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Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01

Let us all get the credit, for If
we did not all pitch in, no matter
how intelligent the leadership is,
success would have been impossi-
BILE. Nobody puts our community on
the map but we, ourselves-alI of
US. The egotistic leader repels IA
vorable comment rather than at
tracts it.
And now that the friendly rivalry
for community queen is history,
how about thinking of the POSSIBLE
tiles for next year?
Already whispers have been heard
that one of the Garcia sisters
(Juanita and Beverly is a good
bet. Nancy Jiminez will be sweet
sixteen next year and everybody
knows she is getting cutter and
cutter everyday. MiIly Florendo will
give us the surprise of our lives if
she ever throws her hat in. Dorothy
Lagos presence in community
gatherings has attracted the inqui-
sitive interest of many. Dolores
Lane is beautiful any time, any
where, and under any known stard-
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
Communities FETED
INDEPENDENCE DAY
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Filipino communities of Alvarado
and Contra Costa counties. The
whole-day affair, considered one of
the biggest celebrations in the area,
was well attended by official and
business elements in Alvarado. The
city was gaily decorated for the
affair. Vice Consul Aurelio Ramos
delivered the principal address dur
ing the civic program.
LIamas Goes to [. A:
In Los Angeles, the consulate
was represented by Vice Consul Pc
layo Llamas who was the guest
speaker at the community celebra-
ton at the Park Vice Manor where
the reigning queen over the festiv-
tiles and her court were crowned.
Another big celebration was held
in Stockton where parade, picnic,
athletic games and a banquet were
featured. The principal speaker at
the program was Dr.. Jose F. I'M
perial, consul In San Francisco.
Baia Speaker in FL Centric
At Ell Centre, in the Imperial
Valley, some 400 Filipino and Amer
lean guests observed Independence
Day with a picnic, athletic games
and a civic program. Consul Thur
clio Baja was the guest speaker.
In Seattle, the Filipino commun-
ity held a three-day celebration
which included grand ball and
coronation followed by parade
and a civic program at which the
consulate was represented by Vice
Consul j. c. Dionisio.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
ALUM CHAT WITH
DIONISIO
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clerk in a grocery store is orsdu-
ated TO a clerk in a consulate, ir-
respective of qualification, the ex-
PLANTATION 10 not hard to find"
Vice Consul Dionisio was not new
to the group that ehatted with
him. He worked with them in past
years. went to school with them,
played with them, starved with
them. They know Dionisio as well
as he knows them.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
JACKSON ST. COUNCIL
HAS new MEMBERS
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Don Chinn, chairman of the Young
Chinese Merchants Club; Pho De
Cano, advisor of the Burgos Lodge
No. 10; N. P. Dotson, executive
secretary of the Seattle Urban Lea
que; Yoshito Fulfil, vice president
of the Buddhist Church; and Mrs.
Louis Shapiro, member of the
Board of Directors of Educational
Center.
Eleven members of the executive
committee, which is the governing
body of the Council, are elected at
the annual meeting of the organ
ization held each spring, and the
additional six members are chosen
by this group.
Other members of the executive
group are: Mrs. Leila Hall, chair
man; Lew Kay, vice chairman; Vic
torio A. Velasco, secretary-treas-
urer; Tony Allasina, Mrs. Ruth J.
Chinn, Mrs. Charles F. elise, Har-
ris D. Erickson, Robert Groves,
Bruce Rowell, Toru Sakahara, and
Walter Thumler.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01

ard. And don't forget Luz Lanooey.
Then there are many more from
the vicinities of Seattle who can
give any Seattleite a good, stiff
competition. Bremerton, Kent, Aub-
urn, have number of second gen.
GRAFTON beauties that we have not
paid much attention to lately.
L. B. did not like to celebrate her
31st birthday on July %. However,
her friends, and they are legions,
remembered the day and surprised
her with tons of gifts and compli-
ments. w. T. chat poor guy cannot
buy a presentable gift) felt guilty
without giving something, SO he
composed the following lines for
L. B.
AT THIRTY-oNE
Morning FRESHNESS mad twilight's
soft dusk when the day is done :.
There was life and there was glory
before the set of sun!
Morning hours of life and youthful
dreams all rolled in one
Life's just beginning, beauty's at
it's best at thirty-one.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
REGALA PLEADS FOR
PROGRESSlVENESS
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fact that we have proven our right
to a seat in the United Nations
through our active participation
and leadership in the affairs of
that body. We have reiterated our
adherence to the principle written
in our Constitution. namely, that
we abhor war as an instrument of
national policy and that we abide
by our commitments in interna-
tional relations.
Task Ahead
AS we enter the second year of
the Republic we face a brighter fu-
ture, we visualize still greater ac-
complishments of our country to-
ward her rehabilitation than in the
past year. The task before us is
not only gaining unstinted support
of the Filipino people but also the
continued assistance of the govern
ment and people of the United
States. am happy to note that the
United States Government through
payment of war damage claims,
through training of Filipino tech
nicians, through financial loans and
other forms of aid, is contributing
a generous share in the rehabilita-
ton of that country. We Filipinos
can do no less than concentrate our
total energy and resources to the
end that the Republic whose birth
we celebrate tonight may become a
strong and worthier member of the
United Nations.
More Courage
"I close with a tribute to the
great people of the United States
for making our country what Presi-
dent Roxas described as the show
window of democracy in the Far
East And to our fellow-country-
men, leave this message: that
wherever we may be. whatever we
do. let us remember that we owe
our country the duty to secure for
her an honorable place under the
sun. Let us march out of this hall
tonight embued with greater forti-
tude. with more courage and with
firmer determination ever to be
worthy sons and daughters of the
Republic of the Philippines"
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01

every one had wonderful time.
Let's keep up the good spirit,
folks, and work always for more
harmonious Filipino Community of
Seattle and Vicinity.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
COMMENTS
On CoevuI Life
By vicToRsO A. VELASCo
"Coeval Life" presents:
Lament of a Human Jellyfish

"Coeval Life" presents:
Lament of a Human Jellyfish
My masters, mercy, mercy,
mercy Let me stay just for little
while TO save my face and my
bread, now almost without butter.
Give me a little more time to save
my horne =. my wife, my teacher,
my counselor.
am loyal to you, oh my masters!
| will sell my shirt, | viii sell my
principe (if | have any worthwhile
ones) to serve you. my masters.
For any lousy job l will sell my
friends to be loyal to the higher
ups. to you, my masters.
Mercy, mercy, mercy, my mast
ers. am not a political scientist,
am a cheap politician, and ! am
weak. Ny masters, mercy. Let me
stay. My bread has no butter.
Filipino forum. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1928-196?, 1947-08-01
BY The RAMBLING REPORTER

Now that the Philippine independence Day celebration
is and everybody seemed to be satisfied might
well relax and bask in the sunshine of achievement
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Senate Delays Action
On Funds for Science
By the Associafed Press

The Senate debated six hours yes
terday over how proposed Govern
ment science subsidies should be dis
tributed but failed to decide.
Final action on a bill to establish
National Science Foundation was
put off until next week.
The Senate rejected, 40 to 80, an
amendment by Senator Kilgore
Democrat, of West Virginia to ear
mark for distribution to all the
States 25 per cent of the Federal
funds to be turned over to the
foundation to promote basic scien-
tific research.
The rest of the day was devoted
to debate over a somewhat similar
amendment by Senator Morse, Re-
publican, of Oregon, who held the
floor for more than four hours.
The bill, as introduced by Senator
Smith, Republican. of New Jersey
and five other Senators, woulc
authorize q 24-member part-tims
foundation to distribute Fedora
subsidies for specific research prof.
ects where the best facilities ant
talent are available. The amount
of the subsidies is not specified.
Senator Morse, arguing for 2.
per cent apportionment of tn,
money to all States-two-flfths of il
equally and the remainder on {
basis Of population expressed feal
that only big institutions would ge
the money.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Barcelona Tighfens
Guard for Franco
BY the Assoeioted Press

BARCELONA, May 17.--City au-
thorities tightened up protective ar
rangements for Generalissimo
Francisco frances visit to BARGE
Iona today after a fatally wounded
civil guard testified that the man
who shot him and killed two other
officers Thursday escaped with
suitcase containing a dozen bombs.
The city government allotted 10o,-
600 pesetas $4,000 extra pay for
army and national police for special
duties connected with the Franco
visit and an unspecified additional
amount to pay regular city police
for similar duties.
Franco arrived here today aboard
the cruiser Cervantes from the
BaIearic Islands for his first Barce-
Iona visit in five years.
The wounded guard, Gabriel Gri-
maldo, told a judge that he chal-
Ienged a man about to take q train
In the Barcelona railway. station
Thursday and that the man inn
mediately opened fire, killing armed
policemen Francisco Ma1lan Agreda
and Sebastian Descalzo and wound-
ing Grimaldo and q passerby.
Grimaldo said he saw q dozen
bombs In the suitcase the man was
carrying before he fired. Grfmaldo
died after testifying.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Anderson Calls ParIey
Here June 9 10 Curb
Boom in Farm Land
Truman Feors Collapse,
Citing 81 Per Cent Rise
Above 1934-3o Average
BY the Associated Press

Government and private lend
ing agencies and farm leaders
will confer here June 9 to see
whether they can find way to
slow down the boom in farm
land.
The meeting is being called by
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson
at the request of President Truman.
In statement issued at the
White House late yesterday. Mr.
Truman said he is deeply con-
cerned" over the level Of farm real
estate and Is anxious to prevent a
collapse such as that which brought
ruin to thousands of farmers after
World War 7.
The President noted that farm
land values IN stand 90 per cent
above the So5-i93o average. Latest
Agricultke Department reports show
that they increased II per cent
during the year ended March !.
Groups Invited to Meeting.
Invitations will go to the Fed
eral Reserve Board, Farm Credit
Administration, banking organiza-
tions, leading insurance companies
making farm loans and officials OF
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton, National Grange and National
Farmers Union.
MIR. Truman said land prices In
many areas have reached peaks
which Cannot be sustained by
probable long time farm earnings.
He expressed especial concern for
war veterans who, he said, are going
heavily into debt to purchase farms
at inflated prices.
Neither the President nor Secre-
tary Anderson indicated what the
Government may have In mind for
halting the advance.
Former Secretary Of Agriculture
Wickard recommended in l943 that
the Government impose heavy tax
on profits made on speculative pur-
chases and resale Of farms.
It is believed that the Govern
ment will suggest ! voluntary pro-
yram under which all lending
agencies would Join In requiring
7see TARM, Pngs A-2J
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Black Market Head
Seized in Berlin 4
sy the Associoted Press

BERLIN, May IL American
Military Government agents have
smashed one of Berlin's biggest
black market rings and arrested the
leader, 50-year -old German named
Karl Jahn.
Officials said Jahn began his OPP
erations in Holland during the Ger
man occupation there and then
switched to the lush profits avail
able in Berlin under the Allied
occupation.
Jahn, described as "a very clever
guy" by American agents, was sent
to Holland in 1912 with loo. .000, ,000
marks to make purchases for the
German army. One of his fraudu-
lent operations, American officials
said, was to purchase a large con-
signment of cocoa for the Wehr-
macht. which turned out to be brick
dust when the German quarter
masters received it."
In Berlin, these officials said, he
has been dealing in all phases of the
black market and is presently
charged with the Illegal sale oI
American. tires and gasoline, pos.
session of weapons and the fraudu,
lent sale of shares in a WORTHLESS:
coal mine in Czechosloyakia.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Earthquake Is Recorded;
Placed in Solomon Isles
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 17.-Seismolo-
gists here and at Weston, Mass,
said today they had recorded an
earthquake of considerable intensity
and one spokesman placed the cen
ter of the disturbance in the Solo
men Islands.
The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch OF
Fordham University said the quake
was fairly severe" with one shock
occurring at 3:25:44 am. (EDT1
today and a. second at 3:44:40 am.
He located it in the Solomons about
$500 miles from New York.
Instruments of the Boston Col
lege seismograph station at Weston
recorded the quake at 1926 am.
(EDT) with evidence of the dis
turbance continuing for about four
hours. 1t was located about 9,l05
miles from Boston but the direction
was not available Immediately.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Paraguay May Protest
To Argentina Over Ships
BY the Associated Press

ASUNCION, Paraguay. May IL
Government sources said last night
that Paraguay may lodge diplo-
matte protest with Argentina over
the use of six merchant vessels from
that country by rebels at Conception
attempting to overthrow the regime
of President Higinio Moringo.
These sources denied a rebel
broadcast from Conception saying
government planes had bombed the
vessels and injured several crew.
men. The broadcast said the Ar
gentine feet commander had asked
his Navy Ministry to protest.
The informants said Paraguay had
made repeated invitations to the
masters and crews of the six boats
to seek refuge outside the war zone
or in loyalist port.
The informantS stressed that the
Argentine craft may have been
forcibly seized by the rebels.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
BY the Assoeioied Press

SAN FRANCISCO. May IT,
The battleship Oklahoma went
down for the last time today.
The once mighty survivor OF a
sinking in the japanese attack on
Pearl Harbor sank at 4:35 am.
(PSTD $40 miles out of Honolulu in
an area of the Pacific approximately
3 miles deep.
Abandoned by the Navy as fight
ing ship, the 33-year-old vessel was
under tow to an Oakland tCalif.)
drydock company for scrapping.
The Coast Guard announced there
were no crewmen aboard.
The Oklahoma, launched March
%, 1914, had been reported earlier
as listing badly and Young Bros,
Ltd, Honolulu agency which handled
her purchase for scrap, had ordered
the tugs Hercules and Monarch,
which had the ship under tow, to
return to Pearl Harbor rather than
try to make the mainland. She left
Honolulu last Saturday.
Little of the Oklahoma's former
Evening star., 1947-05-17
DC. Telephone Strike
May Be Settled al
Conference Today
'Reeriminotion' Issue
Believed Lone Block
To Final Agreement

Hope for final settlement to-
day of the 40-day telephone
strike here was expressed by
representatives of both sides as
they met in the Mayf1ower Ho-
tel in an attempt to reach agree
ment by nightfall.
Federal Conciliator Elmer T. Bell
said only one major issue stands in
the way. This is said to involve So
called recrimination against any
striker who may have molested nom
strikers or company property. Off
cials of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. want to reserve the
right to dismiss any striker involved
in a fragrant case, while the union
opposes it. ....
Mr.. Bell is expected to submit a
compromise proposal on this issue
today.
Prepare for Maryland Tieup.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore, the
telephone company prepared to man
Maryland switchboards with super
visory personnel as a precaution
against a possible strike tonight.
The company said executives
would be ready to handle emergency
only" calls in the event more than.
1000 operators decide to walk out
throughout the State.
The traffic unions 30-day strike
notice expired last night. and the
operators could walk out, if that
decision is made, observers said.
Silent AS to Wage Outlook.
Officials of both the Washington
Telephone Traffic Union and the
company said the situation in Wash
ington appears more hopeful" al
though neither side would disclose
the pending agreement on the unions
wage demands. The company's last
offer was a 81 a week raise for the
oprators, comprising about 80 per
cent of the unions membership, and
So and $3 for other employees.
Federal conciliatorS, however. in
dicated that tentative agreement on
the wage issue had been reached.
AS both sides met in the hotel,
(See TELEPHONE, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1947-05-17
jap Cabinet Purged
OF Three Members
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, May 17.-The japanese
government today announced the
purge of three present cabinet MEM
bers-Minister of Finance Tanzan
Ishibashi, Minister of Justice Toku-
taro Kimura and Minister Of Com
merce and Industry Mitsujiro Ishii.
The three will be barred from pub
lie Office because of past ultranation-
alistic activities, the government
said. Their removal long had been
rumored in official circles.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
British Intercept Ship
Carrying 1000 Jews
BY the A.seeiated Press

JERUSALEM, May T.-Ofdcial
sources said today that 1,200-ton
vessel believed to be carrying about
1000 illegal Jewish immigrants to
Palestine was intercepted of the
coast of Lebanon yesterday and is
now making for Haifa under her
own steam but flanked by de-
stroyers.
The announcement said the ship,
believed to be named Trade Winds,
was the 35th shipload of Jews to
attempt to reach the Holy Land
without yisas.
She was expected to reach Haifa
tonight and the official assumption
there was that the passengers would
Ibe deported at once to detention
lcamps on Cyprus. as has been the
lease in the past
The navy said large numbers of
| the passengers appeared on deck
when destroyers approached the
refugee ship, making the ship un-
stable" They were ordered below
decks "in the interests Of their own
safety and obeyed,r the navy added.
Evening star., 1947-05-17
BottIeship Oklahoma Sinks
On Way to u. S. for Scropping
Worship, Sent Down by Jops at Pearl Horbor
Lost Under Tow $40 Miles Out of Honolulu

might remained for her last voyage.
Her superstructure. including her
antiaircraft batteries; her 10 IL
inch guns and 16 5-inch guns, was
gone, Much of her machinery, how
ever, including boilers remained
intact.
Torpedoed from the air In the
japanese air attack at Pearl Harbor,
the Oklahoma turned turtle in shall
low water. She was righted and
refoated in May, 1943, and rebuilt.
Her sister ship, the Nevada, was
torpedoed and bombed in the same
disastrous action but succeeded IN
beaching herself and later was COM
pletely ref1tted.
The Moore Drydock Co. OF Oak
land had purchased the Oklahoma
as junk for SAG, 900 and planned to
begin reducing her to scrap In June.
Only this week, Joseph Moore, ST.,
head of the concern, received word
that a delegation of nearly 500 per-
sons from Oklahoma headed by
Gov. Roy ]. Turned, had planned
to journey here for a last farewell
(See OKLAHOMA, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1947-05-17
May 10 Give Details
OF Carson Deals in
Testimony Next Week
Explains z Transactions
Involving s., 500 in
First Day on Stond
By Robert K. Welsh

Former Representative Andrew
J. May today faced the prospect
of spending most of next week
on the witness stand in District
Court to explain each Of the
money transactions totaling
more than $4,000 he is accused
of having taken from the Cars
son brothers in return for war
time services.
The tall, heavy-set 71-year-old
Kentuckian was on the stand for
an hour late yesterday, tracing two
such deals involving $500 check
from the Garssons to him and 5000
in notes made out in his name but
paid of with Murray Garsson's
check In the spring of 1912.
Calm on Stand.
lingering eyeglasses and occa-
sionally Inopping his bald head, the
former chairman OF the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee spoke calmly
in a strong voice. He declared the
$2,50o was money owed him by
Murray Carson on a West Virginia
manganese development purchase
early in 1941. The 5000, May
asserted, was in reality money MUIR
ray Carson borrowed from New
York man through May. The pay
ments, he asserted, were in no sense
a bribe.
May was the first defense witness
in his trial with Henry M. and
Murray Carson on charges Of con-
spiracy to defraud the United States.
The four count indictment specif-
ically charges the Garssons bought
Mays services as a member Of Con-
gress by paying him large sums,
especially in using the Cumberland
Lumber Co. OF Kentucky as a
coverup.
May, In return, got favors for the
Carson brothers and their $78, ,000,-
900 Notwithstanding chain of COM
panies, particularly the Erie Basin
Metal Products, Inc, and Batayis
Metal Products, Inc, Illinois anil
iates, the indictment alleges.
Denying that the $500 or the
$5 600 payments had anything to do
with the lumber company or Carson
war contracts, May, under question:
lsee CARLSON. Page Alb
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Air Industrial Plan,
Key 10 U. 5. Security,
Lapsing, EehoIs Says
National Leadership
In Serious Jeopardy.
General Tells Hearing
Rx w. II. shippen. Jk

The conviction that American
leadership in the air is in "seri-
GUS jeopardy" was urged by the
aircraft manufacturing industry
today before a Senate subcom-
mittee as one of several vital
reasons why our national air
policy must be brought up to
date.
Mai. Gen. Oliver p. Echols, re-
tired, president Of the Aircraft IN
dustries Association, was backed by
the countrys biggest aircraft pro-
ducers when he told the aviation
subcommittee of the Commerce
Committee that "our air industrial
rlan-the essential key to our ma
tional security-is not being OBJ
served"
The manufacturers were invited
to testify at the special hearing py
Chairman Brewster, who this week
introduced a bill to set up a tenn
porary air policy board OF cabinet
officers and members of Congress to
take immediate action in what Sen
ator Brewster believes is situation
dangerous to the national security.
Urges Five Year Program.
Testifying on this measure, Gen.
Echols told the subcommittee that
the lack of a consistent Federal
program is threatening the sur
vival of our aircraft industry, the
nucleus of which must be preserved
for our national safety"
The wartime chief Of procurement
for the Army Air Forces recommend
ed a five-year program that will
permit sensible, long-range plan
ming" He added that the country
must "modernize outdated aviation
legislation to keep pace with world
wide scientific advances in aero
nautics."
The general insisted that "our
air mobilization plan is not being
carried out" He pointed out that
because the country cannot afford
to maintain a large standing Army
or very large air force in being,
it must at least keep up minimum
armed forces and rely In an emer-
gency upon an industrial mobiliza-
ton plan. This plan must provide
for rapid expansion OF military
weapons and all the other equip
ment needed for modern striking
Evening star., 1947-05-17
Michigan, chancellor Of the arch

Nelligan, chancellor of the arch
diocese.
The archbishop was the only
American bishop to head two ARCH
dioceses. Washington was made an
archdiocese in 1910. Baltimore Is
the oldest zee in the United States
and, as It's occupant, Archbishop
Curley took precedence over other
Catholic bishops. He was the ninth
successor Of Bishop John Carroll
and the immediate successor OF
James Cardinal Gibbons.
The Rev. Silvan Brennan, G. F.,
chaplain at the hospital, gave the
archbishop the last rites Of the
church.
DR.. Frank j. Geraghty, who was
summoned to Archbishop Curley's
1See CURLEY. Page A-3.)