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Arkansas State press., 1948-03-12
Ark. Merit System
Announces Program
For Recruitment

The Arkansas Merit System
Council announces a continuous
recruitment program for the po-
sitions of Typist and Junior Stem
ographer with the State Depart
ment of Public Welfare, State
Board of Health, and the Employ
ment Security Division. From now
until further notice interested in
dividuals in Arkansas may COM
pete IN forthcoming merit exam
nations to be given on the last
Saturday of March, April and on
the third Saturday in May. These
dates are March 9th. April 24th,
and May 22nd, 1913.
The examinations will be given
on the above dates in the follow
ing places:
Jonesboro- Jonesboro High School.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Hi School
Hope Hope High School.
Monticello Monticello Hi School.
Li~le Rock-L. X. Sr. High School.
Fort Smith-Fort Smith Hi School.
The only requirement necessary
to compete in examinations for
these positions is education equiv
alent to graduation from stand
ard 4-year high school and full
time paid employment may be
substituted for two years. of the
high school education, on year
for year basis. Typists will be re-
quired to type from plain copy
at the rate of 40 words per min
ute! as well as take dictation at
the rate Of 60 words per minute
and uanscribe notes at the rate
of rs words per minute.
Such programs of examinations
Will continue as long as there are
sufficient number of persons in
terested in our examinations to
warrant its administration Appli-
cation forms and complete details
may be obtained by writing the
Arkansas Merit System Council,
3l3 Wallace Building, Little Rock.
Arkansas, or, from any local Of
flee OF the State Department of
Public Welfare. the State Board
of Health or the Employment Sc
curity Division.
Arkansas State press., 1948-03-12
Kangaroo Broad Jumper

Kangaroo Broad Jumper
The kangaroo 10 . broad jumper
par excellence. but when II comes
10 high jumping he's not 30 hot. He
can broad Jump over 80 feet but
has difficulty clearing = I foot
fence.
Arkansas State press., 1948-03-12
Milk Production

Over l22 billion pounds Of milk
were produced In the U. s. in l945.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

FOR SALE-3.houses situated on Mission I'd, good income property, 2 houses tented h. come $l2O a month. Owner lives ID 3ld house. Priced right for quick sale. Also 7-rm house at Uyak Bay, Is x 20 warehouse, smoke house tool . shed, 4 boats, 10 hp AZ model Johnson outboard, 5 gillnets, 1000 Cedar Floats, 90 it beach seine, new, ? l2 ga. shotguns. 5 fish locations. Everything
 furnished and ready to occupy.
 Will sell equity for $l5CO,
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

WANTED TO RENT-Apart- ment or small furnished house. from Aug l5 to Oct. 1, by professional man & wife. W. J. Ashley GO Gen. Del. Ko. diak.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

WANTED-Good worker, able to do repairs and painting Work may be done on part time basis See Mrs. Blanken. burg Frontier Shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17
Clossifie',ds
FOR sALE-l Diesel motor, l65 hp. General Motors. Con- tact Al Fenner.

FOR SALE-3-reom furnished dwelling on Mission rd., in. cludiHg Frigidalre. Partial basement. $5o00 cash. Inquire Box 286 27
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17
terms See Howard ,Furlong Mission Rd., or write Box PA

FOR LEASE-Established res- tsurant in fast-growing town
 of Homer. Fully Equipped, Write Ken Heath, Homer,
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

FOR SALE-l-6 in. Delta Join- CT on metal stand complete with motor \1l0 & 22O) 2 sets blades $l50., l okllsaw with 4 blades $S0., l-3 ln. Skilsaw belt sander with 2 dozen sand- ing belts $7O., l hole guI Six E saw in electric drill $3U, l large mltre box $35, 8 6 in 'C',, clamps $2 ca Some miscellan- eous tools and rubber exten- slon cords All ln excellent shape. l.bIand new thermo.tat controlled (IUO chicks) eiectrc brooder IS. See 0. Il. Olson, Del~M hDuds n apts
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

ASSORTED FRESH lowers, plants twice weekly. Bouquets,
 corsages. At Kodiak Florist
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

ROLL FILM FlNlShING- Quality Prints and Speedy
 Se rv.ce Margo Lester ouudlo
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

FOR SALE-Apt house, 6 fur nished apts; l2 gauge shotgun. Herbert Gukeisen, Box ll44 K Kodiak or contact Katie Gukelsen, ChrIsty's Bakery.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

WANTED-Lady to work full time in the tailor shop. Exper. fence preferred. Phone 315l.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

FOR SALE-5 hp. Johnson out board. 5 months old. $50. In.
 quire Jacks Cab.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-07-17

oN BALLOT l2h will be .shoud tniea md Territory of Aask
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Sex Law Charge Holds
Butcher on Complaint
Of Sfepdaughter, Z

! A butcher today is under $4,000
sbohd, awaiting grand jury action on
n charge that he indecently as
saulted his 12-year-old step-daugh-
ter.
/ He is being accused under provi-
7ions, of the Districts new sex law.
J Thefdefendant is: Dallas c.. Will
;ford, 4s, in whose home in the
Northeast section the child was mo-
Tested Tuesday while her mother
was absent.
The child testified in a hearing
before Judge Almond w. Scott in
Municipal Court that she was play
ing in her yard with her sister. IA,
when both were called into the
house by their step-father.
The younger girl said her sister
was ordered upstairs as punishment
for wearing a good" dress at play.
In her sisters absence, the 12-year-
old testified, Williford assaulted her
despite her efforts to escape from
him.
Defense Counsel Wesley Williams
tried to establish that Williford was
drunk at the time, but under ques-
tioning by Assistant United States
Attorney Robert Short, the child
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Slaughter Named 10 Head
Party in Charlottesville

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
r. Slaughter, assistant
professor of physical education and
freshman football coach at the Uni
versity Of Virginia, has succeeded
Henry B. Gordon, member Of the
Virginia House of Delegates from
this city, as chairman of the new
City Democratic Committee.
Elected to serve with the new
Evening star., 1948-08-12

chairman are Mrs Abbie Fowler,
vice chairwoman; Downing L.
Smith, president of the local Young
Democratic Club, secretary; Sidney
D. Watson, treasurer, and E. j.
Martin, c. P. Nash, Allan N. Splitter
and John S. Battle, jr., ward chair
men.
The committee was reorganized at
a mass meeting August 2, which
Evening star., 1948-08-12

drew about go party leaders. AT
that time Is new members were
elected to serve with nine former
members who were reelected, In
cluding Mr.. Gordon.
The former chairman took the
initiative in revamping the City
Committee after the Democrats lost
one Of three contested City Council
seats to q Republican in June.
Evening star., 1948-08-12

said her foster parent was coher-
ent and did not stagger.
Mr.. Shorts recommendation for
s10,0 bond at first was questioned
by the Judge. When the prosecu-
tor, however, declared that his Office
is preparing a second charge against
Williford involving the 14-year-old
step-daughter, Judge Scott agreed
to the high bond.
The defendant is In jail. unable
to make bond. He has pleaded not
guilty.
The first chairs were symbols oi
authority and hence usually were
Evening star., 1948-12-21
John Shepard, 81,
Capitalist, Dies
BY The Assoeiofsd Press

PALM BEACH, Fla, Dec. al
John Shepard, 81, New England cap
italist, died at his home here TODAY
after an illness of more than year
He was born in Boston January
2, 1857, and was chairman Of the
board and owner of the Shepard
Stores In Providence, r. l., since 1880
He was head of several corpora
tions and served as Mayor OF Palm
Beach from 1880 to 1895. He main
tanned a winter home here and a
summer home at Lenox, Mass.
Until his illness, Mr.. Shepard al
ways gave a New Years party at his
home to which Palm Beach society
was invited.
He was one of the founders of the
Old Guard Society of Palm Beach
Golfers, an organizer of the Bath
and Tennis Club and served on the
board of directors and board OF
governors. He was a former presi-
dent of the Everglades Club and
vice president at his death, and was
member of the Gulfstream Club
and the Palm Beach Civic Associa-
ton.
In Stockbridge, Mass, he was a
former president of the Golf Club,
president Of the Mahkeenac Boating
Club and one time president of the
Rhode Island Golfers Association
He was a former president of the
Providence Athletic Club, a found
er and former owner of the Yankee
Network. now headed by his son,
Robert.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Prospecting for Uranium
Encouraged by Canada
by the Assoeiofsd Press

OTTAWA, Dec. 21.-The Canad-
ian government Is encouraging pri-
vate prospecting for uranium. Such
prospecting already has made "sev-
eral discoveries that appear to be
important" Trade Minister c. D.
Howe said yesterday.
He announced that two years
have been added to the period in
which the government will guaran-
tee a floor price for uranium. That
means prospectors can be assured of
set prices for any uranium ores and
concentrates they find up to March
81, 1855.
The original terms have not been
changed. Under them the govern
Eldorado Mining 81
Refining, Ltd, will buy acceptable
ores and concentrates with a min
imum uranium content equivalent
to 10 per cent by weight of uranium
oxide. The crown company will
pay a minimum of S2.75 a pound of
contained uranium oxide.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
William F. Reed Dies;
Press Club Cashier

william Frank Reed, rs, cashier
at the National Press Club for the
last Is years. died this morning al
his home, 1902 Perry street, Mount
Rainier. Md, after an illness of six
weeks.
Mr.. Reed was born in Smtihfield
Va, and came to Washington at Is
Three years later he opened q gro-
cery here and later opened a hotel
In Baltimore. From 1904 until 1871
he was manager of the Manhattan
Hotel bar at 606 Ninth street NV.
and during World War I he served
as a police officer at the Union
Station.
A familiar figure at the Press
Club since he went there in 1880
Mr.. Reed first served on the night
desk and later in the reception
lobby. He was active there until
his illness.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Annie Mae De Ately Reed; a
daughter, Mrs. Louise Hermann
Of the Mount Rainier address; q
granddaughter, Mrs. Wilmer Lar
son, 1905 Twenty-eighth street,
Mount Rainier. and a great-grand-
son. Mr.. and Mrs. Reed celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
three years ago.
Funeral services will be held for
Mr.. Reed at 1:30 pm Thursday in
Nalley's funeral home, Mount Raj
nier. A group Of Press Club men,
bers will serve as honorary pail
bearers. Burial will be in Congress
sional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Girl 4, Born Without Hands,
Doesn't Like New Metal Hooks

child's reaction was not surprising.
"Sfe has never had arms or
hands," Mrs. Carr explained, land
she has no idea what they are fol" "
The appliances were provided
after specialist said 1t would be
impossible to give Grace hands and
fingers through plastic surgery.
Then $4,000 was contributed to a
fund to provide the child with
plastic arms and hands. The fund
was started by Henry r. Lee, a rail-
road engineer, after he saw Grace
wave to him as his train passed the
Purcell home. Now Mr.. Lee hopes
to send Grace through college with
the contributions.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Dr.. AIbertF. zahm, 86,
Aeronautica| Pioneer,
Injured by Taxicab

! DR.. Albert F. Zahm, 86, one O.
the deans of aeronautical engineer.
ing in America, was in an ''unde.
termined" condition at Emergency
Hospital today after he was STRUCK
by a taxicab last night on the
slippery street in front OF the Cos.
mos Club, 1900 block OF H street
NV.
DR.. Zahm, according to the police
report, slipped when approaching
the street car loading platform anc
a passing taxicab ran over one leg
His condition was regarded as Sc.
rious because of his advanced age.
The scientist, who had lived at
the Cosmos Club for the last Is
years, was one Of small group OF
pioneers who helped develop the
modern airplane. He was versed in
all phases Of aeronautical research,
including early balloons. gliders,
"air screws" wind tunnels and stress
analysis.
Retired i'm 1916.
DR.. Zahm retired in 1916 after
16 years as chief Of the aeronautics
division of the Library of Congress,
where he occupied the Guggenheim
chair Of aeronautics. He retained
a study room there and continued
his work in an advisory capacity.
From 1917 to 1929 DR.. Zahm was
director of the Aerodynamical Lab
oratory of the Navy, and from 1914
to 1917 served as chief research
engineer for the Curtiss Aeroplane
Co.
A graduate of Notre Dame with
the class of 1888, DR.. zahm holds
postgraduate degrees In math-
ematics and engineering from Cor
nell, Johns Hopkins and Catholic
University.
Awarded Laetare Medal.
As early as 1893, DR.. Zahm was
appointed q delegate to the Inter-
national Conference on Aerial Nav
igation. While q college student. he
constructed flying models, full-scale
glders and experimental with air
craft motors, jet propulsion for air
craft and "air screws"
DR.. zahm was awarded the Lac
tare Medal by Notre Dame in 1925
and five years later received the
Mendel Medal at Villanova College.
He Is the author of numerous
technical papers on aerodynamics
and the early development Of the
art Of flight by heavier -than-air
machines.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Marshall Doing Fine;
MAY Leave Hospital Soon

Secretary Of State Marshall is
doing fine" In his recuperation at
Walter Reed Hospital after a kidney
operation there two weeks ago, hos
pital authorities said today.
It remained uncertain whether he
would leave the hospital to be home
for Christmas. He probably would
benefit by completing his GONZALES
cence in the hospital, it was said
there, although he probably could &c
home this week end If he insisted
Gen. Marshall's condition was de-
scribed as the very best" He has
been able to spend part Of his time
out of bed for several days. =
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Stain Celebrating
69th Birthday Today
BY the Assoeiafsd Press


MOSCOW. Dec. 21.-Prime Minis
ter Joseph Stain, apparently healthy
and vigorous, reached his 69th birth
day today.
AS has been customary for some
years now, the Soviet press took no
note OF the generalissimo's birthday.
Mr.. Stain came back to the
Kremlin some time ago from a vaca-
tion in the south of Russia and from
all available evidence is in good
health. He has a workday that
would put to shame many hard
working American business execu-
tives.
Only one year from three score
years and 10. Mr.. Stains influence
continues to increase.
He is secretary general of the
Central Committee of the Com
munist Party and as such Is the
recognized leader of this militant
organization Of 5000 900 disciplined
party members.
He is q member Of the powerful
Politburo Of the Central Commit
tee of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union.
He Is chairman Of the Council of
Ministers Of the Union Of Socialist
Soviet Republican, other words
prime minister of the Soviet Union
and thus the recognized leader of
the Soviet government.
He Is generalissimo of the Soviet
lJJnion and thus commander in chief
of all the Soviet armed forces.
He Is the best published author
in all the Soviets. His various writ
Eings have been issued in tens of
millions of copies. They are found
on the desks of millions of Soviet
officials, of party workers, Of
students and of ordinary citizens.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Annexation Plan Reported
Given Up by AbduIIah
BY the Associoted Press

BAGHDAD, Dec. 21.-Iraq sources
reported today that Nuri al Said,
President Of the 1raqi Senate, had
been successful in his attempt to
persuade King Abdullah of Trans
Jordan to shelve the question Of
Palestine -Trans-Jordan unifcation.
Al Said went to Amman recently
to discuss with Abdullah the uni
fication urged by an Arab Con-
greSs at Jericho. Unificatiun vas
approved by the Trans Jordan
Parliament. The proposed plan
would set up Abdullan as King Of
a united Arab Palestine and Trans.
Jordan.
AL Said is reported to have found
the situation in Amman much diff
ferent from that given by the for
eign press" King Abdullah, the
reports say, thought of taking mo
action which would disagree with
Arab League resolutions or split
Arab unity at the present grave
juncture."
King Abdullah, in an interview at
his winter capital at Shune three
days ago, was quoted as saying he
is trying to convince the Arabs
they must accept the unifcation Of
IranS-Jordan and Arab Palestine.
Evening star., 1948-12-21

ships again restored in stolpe," it
said.
The newspaper asserted the viii
layers were oppressed by Western,
Berlin authorities and forced to
vote in the Communist-boycotted
election for a new government of
Greater Berlin December S. Records
show 98 per cent Of the voters in
Stolpe voted.
Taegliche Rundschau concluded
that, with reincorporation of Stolpe
In the Soviet zone, villagers would
join the fight against "the Schu-
macher clique"-a reference to the
German Socialist Party.
Stolpe's return was demanded by
the Soviet military command in
connection with the French demoh-
ton last week of two towers of the
Russian controlled Radio Berlin
near legal Airfield, inside the
French sector.
Miners Defeat Reds.
Meanwhile, Gen. Lucius D. Clay
said in his semimonthly report to-
day that Western Germany's Com
munists suffered q major defeat"
at union conference of miners in
the British and American zones.
The convention met from Novem-
Der % to December 2. The report
said the Communists failed to re-
elect three important officers and
their major proposals were defeated.
Will Agate, vice president of the
British zones mining union, was
among those defeated for reelection.
Since British zone delegates to this
far outnumbered those
from the United States zone," the
report said, "Agatz's defeat repre-
sented reputation by his own Or
ganization."
A Communist proposal to with
draw the miners two representatives
from the German coal mining direc-
torate was rejected by the conven-
ton. The convention urged in
stead greater miners representation
on the directorate and close CO.
operation with it.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Memorial Service Set
For {. Aubrey Smith
BY the Associoted Press

BEVERLY HILLS, Calf, Dec. 81.
An Episcopal memorial service is
planned for c. Aubrey Smith, IS,
distinguished British stage and
screen actor.
The service will be conducted by
the Rev. J. Herbert Smith at All
Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly
Hills, next Tuesday. The body will
be cremated today, with the family
to decide later on disposition of the
ashes. The actor died yesterday of
double pneumonia and heart disease.
Sir Charles-he was knighted in
1944-is survived by his widow, Isabel
Mary Smith. and daughter, Mrs.
Honor Cobb, and two grandchildren,
and Suzanne, Of Lee
Hampshire, England.
Evening star., 1948-12-21
Two Killed, ; Injured
As.F|ames Rout 95 in
Philadelphia Hotel
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.-
Flames swept a section of the
Westminster Hotel in downtown
Philadelphia today, killing two
guests trapped on the third
floor. Two other guests and a
fireman were burned.
Ninety-flve persons ESCAPED the
inferno. They were aroused by a
man who ran through the upper
floors wearing nothing but shorts
and shouting the alarm.
In another fire in the Frankford
section. eight firemen were injured,
six seriously, when the roof COL
lapsed as they battled flames in a
furniture store.
At the Westminster Hotel q man
and a woman. cut of in their
fourth-fioor rooms on the top floor,
crawled out on an 18-inch window
ledge covered with ice and snow.
They clung there until they were
admitted to another room through
a window opened by two women.
Man and Woman Victims.
Those who died Of suffocation be-
fore the fire was brought under con-
troll IS minutes after its discovery
were Charles Mabe. 81, and Mrs.
Madeleine Drost, 70. Their home
addresses were not available.
Mr.. Mabe's body was found in q
bedroom closet. Firemen believe he
mistook the closet door for that to
the hallway apd was felled by the
heat the instant he entered.
Treated for burns at Graduate
Hospital were Thomas Matthes, 81,
and Charles J. VOLS, IS, both guests,
and Michael .Kozak, 81, a fireman.
Mr.. Matthews fed without putting
on his shoes and was burned on
the soles of his feet.
The fire discovered about 5 am.
swept most of the structure at 2040
Chestnut street on the West End of
three former dwellings which COM
prise the hotel.
William Mckinley, SO, asleep in a
second-fioor room, was awakened
by q rumbling, cracking noise and
looked out the door to see flames
squirting from an adjoining room.
Guest Shouts Alarm.
Clad only in shorts he raced
through the hotel shouting "Fire!"
and then returned to his own room
for clothing, only to find he was
locked out. He obtained a passkey
from the night clerk, Frank Fetters,
who had turned in fire alarm, and
returned to his room for his clothes.
The furniture store fire ragged out
OF control for nearly three hours,
burning out both floors. Six shops
in an adjoining arcade were badly
damaged by smoke and water.
Firemen estimated the damage to
the furniture store alone at $10O, 900.
It's stock contained many items for
the Christmas trade.
Battalion Chief William ]. Nc
knight, So, one of the seriously in
jured, is In Frankford Hospital with
a fractured right hip. possible frac-
ture OF the skull and scalp lacera-
tions.
Chief Mcknight and the other
hremen were buried under a ton or
more or brick, plaster and other
debris as the collapsing roof tore
down part Of one wall. Members
of the rescue squad sbraved the tot
tering building as well as smoke
and flames to get the trapped men
out alive. -
Evening star., 1948-12-21
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weighs ITO pounds. He was wearing
blue overalls, a blue Navy jacket, 9
blue sweater and brown shoes. He
had not regained consciousness
early today.
Comdr. Hayne said the man wa
walking in the street and his clothes
blended so perfectly with the dark
and slippery pavement that he coulc
not see him until the automobile
was almost upon him.
William j. Dunham, 81, q District
government auditor, and his wife
Mrs. Lavina Dunham, 65, of 129;
Brentwood road NE, narrowly
escaped death last night when theil
automobile skidded on the Sixteenth
Street Lion Bridge, mounted the
sidewalk and knocked out q length
tof railing. The car hung on the
sidewalk with its nose pointed
toward the ravine more than so fee1
below.
Policeman Hurt Bicycling.
Mr.. Durham suffered probable
fractured ribs and Mrs. Dunham
suffered q fractured nose and cuts
about her face.
Police Pvt. John w. Harrison, col
ored, 50, OF 2l2 w street NV, was
injured while on an off-duty bicycle
ride. His bicycle and an automo-
bile, which police reported was
driven by Owen w. Harrison, 80, OF
1918 M street NV, collided at Ninth
and o streets NV. Pvt. Harrison
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for an injured knee and back.
Winters arrival also marks the
years shortest day from sunup to
sundown The actual difference cuts
only three seconds from yesterday s
daylight length and only one sec
ond from tomorrow's.
The sun was scheduled for an ap-
pearance at 7:24 am. and for set
ting at 4:49 pm. today, adding up
to 8 hours and rs minutes Of day.
light.
The 5:45 pm. starting time for
winter Is the exact instant the sun
will cease its southwark journey and
turn north again, according to the
United States Naval Observatory.
Most transportation facilities were
back to normal today, both in the
District and intercity. Airlines re-
sumed flights to New York City
last night and trains and buses
were nearly on schedule between
here and New York.
Some slippery spots disturbed
motorists as melting SHOWS turned
into ice overnight. One of the
danger spots was Klingle Bridge at
Porter street NV, where two
motorcycle policemen were called to
assist traffic.
Police reported about 200 tickets
were given motorists charged with
violating no-parking restrictions in
effect during periods of snow.