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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
QUIZ GOVT.
 ON STRIKE
 IN INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-R- The Federal government is getting many letters-and some telephone calls-asking about the new gold strike reported from Fishwheel, AL aska.
 The official word it has is that the extent and importance of the gold deposits is not definitely known
 Fred J. Weller, manager of the Interior Department land office at Fairbanks, advised the department that several plane loads of gold seekers already have arrived from the states with more expected
 Weller said in a telegram:
 New reports received in my of- flee today disclosed further discov- cry of large nuggets.
 Inform Washington staff l sug- gest not to resign and come to AL aska, best claims already taken
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
0LDTIMERS TALK OVER
 GOLD FIND
Veterans of KI0ndike Rush Conclude with "Wait
 and See"

SEATTLE, Oct. 26. (AP) A bunch of the boys were whooping it up-in an octogenarian way in the Savoy Hotel lobby. Subject? Alaskas new Fishwheel gold strike.
 Conclusion? Doubtful, but wait and see.
 The old-timers, all veterans of the Klondike Gold Rush of 1897- 98, weren't holding a formal con- vention. They just gather from time to time in the Savoy lobby, a traditional sourdough hangout, to rehash the old days.
 Spry little John Palm, who car ried the mail for 35 years from Fairbanks to Circle, some 20 miles from the Fishwheel discovery on the broad Yukon River flats, said he'd believe it when he saw the gold John is 83 years old, and an alumnus of the Klondike.
 L. V. Stanely, 73, another for mer Fairbanks man, said:
 This place they call Fishwheel is smack out in the Yukon flats 5o miles wide and split with channels. It must be 15O to 200 feet to bedrock there, and you won't find the mother lode under those conditions. I'd like to believe it, but I think this is really what happened:
 "Riyer ice knocked off some gra- vel way up, in the hills and de- posted the nuggets down there at Fishwheel. Not much of it there and no point in wasting your time looking for it."
 R. E. Dupont" Murphy, a com- parative youngster in his 70s--he only retired in 1943-tried to chide the old timers into rallying their old battle cry of "Gold!" but Tony Stanich, 87. wouldn't hear of it.
 You don't find gold worth stam- peding for on the Yukon flats Stanich said. T hope it's true, but I don't think it can be-"
 Stanich founded the famed pack train restaurant in Skagway in 1897 and later made fortune in the stampede in Atlin, B.C.
 Make your money in business not out on the creeks" he coun- seled.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
The w ashinqton Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON Copyright. 1s4s. by Bell syndicate. Incl

tCopyrtght, l049, py Bell syndicate. Incl WASHINGTON-President Tru- mans warning that there must be a tax increase recalls the fact that Bureau of Internal Revenue ex- perts estimate they could collect close to a billion dollars more an- nually without increasing taxes if they had better income-tax en- forcement.
 Two years ago the 80th Congress chopped off huge army of in- come tax examiners, group of rd-working. underpaid public ser- wants who have the unpleasant but necessary job of checking on peo- ple's income taxes. While part of this cut personnel has been rein stated, the tax examiners are still woefully understaffed and able to inspect only a fraction of the re- turns.
 On top of this has developed another tax-payment deterrent namely, delays and wire-pulling in the prosecution of tax frauds. When the average taxpayer sees certain big shots getting away with spectacular tax violations, natur-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
PETERSBURG HOLDS MEMORIAL SERVICE, DEAD DUCK HUNTERS

PETERSBURG, Alaska, Oct. 26 Memorial funeral services will be held tomorrow at the Peters, burg Evangelical Lutheran church for three Petersburg duck hunters, drowned a week ago Sunday in Frederick Sound. The duck hunt CTS were MT. and Mrs. Connor Kin near and James Miller.
 Organized searching for the body of Connor Kinnear, still not recoy- cred, ceased this week but several fishing boats were dragging the area near the mouth of the north arm of the Stikine River yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
SEATTLE CERTIFIED

SEATTLE, Oct. 26.--tR-Seattle civic leaders expressed qualification today at President Trumans sign ing of an Alaska railroad survey bill.
 E. L. Skeel, chairman of the Save Boeing- Defend Seattle Committee, said: This is a great stride for ward in the committees program for the fertilization and develop ment of Alaska as keystone of Pacific defense"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
pIunges
 To Death.

LONDON, oct. 26-tR--The Hon. orable Peter Beatty, son of a famed admiral and grandson of Chicago merchant prince Marshall Field, Sr, plunged to his death today from sixth floor window in the fashionable Ritz Hotel.
 He had just been told he was 5oing totally blind.
 The 39-year-old race horse owner fell to the ground at the rear of the Ritz, which is in Piccadilly, in the center of London.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
(overage of Gold Strike Believed Easy; Just Like That

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Oct. 26.- R-New Workers still have tough time, apparently, with Alaska geo. graphy.
 The Ketchikan Chronicle got a query yesterday from a New York newspaper about providing on-the- spot coverage of the new Yukon River gold-seeking rush. Ketchi- kan is the Alaska City most dis tant from the scene-about l,200 airline miles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.--R-Clos- ing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3M, American Can 96as, Anaconda 287s, Curtiss- Wright IFS, International Harvester 28A, Kennecott 48%, New York Central 10ss, Northern Pacific l49s {, U. s. Steel 25, Pound $2.80.
 Sales today were 1,620.000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows. :. industrials 189.08. rails 48.63. ut ilities 38.72.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
DISCUSSION OF GIRL
 SPOUT AIMS WILL BE
 HEARD THURSDAY PM.

Mrs. Elton Engstrom. Girl Scout Executive Council publicity chair man. will conduct series of radio programs at 5:15 o'clock Thursday afternoon, starting tomorrow. The purpose of the program will be to acquaint the public with the aims and activities of Girl Scouts.
 Mrs. Pauline Washington, direc- tor of the Senior Scouts. will par ticipate in the discussion tomorrow afternoon and will interview two girls, Shirley Casperson and Mary Lou Fagerson, who attended the conference in Michigan last sum- mer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princes Louise scheduled to sail from Vancouver Monday.
 Denali from west scheduled south bound ? pm. Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
BRANT ARRIVES HERE

The Fish and Wildlife Service vessel Brant arrived in Juneau to- day and will leave for Seattle and an overhaul tonight.
 The vessel brought several FWS boats and motor launches to Js- neau for repair.
 The Brant is commanded by Leo J. Collins.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
PIONEERS TO MEET
 ON FRIDAY EVENING

The monthly meeting of the Pioneers of Alaska Igloo No. 6 will re held Friday evening starting at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall according to announcement made by Jack Kearney, secretary.
 The Pioneers auxiliary will hold also a separate meeting at the same hour.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
BASKETBALL MEET

City League basketball team managers will meet tomorrow at 5 pm. in Room l of Juneau High School
 Managers are requested to take team rosters to the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
By JACK DAUM

(Written for the Associated Press)
 FISHWHEEL, Alaska, Oct. 26. (AP) Two women and coffee shop have come to Alaska's latest gold-happy community.
 This booming tent town, extend- ing for nine miles along both sides of the cold and sluggish Yukon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
FROM OREGON CITY

MT. and Mrs. Allan Morelock of
 Oregon City, Ore, are registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26

OCTOBER 27
 High tide 6:04 am. 13.6 it. Low tide 11.41 am. 5.6 it. High tide 5.38 pm. l5.2 1t.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
SUN RISES SETS
OCTOBER 27
OCTOBER 27

T I D E T A B L E
Evening star., 1949-02-25
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LECTURE.
m tho Eva0sne GseErsD9c Gouny sGssy tst 81
A. aFed Bailey FncR the baySn S.rs resS1 o
New orleans, CONSTITUTION Hall Eig{h:1eenth l{h:1
night
The Biosophical Institute; Humility
TR iPs Wapd Hotel sfk S5S Ocock Po
night.
by he 5eSes H2SsS Bas shs,
presented by the Children's Theater, of
washington. Roosevelt Auditorium, Thir-
teenth and. Allison streets NV, at SIS
SPECIAL EXHIBITS.
National Botanic Gardens, First street
4 pm Sundays through Fridays. am.
to noon Saturdays, annual azalea show,
Library Of Congress, Brotherhood Week
exhibit, includes letters and manuscripts
Of George Washington and BENJAMIN
scripts iG; al and Memorabilia OF victor Herbert,
including his two grand operas, many OF
his operettas and photographs, through
Monday
Pan American Union. Seventeenth street
and Constitution avenue NV, open 8
I'M. to 4:30 pm. weekdays and am;
to noon Saturdays; oils monotypes and nS
Sale de Champagne. 1915 Q street
"
cept Mondays and Thursdays. Paintings.
ceramics and sculpture by Washington
Phillips Memorial Gallery. 1920 Twenty
first street NV, open II am. to 10 pm.
Mondays, IL am. to pm. TueSseays s
prints from Daumler to Matisse' through
Smithsonian Institution. National Col
and Tenth street NV, open from am;
snd UI Sver the socFs o PaRts5 Wasb
National Archives, exhibition hall. Con;
tutiOn between seventh and
days, Sundays and holidays. Elections and
Of GerI The Past St Al hr0qsR sRS 4s
and Constitution avenue NV; open 10
to pm weekdays avs and to 10 ron
PTans the Meon he Kress Wdener and
donors, and Michelangelo's statue Of
eoreor.p nG GasEy Of Art enth
II to esda2E 439 Hm b4osb MondsyE Trdsys sm to s TO
days: water colorS by artists OF Washing
'04 Fish and Wdfe service under main
lobby in Commerce Department Building;
Fourteenth and E streets NV; open y
Am. to 4 pm. daily: display of animals
and freshwater fish.
Studio Group Show No. Hillyer Court;
open SATURDAYS 10 am. to 4:30 m, and
sundays l TO pm. for an lndehnlte
period. Paintings, sculpture and ceramics.
Public Library; paint nGS and Drawings
by Joan Lanigan; Mondays through Satur-
Gays; am. to pm, through Monday
Silver Spring Art Gallery, 92l6 Flower
avenue: selected prints from collectioon of
head Bone, through March l..
ouicentennial of battle between frigate
sureente, which occurred on February Q,
1899: consists OF photographs. letters.
charts and other papers relating to the
Constellation on display through Monday.
Barnett Alden Gallery, 1877 Randolph
place NV. exhibition OF paintings by six
Washington artists Husbands and wiyesl
Mr. and Mrs Robert Gates, Mr.. and Mrs.
James MacLaughlin and Mr.. and Mrs, Jack
Perlmutter; open 6 to 10 pm weekdays
and to ) pm. Sundays, through March
American Veterans Committee, art ex-
7ibit. paintings and drawings by Therese
NJ. Schwartz; ave Clubhouse, 1871 New
FOR SERVICEMEN.
Armed Services YMCA-USO. 1736, 6
street NV; lounge open for reading
writing and music; record dance and in
formal games, s O'Clock tonight.
Penthouse USO. Seventeenth and K
streets NV: crafts 6. O'Clock tondieht;
community sing, s o'clock; corn pop, $50,
and dancing at Q.
Evening star., 1949-02-25
Bill Would Give Uruguay
Statue of Washington

Chairman Bloom of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee, ever
an active admirer of George
Washington, wants the United
States to give Uruguay statue OF
the First President in return for
that of Gen. Jose Gervasio Arti-
gas, which that nation gave the
United States.
Mr.. Bloom. who guided the
George Washington Bicentennial
celebration in 1882, proposed, in a
bill introduced in the House yes
terday, that Secretary of State
Acheson be authorized to obtain
a copy of a Houdon statue of
Washington for presentation to
Uruguay.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Job PIun for the Arab DPS

The United Nations Survey Mission for
the Middle East has recommended to the
General Assembly what seems to be q thor
oughly sensible program for dealing with
the immediate needs of the Arab refugees
from Israel. The program is OF stop
gap, short-range nature designed to serve
merely as an alleviating prelude to the
long term measures the mission Is ex-
pected to advocate, later on, for the pur-
pose of bringing about marked and en-
during economic enrichment in that un-
derdeveloped but strategically crucial part
- the world.
J Thus, in substance, the mission-Whlcn
is headed by Gordon R. Clapp, chairman OF
the Tennessee Valley Authority-has called
for temporary work relief projects as
substitute for the system OF subsistence
doles now in effect. It has found that
652 900 refugees are genuinely, poignantly,
in need of help, and although recognizing
that enough jobs cannot be created to take
care c. all these right away, 1t has empha-
sized that large percentage can be res
cued from the tragedy of continuing idle
ness if the United Nations, with the CO.
operation of the Arab members, votes for
affirmative action without delay.
AS recommended by the Clapp mission,
that action would take the form OF an ID
month job-creating program involving four
general types of work: Cd The terraclng
of sloping land to retain rainfall, check
erosion and permit the growing OF better
crops; (2) afforestation both to protect the
soil and provide additional fuel and tim
ber supplies; 90 development OF good roads
to open up the area to general economic
Improvement; and "a construction, on a
moderate scale, of projects to conserve
water and extend irrigation. To finance
the program--wfich would begin next
January-the mission has asked the United
Nations for total outlay OF $54,0o0,0O0, OF
which $4,000, 100000 would be contributed
by the Arab members.
Since Arab-Israeli negotiations have
failed 30 far to produce a political solution
to the problem OF the refugees, some such
economic progrann-which could create a
great number OF Jobs without requiring
much expenditure on materials-would
seem 10 be both wise and necessary, Ger
tainly as the Clapp mission has stated,
these unfortunate people. instead OF being
obliged to continue to subsist on charity
handouts, should have IAN opportunity to
20 to work where they are now; work which
would increase the productive capacity OF
the countries In which they have found
refuge" Obviously, nobody can benefit
les Of ali themselves-f they are kept
idle the dole while diplomats seek an
answer to the difacult question Of their
Sesettlement.
Beyond that in the long-range sense, the
prograu recommended to the u N. could
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Who Listens With the Soul

He needs no ears iDho listens Nth the soul,
The sounds OF life lie deep ,otthin his
heart
And lead him on ,ohere sumn,oning springs
unroU
Their coils OF fern or brier 5. He palks
apart
With beauty as his guide The migrant
bells
Forsythias chime, are quenching to hts
thirst
For loueliness-he KNOWS that bird
rondels
Are issuing from throats that seem to
burst.
And all the beauty boarded in his breast
Burns forth as high as Eperest Is high.
Dispelling gloom from all the uoiceless
rest,
He breathes the ecstasies that glortty
A saddened 1Dorld, and fills the earth NTH
stars
OF ,Dords, that pierce like cleaning
scinaitdrS.
JEAN CHALMERS DONALDSON.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
aPoyments to the Unemployed

All EMPLOYERS included within the terms
of the District of Columbia Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act (there were 49,
435 in the past fiscal year, contribute
hxed percentage of their payrolls TO Ihe
Unemployment Trust Fund.
.sThe Districts balance in this fund has
now attained the sizable amount OF $44,-
.Q40,000. The size of the balance itself sug-
Eests examination of the amount OF bene-
hts being paid, the amount OF taxes oelng
paid, and of any defects in administration
That have been revealed by experience.
TIE amount of the Districts balance in
tte trust fund is not expected to show any
Gfeat increase this year. The tax income Is
lust about equalling the amount OF bene-
ATS paid.
!, On the side of increased benefits, these
have remained the same for the past nine
years-$6 to $40 per week for maximum
of 20 weeks. But in the same PERIOD
average weekly wages have increased from
about s29 to something in excess OF s57.
As the benefits originally fixed were
supposed to bear some definite relations
ship to weekly earnings, 1t is obvious that
the increase in average earnings snould
influence some change in the dement's.
The rise in the cost of living in the past
nine years is another consideration.
When Congress convenes in January
the District Unemployment Compensation
Board may have some recommendations
in this connection, for changes in the bene-
ints require legislation. But there should
be accompanying recommendations IN
connection with Tightening the law against
chiselers and others who have taken ad-
vantage of the unemployment insurance
In achieving idleness as matter OF choice.
Perhaps the law should be amended to
provide for sitter penalties, in the form OF
disqualification from receiving Dement'S,
when fraud is shown. And there should
be available some factual explanation OF
why the number of benefit payments has
increased in period of high employment.
For while there is wide support for the
principle of unemployment insurance,
there are lot of tall tales going the rounds
about the extent to which the principle
is abused The extent of such abuse, and
the means available to the administrators
of the unemployment compensation law
to prevent it, ought to get public airing
along with the equitable considerations
involved in increasing the benefits.
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Inquiries About Lack Of Heat
In Munitions Building
Te thu Editor of The Star:
Differs With Mr.. Brown
On Trade With Spain
T,n the Editor Of ThA star:

The series of articles from Madrid by
Constantine Brown contains little new. Tor
readers Of The Star. Whether in Madrid or
In this country, Mr.. Brown remains tho out
standing apologlst for Francisco Franco. =
1.-THE United States alone maintains
strict embargo" says Mr.. Brown, speaking OF
trade with Spain. The fact Is that the United
States, never maior purchaser OF SPANS
exports, now Is buying greater portion OF
Spanish exports than before the Spanish
civil war. Then the United States bought
7 per cent of SPANS exports Britain bought
20 per cent and France bought 13 per cent
Now the United States share is up to 10 per
cent, Britain's purchases are down TO about
IA per cent, while France, last year, bought
only ,3h per cent Of the total.
"Htrict embargo"--nonsense. What Mr..
Brown would have US do is subsidize die
tatorship so riddled with graft and corrup-
ton like the Italian Fascist government IN
wartime, that no private banker-British.
American, Argentine or any other--would
consider q loan without 100 per cent guar
as the Chase Bank Of New York demanded
and got. But Mr.. Brown would like the
American taxpayer to take the riskl
To point out similar inaccuracies In Mr..
Browns dispatches would be easy enough,
but let's 70 on to his conclusion In the same
dispatch November 1ol. He says that ura-
less the American boycott" is "naitigGted
there Is strong possibility that Western
Europe may be faced next year with Z crisis
In Spain which will aggravate the present
dificult international situation" And Whist
dark terror is this? Perhaps the fall Of
Franco and his replacement by other gen
erals or. perhaps the monarchy, . change
which even Spanish business men with =
big stake in the present regime have been
urging for years
And that typical Brown last lins: Even
Evening star., 1949-11-26
Gurquntuu the Thinker

Gargantua the Great is dead. Press
agents who were geniuses made him the
most famous animal in the world. The
in number. Boiled down to their essence
the facts are these: He was born In the
mountains Of the Cameroons In West
Africa in 1890 or 1881, captured in 1882,
purchased by Ringing Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey in 1887, carried with
the circus on the road through twelve
seasons His height was ave feet six and
a half inches; his weight, $50 pounds. He
lived on vegetables, fruits. eggs and small
doses of liver extract, His home" was 4
cage of steel bars and heavy plate glass,
and in. it he travelled ut least 100000
miles The name applied to him was that
of Francois Rabelais' giant.
But Gargantua really was not 4 Gar
gantuan character. True, nature made him
hideous. His eyes had mean look, and
there were occasions when he behaved
like the traditional gorilla. Given his
freedom he probably would have EMU
lated the ape In Poe's Murders OF the
Rue Morgue" The instinct to kill was
visible in his face, especially In the move
ments of his mouth. Yet his RACES were
not constant Most of his waking hours
he spent In a burlcsque imitation Of
Robins Thinker
Meanwhile, millions Of people passed his
cage, pausing momentarily to stare at him
In his helpless confinement. Men, women
and little children gaped at him incred-
ulously. What they saw In the cage was
huge lump of an animal, lost In reverie.
The impulse to try to stir him into
action prompted many Of his visitors to
sjnian gestures Of their own. They
grimaced at him, and sometimes he would
grinaace back But generally he Just sat
and cogitated. He was prisoner and he
resented the circumstance. yet he rarely
staged any demonstration Of his displeas-
ure, Not even Toto, bought by the Ring
ling organization in 1941 to be his mate,
could lure him into first-class show OF
his powers of wrath. Spectators who pa
tiently waited for him to carry on like
the wicked apes in Tarzana final)v de-
parted unsatisaed.
Now Gargantua is dead. Scie4 :; are
to dissect him in an effort to discover
exactly what killed him. But they never
Evening star., 1949-11-26
How to Suye Time

Representative Klein OF New York, a
member of the House District Committee,
will have done splendid time-saving job
for the District and for Congress If he
succeeds in his announced determination
to have permanent daylight-saving law
for Washington passed at the next session.
He is under no illusions as to the size OF
the task which he has chosen to tackle,
either.
Mr.. Klein remembers that more than
nineteen columns of the Congressional
Record were required to record the debate
on this purely local subject when 1t came
before the first session of the Eighty-flrst
Congress- Most OF this debate had little
or nothing to do with the fact that an
overwhelming majority of Washingtonians
had signified, year after year, that they
wanted daylight-saving time during the
hot-weather season. The talk-fest had to
DO with such irrelevant things as how day.
light saving makes farmers get up too
early to milk their cows or how other con-
stituents in some area far from the District
felt about changing the clock"
The real issue, OF course, was whether
the non farming citizens of the District OF
Columbia preferred regular or daylight
time. Mr. Klein Is convinced from his
personal observations here that there can
be no question about Washingtons prefer
ence for an extra hour OF work or recrea-
ton on summer evenings. Yet Congress
repeatedly insists on debating the matter
every year and passing temporary meas
ure which needs re-enactment annually.
Mr.. Klein states the case succinctly when
he says that, in the midst Of pressing
national and global problems ut is almost
criminal to waste the taxpayers money
and the Congressmen's health by the fruit
less expense and effort of enacting yearly
daylight saving legislation"
Congress will be doing the sensible thing
II it calls OF further debate on this topic
next year and approves Mr.. Klein's bill
to give the District Commissioners perma-
nent authority to proclaim daylight-saving
time in Washington whenever District
citizens want it,