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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
NEW RECORD SET BY COMMERCIAL PLANE, CALF. MIAMI RUN

MIAMI, Fla, My 23-iR-A Lockheed Constellation of the East ern Airlines spanned the continent in six hours, 49 minutes and 26 seconds to set new California to-Miami speed record last night for commercial aircraft.
 The huge tour-engined passenger ship, officially timed by the Nation al Aeronautics Association, clipped five minutes and 31 seconds from the record established only last Saturday by another Constellation.
 Capt. H. o. Hudgins of Miami piloted the plane on its nonstop flight from Burbank, Calf, at an average speed of about 348 miles per hour and at an average altitude of 23,0O0 feet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
PROPERTY DAMAGE, TEXAS CITY BLAST, OVER $32 MILLION

NEW YORK, May 23.-lR- An official report issued here today on the Texas City Texas, disaster listed total property damage at an estimated $32,850,000, and said 433 bodies had been recovered with 135 persons still missing.
 The report was issued by the Fire Prevention and Engineering Bureau of Texas and the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
 Texas City, a community 10 miles north of Galveston, was rip ped and scared by a series Of eX- plosions and fire last April l6-l7.
 The report said the $32,950,0 900 damage estimate included loss to industrial property of S28, 1000 plus an additional $4,750,000 damage to dwellings and contents, mercan- tile buildings and stocks, automo- piles, and city and school proper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
Soviet Cigarettes.
 American Style, 10
 Be Sold, Russ Zone

BERLIN, May 23-jR-The So- viet occupation authorities plan to bring out produced American style cigarettes in the Soviet zone at quarter the price of Ame1t- can cigarettes.
 This information comes from German sources here. They say the Russians will sell the cigarettes at three and four marks a pack which is about 30 to 40 cents. American cigarettes have been sell ing on the black market for the equivalent of about $120 a pack and they are expected to go high CT when the United States Army ban on private importation of cigarettes goes into effect on Mon day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
ALASKA RESEARCH
 ON AGRICULTURE
 I5 RECOMMENDED

WASHINGTON, May 23.-tR- A special S144,940 appropriation for agricultural research in Alaska was recommended to Congress to- day by the House Appropriation committee as an important defense measure.
 This Territory has come to oc- cupy very important place ii, the national establishment" the committee observed in making its recommendation
 Tt is now, and may for some time continue to be, an important link in the chain of our national security"
 The potential military value of food produced in Alaska lis ob- vious" the committee continued The committee noted also that a very substantial number of vet erans" have gone to Alaska to farm, and will need the guidance which can be supplied only as the result of careful research
 "The problem presented is of such grave national import that integration (of research activities becomes an imperative necessity, '' the report added.
 With its report, the committee presented to the house the bill to appropriate agriculture depart ment money for the fiscal year beginning July l. It included the $l44,940 Alaska research item with the provisions that the department will solicit the cooperation of the Territorial Legislature and the University of. Alaska in the work.
 The bill includes also a grant of $12,000 under the Research and Marketing Act.
 The committee said that when Congress decides the Federal gov ernment has finished it's research job, the work will be returned to the University.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
HIGHEST HONOR IS
 ACCORDED AMMAN
 BYpRESBYTERIAN5

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, May 23. --lR-Wilbur La Roe, Jr., of Wash ington, D. C., fourth layman in his tory to hold the post. presided to- day as moderator of the Presbyter- ian church in the USA.
 Delegates to the 159th general assembly here elected La Roe to the church's highest honor yesterday over three other candidates. pr. Robert B. Whyte of Cleveland; Dr. John H. Gardner of Baltimore and Dr. Paul McConkey of Seattle.
 It was reported a proposal to ad- init women to the Presbyterian ministry appeared headed for de- feat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
BOY SCOUT CAMP
 ORGANIZATION TO
 BE IN NEW 5ETup

Plans for the Boy Scout Camp this year at Eagle River include complete new setup in the, op- eration and organization on a Pa trol basis, with Patrol leaders lead ing the activities of each Patrol Boys will camp by Patrols in tents instead of bunking in the bar racks
 Part of the training at camp will be setting up camping facil- ities around each Patrol quarters Patrol leaders and patrol members will select their camp site and be responsible for developing it into an efficient camp layout
 Activities at camp this year will include all tyes of camp craft wood craft. swimming and boating Two boats are now available for camp. Anyone wishing to rent or lean boats for the ten day camp ing season should call the Scout office. Three more boats are needed for the waterfront pro- gram.
 At meeting last night, Troop officers Donald MacKinnon, Ger aid Shaw and Gerald Wade, of Holy Trinity Troop 23; Leo Jewett, Camping and Activities chairman; and District Commission Wayne Stephenson drew up tentative plans for an overnight hike in connect ton with the summer camp. This camp is to give the boy an op- portunity to put into practice what they have learned the first few days in camp.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
FAMILY EXpOsED

CHICAGO - A black mongrel dog which wandered into the Warren Avenue polict station a few days ago made a fuss over policeman Clarence Hayden, who said he doesn't like dogs.
 But Hayden soon became the dogs champion although other po- licemen favored taking her to an animal shelter. Hayden allowed her the run of the station and fed her. Then he planned to take the dog home.
 But he changed his mind.
 Pcsicstrailedthedogrrom he
 Police trailed the dog from the station and found she had family of eight puppies hidden away in a nearby basement.
 Smoke from burning poison ivy can carry enough poison to be harmful
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23

and "roll-your-own" cigarette is a workingman, and he scowls be- cause his pay is probably under the 84,000 francs C7O0 dollars) a year that his union insists is the minimum living wage in France now.
 The man in the black homburg hat-he's d) a government off cial, @ 8 merchant or banker t3) a lawyer C4) or somebody who wants to look like one of those three classes.
 The man without a hat-that's the average Parisian.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
RAY RAND NOW x PARTNER IN
 10TH CENTURY

Harold H. Bates today announced the purchase of a half interest in the Twentieth Century Super Mar ket here by Ray c. Rand, who will be Bates partner in operation of the store. Rand arrived in Juneau this week, from Los Angeles where he has been residing the past year or more.
 Mrs. Rand came north with her husband but was to return today to Los Angeles where their 1l-year- old daughter is in school After the school term is finished, Mrs. Rand and Miss Rand will move to Ju- neau, probably in July MT Rand said.
 Rand once before was associated with Bates ir the food business, for eight years, at San Mateo, Calf Bands 20 years experience in the rood business includes a number of "firsts" In 1889 he opened the first open front, California type super market in New York. That market. containing IT departments, was located at Flushing, close by the Worlds Fair grounds.
 Previously, he had inaugurated the First Pacific Super Market" in Long Beach, Calf, in 1928 Then in 1887 he opened San Francisco's largest super market, the Food Mart
 Rand declared himself well pleas ed with the appearance of Juneau and feels that he will enjoy being an Alaska businessman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Alaska, from Seattle. due Mon day.
 Sailors Splice, from Seattle, due May 31.
 Grommet Reefer scheduled to sail from Seattle today
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver May 24.
 Square Sinnet scheduled to sail from Seattle June 5.
 Aleutian scheduled southbound from west May 27.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
FLYING FORTRESS WITH E ABOARD
 CRASHES IN NC

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, May 23-tRl-Eignt members of the 15- man crew of a Flying Fortress which crashed in Nicaragua on a flight from the Canal Zone to Kelly Field, Tex, have been found alive after bailing out, the Morri- son Army Air Field Public Rela- tions Office announced today.
 (A dispatch from Nicaragua re- ported seven survivors, with the fate of the others not yet known)
 The Morrison Public Relations officer said the wreckage was found 75 miles north of Managua.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
FORMER WAC SEEKS RELEASE FROM 5-YR. PRISON SENTENCE

CHARLESTON, w. Va, May 23 t-R Kathleen B, Nash Durant, seeking release from a five year prison sentence, contended today she was a civilian when the Army tried her for participation in the theft of the Hesse crown jewels.
 The former WAC captain already has been granted the right to petition for a write of habeas cor pus by Federal Judge Ben Moore, who set a hearing for July IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
MI5TAkEN IDENTITY

ST. PAUL, Mlnn., May 23.-lR- When Mrs. Lester Schampagne, 30 returned home she saw what ap- peared to be two pairs of baby feet, clad in pink booties, protrud- ing from beneath a sheet, at the bottom of the stairs to her apart ment.
 She immediately called police and reported two babies had been aban- doned in her apartment building Two squads of detectives arrived. They lifted the sheet and found two dolls
 &A
 Fernando De Soto discovered the Mississippi river in 1541.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
Lloyd 0shourne
 Dies, California

GLENDALE, Calf, May 23.-tR- Robert Louis Stevensons stepson, Lloyd Osboutne, 79-inspiration for the book, Treasure Island'-died yesterday in sanitarium.
 In recent years Osbourne had re- sided with his sister. Mrs. Isobel Fields, at nearby Carpinteria.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
GAME TONIGHT

At 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, the sun was cut. there was no rain in the air and it looked very much like there would be game tonight in Firemen's Park between the Le- zion and Moose baseball teams.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
'RoughomeleY'
 Finds Bumps
 Along Highway

RICHMOND, Va-iRi-Rough go- ing, you say? How rough?
 Just ask the Virginia highway department if you want the an- swer on a particular stretch of highway. A 'roughometer' is be- ing trailed behind highway trucks to record the various bumps and depressions in the road surface and their effort on riding comfort. The "roughometeI" records them and they can be marked with paint for smoothing out.
 About 2,oOo species of fossil plants have been studied and class flied from the carDoniferous aoe
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
O'kEAL NAMED TO
 SUCCEED MtNUTT
 IN pHIL!ppINE1

KANSAS CITY, MAY 23.-IR- President Truman announced today he is appointing former Democratic Representative Emmet O'Neal of Kentucky as Ambassador to the Philippines.
 O'Neals nomination to succeed Paul V. McNutt. first ambassador to the new republic, probably will go to the Senate tomorrow.
 McNutt is returning to the prac- tice of law.
 Annual U. S. coal production tonnage is normally 20 times that of wheat and seven times that of corn.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
A state FEPC

Illinois can pass State Fair Employment Practices
Law in the 65th Assembly, The legislators must be made
to act
Those in the political know are saying that State
Fair Employment Practice Law will not be passed in
Springfield during this session. They give fundamen
tai The people have not been modified to force
this through And the people have not been mo-
bzed because labor has understood that this law
vital factor in the struggle for labor unity and the pro-
lection of all its basic interests
Governor Green is the who blocks the passage
of this law. Green's bosses in the Tribune Tower and
LaSalle Street don't want this kind of law in Illinois
It would protect the right to work of Catholic foreign
born workers. the Jewish aborer and especially the Ne
gro Consequently such law would curb the power now
possessed by the bosses to pit group of workers
against another Take this power from the big industrial
lists and great road block on the highway to labor
unity would be removed
is needed now.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
THE SOUNDING BOARD
lessons of the uIdermunic election

union last year curing the rail-
road strike of the trainlnen and
engineers. One evening about
that time during joint council
meeting of garments delegates
and visitors II ON the different
Chicago lodges, l asked knight
why the Brotherhood didn't go OH
record condemnlng the Franco
regime, and citing the action vi
the French railroad workers N
stopping all freight trains from
crossing the. Pyrenees into Span
He was silent; just cycling me,
and after the other questions had
been heard from the floor, ne
started his replies. He answered
every question, some 6 or so, but
studiously avoided mine.
Now l notice he's in Argentina
-palling it around with Peron.
The hand fits tie glove, in this
case.
In closing, l ecall that Knight
was very proud last year when
he mentioned his role as an ar
bitrator in Hollywood's film
Beware! AFL brothers, in your
present battle against LDlputian
wages and the moneyed mastad-
ons, don't ever believe again that
a character like Felix Knight can
arbitrate in your behalf!
Any labor leader that freely
consorts with faScists, should be
drummed out of the labor move
ment. Any labor leader of the
same stripe of KNIGHT, who BE-
lieves that CAPITALISM Is going to
exist forever, IS either tool or
a traitor, AMI reither The former
nor the latter are equipped moral
ly or mentally to lead he work
ers. Finally, this man Knight
was one OF the "1abor executives"
who scabbed on the trainmen's
and engineers strike, by offering
no assistance whatsoever.
IRV EIDENBERG
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
To the Editor:

The shouting in the aldermanic
elections is now over except for
10 runoff candidates, not to be
repeated till four years from now,
1851. That it was a tremendously
important campaign from the
peoples point of view, many of
us recognize. Some still do not.
We were able to approach every
individual in his home with issues
he could understand and we could
talk to him in language he knew.
The fact that, for the first time
in the history of Chicago, mind
you, the number of candidates
was larger, the quality was bet
ter, the vote was higher, the num-
Der of run-offs was greater, and
Independents received the high
est number of votes, is something
we progressiVes must sit up and
take notice of.
Just imagine what the vote for
the Independents could have been
if we had received the working
cooperation of all the progress
Sives in each Wardl
Without such participation, the
average independent received APP
proximately 1900 votes. In the
39th ward, where Max Mailman
ran as an independent, with a
handful of people doing the
work, over 1900 votes were poll
ed.
If we'd been able to put a
couple of people into every pre-
cinct, at least, 1.-THE machine can
didates had many more) for even
few hours a week regularly,
many people who have never
heard of Max Mailman or his pro.
gram would have voted for him.
Let's get on the beam, progress
sives. The vote can mean a lot.
Even some of the Independents
might have been in the run-off
if they had been given our maxi
mum support.
May I summarize my conclu-
sions or lessons these elections
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08

have shown? /. That elections
can be very important and must
serve as the rallying point for
much of our progressive educa-
ton. 2. That we must try to get
progressive thinkers even if
they cannot be radicals = to try
to run within the present party
structure.
Nj. x.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
Knight erranf
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
In the February 9Th issue of
the STAR, there is a photo of
President Felix Knight of tile
Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
(AFL) and Argentina's No. 1
fascist, Peron. l am not surprised
to see them together.
will start my story by say
ing that was member of that
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
Islands for what?

Soviet actions continue to befuddle the professional
Russabaters who try to find something sinister every
new Moscow
They even managed to find an "angle" in the fact
that the Red Army is carrying extensive maneuvers
the football field seeing threat to the u S. in every
off-tackle smash.
However, the resignation of Stain as minister of
the armed forces has left these bloWhards breathless
The other recent event that puncured their bubble
gum was the Soviet refusal to object to the u S. pos
session of the Pacific Islands seized during the war.
However the Soviet position Notwithstanding the
Wall Street empire builders will not have free hand in
program of Pacific imperialism.
These islands advance bases of Wall Street profit
making and not protection for American people.
These islands potential beachheads for aggressive
warfare and not defensive positions.
The people who nhabit these islands deserve better
fate than to become pawns of American big money
terests
They have a right to freedom and independence.
For these reasons we are opposed to American con-
troll of the Pacific islands The proposal should be reject
ed by the United Nations inconsistent with UN policy
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-03-08
A miners question
Nj. T..
To the Editor:


In a recent broadcast by Mr..
Norman Corwin he mentioned his
visit to Czechoslovakia on his
One World tour. He went down
in a coal mine asking miners
questions in regards to world af.
fairs.
One of the miners asked: You
in the United States have an
atomic bomb. Good. You in Anne
RIGA have democracy. Would
you have the nerve, to drop the
atomic bomb on peace-loving ma
tons who are doing their best to
develop their land in their own
socialistic way according to their
beliefs?"
I wonder what the coal digger
had in his mind.
JACK SLEPAK
Evening star., 1947-05-15
Bosox Bag 9Th in Row;
1atum Nips Dodgers
BY the Assoeiofed Press


Boston's Red Sox who won their
eighth game in their last nine starts
yesterday on their home lot as Joe
Dobson limited the Chicago White
Sox to eight hits for a 5-1 triumph.
The loss was the first of the season
for Orval Grove Of Chicago.
Blasting Murry Dickson and Ken
Burkhart for six runs in the third
inning, the New York Giants made
it five straight victories over the st.
Louis Cardinals by whipping the
Redbirds at Sportsmans Park, Ga.
Triples by Willard Marshall and
Walker Cooper led the attack which
gave Rookie Larry Jansen his Sec
ond straight win. Ron Northey
hammered his fourth homer for
the Cards.
Stan Musial, last years National
League batting champion, went hit
less in four times after returning
from an appendicitis scare. Musial
was released Tuesday from st. Johns
Hospital in st. Louis, where he was
under observation.
Tom Tatrm, purchased only Tues
day by Cincinnati from Brooklyn,
helped sink his old Dodger mates
for the second straight day by
lashing a home run as the Reds
downed the Dodgers, 20.
All other scheduled games in the
majors, excepting Washington's were
postponed by rain and wet ground
Evening star., 1947-05-15
It'd Club Luncheon
To Honor Champions

| The Touchdown Club will give q
luncheon tomorrow honoring sports
champions and others who are to
participate In the National Celeb
rites Golf Tournament at Colum-
bia Country Club Saturday and
Sunday and In the annual "C'
Club track and field meet at Gen.
trail High Schools Stadium Satur-
day. The luncheon is scheduled for
1890 am.
Prominent among those who will
be present are Bill Hulse, Les Mac
Mitchell, Jim Rafferty, and Tommy
Quinn, four of the Nations great
est milers, who will compete in the
&c" Club meet.
Babe DidrikSon Zaharias, the Ma
tion's No. l woman golfer; Sergt.
Edward Beamon, arnless war hero
who continues to play golf with
artificial hands, and Harry Wismer,
sportscaster, all will attend. Coach
Red Auerbach and Bones Mckinney
and John Norlander of Washing
toms basket ball Capitols, also have
been invited, as have Walter Hagen,
Bob Considine, Lou Boudreau,
Bobby Feller and Bill McKechnie of
the Cleveland Indians and Clark
Griffith, Ossie Bluege, Nick Altrock,
Mickey Vernon, Bobo Newsom and
Stan Spence of the Washington Ma
tionalS.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
King Pin Easily Takes
District Loop Title

The King Pin quint of Paul
Perkins. Billy Towles, Gene Hargett,
Paul Jarman and Capt. Lindsey
Stott sports the District Major
Duckpin League championship after
winning So Of 80 games to finish
the 1867 season seven games ahead
LOT the strong Clarendon entry.
King Pin gained the lead after
the first IL games and never relin-
lQuished it.
Hargett, who replaced Ernie
Hauser midway Of the campaign,
flashed "A last night at King Pin
with 1852 top single to give the new
titleholders I'll win over Colonial
Village.
Clarendon barely saved second
place In the wind-up. losing two
games to the Greenway team which
was aiming at the runnerup spot.
Sam Shreve was Greenway,s big
gun with 408. So punched were the
teams that the one-game loss
dropped Greenway to fourth place.
BY trimming Chevy Chase lee
Palace 81, Hi-Skor, last years flag
winners, nosed 4Greenway out for
third place on total pins. Bethesda
Bowling Center, 2-1 victor over
Rosslyn, gained fifth place over the
losers. Ice Palace finished eighth.
Rosslyn beat out Hiser's Boule-
ward on total pins for sixth place,
despite the Marylanders' 81 de-
cision over last-place Lucky Strike.
College Park with . 2-1 win over
11th-place Brookland took ninth
place on total pins from 10TH place
Colonial Village.
Evening star., 1947-05-15
ri Schools Scheduled
To Vie for HonoIs
In Club Meet

TWenty-seVen high and prep
schools. including defending cham
pion Baltimore Polytechnic Insti-
|tute, win hustle for honors In Gem
|tral Highs @Cn Club track and field
meet on Saturday.
The meet, the city,s biggest, marks
the 50th anniversary of track at
Central and has attracted over 400
|trackmen from North Carolina. Vir-
|ginia, the District, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and New York.
Entries from washington include
Anacostia, Central, Roosevelt, Coo
1idge, Tech, Western, Wilson, George
town Prep. st. Johns, Priory and
Dewitt, while Virginia will be repre-
sented by Woodbury. Forest. Staun-
ton Military Academy and Episcopal.
washington Lee, Metropolitan
meet champion, and runnerup
George washington will not COM
pete, as all Virginia public schools
have been barred from the event
by the State Board of Principals.
virginia's public schools are plan
ming to join the National High
School Federation, whose members
do not compete against prep schools.
The program, proceeds of which
viii be contributed to Children's
Hospital, opens at o'clock with
music by the Army Band.