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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
WAKES FROM COMA
 T0FIND E5(ORT DEAD

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March H. R-A waitress who lost conscious ness on a drive home from work told officers yesterday of awaking to find the driver dead on the seat beside her.
 The dead man was Curtis Phelps, 30. Jean McGilbery, the waitress, said she lost consciousness after becoming ill as Phelps was driving her home from work Thursday night.
 US. Marshal's officers said the gas tank of the car was empty. the engine was cold and the ignition was still turned on..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
WASH. STATE BEATEN BY
 TWO POINTS

LOS ANGELES, March 11-lR- The UCLA Bruins are one game ur on Washington State in their Pa cific Coast Conference cage title series, but the Bruins know today that the rest may not be easy.
 UCLA nabbed last nights opener 50 to 58 on Ralph Joeckels story book 50-foot field goal with three seconds remaining to play. The prayerful shot belighted the fight ing comeback of the Cougars in the second half.
 The way the big Cougars handled the Bruins during much of the final 20 minutes indicates the series may be tied into a bow Knot tonight. A Bruin victory would give UCLA it's first PCC basketball crown. Ii the Cougars win, a third and deciding game will be played Monday
 The racehorse Bruins started out to make a runaway of the first game, taking an so lead at the outset. The score went to 20 to II before the Cougars began to get their defensive signals uncrossed. Working carefully, the northerners left the floor at halftime trailing by five points, 30-25.
 Big six-foot eight-inch Gene Conley, Cougar center, pulled WSC up even at 43-all with 10 minutes left to play. From then on it was nip and tuck until Bruins George Stanich and Joeckel came through with baskets to give UCLA a 58-55 bulge with two minutes to go.
 Leon Mangis' foul shot and Bob Gambolds field goal tied it, 58-58, with 45 seconds to go. Seconds later, Joeckel bespectacled senior forward, let fly with the desperation heave.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11

There are no railroads in Afghan istan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
Two's inc Limit When They Hi Court; This Time It's Pills

SAN FRANCISCO, March 11-R Why is it, Municipal Judge Matt hew Brady wanted to know, people never take more than two drinks?
 No one who ever comes into court has any more than two of anything. Two beers. Two drinks of whiskey. And now it's two pills
 The defendant had just said he wasn't drunk, he had taken two antihistamine tablets.
 Could be-" unused the judge. This is the first time such a thing has come up in traffic court"
 The case was dismissed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
TW0-DAY SKI TITLE MEET GETS UNDER
 WAY THIS MORNING

Skiers from all over the Terri tory are at the skyline on Douglas Island this afternoon preparing for the running of the annual South east Alaska Championship slalom race.
 The slalom was scheduled to fol- 1 low the four-mile cross-country iaunt which saw the long distance runners struggling against an icy course for an hour this morning. Results of the cross-country race had not been tabulated by press time.
 Set to run the slalom. course on high meadow above the Second Cabin slalom hill are skiers from Whitehorse, Anchorage, the Univer- sity of Alaska, Petersburg, Ketchi- kan and Juneau. The slalom event is the second in the four-way tour nament.
 The meet, run annually, is con- sidered to be the outstanding ski event in Alaska.
 Jumping and doWnhill racing will be held on slopes above the third cabin on Douglas Island tomorrow. Ski Club officials warned that spec tators for the two events tomorrow should take skis or snowshoeS to help them cross the soft-snow DOT tions of the three-mile hike to the scene of the downhill daShes and the jumping
 Icy conditions on lower slopes made necessary the shift to the Third Cabin area.
 Class A women racers set for the slalom competition this after noon were Madeline Perchie, Teresa Porter and Mary J. Driver, all of Whitehorse; Lila Thurston and Sheila MacSpadden of the Univer- sity of Alaska; and Edna Williams, Irma s. Johnson, and Shirley F. Meuwissen of Juneau.
 Bud File, Bob Erickson, and Dave R. Hoag of Petersburg; Jim Church of Ketchikan; Vincent J. Broze of Anchorage; and Dean Williams, Edgar Lokken and John Newland of Juneau will tackle the tough mems Class A Slalom course.
 Junior Class A competitors will be Ken Kolkind of Whitehorse, and Bob Sommers, Jack Gould, Bonnie Hildre, Bill Keep and Dick Keit- hahn of Juneau.
 These will be joined by Axel Nelson of Juneau, Class A down. hill runner. when the speed classic is run tomorrow.
 The tournament will end with a banquet tomorrow night at o'clock at Mikes Place.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
FIGHT DOPE

Fights last night resulted as fol- lows:
 At New York = Charlie Fusari, 151A, Irvington, NJ, outpointed Jimmy Flood, 1858, New York, 10.
 At West Palm Beach, Fla.-Sonny Luciano, l39#, Paterson, NJ., out pointed Tony Viserto, l43h, New York, 8.
 At Hollywood, Calf. - Freddie "Babe" Herman, 140. Los Angeles, outpointed Harold "Babyface" Jones, 140, Detroit, 10.
 At San Diego, Calf. - Andy Walker, 192, San Francisco, out pointed Dale Hall, POI, Chicago. 10.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
TEAM STANDINGS
5poris Briefs

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Sammy Snead took the lead at the halfway mark of the Miami Beach Invita- tional Tournament with 36-hole total of 137.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
FRIDAY NIGHTER5
 TIGHTEN UP LEAD

The Friday Night League frightened up some last night when the California Grocery, leaders, dropped three points. Fry Hagerup rolled GIT for the series which also included his high game of 246. Florence Holmquist was high in the womens division with high of All and Marian Funk came up with TIT for high single game.
 Team and individual scoring fol- lows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11

Army World Wide Basketball Tournament: Fort Richardson (Alaska) 48 Far Eastern Command 36. (Alaskan team meets Fourth Army team from Brooks Medical Center, Texas, in semi-finals Sat- urday).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11

, BROOKINGS, S.D-Wally John son, backfield coast at South Dakota State College. resigned to become head football coach at Luther Col lege, Decorah, Ia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11

NEW YORK-Fred Wilt beat Ire lands John Barry by eight yards in their featured indoor mile race in 4:25 at the 369th Regiment Armory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-03-11
|NENANA MUSHER E LEADING DOG RACERS,
 FAIRBANKS CARNIVAL

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March H. R,-Gareth Wright, 21 year old musher from Nenana, again pushed his 10-dog team of huskies across the finish line of 26-mile course yesterday to win first place in the second heat of the North American championship dog races.
 Wright's time was 90 minutes, 37 seconds. three minutes and B sec- onds slower than his time Thurs day.
 Horace Smoke and Alfred Wells came in next in 97 minutes, 32 sec- onds; Raymond Paul was fourth in e8 minutes. 38 seconds, and Lee Edwin. fifth in 99 minutes, 35 sec- onds.
 The third and final heat, a 30- mile run, will be held today to de- eide the winner of the major share of the S6,000 in prize money.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
British Labor Regime Is Facing Another Crisis

LONDON.-Britain's Labor
government, which has rocked
along with only the narrowest
margin Of political security for
the past year. probably will face
another crisis late this month
when the new session of Parlia-
ment convenes.
Meeting for the first time in
the bombed-out quarters which
have been rebuilt with all their
oldest and most favored fncon-
veniences, the House of Com
mons is expected to face another
division when the government s
legislative program is presented
in the form of the Kings mes
sage. Since the program is not
yet known publicly. the precise
issue Of division is likewise un-
known. but one Labor Party
spokesman told a group of visit,
ing American newsmen a few
days ago that party leaders are
fully expecting the Conserva-
tives to present another motion
of censure on something.
Actually. there is some feeling
among certain of the Labor
Party members that an election
this fall might be better timing
than one in the spring. Behind
this reasoning is a fear that the
Evening star., 1950-10-08
ShouIduMon With Song in His Heart Keep 1t There?

adds. "It's later than you think"
The gray hair mingles with the
brown, the foot that would
dance a jig Is halfway to the
grave, and the atom bomb Is
round the corner. Merry mad
rigal. indeed! What q call to
jubilation!
Selfish Art
There are two aspects Of the
universal sadness of song. One
is the aforesaid and ubiquitous
melancholy Of the minstrel.
The other is the misery that he
evokes by the din that he raises.
Music is the most selfish of the
arts because 1t is imposed with
out stint or mercy on all around.
AS I write these words a So
prano at a school of music Is
calling all Fleet street to mourn
with her. I once lived next to a
malefactor who professionally
encouraged aspirants to grand
opera. He had whole-time pu-
pills all the week and then de-
voted Saturday and Sunday to
the kind Of frustrated folk who
feel that earning an honest liv-
ing is insufficient; they must de-
vote their leisure to giving Verdi
to the world. Never did I hate
Italy so much.
In my opinion, all teachers of
song and melody should be
compelled by law to work In
deep shelters or otherwise In
sulated buildings. The painter
with his canvas or the writer
with his pen may be as gloomy
as they please and give no an
noyance. But the torn heart
Of an intending tenor bleeds
with such frantic outcry that
the phrase, Committing q
nuisance" is altogether mild for
this messenger of woe.
Let the people be as happy
as they can in the Morrisonian
heaven of 1851; but may they
chortle without cantos and find
glee with no more din than
roundabouts create-which is
surely plenty. For they cannot
sing without sobbing necessarily
themselves and provoking un-
mentionable oaths and passions
in others. The Briton, ordered
to be blithe.. may have a song
in his heart: but we shall all be
much happier If he resolutely
keeps 1t there.
(Copyright. London Observer
Foreisn News eervies)
Evening star., 1950-10-08
u. S. Dollar Weaker Abroad

able freedom to move up or down,
In reflection of demand and sup
ply. This is contrary to the ideal
of the Breton Woods Conference
Of 1914 and the articles of agree
ment of the International None
tary Fund. But SO was the SINH
lar policy adopted in 1948 by
France and still in effect. Or
Mexico's II months of no fixed
par of exchange in 1948-9.
The worlds political and mill
tary turmoil is being reflected in
the business and financial worlds.
Values are being reappraised. Not
only the values of things, mea-
sured in money, but the relative
values of different currencies. Our
own dollar, so recently so strong,
is in this situation. It is becom-
ing worth less and less on the
home market. And it is not
quite as strong as 1t was abroad.
For the present, at least, its star
Is no longer In the ascendant.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
By John c. Henry
Special 10 The Sunday Stor

Of Britain: the other is con-
tinuance of the steady produc-
ton rise which has been going
on for months past.
With the steel industry sched-
uled for naturalization one i'm
portant answer on the produc-
ton problem may show up very
quickly in this critical field. In
commenting on the rising curve
in steel production of the recent
past, party leaders cut up the
credit between labor and man.
agement with a bow to them
selves for stimulating the effort.
They talk hopefully also Of
keeping the bulk of the manage
ment side right on In their jobs
Of running the industry even
when it becomes publicly owned.
Meanwhile, Americans who
are working here with the Brit
ish and other Western Euro
pean governments on the de-
tense effort feel that headway
of some Importance is finally
being made. AS in the United
States the Korean outbreak
provided a real shot in the arm
and the stripped down opera
ton of the Council of Deputy
Evening star., 1950-10-08

Foreign Ministers under Charles
Spofford is credited with pulling
the whole effort out of the con-
versation stage into some real
work. Although military pro-
duction and the facilities for it
dried up in all the countries of
Western Europe after 1945 Just
as they did at home, there is q
confident expectancy that the
next two years-if the Russians
allow that long-will contribute
something handsome in the way
Of modern materiel.
More Austerity7
Already in production here Is
q new British tank, the Gen.
turion. described as comparable
to our Pershings and Pattons.
In the aviation field greatest
progress is being made in Jet in
terceptor planes.
Along with their feeling Of
encouragement about most re-
cent progress some Of the Amer
leans here still have reserva-
tions about the pace and atti-
tude Of the British Government,
the feeling being that the Brit
ish people today are more ready
and willing to tighten their
belts another notch for the sake
OF national security than the
Government is ready to ask,
Evening star., 1950-10-08
By Ivor Brown

LONDON. Deputy Prime
Minister Herbert Morrison, dis
cussing the probable continu-
ance after 1851 of London's
Festival Fun-Fair in Battersea
Park. has said that he wants
people to be happy. Further
more, he wants them to sing.
Few of us would want the
people unhappy; but do we
really want them to sing? In
Wales. perhaps, for there they
can sing in tune, but not in
England and Scotland, where
public singing chiefly occurs
after drink taken and is a dis
cordant and melancholy howl.
Mr.. Morrison has made the
usual and inaccurate connec-
ton Of song with glee. But song
has usually been born of suf-
fering and there is far more of
willoW-waly than fol-de-rol in
its history. Since the introduc-
tion of grooming it has become
more lachrymose than ever.
Dancing of the most fashion
able kind is now a funereal
shuttle and the melodies and
lyrics which accompany it are
a long series of means. If I
turn on the radio between IL
and IL at night to get a little
light refreshment for the ear,
all hear Is the splintering of
broken hearts and the whis-
pered microphone regrets that
the singer is bewitched and be-
wildered. Why all this mutt
tered self-pity? Because some
body's baby has done him
wrong, a remark which does not
refer only to naughtiness in the
nursery.
Singing in the Dark
There is nothing new in this.
Folk song is far more of plant
than a paean. My own nation,
the Scots. have q concentrated
passion for the composing of
lamentS. The Gaels are iust1v
famous for their age-old airs,
but, even in love, they seem to
be AYE greeting" which means,
for the Saxons, cry-babies. The
Eriskay love-lilt, with all its
beauty. is as sad as a wet day
at Fort William. Few songs of
the isles want to make you
throw your bonnet down and
jump on it; most minstrelsy
that Is born Of the soil only In
Evening star., 1950-10-08

stepping up of Britain's defense
effort. particularly in arms pro-
duction. will touch off a squirt in
prices and a serious spiral OF
imitation. Party Leader Attlee.
however. is reported not to share
these fears or to agree that an
early election is desirable.
In conversation at least Labor
Party leaders are being most
firm about the party intent and
most confident that their sys-
tenn of socialization is going to
stand the test Of the defense
effort.
Production Rises
There amt going to be any
collapsing Of the social serv-
ices" one Of them told us. IT
don't like the term welfare
state but If that is what you
want to call 1t you can say that
it will 60 on in Britain"
At this point the government
seems to base its confidence that
the defense effort can be alb
sorbed without serious new
economic dislocation on two
factors. One is the existence Of
controls already built into the
present-day planned economy
Evening star., 1950-10-08

which chiefly stirs the great
heart Of the people is the pros
pect Of being rocked In the
cradle Of the deep.
II spring invites us vocally
to gambol, we are dancing with
tears in our eyes. If Mr.. Nor
rison does indeed expect COM
munlty singing in Battersea
Park, 1t will be no more hilari-
Gus than the dirgelike noises
produced-I admit harmonious
ly-by Welsh football crowds.
We cannot even try to re-
joice in song without some sin
lister reminder of our doom.
That very popular voice of the
people, Donald Peers, Infectious
ly invites us to felicity. Enjoy
yourself" runs this song of the
moment, and then gloomily
Evening star., 1950-10-08

vites us to the indulgence Of .
good. long cry.
The beauties of nature may
gladden. the heart, but, whether
they are described in the noun
tains Of Mourne or Old Man
River. amid the bonny braes
familiar to Annie Laurie, or be-
side the boatman's Volga, they
evoke. not lyrical ecstasy, but
ululation Of a very somber kind.
If 1t be argued that man likes
to sing in his bath, I can
only surmise that he is express
ing a deep dislike for soap and
water. Deep waters do, indeed,
provoke a certain amount of
maritime booming. about the
pleasure of navigation in the
repertory of concert-party BARI
tones, but the oceanic event
Evening star., 1950-10-08

So a road-rebuilding project
may be necessary.
A third obstacle is the ideal
setup in North Korea for guer-
rillas. They can hide in the
thick, isolated mountain areas
and sweep down at night to
harass the Allies. Guerrilla war
fare could last for months-or
years.
A fourth problem-and not as
minor a one as might be imag-
ined-is wild animals. North
Korea's highlands abound in
tigers, wolves, leopards. wild
boars. Death by tiger" is
common ending for North Ko-
rean natives.
Evening star., 1950-10-08

U. N. forces moving into
North Korea will encounter
many difficulties. One is ter
rain. Snow covered, treacher-
Gus mountains will make the
going progressively harder for
troops on wheels. Again the
bulk Of the work will fall on
the sloughing infantryman.
Another problem is roads.
Allied bombers did such a mas
terful job of chopping up supply
routes and bridges from the
north of the country to the
south that lines of commune
cation now are badly shattered.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Continued From Page C-1)

tionary tendencies. The release
Of all this newly imported capital
threatened still more imitation in
Canada. In the words of Finance
Minister D. c. Abbott, all the in
flowing money constituted an OBJ
legation to the Americans and
others, an involuntary borrowing
by Canada of money it did not
need or want.
Those who considered the
Canadian dollar as worth more
than the low par value put on it
in September, 1949, and who,
therefore, were in effect betting
that it would become worth more,
by sending their capital into Cam
ada forced the Canadian govern
ment 20 allow the exchange rate
to rise. That is what has hap
pened since the first of this month.
The exchange rate is mo longer
flxed. It Is permitted consider
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Indio Playing World Role
Despite Internal Struggle
Her Influence Will Be Factor If Korean
Crisis Ends Without Causing World War
By WaIlaee r. Deuel.

claimant to the role world power emerging
from the Eastern cri-from fighting Korea
danger that the fighting there will spread engu the whole
globe from the negotiations
cians OF the world laborng what peace
The claimant is India
If will ha
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Extent Of Latin Support
Questionoblein Showdown
Might Offer Military Collaboration
In Return for Long-Ronee Economic Aid
By Edward TomIinson

HIo DE JANEIRO-Even if the take a.
tn Tor the spread other of ASIA we should
not expect much outright military aid from America This is
tne mescapabe conclusion which
investigation of the situation Mexico Brazil
Argentina others. ~ '
We will continue support of every country
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Peron Makes Gesture

Now then, neither Peron nor his
friends want to put themselves in
the unfortunate position they oc-
cupied during most of the last
war when. because of their So
called neutrality. they lost the re-
spect and confidence of the great
majority of their neighbors. Not
even the most rabid Peronistas
have enjoyed the criticism leveled
at them by many of their fellow
Latlns.
BY jamming through Congress
the ratification of the defense
treaty in the first weeks of the
Korean outbreak, and Offering q
cargo of meat. they sought to put
themselves on the right side of
the fence in the present emer-
gency. But I could find no per-
son in Buenos Aires who believes
they intend to go much further.
AS one experienced observer in
the Argentine capital summed it
up. when it comes to war, Ar
gentina is a neutral-minded, not
to say isolationist, country, no
matter whether it is In the hands
of the Peronistas or any other
group"
Evening star., 1950-10-08

the United States itself, for United
States goods, at sky-high prices,
in spite of our depleted currency"
To most Latins it does not mat
ter that lend-lease, the Marshall
Plan. the $4.5 billion dollars pre-
viously loaned to England and the
billions of dollars now being spent
to arm the North Atlantic treaty
countries are considered a COM
mon defense of all the Americas
against communism. AS another
Brazilian pointed out, "The out
lawing of the Communist Party in
Brazil with its half million mem
bers and the banning of the Com
munist Party in Chile and else
where on this continent, has not
removed the Red menace from the
nations of this hemisphere. We
may not" he said, expect Russian
Armies to come here until after
they have defeated the democratic
forces in Europe and Asia. But a
low, not to say bankrupt, economy
in most of the American republics
is fertile soil in which communism
could easily grow to disastrous
proportions"
Whether we intended 1t or not,
or whether they have misinter-
preted our staten and
promises when we were urging
them to enter World War II on
our side, they nevertheless got the
impression that when peace was
restored their economic needs
would not be neglected. They were
told, or were allowed to believe
that many of the new enterprises
opened up during the conflict
mines, plantations and factories
would be kept going. We would
Stockpile many of the raw ma
terials they produced as insurance
against another war. At least any
curtailment in purchases of these
key products would be a gradual
process.
Disturbing Actions
But as they see 1t, in many in
stances we forgot these promises,
assurances, indications or what
ever they were. New Brazilian
mines producing quartz crystal,
mica, tantalite and other minerals.
some Of the most critically stra-
tegic defense materials, were shut
down almost Immediately the
fighting ended. Instead of buying
the entire output of Bolivian tin
ore, as we had been doing, we
reduced our purchases and re-
turned to British Malaga and the
East Indies for most of our SUD-
plies. which worked great hard
ship on Bolivian labor and econ
omy. A 25-million-dollar nickel
processing plant in Cuba has been
rusting away ever since the Japa-
neSe surrender.
Lately we have threatened Chile
and Peru with a whitening import
tax on copper, and Venezuela with
a quota or a damaging tax on oil.
We have deeply offended the
Brazilians and the coffee growers
In 13 other Latin American coun-
tries by openly and officially ac-
cusing them Of deliberately ma
nipulating the coffee market and
causing prices to skyrocket. The
point here is that 1t does not
matter whether we were or were
not justified in these charges. Such
action on our part has left bitter
resentments among many officials
and responsible citizens of the
various nations. To say the very
least 1t has not increased such
sympathy on the part of our
nelghbors toward us that they
enthusiastically rush to our de-
tense in a serious emergency.