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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Army's HeroIdist Ready to Add
Hawaii and Alaska Stars to FIoq

mitted new star should 60 on
the flag by the following July 4
It made no provision for the ar
rangement of the stars, and fo1
many years there were marked
differences between the national
emblem as displayed by the Army
and the Navy.
The present arrangement was
recommended in 1912 when New
Mexico and Arizona we're adj
mitted to the Union. This was
confirmed by President Taft in
an executive order. In 1915 Presi-
dent Wilson issued an executive
order giving the proportions of the
flag.
The colors were not standard
lied until 1884, Mr.. Dubois said
The red and the blue are fixed
points on a color scale.
Civilian use of the flag was
regulated by Congress in 1912 by
passing a flag code recommended
by patriotic societies.
Mr.. Dubois has been head of
the heraldic section since it was
set up in 1924. His section designs
insignia. medals, ribbons, etc
Unification, he said, has made his
section the heraldic headquarters
of the armed services, but he has
had no requests from the Navy
and the Air Force for heraldrY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Board Finds Policeman
Drunk While on Duty

Police Pvt. David M. Brown of
the Eighth Precinct. was found
guilty by a Police Trial Board
yesterday of being under the in
fluence of alcohol while on duty.
the board recommended that the
policeman be fined 500 and that
he be restored to duty.
Pvt. Brown was suspended last
Tuesday after he was found at
the Shoreham Hotel by two po-
licemen after he failed to report
off-duty. He pleaded guilty to
the charge.
Two other cases were postponed
until next Friday. They were the
cases of Pvts. Paul L. McEwen and
John w. Harrison of the Third
Precinct, charged with maltreat-
ing a prisoner; and Pvt. Philip
l.. Thomas, colered. of the 18th
Precinct. Pvt. Thomas is charged
with ineficiency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
French Reds Can't Beat
Opposition, Reynaud Says
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. l1.-Paul
Reynaud, last French Premier be-
fore the Nazis occupied his coun-
try, said on arrival here yesterday
that Communists in France can
not defeat the combined forces
against them.
Mr.. Reynaud, now a member of
the National Assembly and keenly
interested in the movement for a
united Europe, said this opinion
was upheld by the recent victory
of Premier George Bidault's gov
eminent over a Communist move
to kill anti-sabotage legislation.
1.-THE Communist Party is po-
litical party which works for a
foreign power" Mr.. Reynaud said
in an interview aboard the lie de
France. He named that foreign
power as Russia"
when the government is in
conflict with the Communist
Party" Mr.. Reynaud added, "all
the other parties vote for the gov
eminent. It's automatic"
The small. grazing French
leader begins a speaking tour in
Boston Monday that will carry
him as far west as San Francisco.
Mr.. Reynaud came to the United
States on an invitation of the
American Committee for a United
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
| Statesmen Resent
That Farmers
Douqhter Stuff
From YESTERDAYS Late Edition.

(From Yesterdays Late EditionD
The one about the farmers
daughter came up in the Senate
today.
Marshall j. Mantler of Atlanta
director of the Bureau of Sales
mems National Associations. was
telling the Senate Finance Com
mittee that present-day statesmen
resent being called "drummers.
There's a connotation applied
to the term that we don't like, u
said Mr.. Mantler. There's too
much connection with the farmers
daughter sort of thing"
Whats wrong with that?" asked
Senator Kerr, Democrat. of Okla
homa, amid much laughter.
Well" replied Mr.. Mantler,
"our wives don't care very much
about it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Zoo Keeper to Exhibit
Arctic Owl Tonight

Malcolm Davis, National Zoo
Headkeeper, will exhibit an Arctic
snowy owl at o'clock tonight at
a meeting of the Biological So
ciety of Washington, in Room 43
of the National Museum, Tenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV.
Carl R. Eklund of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service,
will address members on the wild
life of the Ungava Peninsula Of
Northern Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Kefuuver Bill Debate
Broadcast Tonight

Would the Enactment of the
Kefauver Bill Be in the Interests
of the Citizens of the District of
Columbian" will be the subject of
a debate to be broadcast at 7:30
o'clock tonight over radio station
WRC.
Participants in the debate will
be: Harry N. Stull and Edward F.
Colladay, both former presidents
of the Federation of Citizens As
ISOLATION. Joseph C. McGarraghy,
president of the Greater National
Capital Committee of the Board
of Trade, will act as moderator.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

States and authorization before
proposing any redesign of the ma
tional ensign. Admission would
raise the number of stars from 48
to SO.
But in the meantime, he was
ready to give some interesting
facts on the history of the flags
design.
The law pertaining to the flag
was signed on April 4, 1918. 1t
provided that as States were adj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

changes in the
arrangement OF
the stars on
"Old Glory"
Mr.. Dubois, a
civilian enploye
of the Quarter
master Corps.
had no sugges-
tons to make
on rearrange-
ment at a press
conference he
gave yesterday.
He will await
admission of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11
Rurest U. S. Stamps

RareSt of all United States post
age stamps are provisional issues
of Baltimore, Md, and Boscawen,
N. H. They were issued locally in
1856 under authority of the
Federal Government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-11

In case Hawaii and Alaska be-
come States, the Army's official
heraldist, Arthur E. Dubois. is
ready to make the necessary
Evening star., 1950-10-18
Fucinq the Red Threat in Germony-III

Mr.. Hoffman declared as he stood
in the rubble of the Reichschan-
celery.
I'm West Berlin" said the man
who has directed the greatest re-
building program in world his
tory, reconstruction is going for
ward everywhere; the scars of war
are disappearing. In the Soviet
sector. my only impression is dis
solution heaped on desolation-
rubble and the ghosts of once
stately buildings on all sides"
Reds Propaganda Office.
There" said Mr.. Hoffman.
pointing across the street from
the ruins of Hitler's ediflee, "is the
only rebuilding I've seen in this
sector of town" 1t was a gaudy.
Balkan-looking, brightly-painted
blue wooden building, the propa-
ganda headquarters of the East
German Communist Party.
Berlin's production is climbing
but is still only 36 per cent of 1886
while Western Germany is run
ming 100 per cent. The Russians,
during their brief occupation, in
1945 before the other three Allies
took over their sectors, stripped
the city of IS per cent of its pro-
ductive machinery, including all
the modern stuff.
The geography of occupation
works against Berlin. The sur
rounding Soviet Zone shuts it off
like an ancient walled fortress. It
has no hinterland, no minerals.
1t must import food and materials
and export manufactures to live.
What West Berlin does have is
highly energetic and productive
population. now grimly deter
mined to beat the Russian game,
and the most famous companies
of Germany outside the Ruhr-
Siemens- -Halske, Zeiss-Ik Os-
ram 0ight bulbs German Gen.
eral Electric" and others.
But obsolete machinery, the
blockade. lack of power and the
fact that West German firms
grabbed Berlins markets when it
could not ship have kept un-
employment high. AS more go to
work, more refugees from the
Kremlin pile across the line look
ing for jobs. AS a result there
was very heavy go per cent? un-
employment in Berlin last winter.
WPA-type projects are now en-
plpying some $4,000 out of 293, 900
Jobless in the city.
Credit Need Cited.
William E. Weiss, jr., ECA's di-
rector of economic affairs here.
says the answer for Berlin lies
in investment credit which would
Evening star., 1950-10-18

give the city's experienced man
agement modern machines to re-
place that taken by the Russians.
This would take the mark-equiv-
alent of 500 million in Marshall
Plan counterpart funds.
Berlin does not need dollars, :"
says Mr.. Weiss. Berlin needs
machines"
Not only for Berlin, but for
American ammunition in the ideo-
logical struggle, Mr.. Weiss says,
the city's economic problem must
be licked. For one factor in the
Soviet plan to turn East Berlin
from a shambles into a showcase
is desire to reverse the contrast
in this test-tube of life under
communism VS.. life in democracy.
BY revaluing the East mark and
keeping prices in line. the buying
power of East German workers
would be raised. The big shot-in-
the-arm of a 1.8 billion-ma
construction program would create
Evening star., 1950-10-18
By Blair Moody
Nnrth Arnericnn NeAusnnner Alliance

| Noffn American TSeWsPoPet Nii'ohSS
BERLIN, Oct. 18.-The Krem-
/ lin is reported about to center
big propaganda splash on Berlin
spending nearly 2 billion marks tc
rebuild the still-shattered Soviet
sector of the city as capital and
show window of the new demo
cratic" (and of course Soviet
dominated) independent" state
Our top command has been in
formed that in the wake of their
Korean humiliation, the Russians
will execute a number of ma
neuvers here to change the focus
of world attention,
Headquarters of the Cominform,
inside sources say, will be trans
Iferred to Berlin from Bucharest.
The Red Army may be pulled out
with demand that the Allies, too,
"set the Germans free" In the
East zone, of course, they are so
free that they have one list of
candidates for whom to vote if
they want to eat.)
The East mark, which has been
running at one-fith or less the
value of the West mark. will be
Irevalued so that the wage of an
| East Berliner will no longer buy
less than the income of a West
Berliner on relief. And the newly
liberated" East German govern
ment will be ordered to spend a
sum reported at l billion marks
to clear away the rubble that still,
five years after the war, makes a
mile-square area around Hitler's
Reichschancellery a modern Pom
peii on vast scale.
So far the Communists have
made a dismal showing in this
one town where the systems OF
East and West come together
Paul G.. Hoffman, retiring Eco
nomic Cooperation Administra-
ton administrator, standing with
his back to the huge pile OF bricks
and the upended bunker where
Hitler shot himself, said that the
difference between West and East
Berlin seemed to him the differ
ence between economic life and
economic death.
Commentary Was Keen.
It was a keen commentary
Along the main streets OF West
Berlin, the lights shine brightly
in showcases packed with attrac-
tive goods. At the Berlin fair
where Mr.. Hoffman dedicated the
symbolic George c. Marshall
Haus," Allied flags and messages
of good will from all over West
ern Europe hailed the walled
city's" return to commerce. When
Communists tried to ruin this i'm
pressive display by shutting of
the power, the West Germans
turned on a new big power sta
ton, just completed with ECA
counterpart funds (What the
Germans put up in marks to Off
set American support dollars.
mo more impressive demon
stration of the contrast between
the live and helpful hand of de-
mocracy and the dead hand OF
Kremlin Communism can be
found anywhere than in Berlin.
Evening star., 1950-10-18
Russia to Transform Berlin Into ShowpEoce of Iron Curtain

(they doubtless hope) a better liv-
ing standard and jobs which might
begin to attract large numbers of
unemployed from West to East to
get jobs.
Then, while harassing free Ber-
lin business at every opportunity
the Kremlin could proclaim that
Communist prosperity was saving
the hapless victims of capitalistic
unemployment.
That's the reputed Soviet plan,
Progress toward it to date adds up
to-zero!
Evening star., 1950-10-18
Exceptional Children

The Washington chapter of the
international Council for Excep-
tional Children will entertain four
prominent educators tomorrow in
the Burdick Vocational School,
Thirteenth and Allison streets
NV.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
William Faulkner Was Biggest
Attraction at 5Oth Anniversary

/ to know everyone in Hollywood, is
it? The answer was as soft as it
was lightning swift; mo, thank
God"
Otherwise words were superflu-
Gus; the unassuming presence of
this little man from Mississippi
made questioning indiscreet. 1t
was one of the few times in world
history when humility intimidated
the gentlemen Of the press.
WOrdless Drama
All eyes were riveted upon him
during the prize ceremony. He sat
up there on the stage in striking
contrast to Bertrand Russell next
to him. Russell sat like a majestic
lion, head proudly tilted back,
complete master of the situation.
Faulkner looked like a wretched,
soaked puppy; he was terribly ner-
vous and was continually wringing
his program. Came his turn to re-
ceive the prize, he descended the
steps to meet the king, and then
the astounding thing happened: in
stead of going at once UP to the
king, he stood some yards away
and bowed severely (never done
before and perhaps setting a prec-
edent for all future prize winners.)
Then, after Strengthening himself,
he stood there frozen = apparent
ly of stage fright. The king saved
the situation by rushing up to
Faulkner to present him with the
prize. Everyone was deeply stirred
by this wordless drama, not least
of all Faulkner's daughter Jill, who
burst into tears. Then another
gracious bow before the queen, one
more on the stage above the steps,
and he was back to his seat, Wis
IDLY relieved.
One Swedish journalist summed
up the general reaction pretty
well: this little man, of whom we
had known almost nothing, en-
riched ones experience. Delicacy
of feeling comes natural to him;
it must be a very part of his be-
ing"
Rudy Feichtner
P. S.'Merry Christmas to read
ers of the Scandinavian American!
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21

arrangement Of the humanitarian
aid extended to South Slesvig,
where the food situation has i'm
proved during the last year. In
place of serving meals to $4,000
school children in Danish as well
as in German schools, the new pro-
posal involves food parcels to 3d.
600 children every month and
monthly food parcels to some 49,
900 sick and aged persons; alto
gether at considerably higher
cost to the Danish State.
CHRISTMAS SHIPS SAIL -
Christmas ships sailed last week
for Denmark, Norway and Swe-
den.
Christmas ships are welcomed
at Copenhagen by the usual crowds
of thousands of relatives and
friends waving American and Dan
ish flags and jolly personal 'pla-
cards welcoming individuals. Lord
Mayor II. P. Sorenson of Copen-
hagen is there to greet the Yule-
tide visitors officially, and the or
chestra of Copenhagen mail car
riers, in their bright red coats, add
music and color. The Danish Gus
toms inspectors shake hands with
the visitors saying Welcome to
Denmark and Merry Christmas to
You.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Danish Headlines
DANISH VIEW ON KOREA

DANISH VIEW ON KOREA
Foreign Minister Ole Bjorn Kraft
has explained what has taken
place in Korea: I'VE must still be
of the mind that better conditions
for reaching an understanding
with China would have been Great
ed if the Chinese central govern
ment had been given a chance to
represent China in the United
Nations. But" the Foreign Minis
ter continued, eff the intentions of
China are of a defensive nature
only, then it should not be impos-
sible to find a solution"
THE United States has carried
the main burden of the defense
of United Nations ideals, and all
democratic nations owe a great
debt of gratitude to those thou
sands of young Americans who
have given and are giving their
lives to give reality to those
ideals"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
EUROPE'S DEFENSE-Finall,

EUROPE'S DEFENSE-Finally
Bjorn Kraft spoke also of the work
within the Council of Europe, the
Schuman Plan, and the Pleven
Plan for a joint European army
Ito which Germany, too, were to
render her contribution) with a
joint Minister of Defense. Rec
ognizing the Importance Of speedy
action, and with every acknowl-
edgement of French intentions, the
Government will support efforts to
Ind solution within the Atlantic
Pact organization that can meet
the immediate need of an inte-
grated force in defense of Eu-
rope"
He concluded by saying that I'VE
must concentrate all efforts within
the Atlantic Pact on the recon-
struction of Danish defense, thus
showing the world that we are
free people and will continue to
preserve that feedom which is the
basis for our very existence"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Good Morse Skiinq

Eastern Norway is enjoying per-
feet skiing weather, with loads of
snow. The first real "ski" Sun
day saw tens of thousands of Gag
er Oslo-ites crowding trains and
buses to nearby Nordmarka's hills
and Wales.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Continued from Page y

(SOIlll1lueu ITOlll rage -
the main intellectual streams, re-
fused to surrender his art to Hol-
lywood with one eXception). Am
erican press interviews released
before his departure for Sweden
complicated the puzzle. What did
he mean by saying that he knew
nothing of literature or of writing
books, that he was merely a far
mer? Or that he had never heard
of Nobel or of the prizes awarded
in his name? Was he sincere, or
was he posing? Folk opinion here
abouts at first swayed toward the
latter opinion. After all, in Am
erica a harried man of affairs
could be forgiven for pulling the
journalists legs.
Excitement
A noticeable, tense excitement
therefore awaited the arrival of
this strange man. The first news
paper accounts, dealing with the
last lap of his plane ride over
Scandinavia, did not disappoint the
reading public. Journalists, proo-
ably expecting another prototype
Of the "selfmade' man, were am
aZed to meet a shy, diffident
Faulkner. This was no glib spokes-
man who uttered pat, "press-hand-
out" opinions. He did speak free
y, but what he said did not i'm
press as much as the low, mild
voice in which he said it. 1t car
ried conviction.
Let us get one thing straight"
he said. I'm not a literary man.
Please remember that. I've never
made living at writing. In fact,
I've had to work at the oldest jobs
in order to keep my head above
water. l only write when the spirit
moves me, and then when 1 have a
story worth telling
I'm A Farmer
Faulkner later kept to his word
when the stewardess passed out
I0SlOlllS Q6Cldl dllOIiS just
before landing. What shall we
enter for your occupation, sir?
Writer or author?" Put down
FARMER" came the answer
In a few words he summed up
his preference for the life of peace
and quiet: Il don't like people.
They make too much noise" Stock
holm reporters seemed to take this
as hint. Only one of them ven
tured to obtain from Faulkner at
least one confession of human
frailty (for an American author, !
writing for films) Were you IN :
Hollywood to supervise the film
ing Of one of your recent books,
sir ." That's right 1T isn't easy
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Morse Labor Shortage

The labor shortage persists. At
the end of September, Norwegian
State Employment Agencies re-
ported 1890 more untitled job
openings than at the same time in
1919.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
DANISH CIVILIAN DEFENSE

In Parliament, Danish Minister
of the Interior Aksel Moller spoke
of the pushing of air defenses to
protect Danish cities against any
possible air attack. The program
would rebuild all dismantled World
War II air raid sirens, double the
number of Denmark's $500 air raid
shelters and prepare evacuation
plans for every major town. In
preparation is also a publication
telling the people what to do in
the event of disaster. Moller sad
that mo one should be in doubt
that we will defend ourselves to
the almost of our power of ability.
1t must be our task to strengthen
this power SO that Denmark shall
become a firm link in the chain of
democratic States that wish peace
for all but is also willing to pay
the price of liberty"
Over the Danish radio, Lord
Mayor H. P. Sorenson of Copen-
hagen stressed the need of the de-
Tense of the nations capital He
appealed to the citizns TO raise
forthwith the necessary corps of
10000 volunteers.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Norway-Sweden Border

Norways border to Sweden is
the longest between any two ma
tons in Europe, stretching about
1850 miles. The border to Fin
land is over 1,120 miles long, and
to Soviet Russia, 800 miles.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21

IN SWEDEN-Press comments
reaching Denmark stress need of
strong democratic front in Korea
crisis.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Nordic Nations Will Not
Compete In U. S. 1851

Because of preparations for the
1852 Olympics, Norway, Denmark,
Sweden, Finland and Iceland have
regretfully declined invitations to
participate in the proposed United
States-Nordic track and field con-
test in Los Angeles in 1851.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
U. S.-Norway Contests

Receipts from U. S.-Norway
athletic contests in Oslo account
ed for most of the 587, 900 kroner
gross income from track and field
events in 1949.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
IN SOUTH SLEVIG the la

IN SOUTH SLEVIG the large
Danish organizations are holding
a series of meetings protesting
against the favors granted refu-
gees and unfolding the rights OF
the resident home population.
In Denmark, the Ministry of So
cial Affairs has suggested a new
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Morse Grain Plentiful

Mid-NoVember receipts Of do
nestle grains totalled 28,514 tons,
or 1000 tons more than by that
time last year, reports the Nor
wegian State Grain office.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Tall Morse Xmas Tree

= 5o-foot high Norwegian Christ
mas tree has been sent to Reyk-
javik, Iceland, as gift from the
Norwegian-Icelandic Society.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
Ambassador In Oslo

Q. S. Ambassador to Norway,
Charles U. Bay, will become Dean
of the Diplomatic Corps in Oslo
when British Ambassador Sir Lau-
renee Collier leaves Norway.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21

The Secret Fiord, by John Mo-
ment. A story of Norway and
England in 400 A. D. Hartcourt,
Brace & Co., New York, n. Y.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-12-21
ON THE ATOM BOMB

regard to the question of the atom
bomb, the Minister said that Pres
ident Truman's statements had of
course made a great stir also in
Denmark, but that they appeared
to have been somewhat misunder-
stood having been quoted out of
their context.
Remove the danger of aggres-
sion and you remove thereby also
any danger of the use of the atom
bomb"
Evening star., 1950-07-16
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