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Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
League OfAlaskan Cities Plans Convention Here

The League of Alaska Cities will hold a convention in Kodi- ak October 28, 29 and 30, May or Lee c. Bettinger reminded the new city council Monday night.
 Meetings will be held in the Orpheum Theatre Monday and Tuesday morning and after noon and will be open to the public. A period for questions will be reserved and members of the league will answer questions from the floor.
 The League of Alaskan Cities was formed over a year ago for the purpose of promot- ing better civic and territorial government. During the last session of the territorial legis- lature the league was quite ac- tive in lobbying for several new laws regarding cities in the territory.
 A banquet has been planned for Oct. 29, and tickets for the affair will soon be offered for sale, Mayor Bettinger said. The Chamber of Commerce and other civic groups will be asked to participate in the meeting, the mayor added.
 Further details will be made public within the next week, Bettinger said.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
Two Killed Tn Fairbanks Crash

Fairbanks (P)-A single engine Wien-Alaska Airlines plane crashed on lagoon ice near Point Barrow Wednesday killing pilot George Harring- ton and Eskimo woman pas senger, Mrs. Martha Ruth Simmons.
 Only survivor was Mrs. Sim mons six month old boy who was strapped inside his mothers fur parka. The wom- an and infant were hurled 90 feet by impact of crash which is believed to have occurred during a snow furry.
 Rescuers took the baby to Point Barrow hospital with possible internal injuries.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
Costly Fire
 At COrdOva

Cordova (P) - Three buil- dings of the Cordova business district were completely de- stroyed by a spectacular $500, . COG fire which swept through the buildings in a matter of minutes early Wednesday morning.
 The fire was believed to have started in the Imperial Building when the furnace ex- ploded. The greatest loss was sustained by Syd and Edna Raynor whose Lathrop Build- ing was also destroyed. It housed about 20 apartments. the Empress Theater, several offices, a jewelry store, and the ACS offices. The Raynors had only recently purchased the property,
 The fire also spread to the Evans Building which con- tained a dry goods store and the owners quarters. The Im- perial Building housed a bar, liquor store, and the towns only barber shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
Chimney Fire
 Thursday Night

The fire department made a fast trip out Mission Road Thursday at 8:25 pm to a house occupied by Chief and Mrs. Ken Soldan.
 A chimney fire caused the alarm. There was no damage. The house is owned by MT. and Mrs. Mill Vokacek.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
Late Bulletins By Associated Press

Korea-United States and French troops overwhelmed the last hold out peak OH "heartbreak ridge" in the greatest combined assault in the past few months of heavy fighting on the eastern front in Korea.
 The ridge dominates the Communist supply route. Earl fer, 12 giant helicopters flew ,926 battle-equipped Marines ts a line east of heartbreak ridge in full view of the enemy.
 Munsan-A dispute over where to draw the neutral zone caused a delay in the re- sumption of truce talks. Allied and Red llaSOn OttlcerS met twice Friday with no announc- ed agreement.
 Moscow-Russia sent notes Thursday to the U.S., Britian, and France agreeing to modify the Italian peace treaty if Italy quits the Atlantic Pact and the west agrees to similar modifi- cations for Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland and Romania.
 One western diplomat pre- dicted the west now would go ahead without the Soviets on the Italian treaty and the Rus sians would retaliate in some form.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
Two Bound Over On Robbery Charge

Two Kodiak men were held to answer to a charge of rob- bery in Third District Court following a hearing in U. s. Commissioner A. M. Vokacek's s court recently.
 Victor Padella. MSTS en- ploye, and Calvin Joseph Beach, USN, are accused of robbing Mike B. Lakanin, MS ITS employe, of $40 by force and violence.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13
New Council Sworn In: Committees Named
Mayor Names
 Heads Of Departments

7edOS " DepaFTmengS
 Committee chairmen and committees were appointed during the special council meeting Thursday night by Mayor Lee c. Bettinger.
 For the first time in many months a complete council an- swered the roll call. Only four councilmen and the mayor, the required amount for a quorum had conducted the city's busi- ness prior to the Oct. 2 cleo ton.
 Following appointments the council unanimously approved the plat of the housing and roads in the east addition, site of the new housing project. The Alaska Public Works re- quested the approval. Earlier the plat had been approved by the Federal Housing Auth ority.
 An agreeable solution to a garbage collection problem be- tween Harry Wallace, owner of the IdleHour Bar, and John Gibbons, garbage collector, was attained after both men talked to the council.
 Wallace said that Gibbons would not pick up his garbage because he had to walk around behind the building to get the barrels. Gibbons pointed out that the barrels Co were very heavy and that in winter the ice would make it impossible to carry them any great dis tance. There is no alley behind the Idle Hour Bar.
 Wallace agreed to construct a temporary walk and to place the barrels nearer the street.
 The new chairmen and com- mittees are as follows: assess ment and collection of taxes, Jay Wolf, chairman, Basil Clark, L.K. Wodling CT; health and police, Bud Metzgar, chair man, Wodlinger, Wolf.
 Streets, D. N. Hoylman, chairman, Clark, Metzgar; water & sewer, Clark, chair man, Hoylman, Metzgar; judi ciary, Wodlinger, Metzgar, Wolf; finance, Wodllnger, Will liam Worth, Wolf.
 Election 6 printing, Wolf, Hoylman; cemetery & parks, Metzgar, Worth, Wodlinger; fire protection, Hoylman, Worth, Clark; harbor & wharf age, Worth, Hoylman, Metz gar; public buildings, Clark. Worth, Wodlinger.
 Bettinger urged the council men to study the ordinances and to bring recommendations to the next council meeting. He also urged the 'committee chairmen to study city prob lens and be prepared to dis cuss them at all meetings.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13

Maxim Schapiro, manager of Alaska Music Trails, and Donald Gramm, bass baritone, were PIMA passengers for An chorage Wednesday.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13

Frank billiard, practicing attorney from Tulsa, Okla., is now working in Talmage L. Smiths law office, Smith said yesterday.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13

Carter Seymour, police chief, left yesterday by plane for Seattle. He plans to return within the week.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-10-13

Germaine Madsen is en- ployed at LaLande's Kodiak Bakery.
, 1951-04-04
Cleveland Student
Wins Scholarship

Mass. April 4,
(ANP) A Cleveland high school
graduate was named as the first
Negro student ever to win a Z
year Tying scholarship to Williams
College here.
The winner is Herbert E.. Kinds,
honor graduate at Chenille High
in Cleveland. His award is worth
more than $4,000. A young man
who always has wanted to be a
doctor said after learning of his
achievements:
, 1951-04-04
Dr.. Bethune
Is Honored

CHICAGO, April 4, (ANP)-
DR.. Mcleod Bethune, one Of A
merica's great women leaders, and
Miss Cornelia Otis Skinner, witty
author and stage actress, were
honored national human relations
awards.
Presenting awards to these two
women at it's sixth annual spring
luncheon was the Chicago Wo-
mems Division of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews.
, 1951-04-04

Mrs. Thampson said Ballard told
Mrs. Chappell that he would tell
her husband if she didn't do what
he wanted her to do. Mrs. Chap
pell asked if Ballard would tell
her husband what he had de-
manded of her.
At this point, according to tes-
timony, Mrs. Chappell became
angry at what Ballard had asked
her and stabbed him in the chest
with a pen knife, about three
inches long. Mrs. Thompson de
monstrated to the jury how the
knitting had taken place. She said
it didn't look serious and no one
paid any attention to Billiards.
wound.
Ballard is reported to have
, 1951-04-04
Air Program
Wins AWdrd

CHICAGO, April A (ANP)-
Radio Station WMAQ, Chicago,
took second place for public SER
vice promotion in the Billboard's
18th (195O) annual radio and TV
promotion competition.
The station won the award for
it's cooperative staging with the
weekly Chicago Defender Of the
documentary series "Destination
Freedom" The program dram
atized noteworthy contributions
made by Negroes to the American
way of life. First place poll win
e was Station KOA, Denver, for
it's promotion Of Arturo Roscaninl
and the NBC Symphony Orchestra
last May.
, 1951-04-04
i5-Yeur-OId Bow
Becomes A Hero

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, April
4, (ANP)- A young boy, Is, be-
came a hero here as he rescued a
baby from a deep drainage hole,
then walked away without seek
ing any praise.
The hero was Alvin Julian. The
young man" he saved was little
Dale Hensley, 13 months old and
son of Mrs. Thomas Hensley.
Young Dale fell into a hole
about a foot in diamater about
10 feet below the top. His
mother tried to reach him but she
got stuck, too. Neighbors pulled
her out but could not save him.
Someone called the Fire De-
partment. Julian came to see what
was happening. A lean, thin young
man, Julian asked to be lowered
into the hole by his feet. With
officers holding him he stuck his
head and arms down in the hole:
and in 40 minutes he reached the
baby.
In about 10 minutes he hao
worked the baby loose. Firemer
revived Dale with an inhalator
and Julian moved on. He said, g
have always hated it because
was so skinny"
, 1951-04-04

said, "You hit mel" Mrs.
Thompson said Mrs. Chappell
answered.: "Curley, you know l
wouldn't hurt you for any
thing" She said they were all
very friendly throughout the
knitting incident.
According to testimony, Ballard
went to the back door, unlocked
and opened it and fell on his face
into the back yard. Mrs. Chappell
and Mrs. Thompson brought him
inside and put him in a chair. He
fell from the chair onto the floor.
Said Mrs. Thompson: "I knew he
had been drinking, SO l pulled
him up against the wall, out of my
way; and l went on preparing din
ner.
Mrs. Chappell told Mrs. Thomp-
son she was going to the movies,
and Mrs. Thompson said she told
her to go ahead. They did not
find out until much later that
Ballard was dead. The police were
notified Immediately.
In cross-examination under De-
tense Attorney Clarence j. Ste
wart, Mrs. Thompson admitted
knowing both Ballard and Mrs.
Thompson admitted knowing
Chappnell since 1947. She said
they were all close friends. She
finished her testimony this morn
ing by saying: Everyone was hav-
ing fun, and nobody was mad. At
the time of the knitting nobody
was mad"
, 1951-04-04
Auto Accidents
KMed35,OOO

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April a
Automobile accident death and in
juries in the nation took a sharp
jump last year over 1949, accord
ing to figures released today by
The Travellers Insurance Com
panies.
The report indicates that the
1850 death toll of $500 is the
greatest since 1941, peak year in
highway and street deaths when
10000 were killed.
, 1951-04-04
Police bIotter

Held on a bond of $500 and
committed to the county Jail was
Rudolph William Lewis, "a, of
423 Bank St., According to police,
Lewis had a fully loaded .25-cali-
Der Spanish made revolver on him
at the time of his arrest.
WALTER CROSS of 120 Col
umbia st. was charged with as
Continued on page 4
, 1951-04-04

vided for Negroes in the high
er paid jobs during the war and
since, / am not satisfied that
this progress was sufficient"
The meeting will last through
April 16. Following it, DR.. Ferebee
will remain in Europe. She will
fly to Germany where she will
study conditions of women in that
nation. AS an appointee Of the
international commission to make
this study in Germany, DR.. Fere-
bee will b there under the aus
pieces of the women's bureau of
the u. S. Department of Labor.
, 1951-04-04
Dayton Lawyer
Enters Hospital

Attorney Morris H. Simmons
has been admitted to Brown Hos
pital at the Veterans Administra-
ton Center. He will probably un-
dergo an operation.
He is chief counsel for the Day.
ton NAACP and served as a maj
, 1951-04-04

Among the worlds leading Wo-
men attending the meeting, now in
progress, are Miss Eunice Carter,
New York attorney and official
United States delegate, and DR..
Dorothy Boulding Ferebee, offici-
ally representing the National
Council Of Negro Women in the
United States.
High on the agenda for this in
ternational gathering will be racial
discrimination and equality for
women. Miss Carter told reporters
at a press conference:
although there has been
some improvement in the prob
lem of racial discrimination
through the opportunities pro-
, 1951-04-04

In a slow and deliberate voice,
Mrs. Christine Thompson of $50
Dunbar Ave. told what she saw
happen at 282 Dunbar Ave. on
Feb. A, leading up to the death of
John Ballard. Speaking freely,
Mrs. Thompson said she went next
door to prepare dinner for her
landlady, Mrs. Moran Terry, who
was sick in bed. Shortly after
wards, Mrs. Chappell, who lives at
$50 S. Williams St., dropped in.
They went upstairs to visit the
sick Mrs. Terry.
A while later, John Ballard en-
tered the house and joined them
upstairs. Mrs. Thompson testified
that he asked Mrs. Chappell to
that he asked Mrs. Thompson to
participate in an immoral act with
him.
Mrs. Thompson said Mrs.
Chappell answered, "Hell no
don't go for that" Mrs.
Thompson said this happened in
another room upstairs, but that
she went to tell MI. Terry what
Ballard had said. MIR. Terry
then insisted that all of them go
downstairs because they we're
disturbing his sick wife.
Downstairs, according to the
testimony, Ballard again insisted
that Mrs. Chappell participate in
the immoral act. Then somebody
knocked on the front door. Mrs.
Chappell though it was her hus-
band so she hid behind a door. He
had forbidden her to go to the
Dunbar Ave, address. 1t turned out
to be two other men.
AFTER LEARNING that her
husband had forbidden her to visit
the house, Ballard followed Mrs.
Chappell into the kitchen and
agains repeated his offer, this
time cursing the woman and de-
handing that she do his bidding
, 1951-04-04
Ell wit NE SIS
takes S AN D
Woman Goes On Trial
For Dunbar Ave. SIQvinQ
Bv JIMMIE N. JONES

By JIMMIE N. JONES
Charged with frstdegree manslaughter in the fatal sabbing of John
"Cmley" Ballard last Feb. 4, Mrs. Bessie Bemce Chappel vent IN trial today
in the Common Pleas Court of Judge Charles Mills before a jury of eight
women and four men, Highight of the day came when al eyewitness to the
slavino to the stand.
, 1951-04-04
World Women Congress
Tackles Discrimination

ATHENS, Greece, April 4, 1851 (ANP)-Queen
Frederick of Greece opened the Triennial Congress of the
international Council of Women as ESQ from FL nations
from all over the world made Athens their headquarters.
, 1951-04-04

or in the Army during World War
II.
Officials at the hospital said to-
day that the lawyer was resting
comfortably and did not release
any information concerning the
date of an operation.
Evening star., 1951-10-28
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Itching Skin Misery

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chafed spots. externally caused.
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pure Resinol Soap Is unexcelled.
Evening star., 1951-10-28

side entrance at nine O'Clock in
the morning and he plunges into
the days routine more like a
business tycoon arriving in Wall
Street than a general taking over
his command post.
On his desk for review are re-
ports from all over SHAPES
vast territory. Eisenhower's Off
eial job is military director for
the NATO forces. He can't tell
the member nations what to do
in the way of furnishing troops,
weapons and bases. He can per-
suade, and he can be patient,
two arts he has long since mas
tered. Three sets of plans must
be drawn up almost daily: ~
how best to use what is on hand
in case war breaks out tomor-
row; a. how to knit promised
new additions of strength into
present plans, and ~ what is
really needed for a fully effective
defense of Europe.
The problems involved are
endlessly intricate. SHAPES
air arm is not strong enough.
Will the US. furnish more
planes? Suppose it does where
will the new bases come from9
A good deal of Eisenhower's time
is devoted to inducing leaders of
the various governments i in
cluding the US. - to cooperate
on quick solutions to such inter-
related problems. At the same
time national economies must be
protected and national political
situations taken into account.
Ngese Than Naiktaxy
Inns is only a glimpse of the
complexity of the SHAPE task.
The purely military problems of
meeting an attack against a
whole continent by land, sea and
air forces, guided missiles and
atomic bombs, are hazardous
enough for any Supreme Com
mander to cope with.
To the military job must be
added the diplomatic and psy-
Geological one. A good picture of
Ike at Marty is the General pre-
siding over a lavish luncheon for
visiting dignitaries of several ma
tions, urging them to try a sec
ond helping of some savory dish,
Evening star., 1951-10-28
BACKSTAGE WITH EISENHOWER
Continued t1om page five

while he himself quietly follows
doctors orders and nibbles a
salad, followed by a few spoon
fuls of yoghurt.
Theoretically, the Supreme
Commander concerns himself
only with top-level strategy, and
leaves details to his staff. Actu-
ally, he has always had knack
for finding time to inquire into all
problems affecting those under
him. He's in a better position to
do this than most commanders.
Old TeAxmxnAtes
In A sense" Colonel Robert
O. Brown, Headquarters Com
mandant, told me, every man
here was picked by General Els
enhower. They were chosen not
only because they were experts
at their jobs, but because they
were mature and intelligent"
The present staff was assembled
very largely from among lke's
old teammates of the victorious
Allied armies of l945.
It's probably the best-inte-
grated Allied headquarters ever
assembled. In every coalition
war ever fought. quarrels among
the partners have hampered
operations. Eisenhower, whose
reputation in World War ii was
built to a great extent on his gift
for getting leaders of different
nations to pull together. had a
similar and even more compli-
Gated problem at Marty.
Unquestionably, and notwith-
standing many setbacks. he has
achieved a high degree of sue
cess. In January l wouldn't
have believed it possible" one
high-level general frankly COM
mented. ''Just think what's
been accomplished! If any
body 3 serious about a United
Europe, just let them look
around here we've got q
working model"
Many SHAPE officers ex-
pressed this same thought to me.
They did not hesitate to credit
their boss with a large share in
this phenomenon. like has q
civilian mind with military train
ing," one of them astutely re-
Continued on page is
Evening star., 1951-05-30

A Philadelphia man. Harold Pit.
|cairn, was q pioneer in bringing the
|autogiro to our side Of hesAtlantic
|He spent several years ii working
Ito make itbetter, and placed III or
1.-THE J market in 1885,. Forty-six Of
the machines made under his direc-
ltion were sold in that year.
The autogiro was a great step
forward. but other men worked tc
Improve it, both in Europe and the
United States. One of these was
Igor Sikorsky, Russian-born engi-
|neer. As a youth in Russia he had
worked on the problem. and after
settling In the United States he took
|up The idea again.
On a May day in 194l, Sikorsky
made a new worlds record with a
machine of his own design. For ]
hour and 80 minutes his helicopter
|hovered over a stretch of land near
the factory he had setYup at Bridge
port, Conn.
Since that time. hundreds of hell
copters have been made and sold.
Five companies in the United States
now produce these flying machines,
and millions of dollars are being
spent to bring about better designs.
At this point, NE may ask, What
Evening star., 1951-05-30
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7 axe NV Word for 1t
BY Fronk Cob,

complete; either the article Is COM
|plete, or it is condensedo
(2) Popular contempt for cheat
ing Is an epitorne Of the American
spirit of fair play.
Be sure to avoid use of the word
!epitome as synonym Of acme I
highest point OF perfection, as, "She
lis the epitome Of loveliness;; he is
the epitome OF speed"
Epitome will be a useful addition
to your vocabulary, but make GER
tain that the two meanings given
above are clearly understood.
The pronunciation "EPP-i-tome
has no sanction. Pronounce the
word with four syllables, thus: ee-
lPIT-uh-mee.
Columbus: Will you please clear
lup the term Consensus Of opinion
II say 1t is redundant. How about
Iyou?
Answer: Strictly speaking "con-
lsensus of opinion" is redundant,
since consensus" means general
agreement" However, consensus
Iof opinion is now accepted as good
usage.
| Los Angeles: I've caught you at
Evening star., 1951-05-30
Uncle Rays Corner

lis the difference between the auto
lgiro invented by Cierva and the
lpresent-day helicopter?"
The difference Is chiefly In pro-
lpulsion. The autogiro was pulled
forward by propellors very much
like those Of an ordinary airplane.
The long paddles above the cockpit
were turned by action Of the wind.
They served the purpose Of wings,
but moved only because the pro-
lpeller in front produced motion.
The modern helicopter has big
paddles, or propellers, above the
cabin, and these are turned direct
Ily by the motor. The pilot can adj
Just the slant of the big blades. and
can make his machine 60 forward,
backward or sidewise, as he chooses.
BY keeping the blades IN q horizon
tai position, he can hover In the
air over a certain spot, and may
do this while only q few feet above
the ground.
.Helicopters differ in type and
speed. Some of them have made
speeds above 125 miles an hour, but
the cruising rate Is likely to be from
10 to IS miles an hour.
True adventures of aviators. explor-
ers and big game hunters are told in
the leafiet called TRUE Adventure
Stories.p This will be mailed without
charge to any reader who asks for II
and encloSes stamped, self.AddresSed
envelope. Address your letter TO Uncle
Ray In care Of The Star.
Evening star., 1951-05-30
Words to Watch.

Epitome is . Greek word that
means "a surface incision." In
modern usage epitome has two
somewhat related meanings: Cd
An abridgment or summary, espe-
lcially Of a literary work; ca a part
or sample which is typical Of the
whole, thus:
I'd The small digest type maga-
zines which print condensed ver-
Isions Of articles from other publica-
ltions are epitomes. Mote One
does not speak of a complete con-
densation," !" as one nationally distrib-
uted magazine recently labeled q
lprecis-pronounced pray-SEE-of q
book. A condensation cannot be
Evening star., 1951-05-30
Points for Purents-sy Edy'h Thomas wa'oe.

truthful simple chids question: calmly
0iDen less upseng than epasue one 0oen tD'tn
agitation