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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
India: A Chinese Puzzle
Cincinnati Enquirer


 If India had been divided sauarely into two dominions, when British control ended last August It might by now be well on the to stability and social peace But that not possible because Hndus and Mosems scattered about the whole sub continent in varying proportions And to complicate matters, there more than 800 native states never an integral part of British India, which have been joining India Pakistan or neither, as their Princes might dictate.
 The bulk of native states has joined India the larger and stronger of the two dominions with large Hindu majority Latest of such states to cast its lot with India is Kashmir, large prncely state in the ncrthernmoSt part of India It is peoped largely by Mosems, and is in the predominantly Mosem part of India hemmed in by Pakistan territory. Yet its ruler is a Hindu, and when he faced a lawless n- vason by ribesmen from Pakstan territory hastily joined India and promptly got a battalion of Sikh troops dispatches by ar to strengthen his defenses
 It is just of multitude of paradoxes in India today that Hindu Prince, governing heavily Mosem population, separated from the India by Pakistan territory in large part, should align with the Hindu dominion, and then get Sikhs to defend his state against Moslem invaders
 No doubt great deal of the friction and suffer- ing Of recent months represents transition that will give place to greater stability peace But it also seems clear that India is going to enjoy an orderly and prosperous development while divided into checkerboard of state owning allegiance to one of two contentious dominions.
 Whether princely state joins India or Pakistan to depend often the religious belief of the Prince as on the geographic and economic situation of the state in question The result an irresponsible series of decisions, and intricate illogical tangle of frontiers
 Partition of India into two domnions may have been the only way to achieve any settlement once the British determined to withdraw But partition today does net look like promising basis for the future development Of India a whole.
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which they will purchase food packages to send to BoharS
 She and her classmates know nothing of the work ings of international politics and economy involved in the present efforts of the United States help the people of Europe to stand their feet once again and live the Democratic way of life. She and her classmates know nothing of the efforts of Soviet Russia to expand the sphere of Communism through out Europe by playing upon the misery and suffering which now exists throughout the continent.
 The American people, through their government spending billions paying the highest taxes in his tory, to feed the people of Europe. Yet here is a strange thing The Frenchmen of Bohars perhaps reading of millions billions of dollars appropriated by Congress for European relief will be impressed for the moment But when they receive the food packages from Gloria and her classmates that is something they will never forget for it has the human touch the sincerity of giving that be matched by bill lions in appropriations.
 We are sending something to Gloria and perhaps there will be of our readers who will do the same. Gloria and the millions of Gorias throughout the United States are doing with their little food packages to strengthen Democracy throughout the world than hundreds of Congressional speeches and visits and huge appropriations
 This practice of adopting" European villages is It's value should not be underestimated
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CHRISTMAS PARTY Q.
 MOOSE MAY BE FEED
 IN ROOMS, NEW hOsE

At the regular meeting ot the Loyal Order of Moose, No. TOO, held last Friday night, various commit tees made their reports. lt
 The Christmas Committee stated all Of the plans for large patty have been made, suitable gifts and oonfections have been purchased for the children and most inter esting of all was the announce ment that the main lodge room of the new Moose home is being rushed to completion in order to hold the party there. lst
 A report was given by R. E.. Ferguson on the developments of the prospective telegraphic bowling tournament to be held with the various Moose lodges in the Terri tory. Arrangements have been made with the Elks for use of their alleys fer practice sessions prior to the beginning of the tour nament.
 ! The following were initiated at the meeting Bert H. Bertholl, Henry Mead, William Jockola, Ar thur Van Humteck, Carl Hardin, James Terrel, Donald Neil, Eldon Taylor, Thomas Newell, Howard Meier, Oscar Lindstrom, Sigurd Jackson, George Marcum, Jchn L. Sullivan, Charles Winstead, Paul Crock, J. B. Hanford, Donovan McGee, Emil Jacobsen, Fay Mish, Emil F'oxhill and Jerry Moore
 After the meeting refreshments were served by the committee.
 The Juneau Lodge of the Order of the Moose wish at this time to extend it's welcome to the visiting delegation of Sitka Elks due in Juneau this week.
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20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER l, 1927


 the St. Anns Hospital as called the Juneau Fire Department shortly before the fire xngsed the roof of the building.
 discovered there were 3l patients m the minutes all patients had been neghborng of them being taken out on retchers The completely insurance
 A. Maven had taken the third Of the Kirk houses
 Gold streets and expected to into their new home the construction and finishing O completed
 MT had returned to Juneau for the winter Apartments MT Turoff with the U S. Bureau o Public Roads
 E. Gascnguay Manager of Alaska holdings Thane returned months the the Atlantic Coast visiting at his old home visited of the big cities in the East the Eastern United States To participate Salvation Hall Col Alameda.
 Elks Bowling Tournament made the previous who rolled 24o.
 Weather High g. low, g.; clear
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TAFT'S OWN COMMITTEE

T agree with the Senator from Minnesota chimed in Cooper, re- entering the fray. And I still in- sist that the Republicans lost Ken lucky because we had nothing to offer the farmers. The intelligent thing to do is to admit it and start in making a record for the party from now on"
 Otherwise, Cooper intimated, the COP farmer boycott in Kentucky might become general next year.
 The usually quick-spoken Taft didn't pursue the argument. He looked like a man whose losing hand had just been called in a poker game. He also showed an uncustomary meekness went COP Senators Ralph Flanders of Yer mont and Ray Baldwin of Con- necticut jumped him for his pre- mature tirade against Truman's message.
 i The Ohioan was on a bad spot here because Subcommittee of the Joint Committee on the Presi- dents Economic Report, which Taft heads, had issued a report endorsing most of Truman's recommendation exactly two days before the President addressed Congress.
 In fact, the real inside story is that Truman based his message largely on this report, written after an exhaustive study of living costs in the Eastern United States by Flanders and Baldwin, to- eether with Democratic Senator Francis. Myers. of Pennsylvania and Representatives Robert Rich of Pennsylvania (Rep0, Clarence Kilburn of New York CRepD and Edward Hart of New Jersey CD The subcommittee report clashed with the Truman message only on enc vital point-the Presidents re- quest for full powers to invoke rationing, price and wage controls. Flanders, the Subcommittee Chair man. and his colleagues had ad- vocated limited" compulsory ra- tioning on scarce toodstuffs, If voluntary rationing failed. Also, they opposed price controls, though admitting that price controls were linked closely to allocation con- trols on key commodities-another Truman request.
 But in all other respects pro- posed controls of rents, exports, transportation, installment buy ing, commodity exchanges, etc, plus selectiye rationing the Flanders recommendation were al- most identical to those of Truman
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In polite, but firm tone, the Yer mont Senator, an experienced businessman and manufacturer, re- minded Taft of this. He also re- minded Taft that he had, in ef- feet, run out on his own Com mittee by sounding off as he did. There might have been no objec- tion if Taft had spoken as an in dividual," instead of trying to commit the whole Republican par ty to his views, said Flanders.
 Otherwise" commented the Vermont Senator, crisply, you should have consulted with other leaders in the party before mak- ing such a statement, And cer- tainly you should have given some consideration to the report of the Subcommittee you appointed to study this matter"
 It was, all in all, very rough session for the man who is SUD- posed to be boss man of Senate Re- publicans. The only pleasant note, for him, was that the rebellion took place behind closed doors.
 NOTE-Tbe new Senate Repub- licans are by no means freshmen when it comes to statesmanship Many of them were formerly Gov ernors of their states. Flanders of Vermont not only has been a successful manufacturer, but play ed an important role in govern ment during the war The CIO last year put him on their list of enemieS-in view of which his recommendation of controls is all the more interesting.
 tcopYRIGHr. 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC)
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on to the farm vote, we've got to get busy on a positive program of recovery, instead of finding fault with what the Democrats have to offer
 Then, obviously referring to Tafts blast at the Truman To- point program against imitation, Cooper continued:
 T don't think it's wise to con- demn the Presidents proposals un- til we have given them serious study. We should at least ex- anime the various points in the Truman message, including ration ing and price control with an open mind. And certainly, I think we should do something at once about the cost Of living. The fact that we haven't done something lost us the election in Kentucky, or al least was a major factor, in my opinion.
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TAFT POOH-POOHS

"Oh, I don think that was the reason, pooh- -poohed Taft, patently stuns by his freshman colleague s candor. The farmers are satis- ted with present prices. Also, they are prospering, which pro- bably accounted for the small farm vote in Kentucky When peo- pie are prospering and have mo- thing to kick about. they're not too interested in elections"
 This brought a quick retort from freshman GOP-er Edward Thye of Minnesota, himself a farmer
 With all due respect to my colleague, he can't be very famil- iar with conditions in agricultural states. or he wouldn't have said that. asserted Thye The reason farmers are not enthusiastic goes much deeper than the Senator's ex- planation
 For one thing, Thye contended, many farmers felt that the COP Congress had been indifferent to their needs and had, in fact. at tempted to scuttle some portions of the Governments farm program. He probably referred to reclam- ation funds that vitally affect the economy or IT warm states.)
 For another thing, the ex-Gol- ernor of Minnesota added farmers in general-eXcept wheat producers were not satisfied with current prices, despite Taft's contention to the contrary With the high cost of living, dairy farmers are net ting less now than they were un- der OPA controls, because of high labor and grain-feed costs. which comprise almost 50 percent Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
LEGION AUXILIARY TO MEET TOMORROW MIGHT

The American Legion Auxiliary will hold their regular business meeting tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the American Legion Dugout
 Members are asked to bring do- nations for the Alaska Crippled Childrens Association and the presents will be wrapped follow ing the business meeting. Christ mas wrapping paper, ribbon and cid magazines for scrapbook pie lures are needed tc help make a Merry Christmas for the crippled children in the Mount Edgecumbe Hospital.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
NIGHT SCHOOL PROGRAM IS CANCELLED BECAUSE NO TEACHERS AVAILABLE

As no instructors can be found the night school program, which was scheduled to open at the Ju- neau High School on December g. has been cancelled. Many people submitted applications to take the course. especially in commercial subjects.
 Edwin c. Clark, Superintendent of Schools, said that if instructors can be obtained, night school will begin at later date Anyone who is qualified as a teacher of com mercial subjects and wishes to offer his services may contact MT. Clark.
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Daily Lessons in EngIish v v. [. GORDON

WORDS MISUSED: Do not Will you please stand emphasize will please stand
  OFTEN Ally. ali syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Dafodl; Fs 1. SYNONYMS: Parsimonious singy mey WORD STUDY Use word three times and yours Let  incapable described
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LOOK and LEARN ,, (. GORDON

Excepting Australia largest the 
 9 What is the percentage of llteracy the the tonor- which today? population accommodated in the
 Whose invention was the foundation of the wealth the growing States?
 ANSWERS: l. Greenland New Guinea, Eighty Benjamin
  g. Eli Whitneys invention of the
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MODERN ETIQUETTE 1g Hoprpr. TEE

Should the things when in the of others? < A. Never; jokingly.
 o. When discovers that that popular unbecoming A. Discard and something else
 @. What gifts should cancee?
 A. Almost anything exception of clothes.
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the cost of producing milk.
 The gross receipts of dairy farmers are greater than last year, Thye continued, but their net pro- fits are less, due to these high operational expenses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-12-01
KETCHIKAN MILK UP

The two dairies in Ketchikan have announced that effective De- cember l, the price of milk by the quart is 32 cents.
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VETERANS or FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 6550

Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall. Sew ard St. Visiting Com rades Welcome.
 H. s. GRUENING. Com mander; J. c. BRADY, Adjutant.
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ANYONE FROM BoHARs, FRANCE?

We received in the mail the other day letter from Gloria" who is in the second grade of Mt. Rainier Elementary School, Mt, Rainier Maryland. We found it quite refreshing.
 We receive many letters Most of them quite depressing the reason that the writers have selfish motives, axes to grind, most asking for something which will benefit the writer more than anyone else and most of these letters go into File No 13" the editors waste basket.
 But here is what Gloria has to say:
 T would like to know if there is any soldier sailor anyone in your city State near Bohars France
 The reason I would like to know is because our class adopted Bohars to feed because it is starving If you could write letter about Bohars or even send me a nickle dime to feed "Bo" our pig I would appreciate it. Bo is a pig bank which are filling to feed Bohars.
 Sincerely yours.
 GLORIA"
 She adds a postscript to the effect that letters should be sent in care of Miss Vivian Marshall, the teacher
 The French village of Bohars is about five miles from Brest We learn that it occupied all during later in which many young American boys lost their lives It typical of thousands of villages through out Europe today Today the people of that village Gloria puts it. starving. Gloria probably doesn't have much Of idea of just what starving means And her the suffering in the thousands of little villages all devastated Europe is in the plight of little village The children evidently filling piggy bank with nickles and dimes with
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lhe Washington 

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The highest score in the Elks Bowling Tournam revious night by Sam Guyot, who rolled 240.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Tuck May Set Date Today
For Vote 10 Fill Drewry Posi-
BY the Associofed Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 24.-Po-
litical observers looked to Gov.
Tuck today to name the date for a
special election in Virginia's fourth
congressional district to fill the
vacancy created by the death Sun
day night of Representative Patrick
H. Drewry.
State Senator Morton G. Goode
of Dinwiddie and Commonwealth S
Attorney Charles H. Wilson of
Nottoway County yesterday for
mally declared themselves as can
didates for the House seat.
A third, Commemorative Attor-
ney Watkins NJ. Abbitt of Appo-
mattox County, said he would have
a statement to make "at the proper
time and after Gov. Tuck has acted
to call special election"
Returning from Petersburg yes
terday where he attended Repre-
sentative Drewry's funeral, the
Governor said he had no comment
to make on the date he would
choose for the election,
Evening star., 1947-12-24
State Pay Raise Scale
Revised by Virginia
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Dec, IA new
statement of policy for granting
pay increases to State employees was
made public yesterday by the State
Budget Office in advance of the
effective date of the policy Janu-
airy !.
The new regulations will mean
immediate pay increases to only a
handful of workers. and will serve
generally only to restate five previ-
ous directives having to do with
pay raises, the Office said
One major change in the new
statement places the granting Of
salary increases on a scale geared
to total compensation, rather than
to arbitrary classifications in brack-
cts under the State Personnel Act.
Provided funds are available and
other conditions are met, pay in
creases of one step will be awarded
on this basis from now on: Every
six months, for those earning $1.500
or less; every IL months for those
whose annual salary is between
s1,501 and $4,000; every 18 months
for those between s3,O01 and 5000;
every "a months for those between
s5.001 and $500, and every 80
months in the few cases where sal
ary Is more than $500.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
A|exundriuMunWin First Prize
In Third Safety Jingle Contest

Alexandria, and Paul B. Woodall,
27O1 Upshur street, Mount Rainier,
Md.
This weeks jingle for two-line
completion is:
alcohol and gasoline
Should not be mixed In your
machine :"
This will be the last in a four
week series of contests. 1t will close
at midnight Sunday.
The contest is open to all resi-
dents of the greater Washington
area. First prize, as usual, will be
a table model radio. The five run
ners-up will receive traffic safety
award certificates.
All entries should be sent to the
Traffic Safety Jingle Contest, Room
1908, Municipal Building, Washing
ton /, D. c..
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Mrs. f. Brooke Lee
Asks Limited Divorce,
Charging Desertion

Mrs. Thelma L. Lee has filed suit
in Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville for a limited divorce on
grounds of desertion from her hus-
band, E. Brooke Lee, vice chairman
of the Maryland-N National Capital
Park and Planning Commission and
former county Democratic leader.
Mr.. Lee, 55, relinquished number
of party posts several months ago.
He now is living in Silver Spring
while his wife lives at the Lee farm
at Norwood.
Mrs. Lee is represented by At
torneys Arthur G. Lambert and Ed
ward S. Northrop. Her husband S
attorneys are Joseph B. Simpson,
jr.. and Miss Vivian Simpson.
The divorce petition alleges deser-
ton in August and asks alimony
commensurate with Mr.. Lees posi-
ton"
Mrs. Lee is the former Thelma L.
Lawson and the widow of James
Crawford of New Orleans She was
married to Mr.. Lee in the early
l930s. 1t was his second marriage
He had been divorced from the
former Elizabeth S. Wilson.
Mr.. Lee has one child, Bruce, by
his second wife, and three by his
first wife. They are Blair Lee III
Silver Spring; E. Brooke Lee, jr.
Lawrenceville, N. j., and Mrs. David
Scull, Wellesley, Mass. Mrs. Lee
asks custody of Bruce.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
BY the Associated Press

WAYNESBORO, Va. Dec. a.
When is a city of the first class not
a city of the first class?
When it hasn't been a city of the
second class yet, of course.
That's what Waynesboro found
out yesterday and just what the
newly-voted Independent city is 60
ing to do about it is still undecided.
1t all started when Waynesboro
received permission to annex ad-
jacent Augusta County territory and
become an independent, class l
city last summer. Date for annex
alton was set for January /. n
One of the steps was to be de-
clared a class city first. Cities
over 5000 in Virginia are eligible for
class 2 ratings, but Waynesboro
just hadn't bothered to get it al
though it had been eligible for q
number of years.
When annexation sasne abong,
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Montgomery 10 Probe
Tax Exemption Pleas
By Private Schools

The Montgomery County commits
sioners will launch an investigation
to check the validity of tax-exemp-
ton requests by private and paro-
chial schools on the ground they
are nonproft institutions.
This was announced by County
Supervisor Irving G.. McNayr at
yesterdays meeting of the commits
sioners in Rockville.
The announcement was made
after an application by the Day
School of Sacred Heart Academy,
Inc, for tax exemption on it's 35-
acre tract on the Rockville pike
near the Bethesda Naval Hospital
was referred to F. Bernard Welsh,
attorney to the board.
The board then approved mo-
ton by Commissioner Charles H.
Jamison to have the county heads
visit the property.
Mr.. McNayr said he had in
structed county assessors to evalu-
ate the properties of schools request
ing tax exemption, but not to send
tax bills to them pending an in
vestigation to determine whether the
institutions actually are operating
on a nonprofit basis.
According to Supervisor of As
sessments Wilton T. Allen. there are
about 10 such schools in the county
He estimated the value of the prop
erty involved at between $2,000,000
and $3000.000. Tax bills are due to
60 out by May l, he added.
+ Mrs. Alma Opal, Takon1a Park
told the board that the State isn't
doing its part to care for handi-
capped children" and urged the
commissioners to build special
school for such children in the
county.
She said the Rosewood Training
School near Baltimore is over
crowded and understaffed and that
many children in the State who
need special care are denied ad-
mittance because of lack of facili-
ties.
Washington I. Cleveland repre-
SenClng Cne montgomery county
Safety Board, told the commits
sioners his organization will meet
with the State Roads Commission
at 10 am, December 81, in Balti-
more to urge the commission to &C
ahead with plans for the widening
of Wisconsin avenue north of Old
Georgetown road, Bethesda. Board
President Brooke Johns accepted
Mr.. Cleveland's invitation to accom-
pany the delegation.
Stop signs were ordered installed
at Ellsworth drive and Fenton
street, Silver Spring. In another
action, the board authorized J. C.
Harvey, county road supervisor, tc
purchase three truck chassis ano
two truck bodies for $14,686.
Evening star., 1947-12-24
Legal Snor| Bors Woynesboro
From Becoming Class I City

they figured they would petition
Judge Floridus S. Crosby of Augusta
County Circuit Court for the in
terim class 2 rating and that
they would have no trouble getting
the petition approved.
The judge, however, wasn't at all
sure he had the requisite authority.
Meanwhile. authorities in Rich
mond had readied papers for
Waynesboro's assumption of class
l, independent status, not know
ing that the town wasn't a class 2
city yet.
Then somebody called to say that
class 2 proceedings had miscarried.
Now, it's not certain just when
Waynesboro will become class l,
independent city. Chances of 1t
taking place by New Years day, as
previously planned, aren't too good.
We're going to turn 1t all over to
the attorney generals ONCE" said
Town Attorney w. Z. Moore. Its
the State codes fault-not ours"