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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
SEVERE COLD
 D0E5DAMAGE;; FLOODS RAGE
(By the Associated Press)

Flood perils appeared mounting in Indiana and Illinois and severe ice storm struck damaging blows in Memphis today.
 Bitter cold weather which had chilled most of the midwest this week moderated but more freezing weather threatened additional dam- age to California citrus and vege- ts.le crops. Mild weather continued in the southeastern states and northward to the middle Atlantic region.
 Hundreds remained homeless in the flooded areas. At least three persons drowned as waters from swollen rivers swept over widely separated areas of Illinois and Indiana.
 A wide band of freezing rain and sleet impeded highway travel from northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania southwestward
 The worst ice storm in IF years curtailed all public utilities, includ- ing transportation in Memphis. No immediate relief was in sight. All schools were closed until Monday
 Thousands of Memphis homes were without electricity and many without heat. Some COCO telephones were out of service.
 No immediate relief from the cold was in sight for southern Cali fornia. Temperatures of "A above were reported in some inland points today but generally the readings were not as low as yesterday.
 Growers in the Imperial and Coacheila Valley vegetable areas said tomato crops were badly dam aged by the freezing weather. But thus far the damage to citrus groves has been confined to frosring of new leaf growth already nipped during the December freeze.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
RED
 FLAG WAVES
 AT JOHN BULL
Britain Retonizes Red China 10 Protect h.
 terests, Hongkong

LONDON, Jan. 6-lN-Britain recognized Communist China today, breaking relations with her war time partner, Chiang Kai-shek.
 The move was an effort to safe- guard heavy British investments in China and to protect the British colony of Hong Kong. It was a major split with the foreign policy of the United States and France, which are going to take their time about recognizing Mao Tze-tung. Secretary of State Acheson said yesterday the United States con- siders such recognition premature.
 The action ranged Britain with Soviet Russia against continuation of Chiang's Nationalist regime as the representative of China in the Un ted Nations Security Council. There the Big Five-the United States, Britain, France, Soviet Rus sia and China-have the right to veto.
 Tce Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Christopher P. Mayhew, said recognition of Red China was an acknowledgement of fact and not a mark of appreciation" The official note of recognition said Britain has observed that the Mao regime lis now in effective control of by far the greater part of the Territory of China"
 Britain was the first major west ern power to recognize Mao.
 BREAK RELATIONS The Nationalists promptly replied from Chiang's Formosa headquar- ters with note breaking off diplo- matic relations with Britain.
 Other western European powers were expected to follow quickly Britains lead. Authoritative Danish sources said Norway, Sweden and Denmark probably would announce joint action/s soon, simultaneously in the three Scandinavian capitals.
 The Chinese Nationalist Ambas- sador in London, Dr. Cheng Tien- Hsi, today termed the British ac- ton equivalent to burying us whilst we are still very much alive" His tory, he said. will say that China has received knockout blow, not from her foes but from her friends and former allies"
 Britain was the fourth non- Communist nation to recognize the Peiping government. India and Pakistan, both members of the British commonwealth, Burma, as well as .Yugoslavia, Soviet Russia and the Soviet satellites previously had taken the recognition action.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January IA.
 Denali from westward scheduled southbound Sunday evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
Truman
 Economic
 Summary

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-R- Here is President Truman's sum- mary of his economic report to Congress today;
 I summarize below the legislative recommendation contained in this economic report, and urge that the Congress enact them into law
 l. Make some revisions in the tax structure to reduce present inequi- ties, stimulate business activity and yield moderate amount oi net additional revenue. My spe- cific recommendations on taxes will te transmitted to Congress at an early date.
 2. Enact a new program to stim- ulate private investment in hous- ing for middle-income families.
 3. Substantially increase the max mum maturity period for business loans made by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
 4. Improve the protection of farm incomes and encourage needed shifts in farm production, by autho- rization of production payments and other changes in present legis- lation.
 5. Establish a Columbia Valley Administration, and authorize the St. Lawrence seaway and power project.
 6. Provide for federal aid to ele- mentary and secondary education, for a limited program of aid in support of higher education for capable students and give funds where need exists for school con- struction.
 T. Extend and liberalize the So- cial Security structure by improv- ing old-age, survivors, and unem- ployment insurance. enacting dis ability and health insurance. and expanding general grants-in-aid to states for public assistance.
 8. Extend rent control for an- other year.
 9. Continue the foreign recovery programs on basis commensurate with need.
 TO- Approve the charter for the International Trade Organization.
 II. Authorize the program TOT technical assistance to underde- veloped countries, and for guaran- tees by the Export-Import Bank against risks peculiar to private investment abroad; and revise cer- tain provisions in the tax laws goy- erning the taxation of income from foreign investments.
 12. Provide additional authority over banking reserves to the Board of Governors of the Federal Re- serve System; extend that authority to all banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. and restore the boards authority to regulate consumer credit. Provide authority to regulate speculation on the commodity exchanges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
OKLAHOMA UNIV.
 TO DROP FOOTBALL

OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. 6-tR]- Football is no longer melnper oi the Oklahoma City University sports family.
 Dr. Q. G. Smith, President, made the announcement after meeting with coaches and players. He salo a majority of the universltys 4o trustees approved his recommen- dation to discontinue the sport.
 Coach Orville Futile and assist ants Ralph Schilling and Boo Fenimore will te paid until the end of the school year. Scholar ships also will be honored for the remainder of the year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
KIDNAp5 GIRL AFTER
 A5SAUL1ENG MOTHER

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 6-tA- Raymond Savala, Is, charged with Kidnapping a 14-year-old girl after assaulting her mother, was cap- tured near Buckeye, AriZ., today by a highway patrolman, the Phoenix police department announced.
 The girl, Teresa Vasquez, was with him at the time, police said, and apparently was unharmed.
 Patrolman Harry E. Selchow took Savala into custody.
 Savala, who speaks only Spanish, was questioned by detectives.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

By DREW PEARSON Copyright. 1850, by Bell Syndicate. Incl
 (Ed. Note-Drew Pearson, who has spent good part of his journalistic career specializing on foreign affairs, ttss written a penetrating series of columns on how the seeds of war are plant ed. This is the fourth and last of the series.)
 WASHINGTON = The Congress sional furor over Britain's impend- ing recognition of Communist China will not stop that recognition. But out of the forensics can come if the State Department is on its toes-a joint Anglo-American coun- cil to guide the foreign policy of English speaking countries in the future.
 Too many times in the past Bri- tain's traditional balance of power policy has let the world drift into wars, following which the United States has had to bail out the British.
 Up until the early 193O's, the bored and blase policy of State Department diplomats was: "In Europe and Asia, we take our cues from Britain. In Latin America, Britain takes the cue from us."
 That, of course, was in the hey day of British power, when British banks dominated world trade and when his majesty's navy not only was the biggest in the world, but a navy meant something.
 Today British banks would be nonexistent without U. s. help, and the British Navy is far more im- potent than the Bikini- bombed U. s. Navy.
 Thus the time would appear to
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
Trun1an Optimistic on U.S. Economic Outlook
TERRITORY IN RED
 S221,6H AZ THE
 BOOKS ARE CLOSED

The Territorys' general fund was short $221 ,645l4 to meet its obliga- tions at the end of December, &C., cording to statement issued to- day by Treasurer Henry Roden.
 On December 31, after books clos ed, on hand was $480, ,18422. Against this sum, the auditors office held unpaid vouchers totaling $7O1 ,829.- 86, leaving the Territory short the amount mentioned above.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
BRIGHTER HEADS
 FOR RED SHANGHAI
By Wayne Richardson

ABOARD AMERICAN FREIGH- TER FLYING ARROW, Saturday -tR-This big cargo ship slipped quietly out of Hong Kong early to- day and headed for Red Shanghai, whose approaches the Chinese Ma tionalists say are mined.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
Hepp Nominated
 For U. }. Attorney

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6-R President Truman today nominated Everett w. Hepp of Alaska to be US. Attorney for Division No. 4, District of Alaska.
 If confirmed by the Senate, he will succeed Harry O. Arend, re- signed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
WEATHER REPORT

 ? (This data is for 24-hour pe- . riod ending 7:30 am. PSTo } In Juneau-Maximum 33; } minimum 22. } At Airport-Maximum '32; } minimum 13. , F o K k c A 5 T } Duncan ana vicinity) . Fair and continued cold } tonight and Saturday with } gusty northeasterly winds. } Lowest temperature tonight } Is in town and near 6 in } outlying areas. Highest tenn } perature Saturday, l6. , P R E c P I T A T Q N , (Past 24 hours ending 7:3o a m. today City of Juneau-.05 inches; . since Jan. 1-.99 inches; since July 1-54.93 inches. } At Airport-.08 inches; } since Jan. 1-.82 inches; } since July 1-36.31 inches. .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. = Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 1O6, Anaconda 30, Curtiss- Wright 8ss, International Harvester 28, Kennecott 52, New York Central 12ss, Northern Pacific 1514, U. s. Steel 271s, Pound $2.801s.
 Sales today were 100000 shares.
 Averages today are as follows: :: industrials 200.96, rails 54.22, u1l- ities 41.52.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
HELL FREEZES

HELL, Norway, Jan. 6-lR-The temperature dropped to 40 degrees below zero in Hell yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
OTIS MAN HERE

L. R. Beals of Seattle is regis tered at the Baranof Hotel. He re- presents the Otis Elevator Com pany.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06
AT BARANoF HOTEL

w. s. Rich of Seattle is guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-06

FROM FAIRBANKS MT. and Mrs. Robert H. Bain of Fairbanks are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
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Evening star., 1950-04-05
I45O Tons Of Supplies
Landed in Antarctic
For Joint Expedition
By Copt. John Gioever
Leader. Joint British Scandinavian
Antarctic Expedition.

I
MAUDHEIM, Antarctic, Mar.
27.-(By wireless)-Delayed -
We are now getting our base set
tied in here on Queen Maud Land
after bidding goodbye to the
Norsel (Which landed some $50
tons of supplies on the ice for our
long stay).
! Both our houses have been fitted
out with a kitchen, cabins and
sections for wireless and meteor
ology. The great crate which
housed the aircraft on the ships
deck during the voyage here has
been rebuilt into a mechanical
workshop. The motors and heat
ing are functioning excellently.
The same goes for the electric
light plant. wired through to the
houses. and the passages cut from
the packed snow between them.
The houses were specially made
for us in Sweden. Twenty-six
feet by Is feet and fairly low, their
walls are lined with sleeping
alcoves. Each contains q good
bed and a table which can be
folded away. and plenty Of shelf
space. One of the houses has a
large lounge in the center. Both
are warmed by circulating hot
air.
All the passages between houses
and workshops have been lined
with specially built wooden stor-
age cases covered with canvas.
This joint British-Scandinavian
expedition is to be supplemented
during the coming Antarctic sum-
mer by a special mapping group.
They'll sail down with a number
Of aircraft which will be based at
their ship.
From Oslo 1t Is reported that a
Norwegian British-Swedish meet
ing in May will decide on the
types Of planes and the ship to be
used. If possible, says Prof. Harald
Sverdrup Of the Norwegian Polar
Institute, the seal-catcher Norsel
will be used. This vessel worked
out splendidly for the voyage to
land the winter party at their
Maudheim base.
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Evening star., 1950-04-05
Civil Air Petrol Offers
Pre-FIioht Troinino

The Civil Air Patrol announced
today it is offering aviation
ground and pre-flight training to
boys and girls from Is to IS.
The Air Force auxiliary said
classes are being held one even
ing each week at local CAP squad
rons in Washington and nearby
Maryland and Virginia.
Oflcials explained it is part OF
a Nationwide program for train
ing 100000 youths of the country
The CAP said anyone interested
should phone Republic Sill. ex-
tension SIT or 578 and ask for
the CAP cadet recruiting officer.
Evening star., 1950-04-05
Observation Chief to Speak

DR.. Bertil Lindblad, director Of
the Stockholm Observatory Of
Sweden, will give an illustrated
lecture on ''The Luminous Surface
and Atmosphere of the Sun" at
BIS pm. tomorrow in the Ma
tional Museum, Tenth street and
Constitution avenue NV. DR..
Lindblad's talk is being sponsored
by the Smithsonian Institution.
! The public Is invited.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Admiral GreensIade
Dies; Was in ; Wars
BY the Assoeiosed Pre.s

BELLEVUE, Ohio, Jan. 6.-Vice
Admiral John Wills Greenslade,
USN retired, died today at the age
of 10.
He entered Bellevue Hospital
Monday after suffering heart
attack.
Admiral Greenslade. who was
graduated from the Naval Acad-
emy in 1899. served in three wars.
For two years during World War
II he was commander of the
Western Sea Frontier, with head
quarters at San Francisco.
During World War I he was
commander of the mine layer,
U.S.S. Houstonic, in the North
Sea.
After serving two years as
Western Sea Frontier command
er. he was placed on the retired
list in 1914. But he was kept on
duty status and became Pacific
coast CO. ofdinator Of naval logists
under the Secretary Of the Navy.
In 1945 he was appointed re-
sources co-ordinator for the West
ern Sea Frontier.
Admiral Greenslade was relieved
of all active duty with the status
of vice admiral on December /,
1945, and returned to Bellevue,
his birthplace. in May, 1916.
Survivors include his widow and
two sons. Burial likely will be at
ANNAPOLIS.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Severt Peterson Dies;
.RFC Official Since 81

Severt H. Peterson, So, an Off
cial of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp, died yesterday in his home,
1903 Twenty-ninth place NV,
after a heart attack.
Mr.. Peterson came to Wash
ington in 1882 as deputy director
of the RIGS Office of Metal Re-
serves, after joining the agency
in Minneapolis. Recently he had
been working as an examiner in
the RFC business loan section.
A native of Princeton, Mimi,
Mr.. Peterson was graduated from
Princeton University in 1920 and
from the Harvard Business School
two years later. He was in the
naval aviation service during
World War I.
Mr.. Peterson is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Ethel M. Peterson; a
son, David. and daughter,
Nancy, all of Washington; his
mother, Mrs. Evelyn Peterson Of
La Jolla, Calf, and a sister, Mrs.
Cecil Watson of Minneapolis.
Funeral services will be held ut
10 am. Monday in Gawler's
Chapel, 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Fort Myer Rites Are Held
For Sergt. H. V. Sigworth

Funeral services for Sergt. Her.
man v. Sigworth. 46, of 1912 Hem
lock street NV, who died unex-
pectedly of a heart attack
Wednesday at Walter Reed Hos
pital, were held this morning in
Fort Myer Chapel. Burial was in
Arlington Cemetery.
A native of Washington, Sergt.
Sigworth' attended the old Busi-
ness High School. A veteran of
13 years in the Army, he served
during World War II in the
China Burma India and North
African theaters and. later was
stationed in Frankfurt. Germany.
He was assigned to the Army
Medical Center at Walter Reed
just two weeks ago. Previously,
he was stationed at the Army
Chemical Center, Edgewood Ar
senaE Md.
Sergt. Sigworth was member
of the North Washington Baptist
Church here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Emma G.. Sigworth; son, Her.
man v. Sigworth. jr., and his
mother, Mrs. Martha B. Sigworth,
all of the Hemlock street address.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Mrs. IoneG. Preiis;ser
Services Today

Funeral services for Mrs. lone
G.. Preisser, so, widow of H. War
rem Preisser. former employe in
The Stars composing room, were
to be held this afternoon at the
home of her son, DR.. Warren G..
Preisser, 6402 Elliott place,
Hampshire Knolls, Md. Burial
was to be in the .mausoleum at
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mrs. Preisser died Wednesday
at the Washington Sanitarium
after an illness of more than q
year. Her husband, an employe
of The Star for nearly Is years,
died in 1916.
Born in New Orleans, she had
been a Washington area resident
since 1918. For q years she was
secretary for the Eastern Viavi
Co., a medical supply firm here
Mrs. Preisser was 6. member OF
Bethlehem Chapter No. Z. Order
of the Eastern Star, here.
In addition to her son, with
whom she lived. she Is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Belle Mann OF
New Orleans,
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Miss Mary K. Hoyez Dies;
Shorthand Reporfer

Miss Mary K. Hoyez. 81. short
hand reporter and Washington
resident for Is years. died Wed
nesday in Garfield Memorial Hos
pital after a long illness.
At the time OF her death, she
was employed by the Columbia
Reporting Co.. 631 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, which she joined in
July, 1948.
Born in New York City, Miss
Hoyez was reared in Houston,
Tex. She came to Washington in
1885 as a shorthand reporter with
the firm of Ward & Paul, and in
that capacity worked for many
Government agencies including
Congressional hearings.
Miss Hoyez had resided at 1923
Connecticut avenue NV. since
moving to Washington. She was
a member Of the Texas State
Society and the National Short
hand Reporters Association.
She is survived by a cousin,
Mrs. Mary B. Jennings of the
Connecticut avenue address.
Funeral services and burial will
be private.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Stephen A. Day Dies al 81;
Former House Member
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Former
Representative Stephen A. Day,
Republican of Illinois, died yes
terday after a two-month illness.
He was CT.
Elected as an Illinois Represen-
tative at large. Mr.. Day served
from 1941 to 1945, He was defeated
for reelection In 1914 by Emily
Taft Douglas, a Democrat and
wife of Senator Paul H. Douglas,
Democrat of Illinois. Mr.. Day was
born in Canton, Ohio. A neighbor
of his family was President Nc
Kinley. Mr.. Days father, the late
william Rufus Day, became Nc
Kinley's Secretary of State, and
later a justice of the United States
Supreme Court. He served on the
high tribunal from 1908 to 1923.
Stephen Day was graduated
from the University of Michigan,
and at one time was secretary to
the late Melville w. Fuller, Chief
Justice of the United States.
A constitutional lawyer, Mr.. Day
practiced in Chicago since 1908,
and began running for Congress
in 1920. He sought the Republi-
can nomination five times before
winning in 1888 and then was de-
feated in the later election Two
years later, however, he was romi-
mated and elected.
Funeral services will be held at
1870 pm. tomorrow in suburban
Evanston, where Mr.. Day lived.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Mrs. Sanders, Mother
'N Tydings Aide, Dies

Mrs. Catherine Anne Sanders,
IS, mother of Mrs. Jane Sanders
Leeke. secretary to Senator
Tydings. Democrat. of Maryland,
died Wednesday at Washington
Sanitarium, Takoma Park. Md.
She had been i'll seven weeks with
pneumonia and pleurisy.
Born and educated in Warren
ton, Va, Mrs. Sanders had lived
in the Washington area for more
than half century. She was the
wife of Eugene Lee Sanders, an
employe of the Southern Railway
in Atlanta. For 20 years she had
made her home with Mrs. Leeke
at $500 First avenue, Silver
Spring. She previously had resided
in Alexandria for a number of
years.
Mrs. Sanders was life member
of Alexandria Chapter of the
Daughters of the Confederacy.
In addition to her husband and
Mrs. Leeke, she. is survived by an
other daughter, Mrs. Hammond
T. Welsh, Upper Marlboro, Md:
a son, Eugene Lee Sanders IT,, of
Alexandria. and two sisters. Mrs.
Amos Payne of Warrenton and
Mrs. Wiley Palmer of Norfolk.
Three grandchildren and four
great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in the Pumphrey
funeral home, 8434 Georgia ave-
nue., Silver Spring. Burial will be
In Warrenton Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Dave Gideon, Publisher
And 6. 0. P. Leader, Dies
By the A,soeiofsd Press

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan g.
Dave Gideon. West Virginia pub
Usher prominent in Republican
Party circles who died in an
Arkansas hotel last night, will be
buried here, his home town.
Mr.. Gideon was stricken with a
heart attack at the hotel in Hot
Springs, Ark, where he habitually
spent his Christmas vacation.
The 76-year-old bachelor was
president of the Huntington Pub
fishing Co.. and publisher of the
Huntington Herald-Dispatch. a
morning newspaper.
Mr.. Gideon had been active in
State and national Republican
politics for many years. He was
considered an adviser to members
Of Congress and Senators and had
shared in White House councils
during COP administrations, espe-
cially that of Calvin Coolidge
He had been a delegate to many
national Republican conventions
Evening star., 1950-01-06
Sir WiI|mott Lewis
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services for3 Sir Will
mott Lewis, u, retired London
Times correspondent who was
known as 'Britain's unofficial am
bassador" to Washington. were to
be held at 2::30 o'clock this after
noon at the Washington Cathe-
dral. The body was cremated and
the ashes will remain in the
Cathedral.
Sir Willmott died after a heart
attack Wednesday at his home,
3425 Prospect avenue NV. The
correspondent. who preferred to
be called Bill" retired two years
ago after q years of reporting in
this country.
Honorary pail bearers will be
Prentiss l.. Coonley. Joseph E.
Davies, Archibald Gorden, Lyle c.
Wilson, Maj. Gen. Patrick j. Hur-
ley, Frederick Sterling. Louis
Henrichs. Judge Marvia Jones,
Bascom N. Timmons, Radford E.
Mobley, jr., Senator Green, Demo-
crat, of Rhode Island; B. M. Nc
Kelway, Representative Monroney,
Democrat, of Oklahoma; Alex
ander F. Jones and John O'Don-
nell.