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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
TIDE FABLE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN; That F. Edward Whitesel, executor Of the estate of Ellen Kirkpatrick, also known as Nellie Kirkpatrick, and as Mrs. E. Kirkpatrick, de- ceased, has filed his final account and report of his administration Of said estate, and his petition for dis tribution thereof, in the United States Commissioners Court for Ju- neau Precinct, at Juneau. Alaska; that l0 o'clock A. M September 18th, 1947, has been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same; and that all persons concerned therein are hereby noti- flcG tc aNrear at said time and place ard file their objections, if any, to said final account and petition for settlement and distribution thereof.
 Dated: Juneau, Alaska, July 14th, l947.
 E. EDWARD WHITFSEL. Executor. First publication, July II, 1947.
 Last publications Aus 4, el947 l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
HOSPITAL NOTES

Raymond Mork, medical patient, and Mrs. Patricia Concannon, sur gical patient were admitted to St. Arin's Hospital on Saturday. On Sunday, Carldean Marks was ad- mitted for medical attention.
 Discharged from the hospital were: medical patients, Einar Jackson, Moradiros Noradian, Mrs. Tessie Houston. Johannes J. Matt sen; and surgical eases, Willis Morris and Mrs. Patricia Con cannon. Mrs Homer Murphy and baby girl also left the hospital.
 Annie Rasmussen of Douglas was admitted to the Government Hospital on Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-21
RADIO LOG
KINY (1460 KC) JUNEAU "The Voiee of Alaska"
MONDAY EVENING

MONDAY EVENING 5 :00- Hit Parade. 5.30-Totem Talk-Forecasts. 5:45 Spotlight Band. 6:00-Dinner News. 6;l5-Melody Roundup. 6,30- Red Skelton Show. 7:00-Here's to Veterans. 7:15-Standard News-Forecasts. 7:30-M Meridith Wilson Show. 8.O0-KINY Bandbox. 8:l5-F'ishing Time-Forecasts. 8 80 Magic Carpet. 8:45-PAA News. 9:00-Radio Theatre. 9:3o-Supper Club. 9:45-Alaska Line News. 10 :o0-Words with Music. 0:15-Forecasts. All programs are subject to change
 without notice. Daytime forecasts on weekdays at BOO, 9:30 AM, and 12 100 Noon.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Gunmen Rob Maryland Couple
Of$7 ,OOOW Worth of JeweIry

them into the apartment at gun
point.
There the bandits bound and
gagged the Bairds with neckties and
made them lie on bed. Mr.. Baird
said. One man held the pistol while
the second, wearing gloves. searched
the apartment, according to his re-
port to police.
He said the bandits took s35 in
cash and nearly ST 900 worth OF jew
elry including a mans gold ring
valued at 1900, diamond engage
ment ring valued at $4,000. a watch
valued at $3.50, a pearl-handled re-
volver and jewelry of lesser value.
After the bandits escaped, he said,
he 1oosened his bonds and called
police. He described one OF the men
as about feet 10 inches tall with
black curly hair and one Clipped
tooth in front. He gave no descrlp-
ton of the second man.
Police believed the stolen car
report was linked in some way with
the hold-up. Mrs. E. M. wilson OF
1900 Thirty fourth street. Mt. Rain
ier, said her 1941 Chrysler was
stolen during the night.
A Mt. Rainier resident reported
seeing a car answering the descrip-
ton of the stolen car stop in front
of the Prince Georges County Bank
in Mt. Rainier a few minutes after
the nold-up was reported.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
u. n. 0verrides Soviet
On Austrian Request
By The Associotsd Press

LAKE SUCCESS, July 10.-Rus-
sia raised firm objections in the Sc
curity Council today against consid-
Grafton of Austria's application for
United Nations membership.
However, the application was sent
without vote to the Councils Mem
bership Committee, which also holds
bids from Italy and Hungary.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko pointed out the
peace treaty with Austria has not
been signed and said he could not
discuss Austria's qualifications at
this time.
HerscheI v. Johnson, deputy
American delegate, replied that it
was unfortunate that treaty
which would regularize relations
with Austria had been retarded for
reasons we'll known to the world
He said this was most unfortu-
nate situation
Drafting of the Austrian treaty
has been snarled in the long nego-
tiations over peace pact with Ger
many, with the major share of the
delays generally attributed to Rus
sia's refusal to agree with other
major Allied powers.
Mr.. johnson also noted that 1t had
been agreed in Moscow in 1914 that
Austria would not be considered as
an ex-enemy states. since she was
victim of aggression.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Employment Rises
41% in Seven Years
In Washington Area
Census Bureau Lists
SGT 900 Total in April,
$4,000 in Government

The Census Bureau reported
today a Al per cent increase in
the number of employed persons
living in the Metropolitan Area
between 1910 and this year.
Employed civilians IA years or
older numbered $4,000 in April, or
about 10000 more than in March,
1910, the time of the last census,
the agency said.
About $4,000 of the April total
were Government employees. with a
ratio of two out of every five en-
gagged in Federal work.
$1,000 Unemployed.
The bureau disclosed that unem-
ployment in the Metropolitan Area
in April was ,OO0-about half the
number at the time of the 1910
census.
Government employment has out
stripped employment in private in
dustry here during the seven-year
period. The increase in Federal
employment was estimated at 81 per
cent, while the rise in private en-
ployment was only 38 per cent.
The number of employed women
rose by so per cent, from 147,000
in 1910 to about 221, 900 this year.
Approximately half of this in
crease occurred among Government
workers.
Government Girls Increase.
The agency added that the num-
ber of women with Government
jobs was about IA per cent greater
in 1947 than in 1940
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Truman Unable toSeeNecessity
For Special Congress Session
President Says He Will Act if Need Arises;
May Discuss Marshall PIon at Porley Monday

The President said discussion of
the Marshall plan might come up
in a conference he mas called Mon
day morning with congressional
leaders.
He told questioners. however, that
this conference was not called for
the purpose of discussing the Mar
shall plan. He said he had sum-
moned the congressional leaders
particularly to discuss displaced per-
sons.
Mr.. Truman sent a special message
to Congress this week urging speedy
action to permit "a sub
stantial number" of Europe's nearly
100000 displaced persons to come
into this country as immigrants.
In response to other questions, he
said he saw no reason why Congress
should not recess July 26. as its
leaders are planning. He remarked
that the congressional leaders know
more about their business than he
does
Evening star., 1947-07-10
By the Associated Press

LONDON, July 1O.-Princess
Elizabeth proudly displayed her
tall and handsome f1ance. 1t.
Philip Mountbatten, to 5000
members of British society in a
damp garden party at Bucking-
ham Palace today.
It was the first public appearance
of the future queen and consort
since the midnight announcement
of their engagement.
King George VI, Queen Elizabeth
and the younger sister, Princess
Margaret Rose, beamed in the back
ground in apparent delight while
Elizabeth and Philip attracted prac-
tically the entire interest. Guests
swished through wet grass to see
the young couple.
Bowling to garden party etiquette
Elizabeth wore gloves which hid
the engagement ring of three dia-
monds set in platinum which the
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Chinese Physicists in France
Discover Away Split Of Atom

produced similar explosions in near
by atoms.
The two Chinese chemists now
report positive evidence that in one
Of about every 300 of these ex-
plosions an atom is split into three
fragments. These usually weigh
about 131, 80 and five times the
weight of a hydrogen atom. These
weights do not correspond to any
known element.
The lightest particle might be
considered as an alpha particle, the
heavy atomic projectile such as is
emitted by radium. Sometimes in
the triple division of an atom, the
lightest particle has an atomic
weight of nine and corresponds to
nothing known in nature.
The quadruple division is much
rarer, taking place only once in
about 5000 explosions.
The original atom breaks up into
four pieces, none of which corre-
spends to any natural element.
The report of the two chemists
is reported in Nature. official jour-
nal of the British Association for
the Advancement Of Science.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
By Thomos R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Stor

Triple and quadruple atom ex-
plosions-perhaps one of the most
significant findings in the field OF
nuclear physics since the original
discovery of the fission Of the uran-
ium atom in 1939-have just been
described by two Chinese physicists
at the College de France in Paris
Drs. Tsien San-tsiang and He
Zah-wei, a report of whose work
has just been received here, bonn
barded with slow neutrons photo
graphic plate upon which had been
placed a solution containing the
rare isotope, uranium 235, which
Is the essential starting point OF
atomic energy.
Experiments up to now have
shown that this atom breaks in
simultaneously into two parts. each
of approximately equal weight, with
the conversion of small amount
of the original mass into about
$50, ,000, 900 electron volts. The major
accomplishment which made pos
sible the atomic bomb was the pro-
duction of a chain reaction in
which the explosion of one atom
Evening star., 1947-07-10

President Truman said today
that he does not anticipate any
necessity for a special session of
Congress this fall.
He added that, of course. Congress
would be called back if it should
become necessary.
There has been considerable
speculation that special session
might be called to act on proposals
for further American economic as
sistance to Europe if European ma
tions promptly work out joint self
help program as suggested by Sec
retary of State Marshall.
After Mr.. Truman told his news
conference that ne saw no need for
a fall session, he was asked specif-
ically if implementing the Marshall
plan would not make such a session
necessary.
He reiterated that he does not
believe so, but said he will do what
is needed if the necessity arises.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
1900 Held by Greece
In Leftist Roundup
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

ATHENS, July 10.-Nearly 5000
persons were reported in custody to-
day as the Greek government con-
tinued a roundup of leftists in con-
nection with a purported Commu-
mist plot to spread civil war to the
urban centers Of the country.
Original plans of the government
called for 1000 arrests, 1t was
learned. The raids began early yes
terday.
No abnormal violence was re-
ported at / am. today-the time
Minister Of Public Order Napoleon
Zervas said was to have been the
zero hour for the Communist
plan F.
The Communist newspaper Rizo-
spastis and Eleftheria Ellada, organ
OF the Leftist Fam National Lib
GRAFTON 'FRONT.', both published to-
day. Both attacked the govern
ment for making the arrests and de-
clared the roundup was ordered
by the United States.
Angelo Evert, Athens police chief,
told newsman that John loan
hides, who purportedly was in
charge of the execution OF plan F."
had left Athens approximately
month ago and had not been picked
up In the raids.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Slaughter Castigates
Truman, Who Reptile!
He Considers Source
Former House Member
Says Scandal Threatens
Office of Presidency
BY the AssociofeG Press

Roger C. Slaughter. who was
defeated for reelection to the
House last year by a Truman
indorsed candidate. charged to-
day that "a scandal threatens
the great Office of President" and
Mr.. Truman Immediately replied
that in view of the source he was
not worried.
Mr.. Slaughter, former House mem
ber from Missouri, made the asser-
ton in an address before Chamber
of Commerce Public Affairs Forum
in Tulsa, Okla.
Mr.. Slaughter said he considered
Mr.. Truman personally an honest
and honorable man." but, like
Grant and Harding, he has been
misled by false friends, and has like
wise been the victim of his own
impetuosity."
Mr.. Truman was asked at a news
conference whether he had heard
about Mr.. Slaughter's remarks. He
replied that all he knew was what
he learned from a memorandum
sent in to him by reporter.
He said he considered the source
of the speech and then added it
didn't worry him any.
Assails Pendergast Organization.
Mr.. Slaughter assailed the Pen
dergast Democratic organization of
Kansas City, asserting it finally fell
If its own weight" but like the
phoenix, it managed to arise from
the ashes-helped, in part, by a
friendly national administration. :"
Its present Importance" he as
serted, ''lies not in its current
strength, which is considerably di-
minished, but rather in the effront-
cry with which it seeks to trade
upon the prestige of the presidency
of the United States. 1t brags of
fSea CT STATIGHTFP pace Az
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Former U. S. EmpIoye
On Trial in Belgrade
By the Assocjoted Press

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, July 10.
"A former employe of a United
States graves registration unit and
six others went on trial yesterday
accused of espionage.
The former graves registration
unit worker was Borivoje Pantelic.
He was charged with organizing
contact with remnants of Chetnik
bands for American officers of the
unit. none of whom now are in
Belgrade
The court asserted that in May,
1916, Pantelic was given grenades, a
revolver and machinegun ammuni-
ton which he turned over to Chet-
niks. The prosecution said he and
his followers gathered information
about the strength of the Chetniks
foes of Marshal Tito and arranged
meetings with American officers.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Truman Names Harper
To Missouri Judqeship
BY the Associated Press

Roy w. Harper was nominated
today by President Truman to be
a, rowing Federal judge for Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. Harper. Democratic State
chairman of Missouri, would Sue
ceed John Caskie Collete, presi-
Dental intimate, whom Mr. Tru-
man recently elevated to the Eighth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Mr.. Harper. a war veteran. is
like Judge Collet. personal frient
of the President. He has visited
the President at the White House
several times and was one of Mr..
Truman's hosts when the Chief
Executive visited Caruthersville,
Mo. in 1945.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Elizabeth Presents Her Fionce
At Buckingham Palace Party
Princess Makes First Public Appearance
With Him Since Announcement Of Troth

former Greek prince placed on her
third finger.
Earlier, crowds broke through
police barriers at Westminster
Abbey to cheer the 2lyear-old prin-
cess. Best wishes came from all over
the world.
I'VE are very, very happy. she
told friend as she leafed through
pile after, pile of congratulatory
messages in Buckingham Palace.
where her handsome blond fiance
also was in residence.
Outside the vast palace, whose
gloomy exterior gave no evidence
of the happiness within, crowd
that swelled to more than 1000
stood in steady rain for a glimpse of
Princess .Lilybet" when she. left
with her family for a Westminster
Abbey ceremony.
Hurrahs and shouts of Good
luck" rang out as the royal family
(See ELIZABETH, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Jinnah, Mountbatten
To Head Dominions
In Indian Partition
AttIee Hopes Princes
Will Join One or Other
Of New Governments
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, July 10.-Prime
Minister Attlee announced to-
day that Great Britain had
agreed to name a governor gen.
eral for each new dominion in
divided British India.
They will be Mohamed Ali jim
nah, leader of the Moselm League
for Pakistan, and Viscount Mount
batten, the present viceroy, for the
predominantly Hindu dominion of
India CHindustan).
Mr.. Attlee told the House Of Com
mons during a debate on the bill
granting British India dominicns
status by August Is that it was
hoped that the 50O-odd Indian
princely states, now outside both
dominions, would join one or the
other of the new states.
The Prime Minister said the
Labor Government had hoped to
appoint MountDatten governor gen.
eral Of both Pakistan and India, but
had yielded to demands of the
Moslem League for a separate rep
resentative to the King, thereby
making Jinnah the first Indian ever
accorded that distinction.
Mr.. Attlee said the Congress Party
(predominantly HinduD recommend
ed Mountbatten and had agreed
with the Moslem League that he be
chairman of joint defense council
to act until the armed forces are
divided.
Mr.. Attlee made his announce
ment in moving the second, decisive
reading in the House of Commons
Of the government bill to grant a
divided dominion status next month.
He said that while the formal an
nouncement could not be made until
the act was formally passed, the
King had intimated he would be
prepared to accept the recommenda-
tions of Jinnah and Lord Mount
batten as governors general.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Lump Sum Proposed
For Families Of Police
Slain in Line Of Duty
Chief of Secret Service
Urges Fund at Hearing
OF House Subcommittee
By Harold B. Rogers

James J. Maloney, chief OF the
United States Secret Service, to-
day proposed to a House sub
committee that the Government
should pay a lump sum to the
families of policemen killed in
line of duty by gunf1re.
This proposal was made in re-
Spouse to question by Chairman
Auchincloss of the House District
Subcommittee on Home Rule and
Reorganization of the District. The
committee was considering problems
of the White House police force,
which is under Jurisdiction OF the
Secret Service.
While the discussion was prin-
cipally centered on the White House
force, the Metropolitan and Park
Police forces, from which the White
House men are drawn, came into
the discussion. So it was indicated
that the committee had under con-
sideration the killed in the Line e-of-
duty cases in other police forces
in the city.
$50 a Month for Widow.
Representative Deane, Democrat,
of North Carolina, asked Mr.. Ma
loney what provision was made for
families in case of death OF White
House policeman in line of duty.
When the Secret Service chief re-
sponded that $50 month was paid
in such cases to the widow, Mr.
Auchincloss asked the witness il he
thought that the families in such
cases where a man was killed in
line of duty should get fund.
"Yes," answered Mr.. Maloney.
there ought to be definite lump
sum-"
Widows of Metropolitan and
White House police now receive the
$50 month pension until tl.ey re-
marry and an additional $40 a
month for each child under Is years
of age. If the policeman was a
member of the Police Relief Asso-
TIO1Er DTu . Dou. AS1
Evening star., 1947-07-10
HouseUnitVote
Modified u. ).
Retirement Bill
Wotered- Down Plan
Attempts Compromise
With Rules Committee
BY Joseph Young

The House Civil Service Com
mittee today approved a new,
Watered-down version of the
LANCER : Chavez Stevenson civil
service retirement bill in an at
tempt to meet the House Rules
Committees objections to the
measure.
Considered the most important
piece of Federal employees legisla-
ton at this session of Congress, the
bill needs right of way from the
Rules Committee to come up for
House action before Congress re-
cesses late this month.
The Rules Committee yesterday
temporarily tabled the measure
when its members objected to sew
eral features of the omnibus legis-
lation.
Changes Made in Measure.
To meet these objections, the
House Civil Service Committee to-
day made the following changes:
l. Eliminated provision which
would enable FEDERAL employees to
retire with reduced pension at the
age of 55, after 10 years of service.
Under the present law an employe
must have 30 years OF service to
retire at 55.
2. Eliminated the provision which
would give the children of deceased
Government workers monthly pen
sions until they reached the age of
18. The new bill still would grant
pensions to widows of these en-
ployes, providing they have children.
Opposition to these two provisions
of the original bill yesterday had
been led by. Representative Cox,
Democrat, Of Georgia. Mr.. Cox
claimed that these sections were
costly and wasteful and told the
Republican members of the COM
mittee that 1T is not in line with
the Republican economy program"
Sponsors of the measure said they
planned to bring the bill before the
Rules Committee again on Monday
Unions Express Disappointment.
officials of the various employees
unions who had devoted a large
part of their time this year in
working for the measure expressed
disappointment at today's outcome.
Some were divided on the question
whether it might be wiser to aban-
don efforts to push through the
bill at this session and wait until
next year in the hope of getting
a more liberal measure
The original bill has been ap-
proved by the Senate Civil Service
Committee and now is awaiting
Senate action. The measure, how
ever, also faces a tough fight in
the Senate on economy grounds, al
though sponsors of the legislation
say that it will cost the Govern
ment only a little more money than
| it now is contributing to the Fed
eral retirement fund
Under the terms of the bill, en-
ployes' contributions to the fund
would be increased from the present
5 per cent salary deduction to 6
per cent.
AS approved by the committee
today, the bill provides for increased
annuity payments to Government
employees on retirement, as we'll as
larger annuities to Federal workers
already retired. These original
provisions were not changed in the
new bill.
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Lewis Reported Ready
To Reopen Hard Coal
Talks Within Week
Action Must Come Before
Aug. n to Escape Curb
Under Toft-Hortley Act
By Jones Y. Newton

John L. Lewis today was re-
ported ready to reopen his con-
tract with the anthracite in
dustry as he went about the busi-
ness of signing up the last hold
out operators to the record
breaking contract for his 400, 900
soft coal miners.
The present agreement between
the $4,000 hard coal miners and the
industry, located almost entirely in
Eastern Pennsylvania, was signed
more than year ago and may be
reopened on 80 days notice.
Federal officials said they expect
ed Mr.. Lewis to serve notice of re-
in the next week or so in
order that the negotiations may be
completed before August %. the
deadline under the Taft Hartley
Act for signing renewals of union
shop agreements without secret bal
lot elections.
Demands May Be Modified.
The demands of the United Mine
Workers on the anthracite industry
are expected to be virtually the same
or perhaps somewhat milder than
those in the new soft coal contract.
1t is held likely that Mr.. Lewis will
ask that the contribution to the
union welfare fund be doubled to 10
cents per ton. The fund now is ad-
ministered solely by the union.
Operators must be given a hand in
its administration to make the plan
comply with the Taft-Hartley Act.
Meanwhile, President Truman re-
ceiyed from his Economic Advisory
Council today a report appraising
the possible inflationary effects of
the soft coal contract on living costs
and the economy in general.
DR.. Edwin G.. Nourse, chairman of
the three-man council, said the re-
port will be discussed by the cabinet
at the White House tomorrow and
likely will be made public later. 1t
is the councils midyear report which
DR.. Nourse admitted included obser-
vations as to the effect of the Lewis
contract on rising prices.
Production Returning to Normal.
Production of soft coal headed
back toward normal today as the
mine workers returned to the pits of
the North, Midwest and South
under terms of the unprecedented
wage agreement won for them by
Mr.. Lewis.
Southern mine operators--last
holdouts to the take it, or leave it,
terms of Mr.. Lewis-announced late
yesterday that they had accepted
the new contract, although Lau-
renee J. Tierney of Bluefield. w
Va, one of the top operators of the
South, said it was under "duress."
Some operators of Virginia. Ten
nessee and Alabama were temporar-
lily withholding ratification Of the
(See COAL, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1947-07-10
Senate Group Approves
Jones' FEC Nomination

The Senate Commerce Committee
today unanimously recommended
confirmation of Representative
Jones, Republican, of Ohio as a
member of the Federal Commune
cations Commission.
The action, which took place in
a closed session of the committee,
followed the unanimous recon-
mendation of subcommittee
headed by Senator Brewster. Re-
publican, of Maine.