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IT TOOK 4 LONG. LONG TIME

The Senate is organized with Frank Peratrovich Democrat and First Division Senator President for the duration of the special session.
 After five days, nineteen ballots and executive session of the Senate, accord accomplished be- tween the Democrats and Republicans who had been voting along party lines each side refusing to give the one extra vote that would have made the count to instead of to 8, to and 9 No matter, it took during those nineteen ballots, at least to elect a President
 Whatever the decisions of the executive session, they resulted in a President being chosen.
 And Frank Peratrovich not elected by a maager 9 to vote, but by the unanimous vote of the sixteen Senate members.
 Most of those who have followed these first days of the special session of the 18th Legislature have been surprised Certainly the session. its organization the bills be introduced and passed were thought to have been all lined up ahead of time. Else, why call a special session? Somewhere along the line some thing missed and a good old party lineup appeared and evidenced surprising and definite strength.
 But now the Senate is organized and the Legisla- ture can get work. In the meantime, during tenn
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UNDER THE DOME

It's secret but significant that, shortly after Senator McKellar was elected President Pro Tenn of the Senate, he and his Tennessee cohorts were gently reminded that they hadn't contributed a penny to the Democratic campaign chest either during or since the cam
 paign. So McKellar got busy and raised S30000 for the Democratic National Committee just before the Senate voted on him (Mc- Kellar now tells the White House that it was he, not Kefauver, who carried the state for Truman.)
 Secretary of War Harry Wood ring of Kansas is back in Wash ington. According to the diplo- matic grapevine, he has an eye on the American Ambassadorship to France William "Fishbait" Miller had his wife on the payroll of Mississippi's Congressman Col mer right up until the Democratic caucus made him House door keeper, though she did little or no work in Colmer's office. Fish bait" claimed he had to do it to make both ends meet. If Sen- ator Kilgore of West Virginia gets
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an 0. K. for his proposed lobbyist Investigation, lot of the high pressure boys will be running for cover It's suggested facetious- ly) that lobbyists be identified in the future by being reqired to wear tail-coats and high silk hats.
 MICE IN THE SENATE
 Stray mice and homeless coch- reaches scampered around the Sen ate Office Building last week fright ening lady stenographers and hunt ing new places to hide.
 They were flushed out by the &C., tivity of moving new Senators in and old Senators out. Strange as it may seem-or not seem-the pests had made their homes right in the private sanctuaries with the Senators themselves.
 Reason: The Senators eat in their offices and spill crumbs. Mean while, Senate housekeepers have or dered more potent cockroach pos- on.
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Clinton Anderson of New Mexico.
 Two Republican Congressmen, Stefan of Nebraska and Jensen of Iowa, were embarrassed last week to find their names being used to help sell S1,000-a-page ads in a Harry Truman Inaugural AL Lum"-the man they tried to de- feat. Album turned out to be a fancy promotion scheme by some New Workers who had nothing to do with the inaugural . Dictator Franco is taking seriously the U. s. Army talk about setting up bases in Spain He is constructing new buildings about the size of our giant Pentagon to house the Span ish Air Force-though Spain has only about 100 military planes of its own (Uncensored reports tell of new Spanish guerrilla war fare against Franco0 <. The State Department has been squawking over Truman's plan to carry out the Democratic platform pledge and recognize Israel Six Nor wegian labor leaders, here on so- called inspection trip. actually are gathering first-hand facts about the LISA so as to counteract the Red drive in Norway. The Rus sians are trying to capture the Nor wegian labor movement in order to euchre Norway out of the North Atlantic Pact.
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,o give his advice after all the others had finished Usually his advice stuck.
 The recent message to Congress saw Snyder working just as hard to water down New Deal sections of the speech-without success. His soft-spoken caution, Don't you think you're going a little too far, MT. President?a or T don't think you ought to do that, Mir. Presi- dent brought an equally soft spoken but positive reioiner from the little man in question.
 No, John,9 replied Mir. Truman, we're going to do it this way"
 Four Cabinet members united as a team to tone down the State of The Union message, especial references to corporate taXes-Sec- retary of Defense Forrestal, Sec retary of Commerce Sawyer, Acting Secretary Of State Lovett, and Sny- Ger. They worked together beau- tiIully timing their conferences with Truman so that he never guessed what they were up to.
 However, he did not weaken. His reply in every case was:
 This is what the people voted for and this is what they're going to get"
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MRS. TREVOR DAVIS
 FRACTURES WRIST BONE

Mrs. Trevor Davis fractured a small bone in her right wrist when she slipped and fell on the ice last evening. Mrs. Davis was on her way to the Scottish Rite Temple to act as musician for the installa- tion ceremonies of the Eastern Star and the Masons. The fall occurred near her home on Sixth Street.
 Mir. Davis reported this morning this his wife was resting comfort ably in St. Ann's Hospital. Dr. c. c. Carter is the attending physi- clan.
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ARMY INTELLIGENCE

During the war Army command CTS were plagued with faulty intelli- gence reports-such as the one that had President Truman in dither last spring and which caused him to make the Kansas City speech about division inside the Krem- lin.
 Chief of Staff Gen. Omar Brad ley suffered one of the worst set backs in the Battle of The Bulge as result of a bad intelligence report, with the result that he privately confides:
 If I had believed all my in- telligence reports, I would still be shivering on the Normany beach, head"
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TRUMAN LEADS CONGRESS

There has been another change in the President since Election Day. He is working much more closely with the leaders on Capitol Hill Thre months went by last winter without a conference with Barkley and Sam Rayburn, but now Truman has had them in for frequent conferences and even call- cd on Speaker Rayburn personally the day Congress opened.
 Truman confides to friends that If there are any compromises to be made, he'll make 'em; for he knows what the traffic can bear
 The leadership didn't campaign in this election" the President told intimates, referring to committee chs imen rather than Barkley and Rayburn.
 The leaders get to be leaders be- cause of seniority, Truman contin- ued. Thus leadership comes easiest for these from the soft districts and states where they don't have to campaign.
 T campaigned in almost every ditsrict, he added, and I know what the people are watching this Con- gress"
 That obviously is why Truman is watching it. too. He can't afford to have another fiasco like the 90th Congress on his hands.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
 No. l2o3

 Tn the Probate Court for the Terri
 tory of Alaska, First Division
 Juneau Precinct, at Juneau.
 Tn the Matter of the Estate of
 ELIZABETH c. SEY, Deceased
 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Harriet A. Williams, Administratrix with the will an nexed of the estate of Elizabeth c. Sey, deceased, has Giled with the Probate Court for the Juneau Pre- cinct, First Division, Territory of Alaska, her Final Report and Ac- count as such Administrator, and that the Court has ordered that the time and place for the hearing there on be on Friday. the 18th day of February, 1949, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon at the Court Room of the Probate Court in the town of Juneau, Territory of Alaska, at which time and place anyone interested therein may appear and file objections to the same; and
 NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, That at said time and place the Court will determine who the dis tributees of the estate of said de- ceased are and any person, firm or corporation may appear and file their claims and proofs of heirship
 Dtaed at Juneau, Alaska, this 24th day of December, 1948
 HARRIET 4. WILLIAMS,
 Administratrix. First publication, Dec 30, 1948.
 Last publication, Jan. 25, l949.
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Can This Be Progress?
Denver Post)

Styles in youthful ambitions change For ex- ample:
 Youngster of 19O0-To grow up and be President
 Youngster of 19l2-To grow up to be Barney Oldfield.
 Youngster of 1920-To grow up to be bootlegger.
 Youngster of l928-To grow up to be Charles A. Lindbergh.
 Youngster of 1934-To grow up to be farmer and get paid for not raising pigs.
 Youngster of 1942-To grow up to be a General Macarthur. ~s
 Youngster of 1945-To grow up to be an atomic scientist.
 Youngster of 1948-To grow up to play the guitar and make a multi million dollar fortune like Gene Autry
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Daily lessons in English v. v [. GORDON

WORDS MISUsED say, "They spent balance day checking Say the REMAINDER OF the day"
 OFTEN MIsPRONOUNCED Amphitheaer Pronounce the principal syllable thea
 OFTEN AdIssPEILED: (demeanor). Ggnoble).
 SYNONYMS: Difference, discrepancy discrimination disparity dis similarity, diversity, unikeness variation.
 STUDY it yours" Let vocabulary Today word: with fresh let the put gTass"-Nilon.
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ESKIMO tnJlIRED IN
 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

Charlie Iyapana, of Little Dio- mede Island, suffered a serious brain injury when he fell from a moving car in San Antonio, Texas. He is confined to the Broake General Hospital in San Antonio, and according to wires re- ceived here is in a serious condi- ton.
 Iyapana was travelling with two Eskimo companions to Taxco, Mex ico, where they were to study un- der William Spratling for several months
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20 YEARS AGO fsf% FIFE EMPIRE
JANUARY Il, 1929

and his Marlin, narrowly escaped small that MT driving plunged the between Sixth and Seventh Hill the occupants thrown to a stop afte rolling
 doubeheade basketball played this night be- and girls Douglas Both of J-IIis against the Island teams had trounced them before
 mldne of the subject interest to encrcng emerald Mclaughlin reported that Allen surprised when he noticed bulbs the garden a couple O high
 Complmenting recently shower Chapman her home in Douglas.
 baby boy Severin Swanson the pev associated with his Brothers Grocery Street
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MERRY-GO-ROUND

Secretary of the Interior Krug has been making gentle oyertures toward having his undersecretary, Oscar Chapman, appointed Am hassador to the Philippines. He's afraid Oscar might replace him in the Cabinet Aiding and abet- ting Krug is his old friend, Senator
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MODERN ETIQUETTE BygRER7a By LEE

Is all right to reply to invitation by writing the accept ance regrets on visiting
 appreciation, ilbred radshes olives pickles anything the kind be placed plates before meal?
 things e. the bridegroom select and the clergyman?
 A
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porary organization Senator Engebreth, Third Division Republican did a fine job as President Pro Tem.
 With James Nolan, Speaker of the House, Frank Peratrovich President of the Senate certainly the First Division be proud of these executives, but aware, too of their responsibilities
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CONDITIONS OF WEATHER
 ALASkA pTS.

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a. m, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau, r,.n,an1, fnlIc---.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE No. lss SECOND and FOURTH 1 Monday of each month {n\ in Scottish Rite Temple o H.G@M beginning at. 7;S0 p. n. N,SNA..g/SY WILLIS R. BOOTH, " Worshipful Master; JAMES V LEVERS, Secretary.
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The Washington Nerry-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

cont,rued from Page One,
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LOOK and LEARN 5y q GORDON

i the President
  2. What is the principal freight carried by railroads countys queen killed automobile accident 1885?
 is a g.. opera is Chorus" sung?
 ANSWERS s4a.s. 1. of the Supreme Court qotaas4.
  Belgium. pays price, separate prices for II Trovaore" Giuseppe Verdi
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JANUARY 12

9 High tide, 0:19 am, 13.1 it.
 5 Low tide, 5:41 am, 5.4 it. ; High tide, 11:40 am, 16.4 it. 3 Low tide, 1894 pm, Ill it.
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N O T | c F

N o T I C T.
 Having purchased on Jan. 1, all he property of Santiago M. Cesar, including Dew Drop Inn Restaur- nt. on South Franklin, I am not esponsible for any debts against he property previous to Jan. 1. 85-6D F. c. RAMOS.
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Juneau, follow:
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Weather. High, 43; low, fl; rain.
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TIDE FABLE

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-18

scarcely known outside Missouri.
He won the nomination with
plurality of $4,000 votes over
two opponents. He was chairman
of the Senate subcommittee that
made the railroad finance investi-
CATION which resulted in the
wxots the Civil Transportation
Act of 1910. He held the hearings
and virtually wrote the Civil
Aeronautics Act.
Truman narrowly avertsd de-
feat when her ran for reelection
in 1910. The Pendergast orsaniza'
ton had been smashed and its
leader sent to prison on an in
come tax charge. Ignoring boss
ism" as an issue. Truman ran as
a New Dealer. coming the phrase
the good right arm of the Pres
ident"' for himself.
In Pendergast's adversely. Tru'
man remained loyal. Il wouldn't
desert a ship in distress" he de-
clared. Tom Pendergast never
asked me to do dishonest deed"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-18

cubes dropping on more ice
cubes. And his eyes on me were
twice as cold.
"Yes!" I said in savage exas-
peration. "Varney forgot to give
me that letter of Identification.
Now I've got to go back and ="
/ mumbled it to full stop as
l turned and hurried back up the
stairs. A hand was on my arm,
and cordial voice in my ear.
"Why, hello, Mr.. Barnes!
Haven't seen you in here in years.
Anything I can do for your"
I turned my head to look at a
pleasant enough, smiling face
that didn't mean anything to me
for a moment. And then it did.
He had been third assistant vice
president, or something. Probably
now he owned the joint.
ayes there is, too" smiled at
him. Il wonder if you could tell
ME something's 80
"pd be only too glad to. Mr..
Barnes" he dubbed.
Gould man, or woman, pro-
duce one identity and take out
checking account" / said, land
then, say a day or two later, go
downstairs and rent savings
deposit box under another name?
Could that be done?"
mot in this bank, Mr.. Barnes"
he fina1lv told me-
Thanks. Thanks lot"
Unless I was completely off
the beam, which of course could
be, Mr.. Jones, or Smith, or
Kelley, or whatever his name
was, had certainly overeStimated
his banki
And then a taxi drifted slowly
by, and seated in back, where he
thought l couldn't see him, was
"Sore-Jaw" Franz Eurlich! One
look at him and 1 did a fat
headed thing. l shifted into high
from standing start and raced
out toward the cab. A couple of
cars missed me by inches, and
missed my target by couple of
feet. Two feet more and l would
have yanked open that cab door
and leaped inside. But Eurlich
had barked at the cab driver, and
the sudden burst of speed left me
in the middle of the street look
ing like l was shaking hands with
thin air.
lTo be oentinued)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-18

is equivalent to a board of COM
missioners or supervisors.
TT isn't business and it isn't
politics 10 run this county into
debt" Truman said during the
course Of his first campaign. II
want it to be made a felony to
spend money the county hasn't
on hand" He campaigned FREE
quentlY after that on a program
of economy and of receiving full
value for money expended.
Defeated for reelection to the
county court two years later.
Truman ran for presiding judge
in 1926. and won with Prender-
CASTS endorsement. He was re-
elected in 1890. AS presiding
judge. he was responsible for a
S25.000.000 highway and public
building program. the largest
ever undertaken by a Missouri
county.
When Truman ran for United
States Senate in 1884. he was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-18
FLORIDA'S JUVENILE COURTS

Florida's Children's Commission has
issued 9,OOO-word report on the special
ICED juvenile courts in Florida, after a
study that was begun on August 2, 1913,
and concluded on September 20, 194s.
The commission has summarized it's
recommendations and will consider them
for final action at conferences to be held
in March.
The commission recommends that
juvenile courts be granted jurisdiction in
all matters of judicial nature concerning
children. It learned, during the study, that
in some areas of the state problems per-
tanning to children are handled in adult
courts. 1t will be recommended to the legis-
submitted to the voters of Florida to pro-
vide for the creation of children's courts
with original and exclusive jurisdiction in
all cases involving juveniles.
Primary object of the investigation by
the commission is to try to aid the move
ment to reduce juvenile delinquency in
Florida. 1t is believed that delinquent
children should be dealt with by judges
whose entire official time is devoted to
dealing with juveniles. In that way, the
commission believes, action can be better
coordinated in the fight against delin-
quency.
The commission recommends that
children's courts should not lose juris-
dicton in cases of serious offenses COM
mitted by juveniles. The commission main
tains that this provision is of especial i'm
portance in handling cases of juveniles in
the 16-and-17-year-old group.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-01-18

The resignation of Secretary of State
George c. Marshall removes a public Of
fetal who has won general approval by
his eminent services to the nation.
As Chief Of Staff during the great
war General Marshall. in the opinion of
competent critics, made a major contribu-
iion a. the success of American arms. He
- generally considered one of the chief
architects Of military victory.
subsequently, when asked to assume
the onerous duties Of the State Depart
meut. the General did not refuse He en-
t~ved an area Of activity and subjected
hlmself To partisan criticism which was
! 80 long in arriving. Probably. he suf-
lesed somewhat in the general esteem
fliruugh his connection with partisan
POSITION.
We also wish 10 call attention to the
rEst that General Marshall represents the
brass hats" who were so vigorously criti-
,ircd by cOlumniSts and radio commenta-
t"rs "a the conclusion of the war. He is
worthy representative of group of men
@~hase experience. training and nteli-
pence made possible the success of Ameri-
gau tclliRerency. For their great cOntribu-
s.nn 90 the welfare Of their nation and the
.lgvweetion of this Republic they were
.T~wlsYned and denounced by publicity
.is~ating scribblers and orators.
The General. In his illness. is entitled
81 the pleasure of retirement and it should
comfort him to know. If he needs as
urance. that he has large place in the
esteem. affection and respect of the peo-
ple of this country.
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WAR PROMOTED SLAVERY

Slavery, it is suggested, was de-
velopment of warfare and the experience
of the recent war indicates that future
fighting will result in untold numbers of
slaves.
Since the end of the war with Ger
many, the United States, France and Great
Britain, following an agreement made by
the four big powers, repatriated all Ger
man prisoners-of-war. Russia, on the other
hand, admitted holding 890,532 German
prisoners-of-war early in 1947 and, up to
March of last year, reported the release
of only 447,331 prisoners.
There have also been reports that the
Russians are holding thousands of Japan
csc soldiers in what amounts to captivity
These men are, no doubt, working as
slaves of the Communist regime.
While there was some justification
for the devastated countries of Europe
compelling German prsoners-of-w to
perform part of the task of rehabilitation,
one finds it difficult to believe that there
is any justification for retaining enemy SOL
diers in captivity at this time. The United
States has asked the Soviet Government
to give information as to the number of
war prisoners still held in Russia, togeth-
err with information concerning war
prisoners who have died while in the
Soviet Union
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= CHAPTER u

MY sidewalk debate ended IN a
I'VE compromise. I took cab and
went to the Office. LII was lucky
there might be something there
connected with the couple Of
phone calls I'd made TO Washing
ton. D. G. At that point in the
jigSaw puzzle needed a break. A
great big break. Either one of
them, or both Of them, could give
me that break. At least I thought
they could. And SO / had all my
fingers mentally crossed when ]
unlocked my office door and
pushed it open. -,
The first thing i saw was the
yellow Western Union envelope
on the floor at my feet. 1t had
ben slipped through the mail slot
in the door. picked it up quickly
and saw at once that 1t was dated
Washington, d. c. ! read the wire,
sWore out loud, and read it again.
1t said: .'.-.
Before asking Paula what
would would YOU do first?
Luck! as Ted
That is exactly what the wire
said, and after reading it six times
was still spinning out of control.
knew that it wasn't any gag.
And so l stared at the wire
some more. tried to igure it was
in some sort of code. But after ten
minutes of getting nowhere I gave
that up. Yet something had to be
there. If I could only make sense
out Of it. .-,.
And then, suddenly. when the
last thread Of the Barnes sanity
was about to snap, the tiny light
came on way in back Of my brain.
1t grew and grew like the head
light of an on-rushing locomotive
and then blew up silently as let
out happy yell, and smacked a
hand palm first on the desk.
"Eureka!" was what came out
of my mouth. "Got it, so help me.
You're a louise, Ted, to make me
sweat, but I love you!"
After those few words I Gained
down and did some more think
ing. A great big hunk of the jig
saw puzzle was in place to stay.
But there was another big piece
that should fit right alongside OF
it mean. the piece in the form
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TODAY'S
ANNIVERSARIES
(Know Americal

l782-Daniel Webster, famed
Massachusetts lawyer, senator
secretary of state. orator. Presl-
bury, N. H. Died Oct. "a. 1882.
l8l3-George B. Graham. Phil
adelphia editor publisher of not
ed Graham's Magazine. born in
Philadelphia. Died July 10,
1894.
1818-Nelson Ludington, Mich
igan-Wisconsln lumber industry
pioneer. born in Putnam County,
N. Y. Died Jan. is. 1888.
l854-ThomaS A. Watson. Bos-
ton scientist-shipbuilder. aSso-
ciated with Bell in the first tele-
phone, born Salem. Mass. Died
Dec. Is, 1884.
1959-Frank J. Goodnow. po-
litical scientist. adviser To China,
president of Johns Hopkins, born
Brooklyn, N. Y. Died Nov. 10,
1899.