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firm hold on the territory by acts Of
terror, to sabotage any resistance.
Once they get an initial success,
Communists are certain they can
fan popular opinion on their side.
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small town. So clearly was he
Identified with the political and
economic battles of his day that his
life story inevitably becomes in
great part a history Of the period.
That Is the idea behind Walter
Johnson's William Allen Whites
America" The author, University
Of Chicago history professor, worked
six years on his biograp pfy, with the
full cooperation Of White and his
family. But the Interpretation of
Whites character and influence Is
his own, and unlike his subject, DR..
johnson is not a party line Repub-
hcan.
Bill White WAS q Republican, for
better or worse. An active political
worker all his life, he rose to ma
tional prominence as q publicst for
the progressive program Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. In later years he
continued to fight isolationism and
big business control Of the party be-
tween elections, but voted q straight
ticket. He broke with the organi-
zation only twice, once to back
Roosevelt In the Bull Moose cam
paign and once to fight the Ku Klux
Klan i'll Kansas.
Though he supported the League
Of Nations, helped elect Harding,
whose nomination he described at
one point as "a menace to the Re-
public" He favored much Of Frank
lin Roosevelt's New Deal, except in
election years. In the days before
Pearl Harbor, when he was doing
ali he could to get aid to Britain, he
supported the reelection Of Kansas
isolationists to Congress-they were
Republicans.
Inconsistent as he seemed, White
was a shrewd politician. In a Re-
publican State, he believed a man
could remain influential only by
supporting the organization. He
supported 1t. And despite his pro-
gressive activities, he was never
more than step or two ahead of his
own middle class. He fought the
Khan, backed labor when he thought
labor was right, and once, in dis
tinguished company. even managed
to get on DARs red list. But there
was nothing radical In his makeup.
DR.. Johnsons thoroughly readable
biography Is . careful and affec-
tionate study Of q hearty, genial and
frequently inconsistent man who
represented, at his best, the con-
science Of the average American.
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Public Library
By Jeon Ericsson
Assistant, Washingtoniana Division.
Washington Public Library.

WashnRton Public Library.
Washington makes the most of its
summertime week ends and offers
entertainment to suit all tastes.
Campfire travel talks in Rock
Creek Park, horse-drawn barge trips
on the Chesapeake g. Ohio Canal,
camera strolls, nature hikes, historic
tours and auto caravans are sched-
uled and described by the National
Capital Parks "1947 Outdoor Pro-
gram"
The Capital Transit Co., with It's
hand-sized pamphlet on Twenty
i've Hikes In and Near Washington, i"
lures mixers up the Potomac, into
Rock Greek Park and within the
Civil War forts of the city. Direc-
tions and trail maps help you get
acquainted.
The District of Columbia Recrea-
ton Departments Summer Pro-
gram, 1947," Lists and locates picnic
areas, ball diamonds, swimming
pools and offers you a range of &C
tivities, including dancing and sports
tournaments.
It you are in search Of drama,
music, lectures or exhibits, Capital
Calendar" Of the Washington Board
Of Trade. do You Know?" issued
by the Walsh Center, and the Public
Library's Informal Education in
Washington" will give you any num-
ber Of selections for night and day
entertainment.
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For Congress, seeing that there
was q practical side to astronomy,
was at last, after hard work, won
over, and $25, 5000 was appropriated,
but still for q depot of charts and
instruments" Singularly enough,
the most effective lobbying" for this
appropriation was done by a comet,
which had excited public curiosity
and upon which 1t. Gilliss read an
interesting paper before the national
institute. After the appropriation
was obtained, 1t. Gilliss went abroad
to examine instruments and plans
for an observatory.
Located as it was in the old 1st
ward, the Observatory Building was
for many years the main attraction
for this part Of the city. It Is not
what one would call an old build
ing, having been begun in 1912 and
completed In 1874. Once it was the
mecca of courting couples who
wished to see the dipper or the man
in the moon, when the telescopes
were not otherwise engaged.
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In preparation for the 26th annual
conyention of the Precancel Stamp
Society at the Shoreham Hotel
Thursday to Sunday, August 81 to
a., c. c. Fisher. chairman, Of the
Capital Precancel Club Publicity
Committee, writes:
"Precancels. Is the name indi-
Gates, are stamps which have been
cancelled before they are used. Many
foreign countries produce precan-
celed postal adhesives, but the
United States Is the largest user OF
such labels.
"The custom Of precanceling be-
gan when q postmaster realized that
he could save time by canceling his
stamps In q whole sheet. This he
did by ruling ian ink line or by
marking with an initial. Finally
some enterprising postmaster got a
local printer to cancel whole sheets
by running them through his presses
TN this country during the past
40-odd years all Government pre-
cancels have shown two lines OF
type, for city and State, with lines
or bars above and below. Naturally
some differences occurs in the length
and the width Of the bars and In the
type fonts employed. Some precan-
ceiling has been done with rubber
or metal handstamps, some were
done on the. mimeograph machine.
"Buros are precanceled stamps
manufactured by the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, where on a
two-color press one color Is applied
to the stamps as they pass through
and another is used to make the
precancel. But precancels also are
produced locally-that Is. by post
masters in different towns or cities
who take ordinary sheets of stamps
from their stocks and run them
through their own precanceling de-
vices or systems.
COLLECTORS need have no difficulty
in separating buros from locals.
Buros always are neatly printed in
black. They never are inverted, nor
do they appear on postage dues,
special deliveries or commemora
tives. There are only few varieties
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NOT WITH MY NECK
BrOun
CCoutinued From Pase CT,

man and Japanese industries re-
mains untitled.
It would be uneconomic for US
to attempt to I'LL the places Of these
two, since we do not expect to OBJ
tain much recompense for what we
are exporting. So-called loars are
actually grants, and not more than
10 per cent Of Our exports can be
compensated with imports from Eu-
rope. Our economic activities are
simply the acts Of Good Samari-
tan.
No national economy can survive
for long on such q basis. The cost
Of living In this country Is going
up by leaps and bounds, and our
effort to keep foreign countries 60
ing have more than little to do
With this continuous sparaling Of
prices In America.
It must be admitted, however,
that no real revival Of German
and Japanese economies is possible
until peace treaties are signed.
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Musical Education
RELAX AND LISTEN

RELAA AND IIS EN-
BY John Hallstron. (Rinehart
& Co., Inc: $780, >.
The author has denuded music of
its terrors and ambiguity for the
layman in a chatty, slightly slangy
person-to-person way. With in
tent to coax people to listen. he
sskips lightly but comprehensively
over fundamentals, clearing away
obstacles for musical enjoyment and
managing at the same time to give
the reader q very good all-around
musical education. A record list
planned in accordance with the sub
ject matter treated earlier, Is
appended. - "A. E.
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same value as the important. In
short, the lurid tone and lack Of
balance seem to indicate q catch
penny device to wiring such profit
as may be had from the gullible by
the further clouding of an admit
edly obscure situation.
But on the one great salient fact
that Hitler Is dead-both sides
agree. BY comparison the manner
of his death and the events sur
rounding it pale into academic ii
absorbing interest. For those de-
tails-Goering's custer as Reichs-
marshal, the drumhead execution OF
Miss Brauns brother-in-law, Fege-
lein, the sudden Joy In the bunker
at Hitler's impending selt-removal,
the Gotterdammerung suicides and
eerie obsequies-Mr. Trevor-Roper's
careful, II necessarily, incomplete
work inevitably must become a
source book.
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The Idle Rich
THE SIXTH HEAVEN
BY L. P. Hartley. Doubleday,

BY L. P. Hartley. doubleday;
49,
Eustace Cherrington was left some
money. He made the most of it and
for a time played the role Of the
leisurely young man. MIR. Hartley's
good-humored satire of the we'll
to-do British Is set In England and
Venice. He Is also the author of
1.-THE West Window IN, p.
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A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE
BY Mary Fit. %. P. Putndm's
Sons; $2.50.)
Miss Fits latest starts out In ap-
proximately the same way as her
Death and the Pleasant Voices. "
A stranger, by a series Of odd CO.
incidences, winds up In an English
country estate where he is urged to
remain long enough to become a
prime suspect in murder. In this
one, however, the murder is late in
coming and the reader has plenty of
time to build up q queasy feeling
that something unpleasant Is go
ing to happen.
The story centers on . collection
Of priceless silver, obviously from
Roman times; a rich and crochety
old gentleman with . fortune to
leave; q covey of cousins with vary
ing aspirations to said fortune and
an i1hpulsive niece who wants affec-
tion, not money. Obviously, the old
gentleman is going to die-and not
from natural causes, either. It's up
to John Thorneycroft. the stranger,
to prove he didn't do It,, 49,. f.,..,r
Miss Fit is not one to rush into
things-particularly action. Yet the
slow pace seems suitable to her tale.
The only possible objection is that
in switching from Johns point of
view to that Of the pretty niece, she
finds 1t necessary to repeat much OF
the preceding action. Tip to the
Look for the least likely
suspect and you'll spot the guilty
party. 49,, d, ..... -
~ .
THE RING AND THE LAMP
BY william Rollins. (Stmon &
Schuster;; $780,
Fresh from q Nazi prison camp
Sergt. Larry Ross thought Of Paris
In the spring as Paradise COM
plete with wine, women and revelry.
He had to deliver one letter, meet
a fellow prisoner and he was ready
to go. But the address on the letter
didn't exist and the fellow prisoner
didn't arrive. Not being a sensitive
type, Sergt. Ross wouldn't have
troubled himself to pursue this twin
problem II q travelling companion
on the train to Paris hadn't been
murdered and II his hotel room
hadn't been searched. Diseased
with the idea of solving the mystery,
Sergt. Ross couldn't enjoy Paris.
He moved into q miserable hovel,
laid himself wide open to trouble.
# you like your action improbable
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Fl Conflicting Theories OF Murder, Suicide
THE LAST DAYS OF HITLER
BY H. r. Trevor Roper. Macmillan; s3J
WHO KILLED HITLER? l..
Edited by Herbert Moore Barrett (Bootab $20J
- Reviewed by FLETCHER r. IsBEII.
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stories and novels, he wrote of O.
changing America from the point of
view Of the farmer and middle-class
resident of the Middle Western
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William, Allen White, Sage of Emporio:
His Life Story a History of His Time
.eviewed by BELMONT FAIRIES.
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITES AMERICA
BY Walter Johnson. (Holt;: So

In the 20 years before his death in 1914 William Allen White the
most widely quoted country editor in the United States symbol
of all that best Main Street America his
operations In the editorial office of the
influence In national affairs that publishers
could equal.
Throughout long editorials articles short
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Crime and Nystery
By Miriam Gutenberg

but fast. you should enjoy this one.
It's strictly q thriller. complete with
imposters. underworld characters.
a beautiful damsel in distress, tor
ture and mayhem. One character,
however, is worthy of more than
passing notice. He's French
newspaperman. utterly cynical,
determined to avoid trouble but
niraculously on tap when he's
needed most.
I, THE JURY
BY Mickey Spillane. (E. P. Dut-
ton T. Co.,; $780,
With q melodramatic grimness
that just might set your teeth on
edge, Mike Hammer swore q great
oath over the body of his best friend
that this murder would be revenged
Anybody who had been at the party
the night before could have killed
his pal, Jack Williams. But Mike
wanted to deal with this personally,
which meant he had to beat Capt.
Chandler Of the homicide squad to
the punch.
The killer could have been George
Kalecki, late Of the underworld, but
George acted scared. too. Or it
might have been Hal Kines, a too
attractive medical student. Or the
beauteous Bellemy twins, one of
whom wasn't the least bit bashful.
Obviously, Jack Williams knew too
much.
Mike does reach the killer first,
giving the author a chance to un-
cork a denouement that is slightly
torrfd for the matinee customers.
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MURDER IN THE TOWN
BY Mary Richart. (F1rrdr
StrnuS & Co.. $2.50.I

Professor Dixon--called Totem be-
cause of his length-only wanted to
find . spot of quiet to finish his
book. The university had limited
that solving murders wasn't exactly
dignined. But when an erstwhile
sweetheart was found dead with her
head dented, the professor had to
take an interest. He was still strug-
Cling to compose his opus when the
curator of the local gallery copped
& fatal bullet.
Obviously, Totem had to straight
en- things out In his quiet, mannerly
fashion. All Miss Pilsbury's paying
guests and her next door neighbors
were well-behaved characters but
Totem knew one of them wasn't
quite well-behaved enough to stop
at murder. Mrs. Richart, in her first
full-length mystery, telegraphs some
Of her clues but don't feel too con-
fidept II you guess q few angles.
The murderer Is well-concealed.
KEEP THE COFFINS COMING
BY Julian Long. fJultan Mess
ner, Inc; ST.
Here's . mystery with q mes
sage" The titular head of the ALI
League, = postwar Fascist
OUTFIT, Is murdered, thereby becom-
ing . martyr. Charles Rinehart
becomes hunter and hunted In this
st can't happen here" tale.
+
NOT WITH MY NECK
BY Tom Van Dycke and Ben Ker-
ner. (Juian Messner, Inc.;; ST.
Johnny Greer goes on shore leave
only to wake up with . hangover
and . strange and strangled blond
In his bedroom. Police, FBI and
Treasury agents are all involved In
the blood and thunder that follows.
Johnny winds up with q clear record,
3 pot Of gold and the girl he loves.
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|! There we're 456,4l6 covers can
celed and 1,119,461 stamps sold at
Salt Lake City on July "a when the
&c Utah centennial issue was placed
in circulation.
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Naval Observatory Grounds

NCE the Nevius tract of land,
~ which adjoins Arlington Gem
- etery, has been abandoned for
~ veterans hospital, the
L. ~ AAa aIA Maun1 Oh
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The new 15c airmail stamp will
be released In New York on We'd
nesday and the new 10c airmail
stamp is to follow in Washington on
August 30.
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tified that he was called at home and get out of bed at 3:0o a. m. and came down to the station where he arranged for Mrs. Doo- gan to be released pending trial.
 Deny Hearing Words
 The first defense witness was V. w. Metcalfe, who testified that he was the host of the party of which Mrs. Doogan, Rosemary and Francis were part. He de- nied hearing any harsh language between the two women.
 Mrs. J. K. McAlister, another member of the party was called to the stand next and she alsc denied hearing Mrs. Doogan maks the statements of which she was accused.
 Marilyn McAlister. anosher mem Der of the party and daughter ol Mrs. McAlister, also swore that she had heard nothing out oi the way
 Daughter Testifies
 Rosemary Doogan was called next and testified that she had beer asked to leave the place earlier in the evening by James DeMers Rubbhle Room manager as he haS told her that Mrs. Hartung lac left him thoee instructions. She said that she then went home ano told her mother who returned with her to the Bubble Boom shortly before Mrs. Hartung's entrance
 Rosemary admitted that she hao been either refused entrance ol asked to leave from other Juneau tals. She declared that che fc.t that she had cen piaked on snd that others, Ter age, were not DC ing bothered.
 DeMers, who was the next wit rcSs called by the defense, saic that he did not hear the argu- ment between the women. He a5- mitted that Mrs Hartung had in.
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cited her to appear in court the following morning.
 Insisted 0n'JaiI
 The Policewoman then testified that Mrs. Doogan insisted upon Icing taken to jail if she was under arrest. Mrs. Hartmg said she then called for the Police wagon and complied with her wishes.
 Assistant Chief of Police Walter Sim was called next to the stand and reported offering to release Mrs Doogan on her personal recognizance or on $25 Lail vixen she was taken to the City Jail. He said that she insisted on be- ing locked up, and that he did so.
 Threat By Francis
 Patrolman John Hommc testi- fled that t2 and Patrolman Riley North had taken Mrs. Doogan to the jail. He said that Francis Doogan had insisted on riding with them and that when told he would have to go separately, at tempted to ride on the hood Of the car and then later threaten ed to hit North.
 Chief of Police Milo Clouse tcs-
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pNA BRINGS IN 13
 FR0M WEST; t00UT

The Pacific Nortnern lLaines flew 13 passengers from Anchor age to Juneau and three from Cor dova to Juneau On the return fight to Anchoragc, they carr5od 10 passengers.
 From Anchorage to Juneau pas senQeis were. Victor Rowe, Charles Waynor Don Horter, Beverly Chfistossel, I Blackburn, Wm, Tleeblood, Ed Gothhehout, Matt Psffola, Jim Nisbit John Cuthill, MT Mounty, Mrs. Mounty, E. w. Roe.
 Cordoya to Juneau: Robert We Kay, Mir swanson, A. Most.
 Juneau to Anchorage E. E. Wes- chenfelder. Florence Wesehenield- CT and infant II. B. Antrim Dr. II. c. Rufus, w. R Boblen2, Ina Fullerton, Lou Tusing, Bill Shank lin.
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structed him to keep Rosemary out of his place but stated that other minors had also been the subject of similar instructions.
 Tachnician Fifth Grade James Mahar, stationed in Juneau with the U s. Army Signal Cops, and also a member of the party, testi- fled of his attempts to help get Mrs. Doogan out of jail He said that he had called the Rev. II. l.. Sweeney of the Catholic Church to assist him and Francis.
 He admitted, going with the Rev. Sweeney, the Rev James V Conwell and Francis to see Mrs Hartung at Ter residence in the Gastineau Eotel.
 Henry Satire. a waiter at the Bubble Rocm, was the last wit ness to testify and hc also said that he did not hear the words between Ms. Doogan and the Policewoman.
 Attempt To Frame"
 sCity Attorney Stabler, in pre- serting his arguments at the con clueion of the testimony. charged that the entire matter was an attempt to frame Mrs. Hartung and said that the testimony in- troduccd had been an attempt to prosecute Mrs Hartung rather than Mrs. Doogan. He told the jury that the City Police must be supported in their enforcement of the law or that trc law would otherwise become a joke.
 Defense Attorney Monagle de- c'arad that the entire case was absurd and that there was no eX cusc for the proceedings. Both attorneys also made ref erenCe to an attempt to bring re- lieion into the trial and stated that someone was also trying to put the Catholic Church on trial, tco.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-09-16
MARY FILLER WILL GIVE CONCERT Al MEIH0DlS! CHURCH

Marye Berne Ehler will present "a concert at the Methodist Church on the evening of Septem- Der 9. Ernest Ehler will sing a .srcup on the program, and the two will sing a group together.
 The Eh,cIs, well known in the community, have appeared together on concert tours throughout the United States. Mrs Ehler has been working on the numbers of tGi5 concert through the past year, sev- eral of which are in German by the well loved composers Franz Schubert and Robert Schumann, with English translations listed in the programs.
 MT Ehler will sing group ty Franz Schubert in English and the program will conclude with four duets Mrs Ruth M. Popeioy will be the accompanist
 Mrs. Ehler's concert is being
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The jury brought in it's verdict at D. m. Attorney Monagle im- mediately filed oral notice of ap- zeal which would then take the casa up to U s. District Court if such a motion is followed through.
 Foreman of the Jury was J c, Johnston. Others on the jury were; Dorothy L. Gray, Edwin J. Dull. Oscar Hegstad, Steve Stan worth, Hazel J. MacKinnon Han na Daniels. Alert C. Hammer, Emil Hendrickson. Ray Abraham son. Alex Russell and J. Barrager, Jl.
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sponsored by the Methodist Church, proceeds of which are to be used for the organ fund of the church. Committee in charge of arrange ments are Mrs. MacKay Malcolm, chairman, Mrs Mildred Lister and Mrs. Robert Killewich
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SATELLITES HERE

Registered at the Baranof Hotel from Seattle are E. G. Most, Mrs and Mrs Martin B. Geary, Gilbert Utuess, and Thomas A. Kammerzell. Virginia Houston from Tacoma and J. N. Dagan of Burton are also stay ing at the Baranof.
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FASTENER HERE

R L. Swanson, of Erie, Pa, is registered at the BaranoG Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-09-16
JURY FINDS FOR GUILTY VERDICT IN D00GAM CASE
Notice of Appeal Given at Conclusion of City Court
 Trial Here Monday

(Continued from Page One}
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