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The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Communist Spy
 Hunt Turns Up Valuable Evidence

WASHINGTON (P)-The House un-American activities committee said Saturday it had dug up evi- dence identifying the person who slipped secret state department pa pers to self-described communist agent before the war.
 Robert E. Stripling, the commit tees chief investigation told re- porters:
 'We expect to show conclusively the source of these documents from the state department to Chambers"
 Whitaker Chambers, now a se- nior editor of Time magazine, told the committee last summer he was an agent for the Red underground in Washington in the 1930's. Stripling said that "very import ant" new documents have been seized. He said these are in addi- ton to mlcrOfllmS of state depart ment papers Chambers had secret ed in a pumpkin on his Maryland farm and to more documents ob- tained from Chambers Friday night
 Stripling said the committee has served a subpoena on Chambers lawyer, Richard F. Cleveland of Baltimore, for documents and sworn statements taken in connec- ton with a libel suit pending against Chambers there.
 This S75,0O0 damage suit against
 Continued on Page Six)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Mail Christmas
 Packages Early

WASHINGTON, (P) - Unless you mail your Christmas packages righ now they may arrive after the holiday.
 Postmaster general Donaldson said in a statement last night:
 "This years Christmas mail added to the present everyday rec ord volume has created the most acute mail congestion and trans portation problem in the entire history o fthe postal service.
 "Only by the immediate mail ing of Christmas parcels can the senders be assured that their gifts will arrive prior to Christmas"
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Rescue Operations On For Survivors Of Ditched C-54

JOHNSON, ISLAND, P-An un- determined number of survivors from an air force C-54 transport, forced down in the mid-Pacific, were placed under constant air watch today while rescue ship sped toward the scene.
 The plane enroute to Spokane with 37 air force personnel on board. was ditched early Sunday 478 miles southwest of this tiny island and about 1,200 miles south west of Honolulu.
 The navy patrol craft PC-1l41 from Johnston Island was due to reach the survivors about II pm. The escort aircraft carrier Rendo- va and the navy freighter Zelma were due at the scene about the same time.
 Flares were sighted late Sunday
 Continued on Page EighD
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Thousands Drown In Explosion Of Chinese Ship

SHANGHAI, IP)-A small ship crammed with Chinese war refu- gees exploded and sank just out side Shanghai late Friday night, with a toll expected to exceed 3,200 lives.
 If reports are even approximate ly accurate, it was the worst civil ian marine disaster in modern his tory. (The loss would be about twice the 1,517 who perished when the Titanic went down in 1912).
 Some 4,25O Chinese were report ed aboard the ship, the China Merchant Steamship company's 2,099-ton Kiangya. It blew up amidships and sank in less than an hour near the mouth of the Yangtze river.
 A company spokesman said the Kiangya had a capacity of 1,186 passengers but that it was off cially" carrying 2,250 - mostly
 Continued on Page Seven)
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

OSAKA, Japan, (P)-Despairing of more modern methods, the Osaka prefectural industrial eff ciency research institute is going to select workers by the bumps on their heads.
 The institute has asked Prof. Hi sac Wada, an expert on phrenol- ogy, to train a class of examiners in the head-bump science so they can pick employees for industrial firms.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Monday. December 6. l94e

Western Berlin handed Russia and communism a singing rebuke today in rolling up a great election triumph Sunday for anti-Soviet Socialists.
 Complete returns showed So.2 per cent of eligible Western Der lyiners voted. The Social Demo- crats got an absolute majority Of 64.5 per cent; the Christian Demo- crats 1924 per cent; and the Lio- eral Democrats 16.l per cent. Ev- cry one of the 1,33O,S2O votes cast was a protest against Russia.
 Communists, knowing they Continued on Page Two'
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

JUNEAU, (P) - K. J. Kadow, field staff director, leaves for Washington today to help set up interior department policies. Gov ernor Gruening may also be pres ent.
 Kadow just returned from Sitka, where he took part in discussions of the development of the Sitka Pulp Co.,, with officials of the Alaska Industrial corporation. He also conferred with Sitka city of ficialS.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

The Fire Department was called out this morning to Wallace House No. 3 on End Ave. The stove which had become clogged with soot blew back causing considerable dirt but no real damage was re- ported.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

JUNEAU (P)-William A. Holz- heimer, 78, former federal judge of the Second Division, Alaska, with headquarters at Nome, died this weekend in a local hospital.
 He was assistant United States attorney and later United States attorney, First Division, head quarters in Juneau.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
SEATTLE, P,-Its rudder man

SEATTLE, P,-Its rudder man. gled by a storm, the small tug Chilkoot was reported adrift in .heavy seas last night between Wales and Warren Islands, about 100 miles northwest of Ketchikan. -Four crewmen were abord. The cutter Hemlock was en route to its aid.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

CALGARY, Alberta, P)-Edgar Williams was brought. to the hos pital minus one ear yesterday. He told police it was chewed off in street fight. An ambulance rush. ed to the scene and picked up the ear. Doctors sewed it back on.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
NEWS IN BRIEF

H DILLON, France, (P)-Rene Ma lette had stomach ache for 34 years, but it is gone today.
 The 64-year-old farmer under went an operation which rid him of a German bullet he received at the front in 1914.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
EDMONTON, Alta, (P)

EDMONTON, Alta, (F) - It. Gen. N. F. Twining, commander in-chief of the United States Alas 'ka Command, Friday stressed in an interview here the need for more defensse in the north.
 Gen. Twining, whose headquar- ters are located at Anchorage, said that defenses are far from com plete.
 Training under Arctic conditions has progressed favorably in the last year, he said.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
FAIRBANKS. lRl

FAIRBANKS, (H) - An over heated stove was blamed for fire here which destroyed home occu- pied by MT. and Mrs. B. T. Eaton and their month-old daughter yes terday.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06
Internation'l News At A Glance ---
Saturday. December 4. l94s (By The Associated PresS)


 Chinese nationalsts and com muniSt armies moved toward head-on collision south of Suchow today. The coming battle may de- termine China's fate.
 Five communist columns eased their pressure on the governments Hwai river defense line, 100 miles northwest of Nanking, and were heading north to meet the three nationalist army groups that aban- doned Suchow Wednesday.
 Mime. Chiang Kai-Shek is ex- pected to meet President Truman early next week. She told Wash ington reporters she was encour- aged after her visit Friday with Secretary of State Marshal.
 She gave no indication whether Marshall had given some hint that the United States definitely would aid the Chinese nationalist gov ernment or whether she simply had found his attitude toward Chinas plight sympathetic.
 In Paris, the United Nations po- litical committee narrowly ap- proved a Watered down British plan for Palestine. The British resolution as a whole received 25 affirmative votes to 21 against with nine abstentions and three members marked absent.
 This margin was far too narrow to assure it's adoption by the gen. eral assembly where a two-thirds majority is necessary.
 Western Berliners vote tomor- row fo ra new city administration in their island of freedom" 100 miles inside the Soviet army's ramparts in Europe. The western sectors of Soviet divided and blockaded city are going to have a legal election that the Russians could not stop.
 Gen. Lucius D. Clay, U. s. mill tary governor, spiked commun- ist election eve scare campaign by assuring Berliners the United States will not be forced out of the city. He added:
 My own headquarters will con- tinue in Berlin and there will be no departure of our families, ex- cept in normal routine as staff members leave and are replaced"
 Cairo's police chief, Selim Zaki Pasha, was injured fatally when a hand grenade exploded as students rioted at Fuad university. The blast occurred in the vicinity of the school of medicine where strik- ing students shouted slogans against the Egyptian government of Premier Mahmoud Fanny Mo- krashy Pasha.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-06

Fl. O. Erickson. radio mainten- ance operator for the Pan Ameri- can arrived yesterday to work with the equipment of the Nome department.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Funeral Services Set
ForMrs. R. 6. Waqenel

Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza
beth Morrison Wagenet, So, wife of
r. Gordon Wagenet, director of
the Bureau Of Employment Security
OF the Social Security Administra- =
tion, will be held at 4 pm. tomor-
row at the s. H. Hines Funeral
Home, 2901 Fourteenth street NV.
Burial arrangements have not been
completed.
Mrs. Wagenet died unexpectedly
yesterday at her home, 6 Wetherill
road, Westmoreland Hills, Md. She
was active in the Leagues of Wom-
en- Voters of the District, Rochester
N. T., and Sacramento, Calf. Mrs.
Wagenet was born in Tacoma.
Wash. She was graduated from
the University of California in 1914
In 1910 she was executive secre-
tary Of the National Maternal and
Child Health Council here, and in
l945 she served as special consult
ant to the California Commission
on Reconstruction and Re-employ.
ment. She was co-author of the
Report of the Chicago Race Rela-
tons Commission of 1919.
Surviving, besides her husband,
are son, Gordon M. Wagenet, and
a grandson. of Willis, Calf: a
daughter, Miss Margaret Herriott
Wagenet, New York; a sister, Mrs.
Margaret H. Roeth, Carmel, Calf.
and a brother. James Mckenzie
Morrison, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Takoma Citizens Back
LODGING Rule Extension .

The Citizens Association OF Ta-
koma, D. c.. decided last night not
to oppose a proposed amendment to
coming regulations that would ex-
tend permission to lodging and
rooming houses to operate in re-
stricted areas for another year.
The District Zoning Commission
will consider the proposal at a pub
lie hearing Wednesday, October l3.
The association temporarily de-
cided not to become a member of
the North Washington Council of
Citizens Associations, but expressed
a willingness to cooperate with va
rious other civic groups in the coun-
Gil and to support them in matters
requiring aggressive action through
a joint committee. Proposed union
with the council was discussed at
length before the matter was re-
ferred to the Executive Committee
for further study.
The association decided q hobby
show will be held in connection with
the November meeting.
Louis st. George declared a num-
Der Of citizens have protested
against speeding automobiles in the
Takoma area, particularly on Piney
Branch and Blair roads.
The association elected 104 men,
bers last night, new record. The
meeting was held in the Takoma
School auditorium, Piney Branch
road and Dahlia street NV, with
Charles H. Whitbeck presiding.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Services Held Today
For Mrs. Mabel bouI.

Funeral services were held at
noon today for Mrs. Mabel H. Boul,
So, who for ~ years had been a
kindergarten principal in the Dis
trict public school system. The
services were at the Lee funeral
home and burial followed in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
Mrs. Boul died Saturday in Provi-
dence Hospital where she had been
a patient for two weeks. Her home
was at 2016 Monroe street NE.
Born and reared on Capitol Hill
and a graduate Of Wilson Teachers
College, Mrs. Boul had served as
kindergarten teacher at the Wallach
and Bryant Elementary Schools for
10 years and at the Langdon School
for II. She resigned eight years
ago. Her father was the late Harry
C. Hickman, assistant superinten-
dent of Federal prisons for many
years.
Mrs. Boul was an active member
and a founder of the Woodbridge
Garden Club and held number
of flower show awards. She was
also active. in the Burroughs Parent
Teacher Association, Brownie Scouts
and the Sherwood Presbyterian
Church.
She leaves her husband, G.
Thomas Boul, an employe of the
Kenwood Golf and Country Club,
and an 8-year-old daughter, Bar
bara Jean.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Miami Rites Scheduled
For William J. Bunton

Funeral services were to be held in
Miami, Fla, today for William Jen-
nings Bunton, 54, retired District
flre sergeant, who died at his home
there Sunday.
MIR. Bunton was q fireman here
for 20 years. starting in 1921 with No.
IL Engine Company. In 1881 he was
promoted to sergeant and transferred
to No. Engine Company, with which
he served until 1941, when he retired
for disabilities received in line of
duty. He held a ribbon award given
to f1remen who did rescue work in
the Knickerbocker Theater disaster
In 1922. For a number of years he
played on the Fire Department base
ball team. .,
He was a native Of SheibFyille.
Mo-, and served for eight yeers in
The Army before and during World'
War before joining the Fire De-
partment. He lived at 1885 Ksstreet
NV, but had been in Miami with
his wife since retirement. oe
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Taft Sees Good Chance
6. 0. P. Will Carry
-Four Southern States

Senator Taft, Republican. Of
Ohio, said today there is very
good chance" that the Republican
presidential ticket will carry four
Southern States-Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
The chairman Of the Senate Re-
publican Policy Committee also
predicted at a news conference that
the Republicans will retain control
Of the Senate.
I'VE might pick up one or two
seats" he said. The COP now holds
81 seats to the Democrats As.
Senator Taft is to speak at a Re-
publican rally at the Mayf1ower
Hotel tonight and then will begin
a series of campaign speeches that
will take him to several Southern
States, including Tennessee and
Florida.
Senator Taft said he felt "very
strongly" there would be no increase
in the tax load, but, on the other
hand, he sees little chance for any
further substantial tax cuts.
He said the first thing the Senate
should take up are proposals for
modifying the cloture rules to per-
NIT more effective action against
f1libusters.
The Ohio Senator said he has NO
particular idea for changes in the
Taft-Hartley Act, but expects labor
spokesmen to seek elimination of the
ban against the closed shop.
Senator Taft said he thinks Gov
Dewey will get along all right with
Congress-unity is in the air."
Evening star., 1948-10-05
U. s. Mediaiors Despair
OF Ending Maritime Strike
y the Assoeioisd Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5.-Fed-
eral conciliators today despaired OF
finding solution to the West Coast
maritime strike.
Meanwhile, the five striking un-
ions in Seattle offered to sail all
ships of the Alaska fleet, which are
Included in the 148 vessels idle in
coast ports since September 2.
Cyrus s. Ching, National director
OF the Cancellation Service, told
newsmen here that the Federal
agency has no plans for bringing
the disputants together.
He added that his agency, how
ever, would do all 1t could to help
solve the dispute II either side
called on it.
The strike began when negotia-
tions failed in contract disputes
over the hiring hall and wages. CIC
Longshoremen demanded continued
control of the hiring hall and q Is
cent increase in base wage of $1.82
an hour.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
7rumon's Delay in Announcing
Social Season Stirs Speculation

year was the dinner for the diplo-
mats on November 26. After that,
dinners and receptions followed
weekly through December IT,. The
Christmas season intervened and
ohicial entertaining was resumed
January II.
If the same schedule were fol-
lowed this year, the Trumans could
entertain officially six times before
a possible change of administration.
The White House social schedule
always is announced in October to
give other hostesses an opportunity
to plan their parties without run
ming the risk of conflicting with
White House command perform
ances."
Mrs. Helm did not say whether
the schedule would be announced
later in the month. Up to this
point, she made it clear, nothing
has been done about the social sea-
son.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Hurricane
Continued From First Page.)

a town on the outskirts of Havana,
as house collapsed. The other
two deaths were from the same
cause.
Farm Area Damaged.
Mario Massens, managing editor
of the newspaper Advance, said the
storm missed the city of Pinar del
Rio, in Western Cuba. But it did
considerable damage to trees, to-
bacco farms, mango and papaya
groves between Pinar del Rio and
Havana.
Mr.. Massens said a survey of
damage reports indicated the storm
was at its worst just west Of Ha-
vana.
Some trees were blown down on
the Prado, a tree-lined boulevard In
downtown Havana. There were nc
officials figures on the number Of
injured. A considerable number Of
persons was treated by friends,
physicians. druggists or in private
or public hospitals.
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Second Pacific Route.
Is Awarded by CAB
By the Associated Press

The Civil Aeronautics Board yes
terday gave Pan American Airways
a route between the Pacific North
west and Hawaii at the direction OF
President Truman.
The board announced that 1t had
amended its original decision, which
gave only Northwest Airlines a
Pacific route, to grant one also to
Pan American.
The board said the President had
concluded that ''the national secur-
ity and the public welfare required
the establishment of the most direct
and expeditions air service possible
between the Northwestern United
States and points on the existing
service of Pan American in the
South Pacific, the Philippines, Japan
and other points in the Orient"
Mr.. Truman approved the original
decision as required by law. The
President must approve all actions
on air routes linking the United
States with foreign countries or
overseas territories.
In a supplemental opinion yes
terday the CAB said that it had
not yet considered q petition by Pan
for a restudy of the origi-
nal decision. But it added that
Mr.. Truman advised the board on
is that he had given
further consideration to the Pacific
Northwest case and had come to
the conclusion that insufficient
weight had been given to the needs
of the great Pacific Northwest area
for direct service to points in the
Pacific beyond Hawaii.
He concluded that in addition 10
the service authorized to be rem
dered by Northwest Airlines, Inc,
the national security and the public
welfare require the establishment Of
the most direct and expeditions
service possible between the North
west and points on the existing
services. of Pan American Always"
Evening star., 1948-10-05
Edmund Whitehead Dies;
Former Pepeo EmpIoye

Edmund W. Whitehead, rs, Poto-
mac Electric Power Co. employe for
IS years, died unexpectedly yester-
day at his home, 1851 Albemarle
street NV.
Mr.. Whitehead, a native of Ohio,
Joined the power company when he
came to Washington in 1901 and re-
tired as head cashier in 1886. He
was a brother Of the late Fred
Whitehead, former secretary Of the
old Washington Railway & Electric
Co.
Mr.. Whitehead was . member oi
Harmony Masonic Lodge and the
Church of Christ Scientist. He also
was an active member and past
president of the Washington Credit
Managers Association. -
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Ethel o. Whitehead; son, Edmund
G. Whitehead, Westgate, Md, and a
sister, Miss Elizabeth H. Whitehead
of Washington, and two grandchil-
dren.
Private funeral services will be
held fo1 Mr.. Whitehead tomorrow
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery
Evening star., 1948-10-05
paying them, they become whs
they were before"
Heads of rs Unions Pledge
Support for Truman

Heads of 26 labor unions pledged
their enthusiastic and complete
support" to President Truman's
campaign for reelection at a White
House call today. >
Comprising Labor's Committee for
Truman and Barkley, the group
congratulated the President on his
campaign and expressed their pleas
ure at the response it is striking
throughout the country, George M
Harrison, head of the Brotherhood
of Railway Clerks and chairman OF
the committee, told reporters.
The committee representation to-
day included the heads of "a AFL
unions and two independents-ma-
chinists and train dispatchers. The
group was originally formed out of
AFL membership.
Mr.. Harrison stressed that the
committee members were speaking
only for themselves in their call
today, but he added that they rep
resented millions of union members,
and that in some cases the unions
themselves have Endorsed the Presi-
dent.
Advised of John L. Lewis blast
against Mr.. Truman today, Mr..
Harrison said, I'm sure those SEN
timents don't reflect the sentiments
of the working people of the coun-
try" He added that the best ex-
ample of that was the size of the
delegation which called at the
White House.
II think that the President has
the support of the people-they ap-
preciate that the President Is for
the people" Mr.. Harrison said, add
ing that he expected a record vote
TO be cast this year by labor.
Evening star., 1948-10-05

President Truman has made no
plans yet for official entertaining at
the White House during the forth
coming social season, Mrs. James M.
Helm, social secretary at the White
House, told press conference TO-
day.
The announcement Immediately
raised speculation as to whether
the President is going to wait until
the votes are counted before dis
cussing a social schedule.
Mrs. Helm told reporters the Pres
ident has been too busy" to take
up the schedule of official enter
tanning.
The social secretary said she
hadn't been able to discuss state
functions with Mrs. Truman, either.
The Presidents wife, Mrs. Helm
explained, is here. only for a few
days before leaving for another cam
paign trip with Mr.. Truman.
The first of II state functions last
Evening star., 1948-10-05

Jordan wished to say in the letter
Jordan said he would be back later
to tell him. Jordan never returned
Leaves to Obtain Knife.
Miss Spence said she and Herman
dez had known the dead couple a
little more than a week and were
not aware the woman was married.
They had met casually at another
night spot, she said, and the meet
ing last night was not prearranged.
Three times last night Jordan
left the booth and went outside, the
first time to move Mrs. Jaskowiak's s
Car nearer the cafe, she said.
The third time he returned, he
had something bulging from his rear
pocket that she thought was a
bottle, but probably was the knife,
Miss Spence added.
Hear Significant Remark.
She recalled that about 2 pm,
when she and Hernandez were about
to leave, Mrs. Jaskowiak urged her
to remain, that she would drive the
others home. Significance was at
tached to the fact Mrs. Jaskowiak
said she would let Jordan out first.
Mrs. Jaskowiak was described as
an attractive brunette, feet S.
inches tall, and about 120 pounds.
She was wearing slacks and al
white blouse.
Police said she met Sergt. Jasko-
wiak in Texas in 1912, marrying him
that year at San Angelo. Neigh
bors near Sergt. Jaskowiak's present
address said he was mice, quiet
fellow" They remembered Mrs.
Jaskowiak visiting the house only
once since he moved in last June.
Appearing at police, headquarters
today, Sergt. Jaskowiak told homi-
eide squad detectives that Jordan
had been partly responsible for the
estrangement. Sergt
JaskoWiak revealed his wife had
been seeing Jordan frequently since
last June, police said.
Recently, his wife indicated she
wished to mend their differences
and restore their former marital
status, but he refused the reconcilia-
ton, Sergt. JaskoWial added.