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Evening star., 1948-07-02
Southeastern Meihodists
Still BalIoiing on Bishops
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

COLUMBIA, S. c., July a.
Balloting for two new bishops con-
stinued today at the Southeastern
Jurisdictional Conference Of the
Methodist Church.
The Rev. DR.. Roy H. Short Of
Nashville, Tenn. and the Rev. DR..
William A. Smart of Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta, polled 127 and 1T
votes, respectively, on the second
ballot last night. They received 90
and 80 votes on the first ballot.
There were 335 votes cast and
201 are necessary for election. Each
delegate votes for two men on each
ballot Voting will continue until
two are elected.
One of the bishops will be assigned
to a newly ly-created bishopric recon-
mended because of greatly increased
church membership. The other will
replace the late J. Lloyd Decell Of
jackson, Miss.
Others leading on the second
ballot were the Rev. Drs. John w.
Branscomb Of Orlando, Fla, "a;
Marvin A. Franklin, Birmingham,
Ala, 95, and George M. Davenport,
Decatur, Ala, 36.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
IGopin Actto Make Some Youths
Neither Taxpayer, Dependent

The enterprising lad who earns
money to bolster the family income
may find himself caught in the mid
die of an oversight" by Congress
this year in revising the income tax
law. :
The situation, as patiently ex-
planned today by unworried Internal
Revenue Bureau officials, is this:
t"If youngster earns more than
$500 q year he must pay an income
tax.
If he earns less than $500, he's a
dependent and his parent or
guardian can list him as a 5000 ex-
emption.
Thus, if he earns between $500
and $500 he'll be neither a taxpayer
nor a dependent. so far as the In
ternal Revenue Bureau is concerned.
Congress, in lowering income tax
rates this year. made every one
earning more than $500 subject to
payment of tax. Previously that
applied to earners of more than
$500.
DcUUltlOn CHCnAuSCu.
| Congress also increased from $500
to $500 the exemption which could
be claimed for each dependent.
But Congress was too late in dts
covering that it had neglected the
definition of dependent. The law
still defines dependent as one who
earns less than $500 and receives
more than half his support from
the person claiming the exemption.
The House passed a last-minute
bill in an effort to remedy this by
providing that any one who earned
less than $500 could be claimed as a
dependent. This bill did not 60
through the Senate
1t would have been neater to have
the exemption figure and the de-
pendent's earning quota set uni
formly at $500 instead of $500 and
$500, respectively, Internal Revenue
Bureau officials said Congress prob
ably will legislate such uniformity
next year, but it will be too late
to apply to tax returns for 1948,
they added.
But" they declared. some ex-
perts see no reason why the figures
have to be exactly the same From
the standpoint OF the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau in receiving and COM
piling income tax returns, 1t won't
mean much more work And we
don't believe the Government will
lose any tax revenue on that ac-
/ count"
Could Trouble Fathers.
1t may mean more work, however,
for some fathers in struggling with
Evening star., 1948-07-02
z Get Chair for Staying
Of Murder, Inc, Figure
sy the Assoeio,ed Press

NEW YORK, July 2.-Santo Bre-
tasna. n. and william Rosenberg
AZ. must die in Sing Sings electric
chair for the Staying of Benjamin
(Chippy) Weiner, erstwhile intimate
Of the Murder. Inc. mob.
The two were convicted of first
degree murder yesterday. The death
penalty Is mandatory. Judge Saul
S. STREET set July for sentencing.
Weiner. 43. was shot to death in
his apartment last January 13 while
he was caring for his sleeping in
FAINT son.
Rosenberg, In a confession intro
sduced during the trial. said he per-
suaded, Bretagna to kill Weiner "for
nothing, Just as friend" The con-
fession said the murder was planned
after Weiner had run out on a $500
debt owed Rosenberg.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
7 Exchange Students
From Germany See
Peace by Education

There would never be any war If
It were up to a group Of seven ex-
change students who have just ar
rived here from Germany-one Of
the first such groups to come here
since before the war.
Sponsored by the American
Friends Service Committee, they
hope to foster world peace through
international fellowship and educa-
ton.
The theme was explained in cap
sule form by Fritz Mensching, 81,
from Hanover, when he said Ito pre-
vent war we must see that no coun-
try Is left alone"
Graduate Of Jena.
With q medical degree from IA
NOUS Jena University, he will study
internal medicine and endocrinology
at Haverford College and the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania. But for
seven weeks starting today he will
attend q seminar on international
exchange of student opinion at
Northwest Christian College, Eu-
gene. Greg.
If we had our way there wouldn t
be any war because it has no sense
for the victor or the vanquished,"
declared Eugen Kahl, 81, of Frank
furt-au-Main, a graduate of the
university there. He will study med
icine and psychology at the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
Miss Ingela Keup, %, of Berlin,
who is a graduate Of the Ecole de
Beaux Arts in Paris, and the Uni
versity OF Berlin, said a few words
in behalf of her fellow exchange
students at the reception given in
International Student House, 1925
r street NV.
To Aid Reconstruction.
"In bettering international under
standing we want TO learn the vari-
ous points of view. With new out
looks We will return to Germany
and aid in reconstruction. said
Miss Keup. She will study art and
cultural rela ations at the University
Of Chicago after attending the
seminar at Eugene.
The other students are Gunther
Dibelius. $50 from Heidelberg, a
graduate of Darmstadt Institute Of
Technology, who will study tech
nology at Harvard University; Miss
Brigitte M Frey, 81, from Freiberg,
undergraduate at Albert-Ludwigs
University. who will study modern
American literature at Mills College,
Oakland, Calf; Juergen Herbst, 20,
from Woltenbuettel, undergraduate
at Goettingen University, who will
study geography and modern his
tory at American University here,
and Miss Irmgard Lehman. "a,
from Berlin. graduate of the Uni
versity of Berlin, who will study
English and German literature at
Rvrr MaWr College
Evening star., 1948-07-02

manager Of the National Hotel. 1901
I street NV, and escaped with t12S
shortly after midnight.
The manager, w. r. Merrill. who
was alone at the time, said the
holdup man first asked for q room,
then drew . pistol and demanded
the money. He described him as
about 40 years old, feet 10 inches
tall, $50 pounds and wearing . gray
Sllit
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Comic Book Publishers Adopt
Code to Ban Horror Strips

the moral standards OF those who
read them"
The code specifies:
"Sexy, wanton comics should not
be published. No drawing should
show female indecently or unduly
exposed and in no event more nude
than in a bathing suit commonly
worn in the United States.
mo scenes of sadistic torture
should be shown.
"Ridicule or attack on any religion.
or racial group is never permissible
Crime should not be presented
in such a way as to throw sympa-
thy against law and justice or tc
inspire others with the desire fol
imitat ton.
mo comics shall show the de-
tails and methods Of crime COM
mitted by a youth"
The code calls on members to re-
alize their responsibility to the mil.
lions of readers of comic magazines
and to the public generally"
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Mrs. Roosevelt Not Planning
TO Run for Vice President

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is not run
ming for Vice President or anything
else.
After President Truman-with a
smile-had told news conference
questioner yesterday that the widow
Of the former President would be
Evening star., 1948-07-02

studies. Another is the variety of
juvenile odd jobs, ranging from
Hollywood baby stars to neighbor-
hood baby sitters.
Evening star., 1948-07-02

an acceptable running mate, the
matter was put up to Mrs. Roose-
welt.
Through her secretary. Miss NAL
vina Thompson at Hyde Park. N. Y.
Mrs. Roosevelt said she has mo
intention of running for public Office
at any time whatsoever"
Evening star., 1948-07-02

In the 194S first quarter. Cuba
bought 24,165 American radios and
$50 from Europe.
Evening star., 1948-07-02
Airline Offers Two Trips
Daily to Eastern Shore
BY ths kssoeiotsd Press

SALISBURY, Md, July 2.-Chesa.
|peake Airways will fly two round
trips daily between Washington and
the Eastern Shore, the company
said today.
It has been authorized by the Civil
Aeronautics Administration to op-
'erate a summer shuttle service under
a permit which expires October /.
Edgar r. Bennett, treasurer of the
airline, said the shuttle service would
begin July or 8.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Former Kodiak
 Resident Suicide

The Wrangell Seotine' report- ed this week thet Gilbert P Smith. AS. who fo, me7ly worked at Kodiak, was found dead satu day evening oa his trolling boat at Wales Inlet. A coroner's jury found he had committed suicide by shooting himself The Sentinel re ported be IS survived by a brc' her. Howard at Kodiak.
 MT. >Rith worked at the ba'e he,e and also owned property on Mission I'd.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Chamber, Mayor Protest Possible Shipping Strike

The Kodiak Chamber of Com merce this week sent a telegram to President Truman asking that the government take over opera ton Of steamship lines 'n the e. vent of a maritime strike.
 The action of the local g'oup followed similar st ps taken by the Juneau Chamber.
 The wire to the president was as follows: "N e wish to enc ore the Juneau request that the fed eral government take Ove' ship ping to Alaska in the event ot g. maritime tie up. 'fhe geograpbi7 cal location of Kodiak renders us
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12

Answering the requests of many outboard motorboat own CTS of Kodiak and vicinity, Chairman Ray Martin of the community lndependence Day. celebration announced yesterday that a ser,es of outboard races will be held in the channel late in the afternoon Of Sunday, July 4
 Plans for the 3-day ceiebra- ton are rapidly nearing com- pietion, Martin said, and the fete will be "the biggest thing to hit Kodiak since the Mt. Katmal eruption
 An upswing in ticket sales for the $4O0O worth of prizes which will be awarded at the big draw. ing at midnight on Monday, July 5. was reported by sales men this week Every dollar of profit from the ticket sale, spon- sored by the Kodiak Rotary club, will go into the Communl- ty PIayg ound and Recreation Fund First prize i> 1918 Ply mouth sedan Tickets can be ob- tained in almost any Kodiak business house
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12

completely isolated for freight shipments in such event J Another wire was sent to Washington by Mayer Lee C. Bettinger, who address, d h's plea to Dr John Steelman. as s;stant o the president
 Mayor Bettinger said by the proposed strike, advancement f the Presidents Alaska pro- gram will be irreparably dam aged and faith broken with the thousands of new etllers arTiy- ing under the stimulus of shIs program unless the White House guarantees our life line"
 The mayor wired that we solicit your assistance in pre- ventl E the stnppage of shipping to Alaska thu eatened ny npend ing maritime st,ike Effects Of the l946 strike still felt and an. other prolonged strike would le d sastrOus to economy and development "
 He poin ed out that the strike endangers the seasonal fishing ,ndu t. y now starting. on which 80 many Alaskans deI end for Livelihood "The effect of such a
 hi ipoI"g strike cannot be mea- sured by our small pOpulatirn but by the fact that an entire territory depending on shipping for even the daily necessities of life will be isolated.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Fourth Of July Weekend To Be Greater Than katmai Eruptionv

Athletes, young and old, male and female, already are framing for the various athletic events The tentative schedule:
 Sunday, July 4: Bicycle races for roys and girls, tricycle. races for tots under 6. rope-skipping, baseball pitching, basketball frre throw, jacks and marbles cham pionships The Sunday program will ce ebrate the second bi' th- day of the Kodiak Community Center.
 Monday. July g. Races and stunts for boys and girls of all ages, junior marathon 6 naales) for boys under l6; annual NOE to tow0 marathoa, tug o-war and other events.
 Many of the thousands of prizes which will be- distributed at the big Rotary Carnival on July , are now on display in the windaw ws of the Wodlinger Drug store A meeting of the Carnival committee will be held this week to draw up final plans
 Stan Nelson, in charge of the fireworks reports tn 1t the pyro-
 (Continued on page 4
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12

fessional Woman's Club will be hostess at a buffet supper at the MOntmartre
 Both affairs ale open to the publ C as well as members of the groups Reservations for both must be made at the Inn by next Saturday June l9,
 The concert will be given at 2:3O in the Orpheum rheater There Is no charge, but admiss- ion will Ire by ticket
 K4n Wade. in charge of ar iangements here. said yesterday tbat more than 1O0 reservations
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12

have already teon made and that the theatre can seat on y 29O persons He urged tn 'se who wish to att nd who have not secured tickets to call hun at the center 3222.
 Accompanying the glee club are 4 l.. Gius n, manager nf the Alaska Departmen; of the Seattle c of c, and MT and Mrs M. DedeIer, official repre- sentatives of the city uf Seattle on the tour. MT Dederer IS chairman of the Alaska commit tee Of the Seattle group
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12

Two Kodiak organizations will play host to the visiting Uni. verslty of Washington Glee Club on Monday, June 2!, when the group WI be here under the sponsorship of the Seattle Cham Der of Commerce to present a concert.
 The Kodiak Chamber of Com inerce will entertain at a lunch con al the Montmartre lon after the arrival of the singers, sched- uled to get here at l2:30 pm AT 5 pm, the Business aud Pro-
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
BUl5etin

In response 10 his wire (see below) Mayor Bettinger late yesterday received this telegram from Dr. Steelman:
 "All possible efforts being made to reach settlement mari time dispute and prevent any m- terruptlon of >hIpp'ng "
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Loca! Fishermen Fgy To Naknek

The following me went by special plane this week to Naknek for fishing; Henry Neseth, Bill Wo tn, Harold Hegiin, Ott, Mahlp. Robert Mahle. Mex NeSeferoff, Kelly Sine noff. Pete Koppanp, Danny Buchanan, and $. J. Th;clsak.
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Bubendorf Rites Held

Funeral services for Gilbert W. Bubendorf, civic leader and former United States Commis sioner here, were held at the Community Baptist Church Thursday afternoon, with bur- nal in the new city cemetery in the East Addition, Businesses Tn &awn closed ln tribute to MT. Rubendorf during the funeral.
 Mr. Bubendoff, who had been m III health for several months, died in the Griffin Memorial Hospital Saturday morning after having been re.admitted last Thursday He was 32 years old
 Prominent and active in all city affairs, the deceased first came to Kodiak in May, 1922, to work as assistant paymaster for Sims Drake, at the base. From January 1944 to October l345, he was bookkeeper for o Kraft and Son.
 Mr. Bubendorf was appointed U s. Commlssioner for the kod iak area od Oct ober I5, 1915, and served In that position, and as Deputy Clerk of the Court uatil hls resignation on May l6 of this year
 He was past president of the KodIak Chamber of Commerce a member of the Rotary Club, of the B lIs Club of which he was seere ary treasurer, a membAr of the Community Center board representing the Chamber, aud st the tune of his death was pre- sidentof the Kodiak Hea tn Council. He was a member of St Matthews lutheran Church
 Besides serving m his official capacity as commissioner MT. Bubendorf was agent here for Northern and Alaska airIlnes. and an accountant for several business films here.
 Gllbert w Bubendorf was born on September l9, 1916, at Warda, Texas. He was graduated from the Humble, Tex high school in 1884, and from Hous- ton law School in 1887. He worked in the oll fields at Hum bIe, and later in the offices Of the Texas Co at Houston He then became office manager for the Indiana Oil Go at Houston Immediately before the war. he worked in the offices of Filing AoA Field at Houston.
 Mr. Bubendorf was married on May 20 1886. to Mini Har- sett They have two cbildlen, Joyce Aun, II, and Gilbert, Jr., 1'.
 Besides his wife an1 children, MT. Bubendorf is survived by his parents, MT. and Mrs Fred Bubendorf of Humble, Tex, and three sisters. Mrs Marvin Zack and Mrs Ed otOppenhagen of Houston, and Miss velyn Bub- sndorf of Humble. His parents
Kodiak mirror., 1948-06-12
Irr Today's MIRROR

Official l lquor Policy Page 2 Cannery At Work 3 Town Tidbits 4 Altman Sued 6
 Rotary Committees 8 Classifieds 9 Flag Day Events 10
Evening star., 1948-02-22

They would be isolated in two eight-bed wards
for three or four weeks at time. In return,
they would have constant medical care, good
meals, ping-pong tables, radios magazines
and books. They would be given So spending
money per week and, on release from the
Reformatory, would receive U. S. Public
Health certificates citing their contribution to
medical research. When Topping broadcast
this proposition over the reformatory PA.
system, $50 men volunteered.
Topping had his equipment and most of his
personnel by January, 1947. 1t is virtually
impossible to study disease without first
isolating the agent that causes it, and Topping
decided to approach this goal in two steps.
First, he would try to cultivate the cold
agent presumably virus) in fertile eggs -
eggs with chick embryos growing in them He
would take some of the cold agent from
stricken human being and inoculate his eggs
with it. Then, after time, he would transmit
the infected egg fluid to healthy human volun-
teers. If they then got colds, he would
or cultivated it - in his eggs.
His second step would be to prove the agent
was present in inoculated eggs witho,a testing
on human beings. If he could ever do that he
would be able to attempt still another step
in the direction of vaccines.
1t is worth noting that Topping could not
have proceeded in this way at all but for the
efforts of an earlier researcher, Dr. Ernest
Goodpasture of Vanderbilt University, who
discovered in the mid-thirties that viruses,
which feed only on living tissue, could be
grown in fertile eggs.
To begin his job, Topping canvassed his
Evening star., 1948-02-22

friends and found one who was just coming
down with cold The cold agent was to be
separated from the friend by means of nasal
washing. DR.. Atlas, one of Topping's asso-
ciates, devised a new washing technique
which, instead of half-drowning the patient,
was safe and comfortable Toppings friend
submitted, and his washings were then trans
mitted to five volunteers who had been in
strict isolation for six days. After an incuba-
tion period of from 36 to 48 hours, all five
began to show the usual cold symptoms.
Atlas, a feverishly enthusiastic young man,
was in charge of the work at Lorton, and he
told me what happened during these early
days. Il have feelings" he said, 'but GER
tainly was glad when those men got colds.
Big Moment
WE DIDN'T waste minute. We took wash
ings from them and hurried them into our own
lab and put the fluid into eggs OF course we
didn't know whether it would kill the eggs or
not. But just to make sure that the eggs
wouldn't be killed by some other agent in the
workings, we have each one shot of penicilln
and streptomycin. About half of the eggs lived
and we could only hope that the cold agent was
still living inside them. Anyway, we passed
the fluid from these eggs on to others and then,
after few days, we harvested the fluid from
the living eggs and took it out to Lorton
This was big moment. We put the fluid
into new group of volunteers with nasal
washings and then we waited, day, two
days. three days. But nothing happened.
Somewhere along the line the cold agent had
died or been lost
There was nothing to do but start over
Evening star., 1948-02-22

egg fluid, all of which were regularly produc-
ing colds in the human volunteers.
Atlas, reviewing those months. said Il
sometimes thought we'd never make it. Not
because of the procedure - that seemed sound
- but because our pace was so slow 1t had to
be, on account of the setup at Lorton The
men volunteered as fast as we could use them
- but we couldn't handle more than sixteen
at time. No more room'
"The Little Things"
DR. ERNEST JAWETZ. Topping's other asso-
ciate. calm, scholarly young man with
sometimes desperate humor. talked about
mechanical problems. Look at that deep
freeze we store the fluid in, he said If it fails
for an hour we lose three months work. l
think of that when should be sleeping.
Its those little things Why, couple of
months ago we ran out of ping pong balls at
Lorton. The men got restive. There's not
much to do in an isolation ward. We had to
shop all over Washington before we could
find some new ones. Took the best part of
day"
Atlas and Jawetz are impatient of such
problems because they are so absorbed with
the more important ones They have few other
preoccupations. Atlas is single and Jawetzs
wife is studying medicine at Stanford. So the
two young doctors live their jobs. They meet
in the laboratory on Saturdays and Sundays,
almost always work late into the night, then
60 YEARLY to- their rooming houses Atlas
says, Il like to go dancing once in while, but
usually don't feel like it, get cold out at
Lorton every two weeks; it wears me down."
Continued on page II
Evening star., 1948-02-22

again. This failure didn't mean our pro-
cedure was hopeless" Atlas said. Remember,
we could only guess at the proper time for
harvesting the fluid. We could only hope
the eggs were the hest medium for grow
ing the agent. We weren't sure that the
cold agent was a virus"
They inoculated more eggs with infected
fluid Sometimes all of them died Batches
that lived were harvested at different times
their fluid passed on to other patches Finally,
with certain strain, the process worked. 1t
worked again and again. BY May, Topping
and his staff had three substrains of fertile
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
BETA SIGMA PHI
HAS INITIATION,
INSTALLATION

Beta Sigma Phi Sorority held a
combined installation Of officers and
initiation of new members last
night in the Gold Room of the Bar
anof Hotel.
Dorothy Farrell was installed as
President; Jean Renshaw, Vice
President; Marion Jensen, Record
ing Secretary; Pat Stephenson, Cor
responding Secretary: and Verla
Houston, Treasurer.
Jan Hodgeman, Virginia Mil,
Joyce Funkhouser, Jerry Whiting,
Pat Ferraro and Florence Ward were
initiated in Pledge ceremony
other members received the Ritual
Of the Jewel Ceremony for the COM
pletion of six months probation.
Dorianne Barnes was Toastmaster
at the formal banquet. Speakers were
Mrs. Alice Thorne, Dorothy Novat-
ney, Rosalie McGinty, Ruth Bader,
Pat Stephenson, lone Williams, SEN
ma Powers and Joyce Williams.
Frances Paul offered two songs.
The Sorority will hold its regular
meeting at the Baranof Hotel at
730 o'clock tomorrow night.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1948-05-03
LONE Filler NOW
MISSING; SEARCH
IS TO BE STARTED

EDMONTON, Alta, May 3.-tR-
R.C.A.F. officials said today that
Miles vandergrift of Naknek, Alas
ka, missing in his light private
plane since Thursday, had flown
the craft into Grande Prairie, Alta,
this morning.
They said he had been ground
cd 25 miles south of Grande Prairie
hy bad weather and until today
had been unable to take off again.
EDMONTON, Alberta, May g.
R-Royal Canadian Airforce para
rescue men at Whitehorse. Y. T.,
have been ordered to stand by for
a possible mission to rescue g lone
flier three days overdue. Northwest
Air Command says.
Miles Vandergrift of Naknek,
Alaska, left Edmonton Thursday,
bound for Grande Prairie, Alta,
first stop of a flight to Alaska
He has not been reported since
Officers said they believed poor
weather had grounded him and
that floods had prevented him re-
porting his whereabouts.
We assume that he has been
ntld UP by the weather." one said
The same weather has prevent
ed US from looking for him"