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NOTES AND COMMENT

Everyone is a coward, about things and justly so
 More than one person has become wealthy merely by being polite
 Few of us know our real friends until meet with misfortune or difficulty
 Proper advertising will often sell poor product; it will invariably sell good one.
 Assuming for the sake of argument, that movies are better than ever, that still leaves us with the problem of improving them
 Too many specialists, not enough broadened per sonalities, make for narrow viewpoints
 Note to hard workers: It costs less to cat regu- lary now than to report the doctor regularly later when perhaps it is already too late
 Aid to European nations is advisable on the basis of banking it pays to assist your customers through temporary period of hard times
 The man who has two sets of moral standards, one at home and one on convention trips, has two sets of standards in other things as we'll
 With money plentiful it is good time to advise people not to buy too rapidly or pay too much; 1t IS much easier to assume debt than it IS to pay it off.
 It's funny but there always some people, in any community, who always willing to be candidate for whatever happens to be open ct the time.
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MERRY-GO-ROUND POLL

People Hot 'onf the political inside seldom realize how much backstage wire pulling goes into the nomin- ation of a presidential candidate. To considerable extent this les sens the chance of the American people to elect a President. For, while they can elect, not many can nominate.
 This frequently leaves the sell ection of the presidential nominee a matter of barter and backstage lobbying by the party bosses.
 This was true when Bob Hanne- gan and the big-city bosses fin- agled in the Blackstone Hotel to pick Truman for vice president in 1944. It was also true of the fa- nous smoke-filled room confer ence in the same Blackstone Hotel which picked Harding in 1920. And it was likewise true that most Dem- ocratic delegates in 1948 were roped and og-tied for Truman before they ever took the train to Phila- delphia.
 Today, Taft scouts have been comhing every state in the union, pledging delegates six months in advance. Some of these may repre- sent the people of their state, some may not. Some may realize that world conditions, the threat of war, the hopes for peace, can change the world in six months, and with them can change the presidential needs of the nation.
 Therefore, to sound out the true political sentiment of the American people through the 600 newspapers publishing the Washington Merry Go-Round, this column is conduct ing a postcard poll on the Repub- lican candidates (The Democratic poll will come laterl To vote, ada ress a post card to the COP candi- date of your choice, Box 1852, Washington, l3, D. C., and tell him: I'm for you in 1852"
 Results will be announced from time to time in this column.
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The Washington Me!vy-6o-Round
m Continued from Page -One,.

badly outnumbered-is anything but unification. In fact, they use words far less refined.
 Air Force pilots who sometimes go into battle against superior Con- munist odds believe the Navy is trying to hide the fact that it's jets are inferior to the MICS. Since the Navy specializes in fighters, and not long ago boasted the best jet fighter plane in the world, this is a bitter pill to swallow.
 Navy pilots today are among the best in the world, but apparently planes haven't kept up with either the Air Force or the enemy. As re- suit only two MICS have been shot down by the Navy during the Kor- can war. One was bagged by Navy Panther jet some time ago, the other by Navy pilot who, however, flew an Air Force Sabre jet.
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STATEHOOD AGAIN

We note that Delegate Bartlett has again pre- dicted the early passage of statehood legislation
 Without getting into any lengthy and involved dissertation on the merits of statehood we'd like to oint out that chances for Senate approval of state hood for Alaska still very remote
 While we who oppose immediate statehood are not dspeased by the Senates repeated refusal to consider the various pieces of statehood legislation that have been presented, we sometimes wish that more of the dissenting Senators opposed the measures for the same reasons as we do
 We refer to the Southern bloc, which opposes admission of Alaska and Hawaii for the very prac- tical reason that passage of statehood legislation would increase Senate membership by four votes-all representative districts which include high propor- tions of non- -Caucasians
 We will continue to oppose statehood for Alaska until such time as economic structure can sup port state government without undue strain on the already suffering Alaskan taxpayer
 We regret that the statehood question, on which many sincere Alaskans disagree, has been made a political kite-tan and particularly that racial
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Army Estimates Heavy Enemy Korea Casualties

WASHINGTON, Dec. 7-tR-The Army today estimated total enemy military casualties in Korea through Nov. 29 at 1,483,9 This is an in- crease of 11,087 since the previous week.
 In addition, the Army listed 33,- 149 civilian internees.
 Total Communist battle casual ties were placed at 1,095,563, non- battle losses at 251,964 and counted prisoners of war at l36,455.
 Total announced LIN battle losses are l09,959. This figure included the overall total reported by the United Nations Dec. 3, the announced U. s. battle losses for last week and additional Canadian casualties re- ported from Ottawa.
 The announced United Nations total does not include an estimated 2I2,544 South Korean casualties re- ported last June.
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Community Events

T o D A Y At 7:30 pm.-Doubleheader basket ball in high school gym. At 8 pm.-Mary Society meets in .parlors of NLP church. xl At 8 pm. = Regular meeting of Shrine club. At 8 p.m.-Ski Club meets in Bara- nof Hotel. rl At 8 pm-Moose Lodge meets to be addressed by deputy supreme auditor Herman Fisher.
 December At 2:30 pm.-Juneau Singers re- hearse, Parish Hall At ' pm.-Program in Salvation Army hall on Willoughby. At 8:30 pm. - Sourdocey Dance Club meets at Parish Hall.
 December - --s At AIS p.m-Juneau Singers re- hearse at 20th Century Theatre. At 7:30 pm.-Film Great Discov- cry" to be shown in NLP church Public invited.
 December 10 At noon-Lions Club meets in Bara- nof Hotel
 At noon-BPWC meets in Terrace room at Baranof. At T pm.-Badminton club meets in high school gym. At 7:30 pm.-First aid class to be organized in room 3, high school Public invited.
 At 8 p.m.-American Legion post meets in Dugout.
 December II At noon-Rotary club meets at Baranof.
 At S:45 p.m.-Community Night for Adults at Teen Age club with square dancing. &
 December 12, At -Kiwanis club meets al Baranof. 1 At 7:3o pm.-Scottish Rite degree work, 10th to 18th degrees. At 8 pm.-Elks Lodge.
 December 13 At noon-Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof Hotel.
 December IA At 6.30 pm.-ScottiSh Rite dinner followed by regular meeting and conferring 14th degree.
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20 YEARS AGO fTE.E TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER 2, 1881


 which convened this day had It stated  which settle questions of National policy.
  Southeast Alaska by w. D. Gross, exchanging jobs with Tucke the Ketckan theatre Tucket had formerly been here for before being assigned { Kechikan
 6ome hour of the North today; electric lines killed still raging Oregon today. the knitting that handknted suddenly stylish Knitting enjoying the Harry very Fshermens Ralph sponsor the affair this year
 High, low, 27;
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WASHINTON PIPELINE

William Ritchie, anti-Truman Democratic state committeeman for Nebraska, is throwing his hat into the ring for Senator Wherry's seat next November. Ritchie roomed with Wherry at the University of Neb- raska, always liked him, sometimes supported him-though they be- longed to opposite parties. The Nebraska Richtie is a first cousin of the late famous governor of Maryland. resents Gov. Val Peter sons onetime statement that all Democratic candidates are Con- munists. Ritchies forebears came to this country prior to 1743. Lucille May Grace, the lady who nobody thought had a chance to become Governor of Louisiana, is really stirring up the state. Attorney General Howard McGrath, while unhappy over the the King income tax probe of Senator Williams of Delaware. McGrath is even trying to get a job for Williams man. J. George Stewart.
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DEBATE OVER McGRATH

President Truman's advisers are split down the seam on a bold move to oust Attorney General Howard McGrath and name crusading Sen. Estes Kefauver to clean up the Jus tice Department.
 This proposal was pushed back stage by Averell Hartman, who has been on speaking trips out of Washington and knows how deeply the corruption issue is hurting; al- so by usually cautious White House counsel Charlie Murphy, and the younger staff mmebers.
 Their argument with the Presi- dent is: "The investigations are not going to stop with Internal Rev. enue and REC, but will go into Alien Property Custodian, Surplus Property and possibly the Federal Judiciary right up to the Supreme Court The American people won't be satisfied unless the administra- tion cleans house boldly and dramat- ically. A sure-fire way to regain public confidence is to name Sem ator Kefauver as Attorney General, giving him complete authority to prosecute, no matter who is hurt"
 MT. Truman seems to like the idea and has been saying privately: I've always been loyal to my frineds But they haven't been fair to me"
 On the other side, a powerful force, Matt Connolly, who sits next to the President and makes all his appointments, is more than cool Connolly vigorously defends his fellow Irishman in the Justice Department and has been digging up political friends of MT. Truman to talk up McGrath and talk down his custer
 The decisive factor and still on the fence is the fortnight new National Democratic Chairman, Frank Mckinney. Mckinney owes his appointment to Connolly, but agrees with Hartman that cor ruption is the issue and requires bold steps by the administration. In a recent talk with President Truman, Mckinney told him in ef- feet: You don't have any obliga-
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MAIL EARLY

The Postoffice Department expects greater flood of Christmas mail this year than before in his- tory Postal officials frank those mailing cards and packages that if not mailed early, they may not arrive at their destination in time fer Christmas
 This year. the Department is handling more overseas mail, to United States troops abroad, than at any other time since the end of World War II Thus the strain on postal facilities is wofold and offices in Juneau and elsewhere solicit the coopera- tion of all in mailing cards and gift packages early as possible
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MODERN ETIQUETTE SyoRERrA Sy LEE

bridesmaids supposed to for their costumes?
 of the flowers they article girls although by And the bride who has science purses selecting their
 O. permissible cut the knife?
 provided certainly it. If not you'll just hay you yourfork.
 girls walks the dance 
 him to assist her through some portions the floor
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Daily lessons in English v. " L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN AIISUSED say, expect right every and Say, SUPPOSE" EVERY.
 OFTEN NISPRONOUNCED nounce an-too-rah FOOT principal on last syllable
 Patronze Enterprise
 knowledge, enlght- enment learning, sagacity
 STUDY: three times and yours Let us vocabulary Todays word CONCATE obtain the friendship of He tried to conlate his employer by arriving at the office hour early"
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GIRL SCOUT MEET

Girl Scout Troop No. l met Mon- day at the Moose Hall. We held a short business meeting during which a report was given by Carol Meyer about her entertainment at the Chronic disease ward at St. Anns Hospital. Mrs. Johnson thanked Carol Meyer and Carolyn Davis for going to the Girl Scout lunch can on November 28. She also com- plimented them on their splendid talks. The meeting was then ad- journed and we worked on some Christmas stockings we are making.
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angle has been introduced
 We think that Delegate Bartlett is indulging. in wishful thinking when he forecasts early success of the current statehood bill.
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tion to any official who has been indiscreet or corrupt. They've pull ed the rug out from under you"
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Weather at Alaska Points

Weather conditions and tempera-
 lures at various Alaska points also
 on the Pacific Coast st 4:30 a.n1., l20th Meridian Tine, and released
 by the Weather Bureau are as fnltnnrr. ;.
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 Frank A. Olson Rudolph A. Shinnberg
 Mary Loken Robert Arnold Hildre Mrs. A. R. Edwards
 Patricia Andrus Mrs. William Cuthbert Bryan Lee Hunsaker Mrs. Thomas Hall, Jr. Mrs. Katherine H. Berray Mrs. George Gullufsen, Jr. Mary Lou Eddy
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Weather: High, 35; low, 27; clear.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Women Back in Defense Jobs
In Numbers Near War Peak

"Rosie the Riveter," the girl
who manned the defense plants
during World War II, Is back on
the job in almost full force.
This was disclosed last night
by Mrs. Martha Sharp, special
assistant to the chairman of the
National Security Resources
Board. She was among speakers
at the 10th session of the Ameri-
can University Institute on the
Economics of Defense Mobiliza-
ton. Her topic was the role of
women in the defense effort.
Mrs. Sharp said the number
of women at work today is only
SIS million under the peak fig
ure Of World War II.
Raymond M. Foley, administra-
tor of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency. told the institute
that more than / million housing
units will be built this year. This
will result chiefly from a large
backlog of previously existing
commitments not subject to credit
curbs, he explained.
Mr.. Foley outlined the role of
his agency in the mobilization ef-
fort. He pointed out that housing
for defense workers is just getting
started. He concluded that, even
with the Federal housing assist
ance he described, housing is
still a private enterprise task
and to maintain it so has been
and is the major part of our
national housing policy"
Richard D. Searless, Undersecre-
tary Of Interior, explained why
the expansion of electric power
is proving to be one OF the biggest
problems and headaches in the
mobilization effort. Demand can
not turn to rationing, he said,
because this would save only neg
Evening star., 1951-12-05

ligible amounts Of power. Mr..
Searless also paid tribute to the
cooperation between public and
private utilities on defense needs.
Highlights of the institute are
broadcast each Tuesday evening
over WMAL, The Evening Star
radio station.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

Frank H. Myers, after being found
guilty Of negligent homicide.
The charge stemmed from the
death Of Richard Tillman of the
1900 block Fifteenth street NE,
Evening star., 1951-12-05

who was killed when Brice's truck
collided with another in which
Mr.. Tillman was a passenger at
Twelfth street and independence
lavenue Sc. on July "a, 1850.
Evening star., 1951-12-05

Ookton League to Meet
The Oakton School and Civic
League will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow at the school.
Evening star., 1951-12-05
Truck Driver Sentenced
In Traffic Deuth Here

Cal Brice, "a. Of the 1900 block
ITwenty-eighth street NV. yes
terday was put on probation for
one year by Municipal Judge
Evening star., 1951-10-07

perhaps. helping a newly born
calf to get started in the world.
After school they were back
grooming. bedding. feeding. In
the evenings. there were All
Club meetings to attend to dis
cuss and learn more about
cattle.
It's not difficult to under
stand Barbara's interest in
farming. Her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Remus B. Riggs. always
have been dairy farmers. But
Janice was a city girl until 10
years ago. 1t was then that her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank P.
Palmer (he's a Hyattsville auto
mobile dealer) moved to their
farm and Janice. a sprite of 8.
took to the country like a duck
to water. Now both girls are
college sophomores, Janice at
Washington College and Bar
bara at Maryland University.
> After they started with the
first calf. it wasn't long before
both girls cattle began bring
ing back blue ribbons from fairs
and All shows and. in 1850.
Barbara won the national All
championship for girls in
breeding Holsteins.
But Just a few weeks ago
came the honors of which the
800 or so All boys and girls in
Montgomery County are most
proud. The girls. along with
Glenn McGrady OF Cecil Coun-
ty and Robert Barton of Queen
Annes County. made up the
United States team that won
the international dairy cattle
judging championship in con-
test held in Cambridge. Eng
land.
After the four. as the Mary
land team. won the United
States judging title. Montgom-
cry County residents and the
State Fair Board raised $1,000
to send the team and their
coaches to the international
contest. Teams from seven
English speaking countries were
entered and. despite the fact
that the cattle were judged un-
der British rules. Barbara
scored 422 points out of a pos
sible 480. The cattle were
judged on physical points.
The kids didn't think they
Evening star., 1951-10-07
Cattle Raisers
4-H Girls Make a Profitable
Hobby Of Breeding Livestock
BY William J. Meyer

TN THIS day and age. when
more and more opportunities
are opening up for women In
almost every profession. two
19-year-old Montgomery Coun-
ty co-eds have made good starts
in careers that-to say the
least-are unusual for women.
Barbara Riggs and Janice
Palmer, who live within
stones throw of each other
near Gaithersburg. already are
experts at breeding and rails
ing Holstein dairy cattle. And.
as though that were not
enough. both are interested
only in producing purebred
stock and improving the blood
line Of their herds-and both
have won international recog-
milton In their chosen field.
It all began a little more
than five years ago when the
girls. then high school fresh
men-Janice at Sandy Spring
and Barbara at Gaithersburg-
began raising calves. It seemed
great fun to raise a calf as a
All Club project.
Now Janice has % pure-bred
Holsteins and Barbara. togeth-
er with her 18-year-old sister
Joyce. has 80. Behind their
herds. which admittedly are
small in comparison to others
that Craze on the rolling. dairy
rich pastures of Maryland
farms. lies story of long hours
of hard work and study.
Improving the blood line Of
cattle is a slow and tedious
process. punctuated by frequent
setbacks. There are stalls TO be
cleaned. cattle to be fed and
groomed and bucking. bawling
calves to be weaned. That's on
the hard-work side On the
less rigorous but nonetheless
important side, there are regis
tration papers and heritage
records to be kept If a herds
strain is to be improved.
Maybe at the outset, the girls
didn't realize all those things.
but during their high school
days, their interest went far
beyond the "this-is-going to-
be-fun" stage. On many morn
ings. long before school time.
the girls were in the barns.
pitching feed into the stalls or.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
The Way to Get the Facts

There is only one thing wrong with Senator
Byrd's comment on the charges connecting
Democratic National Committee Chairman Boyle
with an RFC loan: The mere fact that Senator
Byrd has spoken may dissuade President Truman
from continuing the investigation ofthe matter
that he said he had begun.
Between press conferences at the White
House the President has devoted week to his
investigation OF Mr.. Boyle's connection with the
RFC. Why it should require more than a week
to make such an investigation is the Presidents
business.
The important point is that the investigation
should be made by a committee of Congress and
the evidence spread upon the record. 1t should
not be left to the President. Chairman Boyle is
not Government official. But he is man whose
power and influence in Government are great
IT, SIS chairman or official of the Democratic
National Committee, he doubled in brass as
petitioner for client seeking an RFC loan
previously turned down, and the loan was then
granted, the people have right to know about
1t and the proper way to find out about it is to
place Mr. Boyle and others under oath and
receive their testimony.
Evening star., 1951-08-04
Coast TV

new entertainment era is ahead for tele-
vision viewers this side of the Rocky Mountains.
The time is not far off when Hollywood will be
the stage for the first Give" television programs
ever received in the Midwestern and Eastern
sections of the country. That will be happy
day for the TV fan who is tired of film shows
from California who regards Hollywood movies
as something that ought to be seen in theater,
not on television screen.
The revolution is scheduled to take place
within few weeks following completion of the
last link in a coast-to-coast TV line. Part OF
the line is coaxial cable and part is a micro
wave radio relay system. The American Tele-
phone g. Telegraph Company has been working
on the final link, from Omaha to San Francisco
for many months. 1t is intended primarily for
use as a telephone circuit, but it will be available
also for television broadcaStS direct from Cali
fornia-and vice versa. The implications are
especially exciting for sports fans. The prospect
is that Eastern TV watchers will have their first
glimpse of live Rose Bowl football game next
season-and Western fans should be able to see
their first World Series by direct TV hookup.
This conquest of distance is an achievement that
assures the public instantaneous TV broad
casting from one end of the continent to the
other 1t removes the last limitation on full
development of the potentialities OF remark
able visual medium of education and enter
tainment
Evening star., 1951-08-04
This and That

mother. And certainly not "maw," a
rather old-fashioned country name, but
at least having the virtue of honesty.
Millions of good mothers have been
called NAV" all their lives and never
thought anything of it. Why should
they? It means mother" in any
tongue.
The birds call no names. They just
make sounds Thus their songs have
no words, truly songs without words.
But some of the sounds have meaning
such as the sharp sound made by the
parents when danger threatens.
The father made few of these noises
when the first of the cats came into
sight.
He was big black and white fellow.
Some persons who had not seen him be-
fore regarded him as odd, but actually
he was very pretty. He had some Per-
sian in him, and that made his fur
thicker and longer and gave him bet
ter disposition. His name was julius.
The robin spoke crisply to his chill
dren. but they paid no attention, as the
young are always wont to do.
Then another black and white cat
came through a flower border and
stopped to watch the six robins.
He was Blackie, from Georgetown,
much like Julius, but strictly common
cat, without the long fur. He had a
smaller head. too.
The baby robins paid no more atten-