davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Man Gets SIS Years
In Hatchet SIayinq

A 60-year- man was SEN
fenced yesterday in District Court
to serve from five to Is years for
manslaughter in the hatchet slay-
ing last August Of his 8S-year-old
landlord.
Charlie c. Jones. had pleaded
guilty to the lesser charge Of
manslaughter, after having been
indicted on the more serious
charge of second degree murder.
His victim was Joseph B. Dudley.
Both lived on the 900 block of I
street NV. Sentence was i'm
posed by Judge Alexander Holt
zof.
In another case. John N. Brick
head. 43. was given a suspended
sentence and placed on probation
for three years for misapplying
ST. 400 in bank funds and making
false entries on the banks records
Wll11C oC1 tAAlS oo CaOOAoV1AAU SoO114C1
of the National Capital Bank of
Washington.
Birckhead, whose address was
listed in the 7400 block of STRAIT
ford road, Bethesda, was placed
on probation by District Court
Judge Matthew MCGUIRE, who
gave his a suspended sentence Of
eight months to two years.
The offenses were committed
between March, l947, and March
Is, of this year. Birckhead has
repaid the bank, the court was
told.
In another sentence, Judge Nc
Guire gave George O. Auguste. jr.,
IS. of the 1900 block of Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, eight
months to two years for false
pretenses involving bad checks.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Warning Issued Not TO Use
Papier Mache Lanterns

Fire Marshal Raymond C..
Roberts has issued a warning
against the use of papier mache
jack o'lanterns during the Hal
loWe'en festivities.
In addition he asked restaurants,
night clubs and other places of
public assembly not to use inf1am-
mable decorations and that all
exits be unobstructed and clearly
marked
The Fire Department recently
received a report from a town in
Massachusetts, that a papier
mache jack olantern, using a
candle for lighting. caught fire.
An investigation here showed that
the same type of lanterns were
being sold in department and
variety stores.
Using a candle for lighting pur-
poses in these lanterns is an ex-
treme fire hazard, because the
candle has a tendency to lean
toward the lantern material after
burning for a short time.
Evening star., 1949-10-29

problem and the Government
shouldn't be interfering. with their
rights. It's the States against the
Government. That's it"
Try it yourself and see if you
don't agree that the party in
search Of an issue had better get
back to its old sure-f1re hobgoblin,
communism" People understand
that.
estate Sovereignty" Cry.
Curiously enough, wever.
those who confuse statism with
States rights may not be so far
off the mark as first appears. The
men who invented this issue and
the men now promoting it include
many who would like to turn back
to the States some Of the func-
tions being performed or at
tempted by the Federal Govern
ment. Education. health, civil
liberties-all matters for the
States to deal with, they say.
Above all, the regulation Of such
matters as gas and oil. even when
they enter into interstate COM
merce.
"State sovereignty" Is their
cry. And now that we're entirely
off the subject, you ought to read
a book Just published by that
gentle philosopher. Col. Robert
S. Allen. 1t is called, "Our Sover-
eign State" and it begins like
this:
"State government is the taw-
driest, most incompetent and
most stultifying unit of the Ma
tion's political structure.
I'm State governments are to
be found in their most extreme
and vicious forms all the worst
evils Of misrule in the country.
Venality, open domination and
manipulation by vested interests,
unspeakable callousness in the
care of the sick, aged and unfor-
tunate, criminal negligence in law
enforcement, Grass deprivation Of
primary. constitutional rights, OBJ
fuscation. obsolescence, obstruc-
tionism. incompetence and even
outright dictatorship are wide
spread characteristics"
7 In other words, the colonel
doesn't think our State govern
ments are very good.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
This Changing World
Red Zone Forced Laborers Fleeing
To West at Rate of 1,5OO Day


of the Western zones there are
between 100000 and 10000, 900
"expelees Victims of the Pots
dam agreement. which permitted
the Russians to do as they pleased
with the natives of those German
provinces which the United States
and Britain handed over to Russia
and Poland.
These people are being provided
for as best they can by the
"Leander," the II states which
comprise the Western German
republic. The American. British
and French zone states have pro-
vided barracks in places like
Dachau where families live to-
gether on a subsidy of about 80
Western marks (about $18) a
month for a family of four.
10000 Are Recruited.
The employment bureaus in the
Eastern zone of Germany in the
past eight months also have re-
ceived orders to provide healthy
and strong" men between the ages
of 18 and 26 for service in the
special branch of the German po-
lice force. To date about 10000
have been recruited.
These men are trained for ac-
tual combat abroad. They are
not shanghaied, as are the uran-
ium workers, but are told exactly
what their occupations will be.
After training they are sent to the
Balkans for postgraduate courses
with the MVD shock battalions
stationed in Bulgaria, Romania
and Hungary. They receive as good
food as Soviet troops get and are
allowed to communicate with
their families. which naturally
are held hostage in the towns
whence the recruits come.
The idea of the Soviet high COM
mand apparently is to organize
a force in the Balkans which will
be more reliable than the Bulgar-
ians, Romanians and Hungarians
in the event that Russia decides
to loose her guerrilla contingents
against Yugoslavia.
The Balkan satellite forces are
not considered reliable in fight
ing the Yugoslavs. There have
been too many desertions from
their ranks in the past year to al
low the Russian high command to
attempt a coup against Tito with
Balkan elements.
The Germans. however, have no
sympathy for the Yugoslavs.
Their natural feeling of superior
ity over these backward Balkan
people" is fully exploited by their
Russian instructors, who expect
in the next year or so to form a
force of more than 100000 Ger
mans to be used as a foreign
legion in an eventual fight against
YugoSlaVla and any other recall
citrant satellites.
The call to join this foreign
legion appeals in more ways than
one to the youth of Eastern Ger
many. They are offered a degree
of security which they cannot get
in their own country. They re-
ceive relatively good pay and food
and are given glittering uniforms
and the authority that goes with
them.
They can hope for none of these
things in their homeland. And,
unlike the "Schutzpolizei'' in the
new Eastern Communist state,
they do not risk the purges to
which that force periodically is
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Poland Bars CARE Dec. !;
Only 2 Aid Agencies Left
By the Assoeiofsd Press


WARSAW, Poland. Oct. 90
Poland is closing her doors on a
Western relief agency.
CARE, an American relief Or
ganization. has been told to leave
the country by December /. a
CARE official said. CARE last
February withdrew from Hungary
because, agency officials said, it
was unable to renew its agreement
with the Hungarian Communist
government.
Departure of CARE (Co-opera-
tive for American Remittances to
Europe) would leave only two for
eign relief agencies in Warsaw
the American Joint Distribution
Committee and American Relief
for Poland. The international
committee of the Red Cross, has
announced the Polish government
has ordered closure of the War;
saw Red Cross Office.
A Red Cross spokesman in
Geneva said his organization was
told the order was part of a gen.
eral move against all interna-
tional organizations.
Evening star., 1949-10-29

an earnest workout by Gov.
Dewey and John Foster Dulles in
their campaign to keep Herbert
Lehman out of the Senate. Ac-
cording to the dispatches, when
Gov. Dewey and Mr.. Dulles hold
up the high-browed pumpkin-face
and shout, "Boo!" people just look
puzzled. And, as any small boy
can tell you, that's no good.
Two things seem to be wrong
with the bugaboo. One is the idea
and the other is the word chosen
to express it.
The idea is that if the Govern
ment doesn't stop doing so many
things for the people. the people
are going to be ruined. not only
in their pocketbooks but in their
character. That plus the danger
that the Government will become
so powerful that the next thing
we know we'll have totalitarian-
ism.
But somehow or other the aver
Evening star., 1949-10-29
ITU Weighs Appeal
From lis Defeat in
Tat-Hart|ey Ruling

The International Topographic
cal Union today weighed whether
to appeal from it's defeat in the
first major newspaper case under
the Taft-Hartley Act.
The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday found the AFL
printers union guilty Of violating
the labor law. The board held
that the ITU tried to force on
publishers the outlawed closed
shop, through a continuing
threat to strike"
Two unanimous decisions were
handed down. In each, the NIRB
directed the union to stop trying
to compel employers to "discrim-
mate" against any employees.
Other Decisions Expected Soon.
One case arose from TITUS o.
month strike against Chicago
newspapers, settled last month.
The other, in which ITU was held
guilty of unfair labor practices,
was filed by the American News
paper Publishers Association. in
behalf of its 800 members.
The broad pattern of the deci-
sions, board officials said. may be
expected to guide NLRB in other
pending cases involving at least
one newspaper and groups OF
commercial printers in six cities.
These decisions will be forthcom-
ing shortly, an official predicted.
At one time, not less than Is
newspapers were being struck ST.
multaneously as ITU pressed its
campaign.
Gerhard P. Van Arkel, ITU gen.
eral counsel. told reporters the
union has a complete right to
appeal" to the United States Cir
cult Court. But he said this must
be discussed by union officials,
who are now widely scattered.
Both Sides Defer Comment.
Otherwise, neither he nor the
chief counsel for the publishers
association, Elisha Hanson, had
immediate comment. Both wanted
to make closer studies Of the rul-
ings.
ITU has been under a Federal
district court Injunction since
March 27, 1948, forbidding the
disputed bargaining practices
pending NLRB's ruling. The in
junction now will be lifted.
Mr.. Van Arkel said no present
ITU contracts will be affected by
the boards action.
Specifically the board ordered
the ITU and its four top officers
to cease and desist from causing
Evening star., 1949-10-29

up UNe working S"hs'"htihe oi"""'
of these mines in recent months
to such a degree that the forced
laborers are unable to stand the
heavy work. The miners willingly
take the risk of attempting to flee
rather than continue their present
existence.
The worst that can happen to
them is to stop a bullet from a
guards gun. That, say those who
have succeeded in reaching the
West, is preferable to working as
much as IA hours a day in the
mines.
Soviet officials and their Ger
man supervisors are not bothered
about taking care of their slaves.
Not even elementary protection is
provided against radioactivity in
the ore. Those who do not COL
lapse from insufficient food and
long working hours die because of
the effect of the uranium ore on
their bodily organisms.
That does not worry the Rus
slams, however. For instance,
orders recently were sent to en-
ployment Offices in Mecklenburg
for the immediate enrolment of
10000 workers. AS an inducement
to speed up the enrolment Ger
man officials were offered a
premium of 10 Eastern marks
(about 40 cents a head.
Gastapo Pattern Used.
Announcements were broadcast
throughout the province that
jobs were Immediately available
for able-bodied men and women
up to the age of 46. Naturally
there was a rush to the employ
iment bureaus. The applicants
were signed up, put in trains or
trucks and hustled off to Saxony,
where they were placed in barracks
guarded by German state police.
who had orders to shoot any one
attempting to leave.
The German police have been
organized on the old Gestapo pat
tern, on which the Soviet MVD
officers have made improvements.
But the life of the slaves in the
Aue camp is so bad that even
these hardened neo-Gestapo men
sometimes look the other way
when, in the middle of the night,
workers make run for the border.
Once the fugitive workers ar
rive in the Western zones they
are carefully screened, because
Communist agents frequently turn
up among the victims. They are
put in refugee camps where they
receive a minimum subsistence.
They are seldom employable.
first of all because of their physi-
cal condition and second because
there is not enough work for every
body in Western Germany.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Army-Novy Group Joins
Fight Against VD

The Joint Army-Navy Disci-
plinary Board has joined the Cit
izens' Committee Against Venereal
Disease in its fight to stamp out
VD in the District, DR.. S. Ross
Taggart, director of the Bureau
OF Venereal Disease reported to-
day.
DR.. Taggart said he believes
the boards support will contribute
greatly to the success of the cam
paign.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Group Off Tomorrow
For Gettysburg Tour

A one-day tour to the Gettys-
burg battlefield sponsored by the
American Automobile Association
for 80 touring and travel counsel
ors from the Washington area will
leave at 7:45 tomorrow from AAA
headquarters, Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
The group is scheduled to stop
at Frederick, Md. for a visit to
the home of Chief Justice Roger
Brooke Taney. who handed down
the Dred Scott decision.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
.omen's Bor Indorses
; Women for JUDGES

Three practicing women attor-
neys have been Endorsed by the
Women's Bar Association of the
District to fill the proposed three
new Municipal Court judgeships.
They are Mrs. Olive Geiger
Faircloth, Mrs. Elizabeth Cox and
Mrs. Irene Kennedy.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c =" At


theses to the church door at Whit
tenberg, DR.. c. Stanley Lowell Of
Wesley Methodist Church will
take as his topic Sunday, "Why
Separate Church and State?" At
Z pm. the Rev. Don Shaw will
speak on the work of chaplain
with youth delinquents.
Evening star., 1949-10-29

1900 to 1,500 a
day. The bulk
of them arrive
rom SaXony
and are deS-
eribed a S the
"Aue victims
Aue is a small
town in SaXony
which has be-
come t h e CEN
ter of the uran-
ium ore exploit
tation.
The Russians
h We stepped
Evening star., 1949-10-29

ing very well.
The hobgob-
lin, a dr. e a r y
little fellow in
horn = trimmed
glasses, called
"statism, isn't
soaring people
worth a darn.
That's the re-
port from most
of the pre-
cincts, includ-
ing those in
N eW ork
State, where he
iS heinp given
Evening star., 1949-10-29
British Hospital Burns

BURY ST. EDMUNDS, Eng,
Oct. 20 (P).-Fire destroyed the
main block of the West Suffolk
Hospital last night. Doctors and
nurses led 100 patients to safety
and no one was injured.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
By LoweU MeHen

This being the time of Hal
loween, it is pertinent to observe
that the newest of our national
hobgoblins doesn't seem to be do
Evening star., 1949-10-29
Ban on Foster Parents
Plan in Poland Causes
Heartache in District

A nOClCe CQdG SOVleJ Russia s
Iron Curtain was being lowered a
little more in Poland came this
week to some Washington men,
bers of the Foster Parents Plan
for War Children.
1t was in the form of a letter
from Mrs. Edna Blue. interna-
tional president Of the organiza-
ton that has been helping
thousands of children in many
countries disrupted by war. The
letter said:
ut is with regret that we must
inform you that because of recent
actions on the part of the Polish
Government, the Foster Parents
Plan for War Children will no
longer be permitted to operate in
Poland"
OF the children, Mrs. Blue
wrote:
Every single child we have
been helping in Poland needs help,
most of them need it desperately.
.. The loss of this American link
will be heartbreaking to them"
Heartbreak Here, Too.
For one of the Washington fos-
ter parents of. a Polish child, it
was a heartache too.
This foster parent, who prefers
to remain anonymous. has been
supporting little Polish girl for
more than two years. She has
contributed SIS a month toward
the operation of the orphanage
where the child lives, has sent
packages fairly often and has cor
responded with her regularly.
81 had a real contact with this
child in Poland she remarked.
II felt this was something of a
crack in the Iron Curtain
This foster parent proudly
showed some pictures OF her fos-
ter child in Poland. The first
was the picture of a 12-year-old
child with a thin, fragile body and
face strained and unhappy. The
second picture, a year later.
showed the child actually appear
ing younger, and the latest pic
ture showed her with a younger
child she had taken under her
care.
The letters from this little girl,
of the Catholic faith. the foster
parent said. expressed admiration
for America and American ways.
In one she wrote, Il admire so
how the Americans respect Sun
days" The letters were frank.
open and uncensored.
Bewildering Experience.
"Now shudder and wonder what
will become of a Catholic child like
this" said the Washington foster
parent. What story will she be
told? Will the orphanage where
she lives be closed down entirely
and will these children be given
convincing arguments that their
<1llkCl 1Cd11 bCllC1dIGOlS WClC SllCd Go
and deserters who cast them aside
on a whim?"
For this foster parent it has
been bewildering and frustrating
experience.
Have we done more harm than
good" she wondered. "in being the
tools whereby little children built
up dreams of new world which
came crashing down about them?"
In a way the foster parent sup
piled the answer to her own ques-
ton. She mentioned, with interest.
that she had received from the
organization the case history of a
French child to take the place of
the Polish girl she no longer can
aid.
There are so many to be
helped" Mrs. Blue wrote.
Evening star., 1949-10-29
By Constantine BrouCn

FRANKFURT, (By AirmaiD. u
Refugees from the Russian zone in
Germany continue to pour into
the Western zones at the rate of
Evening star., 1949-10-29

Wesley Methodist
In the Protestant observance of
the mailing of Martin Luthers
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-31

DANIELS JNJtE LIONS DEN
 Tn? fodloTing T nga od toFdea 9pooPod in rs- troduction of a bi11 in the Housa 5' Of aopro- re- 5io6 6f od6 fo7 o716 6 fo6 a: gfo2ndf territorial office building in Palmer.
 bid for 10cation of the cepitSi of the stato of Alaska here. It uas later dofeated in the scnate, for reasons explained elsewhere in this issue by Palmor's Senator Walter E. Hunt1oy. ,.=. ~:..s
 We feel this @ sd5tordoat r55 1h5ch the 7u3eon Y should read it. Since VIC feel it ten is t9dno t9dn on tho 6hrt 6hrt d to fto"y 9
 ken the liberty of answering certoin ports of it. ~Sone portions, unfortuno toly, cannot be answered.. In the mt iol which fol ows, those remarks enclosed in poronthesis and underlined, are the dditoriel opinion of the Valley Frontiersnon. :. r... :- s RsPs f9ssa 55 $780, 9o5" 5PtFs5 FS5 construct ion of q Terri toricl office build- ing in Juneau to remedy dCplOrable~ and critical office housing shortaro thot lis seriously affecting the conduct:> of thor TGr- ritory's functions. With the 3ncroose of of the augmented duties md functions re- sS1ting ffo1 fegds1tt ti ti n nss4 W th gr?- to become aggravated.* ..: s..-. ..
 "As Gov. Grucn5ng told the House, it will be shomeful if. the legislature edjourns wi thout having*done some thing about it. "..'
 "Assurcdly not member of the Legisla- tNrc who hes" had. occasion to call upon the various terri tOri2l ogcncics does not rccog- hizo the seriousness of the s tuc tion. It "as the purpose of Messrs. Jensen md Owen to remedy this uhon they introduced the of flee hous1ng| bill. They were not looking 9hcod to mcet q condition that nj ght arise in the future, ,: but to copo<With that al- rCody CXi sts. L:| <.*.< -.-t.... st = l..
 ~. |t?. H: :. <
 lHoMever. t caInot be doni ed tht the e.- pc E2 tl1r2 of $660A A00O- -t2rri tori1L Ticg
Valley frontiersman., 1949-03-31

! e292 2 75;7=97 5X 22G : 59 54ndE !7Cz Sdz ars that casilYn)
 Ut SC cmcd tha [ 2 ma jority of the Folsc members were incIinGd to f9vor the prorc 2o.- It is probe ble, hod it not been for tho straJegy of "dividc then and lick thcn' adopted by Speaker St"n1oy McCutck con, th3 House would hovo pas 5cd the bill. nir, McCuUcheon, wi tn hle tongue in his che k, Off4Eed m amendmCnt to change the 10cc- tien Of the prop0soa s tINCt turG from Jun-@u to PClmCr. Franklin then proposed F9ir- b3nHs. The latter was eliminated s h. ving too nclGmont climate and no water ond sewage system. And SO the Primer am- cndment was odopted, wi tn t91o First Divi~ sion members voting for it. Of course, MT. lLcCutcheon isnl t no i've enough to be- liovo thot the Scno te wi Il p~ ss such 2, moa- sure.
 Off !Tr. NcCutlh." con z 3m.ndMent sccm- cd l'0 tl on" l cnOU gh fO. CITcIt t the VOtOCs CT' two Fir DiVi5i Ion rcpr c,s CNtr Ii yes -whO Mfcht be oXpcctCd to fHVCr their OT'II lOco- lily, it must hoVo seemed orc ttY sGnei b1e in nest. re spccts. l.r. McCUtchoon Knows P l.. m-r vel haVlng the 0dVo ntG % 2s he G'OC's, o1 living 0n its door stci at Anchorarc jus t 5O hi LIS oEoLs AG ' s VI si ted tho Lol- Icy often GnoNgh. -nd h. s been . leGisl tor in yung2u long eno.QG!- to De 2 blG to inst-r- tlX grasD NnllGY --
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-04

photography, upholstery, and nu- 'merous other branches of creative art. Through interest aroused by the exhibit, many Alaskans have discovered skills and talents in themselves and each year new con- tributions are shown.
 Newcomers to Juneau are invited to membership in the Alaska Arts and Crafts, Incorporated, or in an arts and crafts activity group. The Juneau annual exhibit is made pos sible through the work and dues of AAC members. Members also have the privilege of purchasing their supplies and materials at a dis count. Membership information may be obtained from Edward Keithahn, Curator of the Terri torial Museum, Miss Alice Brande- bury, President of the organiza- ton, or by calling Mrs. Richard Peter, Membership Chairman of the AAC, whose telephone number is, Green. 230. s4f ss
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-04
METHODIST SOCIETY
 PLANS BAZAAR AND
 LEARNS OF pAKI5TAN

Plans for the bazaar November 19 in the church made up the main business at the monthly meeting of the Women's Society of Chris tian Service Wednesday evening in the Methodist Church
 There will be sewing meeting this evening at 2 o'clock in Mrs. Clyde Turner's apartment, and the afternoon circle will meet next Wednesday with Mrs. Lauris Parker. s
 Mrs. Charles Forward is general chairman of the November IS bazaar, which will te from l to 5 pm. A variety of hand work and other attractive items will be dis played for sale. Besides the sale of those articles and of baked food, there will be tea, starting at 2 o'clock.
 At the meeting this week, devo- ions in the Little Chapel were
 ed by Miss Beatrice Shepard, who described the inspiring life of
 #. Albert Schweitzer.
 Mrs Turner presided at the busi- less session in the parsonage, and Mrs. Floyd Dryden, tea chairman for the bazaar, appointed her com- mittee. Greetings were extended to the newly organized W.S.C.S. in Douglas.
 "Paklstan" was the topic of the program presented by Mrs. For ward She emphasized the favorable relationship between the Moslems and Christians there, and told how the Christians had proved their worth in the recent struggles in that part of India. She also dis ussed the work of the Christians Relief Committee and the Christian Board (which is composed of 10th Protestants and Catholics). Mrs. Forward pointed out the need for new industries for Pakistan's popu- lation of six million persons, in addition to the cotton and jute now produced.
 The W.S.C.S is especially inter- ested in the girls dispensary in Pakistan, as many girls attend the Christian schools.