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Evening star., 1947-12-28
Names of 200 u. S. Employees
Probed as Insiders Demanded
1947 Speculation Inquiry Never Revealed
Andersen Soys; Asks Anderson for Facts

retary Anderson came as a combi-
nation of sleuthing and accounting
by both Senate and House commit
tees was put on the trail of any
Government insiders" who may
have profited from commodity mar
ket speculation.
Besides the inquiry being made
by Mr. Andresen's committee, an in
dependent check will be made by a
Senate committee headed by Sena-
tor Knowland, Republican, of Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Andersen told neWsmen late
yesterday that he had received in
formation from "a very reliable
source" that the Commodity Ex-
change Authority conducted an in
vestigation of alleged gambling on
the Chicago commodity mart in
August or September "and never
made it public"
1T seems to me that. Secretary
Anderson should have released that
information first instead of coming
out with lists of legitimate traders
in the market" Mr.. Andersen said.
He added:
1T could not be possible that he
did not know about it.
IF my informetion is correct,
these employees were in position to
get inside informa ton on the Gov
1See SPECULATION. Page ABB
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Half Pints of Water Sold Here
Bearing u. S. Whisky Seals

naming stock OF 20 half-plnts from
a stock of 48 bottles. They opened
other bottles and tasted water. When
the telephone rang with more dis
appointed customers calling, the
ABC board was consulted.
Board members said it was out
of their hands and called in Fed
eral officials.
The bottles were brown and that
aided the deception, but investi-
gators were wondering how they
slipped past Government inspectors
supervising affixing Of tax stamps.
The first guess was that the bot
ties had been needed by inserting
a pinpoint syringe through the cork.
withdrawing the whisky and substi-
tuting water. But examination re-
yealed no marks on the corks.
Another theory was that distillery
employees cleaning tank from
which whisky was bottled had neg
lected to drain the waterse that
somebody thought 1t was the real
thing.
Meanwhile. only SO bottles of the
District shipment have been recoy-
cred.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
D.C.PoIicemanFound
Dead in Home Fire

Pvt. James Christian of No.
Police Precinct was found dead late
last night after small fire was
discovered In his home at 2613
Randolph avenue, Alexandria.
Pvt. Christians body was found
when he failed to report for duty
at II pm. and District police called
Alexandria police to search for him.
Alexandria police went to the
Randolph avenue home and. seeing
smoke pouring from window,
forced their way inside and found
the policemans body lying near q
rear window.
The only fire was in mattress
and was giving of dense clouds Of
smoke, Alexandria police said. .
Pvt. Christians wife and four
children were visiting in the Dis
trict. He was alone In their bunga-
low home at the time.
The patrolman's body was taken
to Alexandria Hospital. but he was
pronounced dead on arrival there.
Pvt. Christian. who was a brother
of Detective Sergt. william v. Chris
tian, attached to central headquar-
tiers here. had been member OF the
Metropolitan Police Force since No-
vember, 1942, with the exception Of
time he spent in service during the
war.
In addition to his wife. Pvt. Chris
tian is survived by four small chill.
dren, Maria. 10; Barbara, 8; James,
jr.. 1. and Sandra, q,
Evening star., 1947-12-28
By the Assoeioted Press

Chairman Andersen of a House
investigating committee called
on Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson yesterday to disclose
the names of 200 Federal en-
ployes in Chicago who allegedly
speculated in the commodities
market on the strength of in
side" Government information.
Mr.. Andersen said in letter to
Mr.. Anderson that his House Com
mite on Commodity Speculation
wants the facts concerning "the in
vestigation conducted by the Com
modify Exchange Authority during
the fall of 1947" involving the 200
Federal workers.
The committee desires the names
and addresses of each of the said
employees and the name of their
bureau or agency in which each en-
ploye worked, as well as the names
and addresses of the commodity
brokers handling the accounts" Mr..
Andresen's letter said.
The committee also desires spe-
ciflc information as to the makeup
of an alleged speculative pool in
commodity futures, supposedly made
up of Government employees in
Chicago
Mr.. Andresen's demand on Sec
Evening star., 1947-12-28
4 E|ectrocuted in Turn
While Putting Up Aerial
BY the Assoeiossd Press

MARTIN, KY. Dec. 27.-Four per-
sons were found electrocuted today
their bodies piled up in the back
yard of one of the victims who
was putting up radio aerial which
came in contact with a high tension
wire.
Floyd County Coroner Braodie
Shepherd said Robert Flanary, 49,
was electrpcuted first, and his
6-year-old sbn. John Hugh Flanary,
was killed when he touched his
father.
Mr.. Flanary's brother -in-law
Hugh Norris, 30, who lived next
door. ran to the scene and he too
was electrocuted, the coroner added.
Mr.. Norris wife, Edith, %, tried to
help the three and she died when
she reached the ground near the
bodies.
The bodies were piled up when
the coroner arrived and crowd
OF about 800 persons had gathered.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
World Air Traffic, Routed Here
After Snow, Jams Customs

Eighteen overseas plane flights
normally terminating in New York
were diverted to National Airport
yesterday and today. creating an
unprecedented jam for customs and
immigration officials.
More than 500 persons bound for
New York. among them several
Greek, italian and French war
brides, landed at the airport during
the SO hours following shutdown of
La Guardia Field because Of snow
conditions.
Government officials and airline
personnel were taxed to the limit
to receive and care for the pas
sengers, most of whom did not
speak English.
Six of the flights, including one
originating in Cairo and carrying
the war brides, were Trans World
Airlines.
There were 10 Greek war brides,
all of whom had expected to be
greeted by their fiances in New
York. Instead, they tried to make
their wishes known to Government
and airline agents.
Physicians and customs officials
worked through yesterday and last
night without rest. examining the
passengers and checking their bag
gage. They were turned over to
others who sought hotel rooms fpr.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Wortis to Say Go||inger Repair
Will Fix Mental Wards for 100
Will Also Ask New Buildings, Clinics,
And Special Care for Child Patients

try at New York's Bellevue Hospi-
tai. is due to reach the Commits
sioners early this week.
District officials have postponed
acting on Health Department
recommendations for $250,000 worth
of improvements in the psychopathic
division pending the Wortis re-
port. The recommendations were
requested by Commissioner Guy
Mason after The Star, in a series
of articles, termed the psychopathic
division " a disgrace to Washing
ton"
The forthcoming 35-page report,
it was learned, will stress the in
adequacies of the present buildings
and the need for new ones. But,
on the basis of survey made by
Public Health Service engineers, it
will point out that the present
(See GALLINGER, Page ABB
Evening star., 1947-12-28
By Missing With 8 Stewart Brown Quits
Since tuesday Sighted State Department for
On Seward Peninsula Standard Oil Job
Radio Reports Fail to Tell
OF Planes Condition;
Third Mishop for Pilot
BY the Assoeiutsd Press

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 27
Officers, at Ladd Field reported
that the B-29 super-fortress
missing since'Tuesday with eight
men aboard, was sighted today
on the northern Seward PENN
sula.
Meager radio reports from the
scene made no mention of the
condition of the plane or any signs
of life. The Weather Bureau re-
ported conditions in the area vary
from clear to light blowing snow,
with temperatures about 20 below
Meanwhile, the public informa-
ton office of the Alaska Air Com
mand, revealed the pilot of the
B-29 was 1st 1t. Vern H. Arnett
who has figured in three major
mishaps this year.
Was Aboard "Kee Bird"
1t. Arnett was the instructor
pilot aboard the BIO "Kee Bird
when it made a safe belly landing
on the ice in Northwestern Green
land last February 81.
In that landing none Of the II
Army men aboard the plane were
injured. All were later rescued and
flown to safety in the United States
when 1t. Bobbie Joe Cavnar, Ok
mulgee, Okla, made daring land
ing on the ice cap. The "Kee Bird
was on a Photographic mission out
of Ladd Field when it was forced
down.
A few weeks earlier 1t. Arnett
had been in B-29 that crashed a
few seconds after taking off from
Ladd field. In that crash 1t. Arnett
and all crew members escaped from
the burning plane with minor
injuries.
1t. Arnett is from Riverside
Calf, and his wife Eulah, is await
ing word of him here with the
wives of four other crew members
Of the plane.
Search Began Tuesday.
Ladd Field reported the B-29 was
found near the position from which
it was last heard, at noon Tuesday
fSee PLANE. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-12-28
By Miriom Gutenberg

The long awaited Wortis re-
port on Gallinger Hospitals psy-
chopathic division will inform
the Commissioners that the an
tiquated buildings now housing
mental patients can be repaired
to provide adequate housing for
a maximum of 100 patients, until
urgently needed new buildings
can be built. it was learned last
night.
An average of $50 patients, rang
ing from attempted suicide cases to
alcoholics with delirium tremens
now are crowded without regard to
age or mental condition into the
psychopathic division buildings.
The report prepared by DIR.
Samuel B. Wortis. chief of psychia- :
Evening star., 1947-12-28

Federal authorities were steWlne
last night over the unexplained sale
in Washington of half pints OF Gov
ernment-sealed whisky which con-
tanned nothing more stimulating
than plain water.
Carrying the label of a prominent
distiller, the bogus whisky first
showed up at a grocery. One men,
ber of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board who pressed a prelim-
mary investigation, believed that rs
cases, or $500 half-pints had been
consigned to the District.
First one customer and then an
other called the Kaplan Bros
grocery at 1700 U street NV. and
reported finding only water in bot
ties they had bought as whisky.
The grocers, who have liquor
retailing license and know that 86
orcof on a bottle doesn't mean spring
water, thought they were being rib
bed. Later they suspected the Gus
toners of attempting fraud. Finally
they opened a bottle and sampled
it. It was water.
Their inventory disclosed re-
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Fair Skies, 40 Degrees
To SPELL End OF Snow

The business of packing away
sleds will be in order again today
based on Weather Bureau forecast
of mostly fair skies today and to-
morrow with virtual disappear
ance of last weeks snow
Temperatures as high as 40 de-
grees were predicted for today. drop
ping to 26 tonight and ranging be-
tween Is and 35 degrees tomorrow
While some treacherous spots re-
main on east-west streets, William
A. Xanten, District Refuse Division
superintendent, said most ice and
snow was gone from main thorough
fares. Sanding operations have
been suspended except for one
truck answering emergency calls, he
said.
The American Automobile Asso-
citation reported highways in nearby
Virginia and Maryland fairly clear
of ice and snow. Some side roads
still are icy, 1t was said. Slippery
roads were reported north of Balti-
more on Route 40.
Fairly good roads were observed
north of New Brunswick, N. j., but
the going was slow on to Newark
and late yesterday. cars still were
not moving into New York's heavy
snow area.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Voice Of America Figure
Gives inadequate Poy
As Reason for Leaving
By Gornett D. Horner

Stewart Brown, one OF the key
figures Of the last year in this
Governments foreign informa-
ton and cultural activities. is
joining the procession of officials
leaving the State Department
because of inadequate pay as
compared with opportunities in
private business, it was learned
last night.
Mr.. Brown has resigned, effective
in mid-January, as deputy director
of the departments Office of Inter-
national Information and Educa-
tional Exchange, to become director
of public relations for the Standard
Oil CO. of California.
Voice Of America" shortwave
broadcasting to foreign countries is
one OF the activities, designed to
spread the truth about America and
combat Communist propaganda
that comes under the supervision
of the office Mr.. Brown is leaving.
His resignation comes on top OF
that of Kenneth D. Fry, who quit
the post of chief of the Division OF
International Broadcasting-in di-
rect charge of the Voice of Amer
lea" programme return to the
commercial broadcasting field.
The chief reason for both resigna-
tions, it was said. was the opportu-
nifty to earn much more money in
private enterprise than is possible
under Government salary limits
with such a move made compelling
now by rising costs of living.
The post of Assistant Secretary o1
State, responsible for policy direc-
ton of the international informa-
ton and cultural program, has re-
manned vacant for more than three
months for much the same reason
Since William Benton resigned
as Assistant Secretary of State ir
September, the s10.000-a-year posi-
tion has been offered to many
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Evening star., 1947-12-28
Communists Reported
Preparing New Fight
On Marshall Plan
Paris Expects March Will
See Moves in France,
ItoIy, Greece, Turkey

MARSHALL'S CABINET Report or
Russians Gloomy. Page C-1
RUSSIA CLAIMS Upper Hand" in
Economic Competition With West
Page AS
BY the Associoied Press
PARIS, Dec. 27.-Well-informed
political sources said tonight the
Communists are preparing a new
co-ordinated move against the
Marshall plan in France, Italy
Greece, Turkey and Austria and
the French government is ex-
pecting the action to begin in
March,,
The formation Of Communist
state in Northern Greece was the
preliminary move for more serious
action co-ordinated by the Comm
form Communist international In
formation Bureau. said this in
formant, who is closely linked with
the French government.
The form the Communist drive
will take was still a matter of con-
lecture. he added, but it may be a
new widespread effort to tie up
France and italy especially with a
new strike wave in an effort to
hinder European recovery and neu-
tralize the effects of American
economic aid.
Expect Bitter End of Winter.
The significance Of March as the
period of action, he continued, Is
that that is the month when many
Europeans expect Congress may
complete action on the Marshall
plan. 1t is the month in which
many Europeans will be cold, hun
cry and in a bitter frame of mind
after hard winter. 1t also is the
month when Gen. Charles de
(See COMMUNISTS, Page A-9D
Evening star., 1947-12-28
8 Die, 10 Hurt as Plane
Crashes in Mexican Town
BY the Associo.ed Press

LEON, Mexico, Dec. 27.-A Panini
Airlines passenger plane crashed
four blocks from the Leon public
square at noon today, killing eight
persons, seriously injuring 10, and
destroying three houses.
The bi-motored plane, en- route
from Durango to Mexico City, had
just taken off from the Leon air
port, police said, when 1t apparently
developed motor trouble. 1t was at
tempting to return to the airport
when it crashed, they added.
OF the eight dead, five were plane
passengers and three were residents
of the destroyed houses. Four OF
the ten injured were passengers.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Failure 70 Obey Law
Putting War Veterans
In Reserves Is Barred
Droft Act, Now Dead,
Required Transfer ns
Men Were Separated
By George Beveridee

In complying with insistent
public demand to return enlisted
men to their homes after World
War II, the military services
passed up an immediate chance
to get a tremendous postwar
reserve force.
This was brought out last night
in a charge by Col. William H. Neb-
lett, head of the Reserve Officers
Association, that the services vio-
lated the Selective Service Act by
sending servicemen back to civilian
life free of military ties.
Military officials admitted that an
important but little -publicized pre-
vision of the act was ignored to
meet feverish public demands that
servicemen be released without de.
lay.
Provision Called for Service.
The provision, written into the
original selective service act of Sep
tember. 1910, and never removed,
declared:
Each man, after the completion
of his period of training and service
shall be transferred to re-
serve component of the land or
naval forces of the United States
until he attains the age of
IS or until the expiration of a pc
riod of 10 years after such trans
fer"
1t added that two years additional
service in the Regular Army or the
National Guard would exempt men
from the reserve service.
Whether goodly number of the
100000 World War II veterans
later will be forced into reserve
service is conjectural.
Board May Discuss Question.
Army spokesmen said they did not
know Immediately whether the pro-
vision still holds because the Selec-
tive Service Act expired last March
81. But, they added, the question
probably will come before the spe-
cial board set up by Secretary of
Defense Forrestal to coordinate and
organize all reserve and National
Guard programs. The new board is
headed by Assistant Secretary of
the Army Gordon Gray.
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, Army
information chief, said he thought
the reserve provision still could be
put into effect but that ''it would
take lot of administration ma
chinery and a lot of money"
Another factor to consider, he
Gee pFCEpUEC pooe A-R)
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Nicoroguon Assembly
To Get CunuI Bill
By the Associoied Press
BY the Associated Press

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Dec. 81
A group of Constituent Assembly
deputies agreed last night to intro
duce bill to offer the United States
Government Nicaraguan support for
any project to construct canal
across this country. The bill would
grant the United States the right to
use any territory considered to be
of strategic Importance.
Sponsors of the bill said that the
legislation was being drafted in sup
port of the policy of President
Roman.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Argentina Reinstutes
9 Ousted Professors
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 27.-Nine
professors who were ousted several
months ago from the National Uni
versity of Santa Fe were reinstated
today.
Some political circles said this was
the first evidence of a reported plan
by the Peron government to make
peace with educational groups op-
posed to his administration.
It has been reported that about
300 professors separated from theif
Jobs in 1947.
Evening star., 1947-12-28
Prisoners Get Bonus

SAN JUAN, Argentina, Dec. 27 up.
The government Of San Juan
Province ruled today that the ma
tional law giving all workers year.
end bonus of one-twelfth of their
annual earnings applied to prisoners
who are paid for work they do in
prisons. 1
Evening star., 1947-12-28

See LOYALTY, Page A-9)
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(See RESERVES, Page A
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(See STATE, Page A-9J
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Weather Forecast

Mostly sunny today. with some cloudiness
and highest about 40. Fair and colder to-
night and tomorrow Full report on A-2)
1emneraf fureS
Evening star., 1947-12-28

The foregoing tabulation also fails
to take into account the dozen or
more regular appropriation bills
which will originate in the House
after President Truman submits his
budget early in January for the
fiscal year starting July l.
One of the first questions Repub-
lican leaders will have to decide
after the session gets under way is
what to do about carrying out the
mandate in the Congressional Re-
Act that Congress fix
a budget ceiling by February Is.
The first attempt to carry out that
law last winter ended in a dead
lock between the two houses.
Senator Taft said yesterday that
the question of how much is to be
approved for the first year of the
Marshall plan necessarily would be
involved in any attempt to fix a
ceiling on the budget as a whole.
The big question is whether con-
gressional sentiment on the Mar
shall plan will have been expressed
sufficiently by February Is to guide
the budget makers in arriving at
an overall ceiling on expenditures
for next year.
Evening star., 1947-12-28

r. Andresen's demand on Sec
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(See PLANE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1947-12-28

tSee SPECULATION, Page Al
Evening star., 1947-12-28

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19
LAPS HAIL
 SPEECH BY
 MACARTHUR
Acclaim Generals 5 De(Iar- ation as Strong Express
 sion, Japan $ Position
By RUSSELL BRINES

TOKYO, March 19.-tR-Japan- csc acclaim General MacArthur's press conference declaration as the strongest most detailed expression of Japan's present position the world has heard.
 of being cut off from the United States financial aid and of losing the stabilizing influence of Ameri- can military power.
 The Supreme Commander told American correspondents at a luncheon that a peace treaty with Japan should be made soon, the occupation terminated and future guidance of the country turned over to the United Nations.
 All newspapers printed MacAr- thurs statement in full, without editorial comment. It was the ma jor topic of conversation.
 The Supreme Commanders main points coincided with hopes, which government officials have long ex- pressed an early peace, end of military occupation. prompt deter imitation of separations ana more permanent economic assistance.
 Some young intellectuals were concerned lest withdrawal of Am erican occupation forces would sti- mulate stronger political activity by extremists and checkmate the growth of democracy
 These Japanese commented that a civilian administration might not have the same restraining influ- ence on Communist elements that MacArthur and the occupation army have had
 Japanese generally are pessimis- tic about the authority of the Unit ed Nations Reading of disputes in it's sessions, they are inclined to think its control would subject Japan to inter-Allied friction
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-03-19
UNI TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management
 District Land Office
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Anchorage, Alaska
 Eeor-i1oyv o0 1Qd7

February 20, 1947.
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that Carl Olson has made application for pat ent t0 his homesite, Anchorage Serial 011282, under the act of May 26, 1884 ,(48 Stat. 809) for a tract of land described as North Lot "A Plat of U. S. Survey No, 2516, of the Pearl Harhcr Group of Homesites, on north shore of Pearl Harbor adjom- ing HE. s. 167, containing 4.87 acres, latitude 58 28' 12" N. longitude 134' 48' w. and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the local land office, Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publica- tion or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Acting Manager. First publication, March 12, 1947. Last publication, May T. 1947.