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Evening star., 1948-07-20

charge that the Western Powers are ex-
plotting their zones and turning them
into colonial" area for exploitation by
monopoly capitalism" Such a charge
will, in fact, be typically hypocritical,
because the Soviet authorities have merci-
lessly exploited German commerce and
Industry in their zone by setting up
gigantic Soviet stock companies, expropri-
ating German private interests and run
ming them purely for Russian profit. This
Is certainly monopoly capitalism" at its
worst, even though the capitalism \be one
OF the state and not of private interests.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Wases to Blame for Imitation


To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorial in the issue Of July Is on the
cause of the high price Of living. should be
copied by every newspaper in the land.
Despite our Presidents evident determination
to make the cost Of living his chief issue IN
the coming campaign, the truth is not seen
by all the people as 1t should be seen.
II electric light, car and bus transportation
and even railway travel are to be boosted along
with meat, clothing-in fact everything which
involves labor unions-then can any one 1aii
to see that this boosting of wages must boost
prices? The act is running around in vicious
circle" after its tail! The wage-earner suffers
with the consumers who take no part IN the
wage-craze.
This writer lived luxuriousy on $500 year
and a Methodist parsonage, In beautnui
suburb of Baltimore, as young preacher But
porterhouse steak, which was gotten at ms
ward gate, cost only II cents. II 1t had cost
rs cents and his salary was raised accordingly,
would ne have had any more to take home?
The President may think his bid for the labor
vote is good politics, but his reasoning poor
logic, We need logic just now
JOHN o. KNOTT.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Atom for Little Bows

HagerStown, Maryland, toy manufac-
turer may be starting something bigger
than he realizes. He Is going to make a
lot OF childrens atomic energy kits in time
for delivery by Santa Claus next Christmas.
Among other things, the kits will contain
samples OF uranium ore, with instructions
on how to play with it-including, pre-
sumably, how to explode it in the parlor
without lethal effect.
AS toys go these days, this one probably
will be quite safe in itself. But what about
the minds of the little tots who tinker with
it? Will they become old before their
time? Will their imaginations be fired by
1t? Will it fill them with a yearning to
probe deeper and deeper into the secret
heart of nature? Will it start them on
careers dedicated to eating as much as
possible OF the fruit of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil? Will some of
them, who might otherwise grow up to be
movie stars or bankers, thus be directed
into line of thinking that will develop
them into new and more advanced editions
of the Lise Meitners, the Harold Ureys and
the Robert Oppenheimers of our own day?
And what will all this mean for the
happiness and safety of the world at large?
There are two ways OF greeting this new
toy. One is to be cheerful about it, in the
hope that it will inspire great number
Of little boys and girls to study the atom
so we'll that by the time they finish college
they will be equipped to make discoveries
bringing joy to all mankind. The other
way of looking at it is the glum way. That
is to say, it is possible to imagine that the
Hagerstown kits may be instrumental in
setting certain young minds on a path of
investigation that may eventually reveal
the secret of how to start nuclear 1ission
and chain reaction in the common forms
of matter, like wood or iron. And should
that happen, of course, then the human
race would be well.on its way to vanishing
in cloud of radioactivated dust.
Toys are toys, however, and nothing can
stop them from keeping pace with progress
in our adult world. For better or worse,
the children's atomic kits are almost Ger
tainly here to stay, and the best thing to
do is to hope for the best from them
Nevertheless it must be observed that they
constitute kind of creepy commentary on
tie character OF our age. How ti9Es have
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Czech Disuffection


The imminence Of q ruthless Moscow
breakdown in Czechoslovakia Is arousing to
the full the national spirit of = notably
stubborn, liberty-loving and resourceful
people.
Ever since the subversion Of Czech
democracy Ave months ago, the moral
solidarity Of the nation against this theft
of their liberties has been hardening. That
theft was perpetrated by the local Com
munist minority with the poorly disguised
backing of threatful Moscow. For the
moment, the anti Communist majority
bowed before the storm, since open resist
ance appeared impossible. But there
Immediately followed the rise OF an
underground resistance movement, similar
to those which functioned so successfully
alike against the Hapsburg regime in
World War and the Nazi occupation
during World War II. Once again, many
leaders of the resistance escaped abroad
and formed the nucleus Of government
in exile" capable OF lending effective aid
to the underground movement at home.
Meanwhile, even the local Communist
organization showed itself increasingly un-
reliable in Moscow's eyes. The leaders OF
the Red coup, from Gottwald down, hesi-
tated to impose the full-hedged terrorism
which the masters of the Kremlin deemed
necessary to crush the national spirit and
transform Czechoslovakia into q depend
able satellite of the Soviet Union. Accord
ingly, a full-scale purge within the Czech
Communist Party seems to be In the cards.
Such purge would logically eliminate
Gottwald and his colleagues, replacing
them with the few fanatics or time servers
ready to do Moscows bidding under any
circumstances.
But this means that the dependable tools
of Moscow are numerically insignificant
minority functioning in Overwhelmingly
hostile surroundings. Under these adverse
circumstances, there should logically come
a moment when Moscow must openly step
in to redress the balance and support its
puppet regime by forceful methods. The
Kremlin may thereby maintain its domi-
nation over Czechoslovakia. But the last
pretense of voluntary cooperation with
the Soviet Union will have to be abandoned
and Czechoslovakiai will become an occu-
pied country, seething with latent rebellion
and held down only by Soviet force.
Thenceforth Czechoslovakia will be
liability rather than an asset for Moscow
in the gigantic trial of strength between it
and the democratic world.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Shirt Of Peace At Hand

To the Editor OF The Staf
1t surely is high time that We. the people
Of the United States. recognize the fact that
the Spirit Of Peace is ready to manifest itself.
not only to our own beloved country but to
all the world besides.
Let us take notice OF the words Of the
Oldest prophet, job: There Il . spirit In man
and the inspiration OF the Almighty siveth
them understanding; also "Acquaint now
thyseN with God and be ut peace. thereby
God shall come to thee N. =. l.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Session With Quito

Out OF the secret limbo of the past
Dra,on through the blue tnpersonal tides
OF space,
Spirits foto backward through the dgeless
past 4
Eternities unlocking to embrace
Their brief soJnrn. Watchers from ride
lines lDait
Intent on nelps from some celestial cline.
Fear too Is guest, recalling the far fGte
OF Saul Dho stepped one pace outside OF
time. sf
Summons them as pou tDtll. No onS7
appears -
As ordered. Page your mothers mother,
you'll get redsktn--or nun ,p1to Ueurs
Sad penance for the uorld. Seek brother
You'll learn to leaue the troubled stream
unsttrred
or be content Nth Ramsses the third.
RUBY ATIZER ROBERTS.
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q ~s% Letters to The Star sas~s~.a<

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Drtter, although 1t Is psrmissible for
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nom de plume. Please be brief.
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changed! How long ago 1t seems when
little boys took infinite delight at Christmas
in things as mild as rocking horses and
wooden soldiers!
Evening star., 1948-07-20

A Southern barber posts ads on the
ceiling, which just about exhausts the
unutilized advertising space except for
the eye-catching bare midriff.
Evening star., 1948-07-20

A word of warning is due Texas zoo
monkeys that chew bubble gum. Let this
60 on and they may descend to people. g..
Evening star., 1948-07-20

Top dough in Hollywood for the year
past went to Miss Betty Cradle. But in
her case the question of means of visible
support never had been seriously raised
Evening star., 1948-07-20
BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE.

s' 81 cent. w:hRsssn e. sssan : So.
BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE.
@. How many of the delegates to the Re-
publican National Convention were wonen7--
G. B. B.
A. OF the 1904 delegates to the convention,
1l0 were women. 30
@. Is there an estimate Of the number Of
people in the United States who have adopted
photography as q hobby?-L. A. T. az
A. The only estimates available are based
upon the number Of cameras owned. There
are about 20 900 900 amateur still cameras and
about 10000 amateur motion picture cameras
in use.
q. Is the platypus a warm or cold blooded
animal?-N. NICK.
A. This curious creature is partially warm
blooded It's blood is warm but changes its
temperature with the weather.
@. What is the area of the Hollywood Bowl?
When was it opened?-T. T.
A. The area Is IS acres. The Hollywood Bowl
was opened In 1922 with a symphony concert
directed by the late Alfred Hertz #
O. How Is Aldous Huxley, the novelist, related
to the Rreat Thomas Huxley7-S T. E.
A. On his fathers side Aldous Huxley Is the
grandson OF Thomas Huxley ds25-9S). biologist.
On his mothers side he Is the great.nephew
of Matthew Arnold. literary critic, poet and
essayist e
g. May the Pere David's deer be seen any
where In the United States?-I. M g
A. The frst of these animals to be exhibited
in the United States are In the Bronx Zoo, New
York Once the only herd was in the palacs
mark at Peiping. China.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Answers to Questions
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
g PASSENGERS ARE FLOWN "WEDNESDAY BY ALASkA COASTAL

Alaska Coastal made flights yes terday and carried 39 passengers as follows Juneau to Sitka: George Sundborg. It. Milton, T-5 Steele, Pvt. Mar tin. M. w Goding, C. Aiken, A. Lawrence.
 Sitka to Juneau: Ruth Brandes, Frank T. Calvin L. Aiken, A. Law renee.
 Juneau to Tulsequah: MT. Chern- off, s. Preston. Tulsequah to Juneau: F. McPher- 1 son. ; Juneau to Ketchikan s. B. Hill man, J. D. Ray. l Ketchikan to Juneau: E. M. Kain- clainen ! Petersburg to Juneau. Eldor Lee. 1 Metlakatla to Juneau: Joe Hay ward. Frank Bolton, Frank Hay ward
 Hood Bay to Juneau: Albert Mat thews.
 .seJuneau to Peilcan PeIcy JoililS- ton, EIma Douglas.
 Pelican to Juneau. Elizabeth Pad dock. Vivian Paddock, Charles Pad dock.
 Juneau to Hoonah: Henry Moy, Jr.. Johnnie Hinchman
 Hoonah to Juneau. Henry Moy, Mrs. Henry Moy
 Funter Bay to Juneau: Mrs. H. Hargrove. Juneau to Gustavus: G. Leutke- hans.
 Gustavus to Juneau: Albert ". James. Angoon to Juneau. Nadia Gamble. Tenakee to Juneau: L. J. Whistler, Jimmy Whistler, William Greer
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responsibility he has discharged with high devotion from the be inning of the American occupation first deputy General Dwight D. Eisenhower then as deputy to General McNarnev and finally the commander of American occupation forces and United States Military Governor for Germany He has richly earned the gratitude not only of his countrymen but of the helpless beaten people it became his task to govern For he has discharged this task with humanity as well firmness and, especially in his difficult dealings with the other occupying powers, has shown immense patience resourcefuness and d- plomacy
 service in Germany to say that he needs to be replaced His of responsibility toward the people he governed made him become more and special pleader for the amelioraon of their misery and sometimes his pleading effective to make the French at least feel that the losers in the were receiving prefernce the liberated General Clay gave short shrt Frances views concerning the Ruhr or to her demands for lions share of the Ruhr coal output. Plainly there is longer room for such special pleading if the European economy is to be intergrated The major premise of the Marshall Plan is that the resources of the content will be employed to the best general advantage regardless of national frontiers If this is to be achieved there must be an overall direction of American policy which will treat Germany as a factor, essential factor in European recovery but not special and distinct object of rehabilitation efforts in itself. The State Department is the logical agency for the job
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
Orville Wright
New York Times

(NeW York IlmeS
 Part of the greatness of Oryille Wright-the first man to make sustained flight in heavier than air machine that he aspired to be, nor did he pretend be- anything more than he was first-rate mechanic with imagination Which is not to detract one whit from his stature in the history of aviation
 He and his brother Wilbur were those necessary people in the scheme of things who transform the dreams of others into reality In doing that they made probably more significant contribution than the dream CTS They built a scientifically sound plane; they flew it.
 It is impossible to write of either brother sep aratey They were almost close as if they had been identical twins Who was responsible for the development of the worlds first practicable airplane no one ever will know, because they did not know themselves Orvie gave all the credit to Wilbur III an artcle he once wrote for the Encyclopedias Britannica ater his brothers death in 1912. But that was more an expression of his personality than an objective recital of fact. It flip of a coin and twenty seven mile wind that gave Orville instead of WloW the distinction of making the first succeSslu lght a Kitty Hawk on Dec IT. 1903 After his brothers death Orvile made no further significant contribution to the science of flight
 The bare bones of the story of the Brothers Wright and their invention is known: how they began with kites, then built bicycles which gave them knowledge of metal constructon tested the theores ot Maxim and Langley and Chanute and Lillenthal as to flight discarding and retaining only those they were able to prove sound learned the science Of pilotng through painful experiments with hand launched giers; built themselves light engine and hammered out propeller and then put the two on plane of their design and construction and flew it on tha historic date for ffynine seconds and 852 feet Just what inner fire it was that they possessed that kept them at their task when many others con- fessed failure neither arcuate enough to express
 Orville Wright lived to see the thing he and Will bur had evolved become unparalleled instrument of destruction Tn 1943 he said that he deplored the destruction that causing but that he felt about the aipane much as he did about fire. That is. he continued regret all the terrible damage caused by fre-but think it is good for the human race that someone discovered how to start fires and that we have learned to put fires to many important uses It at faul~.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
BUTLER BILL HEARING

The Interior Department opposition to leglSlaVioh which would limit the authority of that department to create large land reservations in Alaska is not unexpected Whether the Congress, now considering Senator Buffers bill to curta this authority remains to be seen.
 Senator Butler is certainly correct in pointing out that there is no chance further development ot the Territory as long as the Indian claims osered by the Interior Department hamper genuine efforts to expand Aaskas industries.
 The case of Southeast Alsskas proposed pup industry is an excellent example. Indian aboriginal claims which are largely theoretical have been enough to scare off prospective pulp companies from bidding on large timber tracts and establishing huge pulp mills
 These pulp mills. under the terms of the Forest Service contracts the sale of timber would employ thousands of resident workers In Southeast Alaska the Indians, whose only income now IS from tshing' would find steady employment in the pulp industry
 But instead mised by their leaders, they continue to push their aboriginal claims and thwart the de- velopmen of an industry that would benefit all Of Alaska This is done in the face of recent court de- csion which hold against the aboriginal rights theory
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
NEW AIR PROGRAM

Publicity wiSa Senator O. Brew ster. Maine Republican, is taking no chances on being left cut of the headlines when his Congressional Aviation Advisory Committee pre- sents it's formal recommendations
 Instead of leaving the report to his staff to write. he called in the three major press services and in yited their help. United Press 'could not spare a man, but Brew ster was able to borrow Jim Stre- big from Associated Press and Leon Shloss from International News Service. They are expected to give him a big publicity break.
 Brewster's committee will recom- mend:
 1 A huge Swear aviation pro- gram. building U. S. air power to such peak it should obviate the necessity for universal military training Old planes will be
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long distance telephone about the court martial of Lieut., Vernon Brooks. Lubbock, Texas, who was acquitted of being drunk and wrongfully striking all enlisted man.
 You cant publish that re- monstrated General White.
 Sorry, but we intend to pub fish it.
 By whose authority cnal- lenged the General
 By the authority of the con- stitution of the United States, General, which says that the Amer ican people have right to know about courtS-martial and the treatment of enlisted men"
 General White then said he would look into the matter and see what could be published Later, he produced the facts namely that Lieutenant Brooks at 3 a, m. cn Feb. 8, had struck Pvt James R. Snowball of Fort Wayne, Ind, who at that time was in civilian clothes. Lieutenant Brooks was acquitted on the plea that he thought Private Snowball was talk ing Army property, and also be- cause of the Lieutenant's own ten year record in the Army No enlisted men were present at the court-martial.
 General White, having heen challenged by this column regarding the publics right to knew the facts, then proceeded to scoop this column by rushing to all other newspapers with news of the court-martial.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
Civil Occupation
IVA shinptnn Postl

IWaSnlgJON POsLI
 The long overdue transfer of authority in Amerl- can-occupied Germany from the Army to the Depart ent of State now scheduled take place about July is essential groundwork for the integration of the conquered area with the of western Europe IT stumbling block which has made such integraton impossible was the duality of direction inherent in War Department control of policy i'll the encaVe, Germany while the State Department was directing noliev in respect of the continent as a whole No amount of laison could make the two lines ot authority mesh.
 No one has more vigorously or more consistently sought this transfer of authority than Gen Lucius Clay who once it is accomplished. will relinguish a
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comparatively mild one, submit ted by j. Bayard Clark of North Carolina. This was circulated among the delegations for sigma lures, paving the way for the ii- nal meeting.
 At this meeting the voice of Mississippi's rootin tootin John Rankin. as usual, was the loudest. He took of with a deafening roar. well seasoned with fire-and- minstone
 NcXt thing you kne "" RanKin bellows, Congress viii be flooded with niggers."
 Al first, Rankin opposed group action, repeatedly calling atten- tion to his long personal fight for southern principles When he saw that a group resolution would be adopted in spite Of him, he raised a howl for stronger language
 Frankly, I think it isn't strong enough, he parked after Gossett read Clark s resolution which by tAen had been adopted by the steering committee
 In the end, only one slight change was mace in Clark's reso- lution
 Note During the closed door session, no one proposed boltins the Democratic party and enter ing southern candidate for President though one Alabama Congressman did suggest that Gov ernor Jim Fol,sn, a.ready an avcwed candidate, could poll more votes than Truman
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Ss LEE

himself in pedcament where white heD will extricate isn justified?
 I tell the truth and face the consequences would be to protect another from injury give happiness the person who is burdened
 O. seconsciousns when in the O a group persons?
 Really to think less about ones se deVotg ones entire to other present
 O. Would it be all right for a pnF party
 S appropriate color
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
ARMY CENSORSHIP

Some Army commanders still don't seem to realize that the vars over For instance, General Macarthur still operates an air tight censorship. It's impossible for an American newsman to visit Japan and write what he wants about Macarthur rule Of the Japanese
 And at Fort Riley, Kansas. the other day. Gen | D White at first seemed to think that war t.me censorship still prevailed
 General White was queried by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26

brought out Of mothbaiis rntil a new building program rrCduces new planes.
 2. Coordination between military and commercial air systems; un- tangling the country's air routes; establishing an independent agency to control air safety; unification of Armed Services aviation
 The Congressional committee will blast both the Army and Navy for failure to achieve air unifica- tion. In fact, unification, it will lind, is not even half way around the corner.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
INC0Rp0RA1i0NS

Two non-profit concerns filed their Articles of Incorporation yesterday in the office of Terri torial Auditor Frank A. Boyle.
 The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais of Anchorage, Alaska, a religious organization, was formed by Betty Becker, Florence B. Green, Evelyn G. Huffman, Mrs. Nina Lundquist, Mrs. Helen M. Robin son, Wilbur A. Robinson, Janet w. Stout, Verne L. Stout and Frances L. Wells.
 Tie Kodiak Bills Club of Ko- diak, was formed by Max c. La Lande. Jorgen Frederickson and Joseph Morino for traternal pur- poses
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
70 YEARS AGO TIT HE EMPIRE
FEBRUARY 26, 1928

FEBRUARY 26, 1928 slipped an icy soe"elN anu 'p"'" nv ankle She resting home
 r,o Public Schools concer the previous the participating were hoh Dorothy Lundsrom Mase RoeerS' Aia
 ~ C-eorge Hall Robert WaggCner Stewart Dunca Robertson Lillian Peterson Ben stewart ana Ace ei 
 A VanMavern the south reptv U S. Marshal Eddy had passed away at Dougla d IT Marshal Albert White that Douglas citizens cou recommend o II F Preston Paul Doyle M Carrgan local travelling men left for EIanes Skagway
 Weather report High, S7; 36; misting.
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Daily lessons in English Sy v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN Do not Morgan replaced Sanders editor of the paper SUCCEEDED Sanders editor OFTEN M1sPRoNOUNCED Celulod Pronounce the in USE i UP.
 OFTEN A1IssPEILED. meagre; observe the EA
 SYNONYMS Unwilling reluctant dmcired ndisposed
 WORD STUDY: Use and it is yours Let us each day Todays word AUGMENT enlarge size amount or degrees Ram augments stream" augments dispute
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Will Irwin, Author,
 Dies in New York

NEW YORK, Feb. 26-tR-Will Irwin, "A, author of some 30 volumes of fiction and non-f fiction, magazine editor and World War l correspon- dent, died yesterday.
 In the 1920's, the newsman became
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-26
LOOK and LEARN 2, [. GORDON

| What famous document equal"? 9 States land than s5 cent in farms? B. of Error? How S seventy-one written Roman numerals? g. phrase lad interim mean?
 ANSWERS The Independence
  B. Shakespeare
  the mearime.'