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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Bob Burns, the NEG wit, back in Hollywood after rwo of his Thurs day night broadcasts from New York, met on actor he hadn't seen in c long time and asked how things were going T had Q two- way contract with . major movie studio" said the actor. That's fine," replied Burns. Not 80 good" retorted the actor This two-way contract was in and out"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Marlin Eurt, creator Of the radio characters, '.Beulah" and "BiIl," heard on CBS, Sunday nights at $500, is working with a Hollywood lighting expert to cOncOct special effects for use in the stage version of the ''Beulah" Show. Hurt plans to appear in vaudeville this sum
 mers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

H E4AG4l W N4 1 N music caaNrlor in tQl'e u1ton #Ih window a|r'44s 1k his ncWaal tocotd aloum, Felfet Mualce
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

At Q sale of war ssHEpIus goods, Dagwocd buys Q radar set and ''BlOndle Contacts MaEs," ln lhe Sunday; March 70, "niondie''
 comedy brOadcast, over CBs at 7.30 D. m. Before interplRno- tary contact ls established, nlon- dc (PemTiy Singleton, nbOve) and DagwOod (AFthuF Lake, bel0wl become involved in Q comIcaI dilemma that's 'Out of this world"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Charlie McCarthy rekindles an old flame when he sees Dorothy Lamour on his program Sunday, March 10, at 800 p. m. over. .WTIC-NBC. Miss Lamour was Charlie's favorite girl friend and regular glamour attrac- tion on his half-hour airshow few years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

70 'srhe Case of The Black Or. chld," Dick Tracy selves one murder and prevents another when Q yonnR woman uses the sap from a rare and poisonous black orchid plant to try lo obtain her inheritance before she should, tonight at q D. O., over WAI1s.Anc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Kleelfouics. the key io the magic discovery al TadaF and laIeFIslon, Ia tho subject nf tho Exploring khe unknoWnp dfanalIaatloii. 'sI'ho fus glaihie HsieeIIYe, on sunday. March la nh ap m, pFaF station
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

A. AE. wATR 1920 K-wJZ s:O0-Rev. P. B. Crawford S:l5--Rev. P. B. Crawford e:3O-Polka Time
 s:45-Polka Time
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
Untold Millions of Waste"
tNeW York Sum


 Whenever, in the course of the war, any odious comparison made between the cost of World War and that of World War II, the routine from official circles that comparison was possible; that the cost of fighting total incomparably greater; and that penny pinching had no place in globa fight for survival Comptroller General Lind say C. Warren former member of Congress, testified recently before the Senate War Investigating Con- mittee that untold millions had been wasted in the conduct of the war. He denounced the War Depart ment's procedure contracts a procedure which he said in effect reduced the General Accounting Offices check to the level of adding up the figures to they came out right
 If Congress complies with Warrens request that the General Accounting Office be vested with authority to investigate contracts, specific evidence may be produced to support the Comptroller Generals sweep ing assertions Some waste is unacceptable in war it is integral part of But in fighting a all the world there is such thing avoid able waste such thing ordinary business prudence and common horse If Warren is correct in his indictment then the responsibility does not fall upon a few officers who left the Army to take jobs with companies with which they had worked, but upon the for expending the billions that Congress voted with so free hand.
 The Senate War Investigating Committe has had it's fling at producing sensational stories by inference but if it is to produce evidence of solid value it will have to take to a trail where the talents of book keeper auditor and detective all put together demanded And it will have to refuse to be drawn off the main trail by juicy morses of trivial value.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
STOCK SPECIALIST
 FOR AGRICULTURE
 DEPARTMENT HERE

D. A. Savage, Agricultural Spec ialist tor the U. s. Department of Agriculture, arrived in Juneau re- gently after completing two month trip Investigating the needs for agricultural research in Alaska.
 MT. Savage was a member of a party of seven specialists from Washington, D. c. who made the trip.
 In Woodward, Oklahoma, he is the director of one of the largest animal breeding and forage experi- mental laboratories under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture.
 While in Juneau he will confer with B. Frank Heintzleman, Com missioner in Alaska for the Depart ment of Agriculture, on the work that is being done in the interest of agriculture in Alaska. Savage has been interested in the possibil- ities of live stock raising in the h. terior, Alaska Peninsula and adjoin- ing islands.
 Other members of the investi gating party will arrive here next month.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

articles produced manufactured from materials originating in the United States shall be purchased for public Among the objections to this proVlso mentioned by the President that It might be used CD to subsidze hgh-cost domestic producers, 2 epete inadequate underground reserves of strategic materials and (3) to put obstacles ln the way of acquisition of foreign materials needed to supplement-
 inadequate domestic production. The President IS also fearful that the BuyAmerican mandate might raise up new barriers to international trade inconsistent with the Governments efforts to bring about general reduction of trade barriers.
 In our opinion, the President well advised to call attention to the potential dangers Of the Buy American policy. However, if the law IS wisely ad- ministered these dangers be avoided, since eX- captions to the general rule are allowable For example, foreign materials may be bought if domestic buying is found to be inconsistent with the public interest" if the cost is held to be unreasonable or if domestic materials of satisfactory quality are not at hand in sufficient and reasonably available com mercia quantities These exceptions should provide ample safeguards against abuse. The bill will make it possible for the Government to naugurate system of stockpilng that will strengthen the national de- fense without wasting the peoples substance anag onzing foreign nations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

sparks are flying. U. s. Ambassador George Messer- smith had a hot tiff with Argen- tine Dictator Peron the other day over Bolivia.
 MesSersmith hau called on Presi- dent Peron to tell him the U. s. favored immediate recognition of the new Bolivian Government now that it has thrown out it's former Nazi rulers. However, the Argen- tine Dictator said no He de- scribed the new Bolivian Govern ment as Communistic and admit ted he was trying to persuade Bra gil, Uruguay and other Latin nations to stick together in opposing recognition. Of course he didn't say so, because Messer- smith already knew it, but the Bolivian Government was a Peron Stooge. In the end the U. s. Ambassador told Peron that the State Department would re- gard his delaying tactics with great disfavor and walked out in huff.
 Note-While calling the new Be- livian Government Communistic, Peron simultaneously is welcoming Soviet cooperation. He is the first Argentine President since the Bol- shevist Revolution in 1917 to rec ognize Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

sometimes tEo ladies didn't ar rive at their different destinations until long after midnight but the serenaders stayed up just the same and the wives woke up and came out, cold cream and all, to receive the musical salutes and flowers. MORAL IMPROVEMENT NOTED
 The arrival of American Army wives in Europe has strengthened up troop morals more than any other factor Profanity at Army sports contests vanished overnight. Fewer frauleins are now living in Army quarters. Chaplains say that if the American wives don't make any missteps themselves they can have a great effect upon the en- tire American Army in Europe.
 Note-American wives have one gripe-the official designation giv- en them by the Army: Dependent Wives, or ID W's' Leland Stowe observes this is better than being called "Displa Wives" or Damned Women" Chats joke, ladies'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
TWO OLD FRIENDS GONE

Within the past week AlaskanS have lost two old timers with the passing of Filler Hansen for l3 years superintendent of the Pioneers Home, and Charles D Beale former Juneau theatre man who was active in service organizations here
 Hansen was resident of Alaska for 34 years and was wel-known throughout the Territory, making many friends In 1883 he accepted appointment to the position of managing the affairs of the Pioneers Home at Sitka a job which occupied his untring service until his death
 During the seven years Charles Beale lived in Juneau his intense interest in the activities of the service organizations here made him known to every one Even after he left for the sunnier climate Of California he maintained contact with his many friends in Juneau all of whom saddened by the news of his death on Thursday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
SENATE IS HEADACHE TO
 BYRNES

Most people would :lgree that Jimmie Byrnes had enough to wor- ry about in Paris without the ne- cessity of checking up on the U. s. Senate but one night before
 Congress adjourned he made special transatlantic phone call to urge the Senate to pass the Morse
 resolution permitting the World
 Court to arbitrate disputes affect
 ing the United States. Byrnes' phone call illustrates one factor
 few people realize-that he has
 nearly always had a veto hung
 round his neck in the U. $. Sen
 ate. At most conferences this veto
 has been right at his elbow in the person of Tom Connally, bushy-
 haired Senator from Texas and
 Arthur Vandenberg, the Republi-
 can statesman from Michigan. During the start of this Paris Con-
 ference, however, Vandenberg and Connally stayed at home where
 they caused Byrnes almost greater worry For, unless the United
 States will take the simple step of submitting it's disputes to the
 World Court it can't very well criticize Russia for yielding the
 veto. Nevertheless, shortly before Byrnes left for Paris he found
 that Connally and Vandenberg =
 both powerful members of the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee-had blocked the resolution by
 Senator Wayne. Morse of Oregon
 authorizing World Court jurisdic- tion over disputes involving the ! United States. Byrnes also dis covered that John Foster Dulles foreign affairs adviser to Governor
 Dewey and former attorney for the
 German and Spanish governments had handed Vandenberg a memo i opposing full American partlcipa- i tion in the World Court. On learn ! ing this, the usually good d-natureo Secretary of State hit the ceiling
 How can Vandenberg and Dulles complain about t:4e Russians hay
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
ON PHOTO TRIP

Flying to Pack Creek via Alaska Coastal Airlines yesterday were Phil Rich, publisher of the Midland Daily News of Midland, Michigan, and Reardon J. Nehil, businessman of that city.
 The two visitors are making the trip for the purpose of photo graphing bear. Also making the trip is Dean Williams who is to serve as guide for the party.s.
 Making an extended trip through- out the Territory, the two men plan to spend most of their time hunting, fishing and taking movies
 The Pack Creek party is ex- pected to return some time to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

ing the veto power" he exploded to his aides, when, in the very next breath they refuse to join the World Court for fear the Court will rule against us? If that isn't asking to retain the veto, I don't know what it is.'
 Byrnes described the Dulles memo as worthy of Henry Cabot Lodge, who torpedoed the League of Nations. Finally, just before his departdre for Paris, Byrnes went to Capitol Hill and lunched in the office of Senate Secretary Leslie Biffle with the entire mem bership of the Foreign Relations Committee where he thought he won their o. K. on passing the Morse resolution. Once he got to Paris, however, Byrnes discovered his old Senate friends had gone back on him and had attached hamstringing amendment to the resolution, practically cutting it's heart out. The amendment speci- fieS that the Senate shall decide whether certain disputes are do- mestic which, in effect, means that the Senate always retains the veto power over the World Court. It was to head off this amendment that Byrnes phoned Washington while tied up with his duties here. However, he failed to win his point. The Senate passed the crippling amendment just the same. (coPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946)
 
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
WE WANT PORTUGUESE BASES

It has been widely publicized in the press that the giant airplane carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt with accompanying ships is making goodwill visit to Portugal. How ever, another matter coincident with the visit has not been publicized
 The Portuguese Government has recently turned down cold the American request that we lease the Azores Air Base which we built during the war For some time negotiations for permanent base have been under way, but after considerable hesitation the Portu- guese finally gave us flat no.
 Diplomats consider it more than significant that the giant carrier FDR should now parade little muscle in Lisbon.
 Note-The British, who have long-term treaty relations with Portugal, could let us have the air bases if they chose.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
MARSHALL KEEP IS NOW NEWEST
 AlASKA LAWYER

Marshall M. Keep, formerly of the Ohio State Bar, was admitted to membership in the Alaska Bar by Judge Joseph w. Kehoe today.
 MT. Keep practiced law for F years at Lorain, Ohio, and during the war served in the Merchant Marine.
 For the last seven months he has been employed by the Unem- ployment Compensation Commission here, and will do legal work for the Commission. .stit
 MT Keep has established his home in Juneau with his wife and son.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
20 YEARS AGO TIT FHE EMPIRE
AUGUST 16, 1926

M the curtain the premiere of Purple Flashes Theatre
 Henry Roden Admiral 
 The game mimen the the Alaska postponed because there
  Jueau team o Kechikan Chugach arrived it's maiden be operated the William Sound district. Weather report Highest lowest 55.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

MISUSED Do He converted py that belief" He converted TO that belief"
 OFTEN Infame the as in AIM A second syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED: (to unbnd)
 SYNONYMS: Scoundrel villain, rascal eprobate
 three times and 1t is yours Let us Todays word be violated Accnt follows the second I. obey invoabe laws
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
MODERN ETIQUETTE %y ROBERTA LEE

considered bad and rude for guest to refuse a drink n o a friend?
 There nothing compulsory about it, and only will be influenced to do something that he or she doesn't want o
 all right for friends attending funeral to wear any Kind of dark clothes, should they nothing but black? A. clothes is all right. O. spoon msolid foods such custaros A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
LOOK and LEARN 9Iy c. GORDON

l. Which State longest shoe-nc California Michigan York? How there the Big Dipper? B. What is oft 70 as white coal"? country the Maor natives? What are races born?
 ANSWERS: Michigan.
  power.
  Futmity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
Stock Filing
Washington Post

Washington Post
 President Truman professed reluctance to sign the bill authorizing the stockpng of strategic and critical materials because it incorporated he so-caled Buy American Act of 1883 That act requires that only
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
FROM HAYNES

Mrs. Florence JenSon and son, John, have arrived here from Haines. They are staying at Hotel Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
ATTLEE TRUSTS BYRNEs

Prime Minister Attlee had a tough time in Paris while Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin was sick. He never could quite tell what Bevin had agreed to in the pre- vious secret conversations of the Big Four.
 One day while Secretary of State Byrnes was conferring with group of Americans at the Hotel Maur- ice, he was called to the phone three times in one hour. Finally Byrnes apologized.
 That was Prime Minister Att lee" he explained. He is confer ring with our people and the Brit ish and French and they keep re- ferring to agreements we made at the Big Four meetings with Ernie Bevin.
 "Attlee keeps calling me to find out if Beyin really made the deals they refer to-"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16
The Washington Merry-Go-Round

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-16

DECIDING HE DIPLOMATIC
 POUCH Paris isn't the only place where
Evening star., 1946-05-19

dropped several centuries. was back
in the time of Cortes, the Spanish
conqueror back in the days of TeCum
Imam, who was slain by conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado in bloody battle
of the Mayan conquest.
My intelligence people had given
me no reports on this battle but was
sure that Operation Siesta would not
be adversely affected by it, inasmuch
as it had taken place several centuries
ago a long time in the land Of banana
and n,ahana.
Nor did have any Typographical
maps of this wonderful region. My
friends, the Barnum of Bananas, the
BARRIERS, bus boys and bartenders, had
frittered away my time with windy
descriptions of Puerto Barrios, Vera
cruz and Guatemala City. Pedro de
Alvarado the conquistador had known
about the Highlands but his armor
had long since ceased to clank.
There was no hesitation on my part.
Without a doubt this was the perfect
location for Operation Siesta. There
were tropical flowers, lovely lakes,
dazzling towns with neat white houses.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Glowing With Warmth

AT DUSK a smiling, softsandaled
Mayan Indian padded into my room
and built a cracking fire to take the
chill off the cool Mayan night. Later
he did the same for the huge Spanish
Colonial bed with bed-warmer. felt
like conquistador, but benevolent.
Next morning | set out to explore
the countryside By nightfall | was
convinced The Highlands must have
been what my friends meant. Even the
names of the villages wove a spell:
Chichicastenango Huehuetenango,
Momostenango. Names that could be
sung if you got enough steam up. The
prefixes provided the melody -
Chichi, like Chattanoogachich
Huehue, like Hwayhwaydo~ nup-
on the Swanee; and Mono, like
MomotherdonctoI The suffixes
provided the meaning, for mango
means place Of"
Each of these villages has one, per-
haps two, market days week. AS
many as 5000 Mayans will gather
from far and wide for market day.
Great brilliant masses of them will
move over the Highlands. The stage
is spectacular, the actors dazzling.
During one of these marvellous per-
formances | came upon a small man
with dark glasses. He was wearing a
cap backwards and was busily gnaw-
ing megaphone.
What is your name, Senor?' asked.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Sales Talk

No SOONER had struck up conver-
saton with the Homburg than he
asked if | had seen the Magyar High
lands mo" SAID in a tone that re-
vealed my ignorance. The llomburg
launched into a lyrical description of
the Highlands. This. thought. must
have been the reason for the lnarticu-
late enthusiasm OF the Banana Man.
left for the Mayan highlands by
bus early the next morning.
In the afternoon | arrived in a little
town called Chlchicastenango. Some
where along the winding roads we had
Evening star., 1946-05-19

am Senior Cecilio B. DeMillio of Qua
temala Cinema, Inc.
MAY | ask, Senor," persisted,
why you gnaw your megaphone?
"Estupido," he said and even though
he said it in Spanish l could guess
what he meant" "The spectacle she
keel me. How can compete? Look at
it. All for free. And in color yet.
| made like a Mayan and padded
away.
The Mayan market is the reason
why you can spot an American tourist
who's been to Guatemala. He resem-
bles one of those tabled merchants of
the East who carries his entire stock
on his back. For Mayan market prices
are low, the goods irresistible: mate
rials woven in gaudy tribal patterns,
hand-hammereds silver, blankets, pock-
etbooks and - the lime test.
The lime test goes this way: In
Mayan market took a fresh lime, cut
it in half and after squirting myself in
the eye, dropped gram of the acidu-
lous juice on bit of beguiling mate
rial to see if the colors were fast.
This is an old custom at Mayan
Evening star., 1946-05-19

Barnum of Bananas had perhaps
overstated his case.
Gale Poniente led me into the
plaza, which was vast, immaculate,
impressive. Not one solitary cigarette
butt sulied its splendor.
On the far side stood the new
national palace, beautiful Spanish
Colonial building in soft green stone
The interior was as magnificent as the
exterior, solid with mahogany, bright
with brass. flowery patios, singing
fountains - civil servants paradise.
And yet, on leaving, it occurred to me
that other countries have fine plazas,
handsome buildings.
burg. Under the Iomburg he wore
a pince nee; he was IA very distin-
guished gent. have always thought
that Homburg hat lends good deal
of weight to a mans opinion. | knew a
fellow who was so convinced of this
that even when he raked New Eng
land leaves he wore Homburg.
This dignified Guatemalan, whom |
encountered in the plaza, was not only
wearing a Homburg but, in addition.
was occupying park bench. The com
binatiOn was overwhelming.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

called the Mayan Inn. The Inn has
big rambling rooms, romantic balloon
les and, of course, flowery patlos.
Moreover, it is constructed on differ
ent levels, an architectural trick that
fall for. There is strange charm about
stumbling up or down few steps to
get from room to room, charm that
appeals to the simian in us.
Evening star., 1946-05-19
Uniformed Senior

| WAS still thinking of them when my
friend Senior B. DeMillio stepped from
behind palm tree. Bowing over my
hand-woven, lime-tested, tribal-pat-
tern swim trunks, | said, "Is it not,
Senior, the Lake Atitlan which the
novelist Aldous Huxley compared to
the famous Lake Como in Italy?"
"Never heard of him." said Senor
deN1illio succinctly.
But despite the slight sourness of
Senior deMillio, Operation Siesta was
somnolent success. The Banum of
Bananas had been an accurate oracle.
So had the Homburg.
Guatemala has what it takes and it
doesn't take too much. 1t makes an
honest man out of the author of tour
ist booklets. 1t is travelogue that
makes the mechanical, "And so we say
farewell to Guatemala" note of
genuine regret. The End
Evening star., 1946-05-19

markets which smell of lines and echo
with cries of stung tourists. In fact, a
Mayan market is the only market
where tourists are stung not by the
wares they purchase but by the lime
juice they squirt in search of bargain.
Whatever you spend in these
fascinating markets you will get
your quetzales worth. The quetzal
is the Guatemalan currency unit; one
equals one u S. dollar.
AS explored the Mayan Highlands
/ thought with gratitude of my friends,
the Banana Man and The Homburg.
l thought of them as drove by bus
to town called Solola and wandered
through its markets held in field
overlooking emerald Lake Atiuan,
which shimmered in the tropical sun
$500 feet below. thought of them
later as drove down to the lake where
swan in its clear water.
Evening star., 1946-05-19

"Senor Cecilio B. DeMillio," he
replied.
Are you by any chance related to
Cecil B. DeMille, the Hollywood pro-
ducer of spectaCles?' | inquired.
Never heard of him." he said. Il