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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
TRUMAN GETS .SUNBURN ON IA N D VISIT
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN rNJ THE CAPIPPEAN Eah od -lP Pl

WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN THE CARIBBEAN, Feb. 24.-lR President Truman, fighting a deep sunburn, relaxed today aboard his yacht, enroute to Cuba and thence to Florida for a vacation.
 He wound up three day good will visit to Pureto Rico and the Virgin Islands yesterday.
 Brig. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, his physician, worked to relieve a very red burn on the Presidents face, picked up while driving in the sun around San Juan, St. Thomas and St. Crox. On the last trips yesterday. MT. Truman kept his Panama hat pulled down over his forehead.
 The President is enroute to the U. S. Naval Base at Guantanamo, Cuba, where, after a brief inspec- tion tomorrow, he will board his plane, the Sacred Cow, for a trip to the Naval Submarine Base at Key West, Fla. He is due in Guantanamo tomorrow
 He expects to spend nine days in Florida, combining work with pleasure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
GUTTER WA(HU5ETT rows DISTRESSED
 VESSEL TO JUNEAU

The Point Reyes, small fishing vessel, is due to arrive in Juneau at approximately pm. today under tow of the USCG Cutter Wachusett. The Point Reyes radioed to Juneau Sunday night that it had burnt a bearing and was having trouble mak- ing headway against the surf near Porcupine Island out of Lisianski Strait.
 The Wachusett left here at am. yesterday to render assistance to the distressed packer and, upon arrival, found it necessary to tow the vessel back to Juneau for re- pairs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-R-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is As, American can 79is, Anaconda 32ls, Curtiss- Wright 49s, International Harvest CT 869s, Kennecott 43$s. New York Central B, Northern Pacific ITS, U. s. Steel 693i. Pound $4.03h
 Sales today were 640,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: induStrials 16780, rails 48.72, util- ities BITS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
BITTER FIGHT IN LOUISIANA TAKEN
 TO POLLS TODAY

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 24.-tRt- Both sides predicted victory today as one of Louisian's bitterest pol itical feuds reached a showdown at the polls.
 Rival candidates for Governor in a Democratic runoff primary cleo ton are Sam. H. Jones, leader of the States reform forces, and Earl K. Long, who has the support of the followers of his late brother, Sen- ator Huey P. Long.
 About 100000 party members are expected to vote. The winner is as- sured of victory in the routine Gen. eral Election next April.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
WIDOW OF VICTIM
 OF TEXAS DISASTER GIVEN JURY AWARD

GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 24.-- R-A jury ruled in favor of the widow of a victim of the Texas City disaster in her suit for com pensation for the death of her husband
 Mrs. Jessie J. Ayala, mother of eight children, has heen awarded 360 weeks compensation at $20 a week
 After a discount for immediate payment, the sum will total around $6,o0o.
 The Texas Employers Insurance Association was the defendant.
 George T. Ayala was a long shoreman, killed in the blast of last April
 The jury deliberated just g min utes in the first jury trial grow ing out of the disaster, in which more than 500 were killed or missing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
piIotIess Plane Circles Over Nome,
 Then Out 10 Sea

NOME, Alaska, Feb. 24.-lR-An airplane took off without pilot here yesterday and banked and circled for half an hour over the town.
 When last seen, the plane was heading out over Boring Sea, still circling.
 The student training plane rolled to a perilous takeoff after it had been left with the engine running. It was owned by Cyril Seeds. Resi- dents of Nome were unaware of the danger at the plane circled overhead
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
ACTON ON UNIT ISDEMANDED BY
 JAMES r. 0'hElL
Commander of American Legion Says Congress
 Shelving Proposal

DIES MONIES, Ia, Feb. 24.-R- Congress will try to shelve the Universal Military Training Bill, says James F. O'Neil, National American Legion Commander, ito avoid alienating voters in the 1948 elections"
 The Legion commander, speak ing before TOO Iowa Legion mem ters lats night at the 26th Iowa Department Conference banquet, urged them to join in immediate demands for action. on the bill.
 O'Neil said the latest public opinion polls show Americans favor UNIT by almost 3 to l." He add ed: Universal military training would cost one and three-fourths billion dollars a year. Two wars have cost a total of $538, ,000, ,000,- 900. It is insurance against war at a low premium"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
(Iouse, Harris
 Reach Chicago; Word Received

Milo Clouse and Buck Harris ar rived in Chicago for the big Sports Show on Monday according to a radiogram received by The Empire
 The radiogram, dated February 23, said: Arrived Chicago yesterday Pictures and story in Chicago Trib- une Wednesday. Weather on AL can Highway 50 to TO below, Used good Scotch whiskey to keep ice from freezing in carburetor. Worked well. We are at Hotel Stevens"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MINNEAPOLIS
 ON STRIKE TO-DAY

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. l4-iRt- Minneapolis Public School teachers struck today for higher pay and a full school year.
 The strike was called by the AFT Teachers Federation which repre- sents about half the City's .2,20C public school teachers.
 Tickets were posted before some schools shortly before the 8 am strike hour. No attempt was made to hold classes. The City's 94 Ele- mentary, Junior High, and High Schools have total enrolment of 65 GOO.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
Originator of Gregg Shorthand System Dies

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-IR-- John Robert Gregg, 80-year-old origin ator of the shorthand system that bears his name, died yesterday He was former president of the National Arts Club.
 A native of Rockcorry, Northern Ireland, Gregg began experiment. ing with speed writing at the age or 10. In time he composed shorthand alphabet of his own which subsequently was adapted to 13 languages.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
TEXTILE GROUP MEETS

The Textile Group of Arts and Crafts club will hold their regu- lar meeting Wednesday evening at 8 o'closk at 921 D Street. Mrs. E. L. Keithahn will be in charge of the meeting and plans will be discussed for the comingl Arts and Crafts exhibit.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
FRIGIDAIRE JOHNSON,
 SON STEVE, LEAVING VIA
 PA FOR TRIP TO STATES

w. G. Johnson, of the Frigidaire Agency in Juneau. and his son Steve, Empire newsboy, are leav- ing today for Seattle, via PAA, if flight is made. The former is on a business trip and the latter for medical treatment. They expect to be gone about three weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
SUES FOR DIVORCE

Fannie Agaki has filed suit in U. s. District Court for a divorce from Henry Agaki of Angoon, charging non-support and incom- patibility. They were married on Dec. 29, 194l, and have one child for whom the plaintiff desires GUS tody. The suit was placed by at torney William L. Paul, Jr. The plaintiff also asks for the return of her maiden name, Fannie James
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
ROBERT YOUNG
 WILLING TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT

CHICAGO, Feb. 24- R The Magazine Advertising Age today said Robert R. Young, railroad executive, is willing to run for President.
 A magazine article quoted Young, Chairman of the Board of the Ches- apeake and Ohio Railway, as say ing:
 T am primarily concerned with putting the railroads back on their feet, but would be willing to take the bigger job," if it is offered
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
SQUARE DANCING
 AT TEEN AGE CLUB;
 NAVY MEN INVITED

As usual on Tuesdays, there will be a Community Center program for adults at the local Teen Age Club tonight.
 The building will be open at 8 o'clock. Square dancing will begin at 9:30 o'clock.
 A special invitation is extended to all visiting Navy men to go enjoy the Clubs hospitality tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
WATSON RITES WEDNESDAY

Last rites for Frank MatSon, who passed away Thursday, February 19, at St. Ann's Hospital, will be held in the Chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary Wednesday af- ternoon at 2 o'clock. Major Eric Newbould will give the eulogy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24


 " ASHINGTON - Hottest re- port on the political battlefront is that Governor Tom Dewey will swing his supporters to Senator Vandenberg if Dewey gets caught in convention deadlock with Senator Taft and can't get the COP nomination himself.
 Despite repeated disavowals of White House ambitions, Vanden- berg will have strong silent" backing at the Philadelphia con- vention-particularly among the so-called Willkieites in COP ranks, most of whom are now supporting Dewey, but who are ready to swing to Vandenberg as their sec ond choice because of the Mich igan Senator's broadgauged stand on foreign affairs.
 Those close to Vandenberg, how ever, insist he does not want the nomination The Michigan Sen ator will be GA years old next month and feels the Presidency will be too great a burden though a recent physical checkup showed him to be in good physical shape.
 Vendenberg is also upset about the health of his wife, who has been ill. He left a Lincoln Day dinner early the other night to rush to her bedside.
 Inside betting, however, is that Vandenberg can probably get the nomination, and that he will ac- cept if a deadlocked convention drafts him.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
DESTROYER GAN1NER
 DUE HERE TOMORROW

The USS Gantner APD 42 will arrive tomorrow afternoon instead of today as expected. Commander Ed Chester announced this after noon he had received word that the Destroyer Transport had been delayed due to bad weather.
 The USS Gantner has POS enlist ed men aboard and B officers. She is of the same design as the Navy visitor in Juneau last week.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Aleutian, from Seattle, scheduled to arrive at 5:30 this pm.
 Freighter Glove Hitch, from Se- attle, due Thursday morning.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Friday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
AWV5 IS TO MEET ON
 WEDNESDAY, ?. N.

AWVS will hold the regular monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb, 25 at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon at the home of Mrs. Edgar V. Carlson, POP Sixth Street.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24

WASHINGTON President Tru- man has asked Congress for $l76,- GOO for the Interior Department to cover increased construction costs of an Indian Service Sanatorium to be built at Sitka, Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24

SEATTLE = Paul Aiken, Sec ond Assistant Postmaster General, arrived here late yesterday en- route to Alaska, Japan and the Philippines on a mission to improve mail service to the Territory and the Orient.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
TOWNSEND CLUB TO
 MEET THIS EVENING

The Townsend Club will hold a meeting tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of Dr. Homer Murphy, 10th and E Streets. All members are urged to be in attendance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
CITY BAND NOT TO
 PRACTICE TONIGHT

As Director Alfred ventur will probably lead his High School mu- sicians at the basketball game to- night, also many members of the Juneau City band will probably att tend the game, there will be no practice tonight of the city organi- zation in the Grade School Auditor ium. The next practice will be Tues day, March 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24

The Maine coast is so notched with bays and inlets that it has a tidal line 2.400 miles long in coast line of 250 miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
WEATHER REPORT sff (. sr,tz A .rxymx, uttf,

 , tPast 2f hsurs ending 7.ao am today In Juneau Maximum, 38. , minimum, 28. At Airport Maximum, 34; , minimum, 20. , WEATHER FORECAST , tJuDeau and yicinity) . Mostly cloudy with light rain showers, occasionally . mixed with snow tonight and Wednesday, Lowest , temperature tonight just , above freezing. Southeastern ly winds occasionally as high as 20 miles per hour tonight. , PRECIPITATION , (Past 24 hours ending 7.30 m. today . In Juneau .62 inches: since Feb. 1, l.81 inches; since July 1, 74.62 inches. At Airport .04 inches; since Feb. 1, 1.02 inches; since July l, APO inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
BRAss-HAT PUBLICITY

The House Expenditures Commit tee has unearthed new and inter-
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-24
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

Copyright. l948. by The Bell Syndicate
 Incl
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15

public funds spent to save the rem
nant of this fine wild creature; one
of the noblest game animals, to-
gether with the elk, that roams the
grass and forest lands.
Maybe even here, we overlooked
a bet, for here is an animal that
such lovers of the Lords creatures
as Buffalo Jones, Pablo-Allorel, and
others have successfully domesti-
Gated. The bison's beef is fine eat
ing; he is prolific and hardy; he
bears a robe of fine fur and textile
wool. Yet we did not prize these
gifts of God, and wiped him out
Our game is worth more than
the little it requires of us. The
writer is delighted to share his
ranges, his fields, yes, his registered
alfalfa with the beautiful animal that
is the prong horn. He is glad to share
his garden and his crops with the
sage hen, pheasant, pintail wild duck,
whom he often sees destroying by
the wholesale the grasshoppers and
other noxious insects that destroy e
hundredfo1d more than their bird
and fowl enemies.
Let our modest correspondent not
be too retiring to post his ranch if
the dudes get too destructive and
overbearing and unappreciative and
grossly abuse his hospitality. There
in lies his first remedy, and not in
the eradication of Gods wild crea-
lures who make our world so much
~pleasanter and more interesting.
JACOB W. VOGEL, Petroleum
County.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15

An interesting deduction can be
drawn from this breakdown. Of the
total farms, 4,445 are less than SO
acres. The 1915 census does not so
state, but we may safely conclude
these are irrigated farms.
Of the original $4,000, 320-acre
homestead filings there are only S.
GAG in existence today. A reason for
the few is to be seen in the flood of
mortgage foreclosures on home
steaders in 1921 and up to and in
Guiding 1926-34,0 900, a record for
every state and for all time.
The greatest number of farms are
not over 5000 acres. The number of
farms 10000 acres or more is small,
less than those of from 20 to 90
acres. WILLIAM A. ALEXAN-
DER, Roosevelt County.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15
PARADISE DAM PROJECT

I LIVE IN the town of Paradise,
just. above the spot selected for the
much discussed Paradise dam site,
and I am definitely interested in
this project.
There have been quite bitter con-
troversies as the result of the
planned dam, but I'm sure if each
home owner understood the under
lying cause and the necessity for
this dam, that all would cheerfully
put aside personal feelings if the re-
suits would benefit a large majority
of people and the nation as a whole.
Vital oil and gas supplies could
be saved by extending power lines
to even the remotest farms and
making electricity cheap enough to
heat as we'll as light the majority
of homes in both city and country.
Many more acres will be irrigated
than will be inundated.
I am only a woman and perhaps
you will say, "What matters this to
her? She lives in western Montana
where the question of water pre-
sents no great problem" Well, we
here have our plans where water
would be a big improvement and
the eastern half of the state has
vital need of this liquid nectar"
believe that everywhere a dam
or series of dams can be built, with
the least damage to the few and the
most help for uncounted hundreds,
then those dams should be ON
structed. Surely all these floods one
reads about in the papers, could be
controlled and put to use. Let's save
our water, every precious drop of it,
by installing dams and reservoirs at
all practical places.-MRS. LESLIE
CUMMINGS, Sanders County.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15
SIZE OF FARMS

THE FIGURES PRESENTED in a
recent issue are interesting; I refer
to the number of farms or ranches
in Montana as of 1945. The number
given is 37,747, and the average size,
1,557 acres.
A breakdown of farms in the
state tells a strange story:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15

Extension specialists find that
aging a freshly slaughtered
of beef a week or 10 days in a chill
room before it goes into frozen
locker storage increases the tender
ness Of the meat. Aging for any
longer period is unnecessary.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15
LIVE AND LET LIVE

IN MAY 1 ISSUE of Montana
Farmer-Stockman Roy Alexander
breaches the modest proposal" that
our little remaining wild life be left
unprotected and that its practical ex-
tinction be encouraged.
He seems to think there is not
room enough for such life as wild
ducks, antelope (prong horny, deer,
and elk, and for such as he. He re-
joices in the disappearance of the
passenger pigeon and the bison, and
believes the farmer has geen greatly
benefited thereby.
There are many among us who see
in a wild bird or any wild creature
only a target to shoot at; something
to be destroyed forthwith, since it
can't well help itself or fight back.
There are many who see in our
bird life only something that might
eat a few cherries, peck some fruit,
or a few of our plentiful ears of
corn. Do these people consider that
all bird life INCLUDING the vanished
passenger pigeon) eats several times
its weight in insects each week? That
it runs into bushels per bird during
one season?
Insect Threat
The mounting cost of fighting de-
structive insects and the increasing
toll they take is a matter of grave
concern to our economists, our sci
entists, and our governing bodies.
Some indeed fear that as these in
sects develop immunity to our
measures of control, they will sweep
the country and starve men outright:
Yet the 100, 1000, 900 passenger pig
cons would have accounted for sew
eral hundred million pounds of nox-
ious insects that would destroy far
and away more than the harmless
pigeons.
Admitted that the bison is an ami
NAL that we are well rid of, in the
numbers he once counted on our
plains. Yet there has been much OF
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-06-15
Letters to the Editor

Constructive letters on subjects of general rural interest will be published udHt this heading
as space pemts Comparatively hmt htMs must necssarnyb be favored although excerpts
from longer letters nay be used Mon@na Farmer tNkman may or may not agee with the
opinions expressed
Evening star., 1948-07-04

expert cook, both indoors and olt.
and likes nothing better than 70
have = group Of friends about her
in their hospitable home. Garden
ing Is a hobby about which she
talks almost as eloquently as about
Girl Scouting.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Teacher Says Camps Provide
7roininq Ground for Leaders

shire, Virginia and California. Next
summer they plan to camp in Min
nesota and Wisconsin.
Nor is theirs the typical bus mans
holiday, but one of deliberate choice
because of their interest in Girl
Scouting and the genuine pleasure
they derive from getting a first
hand viewpoint of the group activi-
ties of growing girls.
Good summer camps are be-
coming more and more a necessity
in the lives of city children" Miss
Lucy Knox told me. I'm a well
run camp, theory and practice have
an opportunity to go hand in hand,
with the rule of the majority &C
cepted on a 24-hour basis in an
evolution of good citizenship in
group living"
Select Camps With Care.
This unselfish teacher and Girl
Scout leader, who is dedicating her
life to the guidance of young girls
in the school room, and in their
avocational activities, said: Camps
should be chosen with great care,
with the safety Of children and the
high moral caliber of the counsel
ors as prime requisites. Nor should
parents expect from camps in a
few weeks stay, the miracles of good
behavior and changed attitudes
which they have not been able to
achieve in their child's own en-
vironment, although many, many
times they are brought about"
Among the desirabilities in camp
choices emphasized by Miss Knox
are courteous consideration for
others, well-balanced food, suf1-
cient rest periods, camp free from
Ihard-boiled attitude, which consid-
ers a lover of the beautiful a
sissy; satisfaction out of worth
while activity well-done rather than
SURPRISING somebody, we'll regu-
lated freedom, attractive activities
free from hurry, strain, worry and
envy, and provision for initiative,
leadership, cooperation and intelli-
gent obedience to authority.
Experienced as Teacher.
The recipient of B. S. degree
from the University of Maryland
Evening star., 1948-07-04

and of a M. A. from George WASH
ington, she comes to her speciali-
zation in home economics and her
interest in the Girl Scout move
ment from the background of teach
ing experience in both the elemen-
tary and junior high schools OF
Washington.
She does not believe the young
people of today are necessarily a
greater problem than formerly.
They do need more wise and
careful guidance in meeting the
very serious complexities which con-
front them at every turn" she said.
Their extraordinary frankness in
voicing their grievances requires
wise and careful guidance. 1t takes
patience and wisdom sometimes to
realize the show-of pests of our
school rooms and of our group ac-
tivities are Leadership the making
with proper direction. Camps are
powerful factors in this, plus the
church and the Fairgrounds"
Miss Knox is convinced it should
be obligatory for every boy and girl
to have home economics training,
not merely for skills, but in order to
bring about improved conditions in
the homes of tomorrow in the fun
damentals of how to live with a
family group. She thinks this is
Evening star., 1948-07-04
MRS. DE WITT.

MRS. DE WITT.
The former Miss Virginia
Loring Johnston, daughter OF
Mr.. MarWeH Loring Johnston
and the late Mrs. Johnston OF
San Francisco, is the bride OF
Mr.. C. Kenneth De Witt, jr.
-6roUn- -Suarez Photo.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

one Of the ways to teach young
people how to make the world
better place in which TO live.
Few families in this city have as
many of its members in the teach
ing profession as her own. Her
two brothers teach at Mckinley
High School. Lloyd Knox is in
charge of the electrical shop,
Howard Knox of the art and metal
shops. Both were requisitioned into
Evening star., 1948-07-04
.130 Merrick Club Boys
Go to Comp Tomorrow

Buses carrying 130 boys will leave
the headquarters of the Merrick
Boys Club at Sixth and c streets
NE. at $50 am. tomorrow headed
for Camp Nanjemoy at La Plata, Md
The boys will spend two weeks at
the camp. The camp season will run
eight weeks with the same number
of boys attending each of the other
tWo-Week sessions.
G. ]. Mack, manager of the May
flower Hotel, is president of the club
and Pat Kane will direct the camp.
The club is supported by more than
100 Washington business organiza-
tions. A part of the funds for send
ing the boys to camp was raised
through The Stars Summer Camp
Fund drive.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

other activities during the war, but
returned to their posts at Its con-
clusion because they prefer to teach.
A married sister, Mrs. A. A. Kidwell,
was a teacher also In our public
school system before she became
the wife OF teacher at the Stuart
Junior High School. ALI live in
homes orf Knox road with five
nephews and four nieces ranging
from 8 years to 9 months.
Evening star., 1948-07-04

County, Md, she is spending her
vacation in Western travel and in
pack trail camping in the Canadian
Rockies.
The sisters make their home to-
gether, oddly enough, at 4608 Knox
road, College Park, Md. (the road
takes its name from Knox College,
and are seasoned campers. Their
love of the out-of-doors and their
interest in Girl Scout camping have
given them rich and varied expert
ences in such widely different Sec
tions as North Carolina, New Hamp-
Evening star., 1948-07-04

Educational theories In the
Knox family can always be based
upon how they actually work out
In daily life," Miss Lucy Knox de-
clared with the merry twinkle char
acteristic Of her.
Like her sister Irene, she IS an