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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
WARSHIpS
 SMELLING
 COM MES
DwindIing Beaehhead Is Held Against 100, ,0OO-
 Man Chinese Army
: CBy the Associated Press)

(By the Associated PreSs)
 United States warships and artil- lery lit up ring of fire around the dwindling Hungnam beachhead to- day.
 The Battleship Missouri threw one-ton shells against pockets of a l00,000-man Chinese Communist army attempting to drive the 10th Corps 60000 men into the sea.
 The approaches to the beachhead were raked by the US. heavy cruis- CTS St. Paul and Rochester. De- stroyers stepped up the lombard ment with five-inch shells. A Navy summary said the fire had made a mo mans land" of the defense perimeter's outer fringes.
 The beachhead is the Allies last major position north of parallel 38, the boundary between North and South Korea.
 Curtain of Fire
 The curtain of fire from ships and artillery stopped the enemy which has tried unsuccessfully for days to find a hole in the United Nations defenses. Maj. Gen. Edward M. Almond, 10th Corps commander was pleased with the effectiveness of the firepower defending his troops. He said:
 Things are going just about the way we planned them. Now every time the Chinese Communists dig in, we hit them with artillery con- centrations. mix them up and knock them out"
 Western Front Lull
 The western front, where the US. Eighth Army has dug in for stand against increasing numbers of North Korean and Chinese Com munists was still quiet today. But observers said it was like the lull before an impending storm.
 General MacArthur's war sum- mary warned of intensified guer-
  rilla activity in South Korea. He said guerrilla raids are now coor- dinated and are probably directed by radio from a central headquar- ters. The great numbers of uncap- tured Reds left behind when Allied forces pushed north are now a real threat behind the Eighth Army's lines.
 Aerial Dog Fight
 Allied air men were elated over the victory of Americas fastest jet fighter over built jets yes- terday. Tn a five-minute aerial dog fight between four North American F-86 Sabres and four Soviet-type MG-15s near Sinuiju, one Red plane was shot down and the others fled to the sanctuary of the Manchurian border. The Sabres are the worlds fastest planes. It was their first en- counter with the enemy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
} SUSPECTED POLIO
 CASES ARE CONFIRMED

Thre suspected cases of poliomy- elitis were reported confirmed in word received today from Ketchi- kan by the Alaska Department of Health. They are Bobby Hollister, II, of Ketchikan, and two young women, Jean Sallee of Ketchikan and Teresa Morrison of Annette.
 This brings the total reported cases in Ketchikan to 16 and the total in the Territory, 66.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
ATLANTIC PACT NOW
 DICUsS5ED
Warning Given that Allies Far from Ready to Re-
 sist Commie Attack

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Dec. 18-iA US. Army Secretary Frank Pace warned the North Atlantic Allies today they are far from ready to withstand a Communist assault on Western Europe.
 Opening a two-day meeting of At lantic Defense and Foreign Minis. ters gathered to complete plans fol a unified European Army, Pace tolo the defense chiefs the US. will aic it's partners defense efforts only il it is fully convinced" each nation is doing all it can to help itself.
 Pace is representing US. Defense Secretary George c. Marshall at the meetings. He said:
 '"The American people already have stepped up their preparedness and plan for even greater sacrifices in the next year. In the US. al our efforts are now being geared tc expedite the organization of oui military forces and the production of munitions.
 Need for Speed
 T know you share with us ar appreciation of the urgency of the situation and the need for speed ir your own efforts" he told the min- isters.
 The toughest problem they fact is either coaxing or forcing the Germans to be rearmed.
 Both the United States and Brit ain are reported prepared to lay down the law to the West German Republic, if necessary, to overcome German objections to their rearma- ment.
 German Hold Out
 The Germans, who are not repre- sented at the 12-power conference have objected to joining an interna- tional army unless invited to do SC on an equal basis with the other Atlantic Pact members.
 West German Socialist Leader Kurt Schumacher, at Dusseldorf last night, said his powerful party would call for a national movement against rearmament if West Ger man Chancellor Konrad Adenaui accepts Allied plans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
ITEAMER taOvEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle scheduled to arrive at II am, tomorrow.
 Denali Scheduled to sail from Se- attle Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to ar- rive from SkagWay at a.m.. tomor- row and sails south one hour later at o'clock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
The W ashington Merry to Round Copyright. 1855, by Bell Syndicate. Incl
 By DREW PEARSON
By DREW PEARSON

VASHINGTON-When Congress sional and Cabinet leaders filed into the White House to hear the Presidents report on the National Emergency, Secretary of State Ach- eson happened to take seat just opposite a row of his COP critics Senators Taft, Bridges of New Hampshire, and Wherry of Nebras- ka.
 Here is your opposition across from you," remarked Bridges, in an effort to break the ice.
 The Secretary of State did not quite know how to take this, where upon Wherry interposed
 we mean your constructive op- position"
 The meeting that followed was about the nearest approach both political parties have made toward war cooperation Republican Sen ators Wiley of Wisconsin and Milli- kin of Colorado, with ex-Speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts, seem- ed especially sympathetic; and even Taft, though he disagreed with the President, offered to submit his dissenting statement to MT. Tru- man for his OK.
 Russian War Moves
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
AUTO TAGS ON SALE CITY CLERKS 0FFill

Automobile license tags are now on sale at the office of the Juneau City Clerk. Those who desire special numbers are calling early, c. L. Popejoy said today. About ten ot these have already been sold.
 The windshield stickers for out of-town cars have not yet arrived Popejoy said, but those wishing tc pay for them when they buy theil licenses will receive the stickers by mail later.
 January 31 is the deadline for get ting 1851 auto tags.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
SOUTH FOR HOLIDAYS

John Adams, engineer with the Alaska Public Works here, left Sum- day for Seattle to spend the holi- days with his family there and to visit his mother in Bellingham, Wash. He expects to return about January 15.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
NAGLEYS SOUTH

MT. and Mrs. Nagley of Talkeetna and Anchorage, went through Ju- nsau Sunday enroute to the States for the winter They plan to go to San Francisco. San Diego and pos sibly Mexico. Nagley was a trader at Talkeetna for many years and is owner of the Westward Hotel in Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
MRS. CAMMoCK RETURNS

Cledamae Cammock. executive se- cretary of the Territorial Fedora ton of Labor, returned to her headquarters here Saturday after a get-acquainted trip to Fairbanks and Anchorage.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
CHALMERS BACK AGAIN

Dr and Mrs. Duncan Chalmers with the Alaska Native Service at Bethel, have returned from trip to Bethel They are staying at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
FROM ANCHORAGE

Mrs. Ethel Watson of Anchorage is a guest at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-12-18
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT } Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ) ending 6:20 o'clock this morning In Juneau-Maximum, 35; minimum, 30.
 At Airport-Maximum, 31; minimum, 25.
 F o R E c A S T tJuneau and Vicinity
 Mostly cloudy with inter- } mittent light snow tonight , and Tuesday. Low tonight near 28, high Tuesday near } 34.
 F R E PITA TION Past 24 hours ending 7:3o am today City of Juneau = Trace;
 since Dec. 1 = 2.53 inches;
 , since July 1-35.77 inches. At Airport Trace; since Dec. 1 = 1.84 inches; since July 1-24.96 inches. . . . .
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Russian War Moves The meeting was opened with 2
Evening star., 1950-07-06
After Dark 41o Re" 4ggf 45gt eydskn w Ms[shsn %ns

people from showing up to well
come MIR. s. The mutual rapport
reached between orchestra leader
and audience seemed to indicate
that he'll be a welcome fixture
in the Lounge Riviera for some
time to come.
The Simpson orchestra, like
Little David in "It Amt Neces-
sarily So." is small, but oh my.
It puts out more full-size dance
music than any other four-man
crew around town you can name
off hand. The unit is the same
as at the Sazerac Room, with the
exception of Frank Coviello, the
pianist, who stayed there to lead
a new Sidney orchestra. The
Simpson sax is still solidly backed
by Bassist AL Odonne and Drum
mer Leon Farber and the piano
has been taken over handily by
Lee Burney. Mr.. Burney came
here with Florian ZaBach and
fortunately liked Washington so
well he stayed-fortunately be-
cause Mr.. Simpson needed a top
notch piano after becoming accus-
toned to Mr.. Coviello and top
notch piano is what Mr.. Burney
gives him.
The other new addition to the
Simpson crew is Lois Agee, a pref
ty young lass who sings liltingly
the popular ballads of the day. Al
together, Mr.. Simpson and crew
ought to be just the thing to keep
the summer doldrums from rest
ing too heavily on the Lounge
Riviera.
| \ \ \ 4
When he was in town recently
for a color television show, the
above-named Florian ZaBach and
wife took the time to celebrate
even such brief return to Wash
ington at the Wardman Parks
Caribar. Washington is the place
Evening star., 1950-07-06
Rv Harry Macarthur

II never pays to tangle with ar
expert on his own grounds. This
was driven home again to q man
who was sitting by the other
night at the Shoreham Palladian
Room, now closed for the Sums
mer, while George Marshall was
praising Sande Williams lively
rendition of Hail to the Red
skins"
You mean Yes. Jesus Loves
Me-" said the man sitting by,
who knew he could recognize an
old refrain when he heard one.
"'Yes, Jesus Loves Me- indeed
said Mr.. Marshall, the authority
who officiated as the alchemist
who poured the words by his wife
Corinne Griffith. and the music
by Barnee into a retort to create
the Redskin anthem.
"You listen too specifically, y
the Redskin boss went on. "You
should really pay attention to that
song some time. There are sew
eral things in addition to Yes
Jesus Loves Me- in 1t, one Of which
Is a not entirely inconsequentia
ditty called the 'Marsellaise."
The man listened more closely
to Hail to the Redskins" mex
chance he had and hanged II Mr.
Marshall wasn't right about 1t.
Bob Simpson seems we'll on hi!
way toward becoming a youns
institution around this town. HI
started out as a brand new singer
and saxophone player at the
Gingham Club, an establishment
which seemed like a good idea al
the time (not long after repeal)
to the owners Of Child's Restau-
rant. Barnee heard him there and
eventually lured him to the Shore
ham Blue Room. where he stayed
q couple Of seasons.
From there Mr.. Simpson went to
the Mayflower Lounge. where he
spent several years playing and
singing happily under the name
Of Bobby Simpson. a fact he
would rather forget now. Follow
ing his Mayflower stay. he was
inducted into service with Sam
Jack Kaufman's orchestra at the
Capitol Theater, where he re-
manned for a good long time.
At just about the time when he
was beginning to think he might
spend the rest of his life in the
orchestra pit at the Capitol, Mr..
Simpson was elected for the band
leaders post at the Club Cairo,
then brand new and about to
start its first successful season,
After the Cairo, Mr.. Simpson
moved over to the Sazerac Room
Of the Old New Orleans and he's
been there ever since. up until
this week.
This week Mr.. Simpson set up
on a new bandstand-new to him
at any rate-taking over the
music-making chores at the
Lounge Riviera at Hotel 2400. On
his opening night, Tuesday, the
fact that this was the tag end OF
strenuous four-day week end
oid not keep a goodly throng OF
Evening star., 1950-07-06

la combined musical and master OF
ceremonies job. Fine showcase
that one. Mr.. ZaBach also reports
that both Warner Bros. and Hal
Wallis are interested in him as a
motion picture possibility. Told
him not to worry about the fact
that he can't act. So many people
can't act.
The only zaBach worry at the
moment. in fact. is that he has
been told he'll have to have a
new name for pictures. Can't for
the life of him think of one.
Evening star., 1950-07-06

they'd rather be. The trouble is
that the people who make use OF
Mr.. ZaBach's services make use
Of them in New York.
!. After he left the Mayfiower
Lounge the last trip. the violinist
disbanded his orchestra and di-
vided his time between club dates
and squabbleS with his agent.
Things are looking up now,
though. Mr.. ZaBach became al
most q fixture on Arthur God
frey's Wednesday night television
show. appearing more often than
anybody except members of the
regular cast. and now has won a
show business plum.
Starting tomorrow, unless the
date has since been changed, Mr..
zaBach takes to the stage of the
Strand Theater in New York, for
Evening star., 1950-07-06
TamI11any Hall Picks Negro
As Candidate for JUDGE
BY The Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, July 6.-Tammany
Hall, Manhattan's Democratic or
ganization, has picked q Negro as
candidate for a $28, ,000-a-year
General Sessions judgeship In
next falls elections.
The naming yesterday Of Har-
old A. Stevens, now a State Assem-
blyman, was the first time Negro
has been designated to run for the
General Sessions bench by either
major party.
A native Of South Carolina, Mr..
Stevens, AZ, is a lawyer and a
leader in Catholic interracial ac-
tivities.
Evening star., 1950-07-06
Canada to Strengthen
SuuIt Ste. Marie Defense
By The Associated Press

OTTAWA, July 6.-Defense
Minister Brooke Claxton told re-
porters yesterday that defenses
around the Sault Ste. Marie Canal
locks may soon be built up.
The move, he added. is part of
a general strengthening OF reserve
forces ana has no relationship to
the Korean crisis.
Evening star., 1950-06-27

Z. "ImGsiHs my surPriss-
everything dried as soft as
any wash I ever had with
three rinsings, and as white
as If I'd soaked those shirts
and sheets overnight in
bleach! What's more, all my
clothes snlelled so sweet and
cleanl"
Evening star., 1950-06-27
Stranded Students Sailing
Today on U. 5. Transport
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, June PA long
and enjoyable week end ended
today for $50 American and
Canadian college students set to
sail for Europe aboard an Ameri-
can military transport.
The General Ballou, the Gov
ship offered by President
Truman, sails today for Rotter-
dam to carry them on the first
part of European summer trip.
They were stranded here last
Thursday when the Coast Guard
inspected their chartered ship, the
Norwegian motor vessel Svalbard.
and banned her as a fire hazard.
The Royal Norwegian govern
ment, which owns the Svalbard,
refunded the students $87,50O de-
post yesterday, but at the same
time said the Coast Guard had
no right to halt the ship.
1T is the position of the Royal
Norwegian consulate that the
United States Coast Guard was
not justified in preventing the
departure of the Svalbard with
its student passengers" acting
Consul General Ditlef Knudson
said.
Evening star., 1950-06-27
By Edwin A. lohey

If a scrimmage like that in
Korea should ever turn into war
with Russia. an FBI agent would
be breathing down the neck OF
every dangerous subversive in the
United States within "a hours.
The 400 agents under FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover learned
the fine points of internal security
in the last war. Their roundup OF
Communist agents in the event Of
a new war would be swift. silent,
and efficient.
The FBI SHES away from any
round-number estimate of the
scope Of probable arrests. but some
observers believe that between
$1,000 and 100000 suspected and
known subverSives' would be
rounded UP eventually,
I'VE would start with key men
and go on progressively. to keep
the Communists leaderleSs." one
FBI spokesman said.
The agents would strike first
against the "unknowns" of the
Communist Party. who are we'll
known to the ,FBI. The "un-
knowns" rank highest as dam
gerouS to the internal security.
Thus a crane operator in a steel
mill would receive the attention
of the FBI before even the men,
bers of the national committee
of the Communist Party.
An FBI spokesman said the
events of Pearl Harbor would
make a fair analogy in consider
ing the role of the bureau In the
event of a new war.
President Roosevelt signed an
emergency proclamation on the
afternoon Of Pearl Harbor, for
maintaining national security.
Under this proclamation. the
Attorney General was authorized
to issue executive warrants" for
the arrest Of any person believed
to be dangerous to the internal
welfare of the Nation.
The FBI arrested l,700 sub
versives within "a hours.
Before the war was over $4,000
suspects were arrested on ''execu-
tive warrants" by the FBI.
Each was given a hearing by a
Evening star., 1950-06-27
Queuil|e Seeks Return
OF Socialists 10 Cabinet
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, June 27.-Ex-Premier
Henri Queuille struggled today
to get the French Socialist Party
into a new cabinet. War in East
Asia lent added urgency to his
efforts.
Mr.. Queuille expected to report
on his progress to President Vim
cent Auriol later today after in
terviewing leaders of his own Rad
ical Socialist Party, former Pre-
mier Georges Bidault's Popular
Republican Movement CMRP). and
the Socialists.
Mr.. Queuille insisted he must
have the Socialists to share the
responsibilities of power if he re-
sumed the premiership. His earlier
cabinet lasted 13 months.
The Socialists, third strongest
party in the National Assembly,
were members of every cabinet
after the liberation until last Feb
ruary.
They walked out of the Bidault
government then when other par
ties refused to grant wage raises
to low income workers. But they
continued to support the MRP
Premier in Parliament. Last
Saturday they withdrew their sup
port, because Mr.. Bidault opposed
wage increases for government
workers. The cabinet was forced
to quit.
Evening star., 1950-06-27
FBI Ready to Hit SubversWes
In Event of War With Russia

board Of citizens in his own COM
munity but there was no pub
lieity given TO his arrest or hear
ing.
A total of $3.50 of those ar
rested were released either before
or after a hearing. Some l,l50
were repatriated 10 their own
countries. Another $3.50 were pa
rolled. and 3.204 were interned for
the duration of the war. About
$50 suspects died, and 81 cases
were still pending at the end OF
the war.
Most of the subverSives in the
last war were aliens. Most of the
suspected subverSives in war
with Russia would be American
citizens. a fact that would COM
plicate the task of the FBI in
wedding out the dangerous Com
munlstS.
tReleased by ChicaEo Daily HeWSl
Evening star., 1950-06-27

Washingtons judicial system
was set up in 1901, but its tenure
was so uncertain that 20 years
elapsed before it even had a home
of its own.
Today. a cleaning eight story
structure is arising to its antici-
pated completion 18 months
hence. This building will house
the United States Court of Ap-
peals for the District of Columbia
circuit and the United States Dis
trict Court for the District of Co.
lumbia.
Present-day observers, and the
shades of judges and barriSters
past, may we'll reflect on the close
of the 149-year epoch as the cor
nerstone for the new courthouse
Is laid today.
Courts came to the District one
year after the territory became
the seat of Government.
The physical setup was as hap
hazard as the code of laws which
was to prevail for nearly century,
At the outset, the then Circuit
Court held sessions alternately in
Alexandria and Maryland's old
Washington County, which became
incorporated into the District. I'm
til the 1846 retrocession of Alex
andria to Virginia, the court con-
tinued to rotate between the old
Court Building in that
city and whatever accommoda-
tions it could find in the District
proper.
These included various hotels
and private residences, the old
Brick Capitol" which later be-
came a jailhouse, and a room,
described by one chronicler as a
dungeon" in the new" Capitol
Building.
The code of laws, a precipitate
grating of Maryland and Virginia
law onto the new District stock,
made it even harder for the gen
tlemen of the green bags"-as
lawyers were known in those days
to keep abreast of the court.
Attorneys with their green baize
bag offices" had the rather despe-
rate task of saving minor Offend
ers from public whipping, brand
Evening star., 1950-06-27

by believing "Silence!" at the top
Iof his lungs.
A Quaker witness who walked
into the courtroom wearing his
traditional black hat once was
greeted by the mighty-lunged Mr..
Minor with: Take off your hat,
- your soul"
Perhaps the single most impor-
tant factor toward cloaking the
court with its proper dignity came
in 1920. In that year, construc-
tion began on the first section of
the present stately courthouse in
Judiciary Square.
This project was not accom-
plished without fits and starts.
First a $4,000 national lottery
was undertaken to finance the,
building, designed by George Had
field, a supervising architect of
the original Capitol and designer
OF Lee Mansion in Arlington.
I But this Topped, owing to con-
Igressional opposition, and the pub-
lies apparent lack of funds. In
1916, a try at public subscription
likewise failed. Finally, the city
government mustered $19,325.82
from its Golfers to get the COM
bmed city hall-courthouse under
way. "
Congress in 1928 finally came
through with sufficient funds to-
fit out the rooms and make other
needed refinements. Actually, it
was not until 1916, however, that
$843.525 in congressional appro-
priations enabled overall restora-
ton and construction of the build
ing. which in the 1870s had been
converted exclusively to court
house purposes.
This conversion came after the
1853 reorganization of the judi
ciary from the Circuit Court, with
a Criminal Court adjunct, to the
Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia.
The first chief judge of the new
court was David K. Cartier, re-
puted for his learning and discern
ment. Judge Cartier also was
noted for an inventive mind. hav-
ing concocted such homemade
legal terms as "supervene," and
having designed and put into
courtroom use a ventilating de-
vice for windows and transoms.
Judge Cartier also devised Sup
port" for bed coverings so they
would not come into immediate"
contact with the user. Whether
the Patent Office figured that one
out and granted the judge his let
ters patent is not recorded.
Throughout the years, litigants
Evening star., 1950-06-27

swarmed to the court in ever
increasing numbers. The bench
grew from its original three Judge
staff to the present Is. An appel
late circuit was created in 1898,
and the present building for that
court provided in 1910, of similar,
though sterner lines than those of
the Greek revival type of its
Judiciary Square sister.
Through court portals have
passed John H. Surratt, to be
acquitted of the assassination con-
spiracy against Lincoln; Guiteau
the assassin of President Garfield
to be convicted and hanged near
by; the Teapot Dome bribery scan
dal principals and defendants in
the so-called war fraud cases
of World War I,