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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
 VOTES BEARDS FOR
 JUBILEE OF '98 HERE

Al last Monday moons meeting If the Wrangell Chamber of Com merce President Thor Hofstad gave a report Of the Days of '9S cele- bration committee He reported that permission had been obtained from the Town Council and Mayor Doris Barnes to hold the affair and further. that all organizations in town had been asked to have re- presentatiyes on a committee which meets tonight at the Fire Hall to plan the celebration.
 Mir. Hofstad added that Skagway had started advertising their Days Of '9S celebration and publicity for the local event had started with the Wrangell basketball team going to Anchorage.
 Superintendent George Fabricius volunteered to take handbills and banners and distribute them along the route from here to Anchorage.
 It was further reported that Al Ritchie, of the Ritehie Transport ation Co.,, was going to try and lo- cate a stern-wheel river boat to have here for the summer.
 A motion was made by Lou Dvorak, seconded by Meredith Gus tard that men of the town start growing boards this Saturday, March 20, and anyone caught com pletely shaven after that date will be fined The motion carried
 Supt. of Schools George Fabri- cius read a wire from the Anchor age Times asking if Wrangel High Schools basketball team would come up to Anchorage to play their school. He then read a letter from the Anchorage School Superintend- ent inviting the Wrangell team to Anchorage. Mir. Fabricius added that he had the School Boards permission to make the trip and was making inquiry as to travelling expenses. Evelyn Armstrong voluns teered to carry a petition around town to solicit funds to help de- fray the cost of the trip. On mo- ton of Ben Carson, seconded by Don House, the Chamber of Com meree contributed $50 toward the basketball teams trip.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
PLANE PASSENGERS

Passengers out of Wrangell this week via Alaska Coastal and Ellis Air lines were:
 Friday, March 12, to Ketchkan: Fred Hanford, Fred Dolphin, Jack Gucker. To Petersburg: Herman Stevenson, Martha Stevenson.
 Saturday, March 13, to Ketchi- kan: Grace Miles. To Juneau: Rev Baker, Rev. Vogler, ThOs. Dugan.
 Sunday, March 14, to Ketchi- kan: Ed Paluska.
 Monday, March Is, to Ketchi- kan: Marie L. Gray, Bolivar Bige- low. Ernie Bailey.
 Tuesday. March 16, to Juneau: Leonard T. Campbell, George Fa- bricius, Arnold Bakke, Harvey Gross, Robert Stokes, Felix ViIlar- ma, Henry Bowman, John Eyon, Alfred 0glend. Charles Berg, Ray Opsata.
 Wednesday. March IT, to Ketchi- kan: John Herman, Arnold Fry, W. E. HartO. To Petersburg: Dr. J. O. Bangeman, Harvey NJ. Yarnell.
 Thursday. March IS, to Juneau ID. B. LeBounty. To Peterbsurg: Arthur Doerr, MT. Germaine, MT. Rutledge.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
FILINGS FOR ELECTION

City Clerk Robert Wickman an- nounced that filings for the City election must be in his office by 5 D. m. Monday afternoon. Those filing so far are F. G. Hanford and Olaf Hansen for Mayor and Lennie EngstrOm, Lee Ellis, Andy Barlow, Thor Hofstad. Harry Coulter and Einar OttesOn for Councilmen.
 Engstrom, Ellis and Barlow are filing for reelection.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
WRANGELL LOSES FIRST GAME TO ANCHORAGE 45-32:
 PLAYING AGAIN TONIGHT

The local Wrangell High School basketball team was away to a slow start in Anchorage last night with the Anchorage High team getting a 14-2 first quarter lead and con tinuing on to a 26-9 half time score.
 Wrangells Center, Harvey Gross and forward, Bobby Stokes, started hitting the hoop in the second half keeping the Wrangell team abreast of Anchorage Anchorage made high percentage of shots in the first half with the Wrangell Wolves unable to find the range. The Anchorage Eagles led at the end of the third quarter 36-20.
 High point man for the game was the losers sharpshooting cen ter, Harvey Gross, with 16 points. Anchorage was paced by their cen ter Bob Pfeil who made IA points. WrangelPs forward, Bobby StOkea and the Eagles forward, Phil Block each accounted for 10 points.
 1UV1LeQ up mOUuaY
 Monday morning Superintendent of local schools George Fabricius received a wire from Bernie Kosin- ski, Editor of the Anchorage Times, saying that the Superintendent of the Anchorage schools was inviting the Wrangell High School team up to play the Anchorage High team. Both schools were confident they have the best teams in their sec tions. On the Monday noon plane Mr Fabricius received the letter from the Anchorage Superintendent who offered the gate receipts for the series to defray Wrangell's travelling expenses.
 The town of Wrangell responded immediately with donations to help cover the cost of the trip with $422.5O being collected within three hours. Tickets were arranged for, and Tuesday morning nine players and Coach George Fabri- cius flew to Juneau and then to Anchorage, arriving in Anchorage at 5::SO C7:3O Wrangell time) that afternoon.
 Players making the trip are liar vey Gross, Bobby Stokes, Felix Vil- larma. Arnold Bakke, Henry Bow man, John Eyon, Alfred Oglend, Charles Berg and Ramon 0psata. Due to the high cost of travelling, two of the eleven boys who turn out for the team had to remain in Wrangell. The four substitutes on the team drew lots to see who would make the trip. Charles Berg and Ramon Opsata won and Hobert Hofstad and Lee Byrd lost.
 While in Anchorage the Wran- gell boys are being given a warm welcome. This noon they were luncheon guests of the Lions Club and this afternoon they were being taken on a tour of Fort Richardson.
 If Wrangell wins tonight the team will remain over until Mon day night to play a third game with Anchorage.
 On receiving news of the game this morning, by Associated Press, Wrangell Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Doris Barnes, The Sentinel and numerous individuals wired encouragement to the boys and, in- cidentally requested the Anchorage radio station to at. least broadcast the score after the game tonight.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
NEW TEACHER

Mrs Robert Baxter, wife of a Wrangell fisherman, this week joined the teaching staff of Wran- gell grammar school. She is teach ing the third grade. replacing Mrs Hattie Chase who recently re- signed.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
HOME TOMORROW

Fred G. Hanford, who went to Seattle last Friday for a medical checkup at Virginia Mason Clinic, wired today that he expects to re- turn to Wrangell tomorrow via Pan American Clipper and Ellis Air Lines.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
RED CROSS MEETING

There will be a First Aid Red Cross instructors meeting Tues day, March 23 at the Fire Hall at 2 D. m. All members are urged to be present.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
CONVICTED

c. B. Wyatt was found guilty of charge of shooting mink out of season in US. Commissioner R. J. Suratt's court Monday and fined $1OO.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19
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Nome again became a disaster city when its only civilian hospital. the Columbus-Maynard, burned down last Friday. Lucky for Nome
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1948-03-19

Recent threat of the Alaska Ma tive Service to move it's headquar- ter from Juneau to Anchorage has been followed up by a plan being considered by the Public Road Ad- ministration to take its headQuar- ters up to the Westward city. The cOnsternation in Juneau is second only to the war filters. Without its government payroll Juneau wouldn't be much of a place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-03-12
Arguments on Dismissal
Put OFF In Union Theft Case

| District Court Justice Alexander
Holtzoff, today postponed until
Friday arguments on q defense
motion seeking dismissal Of in.
dictments charging three labor Of.
flcials with embezzlement Of union
funds.
The three are among 10 oftcials
OF the International Hod Carriers
and Building Laborers' Union who
are scheduled to 60 on trial April
IL, in District Court on charges
Iof stealing and embezzling funds.
Defense Attorney Joseph B. Kee-
nan, who represents three Of the
defendants, requested the postpone.
ment because Of illness, 1t was re-
ported.
His motion seeks dismissal Of In.
dictments against Joseph v. Mo-
reschi, international president;
Achilles Persian, secretary treasurer,
and John Carney, international
organizer. He also has filed q
motion for separate trials for the
men who were indicted in March,
1914.
Mystery still surrounds the dis
appearance Of Larry Kelly, central
figure in the alleged conspiracy.
Kelly, head Of Local IA OF the union
and a resident Of Berwyn, Nd, dis
appeared in 1913, shortly after Q
grand jury began investigating the
union. 1t was reported in June,
1914. that he died on a Merchant
Marine vessel in the Pacific, but
some Government ofiicials have re.
fused to concede his death.
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Elderly Residents Urged
To Have Chest x.Rays Made

Health Officer George G. Rutland
today issued i special plea for elder
ly residents to take advantage OF
the Washington Chest x-ray Survey
as . check against tuberculosis.
Citing the recent death of a o.
year-old woman from the disease
DR.. Rutland pointed out that tuber-
culosis lis not incompatible with
long life" Such q person "unsus-
pectingly can be q source OF infec-
ton to others during many years OF
life" he declared.
The surveys free x-ray unit at
1850 Pennsylvania avenue NV. was
visited yesterday by one of the oldest
residents to apply for an examina-
ton, officials said. She was Mrs.
May Madden. 2513 North Ninth
street, Arlington, Va, who said she
will be 81 years old next week.
Meanwhile, officials OF the survey,
sponsored by the District Health De-
partment. the United States Public
Health Service and the District
tuberculosis Association, announced
that $4,000 Washingtonians have
had X-rays since the survey orened
January II. OF that number, only
4.403 have been advised to take fur
ther chest examinations.
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More Tax Charges Filed
Against Meyers in Dayton

DAYTON. Ohio, Mar. IL R).--
The Internal Revenue Bureau Office
here filed charges today that Maj
Gen. Bennett E. Meyers falsified by
SAG, 7os.e8 the 1s41 tax return of the
Aviation Electric Corp.
The complaint was signed by
Max Weaver, snecial agent in
charge of the Dayton intelligence
Eunit of the Internal Revenue
Bureau.
United States District Attorney
Ray ODonnell said the warrant
issued by United States Commits
sioner Charles Oxias. will be for
Warded to the District Attorney in
FWashinston for Meyers arraign-
Bment before the United States
Commissioner there. MrIODonnell
sid he recommended that bond of
$1,000 be set for his appearance
here at later, unspecifed date.
The complaint charges that on or
about March Is, 1912, Meyers did
wilfully, knowingly, unlawfully and
feloniously attempt to defeat and
evade the income and excess profits
taxes due the United States by the
Aviation Electric Corp. for the year
194l in the amount of $26,7089s.
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Czech Coup Makes Dutch
Double Police Forces
BY the Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Holland. Mar. IA
The government announced today
that $4,000 men will be added to
Dutch police forces to safeguard
public security. Police strength will
be more than doubled.
Minister of Justice J. H. Maarse.
veen told Parliament the govern
ment's power will be strengthened
to combat internal extremist activi-
ties from any quarter. He said pri-
vately that recent events in Czecho-
slovakia, where the Communists
seized control, had speeded the de.
cision.
The 7,00O-man government police
force will be increased by 10000 vol.
unteers. Municipal police now num-
bering $4,000 will be doubled. The
increases will be within the Frame
work of normal police service and
there Is no question Of any inde-
pendent corps, the announcement
said. Loyalty tests will be given.
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ptAnuiha Great Conflict
!. Foreseen by De Valera
By The Asseeiufsd prsss

TULSA, Okla, Mar. i2.-Eamon
de Valera, former Prime Minister
of Fire, foresees another great
conflict" In the near future.
Mr.. de Valera, In an interview
last night, said aid from the United
States through the Marshall plar,
may help prevent another war but
1t must be forthcoming soon.
The former Prime Minister ar
rived by air for an overnight stop
on his way to the West Coast.
"A deg on a "preview passenger
flight" to San Francisco, landed at
the Nashville airport yesterday to
pick up Mr.. de Valera. The pre-
view" fight Is preliminary to re-
turn to regular service next Mon
day Of airline Dots.
At . banquet In his honor, Mr..
de Valera declared that Fires aim
Ii to regain freedom" in the SIX
counties Of Northern Ireland Just
as In the 26 counties Of Fire.
At the banquet he was made an
honorary member Of the otoe In
dian tribe. He was given the name
Of Irah-ri- Turah-hi, which means
good friend from across the sea"
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ment attorneys Of trying to confus.
the jury by bringing in alleged &C.
tivities Of Meyers which, even Il
true, had nothing to do with thu
present case. He asserted the Gov.
eminent used arguments directed
to prejudice"
This prosecution IL q smear
throughout, the attorney said. u
had to pinch myself during this
trial to convince myself was In
an American court Of law. A man
is presumed to be innocent until
proven otherwise. You shall not
strip from a man the efforts of q
lifetime because the District At
torney just stands up and says he
is guilty"
Love Of Money Claimed.
Assistant United States Attorney
Edward Molenof. who opened the
Governments summation, called
Meyers big shot" who made q
goat" Of Lamarre.
Meyers didn't start the Aviation
Electric Co. for love of the La
marres," Mr.. Molenof said. THE
only ones loved by Meyers are him.
self and money"
The trial began here February "a.
Lamarre was the Governments key
witness. He has pleaded guilty to
perjury charges as result OF the
story he told the Senate subcom-
mittee which he said he was per-
suaded by Meyers to tell.
Meyers also faces perjury charges
as a result of his testimony before
the subcommittee
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Psychiutric
ing . Jury to try the issue as to
sanity"
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ing . Jury to try the issue as K
sanity"
Personnel Shortage Mentioned.
Mr.. Young made the appeal fol
faster action "in view Of the fact
that Gallinger is lacking in AIDE.
quate funds to secure sufficient per.
sonnet to carry the heavy load now
upon this psychiatric staff"
Furthermore, he said, Gallinger is
neither stated nor equipped to hole
persons against whom criminal
charges may lie where they are OF
sound mind.
DR.. Miller, who visited Gallinger
yesterday, said DRINKS are being
sent to the psychiatric ward for
mental observation. He said he
would ask Mr.. West whether legis-
lation was needed to permit Gal
linger to release drunks in less than
30 days if they have no mental
symptoms.
Mr.. West advised the House Dis
trict Committee of Commissioner
Young's letter to Judge Barse, which
made it clear that the law author
lied commitment by the courts for
mental observation for periods mot
exceeding 80 days"-thereby estab-
fishing a maximum, but not a min
imum period.
Report Accompanies Letter.
The letter was accompanied by a
report from DR.. Joseph l.. Gilbert,
chief of the psychiatric division, to
Gallinger Supt. A. r. Sweeney in
which DR.. Gilbert reported:
Between 20 per cent and 80 per
cent Of the prisoners sent by the
courts are found in the first two
weeks to be Of unsound mind, but
lunacy hearings in their cases are
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Bowdoin College G|ee Club
To Give First Concert Here

The Glee Club Of Bowdoin Col.
lege will make its first Washington
concert appearance at $50 pm
March 23 in the Shoreham Hotel.
The Bowdoin Alumni Association
of Washington, headed by Repre-.
sentative Hale, Republican, Of Maine
will sponsor the concert. A dance
will follow.
The next day, after a sightseeing
trip to the White House, the glee
club and its director, DR.. Frederic
e. T. Tillotson. professor Off music
at Bowdoin, will be guests of the
Maine congressional delegation at q
luncheon in the Senate family din
ing room.
Luncheon hosts will include Su-
preme Court Justice Harold H. Bur
ton and Mrs. Burton, Senator Brew
ster, Republican, Of Maine, and Mrs.
Brewster; Senator White, Repub-
lican, Of Maine, and Mrs. White, and
Representatives Smith. Fellows and
Hale, Republicans, of Maine, and
Mrs. Hale.
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the Embassy discontinue send
copies to them.
izvestio Biomes Islander
And Lies From West

MOSCOW, Mar. II tR-Izvestia
said today Czech Foreign Minister
Jan Masaryk killed himself because
Of Islander and lies" against him
by western reactionaries.
A Tass dispatch from Prague
said observers feel the purported at
tacks seriously affected his nervous
state"
Izvestia cited a statement by
Czech Interior Minister Vaclav
Nosek that letters and kilograms
found in Mr.. Masaryk's room from
American and English friends" as
sailed the foreign minister for his
"manlike conduct during the gov
eminent crisis"
(Nosek. a Communist, told the
Czech Parliament Mr.. Masaryk
had ended his life after a night
Of broodins over "tendentious
malicious letters and kilograms
from his former friends in Great
Britain and America
Izvestia said news of Mr.. Ma.
saryk's death was met by great
mourning among the workers of
Czechoslovakia who during the gov
eminent crisis felt him to be in
their ranks"
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Veteran Gets 6 Months
In Atomic Photo Theft
BY fhe Asseeioted Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Mar
12.--One Of two former Army pho.
tographers convicted OF stealing Sc.
cret photographs from the Lo.
Alan1os IN. Mex atomic project has
been sentenced to six months in iai,
and fined $500. The other has re-
ceived a $3.50 fine and no jail sen.
tence.
Federal Judge Bower Broadus as
sessed the heavier penalty yesterday
against Ernest L. Paporello, 20, for
merly of Union City, N. j.
The other defendant was George
w. Thompson, AZ, Espanola, N. Mex.
commercial photographer formerly
of Greenwood, Mo.
Both men were charged with theft
of Government property. There
were no accusations that they ex-
posed atomic secrets.
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Meyers
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automobile allegedly bought by him
with Aviation Electric Co. money.
The jury was told by Justice Holtz-
of that II 1t believed Mr.. Mettee' Z
testimony, it could, if it wished
take the story as evidence Of a
consciousness Of guilt" by Meyers.
Justice Holtzoff concluded his
charge by instructing the jury to
bring in a separate verdict of guilty
or not guilty on each Of the three
counts on the indictment charging
Meyers with subordination of per-
Jury.
Defense Objects to Charge.
The first count hinges on whether
Meyers induced Lamarre to deny to
the Senate subcommittee that
meyers had a financial interest in
the Dayton company. The two
other counts of similar nature
deal with Lamarre's testimony con-
corning the automobile and the
$4,000 apartment decoration.
When Justice Holt1of completed
his charge, Defense Counsel Robert
T. Bushnell offered long list of OBJ
jections at a bench conference that
lasted more than half an hour.
Government and defense counsel
summed up their cases late yester-
day. The defense pictured Meyers,
as the victim of smear" The
prosecution attacked him as an
officer who lived on the fat of the
land" during the war and thought
1.-The United States Government was
a pushover for him."
Faces Up to 30 Years.
"A verdict of not guilty would be
q gross miscarriage Of justice" As
sistant United States Attorney John
w. FINELY declared. "It would be
an invitation to perjury and sub
ornation of perjury. And if perjury
and subornation run amok, you
might as well close up the courts,
hearings on Capitol Hill and the
legislatures.
Mr.. Bushnell accused Govern
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Prague
Continued From First Page

with the Germans during the oc-
cupstion.
The police said his admissions
would be useful in the ministrys
prosecution of high officials of the
party whom Gottwald himself has
charged with plotting q putsch.
These include Prokop Drtina, for
mer Justice minister: Peter Zenkl,
former deputy premier, and DR..
Vladimir Krajina, former party sec
rotary general. DR.. Drtina recently
was reported to have attempted sui
eide by jumping out window.
The three were among deputies
absent from Parliament yesterday.
Also absent was Volta Benes, right
wing Social Democrat and brother
of President Benes.
Parliament will recess tomorrow
for Mr.. Masaryk's state funeral. A
government doctor, reporting on an
autopsy, said last night Mr.. Masaryk
died on striking stone paving. He
said his skull was not harmed.
Benes Remains Silent.
The President, now spending most
of his time at his country home at
Sezimovo Usti, has made no state
ment on the passing of his old
friend and fellow worker. But Mrs.
Benes came personally from there to
comfort Mr.. Masaryk's sister Alice.
On court order, police yesterday
seized the March 8 edition of the
United States Information Service
Bulletin because of editorial excerpts
in it from United States newspapers.
1t was the fifth such confiscation
here.
The United States Embassy, which
distributes the bulletin. mean
while was disclosed to have asked
the Foreign once for information
on Andrew Spiro, employed in the
new Bradshaw consulate. Spiro Is
in custdy of a general charged with
spying.
vladimir Suchan. first secre-
star, and four other officials of
the Buenos Aires Czechoslovak
Legation resigned yesterday to
protest what he termed "a re-
eine imposed by a partisan
minority.D
Still another issue of the United
States Information Service Bulletin
was stopped by the post Office and
confiscated. Joseph KolArek, United
States Embassy press attache, re-
ported. This issue. the sixth to be
stopped. contained Secretary Of
State Marshall's assertion that
there is a reign of TERROR in Czecho.
slovakia.
(Mr. Kolarek was reporter,
assistant city editor and .tele-
graph editor of the Washington
Times-Herald for about three
years until World War II. He
formerly had worked on Balti-
more newspapers.
(He served with the Army dur
ing the war and has been in
Prague since the German sur
render. His wife. Mrs. Frances
Kolarek, also former Times
Herald editorial employe, re-
Gently left her Job at the Ameri-
can Chemical Society here and
Joined her husband in Prague.)
The bulletin, printed in English
and Czech. has had q circulation
of about 1000 readers in newspaper
ofiices, among government oflcials
and In libraries. Early In the crisis
about 100 recipients had asked that
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Five Elected to Board
OF Mary Baldwin COLLEGE
By the Associated Pres,

STAUNTON, Va, Mar. 12.-Five
new members were elected to the
Board Of Trustees of Mary Baldwin
College at meeting here yester-
day. They are:
Gilpin Wilson, jr., and Hugh B.
Sproul Of Staunton; Webster
Rhoads, IT., Of Richmond: Associate
Justice Archibald Chapman BIZ
chanan Of Tazewell and Dean James
Graham Leyburn Of Washington
and Lee University.