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gerstown, each Tuesday, carrying
Immigrants to other points of the
Nation In this way, Washington
County lost several thousand valu-
able and industrious citizens.
Around the years 1887 and 1888
there was a sort of mass movement
led by a man named Hit He was
born in Kentucky and moved to
Washington County. Here he start
ed a move to get a large number of
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1950-02-16

families to move to the West and the
new frontier. SO in that year, the
start was made that resulted in one
hundred families moving from this
County to the Rock River Valley in
Ogle County, in Northern Illinois.
In that new section there were many
towns and communities, made up en-
tirely of former Washington Coun-
tians.
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to break open the roads and streets,
to make them passable for the citi-
zens The city of Hagerstown was
completely cut off from the outside
world and it was not until after
Christmas that the mail again finally
reached Hagerstown.
Hagerstown had just began to
breath easily again, and the roads
were cleared, when another old
timer set in. This was on January
2, and besides snow there was a
regular hurricane, Now we all saw
the pictures in the papers recently
of some buildings nearly covered
with snow Well, right here in
Washington County, in that winter
of 1910, the wind piled up the snow
to heights of as much as twenty feet.
In many places whole buildings were
covered Now | would like to get
some newspapers from that time,
for indeed the stories of such snow
ought to be interesting today.
In the summer that followed this
big snow, Hagerstown experienced
one of her most serious fires. On
the south west corner of the Square,
among numerous buildings, was an
old stable owned by S. and W.
Knode. 1t is stated that an Gin
cendiary" set fire in the hay loft
The stable ran back to what was
known as Bank Alley" in the rear
of "Hager's Row." extending west
along Washington Street. In short
time this entire section was ablaze
By noon, most of these buildings had
been completely destroyed, along
with their valuable contents Many
of these buildings were owned by
one j. D. Hager, then of Lexington
! Kentucky, and at the time were oc.
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Leitersburg News

This community had TO call on the
Smithsburg Fire Company to put out
two chimney fires this week, that
might have been very disastrous.
The fires were in the homes of Mrs.
Willard Huff and Mf and Mrs. Mel
vim Stoulfer.
Petersburg does not have any
fire protection so the town always
depends on the Smithsbure Com
pany, which has always responded
Immediately and rendered valuable
assistance.
The Petersburg PIT. A. will spon-
sor a public card party in the Grange
Hall tomorrow (Friday) evening at
800 pm, and the proceeds of the
party will be donated to the Smiths
burg Fire Company. II is hoped
that the community will respond
well with donations and their pres
ence for this worthy cause
WhJpplilB NpdBh id5 bGSii vel
prevalent recently in the schools Of
Washington County, and has now
made its appearance in the lower
grades here.
Repairs to the Leitersburg School
have been in progress for the last
few weeks. The school in general
will be modernized, with the fol
lowing improvements being made:
The cafeteria will be moved to
the month side Of the basement;
new dining room, with all new fur
niture, will be built; water will be
installed; new wide stairway has
been built to the basement, and the
one stairway will be illuminated en-
tirely; a new closet and book shelves
will be built in each room; and mod
ern furniture will be placed through
out the building.
The Leitersburg faculty has been
notified to attend a general meet
ing of all the teachers Of Washing
ton County to be held in the Hagers-
town High School auditorium on
Thursday, February %, at 200 p.
m. The schools will be dismissed at
noon.
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Whooping cough has been very
prevalent recently in the schools of
Washington County, and has now
made its appearance in the lower
grades here.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20
Receives Appointment nt To West Point

John Bell Clayton, III, son of Mrs. Ray Geiger, has received his appointment to che U. S. Military Academy at West Point.
 Clayton, who is spending the summer here, attended school in the states and was recently graduated from high school.
 Clayton, who was appointed from the state of California, will report at West Point on July 5.
 Mrs. Geiger, who worked at the Bank of Kodiak, has re- signed and will go to South western Fisheries at Iron Creek, to work in the cannery there this summer.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20
Work Progresses On Building
r1kaE 2

Despite inclement weather construction on the new build ing for the Shupp, Chase and Tolbert Construction Company continued this week.
 An excavation for the foundation was completed earlier and forms for the con crete and steel building are being built.
 The company purchased 10 lots from the w. J. Erskine estate for a site for the new building.
 It will be a 97 by 97l foot structure when completed and will stand at the corner of Brooklyn avenue and the road leading to Carlson Hill.
 Earlier one of the partners of the company predicted that the building would be com- pleted in 45 days.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20
KODIAK MIRROR

L. H. Black of the Black Manufacturing Company and D. F. Brooks of the Seattle Hardware Company were Ko- diak visitors on Tuesday of this week.
 While here they visited local business establishments and looked around the town. Both men said their trip was to call on friends and customers. It is their first trip to the terri tory.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20
FacultyPlan Vacations

With the end of the school year Thursday, Kodiak public ] school teachers disclosed their plans for the summer months. lvor Schott, superintendent, and ITS. Schott pian a trip to the states, put their date of departure is indefinite. They will go to Parsons, Kans., to visit Schott's home, but plan to spend most of their vaca- tion in Los Angeles.
 Mrs. Carl Naldrett, grade school principal, will leave with her husband Monday for a two months vacation, which will take them to Oklahoma for part of the summer.
 Edward Rogan plans to work at Karluk for the Fish and Wildlife Service, and his fiancee, Miss Isabelle Gold thorpe, will spend the early part of the summer here. Later, she will visit her parents in Wisconsin.
 c. E. Anderson, shop teach CT who will not return to teach next fall, plans to work at the base. but he and Mrs. Ander- son plan a trip to Joplin, Mo-, as soon as school is over. And erson will return to Kodiak in June.
 Mrs. Robert Dawson plans to 'stay around and work" and other local teachers will also remain in town.
 Miss Marco Kiilsgaard and Miss Margaret Finch, both of whom will not return next year, will leave on tomorrow evenings plane for Anchor age, and after that I've don't know" they say.
 They plan to see some of the interior of Alaska, and arrive
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20
NoTls.e

The City of Kodiak requests bids for furnishing the City of Kodiak with stove oil, diesel oil, gasoline and lubricating oil for the period from June 1, 1850 to March 31. 1851.
 Bids shall be in writing and filed with the city clerk on or before 5:00 o'clock P. M. May 22, 1850. The City of Kodiak reserves the privilege of re- jecting any or all bids.
 CITY OF KODIAK, ALASKA
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20

Mrs. Burl Clymer is work ing at the Cheechako Liquor Store.
Kodiak mirror., 1950-05-20

in the states ''by fail". Miss Kiilsgaard will go to the Uni versity of Idaho to work for her bachelors degree.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Payne Denies Figures Disclose
True Picture on Use of Liquor

mission to file a statement of his
position.
Urging passage of the legisla-
ton to protect the liquor industry
here from chaotic" conditions
were Murdock J. Finlayson. vice
president and general manager OF
the Middle. Atlantic Distributors
Inc; Wilbur F. Schwartz. counsel
for the Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association. and Jerome NJ. Nc
Kee, president of the Federation
Of BusinesSmen's Association. Inc
Complains of Advertising.
Mr.. Abernethy complained dur
ing the hearing that there is too
much beer advertising in front of
children today on television.
He said that his two children
daughter 10 and a son 7. were
so fascinated by an advertising
jingle that they memorized the
song.
Il love sports" the lawmaker
said. but I can hardly ever get
sports on my television set with
out some iitterbug Jingle about a
can of beer. The industry ought
to consider that"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Sidney J. Mayer Dies;
Retired Army Emp|oye

Sidney J. Mayer. retired Army
Department Official and an active
Mason, died yesterday at Doctors
Hospital after years Illness. He
lived at TIC I street NE. and would
have been 81 Sunday.
Mr.. Mayer, who served 30 years
in the Government. joined the old
War Departments Signal Corps in
1918 and later was transferred 10
the departments Finance Divl-
sion. He retired in la4S after
serving 10 years as an admin
istrative assistant.
A 32d degree Scottish Rite
Mason. he was Grand Tiler of the
District Grand Lodge of Masons,
He was past master of Hiram
Lodge No, 10 and was a member
of Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal
Arch MaSons.
Mr.. Mayer was born in Balti-
more. the son of Lewis l.. and
Grace r. B. Mayer. He attended
the Baltimore City College.
Coming here 40 years ago. he
first managed the old General
Film Co. and was associated with
several other film firms before
joining the Government.
Surviving is his widow, Mrs.
Mary E. Mayer.
Masonic services will be held at
2 pm. Monday in the Scottish
Rite Temple. $500 Sixteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Bridges Juror Reports
Threatening Phone Calls
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO. April Ala
juror in the recent Harry Bridges
perjury trial asked Mayor Elmer
Robinson for police protection yes
terday, saying he had received
threatening telephone calls.
The juror. Morris L. Wolfsohn
told the Mayor calls have been
made at intervals since the con-
viction of Bridges and two lieu
tenants in the international Long
shoremen's and Warehousemen' S
Union April 4.
Mr.. Wolfsohn, at the same time,
denied Indignantly that the Fed
eral Court jury convicted Bridges
because it was afraid" A police
inspector was assigned to investi-
gate the threats and a squad car
was ordered to pass Mr.. Wolf
sohn's San Francisco residence at
frequent intervals.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Hawaiian Convention
Expe|s Delegate Who
Was Accused as Red
BY the Assecieisd Press

HONOLULU. April 21.- TIL,
Hawaii Constitutional Convention
last night expelled a delegate whit
refused to tell a congressional
committee whether he is or evel
was a Communist.
The 59-to-7 vote ousted Franz
G. Silva. Kauai Island busines!
agent for Harry Bridges CIC
longshore union.
Silva twice had refused to an
swer the Communist question put
by the House Committee on Un-
American Activities investigating
Red influence in Hawaii.
Makes Impassioned Plea.
An avowed former Communist,
Ichiro Izuka. told the committee
Silva showed him a Communist
Party card in 1916.
Silva, in an impassioned speech.
told the convention he never had
been a party member. He said
he had refused to testify because
he had a constitutional right to
silence.
He took a non-Communist oath
April when seated by the con-
vention.
Samuel Wilder King, former
Hawaii Delegate to Congress and
a member of the convention, said
Silva's actions placed the entire
convention in ill repute" before
Congress.
Disregard for Authority Charged.
Hawaii must seek congressional
ratification of its proposed con-
stitution. It hopes this will speed
statehood.
The custer resolution accused
Silva of intentional disobedience
and disregard for rightful author
ity.
Silva hotly attacked the body as
"a Republican, dominated and a
Big Five convention"
The Big Five" refers to the
five major companies which DOM
mate HaWaii's economy.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Norwa: 0utwits Reds
And UnIoads.Arms
BY ths Asseeiotsd Press

OSLO. Norway, April 21.-De.
fense authorities outwitted Nor.
wegian Communists yesterday, un.
loading the first shipment of arm.
under the American Military Aic
Program without interruption.
The government had kept the
arrival Of the first shipment or
the S. s. Moormacdale a secret
and declared the area surroundins
the ship. out of bounds to all ex.
cept the dock workers assigned tt
unload the cargo.
Only when the dockers left work
at the close of the day did the
Communists show life. About sc
Of them made an effort to dis
tribute pamphlets containing ap-
peals to the dockers to discontinue
unloading operations.
Police moved in and arrested the
pamphlet distributors. Unloading
will be resumed today.
The 300 tons of machine guns,
semiautomatic rifles and bazookas
were packed in small boxes for
easy handling and were loaded
directly into waiting trucks.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
High Brazilian Award
Presented 10 We|Ies
Al Embassy Here

Praise for the Organization of
American States was given last
night by Sumner Welles, former
Secretary of State, at ceremonies
In which he received one of the
highest awards of the Brazilian
government, the Grand Cross of
the Order of the Southern Cross.
At the function in the Brazilian
Embassy, Ambassador Mauricio
Nabuco stressed that the order
was conferred on Mr.. Welles by
special orders of President Eurico
Gaspar Dutra.
Mr.. Welles. in his acceptance
speech. said the entire world was
'convulsed" today and there was
no sign of stability anywhere.
Even In the Western Hemi-
sphere, the Organiza ton Of Amer
icsn States, which the free people
of the Western World evolved,
has been weakened" Mr.. Welles
said.
In statement on which he de-
clined to elaborate, he pointed to
resulting acts of subversive infiu-
ence." and also to indifference.
self1shness and a lack of vision on
the part of some of those in high
Office"
Mr.. Welles stressed that no two
nations outside of the United
States and Brazil can do more to
make for friendly cooperation
and understanding.
This friendship is the very
cornerstone Of solidarity" he said.
In presenting the award of his
government, Ambassador Nabuco
declared it had never come to
his lot to decorate a man who de-
served 1t more"
Among those present at the
ceremonies were Henry Morgen-
thau, former Secretary of the
Treasury; Nine. Henri Bonnet,
wife Of the French Ambassador:
Senator Connally. Democrat, of
Texas and Robert Woods Bliss, a /
member Of the National Capital
Sesquicentennial Commission.
Evening star., 1950-04-21

/ Chairman Alan Payne of the
District ABC Board contends that
Washington is not as hard-drink-
ing a community as the Nation has
been led to believe.
/ He came to. the defense of the
Capital after Representative Aber-
nethy, Democrat. of Mississippi.
questioned him about published
/ figures showing this section had
the highest percentage Of con-
sumption.
Testifying at a House District
Subcommittee hearing yesterday
Mr.. Payne insisted that interpre-
tation of the drinking habits here
had been based on apparent con-
sumption the sale of tax stamps
and estimated population of the
city
Much Goes Out of Town.
AS matter of fact, the ABC
Board chairman said, much of the
liquor purchased here at the city's
low prices is taken out of town to
nearby areas and to many other
parts of the country.
If there is taken into consider
alton the population of the en-
tire metropolitan area into which
much of the liquor bought here
goes. he explained further, the
consumption figure would be cut
down to something more COM
parable with the rest of the
country.
The figures to which he OBJ
jected showed, he said, that con-
sumption per capita here per year
was 39l gallons as compared
with 1.22 for the country. These
figures had been widely used
throughout the United States,
Mr.. Payne said. and gave a mis-
leading idea of the amount of
drinking in Washington.
Opposes Price Bill.
The witness opposed a pending
bill to establish voluntary con-
troll of liquor prices here by per-
mitting contracts to forbid re-
tail sale of any alcoholic beverage
at less than the price stipulated
in such a contract.
Opposing the bill also were Dis
trict Commissioner j. Russell
Young and Frank J. Mulkern, real
estate broker who was given per-
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Auti-CoId Drug Firm
Sharply Denies FIGS
Charge Against Ads
~ ~. Assosio.ed ers~,

A New York druS Arm sharply
denied yesterday a Federal Trade
Commission charge that It's ad-
vertisements Of an anti-cold rem.
edy are false and misleading"
The Bristol-Myers Co. accom-.
panied its denial with q heated
attack aGainst the FTC. II said
the agency is 'predisposed" to
ban the advertisins because Il
fears that failure upon its part
to do so will result in severe criti-
cism OF it and possible adverse
action against it by various per-
sons. organizations and groups"
Stricken From Record.
The FrC. which made public
the companys statement. called
the firms charges without foun-
dation in fact" and unwarranted.
The agency said 1t has therefore
ordered the charges stricken from
the record.
Bristol Myers. which makes and
sells an anti-histamine drug called
"Resistab. declared that the FTC
is questioning anti-cold ads be-
cause II fears its jurisdiction over
foods. drugs and cosmetics may
be handed to the Food and Drug
Administration The Hoover Com
mission has recommended such q
transfer.
Hearing Slated April %.
In view of this, the company
said, it feels it cannot receive the
disintereSted and unprecedented
trial to which it is entitled by law"
The FTC will hold hearing on
its complaint as inst Bristol
Myers on April o. The firm Is
one of four makers OF anti-cold
drugs whose advertising has been
questioned by the commission.
All four companies have denied
the charges.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Blue Baby Operation
Improved by B|aIoek
And London Surgeon
BY the Associoted Press

Z
BOSTON, April 2l.-A new blue
baby operation. which might bt
called three-leaf clover surgery
was reported to the American
College of Physicians today.
The operation is an improve
ment over the original blue baby
surgery of DR.. Alfred Blalock OF
Johns Hopkins.
The new operation was invented
by DR.. Blalock and DR.. Russell
Brock. London. England. One OF
DR.. Blalock's colleagues. DR.. H
William Scott, Baltimore, re-
ported it.
The blue baby's color is due to
the failure of the right side OF
the heart to pump blood into the
lungs.
Two Reasons for Failure.
The failure is for one of two
reasons. Either the funnel at
the top Of the heart. through
which the blood passes on its way
to the lungs, is too narrow, or the
valve at the top of the funnel
does not work properly.
The first operation gets around
this trouble by making a detour
for the blood to pass around both
the funnel and the valve. 1t is
not cure. Occasionally the by
pass fails to grow as fast as the
rest of the baby's heart.
The new operation is used when
the valve is at fault. This valve
is shaped like a three-leaf clover
1t lies fiat on top of the funnel.
The leaves lift as blood passes up
ward through them. But they
won't bend downward, and no
blood can leak back into the
heart below.
Leaves Cut Apart.
The trouble comes when the
three leaves edges grow together
The new operation uses a knife
to cut the leaves apart. Usually
two cuts are enough.
This is done by pushing a
sharp. pencil-shaped probe into
the heart. The probe has a
sheathed knife in it's end. The
knife makes the separations in the
clover leaf.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Pike Says Atom Research
Evolves Heart Treatment
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, April 21.-Sumner
T. Pike, acting head of the Atomic
Energy Commission, says atom
research may have uncovered a
promising treatment for advanced
heart disease.
He told meeting Of insurance
underwriters yesterday that di-
etary research plus radioactive
tracer studies Of the blood sup
piled background for the new
treatment.
He gave no details, but said:
They have, in the last two
months, been able to take some
boys that were pretty far along
the way and completely remove
the symptoms"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Forodoy First Made
Electrical Generator

LONDON.-Michael Faraday. an
Englishman. was the first to de-
velop a practical electrical gener-
ator.
1t consisted Of disk Of copper
which could be spun rapidly be-
tween the poles of a big horseshoe
magnet.
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Kiss for Dog, Pot for Her.
Wife Wins Divorce
ey me Asses ,o.ed Pre-.

DETROIT. April 2l.-After three
years of marriage Mrs. Patricia J
Stephens came to Divorce Court
yesterday.
A decree = unc5htested = was
granted after she testified that her
husband, Robert. used to think II
was very funny to kiss the dog
give me a pat on the head, and
walk out the door"
Evening star., 1950-04-21
Southernmost Town

Punta Arenas. situated on the
Strait of Magellan at the tip o1
South America. is the most south
erly settlement in the world. Il
was founded in 1349.
Evening star., 1950-10-13

Eighty-nine years ago French
man found a wonder in the jungles.
His name was Henri Mouhot, and
it appears that he was the first
white man ever to see this amazing
sight.
The Torrid Zone is, in general, a
hot and wretched place-except
where there are high mountains.
Cambodia, part of Indo- China,
is in the Torrid Zone. It has hills
and low mountains, but provides
little comfort to those who like cool
weather.
Going into the jungles of Cam
bodia, Mouhot saw huge towers in
the midst of masses of trees and
vines. He also saw various other
buildings. Getting out of the jun
gle, he told about what he had
discovered. 1t was an amazing
story, and it Is little wonder if many
persons failed to believe it.
Other men fought their way
through the jungles and saw the
same things. Siam had owned the
area, but the French. government
managed to get it from the Siamese,
adding 1t to their Indo-C China
colony.
Early in the present century,
French scientists, engineers and
others set to work to open the
Evening star., 1950-10-13
Uncle Rays Corner

ruins of Angkor Thorn Gas the place
was called to the outside world.
Paths were cut through the jungles,
and roads were laid down. Soon
there was q line Of motor traffic
through Cambodia, and thousands
of visitors were taken there.
Angkor Thorn was a jungle city
a thousand years ago. A gigantic
building known as Angkor Wat Cor
Angkor Temple) was set up there in
honor of Hindu gods. Later came
missionaries of Buddha, and they
converted the king and his subjects
Many Of the old statues OF Hindu
gods were taken away, and Buddhist
figures were set in their place.
For a reason which is hidden in
mystery (though we can guess about
it, the city was deserted about six
and half centuries ago. Jungle
plants grew around the great build
ings, but failed to damage them
very much. Today we find the re-
mains of the city spread over an
area Of about 20 square miles. There
are thousands of statues and carv-
ings In bas-relief for the modern
visitor to see, including figures of
life-sized elephants.
Il you want 2 free copy of the illus.
send self-addressed. stamped envelope
to Uncle Ray in care Of The Star.
Evening star., 1950-10-13
axe Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby
The Standard American is: RUM

The Standard American is: RUM
buh.
The word is often spelled rhumba,
which is a nonsensical spelling to
Latin Americans, for there are no
Spanish words beginning with rh-.
How the III" got into the erroneous
rhumba is unexplained. There is
no reason why the III" should not
be dropped. a
The name Riviera loosely desig-
mates the Mediterranean coast from
Cannes, France, to La Spezia, Italy.
The French Riviera is usually called
Cote d'Azur (azure COAST. The
French pronunciation of Riviera is:
reev-yair-AH.
The italians call it: reev-YAIR-.
ah. In Standard American Riviera
is pronounced riv-ee-AIR-uh. But
American dictionaries are slow In
giving it sanction.
For years I have sought to stamp
out the error Of pronouncing rinse
like the word wrench. Progress has
been satisfactory. But occasionally
women are still heard ''wrenching''