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Evening star., 1946-04-02
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Traceuell.

0y IHuTteS T.. lTuCSLDGu.
We met Templeton Jones waiting for
the bus
Out our way waiting for the bus is
an event. If you miss it-and you
usually do-you wait another Is min
utes.
Jones was not In his usual CHEEKY
mood this morning.
you see those cars?" he asked.
We did.
No one could miss those cars. There
were hundreds of them, racing along
toward town. No driver looked to left
or right.
Not one of them will stop to pick
me up," continued Jones'
We grinned in sympathy.
"You didn't expect one to, did you,
Temp" we asked.
Templeton Jones smiled sourly.
six months ago they did-when they
thought some one might be checking
up on how many persons rode with
them," he said. Then it paid to haul
plenty. You got extra gasoline"
well, those days are over-what are
you kicking about?"
y y
Templeton Jones drew his coat
tigher around his slender frame.
"It isn't that miss being picked up,
although lift would still be accept
able.
You see, it is simply that my faith
in human nature has been given a
severe shock"
How is that. Temp" eve knew,
but we wanted to hear how he put it,
Jones put it this way:
"Al during the war, when / stood
here. l never had to stand more than
a minute or two before some kind
soul stopped and offered me a lift to
the circle.
You know, and everybody else out
here knows, that when a citizen Is seen
standing along the avenue he is wait
ing to get to the circle.
Not one of us but has been in this
situation time after time.
1.-THE man in car has stood here
and the man afoot has stood here.
"At times it has seemed as if half
the waking life has been spent standing
on this avenue, waiting for bus that
ought to be here but isn't.
1--WE all can spot our fellow citizens
and know at once that they are not
chance wayfarers, as citizens are in
the city. but our friends and neighbors.
THAT was what made it so nice
when they stopped to pick you up. You
felt glow of sympathy. Maybe the
war was doing some good.
"It was such little thing to do
after all.
"A stop, a closing of the door and
three minutes to the circle, then a
stop and an opening of the door.
"How many were the thanks, how
much good will resulted from this SIM
pie routine!
well, what has happened now?
II thought human nature was
changing for the better.
II dreamed of new era and per-
haps new world. built on sand-on
gasoline would be better
Now all the good will has vanished
With the coming of plenty of gas and
the end of the war people evidently
realized that no one was checking on
them
so now they don't stop any more
They just rush ahead, never seeing
those along the curb.
And when they stand In their
turn, they never get picked up either,
we breathed.
A great grin came to Templeton
Jones face.
And 1t serves EN- right" he chortled
Evening star., 1946-04-02
One Peaceful Sport

From the New York Sun
Trapeze work. boxing, mountain
climbing, yachting, rowing, tu-jitsu,
welght-lifting, skiing and bicycling are
prohibited sports for Berliners because
OF official opinion that these are sports
which tend to promote military pre-
paredness." Permitted sports, presum-
ably because they do not encourage
military preparedness, are hockey, SOC
Ger, Rugby football, tennis, basket ball.
skating, bowling, fishing and elementary
callsthenics. In Berlin dispatch to the
London Times, the Russians get i'm
piled credit for making this distinc-
ton between different groups of sports
or pastlmeS. 1t will seem to the aver
age person that there is a lot of psy-
Geological nonsense about the two lists.
except for one point. Fishing is cor
rectly listed as sport that has moth
ing to do with preparedness, though it
has an odd link with war. It is ap-
parently included in the postwar plans
of many of the men who have served
or still are serving. But even If one
resorts to the British locution and speaks
OF killing" fish, there Is no first
aid to Mars in a trout stream or on
q lake,
Evening star., 1946-04-02
Greek Election Results

While the overall outcome of the
Greek parliamentary elections has
followed informed forecasts by quail
fed foreign observers, there are Ger
tain aspects which do not conform
to the expected pattern.
The outstanding result is a vic
tory for the right-wing conserva-
tive coalition known as the Populist
party. This, of course, had been
anticipated, both because of the
deliberate abstention of Communist
and other left-wing parties from
the polls as a protest against the
holding of elections at this time, and
because of the hostility among large
sections of moderate Greek public
opinion to Communist excesses dur
ing the civil war last summer and
autumn when the Communist-d -domi-
mated EAM, through its armed Sec
ton, ELIAS, tried to seize power and
thereby provoked British interven-
ton.
Substantially complete election re-
turns show that the Populists polled
a clear majority of the total votes
cast, with the probability that the
party will have working majority
in the new Parliament. However,
this is not yet certainty, because
the moderate parties polled larger
vote than had been expected and
will thus muster a strong opposition
in Parliament. That may prevent
the passing of legislation for the
holding of plebiscite on the return
of King George to the throne, which
the Populists desire but which all
the moderate parties as well as the
abstaining Communists oppose.
The size of the vote cast was sur
prising. It may run as high as rs
per cent of the total registration.
This was higher than the 62 per
cent attained in the last previous
election, that of 1886. This present
figure of IS per cent is all the more
noteworthy in that the registration
lists have not been revised in the
intervening decade of war and Axis
occupation, wherein great numbers
of persons have died or disappeared.
The logical deduction is that the
orders of the Communists to boycott
the polls were not universally obeyed
by their followers and sympathizers.
Election day seems to have passed
off with fewer disorders than had
Evening star., 1946-04-02

viet-Swiss trade arrangement would
logically imply access to the markets
OF the belt Of countries under Soviet
influence, from Finland to the Bal
kans, all of which are being tied into
the Soviet economic sphere by spe-
cial treaty agreements.
Moscow's motives in this sudden
turn are fairly obvious. Economi-
cally, Switzerland is the only Euro
pean country besides Sweden whose
industrial potential is intact and
thus capable of supplying many of
Russia's needs. There is also the
political factor of drawing switzer-
land into the expanding Soviet orbit,
despite the sharp theological differ
ences between Moscow and Berne.
Evening star., 1946-04-02
Member of the Associated Press.
New COP Chairman

The choice of Representative B.
Carroll Reece as the new Republican
national chairman suggests - not
too surprisingly-that an element
Of politics pervaded yesterdays
meeting of the Republican National
Committee.
Mr.. Reece, who has served his Ten
neSsee district in the House for
twenty-five years, may fairly be de-
scribed as an exponent of Old Guard
Republicanism so far as domestic
issues are concerned, and his voting
record on international issues prior
to the war placed him in what was
then known as the isolationist wing
Of the party.
1t is clear that Mr.. Reece, as chair
man, will not speak for the rem
nants of the Willkie following in the
COP, nor for the Republican faction
that is backing former Governor
Harold E. Stassen. This was settled
by Mr.. Stassen himself when, COM
menting on the committees choice
of a new chairman, he said: "It
should be emphasized that the chair
mans election by the national COM
nlittee does not constitute decision
by the Republican party as to it's
policies or platform. 1t is, of
course, we'll known that I do not ap-
prove of Chairman Reece's stand on
many issues in the past"
This foreshadows a battle within
the Republican party comparable to
that which preceded the nomina-
ton of Wendell Willkie in 1910.
Presumably, Mr.. Stassen will lead
the fight to shake the COP loose
from its old moorings, while Mr..
Reece will be at the helm of those
elements calling for a return of
Government to the people," From
the standpoint of sheer political
strategy, these tactics may prove
effective in the domestic field, where
the COP obviously hopes to capital
ize on public dissatisfaction with
many administration policies. But
there is room for apprehension in
this critical age if the selection of
Mr.. Reece as Republican chairman
Is at all indicative of a return to
prewar Republican thinking on
international issues.
During its meeting the national
committee adopted a resolution de-
ploring the "incoherence and in
efficiency" of the Administrations
handling of foreign affairs, and also
noted with regret" growing
tendency on the part of the admin
istration to pay lip service to the
United Nations" At the same time
the committee was choosing as
chairman man who, as member
of the House, had voted against re-
vision of the Neutrality Act, against
the Selective Service Act and against
the Lease-lend Act. There is more
than trace of irony in this, even
with the fullest allowance for the
strange workings of American
p0liticS
Evening star., 1946-04-02
Soviet-Swiss Trade Pact

Ihe resumption OF diplomatic
relations between Switzerland and
the Soviet Union, including trade
arrangements between the two coun-
tries, is of considerable significance
from several angles. Soviet-Swiss
contacts have been virtually nil since
the diplomatic break in 1919 over
the assassination of a Soviet official
on Swiss soil by White Russian
refugee. Ever since then, Switzer-
land has been on the Kremlin's bad
books, and Moscow's opposition to
Geneva as a site for UNO was merely
one proof of its chronic displeasure.
Several Swiss attempts at healing
the breach met with studied rebuffs.
Suddenly, all is changed. And the
change comes at the very moment
when a virtual deadlock has been
reached in the negotiations between
the western powers, including France,
and the Swiss government on the
subject of German assets in Switzer-
land, claimed by the Allies for rep
arations purposes. In this contro-
versy, Soviet Russia took no part; so
1t had free hand regarding eco
nomic arrangements with Switzer-
land. And Moscow appears ready to
do business with Switzerland in a
big way.
This prospect is highly pleasing to
the Swiss, who have found their
trade opportunities with the western
world hampered in many ways, such
as clearing restrictions, currency
tangles and the risks of monetary
depreciation. The canny Swiss view
with considerable skepticism the
prospects of world economic recov-
cry, due to uncertainties of Americas S
foreign loan program, Breton Woods
and the World Economic Confer
ence.
A trade pact with Russia would
bypass all these incertitudes. For
instance, at the very moment when
Switzerland Is asked substantially to
reduce its export of watches to the
United States, Russia has sent Swift
zerland an inquiry for enough
watches to absorb two entire years
export capacity. Furthermore, a So
Evening star., 1946-04-02

dom. George lived the pleasant life of
a gentleman in England and India until
he was recalled by a plebiscite in 1885.
Then, after the invasion by the Ger
mans, he left the country again.
According to the little that is known
about the Teheran Big Three agree
ments, Greece was earmarked as Brit
ish zone of influence" But after We
day, the Moscow government seems to
have changed its mind. The Soviet be-
came very active in supporting the
small Communist party and it's mill
tary organization known as ELIAS.
The Russian government not only re-
fused to send It's representatives to
supervise the Greek elections, but urged
the Communists and their left-wing
supporters to boycott them antil such
time as only one electoral list could be
presented. Moscow wanted the Greek
elections to follow the Yugoslav Soviet
inspired pattern.
- X
Yugoslavia is also said to have been
placed under the British wing at
Teheran. The Russian government
maneuvered Winston Churchill so skill
fully, however, that today it is the fore
IlOSb TtUoSldll SdtCll1CS III cOutllEdSLGIu
Europe. A similar situation was ex-
pected to occur eventually in Greece.
The presence of British troops in
Greece is now being denounced in the
same manner as the presence of Rus
sian forces in Iran, and it is probable
that diplomatic pressure will be exer-
cised to get them out, regardless of the
wishes of the future Greek government.
The British maintain that the situation
which necessitated the sending of troops
to Greece in 1914 still exists and have
indicated their desire to keep order
until the danger of coup from outside
has been eliminated
Under these circumstances, some of
the London policy trainers believe that
the return of King George might be
used as pretext for internal disturb
ances. The Liberals and the Socialists
who are opposed to the Communists
may join hands with them in the event
the Royalist party succeeds in getting
the exiled monarch back to the throne.
Evening star., 1946-04-02
Danger in Germany
By George Fielding Eliot

In Sundays Herald Tribune, my friend
Bill Shirer offers us timely reminder.
He points out that amid the current
anxieties arising from our argument
with Russia, we are in danger of for
getting that Germany is still dangerous
His remarks are sharply emphasized on
the front page of the Sunday papers by
the news of the discovery of a wide
spread plot to revive Naziism in
Germany.
OF course, the uncertainties about
Russia react unfavorably on the situa-
ton in Germany. What is to be desired
is concerted Allied policy, long-term
policy carried out with foresight and
intelligence and directed toward the
eventual return of Germany to . the
family of nations as an active and
reasonable participant. But 1t Is obvious
that this final result is long way off.
For the present, the Germans cannot
be trusted. They must be effectively
disarned, and kept disarmed. They
must be effectively policed, and kept
under constant surveillance. They must
be made to contribute to the rehabilita-
ton of the nations they have so viciously
injured to the uttermost limits of their
capacity; and insofar as we can say,
in a suffering continent, how that
suffering shall be distributed, the Ger
mans must suffer most-that is, they
must be the last to receive benefits and
help beyond what is absolutely necessary
to enable them to help others.
The present arrangements for the
control of Germany considered in the
light of these objectives, are chiefly
inadequate fbecause of the factor of
uncertainty. Nobody knows exactly what
Is going to happen tomorrow, or next
week, or next month. The artificial
military division of the country into
four non-communicating zones of oc-
cupation drags on, with much talk of
unified administration and a unified
plan, but with nothing actually being
done about it. The Russians do exactly
as they please in their zone, the French
sulk and are non-co-operative because
the -Rhineland question is not
settled, the Americans and British
exercise long-range control over their
areas with no actual policy which is
apparent to the inhabitants beyond the
maintenance of public order.
1t seems to this writer that one I'M
portant step which might be taken now,
and which would have helpful effect
on tho whole problem Of stabilizing the
Evening star., 1946-04-02
Trees

April trees are speckled taDn that come
to nip
The orchard grass and lie beside q
stream,
Summer trees are slender does that
trip
With hoopes OF amber, phere tn
meadotUs dream.
Autumn trees are yearlins bucks In
1pinter coats,
Losing their peluet, leaping, s,pitt and
shy,
But ,Utnter trees are stays Nth shuqqy
throuts
Who forage the frozen tundras OF the
sky.
ALMA robson HIGHER
Evening star., 1946-04-02

Times have changed. Groceries
used to smell of peppermint and
kerosene. Nowadays they smell only
of cardboard
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
VIVA CHAMBER HOLDS NOON LUNCHEON

At noon today the VIVA Cham Der of Commerce met in the Ne vada Lounge for the annual meet ing.
 Communication: a letter from the Fairbanks Chamber of Com merce, regarding the rate hearing to be held in Washington and the share in expenses which Nome had offered, thanking the Nome Chamber for it's cooperation, was read by the secretary.
 Visiting the Chamber were Boyd Harwood, of the Nome Drug Store, Ed Herold, mail and ex- press superintendent of the Pan American Airways, Alaskan Divi- sion, and Cary Marcy, Veterans Advisor with the Surplus Proper ty Office.
 The nomination of three new members to the Board of Directors of the Chamber were Dr. Maxwell Kennedy, Boyd Harwood and Mrs. Helen Bockman. The board will meet at noon on Tuesday next.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
PerOn Accuses Braden Of Spy Work

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 15-(P) Presidential candidate Peron ac- cuSed Assistant U. s. Secretary of State Braden, last night with hav- ing headed "vast spy network, !" while he served as U. S. Ambassa- dor to Argentina, of blackmailing Argentine merchants into con- tributing funds for the support of his "subversive work"
 Peron and foreign minister Cooke issued flat denials that Peron or the Argentine government dealt with the Nazis, as charged in the Blue Book issued by the U. S. State Department.
 Cooke said in a radio address that the release of the Blue Book gave rise to a suspicion that the United States hoped to influence the February twenty-fourth pres idential elections.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
To- Get 4-Fs Into Limited Military Service

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5-(P)- Selective service headquarters di- rected local boards to comb their lists for 4-Fs and other deferred classes to get these men into linn ited military service. The action was taken at the request of the Army, which has lowered its phys ical standards for draftees to an "absolute minimum" It called on Selective service to meet its full quotas to make up the accumu- lated deficit of 75,000 men.
 The Coast Guard announced inn mediate reduction of points neces- sary for discharge. As of today. the point requirements will be: made officers forty; SPAR officers twenty eight; male enlisted thir- ty-six; SPAR enlisted twenty-two.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
NOTICE

The Poll Book for the registra- tion of voters for the forthcoming Municipal and School Board cleo tion. will be open February 20th. and will close Saturday. March 23rd. l946. Election takes place April End.
 Carrie M. McLain. 20-2l City Clerk
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
Pied Piper Flood

BETHANY, Mo.-R)-A flood which inundated the city dump gave Bethany residents a new sport. They stood at the edge of the swollen water and blazed away with .22 caliber rifles at a horde of rats which had migrated to the branches of swaying will low trees.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
STANDARD OIL REPRESENTATIVES IN TOWN

D. D. Nelson and Martin Jor- genson, representatives of the Standard Oil Co.,, are in town on their regular yearly trip, and are guests of the Wallace Hotel.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
Justice Dept.
 Warns Of Govt. Check Forgeries

Attorney General Tom C. Clark today issued a warning and a ser ies of recommendation to the re- cipientS of Government checks, as part of the combined effort of the Department of Justice and the Treasury Department to educate the public in the best methods for prevention of Government check robberies.
 During the six-month period ending December 31, 1945, forged Government checks reached an all-time high, as the Treasury De- pertinent received l4,208 forged checks for investigation, while for the previous twelve-month period 16,380 forged checks were investi- gated, MT. Clark said.
 The recommendations are de- signed to enlist the cooperation of merchants, as well as payees, so that the cashing of checks by mail box thieves will be made difficult, if not impossible The Attorney General pointed out that hard ships are caused to the needy families of check recipients due to the unavoidable delay involved in the investigations incident to issu- ing duplicate checks.
 Unless the money is recovered from the forger, the person who cashes the pilfered check sustains the loss.
 The Attorney General urged that merchants and those cashing checks KNOW THE ENDORSERS. The merchant should be certain, before cashing a check, that in the event it is returned as a forgery he will be in a position to find the forger; otherwise he will preson- ally suffer the loss. Moreover, all checks, the Attorney General urged, should be initialed by the store or bank employee who actu- ally cashes them.
 It is also important - that all checks be endorsed in the pres nece of the person cashing them. It is further suggested that checks not be cashed for children, inas- much as this has been regarded as factor in juvenile delinquent cy.
 To the recipient of Government checks, the recommendation is made never to endorse a check ex- cept in the presence of the person who is to cash it. It is urged that the greatest possible precautions be taken that mail boxes are se- curely locked and protected from pilfering.
 As an added precaution it is re- garded as highly advisable that Government check recipients ar range to meet their mail carriers so that their Government checks may be delivered in person rather than via the mail box. In any event it is important that names be printed plainly on the mail box, that postal authorities be mo- tified at once if there is a change of address, and that checks be cashed in the same place each
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15

Carbon black is another name for SOOt.
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15

For Good Printing Call Main 125
The Nome nugget., 1946-02-15
SURPLUS OFFICE PERSONNEL ARRIVES IN NOME

V. Hilliker of the U. s. Surplus Office of Anchorage, and Miss Connie Conlon, of the public rela- tions department, arrived to as sist in the opening of the sale of surplus material in the Nome area.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1946-12-23
DR. METOD MIKUz:
BODl POZDRAvLJ JENA, SvOBODflA I'M
SREGNA SLOvENSKA ZEMLJA!

ska zemlja in kot srno verovali
v MO in il nazdravljali leta ena-
instiridesetega in dvainstiride-
setega, pray tako j Be danes in
to zivi ali mrtvi: bodi pozdrav-
LENA, svobodna in srecna slo-
venska zemlja!
Gotovo ne DO rnogoce nikdar
vec izbrisati iz duse katerega
koli pravega partizana vseh We
likih lepot in izrazitih posebno-
sti slovenske zenlje, kot ne
vseh dozivljajev il tezkih let
borbe "a svobodo. In prav 60
tovo je, da Sc je prav vsakemu
Sc prav posebno priljubila 60
tova in dolocena zemlja. Zaka:j
bo vsak prav gotovo, pref ali
slej tudi povedal. Najrajsi in
najprej Sc JAZZ vedno spominjam
Notranjske, zemlje "a Krimom
in cd Kolpe in Kocevskega Ro-
ga nekje do Idrije, Vipave in
Istre. 90 .
Je to revna dezela, &c 10 clo-
vek pogleda povrhu. &c pa je
zivel ma njej z brigade, odre-
dom ali bataljonom, je mogel
spoznati, da ma tel skopi in
kraski zenlji prav "a pray ne
manjka nicesar, da morejo pa
Ia njej ziveti lie dobri in po-
STEM ljudje, kot njihove cebele,
Xxi nesebicno nabirajo svoj med
bogve kje v Javornikih, Sliv-
nici, Rakitni, ma Travni gori ali
30 ajdi, &c kje lie cvete, in po
rozah, XII jih je veiko povsod.
Skopa, pravim, je ia zemlja, je
"a darezljiva z gozdovi, XII Sc
he umire pray nikoli in POLO
!epse, gotovo pa slovesneje kot
orgle v najvecjih cerkvah. Ne
ltrudijo Sc nikdar, vedno live,
n smreke in hoje so mas ma
1arsih bozale z vejami, kot mas
j in he DO vec nihce ma svetu.
Iikdar ne DO vec clovek pozabI
lcskih senozeti, &c jih je vsaj
>nkrat prekrizal pos ddlgem in
oocez, pa ceprav je bilo Vse pol
10 sovraz1ih in belogardistic-
.ih postojank. Bile SO to pac
lase senczeti, hoja po njih tt
Ia in mehka in na njih smo 81
.atrgali rcz, da jih nisfno mo-
gil vseh nesti. Vedeli smo "a
1se nase grobove in ker so Sc
!am rcze prijazno ponujale,
mo jih nosili nasim mrtviri
,rijateljem, Sc oh njihovih gro
ovih spoeili in Il mimi vred po-
nenili "a nazaj in naprej. Nib
e pa 81 takrat prav gotovo nj
aislil, kaj je boljse, biti xiv ali
nrtev, in oboje Sc nam je ta-
zrat kot danes zdelo enako po-
rebno in prav.
Ne bono pozabili pozganih