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Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28
BOOK REVIEW
BY Sister St. Hilary

By Sister St. Hilary
Here is another new juveni
book recently added to the
Community Center Library,
and like the one reviewed last
w'ek, it is a biography CT
grsat intrest.
Have You seen Tom
Thumb?'' by Mabel Leigh
Hunt. Lippincott, 1912.
In quite a different way,
Tom Thumb became fully as
famous as the subject of the
preceding biography. HIS
handicap proved to be his for
tune, and in itself was the
means of bringing him fame
and favor.
At the age of five months,
little Charles Stratton stopped
growing, and became a men,
her of that intriguing number
of nlidgets who charmed the
public just one hundred years
ago. A protege of P. T. Bar
mum, renamed by him tom
Thumb" little Charlie Stratton
soon became world famous,
and brought wealth and re-
nown to himself and his pro-
Maoter.
The account of hiszreception
ut the court of Queen Victoria
nmost entertaining. Then on
to the Court of Louis Philippe
to be received amid another
Juror before returning home
To- Bridgeport, Connecticut.
His romance and eventual
marriage completed his happi-
nesr; there remained to him,
before he laid aside his seven
hague boots, a tour around
the world with his own COM
pany of midgets.
This is light reading, but
highly entertaining and well
worth the time spent upon it.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28

: our and i've year oll5 ere
IN Z: ! to attend playtime a
I lock this Afternoon
at re Community Center
G ames, a story hour and re-
fir ents will feature the
program which is resented by
a committee under the leader
ship of Miss Marco Kiilsgaard.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28
1919 City Payroll
Lists 259 Persons

The City Of Kodiak employ
ed 20 different / ersons last
year and paid a total of $751;
709.1 6 in wages, Myrna Per-
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28
NOTICE
UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES
Department Of The Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Anchorage, Alaska
Jan. "a, 1850
Department Of The Interior,
Bureau of Land Management,
District Land Office, Anchor
age, Alaska. Notice is hereby
xiven that Lowell M. Pickett
Of Anchorage, Alaska, as
Trustee, has filed in this Office
Ms application, Anchorage
oa4589 under Section II of the
act of March 8, 1891 ZIG Stat
1095l, for entry and patent for
the use and benefit of the oc-
<upants of Kodiak townsite,
the tract of Land designated
rs Municipal Reserve" on
the supplemental plat of U. S.
Survey No. 2537B, officially
fled in District Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska, Septem~
her Is, 1949. If no protest is
received during the period of
publication or within thirty
days thereafter, the applica-
ton will be allowed.
George A. Lingo, Manager
Date First Publication 1850
Date Last Publication 2-255O
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28

kins, city clerk, reveale YES
terday-
The total amount Of
includes fees for juro S, wit
nesses, the police department,
longshoremen, city wharfing-
er and city clerk.
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PAGE 8

the Civilian gym. Center play
ers will leave the Center at
$50 pm. Interested athletes
are invited to contact Ken
Wade.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28

hoolak Community Center
v5lIeyballers will be among
seven tea ms entered in a new
league at the Navy Base.
Play starts Tuesday night in
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28

There's beauty, beauty, beauty everywhere you
look! And it's all brand new beauty inside and out!
Chrysler for 1850 is boldly and dramatically re-styed
Deliberately redesgned to be the Beauty Queen OF the
road classic of the long, low, and lovely There are
wonderful new nylon fabrics smart new trim Most OF
all you'll be impressed by the fact that Chrysers kind
of beauty-unlike all others-truy reflects the sound
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-01-28

engineering and the solid comfort and safety inside! The
extra headroom legroom shouder-room! The safer vs
bity! The height seats All the extra convenience
of the easiest of all enter and eave See and drive
this great car your Chryser dealers today It's the
smartest most comfortable ever built and the
sweetest performing with it's wonderful Spitre Engine
with the completely Waterproof Ignition System.
Evening star., 1950-04-09
Barbara Horgrove
Weds Mr.. Burqes

The marriage of Miss Barbara
Hays Hargrave, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Hays Hargrave,
to Mr.. A. Samuel H. Burgess, jr..
took place yesterday afternoon in
the Church of the Nativity, the
Rev. Walter j. Norris officiating.
Wearing an ivory satin gown
and flngertip illusion veil, the
bride was escorted by her father.
Miss Mary Margaret Sullivan was
maid of honor and the brides
maids were Miss Catherine Cecilia
Howley and Miss Jean Katherine
Lindeman.
Mr.. George Donald Mclaughlin
served as best man for the BRIDE
groom, who is the son of Mrs. Ida
G. Burgess and the late Mr.. Burgess
and the nephew of District Com
missioner and Mrs. Guy Mason.
The ushers were Mr.. Raymond
Simmons. Mr.. Laurens Norwood
Sullivan and Mr.. David Herendon
Wells.
Following the reception at No. 2
Scott Circle. the couple left for
short wedding trip to Daytona
Beach. Fla.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Marines Fire Upon One Another
For 6 Hours in Night Battle

If that was their aim they GER
tainly were successful-at least as
far as Life Photographer David
Duncan and this correspondent
were concerned.
We had rolled up in blankets
on the ridge above the command
post between two high bridges.
During the firing, which seemed
to come from all directions, our
only movement was to try-with-
out rising-to dig farther into the
ground.
The Marines must have fired
thousands of rounds. There was
some shooting at very short no.
tice. We once heard a far-off
challenge, Halt" It was followed
Immediately by four quick shots.
Most of the time the challenge
was not uttered.
At one point a Marine turned
on a jeep's lights. The lights
momentarily quieted the firing.
Then the lights were extinguished
and the Marines opened heavy
firing again.
One Marine said the firing was
touched off by a group of Leath-
ernecks opening up on a stray
goat.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Blasts Reported
On or Near Russian
Isle in Berinq Strait
BY the Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 5.
Recent unexplained explosions
on or near Russian-owned Big
Diomede Island in the Bering
Strait were reported today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Morgan, of
Anchorage, returned yesterday
with the report from Little Dio-
mede Island. owned by the United
States and only miles from the
Soviet Far East island outpost.
The Morgans said that several
times during a four-month stay on
Little Diomede they heard loud
noises at sea. They believed the
noises may have been from a sur
vey ship taking soundings or from
the Siberian mainland. Fog pre-
vented them from locating the
sources.
The Morgans doubted that the
Russians are bolstering Big Dio-
mede as Eskimos reported that
only one Soviet plane was on the
island last winter.
The natives also reported that
the Russian island was strangely
inactive. Mr.. Morgan said. Last
spring, tourists said the island was
being evacuated of it's residents as
the Russians prepared to construct
a large base on Big Diomede. No
large construction is evident there,
Mr.. Morgan said.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Atomic B|ood-Test
Method Is Studied
By the Associated Press

Atomic Energy Commission SCI
entists are looking into a new
blood testing method developed by
New Haven biochemist.
Marvin Botwick, director of
Sachem Laboratories, Inc, told
the Acc yesterday his method
could be of great value in the event
of atomic warfare.
Mr.. Botwick said complete tests
for persons blood group and
type can be made by even mex
perienced people in from two to
five minutes with the aid of indi-
vidual kits" of five tiny glass
tubes containing certain serums.
This compares, he said, with from
three to four hours" under blood
testing methods in general use.
The latter methods, Mr.. Botwick
told reporter, require "a whole
room full of equipment and trained
personnel"
With his technique. Mr.. Botwick
said, all that is required is to dip
each glass tube into a drop of the
blood and let the blood
mix with the serum in the tube.
The presence or absence of clump-
ing in the various tubes enables a
determination of the subjects
blood picture, he said.
The kits can be hand made for
about Is cents-and if mass-pro-
duced might cost only few cents,
Mr.. BotWick said.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Nina Boucicau|t, S3, Dies;
First TO Enact Peter Pan
BY The Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Aug. 5.-Nina Bouci-
cault, the first actress to play
Peter Pan. died yesterday at her
home in suburban Ealing. She
was 83.
In a long theatrical career she
appeared in many roles, but she
was applauded most for her por-
trayal of Peter Pan, the elf1n
little boy who wouldn't grow up.
Sir James Barrie wrote the play
for Miss Boucicault, who in
private life was Mrs. Donald
Innes- Smith. She was 81 when,
at the Duke of York Theater in
London in December 1904, Peter
Pan had its world premier.
She was a daughter of Dion
Boucicault. actor and producer
Her first stage appearance was in
Kentucky in 1888. as a member of
her fathers touring company. She
made numerous trips to America
lived for a time in Australia and
retired IA years ago.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Cashier Who Lost S1S6, 900
In Bets Leaves Suicide Note
BY the Associated Press

MORRIS, H., Aug. 5.-A small
town bank cashier who killed him
self 10 days ago and whose ac-
counts later were discovered to be
short S186, 900 preferred death tc
a prison sentence.
The choice by the bank cashier
Wendell Dirst, 81, and the dis
closure that he lost most of the
money at the tracks," were re-
vealed in a note read yesterday
at an inquest into his death.
Dirst, cashier of the Farmers
First National Bank of nearby
Minooka, killed himself with a
shotgun on July 81 while alone in
the bank. Four days later the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
in Washington said it had been
advised of a shortage of approx
mately $186,000 at the bank.
The note left by Dirst to his
wife, Jane, was read to a coro-
ner's jury by Coroner w. Clark
Davis. Dirst said he believed his
family would just as soon see me
in the cemetery as the prison"
Dirst, who was leading citizen
of Minooka, community of about
500 in Northeastern Illinois, dis
closed in his note of placing horse
race bets with Chicago handbook
operators.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Producer Still Hopes 10 Win
Fiancee Back From FLYNN
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Sammy
Lambert. New York producer who
thought he was Patrice Wymore's
fiance, still has hopes he can
win her back from Enrol Flynn.
Flynn's engagement to the 81
year-old Miss Wymore was an
nounced yesterday. but:
The ball game isn't won until
the last pitch" the 40-year-old
Lambert told reporters.
He said that some months ago
he had taken new apartment
which he expected to share with
the red haired dancer as his
bride on her return from Holly
wood.
Sorry" she told Lambert,
"but I am going to marry Enrol
Flynn"
Lambert was stunned.
People said I was a fool to let
her go to Hollywood" he COM
mented ruefully as he gazed at a
sweater-girl photo of Patrice
1--WE heard those things happened
there. I never believed it until
now."
Evening star., 1950-08-05
10 New Polio Cases
In I'd. {. Hospitals;
7 Suspects Listed

Ten new cases of polio today
were recorded by two Washington
hospitals, with two other persons
regarded as polio suspects"
The Districts 50th and 51st vic
TINS this year were reported by
Gallinger Hospital.
They are a 12-year-old girl ad-
mitted July 80, and a 16-year-old
girl of the $500 block of Benning
road NE, admitted yesterday. The
same hospital is caring for a 81
year-old District woman admitted
yesterday as suspect.
Children's Hospital today re-
ported these new victims:
A 5-year-olds boy of the 800
block of Sixth avenue, Capitol
Heights, and 5-year -old boy of
the $500 block of Taylor road,
Riverdale. both in Prince Georges
County; a 6-year-old girl of the
800 block of Fairhaven drive, and
a 6-year-old girl of Morningside
drive, both in Alexandria.
Also "a 6-year-old girl of the
14O0 block of Patrick Henry drive
and an 11-year-old boy of the 1400
block of South Twenty-eighth
street, both in Arlington: a 3-year-
old girl of the HOO block of Jack
son court and 7-year-old boy of
the 1900 block of Elmwood drive,
both in Falls Church.
Children's also listed one new
suspect"
Polio case totals for the nearby
counties now stand at Is for Fair
fax 5 for Alexandria. 7 for Arling-
ton and Is for Prince Georges.
The figure in Montgomery County
stands at IL, with no new cases re-
ported since last Wednesday.
The District total this time last
year was II.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
By Tom Lombert

ASSCClCIeo
WITH UNITED STATES MA
RINES IN KOREA, Aug. 5.-Con-
fused United States Marines fired
on one another in a six-hour eX-
change of small arms fire during
early morning darkness today.
One Marine was killed by his
comrades.
The shooting started before
midnight.
A furious hail of rifle and car
bine fire swept ridges and gilllies
about a command post a cons.c-
erable distance from the front.
There were muttered threats by
officers this morning about what
would happen if the estimated
6-hour ''battle" were repeated.
The firing was unusual in that
the Leathernecks behaved quietly
during the previous night.
Last nights display might have
risen from the fact a Marine
patrol yesterday flushed a sus-
picious Korean from ridgetop
near the command post. The Ma
rines apparently were determined
there would be minimum OF
night movement and activity.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Lanham Doubles Fists
In Rush at Patterson;
Lie Charge Exchanged
BY the Associated Press

Representative Lanham, Demo-
crat, of Georgia sWore at the
Negro executive secretary of the
Civil Rights Congress yesterday
and rushed at him with doubled
fists.
Two husky Capitol policemen
held Mr.. Lanham back as he
struggled to reach the target of
his wrath. William ]. Patterson.
during a bitter exchange at which
they accused each other of tell
ing lie.
Mr.. Lanham was presiding, at
the time, at a hearing of the
House Lobbying Investigating
Committee on affairs of the Civil
Rights Congress, which the At
torney General has listed as a
subversive Communication Or
ganization.
The committee promptly ad-
journed to consider at a closed
session next week whether to cite
Mr.. Patterson for contempt of
Congress for refusing to answer
questions about membership and
financing of his organization.
Benedict F. FITZGERALD, jr.,
counsel to the committee. said
Mr.. Patterson woud not be ques-
toned further.
The clash between Mr.. Patter-
son and Mr.. Lanham occurred
when the witness interrupted his
own testimony with a shouted
accusation: ..'..a
The State of Georgia tried to
lynch nine men in the Scottsboro
case. Georgia is State of
lynchers."
''It's a lie," Mr.. Lanham flung
at the witness. IF any State is
fair to Negroes it's Georgia"
yours is a lie, too." Mr.. Patter-
son shot back.
Mr.. Lanham raced around the
long committee table separating
them. snarling an unprintable
epithet.
Mr.. Patterson attempted to cor
rect himself and state that the
Scottsboro trials actually were
held in Alabama, instead of Geor-
gia, but to denounce the murder
trial in Georgia of Rosa Lee In
gram and her two children.
Earlier in the stormy session
Mr.. Lanham had told Mr.. Patter-
son that the witness refusal to
give names of members of the
Civil Rights Congress or of con-
tributors to its treasury brands
you as a Communist in my opin-
ion." Mr.. Patterson Thursday
refused to say whether he is a
Communist.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Mccullough Quits Race
For States Attorney

Robert w. Mccullough. Bla-
densburg attorney, repeatedly
slated for appointment as a trial
magistrate in Prince Georges
County, withdrew yesterday as a
candidate for States attorney in
the September 18 primary.
Mr.. Mccullough. a Democrat.
made it clear when he filed sew
eral weeks ago that he would not
enter a primary contest against
A. Gwynn Bowie, the incumbent.
Mr.. Bowie has filed for reelection
with the Endorsement of the
county State Central Committee.
If appointed magistrate, Mr..
Cullough will succeed Judge
Arthur P. Owens who has an
nounced that he would resign be-
cause Of his health.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
William Sodini Dies;
Hotel Royal Manager
bv the Associuted Press

FRONT ROYAL. Va, Aug. S.
William F. Sodini, 43. manager OF
the Hotel Royal here for seven
years, died yesterday after suf-
fering a broken thigh and hip.
Mr. Sodini incurred the injury
while playing softball at church
picnic Sunday.
He was a native of Richmond
and grew up in Portsmouth. He
attended the University of Vir-
ginia.
He was formerly associated with
hotels in Virginia Beach, Old Point
Comfort, Norfolk, Roanoke and
Huntington, w. Va.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hatton Sodini. four chill
dren and three sisters. A requiem
mass will be held here Monday at
8 am. Burial will be at St. Mary's
Cemetery in Norfolk.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
District Buying Spree
Is Reported Easing Up

According to the Federal Re-
serve Bank Of Richmond, the
shopping spree" in Washington
department stores is easing up.
Store sales in the week ended
July 29 ran only 5 per cent ahead
Of those in the corresponding
week last year. against a Jump of
25 per cent in the preceding week
At the same time, retail trade
was 10 per cent below that of the
previous week this year, further
indicating a slackening of hoard
ing in the department stores
The same situation prevailed in
the rest of the 5th district. Sales
were 20 per cent ahead of those
in the same week a year ago,
against an upturn of 27 per
cent for those in the preceding
week, and S per cent below sales
in the previous week this year
In Baltimore. however, sales
were 40 per cent ahead of those
in the same week year ago, and
81 per cent above totals for the
p, eceding week this year.
Average wholesale prices as
measured by the Bureau of La
Dor Statistics advanced g of l
per cent in the week ending last
Tuesday, August /.
The weekly index. based on
hundreds of commodities, was
1851 per cent of the 1926 aver
age. This was 3.8 per cent higher
than the 1890 index of four weeks
earlier, but 7.9 per cent below the
comparable week of last year.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Ground Workers Vote
To Strike on Eastern
And Capital Air|ines

Maintenance and ground serv-
ice employees of Capital and East
ern Air Lines have voted to strike
unless a settlement can be reach
ed under the Railway Labor Act,
union officials announced today.
That law would forbid any strike
for at least so days, it was said.
The dispute includes some 1000
shop employees of Capital, which
has headquarters at National Air
port, and up to $500 shop work.
ers of Eastern, whose maintenance
base is at Miami.
Votes of more than 500 local
employees of Capital were counted
here yesterday, according to Rob-
ert T. Quick, president of District
144, International Association of
Machinists. Mr.. Quick said the
vote was SOB for the strike and 6
against.
officials of the union said SO
per cent of Eastern's maintenance
employees, about so of whom are
stationed here, have voted for the
strike. Capital employees at De-
troit and Chicago are voting to-
day.
Mr.. Quick said Capital workers
are asking a per cent wage in
crease, retirement plan and the
halting of a company plan to sub
contract maintenance work on |
new Consultations.
Eastern workers are said 70 seek
a 10 per cent wage increase.
The rail labor law under which
the airlines operate provides a.
cooling-o period.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Rosa PonseIIe Charges
Husband Left at $40
By the Asseeiefed Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 5.-Rosa
Ponselle, the former opera star.
testified yesterday "it was rather
Q shock" when her husband an
nounced in front of dinner
guests:
Rosa, I have very unpleasant
news for you. I have apparently
failed you as a husband and as
Of $40 I am leaving you"
And" said one of the dinner
guests, "at $40, he walked out" :"
The soprano is seeking an alb
solute divorce from earle A. Jack
son, son of former Baltimore
mayor. and the right to resume
her maiden name. She charges
desertion.
There was no immediate deci-
sion on her request. A decree
cannot be granted until August
IT, when her complaint will have
been on file 30 days.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Student in White Slip
Seized as Intruder in
Woman's S Bedroom

A 21-year- -old Clemson College
scholarship student was arrested
at his home early today less than
half an hour after Miss Mary
K. Powers, %, of 1901 Allison
street NV, reported her bedroom
had been invaded by a man clad
in a woman's white slip.
The youth, Robert w. Hanra-
han, 18, of the 4700 block of Ninth
street NV, was charged with as
sault with intent to commit rape
and housebreaking. Judge Ellen
K. Raedy continued the case until
August II and set bond at 1000
when Hanrahan was arraigned in
Municipal Court.
1t. Richard Mccarthy of the
sex squad said the student ad-
mitted he was the intruder and
showed police where he had dis
carded the slip. He was identified
by Miss Powers, 1t. Mccarthy
said.
Miss Powers said she screamed
when she awakened to find the
whiteclad man attempting to get
in bed with her and he fed. She
gave police a detailed description
of the man and one of the Off
GERS who knew the student had a
hunch he was the man.
Hanrahan said he took the
slip from a clothes line in a back
yard near Miss Powers home and
took off his clothing on her back
porch, Lieut.. Mccarthy reported
After fleeing from her home he
dressed and discarded the slip in
a nearby alley.
Lieut.. Mccarthy said Hanrahan
win be viewed by other women
whose bedrooms have been in
vaded by a prowler in recent
months.
Police said Hanrahan was grad
uated from st. Johns College
here and won a scholarship to
| Clemson.
Evening star., 1950-08-05
Fire Destroys Large Barn
Near MitcheIIviIIe, Md.

A fire of undetermined origin
early today destroyed large barn
on Fairview, the farm of Oden
Bowie on Defense highway, near
Mitchellville, Md.
Volunteer fire departments from
Bowie, Glenn Dale and West Lam
ham, responded, but found the fire
out of control.
Mrs. w. Booth Bowie, mother of
the farms owner, said the loss
probably will exceed $4,000. This
includes the barn, with it's con-
tents of tools, farm machinery,
about 1900 bushels of barley, the
seasons entire crop of oats, and
hay from about so acres.
The walls of a nearby silo were
scorched. Two large barns were
saved. =;
One fireman, Danny Darrow, 20.
of Glenn Dale, was slightly in
jured when a horse he was leading
from an adjacent barn showed him
into wall.
Oden Bowie is a grandson Of
Gov. Oden Bowie of Maryland,
who served from 1869 to 1872. ,