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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02

The Grand Canyon of the Colo
RADIO River is 278 miles long. At
one point, it is 10 miles wide and
5000 feet deep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-02
WYOMING GETS SOUVENIR

WI ONIIINV UEIO EVIh
CHEYENNE, Wyo.-WH-Wyom-
ing's state capitol soon will be
presented a piece of stone from
the British House Of Commons,
which was wrecked by German
bombs in 1941.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
POPE MAKES
 APPEAL FOR
 PEACE MOVE

VATICAN CITY. June 2. -- LR- Pope Plus XII today portrayed tfruitless conferences succeeding one another" and appealed to the worlds peacemakers to grasp the re- maining opportunities to restore normal relations among nations.
 "The peoples, bitterly deluded in their desire for order, peace and re- construction, are comnig to lose patience and hope" the Pontifs said, but he admonished them. Fear not"
 There is always room for peace ful settlement" he added May the rulers of the states not let slip this opportunity; 1t may be-God forbid the last opportunity.
 The Pope spoke afer receiving the Cardinals greeting on his name day. The address was broadcast in sev- eral languages by the Vatican radio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

DENVER, June 2. - R-Denver people overwhelmingly believe AL aska should be made one of the States of the Union, Denver Post poll conducted by Research Enter prises shows.
 A maj jority would Iavor similar ac- ton for Hawaii, put the majority is much smaller.
 Eighty-two per cent would make Alaska a State, and 65 per cent would favor Hawii as State. Eleven per cent were undecided in the first case, and fourteen per cent un- decided in the latter case.
 Interviewers reported that no one had strong feelings on the question and that while sthere was no differ ence m sentiment between the sexes on the question of statehood for Hawaii, there was on the question of Alaska. Eighty-six per cent of the men favored statehood for All aska as opposed to :eyenty-nlne per cent of the women.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
} KILLED IN
 SUPER CRASH AT FAIRBANKS

ANCHORAGE Alaska, June 2.-lR Three of l2 crewmen were killed when a B-29 Superfortress of the 46th Reconnaissance Squadro n crashed and burned near Fairbanks Thursday. headquarters of the Army Air Forces Alaskan Air Command announced.
 Previously, the rrlo mad been list ed as missing. The other nine men aboard the big four -engined bomber escaped serious injury.
 The dead:
 It. Lawrence E. Bennett, whose wife, Jane, resides at Q36 Fifth St. Fairbanks.
 It Bruce T. Marshall, next Of kin, Thomas E. Thompson, grand father, Manila, Ind.
 It. Carl A. Carlson, whose mother, Mrs. Edith Carlson, lives at Vine yard Haven, Mass.
 The Superfortress plunged to the ground minutes after taking off from Ladd Field, just outside of Fairbanks.
 An Army investigating board has not disclosed any of it's findings on the possible cause of the crash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
uNIFl(ATI0N MEASURE |S
 CHIEF ISSUE
Congress Must Give Alien. lion to Preparedness
 for Defense,

WASHINGTON, June 2-tR-Sup- porters advanved an armed services unification bill today as partial answer-and probably the only one Congress will give this year-to a Presidential commissions call for an immediate universal military train- ing law
 With lawmakers sharply split ever the training question, Senator Hill D-Ala) told a reporter the commissions assertion that Ameri- can military forces have become "a hollow shell'' presents powerful argument" for speedy passage of the uniflcation measure.
 T think the report of the com- mission is statesman-like in it's un- derstanding of present conditions The Alabama Senator said, T agree The Alabama Senator said, T agree with it in principle and think it should have the immediate attention of Congress. But I am afraid there won't be time to act son it in this session.
 The commission said in it's report, made public last night, that either the United States inaugurates a $1, ,750 100000 . to $2,000 ,000,000- : year military training system and spends more billions on prepared less or it invites possible "exter- minatior" in atomic warfare.
 It recommended a six months basic course for most young men of IS, with several alternates by which they would acquire the equivalent of six months advanced training. While some of these would permit inductees to continue their school ing, it was evident that the report failed to allay the fears of some legislators on this score.
 Senator Dworshak tR-Idaho) told a reporter he is not going to vote for any proposal that will keep young men from completing their schooling. He said he also is op- posed to putting the training pro-. gram in military hands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

 MILITARY
 IS NEEDED
Forces Must Be Established Prepared 10 Stop Ag-
 gression, Says RoyaII

MOSCOW, Idaho, June 2.-tRl- The maintenance of an adequate military establishment" in the United States-and one not limited hy -pinching' is of the ut most importance to the preservation of peace, Under Secretary of War Kenneth c. Royall declared today.
 On the heels of Presidential committees recommendation for such training--Royall called for a military force with which we can stop aggression whether it be sud- den or creeping"
 In an address prepared for de- livery to the University of Idaho graduating class here, Royal termed the military arm the most
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
Many Denver Women Are
 Against Alaska Statehood

important method of insuring peace but also stressed the peaceful means of defense against war the United Nations, international trade, efforts at mutual under standing"
 After reference to Russia, which he coupled with the United States as the two great military and pol itical powers Royal cited what he called plain and increasing evil dence of ambitious political forces seeking to impose their power upon smaller independent nations, and seeking to infiltrate even into our own government"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
DAWSON IS NOW SHORT,
 F00D5TUFF5

DAWTON, Y. T., June 2.-tR-
 Dawson residents are tightening
 their belts and hope for early arrival of the first boat from Whitehorse,
 bringing food supplies to relieve a
 shortage caused by inadequate sum- mer transportation. It is feared that heavy ice in
 Lake Labarge may delay the ves- sel.
 No fresh meat has been available here for two weeks and there have been no potatoes for a month. A
 small supply of gasoline was flown in from Fairbanks, Alaska, and is selling at $1.50 a gallon. Importing food by air is imprac- ticable, costing 16 cents a pound for
 the 290-mile flight from Whitehorse. ' There is backlog of undelivered freight for 1946 and increased min ing activities have boosted require mentS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
U. }. Advised
 Statfer Govt.
 As Safeguard
Atomic Age Expert Sug.
 gests Washington Be Abandoned as Capital

< WASHINGTON, June 2.-lR- An Army expert on atomic age weapons declared today that Wash ington should start right now to put its vital units of government underground to shield them from possible A-bomb attack.
 It. Col David B. Parker, who has been assigned from the Engineer Corps to the secret Armed Forces Special Weapons Project" express ed this opinion in an article writ ten for the unofficial service publi- cation, the Coast Artillery Journal.
 Parker, illustrating his article with maps, discussed atomc attack methods by which he said the cap ital could be destroyed, along with plans for specially constructed,
 blast-resistant structures of fan
 tastic design. He wrote, too, ot
 abandoning the city as a capital and dispensing the government over
 a wide area.
 Can we defend Washington
 against an atomic bomb attack"
 he asked Well. if you are Wash
 ingtonian and you want to be sure to survive forthcoming attack, your best plan is to buy one-way
 ticket to the west coast
 The officer suggested three types of attack-(a) airburst bombs; (b) underwater blasts set off in the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers to spread radioactive contamination over the city and Co silent atomic attack, in which a bomb might be smuggled in by saboteurs, or in which radioactivity could be spread lover our land, buildings and supplies by some means other than a tremendous bomb blast" In the latter connection, he said a constantly alerted organization must be ready to detect the invis- ible death of radioactivity.
 Parker said reasonable complete protection for the Capital would in- volve reconstructing virtually ev- erything in the city. He yentureo no opinion as to the cost of sucf a project, except to comment that the estimate of the present value
 of all public structures in Washing ton "is a matter of $500, ,0O0, ,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
The W ashingt ion Merry Co., Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-H Truman disagrees with his Republican Con- gress on lot of things, but there is one on which they see absolutely eye-to-eye. It is modern art.
 Busy as he is, tie President took time out recently to write pun gent letter to his ofn Assistant Sec retary of State, William Benton, in which he called modern art the vaporings of half baked lazy people" !"
 In so doing, Harry lined himself up with the Republican members of the House Appropriations Commit tee which had field day criticiz- ing the State Departments art pro- gram.
 Defending this program, Benton wrote an explanatory letter to the President. The President then took time out in confidential letter to give his own views on art This col umn has now received a copy of the letter, which follows:
 "The White House
 Washington April 2, l947. Dear MT. Benton:
 T appreciated very much your letter of the twenty-eighth in re- gard to the American Art Exhibit, which is gong the rounds of var lous countries.
 T don't pretend to be an artist or a judge of art, but am of the opinion that so-called art is merely the vaporings of half-baked lazy people. An artistic production is one which shows infinite ability for taking pains and if any of these so-called mdern paintings show any such infinite ability, l am very much mistaken.
 There are great many Ameri- can artists who still believe that the ability to make things look as they are is the first requisite of a great artist-they do not belong to the so-called modern school. There is no art at all in connection with the modernists, in my opinion.
 Sincerely yours. (Signed) Harry Truman Honorable William Benton Assistant Secretary of State Washington. D. O."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
THREAT - - A m TO KILL
 IS MADE
 7 ' V
President of Caterpillar Co. Gets Assassina-
 lion Warning

PEORIA. III, June 2-R-A po- lice guard was maintained today at the home of Louis B. Neumiller, President of the Caterpillar Trac- tor Comapnv, to protect him against threatened assassination.
 During Neumiller's absence from home Saturday night, he said his daughter, Martha. l5, received telephone call in which a man was quoted as saying: Tell your father he and his kind are not fit to live. We vii be out there at midnight He'll get the same McNear got
 George P. McNear, President of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad, was fatally shot from ann bush near his home the night of March 10 while a strike of 13 railroad. brotherhoods was in effect against his company
 Neumiller said he knew no reason for the threat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver June 4.
 Northern Voyager scheduled to sail from Seattle June 6.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle June calling at Ketchika1l Juneau, Cordova, Valdez and Sew ard.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle June 13.
 Square Sinnet scheduled to sail from Seattle June 13
 Sailors Splice scheduled to arrive from Sitka at tonight.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive from Skagway at 2 o'clock to- morrw morning and sails south one hour later.
 Alaska, from west, scheduled southbound l pm. Wednesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YOFK, June 2.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock tday is A, American Can 89A, Anaconda 34A, Curtiss- Wright Al, International Harvester 30, Kennecott A, New York Gen. ral 1872, Northern Pacific 15as, U. S. Steel 64A Pound $4.02H.
 Sales today were 520,000 shares.
 Merrill-Lynch averages today are as follows: industrials 168.0l, rails 1855, utilities 33.17.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
s ARE KILLED IN ARKANSAS TORNADO
Compulsory Training of
 American Youths Urgent
 Military Necessity Now

WASHINGTON, June 2.-tR-. The nation heard from a commits sin of nine prominent civilians to- day that the compulsory training of up to 95o,0O0 American youths a year is an urgent military neces- sity' in this world of insecure peace.
 The alternative to that and other multi-billion dollar outlays for na- lional defense is to invite 'exter- mination, President Truman's Ad- visory Commission on Universal Training declared. The group paint ed this bleak picture of the future If it's warning goes unheeded:
 For a few years-from four to ten-"our monopoly of the atomic bomb" and the availability of bat tle- trained veterans of World War II may serve as insurance against a sneak assault on the American homeland.
 But the precipitate drop in the nations state of readiness-"our military frees are a hollow shell'-- will encourage those to whom weakness on the part of peace lov- ing nations is a passprt to aggres- sion"
 Other countries who share our democratic ideals will lose faith.
 And then.
 "The mantle of totalitarianism will spread it's darkness over still larger sections of the earth, increas- ing the peril to us and narrowing the company of those on whose aid we can count in the search for last ing peace
 The document was drafted and signed unanimously by the nine members of the commission headed by DIs Karl T. Compton, scientist and President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
Children Victims

The majority of the victims were children, including members of a negro 'teen-age group attending a meeting in house where II persons were killed. At least 10 white chil- dren died
 One crew blasted hole in a dike on a damned break along Earth lomew Bayou into which several houses were believed to have been blown. then waded waist deep in the muddy water hunting for bodies.
 The twister bounded along the 20- mile course--10 miles wide in places from point approximately 10 miles southwest of here to a spot in the Arkansas River bottoms about 10 miles southeast of Pine Bluff. It's fringe struck the extreme southern outskirts of this community of 40,- 900 at the northernmost point of its course, damaging the Pine Bluff Country Club house. It bounded over Grider Field, wartime Army aviation primary training center. leavins the airport untouched
 Pine Bluff is 43 miles southeast of Little Rock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
EISENHOWER MAY
 COME TO ALASKA

Delegate E. L. Bartlett reports that in Washington there is well defined rumor that the General of the Army, Dwight D. Eisenhower, War Department Chief of Staff. will make trip to Alaska in July.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
OKLAHOMA TOWN HIT

LEEDEY, Okla, June 2.-lR-Six persons were killed and about 25 injured Saturday night by tornado which levelled more than two-thirds of this northwestern Oklahoma town of 855 people.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
ARRESTED-MoRALS CHARGE

William Eylar, 25-year-old nero of World War II, was arrested here Saturday by the U. s. Marshal ana booked on an alleged morals charge involving a 13-year-old girl. He IS being held for investigation and has retained M. E. Monagle as his attorney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
' WISTER ! RIPS OVER
 WIDE AREA
Hundreds Are Injured with Hundreds More Wiih-
 out Homes

PINE BLUFF, Ark, June 2.-tR- With B bodies in mortuaries, Jef- ferson County officials today sought an additional IS persons believed missing after tornado ripped a 20- mile path south of here, injuring hundreds and leaving hundreds more homeless.
 Coroner E. D. DuPree, who an- nounced early today 37 bodies had been recovered, said he still believed that was correct, but that some con- fusion may have resulted from the shifting of corpses among the vari- ous establishments
 A check of the four mortuaries here showed l8 white persons and Is negroes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

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Evening star., 1947-12-08
Card Game Killer Loses
Court Appeal TO Save Life

The District Court first-degree
murder conviction Of Baxter Grif-
fin, AZ, of the 1900 block of Eighth
street NV, was affirmed by the
United States Court of Appeals
today.
Griffin, who is colored, was found
guilty last March in the fatal Shoot
ing of Lee Hunter, %, colored, in
the latter's home in the 100 block
of Ninth street NV. last February.
Griffin is scheduled to be electro
cuted January 16.
In testifying in his own defense,
Griffin claimed he fired in self
defense during card game argu-
ment. In his appeal, Griffin's prin-
cipal contention was that questions
propounded by the trial Judge, JUS
tice Alexander Holtzoff Of District
Court, were prejudicial to the de-
fendant. The appellate court held,
however, that Justice Holtzoff's
questions were distinctly beneficial"
to the defendant.
The Court of Appeals opinion
was written by Justice Bennett
Champ Clark. Chief Justice D,
Lawrence Groner and Justice Hem
ry w. Edgerton heard the case in
the appellate court with Justice
Clark.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
123 Tickets Fixed
BY Police in Week.;
u Below Last Total

Police Department officials fixed
1913 traffic violation tickets last week,
% under the number handled the
week before and 54 less than the
report of two weeks ago.
1t was the second week since
ticket fixing aroused more than
usual interest due to a threat by
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett to
discontinue releasing reports to
newspapers. He changed his mind
after asking the Corporation Coun-
sci for an opinion and learning q
department order of 1899 making
the reports available was still valid
Last weeks report showed 100
warnings" to drivers for infractions
and % cancellations of tickets. The
week before there were 1913 warn
ings and % cancellations.
The greatest decline last week was
in the tenth precinct, where there
were 18 warnings and three cancel
lations, compared with 80 warnings
and two cancellations week ago.
Last weeks report by precincts
with warnings listed first:
Traffic division, Is and 8; first
precinct, 6 and 4; second precinct
7 and /; third precinct, 10 and 0;
fourth precinct, 6 and 1; fifth pre-
cinct, 9 and o; sixth precinct, 1C
and o; seventh precinct, 4 and 2;
eighth precinct, 4 and Q; ninth pre-
cinct, 2 and O; tenth precinct, 1s
and 8; eleventh precinct, l and 4;
twelfth precinct, 2 and o; thirteenth
precinct, 6 and 8.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Wife Killed in Crash
Of Amputee S Car

Mrs. Mable L. Gunsauls, 80, o1
POT East Howell avenue. Alexan-
dria, was killed yesterday when
thrown from an automobile driven
by her husband when it crashed into
an embankment near Luray. Va,
State police reported.
State Trooper c. H. Moore said
the victims husband, Joseph Orrin
Gunsauls, 80, World War II am
putee driving specially equipped
automobile, was unhurt except for
face bruises. Mr.. Gunsals' artificial
leg was broken and he crawled to
his wife's body after he extricated
himself from the car, the policeman
said.
Page County Commonwealth's At
torney I. r. Dovel said the accident
was due entirely to a very slick
condition of the road" and that
Page County Coroner G. H. Long
was scheduled to issue a certificate
Of accidental death today.
The accident occurred about Ale
pm. on State Route IL, S miles south
of Luray, as the couple was return
ing frcm visit with Mrs. Gunsauls
family at Shenandoah, Va, accord
ing to Trooper Moore.
Survivors include Mrs. Gunsauls
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil D
Trainham; four sisters, Mrs. Sarah
Sarrar, Mrs. John Rose, Mrs. Henry
Fadely and Mrs. Guy Wine, and q
brother, Aubrey Trainham.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Methodist Missions Spent
So,30O,000 During 1941
By the Associofsd Press

BUCK HILL FALLS, Pa, Dec. 8.
The Board Of Missions of the
Methodist Church reported today it
had spent $780, 900 overseas and
in the United States during 1947-
or more than 81 per member. of
the church,,
This was disclosed as Methodist
leaders from all parts of the Nation
began assembling here for six-day
meeting to plan a program of home
and foreign mission work running
from 1948 through 1852.
The sessions, opening today, will
be attended by ~ Methodist bishops,
20 laymen, 20 ministers and 40
women. Bishop Arthur j. Moore Of
Atlanta will preside.
Bishop, G. Bromley Oman Of New
York will be in charge Of meetings
Of the Division Of Foreign Missions,
Bishop A. Frank Smith, Houston,
Tex, Division of Home Missions;
Mrs. ]. D. Bragg, st. Louis, Mo-,
Women's Division Of Christian Serv-
ice, and DR.. John w. Hawley, Pitts
burgh, Division of Education,
Evening star., 1947-12-08
PTA to Heur Discussion
On ReIiqion in School

The value Of religion in the home
and school will be the subject OF
round table discussion at the meet
ing Of the Amidon- -Greenleaf Fair
brother Parent Teacher Association
at 8 o'clock tonight in the audi
torium of the Jefferson Junior High
School.
On the panel will be Russell Jen.
kins, representing the Gorsuch
Methodist Church; the Rev. Harry
Porter. Westminster Presbyterian
Church: the Rev. John T. Corburn
Fifth Baptist Church; Alex Vein
stein, representing B'nai Birth; and
the Very Rev. B. p. Shaffer, o. p.
st. Dominics Catholic Church.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Man Shot in Brain Has Chance
ToLive After 3-Hour Operation

A 60-year -old Army veteran with
an ordinarily fatal gunshot wound
through the head Is given q chance
Of recovery, thanks to a delicate
three-hour brAin operation.
The patient, John j. Maurer, was
found unconscious Saturday morn
ing at his home, 2415 Congress
street Sc. A .38-caliber revolver
lay at his side.
His wife, Mrs. Ida May Maurer,
said her husband had shot him
self after firing in her direction.
Mr.. Maurer was not expected to
live when he was rushed to Gal
linger Hospital. The bullet, enter
ing below his chin, pierced his
jaw and passed through his brain
before coming out ct the top Of
his head.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Reports on Delinquency Put
In Booklets for Public Use

Booklets containing 10 reports
covering essentially the entire field
of juvenile delinquency published by
the National Conference on Pre-
vention and Control of Juvenile De-
iinquency is now available to the
public, the organization announced
today.
Also available is q handbook OUT
lining procedures to be used by
communities for conferences on ju-
yenile delinquency.
The reports may be obtained from
the Superintendent of Documents,
United States Government Printing
Office, separately or in the entire
group of 18 booklets. The hand
book is available at the headquar-
ter of the national conference in
the Department of Justice Building.
Evening star., 1947-12-08
Speakers for 5 Nations
To Appear in PTA Panel

Five nations will be represented
In a panel discussion of Education
for Living in One World" at 8 pm
tomorrow at John Quincy Adams
School.
The panel, at a Parent -Teache,
Association meeting, will include
Col. Kamil Argut, assistant mill
tary attache of the Turkish Embas-
sy; DR.. Albert M. d'Rozario, deputy
educational liaison officer for the
Dominion Of India; DR.. Peng Chene
Hsu Of China, of the nutritional di-
vision Of the United Nations Food
and Agriculture Organization; 1t
Arend Nijdam OF the Netherlands
Embassy staff, and James II. Webb
State Department employe.
5-All are parents Of Adams School
pupils, Mrs. Maurice Herzmark
Program Committee chairman, said
Moderator will be Silas Milo Ran
sopher Of the United States Ohice
Of Education. Mrs. william Inger-
soil, president Of the PTA unit, will
preside.