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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
MANUSCRIPT BY BERN|CE MORGAN, THE VERY THOUGHT OF THEE,"
 WINS PRIZE IN BOOK CONTEST

religious press and to book stores soon.
 Now I wonder what the pub- fisher will say about the book" said Mrs. Morgan who was especially pleased because of MT. Zondervan's comment that her book is very well written"
 "The prize? Oh, third prize is only $150' But the prize means publication and royalties n d means, too, that Mrs. Morgan's manuscript was selected over hun dreds of others.
 The Morgans had lived in Fair banks for seven years prior to their arrival here. They came to Juneau in the fall of 1947, purchased home at Aux Bay and were for time pas tors aboard the Princeton Hall They have been associated with the Methodist Church since last sum- mer.
 Because roaming writer and photographer took her picture sev- eral summers ago, Mrs. Morgan sees herself in publications every once in while with a story that tells of her being the only woman minister in Alaska"
 T don't know that I am, but l don't know when I'll see my picture in a magazine with a story about myself. It has already been in Holi- day and in Pageant"
 Now that she is an author with a book about to be published, there will probably be more pictures in more magazines.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14

The most excited woman in towr today we will wager is Mrs. Bernict Morgan who received special de livery letter Saturday announcing the acceptance of her book, "Tht Very Thought of Thee" and, after three days, still finds it hard tc believe.
 Mrs. Morgan, whose husband is she Rev. A. B. Morgan, minister o1 the Methodist Church, submitted her book to zondervan Publishing House, publisher of Distinctive Re- ligious Books" in Grand Rapids over a year ago.
 At the time she submitted her manuscript which relates the ex- periences of her husband herself during several pre-war, war and postwar years in Fairbanks where they built a church and parsonage and watched the town change with changing wartime conditions, Mrs Morgan did not know that Zonder- van was having a Christian Biog- raphy and Tor Missionary Book Con- test. After receipt of the manuscript MT. Zondervan, head of the pub- fishing house, asked if he might enter Mrs. Morgan's book in the contest which had been advertised in Writers Digest for many months.
 Not written as a contest story, Mrs. Morgan's book won third prize and will be published in 1851.
 Tt is really a story about Fair banks" Mrs. Morgan said.
 The Very Thought of Thee is written in the first person, it deals with the Morgans' years in the In- terior in an autobiographical man. ner and, next to the town, her hus- band is the person around whom the theme of the story is built. But, if it has a principal character, a hero. that is Fairbanks"
 While the story is principally ot Fairbanks as seen by minister, or minister's wife, Mrs. Morgan's varied experience as executive sec retary of the Red Cross and as of flee manager for Alaska Airlines gave her a broad picture of the last few years in the city that is called ''The Heart of the Golden North"
 Mrs. Morgan, who is a minister herself-she was ordained in 1934- has had numerous stories and ar ticles in print in religious publica- tions, But a book, that is really exciting"
 It was work, putting together the 10000 words of her manuscript. When she started, she spent from four to. six hours every day for three months By that time the story had taken form and the work of com pleting the book was less arduous.
 The letter from the publisher said that announcements of ''The Very Thought of Thee" will go to the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
Abbott S(ott
 NuptidIs Be
 Held Tonight

A simple home wedding will take place tomorrow night in the pent- house apartment of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Simpson which will unite Miss Frances Abbott and MT. Frank Scott in marriage The Rev. A. B. Morgan will pronounce the VOWS.
 Attending the bride will be Miss Mildred Kelly as maid-of-honor and MT. Harold Warner will be best man.
 Following the wedding ceremony a reception for friends of the couple will be held in the Terrace Room of the Baranof Hotel at pm.
 The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Ellen Abbott of Kansas City, Mis- souri and the groom is the son of Mrs. Clara Scott of Seattle. Both bride and groom have been em- ployed by the CAA here for the past two and half years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
SOCIAL SECURITY
 NIGHT WEDNE5DAY;;
 BROWNE, SPEAKER

The public is invited to attend So- cial Security Night which will be held Wednesday, February Is, 1850, at the Labor School now in progress in the CIO Hall.
 Social Security Night will be con- ducted by James G. Browne, Man ager of the Juneau Field Office of the Social Security Administration.
 Tt is expected that great interest will be shown as the Social Security Program is now receiving national attention due to pending legislation regarding possible expansion, Browne stated.
 All phases of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance program will be explained after which there will be a question and answer period.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
RECEPTION HONORS
 DR. ROY SMITH HERE

A reception in honor of Dr. Roy Smith was given by the Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Morgan at the Methodist parsonage last evening following the public service. Guests were the ministers and wives of the Juneau area.
 Present were Rev and Mrs. Phil Porter, Rev. and Mrs. Paul Prouty Rev and Mrs. Sam Johnson, Rev and Mrs. Willis Booth, Rev. and Mrs. Herman Beyer, Rev. and Mrs John Griffin, Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Baker, Rev. Floyd Field, Rev. Nel- son, Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Zumwalt Captain and Mrs. Henry Lorenzen Major and Mrs. Eric Newbould.
 Assisting Mrs Morgan at the tea table were Mrs. Newbould, Mrs Lorenzen and Mrs. Beyer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14

One West Virginia digger was asked if the men are observing Lewis roth birthday which came last Sunday. He replied:
 "Yes, and the miners probably will be celebrating John L. Lewis birthday for two more weeks"
 Strikers Unconcerned
 The strikers did not seem much concerned with President Truman's Taft Hartley court action aimed at ending the strike. Nor with Lewis work orders.
 The question now is what Uncle Uncle Sam will do about enforcing his stop-strike command.
 The government is standing by with a wait-and-see attitude.
 Federal officials apparently hope that court ordered contract nego- tiations, resuming tomorrow in Washington, will hasten the strikes end.
 Lewis and mine operators will meet amid field reports that the UNIV chief may substitute some new demands for those ruled out oy a Federal District court in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
Jean M'D0naId Rice
 To Become Bride of
 Bob Morton Tonight

In the intimacy of @ family group, Mrs. Jean Macdonald Rice and MT. B. H. (Bob) Morton, both of Petersburg, will exchange their marriage VOWS this evening in Re- surrection Lutheran Church. The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman will offi- ciate.
 Later. there will be small wedd- ing supper in the home of the brides brother and his wife, MT. and Mrs. Lewis Macdonald, at the Assembly Apartments.
 The couple will be attended by their daughter, Miss Carol Jean Macdonald, and another brother of the bride, MT. Neal Macdonald.
 Mrs. G. D. Macdonald, the brides mother, accompanied her here from Petersburg yesterday, as did several intimate friends-Mr and Mrs Jim Stafford and Mrs. William Ander- son, all of that city. Others at the wedding and supper this evening will be another brother of the bride, MT. Gordon Macdonald of Juneau, and Mrs. Macdonald.
 MT. Morton and his bride will be in Juneau briefly before returning to Petersburg to make their home. He is associated with the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Com pany there.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
H. E. GREEN FAMILY
 RETURNS ON DENALI
 AFTER 6-WEEk TRIP

MT. and Mrs. Henry E. Green anc their son, Denny, 12, disembarkec from the Denali this morning after a transcontinental tour in their new car-and saw snow for the first time in six weeks!
 Green, Juneau agent for the Alaska Steamship Company, went to Seattle early last month to at tend conference of company agents which began January 9. He went to New York to meet his family, who had preceded him, taken delivery on a new car in De- troit, and visited relatives in Allen town, Pa.
 The Juneau family drove down the East coast to Key West, Fla, then up the west Florida coast, across the country via New Orleans and Houston to Los Angeles and Seattle.
 In Phoenix, Ariz., they visited MT. and Mrs. Earl McGlnty, Who inquired eagerly after the many friends of their Juneau residents.
 More nome town" talk was in store at Los Angeles, where the Greens arrived while two Ketchikan families were visiting third one. The Ed Elliotts and the Schuyler Duryeas were guests of Mir and Mrs. Al Milotte. The Greens enjoyed the Alaska reunion and heard much talk of Milotte's work for Walt Dis ney productions.
 Milotte's Seal Island" Con Prib- iloff Island seals) won the 1948 Academy Award for the best two reel subject of the year. It is booked for showing in Juneau this spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
D0R(AS SOCIETY WILL
 HAVE SEWING SESSION

Members and friends are cor dially invited to attend the sewing meeting of the Dorcas Society of the Seventh-day Adventist church tonight at 7:30 o'clock Tn the home of Mrs. A. L. ZumWalt, 131 Main Street.
 The committee appointed by the President, Mrs. Robert Wagner, will make plans for a sale. The date of the sale to be announced later.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL PATIENT I5 NABBED FOR
 DI50RDERLY CONDUCT

A patient at the Government hos pital was arrested for disorderly conduct at midnight last night.
 The complaint, signed by Juneau police officers, charged that the patient, John Reese, became very noisy and annoyed the patients in the Government hospital to the ex- tent that it was necessary for the nurse on duty to ask for assistance"
 It further charged that Reese had threatened ito kill the nurse if she dared to call the police"
 Reese had no money, so it was inn possible for City Magistrate F. O. Eastaugh to fine him. He could not be jailed because he might endanger the health of other tenants in the jail.
 City Magistrate Eastaugh said Case dismissed"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
ORDERS FOR COOKIES WILL BE TAKEN NOW
 BY GIRL 5(0UTER5

Orders for the Girl Scout cookies will be taken soon, according to Mrs. Robert Boochever, chairman of the sale, who said the supply last year did not nearly fill the demand. It is expected three times as many of the tre-foil cookies will be sold this year.
 The sale by Brownies and Inter mediate Scouts aids the girls in rais- ing money for their troop activities First prize for the Brownie who sells the most cookies will be a good-luck bracelet; for the intermediate girl who takes the largest number of orders will be a prize of pen and pencil set.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
5 ARRIVE, ] DEPART
 BY PACIFIC NORTHERN

Five persons arrived from the westward via Pacific Northern Air lines yesterday, and seven were outbound passengers.
 Coming from Anchorage were Robert D. Lewis and It. Col. J. D. Alexander; these passengers board ed at Cordova Cyril Schneider, M. Hanefaker and R. M. Mcfarland.
 Leaving Juneau, John Ellis and James Di Calco went to Yakutat: Eugene White to Cordova, and R. M Miller, s. L. Lundwal, Milton J. Furness and Jerry Russell to An chorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
IMMUNIZATION
 CLINIC TOMORROW

Parents are reminded of the monthly immunization clinic to be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the Public Health Center, SIS Main St. pr. J. w. Gibson will conduct the clinic, assisted by the public health nurses. Immunizations against smallpox, diphtheria and whooping cough are given, and all interested persons are cordially invited to attend.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
MIDNIGHT ACCIDENT

A car driven by Wayne Magee went out of control on Seward Street near Front Street shortly after midnight last night, striking a parked car and a telephone pole.
 The parked car was that of Sonny Fleek. Magee was not injured in the accident
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-14
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 WAR TROOPS
 (0NvERGING
Different System

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Evening star., 1950-09-08
Italian Minister Asked
To Attend UnveiIinq

Italy's Minister Of Industry and
Commerce, DR.. Giuseppe Togni,
has been invited to Washington
to participate in the unveiling OF
four equestrian statues on Airing
ton Memorial Bridge.
Harry T. Thompson, associate
superintendent of the Interior
Departments National Capital
Parks Office, Is in Italy on an
inspection tour Of Italian found
ries where the heroic sized statues
are being cast. The Associated
Press in Rome reported he had
issued the invitation to DR.. Togni
and four of his assistants.
DR.. Togni's department has
charge of the casting of the stat
ues. The work is being given to
the United States by the govern
ment of Italy.
The date for the placing of the
statues and the unveiling cere-
monies has not been set, although
Edward Kelly. superintendent OF
National Capital Parks, said he
some time next spring.
thought it probably would be
The statues were the work OF
sculptors James E. Fraser OF
Westport, Conn. and Leo Fried
lander of New York.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Only Another Day
Remains in Stars
Snapshot Contest

Only another day remains to
camera fans of the Washington
area to try for prizes in The Stars
1850 Amateur Snapshot Contest.
The contest, Offering four local
grand prizes Of $25 each and a
chance at some of the SIC, 900 prize
money in national contest, closes
tomorrow. All entries received in
next Mondays mail will be eligible
if postmarked not later than Sat-
urday midnight.
Winners in each Of the four
classif1cations in The Stars con-
test will go on to compete with
winners of similar contests con-
Quoted by other newspapers Of the
United States and Canada. In
that contest, the Newspaper Ma
tional Snapshot Awards, there will
be 167 prizes ranging from $25 to
$500.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Rep. Buckley Demands
Donaldson Quit Post
BY the Associated Press

SEATTLE, Sept. 8.-The reduc-
ton in mail service was called
union busting" yesterday and
Postmaster General Donaldson
was asked to resign.
Addressing the National Asso-
ciation of Letter Carriers, George
D. Riley leveled the union bust
ing" charge. He is the American
Federation of Labor's legislative
representative.
The NALC is affiliated with the
AFL.
Mr.. Riley said Mr.. Donaldson
action had belittled "the greatest
morale building system of all
time.n
|, After Mr.. Riley spoke, Repre-
sentative Buckley, Democrat, OF
Illinois, called for Mr.. Donaldson s
resignation.
Il have the highest respect for
this gentleman" said Mr.. Buck
ley, "but it seems he has strayed
from the right path"
Mr.. Buckley pictured the mail
man as "overburdened with yes
terday's half-completed deliver
ieS "
Evening star., 1950-09-08
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman's unexpected
visit to the convention of the
Marine Corps League represented
a decision growing out of a long
what-to-do session with advisers
which preceded his letter of apol-
ogy to the Leathernecks. and was
a carefully kept White House
secret for many hours.
Actually, it was not until the
President walked onto the conven-
ton platform at the Statler yes
terday morning that his purpose
became generally known. He had
determined to meet his critics face
to face, and seek to ease further
the storm stirred by the police
and propaganda" letter to Repre-
sentative McDonough, Republican,
of California.
The reception he received prob
ably exceeded his expectations.
The convention visit climaxed
a troubled 48 hours at the White
House following publication of the
letter to the California Congress-
man. The Presidents letter re-
buffed a suggestion that the Ma
rineS be represented on the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, dubbed the Corps
the Navy's police force" and
likened its propaganda machine
to Stalin's.
Mr.. Truman, without taking
any of his top advisers into his
confidence, dispatched the letter
to the Californian on Tuesday of
last week. Mr.. McDonough In
serted it in the Congressional
Record of Friday, September /.
There it remained undetected in
the catch-all appendix of the
Record until Labor Day. 1t be-
gan to reach the public prints
Tuesday-and then things started
to happen.
knowledge Disclaimed.
White House sources disclaimed
all knowledge of the letter, and
withheld comment. That it could
be political dynamite. with the
congressional elections just two
months away. was evident. Presi-
Dental associates could reflect
unhappily on the "lunatic" epi-
sode in the Dewey campaign of
'48. The Republican presidential
nominees blast at the engineer
who shook up his train drew much
criticism.
BY Wednesday morning, with
Marines everywhere having their
emphatic say and Republican
leaders chorusing gleefully, the
presidential household had de-
cided that it was time to do some
thing. Reporters were told
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Silver Spring Man
Dies Of Polio After
Building Own House

A 35-year-old man who recent
ly built his own house in Silver
Spring is the Washington areas
latest polio fatality.
The Montgomery County
Health Department yesterday
listed the death of Allen H. Davis,
704 Orange drive. Silver Spring,
as due to polio.
Mr.. Davis. parts manager at
the Brockway Motor Co.. Hyatts-
vile, died September 4 at
Gallinger Hospital. He was buried
yesterday at Arlington Cemetery.
Stricken September 2.
He was stricken September 2.
just a month after he and his
family moved into a cinderblock
bungalow he built.
II think the work he did on the
house helped bring on the polio"
his widow, Mrs. Virginia M. Davis.
said. HE was just overworked."
Mrs. Davis said she recognized
the symptoms Immediately be-
cause her 16-year-old son by
previous marriage, Robert Wake
ham, was stricken and recovered
two years ago. Her husbands
legs and back were affected first,
she said. The condition later
brought on bronchial pneumonia,
Gallinger Hospital reported.
Native of North Carolina.
A native of North Carolina, MIR.
Davis came here with his parents
rs years ago. Before entering the
Army in World War II he was a
salesman at an auto supply store
in Brookmont, Md.
Besides his widow and STEP
son, he is survived by a son by a
previous marriage. Allen E. Davis
of Baltimore, and three children
by his present marriage, Lora
Ann. 7; Paul, 5, and Roberta, z
weeks old. Also surviving are his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen C.
Davis Of Brookmont, Md; two
sisters, Mrs. Ray Anderson of
Manasquan, N. j.; Mrs. Wilfred
Ringer of Boston, and brother,
Paul Davis of Brookmont.
Evening star., 1950-09-08

These employes-and they are
backed by several important Civil
Service Commission officials-de-
clare they lost their jobs through
no fault of their own. Now that
they are being re-employed in
Government, they assert they
should again be placed under the
regular retirement system.
Each year these employees are
not covered by the Federal retire
ment program means a sharp loss
in the annuities to which they will
eventually be entitled. Still other
career employees were forced to
withdraw their contributions to
the retirement fund to tide them
over their period Of joblessness.
These employees want the right to
pay back the money they with
drew and once again contribute
regularly to the retirement system,
now that they are being re-
employed.
While some commission officials
favor bringing displaced career
workers back into the civil service
retirement program, other officials
contend this would result in too
much paper work and result in q
lot of administrative confusion.
These two conflicting points Of
view are now being argued in the
commission, with some decision
due in the near future.
LEAVE-A lot of confusion ex-
lists among Government employees
over how much annual leave they
will be required to take this year.
There have been conflicting in
terpretations of what Congress
finally wrote into the 1851 ap-
propriations bill regarding the use
of annual leave.
Congressional experts say it's
the intent of Congress that Fed
eral employees use up the 26 days
leave due them this calendar year
January / to December 81. 1850
by July l. 1851. Any other in
depreciation by Federal agencies
viii, be in direct violation of Con-
gress' intent, these legislative ex-
perts say.
They acknowledge that the
exact wording of the leave pro-
vision adopted by Congress may
leave some room % for various
Evening star., 1950-09-08

Army, Navy and Air Corps. with
Gen. Omar Bradley as chairman.
Mr.. Truman has time on his
side to force his point of view
so far as this session of Congress
is concerned. With lawmakers
planning to go on vacation by
September 16, the Mansfield and
Douglas bills would need jet ac-
ton to clear Congress.
The Marine Corps League plan
ned to wind up its convention
today.
In addition to acting on reso-
lutions, delegates still have to
elect league officers for next
year. The nominees for national
commandant are M. j. Pagan Of
Philadelphia and M. D. Wade Of
st. Petersburg, Fla.
Evening star., 1950-09-08
Federation Looks at Record;
Finds 1t isn't Good

The Prince Georges County
Civic Federation took a look at
the record and decided it wasn't
good.
Members voted last night to
prepare a list of reforms proposed
during the last two years and ask
the county commissioners and
delegation to the General AS
sembly why nothing has been
done.
The unsettled issues involve slot
machines, liquor dispensary sys-
tenn, an elected school board
master zoning plan and Bladens-
burg flood control.
George L. Ickes, chairman of a
special committee, issued q
lament: Nothing ever happens to
our resolutions. We never get
any answers"