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Evening star., 1947-05-22
Father v WoIsh 10 Address d
NuvoI Architects Group

The drst postwar spring meeting
|of the Society of Naval Architects
ana Marine Engineers Will Be he'd
here tomorrow and Saturday
n High light Of the meeting VIII %
an address by the Rev. Edmund a:
Walsh. 81. vice president q
Georgetown University at = dinnef
at the Hotel Statler tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1947-05-22

Qleu MUtludS o.
his home, 660s
Thirty : second
place NV, were
to be held at Z
pm. today.
The Rev. DR.
John G. Palmer.
grand chaplain
of the District
Grand Lodge Of
the Masonic Or
der, was to off,
ciate at tn {
services in the
Hin es Funeral
Home. B u r ! a
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Evening star., 1947-05-22
Rites 10 Be Held Today
For Charles Menrich,
Postal Division Chief

Funeral services for Charles
Cleveland Wenrich, 81, superintend-
ent Of the division of postmasters
In the Post Once Department, who
Evening star., 1947-05-22

= MlLLlAMS, ,nIl \, IL -
/ dsnce. 1854 Brentwood I'd. ne. MARY
EIzABETH WILLIAMS, wife Of the late
Charles A.. Albert W. Frederick c. and
Prank Il. Williams Services at Chambers
Fnneral Home. 517 11th st. Sc. on Sat-
| friends invited Interment Warrington
Nafional Cemetsry. 2S
Evening star., 1947-05-22

McGILVERY, PEARL. suddenly, on
Friday. May 16. 1947, PEARL McGHvERY
Of 1926 End st. s.w., the devoted mother
Of Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, Mrs. Juanita
Henry and Mrs Evelyn Warden She also
leaves to mourn four sisters, Mrs. Sophie
Clomaces. Mrs. Lilly Spencer, Mrs. Bernice
atives and many friends Relatives and
friends may call at the John T. Rhines g.
THURSDAY. IN + is i May % -. aft after I Pm I'M Funeral
Friday, May 49, at pm, from the above
funeral home, Rev s. A. Warren offlciat-
ing. Interment Harmony Cemetery.
Evening star., 1947-05-22

DANCERFIELO, MAHGAKET Z. DE-
parted this life on Monday, May -;
1s47. at Gallineer Hospital, MARGARET
their loss two sisters. four nieces. sig
nephews and host Of other relatives and
friends Remains resting at the Horton
neral services on Friday, May. %. at II
noon. at the above funeral home. Rev
Woodlawn Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
PRICES SLUMP
 SHARPLY TODAY
 ON ] EXCHANGES
tBy The Associated Press)

Prices slumped sharply on the grain and cotton exchanges today in reaction to President Truman's call for special session of Con- gress to combat imitation and soar ing living costs.
 Wheat opened 2la to 6A cents lower on the Chicago Board of Trade and cotton futures opened s1.55 to $325 bale lower in New York.
 Reports that Congress might be asked to require higher down pay ments for speculative buying on the grain exchanges and authorize the allocation of scarce commodi- ties had a depressing effect on grain prices. Cotton traders were reported fearing the free market pn cotton might be affected by the proposed program.
 December wheat was quoted at $3.10 to $308 a buShel. corn was 2A to Al lower, December S2.28- ? 26, and oats were 7s to 2S, lower, December s119-1.l8A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
0(EAN-B0RN
 HURRICANE
 HITS COAST
B alters Itself Out Then Rides 10 New SeCfion-
 Boats Hit for Shelter

VANCOUVER, B. C., Oct. 24.-R An ocean-born hurricane was battering itself out on the bleak, rugged ranges of the Alaskan pam handle today after sweeping across the Queen Charlotte islands off the west coast of British Columbia
 There were no immediate reports of damage from the 70-mile-an- hour winds that shook tiny fishing villages on the islands some 225 miles north of here before veering northward to the longer finger of Alaska that cuts off the ex- treme northern section of B. C. from the Pacific Ocean.
 The main center of the storm just missed the Queen Charlotte islands, but ships at sea reported having passed through the storm without difficulty, although sever al were forced to reduce speed from around 18 knots to eight knots be- cause of rough seas.
 Prince Rupert, B. C., just east of
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24

The Rev. w. Robert Webb will conduct hls last Sunday services this weekend at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Juneau and at St. Luke's Church, Douglas. His last celebration of the Holy Eucharist will be on Tuesday morning. the feast of St Simon and St. Jude at 8 o'clock. The Webbs leave that afternoon for Seattle and Tennes- see and they will return to Wash ington State at the first of the year when he will be Rector of St Pauls Parish in Bellingham.
 MT. and Mrs Jack Fletcher will ioin the Webbs in Seattle and plan to motor with them to Tennessee The Rev. Webb will then leave the group and travel on to Washington D. C.. where he is to attend con terence at the Cathedral of St. Pe- ter and St. Paul under the direc- ton of the Rev. Alec R. Vidler, D D, warden of St. Deiniofs Library Chester, England, and editor of Theology" Following the confer ence he will fill several speaking engagements in Pennsylvania, Mary land and Virginia, later returning to Tennessee.
 The Fletchers will go to their nome in Porterville, Calf, after Thanksgiving and the Webbs will return to the coast shortly after Christmas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
BARUCH SAYS GOVT. WA5TED LIVES AND
 MONEY IN WARTIME
Aqed Adviser of Two Wars Says Mistakes of First
 Were Repeated

WASHINGTOE, oct. 24. IR- Bernard M. Baruch declared today thousands of lives, extra billions of dollars and months of time were lost in World War II because the government repeated the mob ilization errors of W 0rld War l. The 77-year r-old adviser to Pres idents told the Senate War Inves- tigating Committee the Armed 1 Services had a mobilization-day plan which would have saved precious lives and the wasted wealth, but they were not permit ted to be put into effect.
 We were told this was a diff ferent kind of war" Baruch said and none of that old World War stuff was wanted"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
Senator Bob Taff Formally Announces He Is in Race
 As Presidential Candidate

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-L9l- Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio formally announced his candidacy today for the 1943 Republican Presidential nomination, describ- ing the race as wide open.
 Taft's g-expected formal CT try was contained in letter tc Fred 1T. Johnson, chairman of the Ohio Republican State Committee. The committee and other Ohio COP groups had urged him to make the race last July 31.
 The letter was written before President Truman's announcement to Taft and other Congressional leaders that he was calling a special session of Congress Novem- Der IT.
 Taft wrote Johnson that he would keep speaking engagements already lined up but that after the Senate met he would be too busy here to make a personal campaign for the nomination.
 The Senator hurried from yes terday's White House conference to catch a plane for Cincinnati, where he delivered an off-the- record talk at the Commonwealth Club last night. It was not learn ed immediately whether the spec ial session call might cause any change in his speaking plans.
 These have yet to be announced. But Taft has been considering a trip through Missouri, Kansas, Ok lahoma, Arkansas and possibly Texas. His September October sentiment-testing journey took him 12O00 miles through California and the Northwest States.
 The Senator designated Rep. Clarence J. Brown, Ohio's Repub- lican National Committeeman, as his preconvention campaign man. ager.
 Taft told Johnson he has no present intention" of entering any other state primaries because, he said, that would require an ac- tive personal campaign and more time and money than are avail able
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
B RESCUED 0FFBURNING
 OIL TANKER
Four Sill Missing After Collision, Fire, Off
 California

MONTEREY, Calf, Oct. 24.-lR .-Thirty-five crew members of the burning. crash-damaged ta keI Sparrow's Point were rescued from life boats by the Coast Guard cut ter Minnetonka early today.
 Four other crew members still are missing, but the rescued captain said they may still be aboard the 6,093-ton vessel.
 The Minnetonka, in message to the Coast Guard shore station here, said the 35 were taken from two life boats. One lifeboat with IA men was picked up by the tanker Colina and the other by the Minnetonka with 20 crewmen and the captain, who asked to be returned to his ship.
 A Richfield Oil Company tanker, the Sparrow's Point caught fire forward of the bridge after a mid- night collision with the Canadian motorship Manx Fisher in foggy weather Is miles off Point Sur on the central California coast.
 The lighthouse at Point Sur, B miles south of here, said the glow of the burning tanker could be seen plainly from the shore.
 The Manx Fishers captain ra- dioed to the Coast Guard in San Francisco that his ship suffered only slight damage and intends to proceed to that port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
2S KILLED,
 COLLISION
 OF TRAINS
Over 100 Persons Report ed Injured : Complete
 Silence, then Screams

LONDON, Get. z4.-ta1- Two commuter- packed suburban electric trains collided in a dense fog this morning, killing at least 28 persons and injuring more than 100 others. Croydon Mayday Hospital, near est to the scene of the crash in South Croydon, said it had receiv- ed 26 dead by l0:15 a. m. (GMT) '. Croydon General Hospital received two dead.
 Chief ambulance officer A. L.. Hill said all the more than 100 casualties had been carried away in 28 ambulances by 9:l5, two hours after the crash.
 Railway officials said one of the trains was probing its way slowly through the fog toward Sout.i Croydon when there suddenly was a blinding flash and an explosion as a following train rammed into the rear of the first.
 The last two coaches of the first lIQlIl were lliIOWll Oll tiiS oiio and the two leading cars of the following train were splintered, smashed and telescoped. There is
 locomotive on thess commuter Itrains.
 Nearby residents said there was complete silence for few moments after the crash and then they began to hear screams and cries for help coming through the swirl ing fog.
 Climbing high spiked hailings, the residents rushed to the scene and saw passengers fighting their way from the wrecked carriages, kicking out broken windows and calling for help for the injured.
 Ambulances and fire engines rushed to the scene but the latter were turned back unneeded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
GHOST TOWN E
 NOW FOR SALE;
 BID BY GERMANS

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 24.-- R-The neighboring ghost mining town of Rhyolite, which is for sale has found bidders in 50 German ex-soldiers who want to start all over"
 Mayor E. w. Cragin of Las Vegas said he received letter from Erich Baewindt of Hamburg, of fering to pay $1O,000 on terms for the 50 war veterans whom he des- cribed at jobless and homeless.
 The Mayor declared that "wel- coming such German pioneers would benefit the community and signify a human and Christian act toward the poorest of the poor"
 Two women who own the aban- doned Rhyolite, once bustline gold rush town, recently offered it for sale at, $25,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON-Inside story of the alleged plot against the life Of Eva Peron spotlight conscious wife of Argentina's president, is some thing to make Hollywood's most ingenious scenarists turn green with professional envy
 Ever since September IT, rumors, statements and denials have been flooding Buenos Aires in such a contradictory confusion that the whole thing began to look like a gag. Payoff is that that's exactly what it was-an elaborate, cock eyed gag for which the Govern ment fell, hook, line and sinker. Here is what happened:
 On the evening of September 15, q man walked into federal police headquarters in Buenos Aires and asked to see the chief, Gen. Arturo Pertollo, former Argentine military attache in Washington. An inspec- tor first talked to the man briefly then took him to Bertollo.
 The informant, who satisfactorily identified himself as dues-paying
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
JUNEAU CITY BAND
 HAS GOOD PRACTICE

With 20 present, Director Alfred Ventur put the Juneau City Band members through lively practice last night in the Juneau Grade School auditorium.
 Three former members appeared in the lineup last night and sever al new recruits have indicated they will join the organization just as soon as the hunting season and other outside sports are over
 Thursday nights have been select ed as the best night of the week for practice and it is indicated that a band of between 30 anc 35 musicians will be fully organ ized before many weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24

SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 24.-IR A four-engine United Airlines plane carrying 46 passengers and a crew of four crashed and burn ed today mile from the Bryce Canyon airport in southern Utah
 United Airlines District Manager Sam Kellogg said the planes pilot, Capt. E. l.. MacMillen, was att tempting a forced landing after fire broke out in the huge trans ports tail section.
 The craft was enroute from Los Angeles to New York and had only one scheduled stop, at Chi cago, enroute.
 The scheduled Los Angeles de- parture time was 8:35 a. m., Pac- fife Standard Time. The crash oc- cured about l p. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 10 a. m. tomorrow.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle October 28.
 Coastal Rambler scheduled to sail from Seattle, October 30, fol Ketchikan, Juneau, Yakutat, Pori San Juan, Seward, Seldovia ano Kodiak.
 Sword Knot scheduled to sal from Seattle October 31.
 Princess Louise scheduled to ar rive from Skagway 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning and sails south al 10 a. m.
 Aleutian, from Westward, sched' uled southbound Sunday forenoon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
PRESIDENT
 WILL TELL
 HIS PLANS
Reasons for Calling Special Session Explained-
 On Air Tonight

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-R- President Truman drafted report to the nation today on his com polling reasons" for ordering a special session of Congress Novem- Der r to meet billion-dollar econ- omic emergency in Europe and to check alarming" imitation at home.
 The Chief Executive is scheduled to broadcast the report over all na- tional radio networks at 10 o'clock, EST, tonight.
 Officials predicted that it will be a sweeping analysis of the critical economic conditions MT. Truman sees this nation confronted with both here and abroad.
 It will set forth in detail what the President himself called the compelling reasons for summon ing the lawmakers back to Wash ington seven weeks ahead of their regular January converting date. And it will furnish the background against which, (upon the actual convening), he will recommend a three point program of action to the Republican-led Congress.
 Proclamation Given
 MT. Truman made that much clear yesterday when, toward the close of a tensely active day, he read newsmen an announcement that he had just signed special session proclamation.
 It was less than an hour before the President had informed con- ference of Republican and Demo- cratic Congressional leaders of his decision to take that action. Earl fer in the day he had met with his Cabinet for 2 hours and 35 minutes "a record session for his Admin istration.
 To the news conference he said he had given the Congressional
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct 24.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is Az, American Can STE, Anaconda 35, Curtiss- Wright 515. International Harvester 88% Kennecott 47as, New York Centra 1412, Northern Pacific 203s, U. s Steel 74%, Pound $4.03ls.
 Sales today were 1,650,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials l82.54, rails 4948, utili- tIes 3525.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
Sum mi CT Playground of Rich Destroyed-P People
 Evacuated by Land, Sea
DAMAGE TO RUIKED
 MANSIONS 8 MILLION
Raging Flames Checked for Time Being But
 More Wind Feared

BAR HARBOR, Me, Oct. 24.-LR This fabled summer playground of the rich, and six other commun- ities, were virtually wiped out to- day as strong winds famed wood land fires ravaging New England into fresh fury with the death toll already at nine and property dam age mounting above $26. 6.000,000.
 A spectacular all-night evacua- tion by land and sea--a peacetime Dunkerque-left Bar Harbor de- serted town as $500 townsfolk fled in fright before flames that leveled from 200 to 300 homes, including summer showplaces of the interna- tional society set
 Damage to the ruined mansions in this town alone was officially set at $8,000, ,000--not counting the loss of valuable art treasures and furnishings they contained.
 Wind Rages--No Rain
 AS north winds blew up to force of 25 miles an hour throughout the region this morning-gaining mo- mentum all the time-the outlook was grim with still no appreciable amount of rain in sight.
 Light sprinkles are the best that can be expeced before at least Sat- urday, and probably longer-in the view of meteorologists-to wet down baked woodlands as the dry spell went into it's 24th day.
 While the raging flames were checked in Bar Harbor, fears were expressed that perhaps it was only temporary.
 Wind Could Raise Hell
 All we've done is stop tine fire in the town" said Selectman Seth Libby. "A little more wind would raise lot of he'll
 Three New England states Maine. Massachusetts and New Hampshire-were virtually on a war time footing as National Guardsmen, Legionnaires and other agencies were called out to fight the flames and care for the thou sands of refugees.
 Fires Uncontrolled
 Just before noon, between 12 and b fires were reported still roaring out of control in Massachusetts, where the loss already is placed at we'll above $500,0O0
 Tn New Hampshire, shifting winds were driving the flames di- rectly at the heart of the industrial city of Rochester at the foot of the White Mountains. With the edge of the fire within two miles of that city of 16.100. school children were being kept concentrated in the event they have to be evacuated.
 Coast Guard To Aid
 Massachusetts State Forester Raymond J Kenney said our fate depends a lot on the weather and the winds--but if we held during the night in the teeth of those winds think we can hold any thing"
 Meanwhile, the Coast Guard cut ter McCulloch bucked mountainous seas during the night after leaving Boston to drop anchor at Bar Har- bor at 9:l5 am, preparatory to landing special crews and medical cilnplipc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
HERMANN RETURNS

c. D. JeImain, Chief of the All aska Division of the U. s. Bureau of Mines, returned here yesterday from a four weeks inspection and Administration trip to mining areas in the Interior.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
POLITICAL MERGER IS MADE IN ITALY

ROME, Oct. 24.-tR-The leftist action party, founded as an anti fascist group, voted today to merge with the pro-Communist wing of the Italian Socialist par ty.
 The merger adds 10 constituent assembly deputies to the leftist So- cialist wings delegation of GA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
HERE FROM KAKE

Flora and Augusta Johnson MT. and Mrs. Robert B. Martin and Patrick Bean all of Rake. are re- eistered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
DALES RETURN

Dr. George Dale and Dr. Evelyn Butler returned home last night on board the s. S. Princess Louise from one month vacation in Maine. Dr. Dale is the Director of Education for the Alaska Native Cervice and Dr. Butler is his as- sistant. In private life, Dr. Butler is Mrs. Dale
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
AIRLINER CRASHES
 IN FLAMES
United AirIines Plane Burns After Forced Land-
 ina with 50 Persons

BUELETIN-SaIt Lake City, Utah. set. 24.-tP-Un.ted Air line officials reported late this afternoon that all aboard the plane have been killed in the crash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
IN TOWN

w. F. Sandi of Ketchikan and Joe Niemi of Sitka are staying at the Barancf.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
FROM SEATTLE

Ralph Lomen and J. Donald Full Ter of Seattle are registered at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
HERE FROM SEATTLE

Jean Hildrebrand of Seattle is staying at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24
FROM SITKA

J. J. Conway of Sitka is regist- cred at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-24

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Evening star., 1947-02-09
Barking Space

THROUGH it's far from 80 in the
Il shade. dog days are upon us. This
week the Westminster Kennel Club
show in New York City will usher in
season of 800 big dog shows all over
the nation. The Westminster show will
boast 4,5O0 dogs worth 81, 500, 900.
Results of the contest are anxiously
awaited by every last soul in the dog
world - except the dogs themselves.
On this page Cartoonist jeff keate
gives you his impressions of a dog
show. MIR. Keate is something of an
authority. having been bitten by a
Hungarian pull (very rare breed).
1t happened on Park Avenue, near
the seat OF his pants.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25

Perilla is of the mint family. The
seed produces a rapid-drylng oil
used in paint and varnish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-25
Lincoln S Personal Papers Slated
To Be Opened July &c In Washington

OF some relatives from Kentucky.
The group then journed across the
mountains into the Blue G I a S S
state.
James H. Cathey just before tie
turn of the century authored q
book entitled The Genesis OF Lin
CON-" in which he attempted to
prove that Nancy Hanks lll'2l;i-
mate offspring was Abraham Lin
coin. In his book, Cathey repro.
duced signed statements of 4 score
or more longtime residents OF
Swain county and the surrounding
area of Western North Carolina,
who sWore to the veracity OF the
Ehloe-Lincoln tradition. A number
of signers declared they had
known Enloe and his tamily
personally.
Cathey's most appealing factor
is contained in photographs repro
duced in the book. Their purpose
is to show the striking similarity
i'll All dIldIlI LlilOS D lSSltlllIdtt OAA
spring and Abe Lincoln himself,
On July 26 the contents CT Lin
col s personal papers and docu-
ments will be revealed to the
world for the first time. DR.. c.
Percy Powell, a Winston-Salem
native. with the Division of Manu-
scripts of the Library of Congress,
will make them public.
Lincoln's papers were left to the
Library of Congress by his son,
Robert Todd Lincoln. More than
Is 900 letters. proclama!loas a n d
papers of state were LETT under a
provision that they not be made
public until 81 years after Rcoel'
Todd Lincoln's death. Rober: dice
in 1926.
1t is expected that these papers
will disclose many phases u Lin
coins life which have thus Ear
boon chrcrdod IN mvsterv.
Until July 26. Or. Powell viii lie
tie onlv n an who knows the ans
sTers. Tie napers are kept IN a
safe o. which only he i a the