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Science
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aim. Children born with defects
which are not lethal at birth are
nursed to adult life when they
pass on the defects to children of
their own.
The result, DR.. Mueller stressed,
is a hidden deterioration which
theoretically could lead to an
artificial race" all of whose men,
bers should be dead. The disad-
Ivantageous mutations have piled
up to the point where they have
smothered the good hereditary
qualities.
MY fellow mutants," declared
DR.. Mueller, every one of us is
now the carrier of at least eight
|deleterious human mutations"
These, he said. will probably
make themselves evident more and
more in such things as arthritis,
heart disease and diabetes. These
diseases are not hereditary, per Sc,
but their development probably
depends on inherent constitu-
tional defects. "a
Says Nature Will Triumph.
Nature is bound to triumph in
the end, DR.. Mueller warned. The
more the hereditary defects pile
up, the more medicine will, be
forced to combat them with new
remedies to keep the race alive.
It is highly probable that many
o fthe deleterious mutations will
effect intelligence. Recent Brit
ish Investigations have shown an
alarming decrease in the intelli-
gence Of the British people. as
shown by tests, during the last
two generations, and it Is quite
probable the same is in prog
ress here.
With declining intelligence the
ability to combat the new condi-
tions will lessen and medicine may
even lose the ability to apply the
old methods.
Just as many persons must die
in the end, he stressed. The pres
ent generation is merely borrowing
years from its grandchildren.
Rare Mutations Good.
It can be demonstrated, DR..
Mueller said, that nearly every
mutation is for the worse. and
until modern medicine came into
the picture. nature had put a
brake on too rapid accumulation
This keeps most animal populations
stable. Nearly always deleterious
mutations are "recessives"- that
is, they vii not appear in offspring
unless shared by both parents. In
a natural population it is quite
rare for this to be the case.
A very rar mutation is good
Such changes usually are "domi-
nants." If possessed by one parent
it vii be passed to the offspring
regardless of its lack in the other
parent.
The slow piling up of disadvan-
tageous recessives, it was stressed
may account for the eventual de-
terioration of great races in the
past and some of the great cycles
Of history. But the rate never has
been remotely as rapid as today.
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Vice Admiral Gerald F. Began.

of Naval Operations 10 succeed
Admiral Fechteler.
Vice Admiral Robert B. Carney
now Deputy Chief of Naval Opera
tions for Logistics, will command
the I'd Task Fleet in the Atlantic
as relief for Vice Admiral Donald
B. Duncan. That change will take
place in April.
Low to Succeed Carney.
Vice Admiral Francis S. Low
now making a special survey OF
submarine warfare, will succeed
Admiral Carney.
Vice Admiral Duncan will sue
ceed Vice Admiral Arthur D.
Struble as Deputy Chief of OPP
erations in May or June. Ad-
miral Struble will be given
sea command in the Pacific
Fleet.
Rear Admiral John H. Cas-
sadly, now commander of Fleet
Air at Jacksonville. Fla. will re-
lieve Vice Admiral Calvin T
Durgin as Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations for Air. This is
scheduled for next month.
Admiral Durgin will relieve
Vice Admiral Began as command
er of the First Task Fleet in the
Pacific in February.
More Captains Promoted.
In addition to Capts. Burke,
Glass, Houser, Ruble and Will
hanson. the following captains
won promotion:
Capt. Thomas Baldwin Brit
tain. A native of Richmond. KY.
he is now serving on the staff of
the commander Of the Florida
group of the Atlantic Reserve
Fleet.
Capt. Clark Lawrence Green.
now at San Francisco on the staff
of the commander of the Western
Sea Frontier. He is a native Of
Lancaster, Pa.
Capt. Leon Joseph Hoffman,
now serving on the staff Of the
commander Of amphibious forces
in the Pacific Fleet. He was born
in Tifin. Ohio.
Capt. Higgins Promoted.
Capt. John Martin Higgins. now
with the training command of the
Pacific Fleet, based at Pearl Har-
Dor.
Capt. Edward Alva Solomons,
now in the personnel division in
the Office of the Chief of Naval
Operations. He comes from Sum-
ter. s. G.
Capt. George Randolph Cooper,
now on duty in the Office Of the
Chief of Naval Operations. He Is
a native of Hillsboro. III.
Capt. Harry Jarrett. also in the
Office Of Chief of Naval Opera
tions. He, was born in Valley
Forge. Pa
Capt. Kenmore Mathew Nc
Names, now serving as assistant
chief of the general planning
group in the Navy Department.
He comes from Marion, Ohio.
Capt. Frank Trenwith Ward, jr.,
now Chief of Staff. Commander
Fleet Air. Jacksonville, Fla. He
is native of Raleigh. N. c.
Capt. Frederic Stanton With
ington, deputy director. atomic
energy division, armed forces spe-
cial weapons project. He lives in
Washington.
Capt. William Vincent O'Regan,
commander of the Persian Gulf
area command. He was born on
Staten Island, N. Y.
Capt. Stanhope Cotton Ring,
who is now at the National War
Evening star., 1949-12-30
Admiral w. Il. p. Blandy.
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Matthews was made public sew
eral months ago-along with COM
ment of the then Chief of Naval
Operations, Admiral Louis Den
feld-by Capt. John G. Cromme-
lin, outspoken critic of unification.
Capt. Crommelin's name did not
appear on the list although he
actually outranked Capt. Burke by
some IL numbers.
Series of Hearings Held.
Capt. Crommelin' S action touched
of a series of House hearings at
which a long parade of Navy
officers testified that defense
policies were weighed in favor of
the Army and Air Force and were
damaging the Navy.
Admiral Denfeld, one of those
who so testified. was fired as
Operations Chief by Mr.. Mat
thews, with Mr.. Truman's ap-
proval, soon after. But both Mr..
Matthews and Mr.. Johnson
denied that any reprisals were in
volved.
The new assignment list con-
tanned no mention of a job for
Admiral Denfeld. who earlier had
turned down Mr.. Matthews offer
to name him to Admiral Conollys
post in London. There is every
indication that Admiral Denfeld
will retire to accept civilian job.
Admiral Began was set down
for transfer next February from
his combat command of the First
Task Fleet in the Pacific. The
announcement said he would get
"shore duty in the aeronautical
organization" probably to Jack
sonville, Fla. to take the job of
Rear Admiral John H. Cassidy as
commander of Fleet Air there.
Admiral Blandy to Retire.
The interest which fastened on
the names of Capts. Burke and
Crommelin and Admiral Began
almost overshadowed the name of
a famous officer who also figured
in the developments.
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, At
lantic Fleet commander, will re-
tire February l to be succeeded
by Vice Admiral William M.
Fechteler, a deputy chief of Naval
Operations.
Admiral Blandy. who had been
prominently mentioned for. chief
of naval operations both at the
time of Admiral Denfeld's original
appointment two years ago and
again when the latter was ousted.
is So years old and the Navy's
atomic bomb expert. His retire.
ment long had been predicted be-
cause of the Presidents failure to
name him operations chief.
partial Disability" Cited.
The admiral. reached at Nor
folk, would only say that he
expected to retire because of
partial disability"
The Navy announcement also
contained a dozen other changes
for high-ranking admirals. in
cluding the retirement of an
other four-star admiral, Thomas
C. Kinkaid. now commander of
the Eastern Sea Frontier.
Admiral Kinkaid, who will reach
the mandatory retirement age Of
IS on May /. will be succeeded
by Vice Admiral Oscar c. Badger,
who formerly commanded naval
forces in the Western Pacific.
Other changes will include:
Rear Admiral John w. Roper,
now Chief of Naval Personnel,
will be assigned as Deputy Chief
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15
CITY HEALTH ORDINANCE
 No. l92
(Continued from March ID

SECTION 47. Garbage Disposal. All garbage and other refuse re- moved from any premises within the City, unless otherwise directed by the City Engineer shall be talk en to the City Dump or elsewhere as directed by said City Engineer.
 All garbage and other refuse shall be disposed of at the Clty Garbage Dump by sanitary fill; the site shall be prepared for re- ceipt of the refuse by the City, and refuse deposited will be covered with earth by the City. The Gar bage Contractor and Licensees shall not dump any refuse except at points previously prepared by the City for the deposit of refuse and shall follow procedures estab- lished by the City Engineer.
 For the preservation of the pub lie health and general welfare, it is hereby declared to be unlawful for any person gathering or remov- ing garbage and other refuse to dispose of the same in any other manner except by special permit from the City Engineer theretofor had and obtained.
 SECTION AS. Cleanliness of
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15

Refuse Vehicles. No garbage, ashes or debris shall be collected removed and disposed of in such a manner as to be needlessly of fensive to any person, place, build ing, premises or property.
 Each collector, either contractor or licensee, shall use a vehicle equipped with reasonably tight container body. A suitable cover shall be provided on all such ve- hicles to prevent the wind filtra- tion of ashes or debris, and dis Judgement of contents by road shocks. No collector shall be licens- ed by the City of Seward unless the equipment of such collector shall comply with all the public safety regulations of the City con- corning the same. All vehicles used by the Collector shall be kept clean. we'll painted and in good re- pair. Vehicles used for garbage dis posal shall be thoroughly flushed and brushed each day.
 SECTION 49. Penalties. Any person. firm. or corporation vio- lating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be deemed guilty of a mis- demeanor and punished by a fine of not to exceed S100OO or impris- onment not to exceed 30 days, or by both.
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15
U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ldnd Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that John Eskew Waterman, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, Louis A. Gjosund and ,Erling o. Broderson, all of Homer, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead, An chorage Serial 012086 for the NW14- NE14 sec. l, T. 6 s. R. 13 w. and the SW14SE14 sec. 36, T. s. R. 13 W.SM. containing 30 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the local land office within the period of publication or thirty days there after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Mar. Is, 1949 Date Last Publication Apr. l2, 1949
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, The Alaska Railroad, Anchorage, Alaska. Sealed bids, in duplicate, will be received until two (2:0O pm, April II, 1949 and then publicly opened for re- habilitating all or part of 144.1 miles of main line track comprising bank widening, grade raising, tie replacement, tie re-spacing, siding extensions, line changes, laying of track on siding extensions and line changes, culvert renewals, exten- siOns and new installations, bridge raising, and bridge bulkhead work on six (6) work sections of main line track between Potter, Alaska and Clear. Alaska. Unit bid prices will be asked on all classifications of work with a lump sum bid gov erning awarding. Thirty per cent (309o) of the work must be con- pleted before November 1, 1949 and all work involved must be con- p e e d by November l, 1850. Plans and specifications may be secured at Room 238, the General Office Building, The Alaska Rail road, Anchorage, Alaska. R. A. Sharood, Chief Engineer, The Alas ka Railroad
 Mar 15-18-22-25-29 '49
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15

SECTION 50. Repeal of Other Ordinances. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 51 Passage. This or dinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the passage and publication according to law. Passed by the Common Council, and approved by the Mayor of the City of Seward, Alaska, this 24th day of January, 1949
 EUGENE N. LANIER,
 Mayor. City of
 Seward, Alaska. TROY BOGARD, City Clerk.
 LEGAL .dDFERTTSING
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15
SUMMONS

SUMMONS IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA,
 THIRD DIVISION DOROTHY. L. DE LOZIER,
 Plaintiff, JOHN G. DE LOZIER,
 Defendant THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE ABOVE NAMED
 DEPENDANT, GREETINGS:
 YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED to appear in the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Di- vision, within forty (40) days after the date of service of this sum mons on you, or within thirty (3O) days after the last date of publi- cation of this summons, and an swer the complaint of the above named plaintiff, on file in the said Court in the aboveentitled action. The said plaintiff in said action demands the following relief: That the bonds of matrimony ex- isting between plaintiff and de- fendant be dissolved, and for such other relief as may be set forth in the complaint attached hereto and made part hereof. And in the event you fail to so appear and answer, the plaintiff will take judgment against you for want thereof and will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in her complaint as hereinabove stated
 WITNESS the Honorable An thony J. Dimond Judge of the District Court and the seal of said Court hereunto affixed on the l4th day March, 1949.
 M k. $. BRUNELLE, Clerk of the District Court (SeaD By ANNA B. SOUTHARD, Deputy Clerk. Mar 15,22 ,29-Apr. 5-'49
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15
OFFICIAL NOTICE CITY OF SEWARD, ALASKA NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL
 ELECTION

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR SEWARD PRECINCT, THIRD DIVISION, ALASKA.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 5th day of April, 1949, there will be held in the City Hall in the City of Seward, Alaska, an election for the purpose of electing Municipal officers
 The polls for said election will be opened at eight o'clock AM on that day and will close at seven o'cock PM. on the same day, and all qualified electors of the City of Seward, Alaska, who have reg istered as by ordinance provided, will be entitled to vote at said election.
 Dated this ninth day of March, 1949.
 The following officials are to be elected at the annual election April 5, 1949:
 MAYOR for term of ONE YEAR TWO COUNCILMEN for the term
 of TWO YEARS
 ONE COUNCILMAN for the term
 of ONE YEAR
 ONE MEMBER OF SEWARD
 SCHOOL BOARD for the term
 of THREE YEARS
 ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY
 BOARD for the term of FIVE
 YEARS PETITIONS OF CANDIDATES for office will be accepted for filing at the office of the City Clerk until 3 pm. on Monday, the 18th day of March, 1949.-
 DATED this ninth day of March, 1949.
 TROY BOGARD, (SEAL) City Clerk Mar. II IS, 18, 49.
Seward seaport record., 1949-03-15

IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR SEWARD PRECINCT, THIRD DIVISION, ALASKA.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
Roadside Fences Are Responsible For Poor Road Conditions, ARC Reports

on too narrow roadways, and as a result many farm fences were broken down. These fences were repaired by the ARC this year, but such repair will not be un- dertaken another year, MT. Niemi warned. Therefore he asks that all farmers move back their fences to the 30-foot clearance line this summer, and thus do their bit toward providing the Valley with better roads.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12

The present condition of Val ley roads can be blamed on Val ley farmers and their habit of building fences snuggled right at the edge of those roads, William Niemi, district engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, said this week.
 MT. Nieni pointed out SHOWS this winter were the most severe of record, but that much snow removal work would have been unnecessary if fences and the brush along them had not trap ped the drifting snow to heap it over the road, while adjoining fields were almost bare.
 Again in the spring, when snows cleared from the roads during the winter began to melt, the piles just at the roads edge soaked into the roadbed to break down the surface under traffic.
 In order to avoid a like situa- tion in the future, farmers are asked to move all fences back to 30 feet distant on either side of the road centerline. This will enable the ARC to use heavy equipment for snow clearing and to clean ditches, and will make it possible to push snow outside of the ditches rather than in them.
 In an effort to keep roads clear last winter, the ARC was forced to use heavy equipment
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
ARC Begins Work On Snowbird Mine Road

The Alaska Road Commission this week began the work of opening the highway to the Snowbird Mine, it was an- nounced by Clyde King, ST., dis trict foreman. MT. King said the work is expected to go slowly, because there is still more than eight feet of snow in the area, and there are several large drifts to cut through.
 A slide at the mine carried away the blacksmith shop and certain other buildings of the upper camp, it was reported. No one was injured in the slide, al- though one building, in which man was working, was almost completely collapsed by the snow. The walls closed to with in several feet of one another, behind the force of the slide, but the man was able to walk through the narrow passageWay and emerged uninjured.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
Award Assembly Is Tomorrow

Award Assembly Is Tomorrow
 The annual award assembly of Palmer High School will be held at 2:45 p. m. tomorrow, in the school gym, it was announced today by Mrs. Florence Dunlap, faculty sponsor. At that time, awards will be made to students eligible for National Honor So- ciety honors. All parents and friends who care to attend are invited to do so.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-05-12
DIR. FINEMAN STRICKEN

Dr. Zola Fineman, formerly stationed at the Fairbanks and Matanuska experiment stations and now headquartered in Ari- zona, suffered a severe heart at tack in Tucson recently, accord ing to word received here by Don L. Irwin. Dr. Fineman has been hospitalized in Tucson for over two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06

Britain and France without Rus
sia's commemorative includes
the West German republic.
4. Establish a government for
all Germany which win continue
the measures Of peoples democ-f
racy'' already carried out in the
Soviet zone. These measures have
given Communists a dominant in
fiuence In East Germany's polfti-
cal. economic and cultural organ
isations.
S. Conclude q peace treaty em1
bodying the foregoing detectives
and requiring the end OF military
occupation of Germany in one
year.
The Russian-ccnfrolled press
increased the fury Of rs attacks ca
the Western powers and con-
pared the reports Of tcnnase
brought into Berlin by the airlift
to Hitler's wartime boasts CT vsc-
tories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06
Young
Continued From First Page.>

tCOntlnued from F1rSt rage
"favorably and well impressed
with Commissioner Young and his
administrative ability"
Several new members of the
District Committee withheld COM
ment but explained this could not
be interpreted as criticism of the
nominee.
When newsmen interrupted the
NCHA meeting to inform Com
missioner Young OF the news,
staff members and officials
burst into applause. Mr.. Young
spent the NEXT few minutes pos
ing for newspaper photographers.
The current term of Mr.. Young
a lifelong Republican. expires
May II. If the Senate District
Committee has failed to confirm
the nomination by that date, Mr.,
Young will continue in Office "un-
til his successor is appointed.
Commissioner Young. who was
81 last April 2. was opposed by
the Democratic Central Committee
of the District.
The only District OF Columbia
Commissioner named for four
terms previous to Mr.. Young was
John Wesley Ross. who served
from 1890 to 1902.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06
Reich Constitution
By May 3 Sought

BONN. Germany May s.-Dele-
gates writing a constitution for
West Germany today rushed to
complete their work before the
Big Four Foreign Ministers con-
ference In Paris May %, BY work
ing through the night they expect
to approve their draft by tomorrow
morning.
It Is no secret that the Western
Allies would like the Bonn con-
stitution to form the basis OF a
central government of all Ger
many-including the Soviet zone.
The German constitution draft
ers begged down for months by
disbursements. suddenly took on
a burst OF speed. Outstanding
problems were ironed out in a
ls-minute session OF the As
sembly's steering committee this
morning. The committee meeting
probably was the fastest In eight
months of negotiations here.
The voting was 80 fast, some
times 7 didn't know what ] was
voting for said one deputy.
A full session of the 6s-mari As
sembly was called for later today
and was prepared TO meet through
the night.
After approval by the Assembly
the draft then must be approved
by the legislatures OF III West
German states before 1t becomes
the Law fer $4,000. 900 Germans
in the west.
Earlier the constitution draftsrs
ousslred q Bavarian independence
move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06
Troop Withdrawal From Germany Top Issue

cuSsion at United Nations head
quarters on the possibility the
Big Four's Chief Executives might
meet after their foreign ministers
renew discussions.
Mr.. Truman In reply asked on
what basis would such q meeting
be held. He said that If the for
eign ministers reach agreement
that Is all that's necessary.
The New York Times said In a
dispatch from Lake Success,
N. Y. the United Nations head
quarters. that the Western powers
have already informed. Russia
they hope the meeting will end
around June Is. This would oe
a month before the proposed
Western German government is to
be in operation.
Jacob Malik. the Russian dele
gate to the United Nations. was
understood to have replied. Why
nots" when the suggestion, was
made. the Times story said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06
Met Cast 0uizzed Again
For Clues in Tenor SIayinq

LOS ANGELES. May s.-The
touring Metropolitan Opera Com
pany has a staunch touring fol-
lower, Atlanta Detective Ii. NJ. NJ.
fCoppenger. who is pursuing clues
in the staying OF John Garris,
tenor.
1t. Cnppeneer questioned vari-
Gus members of the Met cast here
yesterday concerning the back
alley shooting OF Mr. Garris April
81 in Atlanta. He also conducted
an investigation In Dallas when
the company was there.
The Atlanta officer said another
tenor. Ramon vinay. had given
him some answers that some
what clarified the situation. 4"
What situation. 1t. Coppeneer
would not say.
The detective said. however,
that the murder has "a decided
feminine touch" and there is
every indication this was jeak
ously Staying" He emphasized
that none of the singers oues-
toned here Is under suspicion.
But he added:
Il am convinced this was de-
liberate murder. planned by some
one who knew Garris wen"
1t. coppenger says he hopes To
give up his portion of the tour
this week when the company
leaves for Denver.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-06

a year OF connlct--
to restore Berlin conditions to
normal, State Department officials
say privately there is no evidence
of any basic change in Russia s
policy. This. policy. as American
officials view 1t. has been aimed at
Communist domination over all
Germany and as much of Europe
as possible.
On that point, Mr.. Truman was
told at his press conference that
Gen. Lucius D. Clay. retiring
American military governor in
Germany, had said the new agree
ment might turn out to be only
q temporary change of pace by
the Russians.
Asked for his views, the Presi-
dent said he had no comment on
that point. adding that he did
not know on what Gen. Clay based
his comment.
Still later. n reporter informed
the President there had been dis