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knuckles and they have worked
out ingenious methods to distract
the police.
Recently a patrol dog shifted
coffee and strained at his leash.
Set free. he tore into the timber.
Guided by his furious barking,
the patrol found him sitting under
a tree exchanging epithets with
an angry tomcat on a high limb.
The smuggler literally had let the
cat out Of the bag and raced away
when the dog tore after him.
Other dogs are wiser. Cat or
no cat, they prefer coffee.
Most Of the smugglers work for
employers who stay comfortably
in Belgium. raking in profits esti-
mated at about two dollars a
pound on the roasted beans. No
body knows what the wage scale
is for the runners.
One tough gang of young
smugglers, who call themselves
1.-The Rowdies," have devised a
number of tactics. One Of these
is to send out a decoy with only
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Siegfried Line No Obstacle to Srnugglers
By Richord K. O'MoIley

AACHEN, Germany. - Ger
many's once-menacing Siegfried
Line has become a haven for
smugglers.
Nightly they slip through its
battered tank traps and ghostly
bunkers to carry pay loads of cof-
fee across the Belgian border into
Germany.
The smugglers are a tenacious
and canny lot, who confine them
selves almost exclusively to the
coffee trade-and making miser-
able the lives of the harried Ger
man customs police.
Coffee is a luxury item for
which Germans are willing to pay
a fancy price. The Aachen area,
at the intersection of Belgium,
Holland and Germany, has be-
come the big operations base for
undercover import.
The difficult, never-ending job
Of the busy customs police is to
catch the Smugglers-when and
II. Usually the smugglers try to
dash across the border with 30
pound load of coffee on their
backs.
Thus far the police have man
aged to gain one small advantage.
The customs cops use trained
German police dogs which can
smell coffee farther than q
hungry farm hand at breakfast
time.
The dogs are trained to stop a
smuggler without harming him.
They simply leap at his chest,
knock him fiat and then stand
guard while barking for help.
Tough Customers
If the smuggler is foolish enough
to move. the dog nips him warn
ingly. If he persists, the dog
clamps down in earnest. One
smuggler lost his coat, trousers
and portion of an arm when he
tried to slug a canine sentinel.
Three-man patrols use one dog
to police an area about a mile
wide and 3 miles deep along the
border. They work in 24-hour
shifts.
The smugglers are tough custom
erS who carry knives or brass
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By |. S. chokoIes

tinuation of the coalition gov.
ernments which have plagued
the country since the 1946 Cleo
tior1s. The present caretaker
government under palace favor
lite John Theotokis is the 11th
in four years.
The party returning the larg-
est number Of deputies will be
given the mandate by King Paul
to form the new government.
It will have TO collaborate with
at least one or two. perhaps
three. OF the smaller parties to
assure itself Of q majority in
Parliament. The immediate
past history Of Greece does not
indicate there will be any per-
naanency or consistency In any
such coalition.
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may apply to the Veterans Admin
istration for certif1cation to take
the test at Government expense
The entire process consists Of six
steps:
l. A preliminary interview In
which one Of the four trained in
reviewers on DR.. Davis staff gets
a flrst-impression picture of the
applicants training, personality
and reasons for desiring this type
Of service.
2. Interest. personality and ap-
tltude tests are given in from fou,
to six hours, at either one or two
sittmgs. No preparation is needed
3. Completed tests are graded
by hand by three trained psy-
biologists who not only give q
numerical rating, but their inter-
probation of the results.
4. The counselor CDR. Davis OF
one OF his aSsistants) studies the
tests results, formulates a "iot
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one pound Of coffee. When the
police dog is busy holding him
captive, they all start on a dead
run across the border.
Police say there are about $50
of these youths and when they all
charge over together it's like try
ing to pick up a handful of roll
ing marbles.
A few get caught but the bulk
make 1t.
Some of the gang use Ameri-
can-made cap pistols to threaten
police in the. gloom. If caught
they can't be convicted for il
legally carrying arms. Bolder
ones rely on the ver-handy knife
or brass knuckles.
The police are patient. how
ever, and only one smuggler has
been shot.
Sometimes smugglers send over
decoys carrying sacks filled with
grass or straw. While police
check these the real smugglers
get busy.
Women and children get into
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the business, too. although the
children have been inactive since
winter set in. One young woman
who appeared to be a buxom
pinup type turned out to be a
thin, bony lass chesty with a load
of coffee. Another tied the legs
of her spare winter undies and
filled them with coffee.
A few big-time smugglers who
still use trucks have found nu-
merous ways to build battling Sc
cret compartments.
Once in a while the border po-
lice let up just q little DIT end
don't even hurry to catch q slow
smuggler. This happens when
crippled German war veterans
limp across the line to get coffee
for their own use.
Most of the border police are
ex-soldiers. Some Of them saw
battle along the ground they new
patrol. They'll look the other way
for an unfortunate comrade, but
that's the only time they do.
Distributed by the Associated Press.)
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terprise until he had already ac-
quired the training.
The man listened impatiently,
then finally interrupted: Look,
Doctor. what I really want to
know Is whether there's anything
wrong with me. Isn't there some
sort OF test you can give me which
will pick out both my strong and
weak points,"
T DR.. Davis Office, known officially
as the Washington Counseling
Service. does offer a combination
test and counseling service but il
emphasizes interest patterns
rather than weaknesses. Veterans
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Greek coalition governments
have collapsed under some
queer circumstances. Once a
member Of coalition govern
ment solemnly told an inner
cabinet meeting late in 1947
that American aid would be
withdrawn Immediately unless
a certain cabinet member re-
signed. There was no such sit
uation. Nevertheless. the United
States State Department had to
fly 10y Henderson, now AM
bassador to India, from WASH
ington to Athens to straighten
out the mess that followed that
particular collapse.
The just-dissolved Parliament
was composed OF 354 members
owing allegiance to is political
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the heads Of the United States
missions to the Caribbean coun-
tries and Mexico studied the
economic and political situation in
that area.
The most pressing questions to
be taken up at the Rio meeting
are, first, how to prevent serious
economic slump throughout the
South American continent. The
second, how to stem the tide Of
political chaos that would in
evitably follow, and particularly,
how to prevent the Communists
from successfully capitalizing on
such a turn of events.
Reap Dollar Harvest
Our trade with several of the
most important of the countries
is already at a low ebb. Except
for Cuba, Venezuela and one or
two others, there is very little
and, in some cases, no dollar ex-
change with which for them to
buy some OF the most necessary
machinery and implements from
this country, or to permit United
States companies and industries
to send out their earnings.
There is bound to be less dollar
exchange because purchases for
Europe under the ECA or Marshall
Plan are going to be greatly re-
duced. Last year these sales by
the 20 Latin American countries
amounted to $675, 100000. Re-
duced Marshall Plan sales to
Europe will be a severe blow to
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ACCA tA1dt tAAAo 10 fSIy SCI lOus
problem.
II not corrected in time. how
ever, loneliness may lead to more
serious situations. such as intro
spection brooding, and chronic
worrying. For the first couple OF
years after the war. quite a few
Government employees came to
DR.. Davis and said that they were
worried over the possibility that
the Russians had the atom bomh
and might drop one on the city OF
Washington. .
Whatever the circumstances,
this particular complaint grad
ually subsidized. 1t is seldom men
toned in interviews today. DR..
Davis does not recall a single men
ton Of it after President Tru-
mans announcement that the
Russians had set off an atomic
explosion.
Employees Of the Federal Gov
ernment are really a very high
class group, considered as a
whole" DR.. Davis says. The per-
centage Of alcoholics is compare
lively low. Very few of them seem
to have serious financial problems
In any case, only a couple have
asked DR.. Davis for a loan. But
ambition is their most distinguish
Ing feature-especially as it ties in
with their almost Unsuitable appe-
tite for more and more educa-
ton. One man already has four
degrees and is busy getting a new
one in psychology. A linguist who
speaks 10 languages is studying
two new ones.
Election Year Was Heavy
DR.. Davis business is heaviest
in January and February when Sc
rious-minded WashingtonianS are
trying to follow through on their
New Years resolutions, and in the
fall. after workers have had a
chance to look around during their
vacations. The greatest volume of
business occurred in 1948, during
the Truman Dewey campaign,
when thousa ands of workers
thought that their jobs would be
jeopardized by new administra-
ton.
Besides DR.. Davis, the staff i'll
cludes John P. Mundy, Josef Conk-
lin, Webster E. Brown, Katharine
Barker. Marion Stewart, Helen
Mansfield. Mrs. Vera Mellen, Rose
Stone and Mildred Smith.
The greatest number of calls
come from departments and agen-
cies which mushroomed during
the war, then contracted immedi-
ately after vi day. The Air Force
seems to be an exception. DR.. Da-
Wis experience indicates that mo-
rale there is unusually high. It
is also above average at Interior,
Agriculture, Department Of JUS
tice and Federal Reserve.
DR.. Davis will not tell from
which department he received a
call recently regarding an asthma
condition.
Il can't help you there" DR..
Davis explained. "You want to see
an M. D." I'm q psychologist.
I'D still like to see you," the
man insisted. 1--WE got mental
problems, too"
DR.. Davis explained that a
psychiatrist was the person to see
about mental diseases. He was
just a doctor of philosophy.
Philosophy! You're just the
man I'm looking for" the stranger
cried. I'm sick of my job and
philosophy may be the only thing
that can help mel"
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public relations program is more
important in Government than
almost anywhere else. But they
overlook this point and, finding
themselves stymied. blame the
Government instead of making
an objective appraisal of their own
personality"
While inclined to agree that
loneliness is almost an occupa-
tional disease with many Govern
ment workers. DR., Davis does not
Evening star., 1950-02-26
Had Changes All Mapped

DR.. Davis guessed Immediately
that the man wasn't getting along
with key officials in his depart
ment, and suddenly faced the
realization that he had climbed
as high as he was going up the
promotion ladder. He believed
that a change-almost any change
would automatically clear away
all his troubles; and, like so many
others. he had two courses of
action in mind:
(A) Since he had worked for
so long in this one agency, he
naturally knew everything there
was to know about it. Therefore
he felt imminently qualified to
switch to a job as public infor-
nation officer. Then he would
meet people from outside the Of
flee, and these contacts would
lead to attractive opportunities
in private business.
(B) He would quit the Govern
ment outright and invest his saw
ings in training courses in some
new and booming field, such as
electronics. or that old favorite
OF wiShful dreamers-raising chin
chillas.
DR.. Davis pointed out that
knowing your agency is only one
OF several qualifications ~equired
for public information work.
Newspaper training and writing
experience are equally important.
furthermore. it might not be wise
to invest his capital In a new en-
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oTTAWA-Whe Britain has been completely absorbed in
general election and the plans and policies
dominated by midterm congressional eec
tons November the Canadians position
their election
which NAV make
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South American Economy
Studied by u. S. ENJOYS
Ambassadors Consider Ways of Heading
OFF Slump and Political Chaos
Thot Would Inevitably Follow
By Edword Tomlinson

Assistant Secretary of State Edward Miller jr,
Ambassadors in the 10 countries of South
this Thursday discuss the problems
nations Southern continent especially
United will
year. took place January
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Harassed Government Workers Find Comfort in Psychology

When q Government worker
feels the woes of the world press
ing down on him, to whom does
he turn for advice and solace?
Some turn to their families
Some are fortunate enough to have
sympathetic bosses. Some write
poignant letters to the President
Since the end of the war, at least
1000 Federal employees have cried
on the shoulders of Edwin Wal.
lace Davis, soft speaking psy-
biologist at George Washington
University.
DR.. Davis (he's a Ph.D.) prob
ably knows more about what ails
Government workers than any
other person in Washington. Here
in the order of Importance, are
the underlying causes behind the
complaints that they pour out to
him in his modest Office in a con-
verted row house at POLL H street
NV: ~..
l. Lack of security.
2. No definite plans; drifting.
3. Loneliness.
4. Inability to get along with
other people.
S. No absorbing interest.
almost all Of the Government
employees who come to our office
feel a deep sense of insecurity, -
DR.. Davis says. Ironically, that's
the one thing they thought they
were buying when they signed up
to work for Uncle Sam"
II was working late one evening
a few weeks ago when the tele-
phone rang" DR.. Davis continued.
Before could explain to the
agitated man at the other end
that we never hold consultations
by phone, he began to pour out
his troubles. He was making close
to $4,000 year in an administra-
tive job. He had over Is years
service in the Government. Yet
he was worried sick that he might
lose his job"
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Omens Are Good

create favorable conditions for
Britain and Europe to compete;
but compete they must.
For this reason the most in
fuential government quarters are
not sympathetic to the idea Of
accepting sterling for Canadian
exports. To do so. they say, would
be the same thing as arbitrarily
excluding other foreign goods and
taking sterling area products
whether they were good or not.
And that is not the sort Of trad
ing world the government wants
to see. 1t is not the sort of world,
ministers think. in which Canada
can flourish. Canada wants q
world in which she can sell all
the things she can produce most
efficiently, starting with wheat
and forest products. and can buy
the things she needs from who-
ever produces them most ef-
f1ciently.
The Canadian economy is facing
its first serious test since the war,
Last year, while the United States
was in a temporary recession,
Canadian business continued at
high level Of activity. Even now
the principal omens for this year
are good, but the postwar boom
is slackening OF. Higher seasonal
unemployment than at any time
since the war Is one sign of 1t;
falling farm prices, resulting from
smaller British contracts, are an
other. The government is being
urged to do something about il" !:
but 1t is not disposed to do any
more than to make some improve
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
Trunan-M'Arthur Talks End; Subject Still A Mystery
Continued from Page One,

Continued from Page One, might grow out of the spectacular 14,0O0 mile round trip flight.
 Mir. Truman was, reported anx- ious to build up strong American support for the spending neces- sary to keep defense appropria- tions moving after the Korean emergency ends and to rehabili- tate and reconstruct Korea as an example to all the Far East that the United States and its associ- ates want only peace and stability for the world.
 That thought will underline not only his San Francisco talk but the one he will make to the United Nations general assembly in New York on Oct. A.
 Whatever others may speculate about the Wake Island meeting, the President and his advisers ex- ude satisfaction over it's results.
 And while General Macarthur exuded less outward happiness as they shook hands upon meeting and departing, Presidential advis- CTS said the two world figures got along famously."
 Izvestia, the Soviet government newspaper in Moscow, declared the Truman-MacArthur meeting was arranged to work out plans to expand American aggression" in the Far East.
 MT. Truman called the confer ence highly satisfactory"
 He attributed briefness of the meeting to ''very complete unani- r fly of views"
 Then he went on to say that he and General MacArthur talked about "steps necessary to bring peace and security to the area" with the view to withdraw U. S. armed forces as soon as possible.
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
PLEDGE SUNDAY AT THE FEDERATED CHURCH

Next Sunday will be observed as ''pledge Sunday" at the Fed erated Church as this congrega- ton units with people of many denominations all across the United States in pledging finan- cial support to their church.
 Last years "pledge Sunday" was so enthusiastically support ed by the congregation that no further financial drive needed to be presented. This year the Church Board is presenting two- fold plan. First, the pledge on the part of the congregation to the general budget of the church. And second, special building fund to which everyone interested is in- vited to contribute for the new Sunday School-Social room of the church.
 MT. A. Polet, MT. Robert Bald win, Mrs. Earl Clark, and Mr. William Cameron were appointed by the Church Board to be in charge of the finance program. This committee solicits your in terest in the community church that has been serving Nome for over 50 years.
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
Korean Situation At A Glance -..
Continued from Page One)

Continued rom Page One) a U. S. destroyer, were reported to have destroyed two bridges and a tunnel in lightning hit and run raids.
 Meanwhile the U. N. plan to hold new elections throughout Korea after the Reds are defeated in the north drew opposition from South Korean President Syngman Rhee and his cabinet. Rhee main tained that the U. N. supervised election in South Korea last May 30 legally seated his government. Only communist refusal to partic- ipate prevented it from being a general election.
 "To attempt to discard the duly-elected govern m mt now seems sophomoric." Rhee said. His cabinet voted to support him.
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
Monday. October l6. 1850

Prongs of Allied drives tighten ring on Red capital-Pyongyang U. S. troops drive to within 46 air miles on capital. South Kore- ans are 40 miles away. Other South Korean forces spear north on the east coast 30 miles beyond port of Wonsan.
 Gen. Macarthur back in Tokyo from a meeting with President Truman, says they discussed Far East, particularly Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. Military cir cles speculate the Korean war will be ended, except for hopping up operations, within a matter of weeks after the fall of Pyong yang and the chase of the Reds toward the Soviet and Manchur- ian borders.
 India has voiced opposition in the United Nations to an Ameri- can proposal for the raising of special armed forces to serve at U. N. direction. Prime minister Nehru told a New Delphi news conference such forces might lead to world war rather than discour- age it.
 President Truman in Honolulu works on his major foreign pol icy address as the world wonders just what he and Macarthur dis cuSSed.
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
BETA SIGMA PHIS DISCUSS TABLE MANNERS AND DECORATIONS

Beta Sigma Phi Kappa mem bers were elated last Thursday evening when they arrived at the home of Mrs. Gerald Modrow for a regular meeting, to find three beautifully-appointed tables set with gleaming china and silver, and sparkling glassware. Two ta- bles had been prepared by Miss Ellen Waldhelm and Mrs. Isak Jensen, who later presented a program on "Table Manners and Decorations" The third table had been prettily appointed in pastel colors by the hostess, Mrs. Gerald Modrow.
 Subduing for a few minutes their interest in the exciting tab les, members held a brief business meeting, during which Miss Eileen Uttech explained plans of the Alaska Commission on Children and Youth, and members voted unanimously to send a Beta Sig ma Phi representative to the Nome committee meeting Tues day evening, October IT, to help plan for recreation for the youth of Nome.
 The program committee then took charge, with Mrs. Jensen ably speaking on the informal breakfast and luncheon, demon strating her points by a charm ing table set with gay luncheon ware and a colorful fruit bowl centerpiece. Miss Waldhelm illus trated her interesting talk on for nal dinners with an impressive table laid with a complete formal service on a beautiful lace table cloth. Here centerpiece consisted of candles and ;< bowl of aJt;jclr fiC Ntrs presented for the occa- sion by Mrs. Joe Wallace flum her own greenhouse.
 Menus, service, and use of flowers and candles were then mutually discussed, and Mrs. liar old Harper, Sorority Sponsor, helpfully contributed practical suggestions, including how guests should be chosen and properly seated at dinner
 Miss Linda Musgrave, Torch Girl," provided a lovely breath of Autumn in her rendition of a poem written by a sorority sister in another part of the country, and members joined in the ever inspiring closing ritual, aft r which Mrs. Modrow, who had re- gently observed her birthday, was assisted by Mrs. Joseph K. Hunt in serving coffee and birthday
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16

to get letter and should be fun to write Sit down today and write that delayed letter to sick friend,
 that note of thanks for favor from frend letter to the old folks at home to your family in some other part of the world and you will have done good deed with little effort and little cost but great deal of sats faction
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16

MT. and Mrs. Jack Lencer de- parted yesterday for the States. According to Mir. Lencer, he hopes to open up business near Spokane, Wash, and handle his Nome business through the Nome Drug Store by airmail.
The Nome nugget., 1950-10-16
NATIONAL LETTER WRITING WEEK
By Clarke Beach)

The U s. Post Office Department is sponsoring it's annual National Letter Writing Week. Our first impress sion is that the postal department is doing little adver Using for itself increase business but second inn pression is that they are doing service with the thought "letters bring happiness to our land.'
 Letters are important they span great distances and bring people together all the world It's fun