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The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Reward Posted For A Live
 "Flying Saucer''
(By The Associated PreSS)

'by The ASSOclateQ PreSS)
 Americas flying saucer jag reeled on yesterday. Stiff necks and goggle eyes were the order of the day. Sky watchers was a. new profession.
 North Carolina joined the disc parade.
 For the first time the discs were reported whirling through the at mosphere over Asheville in west ern. North Carolina and over Greensboro and Raleigh in the north central portion.
 As reports continued to pour in from all over the nation tabulators ran the tally of states in which the saucers had been seen to AZ. Observers in the District of Co., lumbia and Canada also said they had sighted the mysterious ob- jects.
 The only states whose skies were still clear of the discs were Nevada, North Dakota, Mississip- pi, New Hampshire and Rhode Is- land
 Explanations. Take your choice: They were radio controlled flying missiles sent aloft by U. s. mili- tary scientists. Or they were mere ly light reflected from wing tanks of jet-propelled planes. Or - no one knew for sure.
 The World Inventors Congress posted Sl,O00 for delivery of a fly ing disc to the exposition which opens in Los Angeles on July II.
 Could they be spotted by radar?
 A spokesman for the army air forces said in Washington that no attempt had been made to spot the spinning flying whirling stationary discs, because there was not enough equipment to blanket the nation.
 It. Col. Harry w. Schaefer of the Wisconsin civil air patrol an- nounced in Milwaukee his group planned to conduct a series of mass flights in hopes of learning something about the flying ob- jects.
 Searching for an answer, Cas- par w. Ooms, the patent commits sioner, said he did not think any of the 3,00O,0O0 patents on file in his office held the explanation to the saucers.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
NEWS TN BRIEF

WASHINGTON, (P)-The agri- culture department reported to- day that the cotton acreage in cul- tivation on July 1 totaled 21,389,- 900 acres, or l7.6 per cent more than last year.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
YOKOHAMA (P)-Lt. Seiichiro

former commander of a Fukuoka war prison camp, today was sen- fenced by an eighth army commis- sion to serve eight years in prison for brutality to prisoners.
 Jaku Suyenaga, civilian doctor at the camp, was sentenced to four years.
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09
Even Russia May
 Accept French Bid

PARIS, Manifestations mount ed yesterday that at least some of the nations within the Soviet or bit would attend the Paris confer ence on the Marshall aid-to-Eu- rope program, and dispatch from Prague quoted Czechoslovak sources as suggesting Russia her self might try to back into the talks.
 A Sofia dispatch quoted an au- thoritative source as saying "prob- ably Bulgaria will participate" in the conference, which opens in Paris Saturday. The dispatch said the Bulgarian council of minis ters was meeting to reach a deci- sion in the matter.
 Depsite a Moscow radio report that Yugoslavia had rejected the British-French invitation to par ticipate, observers in Belgrade said the Yugoslavs still had not replied, and probably would not do so before Thursday-the dead line for an answer.
 WASHINGTON, (R Assistant secretary of state Norman Armour said today Russian participation in the Paris conference on the Marshall European aid plan is much to be desired because the more who join in, the better the results will be.
 Armour, holding his first news conference since taking over as diplomatic chief of the depart ment, made one of the most com prehensive comments on the Mar shall plan since it was announced by Secretary Marshall a month ago.
 He was asked for a statement of Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1947-07-09

The White House is the oldest public building in Washington.
Evening star., 1947-10-21
Rp LnmeLL MelIen

Since I wrote a piece the other
day offering my own explanation
OF the current political popularity
of General Eisenhower, some new
Evening star., 1947-10-21
By Constantine Rro,cn

A hostelry will have to be opened
soon in some secluded part of the
United States for officials of Soviet
satellite states who have had their
Evening star., 1947-10-21

may De dDle JC Sohs'"h'ihe DiV"h'
remain in this country as political
refugees and have placed themselves
under the protection of the American
flag.
Like Victor Kravchenko, the So
Wet official who deserted the Red
banner, made devastating expose
of the Soviet system and chose to
live permanently in America, num-
ber of other satellite officials at the
U. N. have planned for some time to
abandon the blessings Of the police
state. While they were in their own
countries they gave the appearance
Of jealous adherence to the Com
munist system, but after reaching
American shores they took advan-
tage of their opportunity to abandon
what they believe to be a sinking
ship.
Others, who had no preconceived
plans, decided to desert their posts
after attending a few secret joint
meetings of the satellite delegations.
It was there they came to realize
that plans for another aggression
were being prepared by their top
representatives.
Names Kept Confidential.
These people have surrendered to
American authorities who informed
them that they could find haven in
America as long as their respective
governments did not bring civil
charges against them. as long as
they did not threaten to become
public charges and as long as they
could prove they were bona f1de
political refugees.
The names of these persons and
their number are, of course, kept
strictly confidential by the Ameri-
can Government, as has been the
case with some Soviet Army officers
who, comparing the Russian way Of
life with that of the West, decided
to desert and settle in the war-de-
Evening star., 1947-10-21

When was Henry McLemore.
writing sports for the United Press
it was my duty to cover most OF the
big horse races. And with a press
association you have to get your
story off fast. Somewhere there Is
a paper going to press, and you have
to buck the opposition news services.
When the horses hit the finish line
the press association reporter has to
send his flash on the winner and
then go right into a description Of
the race. He can't wait for the
Daily Racing Forms chart Of the
happenings, as can reporters for
individual newspapers. Every Sec
ond Is precious.
Knew the Silks.
Being no racing authority, I al
ways lined up an authority before a
big race. I would ask him to call
the start to me; how the horses hit
the clubhouse turn; where they
were when they reached the back
stretch; how they stood going into
the far turn; who was doing what at
the top OF the stretch, and how they
hit the finish line.
Corum was often my authority.
He knew the silks (Which is what
callers follow, not the horses, and
from long experience as q news
paperman, he knew the problem I
faced.
Let us now switch to Chicago, and
one OF the biggest fllly races Of the
year. Corum was my authority.
When the flllies came out on the
track, Bill was coldly professional.
AS they paraded to the post he fol-
lowed them with his glasses, calling
out the silks to fix them in his
mind.
Green and gray, green and gray
:. light blue, light blue salmon
and black sash, salmon and black
sash :"
Over and over he repeated it.
I stood by him, my homemade
chart in hand.
They're at the post, they're at the
post. :. So and so is acting up. :.
So and so had broken through. :.
Now they're lining up. >. They're
off"
Evening star., 1947-10-21
The Great AvOWal
Taft to Permit Ohio G. O. P. to Toss
His Hat in Presidential Ring FRIDAY

such case his bandwagon can't be
got rolling before the convention so
his hackers must sit and wait for a
deadlock.
Taft Forces Jubilant.
But while life seems hard in some
quarters, Senator Taft and his
crowd are jubilant. They had not
counted at all on Kansas. Now they
have not only jolted Gov. Dewey,
but have for lagniappe a seeming
weakness In the Eisenhower boom.
They particularly like those lead
pencil ballots and penny postcards.
Mr.. Taft knows that one of the
hurdles he must Jump Is the legend
that he has no appeal for ordinary
people, is too colorless, too mental.
He is personally convinced that the
rank and file of labor does not re-
gard him as their enemy and he
prizes any fragments of testimony
indicating he Is right.
Mr.. Taft expects to make a foray
into the Southwest-Missouri, Ne
braska, Oklahoma, Texas - next
month. Those faithful in Kansas
could probably induce him to step
over the Missouri line If they try.
The Senator believes wholehearted1y
that his "Mr. Congress Goes to the
Country" act is the right one; he
will display 1t as often as he can
find time.
His campaign for the present will
be an Ohio affair, financed by the
home folks. His campaign master
mind, Representative Clarence
Brown, is practiced Ohio crafts
man who ran the successful congress
sional campaign in 1946.
Evening star., 1947-10-21

moving. Watch out for Workman,
Lester, he's coming up -"
Balaski went to the whip as they
turned for home. and Bills Ally
answered with a burst Of speed that
put her three lengths In front.
Bless you, Lester, bless you.
That's the way she wants to run.
out there In front. Just let her 60.
just let her CO."
At the sixteenth pole Bills flly
was going away. He turned to me.
There's a fine filly and great
rider" he said. 90.
Who Won?" I asked Bill.
who won?" he came back, his
round face breaking out in that
Missouri smile. who won? An
S-to-l shot, Henry, an s-to-1 shot,"
I was little late with my story,
but the U. P. survived the horror Of
having A. P. trif1e ahead.
Now, I suppose that when I 60 to
Suffolk Downs I'll have to ask for
Executive Vice President Corum.
Well, thatn be all right, too. VIII
you let me in, Bill?
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, ins.)
Evening star., 1947-10-21
On the Other Hand
What if Smokers.Out Should Land
Eisenhower in Democratic Party!

record, the fact is that an awful lot
OF people don't like it. AS Repub-
lican leader of the Senate, he must
keep on making a record, thereby
risking the loss of still more votes
Mr.. Stassen likewise Is compelled
to expose his mind on many SUBJ
jects. Not being in Office, he must
keep himself In the public eye in
some manner. He is aware of the
risk in such self-exposllre, but he
has no choice. That is why he, like
Senator Taft, has sought to draw
Gov. Dewey into the same glare,
same pitiless publicity. They haven't
succeeded any too well, but occa-
events-such as the food
saving campaign-force Gov. Dewey
to speak out.
In the worst fix OF all, of course,
Is the President. There are few
weeks in which he isn't obliged to Go
or say something that displeases
part of the population, Any week
In which he escapes this necessity
is likely to be filled in by the appear
ance of another book written by one
Of his illustrious predecessors little
helpers and not calculated to do any
Democratic candidate any good.
(Copyright 1947, Globe Syndicate)
Evening star., 1947-10-21
This Changing World
Soviet Satellite Officials Reported
Quitting L. n. as Political REFUGEES

stroyed areas Of Germany ane
China.
Naturally, there is a suspicion
that certain Soviet military mer
have been planted" by the Sovier
intelligence services. They may
claim that life in the U. S. S. R
is not worthwhile and that they
prefer to live as laborers or clerks
outside Russia while, in fact, they
are spying on America, British
French and Chinese forces.
Sufficient countermeasures have
been taken, however, to determine
who has deserted in good faith ano
who was ordered to do so. Among
the military men the proportion o1
plants" was substantial. They were
returned to the Russian high COM
mand with the compliments of the
Allied theater commanders.
But so far few civilian deserters
have been proved to be fakes. Most
Of these have been found to be
sincere in their desire to leave their
native lands and enjoy some real
freedom in America. So long as they
do not attempt to make a living by
disclosing what they know in the
American press, they remain anony-
nous to the American public.
Trumped Up Charges.
The principal satellite and Rus
sian delegates know, of course, who
have deserted and mild attempts
have been made to have them ar
rested on trumped up charges and
returned to the delegations. But
so far none of the accusations has
been based on fact and both Federal
and State authorities have refused,
after thorough investigation, to
comply with the requests of the
iron curtain embassies. The matter
is never pressed, since the Russians
and their satellites do not want any
publicity on the matter.
The refugees" from the Soviet
system do not complain of any
hardships as far as they themselves
are concerned. AS public officials
they have special privileges which
citizens do not enjoy. The
trouble. they say, is the oppressive
atmosphere behind the iron curtain
and fear - which grips even the
highest-of being purged on Slight
est suspicion by the secret police
which rule these countries.
A short time ago the mere fact
that an adviser of one of the U. N.
delegations was seen. talking to an
outsider without permission of his
superiors caused him to be recalled
Immediately to his native land. He
had too much experience not to
know what that meant.
1t is probable that before the So
Wet bloc delegations are ready to
leave New York their numbers will
be somewhat reduced,
Evening star., 1947-10-21
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. KA-13

I waited for the call on how the
horses broke from the gate.
None came.
I looked up at Corum.
He had put down his binoculars.
In his hand he waved a wad of
mutuel tickets, and he was leaning
over the press coop rail, Yelling
yelling at Lester Balaski, who was
riding the horse he had bet on.
Lawdy, Lester.
Lester, let the little girl have her
head. That's right, Lester.
Thank you, Lester, thank you.
Lawdy, Lester. don't go outside.
That's right, Lester, bring her to the
rail . :"
I wrote on my chart that Lester
was first when they passed the club
house.
The field began moving up on
Bills horse in the turn for home.
He started giving Lester instructions,
although Lester was in no position
to hear.
Lester, what is that thing YOU
have in your hand? It's a bat.
Lester, a bat. Hit the little girl with
1t, Lester. Go on, Lester, get her to
Evening star., 1947-10-21

publlcanS were Lo~eh MeheH'
asked to choose between a given list
of possibilities and they responded
as follows: Stassen, AZ per cent;
Dewey, 80 per cent; Macarthur, IA
per cent; Vandenberg, 8 per cent;
Taft, 6 per cent.
Where was Eisenhower? Oh, he
was in another list, the one given
to Democrats! But look at the re-
turns: Truman, SO per cent; Eisen-
hover. % per cent; Wallace, ii per
cent; Byrnes, 7 per cent.
Why on Democratic List?
Why Gen. Eisenhower was put. in
the Democratic list only the editor
of the farm paper can explain. It
may be he feared that Gen. Mac
Arthur over in Toxic would hear
about the poll and would feel bad
if any other heros name were sug-
gested to Wisconsin Republicans.
Wisconsin, for political purposes at
least, is supposed to be Gen. Mac
Arthur's home. So he might feel
bad, especially if Gen. Eisenhower
got more votes than he did.
Yet the fact remains that the
real political activity, professional
and amateur, in Eisenhower be-
half has been Republican and even
in Wisconsin, where they make their
own rules, the Democrats must have
been surprised when they found him
on their list. Twenty three per
cent of them gave him their votes,
nevertheless.
For some months there has been
a persistent effort to smoke the gen.
eral out on the question of his
party allegiance, if any, and also
on his views concerning various
public issues. Most of this effort
has been expended by the sup
porters of active Republican candi-
dates. 1t would be funny If they
smoked him clear over into the
Democratic party. He would lend
a lot of strength to the ticket. The
Democratic managers would take
him like a shot-if he'd be satisfied
with second place.
But the smokers-out don't seem
to be getting anywhere. The Gen.
eral responds readily to invitations
to talk, but he doesn't talk politics.
He simply deplores war on the one
hand, and urges a strong national
defense on the other. The Eisen-
hower-for President organizers ex-
plain that this is because of the
Hatch Act, the idea being that the
General might lose his JOB as Chief
of Staff if he we're caught playing
politics. Apart from that, however,
the General couldn't be playing
better politics than he is-if that's
what he's doing
AS long as he doesn't commit him.
self on any controversial issue he
continues to be the man, or the
symbol of the man, the people are
looking for.
Pitiless Publicity.
Consider the fix some Of the active
candidates are in. Senator Taft has
already made a record on virtually
every national issue. without ar
guing whether or not it is a coed
Evening star., 1947-10-21

OF the report
edly fleet dark
horse, Gen. Els
e N h O W er, has
lent a final ex-
uberant flip to
the Taft plans.
A straw poll
conducted by the
T op e k a State
Journal over a
period of three
weeks gave Sen
ator Taft almost
a tw o. t Done
lead over Gov.
d e W ey. M r.
Dewey held the
Evening star., 1947-10-21

evidence has
been presented
concerning the
esteem the Gen.
eral enjoys. A
farm paper, The
Wisconsin Agri-
culturist, h a S
taken a poll in
it's own State
and announces
some remarkable
results.
In the first
place, the poll
itself was extra
ordinary. Re-
Evening star., 1947-10-21

State in 1914 and has been thinking
he still did, at least if Gen. Eisen-
hover does not run.
Equally upsetting to Kansas pro-
fessionals, most of whom have been
banking on Eisenhower's candidacy,
Is the poor showing he made. Ike
came in weak last with only S
per cent of the ballots, trailing Taft,
Dewey, Harold Stassen who got 10
per cent, and Senator Vandenberg
with 7 per cent.
Just What Did Happen.
The Kansans are making no at
tempt to hide their surprise and
chagrin. A high-powered group Of
them went to some pains to inter-
view their old pals on the State
Journal to find out just what did
happen when they weren't looking
This Is their report:
There is absolutely no indication
OF any organized attempt to pack
the poll. The ballots were printed
in the paper. They came in from
both the city and surrounding farm
areas, for the most part written in
lead pencil. Many were pasted on
1-cent postcards. I'VE figured it
was the country club crowd, but
even that seems to be wrong said
one.
Eisenhower hackers who admit
they were caught f1at-footed by
Taft's show of strength are not get
ting any benzedrine from Ike either.
The general is flying to Kansas this
week end for brilliant homecoming
ceremonies, but conspicuous effort
has been made to divest the trip of
political significance.
Gen Eisenhower also indicated re-
Gently that he might not assume the
presidency of Columbia University
until April /, thereby producing
more gloom. It is realized that In
Evening star., 1947-10-21

ing track in Bos-
ton, I was glad
for Bill, for the
track and for
myself.
| It coul d n t
h av e happened
to a nicer guy;
the track could
not have found
a more capable
man for the job,
a n d I couldn't
h av e found an
e a S / e r peg to
hang today's COL
umn IN
Evening star., 1947-10-21

HI Oh RuSSldI-
type freedom. !"
In the last few
weeks a number
of officials and
employees of sat-
elite delegations
to the United
Nations General
Assembly in New
York have sue
cunbed to the
American way OF
life and h a v e
abandoned their
jobs qui e tt y.
T h e S e persons
Evening star., 1947-10-21

| LOUIE
Bv Doris FIeesou

Senator Taft will make the great
avowal Friday by graciously giving
Ohio Republicans permission to toss
his hat into the presidential ring.
Kansas of all places, home State
Evening star., 1947-10-21
.McLemore
A Trifle Late
On an Old Horse
By Henry McLemore

When I read that my old friend,
Bill Corum, the New York sports
columnist. had been named execu-
tive vice president of the Suffolk
Downs horse ran
Evening star., 1947-05-18
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Evening star., 1947-05-18

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Evening star., 1947-05-18

Continued on Nsxt Pass.,