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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
REpUbLICANILEGISLAT|vE| SENATOR'S NOT RACE E SLOW TO SEEK SEATS AND L0p5IDED|
NerIdnd and Collins of Fairbanks Say Won't
 Run for Reelection

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan. 20-LR Two veteran Alaska Republican Senators have announced they will not seek reelection to the Legisla- ture.
 They are Andrew Nerland and Ernest B. Collins. Both of them have been in the Legislature Icr many years and both were former Speakers of the House. Both are ormer Fairbanks Mayors.
 Nerland and Collins announced their decisions at a meeting of the Fourth Division Republican Club.
 Their withdrawals makes the Divisions Senatorial races a wide open scramble. The Divisions two hold-over Senators are John c Butrovich, Republican, and Frank Bar, Democrat.
 Nerland served in 13 sessions o1 the Legislature. He was House Speaker in 1921 and Senate Presi- dent in 1947
 He has been described as the Legislative Father" of the Uni versity of Alaska. He sponsored the ,ill for it's creation in 1917 and the appropriation bill for it in 1919 The University opened in 1923 Nerland has teen Chairman of tht Board of Regents since 1884 anc ] member of the board since 1927.
 He was Mayor of Fairbanks il l914-15. He is a longtime mer. chant.
 Collins, now retired attorney was a member of the first Alasks Legislature in 1912. He was the onl, Legislator ever elected Speaker O. the House for two consecutive ses' sions Q9l2 and 1914.
 He was elected to the Senate il 1921. He later resigned to accep appointment as Assistant US. At torney in the Fourth Division. H' resigned that post to enter privat' law practice in 1883. He was elected Fairbanks Mayor in 1885 and agail ln 1887.
 He was elected to the Senat' again in 1946. He was one of tn most outspoken critics of Governo Gruening's administration ant Democratic policies in the 194 special and regular sessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
JOHNSON PLEADS FOR DRAFT RENEWAL
 ITO HALT RUSSIA"

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Rl-De- fense Secretary Johnson asserted today that the draft act was "one of the decisive factors in stopping the spread of Communism in Flu rope"
 Pleading for extension of the law now due to expire next June, John- son told the House Armed Services Committee:
 Termination of Selective Ser vice could well be interpreted aboard as an indication that this country does not consider the in- ternational situation as serious as previous arguments in favor of the Foreign Military Aid Program and the North Atlantic Pact indicated. "
 He suggested also that failure to extend the draft law might ser- iously undermine the position of the military establishments of other signers to the North Atlantic Pact Those countries have their owr draft laws.
 He said the law IS a prop to peace, showing the continuing in- tention of the worlds greatest na- tion to protect the peace" Johnson said the United States Ambassador to Moscow had report ed the passage of the peacetime draft act in 1948 "came as thunder ous shock to the men of the polit- buro." He credited it with boosting morale of the free nations of Flu rope, and helping lead Italy tc vote down Communism in 1948.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
CITY MANAGER OF kETCHIkAN QUITS:
 SALES TAX IS Up

KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Jan. 20- R-City Manager L. M. Mcconnell resigned Thursday night after failing to persuade the Ketchikan City Council to boost his pay from $7OO monthly to $500.
 He has been manager nearly two years. He was previously City Clerk He will leave March 1.
 The Council introduced a new sales tax proposal. Councilmen hope for it's enactment by the city's vot- CTS before April to finance public works with Federal matching money. The proposed rate is one percent, with exemptions on pur- chases under 50 cents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
(0pL0N TO
 FACE JURY,
 spy CHARGE
Gubi(hev Must Also Stand Trial as Federal Judge
 Makes Decision

NEW YORK, Jan. 2o-R-Fed- eral Judge Sylvester J. Ryan ruled today that Judith Coplon and Val entin A. Gubitchev must stand trial on spy conspiracy charges.
 The ruling came after six weeks of hearings through which the brunette government girl ana the Soviet engineer sought to get the indictment against them dis- missed.
 Ryan denied defense motions to throw out the charge on the ground that the governments case de- pended solely on wiretap evidence
 The judge ordered that the trial begin next Tuesday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
ADRIFT 43 HOURS,
 FISHERMAN SAVED
 WHO DIDN'T PRAY

SAN PEDRO, Calf, Jan. 20--R = Weekend fisherman Charles James Cooper, 53, weathered wind and wave for 43 hours adrift on the Pacific with his overturned skiff, and never uttered prayer
 He was rescued yesterday after a Coast Guard plane spotted him 10 miles off shore. His 14-foot boat capsized Sunday. He spent the hours clinging to the boat or rest ing across it's keel.
 T hadn't put in special re- quest to the Almighty tor long time" he said, "so I didn't pray. thought it would be sacrilegious tc resort to prayer at this late date.'
 Brought here by a Coast Guarc patrol boat, the Bell Gardens mar was treated for shock and exposure
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
RAIN pELTS
 DOWN NOW,
 PACIFIC NV
Cold Grasp Is Broken But Fear of New Threat,
 Floods, Raised

SEATTLE, Jan. 20-- R Rain pelted down on most of the Pa cific Northwest today, bringing mingled feelings or relief and ap- prehension.
 The accompanying rise in tenn peratuFes meant at least tempor- ary end to the bitter cold that has locked oregon, Washington, Idaho and cross-border British Columbia in it's grasp for more than week But it also brought fear of a new danger-floods-t lowland re- sidents.
 Already in Oregon. the Kilchis River had left it's banks and covered the Coastal Highway GUS. 10D with foot and half of water near Tillamook.
 Washington National Guard units were ordered to prepare for flood emergencies.
 Police Use ShoveIs
 In Seattle, police were armed with shovels and ordered to free all street drains as miniature floods blocked intersections.
 The Weather Bureau said today's rainfall would be accompanied by freezing conditions similar to yes terday in scattered spots of the region.
 Yesterdays near silver thaw sent numerous areas into virtual isola- ton as the weight of ice felled utility lines and poles.
 Telephone Lines Down
 Telephone company officials at Forest Grove, Ore. said it would be six weeks before all lines snapped there could be repaired. Ten Ore gon communities around Portland were without service. Tn Washing ton, communications were disrupt ed at Aberdeen, battle-ground, b. tween Spokane and Walla Walla, throughout Skagit and Snohomish Counties and on the Olympic Pen- insula.
 Crushed to Death
 Two new deaths were added to the storm toll, bringing the total since last Fridays blizzard to IT. Herman Husen, about 60, farmer near Eugene, Ore, was crushed fatally when the roof of a shed collapsed beneath the weight of sodden snow.
 A second victim was tentatively identified as Loyel Johnson of the Grants Pass, Ore, area. He ap- parently collapsed on the snow blocked Oregon Caves Highway.
 Flying Service Off
 Most flying service was either curtailed or shut down.
 A rescue crew reported it had reached the snowbound Cape Horn country 25 miles east Of Vancouver in southwest Washington. The party, which had to ski in after a snow weasel broke down, said none of the 50 families in the area were in distress although one had been running low on supplies.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
The W aShinqion Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON (Copyright 1850, by Bell Syndicate. Incl

VASHINGTON-A modest little man who looks like a small l-town hardware merchant has completely won the heart of cynical Capitol Hill in less than year. He is Frank P. Graham, former Resident of the University of North Carolina, now Senator from that State. Graham is as friendly and disarming as puppy, has a lively twinkle in his dark eyes, and has sparse gray hair that looks as though he'd just come in from a windstorm.
 When Dr. Graham was appointed to the Senate last March, John Bricker, right-wing Republican, rais- ed the clamor that the newcomer was a radical"
 Sen. Forrest c. Donnell of Mis- souri, conscientious conservative asked his COP colleague, Wayne Morse, what kind of a fellow is Graham? You served with him on the war labor board"
 To the deeply religious Donnell, Senator Morse replied, Forrest, l have often said you were the most Christian man I know. Frank Gra- ham is the most Christlike man I know"
 One American ambassador not likely to stay long at his present post is delightful, garrulous George WadSworth, U. s. envoy to Tur- key.
 Wadsworth follows schedule that runs his staff ragged. He plays (COntinued on Pace Four
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
GUN GANG E SOUGHT
 IN NATION
Important Conference Held of Man Hunters-Rdid
 Money Bags Found

BOSTON, Jan. 20-tR-Massa- chusetts' Attorney General Fran cis E. Kelly revealed today inves- tigators had uncovered new leads" in tracking down the gun gang which robbed Brink's, Inc, money transportation company, of sl,- SOC COG
 Kelly refused to give even nirs of what the new leads were tut said only they concern both in- dividuals and incidents"
 The Attorney Generals statement to- newsmen came after a three hour conference with the heads of virtually every law enforcement agency in the commonwealth conference that Kelly himself called unprecedented.
 Even as he made his statement, riot-gun-armed police raiders swooped down on reputed gang ster's apartment in another section of the city. And the head of the money express company reiterated a previous demand for the blood" of the robbers. There was no one in the apartment.
 OUT FOR BLOOD
 Brink's president John D. Allen arrived here from Chicago and re- peated that his company is "out for blood when our employees are endangered"
 He added: we tell our employees that we'll give 1000 reward if they kill man in . holdup or $5O0 fl they get him alive. That's in the case of the robbers engaged in an actual holdup."
 The conference of law enforcers followed a suggestion from FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover that a cen- tral clue-sifting agency be set up.
 MONEY BAGS FOUND
 Two more money bags the fifth picked up since the robbery were found in Milton early today. Police said one tore the wording Property of and should be re- turned to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York" The other bore no lettering.
 Boston police said they would pick them up as possible clues in the Boston holdup. They were found in a driveway by two Milton policemen.
 NATION CRISS- CROSSED Directives from Hoover's office oriss-crossed the nation to FB1 branches in key cities in the hunt for nine bandits who seized mill lion dollars in cash and half million in checks at the Brink's armored transportation company garage Tuesday night
 The seizure of a New Jersey ex- convict with $1.762 on his person lin Miami, Fla, yesterday as pos- sible suspect was knocked down by local police.
 Boston Deputy Supt. John F Daly said. after talking with Miami police, that the man apparently had no connection with the local holdup.
 The FBI automatically enlisted the aid of millions of civilians, banks and business establishments last night by publishing serial numbers of 24,050 bills totaling s9s 900 of the $l.o00,OOo taken in the robbery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 20-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 113, Anaconda 29A, Curtiss- Wright 8h. International Harvester 27as, Northern Pacific 14A, U. s. Steel 277s, Pound $2.801s.
 Sales today were 1,440,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials 20O.13, rails 55.26, util- ities 41.75.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
U.5.-BuIgaria Ties Weaken;
 May0kSpairl
(By Associated Press)

It appeared likely today that the United States will soon sever its diplomatic link with Communist dominated Bulgaria.
 At the same time it was predicted at Lake Success that the United States and hig majority of the , 59 United Nations will lift the ban on full recognition of Franco's i Spain The repeal on the ban is expected to be voted at the next General Assembly.
 :; American Bulgarian la Ii 0 Il have been growing steadily worse. lThe Bulgarian charge d affaires at Washington, Dr. Peter Voutov, yes iterday demanded the withdrawal of the U. s. Minister at Sofia, Don- aid R. Heath.
 Charges Made Charges were made last Decem- ..ber in Bulgarian courts that Heath lhad received secret government in- formation from Traicho Kostov former Deputy Premier. Kostov was convicted of spying for the United iStates, Britain and Yugoslavia and hanged. Heath denied he ever met :Kostov. Bulgarian newspapers con- itinued day after day a vitrioilc lcampaign against Heath.
 False Charges
 U. s. Undersecertary of State Webb charged recently that Am srican Legation officials in Bull garia had been subjected to in- dienities, restrictions and false ;charges.
 The United States has also ac- 'cused Bulgaria of aiding the Greek guerrillas and violating her peace treaty guarantees of fundamental human rights.
 Spanish Situation Secretary of State Dean Acheson 1 disclosed last night that the Unit led States has changed it's minc iand is willing to go along with other nations in a proposal to return ambassadors to Madrid
 The diplomatic snub of Spain was taken to protest the undemocratie Igovernment of Generalissimo Fran lcisco Franco, who was helped te power by Hitler and Mussolini.
 Acheson said the snub was sup lposed to jolt Spain into putting hel house in order, but it hadn't work led.
 Washington observers said milf tary strategy lies at the base O Ithe changed American decision or ISpain. Diplomatic officials sait western military leaders have lonl favored bringing Spain into th' western defense system. Spain i !sealed off from the rest of Europ' iby the Pyrenees Mountains. Becaust of this wall, many military mel believe Spain is the safest westerl ,toe-hold on the continent in thl event of a Russian offensive
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
Maie Visits Camp
 Of Nudists;; Doesn't 1 Return; Seeks Divorce

JERSEY CITY, N J., Jan. 20 R-Mrs. William J. Nickerson ob- tained a divorce on charge of de- sertion yesterday. She said hei husband went for weekend at a nudist camp two-and-a-half years ago and never came home.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver, January 28.
 Denali from west scheduled southbound early Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
NOTE IS SENT

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-tR-The United States threatened today to break diplomatic relations with Bull earia unless that Communist coun-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
FROM ANGOON

Herbert Johnson of Angoon is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-20
sITKAN HERE

William w. Simms of Sitka is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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. . . . . . WEATHER REPORT

In Juneau-Maximum 28; minimum IS.
 At Airport-Maximum 20; minimum 4.
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F o R E c A s T (yuneau and vielnttyl

. Continued fair but with , some high cloudiness tonight , and Saturday. Little change , in temperature with lowest . tonight l2 above in town , and near zero in outlying , areas. Highest temperature . Saturday near 20.
 . P R E CIP T A T | Q N
 . tPast 24 hours ending 7;30 . m. todas . City of Juneau-None. . since Jan. 1-1.08 inches: . since July 1-55.02 inches. . At Airport-None; . since Jan. 1--.65 inches:
 . since July 1--36.34 inches. . . .
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05
REA Reports 70 Out Of 100
Farms Are Now Electrified

More than 70 farms out of every
100 in the country are now electri-
fed, the Rural Identification Ad-
ministration states in it's year-end
report. Not only that, but farm
families use more power than city
families. "a 400-acre farm uses
10 times as much electricity as the
average city home," REA stated.
Power systems financed by REA
distributed 80 percent more power
in 1949 than in 1948. The increase
in power consumption was SUBJ
stantially greater than the 81 per-
cent increase in consumers served,
the report said.
Borrowers from REA have 993
locally owned power systems in
operation. They serve 3,044,000
farm families over almost million
miles of lines More customers
were added to REA-fnanced lines
in 1949 than in all the previous
five years of REA operation. A
new subscriber was added at the
rate of one every Is seconds of
each working day.
REA looks forward to the day
when every farm home will have
electricity. "The fact that about
a million farms have not yet been
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05


Rockville He is Air Force Ser
geant Johnny Rinehart, formerly
on duty in Fairmont, West Vir-
ginia. Here's hoping that his well
come will be as cordial and his
tour OF. duty as pleasant as mine
has beeh during the past few years.
Since many local enlistees are
sharing the brass-shining expert
ences of basic training, they have
literally rolled out the red carpet
and have busted off the Welcome
mat. A goodwill program has
been established to invite parents
to visit their sons and daughters
in training, thereby giving them
a first-hand view of life in training
centers. The parents of Ed En-
brey of Rockville, recently drove
to Fl. Knox to visit their son.
Infantryman Aubrey Walters,
Jr., of Gaithersburg, was one of
approximately thirty Airmen and
soldiers home during the holiday.
Young Walters, who chose the In
fantry in November, will wind-up
basic at FIT. Knox in February.
Information from Bobby Jones
of Rockville reveals that Ray Luhn
was recently assigned to duty in
Tokyo. Several weeks ago re-
ported he was scheduled for dis
charge. Later l learned that he re-
enlisted while in the Philippines.
| want to apologize for the alb
sence of a good number of local
enlistees from the display of pic
lures in the lobby Of the Milo Thea
tire during the Christmas holiday.
Lack of space was the cause for
it all and not reasons of Partially.
Several mothers got me cornered
last week and 1t took some ex-
planning to convince them just why
their sons pictures weren't dis
played.
Remember our New Year re-
cruiting slogan "Be Wise Be
Thrifty Join in '50". Emphasis
is stressed towards qualified Air
Force enlistments during the month
of January. Interested young men
who can measure up to the stand
ards, both physically and mentally,
are urged to drop by at the Re-
cruiIng Office, ITO Commerce
Lane, Rockville, or write to me for
information. -
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05
Pythian Sisters
Will Install
New Officers

The Pythian Sisters of Gath
ersburg will install their officers
for 1850 on Wednesday evening
in the Knights of Pythias Hall.
To be installed is Most Excellent
Chief, Mrs. Mamie Dutrow; Excel
lent Chief, Mrs. Helen Crown; Ex-
cellent Junior Chief, Mrs. Ellen
Mills; Manager, Mrs. Ruth Offutt;
Guard, Mrs. Madeline Miller; Pro-
tector, Mrs. Janet Watkins; Plan
list, Mrs, Anna Marie Stiles;
Secretary, Mrs. Helen Shewbridge;
Treasurer, Mrs. Ora Mullican;
past Chief, Mrs. Iantha Briggs,
Mrs. Harding was installing officer,
with Mrs. Iantha Briggs elected to
be Grant Temple representative
and Mrs. Virginia Waters, alter
nate; Mrs. Pearl Duvall press cor
respondent and Mrs. Susie Mills,
Mrs. Estelle Gloyd and Mrs. Lola
Harper, trustees.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05

reached by power lines does not
mean that they will not be served"
the report by Administrator Claude
R. Wickard says. at only means
that the problems of reaching them
are little more difficult and re-
quire a little more time for solu-
ton"
The financial stability of REA
was indicated in it's financial re-
port. More than 20 million dol
lars have been repaid on loans in
advance of the due date, and
amounts overdue more than 80
days totaled only 100000.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05
Marriage Licenses
Issued In Rockville

December 81 = Carl Leon Cra-
bill, 81. Point of Rocks. and Fran
ces Helene Benson, 20, Gathers
burg.
December go = George Richard
Knight. %, Silver Spring, and
Betty Lou Runion, 10. Rockville;
Leonard Raymond Sirk. 20, and
Bertha Virginia Ward, II, both of
Rockville.
December 80 - Lester Walker,
20 and Joan Rinehart, II, both of
Gaithersburg; Willie Courtney, 80,
and Isabel Brookes, %, both of
Spencerville.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05
Weekly Newspaper
Editors Elect Top
Stories OF 1919

Continued from Page y
Building Supply Co.'s thousand
dollar fire; (3) County Council
passes law establishing for the first
time Silver Spring boundaries: (4)
State legislature aid for school con-
struction with its aid for Mont
gomery County; (5) Resignation
of Col. Lee as vice-chairman of
National Park and Planning Com
mission.
Across the county in Bethesda,
Leslie Sanders, editor of the Beth
esda Journal, selects the top news
items as: ~ Installation of the
Council; (2) McNayr-Orme con-
troversy; (3) Widening of Wis
consin Avenue and creation of Ag
Center in Gaithersburg; (4) Beth
esda Trade Show; ~ Col. Lee
County Council fight over back
taxes in his property.
Still in Bethesda, Roger Far
1uhar, editor of the Montgomery
County Record, selected a. Coun7
ell taking Office; (2) Disclosure of
Government survey of Silver
Spring; (3) Announcement of en-
forcement of coming laws by Coun-
of breakdown on sew
eral thousand violators; az widen
ing of Wisconsin Avenue and G5)
Georgia Avenue next year, thus
opening up thoroughfares to the
upper county.
Also Participating in the poll
for the five most interesting stories.
George Porter, State editor of the
Star listed az The installation
of the new county council; (2)
Growth of Montgomery County
leading to new schools, road, high
er taxes; 49, The tragic story of
little Otis Mason who disappeared
from his home at Paint Branch
Farms; (4) McNayr-Orme dis
pute over two-man police cars; (5)
The Silver Spring Building and
Supply Fire.
In his analysis, Mr.. Tanner said
the selection showed several in
teresting things-evervone agreed
on one story as beino the most inn
nortant. The installation of the
County Council. Mr.. Tanner de-
clared. "The voting in of a new
type of government at the end of
last year marked tremendous his
torical change for this county. And
for the state as well. AS of now,
Montgomery County is the first and
only county in MARYLAND to operate
under charter. The entire change
was revolutionary in nature-but
at the same time was Characteristic
of Montgomery County. Americas
first county in standard of living.
Another interesting thing this
survey shows is that while Col. E.
Brooke Lee is Officially retired
from politics and is no longer in
public office, he is still big news.
His name figures in several of the
ton stories, and each time for
different reason.
Another favorite was p tc-
Navr-Orme dispute over ope-
ration of one-man police cars.
While Chief Orme received the
most popular support, Mr.. McNayr
apparently has come out the win
ner.
a.. The elements that make the
news in suburban Maryland are
constantly fermenting-and you
and are part of the events that
have happened and that will make
the news of 1885," Mr.. Tennen
concluded.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-01-05
Building Permits
Approved By Council

The following building permits
were approved by Clerk to the
County Council, John D. McElroy:
December % = Allen Plummer,
Route 8, Gaithersburg, to erect
dwelling, Watkins Mill Road, 9th
District outside.
December 81 - Halter King,
Damascus, to erect dwelling one
mile south of Damascus.
December 80 = Ralph S. Jones,
Rockville, to erect dwelling, on
Route 24Q, TX mile from Rock
vile. ' F -"