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Evening star., 1947-09-18
Hurricane
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tCO1lllueQ from F1fSt FdRe.)
spots and citrus and vegetable
growing farmlands alike with winds
up to 120 miles per hour. Damage
still was uncertain, but promised te
run into many millions of dollars.
10000 Flee by Train.
Ten thousands persons fled by
train and automobile from their
homes in the f1ood-menaced muck
lands around Lake Okeechobee-
terrified lest the storm repeat the
1928 catastrophe in which 800 were
downed by wind-blown water.
Early today 5000 refugees were
clustered around Sebring. And the
Red Cross called on the Navy al
Jacksonville to send food for $4,000
meals. Upward of 100000 others ir
the hurricanes path found haver
during the frightful night in emer.
gency shelters near at hand.
! Coast Guard and Army planes
were criss- s-crossing coastal waters or
both sides of the peninsula today
searching for small boats which
might be in distress.
Ferocity of the storm was generally
regarded as equal to that of 1928
1880 and 1885, but unlike those hur-
ricaneS, there was only negligible
loss OF life. Early reports indicated
one man fatally injured in high.
way accident near Tampa, an.
other was electrocuted by faller
wire at Palm Beach, and one wa.
shot to death In Miami while at
tempting to loot damaged store.
In 1928 total of $500 persons
were killed or drowned in the West
Palm Beach, Everglades area, while
in 1885 storm killed 500 in tn.
Florida Keys. The 1880 disaster
took 1000 lives in Santo Domingo
and Haiti.
| Red Cross disaster experts and
local city officials credited improved
weather forecaSting, stringent build
ing codes and general public aware
ness of hurricane danger with pre-
venting an appalling death toll.
/ WdS Uy
citrus growers and truck farmers
orange, grapefruit and lemon groves
in the storms path were devastated
Tomato fields were mashed anc
other crops cut to pieces, even fal
to the north, citrus damage wa.
considerable.
Millionaire resort spots also suf
fered. At Pompano, just north o
Miami. two luxurious estates and ,
big casino were said to have dis
appeared into the ocean, leavin.
only their plumbing. Elsewhere
roofs were peeled off, windows shat
tered, trees leveled and beach ca.
banas carried away.
, 0keechObee bikes Hold.
Conditions in the Okeechobee dis
trict were reported serious, butsth
multi-million dollar dikes he'll
against pounding lake waters ant
spared the lowlands.
Palm Beach, Miami, Fort Lauder
dale, Fort Myers and hundreds o
smaller communities were maulet
mercilessly' by the storm, but al
though they suffered heavy damag
in many cases, there were no catas
tropics.
Many hours later there was n,
Evening star., 1947-09-18
LOST.

TRAVELLING BAG, mans. initials A. B. c.
on strap; left in taxi bet. Union Station
and Star Building last Friday, Sept II
Reward. Call TIE. 1920 80
UMBRELLA, yellow plastic, at lunch at
Lansburghs Tuesday: will give price Of
umbrella to finder. Box 407-E. Star. Ia
WALLET. in cab OF in vicinity Of Harring
ton Hotel; contains only papers valuable
70 owner. Reward. Call HI. 572l. lis
sentimental value. Call MA 7O74 before
5. TA. 6a4a after 5. -la
WRIST WATCH, Crosby. metal case and
band; Deale Junior High School Play
grounds Sept. L: reward. EN-. 2O46.
KEY RING. containing four KEYS with
medal found on $500 block Of Center st.
NV. Call co. 6921,
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u. ). Named 10 Assist
Indonesia Settlement
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 1S.-The
United States was chosen today to
serve with Australia and Belgium
on a three-member United Nations
commission to assist in negotiating
settlement OF the Dutch-Indo-
nesian conflict.
The selection of the United States
was announced in a Joint statement
by Premier Paul-Henri Spaak of
Belgium and DR.. Herbert V. Evatt,
Australian Minister of External At
fairs.
They said the United States had
agreed to serve on the commission.
It's creation originally was proposed
by Herschel v. Johnson, deputy
American delegate in the Security
Council.
The commission is authorized to
Evening star., 1947-09-18
100 Radio Hams Here
Organized 10 Contact
Hurricane Swept Area

Up to 100 amateur radio operators
in the Washington area were being
organized today to open their wave
lengths to Floridas stricken hurri-
cane regions in case other means
| of communications fail.
The service is being directed by
Donald McClennoE of Beltsville
Md, for the Washington Radio
Club-the ham organization in
this area.
Meanwhile, about six of the
Washington amateurs are keeping
their receivers open all day to aid
the American Red Cross in receiving
messages from the devastated areas
No personal messages are being sent
by radio from here.
The job of the local hams" is to
pass on informa ton relayed by
Florida amateurs to the Red Cross
or residents here.
Operators on duty most of last
night reported that several times
they asked Florida hams" for
Washington messages, but got mo
message" replies.
Mr.. McClennon explained that the
Southern "hams" nave organized a
Florida emergency network, which
has been in operation where other
Florida communications have failed.
With their private, low-power gaso-
line transmitters they relay mes
sages to each other and, eventually
to normal communication areas.
Another ham," Maj. Burke Ed
wards of 302 Lynn drive, Chevy
Chase, Md, told of hearing many
f1rst-hand reports of the heavy
property devastation during the last
two nights from the Southern
broadcasters. At times the broad
casts suddenly died, indicating that
the tremendous winds had put the
stations out of commission, he said
But our big job is to keep out of
the way and keep our receivers
open,' Maj. Edwards said.
Evening star., 1947-09-18

Railway passenger miles in the
United States reached a peak OF
AZ ste, ,579, 1879 in 1918 and low OF
16 ,340, 500, ,724 in 1888 but rose to a
new peak of 95.549 ,090.472 in 1914
under wartime pressure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
CHRISTMAS PARTY TO BE PLANNED, MEETING
 OF LEGION AUXILIARY

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their regular meeting ln the Dugout. Tuesday evening Dec Is, at 8 o'clock A good attend ance of officers and members is requested by the President, Mrs. Anna Day.
 After the short business meet ing. a social hour w.ll be enjoy ed. with Edna Policy, Rehabilita- cion Chairman. in charge, and re- will be served.
 Plans have been made by the committee from the Legion and for a Christmas party in the Dugout, Monday evening. December %, for all members Of the Legion and Auxiliary and At this meeting of the Auxiliary, the Unit will arrange fer their part in the Holiday get together
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
w "A AN ~H' "A -D $
MURPHY & MURPHY

COMPLETE Cabinet Shop. Excel
 lent equipment Reasonable rent S10,00O invest, annual net appr. S7,50O00. Few months work. Substantial deal Outside Juneau. 3-ROOM modern house, 400 it. beach and road frontage. Im-
 mediate possession. Partially furnished.
 6gs investment guaranteed by 1st mortgage Also discount on mort gage. No phone calls. LARGE, well equipped machine and marine shop. BOOMING house, central location, Nets S185,00 plus large apt. for living quarters or can rent. l5 ACRES, 8 room modern house, Two 8x10 guest rooms, 12xl8 work shop, 20 it. garage. Excel lent furniture. QUONSET hut, compl. furn., most ly new, 4 rooms and bath. 3 Floating canneries. Several good lots Glacier Highway. CABIN on beach near Juneau. Fine buy.
 SEVERAL excellent 3 and 3bed- room houses, Juneau. TWO 4-bedroom houses and one 2-bedroom house, Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
RADIO TELEPHONE
 RATES CUT FOR I
 COMING HOLIDAYS

! During the IUItIICUInlng nonuay season the Alaska Communication System will provide long distance telephone service between Alaska and the United States and Can ada on a reduced holiday rate ba- sis. These reduced holiday rates will be effective all day December 9 and January l.
 Telephone calls completed by Alaska residents to friends or business associates in the U. $. and Canada during the above periods may be made at the regular night rate which is approximately 75 per cent of normal daytime commer- cial rates. This was announced today hy Colonel T. J. Fully, Com manding Officer, Alaska Communi- cations System.
 It is recommended that residents wishing to make calls during the periods above make their reser- vations early. Due to the unusual ly heavy volume ol telephone calls offered by the public both in Alaska and the U. s. during the holiday season, patrons are being requested to limit the length Of their calls to five minutes in or der that as many people as pes Sible may exchange greetings with their friends. Here are the rates
 Juneau to Seattle-S3.75 plus 25 percent Federal Tax.
 Juneau to Chicago-S6 plus 25 percent Federal Tax.
 Juneau to New York-S6 plus 9 percent Federal Tax.
 Juneau to San Francisco-S4.50 plus 9 percent Federal Tax.
 The above are a few of the rates from Juneau to some of the prin cipal cities in the U. s.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
H0spITkL HOTES

Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital on Saturday were Sven Zetterbug and Barbara BoocheVer, young daughter of Mir and Mrs. Robert K. Boocheyer On Sunday Jchn Stewart entered for medical at tenticn
 Leaving the hospital over the weekend were Norma zumwalt, Mrs. J. McDarfel Ginger Wilson, James Kepler and Mrs. w. White head and baby daughter
 Entering the Government Hos pital yesterday were Bertha Reese of Yakutat and Robert Kighec- toe Of King Island
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
NEWS CHORUS WILL
 SING, p-TA MEETING TO BE HELD TONIGHT

The Juneau Mems Chorus Will present several vocal selections at the regular monthly meeting of the Parent Teachers Association, which will he held this evening at 8 o'clock in the Juneau High School study hall The appear ance of the Mems Chorus is only part of the interesting program that is planned and all parents and others interested are invited to attend the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
NOTICE OF HEARING ON APPLI- CATION TO SELL PROPERTY
 Mo SGO2-A

NO, OCSO-A
 In the District Court for the Terri tory of Alaska, Division Number One, at Juneau
 BANK OF WRANGELL, a corpora ton, Plaintiff, vs. ALASKA ASH ATTIC LUMBER MILLS, Inc, corporation, Defendant.
 Application having been made by the Receiver for the Alaska Asiatic Lumber Mills, Inc, to sell the saw mill of said corporation at Wrangell Alaska, together with all other prop erty rights, assets and credits thereof situate or having a situs in the Territory:
 NOTICE is hereby given that a hearing will be had upon said ap- plication before the above-entitled Court at Juneau, Alaska. on the 12th day of January, 1948, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon, at which time and place all persons interest ed in said property, rights, assets and credits may appear and show cause, if any they have, why the praye. of said application for the sale of the aforesaid property, free from all liens, should not be granted
 o. F. OHLSON,
 Receiver. First publication, Dec. 8, 1947 Last publication, Dec 29, 1947
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE 10 CREDITORS Tn the United States Commissioners Court for Precinct of Sitka, Di- vision Number One, Territory of Alaska. Tn Probate.
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of FRANK p. PRICE. Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the undersigned JESSIE w. PRICE, administrator of the estate of FRANK D. PRICE, deceased, to the creditors of and all persons having claims against decedent, to exhibit them, with the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this notice, to the administrator at 831 Etolin Street at the town of Sitka, Alaska, the same being the place of the transaction of business of said es- tate.
 JESSIE w. PRICE,
 Administrator. First publication, Dec. l, 1947 Last publication, Dec. 22, 1947.
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ming to send a letter to Gloria with some money in it. We are giving most of cur Christmas party money, which we were going to use to exchange presents, We have S5.70.
 Sincerely,
 Grade4, Room 9.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
COMMUNICATION

Dear Editor:-We read your story about Gloria in the Daily Alaska Empire It was very interesting. Our Fourth Grade Room is plan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
EIfill Cove
 News Noies
lSnecial Correspondencel

ELFIN COVE, Alaska, Dec. H. On Friday. Dec 5, the Sewing Club was held at the home of Mrs. Marguerite Butts An enjoyable ime was had by everyone and two hours of sewing accomplished before lunch A macaroni salad with tuna fish, rye crisp and rel shes. a very delicious Bavarian cream dessert and a huge angel ood cake and coffee were served oy candlelight.
 There are still many trollers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
JOINT MEETING

Important-Deep Sea Fishermen and Juneau Vessel Owners. Tues day. Dec. l6. at 7:3O D. m 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
LOST AND FOUND

LOST: Gold earring. Reward Re- turn Empire. 757 3t WILL party who took wrong steel gray camel hair overcoat from Belle's Cafe, kindly return same.
 759 It SEATTLE VISITORS T. o. Dickenson and Harold Chaser of Seattle are registered at the Baranof
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

The school children have be- come tree dwellers, having built of scrap boards a very comfort able room high in a tree, and hay ing lined the room with cardboard. Their furniture is a real stove and boxes for tables and chairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

SMALL Davenport, occasional chair, overstufied chair, library table, tea wagon, Hoover vacuum cleaner, hand vacuum cleaner, at
 326 ". 8th st. 759 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
MISCELLANEOUS

GUARANTEED Realistic Perman- ent. $7.50. Paper Curls, $l up, Lola's Beauty Shop. Phone POI 315 Decker Way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15
FOR SALE

MISC. Household furnishings. BIT
 18th Street. 759 1t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

fishing from the Cove. The Elfin II landed 460O pounds of king salmon in Juneau last week.
 Don Foster has returned from a shopping trip to Juneau,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

PIANOS FOR RENT or SALE. Wulitzer Piano Alaska Dealer
 Ph. 143 Anderson Piano Shop
 PA w 3rd 7l3-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

There are still many trollers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-15

lot Az miles on Glacier Hiway; 100 it. frontage easy approach from hiway Priced for quick sale. Ph. 035-5rings.
 732-tt
Evening star., 1947-04-30

the camp at 3 pm. tomorrow to
observe conditions for themselves.
He pointed out that the camp
originally was intended to be used
only as a temporary space for
tourists, although during the war
families were permitted to stay for
an indefinite period
The delegation of trailer occu-
pants expressed their willingness to
cooperate in cleaning up the camp
site, but indicated such unsanitary
conditions as exist there were the
result of poor management.
Permanent occupants, they as
serted, are more likely to maintain
the cleanliness of the camp than
those who expect to remain there
for a short time. They said the
faulty wiring and uncovered garb-
age cans found on various inspec-
tions could be easily corrected, and
did not require the evacuation Of
the camp by its longtime residents.
They indicated they were willing,
however, to accept any assistance
offered them in finding a new site
for their trailers.
The delegation included T. P.
Hinckley, secretary to Representa-
tive Angel, Republican of Oregon:
Capt. v. A. Evers, Boiling Field
Army pilot; aviation chief machin-
lists mate Melvin P. Crissey, Navy
man, and j. N. Reed, employment
counsellor at the United States
Employment Service.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Prosecution Experts
To Close Case Today
In D. {. Jail Escapes

The Government expected to close
its case today against the two WASH
ington policemen on trial in District
Court on charge of negligently
permitting two murderers to escape
from the death cell at District Jail
The accused men are Hubert C.
Davis, 80, and Oscar C. Sanderlin
80.
Statements of both men, made to
the Federal Bureau of Investigation
relating events which led to the Jail
break on April 8, 1916, were read to
the jury today by Assistant United
States Attorney John Conliff, who is
prosecuting the case of the Govern
ment. The condemned men, Joseph
D. Medley and Earl Mcfarland
were recaptured and since have been
executed.
These statements followed closely
two others read yesterday to the
jury which were made to the police
the morning of the jail break.
Long Questioning Charged.
Davis took the stand before his
statement was admitted as evidence
to maintain he signed it involuntar.
lily. James j. Laughlin, his attorney
also maintained that Davis had beer
grilled for an unreasonably Ions
| time.
Justice Holtzof ruled Davis state.
ment could be admitted as evidence
because 1t was obvious Davis hac
not been threatened and that as q
police officer he knew his rights.
| Charles E. Ford, attorney fol
Sanderlin, said his client had M
objections whatever to admitting
his statement.
Davis, in his statement to the FBI
admitted he read the instructions t.
Jail guards posted on the deatf
house wall.
Davis also said, he had asked TO,
guard duty at the jail Ito be out O
the cold" as he never could ''be'
come acclimated to the Washington
weather" He said he began letting
the murderers out of their cells fol
card games several weeks before ths
Jail break.
| The murdererS were released onl,
II the other policeman on duty wa!
regular fellow and co-operated
Davis statement said.
Sanderlin claimed in his state
| ment that Davis informed him /
Evening star., 1947-04-30
was permissible to allow the pris-
oners out of their cells and in the
recreation room.

was permissible to allow the pris-
oners out of their cells and in the
recreation room.
Pair Let Out of Cells.
Davis statement said that Med
ley and Mcfarland were let out
of the cells into a recreation room
for a card game on the morning
of the escape. Sanderlin COM
planned of being i'll and Medley
suggested he lie down in his cell
saying, You will not be the first
police officer who did it" the state
ment continued.
I'VE talked while at the table
and I dozed off to sleep. When
woke up, they had hold of me-
Davis statement read.
The two murderers tied up both
men, took their uniforms and went
out of the ventilator in the ROOT
with the help of a can-opener, get
ting to the ground with bed sheets
tied together.
Sanderlins statement agreed ir
most details with Davis story. He
said he followed Medley's sugges-
ton to lie down on the bunk in tho
cell when severe headaches affected
| him.
| Previous evidence in the tria,
showed that at first the two mer
told different story of the escape
one in which Medley had forced
them to open the cells after pulling
gun on Davis.
Il told a lie about that gun,
| Davis statement said. 81 was wor.
ried about my family"
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Shortage Of VA Funds
Holds Up Checks for
$500 D. T.. Veterans
By George Beveridqe

About $500 Washington veterans
due to get checks today for CT Bill
of Rights benefits will not get them
because the Veterans Administra-
ton has run out of money.
Over the entire country, major
fly of 2,780000 former servicemen
entitled to benefits are affected, Of
f1cials of the agency estimated.
Pension checks and other benefits
for which funds are available have
gone out on schedule, the Veterans
Administration said.
/. On-Job Trainees Affected.
Money to pay the other benefits,
a matter of $1,801, 1894 500, is tied up
in the first deficiency appropriations
Il ;bill-still stynied in Congress.
Affected by the delay are 1850, 900
student veterans and on-the-job
trainees eligible for subsistence al
lowances and 100000 veterans now
on unemployment compensation
rolls. They make up large major
ity of veterans drawing benefits
under the CT bill.
officials at the agency's regional
Office said monthly checks for 5000
students here already have been
processed but are being held at the
City Post Office.
c. A. Wharton, director of the
District Unemployment Compensa-
ton Board, said about 4,500 veterans
drawing unemployment allowances
will fail to get checks if the delay
lasts SO long as a week.
$500 Other Checks Held.
Part of the weekly checks are sent
out each day, he explained. Dur
ing the last three days, the office
has mailed more than 5000 of them.
The other 1,5o0, all processed and
ready to be mailed, will be held up.
until Veterans Administration gets
the money it needs, he said.
+. Regional Office spokesmen said
about 10000 students checks went
out on schedule today, using the
last of available funds.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
i D. {. Branch Libraries
To Stay Open 7 Evenings

Seven large branch libraries and
the Central Library will remain open
until 9 pm. Friday and Saturday
nights beginning this week, Library
officials announced today. The
branches are Georgetown, Mount
Pleasant, Petworth, Northeast,
Southwest and Southeast.
In addition, beginning next week,
children's rooms at these seven
libraries will keep new hours of 8
am. to pm. on Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays and hours of 8
am. to 6 pm. on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays, except for the
Central Library, which will maintain
children's hours of to 6 all days.
Hours of the smaller branches re-
main unchanged.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Inland Steel Threatened
With WaIkout Tonight
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, April 30.-Inland Steel
Co., the eountry's seventh biggest
producer, is curtailing operations to-
day, reporting that $4,000 CIO steel
workers had threatened to strike at
IL o'clock tonight when their con-
tract expires.
w. G. Caples, Inland's industrial
relations director, said the workers
/, voted to walk out unless a new
agreement were negotiated
Inland had offered the workers a
new contract calling for 15-cent
hourly increase and containing q
clause guaranteeing union re-
sponsibility,"
Joseph Jeneske, district union
representative said the union would
accept the wage offer if other pro-
visions of the old contract were re-
tanned.
Mr.. Caples told a. reporter. eve
want to throw out all the WLB-
ordered stuff. The war is over"
Evening star., 1947-04-30
1000 Dockers in London
Vote TO Return 10 Work
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, April 30.-About 1000
of London's 10000. striking dock
workers voted today to return to
work tomorrow, and leaders of the
other strikers planned meetings
later in the day to consider the
Labor Governments back-to-w work
appeal.
The strike. now three days old,
was denounced last night by Labor
Minister George Isaacs as without
Justification
The Labor Ministry. meanwhile,
intervened to try to end a strike
tof 1000 city of London employees
whose walkout halted garbage col
Elections. delayed funerals, snarled
city produce markets and closed
the Tower of London drawbridge
over the Thames, disrupting traffic.
The 10000 London dockers went
out in sympathy with $500 Glasgow
dock workers, who quit March "a
because 500 fellow employees were
declared redundant and released.
Evening star., 1947-04-30
Voters Seek Wider Choice
In Arlington School Ballot

The Arlington County School
Board today studied a request by
the Citizens Committee for School
Improvement to break down pro-
posed bond referendum ballot to
give voters a wider selection on
the issues to be settled.
Malcolm D. Miller of the com
mittee asked the School Board last
night to include the following mat
tiers on the ballot:
A S64C,o00 sum for kindergartens
About s3,00o,o00 for elementary
and secondary school expansion.
An additional elementary and
secondary school expansion pro-
gram amounting to s2,50o, 600.
Chairman Jackson Ross of the
School Board said final details oi
the bond issue had not been set
tied, but the total figure would pe
about s6,000,O00 and efforts would
be made to hold the referendum
May 81.