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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07
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us. A11ompIishes Demili. farizing Job = More
 Work 10 Be Done

TOKYO. July 7.-iR-The U. S. Navy has just about demilitarized what's left of the Japanese fleet but 1t still has work to do in these wa ters.
 Vice Admiral Robert M Griffin, who commands United States Naval Forces in the Far East. said today there still will be Japanese shipping to watch, and anti-smuggling pa trols will have to be maintained along with a Photographic office and air rescue work.
 The show of force in the presence of U. $. warships is not discounted, either.
 Griffin intends to call halt to minesweeping operations. The Naval Commander believes most of the mines not destroyed are now inef- fective.
 Combat Boats Found
 The U. s. Navy bombed and tor pedoed the bulk of the Japanese fleet in war operations. When occu- patton forces arrived, however, they found enough combat ships to form sizeable flctilla. Many were dam aged but could have been repaired Japanese working under American direction have scrapped seven air. =a four cruisers and three auxiliaries which were cperatable or at least towable at wars end.
 Another carrier and cruiser were reiloated-and scrapped. One old battleship was raised, and nearly scrapped.- Still another carrier is being resurfaced for scrapping. The Japanese need the steel.
 Piles cf Floating Steel
 Three other damaged battleshlps and eight cruisers have been trim med by acetylene torches of every thing above the waterline, reducing them in effect to II floating piles Of steel. avery operable submarine found after the surrender was tow cd to sea and sent to the bottom; inoperable underseas craft have been scrapped
 More than 10000 tons of steel have been realized from the scrap ping program all of which has been handed over to the Japanese for in- dustrial use
 Disposition of most of the re- naming Japanese combat ships will be carried out this summer with transfer of 92 destroyer and de- stroyer escorts among the United States, Soviet Russia, Britain and China.
 Griffin did not say what the United States intends to do with the vessels it draws. Some will be used for target practice.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07

Empire wart-aas for rrsults.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07

Empire Wanr-ads for results!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07

also participated in an addendum honoring the outgoing Grand Wor- thy Advisor, Margaret Arnold, who visited in Juneau during the last week of May, and also attended dinner in a group with Yakima, Poulsbo and Port Orchard gir-s.
 Increased interest in the orgari- zation was manifest not only in the larger number attending the ses- sion but also by the larger num- Der of assemblies participating in the drill team competition, scrap book contest, and skits. Two As semblies registered as many as 45 and 50 girls. and all sessions were fully attenGed.
 Miss Betty Miner, who was Grand Hope and who visited Ju- neau with the Grand Officers dur ing their trip in May, was elected Grand Worthy Advisor for the coming year Her election on the second ballot proved beyond a doubt that she was the choice of the 125 Assemblies in this jurisdic- diction, and the entire session rose to it's feet to acclaim her election and to show their approval. Miss Miner was not able to travel to the other Alaska Assemblies with the other Grand Officers, but re- turned to Seattle from Juneau. However, she expects to be able to visit some of the Alaska Assem- plies during her term of office.
 An Alaska girl receiving honors was Hazel Jenkins of Anchorage who was appointed Grand Repre- sentative to North Dakota from this jurisdiction. Miss Jenkins was not present at the session. She is past Worthy Advisor of the An chorage Assembly and in that ca pacity assisted in the institution of the Rainbow Assembly at Seward last April
 This year marked the 18th anni- versary of Rainbow, and that theme was carried out in the silver decorations, silver anniversary but tons presented to all registrants, and silver programs. All Grand Officers wore long old-fasllioned dresses with bustles, and with white lace showing below the hem in the back. The girls wore silver slippers and accessories, and made very charming picture. MT. A. J. Swindle, Supreme Inspector for this jurisdiction, and Mrs. Swindle were honored in a special adden- dunn put on by Past Grand Wor- thy Advisors and after being pre- sented with number of gifts, in- cluding a silver offering, they were honored guests at reception later in the evening. Also honored that evening was Mrs. Margaret Ale man Kenrick, the first elected Grand Worthy Advisor, who is now the Executive Secretary, and who has devoted great deal of her time and talents to the organiza- tion.
 The next Grand Assembly meet ing will be held in Walla Walla, the last week in June, 1948, and plans are already under way to have a larger representation from ]. Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07

,ATURE STARTS AT 7:3O-lO P. M.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-07
} FISHING BOATS
 IM WITH CATCHES

Fish landings at the Juneau Cold Storage today were the Apex, skip pered by Peter Bond. with 5000 pounds of kings for Alaska Coast Fisheries; the Emma, skippered by Tom Ness, with 6,000 pounds of black cod. and Dan Twiet's Valiant, with 10000 pounds of halibut. No sales had been made of the Emma and Valiant catches at noon.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
would be ! loan-out from Para

would be loan-out from Para
mount.
Gregory Peck is now arranging
Ibis schedule arld what a schedule
Ito take three months OF next
summer, so that he can spend all
| his time with the Selznick Players
in their stock company. That's
|right--next summerl
Chico Marx left last week for
England for six weeks of personal
appearances there. The Marx
brothers were always more popular
in England than in this country.
And speaking of England, Virginia
Field is going there with her. hus-
band, Howard erode, to make d
British movie when she finishes
Dream Girl" with Betty Hutton,
at Paramount.
Dick Haynes has just had a sad
experience. He wrote II songs and
submitted them to the Beverly
Music Co. And they were all re-
jected. Dick only happens to own
the Beverly Music Co.!
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The battle lines are forming for a
terrific fight between the Screen
Actors Guild and the producers
at the end of next month.
Deborah Kerr will soon be seen in
this country in "Hatter's Castle"
with Robert Newton as her leading
man. This is the A. j. Cronin story
that Bette Davis once wanted to do
Cameron Mitchell, who gets his
best break to date with Van john
son In High Barbaree," wants to
90 to Australia in Ser ember to star
there with his wife Johanna in
Iiliom."
Talk Of filming the life Of the
late Harry Hopkins is premature,
according to his son, David Hopkins.
who works for Charlie Enfield at
II think my fathers
life would make a better documen-
Evening star., 1947-05-28

ried about theater costs and prices.
She and the other II members of the
Company of IL" want to see If
something can be done about bring
ing them down.
I'VE are going to play at a 50 top.
she says. "Itf will be a great expert
ment. OF course, the Civic Center
has an established audience, on
which we are counting a lot.
Imagine a theater with mailing
list of $4,000 patrons" mo one could
imagine it, and obviously no one was
expected to-
To see what can be done about
operating costs, the players in the
stock, company are partners. Each
Is on the Board of Directors. The
scene designer, usually a member of
one OF the most aloof sets In the
drama, is also partner ard direc-
tor, Everybody will work on per-
centage basis, except. of course, the
basic union members who are not
directors. partners or otherwise.
Miss Stoddard feels most kindly
toward the City of New York as her
summer landlord. The deal for the
theater recognizes the experimental
nature of the project It's fee for the
theater during the 10-week season
even includes the salaries of the four
regular house musicians.
The Company of IL" is going to
adhere to a policy Of presenting
American plays. It's purpose is to
give five sound dramatic buys, a
varied fare which no one will fancy
as ART.
If 1t works as anticipated, and as
the group is praying it will, there
will be winter season Of stock, not
repertory, which Is fancier as a des-
ignation, by the same group at the
same theater.
1--WE have been promised another
10 weeks this winter" Miss Stod-
dard says. tits conditioned, natur-
ally, on what comes of our program
this summer"
She makes 1t sound more sensible
than anything you have heard an
actress say in long time.
She leaves Washingtonian feel
Evening star., 1947-05-28

Is up" on this play, but between the
nine performances she is giving at
Olney, she will be working on "Tae
Trial Of Mary Dugan" She will
do that at the Bucks County Play
house, New Hone, Pa, the following
fortnight.
Once she has learned Mary
Dugan," her troubles really begin,
Her next chore Is taking over Ingrid
Bergman's old role in Joan Of Lor-
raine," which will be given its first
of-Broadway production OF the
summer at Stamford, Conn.
You might think, being you in
stead Of an agile minded summer
stock star. that Miss Stoddard might
well find herself some night in
Stamford injecting her dream girl
into the middle, of Joan's dramatic
trtbulations. Or, getting Mary
Dugan's trial lines twisted into
those of Maxwell Anderson's heroine
in the latter's famous inquisition
scene.
This would worry almost any one.
but Miss Stoddard Is familiar enough
with the routine of such things
to approach the dizzy schedule with
confidence. Another thing that
keeps her from fretting, and making
1t easier to scramble heroines, is
that she does not have time.
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Actually, Miss Stoddard. who ar
rived In town Monday for her Olney
debut and the precedent rehearsals,
has another project which would
inspire almost any other actress to
skip these next five or six weeks
entirely.
She is leading spirit-being by
nature the leading spirit type If you
ever saw tin the summer stock
company which will operate for 10
weeks at New York's Civic Center.
The group, known as THE Company
OF H." Is in the midst of one Of the
most elaborate projects dreamed up
for the summer. Stock In New York
and In theater large enough for
Ringing Bros. circus is nothing to
be approached lightly. Miss Stod-
dard nevertheless is gallant enough
to approach it obliquely from Wash
iagton, New Hope and Stamford.
As any one might surmise, the
Civic Center enterprise is enough to
fill a complacent actress with en-
thusiasm. Miss Stoddard Is not
complacent.
In common with nearly every one
else In the theater who has, been
blessed with intelligence, she Is wor-
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Hollywood:
Maureen Choice
OF Author for
Mrs. Mike Role
BY SheiIoh Grohom

Maureen O'Hara Is Katharine
Mary Flannigan'sschoice to play the
title role in Mrs. Mike Literary
Guild selection, sold to the movies
for $500, 600. It's the story Of Mrs
lFlannigan's life when she was girl
| in Northwestern Canada and will be
filmed in that country. Maureen's
two brothers, by the way. Charles
and Jimmy, will soon be on their
way to Hollywood and movie star
dom-they hope.
Dana Andrews and Ingrid Berg
man as a movie team? That is what
Lewis Milestone is hoping to serve
up for his next picture. And it
sounds like an idea that can't miss
-Ingrid. the most popular gal in
show business and Dana, the most
sought-after leading man in Holly
wood.
Enrol Flynn's tailor in Silver
River is Harry Hays Morgan,
the aristocratic-looking brother of
Gloria Vanderbilt.
Since Andrea King left Warmers,
she is getting more and better pic
ture offers. Now Roz Russell has
a part for her in, Lucky Penny"
And after that, there's movie COM
ing up called, "The Lonely Steeple."
That's a good title.
The Gene Kelly Marie Mcdonald
baby in Living In Big Way"
Willene Luckett. Is now decorating
the current Dolly Madison cupcake
billboards.. And she looks mighty
cute nesting In that basket. VIII
lene was also with Deanna Durbin
in "I'll Be Yours" but they cut her
scenes from the picture.
One Of the scripts Dorothy La
mour is now reading is our old
friend, "One Touch of Venus" This
Evening star., 1947-05-28
That Machine Again
HOLLYWOOD.

Among the high-priced factors"
on William Cagney's "The Time Of
Your Life" set is a $1,700 pinball
machine which does everything but
talk. Playwright William Saroyan
called for a machine which would
wave a flag, shoot a miniature can
non, play bugle call and light up
like movie premiere when 1t hit
the jackpot. Bill Cagney's special
effects men constructed 1t for the
$1,700-which they no doubt can get
back in a week If they stick the
gadget in any corner drugstore when
the picture Is finished.
Evening star., 1947-05-28

ing that maybe even New York is
deserving of a good stock company.
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Midweek memos: "Alexander's
Ragtime Band" another musical re-
issue is scheduled for an encore en-
gagement at the Columbia Theater
on June 5. i. And "The Great
even more lavish, cannot be
far behind. ;. "Duel in the Sun" is
announced for a second week at the
Palace. :. The experimental mood
will inspire Alexandria's Little The
ater group to three original one-act
plays tomorrow night at the Cam
eron Street USO. -. There will be a
critical forum following at which
presumably even the audience will
be allowed to talk back to play
actors and directors.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
So Year Old Wreck |
Repeated On Screen
HCILYWOCT

An authentic reproduction Of !,
actual freight train wreck in Se
Wyoming mountains q half centd
ago is being constructed for Pal-
mounts whispering Smith, = Ted
Fnicolor drama which stars All,
Ladd, Robert Preston and Don6i
Crisp. Fifty mem are at work
constructing the wreck from axl
photographs under the supervise
of Herman Larson, veteran Upin
Pacific official and. technical advia
on whispering Smith,, Three ot
condemned boxcars were smashS
with a crane-and-ball apparatlS
The 2,100-pound cast-iron ball Il
duced the cars to splinters. FiY
other cars, boxes, stock and fIss
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Novel Comes Last
HOLLYWOOD

The usual procedure Of making
movie pictures out OF best selling
books viii be switched when silver
River, Stephen Longstreet,s orig
inal for Enrol Flynn and Ann
Sheridan at Warner Bros, Is novel
lied this fall. The yarn deals With
silver mining In Nevada following
the Civil War and Is based on q
story Longstreet's grandfather re-,
counted when the writer was q boy.
Evening star., 1947-05-28
Haila Stoddard's Heroines
Come to Trial in Pairs
By Joy Cormody

Hana Stoddard just dainti small actress but would not
herself to launch
theater
Starting Friday Dream Girl" to
start the Oney its promising
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
PUT SCREENS AWAY
IN GOOD CONDITION

Screens put away in good cindi-
tion now will save many a headache
next spring, says Miss Louise r.
Whitcomb, extension home manage
ment specialist for the University
of Delaware, who gives the follow
ing suggestion for their care.
, If the screens have any weak
corners, reinforce them before they
break apart. If there is small hole
III an otherwise good screen, take a
patching piece and unravel the ed
ges, bending the wires at right ang-
les. Place the patch over the hole SO
that the bent wires stick through
the screen, then bend them back
again to hold the patch in place.
Protect screens against rust this
winter by cleaning both sides of the
screen with kerosene. Dry thor
eughly and paint the screens with d
wire screen enamel especially de-
signed not to clog the mesh. Place
the screens between two wooden
horses and apply the finish with a
piece of old carpet tackled to block
of wood The same enamel can be
used on the frame, too.
Store the screens in "a dry place
for the winter and where they viii
stay flat. A rack built to hold them
will keep the screens free from the
floor. Each screen should be care
fully marked before taking it out
and kept in the order that will bs
followed in putting them back again
! in the spring.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
EPWORTH

The w. S. C. S. of Epworth
Church wish to thank every one
who gave contributions and
helped in any way to make our sup
per last Saturday evening huge
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Short and
son, Mrs. Edwin Smith and daugh-
ter, Jean, Dale Pepper and Dickie
Nibblet, all of Georgetown, were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur McCauley on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Tingle
spent Sunday evening in Laurel
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton
Smith. who have returned from
their honeymoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cannon and
son, Wayne, were visitors Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Cannon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Baker of Phila-
delphia, were guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur McCauley Monday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Collins and
daughter and Mr.. George Truitt
were dinner guests Sunday of Mr.,
and Mrs. Alonzo Stuart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Lundell were
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Reuben Riley Sunday evening.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

The first locomotives to haul coal
cars burned wood.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

One of the earliest firms was that
of David Black, later there was
Carlisle and Reville, Truitt and
Deputy, and yet later, Lank and
Reville, the Scribner Yards and
Abbott and Company, considering
the size of the river really large
ships were built, some of 500 tons
burden. All this activity caused
the growth of stores on Walnut
street and the foundation of the
present business section, although
it long remained street of stores
and dwellings interspersed, the old
Marshall property being about the
last of these to go. Some of the
houses on Front street show the
effect of this prosperity, notably
the Scribner house, now Colonel
Lank's and the Hudson house, now
Mrs. jennings. For many years
there were wooden bars across Car
isle Lane-the lane leading only
to the Truston McColley Farm. 1t
is the old McColley house that still
stands and which DR.. William Mar
shall is now restoring. 1t is re-
markab1e for its fine staircase and
| its curious second floor fireplaces.
No account of South Milford would
be complete without some mention
of the old Causey Spring house. 1t
stood near the corner of Church
street and Causey avenue, where
the Short lumber stacks now are,
and was a place of resort for
young people on summer evenings.
There were carved the heart en-
blems with their intertwined in
itials. 1t was always said that
those who drank from this spring
would never leave Milford. The
spring is gone but Mr.. Joseph Hol-
land moved the spring house into
his yard where you probably re-
member it. We can no longer drink
from the spring, but those who
live here are usually confirmed
| Milfordians if not to the extent oil
certain old man they used to tell
about, whose feet began to hurt
the minute he crossed the stream
at the Tub Mill and didn't STOP
until he came back on this side
and was again in sight of town.
1t used to be the fashion to con
clude with a moral so that what
/ want to say to you now will
serve in the old fashioned way tC
point a moral and adorn the tale
That old Roman saying-time de.
stroys everything-is Just as true
for us as it was for them. 1t il
only when we resist and make
some organized effort that we are
able to rescue some spoils from
the wreck of time. The buildings
we. have been thinking of tonight
some remarkable for their archi
1 tectural beauty, others for theil
antiquarian interest, have survive,
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

by the merest chance. Much has
been lost, like the old Mitchell
Buildings on Front street, for in
stance, which a New England town
or Virginia Williamsburg would
have taken care to preserve, Until
the bridge was built across the
creek on Washington street, 1t
appeared that business would in
evitably expand out North and
South Walnut streets and that the
Causey Mansion and the stately
houses in the Torbert block in
North Milford were doomed to give
place to commercial buildings.
Most fortunately for the town the
bridge has made possible a more
compact and convient business
section-conyenient because it
makes circular drive for automo-
biles and provides greater ease of
access to the store. And yet, in
spite of this lucky chance, the fact
that they will be preserved re-
mains pious hope-the hope that
this or that building will not fall
into the hands of Philistines, but
will fall into hands ready to re-
store and preserve that which can
no longer be replaced. The preser-
vation of such things is already the
serious concern of other commun-
tiles. Not long ago some of you
may have seen a photograph in the
papers of some citizens of Boston
sitting in groups on the pavement
The city had threatened to remove
the old brick payements which were
so well in keeping with the build
ings on the street, but the deter
mined resistance of these enthusi-
astic 'sitters' called so much at
tention to the proposed desecra-
tion that the pavements were saved
and will remain for many a long
| day to delight the antiquarian eye
So jealously do the citizens of Bos-
ton guard even the pavements that
i front their historic buildings. Here
then is our moral--private citizens
can do much by wise purchase and
careful restoration, but they can
not do all-or even enough, to wir
the battle. Without some sympa.
thetic civic help our treasures viii
continue to disappear one by one
in the future as they have in the
past. We cannot get back what oul
town has lost-we can save those
! really fine things that remain.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

Copyright, 1917. United States Brepers Foundation
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31

Sam Abernathy never intended to
be a matrimony expert, but he hit
the nail on the head the other day
when he said:
"What marriage really needs is
more open minds and a lot fewer
open mouths"
Sam may not think much of his
missus' choice of hats or her habit
of serving watercress and cream
cheese salad. But he keeps his
mouth shut Il mean. he just uses it
to eat the salad). And the missus
never criticizes Sans affection for
that wOrn-out chair before the FIRE,
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Use Of Finger Printing

New York state claims to have
made the first use Of finger prints
for criminal identification in the
United States, having adopted the
system at Sing Sing prison in 1908.
two years after it was established
in England. 1t was not until 1924
that the federal bureau Of investiga-
ton established their finger print
division. Today it has more than 101
million finger prints on file.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Americas Oldest House

The oldest house in America, To-
Gated at St. Augustine. Fla, was
recently sold. 1t was built in 1864 by
the monks Of the Order of st. Fran
els, and the whole Of the solid struc-
ture is composed of soquina, COM
bination Of sea shells and mortar.
which is almost indestrlctible.
Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Soviet Boosts
It's Tea Production

MOSC0W-(P)-Along with her
fine grain and sugar crops for this
year the Soviet Union is going to
have an excellent tea yield.
Based on reports from all of the
tea growing regions of the south,
the Moscow News" called the crop
excellent"
Georgia, Azerbaijan and Krasno-
dar Territory have completed their
plan of state tea leaf deliveries
ahead of schedule and the first few
hundred tons of the 1947 tea have
already reached the factories.
A report stated the collective and
state tea plantations of sub-tropical
Georgia have over fulfilled the
plan by 796 tons, and topped last
years crop by 1922 tons.
Russians are among the worlds
greatest tea drinkers.
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Milford chronicle., 1947-10-31
Soviet Whaling
Program Expands

MOSCOW = (P1 - The present
whaling season in the Far Eastern
waters has been the best yet re-
corded by Soviet whalers.
Reporting this by radio to Mos-
cow, Captain A. Polyakov. head Of
the fiotilla, gave these figures:
Since the beginning of the year
505 whales have been caught, $50
more than last year.
The record catch for one day was
26 whales.
The biggest whale brought
aboard the whaling ships weighed
80 tons. ai
The Far Eastern Whaling Fleet
which is under the management of
trust at the Ministry of Fishing
Industry of the Eastern Areas Of
the y. S. S. r. is being steadily ex-
panded and its operations extended
far afield