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Evening star., 1950-11-19

The Star for November 2. 1900. quoted
the American Architect magazine as say
ing: "The train which runs
Luxury every week, between Moscow
Train and Irkutsk. over the Trans
Siberian railroad, deserves
the credit of being the most complete
railway train in the world The journey
takes nine days. travelling day and night.
The train consists of one first-class and
two second-class cars, baggage car and
a dining car. AS in many cases on the
continental railways, the dining car con-
tains also parlor. and on the Trans
Siberian railway it includes also Ii
brary. a piano, bathroom and a
BARRIERS shop. The baggage car contains
the sleeping rooms of the II trainnen.
The air in the cars is warmed in
winter by steam or hot water and is
cooled in summer by refrigerating ma
chine. j.. The track was first laid with
light rails which will be replaced by
heavier ones as traffic increases" Such
was the picture of the Siberian
railroad half century ago. How much
different is it today? Perhaps some
has travelled from Moscow to Irkutsk
liz
X
There was a double marriage service
performed in the parlor of the Baltimore
and Ohio Hotel yester-
Double day." according to The
Weddino Star of November 81, 1900.
"The contracting parties
were Nora Ward and William Brooks and
Mollie Ward and Edward j. Nowland
Yesterday morning the quartet reached
here from Roanoke, the home of the par
ents of the sisters. Brooks and Nowland
are stonecutters, and they were employed
by Mr.. Ward, father of the young
women. When the contractor saw that
the young men we're paying attentions to
his daughters he made known some very
serious objections AS is usually the re-
suit in such cases, there was an elope-
ment, and the married couples are now
returning to their homes for the parental
blessing"
The Star for November 20, 1900, re-
ported the arrival OF Sara Bernhardt and
Constant Coquelin and
Bernhordt "their large company of
Arrives actors" at New York. on
board the steamer L'Aqui-
taine. Heavy seas "all the way across"
had given the players rough passage.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Reserve Volunteers

I am surprised. The letter from ~.
S. M" Campaigning for the drafting of
18-year-old boys to replace members of
the Organized Reserve who have been
called to active duty demonstrates
common misunderstanding concerning
the Reserve and its members
The Organized Reserve is composed
OF volunteers. both veteran and non
veteran. The purpose of the Organized
Reserve is to maintain a paid, trained
and equipped citizen army for immedi-
ate military activity in time of hostile
aggression. Each member of the Re-
serve understands that there would be
no justification of the very existence of
such an organization if it failed to serve
its purpose as fighting unit.
To suggest that we have paid and
maintained these men for no practical
purpose Is quite unthinkable.
David r. Miller.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Anniversary of Gettysburg Address

The Library of Congress owns two of the
hve copies of Lncoln's Gettysburg Address
written by his own hand. First of these is the
two-page manuscript which the President read
from 1t was given by him to his secretary
John Hay, whose family conveyed it to the library
In 1915. The text was not penned until the morn
ing of November 10, 1858. draft it seems had
been worked over in the train en- route from
washington the previous day. But the actual
reading copy" revised and carefully transcribed
In Llncoln's best photographic style, was COM
pleted only short while before the dedicatory
ceremony at the cemetery gate 1t is significant
that the familiar words under God' do not
appear in the premier version, and it also is
worthy of mention that the affirmation, cit is
altogether fitting and proper that we should do
this" is phrased "This we may in all propriety
do" The copy furnished to The Star for publ
cation on November 20, 1863, however, included
both under God" and the substitution of
fitting and proper" for "in all proprety"
Yet these phrases are missing from the
second manuscript prepared by Lincoln himself
and likewise intrusted to Mr. Hay. It must have
been completed before the President left for
the cemetery on November 19 or it would show
the revisions which he made before The Stars
text was supplied to its reporter. The third copy
was written out for Edward Everett in January
1854, and was sold in company with the original
of Mr.. Everetts Gettysburg grafton at the New
York Sanitary Fair for the benefit of widows
and orphans of Union soldiers killed in action
Eventually, 1t was acquired by the school children
of Illinois with the help of Marshall Field and
now is in the museum of the Illinois State
Historical Society at Springfield.
Lincoln penned the fourth copy for another
fair at Baltimore in 1864. The historian, George
Bancroft, asked for it with the idea of repro
ducing it in pamphlet. A heading and
signature were added to serve this purpose The
manuscript with these amendments is the
property of Cornell University. A full Abraham
Lincoln" autograph closes the fifth copy, tran
scribed on three sheets of paper at an unde-
termined date. This version was acquired at
auction by Oscar Cintas, former Cuban Am
bassador to the United States in April, 1949,
and cost its present owner $4,000.
What really matters, of course, is the in
tangible value of Lincoln's immortal statement
of American principles of freedom, peace and
order. 1t has been paid for with blood, sweat
and tears gladly given so that democracy might
not perish from the EARTH
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Turkish Names

In line with your professed standards
OF accuracy, I suggest that material on
Turkey submitted by o. M. Marashian
Of the North American Newspaper AL
lance should be subjected to some
scrutiny and possible correction before
publication. The story appearing on
page B-2 of the November 9 issue of
The Star contains little that is subject
to check. as only two of the Turkish
names supposedly translated are given.
But much of it leaves me wondering
about the competence of the writer.
1t is not true that the family name
law came into force so suddenly" as to
impose difficulties, unless Mr.. Marashian
thinks one or two years sudden There
was great deal of discussion and cogita-
tion. If cousins or brothers bear differ
ent names. it is because they or their
fathers did not agree on the name to
choose. Furthermore, every one had
adequate time and chance to make his
own selection, although the prohibition
on duplication within mahalle (bor-
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Samuel j. Rosenberg.

woman from injury" Had the incident
ended differently. World War land
World War II as well-might have been
avoided-or might not have been.
Anybody with money to spend might
have done very well by himself at
Hechts Greater Stores,
Borgoins at 513-515 Seventh street,
Hechts' on November 10, 1900
The Star for that date
carried an advertisement proclaiming So
rainy day skirts for $198; 81 walking
skirts, $298; ladies' $3.50 suits, Sc .98;
medium weight jackets, $149; ladies' 81
underskirts. soc; flannelette wrappers,
49c; boys knee pants-1, 900 of them.
19c; boys $298 suits, $1.98 champion
waists for boys. 19c; CSC umbrellas, 39c;
mems all-wool undershirts and drawers,
ACC; bleached tea toweling, 2Tsc A sim
liar lot OF Al merchandise placed on
sale by Hechts' week earlier had met
with immense response. On this oc-
casion. it was announced: 1.-THE bargains
are better"
The Star of November 15 1900,
featured dispatch from Kearney, Nebr.,
reading in part:
MilItoy School There was large
Mutiny sized mutiny at the
Kearney Military
Academy yesterday, which resulted in an
entire change in the management of the
school. The trouble arose over a dis
agreement between the principal, DR.. E.
H. Chittenden, and Prof. Russell, chief
instructor. . The other teachers and
boys, to the number of about 40, believ-
ing that Prof. Russell had not been fairly
dealt with. quit the academy in body
and came downtown. The boys, who are
nearly all non-residents of Kearney, had
nowhere to so. and Prof. Russell secured
lodgings for them at hotel and began
arrangements to open school of his
own. The Kearney Military Academy is
under the management or supervision of
the Episcopal Church. and as soon as
Bishop Graves learned of the trouble at
the school he :. took steps to have the
matter adjusted, with the result that
DR.. Chittenden resigned the manage
ment of the school and Prof. Russell was
put in charge. He Immediately
abandoned the idea of opening another
school, and, accompanied by the boys
and teachers who had deserted, went
back to the academy"
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Letters to The Star
Pen-nanaes may be used If letters carry
1UriterS' correct names and addresses.
All letters subject to condensation.

ough, or ward) did prevent some from
getting their first choices
Derogatory names were not assigned
to people by oflcials-they were regis
tered by those who were to bear them
in humorous or cynical protest against
the custom -defying law.
Before the adoption of surnames, there
was no uniform means of identification.
Ahmet's son Mehmet might be either
Ahmet Mehmet or Mehmet Ahmet. or
Ahmetoglu Mehmet (oglu meaning SOM i.
Aside from Ataturk. the only Turkish
name cited in the story is Danisman
(Which newspapers should reproduce as
Danishman). The meaning is not don't
ask; 1t is councillor" adviser" or 'in-
formation officer
Donald E. Webster.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Arlington.
Christmas and Peace

What can be done in this hour of
world upheaval to center the thoughts of
the teeming millions upon God as the
only source of peace? Perhaps even
the little things Of life may help, grain
OF mustard seed, as it were
We are approaching Christian festi-
val through which we glorify the birth
of the Prince of Peace. Even in so
small a matter as the sending of greet
ing cards, could not we stress the true
meaning Of this greatest event in history
by sending only sacred cards which bear
upon His birth?
#. through these cards men could
Evening star., 1950-11-19

again know the joy of the angel host
which proclaimed His birth, the faith of
the wise men and the shepherds who
sought and found Him, and the true
worship through which they gave of
their best. to Him, new day might be
born to u.s.
veritably believe that if every true
Christian would follow this procedure
in sending greeting cards, it would be
another link in the great peace chain
being forged by the Christian peoples of
the world.
Ella Cusberd Bannister,
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Unfair to Whom?

"A SuiAouS oIISllOOL O1 plCkeIlnR mas raised
an issue which local officers of the Communica-
t1ons Workers of America call an unfair labor
practice on the part of the telephone company.
The union people ought to bring this issue to
some decisive test before the Labor Board For
II what is being done is an unfair labor practice,
we need new definition of what is fair and
what is unfair.
One division of the Communications Work.
ers OF America is on strike against Western
Electric Company. The strikers are not employees
OF the telephone company, though their work is
oone Tor the telephone company. Telephone
company employees, who belong to another divi-
sion OF the Communications Workers of America
are not on strike. They have a contract with
the company, through their union under which
they are supposed to render certain services The
striking Western Electric Company employees
have developed the device of "hit and run
picketing" in an effort to prevent striking
telephone company employees from going to work.
Under this practice the strikers picket a
telephone company building when employees are
coming to work. Some of the employees have
refused to cross the picket line. They either go
back home or wait until the picket line is with
drawn, and then report late to work The unfair
labor practice charged against the company re-
suits when company officials ask employees
whether or not they intend to report for work
picket line or no picket line. Those who decline
to answer or WHO say they will not cross the
picket line are then laid off and their places
are taken by company employees willing to work
The companys point of view is that it is
responsible for telephone service to the public
II employees do not choose to work because of
picket line, their places must be filled by others
who do. And in order to do this, it is necessary
for the employer to know who can be depended
upon to work. This question by the telephone
company and the resulting layoffs of those who
do not care to commit themselves is called by
some union officials lockout" and an unfair
labor practice.
Such talk is nonsense A union loses dignity
and public confidence when it injects such phony
issues into labor dispute. 1t would be more
becoming OF the union to insist that its members
live up to contract it has made with the
employer, and to comply with it's terms as
strictly as the employer is expected to comply
In eight States the courts have enjoined the
picketing union on the employers complaint
that such picketing prevents non-striking en-
ployes from meeting their contractual obliga-
tions to the company. and prevents the
telephone company from meeting It's own
obligations to supply telephone service
No Injunction has been sought here, evidently
because the company has been able to maintain
service despite the picketing. But 1t seems to
The Star that the injunction should be sought
as means Of bringing further test in the
courts OF whether such harassing tactics, de-
signed to prevent performance of necessary
public service are really sanctioned by law.
Evening star., 1950-11-19
Schools and Sewers

With more children of preschool age
living in Arlington than are now in the
entire school system, voters approved
sewer bonds to combat pollution in the
Potomac. voted down school construction
bonds. Without schools. Arlington chill
dren will be able to go fishing in clean
river.
Millions for sewers, but not one cent
for schools"
Pinckney.
Ar1inot0n
The Arizona post., 1950-10-06
Our Policy

time letter from reader asking us to
clarity policy What do believe
Are representing faction
what?
So goes First of ALL almost five when the
goal for ourselves Community unity
above all else goal No must be allowed to
dominate thinking The good of all must prevail
So occasionally write editorial which steps on few
toes And inevitably the OUT The Arizona Post IS
irving to create disunity" simply this isn't it
barely create unity out OF d'Sy?
We feel that open discussion of important prob
lem should be rather than discouraged we are to
questions the motives OF our leader
ship But too they inclined to become SNUG and auto
in and Tucsonians must be en-
coaged to participate community affairs This can not be
opinion contrary those who in Intelligent leader
ship blind support tolerant OF the opinions Oh
ALL commands respect
think that this coming is good time to make rea
community forgetting past differences and plugging
for a common good
So concerned, we'd like to go even
further than unity We want strengthen this community
We those who will make this their goal Like
always right In our thinking Wne you
write Letter to EDITOR ana wen NC aPPS
to print what you think.
The Arizona post., 1950-10-06

Dear Editor,
To say we were delighted at
hearing that the Israel Symphony
was coming to Tucson would be
putting it mildly.
The Arizona Post is to be con-
graduated for underwriting such
a major project. This great or
chestra is one of the worlds best.
1t is in large part composed of
some of the finest musicians from
the great orchestras of Europe
who fled to Palestine during the
Hitler Era. The music critics
have praised their performances
wherever they have played.
We feel certain there are more
than enough music lovers in this
area to make the venture a fl
nancial success. The least the
public can do is to cooperate from
that standpoint.
Naturally the admission price
for the concert has not been de-
termined yet. However, please
accept our check for one hundred
dollars for our two seats. Per-
haps this gesture will start the
ball rolling.
DR.. and Mrs. F. B. SchutZbank
The Arizona post., 1950-10-06
Letters tn the
Editor

Dear Editor:
Thank you for your letter, and
I must concede that it contained
good and valid argument against
my cancelling my subscription to
the Post. You are entirely cor
rect and justified in maintaining
your right to voice your opinions.
AS Voltaire said, II disapprove of
what you say, but will defend
to the death your right to say 1T. :"
Ordinarily newspaper volc-
ing it's opinion on controversial
issue may be taking unfair advan-
tage of its readers in giving them
but one side of the story. Your
offer to keep open your columns
to adverse criticism of your posi-
ton meets that objection, if you
will, in good faith, adhere to that
principle. I think it would be
wrong of me were I not to give
you that opportunity to prove
that good faith.
You may therefore renew my
subscription to the Post, and now,
as one of your subscribers, may I
take you to task for being, in my
opinion, derelict in your duty as
the only publication of the Tue
son Jewish community. AS such
it is your bounden duty to try to
cement relations between diver
gent factions, not tear them fur
ther apart. Never has there been
any disagreement without some
right on both sides. 1t is simple
enough for you to voice your
opinion favoring one view or the
other; it would have been more
difficult, but well worth the eff
fort, to attempt to reconcile the
differences. 1t is my belief that
you would have rendered a great
er service to the Jews of Tucson
had you tried to do that than take
the definite stand you did, which
only added fuel to the fire. We
Jews of Tucson cannot afford to
lose the interest and support of
any of our community especially
Of those who have proven them
selves competent leaders.
We must also bear in mind
that unfortunately there are many
among us who will sieze upon
such disagreement as an excuse
to avoid their responsibilities to
the Jewish community. Should
the Post encourage them merely
because it wishes to exercise its
admitted right to voice its opin-
ions? Just stop and consider who
the real losers will be in the long
run-those who participate in an
unpleasant disagreement, or un-
fortunates who need every bit
of aid which the Tucson Jewish
community can give them?
Let's try to stop riffs among
us. Let us try to be more polite
in the future. Let the Post try
to fulfil this function, which, I
assure you, is infinitely more i'm
portant than prattle about the
right to express ones opinions.
There's time and place for that,
but not when the cost will come
so high to the Jews of Tucson.
Stanley A. Hatcher
Valley frontiersman., 1950-06-23
ARA Workers Start Seasonal ScUrrYinq To Far Corners of the Territory

The annual summer migration of the staff of the Agricultural Research Administration has be- gun. Temporary duty staffers are arriving for concentrated summer work, regular employees are beginning their. seasonal hops to Fairbanks and other Alaskan cities, and some are sandWiching brief outdoor vacations among the protracted comings and go- ings.
 Dick McCurrey, economist, has arrived from Berkeley, Calif., where he is student at the Uni versity of California, to assist Hugh Johnson. He will be in Pal mer about three months.
 MT. Johnson has just returned from Kodiak, where he has been making a survey for the past sev- eral days.
 Hugh Dolan, engineer, has just returned from a visit to Peters burg, where he went to confer on plans for a house to be construct ed at the fur farm there.
 LIT. AlldI MICK dIlO LII. M. O' Babb left earlier this week for a brief visit to Fairbanks on crops business.
 Dr. S. C. Litzenberger also left for the northern city yesterday.
 Dr. Nolan F. Farris, experiment station administrator from Wash ington, D. C., arrived in Palmer earlier this week and will spend several days here inspecting sta ton accounts.
 Mrs. Jack Newcomb and Mrs. Roland Snodgrass have just re- turned from a brief vacation spent in the Whitehorse area. Mrs. Rob- ert Pippel also is just returned from vacation spent motoring along the highways to the north. She drove as far as Circle Hot Springs on the Steese Highway, before returning to her desk in the local ARA office.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-06-23
itself.

1CSel1.
 Everybody is in position to start coin collection. You might start with the Lincoln-head penny. Issued first as recently as 1909, the "VDB" coin is already a rarity, since it was the only one with the designers initials on it.
 The 1922 Lincoln-head without a mint initial has an ever-increas- ing value. Look in your pockets for it: it's a much-hunted coin.
 You can-when the hobby cap- lures you as it has me-extend your collection right back to our country's birth. The big cent coin issued in 1793 and containing the strawberry cluster amounts to something like the rainbow's pot of gold to coin-collectors.
 Like all hobbies, coin-collection has it's clubs. Enthusiasm rides high in these circles because of difference of opinion among ex- perts on the authenticity of some of the ancient issues. My friends often sit up half the night, argu- ing over coins, catalogs, and Skippy Peanut Butter sandwiches.
 You can increase your collection through exchange clubs. Also, coin houses publish bulletins that list available coins they will sell through the mail.
 There's big money in coins. Off, fers for Confederate half-dollars have scared to $30,000. The U. S. C-mint gold dollar is worth $500 today. Large collections, like that at the Chase National Bank in New York, are worth unbelievable thousands.
 But don't let that frighten you off. Order a catalog from one of the exchange houses. You can find istings in hobby magazines. Then start by examining all the loose change among the family.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-06-23
Dolores BouWens Married Sunday

Miss Dolores Bouwens, daugh- ter of deputy marshal and Mrs. William BouWens of Palmer, was married to Alfred Martin of An chorage at three o'clock last Sun day. The double-ring wedding ceremony was held in St. MlchaeIs s Catholic Church here.
 The bride was attended by Miss Anna Martin and Miss Kathleen Patten. John Linnebur was best man.
 Miss Bouwens wore a navy blur suit with white hat and acces- sories for her wedding costume.
 MT. and Mrs. Martin will make their home in Anchorage.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-06-23
Valley Contest Winners Almost Counf-Perfecf

Guessing was too close for com fort in the light bulb contest which closed last week at Palmer Drug Store. Store managers IT, win Pitt and Bill Rempel heaped their window with globes-big globes, little globes, tiny globes, and in-between globes-and then invited Valley residents to guess how many.
 By actual count, 872 bulbs were on display in the window. First prize winner Dorothy Mau thought there were 875, while second-place winner Frank Dark of the Alaska Road Commission was sure there were 876. David Bryant estimated a couple more, and was third with a guess of SIS bulbs.
 Today Pitt and Rempel were emitting signs of relief in uni son - guessing that comes that close in a guessing contest is a little too close for comfort.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-06-23
FARM D0lNGS IN THE VALLEY
By Lew Hanks

Charles w. Wilson has just re- turned from an inspection trip to southeastern Alaska. He was ac- companied by Lorin T. OldroYd. They drove from Fairbanks to Haines. He states that about 5000 acres in the Haines area will stand further investigation, as to it's agricultural possibilities.
 A good stand of purple blossom alfalfa was observed on this trip, at the Yukon Territory Experi- ment Station near Haines Juno ton. This stand is four years old and is growing in an area that has only about 10 completely frost-free days. Our local agri- cultural agencies will follow this Canadian trial.
 Max Sherrod is planning the installation of a sprinkler irriga- ton system next year. The Soil Conservation Service will design the system.
 One of the best one-year-old bromegrass plantings in the Val ley can be observed on the Hen ming Benson farm.
 The Territorial Board of the Alaska Soil Conservation District will meet in Fairbanks June 27 and 23th. Frank Linn. Virgil Eek