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The Nome nugget., 1946-02-25
Chester BOWles StabiliZatiOn
 Administrator

Advancement of OPA's Chester Bowles to the post of Stabilization Administrator under a broad and direct executive order which gives him the final word in all ques- tions affecting stabilization, and appointment of Paul Porter, strong "hold-the-l line" running mate as Price Administrator, is deemed a smashing victory for national OPA, according to Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann, Alaska OPA Director, who has just received an official statement of the new lineup by direct wire.
 With this extension of Bowles' previous authority as Price Ad- ministrator-where he held no authority over wage increases, al- locations of raw materials, prior ities, subsidies and other vital ele- ments in the stabilization picture the new team will make a far stronger combination than Bowles could be alone, Mrs. Hermann ex- plains.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-25
CEILING PRICES ON INFLOW HOSE POSTED

In anticipation of increasing stocks of nylon hose, which all ready have begun to trickle into the Territory and which are ex- pected to appear on the market in some quantity sometime in the near future, the Alaska Office of Price Administration announced today retailers pricing order No. IA, to Alaska's Revised Maxi mum Pricing Regulation 194.
 As in the case of rayon hose, the regulation requires that the ceiling price be plainly marked on each pair of nylon hose, where it can be checked readily by the purchaser, OPA advised.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-25
TOM STRAND TELLS WOLF STORY

Tom Strand, fo Fairbanks, is proudly telling his friends a real wolf story these days. His two daughters, aged F and II were out on a trap line near Ferry when they encountered four wolves. Both girls had rifles and had the presence of mind to shoot all four wolves. The last was killed within IS feet of the young est girl. The girls then proceeded to skin the animals and bring them into town.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-25

Army Forces in the Middle Pa cific, ordered: Get them home" "
 Today, 45-year-old New York born Saffarrans is doing just that. As commandant of the Middle Pacific Personnel Center on the island of Oahu, Territory of Ha- waii, he directed the processing and return to the mainland of more than 100000 Army men and women in the three months pc riod ended January 2.
 Every day he meets some for mer pupil bound for the main land. One soldier said: If I had not been through your first school on the way to Okinawa, I doubt that l could have made this one -on my way home"
 Saffarrans' combat coaching won him the Legion of Merit.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-25
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1946

Some 250 pounds of roses are needed to make a single ounce of altar of roses, according to Ency- clopaedia Britannica. This means that several acres of land yield only that small quantity of the perfume.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
British 10 Blow Up
He|igoIand Fortress
BY the Associated Press

CUXHAVEN, Germany, June II.
"A senior British naval officer to-
day said the great German island
fortress of Heligoland will be blown
up" within three months and be
fit only for "a beautiful bird
sanctuary" lG
The officer said preparations will
require two or three months. Plans
are to set off the explosive charges
totaling several hundred tons in
one great blast.
The officer said the island would
not disappear completely because
it rises in comparatively shallow
North Sea waters. He asserted
however, its remnants would never
again be fit for human habitation
The island is about 100 acres and
had 1000 inhabitants before the
war.
The officer said the destruction
would be "a wonderful lesson for
the Germans" He said influential
bird enthusiasts and ornithologists'
in England had opposed strongly
the plan to destroy the island be-
cause they feared for the effect on
migratory birds.
II can only assure them that when
we have finished" the officer said
lit will be the most wonderful
bird sanctuary-nothing but a pile
Of rocks"
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Only Famine Relief Ships
Being Loaded in Oregon
By the Associoied Press

PORTLAND, Greg, June IT,
Only famine relief ships were being
loaded in Oregon harbors today as
CIO Maritime Workers stayed off
their jobs pending settlement of a
dispute called by failure of the ma
tional maritime agreement to list the
Oregon Checkers Union.
Ernest Baker. president of the
Portland area longshoremen, re-
ported all unions affiliated with the
Portland Maritime Unity Commit
tee had agreed mot to go back to
work. until the cargo checkers were
satisfied. A "stop-work" meeting was
set for today.
He explained the national mari
time agreement failed to list the
Oregon checkers, but had named
California affiliates as receiving a
22-cent an hour increase.
Russell Ferguson, manager of the
Waterfront Employers Association
called the work stoppage a strike
and reported employers would meet
today to determine what to do re-
garding a union demand for a
written promise of pay raises given
California checkers.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
BorkIey Pledges Best OPA Bill
He Can Obtain From Conferees

is a great deal of room for improv-
ing OPA legislation in conference" ="
the fact remained both House and
Senate were on record emphati-
cally in favor of separate bills cary
ing much of OPA power. On some
important amendments, however, a
record vote was avoided.
For instance, Senator Barkley
outmaneuvered an attempt on the
Senate floor to remove the commit
tee-approved amendment to give
controls off meat and dairy prod
ucts. Since it was obvious such a
move would have been beaten, Sen
ator Barkley thus avoided having
his hand tied in conference by q
convincing demonstration OF sup
port for the provision.
Both Houses went so far in curb
ing the powers of OPA, however
that there appears to be virtually
Ino chance that the final legislation
Twill please the administration.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
The Greet Rocket Bomb Experiment
Mrs. Joseph E. Davies Gaining
After Injury in Fall on Yacht
Wife of Former Envoy
Suffered Head Wound
And Severe Shock

Mrs. Joseph E. Davies. wife o1
the former Ambassador to Rus
sia, today was reported by her
husband as recovering from head
injuries and shock received in q
fall aboard their palatial yacht
the Sea Cloud, now moored at an
Alexandria wharf.
Mrs. Davies fell on Thursday"
Mr.. Davies said, "and sustained
severe shock and a head wound
For the first "a hours she was in
"a serious condition. but now she
is recovering nicely"
He added that Mrs. Davies, has
not been moved from the yacht
since her fall and that special pre-
cautions have been maintained to
keep absolute quiet both aboard the
vessel and along the wharf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davies were to have
sailed this week on an extended
cruise to the Caribbean for their
first voyage since the Navy turned
the ship back to them.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
House Group Advises
Better Administration
For War-Torn Nations
Subcommittee Finds
Relief Officials Influenced
By Russia in Some Areas

Sweeping recommendations for
improvements in administrative
and economic conditions in 20
war-ravaged countries visited
last year by subcommittee of
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee will be made in a report
which the members have just
completed, it was learned today.
The report will be discussed at a
meeting of the full committee which
Chairman Bloom has called for to-
morrow. The committee is expected
to release the report as emanating
from the subcommittee.
What was described as "a very
minor" portion of the report con-
demns the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
for some of its activities, particularly
in Poland. This section of the report,
it was pointed out, contains nothing
which was not discussed when the
subcommittee returned from Europe
These findings also were debated in
the House last fall.
The report will contain charges
that, at the time the four repre-
sentatives visited Europe, relief &C
tivities, especially in Poland, were
dominated by officials friendly to
Russia. This was true in other
countries where the Soviet govern
ment had great influence over To-
cal regimes, the subcommittee held.
The report, however, is concerned
mostly, it was said, with recommen-
dations to the State Department
for improvements in basic condi-
tions found in various countries.
Those who went on the tour of
inspe i on were Representatives
Mundt, Republican, of South Da-
kota; Bolton, Republican, of Ohio;
Gordon, Democrat, of Illinois, and
Ryter, Democrat, of Connecticut.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Crash Kills Gen. Goffey, Leode,
|Of I'd and 4th Armored Units
Two Others Die,
Four Hurt as Plane
Overshoots Runway
BY the Assoeiuied Press

FORT KNOX, KY, June IT,
Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Gaffey, ST.
commander of the I'd Armored
and the 4th Armored Divisions
In Europe during World War II
and two other officers were killed
last night when their plane
crashed as it came in for a land
ing at Goldman Field here. Four
other Servicemen were hurt.
Gen. Gaffey has been command
ing officer of the Armored School at
Fort Knox since the wars end. He
was named post commander at
Fort Knox only last Tuesday.
The others killed in the crash of
the B-25 plane were 1t. Allan j.
Hoenig, post signal officer, Trenton,
N. j., and 1t. Robert A. Peter, pilot
of the plane.
The injured are Capt. Gordon K.
Steele, Fort Knox; 1t. Carl Linde-
man, jr., assistant post signal officer;
Sergt. Michael E. Devine, Goldman
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Marked Gain Is Notet
In District Workers,
Using Bus, Car Lines
Downtown Survey Shows
$40, in Comparison
With 1870 in 1910

A marked increase in the use
of mass transportation facilities
by Washingtonians going to work
in the downtown area was re-
fiected today in a survey made
public by the District Highway
Department.
The study, made on the basis of
questionnaires to shoppers and per-
sons doing business in the downtown
area on June S, showed that 81 per
cent of all persons travelling to work
in the heart of the city get there by
means of streetcars or buses, while
only 16 per cent drive their own
automobiles.
A comparable study made in 1910
showed that at that time only 48
per cent got to work by mass trans
portation means, while Is per cent
drove their own cars. Highway Of
ficials attributed the change to loss
of off-and-on-street parking facil-
tiles, occasioned by the city's build
ing and population growth, and to
the war time decrease in the num-
ber of privately owned automobiles
First Survey in Five Years.
Results of the survey, first of its
kind made here in the last five years,
will be made available to the Dis
trict Motor Vehicle Parking Agency
which is attempting to better the
Capitals means of transportation
The percentages released today were
made on the basis of 7,700 of a total
of 55,906 questionaires distributed
However, highway officials antici-
pated little if any changes as re-
suit of more complete returns.
Also shown by the study of work
ers in the downtown area were the
fact that another per cent of the
travellers rode as passengers in some.
|Coo md A ETITC nora
Evening star., 1946-06-17
BY the Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Barkley
told President Truman today he
would "try to get the best bill We
can" out of the Senate House con-
ference on OPA legislation.
We've got great deal of leeway,"
Senator Barkley told reporters after
Ia White House conference on the
|price-control controversy.
With the June 80 deadline fast
approaching for enactment of an
OPA extension law Senator Barkley
said the House conferees
cannot meet until Wednesday or
Thursday because Of the absence
of a number of members.
Senator Barkley went to the White
House with House Speaker Rayburn
and Senator McKellar, Democrat. OF
Tennessee, president pro tempore
of the Senate, for their weekly legis-
lative conference.
While Senator Barkley said there
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Welfare operation
Well Advanced in
Boston, Study Shows
Objectives Are Similar
To Those Of District,
Progress Seen Greater
fSecond OF q Series.J
By HoroId B. Rogers
Stor StoH Correspondent

BOSTON, June 1.-THE grow
ing civic consciousness of this
historic community has devel-
oped over the years into two
great organizations for COOP
erative planning and action
to meet social welfare needs
strangely similar to movements
in the same direction now under
way in Washington.
"a quarter of a century working
together" by the people-as they
call it here-has resulted in forma-
ton of the Greater Boston Com
munity Council, and the Greater
Boston Community Fund. They op-
crate over the large metropolitan
area of this community with COM
prehensive scope.
They might easily be described
as twin organizations, already do
ing what the National Capital COM
munity is striving to accomplish in
the proposed new Metropolitan
Planning Council, and the already
incorporated Community Chest Fed
Grafton.
Only, perhaps, the people behind
the cause of human welfare here ap-
pear to have gone further than those
in and around Washington in the
ability to work together. The Boston
organizations may be more ad-
vanced in action than the National
Capital community is yet ready to
accept. Some Washington leaders
who have studied the plan here feel
that way about it.
But Boston's work may help to
point the way for Washington, fo1
it already has overcome some of the
hurdles which Washington may be
facing now, or in the near future.
Among those hurdles, probably
common to most metropolitan COM
munities now in the throes of ex-
panding health, social welfare, and
business interests beyond city
county, and even State lines to
form integrated areas, is the some
what natural resistance of the
nearby units to encroachment.
Boston has been meeting - and
solving-this problem over the years
according to Roy M. Cushman, "a
great leader and friend" who fo1
II years has been executive director
of the Greater Boston Community
Council.
Create Community Spirit.
AS he explained it to this CORE
spondent, outlying communities
often have grown together through
out the years into their own iden-
tity. they have their own defensive
attitudes, against what they fee
might be an invasion of Their
rights"
THE problem is one of integral
ing, economically, spiritually, NOR
ally, whole metropolitan area" he
said. THE job of creating a rea.
metropolitan community is an ex.
ceedingly difficult one. But We have
made considerable progress in the
course of years"
Officially, for one thing, Mr.
Cushman pointed out, the State o1
Massachusetts, has set up Metro.
politan District Commission to pro.
(See WELFARE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Showers Tonight 10 Follow
Warm and Muggy Day

Showers this evening and tomor-
row will follow what the Weather
Bureau forecaster predicted would
be rather warm, muggy day today.
The temperature is expected to
linger in the Upper SOs most of to-
day until arrival of the showers.
Meanwhile, the humidity will in
crease, but not excessively. The
bureau registered 81 per cent rela-
tive humidity this morning, siza-
BILE jump from yesterdays low of %
per cent. Average here for this time
OF year is SO per cent. -
The thermometer registered SO
degrees at am. and tonight's low
is forecast about the same. Yester.
days high mercury reading wassts0
degrees at 3:15 pm. and the low was
81 at 4:50 am.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Finland Pays Interest
On World War Debt
BY the Associated Press

Finland today maintained its
record of being the only country not
in default on its World War I debt.
The Treasury announced it had
received $166,479.74 from the Baltic
country, representing it's semi
annual interest installment.
Treasury officials said Finland has
paid $7,263 900 to the United States
so far, but still owes more than
$4,000 900.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Grain Shipments
ToFamiinezones
Reach New High
Total During June
Expected to Pass
Million Tons
Bv Malcolm Lomborne, Jr.

United States shipments oi
grain to famine threatened
countries spurted to a new high
during the first 10 days of June
the Agriculture Department dis
closed today.
A department spokesman predicted
that I'VE may easily exceed 1,OOO,-
600 tons" for the month.
In the Today period, $4,000 tons
OF grain left American ports, a
figure nearly treble the amount
loaded during the same period in
May. This amounts to 1852, ,00C
bushels-a new record.
The shipments included 228,O0(
tons of wheat and flour equivalent
and $4,000 tons of corn, including
meal and grits.
Between January / and June 10
the United States sent a total of
4,242,000 tons of wheat and corn
on its way to starving peoples abroad
This leaves 1,258 900 tons remaining
of the American commitment of
$500 900 tons by mid-year.
Rate May Increase.
While this figure probably won't
be reached by June 80, officials were
hopeful of winding up the immedi-
ate job early in July. Some were
optimistic that the June lilo rate
would be increased during the re-
manning days this month.
The spokesman commented that
the new squirt in shipments "indi-
Gates that Secretary Anderson's ef-
forts to speed up grain shipments
are producing results" He added
that I'VE have the grain and now
it depends on how transportation
comes through"
In addition to the years total
OF 4,242, 900 tons, the United States
shipped 10000 tons of Canadian
wheat milled in this country.
Meanwhile, the Agriculture De-
partment disclosed it is instituting
special midmonth crop reports on
the progress of American wheat and
corn production during this season.
In addition to the regular report of
crop prospects on the first of each
the department will receive
field reports on the 18th of the
Reports Aid Planning.
This, it was explained, will give
food officials 15-day jump on their
planning for both domestic and
foreign food programs during the
critical growing months. Any decline
or improvement in wheat and corn
prospects will enable officials to shift
plans two weeks ahead of the regular
crop reports.
The department reported yester-
day that world sugar production for
the 1945-46 marketing year amounts
to 27,200,000 short tons, which is
100000 tons less than in the l944-45
season.
Decreased output in some produc-
ing areas, particularly in Europe,
more than offset 1000 ,000-ton in
crease in the Western Hemisphere,
a department study said.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Ki|ian Reports Plea
To Truman 10 Probe
'lichfieId Trials
Former Depot Chief
Charges Pressure
From High Quarters
BY the Assoeiofed Press
BAD NAUHEIM Germ,

BAD NAUHEIM, Germany,
June 17.-Col. James A. Kilian
has asked a presidential inves-
tigation of the Lichfield trials,
it was revealed in court today
as the former commander of the
United States Army depot at
Lichfield, England, was brpught
to trial on charges of cruelty to
soldiers imprisoned there.
Col. Kilian, 54-year-old cavalry
officer from Highland Park, Ill,
asked postponement of his trial until
he had received an answer from
President Truman. The court de-
MED his postponement move. His
attorney was not permitted to read
the letter to the President in court.
Cat Washington, White House
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
told a news conference mo letter
has been received here yet.')
The trial of Col. Kilian, key
figure in the Lichf1eld cases involv-
ing 6 officers and 10 enlisted men,
got off to stormy start.
Pressure Charged by Defense.
The opening session was spiced
with defense charges of pressure"
from high Army officials and by
frequent fiery exchanges between
the prosecutor, Maj. Joseph S. Rob-
inson of New York City, and Col.
Kilian's attorney, 1t. Col. Raymond
E. Ford of Fort Pierce, Fla.
Col. Ford told the court that Col
Killian on May "a sent letter tc
President Truman asking him to
appoint a board of inquiry to eX-
anime into the facts upon which the
charges against this accused are
allegedly based and particularly into
the methods used to obtain the type
of testimony used as a basis for
bringing this accused to trial"
Col. Ford asked that Mr.. Truman
be furnished transcripts of the first
Lichfleld trial in London. of the re-
port made by the officer who investi-
gated Col. Killian's case and of Col
Kllian's own trial.
No reply has been received to these
requests, Col. Ford said.
Not Given Documents.
He also charged the Army had
failed to furnish Col. Kilian with
documents, witnesses, stenographers
and legal assistants he requested.
Two lieutenants and three en-
listed guards already have been
convicted on cruelty charges arising
from their conduct at Lichfield
where prisoners testified they were
beaten, clubbed and kicked. All the
convicted men said the "be rough
policy stemmed from higher ranking
officers.
Col. Kilian-short, red faced and
| (See IICHFTEI pace An
Evening star., 1946-06-17
IWushout DeruiIs Train,
Killing Erie Engineer
by the Associated Prose

CRESTON, Ohio, June 17.-An
Erie Railroad engineer was killed
and the engine and % cars of a
freight train derailed last night
when high waters washed out a
small bridge three miles west OF
here.
Erie officials said the enginee,
was E. F. Flickenger of Marion
Ohio. There were no other injuries
The engineers body was, founo
alongside the train.
Evening star., 1946-06-17
Keenan, Declares Phone Call
Might Have Averted Jap War
By GEORGE Kennedy

Joseph B. keenan,, Allied prose-
cutor in the japanese war-crime
trials, said today that he was told
in Tokyo that had a telephone call
been put. through, which jap
anese envoy attempted to arrange
between President Roosevelt and
Emperor Hirohito shortly before
Pearl Harbor, war might have been
prevented.
Prime Minister TOTO told Special
Envoy Saburo Kurusu when the lat
ter returned to Japan, Kurusu told
prosecuting attorneys in preliminary