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Evening star., 1949-04-02
Teams at High Pitch
For Final Clash Of
Series at Armory
By Bill Fuchs


Washington's Caps and New
York's Knickerbockers will square
of tonight at the Armory here in
what may be the roughest. tough
est game in Basket Ball Associa-
ton of America playoff history.
This is the third and deciding
game in the semifinal series and
will cost the loser at least $500
in cash. The winner picks UP
s4,500 and advances TO the final
round against Minneapolis which
opens in that Western loop city
Monday. Winner Of the fnal-a
best four of f-seven series-receives
$500. with the loser picking UP
$500. Tonight's loser gets $500.
Game starts at 8:45.
Besides the money angle there
are otf er factors which make to-
nights game loom as rough and
tumble scrap. Tempers fiared In
New York Thursday night where
the Knicks evened the series at
one-all with an overtime victory.
Following the victory the Knicks
refused to play here in the Ar
mory, claiming the lighting was
inadequate.
Increase in Lighting.
The rhubarb finally was settled
by Maurice Podoloff, BAA presi-
dent, who arranged with Armory
Manager Dutch Bergman to in
crease the drill halls lighting by
100 per cent. The Knicks with
drew their protest, but the Caps
got the idea they were poor
sportsmen. After all. the Caps
reasoned. the lighting was the
same for both teams.
But burning the Caps even more
was the officiating Of Pat Ken
nedy, head of BAA officials. and
Johnny Nucatola, who worked the
game in New York and are ex-
pected to be on hand tonight. sub
ject to change by BAA headquar-
ters.
The Caps screamed they were
robbed of the victory. Their wrath
reached the boiling point in the
dressing room, where several play
ers made uncomplimentary re-
marks in no uncertain terms con-
cerning the eyesight If not the
integrity of both officials, particu-
larly Kennedy.
There is a great possibility of
flying fists in tonight's fray. Both
clubs were too intent on winning
Thursdays game, which was close
all the way. to engage in f1sticuffs.
The two teams did come to blows,
though, in the last game OF the
regular season at Uline Arena.
Kleggie Hermsen Of the Caps and
New York's Irv Rothenberg-
main-event opponents-were eject
ed and order resumed after the
floor was cleared of several hun
dred angry spectators.
Braun Had Hot Hand.
But if any one factor beat the
Caps Thursday. Il was the hot
hand of Carl Braun, a 14-point-
average player who swished in 80
points, and John Palmer, a r.
point average man who scored 20.
Ray Lump. New York's chief
scorer all season. was limited to 6,
but he can be expected to do bet
ter tonight.
The Caps will be depending
again on their entire squad to
come through. Jack Nichols.
Bones Mckinney and Kleggie
Hermsen were the big wheels for
the Caps Thursday. with Freddie
Scolari, Sonny Hertzberg, Matt
Zunic. John Norlander. Dick
OKeefe, Dick Schulz and Leo
Katkaveck all adding their bit
If the Caps come through to-
night, watch for Bob Feerick to
see some action in the Mime
apolis series. Feerick's knee is
mending fast and he has been
doing a little running on it the
last few days.
Evening star., 1949-04-02

capable of fin
1 s h ing any,
where from
third to sew
enth. Like the
c ar ds, Phils.
Cubs and Pr
ates, Durocher's
G an is don't
figure to beat
out both the
B ra YES and
Dodgers. nor do
they stack up
as weak as the
Reds.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Wins Open Puppy Stake

CLINTON. N. j.. April 2 tE1,--
Tsrheel Speck. Ia month old
pointer owned by J. 8. Mitchell of
Charlotte. ". C.. won the open
puppy stake yesterday at the
Jockey Hollow Field Trial Club
spring trials.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
How They'll Finish-Gonts Sixth
Lack of Balance Hurts Giants;
Club Morale Also Uncertain
By FRANCIS STANN

Leo Durocher, beginning his
first full season as manager of the
New York Giants. has one of five
National League clubs seemingly
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Mrs. Gordner's Rites Today

DALLAS. April 2 fP.-Funeral
services for Mrs. j. Alvin Gardner.
wife of the president OF the Texas
Baseball League, were to be held
here today.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Hunt to Draw 10000

RICHMOND. Va. April 2 R1.--
A crowd of 10. 900 persons was ex-
pected here today for the 18th
running Of the Deep Run races
at Strawberry Hill.
Evening star., 1949-04-02
8. u. ketmen Beoten

Colgats'S tennis team handed
Georgetown netmen their second
defeat OF the week. sis-2ia. yes
terdsy in q match At the Hilltop
Top engagement was that in which
Georgetown Frank kentwell raj
lied TO defeat Corneli's Prank
Warren. rs, SIS, eS
Evening star., 1949-04-02
Win, Lose, or Draw
Casey und the Round Mon
BY FRANCIS STAkk

ST. PETERSBURG Fla April 2-To contend that televson
alone brought vaudeville libel What about
Connie back Jimmy Dykes And what of
Dan Topping and Del resurreced
Evening star., 1949-04-02

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Los AnRslex, l2 seattle. 10
san FTanciKco. 90; Portland. z.
Sacramento. n. Oakland q
HOLLYWOOD. o San DelKo. B.
Evening star., 1949-04-02

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Evening star., 1949-04-02
New York Giants Official Roster, 1o49

Leo DurOcher, Manager
Frank Frisch, Fred Ftzsmmons. Ralph Kress Herman
Franks Coaches.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
B. C.. Premier Goes To Washington

WASHINGTON, (P) - Byron Johnson,( premier of British Co., lumbia, is expected here this week to confer on proposals to construct a railroad through his Canadian province to connect with the Alaska Railroad.
 Senator Magnuson O.-WaSh0 said Saturday he looked for Jchn- son to arrive today or tomorrow.
 Magnuson and Delegate Bartlett of Alaska are backing legislation to authorize President Truman to negotiate with Canada for a sur vey of proposed routes for the l,400-mile railroad. It would link a railroad at Prince George, B. C., with the Alaska Line.
 The House has passed the reso- lution. It is pending in the Senate.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
Dr. Moore Denies Auditors Charge Of Illegal Loans

FAIRBANKS, lP) -Dr. Ferris Moore, president of the University of Alaska, denies charges of audi tors that the University made ille- gal loans.
 An audit ordered by the 1949 legislature and made public last week had said the university bor- rowed an unauthorized $211,000 from various sources and that S191 ,000 remained unpaid on Dec. 31, 1948.
 Moore said the $191, ,000 loan obtained last year by the univers- ity was entirely approved and le- gal throughout the entire period until paid in full last sprinlg."
 In prepared statement, he said:
 Legality of the loans was sup
 Continued on Page Six
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
Chinese Flee From Canton
{ By The Associated Press)

Dy lllc <ASSOCIdLCu I lCoSI
 Chinese began fleeing from Can ton Saturday as the front to the north showed signs of caving in under the pressure of attacking Red armies.
 Diplomats in Canton said they expected to hear today that the nationalist capital was being moved to Chungking. That was the wartime capital in Western China.
 Kukong, anchor city only 125 miles north of Canton, was yield ed without a fight. Hengyang, the nationalist base 265 miles to the north, appeared to have been abandoned.
 Press reports said Gen. Pai Chung-Hsi, central front com mander, had quit Hengyang and would set up headquarters at KWeilin, capital of his native Kwangsi province.
 That was a hint he may leave Canton to it's fate. His 200, ,000-man army is the best left to the na- tionalistS on the Chinese mainland.
 A Well-informed commonwealth diplomat in London said Britain will recognize the newly-estab- Chinese communist regime in Peiping. India was expected to take a like step. Other common wealth governments might follow suit. Trade with China is big factor.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
Interior Depart ment Gets Large Grant For Alaska
By Charles D. Watkins)

CAP Special Washington ServiCe)
 WASHINGTON lP)-The inte- riOr department is getting a rec ord total of $84, ,285.358 in cash and contract authority for its activities in Alaska this fiscal year.
 The conferees on the interior department appropriations bill ap- proved $58,647,858 in cash and 5,637 500 in contract authOriza- tions for the year which started July l. This tops any previous years total for the departments Alaskan activities by $15,000.
 The bill is awaiting President Truman'S signature.
 Of the total for Alaska, $26, ,762,- 900 in cash and S8,000,0O0 in con- tract authorization is for:
 New construction of the Kenai Lake-Homer Road, EagleForty Mile-AlaSka Highway, the Turn again Arm Highway, the Richard son Highway-Mt. Mckinley Ma tional Park road, and local farm
 Continued on Page EighO
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
NEWS IN BRIEF

SAN FRANCISCO, CP)-A riot in San Francisco's colorful China town last night broke up a meet ing in celebration of communist victories in China. One Chinese was injured.
 A flying wedge of Chinese youths broke up the gathering of 400 members of the Chinese Work CTS Mutual Air Association in Chi nese American Citizens Alliance hall.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10

SEATTLE (P)-The Pathfinder, coast and geodetic vessel returned Saturday after a summer of sur veying the bottom of Alaska's Bristol Bay.
 Findings will be reported during the winter to the International hy- drographic bureau at Monte Carlo, where all nations contribute their findings except the Russians. Findings are made available to the Russians, however.
 The ship took another gander at submarine peak some 36O miles west of Cape Flattery. The peak is 11,000 feet high, and still has 2,500 feet of water atop it.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10

SEATTLE, (40 - Coast guard headuarters reported today the cutter Chautauqua had been dis patched to the aid of the Pana- manian freighter Navigator, in dis tress TOO miles southeast of Kodi- ak. Alaska.
 The coast guard said the freigh- CT had lost it's propeller in rough seas but had no other details from the Chautauqua, a coast guard weather cutter, which was on pa troi.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
Over Million Idle
 From U. s. Strikes
By The Associated Press)

There wasn't much to cheer about on the nations labor front Saturday.
 Here's a quick rundown of ma jor disputes which already have made idle more than a million workers:
 There was nothing to indicate an early settlement of the coun- try's major labor trouble-strikes by some 85O,OOO steel and coal workers.
 There were threats of a nation wide railroad strike and a Walkout by some 10000 aluminium work CTS in eight states.
 The continuing strike by John L. Lewis 380,000 united Mine Workers-noW three weeks old prompted Cyrus s. Ching, federal conciliation director, to warn:
 Each day brings the nation closer to a crisis"
 Ching, who urged Lewis and mine operators to resume negotia- tionS in an effort to end the strike, said this strike must be settled promptly"
 Ching, after his all-day meeting in Washington with Lewis and the operators, made no claims about bringing a settlement any nearer. Both sides aired their diff ferences at the meeting. The gov ernment did not issue an ultimatum that the miners go back to work or that the negotiations should be resumed at a specific date. At Chinag'S request, the operators asked Lewis to meet with them Tuesday or Wednesday. But the time or meeting place has not been set.
 The government has made no move in the Week-old steel strike. The dispute over pensions and in- surance has made idle some 450,- 900 CIO steelworkerS in basic steel plants and forced the layoff of thousands of other workers in steel-related industries.
 Ching said no immediate plans have been made to call the union
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10

LAS VEGAS. Nev. (P) - Joe KirkWood, Jr., the "Joe Palooka" of the movies and pro golf star, was honeymooning today with actress Cathy Downs, much to the surprise of the couples Hollywood friends.
 Quietly, and without word to friends, the couple were wed here Saturday night by Congregation aliSt minister in a hotel chapel.
 He is 28 and Miss Downs 23.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
Flood, Snow And TOrnadOes Do Much Damage
(By The Associated Press)

'Dy ldle hSsoSateu TiSsS'
 A serious flood threatened Hous- ton, Tex, Saturday and the first snow storm of the season maroon ed hundreds of hunters in the cen tral Idaho forested area.
 One person drowned in Houston and residents in suburban areas were being evacuated as the heav- jest railfall in years sent bayous and creeks on a rampage.
 Snow that measured as deep as 10 inches fell in the ,Cassia divi-
 tContinued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
News of the World At A Glance ---
Monday. October 10. l949
By The Associated Press)


 By The Associated Press)
 War-sicll China celebrated to- day the anniversary of it's 1911 re- volt against the Imperial Manchus with dragon dances and fire crackers. Across the world, in France, the slipping nationalist government suffered another set back.
 The entire staff of the national ist Chinese embassy and consul ate general in Paris forsook the government cause and declared it. self in favor of Mao Tze-Tung's new communist regime set up in Peiping last week.
 The only members who did not desert were the newly-named charge d'affaires, Tuan Mao-Lan and Ambassador Tsien Tai, who is ill
 While communism was demon Strating in China that nothing succeeds like success, the democ- racies scored a reassuring victory in Europe. The anti-Red Austrian government of Chancellor Leopold Figl emerged from weekend par liamentary elections still securely in power.
 His coalition, composed of the Socialists and the Conservative Peoples Party, held its position as Austria's largest party, winning 144 seats in the 165 member lower house. Of these FigPs Peoples Party took TT. The communists upped their four place to five.
 Chancellor Figl, surveying the results, declared the election gave clear and unmistakable proof that Austria is an outpost of the western democratic world"
 With the Austrian election over, Europe turned toward Norway where another was being held to- day. Labor's scant majority in the Norwegian Sorting ParliamenD was on the block as voters filed to the polls.
 Some observers thought state planning and rationing might com 
 bine to eliminate Labor Prime Minister Finer Gerhardsen'S lead of 76 seats to the combined oppo- sition'S "A.
 The Chinese embassy's little revolution" was not the only bit of pro-communist activity in lead
 Continued on Page Seven)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
World Series
 Facts and Figures

(By The Associated Press)
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The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
WALLA WALLA, (P)

saddle which Dr. Marcus Whit man, pioneer northwest mission ary, used in crossing the continent in 1842 has been presented to Whitman College.
 Donated by George A. Taber of Reading, Mass, it was accepted for the school by Chester C. Maxey, college president. Taber's father received the saddle as part pay ment of debt in the 1860's.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10

BOSTON, tR-The three men who told six-year-old Martha Murray they were going to "clean" her house were right-they did.
 Martha greeted her mother, Mrs. Margaret Murray, on return
 Continued on Page Seven)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-10
FAIRBANKS, (P) -

FAIRBANKS, (P) - The city concil adopted a resolution Satur- day accepting the final bid of the B. J. Van Ingen Co.,, of New York City for the purchase of $4,5O0, ,O00 in public utility bonds.
 Four million of the amount will cost AZ per cent and $500, 900 in general obligation bonds will be at 3A per cent.
Evening star., 1949-02-25


government is sending to Hun
gary, apparently in preparation
for some more drastic steps
against Marshal Tito in Yugo-
slavia.
Reports from observers in Tur-
key say that considerable rein
forcements Of Bulgarian forces
controlled entirely by Soviet staff
officers, have been noticed on the
Bulgarian-Turkish border In
Thrace.
Airfelds belonging TO Russian
aviation in Poland now are being
rapidly expanded, while Russian
forces have manned the new lines
of lfortifications on the Swedish
Finnish border.
Wolf Hunt to Be Staged.
A wolf hunt" on a gigantic
scale will be staged on the tundra
of Northern Finland March 10 by
Soviet experts" This hunt,
which will extend to the Nor
wegian border, will be conducted
with planes, radio and aerial
photography. The military char
acter Of the expedition raises ir
the minds of Western authorities
the question Of what kind OF
wolves" the Soviet government
has decided to track down.
Since the hunt" will start from
Finnish territory, the American
and British legations in Helslnk
are said to have shown keen in
terest and requested permission
for some American and BRITISH
Evening star., 1949-02-25


fashioned State Department has
become figuratively q mere ap-
pendage.
There are other projections, too
such as the wall of steel we are
going to build across Western Eu-
rope with guns from our plenti-
full store, and the North Atlantic
alliance to make it certain. Then
there's our big, fat purse which
seems to have no bottom with
which we can encourage the
friendship of our poorer neighborE
across the ocean.
Ought to Be Content.
We ought to be very happy anc
content. For happiness can be
bought, can't it?
Yet, with it all, we are perhaps
the unhappiest, most discontented
most jittery and most frightened
Nation on earth today-at least
that's the impression you get II
this city which is the touchy negyt
center of it all. Everything seems
unreal here these days and com
pletely out of focus. The very
atmosphere over our heads Il
a-buzz every so often with thu
new fast planes that streak low
above Government buildings tt
reinforce the alarms cried out by
our generals and admirals wht
seem to have us well in hand.
If you don't keep hold of your.
self, you are likely to see hob
goblins chasing about in broac
daylight-without benefit of bour-
| bon whisky. 1t would be very dis.
Evening star., 1949-02-25

world that a Mr. "'Ae"oi''
man can accomplish all this in
one day, and that is right here
in Vicksburg at the waterways
Experiment Station.
Accurate in Miniature.
The 500 miles of the Mississippi
7 walked is the reproduction in
miniature-scale / to 500-and
covers about two acres. 1t is alb
solutely accurate. Every bend
and twist, every tributary down to
the tiniest stream, is there. The
banks, levees and channels are
perfectly reproduced. So, when
the men Of the Corps Of Engineers
want to see how the Mississippi
will behave under flood conditions,
they simply turn on the water
and, there before their eyes. 500
miles Of the Father OF Waters
goes through it's PAGES, enabling
them to see what needs to be
OOIlc W Keep o1O N4o1l 4oA'NA SA~'
roaring over its bank and dolne
millions and millions of dollars OF
damage.
The Charleston harbor, which
has just been completed, Is housed
in a vast building and is a tribute
to mans unwillingness to ALLOW
nature to down him. All the river
are there, including the Coope:
and the Santee. So are the n1arsf
lands. And 50 are the docks ant
the buildings and piers OF tn
harbor. And to top it all. tn
waters in this man-made haroo
rise and fall with the tide, ant
the current runs with the sam'
speed, and in the exact places, a.
in the real harbor.
The problem that the Engineer
are trying to lick at Charleston i
the deposit of silt. Each year th'
rivers bring it down and each yea
Evening star., 1949-02-25

millions must be spent to dredge
| it out and thus keep the channels
clear. The Engineers want to
make the harbor waters do this
work for free; make the water run
in the right places and at the
speed and depth necessary to ac-
complish this marine houseclean-
ing.
Final Testing Grounds.
Models of dams are all over the
place. These dams are the final
testing grounds for the real dam
to be built. A dam on paper is
one thing, and dam in a raging
river is another. So the Engineers
build the models. subject them to
the identical conditions which the
big dam will lhave to face, and
work out the problem.
The Waterways Experiment Sta
ton here is far and away the big
gest and best in the world. Experts
come from all over the world to
visit it. Intricate machines test
soil. Even more intricate ma
chimes test cement. It was here,
on a mock landing strip, that the
material for Army Anyways was
developed, and it is said that much
Of the success of the Normandy
landing was due to hush-hush
work done here months before
D-Day.
What a tribute the Experiment
Station is to mans stubbornness!
Man simply refuses to take a beat
ing from nature lying down.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Same Idea in Moscow
Washington Seen as Most Frightened
And Most Jittery City on the Earth

Icouraging if you thought the peo'
pie out in the country were be-
coming infected with the madness
too, and it is hoped this is not
true.
When we get all dressed up ir
our armor we cast an omlnous
shadow that scares us.
! There's another nation, which
judging from its strange actions
seems about as frightened. That
of course, is Russia. It acts like
a fellow in a conniption fit
mumbling a meaningless jargor
reminiscent of medieval times
Fantastic are the mental contor-
tions to justify its own actions
and miSinterpret those of others
Dictators Uneasy.
Russia strikes out against
writers and painters and musi-
clans and scientists, and it's satel-
Ilites strike out at religion and dis
cover mysterious plots within their
borders, exhibiting the uneasy
state to which frightened dicta-
tors finally come. Out of all OF
that there is developing a Middle
Age religious war in the 20tt
century.
There's a suggestion about what
we, on our part, might do to calm
things down a bit that comes from
some of our saner minds That il
to call off the continual military
show which rumbles over the
radio and in our newspapers.
One good reason to call it off i
in the interest of national de.
fense. We give away free daily
to any spies who may be among
us-and there must be some
exactly what we have and what
it can do. For another reason
the bluster may give us a bully
complex. And, finally, 1t mus
look to anybody watching it ever
from afar, say in Russia, that We
are about to go to war next week
when we know our people have NJ
such thought. At least 1t give!
the Kremlin constant topics for it!
purposes.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Relaxation
Baruch, Host at Plantation in 1914,
Saw President as Tired, Not Ill

along its shores. The other great
local sport, hunting, was Of course
denied him.
But the only thing I ever saw
wrong with him was his legs" Mr..
Baruch says. stoutly.
Slept Until Noon.
Hobcaw Barony. a Southern
plantation and not a ShoWplace,
had Mr.. Roosevelt sleeping until
noon and playing practical jokes
again.
Mr.. Baruch will be 79 years old
this summer. However, his
thoughts-while they are always
seasoned by history-do not turn
backward but insistently forward
to the America Of our children. He
is wisely aware that the only ad-
vice people really want is on how
to make a living in the manner
of their own choosing, and he has
no desire to burden them with
uncouth counselS. In an increaS-
ing volume of writing, he is CIV
ing them the testament of his
unique experience, hoping for the
best for what he has so sensitively
called, "our country, the great
mother of us ALL"
And he does wish the bureau
Gratis would stop occasionally and
think.
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