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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
TEACHER TO LIVE
IN PUPILS WORK;
NO HOME STUDIES

AURORA, Colo-tPAThirty Au-
rora high school boys are building a
house. Divided into two classes, the
youths spend is hours each week
during school hours. They started
last November, reading blueprints
and designing the five-room frame
hcme They put in foundation, ma
scnry and studding. Now they're
mailing on sheeting.
The project, first of its kind in
the Denver suburban area, repre-
sents fulfillment of a longtime dream
of E. M. Place, teacher of the schools
trade and industry courses.
i've been hoping that someday !
could put the boys to work on a
real house SO they could learn the
practical way" Place says. Il think
it's paying off in increased interest
and better training"
M. r. Moorehead, superintendent
of Aurora schools, agrees house
building is the best way to teach
'~ai~i~r. oddino:
speed is not important. Good
workmanship and learning are
Moorehead has more than a pro
fessiorial interest in the project.
Unaer his contract providing both
pay and home, he'll move in when
the house is completed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
Maybe Typewriters
Are Better than
ShoveIs After All
Bv JACK O'BRIAN

NEW YORK-Like all the fellows
and gals who have to go to theat-
rical first nights, 1 consistently get
this sort of conversation from my
friends outside the Business:
What a lucky guyl Just think
all you have to do is go to all the
glamouous opening nights. Pretty
softl'
Well frinkly it's not the tough
est Job in the history of work. I've
trucked freight, walloped docks, dug
all sorts of holes in the grounds from
sewers to graves. all though. But
when 1 get stuck in theater with
a play which could drive slightly
more sensitive soul into dry dive
out hikh window, I occasionally
long for that nice, cool, quiet sewer
and that old faithful shovel.
Still this season hasn't been SO
bad
For one thing, Mister Roberts
provided as exciting a drama pre-
miere as I can remember. 1t esta-
blished Tom Heggen, who wrote the
original hook and co-wrote the ad-
agitation, as a young guy to watcn.
Tennessee Williams emphasizes. his
eminence as a playwright. He fol-
lowed up his prizewinning The
Glass Menagerie, which parenthe-
tioally l didn't think was such
much, with the really exciting "A
Streetcar Named Desire
MY old home towner, Kit Cor
nell. made a cultural triumph OF
Antony and Cleopatra" Command
Decision" while not equal to Mis-
ter Roberts" is away up there just
the same, an excellent, entertaining
war play
Maurice Evans lit fire under an
old George Bernard Shaw souffle
called Man and Superman," and
established that despite its age, 1t
still is a product of an evergreen
mentality. John Garfield proved ne
has a heart as we'll as an aptitude
for making fortunes in films and
look on a job with the Experimental
Theatre for 80 bucks "a week as star
of skipper Next To God,' helping
to turn that not-too-notable drama
into hit, thereby providing decent
iohs for some of his less-well-heeled
acting pals.
Hank Laid made a personal hit
as co-author and comic star of a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
FOR SALE

,300-Small old but habitaolc
house on 100x100 TT. of the best
view and garden land in town.
$11 ,500-Three unit apartment,
main apartment with three bed
rooms.
Many choice building lots.
SO, 750-One bedroom house with ex-
ira small room suitable for one
child. Recently renovated, with
full concrete basement, new stoves
and wash. machine. Fully furn-
ished. Located on 7th Street.
Forced sale
SIP, 500-New two bedroom residence
on upper Behrends Ave. Full
concreate basement and garage.
Automatic oil heat. Tiled kitchen
and bath Dinette and living
room with large view windows.
Will be completed for occupancy
within two weeks. Generous
terms.
The AIrIar 'Terrace Aporty,a,,tc
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND: Tie clasp, owner may have
same by identifying and pay
ing for adv. 76 st
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
NOTICE OF NEW DEADLINI
For
DISPLAY ADVERTISING

DIST IAI ADFEhII
Effective Monday, Mar. 30,
1913, the deadline for receiv-
ing copy material Of dis
play advertising will be four
o'clock (4:0O p. m. for the
edition of The Daily Alaska
Empire Of the next day.
No exception viii be made.
Mechanical and production
considerations make this
change necessary
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
MONEY IS FOUND
In 15-YEAR-0LD
JUNK COLLECTION

SEATTLE, April 30.-tRi- Five
truckloads Of Junk" collected by
Victor Martin, So. from garbage
cans and other places during the
past Is years were being sorted by
workmen today.
Fire inspector w. H. Roska said
their might be scme items of value
in the collection of cartons. THE
people cleaning out the place have
heen finding various Ietle items,
including money" Roska said.
Martin appeared in court to face
trial today on charges of maintain
ing a fire hazard. The case was
continued until next Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
GIRL FOR JACOBS

A baby girl was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Jacobs at st.
AIMS Hospital Sunday morning at
1926. The new arrival weighed
nine pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
WILLIAM WiNN-p Phone ga

NEW 20 it. by TT. round bottom,
square stern boat for cupboard
motor. IA Willoughby Ave. Phone
Blue 7O8. 878 st
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

SKAGWAY VISITORS
George Villesvik, Deputy Collector
of Customs at Skagway, is Ju-
neau visitor for few days. He is
here with Mrs. Villesvik.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

SERVICEMAN wanted to take air.
mail orders for watches, jewelry,
etc. Sell during your spare time
to servicemen and their famil-
les at PIX prices or lower Write.
INDEX SALES, 1906 Maple Ave,
Los Angeles Is, California. rs 1t
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

PERMANENT Government en-
ployee wants to rent or lease
house or partment, furnished or
unfinished. Can furnish bank
and character reference. Will pay
in advance and guarantee main
tenance and care of property.
Call Charles Evitts, phi. 261 days,
or RIM. 318, Baranof Hotel. rs If
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

WANTED TO RENT: Garage in
vicinity of Third and Gold. Days
COZ, evenings 891. oh
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
MONTEREY, CALF.

Daisey Brown of Monterey, Calf.
is in Juneau and staying at the
Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
HERE FROM sITKA

Mrs. F. L. Guertin from Sitka
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
WANTED

CLERK for record shop. Know
ledge of records and recording
artists important. Home Beau
tiful. BIT If
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

Used adding machine.
Alaska Coastal Airlines. Phi. 706.
876 st
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

NICE CLEAN steam heated rooms
also steam baths. Scandinavian
Rooms. 1856 tt
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03

1941 Dodge Panel Truck. Good
condition. See it at DeHart's Gro
Gerry or Phi. 023-4 rings. 849 tt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Herbert J. lilly, Retired
Store President, Dies
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, 28.-Herb-
ert J. THY, retired president of
|Strawbridge & Clothier department
store, died today. He would have
been SO on February 8.
Mr.. THY, one Of the oountry's
foremost department store mer-
chants, went to work for Straw
bridge & Clothier as a cash boy
when he was Is.
He was poor penman so he de-
voted himself to perfecting his long
hand. This brought him an Office
position and by 1905 the general
managership of the department
store. He was taken into the firm
in 1918 and was named president in
1927.
Mr. THY resigned in 1916 and was
succeeded by Dwight G. Perkins
One of Mr.. Tily's chief outside
interests was music. and he was a
composer, conductor, violinist and
organist.
He developed the Strawbridge &
Clothier choral group and was q
director of the Philadelphia Or
chestra. Among his compositions
was a choral arrangement to q CEN
tennial ode for Lafayette College S
Tooth anniversary in 1881.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
No Trace Of $4,000
Found in Burned Home

A search OF the charred ruins Of
a White House Heights CMd) home
that was destroyed by flames yes
terday has failed to yield any trace
of $4,000 in cash repeatedly left in
the house.
Firemen returned to the scene of
the blaze and, with members of the
family, looked through the ashes
for traces of the $4,000 and the
wooden box in which Mrs. Sylvester
Ramsey, jr, 81, said the money had
been left. Mrs. Ramsey, who is
bedridden. was one of 10 members of
the family who were home at the
time and escaped uninjured.
Mrs. Ramsey said the $4,000 was
an insurance settlement for the
traffic death of her mother in Rich
mond. She said she could not re-
member the name of the insurance
company or the name of the bank
where the check was cashed.
Meanwhile, appeals for clothing,
furniture and other contributions to
aid the IL members of the Ramsey
family left homeless by the fire
have been made by the Prince
Georges County Red Cross. Mem
bers of the family have been taken
in by neighbors until they can find
another place to STAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Christmas Day Invasion
CHARGED by Costa RIGA
by the kssoeiotsd Press

SAN JOSE. Costa Rica, Dec. 2S-
Costa Rica, charging she was in
vaded anew on Christmas Day, asked
the Council of the Organization Of
American States today to investigate
the attitude" of her neighbor,"
Nicaragua.
The statement by the ruling junta
said Costa Rica had observed the
Councils order to halt hostile acts
with Nicaragua and would continue
to obey the Council instructions.
The statement said: While our
advanced forces we're resting quietly.
opening Christmas packages, and
firmly convinced that peace had
been realized. a group of invaders
coming from Mojones on the frontier
ambushed one of our detachments
in Puerto Solely, killed many of our
soldiers and took various prisoners.
Then they burned the town and
retired to Nicaraguan territory, TAX
ing with them the prisoners who are
now in Managua."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Cleveland Man Wounded
By WouId-Be Assassin
by the Asseeiofed Prsss

CLEVELAND, Dec. GA would.
be assassin fired a shotgun blast
from speeding automobile early
today, Wounding Mathew johnson as
he was opening the street door Of an
East Side apartment building.
This is policy, I guess" johnson
told Detective Edward Murray at
Charity Hospital. Physicians said
he was IN danger OF losing his right
hand.
johnson, n, is the nephew Of
Buster Mathews, a man long listed
by Cleveland police as a top figure
in the numbers policy racket.
In the last four months, four
houses have been bombed with TINT,
ascribed by police as attempts to
hush up an investigation Of the
policy racket, or as a war between
two factions.
During the recent bribery trial Of
Police 1t Ernest L. Molnar, Johnson
was States witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Reds Quizzed Six G|s
On Army's Training
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HERSFELD. Germany, Dec. o.
Six American constabulary soldiers,
freed after some 80 hours of deten-
ton by Russian troops, said today
that Soviet officers were highly in
terested in United States Army
training. The men we're released
last night.
An account of the arrest while the
six were on patrol yesterday after
noon was given by Sergt. Joseph F.
Kelly of Philadelphia.
I'VE were in two jeeps on regular
patrol" Kelly said, when we sud-
denly realized we had strayed over
the American border and were about
$50 yards in the Russian zone. We
were getting ready to pull out when
q Russian guard ran up. He fired
several shots in the air and we
stopped. Six more Russian soldiers
came running up"
The Russians forced the men to
leave their arms in the jeeps and to
get out. leaving only the drivers,
Pfc. Edward Sasser of Mobile, Ala
and Pfc. Chester Collins of Pine
vile, KY. in the vehicles. A Ger
man border policeman accompany
ing them, also was arrested. A
Russian was put in each jeep.
THAT Russian guard was sure
scared" said Pvt. Robert Deyton OF
Chester, S. c., He was trying to
reload his weapon and his hands
we're shaking so he could hardly get
the cartridges cut of his belt"
Kelly said they were marched TO
the town of Dippach, where they
were questioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
By the Associated Press

The State Departments Voice of
America is making cold war capital
out of President Truman's assertion
that there are differences within the
Kremlin.
The Voice beamed news &C
counts of Mr.. Humans unexpected
speech in Kansas City to the Rus
slams today.
The Chief Executive was speaking
without notes when he said certain
leaders" in the Soviet government
"are exceedingly anxious to have an
understanding with U.s." There was
no amplification.
Thus, whether he spoke on the
spur of the moment or was follow
ing a line charted by his diplomatic
advisers was left to conjecture.
In any event, there were signs
that the State Department was alert
to the possible effects abroad. One
was the fact that its propaganda
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Andrew ]. Parker
Services Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow for Andrew j. Park
er, 60, who made the doorway for
the Blair-Lee House and the turned
balustrated for the inaugural stand
first used by Frankling D. Roosevelt
and soon to be occupied by Presi-
dent Truman.
Mr.. Parker died of coronary
thrombosis Sunday at his home
827 Florida avenue NE.
The services will be in the Deal
funeral home, 816. H street NE
Burial will be in Glenwood Gem
etery.
Mr.. Parker was for % years g
cabinetmaker for Barber & Ross
Co., building supplies firm here
During the war he earned the Nays
E award for war work as carpenter
at the Patuxent River Naval Base
He retired a year ago from johnson
& Wimsatt Co., a millwork firm fol
which he had worked since the war
A native of Turkey, N. c., he was
educated at the North Carolina State
School for the Deaf at Morgantown
He learned carpentry as an appren-
tice in Wilmington, N c., and after
working there for a time, came to
Washington in 1916.
He Is survived by his widow, Mrs
Maude E. Parker; daughter. Miss
Louise E. Parker of the home ad-
dress; son, Hunter A. Parker
5165 Fisher drive, Temple Hills. Md;
three sisters. Mrs Charity P. Kalmar
Faison, N. c.; Miss Malina C. Parker
Warsaw. N. c.. and Mrs. Mittie P
Williams, De Ridder, La; a brother
Samuel E. Parker of Warsaw, and
two grandchildren.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Student Admits Tossing
Body Out Of Window
BY the Asso<iotsd Press

DETROIT, Dec. ga 25-year-
old college student was reported by
police today to have admitted beat.
ing a casual acquaintance and then
tossing his body out of a l4th-f1oor
hotel window.
Assistant Prosecutor Robert d.
McClear Immediately asked a MUIR
der warrant against Robert E.
Blaney, who described himself as
University Of Pittsburgh student.
Inspector Erwin Schink and De.
tective 1t. Harry Williams said
Blaney admitted beating John
Dempsey, Al, after, Blaney said,
the latter made improper advances
to him.
The mans body was found in an
alley behind the Book Cadillac Ho.
tel December 20.
Blaney originally was quoted by
police as saying he accidentally
knocked the man through a window
during a fight,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Voice of America Beams News
OfTrumun's Speech to Russians

broadcasts promptly beamed news
of the speech to the Soviet.
There was speculation that this
country may be trying out new
tactics in the cold war.
Mr.. Truman's remarks were made
at a testimonial luncheon for his
former haberdashery store partner
Eddie Jacobson.
He bore down on the idea that
the Soviet leaders, rather than the
Russian people. are to blame for the
break with the west.
Mr.. Truman thus could have hao
a double idea In mind:
First, to try to impress on the
Russian people that they could have
peace with America if they could
bring about a change in leadership
And second, to raise the question
with the Russian people as to which
of their leaders want to get along
with the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Aims OF Communists
UnobtainabIe, Catholic
Association Is Told
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 28.-The class
less and conf1ict-free state sought by
Communists cannot possibly be at
tained," a University of Virginia
professor told the Catholic Economic
Association last night.
1.-The Communist Party is not the
masses Or the proletariat," said Dr.
David McCord Wright, head of the
universitys department of economics
and business administration.
"At best, it is group of men try
ing to act in accord with their own
ideas of what is best for the masses
or the proletariat, and at worst it is
la group acting to preserve its own
power" he said
Earlier, Catholic priest told the
association that more workers in the
United States should join labor
unions.
That, said the Rev George G.
Higgins of Washington, D. c., is
The most important single step to
be taken in the reconstruction Of the
social order"
Father Higgins is assistant direc-
tor of the Social Action Department
of the National Catholic Welfare
Council.
Our opposition to the Taft
Hartley Act and similar restrictive
legation" he said, follows logically
from our position on the necessity
of a strong and independent labor
movement for the protection of the
living standards of the people"
In another speech, DR.. Alphonse
Clemens of Catholic University,
Washington, said corporation profits
are too high, judged by Christian
standards.
The emerging facts seems clear,
he said, that money incomes,
though rising, are tagging behind
the rising price level"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Personnel Policy
Board Is Set Up for
Armed Services

Defense Secretary Forrestal today
announced establishment of a per-
sonnet policy board for the entire
defense establishment with Thomas
r. Reid of Baltimore as chairman.
Mr.. Reid is vice president in
charge of human relations for Nc
Cormick & Co., spice manufacturer.
Brig. Gen. Charles T. Lanham,
special assistant to Gen. Bradley,
Army Chief of Staff, will serve as
director of staff under Mr. Reid and
assist him in organizing the board.
He also will coordinate troop infor-
nation and education matters
among the Army, Navy and Air
Force.
Gen. Lanham, native of Wash
ington, lives at 104 N. Columbus
street, Arlington.
The new board will be responsible
for development of sound, pro-
gressive and, where desirable, uni
form policies and programs" for
civilian and military personnel; CO.
ordination of civilian and military
personnel activities of the depart
mentS and agencies, consolidation Of
the numerous interdepartmental
boards and committees now con-
cerned with personnel matters, and
the, conduct of studies of personnel
matters, Mr.. Forrestal said
In addition to Mr.. Reid, the
board will consist of representatives
of the three departments, yet to be
named.
The board will be a staff agency
on level with the Munitions
Board, which deals with industrial
mobilization. and the Research and
Development Board, Mr.. Forrestal
added
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Worker Dies, 6 Injured
In Water Tunnel Fall
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. %. One
worker was killed and six injured
today when they plunged 80 feet
in a tunnel being dug to increase
Baltimore's water supply.
Fatally injured was David Youri-
son of Sykesville. He died at Mary
land General Hospital, where the
injured workers were taken.
j. R. Gibson, timekeeper on
the job, said eight men were on a
scaffold in the mouth Of a shaft
when it broke. w. Outward, a fore
man, grabbed plank on the side,
but the other seven were dropped
30 feet to the bottom
An emergency crew, lowered in
a bucket, brought out the injured
men one by one. Three of them
suffered only Commissions and were
released from the hospital after ex-
animation.
The shaft Is about a mile west
of Randallstown. The tunnel will
connect Lake Monticello and the
Patapsco River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
William Nixon Wins
Vote OF Confidence

William D. Nixon, president of the
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
Inc, assailed Maj. Gen. U. s. Grant
III for his opposition to certain
provisions Of the Redevelopment
Act of 1915, was given a unanimous
vote of confidence by the associa-
ton last night.
Meeting at the Odd Fellows Hall,
Ninth and T streets NV, the
group cast its vote in light Of criti-
cism by Gen. Grant, chairman Of
the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, on the re.
cent report of the National Com
mittee on Segregation in the Ma.
tons Capital.
Specifically. the group denounced
a statement by Gen. Grant last
Tuesday charging that "a small
group of misled colored spokesman"
used bad judgment" in preventing
an appropriation to start action un.
der the Redevelopment Stun Clear.
ance Act.
Mr. Nixon headed a committee
winch appeared before a HOUSE
committee last January in opposi.
ton to certain provisions of the act.
He said then that the proposed
plan would establish a ghetto" for
colored people here, and strongly
opposed the pushing" of $4,000 coll
ored persons from the Northwest
section into a far Northeast special
area.
Gen. Grant said today he was
not certain the group to which no
referred was headed by Mr.. Nixon,
and added that his commission had
no idea of pushing" the colored
people anywhere, but felt the built
up sections Of Marshall Heights
and Barry Farms in Northeast
would be great improvement over
the many Slum areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Indiu-Pukistun Accord
On Koshmir Reported
By the Assoeiated Press

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 3D.
India and Pakistan were reported
today by sources close to Moslem
leaders to have reached a complete
agreement to end the Kashmir dis
pute.
Hindus and MoslemS in Kashmir
have been fighting for more than
a year since the Hindu maharajah
of the princely state decided to &C
cede to Hindu India. The popula-
ton is mainly Moslem.
The dispute was brought by PAX
istan to the United Nations Security
Council and a U. N. Kashmir COM
mission has been seeking to settle
the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-12-28
Former Fruit PeddIer Adds
100000 10 Library Gift
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BOSTON. Dec. 28.-John Defer
rari, 85-year-old former fruit peddler
who last year gave the Boston Public
Library 100000 to start a trust
fund, has given the library $500, 900
more.
The latest gift of the multi-mil-
lionaire represents downtown real
estate holdings. 1t swells funds
eventually available to the library
from his trusts to $3,50O.0OO.
Mr. Deferrari once peddled penny
fruit from a basket around Boston
office buildings. The man who
fastens his pockets with safety pins.
snapped the basket for a wagon and
a horse, then moved into a quality
fruit store a block or so from the
site Of the library.
His business acumen, he says, was
sharpened by books found in the
library, but the details of his life
have been largely his own secret.
Even now his address is simply
General Delivery. Boston"