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Evening star., 1949-02-05

General Assembly from the 99tf
district.
The next year. Mr.. Perkins was
elected Knott County attorney. He
was reelected to the post in 1945
In 1943, he resigned the county
prosecutor position to become coun-
sci for the Kentucky State Depart
ment of Highways in Frankfort.
Mr.. Perkins saw Army service in
World War II in the European
Theater Of Operations. He partici-
pated in actions in Central Europe
Northern France, the Rhineland and
the Battle of the Bulge. He held
the rating of sergeant when dis
charged
Mr. Perkins is Democrat, a Ma
son and a member of the Baptist
Church and the American Legion
He is married.
He won his seat in the House by
defeating the Republican incumbent
w. Howes Meade
Evening star., 1949-02-05
New Faces in Congress
Perkins, New Kentucky Representative,
Has Lived in Same Town Since His Birth

Representative Carl D. Perkins,
SO, the new House member from the
7th Kentucky District, is one of rel
atively few Representatives who can
boast Of having lived in the same
town since birth.
Mr.. Perkins always has called
Hindman, in Knott County, his
home. He attended the county grade
schools and the Hindman High
School. Then, he went to Louisville
to study law at the Jefferson School
of Law, from which he was gradu-
ated in 1885.
He began the practice of law
Evening star., 1949-02-05
Marriage License
Applications

Under d. c. law, couples must
apply for a marriage license on
one day, 1Dait three full days and
receiue the license on the fifth
dau. Sundays and holidays are
counted the same as other days.
William Middleton. jr.. 80, 1884 Newark
st. NV, and Vesta White, 25, 4S0l
Connecticut ave. NV.
John Cullinane. 90. $40 18th st. Sc. and
Elizabeth johnson, 21, 413 Van Buren
James Frierson. "a. and Ingeborg Thomas
"a. both OF 1850 New Hampshire ave.
phD A%esa s1g syn. f. 2 ri II r. l5s H9v9Es Ys :.
Milton Hansbrough: jr., q. .Newington,
Va. and Lucille Nelson, Fl. Lorton, Va.
Edwin Rock, 2s, and Marjorie Parker. 35,
cha?ies Combs, =: Naval Receiving sta
ton. and Mary Westman. 1s. Allentown,
MGady Garner, @ g, 4, ~ H st. Sc. and
Olaf Brsekkan. 30. 4s4s Kansas M ' ave. NV
and Muriel Pearson, %. London, Eng
Paul Vanderford, 80. New York City, ane
wlie Hs'ioais Daniei Essss ss go 5 7sh st. ne n and
Dolores Clars II 3o5 al nth e. st; ~ ne and
Lille Brown, 90; 81 quincy pl nv;
IAN and Pearl johnson, 20. as14 Davis pl
Lemuel Howard, jr; Is,, 4s3 DelaTare stS ave w
Clinton Greenfield. 20. 44ll gay 81. ne,
Evening star., 1949-02-05
J. T. Knight to Go
To Firms Home Office

James T. Knight, vice president
of the Lawyers Title Insurance
Corp. and for the past 10 years
manager of its Washington branch
Office, has been transferred to the
home Office in Richmond, where he
will be engaged in business develop
ment in the national field.
j. c. Coppinger, who has been
title officer during the last four
years, will succeed Mr.. Knight as
branch manager with Malcolm S.
McCollum as assistant manager.
Carlton U. Trexler will be in charge
of production and business develop
ment.
Evening star., 1949-02-05
Arlington Scout Troop
Plans Weekend Comp

Boy Scout Troop 56, of Arlington.
will celebrate Scout Week by pitch
ing camp over this week end on the
lawn of the Pilgrim Presbyterian
Church, Arlington.
Beginning this afternoon the
troop will give demonstrations in
signaling, first aid. cooking and
tower building. A campfire program
will be held at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1949-02-05
DR.. Bueno Named Head
Americun-BruziIion Club

DR.. J. Silvado Bueno, trade ad-
visor Of the Pan American Union
and professor of Portuguese at
George Washington University, has
been named president of the new
American-Brazilian Club of Wash
ington.
Other officers are Brazilian Am
bassador DR.. Mauricio Nabuco, hon.
orary president; Miss Clara Hafflo-
cher, Of the Air Transport Asso-
citation of America. and Benz San
tos, of the Pan American Union,
secretaries.
Evening star., 1949-02-05
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. = B..
s.

and Lorene Bohannins. "a, Barney
Warren McCallum. %. Hoffman, N. c..
and Ethel Valentine. 81, 1921 Harvard
Claude Smith. 25. 14os 1st st. NV, and
Shirley Nash. 19. 1925 M st. NV.
Oscar Sosa. 21. and Cecilia de la Rosa,
~, 20; m both OF gig s St: nv
and Bertha Kreutzer, 3S, 3517 18th
st. NV.
william Hill. 40. GAL Rhode Island ave
NV. and Lillian Greene, 81, 1850
George Harley. ri. and Minnie Stone, 21.
both Of 4411 Falls ter. Sc.
Evening star., 1949-02-05
six Engineers Honored

Six members Of the Washington
Society of Engineers were made life
members this week, the society
announced today. They are Will
liam w. Burrell, G. L. Garner, S.
II. McCrory, c. A. Peterson, Glegge
Thomas and Charles H. Tompkins.
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14

however, and they were neveJ used for that purpose. In 1912 Seppala entered this team in hi, first try for the Sweepstakes.
 The dogs were young and hat never made trail over the Sweep stakes route. On the first day ot the race, a blinding blizzard hIt them head on and the leader los the trail. With visibility zero, tho only way 10 get his bearings, Sep pala decided, was to head back Co Norton Sound, and make a check of his position by the landmarks there. With the wind behind, in stead Of in their faces, the dogs were making good time; and when they hit a doWnhill stretch they were almost beyond control. Just in time, far below he saw the ice hummocks of Norton Sound Jam ming an iron-tipped bar he al ways carried through the well Ot the sled into the icy snow, he braked with every ounce ot strength. The team stopped with the leaders on the very edge of high bluff, with nothing beyond but the ridged ice hummocks of the Sound far below. The wind was doing it's best to blow them all off the precipice as Sappala strug- gled to get the leaders turned round and headed uphill. After a desperate half hour, he managed to get the team turned round, and frantically paving for traction on the icy snow, they managed tC pull themselves and the sled out of danger. Seppala soon found an Eskimo village, and got his bear ingS strengthened out, but the team was too exhausted to have any chance of making a good showing, so he reluctantly withdrew from the race. He still, however, had confidence in his dogs, and the following year was to be very different story.
 (TO be continued
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14
Senate Wants To
 Know Cost Of .Re-Arming Europe
(By Jack Bell)

WASHINGTON, (H) - Senator Vandenburg R.-MichD called on the administration today for an estimate on the cost of helping friendly European nations re-arm.
 Vandenberg told reporters he thinks the Senate will want to know before it passes on the S5,- 500,O00,000 European recovery au- thorization how much the propos- ed arms aid outlay may be.
 The authorization bill now is before Senate and House foreign affairs committee.
 Unofficial estimates have rang ed from one billion to two billion dollars for the military assistance plan. But Vandenberg said he had seen nothing official.
 "I believe we should have some approximate estimate of the cost of this proposed military assist ance before we take the economic bill to the floor" he said.
 The military assistance propos- al is expected to follow Submis- sion to the Senate of the proposed North Atlantic Security Alliance
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14
29 Dead In Spain Train Wreck

TARRAGONA, Spain, (P) 29 dead were listed today in the wreck of a Barcelona ex- press train. Another 40 injured were in hospitals.
 The express jumped the track early yesterday 40 miles west of here, between the stations of La Neuva and Mora de Ebro.
 Reliable sources said saboteurs had removed several rails, caus- ing the accident.
 One American and three Eng lishmen were among those Killed. Police identified the American as Philip Liewerman, 46, an export CT, of Lawrence, N. Y.
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14
TRUMAN AND CHURCHILL l TO ADDRESS MEETINGS

WASHINGTON, (R)-Presiden, Truman and Winston Churchill will address a Massachusetts In- stitutee of Technology convocation in Cambridge, Mass, on consecu- tive days.
 Whether the two will meet is not known, the White House said in making the announcement.
 Britain's wartime prime minis ter will speak March 31, MT. Tru- man April 1. On April 26 the President will return to Massachu- setts to receive an honorary de- gree and make a speech at Boston College.
 The occasion for the speeches al MI.T. is the mid-century convo- cation on the social implications of scientific progress.
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14
Truman and Stalin Refuse PhOneCalls

LONDON, (P)-HouSeWife Mrs. F. M. Chandler booked tele- phone call to Prime Minister Sta lin Saturday, but Stalin wasn't talking.
 She also tried to get President Truman on the telephone, she said, but the White House, like the Kremlin, wouldn't take her call.
 She said she wanted to ask the two men to get together and try to work out their differences.
 Mrs. Chandler, 53, mother of an ex-serviceman, said she is mem- Der of the Crusade For World Government and she just wanted to do what she could for world peace.
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-14
Seppala And The Siberian Huskie
(As told to c. F. Freudenberg By Leonhard Seppala
 One day in May. l947
Part I)


 twentieth century was a booming, high-stepping, free-spending gold town. So far north that ships can reach it only in the ice-free months from June to October, it depended in those days for it's winter transportation principally on dog teams. This dependence made the breeding of dogs, and the training of dog teams, mat ter of great interest to the inhab- itants. The sporting interests, to- | gether ith the gambling instincts common to all boom towns, soon ! found an outlet in the sport of sled-dog racing, and led directly to one of the most famous sport ing events of the Far North. The Nome Kennel Club was formed in 1908, and the All-Alaska Sweep stakes cOurSe-the toughest and toughest racing course in the WOrld-WaS laid out. Four hun dred and eight miles, from Nome on the Boring Sea to Candle on the Arctic Ocean and return it ran, over terrain of utter deSOla- ton, and at time of year when blizzards often struck without warning. The dogs used in the first races were the Eskimo dogs, now known as Alaskan Huskies. These were of course not true breed by any means, as the origin al Eskimo dogs had been cross bred extensively with "out-side" dogs of many different breeds.
 The Siberian HuSkie first came into notice in 1909, the year of the second Sweepstakes. A Russian trader, Goosak, had brought team of dogs from Siberia that were noticeably different from the Alaskan HuSkie. These dogs were considerably smaller and lacked the Wolflike look of the other dogs. Indeed, with their pointed noses, prick ears, and bushy tails they had points of resemblance to the fox. Goosak's team had been completely overlooked in the bet ting that year, as it seemed too small for the hard grind. How ever, 1t surprised everybody by placing third, and, it is said, near yl gave some of the heavy bettors heart failure by apparently being about to win at one time.
 Naturally, this strong showing attracted considerable attention to this strange breed of Fox Maule Ramsey, a young Scotsman then in Nome, went to Siberia the fo- lowing summer and procured a number of the best specimens o the breed that he could find and brought them back to Nome. He. found that they had been used as sled and working dogs as far back as memory could reach, under conditions very similar to those i7 Alaska. Ramsey entered three teams of these dogs in the 1910 sweepstakes-one driven by him self, and the others by John and Charlie Johnson. The Siberians proved themselves as racers whe1 John Johnson and Ramsey placed first and second that year agains. stiff opposition.
 Seppala's connection with the breed began in 1913, when pups
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Leo Darlington Named
Essay Contest Winner

Leo harrington has been ad-
Judged winner of an impromptu
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School essay contest on Maryland
Day.
Tom Gillett and Penne Bab-
cock placed second and third in
the contest. First, second and
third prizes of SIS, So and 81 will
be presented the winners by the
Bank of Bethesda, which spon-
sored the competition.
S. Walter Bogley, sr., president
of the Bank of Bethesda, decided
to sponsor the contest when he
was unable to tell questioner
why the bank would be closed
Friday-which was Maryland Day.
Mr.. Bogley said he called Bethes-
Chase High School and
suggested that Journalism stu
dents write about Maryland Day.
He offered the prizes for the best
stories.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Vepco Union Stands Pat
On Contract Position
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 27.-Al-
though the present contract ex-
pres Thursday. union employees OF
the Virginia Electric & Power Co
apparently intend to stand pat
on their position in the prolonged
negotiations with the company.
This was indicated at mass
meeting of some 1000 employees
today at which contract negotia-
ton steps were outlined by j. c
Mcintosh, representative of the
International Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers. VEPCO en-
ployes bargaining unit.
I'VE are not asking to file a
strike notice nor are We reluctant
to file it," Mr.. Mcintosh told the
assembled members, I'VE are wait
ing to see what the company
plans to do"
The international representative
said the union has not scheduled
any further meetings with VEPCO
officials between now and Thurs
day.
The union is asking for a Is pei
cent across-the-board increase, te
which the company has countereo
with a 3-per cent "bonus" of each
workers earnings last year.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Silver Spring Civic Group
To Discuss Hospital Bonds

The Allied Civic Group of Sill
yer Spring will discuss the pro-
posed bill for $1,500,000 bond
issue to construct a hospital in
the community at a meeting at
8 o'clock tonight in the Liquor
Control Board Building.
Under the bill, which has been
presented to the Montgomery
County Council for consideration
at its May legislative session, the
bonds would be paid off through a
special tax of up to 10, cents per
hundred dollars on property in
the Colesville and Wheaton Elec-
ton Districts.
The group also is expected to
discuss problems relating to prop
erty assessments for storm sewer
drainage and more adequate play
ground equipment for areas main
tanned by the Maryland-National
Park and Planning Commission.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Prince Georges Plans
7 Hearings in Week

Two public hearings will be held
before the Prince Georges County
commissioners this week.
A hearing on the proposed mas
ter zoning plan for the county, as
prepared by the Maryland-Nation-
al Capital Park and Planning
Commission, will be held at 9 a. m.
Wednesday in the circuit court
room at Upper Marlboro 4rE
The next day the commissioners
will hold. their second annual
hearing on the county budget,
starting at 10 a. m, in their regu-
lar hearing room in Upper Marl-
boro.
The commissioners also will
hole their regular weekly session
at 70 a. m. tomorrow.
The proposed coming plan
would provide for IA different
classfcations instead of the cur
rent five and would establish a
zoning pattern and ordinance for
the county.
The amount Of the budget has
not yet been determined, although
some county sources have predict
ed there may be an increase in
the countys realty tax rate. The
present rate is S1.97 per $l0O
assessed valuation.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Man Expecting Word
OF Sisters Death Dies
when Struck by Auto

A 7O-year-old Washington man,
who was momentarily expecting
word of the death of a sister. was
fatally injured last night when he
was struck by an automobile.
The victim. Albert Newton, COL
ored, 1108 Columbia road NV,
died at Casualty Hospital about
three hours after he was struck
in the 4400 block of Sheriff road
NV. He was the 10Th traffic
fatality of the year. compared
with 81 at this time last year.
The driver of the car was Sam
uel j. Perry, 80, also colored. 1852
Sheriff road NE, a Patent Office
clerk. An autopsy was to be held
today and an inquest is scheduled
for later this week. the coroner's
Office said.
Relatives said Mr.. Newton's sis
ter, Mrs. Regina Greenwood. "a,
of Baltimore. is critically ill and
is not expected to live. Mr.. New
ton was awaiting word from Bal
timore when he was struck. :.
He was a retired Government
employe, a native of Maryland
and had lived in Washington
about 40 years. There are three
other brothers, William, Frank
and Charles Newton, and two sis
ters, in addition to Mrs. Green
wood. They are Mrs. Ida Gray
and Mrs. Emma Wilson. all of
the Washington area.
In another accident last night
a dental technician, his wife and
two children were injured in a
head-on crash of an auto and a
streetcar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Burke,
27, of 1923 D street NE. and their
two children, Lawrence, 6, and
Gerald, 4, were taken to Casualty
Hospital after their car and a
streetcar operated by James Platt.
81, of 2001 N. Cleveland street,
Arlington, collided at Kenilworth
avenue and Blaine street NE.
Mr.. Burke was released after
treatment, but his wife and two
children were kept in the hos
pita1.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
3 Political Meetings
Slated in Alexandra
Tonight, Tomorrow
Star Staff Photo.

The Is Democratic candidates
for seven Alexandria City Council
seats are scheduled to speak at
three political meetings tonight
and tomorrow.
Two meetings are scheduled for
tonight. At 1880 o'clock the can
didates are to appear at a meeting
arranged by the Del Ray Citizens
Association in the Del Ray Town
Hall, 213 East Windstor avenue.
Each candidate will be allowed
four minutes. >'s.'s7 q
The candidates are scheduled to
make similar talks after the Del
Ray meeting. at a meeting spon-
sored by the, Alexandria Men S
Club at the Pendleton Street COL
ored Recreation, Center.
A meeting will be held at 8:15
pm. tomorrow in the George
Washington High School audi
torium, sponsored by the Alexan-
dria League of Women Voters.
After brief talks the candidates
will be questioned by members of
the audience.
The IS candidates will seek
seven Democratic nominations to
the city Council in the primary
April S. The general election is
in June.
Meanwhile, a member of Rus
sell Mitchell Post 609, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, took issue with
his groups criticism of Robert S
Marshall's recent appointment as
city manager. The controversial
appointment is expected to be a
major campaign issue.
Councilman Marshall Beverley
said he had received a letter from
Kenneth E. Heevner of the VFW
post, in which Mr.. Heevner ac-
cuses several members of the
post of using the veterans group
as a political football"
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Cherry Trees to Get Hormones
To Preserve Blooms I omorrow

Although the Weather Bureau
said it is too early to make a
festival prediction. the forecaster
said no air movements have been
reported thus far which might
drive away the springlike weather
of the last few days. Today the
temperature will hover in the
upper COS, according to the fore
caster, and tomorrow will be fair
and mild.
The temperature climbed to 83
degrees yesterday. and the parks
were thronged with strollers, with
the largest crowds concentrated
around the Tidal Basin.
Cherry Blossoms festival Off
cials, meanwhile, pushed ahead
with last minute arrangements
for the three-day festival which
will begin Friday evening with
a colorful ball at the National
| Guard Armory,
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Motorists Watch Train
Wreck Stalled Auto

Two motorists who got onto the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad tracks
at Hyattsville by mistake last
night fled from their stalled auto
mobile and watched a freight en-
'gine demolish the vehicle.
Prince Georges County police
said the driver was Vernon LaRue
Fox, "a, of the 7700 block Wiscon-
sin avenue, Bethesda, and the
other occupant was John c. Rob-
ertson, 35, of the 46O0 block West
Virginia avenue, Bethesda.
The police said Mr.. Fox mistook
the railroad right-of way for the
highway during a rainstorm. They
said the men tried to flag the
train and reported the engineer
tried to stop but was unable to do
so in time.
Evening star., 1949-03-28

An increasing number of pic
lures entered in The Evening
Stars third annual Student Cal
endar Art Contest during the
week end indicated that this
years competition will draw an
even greater group of pictures
than were entered in last years.
Among those who submitted
pictures were Jean Royal. Shirley
A. Conner and Steve Karpman
"a winner last year, of Woodrow
Wilson High School; Alan Kla-
vans of Bladensburg High School,
Alice Conner of Leland Junior
High, John H. Miller. Janet Tanz-
man and Susie Mchling of West
ern High; Alicia Goetz of Wash
ington-Lee High and Tommy
Lawson and Virginia E. Steickel
of Fairfax High.
Evening star., 1949-03-28

The japanese cherry trees
around the Tidal Basin, which be-
gan blooming yesterday. will be
sprayed with hormones tomorrow
to preserve their pink and white
splendor through the Cherry
Blossom Festival ceremonies be-
ginning Friday.
Flowers were decorating vir-
tually every tree today. but Horace
Wester, National Capital Parks
plant pathologist, said only about
so per cent of the buds were fully
open. Tomorrow he expects 80
per cent Of the flowers to be in
full bloom, he said.
Ordinarily the trees begin she'd
ding their flowers about five days
after they reach full bloom. but
the synthetic hormone solution
developed by Mr.. Wester is ex-
pected to keep most of the petals
on the trees for 10 days.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
School Press Farley Set
For April SO al ". 81.
SpeeioI Dispatch TO The Star

LEXINGTON, Va, Mar. 28.-
Roundtable discussions and work.
shops in writing, editing and the
production Of school publications
will be held at Washington and
Lee University for the Goth an
nual Southern Interscholastic
Press Association convention April
g and 9.
Thirty visiting authorities will
have charge of the panels, includ-
ing Virgil C. Jones, Washington
manager of the Curtis Publishing
Co. and author of two recent
books, THE Hatfields and Nc
Coys," and Ranger Mosby"
o. w. Riegel, director of the
Lee Journalism Foundation at
Washington and Lee, said that
more than 80 secondary schools
will enter publications in the SIPA
competition for awards in 18 con-
tests.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Swelling Entry List Indicates
Biq Year in Star Art Contest

Registration cards were re-
ceived also from Sally Rosenthal
and Catherine P. Winslow of
Sidwell Friends School.
The contest closes officially on
April /, by which time all pictures
are to be submitted to Room 724
The Evening Star Building. This
will be followed by the judging
and the two-week exhibition in
the lobby of the Commerce De-
partment Building starting May l
The six winning pictures will
be printed on next years Evening
Star Calendar and the successful
artists each will receive a 500
United States Savings Bond.
Full information may be had by
writing to the Art Contest, care
of The Star, or by calling Sterling
5000, Extension 452.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
Fall Kills Virginia Woman
When Taxi Door Opens
By the Associofed Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Mar.
28.-Mrs. frankie Jean Woodson,
who was fatally injured in a fall
from moving taxicab near here,
died of a fractured skull, Abe
marie County Coroner E. D. Davis
said last night.
State Trooper H. r. Jones, who
with Trooper E. C. Riner investi-
gated the accident, said Mrs.
Woodson's husband, George Wood
son. was riding in the back seat
with her Saturday night when the
right rear door flew open. The
husband told Trooper Jones that
he was leaning forward talking to
the taxi driver at the time.
Mrs. Woodson. taken to Uni
versity Hospital. never regained
The couple were being driven
to their home at Red Hill.
Evening star., 1949-03-28
C.&P. 10 Spend Million
On Virginia Phone System
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 28.-The
expenditure of $2,556,000 in Vir-
ginia has been authorized by the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. Of Virginia.
The major portion, or So, ,240, 900,
the company said in a statement,
will be spent during the second
quarter of 1949 for construction,
replacement and removal Of tele-
phone plants.