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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-01
Selection Of Sherman
For Denfe|d' Post
Is 5idI Uncertain
Admiral Arriving. Here
Today as Others Are
Mentioned for Job
BULLETIN

A Navy plane bringing Vice
Admiral Forrest P. Sherman
from New York to Anacostia
Naval Air Station landed at
Baltimore. Md. with engine
trouble today. Anacostia Off
Gals said it would arrive there
around 2 pm.
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(see CHEST. Page A-6.)
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See SERVICE FIGHT, Page AS,
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Guide for Rea d ers

An Associated Press Newspaper
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w e Their Forecast

Cloudy and windy with possible rain to-
day. Clearing tonight with lowest around
40. Tomorrow fair and warmer in after
noon. Full report on Page A-2)
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(See STEEL, Page A-4.)
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Passenger List

(See CRASH, Page A-3J
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s(See CLIO, Page A-4.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
SIides, Fl o d 5
 pa(. N. W.
Warm Rain Cuts Into Seri- ous Sifudtion-Highwdys
 BIocked-Wdter Deep
(By The Associated Press)

Floods and snowslides dotted the Pacific Northwest today as warm rain cut into the deep snowbanks of the Inland Empire and sent streams over their banks in. south- eastern Washington and western oregon.
 One man was buried for half an hour in a snowslide which wrecked his home in the Occur dAlene mining district of northern Idaho.
 Other slides in the steep moun- tains of the Occur d'Alenes cut off the water supply in Kellogg, Idaho, shut off power for an hour at the famous Sunshine Mine and damaged the Spokane Idaho Mine.
 Two Milwaukee trains were caught between slides in the Cas- cades today, and those of other roads were running hours behind schedule.
 Rotary snow blows were fighting to free the Milwaukee trains. They are the streamliner Olympian Hia- watha and the Columbian, both due at Seattle yesterday morn ing
 Three southeast Washington towns were flooded as trouble rode into the Northwest on the warm ing weather
 Washington's two major cross state highways were blocked by slides in Snoqualmie and Stevens Passes. The state highway depart ment reported new slides are oc- curing all the time.'
 Prescott, Waitsburg and Touch ct, all in southeast Washington. were battling floods. Sandbagging kept homes in nearby Dayton fair ly dry but water ran in the streets. Water was two feet deep in Pres colt and the road to Walla Walla, 20 miles to the south, was cut off.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
Statehood BM Hearing Date Set for March 5
T0NNAGETAx ON VESSELS
 IS PROPOSED

l Alaska vessel owners would be given the alternative of paying a net tonnage tax, at the rate of $4 per registered ton, instead of 10 mills on true valuation" under the provisions of an amendment to the General Property Tax Bill of i tered in the Senate this morning by Senator Victor C. Rivers.
 Fisherman Ed J. Krause, repre- senting the Juneau Vessel Owners Association, was called to testify on the measure.
 Krause said that fishermen had suggested the net tonnage tax, but at S2 ton rate.
 Oregon doesn't tax boats at all and the rate in Washington is lower than what we would have to pay under this Bill" Kradse said Washington doesn't collect a gas tax from boats, either he added. We could register our toats down there and still fish up here.'
 HOBSON'S CHOICE
 'The $4 a ton rate merely gives us Hobson's choice and might force us to register our boats in the States" Krause told the sena- tors
 we know we will have to pay taxes but we want reasonable ,rate."
 Questioned by Senator Steve Mo Cutcheon on the average tonnage of boats in the Alaska fishing fleet, Krause estimated it at 20 to 1 25 tons.
 /; He said that his own boat meas | ures 12 tons net and that it is an 1 old vessel The vessel, he said, cost him $6000 but is worth S10,000 to- day
 Tomorrow or next year it may be worth only $4000 because of the l fluctuation of boat values," he | added.
 The average fishing vessel in AL aska today is worth $15,000, Krause estimated in answer. to a question from Senator John Butrovich. i Senator Charles D. Jones was . writing an amendment to set the tonnage tax rate at $2 when the Senate recessed for lunch.
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STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb. 1o.-tR-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 35s, American Can S6%, Anaconda 32, Curtiss- Wright 8%, International Harvest CT 25, Kennecott 465s, New York Central 107, Northern Pacific IS, U. $. Steel 7lss, Pound $4.O3A.
 Sales today were 98O,O00 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: industrials 172.4l, rails 4894, util- ities 34.05.
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LIQUOR BILL fIInMIVnn nE AVN vnvVN VI
 FIRST ATTACK
Majority of Committee Is Unenth u siasfi( About
 Controversial Measure

In the first legislative furry i yer the administrators sponsored liquor control bill, the House yes-
 terday scotched an attempt to kill the controversial bill
 It all came in surprise de- velopment as Chairman William
 Beltz, Nome Democrat, reported the measure to the floor from the Pub lie Welfare Committee. Seven members signed the report with cut recommendation" including the three women members-and one, Rep. c. A. Pollard, Third Di- vision Democrat, signed it do pass
 Reps. Frank Angerman and Glen
 Franklin, Fairbanks Democrats spearheaded a determined move to
 kill the bill in its tracks. Anger man tried to get unanimous con-
 sent to move it up to second read
 ing under suspension of the rules
 in the hope of getting it into posi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
TWO TO HANG,
 SHAVING OF N. K. GANDHI
(By The Associated Press)

Two obscure Hindu journalists were sentenced today to hang for the staying of Mohandas K. Gan- dhi. They are Narayan Godse, edi- tor of a small Poona newspaper, and Uarayan Apte, it's publisher.
 Five of the eight defendants got life sentences for conspiring to assassinate the 78-year-old Hindu spiritual leader on January 30, 1948.
 One defendant was acquitted.
 Led from the heavily guarded Delhi courtroom after the sentence ing, the accused began shouting, We will conquer Pakistan. Long live Hindustan." They then broke into loud laughter.
 Thus climaxed an eight-month- long trial, during which Godse confessed he killed Gandhi pure ly for the benefit of humanity and asked to be executed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
CARDINALS CONVICTION
 DENOUNCED
Truman Says Decision Is Black Spot in History of
 Hungdry-0fher Issues

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-tR- President Truman today denounced the conviction of Cardinal Minds zenty as infamous" He saie 1t would go down as one of the black spots in Hungary's history
 MT. Truman termed the tribunal that tried Mindszenty a kangaroo court instead of a Peoples Court, as Hungary called it. He added that Hungary is police state and the people are never responsible for their government in that kind of a setup.
 If the people had their way, he added Hungary would not have that kind of government. The term kangaroo court usually means a mock trial or one where princi- ples of law and justice are ignored. The President expressed his views lin response to questions at a news conference. On other subjects, he said:
 Atomic Bombs Secret 1. He is opposed to disclosing how many atomic bombs this coun- trv has on hand. He said it is a matter not for public discussion. Chairman David Lilienthal of the Atomic Energy Commission cate eorically denied to him yesterday, he said, reports that he UilienthaD has favored making this informa- ton public.
 2. Standby price control power and s4,O0O 100000 of new taxes are just as necessary now as when he first asked for them. He would not comment on the recent downward price trend i'll commodity mar kets.
 New Taxes Liable
 But when asked if new taxes would be advisable if recession developed, he replied they would
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Copyright, l949, by Bell Syndicate, Inc.

WASHINGTON Dixiecrat Gov ernor J. Strom Thurmond, who was cold -shouldered by President Tru- man at the inauguration, has now been snubbed again-this time by Vice President Barkley . /. Invited to address meeting of South Carolina mayors this week, Barkley was all set to accept. But at the last minute Thurmond, a Cover nor, decided to attend the Mayors meeting and also asked Barkley to be his guest at the Governors Mansion This put the VP on the spot So the other day on the Senate floor, Barkley beckoned the two South Carolina Senators, Bur- net Maybank and Olin Johnston, up to the Vice Presidents rostrum, explained confidentially that he wouldn't stay with Thurmond but didn't want to create an incident. The best solution. Barkley decid- ed, was not to go to Columbia at all.
 Secretary of Labor Maurice To- bin is worried about a long and
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ian n n efs Gef' No Exemption,
 Wage, Hours

The House repeated in it's short session this morning the same lwage-hour act that held the center Iof the stage yesterday afternoon. The words were different, but the actors were the same and the met result was the same: NO spe- cial work week concession to the
 canned salmon operators.
 House members voted again, 14 to 10, against giving the salmon industry the same exemption from
 the strict 40-hour week formula that it gets under the Federal fair
 labor standards act because of un- certainties of weather and salmon
 runs.
 Arguments of flair play" and '"tig profits" were tossed freely in the half hour debate over Rep. Marcus Jensens proposed amend ment.
 The issue came up again on a motion by Rep. Frank G. Johnson. Republican from Rake, for recon sideration of his vote against the amendment yesterday. The proposed amendment did not mention the salmon industry spe- officially but provided for any op- erations which are exempt under the Federal act. It was acknow- Iledged during the debate that only the salmon canning industry was involved in the issue in major lway.
 Johnson cautioned against "ar- bitrary and drastic" action which might make it difficult for the Icanneries to operate in any period except one with present intlation- Iary prices.
 Johnson said, T carry no brief for the Salmon industry but i've know some canneries are not op- erating and salmon runs have gone down at the same time. Such ex- emptions as this are made in Washington state, and we are making more far-reaching conces- sions than this in an attempt to get new industries under the pro- iperty tax bill.
 AGAINST EXEMPTIONS Rep. Alfred Owen Jr., Anchorage Democrat. and Frank Angerman, Fairbanks Democrat, led the arr
 guments against the exemption Owen declared "it won't force the industry to the wall" He proceed-
 ed to cite profit reports of can- ming firms ranging from l3 percent
 to AT percent. He contended the
 actual increased costs to canneries
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
VOTE MAY BE TAKEN IN ONE
 DAY, BELIEF
Redden, of Sub- committee, Says Hear
 inqs Should Be Short


 WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.--R-- The House Territories subcommit- tee today tentatively set March for consideration of legislation to grant statehood to Hawaii and Alaska.
 Chairman Redden D-NC) told subcommittee members he does not believe prolonged hearings are nec- essary in view of extensive teSti- mony presented to congressional committees in the past.
 He said he believed both bills might be brought to vote by the subcommittee in one day.
 The two bills will not be consid- cred jointly, he added, and the Hawaii measure will be taken up first.
 Redden directed that subcommit- tee members study records of state hood hearings and reports of the 80th Congress.
 He told reporters he will let Dele gates Bartlett CD-Alaska) and Harrington R-Hawaii) decide what witnesses. if any. are needed to testify March 3, when committee members, he said, may decide whether they wish to hear any others
 Redden told the subcommittee action must be taken at meetings March 3, 4 or '. or postponed until the next scheduled meetings on March 28.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
History of Spy Ring Has Hollywood Twist;
 Is Revealed by Army

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.--tR- The Army warned today that rem nants of a fabulous Russian spy ring that operated in Japan with perhaps the greatest daring and success in history may be at work in world capitals "at this very mo- ment"
 There is that fleeting hint at a present-day menace in the story of an espionage network so bold it slipped from the Japanese cabinet and German embassy in Tokyo sec .ets that helped change the course of the war.
 And there is another hint in a suggestion that the operator who tapped out coded messages on a secret radio might now be busy in some other country
 The Army shipped out parts of ] 32,000-word report on the ring that Gen. Douglas MacArthur sent over from Tokyo. It gave "se- curity reasons
 Some members of the House Un- American Activities Committee are interested.
 Two Are Hung
 The now-it it-can- -be-told parts of the report unfold an amazing tale centering around. Richard Sorge, a German Com munist and master spy.
 Ozaki Hozumi, his second in com mand and a Japanese traitor.
 (Both Sorge and Hozumi were hanged)
 Agnes Smedley. American author, accused of still being Soviet spy. She denies it. This Case Study in Interna- tional Espionage in the Far East" reads like an Oriental serial from Hollywood. It even has the crime doesn't-pay ending with d novel twist:
 The man 'vho unknowingly be- trayed the spy chain now is one of Japan's top Communists.
 Smashed By Accident
 The report says that:
 The Japanese smashed the ring almost by accident, just before Pearl Harbor in 194l.
 By then it had picked off the secret it wanted most-assurance that Japan would not jump Russia. That let the Reds rush troops across Siberia to halt the German drive on Moscow. Information from the ring was Of "incalculable" value and cost al most nothing.
 Three Japanese who used to live in America were in the ring, one at the top level.
 The ring knew the trend of Japanese American negotiations in the critical summer and fall of 194l. It had an in" with Japan's Premier Konoe.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
RUSSIANS MAY HAVE
 WAR IESTS
Air Force General Believes Sovieis Engaged in
 Arctic Maneuvers

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb 10.-- lR--An Air Force general says the Russians across the Bering Straits in Siberia are very likely con- ducting Arctic tests similar to United States experiments with guided missiles and warplanes now under way in Alaska
 That is the expressed opinion of Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner, chief of the Air Forces air proving ground command.
 Kepner left Ladd Field last night after week of observing units of his command on temporary duty here as part of the most extensive air-ground cold weather tests ill Air Force history
 Kepner. who was Air Force boss of the historic atomic bomc "op- eration crossroads" at Bikini, called tests here so far preliminary ex- ploration' in6 performance of latest model planes and guided missiles, some being of as yet highly secret types.
 NO ANSWER YET
 We expect no comprehensive answer to all our questions on the basis of one years experimental tion," he said in an interview.
 He added that although he'd been here but week it had been long enough to appreciate the immeas- urabie advantage of observing the effects of temperatures down to 40 degrees below zero on equipment heretofore tested only in "ersatz arctic' laboratories at his Elgin Base, Fla. headquarters.
 Its obviously Impossible to put planes and missiles through tricks in an enormous hangar where arc tic conditions must be manufac- tured. We are learning many facts in tests possible only in Alaska" he said.
 BUZZ BOMBS TRIED
 Although reticent on specific re- suits and discoveries in early tests with guided missiles here, which already include. launching Ameri- canized buzz tombs. or V-ls, he declared the Air Force had ad- .vanced beyond the critical point in producing "all-weather' war planes capable of taking off from blazing desert sands and landing in frigid arctic tundra without im- pairment of efficiency or mechani- cal operation.
 Kepner declined to admit the era of push button warfare was just around the corner. but he agreed with many military theor-
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WEATHER REPORT

w "A \ <<h~A . GU. s. WEATHER BUREAU , This data is for 24-hour pe- , riod ending 6:30 am. PSF. } In Juneau Maximum, 19; } minimum, II. , At Airport Maximum, l9; , minimum, T. } 20 R E c A s T , Duncan and Vicinity , Fair and colder tonight and } Friday; increasing cloudi- , ness Friday afternoon. Cold } est tonight near 5 degrees. } Strong gusty northeasterly , winds.
 } F R E CIPl T A T o N . (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today , In Juneau .08 inches; Ds since Feb. 1, IS inches; , since July 1, 89.54 inches. } At Airport .21 inches; , since Feb. 1, A inches; , since July l, 56.93 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
ADM. zEU5LER
 TAKES ISSUE WITH RIVERS
Steamship Executive De- tIares Attorney Generals 5
 Statements Inconsistent

SEATTLE. Feb. 10. = lR The Alaska Steamship Company denies reported assertion by Alaska At torney Gen. Ralph Rivers that the company did not ask proper Alas ka authorities" for an opinion on the new Territorial income tax law.
 F. A. Zeusler, executive assistant to the president, issued statement declaring that Rivers asserted charge was mot consistent with the contents of the law, nor with the substance of the communications had with his office'
 Zeuslers statement outlined an exchange of messages between the company. its agents, various terri torial officials and the Attorney General himself. concluding:
 We were under the impression that Attorney General Rivers was the proper Alaska authority. So, far we have been unsuccessful in obtaining a definite decision from him. Under the circumstances we have been obliged to comply with the clear letter of the law rather than subject ourselves tol the penalties prescribed for lack of observance, and we shall con- tinue to do so until there is proper authority for doing otherwise"
 The controversy arose after Alaska ship union members pro- tested withholding of Alaska taxes from their wages by the steamship line. A Federal court case to test cor.sti isst sssss .s. ..c 5.s 's affects merchant seamen is pend- ing in Seattle. m
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
TEACHERS ILL

High School Principal Leslie Avrit and Coach Dade Nickel, on the sick list, have been absent from classes for the past several days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-10
PROPERTY TAX 0VERHAULED BY SENATOR'S
Personal Properly Exemp- lions Dropped 10 S2O0-
 Incentive Clause Is In

The Senate sharply knocked down personal property exemptions in the General Property Property Tax yesterday afternoon, exemp e q homesteads until patent is issued but refused to exempt mining pro- perty.
 The industrial incentive clause, drafted by the Taxation Committee after a conference with officials oi the Ketchikan Pulp and Paper Company, gave the senators soms trouble when it came on the floor for inclusion in the B,ll.
 The incentive clause, designed to encourage new industry, or at least prevent Encouragement, was fin- ally adopted but only with the understanding that it would be open for further amendment.
 Two features of the incentive clause came in for attack during the afternoon session.
 Senator E. B. Collins, Fairbanks Republican, objected to giving the Territorial Tax Commissioner sole power to set the terms, within limits imposed by the Bill, for tax moratoriums allowed to new indus trial concerns, without provision for appeal
 TEN YEAR LIMIT
 The Bill imposes 10-year limit, but the Tax Commissioner, under the wording of the clause, could grant a moratorium on any por- ton of the taxes on plants flor the purpose of manufacturing or pro- cessing products not manufactured or processed in Alaska on the eff fective date hereof and for which plants have not already been es- tablished in Alaska"
 This section gives the entire power to one man to decide whether or not new industry is to be en- outraged" Senator Collins charged. He asserted that the matter could become political and that one new industrial plant might bring pres sure to prevent another plant com- ing in.
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New Taxes Liable

But when asked if new taxes would be advisable if a recession he replied they would
Evening star., 1949-05-19


something about the Staying.
The young woman's story sent
Atlanta police to Jacksonville
Fla, and Anderson. S. c., but po-
lice in those cities reported last
night that the information given
them had brought no new de-
velopments In the Staying Of the
singer.
Chief Herbert Jenkins Of the
Atlanta police force would not
comment on the woman's story.
The body of Mr.. Garris was
found April 81 in rainsoaked al
ley short distance from the rail-
road terminal. The opera specials
left the terminal a few hours be-
fore the body was found.
Police Reporter Keeler Nc
Cartney of the Atlanta Constitu-
ton said two Atlanta policewomen
pieced together the girls story
after talking with her daily since
her arrest May 10.
Inc pOllceWOuen, MISS GIIllly
Hart and Mrs. Evelyn Langford,
told Mr.. Mccartney Miss johnson
related this story.
She met Mr.. Garris in Char
lotte, N. c., almost three years
ago. She said Mr.. Garris was
the father of her 18-month- old
child. She, another girl and two
men came to Atlanta to see the
singer. She wanted Mr.. Garris to
contribute to the child's support.
The four met the tenor near
the terminal the night Of the slay-
ing. A fight ensued, Mr.. Garris
removed his coat and one Of the
men shot him.
Evening star., 1949-05-19
Capital Press Club Plans
Anniversary Tomorrow

The Capital Press Club. an
inter-racial group. viii celebrate
It's sixth anniversary with three
days of events beginning with q
dinner at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
Dunbar Hotel.
A press institute for newspaper
men and public relation men will
be held at 2 pm. Saturday In
Founders Library at Howard Uni
versity. Jack Russell. press rela-
tions officer of the Federal Secur-
ity Agency, will be among speak
ers.
On Sunday. club members will
hear a press sermon" delivered
by the Rev. L. Maynard Catchings
at the Plymouth Congregational
Church, Seventeenth and p streets
NV.
Evening star., 1949-05-19
Police Destroy Tub Boat
After 7 Call for Help

To prevent It's use by neighbor-
hood children. police last night
destroyed a boat" in which two
men had been cast adrift on the
Anacostia River.
The make-shift craft, q metal
concrete mixing tub shaped like
a scow, was similar to one that
capsized on February 20 in George
town Channel. resulting in the
drowning Of two boys. Five others
were rescued.
Police were called to the Anacos-
tia, off Grant street NE, by
spectators who last night heard
the cries for help Of Frank Jones,
%, and Marion Dunn. 80. colored
men, living in the TOO block Of
Kenilworth Terrace NE.
According to the police the men
had set of down the river in the
tub and lost their paddle. They
finally managed to beach the tub.
It then was destroyed by police.
The tubs in both cases probably
were abandoned on construction
jobs, police said.