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Evening star., 1947-07-27
Riley Threatens FPC
With Impeachment
By the Associoted Press

/. Representative Ridley, Republican,
of Oklahoma told the House yester-
day he will file Impeachment
charges against certain. members"
of the Federal Power Commission
next session if a personal investiga-
ton during the recess convinces
him reports of lobbying" are true.
Speaking from the floor, MI. Ridley
read statute which he declared
prohibits any Government agency
from using public funds to propa-
gandize" congressman for or against
pending legislation.
He said reliable information has
come to me" that the FPC has
violated every phase OF the law in
connection with his bill to prohibit
the FPC from taking jurisdiction
over gathering and production of
natural gas and in determining its
final use by consumers.
Mr.. Ridley contended the "FPC
has carried on the most vicious and
intense lobby that has come to my
attention duringi the time l have
been member of legislative bodies, -
in opposition to the Ridley bill.
That measure, he said. passed the
House almost unanimously but
was postponed by a narrow vote in
the Senate Commerce Committee
Senator Moore, Republican, of
Oklahoma, who sponsored an identi-
cal bill in the Senate, told a reporter
recently he plans to investigate dur
ing the recess the origin of reports
that the legislation would increase
the price of gas to consumers.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Poles 10 Urge U. n.
Ito Act on Franco;
Lie 10 Be Consulted
BY the Asseeieisd Pres,

LAKE SUCCESS, July 26.-Po-
land Is preparing a demand that
the United Nations Security Council
take action against Franco Spain,
an authoritative source said today.
Russia's neighbor would act under
the General Assembly's Franco-con-
demning resolution OF last fall which
said If the Falangist regime re-
manned In power after "a reasonable
time" that the Council should con-
slider adequate measures"
Poland contends that almost a
year Is "a reasonable time" and the
Council should act and, at mini
mum, order a worldwide severance
Of diplomatic relations with Madrid.
The maximum step, short of force,
would be economic sanctions.
To Seek Lies Cooperation,
The Polish delegation plans first
to approach Secretary General
Trygve Lie and seek to convince him
that he Is under obligation to bring
up the case in order to implement
an Assembly decision. Should Mr..
Lie refuse to act, the Poles were
ready to 60 ahead on their own.
However, in the midst of tighten
ing lines between the East and West
in Europe, the political trend would
indicate lessening rather than in
creasing pressure on the old friend
of Hitler and MuSSolini.
Sources among key delegations
here generally felt that time was
playing in Frances favor. Spain
continues to be barred from U. N.
membership on the grounds of links
with the Axis, but the U. N. has
never been able to go much beyond
moral condemnation" of the regime.
Fear Of Communists Is Factor.
Some countries have feared pri-
vately all through the long debates
that the custer of Franco might
eventually bring a Communist gov
ernment into power, and this has
been an underlying factor in the
opposition to any major U. N. action
against him.
Raising of the Spanish question
would snow under the Council
deeper than ever before. Delegates,
still hoping for their first recess in
months late next month, still have
the Balkan question, the Egyptian
complaint against Britain. new
members and the proposed global
police force on their crowded calen-
dar.
They can hope to accomplish lit
tie after September Is. when the S.
nation assembly will occupy the
major attention Of all delegations.
The Balkan debate will be re-
sumed Monday, and the American
delegation hopes for vote by mid
week.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Lincoln Papers Custodian Says
Worst of Job Is Yet to Come
Influx of Grundsons
OF Civil War Soldiers
Expected by Powell

You might expect to find a certain
sense of relief about the man who,
until yesterday, was the only living
person who had seen the Library
of Congress collection of Abraham
Lincoln's private documents.
DR.. c. Percy Powell was the ex-
ception to the terms Of the deed
in which Robert Todd Lincoln, the
Presidents son, stipulated that the
correspondence should not be viewed
by any one for Il years after it's
donors death.
He was given the job of indexing
the papers and organizing the COL
lection in preparation for the ex-
piration of the 21-year period yes
terday. Not even DR.. Powell's boss,
Congressional Librarian Luther H.
Evans. permitted himself this pre-
view of the confidential files.
But as the slender research spe-
cialist fought to keep eyes open
yesterday afternoon, after staying
up all the previous night while
Lincoln students delved into the
documents for the first time, he
predicted the hardest part of his
job was yet to come.
"On Monday" he said, Everybody
who had grandfather in the Civil
War is going to come in here and
see If Lincoln wrote him a letter"
1t is DR.. Powell's job to guide
historians, both amateur and pro-
fessional, in their search for Lincoln
data. Before the collection was
made public, scores of requests
were forwarded to him for informa-
ton from the private correspon-
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Nelson and Jewell Gel
Board Of Trade Posts

Appointment of w. L. Jack Nelson
as chairman of the Aviation Com
mittee of the Board of Trade and
Edmund F. Jewell as chairman Of
the Military and Naval Affairs Com
mittee was announced by P. Y. K.
Howat, first vice president, yester-
day.
Mr.. Nelson succeeds John F. Vic
tory. Mr.. Jewell takes the place of
Col. E. Goring Bliss
Mr.. Nelson is president Of the
Servair Aviation Corp. He is a
member of the Aero Club of WASH
ington and lists flying as his favorite
recreation.
Mr. Jewell is advertising director
of The Washington Times Herald.
With the rank of captain, he was
naval attache to the governments in
exile in London in 1914. He also
served on the staff of the command
ant of the First Naval District.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
ArmyCiviI Fund Bill
Sent 10 White House
BY the Assoeiated Pres.

The Senate passed and sent to
the White House last night COM
promise $500, 1892 civil functions
appropriation bill for nonmilitary
War Department expenditures in
the fiscal year ending next June 30.
The total, of which all but about
$88,000,00 is to be utilized in flood
control, hydroelectric and naviga-
ton projects, is $37 1903 300 less than
the amount previously voted by the
Senate but $162 2,900000 above the
sum originally approved by the
White House.
The measure, as finally shaped
by House Senate conference COM
mittee after hours of argument, was
approved by the House late last
night as Congress dragged toward
its scheduled adjournment.
The appropriation, except for
about 100000 for the Panama
Canal and other nonmilitary oper-
ationS, is for construction, main
tenance and planning of water prof.
ects, mainly flood control.
Senator Russell, Democrat, OF
Georgia, temporarily delayed pas
sage of the measure when he pro-
tested that the conference group
had killed funds for a project In
his State while it approved group
of Ohio projects sought by that
political engineer, Senator Taft
Senator Russell asserted that Sem
ator Taft had tried to reduce the
flood control funds of the measure
by $100,000,000 in the Senate but
when the Senate-H House conferences
got under way, House Republicans
quickly agreed to group of Ohio
projects because they were Senator
Taft's projects"
Senator Taft made no reply.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Continued From First Page.)


barred permanently from Govern
ment employment.
$4,000 Gases at Start.
Civil Service Commissioner Arthur
S. Flemming estimates that pre-
liminary name and fingerprint
checks will reveal about $4,000 cases
where some derogatory information
will be found. OF these $4,000 per-
sons, about 5000 will be found to be
members of the Communist Party,
fellow travellers and members OF
Fascist organizations, Mr.. Flem-
ming said.
President Truman originally had
asked Congress to appropriate s24,-
900, 600 for his loyalty program. Con-
gress, however, gave the commission
only $3,5OO,0oo for its part in the
program. The FBI, which will do
the actual full-scale Investigations,
got $7,5O0,000, which was nearly all
1t asked for.
Commission officials say they will
be able adequately to carry out the
loyalty investigations. They say the
fund cuts won't prevent an adequate
loyalty investigation OF persons now
on the Government payroll, but will
curtail somewhat the investigation
of Federal job applicants.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Eve Arden, Actress,
Granted Reno Divorce
BY the Associoted Press

RENO, New, July 26.-Eve Arden
stage, screen and radio actress, di-
vorced Edward Bergen, Hollywood
literary agent, today on grounds OF
extreme cruelty.
The action, brought under her
legal name of Eunice Quedems Ber-
gen, was granted on a cross-com-
plant filed by Miss Arden, who flew
here yesterday. Her husband es-
tablished Nevada residence and pre-
viously had filed complaint charg-
ing cruelty.
They were married here June 30
1898. Miss Arden was awarded Gus
tody of two-year-old Liza, an
adopted daughter. A sealed agree
ment settled property rights.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

dence, and to each of these went
the answer. Those papers are not
yet open to the public" Now he
anticipates heavy volume of mail
which must be answered.
Through his research, DR.. Powell
has come to know such experts on
Lincoln's life as the poet Carl Sand
burg, regarded as the Civil War
Presidents greatest living bio
grapher..
Not all requests for information
from the collection have come from
historians, however The greatest
volume. the library specialist re-
ports, are from individuals seeking
data on their ancestors which may
be disclosed by the Lincoln cor
reSpondence.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Lewis Report
Continued From First Page.)

commented her account requires
credulity to an inordinate degree
in order to be worthy of belief"
Visit to Embassy Cited.
Thesubcommittee cited particu-
larly Mrs. Lewis admission she had
visited the Soviet embassy one the
day she was invited to appear before
the inquiry group. Mrs. Lewis said
she talked to Yuri M. Bruslov,
secondsecretary and head of the
consulate division.
She testified Mr.. Bruslov asked
her who had told her to make
speeches and the reason for her
speech making. When she told him
she was trying to promote under
standing and to prevent a war,
she added, Mr.. Bruslov replied:
You are too little to do anything
like that"
She added that she asked Mr..
Bruslov about the possibility OF
having her Russian citizenship re-
stored. Mr.. Bruslov, she testified,
told her that the chances OF her
return to Russia were complicated
by the fact she left Russia during
the war, indicating you almost
have no patriotic feeling
Allegiance Question Posed.
The subcommittee disagreed with
Mr.. Bruslov. as portrayed by Mrs
Lewis. It considered there was a
substantial question" about the
legitimacy Of her giving up Russian
citizenship and allegiance.
The report said Mrs. Lewis state
ments about being freely permitted
to marry a foreigner and leave
Russia in war time without quallh-
cation, advice or instructions all
lose credibility" in the face Of what
is known about life in Russia.
AS for the talk itself, the sub
committee said Mrs. Lewis left her
audience with distorted picture
because of half truths
Mrs. Lewis, the report stated, was
asked if she had considered millions
Of individuals engaged in forced
labor" when she told the students
unemployment did not exist in Rus
sia. She replied she had no personal
knowledge of concentration camps
in Russia.
Child Labor Admitted.
She admitted, however, that she
knew children were impressed into
labor in the Soviet Union, the report
added. Asked why she had not
told the Western High students
about that, she was quoted as reply
ing:
Il did not think about it. The
next time, if I have an opportunity,
will bring out that point"
The subcommittee dealt briefly
with Mrs. Lewis husband, James
William Lewis. Mr.. Lewis was an
Embassy code clerk at
Moscow when he met his wife. He
told the committee she was trying
to call another embassy employe
when the call reached him.
Mr.. Lewis, according to the COM
mittee, said Mrs. Lewis was from
the country" and didn't know all
association between Russians and
foreigners is banned except for
agents of the NKVD or secret po-
lice.
The subcommittee also quoted Mr..
Evening star., 1947-07-27
z Children Are Injured
On Georgetown Street

Two children were injured last
night, one seriously, when they
walked into the side of an automo-
bile while crossing Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV. near M street, police re-
ported.
Emergency Hospital attendants
said Mary Jackson. IL, of the HOO
block Of Lee highway, near Falls
Church, suffered serious head in
juries. Her cousin, Robert Tate, jr.,
s, Of Green Valley trailer camp, on
Twenty-fourth street south of Lee
highway, had undetermined head
injuries. The children. both colored,
were transferred later to Children s
Hospital.
Police said the driver, James E.
Daw. 80, of 2s17 Forty-second street
NV, was driving south on Wiscon-
sin avenue.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Lincoln
Continued From First page.)

81 blood g. it is nothing more than
natere for him to crave to see you,
he Says he has all most Despared
of Seeing you. & he wonts you to
prepare to meet him in the unknown
world, or in heven, for he thinks
that over SAVIOUR SAVIOUR has a
Crown of glory, prepared for him
I wright this with bursting hart.
I came to town for the Doctor, &
won you to make an effort Come,
II you ar able to get hure, e. he
wonts me to tell your wife that he
Loves hure e. wonts hur to prepare
to meet him at over Savours feet,
we are all well,
Your Brother in hast
J. D. Johnston"
Lincoln received many crank
letters threatening his death. A
typical one extracted:
New York,
"Jan. 4th, "a.
Adm. Lincoln, President,
"Thesame who warned you of a
conSpiricy, Novr 18th, 1852. is now
compelled to inform you, that,
Your days are numbered" you have
been weighed in the balance and
Evening star., 1947-07-27

students at the
university.
Mr.. H 0 W a r d
received a bach
elor of science
degree in me-
chanical e n 6 l.
neering from the
university in 1911
and a bachelor
of laws degree
in 1914.
Mr.. Freer has
been a trustee
since 1941. He Is
chairman of the
George Wash
jOotop IJniyer-
Evening star., 1947-07-27

and Neptune" This referred to the
Secretaries of War and Navy.
A communication from Gen. John
A. McClernand tells Lincoln on the
evidence and an honest and re-
liable gentleman" that on March 10,
1858 Gen. Grant was gloriously
drunk" The feud between those
two generals appears in several COM
munications to Lincoln.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

Heck M q I V ! II,
president, a n =
nounced yester-
day.
DR.. M a r v n
also announced
the re election
to the board Of
Robert E, FreeT ,
a member of the
Federal Ira d e
Commission.
Mr.. Howard Is
a director of the
Ethyl Corp. and
the Disco Co. He
formerly was in
charge of re-.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

search. development and patent
activities of the Standard Oil Co. OF
New Jersey.
Two years ago he founded the
Howard lectures for engineering
Evening star., 1947-07-27

Lewis as admitting he wrote a
friendly letter" to man he knew
to be an agent of the Soviet secret
police. He said he met. the Russian
in Yalta and wrote him the letter
while he, Mr.. Lewis, was in the
Army at Fort Sam Houston.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
Puerto Rico Election
Measure Is Approved

The Senate last night passed by a
voice vote legislation authorizing
the people of Puerto Rico to elect
their governor, beginning with the
1948 general election.
The measure, approved as Con-
gress drove toward adjournment,
went to the House, which concurred
in the Senate amendments.
The bill also authorizes the gov
ernor to appoint the heads Of all
executive departments. except the
auditor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Puerto Rican Senate.
Evening star., 1947-07-27
F. A. Howard Is Named
As Trustee Of 6. W.

Frank A. Howard, New York lawyer
and consultant, has been elected to
the Board of Trustees of George
Washington University, DR.. Cloyd
Evening star., 1947-07-27

slty Victory Council and holds
degrees of bachelor of laws, master
of laws and bachelor of arts from
the university.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

McCarran, Democrat, OF Nevada had
used the same tactics previously.
But there is a great cause here
and the American public recognizes
that cause" Ferguson said.
Evening star., 1947-07-27

found wanting. You shall be a dead
man in six months from date Dec.
31st, 1868.
Thus saith the good Spirit.
3 Joseph"
Evening star., 1947-07-27

f1icted me, in this trial OF my hus-
band
Campaign Plan Outlined.
The Commander-in- chief out
lined his plan Of campaign for the
Army of the Potomac 1t is dia-
metrically opposed to Gen. McClel-
lans, and LINCOLN was later bitterly
criticized for giving Mcclellan his
way, and abandoning campaign
which military stsategists considered
superior This copy is attested by
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant violently
protests the confirmation Of Ma
poleon Bonaparte Buford for Major
General, he would scarcely make a
respectable hospital nurse, If put In
petticoats. and he is unfit for any
other military position Buford, a
West Point man, did not get the
appointment.
with Lincolnian diplomacy the
President refers the problem of keep
ing peace between the army and
navy to the Secretaries of these de-
partmentS, t0gether with D1x proteSl
and map Submitted to Mars ano
Neptune"
Gen. John A. McClernand pre-.
sents, an honest and reliable gentle
man, Capt. Kountz, who reports that
on the 18th of March. 1868, Gen
Grant was 'gloriously drunk. Tht
feud between these two generals is
developed in numerous communica-
tions between them which they for
warded to President Lincoln. to-
gether with their Interpretation OF
the situation.
There is the telegram from the
father OF an only son, an eighteen
year-old picket who slept at his post
begging Lincoln to spare the boys
&fe. 1t Is one OF hundreds of such
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17

FOUND-Pair glasses in case near west end of town. Call at Mug
 get office and identify. 111-tf
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Five COuntriesNOW At Peace Not So Peaceful

Five former enemy countries took their places yesterday as sovereign members of Europe's family of nations.
 The birth of the international free territory of Trieste, formed by the peace makers from Italian soil, was marked by a bloodless border clash between American and Yugoslav troops in which the Americans fired a warning burst from machinegun. The Yugoslavs sought to cross the frontier at a U. s. outpost instead of at the prearranged area in the south to join British and U. S.. forces in the Allied occupation They yielded before the Ameri- can show of force.
 Spreading strikes me n d Italy's already shaky economy. Some newspapers assailed as Gin famous" the treaty which became effective at 2 am.
 The Allied control commissions for Hungary, Romania and Bull
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17

garia formally passed out of ex- istence.
 Finland planned an official eel ebration for Thursday. Since no Finnish territory was occupied, the advent of peace does not involve any troop movements.
 In Bucharest, the Soviet com mander formally announced to a gathering of government and dip lomatic leaders, including mem bers of the British-American mis- sions, that Romania now was free country. Russian censorship of news, which had applied to other than Allied correspondents, was lifted, but Romanian censor ship still was operating.
 In Sofia, Soviet It. Gen. Alex ander Cherepanov, deputy chair man of the Allied control commis- sion, told the British and Amer ican members that the commiS- sion had discontinued it's activity.
 In London an authoritative gov ernment source said Britain would end her technical state of war with Austria yesterday without preju- dice to the current four-poWer discussions in Vienna on the Aus trian peace treaty. Of the big four. Only Russia and Britain were at war with Austria.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Thousands Dead. Homeless In Japan TyphOOn-FlOOd
Continued from Page One)

groups of soldiers and civilians were stranded at half a dozen points. Plans were made to supply by air an isolated unit of several hundred cavalrymen at Camp Me Nair, near Mount Fuji.
 The typhoon struck Monday night, its center passing 30 miles southeast of downtown Tokyo. It was dissipating its force out to sea yesterday after bringing violent rains that disrupted power dis tribution and burst many river levees. Nine inches of rain were recorded at the headwaters of the town.
 TOKYO, (P) - FloodWaterS of the rampaging Tone river swept to within two miles of Tokyo's eastern suburbs tonight as unoffi- cial estimates jumped to 2,947 the number of dead, missing and in- jured in the typhoon-bred disas- ter.
 A new levee break on the Tone river threatened to add new tons of water to the wide stream sweeping toward Tokyo. Advance fingers of the flood were expected to hit the suburbs sometime to- morrow. The entire district was evacuated to the accompanimert of warning sirens.
 Kyodo news agency reported a new compilation showed TIA dead 158 injured and 2,017 missing throughout the 20 prefectures re- porting storm damage. The off, cial death toll was some 300 less than Kyodo's figure.
 Among the dead were two American soldiers of the First Division who drowned when their truck ran into a washout near Ojim last night.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
Unions Jeers May Boost Taft For Nomination

En Route to San Diego with Taft, (P)-Senator Taft R.-Ohio) travelled south today for an aerial look at the Colorado river basin, leaving behind in Los Angeles the impression that jeering union pie keterS may go far toward project ing him actively into the race for the l948 Republican Presidential nomination.
 Introduced before a Republican gathering as possibly "the best qualified man in the United States for President" Taft indicated that he thought CIO and AFL pickets who booed his entrance into the hall might have lifted his political prospects.
 Associates have made no secret of the fact that the Ohio Senator, who heads the Senate's Republi- can policy committee, is primarily intent on his trip in finding out if he stands a chance for election before he decides on his return to Ohio whether to campaign active ly for his party's nomination.
 Taft told an audience of Repub- lican organization members jam packed into the Los Angeles Elks hall that a picket line had given him perhaps the noisiest session I have had" Police inspector An thony Collins estimated the picket line was composed of 300 union members.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
MINING SEASON CLOSING IN THE KOUGAROK

Early arrivals from the Kouga- rok this season are MT. and Mrs. Herb Jenks from the Silver Bow Mining Camp and Mrs. Jim (Billee) Frye from the Grant Mining camp on Coffee Creek. They arrived in Nome Tuesday night on the Kou- garok Limited. Mrs. Jenks stated that the season has been very dry until this last month when the rain came so heavy the ditcheS were washed out.
 Earl Coulthard and Walter Weidman are remaining in the Silver Bow camp for a few days, and Mrs. E. K. Johansen and Mrs. Henry Wuhrman are expected to fly into Nome the latter part of this week from the Grant Mining Go. camp.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
NOTICE

Written applications for the fol- lowing positions in the Nome Fire Department shall be received in the City Clerks Office until 500 o'clock p.m., Monday, Sept. P, 1947:
 Chief of Fire and Police Depart ment S400.O0 per month Utility Man..S300.OO per month
 CITY OF NOME, By Carrie M. McLain,
 City Clerk. Pub. Sept. 10, 12, Is, IF, 19, P.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
SWEDISH LECTURER VISITING IN NOME

Costa Moberg, from the SWed- ish Museum of Natural History, is visiting in Nome and is staying at the Paterson Hotel. MT. Moberg is touring America and will return to Stockholm next month to lec- ture in his country.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
MAYPoLES. WHICH WERE

offensive to the Puritans in Eng land, were forbidden by the par liament in 1644, according to the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
The Nome nugget., 1947-09-17
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