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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22
SKI CLUB ELECTION
 TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT

Election of Juneau Ski Club offi- cers will be held at a Ski Club meeting at pm. Friday in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
 Incumbent ski club president Neal Taylor said today that Tony Thomas and Dean Williams will show slides of their trip across the Ice Cap at the meeting and movies of skiing talent in action will also be shown, he said.
 He said that all Ski Club mem bers are urged to come, and any one not member but interested in skiing is invited.
 Ann1la1 income per US. famlly
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22
|S DEBATE ITEM
 FOR FRENCH

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22
MIRROR CAFE

Now open "A hours daily.-adv
 57-5t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22

Annual income per US. family increased from s2,900 in 1920 to S5,e90 in 1948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-22
MIRROR CAFE

Now open 24 hours daily.-adv.
 57-5t
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01

sold at $500 to Lorraine Larson, Alex
ander, N. D., a All club member.
Her sister, Lorna Larson, purchased
the reserve champion cow, bred by
Anders Madison, Alexander, N. D.,
at $3.50. This heifer was bred in
much the same way as was the
champion cow.
The 10 heifers selling In the sale
averaged $357.5 0 for a total of
$3,575. The 35 bulls selling averaged
$40 each and returned a total of
more than SIG, 600 to their breeders.
The annual Sidney sale was man.
aged by Marion Hedegaard, Glen
dive, and Bill Corkins, Sidney. H.
B. Sager, Bozeman was the auc-
toner.
At a Sidney Chamber of Com
merce sponsored meeting prior to the
sale, Charles johnson, Lambert, was
elected president of the association;
J. M. Starr, Fairview, vice president,
and George Mahlstedt, Circle; Joe
Erdelt, Terry, and Oren Forthum,
Alexander, N. D., directors of the
association. Marion H~edegaard, Glen
dive, was reelected secretary
treasurer of the group.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
Income Tax, Account
Book Now Available

The 1949-50 EDITION of Edward
L. Films "Simplified Income Tax
Information and Farm Account
Book" is now ready for distribution.
Like previous issues, this book
serves as an understandable, accur-
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out his federal income tax report for
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:orms for keeping his accounts
through 1850.
Films Income Tax Information
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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
MOntanan Named
Barley King

TWO MONTANA MEN are the
top barley producers in the nation,
according to ratings passed out at
the International Livestock exposi-
ton at Chicago.
For the fifth time since 1926 L.
E. Peterson of Victor was named
BARLEY king" of the show, this year
exhibiting a SGT pound bushef
sample of Thorp variety.
Gene v. Peterson, Corvallis, was
named reserve barley winner. He
showed a Velvet variety. Petersen is
former wheat king and this year
also won the reserve wheat cham
pionship.
Reserve champion in field beans
is ]. P. Wetstein, Joliet.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
POTATO ACREAGE REDUCEDs
SUPPORT PRICE LOWER

MONTANA'S POTATO acreage
goal for 1850 will be 100 acres, the
production and marketing admins
tration has announced. The goal
was $500 acres in 1949.
The Wyoming goal is 5000 acres
as compared to $500 acres in 1949.
The 1850 price support program
will continue at so percent of parity,
the PIMA announced, and will be
$1.60 a hundred pounds (about 90
cents a bushel.) The support price
cannot be less than this figure and
may be slightly above it, depending
upon the actual parity level on Jan.
1, 1850, on which the support price
will be based. Average support price
for 1949 was $1.80 a hundred pounds.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
Widow Receives $1,000
From Accident Policies

MRS. MARGARET SOPER, Lars
Ian, has received $4,000 as bene-
fieiary of two special accident insur-
ance policies held with Montana
Farmer-Stockman.
Her husband, Yves Soper, was
killed Oct. IL, 1949, when the pick
up truck he was driving hit loose
gravel and overturned in a ditch,
pinning him underneath the truck.
Mr.. Soper was holder of two special
accident policies with Montana
Farmer-Stockman, one with a face
value of $1,000 and the other of
$4,000.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
Dates to Note

Dec. 5-6-Fourth annual Montana
Turkey School and Dressed Tur-
key show, Bozeman.
Nov. 21-Dec. 3-Community elections
of PIMA committeeman.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-12-01
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Evening star., 1949-07-23
Death Of Special Policeman
By Own Gun investigated

The coroner's Office today was
investigating the death OF 1t.
Francis L. Hayes, 48, of the United
States special police, who was
shot with his own service revolver
late yesterday.
1t. Hayes, a guard in the Tariff
Building, appeared to be in good
spirits when he went off duty at
4 pm. At 4:05 shot was heard
N the basement of the building
and the officer was found on the
floor outside the guards locker
room. His .38-caliber revolver was
on the floor beside him.
A bullet had entered the right
side of his head. No note was
found.
He was taken to Emergency
Hospital but was dead on arrival
1t. Hayes had been a building
guard since 1889. He had served
in the Army from 1920 to 1922
and had been an attendant at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital for a year
after leaving the Army.
He had lived at -572O Allentown
road, Camp Springs, Md, for the
past 20 years. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Lottie v. Hayes,
and four children.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
100 D. {. High School Boys
To Take Cruise on Carrier

About 100 Washington high
school boys will Join" the Navy
tomorrow and ship right out for
Reserve training.
The high school boys will fly to
Norfolk, Va, to embark early
Monday morning on a full weeks
cruise aboard the Navy's largest
aircraft carrier, the Franklin D
Roosevelt. The students are en-
rolled in an 8-week indoctrina-
ton course with the Naval Air
Reserve training unit at Ana
costa.
Meanwhile, combat-ready Wash
ington are reservists with Marine
Fighter Squadron 321 of the Ana
costa Naval Air Station are pre-
pairing today at Cherry Point
N. c., for major participation in
the war game maneuvers. which
are moving toward a climax there
The local Marine Air Reserves
will join units from other bases
in giving close air support of
Cherry Point to Fleet Marine
Force elements of the I'd Marine
Division, in full-scale air-ground
assault on enemy" forces along
the Carolina coast.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
ID. T.. Guardsman Flies Home
To See Ai|inq Grandmother

A 17-year-old District Nationa.
Guardsman was at the side of his
ailing grandmother today after
the American Red Cross and the
newly-appointed Guard comman-
der combined forces to fly him
home from Camp Pendleton, Va.
yesterday.
Brig. Gen. William N. Aben-
droth brought the youth, Pvt.
Daniel E. Bradley. 412 Nicholson
street NV, here in his CAT aft
er the Red Cross notified the
Guard of an emergency at Pvt.
Bradley's home. Gen. Abendroth
had been inspecting training op-
erations at Camp Pendleton, near
Virginia Beach.
The boys father, James D.
Bradley, entered Gallinger Hos
pital Wednesday night, 1t was ex-
planned, leaving the grandmother,
Mrs. Grace A. Norton, alone at
home. Mrs. Norton. the Red Cross
was informed. then learned she
would have to go to hospital
for immediate treatment.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Mayors Conference Names
Young 10 SIum Committee

District Commissioner Johr
Russell Young has been named tt
a special slum-clearance commit.
tee of the United States Confer.
ence of Mayors which will advise
the Federal Government.
Establishment Of the committee
for consultation in the carrying
out of the slum clearance phase
Of the recently approved Federal
housing program was announced
by Paul v. Betters, executive di-
rector of the Mayors Conference
Mr.. Betters indicated the first
meeting of the committee would
be held in Washington next
month, when discussions will take
place with Housing Administrator
Raymond M. Foley and his staff
in connection with the draft of
rules and regulations to be fol-
lowed in the program.
Associate member with Mr..
Young is Irving Bryan of the
corporation counsel's Office.
Evening star., 1949-07-23

military instructor has no concep-
ton of modern military science
1t is recommended that the school
be reorganized to conform to
standards or else, the unit be dis
banded" 1csasy, -.
Phelps Vocational - Principal
wants a full-time military in
structor. - There seems to be
little place or time for cadet'train-
ing. in this school and others OF
it's type" .@ l.,
Bell Vocational-"Cadets gen.
orally have hang-dog attitude
Interest lacking, due to the total
absence of any intelligent in
struction."
Chamberlain Vocational-Prin-
cipal's comment: During the
last five years there has been a
rapid succession of military in
structors, including an ex-sailor,
a barber instructor, lady coun-
selor and a shop instructor who
resigned in preference to teaching
cadets"
Dunbar-Principal recommend
ed drill time during school hours.
Because of lack of space, en-
phasis is placed on close-order
drill and other subjects neg
lected."
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Woman ScaIded in Shower
dies Of Heart Attack

Mrs. Grace Lydia Magee Snyder
68, wife of John Paul Snyder, a.
pharmaceutical consultant, died.
early today at Suburban Hospital,
of a heart attack.
Mrs. Snyder was taken to the,
hospital two weeks ago when She
was badly scalded taking shower
She was stricken with a heart
attack yesterday and died about.
l am.
Mrs. Snyder came here with her
husband in 1889 when he opened
his own business as pharaceuti-ss
cal consultant with offices in the
Shoreham Building, Fifteenth and
H street NV. They lived at 7204
Overhill road, Bethesda.
Born in MorristoWn, N. j., She
received her education in Eastons ]
Pa. In addition to her husbands
she is survived by a son, john
Magee Snyder. Baltimore, and two
Grandchildren. Z
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Police Board Recommends
Dismissal Of PVT. Cue

Dismissal from the Metropolitan
police was recommended by po-
lice trial board yesterday in the
case of Pvt. Franklin r. Cue, Al,
of No. l precinct. who was found
guilty of failing to report for roll
call and being under the influence
of liquor while off duty.
In another case, Pvt. Raymond
Camden was fined $25 and a days
pay for being absent from duty
without leave on July IA when he
was with No. Z precinct. He has
since been transferred to No. l3.
Pvt. Cue has been on the police
force for "a years. He lives at
1415 Girard street NV.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Audit Shows SHORTAGE
lin Truckers Local,
Head Of Union Reveals

A shortage of from $4,000 to
$4,000 in the funds of Local 639,
Truck Drivers Union. an affiliate
of the International Teamsters.
was revealed today by Charles J.
Bell. president of the local.
Mr.. Bell said the size of the
shortage was growing almost daily
as an investigation Of the union s
financial records continues. He
refused to estimate what the final
total would be, and said court
action will be considered by the
membership when the audit is
complete. IS"
In April the three top officers
Of the 3,O00-member local were
ousted by the international which
took charge OF the affairs of the
union. Mr.. Bell was appointed
president. Herbert Fletcher as
secretary treasurer and Jerry
Gradeck as recording secretary
by the international.
Mr.. Bell said the investigation
showed that the shortage had de-
veloped over = period Of years
Dues were collected from q large
number Of members, their cards
duly stamped, but the money was
not turned In to the union
treasury. He said the instances
appeared in the case Of members
who drove building supply trucks
The dues of entire shops in some
cases were missing, he said.
Responsibility for the shortage
Mr.. Bell continued, has been as.
Sumed by one individual.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
'Sy|vern Laupheimer
dies in Alexandra

sylvern Laupheimer, So, lifelong
resident Of the Washington area
and a druggist here for II years.
died yesterday at his home, III
South Lee street. Alexandria. after
a six-month illness.
Born in Alexandra, Mr.. Laup-
heimer was graduated from George
Washington University School OF
Pharmacy. In 1911 he opened a
drugstore at First and F1orida
avenue NV, where he remained
in business until his retirement In
1928. Since his retirement he
made his home in Alexandria.
He was q member of the Lafay-
cite Masonic Lodge here and the
Bethel Temple In Alexandria.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Martha S. Laupheimer; three
stepsons, Samuel, Sigmund and
Norman Bernheimer. ali Of tha
South Lee street address, and
three sisters, Mrs. Stella Dreifus
Mrs. Bella Levy and Mrs. Victoria
Salomonsohn, all of $50 North
Washington street, Alexandria.
Funeral services will be held at
IL am. Monday at the Demaine
Funeral Home. $40 South Wash
ington street. Alexandria. burial
will be in the Home of the Peace
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Another Badly Burned Boy, (,
Aided Here in Fight for Life
Carolina Youngster
Undergoing Plastic
Surgery Since March

Another little boy who, like
Michael Rector, has waged g
courageous nine-month battle fol
life after being burned over 7(
per cent of his body. has been un-
dergoing plastic surgery at Chill
dren's Hospital since last March
it became known today.
He is Tommy Morrison, 4, OF
Statesville, N. c.
Tommy's burns are as extensive
doctors said. as those of little
Michael whose fight for life at
Casualty Hospital has enlisted the
sympathy of thousands.
Tommy did not make out as well
as Michael in one respect. His
left arm was amputated because
of gangrene, but today he is sit
ting in the sun in his weelchair
winning his battle to live. 1t has
been hard and although he is still
in some pain. he is cheerful
Tommy was having a wonderful
time with his three sisters at a
Halloween party in his home last
October 81. He grabbed candle
from a Jack k-o-lantern and the
flimsy costume he was wearing
caught fire.
His mother smothered the fire
with a rug. Tommy's father, DR..
j. Rudy Morrison, a physician.
administered first aid and took
his son to the Davis Hospital in
Statesville.
Tommy was close to death sew
eral times. The amputation saved
him from the gangrene infection
but he later developed pneumonia.
In March he was brought here
for plastic surgery by DR.. Robert
E. Moran, a friend of Tommy's
father.
He was flown here in q private
plane and his mother took an
apartment at 1926 Sixteenth
street NV. and brought the boys
sisters so they could be near him.
Tommy still needs new skin
Evening star., 1949-07-23
| PoIicemon's Bet
IFuiIs to Revoke
lCofe BeerLicen

A policeman's testimony that he
bet 81 on a horse that brought
him IS wasn't sufficient to war
rant revocation of Little Chubby's
Restaurant beer license, the Al
coholic Beverage Control Board
decided yesterday.
Charges that the projectors
Dorothy M. and Kenneth H
Hamilton. had permitted use OF
the restaurant at 1890 H street
NE, for gambling purposes were
dismissed.
Police Pvt. George M. Downs
said he had gone into the res.
taurant several times and saw 9
man taking bets on numbers ano
horses.
He played 50 of his own-ano
won, he said.
The Board denied application o1
Pickwick Liquors for a transfer o1
its license for a package store
from 1908 Connecticut avenue
NV. to 1890 Macarthur boule.
ward NV. The decision wa
based on protests Of residents.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
3 Co-Chuirmen Named
'By Living Theuter Group

Leon Chatelain, former preSit I
dent of the Washington Board or
Trade; c. F. Preller, president Of
the Washington Central Labor
Union, and Thomas P. Mcrgan,
jr., member of the District Box
ing Commission, were elected CO.
chairmen of a newly organized
Civic-Labor Committee in Support
of the Living Theater in WASH
ington yesterday. @A
Col. Campbell c. Johnson, IS
sistant to the National Director
of Selective Service. was elected
vice chairman and Miss Sylvia
Altman, director Of information
and research of the Washington
Central Union. executive chair
man. "a
The committee, it was an
nounced, will sponsor efforts to re-
store the legitimate theater 70
Washington. s
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Howard u. Man Is Named
Columbia Visiting Professor

A Howard University professor
was one of three named today as
visiting professors to Columbia
University for the 1949-50 aca-
demic year.
He is DR.. Robert E. Martin, as
sistant professor of government.
The others are DR.. Norman T.
Pratt, jr., of Indiana University
and DR.. James Harvey Young, EN-
ory University.
DR.. Martin, a native of Hartford,
Conno is a graduate of Howard
University. He received his Ph. D.
at the University of Chicago,
where he was Rosenwald Fellow.
He taught for three years at the
Agricultural and Technical Col
lege, Greensboro, N. c., before
coming to Howard in 1947. He
and Mrs. Martin and their three
children live at 1920 Irving street
NE
Evening star., 1949-07-23
ConciIiators Seek 10 Avert
Dump Truck Strike Here

The Federal Mediation and Con-
ciliation Service today moved to
prevent a strike of organized dump
truck operators, scheduled for
Wednesday, which would tieup the
city's multi-million dollar con-
struction industry.
The dump truck operators who
are seeking a 22-cent-an-hour
increase have rejected an offer of
10 cents an hour more from the
Dump Truck Operators Associa-
ton. The drivers have called a
final meeting for Tuesday night to
consider any last minute proposals.
Federal conciliators are striving to
reconvene collective bargaining
conferences before the strike dead
line is reached.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Mrs. James Boufon Dies;
Postal Officials Wife

Mrs. Violet Earhart Bouton. SO
wife of James o. Bouton, divi'
sion superintendent%of the Pos
Office Department here, died early
at Sibley Hospital today after
long illness.
Mrs. Bouton, who had been g
Washington resident for 80 years
was born and educated in Bristol
Tenn. She was married to Mr.
Bouton in 1919 and came here
that year. Her husband is direc-
tor of the second-class mail divi-
sion in the department.
For many years she had been
active in the Sherwood Presby-
terian Church, Twenty-second and
Jackson street NE.
Mrs. Bouton, who lived at 1851
Monroe street NE, is also survived
by two sons, James O.. jr, 601C
Thirteenth place NV, ano
Charles Bouton of the Monroe
street address, and a brother
Pearce Earhart, Bristol.
Funeral arrangements are being
made at the Lee funeral home
Fourth street and Massachusetts
avenue NE.
Evening star., 1949-07-23

over so to so per cent of his body.
He has had numerous skin CRAFTS
from his two older sisters, Bar
bara. 10, and Patricia. II. but now
he has progressed to the point
where the doctors are able to
graft his own skin on the burned
areas.
Aiding DR.. Moran are DR.
Thomas Keliher, inferno, and DR..
Charles Millwater, pediatrician.
Meanwhile, the little Rector boy
had his 18th skin grating opera
ton today at Casualty. Three
soldiers donated skin. They
were selected from 100 volunteers
who responded to an appeal made
by Dr.. j. Rogers Young, plastic
surgeon.
The soldiers were Pvt. James F
Dunn, "a, from an ordnance unit
at Silver Spring; Corpl. Stephen
Merck, 20, a Walter Reed Hospital
medical corpsman, and Pvt. Gerald
Southland, 20, of Fort Myer.
Little Michael was burned last
November when his cowboy suit
caught fire. He is the son OF
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Rector, 6l3
EllicOtt street NE.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
.7,500-1roop Review
Marks Reactivation
OF 4 Army Units

A review OF some $500 troops
of the Army Engineer Center anc
Fort Belvoir was held yesterday
afternoon at the post to mark
recent reactivation of four regular
Army units.
These units: The 656th Engi-
neer Topographic Battalion, whose
commander, Maj. William j
Locke was presented with colors
of the outfit; the 82d and 515th
Engineer Petroleum Distribution
Companies, commanded by Capt
John w. Holland and Capt. Roy
w. Gillette, respectively, who re-
ceived the guidons of these Or
ganizations and the 38th Engi-
neer Well-Drilling Detachment
commanded by Capt. Owen w
ODom.
Maj. Gen. Douglas L. Weart
commanding general of the center
and Fort Belvoir presented the
colors and guidons at the cere-
monies.
Master Sergt. Jerome Scalise
Company A, 62d Engineer Con-
struction Battalion. was given the
Army Commendation Ribbon, fol
meritorius achievement in con-
junction with the crash landing
last year of Navy plane. The
sergeant was a passenger wher
the plane crashed in hazardous
terrain in Northern Manitoba
Canada, September IL. He was
commended for his knowledge o1
survival technique. resourceful'
ness in locating and preparing
food and his unselfshness. Tht
survivors waited IL days before
search aircraft located them.
1t. Gen. E. H. Brooks, direc-
tor of personnel and administra'
ton of the Army Department, wa.
to address some 750 Engineer
R. o. T. C. students today al
Fort Belvoir. The students repre-
sent 81 colleges and universities
| throughout the Nation.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
(Womon Reports
| $3.50 Jewel Theft
| 79 Months Later

A 19-month-o jewel thief
was reported to police yesterda!
by a woman who explained hel
delay by saying she didn't wan1
to put anyone to any trouble"
Mrs. Virginia B. Tanner, Of 2031
Park road NV, told of the alb.
sence of five pieces of jewelry
valued at $500 and further ex-
planned her tardiness in report
ing the theft this way:
The jewelry was put away In
the winter of 1947-48 because she
was expecting a baby and wasn't
wearing it. A spring search failed
to uncover the pieces and she
dismissed with the thought they
had been mislaid. Then they
moved from 1903 Biltmore street
NV. to their present address.
Finally her husband. Carl, went
to the insurance company to re-
port the loss. The agent was Il
and the matter was further de-
lyaed. Finally the insurance
company suggested reporting tt
police.
She did.
Evening star., 1949-07-23
Thai Army Chief Of Staff
Treated al Waller Reed

1t. Gen. Del Dejpradiyudh, chief
of staff of the Thai army, was
under observation today at Wal
ter Reed Hospital for kidney all
ment, after being stricken Wed
nesday at Fort Benning, Ga.
He was flown here from Law
son Field at Columbus. Ca, on
Wednesday. Army doctors here
are taking x-rays and making
various tests to determine his
exact condition. officials said.
Oficials of the Thai embassy
said he has been in the United
States for three months, making
a study preparatory to reorganiz.
ing the army Of his homeland
formerly known % Siam.