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Evening star., 1950-01-21
Board 10 Sponsor 7
16-Week Courses in
Real Estate at A. u.

The Washington Real Estate
Board will sponsor two courses in
phases of real estate to be con-
Quoted at American University
during February, Oliver M.
Walker, board president, said to-
day.
One course will be in real
estate appraisal, and the other
will be in real estate practice.
The course in real estate ap-
praisal will be sponsored in CO.
operation with the American In
stitute of Real Estate Appraisers.
1t will be directed by William w.
NOLAN. The course will include
instruction in the planning of
appraisals; analysis of neighbor-
hoods, cities and buildings; esti-
nation and treatment of depre-
citation; selection and use of cap
italization rates, and the prep
aration of appraisal reports.
Students will be required to
have practical experience in real
estate or academic training to
qualify for enrolment in the ap-
praisal course.
This course will begin on Feb
ruary and will continue for
16 weeks.
Detailed information may be
obtained from DR.. Nathan A.
Baily, Director of Division of Bus
mess Study. American University,
or from the Washington Real
Estate Board.
The course in real estate prac-
tice will be devoted to the prac-
tical side of the real estate brok-
erage business and will be con-
Quoted by Thomas L. Phillips.
who participated in the course on
real estate fundamentals last fall.
This course will start Thursday.
February 8, and will continue for
Is weeks.
The educational program was
developed by the boards education
committee under Chairman Carey
Winston, aided by A. D. Crum-
baugh, Frank M. Doyle, Robert
Montgomery, Homer Phillips,
Thomas L. Phillips, Lewis F.
Colbert, Mr.. Nolan and James
Mcdonald Shea.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Nigeriun. Requests
Dutu on Penzunce
BY the Associated Press

PENZANCE, England The
fame of this Cornick town has
spread to Nigeria and aroused the
curiosity of at least one native.
Town Clerk D. j. Beattie coached
a Nigerian, Usman Gwarzo, in
local government during a three
month visit Gwarzo paid to Pen
zance earlier this year.
Then Beattie got a letter from
Gwarzo's fellow countryman, EN-
man U. Ikwele of Onitsha, South
Nigeria. It read:
MY beloved Beattie of Pen
zance, I like to have Penzance
beautyland and good news. Pass
it to me- The clerk is passing
Ikwele all the literature on Pen
zance he can lay his hands on.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Expert Answers
Repair Queries

Question: I have a love seat
and chair of what I call bamboo
frame. On the top of the arms
it looks dirty and I'd like to
clean it and yet not lose the
beauty of the light bamboo fin
ish. Can you tell me what to use?
Answer: Try sponging with the
suds of a mild. pure soap. The
cloth should not be dripping wet
simply wrung out of the soapsuds.
Follow with clean. damp cloths
and then rub dry. If the finish
becomes a little dulled, apply a
very thin coat of paste wax. let
this dry and then polish. An
alternative would be to apply a
thin coat of clear varnish.
Cold Cottage.
Question: Our cottage has no
basement, and the crawl space of
about 4 feet is not covered. We
spend quite a lot of time at the
cottage in the winter and it is
always very cold. Would it not
be better and warmer to inclose
this space with siding, in the same
way as the brick coat that the
house is covered with?
Answer: If you inclose the crawl
space and do not allow for good
ventilation, you will have damp
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Wheaton Triangle Building

Eugene j. c. Raney has applied
for building permit for a large
building almost at the tip of the
Wheaton Triangle to contain six
stores on the ground floor, and
bowling alleys above. Mr.. Raney's
application has received prelimi-
nary approval at the Silver Spring
building inspection offices for the
building location and the Off
street parking plan, an official
aid.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Near Washington Country Club
4700 Little Falls Road
Open Sum-, lis

Beautiful new center-ha brick CO.
lonial home of superb quality. Con-
tains eight rooms Is bedrooms), 2
full tile baths and first-floor powder
room. FEATURES AN ALL-ELEC-
TRIO DREAM KITCHEN WITH
BREAKFAST ALCOVE, DISH
WASHER AND DISPOSAL. Two
fireplaces. Full basement. Built-in
garage. Twenty -one-ft. concrete
porch. Level lot approx. 85x110.
SOUNDS LIKE $4,000, BUT YOU
WILL BE AMAZED AT WHAT
WILL BUY THIS FINE HOME.
Directions: Out Lee Highway to North
Glebe Road, right on Glebe Road ana con-
time approximately s blocks beyond Coun-
try Club to Little Falls Road, uery sharp
lett on Little Fails Road to first house
on right.
Evening star., 1950-01-21

house-most probably. Wood sid
ing near the ground is not advis-
able. If you wish to brick in the
space, by all means lay a good
concrete floor at the same time,
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Sen. Mccarthy Says HaldOre Hanson
 In PrO-COnanunist

WASHINGTON, (FO - Senator Mccarthy (R.-WiSO yesterday ac- cused Haldore Hanson, key state department official, of "pro-com- munist activities dating back to September 1883.
 He identified Hanson as the ex- ecutive director of the secretoriat of the r-departmental commit tee on scientific and cultural CO., operation.
 Mccarthy said Hanson will head a technical cooperation pro- ject staff for President Truman'S 'sPoint Four" program which will send Hundreds of millions of dol lars of our taxpayers money all over the world"
 The Point Four" program is MT. Truman's plan for American technical aid to undeveloped parts of the world. It took its name from the fact that he first men toned it as "Point Four" in the foreign policy section of his 1949 inaugural address.
 Mccarthy made his accusation against HonSan before a Senate foreign relations subcommittee. The groups Investigating McCar- thy's charges that the state de- partment is a haven for commun- istS and Red sympathizers.
 Mccarthy said Hansan is one of the "cleverest" and "smoothest" men in the state department, and could not b called dup" misled by communists.
 Hanson joined the state depart ment in 1922 as a specialist in
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Pacific Northwest May Expect
 More Earthquakes

SEATTLE, (P) Is the Pacific Northwest headed for more bone jarring earthquakes?
 Yes, says one University of Washington professor who made a study of the quake which rocked this region loose from its chim- neys last April 13.
 It's impossible to say, another earthquake authority at the uni versity said. It's something we ab- solutely cannot predict; nobody can do that.
 The gloomy view is taken by Prof. Alfred L. Miller, of the civil en g n ering department and chairman of the earthquake com mittee of the Pacific Northwest conference of the American Soci- ety of Civil Engineers.
 His committee issued a state ment today urging the adoption of a building code which would cope with the earthquake poten- tial of this area.
 Studies demonstrate conclu- sively," the committee statement said, "that earthquakes are nor mai phenomena of this region, to be expected from time to time with equal or greater severity than those of record in the 109 years of documentetd history"
 Geology professor How d Coombs, who is considered one of
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
MORE LIGHT FOR ELK

LOGAN, Utah, (P)-A rancher in Wyoming's Star valley hung a lighted lantern in his stock yard in the belief it would keep elk away from his haystack. E. Von Amen said he looked out late at night to see if the light was still burning. It was moving around the stock yard.
 "I discovered" he said, that an elk bull had the lighted lantern hanging from one of his antlers and was showing the elk COWS where the best hay was"
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Chinese affairs.
 Mccarthy said Hanson:

Chinese affairs.
 Mccarthy said Hanson:
 i. Was running communist magazine in Peiping when the Japanese-Chinese war broke out.
 2. Spent several years with the Chinese communist armies ''writ- ing stories and taking pictures which the Chinese communists helped him smuggle" out of the country.
 3. Wrote a book which sets forth his pro-communist answers to the problems of Asia as clearly as Hitler's "Mein Kampf" set forth his solutions for the prob lems of Europe"
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Plan To Rebuild
 Metlakatla Church

SEATTLE, (P)-Seattle was a stop Monday for two men whose mission is the rebuilding of the half-century old Duncan Memori- al church at Metlakatla, South eastern Alaska, destroyed by fire December Is.
 Ray Haldane, fishing vessel owner and secretary of the board of elders of the church, arrived here Sunday night and the Rev. James 2. Huntley, church pastor, was due by Pan American Air ways last night.
 The church was a memorial to the Rev. William Duncan, pioneer Alaska Missionary who came from London in 1887 and obtained from Congress a grant of Annette Island for the Indians and the mission.
 Metlakatla, where the church stood, is the village of the Tsimp- shean tribe. It has about 800 pop ulation.
 Haldane and the Rev. MT. Hunt ley will go to Kansas City, Mo-, to consult co-trusteees of the Will liam Duncan estate. The minister left a trust fund to carry on his mission.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15

MT. and Mrs. Carl Eckberg. who went on a vacation trip to California, returned this morning with Pan American. MT. Eckberg is employed by the Northern Light and Power Go.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
A. F. R. s. MARKS AIR FORCE BASE NOME, ALASKA
Wednesday. March IS. 1850

Wednesday. March IS. 1850 500 pm.-News-Short Wave 5:l5-Music of the Masters 6:00-JuSt Jazz
 6:30-ThiS Is The Story 7:00-RequeStfully Yours 8:00-Henry Morgan 8:30-HollyWood Music Hall 9:00-The Great Gildersleeve 9:30-SuspenSe l0:00-One Night Stand 10:3O-G.I. live l0:45-WordS with Music 1l:00 p.m.-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
MT. and Mrs. Marvin Troutman

and family left for Fairbanks this morning to attend a conference of Seventh Day Adventist workers in the Territory. They plan to re- turn next week. ...
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15

the most earthquake-consciou and informed men on the campus, is "sorry that such a statement has been made"
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Thursday. March Is. 1850

Thursday. March Is. 1850 TOO a.m.-Morning Melodies 7:15-Morning Devotions 7:30-Sunrise Serenade
 8:00-Gary Moore
 8:3O-Not So Quiet, Please 9:00-AFRS Sports Reel
 9:15-Melody Roundup
 9:30-To be announced 10:00-Jack Berch 10:l5-Chiquita 10:30-Platter PrevieWS 11:00-Musical Interlude 11:15-Strike Up The Band 11:30-I. & E. Special Noon-Luncheon Turntable 12:30-Album Music 12:45-At Ease
 1:00-Around World In History 1:l5-Jack Smith
 1:30-YeSterday's Best 2:00-Matinee Melodies 3:00-Name It For A Song 3:30-Musical Varieties 3:45-Album Music 4:00-Curt Massey 4:15-Second Hand luke Box 4:30-To Be Announced 5:00-News-Short Wave 5:l5-Music of the Masters 6:00-Gene Autry
 6:S0-American Heritage 7:00--Requestfl Fly Yours 8:00-Johnny Fletcher 8:S0-Hit Parade On Parade 9:00-Jimmy Durante 9:30-Inner Sanctum 10:00-One Night Stand 10:30-G.I. live 10:45-Words with Music HOO p.m.-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15

MT. and Mrs. Chester Milligan. Council dredge mining operators, returned from a winter in the States and will visit in town for few days before going north to prepare for busy mining season.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15
Friday. March 17. 1850

Friday. March l7. 1850 zoo a.m.-Morning Melodies 7:l5-Morning Devotions 7:30-Sunrise Serenade 8:00-Gary Moore
 8:30-Not So Quiet, Please 9:00-Zeke Manners 9:15-Redd Harper
 9:30-To be announced l0:00-Jack Berch 10:l5-Musical Interlude 10:30-Platter Previews 11:00-MuSical Interlude 11:15-Remember 11:30-I. & E. Special Noon-Luncheon Turntable l2:30-Album Music 12:45-At Ease
 1:00-Around World In History 1:15-Jack Smith
 1:30-Yesterday's Best 2:00-Matinee Melodies 3:00-Name It For A Song 3:30-Musical Varieties 4:00-Curt Massey
 4:15-Second Hand luke Box 4:30-To Be Announced
 5:00-NeWS-Short Wave
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15

MT. and Mrs. George Ahgupuk. who with their family have been enjoying the Fairbanks Carnival, returned home this morning. George also attended the Fur Ren- dezvous at Anchorage.
The Nome nugget., 1950-03-15

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Evening star., 1950-10-15
Twin SickIes of Communist Forces Ring Korea
By Joe Wing

Korea, standing out like
thumb from the Chinese main
land, seems likely to remain a
sore point in Far Eastern pres
sure politics.
Its geographical position, of
course, accounts for this. His
torically, Japan looked upon 1t
as a dagger" pointed at the
Japanese islands, and laid 1t
under conquest in consequence.
Now the South Koreans and
their United Nations allies are
ascendant there but under pres
ent political and military condi-
tions their hold must remain
uneasy.
The Koreans. depending
largely on the sea lanes of the
broad Pacific for their supplies,
are ringed by a double sickle of
Red forces.
The inner sickle, to which
most attention has been paid,
consists of the Russian and Red
Chinese forces actually at or
near the Korean borders.
First, there are the two key
ports of Vladivostok and Port
Arthur. They flank Korea close
ly. In Vladivostok of recent
months the shipping has been
reported particularly heavy. The
trans-Siberian railroad termi-
mates there. Vladivostok is a
submarine base and Chinese Ma
tionalists say Port Arthur is, too.
Air installations near Vladivos-
tok doubtless are elaborate but
just what they may be is not
known.
When it comes to guessing the
numbers Of troops on the inner
sickle line. you might almost as
well pick some of the figures out
of a hat.
Chinese Nationalist forces say
the Chinese Reds have 80, 900 on
the border and 200, 900 more in
Manchuria. There have been re-
ports also that there were two
Red Chinese armies of 100000
on the border. What the Rus
SLAMS have in the Vladivostok
region hasn't been hazarded.
In the outer sickle behind the
first. Washington sources figure
there are 5000, 900 Chinese Reds,
and that the Russian Far East
ern army numbers 100000. Chi
nese Nationalists make out that
the Chinese Reds have an army
of 100000.
South Of these groups are the
100000 troops reputedly in the
field for the Indo- Chinese Reds,
The number of United Nations
troops in Korea is, of course, not
public property, but If each
American division contains 49,
900 men and each South Korean
10000, the total would approx
mate 10000 Americans and 50,-
600 South Koreans. There are
several thousand English, Aus
tralian and Filipino troops in
the U. N. forces, too.
The Chinese Nationalists say
they have 100000 soldiers on
Formosa and 100000 guerrilla
fighters on the mainland.
Another factor is, Of course, the
United Nations fleet Of some
$50 vessels now in Chinese wa
ters and committed to the pro-
lection Of Formosa az well as
the supply Of Korea.
Evening star., 1950-10-15

the famous mountains of Switz-
erland. Written records on it
go back as far as the 18th CEN
utry. In early times the noun
tain was known as Frakmont-
an appellation probably be-
slowed upon it by some Latiniz-
ing ecclesiastic-because it was q
rugged or fractured peak. Spe-
cifically, the name of today
came in this way:
Pontius Plate, procurator of
Judea, who delivered Christ to
death on the Cross. was sum-
moned by the Emperor Tiberius
of Rome and cast into prison
where he took his life. The
body was thrown into the Tiber
but at once a tremendous storm
arose upon the waters, causing
terrific devastation. Retrieved,
the body was sent to Vienne in
France and there cast into the
Rhone, but here also a terrific
storm occurred. A third time
the body was thrown into the
waters of Lausanne, but was
guilty again of the same recall
citrant conduct.
In order to be rid of it for
good, the body was then trans
ported to the peak of Frakmont
and tossed into a small lake.
The result was even more
violent in the mountains and
the nearby valley, until a
student, returning from nearby
Salamanca. succeeded in driving
the body deep into the noun
tain lake by invoking appropri-
ate and dreadful curses, There
PLATE remains. permitted to rise
only on one day of each year,
Good Friday, when he sits in
state in his judicial robes. On
this day special prohibitions are
invoked against any word or
deed to anger the ghost of PLATE,
lest he bring back the violence
OF weather which has seemed
so closely in his control.
Evening star., 1950-10-15
Wage-Price Controls May Result From Pressure

ing the war period the indus
trial situation and the modes Of
thought Of many groups of peo-
pie. But neither Congress. nor
the administration developed be-
fore WI day, or later, we'll
thought-out, well-co- ordinated
and comprehensive reconstruction
policy.
president Truman announced
Immediately after VI day that
controls should be removed as
soon as possible. The War Labor
Board was to be terminated, al
though no plans had been made
for Governments role in the in
evitable conflicts during reconver-
sion to free collective bargaining,
as well as to a postwar free
economy.
Wages and purchasing power
must be kept up, the administra-
ton said repeatedly. but q large
part Of any increased labor cost
Evening star., 1950-10-15

could and should be absorbed by
business; any necessary price ad-
justment would be considered
when the need became evident"
After further discussion of the
subject. Mr.. Mills inserted a
pungent paragraph:
"The details of all this need not
detain us. The immediate point
is that lack of consistent and con-
structive consideration of prob
lens and neglect of>causes breeds
fear and bad industrial relations.
1t also breeds narrow, selfish
groups. -
All this might have been writ
ten today, and with equal applica-
ton to the circumstances of today.
The French had a word for it-or
rather a proverb-the sense of
which Is that the more things
change, the more they remain
the same.
(By Special Advancement With the
6t. Louis Post DiSpatch.)
Evening star., 1950-10-15

and sensitive to the course Of
events in Europe today.
They are the only European
country west of the iron cur
tain neither needing nor receiv-
ing ECA funds. They are the
only country in the world whose
currency matches that of the
United States in stability and
hard value. In proportion to
geographical size and population
they already have the most
highly trained and effective
military force in Europe. Only
within the past two weeks they
announced new flve-year plan
Of expanding, reorganizing and
modernizing their defense ma
chinery. It's cost, without ap-
peal to the United States or any
other external power, will be ap-
proximately IA billion Swiss
francs or about $3.5 million. In
the budget Of a nation of about
As million people this Is an iaa-
pressive amount.
With this sum the Swiss in
tend to buy or produce the most
modern of defensive ground and
air equipment and to train an
increasing number of troops.
Compulsory service will be ex-
tended and an army will be
maintained in being, not merely
on paper. With typical Swiss
thoroughness, civilian defense
will be a reality, not merely
subject of political conversation.
Records and documents which
are important not only to Swift
zerland but to the whole struc-
ture Of capitalism throughout
the world-patents, copyrights,
royalty agreements, scientific
formulae and all the associated
invisible resources" of the
country - will be microfilmed
and hidden in the dank caverns
of Mount Pilatus and q dozen
other forbidden natural for
tresses.
For the Swiss are convinced
Evening star., 1950-10-15
White House Lineup Changes

than any one else was responsible
for the whistle-stop speaking tour
that won him the presidential
election in 1948. Mr.. Truman first
brought him from Missouri to be-
come assistant counsel for the
Truman Committee.
Still within the inner circle but
closer to the outskirts than be-
fore the Korean crisis are Presi-
dent Truman's, three old friends
from Capitol Hill days: Vice
President Barkley, 72: Speaker of
the House Sam Rayburn, 68, and
Leslie L. Biff1e. 81. secretary of
the Senate-who has direct tele-
phone line to the White House.
And still with constant access
10 the President is his old war
buddy, Maj. Gen. Harry H.
Vaughan, 56, the military aide.
Gen. Vaughan was known for
many years as court jester" in
the Truman circle. The President
once used q four-letter word to
describe a writer who urged him
60 shoe Vaughan out of the White
House after congressional commit
tees revealed Vaughan's associa-
ton with certain five percenters. :"
Gen. Vaughan and Mr.. Tru-
man met when they were lieuten-
ants in the Army. and they have
been kicking around together as
Reserves ever since. Gen. Vaughan
was treasurer of Mr.. Truman's 5
senatorial campaign in 1910, and
he became the Senator's secretary
In 1941. Gen. Vaughan had been
a seller of loose-leaf book equip
ment in Illinois when Mr.. Truman
brought him to Washington.
distributed by the Associated Press.)
Evening star., 1950-10-15
Switzerland Ready to Defend Its Neutrality
Strongly Fortified
To Stand OffAny
Possible Aggressor
By John c. Henry
Special TO The Sunday Star

MOUNT PILATUS, Switzer-
land.-This is mountain top
1000 feet above sea level. It is
reached normally by an electric
rack-and-pinion railway and
boasts a popular resort hotel at
the summit. It's slopes are too
steep and too broken for ski
ing in a sporting sense, so the
season runs from about May
until about November /. From
the top one can see Lucerne,
Lake Lucerne and several snow
capped mountain ranges. From
it. one has a commanding view
of the Valley of Lucerne and its
penetrating approaches from
the northward into the inner
core of mountainous Switzer-
land.
1t is only the latter fact that
makes Mount Pilatus worth
writing about today in the press
outside Switzerland. For the
whole upper third of Mount
Pilatus is honeycombed with am
munition dumps. with artillery
posts, with Notifications calcu-
lated to make it available to an
enemy only at a great and
disturbing cost.
Actually. Mount Pilatus is
merely an outpost, one of the
first of a periphery of rugged
mountain families that range
roughly northeast and south
west across Switzerland in such
a way as to provide an inner
fortress for this small country.
To their back are the French
and Italian Alps. And If the
traditional neutrality of this
country should be violated or
abandoned in another war for
Europe it is to this forbidding
fortress that the strength of
Swiss arms, the spirit of Swiss
resistance and the tremendous
resources of Swiss capital will
retreat. Once there it, would
require . costly and bloody
assault or a costly and long
siege to bring it to surrender.
Beef-up Defenses
In the delicate balance of Eu-
ropean power today Switzerland
has an Importance far tran
scending its size or its popula-
ton. The Swiss are proud
and stubborn people. In mod
ern generations they have re-
manned aloof from the wars of
Europe and the world: As an is
land of neutrality they were of
value to both sides in World
War I and World War II. If a
third World War comes they do
not believe that they will have a
choice of neutrality. Certainly
if they do not, their choice will
be with the Western democra-
cies. To a people whose whole
way Of life is grounded In indi-
vidual liberties. in capitalism of
a productive nature commu-
nism Is to them the most unnat-
ural and revolving of ideologies.
The Swiss are disturbed by