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Evening star., 1951-04-08

dinner guests
the other eve
ming. But a
diplomat" he
added with a
twinkle. "is one
who learns less
and less about
m o r e a n d
more" :" The en-
voy W as re-
ferring to the
wide sn1atter-
ing of extra
curricular sub
jects an a M
bassador must
Evening star., 1951-04-08

"They say a specialist is one
who learns more and more about
less and less" Brazilian Ambas-
sador Mauricio Nabuco told his
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
FROM SEATTLE

J. w. Van Horn of the Arthur Anderson Co., of Seattle is at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
INVITATION TO BID

The Alaska Department of Health announces the Invitation to Bid for furnishing of one Electric Type writer Bookkeeping Machine with six registers, fob, Juneau, Alaska. Interested bidders may secure bid forms and specifications by calling at Room POI in the Territorial Building.
 Sealed bids in single will be re- ceived until 400 pm. June 27, 1851, and then publicly opened.
 c. EARL ALBRIGHT, MD
 Commissioner of Health. First publication: June 13, 1851. Last publication: June 26, 1851.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
APPLICATION TO WE'D

Frank Mitchell Drouin and Fran cille Annette Goodwin have made application for a license to wed in U. s. Commissioners office. Drouin is chief operator at the Alaska Com munications office and the bride elect is employed as meteorological aid.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
DIVORCE GRANTED

A divorce was granted in U,. s. District Court this morning by Judge George w. Folta to Harry Rosen from Margaret Rosen. The couple was married in Juneau July 3, l947. Grounds were incompati- bility.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
THURSDAY MORNING AND
 AFTERNOON

THURSDAY MORNING AND
 AFTERNOON
 Sign on 7:O0-Sunrise Serenade.
 J.05-Local Weather.
 7:30-News Summary.
 a:00-kforning Thought.
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 SCRATCH BADGES 1:OO-MUSIC FOR YOU-CBS. 1:30-BAND.
 CBS. 1:45-PICKENS PARTY-NBC. 00-FRANK SINATRA-CBS. :0O-HOWARD K. SMITH-CBS. 3::30-Parade of Hits. 4:3O-COCOANUT GROVE-NBC 4:45-MEMO FROM LAKE
 SUCCESS -CBS. 5:OO-BEAT THE BANK-NBC. 5::30-W Women Voters. 5:45-Red Dog Daze. Program is subject to change without notice. due to circumstances beyond our control.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
SEATTLE VISITOR

K. Lauhon of Seattle is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-13
 FANLEY BASKIN FAMILY LEAVES ON VACATION

Assistant U. s. Attorney Stanley skin, with Mrs. Baskin and their nghter. left on the Princess Louise
 route to Texas for a vacation of but five weeks. Texas is the former |me of MT. and Mrs. Baskin and ey will visit their parents and Der relatives there.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

through continuing studies Of crime
trends, could and should keep other
law-enforcement agencies of the
District constantly informed of the
nature and incidence of crimes COM
mitted in the District so that each
offense may be properly evaluated
from the standpoint of its signifi-
canoe to community needs. Such a
council could and should furnish
needed intelligence of facts where,
at best, resort was necessarily had
only to surnlise and conjecture
Through reports to the Congress at
stated intervals the need of the
community for revisions Of its laws
could be effectively presented.
This proposal to establish coun-
Gil on law enforcement for the Dis
trict of Columbia has met with the
universal appreciation of official and
community agencies. 1t is COM
mended to the Congress along with
other recommendations of your sub
committee for it's most careful con-
sideration.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
BY the Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 2.-The
Air Force said today it is getting
two giant hydraulic presses which
can shape metal as though it were
paper and greatly speed up max
ing plane parts.
The results in the not-too-d dis
tant future. the Air Force adds,
will be greatly increased payload
capacity and effective range of
aircraft.
The monster presses, which will
tower six stories high, will be the
largest and heaviest hydraulic
presses ever to be devised, the
Air Materiel Command at nearby
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
reports.
They won't be ready for use for
about 18 months. Signing of a
contract with Loewy Hydropress
Co. of New York to construct them
was announced today.
The AMC did not divulge details
of the huge machines, except to
say they will have a capacity
greater than $4,000 tons. Russia
now has the worlds largest die
forging press, a $4,000 -tonner built
In Germany and taken over by the
Soviets as war reparations, the
AMC said.
Russia also has an extrusion
rress of $4,000 tons capacity, also
taken from Germany.
Here's what an AMC spokes-
man says the presses will do:
ut will oe possible to produce
entire wing sections at one work
ing of the press. Wing sections
Evening star., 1951-01-02

officer replied, mo, mister, not me" /"
fThis refers to testimony given by
Capt. Anthony Richitt.) Despite this
frank gambit, the officer apparently
made no move to take the alleged
would-be bribe giver into custody.
The gambler denied this, but testi-
fed he considered himself a friend
of the precinct commander. He also
testified that he considered himself
a friend of another precinct COM
mander whose record of gambling
arrests in the same fiscal period was
equally barren. (According to the
record, Warning was referring here
to Capt. Beverly Beach.) Although
the police officer vigorously denied
the friendship so imputed he ad-
mitted informing the gambler that
the commanding officer of the force
had complained of the lack of ar
rests in his and the previously men,
toned officers precincts.
This reputedly fair and honest
gambler" also claimed his friendship
with an inspector of the force was
such that the latter, short of getting
Evening star., 1951-01-02

of little avail if prosecution is ag-
greSsive and energetic if sentencing
is unrelated to the trends of crime
with which the community is af-
flicted, and so lacking in uniformity
and severity as to deny law-abiding
citizens equal justice under the law.
Likewise, the best efforts Of all such
components of law enforcement are
frustrated if, after arrest, prosecu-
ton, and conviction, offenders SEN
fenced to imprisonment are released
through the intercession of parole
authorities in advance of their re-
habilitation and without adequate
punishment to deter them from the
resumption of criminal activities.
In the District, law enforcement au-
thorities have never been required to
correlate their activities. The police
are responsible to the officials of the
District government. The office OF
the United States attorney is
branch of the Department of JUS
tice. The courts are part of the
judicial system of the United States
with little, if any, responsibility to
the District government.
Committee Impressed.
Your subcommittee was pro-
foundly impressed by the potential
benefit to the community in more
effective law enforcement through
better cooperation and mutual
understanding which was manifested
by the meetings of such officials it
convened under it's auspices. 1t
is of the view that continued meet
ings OF that nature will induce
greater overall understanding and
mutual appreciation of the prob
lens with which each agency is
obliged to contend. Your Subcom-
mittee, therefore. strongly recon-
mends the enactment into law of
the proposal it formulated for the
creation of a council on law enforce
ment. Such a council, in addition
to affording the means of more CO.
operative effort amongst law-en-
forcement agencies for the suppress
sion of crime in the District, would
afford officials the means and IA
cility for mutually conceiving and
from time to time putting into ef-
feet, such specific plans and pro-
grams to deal with crime as COM
needs may indicate. Through
the facilities of such a council the
effort of law-enforcement authori-
ties would no longer be directed to
the defensive technique of dealing
with crime from day to day as 1t
occurs, but aggressive measures to
and eliminate the evils Of
crime could be planned and effec-
lively undertaken. Such council,
Evening star., 1951-01-02

1947, and January, 1850, is eloquent
evidence of the ease with which
those who conduct such enterprises
recruit tools to do their bidding It
is noteworthy that those taken into
custody were such small fry that
the grand jury for time declined
to indict more often than not, and
referred the majority of such Of
tenders to the municipal courts for
disposition.
It is plainly evident to your sub
committee that these miscreants
are regularly afforded, in addition
to Is per cent of the wagers they
solicit, the prompt and certain
services of bondsmen and lawyers
whenever taken into custody by the
police, and in some instances, the
moneys with which to pay fines
imposed upon them. In recent
years, few. if any, leaders of these
enterprises have been molested by
District 1aw-enforcement authori-
ties. Their charmed existence,
doubtless, is persuasive element
facilitating their recruitment of
hirelings, as is the infrequency Of
the punishment of these offenders
by terms of imprisonment.
Was Honest Gambler.
The apparent ease with which no
torious characters, known to the
police and to the community to be
professional gamblers, go about un-
molested, without fear of the police,
plainly bespeaks of the degree Of
efficacy of police effort and the
effort of other law-enforcement
agencies in that sphere. One such
character, when summoned to testify
before your subcommittee, declined
to state his business, claiming that
to do so would tend to incriminate
him. (This refers to testimony given
the subcommittee by Emmitt War
ring.) His counsel who, court rec
ords show, also represents small fry,
when summoned to testify, stated
his client was known to the COM
munity as fair and honest gambler.
(This refers to Attorney Charles E.
Ford's testimony A police captain
in whose precinct there were no
arrests for gambling in the fiscal
year 1949. although in the previous
year there were 109 such arrests
testified this gambler called at the
precinct station house and stated,
with gestures indicating his desire
to bribe the officer, "You have been
here over a year, and I have never
taken care of you; would like to
take care # YOU" To which the
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Two Giant Hydraulic Presses
To Speed Air Force Production

are now fabricated from many
separate parts, fastened with
countless numbers of rivets.
Savings in man hours and
metal requirements will be tre-
mendous. And. because closed die
forging and extrusion methods
produce stronger metal forms that
weigh less, the payload. capacity
and effective range of future air.
craft will be greatly increased.
ITO operate the giant machines.
you will need only to feed in
metal blanks or billets, and then
push buttons. The mighty muscles
of steel will shape the metal-as
though it were paper-into the
form desired all in one operation.
The presses will turn out parts
at speeds, and of dimensions, hith-
erto unattainable."
Evening star., 1951-01-02

FOLLOWING are excerpts from
the report OF the House Dis
trict subcommittee Investigating
crime and its punishment here.
The report Das presented to the
House today.
LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Your subcommittee is of the view
that despite the burdens and limita-
tions with which the various law
enforcement agencies and officials
of the District are required to con-
tend, the degree of protection af-
forded the community is not as great
as it should be, nor adequate to its
needs. In large part, this is due to
the lack of co-ordinated and CO.
operative effort and the absence of
any facilities for the formulation of
needed master crime control plans.
These deficiencies can and should
be corrected. Many are capable of
achievement through voluntary ad-
n1inistrative action. Others, in your
subcommittee view, should be en-
couraged by the enactment of the
legislation recommended by your
subcommittee.
ADEQUACY OF LAWS.
With but few exceptions, the
penal laws of the District presently
in force could have provided far
more effective law enforcement
than has been accorded the COM
nunity. AS with any compendium
of laws. some individual sections
need to be revised and modernized
so as to increase the efficiency of
law-enforcement agencies.
However, laws of the District,
even in their present form, vest in
,law-enforcement agencies and in
the courts authority to deal more
effectively than they have with
crime and to serve law abiding citi-
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Beuverbrook Son Weds
Daughter of Turfmun
BY the Associated Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Jan. g.
Max Aitken, son and heir of Lord
Beaverbrook, London newspaper
publisher, was married yesterday
at Montego Bay, Jamaica, to
Violet de Trafford, daughter of
Sir Humphrey de Trafford, we'll
known British turfman.
The couple arrived in Jamaica
December Is to spend the holi-
days with Lord Beaverbrook at
his winter residence, Cromarty, at
Montego Bay. The marriage was
performed at the Montego Bay
Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Youth, Bearing Grudge,
Shoots Foster Mother
BY the Associated Press

CHARLOTTE, Mich, Jan. g.
Robert Reagan, 16. shot and criti-
cally wounded his foster mother,
Mrs. Lucille Upner, Sc, with a
shotgun at her farm home yester-
day.
Sheriff Everett Peck said the
youth admitted the shooting. He
quoted Reagan as saying it cli-
NAKED a longtime grudge caused
by the woman's constant nagging
The youth told the sheriff he
could stand it no longer when the
woman chided him yesterday over
having a cold and needed him
with a remark he must have ac-
quired it "necking' girl friend.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
ID c. Gamblers Seen Huvinq Charmed Existence

beats. The force is weak in the
training of its men and officers.
United States attorneys office
The staff of prosecutors is totally
inadequate" in number. Because
of the inadequate staff and be.
cause control of the calendar Of
cases is exclusively in the hands
of the courts, assistant United
States attorneys are frequently
called on to try cases with which
they are wholly unfamiliar. The
subcommittee recommended an
investigative staff for the prose-
cutor. called for the abandonment
of the complaint room" where
assistants screen cases and pro-
posed that summonses be issued
instead of arrest warrants for less
serious offenseS.
Court Undertaking Cited.
Corporation Counsel's Office
Five assistants at Municipal Court
handle $4,000 cases annually, have
no law library or clerical help.
but must try cases, write briefs
and argue appeals. This Office is
supposed to advise the police in
legal matters but has failed to
do so. The subcommittee recon-
mended that a member of the
Corporation Counsel's staff be
detailed to act as legal adviser
to the police force.
CourtS-Every court in the Dis
trict is seriously understaffed.
The courts were commended for
their speed in disposing of cases.
United States Marshal - The
marshal here has the biggest job
OF any marshal in the country
and the subcommittee recon-
mended adequate pay for the job.
United States Commissioner
The Commissioner should have
an annual salary fixed by law in
stead of being paid on a fee or
case basis and should have steno-
graphic help instead of relying
on his own handwritten notes or
memory of what happened at
hearings before him.
Penal institutions-The Depart
ment of Corrections was COM
mended for its efficiency. The sub
committee raised the question Of
the alcoholics who spend most Of
their time in jail and expressed
hope that the proposed Council
of Law Enforcement could figure
out more effective methods Of
dealing with alcoholics.
Parole system - The Parole
Board has had good experience
with the persons it has granted
parole, but the board has "suf-
fered severely" from the failure
of other law-enforcement agencies
to give the board adequate infor-
ration about convicts. The board
itself failed to notify police about
prisoners being released but has
since corrected this defect.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

bondSmen have either perJufeQ
themselves in their affidavits that
they complied with the law or
perjured themselves before the
subcommittee.
The subcommittee coupled its
criticism of the lack of trial and
punishment in aggravated assault
cases with scathing comment on
the Shocking indifference" of
other law enforcement agencies in
dealing with cases of assault
against policemen.
At the same time, it urged legis-
lation putting new curbs on the
possession of dangerous weapons.
The proposed measures, the sub
committee declared. would not
affect the right of law abiding
citizens to possess arms for their
own protection but are aimed at
keeping weapons out of the hands
of lawleSs persons. One proposed
section would forbid carrying a
switch h-blade knife and make it
against the law for a person to
possess a toy pistol with intent to
use it unlawfully.
Concerned Over Sex Offenses.
In section on sex offenses, the
subcommittee expressed concern
that sex offenders are allowed to
post collateral at the precincts
and never appear in court. It also
declared that sex perverts are ap-
parently not being dealt with un-
der the provisions Of the Miller
Act, which was designed to cope
with sex offenders.
The subcommittee urged legis-
lation providing for a court psy-
chologist and psychiatrist to in
sure examinations of sex Offend
ers. 1t recommended that those
convicted of rape and other sex
offenses should be examined be-
fore release from prison and that
examinations also should be
given to those now on probation
for sex offenses.
1t also recommended that sex
offenders be brought into open
court rather than allowed to for
felt collateral, urged the imposi-
ton of maximum sentences more
frequently against sex offenders
and called for the treatment of
juvenile sex offenders with the
same severity accorded adults
wherever such juveniles have
achieved state of adult criminal
ity."
Analysis of Agencies.
The report made this analysis
OF the law enforcement agencies:
Police-The force is at it's lowest
ebb during the hours from pm.
to 2 am. when the most crimes
occur. The strength of the force
was rated inadequate to meet the
needs of the District. A "rela-
lively insignificant" number of
patrolmen are assigned to walk
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Truman Asks Support
For March of Dimes
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.-President
Truman appealed to the Ameri-
can people yesterday to help the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis replenish it's treasury.
The foundations annual Marcn
of Dimes drive starts January Is.
The goal is $50 million.
In a letter to the foundation
released here. President Truman
said that because the 1850 polio
epidemic had depleted aid funds,
support of this years campaign
is "urdent."
Evening star., 1951-01-02
laps Split on Arm'ing,
But Agree That Treaty
Is First Prerequisite
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Jan. 2-The Japanese
are sharply divided on the matter
of rearming their country.
But they believe unanimously
that if and when rearmament
comes it should be planned and
carried out by the Japanese them
selves.
They see it coming closer.
Gen. Macarthur told them in a
New Years message that "if in
ternational lawlessness continues
to threaten the peace" it will be
their duty to mount force to
repel force"
For five years most japanese
hoped they might be spared the
agonieS of another war.
Many thought the best way to
avoid it was to have no army, to
rely on the United Nations to pre-
vent Japan's involvement in a war.
That thinking got powerful
sanction in 1946 with the promul-
cation of Japan's new American
sponsored constitution.
Article 9 of that document fore
ever renounced war and the
threat of use of force. The Jap
anese also pledged never to main-
tain land, sea or air forces, or
other war potential.
But Gen. Macarthur, in his New
Years message, told the japanese
that unless there is sharp
change in the international pic
ture. this ideal must give way to
the overwhelming law of self
preservation"
The Macarthur statement has
merely served to point up the
argument which has been raging
in japanese political circles, club
rooms, restaurants and living
rooms since the end of World
War II.
The mere fact of Gen. MacAr-
thurs warning has convinced
many japanese that establish
ment of an army and navy now
will come sooner than they ex-
pected.
Many japanese are convinced
that a new japanese army and
navy are in the cards for the year
just begun. An air force appears
less likely right now, but that, too
may not be far in the future.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Ernest F. Coe, "a, Dies;
Backed Everglades Park
By the Asseeiated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 2.-Ernest F.
Coe. "a, father of the movement
which established Florida's Ever
glades National Park. died yester-
day after a short illness.
He devoted about 20 years to
making the Everglades America S
newest and third largest national
park. 1t was dedicated in 1947
by President Truman.
In 1948 he received the George
Robert White Medal of Honor,
highest horticultural award in the
United States and the Thomas
Barbour Medal presented by Fair
child Tropical Garden. for his
work.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
COUNCIL ON LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

Throughout its Investigations and
its deliberations, in all its contact
with law enforcement agencies and
officials your subcommittee and its
staff have been constantly actuated
by the aspiration to suggest to the
Congress and to law enforcement
officials means whereby more effec-
tive law enforcement in the District
of Columbia could be achieved. That
which has impressed your subcom-
mittee most is the absence under
existing law of means whereby the
efforts of law enforcement agencies
of the District could be more closely
correlated. Law enforcement in any
community directly reflects the de-
gree of cooperation achieved by the
officials and agencies participating
therein, and its success or failure
may be measured by the under
standing each has of the significance
and Importance of the part played
therein by others.
1t Is of little avail if those respon-
sible for policing the community are
energetic and aggressive If prosecu-
ton is inelt and Indifferent. It is
Evening star., 1951-01-02
ASSAULT WITH DANGEROUS
WEAPONS

The frequency with which
such aggravated assault) prosecu-
tions were abandoned, reduced to
simple assault, or otherwise fobbed
of without prosecution, and the in
frequency of the imposition of SEN
tences of Imprisonment on those
convicted, bespeaks lackadaisical
acceptance of such incidents as part
of the accepted or rightful mores
Of the community. Such a condi-
ton is intolerable to the safety of
society, and in your subcommittee's
view encourages lawlessness and
contempt for law enforcement. Per-
mitting victims to abandon such
prosecutions tends to suggest the
existence of a private proprietary
interest in the violation of public
law and to deny society it's interest
in the maintaining of the law in
tended for its protection. It also
encourages offenders to use their
own persuasion with victims in the
hope of escaping the consequences
of their wrongdoing.
1t is Of little avail to the COM
munity if despite the best efforts
of the police and prosecution officers
such offenders are not meted out
the punishment their crimes so
justly merit. "*