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and furnishings in them probably
ran into millions more.
Bar Harbor was cut off from the
outside world most of the night.
The only electric lights in the town
were at the fire station where there
is an emergency plant.
No Panic Shown.
There was no panic, however, as
the crowds gathered along the
waterfront to be evacuated by sea
and overland. /
The only ones left in the town
at dawn are those who can aid in
fighting the fire. Most of them are
men, but there are a few women
helping in making and serving
sandwiches and coffee.
The rich and the not so rich
gathered when the time came to
leave, women and children first.
Most left reluccantly-and one 81
year-old woman absolutely refused
to bulge after she had taken up q
stand at the fire station.
Il didn't want to leave my home,
but they made me-" Mrs. Margaret
Blanchfield told me. This is as
far as I'll co.
No one dared to suggest she move
further.
Atwater Kent, r.. and his family
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FOUND.

CAT, gray and black stripes, wearing COL
lar and bell; SO. Arl. OW. 1904,
EYEGLAssEsIn,,l9th st. sto between F1orid,ss
Hobart 4T29,
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u. n. Receives Appeal
OF American Negroes
By the Associcted Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 24.-The
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People pre-
sented to the United Nations yes
terday 155-page petition appeal
ing for elemental justice against
the treatment" which 1t said the
United States had visited on Negroes.
The presentation was made to
Henri Laugier, an assistant secre-
tary-geneIal, and John Humphrey,
director of the Social Affairs De-
partment of the U. N
Walter White, executive secretary
of the national association. and DR..
w. E. B. Du Bois, director of its
department of special research, led
a delegation of IS.
DR.. Du Bois, who said the associa-
ton speaks for 100000 American
citizens, asserted the petition was
prepared and presented to induce
the nations of the world to per-
suade this Nation (the United
States) to be just to its own people"
He said the petition was "docu-
mented statement of grievances"
The petition said the effect of the
color caste system on white Ameri-
ca has been disastrous" that Con-
gress has refused to pass laws to
Evening star., 1947-10-24

Residents of Bar Harbor evacuated night by
road to Ellsworth to oudsboro a. forest
portion of the residential section OF the
famed resort Northeast Harbor 2 being
ated today fire souhwestery across Mount Desert
Harbor Fire fighters expressed the hope the
fire held Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor.
-AP Wirephotos
Evening star., 1947-10-24
Number of Westinghouse
Have Homes in Fire Area

These Washington residents are
among those who have summer
homes in Bar Harbor and vicinity:
Bar Harbor-Dr. James F. Mitch
ell. 1874 Nineteenth street NV.
Thomas Bell Sweeney. 1918 O
street NV, who mas Petunia Cot
tage on West street.
Ralph w. Snowden Hill. 450C
Broad Branch road NV. former
assistant solicitor in the State De-
partment, whose Maine home Is
called Glynhill.
Mrs. Marshall Langhorne, 2211
R street NV.
Mrs. Anne Archbold, 1905 Reser-
voir road NV.
Mrs. Peter A. Jay, 1911 Twenty
ninth street NV.
Mrs. Nancy Jerome, 3217 Klingle
road NV.
Mrs. Chandler Hale, 321o r street
NV.
Miss Helen Jones of Mclean. Va
Mrs. Draper Boncompagni, who
resides at the Mayflower Hotel.
Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, 1901 Fox
hall road NV, whose summer home
at Bar Harbor is known as Break
water.
Mrs. Loren B. T. johnson of 1901
Twenty-third street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Abbott, who
formerly lived in Somerset. Md,
now reside at Bar Harbor. Mr.
Abbott was a Government stat
istician.
Seal Harbor: Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Lester Marlatt, 1921 Sixteenth
street NV.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lippmann,
1925 Woodley road NV.
Northeast Harbor: Canon and
Mrs. Albert H. Lucas of st. Adams
School.
MIR. and Mrs. Eliot Wadsworth,
2416 Tracy place NV.
Mrs. Henry Hoyt, 17o1 Rhode Is
land avenue NV.
Hull's Cove-Mr. and Mrs. Sumner
Wells, former Undersecretary of
State, of Oxon Hill, Md; Mr.. and
Mrs. John B. Cochran, 1850 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV.
Miss Belle Gurnee, now of New
York, but longtime Washington
resident.
DR.. Mitchell is now in Georgia,
but his son, Harry D. Mitchell said
that their Maine home is at the cor
ner of Eagle Lake road and Eden
street. This morning he had not
found out about its condition and
he said only emergency calls were
being taken by the Bar Harbor
operators.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Jones, 3214
s street NV, have summer
place, Canoe Point" between Hull's
Cove and Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bell Wat
kins of Berryville, Va, have a place
on the waterfront, near Northeast.
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waited until their home went up
in flames before leaving.
Nurse Rem2inx in Town
Wirephotos.

in flames before leaving.
Nurse Remains in Town.
Another woman still here Is Miss
Lorna Joy. a nurse. She worked
tirelessly throughout the night
treating minor wounds.
Washing the eyes of the fire
fighters was a full-tine job in itself.
The business section of the town
Is untouched, as yet. Armed Nation
al Guardsmen patrol the streets.
Chief Abbott estimated that at
least 200 year-'round residences as
well as the summer show places were
destroyed. ,-.-
And Kebo Valley Country Club,
one of the most beautiful in the Ma
tion, Is no more.
The fairways and green's of the 18
holes-each hole donated by a mil
lionaire, including Rockefeller and
Ford among others-look like burned
over pasture land.
Sewall Brown, VINO owns a diner,
told me the speed of the fire caught
every one by surprise.
"It came with b roar" he said
Several people I know had to run
for their lives In front of the flames" :"
Communication with the outside
has been restored now and the fire
is under control-but the damage
has been done.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
Many Homes Of Rich
Destroyed by Fire,
Police Survey Shows
BY The Assoeio,ed Press


BAR HARBoR. Me-, Oct. "A
police survey today showed that
among the summer estates razed
IN last nights devastating fire were
those Of:
Potter Palmer, Chicago.
Mrs. w. s. Moore, sister Of Joseph
Pulitzer, ST. Louis publisher.
Lady Eunice Oakes, widow Of the
baronet, Sir Harry Oakes, who was
mysteriously killed in Bermuda
several years. ago guest house
only.
The late Henry Morgenthau, sr.
Walter Damrosch, the orchestra
conductor.
William P. Hamilton, New York
| financier.
Amory Thorndike, Boston.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, novelist.
William Proctor, soap manufac-
turer.
George Munson of the Munson
Steamship Lines.
Mrs. Edward May. New York.
| Mrs. Morris Hawkes., New York
(two guesthouses)
Mrs. Charles B. Pike, Chicago.
Mrs. Richard Hale, Boston.
DR.. A. M. Cloudman, cancer re-
searcher.
| Among the estates damaged were
those Of:
| The late Arthur Train, author.
| Herbert Satterlee, son-in-law OF
the elder j. P. Morgan.
Mrs. Lea Luquer.
Also destroyed were the famed
Jackson Memorial Laboratory for
Cancer Research and the buildings
of Acacia National Park.
| Police gave this resume of de-
struction by streets:
All of lockwood avenue. Noun
tain avenue, Forest, Pine. Prospect
avenue, Elk road, Kebo street, Cliff
Stone road, High Brook road, Ocean
Drive, Morrell Park and most OF
Harbor lane and Eden street.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
100000 0vereII Mansion
Auctioned Off for $500
By the Assocjoted Press

HINTRIDGE, Calf, Oct. "a
The Moorish mansion of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter E. Overell, who died
aboard their dynamited yacht March
Is, was sold for $4,000 at public
auction yesterday.
Their 18-year-old daughter, Louise,
sole heiress to their half-million dol
lar estate, and her erstwhile fiance,
George Gollum, were not among the
1000 persons who crowded the spa
cious grounds and inspected the IA
room house, which cost more than
100000 to build. She and Gollum
were acquitted October of her par
ents' murder.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ~ As
H.

declare the poll tax illegal, and thats
"the terrorization of Negroes in the.
United States by lynching has long
been an international scandal" It.
also, charged that Negroes have been .
denied equal access to educational
facilities of this Nation.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
Livestock Entries Filed

CHICAGO, Oct. "a (P).-Foster M.
Reeder of Mount Victoria, Charles
County, has submitted the first
Maryland entries for the 1947 In
ternational Livestock Exposition and
Horse Show to be held here Novem-
Der 29-December g. His entries
were for the purebred Shorthorn
cattle classes.
Evening star., 1947-10-24

panic" Police Chief George c. Alb
bott said.
Two-thirds of the refugees made
their escape in the afternoon, before
the flames reached the road.
Evening star., 1947-10-24
13 MISSING in Czech BIust

PILSEN, Czechoslovakia, Oct. "a
R.-Thirteen persons were reported
missing today following an explo-
sion in the Trylc chemical factory.
Workers are hunting in the burned
ruins for bodies.
Total catch of fish off the shores
of Fire in the first eight months of
1946 was valued at over 81 100000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
RIVERS HTS AT
 JONES ACT; SAYS
 DISCRIMINATORY

Declaring that the small seg- ment of Americans in the Puget Sound region do not deserve to dic- tate the continued strangulation of Alaska" a statement by Territorial Attorney General Ralph J. Rivers was released by his office today which recommends amendments to the Jones Act.
 Rivers, now in Seattle in an at tempt to secure modification of steamship rate structures to the Territory, released his statement today through his secretary. He said that he was not asking for re- peal of the Jones Act but believed that the Alaska trade should be opened up to competition between American and foreign vessels.
 The Attorney General suggested that the Federal Government give a subsidy to the American steam ship lines in order that they might compete with Canadian and other companies, and thus remove what he termed discrimination against Alaska found in the Jones Act"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

It. Commissioner William M Barrett and Major Max G. Kurtz of the Salvation Army arrived here yesterday via PAA plane from San Francisco on Barrett's last visit tC Juneau before his retirement.
 A dinner was held at the Baranof Hotel last evening with the Arny's advisory board, and today Barrett will re conducting a conference with officials of the Alaska Division of the Salvation Army representing communities from Ketchikan to Anchorage.
 Tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Commissioner Barrett will officiate at the dedication of the Army's new missionary boat, the William Booth at Alaska Steam slip Dock.
 Barrett will conduct public ser vices at the Salvation Army Hall this evening, at the Methodist Church Sunday morning, and again in the Army hall Sunday evening
 Both Barrett and Major Kurt2 will return to the States tomorrow
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
Don't Like Chow But Does Enjoy (iiy's Jail

The City Police Department i' having trouble getting rid Of its cats. Two weeks ago, the Police succeeded in giving two Of theii four young kittens to the Superin- tendent of Schools but one Of the kittens returned to the City Jail the next day.
 Finally Chief of Police Milo Clouse gave up trying to give the cats away and took them out tc the municipal Garbage Dump be- cause he felt that there would be plenty of food there.
 That was two days ago. This morning, when Chief Clouse came to work, he found one of the cats had found his way back home to the jail. Now, the Chief is in a quandary as to what he should do
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
JUNEAU SPRUCE
 K LOOKING FOR
 LUMBER MARKET
Local SawmiII Completes Govt. ConfraCf Ahead
 of Schedule

The Juneau Spruce Corporation is now looking around for new worlds to conquer. E. s. Hawkins, Resident Manager, revealed today that the company expects to com plete its contract for lumber with the U. s. Government within the uext thirty days. After that con- tract has been fulfilled, Hawkins said that his company will have to find a new market for it's lumber output of five million board feet Her month.
 He revealed that there are several difficulties holding back the ex- pansion of companys sales but he Goes not anticipate being forced to close down operations pending the lonation of new customers.
 Hawkins returned here Thursday from a trip to the States where he secured equipment for the com panys new logging camp at Edna Bay and conferred with Corpora tion officials at Portland and Coos Bay. He said that he was unsuc- ceSsful in securing a vessel for use hy the Corporation in shipping lumber from Juneau to the States
 He said that the cost of shipping to the States via commercial steam ship companies is prohibitive at present because of the high cost of iongshore operations. He said that this to a certain extent, may even hold back the company from purchasing its own ships.
 Hawkins was accompanied on his trip here by E. H. Card, Per sonnel Manager of the Coos Bay Lumber Go. at Coos Bay, Oregon, which is a parent company or Juneau Spruce. MT. Card, who will remain here for a brief visit, is the brother of Mrs. Dorothy Manthey of Juneau. Hawkins expects to make another trip South within a week or ten days.
 Juneau Spruce now has 282 em- ployees on it's payroll, Hawkins also revealed.
 He also stated that the Coos Bay Lumber Co has completed it's experiments on a new process Tor the manufacture of pulp from waste. The experiment proved the new process to be both successful and practical, Hawkins, said, be- cause it will use less water and power. He said that the Coos Bay Company will experiment further in Oregon with the process.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
MRS. GLEN ]. KIRKHAgd IS H0N0RED, BABY SHOWER

Honoring Mrs Glen J. Kirkham a Stork shower was given by Mrs Cecil Donahue last evening at the home of Mrs. Herbert Vending
 Games appropriate to the oc- casion were played during the eve ming and Mrs. Kirkham was pre- sented with many gifts in baby bathinette Centering the refresh- ment table was a beautiful cake decorated by Mrs DOnahue with blue long-legged storks.
 Those attending the affair were the Mesdames J. B. Smith, R. Palmer, James Hickey, Sr., George Martin, LeRoy West, Harry Brack-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
THREE ARRAIGNED IN
 (0MMISsIONER'S COURT

Anna Thomas and George E. L'Heureux were arraigned yesterday before U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray and are now awaiting trial in the Juneau Federal Jail.
 Mrs. Thomas was arraigned on a charge of breaking and enter ing and bail was set at S1 900. She is accused of stealing two bottles Of liquor from the window of the California Liquor Store.
 LHeureuX was booked on petty larceny and bail was set at $500. He is accused of stealing two cans of ice cream from a Spruce Deli catessen truck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
ECONOMISTS LOOK FOR BUSINESS
 RECESSION, 194S

NEW YORK, Oct. 25.-tR- A mild business recession beginning next spring is expected by ma- ioritv of economists boiled by the F. w. Dodge Corporation.
 Thomas s. Holden, President of the fact-finding organization, said that 75 of 100 economists ques- tioned expected recession in 1948 and 21 did not expect a recession, and four failed to express an opin- ion. Forty-one expected it to be mild, 19 described their expecta- ton as moderately serious and Il as serious
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
HAYNES PARENTS AWARDED $3,6Oo
 IN SONS DEATH

An award of $500 each was made to the parents of Alvin Owen Lewis this week by the Alaska h. dustrial Board. Lewis, Is years old, died from electrocution last June at Haines while operating a motion picture projection machine in a theatre there.
 The Board made the award to MT. and Mrs. o. I. Lewis, parents of the youth, under the provisions of the Territorial WorkmenS Com pensation law. The manager of the theatre, Mayo B. Raney, was found by the AIB to be responsible under the law for the total amount of $3,600.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
HEALTH DEPARTMENT GIVES ST0RK SHOWER
 FOR LEE DUNIApS ]

Mrs. Ruth Dunlap, employee in the Tuberculosis Division of the Territorial Health Department, was honored with baby shower yesterday afternoon by her col leagues in the department.
 She was presented with large bathinette, and an appropriately decorated cake with pink and blue footprints, and the question, boy? or gul? was served.
 Mrs Dunlap is the wife of Lee Dunlap, Coordination, Liaison and Maintenance Officer for the Civil Aeronautics Administration of Ju- neau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
WIND H0WLS ALONG
 WATERFRONT BUT
 NO DAMAGE IS DONE

High winds again howled last night in the Gastineau Channel area, blowing about 35 miles per hour with gusts up to 45 miles per hour.
 There was no damage in the Small Boat Harbor, according to Harbormaster Andrew Hildre after a check of all craft this morning. No damage was reported from other sections of the waterfront.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
MEMORIAL SERVICES
 MON. FOR MRS. JACK

Memorial Services for Mrs. Mary Jack of Tenakee, who passed away in Government Hospital on Thurs day, will be held Monday after noon at o'clock in the Chapel of the Charles w Carter Mortu- ary.
 Adj. Henry Lorenzen of the Sal- vation Army will officiate at the services, after which the remains will be taken to Hoonah by small toat for interment there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

en, AXel Pearson, Kenneth Willard, Charles Bland Ted Nyman, Bern Converse, D. Wayne Stevenson, Mrs. Margaret Comby, Mrs. Wend- ling, Mrs. Donahue and the hon. oree Mrs. Kirkham
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
ANCHORAGE BARS WILL
 REMAIN OPEN ALL NIGHT

The Anchorage City Council, by a Az vote, has approved of all night opening of bars. The ordin- anca however, still keeps liquor dispensing establishments closed Sundays from 6 a. m. to p. m.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
SONS OF NORWAY
 INITIATE TONIGHT

At the regular meeting of the Sons of Norway tonight, there will be an initiation followed by games, refreshments and dancing.
 The meeting will be at 8 o'clock at the IOOF Hall, Ingvald Vamess IS in charge of the games, and the refreshment committee consists of Mrs. Sig Jackson and MT. and Mrs. Hollander
 Pete Hildre and Hermod Walde- mar are on the kitchen committee
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
ELKS OPEN LOUNGE

Under process of construction for several months, the Anchorage Elks have opened their sunset lounge in the Elks quarters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
SEATTLE VISITORS

Miss Patricia Hofstad, Betty Hof- stad. and V. L. Mcclure of Seattle are staying at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25
HERE FROM SEWARD

Bill Lavery of Seward is regist cred at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

HALLOWEEN sARN DANCE
 Sat. Oct. 25, Salmon Creek Coun- Iy Club. --adv. 7l3-t5
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

Mattresses and Fountain Girl! wanted at Percy's Cafe. 665 |
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

Mems two-panus suits are now arriving. See them on display at GRAVES "rhe C1cthing Man" 6 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

Empire Wantads for test results!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

HALLOWEEN BARN DANCE
 Sat. Oct. 25, Salmon Creek Coun- try Club. adv. 713-t5
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

Empire Wantads for lest results!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-10-25

HALLOWEEN BARN DANCE
 Sat. Oct. 25, Salmon Creek Coun- try Club adv. 7l3-to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-14
ihe Washington Merry-6o-Round

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-14

C;E empolyees have been unonized and the union has succeeded in bringing into the profit-sharnig plan all employees who have been with the company for year. Hence President Wilson explains, it's original purpose has been defeated The profit bonus is now simply an addition to wagesa very insignificant ad- dton too--instead of being reward for length of service
 Under present conditions therefore, the company s decision to drop its profit sharing plan seems to us to be wise For the methods of collective bargaining practiced today by strong labor unions leave little margin for development of genuine profit plans Demands for wage increases pushed to the limit so that the employer is deprived of the incentive, sometimes of the power, to supplement wages from profits Indeed if profit bonuses liberal that is signal to organized labor to ask for further wage Hence. from the employers viewpoint, the system of profit-sharng becomes increasingly un- pecally if the system is comprehensive that it no longer helps to reduce labor turnover.
 From the viewpoint of employees, too, reliance upon profit-Sharing as a means of suppementlng wages is unsatisfactory. For the worker is better capable of determination in advance than by system that is tied to fluctuation in yearto-year profits Furthermore under established profit sharing plan employees come to regard the high profit bonuses of good times a regular part of their income and to spend accordingly When profits decline they re- sent reductions in such bonuses and may be seriously embarrassed by the resultant loss of income. Gen. orally speaking therefore is better for all concerned to put wage agreements on firm basis, without any direct tie-up with profits and let the benefits of industrial prosperity reflected in high profits, each workers in the form of regular wage increases pen sions and other benefits.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-14
Kentucky As A Portent
Cincinnati Enquirer

Popular sentiment pro and con on the Tait- Hartley Act has been tested in several elections prior this week Uniformly, the returns have shown that public approved the action of Congress in adopt ing law to compel some responsibility on the part o labor unions.
 The new act was in issue agan-to very limited degree-in the Kentucky gubernatoria election. The Democratic nominee for Governor Earle C. Clements, had voted against the act as member of the House of Representatives. Some Republican speakers used this as a campaign argument for their standard bearer Eldon Dummt although obviously Congress sfonal policy had little to do with the State election
 Therefore if as most observers expect Kentucky winds up in the Democratic column by rather SUD- stantial majority, probably shall hear great ballyhoo in the union press about public reaction against the Taft-Hartley Act.
 As a matter of fact, the election returns from Kentucky will have little value barometer of pub lie feeling on this labor legislation And we're writ ing this at time many hours before the first vote is tabulated) Or at best the returns will be ndl- catiye only when due allowance Is made for all the other political factors involved.
 If Kentucky should go Republican, it certainly would indicate the power of some extraneous factor and in such the TaftHartley issue might have played part But it must be remembered that Ken lucky normally is Democratic State. AS was the case in 1943 strong defections must exist Tn the the majority partys ranks before Republican guper material candidate runs on even terms Gov S.sS Willis enoved unified party backing four years ago while factionalism still rang strong within the Demo- cratic party in the final election after super primary This year the Democrats again had very snirited primary contest they achieved notable degree of solidarity before going to the polls Tuesday And Kentucky Republicans, meantime, split sharpiy h their primary and remained notceably olVloeo
 This imposed severe handicap on the partys chances. That reality of practical politics should be horne in mind in any evaluaton of whatever the tapu 1ation may show happened in Kentucky Iuesday