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Evening star., 1949-07-07
Funeral for Herman Kur
ARRANGED for Today

Funeral services for Herman
Kur. owner of the Kur Jewelry
Co., AT Seventh street NV, were
to be held at 2 pm. today at the
Danzansky funeral home. 3501
Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in the new cemetery OF
Congregation Tifereth Israel Syn
agogue.
Mr.. Kur died yesterday at Doc
tors Hospital. He had been i'll
with a heart condition for two
years.
Born in Riga, Latvia, he came
to this country at the age of is.
He manufactured jewelry in Phil
adelphia for a few years before
moving to Washington in 1909
He entered the wholesale jewelry
business here. His firm has been
at its present location since 1919.
Mr.. Kur lived at 539 Shepherd
street NV.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Louise K'ur of the same ad-
dress; his mother, Mrs. Sara B.
Kur, and a daughter. Mrs. Sonya
K. Gorin, both of 1927 Thirteenth
street NV.
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An order for the prosecution Of
all persons maintaining insanitary
living conditions in Alexandria
was issued today by Judge James
r. Duncan of Civil and Police
Court.
The directive accompanied
Judge Duncan's conviction of the
owner and four tenants of alley
garages on charges of violating
city health regulations. The
garages are in Delaney's Court
behind houses in the 900 block OF
Princess street.
The judge imposed a 500 fine
on the owner. William w. Brown
colored. who lives at 90s Princess
street, but suspended the penalty
on payment of costs and on con-
dition the garages not be used as
living quarters. Brown was
charged specifically with main
tanning residences without pro-
viding sewage facilities"
Fines of $25 on each OF two
counts were levied against 1nez
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First 7 Polio Cases Of YeaI
Repoted by ARLINGTON

Arlington County's first two
polio cases of the year were hos
pitalized this week, the Airing
ton Health Department reported
today. The new cases raise to 13
the number stricken by polio SO
far this year in the Washington
area.
An 8-year-old boy of the soc
block of South Quincy street
Arlington, was admitted to Chill
dren's Hospital. A 19-year-olo
boy of the 3100 block of North
Ninth street. Arlington, was ad-
mitted to Gallinger Hospital.
Four Of the 13 cases were re-
ported by the District Health De-
partment and the nine others
from nearby counties.
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|Germun Claims Invention
|Of Perpetual Machine

Kurt Schaetezel, a German
mechanic, is the latest to claim
he has invented a perpetual mo-
ton machine, Hamburg reports.
For II years he worked on the
machine, which he calls the mo
tionless motor"
Recently, 1t ran for three days
and nights until he stopped it..
He is sure it would have gone on
forever. Like most perpetual
motion machines, this one COR
sists of a Weighted wheel snd say
scientists. has no practical pur-
pose" N04ul1
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BROWN. WALTER W., HENDERSON
ERNEsTiNE In mepery pegwN Si our IND gear sser ,s
away July /, 1913, and July Z, 1s47, re-
spectively.
Gone, but never forgottsn
coonw,N MaRsARETE. IN loving
memory of our dear mother, MARGARErE
ago today, July 7, 1943.
Today recalls sad memories
OF our dear mother laid TO rest
And those who think of her today
Are the ones who loved her best.
Although her soul is now at rest
And free from care and pain,
This world would seem like, Heaven
If VI Her R'd psvoFsD es5 HsEt CHILDREN. CHILDREN
HOWARD. GEORGE W. A tribute OF
GEORGE W. HOWARD, who so suddenly
left me eight years ago today, July u
1941.
To live in the hearts of those you leave
0en'h0 Is SIS Sister, e S PEARL THOMAS.
Jones. who departed this life two years
ago today, July z, 1947.
Today recalls sad memories
And those who think OF him TO-DAY
Are the ones who loved him best; i'm
LOVING WIFE HAZEL JONES' AMI
Jones RAzfh KHp5 R. In 1oSE Szss rSe
parted this life July z, 1947.
His memory Is as dear today
As in the hour he passed away;
We cannot. Lord. Thy purpose see
But HIS Is MoTHER AND sTEpFATHEa.
of ', my dear brother. RALPH r: JONES,
who departed this life July 7, 1947.
I'll remember you, dear,
nNah While the .nerfs Is HE HE Wisaom IN %y heart
LOVING SISTER. DOROTHY FIELDS.
WHITE. MARY C. In loving memory
of cherished mother. MARY c. WHITE
:. shG lefa' lf.' me seven years 'S' '''''' ''''
| with the swish Of a passing cloud,
| Gently and silently,
| Our human hearts froze
Time % has melted the crystals of grief
Leaving only lonely hearts
YOUR BABY GIRL.
our fosNs; sesr mosher aNM M ANN NJ. iv YoUNd % who
departed this life eleven years ago today
July Z, 1898.
Mother. we miss you more than We can
We hope and pray to meet you some day:
God took you because He knew you needed
rest.
How can we thank Him because He knew
what was best.
Rest in peace.
HER LOVING CHILDREN, MOTHER, FAM
NY.
YOUNG, MAYME L. In sad but loving
remembrance of our dear, beloved mother
MAYME L. YOUNG, who departed this life
one year ago today, July z. 194S.
Gone Is the face we held 80 dear,
Gone is the voice we loved to hear;
| Though from us she has gone away.
we hope to Join her again some day.
SONS AND DAUGHTERS.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
40 Miles Made in IS Minutes
AS Police Rush Serum to Girl

Two Maryland State troopers
last night drove the 40-mile round
trip between Laurel and Bladens-
burg in IS minutes to deliver anti
venom serum to a child bitten by
a copperhead snake.
They'd have made it quicker
Troopers R. w. Harrison and T. B.
Allen said today, had not passing
trains stopped them at Hyatts-
Vile crossing on both legs of theil
run.
The snake bite victim is Edith
Scherer, IL, of Elkridge. The cop
perhead struck her finger Will
she and a younger brother were
playing near their home. He1
Evening star., 1949-07-07

father notified State police had
she was taken to the ONCE Of q
Laurel physician.
Anti-venom serum Is most
effective when administered soon
after a bite, but the nearest avail.
able supply was at Cheverly Drugs.
5401 Annapolis road. BladensbEg.
Informed Of the emergency, the
store had the serum packaged and
ready when the police car arrived.
The troopers said they attained
a speed of 30 miles and hour on
the trip.
Edith responded satisfactorily
after the drug was administered
and was sent home.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Funeral Services Today
For Daniel Herr KunkeI

Funeral services for Daniel Herr
Kunkel, SO, who died Unexpectedly
of a heart attack yesterday, were
to be held at 2 pm. this after
noon in Hysong's funeral home
1900 N street NV. Burial will be
at Harrisburg. Pa.
Mr.. Kunkel. assistant chief
counsel of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, was stricken
near the bus stop in front of his
apartment. 542O Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. and was pronounced
dead a few minutes later by a
private physician.
A native of Harrisburg. Mr..
Kunkel was educated in schools
there and at Franklin and Mar
shall College. Lancaster. Pa. He
also attended Harvard University
Law School. He served in the
armed forces during World War l.
He practiced law in Harrisburg
until he came to Washington in
1881. He went directly to the 1CC
as an attorney, and in 1889 be-
came associated with the chief
counsels office. He was later made
assistant chief.
He was director Of the ICES
employees organization. the In
com-co Club. He was a member
Of Salem Reformed Church
Harrisburg.
Mr.. Kunkel Is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Knisely
Kunkel: a daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Kunkel of the Connecticut
avenue address: two sons, George
T., who also lived at home, and
Daniel H. Kunkel, jr.. 1915 Thir-
tieth street NV; his mother,
Mrs. George Kunkel: a sister,
Mrs. Celia Rayhill, and a brother,
Gooroe oil nf Harrisburg
Evening star., 1949-07-07

wed a George
w a S h | n 6 t o n
University class
mate Septem-
ber II.
T h e engage
ment of Diana
and Agar Jaicks,
son of Mr.. and
M RS. Wilso n
Askin- -Jaicks of
Lake Forest, H.,
was announced
y e S t erday ~
the bride-elect's s
m o t h er, Mrs.
Dorothy Kemp
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Tanker Crew Member
browns in Nirqiniu
By the Assoeiated Press

COLONIAL BEACH, Va. July7.
"A man identified by Virginia
State police as Wartle z. Savage.
81, Of Reamy, Va, was drowned
here yesterday.
Police said Mr.. Savage was q
crew member of the oil tanker
Haven Belle and apparently dived
into the Potomac for a swim.
Evening star., 1949-07-07

Roosevelt of Birmingham. Mich,
q Detroit suburb.
Diana's father, the late G. Hall
Roosevelt, was q brother of Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Mrs. Jaicks, who was graduated
from G. w. in May, is a cousin
of motion picture star John Agar
husband Of Shirley Temple.
The couple plan to be married
at the Roosevelt home in Birm-
ingham and spend a three-month
honeymoon in Europe.
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Niece Of Mrs. Roosevelt
will Wed 6. W. CIassmate
By the Assoeioisd Press

DETROIT, July 7.-Miss Diana
Roosevelt, a niece of Mrs.. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and a grandnice Of
President Theodore Roosevelt, will
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DrathH
vRAHIoTIs. ARIsTIDEs.

VRAHIOTIS, ARISTiDES. Omcers and
NJ &C. Asn o
If sda Hrchsf sRs III
srdsS F. sSDna as E. fs4s n int.
"e"i STEVE s1HseG' q. KoKENEs.- President 8
WALKER, FRANCES ELANOR tNORA,.
FRANCES FRANCES n.ANoR tNoRAp WxLkER. be-
loved wife of the late John Wesley Walker
Home, HON Gaithersburs. Nd. where funeral
am. interment Forest Oak Cemetery.
WALKER ,os5 WsEpI.x W.y, 81 On ThHrSdss TWHTKss
Friends may cal. a. the Malvan r. scacIs,
ST. unfrs nH HGm Nhef. srcss ssFssf aye y
iinston National cerneterv.
WALLACE. EMMA LOUISE; on oS,,s. Mad;
wife Of Charles D. Wallace and aunt o.
Nes G%5ry and sriller ot5er GnrstifoT
neral nea f1sads sseq ';G assH ssi Masn "a
ne,ss; s = 1913 = 61eos B. 9s
st. NV, beloved wife OF John Harry
Westerman. mother of Miss Virginia West
erman and sister Of Mrs; Josepi,ine Murphy
Of Montclair. N. j. Remains restins, o. e1
8 until 10 pm. Services and inter
ment Columbia. Pa.
WILLIAMS, PVT. DONALD. Reburial
services will be held Friday,
49, July s, 1849, at 2 pm, in Ar
81 lington National Cemetery, for
I@ Pvt DONALD WILLIAMS, who
I was killed in action in Italy
U January 81, 1914. Surviving
are his mother. Mrs. Catherine
Williams. and three brothers, James c.,
pahart r and RaYmnnd Williams.
Evening star., 1949-07-07

To stimulate tourism, Spain
has eased foreign exchange re-
ouirements for tourists.
Evening star., 1949-07-07
Wine Workers Get Roise

In Dublin. 500 wholesale wine
workers got a $1.20-a-week raise
after a strike threat. although the
Labor Court had recommended NO
increase.
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Dfatha

HITZ, JOSEPH. Suddenly. on Wednes.
day. July 6, l949; at his, his residence ,,. Ga
band of Ethel Hitz. Friends may call at
his late residence. Notice of funeral later,
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1n Mrn1nrtatt

williams, and three brothers, ia
Robert Z, and Raymond williams
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L. " cox, Secretary.
MELLON. LOUIS T: On Tuesday, July
5. 1949. LOUIS T. MELLON Of 220s Perry
st. ne, beloved son of Charles Leo and
Agnes Mae Donald, Jean Mellon. Mrs.
Emily Berry and John Leo Mellon. Friends
may call at the VIM. J. Nalley Funeral
sSe' e ne. oG Fanerai mnGa % on Fridsy, july 5. At
Church, where mass will be offered at Q
and ID ri fplends 'i1Ss Invited in:srm.nt Mount
MepoNouGH. JOHN JOSEPH. Or
aSz ~ y 4es rs
Annie NJ MeponoHsh Of Washinston
AND d. brother Of IhSmas If Ms
cothe. Ohio. and Mrs. John Moore o.
CO: Funeral Home, @s01 14th st.. o.
St. GsbrieTs Catholic Church, Grant Circle
NV, where the holy sacrifice of the mass
will be offered at am. for the repose
Of his soul. 1nterment Mount oi,ve'
MURRAY. ARTHUR LEE. On July 4,
1949, ARTHUR LEE MURRAY OF 5705
Ezabeth si Emma snd father Of n Inda Ann
Murray. Services at the Chambers Fu-
neral Home, 517 11th st: Sc. THURSDAY
sional Cemetery.
NAPIER. MAMIE. Departed this life
sunday, July 9, l94S, ct Blue Plains,
MAMIE NAPIER Of 1928 Sth st. NV: She
Georgie Jones and Annie Comfort; two sis
ters, Sallie Jones and Fannie Jones; four
teen grandchildren, two great-grandchtl-
other relatives and friends. Friends may
call after IL noon Thursday, July z, at
the Taft II. Williams Funeral Home. 1902
be held Friday, July 8. at l pm. Inter
ment Payne's Cemetery.
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am. Interment Arlington National Gem
etery. ANNIE RACKEY, President.
CATHERINE E. HUHN, Secretary.
vRAHIOTES. ARISTIDES PETER. Sud-
ARISTIDES VRAHIOTEs of 5126 9th St.
NV, beloved husband of Mary Vrahiotes,
father Of Mrs. Helen Harbor Of Fort
more, Md, and Peter vrahiotes o. WASH
inKten: D. e: Remains resting at the S:
at St. sophia's irsek Church, sth and
L sts NV. on Friday. July 8, at 2 p.m.
lnterment Glenwood Cemetery.
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MELCHIOR, WILLIAM II. Members of
the Retired Firemens Associa-
E&S>Zd tion Of D. c. are requested to
NyIS%rI\ assemble at the Lee Funeral
tEAA,N Home, 4th st. and Mass. ave.
WaSA3gHn.e., at 2 pm. Friday. July s.
CHSGSG 1949, to attend the funeral of
our late brother, WILLIAM H.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Germans Warned Don't Abuse New Freedoms

WASHINGTON, (P)-Secretary of State Acheson warned the Western Germans today against abusing the freedoms permitted them by the western occupation powers.
 Acheson sounded the warning in a news conference statement of Sundays elections in Western Germany. He hailed the results as a victory for moderation and common sense"
 He noted there had been sharp criticism of the occupation powers during the election campaign. He
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Bridges Asks
 Negotiations To Start from Scratch

HONOLULU, (P) - Longshore- men and waterfront employers met across a peace table today in a new effort to end Hawaii's l09- day CIO dock strike.
 The agreement to resume direct negotiations developed with dra- matic suddenness during a confer enct Gov. Ingram H. Stainback arranged in his office yesterday.
 Almost immediately officials of HaWaii'S seven struck stevedoring firms and leaders of the ILWU be- gan meeting. The first session lasted two hours.
 R u mption of negotiations, made at the suggestion of ILWU president Harry Bridges, was on the basis of S ar in g from scratch" The stevedores struck May 1 for a 32 cents hike in their S140 hourly pay.
 The talks came on top of these maneuverS in court and on the waterfronts of Hawaii and the mainland.
 1. Circuit judge Edward A Towse ordered a contempt action
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Wednesday. August IF, l949

The United States embassy in Canton asked the Chinese foreign office today to guarantee safe con- duct through the nationalist block ade for the liner General Gordon. The ship has been assigned to help evacuate several hundred Ameri- cans from communist-menaced coastal cities.
 Latest reports indicated com munists were closing in on Nan hsiung, 155 miles from Canton it. self. The nationalists lost radio contact today with Foochow, big port to the north opposite Formo- sa, but announced they were send ing naval units up the Min River to it's relief.
 In Europe, Pope Plus XII con-
 Continued on Page Five)
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Bridges Personally Defies Hawaiian Picket Injunction

HONOLULU, (P)-Harry Bridg- eS showed HaWaii'S 108-day CIO dock strike into a decisive phase yesterday. The Territorial govern ment obtained an anti-picketing injunction. He defied it personal ly.
 The next Step was up to Walter J. Acekerman, Jr., Hawaii's attor- ney general. His office said Bridg- es, president of the CIO interna- tional longshoremens and ware housemen's union, might be ar rested for contempt. Alderman said he would determine what to do.
 Alderman went into circuit court yesterday to obtain the in- junction. He acted under an emer- gency law of the Territorial legis- lature. Under this act the govern ment has seized Hawaii's struck stevedoring firms. It plans to op- crate the docks, tied up since the ILWU struck May 1 for a 32 cents hike in the $l.4 hourly basic long shore wage.
 The Territory resorted to the
 Continued on Page Five
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Mrs. Truman Guilt less In Accepting Freezer As Gift

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Mccarthy R.-Wisl said yesterday an employee of the company re- ported to have paid for deep freez- CTS sent to Mrs. Harry s. Truman and a number of other notables had engaged in attempted snug gling activities"
 Mccarthy emphasized that he does not think there was anything even remotely improper" on Mrs. Truman's part.
 The Wisconsin Senator made his statement at the opening of yesterdays five per center hear ing. The Senate investigating com mittee is trying to find out Whe- ther improper influence with gov ! ernment officials figures in the i activities of persons who charge fees for help in landing govern | ment contracts.
 Albert J. Gross, a Milwaukee manufacturer, told the committee last week that his company sent deep freezers to Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman'S military aide, and a number of other prominent WaShingtonians. He said the units were paid for by the Albert Verley Company, a Chicago perfume house.
 In a statement to newSmen Sat urday, Vaughan said two old friends of his-one of whom is as sociated with the Verley company and the other reported to have been associated with it formerly gave him seven freezerS in 1945, and that he in turn made gifts of them to friends.
 Vaughan said he had one of the freezerS sent to the Little White House" at Independence, Mo. A committee member has said he was told that Mrs. Truman sent a thank-you note for this freezer to Gross, thinking he was the donor
 At yesterdays session McCar-
 Continued on Page Tw0
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

VANCOUVER, B. C. (F) - A Canadian Pacific Air Lines plane flew directly from Shemya in the AleutianS to Vancouver last night, cutting more than six hours from the normal flying time between Hong Kong and Canada.
 The lines Empress of. Sydney" covered the Trans-Pacific route in 29 hours and 55 minutes of fly ing time.
 The direct Shemya-Vancouver hop eliminated normal routing through Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
NEWS IN BRIEF

SEATTLE lP)-The nine-week- old strike against North Coast Greyhound Lines continued yes terday as union headquarters an nounced an overwhelming rejec- ton of the company's latest offer.
 Striking employees rejected the offer, submitted last week, by a vote of 349 to 19, the announce men said.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

JASPER, Tenn. (P)-Mrs. Ray mond Hix of Whitwell, Tenn, has given birth to her fourth child in less than a year.
 The stork made only two trips twins each time.
 A boy and a girl, both reported doing fine, were born Sunday. The first set, also boy and a girl, was born Sept. 10, 1948.
 Hix, packing house employee, and his wife have two other chil- dren, one two years old and the other four.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
News of the World At A Glance ---
Tuesday. August Is. ls4s CBy The Associated Press


 Victorious conservative leaders of Western Germany began plan ming today for a coalition govern ment.
 Calls for talks went out from pr. Konrad Adenauer, 75-year-Old leader of the Christian Democratic Union CCDU which emerged in Sundays elections as the biggest single force in the new State.
 The CDU plans to unite with smaller conservative parties in a coalition that will exclude the left-of-center Social Democrats, second largest party. The govern ment probably will be formed early next week, with Dr. Aden- auer expected to become the first chancellor prime minister in Germany since Hitler.
 German communists reaC Q d with surprising tone of cOncilia- ton to their defeat in the Sunday balloting. Otto MuSchke. one of their top leaders, said they had a chance and failed He indicated there would be a Shakeup in the communist party. which won only Is out of 400 seats. The CDU won l39 and the Social Democrats 131.
 Alan K. Kirk, U. s. ambassador to Moscow, conferred for '45 min utes with Premier Stalin last night. Kirk described his first meeting with Stalin as a courtesy call and said it was a pleasant visit"
 Russia has made it's ambassador to Belgrade a deputy foreign min ister. The announcement made no mention of a successor in Yugo- slavia, which was denounced last week as an "enemy and foe of the Soviet Union"
 The guerrilla radio in Greece broadcast charges of firing by YugOslav border patrols on guer- rillas retreating before the Greek governments new offensive in Northern Greece. Yugoslavia re- gently closed her border with Greece.
 The government in Athens said hopping up continued in the of fensive against the guerrillas in the Vitsi Mountains near Albania.
 In China, big American and British oil companies began nov ing out of Canton in the face of the communist drive for the na- tionalist refugee capital. The na- tionalists claimed a counter attack had driven the Reds out of Nan kang, 195 miles to the northeast.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

NEW YORK, (P)-Mrs. Cornel- jus Vanderbilt, Jr., does not have polio, as first suspected, Doctors Hospital reported Monday night.
 Tests ruled out polio, but her ailment had not yet been diag- noSed, a hospital spokesman said.
 The pretty, 28-year-old, fifth wife of the 5O-year-old Vanderbilt was taken to the hospital Sunday night for observation as a possible polio victim.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

ROME, (4D - A group of boys went exploring yesterday in an abandoned ammunition dump out side Rome.
 They found round, rusty ball of metal and had lots of fun roll ing it about-until the hand gren- ade exploded
 Marcello Cimini, three, and Ma tale Cordial, five, were killed. Two others were injured.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

FAIRBANKS, (P)-Fred Potter, 78-year sourdough, died Sat urday of fractured skull received when he fell down a flight of stairs.
 He was believed to have been born in TreadWell, Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

indicated he wasn't worried about that but:
 Abuse of such freedoms may alienate western sympathies while failing to serve the best interests of the German people"
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
Seattle Banks Turn Down Loan To Alaska

JUNEAU (P)-Territorial treas urer Henry Roden said the million dollar loan he negotiated for Alas ka has failed. Announcement brought conflicting statements as to the reason.
 ROden charged failure to com plete the loan was brought about by "entrenched" business interests which used ''legalistic skulldug- gerry" in hope of Infringing Alasa to its knees and do its bidding"
 In Anchorage Elmer Rasmus- sen, president of the Bank of Alaska, said he received a tele- gram from J. F. Mullen, Juneau banker, saying the cancellation re- suited from the discovery that Territorial indebtedness is S2,500,- 900 instead of one million and that it will progressively mount throughout the year.
 In Seattle K. WinsloW, Jr., man. ager of the Seattle Trust and Saw ings Bank, said he had mo com ment other than to confirm the statement made by MT. Mullen"
 Roden charged that unnamed industries seek to force the Terri tory to hold a special legislative session to modify or repeal exist ing tax laws and enact a sales tax.
 JUNEAU (P)-TreaSurer Henry Roden said there is no new plan for meeting Alaska's financial pinch, after the collapse of the plan for million dollar loan from a Seattle bank. Governor Ernest Gruening is returning from a meet ing in Ketchikan. The board of administration is expected to meet soon to attempt a new line of fi- nacing.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17
WASHINGTON, (P), The Town

send old-age pension plan is perk- ing up again in Congress.
 Backers are more than half way in signing up the 218 members necessary to force a vote on it in the House. They had pep meet ing yesterday and organized a drive to round up the remaining 93 signatures.
The Nome nugget., 1949-08-17

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman today nominated It. Gen. Benjamin Wiley Chidlaw to the commanding general of the air materiel command of the air force.