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Evening star., 1946-02-04
Talk Of Training
Omitted From
Plan for Guard
Enlisted Strength of
AIS, 900 Called For
In Army Program
By the Associated Press.

Army plans for a postwar Ma
tional Guard with initial
strength of 425,00O enlisted men
have been disclosed by House
Military Affairs Committee mem
bers.
The plans were submitted at a
secret meeting last week of a sub
committee appointed by Chairman
May to draft a new national de-
fense act.
While the initial objective of the
guard has been set at 425 ,Ooo-
exclusive of officers - committee
members said the Army hopes event.
ually to boost the total to 100000.
The Armys detailed plan makes
no mention of universal training.
but assumes, members said, that
many youths trained under a uni
versal military training law will
join National Guard units.
The long-range program con-
templates use of the National Guard
as "an integral part and a first line
reserve component of the postwar
military establishment = . capable
OF immediate expansion to war
strength, able to furnish units fit for
service anywhere in the world,
trained and equipped:
"A. The defend critical areas of
the United States against land, sea-
borne or airborne invasion.
"B. To assist in covering the
mobilization and concentration of
the remainder of the reserve forces.
&c. To participate by units in all
types of operations, including the
offensive, either in the United
States or overseas"
State units of the guard would
continue to perform their normal
tasks of maintaining law and order
Under competent orders of the
State authorities"
While "the pride and traditions of
old organizations will be utilized as
far as practicable" the Army as
sured the committee, priority in
organization will be given to air
units and divisions, infantry regi-
mental combat teams, antiaircraft
artillery and signal aircraft warn
ing units and units needed to facili-
tate training.
Mounted or. horse drawn units
will not be maintained.
The plan provides for intensive
training, both in local armories and
In the field.
The National Guard will be
considered an integral part of the
Army of the United States" the
Army said.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Nine Teaching Posts
Vacant at Opening
|0f Second Semester

The public schools began the
second semester today with four
elementary teacher vacancies, four
vacancies in the junior high schools
and one temporary instrutor va
cancy at the Wilson Teachers
College.
However, the nine vacancies are
less than the officials have been
facing during most of the previous
three months, when married teach
ers were resigning en- masse to join
their ex-servicemen husbands,
spokesmen said.
The four Junior high school va
cancies are in English, Latin, COM
mercial classes and in one English
Latin course. The temporary va
cancy at Wilson Teachers College
is in geography.
The only new school opened today
was the Adelaide Davis addition
five classrooms at Forty-fourth place
and H streets Sc, to supplement
three adjacent Davis classrooms
The 300 Davis students can now at
tend fulltime instead of only three
hours a day.
The citizens Of the Bradbury
Heights area served by the Davis
have arranged a program there at
7:30 pm. February to commemo-
rate the success of their year long
efforts to get an addition. Mrs
Henry Grattan Doyle, president OF
the Board of Education, will speak
The celebration is sponsored by
the Bradbury Heights Citizens AS
|sociation, the Bradbury Heights
Garden Club and the Adelaide Davis
Parent Teacher Association. Miss
Dorothy Lewis, principal, is in
charge Of the program.
In charge of arrangements are
Henry w. Austin of the citizens as
sociation; Mrs. o. E. Albrecht, presi-
dent Of the Garden Club, and Mrs
Samuel E. Peake, president of the
PTA. Frank P. Randolph, presi-
dent Of the citizens association, will
preside
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Lost Man Club Plans
Victory Banquet Feb. IS

Fourteen members of Washing
tons Last Man Club of the World
War will be honored at the clubs
victory banquet and ninth annual
reunion, February Is at the Hotel
Continental, Joseph B. Irvine, pres
ident, has announced.
Those to be honored are Brig. Gen.
John w. Oehmann, Col. Julius I.
Peyser, 1t. Col. Charles E. Smithson.
1t. Col. Joseph L. Koehl, It. Col
Aram Kojassar, Maj. Archibald u.
Turner, Maj. De Witt Harry, Capt.
Robert E. Pugh, Ensign Edward n.
McCrahon. Chief Specialist Charles
J. Warren, Chief Specialist Alonzo
B. Dickerson, Gunner's Mate SIC
John w. Musson and Photographers
Mate Samuel E. N. Cox.
Staff Sergt. William F. Gallagher
will be honored posthumously.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Send Pentogon'
As Tokyo Hotel,
Army Men Urqe
BY the Associated Press.

Gy tne Associated Press.
TOKYO, Feb. 4.-The standing
room only" sign is out in this bulg-
ing, mrepaired capital.
Army authorities recently took
over the last available foreign-style
hotel to accommodate the continu-
ing waves of occupation officials.
If they send any more out" OBJ
served one combat veteran, "they
better bring the Pentagon with
them"
The top American officers now oc-
cupy the Imperial Hotel in an at
mosphere of definite swank, with
the next in line living at the CLAM
orous but crowded Dai Itchi.
Tokyo, with thousands of places
bombed out, is still short of housing,
despite the fact that the population
is but third of the prewar total.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Veteran Put on Probation
In Precinct Cat KiIIinu

Richard A. McIntire, 24-year-old
Army veteran, who pleaded guilty to
cruelty to animals in the killing of
Minnie the Moocher"-No. DO
lice precinct mascot cat since 1941-
received suspended sentence of a
500 fine or 80 days in jail in Mu-
nlclpal Court and was put on a
years probation.
The man is said to have trampled
the cat to death in a cell at the
precinct January 20 while he was
held on drunk charge. Imposition
Of sentence on that charge also was
suspended today by Judge Ellen K.
Ready following report from the
court probation officer.
The veteran told the court at a
hearing January 81 that he had
hated and feared cats since one
scratched him in childhood.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Woman Admits
Bringing Saws
Into D. {. Jail
Mrs. Davis Testifies
Rubin Took Blades
Hidden in Magazine

Testifying at the opening of the
District Court trial of Samuel RI. IN
who Is charged with aiding ir smug-
Cling hacksaw blades int District
jail prior to the jailbr~ ..k November
"A when five men e-caped, Mrs. Ca
Uterine Davis, II Soday told the Jury
she brought magazine containing
four hacksar blades into the Jail to
be picked up by Rubin.
Mrs. Davis is the wife of Earl
Davis, ~. Both have pleaded guilty
recently before Justice Henry A
Schweinhaut to charges of helping
to smuggle the blades into the insti-
tuition.
Mrs. Davis told the jury she
bought the blades at a hardware
store, placed them in a magazine
and glued the pages together. She
took the magazine to the Jail, she
said, and as she was seated at a
telephone, talking to her husband
whom she could see through a glass
partition, Rubin picked up the mag
azine from her lap.
Admit Previous Pleas.
Her husband, Earl Davis, had
preceded her on the stand, and
both admitted on direct examina-
ton by John c. Conliff, jr., assist
ant district attorney, that they had
previously pleaded guilty to charges
IN the same courtroom recently.
Davis, who said he was serving
time in the jail under the auto
mobile theft act, testified he had
made arrangements with his wife to
bring in the hacksaw blades. He
had been promised $500, he said
but added he never got it.
Davis said he saw his wife In the
rotunda of the Jail with the maga-
zine. but on cross-examination by
Rubin's defense attorney, Saul Lich-
tenberg, the witness said he did not
see Rubin pick up the magazine
Later, however, he said he saw Rubin
talking in the Jail with John Mans
our, also indicted on charges of aid
ing and abetting the jailbreak
SoSdPN. IL WdS 1lOiIl N1dIlSOuT, OdVlS
said he later received a hacksaw
blade.
"Trusty" Had Pass.
Claude O. Botkin, superintendent
of the District Jail, testified that
Rubin had been a "trusty" and hao
a pass by which he could 60 te
various parts of the Jail. The de-
fendant, the witness said, was not
allowed outside the institution, ex-
cept under supervision on the recre-
alton field.
On cross-examination by Mr.
Lichtenberg, Mr.. Botkin said that
Rubin had been so trusted that he
had been very much surprised
when this happened" Mr.. Botkir
testified that Sam always denied
his guilt, and once he refused tc
enter a room where Mrs. Davis and
her husband we're seated"
The defendant is l of - persons
indicted in connection with the
jailbreak
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Thief Gets $245 and Leaps
Two Stories 10 Escape

A thief who made his escape by
jumping from second-story win
dow took $245 from a purse in the
home Of Mrs. Francis Raymond. 6l9
B street NE. last night.
Mrs. Raymond told police she was
sitting in downstairs room when
she noticed "a man in a brown coat"
start up the stairway after enter
ing by the unlocked front door.
Mrs. Raymond followed. She said
he entered room and barred the
door with q chair.
Hearing noise outside, Mrs.
Raymond said she went to a win
dow in an adjoining room and
saw the man jump to the ground
and run.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Three Killed When BIS
Crashes Near Roanoke

Ry the Associated Press.
ROANOKE, Va, Feb. 4.-Marshal
Harris, manager of Woodrum Field
near here, said an Army BIS
bomber crashed and burned or
Green Ridge, approximately a mile
and half from the field, last night
killing three men.
Mr.. Harris, who saw the crash
from the field, went Immediately to
the scene with Capt. Julian Wise
head OF the Roanoke livesavine
crew. They reported that three
bodies were in the plane, all badly
burned.
The plane was reported en- route
to Knoxville, Tenn, from Rome
N Y
Evening star., 1946-02-04
". A. Keiner, "a, Retired
Postal Supervisor, Dies

William Andrew Keiner, 64, re-
tired supervisor in the City Post
Office, died yesterday at his home,
1901 Jackson street NE.
A native and lifelong resident of
the District, he had worked at the
post Office % years, when he retired
a few months ago.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Alice Keiner, and two sisters, Mrs.
Emma Stinett and Mrs. Lotion Rob-
ertson, both of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at Chambers funeral
home, 1400 Chaplin street NV.
Burial will be in Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Arizona Society Plans
Dinner Meetino Feb. ID

A dinner meeting of the Arizons
State Society will be held at the
YWCA at GA E street NV. at T
pm, February IA, the anniversar;
OF Arizona's admission into the
Union.
This will be the first meeting o1
the society since the war halted Its
activities. Members of Congress
from Arizona will be present. Res
ervations may be made with Mrs
John w. Wright, 429 Whittier street
INV.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Coyton Confirmation
Urqed by Senate GROUP

The Senate Judiciary Committee
today ordered favorable report
to the Senate on the nomination
OF Judge Nathan Cayton to be chief
judge of the Municipal Court of
Appeals.
Evening star., 1946-02-04
Manassas Man Graduates

Robert H. Bryant, Manassas, Va,
was among IS candidates awarded
degrees Saturday at midwinter
graduation exercises at the College
Of william and Mary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
FIRE DEPARTMENT REN0MINATES ALL
 PRESENT LEADERS

At it's regular first Thursday of the month" meeting last night at the Fire Hall, the Juneau Volun- teer Fire Department voted it's thanks to the local public for the excellent response to the Depart ment's recent ;unc-ra.sing drive.
 Nominations were in order at last nights session. for officers to lead the Department through the com ing year, with elections set for next month All present officers were renominated without epposi- tion.
 Youthful Robert Goldstein and Dick Wingerson were on hand at the meeting to ask moral support not funds-for Teen Age Club activities. Their program was voted the endorsement of the Depart ment.
 Chief Minard Mill outlined the new Fire Inspection plan recently adopted by the City Council and is soon to appoint four members of the Department to carry the pro- gram through the initial month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
JUNEAU BASkETEERS DEFEAT PETERSBURG IN EXCITING GAME

PETERSBURG, Alaska. Mar B. The Juneau Crimson Bears won the first game of the Southeast Alaska Basketball Championship series by defeating the Petersburg Vikings last night by a score of Al to 36.
 The game was a close one all the way Petersburg was ahead 36 to 35 with 30 second to go when Mead and Merritt scored 6 points in the last half minute.
 Starting lineups were as follows:
 Petersburg Grebstad, Otness, Kinnear, Swanson and Thomas.
 Juneau Aase, Merritt, Mead, Hogins and O'Connor.
 Mead was high-pointer for the game with l9 points and Swanson for Petersburg was high with 13 points. Quarterly scores were as follows:
 Petersburg: 8-20-3036.
 Juneau: 11-21-31-41.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
SUpT. PHILLIPS HAS
 C0MpLICATED PROBLEM

A. B Phillips, Superintendent of Schools. relaxed this morning. It seemed to him that he had solved a completed problem in a compli- cated but highly effective manner.
 When Miss Alberta Murphy, teach CT in the Fifth Grade, became ill, he replaced her with Mrs. J. B. Burford. About the time Mrs. Bur ford became unavailable, Miss Ar lene Walker, high schhol math teacher, broke her leg in a skiing accident. Mrs. Jennie Werner was sent in to replace Miss Walker, then switched to replace Mrs Bur ford after the latter left. J. M Bell was placed on the faculty to substi- tute for Mrs. Werner in the High School when she took over Miss Walkers class.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
CLERICAL HELP IN
 HOUSE iS LINED up

The following appointments to the Territorial House clerical staff are anrounced Dorothy Killewich, as sistant clerk; Elizabeth J. Peratro- vich, expressing clerk; Bonnie Jo Gronross, judiciary clerk; Sandy A. Stevens, watchman; Dean William, messenger; Dorothy Evans, door keeper; Mrs. C. G. Brown, Helen NJ. Lynch, Irene Hill, Maeseale Blackman and Bernice Johnson, clerk-typists.
 The Rev R. Booth is House Chaplain
 More than 12,000000 U. s. people enter contests every year, 50,000 of whom are professionals.
 O.
 DRINK EING BLACK LABEL!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
SUNDAY SKI RACE
 MEET CALLED OFF

Dean Williams, Juneau Ski Club Tournament Committee Chairman. today announced that the program of Senior Mems Ski Races schedul- ed to be held this Sunday in the Upper Ski Bowl is to be postponed.
 Principal reason for the post ponement is that chief competitors have signified their unavailability fer participation this week end. Weather considerations also enter ed No new date. for running off the Senior race program has yet been set. .
 Events to have been staged this week end were either Giant Slalom" or individual downhill and slalom races. depending upon snow conditions from the mountain ridge down into the Ski Bowl. Class A and Class B races were to be held.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
BALL CAMP
 HIGH SPOTS
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREssl

Seattle's Rainiers whipped the St. Louis Browns by an easy to in an exhibition contest at Ana helm. The Rainiers came though with a five-run outburst in the sixth.
 Tulsa pitcher Nick Butcher of the Texas League joined the Los Angeles Angels at Fullerton. The Angels play a University of South ern California nine Saturday, then tangle with the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday at San Bsrnardino{
 The Hollywood Stars are prepar- ing for tough two-game exhibition series with the St. Louis Browns. They have been encouraged by good news from that prewar sensation pitcher Eddie Erautt. Eddie is out of the service and ready to join the club. The Cincinnati Reds hold an option to buy Erautt after this reason.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08

ATTENTION SHRINERS Special meeting Sat. evening goo ,.m. Masonic Temple. Wear your Ne
 J. w. LEVERS, Sec'y.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
TIDE TABLE
MARCH 9

MARCH 9 High tide 5;38 am, 16.8 it. Low tide 12:24 pm, 0,5 it. High tide 1892 pm, l2.7 ft,as'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08

Ketchikan's scoring. Both teams made substitutions frequently dur ing the tilt.
 Bach scored half of the tallies made by Douglas and Mccormick and Weir made five each. Bach appeared to be the scoring threat in the first half when he accounted for six of the seven points made by Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08

der State Conference titleholders became the seventh team to accept a bid to the National Invitation Basketball Tournament in New York, Arizona University has won 25 games and lost four. The club has been coached for 20 years by Fred Enke, who has a son on the regular team.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
KETCHIkAN DEFEATS DOU6LASBY 5 10 20

KETCHIKAN Alaska, Mar. B. Ketchikan Kayhi Cagers beat the Douglas Husky basketball team last night in a fast game by a score of 57 to 20.
 Kayhi took an early lead making ringer in the first few seconds of play. The Douglas man-to-man
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08

west Ski Association downhill and slalom titles. Both mems and wo- imen's events will be on the sched- ule.
 The downhill races will be Sat urday and the slalom events Sun day. Many of the entrants are new corners to Northwest skiing, men just out of the armed services.
 BUFFALO, N. Y.-The American bowling congress, the world series of the tenpin realm, resumes next Thursday in Buffalo's 74th armory, after a three-year wartime lapse.
 The ABC called halt after the 1922 meet in Columbus, Ohio, be- cause of the transportation crisis. BERKELEY, Calif-The Califor- mia Bears, piloted in their quick breaking attack by the league dead eye, Andy Wolfe, take the floor at Mems Gymnasium tonight favorites to beat scrappy little Idaho.in the start of the Pacific Coast confer ence baseball playoffs.
 The Vandals last won the title in 1923 when they defeated the Bears at Moscow.
 Besides the conference crown, the series outcome will determine the Pacific coast representative for the Kansas City NC.A.A. regional playoffs and a possible New York trip for the championship.
 HAVANA, Cuba Happy Chand- Ter, gh-commissioner of baseball, is not worried about any threat to our national pastime from the league south of the border" Hap py, who is in Cuba on visit, said "the Mexican league is not regard ed as threat to organized base ball"
 MIAMI, Fla. = Stroking profess sionals will tee off today in the second round of the S7.500 four ball golf tournament here.
 They are the survivors of yester- days opening round, which was featured by the play of two seeking Sams-Snead and Byrd Slammin' Sam Snead of Virginia and Stocky Sam Byrd, ex- Yankee outfielder, marched away from Clayton Haef- ner and Jimmy Thomson, eight up and six to play.
 Other favorites to come through included the teams of Byron Nell son and Jug McSpaden, Ben Hogan and Jimmy DeMaret and Craig Wood and Toney Penna.
 MIAMI, Fla. = Bob Teller and Hank Greenberg have no intention of going to Mexico to play their baseball this year. Bullet Bob and Hammering Hank both made that plain yesterday, after the fast spending Mexican magnate, Jorge Pasquel, had announced his inten- tion of bidding for their services.
 TUCSON, Ariz.-Arizonas Bor-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
Sporis Shorts

WEST BADEN, Ind.--A four year period away from strenuous train ing for ring warfare ended today for Joe Louis.
 The worlds heavyweight boxing champion launched 49-day tun- ing up program at this village Spa in the first phase of his condi- tioning in preparation for the de- fense of his title against challeng CT Billy Conn in New York's Yan- kee Stadium June 19.
 The second phase begins May at Pompton Lake, N. J., when he starts his boxing drills.
 NEW YORK-Bob Montgomery, of Philadelphia. who holds the New Pennsylvania version of the lightweight championship, is 5 to II favorite to whip New York's youthful Tony Pellone in their To- round non-title scrap at Madison Square Garden tonight.
 SEATTLE-An entry list of at least 50 riders of the wooden slats will compete Saturday and Sunday at Mt. Baker for the Pacific North
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
BASKETBALL

Three games of basketball played last night in the states resulted in the following final scores:
 City College New York 49; New York U A.
 DePaul (Chicago) 67; Bradley Tech 46.
 Creighton 40; Tulsa 39.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-03-08
BASEBALL

Exhibition baseball games played resulted in the following 
 Philadelphia tND 6; Boston (N) 5.
 Detroit CA) 4; Washington (A) 8.
 Seattle (PCL) g; St. Louis (A) 9.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-22
Yugosiav Planes
Made In America?

Trieste. Aug. 22.-P,-An Amer
lean who saw the United States army
transport shot down al the Yugo-
Slav frontier Monday SAID today the
Yugoslav fighter planes appeared Ia
be of American make.
YuGoSIavia received S2B.80O. 900
of war supplies. icludinc planes.
under the IcndlcaSc program dur
'ne the war.
Telephone lines throughout inc
American and British occupation
zone in this territory. disputed be-
tween Italy u'd YUgOSlavia. were
unusually busy today. and many
high ranging officers were abScn,
from their desks. indicating unac-
'.uStomed activity.
Some Allied Milit:ry and politi-
cal figures, who may not be FAMED
expressed the opinion that Washing
ton might go so far as TO break off
diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia
over the downing Of two American
C-47 transport planes by that coun
try.
The eyewitness. former soldier
with combat experience in Italy, sale
the so,rd e the planes motors anc
their lines convinced him that they
were American psi Mustangs.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-22

ii equal publicity had been given
10 the Yugoslav note Of several weeks
age protesting against Allied planes
making unauthorized flights over
Yugoslav territory.
That note was delivered two
weeks before the first plane was
shot down." he said.
News Of the American ultimatum
ordering Marshal Tito'S govern
mo- to give the United States salts
faction within 48 hours for acts de-
Scribed as war like or face action
by the u. N. Council - circulated
quickly among peace conference del
egates during thc morning hours.
Debate on Preparations and terri
iorial demands against Italy by AL
bi, ia. Egypt and Austria was on
today's agenda for the 2l-nation
peace conference. Allied diplomats.
however. were concerned mainly
with the effects Of what some OBJ
servers considered the sharpeSt blow.
yet to hope for carly and amicable
Settlcmu Is on treaties. coming. as il
did, on the heels Of stubborn Wran-
Cling between the western powers
and Soviet Russia and her eastern
European adherentS.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1946-08-22
CONTINUED RAIN
INJURING COTTON

College Station, Raleigh, Aug. D.
Continued rainy weather in caus-
ing an increase in boil rots in many
cotton producing sections and far
mcrs arc planning To defoliatc their
cotton, where it has made cxccp-
tionally lcafy growth. say county
agents Of the Extension Service in
Director |. o. Schaub of State Col
lego.
Approximately 500 tons of cyana-
mid dcfOliant has been allotted 20
North. and South Carolina. and in
many sections it is being applied 10
Gotten by airplanc. Last year was
The first time that this dcfoliar,
was applied ON relatively large
scale and many farmers reported in
creased yields from IFS usc.
Where the dcfoliant was not used.
losses from boil ROT in many instan
COS ran rs high as 80 per cent.
Where these losses were combined
with boil wccvil damage. yields of
cotton were greatly reduced.