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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
Letter to Editor of Pravda
milwaukee JournaD

The other day young gentleman who is currently
in the throes of getting grammar school education
dropped into our office seek subsidy for Saturday
afternoon movie.
While we were busy on the phone he picked up
an uninvtng volume entitled Current Digest of the
Soviet Press" Paging through it, he suddenly stopped
his face Frightened AS hung up, we looked over
his shoulder to see what insidous propaganda was
undermining his 100 per cent Americanism
He was reading Letter to the Editor of Pravda
On overburdening of pupils with homework-by
Pozbuyunin teacher of English, Feodosiya, Crimea.
1t is intoerabe to compel child to work at
home more than three hours ~ ETC.. etc. etc.
Evidently here is one burning question that is the
same in Russia as in the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
Daily Lessons in English ~ ~ 1. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUsED: He full
rs E ash U second syllable
OFTEN M1ssPEILED Serge Surge
rolling notion.
SYNONYMS Capable competent qualified, proficient,
WORD STUDY: and it yours"
each Today word
ADVERSITY
think properly beneficial
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
DOUGLAS RECREATION BEACH

The Lions Club intends OF keep up the good work
started and successfully carried out last summer as
regards the Douglas Island Community bathing beach
That the beach served as for summer pastime
last year goes without saying. 1t was community
picnic ground as we'll bathing beach
The Lions Club has officially announced recondi-
tioning of the beach and with improvements which
will be gratifying information for all on both sides of
Gastineau Channel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
LOOK and LEARN &sy G. GORDON

How superstition knocking wood
originate?
India?
ship sunk when her maiden from
England America?
What a somniloquist?
pen of the wel-known author William
Sydney Porter?
ANSWERS:
days persons placing
efgy diey off misfortune in the
2. Florida.
3. The April a. 1912
a. A his
O. Henry
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
REVOLUTIONARY QUESTION

The title of this editorial may be somewhat mis-
leading because revolutionary only in the
sense of something turning around and around Spe-
officially the question is: Why does dog usually turn
around one or more times before lying down?
This trait is shared by most breeds-by all so far
as we can recall The effee poodle no less than the
shaggy field dog prone to step around and around
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26

ganizing the swiss Kilroy Club"
on the theory that CT who visit
ed Switzerland once, would like to
90 back with his bride. A lot OF
them. he finds, do. So Switzerland
has become the country labeled
"Kilroy Was There"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
REBEKAHS WILL MEET

The regular semi-monthly meet
ing of Perseverance Rebekah lodge
will be held Wednesday evening at
8 o'clock in the IOOF Hall and all
members are asked to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
Truman Nominaies
Herring as Marshal
OF Third Division

WASHINGTON, April &c. III
President Truman nominated Paul
C. Herring of Alaska today to be
U. s. Marshal for Division No. 3,
Alaska, succeeding James H. Pat
terson, whose term has expired.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26


the States major issue at stockholders
meeting the reported
south further development OF the coal
Mrs hostess for the meeting of the
Womens Missionary
missions Music
was by Ralph waggoner
meeting had the largest date
member of the
reelected baseball
team and further Dugout
grounds
take position with the Washing
of the seapane which
commercial flight Capt Severn
kppered temporarily and Theodor stock
holder in operating company
the Library Association benefit
card party Mrs Glen Kirkham L.
Smith, Sey, Miss Elizabeth Feus
and Gust Waho
Thomas F. Rudolph of the
bovs at the Juneau office
assigned He had Chikoo
Barracks while he picked touch
Rudolph in charge Of ACS
al ACS Station)
Weather: High A. low, A; rain
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
20 YEARS AGO f {Ff% EMPIRE
APRIL 2e. 1929

Island Coal
capitalists major issue stockholders
meeting of the reported
trip of the coal
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26
The Washington
Mer'Y-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page y
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. la
SECOND and FOURTH "a
Monday of each month IN
in Scottish Rite Temple IN
beginning at 7:30 p. m. SXN YW
GLENN o. ABRAHAM. W.
Worshipful Master;
JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-26

Weather: High, "A; low, "A; rain.
Evening star., 1949-05-12

The style is beautifully ond simply elosslc, WITH
h,tton-uo collor and slim fy-front skirt The kind
of suit that knows no season, looks smart ory time.
on,uhere. Bosic-best noy blue and block sizes
IL tol8.
Evening star., 1949-05-12

RESERVE.
Her mother. Mrs. Harry A.
Leusenkamp. attended Congress
sional hearings this week at which
the widow Of baseball's Iron
Man" Lou Gehrig. asked that
Congress set up O special institute
ITO study the cause and treatment
of multiple sclerosis. a disease
similar to the one that killed her
husband.
BEGAN With Eye Trouble.
At those hearings. she said, she
talked to DR.. Herman Kabat.
neurologist of the Kabat-Kaiser
Institute In California, and he
explained the disease to her. To-
day she and her daughter are
going to make an appointment at
the Kabat-Kaiser Institute here
at 1888 Sixteenth street NV. to
see what can be done to help Ann.
"It all began about four years
ago while Ann was attending
boarding school in North Caro-
lima" Mrs. Leusenkamp explained.
She complained that her eyes
bothered her"
Miss Leusenkamp finished the
last two years of high school at
Mckinley, but didn't feel up to
entering into many extra-curri-
cular activities.
AFTER graduation she worked
at the Naval Gun Factory but was
laid OIL with other temporary
workers q year ago last March.
From March until August she did
practically nothing-wondering all
the while why she didn't want to
do anything"
Couldn't Grasp Pencil.
She took another clerical lob,
but the company complained
about her work. Then her hand
became partially paralyzed and
she couldn't grasp q pen or pencil.
The disease of the central nervous
system had begun to attack her
arms.
They had treate 4 her for in
testinal fiu, anemia. told her she
didn't need glasses and removed
her tonsils." said Mrs. Leusen-
kamp. Finally we took her to o
neurologist and found out what
was the matter with her. That
was about q month ago."
The doctor told Ann to rest and
that 1t was possible she might re-
turn TO work In six months. But
last week the paralysis entered
both legs and she can now walk
only q short distance In her home.
81 just hope they can do some
thing to cure her besides just
keeping her in bed" said Mrs.
Leusenkamp.
Evening star., 1949-05-12
IWyIey Wright Heods
New Section i'm CAA
sy fss AsseSiassd Pssss

Wyley Wright has been named
to head the Civil Aeronautics
Administrators new Once O.
Aviation DEVELOPMENT
Mr.. Wright comes from Seat
tie, where he has been assistant
TO the regional CAA adminlstra-
tor since l945. Now So. he Is q
native Of Bowling Green. KY. and
has been with the CAA and pre-
decessor agencies since 1929.
Evening star., 1949-05-12

The presentation at tfss rrniA-
con waS followed by q Tea N Atax
Roberts honor ai Waiter Reed
General Hospital and then q snail
dinner given ey Representative
Frances r. Bolton. Republican. Of
Ohio. af her home. 3soi Wyoming
avenue NV.
Miss Roberts. n native Of Che
boygan. Mich-. Was . conxaifaas
TO the procurement and assign
rseni service Of the Manposss
Commission from is43 10 isss.
Evening star., 1949-05-12
Army Honors Woman Editor
OF Journal Of Nursing

Miss Mary M. Roberts. for q
years editor Of The American
Journal Of Nursing. yesterday re-
ceived an Army Certificate Of Ap-
probation.
Mai. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss
Army Surgeon General. presented
the certificate 10 Miss Roberts in
recognition Of her success in foS-
tering an understanding between
the Army Nurse Corps and civil
ian groups. She served as an
Army nurse during World War /
becoming chief nurse Pat Camp
Sherman.
Evening star., 1949-05-12

until the di-
sease began TO
we her
was told today
by the girls
mother.
| Miss An n
IRusenkamp. 20.
| now is confined
| to her bed in
| her home at
I1721 Kearny
| street NE. A
little over q
year ago was
chosen queen OF
the Air Force
Evening star., 1949-05-12

funds for additional congressional
staff personnel. pay raises for
some Capitol employees and siSo.-
900 fer preliminary work on com
pilation Of q new United States
Code.
Evening star., 1949-05-12
Extro S374,415 Asked
For LeqisIutive Bronch

President Truman sent TO Con.
greSs yesterday a total Of s374.-
AS in supplementary budget es-
Inmates for the legislative branch
Of the Government for the fiscal
year beginning July /.
The money requests include
Evening star., 1949-05-12
Air Reserve Queen
Confined by SeIerosis
After Stole Battle

The story of how Miss Air
Force Reserve OF 1s4s. stoically
finished high school and kept
working with multiple sclerosis
Evening star., 1949-05-12
CIearance-Spring Goats, Toppers, Suits!
COATS-were '4o.75 to 1915

Far Women: Fitted coos with cope sleeves tanuon styles with soft eoof
ne ond Ao back fuo models with okes qN woos
and omopl Suede oobord covert broodch the collection
No,y blue black SKIPPER doc red on oqo Sizes va
to 2Oh and q to42
Far Misses Juniors Some Of these eeo high s75 Des ond
co full enoth oobodne and bodo toppers Foonn
qoborne honome coots all ground shoet ored or e
woke coed ooren nes No blues blocks beige ono grey
tones oost bright Sizes 7 to IS and 8 to l8
Evening star., 1949-05-12
COATS-were 1915 to SIS -.

For Women nq pned ore oo fitted oos with
noched eers boodos and wills group well dessmoker o
od ~ in block and noy blue Grey Toppe the selection
fobr fod back yok coor others with ooors
Toppe no block red and oqo Sizes 47 TO 1o72 ono %
to in the collection
For Misses hee Long eep ond short
eoos plenty s broodoths ooodnes
seds orepes we'll emeod beige foos o oo
Skipper Fodon deo ored ond yoke books eod books eo9o
nknes coo Boymo ooors ond cousepoekes ooore' S
TO IS ond TO l8
Some misses and Juniors TO 5s75!
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Federal Economist Wins
Scholarship 10 Oxford

Harold E. Hall. 80. an econ
omist with the Commerce De-
partment, has been named win
ner of an all-expense summer
scholarship to oxford University,
England.
He was one of 81 Americans to
receive scholarships for study In
British universities this summer.
The scholarships are awarded by
the Institute of international Ed
ucation in New York.
Mr.. Hall will leave on June %
on the Queen Mary. He said
the course he will study will be
In contemporary European eco
nomic problems. Hs received his
bachelors degree from Utah State
and his masters from Stanford
University.
He has been in Washington
for five years. is married and
has one child. He lives at 705
Eighteenth street NV. During
the war. Mr.. Hall served as an
officer in the merchant marine,
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Third Diphiheria Death
Here Brings Warning

psE&s1t'sss-s u cass&izs sEas AfaiiA
Department saezss soasrsr ssaa
the rxpots es tie Third aeagA la&as
year from tfae 9ss~aa~
William Tgllsn&h. = a. "a
Second sssret n u asrs a. I.4}-
g!tsgrr hesssstAl I'sr<3*y RI. sas
The 18Th eAsx reported - lsg t,rs
year, lie had ecSn aarngissG -
the hospital Mcssaas
Another aspaslseyts car s~ Us
tl~Atr<a al uallIngrt Acsspiia, slsa
was brought 10 tlsr 1tis ai4aa Is.
tie Health Department tnaS'.
THIS sAs the eass af tssNssr
OLD man aiao eeSatEae III on Al 4
II. bal did nos go 10 tsss tsospaa al
ualtl Sunday has threat eeN aa9e
50 eiogEed Yesterday tbs;
tTscAoosofay opera alssan Sas w.
sorted 10 save iiis iait A Sana i
tube saS Inserted IA has nora lt.sS
below the adams anpae ~ tl4al
he could breathe Physician Al
the hospital said his conditien -
critical
Thirteen cases of alphtAsllA
we're reported TO the heAllh De-
partmsni last year, and t~o
deaths resulted
No eass oi soie Uuoat AfoQia
be neglceted hecauSe al ths daN.
ser et diphthsrsa. aecording -
Or, Carl {, DRuer. director ei TIE
bureau Of Preventaelt DlseaSes.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Rutland Health Comment
On Negroes Hit'by ave

A statement by Health Ofilcer
George c. Rullland that he was
almost ready to suggest screening
colored persons moving here from
the South was branded total
itarian rationalization"a today by
the Greater Washington Area
Council Of The AmericaH Veterans
CommitteeS e
"It is noti that Negroes are a
problem in District health stand
ards; rather. District health stand
ards are a threat to Negroes, "
declared Taft Feiman, council
chairman. DR.. Ruhland told the
Commissioners yesterday that
coloreds pesaons are the ones Who
primarily decide health condi-
tions in the District"
The solution, according to the
AVG statement today, Is not
vicious regulation over where q
person may live; rather it is
adequate housing, increased med
ical facilities and education
education not only Of the victims
of intolerable social conditions but
of health officers as we'll"
According to the AVG declara-
ton. there has been less than / per
cent increase in the percentage Of
colored persons in the Districts
population since 1880.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Medical Society 10 Confer
AT s.. EIizabeihs Tomorrow

Phases Of mental treatment and
the operation of mental hygiene
clinics will be stressed at the an
nual two-day conference Of the
st. Elizabeths Hospital Medical
Society. opening tomorrow 1T the
hospital.
DR.. Theodore c. c. Fong, presi-
dent. will open the conference aat
$50 am. with q business meeting
and election of officers.
The use Of lobotomy, an opera
ton involving severence Of certain
cranial nerves, for serious mental
illness, win be discussed during the
morning session, while activities of
mental hygiene groups viii high
light the afternoon meeting.
The use of art. drama and group
therapy in treating mental patients
will be described at the Saturday
meeting. while other doctors will
outline research and educational
programs ut st. Elizabeths. DR..
Winfred Overholser, superin-
| Itendent, will deliver the conclud-
/ ing remarks and the conference
viii end with q dinner dance in
the Mayfiower Hotel at 1880 pm,
Saturday.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Catholic Youth pahey Roya|I Halls Prospects
Hears Father Keller 0fpeaee on Giving Up
Urqe Individual Good Post 10 Practice Law

Former Army Secretary Royal
made preparations today 20 re-
sumo the practice Of iRw, after
expressing the opinion that the
present prospects for peace for
America are better than they have
been AT any time IN the last three
years"
Mr.. Royal. who retired ye<ter-
day with an impressive military
ceremony at the Pentason. said
the principal reason for his be-
lief was the support tha, has
been given by the American peo-
pie TO national defense and to
military program OF readiness
To Join Law Firm.
Mr. Royal, who praeticed Law
In North Carolina before enter
ing Government service, will join
q New York law Arm TO be known
as Dwight. Royal Harris. Koegel
& Caskey He said the firm prob
ably would have a Washington
office.
A ls-gun salute, a review OF the
Honor Guard Of the Sd Infantry
Regiment from Fort Myer and
music by the Army Band fea-
tured the farewell ceremony.
On hand were Navy Secretary
Sullivan. who resigned Tuesday
with a blast at Defense Secretary
johnson for the latter's action In
scrapping the Navy's super car
rier. and Air Force Secretary
Symington.
Tempted to Stay On.
Mr.. johnson earlier had paid a
farewell visit to Mr.. Royal at
his office and later issued a state
ment in which he complimented
the retiring Army chief on a
grand job" Mr.. Royal replied
that it had been "a great pleasure
to serve with you. and I wish 1t
could be that I could stay longer.
He added that this last day or
two / have been almost tempted
to suggest that I stay a little
longer. II I hadn't already made
such definite announcement to the
press on my plans. I would have
come to you this morning with the
suggestion I stay on for a while"
Evening star., 1949-04-28

A little girl born in Arlington.
Va. will join The Stars family
of daily comics on Monday.
Her name is Bessie" and she's
the daughter - brain child, that
is-of Cartoonist Nick Penn. who
used to live at 5224 North
Eleventh street. the home Of Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin j. Heath.
For 81 months Of the war Mr.
Penn was stationed In the Nays
Bureau of Personnel and drew
cartoons for its Information
Bulletin (now All Hands Maga-
zine). He lived for q while at
ITO F street NV, then took an
apartment in the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. Heath.
Discharged from the Navy in
December, 1945, Mr.. Penn went to
Evening star., 1949-04-28
By GEORGE Them

sioH Writer Of the Chicago Dolly News
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. April 28
(SpeciaD AT least SO members
of the University of Illinois foot
ball squad. listed as part-time
rodmen, collected $32.350 on the
general Office payroll Of the State
highway division in 1916 and 1947.
The first list of names went on
the payroll in March, 1916, au-
thorized by Mark Saunders. Gov
Green's director Of finance as of
October 81. 1947.
: The athletes were paid $50 a
month, tpe-unifuxm rate for the
part -tines Job. Their duties, ac-
cording to university authorities
included making traffic surveys
checking highway shoulders and
culverts for gulleys and defects
and and reporting on pavement
deterioration.
Il 80 Editors on Rolls, 20
& The general Office payroll IN the
highway division. is the same that
carried county Republican chair
men, 80 downstate editors and
publishers. political favorites and
Republican workers.
Nearly $1,500.000 was paid out
over the years. ranging from pay
ments to a dozen or so at the be-
ginning of Gov. Green's admins
tration in January, l941, to a peak
of AIS in February and March
two years ago.
Today the general office pay
roll has nine full-time workers
who in March drew . total of
$2,484.
The monthly total paid out was
in March, 1947. when AIS persons
collected $53.952.98.
Asked how the football men
happened to get on the State
payroll, Douglas Mills, director OF
athletics at the State University
said:
1--WE were looking for some
part-time work for the boys. The
University of Illinois has no State
appropriations for athletics as dc
most other State universities
Most of the boys were working
their way through college.
Finally Found Better Jobs.
1--WE learned that the highway
division had these part-time jobs
available and the work would re-
quire only a couple Of hours q
day. The jobs were not particu-
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Chicago and landed q contract to
create . new comic strip.
The peace and quiet Of Vir-
ginia spoiled me for big city life" "
he says. II just couldn't seem to
get going on the new strip. FL
nally, I returned to my Arlington
apartment and there Bessie
came into the. world"
Now Mr.. Penn Is living In Fort
Wayne, Ind. and sending his
drawings to his employer. the
Chicago Sum Times Syndicate. by
mail.
Bessie is o cute little girl who
is always. getting into jams Of one
kind or another. Her daily antics
are featured In u growing list Of
newspapers throughout the coun-
try.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
So on Illinois u. Football Team
Drew Highway Pay in 1946-47

larly attractive and we finally
found better ones around the
university for the students.
Both Mr.. Mills and Ray Eliot,
football coach. said that the jobs
were taken with the knowledge
and approval Of Commissioner
Kenneth L. TUG" Wilson Of the
Big Ten Conference.
Mr.. Wilson was out of the city
but his assistant, Walter Byers,
at the Chicago ofiice Of the Big
Ten, confirmed Mr.. Mills and
Mr.. Eliot's statements that the
part time employment of the
Illinois squad had been thoroughly
checked and approved. -uu,
Mr.. Mills said the State jobs
for the Illinois squad paid
meagerly compared with the $50
to 5000 a month which he as
serted was collected by Ohio
State University, varsity players
from State appropriations.
The real reason Mr.. Mills sud-
denly terminated the ''rodmen"
jobs on October 81. 1947, accord
ing to another report. was to avoid
the squad in q political campaign.
Mr.. Byers said his chief, Com
missioner Wilson. obtained from
Wesley Polk, former chief high
way engineer. copies of the re-
ports turned in monthly by the
Urbana athletes and checked to
see that the jobs were legitimate.
Mr.. Polk. it was said, was salts
| fled with the work being done by
the football players.
Says Jobs Were Legitimate.
Mr.. Eliot said that in his
opinion. the 'rodmen" jobs were
legitimate.
I'VE had to meet Western Con-
ference regulations as to employ
ment Of players and they are lot
tougher than were requirements
of the State highway division" he
explained. I'VE had q man from
our staff 60 around and check on
the boys to see that they did their
work"
Mr.. Byers said the employment
of the University Of Illinois men
was nothing new to the Western
Conference"
1T was thoroughly Investigated
by the conference to make sure
the boys were working" he de-
clared. "At the end of the year
a report was filed. listing each boy
and the amount Of his pay"
Evening star., 1949-04-28

ton ane hopee ;os = ae<aSsaa a
an early date
On April ! the bureau sases sne<1
her thai Aise would have 10 SO Ia
Johns Hopkins Hospital IN Bal.
tlfncTe fog a further exAEnassx Ion
She baked si this c~caattng ;saa
the bureau had stalled enoas /,
already and that Size Alfeaas had
submitted adequate medical proc.
70 support her claim And that :,
where the matter stands right
nov.
DISfoTED--CompcaSa lesa al :
facIals take exception 10 hs4 vss-
sion OF the eaSs. declarlas That
she has been agneo-operAtlse and
unwilling 10 comply With tho ncc
essary procedures, IL this we're
done the case would have oe~n
disposed Of long sso. they Ss,
Asked Why sn adverse ruling
wasn't AZ least msoe 40 thai she
could appeal to the Appeals
Board. the ofhesals said she first
had TO comply with the proeedufcs
they laid down.
BADLY NEEDED--Mearl hi!s
the former enploye NAYS she
badly needs" the compensation
money. She says her doctors bills
as = result OF the illness have
amounted TO hundreds Of dollars.
in addition to the fact that she
has been unable TO work ali this
time, She says she has been
more than wiiling" TO DO every
thing asked OF her by the bureau,
but feels IL would be useless TO
continue her dealings with them
any further,
IF they haven't made Up their
minds In over two years, I don I
think that I'll set anywhere by
continuing TO deal directly with
them. she says.
..
POSTAL PAY-RepreSentatiye
Lyle. Democrat. OF Texas. an in
fiuential member OF the House
Rules Committee. has introduced
q postal employees reclassification
bill. which would provide . fat
salary increase Of $3.50. In ad-
dition. postal workers would set
longevity raises ranging up To
$500 for their Job tenure between
10 and % years. and the entrance
grade salary would be increased
to Grade 5. In addition. postal
workers. who now set Is and Ia
days annual and sick leave, would