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Evening star., 1949-12-31
Prof. PericIe PeruIi Dies,
|Archivist at Vatican
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
ROME, Dec. 31.-Prof. Pericle
Perali, IS, custodian of the Vat
leans secret archives since 1923,
died yesterday.
Prof. Perali wrote numerous
archaeological studies on the ancient
Etruscan and Roman civilizations.
He was one of the founders of the
Italian Popular (Catholic9 Party,
which was suppressed by the
Fascists.
Evening star., 1949-12-31

The passenger train hurtleo
along the track at better than
seven feet per second. More than
two lengths behind, on a track
alongside, sped another train.
Suddenly the first engine hit a
rough spot in the rails, spinning
it's tender directly in the path OF
the second train. With a loud
clash, the second train plowed
into the tender, but clung to the
rails long enough to cross the
finish line.
There were no injuries. Except
possibly to the pride of 10-year-
old Paul Hammack. whose toy
electric train had proved just too
fast for the rails.
The scene was the Boys YMCA
at 1882 G street NV. where
nearly $50 boys and their parents
gathered last night, some to parti-
cipate in the second annual cleo
trio train races co-sponsored by
Corr's Hobby Shop, 818 Ninth
street NV. and some just to
watch.
50-Foot Tracks.
What they watched was a thrill
ing series of contests between
some Of the fastest electric trains
in the city. For more than an
hour and a half, the boys came up
two by two and ran their engines
along the 50-foot parallel tracks
laid out in the center of basket
ball court.
Except for the mishap of young
Hammack's train, and another
race in which one of the contest
ants trains suddenly and mex
plicably went into reverse in mid
cousse, everything went OH
smoothly but noisily. Paul, who
lives at 304 North Lincoln street
Arlington. almost was given g
second chance in the stream
lined" class, but officials dropped
the idea when his train proved
too fast.
Said Milt Groesbeck, of the
YMCA staff: "It was obvious the
streamliner was hauling a lot
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Macarthur
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Nations for protection, or, If at
tackled directly, the japanese can
fight back with all the power at
their command
Without outside assistance, such
resistance would be feeble at pres
ent. However. the cost of even a
start toward military defense
would be prohibitive in Japan's
current economic condition.
Gen. Whitney asserted the idea
of self-defense was not new with
Gen. Macarthur, as ''he has told
many American visitors that any
one has the right to fight back if
attacked"
Surprise Seen for Public.
Gen. MacArthur's statement is,
however. expected to be a sur
prise to the japanese public. In
1947 the occupation chief told re-
porters he felt the United Nations
should assume responsibility for
Japan and that the nations best
defense against aggression would
be "the spirituality of the world"
Most japanese have presumed
that with an eventual peace
treaty, the United States would
keep bases and forces in Japan.
The constitution. effective May
g. 1947, renounces war as a
sovereign right and the threat
or use of force as a means of
settling disputes with other ma
tions. 1t states that "for the above
purpose. land. sea and air forces,
as well as other war potential,
will never be maintained"
Occupation officials say Former
Premier Kijuro Shidehara sug-
gested this clause and Gen.
Macarthur accepted it.
The remainder of the New Year
message was devoted to a review
of the past year under the occu-
patton.
Yoshida Slaps at Russia.
Premier Shigeru Yoshida issued
a New Years statement, fore
seeing "a bright, heart warming
future" for Japan but taking a
new slap at Soviet detention of
japanese war prisoners.
-Four and a half years have
passed since the wars end" said
Yoshida. During those years,
which cannot be said to be brief,
though time swiftly flies, we have
encountered countless difficulties
"The road our nation has trav-
eled is by no means an easy one;
but thanks to the indomitable
spirit, perseverance and efforts of
you all. we have succeeded in sur
rounting the unparalleled OBJ
stacles, in preserving internal
peace and order, improving the
food supply and a measure of sta
bility, so that new epoch of ma
tional reconstruction and rehabili-
tation is dawning upon us. -
IT regret that there are large
numbers of japanese who are still
detained in Soviet Russia ano
Communist China. It grieves me
beyond words to think of the
tragic plight Of these compatriots
of ours. who are spending this
New Year Day on alien sol
amid the ne and SHOWS of Bit
ter-cold winter, and submitting te
hard labor and brutal treatment
Fortunately, the problem Of re.
patriation of the Japanese has
come to attract sympathetic
worldwide attention, and it is my
fervent hope that the way will be
found soon to it's satisfactory solu.
| tiOn."
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Argentine Train Crash
Kills Five, Injuries IS
By the Assoeioted Press

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31.-Five
persons were killed when a train
crowded with holiday travellers
plunged off the tracks yesterday at
Pillar, 35 miles northwest Of here.
Railroad officials said rs per.
sons were injured, Is of them ser
iously. Recent heavy rains were
said to have damaged the road
bed, causing the accident.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Asia /
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spection trips to overseas COM
mandS.
Timing Draws Attention.
Nevertheless, the timing COM
manded attention at home and
abroad. Coming in the midst Of
crisis produced by Communist
conquests in China, the announce
ment followed by a day or two
other significant developments:
l. A meeting of the National Sc
curity Council-top policy-making
organization on strategy - at
which recommendations for action
to block the expansion of Com
munism in the Far East were re-
portedly offered by the State and
Defense Departments for Presi-
dent ruman's approval.
2. The Navy disclosure that a
carrier and two destroyers will be
added to the Seventh Task Fleet
cruising in Asiatic waters.
The joint chiefs consist of Gen
Omar N. Bradley, chairman, the
Army's Gen. j. Lawton Collins. Air
Force Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg
and Admiral Forrest P. Sherman
Chief of Naval Operations.
Any high strategy talks they hold
with Gen. Macarthur undoubtedly
will embrace the future military
position of the United States In
the Far East as well as the current
problem Of Chinese Communism.
One important question involves
the future Of American occupation
forces when a peace treaty with
Japan is signed-which may not
be many months away.
The japanese home islands and
Okinawa now form the Western
perimeter Of American defense ir
a possible war with Russia. This
/ line extends southwark. in the
opinion of some, to strategically
situated Formosa, of the main
land Of China.
Mission Reported Planned.
The Asiatic policy recommenda-
tions prepared by the State and
Defense Departments repeatedly
include a plan to send an Ameri-
can military mission to the island
That plan is strongly indorset
on Capitol Hill. What's more. the
Joint Chiefs themselves repeatedly
favor sush q move.
The State Department said yes
terday that the Nationalists have
made informal approaches" TO.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
400 Stevedores Arrested
For ILLEGAL Strike in Cuba
BY the Associated Press

HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 31.-About
400 stevedores were arrested yes
today for striking Illegally.
The longshoremen Unexpectedly
quit work in a "brazos caidos, u
c"fallen arms") strike that tied up
operations on ships in the harbor
Stevedores said the strike was
directed against a firm which had
failed to abide by social security
laws, Authorities termed the strike
illegal and quickly arrested most
of the workers.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
:. of 6. Dinner Postponed

The dinner meeting of the Be-
:hesda Chamber of Commerce
cheduled for Monday, has been
postponed indefinitely because OF
The New Year holiday.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Reds Hold u. s. Pilot.

iStS.)
Reds Hold U. S. Pilot.
Meanwhile. it was disclosed that
Chinese Communists are holding
the American pilot of a Chinese
airliner forced down in Red terri.
tory December 4.
A spokesman for the Central
Air Transport Corp. said today he
learned the pilot. James McGov.
ern of Asbury Park, N. j., and hi.
two Chinese crew members were
safe and well. (This dispatch die
not say where McGovern was be-
ing heidi
The air line is attempting te
arrange for their release.
Wreckage of Mr.. McGovern':
plane was spotted recently by
another CATO plane. Aerial OBJ
servation showed it made belly
landing on a river sandbar about
200 miles northeast Of Pakhoi, or
the Kwangsi coast.
Mr.. McGovern's plane ran out
of gas on a night flight to- Kun
ming during the Nationalist evac-
uation of the southwestern city.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Moloyu Has Cocoa Project

KUALA LUMPUR R.-Malaya
is getting into the cocoa a-producing
industry. AS a first step. the
Malayan Federation government
has ordered 5000 cocoa seeds from
the Gold Coast.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
FOUND.

Fox TERRIER. young male, smooth
tail; n Chevy Chase, D. C. Wo. '4261.
Evening star., 1949-12-31
Chino
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merchant vessels was up to the
Navy. He said that neither the
Navy nor the State Department
had informed him as to the ex-
tent of the mine-laying al
legedly done by the NATIONAL
iStS.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
Anna Louise Strong |s5enf
 Out by Russ
American Journalist De. ported : Destination
 Is Not Disclosed

WARSAW, Poland, Feb. 22.-lR- Anna Louise Strong, American jour- nalist deported from Russia, left Warsaw today for an undisclosed destination.
 A Warsaw hotel reported she ar rived secretly Saturday. The arrival was not mentioned in Polish news papers, which few months ago had splashed her articles favorable to the Communists. She was deported by the Soviet Union on charges of having been spy.
 At Moscow the Soviet press car- ried brief announcement this morning, saying "the arrested Am erican woman journalist, A. Strong, was deported from the U. s. s. R.
 The brief announcement did not state where she was deported.
 Miss Strong's arrest was announc- ed in the Moscow Press Feb. Is.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22

The Lions Gold Medal Basketball Tournament got off to triple game start last night in the Juneau High School gym cefore a crowd of spec tators that almost hung onto the rafters. Fans went early and when the doors were opened the crush started and kept up until the sign SRO was hung up and many failed to gain admittance.
 The first game of the evening was fast, that between the Sitka ANB and Petersburg Merchants. The other two were practically walk aways for the Juneau High School Crimson Bears and the Metlakatla Vets, although exciting in spots. High point man for Sitka ANB was H. Didrickson with 2l points and high score man for Petersburg Merchants was Ed Hagerman with l3 followed by Tom Thompson with !12.
 Score: First quarter, Sitka 19, Petersburg IA; second quarter, Sit ka 23, Petersburg 24; third quarter, Sitka A, Petersburg 39; fourt h quarter and final score, Sitka 62; Petersburg 50.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
IOWA GI HAS CHAT
 WITH BRIT. QUEEN
 IN AMERICAN WAY


 KINGS LYNN, Eng, Feb. 22.-tR An Iowa GI broke the ice with Queen Elizabeth
 Doing something no English sue ject would dream of, he stepped up an introduced himself to her maj esty.
 Sergeant Charles Smith, of Cedar Rapids saw her touring Kings Lynn, 800-year-old fair, last Saturday.
 Nnabashed, he asked her to pose for snapshot, and she did, smil- ingly.
 Then they had little chat.
 "A very charming person." Smith decided.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22

off to a slow start with Mickle ot the Bears making nine of the l8 points for his team during the first quarter Rake was badly outclassed by rangier team. Tn ir shots showed that they were used to play ing in a low-ceiling room and pos sibly this was the explanation for their slow game.
 High point man for the Bears was Mickle with IA followed by B. Graves and Hanson with 13 points each. High point man for Rake was George Martin with eight points.
 Score: First quarter, Bears 18, Rake 8; second quarter, Bears 27, Rake l0 third quarter, Bears 43, Rake IA; fourth quarter and final score was Bears 57, Rake 23.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
UNION TAXES CA5E 10 U. S.
 DIST. COURT
I mpofdry Restraining Order Issued Against
 Dedutting Tax

SEATTLE, Feb. 22.--tR--Tn 8 sec- ond action testing Alaska's new income tax law. U. s. District Judge John c. Bowen has signed temporary restraining order en- joining employers from deducting the Alaska tax from the deck per- sonuel's payroll on the s. s. Dia- mond Cement
 The action was brought by Bon Dombroff, Seattle agen of the Sail- ors Union of the Pacific and c. w. Barnhart, agent for the Masters, Mates, and Pilots and others against the Permanente Steampship Corporation and the Olympic Steamship Corporation, owners and agent, respectively, of the Diamond Cement.
 A previous action testing the Territorial law, also brought by the Sailors Union and involving the Alaska Steamship Company is now pending in Federal Court.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
PROPERTY TAX IS NOW LAW
 IN TERRITORY

The Territory's first general prop erty tax is law today
 Signed yesterday by Governor Ernest Gruening, the 10-mill prop erty tax became law immediately because of an emergency clause in the bill that passed both houses ot the 18th Legislature.
 The tax is levied on all real and personal property in the Territory, with refund to municipalities and school districts of the revenues col lected within their boundaries.
 Also signed by the Governor was the bill quadrupling the license tax on fish traps and imposing stiff levy on trap catches of salmon. It also carried an emergency clause.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
FRITZ KUHN FREED MAN
 IN GERMANY

MUNICH, Germany Feb. 22.-tR- Fritz Kuhn, former leader of the German American Bund, was freed today by German appellate court. He said he would try at once to re- gain his American citizenship, lifted during the war.
 A denazification court had sen tenced him to ten years as a major Nazi. The appeals court reduced the term to two years and took into consideration the 25 months he al ready has served in prison camps.
 The judgment automatically freed him except for minor tormalities such as getting his papers.
 The court ordered 20 per cent Of his property confiscated. Kuhn, however, said he had no holdings in Germany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
METLAKATLA-MIKES


 The Metlakatla Vets had little competition and slowed down in the last half of the game against Mikes Night Owls in the third game last night. The Vets were sinking baskets any place and getting in close for set shots. Mikes Night Owls were not hitting though they tried close in shots most of the evening.
 The Vets kept the ball moving all during the game and the Owls seemingly could not get rid of it Icing too closely guarded. Little effort was wasted by the Vets for they had three men down the floor and under the basket every time they got the ball.
 Hign point man for the Vets was Jeff David with 2l and Mikes hign scorer was L. Bennett with IS.
 Score: First quarter, Vets 27, Mikes II; second quarter, Vets 45, Mikes 22; third quarter, Vets 63, Mikes 37; fourth quarter and final score was Vets 82, Mikes 52.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
J HIGH 5kIER5 TO
 ENTER COMPETITION AT WHTEH0R5E, VI.

J-Hi skiers will have an oppor- tunity to square off in competition against prepster skiers from other Alaskan high schools this weekend. Decision to send a four-man team to Whitehorse for four-way ski races there February 26-27 was an- nounced today by Juneau High School.
 Seven student skiers are named by Ski Coach Dwight Dean as being eligible to take the trip. Whether all seven will be going to compete is not definite, due to transportation difficulties. Plans are to send the skiers to White horse via Pan American.
 Named by Dean as eligible to 20 are Bob Sommers, Dick Keith ahn. Fred Wyller, Bill Keep, Sheila MacSpadden, Mary Thibodeau and Elsa Johnson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
PRESIDENTS S5pR0CRAM 5(RUTINIzED
lnTedsed Benefits, Wider s Coverdge, Higher Taxes Requested by Truman

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-tR- Lawmakers gave this answer today Ito President Truman's request for la vast expansion of the social secur- |ity system. Some of it may pass but not the whole thing. The bill Mir Truman sent to Cap |itol Hill yesterday proposed (A) providing direct nome relief to |all needy persons; (b) blanketing 20000,0OO more persons under old |age insurance; Co greatly increas- ing the benefits; (d) raising in some cases, tripling-the tax on Ipaychecks and payrolls. It was the home relief" idea which ran into the closest scrutiny in Congress
 Top Democratic managers of se- |curity legislation-Chairman Dough- ton (D-NC) of the House Ways and Means Committee, and Chairman George (D-Ga.) of the Senate Fi- nance Committee-took no position on the bill
 The program calls for an increase in payroll taxes from the present $1 300, ,000,00 for old age and sur- vivors insurance, to about S6,000,- 900 Goo.
 It would boost individual pay roll taxes 100 per cent or more. The tax on a person making $4,800 or more could be increased from top of $30 to $96 a year.
 The expanded insurance program would cover total of 5o,000,0 per- sons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
LIMITATION
 BILL GETS
 HOUSE 0kEH
Prohibits Legislators on Boards Commissions
 Members Hit
By JIM HUTCHINSON

A bill to bar legislators from serv- ing on boards or commissions while they remain as members of the leg islature won House approval by a IA to vote yesterday afternoon.
 It was amended by its author, Rep. Jack Conright of Anchorage, to also work in reverse: no member of a territorial board or commission could serve in the legislature as long as he remains on the board or commission.
 While presumably aimed primarily at political appointments, a post mortem on the effect of the bill showed that it probably would in- volve several members of the pres ent legislature if the Senate passed it as it stands. They are. Rep c. A. Pollard and Senator R. M. MacKen- zie, members of the Board of Den tistry; Rep Warren Taylor. on the Board of Law Examiners, and Sen. Howard Lyng, of the Board of Public Welfare, and possibly even Sen. Andrew Nerland chairman of the University Board of Regents.
 The bill will be up in the House again Wednesday, however. Rep. Doris Barnes gave notice of re- consideration after the bills pas- sage. The House is in recess today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
CABINET
 CHANCES
 BOLIVIA
CBv The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 The Republican Socialist cabinet of Bolivia resigned yesterday to permit President Enrique Hertzog to form coalition of all groups which supported the revolution of 1946.
 Such cabinet is believed to have a better chance of meeting renewed threats of an extreme right-wing coup d'etat.
 Bolivia has been under an official "state of siege since Saturday when the government claimed to have thwarted a plot by the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement to seize power.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
GAMES TODAY

Games this afternoon start at l o'clock with three scheduled as follows. Haines Town Team ys. Columbia Lumber; Wrangell Town Team vs. Sitka ANB; and Juneau High Crimson Bears vs. Mt. Edge cumbe Grads.
 Starting at o'clock tonight the first of three games will be played. Games for tonight are: Petersburg Merchants vs. Rake Black Cats; Mikes Night Owls vs. the loser of the Haines- Columbia Lumber game; winner of Sitka- -Wrangell game vs. the winner of the Haines-Columbia game.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
DEAN WILLIAMS, BONNIE RANDALL
 SKI MEET BOUND

Boarding PIMA this afternoon, bound for Anchorage and Fur Rendezvous Week ski competition, are two of Juneaus top-notch skiers Dean Williams and Bonnie Ran- dall
 Dean, expert on the slalom trail, and Bonnie, Juneau Ski Clubs woman entry, climb aboard the planes for the Westward loaded with ski equipment and intent on making their mark in the weekend ski races.
 The swo ski club members will be competing in downhill and sla- lom racing Friday and Saturday.
 Juneau Ski Clubs four-way con- tender. Leif Thorkildsen, left yester- day to make his bid for top man in cross-country. downhilI, slalom and jumping competition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
RECOMMEND DRAFT LAW,
 UP RESERVES
Military Asks for Increase in Reserved Armed
 StrenQih

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-R- A committee made up of civilian and military members has recommended that the draft law be used to in- crease the country's reserved armed strength. The committee wants the National Guard and the Army Re- serve boosted to over one million men.
 The committee is headed by former Secretary of State James Byrnes. It was appointed by Pres ident Truman.
 The committee notes that the cost of the proposed reserve program would be high. But it claims that the country cannot afford cheap CT program.
 Says the committee: Our full strength must be maintained to preserve the peace Of the world"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
PENSION BILL I5 APPROVED
 BY SENATOR'S
Top Limit Set al S75-Ap- premiership Training
 Bill Is Defeated
By. BOB DeARMOND

The Senate passed the pension increase bill by a 15-1 vote yester- day afternoon after halving the amount of increase and restoring the requirement that recipients must be citizens and must have lived in Alaska for five years out of the preceding nine. The pension ceiling is set at $75 and the bill now goes hack to the House, where there may be a battle over both the ceiling and the citizenship pro- vision.
 The bill was originally introduced in the House to provide top pen- sion figure of $75 but the House, after good deal of juggling, set the figure at $9O The House also knocked out the requirement that recipients be citizens and reduced the length of time person must have lived in the Territory before receiving the benefits to one year.
 Russell G. Maynard, Director of the Territorial Welfare Department, told the Senators that the Terri tory would save from $25,000 to $40,000 biennium by eliminating the citizenship requirement..
 M Federal Aid
 The Federal government contri- hutes substantially to the old age assistance program and has no citi- zensliip requirement, Maynard ex- plained. Many aliens, on the other hand, are presently cared for en- tirely with Territorial Funds.
 Maynard said that 28 states have residence requirement. of less than five years and 20 do not require that pensioners be citizens. He doubted that there would be any great influx of potential pensioners from the States if the one-year residence were put into effect. Alaska, he pointed out, is now near the bottom in individual pension grants and all of the Pacific Coast states provide larger pensions.
 "On the basis of population, we probably have the highest rate in the country" Senator Jones con- tended.
 Wider and Thinner
 Senator McCutcheon felt that lowering the residence requirement and knocking out the citizenship requirement. would tend to spread available funds more widely and more thinly so that "the real pion- eers will get less"
 Senators Garnick, McCutcheon and Munz voted against lowering the maximum pension from s90 to SIS. Senator Huntley voted alone against the citizenship and five year clause, and Senator Munz cast the lone vote against passage of the bill.
 After finishing with the pension bill, the Senate went back to the apprenticeship training program bill, on which it heard testimony during the morning. Nothing that Commissioner of Labor Benson, Labor Department Representative Evans or Commissioner of Educa- tion Ryan had to say about the proposed program had convinced the majority of the Senators that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-22
 OBSERVES
 HOLIDAY

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22-LR- When the House and the Senate meet today, they will observe an old custom in observance of Wash ington's birthday
 In the upper chamber, Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine will read Washington's fare- well address, and Republican Con- gressman Robert Corbett of Penn- sylvania will do the same in the House.