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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
portunity for trade and pros
perity.

perity.
If the withdrawal of Americans
is as complete as some diplomatic
authorities here expect, there will
be little pressure from the Ameri-
can side to do business with the
Communists. Thus one of the
forces which could work against the
security of the Communist regime
in China might be brought into
play. That is the power. tradi-
tionally exercised by the Western
nations, either to help China by
providing consumer goods on a
large scale or to make China S
supply problems difficult by per-
hitting trade to languish.
There are many experts here
who believe that the Communists
cannot hope to solve China's eco
nomic problems without the aid of
the West. These people say that
if the United States, Britain and
other countries will cooperate in
planning their relations with Chi
nese Communists they can pretty
much control that aspect of the
situation.
The extent of Communist de-
pendence on trade with the West
is one of the facts which Mr..
Acheson has directed his policy
survey experts to nail down as
fully as possible. Another point
on which he wants full informa-
ton is the extent to which local
generals and war lords in the still
uncommunized section of South
ern and Western China can be
depended on to put up a pro-
longed anti-Communist resistance
which might justify American
help.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

Things are looking up for
Jeffrey Wenger, 10, of 4918 Tilden
street N. w.
Oswald. Jeffrey's pet owl which
was wounded by an unidentified
but accurate archer. is recovering
and Ally Khan. Jeff's pet alligator
which was lost, has been sighted
The alligator crawled away a
week ago. A few days later Louis
Robinson. colored. was moving the
lawn for D. D. Richards who lives
behind the Wengers at 1927 Sedg-
wick street N. w.
Mr.. Robinson stopped work anc
came into the house visibly shaken
He said he had encountered two
foot lizard which Missed at him
and slithered into the woodpile.
Mr.. Richards did not know what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Police and Secret Service
Greet Blair House Caller

White House police and Secret
Service men were alerted to re-
ceive a special presidential visitor
at Blair House yesterdays man
who was en- route to see the Presi-
dent personally.
The police knew all about him
in advance and, after his arrival,
gave him a special escort back to
st. Elizabeth's Hospital
Hospital authorities reported
that patient who was convinced
that the President wanted to see
him had walked away from the
institution. About an hour later,
police saw him strolling towards
Blair House. He was stopped and
returned to the hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Greut-Grundson Born
To Mrs. Roosevelt
By the Associated Press

PORTLAND, Greg. Aug. g.
The first great-grandson OF Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt was born here
yesterday to Mrs. Van H. Sea-
graves.
The young mother was the
"Sistie" who romped in the White
House in the early years. of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's. administration;
The child was named Nicholas
Delano Seagraves. He weighed s
pounds l ounce.
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
only daughter of the late Presi-
dent and Mrs. Roosevelt. and her
son Curtis (Buzzie) were here for
the birth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Reds Train Czech Women
For Security Police
By the Assoeioted Press


PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Aug
g. - Czechoslovakia is training
scores of women recruits for the
state security police, the Com
munist government announced
today.
The women, selected mostly
from factories, are being given
moral and political education
as well as training in police tech
nique. Their job, the government
said, will be to protect the rights
Of the working class"
The force, training at a camp
set up by the Interior Ministry
near Karlovy Vary Karlsbad
will be patterned after women's
police units in the Soviet Union
Poland, Bulgaria and Hungary
Some women also are being
trained as traffic police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Numbers Writers,
Collectors Arrested
In Baltimore Drive
by the Associotsd Press

BALTIMORE. Aug. s8.-Police
have arrested more than a score
of Baltimore numbers writers and
bet collectors in a breakdown on
the lottery racket.
Police Commissioner Beverly
Ober ordered the campaign last
week after survey of records
showed policemen on the beat and
patrol car crewmen rarely make
gambling arrests.
Nearly all those arrested since
his order went out have been
taken into custody by beat patrol
men.
Meanwhile, Capt. Alexander
Emerson, head of the Vice
Squad, continues active with his
20-pound maui, the weapon he
uses to break into places that
specialize in dice games and bets
on the races.
A trial magistrate yesterday dis
missed charges against three men
Capt. Emerson arrested Saturday
at the Young Mems Democratic
and Pleasure Club.
A fourth was held in $3.50 bail
for the grand jury on charge OF
assaulting the captain.
Sergt. Thomas Joyce, former
head of the Police Lottery Squad,
estimated just before his death
last month that the numbers
syndicate does a $10,000,000
annual business in Baltimore.
Several of Baltimore's magis-
trates and police officials said in
response to questions that it is
difficult to enforce the laws
against numbers racketeers. par
ticII1a r1v the hipher-lInS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Manassas Man Injured
By Car on Route 70

Charles F. Bare, 81. of Manas-
sas. Va. was admitted to Airing
ton Hospital last night with in
ajuries suffered when struck by a
car on Route %, 3 miles north of
Manassas.
Virginia State Trooper P. P.
Herndon said Mr.. Bare suffered
a broken left leg and head in
juries after being hit by a car
driven by Carroll M. Mayhugh,
10. of Nokesville, Va, about 1890
pm.
His condition was described to-
day by hospital officials os good.
Mr.. Herndon said Mr.. Bare had
just gotten out of a car and was
crossing the road when struck
The driver was not charged,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

w a S h | n gton.
died yesterday
at Walter Reed
Hospital after a
long illness. He
was q.
1t. Sprinkle
was born in
Fort Raleigh,
Kans., the son
of Col. Lester A.
Sprinkle, plans
and training Of
fcer of the Mil
itary District OF
Washington.
- lilo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
New japanese Religion
Is Based on Laughter
BY the Associated Press

MAEBASH1, Japan, Aug, g.
A new sect known as the laughing
religion has been founded here.
It's founder is Mein Zuiko, whose
name means beautiful clouds
sacred sunbeam"
Zuiko said the main tenet of the
sect Is laughter on the theory one
can laugh if he lives right.
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24-Ounce Toledo Body Dies

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 8 (R.-A
24-ounce baby died at Robinwood
Hospital last night after SO hours
and is minutes of life. Tiny
enough to be. held in the palm of
a nurses hand. The prematurely
born boy had been kept in an in
cubator and fed milk through a
dropper. He was born Friday to
Mrs. John Mag, Toledo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Burton P. TwicheII Dies;
Retired Yale Teacher

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. g.
Burton P. Twichell, 10, who re-
tired about 10 years ago from the
Yale faculty, died yesterday at his
summer home in Keene Valley,
N. Y.
He had taught Latin at Yale
and at the Hopkins Grammar
School, a boys preparatory insti-
tuition here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Hunaoriun Color Films

The Hungarian film industry
has solved the detail problem OF
making colored films and expects
shortly to make full-length col
ored feature, studio spokesman an
nounced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
President Loses TonsiIs

!, VALPARAISO, Chile, Aug. 8
R.-President Gabriel Gonzalez
Videla, 40, had his tonsils re-
moved Friday, and his condition
is satisfactory, the summer presi-
Dental palace at Vina del Mar
announced yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Ii. |. A. Sprinkle Dies;
Ex-Aide 10 Gen. Gay

First 1t. Lester A. Sprinkle, jr.,
U. S. A., aide to Maj. Gen. Hobart
b. Gay, former commanding gen.
eral of the Military District OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
FOUND.

KITTEN, male, mos old brownish-yel-
low, black markings, vic. of Chevy Chase.
WI. 2744
PUPPY, male, long haired. black, tan and
white, in North Arlington; found Sunday
night OW. 6055.
PUPPY, black and white mixed, fuzzy, 2
months old, brown ticks over eyes, red
collar; found in North Arlington. OW.
6055.
SCOTCH TERRIER, female. black; Friday
afternoon in Smithsonian grounds. Phone
PAIR OF GLASSES, red case, found 20th
q. near Wyomins ave. NV. NO. 772l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Prof. Percy Newberry,
Expert on Egypt, Dies
BY the Assoeioted Pres,

oy "e ASSoeiofed PfeSS
GOLDALMING. England, Aug.
8.-Prof. Percy Edward Newberry,
30, expert On Egyptian lore, died
yesterday at his home in Has
combe.
A former professor of ancient
Egyptian history and archaeology
at Cairo University. DR.. Newberry
was one of the distinguished group
OF scientists present at the open
ing OF the sarcophagus of King
Tut-Ankh-Amen in the Valley Of
the Kings in Upper Egypt in 1924.
Prof. Newberry joined the staff
OF Howard Carter to examine the
tomb the year before, and studied
the wreaths. garlands and bou-
quets discovered in the mortuary
chamber.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
HOustOnians Won't Believe Hurricane Hit Their City

HOUSTON, CP) - A hurricane which came screeching out of the Gulf smashed into this Texas me tropoliS early yesterday and sur prised everyone by doing little damage.
 A few plate-glass store windows were broken as the wind swept in behind torrential rains which flooded streets and underpasseS.
 Debris was whipped down streets and trees bent horizontal as 90-mile- an-hour winds whipped the city, whose 5O0OOO and more residents make it Texas largest.
 The hurricane churned in from the Gulf late Monday night, strik- ing first at the industry-rich coast between Matagorda and Freeport, Tex, about 50 miles south of here.
 One person was missing, much of rich rice crop destroyed, and cotton heavily damaged as the hurricane twisted inland. Rains up to 7.2l inches at Port Arthur fell
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Banks Promise To Aid Alaska In
 Financial Crisis

The Territorial Treasurer's Of- flee at Juneau makes the follow ing release.
 Satisfactory arrangements have been completed with almost all banks to assist the Territory out of its temporary financial situation. An understanding has been ar rived at which provides that the banks advance the cash necessary to pay warrants presented for pay ment. Each warrant will have on its face notation indicating which particular bank will cash it; its reverse side will have mo- tice thereon to the effect that the payee has assigned the warrant to the bank through which it is pay able and thereby authorizes the bank to obtain reimbursement from the Territory when funds be- come available for that purpose.
 The Territorial Treasurer wish
 Continued on Page Five)
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News of the V Orld Al 4 Glance =
Tuesday. October 4. ls4s lBv The AssOciatei Pressl

h
 Czechoslovakia today became the sixth Cominform nation to acarp it's treaty of friendship and mutual assistance with Yugoslavia.
 It was part of a sudden spurt of Russian bloc diplomatic activity affecting the Balkans, Germany and China.
 The Czech government, besides scrapping the friendship treaty with its former Cominform part ner, demanded the recall from Prague of the Yugoslav ambaSsa- dor. It said the government con- sidered the ambassadors presence undesirable and accused his Elm bassy staff of including spies linked with an unnamed Western power.
 There was no immediate indica- ton the requested recall of the Yugoslav ambassador would lead to formal breaking of diplomatic relations between the two coun- tries. However, a break in the rela- tions between Premier Marshal Tito's government and the coun- tries of the cominform has been predicted
 In Belgrade, Tito warned the Soviet bloc that Yugoslavia is ready to defend itself to the last breath. He charged before his: army officers that Russia "has been forging its irons" against his country, and he accused Russia of trying to endanger a small peo- pie"
 Tito spoke at the conclusion of Yugoslavia's biggest troop maneu- verS this year.
 On the other side of the world, in Canton, the Nationalist Chi
 Continued on Page Three)
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Nome Citizens
 Vote City Sales Tax

Yesterday the City of Nome held a special election to vote on three propositions all of which passed favorably.
 Little interest was shown in the election however, as only 260 votes were cast.
 Ordinance 332, for the vacating of Bridge Street was ratified with a vote of 164 in favor and 65 votes against.
 Ordinance 333, for the office of City Attorney to be filled by Council appointment was ratified with a vote of 158 in favor, and 76 against the proposition.
 143 votes were cast in favor of the proposed Consumers Sales Tax and 115 ovtes against the measure enacting the Sales Tax by a slim margin.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
NEWS IN BRIEF

l SITKA, C4) - Dan R. Doyle, well known labor leader, defeated Howard C. Bradshaw for mayor of Sitka by two to one majority in yesterdays hotly contested cleo ton.
 Elected to serve with Doyle in running municipal affairs were Cecil McClain, Dr. H. J. Hodgins, Rep. Andrew Hope; Peter Nielsen, A. H. Gilpatrick and U. L. Clith- erO.
 Ralph and Johnson and Ed Cushing Weer elected to the pub lie utilities board. Ernest Somers defeated Annabelle Appling for the school board.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
Conferees Approve Army Civil
 Functions Bill

WASHINGTON CP)-House and Senate conferees finally have agreed on a multi-million dollar waterways appropriations bill for the fiscal year that began last July l.
 The bill, carrying total appro- priation of S664, 178,1 for civil functions of the army, includes $664, ,190 for flood control and rivers and harbors projects in many of the States and Alaska. Mississippi River and its tributar- ies; and $35,000,000 for the Me Nary Lock and dam on the Colum- bia River in Oregon and Washing ton.
 Other large Pacific Northwest expenditures include:
 Washington, Joseph Dam, Co., lumbia, $5,000,000.
 Congress usually comp tes work on such bills late in June or early July. One-fourth of the first year covered by the measure al- ready is gone.
 The bill includes Sl97, ,489, ,690 for rivers and harbors projects, $437, ,430,4 for flood control works.
 They include:
 Rivers and harbors construction:
 Alaska-Nome Harbor. 70l. .000: Wrangell Narrows, s343,000.
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ton, contended the graduated tax was revenue measure based on ability to pay.
 Judge Folta ruled, however, that seine and gill nets, which catch so per cent of the salmon, were not taxed in comparison to the traps. Therefore, he said, the tax on fish caught in traps is manifestly tax
 Evidence introduced by the plaintiffs tended to show that had such taxes been in effect the last seven or eight years, they would have suffered substantial losses. Mullaney countered this claim with the assertion that other book keeping methods and computa- tions would turn the claimed loss into a profit.
 Testimany showed there are 400 operating traps in Alaska waters taking an annual average of 80,- 900 salmon each. Slightly more than 30,000 salmon are caught yearly by each of the 660 seines
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05

JUNEAU. (P)-Here are the highlights of the fish trap tax law held invalid by Federal Jddge George w. Folta:
 A tax on fish caught in any one pile-driven or floating traps traps be levied as follows:
 "The first l5.000 fish tax free: from ls.oo0 10 5o.0oo five cents a fish: from 50.000 to 100000. fen cents a fish: from 100000 10 l50.000 fifteen cents per fish. and all fish over 100000 ali 2s cents per fish,"
 The quadrupled trap taxes following were not held invalid by Judge Folta:
 The tax on a hand-driven or stake trap located on tide lands. boosted from S7s 10 $500 a year.
 The fax on a pile driven or floating trap boosted from $500 10 Sl.2o0 per year.
 Tn addition anyone operating more than three traps shall pay an additional $500 per trap for the fourth 10 l0th traps. instead of the former sl5o; an additional Sl.200 tinstead of S300) for the 10th 10 20th traps: an additional Sl.600 tinstead of S400) for inc 2lst 10 50th traps; and an addi- tional S2.000 tinsfead of S500) for all traps of a single operator over so. zee.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05

WASHINGTON, (P)-The annu- al sale of federal duck stamps pro- duced a new record revenue of S2,127, ,598, the fish and wild-life service said today.
 The stamps sold from July 1, l948 to June 30, 1949, were the last to cost $1 each. Under a new law they now cost $2.
 Largest state sale in the current listing was California with I'll, 1888. Figures for other state and Alaska included Washington 74,555; Alas ka 4,881.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
WASHINGTON, (P)

WASHINGTON, (P) - An in- vestigation of Alaska's fisheries problems and of legislation to limit use of fish traps in the Ter ritory was authorized today by a House marchant marine sub-com- mittee.
 Rep. Wickersham O.-Okla0 was named chairman of a sub- committee which tentatively plans to leave Seattle October g and spend 10 days in Alaska holding hearings. Other members of the subcommittee will include Rep. Tollefson R.-Wash) and two or three others to be selected.
 Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, who plans to accompany the sub-com- mittee, will prepare the schedule for the hearings.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05

operated.
 Judge Folta held that the tax was "sO excessive as to infringe on the right to fish on the basis of equality guaranteed by the White Act"
 The White Act, passed in 1920, denied exclusive rights to Alaska fisheries to any type of gear or to any citizen.
 The tax under the rates were listed as amounting to IA of cent for those caught in seines and 7.48 cents for those caught in trap.
 The judge declared in his deci- sion that by imposing a tax on fish taken by traps, which in the highest brackets are 7212 times greater than under the law previ- ously in force, and which the de- fendant admits will result in an increase of 1000 per cent while leaving the fish caught in seine
 Continued on Page Six)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y, (P)

YANKEE STADIUM, N. Y, (E) Don Newcombe, giant Negro right handler, was named to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers in the game of the World Series with the New York Yankees today. He will be opposed by Allie Reynolds of the Yankees.
 The Yankees won the game over the Dodgers, 10, by a home run by Henrichs in the last hal fof the ninth inning.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
Judge FoIta Rules Part of Fish Trap Tax ''Infringes" On Rights and Is Invalid

JUNEAU, (F) - Federal judge George w. Folta threw out part of the new fish trap tax Monday on the grounds that it "infringed' on the operators right to share equal ly in the Alaska fishery. He held invalid that part which levieS ad ditional tax on every fish above 15,000 caught in any single trap during the year.
 He told Associated Press, calling him from Seattle the decision leaves intact the quadrupled taxes on fish traps themselves.
 The tax, passed by the 1949 Ter ritorial Legislature, was attacked by the P. E. Harris company, op- orators of three canneries and two pile and floating traps in South east and southwest Alaska, and by the Mutual Trap company. which operates three traps.
 Territorial tax commissioner M. P. Mullaney, defendant in the ac-
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05

PORTLAND (P-Dr. M. M. van Zandt, Alaska Native Service as- sistant medical director, and his wife were here today on a medi- cal personnel search.
 The Sitka couple said they are
 Continued on Page Seven
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-05
WASHINGTON, P-A $154,-

6ll 900 military construction pro- gram for Alaska and Okinawa was approved today by the House armed services committee.
 While the bulk of the program is for supporting facilities such as housing, much of it is earmarked for radio and radar installations, communications systems and un- derground gasoline storage.
 Of the total $133, 100000 would be used in Alaska and the rest in OkinaWa.
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After Dark
It's Almost T-Nisht at the Shoreham;
Glen Echo Signs Some Top Bands

It's summer. all right. The wort
which annually confirms thi
around here has Just been fiashet
from the Shoreham Hotel. ALI O
you who prefer doing your pic.
nicking in the park the easy way
with music. with entertainment
and with the food brought to yot
by a waiter instead OF in DO,
of sandwiches, may now relax
The Shoreham Terrace, Washing
tons favorite After Dark summer
resort. will open Friday night.
Leonard Schloss, the Glen Echo
boss, has been around his particu-
lar corner of the entertainment
business for a number of years and
has learned a number of things
about it. Consequently, when he
noted the popularity of the lesser
known name bands he hired for
the Glen Echo ballroom this sea-
son, he came down with an idea.
The idea was that better-known
name bands would mean even
more and happier customers.
There's nothing Mr.. Schloss likes
better than more and happier Gus
toners. u
To lure them out to his estab-
lishment, he has signed a pact
with the Music Corporation of
America. which will bring a con-
siderable parade of top-fiight or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-05-24

pretty for the people. win be next
weeks ballroom attraction. stay
ing all week, Monday through
Saturday. Other orchestras with
dates already set for Glen Echo
are Jerry Wald June s to June
I'D and Glenn Gray and the Casa
Iona Orchestra June IL to June
49,, with more TO follow through
out the summer.
y d
Prom Page 4 of the May i6
Beverage Bulletin. In a story
about Olivia Davis. handsome
owner Of the Merry-Land Club:
During the war years, when
things were going at high pitch In
the city and thousands of serv-
Ice men were seeking recreation
IN local night clubs, Miss Davis
stayed on duty nightly at her club
to supervise the more than sixty
employees and to make certain
that there was no law infringed
upon because of the crowd and
the confusion"
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