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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
ACTRESS !S
 CONVICTED,
 } FEL0N|ES
Three Men, Codefenddnts, Alb Found Guilty, Kid-
 naping, AssaultCase

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12.-lR- Film actress Madge Meredith, con- victed oi three felonies, awaits sentencing Monday on charges ot Kidnapping and assaulting her former career adviser, Nick Gian- acles.
 A superior court jury of II wo- men and one man returned the verdict late yesterday after 6is hours deliberaticn. Besides kid naping and assault, it convicted her of conspiracy and found three men co~defendants guilty of var ious charges after the four week trial.
 They are Albert Tucker, %, a nurseryman convicted of Kidnapping, assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy; Damon Klinkenberg, 32, ceok, assault, conspiracy and possession of a blackjack; James Hatfield, 33, former Beverly Hills policeman, possession of a black jack.
 Penalties prescribed under Cali fornia law are five years to life for conspiracy; enc to 25 for kid naping; five to 10 years for as- sault with deadly weapon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
COLD WEATHER
 SPREADING OUT,
 MOST OF NATION
(By The Associated Press)

Generally cold weather spread over most of the country today ranging from below zero in parts of the Midwest to below freezing in central Texas and chilly in sections of northern Florida and southern California.
 The Federal Weather Bureau in Chicago said temperatures would climb in the southern areas and in California but readings of slightly below normal would continue in most other sections
 The mercury dropped to five be- low in Wausau, Wis, during the early morning hours for the coun- trys lowest reading. Minus zero marks also were reported in north ern and central Wisconsin and some parts of Minnesota.
 Light rain fell in sections of the Great Lakes and the Ohio Valley areas eastward into New England, while rain is reported in the south east Atlantic States.
 Yesterdays high marks were 79 at Tampa, Fla, and 78 at Miami
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
First Divisional Demo Convention Underway;
 Jernberg Is Chairman
Special correspondencel

KETCHIKAN. Alaska, Dec. l2 R. L.. Jernberg, attorney oi Ketchikan, was yesterday elected Chairman of the First Divisional Democratic Convention in a victory ior what the Ketchikan Chronicle called a conservative block de- feating Jake Valentine 75 to 66.
 A. H. Ziegler was named chair man of the important Credentials Committee with members Ray Ready of Ketchikan, M. E. Mon- agie Of Juneau and Earl Forsythe of Juneau.
 The Ketchikan delegation was allowed Is additional votes which they failed to elect at the Ketchi- kan caucus.
 [ William R. Carter of Juneau was named Chairman of the Nominat- ing Committee with members being James Nolan of Wrangell, R. N OeArmond and Harry F. Newell of Ketchikan and Earl Forsythe oi Juneau.
 Ralph Rivers, of Juneau, At torney General, was named Chair man of the Platform and Resolu tions Committee with other mem bers being Mayor Bob Ellis o Ketchikan, Fry Hill of Juneau James Pinkerton of Ketchikar md Jake Valentine of Ketchikan
 The convention recessed at thu end of the first day pending re. port on the Nominating Commit tee and Platform and Resolutions committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
ROME POLICE IN JEEpS TURN OUT
 IN CITY STRIKE
White Collar Workers Defy Communist General
 Strike . Go 10 Work

ROME, Dec. 12.-tR-Flying squads of police in jeeps sent Would-be demonstrators scurrying for cover today as thousands of white collar and government work CTS openly defied Communist gen. eral strike orders and went to work.
 Officials feared that the Con- munists would turn to their last resort-major violence-in an eff fort to keep their two-day- -olo strike from collapsing. They had openly threatened violence, simul- taneously disclaiming responsibil- ity if it should occur.
 Mobs of strikers tried to get into action early. One mob of about 200 milled in front of the labor office adjacent to the United States Embassy on Via Concompagni. Be- fore agitators could get them started, police came with jeeps, swinging clubs, and the mob dis persed.
 Other police squads in groups Of six to eight jeeps dashed into gathering crowds all over the city and put them to flight before they could do anything. The Minister of Interior said police were clear ing away roadblocks on Rome's outskirts every hour"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
ALA5kA REINDEER BEING FLOWN TO
 DETROIT kIDDIES

SEATTLE, Dec. 12. iR-When parents in Detroit tell the kiddies about the Christmas reindeer com- ing from up near the North Pole, in the best Night Before Christmas" tradition. they won't be far wrong.
 Ten of them, destined for an au- tomobile display in refrigerated quarters in Detroit, arrived here in crates on an Alaska Airlines plane last night.
 The animals. all yearlings and weighing about 135 pounds apiece. were rounded up near Nome by Edwin Butters of Coldwater, Mich. They were to be given a chance to recover from their lair legs" here before flying East.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
WALLACE PLANNING
 I 0 B0LT I
Will Vote for Taft for Presi. dent, He Says-May Be
 Candidate Himself
By JACK BELL

WASHINGTON, Dec 12.-tR-- The Democratic leadership gave up about it's last hope today that Henry A. Wallace could be persuad- ed not to endanger President Tru- mans l948 election prospects by bolting and running on third party ticket
 A cryptic that's his privilege was the retort of Senator Mc- Grath (RD chairman of the Dem ocratic National Committee, to Wallace's Buffalo, N. Y., assertion that If it came to choice between President Truman and Senator Taft, he would vote for Taft.
 From the Democratic organiza- ten standpoint, this put Wallace, former Vice President and Roose- welt cabinet member, about as far beyond the pale as he can go with out actually announcing that he himself is going to run as an in- dependent.
 ! The Democratic National Com mittee for months has levelled most of it's lire at Taft A recent par ty publication contended, for in- stance, that the Ohio Senator rep resents the body of Republican thinking and ought to be the COP nominee
 At his Buffalo news conference yesterday, Wallace also mentioned Gov Thomas E. Dewey of New York, another potential COP can- didate, comparing him with MT Truman.
 T hesitate to say whether Dewey is watered down version of Truman or the President is a watered down version Of Dewey he said
 Some Democrats commented pri- vately that if Wallace hadn't al- ready made up his mind to bolt, he hardly would go around mak- ing such statements.
 Wallace's left-handed endorse ment was publicly greeted only with laughter in the Taft camp.
 Taft, an announced candidate for the COP nomination, was si- lent himself. But there were indi- cations his friends would have been better pleased if Wallace had picked someone else as his favorite Republican candidate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
MEMBERS' RECEPTION AT LUTHERAN CHURCH

At the II o'clock worship ser vice of the Resurrection Lutheran Church Sunday morning the re- ception of new members will take place. Those being received into the congregation are: MT. and Mrs. Norman J. O'Bryan, M iss Ellen Conn, Mir. and Mrs. James L. Devon and MT. and Mrs. Ed mund A. Vogel.
 The pastors sermon for this ser- vice will be, Knowing the Christ when He comes" The Director of Music, Mrs. Eunice Nevin will lead the Junior Choir in the singing Who Is He in Wonder Stall" by Hanby- Monk, and the Senior Choir in MacGimsey's Sweet Little Je- sus Boy"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
AMERICAN JEWRY
 ASK FOR LARGE
 PALESTINE FUND

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. l2. -tR-American Jewry was asked today to provide s283, ,0OO for aid to Palestine in 1948, a sum that would earmark 28,oO0,00o for the purchase of arms to equip a Judean army of items Of thousands of men,"
 Eliezer Kaplan of Jerusalem, treasurer of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, told 1,500 delegates to the national conference of the United Jewish Appeal full-time army must be recruited to meet current Arab threats of a Holy War. He set no estimate of strength other than the army should comprise tens of thous- ands."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
 PROGRAM
 PLAN NED

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-lR- The Senate Republican Policy Committee agreed today on an anti-inflation program pointed at voluntary action to reduce the cost of living. Details were withheld
 Chairman Tatu tR-Ohio) oi the policy gl up said statement of principles will hs issued tomorrow after it has been checked with the House Republican Policy group and conference of all COP Sen ators.
 Although Taft declined to dis cuss the COP proposals, he said the statement would include three or four proposals which are part of the House committee-ap- proved Wolcott bill.
 Democrats are organizing a drive to put some of President Trumans anti-inflation proposals into the Republican measure, which already has come in for criticism from COP ranks.
 Replying to Republican demands
 (Co,ot;nrad on Dooa EiUht
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
FOREIGN AID PROGRAM 10
 COMMITTEE
Compromise ding Aid tO China Seems 10
 Be Mooted Issue
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-tR- The stop-gap foreign aid program moved into the dickering stage today with a possibility the Sen- ate might okay some help for Chi ma il the House would agree to more for Europe.
 Congressional leaders were shoot ing for a compromise by Monday. Five members from each chamber were assigned to start work on one ths morning.
 The Senate passed it's aid bill Dec. l. The House waited until yesterday, then swished it's measure through without even a nose count.
 The principal idea of both bills is to see to it that France, Italy and Austria get fuel and food this winter. But the House measure differs in major respects from what the administration proposed and the Senate accepted. President Truman wanted S597,- 100000 for the three European countries. The Senate went along. Then the House pared the amount to $590,000,000 and said China should be dealt in for S60000,0 GOO of the total.
 One clue pointing to possible line of compromise came from Senator H. Alexander Smith (R- NJ), a member of the Foreign Re lations Committee. lie said the committee had agreed unanimously with Secretary of State Marshall that something should be done for China later, in a separate bill, but now.
 Tt will be difficult for the Sen- ate to knock out the fund for Chi ma because any such action would be regarded as a slap.'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
The W ashlngton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = In wartime military security hushes up lot of Army mistakes. In peacetime, people are usually too busy think inging about other things to safe guard against future mistakes. However, a few Congressmen, such as Rep. George Bender, Ohio Re- publican, have persisted in point ing up Army faults in peacetime and demanding that something be done about them before Congress votes on military conscription.
 Rep. Bender, with the help of Lindsay Warren's efficient General Accounting Office, has unearthed the shocking fact that several Ar my officers who decided how much money the Government owed war contractors, thereafter went to work for those same contractors Some officers were hired so quick ly it looked as if a deal had been made at the very same time the Army officers were deciding how much the Government would pay these firlms.
 For instance:
 Maj. George w. Parker was the Army's contracting officer assign ed to the Howard Aircraft Corp of St. Charles, III. He spent from Aug. 19 to Sept 12, 1944 adjusting final payments under this con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
5TEANER MOVEMENTS

Alaska, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive at D. m tomorrow.
 Princess Norah, scheduled to sail from Vancouver at 9 o'clock tonight. Sword Knot scheduled to sail from Seattle December IS.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle at 9 a. m tomorrow.
 Denali, from west, southbound at D. m. Saturday
 Baranof, from west, scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Dec. 12. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 37s, American Can 79%, Anaconda 337s, Curtiss- Wright 5, International Harvester STA Kennecott 455s, New York Central 1872, Northern Pacific l9ss, U. S. Steel 757s, Pound $4.03h.
 Sales today were 1,220,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows: h. dusrials, 178.38; rails, 4820; utili- ties, 3298.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
Ancient Bible Destroyed by Rioiing Mob

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-R-Dr. Alexander Marx of the Jewish Theological Seminary said today an ancient Bible destroyed in Alep- DO, Syria. by a rioting mob was probably the most valuable text of complete Hebrew Bible which had been preserved"
 pr. Marx said the text had been completed about the tenth cen tury by the Ben-Asher family.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
HEARING IN PLANE CRASH
 AT SEATTLE
Testimony Given that Pilot Rejelted Suggestion
 of Radar Landing

SEATTLE, Dec. 12.-tR-A con- trol tower operator testified today that the pilot of an Alaska Airllnes plane that met disaster in a Nov. 30 landing at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport had rejected a suggestion of a radar- directed landing at the Sand Point Naval Air Station.
 As the Civil Aeronautics Board hearing cn the tragedy proceeded in it's second da.', Paul F. Anderson, Civil Aeronautics Administration control tower operator said the response of Pilot James E. Farris to the suggestion was: No, thanks" "
 Eight were injured fatally when the DC-4, coming in from Alaska with 28 aboard, ran off the runway, crashed into an automobile and burned.
 Harlow R. Wiley, CAA communi- cator at the airport, said the ap- proach and landing speed of the big airliner was considerably in excess of usual DC-4 landings.
 Vernon L. Foster, Willey's assist ant, said the planes left wing tip nearly dragged on the ground as the Inflated transport landed on the southwest runway of the Bow Lake Field.
 Weather Bureau employees were expected to appear as witnesses lat CT today.
 Differing Testimony
 Highlight of the probe yesterday was differing testimony of H. w Bierds, Operations and Maintenance head of the firm; Capt. James E. Paris, pilot of the ill-fated trans port, and Richard Whiting, the planes co-pilot.
 Bierds testified "it was evident that there had been some braking action" on the landing while Far ris insisted that mot the slightest braking action was noticed"
 Whiting, who was called during the afternoon session, said he was unable to state flor sure" whether he knew the brakes were in opera tion or not
 Captain Farris said the airplane could have been stopped with nor maj braking action"
 Farris said roughness in his No 2 and No engines prompted his decision to land at Seattle, despite cloudy conditions, instead Of head ing for an alternate landing field at Eugene, Ore.
 Whiting said he did not consider the planes approach normal" but he declared the landing, in his opinion, was not an emergency let down. Farris testified he considered the landing normal"
 A. H. Peterson, Alaska Airlines' chief pilot, testified he had trouble with brakes on the same plane on the crafts previous trip from Seattle to the Territory.
 Captain Farris presented figures to the board on distances required to stop a DC-4, testifying he could have halted the planes roll in 559 feet with normal braking action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
ATES MEN TO STATES

F. M Tyvol and Gus H. Giss- berg left here via PAA yesterday for Helena, Montana, where they will receive special instructions from the U s. Employment Ser vice for giving employment apti- tude tests Tyvol is Field Super visor and Gissberg is Manager of the Juneau office of the Alaska Territorial Employment Service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
PLANE CRASH LANDED

SPOKANE. Dec l2.-tRl-A B-29 with three engines on fire crash landed in field and broke into three pieces near Medical Lake, Wash, last night, and all 10 crew men escaped serious injury
 The Superfort was from the Spokane Army air field and had just taken off on long-range nav!gational flight. The engine fires were extinguished by crew members before Medical Lake fire men arrived on the scene.
 Fred Hauer. a rancher living nearby. said he was told the plane bounced into the air four times as it swept over the ground and once sailed over a country road in the vicinity
 Two crew members were treated for minor facial cuts and bruises.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
WROTE BAD CHECKS

Ed Larsen was arrested here yes terday by the U. S. Marshal's Office and charged with issuing checks without funds. He was arraigned before U. s. Commissioner Felix Gray who set bond at $250.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
ARMY GAY
 IN CRASH;
 20 KILLED
Graft SIashes Through Wooded Bodies,
 Wreekage Scattered

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. l2.-CR- An Army CAY plane burst into flames with a flash seen two miles away and crashed into an open hillside near here shortly after dark last night, killing at least 20 persons and possibly 2l. The big craft slashed through small wooded area within two miles of the Memphis municipal airport, and twisted into sage field. scat tering bodies and wreckage over a quarter-mile path.
 Small trees were torn down. In enc, a half-open parachute dang led. Twisted masses of metal hung on other limbs and dotted the ground.
 Col Donald K. Fargo, command ing officer of the 468th Air Forces Base Unit, announced the death toll as 20 with possibly another bcdy in the wreckage.
 Names of the dead were withheld pending notification of relatives. An Army spokesman said two were believed to be negroes.
 Fargo said the plane was based at Aberdeen, Md, and had made it's last stop at Fl Paso, Texas, yesterday. It was returning from the West Coast.
 Plane Explodes G. V. White said he saw the < plane explode and burst into i flames from his home two miles away
 Tt wasn't more than two seconds before it hit the ground he said.
 Robert Hall, who lives about two and a half miles from the scene of the crash, said he heard the plane ''laboring real loud' and saw flash in the sky
 Fargo would not speculate on the cause. The ceiling was reported at 1,700 feet shortly after the crash, which the Army said occurred at SOS p. m (CST.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
CORDOvA VISITOR

Frank Swartzbacker, of Cordoya, is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
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DISCOVERS HER AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP! Pat Bolton, who comes from Liverpool, England, is shown on her recent arrival in New York aboard the SS Marine Marlin. Three years ago Pat found out that she is an American citi- zen. Her father, Robert Ribble, who served with merchant marine in World War I, married an Eng fish girl and then had to ship out to sea- Her mother was killed after Pat was born and the child was reared by foster parents. Rib ble returned to England and dis covered that he had daughter. He made arrangements for her to live with him in Portland, Ore. Qnternational Soundphoto)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
FROM HooNAH

Mrs. Mary Johnson, of Hoonah, is at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12
HERE FROM PELICAN

Gene Torkilsen. of Pelican. stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-12

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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-15

five other finalists of an original
group of 81.
The Boys States at the Univer-
sity Of North Carolina here, spon-
sored annually by the State Amer
lean Legion, today began it's pro-
gram of government in action
looking toward tonight's closing
banquet at which William M. York
of Greensboro, state commander
of the Legion, will present certi-
ficates.
The House and Senate met joint
ly to hear Gov. Rankin, and pre-
viously-elected city and county Of
ficials were doing business.
Today's program also included
talks by W. P. Horton, chairman
of the State Democratic Executive
committee, Frank Crane of the
State Department of Labor and
Ben Eaton, assistant State Reve-
nue. Commissioner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-15
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PHYCHIC HORSE
INVESTIGATED
'Serrano' Adds, Finds Arti-
cles; Battles In
vestigator
BY 7. M. BRIGHT

FULLERTON, CAL, June II
W.D-Without a single whinny,
Serrano-the psychic horse with
the college education-iout on an
exhibition today that left ever a
professional debunker "astound-
ed"
At the request of Serrano's own
ers, local ranchers Jack c. Dutton
and Clint Brush, R. Dewitt Miller,
Los Angeles author and investiga'
tor Of mysterious happenings, Gin
tervieWed" the horse. .
"Serrano is a most astounding
ANIMAL" said Miller after watch
ing the horse add, subtract, divide
and multiply figures, ascertain
ages by mind reading, unscramble
words through telepathy, find OBJ
jects hidden under boxes and pick
objects by color.
1.-THE horse put on a very in
teresting show and is certainly one
Of the best trained animals to be
displayed in recent years." he
told the owners who had asked
whether the horse reasoned OF
possessed "super-normaP' powers.
Due to the fact that Serrano's
trainer and manager were present
at all times, and that there were
a number of spectators observing
the performances I witnessed, il
was impossible to apply the sclen-
tific tests necessary to determine
just how the horses Wonder-Work-
ing was performed.
MANY of Serrano's feats coulo
have been performed through the
use of reasoning together with tele'
pathic and other scientific gifts.
Miller said there was strong
evidence that some animals have
reasoned in the same way as men,
and conversed by alphabetical
codes with human beings. Some
even have shown indications o.
psychic powers.
Serrano, 13 years old, unscram'
bled the name 'Muhamed," the
famous thinking and calculating
horse, for Miller who chose the
word. The horse also correctly
added a column of figures, five
digits wide by five deep.
Using numbered blocks, Serrane
correctly gave the ages of severa-
persons present and found a ha'
hidden by Miller while the AMI
mails back was turned.
Serrano uses lettered or mum
bered blocks in nearly all Of his
tricks. The six-inch cubes have 8
leather loop atop them which the
horse picks up in his teeth.
In adding, he works from let1
to right, reversing the human
method. When he picked the block
representing the total OF each
column, his trainer wrote the fig
ure on a blackboard.