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Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

ALWAYS USE SIGNALS
"a good driver knows the proper signals and uses them
at all tmes," states Colonel Carey Ja1man Superin-
tendent of the Maryland State Police. The current
slogan appearing State Police Patrol Cars is to re-
mind drivers of this important duty:
ALWAYS USE SIGNALS
The State Motor Vehicle Law provides that drivers
must give signals either manuay or with an approved
mechanical device before turning stopping slowing
The average motorist many occasions forgets this
and result often finds himself in dangerous situ-
alton that could have been avoided had he signaed his
Intentions
Maryland's hand signals are as follows:
LEFT TURN Point hand straight to left, hold
hand still several seconds.
RIGHT TURN-Extend hand and arm upward
hold hand still several seconds.
STOP or SLOW-Drop hand toward ground, with
palm to rear, hold hand still sew
era seconds.
Give your signal in plenty of time so that the driver
back of you will have ample warning of what you in
tend to do.
The drivers behind you we'll as the drivers coming
toward you not mind readers Give the proper sig
nal before starting, turning stopping or slowing 1t Is
The Lawful AS Well AS The Courteous Thing To Do
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
PERSONALS

Rev. Henry Thomas, rector of st
Peters Church, left on Monday fol-
Poolsville, Md, for his August va
cation. Mrs. Thomas preceded him
two or three weeks ago.
Rev. and Mrs. w. w. w. Wilson,
who had been spending nearly a
week with friends, went to Milton
Monday evening, where he grew up.
Thos. S. Start, who has been
spending week here, left on Mon
day, for Wilmington, to visit his
brother there, en-route to New
York.
Miss Elizabeth Walden, daughter
of Bishop Walden, who was a
schoolmate of Miss Eunice Anth-
ony, at the Woman's College, Bal
timore, and her guest on one or
two occasions since, died at Den
yer, Colorado, July 18th.
Mr.. Geo. w. Gooden, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting his uncle, Alex
Gooden, near the Iron Bridge"
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Creely, of
Camden, NJ j., are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. w. p. Legg.
A. Lee Cummins, of StraWbridge
& Clothier, Philadelphia, was home
on Sunday.
Miss Ethel Suman, of Baltimore,
is being entertained by the Misses
Alice and Lulu Beck.
Miss Katherine Beckett left
Thursday for an extended visit to
''Beachwood Inn," Jenkintown, Pa.
Mrs. L. E. Anthony is on a two
weeks visit to relatives in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Miss Bessie Counselman has re-
turned from an extended visit to
Baltimore.
Mrs. ]. w. Clifton Joined a party
from FELTON, today, on sojourn to
Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry V. Pyle and
son, of Wilmington, are visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs William
A. FAIRIES.
Miss Rachel Oakley, of Whining
ton, was a guest of the Misses
Savin.
Mr.. Charles ]. Allen and son,
Layton, of Wilmington, are visiting
her mother, Mrs. w. B. Collins.
Mrs. Rebecca FAIRIES and daugh-
ter, Miss Nellie ]. FAIRIES, left to-
day for a visit to her son, DR..
Clarence T. FAIRIES, at Narbeth,
Pa. During their stay there, Miss
May FAIRIES will take advantage of
the opportunity to sojourn for a
week or two al Cape May, N. ].
Miss Margaret Smith, of w. E.
Hall & Sons Department Store, is
on vacation to her former home
in Millington, Md.
Mrs. John C. Mannering is visit
ing in Bangor, Pa, and the Della
ware Water Gap.
The engagement of Miss Eunity
Pratt, of Dover, and Mr.. Manfred
Lower, of Brenford, has been an
nounced. Miss Pratt is a niece of
former Governor r. ]. Reynolds
and the groom-elect is son of Mr..
and Mrs. Ephraim Lower.
Miss Alice Johnson, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. Amanda Spruance.
Mrs. w. F. Dunn and daughter
are spending this week at Camden
Camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Hirons and
children, and Mrs. Joseph Evans
leave today for an extended visit
to relatives in Chicago, III.
Delaney Moore returned home
last evening from visit of several
weeks To Ocean Er0Yss n. n lore
Misses Minnie Pamar and Lille
Cole, of Wilmington, are visiting
Miss Maine S. Goldsborough, at
Woodland Beach.
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03
Over The Waves AT 100 Miles An Hour

how boat looks 100 miles Lombado hits the
W. Lombado members
the Gulf 100 Mile Hour Club.
RED BANK N 1.-THE question of whether it possible drive
spedboa 100 miles hour during be
the National Sweepstakes Regatta is held here
August h and 6h At least half dozen of the nations highest
powered boats and most skilled drivers will attempt what has hitherto
impossible 100 miles
and onehalf mile the Navesink River
Smyrna times., 1950-08-03

Various studies by the National
Safety Council show that falls are
the leading type of farm work acci-
dents.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
LONG RAIL
 DISPUTE IS
 ENDED NOW
Wage Boost Is Granted 10 About 300, ,000 Men,
 3-year Peace Paet

WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 - LR = The months-long dispute between the railroads and four big raj unions was settled today with agree ment on a three-year peace pact granting pay boosts to about 100000 workers.
 The agreement, calling also for cost of living adjustments in wages may set a pattern for the govern ment's wage stabilization policies since it was hammered out under government sponsorship.
 The settlement was announced at the White House by Presidential Assistant John R. Steelman after a 26-hour overnight session with union leaders and railroad repre- sentatives.
 Steelman has been handling the negotiations since the government seized the roads last August to avert a nationwide strike.
 The agreement still must be rati- fled by union bargaining commit tees but quick acceptance is ex- pected
 Daniel P. Loomis, chairman of the railroad negotiators, estimated the wage increases-ranging up to 23 cents hourly-will cost the roads about $13O,OO0,oo0 year year.
 Steelman said the union had agreed to forego any further wage demands for a three-year period. He called it "no strike" agreement but President D. B. Robertson of the Bremen and J. P. Shields of the Engineers said they were not actually writing such clause into the contract.
 They did agree they were remov- ing the causes of strikes, however, by committing their unions to a moratorium on further wage and hour demands.
 Besides the firemen and engineers, the pact covers the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors.
 The provision for cost-of-living adjustments in wages, begged to the rise and fall of the governments cost-of- living index, parallels sim liar agreements already in effect in the auto industry.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
Thousand Korean Street
 Orphans Are kir-Liifed
 To santluary on Island

SEOUL, Dec. 21-R-Nearly a thousand big-eyed little Korean street orphans have been air-lifted to an island sanctuary off South Korea in Operation Riddle Car"
 Fifteen twin-engine American transport planes landed at nearby Kimpo Air Base to fly the war waifs out of the combat zone.
 Truck after truck rolled up loaded with children and backed up to the open plane doors. There were 964 kids in all, ranging in age from six months to II years. Most had been saved from gutter death by kind hearted American troops who found them wandering or lying abandoned on the streets of Seoul.
 Scores of small pilgrims of dis tress were covered with sores and their bodies were still shrunken from starvation. Some gestured at their mouths to show their hunger and mumbled "chop chop" The planes carried 15-day Supply of rations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
ALASKA PROJECTS
 10 GET FUNDS ON
 REQUEST OF ARMY

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21-R-A partial listing by locations of $320,- 164,Oo0 of Army public works pro- jects for which immediate funds are asked became available today
 The list was sent to the Senate in support of the Armys request for emergency money in the pend- ing $2O,O0o,000,0o0 appropriation bill.
 It included these Alaska projects
 Fairbanks, $4,253, 400. Fort Rich ardson, Anchorage, $3,661, ,100 Whit tier, $5,198 300.
 The bill as approved by the House and the Senate Appropria- tions Committee included the full amounts requested by the Armed Services for warehouses, utilities, laboratories, expansion of air fields and other facilities.
 These totaled s320, ,164 ,000 for the Army. 303,378.00O for the Navy and $807 000, 900 for the Air Force.
 The totals included funds for projects outside the United States and for a number of secret under takings.
 A bill to authorize the projects is moving through Congress al- most simultaneously with the En- ergency Appropriation Bill. The two measures are not identical in amount because the Armed Services are not asking at this time for all the money which is in the process of being authorized. A number of projects will take number of years to complete. and thus funds for them will be included in a num- Der of appropriation bills.
 Air Force spokesmen told the Housing Appropriations Committee the Air Force did not want it's pro- jects made public.
 The Army list became available today but with the proviso that no details be given--only the location and amount.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
STALIN IS PRAISED ON
 BIRTH DATE
All Kinds of Phrases Used Used by Press = Gets
 Barbed Wire Wreath
(By the Associated Press)


 Today is Joseph Stalin's birthday he's 71-and while his controlled press at home once again hailed him in extravagant prose, Com munists in the ring of states around Russia pulled out all the stops att tempting to outdo each other in praising him.
 In Moscow, East Berlin, Prague, Sofia, Bucharest, Budapest and Warsaw, the Communist press chorused the praise of the man in the Kremlin in phrases like these:
 Greatest scientist of our time"
 Leader of the world peace camp"
 "Defender of the worker"
 Great genius Stalin."
 But Stalin had one gift from Western Berlin to null over. An or ganization called "The Fighting Troup Against Inhumanity' wrote that they wanted to remind him of the German prisoners of war still in the Soviet Union.
 They sent him wreath made of barbed wire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
Hoover Calls on Nation 10
 Arm 10 Teefh; Opposes
 Sending Troops 10 Europe

NEW YORK, Dec. 21-FR-Former , President Herbert Hoover urged the nation last night to concentrate on fortifying the Western Hemisphere as a Gibraltar"
 He called on his fellow-country- men to "arm to the teeth" to hold the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, with the island outposts of Britain, Japan. Formosa and the Philippines.
 MT. Hoover, speaking on radio and television, said it would be sheer folly" to engage in land war with Communist hordes in Asia or the continent of Europe.
 He urged the United States to Arm our air and naval forces to the teeth" to defend the frontier he laid out.
 Washington vs Moscow MT Hoover said the Communists could never break through American sea and air power to invade the Western Hemisphere. They can no more reach Washington in force than we can reach Moscow" he de- clared
 At another point, he expressed the opinion that the atomic bomb is "a far less dominant weapon than it was once thought to be-"
 The only living ex-President, making one of the most important addresses of his long public career, said "it is clear that the United Nations are defeated in Korea
 It would be inviting another Ko- rea," he declared, to send more troops or money to Western Euro pean nations before they had armed themselves as a sure dam against the Red flood"
 Defense Up To Europe
 Defense of western continental Europe rests primarily on the European nations themselves. the 76-year-old former chief executive told his audiences across the na- ton.
 we have little need for large armies unless we are going to Europe or China" he said. Land war with the Communist masses in Asia or Western Europe would be the graveyard of millions of American boys and would end in the exhaustion of this Gibraltar of western civilization"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
UN FORCES HOLDING Al
 BEk(hnEAD
Wdrships, Planes, Artillery HurI Back Red Aftalks-
 Frozen Bodies Tell Tale
(By the Associated Press)

Heavy pounding of Communist lines by United Nations warships, plarA,5 and artillery has driven back the Reds most menacing att tack on the Hungnam beachhead
 The withdrawal of Allied forces from northeast Korea was pro- ceeding according to the LIN. con- mand's time table.
 Comparative quiet was reported on both the Hungnam perimeter and on the west Korean front where the US. Eighth army is holding a line near the 38th parallel.
 General Macarthur said Com munist losses of 10 to one compared with Allied casualties had notice ably slowed down the enemy opera tions.
 He disclosed that LIN. casualties during the general retreat since Nov 27 following the intervention of Chinese Reds totaled nearly 13.000. These included killed. wounded and missing for all Allied forces except those of the Republic of Korea
 Censorship
 A form of censorship was im- posed on correspondents yesterday by. the LIN command.
 Dispatches from the Hungnam beachhead said the >Communists were thrown back from tho eastern sector which had been the point of gravest peril to the defenders. But warships continued to hammer away at Red troop concentrations north of the beachhead.
 Terrific Bombardment
 Frozen bodies of Chinese and white-robed, Korean Reds filtered the snow-crusted east flank. The Communist survivors apparently were numbed to a standstill by the furious round-the-clock lombard ment.
 A high-ranking spokesman at MacArthurs Tokyo headquarters denied reports that the Communists had used gas grenades against LIN. troops at Hungnam. The report, he said, was wholly umconfirmed and doubted at headquarters because the Chinese Communists had no training in gas warfare and did not have gas masks
 Red Reinforcements In reviewing the retreat from Northwest Korea, General MacAr- thur said it was not dictated by battle losses" or the acceptance of defeat. He said the Allied forces. numbering four corps of 12 divisions, were stacked up against nine Chi nese corps of 27 divisions with mas sive endorsements across the Yalu river in Manchuria.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
Fight Looms On Proposals
 Hoover Makes
Demo Party Leaders Avoid Comment = COP Leader
 Wherry Gives Views

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 = tR = A new Congressional battle loomed today over former President Hoo ver's proposals to shorten America $ defense lines and arm the Navy and Air Force "to the teeth" to defend the nations Atlantic and Pacific frontiers.
 Republican Senate Leader Wherry of Nebraska said Hoover's pro- posals collide directly with those of President Truman and Congress and the public must decide who is right"
 Most Democratic party leaders avoided immediate comment but Senator Lehman (D-NY) said Tt appears to me to be plea for a return to complete isolationism. If we followed President Hoover's sug- gestion, we would find ourselves isolated and without any friends in the world"
 Senators of both parties agreed on one thing-that last nights broadcast proposals by the only living former President would echo in Congress for some time to come.
 Bluntly calling the United Ma tions-U.S. efforts in Korea de- feat, MT. Hoover warned against another Korea" in Western Europe if this country feeds men and money there before the European countries organize their own de- fense.
 Many Republicans in Congress were quick to cheer, Hoover's sharp dissent from the Truman-Acheson policy.
 Senator Taft (R-Ohio), chairman of the Senate COP Policy Commit tee, told reporter he agrees with many of the general principles Hoover stated.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
Red Attacks Hurled Back Al UN Beaciahead
 SPEEDING
 SPENDING

1 WASHINGTON, Dec. q = R - Working at top speed. the Senate today voted S2O,OO0 100000 for de- | fense spending and gave approval for $1 1,600. 100000 of special defense construction. much of it top secret.
 Both measures were passed by voice votes.
 The $1 ,6O0,OOO,OO0 authorization measure goes on to President Tru man. The House passed it yester- day.
 The big appropriation bill, a catch-all for funds asked by Presi- dent Truman since Communist Chi nese forces surged into Korea, goes back to the House.
 As the bill cleared the Senate it carried some $200O,000,0OO more than voted by the House. These diff ferences are expected to be ad- justed quickly.
 Senator Russell CD-Ga), acting Clldlillidll Ol OilC hllilCO OClNlCCo committee. asked the Senate to put through the authorization bill first.
 In still another move to put the nation on war footing, the ,Sen- ate passed and sent to the House a bill restoring President Truman's wartime powers to renegotiate de- fense contracts. Action was on a voice vote.
 AS approved, the bill was stripped of authority asked by the President to create, transfer and abolish emergency government agencies.
 The spending bill, Russell ex- plained, contains the money for more than 90 percent of the pro- jects in the authorization bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21


 MT. Hoover said western European nations should arm themselves with combat divisions of huge numbers" before the United States lands "an- other man or another dollar on their shores"
 His demand for new foreign arms policy came one day after President sTruman named Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as Supreme Commander of western European forces and said additional US. troops would be sent there as soon as possible.
 MT. Hoover said his suggested foreign policy would make it pos sible for this country to carry on indefinitely. even if the Communists attacked it's defense rim.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
The w ashington Merry Go Round
Copyright, lSso, by Bell Syndicate. Incl
 By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = White House policy can change overnight, but for the present we have no inten- ton of mobilizing the vast but disorganized army of anti-Com- munist guerriuas in China. Presi- dent Truman so advised group of Congressmen at an off-the-re- cord and very candid meeting last week.
 Truman also is holding firm to his resolve not to drop the atomic bomb in China or Korea.
 That doesn't mean that we are appeasing the Chinese Communists far from it." Truman told his callers. "They are aggressors and we will continue to treat them as such."
 Truman added that if British Prime Minister Clement Attlee came with any appeasement mo- tions, he left without them. He agreed with Attlee, hoewver, that if we used the A-bomb, Russia would seize the opportunity to re- taliate against London, Berlin and Paris.
 But the argument that carried the most weight with him, Tru- man explained. was that we should not atom bomb Russian satellites in reprisal against the .Kremlin.
 Regarding the question of arming
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 2M, American Can 92A, American Tel. and Tel. 150la Anaconda STA, Douglas Aircraft 92A, General Electric 48la, General Motors 45as, Goodyear 641k, Kenne- colt 74&, Libby McNeill and Libby 8B, Northern Pacific B, Standard Oil of California 84s, Twentieth Century Fox 21. US. Steel 4l, Pound $280M, Canadian Exchange 94.50.
 Sales today were 2.990,000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: in- dustrials 23l.38, rails 77.35, utilities 39.93.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
KOREA CASUALT!Es INCREASED BY OVER
 f2,o00 IN RETREAT

TOKYO, Dec. 21- R Genera MacArthurs headquarters said to- day American casualties in the worst fortnight of retreat in Korea totaled 11,964 killed, wounded anc missing. It said other United Ma tions forces from abroad suffered 1,011 casualties in that period.
 The total of 12,975 did not include Republic of Korea losses.
 Headquarters said field conl- manders reported Chinese Red loss es at a ratio of 10 to la total ot more than 10000.
 The period was dated Nov. 27- Dec. 12, but the total also included relatively small losses suffered dur ing LIN probing attacks beginning Nov. 24."
 The Defense Department an- nounced Nov. 30 in Washington that American casualties in Korea since the war began had reached total of 31,028, saying this re- presented all whose next of kin who had been notified through Nov. 12. This indicated that Ameri- can casualties through Dec 12 were in excess of 42,000.
 The Washington list showed B. BOT dead, 21,114 wounded and A. ell missing. The new MacArthur headquarters summary today did not break down its casualty figures to show how many were killed wounded or missing.
 Hardest hit was the U. s. Army Second Infantry Division which suffered 4,131 casualties during what MacArthur called the report orial disaster period" The Second Division played a major role in bunting the Chinese Red counter offensive on the northwest front.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
CANADIAN TOWN
 E HIT HARD BY
 F0UR-HOUR BLAZE


 RYLEY, Alta. Dec. 21-LR-A 20- foot-long wall of fire wiped out virtually all business buildings on one side of this northern Alberta towns main street last night.
 Hundreds of firefighters from 10 nearby communities battled the fierce blaze for four hours before bringing it under control
 Mayor John Kordich estimated the loss at $250.000.
 Only one person. an unidentified garage mechanic, was injured. He was hospitalized for treatment of burns.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
EiYs! Woman 10 Be Elected U. S.
 Senaie Is Dead

WASHINGTON, Dec. q - R = Mrs. Hattie w. Caraway, 72, of Ar kansas. first woman ever elected to the United States Senate, died to- day at White Hall Sanitarium at Falls Church, Va.
 Mrs. Caraway was member of the Federal Employees Compensa- ton Appeals Board at the time of her death.
 She was Senator for slightly more than 13 years during the ad- ministration of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
SPECIAL SESSION OF
 COUNCIL POSTPONED

Due to the pressure of personal business the special meeting of the Juneau City Council scheduled for tonight has been postponed until after Christmas, Mayor Waino Hen drickson said today. The next regu- lar council meeting falls on Janu- ary 5.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
OUTSIDE FOR HOLIDAYS

Mrs. Frank Rouse, staff member of the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Association, is leaving Friday for Seattle where she will spend the Christmas holidays with rela- tives. She plans to return to Ju- neau shortly after the first of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
High Official of Lcngslore Union
 Barred from Docks
(By Associated Pressl

A time high official in the Longshore Union has been banished from military docks.
 San Francisco Army and Navy authorities have barred 51-year-old Henry Schmidt. He was a code fendant with Longshore leader Harry Bridges in Bridges perjury trial. They were convicted last April and are free on bail pend- ing appeal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau-Maximum, 40; minimum. 30.
 At Airport-Maximum, 37; minimum 30.
 F o R E c A s T
 (Juneau and Vicinity
 Snow tonight becoming partly cloudy Friday. Low temperature tonight near 32. Slightly colder Friday. PRE- PIT A T I O N (Past 24 hours ending 7:30 am. today City of Juneau-0.20 inches; since Dec. l = 2.74 inches; since July 1-35.98 inches. At Airport = 0.19 inches; since Dec. l = POT inches; since July 1-25.19 inches. . . =
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
STEAMER iHOvEMENTS

Denali scheduled to sail from Se- attle tomorrow afternoon
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver December 30.
 Baranof from west scheduled to arrive Sunday morning southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
WINTER SOLSTICE
 2:14 A. M. FRIDAY

Tomorrow winter reaches it's halfway point in the northern . hemisphere, the winter solstice . occurring in Juneau at 2:l4 . . a.m., (PST), according to com . putations made at the local . . US. Weather Bureau Station. . . Friday, December 9, is the . . shortest day in the year, the . . sun appearing on the horizon . . at 9:45 am. and disappearing . . from view at 4:06 pm, a day . . of six hours and 21 minutes. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21

ANCHORAGE VISITOR
 E. F. Hickok of Anchorage i registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21
NO sOURDOCEY DANCE

The Sourdocey Square Dancing Club will not meet on Saturday, December 23, according to an- nouncement.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-21

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