. Two of the bills, they said,
were found in the Beach woman S
purse, and the other two under the
rug in one of the rooms
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Commissioners Abolish
Conservation Committee

With the ending of the war, the
Commissioners have ended the serv-
ices of their Conservation Advisory
Committee, which was established
June 4, 1943
They said yesterday. however,
that since some time may be re-
quired before the supply of scarce
items used by the District equals the
demand, heads of departments and
institutions should still conserve
equipment and appliances.
In regard to fuel, the Commits
sioners said the maintenance engi-
neer of the municipal architects
Office will continue to advise on
means of reducing fuel costs and
obtaining the maximum amount of
heat for the fuel used.
The Commissioners expressed graft
itude for the conservation program
that has been carried out during
the war by their assistants.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Other Cities
To Fete Nin1itz
After District
New York, Texas
Plan Receptions
For Naval Leader

The itinerary of Admiral Chester
w. Nimitz during his brief visit to
the United States was announced
today by Secretary Forrestal.
In addition to the national well
come in the Capital October 5, Ad-
miral Nimitz will be honored at
celebrations in New York October
9 and at several points in his home
State of Texas.
He also will be given a rousing
welcome at San Francisco on his
arrival october 2. The commander
in chief of the Pacific Fleet will
leave Austin, Tex. October 13 for
Guam, his headquarters.
Rush for Tickets Seen.
Advance inquiries indicate rush
for the 1900 Washington parade
and pageant tickets which will be
placed on sale Friday at the Ameri-
can Automobile Association. Sew
enteenth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, and the keystone Automobile
club, 1643 Connecticut avenue NV.
The 5000 reserved seats for the
Monument Grounds, where the pa
rade will end and a program will
take place, are priced at S1.20, and
the 5000 unreserved bleacher seats
to be placed along Pennsylvania
avenue and elsewhere on the line
Of march at 81.
The first two rows of seats at the
Monument Grounds will be reserved
for disabled men from the Naval
Hospital.
Huge Parade Planned.
The citizens committee in charge
of the celebration is completing
plans for a spectacular parade of
marching men and women of the
Navy, with planes and airships of
every type over the route from the
Capitol to the Monument Grounds
Admiral Nimitz and his party will
be received at joint session of
Congress at 1890 pm. and the
parade will start about ITO. The
admiral will go to the White House
at $50. and the big day will close
with banquet at the MayfoWer
Hotel at 7::30.
Secretary Forrestal explained that
Admiral NimitZ is coming home to
attend naval conferences and will
take part in celebrations at the
request of citizens. Invitations have
come from many other cities, but
owing to the urgency of the Navy
rehabilitation program he will be
unable to remain longer, the Secre-
tary said
While no announcement has been
made on the subject it is antici-
pated that several other top COM
manders of the Pacific operations
will accompany Admiral Nimitz. A
number of smaller types of battle
craft will be here for the celebra-
ton.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Discharges al Meade
To Reach 1900 Daily
Oct. |, HeImick Says

On the heels of complaints from
soldiers eligible for discharge at
Fort George c. Meade, Md, where
the separation center is jammed
with men because of the demobiliza-
ton speedup, Brig. Gen. Charles G
Helmick, commanding officer of the
center. said last night the discharge
rate would be stepped up to $500 per
day by October !.
Gen. Helmick said when the cen
ter was set up last June it was
planned to accelerate the discharge
rate to 1000 daily by December, but
the end of the japanese war added
to the load. AS result, he declared
about 1900 soldiers are being re.
ceived each day, with only about
600 to 700 being discharged daily.
Meanwhile, amidst the Nation.
wide. clamor for the release of mil.
lions of servicemen, the Army begar
its peacetime campaign for new re.
cruits, with a 10000 quota set fol
the Sd Service Command, compris.
IlS Viz DlStIlCt, N1di Iciil, IL SlAlAc
and Pennsylvania.
Recruiting officers are being sen
overseas with the hope that some
veterans will remain in the service
with such inducements offered a!
travel, education. security and 8
career" A bill pending in Congress.
would add reduction of the retire.
ment service period from 80 to q
years and continue the 20 per CEN
extra pay for foreign service duty
in peacetime.
The Fort Meade command con
tinued to mail special furlougf
orders to all men whose 3o-day fur.
loughs were extended to As DAYS
supplementing yesterdays telegram
to all newspapers publicizing the
extension. The extensions were au.
thorized in the hope that congestion
at Meade would be relieved by the
time the discharge eligibles return
from the heightened furloughs.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Mrs. Eugene Meyer Hits
Social Problems Record

The United States has a "monu-
mental record" in war production
but its handling of social problems
is Shameful" Mrs. Eugene Meyer
wife of the publisher of the Wash.
ington Post, told meeting of the
Washington Council of Church
Women last night.
Calling migratory workers Amer
ica's disinherited citizens" Mrs
Meyer declared the Federal, Statt
and local governments must unite
to find an immediate solution tt
workers problems. Mrs. Meyer
spent a year studying home from
problems during the war.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Persons Urged TO Give
TO War Fund Drive
Al Places Of Work

With nine solicitation units al
ready at work, Lee D. Butler, chair
man of the Community War Fund
campaign, today appealed to en-
ployed persons to make their do
nations to the S4,970 900 drive where
they WORK.
Campaign Unit quotas have been
assigned on the basis of giving
where you work" he said. This
means that a Government employe
living in Alexandria Or the counties
of Arlington. Fairfax, Montgomery
and Prince Georges will be solicited
at their Offices.
The District, Alexandria and the
four counties all are participating
in one combined campaign The
money collected will be distributed
| according to the needs of 1872 mem
ber agencies.
| Luncheon Meeting Today.
The biggest event for today was
luncheon meeting of TOO business.
men at the Statler Hotel. 1t. Gen
Dan I. Sultan, inspector general
of the Army, was scheduled &C
speak on his experiences during two
years in the China, India Burma
theater. He replaced Gen. Joseph
w. Stillwell as commanding gen.
eral of the forces which opened the
road to China.
Clarence G. Sheffield. chairman
of the Community War Funds busi-
ness units, said his 4,60O workers
calling on business firms in the Dis
trict are well organized and ready
to make an excellent showing this
year"
Aiding the workers are posters
which have just made their appear
ance all over town and numerous
department store displays which will
reach their peak early in October
First Report Meeting.
The first report meeting of the
drive will be held at 1915 pm,
| Tuesday. October 2, at the Cham
Der of Commerce.
Solicitations in Alexandria will
start after a kickoff rally Friday
night in the Virginia Electric and
Power Co. Workers in the first,
second and third wards will meet
there tonight to map their cam
paign. David c. Book, chairman of
the advance gifts division, which
opened its drive in Alexandria two
weeks ago, said the average gift to
date is larger than last year.
Hyattsville workers, headed by
Egbert F. Tingley, also start Fri
day to raise a quota of $4,000.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Mrs. Julia Palmer, Native
Of Washington, Dies at II

Mrs. Julia E. Palmer, 70, a native
of Washington, died yesterday after
weeks illness.
The daughter of the late William
E. Morgan, assistant District as
SCISSOR, she had lived for seven Year,
with her daughter, Mrs. Roy L,
Clinard, 209 Philadelphia avenue
Takoma Park, Md.
In addition to Mrs. Clinard shs
leaves another daughter, Mrs
Francis j. Cramer of Washington
a sister, Mrs. Susie Posey, Indian!
head, Md, and a brother, Arthur
S. Morgan, Arlington.
Funeral services will be held a,
II am. tomorrow, at Collins funerS
home, 1921 Fourteenth street NV
Burial will be in Glenwood Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
House Group
RejectsP|eas
|0n Child Care
Holds Order to End
| Centers Is Not
Legislative Matter

The House Public Building and
Grounds Committee crushed hopes
of mothers for it's intercession to
save the child care program by
announcing today that closing the
centers is IAN administrative and
not a legislative function"
The committee met in executive
session to consider appeals by
mothers for hearings on the ..Oc-
tober 81 shutdown ordered for the
centers by Maj. Gen. Philip B.
Fleming, Federal Works adminis-
traitor.
Chairman Lanham of the COM
mittee, who also is the author Of
the act under which funds have
been appropriated for the centers,
issued the following statement:
"The Lanham Act has not been
repealed and its terms and provi-
sions are still applicable to the
carrying out of its purposes. 1t is
the sense of the committee that
the termination Of matters under
the act is an administrative and not
legislative function"
Mothers stunned"
A dozen mothers clustered out
side the committee room said they
were stunned" by the refusal OF
the committee to interfere with
Gen. Fleming's decision. Gen.
Fleming has said he could not go
back on promise he said he made
to Congress, that he would not con-
tinue the program after the end
of the war without special authori-
zation.
The mothers were led by Mrs.
Clyde Hunt, chairman of the Par
ents' Committee for Day Care, and
Mrs. Josephine Starr, chairman of
the Citizens Committee on Child
Care Centers. Two mothers repre-
senting the Cleveland (Ohio) Day
Care Committee also came o.hear
the Lanham Committee decision.
They were Mrs Peck Mayvelle and
Mrs Bella Tracht.
May Seek Legislation.
The mothers said they had hoped
for more definite action from the
committee because they want some
one to keep the centers going Sor at
least another year until some perma-
nent day centers can be provided.
Mr.. Tracht said it might be pos
sible to interest some representative
to introduce some legislation to
change Gen. Flemings order or pro-
vide other funds for continuing the
centers.
Two meetings were held by the
mothers last night, the Citizens
Committee meeting at the Fedora
ton of Churches, l751 N street NV,
and the Parents Committee at the
friendship, 619 D street Sc.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
St. Andrews Society Plans
Concert as DAv Benefit

FL An afternoon concert for the
benefit OF the Disabled American
Veterans will be held at 4 pm.
Sunday under the sponsorship of
the st. Andrews (Scottish Society
at the British Embassy.
IL Tickets may be purchased for
$l.20 each at the following loca-
istionS:' Julius Garfinckle & Co.. F
street at Fourteenth street NV:
"A. A. A. Office, Seventeenth street
land. Pennsylvania avenue NV;
the Canadian Pacific Railway, 726
Fourteenth street NV, and the
garden gate at the British Embassy
on the afternoon Of the concert.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Aquarium in Commerce
|Will Be. Open Every Doy

The Aquarium of the Commerce
Department, which has been closed
Saturdays and Sundays for two years
for reasons of security, now is open
every day of the week.
Director Fred G. Orsinger said
visitors are welcome between $50
am. and 4:30 pm.
Evening star., 1945-09-26
The Why Of 1t
There's q Reason
For Higher Goal

@. Why is the goal of the Com
munity War Fund larger than last
year?
A. This years goal of s4,970,0 900 is
sl20,000 higher than last year be-
cause Alexandria has joined the
District and the four adjacent
counties in this campaign. Alex
andria's budget and her share in
the National War Fund accounts
for the difference.
@. Why have a Community War
Fund campaign now that the war
has ended?
A. The contributions will go to
meet the human problems of re-
conversion, the aftermath of war
in devastated countries and the
communities human needs that
exist in war or peace.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

Agricultural Ad-
justment Agency
of the Agriculture
Department to
become S t a t e
director of ad-
yer t i S inf G for
Florida, it was
announ c e d to-
day.
Mr.. Beckman
will assume his
new pos i t i o n
Oct o er 8 in
Tallahassee and
will h We the
major response
hilitY of eXpend-
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Paper Salvage Drops
To 1850 Pounds

Paper collection totals in The Eve
ming Star-PTA Salvage Campaign
during the past two days reflect
adjustments attendant to the OPEN
ing of the new school term. Tues
days total of 14,110 pounds dropped
to 1850 on Wednesday with pupils
of Buchanan School in first place
for the two days with 6,215 pounds.
The total of the campaign now Is
Is ,637 ,203 pounds.
Schools exceeding the half-ton
mark were Jefferson, $3.50; Wallach,
lat: Giddings. 1905; Beers, 2,467,
and Noyes, 3,076.
Collection schedules for tomorrow,
together with the leaders, are as
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Green Asks War Memorial
Modelled on Suribachi

Senator Green, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, yesterday proposed
the erection in the District of a
memorial to servicemen to take the
form of statue modelled after the
picture by Joe Rosenthal, Associated
Press photographer, of Marines
planting the American flag on top
of Mount Suribachi, Two Jima.
He introduced a joint resolution
calling on the Fine Arts Commits
sion to propose a suitable location
on Government-owned land within
the National Capital and to sub
NIT an estimate of the cost of the
project.
The resolution was referred to
the Senate Library Committee.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

pective pictures will center around
the Enoch Arden theme-that of
the wife who, believing her husband
dead, marries again.
1t. Ney, tall, dark and mustached
smiled happily as ne and his wife
chatted with reporters and photog
raphers. She was attired in gray
blouse, black skirt and a fiat black
hat.
The lieutenant leaves the Navy
after more than three years of serv-
ice, during which he took part ir
nine sea engagements. Before COM
ing here earlier this month to broad
cast for the Navy. he had been thiro
in command of the destroyer Owen
Evening star., 1945-09-26
Arlington Jewish Center
To Install New Robbi

Rabbi Ira Sud will be formally
installed as the new spiritual leader
of the Arlington Jewish Center at
S:45 pm. Sunday at the Thomas
Jefferson Junior High School, 800
Fillmore street south. Arlington.
The invocation will be- said by
Chaplain Henry Tavel of the Army's
chief chaplain's Office.
Evening star., 1945-09-26

: vice president OF
United Air Lines
on November l.
w. A. Patterson
| president of the
airline, has an
nounced.
He entered the
Army in 1874 2
after 18 years
with air lines.
AS deputy chief
OF staff he had a
prominent part
in the air rede-
p 10y m e n t of
troops and the
air forces. Col
Evening star., 1945-09-26

ing $500,000 annually.
His Government service includes
a year with the Navy Department
and three years with the Agriculture
Department. In the latter agency
he supervised production and dis
tribution of articles and photographs
to magazines and newspapers.