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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21
FROM SEATTLE

L. Robert Belt, representing the Avoset Co.,, is registered at the Bar anof from Seattle. Other Seattle guests are: Audrey H. Hanson, Os- car Larson, and Louis w. Roehm, the latter an auditor for Seattle firm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21
NEW FILA MORTGAGE
 INTEREST RATES DROP
 ONE-F0URTH PERCENT

Interest rates on homes financed by the Gederal Housing Admins. tration have been reduced one fourth of one percent, 1t was an- nounced today by the Juneau of flee of the FILA.
 This means that interest pay ments on the residential type mort. gage will be AZ percent, plus the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21
MIRROR CAFE

Open for business as usual Sat- urday morning. We appreciate your patronage. Carrillo Brothers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21
SALESMAN HERE

Russell Warfel, a salesman whose home is in Wrangell, is a guest at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21

In Tapei, Formosa, Chiang Kali Shek's capital, Nationalist dispatch es boasted Hainan was being stoutly defended But there was an uneasiness over the fate of the island.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-21

strapped under each wing.
 Such desperate measures don't jibe with the Nationalist reports of bombing in the distance.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-01-11
EMERSON news
BY OSCAR SOLES

Rev. and Mrs. Noah Duncan OF
Bladenboro and Mrs. Duncan
mother and sister were SUNDAY
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. b. Z.
Duncan.
MIR. and Mrs. Sylvester Fowler
of Lake View. S. c.. were Sunday
visitors in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Duncan OF
Guideway visited friends and rela-
tives here Sunday.
Norman SoleS sivited Bobby
Norris Sunday.
Calvin Soles visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgin Soles Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Duncan and
Mrs. Lewis Soles made a business
trip to Whiteville Saturday.
McDuffie Soles visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Jessie Batten Sunday near
Chadbourn
Oscar Soles and Lewis SoleS and
Winston Norris visited Yancey
Soles Sunday at China Grove.
The small son of Gumery Soles
is much improved after an illness
of several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hinson'S chill
dren are sick. We wish for them
a Speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Graves OF
Fayetteville visited her mother and
sister during the holidays.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-01-11
TABOR CITY, n. {,
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ii, 1850

Mrs. K C. Coleman. Sir. is
pending some time in Boone With
t.r family where they are asso-
ciatnd with the tobacco market.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-01-11

Mrs. H. G. Cameron and Mrs.
Edwin Wright were visitors III
Wilmington Monday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-01-11
PAGE FOUR

Mrs. Richard Gordon a d
daughter, Jeanne. and Mrs. Edwin
Wright visited Mrs. Harry Prince
in Clarkton Wednesday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Canady spent
Christmas day with her mother.
Mrs. w. c. Ard in Mullins. Mrs.
Ard has been confined to her bed
on account of illness.
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Evening star., 1950-07-14
T axe My Word forIt
By Fronk Colby
More About Snorkel.

To follow up my two recent
articles on the disputed origin Of
the name snorkel, the tubular de-
vice that permits submarine to
"breathe" while submerged, I have
received a letter from a former
Naval officer that appears to clear
the matter UP.
Mr.. Walter e. Albertson, of Key
West, writes -
During and after the war I was
o member of the Nays Anti-Sub-
marine Operations Research Group.
I have been concerned with the
Snorkel ever since the rurnors Of
such a device were obtained from
captured German submarine per-
sonnel.
1.-THE German Schnorkel (the %
has two dotS-the umlaut-over IT.
was adapted from an earlier Dutch
device. Schnorkel means a spiral or
twisted ornament; a scroll; q
flourish" But there was no rela-
tionShip in a descriptive sense) be-
tween the word and the device. The
word was simply a code name to
conceal the true nature of the
breathing tube.
"At first we used the German
spelling, but dropping the umlaut-
schnorkel. Finally. in 1916, at
tended a meeting at which 20 or 80
key working level submarine officers
we're present. It was decided that
the German word was cumbersome
and confusing. Whereupon we
fAmerfcanized' the word by knock
ing out the 'ch,' making it snorkel.
The British did a similar thing,
but they came UP with the word
snort We say the submarine has
q snorkel,' or is ON snorkel,' or is
'snorkelling.' The British use the
word snort and 'snorting.'"
Mr.. Albertson's letter appears to
disprove the theory that snorkel
evolved from the Dutch vernacular
word snoren, meaning ito snore."
At any rate, the now Official Navy
spelling is "snorkel," and the pro-
nunciation is: SNAWR-kI.
Norfolk: What is the explanation
for the "w" sound in the words "one"
and "once?"-Comdr. j. T. B.
Answer: The original word was
the Anglo-Saxon "an." In middle
English the spelling evolved thus:
an, on, oon, won, one. The "w"
sound survives from the ''won"
spelling. incidentally, the form
zone" was once pronounced "oan,"
to rhyme with loan, noan," and the
''oan" sound still Is heard In such
words as only, alone, and stone.
Evening star., 1950-07-14
Goren on BRIDGE

When q partnership possesses all
the aces and most of the kings, il
is sometimes difficult to stay out Of
a slam, which, when the combined
holding is exposed to view, is def
nitely unsound. Such q case is re-
corded today.
South's opening bid of one heart
and North's spade response are not
subject to discussion. As to South's
second bid there appears to be q
split of opinion among those experts
that I have canvaSsed. With q hold
ing of five gilt-edged honor tricks,
South'S text book rebid is undoubt-
edly q Jump shift, forcing to game.
There are those, however, who do
not approve entirely of this bid on
the ground that the hand may be q
misfit, and If North has nothing
but spades and is short in hearts,
there may not be a game. Those
players prefer to bid only two dia-
monds, with the hope that partner.
will be able to scare up another. bid
at which point vigorous action viii
be taken.
North's next call was also the
subject of a spirited discussion. The
1ve-diamond bid was defended on
the ground that North had previ-
ously promised only one honor trick
and that he had considerably more
than that; that simple raise to
only four diamonds would sound as
though it were being made under
pressure, whereas North held a very
fine raise. The other side of the
argument was that jumps of this
type should rarely be made without
an honor in the suit that has not
been rebid by partner. Note that
possession of even the jack of dia-
mondS would have given declarer
a reasonable chance to, make the
hand. When the dummy was spread,
Souths stock reached q new low.
Evening star., 1950-07-14

However, this South was not one
to give up without struggle. He
took the opening lead with the king
of spades, played the ace, king and
another heart, rlifing in dummy.
On the ace of spades, a club was
shed and declarer ruffed himself in
with q low spade. He then casled
the ace and king of trumps and
every one followed. The nine of
hearts was ruffed in dummy, setting
up the 18th In his own hand. Dunn
my's last spade was ruffed by de-
clarer with his last remaining trump
and West was up against it. He
postponed the evil moment by dis
carding the nine of clubs. But the
ten of hearts came promptly out
and West could do no better than
accept the trick. His forced lead
away from the king of clubs per-
mitted declareri to win the last two
tricks with the ace and queen.
That's riding your luck!
(Copyright, 1850, by Charles II. C;oren)
Evening star., 1950-07-14
Uncle Rows Corner

An 8-year-old girl showed me a
safety pledge little while ago.
There were five promises on the
pledge, and the child's name was to
be signed on space below.
Safety pledges may be good, but
those who prepare them for children
to sign might well think of certain
angles. The second promise in the
group is this:
ITO cross the street only at cor
ners."
That is good general rule, but
is it good promise? Should any
one promise for all his life that he
never will cross between corners?
The word street" usually is en-
ployed for roads inside cities or
villages. 1t is best to make a strong
habit of crossing city streets at
corners, but there are special cases
where we may find it safe to cross
between corners on quiet streets in
a village or suburb. Even on a quiet
street, it is well for a person to
stop, look and listen" before start
ing to cross.
Does anyone suppose that it is
perfectly safe to cross at corner?
Far from it! Many persons have
died while crossing at corners, and
many others have died while cross
ing between corners. Motorists
usually slow up at corners, but they
do not always do so. People on foot
have met with accidents even while
obeying lights at crossings.
1t is important to keep our eyes
open while obeying the lights. A
driver can make mistake and may
go when he should stop. Some
drivers put on a burst of speed while
the lights are changing, and that is
q special danger to persons on foot.
One hundred per cent safety
seems impossible, but we can take
the line of greater safety. It is q |
good rule to cross streets at corners.
In all cases let us remember: Look
both ways before you start to cross
any street"
Evening star., 1950-07-14

SOUTH AMERIcAl Many readers
have asked for special articles about
our neighhors to the south, and Uncle
Ray has prepared new leaflet., Five
viii be glad to send without charge.
- Enclose . stamped envelope bearing your
own name and complete address. Send
your letter to Uncle Ray In care Of The
star
Evening star., 1950-07-14
Word Come
Find 81 or more words in
CHOROMETRY.

meaning. "land surveying" Aver
age is so; limit, 35 minutes.
Rules-words must be Of four or more
letters. Words which acquire four letter.
By the addition of 81 such as bats.
eats" are not used. Only one form of
word is used. Proper names are not used
4 list will be published tomorrow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
1850 GAME LAWS BE UNDER D|5CUS5ION TUESDAY, CITY HAIL

Recommended changes in hunting laws to govern in Alaska during the coming year will be discussed at a public meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Juneau city council chamt CTS, with officials from the Fish and Wildlife Service meeting with the Territorial Sports men, Inc, sports organization.
 The organization, iii conjunction with the Wildlife Service, has pro jects in mind to plant fish in bar ren lakes, planting moose on Ad- miralty Island, planting some va- riety of upland bird in the climate, and running a bigger and better salmon derby.
 The Alaska Game Commission has asked all interested in sports hunting, whether members of the organization or not, to attend the meet to put forth their views on the coming season. The commis- sion is made up of men with the Wildlife Service, t"t is not part of it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
 MEET IS
 TUESDAY
Twenty Thousand Fisher men Expected to Be Rep-
 resented df Convention

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23 -R-- About 70 delegates, representing 20,0C0 fishermen, are expected here for the convention of the CIO In- ternational Fishermens Union, op- ening tomorrow. The meeting will run through the week.
 The Executive Board of the un- ion met yesterday and today.
 Joseph Jurich of Seattle, Interna- tional President, said weather had delayed the arrival of delegates from Alaska. Until they reach here, he said, an announcement can not be made of results of balloting on a proposed merger of the fish ermen's union with the CIO Inter- national Longshoremen's and Ware housemen's Union, headed by liar ry Bridges.
 The Executive Board discussed several legislative proposals regai.i- ing price support programs and fishermen's cooperatives.
 The question of filing a non- Communist affidavit under provis- ions of the Taft Hartley Law is expected to come before the con- vention. But Jurich couldn't say when.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
TRIAL0F
 BRIDGES
 ON AGAIN
Defense HurIs "Liars" al Witnesses Appearing
 for Government

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23-tR- The defense called the govern ment's witnesses liars" today in opening it's case in the Harry Bridges perjury trial.
 These men who are here charged with perjury have themselves been assaulted by professional perjurers, 7" Attorney James MacInnis told the jury at the outset of his statement.
 MacInnis said he would call all three defendants Bridges, Presi- dent of the International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen's s Union: and two ILWU officers, Henry Schmidt and J. R. Robert son.
 Each will testify not only for himself, the attorney said, but for each of the others as well.
 Bridges is charged with lying at a 1945 naturalization hearing at which he denied membership in the Communist party Schmidt and Robertson are accused of con- spiracy to defraud the government.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
0l' MAN RIVER UP AZ $500 H0MELE55;
 CREST MAY ROLL ON
By Associated Pressl

The major midwest flood threat oentered today along the lower Mis- sissippi River where it already had driven an estimated $500 lowland dwellerS from their homes.
 The stream was running bank full and slowly rising but U. S. Army Engineers said they expect cd the crest to roll safely on pro- viding the area escapes any heavy rains.
 At Cairo, IL, where the Ohio River empties into the Mississippi, the city counted itself virtually out of flood danger Although still F feet above technical flood stage, the stream had dropped about foot since Friday, easing pressure on the levees.
 Temperatures were mild over all she southern two-thirds of the na- ton and the only precipitation was a harmless light drizzle at some points.
 A narrow band of subnormal cold lay across the northern edge of the country. Tn parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota the mercury was well below zero. Pembina, N. D., was the coldest spot with -16.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
DISTRICT ENGINEERS
 PLAN 1850 ROAD
 PROGRAM, POLICIES

The annual conference of district engineers representing areas of the Alaska Road Commission opened this morning in the Senate Cham bers of the Federal Building. The meeting will continue through the week.
 Plans to formulate the 1850 road program, involving construction, maintenance and improvements of the system will be discussed.
 Other matters to come before the local headquarters staff, four district engineers, the construction engineer and master mechanic are standardization of policy in all dis tricts in the college student re- cruitment and training program, Commission policy in regard to construction of feeder roads into newly opened agricultural areas, and subsidiary roads into areas where mining and industrial plants are contemplated.
 The first three days will be taken up with these matters, it was eX- pected, to be followed by awards presented for safety records made and meritorious service given, it was announced to Col. John Moves, Commission head.
 These include safety commenda- tions to those districts With eXcel- lent safety records during l949; distinguished service medal to Ike p. Taylor, retiring chief engineer, in recognition of his many years service; distinguished service medal awarded po3thumously to MT Hawley Sterling, for whom the Sterling Highway between Homer nd Kenai has been named. with the award to te presented to his widow now in Juneau; and IT other meri- torious and commendable service awards to employees whose per formance over and above the nor nal call of routine duty has been made matter of record by the Secretary of the Interior.
 Many service organizations in Juneau have extended invitations to the conferees to attend their regular meetings while here, to ad- v'se them of road construction and the maintenance program being carried out.
 Attending the conference series arc: Frank Nash, Fairbanks; Will liam J. Niemi, Anchorage; John D. Hudert, Nome; and B. D. Stew art, Jr., Valdez.
 Forrest H. McGowan, construc- tion engineer of Haines. and Harry O. White, master mechanic of An chorage. are also in attendance.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23

VASHINGTON-Earlier in this series I expressed the opinion that President Truman knew nothing about the links which some of his henchmen have with Costelloism and the gambling racketeers.
 I base this opinion on the fact that, at this moment, Federal grand juries are probing the racketeers in Los Angeles, Miami and in Tru- mans home town, Kansas City.
 This Investigation includes the new Democratic Boss of Kansas City, Charles Binaggio, who has carried the town for Truman by resounding majorities, but who, nevertheless, was hauled before a grand jury by the Justice Depart ment at the very same time Tru- man was in Kansas City for the Bill Boyle testimonial dinner.
 Actually, these grand juries can not clean up gambling, which comes under local law enforcement agen- cies but they can crack down on narcotics, income-tax evasions, and illegal immigration, which go hand in hand with gambling. In fact, Frankie Costello, an Italian immi- grant, could be deported to Italy tomorrow if the Justice Depart ment wanted to.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
Tax Program Is Given Congress By Trun1a
FILA HOUSING FOR
 ALASKA HITS HIGH
 OF $3o,000,000

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Jan 23-lR More than $30,000,000 worth of Alaska housing has qualified since August of 1949 for Federal Hous- ing Administration insurance, Clin- ten c. Staples, Territorial FILA di- rector from Juneau, says here.
 He said $3,000,000 of this money was for Fairbanks Housing, with work expected to start in the spring.
 Staples has been here surveying military and civilian housing pro- jects coming under FILA loans. Sixty-two units under consideration are for the Alaska Railroad term inal here. Staples said no commit ment has been made as yet, but he predicted approval this year.
 Other approved Fairbanks pro- jects:
 256 multiple units, Weeks Field Subdivision, by Fairbanks Realty Co.,, estimated cost, $3,000,000; 62 units, Denali Section, by contractor Phil Strand, estimated S750,0OO; 64 units by J. R. Dixon Associates, be- tween eth and 11th Avenues, esti- mated s75o,0o0; Mckinley Manor Apartments, by directors Of the Bank of Fairbanks, Reed and Mar tain. Inc, estimated S3,000,000; 100 private homes, south of Weeks Field, by Fairbanks Realty and Home Construction Assn, estimated S1,5O0,000.
 Stables said approval of insurance has heen given a 25-unit apart ment at Seward and a 35-unit ap- artmsnt by John and Martha Cush- ing in Sitka.
 Staples will leave for Juneau to- day. accompanied by his wife ana Chief Architect Roy L. Swanson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
LOCAL SHRIMP FISHING LOOKS
 G00D-CHRlSTMAN

Results of the first drags made during his shrimp prospecting have convinced Harry Christman of the commercial possibilities of shrimp fisheries on a small scale in the Juneau area
 Braving the bitter winter weather, Christman took his 42-foot Lawco, a combination fishing ves- sel, beyond Marmion Island at the south end of Gastineau channel and using a 15-foot drag caught shrimp which he sad "are better quality than I ever caught around Petersburg and Wrangell."
 He caught both small pink shrimp and the larger coon stripe variety before winds forced him to take his boat to sheltered waters.
 Using his own equipment for the exploration, Christman has been aided by a small grant from the Territorial Department of Fisheries.
 On both his tries winter weather limited his work to four hours. He said he believed that working full time with a full-sized drag he could catch enough shrimp to keep l5 to 20 pickers busy, right now.'
 He will continue the prospecting when weather permits, extending his runs north into Lynn Canal and south to the Port Snettisham area.
 He does not plan to bring com mercial size gear into use until he has completed his prospecting"
 Then, if prospecting indicates sound commercial possibilities, he and E. J. Krause, Juneau halibut fisherman, will go into the tusiness seriously, using one boat to fish for shrimp and another to act as pick up boat and bring the shrimp to Juneau for cooking ana picking, Christman said.
 Krause said today his confidence in the shrimp fishing possibilities for the Juneau area will be evident as soon as the weather breaks. He plans to construct building on his wharf at the foot of Eighth Street which he says will be used as a plant for cooking, picking and packing the shrimp.
 Christman said he caught total of 300 pounds of sole and founder as a sideline to the shrimp drag ging.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-23
MURDER CHARGE FILED AGAINST }
 WOUNDED BANDITS

SEATTLE, Jan. 23-tR-Charges of first degree murder were filed today against three men, accused of the robbery staying of north end tavern operator.
 Named in the charges, filed in Justice of the Peace William Hoars court, were Roy S. Burnett, 34, held in a hospital with bullet-shat- tered jaw; Louis Smutherman, alias Jack Britt, 35, held in jail with an armpit wound; and a third man identified only as John Doe.
 The men are accused of the staying of Fred T. Long, 53, who was shot early Saturday while pro- teeting $400 in his tavern till.