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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-27
WEATHER REPORT

tu. s. WEATHER BUREAU fThis data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST) In Maximum. 59: minimum. 51. At Airport-Maximum, 60; minimum, 48. F o R E c A ST tJoneA6 and Vicinity, } Cloudy with occasional light } rain tonight and Thursday. Southeasterly winds as high as 20 miles per hour becom- ing westerly winds Thursday afternoon. Lowest tonight } ahout 50 degrees, Highest Thursday near 57. F K k C PITA ITO N Past 2s hours ending 7.3o m. today In Juneau city = Trace: since July l, 3.65 inches. At the Airport - Trace; } since July l, PIP inches.
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The w ashington Merry Co Round
By DREW PEARSON

Copyright. ls4s, by Bell syndicate. Incl
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
Friday. November 1. ls4s
YugOslavia Votes With Communists

LAKE SUCCESS, (P) - The United Nations political commit tee approved overwhelmingly to- day a resolution declaring Al bania and Bulgaria endanger peace in the Balkans by assisting the Greek guerrillas. The vote was 38 to 6, with abstentations.
 The resolution was jointly spon- sored by the United States, Bri- tain, China and Australia. It also calls upon Albania and Bulgaria to stop supporting the communist led guerrillas.
 Yugoslavia joined Russia and her four satellite countries of Eastern Europe in voting against the resolution. Nations abstaining were India and Israel.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
TOURIST COMMITTEE DISCUSSED PLANS

The first meeting of the Tourist Committee met Wednesday eve ming in the Polet Arts and Crafts Store and discussed the prelimin- ary plans to organize permanent organization, the points discussed were Finances, Permanent Paid Secretary, Territorial Wide Activ- ities, the Building of Activities of Interest to the tourists such as Dog Racing, Skiing, Reindoor Sports, Native Life, Native Entertain ments and HandicraftS. The de- velopment of Hotels, Roadhouses, Lodges and Clubs will be under taken.
 The Pioneer of Alaska are dis cussing the establishment of a nu- scum for Northwestern Alaska in Nome. Another committee win be called soon to further outline the plans.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

SEATTLE, P)-Equipment for completing Sitka's first standard broadcasting station will move north on the SS. Denali Nov. 5, William J. Wagner of the Alaska Broadcasting Company said today. The new station will be KEW. Wagner said the completed 250- watt station will cost around S40.- 900.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

MANILA, A,(P)-Presidential can didate Jose P. Laurel yesterday baked at turning over personal firearms carried by his bodyguards during the last week of the fever ish national election campaign.
 President Elpidio Guierino ban ned the carrying of weapons ex- cept by police from Nov. to Nov. 20.
 Laurel said he had been granted permit to carry weapon "for my protection" He refused to give it up. Ii is submachine gun.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

YAKIMA, Wash, (P) - Justice O. V. Douglas laughingly asserted Wednesday,: "We may go for a new record if this keeps up"
 The U. s. Supreme Court jurist referred to a new doctors report that showed he broke IT ribs, rather than 13, when his horse fell and rolled on him during a Cas- cade mountain outing last month.
 Douglas still does not know when he will be able to leave the hospital although he occasionally sits up and dons street clothes.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
Bankers Against Increased Price
 For Sale Of Gold

SAN FRANCISCO, R)-Gold- magic word in this historic city made famous by gold seekers in '49-held sway at the American Bankers Association convention Wednesday.
 From the opening song-"Days of Old, Days of Gold, Days of Forty-Nine"-to the final address, attention focused on the yellow metal and its problems.
 Florence Quarterar, San Fran cisco's Metropolitan opera star, led the closing session in the song of gold.
 Allan Sproul, president of the New York federal reserve bank, carried the theme in a scholarly review of the entire gold question -convertibility, price and free market.
 The convention kept pace adopting a resolution to continue the price of gold at S35 an ounce, as advocated by the secretary of the treasury.
 Sproul hit hard at a free mar ket" in gold sought by miners and others wanting a higher price for the metal. He said it would be a "WitleSs proceeding matched only by our bonanza provisions for the special benefit of the miners of silver"
 He was just as firm in his opin- ion about convertibility, or a gold Standard-permitting anyone to exchange his money into gold coin at any time.
 Increasing the price of gold, Sproul said, would have these two major results:
 1. It would provide gold-pro- ducing countries and those with sizable gold reserves or private hoards with additional windfall dollars with which to buy Ameri- can goods.
 2. It would provide the basis for an expansion of credit in the United States (which might be highly inflationary."
 Other resolutions adopted fa- vored continuation of the foreign aid program, supported the treas ury's savings bond program, urged balancing of the federal budget by economy and without increasing taxes and called for preservation of the American way of life.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

PRESTON, Eng, (P)-J Robert son advertised a cottage for rent at IA shillings ($1.96) a week.
 He was swamped by more than 1000 replies and now is interview ing prospective renters twelve at a time.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
NEWS IN BRIEF

Continued from Page One) said cargo volume was slightly be- low high points reached during the summer months, but the down. ward winter trend was mot as pronounced as had been antici- pated.' Northbound cargo out of Seattle totalled 464,778 pounds and southbound volume into Seat tie totalled 54,903 pounds.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

Hugh Lundborq who has spent the past season in Candle where he has mining property leaves soon for the States where he will spend the winter visiting rela- tives in and around Washington, D. C.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
FLAMINGOS MEET HURRICANES

MIAMI, Fla. (P} - Flamingos, famed pink birds of Florida, know how to take care of themselves in a hurricane.
 When the great winds come, the
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

ROME (P)-Francesco Cardinal Marmaggi, one of the top admin istrators in the Vatican, died early yesterday following a heart attack. He was 73.
 Cardinal Marmaggi, elevated to the Sacred College in 1885, was prefect of the congregation of the council.
 His death reduces the member ship of the College of Cardinals to 54. The full membership is 70.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04
Alaska Legislation First Session
Continued from Page One)

 ation authorization for Alaska Ex- pertinent Station work on par with the States, Hawaii and Puer- to Rico, transfer $745.64 to the town of Craig representing taxes paid by the New England Fish Company to the Clerk of Court instead of to the town for salmon packed within the town limits, re- imburse three Alaskans for travel expenses incurred upon their dis charge from the Army, provide that all mining claims in Alaska would be taxed according to the rate fixed by the Territorial legis- lature or at price paid the United States, allow the Secretary of the Interior to prevent the WaSteful taking of salmon in Alaska streams, authorize the Governor of Alaska to fix general election fees, trans fer abandoned Alaska Native Service school property to local Territorial school officials, and transfer the old Presbyterian Church in Juneau to the Juneau camp of the Alaska Native Bro therhood or Sisterhood.
 -+a l@i be the first order of business when Congress cOnVenes next January. Other Bartlett bills to be consid- | cred include extending the work mems compensation laws of Alas ka to persons working on federal projects, abolition of fish traps in Alaska waters, construction of an Arctic Health Institute, authority to the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compile and keep up-to-date economic statistics on the Terri tory and bills to exempt the 25 Spercent cost-of-living allowance from income tax payments and travel from the payment of a transportation tax. The statehood bill was reported to the House in March and has been pending in the Rules Committee. Prelimin- ary hearings were held on the Workmen's compensation bill and a special subcommittee of the House Merchant Marine and Fish cries Committee will conduct hear ings in Alaska this fall on the question of the abolition of fish traps.
 Federal employees in Alaska re- ceived number of benefits along with employees in the States when Congress enacted a bill overhaul ing the Classification Act of 1923 resulting in an average pay in- crease of $141 a year for govern ment classified employees and lifting the present S10,3O0 federal CelIlng to Sl4,OOU. The postal em- ployees received flat $120 pay sraise with both bills providing longevity increase features. Con- gress liberalized the federal en- ployeeS compensation law to pro- vide almost double the injury ben efits previously received with vii dows, orphans and other depend ents of federal employees who die from injuries received on the job getting substantially more in the way of payments. Allowance was made for the maximum per diem of $1l to federal employees travel ling within the Territory on off ....I l-
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

birds take to dry land, form them selves into a wedge, with he V pointing into the wind. The point shifts as the direction of the wind changes.
The Nome nugget., 1949-11-04

Ants smell with their antennae.
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Evening star., 1949-02-01
D.C.Citizen Sues State
Resident in u. ). Court

A new attempt by a District citi-
zen to sue a resident of State in
a Federal court has been made in
the United States District Court al
Alexandria.
The Circuit Court of Appeals ruled
on December 81, 1947. that District
citizens could not sue residents OF
States In Federal courts. The ap-
peals court held that the jurisdic-
ton of Federal courts over suits
between residents of different States
did NOT. apply where District resi-
dents We're involved because the Dis
trict is not a State An appeal
from this ruling now is pending be-
fore the Supreme Court.
Mrs. Catherine L. La Penotiere,
1851 Seventeenth street NV, asks
100000 damages from Daniel E.
Ragalie of the 2300 block of South
Arlington Ridge road, Arlington, in
the suit.
Mrs. La Penotiere claims that Mr..
Ragalie beat her January 81, 1s48.
while she was guest in his home
She said the injuries may result in
permanent loss of sight in one eye
The suit that prompted the ques-
ton now pending before the Su-
preme Court was brought against
the Tidewater Transfer Co., Inc. of
Virginia by the National Mutual
Insurance Co. of Washington. 1t
was filed in Federal Court at Balti-
more. which held that a 1910 act
permitting District residents to sue
residents Of other States in Federal
courts was unconstitutional. The
appellate court upheld this de-
clStOn
Evening star., 1949-02-01
7 Women Jump 10 Safety
Before Train Strikes Car

Two women escaped unhurt late
yesterday when they jumped from
their automobile just before a train
struck it at q Lanham (Md) cross
ing.
Prince Georges County police said
they had no report on the accident
and were unable to identify the
women.
According to the trainmaster'
Office at Union Station, the train
which struck the automobile was the
Pennsylvania Railroads Colonial
from Boston. 1t was due in Wash
ington at $50 o'clock but was de-
layed until 8:19 on account of the
wreck.
The crossing watchman attempted
to flag down the train but did not
have sufficient time, according to the
trainmaster's office.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Second Prison Officer
On Trial at Fl. Meade
BY O Stor StofT cerrespendent

~ q SioF or0H @oFFekp0n0enr
FORT MEADE, Md, Feb. 1.-An
attempt to dismiss the trial of Capt.
Samuel H. Wolford of Clear Springs
Md, charged with neglect Of duty at
a German prison camp, failed today
at the opening of a general court
martial.
Capt. Wolford commanded the
prisoners stockade at the Wurzburg
disciplinary camp. He Is the second
oficer of the camp to 60 on trial
here.
Capt. Connie V. Southern, for the
defense, attacked the order setting
up the eight officer court martial on
technicalities. He pleaded the court
lacked jurisdiction as a result of
flaws in the order.
The court martial on the advice
of its law member rejected the
motion and the trial began.
Capt. Joel G. Holmes, jr., of Phil
adelphia, the prison medical officer,
was acquitted of neglect charges
last week. Two others remain to
be tried. They are Col. Harold
McClune, San Antonio, Tex, for
mer commanding officer at Wurz-
burg, and 1t. Col. George E. Pinard
washington Springs, S. Oak, prison
omcer.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Berlin S Mayor Asks
Ban on Soviet Mark
by the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, Feb. mayor Ernest
Reuter- proposed today that the
Western powers make the Deutsche
mark the sole currency in their part
OF Berlin.
Mr.. Reuter- told the City Council
the present system of two curren-
cies in the Western sectors had
caused great confusion and hard
snip
Since the currency reform last
June, both the Russian sponsored
East mark and the Western -spon-
sored DeutSche mark have been cir
culating in the Western sectors. The
Russians have outlawed the West
ern mark in their sector of the city.
The current rate of exchange is
three and q half East marks for one
West mark. While most workers are
paid only in East marks almost all
unrationed products are sold for
West marks.
A United Nations group has been
trying to work out some solution
tosthe disputes 50 faf, It's prop ossIs
are reported to have met with op-
position from the Western powers
Russia is said to be willing to &C
cept them as . basis for discus
sion."
Terms Of the plan never were an
nounced officially. 1t Is believed to
suggest two banking systems and the
use of Russian marks. The Russians
blockaded Berlin last spring, assert
ing the introduction by the Western
powers OF their Western German
mark was the reason. x =
Evening star., 1949-02-01
lArundeI-on-Boy
| Asks End of Rule
By Vocotionists
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Eighty six
residents of the little resort town
OF Arundel-on-the Bay claim that
no government at all is better than
government by summer vacationists.
For this reason, they have petit
toned the Anne Arundel County
commissioners to have their town
"de-incorporated," and the county
Delegates last night introduced q
bill in the Legislature to do that
The S6 residents, constituting, by
/ their own count, three -fourths of
the towns taxpayers, complained
that when the vacationists leave in
the fall the government goes with
them.
They said the seven members of
the Town Board ARE only interested
in spending a few weeks or months
during the summer at Arundel-on-
the Bay" In the winter, they add
ed street lights are not kept on
garbage collections are irregular and
snow Is not cleared from the streets.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Aly'sWife, Asking Divorce.
will Charge Serious Insult
By the A,soeioted Press

PARIS, Feb. Prince Ally Khan's
British wife will charge in her di-
vorce request that Ally seriously in
suited" her by announcing his desire
to marry Rita Hayworth. This was
announced today by the wife's law
yer.
Serious insult" is one of the
standard grounds for divorce in
France.
The lawyer, Jean Stephan Rapo-
port, said the papers will be filed
Thursday. He said the application
will tell how Ally and Rita have often
been seen together since last sum-
mer He said it also will mention
that the American movie star went
to Gstaad, Switzerland. with Ally
at Christmas to see his two sons.
Because of the children, Rapport
said, the application will be phrased
IN moderate terms
The Princess Is the former Joan
Yarde- Butler.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Action on EXTENDING
District Rent Control
Sought This Week

Action on the bill to extend Dis
trict rent control for two years will
be sought this week by Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat, of Arkansas,
author Of the measure.
Mr.. Harris is chairman Of the
Judiciary Subcommittee of the
House District Committee, before
which the bill is pending. He said
he considers extension OF the citys
separate rent control system must
legislation. The present act will ex-
pire March 81.
Merged Bill Pending.
Senator Myers, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania. has proposed in his
Senate bill extending Federal con-
trols that the District system be
merged with the national. But as
sociates say he would be willing to
separate the District from his bill
liz reasons were offered on why the
Districts system should be kept
separate.
Mr.. Harris was expected to make
arrangements today for a meeting
of his subcommittee some day this
week. The planned hearings would
be brief, it was indicated, since the
need for continued control in view
of the housing shortage is generally
acknowledged.
Includes Coop Feature.
Under the Harris bill, two prin-
cipal changes would be made in
the present system. aside from eX-
tending 1t to June 80, 1851.
One would be that additional
housing accommodations created by
the reconversion Of existing build
ings would be brought under rent
control, If they were completed aft
er March 81, 1913.
The other is designed to prevent
evictions of tenants from co-opera-
tive apartment houses unless at
least IS per cent of the units were
owner-occupied at the time the CO.
operative gained control of the
property. This is intended to pre-
vent the eviction of those tenants
who do not elect to buy membership
in the cO-OperativeS,
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Congress in Brief
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

OSAotSs
Adjourned until Thursday.
Labor Committee hears Paul M.
Herzog, chairman of the National
Labor Relations Board, and Cyrus
S. Ching, director of the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation Service,
on repeal Of Taft-Hartley Act.
Rules Committee hears Senators
Connally, Democrat, of Texas; HILL.
Democrat. Of Alabama, and Johns
ton, Democrat, of South Carolina
on proposed -filibuster rules
change.
Interior Committee hears Secre-
tary Krug on Interior Department
program.
House:
Adjourned until tomorrow.
Banking Committee considers ex-
port control extension.
Labor Committee hears union
heads on minimum wage boost.
Veterans Committee questions VA
head on pensions for veterans.
Ways and Means Committee con-
tinues reciprocal trade hearings.
Armed Service Committee readies
bill fixing Army and Air Force per-
sonnel ceilings.
Evening star., 1949-02-01

edition of American Magazine by
Representative Rees, Republican, OF
Kansas.
Mr.. Rees, who is ranking minority
member of the House Civil Service
Committee, is in position to know
whereof he speaks. For the last
two years, he headed the civil serv-
ice group, and he has devoted q
major share Of his attention to the
Governments personnel problems
ever since he came to Congress more
than II years ago.
To-day, getting a Government
job, holding it, obtaining raise
depends far too often upon knowing
the right people" Mr. Rees declares
adding that the merit principle is
taking beating
Mr.. Rees quotes typical Govern
ment employe as giving this advice
to those who want to make the
Government career and get ahead
as fast as possible:
Go direct to department person.
mel offices-if possible. with letter
to a bureau chief from one Of his
friends. Take job; get your foot
in the door.
"Once you are in. work fairly
hard, play politics, shift from office
to office until you find a boss who
likes you and your work-a boss
who will take care of you. Stick
with him. and you will prosper as a
career employe and eventually re-
tire on nice pay. Don't worry about
civil service rules Your boss will
outwit the Civil Service Commits
sion.'
SHARP CRITICISM-Making his
own observations, Mr.. Rees writes
once in. under a boss who is
taking care of you, you may be
promoted over other employees who
are more capable than you are. III
you are classed as a secretary and
your boss wants to get you a raise,
he will reclassifiy you as Admin
strative Assistant If you are a
publicity writer. you become an In
formation Specialist II you per-
form ordinary functions of inter-
viewing applicants for jobs, you may
be startled. but pleased. to get more
money because-it says on the
record-you devise 'collaborate.
'promulgate' and 'orientate' person.
mel programs"
Mr.. Rees declares the civil service
system was devised to destroy polit-
ical patronage, and in that aim 1t
was successful. ~
To-day recommendations from
Senators and Representatives sell
dom help much" he says.
But, declares Mr.. Rees, a new
system Of patronage has cropped
up the personal patronage plan.
This system. Mr.. Rees charges, is
controlled by department heads,
administrators, heads of bureaus
and agencies and their assistants
and chiefs of personnel divisions.
AS result Of all this, the morale
of the average Government employe
is suffering, Mr.. Rees asserts. Long
time career employees and even vet
erans have been shunted aside in
favor Of war-service and temporary
Evening star., 1949-02-01
Chinese Ship Collision
Dead May Reach 1000
BY the Asseeiuted Press

SHANGHAI. Feb. 1.-The Amer.
ican-owned Post Mercury said today
the loss Of life in the collision of the
steamers TAPPING and Kienyuan Fri
day may reach 1000.
The newspaper said more than Toe
families OF the drowned had regis
tered at the office of one of the
Chinese shipping companies con-
cerned with the disaster. The acct
dent happened 100 miles of Shang-
hal near the Chu Shan Islands.
When the families found no COM
pany officials present they demanded
compensation from two clerks and
then virtually wrecked the COM
pany's offices.
Evening star., 1949-02-01
d. T.. Heads Proclaim
Symphony Month
As Fund Drive Nears

The National Symphony's 18th
annual sustaining fund drive got an
official blessing from the District
Commissioners today, with a proc
lamation making February Ma
ttional Symphony Orchestra Month"
With the $4,000 drive slated to
open Thursday. the Commissioners
said mo Washington organization
is a source of more sincere pride to
our citizens" and they termed the
drive great opportunity for all
citizens Of Washington who would
give to enjoy their National SYM
phony Orchestra"
Various Benefits Cited.
The city benefits especially, the
proclamation declared, from stu
dents concerts in the schools, as
well as from the winter. Water
Gate and Neighborhood concert Sc
ries.
The proclamation pointed out that
the orchestra is without appreci-
able endowment of any kind, ex-
Icept as the friendship and support
OF the people of Washington consti-
tute a living and growing endow-
ment OF the finest Sort
The drive, to continue through
February 25. will get under way at
1890 pm. Thursday, with a lunch
con for campaign volunteers in the
MayfioWer Hotel. Mrs. Truman will
be the guest of honor, and Harl
Mcdonald. manager of The Phila-
delphia Orchestra, will be the guest
speaker.
Orchestra on Television.
The orchestra itself will mark
the campaign launching with it's
first full-length television concert
at $50 pm. Thursday, to be car
ried over WMAL-TV, accompanied
by the regular radio broadcast over
WMAL. The concert will be the
sixth of the neighborhood series,
arranged by Fhe Star and free to
the public
Concert tickets now are available
at Western, Gordon Junior High.
Key, Stoddert, Fillmore, Hyde and
Corcoran Schools; at the business
counter in the lobby of The Star
Building. and at the Recreation De-
partment, Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV.
Other special events planned for
the drive include a benefit pre-
miere of the French motion pic
ture. symphonic Pastorale," at the
Playhouse on February IL. Mrs.
Philip Graham is chairman of this
event. A complimentary ticket will
be issued for. each $3.50 donation
to the premiere fund.