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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
NENANA FACES FLOOD THREAT
 :. AZ RIVER UPS

FAIRBANKS, Aug. 2.IR- The city's Red Cross facilities were held ready for possible emergency use today as the rapidly rising Tanana River pointed new and stronger threat at Nenana.
 The small central Alaska com munity .(pop. 30O) lies approximate ly 50 miles west of Fairbanks.
 Rivermen reported the raging river was coursing through it's banks at it's fastest pace in a quarter century. Already it has covered several hundred feet of AL aska Railroad track, flooded most of the community's gardens and threatened to rip out several docks.
 The towns water gauge was washed away, but George Gale railroad agent, estimated the flood- ing river was about two feet un- der the peak reached last year when floods were the worst in Ne nana's 33-year history.
 Railroad crews stood by between Mile 46 and Mile AS to guard the tracks and bridges in anticipation of overflow from Lake George famous self-emptying lake which it IS feared will break momentarily
 Water was being brought in from Healy by rail.
 The Alaska Road Commission at Anchorage urged motorists to stay off the Tok Cutoff to speed repair work. Passenger cars are being lowed through. but the cutoff < closed to loaded trucks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
CLARK k-MtGRATH
 AppOIN TMENTS
 GO TO SENATE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-lR-The double appointment moving Attor- ney General Tom Clark to the Supreme Court and Senator J Howard McGrath D-RD into the Justice Department seemed today to have a clear path to Senate approval.
 President Truman sent his form al nominations of the two men to the Senate today, after receiving word they would accept the posts.
 But the backwash may produce conflicting bids by Senator Sten- his (D-Miss) and Senator Kerr O. Okla) for a coveted place on the Senate's tax handling Finance Committee. Stennis is a states rights supporter; Kerr an Admin istration packer.
 McGrath's acceptance yesterday of President Truman's offer of the Attorney Generalship cleared the way for the official action by President Truman to nominate both him and Clark
 Clark's acceptance of the Su- preme Court appointment, to fill the place vacated by the death of Associate Justice Frank Murphy, had been foregone conclusion.
 McGrath's decision to take the Cabinet post was announced at the White House after the Rhode Island Senator had consulted with his home folk about his Senate successor.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
A(S GIVEN BIG APPROPRIATION
 FOR TERRITORY

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.--R-- Legislation authorizing a $7,688, ,00o military communications system for Alaska was approved unanimously today by the House Armed Services committee.
 The bill, introduced by Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, has been en- dorsed by Secretary of Defense Johnson and the Budget Bureau
 (Plans for the funds are still in the classified tsecret) stage, ACS officials said at Seattle.)
 It would cover communications for all three services. These pro- jects would be authorized:
 Adak, $l75,000; Anchorage S800,- 300; Anchorage Fairbanks. $720,550; Bethel $20,00O; Big Delta $354,579; Cathedral Bluffs S350.684; Cape Fanshaw, $175,0Oo; Cold Bay s83.- 500; Cordova $2s,4OO; Eielson Field $307,255; Fairbanks. S1,407 ,220; Haines $60,500; Juneau $233, $40; Kotzebue $30,O0o; Lena Point, $l49,- eco; Mile B, $46,400; Mitchell Point $l75,O00; Naknek $480,600; Narrow Point, $175,000; Nome $289,000; Northway $377 ,204; Petersburg, STA 400; Point Agassiz $175,00; Port age $10O0O0; Skagway $9l 900; Thane ,000; Ketchikan $157,800, Kodiak $12,580, and Seattle, Wash, $436, 500.
 The bill is not connected with the $6l3, 100000 military construc- ton bill recently approved by the committee but shelved until next year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
Communists MakeLarge
 China Gains
American Ambassador to China Is Enroute 10
 United States
cBy The Associated Press)

Communist armies in China spearheaded southward on three fronts today. Nationalists admit ted Red gains in Human, Kiangsi end Kansu Provinces.
 In Human, the rice bowl province, Communists are 313 miles north of Canton, Nationalist provisional capital the Communists say they expect to capture by August l5.
 The Communists have outflanked the main Nationalist defense force in Human and again have cut the Canton -Hankow railway. Tn Kansu Province, the Communists threat ened vast northwestern China, rul- ed by Moslem warlords.
 Hong Kong, the British Crown Colony, prepared rousing welcome for the battered little sloop Ame- thyst which escaped down the Yangtze River Saturday under Communist gunfire. The Amethyst had been pinned down 60 miles below Ranking since April 20.
 Chiang To Korea A Chinese Nationalist source in Seoul, capital of non- Communist Korea, said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek is expected to arrive there tomorrow to discuss a proposed Pacific pact with President Syng- man Rhee. Chiang made similar call on the President of the Philip pines recently.
 The American Embassy at Can ton said today Ambassador J. Leighton Stuart, en route to Wash ington by air, had reached Okin- ava.
 The U. s. Ambassador took off from Communist Nanking early lathis morning half an hour before an air raid alarm was sounded. (The dispatch did not further men, tion the air raid.)
 Stuart has been called to Wash ington for conference that well may have a bearing on the future American policy in the Crient.
 Jets To Germany
 John J. McCloy, U. s. Military Governor in Germany, took off in a plane for Washington today for talks with American officials. Mo- Cloy is seeking a man for the post of Economies Director ln Germany
 The U. s. Joint Chiefs of Staff disclosed at Grafenwohr, Germany, today that jet fighters will replace all standard types of planes in Germany. They witnessed review of American forces and expressed the opinion that American troops in Germany are ready for any emergency.
 The heads of the Army, Navy and Airforce are making a 10-day study of Western Europe's de- lenses to work out a unified plan to integrate American military power with the fighting strength of the II other North Atlantic treaty participants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
MYSTERY: WHO
 SAVED FOUR LIVES
 FROM ICY WATERS

Four grateful persons who spent 8 narrowing half-hour or more ir the icy waters of Gastineau Chan nel shortly before midnight last night are looking for their rescuers They were so chilled and shock ed from the experience that they neglected to learn the identity oi the two men who saved them. T do hope they will make them selves known" said MT. and Mrs Lars Sorensen this morning. They, with Sorensen's son, Louis and his friend, Pvt Bill Anderson were returning from a fishing trip to Turner Lake when, few min utes before II p. m., the 18-fool craft struck big deadhead out in the bay, about even with the City Dock.
 The small outboard- d-motored boat was partially submerged in less than a minute, according to Ander- son, who said it turned over sev- eral times.
 He kept Mrs. Sorensen afloat while clinging to the slipppery log they had hit Lars and Louis man. aged to hang on to the capsizec boat.
 While keeping themselves afloat all screamed for help an estimated IS minutes.
 A sailor on the Coast Guard cutter Storis heard the cries and the big searchlight was soon sweep ing the bay.
 It. Arthur I. Roberts, executive officer of the Storis, said today that it took some time to pick up the bobbing heads in the dark waters.
 When the light did pick up the distressed group, small dory about 12 or IA feet long, was res cuing them. Anderson thought the dinghy had put out from the Union Oil Company dock.
 The four climbed into the boat and were taken to the Storis. They were too exhausted to climb ur the Jacobs ladder" said Lieuten- ant Roberts. "so they were directed to a barge tied up at the stern.'
 Mrs. Sorensen, who was suffering severely from exposure and shock was taken to St. Ann's Hospital She was able to go home about g o'clock this morning.
 All four were badly shaken ur
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-R-Clos- ing quotation on American Can stock today 90s, Anaconda 28% Curtiss- Wright 8A, International Harvester 25h, Kennecott 47A. New York Central 10. Northern Pacific 135s, U. s. Steel 23ss, pound $4.03h
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages were: industrials 177.56, rails 45.08, utilities 36.c0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
The WaShinqton Merry Go Round
Rv DREW PEARSON
Copyright. ls4s, by Bell Syndicate, Inc

(Copyright, 1949 by Bell Syndicate, Incl WASHINGTON Those who have long watched the Washington run-around feel that South Dako- ta's Senator Karl Mundt has come up with the best proposal yet to avoid inside lobbying and help the little business man. Mundt, who knows his Washington well, propos- ed to establish a government infor- nation bureau to give businessmen all data regarding government contracts.
 If properly organized, this could be a great boon to all business. The average firm cannot afford to em- ploy special representative to sit in Washington, therefor loses out to big firms that do.
 General Motors long has operated one of the most efficient offices in Washington, entertains Army Navy officers. knows pretty much what the government is buying. Studebaker, Douglas Aircraft, Pan American Airways. VIVA, and many other big firms have done the same.
 Furthermore. they deduct their costs from income taxes, so Uncle Sam foots much of the bill.
 That's why the average business firm is left out in the cold, part ly why only six American firms got 60 per cent of the governments war contracts.
 Senator Mundt, realizing this, has proposed an information bureau which could usher in new era for little business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
. . . . . . .
 WEATHER REPORT

10. 8. WEATHER BUREAU . (ThiS data is for 24-hour pe- . riod ending 7:30 am. PST.) . In Juneau-Maximum, 63; . minimum, AT.
 . At Airport-Maximum, GA; . minimum, 49. . FO R E c A s T . tJaneaa and Vicinity. . Juneau and vicinity. Vari- . able cloudiness tonight and . Wednesday. Lowest tonight . near Al degrees. Highest on [ . Wednesday about 63. . P R E c I P IT A T o N . tPast a. hours ending 7:3o am. today , . In Juneau .27 inches; . since Aug. l, .27 inches; . since July 1, 6.33 inches. . At Airport =. .15 inches; . since Aug. l, IS inches; . since July l, 40 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
STEAMER M0vEMFs.I5

Aleutian scheduled to arrive to- day at 4 pm.
 Princess Norah due at p. m today.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Wednesday.
 Coastal Monarch due to arrive Saturday.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
DIAMOND CEMENT SAILS

The Diamond Cement. Alaska Steamship Go. freighter, sailed this morning for Haines. Unloaded here were l2 new passenger cars, four new trucks, and general cargo. Ten of the cars were for local dealers while the rest were for individuals. The freighter docked last night from Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
MAKING OF AN ATTORNEY
 GENERAL

Small incidents in the lives ot men sometimes become turning points in history. One incident that turned the life of Sen. J Howard McGrath, newly designated Attorney General, was torchlight parade in Rhode Island 20 years ago.
 The parade was staged by Harry Storin of Keith's Theatre in hon. or of actor Eddie Bowling, na- tive son who was returning tc Rhode Island to play Honeymoon Lane" Young McGrath, budding
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
BULLETINS }

SYDNEY, Australia Two hundred police clashed with 1000 demonstrating wharf laborers in Sydney streets today. Twelve men were arrested.
 CHAREST mania Rcmania asked Britain today to recall Roderick Sarrel, British Charge o'Affaires at Bucharest, for activity contrary to the laws of Romanian Popular Republic and diplomatic custom"
 BELGRADE, Yugoslavia = The government press has lashed out against Russian protests that Soviet citizens are being arrested in Yugo- slavia without charges. The Yugo- slav trade union organ made the toughest reply to the Red protests. It called the Russian protests very low"
 CAIRO, Egypt-The new Premier of Egypt, Hussein Pasha, has pledged his coalition government to do it's best to drive British troops out of Egypt. Pasha also promised to attempt the unification ot Egypt and Sudan.
 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The House passed bill to put a $l0,O00-a- year ceiling on pensions for Fed eral employees who are paid on d fee basis. The bill is designed to prevent a situation arising where government worker could con- tribute $7.32 to a retirement fund and be eligible for pension of up to $17,500. The bill now goes to the Senate.
 BUTTE, Mont.-There was railroad wreck last night at bridge 20 miles south of Butte. The locomotive of an eight-car Northern Pacific passenger train spilled on it's side. Three cars were derailed. Northern Pacific said no passen- gers were injured But the left leg of the engineer, Ben F. Proctor of Lima, Montana, was crushed.
 LOS ANGELES, Cal-A myste- rious explosion today awakened the neighborhood where gambling king Mickey Cohen lives. Jittery neigh bors summoned police, but no trace of the blast was found. other than an odor of burned gunpowder. Cohen was shot in gangland fashion recently.
 ALICE, Texas-A district judge has said he may impanel a special grand jury to investigate the slay- ing of radio commentator w. H. Mason. County Attorney Homer Dean, Jr., said he would welcome such an investigation. Deputy Sheriff Sam Smithwick is being held on charge of murder in the staying of Mason.
 SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Polio killed Mrs. Grace Wier, 32, today shortly after she gave birth to a child by Saesaran section,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
NEW MINISTER FOR
 PETERSBURG WILL
 ARRIVE THERE SOON

SEATTLE, Aug. 2-R-The Rev. erend John Hopp will leave for Petersburg. Alaska, August IT to take up the pastorate of the Peters burg Lutheran church. He will be accompanied by his wife and four children.
 In addition to Washington, MT. Hopp has served pastorates in Idaho. Nebrask and Ohio-all with the Board of American Missions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02

Shower baths were used by the ancient Greeks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02
.HAWAIIAN5 TAKE FIRST STEP TO
 DEFEAT STRIKE
Territorial House Passes Bill Putting Government
 in Stevedoring Business

HONOLULU, Aug. 2-tR-Ha- waii's House of Representatives last night voted to put the Terri tory in the stevedoring business until the end of the dock strike a move one legislator warned might mean bloodshed.
 The bill goes to the Senate im- mediately. One proponent predicted it would pass the upper house by tomorrow.
 The House vote was 24 to 6.
 Under the House bill the Terri torial Government would be pro- hibited from hiring striking CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen. Neither would em- ployees of the seven struck island stevedoring firms be employed.
 But the Territorial government would be permitted to rent steve doring equipment from the struck firms.
 The 94-day old strike has brought about tense situation. The islands are dependent on, shipping for most of their essentials The strikers are demanding 32-cent increase to their pre-strike $1.40 hourly wage
 Minority spokesmen in the legis- lature protested the Territory should be given powers to seize stevedoring property to operate eff ciently.
 Gov Ingram M. Stainback, who called the special session of the legislature last week, asked Satur- day for the right to use trained dock workers to meet the emer- gency. He called ban on them "vindictive"
 But the House last night ignored his plea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02

There are about 900 species of bat.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Polio killed Mrs. Grace Wier, 32, today shortly after she gave birth to a child by Saesaran section,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-02

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.1R-- San Francisco had foreboding of waterfront labor trouble today ;n connection with the lengthy Hon. olulu strike.
 Two striking CIO longshoremen arrived by air from the islands last night to survey the situation" as the union put it, in regard to the Matson Navigation Company's de- cision to load cargo for the islands, strike or no strike.
 .- One member of the Internation- al Longshoremen's and Warehouse mems Union delegation on hand to meet the two said they were an advance guard" and added
 Hawaiian longshoremen are prepared to send as many as 2,00o pickets if they are needed"
 Watson declared it would load pickets or no.
 The Matson ship intended for use is the Hawaiian Refiner, due tomorrow from Hawaii after a union sanctioned relief voyage.
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Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing
~ &C., Stage. '
Meridian Hill Park-"Design for
Living; $50 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador - "It's a Great
Feeling; 1885, $3.50, $50, 1880 and
9:35 pm.
Capitol - Sand; 1920 am.
1:10,7 $50. $50, 9:1O and 11:05
pm. Stage shows: 1925, sos.
5:45, 8::25 and 11:05 pm.
Columbia-"In the Good Old
Summertime" 1890 am, 1875,
2:45, 4:55, 7:05. 9:15 and 1l:20
pm.
Dupont-"Don Quixote de la
Mancha";; 1905. 2:25, 4:50, ITO,
$40 pm. and midnight.
HippodrOme - The Corsican
Brother" 2:10, 6 and $40 pm.
hcIkH - i llC oluC bdSOOA
11:15 am, 1:25, 3:35. 5:45, 7:55.
1905 pm. and 1915 am.
Little-"The Bank Dick; 1905,
2:45, $50, $40 and 11:05 pm.
Metropolitan-"The Doolins OF
Oklahoma; ";;1::55 am, 1855, 1855,
$50, 7:5O. $50 and 11:50 pm.
National Letter to. Three
Wives; 1920 am, 1:20, 3:20,
$40, 7:25, 9:25 and 11:25 pm.
Palace THE Great Sinner; /;
11:40 am, 2:05, 4:3o, 6:55. 9:20
and 11:45 pm.
Playhouse "One Woman's
Story; 1920 am, 1:05, ESQ. 4:35,
6:20, 8:e5, 9:55 and 11:40 pm.
Trans-Lux - Home of the
Brave; 1920 am, 1915. 2. 3:45,
$50, 7:15, 8, 10:45 pm. and 1915
am.
Warner-"It's a Great FEELING;
1850 am, 1855, 1855. $50, 7:50,
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Evening star., 1949-08-20

menacing armies of barbarians IN
herds of sheep, enlarge mean
country inns into cleaning castles,
and otherwise transform the mis-
cradle into the brave and beau
tiful.
Why should he accept life at
its face value of village dullness
when it can be energized into a
divine madness? Senor Rivelles
finds full dozen variously hilar-
ious answers to this question in
his impersonation of Cervantes
hero.
AS the dull Sancho Panzo, will
ing to go along with a man of
such clearly exalted perception,
Senor Calvo goes all the way with
his co-star in the picture.
** *
Whatever majesty gets into the
picture at the Dupont is of spirit,
not of production. Except for the
palace scenes, its settings are al
most starkly simple. AS its di-
rector Rafael Gil recognizes the
truth that he has something Won
derfully funny in the spectacle of
an elderly self-made knight tour
ing the countryside on an ancient,
dispirited horse, and accompanied
by a huge dwarfish squire on a
weary donkey. What is scenery
to such a camera subject as this?
Director Gil never gives it a sec
ond thought and the humor of his
picture testifies to his rightness
every time.
The flavor of Don Quixote' is
unadulterated slapstick. In scene
after scene, Senors Rivelles and
Calvo perform as artists who know
they are in the most uproarious
fields of comedy. Their duels with
the windmills, with the passing
herds of sheep, the poor itinerant
barber riding his detected donkey,
and the surprised friars are film
humor full of flavor.
The same artistic touch is evi1
dent in the contrastingly touch
ing passages in Don Quixote" such
as the mad Scene in the noun
tains, the puzzled one in the
palace, and especially in the CHI
mactic one in the old knights
dying bedroom.
In each of these, a classic gets
a full, rich treatment which, if
it becomes tedious from time to
time. makes the basic story COM
prehensible to anyone who has
not found time to read it.
k.x
The Madrid Symphony Orches-
ira plays the musical accompani-
ment to this Don Quixote," an
addition that would have been
more impressive had it had the
technical skill of Hollywood be-
hind it.
Evening star., 1949-08-20
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c.
20, 1949
Don Quixote' Made in Spain
A Rich, F|avorful Film
By Joy Cormody

those tongud critics such as Maugham VINO
last centuries
the less Cervantes did out OF the
Vest fantasies Don Quxote 1t has stood both
aborious ansaons until has become
classic that he wants to tag himself
Evening star., 1949-08-20

picture you don't give him DIT
part in another!"
Shirley Temple. dancing with a
very handsome, dark young man
at the Mocambo-while Husband
John Agar sits it out-tells me,
between whirls, I'm letting my
hair grow down to my waist.
"Why?" I want to know. Be
cause I like it that way" says
Shirley, who was one of the first
here to cut her hair short.
June Havoc winds up "The
Story of Molly x" in a blaze OF
Evening star., 1949-08-20
HOLLYWOOD.

Judy Garland will stay only two
days in that Boston hospital when
she returns there. Then she1 head
right back here to start her next
movie, Summer Stock" Judy
has gained some weight and looks
fine, but I still think she should
take a longer rest.
Kathryn Grayson's bandleader
mate, Johnny Johnston, went to
Las Vegas for a few days-and
the usual separation stories
started to circulate. When I
checked with Johnny, he said no,
he hadn't lost his wife, but he had
lost a few dollars at the Nevada
resorts gaming tables.
Loretta Young's husband. Tom
Lewis. is lucky to get the writing
services of Nal Dinelli for his
first independent production. "The
Door" Nal, among other top pic
Evening star., 1949-08-20

Tragedy" with Montgomery Cliff
is part of a package whereby
Betty Hutton will be loaned to
Metro. Lizzie also gets Monty for
Just Eighteen" which makes her
the luckiest lass in Hollywood.
The Wanda Hendrix Audie
Murphy picture, Sierra" has a
part for a mule, and Producer
Michael Kraike tried to borrow
Francis, who has just starred with
Donald O'Connor. Boss William
Goetz said, mo. The part isn't
big enough and Francis is a star.
Once you build up a star in one