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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
The W ashing ion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON, = Back in 1919, right after the last war, the Phil adelphia Public Ledger hired a special correspondent named E. J. Dillon to cover the Peace Confer ence. MT. Dillon was a good news paperman. He told the truth.
 But as youngster living near Philadelphia and reading MT. Dil- Ion every morning, I wildly recall how I and others who had built up high hopes for permanent peace dio not like the truth. Eventually the Ledger got so many readers pro tests against MT. Dillons frank ana pessimistic reporting that it had to run a special editorial defending him.
 The trouble with MT. Dillon was that he was telling his readers that the 1919 Paris Peace Confer ence was going to lead to another war and his readers at that time didn't want to think about war.
 Having returned to the USA a few days ago from the present Paris Peace Conference, suspect that some of my own readers also have been cussing me out as pes- simist, kill-joy, and belittler of modern diplomacy.
 If so, I don't particularly blame them. The weather is hot, the vaca- ton season beckons, the headlines
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
(0RpSE5 IN STREETS IN
 RIOTS WAKE
Hindus Stage GhostIy Disturbances
 Situation Quieter

CALCUTTA, Aug. 19.-Moslems and Hindus killed each other at a slackened pace today in the stink ing streets of Calcutta, which in four days have been strewn with 2,000 to 5000 corpses.
 The situation was the quietest since Friday when the rival fac tions started the most ghostly riots in Calcutta's turbulent history, quarreling over differences regard ing the British proffer of inde- pendence.
 Sporadic shooting c {ltinued. Eerie cries rang through the streets. Bodies were piled here and there. many of them dead four days and picked by vultures. Many were bloated. The danger of an epidemic which might dwarf the present number of casualties mounted by the hour
 Several thousands lay wounded
 The food situation worsened as stores remained closed.
 LoOting Rife
 Looting was rife. Police blotters were filled with accounts of women sadistically raped, mutilated, the butchered or burned with their families. One seven year old rape victim was removed to a hospital in critical condition.
 Fifty boats, owned mostly by Hin- dus, were burned on the river. Troops with tanks strove to re- store order. In one trouble spot, police during the night fired into a crowd, killing at least three. Two factories were burned; hundreds of homes went up in flames.
 Mobs Uncontrolled
 Hindu and Moslem leaders tried to regain control of the mobs. They met yesterday and hostilities ceas- ed for a few hours but soon erupted again.
 When dawn broke, the situation apparently was in better control than any time in the four days of error But sporadic shootings and clashes continued and more reports of killings reached authorities.
 Disposal squads were extending their routes in picking up bodies in areas where the combined might of troops and police had restored order, generally on the main streets.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Aug. 19. - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 71s, American Can 100as, Anaconda 45B, Curtiss- Wright 7as, International Harvester 9OA, Kennecott 55h, New York Central 23, Northern Pacific 28, U s. Steel 89, Pound $4.O31a.
 Sales today were 660,000 shares.
 Dow, Jones averages today are as follows: industrials 2OO19, rails 62.26, utilities ABA.
 Stocks declined irregularly on re- duced volume today because of light attendance in the street and uncertainties over OPA control re- turn.
 Selling attained its height at mid-session after narrow irregu- larity early in the session. Support came into some of the steels, farm shares, rails, oils, and liquors. Sev- era of these and some special rail- road issues made poor showing in the average because of a 31a point decline in Norfolk & Western. San- ta Fe registered fractional rise as did Southern Pacific, and New York Central. Pullman rallied in the rail equipments. In the steels U. s. Steel more than overcame a < point decline. Bethlehem held a fractional decline. General Motors recovered part of a 1-point loss but Chrysler was at decline of more than point. Caterpillar Tractor rose lA points while In- ternational Harvester lost that amount.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
SHIP WITH FIRE
 RAGING ABOARD
 IS SAFE IN PORT

NEW YORK, Aug 19.-The 10,- 470-ton Liberty ship Benjamin R. Milan, with several fires in her cargo of coal, arrived safely at St. Johns Newfoundland, early today the Coast Guard office here an- nounced.
 The ships master messaged Sat- urday that fire had broken out in two holds when the ship was 500 miles east of Newfoundland. The Coast Guard said today's message stated all fires were under control.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
DAISY toNRIGHI E
 HERE ON 0'HARRA BUS

Daisy Conright, formerly on The Empire staff, was passenger aboard the O'Harra bus from Anchorage via Fairbanks. She is representing the Anchorage Times and also the week ly 49th-Star. She is at the home of her sister, Mrs. Leslie Sturm, while in Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
JOHN MOE IGNORED

John Moe was honored at fare well party given by Doris Denton, Susan Clouse and Laird Sullivan last Saturday evening.
 The honored guest is an employee of PAA and is to be transferred to Annette Island for temporary duty in the near future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
Leo loses Soap Box Derby Heat in phoio- Finish; San
 Diego Youth New Champ
LEO. sIX-INCH LOSER

Leo Osterman, Juneau's Soap Box Derby champion, was defeated by mere six inches in the twenty fourth heat of the National Finals at Akron, Ohio, Derby downs Sun day. The photo-finish decision went to Arthur Horton, Jr., of Mamaron- eek, New York. Third-placer in the heat was Tommy Smith, of Charlotte, North Carolina.
 The Juneau champion led through the greater part of his heat, but steering gear trouble near the fin ish resulted in his losing to the sleek New York car in what un- doubtedly was one of the most hot ly contested events of the day.
 Following is scene by scene, event by event description of happenings at the worlds greatest amateur racing classic:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
AUTO PRODUCTION
 HITS PEAK IN JULY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-Auto- mobile production hit a postwar monthly peak in July when 220,32l passenger cars rolled off assembly lines, the Civilian Production Ad- ministration reported today.
 This total topped the output in June hy 78,008 cars. the agency said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
BY DON sKUs-

AKRON, Ohio, August 1J.-t5pec- ial to the Empire) Boy, oh boy what day this is with the weath CT perfect after the downpour wt had yesterday.
 The crowds are the greatest that have ever come here; the excite ment and the color is the greatest I have ever seen.
 Leo, when I talked to him jus; before leaving the hotel, was a.; cool as cucumber. He is satisfied that he will be beaten only by a better car and driver and he is fully prepared to cop the first place honors.
 Here comes the parade, with the flag that was raised over Mount Surihachi leading it.
 Here comes the champions. Boy there is Leo-marching like a trooper. You can see his pride at bearing Juneau's flag.
 Here comes band after band-and are they stepping it out in perfect display of form. All these bands have won first place in their States. Time out, folks, while l give proper attention to the major cites. An! Those colored girls really can step. The autoplane three-wheel job, sure is something very neat.
 Five years have only increased the enthusiasm and color of this great event.
 AMERICAN WAY
 The parade alone is worth the trip. There are 37 units marching in this great parade. The Ameri- can way of life was never better demonstrated than it is here to- day. The parade is wound up by the Boy Scouts raising the flags all along the course as the entire crowd sings the Star Spangled Ban ner.
 There went the new P-80 jet plane over the track-and, believe men, $50 miles an hour is strain on the neck when you are this close to it.
 The first heat is lined up now and Leo has drawn heat number "A and the center lane. No lane is better than another, though. I am directly on the finish line anc have wonderful view as they cross.
 Eleven heats have run so far with no winners in the center lane which is Leos. The times have been better than 27 seconds, mostly Finally, lane two got winner ir the fifteenth.
 LEO UP TO START
 Leo is coming up now for his start. Boy, are they close! But, am afraid Leo is slightly behind.
 It is a photo-finish
 But, I can see that Leo was a very close second. Gosh! How wish that I could get to Leo for know how he must feel. He was up against very tough competition but he drew a photo -finish-am proud of that boy!
 Here is how Leo ran the course:
 It was evident that he was slow ly pulling out in front at the quart CT mark and was nearly length ahead at the half At the three quarter he was better than length in front, but at this point his steering gear-which has been giving him trouble due to drying out of the car back in this differ ent climate-began to bother him and before he could get it straight ened out again he dropped back to about six inches behind the Man. aroneck, N. Y, boy. It took the photograph of the finish to de- termine the winner.
 Winner of the final was Gilbert Klegan, San Diego, California. It is good that a western boy won this year.
 This is the finest expedition oi
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Reception 10 krug Siarts
 9:30 Tonight

The reception to Secretary of Interior Krug at the Gov ernor's House tonight will start at 9:30 instead of g o'clock as previously announced. The pub
 lie is invited to the reception.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
ONE MORE , U., S. PLANE l. FIRED UPON
yueoslavs Reported Send ing Tracer Bullets on , Army Transport
By JOHN P. MCKNIGHT

TRIESTE, Aug. 19.-An American Army transport flying near the Yugoslav border radioed today that 1t was under fire from anti-aircraft guns, leading to speculation that Marshal Tito's forces again had at tackled a U. s. plane accused of Infringing upon his territory.
 E The transport tonight was hours overdue on it's flight from Vienna to Udine with a crew of three of- ficers and two enlisted men.
 This attack report came less than 24 hours after the U. s. Embassy in Belgrade announced that Yugo- slav fighter planes fired machine gun bursts August into transport on the same route. Ambassador Richard c. Patterson denounced that attack which was deliberate attack on a friendly nations air plane" The crew and passengers. of that CAT still are interned in Yugo- slavia.
 Both transports were assigned to the U. s. Army's European Trans port Service, and both were flying the route from Austria to Udine airport in the British American oc- cupation zone of the Venezia Giulial area, disputed by Italy and Yugo- Glavia.
 The plane missing today left Vien- na at 7:30 a. m., passed over Klag- enfurt in Austria at $50 a. m., and messaged at 9:07 a. m. that tracer bullets were passing it. It should have reached Udine at 9:20 a. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
Cabinet Official Says More People, Better Housing,
 Cheaper Living Needed
"STREAMLINE RED TAPE" .IS ADMINISTRATIVE JOB
Many Questions Asked, Answered During Press
 Conference Here Today

Secretary of the Interior Julius Krug finally landed in Juneau late last night-at 1920 o'clock a. m.-- but was up early this morning to plunge immediately into meetings with local employees of his Depart ment, with Territorial officers and with officials of other Federal De- partmcnts.
 He greeted Interior Department employees in the Senate Chamber with the statement that he has found the central problem" in de- veloping Alaska is the need of more people.
 It is laregly up to those already here, he indicated, to solve the two great barriers to more people: Lack of housing and high living costs. The principal way in which the Fed eral government can help, he con- tinued, is to correlate adninistra- tive activities so that person seek ing any particular information about the Territory can go to just one place and get a complete answer"
 Pulp Mill Development
 Later in the morning, when asked in press conference regarding red tape that has hindered pulp mill development in Southeast Alaska, he declared: We will have to find some way to solve it. Asked further, if he would favor a joint investigation of interdepartmental activities to find what creates the present diff ficulties, the Secretary re-stated his earlier message to his own em- ployees:
 Our number one administrative job" he said. is to "streamline red tape" Some one source will have to be made responsible for the an- swers.
 Other press conference develop ments were:
 Aboriginal Claims
 The Department of the Interior is currently taking further steps toward proving aboriginal claims to Alaska lands. A question referred by the Secretary to Assistant Secre- tary Warner Gardner brought an- swer that a hearing on the Klukwan petition has been scheduled for Sep tember IS. this year. with Joe Flakne named as examiner. Hear lings on other pending petitions by native groups are not expected this year.
 Asked if his department is formu- lating any legislative proposals for extinguishment of native claims already upheld and of those yet to be decided, the Secretary replied that is one of the purposes of his present trip.
 Residents for Governors
 Asked, with regard to recent ap- pointments of residents as governors in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, if it is new policy of the Department and the Federal govern ment to name residents to important administrative posts in the Terri tories, Secretary Krug declared that policy is not new.
 Statehood
 He cited a general aim of always trying to get people who know the most about a region for posts in that region. The late President Roose- welt several times expressed that view, he continued. and it has been put forward also by President Tru- man. Krug declared his hope that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
CHARGE OF YUGoSLAvS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. = The United States charged publicly to- day that on July 12 Yugoslav troops illegally entered the Allied zone around Trieste and fired without provocation" upon American forces investigating their presence.
 The American view of the clash was made known with the release by the State Department of note delivered to the Yugoslav Foreign Office last Thursday. The note ern- phatically rejected the distortion of evidence" alleged in Yugoslavia's earlier complaint about the incident.
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
Methodist Leader
To Hold Services
In Moss Point

Dr.. Roy IL Smith, a prominent
national )figufe and editor Of
The Chr stan Advocate, official
Methodist organ, will conduct a
series 81 services at the Moss
Point Methodist church begin
ming Monday, November l8, and
continuing through November
"a, the Rev. Norman U. Boone,
pastor, announced. There will be
morning and evening services.
DR.. Smith has a full and varied
history. He began his career at
the age Of IL as reporter for the
county seat newspaper. In 1908
he was ordained and his pastor
ates have ranged from circuit
rider to large churches in Chi
eago, Minneapolis and Los An
geles. He is the possessor OF
many degrees and he has writ
ten religious boeks and has APP
peared on the Chautauqua plat
form a.i1 on radio broadcasts for
many years. He has served in
many capacities in the Methodist
church N which he is one of the
leading pastors.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
Catholic School
League To Give
Cornivol Boil

AT a meeting OF the Catholic
School League at Our Lady of
Victories school Wednesday af-
ternoon plans were formulated
for the annual o. L. v. carnival
ball that has become a pre-Lenten
event in Pascagoula. II will take
place sometime in February and
arrangements will be in charge
of a committee beaded by Mrs.
w, j. Scneeler as chairman.
The meeting Wednesday, was
directed by Mrs. w. A. Moncriai.
the president, who appointed Sis.
ter G1bnait to head the shrub
berry committee with Mesdames
Arnold Walker, Vincent Moore.
Leo Trehern, Douglas Clark and
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

w. ]. SrratIey as committee WON
en-.
The door prize, a doifey Gro
cheted by Mrs. w. j. Spratley
who presented il to the league,
was won by Mrs. Charles Afford
A room count of 81 percent at
tendance On the part of mothers
captured the room count prize
for the third grade.
The program consister of a tap
dance by Joan Fitzpatrick, who
alison joined her sister, Barbara,
In a duo dance oil the same class,
to The accompaniment of Mrs.
Ivan Purdy at the piano. A duet
given b. Eddie Kelley and Mac
Eiland to the music of an Ha-
waiian guitar played by the lat
ter, closed the program.
Marguerite Brandon and Eve
lyn Wagner modelled the uni
forms for the girls basketball
team which had just been com
pletea by Mrs. Scheeler.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
~Fortnightly Club
Meets AT Home OF
Miss Dora Cowun

On Wednesday the Fortnightly
club of Moss Point met in the
home of Miss Dora Cowan, with
Mrs. G.. A. Graham and Misses
Dora and Bessie Cowan as hos
tesses.
The meeting was conducted hy
Mrs. A. W. Head. the president.
The Moss Point library was one
of the most interesting matters
discussed.
The Fortnightly club, with Mrs
K. c Eiey as chairman of the Ii
blitry committee, has fostered
fhis institution from its begin
ming and has watched 1t grow
from a small WPA project to
its present size. Plans for more
finances for it we're discussed.
Delegates and a~lternates to-
the NJ ssissippi Federation o.
Women's Clubs were given their
cards 10 the meeting at Biloxi,
Nov. Ia.
Mrs. NJ. c. Farley and Miss
Carrie Lee Harris were respon-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
BOOTH FESTIVAL

The Youth OF the Methodist
church are sponsoring a booth
festival and all who have can.
ned goods or clothing for the Or
phanage are asked 10 bring II to
the church Sunday Or contact
one of the young people who will
pick it up.
The booth festival viii be held
ct the Sub District meeting Mon
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
FIRST GRADE ENTERTAINED

Pupile in the first grade and
their teacher Miss Amelia Hun
ter were entertained with a very
enjoyable Halloween party Civ
en- by the room mothers. The
lawn of the elementary school
was most attractivelv decorated.
hume: Il games were enjoyed
with several guests receiving
prizes.
Cookies, candy and soft drinks
were served during the evening
to the large number present.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
SPEAKER IN CAMPAIGN

A meeting has been held in
the Baptist church every eve
ming this week with the guest
speaker. Dr.. C. McClarin. de
livefing the messages pertaining
to the Sunday school enlarge
ment Campaign which has been
under his supervision this week.
The Netherlands Indies island
of Bangka provided three-fifths
OF the Indies tin output before
World Wa II.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

The meeting was opened with
prayer by the Rev. James Han
non, the new assistant pastor Of
o. L. v. church. 1t was closed
with prayer by Sister Gobnait.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08
INCREASE IN PRICE

Effective immediately the price
of priv:es furnished through the
jackson County Health Depart
ment viii be increased approx
mately "a due t. increased cost,
DR.. Andrew J. Hedmeg, depart
ment director, announced. The
structures are of aluminium.
Without housing they will sell
for $14 and complete for S39, he
said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

sihle for the pfs'gram which was
on Education.
The guest speaker was Luther
Tanner, superintendent of tire
Moss Point schools, who gave
very interesting data on the To-
cal schools ard their equipment,
and the;r hiph rnting as among
the first in 70. s's.e.
The members were happy 10
have Miss Bessie Byrn Borden as
guest.
A r,freehment curse was serv-
ed at the close of the program.
The next meeting will be held
with Mrs. j. v. Ainsworth and
Mrs. X. w. Burnham as hos
tesses.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

day night at 6 p. m. at the Kre
sble Methodist church.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

The state of Georgia was nam
ed after King George of Eng
land.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

Night club owners find that
people viii stay longer and spend
more money under amber lights
than under any others.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-11-08

The French settled in New
England before the Pilgrims.
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