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The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
Will United States
 Recognize NewRed Chinese Republic?
By John M. Highfower)

WASHINGTON. (P)-The for nation of a communist govern ment in China brought bit closer today the time when the United States must decide whether to recognize such a regime.
 At the moment, however, Amer ican officials say that the issue of recognition is not raised by the announcement of the new govern ment made in Peiping Wednesday by communist leader Mao Tze- Tung.
 What is expected is that when the communists have completed their governments organization they will make a bid to establish formal diplomatic relations and Russia or one of its satellite coun- tries will be the first to accept and agree to open embassies at the communist capital
 The recognition issue is under stood to have been discussed here last week by secretary of state Acheson, British foreign minister Bevin and French foreign minister Schuman during their review of the whole Far Eastern situation.
 They agreed then that they would discuss the possibility of taking parallel actions when the Chinese communists assert their claim to be recognized.
 Basic American policy on recog- milton make three requirements of a government seeking formal rela- tionS with the United States. It must be a regular operating gov ernment, must have effective con- trol of it's territory and must agree to assume it's country's interna- tional obligations.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
SCRATCH MARKS
By "Blackie" Bellury)

The King Islanders presented Native Dance at the Base gym on Thursday night. A large group of personnel from Marks enjoyed the presentation, which was the first time many had ever witnessed this type of dancing.
 Miss Anita TraWeek arrived at Marks last week to assume the du ties of Service Club hostess. Miss TraWeek is from Florence, Ala bama, and has been in Alaska for about two years. She formerly worked at Fort Richardson but all ways had a desire to visit Nome
 II asked to be stationed at Nome about a year ago. she said, but it was only this year that l was able to get here" She has been visiting the various points of in terest in and around Nome during the past week. i've found Nome most interesting" she explained, when asked haw she liked being stationed at Marks.
 The "Frigid Airs" a stage show which is presented by members of Fort Richardson will be held at the Base Theater on September 24. Some of the personnel of Marks who have already seen the show when it was presented at Fort Richardson say that it is a show worth seeing.
 The entire cast is made up of military and civilian personnel from the station at Fort Richard son and includes some personnel who performed with USO troupes during the last war.
 Tickets for the presentation are available for Officers at the Off cers Club between the hours of 1700-1800, September 22. and for Airmen at the same time at the Service Club.
 Civilians residing on the Base and dependents of military per sOnnel of the base are also invited to attend one of the two perform anceS.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
An outstanding improvement i

the appearance of B Street is the remodeled home of Jack Marasco- vich which is being completed by Jim Pappos. Formerly small cabin, it is now a house of good proportion and completely covered with brick siding.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23

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The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
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Ready to serve. Excellent with cold meats.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
Jiffy Rice

Cooked and ready to serve. You vill enjoy this dish.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
Baked Apples

Four Baked Apples in a tall can. A real treat try if.
The Nome nugget., 1949-09-23
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Canned Strawberries with ex- cellent flavor. A wonderful des- sert.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Snofu in 81 Training

Veterans Administrator Gray has done
the right thing in postponing until No
vember / the deadline for certain types
of CT training applications. The ILL
advised setting of a deadline already
passed would have imposed hardships on
thousands of veterans desiring to resume
dropped courses or to change courses or
schools.
In the meantime, there Is another mat
ter which the Veterans Administration
should straighten out. This is the uncer-
tainty now prevailing among veterans and
in educational circles as to the VA inter-
probation of the legislative ban on "rec-
reational and avocational" training. Con-
gress approved the ban after hearing
testimony about GI courses in ballroom
dancing, drink mixing, personality devel-
opment" and so on. 1t is reported that
lacking specific directive from Wash
inston, some field representatives of the
Veterans Administration have ruled that
a veteran must show that the course he
proposes to take will lead directly to a
job. Under this ruling the CT who wishes
to complete course leading to a degree
is barred from Federal aid unless he can
convince the representative that he has
a particular vocational objective.
The American Council of Education
points out that such a narrow interpre-
tation of the law amounts to a reversal
of the previous VA policy of accepting
recognized degree as a proper objective
under the CT training program. Most
veterans now enrolled in colleges were
accepted under the old policy There is
nothing in the recent VA legislation or
in the original law to indicate that Con-
gress intended to prevent veterans from
seeking bona fde bachelors or masters
degrees unless they could prove a voca-
tional purpose. On the contrary, the de-
bates in Congress made it plain that the
Government intended not only to aid vet
Grams in strictly vocational pursuits, but
in completing school and college courses
interrupted by war.
The council will be rendering CT stu
dents a real service if it succeeds in its
efforts to obtain from the Veterans Ad
ministration a definite ruling that will
permit veterans to continue their studies
leading to degrees, regardless of vocational
objective The veterans should be en-
couraged> toward this commendable end,
rather than discouraged by unnecessary
restrictions
Evening star., 1949-09-26
curved tail and certain resemblances to
MaYan and Chinese themes

curved tail and certain resemblances to
Mayan and Chinese themes.
But 1t, does not follow that there was
any relation between the mummy un-
wrapped in New York recently and the
civilizations of ancient Mexico or Asia.
The long-dead high priest probably was
native Peruvian who never heard of any
other country than his own. Yet he was
in touch, however indirectly, with psyche
logical patterns, arts and crafts extremely
remote in both time and space. For in
stance, many of the human remains exca-
waited in the Andes were painted red. The
same practice was common in Massachu-
ssetts and in Southern France at the same
time or still earlier. Exactly why, nobody
can tell.
What Is becoming more and more plain
is the fact that mankind is very old every
where. The notion that the Americas
were settled from Asia only a few CEN
turies before Columbus is as dead as the
high priest of Paracas, whose mummy was
taken to pieces in the interest of science
a few days ago.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Mummy From Peru

At the American Museum of Natural
History in New York the other day
group of scientists opened Peruvian
mummy dating back at least 5000 years.
1t was wrapped in cotton cloth and cush-
ioned on cotton pillows. Sheets of gold
covered the upper part of the face. A
embroidered fillet circled the head
Yellow parrot feathers made a crown Of
sort. Beside the body there was a
primitive throwing stick. The remains of
a clay gourd which once had contained
food also were found. According to the
judgment of DR.. Rebeca Carrion, director
OF the National Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropoligy at Lima, the body was
that of a high priest who had lived about
1000 BIC.
The mummy was brought to the United
States by plane. It was dug up in the
metropolis of the Paracas Peninsula with
427 other cadavers of vast antiquity. In
terms of culture it is related to the So
called Chavin civilization of the Central
Andean region-the earliest development
of its kind in that portion of the west
coast of South America. This production,
as described by Prof Wendell c. Bennett
of Yale University, was sophisticated
with good knowledge of stone
masonry, architecture, goldwork, weaving,
stone carving, ceramics and agriculture" !"
A "well-organized political system" ex-
listed, and there was "a dominant religion"
whose emblem was ubiquitous feline
concept"-a cat or leopard or lion with q
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Leonardo KeeIer

Death has cut short the archaeological
researches of Leonardo Keeler, but, at
forty-fve, he lived long enough to see
his polygraph ''lie detector" accepted by
many crime investigators as valuable
aid to law enforcement. He had hoped
eventually to establish it's worth so firmly
and indisputably as to give it better
standing in courts Federal courts so far
have looked with disfavor on use of decep-
tion detector findings as evidence But
there is ample proof that the apparatus
has helped to convict the guilty and
absolve the innocent in numerous
instances
Mr.. Keeler did not claim to be the
inventor" of the lie detector. He did,
however, take an outstanding part in it's
development as a laW-enforcement aid
He always emphasized that the polygraph
he disliked the term "lie detector"-was
simply machine made up of well-known
instruments for recording blood pressure,
pulse and respiration. He demonstrated
before police, science and other groups
how telling a falsehood affected blood
pressure, heartbeat and breathing of a
suspect. The reaction of a guilty person
to significant question about a crime
Invariably caused violent jerk of the
recording stylus, whereas there was little
or no reaction on the part of an innocent
person.
1t was this dancing of the stylus that
Mr.: Keeler took psychological advantage
OF in testing a subject. The suspect was
told to watch the recorder, and often the
jumping of the indicator was all that was
needed to bring confession from guilty
person. Police have used this psyche
logical technique with considerable success
In obtaining quick confessions. Hidden
weapons and loot also have been located
through this questioning procedure. Mr..
keeler UNDERSTANDABLE took great pride
in, these accomplishments. Even if the
lie detector" never is fully accepted by
the courts, it has proved it's usefulness in
certain situations as an accuser of the
guilty and defender of the innocent. AS
others carry on these studies, its prestige
may grow until at last it has the standing
which Mr.. Keeler fondly envisioned for it.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Veterans Administration Criticized
BY GI Who Was Kept Waiting
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
This latest error" by the VA regarding
the G1 students attending universities and
otner centers OF learning, u.s. in my opinion,
just another example of the inept way the
VA is handling veterans affairs Attending
school under the CT Bill myself, think that
I safely can say that all the laxness in re-
gard to the veteran is not only found on
the top level of the VA, but also in the
various regional Offices as for example the
regional office here in the District.
l never yet have completed any business
at that regional office in less than two hours.
OF those two hours, only IS minutes Cat the
most) were spent with the contact repre-
sentative, the other time being wasted in
waiting. This, in itself, would be of minor
Importance, yet never, in a period encom-
passing nearly two years, have seen all
the desks occupied with contact men. In
stead. there were at most, six men to take
care OF the long line of ex-GIs who had
business with the VA. OF course, some of
the contact representatives may have been
sick or on vacation, but the above quoted
condition is constant, and I can't conceive
a reasonable explanation for it,
The VA could, and should be run on a
more businesslike basis. Mistakes, like not
notifying schools of new regulations and the
like. should be avoided. A thorough inves-
tisation is perhaps the only solution to solve
one OF the biggest "muddles" in our Gov
ernment today. I and other ex-GIs believe
that something must be done, for the VA
handles the affairs of too many people and
its constant errors and clerical" mistakes
affect too many of U.S.
JOHN o. MosER.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
PeriIs of the Rail-

In the early days of railroading acci-
dents were so frequent that The Star
occasionally Jumped all news stories in this
category under the generalized head:
"Perils of the Rail-" Today railroad acci-
dents are such rarity that they deserve
and receive special news treatment How
rare they are becoming is revealed by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in its
railroad accident report for 1948, recently
issued.
The ICC announced that the passenger
death rate for American railroads last year
was the lowest in a decade. During the
past year fifty-five travellers were killed in
train accidents, a death rate of 1.31 for
every billion pasSenger-miles of operation.
That Is the lowest rate ever recorded,
except for 1887, when an all-time low of
1925 was reached. Following the 1887
record, however, the death rate began to
rise, going over the mark during the
war years. The wartime increase in fatali-
ties was attributed to the large turnover
of maintenance and operating employees,
making it necessary to use relatively in
experienced workers. Materials for repair
dAiC Ald1IlbCud1lCC dloU WCIc lldIu W Set
during that period of shortages.
The fatality curve has been going down
steadily since 1916, when the number of
travellers killed per billion passenger-miles
was 1.79. In 1947 the rate dropped to 1853.
Passenger deaths do not, of course, give
an adequate picture of the overall railroad
accident picture. There were many road
crossing crashes, freight derailments and
other accidents that did not involve pas
senger fatalities. But even in the overall
perspective the 1948 accident record was
encouraging. Total deaths related to train
operations last year dropped 953 per cent
from 1947, and injuries declined lit per
cent.
The alarming number of grade-crossing
fatalities continues to alarm safety au-
thorities, however. More than 1000 persons
were killed in such accidents last year and
more than 1000 were injured. The ICC
noted a slight increase in number of these
crashes during the year. The figures pro-
vide tragic evidence of the need for ac-
celebrating the grade-crossing- elimination
program throughout the Nation.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
Advice to the Citizen

What is the correct mental posture to
be assumed by the American citizen upon
reading that the Russians have the atomic
bomb? The newspaper headlines leave
nothing to be desired in the way of advice.
Probably the safest thing for the citizen
is to make himself so Intellectually phable
the type of atmosphere described by the
latest headline. This may be slightly con-
fusing. But it has the advantage, at least,
of keeping an open mind.
The citizen, for example, is advised to
remain calm" Thus he will avoid panic"
He finds, to his satisfaction, that while
the Senate is grave" the Senators knew
it would happen, so no one is surprised"
Thus reassured, the citizen turns to the
Pentagon. There, he finds, the news was
received with surprising calm" 1t was
the calm that was surprising, not the
bomb. No major change in military policy
will result, although the timetable of
American strategic planning has been
wholly upset"
The Joint Congressional Committee was
"stoic," though stunned" The Hun
garians are shocked" The Russians
themselves, however, are calm" The
bombs explosion means a new armament
race. The fact that it has exploded, how
ever, means new hope for peace through
international control The statement by
Tass, official Russian news agency, leaves
officials "skeptical" But they remain
calm. For the Tass statement, so mod
crate in tone as to mean new invitation
to work for international control of the
atomic bomb, is merely another indication
that the Russians are "blufing." The fact
that the Russians would have the bomb
eventually was recognized long ago as
Inevitable" But the reason they have it
Is that we have been so careless in dealing
with the Communist menace that the
Russians have stolen all our secrets.
So it goes. The citizen should not be
surprised, shocked or panicky. He should
remain calm and skeptical. He must adjust
himself to new armament race, though
the attitude of the Russians, rejecting
bluff and bravado and thereby inviting
skepticism, conveys new hope for world
peace through the work of the United
Nations.
Perhaps the best thing for the citizen
to do is to NOV the lawn, If he has one.
Or 60 fishing.
Evening star., 1949-09-26
World Food Clearing House

A pioneering suggestion for co-ordlnat-
ing the twin problems of production and
distribution of the. worlds food staples has
Just been announced by the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United
Nations It has been motivated by the
growing financial unbalance between the
hard" and "soft" currency countries. The
first category includes most of the worlds
big exporters of foodstuffs, whereas the
food-deficit countries fall in the second
category. This means increasing difficulty
for needy buyers to find the exchange
necessary to make required purchases,
while on the sellers side diminished
exports coupled with mounting production
threaten unmanageable surpluses.
Under the aegis of FAC, efforts already
have been made to deal with the problem
as it affects separate commodities, such as
the already concluded international Wheat
Agreement, and pending negotiations for
similar pacts ons sugar and rice. But FAC
is convinced that, in view of the waxing
exchange crisis, overall handling on more
ambitious basis is called for. It therefore
proposes the setting up of an International
Commodity Clearing House to channel
agricultural surpluses from the harbour
rency areas into the soft-currency deficit
countries. This proposal, the result of pro-
longed Studies by a group of leading
experts, would bring an entirely new CO.
ordinating factor into world trade. The
new agency would be financed by an
immediate appropriation of $1,000, 900
contributed by member countries, the
,,1f fo hot, Gfn he
brought into the kitty if and when it can
be used in expanded world trade" The
central idea is to purchase surpluses of
foodstuffs at reduced prices buying in
the currency of the purchasing country
but holding this currency to the credit of
the exporting country until enlarged world
trade or restored currency convertibility
permits clearing the account.
The plan admittedly means complex
financial arrangements involving a two
price and perhaps three-price system.
But the FAC proponents warn that, lack
ing such mechanism as the international
Commodity Clearing House, there pre-
sumably will be in the near future "such
a multiplication of restrictive nationalistic
devices as to nullify the efforts made to
StdDlllle CurTeicleS, SClIHulaCe lnternauonal
investment, and expand freer multilateral
trade" This, the experts claim, would
result in restricted production and dump
ing of surpluses, until "the whole laborious
and expensive reconstruction effort may
collapse as it did after the First World
War" Impending surpluses in the United
States include wheat, cotton, tobacco, dried
fruit, and powdered eggs. The experts point
out that restrictive measures in agricul-
Evening star., 1949-09-26
This and That
By Charles E. TraceweU

If you find baby possum, don't become
too excited about it being hurt or injured
These odd fellows not only "play dead"
but also feign wounds and injuries.
One of the little flowers of. Blossom the
possum was discovered the other day walk
ing across the sidewalk. =
No sooner had it seen it was observed, than
1t sank to the ground on its side.
Nothing done to it could make it come
upright.
Children came, the milkman and others.
Some shrank back.
Its light-colored rat!" said one, In
horror.
mo, think it's possum," said the milk
man
This is one Of Blossoms offsprings," re-
marked another. She had seen Blossom the
possum on the sunporch, in the moonlight,
several months ago. There was no question
that this was a son or daughter of Blossom.
But in the excitement, no one paid any
attention.
The discussion was whether it was a rat,
or what.
The consensus was it was a rat.
That long tail did it.
1t was, of course, young possum.
And the long tail was plain enough If
the beautiful little hands, the pointed face
and the fine eyes were not enough.
In box, the little flower of the wildwood
still kept on its side. It was offered food,
but would have none, thank you.
1T must be about dead" someone said.
The poor thing really looked it.
A touch on the tail was rewarding, but
got no action from the beastie.
1t was very hard tail, as tough as solid
rubber. and almost as unyielding
In nature, that tail has many uses The
mother possum (most persons have seen
pictures of this, at leasD uses her tail as a
sort of hand rail for the babies BY arching
the tail over her back, she gives them some
thing they can hang onto.
The baby possum in the cardboard box
refused bread and milk fine round steak,
vegetables. Possums are omniverous, and
usually eat anything offered.
This specimen did not so much "play
dead" as play hurt.
Proffers of food were turned down with a
slight frothing of the mouth.
At times there was a tremor of the body.
"The poor thing" someone said, has been
poisoned"
The poor little thing cooked an intelligent
eye. but otherwise made no motion.
At this point, an ardent believer in use
of the telephone thought of the Zoo.
Would they take a fire specimen of baby
poSsum, although suffering acutely?
They would.
It was late, but the gates were still open.
Bring 1t down." said the man, land we
will have a scout car meet you at the gate -
The baby possum was put in the car, still
in its box. still very i'll. apparently.
There was the scout car, waiting, all right.
An officer opened the box, poked in a
hand, and dragged out the sick possum.
Instantly it burst into fury of splitting
and scratching
the box.
"It was just pretending" he said There
isn't anything the matter with it,
So If you want to see one Of the children
Of Blossom the possum, ask at the Zoo to
see susy. the youngest possum in the col
lection.