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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-14

In London, it's birthday number 1 for bonnie Prince Charlie. The Royal grandson, who weighs only 24 pounds, had a party and a forty pound cake. But he didn't get any of the cake. It's favored with half a pint of rum.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-14

The Right Reverend William Manning spent quiet night in New York hospital, but he is still gravely ill. Doctors said today the retired New York Bishop is "ap- parently not responding to medica- tion."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-14
\. H. Anderson Is
 Dead in Seatf|e

SEATTLE, Nov. 14.-R-Axel Harold Anderson 59, died here Sat urday after a brief illness. He had worked in Alaska since 1910 until his retirement a year and a half ago, working for the Fairbanks Ex- ploration Company since 1928.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-14

Rita Hayworth's husband, Ally Khan, says there are enough princes in his family. He wants princess. And that is why he told newsmen today he hopes that his and Rita's baby is a girl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-14
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Evening star., 1949-08-30

which may be addressed to either the Sc
curity Council or the General Assembly.
OF course since only the Council could act
on the matter, the Kremlins veto could
block any move of consequence. Even so,
the white light of publicity and the moral
pressure involved might be helpful to the
Yugoslav dictator.
In any case, unless the current rumors
are grossly exaggerated, Tito is clearly
threatened, and II he appeals to the United
Nations, the Western world will have
vital interest in such a step, not merely
because of the light it might throw on
the schism now splitting the Cominform,
but also-and more importantly-because
of its bearing on the peace Of the strate-
gically crucial Balkans Certainly, If the
situation is developing into something
worse than a psychological war of nerves,
the West as a whole, for its own safety,
will have to employ every possible U. N.
measure to keep the menace within bounds.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
A Search Thut Should Fail

DR.. Aaron ]. Smith of Greensboro,
North Carolina, who seems to be one OF
the moving spirits directing the ascent OF
Mount Ararat in search Of Noah's Ark, Is
confident that 1t will be found. IT he is
successful the discovery might bring a
certain amount of satisfaction to some
people, But the hope must persist In many
minds that he will fail. For If he found
it, we all know what would follow. A
treaty, for one thing, giving us permission,
in return for dollar benevolence on our
part, to dismantle the ark and bring 1t
home to the Smithsonian. That, the
argument would co. is where it belongs
in a safe place, secured by American know
how for succeeding generations.
But the ark is where 1t belongs now,
not necessarily atop Mount Ararat but IN
the poetic allegory which has been Its
trustworthy guardian for so many CEN
turies. Lamech, son of Methuselah, was
1872 years old when Noah was born. Noah,
"a Just man and perfect in his genera
ton" was 600 years, two months and sew
enteen days old when he built the ark Of
gopher wood, pitched within and without,
with q door and window She was three
decks deep, her length was 43sh feet, with
a beam of 73iA feet and height OF A
feet. She must have been dark below, and
with Noah and his husky sons and their
wives aboard, with two of every living
thing OF all flesh" and two of every creep
ing thing" and food stored for voyage OF
$50 days, conditions as we think of them
today must have been at times unpleasant,
slightly crowded.
But the answer to questions Of how Noah
managed all this Is given at the outset
in the story of his ark. And 1T is one that
should suffice, without DR.. Smiths party
coming up with discovery of the ark itself.
There were giants in the earth in those
days" says the chronicle. What further
explanation could any one want?
Evening star., 1949-08-30
A Long, Long Road

Mr.. Truman's address to the American
Legion was notable more for its gooo ana
wholesome tone than for any light sneo on
the precise measures by which 1t Is hopeo
to smooth out the obstacles that stano III
the way of prosperous world
The President took pains to assure the
officials coming here from the United KING
dom and Canada for economic dlscusslonS
that they will receive a warm personal wei
come and that our mutual problems Will
be examined by us in spirit Of friendliness
and helpfulness. Ordinarily, this mucn
might have been taken for granted But
some of the comment on the forthcoming
visit by Foreign Minister Bevin and slr
Stafford Cripps has been so hostile ana
even so insulting, that the PRESIDENTS
warm expression was both desirable ana
timely.
What can be done to ease the world
situation, and particularly the British slt-
nation. remains to be seen. Certainly there
is no room for chirping optimism. MI.
Truman pointed out that one OF the most
serious difficulties we face is the fact tnat'
at present, foreign nations need to ouy
more from us than we need to puy from
them. He also pointed out that foreign
demand for American goods Tar exceeds
the present capacity of foreign nations 10
nav for them It Is notable that the Presi-
dent commented on both of these aspects
of the problem in terms of the present,
which might suggest that this phase OF tne
problem is a short-range one. But tnat Is
hardly the case One could be much more
optimistic If it were possible to see ahead
to the day when foreign nations will not
need to buy more from us than we need
to buy from them, and when their require
ments will be equaled by their capacity
to pay.
But If the answers to these and kindred
problems are not Immediately discernlble,
that is no reason for throwing In the
sponge. The President was right when he
said that we (and the same applies to any
other nation) cannot afford to throw In
our hand and walk out of the game. For
what we are engaged in is not just strug-
gle to save the British or any other nations
economy. What we are striving for Is
more prosperous world, world in which
there will be some real prospect OF real
peace, and in that endeavor we and our
friends will stand or fall together. Given
the continuing obstacles OF unrelenting
Communist opposition and difficult eco
nomic factors, it may be that we have
embarked on a long, long road. But we
ought to bear in mind that political
economic struggle is much the same as any
other. If we quit, that is the end. But If
we keep at it, if we use the weapons at our
disposal with persistence and intelligence
and determination, perhaps the other fell
low will be the first to crack. If this seems
like stating the obvious, it still is worthy
of the attention of those in this country
who seem bent upon making certain that
our side loses the battle by default.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Denies Red Army
Liberates People
To the Editor Of The SITS

It constantly is being dinned into our ears
that various countries occupied by Russian
troops have been liberated by the Red
Army. But when hear that Romania,
Hungary, and many other countries too num-
erous to mention, have been liberated by the
Red Army I am inclined to wonder just
what they mean by liberation.
II the Red Army has brought liberation
to any of the countries which it now occupies,
I am wholly ignorant of it, It is high time
that the use of this Red Army liberation
business be abandoned.
Please tell me who enjoys any liberty
under the diabolical reign of a government
of fiends?
Communism said Heine. possesses Ian
guage. which every people can understand.
Its elements are hunger. envy, and death.
LOUIS F.. DIGER
Evening star., 1949-08-30
PeekskiII Riot

There is nothing good that can be said
of the riotous demonstration which broke
up scheduled Paul Robson concert near
Peekskill, NJ Y, Saturday night.
If Mr.. Robson wants to sing for the
benefit of an organization like the Civil
Rights Congress, listed by the Attorney
General as subversive, that is his right. And
If people sympathetic to the aims OF the
congress want to assist the organization
by paying their money to listen to Mr..
Robson, that is their right. When Ameri-
can citizens set out to prevent the holding
of such a concert, whether they drown it
out with brass bands or smother it with
violence, they are adopting the Communist
technique and playing the Communist
game. In neither situation are they doing
anything to safeguard American freedoms.
OF course, the anguished outcries of Mr..
Robson and his Communist friends should
not be taken too seriously. For they do not
appeal to public opinion with clean hands.
It is the Communists, more than any
other group, who have perfected the tech
nique of the violent and disorderly demon
stration. They have used it to promote
every conceivable end, the most recent
effort being the disgraceful attempt to
coerce the judge and jury trying the Com
munist leaders in New York by picketing
the courthouse with signs bearing sour
rilous legends. What has,happened in Peek
skill, in sense, is a turning Of this weapon
against them. The Communists there were
being dosed with their own medicine, and
their shrill demands for the protection of
the Bill of Rights ought to be appraised
accordingly.
No matter how phony in this sense their
outcfies may be, however, there is no get
ting around the fact that incidents such
Is that at Peekskill play into the hands Of
the Communists and their friends. When
concert is suppressed by force, some color
is lent to claims by Mr.. Robson that a
fascist terror" is loose In this country. And
the Daily Worker, which specializes in the
incitement of fear and hatred, can say with
some plausibility that the attack on the
Robson concert was inspired by Storm
Troopers" striking at the whole Negro peo-
pie. The misguided veterans who believe
that the manifestations Of communism can
be put down by force should remember
th4At they are crossing swords With men
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Tito and the u. N.

# only half true, the rumors flowing
out of Belgrade and other European capl-
tails mean that the Soviet Union has en-
barked on a highly dangerous course in
accelerating its all-out political and eco
nomic war against the heretical Marshal
Tito of Yugoslavia. Up to now-like the
one against the West-that war has been
cold, but within the past week it has been
growing hot enough to raise the grim pos
sibility of an armed explosion in the
Balkans.
The rumors are many and varied. Ac-
cording to one, three Soviet armored divi-
sions have been moved to Southern Hun
gary near the Yugoslav border. Another
suggests that the Kremlin has staged
meeting of its Cominform lackeys to ar
rive at necessary decisions" the decisions
presumably having to do with the more
effective measures" which the Stain gov
ernment has publicly threatened to take
against the Tito regime. Similarly, there
has been flood of reports about serious
sabotage within Yugoslavia and about
Russian-directed intrigue aimed at bring
ing about Titos assassination, an internal
revolt and the setting up of new puppet
rule in Belgrade.
Although Yugoslav spokesmen have off,
cially denied many of these rumors, and
although it is hard to believe that the Rus
slams are prepared to take the great gam
BILE of direct armed attack against Tito
their erstwhile darling-the sinister threat
of more effective measures" lends sub
stance to the suspicion that they are bent
upon unleashing violence of some sort.
Conceivably, as in the case OF Greece,
where the Communicated guerrillas seem
to be on their last legs, the Kremlin may
move indirectly to stir up shooting war
In Yugoslavia-a development whose con-
sequences could set all the Balkans afiame
and threaten the peace of Europe.
If the situation is really as serious as
that. II the Russians are getting ready to
use force to destroy their once-close ally
and pull Yugoslavia back behind the Iron
Curtain, then it is quite possible that Tito
may appeal to the United Nations on the
ground that the Soviet Union is threaten
ing the general peace. The U. N. Charter
specifically provides for such appeals
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Shortage of Doctors
Handicaps National Defense

To the Editor of The Star:
I would like to use The Star to discuss
doctor shortage in our armed services. Our
Secretary of Defense has addressed urgent
pleas to officers in the Active Medical Reserve
for professional help. The present doctor
shortage is grave threat to our national
security Lacking doctors, our armed
services are unable to meet the minimal
demands of healthy housekeeping, depend
able custodial services for our arsenal or the
responsibility of preserving and improving
military security through aggressive training
programs This trinity Of sovereign re-
sponsbility weighs upon dutiful leadership
Too rapid demobilization, our veto OF univer-
sal military preparedness and mankinds un-
derstandable disgust with everything military
have left us vulnerable.
volunteered my vacation period to learn
the facts. Upon request was assigned to
a post of urgent need.
relieved junior medical officer, Capt.
Kenneth l.. Carver, at post where he had
been on 24-hour duty for months. At his
isolated post I saw how doctor shortage
affected service personnel and their de-
pendents. AS Capt. Carver was an ASTP
beneficiary (draft deferment with Federal
subsidy of professional education) was able
to include this controversial issue in my
study. It is the failure Of thousands of
ASTP doctors to keep faith with moral
contract that has aggravated service doctor
shortages.
Capt Carver was one of q minority of
ASTP doctors who repaid his moral debt to
his country Some thousands of others vir-
tually are thumbing their noses at our Sec
retary of Defense, who vainly is pleading
with them to pay moral debt by deferring
private practice for two years.
My short tour Of active duty has i'm
pressed me with the reality and the serious
ness of our doctor shortage. We must have
a minimal staff of medical officers to operate
any kind of military installation. The
supply must be dependable and the doctors
must be obligated and qualified to perform
military routine.
This phase of doctor shortage in our
armed services could be relieved if these un-
grateful ASTP defaulters are required by
Congress to pay their moral debt. 1t is not
fair that some should pay honorably and
others not pay because there is no compul-
sion.
The war is not over until peace is
signed. Surely no constitutional right Is
violated, if the moral obligation of deferred
payment Is commanded by Congress. Our
sons. the dead, the mutilated and the blind
have paid their debt to their country.
Should ingratitude and selfishness be given
discriminating immunity from the common
sacrifice?
Unless the doctor shortage is solved the
morale of our boys in the service will hit a
new low. Remember they are our expedient
substitute for universal preparedness! These
boys tell me the recruiting officer promised
them and their dependents, reasonably good
medical care. This is physically impossible
with present doctor shortage.
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, MD.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Public Economy Visualized
As Great Political Issue
1.o fhs Editor NJ The Star.

Public Economy Visualized
As Great Political Issue
To the Editor OF The Star:
The writer has observed and written
about politics for over so years. With this
experience and background to fortify my
opinion, do not share the gloomy forecasts
of some of my Republican contemporaries
as to the future of the Republican party.
I do think it unfortunate that party man
agement appears centralized in the East to
the neglect of the great Middle West and
the Pacific Coast. In point, our new ma
tional chairman is from New Jersey, the
chairman of the Senate Congressional Com
mittee from Maine and the chairman OF the
House Committee from New York. 1t is apt
to be answered that the party rank and
file do not regard geography, they watch
results; and no person can deny the capacity
of each of the heads of the three organiza-
tions to deliver.
But it will be easy for the critics to raise
the cry of Eastern domination" This in
firmity, however, can be overcome by the
creation in the Midwest or the Pacific re-
gion, or both, of strong subsidiary organiza-
tionS.
It is my opinion that the Democratic ad-
ministration is rapidly passing into disfavor.
My information from the grass roots In
the West and Pacific Coast is that public
CCOuOuly WILL Uc tUc OutStduuIIlS ISSuc IcO-
pie complain Of the burden of high taxes
and salary grabbing" An outstanding
complaint is that huge appropriations are
being voted for public Improvements which
might well be deferred. Once this demand
for economy as relief from burdensome
taxes becomes prevalent it may sweep the
country like cyclone. The idea so fire.
quently advanced that the construction of
huge public buildings will open the field Zpr
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Fourth Round of Wage Increases
Offset by Threat Of Unemployment

TO Cne Edlt0f OF The Staf:
The experts and President Truman tell
us everything's O. X. The employment
situation is nothing to worry about. We are
at the height Of prosperity.
The labor unions echo these statements.
They say their members are entitled to a
fourth round of wage increases. But-and
some people better begin to lower their
sights-for the first time in 10 years two
men appeared at our house this past week,
asking for a sandwich and glass of milk.
President Truman can't laugh that of as
easily as he disposes of the Vaughan
disclosures. MORE L1GHI.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Recall

Across the open fields the ,oind Is blototng.
1t blo,os aaoay the years, and brings tn
tom
The sun ,parm,ed fragrance of the cloper
gro1Uing
In Uncle Quimby,s meadow long ago.
No,D summer is an old companion, guiding
A little girl across the ,oautng grass
TO treasures that the gro,Dn up years Uers
hiding
Beneath the oranules OF an hour glass.
4 ALICE HARTTCH.
Evening star., 1949-08-30

fact BY writing The Evening star washington.
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@. How fast does the Gulf Stream travel7
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A. The initial Gulf Stream has an esti-
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the speed decreases to about 10 miles
day and the stream is recognized by tenn
perature and color rather than by motion.
@. Where was the first Harvey restaurant
for convenience of train passengers estab-
lished?-S. G.
A. Before dining cars were in operation
the custom was to stop trains for 20 minutes
while passengers had lunch. The Fred Har-
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1876 at Topeka. Kans.
@. How much time must elapse before
an individual can be declared legally dead?
A. F.
A. The length Of time which must elapse
before a man may be declared legally dead
by the courts varies in the States. but Is
usually seven years. There must be proof
of diligent but unavailing search, and pre-
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@. What minerals and gases does rain
water contain?-E. L. Y.
A. The composition varies. Rain water
washes down out of the air. dust, soot,.
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It contains percentage Of dissolved oxygen.
nitrogen, ammonia, and carbonic acid gas.
In falling through the impure atmosphere
of cities, it sometimes shows traces Of nitric
acid, sulphuric acid, and other components.
@. Is creek smaller or larger than .
brook? D. J. B.
A. In the United States, creek is q tidal
or valley stream between a brook and
river in size.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Mt. Rainier Ghost Story
Stirs Critical Reaction
~ - . Hyl;4z, - ri, q Gtor-

To the Editor of The Star:
How about some more information on this
noisy ghost from Mt. Rainier? HOW, Tor IN
stance, can you tell ghostly scratchlngs from
nnousv scratchings? heard some scratchings
On INV wall the other night and If they were
made by a ghost, naturally would like to be
"dehanted" before my bed starts shaking or
a cantaloupe jumps up and hits me on the
head.
Really, don't you think it only fair to the
public to supply something more accurate
than ut was said" and anonymous sources"
in relaying ridiculous story such as this?
Il might have disastrous affect on childish
minds. After all, we are supposed to be
enIightened Ghosts and witches belong IN
the jungle. -
For pure tomfoolery, this takes the cake.
NOT THAT DUMB.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Mid-Week Holidays Advocated
To Cut Down Accidents
To the Editor of The Star:

To Cut Down Accidents
To the Editor Of The Star:
Does anyone remember bow many people
were killed the last time we had double
holiday week end? It was I'll. And during
the following week, almost every other We
hicle on the highways was hearse.
Now we are on the eve of another Ro-
manesque holiday. This holi(Oday de-
liberately is scheduled to adjoin a. Sunday
regularly each year. Is it worth its cost
in human lives limbs, pain, doctor ollIs,
property damage?
Abraham Lincoln knew what he was doing
when he established the date Of Thanks
giving. wisely scheduling it for the middle
of the week. Why not apply this principle
to holidays in general?
SYDNEY c. FLEET.
Evening star., 1949-08-30

who are past masters in the use OF the
propaganda lie. They ought to be wary OF
giving them any germ of truth to work
uHth
Evening star., 1949-08-30

The networks fight the FEC ban on give
aways. They feel that Brooklyn house
wife who can't think of an answer is as
much entitled to q free refrigerator as
General Whoozis.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although it is permissible for
,Driter known to The Star to use
a nom de plume Please be brief.
Evening star., 1949-08-30

It's the kid up the street who is the
delinquent Your junior is passing through
q phase"
Evening star., 1949-08-30

employment to labor has not been borne
out by experience. j. A. MATTHEWS.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Wants Washington Protected
From Fate of Other Cities.

To the Editor of The Star:
Thank you for your editorial From Grass
10 Concrete" Your fight against the de-
pressing urge to reduce Washington to a
wasteland of asphalt and gasoline fumes like
so many other cities merits the gratitude Of
all Washingtonians.
FRANZ M. OPPENHEIMER.
Evening star., 1949-08-30
Questions and Answers
Bv Gould Lincoln

fact by writing The Evening Star. washington,
ington 2. D. C. Please inclose three (3) cents for
Evening star., 1949-08-30
This and That
By Charles E. Trace,UeH

Persons who like cats will enjoy the fol-
lowing poem from Cappers Weekly:
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-10-10
AS SEE II
/, BY Arnold Braithwaite

Several queries have been dir
ected to this writer as to his at
titude on Negro-owned business
establishments. Many persons have
concluded from reading articles
onthese pages that he is for the
elimination Of all Negro business
es, such as those in the Negro
ghetto of Dayton. This is a ques-
ton which should be clarified be-
cause it is at the basis Of the
struggle against all the nasty as
poets of Jim Grow.
There is absolutely nothing
wrong with a Negro owning a
business. This newspaper is Ne
gro-owned-and it is "a good thing
that it is. There are many pros
pering N o owned businesses
here on the west side. We could
name numerous garages, gas
stations, taverns, buildings, real
estate holdings, grocery stores, cab
companies, insurance companies,
house cleaning businesses, drug
stores, dry cleaners and a haber-
dashery. You could probably name
many more Negro-owned business
es right here in Dayton. AS a Ne
gro-owned business not one of
them is anything to be ashamed
of.
However, to consider the estab-
lishment of a Negro business a
solution to the Negro question is,
in this writer's opinion, grossly
wrong. You can't look at segre-
cation thru rose colored glasses.
For from segregation flows all
the evils suffered by the Negro
people in America. There is no
such thing as Separate but equal"
This is merely a phantasy in the
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