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been damaged beyond repair.
Some so per cent were damaged
but are being repaired. Only 25
per cent of its buildings escaped
Allied demolition. although some
of these suffered minor damage
from machinegun and shell fire
when fanatical SIS troops tried
to stop American forces from TAX
ing the city.
In the category Of total destruc-
ton or heavy damage are includ-
ed more than 80 per cent of the
city's artistic and educational in
stitutions such as the world-fa-
nous picture galleries. the opera
and theaters, the Seventeenth
Century university. and some ir-
replaceable ancient buildings
which had withstood war and in
vasion ever since the city was
created.
There is not a single street
which does not have its share
of debris and razed buildings,
while the center of the city, with
its historic churches and monu-
ments, is still q hopeless ruin.
Yet, Munich is nowhere near q
dead city. Temporary shacks
house shops containing almost
anything a person might desire
to purchase. The debris Is being
cleared and an unbelievable
amount of work is being done in
repairing the war damage.
Buildings Patched Up.
Some buildings in the center Of
the city are being patched up to
make them habitable. New build
ings-far more numerous than in
blitzed London-are going up al
most every week. It is an eerie
sight to see, in the heart Of the
Bavarian capital, a mountain Of
debris lying side by side with
new 6-story building.
Everybody lends a hand to re-
build the city. Long after every
one else has quit work one can
see youngsters, some apparently
not more than Is years old, help
ing to clean up a mess in front
Of some imposing church which
had received incendiary treat
ment during those four nights Of
terror in 1914.
During the first two years after
VE-Day, when 1t looked as If
Germany would be divided up by
the four conquering powers, the
first thought of the Munich pop
ulation was to repair their thea
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the cloakrooms
that Gen. Mac
Arthur cannot
be expected to
testify before
Con gr eSs on
United States
Far E q S t ern
policy during
the present ad-
ministration.
The supreme
commander for
the Allied pow
ers in Japan
did not tell
them this: they
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90 PAoSAACN AVA
In the GI Bill
Of Rights.
Naturally, I
am not going
to miss this op-
portunity to
gain wisdom at
Mr.. Whiskers'
expense. Before
July Is, 1851,
rolls around I
will be seated
behind a desk,
fully equipped
with pen and
nenci1 Set 1ined
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Bv LoweIf MeUeft

The thousands who gathered in
New York this week to witness
the laying Of the cornerstone of
the United Nations building must
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Bv Constantine Br0wn

MUNICH, Bavaria (By AirmaiD
BY all the rules Of the game
Munich should be a dead city.
Four raids by American and Brit
ict, = - ~ r a &c
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By Doris FIeeson

MANILA, P. I. (By AirmaiD -
Congressional sources which have
visited the Far East are pre-
pared to spread the word around
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have hoped they
were also seeing
laid the corner
stone Of future
world pc &C e.
T he va s I'll y
greater number
who have seen
the pictures Of
the tall steel
skeleton reach
ing toward the
sky must share
in that hope.
Despite tn e
bitter wrangles
that hama mar
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.cLem0re-
Discusses Three Greet
Fields Of Opportunity
By Henry McLemore

The newspapers tell me that
any EXCL who isn't enrolled by
July Is. 1851, will have forfeited
his chance for q free education
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41AA ~ ~ AAA ~ ~
during the war
destroyed rs
per cent Of
what once was
known as t h e
in t e IL e c t ual
capital Of Ger
many.
According to
available omci-
al figures from
A m e r l c a n
sources, Is per
ce n t of thi S
ancient city's
buildings have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
Rites for Capt. Allen,
|Ex.Secretary Of RFC,
Ito Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Capt. Ron
aid Hamilton Allen. USNR, for
mer secretary OF the Reconstruct
ton Finance Corp. and one time
assistant naval attache at Mos
COW, will be held at 1890 am.
tomorrow in Gawler's Chapel,
l756 Pennsylvania avenue NV
Burial will be in Fulton, N. Y.
Capt. Allen, who was SO and
a native Of Fulton. died Sunday
at Doctors Hospital after a long
illness. He lived at the Univer-
sity Club here.
He was graduated from Phil
lips Exeter Academy, Harvard
College and Harvard Graduate
Business School. After serving as
lieutenant in the Navy Air
Forces during World War I he
served on the Preparations Com
mission of the American Relief
Administration in Russia, as as
sistant to the commercial attache
in Warsaw and as assistant te
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
American Wooden
Cuts Suiting Prices
By The Associated Press

NEW YORK, July 26.--The
American Wooden Co.. the world S
largest manufacturer OF wooden
and worsted fabrics, said yester-
day 1t was making one of the
biggest price cuts in mems suit
ings IN almost 80 years.
The reductions will be on Amer
team Woolen's spring, 1850, line Of
mems suitings. The cuts run up
to about 10 per cent. compared
with spring, 1e4s, prices. and in
dollars and cents up to about 20
cents a yard.
A spokesman for the company
said the reductions brought its
mems wear worsteds and
tropicals-to about the lowest pos
sible point.
He said American Wooden hoped
to stimulate buying and thus keep
its mills running through early
announcement of its spring lime
prices.
The ranges. differed widely on
many varied types of cloth. The
company said that the prices an
nounced yesterday were approx
mate and might be changed. but
that they certainly would not go
any higher.
Prices on worsted suitings and
garbardines ranged from $3.50 to
1855 q yard and the spread OF
tropical worsted prices ran from
$3.50 to $4.3712 yard.
The comparative price per yard
from the spring 1880 list and
the spring d949) list on two pop
ular cloths follows:
Piece-dyed. decorated IL to 12h
ounce worsted was $384H2 cents
q yard last spring. The price for
spring 1850 will be $3.17ha cents
a yard.
On a popular style of 91a to 10
ounce tropical worsted the price
reduction was from $3.471a cents
q yard this year to $3.50 a yard
for the spring 1950) line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
Miss, Iva Torrens Joins
VA NURSING Service.

Miss Iva Torrens has Joined
the central Office staff Of the Vet
Grams Administration Nursing
Service here, it was announced
today by Miss Dorothy Wheeler
director of the service.
Miss Torrens formerly was as
sistant professor of public health
nursing in the College Of Medicine
at Syracuse University. During
World War II. she served in the
Army Nurse Corps in England
and Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26

the American financial advisor to
the Polish government.
From 1880 to 1941 Capt. Aller
served as assistant secretary anc
later as secretary of the RFC.
After serving as assistant attache
in Moscow he became a foreign
service officer with the State De-
partment and was assigned tc
Vienna at the time he became Il.
in April, 1913.
Capt. Allen is survived by 9
sister, Mrs. Ralph w. Herbert
Battle Creek, Mich, and two
brothers, c. Milton Allen. jr., Full
ton. and Lloyd L. Allen. San Fran
cisco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
300 Nominations Break
South S Patronage Logjam
BY me Associated Press

The logjam on Southern pat
ronage gave a little yesterday.
President Truman submitted to
the Senate a list Of more than 800
postmaster nominations, most Of
them from the South.
1t was the first big list Of South
ern nominations since the session
convened in January.
There has been considerable
speculation on how patronage
would be handled for the South
erners, many of whom backed the
States Rights CDixiecrat) ticket
last fall and opposed the Presi-
dents civil rights program In Con-
gress.
Just what pattern the President
is following wasn't clear tmmedi-
ately and there was no White
House comment accompanying
the nominations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
U. 5. Population Figures
Well Over 149,000,o0o
Nv NE Assosjussd Pysss

The United States population
has passed the 149,000.000 mark,
Census Bureau figures indicate.
The bureau estimated that the
population, increasing by nearly
100000 d month in the first half
of 1949. totaled 148.902.000 on
June !. No later figures were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26
Lane Honors Three Student!
For Handicapped Essays
Nv the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, July 90
Champion essayists on why en-
ployers should give Jobs to, the
physically handicapped received
their awards at Hagerstown re-
union in the State house yester-
day.
Gov. Lane. a Hagerstown native,
presented certificates Of merit to
three recent graduates Of his home
town high school,.
They were Kenneth F. Spence
ir.. l8. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-07-26

meth r. Spence. who won the first
prize; Yvonne Beachley, H.
daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Jack H
Beachley, second prize. and
Vaunne o. Miller, 10. DAUGHTER OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Lee Miller, third
prize.
They wrote the best Of 30 es-
says on why Not Hire The Han
dicapped" in the Maryland con-
test of national employ the phys
ically handicapped week."
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given but the rate Of increase in
dicated that the population is now
we'll over 14s,00o,o0o.
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have a lifelike resemblance tn
stone. brick. metal and other
materials. . formula which he
vigorously keeps secret.
How do I get those realistic
efects7" he says. We'll, let
EN- wonder"
Mr.. Reeser Is not only a
model technician. but an
architect. He studied at the
University Of Pennsylvania
and continued there as a
teacher in 1911. He made
models for architects In Phil
adelphia. When the depres-
sion came and architects
weren't needed. he went In
for modelling historical build.
ings for the Architectural
League In New York. These
models. which required a
great deal Of research. in
ciuded such shrines as the
nrst Capitol of the United
States. showing George Wash
ington and his four-horse
coach. Alexander Hamilton's
Grange. Faunces' Tavern In
New York. where Washington
met his generals for the last
time. and Monticello, Thomas
Jeferson's home.
He makes models not only
or buildings, but of other
things. Courtroom furniture.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
IN MINIATURE

n VICTOR RkEsER Is q
W builder who never has
TO worry about materials. Ia
Dor or weather.
He has made some OF the
most famous Of Government
buildings. including the new
State Department Building
and the General Accounting
once. and done the Job with
. calmness and dispatch that
many an orthodox construc-
tion man would envy. Mr..
Reeser. you see. Is q model
technician-he makes minia-
lures out of cardboard.
Mr.. Reeser. who lives at 400
Rhode Island avenue NE
differs from most model
builders In that with him It
ID not q hooby: he does it for
Q living. He works for the
Federal Works Agency now.
although Is years ago. when
ne nrst began Government
service. he made models of
structures built by the old
fuoiic Works Administratio ton.
Between 1899 and lo42, when
the Federal Works Agency
was building low-cost houses.
ne made many single. duplex
and unit housing models.
His cardboard models of
Ehe government Playground
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BY Stanley Bats

buildings. painted. HANDICAPPED
and complete In every detail
were displayed at the New
York World Fair In 1889 and
1870. He also had a display
at the San Franclsco World
Fair. which included the Ma
tional Airport.
Models are required for
display purposes on major
projects" Mr.. Reeser saws.
because the FWA must know
now the structure will look
when completed. Also, study
models are made on large
projects when they are about
~ per cent complete. These
show up any defects and al
low us to make the necessary
changes. For example. when
the study model was made
on the new State Department.
It was decided to make some
Changes In the windows"
He makes his models out
OF cardboard and waterproof
giues and lacquers. other
materials. he fnds, sag.
crack and warp. Cardboard.
he says. Is light. can be easily
handled. and will take gen.
uine waterproof materials.
In his youth he learned a
formula for making sub
stances for his models that
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
20 YEARS AGO fTr TIT < I'u'11 EMPIRE
FEBRUARY 2, 1929

The sun brilliantly throughout day. question what MT Groundog his retired his nest until of Marchanother six weeks
 Seattle that the sailing would north from Seattle Steamships replace the start north spring.
 D Knnay keeper Cape Spencer lighthouse Martin medical treatment
 The April and re- established the ciys three voting precincts
 thawing pipes put smok cafe but damage
 Douglas 
 junior play a mpsonng it. Alma Lavkko John Cashen Frank Petty Margey Mrs Engsom play coach named these
  Miss Olson and MT Durham given Association gymnasium which the public invited
 discharged Hospital 
 Bringing Up popular Empire is today
 improvement monthly W. 1929 there total of $998 39167.
 the Palace "A Mans Past" Weather
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BEST DRESSED OF 194S

This is the season when fashion editors and dress designers go about picking the "bes dressed men and women Their choices arbitrary, of course. The judges usually go to pains to try to prove that at least some of the best dressed" persons don't spend much money clothes But we notice that they are all of some and prominence.
 really scientific" search for the best dressed" persons would consider everybody in the light of his circumstances And the verdict would be inevitable and unanimous The best dressed" and woman are MT and Mrs John Q. Public, who somehow man. age to keep themselves and their children neat and clean when their thin bankroll is being thinner and thinner by the high cost of living.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02

couldn't get out six votes" :. A group of Congressmen are plan ing to introduce a resolution call ing for a salary increase for pr. Edward U. Condon, head of the Federal Bureau of Standards, as a token of their confidence in the man who was under heavy attack from the Thomas Committee -. .. President Truman's palace guard is putting tremendous heat on the chief executive to prevent him from appointing Louis Johnson as Secretary of National Defense :. :. American diplomats in China re- port that the new Communist dominated government of China will be completely independent of Moscow. They claim it will be patterned after Tito's regime in Yugoslavia and anxious to play ball with the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
MOWERS MASTERPIECE

Some scores of have been working for IS months under the direction of Herbert Hoover in a comprehensive survey of the executive branch of the government The Hoover Commission itself is a body of 12 persons, four chosen by the President Pro Tem of the Senate four by the Speaker of the House and four by the President It is non-partisan such group possibly could be and still include familiar with governmental affairs
 Scores of additional persons have worked as sub committees task forces they called, to study specific departments bureaus and agencies. These task force reports" not the Commissions report when added together They the raw material for it's final report The real recommendations to be made have still to be settled in full
 It appears, however, that the report will be a spectacular challenge Congress. MT Hoover already has urged Congress authorize the President to make some rather sweeping changes in the administrative structure without detailed directive from the leg islative branch This something few Congresses have been disposed to do.
 It seems likely the Commission will recommend
 universal budget and accounting system which would entail the demise of the General Accounting Office, traditionay pet of the legislative branch and enc
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ever. the shooting doesn't come from the real-estate lobby, but from some of Truman's strongest housing allies in the Congress.
 Senators Burnet Maybank of South Carolina and John Sparkman of Alabama, Rep. Frank Buchanan of Pennsylvania and other libers D are up on arms about the admir- istration's bill, introduced by Sen- ator Ellender of Louisiana, which does nothing about the plight Of war vets and others in the S2,000 to S3,600-a-year income group.
 Inside fact is that the Ellender bill was written chiefly by Ray Foley director of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, reportedly chummy with some of the big real estate lobby groups.
 Foley and his aides made no provisions for helping to finance the $2,0O0-$3,600 income group, though President Truman has re- peatedly told housing leaders that this group-which Truman called the backbone" of the nation should be helped to buy homes, by direct government loans if nec- eSsary.
 Senator Maybank is firing the first shot in the revolt against the Ellender-F Foley bill by introducing an entirely new housing bill-with government-loan provisions for the middle-income home buyers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
INAUGURAL BACKSTAGE

The eyes of the world were on President Truman as he took the inaugural oath, but only a few officials saw how he started off his first full term.
 Once off the inaugural stand, the President hustled to the office of his friend, Secretary of the Sen- ate Les Biffle, for a ham-and- turkey buffet luncheon. Just ahead of him darted Arms Joe Duke, resplendent in high hat and swallow tails. As Duke round- ed the corner into Biffle's office, his tails almost standing out be- hind, an employee blurted out hot dog!"
 The President, just behind, halt ed in his tracks, then chuckled.
 No" he said, ham and turkey"
 Inside Biffle's office, the Presi- dent munched a ham-and- turkey sandwich while kidding Pres ident Barkley about taking off his coat for the swearing-in. Probably he suggested, the Vice President had worn his long winter under wear But Barkley was more con- cerned about his top hat which he wouldn't let out of his sight-be- cause, he admitted, it had been borrowed for the occasion House Majority Leader John Mccormack confessed that he. too had just re- ceived his topper the day before from New York.
 As the Presidential party gulped down their food, Army Chief oi Staff Omar Bradley acted as mes senger boy--reporting how the par ade was forming.
 Other guests chatted about the inaugural ceremony President Tru- man was ribbed for having Rabbi Samuel Thurman Che was the one who spoke almost as long as Tru-
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the Union message significantly omitted any reference to an ex- cess profits tax.
 Inside story is that Economic Councillor John Clark, head of an interdepartmental group on fiscal policy, finally gave up the fight for an excess profits tax because of the obdurate sabotage and op- position of Secretary Snyder-long considered the Presidents closest personal friend.
 Snyder has even gone to the ex- tent of placing his treasury tax technicians under wraps They are not available for conferences with the Presidents staff or with administration leaders at the Capi- tol. Snyder even went so far as to refuse request from Budget Director Webb for the major out lines of a Treasury tax program to be included in the Presidents budget message.
 Secretary Snyder is now confer ring in secret session with Con- gressional leaders, but for the first time in recent history a Secretary of the Treasury will have no af- firmative recommendations to pre- sent. Instead he will submit sev- eral alternatives, thereby abdi- eating Presidential leadership in tax policy.
 The chaos within the Treasury IS emphasized by Snyders refusal to choose between Assistant Secre- tary John Graham of North Caro- lima and General Counsel Tom Lynch of Ohio to represent him in policy discussions with Con- gressional staffs.
 White House aides privately ad- init that the lack of cooperation from the Treasury is frustrating and that the Truman Snyder friendship presents a serious hur- dle to the attainment of a fair deal" tax program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
BRICKER VS. DEWEY

Governor Dewey was tongue stabbed in the back by his former running mate, Sen. John Bricker of Ohio, one day before President Truman's inauguration. Ar a testi- monial dinner in honor of Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine. Bricker was introduced as Dewey's running mate in l944
 Tt is true" snapped Bricker, T campaigned with Dewey in A, for Dewey in '48-and if Dewey had campaigned for himself, we would be inaugurating different man tomorrow"
 Note-Most politicians agree 1t was the record of such Republicans in Congress as Bricker that really defeated Dewey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
One-Man Crusade
Cincinnati Enquirer)


 We'll over a year ago we commented one day, when in linguistical mood on the word "genocide." We never had it before and found out short time later that it was coined in 1883 to describe phen omenon which became of the horrible by-products of the recent war murder of racial, religious, national linguistic group
 Meanwhile the word has acquired fairly con- mon usage thanks in large part to the energy and patience of the coiner of the word himself near victim of "genocide" This is Prof Raphal Lemkln, formerly of Lwow Poland presently on leave from his post at Yale University during which time he has carried on crusade against genoclde-a crusade which took him to the United Nations.
 For more than two years since he first induced some of the delegations to the Assembly to sponsor resolution recommending convention outawing genocide he has been working to have it approved. Recently the General Assembly voted unanimously in favor of this international convention. All Pro- lessor Lemkin has to do to that is ratified by all the signatories.
 The most striking aspect of this crusade against genocde not that it has been successful but that should have been necessary in this the 20th century of a so- called civilized world.
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of it's most powerful weapons in the intending war of the legislative and executive branches.
 Even if Congress did not have heavy schedule already, the impending report of the Hoover Com mission would insure full agenda for this session. It represents much more ambitious and detailed project than the reorganization of Congress, already in effect Merely to work through the Commissions recommendations and its factua studies would take a Congresmans full working day for quite good share of the session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
MODERN ETIQUETTE Hy $yoprprA rrr

knife fork and the hostess serving  artcl
 quickly possible and without displaying embarrass  married isn't 1t all to leave the matter of Is A. Nc; S tell them what they to cigarette it polite to Thanks but haveso ehere'?
 A if
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN You hadn't ough to You You should not consent
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: the O in lot as GLOBE
 OFTEN N1ssPEILED Nkey responsbe) Libel (o de- 
 SYNONYMS: Continuation, climax, zenith summit
 WORD STUDY a yours" Let mastering day Todays word: limits both Is FINED. Many things unknown to mans finite mind"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-02-02
ISTEWART,,B.C. HIN ICE GRASP

PRINCE RUPERT, B. C., Feb. g. -lR-Unable to blast path through the ice around the British Columbia village of Stewart, at the southern tip of the Alaska Panhandle, the coastwise passenger-freighter SS. Camosun is reported unloading off Hyder, Alaska.
 It's third attempt to hack through 14-inch ice around the Stewart wharf was unsuccessful yesterday.
 The icebound community reported food is ample but fuel is short.