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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18

Frcm statistics automobile accidents nj the State of New York which the States Bureau of Motor Vehicles periodically collects and classes it is pos sible to reconstruct what might be termed the com posite accident
 That composite accident is the result of the collision of two automobiles, in daylight and with the weather clear the surface dry and the road itself straight level The drivers most likely to be men in their middle thirtes, with more than three years experience drivers and with no previous accident record The collision is most likely to occur a street highway intersection although 1t is nearly as likely to between intersections
 All this does not sound like the recipe for an accident Innumerable automobiles driven by men in their middle hrties along straight level roads in daylight, with the weather clear and surface dry, without accident An additional factor must make the difference between safety and danger.
 Almost half of the drivers who in accidents did not have the right of way at the time Of collision It did matter whether they ignorant plain 'ornery"-the result was the same. One minute Of reckless needless or ignorant driving cancel out all the good driving done in three years thirty
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
,tHAT MOSCOW REALLY
 WANTS

What is l. tha Russia really wants?' he asked Behind all this argument and conversation, what are you really driving at?"
 Ten billion dollars separations from Germany" Molotov shot back. But you know you can't get it. . Tt was agreed to at Yalta,' ar gued Molotov.
 No, it was agreed at Yalta that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18

getting a peace treaty, so we just won't worry about it any more"
 The Yugoslav delegate looked very erestfallen. Jimmie Byrnes trump diplomatic card was begin ming to work.
 (Ed note-Another column on Secretary Byrnes' strategy in i'm proving Russian relations will fol- low shortly)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
MODERN ETIQUETTE SsopERrA E LEE

Should her hat theatre?
 A. thing depends upon types nothing people .epto
 When has into neighborhood how call 0 a
 A. Within weeks
 a should him Wilson?
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
Daily Lessons in English v L. GORDON

MISUSED The of IRREGARDLESS, instead of REGARDLESS s FORM Avoid it. OFTEN MIsPRONoUNCED Secretve SECOND y labe andn as
 Adhere; ERE Career FER distress anguish WORD STUDY: times and Let
  conclusion from given date His conclusions inferential"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
20 YEARS AGO FIFE t,gT EMPIRE
JANUARY 1s. 1927,

18. Mrs Olaf Krugless given Fifty unavailable hall game Bremen scheduled for this 
 the home of Mrs Tom Ness for Mamie leave her position there. School returned from Skagway where they defeated the Gateway City 30 to IS The from due this night High 24 low, p; clear
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
RAINBOW GIRLS MEET

The Rainbow Girls will meet to- night at 7:30 o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple for a business session. There will be no initiation but all members are requested to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
LOOK and LEARN sy C. GORDON

What country geographical 
 
  g. What concerto? What s average span o a greatest phlanthropst?  Ecuador, of or Equator. Bill Cody. composition which in About IA years Carnegie
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18

The height depth of something or other The Byrd expedition to the bottom of the world is called Operations Highjump"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-01-18
The Washington Merry-Go-Round

lconttnued yrom Page oneJ
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Clouds Relieve Heat,
But Rise Is Due Soon;
Humidity Still High
e0-Deeree Temperatures
To Return Wednesday;
Rain Hits Pennsylvania

A cloudy day was in prospect
for the District today, with the
high temperature in the low 80s,
offset by "a nice little breeze" /"
the Weather Bureau reported.
The relief promised yesterday,
after the years record high temper
atllres last week, materialized so far
as the thermometer was concerned,
with a high of 81 degrees at $3.50
pm, but the extremely high humid
ity made the weather anything but
pleasant.
The bureau recorded a high hu-
midity of 90 per cent at 1 am. yes
terday, and at 9 am. it was still 80
per cent. It will continue humid
today, slightly less so than yes
terday.
The cold front which moved down
from Hudson Bay, given credit for
more reasonable temperatures in
this section, provided more relief for
Boston and New York than it did
here..
More Heat Coming.
BY Wednesday, the forecaster pre-
dicted, the thermometer will climb
to over 80 degrees again In Wash
ington, but it was not expected to
equal last weeks highs.
Midwesterners broiled from the
heat after the third consecutive
week end, little relief was in sight
for them before Wednesday at the
earliest, when a new cool air mass
was expected in that area.
There was little moisture over
the week end for Midwestern corn,
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Gen. Lee Says Article!
Criticiizing Command
Gave Distorted View
Welcomes Inspection
OF Mediterranean Area
By Army and Press
BY the Associated Press

ROME, Aug. 18.-Lt. Gen. John
C. H. Lee, in his first public COM
ment on criticism of his COM
mand published in the United
States, said today the articles
were unwarranted and distorted.
Gen. Lee is commander of the
Mediterranean theatef of oper-
ations, United States Army.
Robert c. Ruark, Scripps-Howard
columnist, in five articles printed
last week, said there was lavish
living by officers and their wives in
Gen. Lees command, with enlisted
men forced to serve as "funkeys'
to the officers and their families.
Gen. Eisenhower announced Satur-
day that the Army's inspector gen.
eral would investigate.
Gen. Lee last week referred to
Washington all questions about the
articles, but today his public rela-
tions staff issued a statement quot
ing him as saying:
"Unwarranted attacks rejecting
on the character and integrity of
my officers, enlisted, men and
women, and their families, through
articles which present a completely
distorted view of actual conditions,
demand refutation from the sources
other than members of this COM
mand."
Gen. Lees statement said he well
coined inspection of his theater by
the Army and the press. A group
of correspondents left for Livorno,
at Gen. Lees invitation, to see con-
diitonS there.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
(See LEE, Page A-6D
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. IS. - Princess
Elizabeth will do without a trousseau
when she marries 1t. Philip Mount
batten November 20 in Westminster
Abbey, Buckingham Palace an
nounced today.
This austerity note to Britain's
wedding of the century was made
public along with the announcement
that the Princess had chosen one of
Normal Hartnell's designs for her
wedding dress.
The trousseau will be omitted "in
accordance with her parents wishes
and owing to present-day condi-
tions," the palace statement said.
"Present-day conditions" means
that clothing is stringently rationed
and highly expensive. The idea
seemed to be that Elizabeth-al-
though the cost need not worry her
and extra 'rations" could be hers
for the asking-wanted nothing that
less fortunate brides couldn't have,
Evening star., 1947-08-18
BiIbo Much Better;
CHAR Curb Irks Him
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 18.-Hos-
pital authorities said this morning
that Senator Bilbo's condition was
decidedly improved" and that after
a restful night he is able to sit up
in bed today.
Doctors said the Mississippi Dem
ocrat now Is strong enough to take
a plaintive view of the fact that his
cigar smoking is restricted to certain
hours.
A patient at the hospital since
August 7, the 69-year-old unseated
Senator was reported to have de-
veloped pulmonary embolism, or a
blood clot on the lungs. His physi-
clans said, however, the diagnosis
was not final and that tests were
continuing.
The Senator has undergone three
operations here during the past year
for cancer of the mouth and throat.
Doctors reported Friday he had an
unexplained fever, probably the re-
suit of a virus infection. The physi-
clans said he was suffering from
"periphera1 neuritis, with acute in
lection and partial paralysis"
Senator Bilbo's visitors yesterday
included his son, Col. Theodore Bilbo,
jr., an instructor In the Command
and General Staff School at Fort
Leavenworth, Kans.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Gen. Wyche Leaves Today
For Lnauiry in LtoLy

Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche, the
Army's inspector general, is leaving
by air today for Italy to undertake
an inquiry into the administration
of 1t. Gen. John c. H. Lee.
Announcement of Gen. Wyche's
departure was made by the Army
which revealed also that he IS to
be accompanied by Col Eugene L..
Miller and 1t. Col. Richard P. Tip
ton of his Office.
Announcement that Gen. Wyche
has been assigned to make the in
quiry was made Saturday by Gen.
Eisenhower, Army chief of staff.
Gen. Eisenhower said he had no
first hand information on the sit
uation, but said that Gen. Lee him
self had requested that an inquiry
be made by the War Department.
Gen. Wyche's investigation is ex-
pected to consume about two weeks.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Lone Baby in 4th-FIocr Window
Strains GAO Workers Nerves

The sight of a year-old baby, free
and unguarded, clambering out on a
fourth STORY window sill, stopped
General Accounting ONCE employees
in their work today in the old Moses
Building at the southwest corner of
Eleventh and r streets NV.
The baby had head and shoulders
over the window sill when 1t was
first noticed at 10:30 am, accord
ing to Mrs. Vera Spurck, 3413 Car
penter street Sc, an auditor, whose
desk Is near window in the GAO
offices.
The infant, she said, was in q
fourth-floor apartment over stores
in a building across Eleventh street,
just behind the Mode, F street mems
clothing store.
Then the baby started to climb
and got one leg up on the sill. No
parent appeared. Eleventh street
windows Of the eight floors occupied
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Michigan Girl Abducted
By HoIdup Man Returns
By the Assoeioied Press

NILES, Mich, Aug. ia waitress
returned to her home today a few
hours after State police reported she
was kidnapped by tall, soft-spoken
colored man.
The State police post there an
nounced only that she had returned
and did not indicate whether or not
she had been harmed.
Trooper Don McCray identified
the kidnapped girl as Jean Myers, "a,
of Holland, Mich.
The officer said she was with
Sherman Frizzen, 20, of Niles, In a
car parked short distance south of
the city limits on US-31 about 3
am. today when the holdup man
accosted them.
Mr.. McCray quoted Mr.. Frizzell as
saying the man drove up in another
car and approached the parked
vehicle with what Mr.. Frizzell took
to be gun in his hand.
After taking SIG from MIR. Frizzell,
the man tied him up and left him on
the ground beside his car. He forced
the girl into his own auto and drove
away, the officer asserted.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
EIizobethto Forego Trousseou
Because of British Conditions

Besides. she has a fairly large
wardrobe left over from the royal
visit to South Africa earlier this
year. A special award of clothing
ration coupons was made to the royal
family before they left, in the in
terest of popularizing British
fashions in South Africa.
Details of the wedding gown will
be kept secret until just before the
wedding.
Elizabeth selected the Hartnell
design from several submitted to her
at Balmoral Castle In Scotland. 1t.
Mountbatten, who has been staying
there with the royal family, had a
hand in the choosing.
The London Evening News said
the Princess has probably chosen q
traditional design made in fine slip
per satin," adding that this would
consist of a very full skirt, tight
fitting bodice with long sleeves and
a heart-shaped or square neck"
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Ross Denies Information
On Taylor Visit 10 StaIin
BY the Asseeioted Press

White House aides professed to
have no information when asked
today whether Myron G.. Taylor
will see Soviet Prime Minister
Stain on a current trip to Europe
as special envoy of President Tru-
man.
Mr.. Taylor, who has been the
Presidents personal representative
to Pope Plus, took of by plane
last week for Rome. 1t was an
nounced he will consult with the
Pope and other leaders in Europe
about world peace problems.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross was. told at news
conference today that there is a
report in London that the other
leaders may include Mr.. Stain.
Mr.. Ross replied, II have no in
formation on that point"
Nor would he say what "other
leaders, MIR. Taylor might consult
Evening star., 1947-08-18
What Soviet Radio
Is Saying of U.s.:

The official Russian radio yester.
day broadcast to the world thi,
choice bit of propaganda on the
United States acttoity in Greece:
1.-The American Government
had'considerable difficulty in put
ting through Congress the allo-
cations for the realization for the
Greco-Turkish program mapped
out by the State Department.
The American taxpayer was told
time and again that the credits
were intended to restore demo-
cratic principles in Greece.
Editors note: Senate vote 81 to
%. House, 237 to 1857
But even Americans who are
far removed from the sphere Of
politics will not fail to note that
the schemes of sending SIS men
and other Fascists to Greece,
under the guise Of volunteers and
dressed in American uniforms,
has Just about as much IN COM
mon with the restoration OF de.
mocracies as did the Intervention
which Hitler and Mussolini un-
dertook in Spain on behalf OF
Gen. Franco"
Evening star., 1947-08-18

by the GAO became filled with tense
spectators.
Peter Donahue, a GAO auditor,
ran downstairs and out into the
street. For q moment, he said, he
stood under the baby wondering If
he would succeed In catching the
infant If 1t fell. Then, he said, the
baby,s head withdrew from over
the edge of the sill and he tried
to find an entrance to the apart
ments above.
He was trying to kick one door IN,
he said, when a passerby showed
him the right one.
He ran up to the fourth floor. he
said. An older woman opened the
door and answered "yes" when ne
asked II sthere was q baby in the
apartment. She got the baby, M.
Donahue said, and then the babys
mother and father appeared. They
had been sleeping, they told him.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
s New Polio Cases Listed; !;
Wilmington 10 Close Pools
By the Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Aug. 18.-
Worried city officials prepared to
close all public swimming pools to-
day as six new cases of Poliomyeli-
tbs brought Delaware's total this
summer to IS.
s Meanwhile, police were given
orders to patrol all open sewers to
prevent children from wading in
waters that might carry infection.
Three Of the latest victims were
taken to hospitals from the same
Wilmington house. They were g.
months-old Alden Fleetwood-the
first infant striken, his older brother,
Ralph, and 2-year-old Alden Hoff-
man, who makes his home with the
Fleetwood family.
DR.. George r. BONES, president of
the Wilmington Board of Health,
called a meeting of the board to
close swimming pools. He said the
situation has reached epidemic
proportions, surprising the 1914
figure of 26 victims, worst in Dele
wares history"
- Delaware State health officials
continued their quarantine of near
by Camp Mattahoon, operated by
the Boys Club of America, where
80 boys have been isolated since
two were striken with polio.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Indonesians Report
New Dutch Pressure
On CenfrafJa Java
Republicans Also Are
Decfured Routed in Attocl
On Modoero's Capital
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BATAVIA, Java, Aug. 1s.-The
Indonesian Republican Army
said Dutch forces put new pres
sure today on the northern and
western approaches to Central
Java, which the Indonesians
hold.
Dutch Army headquarters said
the Republicans broke into the
Madeira Island capital Of Pane
kasan yesterday and were driven
off during sharp street fighting.
The island war officially was stopped
earlier this month (on paper at
least) by a cease-fire order urged
by the United Nations Security
Council.
The Republicans said the Dutch
attacked Poering, on the South
Java coast 81 miles west Of Jogja-
karta, the Indonesian capital. The
commullique reported local Dutch
attacks against six north central
front villages between Salatiga and
Arnbarawa, about 81 miles north
Of Jogjakarta.
No Drive Toward Jogjakarta.
The bulletin indicated the Dutch
were exerting pressure In an ap-
parent attempt to mop UP local
Indonesian armed strength across
the front but there was no sugges-
ton of a Dutch attempt to drive
toward Jogjakarta.
The natives said six Dutch were
killed in a sharp encounter near
Malang in which the Dutch used
artillery.
The action coincided with the
second anniversary of the republics
proclamation of Independence AN
event which the Dutch said was
marked by new hareups of fighting
in both Java and Sumatra.
Madeira, situated of the eastern
tip of Java, is included In the area
claimed by the republic. Dutch
troops landed on the island and
occupied Pamekasan during the
hostilities which began July 20 and
which the United Nations Security
Council ordered halted approx
mately two weeks ago..
Dutch Report 13 Killed.
The Dutch said they had suffered
total of 13 men killed and ~
wounded In independence day
battles.
The 1ndonesian Republic yeMer-
day announced that 1t had accepted
a '1ast chance" offer of the United
States good Offices in settling the
Dutch -Indonesian conflict, but en-
phasized that this action did not
supersede any obligation to comply
with any United Nations Security
Council decision on 1ndonesia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Moham-
(See TNDNNESTA PAGE A.l0
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Fingerprinting Begin!
In Loyalty Check on
Federal Employees
FBI to Conduct Probe
If Preliminary Phase
Turns Up Evidence
By.Joseph Young

The Federal employees loyalty
investigation program got under
way today as Government de-
partments and agencies here and
throughout the country began
the JOB of fingerprinting and
checking 100000 Government
workers.
It will be on any derogatory eyi-
dence turned up by this prelimin-
ary phase of the program that the
FBI will conduct full-fedged in
vestigations of all employees about
whose loyalty there is some doubt.
The program started rather
slowly today, with many depart
ments and agencies devoting their
time to putting the finishing touches
on their f1ngerprinting and name
card checking facilities. The entire
preliminary phase Of the loyalty in
vestigations is expected to be COM
pleted within six months.
Employees to Sign Forms.
The Civil Service Commission,
which will conduct the loyalty pro-
gram together with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation started
fingerprinting its employees this
morning.
The first employe fingerprinted
was Mrs. Evelyn Byne, 26, of 5142
South Eleventh street, Arlington.
Amid the flashes of photographers
bulbs, Mrs. Byne, who is employed
in the Commissioners information
division was fingerprinted in the
Commission Building, Seventh and
F streets NV.
The f1ngerprinting form, No. 86,
also contains sections calling for the
physical description of the employe
height, weight. color of eyes and
hair, and the employees signature.
On the back of the form are ques-
tions regarding any past arrests.
Another form, No. "a carries space
for information regarding an en-
ployes' past associations and affilia-
tions in all organizations other
than religious or political ones, his
places of residence for the past 10
years, the names and addresses of
his employers for the past 10 years,
any aliases or nicknames, and mari
tai status.
FBI to Get Forms.
Space is left in the form for the
agency in which the worker is en-
ployed to fill in any detailed infor-
nation known about him.
Both forms "a and Sc will be
forwarded to the FBI, which will
then check the finger prints and
information with its own files. Any
derogatory evidence turned up will
result in a full-scale investigation
of the employe involved.
Another form, No. IS, will be
used in the investigation of appli-
cants for Federal jobs.
The FBI's findings in cases in
(Sae TInvATTv paoo A.d1
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Antitrust Suit Filed
To End Monopoly in
TechnicoIor Movies
Clark Charges Eastman,
Two Other Firms With
Restricting Development
ey the Associoted Press

Attorney General clark, as
serting a monopoly exists in pro-
duction of color motion pictures,
announced today filing of an
antitrust suit to end illegal
arrangements and agreements. u
Mr.. Clark said a civil action is
being filed in Federal Court at Los
Angeles naming as defendents Tech
raicolor Inc, Tecllnicolor Motion
Picture Corp, and Eastman Kodak
Co.
Assistant Attorney General John
r. Sonnet, In charge Of the Justice
Departments Antitrust Division
said in a statement that Techni-
color Inc, had entered into series
of agreements with Eastman where
by patents, new developments and
technicolor information relating to
color photography would be reser-
we'd for Technicolor's exclusive >use
in the professional field"
"In our view," Mr.. Sonnett added,
'"Technicolor was Thereby enabled
to control and monopolize this busi-
ness and was protected against
potential competition from others.
"Our suit asks that all the Illegal
arrangements and agreements be
cancelled and that the court order
such relief with respect to patents
and 'know-how' as will dissipate the
effects of the unlawful practices
charged and permit, the establish
ment Of free competition in the
industry"
Mr.. Sonnett said "Technicolor
does over 80 per cent of all the
business in professional color cine
matography" and since 1884 "has
produced the positive film prints for
all of the class A. feature-length
motion pictures and most of the
short and animated cartoons pro-
duced In color by the motion picture
industry Of the United States"
Mr.. Clark said in a supplemental
statement:
This case is q part of the De-
partment of Justices program
aim at breaking up monopoly
power in industry.
Motion pictures in color today
represent from IS to 20 per cent ot
all feature-length pictures exhibited
in theaters in the United States
The capacity of facilities for COM
mercial color processing and other
operations in the business of pro-
fessional color cinematography has
been inadequate to meet the demand
for filming of motion picture pro-
ductions in color.
1.-THE effect Of the practices
charged in the complaint has been to
restrict the development of the AFT
Of professional color cinematography
by others than the defendants, and
to deprive the public of the benefits
of competition in this business"
Evening star., 1947-08-18
British Officials Silent
On Duchess Reception
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Aug. 18.-Buckingham
Palace and No. 10 Downing Street
refused comment today on the New
York Mirrors report that Queen
Mary received the Duchess of Wind
sor during the Windsors' last visit
to England
Louis Wulff, court correspondent
for the British Press Association,
stated: "Her majesty did not meet
the duchess"
Evening star., 1947-08-18
Basement Fire Routs 70
From Baltimore Hotel
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 18.-About 20
residents of the Claremont Hotel,
situated in the Union Stockyards
area, fled their rooms early today
when fire broke out In the basement.
Dense smoke penetrated the three
story brick structure.
Before firemen controlled the
blaze, the smoke affected several
hundred cattle in nearby pens.
They were removed.
One hotel occupant, Edward K.
Brown, Is, was overcome and taken
to hospital for treatment, as was
fireman Leroy Batenf1eld.
Evening star., 1947-08-18
High Officers in Rome Deny
Excessive Luxury Charge
Bv Lionel Shopiro
North American Newspaper Alliance

ROME, Aug. 10 (By Wireles).-
High Army officers who today ex-
amined the complete text of Cor
respondent Robert Ruark's charges
OF excessive officer luxury and abuse
of enlisted men in 1t. Gen. John c..
H. Lees Italian occupation COM
mand have provided this reporter
with detailed defense of conditions
in this theater And it is safe to
assume that this closely parallels
the official explanation which has
been forwarded to the War Depart
ment.
l. On the charge that the dis
ciplinary training camp at Pisa is a
torture camp-the center operates
as a routine military prison. Sixty
per cent of the inmates eventually