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The Nome nugget., 1950-12-22
Santa Answers
 Bobby's Letter

ST. PAUL, (P)-Bobby Hiner, g, La Porte, Ind, put letter into the Santa Claus mailbox in the La Porte court house.
 It read: "Last year I asked you to bring daddy home for Christ mas. This year I wish after you have delivered your toys to all the good boys and girls that you would stop by and take me with you as far as Alaska when you go home to the North Pole"
 Bobby's father, Andrew Hiner, has been working in coal mines near Jonesville, Alaska, for about year and a half. Recently, he suffered a back injury in an acci- dent.
 La Porte businessmen, who han dle Santa Claus mail, asked Ron- aid Mcickar, Chicago manager for Northwest Airlines, if he could To- cate Bobby's father. Northwest headquarters heer did, via tele- phone, teletype and radio. They found he was convalescing from the accident and able to fly back to the United States on a ticket purchased by the businessmen.
 BObby's father was scheduled to step from Northwest plane at the Chicago airport yesterday. Bobby, .lis two brothers and his mother were on hand to see Bobby's let ter to Santa Claus answered in even a better way than he hoped.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-22

SINGAPORE, (P) - A protec- ton racket among Singapore school boys was revealed recently.
 The usual procedure: small boy gets knocked about by a big ger bully for one or two days. Then a schoolboy of the "protec- ton gang" approaches the small boy and offers to protect him at a price-one dollar or 50 cents a month.
The Nome nugget., 1950-12-22
The Dream Theater is featurin,

The Dream Theater is featuring an ideal Christmas program on Monday and Tuesday of next week with a. billing of Wizard of Oz" starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger (the Rubber Man) an d Frank Morgan.
 The picture was awarded one of the highest awards in the motion picture industry and promises to be an evening of enjoyment for young and old.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
Mrs. Roosevelt
Wins Irving
Ceist Award

NEW YORK (ANP) The annual
Irving Geist award for writing
against discrimination will be pre-
sented to Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt. She was adjudged to have
have made the most distinguished
contribution to inter-faith and in
t~er-racial understanding in editor
ial material appearing in New
York City newspapers through her
columns in the New York World
Telegram last year.
The Irving Geist Foundations
awards committee judges awarded
her the $500 first prize, they an
nounced, because through her
column, "My Day." she revealed
and contended against discrimin-
aC1On OF all KlnQS.
The second prize of $500 was
won jointly by Ted Poston, the
first Negro reporter employer on
a daily paper in New York, and
Oliver PLAT, both of the New
York Post, for outstanding report
ing of group frictions. A third
prize of 500 was awarded to
Seymour Marks ofthe Long Island
press.
The awards we're established by
Irving Geist, New York business
man and philanthropist, in coop
Grafton with the Newspaper guild
of New York.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
BY Jimmie N. Jones

There are many types of "mur-
der" with which many citizens r
not familiar nor are they acquaint-
ed with the penalties that go with
them. And for that reason, the
EXPRESS is fortunate in having
the assistance of Attorney Rus
sell L. Carter, Assistant Prosecut-
ing Attorney Of Montgomery
County in explaining the Ohio
General Code Section on Homi-
eide as construed by the able au-
thority on crime:
To begin with, let's take the
subject of Murder in the first
degree" as defined in Section r.
400, Ohio General Code: "Who-
ever, purposely, and either of de-
liberate and premediated malice,
or by means of poison, or in per-
petrating or attempting to perpet-
rate rape, arson, robbery or bur-,
glary, kills another is guilty Of
murder in the first degree and
shall be punished by death unless
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
w. State College
Approved For
Acueduton

The State College of Education
and Industrial Arts at Wherefore
has been accredited and approved
for membership in the Association
Of American Colleges at it's 36th
annual meeting in Cincinnati.
The acreditation climaxed a
two-year struggle by the State
College to gain and maintain high
standards In the fields of ed
ucation inthe country. It culmin-
ates a series of accreditations and
memberships, state, sectional and
national.
Most ofthe accreditations and
memberships were withdrawn by
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
Negro History Week
Observed In February

Every February a week is set
aside to be designated Negro His
tory Week. This week has a very
worthwhile purpose, more so than
most special "weeks" that are re-
cognized from January to Deem
Der Of each year.
Negro History Week was initial
ed by one of the most exhaustive
researchers and experts on the
history Of the darker peoples Of
the world, Carter G.. Woodson.
Woodson has written numerous
books, the most notable one entitl-
ed, The Negro in Our History. He
currently operates an extensive
bookshop in Washington, D. c.,
and publishes a monthly magazine
devoted exclusively to Negro his
tory. This is the Negro History
Bulletin, which incidentally, is a
valuable subscription item.
Woodson conceived of the idea
of a week devoted to Negro his
tory some years ago. Having de-
voted his life to delving into the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
Joe Louis Quizzed in Murder Trial

CHICAGO (ANP)- Retired
World Heavyweight Champion Joe
Louis testified for the defense
Thursday in the murder trial of
hotel operator Charles Cole. Louis
was among a long line of big
names quizzed as the celebrated
trial neared it's end.
Cole faces a possible death
sentence for the Staying Of Win
ston Howard, his business partner,
in the lounge of the Pershing
hotel last fall. Cole has pleaded
self-defense, while the state has
attempted to show that the shoot
ing was an act of vngeance. Both
the defendant and the deceased
wer part owners Of the Pershing
hotel, which was changed from
white to Negro occupancy during
the war.
Under questioning, Louis said
he regarded Cole as a 'highly e
spected business man and an out
standing citizen" Following Louis
were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Ed
wards, known inthe entertainment
world. as "Butter Beans and
SUSIE" They said the defendant
was a man Of good character.
Others testifying for Cole were
Atty. Truman K. Gibson, Jr.,
James B. Cashin, and Theodore
A. Jones certified public account
ant
A jury Of IL is expected to
hand down a decision in Criminal
court this week.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
What are the Various
Of" Murder"
And the Penalties?

the Jury trying the accused re-
commend mercy, in which case
the punishment shall be imprison-
ment in the penitentiary during
life.
The term "Purposely" or with
"Intent" to kill are two import
ant factors in a first degree muir
der charge. "Purposely" implies an
act of the"Will" while an inten-
ton, isthe design to do the act.
Another factor is, it is not es-
sential that any person assaulted
should then and there die, or
that the slayer intended that death
should take place then and there.
Administering a drug to a preg-
nant woman with intent to pro-
cur an abortion, but without in
Continued on Page AZ
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31

mass of untouched documents and
material onthe Negro he realized
that here was a arsenal of weapons
in combating racial hate and mis-
understanding. He realized that
here was an ignored portion of
history, a portion deliberately slur-
red over by white historians con-
cerned with making all good things
in history white, and all bad things
black.
Woodson and Dubois have un-
covered facts and figures which
today, 1850, with all our radios,
movies, periodicals, newspapers,
etc., still startle the initiate who
stumble on tothem for the first
time. And most Americans, in
GLIDING Negro Americans, are still
living in the Dark Ages as far as
their knowledge of Negro history
is concerned.
Those familiar with the writings
Of Dubois and Woodson know
that the facts of Negro history
Continued on Page ~
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
Build Negro
Vocational COLLEGE

JACKSON, Miss. (ANP)- A
contract totaling $176,145 has
been awarded to a building firm
here to commence construction on
the Mississippi Vocational college
for Negroes at Itta Bena. On the
other hand, $231,776 was appro-
priated forthe building of a girls
dormitory at the University of
dormitory at the University of
Mississippi.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
Fla. White Man
Who Killed Negro
Slays Wife and Self

FORT MYERS, Fla. CAMP
R. W. Randell, 66-year-old white
realtor who was convicted six
months ago of manslaughter in
the killing of a Negro tenant dur
ing an argument, shot and killed
his wife and then truned the gun
upon himself, here last week. Ran
dell, the first white man ever
convictd and sentenced for killing
a Negro in Lee county, received
a five year term but was at lib
erty under $4,000 bond pending
appeal to the supreme court.
About Is years ago, he was
acquitted of numbering his first
wife.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31
La. Negro Shot for
Wife

NEW ORLEANS (ANP)- A
mans not always safe in his home,
even if it is decreed by law to
be his castle. Last week, a white
man, native of Belzoni, Miss, en-
tered the home of Elijah StovaH,
80, shot him three times, and then
made his scape from the house.
Stovall was rushed to the
Charity hospital where physicians
declared that wounds were only
superficial and the victim not in
any immediate danger.
The white man, Lee. Jackson,
was arrested by detectives and
chargd with aggravated battery.
At the hospital Stovall said that
on entering his home, he found
Jackson there and asked his wife
to account for the white mans
presence. While Stovall was repri-
manding his wife, jackson pulled
his gun and fired three shots, all
of which took effect.
According to Jackson, he had
gone to Stovall's home to try and
persuade the latter's mother-in-
law to return to Belzoni, where
he was to employ her as waitress.
How much truth there is to the
statement has not yet been learn
d.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-01-31

various education groups in 1947
when a long time internal fight
at Wherefore came to a head.
The school split into the present
units, one run by the state, the
other by the church. Despite eff
forts toget the two schools to re-
merge it appears that the breach
will be permanent.
For each school is charting a
separate course as is evidenced
fromthe plans each has announced
for the future. It is felt by many
that the best improvement that
could occur at Wherefore would
be the merger of the two schols.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24

ergy center in Armenia.
 This huge area is surrounded by high, closely guarded walls and is a separate world for 10000 people. It is located 55 miles northwest of Mount Ararat and 32 miles northwest of Yerevan, the capital of Soviet Armenia. Atomgrad is in the upper valley of the Zanga river and obtains immense hydroelectric power from rivers coursing down from the 17000-foot mountain peaks
 The atomic center is divided into four sectors. One refines the raw ore, the second purifies the ur- anium and takes out plutonium. The third is the laboratory, and the fourth, with a personnel of 25,000 is concentrating on protective mea- sures against atomic bombs.
 Note-It is now easy to under stand why the Russians held up the American missionaries in search of Noahs Ark near Mount Ararat An atomic scientist was in their party, and Atomgrad is only 55 miles away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
THE LEMKE BILL AGAIN

The announcement by President Boochever of the Chamber of Commerce membership at it's meeting last Thursday that word has been received from Wash ington that the Committee on Public Lands of the House will soon make an effort to bring the Lemke bill, Veterans Alaska Homestead Bill, HR 4424 on to the floor of the House for action, a distinct shock to Alaskans.
 This bill, which to everyone's surprise was re- ported out favoraby by the above Committee last June has since been lying dormant in the Rules Committee and was thought to be dead. The action contem- plated is to ask the House to take the from the Rules Committee thus allow be brought to a vote by the whole House.
 Practically all of the post of the veterans groups in Southeast Alaska, well many Chambers of Commerce newspapers, public officials and private citizens the entire Territory have expressed the view that the passage of this type of legislation would be one of the most harmful things that could befal the Territory.
 As we have mentioned previously this newspaper is confident such legislation would bring almost to dead stop the development of industries and agricu ture the features on which the advancement of the Territory depends
 Briefly described the bill if enacted would allow any veteran obtain title to much 256O acres of land simply by living it or near it for three years only year if he has had two years of military he seauld reduce his residence to months by getting a permit from the Secretary of the Interior to be absent the other five months of the year After one year fol- lowing the passage of the act non-veerans can file. The entryman need not live on the land, resi- dence within 10 miles of it will suffice.
 Any type of land whatever-tirnber land, mineral land agricultural land grazing land recreatonal
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
MANY ALASKANS
 IN WASHINGTON

Gov. Ernest Cruening mas ar rived in Washington to be one of the principal speakers at a public meeting called by the All America Defense Association to discuss de- fense of Alaska and the West Coast. The Governor is planning o return to Alaska in about two weeks.
 A number of officials of the In terior Department are in Washing ton from Alaska in connection Wlth the appropriation hearings now going on in Congress. They include Colonel J. P. Johnson of Anchorage, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad; Colonel John R. Moves Of Juneau, Commissioner of Roads for Alaska; and Clarence Rhode of Ju- 1eau, Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service.
 Don L. Irwin of Palmer is in Washington in connection with his position as Director of the Agri- cultural Research Administration.
 Dr. John Haldeman, Medical Of- icer in Charge for the United States Public Health Service ac- ivities in Alaska is in Washington rom his Anchorage headquarters. pr. Haldeman is in the capital for congressional hearings on the 1851 budget estimates of the Public Health Service.
 Stanley J. McCutcheon and H. W. Bierds of Anchorage have been recent visitors to Washington. MT McCutcheon, territorial legislator and attorney, is President of Alaska Airlines, and Mir. Bierds is General Manager.
 Miss Miriam Dickey, secretary to Captain A. E. Lathrop, is in Wash ngton from Acr home in Fair banks.
 Donald s. Hanson of Fairbanks called on Delegate Bartlett while in the nations capital this week. MT. Hanson is now attending col lege in Chicago and plans to return 10 Alaska next summer.
 A. F. Mcintosh of Teller called 1t Delegate Bartlett's office while n Washington recently. MT. McIn- sosh is in charge of the tin mine 1t Lost River on Seward Peninsula.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
TIDE OF TOYS" CAMPAIGN IS ON
 EXTENSION 10 FRI,
AII-GirI Orchestra Report. ed Coming Here for
 Convention

The Tide of Toys" drive of the American Legion will be continued through the reminder of this week, according to Bert Lybeck, chair man. The response to participa- ton of the Juneau Post in this na- tional program has been increas- ingly good, and since the shipment Aas not been made up yet, the Le- zion in their weekly meeting last night voted to continue accepting toys until Friday night, January 27. Contributions to this drive may be taken to four centers: Gus George, United Food, Spruce Deli- atessen and American Shoe Re- pair. Packing will be completed Saturday. announced Harold Zen- ger, Legion Sergeant-at-Arms. d
 Aiding the Boy Scouts in observ- ance of National Scout Week, the Legion which sponsors troop, will have the boys to a joint meeting on February 6. A special program s being planned.
 Plans are going forward for the Department Convention, to be held in Juneau over the Labor Day weekend. Announcement was made by Legionnaire Chuck Porter that an All-Girl Orchestra of Anchorage is definitely committed for pro- viding part of the entertainment for the visitors from all parts oi the Territory.
 Probably the most distinguished visitor to the Legion Post meeting in a long time was Past Depart ment Commander Frank Nash of Fairbanks and he spoke briefly about Ntional Legion affairs.
 Also visiting the Post meeting was Yves Overby, returned to Ju- neau recently from Los Alamedos Calf.
 Walter w. Smith, Alaska Depart nent chairman on Americanism reported briefly on the Legion's re- cent participation in Naturaliza- tion ceremonies in Juneau. Smith spoke in a very inspiring manner about long-range objectives of the Legion in opposing the "isms,' other than honest Americanism.
 Bill Liddle, new member of the post, showed color movies of the highlights of Italy, which he took near the end of the war.
 The Legion plans to offer full cooperation with the Alaska Sports men, Inc, in staging this years Salmon Derby An official repre- sentative of the Post will attend the Sportsmen's meet tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Strauss Strongly Backed

These scientists and Lillenthal are planning to organize a lobby of church groups to carry on the crusade" after Lilienthal's resig- nation from the Atomic Commits sion in February.
 The other side in the hydrogren- bomb argument is championed by a modest, soft-spoken philosopher and ex-banker, Lewis Strauss. He shuns publicity and his views can be given only because fellow commissioners are shocked by the attacks on him by the o-Lilienthal forces.
 Srauss is quoted as saying, "all hope of international agreement to outlaw the atom bomb was killed when Russia refused to accept the Baruch proposals for inspection. That was the great shock of our times. Now we cannot afford not to make the new hydrogen bomb. We must maintain our superiority over any possible aggressor. That is the chief hope left for peace. "
 From the beginning of the At omic Energy Commission, Lilien- thai and Strauss have been in diff ferent corners. During the first year, Strauss was a lone dissenter. He offered to resign, but President Truman refused. Today, Strauss is the majority leader in the Com mission and his view on the hy- drogen bomb is backed by both the National Security Council and the Atomic Energy Committee of Congress.
 The difficult decision of whether to build the dread hydrogen bomb is now up to President Truman.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Truman Not con Outs" Johnson

Truman Not "On Outs," Johnson
 At recent White House staff conference, President Truman si- fenced rumors that Louis Johnson, the blunt Secretary of Defense, is on the skids.
 Good-naturedly, the President told his conference "Louie's been read ing too many newspapers, and they've got him down. I told him I was still 100 percent back of him, and if I ever decided other wise, he'd hear it straight from me and not from columnist."
 MT. Truman then looked severely at the little group of assistants and remarked, T don't want any of you peddling stories that Louie Johnson or anyone else is on the outs with me. That isn't the way operate"
 The President also told Undersec- retary of State Jim Webb to shut up any anti-Johnson leaks" from the State Department.
 He referred to the fact that, during the argument between the Pentagon and the State Department over Formosa, the State Depart ment's Far Eastern division almost had Secretary Johnson looking un- der his desk for the concealed microphone.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Weather: High, 30; low, 21; clear.
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS to the subject" Say o
 OFTEN NIISPRONOUNCED Pyamdal SECOND syllable 
 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Perspre PER not PRE-
 SYNONYMS: Legend story myth
 WORD STUDY Use word three times and it yours Let vocabulary mastering Today word EDIOCRITY; capacity ability the OC LOCK- accent follows the Preserving medocry respectable unspeakab constancy"-Dr
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
The Washington
 nerry-Go-Round
Continued from Page One)

ma came back, these scientists went Through the tortures of the damn < ed Their souls were on fire, and they started burning private cru sade against the hydrogen bomb that has divided the Atomic Energy Commission.
 The spirit of these scientists was expressed by Dr. Oppenheimer to a Congressional hearing as fol- lows: Many times we scientists thought the war might end before we had bomb. Some of us did not stop, because we wanted the world to see the atomic bomb. It was to us the greatest argument for world peace"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE
JANUARY 24, 1880

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 boys carving ivory sleo work, Douglas display Guys
 weighing pounds, of while making for herring brought mink os hadb three
 small change Morris Construction Company presumably  boring a through the early morning the MT. M c. Highway they extinguh
 
 telephone misunderstanding given  Gray burned, although time the fire had fair Consequently the Fire Department
  There building contents The lived nearly years
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
MODERN ETIQUETTE SyoRERrA Sy LEE

Does invitation wedding reception
 A. Well-bred parents how guests at the reception they the taton promptly.
 O When the attendant a public lend making repair the attendant?
 A. Yes; this expected.
 Is all right a cenepece the dinner table?
 A. really course, natural flowers preferable always
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Limiting Air Force Groups

Here is 8 startling Iact that will come out when Congress reopens the debate on a 70-group air force. By limiting the Air Force to 40 groups, President Truman is holding
 it down to 16 groups less than be- fore Pearl Harbor The Air Force
 had GA groups the day the Japs
 bombed Pearl Harbor, built this
 up to PAS groups by the end of the war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24

Republican Senator Ralph Fland- CTS of Vermont.
 Well, this is my last day as a Republican" grinned Benton, "how about taking me around and in uroducing me to some of my new Democratic colleagues?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
LOOK and LEARN Ay. sy c. GORDON

]. What country issued the postage stamps? g. What is the average length of the foot? Who the only A. Who devised the first What s most -curding cry?
 ANSWERS: England For 1O3 inches; women, 3 inches. Cleveland George Westinghouse. The mountain lion,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Chameleon

It has been shushed up by the Democrats, but Connecticut's new Democratic Senator, Bill Benton, underwent a political transforma- tion the day he was sworn in to the Senate.
 Just before the ceremony, Ben ton stopped off to see his friend,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
CHAPELADIES MEET
 AT CHURCH TONIGHT

The Aux Bay Chapeladies will hold their regular meeting at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the Chapel oy-the-Lake.
 All members are urged to be pre- sent
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
FROM PORTLAND

Morris L. Hansen of Portland, Ore, is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
AT BARANOF

Jean Anderson of Mt. Edgecumbe Sitka, is a guest at the Baranot Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1O SECOND and FOURTH a Monday of each month h in Scottish Rite Temple o NM> beginning at 7:30 p. m. VNW
 Carson A. Lawrence, NY Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
Atomgrad A Separate World

American intelligence has con- plete report on Russias flourishing iAtcmgrad, the Soyiet's atomic en-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-24
SOLEYS HERE

Mulfred and Anna Soley of Sitka are registered at the Baranof Hotel