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Evening star., 1948-11-08
Man, 81, Loses Arm
In Mill Accident,
Walks Mile for Aid
BY the Assoeioied Press

BORING, Greg, Nov. 8.-The
arm of lumber mill worker
was cut off at the shoulder yes
terday and the victim then
walked more than q mile to this
town to get an ambulance to
Portland.
State police said Henry
Francis Meeker, So, of Sandy,
was given a fair" chance of
recovering at a Portland Hos
pital.
He was cleaning a planer at
mill near here when his right
garment sleeve tangled in the
machine and pulled his arm in
to the cutter He was alone.
He first attempted to drive the
distance in his automobile.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

nnal Say-So IN
a d m ! nistrative
affairs.
At pres e n t
e a c h commits
sioner has equal
authority, The
proposed change
would give the
head of the
Civil Service
Commission the
OVer-dH p o W e r
to put into effect
any civil service
C h a n G es h e
deems necessary
which can be
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny with highest temperature in
the lower Cos this afternoon. Fair
and not SO cool tonight with lowest
about IS. Tomorrow, increasing
cloudiness with little change in
temperature.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair east
portion; partly cloudy west portion
and not so cool tonight. Tomorrow,
increasing cioudiness with little
change in temperature followed by
showers in west portion In after
noon or at night.
Wind velocity, 7 miles per hour;
direction, ssouth-
River Report.
From U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Earpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
U. S. Plane Drops Tank,
Causing Crash Reports
BY the Associotsd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. g.
An American fighter plane jet
tisoned fuel tank south of Munich
today and caused reports that the
plane had crashed.
American Air Force headquarters
at Wiesbaden said Germans in the
vicinity mistook the tank for a
plane. All American planes have
been accounted for, officers said.
An American C-54 airlift trans
port crashed near Fassberg in the
British zone of Germany yesterday
injuring three crew members. The
plane, returning unloaded from Ber-
lin, was attempting landing in
bad weather.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Odom to Head Seal Sole

MARTINsBURG, W. Va, Nov 9
(SpeciaD Floyd c. Odom has been
named chairman of the Berkeley
County 1948 Christmas Seal Sale.
The campaign will open November
%. The quota is S2,750, same as last
wear.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Reserve Legal Unit to Meet

A meeting of the Volunteer Naval
Reserve Legal Unit of Potomac
River Naval Command will be held
lat 8 pm. tomorrow in Building 2l8
Iof the Naval Gun Factory. Reserve
officer lawyers, regardless of classi-
f1caticn, are invited to attend.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
P. Y. K. Howut Elected
Head of ST. Andrews Unit

P. Y. K. Howat, president of the
Howat Concrete Co., has been elect
ed president of the st. Andrews
Scottish Society of Washington.
Mr.. Howat is former vice presi-
dent of the society.
The group will holds&fts annual
Robert Burns birthday dinner jan
uary 26 at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Oxon Hill PTA TO Meet

A panel discussion on THE Grad
Ing System" conducted by Thomas
Warthren, will be a feature of the
meeting of the Oxon Hill Parent
Teacher Association at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the school.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight ~<sAs4~.. .
|One-Mon Authority Proposed
For Civil Service Commission
By Joseph Youno

sweeping revison OF the civil service system
mended to the Hoover Commission by It's advisory
force committee
Here is what the committee recommended:
Evening star., 1948-11-08

I. TttIeTIIIOIl UI CIle pTeSeHC Lnre6
civil service commissioners but a
drastic revision of authority to give
the president of the commission the
Evening star., 1948-11-08

regular channels and had no trou-
BILE getting them" The chief said
he did not know how much Sergt
Walters paid for them.
Brig. Gen. E. S. Wetzel, chief oi
staff of the 18th Air Force, said the
Office of special investigation of the
Air Force inspector generals office
had been notified of the Walters
arrest and was handling the All
Force phase of the investigation.
Sapphires and rubies are basically
the same stone, the difference being
Only in the coInr
Evening star., 1948-11-08

Rubies range In color from rose
TO deep purple.
Evening star., 1948-11-08
Israeli Official to Talk

Arthur Liverhant, member of the
Israeli Mission to the United States,
will be principal speaker at a meet
ing of the Greenbelt Section of the
National Council of Jewish Women
at $50 pm. Wednesday at the Gen.
ter School, Greenbelt, Md.
The eye disease glaucoma was
named $500 years ago by Hippoc-
rates.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

High and Low for Yesterday.
Fish IS at 2:2O pm
Low, 45 at 1l:22 pm.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on August 27.
Lowest, 8, on January 20.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

BE sure to listen in every Sum
day at U:15 am. ouer WMAL, The
Star station, for Joseph Young's
broadcast uersion OF the Federal
Spotlight, featuring additional
neDs and Uie,Ds OF the Gouern-
nlent scene.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

The larvae of one moth can de-
stroy as much wool In one year as
II sheep can produce.
Evening star., 1948-11-08

Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Suryey)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
MURPHY & MURPHY

DISTINCTIVE home, huge Heat ilator fireplace of stone, begged floors, acres pat. land, well furnished, bedrooms. BEAUTIFUL new home Behrends Ave. Large cement basement, ? bedrooms finished, third par italy complete. Furnished or un- furnished.
 APPROX. acre pat land with 32x32 cement basement right turn Douglas Beach. Acreage cleared.
 PETERSON, Sheppard, Kruse, Dill lon property, Glacier Highway, Fritz Cove and Auke Bay area. TWO Floating canneries; few months work; living quarters, etc. Big money makers. Will train buyers. Realized 75 percent last year on investment. DUPLEX furnished good invest ment. Decker Bldg, Crescent Apts., 3-bedroom home Waynor Addition; Machine Shop; 2 houses and lot near Small Boat Harbor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
WILLIE pEp KNOCKS
 SIERRA OUT IN 10TH

MIAMI, Fla, Feb 25.-tR-Cuban Humberto Sierra's effort to lift the world featherweight championship from Willie Pep was just water over the dam today.
 Pep, probably the busiest and the best little man in the boxing busi- ness, retained his title in most con- vincing manner in the Orange Bowl last night when he knocked out Sierra in 22 seconds of the tenth round.
 And the rain, pouring on 10000 spectators in the open air stadium, probably will be remembered longer than the fight.
 Pep set the Cuban up for the fin- ish with left hook to the body that left Sierra gasping in the ninth. Then, Willie cut loose.
 Pep weighed 125 1-2, Sierra l26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
Juneau High Wins Opener
 From Mike's
Sheldon Jackson Jr. Col Iege Defeats Columbia
 Lumber Five

Juneau High Schools Crimson Bears and Sheldon Jackson Jr. College of Sitka entered the Gold en Medal Basketball Tournament in a big way last night as they dumped two of Mondays winners into the losers bracket.
 Bill Schmitz and Bill Sperling led the Crimson Bears to a close victory over Mikes Mite Owls from Douglas with a 35 to 31 win The Juneau boys took the lead and kept it throughout, playing the starting five all the way. Mikes closed the gap in the final min utes but were unable to overcome a 30-21 lead established by the Crimson Bears as the last period opened
 Schmitz collected 10 of his IS
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
HUSKIES DROP ONE
 TO IDAHO VANDALS

MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 25.-(R- University of Washington had only a mathematical chance today to win the Northern Division Coast Confer ence Basketball title
 The Huskies fell into third place last night as cellar-d dwelling Idaho sneaked out an upset 43-41 decision. It was the third win in IA conference starts for the Vandals, and Wash ington's sixth loss.
 Both Idaho and Washington started out in deliberate style last night with Idaho not making a field goal in the first Il minutes of play as the score stood 7-5 Washing ton.
 The Vandals held a 21-14 halftime lead.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
Sheldon Jackson Wins

Sheldon Jacksons fi-37 victory over previously undefeated Colum- bia Lumber was close all the way. Herb Didrickson, flashly little for ward for the Junior College five, was held to two field goals in the first half, but came through with six buckets in the second half to run his total to l6. George Inman scored 10 points at center for the winners before leaving the game on fouls early in the second half.
 The Columbia Lumber five which sccred such an impressive vic- tory over Rake on Monday couldn't seem to penetrate the Sheldon Jackson defense Bob Rowland was good for 14 points at his cen ter spot and Les Hogins came through with 13 for Columbia Lum- Der. Harry Aase, who ran up 19 points on opening day, was held to 10 last night.
 Sheldon Jackson rests today and tackles strong Ketchikan AL Star quintet tomorrow night,
 Rake Loses Twice
 The preliminary game last night saw Rake take it's second defeat of the tourney from the Peters burg Trading Union as Pistol Pete Williams clicked for 20 points. The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
VISITING rAGERS 10 BE TAKEN TO GLACIER
 THURSDAY AFTERNOON

A tour of Glacier Highway and the Mendenhall Glacier area has been arranged for the visiting basketball teams entered in the Lions Club Gold Medal Basketball Tournament, according to an announcement made today by the Lions Tournament En- tertainment Chairman, Bob Hooper.
 The visiting basketball teams, their managers, and guests, will leave from the Bus Depot at l o'clock Thursday afternoon in caravan consisting of bus donated for this purpose by the Douglas School Board and the Channel Bus Lines and au- tomobiles donated and driven by Lions Club members.
 Further entertainment for all par ticipants in the Tournament in the form of a free matinee at the Cap itol Theatre has been arranged for Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock through the courtesy of Homer Garvin, theatre Manager.
 ST. PATRICXS DAY SHOOT Catholic Church Parish Hall, March IT. 816 St
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
Hockey Games
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PREss)

(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
 Wild scoring was the vogue in the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey League last night.
 The Seattle Ironmen, Northern Division leaders, blasted Vancouver 7-2 in Vancouver to halt the Can- ucks' record breaking winning streak at II straight.
 The Tacoma Rockets, second in the Northern Division, trounced the New Westminster Royals to at Tacoma.
 In the Southern Division, the Oak land Oaks caught fire and plastered the San Diego Skyhawks 11-3 in Berkeley.
 Only at Fresno, where the Fall cons defeated the Southern Division leading Los Angeles Monarchs, was was the pattern broken. The Falcons edged out 3-2, late in the third per- jed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
MRS. STEVE SHELDON IS
 IGNORED ON BIRTHDAY

MT. and Mrs. A. R. Duncan, of the Triangle Cleaners, entertain ed with a dinner party Sunday evening at the Salmon Creek Country Club for MT. and Mrs. Steve Sheldon, honoring Mrs. Sheldon on her birthday. MT. and Mrs. William Sweeney were also guests at the celebration.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
FIGHT DOPE

Fights last night turned out as follows:
 AT MIAMI, Fla.-Willie Pep, 125 Hartford, Conn, knocked out Hum- berto Sierra, 126, Havana, 10 (title) Ole Tandberg, 206, Stockholm, out pointed Walter Hafer, POP, Washing ton, D. c. 10.
 At LOS ANGELES Wermy, 195, Tulsa, outpointed Billy Mcclure, 196, Los Angeles, 6.
 At SEATTLE-Baby Dutch Gull bertson, 1855, Los Angeles, outpointed big Bill Petersen, 195, Seattle, 10.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
BASkE

Final scores or basketball games played last night follow:
 Idaho 43; Washington 41. Gonzaga A; Whitman 23. Puget Sound TT; British Colum- bia 54.
 Lewis and Clark 70; Linfield 67. Grays Harbor J. c. A; Everett J c. 43.
 Clark J. c. 40; Centralia J. c. 31 Northern Idaho GA; Eastern Ore gon 48.
 Tulane 73; Mississippi 46. Kentucky 58; Temple 38. Pennsylvania GA; Harvard 54.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
H0SpITAL k01ES

Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday were Mrs. James V. Hickey for medical treatment and Mrs. Hu- bert Brown whose baby girl was born at 11:37 am. and weighed 5 pounds and IA ounces.
 Discharged from St. Ann's yes- terday were Master Tommy Lynch, Mrs. Jean Peterson, John Floberg, Gerald McCombe, Marion Davis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
JOE LOUIS ARRIVES
 IN LONDON; HAS 300
 STEAKS WITH HIM

LONDON, Feb. 25.-iR-Joe Louis arrived in London today and ambled through the biggest crowd of back skipping boxing fans ever assembled at Waterloo Station.
 The Heavyweight Champion will give training and sparring exhibi- tions at Earls Court. He brought along 300 steaks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
N0vIk0FF, JAYNE
 SIGN UP TO PLAY

SEATTLE, Feb. 25.-Rl-Outfielder Lou Novikoff and third baseman Hil- lis Layne, both previously listed as holdouts, have signed new contracts with the Seattle Rainiers, club of- ficials said today.
 Layne won the Pacific Coast Lea que batting title last season.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
FEBRUARY 26
LENTEN SERVICES AT CATHOLIC CHURCH; REV.
 SWEENEY TO PREACH

At the regular Wednesday eve ming Lenten devotions at the Cath ollie Church at Fifth and Gold Streets, the Rev. Leo Sweeney will give the third of a series of in structions on Christian Marriage. This evenings instruction will give help and guidance to newly married couples and to those contemplat- ing marriage. It will treat of mis- takes to be avoided by husband and wife.
 The Lenten Devotions begin at 7:30 p. m. All, whether they be Catholics or non-Catholics, are welcome.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
Petersburg Trading Union
Assc. ACCOUNTANT HERE

Charles s. Hofstatter, accountant for the Alaska Steamship Co.,, in Seattle, is aboard the Aleutian, on a round-trip visit to the various Alaska Steamship Company of ficeS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25

lanky Petersburg center failed to hit his stride on opening day, but didn't have any trouble last night, as Rake lost il to 31.
 Four teams remain undefeated: Ketchikan All-Stars, Petersburg's Wasvick and Torwick, Juneau High School and Sheldon Jackson Jr.
 Games Tonight
 Three more games are in line for tonight, starting at o'clock. Mikes Mite Owls meet the Sitka ANB in the opener and Columbia Lumber takes on Mt. Edgecumbe in the second game The night cap between the Petersburg Trad ing Union and Metlakatla will be one of the best of the tournament if both teams are clicking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
MISCELLANEOUS

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25

points in the first half, and Sper- ling came through with of his 9 in the last half The Juneau team tangles tomorrow night with Petersburg's Wasvick and Torwick five.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
SEATTLE VISITORS

MT. and Mrs. Wentland of Se- attle are guests at the Hotel Cas- tineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25

GUARANTEED Realistic Perman. ent, $7.5O. Paper Curls, $1 up Lola's Beauty Shop. Phone POI 315 Decker Way.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
WANTED

ELECTRICAL Home and Commer-
 cial wiring, appliance repairing. Free estimate. 336 w. 3rd. Phone
 Green BIO. Bob Wise. 819 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
LEADING SCORERS

Of the teams which have play ed two games in the Gold Medal Tournament, here are the 10 leading scorers as of last night:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
MURPHY & MURPHY

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25

The first iron boat was built in Europe in 1787.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25

TWO Bedroom house with full
 concrete basement and separate apartment and three garages, bringing substantial income, To- cated Twelfth Street. Respon- sible party can handle for S6,000 cash and reasonable terms on balance. M. E. Monagle, Phone 334. 819 St
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
ROOM kitchen privileges - Home Hotel. Phone 886.
MAYOR ELLIS HERE

MAYOR ELLIS HERE
 Bob Ellis, mayor of Ketchikal and also president of the Ell Airlines in Ketchikan, has arriv ed in Juneau to attend the South east Alaskan Mayors Conference to be held here this week. He is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-25
WANT ADS
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The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
Arabs Strike At Jewish Colony

JERUSALEM, R-Arab fight CTS, apparently striking in repris- al for Jewish raids Monday, hit yesterday at the Jewish colony of Yechiel, northeast of Acre and po- lice said fighting was still going on three hours later.
 The colony is one of l9 9.Jewish settlements which are outside the Jewish state proposed under the United Nations partition plan, approved Nov. 29.
 Jewish settlement police left colony at the height of the attack to evacuate casualties but their vehicle was stopped and burned. There was no official report on the number of casualties.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
Young Pianist Still Missing

BUFFALO, N. Y. Pl-A taxi driver said he was "very sure" he had seen Jacqueline Horner, missing l4-year-old pianist act ress, in Buffalo Monday, but po- lice discounted the report after in- quiry.
 Assistant detective chief Fred H. Rambuss said investigation did not substantiate the report by Leo Wilson that the girl he had driven in his cab to a railroad sta ton was the missing piano prod igy.
 The girl left her Hollywood, Calif., home last Tuesday after an argument with her mother, Mrs Clara Horner. She was presum- ably going to her music teachers studio.
 Her father, George Wright Hor- ner, lives here. The parents were divorced in l942.
 A San Bernardino policeman said he saw her. A couple in Santa Monica reported seeing her near the beach with a young man. Per sons living near her home also said they had seen her there.
 Meanwhile in Hollywood, Mrs. Horner said, 'I'm convinced Jackie has been kidnapped"
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
Tugboats Race Up Mississippi

MEMPHIS, Tenn, (P) - Two tugboats, one a steamer and the other diesel-powered were at about halfway mark Monday in their race up the Mississippi river from New Orleans to St. Louis.
 The steamed Kokoda kept a 42- mile lead over the diesel-powered Helena last night while both boats encountered snow and ice.
 The Kokoda was reported in the vicinity of Lake Providence, La., and the Helena just above Vicks- burg, Miss.
 The tugs, owned by the Federal Barge Lines, left New Orleans Thursday to test the merits of steam and diesel power.
 The contest is the first major tugboat race on the Mississippi since 1870.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21

unsuspected streak of humor, or he thinks the American people have short memory. He is pos ing now as an apostle. of abu',- dance. In organizing a new par ty" to run him for President, he explains that this party must stand for positive peace pro- gram of abundance and security, not scarcity and war" AS the new deal secretary of agriculture, back in the '30's, he was ordering the slaughter of little pigs, taking mil lions of acres of land out of cul- tivation, paying farmers to pro- duce less promoting program of scarcity to boost prices.
 Former Premier Tojo says Jap an acted in self defense in mak- ing war against the United States That is like bandit claiming he acted in self defense in shooting a victim who resisted robbery. What Tojo calls "a war of self-exist- ence" was downright international banditry. He might make out a better case by pleading mot guilty by reason of insanity" It could be argued more reasonably that he must have been crazy to think Japan could whip the United States.
 Tojo's alibi for Pearl Harbor is downright fishy. He says he trust ed his foreign minister-Shigenori Togo-to give the United States adequate advance notice of that attack He can't really expect any body to believe that. If the Japs hadn't been certain they would catch the American defenders off guard, they never would have struck at Pearl Harbor. Without the element of surprise, that at tack wouldn't have been consid- cred.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
STEVENS AND HOLTROP OPEN OFFICE HERE

L. A. Stevens, who operated the Neill Clark office here, has an nounced that he and B. B. Holtrop of Fairbanks, have consolidated their offices and will operate in Nome and Fairbanks under the name of Stevens and Holtrop, public accountants and auditors. The Nome office is in the former offices of Neill Clark and Co.,, in the Wallace Hotel and the Fair banks office is in the Lavery Building.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
To Hear Musicians Tell About PetrillO

WASHINGTON (P)-Chairman Hartley R.-N. JD said yesterday he will call on the leaders of some of the nations name" bands to tell the House labor committee whether they like the way James C. Petrillo is running their union.
 Hartley told reporters he has had many letters from frank and file members" of the American Federation of Musicians protest ing some of the things Petrillo has done"
 He declined to name any of the band leaders or musicians who will appear, but said they will be questioned on their opinions of the AFM's new ban on musical recordings after the committee has luizzed Petrillo himself today.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-21
Col. Potter Sent To Anchorage

KANSAS CITY, (P)-Col. Will liam E. Potter, district army en- gineer at Kansas City since Aug. P, l945, announced Monday that he was being transferred to the post of Alaskan district engineer with headquarters at Anchorage.
 His successor will be Col. Paul D. Berrigan, now assistant to the San Francisco engineer, Potter said.
 Potter said he would leave March Is, and that Berrigan would report here March 1.
 A program of flood control, Missouri river work and military construction totaling many mil lions of dollars has been carried out during Potter's 29 months here. The Sl2,0OO,OOO Kanopolis reservoir near Salina, Kans., has been completed, and the l,O00,- 900 Nebraska reservoir has been started