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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-16
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

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 OFTEN MIsPRONOUNCED Enree Pronounce an-tra first as in All second A as in TRAY first syllable.
 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Census; Consensus; SEN
 SYNONYMS Brevy befne shoness erseness conclseness
 
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Prosecutors Partner is Paid

Meanwhile, this column, prob- ing the tax fraud, unearthed some interesting facts, Ben Leader, when questioned, admitted he was Hills former law partner; also admitted he received fee of $12,000, but made long speech about the case having been decided on it's merits,
 This column also discovered, how ever, that this is not the first time Joe Mitchell has slithered his way put of trouble with the law.
 Graduating from New York Uni- versity in 1923, Mitchell became an Internal Revenue agent, but was permitted to resign in 1929 after a scandal over falsifying expense accounts.
 In 1880 Mitchell was caught tap- ping the city water main to sup- ply a negro tenement that he own- ed in Mobile. He was allowed to settle the water bill out of court In l942. when rent ceilings were clamped on his property, he was caught finagling rents above the ceiling price And in 1943, wher tires were rationed, Mitchell wa: caught stealing two tires from 2 Tupelo, Miss, filling station.
 When arrested for this theft, hi pockets were found bulging witt $l00 bills from which he posted Sl,000 bond. Congressman Boykir of Mobile then sought the inter. vention 6f Congressman Rankin O Mississippi and Mitchell escaped
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BROWNE TROOP MEETING

Brownie Troop No. 3 will have their Christmas party at the re- gular meeting tomorrow. At the last meeting the troop met at the Elks Hall then hiked to the home of Mrs. Sidney Lundwall. The Brownies spent their time making Christmas sprays to take home.
 The Troop wishes to thank mem bers of the Explorers and their Scout Master. Chester zenger, and Kenneth Goodson who gathered boughs for the troop to use in mak- ing the sprays. Thanks is also ex- tended to Mrs Lundwall who contri- buted pine cones received from Cal ifornia.
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CANDY LEAGUE BOWLS

The Candy League bowled on the Elks alleys last night and 2 o'clock high team was composed of Riggs, c. Shattuck, L. Shattuck and Johnson.
 The 9 o'clock high team was Stevens, Blanton, Snow and Rolli- son. The members received a box of candy.
 Schlitz beer went to J. Scott and J. Snow, the latter getting two bot ties. High scorers were A, Day with 232 and P. Hagerup with 192
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O. give woman of moderate means might her hope chest s as4H
 pillow dozen large path linen face towels dozen dsh towels. dozen wash cloths cloths; linen table cohs dinner napkins; dozen unneon napkins Quilts blankets doies, pictures vases DooKs slVer ornaments of kinds and good cook book
 How does felt hat when he is speaking to woman?
 by the not the brlm Ana aDoVe the hat should be lifted slightly merely touched by finger on the brim
 it proper to convey mouth with the tines of the fork pointed down?
 Either way is perfectly proper with either hand too
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JUNEAU PLAYERS ARE
 TO MEET ON SUNDAY

Immediately after the presenta- ion of The Messiah on Sunday af- ternoon at approximately four o'clock the Juneau Players will hold a business meeting in the Coun- cil Chambers in the City Hall.
 A financial report of the recent play will be given and plans will be made for the next play. All those interested in little theater, as well ls those willing to help with pro- iuction, are cordially invited.
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WARNING. WARNING!

Gold and 9th Street hills have been designated as the streets for sleighing. Parents, please inform your children not to use any other street that has vehicle traffic. There were several instances of near ac4 cidents last night which could have been tragic. We do not want to see any child hurt adv. 76-3t
 JUNEAU POLICE DEPT
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METAPHYSICAL GROUP
 TO MEET JANUARY

Members of the Juneau Meta physical Group have decided not to hold meetings until after the holiday season.
 There will be no meeting tonight, nor until January 6.
 The publicity notice adds, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!"
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able shop leasurey and avoid the last minute rush. es purchasers assured of complete stocks to choose from Merchants and their employees doubt less will appreciate early shoppers and give them special consideration"
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An insurance statistician says, You have exactly the same chance of being struck by lightning as you have of becoming millionaire" Never again will an electrical storm make us in the least nervous
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Overheard Am I in the doghouse! My wife went through my pockets last night and found two letters-one I forget to mail and one forgot to burn
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minister says the laying on of hands has never cured anything. He's mistaken. There are many instances which it has cured oneiness-and uven- ie delinquency.
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Weather af
 Alaska Points

Weather conditions and temper
 atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast. at 430 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau
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Kids Sleds below Cost at Mad sens. 65-tf
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REBEKAHS BAZAAR IO.O.F. Hall Dec. IT, afternoon i-5, evening I'll. -adv. 69-2pl
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The Washington 
2y DREW PEARSON

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weather: High, 35; low, 31; clear.
Evening star., 1949-01-16

year and of more than $66,000,000
over the previous fiscal year.
The commission announcement
yesterday said that 1T is principally
through the development of re-
actors that the Atomic Energy Com
mission expects in coming years to
develop a means for utilizing the
energy released bv nuclear fission."
How long the coming years" will
prove to be is a matter of wide
speculation. David E. Llienthal,
commission chairman, has pointed
to the difficulty of predicting an
exact date when atomic power will
leave the experimental laboratory
and enter the commercial power
field. He said the best estimate
runs something like this:
Perhaps in the next three years
there will be an experimental plant
that will produce electrical power;
in 10 years perhaps a pretty good
working plant but not commercially
competitive with other sources of
energy" such as water power or
coal-produced power; within 20
years "a sizable portion of electri-
city may be derived from atomic
plants; in a decade after that a
very sizeable portion" of the Ma
tons power will come from atomic
energy.
Complex Problems Arise.
But, atomic experts point out,
host of highly complex technical
problems have confronted the re-
searchers as they move into the
power development field.
One of the first of them has been
trouble in the field of metallurgy.
Under the bombardment of neu-
irons from nuclear fission strange
and hitherto undreamed of things
happen to common metals. Thus
metals must be developed capable
of withstanding not only the in
tense heat of the atomic furnace
but the curious transmutation of
the very basic structure of the
metals that comes from nuclear
bombardment.
Dublin plans to erect $4,000 new
hollseS within Ave wears
Evening star., 1949-01-16
Owner Denies Planes
Seized by U. 5. Were.
Bound for Mid-East
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.-The owner
of six military craft seized recently
by Federal agents ih New Jersey
denied today the craft were destined
for the Middle East in violation of
the Governments ban on shipment
of arms to that territory.
II categorically deny the planes
we're going to the Middle East or
headed in any Illicit direction" Ter
rell J. Murrell. who was a United
States lieutenant colonel in World
War II. told neWsmen.
One of the planes, BIS bomber,
was seized at Teterboro Airport yes
terday by United States agents who
said it was manned by a British
crew and believed bound illegally
for Egypt.
Eight days ago, Government
agents seized another shipment Of
five military planes, in crates await
ing shipment at Newark pier.
Tells of Other Exports.
United States Attorney A. E..
Modarelli said the planes were an
illegal arms shipment bound for
Egypt.
Ms Murrell told newsmen that
the five Grated planes could be used
"only for Photographic work or
crop spraying"
The BIS, he said, was to have
been piloted to LIE Bourget Airport,
Paris, for conversion as an "execu-
tive transport plane, similar to
planes used by large industrial firms
in this country"
He explained that the conversion
work could be done more cheaply in
Paris than in America.
Mr.. Murrell identified himself as
the president and owner of Masthead
Export Co. He said he sold so war
surplus planes last year in foreign
countries to individuals or business
firms.
Every one to my knowledge is
in the hands of the people to whom
sold them," he said.
Crew Members Subpoenaed.
Mr.. Modarelh said in Newark yes
terday that the BIS was listed as
owned by Leonard la Bella of New
Rochelle, N. Y, who had applied fot
customs approval to take the plane
out Of the country on a temporary
permit.
The crewmen were identified as
David Bond, Ivan Thomas, Alfred
Clarke and Julian Angers. No
charges were placed against them.
Mr.. Modarelli said his records showed
no addresses for these men, but that
all were listed as British subjects.
They will be subpoenaed to testify
before Federal grand jury next
Tuesday, he added.
Mr.. Modarelli said the plane had
been watched by customs agents
since December 20, when an attempt
was made to export 1t without
authorization.
Evening star., 1949-01-16
Atomic
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mission last fall. He is the first
director.
Announcement of DR.. Hafstad's
appointment followed closely the
disclosure that the commission is
seeking a substantial increase in
Federal funds during the IL months
beginning July ! for development of
atomic power plants.
The splitting of uranium, a feat
from which the United States de-
veloped the atomic bomb during
World War II, was demonstrated
for the first time in this country
in 1899 by DR.. Hafstad and two
colleagues, DR.. Richard Roberts and
Dr. Merle Tuve, a commission state
ment said. That demonstration
came after reports had been re-
ceived that German scientists had
succeeded in splitting atomic nuclei.
Worked on Proximity Fuse.
DR.. Hafstad is now executive
secretary of the National Military
Establishments Research and Devel-
opment Board. He formerly worked
on such projects as the proximity
fuze and guided missiles at the
Johns Hopkins laboratory.
A native of Minneapolis, Dr. Haf-
stad once worked as a telephone
lineman early In his scientific career.
The presidential budget which
went to Congress on January 10
carried an item Of s120,199 ,040 for
reactor development. "a reactor
is the so-called atomic pile" of
fashionable material which produces,
among other things, heat to run
conventional power plants. 1t is the
coal pile" of a power plant but
one which does not burn up)
The budget request for the next
fiscal year is an increase of more
than s59O0o,0o0 over the current
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Tito Reported Seeking Aid
OF ExiIes in Moscow Fiqhf
By the Associated Press

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Dec. 49,
An informed source said today
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugo-
slavia is trying to come to terms
with Yugoslav exiles-most OF
them Monarchist-to help him
convince the United States and
Britain he can be trusted in his
fight with Moscow.
The source said Tito has sent
emissaries abroad seeking out key
figures among the 100000 Yugo-
slavs who have fled their home
land since the Communist rise to
power. The informant said the
emigres listened to the plea and
then made counter-proposals
Among these counter-proposals
the source said. were restoration
of political freedoms and a plebi-
|scite of the Yugoslav people on
their form of government.
Most of the exiles now are living
In Western Europe or the United
States. They are being asked, the
source said. to help Tito get much
needed economic aid from the
West.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Philippine Congress
Approves Quirino
by the Associofsd Press

MANILA, Dec. 13.-A joint
session of Congress today declared
Elpidio Quirino President and
winner of the November 8 elec-
ton.
A heavy guard stood outside
the chamber during debate. The
congressional action was taken
after Senator Vicente Soto
warned that if the election re-
suits were not set aside revolu-
ton might break out in the is
lands.
Senator Soto is a supporter of
Jose Ayelino, third man in the
race for President. DR.. Jose P.
Laurel, suppet President under
the japanese, ran second.
The joint session heard Senator
Soto say that If the election was
not voided the armed rebellion in
Batangas Province may spreao
throughout the country for the
purpose of obtaining a change OF
administration through bullets
and not ballots"
Batangas supporters of DR..
Laurel took up arms November 19
and said they were a revolution
ary force.
Nationalist Party speakers
charged the Liberal administra-
ton with fraud, intimidation and
terrorism in II of the so provinces
during the campaign.
Mr.. Quirino's supporters denied
any fraud was perpetrated. They
called for specific complaints.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Armstrong Faculty Protests
Handling Of Sick Leave

The Armstrong sHigh School
faculty has objected to the Board
of Education about school officials
Interpretation of the new sick
leave law.
In a letter to the board, "a
Armstrong teachers urged that
some notifications be made in
administration of the sick and
emergency leave law. Before the
law went into effect this year,
teachers had to pay substitutes
out of their own pocket when they
were absent.
The teachers objected to a reg
ulation which requires a doctors
certificate for short illnesses; a
regulation which requires that all
emergency absences be justified in
writing, and q regulation limiting
leave in case of death in a house.
hold.
A number of other teacher
groups have protested certain pro-
visions of the law. Among these
other complaints is the one that
the provision allowing a teacher
to pay for a substitute should have
been retained in addition to the
new leave provisions.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Missing CAT and Crew
Reported in Indo-Chinu
BY the Associated Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 13.-The
Civil Air Transport Office here
announced today that one of its
CAT transport planes, missing
since November 4. had landed in
Wet Nam Undo- China).
The pilot, James McGovern of
Elizabeth, N. j., the co-pilot and
two passengers were being held
by the Vietnamese, the airline
Office said.
The report of the landing of
the plane in Wet Nam was re-
ceived from the CAT agent in
Haiphong, who said he obtained
his information from William M.
Gibson, American consul at
Hanoi.
The plane was flying from Hong
Kong to Running, and became
lost in bad weather.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
| Airport Plagued
By Bad Luck in
| Last Months
By the Associated Press

Busy National Airport here has
been plagued with bad luck FOL
the last month or so.
Before last nights crash Of a
Capital Airlines plane with % per-
sons aboard, there have been two
other crashes and at least four
near misses" or occasions when
mid-air collisions were narrowly
averted.
First and most serious of the
crashes was the November l dis
aster when a surplus fighter plane
flown by Bolivian pilot hit an
Eastern Airlines DC-4 passenger
plane, resulting in SIS deaths.
On November II a single-engine
flight training plane crash-landeo
at National Airport but the two
occupants escaped death.
Three of the near-misses in
volved Eastern Airlines passenger
and military planes. The fourth
involved the complaint of an Ali
Force Bit that it narrowly missed
an advertising blimp at night near
the Pentagon.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Alexandra Man, Il, Held
In Mother-in-LaW's Death

Donald Rainey. 81, Of the zoe
block of West Glebe road, Alex
andria. was arrested early today
by Alexandria police on a man.
slaughter investigation charge
after police said his mother-in-
law was hit in a family argument
and died within an hour.
Mrs. Lena Mitchell. 40. of the
200 block of Lynhaven drive dice
at her home about 1890 am, po-
lice said. Her physician, according
to police. said death was caused
by a heart condition.
Rainey was arrested pending
outcome of an autopsy.
Rainey also was charged by his
wife with assault and battery and
disorderly conduct.
Evening star., 1949-12-13

Although no reason was given
the expulsion appeared to be In
line with a current Eastern Euro
pean policy Of eliminating non
Communist agency operations.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Injured Couple Returning
From Duck Hunting Trip

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 (P.-
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond B. D.
Wright, injured in Capital Air.
line DC-3 crash at Washington.
were on their way home from
duck hunting trip in North Caro-
lima.
The Wrights live in the fashion,
able Chestnut Hill section OF
Philadelphia. Servants at their
home said they received a tele-
gram from the couple yesterday
stating they were detained at
Norfolk. They had been due to
arrive home Sunday night.
MI. Wright is a sales engineer
for the Cochrane Corp. Phila-
delphia, manufacturers of steam
power and water treatment equip
ment.
The couple has three sons. David
B.. and Graham. who live in Chest
nut Hill, and Beaumont W., OF
NorriStoWn, Pa.
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Is Reported Killed
In Pakistan Air Crash
BY the Assccioied Press

KARACHI, Pakistan, Dec. 13.-
All 81 passengers and a crew Of
four were reported killed in a
Pakistan transport plane crash
last night IS miles north of here.
The list of casualties was not
yet confirmed but it was reported
that two Pakistan army generals
were among the passengers.
The two generals. according to
officials of the PAX Air Co., which
operated the plane. were believed
to be Maj. Gen. Sher Khan and
Maj. Gen. Iftikhar.
The plane, a twin-engined DC-3,
crashed in desert country. 1t was
first spotted by aerial searchers
early this morning and rescue
parties were sent to the scene
of the crash.
Evening star., 1949-12-13

and Henry Grimes. 38, OF Mon
rovia, Liberia, in Washington on
a special mission for his govern
ment.
Mr.. Harrison is an employe OF
the Bureau of Supply and was en-
route from Norfolk to Washing
ton. He is married and has three
children and three grandchildren.
Worked at RFC.
He came to Washington in 1884
with the Commodity Credit Corp.
as assistant chief of accounting
on farm loans. In 1912 he went
to the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, in procurement and dis
posal of strategic materials, and
went to the Federal Bureau OF
Supply in October of last year.
Mr.. Stevens is a Navy civil en-
gineer, a veteran of eight years IN
the Navy and is attached to the
Bureau of Ships here. He Is
married.
Mr.. Stevens is attached to the
management planning and re-
view division, and came here from
Ann Arbor, Mich. eight years ago.
Mr.. Grimes, son OF the late
Chief Justice L. A. Grimes OF
Liberals Supreme Court. has been
in charge of the Liberian govern
ment radio station in Monrovia.
Another crew member aboard
the transport. Joseph w. Buell..
jr., %, the flight attendant, OF
5711 Third street NV. suffered
minor injuries. A former Mckln-
ley Tech High School backfleld
star, he also played two years
with George Washington >Univer-
sity as a substitute back. He
started with Capital Airlines
about four months ago.
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D. G.. Victims
Continued From First Page.

Hill, KY; attended Staunton Mil
itary Academy, Washington and
Jefferson and the University of
Pittsburgh. He is survived by his
wife and one son.
Co-Pilot Porter. %, of 1O9
Pennington drive, Alexandria. a
four-year veteran of the Air
Force, had been with Capital since
1945. A native of Warren, Pa,
he attended the Sugar Grove (Pa0
High School, the Warren Busi-
ness College and entered the Air
Forces in 1941. He is survived
by his widow, the former Mary
Anders of Jamestown. N. Y. and
one son, Ross Porter, 3.
He had 6,565 hours flying time
Was Former Marine.
Third fatality was Neville Las
sitter, 40. of 2310 South Columbus
street, Arlington, an employe OF
the Bureau of Supply. He is a
former Marine and a member OF
the Marine Reserve. He is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. Eliza
beth r. Lassiter, and his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Lassiter OF
Portsmouth, Va.
Mr.. Lassiter, former division
clerk with the Seaboard Airline
Railway, went into the Marines in
December of 1912. He was as
signed to movement of military
freight and personnel. He became
senior transportation and rate au-
ditor for the Navy Department
after his release from the Ma
rines in March of 1946 and in
June became traffic manager in
the office. of the Marine Corps
quartermaster general.
He was with the Interstate
Commerce Commission until Au-
gust of 1948, when he went to
the Supply Bureau.
Among the seriously injured
from the Metropolitan Area were
George C. Harrison. Al. of 1921 N.
Sixteenth street. Arlington; Will
liam L. Stevens, 81, of ASIA S.
Thirty sixth street, darlington
Evening star., 1949-12-13
Romania Gusts Foreign Staff
I0f u. n. ChiIdren's S Fund
By the Associated Pres.

BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec.
il3-On orders from Romania' S
Communist government the en-
tire foreign staff which ran the
United Nations international Chill
dren's Emergency Fund left the
country last night.
The group of U. N. officials left
for Paris after the government
gave them a week to wind up their
affairs here. Romanian employees
of UNICEF were left in charge
to liquidate the operation which
once handed out milk and exam
ined children for tuberculosis. It
was left to the Ministry of Health
to decide whether the UNICEF
Office would continue to function
under government control.