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The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13
By WALTER HERMAN
One Mans Opinion

WE ARE NOW resting quietly between peace and conflict testing the direction of the wind with damp
 finger Hostlities have ended but until further notice
 it is proper to say 'Mhat's-a-matta don't you know there's still on? The for MT. Truman's still are little vague There is one story that with the Republicans coming in, the former artillery captain decided against two fronts Admirable the organization of the Congress the speed with which minority whip and whipping boy were selected Bbo winning the latter without contest. Tafts leadership of the 'bounce Bbo bloc created an situation liberals who Taft sud- denly found themselves warming up to him. Now for the long winter curled up by the fireplace with an apple and good Congressional Record.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13

and departmental regulations which could be organ zed and devised"
 There are many issues which the speaker did not touch And fair promises one thing, performance another The Republicans will be judged, not by what they say but by what they do By whether for instance Mr. Martins professed faith in competition is backed up by Republican support for effective enforcement of the laws against conspiraces to restrain competition
 But if the Republican majorities in Congress give evidence of determination to go forward in the spirit of Speaker Martins words they will deserve the Demo- cratic cooperation and the public support for which he asked.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13
Jew Against Himself
(The Denver PoSt)


 TERRORISM, long smolderng in Palestine, has brok- out with violence and general character which amount almost to of rebellion It is trag- edy for Jewish terrorism will be countered with mili- tary force by the British and there may be only conclusion-he weakening of sympathy for Zionist pirations in the United States and Great Britain.
 The strongest weapon the Jew has in his struggle for the ancient homeland is the moral force of his position It is the recognition of this justice which gives the Jew his great hope of victory
 At the time the non-Jewish world, and thought full minds among the Jews themselves-recognize the equities in the position of the other party this long and bitter controversy, the Arab lasting solution to the Palestine problem must promise justice to both the Jew and the Arab The ancient antagOnSm of these two races and important the conflict in their modern interests has prevented agreement But the prospects of a solution have been hopeful recently than at any time in decades.
 Zonists reflect calmly their obligation the British rulers of the Palestine mandate The British their particular object of hatred but what the alternatives British control during this period? What would happen the British had pulled out? It is the thing in the world that Palestine would have been plunged into boodbath of civil between the Arabs and the Jews It is almost equally certain that Russia seeking to expand her influence in the middle east, would have pressed into this power
 Never has the suffering of the Jew appealed more clearly to the world than the late years of his oppres sion. It has given him reservoir of sympathy which, intellgently used lead him to his Promised Land But the Jew is not using this sympathy integenty, and he may lose it.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13
Speaker Martins Speech
(Rocky Mountain NeWsl

(Rocky Mountain News)
 TT WAS A THOUGHTFUL and encouraging speech that Congressman Martin of Massachusetts made when he became Speaker of the House.
 The Republicans, he said were not disposed to goa over the victory that gave them control of Congress- They prayeruly conscious" of their grave respon- sibity to this country and to the world They realize the domestic danger of economic suicide" They know that "ony strong, sound solvent free America can help to save other nations
 But they believe that the United States achieve ga prosperity greater than knew before" And to that end they hope for the support of the people and seek from the Democrats degree of cooperation "un- surpassed in the history of our nation"
 Seek formula for industrial peace, under which la Dor and management cooperate for higher produc- ton lower prices and fair profits without cutting lengthening working hours.
 Reduce tax rates by extensive, but discriminating, economies.
 Root out Communists and other advocates of absolut- ism who hold positions of trust or power in the gov- ernment
 Free the economy of bureaucratic controls; restore the principle that competition is better regulator of prices and quality than all the governmental bureaus
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13

the fisheries of Alaska to the Ter ritory; to extinguish the Indian title to lands in Alaska; to provide for lifetime appointments of judges of the district court; to au- thoriZe the Interior Secretary to construct and operate a hospital for the insane of Alaska in the Territory; to provide increased re- tirement benefits for certain en- ployees of Teh Alaska Railroad in- cluding retirement at the age of 55 after 30 years service; to elimin- ate taxation of retirement funds of the Alaska Railroad employees; to abolish 80-rod shore space res ervations in the national forest land pertaining to tracts of land acquired under use-permit from
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13
ALASKA BILLS
 IN 80th CONGRESS

On the opening day of the 80th Congress Delegate Bartlett intro duced 42 bills, including an enab- ling measure to bring statehood to Alaska.
 Included among the legislation affecting Alaska are measures to extend the Federal Aid and High ways Acts to Alaska; to provide for the election of the Governor of the Territory by the qualified vot- CTS of Alaska; to grant priority to residents of Alaska in employ ment in the fisheries; to provide that the Governor of Alaska be a resident; to authorize residents of Alaska to vote upon attaining the age of 18 instead of 2l; to transfer
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13

beds and on shores of navigable
 streams in Alaska and to extend the Farm Credit Act to the Terri tory.
 Several measures were intro duced for the purpose Of grant.Aq
 public lands to various groups n
 the Territory, namely to the CatIo- lie Church for use as a mission in the Andreafsky River country: to
 the Victory Bible Camp Ground
 for use as recreational camp at
 Index Lake; to the city of Fair banks the site of the old detention home for school purposes; and to
 the town of Petersburg part of
 block 90 for school purposes. Among the bills are seven so- called private measures for the re- lief of various persons in Alaska
 who are believed to have claims
 against the federal government,
 including a measure to return to veterans of World War II travel
 money expended to return home
 upon their discharge. : Other measures sponsored by Delegate Bartlett embrace bills to forbid seizure of boats nets or seines of residents of Alaska for
 violation of rules and regulations
 until after the arrest, trial and
 conviction in the Alaska courts of the owner or operator; to make
 workmen's compensation laws of
 the Territory applicable to land
 and premises of the United States
 in Alaska; to provide that 3714b
 of all money received from sales, | bonuses, royalties and rentals Of public lands in Alaska under the
 Mineral Leasing law shall revert to Alaska for construction and maintenance of public roads or for the support of public schools; to authorize the EXpOrt-Import Bank of Washington to aid in the financ-
 ing and facilitating of exports apT
 imports and the exchange of com
 modities between the United States
 and its territories and insular pos sessions; to extend certain acts to Alaska so that the Extension Serv- ice and the Experiment Stations in
 Alaska may share in appropria- tions now allotted the States; to
 allow employees of the federal
 government in Alaska to be trans ported on airplanes of the army transport service, one round trip
 during each two-year period of
 employment; to allow Alaska to
 share in benefits of an act provid-'
 ing for promotion of vocational re-
 mobilization of disabled persons in Alaska; to increase the compensa- ton of Governors of Alaska, Ha- Waii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to $500 a year; to elim- mate the requirements of mani. fests and export declarations by vessels engaged in fisheries in
 Alaska; to extend the Federal
 Declaratory Judgments Act to Alaska; to grant issuance of citi- zenship certificates to Metlakatla Indians who were made citizens
 by the act of 1884; and to author
 ize the Secretary of Agriculture
 to sell land formerly occupied by the Alaska Agricultural Experi-
 ment Station to the city of Sitka. FISHERIES
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13

By MARY LEE COUNCIL L. Delegate Alaska
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-13
FISHERIES UNDER STATEHOOD

Clarifying his stand on the con- trol of fisheries in Alaska under statehood, Secretary Krug has written to Governor Gruening, as follows:
 While the comment in Seattle attributed to me did stress the i'm portance of salmon and its con- servation in hte national economy, I certainly never intended to con- vey the impression that when Alaska becomes a State, manage, ment of the salmon resource should not be transferred to Alaska to the same extent as in other states. To do otherwise would be an innova- ion in our constitutional prac..ce
Evening star., 1947-01-30

Busey. Dolores e.
Bushrod. L. M,
Childs. Annie L.
Coates Dolores
Colbert. Mary F.
Cross, Winifred E.
Day. Jean c.
Dempsey, Selma B.
Dickerson. B. p.
Barber. William H.
Bess, Robert I.
Gray, Parks w.
Humphrey. ]. F.
Hunt. Francis B.
jackson. Jerrold L.
Lucas, Levin j.
Twyman. Earl v.
Anderson, E. G..
Butler, Lily G.
DAVIS. Mare =.
Hooks, Careleigll
Ivy. Marietta
Briscoe, Deloris D.
Davis, Constance Z.
Drew. Ethel L..
Heatley, OZella o.
Jackson, Frances M
Jones. Eleanor B.
Baylor. Charles E.
Booth, Paul
Brannum. B. r.
Briscoe, Fleming
Brogsdale. D. r.
Brown, K d.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
25-Yeor Sofety Records
Established BY A. B. & w,

The best safety record in its Is
year history was established in 1916
by the Alexandria, Bancroft g.
Washington Transit Co, B. C. May,
general manager. said today.
Company vehicles were involved in
only 358 accidents for every 100000
miles they travelled and 81 per cent
of the drivers had no accident dur
ing the year, he said.
Evening star., 1947-01-30

Moses. Ethel C.
Rogers. JOY
Simpkins. Alma I.
TAYLOR. Audrey A.
Thomas, Marian
ThurSton, A. E.
Washington, w. R.
Williams. Sarah A.
Yager, Audrey D.
Killso. Mary j..
Love. Minnie B.
Lucas, Martha G.
Marce''lus. Elaine
Seward, Averil M.
Simms. Lorraine G.
SimmS, Margaret c.
Stockton. Betty NJ.
Watson. E. v.
Wes., Roquel p.
White, Ernestine E.
Williams. Gloria L.
Mccoy. WinieaSe
Neal. Millicent A.
Patton, Ann
Payne. Mary
Tille-y, Bernadlne
Daniel, Lorenzo T.
Davis, Robert
Gaskins, G. 8.
Gore. Mckinley
Henderson. ]. r., jr.
Jackson. Gilbert r.
Marshall, Robert r.
Vaughn, William C..
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Sermon Musical Film
To Be Shown Tonioht

A German musical comedy, Girl
OF My Dreams" viii be shown in the
Interior Department auditorium at
8 o'clock tonight.
The showing Is sponsored by the
Once Of Technical Service, Depart
ment of Commerce. The film, which
is made with the new agfa color
process, was obtained by one of the
Commerce Department investigators
while on trip to that country. The
dialogue is in German.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
w. & M. to G:ve 30 Degrees

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Jan. 80
(P,.-Dr. James Wilkinson Miller
will give the commencement address
here Saturday when class of about
80 students will receive degrees at
the mid-year exercises at the Col
lege of William and Mary. DR.. Mil
ler. chancellor professor of philos-
ophy, formerly was dean of the
faculty.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. C. Ais

tor, will make the annual report.
A Community Chest agency, the
institute helps both adults and chill
dren solve emotional problems Of
pSychiatric nature. DR.. Winfred
Overholster is president of the
board.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
Sfrayer Colleue Of Aerouniancy

Homer Building, 18th and r Sts. Ma. 1s48
to twe-year day course, accelerated program.
n accsantinK major, ID. C. 8. decree conferreds
counting Course. b. C. Q. degree conferred.
re available for day classes February 10. and for
!.
la
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Board Meeting Called
By Mental Institute

The board of directors of the
Washington Institute Of Mental Hy-.
giene will hold its annual meeting
and election OF officers at pm. to-
morrow at 1864 Columbia road NV.
DR.. Sidney Berman, institute direc-
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Dr.. WiIkerson Gives Diplomas
To 7O8 at Francis Junior Hiqh

DR.. G. c. Wilkerson, assistant
school superintendent. presented
diplomas to 108 members of the
graduating class of the Francis
Junior High School in exercises held
in the school auditorium this morn
ing.
Evening star., 1947-01-30
lOo Receive Diplomas.
|Af MacfarIand Junior
High School Exercises

Diplomas were presented to 100
members of the senior class of the
Mcfarland Junior High School
today in exercises held at the
school, Iowa avenue and Varnum
street NV
Evening star., 1947-01-30
Langley Junior High
Graduation Is Held

Graduation exercises for 10 men,
bers of the senior class at Langley
Junior High School were held to-
day in the school auditorium at
First and T streets NE.
Evening star., 1947-02-16
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silence. The note?" asked Timothy.
Dalton clustered: Obvious. He
knew Prentiss would be dead at seven
thirty. He planned his innocent arrival
at eight. He wanted to be sure there'd
be at least one unbiased witness to
his arrival after the crime"
Oh" said Timothy meekly.
Dalton glared: Got better idea?"
"Oh no" which was true.
Dalton was booking Brown as a
murder suspect, while Celia, pale and
distraught, hovered around the young
lieutenant. Timothy picked up the
note from Sues bag, turned it over
and stared at the printed letters
OPM, at the jagged top corner As he
examined them, an extremely un-
orthodox idea came to him.
The men from the morgue were
about to remove the body. Timothy
gestured them aside and knelt by
Prentiss' head. He ran his fingers over
the matted red hair, and felt the
wound, where the blood was now con-
gealing. Close to it, his sensitive touch
traced small but distinct swelling.
He felt sudden exhilaration, and whis-
pered to the medical examiner.
Dalton and Brown had risen. Celia
n
Sue were trying to comfort her.
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THE CORPSE In THE CLOSET
Continued from preceding page

sarcastic about Timothy's presence at
the scene. Timothy became tactfully
unobtrusive, told Dalton everything
and left him in charge.
Once the medical examiner had es-
tabIished that the murder had taken
place within the last half hour, Dalton
examined the alibis of Dr. Barker,
Celia and Sue and, on Timothy's
testimony, found them fawless.
Then he turned to Brown. The lieu
tenants account of his movements be-
tween seven-thirty and eight was
extremely tenuous. He said he'd left
the party at seven-thirty, gone to his
room, taken his time about changing,
and arrived at Celia to have Timothy
open the door to him. He claimed no
knowledge of the murder or the note
in Sues bag.
SUGGEST, young man. said Dal-
ton, that you'd made a date to meet
Prentiss here while his wife was at the
party. You knew he had key. You
left the party at seven, went home,
changed quickly and came here.
Prentiss let you in; you killed him,
went away, and pretended to arrive
for the first time when Trant opened
the door to you"
Lieut.. Brown preserved a dignified
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Brown didn't kin Prcntiss In fact.
he's the only one who couldn't under
any circumstances have killed him"
They all stared at Timothy.
in the first place" he said, its
obvious he didn't write the note. Since
he'd only met Miss Spender few
moments before the note was written,
he wasn't likely to know she'd written
book called "A Corpse In The Closet
under an assumed name. That, how
ever is only Incidental. Prentiss was not
killed between seven-thirty and eight.
He was killed much earlier - before
anyone went to the cocktail party"
DALToN's face was plum red. "But
the medical evidence! Are you crazy?"
Maybe | was little too definite.
Prentiss wasn't exactly killed before
the party"
mot exactly killed!'
Timothy smiled at him sweetly. II
noticed a swelling on Prentiss' head.
the sort of swelling that couldSx
caused by a violent blow from some
hard instrument. Now, the medical
examiner and DIR. Barker agree that
the blow which killed him must have
killed him instantly. Everyone knows
there is no swelling from blow after
death. He shrugged. I'm other words,
we're left stranded with completely
unexplained - bump.
Our murderer was very ingeni-
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Timothy strolled to Dalton's side:
Taking him away" he asked.
What you think I'm going to do?
Invite him home to support"
Timothy looked thoughtful, ut
might be less embarrassing than ar
resting him"
Dalton's eyes popped. Celia turned
her stricken face to Timothy. "You
mean he didn't do it, don't you?"
II mean there are couple of ques-
tions we should ask before we do any
thing drastic"
CELIA said eagerly: We'll tell you
anything - anything"
DR.. Barker said: "What do you want
to know"
For example -" Timothy was
looking at his shoes. They were little
too expensive for the police force.
Dalton disliked them intensely. Mrs.
Prentiss, did Lieut.. Brown 60 with
you to the party from here?'
mo. He met us there He phoned
here about quarter of five. He's just
back Unexpectedly from Japan. He
wanted to see me. had to 60 to the
party. l asked him to meet me there
- and have dinner afterwards
"And the rest of you? How did you
prepare for the party?"
Sues gold -hecked eyes watched him.
That's simple. Around five, Celia
and l started to dress. DR.. Barker
arrived around five-ffteen. l let him
Evening star., 1947-02-16

in and went back upstairs to finish
dressing. guess we all started for the
party around five-thirty."
Then you met Lieut.. Brown for
the first time at the party?"
"Yes. was introduced to him Just
before you arrived"
Il see." Timothy turned to Dalton.
81 suggest you release Lieut.. Brown"
Dalton spluttered: ''Trant, you're
being fancy - as usual"
"Oh, it's not fancy-because Lieut..
Evening star., 1947-02-16

ysS. zoe. will be proud every time you hang
out a wash that's Rinso Wbne - Rinso
Brigbf. Since there's no need for hard
scrubbing clothes stay new.looking longer
when they're washed the safe, easy Rinso
The union times., 1947-06-14

about the resurgence of the Ku KIux Klan, the COlumbians, and other hate groups. In- stead it practically descarded the whole subject by asserting that the pressure for an investigation of Fascism came from Communists.
 The subcommittee action was branded as utterly fantastic" by L. M. Birkhead, national director of Friends of Democracy Inc. Citing Spain, China and Argentina, Birkhead declared that the subcommittee's find ings are reminiscent of the Hitlerian V i w :" Approximately 25,00O,0O0 Americans, he asserted, ''are regularly subjected to pro-Fascist propaganda, and there are 1000 organizations, com mittees, publications and groups some of the membership variety which are pro-fascist."
 The second setback for anti Fascists came when the House Ad- Committee again put off decision whether to publish a 325-page book on ''Fascism In Ac- tiOn." Previously the government had printed and issued several hundred thousand copies of a book on Communism. Rep. Fred Busbey (R., Ill.) objected to the new pulp lication because of certain 'smears on business" which he would not
The union times., 1947-06-14
Honore Resigns As President Of
 Typos, No. AZ

After serving for five years, John Honore has resigned as president of New Haven Typographical Union Mo-. AZ, which has elected Neil Ballard as its new president
 HOnOre made his final report to the Local at its meeting last Sum- day. This report shows that dur ing his five years in office, the scale at the Wilson H. Lee plant, in series of four contracts has gone from $43 to SIP for day work and from $45 to $77 for night work.
 Under Honore's administration, three new newspaper contracts were negotiated. Adjustments included an increase of SPA for the day shift and $25.75 for the night shift, bringing the scale to $71 and $74. Social gains included reductions of hours to 371a, six paid holidays, and organization of the proof room. Additional progress included verbal agreement recently made with the Knights of Columbus providing increases of $7 to $l3 per week
 In addition to Ballard, the fol- lowing were elected to serve on the executive committee: William Ford, George Sanders, Jr., Medic Triana, Hugh Lenahan, Francis Mazeau and Fred Beuther. Delegates elected to attend the International convention at Cleveland in August were Hugh Lenahan and Christopher Leahy,
The union times., 1947-06-14
Mayor Urged To
 Aid Three Unions
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 quests, and because they have been approved by the Personnel Advis- Ory Board, appointed by you, we earnestly hope that you will concur in these requests. From the point of view of sound personnel prac- tice, and efficient administration, they are routine.
 "It has occurred to us that there has been opposition to these re- quests because they were made by unions of employees. This thought we have rejected, because we be- lieve our municipal commissions recognize that organized labor, whether in private or public indus try, is an integral part of our econ- Omy. We have also rejected this thought because our municipal Or- dinances expressly prohibit dis- criminatiOn against city employees who have joined or formed labor unions.
 TEACHERS UNION
 Also MT. Mayor, may we call to your attention two points which in- volve the New Haven Federation of Teachers, Local o33 This is a newly organized union, branch of the American Federation of Teachers. Before it was organized, you appointed a Citizens Advisory Committee on Education, which we look upon as a highly progressive step. All segments of our community are represented on this Committee and its sub-committees.
 ''Now that this bOna-fide union has been set up, it would seem rea- sOnable that representatives of Lo- cal 9S3 be appointed to the overall committee, and its subsidiaries. This should be done in the interest of fairness to all groups, but pri- mariIy because we believe the members of the Union can make a positive contribution in achieving the purposes for which you first named the Citizens Committee. From this it would follow that LO- cal 933 is entitled to representation on all Citizens and teachers conn mittees, especially those which will make recommendations for teach- ers' salaries for the coming year.
 As you know, the program of Lo- cal 933 includes proposal that cost of-living adjustment be granted to all teachers for the calendar year of 1947, without prejudice to any salary sched- ule which might be adopted for 1948. We are certain that you will be glad to meet with representatives of this union to discuss this matter.
The union times., 1947-06-14
NLRB Falls Far
 Behind As COP Refuses Funds

Washington (LPA) U The Natl Labor Relations Board has a backlog of 5378 cases at the end of April, a 269o increase over April 1946 and al- most an alltime record.
 At the same time it was an- nOunced that Congress failure to appropriate sufficient NLRB funds was forcing the agency to order one-day payIess furloughs for most of its staff. This will cause the loss of 357 man-days of work and fur ther add to the growing pile of cases awaiting action.
 A total of 1172 cases were filed dur ing the month, the NLRB reported with $50, or 729o, election petitions, and the remaining 322 cases involving unfair labor practice charges against employers.