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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
W5C5 OF METHODIST
 CHURCH E MEETING
 WEDNESDAY EVENING

The World Council of Churches is the program topic for the regular monthly meeting of the Womans Society of Christian Service ot the Methodist Church, to be held in Gl.e Church and parsonage this Wednes- day evening.
 The meeting vii hegin at pm. with deVotions led by Mrs Mildred Lister in the Li-tle Chapel cr the Church. Hostesses for the social hour following the meeting are Mrs. Oscar Lundquist nd Mrs Les. Sturm
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
SON FOR DENNIS

MT. and Mrs. Ernest Dennis are the parents of a son, born yester- day afternoon in St. Ann's Hes pital. The baby weighed seven pounds, B ounces at birth. MT Dennis is employed in the City Street Department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
BARTLETT TO slrKA

E. L. Bartlett, Delegate to Con- gress from Alaska, left this morn- ing for Sitka to continue his South east Alaska campaign. After speak ing in Sitka tonight, he will re- tlun tomorrow and will leave im- mediately for Slzaeway and Haines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
VFW AUXILIARY MEETS
 WEDNESDAY EVENING

The Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet erans of Foreign Wars will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Lucille Johnson, Channel Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
ALA5KA COASTAL TAXES NEAR 200
 OVER WEEKEND

Alaska Coastal carried more thar 200 passengers on weekend flights between Southeast Alaska points Among passengers coming Tn ano out of Juneau were From Skagway: Mildred Keaton Ben Benson, E. Ehrmann.
 From .Haines: Mrs Al Rhodes Mrs. Dave Stanworth, Alice Stan- worth Capt. Edwards, K. Gregg Mrs. Thomas.
 From Patt Bay: Dick Rohenson
 From Sitka. Leslie Price, Jack Bollinger. Mrs. Bollinger, Del Mil Ter. w. Hanson, G. Leach, H. Lew is.
 From Hoonah: J. J. Conway Lillian Brunei, Thomas Andrews
 From Hood Bay: Florence Thiel, K Axelson.
 From Pelican. w. R. Peterson, Camille Peterson, Mrs. Peterson, Leo Moran, Tom Hall, J. Mckinley, Louis Soubron, Don Mines, Betty Forward.
 From Petersburg Edward Ore brasy, Russell Surila, Nina Surila, Clifford Surila, Bill Mole, R. W. Craig, Arnold Haube, Robe Haube, Mrs. Abel Anderson, Mrs. o. Kletz- ing.
 From Ketchikan: Miss Blaha Albert Goetz, A. s. Thompson, pr. and Mrs. Mckenzie, Gilbert Cook, Jr., Bob Boochever.
 From Wrangell: E. R. Fryer, Don C. Foster.
 From Angoon: s. G. Johnson, M. Baronovich
 From Tenakee: Mrs. Charles Johnson.
 From Tulsequah: J. Sauve, R. Nakelley, E. Wodswatch, R. Du- pont. J. Scarbuck, D. Osborne, G. Req, P. Linder, T. Collins, R. Jones, Mrs. R. Jones, Max Jones, Wm. Gibb, A. Anderson. M Thompson, H. smith, J. Snocki, D. Brown, R. Haynes, G. Furness, J. Linder.
 From Taku: MT. and Mrs. M. Guggenheim.
 From Gustavus: L. L. Holmes.
 From Mud Bay: Mir. and Mrs. Darnell, MI. and Mrs. Cartey, Mrs. 
 To Gustavuse Mrs. Jack Woods, R. Johnson.
 To Tulsequah: Ed Torrent, C.. Furniss, D. Osborne, c. Req, w. Taylor, I. Tulijan, J. Boyd, H. Pickell, F. Williams, R. Robertson, Mir. and Mrs. George Robinson and Donald Robinson.
 To Angoon: M Jamestown. To Chatham: Erwin Folder. To Hood Bay: K. L. Axelson. To Petersburg: Kristen Hancock, F. Berg.
 To Ketchikan: Helen Cass, Rob- srt Harness, Lois Harness, Will am Leiyers, Mildred Maynard, Ed ward Clark.
 To Hoonah: R. Sheakley, Mrs. R. Sheakley, Charles Abbot, George Abbot, Thomas Andrews, Pat Dan iels.
 To Haines. Carl Heinmiller, Judy Gallant, K. Gregg, Capt. B. Ed ward, Ed Brown, Jr., Cecelia xlonatt, pr. Simpson, Mrs. Thom- IS, MT. and Mrs. w Hallbrot, Frank Holder, Capt Hanson, w. .. Mcdonald, MT. and Mrs. W. Holbrook.
 To Sitka: M. McNeill, John L. Peterson, Mrs M. Willard, Leon ard Willard, Lawrence Willard, George Ramas, Sam Dick. Hilda Mrl S. Flax, MT. and Mrs. Sutherland, Bill Nalf, R. K. Hopkins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
SURVEY MAN HERE

H. H. Waller. Deputy U. s. Sur veyor of Seattle, arrived in Juneau yesterday enroute to Yakutat. He has been surveying land this sum mer which is in the process e ke- ing patented.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
LEAVES HOSPITAL

Mrs. Frederick Eastaugh was discharged from St. Ann's Hospital last evening. She has been con- fined to the hospital for the past ten days with broken leg. At present she is residing at the home of her parents, MT. and Mrs. R.
 E. Robertson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-10-05
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET

The Odd Fellows will hold an imitation at the meeting this eve ming at 8 o'clock. Olaf Peterson, Noble Grand, requests full at tendance of members.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Child Killed, 4 Hurt
In Indiana Tornado
By the Associotsd Press

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind, June 8
A tornado which killed one child
and injured at least four other per-
sons early last night in Henryville
CLARK County, climaxed a day OF
violent storms in Indiana.
State police, identified, the dead
girl as Gayle Mullins, 10. The in
jured included her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Mullins: Mrs. Emma
Applegate, Sc, and Mrs. George
SmallWood.
The Mullins girl was killed and
her parents we're injured seriously
when their home collapsed. Mrs
Smallwood was injured in the col
lapse of her home and Mrs. Apple
gates skull was fractured when she
was struck by a flying brick.
Henryville's streets were litter
of rubble and fallen trees after the
storm, which struck about 6 pm
More than 20 houses and barns were
destroyed in the town Of 1900, and
all utilities were knocked out.
The Red Cross sent in cots and
blankets and set up shelter for
about 20 homeless families in the
partially unroofed high school build
ing. State troopers and sheriff s
deputies patrolled streets to prevent
looting.
Residents told of corn crib be-
ing carried half mile by the wind
and tree branches blown through
the sidings of houses. Two churches
were damaged.
Hailstorms and heavy electrical
storms struck widely scattered parts
of the State earlier.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, June 8.-A suburban
police chief unwittingly delivered a
bowling alley manager into the
hands of six masked gunner watt
ing to crack the alley safe yesterday.
The scene of the holdup where
the robbers imprisoned 36 persons
in storage rooms for two hours was
Ray Schalk's Evergreen Towers, a
bowling center. 1t is run by Ray
Schalk, former Chicago White Sox
catcher and manager. An adjoin-
ing bar also was held up. .
The robbers first forced their way
into the Office of Mr.. Schalk, who
told them Lou Barbour, manager
of the bowling alleys, in Suburban
Evergreen Park, was the only per-
son who had the key and COM
binauon to the safe.
Well wait" two Of the gunmen
said. They herded Mr.. Schalk and
his wife Lavinia, a hat-check girl,
"a colored pinboys and several Gus
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Clear Skies Promised;
Inch Of Rain Fell
In Yesterdays Storm :

The Weather Bureau revised its
early prediction of rain today and
said the skies would be clear today
A thunderstorm yesterday damaged
power lines, blew down several trees
and thoroughly drenched the Disc
trict yesterday.
Tossed by gusts up to so miles anT
hour, SO Of an inch of rain fell in
one-hour storm starting at $50
pm. yesterday. Another downpour
shortly thereafter and showers DUR
ing the night ran the 24-hour pre-
cipitation to 90 of an inch.
Potomac Electric Power Co. serv.@
icemen were kept on the move
answering more than 200 troubles
calls. Most of the power cutoffs
were caused by falling limbs and-
were of brief duration.
: Power Cut Of in Southeast. -
One Southeast section about
mile long and half mile wide waS
without electricity for more than
an hour when q feeder line con-,
Meeting the Hillcrest and Fort Du-%
pont substations went out on Ala.
bama avenue Sc.
Pepco officials said damage was
light compared with that usually
expected from such a storm.
Two apartments in Parkfairfaxs
two doors apart, were struck at al.
most the same relative spot by light
ming. In both cases, the tenants d
were away. 9.
A strip 4 feet long, 2 inches deep
and inches wide was ripped over
the dining room window of the Sec
ond floor apartment occupied by
MI. and Mrs. Claude F. Du Tell OF
32O8 Martha Gusts drive.
A few hours before the storm the.
Du Tells had gone to a hospital:
where Mrs. Du Tell gave birth at
1905 am. today to a 7-pound 15-s
ounce girl. Mr.. Du Tell. 81. is
student at Virginia Episcopal Theo- I
logical Seminary. :
Hole Torn Through Wall.
The other apartment struck was
that of Mr.. and Mrs. William Peck.
1892 Martha Custis drive. A hole
4 by 8 feet was torn completely
through the dining room wall. There
was no fire at either place. 2
District fieremen were called to
1908 Sixth street S.W., to remove q
tree from the top of an automobile
owned by Robert Carter of 1912
Sixth street S.W. The roof was
punctured by the falling tree.
The Weather Bureau said the high
temperature today would be in the
80s, dropping of to so tonight.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
ID. {. Diaries Ponder
Raises in Milk Price
AFTER Pay Increases

Officials Of nine major dairies
which supply about 80 per cent OF
the milk in the District were study
ing a new wage contract today to
determine whether it will result in
higher prices to the consumer.
"It looks pretty much like there
may be price increase" an official
of one of the largest Washington
dairies. said. But before our COM
pany can decide if this will be nee
essary, our auditors must 60 over
the contract to study its effect on
unit prices. This may take several
days"
The wage agreement. accepted by
tho Milk Drivers and Dairy En-
ployes, Local 246, AFL, last Sunday
night, three hours before the old
contract expired at midnight, was
scheduled for formal signing today
Its provisions will go into effect as
of Sunday midnight. 1t gives wage
increases of $4 and S. to more than
200 workers.
Spokesman for several of the
dairies said that until they COM
plete a financial study of the con-
tract they could not estimate fu-
ture prices.
A. B. Fletcher of the Embassy
Dairy explained that each company
must decide for itself whether tc
raise the price. He said he had moi
yet seen the contract and would neec
some time to study it.
Michael H. Burchell, president o1
the Alexandria Dairy Products Co.
said he believed an increase woule
be necessary and that his company
might petition the Virginia Mill
| Commission.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Taxi Driver Beaten
And Robbed Of SIS

A cab driver was beaten on the
head and robbed Of $25 in Glen
Echo Heights last night by two
men who entered his cab in Wash
ington.
The driver, Leo J. Lyman. 40, OF
1410 Whittier street NV, was taken
to Suburban Hospital. Bethesda
suffering from a conclusion. His
condition today was described a.
fair.
Police said Mr.. Lyman told them
he picked up the two men in North.
west Washington and was directed
to take them to Glen Echo, where
the streets have Indian Names"
When he got to Walhonding road
near Tuscawaras road, Glen Echo
Heights, shortly after midnight, Mr.
Lyman told police one of his passen.
gers grabbed him around the neck
and pulled out the ignition keys
Mr.. Lyman was then beaten.
He told police the man took hi.
wallet and drove of in the cab
Mr.. Lyman staggered to a house
and called police. The cab was
found a short time afterwards BY
District police at Thirty-ninth street
and Cathedral avenue NV.
One of the men was described
by Mr.. Lyman as about S feet I
inches tall and weighing 140 pounds
He described the other as about
feet tall, weighing about 17t
pounds. Neither wore a tie or hat
he said.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Russia's Offer 10 Send
Palestine Observers
Finds u. n. Off Guard
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LAKE SUCCESS, June g.
Russia's offer to send Red Army
observers into Palestine caught
United Nations delegates fat
footed.
The offer-made yesterday
was just what the United States
has feared all along.
Ever since the Palestine problem
came before the U. N, there has
been uneasy speculation in Western
power circles that the Kremlin
might figure out way to get troops
into the Holy Land.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei A. Gromyko used a loophole
which these diplomats thought they
had plugged.
Provision for Supervision.
When the Security Council adopt
ed its detailed proposal for cease
fire order and a four week armiStice
in the Holy Land, provision was
written in that the U. N. mediator
and the eAmerican-Belgian-French
Consular Truce Commission should
supervise observance of the pro-
visions. An additional clause said
they (the mediator and the three
nation commission shall be pro-
vided with a sufficient number OF
military observers.
No countries were mentioned The
general assumption here was that
the United States. France and Bel
gium-being members of the COM
mission-would supply the soldiers
The U. N. promptly asked the three
nations to furnish the observers
The United States and Belgium
agreed, France took the request un-
der advisement. Stories about the
observers got in the newspapers.
Left Until Next Meeting.
Yesterday, Mr. Gromyko appeared
early for the Council meeting and
handed newsmen special state
ment. In it Mr.. Gromyko said he
understood that military observers
were being selected and added:
The Soviet delegation considers
1t necessary to state that the U. S.
S. R. is ready to send her observers
as well together with the observers
of some other directly interested
countries"
Mr.. Gromyko then went into the
Council meeting, made virtually the
same statement, and called on dele
gates to discuss the matter. Mild
efforts were made to sidetrack the
issue. All right, Mr.. Gromyko said,
let's discuss it at the next meeting.
The Council today considers In
dia's threat to boycott the United
Nations Kashmir Commission.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
|Wrane|e0v Housing
May Split Republicans
On Eve Of Convention
By the Assoeiofsd Press

A Republican family spat on
the eve of the party's national
convention threatened today.
Chairman Wolcott of the House
Banking Committee made ready
/ to introduce a substitute for the
Senate approved housing bill
sponsored by Senator Taft, COP
presidential aspirant.
Mr.. Wolcott announced that his
committee would end its public hear
ings on housing today, and act on
his bill later in the week. The hous-
| ing issue then will be thrashed out
on the House floor beginning Mon
day or Tuesday.
Mr.. Wolcott guarded most Of the
details of his bill, pending formal
introduction late today or tomorrow,
but he limited strongly it will not
look much like the measure spon-
sored by Senator Taft. -
May End Session in Wrangle.
This held out the prospect that
Congress may wind up its session
June 10, two days before the Re-
publican convention, in wrangle
between Senate and House Republi-
cans over the housing issue. The
battle may touch off a hot platform
writing fight at Philadelphia.
The Wolcott measure is not ex-
pected to include the controversial
section of the Taft -Ellender Wagner
bill that provides for Federal financ-
ing of 100000 low-rent housing
units. Opponents have cried $50
cialism" at this type of housing for
low-income families.
The T-E-W bill (Senators Ellen
der, Louisiana Democrat, and Wag-
ner, New York Democrat, are CO.
sponsors with Senator Taft con-
templates construction of $4,000, 900
homes in 10 years, primarily by pri-
vate enterprise with Government
encouragement.
/ Gives No Estimates.
Mr.. Wolcott gave no estimates OF
what his measure will do, but he did
say it will embody one section to
encourage construction of homes for
veterans. This-like the T-E-W bill
may provide special loan arrange
ments and grants for home con,
struction by paralyzed veterans.
There were not many predictions
of how the housing battle will come
out.
Proponents of the 500, ,000-unit pub
lie housing program are unwilling
to concede defeat. A sizable seq
ment of big-city Republicans may
join House Democrats in support of
this section of Senator Taft's bill
They will try to force it into Mr.
Wolcott's measure as an amend
ment
| Fireworks are bound to develop
too, if Mr.. Wolcott leaves out of his
bill the Senate measures provision
for financing rural housing.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Governors Indorse Plan
To Explain Civil Rights
By the Associutsd Press

RICHMOND, Va, June g. Gov
Caldwell of Florida and Gov. Tuck
of Virginia yesterday Endorsed the
idea of an education program to tell
the South's side of the civil rights
story to the North.
II am convinced that if we can
get the facts over to the North the
thinking people of that region will
be almost as much opposed to the
civil rights program as we in the
South" Gov. Caldwell said.
The Florida governor, here to de-
liver a commencement address to-
night at the Medical College of Vir-
ginia, sat in with Gov. Tuck at a
press conference.
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Roy Scho|k Imprisoned 2 Hours
Robbed by Six Masked Gunmen

toners into basement storage rooms
Meanwhile, Mr.. Barbour was
walking to work at the alleys. About
three blocks from the place he was
given a ride by Lou Riddering
Evergreen Park police chief. The
chief dropped Mr.. Barbour at the
door and drove away.
Mr.. Barbour stepped into the
firing range of pistols held by two
robbers standing guard at the door
They forced him to open the safe
They took $500 from 1t and $25(
from Grover Lutgert, partner OF
Mr.. Schalk.
Two other robbers raided the ad.
joining Schaffer's cocktail lounge
forced a safe with crowbar ano
fed with $500.
The six gunner made their get
away in a 1947 car belonging to Mr.
Schalk.
One of the robbers carried a ma.
chine gun, the others pistols. AL
wore handkerchief masks.
Evening star., 1948-06-08

Federal workers.
Senator Taft
h el d an in
formal strategy
meeting yester-
d ay afternoon
wi tn Senator
F | a n d ers, Re-
publican, of Ver-
mont, who is the
CO sponsor OF
the Senate pay
legislation, and
with S e v e r a ]
other Senators.
It was decided
to draft a new
Evening star., 1948-06-08

concerning your Office of Naval Re.
search project is answered, ano
should this information fall into
unauthorized hands, valuable in
telligence information would be OBJ.
tanned which would be detrimental
to national security"
Yet, it is said, the project is COM
pletely in the open and anybod;
with an intelligent interest could
visit the laboratory and obtain any
information he desired about its
most intricate details.
A letter was sent from the New
York Office of the Air Materiel Com
mand to all contractors stating thai
answers to several of the question!
would be violations Of the Espionage
Act.
Board Raises Strong Complaint.
The strongest complaint is agains
the Research and Development
Board of the joint services, headed
by DR.. Vannevar Bush. 1t Is th'
successor to the wartime Office O.
Research and development and con
trolls the expenditure of nearl,
$500, ,000,oO0 a year in scientific work
Over the signature of F. H. Rich
ardson, deputy executive secretary
, a letter went out to all subcon'
tractors:
There are in existence today {
large number of organizations whos'
objective is to gather such informa.
ton and later use it as materia
for propaganda and smear pro.
grams in an attempt to discredi
the United States form of govern
ment. 1t is,~ therefore. requested
that. If any questionnaires of thi
type. or any other questioning th'
methods of the United States Gov
vernment, are received in the future
they be referred to this Office fol
appraisal before any answer il
given"
Evening star., 1948-06-08

$3.50 a year raises to Federal en-
ployes and $4O0 to postal workers.
Also, the $4,000 Federal pay ceiling
would be lifted.
The Senate Policy Committee will
meet today, and it is expected the
date will be set this week for Senate
action on the pay measure.
After yesterdays session, Senator
Flanders declared: II still have hope
that we can get some sort of pay
bill for all Government employees
enacted at this session of Con-
gress."
The strategy would seem to be to
have the Senate pass the measure
and sent it to the House. Prompt
Senate action would place the
House squarely on the spot on the
matter, and pay bill supporters feel
leadership might 60 along.
The chief obstacle to this strategy
is the time element-With less than
two weeks remaining before Con-
gress adjourns. That is why Fed
eral pay legislation still faces an
uphill battle. But pay bill sponsors
believe there is an outside chance,
at least, to win enactment CT the
measure If their plans materialize.
VERBIAGE-The various person.
mel Offices in the Government GER
teinly have a lot of high-sounding
ideas Of what they are supposed
to do.
In reply to questions asked by
Investigators of the House Civil
Service Committee, the various per-
sonnel Offices used some of these
terms to describe their work:
Devise" "evaluate," "collaborate,'
"co- ordinate" "plan," formulate"
guide" Counsel" "promulgate,'
Consult" "orientate" and many
many others.
GOOD NEWS-A move started
last year within the House Appro-
priations Committee to lengthen the
present 40-hour Federal work week
seems to have been dropped by the
committee. The only places where
a longer week may be imposed are
some Of the Veterans Adninistra-
ton hospitals and even this is by
no means certain.
The fact that the committee isn't
pressing for a 44-hour or 48-hour
work week in some agencies where
overtime work is sometimes needed
is good news to Federal employees.
Last year the committee and Con-
gress inserted a provision in the
Treasury appropriations measure re-
quiring Customs Bureau inspectors
to work mora than 40 hours week,
liz necessary, without the regular
time-and-a-half overtime payment
provisions. Some committee men,
bers, at the time. hinted that this
would be applied to some other
agencies this year.
But now this plan has been
dropped, and the committee has re-
stored the time half overtime
rights for Custom Bureau employees.
Considerable credit for the restora-
ton of overtime pay rights in the
Custom Bureaus belongs to the AFL
American Federation Of Government
Employees and it's legislative repre-
sentative, Col. Charles !. Stengle
Col. Stengle went before the COM
mittee recently to urge that Customs
employees regain their overtime pay
rights, and the committee followed
his suggestion.
OUTSIDE CHANCE-The worth
while measure to increase the COM
pensation benefits of Federal en-
ployes who are injured on the Job
Evening star., 1948-06-08
Russian Crops Bad

LONDON, June P).-The Mos
COW Radio broadcast today an IL
vestia article reporting bad crop
conditions in widespread areas OF
the Soviet Union. 1T can be saic
about the present spring that the
weather was exceptionally capri
cious," a member of the Lenin ALI
Union Agricultural Academy wrote
in the official government organ.