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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01
GUS GEORGE HERE

Gus George, former Juneau resi- dent, is visiting Juneau on a busi- ness trip and is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01
MANY ARE REPORTED
 INJURED
Cy(Ioni( Wind Strikes Just Before Dawn . large
 Communities lii

BULLETIN--Jonesboro, Ark. May l.--lRs-Two fatalities are known to have resulted from a severe pre-dawn wind storm which swept through northeast Arkansas and southwest Mis- souri today injuring many per- sons and causing widespread property and crop damage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01
AT THE GAsTINEAU

Mrs. w. D. eSharppe of Anchor age, and Mrs. Jack Bear of Peli- can City are registered a the Cas- tineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01
WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 7:oJ O'Clock
 This Morning.

In Juneau-MaXimum, 43; minimum; ST. At Airport--Maximum, A;
 minimum, 31.
 , WEATHER FORECAST } Duncan and vicinity) Mostly cloudy tonight and } Friday. A little cooler to- night. , PRECIPITATION
 } tPast 24 hours ending 7;3o am. today) ! In Juneau = AS inches; since May l, AS inches; since July 1, 86.30 inches.
 At Airport .31 inches; since May l, .31 inches; since July 1, 5441 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01

The Aztec name for their town on the site of Mexico City was Tenochtitlan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-01

fContinued on Page Fouy)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
INQI1EST PLANNED

LAURENS, S. c., Dec. %
WD-An inquest was scheduled
here this afternoon into the
death of Ozell Lloyd, 21-year-old
Gray Court Negro who died
last night from a pistol wound
inflicted Saturday night by 1t.
A. C. Dial of the local police
force.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Nv II. A. STALLINGS

u,pRELL'S STORE Just as
Masses took off his sandals real
w. a he was standing ON holy
.ro,,nd, one must take off his
Ut in Harroll's Store communi-
realizing he is standing in the
Essence of outstanding COM
P5S1 Pnunity achievement.
Taking all the communities in
the United States not one in ten
'u'ousand Wv has achieved what the
FHsrrell's Fa Store community has
'''d;cated-a $4,000 gymnasium
ssilt solely by the community.
~ appreciate the achievement
-, must comprehend that Har-
,,sn's Store is a community too
.nal1 ~. to be Incorporated. It has
' cviic organization, such as a
: ;ons Club or Rotary Club or
c,smber of Commerce. The
t,op and dedicated because Of a
iobt,free, and dedicated because
,;+ed desire for one SO strong
strong m and SO intense it gener-
.+od a spontaneous, never organ
,,ed. willingness to make cash
.ontributions and to donate work
md materials.
About eight years ago a small
srouo Of high school students
.neeived the idea Of dinner,
with the dinner donated, at a
cst Of a dollar a plate. That
dinner netted $125.O0. Then some
men inpsired a picnic dinner
,bat increased this amount to
sQ7OO. Due to the depression and
tbe war that 1927 remained in
be bank unincreased until the
snring Of 1947. Then at a night
meeting of some of the men for
another purpose, the matter of
gymnasium came up and a
determination was voiced to
make the dream come true. The
next dav at service station a
roup got to discussing what
happened the night before and
pledged more than a thousand
dollars. The matter kept moving
along, never as a fully organized
effort Soon it was decided to
make all gifts cash rather than
materials. Then came offers to
sell materials at less than the
market price. When the mater
ials came a saw was placed on
sawn into REQUIRED lengths. Then
men donated work and women
donated prepared dinners for the
workers. And so, always spon-
taneously, always freely given,
always without nothing more or
ganized that a united determi-
nation and a community genero-
ity, the 100000 gymnasium
reached completion ard was
dedIc II Monday night, Decem-
ber - 100 mucn praise cannot
BE- pad that kind OF unorganized,
liberal community p.rlt.
That is not all Ont of a Samr.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24
Taken From Life

0o0 new school building, con-
tanning an auditorium and six
teen class rooms is under con-
struction and will be ready for
occupancy in September. That
IS another source of community
pride. The F'randlin High School
at Harren's Store was one of
the first consolidated schools in
North Carolina. The community
has been dreaming about a new
school building for more than
ten years. 1947 brings that
dream to fruition.
Robert R. Walker is the princi-
pal of the Franklin High School.
He is man who holds the un-
limited confidence of the entire
community. The people approve
his programs. They like the way
he handles a school. The COM
munity gave us strict iniunc+ions
not to mention any names. They
said everybody deserved the
credit and nobody ought to be
singled out for praise. Sc while
we would prefer to mention
names we are not doing so out
OF Difference to that community
modesty and that community de-
sire that everybody be included.
But inasmuch as Walker holds
the official title of principal"
maybe the community will per-
NIT us to say that the confidence
OF the community IN Walker ana
the inspiration of Walkers lie
al4u program na0 nluuA1 w az
Inc Franklin hlgn scnooI uas
3oU pupils and tn1rLeen teachers.
1t mas TOUR boys and twelve
girls IN the twelfth graae. 1t mas
a music department taught by
Mrs. R. j. Murphy, 1t mas
vocational agricultural depart
nlent taught by H. E. Bean. 1t
has a Veterans Training Class
OF thirty-six taught by H. E.
Bean with w. l. McLamb and
T. f. Bland assistants. 1t has
boys and girls basketball teams,
that are participants in a county
league and tournament. It has
a baseball team. You probably
will be surprised, as we were,
to learn there are sixten high
schools in Sampson county.
Therefore, a county basketball
league and tournament results
in lot of competition. The boys
basketball team at Franklin won
the county cup one year.
The school is giving a special
Christmas program this year
with Santa Claus in each class
room. Last Saturday the Frank
lin School presented Reba Mat
thews, Lillian Matthews, Joan
Hoover, Melva Johnson and
Mary Drew Brice on the John
son Cotton Company Radio pro-
gram at Wallace put on by the
CT nton Radio Station. The
school is furnishing a carol
for the Christmas celebrations
at Wallace. The influence Of the
school is broader than the
covers OF text books.
tanned sat Harrell's Store COM
munity which are the promise
~ oroaf future
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

Lighter hardwoods make hot
ter and shorter-lasting fire than
the heavier hardwoods.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

That is not all. Out Of d Samp-
son County bond issue 1884,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-24

tanned Hat Harrell's Store COM
munity which are the promise
OF a great future.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
|NotreDomeRouts
Trojons to End
Unbeoten Season

Notre Danes green-shirted Irish
nailed down more firmly their posi-
ton as the nations No. l college
football team yesterday by routing
third-ranked University of South
ern California's Trojans, 38-7. It
was the first time in II years that
Notre Dame has completed a season
undefeated and united.
A 92-yard jaunt around right end
by Bob Livingstone was the days
most sensational play, witnessed by
104953 fans.
The University Kentucky Wildcats
won the first annual Great Lakes
Bowl game at Cleveland before IA
908 fans, defeating Villanova, 24-14.
At Toledo, New Hampshires eight
game winning skein unraveled as
the University of Toledo Rockets
took a 20-l4 decision in the second
annual Glass Bowl game before
1880.
Two teams with $3.50 records
drew the largest crowd to watch .
regular season football game in the
south, but Tulane and Louisiana
State had to settle for a Sail draw.
The crowd was estimated officially
as $1,000.
"Details in Sports Section.J
Evening star., 1947-12-07
u. 5. Prepares 10 Keep
Closer Alien Check
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6.-The
immigration and Naturalization
Service tonight disclosed it is setting
up regulations "to keep closer
watch over all aliens now in the
United States"
Thomas B. Shoemaker, deputy
commissioner, told reporter we
want to make sure that when an
alien comes into this country tenn
porarily he goes out when the visa
expires"
Mr.. Shoemaker said the new reg
ulations cover all aliens" and were
not aimed at Russian citizens who
may be in the United States tenn
porarily ION work permits or other
nondiplomatic business"
Mr.. Shoemaker said the regula-
tions will go into effect "as soon as
we, get set up the necessary ma
chinery which means advising our
employees throughout the country"
The United States, particularly
during the war when the labor mar
ket was low, brought in thousands
of skilled, semi-skilled and nom
skilled workers from Jamaica, Mex
leo, Cuba and other countries.
These workers are only in the
United States temporarily" Mr..
Shoemaker said, land we want to
make sure they go back to their
own country"
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Federation Seats Mrs. Wubniq;
Finch Awarded Star Trophy
Delegate Wins Place
By Good Majority
After Lengthy Debate

After extensive debate. the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions last night voted to seat
Mrs. Sylvia Wubnig as delegate
from the Kalorama Citizens
Association.
In other actions, the federation
Referred to its Committee on
Constitution and Bylaws a pro-
posal that the groups constitution
be amended to permit it to bar
any delegate holding membership
in any organization pronounced
subversive by any agency, depart
ment or branch of the Government
or found to have worked for in
terest inimical to the United States
Awarded The Evening Star Tro-
ply for civic service to Wilbur S
Finch, a past president.
Endorsed the general outline" OF
the Auchincloss plan for reorgan-
ization of the District Government
Mrs. Wubnig, whose seating had
been delayed while her credentials
were studied in committee, was ad-
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Rome Workers Demand Relief
In UItindtun1 to Government
Communists Also Call for Punishment
Of Police Who Fired on Demonstrators

newly organized Roman workers
high command described the action
of the law enforcement officers as
"bestial brutality" and declared:
THE submachineguns of the gov
eminent of plutocrats have struck
men, women and children indis-
criminately"
One worker was killed at Prima
vale, where the demonstrators had
built paving-block barricades and
shouted demands for employment
on public works Several demon
strators and police were wounded
one police lieutenant being seriously
injured.
The attempt of leftist controlled
workers In the capital to dictate to
the De Gasperi government came as
l 400 partisans from all sections OF
Italy assembled here in a national
congress to determine their stand
in the present Italian political
situation
The partisans, veterans of the
fight against German occupation
forces during World War II, now
are considered to constitute the
shock troops of the extreme leftists
(See ITALY, Page A-9.)
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Soviet Buying Spree
Story Beamed 10 Reds
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-The Voice
Of America" an internationally
broadcast radio program of the
State Department, beamed directly
toward Russian listeners today re-
ports of buying sprees in the Soviet
Union because of rumors of immi-
nent revaluation of the ruble.
The original account, as given over
Voice of America broadcasts last
Wednesday night, was not so di-
rected. State Department officials
explained then that the reports
originated within the Soviet Union
and it was not normal procedure
of the department to direct news
accounts back to the countries of
their origin.
The reports were carried today,
however, broadcasting officials here
explained, because of the domestic
angle given by confirmation of the
buying sprees by Acting Secretary
of State Robert A. Lovett in testi-
mony before the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee.
In another phase of its activity,
the Voice of America began today
to transmit to European listeners an
interview with Philip Murray, pres
ident of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations, in which Mr.. Murray
voiced the support of his organiza-
tons 100000 members for the
Marshall plan for European recon-
struction.
Broadcast officials here said the
interview with Mr. Murray would
be used on Voice of America" pro-
grams for several weeks, and would
be beamed directly to Russian lis
tenerS next Tuesday.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Home Rule Plan
'0ffers 4Equa|
Voting Areas
AuchincIoss Proposals
Get First Public Test
At Rally Tomorrow
By Don S. Worren

Eight more changes in the
plan for an elected District Gov
ernment were announced yes
terday by the Auchincloss Sub
committee of the House which
tomorrow night will submit the
revised outline to its first public
test.
Chairman Auchincloss and most
other members of the House District
Home Rule Subcommittee are to
participate in a mass meeting at s
pm. tomorrow in the Interior De-
partment auditorium
The Central Suffrage Conference,
sponsoring the rally, has invited the
public to attend, to ask questions
and express views.
The plan as now drawn will bs
outlined by DR.. George B. Galloway.
legislative reference expert of tho
Library of Congress and staff direct
or OF the Auchincloss Supcommit-
tee. Members of the subcommittee
it is announced, will answer ques-
tions.
Most important of the new
changes adopted by the Auchincloss
group is one of the division of the
District into four areas of equal
population for the purposes of elect
ing councilmen, instead of a sys-
tenn band on geographical areas Of
which are unbalanced both In size
and population.
Under the plan all IL councilmen
would be elected by the vote of all
eligible District residents. Only
four, however, would be elected "at
large" AS to the other eight, tive
each would have to be residents of
and nominated from their local pop
ulation areas.
The subcommittee deferred de-
cisionS as to where the population
District lines would be drawn. The
task may be given to the Census
Bureau.
There will be no provisions in the
plan, under the latest COMMITTEES
decisions, for either an official ref
erendum on the charter plan or for
a literacy test for prospective voters
if enacted.
Issues Reconsidered.
These and some other issues have
been rejected for a number of rea-
sons, one being that literacy among
District residents compares very
favorably" with the rest of the
country. In addition, there were
theoretical questions that literacy
test might provoke abuses or raise
fears of discrimination.
Numerous arguments have been
presented to the subcommittee for
holding a referendum on the plan.
Among these were that it is the
practice in the States when city
or town charter was pending, that
it Is the democratic procedure, that
there is considerable local sentiment
for a referendum and that popular
approval of the charter in referen-
dunn would quiet opposition to its
provisions.
The subcommittee, however, has
concluded that legislation for the
District, as the seat of the Federal
(See HOME RULE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1947-12-07
| What theRussidns
| Are Saying of U.s.:

The MoscoU radio, broddcdSttng /
German to Austria, said:
"In the United States there is
no real electoral freedom. The
nomination of candidates Is
monopolized by two parties. The
voices of all other parties are
hopelessly drowned In the noisy
election duel between the two old
parties which Is a sham fight
rather than a real one.
THE parties in the United
States have no members and no
subscription. They have no local
branches.
"All election campaigns have
the character Of a commercial
stunt organized by highly paid
expert, aided by bribed reporters.
In order to get their candidate
in, the monopolists are lavish in
their support Of the campaign"
Editors Note-Ir Soviet election.
there Is only one party-the Com
munist.)
Evening star., 1947-12-07
By the Associated Press

ROME, Dec. 6.-Communist-
led workers in Rome tonight de-
manded unemployment relief
and gave the harassed govern
ment of Premier Alcide de Gas
peri just three days to comply
with their ultimatum.
A workers committee, estimated
by the Communists to represent
100000 people in the city and
province, also told the national gov
ernment it would have to punish
police who fired on demonstrators
during rioting last night at the cap
itars gates. The ultimatum carried
the implied threat of a general
strike if the demands are not met.
Subsequently main roads into
Rome were blocked by jeep-riding
demonstrators. Streetcar and auto
mobile traffic was stopped for nearly
an hour by flying squads that piled
up carts, stones, old tables and
other objects at widely scattered
points in the suburbs. Later police
removed the distractions.
Although the police themselves
had been fired on in the disorders
at Primavalle, suburban slum, the
Evening star., 1947-12-07
District Heads 10 Order
ORGANIZATION ofSchoo|
For Traffic Vio|ators
Action Due This Week;
Plan Will Offer Drivers
Chance to Escape Fine
By Jerry O'Leory, Jr.

The District Commissioners al
their Tuesday board meeting will
order Police Supt. Robert j. Bar
rett to set up a school for traffic law
violators, it was learned yesterday
Long-awaited approval Of the
District Traffic School plan, orig
inally proposed by the Commission
ers' Traffic Advisory Board, will
come after two months of study at
the District Building. During this
time, the Commissioners and the
corporation counsers Office made
several changes in the plan to meet
objections by the Commissioners.
The Star was told the order di-
recting Maj. Barrett to organize the
violators' school has been unoficially
approved by all three Commission
ers. The order would have been ap-
proved and issued last Tuesday but
for the absence of Engineer Com
missioner Gordon r. Young.
Commissioner Guy Mason said the
principal change-made to meet an
objection voiced by himself-elimi-
mates Maryland and Virginia motor
lists from participation unless they
are employed in the District.
The Commissioners revised plan
will involve only motorists arrested
for violations involving vehicles in
motion. Parking law violators will
not have access to the school.
Principal and administrator OF
the school will be Inspector Arthur
E. Miller and his faculty will be
made up of representatives of Traf-
fic Director George E. Keneipp;
Mrs. Mary Silver, chairman and
secretary of the Board of Revoca-
ton and Restoration of Operators
Permits; and Assistant Corporation
Counsel Clark King.
The plan for the school has been
indorsed unanimously by the Traf-
'fic Advisory Board, Mr.. Keneipp,
Inspector Miller. Maj. Barrett and
the judges at Municipal Court who
handle traffic violation cases.
AS soon as Inspector Miller can
select site for the schoolroom and
organize the staff, Municipal Court
judges will begin referring speed
ers, reckless drivers and other vio-
lators to the school in lieu of paying
fines.
District officials said out-of- town
drivtrs-other than Maryland and
Virginia motorists employed in
Washington undoubtedly would
continue to receive fines because
their appearance at the classes could
not be guaranteed.
Plans are for classes to be acid
(see TRAFFIC SCHOOL, Page A-sJ
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Drops Off 500 foot Navy Tower
To Test Animals, Maybe Men

breakage by forces up to 1000 pounds
have been broken, with no apparent
injury to the passenger. In expert
ments carried out more than year
ago at Bethesda, volunteer sailors
sustained impacts of $500 pounds
without being hurt or complaining
of any discomfort. The men lay on
a platform wearing specially de-
vised harnesses to which were at
tacned weights of $50 pounds. These
weights were dropped a distance OF
six inches, thus subjecting the har-
nesses to sudden 3,3O0-pound jerks
Relatively simple devices, it is
believed, may enable the human
body to endure much greater i'm
pact shocks. One on which expert
ments now are in progress is a de-
formable metal heel. 1t may be
just sufficient to prevent injury
(See HENRY. Page A-9D
Evening star., 1947-12-07
By Thomas R. Henry
Science Editor Of The Stur


Plans are being drawn at the
Navy Medical Center at Bethesda
for a 500-foot tower in which test
animals. and eventually even human
volunteers, can be dropped from
great heights to simulate the re-
suits of airplane crashes.
This was announced before the
American Physiological Society
meeting at the Army Medical Center
yesterday. by Capt. A. R. Behnke,
research director of the Naval Med
ical Research Institute.
Experiments to date have shown
that the human body is capable OF
witnstanding tremendous forces il
they are not attended by injuries
in vital areas. Thus, in crashes OF
light planes, it has been found that
saftey belts capable Of resisting
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Unpublished Photo of Lincoln,
Taken in 1860, Found in Illinois

came from woman known to be
the daughter of a professional pho
tographer in Decatur, who told her
he took the photograph, it is be-
yond little doubt new photograph" I"
The picture is owned by Miss
Grace Barnwell, of Lincoln, Ill,
retired public school teacher and
former resident OF Decatur. 1t will
be presented formally to the Deca-
tur library Friday.
Miss Barnweu, surprised at the
Importance attached to the photo
graph, said, II knew it was here all
the time Hundreds of school chill
dren have seen it. I guess it just
never happened to get to the right
people before to cause such
furore."
Miss Barnwell said Lincoln posed
(See LINCOLN. Page A-s)
Evening star., 1947-12-07
DR.. Butler, Columbia !
President Emeritus,
Dead al Age Of is
Noted Educator Spent
Entire Adult Life in
Work at University
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 7 Sunday
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler
IS, president emeritus of Colum-
bia University, died at 1:52 am
today.
DR.. Butler, blind in his later years
died at St. Luke's Hospital where
his physicians said, he developed
bronchial pneumonia last Thurs
day. He had been admitted week
previous for checkup after an at
tack OF indigestion.
His condition took an unfavorable
turn yesterday afternoon, and hi.
doctors pronounced it critical.
DR.. Butler entered Columbia Uni
verSity at Is as a freshman ant
when he retired from the institu
tons presidency 81 years later h
recalled that his name had been OF
the rolls continuously as student
teacher or administrator land 1t vii
never be taken off while life lasts"
When he became president emer.
titus in 1945, DR.. Butler had served
for A years as head of Columbia.
At the time he entered upon hi.
executive duties in 1901, the tota
enrolment of students was 4,44(
and the annual appropriation ST.
039,797. Before World War II de-
pleted enrolment, the number o1
resident students reached 31,411 anc
appropriations topped $15,000,00
During his tenure Columbia received
money gifts in excess of $4,000, 900
In his final report as president, DR.
Butler placed the capital resources
of Columbia and its affiliated insti'
tutions at $233 ,O63 1886.
Active as he was in education, DR.
Butler was prominent in various
other fields. In 1912 the Republican
nominee for Vice President of the
United States died shortly before
the election and DR.. Butler was
designated in his place as the run
ming mate of President William
Howard Taft. who unsuccessfully
sought reelection.
Urges World Cooperation.
Eight years later he was the
"favorite son" of the New York
delegation to the Republican Ma
tional Convention and received 691a
votes for the party's presidential
nomination which went to Warren
G. Harding.
Long interested in world peace, he
was president of the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace for
20 years, resigning in 1945 because
of physical infirmities He was a
strong believer in the League of
Nations and the World Court. In
1881 he shared the Nobel Peace
Prize with Jane Addams. After
World War II DR.. Butler again took
a strong stand for international CO.
operation which he said was neces-
sary unless civilization is to be
destroyed and come to an early end
by giving way to savagery."
He was nationally known for his
tireless crusade against national
prohibition, the merits of which he
once debated with Senator William
E. Borah.
Not Afraid To Take Stand.
DR.. Butler did not hesitate to take
a stand on any matter and to sup
port it with vigorous language OF
national prohibition, he said:
The attempt to establish nation