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The Nome nugget., 1949-03-04
Sap Indicates Spring In States

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. (P)-MoVe over, MT. Granddaughter comes the maple tree as a harbinger of spring.
 A month ago, the groundhog saw his shadow and thereby indi- cated six more weeks of winter.
 Yesterday, farmer Stuart Group of nearby RaunchtoWn reported that since Feb. Is he had tapped 94O maple trees and obtained 40 gallons of syrup.
 That, says farmer Group, is the earliest tapping in PennsylVania's Clinton County since 1907. grees below zero being the coldest encountered.
 The vessel was the first to visit Nome, Alaska, in the dead of win ter. And Gibson said the arrival was hailed by residents as the greatest thing since the gold rush"
 The Burton Islands crew con sisted of 173 men, including one civilian scientist.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-04

financing of airstrips on St. Law renee Island. Jones argued it is a government reserve and the fed eral government should finance the improvements.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-04
NORTHERN LIGHT & POWER co.

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES G-E Dial the fabric Iron G-E Steam Iron G-E Automatic ROaster G-E HOtplate G-E Washing Machine G-E Sun Lamp G-E Electric Clock G-E Mazda Lamps
 Wiring Materials
, 1949-09-29
CHURCHILL SAYS
LABOR CONVENT
BANKRUPTS BRIT.

Winston Churchill charged
yesterday that the Labor Gov
eminent has led Great Britain
into national and internation-
al bankruptcy. He suggested
that they be put out of office.
Naturalization Of industries
has been a CHASTITY failure; he
suggests the cutting of taxes,
among other things.
At the end of his speech
came the usual Churchillian
phrase which everyone looked
for. Said he: Over all there
broods and looms the atomic
bomb which the Russians
have before the British, for
reasons not yet explained
though, happily, not before
the Americans.
, 1949-09-29
MAN FLIES MUCH
FASTER THAN
SOUND, SEC. SAYS

Air Secretary Stuart Sym
ington said that man has now
flown and lived at speeds
hundreds of miles faster than
the speed Of sound.
One of the new United
States warplanes, if it had the
range, could arrive at San
Francisco before it left New
York-that is, by the clock,
meaning that it could cross
between the three-hour time
lapse between the east and
west coasts.
, 1949-09-29
Mrs. Anders Petersen
Named Red Cross
Executive Secretary

Mrs. Anders Petersen has
been named Executive Secre-
tary of the St. Croix Chapter
of the American Red Cross.
Fhe announcement WIS made
by the Board Of Directors.
Mrs. Petersen's function in
cludes the development Of the
various Red Cross services.
A registered nurse, Mrs.
Petersen was formerly super
intendent of the Queen Louise
Home for Children which was
formerly located in Christian
sted.
, 1949-09-29
Harry W. Geoggel Urges Unity
of Islands in Tourist Deu.

A Pan American stratocruis-
er broke the worlds CONNER
cial speed record yesterday
when it flew from Toxic to
Hawaii in Is hours and SO
minutes flying time, with %
passengers and a crew of 10.
Harry W. Goeggel, the dy-
manic director of the St. Tho
mas Development Board d,
spoke to a large gathering at
the St. Croix Chamber of
Commerce meeting held in the
St. JOHNS Par. Hall last night.
He again outlined the POSSIBLE
tiles of a successful tourist
program for the Virgin Islands
but urged greater unity be-
tween St. Thomas st. John
and St. Croix.
Mr.. Goeggel stressed the ne
cessity of an overall Virgin
Islands program. A house di-
vided against itself cannot
stand. Why then must we have
pickering and inter-island
fighting, he asked. Why don't
we get together and fight our
competitors, such as
, 1949-09-29
General Marshall
Named To Highest
Red Cross Post


General George Marshall
will be installed as President
of the American National Red
Cross to succeed Basil O'Con-
nor, who had requested Presi-
dent Truman to relieve him of
the duties.
General Marshall will take
up his new duties on October
l. Mr.. O'Connor's resignation
was accepted on September
22nd.
, 1949-09-29
Eisenhower Tells
Students Seek Oppor.,
Not Security

General "Ike" Eisenhower
addressing the students at Co
lumbia University, of which
he is president, advised them
to look for opportunity rather
than security. The best ex-
ample of perfect security is a
man serving a life term in a
Federal prison, he said.
, 1949-09-29

the other Caribbean Isles in
Guiding Jamaica, Bermuda,
Nassau and others. They do
not fight each other (the Brit
ish islands). We are a political
unit of the United States and
should therefore bury our diff
ferences, sit down together &
find out how we all can go
ahead and make the entire
Virgin Islands, one of the out
standing tourist centers in the
West Indies.
The subject of "Tourism" is
the only one he knew, Mr..
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-09-29
Rudur Systems In
Operation On Both
u. S. Coasts, Alaska

An Air Force report states
that Radar systems are in OPP
Grafton on both the east and
west coasts of the United
States mainland, as well as in
Alaska.
No further details were CIV
en-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
ADVERTISEMENT.

bananas .. ruby-red cram
berries all kinds of nuts :.
grapes avacadoes -. pears
apples broccoli tur-
nips -. squash just name
it, we have it.
And then take a look at the
bounty of the poultry stands!
Turkeys, chickens, guineas,
duckling, geese, rabbits =. and
even packaged dressing if you
haven't time to make your
own.
NOW the meat stands!
Those specializing in pork
products have Virginia hams,
Maryland hams and hams of
every description. Boned, or
with the bone in. Fresh sau-
sage, little link sausages for
Christmas morning breakfast,
and beautiful pork rOasts.
The beef stands display the
most wonderful roasts ever ..
for the night before Christmas,
or for tree trimming parties.
The seafoOd stands are filled
with oysters, shrimp, clans -.
everything you need for holt
day parties, and for guests that
drop in on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day.
THE CHEESE stands have
plenty of delightful cheeses and
spreads for you D.. little stands
have relishes, currantS, new
and different ideas for holiday
parties.
AND THE bakery stands!
Delicious aromas float up from
cookies, cakes, pastries
from many lands, for many
tastes.
HERE, at Center Market City,
are all of the good foods that
make a Christmas dinner a true
feast. Be sure to mark the last
few days before Christmas for
a trip to Christmas City.
CENTER MARKET CITY.
5th & K SITS. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
Annual Dinner for Poor
SET for Christmas Day

The 53rd annual Christmas
dinner for the poor in the Wash
ington area, sponsored by the
Volunteers Of America, will be
held from 10 am. to 4 pm. on
Christmas Day, at 924 New York
avenue NV.
1t. Col. Walter o. Ulrey, local
commander of the group, an
nounced today that 800 pounds of
turkey are on hand for the din
ner. The menu also will include
cranberry sauce. potatoes, corn,
string beans, bread, milk, candy.
coffee and ice cream.
Christmas food baskets will be
distributed to needy families on
Saturday by the organization, 1t
was announced.
Because of the dinner and the
food baskets, said Col. Ulrey, mo
needy person, either local or tran
sient, need be forgotten on Christ
mas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
D. C.. Bus Driver Learns to Ride
74-Foot- Hiqh Bicycle, UnicycIe

After the first one, built a
5-foot high unicycle then an g.
foot-one. I had my balance then,
so l began building high bicycles.
he added.
He now rides a 12-foot, 4-inch
bicycle with a ladder-type frame
effect in local parades and for
his. own pleasure.
Learning New One.
On top of his auto he has rugged
his tightrope wire stretching on
poles attached to front and back
bumpers. On a calm summer day,
passers-by can spot Mr.. Smith
riding on his bicycle on the tight
rope wire stretched over the top
of his car with a long steel pole
balanced in his hand.
But Mr.. Smith hasn't stopped
there. Somewhat later he dropped
by the York CPa.) annual fair,
where he saw a performer balanc-
ing himself on small round
wooden disc, with pedals attached.
He promptly built himself one
and is now in the process of
mastering 1t. In another week or
so. he expects to be able to say,
Look, no hands"
His next project, however, is
not a stage or circus job. I'm
going to take up flying now" the
39-year- odd bus driver said. II
can't fly yet, but I just bought
a plane"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21

~e~@ . 'eoe~'
unicycle. He decided right then
that one day he would be able to
ride one.
Today he manipulates an 8-foot
unicycle, or 14-foot high bicycle
or Standards bicycle on a
steel pole, tight-wire effect. while
balancing a pole in his hands.
He also built all his gear himself.
Its easy" he said, "once you
get your sense Of balance.
Learns in Two Weeks.
when I served in the 10th
Division in Europe, I used to tell
the fellows I'd ride a unicycle one
day. and my buddies and first
sergeant always Wered.
'Smitty. you'll never make it,
Two years ago." he reminisced,
Il finally bought a small unicycle
and, in two weeks. I learned to
ride it. Riding it down the road
near Thurmont, Md, that month.
car stopped, and man said,
Well. for crying out loud! If 1t
isn't Smitty on one of those con-
traptions'
1.-The man was my first SER
geant," Mr.. Smith added.
Since then, Mr.. Smith has re-
built his first unicycle and gone
/ on to higher things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
Defendant Found Guilty
In Virginia Staying
By the Associotsd Press

STANARDSVILLE, Va. Dec.
21.-Winfred Deane, %, yesterday
was found guilty of second-de-
gree murder in the killing Of H.
G. Meyers, jr., and sentenced to
20 years imprisonment.
A Green County Circuit Court
jury returned its verdict after
two hours of elaboration and
recommended the maximum 20
year sentence, which Judge Lem
uel F. Smith imposed.
Deane had admitted the killing
on October 8, but said he shot
Mr.. Meyers while under the in
fuence of alcohol and did not
know what he was doing. He
pleaded not guilty of the first
degree murder charge pressed by
the Commonwealth, and he was
not called to testify during the
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21

Eleven years of bus driving and
a years hitch in the Army can
lead to the fulf1llment of a dream
at least in the case of Capital
Transit bus driver Alfred Reno
Smith.
Fifteen years ago Mr.. Smith, a
farmer, who raised rabbits for a
living visited the Frederick MD
fair, where he saw man ride a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-21
Izook Walton League
Elects in Winchester
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

WINCHESTER. Va, Dec. al
DR.. T.. c. Powers has been elected
president of the local chapter of
the Izaak Walton League, succeed
ing w. H. Lawrence, jr.. who will
continue to serve as a director.
Other new officers, who will take
over the first of January. are DR..
George Snarr. vice president, and
John v. Eddy. secretary treasurer
Other directors are Robert Newlin,
John Kane and Henry T. Goode,
ir
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Ponder Heads LIST Of 43
In 100000 Maturity
by The Asseeiotsd Press

ARCADIA, Calf, Dec. 7.-Pon-
der, Kentucky Derby winner, and
AZ other soon-to-be 4-year-olds
have been nominated for the
100000 Santa Anita Maturity
to be run January %.
Designed solely for fresh gradu-
ates Of the 3-year-old division, the
Maturity distance is a mile and
one-quarter and it drew nomina-
tions, announced today. Of other
leading contenders for the fat
purse.
Ponder is here training for the
Maturity and other rich stakes
along with his famed Calumet
stablemate, Citation.
Also named were Fred w
Hooper's Olympia, winner of seven
stakes this year. and three out
standing Allies, Two Lea, Pom
der's stablemate; Foxcatcher
Farms Gaffery and Maine Chance
Farms Myrtle Charm. an
Others nominated were Proph-
cts Thumbs, Old Rockport,
Bolero, Model Cadet and Great
Dream, as well as seven foreign
bred nominees. These were High
lander and Vela. from France;
Woodside View, Wonder Why II
and Rathore, from England, and
Micheo, South America.
Evening star., 1949-12-07

Like height on a basket ball
team? So does Charles Baltimore,
the Armstrong High School coach,
and it gives him fine feeling just
to glance over his lineup.
Forward Gene Lawrence. 6-feet-
2: Forward Dee Morgan. 6-feet-3;
Center Robinson. 6-feet-3; Guard
Dude Meekinn, 6-feet-l. The next
fellow is Guard Pete Hoston. and
he seems to be standing in hole.
All he can muster is 5 feet mo
inches. and at first glance he
doesn't belong in the same league
with the Armstrong giants.
He does. though. He's new to
the team. but is the real speed
boy Of the outfit, a fine ball han
dler and an excellent close-in
shot. That he has talent Is shown
by the fact he can make the first
string on a team that has won
the Negro high school champion
ship for six straight years, plus
the South Atlantic Conference
title for three years. plus the
North Carolina Invitation Tourna-
ment for two years.
With all that fine record be-
hind them, Coach Baltimore's
players have something to live up
Evening star., 1949-12-07
| Groziono Is Rusty
In Beating Horne
For Third Time
by the Assoeiotsd Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 7.-Rocky
Graziano. once the kayo king o1
the middleweishts. today shrugged
of a rusty performance against
George (Sonny) Horne and
growled:
"You can't knock 'em all out
Some nights you can't knock any
body out"
Rocky meant his disgust, too.
He won his third straight 10
round decision over Horne last
night at the Cleveland News oath
annual Christmas fund show. But
he got socked pretty hard in the
last five rounds.
Graziano's trainer. Whitley Bim-
stein, wasn't 80 pessimistic.
"You did all right, considering
It was only your second fight in
just about q year." consoled Bim-
stein. "You needed that one un-
der your belt"
Evening star., 1949-12-07

and broke two bones In his left
hand.
Charley hurt q hip on the
opening day Of spring practice
this year. The Yankees op-
toned him to their Newark
farm in May. He played In a
few international League games
and went back. to New York.
But it was a disappointing sea-
son. He didn't get into the
World Series.
It was at Newark that Char
ley started playing for the YAM
kee empire. He went there after
getting a degree in agriculture
and economics at Maryland and
was around for two years be-
fore the Yankees lifted him
across the Hudson and the Har-
lem.
He often has talked about
buying a farm somewhere
around here. although one Of
the first things he did with his
baseball money was help his
family move off their farm at
nearby Middletown and into
Frederick.
He still isn't too keen about
farming-particularly the base
ball variety.
Evening star., 1949-12-07
w. and L. Subs Extro-CurricuIa
Tackle Is Top Oddity of Season

He told cops who grabbed him
that all he wanted was to cross
over to the State roofing section.
He couldn't stand riding the loser.
Then the customary little dog
was the only creature to cross the
Stanford goal line In the Indians
400 trouncing of Washington.
A rabbit proved the best broken
field runner in the Beloit-Law-
renee game.
After Willamette University had
run through four plays with only
nine men in action against Idaho,
the referee asked the coach If he
would care to use the legal limit.
Levi Jackson of Yale sprinted
to a touchdown against a 10-man
Columbia team, and gave credit
for a neat block to one of his
linemen. It turned out that he
raced over a hole vacated by an
absent-minded Columbia tackle
sitting on the bench.
Scout Chuck Purvis, Illinois
backfield coach, was watching
Michigan taking the nlini from
perch high atop Memorial
Stadium at Champaign. He fell
and broke an arm.
Modern technology note-Coach
Bill Hartman Of Georgia secuted
rival Georgia Tech almost every
game. Instead of the customary
pad and pencil, he dictated his
observations into a recording ma
chine.
Penalties against one team or
the other nullified four Army tries
for the extra point against Ford
ham. No one fouled on the fifth
attempt, and Jack Mackmull
booted it over.
This Is not an advertisement
for the State of Oregon. Dark
ness hampered some games, but
fog closed in on a Willamette
Pacific contest.
An observer with a microphone
trailing the play told fans how
the game was going.
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Armstrong Relies on Tall Five
To Defend Neqro High Title

to, Although he lost more than
half OF last years title quint,
Baltimore doesn't appear too wor-
ried about how his lads will do
this year. He's got another tough
schedule and is figuring on get
ting close to last years record Of
10 triumps against only four
losses.
In Saturday afternoons opener
lat Turner's Arena. Armstrong
meets a sturdy team in Central
Catholic, a white team from Allen
town, Pa. This lis the fourth year
Armstrong has opened with such
a game. 1t gives the team rugged
opposition at the start. Central
Catholic was runner-up for the
State championship last year and.
like Armstrong, turned in a 20-4
record.
Even with more than half OF
last years squad gone, Armstrong
still has a fair number Of top
grade experienced players. Law
renee, the team captain. Is q fine
set-shot artist: Morgan made last
years Negro all-high team, and
Meekinn has 220 pounds to go
with all his height. AL played
regularly for Coach Baltimore
last year.
Evening star., 1949-12-07

Armed has one world mark
which never may be beaten, that
Of earning more money than any
gelding in history.
Calumet has so many "firsts'
In racing and breeding that prob
ably no one can lay a finger on
all Of them.
No other stable ever won mill
lion dollars in one season. This
is the third straight year Calumet
has done it. 1t also is the fourth
consecutive season that Calumet
led the national list, and the
seventh in the last nine years.
Three times, from 1941 through
1947, Calumet set a record for one
years earnings.
In 1941, Wright racers set a new
hign with $475.091. Calumet
needed only $267,e15 to reign in
1943. The following year, it
broke the mark again with $601-
$50. It led in '46 with $564.095.
Then. in l947, Calumet estab-
iishsd a world record unlikely to
be beaten, winning $l.402 ,436.
Last year Wright's big string
earned $1,269,7l0. And the last
count for the current season was
$l.125. .492.
Citations 1948 earning OF $709,
40 should stand Indefinitely as
q world record for one horse In
q season.
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Charley Keller Feels Strange
As Free Aqent:; Has No Plans
BY the Assoeiated Press

FREDERICK, Md, Dec. T.
It'll be kind of strange" was
Charley (King Kong Keller's
reaction to the not unexpected
news that he no longer will be
with the New York Yankees.
General Manager George
Weiss Of the Yankees an
nounced in Baltimore yester-
day that the slugging outflelder
had been made a free agent.
But it wasn't q surprise to
Keller.
WED talked it over" he said.
adding that he had no plans for
the immediate future.
AS q free agent, the 33-year-
old former University OF Mary
land athlete can make q deal
for himself in baseball. Weiss
said he had promised Keller q
Job in the Yankee organization
II one appeared.
VIII Keller play for a lesser
league? He didn't answer d.
rectly. A few months ago he
said 1t was the bigtime or
nothing for him. He didn't
want to talk about 1t.
1--WE been out hunting" he
said. Birds. A little duck
shooting. Rotten luck. Not
much game"
Doing anything else?"
mo much"
ANY farming?"
"Nope. I haven't any or
season occupation"
Well. there was some talk
that Charley might buy a piece
Of a team in one Of the minor
leagues hereabouts.
tits false" he said.
Keller. LF" has been a fix
ture Of the Yankee lineup since
1899.
It wasn't a solid decade. be-
cause Charley was In the mari
time service during the war
and in 1947 he developed an
aching back.
Charley worked hard all
winter getting ready for the
1948 season.
He was batting along at q
1916 clip when he fell down
chasing q fly ball that June
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Top Rollers of District League
Clash at Silver Spring Tonight

Packard tangle at Clarendon at 8,
Valley Forge Beer and Fat Boy
Restaurant collide at Lafayette at
7:30 and Covington Motors and
H. B. Leary Bros. square off at
Bethesda Bowling Center at 1880.
The five high-average pinmen
in the Minor District League &C
cording to the latest figures are
AL Cissel of Willis Builders with
127-31 for 80 games, Johnny Bur
ger, Duffy's Tavern. 124-l9; Bob
Fowler, Ice Palace, 124-3; Charley
Zimmerman, Stewards Camera
Shop. 122-37 and Ralph Reid.
Duffy's Tavern, 1926.
Mann's Decorators, leading the
circuit by seven games. boast such
lusty pinspillers as Ralph Bates
with a 1928 average; Arthur
Crown, 120-31; Clarence Appler,
1924; Bill Oliff. 1913, and Dick
Lee, 117-21.
Tonight's schedule: Mann's
Decorators VS.. Stewards Camera
Shop at Fort Davis, King Pin VS..
Petworth at Petworth, Sellers
Plumbers VS.. Powell Radiator at
Penn, Ice Palace VS.. Price Motors
at Ice Palace, Prosperity Cleaners
VS.. Willis Builders at Greenway
and Duffy's Tavern VS.. Arcade
Pontiac at Brookland.
The Capital Ladies Major
League winds up its second series
tonight with leading Bethesda
and third-place Brookland firing
at Brookland Recreation, second
place Hyattsville at Greenway,
Clarendon at Hi-Skor and Ice
Palace at King Pin.
Stuart England's 173, which
tied Jack Barkley's season high
game in the Clarendon Major
loop, was the deciding blow as
Megaw's Mighty Men whipped
Hjett,s Seryicenter 2.1
Evening star., 1949-12-07
Third IN O. Sertes.J
by the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. Z. When
Warren Wright invested in cou-
pie of horses named Bull Lea and
Blenheim I'd in 1886, his unparal-
leled success in racing had its real
beginning.
The master of Calumet Farm
began purchasing thoroughbreds
in 1881 and kept right on throw
ing big money into the game. But
the Bull Lea and Blenheim I'd
deals were two Of the smartest
any one, ever made.
Bull Lea was acquired as year.
ling from Coldstream Stud for
$4,000. Wright also took a rs
per cent interest in a $250,000
transaction whereby an American
syndicate imported Blenheim I'd,
an English Derby winner and sire
Of Mahmoud, also a Darby" VIC
tor.
AS q racer, Bull Lea earned
4ss,s25. the bulk Of 1t by virtue
Of q triumph in the Widener
Handicap at Hialeah Park. He
entered stud in 1910.
AS q sire. he really outdid him
self. Among his progeny are
Citation, Coaltown. Armed. Fault
less, Bewitch. Good Blood and
Twosy, ell winners OF more than
100000. And they are just . few
of his victorious children.
Bull Lea is the first sire whose
children" ever earned a million
dollars In q season. In 1947, his
offspring cleaned $l,25o.7l8 and
won 1875 races. They bettered that
world mark in 1948, accounting
for 81 1874, OCT and lat races.
Evening star., 1949-12-07
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. T.
The Notre Dame football squads
all-opponent team includes four
Michigan State players and two
from Southern Methodist.
The Irish voted Southern Meth
odist as the best team they met
this season and named Kyle Rote,
S. M. U. back. as their only unani-
nous selection on the all-opponent
eleven. y s
Notre Dame had trouble down.
ing both Michigan State and
S. M. U. The Irish conquered
the Spartans, "a to 81, and nosed
out the Mustangs last Saturday,
27 to 20.
The balloting-taken yesterday
was done by the So squad mem
bers who made the Southern
Methodist trip. In the voting for