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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Inquest Verdict In BIatchfOrd Death Denotes Suicide

An inquest was held yesterday on the death of Alfred BlatchfOrd, 25, son of MT. and Mrs. Charles BlatchfOrd of Solomon, who was found dead ih the city jail Thurs day morning and the verdict of the cOrOner's jury which was in session from ten yesterday morn ing until eight o'clock last evening was that the death was caused by suicide
 The young man, a veteran of World War II, one of a family of seventeen, was picked up by act ing patrolman Councilman Cor don Osborne Wednesday night for disorderly conduct while fighting in the street. He was jailed in the city jail with four other boys: Harry Wilson, David WillOya, Barney Wheeler and Harry Ko- monaSeOk; four of whom are re- ported to be minors. The five boys were in one cell, which has room enough for eight occupants. All of the boys were in for disorderly conduct on different charges.
 The evidence brought out the fact, it is reported, that Alfred BIatchford committed suicide by tying a piece of the mattress cover, strip about ten feet long and three inches wide, about his neck sometime during the night. He was found in sitting position by David Willoya who was the first of the group to awaken. Willoya releaesd him and laid him on a bunk where he was found by city officials in the morning.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
"DOn't Be Alarmed By Secret Atomic Talks Truman

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman said yesterday there is nothing for the American people to be alarmed about in current hush-hush talks about atomic for eign policy.
 MT. Truman was sharply criti- cal at a news conference, how ever, of the man he said leaked information to the press in ad- vance of an atomic policy meeting the President held at Blair House last Thursday.
 Mir. Truman said he knows who the man is, but he did not identi- fy him.
 The Blair House conference, bringing together high govern ment and Congressional leaders, was the first of two major confer ences which have been held on atomic matters.
 The second was a meeting at the Capitol Wednesday, called by the Senate-HouSe atomic energy committee.
 The second meeting appeared to
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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Truman ''NOt Interested In" Sen. Wherry's Fear

WASHINGTON, (P) - Senator Wherry, the Republican floor leader, told the Senate yesterday that before approving the North Atlantic Pact, it should close the door" against giving the atom bomb to other members.
 With a vote only hours away, the Nebraska Senator said he is concerned that the treaty may ob- ligate this country to let others in on A-bomb secrets.
 At President Truman's news conference, held shortly before the Senate met, reporter had mentioned the stand Wherry was taking.
 MT. Truman brushed it off with the comment that Senator Wherry has a lot of ungrounded fears about the treaty which I'm not in- terested in.
 Wherry had raised questions Wednesday about the a-bomb and the treaty.
 At that time, Senator McMahon D. -Conn)-chairman of the Sen ate-House atomic energy commit tee-said the treaty carried no ob- ligation to share atomic secrets. He said the question should be
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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Senate Approves North Atlantic Pact Overwhelmingly
(BY John M. Hightower)

WASHINGTON, (H) - Over whelming Senate approval of the North Atlantic treaty cleared the way today for President Truman's formal request that America help arm its European allies.
 The White House announced that the President will send the proposed program to Congress Monday. Vice President Barkley said it will be pressed for passage at this session.
 Barkley, who attended a cabinet session, said the administration hopes to pass both an authOriZa- ton bill and an appropriation to finance the arms program before it quits around Sept. 1.
 He said he does not expect as much debate on the arms program as occurred in the Senate during consideration of the pact, which the Senate ratified yesterday by a vote of 82 to 13.
 The President originally plan ned to send the arms message to both Houses today, but postponed this action until Monday to suit the convenience of Senate leaders, Charles G. Ross, Presidential press secretary. told reporters.
 Ii is understood that the pro- posed authorization will be for
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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Crashed Seattle Plane Covered By Insurance

SEATTLE, (P) - Block-l n g Harney Street was like a "carni- val of death" yesterday as crowds of curious milled through the de- briS-laden area to see the destruc- ton wrought by a crippled twin engined GAG airliner.
 Police chief George D. Eastman estimated that more than 30,000 persons damned the area in a three-hour span last night, less than 24 hours after the plane car ried it's 32 occupants on a death dealing plunge through power
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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Many Injured In
 Hawaii Strike Riot

HONOLULU (P)-Violence left its mark on HaWaips 82-day-old dock strike yesterday.
 The first major outbreak in the bitter dispute occurred Wednesday. Several hundred CIO picketS and sympathizers sWarmed down on a group of non-union stevedOres getting ready to unload strike bound freighters.
 Police broke up the clash with in 10 minutes. But l9 men were injured and 30 arrested. Those jailed-identified by police as ILWU strikers-Were held with out charge on suspicion of riot.
 Circuit judge John E. Park last night issued a writ of habeas cor pus for the pickets. He ordered police chief Dan Liu to produce the prisoners in court and show cause why they should not be re- leased.
 The international longshore- mems and Warehousemen's union struck the Territory's six ports May 1. It demanded a 32 cent boost of the S1.4O hourly wage for its 2,000 stevedores. The employ  CTS offered 12 cents. Then all ne gOtiatiOnS came to a halt.
 Gov. Ingram M. Stainback call ed the legislature into special ses- sion Tuesday to enact a program designed to end the tie-up A leg islative steering committee already has drafted 15 bills.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
News of the World At ACIance --
Thursday. July 2l. l949 CBV The Associated Press

Italy's attempt to ratify the North Atlantic Pact yesterday was nullified when it was discovered that the ballot box in the Chamber of Deputies contained more votes than there were voters. The an- nounced result had been 338 for approval to POS against, making a total of 546 votes, but there were only 469 deputies voting. A new vote was arranged for today.
 Nationalist China got gloomy reports from the Central China front dimming hopes of a come back against the triumphant Chi nese communists. Private reports said the communists were only 20 miles north and east of Chang sha, capital of Human Province, and the reports said the indica- tionS were the vital rail city would be abandoned without a fight. Ma tiOnalist troops must decide soon whether to fight a decisive battle for Human Province or retire.
 Chiang Kai-Shek. leader of na- tionaliSt China, has flown back to his island redoubt of Formosa af- ter establishing a l2-man emer- gency council under his leader ship in Canton to direct the war on the communists.
 Her long coal miners strike plagued Australia in the midst of the Coldest weather of the Austra- Han winter. The government planned to send 5000 troops to mine coal in New South Wales Aug. unless the strike is over by then.
 In the Middle East, six accused members of the National Ryrian party, now outlaWed, were exc cuted by firing squad. They had been convicted of armed revolt. A military tribunal has condemned 59 others to life imprisonment. Anton Saadeh, president of the party, was executed July 8.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Committee Tells Armed Forces How To Save Money

WASHINGTON, (P)-A Senate committee report laid down some detailed advice to the armed serv- ices yesterday on how to save mil lions of dollars.
 Fewer flying hours for air force and navy pilots assigned to desk jobs could save $50,000,000 or per haps more, the report said.
 It also asked removal of extra gadgets from jeeps and trucks and questioned spending S150,00O a piece for a new type 8-ton truck. It also expressed some doubts about a S238,0O0 gun.
 The list of economy hints and directives back up the Senate ap- propriations committees drive to slash S1,118,736,322 from the $15,- 08,000,000 previously approved by the House. This covers army, navy and air force costs for the fiscal year that began July 1.
 A copy of the detailed report was made available to a reporter before chairman Elmer Thomas D.-Okla0 filed it with the Senate.
 Thomas called the full appro- priations committee back into closed session in hopes of saving another $5OO,OOO,OOO to $525, ,OOO,- 900. He wants to cut back an $825, 100000 sum previously ap- proved by Congress for stockpil- ing critical and strategic materi- als such as metals, rubber, qui- nine, pepper, castol oil and a long list of other supplies.
 Thomas calls the five-year post war stockpiling plans "cockeyed" but defense officials and Senators from western mining states are opposing him.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

PORTSMOUTH, O. (P) The Rev. Marion Stiltner will have to preach to his flock without the aid of a loudspeaker.
 Judge Fred w. Everett ordered the loudspeaker silenced yester- day after Milo Mullins, who lives near the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ, complained that the min ister's voice was "noisome and discomforting."
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
Alaska Seeks Loan In States Banks

JUNEAU, (P)-The Territory of Alaska, rich in resources, needs a million dollars in cash, and treas urer Henry Roden left yesterday for Seattle to try to get it.
 Roden said he was authorized by the board of administration to get a $1,0O0,00O loan from bank CTS.
 "We have sufficient revenue in sight to pay off the loan between the middle and end of January" he said.
 Alaska has $l,3OO,OOO in the bank, but it's earmarked for cer- tain funds. A loan will be used to take up certain warrants and pro- vide operating expenses until ex- pected revenue is receivd.
 Atty. Gen. J. Gerald Williams gave legal approval to the boards action.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
NEWS IN BRIEF

ATTLE, (4) - Two four month-Old Kodiak bear cubs ar rived by airplane from Kodiak Wednesday and were taken to the Woodland Park Zoo.
 One will remain there, the other being slated for Salt Lake City.
 They knocked Walter Muller, Alaska Air Lines agent at Kodiak, off truck while being loaded for their southbound trip.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

SEATTLE, (P)-A former mo- ton picture bit player, Don K. Evans. "A, was found dead in a highway auto cabin yesterday. His head was near the open oven door of a gas stove, coroner's dep uties said. Three top burners and three oven burners were turned on.
 He had appeared in Columbia's Flying Cadets" and a Universal movie starring Donald O'Connor and Charles Lamont.
 Evans, who was unemployed, faced a charge of petty larceny in justice court here. He was ac- cused of having issued a worth less $25 check last March.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22
HOLLYWOOD, (P)-Two si1

HOLLYWOOD, P)-Two six year-old girls are the first gradu- ates of Mrs. MozelI BrittOn Dine hart's backyard swimming school ali because of the drowning of a neighbor boy.
 Three weeks ago the five-year old boy was drowned in the pool. Mrs. Dinehart, widow of actor Alan Dinehart, decided the best way 10 prevent such accidents was to teach the neighbOrhOod children to swim.
 She hired Ralph Flanagan, a former swimming champ, as in structor. The student body aver ages two to seven years in age.
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

SEATTLE, (R-The Far West Furniture Co.,, has one pleased customer, at least, even though he isn't exactly a welcome customer. Police disclosed today that the burglar who stole 14 blank com
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The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

COLFAX, Wash. CP) - Good wheat land comes high in the rich PalOuSe belt.
 Urgel Bell, Lacrosse, Wash, paid S226,5OO for a 19O0-acre farm Wednesday. The sale, made from the estate of Fritz Zieoerth, was confirmed by the superior court judge John D. Evans.
 John A. Oafus, also of Lacrosse, bid S225,5OO for the land
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

MANILA, (P)-A typhoOn with winds of l2O miles an hour near its center headed toward Formosa last night at eight miles an hour.
 At midnight the typhoon was excepted to be 460 miles east northeast of Aparri, on the north ern tip of Luzon island
The Nome nugget., 1949-07-22

MT. L. E. Evans. of the U. s. de- partment of labor is here on a routine visit from his office in Juneau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-23

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and when desired it eliminates the automatic stop
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-01-23
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-16

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Evening star., 1949-04-22

DDS viii vote On the union. A
majority much larger than the
q required by the general synod
is expected 70 approve.
A year ago the synods voted 33
to In favor OF the Basis Of
Union. o merger plan produced
after seven years of discussion and
work by Q joint commission.
Second Vote Was Needed.
Last June at Oberlin, Ohio. the
Congregationalists' General Coun-
Gil added to the Basis Of Union
set OF interpretations. That ne
cessitated yesterdays general syn
cd vote and the synod referendum
on the interpretations.
The Congregational Christian
Churches gave final approval 70
the merger at a General Council
meeting here last February 5.
After the synods have acted. the
Evening star., 1949-04-22

have q membership Of about
SOC. 900.
Delegates TO the special two
day session of the general synod
voted 249 to IL in favor Of the
merger yesterday.
Other Groups Invited.
Before adiourning. they passed
a resolution inviting other Prot
estant denominations to help
make the new church means of
achieving still further union.
The merger. the resolution said.
should be lust one added step in
the direction of an ever larger
oneness of the followers Of Christ.
. We earnestly seek the op-
portunity to enter into union with
all whose mind and heart are
centered in Christ"
Between now and mid-June the
"a Evangelical and Reformed syn
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Public Enemy No. 1
Critically Wounded by
FbI Men in Gun Battle
By shs Assoeiussd Press

INDIANAPOLIS. April a.
Clyde Milton johnson. the FBTs
public enemy No. 1. lay in critical
condition at General Hospital
today with a bullet In his back.
johnson was wounded in a run
ming gun fight with three FBI
agents on crowded Monument
Circle last night. Bullets struck
two automobiles and the monu-
ment.
FBI Agent Harvey Foster said
johnson was charged with rob-
bing the North Side branch OF the
First National Bank at Memphis,
Tenn, February 8 and with es-
Gaping from the Dade County Jail
at Miami, Fla. March !.
MIR. Foster said johnson "is the
man the FBI across the Nation
wanted more than any other man
at this time"
Johnson's wife, Billie Glaze
johnson. IS, was arrested at q
downtown hotel q few minutes
after he was captured. MIR. Foster
said she was charged with helping
in the Miami escape and with be.
ing an accessory after the fact to
the bank robbery.
The three FBI men tried to ar
rest johnson as he walked out of
the hotel, on Washington street.
the main downtown thoroughfare.
He drew his gun. opened fire and
sprinted up Meridian street to the
circle. hub of the city's business
district.
johnson commandeered q pass
ing automobile. but the driver.
Walter Stone of Indianapolis,
stopped it and fed.
With bullets whistling past him.
johnson ran through q crowd
waiting at a bus stop and leaped
into q parked taxicab. AS the
cab started to pull away one Of
the FBI men leaped onto the rear
and fired pointblank through the
rear window.
He saw Johson slump. but the
fugitive remained conscious and
ordered the cab driver. George
johnson, to take him to doctor.
The doctor called police who took
johnson to the hospital.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
Proposal for Merger
Approved by Synod ol
Evangelical Church
By the Asseeioied Press

CLEVELAND, April 22.-The
general synod of the Evangelical
and Reformed Church has given
final approval to a merger with
the Congregational Christian
Churches.
The action makes possible crea-
ton. probably early in 1850. Of a
new United Church of Christ as
the seventh largest Protestant de-
nomination In this country.
The combined denominations
Evening star., 1949-04-22

way viii be clear for each demon =
nation TO name $50 delegates 20
attend o general synod Of The new
United Church OF Christ Al that
meeting the merger viii be con-
slrmmated.
Evening star., 1949-04-22
DR.. Charles r. Hobon Dies

DAYTONA BEACH. Fla, April
20 R.-Dr. Charles F. Hoban, rs,
q native of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. and
retired director Of the Pennsyl-
vania State Library and Museum
at Harrisburg, died yesterday in a
nursing home.
Evening star., 1949-04-22

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Evening star., 1949-04-22

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Evening star., 1949-04-22

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Evening star., 1949-04-22

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
By Sam Dawson

Tho the major league baseball
championship race is finished, the
Montgomery County Baseball
League still has it's deciding tilt
charlottesville at Damascus
next Sunday.
Damascus missed its opportunity
to clinch the county championship
when they were blanked by Coles
vile, round-robin winners, in the
second game of a best-of-three
series at Damascus, 80, on Sunday,
October 8.
Colesville's win knotted the play
offs at one win for each, as Damas-
Gus took the opening play-off game
by 10 count week ago Sunday.
Star for the winners was Bob
Brother" Love, who helped pitch
the Heurich Brewers to the champ
ionship of the All-American ANA
teur Baseball Association last
month.
Love shackled Damascus with
four hits as he kept his team in
the running. Besides his mound
proness, Brother managed three
singles. Right fielder Mike God
frey also managed three singles in
the 14-hit assault on loser Lefty
Mcintyre.
Mcintyre, the "ageless wonder"
who has been pitching county and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-10-13
Wake Up Businessmen

About 125 businessmen and women of the Rockville
area, this week received letter from the Chamber of
Commerce enclosing card which five pertinent
questions were to be answered with simple yes or
mo- The questions Are you in favor of changing
the of the Chamber of Commerce to the Rockville
Businessmen's Association? Are you in favor of linn
ting the membership of the organization to persons
who are actively engaged in business in Rockville?
Would you join this organization? Would you sup
port it? Would you actively participate in it?
1t is hard to understand the thinking of the Rock
vile Chamber when it sent out such letter. Changing
the name of the organization highly Irregular
how would the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. of which it
is member, regard such action? Anyway would the
changing of the better attendance and par
ticipaton? 1t is perfectly possible to have both Cham
Der of Commerce and Busnessmens Association if
to be the job of the Chamber to organize it.
The letter decided upon at meeting of less
than fifteen members of the Chamber and every man
present seems to have had different idea on the sub
ject Some doubt has been expressed that the letter
carried the real thought of the group The Sentinel was
unable to obtain the exact wording of the resolution
which led to the letter.
Anyway it 'behooves the business men and women
to fill out their answers to the card with thought max
ing clear their stand the questions and to appear at
meeting to be held Tuesday evening October 18 at the
sFirehouse to settle the matter.
We would like to remind business people of the
town that Christmas is only little over two months
awaycounty people even starting to buy Yule
cards and gfts-no longer can merchant wait until
December to plan his sales if he expects to get his share
of them Rockville has nice shops in which many Ma
tionay known products stocked and the of
those shops should be planning how they can let the
W
and save buffeting the crowded city streets
Last years December in Rockville" put the town
the map but planned too late bring fully salts
factory results. So make up your minds businessmen
and women and caution the not to forget the
en- for they will work long and hard-they plan
economically and will not wait until the last minute to
do so). Remember there is strength in untyit is up
to the individual firms to decide in what they
will band together for the best interests of the business
group.
Don't let these important questions be decided by
the minority-go to the meeting Tuesday and express
your real opinion and stick by the majority decision