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Evening star., 1950-02-18
Mrs. Harvey Hunt Dies;
LlfeIonq Resident Of CITY

Mrs. Harvey w. P. Hunt, sc, a
lifelong resident of Washington
died of a heart condition yester-
day at Garfield Hospital.
Mrs. Hunt was the wife of a
former pressman Of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, who died
IA years ago. She lived at 2755
Macomb street NV.
The former Miss Annie L. Nc
Lean, she was born in Washing
ton. She was a graduate of East
ern High School and Woods Com
mercial College here. She married
MI. Hunt in 1925.
Mrs. Hunt was a member of
the Independence Bell Chapter,
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution and. the Political Study
Club here.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Lewis Ryce of the Macomb
street address and Mrs. Mord
Hyams of Los Angeles, and two
cousins, Mrs. Ashmun N. Brown,
3l33 Connecticut avenue NV, and
Frank B. Germon of Friendship
Heights.
Funeral services will be held at
II am. Monday in the Hines flu
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Congress
sional Cemetery.
Railway refrigerator cars were
patented as early as 1867.
Evening star., 1950-02-18

yesterday by Federal Judge Syl-
veSter Ryan. ..
She has taken a pauper's oath
Samuel Newburger. who heads
the new defense staff, said he
did not yet know how long a
delay in the trial he would ask
to permit the defense to familiar
ize itself with details of the case
Previous Trial Studied.
The records, including some 100
court exhibits, also cover Miss
Coplon,,s previous trial in WASH
ington, where she was convicted
of stealing secrets from the JUS
tice Department, where she for
merly worked. The verdict is
being appealed.
In the case here, she and Gubit-
chev, 33. a suspended U. N. en-
ploye, are accused of plotting to
supply United States secrets to
Russia.
The two other new defense law
yers are Sidney E. Berman and
Leonard Boudin.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Delay in Judith Cop|on
Spy Trial Certain as
New Lawyers Confer
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-Three
new attorneys for Judith Coplon
get together today to map their
defense strategy in the ex-Gov-
ernment girls spy trial, and study
the long trial record.
They'll have to go through So
volumes of trial records, compris-
ing $4,000 pages, to bring them
selves up to date in the case,
which had been going on for three
weeks when they were named to
take over yesterday.
A considerable delay in the trial
may result.
Former Counsel Discharged.
Miss Coplon. %, who is on trial
with Russian engineer Valentin
A. Gubitchev, became dissatisfied
with services of her fiery attor-
ney, Archibald Palmer, and
Thursday asked for new counsel.
Miss Coplon said she had nc
objection to her new attorneys
who were appointed to defend hel
Evening star., 1950-02-18

the end of the day. 1t was a
miserable day: a cold rain coming
down, taxicabs unobtainable with
out struggle; an evening for
hurrying straight home. The man
was no longer news; he WASH t
coming in, he was going out; had
nothing to say except, good by
And drinking parties come a dime
dozen in Washington.
Yet a hundred or more of
Washington's newsmen and news
women gathered at their own in
convenience to exchange farewells
with David E. Lilienthal, depart
ling head of the Atomic Energy
Commission. former head of the
Tennessee Valley Authority, public
servant extraordinary. Whether
he knew it or not, it was a very
great tribute.
Chance of Apprecia ton.
The incident should be enlight-
ening to those good citizens oc-
casionally called on by the Presi-
dent to accept tough public as
signments. 1t should tell them
that if they've got the stuff ano
are willing to give it, regardless
Iof distractions, misunderstand-
ings and abuse, there's a fan
chance of their sacrifice being ap-
preciated by Washington's cynica,
press and radio corps.
BY coincidence, even as he wa.
leaving public life, one of Mr.
Lilienthal's constructive achieve.
ments was being put to a test
This is the f1ood-control feature
of the Tennessee Valley develop.
ment. The reservoirs on the Ten.
nessee River, built partly for thai
purpose, were being asked once
again to help level off the water
in the lower Mississippi in the
hope of preventing a disastrou.
flood.
This phase of the iva is com.
monty disregarded by critics of tn,
Valley Authority idea, at least be.
tween floods. How it operates wa,
spelled out recently in a Join
statement by Army engineers ane
IVA engineers concerning tht
tactics they employed about tn,
middle of January when the Mis-
sissippi was rising dangerously.
Efficacy of the flood contro
reservoirs has been proved" say
the statement. Had it not bee,
for the vast storage provided b,
these structures. a crest at Cair,
I Of So feet or more would have re
I suited instead of 55.3 feet"
! Exchanged Daily Data.
4 AS the waters at Cairo, wher,
the Ohio empties into the Missis
sippi. rose to the flood stage o
90 feet. the engineers and tn
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Chinese Red Leaders
Leuve Moscow for Home
BY the Associated Press


MOSCOW, Feb. 18.-Chinese
Communist Leader Mao TIE -tung
and Premier-Foreign Minister
Chou En-lai were headed back
to their homeland today after a
two-month visit in the Soviet cap
ital which resulted in a 30-year
Soviet-Chinese treaty of friend
ship.
Before departing from Moscow s
Yarsolav Railway station last
night. Mao said over a micro
phone: 1T is plain to all that
the solidarity between the great
Chinese and Soriet peoples. sealed
by the treaty. is permanent. in
destructible and firm"
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Nine Nations Receive
Marshall Plan Grants
BY the Associated Press

Holland received $6,24O,0O0 yes
terday to finance purchases of
sugar and naval stores under the
Marshall Plan.
The spending approval was
contained in new grants an
nounced by the Economic Co.
operation Administration.
Seven European countries,
China and Korea shared in the
ALLEGATIONS, which totaled $12,-
$4,000.
France received $1,114,000 to
buy railroad equipment and in
dustrial machinery in the United
States.
Western Germany was allotted
S2,094,000 to finance the purchase
of tobacco and other items.
China was given $576,O 900 to
finance purchase of raw cotton in
the United States.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
This Changing World
y. n. Offers Ideal Forum to Discuss
Way to Insure Lasting World Peace

the Yalta Conference in 1945 they
not only confirmed in detail Rus
sia's domination of Eastern Eu-
rope, but added China and Japan S
Kurile Islands to the Russian
SWag.
1t would be easy, of course, to
obtain temporary agreement
with the Kremlin if President
Truman and Prime Minister Att
lee called on Stain again. All
they would have to do in ex-
change for lip service to the idea
of disarmament would be to con-
tinue to appease Russia's fierce
appetite for conquest. No doubt
the Kremlin leaders would prefer
to expand their empire by agree
ment rather than by fighting.
So far the Russian Empires ex-
pansion in Europe and Asia has
been achieved without the Soviet
Army firing shot. Our ap-
peasement policies have handed
to Russia, on a silver platter, rule
over nations for whose freedom
we were supposed to have fought
World War II.
They Want to Fix Terms.
A nominal agreement could be
reached with Russia, even at this
eleventh hour, provided we were
willing to let her have Southern
Korea, Indo-China, Indonesia
Burma. Thailand and eventually
India. And, of course, we would
have to keep our assistance to
Europe within limits set by the
Kremlin.
Under these conditions there is
no doubt that the Soviet govern
ment would be willing to reach a
general agreement halting the
arms race-at least, insofar as
our own rearmament is concern
ed. Stain would be glad to see
us drop all further efforts to con-
struct the atomic and hydrogen
bombs, and might even promise
to do the same.
The question Of inspection could
easily be settled. An international
commission representing both
Western and Russian satellite
countries would be permitted to
visit industrial establishments
throughout the world. But, of
course. the right of the Soviet
and satellite governments to re-
strict certain areas to prevent in
dustrial espionage would have to
be recognized, together with the
sovereign right of those nations
to grant passports or visas to
Whomever they wished.
Even at the time when Amer
ican-Soviet relations were at their
best, men like former Gov. Leh-
man OF New York. who was chosen
to head UNRRA in 1945, was
never able to get visa to enter
the U. S. S. R. 1t is easy to
imagine what would happen now
if disarmament control teams ask
ed permission to visit Russian and
satellite industrial regions.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Trial Opens Monday
For Doctor Charged
With Mercy Staying
By the Associated Press

MANCHESTER, N. H, Feb. 18.-
DR.. Herman N. Sander, charged
with murder in the so-called
mercy Staying" of cancer
stricken patient, waited in strict
seclusion today for opening of his
trial Monday.
AS international attention To-
cused on him, the 41-year-old
country doctor said he would see
no one over the week end with the
exception of his lawyers.
He has made few appearances
outside hts Gambia home since his
arralgnment on the murder in
dictment.
Injection of Air Charged.
The indictment charges the for
mer Dartmouth ski captain caused
the death of Mrs. Abbie C. Bor-
roto, SO. by injecting a lethal
quantity of air into her veins.
A Harvard University medical
expert is expected to be one of
the principal witnesses for the de-
fenSe.
Although counsel refused to
name witnesses, it appeared GER
tain DR.. Richard Ford, who per-
formed an autopsy on the body
OF Mrs. Borroto, would be called.
DR.. Ford, assistant professor of
legal medicine at Harvard, per-
formed the autopsy more than a
month after the woman died De-
cember 4 at Hillsboro County Hos
pital.
Autopsy Results Withheld.
The autopsy was performed
after counsel for the doctor re-
quested that the woman's body
be exhumed. Results of the exam
lnation were not disclosed.
Medical experts for the prose-
cutlon are expected to include DR..
Milton Helpern. a New York City
authority, and DR.. Ralph Miller of
Dartmouth College, New Hamp-
shire State police pathologist.
bOCn were present at the AUTOPSY.
Opposing counsel indicated it
might take several days to select
a jury of 13 from a venire of 100.
Several women volunteers are
eligible for jury duty.
The maximum penalty on con-
viction of murder is death by
hanging in New Hampshire. The
jury, however, can recommend
life Imprisonment.
The maximum penalty for con-
viction of second degree murder
is life Imprisonment; for first-de-
gree manslaughter. 80 years, and
for second-degree manslaughter,
10 years or a fine of not more
than ST 1000, or both.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
BY Constantine Br01vn

Neither the White House nor
the State Department intends to
approach the U. S. S. R. with a re-
quest for new top-level meeting.
Those members of Congress
who, like Senator Tydings, have
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Russians Buy Hitler Busts

BERLIN (P.-Russian officers
are the best customers of a man
who earns his living in Berlin to-
day by making bronze busts of
Adolf Hitler. In an obscure cellar
shop in Berlin's Soviet sector
works the sculptor, Kurt Fall, the
man who makes the best of the
Russians hunt for Nazi souvenirs.
Evening star., 1950-02-18

man lie a V n g
public life.
The que S t S
we're newspaper
and radio cor
n e sp o n d ents
who had made
news of his ac-
t i v i i e S and
opinions during
the ye a r S he
served the Gov
eInment a n d
whom he h a d
asked to drop
in for a fare
we'll drink at,
Evening star., 1950-02-18

supported t n e
United Nations
strongly m u S t
be aware that
that organiza-
ton offers the
best place for
7 representatives
of the powers
to meet and
talk over their
problems.
TIL e United
N a t i on S was
created for just
such a purpose.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Men Without Football

CHICAGO (P).-It's not lack of
manpower that keeps the Univer-
sity of Chicago out of big-time
football, The latest count shows
that the total enrolment on the
campus is 8.421-including 1924
men.
Evening star., 1950-02-18
Bv L0zcelk NeUeft

A remarkable social event of
the past week went unrecorded
in the society columns. 1t was
an informal party given by a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
20 YEARS AGO { fMD EMPIRE,
May /, 1880

MAY /, 1880
Judge James Delegate to
primary Elmer Reed
W. G Smith
the Democratic
primary Highway Engineer by the
margin of 10 votes
Mary Seattle months
Princess Alice, bound for her home in Skagway
the previous fall
Office He filled
A. transferred to Nome
April slightly much dier than usual The
than normal
Northland Mrs w. G.
D. s. Ktner and ALDER
Ewing Mcizie Wickeham W. p Cham
berlain Taylor A. Hutchinson S. Case w
A. Richards and Einar johnson from
apparel during the disastrous
Mallory time previously
opening temporarily in the Triangle Building
birthday occurred during 1880
the Winter and Pond Studio
Winter and Pond in
celebration of birthday.
High, A. 81; showers.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
COMMUNICATION

Editor, Alaska Daily Empire. =
Those who went to Washington,
DC, to advocate the present state
hood bill which is proving a Mother
Hubbard Cupboard bill, did real
disservice to Alaska to advocate o
bill that would have taken most
all of our lands, rights away from
us. Many of those advocates went on
a chartered plane at Sl25 round trip,
less than it cost to go to Seattle.
It's reported the plane company OF
which Stanley McCutcheon is presi-
dent owes the Territory $4,000 in
back taxes.
Many Legislative members went
to advocate this Mother Hubbard
Cupboard bill including Senator
Frank Peratrovich of this District.
No doubt in the coming election
many of them are candidates for
reelection and they may enlighten
us as to why they advocated this
kind of bill for the residents OF
Alaska.
(signeO Albert White.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
HOSPITAL NOTES

Ten persons were admitted to st.
AIMS Hospital over the weekend:
Laverne Tate, Mrs. Marcelo Quinto,
Mrs. Kenneth Waller, Mrs. Ernest
Dunton, Angelo Pappas, Catherine
McGill, Mrs. Jack Glover, Dan
Sarabia, Mrs. j. Mccarthy, and
Mrs. Robert Pasquan.
Over the weekend ten persons
were also dismissed from ST. AIMS:
Mrs. Emery Merrill, Mrs. GORDON
Atkinson and her infant son; Is
mael Vosotros, Edward Johnson,
Mrs. William Manthey, Mrs. John
McGahee and her infant daughter,
and Mrs. Patrick Robinson and her
infant daughter.
Edwin Lindoff of Hoonah and
Mrs. Robert James of Angoon were
admitted to the Government Hos
pital
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
NOLAN SURVIVES AN ATTEMPTED
PURGE

One election result that can be completely pleasing
to many the voters Southeast Alaska is the vote
fer Jim Nolan for Territorial Senator
An object of purging tactics by certain Democrats
and by labor group Nolan met the challenge OF purge
by forward that convinced the voters
Of his honesty and integrity
His unofficial vote of today is 3014. His oppo-
ents on the Democratic ticket Frank Perarovich
who received 2345 votes and G. E. Amquist whose
vote 1888.
That Elton Engstrom, lone Republican candidate,
received the large vote unofficial and to date of
2502 little short of amazing inasnuch he did no
campaigning for nomination The fact that there was
contest the Republican senatorial ticket makes
Engstroms vote still important and, linked with
Nolans vote, may indicate conservative trend.
That Nolan is from Wrangen and that Doris
Barnes, whose vote put her at the top of the Re-
publican House ticket is also from Wrangel, should
make the people of that town feel pretty proud They
picked good people represent them in the legislature
and all Southeast Alaska is backing them in their
choice
Both proved their interest in the welfare of the
Territory during their previous service in the egsla
ture That both will continue to serve Aaskas best
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
Trust-Buster Truman

President Truman had a signi-
ficant talk with Chairman Celler of
the House Judiciary during which
he urged seller to continue his
bangup job exposing monopolies.
The President seemed particularly
gleeful about the New Workers.
probe of the steel trust
Keep it up" urged Truman
you're doing great job for the
country and, incidentally, provid-
ing me with some red meat for
campaign speeches. I'll tell my
staff to be on the lookout for any
good material that you dig up"
Thanks, but I may need some
more money to continue our investi-
CATION" replied Celler.
Let me know and I'll see that
you get the money Truman prom
ised. Nov that the American peo-,
pie have discovered your efforts to
help little business, they won't per-
NIT any interference"
Listen, Mr.. President, I've only
started said Celler MY COM
mittee also plans to turn the
searchlight on monopoly in air
transportation, newsprint, the big
distilleries and soap interests
Go to it, Truman enthused.
You're right down my alley. 1
was something of trust-buster
myself when 1 was a member of
the Senate"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01

Senator, because Drew Pearson
started writing These past
two years have been the worst in
my life because of this comment
ator On July 20 he accused
frle-said / am not--only five
percenter but fifty percenter. I
think it is only fair that the COM
mittee summon this gentleman
Last week Maragcn was more
philosophical.
"If 1 hadn't got so mad at Drew
Pearson about all this" he told
newsmen, Il wouldn'ta got in all
this trouble"
There is no question that John
Maragon lied. But 1 for one hate
to see him go to Jail, because he
was only an inconsequential pawn
in a very fast-moving, very big
game where the stakes were sky
high and the players knew what
it was all about. Someday per-
haps, the rest of the Maragon story
will come out.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
NO VIOLATIONS Seen
AS COAST GUARD UNITS
END HAlIBUT Patrol

No fishing regulations violations
were observed during the Coast
Guards preseason halibut patrol
which ended at midnight last night,
according to Coast Guard Head
quarters here.
Five units were active on the
patrol. The cutters Cahoone and
Storis, and three Coast Guard air.
craft carried out sweeps Of the
halibut fishing grounds for sew
eral days before tn season opened
at 1901 am. this morning.
The aircraft, two from Annette
Island and one from Kodiak, car
ried Fish and Wildlife observers.
The Storis arrived at Juneau this
morning after completing its pa
troll duty.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
Daily Lessons in English %. L. GORDON

Whom did going
you?' Say WHO did going with you?'
A11SPRONOUNCED Orgy Pronounce orji, o in Or
in JILT.
PIECTED.
pretty handsome, graceful,
quiste, charming dainty
times and is yours" Let
vocabulary
which cannot be limited measured I'VE
cannot ilimiableness of Eternity"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01

While we talking about candidates from Wran-
gell let us give Gastineau Channel hand, too
After Mrs. Barnes, the top Republican candidate
is Wano Hendrickson Juneaus mayor. Then, after
Frank johnson from Rake and Ed Locken from Pet
ersburg j. S. MacKinnon and M L. MacSpadden OF
Juneau came in with high votes. MacSpadden's vote
of 1859 is followed by top local Democrat Verne Met
calfes 1929 by Marcus Jensen B. d. Stewart, Bob
Coughlin and Dick Harris However, these local people
are topped on the Democratic ticket by Andrew Hope
Sitka and Amelia Gundersen, Ketchikan.
Wrangel is still head town.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
MaragOn's Power

Also illustrative of Maragon's
power was his demand three years
ago that 1 be indicted for criminal
libel. The District of Columbia
Criminal Libel Statute has not been
enforced Tor rs years. But after
1 reported that Maragon had pied
guilty to illegally transporting
LIQUOR in 1920. both he and General
Vaughan called the Justice Depart
ment to demand my criminal pros
ecution.
The White House reinforced
Vaughan's demand-and so vlgor-
ously that the FBI took out prec-
ious time for thorough investiga-
tion-which in the end proved that
Maraeon had been guilty OF trans
porting liquor. So no criminal libel
case could be brought.
Last summer, Maragon went 10
Senator Mundt of South DAKOTA
demanded that he be permitted 10
testify before the committee IN
answer to a charge in this column
that he was rot Five Percenter"
hut a Fifty Percenter."
The committee promptly called
him. and here is part of the testi-
monv. I'm 1916 l went to work
even months because OF Drew
r,areon l was terminated,
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01
COMMUNITY EVENTS
T O d A 7

T o d A 7
At tbs p.m.-Soprano, Tenor Sec
lions, Juneau Singers rehearsal,
Methodist church.
At 8 p.m.-Juneau Singers rehear-
sal, Methodist church.
At 8 p.m.-American Legion. Dug
out.
May 2
At noon-Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.-American Legion Auxili-
airy in Dugout.
At 8 pm.-Mary's Circle in N. L. P.
church.
At $3.50 p.m.-Final rehearsal Ju-
neau Singers, Methodist church.
At $50 p.m.-Community Center
night for adults, at Teen Age
Club with square dancing.
May 3
At 7:30 p.m.-LadieS Night at Ju-
neau Rifle and Pistol Club, ALB.
Hall.
AT 3 p.m.-ElkS Lodge.
May
At noon-Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At 7:30 pm Juneau Rifle and Pts
toll Club, ABB. Hall.
At pm.-Variety Show by Ro-
tarians at Goth Century Theatre.
May 5
party, Parish Hall.
May 6
From 3 to p.m.-Tea and Fashion
Show by Home Demonstration in
Elks Hail.
May 8
At noon-Lions Club, Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-05-01

new goes to Jail, but about Maj
Gen. Harry Vaughan who remained
in the background and doesn't go
to jail Working together they
raised campaign contributions, in
fluenced Greek policies, and thwar-
ted building regulations to rebuild
race tracks.
None of this violated any laws,
of propriety Of the American peo-
pie.
John Maragon, once cocky and
confident, is now a pathetic fig
ure. A few short years ago he
was able to denote generals, get
airplane priorities to Europe, es-
cape a conviction for smuggling,
ride on the Presidents special trains
and stand beside Mr.. Truman as
he reviewed the fleet.
So the most interesting question
about the Maragon conviction is
whether the Senate committee will
now probe further into the Mara
gon- Vaughan-W White House axis.
For that axis, right up until the
time Maragon went to trial, APP
Feared to continue.
Even last month, when Maragon
was under indictment he pulled
powerful wires inside the Truman
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS enough to
cause the FBI to work all night
investigating crackpot rumor that
a member of my staff had evaded
the draft during the war That
type of investigation, five years
after the war is over, is not made
by a busy FBI unless on orders
from the top. Yet, after a tip
from Maragon, the FBI worked all
night to finish the probe, so anx-
ious was the White House to get
the goods" on this columnist.