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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17

owing day. This is 8 unique lea ture of this third annual trip and will give the students a chance to observe one Of the most scenic and unique railway operations in the Noith American continent.
 ONE DAY IN JUNEAU
 Starting scuthward, the ship will stop at Juneau in the early morning of Thursday. March 24, remaining there until the following morning. There they will have a break in the instruction and ships duties to srend the day in sightseeing and entertainment which may be provid- cd ashore Tne hospitality the toys have enjoyed on their previous visits to Juneau has made the stop tse,e the kighltght of the whole trip.
 Following the layover at Juneau, the ship will continue southward in the direction of campus and studies, stopping at Prince Rupert, B. O., on Saturday, March 26. As Prince Rupert was one of the suc- ports of the Seattle Port of En- bsrkation during the war, the facili- ties still in existence there will be of interest to the Transportation Corps cadets. Also, those who went on the cruise last year reported that the hospitality of Prince Rupert citizens almost outdid that of Ju- neau's.
 Enroute aboard the vessel, the students fill a variety of jobs such as those aboard a regular troop transport. A student transport com mander is selected, who with his staff literally runs the show The student commander for this trip is Richard H. Bergstrom, 21, Trans portation senior from Richmond Beach Wash.
 Students on the trip are all voiun- teers, selected on the basis of scholarship and demonstrated lead ership in military subjects. They even pay for their own raticns, there leing no provision for them to be fed at government expense but by the standards of previous trips they will more than get their moneys worth when they line up for meals
 The cadet officers will be in uni form fer the duration of the trip and in addition will be equipped with cold-climate parkas issued dur ing the voyage.
 They will return to Seattle on March 28, the opening day of Spring Quarter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
R0TC TRAINlNG
 CRUISE COMING
 MERE MARCH 24
Student Officers, Universi- iies Washington, 0fe-
 gon, Making Trip

Student officers ol the Universi- ties of Washington and Oregon will be off to Alaska on training cruise curing their spring vacation, March Is to 28. This will be the third an- nual trip north aboard the Army Transportation Corps vessel FS-2l0, this year going to skagway, farther north than the previous runs.
 Leaving the University at l pm. on Friday. March IS, the 185-foot ship with more than 40 cadets aboard, will proceed directly to Skagway along the inside passage Enroute they will receive training in. the operation of the ship, TO- tating joEs so as to learn as many different things as possible. Mem- bers of the University ROTC staff, headed by Major James D. Donlon, Jr., will accompany the group to help with conference and demon stration type of training in the variety of subjects the students will undertake.
 The ship is operated by regular Army crew under Capt. Lawrence Oxx, and is equipped with gyro- compass and radar as aids to navi- gation. MT. Philip Falconer is the senor Alaska pilot aboard.
 UNUSUAL TRAINING
 This type of training is unusual and not carried out in any ether school in the country. Special au- thorization from the Department of the Army has been secured for the trip Naval ROTC and Transporta- ton Corps instructors of the Uni veIsity ot Oregon heard ot the pre- vious trips and obtained special permission for several of their best students to accompany the Wash ington ROTC students. Those in the Transportation branch were allot- ted first priority, and others of the eight branches at the school as well as freshmen and sophomores, were ''hand-picked."
 TAKE RAIL TRIP
 At Skagway, when they arrive on Monday, March 2l, majority of the cadet officers will take an op- tional side trip on the White Pass and Yukon Railway to Whitehorse, Y. T., remaining there overnight and returning to Skagway the fcl-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-03-17
RRoWNlE TROOP MEETS

Brownie Troop met Tuesday af- ternoon in the Moose Hall. Thi was the last meeting to take on money fer the Juliette Low fund We went for a walk to the dock Mary Brilliant brought the cook ies for our treat.
 Marjorie Brilliant Reporter
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Bail for Communists

It is proper that the eleven Communist
leaders convicted in the New York con-
spiracy trial should be released on reason
able bail.
The Court of Appeals fixed bail at
$4,000 each for four of the defendants
and $4,000 each for the Others The Gov
ernment had urged that bail be set at
100000 each for six of the group and
at $4,000 for the others. In asking for
such high bonds, the Government prob
ably had in mind the case of Gerhard
Eisler, another Communist leader con-
victed in another case, who jumped his
bond and fled the country.
But that experience is hardly justifi-
cation for keeping the conspiracy de-
PENDANTS in Jail or setting bond at an
unreasonably high level. The purpose of
bail Is to insure the presence of de-
fendant when final judgment in his case
Is rendered. And the chances are that
the sums fixed by the appellate court will
be adequate for that purpose in this case.
especially in view of the factth there
undoubtedly is substantial question of
law involved in the appeal. The defend
ants would hardly want to prejudice their
case by running away but If this is not
true, II some or all Of them should decide
to flee, that would not be any great loss
to this country.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

whom? Possibly by Egyptians and possibly
by other folk who had traded for them
with the people of the Valley of the Nile.
Some scholars hold that the great stone
monuments were the work of a single race
moving over Europe, Africa and Asia.
Others insist that only the ideas which
they symbolic travelled and that several,
conceivably many different tribes put up
the huge monoliths. Nobody really knows
any more than anybody truly knows who
shaped the mounds near Moundsville or
the pyramids of Mexico. Their mystery is
part of the fascination of all such things.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

from Latin America to Europe. The Com
merce Department reasoned that, If the
transaction had been legitimate license
would have been taken out to ship to
Europe direct. In this case, the shipment
was on a freighter that had to put into one
of our Gulf ports on its way to Europe.
There, the carbon black was taken off and
confiscated.
Under the new regulations the Com
merce Department should be able effec-
lively to screen applications for export
licenses on which it entertains legitimate
doubts. With the plugging of existing or
potential leaks, our policy of banning
strategic commodities to the Soviet bloc is
strongly implemented.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Plugging Red Trade Leaks

One Of the most vexatious problems con-
fronting our Government in its policy to-
ward the Soviet bloc is control over exports
from this country Of what are termed
strategic" commodities. Since March,
1948, direct shipments of such items to
Soviet Russia have been banned, and this
ban has been extended to Soviet satellite
nations. But Soviet ingenuity has found
ways of evading our prohibition by ar
rangements made with seemingly innocent
third parties in countries outside the Iron
Curtain to purchase such commodities
ostensibly for themselves and then re-
ship them to Russia or satellite destina-
tions.
In order to understand the magnitude Of
the problem, it should be realized that the
term strategic" covers much more than
commodities of direct military utility. It
likewise includes multitude of commodi-
ties ordinarily used in peaceful industry
but also applicable to uses which con-
tribute to what is termed the "war poten-
tial" of the Soviet bloc. 3...5s
Hitherto export controls have been linn
tied largely to Western Europe, whence un-
authorized reshipment to the East was OBJ
viously most feasible. But 1t has been dis
covered that leaks were occurring from
such distant points as Latin America, with
Communist China coming into
the picture as another potential major
area of diversion. The new regulations
cover these and other areas on world
wide scale, the only exception being Can
ada, which has always been in control
free position for valid reasons.
TO show how leaks to Russia occur, one
example may be cited from official sources.
Carbon black" is commodity used In
many phases Of industry, mostly peaceful.
But one important strategic application is
its use in the manufacture OF heavy-duty
military tires, for which 1t is "must." !"
Some time ago, a large shipment Of carbon
black was sent to certain Latin American
country, ostensibly for domestic use. But
our information presently disclosed that
this consignment was being reshipped
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Stonehenqe by Egyptions?

The theory of Prof. P. L. Collignon OF
Oxford that Stonehenge was built by
Egyptians will not be accepted by every
body interested in the most celebrated Of
all neolithic monuments in Britain, but it
will serve the useful purpose of stimulating
further discussion about relics of remote
antiquity wherever they exist and are
recognizable. Our own American equiva-
lerts-the Mayan structures of Yucatan
and the earth mounds of the Ohio
Mississippi drainage basin among others
may be connected with both Karnak and
the standing circles of Wiltshire.
Discussion has been rife about Stone
henge specifically since Henry Of Hunting
don, who died in 1854, mentioned 1t with
q confession of his ignorance of its origin.
lingo Jones, the famous architect, sug-
gested in 1855 that 1t was built by the
Druids or was Roman temple dedicated
to coelus. John Aubrey and William
stukeley accepted the religious hypothesis.
Then, as late as 1872, James Ferguson
suggested that the gigantic monoliths Of
Salisbury Plain were set up as sepulchral
markers In "the Saxon period" Both
notions seem absurd to modern investi-
gators. R. c. C. Clay Of the Royal Anthro-
biological Institute says there is no evidence
to support the temple theory and the
gravestone proposition has still less merit.
The era of the Salisbury Plain edifice
was that of the early Bronze Age or even
the latest Neolithic. H. J. Massingham,
in his "Downland Man." published in 1926
placed the construction Of Stonehenge
between the fifteenth and the fourteenth
centuries BE-, and was motivated to that
judgment by the finding of beads OF
Egyptian faience and coated with Egyptian
blue glaze in the neighborhood. Prof
Collignon's speculation therefore was fur
nished with substantial support more than
. score OF years before he announced 1t
The beads which influenced Mr.. Massing-
ham (and his contemporary, Prof. A. H
eayce, the Assyriologist, as welD did not
get to England unassisted. They were
carried to Wiltshire. The question Is: b
Evening star., 1949-11-08
RedeveIopment Gets q Break

, The District Redevelopment Lane
Agency is thankful for small favors. Hav-
Ing been kicked around by Congress ever
since its creation in 1916, the fund-starved
agency was understandably overjoyed at
news that, at long last, it may receive at
least enough Federal housing funds to set
agency has existed for the past three years
only because of the determination and
generosity of private citizen-its chair
man, Mark Lansburgh.
Chairman Lansburgh has kept the Or
ganization alive by digging into his own
pocket. Although the agency was "au-
thorized" to spend up to twenty million
dollars on slum clearance and housing re-
development projects in Washington, not
one cent of this authorized fund has been
appropriated. No money was provided
even for Office and secretarial expenses.
Congress did not abolish the agency; 1t
merely refused to grant it any funds for
any purpose whatever. And while it ad-
hered to this strange attitude, the usual
inspection tours of District slums by mem
bers of Congress continued, and the usual
caustic criticisms of Washington's inhab-
ated alleys were issued.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Lansburgh clung to the
hope that eventually Congress would give
him the means to carry out the job which
1t had assigned to the agency in the 1916
Slum Clearance and Redevelopment Act.
In furtherance of that hope he gave the
agency office space in the department
store of which he is vice president, and he
personally paid for secretarial service, sta
tionery and other administrative needs.
Although Congress at the recent session
included the Land Redevelopment Agency
as possible beneficiary of the new Ma
tional Housing Act, it still failed to appro-
pirate any funds for administrative ex-
penses of the body. Yet it would be futile
for the agency to apply for redevelop-
ment allotment under the act unless some
way could be found to put the agency on
q more substantial functioning basis than
heretofore.
That situation was explained to the
Federal Housing and Home Finance
Agency, with the suggestion that the law
was intended to cover administrative as
well as capital expenditures of the Land
Redevelopment Agency. The cause for re-
1oicing by the agency's members was
letter last week from Federal Housing Of
ficials agreeing that the District agency
appears to be eligible" to receive advances
for surveys, plans and office expenses in
preparation of certain" projects. The
certain" projects are any which have not
30 far been specifically disapproved by
Congress. This restriction rules out, of
course, the Marshall Heights and Barry
Farms programs-unless Congress at its
next session should reconsider. So the
1ong-stymied Land Redevelopment Agency
seems on the way to getting what its
chairman describes as "its first break In
three years" How far that "break" will
60 toward ridding Washington of its worst
slums cannot be predicted at this stage.
Much depends on what the future attitude
of Congress will be toward the whole local
slum- clearance program.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Intrinsic.

Stripped to the final, clear
Integrity, sointer trees
Stand Iedfessly austere, E
Glad for release
OF the essential bough
From summers long excess.
They are the richer, noto,
For haping less.
JANE n. MERCHA
Evening star., 1949-11-08

A Washington bureau, consolidating
eight bureaus, is found to have 140 more
employees than the eight-another smash
ing triumph for bureaucracy, and the usual
defeat for simple arithmetic.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
1oriter, although 1t is permissible for
1Driter kno1Dn to The Star to use
non, de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

A prediction of amusement trends gives
the radio jackpot show another nine
months, and Berle about the same. The
natural, it seems to us, would be a grand
finale in which they give Milt away.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

The hot stove league is readying the old
cry, Break up the New York Yanks"-but
what's the use? With 70 sprains and frac-
lures, they can win on momentum.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Streetcar Numbers Preserved
For Future Transit Historians.
To the Editor Of The Star:

It seems few misconceptions as to which
streetcar did what are creeping through.
your columns. would like to set you straight
on this. as your pages will be source material
for future traction historians.
The first radio car: I'm pretty sure this
was Fffteen-fifteen mo. 1515). If you look
on that particular car, you'll see an antenna
stretching across the front Of the car above
the destination sign. wouldn't be bit
SURPRISED but what 1915 doesn't even have q
radio Radios on the Mt. Pleasant line are
installed ID the cars bearing numbers Ia the
Evening star., 1949-11-08

high 1550s and up to 1864, also in the low
l500's The low 1500's don't have radios
that I've noticed
The last Benning car. I know that car
was Fifteen-twenty mo. 1920. rode that
run myself, and so did many other traction
and transit fans.
But will not try to take away the laurels
that belong to No. 1915, namely, being the
first car to go through the Dupont Circle
trolley tunnels. Perhaps we better call it
the Dupont Circle Subway. because that's
what those trolley tunnels are. This is true
even to the lack Of stop at Q or r streets
NV in either tunnel
Otherwise your story was swell.
HENRY j. LEINBACH, Jr.,
President. Washington Division. Electric
Railroaders' Association,
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Proposes Fringe Parking
To Ease W0rsening Congestion

To the Editor Of The Star:
This is written in the spirit Of construc-
tive protest against the worsening parking
situation within the District.
While admittedly have no specialized
training with which to approach the prob
lem, nor any panacea to offer, yet I feel
that can suggest something that may help.
Specifically, note that much OF the
crowding comes from cars from Maryland
and Virginia, usually here during the busi-
ness hours Of the day. AS to the Virginia
group, could there not be facilities for park
ing the cars on the other side Of the Poto-
mac River and increasing the bus line service
from these parking locations into central
Washington?
This suggestion is not novel with me. New
York City has had In operation for the past
two or three years q vast parking lot accom-
modating many thousands Of cars near In
Guardia Airport. Long Island commuters use
this facility and take the subway from that
point directly into town.
Upon reflection, feel the suggestion gains
merit from the fact that the Government
OWNS the land in question and believe that
all that would be required would be to lay
sufficient concrete base Gas In New York;
and have bus line operation arranged.
This is not complete solution, but it
should 60 q long way toward easing the prob
lem for the District and also for the Vir-
ginianS. A similar solution for Maryland
cars, by condemnation or other means, might
be applied with equal chance Of success.
ROBERT B. ANDERSON.
editors Note: Fringe parking has been
tried In Warrington, abut 50 far has met
with little success because the public would
not make use Of the facilities provided Y
Evening star., 1949-11-08

Stresses the Need Of Youth
For Adventure and Creative Opportunities
To the Editor Of The Star:
It is wen-known fact that what we
strongly desire plays big part in what we
achieve.
Every war brings landslide in moral
codes among all classes.
Youth loves adventure that has danger.
When a neighborhood Is quiet and news
papers. magazines, detective stories, tele-
vision, radio, movies, blare the excitement
OF crime, corrupt practices, the mind Of
youth is secretly attracted. and reads 1t
eagerly.
Minds that feed constantly on such ex-
citements easily are led into low-level actions
by those who have found such excitement
satisfying and have not yet been caught.
Youths great need is for health giving
adventure, high-level sports, clubs. travel.
especially abundant and varied opportunities
to develop their creative abilities.
SOPHIA CAREY.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

Approves Proposal to Boycott
Advertisers on Transit Radios
To the Editor Of The star:
With reference to broadcasting advertise
ments in public conveyances. I long made UP
my mind to do as suggested by w. w. Cob
lentz in The Star November 3-that is, to re-
fuse to patronize any merchant whose adver-
tising illmanneredly butts in on either my
meditation or conversation
W. E. ALLEN.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Questions and Answers

=, reaaer can get the answer to any ousst,or
H,,ns .aSs cy wr1sins The Evening Star InformstiSn
piees.u ,rSia Sto Eye st. ne, Washington g. D G.
tissse aneiose three (3> cents for return postars
Evening star., 1949-11-08

9. What does the Christian nam.
"Cheryl" mean?-H LA.
A. The name "Cheryl" is associated with
womanly." "A1e
Evening star., 1949-11-08
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE

Pleas. sse: s9 cent: iaa sssarn
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE
Q. What does the Christian mama
"Cheryl" mean?-H I. A.
A. The name "Cheryl" is associated with
the name Caroline" 1t means Strong and
womanly." "AA"
Q. How did the Nissen hut get its name,
M. c. T. ''
A. The hut is 80 named because it was
mace originally by the Nissen Co. of Great
Britain.
@. How many men and women are en-
ployed at the present timer. l.. B.
A. According to the Bureau of the Census.
in August. 1949, the total number of em-
ployed persons was 59,947,000. This figure
was divided as follows: Male-42, GA, 600:
female-17. 1903 900.
O. Has the phenomenon known as st.
Elmo's fire ever been seen in the United
States?-I. r. r.
A. The Weather Bureau says that st.
Elmo's fire is name given to the brush or
point discharge Of electricity that occurs
from pointed or rounded objects when the
air is highly charged with electricity. Other
names are ."corposants" or "corpuscular cur
rent" It has been reported in this country,
especially in the Rocky Mountains It is
sometimes reported at sea near the Gull Of
st. Lawrence, and is also frequently seen
near the propeller and with tips Of air.
planes flying near thunderstormS The
branches Of trees sometimes show q faint
blush light from this cause. On rare
occasions even grass has been reported to
produce discharge.
Q. When was the first edition Of ''Pil-
grim's Progress printed?-E. p.
A. Nathaniel Ponder, at the Sign Of the
Peacock In Chancery Lane London. brought
out the first edition of Pilgrims Progress"
On February 10, 1878. the work was duly
licensed sold. and bound for 18 pence.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Tolstoyan Point of View
Restated in Polysyllab bles

To the Editor Of The Star:
After perusing the daily newspapers and
observing the present state of the worlds
economic, social, political and moral affairs.
am inclined to be Of the opinion that
aggressive use of the atomic bomb would
constitute an act Of, not anthropocide, but
euthanaSia w. JAMES BASTIAN.
Evening star., 1949-11-08
Lack of School Facilities
Attributed to Neglect Of Planning.


Attributed to Neglect Of Planning.
To the Editor of The Star:
earnestly hope that the interested COM
munity will secure copy of Dr. Hobart M.
Corning's statement before the Board OF
Education on Wednesday and read 1t very
carefully. It will raise many questions.
DR.. Corning said that as early as 1929
consideration was given to the need Tor
an additional high school for Divisions 1913.
How many high schools have been built
for Divisions 1-9 in this 20-year period?
DR.. Corning said that the board. begin
ming in 1885, has made repeated efforts to
secure appropriations for one hlgh scnool
for Divisions 1913.
Why did it take six years for the board
to begin to act on felt need?
If Central were transferred to Divisions
1913. the Cardozo building would be aban-
doned-as DR.. Strayer recommended: and.
therefore, DR.. Corning's table "b" that COM
putes the possible capacity Of high schools
In Divisions 1913 is in error because 1t
included Cardozo and Central The elimina-
ton Of Cardozo drops the net surplus from
1896 to 1856. similar drop should char
acterize tables &c" and I'd"
DR.. Corning began by observing that crises
arose from failure to provide public facili-
ties as rapidly as the growth in population
requires.
Is not generous surplus net capacity
therefore very desirable? Has not the lack
of it hastened the crises now occurring SO
frequently in Divisions 1913? Is it the
idea of the administration to provide schools
of tomorrow to meet the enrolment OF
yesterday?
DR.. Corning stresses that no decision will
be acceptable to all parties concerned.
Are the protagonists of the separate but
equal" school system executing a divide
and-rule" strategy? v. j. DOZ1ER.
Evening star., 1949-11-08

9. How did the Nissen hut get its naunel
M. c. r. -''---o
A. The hut is 80 named, because it was
made originally by the Nissen Co. of Great
Britain.