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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23

 TRy0UTS
 TO START
By BOB MYERS


 LOS ANGELES, May 23.-R-In what may be regarded as a pre- view test for 1948 Olympic games aspirants, top stars of the nation compete tonight in the seventh annual Los Angeles Coliseum Re- lays, with attention centered on the dashes and the one-mile run.
 The 1C0 yard dash drew such speedsters as Southern Gals Mel Patton, Texas Allen Lawler and Perry Samuels, Barney Ewell, ex- Penn State national champion, and Bill Martinseon and Stoney Cot ten from Baylor University.
 If the 100 doesn't produce enough excitement, the 220 yard dasi; should, with attention concentrat- cd on undefeated Patton and un- defeated Charley Parker of Texas, who was scratched from the 100 to go in the 220.
 The mile promised to be a highlight of the night, pitting Texas Jerry Thompson against the toughest field he has faced this year-Gerald Karver of Penn State Leslie MacMitchell of the New York Athletic Club, Don Wold of the University of Washington and Thelmo Knowles of San Joe, Calif,. State College.
 Baldwin Wallace'S Harrison (Killer) Dillard looked like a cinch in the hurdles over Craig Dixon of UCLA, as did Bob Fitch of Minnesota in the discus, and veteran Earle Meadows, unattach- ed, in the pole vault.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
OBVIOUS CONCLUSION

Eweil Blackwell the Cincinnati Reds pitcher, and Glenn Davis, the Army footballer, have been friends since their kid days in California and Blackwell still chuckles over a pitching feat he performed at Bonita High School, when he and another pal, Rich ard Russell, pitched Junior into shower while he was wearing his baseball uniform That, of course, was before Davis had a guy named Doc Blanchard around to help him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23

NO MEETING Of Pioneers of Alaska and AuXil- iary until August 29. --ady. 587-tl
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
Ap SPORTS
 ROUNDUP
By HUGH FULLERTON

NEW YORK. May 23 R-De- troits Dick Wakefield says the Tigers have funny team which probably will stand as the under statement of the year The first three men are only hitting about .180," Dick explains. I'm cleanup and there's nobody on base when I come to bat. I'm hitting about 260 Pat Mullin is carrying the team And we're still in first place" As for Mullin, Wakefield grins. He got great start. didn't he? I don't
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
FIGHT DOPE

Fight interest centered on the Pacific Coast last night and there were two knockouts, as follows:
 At Bellingham, Phil Palmer, l4u, Vancouver, B. C., knocked out Ran Johnson, 155, Oakland, in the fifth.
 At Tacoma, Roy Hawkins, l95, Portland, knocked out Jack Huber, 2O4, San Francisco, fourth round.
 Buy 1t through Empire want-ads.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-23
TIDE TABLE
MAY 24

YOU'LL FIND THE WIDEST SELECTION of furniture on Ju- neau Young's Mezzanine floor.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30

''falsehoods," brutality" "telroriz-
ing'-and, of course, "un-American."
This sort of stuff on top of his depre-
cation of "vituperation" makes Mr..
Murray ridiculous. However, it is all
part Of the big denunciation act"
and will be supplemented by the Re-
publican Peppers and Guffeys, of
whom there are several in the Senate
And by the pro-CIO writer's who con-
stantly proclaim their Liberalism"
However, it is so easily seen through
that it should not for moment divert
the majority leaders who ought to
know what the country wants. Also,
if they properly read the election re-
turns, they ought to know that CLIO
support now has become more of a
liability than an asset.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30
SAINT MARKS EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH

$3.50 a. M, Sunday School. Glasses
for all age groups, The subject:
Jesus The Giver of Life"
10:45 a. M, The Worship service;
sermon by the pastor: "The God of
the Lost"
$3.50 p. M, Luther League for all
young people of the church.
800 p m, The Vesper Hour. Con-
tinuation Of our study Of the Common
Service.
Bring all contributions of specified
food, clothing, shoes, etc, for Luther
and World Relief to the church base
ment as soon as possible.
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preaching, 7:45 p, M; Prayer services,
Thursday, 7:45 p. m.
Crellin- Sunday Church School,
1000 a. M; Adult c. E., 700 p. m;
Worship and preaching, 7:45 p. M;
Prayer services, Wednesday, 7:45 pm
McHenry-Worship and preaching,
1000 a. M; Sunday Church school,
HOO a. m.
Sunday Church school,
1000 a. M; Worship and preaching,
11:15 a. m.
Lynndale-Sunday Church school,
1000 a. M; Young Peoples Service,
Monday, 7:45 p. m.
Underwood-Sunday Church school,
1000 a. m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30

campaign of personal disparagement
Of the new President, Mr. Truman.
Inasmuch as Mr.. Truman had started
out almost as politically and PERSONAL
ly friendly as Mr.. Roosevelt, it Ger
tainly did not seen smart to let the
blantant and noisy Mr.. Walter
Reuther go around eXuding contempt
for the President to newspaper cor
respondents and others. Nor were the
patronizing and dcrogatory state
ment Of Mr.. Philip Murray and the
Go news releases any more intelIi-
gent.
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BITTINGER LUTHERAN PARISH

Jennings; Sunday School at 1O:45;
Confirmation class at GAS; Vespers
at 1870, sermon; The Most Important
Game in the World"
Bittinger The Common Service
Books have arrived and will be used
for the first time in worship at H.,
message: "Why Do We Have an
Order Of Service?" Sunday School
and Confirmation class at 10; Luther
League at p. m.
Meadow Mountains: No service.
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Near" by Bach.
$50 p. m. Youth Fellowship wor-
ship service.
The weather permitting, moving
pictures in color will be taken of the
members Of the Sunday school and
church congregation.
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MT. LAKE BAPTIST CHURCH

1O:OO a. m. Sunday school; HOO
a. m. Morning worship and Commun-
ion; 6:15 p. m. B. T. u; Tuesday,
1870, mid-week prayer service.
Ferndale-9:45 a. m. Morning wor-
ship; HOO a. m. Sunday School;
Wednesday, 1880 p. M, mid-week
prayer service.
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RED HOUSE LUTHERAN PARISH
Rev. 4. K. Jones. DID. Pastor

Church service at both Gnegy and
Red House next Sunday morning.
The first, second and third Sundays
of February prepare our minds and
hearts for the Lenten Season, begin
ming on Ash Wednesday.
"What We Know About Religion
is the theme of the sermon by the
pastor.
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ACCIDENT LUTHERAN PARISH

Church Servlces-St. PauPs, 9:3O
a. M; ST. Johns IL a. M; Grace 1880
p. m.
Sunday School-St. Paul's, 1920
a. M; st. Johns, GAS a. M; Grace
10 a. M
Luther League-St. Paups 700
D, m.
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ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Denver C. Pickens. DID. Pastor

$3.50 a. m. Church Sunday school.
10:45 a. m. Morning Worship. Ser
mon by Dr.. Pickens, "The Acid Test
of Your Religion" The Senior choir
will sing the anthem "When Thou Art
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30
Sunday Services in the Churches
of The Community
ST. MATTHEW'S EPISCOPAL

st. Matthew's Oakland, 500 a. m.,
Holy Communion; HOO a. M, SER
vice and sermon; 10 a. M, Church
School.
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ing at 300 and 7:3O.
Young peoples meeting Sunday
evening and Tuesday evening at $50.
Prayer services Tuesday evening at
1870.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30

The result has been series of mis-
takes, decreasing their power and re-
vealing them as a transparent lot of
demagogucs rather than the heroic
figures portrayed by their publicity
agencies and journalistic spokesman.
The first of these mistakes was the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30
THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

Sunday School, 1920 A. NJ; evan
gelistic service, 700 P NJ; Bible
study and prayer meeting, Wednes-
day at 700 P. NJ; Young Peoples
service, Friday evening at 700. All
Mnlconp
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Not Very Smart

1t is hardly secret that inside the
'Iabor movement" there is today a
very much stronger disposition to
criticize the leadership of the Clio
than there has been since its form
alton twelve years 2@o in Atlantic
City. And the leadership itself is I'M
doubtably weaker.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30
UNION HOLINESS TABERNACLE

Saturday services over public adj
dress system at 1880. Young peoples
meeting Saturday evening at $50.
Sunday school at two o'clock. Preach
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-01-30

This is not surprising. 1t is the
logical consequence of a number Of
things, chief among which should be
listed the fact that extraordinary
growth and great success went to the
heads of its leaders and they lost their
sense of proportion. From the start
they had what no other such venture
ever had-the unqualified support of
the President of the United States
and the dominant party. The value of
those assets is hard to eXaggerate.
Yet after Mr.. Roosevelt died, APP
parently the CIO bosses thought they
were big and strong enough to run
the country by themselves.
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All of this might have been smart
had the Go contemplated switching
from the Democratic to the Repubh-
can party or creating third party.
But neither of these alternatives was
remotely feasible and, politically
speaking, the Truman disparagement
seemed exceedingly stupid So, too,
appeared the tremendous CLIO activity
in the 1916 campaign, timed just
right to take a crushing and reveal
ing defeat. Prior to that came the
series Of CIO strikes, the largest of
which-the automobile workers
strike-was based on phony statistics
supplied by Mr.. Henry Wallace (who
repudiated them only after they had
served their purpose) and conducted
on an issue afterward admitted to
have been faxed with the idea of put
ting the company cover the barrel"
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Since the election, Selling upon a
Supreme Court decision as unwise as
is was unfair the CIO has identified
itself with the extremely offensive
and dangerous portal-to-portal suits,
now denounced by Mr. William Green,
of the AFL, as unpatliotic, unsound
and even more damaging to organized
labor than to industry. Clearly, the
popular reaction to these suits will
compel enactment Of corrective law.
If this is enlightened leadership, then
nothing makes sense, Actually, it con
stitutes a record of unintclligent ar
rogancc pretty hard to beat. For the
chief results have been to intensity
popular hostility toward the CIO and
expose the unfitncss of the men who
run it.
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EV. UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH

Loeb Lynn-Sunday Church school,
1000 a. M; Jr. c. E., 6;30 p. M;
Adult c. e., 7:15 p. M; Worship and
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MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU
OF CALCULATIONS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1917.
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
By FRANK r. KENT.

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by per
mission.
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Entered at the Postoffice at Oakland
Md, as second-class mail matter.
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The Republican

The Republican was established in
1877 1t is the oldest and largest news
paper published in Garrett county,
with the greatest circulation
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-15

every European country I have
vislted-there is a deep well of
good will for the United States
and a genuine desire for friend
ship on the part of the Czechs.
You see few Russian uniforms in
Prague, but the influence of the
USSR is evident-in bookstores
displaying modern Russian Iitera-
ture featured by pictures and
busts of Stain and Lenin.
One well-informed Czech, with
whom I discussed the Russian
influence for several hours one
evening, analyses it this way:
"You must remember" he
said, that we are deadly afraid
! of Germany. You know what we
were forced to give up to- her at
Munich, and you know what she
did to us afterward. We know
that if Germany is allowed to
rebuild her industry there will
be another war-and we may
suffer even more next time.
1--WE kicked lot of Germans
out of this country after the lib
Grafton. We treated them as bad
ly as we dared while the troops
were here-and a lot of those
people went back to Germany de-
termined to have revenge next
time.
There are, after all. now only
two great powers in the world
you and the Russians. If it had
been possible for us to sign
defensive military alliance with
you-to protect us if we were at
tacked-there would be no need
for us to look to Russia. But in
the absence of an alliance with
you, we had to make a defense
agreement with Russia-against
a possible future war with Ger
many. g.
"Of course. the Russians have
been sending in a great deal Of
propaganda. For one thing, the
Communist newspapers here re-
Gently declared that when Czech
oSlovakia called for help only
Russia answered; that our Ameri-
rar and British friends offered us
no help whatsoever. and that it
was Russia who liberated us. But
our conservative press immedi-
ately printed the truth, SO don't
think the Russian propaganda
has had the desired effect.
However, since most of our
business is with the West, it is
quite natural that our friendship
should lie with the West. For
this reason. we originally accept
ed the invitation to discuss the
Marshall Plan.
"When our people went to Mos
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became legitimate war booty for
the Russians. They WERE" he
grinned, very magnanimous
about it-they GAVE it to us.
together with a lot of fanfare
about friendship, and so on.
Now" he laughed, tout of
gratitude we have. to use it. It
is a very expensive method of
producing gasoline, and I think
the government operates the
plant at a losS-even at the ST
per gallon price In the mean
time, it is consuming a lot of
good brown coal which might be
better used in our: industrial
. plants Too bad you didn't bomb
it out completely"
Czech industries produce an
almost incredible array of mer-
chandise, considering the size of
the country and the concentra-
ton of industry in the western
part. The Prague Trade Fair,
which opened September 5 to run
through September ID, presented
a huge and we'll planned display
"a many Czech products ranging
from textiles, wearing apparel,
china glass, lace and perfume to
canned foodStuffS, machinery.
radios, farm machinery, farm
equipment and electrical appli-
ances. The whole occupied sew
eral buildings in an area COM
parable to the pre-war New York
State Fair at Syracuse. and thou
sands of people were in attend
ance-despite the fact that no
grandStand entertainment or mid
way were provided.
The chief complaint heard
among business firms displaying
their products was that buyers
were few. Again, it is the foreign
exchange problem.
The proximity of the USSR
and Russian interest in Czecho-
Slovakia was demonstrated at the
Fair in several Russian exhibits.
Among these-and thanked by
huge photographs of Lenin and
Stalin--were three automobiles
one about the size of a lowest
price class" car in America, an
other in the middle bracket, and
a third in the Cadillac-Lincoln
class The Russians also showed
several pieces of industrial ma
chinery and considerable farm
equipment. While appearance
does not mean performance, all
these articles appeared to be well
made.
The Russian question is on the
tip of most Czech tongues. wait
ing only for the American to
put the question. For here-as in
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And We Need The Grail"
Prague. Sept. IL

Progue Sept IL
Ills perhaps indicative of the Polish economy-ond Polish
determination to restore the nations prestige dbroddho
ldnd montoins its unes like many other European coun
tries and that most Polish orcrof equipped only with the
bIest necessities for the passengers comfort The LOT
has and luxurious ships. but the plone
which rode from Wdrsuw to Prague oncient we'll
mqintuned DC-3. s,5.s -
There were tor example seat belts Illuminated sign
to the when to Fusten Seat Bets-No Smok
ing at the tukeo landing in bad flying weather The
sets themselves Old the point Clipped off, the backs
covered with slip resembling flour sockng the
terror OF the pone having appearance The day
codund the plane cold for there heut in the
pdssenqers compartment We supplied with grey
blankets by the sewdess and OF dur.
ing the journey ts| tl.@,
Breakfast 1--WE departed 1890 om served q cord-
bomd unchbox but it GOOD paper cup OF coffee
uppe Polish meat and cheese sandwiches The
excellent and think the average American dir traveller
must feel certain admiration for people who in spite Of
severe economic difficulties determined main dir con-
tact abroad even il that for time eos their equip
nnent comnot quite compare with other nuiono lines.
81 The Prague airport huge field second only London
and Pmis for is Central stdon for ones operating
Central and Southern Europe Nearly every American British
and Continental une is represented there and the airport
termnu is hustle OF passengers constantly moving through
The customs do amazing job of handling huge crowds Of
people somehow your baggage always arrives the
right bus TO the city despite oil your feurs I.< ~
Prague itself is beautiful city with many ancient build
ings and churches Shops the main horoughes mod
ern. with handsome window displays But aside from
articles such embroidered textiles lace. qdss china and
imitation ewery the stores neuY bore There
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during this large industrial and
, commercial exposition-an at
tendant leaned across the counter
and offered-with no lowering
of the voice or attempt at con-
cealment-to exchange American
travellers cheques at the date
of 100 Czech kroner to the dollar.
The official rate is 49.75. but
black market prices 60 as high
as $50 to 200 to the dollar. My
hotel room, by the way, for three
nights cost me 1852 kroner, for a
single room without bath--a lit
tie over SIS at the official rate.
This. was a small, poorly oper-
ated but Immediately clean no.
tel near the center of the city.
The net result of scarcity and
resultant black market opera
tons is that the average Czech
workman finds it extremely diff
ficult to get along. At a wage of
about 5000 kroner per month
$500, the cost of food and cloth
ing is prohibitive. But he is en-
couraged constantly to work
harder and produce more for ex-
portland at the same time he
faces a future. in which food ra-
tons will steadily decline. A
new and complicated ration sysr
tenn has been set up, with greatly
reduced consumption of nearly
all foods. Miners and others who
require more food are given larg-
er rationS.
''The trouble is" one work
much propaganda and too little
results" This chap served with
the British air force in North
Africa and the Middle East and
spoke with a firm English ac-
cent. I'm the movies, there are
pictures and much advertising
about the success of our Two
Year Plan. Everything is 100 per
cent to hear them tell it. But
then the people start jumping up
and down and shouting: Where
are the goods?' For, as you have
seen, the stores are almost
bare"
Il can't quite agree with this
viewpoint" Czech importer
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exporter with whom I discussed
it later declared. Production is
! up to the levels the government
| reports. But you have to re-
member that we MUST produce
for export-that's where the
goods are going. .
Business these days, in this
| present world economy, is crazy"
he added, with grin. "For ex-
ample. we ship mems shirts to
Britain, so she can sell hers to
America, so she can buy some
thing else over there. So our
people can't get shirts.
"You see," he continued, ''un-
der normal circumstances Ezecho-
slovakia has an admirably bal
anced economy. We can produce
on our farms in Slovakia all the
stapel foods we need-So few food
imports, except in the way of
luxury or fancy foodstuffs, are
required. On the other hand,
our industry, while we have suf-
ficient coal from our own mines,
must import most of the raw ma
terials required. Even so. before
the war we were exporting more
than we imported, SO our, position
was good.
This summers bad harvest
will require food imports on a
large scale. To. get the foreign
exchange to buy this food, and
to obtain raw materials for our
industries. we must export. That
cuts down the available mer-
chandise here at home. for we
must export to survive"
There are. few foreign cars in
Prague-and !. few new Czech
cars, although Czechoslovakia
produces several makes. And
gasoline sells for about 81 per
gallon. That, incidentally" a
Czech businessman told me with
a grin, s'is after all your fault"
How Gomez" ..4 -
We'll. to, begin with, we have
large deposits of brown coal near
the German border. This coal is
the best for producing synthetic
gasoline When we were invaded
You see how shreWd they were
the Germans. came in with
plans. prepared. long in advance,
to build gasoline plant there.
They put it up and got it into
operation very quickly.
But we. were a little angry
that your: boys didn't bomb it
more often-to really destroy it.
They never damaged it very
well, when the war was over,
and since the plant had been
constructed by the Germans, it
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cow before that conference, the
Russians put on no pressure
whatsoever, They simply said
that if we came in on the Mar
shall Plan, our defense agree
ment would be null and void.
Furthermore, grain shipments
Russia has promised us would
not be delivered.
Il am quite sure that the ma
jority of the people in this coun-
try approve our governments
decision to stay out of the Mar
shall Plan, for we had no other
choice. We should have liked to
be in it, but we must have mill
tary protection, and we need the
grain"
Last night an unknown assas-
sin was reported to have mailed