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Evening star., 1949-11-22
Air Rescue Achievement

The thrilling rescue of the eighteen sur
vivors Of the ditched B-29 in mid Atlantic
is a testimonial to the efficiency of the
newly organized air-rescue division Of the
Military Air. Transport Service, more
familiarly known as MATS. One Of the
early products of unidcation, MATS was
formed by merger Of the global air trans
port services of the Air Force and Navy.
And one of the priority projects Of MATS
was the organization Of rescue system
trained and equipped to function either
at sea or over the far overland reaches OF
our air transport routes.
When the Air Force Superfortress was
reported down somewhere OF Bermuda
last week, MATS swung into action quickly.
Using its own far-ranging search planes
and aided by all available planes OF the
Air Force and Navy and by American and
British warships, Coast Guard cutters and
merchant ships, officials in charge OF the
widespread search directed the operations
methodically and tirelessly. It was BIZ
attached to the air-rescue service which
finally sighted the two wave-swept RATS
of the haggard airmen and directed .
British destroyer to the scene. The major
burden Of the air search fell on B-2os Of
the Strategic Air Command, which r ~
urally had q special interest in press. .
the hunt to a successful conclusion. B-2s
operations were directed from command
headquarters In Omaha.
The B-2s rescue provides MATS with
plenty Of evidence of the need for further
expansion of the air-rescue system. More
equipment is being sought to make the
system really world wide In scope. A fleet
of Navy Albatross amphibians is being
formed for such specialized tasks as rescue
work at sea- evacuation of personnel from
islands or coastal points and for transport
of wounded or sick personnel. This ex-
tended system will At in with the inter
national air-sea rescue program OF the
| International Civil Aeronauttcs Qrsaniaa-
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desirable, b u t
the three re-
q u ir e m e n ts
mentioned are
in my expert
ence essential.
I speak from
81 years e x
perience on the
Board Of Edu-
cation Of the
D1SCrlCL OF Co.
lu m bia as q
member an d
as its president
for the last II
of those years.
Tn e bo ar
elects its own
president. 1t
is Of interest
to know that
when the drSt
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ton, now in process of formation. When
this program reaches its planned develop
ment, flyers and ships of all nations are
expected to join in making overseas and
transcontinental flying safer for every one.
There will always be hazards, of course, but
the chances of death through inadequacy
of search and rescue operations can be
greatly diminished-as the B-29 episode
has demonstrated
Evening star., 1949-11-22
Apple Wood

Epen n burning, apple sDood Is splendid,
Singing d little IN the ftckering fame
It's s,oan-song for abundant Hutng ended:
Here on the hearth tonight Its orchard
name O..
IL lost acithtn the larger apple soood,-
But this remains until the uery ennbers:
The fine grained hardness OF tt that Dtt's-
stood
Az storms and bore, TIL ioeH into Sep
tembers,
The hsavv burdens OF its tanoy crops.
And ne ,oho bask ,ctthtn It's ,oarn1th
could stDedr i
Life of good tree nsuer really stops
with smoke and ashes, but perfumss
the atr
OF memory, mornings IN Mavt'ms, and
then t.
Ho,ds crimson apples out to ~ again.
ELAINE v. EMANS.
Evening star., 1949-11-22

Next to the indestructible detective, the
comics most unexplainable figure Is the
young husband who eats day and night, yet
keeps the 26-inch waistline.
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Questions and Answers

Of fact By whiting The Evenng StE lnformstion
Bureau. 316 Eye st.. ne. Washington 2. p. -
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The word is around in grid circles that
this years Army team Is unnecessarily
rough. Any admiral care to add to that?
Evening star., 1949-11-22
By THE HASKIN SERVICE.


q. Are there any statistics to show what
per cent Of Federal PAROLES violate parole3
"A. B.
A. According to the annual report OF tho
Administrative Office Of the United States
Courts for the year ended June 80, 1949. OF
the Federal PAROLES whose parole superv1.
sion was terminated during the year. 20
per cent were declared to be parole violators.
The percentage Of parole examinations re-
ported as violators for the eight-year period
July /, 1941, to June 80, 1949, was 1919.
@. When was the Federal Governments
gold depository at Fort Knox. KY. built?
e. B. z. .: ....
A. It was built in 1885 on land that had
formerly been part OF military reservation
at q cost Of $560,000. The building Is not
very large but it is exceptionally substantial.
Q. What kind Of hat does bullfghter
wear2-H. T. M.
bullhghters. The first is worn when In the
arena fighting and is called "montera."
It is usually made Of velvet and worn over
q wig. The dimensions do not vary. The
second kind is called the "sombrero ancho'
and is made Of felt. This is worn by .
bullnghter when walking on the street.
Q. Where was Richard the Lion Hearted.
King Of England, buried?-. p. K.
A. The body Of Richard was buried by
his own desire at the Abbey Of Fontevrault
in France "at the feet Of his father" and his
heart in the faithful city Of Rouen." He
died on April s, 1899. +.
Q. What was the largest bet ever made
on q horse race in the United States?-L. r.
A. The largest bet on record was for
$3.50, 900. This sum has been wagered on
two known occasions ,.-~,
Evening star., 1949-11-22

The basic requirements for membership
on a board of education seem to be three:
A sense of humor, cheerful patience, and
physical endurance Other qualifications are
Evening star., 1949-11-22
Service on Our School Board
Mrs. Doyle Looks Back on Personal Experience
That Covered Twenty.One Years
Bv Marion Sharkey Doyle

The following digest Of article in the November
Radcliffe Quarterly is printed here by permission
that publication
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21

=. A. vssslsr. n. by automobile
Friday for Vienna and had not
been heard from since.
In Vienna, Mr.. Vogeler's wife
said she believed her husband was
being held incommunicado BY the
HungAfians. She laid she Mad no
idea why he might be under arrest.
Mr.. Vogeler, ]. T. d T. represen-
|aAtive' III Eastern Europe, Is the
son Of Robert A. vogeler, ST, 81
jackson Heights. Long Island.
Reports In Vienna that a second
employee Of I. r. & T. might have
been arrested In Budapest were
declared unfounded today by Of
ficials at the American Legation.
These reports concerned Edgar
Sanders. British accountant for
the company.
Legation officials said they spoke
to Mr.. Sanders this morning and
that he had not been arrested.
Was Followed Constantly.
Mrs. Vogeler in Vienna said her
husband told her by telephone
last Wednesday that he was be-
ing followed constantly by the
Hungarian police.
She said her husband left the
American Legation In Budapest at
8 am: Friday to return to Vienna.
He was driving alone In q late
model American sedan. She has
received no other information on
her husband and Austrian au-
thorities have found no record
that he passed the frontier sta
ton on the main Vienna-Budapest
highway. Mrs. Vogeler said.
Represented Other Firms.
Vienna legations Of several
Western nations other than the
United States also are asking their
Budapest offices to take up Mr..
Vogeler's disappearance with the
Hungarian Foreign Office. Mr..
vogeler represented q number Of
West European firms In addition
to I. r. & T.
Mrs. vogeler today kept her two
children away from school and at
their home in the American sector
Of Vienna. She said she feared
they might ''be kidnapped by Rus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
By lymon |. Woodman

Joe Whatzis of Four Corners
didn't know it, but he frightened
some Government correspondence
clerks day immeasurably when he
wrote: s..
my only physical defect is that
I have had occasional heart at
tacks. None were fatal. though"
The Civil Service Commission
clerk who handled that missive
never learned whether Joe and
his bad ticker got the job. But
one can be sure that Joe received
Ia prompt and polite reply, like all
others who write Government
agencies.
People seem to address their
queries to the commission when
they don't know which Govern
ment agency to approach.
Trusher Hunter Writes.
Communications such as this
one relieves the monotony of more
rational letters:
Il am inersted in lost trusher
hunting. I was informed that the
government Would Equeep a man
With money locating Equeepement
and with Backings to locate and
ind lost trus1ers. There are lots
and lots Of lost trushers in Amer
lea but a man must know how to
get them. And as l knows how
I would bee inersted. Please give
me details about It,"
The clerk was "inersted" but
had to confess that his treasure
hunting knowledge began and
ended with the exploits Of Captain
Kidd. He likewise was somewhat
stumped by another query:
Dear Sir. Is there any two
things idenically alike?"
Cooks With Shoes On.
Not 50 long ago. when Civil
Service qualifications required
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
~. S. Workers Day frightened
|By Not-So-Briuht Letters

more or less Symmetrical physical
measurements, this request came
through:
IT don't measure enough accord
ing to your height-in-b barefoot
chart. Please ignore this as I
have never been called upon to
cook in my bare feet in the past. "
A pang of sympathy was all the
clerk could offer the fellow who
pleaded:
If possible, try and have one Of
the World Series games played
near Boston,"
Pathos, Too.
"You rejected my application on
a count of my eyes; have my
heart and sold foxed on that posi-
ton. And when I cook I cook. I
don't burn or spoil it and it has
a good flavor and a very good
smell. Please give me waver on
my eyes. You won't be gambling
with me, no sir!
-. Inc person VINO eats ana
lives rite will live much longer
than he expects to-"
In a quickie biography. one man
wrote:
II was once up In the world:
now I'm down to 80 acres and a
wooden leg"
Wife Stimulates Ambition.
Marital entanglements seep into
the correspondence. A veteran
replied to the stock question of
whether he had a service-con-
nected disability:
Eyes, my wife,"
+ And then this plaintive note, in
justification Of his application for
an overseas job:
MY main reason for desiring
employment Is to get away from
my wife's relatives.
Not all the worlds problems pass
over q correspondence clerks desk.
It only seems that way.
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outside . drink and charge 1t to
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10 EaIoalih yrq1UlS !. II %
tH~t7 osttcIgo'gst -.7tsf. RS"
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outside . drink and charge 1t to
me-"
Disguised With Beard.
In every case, Mrs. Vogeler said,
the reply would come back: 1--WE
thank Mr.. Vogeler very much but
we must decline his kind invita-
ton. We are just going off duty
\. Mrs. Vogeler said her husband
also bought bushy black beard.
Several times, while being shad-
owed through Budapest streets,
she said he stopped in the street,
put on the beard, pulled down his
hat brim, turned up his coat collar
and quickly turn a corner.
When the plainclothesmen
turned after him, they would find
him leaning against a building,
laughing at them, his wife said.
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sian or Hungarian agents and used
to make Bob confess to Some fan
tastic charges like espionage"
+ She said her husband had been
followed SO constantly by plain
clothes policemen every time he
visited Budapest that he finally
made q game of 1t.
When visiting a bar. she contin-
ued, Mr.. Vogeler would tell the
bartender give my five friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21

AMERICAN Nle.
phone company
exec utive re-
ported arrested
Friday by Hun
garian police.
The legation
confirmed that
Robert A. Vo-
geler, jr., 80.
assistant vic e
president Of the
In t er national
Teleph one g.
Telegraph Co..
left BudapeSt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
u. 5. Asking Hungary
To Explain Fate Of
I. 81. Executive
BY the Assceioisd Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Nov. 81.
The United States Legation said
today it was asking the Hungarian
government about the fate of an
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
FOXES
 ARE SEATTLE GOLD STRIKE
More Nuggets, Gold Dust Found in VauIt-vdlue
 Is Now S10,O00

SEATTLE, Oct. 26 (AP) = Yet more gold belonging to the late Carl w. Jolin was uncovered yes terday in safe deposit box.
 Glen s. Ccrkery, counsel for the s1ecial administrator. William E. Walker, said it consisted of gold dust" in two pokes in box at the Seattle Trust and Savings Bank.
 Jolin, 70, retired Alaskan sour dough, died of a heart attack Thursday while watching the stock market, in which he was an in- vestor. Ever since his nuggets and gold dust have been coming to light. Most of them were found bs corkery and Walker slowed in old grips in Jolin's basement room in a shacby rooming house.
 Corkery said the gold found Tuesday is worth about $1,400. It makes total Of 369 ounces of gold and amalgum discovered to date, worth altogether about $10.- coo.
 FOXES FROM GLOVES
 With Union Oil Company stock and U. s. bonds found in the box along with the gold Tuesday, the estates value has now risen to around $28,O0O, Corkery said.
 Three of the pokes found were made out of women's long-sleeved gloves-a frequent device of old time prospectors when they could not obtain enough chamois-skin pokes, said Corkery, himself a prospector.
 The safe deposit box was discov- cred by persistent searching. Cor kery and Walker received from the coroner the dead mans keys. Two of them looked like box keys. A locksmith identified them as those to Seattle Trust and Saw ings Bank boxes.
 Corkeriy said all the gold and other assets will be turned over to the Bank of California, named exc cutor in Jolin's will. He bequeathed it all to a sister in Sweden.
 Jolin lived q very frugal life, Corkery said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
Defense of NorfhIand
 Discussed
Pacific Northwest, Alaska Always Vulnerable,
 Says Marshall

SEATTLE, Oct. 26 R = Gen George c. Marshall said today that the Pacific Northwest a nd Alaska have always been lin an extremely delicate situation in the event of war because of the com paratively easy flight distance across the Boring Sea-
 General Marshall arrived here this morning in his first west coast stop of national tour to familiar ize himself with Red Cross chap ters through the country. He took office as American Red Cross pres ident Oct. l.
 He said in a press conference that the Pacific Northwest an d other coastal states have been vulnerable to wartime attack lever since the airplane became a major instrument of warfare"
 There is no question about the delicacy of this situation" he said. T am,, however, now associated with the Red Cross, not the mili- tary, and therefore can make no ,omment as to whether or how these defenses can be strength ened."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
WARNING I5 ISSUED TO
 STAMpEDERS
Bush Pilot Gives Important Advice 10 Those Rush. :.
 ing to FishwheeI

FISHWHEEL, Alaska, Oct. 26. (AP) A bush pilot gave a grim warning today of the severe hard ships and possible tragedy ahead unless gold-happy prospec swarming into this central Alaska region take proper precautions to withstand the rigorous arctic weather.
 Jim Magoffin, owner and opera tor of Interior Airways, urged to- day that all pilots bringing pro- spectors into the strike area screen them for sufficient heavy clothing, bedding and food tefore taking them away from the populated centers into the open.
 "The temperature here can drop to 20 below overnight" Magoffin asserted. If it does there is ter rible suffering in store for many of these fellows"
 There's not enough planes to get them out before they freeze. Should the weather close down at the same time there would be no chance of even Helping them"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
TELEvI5I0N PICTURES OF
 GOLD STRIKE

SEATTLE, oct. 26-tR-Televis- ion pictures have been taken of the gold strike at Fishwheel, Alas ka, and are enroute to San Fran cisco for processing. William J. Wagner, president of the Alaska Broadcasting Co.,, said today.
 Wagner said he believed the pie lures were the first for television taken at the site of the strike on the rim of the Arctic and among the first pictures ever taken for television in Alaska.
 Jim Fletcher, manager of KFRB, Fairbanks, flew in chartered plane to Fishwheel on October "A after an attempt to get in the pre- vious day had failed because of bad weather. He took with him a 16 nm camera, a wire recorder and portable power plant to operate the recording machine.
 Beside taking pictures, Fletcher also made an on-the-spot broad cast which will be released through the Columbia Broadcasting System.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
FISHWHEEL
 I5 TENTED
 ON RIVER
Now Covers More Territory than Fairbdnks-ReQu-
 lar Boom Town
By JACK DAUM

Fairbanks News-Miner staff writer (Written for the Associated Press)
 FISHWHEEL, Alaska, Oct. 26.- The town of Notwithstanding but just that a week ago now covers more territory than Fair banks. the metropolis of north cen tral Alaska.
 Fishwheel, as this strung-out line of tents is known in this gold fevered Yukon River area at the Arctic Circle, extends downstream three miles from Discovery stake, and upstream six miles.
 Prospectors who have been rush. ing into the area by airplane, are now spread out on both sides of the river, with claims mushrooming on the north banks as well as the south, where most activity had been concentrated until today.
 Even now, when there is still a 50-50 chance that the gold content in the area may be highly over rated, aspects of boom town growth are evident everywhere.
 Fishweel now boasts four airplane landing strips-more than any other community in Alaska, includ- ing military centers.
 Fishwheel was visited yesterday by George Ward Price, correspon- dent for the London Daily Mail. He's stopping over in Alaska en- route to Australia.
 Wearing a natty striped business suit, Little Abner" felt shoes, a waistcoat and four -in-hand neck tie, Price presented a contrasting appearance among the parka clad prospectors among whom he strode along the Yukon. He inspected pot holes and banned tailings where nuggets and colors have been found.
 "Very colorful,' opined Price in his clipped British accent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
GOLD HUNTERS AT ANCHORAGE LERY,
 FI5HWHEEL FIND

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 26.- R-Some Anchorage people have set out for the Fort Yukon area, but the old-time gold hunters here are viewing the nugget reports cool y.
 Experienced prospectors express the belief that most of the promis- ing claims already have been Stalk ed out in the area where fish wheel came up with nuggets frozen to the hub. Some say the country there is too flat for good strike and the report that bedrock is 200 feet or more down is discouraging.
 The Anchorage Times said there was no basis to reports that fren- zied gold seekers were chartering taxicaN to rush to Fairbanks, the jumping off spot for the flights to the Fort Yukon area. The re- ports were that the taxi fare had been boosted above $400. The news paper noted that the Anchorage Fairbanks train fare by streamliner was only about $25 and an airplane flight about $35.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
NEW LAW SIGNED BY
 PRESIDENT
Labor Leaders and Others Called 10 White House
 10 Witness Ceremony

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-Rl- President Truman signed legisla- ton today raising the minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour and called it "a major victory for his administration.
 In a statement, MT. Truman ex- pressed regret" that the legisla- tion exempts some workers who previously had been covered by the Fair Lacor Standard law.
 He added.
 But the improvements made by the new law will go far toward achieving our basic purpose Of assuring minimum labor standards necessary for health. efficiency and general well-being of workers.
 "The enactment of the Fair La- Dor Standards amendments of 1949 is a major victory in our fight to promote the general welfare of the people of the United States
 The President called labor lead .rs and others to the White House for the ceremony signing the measure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
STAMPEDE MAY
 REVIVE BOATING
 ON YUKON RIVER

PORTLAND, Ore. Oct 26. (AP) Yukon River boat Captain Will liam Maxi was hopeful today the Alaskan gold prospecting rush to Fishwheel will revive traffic on the zig sub-arctic river.
 T don't know, but I hope that this will mean more business for the boats next year. the veteran river pilot said.
 He returned to his home here after the summer season piloting the steamer Alice between Nenana and Fort Yukon. He explained the Government. which operates the river boats as a service to river towns despite the financial loss, has been talking of retiring the old steamers. He said the boats would be needed to haul heavy mining machinery to the new gold field.
 The captain reported the old Co., lumbia and Snake River steamer Barry K. lowed to the Yukon in Alaska for wartime service. has been beached at Nenana. He said her hull was getting soft. The old steamer for many years hauled sacked grain between landings in eastern Washington and Lewiston, Idaho.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-26
RAIL LINK BILL SIGNED
 BY TRUMAN
Location Survey LegisIated
 for 1,4O0-MiIe Rail Gap to North

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-tR-- President Truman signed a bill today which may lead to an ev- entual railroad link between the United States and Alaska.
 The legislation authorizes him to enter into an agreement with Can ada for survey to determine the Lest route for such link.
 There now is l,400-mile gap between Canada's railroad system and the government owned Alaska Railroad. The Senate Foreign Re- lations Committee reported the rail- road link is needed because present water and highway routes are in adequate to serve Alaska.
 Specifically the legislation calls for location survey for rail- road from Prince George, B. C., to Fairbanks, Alaska, where 1t would connect with the Alaska Railroad.
 This would be a northerly exten- sion of the British Columbia gov- ernment's Pacific Great Eastern Railway which now rambles 347 miles through B. c. from Squamish to Quesnel
 The British Columbia government has proposed to extend the south- ern terminal of the Pacific Great Eastern - now at Squamish 40 miles south to Vancouver. There it would connect with lines running up from the United States.
 British Columbia also may con- struct 80 miles of rail to run it's line north from Quesnel to Prince George.
 Army engineers estimated seven years ago it would cost $l12,0O0,- GOO to build the missing link. Sem ator Magnuson tD-Wash) said re- gently the cost now would be close to $200, ,00O, ,00O. He and Rep. Jack son (D-Wash) authored the survey measure.
 Magnuson told reporter he planned to propose to James E Webb. Undersecretary of State, that commission be set up to negotiate with Canada for the survey.
 He said President Truman hac expressed the opinion that the ap- pointment of a commission woulc be satisfactory if the details could be worked out with the State De- partment.