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Evening star., 1949-07-03

Summer is the season for re-
gional and national tournaments.
The open tourney of the Southern
Chess Association is in progress
this week end at the John Mar
shall Hotel in Richmond. Seven
rounds according to the Swiss sys-
tenn are to be completed in four
DAYS. The District was to be
represented by powerful quartet:
Hans Berliner, Oscar Shapiro.
George S. Thomas and Stuart E.
Wagman.
Evening star., 1949-07-03
Crime and Mystery
Ry Miriom Ottenberq

Was Red by keeps tossing cllmactic
Dodd Mead the next
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d. Du,u. o Journeying
Evening star., 1949-07-03

prise ending and repeated the
formula until it became nnechan-
ical."
Unfortunately, the formula a
persists to this day. Few stories
appear in the big circulation
magazines that fail to fit GER
tain mold. The surprise ending
which editors now call the
snapper" is almost a requisite
Mr.. Long contends that while
these trick endings often are chear
and Illogical. o. Henry's endings
were not tricks, but the valid ano
inevitable finishes readers should
have expected all along.
Appealing Figure.
There is no more appealing
figure in our letters than o
Henry. His real name was Viii.
liam Sydney Porter, and he was
born in Greensboro, N. c., in 1852
He spent his early manhood ir
Texas. He was a bank teller fol
a time, and later he was sent tt
prison for three years for a small
embezzlement of which 1t i
doubtful that he was guilty. Bu'
in prison he began to writ,
stories. Some of them were pub.
lished under the name Of o
Henry. He went to New York ir
1902. and in a few years won la.
tional fame. In 1910 he died at 4s
Mr.. Longs account is sym.
pathetic and we'll written, but dis.
appointing in its failure to impart
much that Is new concerning {
man whose personal life has re.
manned something of a mystery
The author has dug up some new
material about Will Porter's trial
in Austin. but nothing that con-
tributes much toward explaining
It. Did the accused man take the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Home on Visit
With Relatives
And Friends

Vactioning here at home in
Dayton from school is Miss Lucille
Shaw, one of the more popular
members of Dayton's young set.
Miss Shaw is the daughter of Mrs.
Jessie cCullough and Mr.. Roy
Shaw, Sr. She is staying with her
mother on Home avenue.
Miss Shaw is studying nursing
at Harlem Hospital in New York
City. She recently completed her
first year as a student Nurse in
the huge hospital on Lenox ave-
nue. and 136th and 18th streets.
Before taking up the nursing pro-
fession she spent a year at Tenn
essee State College in Nashville,
Tenn. She graduated from Roose-
welt High School here in the city.
Miss Shaw will return to New
York on September 20 to resume
her training. Meanwhile she is en-
joying reunions with her friends
Of long standing in Dayton and
environs.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Progressives
Back Negro for
Magistrate

PHILADELPHIA, Alg. 20. CA
NP)-The Progressive party was
placed on the Philadelphia ballot
Wednesday when 1850 sigma
lures were filed at City hall and
other details required by the city
were answered. Also nominating
papers were filed which contained
the names of five persons on the
ballot.
The only Negro on the ballot
which supported Magistrate Jo-
seph H. Rainey for Congress, last
year was Booker T. Rowe, a Ken
lucky State college graduate, who
has been a resident of Philadel-
phia for six years.
Rowe is slated for the office of
magistrate in the ,28th ward in
which he lives. He campaigned last
year for the Pennsylvania state
assembly and polled $4,000 votes.
A radio engineer, Rowe is a ma
tive Of Danville, KY. He is a mem
Der of Jones Tabernacle, and a
member of Omega Psi Phi frater-
nifty. This makes his second year
in politics.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Yellow Springs
Opera House May
Close Its Doors

There will be much wailing and
gnashing of teeth if the historic
Yellow Springs Opera House
closes it's doors thereby forcing an
end to the year round dramas pre-
scented by the Area Theater group.
This group has been one Of the
few really progressive organiza-
tons in this section. Their produc-
tions have always been on a par
with those of any other expert
mental dramatic group of anna
tours in the nation.
Difficulties in coming to terms
on the leasing Of the. Opera House
is on of the prime factors in fore
ing a closing Of the ancient struc-
ture which was built before the
building code laws were enacted
in their present form. Antioch
College which would take the Is
year lease is fearful of losing
heavily because of unforeseen cir
cumstances which might arise.
Another factor is the complaining
of citizens living in the area of
the theater about the noise in con-
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
the Police BIotter

Leroy Williams, owner OF the Will
liams cleaners, 929 West Fifth
street, told police that his estab-
lishment was entered and sos in
cash stolen. According to Will
liams, the thieves ransacked his
office, broke into his office and
attempted to crack the safe. The
entry was gained by smashing a
window.
Ben Eisman, At, of 1916 Shaw
ana place, was held by police fol-
lowing charges Of suspicion of
grand larceny when a quantity of
household goods were found in
his home reported stolen from a
downtown department store where
he was employed as a Waterman.
According to police, goods ranging
from furniture to kitchen utensils
were found in Eisman's home. The
theft has been going on for sew
eral months, according to police.
Mrs. Wiley Gross, of 166 Eagle
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Crawford to
Take on New
Resi- possibilities

HIM. Privette, council executiv of
the Miami Valley Boy Scout coun-
Gil further distinguished himself
as a firm believer in democracy
this weekend when he announced
that Don Crawford, editor of the
Miami Valley Scouter, official
scout organ of the council, will as
sumo added responsibilities. Craw-
ford will serve as director of pub
lie relation and director of regis
tration service in addition to other
duties he has been performing.
Privette has commanded even
greater respect and admiration
for the manner in which he oper-
ates. He does not trumpet his
christian-like gestures with any
public posturings whatsoever. He
merely gives over responsibilities
to individuals on merit alone. If
the deserving happens to be a
member of a minority group, he
does not call the reporters and
photographers to witness a "spec-
tacle," a "first +" in race relations.
Privette is a man of stature in
a world. overcrowded with men Of
feble courage.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Set of Keys Found

A set of keys including car
keys bearing license number 383-
81, issued by the Disabled Veter-
ans organization at the Lee-Car-
penter Post 1928, AMERICAN Lee
gion, 1924 South Broadway. Own
err can get same by c~ontating jim
mic N. Jones, manager of post
headquarters.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29

street, told police sneak thieves
entered her home while she was
taking a bath and stole 1854 in
cash and jewelry from her dresser
drawer.
Inman Kennimore, 20, of 100
Norwood avenue, told Common
Pleas Judge Robert U. Martin,
that he wanted to go to the fed
eral hospital in Lexington, KY,
for treatment as an addict to the
dope habit when he was arraigned
in court last week for charges of
possessing instruments for injec-
ton of narcotics. The court after
hearing a report of Kinnimore's
police record ranging from petty
larceny to burglary, including
traffic in drugs referred his case
to the probation department for
disposition.
Montgomery county deputies
continued their raids on the vicin-
ity of the Leisure Hour club in
Crown Point early Saturday morn
ing an arrested nine persons for
lettering and drunkenness. The to-
tai number of persons arrested in
CONTINUED on page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Hats Flow Of
Information to UN

LAKE SUCCESS, Aug. 20. "a
NP)-The UN T~rusteeship coun-
Gil reported to the general assem-
bly, here last week hat South At
RIGA has discontinued sending in
reports on it's administration of
Southwest Africa, as has been re-
quested by the assembly last No
vember.
South Africa obtained admins
tration of the southwest territory
under a League Of Nations man
date. It however, refused to fall in
line with other nations to place
its manlated territory under the
UN trusteeship council until last
July.
N2M NW M 2E
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
5PORyRENEW

Sammy Jethroe, star %outfielder
Of the Montreal Royals, in the In
ternational league, will think twice
before he "speaks out of turn to
his manager, Clay Hopper, who
pinned a 500 fine on him re-
Gently for blowing his top" in a
meeting prior to a league game.
According to word received by
this reporter, Jethroe insisted on
being right in a discussion of GER
tain play that went the wrong way
and resulted in the loss of an inn
portant game between the Royals
and the Buffalo Bissons in the
same league. Clay Hopper, the gen
ial manager of many colored stars,
such as Jackie Robinson, Roy Cam
PAMELA, Dan Bankhead and others
being a stickler for discipline told
the lanky outfielder to remain 81
lent on the subject in the meeting
but, as he is known in his days
with the Cleveland Buckeyes, ig-
nored the warnings of his boss
and as the result was fined 500
and one days suspension. Jethroe
knows now it don't pay to "pop
off" in organized baseball. Buz
Bavasi, general manager of the
Royals, told reporters he regretted
the incident, but hat Hopper was
the field boss and he would not
interior with his running of the
team. "Jethroe," continued the G..
M, els on his way up to the
majors and is slated to land a
berth with the Dodgers in 1850
and this will not help him any,"
Maybe this will be a lesson to
him.
Dan Bankhead, big six-foot
Highlander Of the Montreal Roy
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29

ais, has been the sensation OF the
pitching staff since the departure
of Don Newcombe, now the lead
ing hurler of the National league.
Depsite the wildness of Bankhead,
he is n of the most feared hurl-
ers of the eastern circuit with Is
victories against four defeats.
Aside from his hurting accomplish
ments, he is also one of the hard
est hitters in the league with a
cool 1916 batting average as of
August 20. His latest pitching feat
was the shutting out Of the Balti-
more Orioles 3 to O; letting them
down with only two hits, and again
when he let the Syracuse Chiefs
down with three hits and winning
the game by the score of 8 to J..
In the Baltimore game he tripled
and scored on Sammy Jethroe's
homer. Dan has held the opposi-
ton to nine hits in the last four
games hurled and allowing only
one run to be scored against him.
Dayton Dunbar now officially
a member of the City Football
league and making it a "Big Sew
full Pledged members of the "Big
Seven" football and basket ball
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-08-29
Zion Hill News

For the benefit of u broad
casting service, the Zion Hill Bap-
fist church is rendering a musical
program Sunday night at 1880.
We cordially invite our neighbor
churches and friends to come out
and be with us. We feel sure you
will enjoy the service and we will
appreciate your presence. Rev. j.
A. Hubbard, pastor.
Baptism service will be con-
Quoted Wednesday night.
nection with the dramas. Patrons
coming and going from perform
ances are said to prevent sleep
from occurring in the neighbor-
hood.
Dramatic devouts in these parts
are choking over the dim chance
their lover, the Opera House, has
of surviving. They pray they will
not be chanting in the not too dis
tant future: Alas, poor Yorick, I
knew him well!
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
End Basketball
Second Series
Tonight
BY BILL KNAPP

Completing the second series of
City League basketball. Stewards
four basketball teams will meet to-
night on the high school court to
decide standings by the scoreboard
In the first game, starting at
7:30, the undefeated High School
Ponies will meet the Seward Light
and Power team. The second game
of the evening will see the Hard
waremen and the Boosters battling
it out for top score. Both games
should prove to be thrilling. hard
fought basketball.
There will be a week of no City
League games because the Ponies
will be out of the running next
week, thereby making it impos-
sible to play doubleheaders. Sew
ard High will play the Anchorage
High Eagles on Stewards home
floor Thursday, January 20 and
Friday, January 81.
Series III, the last of City League
playing, will start Tuesday, Janu-
airy Is. Game nights scheduled,
with all four teams playing each
evening, are Tuesday, January IS;
Friday, January %; Tuesday, Feb
ruary l; Friday, February 4; Tues
day, February 8, and Wednesday,
February 8. The last game of
Series III would normally have
been set for Friday, February II,
except that Kodiak High is play
ing Seward High on both Thurs
day and Friday of that week
These games are also at Seward
1t is hoped that all games of the
last series will be played in the
USO Building. All teams of the
league would especially like to
play one of their series on a STAN
dard sized floor. The Ponies need
playing experience on a large floor
before meeting opponents in the
large gymnasium at Anchorage for
the Rendezvous tournament.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
MUST HAVE NEW DRIVERS
LICENSES BY JAN. Is

The office of the City Clerk has
been swamped with late applicants
for vehicle and drivers licenses. it
was learned today. Highway Pa
trolman George Pucket has come
to the assistance of City Clerk
Troy Bogard in making out the
necessary papers for the last min
ute rush at the City Hall.
While licenses are good only till
the end of the year, drivers have
been given a period of grace end
ing Saturday, January IS. After
that date, those who do not have
new licenses will be arrested.
City police state that four minor
accidents have occurred within the
past week which were not reported.
There is Territorial law which
provides a penalty for the offense
of leaving the scene Of an accident.
Even though only minor damage is
done. the person doing the damage
must report it to the owner of the
damaged property. Otherwise he is
liable to fine and Jail sentence.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
New Surgeon
n AIMED for
Sanatoriium

The Alaska Department an
nounced the appointment of DR..
Lawrence M. Lowell as Chief Med
ical Officer of the Seward Sana-
forum and thoracic surgeon of the
Alaska Department of Health. He
sailed from Seattle January Is on
the Alaska.
DR.. Lowell received his medical
training at the University of Ore
gon Medical School, graduating
in 1886, followed by a general ro-
tating internship.
He was in the general practice
of medicine and surgery at Astoria
Oregon, from 1887 to 1910, at
which time he joined the United
States Army Medical Corps, serv-
ing from 1910 to l945. During his
Army service he had unusually
good opportunities in following
general surgery as we'll as holding
responsible administrative posi-
tons.
DR.. Lowell has completed a
three-year residency at the Uni
versity of Oregon Medical School
hospitals and clinics. This training
included medical and surgical as
poets of non-tuberculosis and
tuberculosis diseases of the chest
He comes to Alaska recommend
ed by Dr. John E. Tuhy and other
professional associates. DR.. Lowell
replaces DR.. A. r. Vale who re-
Gently left Seward Sanatorium to
take up work in continental Unit
ed States.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14

After hearing Governor Gruen-
ings message Tuesday forenoon
both the House and Senate got
down to business during the after
noon sessions.
The House, at full strength.
passed two bills, the first to be
passed this session.
One of the bills provided $3.50 to
buy five typewriters for the legis-
lature. The other. also a short,
was of more consequence and pro-
vides for the adoption of the new
three volume compilation of Alas
ka laws as the code of Alaska. An
emergency clause will put this in
effect Immediately upon passage
of the bill by the Senate and its
approval by the governor
The Senate continued it's organ
ization by naming committees for
the special session.
Both bodies of the legislature
are now expected to concentrate
attention on the multiplicity OF
revenue measures that have been
introduced so far.
At least one more such measure
is to come and is expected to be
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
Polio Fund Drive
Starts Here
Next Monday

Hal Gilfilen will be chairman of
the Infantile Paralysis Fund rails
ing campaign, with all the mem
bers of the Seward Public Health
and Welfare Council as co-workers.
The campaign will begin the
week of January II, and will con-
tinue through January 81. The coin
collectors will be placed in various
spots around town, and the climax
of the campaign will be a grand
ball at the USO building on the
night of January 20.
Of the coin collections, one-half
will be sent to the National Foun-
dation for Infantile Paralysis and
the other half will be used locally
for crippled children.
Proceeds from the grand ball will
be divided equally between the In
fantile Paralysis Fund and the
Seward Public Health and Wei
fare Council. Tickets for the grand
ball will be on sale next week.
Progress Of the campaign and
details about the grand ball will
be announced in the near future.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
Alaska Code Revision Considered
BY erritorial legislature

introduced today or tomorrow in
the Senate. This is the Alaska gen
eral license tax bill brought by
Senator Engebreth and approved
by Third Division Republican Or
CARNATIONS. 1t provides for four
per cent tax on net income on the
taxpayer or one mill per dollar of
net assets of the taxpayer in the
territory, whichever is greater.
The tax would be collected from
all business establishments in the
Territory and on the Alaska bust
ness or assets of firms that oper-
ate both in Alaska and elsewhere.
Senator Rivers of the Third Di-
vision heads the taxation and rev.
enue committee in the Senate to
which tax measures will be re-
ferred. Senator Mackenzie is the
other Democrat of the committee,
representing the First Division, and
Republican members are Senator
NUM- of the Second and Senator
Butrovich of the Fourth.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
Health Course
Will Be G1Uen
In March

Mr.. l.. w. Coe, health education
consultant, has been in Seward
this week to set the stage for a
course in health education to be
given here in March.
The course will be given under
the Extension Department of the
University of Alaska, and two COL
lege credits will be given those
who successfully complete the
course
While the course is given especi-
ally for teachers, it is believed that
there will be many others in Sew
ard who will take advantage of
this opportunity. According to pres
ent plans classes will begin March
o.
Mr.. Coe, who has been here to
start the ball rolling, is the health
education consultant for the Alas
ka Department of Health. He is
stationed at Juneau. Mr.. Coe COM
pleted his undergraduate studies
at Midland College and later took
graduate work at Columbia Univer-
sity and the University of Nebr
He spent three years as assistant
director Of health, Education Divi-
sion, Nebraska Department of
Health.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
SQUAD GIVEN REFRIGERATOR

The Seward High School basket
ball squad is the recipient of a
generous gift from the American
Legion Post No. S of Seward The
gift is spacious refrigerator
which is to be ratified to raise
funds. The Legion has also fur
nished the rattle tickets The men,
bers of Seward Highs basketball
squad take this opportunity to ex-
press their gratitude to the Legion
naires of Seward Post No. s.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
SCENIC AIR SERVICE
HEARING CANCELLED

A notice from the Civil Aero
nautics Board, dated January IL,
states that the pre-hearing confer
ence pertaining to the application
of the Alaska Scenic Air Service
for weekly service to Hope, Coop
er's Landing and Lawing has been
cancelled.
The Scenic Air Service proposed
a service to the above named
towns, using Seward as a base of
operations.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
Trains Resume
Runs; Phones
Still Out

'S<iii .o>i WIZ oSCl Hc (tldShd
Railroad was resumed about am.
today Friday) after rotary and
and bulldozer crews had worked
round the clock for two days clear
ing a half-dozen slides in the vi
cinity of Mile 49, between Portage
and Anchorage, it was reported to-
day from ARR headquarters in
Anchorage
Weather along the Railbelt is
still foul and crews are standing
by at Portage in readiness to clear
the tracks of further slides should
they occur
The slide at Mile 70 was among
the biggest the Railroad has ever
encountered. Wet snow, rocks and
timber which composed the slide
made the clearing job especially
difficult. However, hard work on
the part of railroad officials and
creWmen accomplished the job in
considerably less time than had
been estimated when extent of the
slides was first learned
Train service was resumed yes
terday on the north end of the line
with clearing of slides in the vi
entity of Curry.
Extensive damage was done to
telephone lines between Seward
and Anchorage and wiremen are
making an all-out effort to get
! them repaired. No estimate mas
been made as to the time tele-
phone communication viii be re-
sumed. 1t is reported that ACS
crews are also working on the lines
in order to expedite restoration of
communications
Among Seward bound passengers
on the Monday train which was
held up for several hours a few
miles north of Girdwood by the
big slides and finally returned TO
Anchorage at 4:30 am. Tuesday.
were Mrs. Ray Mackenzie, Mrs.
! Bryson, Jack Little and John Cole
man. Mrs. Mckenzie and Mr.. Cole
man returned to Seward by plane
Thursday morning.
Another passenger on the train
was Miss Alma Ross, sister of Murl
Trevethan, who comes from San
Francisco, Calf. Miss Ross says
Monday nights experience on the
train was really wonderful-after
,, it was all over. She came to Sew
ard by plane Thursday morning
with Gentry Shuster.
Passengers on the blocked train
report no discomfort other than
lack of rest. The coaches were kept
warm and passengers were pre-
scented with K-rations which are
carried on the trains for such emer-
gencieS Gallons of coffee were car
ried across the slide from a sec
ton shack and lunches were
brought from Anchorage by the
snow fleet which arrived about
1920 pm. Monday evening. Upon
investigating the extent of the
slides, the passenger train was re-
fYrpoI RI
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
At the Hotels

At the New Seword-FlOra NJ
Gracy, Mass; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Wright, Fairbanks; Mrs. Norman
Lange, Anchorage; H. L. Clark,
Los Angeles; Tom Virgins, Stock
ton, Calf; Edward Borders, Fair
banks: L. T. Capel, Rockingham,
NJ c.; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. l.. Weakley,
Anchorage; E A. Ezzell, Anchor
age; c. G.. Finger, Fairbanks;
Lloyd w. Care, Juneau; George A.
Lingo, Anchorage.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
BUD JONES SOLDERING
AT KODIAK

Bud Jones, first Seward youth to
be indicted into the Army under
the new Selective Service Act, is
reported to be at Kodiak undergo
ing training. 1t was not known
whether the new draftees would
take part in the war games to take
place there as part of the winter
maneuvers of the Navy.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1949-01-14
Reprinted by Request
&. =. . =. -. . .

folks and friends back home. Moose
are the second greatest hazard to
contend with by the Railroad, COM
ing second only to snow slides.
They slow up train schedules and
frequently are killed by charging
into trains after the snow drives