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 the press. It was during this timt he learned to operate an Inter- type machine of which he says.
 T found only 935 reasons why the damned machine would stop. After checking 934, it was usually the 935th reason that caused the trouble"
 Army Protects Elm
 Newspaper business in Alaska has called for much varied talent and ingenuity and he has dem- onstrated both. There was the time in Seward when he hao trouble with his delivery boys SC he fired the boys and hired girls Fearing trouble from the boys h{ alerted the commander of a near by army post there at the time to station soldiers at sstrategi, corners. There was no trouble, Elmer recalls with a chuckle.
 Nobody knows how old Elmer is and nobody thinks much about it because he is one of those rare individuals who is eternally young. The kids adore him and the local Teen Age Club recently voted him Juneau's No. 1 Citizen.
 Schooled Many
 During his many years on the Empire, Elmer has schooled many men and women in reporting. His policy has been never to ask 8 reporter to do something that he himself, would not do. Over hi. desk in finch letters are tht newspaper guide words, WHO WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, HOW WHY. In cases of marriages ht tells his reporters that they ma, eliminate the WHY as it nigh prove embarrassing to those con. cerned.
 He's been proud of the fact thal he has never fired a reporter They've just naturally elimina. ted themselves" he says.
 His hobby is band music. Fron his high school days he has al ways been mixed up in bane somehow. He has been bass drum mer in the Juneau City Band fol many years.
 Elmer enjoys living. He has ( lovely home commanding a view of Gastineau Channel, and g country home on the Glacier Highway. His son Bill is with the armed forces in Korea and his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Adams lives in Juneau. Elmers pets are his three Adams granddaughters Helen Jane IA, Gretchen Ann. 10; and Virginia Rae (Sweety Pie), 2
 Today Elmer said, I'm not fired I'm not retired. I'm quitting"
 The Empire is "at-home" this afternoon between 5 and ' o'clock on the Baranof Terrace. The staff has tried to reach most of his friends by note or telephone. Any friends who have not been reached the Empire hopes will call by tC see Elmer between and 2 oclocl today.
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EImer's Typewriter Keys Quiet Afier s Years of Grinding Out Alaska News

It's been trail 35 years long on the Daily Alaska Empire that Elmer A. Friend has mushed through galleys of proof, feuds, facts, fancy and a lot of just daily routine.
 On August 1, Elmer, one of the last of the "old newspapermen in Alaska parked his pencil, check ed in bis chips, wrote "30' as managing editor of the Empire, and checked out.
 Fifty or more years in the newspaper business rides lightly on the shoulders of this man who was the first wire service re- porter in Alaska. When he gath cred up his effects of 35 years accumulation he remarked, "Its surprising how much of it is un- important"
 Elmer" and "the desk' were each storehouses of a great deal of apparently unclassified infor- nation. Only Elmer knew what vas where" on his big overstuffed editorial desk--and only Elmer ;ould reach into his long mem- ory to tie current events to the ong link Of the past.
 Elmer came to the Empire the Jay after New Years in 1916, fol- lowing the gala opening of the new Arctic Brotherhood Hall John w. Troy, later Governor of Alaska, was editor and publisher He was the father of Mrs. Helen Monsen, president of the Empire Printing Go.
 Two Timed"
 Elmer worked on Seattle news papers before coming to Alaska to Skagway in 1900 where he was affiliated with a steamship company, was Associated Press correspondent, did reporting and editorial writing for both the old Skagway Alaskan and the News. Neither paper knew that he was working for the other.
 He was there at the time of the Islander wreck and was also cor respondent for the Dawson Daily News. The information got to Skagway by a special edition of Juneau paper which carried a passenger list including the names of the Governor Ross family of Yukon Territory.
 Tied Wires
 Realizing that it was big story for Dawson and that he had alert opposition from rival serving the Dawson Nugget, Elmer said he got a Bible, took it to the tele- graph operator at the White Pass and Yukon Railway and told him to start sending that until the story could be written. The word rate was high but he said the op- orator kept the wire tied up for Friend until he had his story ready.
 Elmer Friend took out three years to run the Seward Gateway where he did almost everything on the sheet from gathering and writing the news and advertising setting heads as well as running
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The W ashington Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

tcopyrisnt. 1851. Dy Bell Syndicate. Inc. " VASHINGTON. = Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower has quietly passed the word to his COP boosters that he is not interested in the Re- publican nomination-if Isolation ists control the party.
 In addition, Ike let it be known that he is upset by the timid and hesitant policy of internationally minded Republicans and the way they let bitter attacks on him go unheeded
 One close friend who returned from Paris recently put it thi: way:
 If the Republicans want Ike merely to bail out the party an6 win an election, they're badly mistaken. That would be like put ting a million dollar jockey or. a two dollar horse.
 'The General is not the leas. bit interested in running for Pres ident just to accommodate can didate for sheriff. Those who say they want Ike so badly are go- ing to have to do lot more thai say, He's a fine fellow and will win the election for us.' TheyI have to work and fight to make the Republican party the kind of place where the General would feel at home"
 Eisenhowers close friends agree that this issue will largely decide whether he consents to run-and on which party. They claim Eisen- hover is disturbed by four fac tors:
 l. The prospect that as the COP nominee he might help elect all Isolationist Republican Congress which would then proceed to dump the military and economic
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But even if this obstacle is solved, the future of the bell changing cable cars appeared cloudy.
 Stockholders will meet today to decide whether the line shall be sold to the city of San Francisco for $150000. Myron Kunin of Los Angeles. the company's largest single stockholder, said he was against selling to the city and would press for liquidation of the company.
 The California street company is the last independent cable car operator in San Francisco. The Powell Street Cable Line now is under city management.
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William F. Bradican of Scranton, Pa, is a guest at the Hotel Juneau.
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WEATHER FORECAST Temperature for 24-Hour Period { ending 6:20 o'clock this morning At Airport. Maximum, 60; minimum. 52.
 F O R E c A s T 4
 Duncan and Vicinity Mostly cloudy with light showers tonight and Thurs day. Lowest temperature to- night about SO degrees. High est Thursday near 62. 4 PR E IPIT TT ON tPast 24 hours ending 7:3o am. today At Airport 0.42 inches; since July 1-2.7S inches. . .
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TIDE TABLES

AUGUST 2
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Special Announcements for Sunday Services

the morning service tomorrow by
the Rev. B. j.. Carroll. clerk oi
the church.
National Presbyterian-Dr. Ed
ward L. R. Elson, minister. will
preach on the theme "Interpreta-
tions of the Personalities of the
Disciples" tomorrow and July 90
The sermon topic will be "The Be-
loved Disciple"
All Souls Unitarian-The Rev
Ross Allen Weston, minister OF
Unitarian Church, Arlington, will
speak tomorrow on "A Definition
Iof Religion"
River Terrace Chapel--Dr. Rob-
ert Melvin Charles will discuss
I"Our Relationship to God" at the
morning service tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Freedom Rally 10 Sponsor
Public Meeting Tomorrow

The first of a series of public
meetings, sponsored by Freedom
Rally, an organization located at
1882 U street NV, will be held at
5 pm. tomorrow at Uline Arena,
Third and M streets NE.
Miss Lillian Smith, a leader In
work against discrimination and
segregation, will be guest speaker
Miss Smith will be introduced by
Roy Wilkins. assistant director OF
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Chairman Of the Board of Free
dom Rally Is the Rev. Smallwood
E. Williams, minister of Bible Way
Church here. A mixed chorus OF
Howard University students. di-
rected by Mrs. Evelyn D. White
will sing.
Evening star., 1951-07-21

Ichurch will attend the Maryland
Synod'S Summer School for
Church Workers beginning tomor-
row at Hood College. Frederick,
Md.
DumbartOn Avenue Methodist
IDr. Worth M. Tippy. formerly OF
the Madison Avenue Methodist
Church, New York City, will be
guest speaker at the morning serv-
ice tomorrow.
John Wesley A. M. E. Zion--Dr.
Stephen Gill Spottswood, minister,
will preach tomorrow at the morn
ing service. The Rev. william T.
Kennedy, jr., assistant minister,
will speak at the evening service.
Miles Memorial C. nj. E.-"The
Old Story will be the sermon at
Evening star., 1951-07-21

All morning services at Il
o'clock and all evening services al
8 o'clock unless otherwise stated
National Baptist Memorial
DR.. Edward B. Willingham, pas.
tor, will preach at both the S:4s
and II am. services tomorrow or
"You Choose" At the evening
service, DR.. Willingham will speak
on "a Man Who Did Not Know
His Own Strength" 4
Chevy Chase Baptist - "Tnt
Seven Best Things in Life" will
be the sermon topic tomorrow by
DR.. Edward o. Clark, pastor.
National City Christian-Dr. j
Warren Hastings, minister. will
preach on the subject. IF 1t Be
God" at the 1880 am. service
tomorrow. This sermon Is part of
series on the theme, Little
Known Characters in the New
Testament Church"
Lincoln Congregational - DIR
Robert w. Brooks, pastor, will
speak tomorrow morning on
when One Doubts" A session OF
the Brotherhood will meet at 10:15
am.
Christ Episcopal, Georgetown
The Rev. John r. Anschutz. rec
tor, will preach on Teach Us tc
Care" at the morning service to-
morrow.
Georgetown Lutheran - Little
Children" will be the sermon topic
at the morning service tomorrow
by the Rev. Harold E. Beatty, pas
tor. Five delegates from the
Evening star., 1951-07-21


GUEST SPEAKER-The Rev.
Charles Ashley Higgins, rector
Of st. Adams Episcopal Church,
Waco, Tex, will preach at IL
am. tomorrow in st. Johns
Episcopal Church, Lafayette
square. Mr.. Higgins, a gradu-
ate of Virginia Theological
Seminary, Alexandria, was or
dained a priest in 1888 in Wu-
chang, China. He served for
three years as rector of Christ
Church, Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
before accepting 3 call to St.
Adams.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Dr.. Reissiq Lists Topic

DR.. Frederick E. Reissig, execu-
tive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches, will
preach at both Q and II am. to-
morrow on "Jesus breaches in His
Home Town." at Evangelical Lu-
theran Church Of the Atonement,
North Capitol street and Rhode
Island avenue.
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Visitor to Preach

The Rev. Howard Z. Clarke Of
Northwestern University, Evans
ton, H.. will preach at IL am. to-
morrow on THE Faith That
Cheers and Saves Us from
Despair" in Cleveland Park Con-
Igregational Church. 3400 Lowell
street NV.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Feast Of Mount Carmel
To Be Observed al Gu

The feast Of Our Lady of Mount
Carmel will be observed tomorrow
morning on the campus Of Catho-
|lic University.
Lay and religious students at
tending the University will form q
procession at 10:30 o'clock at Nc
Mahon Hall and march to the
Shrine.
The Very Rev. Patrick Russell,
prior provincial of the Carmelite
province Of st. Elias. N. Y, will
be the celehrant at a mass at II
O'Clock. The sermon will be given
by DR.. John Tracy Ellis. professor
Iof church history at the Uni
lversity.
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Brntrfnatal fnlinraa
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Suffragan Bishop
To Conduct Service

The Rt. Rev. Robert Gibson
Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Virginia, will conduct
| a service of confirmation at II
Evening star., 1951-07-21

am. tomorrow
in Olivet Epis-
copal Church
Franconia, Va
Bishop Glib
son will be as
sisted at the
service by the
Rev. Edward E.
Tate, minister
inc h a ge OF
Olivet Church
and Headmas-
ter of st. Ste
iphen's Episco-
pal s ch oil
alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-07-21

Candidates for confirmation
are: Mrs. Everett Simms, Mis-!
Nancy Lee Allen, Warren Wool.
hiser, John P. Newton, jr.. anc
Henry w. Zachman, jr.
Bishop Gibson. q native OF vii.
Transport, Pa. is a graduate ot
Virginia Theological Seminary
Alexandria. He was consecratec
ISuffragan Bishop In 1949.
Evening star., 1951-07-21
Mems Chorus to Sing

The Mems Chorus of Firsl
Baptist Church Of Clarendon will
give a concert, directed by L. L
Maser. at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
church. Wilson boulevard and
North Highland street.
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~ u ] . z IT q
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
By John Robert Powers

Tension is the gremlin that
works the most mischief In hand
beauty. The worst Of it is that
the possessor of habitually tensed-
hands seldom is aware of the fact.
she doesn't know that she
clutches her bag, grips the arms
|of chairs, Squeezes her fingers to
1.-The hurting point when her hands
are clasped and stands with fists
|clenched tight at her sides. She
doesn't even see the results-the
| lf1attened knuckles. the red, white.
land blue patches of protesting cir
|culation and the stand-out veins.
Surely. If she did, she would
make an effort to relax her fingers
for beauty's sake. If for no other.
To such q woman. relaxation of
the hand muscles may come hard
and even take lot Of determined
concentration. But for the reso-
Lutte, there are hand routines that
viii bring success. These work
two ways. They relieve all ten
sion Immediately and for a period
thereafter. And second, they help
to establish consciousness of hand
habits, which is most important
to permanent cure.
Check yourself on the tension Of
your hands, or ask a friend to
watch them while you are not on
guard. Then, perform the follow
ing routine daily for q length Of
time that is proportionate to the
amount OF tension that is dis
/. Sit erect In a chair with your
elbow resting on the arm and your
forearm perpendicular to IL. Make
the tightest fist that you can and
hold, it for a count Of five; then
fling all your fingers outward as
hard as you can.
2. Raise your hand In front of
you. palms down and thumbs
pointing toward the body and
fingers extended to full length.
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trim looking, gay, and q
better investment because
they do not depend on roiny
days to be put to use. They
are pretty enough to be worn
when the sun is brightly
shining, too!
Pictured: A eroy flannel
specially treoted to be woter-
repellent;; lined with q foul
ard type fobric. Choose q
royoI blue or an oppIe-red
dotted lining.
Call Sterling 5000, ex-
tension 395, Monday be-
tween 9 am. and 4::3O pm.
for further shopping infor-
nation.
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mice Crowder

Cream style corn makes q de-
licious chowder when it is mixed
with canned tomatoes and fla
vored with onion. green pepper
(if it is available). parsley. salt
and freshly ground pepper. Serve
lit for Friday lunch with pilot
crackers.
Evening star., 1951-04-01

A whole new approach
to designing roinweor is op-
parent with the present crop
of roincoots now in the
stores. Roineoots today keep
the drops owoy, but at the
same time achieve O SNORT
ness that few women ever
anticipated.
Getting owoy from storm
wear thot resembles torpou-
lins, and bringing out coats
of new fobries, coIors and
hieh-foshion styling is prov
ing q welcome and stylish
note.
Todoy's roinwrops ore
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Giorified Rice

A dessert that harks back to our
childhood. and that is requested
often by many readers is old
fashioned "Glorif1ed Rice:
Combine 2 cups cooked rice with
I cup pineapple chunks, "a marsh
mallows. quartered. " cup Of
sugar and / cup of chopped ap-
Piles. Let stand for / hour in the
icebox-longer is better.
Just before serving, whip / cup
of whipping cream and fold into
the mixture. Garnish with cher
ries, raspberrieS or strawberries.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
BroiIinq Chicken

| It's often more convenient, when
you're broiling chicken, to finish
its cooking In an oven: but use
moderate heat t450 F.) for this
finishing touch.
Evening star., 1951-04-01

To vary a plain white boiled
frosting fold in chopped raisins
figs and nuts before spreading il
on the cake.
Evening star., 1951-04-01

acknowledgements, roasted al
Imonds, fllberts or cooked chest
|nutS-are all delicious added to q
bread Stuffing for poultry.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Secrets of Chorn
Grace for Your | Hands

From the large knuckles, bend the
index fingers downward, stiff and
straight. Similarly bend each
finger in turn.
8. Tap your fingers as though
YOU were playing a scale on the
piano. Keep your hand in a
straight line from the wrists to the
middle knuckle. Raise your fingers
high and rhythmically. Lower
them with equal emphasis.
AS you free yourself from the
habit Of tensing your hands
watch their grace and beauty
grew!
DANCE THROUGH A WEEK TO
BEAUTY"
Created exclusively for readers of this
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-05
By Betty Miles

Local suburbanites are discover
ing for themselves these days the
pleasure European peasants must
have known when they spent long
hours carefully. gayly and beauti-
fully painting the furnishings in
their homes.
They are learning the free
hand, detailed technique found
particularly in Scandinavian folk
art at the D. C. Recreation De-
partment classes taught by Mrs
Max Hall in the Chevy Chase
Community Building at Mckinley
street and Connecticut avenue.
Stenciling is strictly taboo. De-
signs are drawn directly onto the
object with a brush used like q
pencil. A different technique
than the less detailed brush stroke
employed by the famed Peter
Hunt, Mrs. Hall believes it is not
being taught elsewhere in this
Vicinity.
She reminds her students that
the peasant art upon which their
work is based was done by I'm
tutored people. whose work was not
artistically perfect. and that theirs
can be attractive without perfec-
ton. The work turned out by the
class Is most attractive and very
handsome, although many of the
students have not studied ct
before.
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To Brighten the Corner
Peasant Decor Gives Lift

Many students have per-
sonalized their work as their Euro
pean predecessors did. depicting
persons and interests IN the
creators life.
Mrs. Leo SCHNEIDER, Of 1871
Livingston street NV, has used
this technique on the cookie jar
she has made, around which
march sketches Of her seven chill
dren, her husband and herself,
each holding an object represent
alive Of his interests.
Another student. Mrs. r. IT
Runyan, of 3617 Jocelyn street
NV. is painting her husbands
great grandmother's story on that
lady's wedding trunk.
Mrs. Lily Kester is transform
ing q desk she bought for 90
into a far more valuable piece OF
property. Having painted it white,
she Is decorating 1t with thex'
signs, and then will antique it.
1t is to be q gift for her little
girl, and at either end Mrs. Kester
has painted her daughters pic
ture and name.
The National Gallery's Index of
American Design. a file Of pictures
lof folk art throughout the coun-
try, has inspired some Of the stu
dents. Others have created their
own designs. Household castoffs
are often converted into hand
some household accessories. Flow
Ier pots, generally undistinguished
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and unadorned, are particularly
enhanced when decorated in this
way. Tin cans. too. are used
effectively. fact Mrs. Hall
illustrated when she trans
formed 20 ugly duckling cans
for an exhibit for the Can Insti-
tute Of America. Among these
were sardine cans converted into
ash trays and cigarette boxes, and
instant coffee cans made into
small banks.
An inexpensive tube paint which
painters use for tinting (not art
lists oils) is used. Canned enam-
els are employed for the back
ground.
Mrs. Hall first taught peasant
art as a volunteer at the center
her three children enjoy. She
soon found herself with a waiting
list Of so. When the District
Recreation Department invited
her to offer her class as port of
their program she accepted and
now teaches three classes-one on
Tuesday afternoon. one on
Wednesday night and another on
Thursday night. Men as we'll as
women are students.
Although she only began her
Washington classes last October,
Mrs. Halls work as instructor be-
gan . year ago in Cambridge,
Mass, where her husband. who
is with the Associated Press in
Washington, was one of IL news
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papermen enjoying a Nieman Eel
lowship at Harvard. v
The Halls apartment was q
drab affair when they first rented
it, Mrs. Hall reported. and they
obtained the owners permission
to paint some of the furniture
white and decorate 1t peasant
style. The. other Nieman wives
became interested In the project.
Consequently. every week for
nine months they and Mrs. Arthur
Schlesinger, ST.. met in the Halls
kitchen and learned the old dec
orative techniques.
Mrs. Hall. who had studied at
the High Museum in Atlanta, Ca,
found Harvard's Widener Library
a rich source Of material on peas
ant art. A tray she produced
for the Nieman Foundation, de-
plotting the Fellows drinking to
Agnes and Lucius B. Nieman, was
later exhibited there. Writing a
book on peasant art is Mrs. Halls
next project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-05
Readers CLEARING House
PAPER LOGS.
From M. E. S., Washington

From M. E. S., Washington
want to report that the fire
logs made from newspapers and a
solution of 4 pounds of copper sui
phate and 3 pounds of rock salt
and water were most satisfactory
and were given at Christmas
time to friends with fireplaces
They burn long and beautifully
I have learned that they will soak
up more and better if loosely rolled
and not too many in a log. Also
a crock is best for soaking, turning
end to end until thoroughly
soaked.
Even the papers I dried them
on burned long and beautifully.
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BAG FOR SPRINKLING.
(Front A. M, Washington

In regard to a bag for sprink-
ling clothes. I. too. had trouble
the first time. I am particular in
regard to my method of sprink-
ling and arranged them in the bag
as I always did. It didn't work.
I felt it was a good item so I tried
another method.
Just put clothes in as you take
them of the line. no folding
pile it up to about 5 inches, pour
in a glass of water II aim to cover
around sides Of bag). another
inches clothes, glass of water and
30 on. Let stand overnight
perfect.