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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23

tory about 400 yards away. He said
his men had only Browning auto
matte rifles.
An hour befort the ultimatum ex-
pired, he reported to headquarters:
II am holding my ground"
The area which the Yugoslavs
want is ABOUT 10 miles north of
Trieste and includes only one house
and o small patch of ground.
Last month Hawaii Nisei was
one of IL U. s. soldiers held pri-
soner for one week by Yugoslav-
troops while a Nisei ,vas killed in
an ambuscade last year in one of
the first instances of friction be-
tween U. S.-British troops and
Yugoslays.
Many Nisei GIs are serving with
the 88th Mountain division on du-
ty in the Trieste area.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23
MAIL SERVICE
TO OKINAWAS
Is RESUMED

WASHINGTON, DC, Sept a.
According to information issued
by the War department today out
going postal service has been re-
sumed in Okinawa for residents of
the island, the Washington office
of the JACL Discriminate
Committee reported.
Although the Post Office depart
ment announced on May Is the
resumption of postal service to
Ol1inawa and other islands of the
Ryukyu group, lack Of postage In
Okinawa has prevented the civilian
population from sending mail out,
according to the Washington ADO
office.
Incoming mail has been distri-
buted and local Okinawa mail SER
vice has Ntinued In the interim,
however, i, was reported.
After repeated representations by
the Anti Discrimination Commit
tee for the resumption of full mail
service in Okinawa for civilians,
Lieutenant Colonel E. w. Hendrick
of the War department reported
this morning that the delayed
postage has apparently arrived in
Okinawa and Is now In use.
Colonel Hendrick, chief of the
Far Eastern section of the Policy
and Government branch, Civil d.
vision, said he had received the in
formation directly from the adju-
tant general for the military gov
eminent commander on Okinawa,
Now In Washington for change
of station, the adjutant general re-
vealed that the delivery of Okina-
wa postage had been expected
within one or two days after his
departure. He left Okinawa three
weeks ago, according to Colonel
Hendrick.
According to the adjutant general,
postage stamps for Okinawa had
been ordered mole than year a.
go and were being printed in ia
pan. First delivery of the postage
had occurred earlier this year but
had beep unsatisfactory and sent
back to Japan to be redone.
In the meantime, the adjutant
general said, the Post Office de-
partment had been operati..t sn
Okinawa, distributing outside mail
as we'll as handling local mail. Do
nestle mail within the island has
been serviced free for lack of post
age, he added.
Despite ADO representations that
Okinawa civilians were unable to
send mail outside the island, actual
postage situation as revealed by the
adjutant general came as a surprise
to the War department staff in
Washington, according to Colonel
Hendrick.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23
Final Briefs Completed for Alien Land Law Case
Yanks, Led by Nisei Officer, Defies
YugOSlav Demand to Yield Land

TRIESTE, Sept. 23-Led by a
Nisei officer, End 1t. Harry Koni-
shi, a small squad of American
soldiers defied a Yugoslav demand
to surrender a 60-yard patch of
italian territory last week.
A Yugoslav detachment gave the
American lieutenant and about six
men until noon to back out Of the
area. but Konishi ordered his men
to dig in behind sandbags and hold
their ground.
An official spokesman announced
later that the Yugoslavs had not
not made any advance at noon,
but we cannot say that the situa-
ton has been settled yet"
Lieut.. Konishi said that as far
as could see. only a few Yugoslavs
were facing him across the border
ut Outpost No. 8. but there was an
anti-tank gun, in Yugoslav terri
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23
MISLS HEARS
OF PLANS TO
EXPAND SCHOOL

Preside of MONTEREY, Cal,
Sept. % = The Army Language
School at the Preside of Monterey,
California, was honored recently by
the presence Of Major General Ste
phen j. Chamberlin, director On
Intelligence from the War Depart
ment, Washington, D. c., who con-
Quoted an inspection of the school.
In an address before the staff and
faculty. General Chamberlin stat
ed that The Army Language school
Is now considered to be a perman-
ent installation at the Preside Of
Monterey. and spoke of plans to in
crease the number of languages to
be taught at the school to the point
where eventually there may be as
m n y as twenty-three different
languages in the curriculum. He
also released Information of an ag-
reement between the newly created
Department of the Army and the
Department of Air Force under the
Armed Forces Unification Act
whereby The A m y Language
School is to be used alike by the
Army and the Air Force in train
tx.<x loxUt,aoo efssdaxzfe
In reviewing history Of language
training for the Army, the Gen.
eral referred to the situation be-
fore the war and stated the Ian
guage was then poorly coordinated
and very deficient. However, dur
ing the war the General observed
the work of the Language School
graduates in the. Pacific Area where
the men were highly praised for
their work as translators and inter-
prefers. When the Army moved in
to Japan ahead of schedule. the
need for language school graduates
was keenly felt as too few were a.
valuable. There has been an Insult
ficient number of linguists through
out the occupation period, but 1t
is expeced this situation will be
corrected with the training of three
year enlistees who will be available
for two years of service following
one year OF training.
So far as a need in the future
for language training Is concerned,
the General referred to the indif-
ference of the American people N
learning foreign languages, to the
declining ability to speak foreign
languages of second and third gen.
crations of people Of foreign birth
and the inability TO replenish the
supply through immigration. AS a
result of these factors there are
fewer men In the service possess
ing the ability to speak In other
tongues. Therefore In the future
the Army will place greater re-
lance upon the language school
for the training of military. per-
sonnet in foreign languages.
General Chamberlain expressed
pleasure in being able to visit the
school and stated this was his first
opportunity to do so since assum-
ing his duties as Director of In
telligence. He stated he was well
pleased with the operation of the
school.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23
YWCA Announces Fall Program
OF Recreation and Education;
Clubs, Classes Begin Sept. 20

Want to learn to paint in water
colors or oil? Hanker to make your
own ash tray2 Wish you could
fStardust" y ur personality
Would you like to gain conversa-
tional poise? Swim with your IA
mily on Friday nightsP Brush up
on your dancing2
If so. the YWCA at Fifth and
Seneca is the place for you this fall.
Come running, or phone Elliot 1900,
Ext. 6. The registration rush has
started, according to Mrs. Harold
Vail, president. The cost is $3.50
for one 8-week class or $3.50 for
4-month activity which includes
swims at scheduled times.
Doors viii swing open for 43 sti-
mulating educational and hobby
classes on Monday, Sept. 20. The
age limit has been extended so that
any adult over 18 may register and
most classes are open to men. Be-
sides the classes there are clubs for
adults over II, three Of which are
open to men. Join juct for fun.
or for educational or vocational
advancements. Guests are welcome
so one may Come and look see"
until she finds kindred spirits.
There are also the Y-Teen Clubs
for all Teen Ayers Of King County
Tuesday and Fridays are special
days for homemakcrs at the WV.
Wednesday Is the day for the
Young Marrieds club which is OPP
en- to women Is to As. The WV
viii have nursery for pre-school
children Of members. This group
plays badminton, swins, has lunch
together n d discusses mutual
problems such as the family budget.
They also sponsor morning ses-
sion for foreign war brides who
wish to learn the American slang
uage", living and working habits.
Wednesday evenings, from 7 to
1880 o'clock, have been set aside
fer .''Mr. and Mrs. Mite" Couples
may participate in photography,
swimming, badminton (racquets
furnisfe6 or plastic crafts, but
everything stops at $50 o'clock for
refreshments and dancing.
The WV has called in the experts
to help one "stardust" her person.
atty. And for two hours each
week, one may study skin care,
makeup, diet. hair, clothing, styles,
etiquette, speech and exercise. Peg
gee Standlee, who has her own
school for models, and Miss Flea
nor King. Seattle's nationally IA
nous modern dancer are two of
the instructors. Their classes meet
from 1920 to 1890 on Tuesday and
from Z to 8 O'Clock Thursday even
ings.
Mrs. Lois Bell Sandal has a
class in Conversational Poise from
6 to z o'clock Monday nights and
Mr.. Dewey Bullock teaches advance
ed contract bridge at the same
hour and beginning contract from
to 9 o'clock. West meets East
and North and South" from z to
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23

g o'clock with Mr.. Merle Mudd. ad-
wiser to foreign students at the
University of Washington, and Mrs.
Use Volinn formerly of Vienna
leading informal discussion. A cof-
fec hour follows.
Also ON Monday nights, DR.. Hell
en- M. Templeton viii give a brief
course in functional physiology from
to o'clock. The basic principles
and technique Of Interior Decora-
ting will be discussed by Mrs. Rob-
ert L. Hosmer from 2 to 8 o'clock.
From 8 to o O'Clock on Monday
nights, Mrs. Dorothy Milne Rising,
who has two degrees from the Uni
versity Of Washington, will explain
the different types of art. Mrs.
Rising is a graduate of Pratt IN
New York.
The nursery will be open from
10 am. to 3 pm. on Tuesday, so
mothers can be "Stardusted" in the
morning and study water colors or
oils in the afternoon. May Warner
Marshall (Mrs. Fred, a well known
watercolorist, and a fashion artist
on a Seattle newspaper for many
years, will have her class from l
to 3 O'Clock. On Tuesday evenings
from z to o'clock, beginners in
metal craft can work in tin alu-
minum or copper under Mrs. Louise
Norman. They may make anything
they h o e. buckles, buttons,
jewelry or trays.
Scheduled for Wednesday is a
class in plastics, also under Mrs.
Norman, from 10 ON. to IL noon.
Mrs. Norman also has a plastic
workshop from Z to 9 for persons
who are busy all day.
The Red Cross will teach Mo-
ther and Baby Care from 10 am
TO IL noon on Wednesdays. On
Wednesday evenings from Z to 8
o'clock, Mr.. Frank j. Schumach-
er will explain elementary proce-
dures in camera knowledge, compo-
sition, lighting, subjects and dark
room developing and printing. This
class is for the amateur photogra-
pher.
Glasses, scheduled to begin Thurs
day, Oct. 2, and follow through re-
gularly on that date, include
Crafts from l to O'Clock with Mrs
herman; Beginning Spanish, with
Betty Ellis; and Drama workshop
with Mrs. Betty Luther from to
o'clock.
Also on Thursday, from Z to 8
o'clock "a stitch in Time" will in
clude any necessary dressmaking
or alterations. A class in dress
making will be held from 1890 to
.2:30 pm. on Fridays. The MUIR
sery also will be open from 10 am.
to pm. each Friday.
Mrs. Charles B. Garfield will help
the person who loves music but
doesn't know much about it, in his
Music Appreciation Class for begin
ners from 7 to 8 pm. on Thursday.
The advanced group meets from 8
to 8 pm. Leather craft will be
taught by Mrs. Norman from Z 10
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1947-09-23

Preferred Casualty Association Orpheum.
Building, Seattle, Washington announces the
appointment of Stanley Y Karikomi as Dis
trict Agent for the State of Washington.
! The Preferred Casualty Association is
qualified to write the following classes of in
Surance
Automobile Insurance
Accident Insurance
Public Liability and Property
Damage Insurance mot Automobile).
Employers Liability
Elevator Liability
Plate Glass Insurance
Burglary Insurance
Teams and Vehicle Insurance
LII you need insurance, call or see Mr.. Kari
komi, Room 1913, Jackson Building, or contact
his Local Agents. Mr.. John S. Ogishima and
Mr.. Sadao Nakagawa
Evening star., 1947-10-22

Metropolitan area nearly so miles
distant as raging forest fire was
brought under control today and
prevented from leaping across Route
II into the sumptuous 27,0OO-acre
estate owned by Secretary of Com
merce Hartman and his brother, E..
Roland Hartman.
st. Mary's Catholic Church in
Arden and three residences were
saved when backfires were started,
rangers said. An employe of the
Hartman farms said later the fire
had been brought under control and
was burning itself out"
The blaze is one of 253 forest fires
which have broken out in the State
since October II.
Twenty Fires in New jersey.
Twenty fires had burned over 1000
acres in New Jersey, the most serious
near Millville, in Cumberland
County, where hunting club was
destroyed and 1,500 acres charred.
A woods fire endangered a Sec
ton of the 710,000-acre White Noun
tain National Forest in New Hamp-
shire. Massachusetts hardest hit
areas were along the north and
south shores. A series of blazes
were reported in Vermont, the worst
at Greensboro.
Police began evacuating homes on
the outskirts of the town of Ash
burnham in Massachusetts, early to-
day when woods blaze, originating
near Fitchburg, swept toward the
community. Firemen reported they
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Mother Of Missing Pilot
To FIY 10 China Friday

News that her pilot son probably
is being held by Chinese Commu-
nists, after a crash-landing last
week, will send Mrs. Hazel Moore
OF the Washington Club, 1701 K
street NV, flying to the Orient
Friday.
Word received from Shanghai to-
day said the American Consulate in
Peiping was looking for the son,
Capt. Harley H. Moore, whose Gen.
tral Air Transport Corp. plane was
downed In North China last Friday
A plane searching for Capt. Moore
was hit by small-arms fire when it
flew low yesterday over the place
near Poating, in Hopeh Province,
where the forced landing was made
Capt. H. J. Hudson, Decatur, Ill.
pilot Of the search plane, flew back
to Shanghai with bullet holes in a
gasoline tank and the tail assembly.
Advised the Consulate would begin
negotiations for release of Capt.
Moore and his two Chinese crewmen,
the airline company called off the
search.
Mrs. Moore. who was the Red
Cross assistant field director for
servicewomen here during the war,
will join her daughter -in-law and
two grandchildren in Shanghai.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
S15,50O Bequests
Made 10 Relatives
yCIay PIummer

The will of Clay Plummer, prom
inent Gaithersburg CMd) dairy
farmer. who died last May, was
filed for probate yesterday in Mont
gomery County Orphans Court.
The petition was filed by his
widow. Mrs. Rosabelle Plummer, who
was named executrix.
In his will dated January "a, 1914,
Mr.. Plummer bequeathed a total of
$4,000 and real estate consisting of
the telephone company building in
Gaithersburg to relatives, although
the estate left in his name totaled
only $2,5OO.
Mrs. Plummer's petition said the
rest of the estate is held Jointly by
herself and her husband. Although
the amount of the joint estate is not
revealed in the will, Its value was
reported at about $145, 900.
The petition listed debt and fu-
neral expenses totaling $1,000.
Mr.. Plummer bequeathed 5000
to his daughter, Mrs. Margaret
Lorraine P. Britt, Bethesda, and a
similar sum to his grandson, James
c. Britt.
He bequeathed the telephone COM
pany building In Gaithersburg to his
daughter and grandson, in equal
shares.
To his mother, Mrs. Alice v. Multi
can, Mr.. Plummer bequeathed $1,000,
and to his wife's niece, Mildred L.
Byrne, $500.
The rest of the estate goes to Mrs.
Plummer, according to the will, with
the provision that If his estate is
inadequate to pay for the legacies,
Mrs. Plummer is to pay them out OF
her own funds.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Forest Fires
Continued From First Page.)

homes destroyed in the Goose Rocks
Cape Porpoise and Kennebunkport
area, 100 more were destroyed in
other widely separated sections of
the State.
Road Commissioner Clifford NAL
ing appealed by radio for more fire
equipment for use by the thousands
fighting the blaze near Kennebunk-
port, under direction of Oliver T.
Sanborn, Portland fire chief.
The fire, the most serious of 40
burning in Maine, still was advanc-
ing along 15-mile front, about half
a mile southwest Of this picturesque
village of 1000 residents.
Most of the razed structures were
summer cottages, but there were
scores of homeless families in the
Goose Rocks, Cape Porpoise and
Wildes districts of Kennebunkport.
Patrols Guard Fire Lines.
Organized patrols guarded the fire
lines Of the blaze which swept the
Cape Porpoise section. Leading
them was 1t. Col. c. E. Choate of
Falmouth, retired Army engineer
Tank trucks loading at Biddeford
about four miles distant, rolled in
Evening star., 1947-10-22

a steady stream to the fire scene to
furnish water for Coast Guard and
civilian pumps.
Kennebunkport is the site of a
large summer colony of artists and
writer's.
Among the razed buildings at
Goose Rocks was the summer art
school of Eliot O'Hara, nationally
known painter.
Kennebunkport is the scene of the
home of Author Kenneth Roberts, a
year-round resident, and of the
estate of the late Booth Harrington.
Neither was endangered.
The blaze indirectly claimed one
life-that of man directing traffic
in the fire zone. Several firemen
suffered minor hurts.
Situation Is Explosive.
The Maine situation-worst in the
East-was described by Mr.. Kendall
as the most explosive" ever re-
corded in the State. New York, New
Jersey, New Hampshire, Massachu-
setts and Vermont also reported
fires.
The Kennebunkport fire drew pro-
fessional f1remen from all over
Southern Maine and the New
Hampshire communities of Ports
mouth, Dover and Newington, as
well as thousands more volunteers.
The Army, Navy and Coast Guard
also sent men and vessels.
. Other serious fires were on Mount
Desert Island, where two-pronged
blaze moved towards the exclusive
resorts of Bar Harbor and Seal
Harbor, at WATERFORD and East
Llvermore. Bar Harbor lost its
lights when the flames burned out
a transformer.
Summer Hotels Take Refugees.
Cape Porpoise evacuees were quar-
tered IN two Kennebunkport summer
hotels opened hurriedly at the re-
quest of the Red Cross.
Gov. Dewey of New York ordered
all State-owned woodlands closed at
midnight tonight after fire wardens
reported that in II days there were
nearly 200 fires in the $500 ,OOO-acre
Adirondack forests and other State
controlled areas.
At Hartman, N. Y, a pail of
smoke extended to the New York
Evening star., 1947-10-22
u. NJ.
Continued From First Page.)

propa ganda and the "inciters Of a
new war"
In addition to readying a steady
stream Of oratory in the Political
Committee, the Russians were ready
to support related Yugoslav reso-
luton coming up in the 57-nation
Social Committee. There, Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt, an American
delegate, was prepared to argue
against the Yugoslav demand that
the U. N. go on record against
"slanderous reports" that might dis
turb international relations. Mrs.
Roosevelt also is expected to sit part
of the time as an adviser to Mr..
Austin in the Political Committee,
but under present plans she will not
speak there.
Mr.. Dulles, one of Mr.. Vishinsky's
prime targets, will be occupied else
where in U. N. headquarters with
drafting subcommittee seeking to
work out an acceptable resolution
embodying Gen. Marshall's proposal
to overhaul U. N machinery. Rus
sia and Czechoslovakia were sched-
uled to sit on this subcommittee
along with 13 others, but the Soviet
bloc also has declared a boycott of
work leading to creatio of the pro-
posed year-around Little Assembly," :"
Russia's repeated announcement
yesterday that she would have no
part Of the Balkan watchdog COM
mission apparently meant that the
group would get little or no CO.
operation from the governments of
satellites Yugoslavia, Albania and
Bulgaria and probably would have
10 do all Its investigating inside
Greece.
This would be the second major
Russian boycott. Moscow having re-
fused to put a delegate on the
Trusteeship Council last year.
The Security Council was called
back into session today to renew
debate on the 1ndonesian case. The
Assembly made another attempt
yesterday to elect Council success
sor to Poland. whose term expires
December 81, but the 10th and 11th
ballots failed to break the dead
lock between India and the Soviet
Ukraine for the seat.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
300 Newsmen Gather
For Aforementioned
Managing Editors
BY the Assoeiated Press

DETROIT, Oct. 22.-More than
300 newspapermen, gathered here
for the 18th annual Associated Press
Managing Editors Association con-
vention, prepared today to examine
the APPS domestic and business
news reports.
A. Y. Aronson, Louisville Times
managing editor and association
president, was scheduled to call the
meeting to order and select NOM
mating committee for 1948 officers
Of the organization, which was
founded by IS editors at French
Lick Springs, Ind, in 1898.
First speakers on the agenda for
the reports on AP service were
William P. Steven of the Minneap-
oils Tribune. Lee Hills of the Miami
Herald and Alan J. Gould and
Frank j. Starzel, AP assistant gen.
eral managers.
Jeffries to Attend Meeting.
After the domestic and business
news reports, the editors will take
up the Washington and uewsphoto
reports during the afternoon
session. Tomorrow they will ex-
anime the foreign, Sunday wire
and sports reports and membership
participation.
Harvey Campbell, Detroit Board
of Commerce executive vice presi-
dent, and Detroit Mayor Edward J.
Jeffries will participate in today's
luncheon meeting.
The advance delegation of 80
A. P. executives, who are taking
part in the continuing study dis
cussions, arrived here yesterday led
by Kent Cooper, A. P. general man.
ager and executive director.
In his preconvention remarks Mr.
Aronson expressed confidence that
the American press would prove
equal to its responsibilities in pres
ervation of world peace
Says War Changed Thinking.
In the atomic age, he said, sur
vival will depend on international
moderation, self-restraint and un-
derstanding.
Il believe the American press will
contribute greatly to this end he
added.
Speaking Of the APPS expanding
world news coverage, Mr.. Aronson
declared "our participation in two
global conflicts helped change our
thinking.
But I believe, more than that.
the development of the Associated
Press into a worldwide news
gathering organization whose serv-
ice is now within means of the
smallest publication is responsible
for our expanded viewpoint"
Evening star., 1947-10-22
QuudrupIet Girls Born
To Louisionu Couple
BY the Assoeio.sd Pres.

NATcH1TOCHEs, La, Oct. a.
auadruplets were born here yes
terday to Eugene and Rosa May
Phanor, colored.
The Natchitoches Hospital re-
ported that the infants, all girls.
weighed about pounds each. One
OF the infants died soon after birth.
but the other three ar expected
to live, hospital attendants said.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
Love Letter Postmorks
Win Germans AcouittoI
By the Assoeio,sd p,...

BY the Asseciotsd Press
DACHAU, Germany, Oct. o.
Love letters Ludwig Fischer wrote
his sweetheart while in military
service won him acquittal today by
a United States war crimes court.
The letters, postmarked in various
cities OF Germany, Austria and
Czechoslovakia, proved by their
dates that Fischer, former sergeant
IN the SIS elite Guard, was not at
the Buchenwald concentration camp
at the time he was accused of mur-
dering several inmates.
Evening star., 1947-10-22
were experiencing ditnculty develop.
ing water pressure to fight the fire
-Four West Virginia Fires
Raging Out of Control

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. %
R.-Two forest fires in Mineral
County and one each in Grant and
Hampshire Counties were reported
out OF control today by the Con-
servation Commission.
State Forester Wilson B. Savers
said a prolonged drought in the area
intensified the seriousness of the sit
uation,