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country just as much as the single men,"
 Answer-Paradoxicaily it is true that at the same time the army is crying for more manpower, it will not enlist married men below the grade of Sergeant, though it will draft them. This is something the army ought to explain to Congress. But if you wait around long enough, you may be drafted and still get chance to serve.
 A noncommissioned officer, Kee- sler Air Base, Miss.-"Cn Saturday, March 10, the NCO's were told if they did not become members of the NCO Club by midnight, they would be restricted to the field, yet an air force regulation plainly states that membership in an NCO Club will be voluntary"
 Answer-Brig. Gen. J. P. Powell Keesler's commanding officer, ad- mitted to this column that non- joiners were restricted on the tech nicality that they hadn't paid up their debts. He explained that all noncommissioned officers auto matically" belong to the NCO Club, therefore those who hadn't paid their dues were restricted. How ever, he claimed that any NCO could have got out of this punish ment by writing letter of res- ignation" from the club This still smacks of intimidation and coercion to push the NCO's into a club which they weren't required to join. The real reason, this column has learned, was to collect the $1 mem- bership fees sorely needed since the slot machines were abolished. This cut out the clubs main revenue. Allen Davidson, Quincy, Florida My uncle, Sergeant Jesse Fergu- oOAi, "oo WouiidSO III 1Aoi Ca. Dul III 5 the retreat from North Korea, he | got lost from his outfit for IT days, and was found with his hands and feet frozen. He was flown to a
 hospital in Japan and kept off his feet for one month. He is now back in Korea I understand that once
 you get your hands and feet fro
 zen, you should never let them get
 cold again. Why does the army
 send combat men back to Korea ! who have had frozen hands oI feet?"
 1 Answer-Only light frostbite ca- ses, which have fully recovered
 are allowed to be sent back to
 combat If Sergeant Ferguson was
 frozen so severely that he had tc be hospitalized for a month, he should not have been returned to ] Korea. This column has asked the
 army for a complete investigation A Corporal, somewhere in Korea ] -"I don't like to complain, but oul 1 rations are so low that the men are
 always hungry"
 l Answer-There is no food short age in Korea. The army supplies | plenty of timed foods for a nor
 mal daily diet. also does its best
 to deliver enough fresh food to each
 unit for at least one hot meal per
 day. However. under battle condi- tiops. occasionally supplies are de-
 layed CT diverted. This has hap | panaJ ir, ico1atad ipctanppS
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HERRING LANDED THIS
 MORNING. ST. NICHOLAS

A landing of approximately 315 barrels of herring was made from the St. Nicholas, skippered by Adolph Johnson, this morning. This is the third landing of herring for the season with all landings caught near Sitka.
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DAUGHTER FOR BENECKEs

A girl weighing pounds l3 ozs. was born to MT. and Mrs. O. F. Be- necke at 9:43 last night at St. Ann,s hospital. The new daughter for the Beneckes has not been named. She joins two other sisters, Janet and Ellen. Benecke is general office manager for Alaska Coastal Air lines. .
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LOOK and LEARN Ay. sy c. GORDON

1 is largest is of Angeles Cali  instrument  hat the poisonous
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  A. The triangle. s. King
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FLEXING MUSCLES

The training flight of six giant B-36 bombers to England has been rather fully pubcized It is fair suppositon the purpose of the flight itself was simply training in long g-dstance operations. ut that
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Weather ai
 Alaska poinfs

Weather conditions and temper 2tureS at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau
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20 YEARS AGO t74m < Mr EMPIRE
APRIL 5, 1881

H. Devghne, Territorial Commissioner the
  was the Territorial Legislature for approval
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Robertson of Juneau R. Bragaw Anchorage and Alfred
 committee investigate and of Chamber meeting held from almost of Alaska present.
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of Tusequah William left this had town trappers enjoying the Tulsequah
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round

Continued from Page One)
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SEATTLE VISITOR Thomas J. Castillo Jr. of Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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election the coming of 635 had registered be chosen
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FROM KETCHIKAN w. L. Watkins of Ketchikan is at the Gastineau Hotel.
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meeting os the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department all n- reeeced their positions: J. L. Gray Schombel assistant chief Jack A. Davis secretary H. Fred Sweeney was chosen
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White had appointed Donald Martin of Hyder succeeding w. Garster Newcomb of Kehikan appointed Hadad who had been the staff the past ten
 shortly caused $50 damage to build
  offices Le Fevre the second floor The roof ignted by defective chimney High low
Evening star., 1951-09-23
For a Better World:
The Fisherman's Code

increase In fishing as more and more city
folks are taking to the sport. They take a
tremendous number Of fish-bass. trout.
suckers. sunfish. crappies. bluegills. carp
out of Maryland streams and lakes each
year
That is why the Maryland Game and
Inland Fish Commission stocks the lakes
and streams with about half-million fish
each year. including approximately $4,000
bass in the Potomac.
But. according to Mr.. Phebus. about
o-thirds of the thousands Of fishermen
in this area fish principally for relaxation.
They seem to be happy even If they
don't catch anything" he said. They get
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Page 20-THE SUNDAY STAR PICTORIAL MAGAZINE
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HT1AKE 1t from a man who knows. the
IL world probably would be better place
to live in If every one-politicianS, indus
trialists. businessmen and employees
follow the rules of good sportSmansffip as
closely as the average American fisherman.
We're talking about Benjamin r. Phebus
of Frederick. For "a years, he has been
Maryland game warden and now is re-
gional warden for Montgomery. Howard.
Frederick and Carroll Counties. His region
embraces the Potomac River where thou
sands of District area fishermen try their
luck.
There has been a big change in the
last 10 years." Mr.. PhebuS was saying as
the little. lightweight rowboat with an out
board motor putt-putted along the Poto-
mac near the mouth of the Monocacy River.
About that long ago. one of every seven
fishermen violated the law. Maybe he was
keeping undersized fish or didn't have
license or was using illegal equipment Now
only about one in so violates it."
II suppose it's only human nature for
few to try to cheat, but by and large the
fellow who fishes for sport observes the
rules just as a ballplayer accepts the
umpire's word as law. He knows it's for
his own good
AS he talked. the patrol boat glided into
a cove where John Lakin and Wilmer
Beard of Walkersville were net-dipping for
minnows. A freshly caught bass hung
over the side of their boat.
ANY luck?" Henry Hough. Montgom-
cry County warden. called out.
mot much" Mr.. Lakin replied. "Just
one bass. and he doesn't amount to much.
Just over the limit
The bass measured about 10h inches:
Under 10 and the law says they must
be tossed back
See what I mean?" Mr.. Phebus con-
tinued as Mr. Hough turned the boat into
the Potomac again. These fellows know
that unless fish and game are protected.
the sport they enjoy eventually will dis
appear. They know the game warden is
here to protect their sport"
Of course. there are a few of those
greedy fellows, MIR. Phebus went on who
try to fish with illegal outlines, illegally
baited bushbobs or by other unfair means.
An outline is a strong cord stretched
from shore to shore with a number of
fishing lines hanging from it into the
water from q tree or bush. But only
certain bats can be used on hobs" in
order to give the fish sporting chance.
In recent years there has been a terrific
Pare 2O-THE SITNDA
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Senate Passes D. {. Bill
On School Cafeterias

The Senate, without an objec-
ton. today passed bill providing
for. the establishment of central
lied control and management of
the cafeterias and lunchrooms of
the Washington public schools.
Senator Johnston, Democrat, OF
South Carolina explained that the
school lunchrooms are now oper-
ated by each school. The new
system, he said, would offer ad-
.yantageS of wholesale purchases
of food supplies and the use of
uniform diets. He said the meas
ure authorizes a revolving fund
of $25. 900 for the operation of q
centralized system which would
be run on a non-prof1t and self
sustaining basis.
He brought out that the plan
had the approval of the Board OF
Commissioners and the Board of
Education The bill now goes to
the House for action.
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Police Ignore Gaming.
Ikentuckian Testifies
By the Associated Press

A Covington CKyD business
man told Senate crime investiga-
tors today that a f1ve-year cam
paign to get law enforcement
officials to crack down on gam.
bling has been of no good"
w. Sharon Florer testified thai
public officials in Covington anc
Kenton County have largely
ignored pleas to shut down plush
gambling Casinos and root out
hundreds of slot machines.
He was the first of some Is
witnesses called by the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee
as it trained its sights again on
gambling operations in Kentor
and Campbell counties across the
Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Mr.. Florer said that. "for years
and years slot machines were
prevalent in our city, He added
that they are mot there at the
present time"
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competitors for the junior man
|agement assistant examination
who failed to pass the admistra-
tive part of the test but who made
high grades otherwise, will get a
chance at Federal jobs.
The Civil Service Commission
said it would utilize the talents
of these people who showed great
promise for research and tech
nical positions. They have been
placed on regular civil service job
registers for these types of jobs
JOBS-The National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics needs
stenographers and secretaries at
grades GS-4 and The Wage
|Stabilization Board needs indus
trial relations analysts, at sal
aries of $3,825 to $4,000 a year
|. The Civil Service Commission
has removed physical science aid
and translator jobs from the list
of positions from which agencies
may hire directly The COM
mission is still accepting appli-
cations for guard and messenger
positions, $2,120 to $2,674 a year
The commission next month
will announce an exam for me-
teorologist, at salaries of $3.100 tc
sc. 400 a year.
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" u Z W Ii c S0seph AOunk.
emergency, is trying to lure en-
ployes away from Government.
The Civil Service Commission
estimates Government turnover
next year at So per cent of the
total force.
* x
JOBLESS BENEFITS - TIL e
House Ways and Means Subcom-
mittee that held hearings last
week on the legislation to extend
unemployment compensation ben
efitS to Government employees, is
expected to approve the bill this
week.
LEAVE-The House later today
or tomorrow may take up the
1852 independent Offices money
bill which contains the Douglas
20-day leave rider. Hous2-Senate
Iconferees already have agreed OH
the leave rider and only formal
House approval is needed for f.
nal Congressional enactment.
COMPROMISE - Speaking of
the independent Offices bill. the
House and Senate conferees last
week delayed filing the report in
hopes that they could reach a
compromise satisfactory to the
House regarding the personnel cut
amendments.
The conferees had agreed to
junk the House Jensen
amendment. which allows agen-
cies to fill only Is per cent of per-
sonnel vacancies, in favor of the
Senate's 10 per cent cut Ferguson
rider. However, the House served
notice in rejecting the Labor-FSA
1852 money bill conferences re-
port that it wanted the Jensen
rider kept in the various appro-
Ipriation measures,
That's why the conferees are
working on a plan which they
hope the House will accept. Sew
eral have suggested retaining the
framework of the Jensen rider,
but nullifying its provisions when
ever an agency reduced it's total
personnel 10 per cent by not fill
ing vacancies. Also, a number OF
essential Federal units would be
exempted from the Jensen rider.
+ Y ".
CHANCE-About $500 of the
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Water Tank Explosion
Damages Fairfax Home

Explosion of a basement watel
tank last night did $500 worth ot
damage to the home of a Fairfaa
County farmer.
Alfred Kidwell of Hunter Mil
road, near Oakton, said the blast
pushed up the kitchen floor about
a foot. broke water pipes anc
knocked kitchen cabinets from the
wall.
Mr.. Kidwell said he did not heal
the explosion. but his wife Ruth
awakened him and they investi.
gated. Also asleep at the time
about 1880 pm, were their sor
Alfred, Jr., 20, and a nephew, Jim.
my Croson. Is. No one was in.
jured.
The failure of an electric. switch
on a water pump was responsible
for the blast, Mr.. Kidwen said
When the switch failed, water
kept pumping into the tank, ae
explained. The tank stored water
from the well,
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Blood Center Distributes
891 Pints in D. {. Area

The Washington Regional Blood
Center, 1880 E street NV, last
week distributed 891 pints of
blood in the District and nearby
communities served by the Blood
mobile. ....-
The schedule this week includes
Today. American Legion Hall,
Clear Spring, Md, to 7 pm; to-
morrow, Community Center USO
10 am. to 4 pm; Wednesday, St
Johns Episcopal Church, Bethes-
day, Md. 2 to 8 pm. and the fire
house. Baileys Cross Roads. Va,
y to 8 pm: Thursday, Elementary
School. College Park. Md. noon
to 6 pm. and Friday. .Pentagon,
10 am. to 4 pm.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Eisenhower Opens
Pact Headquarters
In CoIorfuI Rites
BY the Assoeioted Press

MARLY LIE ROI. France, July
23.-Gen. Eisenhower opened his
new Atlantic Pact headquarters to-
day and declared it to be the first
Allied headquarters in history "set
up in peace to preserve peace and
not wage war"
The new headquarters, seat of
Western defense planning, came
into existence at 1925 pm, after
Ia colorful ceremony presided over
fby Gen. Eisenhower and Vincent
|Auriol. President of France.
Generals, enlisted men and en-
|ployes of the IL pact nations
|clustered in front of the head
quarters to witness the official
handover of the site, to Gen.
Eisenhower by the French Presi-
dent. f
"It is our prayer said Gen.
Eisenhower. that with high
courage and with the support of
our people and the grace of God,
we shall not fail in striving to lift
the fear of cellblocks and slave
camps"
He said the Western Allies were
striving to establish a PAX At
lantica" which would guarantee
the peace of Europe.
The ceremony was conducted
under a hot sun which beat down
between intermittent showers.
Members of the French republi-
can guard. both cavalry and foot
units, supplied the honor groups.
After Gen. Eisenhower an
Inounced the headquarters-a COL
lection of one-story prefabricated
buildings set on a 60-acre site OF
Handbags of the IL Atlantic Pact
nations were hauled to the top OF
Ia semi-circle of flagstaffs.
The United States colors were
hauled up by Corpl. Donald j
Star of Beacon Falls, Conn.
M. Auriol promised Gen. Eisen-
hover that France would make
available to the headquarters the
10 divisions pledged by the end of
this year. He said the head
Quarters would form a basis of
collective security" upon which the
United Nations is built.
He interrupted his speech to pay
tribute to Admiral Forrest P.
sherman United States Chief of
Naval Operations. who died in
Naples yesterday.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
JAIL Phoned Race Bets
Are Illegal in State,
Bowie Trial Jury Told

Telephoned race bets are illegal
in Maryland both as to the bettor
and the person who receives the
wager, regardless of whether the
transaction takes place at a Ii
censed track or elsewhere, a
Prince Georges County Judge said
today.
Judge j. Dudley Digges ex-
pressed that opinion In a IA
minute advisory charge to a Jury
which will decide the Bowie race
track case after State and de-
tense counSelS complete closing
arguments.
The court also ruled that it is
illegal in Maryland to set up an
agency where people can call in
race track or other gambling bets.
Tyles Sums Up.
Assistant States Attorney Will
mer D. Tyles, in a 15-minute ad-
dress, summed up prosecution evi-
dence at the conclusion of the
courts remarks.
Three former track officials and
two comeback money men ac-
cused of conSpiring to violate
Maryland gambling laws, if found
guilty. will be subject to fines up
to $4,000 or Imprisonment up to
10 years or both.
Five Still on Trial.
On trial before Circuit Judge
Digges are L. Edmund O'Hara,
general manager of the track; his
brother, Thomas j. O'Hara, in
charge of pari-mutuels; Cashier
Raymond c. Kohlhepp and Bet
ting Agents Norman Helwig and
Richard Remer. ...s
A sixth defendant, Paul (Coney
Island) Eckert, was cleared of
bookmaking and conspiracy on a
court-directed. verdict. All the
men were indicted on both
charges by the April grand jury.
The accusation resulted from the
wagering at track mutual windows
last fall of more than $500,00O in
layoff money forwarded by East
Coast and Midwest bookies seek
ing to hedge on wagerS they held.
The bookmaking charges have
not been set for trial. .-
Bets Placed For BoOkies.
All the defendants, except
Eckert, admitted in the trial or
before the Kefauver committee
that the comeback men used track
telephone and other facilities to
place bets for outside bookmakers
who had accepted more money on
certain horses than they cared to
handle.
They also admitted that the
comeback men deposited large
sums in the track money room
which were not recorded On the
books.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
New Rainfall May Delay
Droinoqe of Flood Water

ST. LOUIS, July % (P.-The
peak of the Midwest's greatest
flood in more than 100 years
rolled south of St. Louis today as
nature poured more rainfall on
the water soaked area.
The new rains, accompanied by
strong winds, aren't expected to
bring the Missouri and Mississippi
Rivers back to their record levels
Of last week, but may keep re-
manning flood waters from drain
ing as rapidly as expected.
The Small Grand and Charlton
Rivers, which feed into the Mis-
souri, River in the central part
of the State. are out of their
banks. ara
In Illinois the storms centered
around Canton and Peoria, where
creeks are oyerfowing. They feed
into the Illinois which, in turn,
pours into the Mississippi above
st. Louis.
Levees Expected to Hold.
I But Weather Bureau officials
point out the new rain has sev-
Evening star., 1951-07-23
I'd Polio Case in 5 Weeks
Strikes Kent Village Block

The second polio case in five
weeks in the same block of Kent
Village, Md, was reported today
The Prince Georges County
Health Department said a 49,
year-old boy, living in the 1900
block of Forrest road, Kent Viii
lage. was Striken with the disease
last Wednesday and was taken tc
Children's Hospital.
On June IS, a 4-year -old boy
living in the same block became
a polio victim. ~@. :.-
fl, Today's case was the fifth re-
ported in the county this year.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
D. C.-Bound Troin Kills
Home -for-Aqed Man, 83
BY the Associated Pres,

BALTIMORE, July 23.-Harry
Wheeler. 83-year-old resident o1
la home for the aged, was killed
today by a Washington-bouno
commuter train on the Baltimore
d Ohio tracks in suburban Lans-
downe. - s...... .....
Mr.. Wheeler was in bedroom
slippers and attendants at the
nome reported he wandered away
from the institution sometime
yesterday. -.-1 ,s. -
j. Il. Rock. engineer of the
train, said he did not see the
man on, the tracks.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
BY the Associated Press

| Drenching rains swamped 6
Interstate Midwestern area yes.
terday with rainfalls reported al
more than five inches.
Flood-plagued Missouri had 9
rainfall topping five inches but
Weather Bureau forecasters ir
Chicago said it was confined te
the extreme northern section o1
the State and was not expected tc
have any immediate effect upor
the flood area in the central part
Northern and Central Illinois
had a strong taste of the deluge
with Quincy getting 4.42 inches
rain in less than II hours, 2.89 al
Chicago, and 2.61 at Peoria.
Flash Flood in Wisconsin.
Detroit got 2.98 inches of rain
in a 12-hour period.
A Saturday downpour of a re-
Iported 8.3 created a flash food at
lViroqua, Wis, where a farm fam
lily OF six drowned when rampant
waters destroyed their home.
The Illinois rains threatened q
dam at Canton where a 25 by 80
foot section of the Lake Canton
concrete SpillWay was ripped out
by surging waters. Engineers said
that if other sections give way
nearby villages and farms might
be flooded by an eight-foot wall of
water.
Cool Air Covers Lakes.
Scattered showers fell from Ok
lahoma, Kansas and Missouri in
the West to Pennsylvania in the
East with the heavy rains concen-
trated in the Missouri Illinois,
Michigan area.
Cool air covered the Great
Lakes region today westward to
the northern Rockies. The weather
was generally fair over most of the
country.
Evening star., 1951-07-23
Rains Hit Three Midwest States
With Fall Exceeding S Inches

Ieral days of travel before reach
ing the present food zone. Only
prolonged rainfall, which wasn't
predicted. would make the situa-
tion critical again.
A few spots south of St. Louis
still are considered danger areas
but Army engineers believe all
major levees will hold.
Nine hundred workers, includ-
ing 500 airmen from nearby Scott
Air Force Base, ILL.,. were toiling
on leyees reported in critical con-
dition so miles south q here in
Perry County. Md. A break there
would flood 23,500 acres of rich
farmland.
Thousands of Acres Imperiled.
Seven hundred men labored in
an emergency reinforcement OF
the Chouteau Island levee just
north of st. Louis on the Illinois
side where several thousand acres
of farmland was in peril.
Except for the immediate river
front section, st. Louis is on high
ground out of reach of the flood
Thirty-six miles of huge earthen
barriers protecting the heavily
populated area across from St
Louis in Illinois were pronounced
in good condition. They are be-
ing patrolled around the clock.
The peak of the flood rolled
by st. Louis early yesterday when
the river went to its highest stage
in lot years. The top mark was
40.28 feet. just .02 of foot higher
than the l947 overflow.
The loss at ST. Louis has been
estimated at 81 million-less than
half that of the flood four years
ago when industries in the vulner-
able. area had less warning.
Electricity Cut OFF for $4,000.
BY far the greatest part of the
damage in the Midwest floods
Variously estimated at from $3.50
million to 81 million-was in
Eastern Kansas and Western
Missouri along the Kansas and
Missouri Rivers.
More than $4,000 residents of
st. Charles County were without
electricity for three and one-half
hours yesterday as an aftermath
of the Missouri River flood. The
current was turned off while a
temporary line was spliced in
around a f1ood-weakened section
of a 33,000-volt power line.
While. the current was off. a
baby was delivered at st. Joseph's s
Hospital in st. Charles under
lights powered by batteries.
The Wabash Railroad bridge al
ISt. Charles. weakened by the
pressure Of prolonged high water
was closed. This forced cancella-
ton of two special trains which
had been making two trips daily
between st. Charles and st. Louis
Since flood waters closed the main
highway bridge at st. Charles last
week.
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with scattered thunder showers
tonight and tomorrow. Low to-
night TOTS degrees.
Virginia - Continued partly
cloudy and warm and humid with
scattered thunder showers mostly
over the north portion tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight in
imid 70s.