davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-12-31

Blair Holdings Co. announced the
resignation of Jonas Anderson as
president. Vice President Enos j.
Curtin also resigned
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Market Averages

MIuuIll1B, bpUI, OO'UI IT.
n Nominal.
Evening star., 1948-12-31
Chicago Livestock

mo figures available because Of strike.
Evening star., 1948-06-09

/ Rush Bush, 21, 4oo1 -22nd st. ne, and
Fay Weisenburger, 21, 315 Evarts st.
Thomas Toomey, "A, 3135 HiEhland pl,
NV, and Grace Donohoe. 22. 3o14 32nd
ST. NV.
( Lewis Miller As, and Mary Wilson, AZ.
/ both OF 2I26 18th st. NV.
Isidore Goldstein, 2S, and Beatrice Paresol,
%, both Of $40 4th ST. NV.
Peter Gerhards, 20, Boiling Field, and
Genevie Dietz, 20, 637 Princeton pl NV.
Edward Smith, 81, 1923 N st. NV, and
| Martha burroughs, %, 323 Maryland
Dell warren %. TT. Belvoir, Va. and
Iona Carta, -, Midway Hall.
Leslie Unglesoee, 21, Olney, Md, and
Josephine speisht, %. 1914 Belmont
rd NV.
oscar Venney, IS. and Louise Posey. 80
both of 725 end st. NV.
Herbert Guth. 81. 140l Tuckerman st
| NV. and Florence Foster. 25, 1926
Bread Branch I'd. NV
Donald Taynan, 20, 1928 MAYOR rd. Sc.
| and Vivian Cramer, 25, 1415 18th pl
Edmund Byzozowski. %, and Ana Imam
orata, 10, both Of 1914 2Sth pl. Sc.
Charles McAleer, 25, 1917 Upton ST. NV
| and Margaret O'Reilly, %, 3210 3Sth
| st NV
Evening star., 1948-06-09

= dppfu for a marriage license on
one day, ,Dait three tuu days and
receiUe the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
0eynor Kant. 20. sos Quintana. pl. NV;
srt Dorothy Gelbard, 20, 1850 3rd
st. NV.
John Meyers. jr.. 90, 1928 44th st. NV.
and Catherine Geaghan, 90, 2436 Tun-
law rd.
Herman Kossler. 80, SIS 18th st. NV,
and Ursula Breher, 20. 1889 Reservoir
osonss snd Jssa sssFheS L Sor q 80 $500 I iah ST St. ne
Lee sauaias hf9sf MahoneS a SS@ M 80 calh I'd "1
James Cooper 81 }aas Denton, cs.s. Nd, M and
Lorenzo Clements, 81, e22 North North. Caro- To
3f6 South Carolina ave. Sc.
( Ernest Sokol. 81. 1913 Monroe st. ne,
: and Berenice Beskin, 3d. 24o Hamil-
Anne TorfhinskyS ID 4oo la12 Van N.s, ss ns ,s
NV W. and Mary Ryan, 2l. 1925 18th
Ftehard Terrell, aa. 5000 warder st
vt5fSr %Sp' rynel, s1 nE 81. 221 Florida ave. NV.
ws 94 nbSsop Hsas psrsss04 ss s:s e 6R 6fR0s s.
oeIa,d Da,Ion nnhI %I 9es ssd s5h MIn,nood st
JeTelstt Allen; %; and Naomi Cole, 21
Fobers be1t; ? PoiIett. Hn" IS 54as Glenn Hill I'd
Sc. and Patricia Russell 90, 1876
Marion it' III Leeore, 30. s1s Columbia I'd. NV.
and Carolyn Weathers, H. 5l4 Irving
zw.; and Dolores Armstrong, IS 500
George Pinell. 30. Walter Reed Hospital.
and Dorothy Hagerty, p. lib Fern
George Evans. 81. ae7 18th st sv.. and
Robert eTa MaVeld 40 4 Doneias st.
and Ruth Fitzwater, 2s, PA Mass. ave.
Hse EeIson Board e Aisaandrs So ft nT Va and Mary
Charles Granger. 81. 1900 18th st. NV.
and Johanna Wojciechowski, 3d. 6922
Edward Downing %, Arlington. Mass, and
Mona Connelly; "a Arlington 1gt Earns: Earns Va
ne, and Dorothy Pagan. %, 1901 Yer
mont ave, NV. ~
MID" % ss snd Esther m Rtsnct asa oG2f 81 HSB
sss fssss rs5s Ss T. 1l!h 81! " aRos.
'oi;s5 isfn$ Ms ffs .,92s. and
Edward carter, 65, 1922 goth st, NV.
Simpson Lyle. A., $50 Georsia ave. NV.
and Edna Senter. %, 704 Quinck St NV,
Pittman Brohley,, "5. Naval Recruiting
Station. Washington, and Elizabeth
Yakkel, 2s. Gordon Hotel
and sylvia Jefferson, 25, 1918 2nd
Frank Hanes. 27, 225 T st. ne and
Barbara Collins, 81. Silver Spring Nd
Willie Jefferson, %, 1872 Kalorama I'd;
NV. and Phyllis Williams. %, 1899
kalorama rd NV.
James Shenos, jr, 1903 Montana ave
ne and Elizabeth Drahein, 80, 4756
Homer ave Sc
Evening star., 1948-06-09

Amos Hurlin. ir., ,e, 1928 18th st. ne
and Margaret Eitnoor. IL, 51s1 West
over dr.. Be.
Martin Steinberg, %, Greenville, S. C., ant
Grace Balsam. 81, Bethesda, Md.
anthony Raimo. %. 1s43 3eth st. nv.
and Mary Potts, 20. 230S 3sth st NV
Joseph Baranski. 80. and patria Hanra
ram, IS. both Of $3.50 Wisconsin ave
NV.
David billiard. 90. and Gertruds Mobley
19, both Of 81 IT st. NV.
Curtis Seasons, ir. 81, 632 9th st. ne.
and Lucy Newsome. %, 1911 Jackson
st. ne.
Evening star., 1948-06-09

Robert williams, "a, Front Royal, Va, ant
Helen Meselich, %. 2617 14th st. NV
Patrick Cody, 81, 724 3rd st. NV, anc
Bertha King, 20, 2124 Nichols ave. Sc
Reuben Lewis m sss; and Marylex Eli
Julius Carroll, 21. Bethesda. Md, ane
Beatrice Payne. Is, 1884 Georgia ave
Henry Gallagher, jr.. 11e0 Robinson st
s.w., and Gertrude Romecki, %, 1887
Smith Spencer. jr.. 1907 18th st. NV. ant
Elsie Holland, 90, 1924 18th st. NV.
Murray Berg -, 3415 3Sth st. NV, ant
Muriel Lutsky, 20, 232 Jefferson st. NV
Victor Mapes, 30, 1919 Wyoming ave. NV.
fnd Eleanor Parish, 20. 3416 18th st
Robert Mensh. 90. 1928 varnum st. NV
and Sarah Perry, "a, 5000 T st. NV.
| Harold Turner. Il, Nokesville. Va, ane
Margaret Addison, 25. 1434 Rock creei
willard Fortune, 80, 1888 Kalorama I'd
NV. and Ruth Hall, 81, 2724 18th st
Lester Butler. 90, $50 h5th st. ne, ant
Rosie Toliiver, 10, Fairmont Heights
Nd.
Richard Sanders. %. Alexandria. Va, ant
Jesnnette Everhart. Is, 1901 1st st
Evening star., 1948-06-09

! term on the bench Of the Municipal
Court Of Appeals here.
His present term expires July Z.
The nomination By President Tru-
man for new term was approved
Evening star., 1948-06-09
Marriage License
AppIicotions

Under D. C. lars, couples must
dpply for a marriage license on
one day, pait three fuH days and
recetUe the license on the nth
day. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
Evening star., 1948-06-09
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE q 1913.

unanimously BY senate spokesen
ct Committee after Judge Hood the Association
Evening star., 1948-06-09
Judge Hood Confirmed
For New 10-Yeur Term

The Senate last night confirmed
the appointment of Judge Andrew
Mclaughlin Hood for new 10-year
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
Elects Officers

The Equality in Job Opportun-
ity council yesterday announced
it's officers for the new year, 1948.
Monroe McLendon was reelected
president for another year. Also
elected were Robert FAINT, vice
president; Chester Blythe, treas
urer; Miss Betty Parks, executive
secretary; George Roebuck, assist
ant secretary; Miss Jerry Mar
shall, financial secretary, and Rus
sci Carter, parliamentarian.
McLendon will name the new
board of directors at a mebership
meeting at a p. m. February Is,
at the Fifth street Y.
j. The EJOC is a non-partisan or
ganization interested in bringing
about better race relations in the
employment field. 1t seeks to ac-
complish it's detectives thru edu-
cational appeals. In an about as
sault on racial discrimination in
employment as we'll as in other
areas, requires organizations func-
tioning with varying modes of
strategy in order that the as
sault meet with some measure of
success. The EJOC in the few
years Of it's existence has done a
commendable job in the area in
which it has chosen to function.
The organization anticipates a
drive this year which will surpass
anything it has accomplished in
the past.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
Race Relations
Institute Founded

LAGOS, Nigeria, West Africa,
Jan. 81. (ANP)-Last month, a
group of individuals, representing
various nationalities living in Nj
geria, met in Glover hall here to
organize the Nigeria Institute of
Race Relations, a body which has
for it's avowed aims the promotion
Of amity and understanding among
all races. The organization is the
outgrowth of a proposal made last
January, to develop social and
cultural activities that would help
cement and improve good rela-
lions between races"
Membership in the institute is
open to all persons from different
races, and from all classes, pro-
fessions and trades. Branches of
the body will be established in diff
ferent parts of Nigeria and the
Cameroons. The group also pro-
poses to establish a junior insti-
tute Of race relations, whose aims
would be to train youth in prac-
ticing tolerance, individual initia-
tive and collective responsibility.
President and chairman Of the
central committee is Sir Adeyeme
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
American Giants
John Ritchey

Of baseball would, want to handle
with the most careful ethics the
cases of organized baseball TAX
ing players from Negro leagues.
At present, l am somewhat at a
loss to know no we can hold one
Of our minor league clubs respon-
sible for the violation of an al
legged contract when the contract
itself cannot be found, and when
apparently those responsible for
obtaining the contract are uncer-
tain whether or not they ever did
obtain it."
That left Martin in a position
where nothing could be done. He
admitted in a recent interview
that "it was a costly oversight. It
looks like we've lost a good, young
player and there's nothing we can
do about it."
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
Cornell u. Faculty.,
Students Favor
Negro Instructors

ITHACA, N. Y, Jan. 81. IAN
p - Faculty members and stu
dents at Cornell university are
not wholly against the hiring of
or working with Negro instruc-
tors. AS a matter of fact, a slight
majority of both groups are in
favor of having Negroes as teach
tiers and professors.
This conclusion was reached by
the Cornell NAACP chapter here
recently and was based on a sur
vey conducted among 40 depart
ment chairmen of various colleges
at the university and among stu
dents themselves. The NAACP
branch distributed a QUESTIONABLE
during the last spring term which
said they were interested in find
ing out how the faculty feels
about accepting Negroes on the
staff. We are interviewing the
chairmen Of the departments be-
cause we feel they can tell us
more about the department poll
cies and attitudes.
Six questions were asked. The
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21

CHICAGO, Jan. FL. (ANP)-
The Chicago American Giants find
themselves in the same position
as were the Kansas City Mon
archs two years ago when Branch
Hickey signed Jackie Robinson to
play with the Montreal Royals.
The Giants failed to sign John
Ritchey, 22-year-old catcher, to
a contract to play for them dur
ing the 1913 season, and Ritchey
came up with a contract to play
with San Diego of the Pacific
Coast league.
When the Giants learned that
they were losing their catcher, ].
B. Martin, president of the club,
dispatched a letter Of protest to
Commissioner A. B. Chandler,
charging that the player had been
stolen and asking that the San
Diego club pay for the contract
on which they had failed to Sc
cure Ritchey's signature.
Ritchey, however, denied that
he had signed with the Giants,
and while Martin instituted a
search of his foles for evidence,
on contract could be found. It
developed Martin thought Man.
ager Jim Taylor had signed the
player, and Taylor thought Mar
tin had done so. All others play
ers had been signed.
Chandler, in his deplay to Mar
tin, said, "The executive council
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
Cancer Not hereditv

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Regard-
less of race or color, cancer has
not been proven hereditary, says
the American Cancer society, in a
statement this week. "But play it
SAFE" the statement continues,
doctors say: eff your parent died
of cancer, or if this disease is
frequent in your family, then you
should be alert, cautious and in
telligent in detecting and report
ing any sign or symptom of can
Ger in your own body"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
By Jimmie N. Jones

Who was to blame for Dayton's
/ worst fire on the West Side Sun
day night; causing the lives of
three, injuring six and causing
more than so to be homeless from
the two alarm blaze that Quilted
the building at 26O Dunbar ave-
nue..
Investigation shows that the fire
to have originated from an oil
stove being thrown from one of
the "cubby holes" termed a room
following a fight resulting from
an arugment in a gambling game.
The final score: death moved in
and took over" Taking the life
of Mrs. Nettie Hart, mother of
eight children, who was visiting
her sister, Mrs. Hattie Smith, a
resident of the building, and Ran
dolph Cutler, a roomer, and in
whose room the fire started. The
time according to police, shortly
after 1890. Injured trying to es-
cape we're: Mrs. Harriet Cole, resi-
dent, 81, broken back; j. D..
Burks, also a resident of the ill
fated apartment; Mrs. Hester
Jones, 1345 West Second street,
fractured hip; Harry Ramey, 451
West Fifth street, Robert Harri-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
TO BLAME FOR
THE WEST SIDE FIRE?

son, resident, and Cozie Colman
of West Carrollton, Ohio.
For many months as former
toned in these pages, we, the Ex-
press have tried in every way to
bring the living conditions on the
West Side to the attention of our
Getty Fathers" such as police pro-
lection against crime, the demo-
lition of unsafe living quarters,
but to date nothing has been done
to improve either of the items
nemed. W. have pleaded with our
so-called leaders to take a hand
in the conditions but have received
the same old anwer. "Time will
take care of everything"
How much more are we going
TO race before something is done!
Let's look at the report of the
investigation: According to the
fire Inspector, w. A. Ellis, the
building was inspected January
5, at which time according to
Ellis report che found rubbish in
the Railways and warned the ten
ants to clean up" He added that
adequate egress, (meaning de-
parture from the building) with
door opening at the front and
back Of the building"
Continued on page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
State May Not Use
Name "WiLberforce"

decreed that the defendants be,
and they are restrained and en-
joind from emphasizing, capital
zing, and printing in large letters
the word 'Wilberforce' in connec-
ton with any activities Of their
college, which is that of college
of Educationa and Industrial Arts
at Wilberforce, Green county,
Ohio,' that they be adjoined and
restrained from using the name
'Wilberforce State College,, and
that in connection with the use
of their name, to-wit: college of
Education and Industrial Arts at
Wherefore, Greene county, Ohio,
they add in reasonably bold type,
Immediately Hereunder, the fol-
lowing: (not connected with Will
berforce university to all of
which defendants except"
Wherefore university was also
Continued on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21

Judge F. l.. johnson of the
Common Pleas court in Xenia,
this week granted Wherefore
university the exclusive right to
the use of the name "Wilberforce"
and forbade the state college to
use the name "Wilberforce State
College"
The court had previously asked
the state college not to capitalize
on the name "Wilberforce" but
there was a great deal of confus-
ion as to just what constituted
"capitalize". Hence, attorneys for
the church side, Wilberforce uni
versity, requested a Qualification
from the court. Judge johnson
then made an additional journal
entry stating that the "court finds
from the evidence that the name
'Wilberforce' belongs to Wilber-
force university'-and that-it is,
therefore, ordered, adjudged, and
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21
-FOUR SEEK
BALLOT SPOTS

CHICAGO, Jan. FL. (ANP)-
The Cook county central commit
tee of the Republican party was
asked here last week to approve
a petition seeking the placement
of four Negroes as candidates for
Republican nominations for the
county and city offices in the
April 13 primary. The request was
made by three leading Negro or
CARNATIONS.
These groups hold that since
40O,0 600 Negroes are registered
voters in Illinois and SO offices
are involved, the request is mod
est. They seek two seats on the
municipal court bench, a sanitary
district trustee and a clerk Of
either the superior orcircuit court.
In addition, they asked that two
delegates be appointed, one a wo-
man, to the Republican national
convention.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-01-21

Alakija. Vice presidents include
representatives Of the British,
Greek, French, American and Leb-
anese and Syrian governments, as
we'll as the church.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13
SCHOOLS TO CLOSE FOR
ALL-DAY TEACHER CON-
FERENCE, MONDAY OCT. ID
Continued from page u

continued from page ID
The main address, '"This Mo-
ment in Your Teaching Car
eer," will be given by DR.. Hew
Roberts, professor of education
at University of Iowa, accord
ing to Ernest w. Thompson,
program chairman. Born on
a 10000 acre sheep ranch in
Australia and educated at Ok
ford and at several American
universities on Carnegie tray
cling fellowships, DR.. Roberts
served with the Raj in Malaga
and later with the Seventh y.
S. Army Air Forces in the
South Pacific. While dischar-
ged from flying on medical
grounds (1940 .42) he ad-
dressed nearly 700 American
audiences on education and in
ternational topics.
In addition to the opening
exercises and the talk by DR..
Roberts, teachers will have an
opportunity of joining. one of
twenty demonstrations or dis
cussion groups covering a wide
range of school and teacher
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13
The IheOCrat

The speaker, Rev. L. Jackson
Derby, of the Kenosha Bible
Church, real servant of our
Lord, is a powerful speaker
and Bible expositor.
The radio department of
Moody Bible Institute is pro-
viding the following program
personnel:
Gene Observation-Disclosures
Lucille Becker accompanist
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13

problems, including salary
trends, public relations, teach
er rating systems, teacher re-
tirement, guidance for elem
entary, and junior and senior
high schools, classroom rela-
tions, visual education, 12-
month school year, teaching
critical thinking, school librar-
les, physical education pro-
grams, core curriculum and
curriculum problems, teaching
spelling, reading music, poetry
and science, and extra curricu-
lar activities.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13
Wednesday, October IS, 1948

Walter Carlson Master of
ceremonies and song leader.
Sam Paxton, WMBI announ-
Ger, male quartet-the Melo-
dy Four, including Clarie Hess,
Glenn Jorian, John Gillies, and
Alvin Hirsch. They will sing
southland songs.
This super rally will be held
at 1880 P. M. in Grace Mission
CONTINUED on Page 81
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13
STEVENSON TO SPEAK
AT HIGH SCHOOL

Adlai Stevenson, candidate
for Governor, will speak at a
banquet at the Zion-Benton
High School next Tuesday
evening at $50 p. M, Oc-
tober 10Th.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-10-13
WMBI RADIO TALENT
COMING TO ZION
FOR YOUTH RALLY

Saturday evening, October
10th, will be a real worthwhile
occasion for those who can get
out to hear music of praise and
the ministry of Gods Word by
widely known messengers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-25
GoVT.oFFI(IAL .IS TO FILE SUIT
 AGAINST. SPY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-iR- William w. Remington, temporarily suspended Commerce Department official, threatened to file 'sub- stantial" libel suit against Miss Elisabeth T. Bentley, confessed for mer Russian spy.
 Remington said he would base his suit on an NEG television program Meet the Press" on which Miss Bentley appeared on Sunday, Sept. 12.
 At news conference, Remington made public a letter he has writ ten to Miss Bentley demanding "a satisfactory public retraction" no later than noon, Sept. 30.
 He said in the letter that she repeated on the broadcast charges she previously made before the Sem ate committee "that I was a com munist."
 Remington's attorney, Jose h Rauh, said he has also asked NEG for an adequate, prompt retrac- tion" and that if it is not forth coming. Remington will sue the broadcasting company as well.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-25
KING GRAB OF ALASKA
 ON MARKET
Venture Yields Good h. come for Government-
 Large Catch Reported

WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-lR- The largest King Crab fishing ven- ture in U. s. history brought the Federal Government a half-mil- lion dollar income this year, the Fish and Wildlife Service disclosed today
 As result, sizeatle amount of Alaskan canned king crab is on the markets for the first time since the pre-war days when Japan met most of the U. s. demand for this Gelicacy
 A. w Anderson, the agency's chief |of commercial fisheries. told re- porter the Governments factory ship Pacific Explorer caught 418,- 900 of the giant crabsall of them males-this season.
 Fifteen Founders
 Some of them weighed IS or more pounds and had an overall spread of up to four or five feet. The pack totaled l8,0o0 cases, by far the largest ever put up by U. s. inter- iestS, Anderson said.
 He added that the catch was sold at SPA to $26 case, to the Colum- bia River Packers Association, As toria, Ore There also was a limited catch in Alaskan waters, he said, by three or four small privately-owned vessels operating out of Seattle.
 Between 1881 and 1940 United States buyers paid more than S27,- 000.0o0 for Japanese canned king crab meat. During the last five years of that decade Japanese inn ports accounted for 95 per cent of U. s. consumption of canned crab- meat. Some 413,000 cases were in- ported in 1889.
 Fishery in AldSka
 Experimental fishing this year has established, Anderson said, tn { there is potentially a large crab fishery in the Boring Sea and smaller, but still commercially im- portant, crab populations in Pavlof and Canoe Bays on the south side of the Alaska Peninsula, around Kodiak Island and in lower Cook Inlet.
 The Pacific Explorers inexperi- enced crew caught 30,000 crabs in Pavlof Bay within a few days in mid-April. The vessel moved on to the Amak Island area north of the Peninsula, and in June caught so many it became necessary to limit the fleet to l8000 to 10000 crabs daily. The largest one-day catch was 25,000 crabs June B.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-25
ALASKA HERRING PACK I5 100000
 BARRELS FOR 'A

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-4R-- The government-controlled South- east Alaska herring catch for 1948 totaled 100000 barrels, the Fish and Wildlife Service says.
 The agency said the catch was twice that of 1889, when uncontrol- led herring landings were so low that IA of Southeast Alaska's 18 herring production plants were forced out of business,
 The Fish and Wildlife Service prohibited herring fishing in 194O to protect the spawning stock The Fishery had recorded catches as high as 500.000 barrels of 250 pounds each in the 1920's.
 In 1943 the government reopen ed the herring fishery, restricting the catch to 100000 barrels.
 Each year since, the quota has progressively increased as the her ring were restored. Quotas are determined annually on the basis of scientific study.
 Most of the catch is reduced to meat and oil Only a small part is salted, pickled or smoked as food.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-25
CHARTER STEAMER
 CONTRACTS BUSTED
 BY MARITIME COM.

WASHINGTON, Sept 25.-tR-- The Maritime Commission an- nounced last night the cancellation of all charter contracts with steam ship companies owning no ships of their own.
 The action covers 54 ships and involves 13 steamship lines, a spokesman for the Commission said.
 He asserted the move was an elaboration of policy announced in April when the Commission dis closed it would approve no new charters.
 The 54 vessels being removed from charter service will join the Maritime Commissions reserve fleet of more than 1,500 ships not now in use but still seaworthy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-25
ROBERT MITCHUM,
 GREER CARSON IN BILL AT CAPITOL

With his new role as Greer Gar sons husband in Desire Me" dra- matic picture coming to the Capitol Theatre Sunday, Robert Mitchum steps into stellar rank.
 Hollywood lost no time in recog- nizing Mitchums talents-first an Academy Award nomination, and now leading role in one of Metro Goldwyn- Mayors most important pictures for 1947.
 Mitchum's cha a terization IS that of French war prisoner who returns to find that his best friend, played by Richard Hart, has stolen into his former life, won his friends and his wife. Solution of this prob lem affords Mitchum role of dra- matic strength and emotional range.