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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
Army Seeking Vast Military
 Reservation, Aleutians Area

WASHINGTON, April 6-tR--A- merica's armed forces want to set up vast military reservation on the U. S. lands in shortest range ot Soviet Russia. The area is in the Aleutian Island chain stretching westward from Alaska.
 While the services only said "rou- tine" when asked for explanation of their moves to get control of the area, the islands dual role in World War II makes the aim obvious. They were:
 (A) The scene of the one Jap anese thrust at the American main land.
 tB) The base from which retalia- tory strikes were launched at the Japanese Kuriles. now under Rus sian control
 In early stages of the war there were Japanese on most of the is- lands the armed services want.
 The plan was disclosed in off, cial notice of a hearing in Juneau, Alaska, May on Army. Air Force and Navy petitions to withdraw the affected areas from public lands status. That notics appeaed in the Federal Registar which reports or ders and other actions of Public Agencies.
 A spokesman for Defense Secre- tary Forrestal's office said the whole matter is 'rountine" aimed at reg ularizing what's already going on. The area involved, he said, is what the Armed Forces used during the war end have kept installations on since then. He explained that the services want offical control around permanent bases. He said the Navy's application is Is months old.
 It looked less like routine, how ever, to delegate Bartlett, Alaska s non-voting representative in Con- gress.
 He protested to the Interior De- pertinent which now has control Of the lands. arguing that they "are surely of not more than secondary importance militarily."
 Tt might be-" Bartlett wrote Sec retary Krug. That I could be con- vinced that the requested Reserva- tions are essential in the interest of National Defense, but lacking in- formation on that point I feel bound to object on behalf of the people of Alaska"
 Bartlett said various Federal A. gencies already have taken over nearly third of Alaska huge area and went on
 If this sort of thing continues to go on it will be idle to talk of set ting Alaska and developing Alaska. because it will be only one vast res ervation"
 Bartlett said he did not know the acreage involved but 1t must be vast.
 The lands asked by the Army and Air Force flor use in connection with military installations" include:
 All of Adak, Shemya and Great Sitkin Islands and part of Amch- itka Atka, Umnak and Unalaska Islands.
 Defensive sea areas and air space reservations" arc asked by the Navy on Attu, Unalga, Agattu, Shemya, Amchitka, Tanaga. Adak, Great Sitkin and the island group commanding approach to the A dak Naval Base; part of Kodiak Island and the area surrounding Dutch Harbor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Northern Voyager, from Seattle, due Wednesday afternoon.
 Alaska scheduled to sail from Seattle Thursday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Aleutian scheduled southbound Sunday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
LADY SHOOTERS TO
 GET CHANCE TONIGHT

Regular ladies shoots on Tues day night are again in order at the Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club indoor range. The range has been put in order on the first floor of the AB Hall and is ready for use tonight. The shooters are requested to use the Third Street entrance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
MARRIED YESTERDAY

Sherwood J. Jones and Cherie Yvonne Bowman. both of Juneau. were married yesterday by U. s.. Commissioner Felix Gray. Jack Webb. Juanita Webb and Jewel Webb were witnesses to the cere- mony in the Commissioners office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
PAN AMERICAN FLIGHTS
 BRING FOUR; il LEAVE

Pan American flights yesterday brought in four and left with II passengers as follows:
 From Seattle: Winifrey Harris, Betty Micloel, Dr. William w. Whitehead Ind Carl Foss.
 To Seattle: William Gilmore, Ro- berta Hickey, Corlett Foster, Will liam Hughes, Tripko Rakoceylch and Edward Moss.
 To Fairbanks. William Mcclellan, Wilson Barker, Ed Bowr. Bill Will son and Howard Wiley.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
(OL.D0WNING MAKES ARMY
 DAY ADDRESS

xJOl. w. A. DOW1llllB, WlOll tliC O-o
 S9ction of the U. s. Army Alaska af Fort Richardson, was the guest speaker at the Rotary Club luncheon
 today noon at the Baranof Hotel
 and made Juneau's Army Day talk.
 He spoke on the substance of President Truman's recent message to the joint session of Congess of which Army Day has followed so closely. He stated that he did not think it necessary to explain to the
 business men how in each of our wars the hurried attempt to plug the hole in the dike" had resulted in not only exhorbitant waste in materials and money, but in un- necessary loss of lives of made quately trained men; how closely we came to being too little and too late" in the Second World War, and due to the lack of preparedness, the Joint Chiefs of Staff were not able to execute the best conceptions of offensive stategy but were forced to adopt partially defensive tactics un- til an adequate offensive could be prepared.
 "As we celebrate this Army Day of 1948," said Col Downing the na- tion once again finds itself in a position that it has already occu- pied twice in the present genera ton. In 1914, it was a despot's con- tempt of a scrap of paper and the German rush through Belgium that served as the prelude to four years of war in Europe.
 Twenty years later another tryant was on the move. First Hitler preyed upon the weak, finding him. self unchecked except by the efforts of apneasement at Munich, Hitler was convinced that the Western democracies were without courage and in August, 1883, marched into Poland and brought about the worst disaster in the history of the world.
 To-day, another power, wearing the same false mask of freedom for tn people. seeks to extend it's con- trol and extinguish freedom i'll all of Westen Europe. We are only too well aware of it's methods of sub yersive political action and jnfiltra- tion into the governments of the free nations.
 We need a strong fir Force for of bases and country. We need strong ground forces to pro tect our air bases and we need strong Navy to defend necessary sea lanes and to meet these needs we need more manpower than we nave today. The program for balanced strength in manpower falls into two parts, the short term, which LOOKS to the immediate strenthening of our regular forces and through a Selec- Live Service Law and the long term, which looks to the provisions oi adeauate reserves and can be ac- complished through Universal Mill tary Framing"
 In closing, Col Downing quoted from a public statement made by General Eisenhower last year.
 Other guests at the meeting were yern Metcalef. Commander Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Joe Thibodeau, representing the Amel- can Legion; c. A. Wilder and Ed Lokken of Petersburg; Herb Ream of Seattle; U. w. Killingswortn, and the Alaska Terminal and Stevedoring Co., and John Sey- srson of Wrangell.
 President Homer Garvin thanked Neil Friedman for the fine po- ram he had given the members oI he Rotary Club on this Army Day in Alaska. A month ago Friedman had asked Col. Downing % speak before the Rotary Club on Army Day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
AT JUNEAU MARINE

A crew from the Juneau Marine Ways was busy yesterday working on the Juneau Spruce boat, the Aquatania, on which the cabin is being heightened over the tow winch, refrigeration is being re- located, and new oil tanks are be- ing installed. It is expected that the New Amy and Dixie, now on the ways, will be off at weeks end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

Officers win be installed at the meeting of the Elks Wednesday night and entertainment and a feed will follow. The meeting starts at o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
REAL SILK REPRESENTATIVE

Mrs. Hazel Mcleod has recently been appointed representative for the Real Silk Hosiery Mills for Southeast Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
Former Mayor of
 San Frantisto Dies

SAN FRANCISCO, April 6--tR-- Angelo J. Rossi, 70. mayor of San Francisco from 1881 to l944. is dead here.
 Rossi had been under treatment for a severe attack of pneumonia.
 When he was years old, he started work as an errand boy with a florist here. He became senior partner of the big florist shop, An gelo J. Rossi Co. Inc.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
PELICAN VISITORS

MT. and Mrs. E. Ojaniemi and Mrs. H. Johnson, from Pelican, are at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

April 6, 1948 Maj. Gen. Floyd Parks Army Press Relations Department of the Army Washington, D. c. Dear General:
 ters complaining of my criticism of brasshatism. You and I also had a talk with the Deputy Chief of Staff, Gen. Joe Collins, about certain Army officers who, after writing contract nominations high ly unfair to the government and favorable to private companies, then proceeded to take lush jobs with the companies which they favored.
 Today is Army Day, when the U. s. Army comes up for special re- view by the American people. This is also a period when the Army is asking for a special draft, for Universal Military Training, and for extra funds for defense. Per- sonally I favor voting much of these funds. But also believe the Army owes it to the nation and especially to the men whom it seeks to draft, to clean up unfair ness, favoritism and brasshatism first.
 There was a lot of talk about this at the end of the recent war. But not too much was done. That may be one reason why your en- listments are low.
 RIGA PUBLISHED RADAR
 SECRETS
 For instance called to your attention, publicly and privately,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
FROM EUGENE, OREGON

George Nyman of Eugene, Ore, is at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
FROM BOARDwOOD. WASH.

E. R. Kovey from Boardwood, Wash. is in Juneau, registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
WEATHER REPORT

w. o. "Eh hf4fS DOHEAO , tPast 24 hours ending 7:.o a. m. today In Juneau Maximum, AT; minimum, 28. At Airport Maximum, 45; ] minimum, 2l. WEATHER FORECAST tJuneau and vicinits) Sunny days with consider able high cloudiness to- night and Wednesday. Low est temperature near freez- ing tonight. PRECIPITATION , tPast 24 hours ending 7:3o a m. today In Juneau City None; since April |, .02 inches: since July l, 80.99 inches. At the Airport None; since April l, II inches: since July l. 48.5i inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

(Copyrignt, 1948. by The Bell Syndicate,
 Incl (Ed. Note-Drew Pearson's column on Army Day takes the form of letter to Gen. Floyd Parks in charge of Army Press RelationS)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-04-06
RIGA PUBLISHED RADAR
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For instance I called to your attention, publicly and privately,
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Midwest Governors
Forming Conference
By the Associated Press

DES MONIES, Feb. THE chief
executives of four States began the
formation here today of a Midwest
Governors Conference.
Gov. Robert D. Blue Of Iowa was
chosen chairman of the organiza-
ton which would include u. States.
Attending the conference were Cows.
Kim Sigler Of Michigan, Frank
Carlson of Kansas and George T.
Nicholson of South Dakota. All
four are Republicans.
Other States which will be invited
to Join are North Dakota, Nebraska,
Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, IL
linois, Indiana and Ohio. The Gov
ernors of these States were invited
to attend the meeting but were
unable to do so.
Gov. Blue explained that the Mid
west is about the only area in the
Nation which does net have a
Regional Governors Conference.
He referred to the Midwest as "the
breadbasket" and said the Midwest
Conference would "try to find a So
luton to common problems both
State and national"
Gov. Carlson mentioned the scar
city of construction steel as one such
problem. He said he planned a
meeting Monday to try to solve the
problem for his own State.
Gov. Blue suggested the group
might meet next in November or
December,
Evening star., 1948-02-08
6. u. Gym Fund Given
S1O9,546 in Advance

A reported $109,546 in advance
gifts to Georgetown University gave
impetus last night to a Nationwide
alumni campaign that will start to-
morrow to raise minimum of
100000 for the proposed McDon-
ough Memorial Gymnasium on the
Hilltop campus.
The announcement was made by
Charles j. Milton c35) OF Jersey
City, national chairman, at din
ner in Mcguire Hall attended by
about ITS alumni chairmen and
members of fund-rising committees
for the campaign. Both Chairman
Milton and the Very Rev. Law
renee c. German, S. j.. Georgetown
president, predicted success in the
campaign which will be undertaken
in 81 cities throughout the coun-
try.
The proposed gymnasium will
honor the late Rev. Vincent S. Nc
Donough, S. j., director of athletics
at Georgetown for 13 years and
prefect of discipline emeritus. A
brother. s2-year-old Joseph Nc
Donough, of Larchmont, N. Y, was
one of the honor guests at the
dinner.
Mr. Milton told the alumni that
the Georgetown association eventu-
ally will seek a $15,000,0O0 fund to
provide adequate buildings and en-
dowments for the future.
Pre-campaign messages were re-
ceived from Thomas Dean of Chi
cago, president of the alumni as
ISOLATION, and Lou Little, football
coach at Columbia University, who
coached Georgetown teams during
Father McDonough's regime.
In brief talk at the end of the
program, President German an
nounced that six months of spade
work" had been done by the gov
erning board of the alumni and the
executive secretary. James S. Ruby.
TT is now up to you, and with
cooperation 7 am sure you will put
this drive across" he declared.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Gay Nineties Is Theme
Al Board Of Trades
Second Shift Dinner.

/ For the second time in as many
days, the Washington Board Of
Trade last night enthusiastically
allowed the spirit of the Gay Nine
ties to dominate its midwinter dim
ner (second shift at the Mayf1oWer
Hotel.
More than 900 Board of Trade
members and guests jammed into
the main ballroom for the festivi-
ties. Friday night another 1000 had
gone through the same thing. This
split shift dinner was made neces-
sary for the second successive year
because of the large number of
members interested in the function.
mo Speeches" Applauded.
John A. Reilly, president of the
board, got the biggest hand OF the
evening by rising to his feet and
saying: "As is the custom, there
will be no speeches" He then sat
down.
After the filet mignon the enter
tainers continued the mood of things
with acts built around the Gay
Nineties motif.
The lobby of the hotel was decor
ated with painting depicting Penn
sylvania avenue in 1890. Policemen
dressed in uniforms of that era
patrolled their beats-and OCCASION
ally burst into barber shop harmony.
An organ grinder and money at
tracted a crowd in one corner. A
drunk, simulated, In the dress Of a
gentleman of the times wandered
around, banging out an occasional
Let Me Call You Sweetheart" on
the piano.
Although the event was stag, three
obviously modern girls, dressed in
the old look of 1890 which was not
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Churches Are Urqed
To Admit All Races
And Seek Reforms

The Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America today
called on the churches to open their
membership to persons regardless Of
race.
This was one of three points in a
program which the message urged
the churches to plan for the coming
year. The other points called on
churches to plan a definite race re-
lations program for 1948 and to work
for social reforms.
Noting that "the disturbing quail
tiles in our attitudes and behavior
are the real germ centers of friction.
conflict and riot" the statement
urged church people to practice
brotherhood now"
The message was issued as part
of the 26th annual observance today
of Race Relations Sunday. More
than $4,000 church and community
oughout the
country are expected to take part
in Race Relations Sunday programs.
The observance was started by the
Federal Council in 1922.
A study of the basic reasons Tor
racial conflict in the United States
by the churches and individuals
was urged in the message. 1t fur
ther asked them to put into prac-
tice such principles, essentially
Christian, as those enunciated last
June by the President of the United
States" in his statement calling for
equal rights regardless of ancestry,
religion, race or color.
Many agencies are learning that
important decisions have their roots
in personal attitudes" the state
ment declared. ."As a result, they
are finding out what these sides
mean to the main crusade for
brotherhood. They are discovering
that the small things which lie at
the root of disharmony are often
as important as the larger ones"
Specific problems it was suggested
the church can attack included:
the sponsoring of groups to bring
people of different racial and
cultural backgrounds together;
working toward the removal of
restrictive covenants; supporting
legislation designed to eliminate
lynching; insisting on impartial
Justice in the courts; advocating
the employment of people on char
acter and skill rather than on race,
creed or national origin, and study
ing the report of the Presidents
Committee on Civil Rights.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
BoItimoreon Hurt
In Fall From Train
In Tunnel Here

A 34-year-old Baltimore barber
was treated at Emergency Hospital
last night for injuries he said were
received when he fell from a south
bound train leaving Washington,
police reported.
Latham J. Mahaffey, who was en-
route to Richmond to look for a
job, told police the accident oc-
Cured while the train was in the
dark tunnel in southwest Washing
ton.
He said he didn't remember fall
ing, but that he had stepped to a
platform between two coaches. When
he regained consciousness, Mr.. Ma
haffey told police. he was lying on
his back beside the moving train.
He said he staggered to an emer-
gency phone nearby and reported
the accident to Union Station ON
cials.
The man was picked up by a
hastily dispatched switch engine,
police said, and removed to the hos
pital in rescue squad ambulance.
He was treated for back injuries.
The hospital described his condition
as good.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Biq Post Office Deficit
Foreseen by Donaldson
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Postmaster
General Donaldson tonight said the
Post Office Department was faced
with a large and mounting deficit OF
record proportions"
Congress should make deter
mination whether the postal estab-
lishment should be operated as a
service institution without regard
to profit, or whether it should be
made to pay its way" Mr.. Donald
son said in speech at dinner of
the New York Branch of the Asso-
citation of Postal Supervisors.
The supervisors presented Mr.
Donaldson with plaque honoring
his. rise to the top position in the
postal service.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
|G. .O.P. Refusal to Aid Truman
|On Palestine Issue Reported

company is owned jointly by Stand
ard Oil Of California, the Texas Co.,
Standard Oil Of New Jersey and
Soceny- Vacuum. II is the largest
private American enterprise out
side of the United States. Other
large fields are owned by the Brit.
ish.
No attempt is made in the report
to express an opinion regarding the
United Nations partition for Pales-
tine. But Mrs. Bolton and Mr..
Morrow undertook to give an his
torical and present-day picture OF
the Jewish-Arab problem in that
country.
The two House members also
urged that the United States build
up the Iranian army and obtain air
supremacy in the Mediterranean
and Near East.
U. 8. Air Power Needed.
Russia's paramount aim," they
said, is to "drive us out Of Western
Europe and the Mediterranean
BASIN If Russia should move south,
they said, there is little to stop the
advance"
Greece, Turkey and Irah, the sub
committee figured, might hold the
Reds for little while, but American
air power would be needed to pro-
tect the Mediterranean and Near
East. So, it said:
THE United States would do well
to take steps to achieve and main
tain air supremacy"
Also in terms of United States
self-interest and security" the re-
port said. I'VE should do well to con-
slider seriously the question of build
ing up the Iranian army" This
would put Iran on the same basis
as Greece and Turkey in getting
American aid, it said.
The Russians have accused the
United States of building up a stra-
tegic military base in Iran; the State
Department has called these accu-
sations distorted" and false" i.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Nuc|ear EnergySchoo
Is Suggested as Part
Of Regional Project
BY TIE Assoeioted Press

WAKULLA SPRINGS, Fla, Feb
7.-Development of Southwide
school of nuclear energy, with a
cancer research laboratory in con-
nection with the Oak Ridge atomic
energy plant, was suggested today
as a possibility of the regional edu-
cation plan of the Southern Gov
ernors' Conference.
President c. E. Brehm of the
University of Tennessee said the
Knoxville institution is peculiarly
situated as a location for such a
school because of its nearness to
Oak Ridge. The study of atomic
energy and radioactive isotopes Is
opening whole new field of bio
logical and medical research" he
said, and the Southern States,
working together, could support an
institution that would serve the
whole South and bring in top re-
searchers of medicine"
TT could be one of the greatest
cancer research centers in the
world" he said.
Other southern educators took
stock of their specialized college
facilities and needs, and brought
forth a wide range of study fields
that might be adapted to the
regional development idea.
Clyde A. Erwin, North Carolina
superintendent of public instruc-
ton, said North Carolina State COL
lege could offer its outstanding tex
tile school for white students and
its law, library science and social
work schools for Negroes.
j. Tyler Miller, head of the Vir-
ginia school system, said his State
is developing a school of interna-
tional affairs that might be open
to all southern students on q CO.
operative interstate basis.
Evening star., 1948-02-08
Man Hurt in 2-Story Leap.
Another Burned in Blaze

Two men were injured. one crit
ically, in a fire last night at 203
L street NV.
In critical condition was Eugene
Williams, 20. colored, who, police
said, was injured when he jumped
from second-floor window. He
was admitted to Freedmen's Hos
pital with a fractured skull.
Also under treatment at Freed
mems was Creston Watts, ST, col
ored, who suffered severe burns to
his right hand, police said.
Firemen said the blaze virtually
destroyed the second floor Of the
two-story building but did not
spread to the first floor. They
were not able to determine cause
of the fire.