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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

war, and they are the same cars that carried Friendship Train food through France and Italy just a little over a year ago.
 For many months after World War I they were the only thing in which you could travel. And when it came to choosing between forty men and eight horses" personally preferred riding with the eight horses.
 Reason was that the horses kept the car warm. And you have no idea how cold those cars could get on winter nights. If, however, you picked out a train carrying cavalry, and slipped into a car with eight horses, you were reasonably sure of spending a warm night. The horses were always tied, their heads facing the door, so you could sleep cn the hay in front of them with no danger from their heels. In the morning you woke up to find all the hay eaten out from under you and perhaps some of your hair nib bled at but at least it was warm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
SPECIAL POLICE GUARD
 BOXCARS

Today the American railroads are guarding these French boxcars with special police night and day, as if they were museum which, in effect, they are But in the Bal kans. there was only one way to keep your boxcar from being rifled -sleep in it yourself
 And, as part of my job to trans port relief supplies from Belgrade south to the Jugoslav-Albanian border, boxcars were sort of sec ond home to me.
 Sometimes we borrowed Jugoslav gendarmes from the government to guard supplies. but usually that meant about 10 per cent of your flour and sugar was sold along the way by the gendarme.
 Or sometimes when you didn't have supplies to guard you rode in the caboose-also unheated, except for a Standard Oil can, with holes punched in the sides and couple of chunks of soft coal burning in- side. What smoke belched forth from those cans! There was no chimney, so it was a toss-up whether to stay in the caboose and smother or go out on the rear plat form and freeze.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
BENDlx SCHOOL OF ' HOME LAUNDRY TO
 BE HELD THURSDAY

With plans of several weeks fin ally completed and a large attend ance virtually assured, school" will open on the mezzanine floor of Juneau Young Hardware Company at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, witt, Mrs. Byerg Sawyer in the role of School Marm."
 The event is demonstration of Bendix home laundry equipment, md actual work will be done in he demonstration as practical means of showing just what Mrs. Housewife might expect from her washer, dryer and ironer.
 Mrs. Sawyer is we'll qualified to eonduct the class, since she serv- ed as Home Demonstration agent n North Dakota, Montana and Washington, before accompanying Ter family to Juneau where she now resides.
 Henry Sully, under whose direct on the home laundry school is be- ng conducted, pointed out that Mrs. Sawyer has had training in he Bendix organization and this xperience should make the school f interest to those who attend.
 For the individuals who are not able to be present Thursday after noon, the class will be repeated again on Friday A gift will be presented to those who go to the session of either day MT. Sully said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
Daily Lessons in English v [. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED ofen thought really
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: syllable  lot SYNONYMS Ancient aged, antique anquated old time 
 WORD STUDY Use
  agreeing Strictly moaty.'-Darwin
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
EUROPEo RAILROADS BETTER NOW

The railroads of Europe have im- proved lot since then. Even the French and Italian roads, though suffering terrific punishment dur ing the war, are pretty well back on their feet. You still have to take along steamer rugs, heavy socks and long underwear to stay warm, and travelling through most of Europe in wintertime is some thing you don't do just for the fun of it.
 All of which is by way of con- trast with the way American rail- roads are run today, as evidenced hy the operation of the Gratitude Train. American railroads are carrying these 49 boxcars 70700 miles, or the equivalent of three times around the world. To plan this schedule traffic managers for about IT roads sat down in Wash ingtcn well before the French ship docked and figured out, almost to the last hour and minute, when each car would arrive at it's destin- ation. and how approximately eight sections of the train could fan out through the United States.
 When the SS Magellan tied up at the Erie RR docks in 'Weehauken 49 flatcars were set and waiting on the pier. And within 30 minutes after the ship was secured, the first French car was hoisted by crane onto the waiting flatcar
 The last of the French cars are being delivered this week-a terrific job executed without slipup.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
Senator Cain Opposes Job
 For WaIIgfen

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-tR- Senator Cain tR-Wash) charged before a Senate Armed Services Committee that when Mon c. Wall gren was Governor of Washington state his administration came un- der the control of persons whose first allegiance is to the Kremlin. '
 Cain was testifying belcre the Senate Armed Services Committee his opposition to Wallgren's nomi- nation as chairman of tie Nation- al Security Resources Board, $l4,- oJ0 job.
 He said the board is the logical place for Russian agents to pene- trate because the chairman of the board has access to all military sec- rets.
 This, the Senator said, makes it important that the chairman should show the ability to stay away from Communist entangle- ments, he should be able to recog- nize Communists and pro-Commun- ists with whom he must deal, and he should be in position to keep such people from his Staffs."
 This IS one thing Mon c. Wall gren never has been able t. -o," cain continued lN
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
AMERICAN LADIES"

Then there those postwar loco- motives. Sometimes l rode in them.
 because they were warm. Usually, they barely crept along and some times they didn't go at all. Many If them were left behind by the
 American Army and had whistles of the locomotives of our Western states. You could all
 ways recognize them by their whis- .le, and the Serbs, hearing them,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
MUSsELs PROVE MENACE

MELBOURNE --iR- There was a storm in Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay and 4,700 tons of mussels were washed onto the < beach. The Melbourne City Council had to assign seven tractors with mechan- ical shovels to clear them. The tractors had to work quickly to re- move the mussels before they rot ted. In places, they were two feet deep.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
BASIC-MATERIALS DE- MAND FIRM

President Truman is getting wor- ried about heavy deflationary pres sures on US economy The White House has learned that unemploy- ment benefits have increased for 10 straight weeks-also, that various factories throughout the country have been shut down.
 In discussing this with aides, Tru- man pointed out that the S64 ques- tion is not the softening in the commodities or luxury goods Ines but whether or not prices drop in basic materials-s te el, aluminium, coal, electrical goods, auto and ra- dios.
 The demand in all these lines, with the exception of automobiles, remains heavy. Truman feels the large federal budget and the heavy war-preparedness program are guarantees against any serious slump.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
MODERN ETIQUETTE &y RoRrRrA TER,

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
WALLGREN WILL :3EPL-

WAliLiIREN WILL .fGHbI
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 R-- Former Gov. Mon c. Wallgren of Washington says he is ready to an- swer fully before Senate commit tee charges by Senator Cain (R- Wasn) that he was subservients to Communists while Governor
 The people oi Washington know that 1 ain not a communist sympa- thizer, Wallgren told reporter.
 Senator Cain was just carrying on his animus against me. st
 He is trying to discredit me with the people with whom 1 shall have to serve as chairman Of the Nation al Security Resources Board"
 The Senate Armed Service Com mittee asked Wallgren to reappear Thursday for further examination concerning his nomination by Presi- dent Truman to head the Eoard.
 Cain told the committee that the former Governor was soft" to- wald communists and mot only permitted the corruption of the state administration and the Demo- cratic party of Washington but has indirectly helped to attempt to dis- honor, if possible the Congress of the United States"
 He asserted, however, he was not charging the former Governor with being either a communist or dis oval.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

would call them "Amerikana," meaning American Lady"
 One Amerikana behind which l rode got stalled on cold Janu- ary night in the mountain pass south of Nish, and I still recall as if it were yesterday lining up a doz- en men between the locomotive and a creek to pass water in Standard Oil tins up to the boiler. The Serbs had expected the American Lady" to make steam with her boil er dry!
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
AWvS IS TO MEET
 AT 8 THIS EVENING

There will be a meeting cf the AWVS tonight at o'clock at the Governors House. A report will be made regarding the dance held last week and ether matters of business will : e discussed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

Planetoids or tiny planets were formed, according to one theory, by the explosion of larger, primi- tive planet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
LOOK and LEARN s&y c. GORDON

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 ANSWERS: l. City, Pierre The the by Samuel T. Coeridge nautical 4 Caribbean. B. little"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
ABDULLAH HOOKED

Deputy Sheriff Pat Bliss in King County Wash. boasting he has just about bested King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan at chess. After four years of ex- changing by mail-and making 21 moves Abdul lah says Pat is lover barrel Well, it isn't too bad
 record but scarcely for boasting All the world knows by now that Abdullah is miserable chess player.
 He is a who makes a quick, showy sortie into Palestine before the British have given up the mandate obviously the type to double move his knights without protection. He is man who trumpets to the world that the Israeli defeated when his Arab Legion takes few townsthe type that treasures the few pawns he has captured and doesn't see that his bishop is wide open. He is a man who makes grandiose statements about new Syria but cannot keep his allies in tow-the type to open his queen early and lose the castles in eight moves He is man who though his troops badly beaten still refuses to admit the Israeli trumph-the type to play stub- bornly for staemate when his queen gone and his king inevitably check within the quarter hour
 man can get along with almost any kind of woman if he will keep open mind and closed mouth
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH a. Monday of each month iEN in Scottish Rite Temple E-W beginning at 7:30 p. m. >,AA x GLENN O. ABRAHAM, IVY Worshipful Master; JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

CASH for scrap lead and old storage batteries at MadSen's. 22 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23
The Washington
 Merry-6o-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Pae' T-s'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

Fried Chicken and T-bone Steaks -S2.50. Country Club. l9 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-23

Weather: High, 33; low, 2s; rain.
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Bridges Asks Court for Release
AS Mine Welfare Fund Trustee
Senator, Replying to Van Horns Charges,
Calls for Full Review of His Acts

Senator Bridges. Republican. Of
New Hampshire. asked District
Court here today to discharge him
as neutral trustee of the United
Mine Workers Welfare and Re-
tirement Fund after a full ac-
counting of his stewardship.
The Senator said in . state
ment that he lis desirous of hav-
ing all his acts and actions re-
viewed and scrutinized by the
court" He also said he would
ask for - full accounting" OF the
fund during the period he has
been trustee.
This was his answer to the CLAIM,
made recently BY Ezra Van Horn,
mine operator representative On
the Board Of Trustees. that thu
welfare fund has been improperly
dissipated, and that Mr.. Lewis and
Senator Bridges had in effecl
frozen him out In the making d
decisions.
Mr.. Van Horn made his ehars,
| In his answer TO the suit filed b,
/ former coal miner. asking fol
an accounting of the welfare
fund. r. 2 ~ =. = :.
Evening star., 1949-11-10
1rumon Sets Thanksgiving Day
On Nov. "a, Urges All to Prov

President Truman today pro-
claimed Thursday, November "a
as Thanksgiving and called on
the American people to pray fol
"the gift Of wisdom in our striy-
ing for a better world"
In keeping with the Thanks
giving spirit, he also accepted q
chip of Plymouth Rock, a tur-
key, a scroll and a cranberry
scoop, gifts of Plymouth (Mass.)
townspeople.
Two Plymouth high school stu
dents, dressed in Pilgrim costume,
made the presentation at the
White House shortly before he
issued the proclamation.
Louise Marie Gavoni. II, and
Seth Arvid Kallio. jr.. II. were
given a sendoff by their town last
night before they boarded d plane
for Washington.
Plymouth citizens wanted it
known that the town is not In
the habit Of distributing chips Of
the historic rock. This piece, they
said, was broken from the rock
years ago, when it was moved
back to its original location. y
Evening star., 1949-11-10
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman said today
that when the Democratic Party
wins an election he construes II
as approval by the people of the
party platform-and that he is
guided accordingly.
The Presidents comment came
at a new conference when a re-
porter said the result of former
Gov. Herbert Lehman's senatorial
victory in New York the word
mandate" is again being heard
with administration supporters
contending that this is a mandate
from the people and the opposi-
ton argued to the contrary. He
wanted to know the Presidents
view.
Responding, the President asked
If the reporter used the word as
it is used in. the United Nations
or only as a colloquialism.
When the reporter said he meant
it as a colloquialism. the President
said the Democratic Party had q
platform and that when an elec-
tion is won he construes it as an
expression of support by the
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Truman Lacks Evidence
OF New Red Atom Blast
By the A..oeio,sd Press

President Truman said in re-
sponse to questions today that he
knew Of no second atomic explo-
sion in Russia.
The President was asked at 3
news conference If he had any
evidence Of another Soviet atomic
blast like the one he reported
September 23.
He said there has not been an
other so far as he knows.
I The President also expressed
the hope that the United States
can get along with Russia.
He said he has always hoped
that their problems will be worked
out peaceably and continues to
hope that this can be done. And
he said the effort will be con-
tinued through regular diplomatic
channels.
This was his view when he was
asked about the meeting Of the
Foreign Ministers inaParis.
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Russia Expects Next War
To Be Fought in Russia
BY the Assoeiufsd Prsss

MOSCOW. Nov. lo.-The Rus
SLAMS suggested today that the
next world war, if it comes, might
be fought on the North Ameri-
can continent.
.Pravda. the Communist Party
newspaper in Moscow, said in an
editorial broadcast by Moscow
radio:
Let not the imperialist rulers
OF the United States comfort
themselves with the, illusion that
they will be able to conduct the
war beyond the confines of the
continent Of America using rs
cannon fodder the peoples of Eu-
rope and Asia. The days have
gone when the warmongers were
able to use such fables to fool the
people. -
Americans are beginning to
realize more and more that If the
warmongers organize "a new
slaughter Of peoples, the grief of
mothers. of wives. sisters and
children will visit the American
continent"
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Todoy's Record Star

Todays Star of Is the largest regular weekday
edition that have produced It undoubtedly
largest daily newspaper produced in washington
anywhere else under similar circumstances.
Its production distribution all Of it was
printed todays noteworthy mechanical required
the closest sort OF teamwork between hundreds Of Star
workers In every department.
With the arrival Of the holiday season. Metropolitan
Washington merchants telling through pages
The Star OF the variety style and prices their
ment of merchandise This is the opening OF the years
busiest shopping advertisers naturally
to make full Of that medium which reaches the shopping
public through Its delivery to the homes Of Metropolitan
Washington-The Star.
Experience shown that Advertising follows demon
strated leadership and reader confidence
fsee NJ ps Story o~ Page A-sJ
Evening star., 1949-11-10
u. ). Acts 10 Bar Relay
|0f Data 10 Russia
BY the Associated Press

The Commerce Department an
nounced q voluntary" plan today
to keep important. though non
secret, American technical infor-
nation from going out to Russia
and her satellites.
While Iron Curtain countries
were not mentioned in the an
nouncement, the aim was obvious.
Under the plan. persons or firms
thinking Of exporting advanced
technical data which may be i'm
portant to national security are
asked to hold off until they can
get an Official opinion" from the
department on the desirability Of
transmitting the data.
simultaneously, the department
slapped another so classes Of
highly strategic" goods under
rigid export license control to pre-
vent shipment from original des-
tinations to the Soviet bio
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Won't Change Value
OF Gold Truman Says
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

President Truman said today
there will be no change in the
value Of gold as long as he il
President.
The President replied with what
he described as a categorical no
when he was asked If any one in
the administration was giving con-
sideration to raising the price OF
gold as a means of reducing the
national debt.
Any such action would have to
take the form of a recommends
tion to Congress.
The answer to the question, Mr..
Truman asserted, is a categorical
no. AS long as he is President Of
the United States, he said. the
value of gold Is fixed.
Evening star., 1949-11-10
| Raj to Abolish
| Job of Gunners
| In Jet Planes
BY the Asseeioted Press

LONDON, Nov. 10.-The Brit.
ish Air Ministry said today jet
bombers and fighters are making
the gunners of bomber crews obso.
lete. 80 the Royal Air Force ha.
decided to abolish the job.
Both fighters and bombers move
too fast these days for accurats
shooting by a man in . bomber
gun turret. q ministry spokesman
said.
Furthermore, the high speed jei
bombers have to be perfectly
streamlined. It Is impossible Il
have them bulging with gun tur-
rets.
In any future war, Britain ex-
poets to have bombers relying solely
on speed, great altitude and eva.
siye action to avoid being shot
down by fighters. The Canberra
q jet bomber now in production
has no gun ports or turrets.
Abolition of the aerial gunner
the Air Ministry said. is essen
TALLY a long term policy" They
are still needed in the RAJ be-
cause most OF its bombers now. Ia
service are the models Of World
War II, driven by gasoline engines.
No new tgunners will be trained,
however. 1
Evening star., 1949-11-10

John L. Lewis is the third trus-
tee. representing the miners. Sen
ator Bridges. in a statement 10
days ago. said a firm of certified
public accountants was engaged
earlier this year to go over the
records Of the welfare fund. =,
The Senator ceatended that Mr..
Van Horn was dissatisfied with the
scope of the report and wanted
other information which the ac-
countants said would take a large
stan = long time to assemble.
Earlier in the week. Senator
Bridges revealed that he had
called on Mr.. Lewis to halt emer-
gency payments from the welfare
fund. AN other payments hac
been halted September II be.
|eause the fund had shrunk tx
III, ,00o, 900. The miners begar
their strike two days after tn.
benefits were halted.
Senator Bridges did not indi
cate what reply he received from
Mr.. Lewis. s
Tht fund il operated ~ 4 10.
Sent-a-ton royalty on soft coa
thAt is. paid by the operators.
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Colombian Congress.
Suspended, Bogota
Under Heavy Guard
Press. Rodio Censorship
Decreed by President in
Move to End CIoshes
BY shs Asseeia,sd Press

+ BOGoTA, Colombia. Nov. TO-
Bogota was under / heavy army
and police guard today in 4 state
of siege decreed by Conservative
President Marino Ospina Perez.
The decree-imposing modified
martial law-also suspended the
Liberal dominated Congress and
introduced censorship Of press
and radio.
President Ospina invoked the
decree yesterday after being in
formed by the Liberal speaker OF
the house that Congress intended
to start proceedings to impeach
him.
Liberal representatives and sem
ators tired to continue congress
sional debates, but found they
could not Congress members and
newspaper reporters were barred
from the capitol building.
Climaxes Weeks Of Strife.
The declaration Of q state Of
siege climaxed weeks Of intense
political strife in Colombia. Par
tisan newspapers say hundreds
were killed in fights between
Liberals and Conservatives.
Elections are scheduled for No
vember ~. The Conservative
presidential candidate is Laureano
Gomez. Liberals said they would
boycott the elections. Liberal
leaders Threatened to push
through a four-man provisional
government to replace President
Ospina when his term ends next
May S.
Troops stood guard over the
(see COLOMBIA, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1949-11-10
Chungking Air Escape
Route Cut by2Lines'
Suspension Of Flights
Red IrreguIurs Reported
so Miles Closer to
Nationalist CopitoI
By the Assoeio;ed Press

CHUNGKING, Nov. lO.-Sus-
pension of flights from Chungking
by two Chinese aviation compa-
nies left this refugee Nationalist
capital without normal outside
communication today except by
radio and slow overland routes.
The two companies are the
China National Aviation Corp.
and Central Air Transport Corp.
The Chinese Nationalist govern
ment has an interest in both, as
does Pan American Airways.
Some Nationalists recently have
been flying from Chungking to
Running as the Reds approached.
Chungking itself was aghast
over the desertion of a number
OF commercial planes to the Com
munists. The planes belonged to
the two companies. The planes
flew from Hong Kong to Chinese
Communist bases.
"a Hong Kong dispatch said
II planes of the two companies
yesterday flew to Peiping and
Shanghai from there. Only two
commercial flights to Formosa
were made by the airlines to-
day0
Two planes belonging to Claire
Chennault's commercial airline
reportedly landed here today, but
two planes can do little to handle
the normal air commerce of a
city of this size.
Invasion Predicted.
Official dispatches predicted an
early large-scale invasion of
Szechwan province from the
north. These dispatches said four
armies, which if at full strength
would number 100000 men, had
massed in Shensi and Kansu
provinces for this purpose. Indi-
cations were they would swing
into action within 10 days or less,
Nationalists asserted they had
blunted the Communist drive on
Lungtan, $50 miles east Of Chung
king. But they acknowledged the
presence of Red irregulars more
than SO miles nearer to this ref
ugee capital.
Official reports said government
troops dispersed several thousand
Red irregulars south of Pengshui
95 miles east of Chungking. More
than 1000 were said to have been
killed or wounded.
Pengshui is on the highway be-
tween Szechwan and Hupeh Prov
inces, which Communist regular.
farther east are trying to gain In
a drive from the south.
The Nationalists said they had
rushed reinforcements to Lungtan
on a branch road leading to this
highway in an effort to halt the
Red advance.
Gen. Chang Yi-ting, government
spokesman, admitted the revolt OF