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which some people WELD with the
skill of professionals. boasting even
of their competence. So, clearly
as they view it, has the suppression
of all sense of right and wrong
come to be part and parcel of mod
ern technique in the art Of form
ing public opinion, or controlling 1t
and of making it serve their politi-
cal ends.
Bent on Winning.
For they are bent on winning at
any cost the battle of class interests
and theories, Of ideologies and power
politics"
The Pope said again he was
panied to see hostile propaganda"
distorting his thoughts and words,
"embittering mems hearts," and
"hindering the peaceful exchange of
ideas"
Turning to the Communist -di-
rected general strike in Rome which
capped six-week leftist war of
nerves against the Catholic Italian
Premier, Alcide de Gasperi, the
Pope said:
Have we not had occasion to see
here, on the sacred soil of the city
where GOD has established the
chair OF Peter, the emissaries of a
concept of life and human society
based on atheism and violence, SOW
ing cookies In the good earth Of
Rome, and doing their utmost to
convince her sons that they have
discovered and set up a new cul-
ture more worthy Of men than the
ancient and eternally youthful
Christian civilization"
Toward the end of his address, he
appealed for hope and confidence,
saying:
Over this Christmas a dark cloud
is gathering. AS the peoples anxious
yearning for peace grows more in
tense, the inability of their leaders
to satisfy it by merely human means
is just as apparent.
do not the honest efforts of some
to arrive at an equitable peace, and
the systematic planning of others
to prevent its fulf1llment, bring per-
chance to the mind the picture Of
a dangerous game of chance of
which the stakes are fortune or
ruin?"
The Pope told the opponents Of
Communist penetration that their
first task was the elimination Of hui
man suffering left by the war, ex-
planning:
"It is obvious that Europe shiver-
ing and feverish from economic
difficulties and social chaos yields
more readily tojthe seductions and
illusions Of a fatuous ideal state
than a healthy Europe with her
vision clear.
Speaking of the gravity Of the
crisis" the Pontiff declared:
Its possibilities for good and evil
are immeasurable, its issues un-
predictable."
He said Europe and the world
today are farther from real peace,
farther from complete and definite
recovery, farther from a new order
based firmly on agreement and
justice, than ever they were before.
After another postwar year
charged with miseries, sufferings,
delusions and privations, he said,
whoever has eyes to see and ears
to hear must be arrested at sight
of this dolorous and humiliating
fact:
Europe and the world today are
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Strife Reduces Crowd Attending
Bethlehem Christmas Eve Rites

next QOOT.
The gray stone Church Of the
Nativity, built Is centuries ago and
rebuilt by the Crusaders, stands
peacefully today under Bethlehem's
slate gray skies, a symbol of every
thing which Palestine is not, for
peace does not abide in Palestine.
British soldiers. celebrating their
30th and last Christmas as a mill
tary power in the Holy Land, were
expected to number several hum
dred in the Christmas Eve services.
In other years there were thousands,
but today most of them are on
security duty, striving to stop the
killing of Arab by Jew and Jew by
Arab.
Protestants of half a dozen de-
nominations hold their Christmas
Eve services tonight in the open
courtyard of st. Georges. Cathedral
and the Greek Orthodox Convent, led
by Anglican Bishop Weston Stewart.
Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, British
high commissioner for Palestine, ex-
poets to attend.
Arab to Conduct Mass.
The Catholic services will include
Protestants singing Christmas carols
and District Commissioner j. H. H.
Pollock will represent the govern
ment. The consular corps was ex-
pected to turn out in full dress for
the midnight mass, to be conducted
by Msgr. Gelet. 81, a Jaffa-born
churcnman, the first Arab in a
hundred years to conduct Christ
mas services in Bethlehem.
Bethlehem's Mayor, Issa Effendi
Bandak, seized on the occasions to
give this message to the world:
From the midst of the new
troubles in the Holy Land the
Christians of Bethlehem call for
peace. Could we but focus our eyes
on the true undistorted light that
came out of Bethlehem 1000 years
ago, this world would be more
harmonious and less troubled one"
Evening star., 1947-12-24
BY the A.socioted Press

BETHLEHEM, Dec. "a. - Cold,
rain -sodden winds swept the Judean
hills today as Christmas Eve pill
grims, thinned to a handful by un-
ceasing strife in the Holy Land, ar
rived in this birthplace of the
Prince of Peace for traditional OBJ
servances.
Many of them came from Jeru-
salem, down the road over which
Joseph and Mary passed nearly 20
centuries ago today to seek and be
refused shelter at an inn. Their goal
was the sacred grotto of the Ma
tivity, on the site Of the stable where
Joseph and Mary found a haven
and where Christ was born.
A few dozen Christian Arabs of
Bethlehem turned out to watch the
opening OF the celebration in the
Church of the Nativity. Police
armed with tommyguns stood watch
in the square about the site Of the
birth and in sandbag emplacements
atop the ancient church, built over
the site.
Rainbow Appears.
Minutes after the Latin Catholic
ceIebrant, Apostolic Administrator
Msgr. Vincent Gelat, entered the
church, the leaden skies parted
BRIEFLY and a pale rainbow was
visible.
Usually tens of thousands throng
this hillside village for the Christ
mas Eve ceremonies, but today far
fewer braved the hazards of COM
munal strife to pray at the place
where the manger was.
In the grotto, there will be con-
slant prayers until the early hours
of Christmas morning before the
little marble. altar which represents
the straw-filled manger where the
infant Jesus lay. Services also will
be held in other shrines in the
Church Of the Nativity and in the
Franciscan Church of st GATHERINGS
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Christmas
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been away from home through New
Year day return.
Mail Volume Increases.
Mail loads are about 26 per cent
above last years. it was estimated.
Increased buying and a raise In
railway express rates are believed to
have been responsible.
Good flying weather this year has
made it possible for the airlines to
move capacity loads of holiday trav-
elers.
About $4,000 Washington residents
are expected to take time out from
their last-minutte activities to at
tend the annual tree-lighting cere-
mony on the White House lawn,
during which President Truman will
deliver his Christmas message to
the Nation.
Cabinet to Be Present.
The President, who will be accom-
panied by Mrs Truman and their
daughter, Margaret, will light the
tree at Sis pm. Cabinet officers
and other dignitaries will be on
hand for the ceremony.
The southeast and southwest
gates to the White House will be
opened to the general public at
$3.50 pm. The program will begin
at 4:30 pm. with q concert by the
Marine Band
The Presidents message will be
broadcast over four major networks
throughout the country, and the
ceremony will be televised.
The Secret Service has cautioned
those who plan to attend that per-
sons carrying packages or cameras
will not be admitted. Traffic will
be detoured from the Fifteenth and
E streets area beginning at about
$50 pm. police announced. Resi-
dents are asked to avoid the area
unless attending the ceremony.
Joining the presidential household
for the family celebration at the
White House are Miss Mary Jane
Truman of Independence, Mo, the
Presidents sister, and several men,
,bers of Mrs. Truman's family: Her
mother. Mrs David Wallace; her
brothers, George and Frank, and
their families from independence,
and her brother Fred Of Denver.
Mrs. Truman, Miss Margaret Tru-
man and the Wallaces plan to at
tend midnight services at an Episco-
palian church near the White House.
Mr.. Truman. a Baptist, is expected
TO remain at home since his church
does not plan a similar service.
Turkey Dinner Scheduled.
After breakfast tomorrow, the
Trumans and the Wallaces will
gather around family tree on the
second floor Of the White House to
open presents. Later, turkey din
ner with customary trimmings will
be served.
On his two Christmases in the
White House, the President flew to
Independence to spend few hours
with his mother, Mrs. Martha Tru-
man. She died last summer.
The Central Library and all
branches of the District Public
Evening star., 1947-12-24

further than ever from the true
peace, from full and perfect heal
ing of their ills, from establishment
of a new order in harmony, equi-
ibrium and justice"
Promoters Of Negation.
THE promoters of negation and
discord, together with all the army
of those profiting thereby who fol-
low in their train, rejoice at the
thought Of the illusion that their
hour Is near" the Pope continued.
THE friends Of peace, the promo
ters of stable reconciliation among
peoples, have, on the other hand
their hearts constrained by anguish
at the contrast between the moral
and social richness of the good story
of Bethlehem and the misery Of a
world far removed from Christ.
The Pope spoke of the titanic
struggle between two opposing
spirits" now going on in the world
and declared that hate united one
faction while love welded the other
into "a vast league" for good.
Insincerity and the want of re-
gard for the truth, he said, have
today been erected into a system
elevated to a degree of strategy ir
which the lie, the misrepresenta-
ton of words and facts and deceit
have become a classic offensive
arm, which some manage with skill
and are proud OF their skill"
Warns Catholics of Danger.
These forces, he added, have
mastered "the modern technique ir
the art of forming public opinion
of directing it, OF bending it to the
service of their policy. resolved az
they are to triumph at all COSTS"
The Pope was particularly force.
full as he warned Catholics that
those who today oppressed dig
nifty and human liberty" would pro-
coed tomorrow to the suppression o1
all healthy and independent re-
ligious activity"
The church, he said, is faithful to
the maxim of Matthew that He
who is not with me is against me,
and must not fail in its duty OF
"denouncing error and unmaskine
the tabricators Of lies" who present
themselves "as wolves in lambs
clothing"
Asserting Sthe impartiality of the
Pontificate, the Pope said he saw
with pain how hostile propaganda
distorted his thoughts and words
He blamed this on the same du-
plicity" chosen as "the most pene-
trating army against justice and
truth"
Voice Fills With Emotion.
The Pontiff's voice filled with
emotion as he declared that the
collapse of the London Conference
was tangible result Of this mis-
trust" pervading the world.
He said sadly that the conference
had adjourned without having
taken those essential and decisive
steps along the road to peace fol
which the world in its anguish is
waiting"
The wining Of the peace, he said
requires sacrifices as great as the
winning of the war, since there Is
nothir more difficult for convulsed
and embittered human nature than
to forego reprisal and lay aside
unforgiying rancor."
"The injustice and cruelty com.
mitted by those who unleashed the
World War II aroused waves o1
righteous indignation but served
alas, at the same time to- develop
the seeds of a natural inclination
for revenge" the Pope continued.
Cites Compulsory Labor.
While the "saner portion of man.
kind" denounced Nazi excesses anc
atrocities. he said, it failed te
counteract this degeneracy with 1t:
own moral superiority"
AS evidence Of this the Pontih
Evening star., 1947-12-24

An expert tea faster can identify
between 1,500 and 1000 different
teas, telling where each was grown,
what variety it is, what season of
the year it was picked, how it was
processed, what it should cost and
how 1t should be blended.
Evening star., 1947-12-24

Petroleum products were first ex-
ported from the United States in
1861, some of them in sailing ships.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
Russia Demands
 US. Scrap A Bombs

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. (P) - Andrei A. Gromyko, today renew ed RuSSia'S demand that the United States scrap its atomic bombs inn mediately. The Soviet deputy for eign minister declared that such a step plus a general slash in arma- ments would remove mutual sus- picion and lack of confidence" throughout the world.
 Delivering the long Sov- jet policy speech to the United Ma tions commission on conventional armaments, Gromyko ripped into assertions of the western powers that iron-clad international secur- ity measures must precede actual disarming.
 The Soviet delegate to the US. also rejected American and Brit ish contentious that disarming must be conditioned on establish ment of safeguards.
 He said the general assembly resolution of last December calling for arms reduction did not direct ly and indirectly" indicate any ne- cessity for such safeguards.
 In asking again for a convention to outlaw atomic weapons now, Gromkyo said:
 Continued on Page Five),
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
Taft Says Expenses. Taxes Will Be Cut

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Taft of Ohio declared today that the Republican-controlled Con gress will disregard President Tru- mans political timing" and cut both taxes and government eX- penses this year.
 Taft, who heads the Senate Re publican policy committee, told a reporter he regards as a purely political statement" the Presidents assertion in his Saturday night Jefferson Day address that the Re- publicans are headed toward false economy"
 MT. Truman told his audience of Democratic party members he rec ognized frankly that the present tax burden is too heavy to be con sidered permanent, adding:
 At a proper time I will support tax reduction and tax readjust- ment designed to reduce the bur den and to adjust the burden to the needs of a peacetime econ omy."
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
ACS ANNOUNCES INTERRUPTED SERVICE

The Alaska Communication Sys- tenn announced that due to the telephone strike which was called this morning, all radiotelephone calls destined to points in Seattle and other points throughout the United States may be subject to considerable delay.
 Special efforts are being made to maintain commercial telephone service from the Seattle ACS of- flee to Alaska via radiophone as a minimum service.
 Also telegraphic services will be subject to delay in delivery and transmission to points in Seattle and beyond.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
Seek To Narrow U. $. World Aid

WASHINGTON, CP) - Senate critics sought anew today to mar row President Truman's doctrine of worldwide aid to free peoples" by writing into the reek-Turkish bill a proclamation against inter vention in any other nations civil strife.
 With the Senate expected to start debating the $4OO,OOO,OOO stem Communism measure Wednesday, Senator Edwin C. Johnson O. Colo0, spearheaded a drive for such a non-intervention amend ment even though it already has been rejected by the foreign rela- tions committee.
 Johnson's proposal would state in effect that the United States in extending aid to Greece and Tur- key, is not establishing a policy under which it will feel called up- on to intervene in the troubles of nations elsewhere. It also would reaffirm American intentions to submit to the United Nations all future disturbances inv lying world peace.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
TelephoneWorkers Strike; US. May Seize Industry
CBy The Associated Press)

CBy The Associated Press)
 Telephone workers from coast to coast walked off their jobs to- day, crippling service in the na- tion's vast telephone industry.
 Still unaffected were dial tele- phones, which serve about 50 per cent of the nations telephone users, and leased wire service to press and radio.
 Supervisory employees stepped in to provide emergency service where long distance and local serv- ices were affected.
 An estimated 340,000 workers, demanding SIP a week pay in- creaseS and other contract changes made the walkout nationwide at 9 a.m., EST when employees of the Pacific telephone and telegraph company quit in Los Angeles.
 The strike, first nationwide tel ephone Walkout in American his tory, began in the east shortly be- fore 6 am. EST-the official dead line and spread westward for three hours as the deadline march ed across the nation.
 Attorney General Tom Clark gave President Truman an opinion Saturday that the industry could be seized under the federal com munications act but an official close to the situation said flatly that seizure has so far received no serious consideration
 The telephone lines will be taken oyer only if it seems that is the only way to bring order to the situation, this official asserted.
 President Joseph A. Beirne of the NFTW, which is independent of AFL and CIO, challenged the Clark opinion, but left unanswered the $64 question:
 Will the union work for the gov ernment even after seizure?
 Beirne said Clark's opinion, given verbally to President Tru- man at Saturdays cabinet meet
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

BATAVIA, J ava. (P) - The Wreckage of Netherlands East h. dies airforce Dakota plane, which disappeared March 13 with 27 per sons aboard, was sighted today on the 6,000-foot peak of Mt. Boerang- rang, 10 miles northwest of Ban doeng.
 The reconnaissance pilot who re- ported the discovery said he saw no signs of life. He said both wings were ripped off, but that the body of the plane was intact. A ground searching party immedi- ately started for the wreckage.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
Communists Kill II. $. Marines

PEIPING, CP) - Chinese Com munists, sweeping suddenly out of the early morning darkness, Satur- day attacked a U. $. Marine artil- lery supply depot near Tangku, killing five marines and Wounding 1t others, six of whom were not expected to live.
 Papers found on the bodies of slain attackers verified they were Communists, an official marine statement said.
 The statement did not mention the number of casualties suffered by the attackers, but Chinese mil itary officers reported 100 of the band killed or wounded.
 These officers announced that 600 government troops from Chi ang Kai-Shek's second army had been dispatched from Tientsin to aid marines in tracking down the attackers, whose numbers were not known.
 Even as the attackers faded into the darkness from which they had struck at a marine ammunition dump, a heavily warmed marine convoy was made ready at Tient- sin, 25 miles to the west, to set out in pursuit.
 Stung by the biggest casualty toll in long series of clashes with north China irregulars, Col. Julian N. Frisbie, commander of the Fifth Marines at Peiping, was flying to Tientsin to take personal com mand.
 A brief marine announcement confirmed that the fighting at Hsinho lasted fifteen minutes, be- ginning at 1:l5 am. The reports of the fighting were fragmentary, saying that one marine tank was disabled by land mine, and that several explosions of stored am munition rocked the dump.
 Marine fighter planes were called out but the Chinese had van ished before the airmen could get into action.
 This same dump was raided last
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
NEWS TN BRIEF

SEATTLE, (P) - Expansion of the Northwests tourist industry, improvement of overland and sea routes to Alaska and continued de- velopment of the Columbia basin on both sides of the international boundary will be primary topics of discussion when the Pacific Northwest trade association as sembles here April l4-l5 for it's fifth annual gathering.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

ATHENS. (P)-Press dispatches reported today that 270 guerrillas had been killed. ll4 captured and an unspecified number wounded by government forces in clashes with leftist bands in northern. eastern and central Greece during the last 48 hours.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

SEATTLE, (Pl-Telephone calls to the long distance operator hero brought forth the follow ing re- corded words:
 Operators strike. Only emer- gency calls accepted. If you do not have an emergency please hang up. If you do have an emergency, please wait until the operator ans WerS."
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
WASHINGTON, (P)-George A.

WASHINGTON,I IFJ-George "A. Garrett, Washington, D. C., in vestment banker, was nominated by President Truman today to be minister to Ireland.
 Garrett'S nomination was sent to the Senate along with that of Henry Grady to be ambassador to India. The President also nomin- ated Jed Johnson, former Demo- cratic Representative from Okla homa, to be a member of the U. S. customs court, succeeding William J. Keefe, who resigned.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

DUBLIN, R)-Beverly won the Irish Grand National steeplechase today. Highland lad was second and African Collection third. The winner, owned by T. J. Doyle and ridden by Dan Moore, was six to one selection. The odds on High land Lad were 100 to 2 and 20 to 1 on African Collection.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07
$lOO; Safe Stolen From Glue Pot

Early Sunday morning the rear window of the Glue Pot was broken and entry was made through a door by one or more robbers who relieved the establish ment of the small safe and it's con- tents amounting to about S100.00 in silver.
 Chris Simeon, who customarily takes the early morning shift at the Glue Pot, discovered the brok- en window and open door and re- ported at once to Police Chief Brown.
 Chief Brown stated he made a complete survey of the property and that he was confident the cul- prit or culprits could not get away.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

FRANKFURT, Germany, (P)- Herbert Backe, 50, German minis ter of food and agriculture during the latter part of the war, hanged himself yesterday in the Nuern- berg jail, where he was awaiting trial on war crimes charges.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

MISTER. Okla. (P) - The St. Louis & San Francisco railroads station agent here reported that four persons were killed when a windstorm struck Glendale com munity in Leflore country in Okla homa early today.
The Nome nugget., 1947-04-07

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