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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
Neglected Children

While the American pubic mas responded to many worthy drives to make our people healthier and happier citizens, the Government and particularly Congress-has been blind to disgraceful social prob lem-the lack of public. school fa- cilities for feeble-minded children While we have been making great strides in the scientific develop ment of the atom-chiefly for war purposes-we are still in the dark ages relative to caring for close to a million mentally retarded children
 | Some of these unfortunate young sters happen to belong to families who can afford to send them to ex- pensive private schools, where they receive adequate care. However, the great majority are the children of poor families and either live like hermits, because their parents are afraid to expose them to the ridi- cule of other children, or-worse still, perhaps-roam the streets of our big cities, because there Is no room for them in overcrowded training schools maintained by state governments.
 l A few states, notably Wisconsin are making real progress in educa- ting mentally retarded youngsters to be self-supporting. Also, a lev cities like Cincinnati and Eucho Ohio, have made starts-wlth the help of the American Legion, the
 Kiwanis and other civic-mndea groups.
 However. the sad fact is that less than 90000 retarded children about one tenth of the total num- ber-are receiving attention in spec ial classes of our public school sys- tenn.
 l Note-Every state-operated tram
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BEFUDDLED BIRD BUzzES BAR BUT
 WITHOUT IMBIBING

PETERSBURG-A slightly befud- dled seagull some how made it's way into the Harbor Bar last Mon- day afternoon to the discomfort of patrons and bartender Johnny Ward.
 Ward said he looked up from his work suddenly and saw the bird Tapping it's way up the bar like m apparition from the general direction of the front door. He fol- owed the example of customers and ought cover, at the same time aoping the creature wouldn't de- tide to land among the polished .lasses resting on the backbar.
 After a couple of cramped rooms round the bar the sea bird headed for the front door again leaving it's mark only in the minds of nose who witnessed the sight.
 When the commotion had died town and the feathers settled, Ward congratulated Ole Lloyd who allantly held the door open, on he presumption it was lady gull, nd permitted her to fly to free lom.
 The bartender said it was the irst such visit from the winged Her, and since it didn't even have
 short one, he supposes it will be her last.
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ed fec.
 This went against the grain with R. B. Chandler, publisher of the
 Mobile Press-R Register, who suspect
 ed that the eyes of the nation
 would be cast on the Governors big,
 undraped feet.
 So with the dignity of Alabama at stake, Chandler dictated formal
 letter to the Governor just before his inauguration. Chandler observed in effect, that he didn't mind Big
 Jim sticking his foot in his mouth
 occasionally as long as he didn't stick both feet in the public eye. He pointed out that the Governors feet-sans socks-would be exposed to news cameras at the inauguration and might make bigger news than
 the ceremony itself. Finally, to save the state from embarrassment, Chandler offered to scare up some socks for the Governor.
 Big Jim cheerfully accepted the offer. and Chandler sent out a frantic plea to the cotton mills. He warned that a "sockleSs Cover
 nor' in the heart of the cotton
 belt would be bad publicity for the industry, might even start a fad among the younger generation who l would initiate the Governor and al- so go without socks.
 A cotton mill in Northern Ala bama immediately responded. It
 made up a batch of oversized socks that would fit the Governor ot
 Alabama, and Big Jim wears them 1 to this day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
FAIR COMPETITION?

While 1t in no way objects to competton-to fair compettion-the Alaska Steamship Company has right on its side in objecting to the government subsidy afforded it's present opposing freight lines
 Or so it seems to The Empire
 The Department of the Interior answering an inquiry from Representative Hal Holmes as to why Alaska shipments had been diverted from Seattle to Portland San Francisco and Los Angeles gave this reason: .aess .
 "Its policy is to ship government supplies to Alaska by the method and route which would result in the lowest cost If the cost is approximately the same railroad and other cargo is divided among the competing lines available"
 All of which sounds fair and without prejudice
 That is it does until learns that the Alaska Steamship Company and its recently established com petng line charge the rates; when one realizes that the government is dividing it's tonnage on prac- tcally 50-50 basis between the established Alaska Steam and the new operator that the Alaska Steam serves all of Alaska whereas the competing line serves only the railbelt ports; that the Alaska Steam made 91 voyages to Alaska against the other hneS ls between January 1 and September 3O
 We believe to be just the statement of Admlra
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Zeusler Executive Assistant to the President of the Alaska Steamship Company, following the Department the Interiors ambiguous response to Representative Holmes inquiry.
 Admiral Zeusler said that the government sub- sidized carrier rates and the Alaska Lines the
 
 "The Alaska Steamship Company is offering com plete transportation to Alaska generally" he said "and we would welcome competition that basis or any other fair basis"
 But when by tonnage guarantees the government induces carrier to in and exclusively the two major ports of the Alaska trade to the detrment of the rest of the Territory-that con- slider unfair competition and unwarranted govern ment interfence into private industry"
 Little has been said about further subsidy not government but commercial--of the competing line Last August when the company's Executive Vice President was in town, he explained that his company had a two-way haul far north as Ocean Falls B. C. Northbound, the ships carry fuel oil TOT Crown -zelerbach at Ocean Falls, and southbound the cargo is newsprint for the company
 Add to this ready-made cargo half of Interiors Alaska freight and of the costly passenger operation. It looks like the government has done pretty well in it's fight against the Alaska Steam. It has set up pretty good deal for the Alaska Steam ship Company's competition.
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result our relations With Canada are in a dither.
 U. s. Judges Jim Proctor and AL an Goldsborough were the two judg- es who had the courage to challenge the right of the State Department to negotiate executive agreements with another country without rati- fieation by the Senate.
 To date the State Department has negotiated 38 air treaties without paying any attention to the Consti- tuition of the United States which requires treaties with foreign coun- tries to be ratified by two-thirds Senate vote.
 Now, for the first time, the courts have called a stop While the court decree did not actually pass on the merits of the issue, and actually passed the question on to the Sup rene Court, nevertheless Canada is alfeady up in arms.
 What brought the issue to a cli- max was when Colonial Air Lines, a small company with phenomen- al 19-year record without fatility, got tired of being kicked around.
 The State Department had given Canada a route parallel to Colon ial's, from Montreal to New York, while simultaneously denying Colon- ial the right to fly to Washington.
 So Colonial challenged the State Departments power to negotiate a treaty without Senate ratification In retaliation, Canada is now SC irate that it has served Colonial with notice to show cause why it. should not be closed down on the Montreal route after December 12.
 What the issue partly boils down to is that the big air lines are able to hire top Cabinet-level lob byists to protect their interest! when State Department executive agreements are being written.
 American Airlines, for instance retains as its attorney, the son-in- law of Secretary of State Acheson while Pan American, long retained Louis Johnson, now Secretary O National Defense. The little com panies, able to afford no such lob. bying luxury, have to fall back ol the Constitution of the United Stat es.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That Clarence V. Foster, executor If the estate of John T. Foster, deceased, has filed his final account and report of his administration of aid estate, and his petition for dis .ribution thereof, in the United States Commissioners Court for Juneau Precinct, at Juneau, Alaska; hat 10 o'clock A. M. January 18th, 1850, has been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same; and that all persons con- cerned therein are hereby notified to appear at said time and place and file their objections, if any, to said final account and petition for settlement and distribution thereof.
 Dated: Juneau, Alaska, November 18th, 1949
 CLARENCE V. FOSTER, Executor. First publication, Nov. IS, 1949.
 Last publication, Dec. z, 1949.
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legislative act of ls0 authors the general munclpa cooe arrived confer with Attorney 1eeia oo Rugard Williams, James John F. osooi anu James They Hoonah had popuauon o ooo pe public waterworks system ana hao us' Sp $oOoo electric light and power plant.
 Douglas High Schooi pasket ball team the Marguerite LOT oAaewaS severe storm Ill lyli oaiai A Another start was panneo o io p m With Coach King Pettygove captain Angus o William Cashen Harry Neml George 1uefl' oii Kronuuist Cashen
 with the Wright Shoppe was asso'ae with 1udwig Nelson as watchmaker and engraver
 In Seattle Decaso charged with the nuro oi 'ae
 assett obtained restraining Seattle officers rom ~ a lie while queionng him.
 WlcCr urged tat Department expedition to rescue Borand down somewhere OH the November Pilot Frank Dorpandts Coon plane slightly damaged wn before from Teller for North Cape search. [
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LOOK and LEARN &sy C. GORDON

exaggerated devotion to ones country? full keyboard begin with two white keys? da famous paintings? fleet of ships composed of the Nina the Pin
  is cargo itinerary called? ANSWERS:
 Chauvinisn Chauvin soldiers emperors demonstrate such o white key B. "The Supper" and Lisa" o Christopher Columbus
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O. hurry simple formaity of nroduc- ing persons? A. is undgnifed embarrassment noducion Take plenty o time pronounce slowly and distinctly
 ct considered wedding invitations to friends will be unable to attend the wedding?
 A. has nothing to do with thoughtfunes
 wife telling story to group of friends and has an all right interrupt and correct her?
 often and extremely rude It is much better let pass
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
Rocking Baby to Sleep
Dallas, Texas, News)

Dallas, Texas, News)
 Science has discovered that baby ought to be rocked to sleep by it's mother and yes, in rock ing chair.
 In the good old days when babies were rocked to sleep rockers that rode creaky plank in the floor, the pink little newcomers slept soundly while doors banged and tree branhes raked the roof in a high wind and old Ranger on his tail on the back porch and howled to high heaven about his fleas or about the weather about comment made by another dog half mile away. We had nightly little science and very little business for psychiatrsts
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
"SockIess" Jim Folsom

It has never been told before how "kissin' Jim"-Alabama's s fab ulous Governor James E. Folsom almost became known as "sockless Jim"
 Except for the delicate interces- sion of a thoughtful Mobile pub fisher, the Alabama chief executive might still be living down front page reputation as the barefoot Governor with shoes on."
 The trouble was that Jim's feet were so big he couldn't find a pair of socks to fit. He solved the prob- lem simply by going without socks and wearing his Charlie Chaplin brogans over well-scrubbed but nak-
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Daily Lessons in English v l. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED prefix ANTE beore or prior to- The prefix opposite or against
 OFTEN Refuse (noun Pronounce ref-us as in U in first syllable
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Divinity; three Is and not DE-
 SYNONYMS: charge, arragn
 WORD STUDY: three times and it yours Let us increase our Todays word CATEGORICAL: the in CAT, as OF principal the Tt categorical denial
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against individual teachers. A picket line of mothers, protesting the cor ruption of their children by teach CTS. would do a lot of good. Then, of course, in each city and town, public attention can be called, in the press, to individual teachers who abuse the minds and charac- ters of our children. The schools exist for the children, not for the teacher.
 Judge Schirick, am sure, has not studied the subject thoroughly because his document, giving the Communists the right to teach in our schools, would indicate .that. i So I want to give him little in formation that might be of use to him. "Pravda" on September 15, 1927, published an interview be- tween Stalin and "the first Ameri- can Labor Delegation who saw the great man on September g, 1927
 Talking about how the Communist Party operates, Stalin said:
 e. Marx and Engels gave the main outlines of the idea of the party as being the vanguard of the proletariat, without which (the Party, the proletariat could not achieve it's emancipation, could not capture power or reconstruct cap- italist society. Lenin's new contri- button to this theory was that he developed these outlines further and applied them to the new conditions of the proletarian struggle in the period of imperialism and showed: (A) That the party is a higher form of the class organization of the proletariat as compared with other forms of proletarian organiza- l tion 0abour unions, cooperative societies, state organization and, moreover it's function is to general | ize and direct the work of these or ganizations; (B) That the dictator ship of the proletariat may be real ized only through the party as its directing force; co That the dic- l tatorship of the proletariat can be complete only if it is led by single party, the Communist Party, which does not and must not share lead ership with any other party; and CD) That without iron discipline in the party, the tasks of the dicta- 1 torship of the proletariat to crush the exploiters and to transform class society into socialist society cannot be fulfilled.
 "This, in the main, is the new contribution which Lenin made in his works. ,
 This was said in 1927, which is 9 years ago. It has held good since then and explains much of the history of the satellite coun- tries and the activities of this party in our country. Of course, Judge Schirick declines to take judicial notice of the facts of life, one Of them being that he is actually liv-
 ing in the year 1949 and therefore ought to have some appreciation of what happened to such coun-
 tries as Czechoslovakia and Poland and even France and Italy.
 In word, what is the use of
 spending billions on national de-
 fense, on the Marshall Plan, on , atom bombs, radar, schnorkels, and ! all the rest of it, if our children are to be taught by Stalin's agents , to love Soviet Russia and to hate America? Perhaps you will say that such teachers are few in number! ) How many do you need to ruir childs mind, if no one fights for the preservation of American !, ideals and traditions? t
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ing schooi Tor the eeble-minded has a long waiting list Two states, Nevada and Mississippi, do not even have training school for this purpose. Arizona is building one.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. l0 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month /A in Scottish Rite Temple o A beginning at 7:30 D. m. w~ GLENN O. ABRAHAM, NY Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary,
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NOTICE

After December 10, no telephone .entals for the month of December will be accepted at a discount. All remittances must bear postmark of not later than discount date. Please ,e prompt.
 JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS
 TELEPHONE co. adv.
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The design of the White House Is aid to have been modelled on hat of the Duke of Leinster's lalace in Dublin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
20 YEARS AGO fME TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER ', 1929

celebrated her birthday entertaining the Camplre Girls at an played games Mrs Puh served delicious refreshments
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Skirts will be somewhat shorter this winter put not enough to cause an appreclable number ol men to freeze to death standing on street corners
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A Mighty Gulf

Dayton, Ohio News
 There is nothing that makes the Soviets so heady the celebration of the anniversary of the revolu ton by which they wrested control of the country in 1917 So perhaps they are to be pardoned the usual letting off of steam However, the violence Of the attacks on the capastic- world by the 1n- fluential Malenkov and by Marshal Vas1evsky IS symptomatc of the deep gulf that lies between the Western and the Eastern worlds
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Weather: High, 33; low, 25; clear.
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The Washington
 NerrY-Go-Round
' By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One)
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Dratha
STEWART, INDIaNA on

STEWART, INDIANA. On Tuesday. July
le4s as Fzsedme2S aSr.Hs Hospital IN
Maude E. Ford, sister Of Mrs. Isabelle
Laws of Philadelphia, Pa; Rev. French
Hedgman Of Ardmore, Pa. Simeon Heds;
Hedsman h "a v1 Of Washinston. e D n G. She also
leaves other relatives and friends. After
5 pm. Friday, July 15, friends may call
at her late residence. Funeral services
ond Baptist Church, Fails Church. Va,
Rev. W. E. Costner oficiating. Relatives
and friends invited; Interment Fall,
Ghursh sFnsst Je1y9s esmste5, cry ARRANGEMENTS BY
SMITH, WILLIAM r. On Tuesday
WILLIAM T; SMITH Of 454o 41st ave
Brentwood, M: son Of Mrs Daisy New ,,,
Carlton Smith and Henry. Newton, ir
Also surviving are a stepfather. Henr,
Newton, sr.; three nieces, the Misses Alins
iiams: two nephews, Le Roy and Jane,
Smith; other relatives and many friends
After noon Thursday friends are invited
to call at his late residence. Services or
Friday, July Is, at 80 pm, at the FRS
Baptist Church, Lakeland, Md, Rev. j. H
Memorial 'ss Cemetery. lan Arransements '''V5i ;!
MCGUIRE. 15
sTANsBURY. ALcELA G.. On satur
CELIA &. sTANsBURY tnee German, O
Leroy H. Stansbury. mother of Walter A
Stansbury of Greensboro, N c., and Mrs
Margaret S. Kingsbury of Chicago, III
Friends may call at the William J. Ticknel
q Sons Funeral Home North and Pa. ayes.
Baltimore. Md, where services will be helc
on Wednesday, July 13, at $3.50 pm. In
terment Greenmocnt Cemetery. 13
YOUNG. DONNIE. On Saturday. Jul,
band of Mrs Lugener Young, father Of
Mrs. Willy Rec Strange, Dorothy Young
Hattie Brown and Montez Young; beloved
son Of Mrs. Hattie Young. grandfather Of
Laverna and Clifton Strange. He also
leaves six brothers, one sister. other rela
tives and friends. Friends may call al
the w. Ernest Jarvis Funeral Church
1882 You st; NV. from 2 pm. to 8 pm
Wednesday July 13. Funeral and inter.
ment Greenville, s. C. Is
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Mrs, Ethel A. Browne

Graveside services for Mrs.
Ethel Ashby Browne, 81, civilian
employe at the Naval Operating
Base at Trinidad, British West
Indies. will be held at II am.
tomorrow at Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Mrs. Browne died in Trinidad
on May Is of a heart attack. Her
body was returned to the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV, yesterday.
A native of Washington, Mrs.
Browne was educated at Mount
Vernon Seminary here. She later
became press agent for Burton
Holmes, noted world traveller and
lecturer, for several years. In
terested in stage and screen she
toured with stage productions and
had played small parts in the
silent movie days with Mary Pick
ford. During World War I she
married James M. Browne, now a
retired Government employe, and
the couple went to New York.
Mrs. Browne returned to Wash
ington in 1889 to Join the Navy
Department as a civilian employe.
She was stationed in Trinidad
during World War II. and was
here for brief period before re-
turning to the West Indies two
years ago.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by cousin, Mrs. S. Kinsley
Upperman, 1925 Kansas ave-
nue. NV.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
Court Rules Spanking Fails
To Justify Assault Charge

Spanking some one else's child
does not necessarily justify an as
sault charge. 1t was decided in
Arlington County Court yesterday
Arnold Shostak, 3056 South Alb
ingdon drive, was found not guilty
Of an assault and battery charge
brought by Mrs. Virginia l.. Good
rich, 1888 South Dinwiddie street
who accused Mr.. Shostak Of beat
ing her young son. Roger. IA.
Mr.. Shostak admitted giving the
boy three spanks. He said Roger
was one of a group of boys who
threw stones at him while he was
playing baseball June 90.
He said he chased the boys and
happened to grab Roger.
The case was decided by Miles
Spence Bray, substitute trial JUS
tice.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
CoImar Manor Re-eIects
Mayor for Eiqhfh Term

Mayor John N. Torvestad OF
Colmar Manor, Md, who has held
that post for the last IA years
yesterday was elected to his eighth
consecutive 2-year term.
Mr.. Torvestad, only candidate
listed on the ballot. defeated three
other Colmar Manor residents
who polled write-in votes.
Mr.. Torvestad received. 38 votes.
The write-in candidates were Olin
L. Merchant; Joseph Terenyi, a
former councilman ard ]. Paul
Ward, jr.
Two incumbent councilmen,
both of whom had no opposition,
also were reelected. They are
Joseph E. Slaughter of the 1st
ward, and Councilman Andrew H.
Tackitt of the 3rd ward.
Evening star., 1949-07-13
.Broome Reveals Plans
For S10,500,000 Loan
To Aid County Schools

DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of schools in Montgomery
County, yesterday disclosed plans
for the Montgomery Board of Ed
ucation to borrow $10,500,000 from
the State within five years, for
construction purposes.
The figure includes the $780,
900 for which the county is max
ing application this year. The
money will be used to carry out
the long-range building program
previously adopted by the Board
of Education.
At the boards meeting in Rock
vile. it was announced that Will
liam G. Pyles will be the new
principal of Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School. He has been
assistant principal under Thomas
w. Pyle. who resigned and yes
terday was named a high school
supervisor in the county.
Tuition Fees Set.
The new principal formerly
taught at Gaithersburg and once
was principal of the Damascus
High School. He served during
the war in the Navy. He is mar
ried. has one son and lives in
Rockville.
| The board voted to begin charg-
ing the District Welfare Board at
the rate of tWo-thirds of the reg
ular tuition for children in its
care who are sent to county
schools. About $50 pupils were
in this category last session. E. M
Douglass, assistant Superintend-
ent, said regular tuition fees fo1
elementary schools are $3.50 ano
for high schools $3.50 per year
Heretofore there has been no tut.
ton charge for District welfare
children in Montgomery.
designations Accepted.
| In other action the board ac-
cepted the designations of three
school trustees. They are Allan
F. Brooke. Sherwood School; Eliz.
abeth S. Criss. Takoma Park Ele-
mentary School, and Mrs. Leo
Robertson. Dickerson School.
| The board deferred the appoint
ment of new trustees until it re.
tceives recommendations from the
parent-teacher associations.
| Meanwhile. the board awarded
| a contract for an addition to the
Oak View School to Opha Mays
the lowest bidder. The amount
was $67,180.