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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-01
El5LER WILL SEEK
RECOVERY $23,5o0
BAIL FROM u. ),

PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia, June ]
--R-Gerhart Eisler said today he
is going to try to get back his
S23.500 ( all from the United States
The German Communist said if
he collects he will use the money
to pay back group in the United
States who put up the bail he
caused to be forfeited when he
stole out of the United States on
The Polish liner Batory.
II have instructed my British
solicitors to see what grounds they
can sue for" he said. 1T may be
several weeks before we can de-
termine If we have a basis for
action on account of the warrant
for my arrest issued by the Ameri-
can Consul in England"
FROM ANCHORAGE
Mr.. and Mrs. K. e. Farrell OF
Anchorage are at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-01
SECOND SON TO BROWNIES

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Browne are
receiving congratulations on the
birth of a son, their second one,
last night in st. AIMS Hospital
The baby, who weighed seven
pounds, will be christened Michael.
He joins a 2la-year-old brother,
Calvin. The father is with the
Alaska Development Board
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-01
LAUREL GOODELL SOUTH

Laurel D. Goodell was a pas
senger for Seattle and Bellingham
on PAA's Memorial Day flight. She
plans to vacation In both cities
during the next few weeks and re-
turn to her home in Juneau before
June 80.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-01

Brazil was named after brazil
wood. a tree which yielded red
dyewood.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-06-01
OREGON VISITOR

Virginia Maclean of McMinnville,
Oregon, is a guest at the Gastineau
Hotel.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
DON'T TAKE CHANCES One defective wire on your Christmas free lights may
 mean tragedy 10 your home.
YULE SAFETY

Christmas, the merriest time of the year, frequently is the time of unexpected disaster.
 In our effort to have a bright and gay household, we burn more lights than usual, taxing our cleo tric light circuits. we use lighted candles and lots of paper decora- tions, all fire hazards.
 There are very few Christmas trees that really are flameproof safety experts tell us, and the or dinary Yule tree is one of the most flammable objects known.
 If you want to have a safe Christmas observe these rules:
 l. Keep the tree outdoors until ready to install it. Place it in the coolest part of the house, shutting off the radiator closest to it. Do not put electric trains around it. Bt sure tree lights do not burn when no one is in the house. If needles near lights start to turn brown, change the location of the lights. When needles start falling, it is time to discard the tree.
 2. Avoid decorations near chairs where people may smoke. If lights are desiredAin windows, do not use candle. Keep curtains and other flammable material pulled back at least six inches from cleo tric light. Use non-flammable dec orationS of glass or metal and "fireproof" snow in decorating. Dispose of all gift wrappings and packing materials after gifts have been opened.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
AIRLINES
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS

Arriving yesterday with Pan American were Edith Lossee, Da- vid and Martha Markley, Esther Henry.
 Departing were Edward Ahko- lik. MT. and Mrs. Frank Jensen and children, MT. and Mrs. J. Ke- hoe, MT. and Mrs. Richard Lee, Sr., Richard Lee, Jr., Douglas Lee, Dianna Lee, LeWayne Jones, A. w. Pierson, Archie Jones, Crest Potland, Hiding Larson, Otto Larson, Cecil Hagar, Agnes Gal win, Alice Hudson, MT. and Mrs. Art Gahagan, w. w. Harrington, MT. and Mrs. John Bahnke and son John.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
Must LiberaIize
 Homestead Laws To Settle Alaska
(By Charles D. Watkins)

(CP) Special Washington Service)
 WASHINGTON, (P)-Rep. Tol- lefson R.-WashD said yesterday Alaska needs more defenses and more attractions for permanent settlers.
 The latter, he told a reporter, can be accomplished if the interi- or department and Congress will librealize the homestead laws to "cut out the red tape" that now prevents many settlers perfecting title to their homesteads.
 "The situation is so discourag- ing" Tollefson said, "that some of the GI's who filed on homesteads have given up and gone home, leaving their improvements on the land"
 He said he had been shown dur ing a recent trip to Alaska with a House merchant marine sub-com- mittee one homestead where the settler had built a house, a barn and a garage. Then, because of difficulty in perfecting a title, the settler had abandoned it all, in- Cluding furniture in the house and a trlIcl< in the o9raoe
 TOllefSon said the interior de- partment has speeded issuance of titles recently but still does not
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

solve the problem. Getting titles to homesteads ought to be simpli- fled" Tollefson said, "and more land opened to homeSteading and more access roads constructed"
 Based on visit to every city of any size in Alaska with the sub committee, Tollefson said Territo- rial defenses have been improved but still must be vastly increased.
 rAlaska is a vital point in our defenses and it must not be ne glected." he asserted.
 "The people of the Pacific North west, which has been called 'vul- nerable' by the armed services, insist that the Northwest, which includes Alaska, must be amply defended to the point that it is no longer vulnerable"
 Tollefson said the people of Alaska rightly insist on better transportation, and especially by water. He said many believe that smaller, faster ships should be used tin the Alaskan service to permit quicker and more frequent trips.
 He said the subcommittee reached no decision on bills to abolish fish traps in the Territory over a five-year period.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
TOURIST COMMITTEES PLAN MANY PROJECTS

The tourist committee of the Northwestern Alaska C. of C. held their regular meeting last week at the Bering Sea Club at which time several subcommittee repo r s were rendered indicating progress along several lines.
 Joe Wallace reported that plans are under consideration for skat- ing. dog racing and skiing clubs while Ted Duffield reported that housing of tourists will have to be taken under consideration by the Nome planning council.
 Some slogan suggested to date are Find new beauty, joy and ad- venture in Northwestern Alaska"
 Americas four-season vacation land" "The land of scenic splen- dor and majestic beauty" The top of the world all-year play ground"
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

AT THE POLARIS HOTEL James Hoffman, Bethel.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
Forecast And Weather Report Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept. of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Monday, December 19, l949

Monday, December 19, l949 Forecast Nome: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Gentle south easterly winds. Lowest tempera- ture tonight 10, highest tempera- ture Tuesday IT.
 Nome data last 24 hours as. of TAO am. today:
 Precipitation 01 inch. CTotal this month .83 inch).
 Temperatures highest 25, low est IS.
 Maximum wind 25 miles an hour from the east.
 Sunrise at 10:01 am, sunset at 1856 pm.
 Comparative data:
 Temperatures one year ago to- day: highest 26, lowest 16.
 Extreme temperatures on this day since 1907: highest 37 in 1920, lowest -36 in 1918. am. today:
 Doto for. p+ba,, c+o+iooc oc Of 7.00
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

Alice Hudson of Munz Air Serv- ice left yesterday to spend the holidays in Seattle with her fam fly, and plans to return after a short vacation.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

MT. and Mrs. Art Gahagan left this week to spend the next few months at their home in Hunt, New York, with their families. They plan to return in the spring.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
The first home in Nome this year

to have outside lighting to cele- brate the Christmas season is that of Rube Cremer, who has Christ mas light in holiday colors fes- tooned all around his home on Second Ave.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

Rev. and Mrs. Robert Treat of the Methodist-Federated Church had a special treat this morning when their son John Robert, was born at the M. M. and M Hospital, weighing eight pounds and four ounces.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
ATTENTION EASTERN STARS

Dec. l9. 8 PM. Stated Meeting. INSTALLATION g PM. TONIGHT Members. husbands. wives and escorts of members. visiting Stars invited.
 Helen Dunbar. VIM.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19

Hank" Harrington of the Alas ka National Guard departed for the States for the holidays.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-19
Hospital News

New patients at the hospital are Annie Scott and Mrs. Robert Treat.
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Chess Champion Heads for Israel, Bringing
1871 New Players Trained on Way From China
TruinIoud of DPS
Stops Here Briefly
En- Route Home
BY Harry Lever

There are going to be exactly 1872
new chess players in Israel in a
few weeks and the new nations
probable first champion, Esra
Glass, will be crowned while stand
ing in his homemade Chinese
shoes.
They've been playing the game
for 5000 miles now and there only
are about 5000 more to go. Esra
told the story at 3 o'clock this
morning in Potomac Yards, Alex
andria. His group of refugee play
ers, all en- route from Shanghai to
Israel. planned a couple of gam
bits as their train stood on q
siding while being serviced.
There were SO other DPS aboard
the sealed express who are going
to be repatriated to European
countries, also after 10 years in
China.
Mr.. Glass was met by his cousin.
DR.. Herman Diamant. Of 1908 Illi-
noiS street. north. Arlington. 1t
would seem that in the hectic de-
cade since he fled Vienna and
Hitler's persecution. many things
would have piled up to be talked
about in the hour or so the train
was in Potomac Yards.
But since Mr.. Glass was chess
champion of Austria and the Far
East before the war, it was inevi-
table that the conversation turned
to pieces and paWns.
On the Transport Gen. Meigs,
Sailing across the Pacific. he
Maught his companions. On the
train from San Francisco, the ref
ugees apparently talked Of moth
ing but check" and casting" j"
The games will continue on Ellis
Island tomorrow, and on the ship
to Israel.
Sure, he could have been cham
pion of Shanghai. Mr.. Glass told
lDr. Diamant, but he didn't claim
the title. His opponents were not
! in his class. he joked. Anyway,
he'll enter all the tournaments In
Israel.
All the refugees were hopeful
for the future, now that they are
going to new homes or old ones
AS a typical case, Miss Oily Will
ner, 81, is going back to Vienna
after 10 years to study drama. He1
father started home from Shang-
hal a year and half ago, but
died aboard ship.
The big railroad yard rang with
locomotive bells and the noise OF
shunting cars. The DPS were shy
as they crowded onto the steps OF
the coaches, not permitted to get
off because they were in transit
There were many women stand
ing outside the train-at 3 O'Clock
in the morning. And the wind
was a little bitter.
They were members of the
Washington Unit of the Organiza-
+, ton for Rehabilitation Through
Training. These District mothers
and wives had made pies and
sandwiches, gathered magazines
for the adult refugees (and toys
for the 16 children aboard the
train to make the overnight trip
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Victims Of Bad, Burns
|Are Advised 10 Leave
Treatment 10 HOSPITAL

II you get 4 bad burn, wrap q
sheet or some clothing around 1t
and rush to q hospital. Don't
use any salves or try to dress
it yourself.
That's the advice Of DR.. Harvey
s. Allen, assistant professor OF
surgery of the Northwestern
University Medical School, who
discussed the treatment of burns
at the final session Of an Ameri-
can College of Surgeons confer
ence yesterday at the Hotel
Statler.
Too many people rush to the
drugstore for salves when they
get burned, DR.. Allen said.
Go to a hospital. They have
emergency rooms and they are
ready to take care of you fast" j."
he advised.
Early Crafts Advised.
The surgeon said burns heal
from the inside and that the most
important early treatment on
the outside surface is to keep
it free from infection. He urged
that skin CRAFTS be made as soon
possible.
Except for skin grating, he
said, he does not think anesthesia
Is necessary.
We've been amazed at how
little pain there Is in burns If the
Evening star., 1949-03-17

body is kept warm and away from
cold drafts he told the physi:
clans.
DR.. Grantley W. Taylor, chair
man of the groups cancer COM
mittee, said he does not believe q
mass X-ray survey to detect early
cases Of stomach and intestinal
cancer is feasible. because of the
expense and difficulties of such
tests. Earlier. another doctor had
urged facilities to provide six
month x-ray checks as the only
means of finding early cancer in
the colon.
Results Of Study Cited.
DR.. Taylor cited a New York
study of $500 men over 40 among
whom three stomach cancers were
found in which the victims had no
symptoms. He said he thought
detection centers normally will
find possible cancer In less than
l per cent Of those examined.
DR.. Taylor urged doctors to
give more attention to the "anony-
nous little Jumps" which are too
often dismissed as benign growths
In a luncheon address, Mai.
Gen. Raymond w. Bliss, Army
Surgeon General, told the sur
geons the Army does not want to
draft doctors but that 1t hopes
to retain about 1000 Of the $500
young doctors soon to be released
from military duty.
He said the Army and Navy
are getting so or so voluntary
enlistments q month from doctors,
as compared with about Is a year
before the war. But he urged the
conference members to persuade
young doctors to enter the ser
vice for tWO-year enliStmentS.
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Man Gets 9O-Day Term
On Third Liquor Charge

Herbert Elijah Phinissee. 80.
yesterday was sentenced to 80
days in Jail for keeping liquor
illegally, but the experience was
not exactly new.
Scarcely more than a year ago,
he was Sentenced to pay $75 in
fines or serve 80 days on similar
charge. Shortly before that. he
was fined $50, with the alternative
of so days in jail, for doing the
same thing-selling liquor on the
streets without a license. Last
April, his penalty was $50 or so
days for possession Of numbers
slips.
Phinissee. colored. of no known
address, was arrested on the latest
charge last February 20 in the
1000 block OF Portner place NV.
He pleaded guilty before Judge
George D. Nelson in Municipal
Court.
Evening star., 1949-03-17

to Jersey City and Ellis Island
happier for the tired people. They
were led by Mrs. Abe Cohen OF
1895 Twenty-eighth street NV,
regional president of the organ
ization. and Mrs. Leon Collier, OF
12O Webster street NV. chair
man of the hospitality arrange
mentS.
Cooperating with the organiza-
ton, which trained these refugees
to be useful citizens. were the
United Service for New Ameri-
cans, the International Refugee
Organization, the United States
immigration Service and the
Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant
Aid Society, Of 805 G street NV
Abraham Rockmore. its counsel,
was on hand to add words Of well
come.
After their Washington recep-
ton, the. DPS tried something still
strange to them. They grinned
as the train pulled out of Potomac
Yards,
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Australia to Prosecute
Communist Porty Chief
By the Assoeiotsd Press

CANBERRA, Australia, Mar. II.
The Australian government will
take action against Lance Shar-
key, secretary general Of the Aus
tralian Communist Party. for tut
terance Of seditious words" Act
ing Attorney General Nicholas
McKenna announced today.
The action will be based on q
statement attributed to Sharkey
that If Russian forces entered
Australia in pursuit of aggressors
the Russians would be welcomed
by Australian workers. The statk-
ment was similar to those made
by most Communist Parties
around the world recently.
Evening star., 1949-03-18

Argentina got its first shipment
of aluminium prefabricated houses
from Britain.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
French Court Acquits
Costes on Spy Charge
BY the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Mar. ia French mill
tary court yesterday acquitted
Dieudonne Costes, pioneer trans
Atlantic airman, on charges OF
spying for the Germans.
Five judges voted to free him
four voted to convict. Six. votes
are required for conviction under
French military law.
Costes became famous in 1890
when he and Maurice Bellonte
made the first east-west flight
over the North Atlantic. The next
year he was named the world s
No. / airman by the international
League of Aviation.
The charges against him were
based on his activities during
World War II. The prosecution
contended that Costes gave the
Germans secret information con-
corning French planes, guns and
motors.
The 81 year old defendant
termed the accusations entirely
false He testified that he hao
hoodwinked the Germans aae
aided the Allied cause. When the
German Army's counterintelli'
sence service sent him to New
York in 1943, he actually wa'
working for the United States
Costes said.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
by Don Whitehead
Assoeioied Press Stoff Writer

Britain's field Marshal Bernard
Montgomery today tartly criti-
cized Allied planning for the
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Star Cortoonist Bergman Wins
CosnopoIiton Club '48 Award

I'Hi Clifford Kennedy Bergman
whose eloquent pen has fought
Washington's civic battles and
lampooned politics and politicians
from pages of The Star for AZ
years, has been selected for the
Cosmopolitan Clubs 1948 distin-
guished service medal.
The presentation ceremony will
be held at the clubs luncheon
meeting in the Mayflower Hotel
on April 7.
Announcement of the award
was made yesterday afternoon in
the Carlton Hotel by DR.. Joseph
L. B. Murray. chairman of the
award committee, who praised
Mr.. Berryman's work as model
of outstanding citizenship"
He is nationally known, and
locally, as one who has given us
serious cartoons and critical ones,
in every way he could. to get
over his ideal of human under
standing and good fellowship"
DR.. Murray said.
The clubs 1947 award went to
Judge Bolitha J. Laws, of the
United States Court of Appeals,
and in 1946 was given to DR..
Cloyd H. Marvin. president Of
George Washington University.
Mr.. Bergman. who has hurt
few feelings in his four decades
Evening star., 1949-03-18
Press Club Group 10 Attend
Rites for Henry Sweinhart;5

Nineteen members of the Ma
tional Press Club were designated
to attend funeral services today
for Henry Lee SWeinhart, TO-
former president of the club, who
died Wednesday in Sibley Hos
pital. -. -.
The Press Club committee in-
cludeS: James William BRYAN,
Mark Foote, Norman Baxter, Bas-
com Timmons. Raymond p.
Brandt. George w. Simpson, Ar
thur w. Hachten. Richard L. Will
son. Paul Wooton. William c.
Murphy, jr.. Felix Gotten, Carter
Field. Earl Goodwin. Sam O'Nesl,
Charles o. Gridley. Edward jamie
son, Warren B. Francis, Joseph H.
Short, jr.. and John c. OBrien.
The services. in the Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV, were scheduled for
pm. with burial in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-03-18
As 1.-THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
II
lamarre Receives
Suspended Term Of
One 10 Three Years

Bleriot H. Lamarre, who pleaded
guilty to perjury before the Senate
War Investigating Committee, to-
day was given a suspended SEN
tence of one to three years and
placed on probation for two years
In imposing sentence on the 81
year -old one-time business associ-
ate of the convicted Maj. Gen
Bennett E. Meyers, Judge Alexan-
der Holtzof said he was suspend
ing Lamarre's sentence in view of
the assistance rendered the Gov
ernment" by him.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney John w. Fihelly told the judge
it was only through Lamarre's as
sistance the real defendant" Gen.
Meyers, was convicted.
A District Court jury-since up
held by the Court of Appeals
found Gen. Meyers guilty of in
ducing Lamarre to testify falsely
in October, 1947, before the Sen
ate War Investigating Committee.
Gen. Meyers, retired Army Air
Forces purchasing officer, is serv-
ing an 18 months to 5 years SEN
tence. Last month, the Supreme
Court refused to review his con-
viction.
Lamarre has been out on bond
since January 6, 1948, when he
pleaded guilty on three perjury
counts.
Lamarre, the wartime dummy"
president of the Aviation Electric
Corp. of Dayton, Ohio, has been
working in a filling station. his
attorney, Robert Knee of Dayton.
told the court today.
In urging probation, Mr.. Knee
said Lamarre has been promoted
to the order department of the
Standard Oil Co.'S Dayton division
office. The attorney spoke of La
mares good record.
Mr.. Fihelly, concurring generally
with Mr.. Knee, told the judge that
Lamarre had purged himself of
perjury by telling the truth later.
Lamarre first told the investigat-
ing committee Gen. Meyers had no
connection with his aviation firm
but later named him as the actual
owner.
Evening star., 1949-03-18

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Evening star., 1949-03-18

of cartooning, will be 80 years old
on April 2. Kentucky-born, he
came to Washington in 1886, un-
der the watchful eye of the late
Kentucky Senator Blackburn.
after the Senator had seen
charcoal sketch Mr.. Bergman
had made Of him on q shingle.
He came as a Patent Office
craftsman. sold his first cartoons
in 1889 for s25 and then began
drawing for the Post. He came
to The Star on January %, 1907.
Tribute has" come to him from
Presidents, many of whom asked
for and received the Bergman
originals, even though they were
the objects of the satire.
Self described as a "mongrel"
cartoonist because he neyer had,
10 drawing lesson. Mr.. Bergman
won a Pulitzer Prize in 1914. His
works have been exhibited at the
Corcoran Gallery of Art, and q
permanent collection Is in the
Library of Congress. ,- ,
Evening star., 1949-03-18
JobIess Payments Hit
Three-Year High
BY the Associated Press

Government payments to un-
employed workers hit .000,0 ,000
In February, the highest total in
three years, the Bureau of EN-
ployment Security reported yes
terday.
The amount was more than So
100000 above January payments
Unemployment benefits, fixed
by the various State legislatures
but paid by the Federal Govern
ment. averaged about $40 q week
This compared to $3.50 in 1916
the big postwar year for unem-
ployment compensation.
In January, 1916, the amount
of benefits totaled $l33, ,245 900. In
February. 1946. they amounted
to $12o, 100000.
The claims for compensation
this year almost double those OF
q year ago. when about sec, 200, ,00(
was being paid out per month.
In January this year, an aver.
age of l.212.0O0 persons were re-
ceiving the weekly jobless pay
checks. Last month this figure
rose to 1,466,000.
Unemployment checks to 60 tc
those workers whose employers
have been paying into the Gov
ernment's enormous jobless in
surance kitty. About 33.000,00C
workers are covered by that in
surance in the total work force
of nearly 60,000,000.
On top of those benefits. the
Government pays $40 a week fol
So weeks to GIs who are out Of
work. The payments, going t.
about 100000 World War II vet.
erans. now average about $12,.
100000 a week or from SAC, 1000, ,00(
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