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Evening star., 1948-09-11
We Should not take small chds Of dislike seriously
reaae NTH threats intention
Not This

to an indignant woman who had de-
manded an explanation for an ab-
Surd error in his dictionary: 'Ig-
norance, madam. Pure ignorance.
Comintern is formed from Com
munist International. Cominform
Bureau. Therefore the first syl-
liable should be "kom," as KOMin
tern; KOM-in-form.
@. Can you give us a more refined
term to replace "burp the baby?
How about alleviate the baby"?-
Mrs. L. M. C.
A. Alleviate is inaccurate. 1t
means, TO make easier to be en-
dured; to lessen" My assistant, DR..
Etaoin Shrdlu, recommends: "Har-
umph! All . one should approach
such-ah-biological functions with
extreme delicacy I should say,
'eructate the infant" I fear,
though. that American babies will
continue to be burped in the tradi-
tional manner.
@. In a recent magazine I have
read the word "fcfurraw." 1t does
not appear in my Merriam Webster's.
L. C. G.
A. The customary spelling is go
farraW." 1t means, "eaudy wearing
apparel" From RuXton's Far
West "1848): Thus equipped, with
both his better halves attired in all
The glory of fofarraw, he went his
way rejoicing" Fofarraw Zoe
fuh-raw) is of unknown origin.
@. A co-worker insists on dictat-
ing the word pursuant as per
SWAHNT." Make him stop it, will
you?-M. G.
A. Co-worker, stop it! Better
say: per-SYOO-unt; or, per-SOO-
unit.
G. How do you pronounce the
word adult? Is the accent on the
first or second syllable? Mrs
F. il.
A. The dictionaries sanction both
uh-DULT and Adult. It's a mat
ter of choice. I prefer Adult as
the noun, uh-DULT as the adjec-
tive.
O. Last spring at a commence
ment exercise. the main speaker
pronounced bacealaureate as "BAK-
luh-reet." Wrong?-Mrs. A. E. T.
A. Wrong. The only sanctioned
pronunciation is: BAK-uh- LAW
ree-it.
The little words lav-iie ard set-sit can
cause you embarrassment when you aren I
sure which word to use. Mr.. Colby s
leafet, Gil. takes all doubts away.
For a COPY of this leafet send ; cents
in coin and STAMPED. self addressed en-
velope to him. care of The Star. P. o.
Box 90 Station G. New York 10, N. Y.
(Copyright 194S. the Bell Syndicate)
Evening star., 1948-09-11
Thugs Lose Gun, One Shoe

FAIRFIELD, III (P).-Two men
attempted to hold up Dellos Wylie
at his nearby filling station-but
fed minus their gun and a shoe.
The pair drove up and one pulled
gun on him, related Wylie. He
grabbed the gun and it was fired in
the scuff1e. One man jumped in the
car, leaving a shoe behind. Wylie
fired after the car but the gun
ia mined
Evening star., 1948-09-11
Take My Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
What's the Answer?

WHAT EHc AHSWtT.
@. I note that some commen-
tators pronounce the first syllable
of "Comintern" and "Cominform"
as "koe," to rhyme with foe" Why?
A. de G.
A. Why? AS Samuel johnson said
Evening star., 1948-09-11

Both sides vulnerable. East deals.
NORTH
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2J83
A842
&82
WEST EAST ,
11osa 11' 1Ake7s 1s1
Q973 ok 10
@Q1063 AJ9S4
SOUTH
AAKQ95
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&AK7
The bidding:
East South west North
heart 2spades Pass 3spades
Pass 4spades Pass Pass
Pass
Opening lead: Ten of hearts.
Today's hand is from the Mixed
Pair championship at the recent
Canadian tournament at Toronto.
The bidding around the room va
ried, depending upon the type OF
action that South elected to take
after the opening bid of one heart.
Some players doubled, which would
have been my preference. There
should be plenty of time to show
the spade suit later. There are
many players who hold to the erro-
neous belief that a takeout double
should not be made when the dou-
bier has good suit of his own.
Where South doubled the opening
bid of one heart, partner responded
with one spade. South then raised
to three spades, which North justi-
flably carried to game.
Note that it would have been
highly improper for South to raise
partners response to four spades.
He would have no grounds for the
belief that four spades could be
made. If he should happen to find
North completely lacking in values.
contingency which is not at all
remote, even contract OF only
three spades would be doomed to
failure.
At several tables the bidding was
that shown in the diagram, where
South chose to make a jump over
call of two spades. Such bid Is
not forcing. but strongly urges part
ner to make a bid. In this case
North's response was easy. At one
table South elected to overcall with
a bid of one spade and was left at
the post. 1t was just as well, how
ever, since he succeeded in making
only three spades.
West opened the ten of hearts.
East overlook and continued to the
third round. declarer ruffed with
an honor just in case West was out
of the suit. The trumpS were drawn
in two rounds. followed by the ace.
king, and another club, which was
ruffed in dummy. Then followed
the ace of diamonds and a small
one, which East won with the king.
Any return by him would permit
declarer to discard a diamond from
his own hand and ruff in dummy.
At some tables where the hand
was played in this manner East,
realizing that the hand was being
prepared for the strip play, delib-
erately tossed the king Of diamonds
under the ace. This was a nice try,
but availed him nothing, for on the
next diamond he was obliged to play
the ten and declarer ducked II
West overlook, declarer'S jack would
become high. When the ten of dia-
monds held, East was unable TO
make a safe lead.
One declarer employed perfect
technique. On winning the third
trick he Immediately led diamond
to the ace, before the defense had
any time to find out what was going
on. At this stage it was virtually
impossible for East to unblock with
the king. He then proceeded to
strip the hand and threw East in
with diamond. His play would
have worked even if East had not
held the ten.
The success of the play depended
upon the good fortune of finding
East with exactly two diamonds.
That he held the king was apparent
from the fact that he had opened
the bidding.
tCopyright. 194s, by Charles H. Goren.)
Evening star., 1948-09-11
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Word Game
Find 81 or more common English
words in

meaning, "to form or enroll" Av-
erage mark is 4S words. Time limit,
IS minutes.
Rules Of the game. Words must be Of
four or more letters. 2. Words which acquire
four letters by the addition of IS" such as
bats" cats" are not used 3. Only one
form of word is used. 4: Proper names
are not used. A list will be published
Monday.
Evening star., 1948-09-11

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9-10, very superior.
ANSWERS.
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Evening star., 1948-09-11
Test Your Horse Sense
By Dr.. GEORGE W. Crane

Sccre one point for a correct Solu-
ton to each of the first five prob
lens The last problem counts five
points.
/. Which one Of these creatures
usually drinks the most water per
day? aasi
Horse Sheep
Hog Cow
2. The word transparent" should
make one think primarily of
Apples Peaches
PlumS Oranges
3. Oats are q favorite food OF
which one of these creatures?
Reynard Bossy
Dobbin Billy
4. Which one of the following is .
poisonous snake?
Black Snake Blue Racer
Coral Snake Garter Snake
5. Ham was called by which spe-
cies name while on the hoof?
Percheron Hereford
Hampshire Shropshire
6. In the left-hand column below
are listed five types of egg. The
incubation period for these eggs
varies, as shown in the right-hand
column. Try to match them approp-
riately. You deserve one point for
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Evening star., 1948-09-11

The little words lav-lie ard set-sit can
cause you embarrassment when you aren
sure which word to use. Mr.. Colby s
leafet, Gil. takes all doubts away.
For a COPY of this leafet Terd cents
velope to him. care of The Star. P. O..
Box 90. Station G. New York 10, N. Y.
(Copyright 194S. the Bell Syrdicate)
Evening star., 1948-09-11

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The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
U. s. Communist Party Is Fifth
 Column for Russia

WASHINGTON, (P) - Louis Budenz, repented communist, told Senators today that the commun- ist party gets "a very big finan- cial take" from Hollywood.
 The former managing editor of the Communist Daily Worker, who quit the communist party and now is a Fordham university professor, testified in a Senate ex- penditures subcommittee inquiry into communist infiltratiOns into the government.
 He described the communist party of the United States as "a fifth column of Soviet Russia"
 He named the late Jacob Golos as head of a highly secret com munist party control commission in this country - an agency he said was used to discipline party members and keep them in line.
 Golos was the chief contact with the party for Miss Elizabeth Bentley, admitted one-time SOv- jet spy, who has testified that she got military secrets from govern ment officials and workers which were channelled to Moscow.
 Budenz said that the control
 tContinued on Page Five
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

of government officials she said were sources of political and mil tary" information gathered by the Soviet spy ring she was in.
 Her testimony was under oath to the House un-American activi- ties committee which picked up where a Senate group left off Fri day in hearing the blonde Vassar graduates story. Startled com mittee members said they would ask for special grand jury to look into the question of whether there should be prosecutions.
 Miss Bentley sWore:
 Currie was not a communist, but he gave us some informa- tion, he had inside information on government policies" It was through Currie, she said, that in- formation reached the Russians that the United States was about to "break" the Soviet code. CBreak" means learn to decipher. This would have permitted the United States to read secret Rus sian dispatches to the Soviet em- bassy here. Code "breaking" was one of the greatest wartime se- crets).
 White was a member of what S he called the "silvermaSter group" and gave information to MT. Silvermaster which was re- layed to me" and eventually to the Russians.
 She said she referred to N. Gregory Silversmith and called him a communist and Russian se-
 tContinued on Page EighD
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
Ketchikan Will
 Get Large Paper And Pulp Mill
(By Charles D. Watkinsj

WASHINGTON, CP)-The for est service today accepted the bid fthe Ketchikan Pulp and Tim Der O., to establish a paper in- dustry in Alaska.
 The company agreed to buy a billion and a half Cubit feet of pulp timber near Ketchikan.
 The action announced by C. M. Granger, acting chief forester, will result in establishment of pulp mill costing twenty to thirty million dollars at Wards Cove, six miles north of Ketchikan.
 Efforts have been made for 30 years to establishe paper mills in Alaska.
 The company, an affiliate of the Puget Sound Pulp and Timber O., of Bellingham, Wash, sub mitted the only bid for the tim Der.
 Tt agreed to pay 85 cents per hundred cubic feet for timber cut for pulp prior to July 1, 1862; $3 per thousand board feet for spruce cut for other purposes be- sides pulp, $150 per thousand board feet for cedar and S2 per thousand board feet for saw logs of hemlock and other species.
 The company's contract runs until June 30, POOP, and the agreed prices for the timber will
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
U. s. Athletes
 Win Several Olympic Firsts

ONDON, (P) - Americas crack trackmen and swimmers broke into the winning circle Sat urday, scoring four final victor ies in the second full day of the 14th Olympic games.
 Harrison billiard, great Negro hurdler and sprinter. atoned for his failure to make the hurdling squad, by winning the Olympic gold medal in the 100-meter sprint in the Olympic record equalling time of 10.3 seconds.
 Roz Cochran of the Los Ange- les athletic club, gave the Amer ican spectators in the huge 84,000 throng at Wembley stadium, their first big occasion to cheer when he won the 400 meter hurdles just
 Continued on Page Six)
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
NEWS IN BRIEF

PORTLAND, Ore, P-Listen to the plight of Fred English, 43.
 He got hit by two women driv- CTS at once. Sort of billiard from one car to the other and into the side pocket crumpled but conscious.
 But don't go blaming the wo- men drivers.
 Police gallantly let them go and arrested English, broken nose, broken wrist and all-for jayWalking.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
No Casualties In Series Of Crashes Near Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, (P)-Eight occu- pants of four airplanes were all accounted for Saturday after a one-day epidemic of forced land ings or crackups.
 The accidents were at Yukon River points and near Fairbanks.
 A radio report from Circle City, about l50 miles north of here, during the night cleared up the fate of the last of the airmen. Red Williams radioed that Will liam Mendenhall and William Haston escaped without serious injuries in an unexplained emer- gency landing on a Yukon sand bar after taking off from Fort Yukon. They were the objects of a day-long search. Both are em- ployees of mining company.
 Earlier, four Ladd Field air
 Continued on Page Eight
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
Porter Accuses Of Wasting Time

WASHINGTON (P)-Paul Por- ter, the administrations anti-in- flation chief, said today Congress has been wasting much precious time" in its consideration of Pres ident Truman's economic pro- gram.
 Perhaps it is utopian to as- sume that there is any prospect of eliminating partisanship from the economic issues now before Congress-" Porter told members of the Senate banking committee.
 In a prepared statement the former office of price Administra- tion chief said:
 "For the past week efforts have
 oContinued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
Many Government Officials Gave Russians Wartime Information

WASHINGTON, lP)-Lauchlin Currie, one time aide to the late President Roosevelt, and Harry Dexter White, former assistant secretary of the treasury, were named by ex-Soviet agent Eliza beth T. Bentley Saturday as two from whom the Russians got se- cret wartime information.
 In sensation Con- gressional hearing, Miss Bentley ticked off one name after another
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02
Internation'l News At A Glance
By The Associated Press)

By The Associated Press)
 Alfried Krupp van Bohlen und Halbach and 10 other high off cials of the Krupp munitions firm were convicted by an American tribunal Saturday on charges of exploiting slave labor and plum dering occupied countries.
 The judgment said the Ruhr in dustrialists carried out excesses even beyond Hitler's orders. Only one defendant, 70-year-old Karl Heinrich Pfrisch, Mead of the Krupp board of directors, was acquitted on all counts.
 Originally the defendants also were charged with planning to wage aggressive war, but those charges were dismissed by the tribunal last April for lack of evi- dence
 Communists are expected to
 Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

OTTAWA, (H) - Union of New Foundland with Canada, first discussed more than 30 years ago, likely will become a reality within a year.
 Prime Minister w. L. MacKen- zie King announced Friday night that his government is ready to work out union details with rep resentatives of the 450year-old British colony. In a JulS 22 refer endum Newfoundland voted in favor of union with Canada.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

NEW YORK, (P)-The Com munist party will hold it's first national convention since 1945 to- night at Madison Square Garden.
 The meeting is expected to bring together a dozen members of the party's national board, who Were released on bail recently after being indicted on charges of planning overthrow of the gov ernment by force.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

SHANGHAI, (P) - Beginning yesterday inc sale of NYlons in Shanghai were outlawed.
 The ban was thought up long ago when China's austeriiY pro- gram was started but if was not enforced.
 The government ordered if into effect yesterday. Women wearing nylons will not be molested but they will not be able 10 buy any more of them here.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

SEWARD (P)-Mrs. Lois Allen, 69, magazine writer and former publisher of a weekly newspaper at SkagWay, died in a hospital here Friday, following pro- longed illness.
 Mrs. Allen published the mime ographed Moose Pass, Alaska, Miner after leaving Skagway and then taught at Ninilchik until she retired because of failing health.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

SHANGHAI, (P)-Chow Nan Flu, a refugee from northern Xii angsu, was broke so he sold his wife to Ma Feng-Wen for 55,000,- 900 Chinese dollars ($650 U. S0.
 Mrs. Chow didn't like it and complained to the police.
 Ma was arrested but Chow is still at large.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

Richie AShburn (Anchorage) of the Philadelphia Phils - hit his second homerun of the year, SCOT ed one run, batted in one run as the Phillies beat Cincinnati, 8-5 Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-02

Brisbane, Australia, -(P)- A meteor streaked northWard over Brisbane tonight, lighting up the city. Shortly after it disappeared heavy explosions were heard which shook houses here.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
Internation'l News At A Glance

Continued from Page Three) powers may request another con- ference with Stalin and foreign minister Molotov on the basis of reactions from their capitals. This in turn may lead to an agreement for four-poWer talk on Germany and other questions splitting the west and east in a cold war.
 The western powers have spe- 'cified repeatedly there will be no talks while the Russians continue their Berlin blockade.
 For the first time since the land and barge routes to Berlin were closed in June, the Russians indicated a willingness to com- promise on the currency issue. Their communist eastern econo- mic commission and the German city magistrate proposed to the western powers that Russian sponsored money be used as the
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
Alaska Relief Unlikely At Special Session
Continued from Page One'

Continued from Page One' the Senate"
 Pending nominations include those of Governor Ernest Gruen- ing of the Territory, Territorial Secretary L. M. Williams; United States attorney Frank Bingham and Judge Anthony J. Dimond.
 They will continue to serve un- til successors are appointed and confirmed.
 Three Alaska postmaster nom nations also are being held up. They are Mrs. Ruth C. Hutchins, Annette; Mrs. Martha M. Benson, Metlakatla and Clarence $. Hol-
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
WALLA WALL, (P) - A

WALLA WALL, (P) - A l9- year-old youth appeared before Superior Judge T. A. Paul last week for sentencing on a charge of petty larceny.
 The jurist suspended the sen- tence, and gave the boy a lecture and a dollar bill with the sugges- tion that he get a new slant on life.
 Yesterday, Francis H. Drake of Walla Walla, appeared before Judge Paul again-charged with first degree forgery. He told he court he had used the dollar to buy fountain pen and admitted trying it out on couple of checks"
 Hearing was postponed pending appointment of an attorney by the court.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
Search Vanport for Missing Bodies

PORTLAND, (P)-A crew of 38 deputy sheriffs are searching Vanport, waterlogged board by waterlogged board, for the l3 persons still missing from the Memorial Day flood.
 ''I want to satisfy myself there are no more bodies in Vanport be- fore the housing authority opens bids Aug. 16 on the raging con- tract" said Sheriff Martin T. Pratt. The mile-square area, which housed 18,7OO persons, is going to be cleared.
 The first two of the cars trap ped in the slough beside the wreckage of a Vanport shopping center were hoisted out Monday. Officials think some cars may contain bodies.
 Thirteen flood victims have been recovered from Vanport since the disaster of more than two months ago.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
lingsworth, College.

Bartlett said that despite the announced Republican policy, there is strong likelihood the House may pass a Senate resolu- tion to repeal the law permitting the secretary of interior to set up reservations in the Territory.
 The measure passed by the Senate in the last hours of the regular session empowers the in terior to issue patents Ito appro- priate natives tribes and villages or individuals for lands actually possessed, used or occupied for townsites, villages, smoke houses, gardens, burial grounds or mis- sionary stations"
 Bartlett said he will remain in Washington until the end of the special session, then return to Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
SINGAPORE

British troops fought Malayan communists in open battle 80 miles from the Siam border. A communist plan to proclaim a Red Republic of Malaga yester- day was thwarted by military re- verses
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
NEW DELHI

Open but undeclared war was waged in the princely state of Kashmir by the new British De- minions of India and Pakistan. Both want the state, whose ruler has acceded to India.
The Nome nugget., 1948-08-04
JERUSALEM

Jewish and Arab leaders were reported to have agreed in prin- ciple to administration of Jeru- salem. The U. N. and Red Cross took steps to prevent a threaten ed typhoid epidemic among the 300,O00 Palestine Arabs forced from their homes.