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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-13
loved "pea(e"
 So Kills One,
 Wounds Three
Meek LittIe Grdy-Hdired Man" Runs Amok, Shoots
 Neighbors, Kills Pets

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. Dec. 13.-- R-A State Patrolman was dead today and three persons nursed bullet wounds because meek lit tie gray haired man" wanted his neighborhood to be peaceful"
 The neighbors said they always thought Walter Peden, 59, was quiet and harmless until he picked up his rifle yesterday and terror ized a settlement near here for three hours. But they had sought | sanity hearing for him before the trouble started.
 Peden, held at the King County jail. in Seattle, killed his cat, his beloved dog and most of his 30 chickens.
 Brawny George Fitzgerald, 38, Peden's neighbor and one of the victims, finally ended the little mans reign of terror. While .Peden peeked for more targets, Fitzger- aid circled his own house and seized the gunman from behind.
 The State Patrolman, Paul John son, 30, was shot in the head as he looked around his squad car at Peden. Seriously hurt were two other neighbors, c. F. Johnstone GA, and Gordon L. Peters, 58. Fitz- gerald was grazed on the arm by a bullet.
 Whipped My Dog"
 State Patrolman Clare Powers said it all began when Psden weIft to Johnstone's home and shot him in the face. After his capture he mumhled that "Johcnstone had whipped my dog" Fitzgerald, sitting in car nearby, felt the next bull let. He rushed Johnstone to hos pital and returned to learn that Peden had shot Peters in the chest.
 Powers and Johnson arrived and Peden shot the latter from win dow. Sending a radio call for aid, Powers started the 25-mile trip to a Seattle hospital with the injured
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CHANDLER MAY GET. S25,0o0 PAY RAISE
 AND LONG CONTRACT

NEW YORK, Dec. 13-tR-A. 5. Chandler, Commissioner of Baseball, is expected to get a new long-term contract and hike in salary at the combined meeting of the American and National Leagues tomorrow.
 The word is that the Commis- sioner will be signed to seven- year term at $75,000 per year, s25,OOO above his present pay. HIS present contract doesn't expire until April 24, 1852.
 Chandler and baseball directors declined comment on the report.
 FROM SITKA
 MT. and Mrs. M. G. Hickey are registered at the Baranof Hotel. Mink and Wolf traps at Madsen's.
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Mink and Wolf traps at Madsen's.
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ELECTION, CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR NFFE AT
 MEETING TOMORROW

National Federation of Federal Employees Juneau chapter will hold it's annual election of officers and its Christmas party at noon tomorrow in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
 NFFE president Milt Furness said today that special menu, as well as a Christmas program, has Eeen arranged for the meeting.
 One panel of candidates has al- ready been named for the election, which will precede the Christmas program, but further nominations will be made from the floor before the election, Furness said
 Community singing will be led by a we'll established" local song leader. There will be prize for a man and woman NFFE member, he said.
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How many children have you?' and learned that record attend ance may be expected at the tradi- tional Christmas party for members children next Tuesday. There will be at least 60 youngsters, ranging from one year to II years in age.
 Rotarians drew names of the members to whom they will give presents at their own Christmas gift exchange December 27.
 A. N. (Gil) Eide introduced Miss Helen Schaefer and her II students who presented the program today.
 Miss Schaefer told Rotarians she had asked to bring her public speaking class for a panel discus sion, so the Juneau High School students could have a Tive" audi ence. The panel program, which the same group will give Friday over KINY, had as it's subject, Resolved: That the Un-American Activities Committee be Abolished. D Aleda Warner presided with poise as chairman.
 Speaking on the affirmative were Erna Slender, Donna Jewett and Stanley Beadle, while speakers for the negative were Sally McCrea, Alice Tqnaka and Rnh CrOkpp Other students spotted as audience were Don Wingerson, Connie Will Hams, Mary Nordale and Phoebe Logan.
 Harvey Brown, of the Sitka Rotary Club was a guest at the meeting, and Bill Sperling, Junior Rotarian for December, also at- tended.
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JUDGES NAMED IN
 F0LGER'5 CONTEST

Judges have been selected to de- termine the final prize winner in the Folger Coffee Jingle Contest, which closed December 10. The grand prize, two round trip tickets to Seattle via Pan American Air ways, will be awarded Dec. 15.
 Three qualified poets will sit in with Peter Wood, Folger representa- tive here, for the judging of the 39 final entries. In case of a tie vote, Wood will drop out in order to have clear decision.
 The three judges will be Carol Reery Davis, Juneau author of Alaska Driftwood," book of poems on the northland; Mary Louise Graves, new teacher at Winfield Home who has attracted some national attention as a writer and who has been a mem- Der of the Montana Press Women's Association; and Archie Campbell, who is a wellknown magazine con- tributor and also on the staff of the Associated Press.
 The winning Jingler will be feted by Folger and Pan American officials in Seattle at dinner and a show. The contest ran for two months from Oct. 1.
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ARCH OF TRIUMPH SHOWING TONIGHT,
 CAPITOL THEATRE

"The Arch of Triumph" will be shown for the last two times to- night at the Capitol Theatre.
 Never before on the screen have such enchanting love scenes been enacted never before has the slfted star. Ingrid Bergman, been 50 enticing so glamorous . never Lefore has French-born Charles Boyer had role so eminently suited to his great dramatic talent.
 In support of the stars and fea- tured player are such capable players as Roman Bohnen, Hazel Brooks, who made her suspicious film decut in Body and Soul" another Enterprise Studios produc- tion, Stephen Bekassy, Ruth Nell son and Michael Romanoff.
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FROM sITKA

MT. and Mrs. M G. Hickey are registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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HARDY FAMILY E
 BACK ON SCREEN
 AT 10TH CENTURY

Fans of the screens Hardy Fam ily-and they are legion-will well come Andy, the Judge. Ma Hardy, Aunt Milly and some faces new to the family in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" which opens tonight at the 10th Century Theatre.
 The new film episode in the ad- ventures of the redoubtable Andy Hardy marks Mickey Rooneys first role since his discharge from the Army and the script of Love Laughs at Andy Hardy" parallels his own experience, for Andy also comes back to Carvel out of the armed forces and shocks his family by the intimation that he intends to marry his Wainright College coed girl friend. Kay Wilson.
 It is common knowledge to moviegoers, however, that love seldom runs smoothly for the Car vel Lothario and in this instance Andy is so smitten with heartbreak when Kay unexpectedly marries her wealthy and successful guardian, Dane Kittridge, that he resolves to desert college and make his own way in the world as South American engineer. Even one of the Judges famous man-to-man talks fails to dissuade him. But the script writers have not failed to under estimate the power of woman, and when sultry Latin charmer makes her impact felt upon the impressionable Andy, he decides to make fresh start.
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kIWANIANS WILL SEE
 ! MOVIES TOMORROW

Two movies in the House of Magic" series produced by General Electric Company will make up the program for the Kiwanis Club meet ing tomorrow, according to Jack Sturtevant, who is in charge of the program.
 They are Curves of Color" and Metal Magic"
 The weekly luncheon meeting of the Kiwanis Club will be at noon in the Terrace Room of the Bar anof Hotel.
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OLSON FUNERAL RITES
 SET FOR TOMORROW

Funeral services for Henry M. Olson, 87, will be held tomorrow at 2 pm. in the chapel of the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
 Olson died Friday at St. Ann's hospital here. He was born in Nor way in 1862. First settling in Mon- tana, he came to Juneau in the spring of 1888. Later in the same year he went to the Yukon country.
 He returned to Juneau in 1899 and had lived here since then. He was carpenter by trade, but was engaged in prospecting, mininly and trapping ventures.
 Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Herbert Hillerman. In- terment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery.
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Johnson, who died about 10 hours later.
 When the four other patrolmen reached the scene they found Fitz- gerald had captured the unharmed little man.
 q don't know" said Peden when asked why he had run amok. Then he added: T wanted to waken the people and make them good neigh bors. I figured the neighborhood would be peaceful
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SGT. LLOYD LEAVES FOR
 SUBMARINE CABLE TRAINING

Sgt. John Lloyd of the Alaska Communications System left aboard the Denali for Seattle where he will take a two-month course in submarine cable training at ACS headquarters there. He will return to Juneau when he has completed the course.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

IlOW dutlClpdGCu
recession appears. They do not
object to his throwing all the
plans he wants at them; they are
not promising action or even an
attempt at action Of much Of It
Repeatedly these days, admin
istration Democrats remind them
selves and others that they are
in for four years, so they don't
have to act now on all that large
bundle of promises made to the
voters in 1948. They seem to be
genuinely confident that they have
the political advantage in their
present sklrmishing with the con-
servative coalition.
Warmth and Cancellation.
The President is all warmth and
conciliation with his Congressional
leaders these days. In fact. his
desire to keep Speaker Rayburn
in o pleasant temper has just pro-
duced the ludicrous episode Of the
misplaced comma. The grape
vine reported to the White House
that the Speaker was furious over
a supposed Truman .aspersion OF
the Speakers efforts to compro-
mise the labor bill. A lengthy,
solemn and entirely unconvincing
explanation was made to reporters
to the effect that the trouble was
a mere matter of punctuation. Ac-
tually the President has recently
accepted pointed advice from the
Speaker Of q type that not too
Evening star., 1949-05-17
On the Other Hand
FEPC Legislation Making Progress
In House; Senate Picture Different

might be offered as evidence that
policy of discrimination
contains no threat to American
society.
The most effective testimony
thus far perhaps is that received
from the States. New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts, that have had fair en-
ployment practice acts for some
years. Chairmen Of the State
commissions have testified that
many employers. dubious Of the
effect when the laws were passed,
now believe the laws promote the
efficient utilization OF labor. All
reported that no business concerns
had left their States because OF
the antidiscrimination statutes;
that there had been no mass walk
outs by employees and no reports
of loss Of business.
They reported also that in vir-
tually all cases of discrimination
brought to their attention, q cor
rection of conditions has been OBJ
tanned by conferences. concilia-
ton and persuasion" without the
necessity of resorting to the statu-
tory enforcement provisions. The
enforcement provisions. however.
they declared to be essential be-
cause of their moral effect. They
agreed that q Federal law would
greatly strengthen and facilitate
the administration Of their State
laws.
Presents Copy Of Blank.
Sharp point was given to this
last opinion Of the State commits
sions by Representative Helen
Gahagan Douglas. Democrat. Of
California. author Of one Of the
FEPC bills. She presented q copy
Of an employment application
blank used by q large corporation
which has dealers and employees
in all parts Of the United States.
On the heading Of the blank
were these words: This form
not to be used in the States Of
Connecticut. Massachusetts,, New
York and New Jersey"
- Applicants for jobs in other
States were asked to state their
religion. lineage. fathers birth
place and so forth. And. said the
blank, please attach recent pho
tograph of yourself. This is es-
sential. Otherwise your applica-
ton will not be considered"
That. In a nutshell. said Mrs.
Douglas, is what FEPC is intended
to correct.
Evening star., 1949-05-17
This Changing World
German Skill and Machines Transform
Russia Into Powerful Arsenal

a lasting peace OF equality and
friendship among nations, did
everything they could 70 get these
Germans to the Sovietland.
Some of the German experts
were shanghaied. but the bulk were
offered such excellent working con-
ditions for themselves and living
conditions for their families that
they went to the U. s. 8. r. Of
their own volition.
Among them were men who were
convinced, after the collapse Of
the Third Reich. that the only
hope for the resurrection Of Ger
many's unity and power was close
cooperation with USSR. The
atrocities committed by the Red
armies and the planned destruc-
ton Of some 5000. 900 Germans in
the Eastern provinces did not I'M
press these men. They considered
the atrocities the inevitable con-
sequence which a defeated nation
must pay. Therefore. they are ap-
plying themselves in Russia 70 the
work which was interrupted by
the surrender.
LimitleSs Resources
Thanks to these men Russia
today boasts Of a technical corps
OF inventors and skilled techni-
clans who compare favorably with
those of the West. Besides equality
Of skill they have on their side
the great advantage Of limitless
resources given them by the
Soviet government.
Exactly what these men have
produced so far is still little
known in the West. The curtain
of secrecy is so tightly drawn that
few of the new Russian war wea-
pons-the Joseph Stain tank. the
most powerful in existence: new
fast and highly maneuverable Jet
planes: long-range heavy bombers
are known to us to exist in
large numbers.
While the Kremlin was prod
ding US to destroy German war
production the Russians were
transferring it to their own coun-
try, Russia was taking the brains
of Germany's war production and
was taking as reparations from its
zone of any important
machinery which the Russians
had not yet been able to produce.
With these two factors
German skill and German indus
trial machinery-Russia has been
transformed into a powerful and
to-be-feared arsenal of conquest.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

spearing biscuits across the table
with q FORK. drinking my coffee
from q saucer. failing 70 rise from
nv chair when cobra entered
the room. and using my ST. onecst
service when playing tennis with
a girl knew 10 be slightly cross
eyed.
Owes . Great Debt
So, you see. ! owe Mrs. Post a
great debt. She saved me from
being a boor OF the hrst maeni-
tude. Thus il pains me 70 have
10 criticize her latest effort. which
Is q set OF rules for the guidance
OF motorists.
Her rules are all right as far as
they 20. but they barely scratch
the surface. She Is night in say
ing that motorists should not scoid
raucously with their auto horns
But what should q man do when
he walks up and catches . fellow
trying TO park in a space that Is
obviously too short for his car and
he thus has TO whack the day
lights out OF your car In order to
shove 1t forward TO provide him
with more room? Should the own
er OF the whacked car tip his hat
bow gracefully from the waist, and
say, We'll played. old mani" o.
should he. after sizing up the Of
fender. tip his hat. bow gracefully
from the waist. and come up with
a right uppercut that viii do tc
the offenders Jaw what his front
bumper Just did TO the back bump
er OF your carr
Mrs. Post hasn't come up with
an answer for that one.
also would like TO know the
proper behavior for a fellow when
on q dark night, he almost runs
Of the road to avoid hitting a car
which has no tail-lisht, You can
be sure. Mrs. Post. that II you run
into the rear Of q tail-lightless car.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

tnere Is Certain
to be such a fllibuster If an FEPC
bill reaches the floor.
There is some question. too, OF
what position the Republican
leadership may take on the issue
itself, despite the declaration OF
the party platform. Senate Floor
Leader Kenneth Wherry OF Ne
braska left a group Of reporters
with their mouths hanging open
the other night during a radio
interview when he said that per-
sonally he favors some kind Of a
voluntary" FEPC. The reporters
failed to extract from him just
what he meant by that.
Real Progress in House.
But in. the House real progress
toward effective legislation can be
seen. Administration forces are
pushing it along and the Repub-
lican leadership reveals no dispo-
sition to duck the question or to
deal with the Southern Democrats.
Hearings on the various bills in
troduced to achieve the same gen.
eral purpose have been we'll at
tended, the listeners including q
notable number of Senators and
Representatives.
Presiding over the hearings and
winning increased respect for his
capacity as a legislator Is Repre-
sentative Adam Clayton Powell.
New York Democrat. chairman of
the subcommittee of the Educa-
ton and Labor Committee con-
sidering the bills. Mr.. Powell is
colored. His selection as chairman
and his present performance
Evening star., 1949-05-17
Patience Is Motto
Must Legislation Will Be Passed,
Democratic Chiefs Assure Truman

long since he would have regarded
as a personal affront.
II the President takes present
Congressional counsel. there will
be a hot weather drive for his
must legislation but no special
session.
Meanwhile the politicoes and
the Presidents brain trusters are
cooperating TO sell the program
in anticipation of so and 50. A
meeting Of eleven farm States has
been set up in Des Moines June
1913 and Secretary OF Agricul-
ture Brannan will be there to edu-
cate the Democrats about his plan
50 they can educate the farmers.
Assistant Secretary c Girard
Davidson Of Interior has boldly
invaded New England with q chal-
lenging comparison OF its high
electric power rates with no Fed
eral dams to the blessings OF IVA.
Grand Coulee and Bonneville. He
spoke ct Worcester at the invita-
ton Of the Textile Workers Union,
which presumably Is prepared to
back his thesis.
Points to Fleeing Industry.
Sec. Davidson also indicated that
Democratic Governors BowleS Of
Connecticut and Dever OF Massa-
chusetts are getting set for q bat
tie Of this character. After some
pointed reminders Of its fleeing
industries and rising unemploy-
ment, Sec. Davidson beckoned to
New England as follows:
II hope that these present-day
patriots CBowles. etc. win the
battle. The resources Of the Fed
eral Government are. as always.
available to help them II they
care to call on them. The power
monopoly tories can be defeated
in their efforts TO prevent New
Englanders from realizing the
promise Of comfortable and pros
porous living which this still-great
and still-rich region offers"
A New England project for the
multiple use Of its rivers would
be the fifth such program to
flower under the New Deal. iva
taps the South: eva pulls to-
gether the Pacific Northwest
dams. The proposed Missouri and
Arkansas River Basin projects
cover the Middle and Southwest.
Evening star., 1949-05-17

LlCduQudl tClop
realized I had seen him before
in the Park Hotel in Naples. where
he was taken after liberation from
Dachau. His face is not easily
forgotten and I recalled seeing
him with two other generals. nov
fighting suerrillas. He himself
led the successful campaign
against Mussolinis invaders OF
Greece.
Gen. Papagos is confident. but
cautious. He said: "The war car
be won Cd If present conditions
are maintained; t2) II operations
In hand develop satisfactorily: q,
IL casualties Of bandits are sum-
cient; % If the army keeps the
initiative. An increase in military
personnel-an augmentation by
81, 900 more troops-would a.
sure a speedier end"
Our purpose. he added. lis to
exterminate or capture the BAN
dts, and to the extent this fails
TO drive them to their friends
across the borders and keep them
there. We cannot. as you know,
pursue them into other countries
The behavior Of these countries Is
an international matter"
This Is not q civil war" he
continued. 1T Is imposed upon
us by decision Of O foreign power
directing its satellites and . fifth
column In our country. The bandit
leaders are professionals. trained
in this sort OF warfare in the
Slavic countries. We have demon
strated that we can mop them up
fairly quickly where we can halt
assistance from outside.
The example Is the Pelopon-
nesos. There the bandits had TO
be supplied by ships. which we
captured or sank. Their tactic
was TO separate into small groups
TO infilter our lines. We adapted
our tactics, also split into smaller
units, and developed . defense In
great depths much as 10 kilo-
meters. The bandits within our
lines were crushed between units.
OF 1000 bandits engaged In that
campaign. only some 90 are still
at large.
~nuf - cannot snearcis thsn
Evening star., 1949-05-17

TO direct the constantine brown.
work of the arms factories and
also to instruct the staff officers
of the newly born "proletarian
armies" in tactics and strategy
with particular emphasis on the
mistakes Of the Imperial General
Staff which led to Germanys de-
feat in World War I.
The situation today in Russia
is somewhat like that which ex-
listed from 1919 to 1882.
Russias armies are much larger
and more experienced than they
were Is years ago. They also are
filled with enthusiasm by the fact
that the Soviet Union emerged
from World War II as the world s
greatest military power.
Russia's economy, and particu-
larly her heavy industry. is far
ahead of what it was Immediately
after the collapse Of the Czarist
regime. But, despite Moscow's
propaganda that Soviet tech
nicians are superior to anything
the decrepit Western capitalism
has ever produced. they still lack
the skill to turn Russia's almost
unlimited reservoir of raw mate
rials to use in modern war pro-
duction.
Once more the Kremlin has been
compelled to enlist thousands Of
German specialists who served
Hitler in World War II.
Because OF the passions which
dominated our policies toward Ger
many Immediately after We day.
only small number of German
scientists came over to the West
ern powers. The Russians. who
never shared the Western ideal of