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Evening star., 1949-06-24
Is Killed and 81 Injured
In japanese Plant Blasts
by the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO. June 24.-Japan's
largest chemical fertilizer plant
exploded today. killing ls persons
and injuring 50 others, IL of them
seriously.
Two blasts, one close on the
heels Of the other, blew the roof
of the big Showa Denko Fertil-
izer Co. plant between here and
Yokohama.
The explosion was followed by
fire which destroyed what re-
mained Of the buildings interior.
The plant had q floor space of
three acres.
Authorities said the explosion
was caused by leaking hydrogen
and nitrogen.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

! Or shcw a. hands. fhs
deputies passed . budget of ass.-
900 200 900 francs About si!se.-
ooo 300.
Only ths Communists ecse6
against ttae army. navy ard ar
torce funds.
All o. the costs !cv waEtng the
cgrrer; var IN fnco- China vrre
tot included
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Biggest Military Budget
Since War Voted In France
By re AsaeucarAse srsas

PARIS. June 24.-Tne French
National Assembly today approved
| this eouniry's largest military bud
get since the war.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

. IAst years EaaiIsR-y eSscgss vAa
ID nee ene eae francs ,exa.
Scsalass oppostssrr was iarks1g
this wear. when The is<s -aiifMry
esacget earne aefuTr the ASSEMBLY
tie Soe3aiasts' failure 10 sGrrcxs
Il caused TIE fall cs Rce~rs seAa-
mans eaAsn~i.
Evening star., 1949-06-24

India has PSI sraern languages
a Fecens survey aAowa
Evening star., 1949-05-13
Student Union Building
AT 6. W. Opens Monday

The new four-stcry Student
Union Building Of George Wash
ington University viii be opened
officially at noon Monday. when
President Clcyd ii. Marvin turns
the keys over 10 the students.
william Warner and Charles
Crichton, president and president
elect Of the univeysity's Student
Council VIII accept the keys on
behalf of the students and viii
raise the American and school
dags.
During the ceremonies. Betty
AMI Paisley. president Of tie
Mortar Board. and Mildred Nc
Dowell. May Queen. win cut the
ribbons TO open the building.
The building. located at 2i25 q
street NV, viii house o cafeteria,
snack bar. lounge and meeting
room facilities.
Open house for the students and
faculty viii be held after the
opeuiug.
Evening star., 1949-05-13

Quick. 6mothers. first; Dwight
Waring. Carver. second. and Harry
Green. Harrison, third.
Evening star., 1949-05-13

CHICAGO-HEAyYWEGHTS WEIGH N-Mrs. Muriel Ahearn
birth TO twins at the Iyngn Hospital At birth the
twins had combined weight Of II pounds lIA ounces
Kevn 0ef) tipped the scale pounds s and Karen
weighed pounds 61 The father Francis Ahearn
operates South Side bicycle shop Holding the
Patricia Shelin and Kay Kudo. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-05-13
II Pupils Gel Prizes
In Dental Contest

Dr. Nillard r.. Dean. president
of the Robert r. Freeman Dental
eosisty. ysstsrday awarded prises
10 ~ District school children who
suhmittsd the best entries In the
soetsty's third annual dental
health poster contest. Ths prises
were awarded at the Garnet
Patterson Junior High School,
Tenth and u streets NV.
IN the senior high school group
the winners were Thelma Perry,
first prize; Jerome RollinE second
prize. and Ulysses Hamlin. third
prize. All are from Armstrong.
Winners in the junior high
school classification were Sherene
Brown. Randall. first; Ruby
Broadus, Shaw. second. and Lucius
williams, Shaw. third.
In the occupational elementary
school group, winners were Hor-
tense Jefferson. George Bell, first; |
Shirley Anderson, George Bell.
second. and Rudy Frye. Morgan,
third.
Elementary school students were
Judged according TO grades. In
the sixth grade competition win
rers were Joseph Holmes, Syphax.
first: Cornelius Brown. Briggs
Montgomery. second. and Thomas
Wright. Lovejoy, third.
Fifth-grade winners were
Lorenzo Hall. Van Ness, first;
Frederick Jones. Harrison. second.
and Edward snead. Smothers,
third.
Winners In the fourth-grade
group were Kenneth Cunningham,
Birney. first: Janett Gary. Rich-
ardson. second. and Ralph Boone.
Van Ness, third.
Third-graders y who received
prizes were Philip Atkins. Birney.
first: Marvin Pree, Grimke, second,
and James Fairfax. Syphax, third.
In the second-grade group. win
ncrs were Patricia Smith. Smoth-
srs, first: Wanda Walker. Grimke,
second. and Donald Christian.
Morgan. third.
Winners in the first grade and
kindergarten group were Judith
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11
J. ALASKA pRExy HERE TO CONNER
 WlTH DR. RYAN

For the second time in month, the elements played tricks on Dr. Ferris Moore, President of the Uni versity of Alaska. The first time, October 13, arrangements had been made for a reception in the Gov ernor's House, but Dr. Moore was weathered out of Juneau.
 This time he was weathered into Juneau, arriving a day earlier than planned.
 The University President is re- turning from ten days Outside, dur ing which he attended several meet irgs important to the development of the Territory's institution of higher learning.
 Among these was the annual Con vention of Presidents of Land Grant Universities October 26-28 in Kan sas City, where the revision of methods of national accreditation especially inteersted Dr. Moore.
 His chief purpose in visiting Ju- neau is to confer with Dr. James c. Ryan. Territorial Commissioner of Education.
 we must do first things first" the educator remarked this morn ing. 'sThere are many things we want to do but the most important thing of all is to provide the best
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11
LEGION RECALL5 WORLD WARS WITH FLAG CEREMONY

Nineteen Juneau American Leg ionaires stood stiffly at attention this ns0rning as flags were raised in memory of the Armistice which ended World War I.
 Flag raising ceremonies were per- formed in front of the American Legion Dugout and at the American Legion burial pot at Evergreen Cemetery.
 Walter w. Smith acted as bugler for the ceremony, and James Wendt was sergeant-at-arms. Wendt was assisted by Chester zenger, Past Commander of Juneau Post No. 4 of the American Legion.
 Legion members returned to the Dugout for a chop suey luncheon prepared by Mrs. Chester zenger and Mrs. Alfred zenger, ST
 One of the speakers at the lunch con was Bob Druxman, Pest Com NldilOcL. ne l6CoiICO biiC NiSbOA NO by American forces and called on Legion members to remember their friends who were left overseas after both World Wars and pray that it will not happen third time.
 Other speakers included Past De- partment Commander Homer Nord- ling and Past Commanders E. L. Keithahn, Chester zenger and AL fred Zenger ST.
 An Armistice Day dance will be held tonight in the Elks ballroom The dance is sponsored by the Am erican Legion and Veterans of For eign Wars. Music will be by Chuck Werner and his Ramblers.
 Dance committee members an- ncunced that tickets are available from members of both organizations from local pubs, and at the door.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11
PUBLIC INVITED TO LUNCHEON MON.
 FOR SEC. SNYDER

The Juneau Lions Club invites all interested persons to attend the no-host luncheon Monday honor ing Secretary of the Treasury John w. Snyder and Rear Admiral Mer- lin ONeill, Assistant Comman- dant of the United States Coast Guard. H M
 Expecting that members of their own club, with the Rotary and Xii wanis Clubs and the. Chambers of Commerce, would need all avail- able places, Lions originally invited only these groups. Advance reser- vations indicate that there will be places for all persons wishing to attend. Lions especially hope that members of women's service and civic clubs will avail themselves of the opportunity.
 Members of Juneau clubs are asked to make reservations with their secretaries, who. in turn, will notify the Baranof Hotel manage ment by Sunday night.
 Individuals may make their reser- vations directly with the hotel, pre- ferably by Sunday night, certainly not later than g am. Monday.
 Among the non-club groups plan ming to attend are boys and girls in the Juneau High School civics class taught by Miss Geraldine DeSpiegelaere.
 The no-host luncheon Monday will be at 12 o'clock in the Baranof Gold Room
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11
TERRITORY SHOULD TAKE OVER SCHOOLS IN FUTURE: WARNE

A plan to eventually turn over all primary schools in Alaska to the Territorial government within ten CT twenty years should be worked out, according to the opin- ion of Undersecretary of the Inter- for William E. Warne.
 Warne brought out this view at the meeting of the Alaska Field Committee, minutes of which were released recently through the office of Kenneth J. Kadow, chairman.
 Warne said this should be done if Alaska could foot the bill To help bring this consolidation about it was suggested a contract be consummated with the Territory whereby subsidies to the Alaska Educational system would be maoe'
 Kadow recommended and was concurred with by Den Foster, Al aska Native Service Superintend- ent. that the ANS should determine which schools were to be turned over to the Territory, in any plan for so doing. ra o.e
 Plans Not Feasible
 The Interior Departments com missioner of education, vigorously opposed to vocational training Tn any primary or secondary school system. was felt by Kadow to have not put forward a flexible enough plan to convince him that the ANS should not keep many schools in backward areas for many years to come.
 Terry Moore, president of the University of Alaska, pointed out that although one-third Alaska s population was native, few were qualified to enter the University because high schools were not available to the majority.
 He stressed that any study oi the educational system must take in secondary schools, Everyone pre- sent agreed the University would be the ideal place for any such study to be made, and Foster said he thought he could scrape up between S30O0 and s5,00O to sup port it, and hoped other interested groups would make donations.
 There exists at present no dupll- cation of educational facilities in any Alaska community, Foster said, with the exception of Fort Yukon,
 May Collect S5
 He pointed out that Henry Ro- den, at the time he was territorial attorney general, gave him an in- depreciation of law, which says the Territory must take native children if they desire to attend.
 "The present collection of the $5 per head tax for education Foster said, "can be made from natives as well as whites, if the collectors ask for it."
 Strongest point many persons op- rosed to allowing natives to at tend white schools have used IS that the former pay no. school taxes. .4.9sf m
 Stumbling blocks in the way or joining the ANS school system with that under the commissioner are the present vocational training now used by ANS and school lunches, both of which are consid- cred vital under certain conditions by ANS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11

possible higher education for Al aska's high schol seniors. That is the reason the taxpayers support the University.
 Commissioner Ryan and l work very closely" he added, "so that the University can be of the greatest service to our own High School graduates"
 Dr. Moore will return to Fair hanks tomorrow via Pan American Airways He was to have addressed the Ketchikan Chamber of Com merce yesterday, but the Ketchikan field was closed in, and the flight came on to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-11

The oldest son of the late FDR,
 James Roosevelt, has scheduled
 press and radio conferences next Tuesday at Los Angeles. It's ex- pected that he will announce his candidacy for the Governorship of , California.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Spirit of 1900

The commission supervising restoration
of the White House has let it be known
that it will strive to preserve the mansions
atmosphere and appearance of the early
l800s. That means eliminating some of the
gingerbread additions of later years. May
we hope that the balcony will come down?
Although the old building was essentially
Georgian in architecture, remodeling prof.
ects have altered the interior design and
decoration of some of the rooms. The
cupidS and other figures in the ceiling
frescoes of the East Room, for example,
were not there originally Other changes
have been made by various occupants. 1t
Is planned, it is said, to restore the quaint
brick kitchen which served the early Presi-
dents and which survived the burning of
the building by the British in 1914. The
old kitchen would not be used for culinary
purposes, however.
The restoration will not go SO far as to
deprive the President and his family of
modern convenenceS, of course The White
House should be a comfortable home for
those who live there. But every reasonable
effort should be made to reproduce the in
terror as 1t was before Twentieth Century
architects and decorators went to work
on 1t.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
The Atqet Exhibition

The Library of Congress is displaying
selected examples of the camera art of
Eugene Atget, and it is to be hoped that
Washington photographers amateur and
professional alike, will not neglect the
exhibition. 1t suggests what might be done
in the way of pictorial Recommendation of
the Capital of the United States and its
environs.
Atget loved Paris and spent his life
studying its phenomena. The instrument
he used was a slow, rectilinear lens which
required superlative skill as we'll as infinite
patience on his part. He brought to his
work a wealth of experience as sailor,
an actor and painter. The ordinary busi-
ness of day-to-day existence fascinated
him; simple, humble, unpretending people
engaged his affection. He was folk his
torian, true ethnographist.
Yet he never developed dogma, never
expressed theory. From first to last he
was a natural philosopher-an observer
who employed his genius for the recording
of the passing parade without intrusion of
his own reactions. The motivation of his
effort was appreciation. He pictured the
streets, the shops and the stores, the wares
d&ered, the customers In the ma ssts. the
Evening star., 1949-08-05

merchants, the laborers and the artisans
who ceaselessly built and rebuilt the
metropolis, the traffic of the Seine, the
minor activities of the suburbs Decorative
motifs appealed to him strongly. He
chronicled hundreds of signs, thousands of
such other human creations as furniture,
carts, peddlers' wagons. hats, pastry, bot
ties of wine arranged in pyramids, news
papers laid out on the sidewalks for sale,
manneQuinS in show windows
Atget wanted nothing posed, nothing
arranged to order artificially. He delighted
in reflections in puddles left by summer
showers, but it never would have occurred
to him to arrange such a mirror himself
by pouring bucket of water on the pave
ment. Fidelity must have been his
watchword. None of his productions be-
trays any tampering with nature The
scope and span of his achievement re-
manned unguessed until his death on Au-
gust 4, 1927 Now he is recognized, as the
Library of Congress puts it, as lone of
the supreme practitioners of the photog-
rapher's art"
Washington needs an Atget. There are
thousands of camera users here, but is
there even ~ene single individual who is
doing for this city what he did for Paris
three or four decades ago?
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Houston, Texas.
President of Maritime Union Local
Replies to a Critic
To the Editor of The Star:

President Of Maritime Union Local
Replies to Critic
To the Editor of The
I would like to correct some few OF the
false impressions that must have been Gre
ated by reading letter by Joe M. Baker, jr,
published in The Star. July 20, under the
heading: Argues for Senate Action in Aid
of Maritime Commission Training Program"
Mr.. Baker starts by stating that the Senate
Appropriations Committee is guilty of
foolish act" referring to the cut of appro-
priations from $6,500,000 to 100000 for
the maritime training program.
This committee made their decision after
hearing both sides of the question.
A brief was submitted by Capt c. F. May.
national president of the Masters, Mates 81
Pilots, showing that by an actual survey OF
our seaports, there are thousands OF ships
officers more than the industry can absorb.
now on the beach waiting to ship out. Many
Of these men are also Kings Pointers who
are out of employment due to the laying
up of American ships.
Thqs Masters. Mates Ss Pilots is naturally
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Mr.. McGruth's SuIury

The Star extended editorial congratu-
lations to Senator McGrath the other day
for his self sacrificing willingness to accept
the post of Attorney General at the exist
ing salary OF $4,000 year instead Of the
900 authorized under the pending pay
bill. Now it is beginning to look as though
those congratulations, in so far as they
extend to the Senator's own self-sacrifice
on salary, may have been based on circum-
stances that are moot.
The Constitution provides that Sena-
tor, during the time for which he was
elected, may not be appointed to any civil
Office If the salary for that Office has been
increased during the period for which he
was elected. Since the term for which
Senator McGrath was elected does not
expire until 1852, the editorial concluded
that he would not be eligible for the
year.
But it appears that that conclusion was
open to debate, to say the least. The intent
of the constitutional prohibition appar
emily is that legislator in Senator Nc
Gfaths position would not be eligible for
an appointment at the higher salary after
the increase becomes effective, but that he
would be eligible if appointed prior to the
effective date of the increase.
At any rate, this is a view which has
been urged upon The Star by lawyers who
have examined the precedents and which
The Star is not prepared to challenge. So
while The Star congratulates Senator Nc
Grath on his appointment as Attorney
General, congratulations on being willing
beside the point.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Tempered

She is not one to fold her hands and sit
II, some far cornersof her tan,ilys life.
A burden. She's an asset. Hers is 1pit
As keenly tempered as the kitchen knife.
And she assumes her share of daily Uork
Within the household. Her stiff hands
can still
Prepare a meal She is not one to shirk
The added charge-the spreading OF
good tDiU.
She takes an interest II, small Bnddy's kite,
And helps hin, Uhittle sticks and tie
the strings;
Melissa's formal goton, all fluff and light,
Needs alteration. She remembers springs
From her o,pn girlhood, so she does not pry.
Instead, she tells adventures, humorous.
gay,
And turns a joke upon herself. No sigh
Has eDer passed her lips to this late day.
At eighty years of age, it is too soon,
or else too late, to hunger for the n,ooni
BILLY B. COOPER.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
The Facts Should Be Aired

1t is difficult for an impartial observer,
In the absence of authoritative details, to
decide who Is right and who is wrong IN
the unfortunate controversy which has
developed between the Civil Service Com
mission and its Citizens Advisory Board.
Charges and countercharges that have
been given to the press have served to be-
cloud, rather than clarity, the basic issues,
whatever they may be. Under the circum-
stances, it would be in the public interest
land the public has stake in this dispute)
for an appropriate committee OF Congress
to air the differences between the two
groups.
The publics interest in the quarrel arises
out of the fact that the questions OF civil
service policy involved affect the future OF
the Governments hearing examiner sys-
tenn, used by the Federal Trade Cornmis-
sion, the National Labor Relations Board
and other Independent Federal agencies.
There are about $50 of these examiners
and their activities touch many fields OF
industrial life.
The board, headed by Carl Mcfarland,
local attorney, was appointed to assist the
commission in testing the qualifications OF
hearing examiners The board prepared
an examination which about third OF the
examiners failed to pass. Many OF these
appealed to the commission and have won
the right to be retained in the service. 1t
is in connection with this "by-pasSing"
of the board by the commission that the
dispute developed, with the result that the
entire membership of the board, with the
exception of the lone Civil Services Com
mission member, has resigned. The board
sent to the commission caustic letter, the
text of which has not been officially re-
leased, although parts of it have been
published. The commission has made no
public answer.
This Is too serious a matter to be left
hanging in midair. In fairness to both
sides and to the examiners whose fitness
has been put in question, congressional
hearing into the facts should be held.
Otherwise the public will be left in doubt
as to a matter about which it has right
to be fully informed.
Evening star., 1949-08-05
Letters to The Star
Little Girls Drowning Prompts
Appeal for Modern Diving Equipment


Appeal for Modern Diving Equipment
To the Editor of The
Saturday afternoon, two-year- old Marilyn
Cope died needlesSly. I know for witnessed
the tragedy. Where previously there had
been laughing, playing little girl. held
in my arms instead a lump of lifeless flesh.
All our efforts at reSuScitation were wasted,
for the child had been under water for ovel
an hour and half
The fault lay not with any one individual,
as I see it, but with public which allows
water rescue teams to remain so poorly
equipped that they are unable to deal with
such an emergency.
The child had lost her balance and fallen
off the family houseboat into the Anacostia
River. Ten of us dived fruitlessly for her
body in dark. murky water until the rescue
squad arrived. They and the crew of the
patrol boats used the only means at their
disposal to locate the child-dragging the
bottom with graphing hooks.
Very few victims of such disasters have
survived after 80 minutes under water. Sec
onds count. Yet slow, cruel process of
recovering drowning person is used by
the District water rescue teams-grappling
hooks contraptions which resemble four
mammoth ishhooks with their stems tied
together. This is an antiquated, Intellectual
meLnOQ OF recovery, Wnen III is necessary 10
cover a thousand or more square feet, the
operation aggravated by movements caused
by tide and currents. These hooks, even
if they did locate the childs body in time
would mutilate it,
On Saturday, this antediluvian method
failed again. The child finally was located
by an efficient Navy diving team with mod
ern equipment, just Is minutes after they
arrived-minutes that earlier might have
meant life for little Mariyn. The Navy
equipment was neither expensive nor COM
plicated. 1t consisted of mask to cover
the divers face with a hose supplying air
from a compression pump above. 1 judge
the entire apparatus to cost no more than
81 900, at most
At present. there are several patrol craft
covering the local Waterfronts, but they lack
equipment. If two or three of these were
supplied with rescue apparatus. they con-
stantly would be in readiness for such an
emergency.
Surely the people of Washington will
make available the equipment necessary to
avoid a repetition of Saturdays tragedy.
j. PAUL PHILLIPS.