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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
STATEHOOD BILLS

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O-lRl-lne Senate Insular Affairs Committee voted 7-6 today against holding a further rearing on statehood for Hawaii. A vote on the question of an additional hearing on Alaska statehood was postponed.
 Chairman O'Mahoney D-Wyo) told reporters the committee, at it's next meeting, probably next Tues day, would examine the Hawaii statehood bill for possible changes and a decision as to reporting 1t for Senate action.
 After the Hawaii measure is con- sidered. OMahoney said the Alaska bill will be taken up.
 The chairman said the delay on the Alaska bill resulted from ln- formation indicating a disagreement with a provision concerning appor- tionment of delegates to a consti- tutional conventios.
 O MdflOllty odlu oiiC Aioohi fS6Ao
 lature has adopted a resolution urging amendment of the bill to provide a different apportionment delegates among the judicial dis tricts and eliminating all delegates at-large.
 Delegate Bartlett D-Alaska) sub mitted statement to the commit tee saying that the Alaska Statehood Committee now favors changes. Senator Butler (R-Neb) offered telegram from eight members, of the Alaska Territorial Senate urg- ing adoption of the changes recom- mended by the Legislature and ask ing that all Alaskans be given op- portunity to be heard.
 OMahoney said that as result the committee decided to postpone vote on the question of an addi- tional hearing on the Alaska bill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
END!CT RAILROAD FOR TRAIN WRECK
 TAKING S4 LIVES

NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Feb. 20 -tR- The giant Pennsylvania railroad stands accused of man slaughter in 84 separate indict- ments today exactly two weeks after sThe Broker" crashed at Woodbridge with the loss of 84 lives.
 The indictments, in the names of each of the dead commuters, were returned by the Middlesex County Grand Jury to climax its probe into the disaster = the nations worst since 1918.
 vf convicted on each count, the railroad faces a maximum fine of $84,0O0.
 Since no individual defendants were named in the indictments which charged that the company did "feloniously kill and slay" the 84 riders, jail terms are not possible.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
The w ashington
 Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
lght, 1851. oy Bell Syndicate. Inc

WASHINGTON-Members of the Atomic Energy Committee are skeptically cycling leak of inn portant information in South Car olina where the giant new hydro- gen bomb plant is to be located.
 Congressmen Holifield of Calif- ornia and Jackson of Washington have called the committees atten- tion to a startling set Of facts wherein State Senator Ed g ar Brown and a group of other South Carolina politicians suddenly snap ned LID leases on important land sites just one day before the atomic energy commission announced 1t would locate the hydrogen plant near Aiken, S. 0. Options on these strategic plots obviously were se- cured by those with an inside up as to what was going on either h. side the Atomic Energy Commis- sion or from South Carolina mem bers of congress.
 Senator Burnet Maybank ot South Carolina, who is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Sub
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
SpECIAL REHEARSAL
 FOR JUNEAU SINGERS

The Juneau Singers will hold Q special rehearsal at l o'clock Thurs- day afternoon at the Methodist church. Since it is a legal holiday, most places of employment will be closed, and the Singers should ar range their time so as to be present at the rehearsal Is is eXtremeiy important as each singer will De assigned proper place for each num- Der. This is in addition to, and sep arate and apart from. the regular Thursday evening rehearsal which starts at 8:45 in the church.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
H0LY TplNITy GUILD
 pshNS MANY EvEhIS

At the last meeting of the Gulld of ,oly Trinity Church several fn- turg activities of interest to the comnanity were discussed.
 In March, Mrs S. MePhe're7 will head a committee that will give a luncheon in the undereroi of the Church. In April, rum mage sale will be held and ID May, the women who are think ing in terms of saleabie articles are planning to hold the annual spring sale.
 Dates for these activities will De announced later, according to Mrs Waino Hendrickson, president oi the Guild.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
f4 OUT AND 1 IN
 VIA pNA MONDAY

Fourteen departed for westward points yesterday on Pacific North ern Airlines and four arrived.
 From Anchorage; R. |. Lippis J. c. Jackson, D. Cowan,
 From Cordoya. Henry Stewart.
 To Anchorage William C. Hestef Tom Nally. Tom Smothers, Leiy Aus, Don Harper. Ray Vestal, John Hanson, Linda Gaisele MT. and Mrs B. J. Logan. MT. and Mrs. Fred Richards.
 To Yakutat:. Milton Lightwood Ed Voss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Feb 20 - Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mihe stock today is 395, American Can lo5H, American Tel. and Tel lof Anaconda 43A, Douglas Aircrals 1o4, General Electric 54%, General Motors 49M, Goodyear 791s, Kenne- colt 77al, Libby, McNeil and Lappy e4 Northern Pacific 35%, Stand ard oil of California 96A Twentieth Century Fox 2s. U. s. Steel 441si Pound s2.S01s, Canadian Exchanse 9543s.
 Sales today were 100000 shares
 Averages today were as follows Industrials 2511 12. rails 85.67, utili- ties 42.81.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
SHOWS
 GAIN OF f,953,COO
 3 MONTHS PERIOD

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2o-tRI The Census Bureau estimated to- day the population of the United States, including members of the armed forces overseas, totaled 153,C85,000 on January l.
 That was a gain of 1,953,c00 in' the nine months since the 1850 census made as of last April l.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
MARRIED SATURDAY

The marriage of Elizabeth Dick and George Alexander Davis took place last Saturday with the Rev Walter Soboleff performing the ceremony. The couple were at tended by MT and Mrs. George Katzeek.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Freighter Square Knot from Seat tie due to arrive Wednesday pm.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle 4 pm. Friday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver Feb. 28.
 Denali from westward scheduled to arrive Sunday southbound.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
oLDTIMER HERE

Abram Erickson, who has been living at Tenakee for several years, was at the Hotel Juneau last night. He planned to leave today for his old home at Kasilof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
nERE FOR rIoNEERs

Fanpie T. Philips of Seattle, for merly of Cordoya, is here to attend the Pienneers Igloo. She is stopping st the Hotel Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
BAREBACK HERE

J. E. Barrack of Fairbanks stopping at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20

FROM KETCHIKAN
 Harry and Esther Ludwigson Of Ketchikan are at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20

pr. Robert F. staff of staple ton. N. r.. is re istered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
FROM SEATTLE

Rocco Lippis Of seat1e is at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20

Nancy J. Forum of Sitka is re-
 gistered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20

FROM TULSEQUAH Mrs. w. G. Warren of Tulsequah is at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-20
WEATHER REPORT

Temperatures for 24-Hour Period ending s:2o o'clock this morning
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, 1951-11-14
Gil Turner
Looks To
GuviIuns Crown

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. IA (IN-
S)-Young Gil Turner eyed the
welterweight crown Of Kid Gavil-
an today after. scoring a six-round
T.K.O. over lanky Bernard Docus-
en- last night at the Philadelphia
Convention Hall.
The 21-year-old Philadelphia
took his 18th consecutive victory
in administering a heavy pounding
to his New ORLEANS foe who
weinghed in at 145 and one-half
a pound lighter than Turner.
When the end came, Docusen's
left brow was cut and puffed and
his right brow was lacerated. The
battler was at the point of exhaus-
ton when the ring Doctor refused
to permit him to come out for the
seventh. g
Turner won five Of the six rounds
with a barrage of left hooks, jabs
right swings and uppercuts. Docus-
ems best round was the second
when he pounded home hooks and
crosses to the head.
Marvin Edelman, 1872, Philadel-
, 1951-11-14
COURT +.
REPORT
Jimmie N. Jones

Appearing before Municipal
Judge Paul Sherer, Tuesday morn
ing, the following persons were
sentenced: James F. Schowden,
fined 200 and cost, 80 days in
the workhouse and license suspend
ed 25 years. Robert Atkins, 100
N. Findley, fined 5000 and costs,
60 days in the workhouse and IL
cense suspended Is years. James
Nelson, 1924 w. Fifth st., 500
and costs. William Boothy, 400
Purcell, 500 and costs. Winston
Fugett, 80 Proctor, 100 and costs
and five nights in the workhouse.
Carl Deitz, COL McClain, 800
and costs and FIVE nights in the
workhouse. Jack Bailey, 1885 Nor
ris av., 500 and costs and five
nights in the workhouse. Jack
Campbell, R. R. 1, Piqua, Ohio,
$1OO. and costs and license sus-
pended two years. John Stamas,
Holt st., $1OO and costs and 90
Continued On Page 4
, 1951-11-14
By international News Service

By International News Service
A devastating combination of
winter cold, spring showers and
freak storms was November's gift
to the midwest last night.
Thunderstorms brought torrenti-
al rains to Iowa and several tor
nadoes ripped farms and a dozen
towns in Missouri, Illinois and In
diana.
Showers are expected to con-
tinue throughout the area, ac-
companied by a cold front which
, 1951-11-14
Storm Hits Midwest;
100000 Damage

will send temperatures below
freezing by tonight.
The most violent of yesterdays
tornadoes struck a residential
section in Gary, Ind.
No injuries were reported but
homes were demolished, windows
smashed and trees blown down.
Some SO houses were hit in the
community of Glen Park and dam
age was estimated at 100000.
The roof of one house was ar
ried 200 feet by the gusts, which
packed an additional wallop Of
four inches Of rain.
Another twister roared out of
southeastern Missouri near Parma
and into downstate Illinois
: Barns, homes and garages were
battered by the high winds and
seven persons were injured in the
Illinois community Of Campbell
Hill, a few miles above Cairo.
At White Hall, ILL.,, the storm
smashed $50 window panes.
, 1951-11-14
Dayton GI in
Disease Area
Jimmie N. Jones

A Dayton soldier, Pfc. James
w. Arnold, husband Of Mrs. A
vanell H. Arnold, 1885 Lakeview
av., has been reported in that area
of the Korean battle front affect
ed by the disease known as hem
orrhagic fever. Mrs. Arnold stated
that she last heard from her hus-
band October 30,and that although
in the area, he had not at that time
contacted he disease. He expects
to be evacuated to Japan in the
near future.
According to Surgeon General Of
the Far East Command, Brig, Gen.
William E. Shambora, the disease
is similar to the epidemic fever
encountered by the japanese in
1889 in Manchuria. The symptoms
are described as being, high fever,
headaches, loss of appetite and a
yellowing of the skin.
Gen. Shambora told the Associate
ed Press that some patients re-
cover quickly, while others develop
further symptoms such as hemor-
RACES under the skin, around the
Continued On Page -Four
, 1951-11-14

hundred American marines on last Deem
Der 10th. The report says thar in addition to
theAmericans slain, the Reds also killed ten
British soldiers, 40 Turks, five Belgians and
rs other prisoners whose n~ationalities were
not determined.
The Eighth Army thus blasts the Chin
csc claim that they have been abiding by
the Geneva Convention in regard to war
prisoners. 1t charges over rs thousand civil
an political prisoners also were put to death.
The Report adds that between the out
, 1951-11-14
Communists Slaughter American Prisoners

break of the war and November 1850, the
North Koreans are reported to have ordered
the killing OF an estimated three thousand
American prisoners. And it estimated that
the Communist massacred over seven thou
sand South Korean soldiers captured in bat
tie since last November.
As the Eighth Army report put it: "The
figures compiled by the United Nations
Commend are far from complete but show
a record of killings and barbarism unique
even in the communist world"
, 1951-11-14

was IN the tTunK.
Police Captain Edgar Stems
identified him as 29-year-old
Everett Leroy Moir and the slain
woman as Moir's wife, Sara May,
20. Police said the woman had
been bludgeoned to death. A
blood-stained hammer was found
in the car.
Police quoted Moir as saying he
killed his wife because she was
, 1951-11-14
IN, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IA, 1851
LATE BULLETINS
By international News Service
PRICE FIVE CENTS

PUSAN, KOREA-U.S. EIGHTH ARMY charges the Chinese Com
munits have massacred Is hundrea and Is American prisoners of
war and that the North Koreans have slain l47 others in the past
year. So
MUNsAN, KOREA-RED TRUCE DELEGATES have challenged
the Allies to accept n immediate cease-fire in Korea or break off
armistice talks
FORCES have launched a series of sharp, but costly attacks along
the entire Korean batteine.
PARIS-SIR BENGAL RAU of India urges a Big Four chiefs of
state private meeting to reach n East-West peace and disafma-
ment settlement.
WASHINGTON-THE OPS HAS authorized higher charges for
BODYBUILDING and other construction work.
WASHINGTON-THE INTERNAL REVENUE Bureau has launch
ed a probe of its alcohol tax. unit and revised the federal liquor
agency's functions.
CAIRO-BRITISH TROOPS have killed a Egyptian and wound
ed two Others in the Suez Canal zone; snipers repeatedly have
wounded a British soldier.
, 1951-11-14
Holds up
Bartender, Tossed
All Money Back

DETROIT, Nov. IA (INS)-De-
trcit police admitted today that
hey are not quite sure what to
do with Carl Morosky, a mild
hammered ex-paratrooper who cal
most" robbed a Michigan Ave. bar
yesterday.
They said Carl, who had taken
a flock of drinks to "drown his
sorrows" was quietly slipping a
glass of beer when he suddenly
announced a holdup, threatened
the bartender and Is customers
with a stiff index finger pointing
menacingly in his coat pocket.
Next, police say, he vaulted over
the bar andwent through four cash
registers sorting out the fives and
tens and leaving the rest of the
money.
Then Morosky, who has no pre-
vious police record, tossed his loot,
about $3.50, on the bar, walked
out the front door, threw his hat
hat in the street, strolled around
the corner, reentered the bar by
it's side entrance and ordered an
other beer.
During Morosky's brief trip, the
police had been called.
At headquarters, Morosky blam-
ed family troubles for his tour of
bars that preceded the strange
holdup.
, 1951-11-14
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy. windy and cool
er today, preceded by showers
in extreme east portion. Some
cloudiness and colder tonight
and Thursday. Lowest tonight
80 to SO.
, 1951-11-14


"abusive" to the two Moir chill
dren, Dennis John, 7, and Chryl
Diane, two, and running around
with others"
Moir told authorities the scene
Of the staying was just outside
Waterloo.
He asked officers to call Water
loo Police ami SEE if his children
were getting aln1lg all right lie
explained that they had been left
at the Moir home without a baby
sitter.
, 1951-11-14
Man With Wife's Body In Car
Trunk Parks Police lot

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Nov. IA QNS)-A Waterloo
man walked into the Cedar Rapids police station today,
asked officers if it were all right to park his car in the
police parking lot-and then told police his wife's body
, 1951-11-14
By international News Service

By International News Service
The u. S. Eighth Army in Korea has
made public today a special report charg-
ing that the Chinese Communists have mas
sacred Is hundred and IS American pri-
soners of war during the past year. During
the same time, the North Koreans executed
147 Americans.
Eighth Army Judge Advocate Col.
James NJ. Hanley accuses one Chinese COM
mander of ordering the execution of two
, 1951-11-14

phia, stopped Chico Pacheco, 166,
Miami, claimant of the South A
merican middleweight title, at L.
"a of the seventh round inthe semi
final go.
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16
Employment Opportunities Our
Most Vital Concern

Without doubt the most significant problem con-
fronting the Negro in Phoenix that of restricted job
porunites The present condition should relieve the
situation However, cursory glance in the direction of
the industry plants here reveals that ytte being
done on part of the industrals.
The greatest weapon that have to combat Com
munsm that of providing equal opportunities to all Of
the citizens of the United States In doing this be
production be realized Moreover the general wealth
community will be enhanced greater opportunities
for employment is given to all citizens.
Right thinking citizens of community should call
attention to the discriminatory hiring practices of the
major industrial in the Valley of the Sum- The
outstanding merit of such approach by individual and
organized lies in the fact that it takes weight to
bring about changes from Southern exposure to
democratic position. Among the arguments that these
individuals and might offer u.s. in the case of war
industrial plants that large segment of the army and
most especially the 24th division Korea consists Of
Negroes fighting for the freedom that democracy
promises gbly is the hope of these fighting boys in
that extended opportunities for employment should
be provided for Negroes in the Valley of the Sun.
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16

through the ranks from private
to first lieutenant. Thirteen
months of this period was spent
in Italy where he. served as an
artillery liaison pilot with the 92nd
division and for which he re-
ceived the Air Medal with one
Oak Leaf Cluster for flying more
than seventy observation missions.
Returning to his home after
receiving his discharge, Brother
Wilburn worked short period
with the Veterans Administration
before returning to school. He re-
ceived his Bachelor of Science
degree from the Ohio State Uni
versity in December, 1948 and
then enrolled in the graduate
School,
Coming to Phoenix in 1949,
Brother Wilburn joined the fac
ulty of the Booker T. Washing
ton Elementary school as its
music teacher and is now COM
pleting his second year. He re-
sides with his wife and two chill
dren at 1894 E. Jefferson st.
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16

no income tax. P.S.: One thousand
Americans either have jobs or
own businesses in Guatemala.
Guatemala is one of those rare
phenomena in Latin America, q
truly democratic, constitutional
republic. internationally, it sup.
ports the Good Neighbor Policy |.
and the cause Of democracy. Itf
was DR.. Ismael Gonzalez Arevalo,
Guatemala's Foreign Minister,
who, at the last session of the
u. N. General Assembly, dra-.
matically called for one minute
of silence in honor of United:
Nations dead in Korea.
Under the humanitarian admin,
istration of President Juan Jose.
Arevalo, the country has made
remarkable strides towards solv-'i
ing the social and economic prob,
lens that plague much of Latin
America. Today, there is free
compulsory education for all chill,
dren from z to ii. Two thousand
adult education centers teach
grown-ups to read and write. A
network Of nursery schools and
feeding centers serve $1,000
underprivileged children a day.
There's even a "Boys' Town."
modelled on Father Flanagan'S
famous community. /
President Arevalo, scrupulously
adhering to the Constitution, was
not candidate during the recent
national elections. Col. Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman won the popular
vote by a large majority over
several candidates. He'll take
office March Is, 1851.
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16

an active civic worker in the
community. While in college he
was co-founder of the Woodson
Social and Literary Club at Phoe-
nix College and served as an Of
ficer of the Dunbar Social and
Literary Club at Arizona State
College. He received a certificate
of merit for his outstanding work
with the polio campaign in Phoe-
nix and a certificate of merit for
his outstanding work in the US.
Savings Bond drives during World
War II.
He served on various commit
tees in the community such as the
Junior Police, Red Cross and
many others. He has served as
District Keeper of Record and
Seal for the 18th district of One
ga Psi Phi Fraternity since 1947.
Brother Leonard E. Wilburn
came to the Valley of the Sun in
September, 1949. His home is in
Columbus, Ohio, where he at
tended public schools and enrol
led at the Ohio State University.
His college training was Interrupt
ted by the war but not before
/ he had become a member of Iota
Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity !, at Ohio State Univer-
sity in Columbus.
Brother Wilburn entered serv-
ice October g., 1941, at Columbus,
and was discharged March II,
1916. During this time he went
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16
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Dunbar Elementary School and is
quite active in educational or
ganizations. He is chairman of the
election committee of the C.T.A.,
member of it's auditing and
finance committee, and represen-
tative to the Salt River Valley
|vClassroom Teachers Association.
He is in the process of COM
pleting requirements for the mas
terS of arts degree in education
at ASC.
Fraternally, he is past Vice
BaSilieus of the chapter and is
present District Marshall for the
District Conference of the frater-
nifty.
He is married to the former
Margaret Mosley. They are the
proud parents of three children.
Essie Allan White, a native of
Oklahoma, received his formal
educational training in the Arizona
schools. Being a graduate from
Booker T. Washington school, Car
yer High School, and Phoenix
College, he received his B.A. de-
gree from Arizona State College
in 1947.
During his high school and col
lege days he was outstanding on
the football teams, playing as
right and left end. Mr.. White, a
chartered member of Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, held the office of
| Keeper of Peace in 1947-48. He
served also as vice president of
the Woodson Club of Phoenix
College, and vice president of the
Dunbar Club at Arizona State
College.
Being one of the only two Negro
Water Safety instructors in the
state, Mr.. White has been en-
ployed by the city recreation de-
partment for the past five years,
assisting with teen-age groups of
the city. He has varied experience
with the Boy Scouts of which he
is a Scoutmaster at the present
time.
Teaching in the Stanfield school
system in 1948, he transferred to
the Casa Grande South Side Ele-
nentary School in 1850, where he
is employed at present, as teacher
and coach of 4th and 5th grades.
Mr.. White is married to the
former Thaddeaus Hatten, the
daughter of Mrs. Irene Edwards.
He is also the father of two sons,
Dwain Ricardo and Edward AL
Ian White.
! William c. Mcclellan, Science
instructor of the seventh. and
eighth grades at Booker T: Wash
ington and Mary Bethune schools,
and director in charge of East
lake Park, obtained his education
in the public schools of Arizona.
While attending high school he
was a star baseball player and
participated in other sports. He
attended Phoenix College and
Arizona State College, receiving
his B. A. degree in Business Ad-
n,inistration in 1896. He received
his MA. degree from Arizona
State College in 1913.
For twelve years Mr.. Mcclellan
taught the seventh grade at Book
or T. Washington school; during
that time he also took over the
physical educational department..
AS a result of his ability, interest
and efforts in athletics, Booker
T. Washington school won first
place in the State GreenWay
track meet in 1888.
He holds an administrative Ger
tificate and served as principal
OF Dunbar School from January
through May in 1919.
Mr.. Mcclellan has always been
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THIRD AVENUE .i /
Arizona sun., 1951-03-16

ELIZABETH TAYLOR is initiated into some very i'm
portant by Joan Bennett for her role in
Mems sFather's Little Dividend,'' which is
hilarious sequel that equally hilarious picture,
Father of the Bride And. of course, Spencer Tracy
is again ssfather.''