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Evening star., 1950-09-07
General Keon

Brigadier General Jefferson Randolph Kean
was the ideal Army doctor. soldier by instinct
and training, he also was a campaigner and
strategist in the specialized field of military
medicine. Cuba roughly half a century ago was
natural assignment for him. He was ill with
yellow fever himself when Major Walter Reed
arrived in Havana in the spring of 1900. What
followed is history in its most exciting FORM
At first the theory of Beauperthuy and Finlay
that the fever was spread by striped variety"
of mosquito-the Stegomyia-was not accepted.
Only when other ideas had failed did Major Reed
decide to test the yellow jack notion by allowing
healthy men to be bitten by the suspected carrier.
DR. Jesse Lazear and DR.. James Carroll were the
earliest Americans to volunteer. The experiment
killed DR.. Lazear Other heroes took his place,
particularly Private John R. Kissenger and a
civilian clerk named John j. Moran. They sub
mitted themselves to unSpeakable ordeals of
Infection and they proved that: "The essential
factor in the infection of building with yellow
fever is the presence therein of mosquitoes that
have bitten cases of yellow fever" Within three
months Havana was free of the disease!
DR.. Keans name does not appear among the
principal actors in this great scientific drama.
He was one of Major Reeds less widely publcized
helpers. When the Yellow Fever Commission
finished it's work. he stayed on in Cuba to estab-
lish its national Department of Health. Subse-
quently back home he had much to do with
creating the Medical Reserve Corps. In World
War he organized and directed the Department
of Military Relief of the American Red Cross and
was chief of the United States Ambulance Service
with the armies of France. He also was credited
with the organization of Army medical supply
depots and base hospitals scattered from the
Atlantic Coast to the Pacific and the Canadian
border to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1924 he was
officially retired but he never lost interest in
military medicine as a branch of modern curative
and preventive science. long list of honors
Evening star., 1950-09-07
Owner Of Mountain Submits Report

CUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN stands to
~ the left of the route 240 to Frederick.
Separated from the rest of the Catoctin
range by some sport Of mountain max
ing. it rises in impressive solitude from
the meadows green with corn"
Fourteen hundred feet high and only
40 miles from the center Of Washington,
its wooded heights afford magnificent
views of the Maryland plain and the
Potomac
Sugar Loaf's owner, Gordon Strong, is
spending his energy and money In max
ing 1t an ideal mountain spot He is
extending the roads up and around the
mountain and telling trees to open vistas.
So that the work may continue. he has
created trusteeship called Stronghold
to handle the job after his DEATH
The other day when he stopped in on
his friend, William T. Delaplaine. editor
of the Frederick NewS-Post, the news
paperman asked about the mountain.
MIR. Strong offered to send his report.
The Star reprints it through the courtesy
of the Frederick newspaper:
Dear Mr.. Delaplaine:
When I last saw you, I said that I
might send you copy Of my midyear
report to the trustees of Stronghold, Inc.
But, on looking over this report, I
find it so tied in with references to
other reports and data that it would not
be clear to any one else.
Accordingly. I have thought it clearer
to rough out brief summary of what
we are doing of late.
Our present road-end (and the be-
ginning of the Trail-to- the -Top) is at
what we call Fourth View, which faces
to the west. To accommodate the increas-
ing numbers of visitors, we have this
spring bulldozed out of the mountain
side an addition to the parking space
which nearly doubles it.
Next. we have opened what will be
another road-end, around on the other
and eastern side of the mountain, which
we call East View. In front, there Is a
sharp rocky drop, which offers a perfect
view to the eastward.
This East View will serve as another
road-end accommodating as many visi-
tors as Fourth View; but it will offer one
Evening star., 1950-09-07
Protests Misuse of Holidays

National holidays are days set aside
by the United States Congress to COM
memorate certain heroic and sacred
events in American history Therefore,
these days are intended to be respectfully
observed by all Americans and residents
in the United States.
At present there is a movement to
desecrate our national holidays land also
some Christian religious holidays) by
certain business people who are COM
mercializing these events by putting on
special sales. Since such conduct tends
to destroy the significance of these holi-
days, it should be stopped at once.
There are enough days during the
year to do business, and the few i'm
Evening star., 1950-09-07
First Amendment Impinqed

For the benefit of those who are asking
the same questions as George Thompson,
vide: Refuses to be World Citizen" (Star
of September -. we recommend perusal
and analysis of the report of the New
DeaD Committee on Lobbying, Repre-
sentative Buchanan Pa0, chairman.
Published extracts from that report
inform US of the following as being taken
tEerefro n: $50 far as democratic re-
spollsibiilty is concerned. the pressure
group and the executive agency live in
entirely different worlds. :. If we were
living in blander times. if the responsible
tiles of Government were not large and
difficult, one might argue for a fully
operative system of separation of powers.
checks and balances, and all other text
book paraphernalia of negative govern
ment. But both our domestic society
and our world position demand govern
ment which is not afraid to speak its
mind on those issues for which it has
clear public support"
Now, who is to decide what is "pres-
sure group" and how any decree of
governn ent has "clear public support?
1t seems to us that in the said report
we have clear proposal to suspend or
abrogate the explicit provisions of the
First Amendment of the Constitution.
We think that all citizens who believe
in the Constitution should read and
think over the import of the report and.
at the next election, take care to vote for
candidates who beyond question are pre-
pared, at all costs, to rejuvenate the al
ready attenuated provisions of that docu-
ment which Daniel Webster defended
and which Gladstone described as one of
the greatest documents ever conceived
by the brain of man.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

Q. How long time will elapse before
the rehabilitation Of Hiroshima will bs
completed?-B. D.
A. Japanese officials. speaking at .
banquet in their honor, given in Los
Angeles on August 6. 1850. stated that it
is anticipated the work of rehabilitation
will require 80 years.
@. Can the United Nations Charter
be amended? If so. what procedure is
involved?-J. K. T. ..
A. The Charter of the United Nations
can be amended by a vote of two-thirdS
of the members of the General Assembly.
It must be ratified in accordance with
their respective constitutional processes
by two-thirds of the members of the
United Nations, including all the perma-
nent members of the Security Council.
O. What was the first invention to be
patented by the United States Patent
Ofdce?-L. K. v.
A. The first patent granted by our
Government was for the process of max
ing pot and pearl ashes. 1t was dated
July 81, 1890 Samuel Hopkins of YER
mont received the patent.
@. Does inbreeding livestock produce
harmful effects?-Y. H.
A. A general reduction in vigor. espe-
cially in fertility. has long been ascribed
to inbreeding and there can be no
doubt that in general these may be
common effects. On the other hand.
progress in animal breeding was made
possible only by inbreeding. The gov
erning factor is heredity. Inbreeding
should be practiced only by the most
skillful breeders. and by them only when
they have definite knowledge of the
ancestry.
@. How greatly does attendance at
motion picture theaters vary according
to the day of the week?-M. K.
A. The Department of Commerce re-
ports theater attendance by the day
of the week: Monday, Tuesday, We'd
nesday and Thursday. 10 per cent; Fri
day, is per cent; Saturday, 20 per cent;
Sunday, Is per cent.
Evening star., 1950-09-07

additional possibility: AS setting for
Easter services. 1t will be impressive
indeed.
However, our most important under
taking has been to mount two bronze
Civil War; 12-pounders at Second View.
aimed at the Potomac. And if the john
nies should start coming over again, at
Conrads or at Whites Ferry, as they
did in September, '62, why. we are ready
for them-as they will jolly we'll find
out
One bit of the mountain that stands
much the same as before (say, couple
or three million years before) is the
BOULDER -strewn mountainside through
which winds the Trail-to- the-Top.
enclose photograph. Along the stone
paved trail each weathered, lichened
boulder stands.
Evening star., 1950-09-07

"From out the long forgotten past
Into the unknolDn and endless future
A monument. fred, silent, eternal"
The coming of visitors is once more on
the upward grade. We count from March
to November, Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays only. In 1949 the total was
LAS. In 1850 it now looks like about
$4,000. And, fortunately, we can take
care of them.
The visitors who seem to get the most
out of their visits are the ladies-and
the older, the better.
have written this to tell you per-
sonally Of what is going on down here.
on the old mountain whose top you can
see-if you want to. We are doing what
we can-and even angels. anyhow those
of moderate efficiency, are reported as
able to do but little more.
Cordially yours. GORDON STRONG.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
A pseudonym Is permissible only
101aen letter carries correct name
and address of 1Uriter. Please be brief.

portant secular and religious days we
have should be kept entirely free of
commercialization. Maybe the Commit
tee on Un-American Activities should
look into this matter of preserving our
American and religious holidays.
Loyal American.
Evening star., 1950-09-07
Questions and Answers

The stars readers can get the answer TO
any question of fact by either writing The
Evening Star information Bureau. 1900 / street
NV. Washington g. D. c., and inclosing cents
Extension 35S,
Evening star., 1950-09-07
September

Summer is sitting i'm the sun
Dreaming out her days,
Satisfied NTH 1Dork t1eH done
And old -tDonldn -1DnyS.
ALEDA HALL
Evening star., 1950-09-07

came to him in recognition of his labors. What
pleased him most, however, was the steady
advance of Army medicine as such.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
N0RTHW EST AREA AIR RAID WARNING NETWORK REVIVED
(By the Associated Press

Oregon and Washington Cover nors acting at the request of Sec retary of Defense Johnson, issued orders Saturday reviving the war time air raid warning networks through the two states.
 Both, however, cautioned against hysteria or undue concern"
 Governor Douglas Mckay said at Salem, Ore, that reestablishmenf of the system lis nothing more spec tacular that a good insurance pol icy" Washington's Governor Langlie said the action was being taken at government request because of the possibilities of conflict"
 Warning systems of the two states will be under the Western Air De- fense Force with headquarters at Hamilton Air Force Base, Calit.
 State Patrol Chief James A. Pryde, named by Langlie to head the Washington reactivation, said ground observers will report to the Air Force which, in turn, will warn the civilian population in the event of an enemy attack.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
RUSS TWO YEARS UP ON US IN GUIDED MISSILES WARFARE

WASHINGTON, Feb. -R- Senator Johnson D-Tex) of the Senate Armed Services Committee said today Russia is at least two years ahead of the United States in the development of guided mis- siles.
 Johnson told a news conference the United States may be ahead of other nations in developing the atomic and hydrogen bombs.
 But I'm afraid we are behind Russia in the ability to deliver our explosives in battle" he said, adding The three services each has mis- sile program of it's own-but, as yet, no really worthwhile guided missile
 Publicity about some of our rocket research has created a largely false impression that we have mis- siles which would be used in de- fense of this country. AS of now we have none"
 Johnson criticized the Armed Services in charging that the bulk of defense spending-five years after World War II-''is still going for weapons originally designed tt help us win that war"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
FAITHFUL FIRE HALL THERMOMETER IS RUINED
 BY WEEKEND PRANK

A faithful friend was injured De- yond repair this weekend.
 It is the large thermometer on the outside wall of the Fire Hall which for more than 13 years has rehaply told work bound Juneau men ana women whether to shiver or per spire.
 It was the victim of prank late Saturday night or early Suncay morning by an unknown puohc enemy.
 Yesterday morning it was found stuck at no degrees, with slnoKe marks around it's bottom indicating it had been coaxed to a record hl9'l by matches or cigarette lighter m the hands of some irresponsible per son.
 The thermometer was installed Tn 1897 by the Royal Blue Cab Com pany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
T0RNAD0E5
 KILL 47 IN
 F0URSTATE5

SHREVEPORT. La. Feb. 13-IR- Tomatoes whirled through four states over the weekend leaving at leaving at least 47 persons dead.
 Another 200 or more were in- jured in East Texas. Northwest Louisiana, Southern Arkansas and Tennessee.
 Nine persons in one family were killed in the little Tennessee farm ing community of Hurricane Hills near Ripley, early today.
 The Red Cross said that at least eight persons were killed at Grand Cane, La.
 The twisters previously had struck 38 persons with death in Northwest Louisiana, East Texas and Southern Arkansas.
 The sheriff's office at Ripley re- ported that stil others, probably Negro tenants of the stricken Woodland farm, were believed killed
 As the tornadoes continued a northeastward course, the death toll mounted in Louisiana and Texas.
 The Red Cross reported 29 were killed in Louisiana This total dio not include one fatality reported Hy the Shreveport Times in Shreveport
 The death of 9-year-old Shirley Windsor in Lufkin hospital early today raised the death toll in Texas to nine
 The tornadoes - spawned Satur- day when a mass of cold air collideo with mass of warm, moist air struck at least 20 times in less than "A hours.
 First to feel the twisters was lower East Texas. A tornado smashed LaPorte, Tex. and Alvin Tex, Saturday afternoon.
 There were few immediate esti- mates of damage. But it was put al $3O0,000 ir the LaPorte-Alvin egsa
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
WINDOW AWARDS ARE
 MADE TO BOY SCOUTS

F. M. Iyvoll, camping and ac- tivities chairman for the Boy Scouts, reported today the decision of the judges in the window decorating contest conducted last week. First place in the cub division went to Douglas Community Church's cub pack 310 Paul Burnett, cubmaster. Their window was in Val Poor's drug store at Douglas.
 First place in the Boy Scout di- vision was awarded to the American Legion's troop 6l3. with their camp ing window in the Juneau Young Hardware. Vernon Harris is scout Lions and Rotary, respectively. master of this troop.
 In the explorer scout section, Explorer Post 713, Chester zenger. s.8 pus Ot 9ul 9I9M sI9uuIM azIJd advisor. Their window was in the Pan American World Airways office in the Baranof Hotel.
 Equipment for the units winning prizes will be awarded, Tyvoil re- ports. Those serving on the com mittee for judging were: Gene Vuille. Art Hedges, and Stanley Grummett. representing Kiwanis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
Chapman Asks Quiz on Native Intimidation
Wants Committeeman fo Investigate "InfIuenee"
 -Doesn tSdy Whom

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-lR-Se- cretary of the Interior Chapman asked Congress today to investigate whether Alaska Eskimos and In- dians have been intimidated in ef- forts to influence the voting in elections to determine whether they want reservations established for them.
 Senator O'Mahoney CD-Wyo) Chairman of the Senate Interior Committee, said the committee would not act on the request until after he talks with Delegate Bart lett of Alaska.
 Chapman wrote O'Mahoney:
 There have come to me rumors of efforts that allegedly were made to intimidate the natives in order to influence the outcome of the election which recently was held at Point Barrow on the acceptance or rejection of (former) Secretary Krug's order dated November 30, 1949, for the establishment of a reservation there and of efforts that allegedly are being made to intimidate the natives of Hydaburg and Shungnak-Kobuk for the pur- pose Of influencing the outcome of the elections which are scheduled to be held at those places on April 24.
 T recogniE my responsibility as Secretary of the Interior to see that free and fair elections are held among Alaskan native groups on approval or disapproval of the re- servation orders and I intend tc discharge that responsibility to the best of my ability.
 Tt would be helpful and in the interest of good government if 8 member of the staff of your com mittee should go to Alaska for the purpose of making an objective study regarding these rumors." The Barrow election Feb. 4 result ed in defeat of the reservation plan 231 to 29.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
ALASKA FIGHT ON AS TROOP
 COLLISION DUE
Exercise Sweeibriar Under Way as Canadians Push
 Up.Road 10 Meet Enemy
By CLARKE BEACH

WHITEHORSE. VT, Feb. l3-lR A crack battalion of Canadian troops moved, up the Alaska High way early today under protective umbrella of US. and Canadia9l fighter planes.
 It was the start of Exercise Sweet briar--the biggest joint Army-Air Force U.S.-Canadian mid-winter maneuvers ever undertaken.
 Up the highway 365 miles, at Northway, is the nearest base and airstrip of the enemy nation-ag- gressor-which has seized all of Alaska and is prepared to swoop down on Canada and the United States
 Allied forces will attempt to drive the enemy armies back.
 Where, or when, or how, the two forces will collide is not known.
 It's a real war for the more than 5,200 troops assembled here from all parts of Canada and the United States. Spies are even working be- hind the lines.
 But officers in charge emphasize that the maneuvers aren't to be considered a test of defenses in the area. Because of the prodigious eff fort involved in supplying and transporting a large-scale military operation, the task is more than a modern army could handle under fire.
 Rather it's a test of men and equipment under Arctic conditions. And for that, it's ideal. Here at Whitehorse where the joint U.S.- Canadian forces are based the mer- cury hangs around 20 below. Around Northway, it's much colder-otten 60 below.
 During a lull preceding the scai of the maneuver, some troops were taken on a Emile march on snow shoes and skis in 50 below zero temperatures. Eighteen men will be in the hospital for month or two with frostbitten feet, according to It. Col. R. M. Goats. surgeon of the allied forces. He blamed it on failure of the men to take proper precautions to keep their feet dry and warm rather than on equip ment.
 But that's one of the things the Army wants to check. The exercises are under the com- mand of It. Gen. Stephen J. Cham berlain, Commanding General of the U. s. Fifth Army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
MatARTHUR TO TAKE NAVY IF NEED ARISES

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-R--The military high command announced today it has given Gen. Douglas Macarthur authority to assume con- trol of American Naval forces in Japanese waters in event of emer- gency.
 This unification move was made known at a news conference held by the Joint Chiefs of Staff who have just returned from 10-day tour of Pacific bases.
 It was also announced that they have submitted top secret paper to President Truman on the efforts on American security of the Com munist advance in Asia.
 Gen. Omar Bradley. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, was asked whether Communism could be stopped at the borders of China with American aid He replied this was primarily a State Department decision and then volunteered the statement that the top secret report has been submitted.
 Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, the Chief of Naval Operations, said there is no evidence that Russia since the war has increased the per- centage of its total Naval forces which are maintained in the Pacific
 Tt is our plan to keep the Pacific fleet as strong as we can within the total forces we have" Sherman said. "As you know, we lave made minor adjustments in tAat direc- tion."
 In response to questlons, Sherman also said he believes that American Naval forces in the Western Pacific are equipped and deployed to cope with any threat from Soviet Rus sian submarine strength.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
DIRECTION FINDERS
 GO NORTH ON C-54
 SEARCH, sos TRACE

GREAT FALLS, Mont, Feb. l3- R-Special radio equipment from three US. Air Force Bases and it's operating personnel moved through here over the weekend to join the Yukon search for the C-54 which disappeared nearly three weeks ago with Al persons aboard.
 Great Falls Air Force base off cials said the equipment is being flown to Alaskan bases to help pin down baffling sos signals being picked up out of the rugged north ern wilderness where the plane is believed to have gone down on a flight from Whitehorse to Great Falls.
 Officials said this equipment and personnel arrived here and left yes- terday for the north:
 l. High frequency sensitive direc- ton finder from Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex.
 2. Airways anG air communication service personnel from Tinker Field Oklahoma City. Okla, specially trained in direction finding.
 3. Special plotting equipment from Wright Patterson Field, Dayton, o.
 New distress signals have re- kindled hope for possible survivors among the A persons who went down with the plane.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
Merry Go Round The w aShingfon
lCopyri0ht 1850. by Bell Syndicate. Incl
 By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = The deep-set fyes of Abraham Lincoln stared Bomberly down from a huge por- trait. Below him milled 12,000 peo- pie, some trying to speak, some try ing to gnaw chicken bones, some hoping to dance, some trying to look plebeian-all celebrating the Republican Party's determination to take a new lease on life at one dollar throw for a box supper
 The man who once guided the Republican Party-and the nation through it's most perilous crisis looked down on the strange sight What he thought, nobody knows. But here is what he saw:
 A slightly frantic woman, bejew- eled and in fur coat, trying des- perately to eat a chicken leg. She was elbowed on both sides. Her hat was askew. Her fixed smile had a pained lock- Periodically, hoarse voice in the stand above shouted, "sit down you. Down in front" She shuddered, but gnawed. Sen. Owen Brewster, as harassed and perspiring as a busy grocery clerk, trying to squeeze through to the press table His bald head gleamed but his voice retained it's sense of humor "We simple little Republi- cans support. ..' he said. A loud boom from the high-school band
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-13
MONTANA TEAM E
 WINNER OF 11-MILE
 SIERRA DOG DERBY

TRUCKEE, Calif., Feb. 13-tR-- At times looking more like an ob- stacle course runner than a dog sled racer, Lewis Price of West Yellowstone, Mont, beat the field again yesterday in the Sierra Dog Derby.
 Price and his Siberian huskies covered an 11-mile course along U s. Highway 40 in one hour, 1e minutes, Is seconds. That is 5( minutes longer than it took him to win an 11-mile race yesterday around snowy track.
 The difference resulted from the many ditches, patches of dry pave ment, jutting rocks and tangled brush that slowed the sled anG exhausted the dogs along today's course.
 Lloyqd Van Sickle of Truckee who placed second in yesterdays race, duplicated his feat today in one hour, 21 minutes, 30 seconds
 Larry Fields of Ashton, Idaho came in third in one hour, 2s minutes.
 Al Halton of Anchorage, Alaska and Harry Johanson of Tahoe City Calif., were fourth and fifth.
 The town and surrounding area were packed by spectators for the second revival of the Derby since 1881.