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Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28

Now settled in their home on Tagura I'd are MT and Mrs. Jack Bisplinghoff Mrs. Bis- plinghoff, before their marriag on May ? in Seattle. was Miss Nan Holt, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Art Holt
 MT. and Mrs. Holt, former Kodiakians, have purchased a home in Seattle and will remain there.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28

Mark Meyer, former Fish and Wildlife agent here, left with his daughter Carol on Tuesdays plane for his new assignment in Juneau His son Monte sailed on the FWS barge for Juneau, where Mrs. Meyer and their two younger children will join him.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28

The Flemish Knot, Alaska Steamship Company freIghter, arrived at the city dock Wednes- day morning with 570 tons of freight for town.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28

Don Fe ,ner, son of Mir. and Mrs. \. L. Fenner, who has been at Mt V-ropn. Ore, attending school his year. returned on A. laska Air'inrs for the summer, Wednesday evening.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28
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Kodiak mirror., 1949-05-28

FOR SALE-1 l Nocturne holly wood bed, $65; l studio couch with slip cover, $33; 1 maple desk, $35; 1 Easy spin d fer washing machine, $lOO; l floor lamp. $l0; 2-chest of drawers $I5. Call Navy 372
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Britain
Modes for Men

Modes for Men .
In the last few months, Britain has
ended virtually all rationing but the
swanky British tailoring industry is
out to tighten belts about the British
male who apparently bulged out in
all the wrong places on austerity ra-
tions.
The new look in mems clothes is
the TAPER" says H. G.. Tayler, presi-
dent of the Federation of Clothing
Designers. The taper features long
narrow lapels, narrow waist, narrow
sleeves, narrow trouSer bottoms.
Tayler says that dress habits of the
British male are-in one word-"dis-
graceful" The federation has decided
to stage male fashion parades to pro-
mote a renewal of sartorial splendor.
But Bond Street, whose tailoring
shops once set the swanky but con-
servative mode the world over, fears
it will be an uphill job.
British schoolmasters," designers
complain, "are the worst dressed sec
ton of the community who teach
boys, by example, to wear the most
slovenly dress"
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Bugs
Agricultural Air Force

An Agriculture Department air
force of exterminators is ready to be-
gin war on the gypsy moth in north
eastern states, grasshopperS in Wyo-
ming and Montana and spruce bud
worms in Oregon and Maine.
The gypsy moth control campaign
will get underway in the Bucks Coun-
ty area of Pennsylvania as soon as
the insect eggs start to hatch. From
there the planes will move to forests
north and west of Albany, N. Y, and
on to Cape Cod, Mass.
Spraying against the spruce bud
worm will start next month on about
100000 acres of forest in eastern Ore
gon, with a smaller operation in
Maine.
Spraying will be started about
June l in Wyoming and Montana,
where heavy infestations of grasshop-
pers are expected. The first is planned
for the Sheridan, Wyo., area.
Entomologists estimate one pound
of DDT per acre is sufficient to con-
troll insect outbreaks in forests.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Defense
No Underground Maze

Any attempt to put American fac
tories underground as a defense
against bomb attacks of the future
would create far more problems than
it would solve.
That's the considered judgment of
George A. Kiersch of the U. S. Corps
of Engineers. He told the American
Geological Society at Berkeley, Calf,
that even mountains of rock would
be unsafe if they contained earth
quake faults, assures or zones of
sheared strata.
Speaking personally rather than for
the engineer corps, Kiersch said he
believed the limitations are so numer-
Gus only very small portion of the
nations productive capacity could be
put underground satisfactorily
Natural caves and abandoned mines
might not be suitable for many rea-
sons. Sites would have to be strong
enough to Withstand the double haz-
ard of normal caveins plus the crush
ing effect of bombs of tremendous
power.
A thick layer of solid rock might
be more vulnerable, Kiersch said
than something containing soft ma
terial to cushion the blast.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
The EZSl;2 D This WEEK
CHINA: Is 1t a Cradle for World War iii?

THE Chinese civil war which
i has entered another decisive"
stage within the past 10 days, is a
struggle that has been going on
for % years. 1t is being waged for
control of the worlds most popu-
lous nation, 462 million persons, the
worlds second largest geographically,
4,314,097 square miles.
The two opposing forces are the
Kuomintang Party, led until recently
by Chang Kai-shek, and the Chinese
Communists, led by Mao Tze-tung.
The Kuomintang is better known to
the western world as the Nationalist
Government which the United States
chose to work with against the'Japa-
neSe during World War II.
Tides Ebb and Flow
The long civil war has seen the for
tunes of both sides rise and fall. Be-
fore the Japanese invasion, Generals
simo Chang Kai-shek held the upper
hand. There was lull during World
War II when both sides patched up an
uneasy truce to fight the Japanese but
both patiently were outstanding re-
sources for a battle to the death
against each other when the common
foe was repulSed.
After VI Day, Chinese were pitted
against Chinese again almost imme-
diately. There was another lull dur
ing most of 1916 when a precarious
Cease-fre was negotiated by a series
of American special missions.
But the Russians who swept down
through Manchuria against the Japa-
nese had abandoned most of their
captured arms to the Chinese Com
munists. The resurgence of the Chi
nese Communists dates from that
time. In the bitter fighting since, they
have beaten back Chinese Nationalist
armies from all of north China.
Pause at the Yangtze
In January they hammered south
as far as the Yangtze River on the
threshold of the rich south China
provinces. Here they waited while
Chiang's weak new republic strug-
gled with mounting initiation and the
terrific costs of continuing a 22-year
war.
Reasons for the current desperate
plight of the Nationalist cause are
many and varied. The bulk of China's
teeming millions long for peace. In
f1ation and the ravages of more than
two decades of war have robbed the
average Chinese of even the bare es-
, sentials of life.
But Chang Kai-Shek insisted or
continuing the civil war His Kuomin-
tang Party split behind him on the
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

moved out to the lower Yangtze estu-
ary to avoid involvement in the civil
war.
Ten days ago, British warships on
the Yangtze near Nanking, were fired
on by Chinese Communist artillery.
The toll was "A dead and 80 wounded.
Chang Comes Back
In the last fortnight, Chang Kai-
shek has emerged from retirement.
With Acting President Ii, he signed
a communique pledging fight to the
end for the peoples freedom and
national independence"
Close students of the Chinese stu
alton say Chiang's whole strategy is
based on the idea of fighting a delay
ing action until international events
bring America actively again to his
aid. They say Chang and his advisers
believe a worldwide struggle between
communism and democracy is inevita-
BILE and that the U. S. cannot afford
to stand by while Chinese Commu.
niSts take over virtually by default
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
SideLiehts

In Boston, two well-aimed bottles
changed the mind of would-be thief
trying to hold up Back Bay liquor
store. The owner bounced one bottle
off the intruder's shoulder, another off
his head. The man staggered out of
the store into a waiting car and es-
capped.
Q In Cannes, France, Prince Ally
Khan and Rita Hayworth, his actress
iancee, hope to be married in about
two weeks but no definite date has
been set. Under French law. they can
not be wed before May Z, one month
from the date of Aly's Paris divorce
from his British-born wife.
. At Rugeley, England, Douglas
Crutchley. 90, just out of the Royal
Air Force, asked for his clerks job
back. It meant firing the girl who had
been filling the job. She turned out to
be Crutchley's fancee.
Near Austin, Tex, a fisherman
boated 17-pound catfish which bare
ly had room for the hook in its mouth
crammed with white bass, weighing
nearly two pounds. Opening the bass,
he discovered it had swallowed with
difficulty a seven-inch shad.
The British Pig Breeders Associa-
ton says that the blood of capitalist
pigs is about to flow freely-in the
veins of Soviet swine. Nearly 500 pure
bred British porkers have been ex-
ported to Russia for breeding pur-
poses
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
MANEUVERS: 'AggressorAggie'

then counter attacked at night, threw
four bridges across a canal leading to
the Danube River. At dawn, tanks
rumbled into Amberg and Bayreuth
as armor and troops smashed for
ward, exploiting the bridgehead.
During the fve-day retreat, troops
were buzzed by American fighter
planes in enemy roles. They were be-
set by spies and saboteurs to test their
alertness.
The crowning touch was "Aggressor
Aggie," who broadcast appeals to
American troops just as Axis Sally
did in World War H. Her scripts,
written by Army Intelligence, stressed
an old theme.
She started with honeyed invita-
tionS for troops to come over to the
aggressor side, where they would be
entertained with parties and frau
leins.
Later broadcasts took on a grimmer
and also familiar tone, with the in
PRODUCTION of a man named Max Ex-
cerpts:
Aggie: "Hello, all you brave Amer
ican boys out there who are fighting
and dying"
Max: 'You know, Aggie, I really
think you've got crush on the Amer
lean GI."
Aggie: "Can you blame me? They're
so brave giving their all for a
cause that's hopeless"
Max: "Well, they like you too, Ag-
gle. Our planes dropped your photo
graph to American troops yesterday y
Aggie: eyes, and how those dear
impetuous boys reacted. Imagine, vot-
ing me the girl they would most like
to maneuver with"
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

came Acting President Ii ung-jen,
who sued for peace.
Chinese Communist terms were
heavy, amounting to virtual ''uncon-
ditional surrender" They demanded
unopposed crossings of the Yangtze,
surrender of war criminals including
Chang, confscation of four of the
great Chinese family fortunes, and a
coalition" government dictated by
the Communists.
Shooting War Returns
The Chinese Reds set a deadline for
Nationalist surrender and when it
was not forthcoming, their massed
forces crossed the Yangtze virtually
unopposed. Nanking fell without bit
ter fighting as the government fed to
south China.
AS the Communist troops, flushed
with victory, swept down toward
Shanghai both American and British
governments warned their nationals
to leave. Both u. S. and British war
ships, normally docked at Shanghai
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

Speaking at an International Labor
Organization meeting in Pittsburgh,
Thomas Kennedy, UNIV vice presl-
dent, disclosed that the union would
seek an improvement in the welfare
fund setup ''as the circumstances per-
NIT" He did not elaborate.
One segment of the industry, the
Southern Coal Producers Association,
wants to get the bargaining started
early to avoid, if possible, another
shutdown.
The association has asked Lewis to
start the talks soon in an effort to get
a new contract written before the
June 80 deadline. Miners traditionally
observe the policy: No contract, no
work.
The association also stressed to
Lewis that cit would be very easy to
price coal right out of the market" If
costs go too high.
A recent union statement declared
that the UNIV has been on record
since 1919 as favoring 30-hour week.
Some operators read into that Lewis
demand for. the 30-hour week in place
of the present 40 hours
Because of the recent slump in toll
mage. the bushy-browed UNIV chief
tain is reported weighing some plan
whereby miners can share what work
is available. Such a system already is
in effect in the hard coal industry.
Miners actually have worked only
three or four days a week in recent
months, although their contract calls
for 40 hours. Their work day include:
an hour of underground travel and ;
half-hour lunch period, for which
they are paid. They now get $14.0;
for a basic eight-hour day.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Arms Aid
FOrPdct

THE Senate Foreign Relations
i Committee has opened hear.
ings on the North Atlantic Pact.
Debate is certain to be lengthy be.
fore the treaty comes up for vote,
with two-thirds majority neces.
sary for ratification.
The military aid program, which il
tied in with the pact if it is to be eff
fective, will come before both House
and Senate. Arms aid has been called
the third essential prop in the Admin
istration's foreign policy. The other
two are the Marshall plan and the,
Atlantic security alliance.
Key Congressional leaders have
been told the arms program will
amount to 81, ,450 100000 and that it
will not only send actual weapons to
member nations but also restore some
of western Europe's munitions plants.
Planes, Tanks, Guns
Outright gifts of guns, ammunition,
planes, tanks and small ships will
make up the bulk of aid during the
first year.
Part of the 81, 1000 set aside
for the pact members will be used to
buy American raw materials which
will be shipped abroad to help put
military plants back into operation.
Naval aid would be limited to small
vessels, such as minesweepers, to
keep harbors open in the event of
war. The American and British navies
would be relied upon to keep the sea
lanes open.
To Keep Guard Up
The purpose is to build up the de-
fense of pact nations so that if war
should occur, western Europe could
hold off an invader until reinforce
mentS arrive.
Congressman also have been told
that the program will not be allowed
to interfere with European recovery
and economic recovery funds will not
be used for military purposes.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
COMMONWEALTH: To Have & TO Hold

second within seven months, to at
tempt to work out a formula which
would keep India within the frame
work without binding her with SYM
bolic fealty to the throne.
Prime ministers from six of the do
minionS converged on London. The
seventh, Canada, was represented by
Lester Pearson, minister for External
Affairs. The parleys opened informal
ly after lunch with King George vi.
Cripps Is Drafted
Attlee called upon Sir Stafford
Cripps, one of the empires leading
experts on India, to lay aside his
duties as Britain's economic boss and
confer on the problem. Sir Stafford
helped pave the way for Indian inde-
pendence in 1916.
Indias prime minister, JawaharlaR
Nehru, a relentless foe of Britain dur
ing his country's fight for freedom,
was conciliatory. There was no sug-
gestion of an ultimatum that India
would walk out if the Commonwealth
insisted on royal allegiance as a price
of membership. Over sherry and teas
the diplomats chatted amiably.
Indications are that ultimately Eng
lands relationship will be divided
into three categories:
l. Imperial relations with the colo'
nies.
2. Commonwealth association with
autonomous dominions which still ac'
knowledge allegiance to the Crown.
8. Special association with Asiatil
dominions which do not swear fealtJ
to the King.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

twin subjects of peace and liberalism
for the new republic.
u. S. Aid Withdrawn
Another major factor was the de-
ciSion of the United States to with
draw military aid from Chang. Be-
fore reaching that decision, President
Truman appointed three special ennis
saries (Pat Hurley, Gen. Wedemeyer
and Gen. MarshalD, all of whom were
unable to find any formula for peace
acceptable to both sides.
Chiang's tottering government es-
tablished a new gold yuan a year
ago, backed by an American loan. The
official exchange rate was pegged at
four gold yuan to one American dol
lar. Last week the current rate was
100000 to one U. S. dollar. In this
economic upheaval hundreds of thou
sands of Chinese businessmen had
their life savings swept away.
On January -. Chang retired
and the head of the government be-
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
In Short

Resigned: Navy Secretary John L.
Sullivan, in protest against scrapping
of the 65,000-ton supercarrier, whose
keel was laid fortnight ago.
Reported: By. the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, that its consumers price in
deX rose three-tenths of one per cent
from mid-February to mid March. D
introduced: An Administration bill
to carry out the Truman national
health insurance program covering
100 million Americans at an annual
cost estimated at six billion dollars.
Rejected: By Britain's Labor gov
ernment, demand by miners in the
nationalized industry, for two weeks
vacation with pay instead of the one
they now get.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
NE ElRSr Day

INDIA is a dominion within the
1 British Commonwealth. But
India, like Ireland, is determined
to become a sovereign republic
and sever her last formal link
with the Crown. India, however,
would like to continue her close eco
nomic and protective association with
other Commonwealth members.
Actually the Commonwealth is
unique club of British empire states,
each completely self-governing. 1t
was organized informally by prime
ministers in London for the Queen
Victoria jubilee in 1887. There is no
constitution. Members are not bound
by its decisions and are free to quit
at will.
The older members are Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, South Africa
and the United Kingdom. The others
are the dominions of India, Pakistan
and Ceylon, admitted during the last
two years.
Symbolic Allegiance
The closest approach TO any bylaw
is this definition of the Common
wealth drafted at a conference in
1925:
''They are autonomous communities
within the empire, equal in status, IN
no way subordinate one to another in
any aspect of domestic or external
affairs, though united by a common
allegiance to the Crown"
But India wants no mention in her
new constitution of allegiance to the
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

the industry Wlue
agreement which
expires June 30.
John L. main-
tanned impressive
silence as usual but
there have been in
dicationS these de-
mands may include
a shorter work
week and increas-
ing the 20-cents-a-
ton royalty for the
union health and
welfare fund.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06

King-a symbol in India of two CEN
turies of British rule.
The problem is one which Prime
Minister Attlee hopes to solve to ev-
eryone's satisfaction. He called spe-
cial Commonwealth conference, the
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Quotes

President Truman: Security
without freedom is totalitarian
and freedom without security is
false"
v. P. VOIgin, vice president Of
the Soviet Academy of Sciences:
Every unprejudiced person can
see in the Soviet Union that ex-
ploitation of man by man does
not exist"
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Coal
John |. Aeoin

John L. Lewis met with his 200-man
policy committee of the United Mine
Workers last week in Washington
preliminary to announcing miner de-
mands for a new contract to succeed
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
The Berlin Blockade,
A SOUiet Boomerang

yK7ESTERN Bln 2OOOO people came through the winter in
wv better health than they began it, despite the Russian blockade
The chief the Military Governments public health
branch contagious diseases the lowest since
the waroer even than 1885, the last normal prewar year.
That Officer Richmond S. Paine disclosed that Berners fed
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Realistic Touch

The Army stressed realism in its
spring maneuvers for 10000 American
troops in Germany last week.
For five days they retreated before
mythical superior aggressor forces.
Milford chronicle., 1949-05-06
Dates

Dates
Wednesday, May 4
Rhode Island independence
Day.
Friday, May 6
Anniversary (323rd), Manhat-
tan Island purchased from the
Indians.
Saturday, May Z
Kentucky Derby.
Sunday, May 8
Mothers Day.
Birthday (65th), President
Truman.
Anniversary (fourth), We
Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-23
.Softball Leagues
Start Playing
AT 7:3O Monday

Softball leagues to start on
Monday at Bayvicw Park at 1880
p. m. The class A Clubs will open
their league.
Scheduled TO play are the Bam-
boo Room and the Vets of Fore
IGN Wars batteries will probably
be C. Valdez and Castor for the
Smith Lane boys and Hancock
and Lee Griffen for the V. +, w,
AZ Q p. m. the Independents
will play the Blimp Ron team
and u is expected that Knowles
and Henriquez will be the battery
for the independents and Cawley,
Balmar Tor the Blimp.
TUESDAY
7:30-Adams Dairy VS.. VX-i
Flyers,
9:o0-opDcvSta vs.. Naval Hos
pital.
THURSDAY
7:30-Adams Dairy VS.! WV.
9:00--OpDevSta VS.. Indepcn.
dents. ..' ..tE 3.
FRIDAY
7;30-Bamboo Room vs.. vX-l
Flyers.
9:O0-Blimp- Ron VS.. Naval Hos
pital.
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WI FLYERS WALLOP
OP-DEV-STA TEAM


IL the last exhibition game Of
tlie yssr thr independents won
ihn hrsi game over the Blimp-
Rsn ninr by q 7 81 3 score. and
N ne seCond game the vel Fly
aGa slaughtered. bo1nbarded and
anfdefcd the OP- Dcv-Sta nine
a. the tmne 81 te 60 0.
ln thg frIt aame the free boys
sruFgd three in the first on two
hes musi tWo walks and the Blimp
lnssa onme right bark and scored
fhfee un tive wnlks
Ffom then on. Knowles held
ulrm 81 three hits. one by Balm
a and tWn b. Butch.
Thf independents won the
aamlr In the fourth when they
Eofed twe runs on a single by
saslsafnnn. = sacrifice hll amd a
a,snl,ie ~ inGfahsn. They added
taa nlufe Cos good measure In
co. ufth on = walk and singles
~ lien laucz add solomon. AZ
hag ths best &ma Kerr and Solo
ui,sn uith two each and Butch Cos
h.sart sifh two. Ia the filed. Hen
fhanr ksrf and solomon were
49, hFst inf winners. Bonkowski
ksmplry and Batch Toe the To-
aFfa.
M8Hut " ~ y.
l..isprusients 900 220 81 2 I
liilmplinn 300 600 Ga . 2
knawlss end ksrf. Cawley and
nalmaf
Ftr nrcuna Same was won by
n.s Flvera with ease The first
l,.mr trama iouked equal. bat
Ia a. ascond. the Flyers showed
49, ffue value and scored six
- en fuur hits. Added four In
go and two In the fourth, and
49, ~ ghe xiNth on three walks
- ! homer by Coleman. The
n~.sinomsni boys ma q safety in
80 sssana end Fisher hi' the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-23
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
tKnow Americal i

Gen. Lucius d. Clay, military
governor in Germany, born in
Marietta. Georgia. So years ago.
Edwin G. Hill, author radio
news commentator, born Aurora,
Ind. IS years ago
Shirley Temple. actress, born
in Santa Monica, Cal, 81 years
ago.
Nathaniel X. Howard, editor OF
the Cleveland News, born in CO.
lumbus. Ohio, 81 years ago.
Max Hill, radio news analyst,
born Colorado Springs, Colora-
do. as years ago. ."''' n
Leon o, Head, president of
Railway Express, born Miner,
Georgia. 70 years ago.
Francis IL. Taylor, director OF
the New York Metropolitan Mu-
scum. born in Philadelphia, 46
years ago.
Lafayette r. Blanchard. execu-
tive editor of the Gannett news
papers. Rochester. N. Y, born
Chadron. Nebraska, go years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-23
WV Wins Over
South Mianlians

Veterans of Foreign Wars won
their game played at South Mia
mi last Wednesday. The full
squad of players went and Rich
ard Perez shut out the South Mi
amians and held them to two hits.
The locals scored one run on a
homer by Chuck Means and Grit
fen hit "a double and J Gracia hit
SINGLES
Score was as follows: r. H. E.
VIEW - 900 30l 0f)04 5
S.. Miami 900 600 000-0 3 3
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other safety. Henson famed u
batters. lie famed three In the
third. two in the fifth and sew
enth and one in second. In the
last inning he walked first three
hatters and then famed two and
made one pop To left to end the
game.
Score: II. III. 4,
vx-l Flyers O64 02S la 8 O
OpDevSta 900 900 o. 0 2 7
Henson and Sutton. Henderson
Wilchel. Mathis and Seeory,