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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09
German Brides
Give Lowdown On
US. In Letters
BY H A KASISCHKE
AP NeWsfeatures

Berlin-Many Germans are get
ting the idea that people in Amer
lea don't know or care how to
cook. They just heat up canned
foods. And life and movement
in America are $50 fast it makes
your head swim
They are getting the straight
dope" in letters from daughters
and sisters who have married
American soldiers and gone to the
u. S. to live.
Letters from German brides in
America recently have been print
ed in newspapers here. News
about how thev are getting along,
whether they find American peo-
pie friendly and life as rich and
pleasant as they had expected
is important here.
The answers to these questions
are more than a matter of sat
isfying the curiosity of relatives
left behind in Germany. The re-
actions of the German brides are,
believe it or not, a substantial
issue in the nonstop propaganda
war here between Russia and the
western powers.
Recently some Russian-controll-
ed newspapers, which love to
print anything anti-American,
published what they claimed were
reports from German brides who
complained they were disillus-
Toned about the U. S. by the "un-
friendly treatment they receiv-
er there from their in-laws and
neighbors and wanted to return
to their beaten-up homeland.
Letters Disprove Charge
In r~efutation of these reports,
which it labeled "sensationally
fictitious, the British-licensed
newspaper Social Democrat col
lected some letters received from
German brides in America who
reported they never had il so
good. The Social Democrat OBJ
served that official figures showed
divorces among the German
American couples were only two
percent, but that its letters re-
vealed more than official fig
ures can, how these newly-baked
Mrs. are faring in the new world"
The former Anneliese Lauter-
bach, 81, who now lives in Dallas,
Texas, said of her stay in New
York that trips from one section
to another of this unimaginably
large city seems like a world trip
and that the subway cars went
so fast she became seasick. She
observed that nobody seems to
do any cooking-you get your
food out of cans
The same observation about
cooking came from the former
Helene Grossman, rs. who lives
with her husband on a farm at
Hughes. Arkansas. 1T isn't lazi-
ness she wrote, s'but only comes
naturally because all you have
to do is heat the food" She also
observed from Arkansas that you
have no idea about the speed with
which people in this country
move"
Given Hearty Welcome
A former Nuremberg bank
clerk wrote hat she undertook
the voyage to the U. S. with ap-
prehension that she would en-
counter untriendliness but that
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09

Customers who never could
keep themselves in red ration
tokens must have thought they
were in a sort of pork chop
heaven.
Oddly enough, the report is
that hamburger and not ham
was the chief Bone of conten-
ton between the owners of the
warning wiener works.
The price of hamburger went
down so fast that soon the mid
die section of a sandwich was
cheaper than the bread.
Finally, one butcher fired the
best salve of the meat melee.
He gave away hamburger
even by mail.
News OF the meat price war
has only depressed Grandpappy
Jenkins. Nothing like that, he
SAYS, ever happens wherever he
happens to live.
4
ukase. Smells of western in
fluence. Dmitri couldn't be
writing numbers for cowboy
crooners, could he?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09
= You're
Telling Me!
BY WILLIAM RIFT
Central Press Writer

Mems faces, according to a
science item, are growing
smaller. Better start raising
that mustaehe, fellows, while
you still have room.
Ray Taylor contends March
resembles an Arctic polar bear
and not a torrid zone lion. Well,
anyway. it's a good tropic for
discussion.
Psychologists are trying to
track down traces of a band of
Norsemen who got lost in Min
nesota in 1862. Too bad the
Norsemen got such a head
start.
Astronomers must be an I'M
romantic lot. Lately, they've
been giving special study to
Mars. If it were up to us lay
men, most of US would, instead,
be giving Venus the eye.
There ire some persons who
are never happy unless a record
Is being broken-even one for
low temperatures in March.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09
. Given Hearty WelcomI

A former Nuremberg bank
clerk wrote that she undertook
the voyage to the U. S. with APP
prehension that she would en-
counter untriendliness but that
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09

shOsta's stuff. says the Red
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-04-09

Though the opera is titled
Great Friendship" the Moscow
big shots have acted anything
but palsy-walsy toward it.
Evening star., 1948-12-15

that Chang break of the civil war
and that both fight the invader.
Chang held out, feeling that tn,
Communists would use the respit.
to expand and rearm.
Chang Once Kidnapped.
Not until the Sian incident
when Chang was kidnapped >by ont
of his own marshals and prevailed
upon to turn his attention to the
foreign enemy, did the war against
Japan really begin.
During the war the Nationalist
and Communists accused each other
of fighting the Japanese with but a
fraction of their power, saving the
rest Of their strength against the
day when the civil war could be re-
sumed.
Whether the two Chinese enemies
ever entirely stopped fighting each
other is debatable. Certainly, after
victory over Japan they were quick
ly at each others throats again.
The Soviet dash through Man
churia In the closing days of the
war put Russia in a position to help
the Reds. AS the Russians with
drew from Mukden and Changchun
they stripped these Japanese-built
industrial centers of the machinery
Chang needed to rebuild China.
The huge stockpiles Of Japan's Man.
churian armies were permitted to
fall to the Chinese Reds.
MarshalPs Mission Failed.
Gen. Marshall's futile mission fol-
lowed. After he left, blaming both
sides for the failure, the war f1ared
again, and from then on the Chi
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Causes of China sNew Crisis
\ Far Older Than IdeoIoqy Clash

system. His armies contained all
revolutionary elements, including
Communists.
Chiang Purged Reds.
Upon reaching the Yangtze, the
great river highway which cuts
through the heart of China, Chang
purged his ranks of Communists
attacking them and chasing them
into the hills Of Southeast China.
With Nankin, Shanghai, Canton
and the central Chinese city of Han.
kow In his hands, Chang seated his
government in Marking and turned
to unifying China.
Railways were extended. Foreign
capital was encouraged, and Shang-
hal developed into a great city with
special privileges for foreigners
Foreign ships carried commerce ur
the YangtZe to China's interior.
Foreign money built the railroads
and highways. Chinese who neve,
before had seen foreigner learned
western ways of doing business
China appeared at last to be q
going concern.
These Communists were having
rough time, meanwhile. They
were harassed by Chiang's armies
and occasionally by a few un-
liquidated warlords who preferred
Chang to communism.
Famous March Cited.
In the early 1905 the Com
munists set forth from Southeast
China on their famous long march
to the north. They found refuge
in the remote hills OF Shensi Pro-
vince. setting up their capital in the
old cave city Of Yenan.
Some students estimate that BY
1885 the long march and the rigors
of establishing new domain in
the semi-desert northwest had re-
duced the Communists strength te
10000, only a fraction of Their
original number.
Once established, however, they
recuperated. Today, the Communist
Party in China is believed to num-
ber 100000.
When the Japanese moved into
Manchuria and crowded into China
proper, the Communists proposed
Evening star., 1948-12-15
by Fred Hompson

Chief Of the Asseeioied Press stoff In Chino.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 15.-Today's
crisis in China-ike all crises in
this ancient land-has no clear be-
ginning or cause.
Some blame it on Yalta, where
concessions to the Russians put the
Chinese Communists in powerful
position in Manchuria.
Some blame it on the Marshall
mission, which tried to coax Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek into a
coalition government with the Com
munists at a time when he was
winning the civil war.
Some blame it on Chang, declar-
ing his military, economic, social
and political failures stripped him
of the popular support he once held
Some Blame United States.
Ultranationalists, of course, blame
it on the United States for not CIV
ing more aid.
Some students of China view the
crisis as new phase of the impact
of a modern West on a big, back
ward country whose ancient ways
never have meshed too well with
the high-geared twentieth century.
Some say it is part Of a social
ferment of the whole Orient, ac-
celerated by Communism. Some in
sist it is simply aggression directed
from Moscow.
In narrow sense, the causes 60
back only to World War II, and it's
aftermath of friction between the
foreign ideologies of American de-
mocracy and Russian Communism.
Neither had any root in China, but
both won some supporters.
Revolution Recalled.
Communism first appeared In
China during the struggle for power
which followed the overthrow in 1911
of the Manchu dynasty, which had
ruled China with few Interruptions
for centuries.
At first Communism actually was q
part of the revolutionary movement
from which came Chang Kai-shek' S
Wuomintang National Party, Or
ganized at Canton, in South China
With the collapse of the Manchu
dynasty, China broke up into areas
ruled by independent warlords. They
paid little attention to the struggling
central government set up by Dr.
Sun Yat-sen, and perpetuated by
Chang Kai-shek after DR.. Suns
death.
Chang set out from Canton early
in the 1920s to smash the warlord
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Ships, Planes 10 Be Warned
Aqain 10 Avoid Eniwetok
Ry the Assoeioted Press

The United States soon will issue
new warning to ships and air.
planes to stay far away from its
Eniwetok atomic weapons proving
grounds.
The present keep out" order was
issued about a year ago, prior to
the tests Of three atomic weapons
last spring. It was worded to cover
only the calendar year 1948 and
thus expires at midnight Decem-
Der 81.
An Atomic Energy Commission
spokesman said that while the new
order has not yet been drafted 1t
undoubtedly will be prepared with
In the next few days.
This time the order will be
phrased to run indefinitely.
Evening star., 1948-12-15
Sc Communists slowly began to

nese Communists slowly began te
win. e
The United States poured .intc
China close to 5000 900 900. Extra.
vagance, waste, naismanagement
graft and imitation rendered it OF
little help in snoring up the totter-
ing economy.
There is no question the Com
munists played smart. Seeing
Chang stuck economically, they be-
gan war of attrition.
They avoided capturing cities, be-
cause it would be too hard to sup
port them. They cleverly instituted
land reforms, which were easy be-
cause the Communists did not have
to feed the cities.
Red Strategy Pays Of.
The Communists strategy paid
off when they made their big move
in Manchuria last October. Weary,
often unpaid, demoralized National
ist soldiers went over to the Com
munists by the thousands.
Mukden fell, and with it the whole
Manchurian corridor. Chang had
spread his forces so thin and was
SO weak everywhere that the action
Evening star., 1948-12-15
White Lights Planned
On Nations YuIe Tree
As Aid in TeIevisinq

The National Community Christ
mas tree on the White House lawn
this year will feature many white
lights so it will televise nicely
the committee in charge of arrange
ments said today.
Miss Sibyl Baker, chairman OF
the Executive Committee for the
National Christmas Tree, said this
was about the only change in the
traditional ceremony of lighting the
tree at S o'clock on Christmas Eve
on the south lawn.
Preceding the ceremony will be a
concert by the Marine Band, led
by Maj. William F. Santelmann.
Introductory remarks will be made
by Commissioner Guy Mason, who
is national chairman of the event.
The greetings to President Truman
and Mrs. Truman will be expressed
by Sue Ann Keys and Richard
Bokman, who are recent winners
of the 1948 youth award of the
District Recreation Society.
School Chorus to Sing.
The Dunbar High School Girls
Chorus, carrying lighted candles
which also will televise nicely, will
sing Christmas carols. This group
will be directed by Mrs. Grace
Messiah.
Mr.. Mason then will introduce
President Truman who, from his
home in independence, Mo-, will
light the tree by remote control and
give his Christmas greetings to the
Nation. This is expected to take
place about Sis pm.
A traditional cornet solo, "Can.
tique de Noel" by Musician Edward
Masters, of the Marine Band, will
be followed by other carols. TIL,
program will end at $50 pm.
The tree will be decorated with
red and green lights, as well a.
the white lights, which have no
been used before, Miss Baker said
Mammoth Christmas ornaments
especially made for the tree, will alse
be used to give q decorative effect
In the daytime.
Honor Guard Of Cadets.
A guard of honor for the tree
will be formed by members of tn,
Washington High School Cadet
Corps. Boy and Girl Scouts, anc
Campfire Girls will act as ushers
and will distribute programs anc
carol sheets to the audience.
Miss Baker said the southeast
gate Of the White House ground,
will be open for the public al
$3.50 pm. A special stand will be
constructed for guests of honor anc
those taking part in the program
Each night, from December q
through January /, music will bt
broadcast from the tree, Miss Baker
said.
The National Community Christ.
mas Tree is sponsored by the Dis.
trict Recreation Board. the Nationa
Capitol Parks Office of the interior
Department. the Electric Institute
Of Washington and the American
Forestry Association.
Drury, Wender Vice Chairmen.
The national committee Is com.
posed Of MIR. Mason, as chairman
and Newton B. Drury of the Nationa
Park Service and Harry S. Wender
chairman of the Recreation Board
as vice chairmen. Thirty-two other
District leaders also are serving or
the national committee.
Miss Baker, who is assistant super.
intendent of the Recreation Depart.
ment, Is assisted on the executive
committee by S. L. Frost of the
American Forestry Association. and
Edward Kelly Of National Capital
Parks, In addition to % others.
The committee for lighting the
tree is headed by william G. Hills
Of the Electric Institute of Wash
ington, while the radio and tele.
vision committee Is under Brysor
Rash.
Evening star., 1948-12-15

thereafter was like the toppling Of
row Of dominoes.
The Chinese shrug at the pros
pect of the Communist conqueror
striding the streets of Nanking and
Shanghai.
IF not this week, next week: or
next month, or the month after, :"
they say.
Chang seems to have lost his
told.
Evening star., 1948-12-15

A 1888 volcanic eruption in Ice
land resulted in the loss of So per
cent Of the islands cattle; ~ per
cent of thte horses, and 50 per cent
of the sheep.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
TRAIN ISSToppED ON OPEN DRAW BRIDGE

BILOXI, Miss, Feb. 6.-tR-The diesel locomotive of the "The Azal- can" creeping through a dense fog toward New Orleans, came to an abrupt halt last night with the front trucks hanging perilously over an open drawbridge.
 Red warning lights indicating the bridge was open were obscured by the heavy mists, said train con- ductor D. J. chancellor. The bridge is located between here and Ocean Springs.
 Passengers on the Louisville and Ashyille train were transferred to Ocean Springs by bus to reboard an- other train and continue their jour ney. Injured slightly was train fire man T. s. Scott.
 The bridge was closed to traffic temporarily but was expected to be cleared today
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
FREAkISK
 WEATHER
 PREVAILS
of Snow in Some Sections : Rain, Sleef
 in Other Areas

CHICAGO, Feb. 6--lR-- Winter carved ctimactic hodge podge across the nation today
 There was lets of sncw in many sections-the heaviest in the middle Atlantic region and Kentucky. Rain and sleet pelted areas in the south and southwest and travel on some highways skidded to a slow pace.
 Cold weather, with temperatures ranging from freezing to sub-zero levels, continued to envelop the northern half of the country And in some parts of the South Florida, Louisiana and Texas--the mercury climbed to around a balmy 80 above.
 The fuel oil situation was eased in some communities as tempera- lures moderated but in others sup plies dwindled and thousands of homes were cold
 Tn the normally sunny California region farmers were singing in the rain as steady precipitation fell over the drough-parched lands and ended the worst winter drought in TO years. More rain was forecast after yesterdays downpour which measured l62 inches at San Der nardino and Tor inches at Los An geles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
DEMOCRATIC FUED
 BREAKS OUT NOW
 OVER CIVIL RIGHTS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.--R-The bitter Democratic feud over civil rights hit a new pitch today. Senator Russell (D-Ga) contended that Pre- sident Truman is planning an FBI .Gestapo' to break down race segre- gation in the South.
 Russell told a reporter the South's revolt a9sinst the Presidents call for new measures to knock down ra- cal barriers "is more serious than any I have seen in my lifetime"
 This is true, the Georgian said, because Southern Democrats have interpreted the Presidents demand for an end to Jim Crow laws on trains and buses as the opening wedge in fight 10 halt all race se- gregation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
Mapping Plan For Development Of Alaska
JUNEAU INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
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 t--

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-lRt- The first-draft of government program for development of AL aska's resources soon will be laid on President Truman's desk.
 Secretary of the Interior J. A. Krug said today preliminary report cn the fiye-year program will be made to MT. Truman this month. The program will include land use, agriculture, fisheries, timber, tourist and recreational possibilities. housing, community facilities, public health, education and transportation.
 A committee headed by William E. Warne, Assistant Secretary of the Interior and including officials of various government departments and agencies is drafting the pro- gram.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
WHEAT
 MARKET
 SLID

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.--tR-Prices of most grains extended their slide downward today, but at slower pace. At the same time the stock market showed signs of regain ing It's balance
 Opening prices on the exchanges were little help in answering wheth- CT this weeks precipitate drop in commodity and stock prices was a temporary correction or a perman- ent change in trend.
 But wheat failed for the first time in three days to drop the al- lowable daily limit at the opening of the Chicago Board Of Trade. And September and December oats contracts even managed slight ad- vances.
 Corn again hit it's limit decline.
 Stocks were no worse than mix ed on New York's exchange after losing around $l.50O,o0o. 900 in mar ket value in two days.
 The commodity markets were closely watched by those seeking to determine if the upward spiral in the cost of living might be at an end.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
BIDS SUBMITTED FOR SANAT0RIUM,
 JAp0NSkI ISLAND

WASHINGTON, Feb 6--4R Carl son Construction Company, Helena, Mont, submitted low bid of Sl l,765, ' 290 yesterday for construction of a 200-bed tuberculosis sanitorium at Sitka, Alaska f
 One other bid to the Indian Af- fairs Office, from Henrik Valle Com pany, Inc, Seattle, asked $1,774,- 596.
 The Morrison Knudsen Company, Seattle, telegraphed that they had submitted bid, but officials had not received it.
 It will be several weeks before de- cision on a contract for the five story. reinforced concrete hospital is reached. It will be built on the site of the former Sitka Naval Air Sta tion on Japonski Island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
PRICES BREAK AGAIN

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-lRi-Com- modity prices broke sharply again today despite some signs of steady ing.
 Wild fluctuations ruled in some wholesale markets
 Grains recouped part of early losses at midday, but wheat and corn futures thudded to the bottom for the third straight day at the close. Wheat has plunged 30 cents a bushel in three days, corn 24 cents in each case the maximum decline permissible under trading rules.
 Oats performed better and fin- ished unevenly
 Wall Street liked the result. The stock market after losing more than $1 ,500,0O0,000 in market value in two days, regained its balance, with railroad shares firm, and clos ed about even on the day
 Revival of buying which for a time checked the precipitate drop of grains lent support to the be- lief the break might be tenn porary, healthy adjustment instead of the hamburger oi serious col- lapse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
GANDHI TURNED
 DOWN ENTREATlES-
 FOR PROJECTION
Would Moi Permit Search 10 Be Made of Those
 af Prayer Meeting

NEW DELHI, Feb. 6.--tR-Home Minister Sardar " Vatel told Par liament today Mohandas K. Gand- hi rejected his aentreaties to have persons attending his prayer meet ings searched.
 My life is in the hands of God and if I have to die. no precautions can save me-" Vatel quoted Gand- hi as saying upon vetoing his appeal. T will not agree to anyone being restricted from coming to the prayer meeting or for anyone to come be- tween me and my audisnce.
 Gandhi was shot to death a week ago while walking to prayer meet ing.
 Every precaution had been taken to says Mahatma Gandhi except a search of those coming to prayers. Vatel said. 'The assassin deceitfully and successfully exploited the week spot"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-06
CLAIMS BRIDGES
 CONNIE
Former Wife Takes Stand in Dramatic Surprise
 af Seattle Hearing

SEATTLE, Feb. 6.-iR-The sur prise testimony of the former wife of Harry Bridges, Pacific Coast Longshore Union leader, brought a climactic close last night to a nine day hearing of the Legislative Un- American Activities Committee into Communistic activity in Washing ton State.
 Testifying behind locked doors, Mrs. Agnes Bridges asserted that her former husband was a member of the Communist Party She said he had a Communist Party member ship book which he concealed un- der the bathroom linoleum or in slit cut above the door of their San Francisco home.
 Bridges repeatedly has denied party membership and in San Fran cisco last night issued mimeo- graphed statement charging his d. vorced wifes testimony was incom- petent.
 cThat very same statement was handed to Judge Edward Foley in the form of an affidavit when l was granted citizenship, and 1t was thrown cut by the Judge on the ground that "bell hath no fury like woman scorned, he said. ?.
 Asked by Committee Counsel Will liam Houston if Bridges ever had told her he was a member of the Communist Party Mrs. Bridges re- piled:
 "On many occasions.
 Did they ever hold meetings in your home?"
 "Yes. sometimes once a week, sometimes twice" she replied.
 Mrs. Bridges testified that party application blanks were kept i'll their bedroom, and that Bridges told her to stay in another room during the meetings.
 As Mrs. Bridges took the stand, Committee Chairman Albert Can well announced that during her testimony the hearing room doors would be locked and no one premit- ted to enter or leave the room un- til she had been safely escorted from the Armory afterwards.
 Testimony of Mrs. Bridges came as a surprise climax to the hear ing after it was apparently ready to conclude with the reading of 52-page statement into the record by Committee Investigator Ernest F. Stith.
 In terminating the hearing ended yesterday. a day short of the sched- uled 10 days