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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
RevoIfer5in Bolivia Are
 Using Bombs

LA PAZ, Bolivia Aug. 30-4R- Two Rebel planes today dropped mortar shells on the La Paz Army Airport and nearby military col- lege.
 The Reyolutionists used mortar shells because they have no bombs, a government spokesman said The shells did no damage, he added.
 The planes, DC-3 transports, flew over La Paz itself, but were driven off rhy anti-aircraft fire.
 Meanwhile the government be- gan draft of all citizens in a fight of survival against ths spreading Rightist Revolution.
 Reservists, 20 to "A, were called to the colors in La Paz and orders for mobilization have been issued to all men 19 to 50.
 They will be called upon to fight the revolt against the middle-of- the-road government which broke out in scattered sections Saturday and now controls all Bolivia's large cities except La Paz.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
kRUG GAN SELL LAND
 IN ALASKA

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3c-R- President Truman signed today a bill permitting the Secretary ot tEe Interior to sell at auction Alaskan public lands suitable for industrial or commercial purposes or home sites.
 Excluded from lands that can te scld are those of National Parks or Monuments, National Forests Indian lands and military reserva- 1ions.
 Tracts are not to exceed l6C acres.
 Sales may be made to any bidder who furnishes proof satisfactory to the Secretary that the bidder has the intention and the means to de- ye,op the land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
Truman's Aide Vaughan on Witness Stand
STATEHOOD GROUP ELECTS OFFICERS
 ATWOOD CHAIRMAN

Alaska's Statehood Committee, which met for the first time yes- terday, went into action this morn- ing with the election of officers.
 Robert Atwood, publisher of the Anchorage Times, was chosen chairman of the Statehood Com mittee, and William L. Baker. Ketchikan publisher, was made vice. chairman.
 Mrs. Mildred Hermann, Juneau attorney, was elected recording sec- retary.
 The nominating commmittee, set up during preliminary discussion in yesterdays meeting, was made up of Gov. Ernest Gruening, chair man; Rep. Warren A. Taylor of Fairbanks; Delegate E. L. tBob) Bartlett; and Atwood
 Also chosen this morning were the executive committee and a committee to draw up bylaws for the Statehood group.
 Executive Committee members are: Gov. Ernest Gruening, Rep Taylor, Sen. Victor c. Rivers of Anchorage, and Sen. Howard uyng of Nome.
 The three attorneys on the State- hood Committee were chosen to draw up the bylaws under which the committee will operate. They are: Judge Anthony J. Dimond, Mrs. Hermann and Rep Taylor.
 Of the 13 members of the com mittee-ten of whom were appoint ed by Governor Gruening and con- firmed by the Legislature the last day of the 1949 session--only three were absent.
 Sen. Frank Peratrovich of Kla- wock, Rep. Stanley McCutcheon of Anchorage, and Lee Bettinger of Kodiak were not present for the opening session.
 The Statehood Committee met again this afternoon to discuss the bylaws drawn up by the attorney mmember of the group.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
LEGION TN BIG PARADE,
 MEET CITY
Drums Roll, Bug|es BIare, Sfrutting Girls TwirI
 Their Bdtons

PHILADELPHIA, Aug 3O.-lR- A gay task force of gaudily dressed American Legionnaires began a 12- hour parade maneuver today to capture Philadelphia.
 Drums rcsled, bugles blared.
 Strutting girls in pretty costumes twirled batons. Martial tunes filled the air. So did confetti and ticker tape-and the cheering applause of a million Philadelphians and visit ors.
 The Quaker city surrendered hap oily to the invasion-the Legion's 31st annual convention parade.
 U. s. military and naval units led off the March directly behind the Legion's parade marshals.
 The massed colors of the AS states, the District of Columbia, Alaska, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Panama Canal Zone were carried by battalion of military policemen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
The W ashington Merry Go Round
(Copyright, l949. by Bell Syndicate, Inc. ) By ROBERT S. ALLEN, Substi- tuting for Drew Pearson, Who
 Is On Annual Vacation.

WASHINGTON = Now the Ma rines seem to have caught the pulp lic-furor fever.
 The famed fighting corps has been serenely out of the linelight while Army, Navy and Air Force brasshats have starred nervously before sentational congressional probes. But Marine Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine has changed all that down in San Diego.
 He has succeeded in stirring up a furious tumult in the area.
 The scrappy San Diego Journal is gnashing it's teeth at Erskine in boxcar headlines, county and state officials are blasting him as a highhanded martinet, and Con- greSsman Clinton D McKinnon is demanding a public investigation. Alarmed Defense Secretary Louis Johnson has rushed an assistant to the city to check on the matter.
 Cause of the uproar was Erskine's
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
STATEHOOD E "MU5T"
 IS REPORT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30-tR- Rep Sabath (D-IlD said today that Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills are among number of must measures on which President Tru- man asks early action after the House ends its recess on Sept. 2l.
 Sabath talked to reporters after White House conference with the President.
 Others which Sabath said the President put in the same cate- gory included: creation of a perma- nent Fair Employment Practices Commission under the Civil Rights" program; $l50,0o0,000 re- covery program in Southern Korea; 00,0OO,O00 public works planning program; expanded Social Security benefits; increased benefits for postal workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
ARMED REVOLT IN CZECH LAND
 GETS SMASHED
Was Plot 10 Overthrow Commie Government
 Many Arrests
>(By The Associated Press)

A plot to overthrow the Com- munist government of Czechoslo- vakia by armed revolt has been smashed, the Prague government announced today.
 Six of the alleged plotters have been condemned to death after 8 secret trial Ten persons have been given life sentences and an unspecified number, lesser prison terms. They were accused of high treason and spying for an undis- closed western power.
 The government claimed the plot was we'll planned by an under ground group which has been under police surveillance for some time The group had even sset the day and hour for their armed revolt, according to the official story.
 One of those sentenced to death was Jossef Charvam, identified by friends as Chief of Security Police in Prague under the government which was overthrown by a Con- munist coup in February, 1948. The government said the masterminc of the plot was the brother of a prominent Prague police official who was busted when the Commun- ists seized power.
 The plot, the government said called for the liquidation of key Communist figures, the seizure o1 public offices, dismissal of the Ma tional Parliament and suppression of newspapers. "They intended te return all nationalized factories ano other enterprises to the orlglna private owners" the government said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
REMOVAL, B0EING
 PLANT E 0pp05ED
 BY ALASKA GROUP

Alaska's Statehood Committee declared at its first organizing ses- sion today that any vulnerability of the Pacific Coast is due to insuffi- cient defenses in Alaska.
 It pledged full support to Seattle's opposition to an Air Force proposal to shift Boeing bom.er production from Seattle to the midwest.
 The telegram on the Boeng situ- ation said the appeal from Sen. Warren G. Magnuson of Washing ton state Asking us to join with you in stand against the think ing which would abandon defenses of the Pacific Coast and Alaska strikes a most responsive chordp
 The committee spokesman said it was sent to the Governors and Congressman of three Pacific North west states.
 The telegram continued:
 We cannot state too strongly our conviction that the withdrawal to the interior of a great aircraft plan functioning magnificently throughout the entire Second World War in our neighbor state of Washington is a shocking example of defeatism on the part of the Federal authorities responsible, a disgraceful confession of weakness, and a humiliating retreat from what should be our primary na- tional policy, now and forever, to make our coasts impregnable against attack.
 We Alaskans have been deeply shocked at the recent action of Congress in failing to authorize a relatively modest $l37,000,000 for the long overdue defense of. now vulnerable Alaska, policy which is inseparably related to the re- treat from the State of Washington and other Western states to the prairies.
 We in Alaska do not believe in hoisting the white flag in our de-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
MRS. WILLIAM STRAND VISITS IN JUNEAU ENROUTE SOUTH

Bound for Seattle by steamer to meet her daughter who will fly from Fairbanks to Seattle next week, Mrs. William Strand was a visitor in Juneau yesterday while the Baranof was in port.
 Miss Barbara Strand. who com- pleted her freshman year < at col- lege at University of Alaska, will enter College of the Pacific in Stockton, California. After their trip south, Mrs. Strand will visit her son, Dale, in Battle Cree. Michigan, where he is technician in psychiatry at the Percy Jones General Hospital. Young Dale Strand enlisted in the army in Washington, D. C., where the fam fly lived before moving to Alaska.
 Before returning to Fairbanks where her husband is auditor and manager of the Fairbanks News Miner, Mrs. Strand will visit rela- tives in the east.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
MRS. CLEM SUCCEEDS MRS. LIVE AZ EXEC.
 5E(Y. OF RED GROSS

On September l, Mrs. Kenneth Clem succeeds Mrs. Daniel Livie who has resigned, as executive sec retary of the American Red Cross Juneau Chapter.
 Harry c. Leege, chairman of the Juneau Chapter, announces the fol- lowing committees: home service Mrs. Clayton Policy, chairman; Roy Peratrovich, Douglas Gray, Rev Walter Soboleff production, Mrs Betty Casperson, chairman; Gray Ladies, Mrs. Arthur Walker, chair man; disaster committee, L. B. Av- rit, chairman, Comdr. E. Chester eo-chairman; home nursing, Miss Anne Lello; publicity, Robert Astc
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
LOUISE TAXES 21;
 SAILS FOR SOUTH

The Princess Louise sailed al 10:30 am. today for the South with 21 embarking here. Three disem- parked from Skagway when she docked here this morning. Passen- gers included:
 To Prince Rupert: c. E. Mosseau D. Murphy, L. Layalle, M. Beaton
 To Vancouver: Mrs. Hilda Mal- janen, J. Kelllher, F. Ridden, Iva Heft, Thea Fattin, R. Wingerson Miss M Bourner. D. Simons. R Powell, R. Wheeler, c. V. Louns- bury, T. Hawthorne, w. J. Beeson R. w. Daggitt. K. Jones.
 From Skagway: MT. and Mrs T George. H. c. Heal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. Aug 30.-tA- Clos ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3A. American Can 93. Anaconda 27. Curtiss- Wright 7M. International Harvest , CT 26h, Kennecott 45M. New York Central 10. Northern Pacific 12ls, U. s. Steel 22%, Pound $4.O2.
 Sales today were 590,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows. industrials l78.69. rails 44.98. util- ities 36G9.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
MRS, TURNER PLANS
 TWO MONTHS OUTSIDE

Mrs. H. J. Turner plans to be on Thursdays Pan American flight to Seattle, starting two-month vacation outside. She will return to her former home in Minnesota, visiting her son, Harley Turner, in Hopkins. She also will see another son, Lincoln Turner, in Seattle, and will visit in Portland before returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
Four Million
 Dollar Blaze,
 San Frantisto

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30.--lR- A fire causing an estimated $4,000.- 900 loss. ragged for six hours today through a grocery warehouse of Safeway Stores, Inc.
 Division manager G. H. Bran lund said the block square ware house was worth $1,500,000. He estimated the value of groceries destroyed at around $3,000,000.
 More than 35 firemen were hurt, but only four required hospitaliza- ton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Kathleen from Vancouv- CT in port.
 Aleutian from Seattle due in port at p. m. today and scheduled to sail westward at 10:30, tonight
 Prince George scheduled to sail from Vancouver tonight.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver August 31.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday. Princess Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
DICK WINGERSON IS
 ON WAY TO MT AGAIN

Dick Wingerson, weiikrcwn Ju- neau high school grad. left on the Princess Louise for Boston, back to MT for his second year. Dick spent a busy summer vacation here, taking one day off to be with the Juneau City Band on the Four tn of July.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
FOREST SERVICE MEN
 LEAVE FOR EDNA BAY

Charles Forward, Timber Sales official in the Forest Service office here, left today for Edna Bay or the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island
 He was accompanied by B. H Payne of the Forest Services Office of Timber Management 1T Washington, D. c.
 They will inspect timber opera tions in the national forest there
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
SECOND SON BORN SAT.
 FOR RONALD BURROWS

A second son, Douglas Carl was born to MT. and Mrs. Ronald Bur- rows at St. Ann's Hospital Satur- day night The parents have an- other 20-month-old son, Stanley Burrows is owner and operator of a welding shop here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
RONALD BEAN FILES
 SUIT AGAINST ASF

Ronald Bean has filed suit in District Court for $1,700 and at torney's fee, against Sam Asp.
 In his complaint, Bean charges that he was not paid for fish sold to Asp in the 1948 fishing season. Albert White is Beans attorney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
FROM TENAKEE

Tony Johnson arrived in town from Tenakee yesterday, and is guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
WEATHER REPORT

vvEfA \ Xbk14 OLt4 . tU. s. WEATHER BUREAU , (This data is for 24-hour pe- . riod ending 7:30 am. PST) . In Juneau-Maximum, 73; . minimum, 48.
 . At Airport-Maximum, 72; . minimum, 40. FO R E c A s T . tJuneau and Vicinity, . Slowly increasing high . cloudiness tonight and We'd . nesday. Lowest temperature . tonight around AT degrees. . Cooler Wednesday, with , highest temperature about 65 , degrees. . P R E c IPI TT A T I O N . tPast 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today { . In Juneau City None; : since Aug. 1, 5.56 inches; . since July 1, 1085 inches. . At the Airport None; . since July l, 298 inches: . since July l, 6.95 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
WEEK IN SEATTLE

MT. and Mrs. Clarence Warfield left by plane yesterday to spend a week in Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30
FROM SHELTON. WASH.

Alta Bailey of shelton, Wash, is guest at the Gastineau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-30

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Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
minute
. Fiction

and then you and ! will 60 out.
I'll keep the key Of the corridor
door, however, and Wen come in
again and sit here. I'll tell her not
to use that key at all. See? Then
If she is as curious as you say,
she'll come bouncing in a La Made
moiselle Bluebeard or whatever
her name was and well be sitting
right inside here"
"O.K. with me-" said Arthur
Jordan. "She'l be In here and
don't you forget / told you SO.
I'd as soon have a homelier girl I
and one who wasn't so careless
anyhow. She's decorative but
she'd forget her head If it
weren't for the curls there"
Now Elsie Lyons was pretty. She
knew that fact as well as anyone
else. Fluffy golden hair framed a
heart-shaped face with a pointed
chin below a widows peak of hair
at the upper edge. Her great grey
eyes turned to pansy-color at times.
But looks and business efficiency
do not always 60 hand in hand un-
fortunately and Elsie ran about
ninety-nine and forty-four one
hundredths per cent efficiency.
II am locking the door to the pri-
vate office, Miss Lyons" said
Clem Tate distinctly. Il want no
one to go in there. No one. Is that
clear, Miss Lyons. Here is the key"
Certainly. Mr.. Tate" she said
demurely. placing the key in her
desk drawer.
The two young men walked re-
solutely into the outer corridor and
the outside door swung too gently
behind them.
We'll, Bluebeard, how about it?"
asked Jordan when he put the key
into the door to the private office.
AS the door swung open they both
looked in eagerly. They heard the
telephone in the outer office. Silent
ly they sat down and Jordan gave
his partner poke in the ribs when
Glenn Tate looked too triumphant
as the moments passed.
X T THE END of half hour Clem
Tate rose to his feet. Jordan
followed him and they made their
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
BLUEBEARD'S. BET
BY
LiIlioce M. Mitchell

door and then entered the suite of
offices. He hurried through to the
door of the private office and tried
the knob.
ooh" he said, Miss Lyons,
forgot that this door is locked. Let
me have the key, will you, please?"
"I-Tm sorry, Mr.. Tate. But
I simply can't think what I did
with that key. There was a tele-
phone call the moment you left and
I looked for the key so that / could
-could-er-lay the message on
your desk.
But I said not to 60 in.''
She laughed gently. Dimples
peeped in and out charmingly. She
bent again and then with a sigh she
murmured: "Ohl Here it isl I'm so
careless!"
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

way silently into the outer corridor
again.
well, was I right. Jordan?"
asked Clem.
"You win, Bluebeard-er, mean,
non-B -Bluebeard," said Jordan. "Say,
I've got to have a breath of air
after that self-imposed silence. I
think maybe we both like talking
a little better than we thought we
did. I had a thousand things I
wanted to tell you while we sat
there. But as for your charming
little Elsie - she's the real thing
all right, all right. Never even
clicked the key in the lock, did shef
Or looked through the key-hole at
us?"
Jordan ambled towards the eleva-
tors with a wave of his hand. Clem
Tate stood an instant at the outer
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
By H. I. PHILLIPS

cat first I think this Atlantic
pack is not serious on account
Of it is not accompanied by no
news that six blocks along First
avenue, New York, is to be torn
down to make way for q head
quarters" his letter continues,
''but 1 find il is on the level and
the matter of q official address
will be took up later.
'"The swell thing about getting
eight out of dozen nations together
like this is that at least it ends the
day when they would not 60 far
enough out on a limb to give each
other their right phone numbers.
They now agree not only to do this,
but each one promises to answer
the phone, no matter who is calling
or how hot is it.
81 am sure the pack is a good
thing on account of Henry Wallace
and the Daily Worker and Russia
is giving it the old elbow. IF Henry
was for it, ! would be pretty sus-
picious. The way it shapes up to
me is that with England, France,
Canada, the United States, Bel
gium and those other nations on my
side, can afford to let Henry stay
OF the bench.
Il can't quite figure out what
the Atlantic Pack does to the
UN. Everybody says it does
nothing serious, but my COM
mon sense tells me you can't
have two police departments on
the same job I'm the same spot
without some difficulties here
and there. I hope they work
okay together in this case, but
one of 'em will want the stars
dressing room maybe and there
is apt to be some professional
jealousy. IF the friction don't
start new war, / will be salts
fled.
'.All this Atlantic Pack does is to
provide an agreement that all the
nations outside the galvanized-iron
draperies will consult together if
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

Each sub-contest carries prizes of
$4,000, $1,000 and $500. plus up to
$4,000 in fellowships as well as
professional productions of the
winners. For details write to Ma
tional Five Arts Award, 715 Fifth
Ave-, New York City. All entries
should be sent to that address.
Here's a wonderful chance for un-
knowns!
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

Anatole Litvak is known for many
successful directorial jobs; Sorry.
Wrong Number" and 1.-The Snake
PITT are two recent ones. Wallis
has signed Joan Fontaine for Sep
tember," to be filmed in Italy In
August for Paramount.
Pat Knight thinks maybe it is an
omen forecasting her future star
dom - during filming of Columbia's
''Shockproof' she found letter
In her uniforms pocket. addressed
70 Joan Crawford, who wore the
Uniform in "A Woman's Face.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

eff the world was in its right
mind, in fair health and not SO
junpy, this Atlantic pack would be
okay," he writes, ''but you got to
remember that it is In the same
shape as Alcoholics Anomnibus
holding a street-corner nuddle when
a liquor truck turns turtle in full
view.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
By INEZ GERHARD

By INEZ GERHARD
HAL WALLIS, Anatole Litvak
- and Reuben Mamoulian will
judge the motion picture synopses
submitted for the National Five
Arts 100000 award; Norman Cor
win, Arch Oboler and Erik Bar
nouw will pick the best radio
scripts. Plays, popular songs and
short stories will be judged by
equally prominent authorities.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
The
Fiction
Corner
Grace Noll Crowell
Corner

SsTHEY'RE all curious" insisted
l. Arthur Jordan. There never
lived a woman who wasn't 99-44/100
per cent curiosity. I could quote
you a dozen bits of poetry proving
the fact"
FOR goodness sake, don't!"
urged Clem Tate. "I'll take your
word for it. Honestly. But Elsie
isn't that way. I'm telling you."
You're the kind that would never
be happy with your wife asking you
this and looking over mail and
roofing about in your desk when
you're out Of the house. I know
ycu.'
Don't speak Of Elsie Lyons as
roofing, if you please" Clem Tate
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

color nylon fabric than to inn
prove the whiteness of the ma
terial.
To avoid the greasy odor e
roasting meat, sprinkle cinnamon
on stove and in oven, and your
house will smell like cookies
baking.
Melted parafin poured In the
bottom and around the sides OF
garbage pals helps prevent their
rusting.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
pURKEY ON ATLANTIC PACT

Ex-PFC Oscar Purkey, veteran
Of the last war, feels better after
reading the Atlantic pact, but he
still thinks it's smart to keep moth
balls in his uniform and not swear
Of canned eggs for life at this
point.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

':All this Atlantic Pack does is to
provide u an agreement that all the
nations outside the galvanized-iron
draperies will consult together if
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15

jeanne Dru became an actress
because she was too shy to make
friends and took dramatic lessons
to overcome her shyness. Howard
Hawks saw her at a dramatic
Nckool, hired her for RED River.
Arizona sun., 1949-04-15
OSCARS TAKING FEWER ASPIRINS THESE DAYS
Pact Is Likened to Alcoholics 'Anomnibus
BUT HE'S KEEPING HIS UNIFORM IN MoTHBALLs

any enemy starts playing rough.
Personally, when the shooting starts
I'd feel nervous if my side were
just to confer on the matter. In
the next global war, the sneak
puncher is going to have a awful
head-start on the boys who go into
a conference first. But / guess our
side will find way to perfect the
jet-propelled huddle so that there
will be only few seconds Of elapsed
time between the attack and the
answer.
'"The western nations in this Pack
may seem a little too gentlemanly
for comfort in global crisis. but it
looks to me like this time they are
with Stonewan Webster or Kayo
Henry or whoever it was that said
we have got to hang together or
wire the newsreels men to photo
graph us all hanging separately.
Anyhow, the news about this Allan
tic pack has done me some good. I
amt taking SO many aspirin"
Cuff Stuff
''Boys Wear Reported Off This
Winter. ."-Headline And the
girls seems to be OVERRIDING it a bit,
too.
Railroad trains are now being
made so glamorous and comfort
able that it is pretty distressing. A
fellow is compelled to travel all the
way out of town and back without
getting a decent chance to develop
a mood of deep irritation.
Shudda Haddim is. sick again.
This time it's over the fact horse
called Day won at Gulfstream at
$23.40. 81 would of had him." he
weeps, except when I'm looking
at 'em in the paddock somebody
starts humming Day is done.'"
Alaska proposes to tax women
who do not get married. In those
cold climates, it pays to be realistic.