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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
MOORE APPOINTED
 RETIREMENT FUND
 BOARD SECRETARY

Neil F. Moore, deputy Territorial auditor, was appointed secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Public Employees Retirement Sys- tenn Fund at a meeting of the board held late yesterday afternoon.
 This was announced today by J. Gerald Williams, Territorial At torney General and member of the board.
 The Retirement System will go into effect January 1. Elective offi- cials. are not included under the law.
 As secretary of the board, Moore will not be memeer of the Board, but will be the executive officer of the board and shall receipt for all payments made to the Fund and deposit the same with the Treasurer of the Territory to be covered into the Fund; shall sign vouchers for the payment of moneys by the fund in accordance with the authorization of the Board .'
 Members of the board are: Will liams; Frank Boyle, Territorial Auditor; Henry Benson, Commis- sioner of Labor; Henry Harmon, Welfare Director; and B. D. Stew art. head of the Territorial De- partment of Mines.
 Territorial reasurer Henry Roden acts as Treasurer of the fund under the law and is an ex- officio member of the board.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
ALASKAN BIRDS
 IN CALIFORNIA
 POSE PROBLEM

Sacramento Valley farmers are objecting to some natives of Alaska who are eating them out of house and home.
 This was reported today by Clar- ence Rhode, Fish and Wildlife yServ- ice regional director here, who re- turned to Juneau Sunday after a trip which took him to California in search of replacement parts for FWS aircraft and vessels.
 He said those Alaskans with the appetites-ducks and geese born in the Territory which winter on Sac ramento Valley rice fields-are the subject of the farmers objections.
 Describing the great flocks of migratory waterfowl which settle on the rice fields, he said that FWS will take steps to combat the damage being done by the birds.
 With the aid of the states cut of pari-mutual horse race betting, land will be bought and farmed and ducks will be attracted from the rice fields to the refuges.
 Rhode went to California after attending fishery hearings in Seattle. He said he found some bargains in equipment at Navy sta tions which will increase the etii- ciency of FWS activities in Alaska.
 A FWS vessel will te sent from Seattle to Alemeda to follow up his largain- hunting, he said. It will carry experts in electronics, air. craft and marine equipment to do the actual buying. The equipment will then be brought to Juneau, he said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
ZONE TOUGH OF VENUS" ON LAST
 TIME AT CAPITOL

One Touch of Venus ends to- night with final showings at the Capitol Theatre.
 The oldest regularly scheduled packet steamer plying the inland waterways of England has finally been altered to include a bathtub. The ship, 68-year-old paddle steamer was pressed into service for the filming of Universal-Inter- nationals release, Great Expecta- tions,' showing at the Capitol to- morrow
 Two of the players in the picture, which co-stars John Mills and Valerie Hobson, stage a bitter fieht in the waters of the River Med- way Director David Lean ordered the tubs installed so that the two actors could take hot baths im- mediately after the scenes were shot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
1Ao ALASKA MERIT
 SYSTEM APPLICANTS ARE TO TAKE EXAMS

Approximately 40 persons Will take the Alaska Merit System examinations for clerical-typist- stenographic positions on Saturday Dec. 3. Seventy of the candidates are scheduled to take their exami- nations in Juneau, 40 in Anchorage, 20 in Fairbanks, with fewer at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Nome.
 Appointments will be made from the registers established as result of these examinations. to fill va cancies in the Alaska Department of Health, the Department of Pub lie Welfare, and the Employment Security Commission.
 The examinations will be con- ducted by the commercial instruc- tors in the public school systems with the Merit System providing the instructions and the examina- tion material.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
HoSpIIAl NOTES

Ivan Thiritschenko and Mrs. Linn Forrest Jr. were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday
 Mrs. Gordon Macdonald and twin babies-a boby and girl-and Mrs. Larry McKecknie were dis missed from St. Ann's Hospital yesterday.
 Bessie Edwards of Bettles, Paul Stevens of Stevens Village and Sarah Johnson of Tenakee were admitted to the Government Hos- pital yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
Govern n, enl 'Sundaypunth'
 Hits Bridges

Continued from Page One) John H. Schomaker, who provided the opening for defense attorney Vincent Hallinan.
 BROWDER'S NAME ENTERS
 At the opening of today's session, chief government prosecutor F.. Joseph Donohue had one more question to ask. That concerned a meeting with Earl Browder, head man for the American Communist party back in 1884.
 Schomaker said he had met Browder at Communist gathering ir a prune orchard in Santa Clara county toward the foothills from highway 101." The witness said Bridges, among others, was there
 Asked if Browder had anything to say, Shoemaker said the Com munist party leader talked about terror tactics of police and pri- vate agencies, tear gas salesmen shooting gas into strikers" and the whole atmosphere one of tension"
 That was while the big 1884 waterfront strike was in progress.
 Shoemaker quoted Browder as saying what was needed was ito lne up more people on the side of the strikers
 At this point Donohue abruptly dropped the waterfront strike sub- ject but Hallinan jumped in with both feet and led Shoemaker on.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29

cut all four engines. the engines were off when we hit.'
 T didn't get his name except George" she said. His head was bleeding and his back was hurt"
 An American Airlines spokesman said crew members in the hospital were Capt Laurent tWoommy) Claude (the pilot); Robert Lewis, First Officer, and William s. Forb- es, Flight Engineer.
 The scene was one of organized chaos for hours after the crash. Ambulances, and fire trucks raced over the field. Sightseers crowded in.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
(AH00NE COMING HERE
 FOR STAFF INSPECTION

The Coast Guard cutter Cahoone left Sitka this morning for Juneau where it will be inspected by the 17th District staff, Coast Guard headquarters announced today.
 The cutter has recently been overhauled in Seattle.
 The Cahoone will probably reach Juneau tomorrow, after calling at the Point Retreat light station on its way here.
 It will return to Sitka after the inspection is completed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29

is director of the AEC's "Reactor Development program.
 Hafstad called it the biggest forward step in peacetime appli- cation of atomic energy.
 He said that while the project still is only pencil and paper job, the designers are confident that it will work
 The AEC announced that it is beginning immediately construction of test plant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
BABY SITTER E
 CHARGED, MURDER

ABERDEEN, Wash, Nov. 29. --tR-A charge of second degree murder was filed in Justice Court yesterday against Alfred Leohner, 29, for the, "baby-sitting' death of 18-month- William Hunter.
 The child died Nov. p. Leohner, who still is held without bail, sub- sequently signed a statement in which he said he dropped the baby and accidentally stepped on it's neck when he stopped to pick it up.
 The criminal charge was filed yesterday by Prosecutor Stanley U. Jrause.
 Leohner lived with MT. and Mrs. Fred Hunter. the child's parents, in "a two-room house and was caring for the infant while the Hunters attended motion picture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
EXCITING PARTY FOR
 DANNY TYLER, AGED }

For young Danny Tyler, the ex- citement of yesterdays birthday party continued today, as he played with his new presents. His mother, Mrs. Stanley Tyler, gave party tc celebrate Dannys third birthday.
 These members of the very young set were guests: Judy Eliason, Cas- sic Granere, Barbara Bittle, Lyn Duroucher, Donny Sarnisto and Gordon Gray.
 Adult guests sharing the fun were Mrs. Jack Martin, Mrs. Gene Erwin, and these mothers who brought their youngsters, Mesdames Oscar Eliason, Fritz Granere, Elmo Bittle, Norman Duroucher, Oliver Sarnisto and Carl Gray.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
COMMUNITY CENTER NIGHT
 AT THE TEEN AGE CLUB

All interested adults are reminds ed that the Community Center Nights" at the local Teen Age Club are now back on regular schedule again. This means that the club. house will be open tonight at 8 o'clock and that the square dancing will begin at 8:30 o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
BOWLING ALLEYS AT
 ELKS NOW OPEN FROM
 NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT

Effective now, the bowling alleys at the Elks Club will be ready for play from noon until midnight.
 Tonight, the Tuesday Nigh. League hits the floor with playing at and o'clock
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29

BUY YOUR CHRISTMAS GIFTS
 At the Lutheran Bazaar, Friday evening, Dec. 2-7 pm. 62-4t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
s.RELIEF SOCIETY

Women's Bazaar and food sale, Sat Dec. 3 Parsons Electric Co. Public invited Choice Christmas gifts suggestions.-adv. Gift
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29

Boys and Girls of Juneau, Doug las and Southeastern Alaska. Nal you letter to: Santa Claus, Ju- neau. No box number needed.-adv
 61-2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29

The number of wild black bear in the United States is believed to be increasing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
FAIRBANKS GUEpT

Dr. William F. Smith Of Fair- banks is a visitor at the 6aral'oi Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
FROM CALIFORNIA

w. A. Dyer of Hayward, Calf, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-11-29
28 KILLED IN CRASH
 OF PLANE

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Evening star., 1949-01-04

insurance. AS I said earlier, could
have wrung his neck at the time,
but now 1 am in his debt. If he
were here right this moment would
give him bigger hug than the
prodigal son ever got and shower
him with gifts far beyond my
meager means.
Windfall from Potomac
You see the captain is the man
who is going to get me a bonus.
The papers are full OF how the
Government is going to distribute
81, 900, 100000 of surplus insurance
to the GIs of World War II. My
insurance had a lapse or two in
it until 1 read about this windfall
from the Potomac, but no more.
The sun scarcely had risen after
the announcement of the sweet
thing Washington was going to do
for us heroes" before I was off
to the Veterans Administration Of
flce. II there was anything wrong
with my insurance I craved to get
it corrected, because when it comes
to bonuses I want to do right by
Uncle Sam. 1 might add that
wasn't the first man at the Vet
Grams Administration; that news of
the bonus had spread quickly and
flushed lot of former khaki-wear-
ers from hiding.
Lots OF one-time soldiers are 60
ing to bother Uncle Sam by not
seeing to 1t that he has their cor
rect home addresses, their middle
names. their waist measurements,
what they want for next Christmas
and whether or not they take a
second cup of coffee with break
fast. I omitted none of this vital
information. I come from long
and proud line of bonus collectors.
1t is said that when the "Mayf1ower"
landed a McLemore was first up
the gangplank, trying to hustle the
skipper for check from the king
So you can see that I am not
going to let that two billion dollars
slip through my fingers.
Here's the Record.
I provided the CT insurance peo-
pie with perhaps more information
than they wanted. Maybe I'll get
extra dough. like those countries
who say that If they don't get extra
money they'll turn Red. That's in
ternational blackmail, my children,
and one of these days this country
is. going to recognize it as such.
But, enough of that. Back to this
insurance bonus business.
Here. GI insurance people, is
Evening star., 1949-01-04


offer his resignation again during
that interval, that it will be ac-
cepted and his successor named by
President Truman.
Political quarters expect that the
President will try to induce his
friend whom he appointed Chief
Justice of the United States, Mr.
Vinson, to accept the post. 1t was
learned, however, that no conver-
sations to this effect between the
two principals have yet taken place
The designation of the Chief JUS
tice would be accepted here as hav-
ing the connotation that he is the
Truman heir-apparent for 1852.
Acheson Next in Line.
Should Mr.. Vinson not be named,
the next leading candidate is under
stood to be Dean Acheson, former
Undersecretary of State and
tower of strength to all recent Sec
retaries at one time or another. The
President admires Mr.. Acheson and
thinks he did a fine job.
But he dotes on the Chief Justice.
When MIR. Vinson, fortified by a
unique experience in the legislative,
executive and judicial branches. rail-
lied to the novice President in As,
Mr.. Truman gratefully described
MIN as "the man I depend on most. "
The Chief Justice, then Economic
Sterilization Director, was moved
into the cabinet, whence Mr.. Tru-
man plucked him for the highest
Office he had to bestow.
Their continuing confidential re-
lationship was dramatized when the
President proposed the abortive Vim
son mission to Moscow last fall.
That was abandoned under pressure
from Secretary Marshall and the BIZ
partisan architect, Senator Vanden-
berg, but the President thinks that
the election returns prove that peo-
pie liked the idea and the man he
had selected to do it.
That the President was able to
induce the Chief Justice to under
take that mission persuades some
Evening star., 1949-01-04
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. =" Al
4

everything you could want to know
to send me'my handsome present.
i. I live in Daytona Beach, Fla
and have an fashioned mailboz
that will accommodate any size
check you send. E
2, My bonus hat size is 71.. I like
a snap brim.
3. I am AZ, balding rapidly, like
rice and gravy. always light cork.
tipped cigarettes from the wrong
end, have to have at least pint Of
kerosene to start a fire in the fire.
place and don't particularly care fol
short-haired dogs.
4. promise to spend my bonu,
money on useful things, such as 6
raccoon coat, a model T Ford, q
yellow slicker with initials on it anc
a reserved seat at a burlesque show
S. My bonus glove size is II. my
bonus shoe size in 9 and my bonus
romper size is medium.
s. Like all good Americans
promise to say in my income tax re.
turn that I gave much more of my
bonus money to charity than ]
really did.
Now, you people up there in
Washington, hurry up. I need thai
money-but bad.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc }
Evening star., 1949-01-04
Bv Constantine Bt0tCn

Will Generalissimo Chang Kais
shek, who remained loyal to the
Allies during the years of our war
against Japan, suffer the fate of
Evening star., 1949-01-04
LOvett AlertS Aides
Marshall Again to Offer Resignation
AS Head of State Department

people that 1t could be done agair
with him in the State Department
now so crucial a spot. The Chic
Justice was sensitive then to th'
argument often made that member
of the Supreme Court should "tak'
the veil" and be unavailable fol
White House assignments.
The Wilson's have two sons OF
military age. And the Chief Justice
is in a position to know better than
most the knife edge that separates
the cold from hot war. Completely
clear -eyed about the speculative
prospects of the mission, he still felt
that he could not refuse to play his
part, when asked, in a genuine striv-
ing toward peace. Even the great
court, he thought, must move into
the perspective Of these extraordi-
nary times. A man. he has said
must live with himself.
Housekeeper Needed.
The State Department, battered
by war and cold war, greatly aug.
mented but still stretched paper
thin to meet Americas tremendous
new responsibilities, would be pleased
to have its fate finally settled with
some degree of security. 1t des.
perately needs and wants a goot
housekeeper for a change, a privi.
lege withheld from it as sue.
cession of Secretaries have fitted
about from one world conference tc
another.
Secretary Stettinius lasted just
long enough to install new elevators
paint the halls seagreen and hold a
pep meeting. Secretary Byrnes' able
assistant, Donald Russell, did some
effective work with personnel, but
his boss, a Senator at heart, never
got really interested in the Russell
executive blueprint, filed eventually
in the wastebasket. Secretary Mar
shall has had to cope with a cruel
round of conferences and his own
health.
Secretary Marshall still could re-
turn to his desk. But it seems in.
creasingly less likely that he could
there satisfy his own high concept
OF duty in view of his health.
Evening star., 1949-01-04

Shanghai's may Constantine Brown.
or to the leader of the Chinese Com
munists, Mao TSe-tung, for immedi-
ate peace conversations-which, in
plain English means the acceptance
of Red domination in that impor-
tant city with 100000 inhabitants
has dispelled the last vague hopes
of Gen. Chang to continue even
perfunctory resistance to the Com
munists.
According to reports received in
Washington. Canton, the capital of
southern China, is expected to follow
Shanghai's lead. At the same time
Gen. Ii !Chi-sen, a non-Communist
but anti-Kuomintang leader, is On
the way to the Communist head
quarters to discuss peace terms with
Mao and Chou En-lai, the comman-
der of the Communist forces.
-, Still Time to Escape.
Since Gen. Chang is officially
branded war criminal by the Com
munists, there can be no doubt that
IL llC 4oIlS lIlIo lllC lldillS VI LIS
enemies he will be treated in the
same manner as Tito treated Gen.
Mikhailovich. He will be brought
before a so-called peoples court
and, after sham trial, will be found
guilty of high treason to the ma
ton.
Unlike the Serbian hero, Gen.
Chang can still escape and settle
somewhere outside China if he
chooses to do so. Since there are
very few loyal people around Gen.
Chang in Nanking today, it is be-
lieved that the American Govern
ment might be willing to put a plane
at his disposal to take him TO safe
ty. But friends of the generalissimo
say that he might prefer to make
the supreme sacrifice and face the
Communist kangaroo court" for
reasons of high politics.
Shanghai's disaffection put an end
to the vague hopes Of some of Gen
Chiang's inveterate supporters in
this country who advocate a policy
Evening star., 1949-01-04
By LoweU MeHen

This 8lst Congress Should be q
pretty good Congress. 1t is organ
izing for action almost as effectively
as the 80th Congress was organized
Evening star., 1949-01-04
On the Other Hand
Machinery and Spirit May Make
81st Congress- Pretty Good One

Those who needed to be told were
told by Mr. Truman during the
campaign. 1t is not likely that they
will need to be reminded, not i'm
mediately at least; but If this
should be necessary it is certain
that Teacher is prepared to tell
them again and again. He also
wants a succession of good Con-
greSSes-or not less than one more.
Conservatives Chastened.
So since enlightened politics,
which is one form of practical poll
tics, dictates that the Democratic
party make a liberal legislative rec
ord during the present session, it
is safe to predict that such record
will be made. The rule or ruin
conservatives within the party,
mostly from the heretofore indis-
pensable South, have been chas-
tened Not so many of them will
be found holding hands with their
Republican colleagues.
AS for the Republicans them
selves, some of them seem also to
have learned the lesson that liber-
alism pays at the polls. They
realize that their only hope of un-
doing the miracle" of November 2
lies in making a liberal record of
their own. That is the conviction.
in any case, of a certain number
Of Senate Republicans. But, prac-
tically speaking, their view is find
ing strange expression. They would
prove their own progressivism by
discrediting the leadership of Sen
ator Taft.
Yet it was Senator Taft, more
than any other man, who gave the
Senate in the 80th Congress rela-
lively liberal tinge as compared to
the House. He strove manfully, and
successfully so far as the Senate
was CONCERNED, for better housing
education and health, only to see
his work nullified by the House. His
record, all in all, is quite as good as
most of those now labelling them
selves liberals. He even had the
distinction, which few of the others
could claim, of being called a Com
munist by the real estate lobby
Assuming. however, that the
young. Republican liberals are
right and it is time for change,
they should make sure that it is a
change for the better
(copyrisht 194s. Globe syndicatO
Evening star., 1949-01-04
Br Doris FIees0n

Undersecretary of State Robert
M Lovett is quietly alerting top
State Department personnel to stand
by for new signals in the depart
Evening star., 1949-01-04

IilC NCly WOISI. AoWeh Mehet.
That the new Congress intends
to be one of positive accom-
plisnments is indicated by the man.
ner in which 1t is overhauling the
Legislative machinery. The changes
are chiefly designed to make ma jor-
ity rule fact. No little group of
obstructionists is to be permitted
to set aside the popular will. That,
at least. is what the leaders appear
to be striving for as they attempt
to correct the cumbersome processes
Of the national law-making body.
Will to Do Is Abundant.
More than machinery is involved,
Of course, If the 81st Congress is to
live up to its present promise. There
is the matter of spirit, the will to
do. This seems to be abundant to
degree that recalls the early New
Deal days. 1t is found not merely
among the eager-eyed freshman
Senators and Representatives, inno-
cent of legislative pitfalls, but
among hard-bitten veteran liberals
wiz h1lO" dAi lllC GlNhS VI GIlC
trade. The latter are responsible
for the changes in, the machinery.
They know how results are OBJ
tained.
One result they have in mind is
that the Democratic 81st Congress
shall be succeeded by a Democratic
82nd and some more Democratic
Congresses in the years to come.
They are aware that their party
never has prospered nationally ex-
cept when it has been the liberal
party. They watched their own
majority dwindle session by session
as conservative thinking came to
dominate their legislative program.
They know where to place the
blame for their reputation at the
polls two years ago. They know
why they have been returned to
power now.
Evening star., 1949-01-04
.cLemore
Comes From Long Line
Of Bonus Collectors
Rp Henry McLem0re

There was a time when I could
have wrung his neck, gladly, cheer
fully, and with laughing abandon
That was at Camp Blanding,