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Kodiak mirror., 1948-03-27
IKEA Plans Outlined

&NE$ VD34 4H D U U B NEW NBB
 The combination of a 60 mile wind, a zero temperature and 8 half inch of ice all around the wires won't disrupt Kodiak's electricity after the new distri- hstion system is installed this summer, Victor Rivers, project engineer sald this week.
 The first equipment for the plant and distribution rehabilita- tion is due to arrive soon after tke first of June and work will h@ finished before next winter sets in, MT. Rivers said.
 Another feature of the new syeten will be feeding of the pri- mary lines by 8 "dual feed" or koep routing from the KkA plant, so that any one section of she line that is in trouble may be isolated from the rest of the system without cutting off any other part of the town during sapairs.
 The IKEA plant will be added to, and the entire distribution system of poles and wires will be replaced, according to MT. Ri- vefa. Three hundred poles and approximately g miles of wire will be used. Two new genera ting units will be installed at the nAAmt.
 The new system will also in sure the delivery of proper volt sAe to the consumers at all times 50 that any necessary no mt of electricity will be available and lights will not, for instance, dim during the evening when much Lower is being used Sufficient electricity will also be provided So that future industrial projects here, such as cold storage plants, will not tax the system
 B,ds for poles are due to be o. pen d today, Mr. Rivers said, and bids for generators will be called within six weeks Con- ssruetion work will also be open for bidding and local contrac. tors will be urged to bid.
 The present system was built during wartime and due te shortages at the time Of neces' sarv materials and equipment was not up to required REA specifications. When the REA kan was made to the local coop erative. it was with the under. standing that a new system would be installed as soon ai Feasible. Cost to the KEA ii s3lO,O GOO.
 While work is being done or the new system, service will II no way be interrupted, MT Ri vars explained, and parts of the new line will be put into use a' aaHapleted
 Thomas Boyle will be residen' engineer on the project
 "We of REA fully realize th' necessity of completing th'
Kodiak mirror., 1948-03-27

of directors, thelr manager and their project engineer to ob. tain a modern installation of high standards "
Kodiak mirror., 1948-03-27
Storage Man Coming

Wallis George, president of the Kodiak Ice and Cold Stor' age Co.,, is due to atr,ve today to discuss plans for con- struction of the plant here.
 Mrs Barbara Metzker and children Gary and Norman left this week to join her husband iH Myrtle Point, Ore.
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Tugboot Skipper Battles Ice;
Delivers Oil for DC. Homes

Because Of . tugboat captains
good seamanship and ice-breaking
by the Coast Guard, q lot Of oil
heated District homes are still warm
today.
The tugboat captain Is George A.
Airey. jr, IS, Of Baltimore, who had
the wheel of the Dottie Dee yester-
day afternoon when she nudged q
barge loaded with $4,000 gallons
of fuel oil through six-inch ice up to
the American OIL Co.'s Rosslyn dock.
Fifty-six hours earlier Capt. Airey
had headed the Dottie Dee down.
stream in a race against time and
weather to pick. up the fuel oil
barge at Point Lookout and deliver
it here before District tanks ran dry.
Man and boy I've worked Poto-
mac River and Chesapeake waters
for 20 years and this Is the worst
ice I've ever battled," the skipper
said as he YEARLY climbed down
from the Dottie Dee's pilot house.
I'VE fought ice all night. Ice
damned against the barge at Guam
tico last night and snapped six 51a-
inch lines. Before we knew 1t,
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notes outstanding are about 81 per
cent Of all francs.
Socialist deputies swung their sup
port to the government in today's
votes on both bills. They had de-
cided to abstain on the gold issue.
They said a free gold market would
work against planned economy.
But Mr.. Schuman assured them
early today that the currency meas
ure was aimed at the black market.
They then caucused and were re-
ported agreed to back the bill.
Subsequently the Socialists voted
with the government to override
Finance Commission recommends
tons against both measures and to
adopt the proposal on the 5000
franc note. Communists and ex-
IRENE rightists voted in opposition.
Qualified observers believed the
Socialist decision to support Mr..
Schuman not only saved the gov
eminent but also kept power from
going to Gen. Charles de Gaulle,
head of the young and strong Rally
Of the French People RPF). Mr..
Schuman is a Popular Republican.
Defeat of the Schuman govern
ment at this time could lead to dis
solving the Assembly and election
of new deputies, possibly including
some from the RPF. Many French
men think that would mean Gen.
De Gaulle's return TO the premier
ship. He held 1t right after the
liberation.
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Fuel Oil
Continued From First Page.)

which contained $1,000 gallons this
morning, will be built up with 3O0,-
900 gallons from the Navy loan, Mr..
Kennedy said. Since last Saturday
the Fuel Co-ordinating Committee
has distributed 10000 gallons from
the pool
Assisting Coast Guard cutters in
moving ice-bound cargoes, an air
plane from the 5th district at Nor
folk surveyed the Potomac River,
the upper Chesapeake Bay and the
Eastern Shore today.
A Standard Oil Co. barge ar
rived late yesterday with 582, ZOO
gallons of No. 2 oil. the second barge
to bore through the ice since the
emergency began last Saturday.
Earlier in the day American OF CO.
received 450, 900 gallons. Leading the
tugs and barges was the Coast
Guard cutter Motican.
Two Other Barges Sighted
Two other Standard barges, one
carrying $4,000 gallons Of scarce
heavy oil for hospitals, apartment
houses and buildings. were sighted
near Quantico this morning. An
other barge was said to be waiting
help below Quantico.
Extending about aid to oil trans
portation, the Coast Guard had three
converted icebreakers cruising the
Potomac. In addition to the Madrona
and Mohican, which already have
figured in heroic work, the Madrona's
sister ship. Confer, also was endeav-
oring to free barges today.
Petroleum company officials also
were disturbed somewhat by a
gasoline shortage. This was at
tributed largely to transportation
problems resulting from giving
barge priority to oil and to the Icy
river.
That the gasoline problem will
become more acute in the spring
was not doubted by those respon-
sible for giving preference to fuel
oil production and transportation
Decides on Oil Priority.
A member of the Senate Small
Business Committee staff, which
has been diverting oil to hard
hit areas, said that Chairman
Wherry weighed the possibility of
gasoline rationing against the need
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British Plane
Continued From First Page

about $50 miles northeast of
Bermuda.
The Coast Guard said 1t received
a report of a low-fying plane, with
lights blinking, from a ship at sea.
Capt. w. r. Richards, Eastern
area chief Of staff, explained the
British plane could have missed
Bermuda because of squall condi-
tons there at midnight when it
was due to arrive from the Azores.
The plane left London Tuesday,
stopping at Lisbon and the Azores,
It was delayed at the Azores by
extremely severe weather." the
airline announcement in London
said,
Most of the passengers were
British. The airline said there were
at least % passengers and 6 crew.
men aboard.
Sir Arthur retired last Novem-
Der. In World War II, he worked
with the British 9th Army in North
Africa and formed the first tactical
air force in French North Africa in
1943. He also took part in italian
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barge, tug and all were heading
toward the beach with tons OF Ice
damned around us.
"It took an hour to get back to
our mooring beside the Coast Guard
tender, and then we had to use
chains to secure with"
Coming up the river from GUAM
tico yesterday, a combination of ice,
wind and tide caught the oil barge
and started showing it backward at
better than two knots.
And that was with the Dottie
Dee's 400-horsepower diesel turning
over full speed ahead" the skipper
said.
At times ice piled up 10 feet high
on the bow of the low-riding barge.
Even with the Coast Guard tug
Mohican breaking ice for us during
the last stages of the trip, we were
lucky to average 81 knots" Capt.
Airey said. That's about half nor
NAL speed"
The Dottie Dee picked up the
barge of Colonial Beach, Va, Tues
day in a relay pass from another
Gulf & Atlantic Transportation Co.
tug that had towed 1t from Balti-
more.
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FOREIGN Aid
Continued From First Page)

he will answer that when he comes
to it.
Senator Bridges told reporters he
doesn't think anybody has suggest
ed looping $4,000, 100000 off the ad-
ninistration's figure.
>. Schedule for Spending.
AS blueprinted by the. administra-
ton, 100000 of the $500, 900 900
would be spent in the last three
months of this fiscal year which
ends June 30. During the 1949 fiscal
year, $4,000, 600 900 would be spent,
leaving 81, 300, 600 900 as a carryover
into the 1850 fiscal year.
Senator Bridges said he feels no
one would object to reasonable"
carryover, but the administration Is
asking one which amounts to more
than one-third of the total proposed
authorization.
There have been indications that
some members Of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee. which is now
studying the plan, have. been con-
sidering trimming the carryover
figure, perhaps to $1,000, 900 900.
Other developments on the foreign
aid program and United States for
eign policy:
/. President Truman said he is
opposed to any meeting of the Big
Three"-the United States, Great
Britain afld Russia-unless 1t can
be held in Washington.
a.. Debate Planned March l.
2. The Republican Policy Commit
tee set March / as the tentative
date for the Senate to begin debate
en- the recovery plan. The Foreign
Relations Committee hopes to end
it's hearings Wednesday and start
drafting bill
8. A 20-member COP Senate bloc
studying the plan Independently
called for second meeting tonight
st the home of Senator Reed, Re-
publican, of Kansas.
T. Both the Senate and House
Foreign Committees arranged to
hear additional testimony from va
rious witnesses on the recovery plan.
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operations. He was born h Bris-
hane, Australia, IS years ago.
An airway spokesman said rela-
tives Of known passengers were being
informed that the plane was overdue.
Intense activity In search land
investigation is taking place. he
told reporters.
The Royal Canadian Air Force
search and rescue unit at Halifax,
Nova Scotia, asked all ships and
radio direction finding stations in
its area to listen in on the fire.
quency of a missing Tudor.
The Tudor is the civilian version
of the British Lancaster bomber,
famed for its "saturation" bombing
raids ever Europe during the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30

for higher fuel oil production and
decided 1t was more important to
keep homes warm this winter.
The House Appropriations SUBJ
committee on Independent Offices
was told by Public Buildings Com.
missioner Reynolds that $125, 900
has been requested to convert from
oil to coal heat at the Naval Annex,
Arlington. The funds would be used
for a pipe connection from the Pen
tagon.
The Naval Annex is the only large
Federal building In the area heated
by oil.
Representative Heselton, Republic
can, OF Massachusetts,, was informed
by John r. Steelman, the Presidents
assistant, that steps are being taken
to save oil in Government buildings.
Mr.. Steelman has been told by
Federal Works Administrator Flem-
ing that the Navy Department found
it could begin using coal in certain
plants Immediately with the saving
Of 10000 barrels of oil a year.
In most cases of oil-burning in
Government buildings, the cost of
conversion to coal would be pro-
hibitive. 1t was said.
Maritime service officials told the
House Commerce Committee yes
terday that about 40 Navy oil tank
ers are being assembled at Balboa,
Panama Canal Zone. They will be
dispatched to strategic Atlantic
Seaboard points to expedite oil
movement.
In Maryland, state Fuel Coordi-
nator Emory H. Niles urged major
suppliers to release their first Feb
ruary deliveries tomorrow, day
ahead of schedule. Judge Niles
said the advance deliveries would
prevent hardship for many persons,
but warned householders they would
be borrowing on the future"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
Light Snow Possible
Tonight or Tomorrow;
Low Of 10 Expected

A light snow late tonight or
tomorrow was predicted by the
Weather Bureau today but fore
casters added that 1t was "un-
certain" Assured, however, Is
continued cold weather.
The forecast called for cloudy
skies today and winds from the
north which will reach Is miles an
hour. The temperature should climb
to the high 2os by afternoon. To-
nigh, the thermometer will go down
70 about 10 degrees.
No Warm Spell In Sight.
The bureaus long range estimate
calls for continued cold weather
next week.
Three boys we're hurt, none seri-
ously, In shedding accidents yester-
day In the city.
They were Joseph Sullivan, IA,
Of 1872 Thirty-fifth street NE; Will
liam e. Schmidt, IA, of 241 Farragut
street NV, and Aloysius Carter, 8,
colored, of 1874 3 street Sc. All
suffered cuts.
Cold Lingers In East, Midwest.
Cold weather fingered in most of
the Midwest and East today, in
creasing the heating problem but
rising temperatures were on the way
to many sections of the Central.
Southern and Mountain States.
/: Rising temperatures broke the
week long cold snap in Maryland
and gave rise to hopes that ice jams
soon will break up in the northern
reaches Of Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries.
The Maryland State Roads Com
mission reported yesterday that
snow had been cleared from all
principal highways.
Cold Spots Scattered.
Today's coolest weather was in
scattered sections of the country,
with below zero temperatures re-
ported In the Dakotas, Michigan,
Northern New York and parts Of
New England.
The cold wave In Texas, with a
week of snow, rain and below freez-
ing temperatures, appeared ended
today and warmer weather was
forecast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
jackson Day Crowd So Big
Two Hotels viii Be Used
BY the As,oeiosed Pres,

cf ihe Nssoefofeo rfe>S
The Democratic faithful are COM
ing to the aid-of the party with
$500 bills. For this, they will get a
dinner.
"Record-breaking reservation" for
the Jefferson-Jackson dinner here
February II were reported today by
Wilson w. Wyatt, the chairman.
AS result. he said, the main
ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel.
which seats 900, isn't big enough
and the dinner will be split into two
sections. One viii be at the May
flower, the other at the Statler.
President Truman will divide his
time between the two. His speech
will be carried by radio and tele-
vision to similar dinners elsewhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c." As
retpk

France, for Udine, italy, Tuesday on
what was to have been three-and-
a-half hour flight.
The women and children pas
sengers had arrived by ship Satur-
day at Bremerhaven, Germany, from
the United States. They were on
the last lap of their trip to Trieste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
France
Continued from First Page,

lininary hurdle. The Assembly
turned down the unfavorable recon-
mendation of its own finance COM
mission. The tally was 32S to 240.
After that the Assembly adjourned.
It planned to meet again this after
noon for more debate on the gold
bill. The measure was believed to
have a good chance of Assembly ap-
proval.
Bills passed by the Assembly then
60 before the Council of the Repub-
lie. Parliament's second house. The
Assembly can override the Council
If that chamber votes down a
measure. On the monetary measures
It would be expected to do so.
Withdrawal of the 5.000-franc
banknote. worth about $3.50, is
aimed, the government says, to
cramp black marketers and hit
hoarders. They are reported reli-
ably to hold half of all such bills.
The step also may cut down the
total amount Of money in circula-
ton and strike at imitation. This
depends on how the notes are re-
deemed-something the government
has not announced. The 5,000-franc
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Alps Crash
Continued From First Pageo

names of three of the crew MEM
bers of the missing DC-3 as:
Pilot-Lt. Earl E. Baskin of Flor
ence, S. G.
Co-pilot-2nd 1t. Terrvel H. Trek
Ter of Dunn, N. C.
Crew Chief-SISergt. Donald L.
Cimmers of Dumont, Iowa.
Their wives live near the Rhein-
Main airbase where the DC-3 was
stationed. The name of a fourth
crewman will be announced later.
Searchers said there appeared to
be no life about the wreckage OF
The DC-3.
Ground crews started Immediate
ly for the wreck scene.
The missing plane took of from
IstreS air base near Marseille,
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Appropriations
Continued From First Page.

=
total recommended Is for the Public
Roads Administrations
General Accounting ONCE, $685.
ISL 900 asked and recommended.
Interstate Commerce Commission,
Sill .299, 600 asked, Sl0,819,317 recon-
mended, cut S409 .683.
National Advisory Committee for
Aeronauties. SAT 1895 900 asked, Sat-
905, 900 recommended. cut 100000.
I'm addition, the committee receives
contract authority for $4,000, 0O0).
Philippine War Damage Commits
sion, $95 ,000, 900 asked and recon-
mended.
Securities and Exchange Commits
sion, 5000, 900 asked, $5.826 ,140
recommended, cut $173,860.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-30
Del Pozzo Fined 81 900
In Jockey Bride Case
BY HE As.oeioted Pr.s,

CHARLESTOwN. w. Va, Jan. 80.
Peter Del Pozzo of New York
and Baltimore pleaded guilty in
Jefferson County Circuit Court to-
day to charges of attempting to
bride jockey in a horse race here
two years ago and was fined 81 600
Joseph Patrick Connolly, indicted
on the same charge with Del Pozzo
last fall, did not enter q plea and
is scheduled to 60 on trial Febru-
airy 8.
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WeissmuIIer Morries Again

RENO, Jan. 80 (P.-Johnny
Weissmuller, 81, Tarzan of the
movies, was on honeymoon today
with wife No. 4, Allene Gates, ~,
whom he married five hours after
he divorced Actress Beryl Scott yes
terday.
Evening star., 1948-02-05

trict budget comes before the COM
mittee, he warned, II expect to
discuss with you what the proper
staff for Gallinger Hospital would
be-"
Senator Dworshak's blast followed
conference on the Gallinger sit
uation yesterday between Dr. Ruh-
land and Kimball Sanborn, clerk OF
the Appropriation Committee.
Details of the parley were not
announced, but it was reliably re-
ported Dr.. Rutland informed Mr..
Sanborn that Dr. Sweeney's resig-
nation was imminent.
Southwick May Be Successor.
The man in line to succeed him,
it is also reported, is Robert D.
Southwick, deputy superintendent
of the hospital.
DR.. Rutland refused to comment
today on this possibility. Commis-
sioner Guy Mason, reported in favor
of the Southwick appointment,
could not be reached for comment.
Mr.. Southwick, now recovering
from an illness, is under 40 years
old, but has served as superintend-
ent of two hospitals in Ohio before
taking the Gallinger post.
Gallinger Hospital has been un-
der fire on several issues in recent
months. Last fall, series OF
articles in The Star exposed the in
adequacy of treatment in the psy-
Evening star., 1948-02-05
De Valera Opposition
Takes Early Vote Lead
BY the Associated Press

DUBLIN, Feb. 5.-The opposition
Fine Gael captured two of the first
three parliamentary seats decided
today in the count of Fires general
election. 1t was too early for a trend
to appear. .
Prime Minister Eamon de Valera S
dominant Fianna Fail Party won
the first seat in the election of Neal
Blaney in East Donegal. Mr.. De
Valera has vowed to quit the Office
he has held since 1882 unless he OBJ
tains an absolute majority of IA
seats in the Dial from the voting
yesterday. Politicians have predicted
freely he would fail.
Gen. Richard Mulcahys Fine
Gael reflected j. A. Costello in Dub
lin South and D. McMenamin in
East Donegal. Speaker P. Fahy was
returend without opposition. He
belongs to Fianna Fail.
Candidates of the new. Clam ma
Poblachta Republican Party, chief
threat to Mr. De Valera because of
its pull against the Fianna Fail
finished at the bottom of the list of
eight candidates in East Donegal.
| The count was slow under the pro-
portional representation system
Conclusive results are not expected
before Friday. Mr.. Blaney was the
first and Mr.. McMenamin the second
choice in the East Donegal list
where four candidates will be
elected.
Evening star., 1948-02-05
Sweeney Move
ToQuitGa||inger
Reported Near
RuhIond, Senate Aide
Confer; Shokeup Is
Believed Imminent
By Thomos G. Buchanan

A shakeup in the Gallinger
Hospital administration and the
resignation of Supt. Alvin R.
Sweeney were reported in the
offlng today after a conference
between Health Officer George
C. Rutland and a Senate APP
propriations Committee official.
Senator Dworshak, Republican. of
Idaho, District subcommittee chair
man, demanded a report from Dis
trict health authorities explaining
the considerable adverse criticism
this year of Gallinger Hospital"
Il would like an explanation he
saio, las to why the hospital au-
thorities are hiring Is per cent less
personnel for Gallinger HOSPITAL
than is authorized by Congress"
Are wages too low? Are working
conditions unfavorable? Is the per-
sonnel policy of the hospital ad-
ministration of such nature that
employees won't stay on the job?"
the Senator asked.
Expects to Discuss Staff Plans.
He pointed out Congress has au-
thorized employment Of 1874 per-
sons at Gallinger, but only 1,0S7
positions are filled. When the Dis
Evening star., 1948-02-05
New Jersey Sets Aside
Guard Segregation Order
BY the Associoted Press

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 5.-A New
Jersey National Guard order pro-
hibiting Negro enlistment in white
units under present Department OF
the Army policy was set aside last
night on direction of Gov. Alfred E.
Driscoll.
Gen. Clifford r. Powell said today
the New Jersey National Guard
would promptly comply
Gen. Powell, commanding oflcer
of the 50th Armored Division and
chief of staff in the Department OF
Defense, asserted that "as soldier,
my job is to put orders into effect"
Il don't make policy" he replied.
when asked how he intended to re-
solve the conflict between Gov.
Driscolls order and an Army direc-
tive prohibiting Negro enlistment
in white units.
Gov. Driscoll declared "all State
agencies and departments are re-
quired to observe the letter and
spirit of the State constitution"
The new State constitution speci-
fies there shall be no segregation lin
the militia or in the public schools
because of religious principles, race,
color, ancestry or national origin"
Gov. Driscolls memorandum fol-
lowed an order sent earlier in the
day to New Jersey National Guard
commanders by Col Edward G.
Wolf, chief of staff of the 50th Ar
mored Division, the States National
Guard unit. which stated:
Unit commanders are informed
that, under the present Department
of the Army policy, mixed units are
not authorized and Negroes cannot
be enlisted in white units"