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Evening star., 1947-10-19
They Have Gone Too Far

Commanding officers of the District Ma
tional Guard have gone entirely too far in
their zeal to gain autonomous operating
control of the armory. AS military men
they should give some consideration to the
wisdom of strategic withdrawal. They
should turn the money-public funds
collected for rental of this Government
building over to the Commissioners and sit
down and talk over with them how the
armory is to be operated in the public
interest
For the high-handed methods they are
pursuing now, setting up dummy organiza-
tions within the Guard and assigning straw
men to enter into leases for the building,
collecting the money and using it for their
own purposes, brings discredit on them
selves and, therefore, on the National
Guard.
They are raising an issue which is
broader than the strictly technical issue of
custodianship over the arnory building
The real issue they are raising relates to
their own capabilities as commanding Off
GERS of the National Guard. In situation
which calls for reasonable negotiations with
the Commissioners over the most effective
method of operating the armory, they are
making spectacles of themselves which
detracts from the prestige of their position
as representatives, in Washington, of the
National Guard organization.
If they prefer to keep the money they
have collected through having the building
leased in the name of young sergeant, the
Commissioners should get them into court
without further ado. Title to the armory
rests in the name of the District of Co.
lumbia. A public law places control of the
building with the Commissioners. A recent
ruling by the Controller General recog-
nizes the Commissioners as the legal agents
for lease Of the building. Granting that
the National Guard has some argument
over where it's own use of the building
might conflict with other uses, the Com
missioners are the only ones who possess
the qualifications under law to decree the
terms for these other uses.
If the matter involved were mere
squabble between the Commissioners and
the National Guards top command, the
public might find some enjoyment in an
amusing, though rather childish, spectacle.
Unfortunately, 1t involves more than that
The armory is public building paid for
out OF local taxes, which should be used
In the public interest. 1t can never be
used to best advantage as long as this silly
business continues It should come to an
end now
Evening star., 1947-10-19

does not possess heavy equipment and is
being kept carefully in the background,
only its leaders having been permitted to
make trips to the Russian zone of Germany.
The logical inference from all this is
that the Free German Army" is pri-
marily political and propagandist card
of Moscow, which could be effectively
played under certain circumstances, but
which is not yet factor of major i'm
portance. This does not detract from its
ominous possibilities in case of definitive
break between Soviet Russia and the
western powers over a German settlement.
Evening star., 1947-10-19

edifice which was completed in the seventh
century and committed to the care of the
first Abbess Of Barking in Essex-saint
Ethelburga. Repeatedly the fabric was
amended until 1t represented all styles. of
architecture from Norman to Cromwellian.
Beautiful brasses, the Oldest of which was
executed in 1889, constituted a special
attraction for students of art metal and
handsome cabinet craftsmanship attrib-
uted to Grinling Gibbon likewise brought
visitors to the ancient fame
AS recently as 1922 All Hallows entered
upon new era with the conservation of
a chapel as sanctuary of Toe H. 'Tubby"
Clayton has made it a world center of that
Christian social service movement,
Evening star., 1947-10-19
The Free German Army

For years, one of the most tantalizing
mysteries has been that concerning the
so-called Free German Army" An or
ganization of that name was admittedly
set up under the auspices of the Soviet
government shortly after the Russian tri-
umph at Stalingrad, where an entire Ger
man army group numbering several
hundred thousands was cut off and its
remnants compelled to surrender. The
leaders of this organization were none
other than the commanders of that lost
army. They were Generals Won Paulus
and Won Seydlitz, both Prussian officers
of the purest water, the latter bearing the
name of one of Prussia's most renowned
military families.
Two questions at once arose. First, how
could these high Prussian bluebloods head
an organization designed to serve Soviet
aims? Second, was this mere paper out
fit for propaganda purposes or had it real
military value?
The answer to the first of these queries
involves rather complicated equation of
factors, among them being the Bismarck
ian tradition of good relations with Russia
the anti-Hitler psychology of old-school
Prussian officers, and the double game
played by Moscow toward Germany. This
last is typif1ed by Stalin's announcement,
not long after stalingrad, that he did not
wish the destruction either of the German
people or even the German Army, but only
of Hitlerism and its votaries. Moscow has
never ceased to play this string on It's
propaganda bow, which, for some Germans,
seems to be an alluring tune.
The answer to the second query has
been more difficult. The status and effec-
tiveness of this Free German Army" on
Russian soil has been closely guarded
Soviet secret. Indeed, its very existence,
as military force, has sometimes been
denied.
All this has stimulated rumor and con-
lecture. Some of these reports depicted
the Free German Army" as formidable
force, both very large and excellently
equipped. Other reports described 1t as a
training school for Communist agents to
head the Communists of the Russian
occupied zone in Germany and inflltrate
the other zones as well. More than once,
Won Paulus and Won Seydlitz have been
reported in Berlin.
Some information has been released here
in Washington indicating that the force
in question is really an army, numbering
somewhat over 100000, and composed en-
tirely of Germans, though with Russian
political commissars to insure the MAIN
tenance of proper Communist indoctrina-
tion. This force is quartered in relatively
small groups Fer Southeastern Russia, but
Evening star., 1947-10-19
The Liberals
From the Los Angeles Times.

Er0m tne LOS Angeles IlMes
The noble word liberal" gives the worst
reflection in this semantical hall of mirrors.
Once a liberal was an advocate of Intellectual,
political and religious liberty; reformer OF
restrictive institutions; above all devout be-
lever in the greatest possible freedom and
consequently of the least possible government.
But nowadays liberal" names any Of the au-
thoritarians in the broad belt of territory which
is bounded on the left by the Communists and
on the right by the orthodox Democrats A
1947 liberal is anybody except Communist
or Fascist who wants the Government to do
what individuals ought to be doing. Inciden-
tally, these neoliberals use 'individualism" as
term Of reproach. Individualism is usually
rugged, and, at the very least, not fastidious.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Diplomacy

PARIS.-French Foreign Ministry informapts
will say nothing officially, but they hold only
gloom for prospects at the Council of Foreign
Ministers session at London next month. They
expect it to result in complete impasse be-
tween east and west with Western Germany
federalized and integrated into the Marshall
plan and the division of Europe sealed
LONDON-Despite negotiations going on
over the future of Italy's former colonies An
glo-American diplomats expect the issue ul-
timately to be dropped into the United
Nations lap.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is negotiating
with France on treaty of alliance stressing
joint action against any rise of Germany. The
treaty would be the latest of several such
which Czechoslovakia has entered, all with
the same anti-German theme.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Will Russia Take a Walk?
Fear of Anti.Red Armed Union Seen Keepine Communists
Bloc in y. N Despite Forum Setbacks
By Jay G.. Havdeu

A question much discussed wherever diplo-
matte representatives gather these days is
now long Russia will continue to participate
IN the United Nations In face of the severe
beating she is taking in that organization.
On virtually every issue so far voted on by
the U. N. Assembly and its committees, sup
port OF Russias positions had been confined
to her own three votes and those of Yugo-
slavia Poland and Czechoslovakia.
The vote against Russia has varied due to
abstentions, but invariably the anti Russian
proportion of the total vote cast has exceeded
the two-thirds required to authorize formal
recommendations to the Security Council
On the United States motion to call upon
Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania to stop
aiding efforts to overthrow the Greek govern
ment, the most hotly controverted issue so
far, IS per cent of those voting and 63 per
cent of the whole U. N. membership voted
AYE"
Senator Vandenberg has given limited sane
tion to the proposal of an armed union of
powers, without Russia, to maintain world
peace; and Winston Churchill, in speech
Tuesday night, suggested that Russia and its
satellites very well could be spared from
the u NJ
"It seems to me- Mr.. Churchill said, I'VE
should not be unduly depressed if the Soviet
Communist forces should decide to part COM
pany with the world organization
Certainly We ought not to give away any,
thing which is essential to our security, in
order to persuade them to linger with us for
the purpose of paralyzing the joint harmonious
action of three-quarters of mankind
Churchill discounted the danger of war,
because, he said, in split between communistic
and democratic nations, the latter would be
much the stronger
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Hurricane Research

The Joint attempt by the Air Force, the
Navy and the General Electric Company to
cripple or destroy the latest hurricane
is noteworthy, even if no immediate
results are observed This was not an
all-out hurricane busting project, its spon-
sors explain, but an experiment to de-
termine the feasibility of slowing down a
hurricane, or controlling its course, by
bombarding it with dry-ice pellets. The
findings will not be available in full until
the storms present course and force are
compared with its earlier characteristics.
What the scientists hoped to do was to
toss monkey wrench into the hurricanes
machinery-to inflict blow that would
throw the whirling mass off balance and
start it curving in direction where 1t
would do the least damage. The theory
that this. might be done grew out of re-
cent experiments in which dry ice was
sprayed on cloud formations, causing them
to precipitate snow or rain. If a cloud
could be disintegrated with dry ice, why
not see what would happen if rain were
precipitated artificially from a tropical
storm? That is the question which
prompted the undertaking.
The ideal time to try such an experiment
is when the storm is just baby, rather
than when it has become a roaring
monster. The recent hurricane was not
a very good guinea pig for pioneer expert
mentation, for it was well advanced before
the flyers bombarded it with thousand
pounds of frozen carbon dioxide. The
information gained should be helpful, how
ever, in determining the scale of future
tests and the techniques most likely to
produce results. The day may come when
dry-ice sorties against incipient hurri-
canes will be routine procedure. The
whole eastern seaboard shares the hope
of Florida that the perennial hurricane
threat eventually will be met and mastered
by the men of science.
Evening star., 1947-10-19

In the opinion of diplomats in WASHINGTON,
the main reason why the Communist bloc has
not bolted the U. N: is that such step would
clear the way for armed union of all non
Communist nations.
Up to date, Russia's veto has been effective
In blocking establishment of the international
military force, to maintain world peace, called
for In the U. N Charter.
But should Russia and its Communist satel-
htes withdraw, the remaining nations almost
certainly would proceed very quickly to join
their armed forces, with the inevitable impli-
cation that this union was aimed for defense
against Communist aggression.
Why did Russia take the Jewish side in the
Palestine controversy?
The answer by the diplomatic experts is that
great majority of Jews in Europe still are in
Russia and other Communist countries
AS estimated by the American Jewish Com
mittee In 1889 Cthe latest available statistics)
the total OF Jews in the world was Is, ,688 25e of
which 100000 were in the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics 3,1l3,900 in Poland 100000
in Romania, 44,567 in Hungary, 356,83O in
Czechosovakia, 68 405 in Yugoslavia and 252 ,sO6
in the Baltic states now merged into Russia
In marked contrast, Great Britain was cred
tied with only 300 900 Jews, Germany with 240,-
600, France 100000, Netherlands 156000 Bel
gium $4,000. The United States at that time
was credited with 4s77o,ooo Jews.
Much as Russia would have liked both to
play up to the oil-rich Arab states and mess
things up for the United States and Great
Britain in the Near East, they could not adopt
course that would antagonize from upward of
100000 citizens of their own and other Com
munist nations.
released by North American Newspaper Alance)
Evening star., 1947-10-19
u. s. and Franco

While the United States is cooperating
with United Nations policy on Franco Spain,
the State Department would not be averse to
reviewing its relations with Franco fairly soon
The department feels that in troubled world
nothing much is to be gained by continuing
to frown on him. U. N. members have agreed
not to maintain diplomatic representation in
Spain 1t was hoped this might induce Franco
to abandon at least some of his dictatorial
practices. Instead, it seems many of the
Spanish people resent the move as jap
at themselves.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
AFL Politics

SAN FRANCISCO.-The AFL pledged to
plunge deeper into politics than ever before,
still is far from united on any major program
for 1S48. For example, Dan Tobin. teamster
union president, is longtime New Deal
supporter, while George Meany, AFL secre-
tary-treasurer frequently was backed by the
Republicans. Unless the Republicans nominate
Senator Taft, these two might not be able
to agree on presidential candidate to support
next year.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Men for Palestine?

PARIS.-Some Jewish leaders here forecast
that an international brigade" will be organ
lied in the United States to be placed at the
disposal of the United Nations in keeping order
in Palestine if the British withdraw. They say
the brigade would not be limited to Jews.
Originators of the plan proposed it be oficered
by volunteers from the United States Army.
1t would operate under U. N authority until
U. N could put its own military forces into
action.
Evening star., 1947-10-19

If Robert E. Hannegan quits as Postmaster
General as well as Democratic national chair
man, friends say it will be because of baseball
and not health
Mr.. Eannegan and Edwin Pauley, California
oil man and President Truman's reparations
representative, have been reported angling for
the st. Louis Cardinals.
Mr.. Hannegan, due back in Washington this
week from California, is reported feeling much
better than when he went away.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Bnd9efeers

Republican Appropriations Committee leaders
have dropped demands to have an agent sit
in on Budget Bureau hearings at which Fed
eral agency appropriations requests are assayed.
The Budget Bureau has promised to give the
committees full information on each hearing
before President Truman sends his budget rec
ommendation to Congress In January.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
British to Cut Forces

LONDON.-Brtain is expected to disclose
new and substantial cuts in her armed forces
late this month. It has already been an
nounced that the present establishment, total
ing 1,225,000 men. will be reduced below the
original target of 100000 by next March. A
highly placed informant says it Is expected to
bring the forces well under 100000 by March
and quite substantially further down" the
following year.
Evening star., 1947-10-19

Told that foreigners maintain SOY sys
TENS at great cost to CLEAN scraps of in
formation about our Los Alamos atomic
secrets, the EXCL with the Brownie No. 2
camera remarked, How unnecessary"
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Beer and Relief
From the Emporia Gazette.

From the Emporia Gazette.
In Wichita the county commissioners want to
do something about relief client who has a
$28 beer bill. -
In Emporia the situation Is q bit different,
What worries officials here Is what should be
done with certain habitual beer guzzlers, with
fair Jobs and incomes who keep their parents
on the public assistance rolls.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Ramadier to Go?

PARIS.-Some members of Socialist Premier
Ramadier's own staff predict his cabinet will
fall soon after Parliament convenes November
13. They foresee crisis over financial ques-
tions They say Ramadier might be saved
by the fact that it would he hard to find a
successor for him, although Edouard Herriot,
former radical Socialist Premier, might be per-
suaded. No responsible informant is willing
to say whether the crisis is likely to bring
the Communists back into the government
Evening star., 1947-10-19
A viafi0n

1t seems unlikely that successor to Clarence
Young on the Civil Aeronautics Board will be
named soon.
SCHENECTADY, N. Y.-Flight-testing of
jet engines at the General Electric) flying
center here will be stepped up soon with
second B-29 obtained from the Air Force. The
engines are run in flight after being lowered
from the bomb bay.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
Red Gold

The s11,2se,ooo paid out by Uncle Sam for
gold shipped here from Russia last month
didn't 60 to Russia after all. The money was
paid to Poland, to which Russia had loaned the
proceeds of the gold sale, 1t can be reported
on excellent authority.
(Note: Russia kept Poland from taking
part in the 16-nation conference that re-
quested aid under the Marshall plan)
Evening star., 1947-10-19

The highway accident toll continues to
be national scandal. What some people
don't know about driving would I'LL many
an emergency waui or slab.
Evening star., 1947-10-19
School BANKING

NEW YORK.-school savings banking, vir-
tually abandoned during the war In favor Of
bond and stamp programs, is revving quickly.
BankerE expect it to approach prewar levels
Evening star., 1947-10-19
I >OOk1n0 Ahead Some Shadou,s of Coming Evemts
AA1> Are Noted Here and Abroad

C1lS ASSOCIdIEU TISSS.I
during the 1918 school year. The American
Bankers Association says total balances will
top s40,000,o00, with some 400 banks conducting
savings plans in about 5000 schools.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Seldovia, Alaska) 1946-19??, 1947-04-16
NO ROAD WORK
TItt DUST ftIfS

AL Though the city
counc il discussed the
poor condi tt on Of
Seldovia's roads at
last FIR iday's counc il
meeting, it was ag-
reed that no r emedia1
work can be acc ON
plished until the
ground is dryer
Counc i1man George
Cook repor ted that
John Groothof has
agreed to furnish a
trac tor and labor for
half a day's work in
repa ing roads torn
up dur ing the con-
true tion work on the
new Se1dovia Light
and Power Plant.
The frontiersman. [volume] (Seldovia, Alaska) 1946-19??, 1947-04-16
Page Two

- FOR t nor'
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Saturday marked the switchover in Front
vice It is move which has been under
consid er alton for some little time, but
which has been delayed because the right
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Last week Thor Jensen offered to pinch
tinue regular carrier. The paper Will be
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those who live farther away, the paper must
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Your coopera alton is requested in getting
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We hope the new service will meet with
your approval. We expect it to save our
readers many unnecessary trips to the post
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The frontiersman. [volume] (Seldovia, Alaska) 1946-19??, 1947-04-16

ptNOCHLe Pl AYERS
ot1 ONT CHANCE
MORE AFTER THts
The next -to-last
pinoch1e party of
this yaar's play will
be held Friday even
ing. Cards Will be
dealt at 1880 pm. in
the library.
These pinochle
parties are spon or ed
dur ing the winter
mon tbs by the Libr airy
Board to raise funds
for the Se1dovia lib
rary.
Hostesses for Fri
days par ty are Mr. s.
Susan English and
Mrs. Ellen Nilsson.
Evening star., 1947-03-13

orr; 1o:45 am, 12:55, sos, Sis,
7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Palace-"Boomerang"; 1o:45 am,
1885, sos, $40, 7:30 and 9:45 pm.
Pix-"Guest in the House, sos,
$40 and $3.50 pm.
Trans-Lux-NeWs and shorts.
Continuous from 10:15 am.
Evening star., 1947-03-13

ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1947-03-13
The Student
BY the Assoeioisd Prs

BT ms NSB0cIdf90 FIeSS
HOLLYWOOD.
Cornel Wilde showed up for work
the other day reading "Raggedy
Anne and Her Dolls"
"Im always asking Wendy CHS
3-year-old daughter) to read this
and that" he said, "and then I ask
her questions.
$50 this morning she handed me
'Raggedy Anne and said she would
ask me some questions tonight"
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Knows Herself
By the Associafsd Press

HOLLYWOOD.
Ann Sheridan's Encino farm Is
ready for spring planting. But that
doesn't mean much to little Annie.
For those who wonder what kind
of a farmer the glamorous redhead
is, she says she doesn't know much
about sowing, but I'm great hand
at reaping."
Evening star., 1947-03-13

admission tickets. It Is the kind OF
travel that broadens one"
So it was the night Washingtons
newsreel theater made its bow on
the local scene, that March night
decade ago.
Well, it did not take the news
very long to stop being local. A
large proportion of it carried a
Washington dateline, but its theme
was international. The world had
already begun to fall apart, or be
Evening star., 1947-03-13

mously varied world occupied the
succeeding pages. 1t was a great
deal of newsreel, but by no means
too much. Man is an interesting
actor, If not always good one.
when he goes before the cameras
without makeup. So are horses
floods, wars, automobiles and blond
mannekins. And dogs, especially
dogs.
"Trans-Lux audiences get a long.
long ride around the world for their
Evening star., 1947-03-13
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

StdSc.
National-'The Fatal Weakness"
$50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol - "13 Rue Madeleine; |;
.10:45 am, 1:40, 4:25, 7:15 and 10:05
pm. Stage shows: 1855, 3:45. 6:35
and 9:25 pm.
1.-The Beginning or the
End; 11:45 am, 2:10, 4:40. Z and
$50 Vn.
EarIe-''Nora Prentiss";; 10:45 am,
1885, 3:o5, $40, 1880 and $40 pm.
Hippodrome - Carmen; 2:05,
3:55, 5:45, 7:35 and 9:25 pm.
Keith's-"The Best Years Of Our
Lives: 9:15 am, 1920. S:25, $50
and 9:35 pm.
Little-"Henry the Fifth; 2:3o
and $3.50 pm.
Metropolitan "Sinbad the Sail
Evening star., 1947-03-13
What's in a Name?
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

HOLLYWOOD.
John Wayne's nickname for his
wife, the former Esperanza Bauer, q
south Of the border movie star, is
"Chata."
"Chata" in Spanish means pug
nose"
Evening star., 1947-03-13
"a THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
Trans-Lux's First Decade Ends
With Proof of First Review,
By Joy Cormody

Evening Star of March IL. 1887
speak, OF the dynamic
noded the first time Pictorial tales told OF the
Washington baseball Of the need for s clearance
Neither particularly high in value they were
samples the style In which the story washington Will De @
other manifold aspects OF mans enor-