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Map shows the route of the proposed parkway

Required Maryland cooperation
in giving additional land for the
parkway was initiated by Mr..
Beall. His bill authorizes the In
terror Department. to exchange
land with the B. & O. Railroad
for a marshalling yard in Cum
berland. The railway owns a
small portion of land desired as
part of the parkway. it was said.
The bill also would authorize
the Interior Secretary to accept
sufficient Maryland lands, through
gifts and exchanges. to bring the
right Of way to a width of 100
acres a mile, or a total of 16,800
acres. There would be no cost
to the Government, but additional
legislation would be required.
At this stage OF the proceedings,
it was said. no call is being made
on Congress to appropriate for
construction of the parkway. For
this reason estimated construction
costs were not being cited. They
would naturally run into Millions
of dollars.
About 4.768 acres of the re-
quired land are in Government
ownership, leaving some 1890
acres for Maryland to present. if
willing. OF the latter, 5000 acres
are privately owned between the
canal and river. AS surveyed, the
route would be convenient for Is
miles Of four-lane roadway, ex-
tending along the Washington end
where traffic would be heaviest.
The remainder would be two lanes
with 12-foot shoulders.
The eastern terminus, between
Washington and Great Falls, is
already under development by the
National Capital Parks as part of
the long-projected George Wash
ington Memorial parkway. The
canal parkway also would be un-
der supervision of that agency,
the local unit of National Park
Service.
Scenery, History Cited.
The report is lyrical in calling
attention to the superb and
widely varied scenery" and his
tofical significance of the canal
that was intended to fulfill George
Washington'S dream of a water
way route connecting the Ohio
Valley with Chesapeake Bay. The
c. & O. canal, started July 4, 1928.
in Georgetown and completed only
to Cumberland in 1850, when work
was discontinued, was the sue
cessor to the Potomack Canal ven
ture. For that Gen. Washington
personally had subscribed funds.
The Federal Government has q
considerable investment in the ca
nal property on which it is now
getting little return, Congress was
informed. It purchased the canal
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Man Given 10 Years
For FutuI SHOOTING

James Boyd, 26, of the 400 block
OF Princess street, Alexandria,
yesterday was sentenced to 10
years in the penitentiary on q
second degree murder charge.
Alexandria Corporation Court
Judge William P. Woolls imposed
the sentence after Boyd, who is
colored, pleaded guilty to shoot
ing Walter Underwood, 26, also
colored. during a street fight Jan-
uarY Is.
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Draft Machinery
Called Smoother
Than That Of '4Os
IS Pass and 81 Fail
In First D. c. Group
At Arlington Forms

Draft examination machinery
here already runs more smoothly
than 1t did during World War II.
despite unusual difficulties in test.
ing the first District group, offl-
cials reported today.
The Arlington Farms staff is
forwarding to District Boards IL
and is the records of Is men who
passed and 81 who failed the men,
tai and physical examinations
yesterday. It also is sending for
NAL notice that another Is failed
to appear.
Examiners turned their atten-
ton today to IS men from nearby
Virginia and 35 from nearby
Maryland. This was the first
group from Virginia since draft
examinations began last Thursday
at the Arlington Farms examining
and induction center for the
Washington area.
Today's scheduled contingent of
10 includes % from Arlington, 13
from Falls Church, II from Rock
vile and 81 from Silver Spring.
In addition, there will be another
group Of Army and Air Force vol.
unteers to be examined.
50 Scheduled for Tomorrow.
The second District group-ap.
proximately 80 men called by
Local Boards IL and ISIS to
report tomorrow. Similar groups
will be examined on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays thereafter
until the Districts September in
duction quota Of 101 is filed.
UndiSturbed by the fact that
only Is Of the Districts first group
passed the examinations yester-
day. Selective service Spokesmen
predicted a far better showing
later. Most Of those sent In yes
terday were "a or Is years old and
had been previously examined and
rejected in the 1913 call.
It is likely that some Of the IS
who passed yesterday may be de-
ferred when local boards look
more closely into their qualifica-
tionS and perhaps find that some
have acquired dependency or other
deferred status since registering.
On the other hand, it is possible
that some Of those who failed the
mental test yesterday might not
have tried very hard" a staff of
flcial said. Closer checking by
local boards may necessitate
another test.
Our job at this center" an
officer explained, "is simply to
determine If the men sent to US
by local boards qualify by meeting
certain mental and physical tests.
We examine every one sent here,
even If they say they are mar
ried or over IS. Local boards
later will say which men will be
placed in the induction pool"
i Examination Of the 46 District
men was only part Of yesterdays
activity. The staff also examined
six men from the Leonardtown
(Md) Draft Board and almost 10
volunteers who In recent days had
enlisted at the Army and Air
Force Recruiting Office at 403
Tenth street NV.
All Marylanders Fail.
None Of the six Maryland youths
passed. Another five who had
been called by the Leonardtown
board did not show up.
Draft authorities said they are
not greatly worried by the fall
ure Of Is District and five Mary
land men to report. Investiga-
tions will be made in every in
stance but probably will show that
practically all of them had passed
the age limit or otherwise be.
lieved they need not report, offi-
cialS said.
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Epiphuny Church Supper

The women's organizations OF
the Church Of the Epiphany will
sponsor a supper and lawn party
at 5 pm. tomorrow at the church
2001 North Quincy street, Arling-
ton. Entertainment will include
pony and miniature train rides.
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Foirfox Court Suspends
Delinquency Sentence

Jean B. Harp, 80, of the 600
block Of Westcott road, Falls
Church, yesterday was given a six
months suspended jail sentence in
Fairfax Trial Justice Court on
a charge Of contributing to the
delinquency Of a 10-year -old girl.
Harp was arrested July 10 on
complaint Of the girls father, who
said his daughter had been mo-
leSted.
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Comp Fund
Donotions TotuIinq
$40, ,056 Received

Additional contributions re-
ceived since the official closing
date Of the Stars Summer Camp
Fund have brought to total to
$40, ,056.18.
Funds received too late for this
season will be used to start the
fund next summer.
Names of additional contribu-
tors follow:
Exnxxans.nl..
Evening star., 1950-07-25
Arlington Aids Druftees

Arlington County employees 60
ing into the military service will
be given week of with pay,
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
announced yesterday in an order
to all department heads.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
SECOND FLORIDA
HURRICANE MAY
6 Hit AT ANY TIME

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 20IRHA hur-
ricane bearing winds of 80 miles
an hour. with gusts exceeding LOG,
boiled across the Gulf of Mexico
today in the direction of the Tampa
st. Petersburg area of the Florida
coast.
At 2:30 pm. (ESTD, the Weather
Bureau reported the storm center
was about 270 miles west of Fort
Myers, Fla, and moving east
northeastward at about Is to 10
miles an hour.
Hurricane warnings flew along
about 100 miles Of the Florida Gulf
coast from Fort Myers northward to
Cedar Key.
If the storm hits as expected, it
will be Florida's second big blow
OF the week. 81 a24e
"a violent hurricane swept from
the Atlantic over Miami late Tues
day and early wednesday with 1876
mile winds. It killed three persons,
injured about 100, inflicted damage
of $15.000,0O0 to $40, O00, 900 and left
about $50 persons homeless, mostly
In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale
areas.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
TEST WILL BE MADE

SEATTLE, Oct. 20-iR-Atty. Gen.
j. Howard McGrath pledged assist
ance of the Justice Department to-
day in conducting a Congressional
hearing into a dispute that has
halted steamship passenger service
to Alaska.
The Alaska Steamship Company
stopped passenger service and tied
up some of it's ships after members
Of the Marine Cooks and Stewards
Union (Ind) delayed signing on yes
sells as a protest against the Coast
Guard screening" procedure for
crewmen.
This is the first test of the ma
tional security program and the new
port security act" McGrath said at
a news conference. I'VE do not want
anything to happen that would de-
stroy public confidence in the act"
Mitchell announced last night a
weekend postponement of Con-
gressional hearing on the ship tieup
dispute.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
LARGEST BAG OF
RED TROOPS YET
TAKEN PRISONERS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 = R -
The Army reported today that
United Nations forces took more
than 1000 prisoners in Korea yes
terday-the largest bag for any "a
hours since the conflict began.
A spokesman told reporters that
$500 prisoners were taken by the
US. oath Division alone.
He also said that roads leading
north and northwest of Pyongyang,
the North Korean capital, are re-
ported choked with vehicles and
North Korean troops.
The landings made by United Ma
tons paratroopers will block the
main escape routes. he said, and
this situation should give the United
Nations air force a field day.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
CHINESE REDS
AID C0MMIE5
IN IND0CHINA
EmbattIed Country Given
Assistance, American
Officials Learn

WASHINGTON, Oct 20 R -
American officials said today the
Chinese Communists have given
substantial help, in the form of
weapons and training, to Red Fore
es in Indochina. Communist adj
vances in that embattled country
are largely attributed to this as
sistance. F3+<
Top United States authorities
have been searching for ways in
which this country might help the
French and native Indochinese arm
les meet the situation, which is
regarded here with increasing con-
Germ. i'e' '
But week-long policy review In
the government was mostly mega
tive except for the decision an
nounced last week to speed Amer
lean arms shipments to Indochina.
These shipments have priority
second only to arms for Korea.
President Truman told his news
conference yesterday that Gen.
Douglas Macarthur and he discus
sed Indochina in their Wake Is
land conference but that no decis-
ions were made.
Indications are that as part Of
the policy review officials have
considered the possibility OF action
along two new lines:
i Sending American forces to
assist the anti Communist fight in
Indochina. Authorities said, how
ever, there is no present plan to
take action of this kind.
2. Throwing the whole situation
into the United Nations. On this
point, officials reported that such
a move would be up to the French,
who have primary responsibility
In IndOchina.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
U. 5. WILL TAKE
. PART IN 5-p0WER
PEACE DISCUSSIONS
Problems Tire afenin 9
World Peace Complex
Warns Dulles

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 20 - ZAP -
The United States announced today
it was prepared to take part in a
five-power meeting on problems
threatening world peace.
This announcement was made in
the U.N. Assembly's Political Com
mittee by John Foster Dulles, Re-
publican policy advisor to the State
Department. He warned, however,
against Understanding the COM
plexities of the problems involved
and said the United States would
assist on agreements based on JUS
tice.
Dulles backed the detectives of
Syrian Iraqi resolution calling fol-
big power consultations. The five
major nations would report back
to the current session of the General
Assembly any progress achieved.
Britain and France supported the
basic aims of the resolution. Russia
has not participated thus far in
the debate.
One stumbling block to the whole
proposal revolves around whether
the Chinese Communists or the
Nationalist would represent China
in such Big Five talks.
Russia has insisted that the Chi
nese Nationalist have no right in
the U.N. The United States has
resisted any change in China's rep
resentation. The whole issue still is
pending before this General Assem-
bly, session.
In bringing the resolution before
the committee. Faris FL Khoury OF
Syria said it was apparent that
great power tension has increased
in the last two years. He said news
that the big nations had worked out
their difference would be greeted
by the greatest Joy throughout the
world"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
ALEXANDER DELAYED
BY WATCHDOG HEARING

Col. Joseph d. Alexander, acting
Adjutant General of the Alaska
National Guard, leaves this after
noon by commercial. air after a
delay to attend the watchdog hear
ing held in the Senate Chambers by
the US. Senate Armed Services
committee, investigating Alaska de-
lenses.
He had planned to leave aboard
the famous Sacred Cow with the
committee this afternoon. Col
Alexander is to attend the meeting
in Washington. DC. of the Ma
tional Guard Adjutant Generals
from the States. Puerto Rico, Ha-
wall and Alaska.
Following the meeting. Col. Alex
ander will have several conferences
lasting two days on specific prob
lens pertaining to the Alaska Ma
tional Guard only. He returns about
October 10.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
''UN5pEAkABlE
ATR0CITY" Of
REDS IS TOLD
BY Bill Shinn

SEOUL, Oct. 20--LR-Eighty Kor-
can political prisoners-both men
and women-were set afire with
burning gasoline by retreating
Communists at Koksan. so air miles
southeast Of Pyongyang, the COM
mander of the South Korean army
disclosed today.
Maj. Gen. Chung II Kwon told
this correspondent he had never
seen such an "unspeakable afro
city, He visited Koksan yesterday
during a front line inspection of the
Republican Second Army Corps.
No one could see the horrible
sight of bodies with gas without
shedding tears" Gen. Chung said.
"Atrocity is not an unusual thing
as far as the Communists are con-
cerned," the Korean general said,
but burning living people with
gas is more than sin and crime"
He said the Korean Reds Jailed
the men and women in warehouse
near the Koksan police station and
set it afire with gas.
The families of the victims were
crying with "agonized faces and
hurting hearts," Gen. Chung added.
Maj. James H. Houseman, Ameri-
can military adviser to the South
Korean army commander in chief,
confirmed the atrocity. He said
grimly:
ITO the Communists, life means
nothing" 80.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
J. POLAND
DIES AFTER
ACCIDENT

John Boland, 81, longshoreman
and cab driver, died at 5:13 O'Clock
this morning at st. AIMS Hospital,
following serious injuries sustain
ed in an auto accident on the
Douglas road between Whingding S
and Douglas two hours earlier.
Boland's pickup truck which he
was driving with Don McCammon,
another longshoreman, turned over
in the ditch landing with all four
wheels in the air.
Tom Kelly, Yellow Cab driver,
stopped at the scene of the acct
dent and helped to extricate Nc
Cannon who was pinned by an
ankle between the seat and dash
board. He notified the telephone
operator who called the police,
who in turn dispatched the ambu-
lance, driven by Joe Sadlier, to
the scene.
Sadlier, accompanied by Phil
Bertholl, found Boland walking
around apparently uninjured. They
examined McCammon who was ly-
ing on the ground and found no
broken bones and wanted to take
him to the hospital but Boland
directed them to run along"
A few minutes later Leonard
Redmon, yellow Cab driver, stop
ped, picked up the two men and
took them to their homes. Mrs. Bo-
land called DR.. John Stewart vino
took Boland to the hospital where
it was discovered that the right
side of Boland's chest was caved
in. Boland suddenly became breath
less an died quickly.
Boland is survived by his wife,
Bernie, and two children, Gwen
dolyn, 8 and Madge, 4, who live at
1908 Pike Street. He was born In
Cumberland, Washington, June IA,
1919, was member of the local
Moose and Elks lodges. He had
lived in Juneau for the past ten
years and served in the Army dur
ing the last war. No funeral ar
rangements have been made. The
remains are at the Charles W..
Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise from Vancouver
scheduled to arrive Saturday after
noon or evening. -
Freighter Sailors Splice from Sc
attic due to arrive pm. Sunday.
Baranof scheduled to sail from
Seattle Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
BIG THREE GIVE
ADVICE TO NATION,
PRESENT. CRISIS
(By the Associated Press


Americas only living ex-President
an Allied military leader in World
War II and an elder statesman Of
fered to the nation last night their
advice on keeping this country
strong in a tension packed world
The advice came from Herbert
Hoover. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
and Bernad M. Baruch, Presiden-
tial adviser in two World Wars.
Mr.. Hoover called for military
self -help. from Western Europe, ano
reorganization of the United Ma
lions to take the worlds military
economic burden off the shoulders
of the United States.
In foreign policy address broad
cast from New York, Mr.. Hoover
said:
I'VE cannot carry the load for
long without fulfilling Stains
hopes of bleeding us economically to
impotence"
In Pittsburgh, Gen. Eisenhower
said America must be strong enough
to meet her worldwide obligations
but stay out of a preventive war
because war begets conditions that
beget further wars" 5't-t ~ -
Eisenhower, President of Column
bia University, spoke at a founders
days program at the Carnegie In
stitute of Technology. ~
Concerning universal military
training, he said: 1T will demand
sacrifice, but can any sacrifice bt
considered too great, if 1t guaran.
tees lifetime of freedom?"
{ In Rochester, Mimi, Baruch, the
80-year -old financier, urged two
year about mobilization of oul
military and economic power II
balance Russia's rearming.
"a limping approach to mobiliza'
ton" he said, encourages new So
Wet adventures"
Although he abhors further gov.
eminent Capitalization, he said
stiff anti-inflation measures shoule
be speedily taken.
Baruch expressed his views a.
Mayo Clinics Plummer-Judd Me-
mortal Lecture. -
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
SHIP TIE-Up IS
DUE FOR HEARING
NOW ON MONDAY

SEATTLE, Oct 20-tR-A week.
end postponement of a scheduled
Congressional hearing into the Sc
attle-Alaska ship tieup was an
nounced last night by Rep. Mitchell
D-Wash).
The Congressman said he was
calling the postponement to confer
today with U. S. Atty. Gen. j. How
ard McGrath ON the legal aspects
of the Port Security Bill. and how
to apply it on the Seattle-Alaska
case"
McGrath will not testify during
the hearing which Mitchell tenta-
lively rescheduled to begin Monday.
Mitchell will conduct the hear
ing as chairman of a House labor
and education subcommittee ter in
quire into the dispute between the
Alaska Steamship Company and the
Marine Cooks and Stewards Union
Und)
The Union has declined TO sign
on stewards for Alaska passenger
service because of procedures uted
IN screening employees by Coast
Guard secruity officials.
AS a result, the company sus-
pended it's passenger service and
concentrated on freight shipments
One of the latter voyages, however,
ran into difficulty yesterday when
steward department crew members
of the SIS Baranof also refused to
sign aboard. Company officials said
the Baranof dispute had nothing to
do with the screening program.
They did not enlarge.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
Survivors Tell Ghasf|y Tale Of
American Prisoners Death
March " Seoul 10 pyongyang
BY TOM LAMBERT

PYONGYANG. Korea, Oct. 20
R-Three nearly starved American
prisoners today told CHASTITY tale
of death march" from Seoul to
Pyongyang by 283 US. soldiers.
Many of their comrades. the
bearded trio said, were beaten and
murdered by their Communist cap
tors. The Reds shrugged their
shoulders and said few more
atrocities against them did not mat
ter.
The few survivors, said the lib
Grated prisoners, boosted the Ameri-
can POW's held in Pyongyang to
373. Most of the 373 were moved to
the north to an unknown fate as
Pyongyang began to totter.
The three said they saw no other
Americans in Pyongyang except
those they marched with from
Seoul.
Dean Reported Dead
They said they were told in Seoul
that Maj. Gen. William F. Dean,
commander of the us. oath In
fantry Division who disappeared
when Taejon fell last July, was in
Pyongyang.
But when they arrived here they
were told General Dean had died in
Seoul. There was no confirmation of
this report.
Swinging down Stain Street.-The
Russian named main street Of
Pyongyang-the bearded and long
haired captives were found by a
group of correspondents as the
prisoners marched arm in arm with
three North Korean students who
had befriended them. The Ameri-
cans told of buddies being beaten
and murdered" on torture march
from Seoul.
Death March Survivors
The three American survivors OF
the death march were:
Air Force Capt. William Locke,
80, Enfield. NC. an F-51 pilot
whose wife Ronda and nine-months-
old daughter Karon were at Yokoda
Air Base in Japan when he crashed
in North Korean territory near
Waegwan Aug. II.
Army 1t. Alexander Makaroumis,
81, Lowell, Mass. of Company I,
18th Regiment. captured near Ha-
dong July 81.
Army Sgt. Takeshi Kumdai OF
Honolulu. Headquarters Company,
34th Regiment. Oath Division. cap
tured July 20 when the Reds took
Kaesong.
Hide Under School
The three Americans had hidden
under school and had been fed
by the three students.
They came out today as the city
fell to American and South Korean
troops.
The trio said the Red Koreans
told them they were being moved
from Seoul to Pyongyang for
safety" !
Captain Locke said he pleaded
with North Korean officials not to
move the men and to give medical
attention to the wounded s1 y
The aipnen said the North Ko-
reans replied: #34gs
I'VE already got enough atroci-
ties listed against us SO a few more
won't make any difference"
Captain Locke said that during
the death march Americans died
like flies from starvation. cold.
and dysentery."
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-10-20
The W as,hington
Merry Go Round
Copyright, 1850, By Bell Syndicate. Inc.
By DREW PEARSON So q.

LOS ANGELES-Ther is a ten
dency on the part of some. candi-
dates in the current election cam
paign to wave their war service
before the voters as great political
asset. When a candidate thus ap-
peals for votes he then automati-
cally invites public scrutiny OF his
war record.
Such a situation exists In Calf
ornia where candidatt Edward
shattuck is played up as a wet
eran of two wars" in his race for
the important job OF Attorney
General.
The record of Colonel Shattuck
happens to be interesting. 1T is
interesting not only to California
voters but to every family whose
son or husband is being drafted
into the armed forces. For Coionel
Shattuck occupied high-up place
in the Selective Service Office IN
washington with its power of lie
or death over much of the nation
Yet, while he held this key war
post, and was busy drafting others
the record shows that he kept MS
own public relations man in Cal
ifornia ready to promote and pub
licize everything he did. In INCL
Shattuck had decided even as early
as 1941, before Pearl Habor, that
he would use his war job to run
for political office.
No scrap of publicity was toe
meagre for the Colonel to overlook
of it served to promote his pol
itical future.
1--WE might try for a story In
the Monthly Alumni California
Magazine" Shattuck wrote his pub
iicity man on July 3, 1871, after
he was made General Counsel Of
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