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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
NATIVE RESOURCES MAN
 RETURNS FROM INFERIOR

Harvey Startling Alaska Native Service credit officer in the Native Resources division. returned yester- day after spending two weeks in the Interior. going to Fairbanks, Nome and way points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
DIvORCEs GRANTED

Before leaving yesterday for the ketchikan term of court. Judge George w. Folta signed a number of divorce decrees.
 Katherine D. Reed, represented by M. E. Monagle, was granted a divorce from Morgan w. Reed of Skagway. The custody of their two sons was divided, the children to be with each parent for six months of the year.
 Ella Siverly, represented by How ard D. Stabler, received a divorce decree from Lawrence w. Siverly, with custody of their minor son.
 Divorces were also granted to Sammy Quejada from Rita Que- jada and to Agnes Carrillo from Sam Carriilo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle is due to- night at o'clock.
 Princess Norah from Vancouver due at 9:30 tonight.
 Princess Louise scheduled to sal. from Vancouver tomorrow.
 Aleutian scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Kathleen scheduled to sail from Vancouver pm. Satur- day
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
WEATiiER REPORT


 tu. 2. WEATHER BuREAu (ThiJ data is for 24-hour pe- } riod ending 6:30 am. PST) In Juneau Maximum, GA; minimum, 52. At Airport Maximum. 63: minimum. 49. { FORECAST
 fJsnsas ana vfcsnttyp Mostly cloudy with an oc- casional light rain shower tonight and "Wednesday. Lowest temperature tonight near 50 degrees. Highest Wednesday about 58. F E E CI PITA TION Past as hours ending 7:3o a.m. soday In Juneau .06 inches. since July 1, IT inches.
 At Airport .09 inches: since July l. .2l inches.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
45 KILLED IN CRASH
 OF PLANE
Thirteen American Cor respondents Among
 Victims of Disaster

BOMBAY, India, July l2.-A1-- Thirteen American correspondents and 32 other persons died today in the crash of a KLM Constellation groping through monsoon rain- storms toward Bombay Island airfield..
 The American reporters were re- turing home from tour of In- donesia sponsored by the Dutch government It was the second tragedy to befall planes of KLM (The Royal Dutch Airline) within three weeks. The Constellation that carried the reporters to In- donesia crashed on it's return trip to Europe, killing B persons off Bari, Italy> June 23.
 The correspondents killed includ- ed Charles Gratke. foreign editor of the Christian Science Mcnitcr, and two Pulitzer prize winners H. R. Knickerbocker and s. Bur ton Heath.
 A l4th American killed was Lynn Mahan, representative of a New York public relations company. The others killed were Il Dutch orewmen, including the general operations manager of KLM at Karachi, Pakistan; IT other Dutch men; two Chinese and one Briton.
 B Bodies Recovered
 Thirty.three bodies had been re- covered by nightfall, approximate ly IA hours after the crash
 The plane struck a rocky hill- top while approaching the Santa Cruz airfield, i5 miles north of Bombay It hit hill near Chat kopar. on the opposite side of the 30-mile- long island from Santa Cruz.
 The American newsmen aboard were returning from tour of In. donesia sponsored by the Neither. lands government.
 Newsmen Victims
 The American reporters listed as dead by the American consulate:
 Nat A. Barrows, Chicago Daily News.
 James Branyon. Houston, (Tex) Post.
 Fred Colvig, Denver Post.
 Miss Elsie Dick, Mutual Broad casting System.
 Tom Falco, Business Week Mag azine.
 Charles Gratke, foreign editor of the Christian science Monitor, of Boston.
 s. Burton Heath fhome, Darien, Conn).
 Bertram D. Hulen. New York Times.
 H. R. Knickerbocker.
 Vincent Mahoney, San Francisco OAnOiuClC
 George Moorad. Portland Ore gonian and Radio Station KGW. William H. Newton, Scripps- Howard Newspaper Alliance.
 John Werkley, Time Magazine.
 Refused To Fly
 Two Americans originally in the party-Mrs. Dorothy Brandon of the New York Herald Tribune and William A. Mathews, Tucson, Ariz., publisher-had decided not to return aboard the ill-fated Constellation.
 Mathews said on his arrival at Manila that Mrs. Brandon had re- fused to fly on the KLM air. craft because she feared 1t would be sabotaged. He quoted her as saying the plane would be "sabo- tagged as sure as your life" No evidence that the plane was sabo- tagged has been uncovered thus far.
 The Constellation was en route from Batavia to the Netherlands.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12

Cacoa beans were used by the Aztecs of Mexico for money, tax
 es, debts and soldiers pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-07-12
OTHER CRASHES

Three other widely scattered plane crashes yesterday took an apparent toll of 21 persons.
 A French military plane plunged into the sea just off French Mor- occo. Eighteen persons were killed
 A. U. s. C-54 airlift transport crashed last night in the Russian zone near Berlin Air searchers could see no sign of life near the wreckage and the three crewmen are believed dead.
 A Coast Guard seaplane cracked up in the Pacific about 48O miles northwest of San Francisco last night, on rescue mission. but all Il persons aboard were saved. The plane was trying to remove an ail- ing passenger from steamer,
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Taste Is Questionable
Typhoid Harry Seen as Newest Slogan
To Confound Liberal Aims of Truman

and new devices? No, all Of them
have been pending in Congress for
years. Congress, itself, went sta
fist" the other day. in Representa-
tive SCOTS lexicon. when it finally
passed the housing bill. The prin-
ciple of that was established q
dozen years ago by Congress in the
1887 housing act.
Principle Established.
The principle of a statutory
minimum wage for industries and
businesses operating in interstate
commerce was established in the
1888 Wage Hour Act. The pending
bill, which Congress is expected tc
pass in the next few weeks and
thus 60 "statist" a second time
merely proposes to increase the
statutory minimum from 40 cents
to IS cents an hour to meet
changing conditions. The Social
Security Act was enacted IA years
ago in 1885. The pending bill
which is expected to 60 through
next session, increases the cover
age to many not included in old
age protection under the original
act.
The Federal aid-to- education bill
has passed the Senate three times
and. as we know, is tied up now
in the House on q religious issue
The health insurance program
the most controversial. is not new
Bills for it have been pending for
long time.
When Rep. Scott and Republi-
cans of his stripe shout "statism'
they never specify just what they
mean. Why?
That's very simple. They are re-
ferring to the measures listed
above, but they don't say so be-
cause some of them were Endorsed
in principle by their own party
platforms Of 1914 and 1948 and
by their Presidential candidates
since 1940-Wendell Willkie and
Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Many
Republicans in Congress are for
most of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

it. Hec could Thomas L. Stokes
have replied that he very likely
did carry Typhoid lis it in Iowa
or California or Illinois or whereof
and that he also carried lots OF
other places last November. Rep
resentative Scott should know
that, himself, since he was director
of the losing campaign as Chair
man of the Republican National
Committee. He made the wise
crack about Typhoid Harry" in
his farewell speech when he re-
tired as chairman.
What Harry is carrying, Accord
ing to Ex-Chairman Scott, is tho
malignant germs" of "statism :"
And, said Mr.. Scott, with plying
condescension, poor Harry Is just
as innocent as was Typhoid
Mary" He really doesn't know, as
Typhoid Mary" didn't know.
Newest Slogan.
"Statism"-that is the newest
slogan devised to confound the
President and his program. You
hear it repeatedly, on every side,
from his opponents, not only from
Republicans but from the South
ern wing of his own party. For
Jimmy Byrnes Of South Carolina.
formerly a shining light in the
Roosevelt and Truman Admins
trations. came out with it weeks
ago, long before Mr.. Scott. 1t
signifies the party line of the Re-
publican Southern Democratic
coalition. AS a matter of fact, Mr..
Scott again praised those "patri-
otto Democrats" who are helping
Republicans fight the President in
his farewell address.
"Statism"-let's analyze it.
1t must, Of course, refer to the
Truman social welfare program.
What is in that?
Housing, Federal aid to educa-
ton, social security expansion, in
crease in the minimum wage, a
Federal health insurance system.
Are these, then, some strange
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
This Changing World
South Korea Stands as Precarious
Bastion Against Reds in Far East

discussions of the Pacific Union
with Generalissimo Chang Kali
shek. who is taking more active
hand in the declining affairs of
his country. There also is pend
ing in the American Congress
program of economic aid for
Korea, and President Truman's
military aid program. now run
ming the gantlet of Congress, in
cludes Korea as one OF two Far
Eastern countries to which Mr..
Truman would provide arms. The
other Is the Philippines.
There are in process. then, sew
eral plans aimed at strengthening
the South Korean government
which was set up as the result of
the United Nations election. The
question now is whether any Of
these can be brought to fruition
before the militant, Soviet-di-
rected North Korean Communists
undertake to carry out their own
brand of uniflcation of the two
territories divided by the 38th
parallel. The recurring Red at
tacks indicate that military pres
sure against the South is building
up to point where it may be-
come, before long, a broad often
sive.
Two StrOnghOlds Remain.
The meaning of all this for oul
position on the other side of the
Pacific is not hard to see. When
South Korea goes, and China is
reduced to Communist domination,
except for what forces can hold
out in Western and Southwestern
China, We will be thrown back on
two other strongholdS of resis-
lance to Communism-Japan and
the Philippines, both Of which
have to contend with growing
Communist movements.
Japan we still occupy; the Phil
ippines we have firmly on our side,
as the coming visit of President
Elpidio Quirino demonstrates. In
both of those island groups it
may still be possible to hold the
line against further Red advance.
But it will not be possible by the
kind of "do-nothing" policy which
has let China fall to its knees.
Our continuous retreat before the
forces of Communism in the ORR
ent is in sharp contrast to the
flrmness with which we met the
Communist challenge in Europe.
Sooner or later realization of what
we are losing in the Far East will
strike us. The task-and the cost
of taking a stand on some new
defensive line some time in the
future will be considerably greater
than it is now.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

man keeps his party firmly COM
mitted to the principles of the
New Deal. His execution is falter-
ing and his appointments make
the intellectual liberals vince but
he has yet to modify the detectives
stated in the Democratic platform
last year.
Rebuffed Recent Pleas.
He has, for example, recently
rebuffed pleas by two able South
erners, Senator Russell of Georgia
and Representative Brooks Hays
of Arkansas, for a compromise on
civil rights. He saw them sepa-
rately and received them politely
but it was no dice.
The fact is that before the ses-
sion ends, Majority Leader Lucas
intends to try to get a fair en-
ployment practices bill from the
Education and Labor Committee
on the calendar. This Is one Of the
few committees heavily weighted
with New Dealers, so Leader Lucas
is optimistic about his chances.
The South would certainly resist
it furnishing a test Of the new
cloture rule which a Southern
Republican coalition put into
effect.
There is one big eff" in the Re
publican picture. If Senator Taft.
symbol of Republican resistance
to the New Deal. fails Of re-elec-
ton in Ohio next year, Republi-
cans certainly would be compelled
to re-assess their position. Many
of them believe that Senator Taft
is Of such Importance as propa-
ganda that a defeat for him at
that juncture would mean the
end of the Republican party az
now constituted.
Brown in Frank Warning.
A frank warning along these
lines was given the National COM
mittee by it's Ohio member. Rep
resentative Clarence Brown, who
managed the unsuccessful Taft bid
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W n I remains
of a Chinese government friendly
to us. South Korea stands as a
bastion against a Red advance in
that sector. The spearheads which
the Communist forces in the
North drove into the Ongjin
Peninsula on the Yellow Sea coast
of Korea were promptly halted.
This was not simply an isolated
instance of border fighting. grow
ing out Of purely local sources of
friction, but must be regarded as
part of a much broader picture of
continuing Communist pressure on
the South Korean government Of
DR.. Syngman Rhee. That, in turn,
is part of a picture of Communist
aggression which takes in the en-
tire Far East.
Korea's Importance. both to the
Communists and the United
States, is apparent from its prox-
unity not only to Russian terri
tory and to Communicated
Manchuria, but also to Japan.
If, as appears likely now, South
ern China falls to the Communist
offensive, giving the Reds control
of the whole coast of China,
Korea will be the sole spot in East
Continental Asia-except for the
Southeastern Asiatic territories of
Thailand, Indo- China and Malay
not in the hands of Moscow's
stooges.
U. S. Helpless in Situation.
How long it is likely to con-
tinue to be a foothold for the
free world in region which
rapidly is becoming Communist is
a big question. The military
maneuvering which will touch of
a full-scale North Korean often
sive against the South may al
ready have begun. When it does
begin we will be in no position
to do anything about it.
DR.. Rhee again is engaged in
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be, don't you? Henry MeLemors
Somewhere out in the suburbs of
johannesburg, whacking away at
the ground with a pickax in search
of a few nuggets to take care of
me when my hair is gray, my back
is bent. and my fingers are no
longer able to peck away at =
Remington portable.
got in here only a few hours
ago, the Pan American Clipper
"Wayfarer" having put me down
after a 17-hour flight from Dakar.
You don't have to be in Johannes
burg but a few minutes before
you are conscious of gold and more
gold.
Big Gold Mine Dumps.
As you drive in from the air
port you see rising on both sides
OF the road the mammoth gold
mine dumps, bleak monuments to
the glistening metal that lies be-
meath this city. These dumps,
writes James Lodge in his admir-
able guide to johannesburg, are
considered unsightly by some
South Africans. but to most of
the citizens they are as much q
part Of Johannesburg as the Pyra-
mids are Of Cairo. the Arc de
Triomphe Of Paris. and the Statue
Of Liberty of New York.
Crossing and recrossing the air
port road are the railway lines
of the mines, with diminutive
engines pulling cars heaped with
the gold-laden ore. 1t doesn't
glisten. In fact. 1t is very homely
ore, being Of a dull gray color.
something on the order Of granite
paving blocks. But tucked away
in it is the stuff for which men
have shaved and fought for CEN
turtles.
johannesburg has to be seen
to be believed. Sixty years ago
there was nothing here but the
bush, and the only traffic was
that of wild animals and primitive
bushmen.
City Of Skyscrapers.
Today it is q city Of skyscrap-
ers. shops and hotels as modern
as any to be found in any city
in the world. Millionaires are q
dime a dozen, and their mag
nificent homes are q match for
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D C. Ali


topcoat in the mornings and eve
nings, and midday is strictly good
enough for any Chamber of Com
merce secretary.
Modern as Johannesburg is.
there was a notice in the morning
paper advising picnickers to stay
away from a favorite picnic
ground as a bull elephant had
been seen there and was known
to be hiding in the woods nearby.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
New Republican Trend
Genuine Conservative VS.. New Deal Fight
Seen in 1852 Race for Presidency

for the nomination last year.
Representative Brown said the
party absolutely had to have the
organizing, money-raising talent
that the rich, self-made Mr.. Ga
brielson could give it.
"All eyes are going to be on
Ohio" said Representative Brown,
who pronounces it "Uhiah." You
know we have got Old Mister Re-
publican himself running out
there and we've got to have the
kind Of work done in the commit
tee that will help him win that
tough contest"
1t was Senator Taft's friends on
the committee who stirred up the
fight on former Chairman Scott
again and elected Mr.. Gabrielson
with the acquiescence Of the rela-
lively minor Stassen faction. The
Senator is not in fact as conser-
vative as many Of the admirers
who have made chairman a man
who supported him in l948.
But basically he is conservative
with an emotional bias toward iso-
lation and there does not appear
at this time Republican who can
challenge his commanding posi-
ton. Two Governors did-Messrs
Dewey and Warren but their
party shows no signs of giving
them another chance. Insofar as
the Stassen influence can be
traced. it falls in line with Sena-
tor Taft.
Even those Republicans who
have always praised Senator
Taft's character but said he could
never be elected are beginning to
talk about his inevitability. 1852
is shaping for him as 1914 did for
Gov. Dewey-if he wins in 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

Bit by bit the
r e p u b ! leans
are graduating
all ira ces of
what they call
the " me too"
p h i ] o S o ply
from tn e ir
party. the cleo
ton Of Guy Ga
brielson as Ma
tional c h a / r
man being the
newest evidence
of the trend.
S / m | larl y,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

room writing q
column W h e n
all around me
for mile s and
miles and miles
is land loaded
W 18th gol d.
more gold than
t h e r e is any
W h ere else in
the world.
II I weren't
such a conSci-
entious c u s s,
y o u k n o W
where I would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

W n / c n W a s
m a d e b e fore
the assembled
! a d i e S and
g e n t | emen of
the Republican
National Com
mittee here last
week. even If in
q u e s t / enable
taste about the
P r e S / d ent of
the Unit e d
States.
The President
chose to ignore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

any you care to name. Sixty
years ago there wasn't a railroad
within 800 miles. Now Johannes
burg has a 100000 railroad
station, from which supermodern
trains come and go by the score
each day.
This is the newest, cleanest city
in the world.
1t is winter here now. and the
climate is just about perfect. It
is scarcely cool enough for a light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08

QlNlQSS d IL u
probably W i'll
continue for a
long time to di-
vide--Korea in
to ON munist
North and free,
d e m CORA t | C
South.
While China
su c u m BIS to
the collapse of
the Nationalist
r e 6 i'm e a n d
American lassi-
tllde oW ard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
.cLemore
Impressed by Clean,
New johannesburg
By Henry McLemore

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
Honestly. there seems to be no
limit to what I will do for my
readers.
Here I am, sitting in a hotel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Bp Thomas L. Stokes

That was probably very smart
crack Of Representative H g h
Scott of Pennsylvania about Harry
Humans being Typhoid Harry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
Bv Doris FleeS0n

AS of now a substantial prospect
exists for genuine conservative
versus New Deal contest for the
Presidency in 1852.
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Bv Constantine Br0vn

OV . UUSIUHFFWc DIT ""
Bigger developments with re-
spect to China last week over
Swallowed the stirring Of forces
along the 38th parallel which now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-08
City Of Skyscrapers.

Today it is q city Of skyscrap-
ers. shops and hotels as modern
as any to be found in any city
in the world. Millionaires are q
dime a dozen, and their mag
nificent homes are 4 match for
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-05
New BUILDING . .
Continued from Page

Continued from Page II
in the amount of postal business,
Kennewick's post office had be-
come the butt of jokes and was
known as the most crowded office
in Washington.
Senators and congressman join
ed with local forces in pressing
the demands of the people here.
Senator Warren G. Magnuson and
Congressman Hal Holmes were
pointed out frequently as the
mainstays of the fight. Kenne-
wick's chamber Of commerce. XII
wants club, Mayor Urban Keolker,
representatives o. H. Olson and
c. c. Miller and senator Stanton
Ganders of the Washington state
legislature joined in bringing In
fluence for new postal quarters
here.
Woehler smiled when the news
came. He said new quarters would
make better service possible all the
way around, would facilitate the
handling of mail, and would re-
lieve the employees of some OF
the great strain under which they
have been working.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-05
Market Ave. -.

Continued from Page ~
has become q definite section Of
the community not to be confus-
ed with Columbia avenue which
extends to the Richland Y.
Speaking for the Kennewick
chamber of commerce, Gene
Spaulding, the organizations pre-
sident, urged Avenue c people
to bring the matter before the
chamber. The group agreed to
present resolution to the cham
Der requesting their choice of
name.
Spaulding further urged the
business men of the Avenue c
district to participate more fully
in chamber activities.
Fred Bunch, ST., urged the
same point and appealed to his
listeners to develop a faith in the
future Of this area, pointing to
possible growth in business and
industry.
| D. L. Mitchell was elected by
the group as its president for the
coming year, replacing Fred
Bunch, ST., who has served since
the group was organized yea,
ago when businesses there were
hit by the flood.
/ Named to the board Of direc
tors were Glenn Sherman, Ber
Scherger, Harry Sturman, Jo'
Freer, Fred Bunch, Jr., Brook.
Payne, and Arthur Campbell.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1949-05-05
Sanitation Here
To Be Studied

Eight students studying sani-
tation at Washington State col
lege win make a tour Of the Ken
newick-Pasco communities Satur-
day to get q first hand glimpse
Of how sanitary problems are
dealt with here.
The group, under the direction
Of Oliver H. johnson, WSC Cam
pus Sanitarian, viii be guests OF
the Benton-Franklin county
health district. With them on the
tour will be DR.. Charles Tudor
district director; Dudley Beall
sanitarian: Col. E. M. Hopkins
sanitary engineer; and Richard
Dills, sanitarian. z-..-z
When sudden expansion and 3
heavy influx of people created
problems here for other agencies
the health district got its full
share Of things to deal with. How
the problems were met and solv.
ed will be what the group from
WSC will want to know. They
will be here all day Saturday.