davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-03-19

first have million civilian employes?-J. L. I.
A. Civilian employees in the executive branch
of the Federal Government reached total
Of 100000 in June. 1910, for the first time
in history.
O. How long does q reservoir remain usefuls
p. E. r.
A. Reservoirs frequently become useless after
a comparatively short time because they fill
up with sand and silt. There is, however, wide
variation in the indicated life Of reservoirs
now in existence and as Improvement Is made
In the control of erosion their life will be
increased. From studies made Of reservoirs In
various parts of the country. 1t appears that
life of $50 years may be regarded as fairly
substantial -,.
9. Is an oyster able to move about freely
from one place to another?-U. 8. d.
A. When it Is full grown the oyster has NO
power to move, but must remain where It has
settled until moved by some outside fores.
Q. What Is the final figure On xas cost Of
World War II to the United States from the
standpoint OF military expenses?-B. K. A.
A. World War II cost the United States
$685., ,235 100000 as reported by the Depart
rnent Of the Army on February 19, 1948, and
the cost is still increasing. The war has not
officially terminated.
always choose a name beginning with b" for
his race horses?-T. D.
A. Col. Bradley had such good luck with
his first two horses, Bad News and Brigade,
that he gave all the others names beginning
with "B"
O. How many children in the United States
Of school age do not attend schoolP-V. L'G.
A. The 1910 census reported nearly 100000
4 ~, In, sebnN1
O. What is the lowest lake In the United
States?-F. F.
A. It is salton Sea In California, a4s feet
below sea level.
Q. Where is the Susan B. Anthony tree'-
L. T. S.
A. The Susan B. Anthony tree is one Of the
memorial trees Of Giant Forest Village in the
tree grove of Sequoia National Park, Calf. It
is more than 5000 years old.
O. What States have the most doctors7-
I. E. S.
A. About half the number Of practicing ply
scians In the United States are located in the
States of New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
California Ohio. Massachusetts,, Texas and
Michigan.
9. What Is the daily protein requirement
for each person in planning meaB?-S. O. p.
A. The daily protein requirement for q per.
son weighing $50 pounds Is usually set at
100 grams or approximately 4 ounces. Protein
Is constituent Of meat, eggs. milk, cheese
and cereal foods and Is necessary for the
growth and repair Of the body.
O. When and where was Ferruccto Tagliavini
born?-F. M. L.
A. The italian tenor was born In the small
town Of Reggie, In the district of Emilia, Italy,
In 1918
Evening star., 1948-03-19
Earlier Caruso Recordings

70 the Editor OF The Star:
In your always interesting Questions and
Answers column Of March 10 In answer to q
question as to the date Of the first recordings
made by Enrico Caruso, it was stated that
the date was February l, 1904.
That is not quite correct for while he made
his first recordings in the United States in
February, 1904, he made several in Europe
before coming to this country In 1908. In fact,
have such Caruso recording in my collection.
EDWARD w. HASSELL
Evening star., 1948-03-19
Stars, Men ond Atoms
Tiny Steel Ball Helps Navy
Solve Technical Problem
Rotating 100000 Times a Minute,
1t Tests High Speed Aircraft Paint

Rotating 100000 Times q Minute,
1t Tests High Speed Aircraft Paint
By Thomas r. Henry
A tiny steel ball that rotatss more than
100000 times Q minuts with Q xpeed eS
approximately 1900 miles On hour n helpins
solve some of the Navy's most difncult techni.
cal problems
1t Is IN ultra-centrifugs developed Jointly
BY the Once Of Naval Research and the Uni.
yersity Of Cincinnati. It exerts q force Of al.
most three million times the force Of gravity.
Just now 1t is being used to test the stick
ing" qualities Of paint on high speed aircraft.
A dot Of paint is placed On the ball and the
speed increased to the point where 1t flies
Oh. The speed Of the ball and the weight and
area Of the dot then are used to compute the
paints adhesive qualities
Importance Of Problem.
The problem Of paint for high gpsed air.
craft is important for the Navy. v hen spread
over an entire plane, paint adds considerable
weight. so Its thickness has to be limited to
about 1,000th Of an inch At high speeds this
thin coating tends to come of, causing dan.
gerous disruption Of the air flow.
This is Just one Of many problems for which
this means Of applying quickly enoriaous forces
designed to test the strength Of steel bearings
It provides for the first time an absolute meth
Cd Of measuring adhesive qualities In terms Of
pounds per square inch Later it will be used
to test the strength Of electroplated surfaces
The top Of the steel ball, which Is about Q
quarter inch in diameter, is slightly fattened,
like the top or bottom OF the earth, to keep It
rotating on q constant axis. It's spinning is 50
swift and free Of friction that, II power is shut
OF. 1t will continue to spin for . week before
coming completely to rest. It represents about
as close an approach to perpetual motion as 10
easily conceivable.
How Speed II Produced.
Rotation Of the tiny ball is produced BY slec-
tronic forces operating outside q vacuum IN
which 1t 10 suspended. A rotating magnetic
field similar to that used IN an ordinary induc.
ton motor Is set up By three coils, which ore
excited In succession.
The speed Of the ball b measured By an
oecilloscope which records the passage Of the
paint dot and second surface mark past an
electronic recorder.
The disappearance Of the trace Of the paint
dot from the oscilloscope indicates that force
great enough to throw the paint from the sur
face has been generated, while the other refer
ence point continues to record the speed Of the
rotor.
Evening star., 1948-03-19

$1,000 price range. This organization Offers
to build an "expandable" house with the "de
luxe features = Of necessity - withheld"
The Star further discloses that FILA and local
requirements would be relaxed concerning
curbs, cutters and streets.
Comparison Of the values Of the renegade"
Viers Mill project with the publicized sacri-
ficial efforts of the WHBA shows the following
facts as quoted from your paper:
Evening star., 1948-03-19
Housing Figures Compared

To the Editor Of The star
The Sunday Star contained an extremely
interesting article concerning the attempts Of
ths Washington Home Builders Association
70 MAIN q aittabls homo for veterans In ~
Evening star., 1948-03-19
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
,oriter, although tt Is permissible for a
,Driter kraoDn to The Star to use a
NON, de plume. Please be brtet.
Evening star., 1948-03-19

Even to the COP Old Guard, that devours
Its young, this outbreak of political can
nibalism among Democrats is awe
fnSpirinr
Evening star., 1948-03-19
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer TO any question %
fact By writing The Evening Star 1nformstiop
Bureau. 316 Eye street NE. washington q p G.
Please jncloss three (3) cents for return postaSe
Evening star., 1948-03-19
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. In what year did the Federal Government
first have million civilian employes?-J. L. l.
A. Civilian employees in the executive branch
of the Federal Government reached total
Of 100000 in June. 1910, for the hrst time
in history.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-10-15

Want to toke in the big 18th annual foil sole Of Registered
Hereford Bulls at LeWistown. For seven years O depend
oble source of good registered cottle-o source you have
found to be increasingly better in the quality offered.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

powers to arbitrate disputed points,
but the Netherlands wanted the
committees powers to remain un-
changed
Today's decision was, in effect, a
victory for the Netherlands, al
though the Indonesian representa-
tive accepted the vote.
The test came on Colombian
proposal that the committee itself
be allowed to decide On what basis
1t should operate. This was voted
on in three sections. none of which
received more than five of the coun-
ellis II votes.
Canadian Resolution Approved.
The council then approved a Can
adam resolution providing that the
committee return to Indonesia with
its powers unchanged. The vote
was to 0. Russia, the Soviet
Ukraine, Colombia and Syria alb
stained.
Earlier the council had adopted a
Chinese proposal calling on the
committee to pay particular atten-
ton to the political developments
in West Java and Madeira" The
vote on this was to 0, with Russia,
the Ukraine and Argentina abstain
ing.
This action was taken after the
Indonesian representative had COM
planned that the Dutch were vio-
lating the truce by trying to set up
governments in West Java and Ma
doera without plepisc.tes."
Evening star., 1948-02-29
U. n. Security Council
Settles Indonesian
Issue Temporarily
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 2S.-The
United Nations Security Council
voted today to send its good offices
committee back to Indonesia to
work for lasting peace.
The three-member body, made up
of the United States, Australia and
Belgium, had returned to the coun-
Gil for instructions after helping ne
gotiate the recent truce in the
Dutch -Indonesian fighting.
Today's action disposed Of the
Indonesian question, at least tenn
porarily, and gave the council more
time to devote to the Palestine, de-
bate which Will be resumed Tues
day.
1t still was not clear whether
Russia's s Andrei A. Gromyko would
be ready by then to give the long
awaited Soviet declaration on Pales-
tine.
He told newsmen this morning he
was not yet sure just when he
would speak.
Palestine "Test Case"
Meanwhile, Secretary General Try
gyve Lie disclosed he had received
a cable from As members of the
British Parliament calling the Pal
estine issue a test case" and urging
the Security Council to take all
Evening star., 1948-02-29

DOG-Large white bird dog, with spots
and markings, has on harness but no tags;
found Friday in sc. Wash. Call VI. 9145.
WATCH, lady's found on Ontario I'd. n.w.i
on Thurs. about noon Will owner please
call NO. 5iI9 and describe -
Evening star., 1948-02-29

FOUND.
CAT, small gray, tiger type. very friendly;
near Conn. ave- and Upton st, WO.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

necessary measures to deal with
existing and threatened breaches
of international security in and
around Palestine
A new problem was brought be-
fore the U. N. when Mr.. Lie re-
ceived q protest from Guatemala
against what was called armed
provocation of Great Britain" The
protest was based on Britain's ac-
tion in sending warships to the
Caribbean following reports that
Guatemala planned to seize British
Honduras.
The Guatemalan protest did not
call for any specific action, but it
was understood Mr.. Lie Is sending
copy to London for British COM
ment. ->
The Security Councils action on
the Indonesian question came after
more than two weeks of debate
The issue was whether the gooc
Offices committee should participate
in the forthcoming political nego-
tiations in Indonesia and, if so, in
what capacity.
Victory for Netherlands.
Mr.. Gromyko contended the COM
mittee was dominated by the colo
NAL powers and should not be sent
back. The other delegates were
generally agreed it should 60 back,
but they differed on the instructions
the committee should be given.
The Indonesian representative in
sisted the agency should be given
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Truman Tells Veterans
Ito Spur Congress Into.
Action on Housing Bill.
BY the A.soeiossd Press I

President Truman told home
seeking veterans yesterday he
hopes they can stimulate a
dilatory Congress into action"
on housing legislation.
The National Veterans Housing
Conference, opening two-day ses-
sion here today. made public tele-
gram from the President who is va
cationing at Key West, Fla. As re-
leased here, it said, In part:
The Congress has it within its
power to follow the recommends
tions of the powerful real estate
lobby and thus to strangle the ad-
ministration's program"
Or, he said, it can safeguard the
needs of veterans and low-income
citizens by prompt action.
| The telegram, addressed to Rep
resentative Kennedy, Democrat, Of
Mass, said the administration will
continue to recommend that Con-
gress enact without further delay"
legislation directed toward five main
objectives.
He listed those as: Cd To con-
tinue and strengthen rent control;
ca to stimulate q higher volume
of home building with special en-
phasis on rental housing; go to re-
duce building costs; "a to assist
communities in providing low rent
housing for families in the lowest
income groups: and (5) to aid cities
in rebuilding and undermining run
down areas.
The writing of these objectives
into law would put an end to So
called playing politics with hous-
ing" Mr.. Truman said.
The President said he was sorry he
would be unable to attend the con-
ference, which he had been invited
| to address.
Some 500 veterans from all sec
tions of the country are expected
for the two-day conference. It's
announced aim is to press for &C
ton on the Taft-Ellender- Wagner
long-range housing bill. The meas
ure is on the Senate's calendar of
bills awaiting action but has not
been acted upon by the House Bank
| ing Committee.
Sponsors of the conference rep
resent seven veterans organizations !:
The Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Jewish War Veterans, American
Veterans Committee, Disabled
American Veterans, Amvets, Amer
ican Legion and the Catholic War
Veterans.
Senators Taft, Republican, of
Ohio, Ellender, Democrat of Louisi-
ana, and Mccarthy, Republican of
Wisconsin, Representative Boggs,
Democrat of Louisiana and Housing
Administrator Raymond Foley are
scheduled to address the veterans
tomorrow,
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Farben lawyers Deny
Destroying Evidence
~ ths A,soxiat.d Prs.

by the Assoctoted FreSS
NUREMBERG, Feb. % - Ger
man lawyers defending % I. G. Far
ben Chemical Co. officials denied
today an American charge that they
had stolen and destroyed evidence
against their clients.
The charge was made by Ameri-
can, war crimes prosecutors earlier
this week. The Germans made a
counter charge that the United
States prosecutors used "intimida-
ton and other Illegal methods" to
obtain knowledge about defense
plans and evidence.
The Americans had said that rec
ords showing Farben's relationship
with concentration camp had been
filched by the defense lawyers from
the American document center.
In an answer filed with United
States war crimes court, the Ger
mans said the documents were taken
to Ludwigshafen, in the French
zone, in 1945 when no one knew
Farben officials would be brought to
trial.
Their transportation to Ludwig
shafen was approved by both Ameri-
can and French officials, the law
yers said.
The American prosecution is try
ing to defame the German defense
counsel just when the world has
learned that in the Nuremberg trials
the defense is handicapped unfair
ly against the American prosecu-
tion," the lawyers contended.
They obviously referred to re-
cent statement by an American
judge, Charles F. Wennerstrum who
said that the prosecutors were vim
dictive and the defense was permit
ted only documents deemed material
by the prosecution.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
British Troops Out of Indio

BOMBAY, India, Feb. % R9.-
British troops completed their evac-
uation of India today with the de-
parture of a light infantry battalion
aboard the troopship Empress Of
Australia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
Gloria GulIufsen Is
 Honored with Bridal
 Shower Last Evening

A bridal shower was given for Gloria Gullufsen last night in the home of Miss Marilyn McAlister who gave the affair jointly with Miss Ann Thompson
 Miss Gullufsen will be married on February to MT. William spain, Jr.. pilot with Dean Goodwin.
 During the evening the guests played Cootie, and a large cake, decorated with wedding bells and the names, Gloria and Bill was served.
 Guests were Mrs. Robert Prather, Mrs. Milton Nyman, Mrs Mario Soloini, Mrs. Gloria Floberg, Mrs. Jane Mcdonald, Mrs. John Dapec- vich, Mrs. Verne Metcalf, Mrs. Rob- ert Pasquan, Mrs George Gull ufsen, Jr.. Mrs. Helen Jewett, Mrs. Fred Thompson. Mrs. George Gull ufsen, ST, Mrs William Spain, Mrs. William Manthey, Miss Bernice Flo berg, Miss Della Rippoli, and Miss Ann Nelson, and Mrs. Mary Dugan
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
RED GROSS WILL
 GIVE FIRST AID
 HELP, FEBRUARY

First Aid courses will be held in Juneau during February according to an announcement made last night at a meeting of the Board of Direct ors of the Juneau Chapter, Ameri- can Red Cross Chapter President B. 2. Stewart said that the exact date will be announced later The courses will be conducted by an in- structor from Red Cross headquart- CTS in San Francisco.
 Mrs. Clayton T. Policy has agreed to fill in as ARC Executive Secretary during the absence of Mrs H. B. Gronroos who was called away by illness in her family Mrs. Policy is substituting in order to keep the local Red Cross office open.
 Board Members were also remind ed that the annual Red Cross drive for funds will start on March |. Stewart said that Robert Booch- ever, Drive Chairman, will probably call for special board meeting dur ing the week before the drive.
 Last nights meeting was the best attended during the current term of office. It was held in the studios of KINY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
Properly Transfers

The following transfers of prop erty have been made recently &C., cording to deeds filed with U s. Commissioner Felix Gray.
 H. J. Gilligan to John E. Depec- vich, property on Basin Road
 treu Ii. Martin to LeRoy Taylor, lGA acres l l-2 miles from Juneau on the Glacier Highway.
 Glen Alfred Johnson to Karl K. Makinen, tidelands property on West Seventh Street.
 Nell E. Kilburn to James Larsen property in Douglas.
 Elmer Friend 10 James Larsen, property at Ninth and Gold Belt
 Waino Hendrickson to Hilda Os- borne, property at Douglas.
 Joseph Wehren to Evert Bliss property at Douglas
 Frank J. Parsons to A. B. Morgan property at Fritz Cove.
 James C. Cooper to Clifford R Meyers, property in the Waynor Ad- dition
 Raymond w. Kruse to Carl H Bloomquist, property in the Waynor Addition.
 John R. Keith to Kate w. Smith property at Fifth and Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
FOUR ARRESTS IN ILLEGAL SHIpMENI,
 INT TO PALESTINE

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-tRl- FBI agents arrested four men in New York today in connection with an attempted illegal shipment of TINT to the strife-torn Holy Land
 The special agent in charge of the FBI here, Edward Sheidt, said that bench warrants have been issued for the arrest of two others. The two, however, are believed to be on their way to Palestine.
 The shipment of TINT on which the charges are based was 30 crates of TINT seized at Jersey City, II days ago. The shipment was con- signed to firm at Tel Aviv, Pales- tine, and was to go on freight CT when a broken case on pier revealed the contents as TINT. The shipment was listed in an ex- port declaration filed with the United States Customs as used in- dustrial machinery and parts
 Those arrested were identified by the FBI at Philip Alper, B years old, Moses Wolfson, 34, Jack Dorf- man, 26 and Joseph Seiger, 24, all of New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14

initiation practice next Tuesday, January 20, at 7:30 in the evening.
 A game party and dance is being arranged for St. Patrick's Day, March IT. Details of the party will be announced later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
''BEWI1CHED" IS
 NEW THRILL BILL
 AT 10TH CENTURY

'Bewitched, the new Metro Goldwyn- Mayer drama at the 20th Century Theatre, is tense and thrilling story of a girl whose secret was so weird, so terrifying that she confessed to murder rather than re- veal it's horror.
 Phyllis ThaXter, who was Van Johnson's Sweetheart in "Th rty Seconds Over Tokyo plays Joan Ellis. the girl who finds an evil soul living within her and faces a conflict that is solved in a most dramatic manner.
 'Bewitched' is a story by Arch Oboler, adapted by him from his own highly successful radio pro- gram, Alter Ego" which thrilled millions of listeners. It tells of Joan's happiness at her engagement to Bob Arnold (Henry Daniels, JrD :. Then, suddenly. her inner voice comes to the fore and, rather than be judged insane by revealing this secret which no one would believe, she flees her fam ly and friends. From then to startling finish, the story is highly sensational.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA MEET; DISCUSS ENITIATI0N AND PARTY

The Catholic Daughters of Am erica met last night for business meeting, and plans were made for the initiation of new members on January 27 at pm.
 Officers are to meet at the hall for
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
CA MEN HERE,

R. F. Halbasch and D. J. Hal basch of the CA at Sitka are staying at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
SEATTLE GUESTS

Bill Martin, Henry Larsen, Mrs. J. Hurwitz, and Harold Stjern, all of Seattle, are stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
Nomination of
 Kuier Rejeeied;;
 Truman Surprised

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-R- President Truman was said today to be surprised by Senate Commit tees rejection of his request for legislation to pave the way for ap- pointment of Major General Law renee S. Kuter as Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board,
 Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told a news conference MT. Truman has made no decision on whether to make another selection or try to get the Armed Services Committee to change it's position.
 The Committee yesterday voted unanimously against legislation which would permit Kuter to retain Air Force rank and pay while serv- ing as the successor to James M. Landis. The latter was dropped from the Board at the end of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
Greek Town Under
 Guerrilla Attack

ATHENS. Jan, 14.-tR-Press dis patches said today large guerril- la force had attacked Arkhova on Mt. Parnassus only 20 miles from where the army started a mopping up drive yesterday with an amphib- ious operation at Eratini on the Gulf of Corinth.
 The dispatches variously reported the attackers to number from 600 to l,500 and said they struck from three sides at Arkhova, 75 miles northwest of Athens and near Del- phi. The Air Force harassed the guerrillas and dropped ammunition and supplies to the village, the re- ports said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
WOMEN OF MOOSE TO MEET THURSDAY,
 NEW LODGE ROOMS

The Women of the Moose. Chap ter No. 439 will hold their meeting Thursday night, January IS at pm. in the new lodge rooms. Twelve candidates will be initiated.
 The Academy of Friendship com mittee headed by Iva Hermansen will hold the regular Chapter night program. Refreshments will be serv- ed by the following: Myrtle Wilson, chairman and committee members Mesdames Evans, Funk, Jackson, Manery, Hermansen, and Casper son.
 The men are invited to join the women at the close of the meeting for refreshments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-01-14
LANA TUR NER I5
 SUSPENDED FROM
 HOLLYWOOD FILM

HOLLYWOOD Jan. IA R = Movie actress Lana Turner has been suspended from her job with Metro Mayer on grounds that she refuse ad to play role in the produc- tion The Three Musketeers.
 A studio spokesman says she turn ed down the assignment as Lady de Winter in the production. The spokesman denied that the suspsn- sion had anything to do with Lanas friendship with Tyrone Power and Bob Topping, which has received publicity to which the studio report edly objected.