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Nation S Honor Medal
To Be Awarded Kin
OF Two GIs Thursday

The Congressional Medal Of
Honor, highest award for bravery
beyond the call Of duty, will be
presented at the Pentason next
Thursday to relatives OF two SOL
dires who died In Korea. One of
them, Pfc. William Thompson, 20,
formerly Of New York City, was
tha first Negro to win the medal
since the Spanish American War.
Pfc. Robert III. Young of Vallejo.
Calf. who was wounded four
times In q single battle and died
of his wounds, was the other serv-
iceman honored for "dauntless
courage and intrepidity."
Pfc. Thompson. o machine gun
ner with the 25th Division. was
killed last August 6 when he dis
obeyed an order TO withdraw and,
although repeatedly wounded
fought e-handediy against the
Reds while his companions made
their way to safety.
Ridgway Lauds Soldier.
This splendid soldier" Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, the Far
Eastern commander stated,
fought with distinct gallantry
and fortitude for. the ideals Of
freedom and the protection OF his
fellow soldiers. His personal
bravery and self-sacrif1ce were
far above and beyond the call of
duty and bring honor to himself,
the military service and to his
country"
The medal win be presented to
+ his mother, Mrs. Mary Henderson
OF Brooklyn, N. Y. by Gen. Omar
Bradley in ceremony at the
Pentagon. His stepfather, Harry
Henderson. also will attend the
presentation.
Pfc. Thompson was the FIRST
man Of his race to win the Medal
Of Honor since j. II. Dick) Tur-
pin, now living in Bremerton,
WASH. received the honor as a
Navy man. In 1898 Mr.. Turpin
saved several lives after the sink
ing of the battleship Maine in
Havana Harbor. In 1905 he saved
several shipmates after an acci-
dent at sea.
Father to Receive Medal.
The medal for Pfc Young will be
presented to his father, Melvin D.
Young, by Gen. Bradley. Pfc.
Young was serving with unit of
the 8th Regiment Of the 1st Cav
airy in the van Of the United Ma
tions attack last October 8.
Although twice wounded by
mortar fragments, he refused to be
moved and continued firing on the
advancing enemy. He was wounded
again, but dashed to an exposed
position and killed five Red sol
diers. Wounded the fourth time,
he signaled tanks to train their
guns on enemy machine guns. He
died November s.
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lS'l5Il NC

NEW GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS
PLACE US IN THE LOWEST MARK
UP GROUP DUE TO OUR LARGE
VOLUME or SALES. THIS IS FUR
TIER GUARANTEE THAT SHERi-
DAN SUPER MARKET PRICES WILL
STAY AS Low AS the LOWEST.
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CURB SUMMARY

FURNISHED by the Associated Press.
selected list Of active stocks on the
New York Curb Exchange, showing the
high, low and closing price for the week
and the net change from the previous
weeks close.
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BOND SUMMARY

Furnished by the Associated Press.
A selected list Of active bonds on the
New York Stock Exchange, showing the
high, low and closing price for the week
and the net change from the previous
weeks close.
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Corner
On nCoins
By Ted Hammer

tibrorion, American Numismotic Association
Many adverse things are said
about var and all of them are
true. But wars do produce coin
collectors-and to non-collectors,
this may be another point against
them.
Membership in the American
Numismatic Association and in
coin clubs over the country grew
rapidly in 1919-1e20, as Americans
brought home coins from abroad.
twenty-five years later, sons of
those World War I veterans
brought home coins from Japan
and Italy and Germany, among
others. Probably the first thing
the veterans of both wars found,
on getting home, was that the
coins were worth virtually moth
ing. In most cases, the coins soon
were given away or lay forgotten
in attics or basement trunks.
But a few veterans were in
terested enough to want to know
why certain designs or metals
were used. They wondered why
foreign coins deprecated in value
while American coins remained
fairly stable This was in the era
RF (betore inf1ation). They may
have been intrigued by the use of
Latin inscriptions on some foreign
coins, practice in use for CEN
turieS.
DR.. Arthur w. Wermuth of
Wichita, Kans.. the zone man army
of Bataan," is one of the World
War II veterans who brought
home pocketful of foreign coins
which intrigued him. The coins
remained IN his home forgotten
for three or four years, until he
became interested after a friend
looked them over and was given
several for his collection. Now DR..
Wermuth is becoming more inter-
ested in coins.
This writer receives many let
ters from servicemen in Korea.
They have not been too busy bat
tling in the cold to pick up souve-
Mrs, including coins. They asked
for column on Korean coins and
one Is in preparation.
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Mutual Funds

sEx int.
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Railroad Bonds Firm
AS Most of Market
Leans Downward
By H. G. johnson
Associated Pres. Einoneiol Writer


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-The bono
market operated on the lower side
today as whole, but there were
numerous individual points Of
strength, especially in the rails
Trading was the usual quiet Sat
urday kind, with volume al
$2,070,000 last Saturday.
Bonds of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad ended mixed-1 up
3 down and 2 unchanged. The
convertible 5l2s were up a point
at 67A on sales of $132,000
The series "F" SIS of 1877 ended
down ss at 1865 on sales OF
$160,000. Dealings were nominal
in the other traded loans of the
road. The road is in the midst
of reorganization proceedings that
has made for wide swings both
up and down in recent weeks.
Rail Bonds Higher.
Ending bit higher today were
some loans of the Baltimore &,
Ohio Railroad, Monon Railroad,
Colorado Southern Railroad, Con-
solidated Edison, Great Northern
Railroad, Northern Pacific and
Pennsylvania Central Airline.
On the lower side were bonds
of Phillips Petroleum, Seaboard
Air Line, Southern Pacific, Third
Avenue Railway, Standard Oil
IN. j., American Telephone, Gen.
trail of Georgia and Big Four Rail-
road.
There was no trade in Govern
ment bonds and except for rises in
some Danish and Italian bonds
foreign issues were quiet.
Most Treasury bonds also ad-
vanced during the week, with the
partially tax-exempt issues max
ing the best gains.
Corporate financing, dormant
for the past two weeks, will come
to life next week with Common
wealth Edison Co.'S offering of
$40 millior. of sinking fund deben-
lures Tuesday.
In addition, three railroads have
scheduled the sale of equipment
trust certificates totaling more
than $16 million. They are Mis-
souri, Pacif1c's f1otation of $7,080,-
900 of certificates Tuesday, Erie's
$54 million Wednesday and Texas
& Pacific's 81 million Thursday.
Local Government Issues.
State, County and municipal
governments are offering $22 ,904,-
670 of bonds and $51, $4,000 of
short-term notes, according to
Daily BOND Buyer. This week the
total of long and short term tax
exempts was only $8,195,259.
The Public Housing Authority
will come to market Wednesday
with $4o,318,000 of notes. The
biggest bond issue is the $5.5 mil
lion of sewer refunders on which
the City of Evansville, Ind, will
receive bids Tuesday.
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Spanish War Veterans
Activities This Week

Activities in the Spanish War
Veterans this week are:
Col. Jas. S. Petit Auxiliary will
meet Monday at Naval Lodge
Hall, Fourth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Sc. The presi-
dent, Miss Anna Kripp, will pre-
side.
Tuesday Col. Jas. S. Petit
Camp will meet at 921 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc. Comdr. Harry
w. Burns will preside. Officers
will be, installed by department
installing officer, James M. Ben
ner
Capital City Fort No. %,
Daughters of '98, will next Thurs
day be held at 921 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. Capt. Louise johnson
will preside. Officers will be elected
and plans for joint installa-
ton of the Sons and Daughters
will be made. Members of Will
lam Mckinley Camp, Sons of
Spanish War Veterans, are urged
to be present. On Thursday, Ad-
miral George Dewey Camp will
meet at 921 Pennsylvania avenue
Sc. Comdr. Frank G. Berry will
preside. Officers will be installed.
General Nelson A. Miles Aux
iliary will meet Friday at 1912
Ninth street NV. The president,
Mrs. Hannah Brewer, will preside.
General Nelson A. Miles Camp
will meet at 1912 Ninth street
NV. The meeting will be con-
Quoted by Comdr. John S. Maca-
boy Officers will be installed.
On Saturday, Gen. Henry w.
Lawton Camp will meet at 2 pm.
at 1912 Ninth street NV.
Comdr. Reginald B. LOCKER will
preside. Officers will be installed.
William Mckinley Camp, Sons of
Spanish War Veterans, will have
a social at 1912 Ninth street NV.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Production Cufbacks
And Soaring Prices
Badgering Business
By Richard Fiske
Associufed Press Business Writer


NEW YORK, Jan. 6.-Soaring
prices and a growing list of cut
backs in the production of civilian
goods badgered business and in
dustry on this first week of the
new year.
Some unemployment resulted
from the curtailment in civilian
production, but no one was
aparticularly worried.
Most economists agreed it was
a temporary situation, nothing
more than the natural result of
taking up the slack between grow
ing conversion from civilian to
defense needs.
There were reports from Wash
ington that the Government was
getting ready to do something
about soaring prices. There was
speculation of a 30-day freeze"
which would be in the form of an
order requiring a months notice
before price increase.
Prices Still Gaining
This talk of combating rising
costs Of essential items came on
the heels of Bureau of Labor Sta
tistics figures showing retail food
prices were within an ace of an
all-time high on December Is.
Business and industry kept
moving at a rapid pace without
stumbling over the January holi-
day or pausing for a breather.
Many an industry planned
further expansion while already
rolling along at full steam.
The Census Bureau claimed a
new employment record for 1850
and a sharp drop, in unemploy-
ment.
Civilian employment averaged
60 million during the year. This
compared with 58.7 million in
1949 and 59.4 million In 1948, the
previous high.
Unemployment, the Census Bu-
reau said, dropped from postwar
high of AZ million to around the
2 million mark during the year.
Mingled with the good employ
ment news, however, was a sour
note. This dWindling pool of un-
employed left slim labor reserves
to meet the swelling manpower
needs ahead.
Woman Workers Sought.
There were scattered reports
some industries already were
planning for return of woman
workers who kept the wheels
turning during the World War II
years.
More people were making more
money. They were spending it.
too. Retail sales were reported
generally holding at the Christ
mas-week level with customer in
terest centered on quality.
Retail observers said strong
demand for better" merchandise
was especially noticeable in the
electric appliance field.
Some dealers complained that
credit restrictions were reducing
the demand for such items as
stoves and ranges and other hard
goods.
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Tobacco Markets

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Jan. q OP,-Burley
tobacco prices topped the $50 mark for
the, third successive day in Kentucky yes
terday.
The state-wide average of S50.52. as
reported by the Kentucky. Agriculture De-
partment. was Sl.01 under the previous
days average of as. Volume also
declined more than q. million pounds.
The department. said 20 reporting mar
farmers received S5.742,477, 40. This
compared with the previous days 12,46S.-
O66 pounds for S6,424 594 SO.
The Federal-Stste Market News Service
said losses mostly were 81 to, 50 per hun.
dred, with declines more evident in leaf
and lower quality grades which had shown
big increases the previous two days.
General quality was slightly lower as
more low offerings and nondescript were
Gross sales in the eight-State hurley
belt Thursday amounted to 193S9 .420
pounds at an average of S51 .36. Season
gross sales were brought to 337, ,29s.4c9
pounds in the belt at an average Of S4S.62
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| Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Jan. 6 tP.-scattered Id
uidation sent grains fractionally to several
cents down on the Board of Trade today
Soybeans lost the most Selling pressure
was not very heavy, but buyers appeared
to have lost their enthusiasm for cereals
tude. traders said, was the possibility that
a 30-day price freeze might be set on all
products, including food, over the week
liquidation before the week end
Many local analysts said the grain mar
ket was acting tired after its substan-
| tial upward price march over the last
several months. Commission house market
letter writers were generally not recon.
mending any further buying at current
| price levels
Wheat closed 7s-1h lower. March
2.463s "a; corn was -ss-1h lower. March
1.775s; oats were 1s-7s lower March 973s
rye was 9 to 21a lower, May 1.76h-f2
soybeans were 2 to 3k lower, January
311. and lard was. unchanged to 90 cents
hundred pounds lower January 1927,
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Rates OF dividends IN the foregoing
table are annual disbursements based on
the last quarterly or semi-annual declara-
tion. Unless otherwise noted. special or
extra dividends are not included
K Ex dividend. xr Ex rights. cid Called
pt pd Part paid; ur Under rule war War.
warrants. Also extra or extras b Plus
stock dividend Cash or stock: De-
clared .sd,o Or paid 50 far this year. Payable
dend date. Paid, last year. b Declared
or paid after stock. dividend or split-up.
aye issue HtS hi dVidsnds IN srrears
p Paid this year, dividend omitted. deferred
or no action taken ct last dividend meet.
Wd When eehas distributsd ted % a.Ss Ex-pstrIbu. B yoG
tion. Liauidating dividend Payable
In stock, exact cash value undetermined
on declaration date.
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|Over-the-Counter Market

The following bid and asked prices are
obtained from the National Association of
Securities Dealers. Inc, and other sources,
but are unofficial. They do not represent
actual transactions; they are intended. as
a guide. to the approximate range within
which these securities could have been sold
Indicated by the bid or bought Gndi-
Gated by the asked) at the, time Of com
pilation az noon, Friday. Origin OF
any quotation furnished on request.
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New York Cotton

| NEW YORK, jan g tPf-Cotton futures
following a lower opening. turned irregu-
lar today Old-crop months were sub
1 ected to commission house liquidation and
hedging Part OF the selling was due to
uncertainties over price control legisla,
will say in his state OF the Union message
| to Congress next Monday. Cushioning
/ the decline in nearby months was covering
| of export sales 1t was indicated that
Belgium overnight was buyer of United
States cotton. Commission houses sup
ported distant contracts on the theory
| that they were relatively cheap in view Of
heavy worldwide demand for the white
stable,
Futures closed S1,20 bale lower to 90
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Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Jan. 8 [Pl.-Advancing for
the 18th week in row. the Associated
Press wholesale commodity price index
week ago. and compared with 16054
a year ago.
The weekend index was off slightly
on Thursday The base year Of this in
dex of 35 important wholesale conmodi-
ties is 1926. which equals 100.
Four of the commodity groups repre-
sented were at new l950-1 highs this
week-livestock, grains and cotton. tex,
| tiles and non-ferrous metals. The food
! com ponent also was higher than last week.
but the industrials part of the index was
! lower.
The index, with comparable figures for
| last week and year ago. .ollows:
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Chicago Cash Market.
| No wheat. Corn-No. , yellow, 1S0-
1.S0h No, 4, 1881; No. 5, 1.61 "a
1856; sample grade. 54H7. Oats-No.
/ heavy. white, l .0034-1 OF; No. extra
heavy. white, 1.01h: sample grade heavy,
white, 9s24. Soybeans-No. l yellow.
I3.17, track Chicago. Barley--Maltng,
1.30-1.70 nominal; feed. l 1.25-1.5O NOM
ira1
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tReport Compiled Exchange Officials.I
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE FOR YEAR 1850 UP TO
AND INCLUDING FRIDAY. JANUARY 5.
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NEW YORK. Jan. 6 GP.-National Asso-
ciatiOn Of Securities Dealers Inc:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22
ILLINOIS CAGER5
FACING BIG GAME

NEW YORK, March % n
You can't blame Illinois basketball
team If it happens to look, over the
head of North Carolina State in the
Eastern NCAA semi-finals tonight
and throws few anxious glances
in the direction of Kentucky.
Two times in the past the Illini
have gone into the NCAA tourna-
mEht With lofty hopes only to have
them shattered by the Wildcats
ftHm Lexington. In 1912 Kentucky
stdtped the Big Ten team, 1914. In
l4b II happened again, only worse
--1B-l7.
II tonight's games at Madison
Sduare Garden follow form, Illinois
VIII find Kentucky barring its path
again in Saturdays eastern finals
However. this time Coach Harry
Combes' dashing sophomores may
get even.
Illinois game with NJ G. State
opens the program to be followed
by the game between Kentucky
ranked No. l nationally, and st
Johns of Brooklyn.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22
PUBLIC INVITED
TO INSPECT S
JOHN n. COBB

Open mouse to the public of Gas
tinear Channel will be held aboard
the Fish and Wildlife Services ex-
platory fishery vessel John N. Cobb
from to o'clock Sunday after
noon, March 25, it was announced
today by Regional Director Clarence
Rhode. The ship is due in Juneau
Friday evening on its first visit tc
this port in the two years it has
been in operation.
The vessel will be moored at the
Service float in the Small Boat
Harbor. 1t will come here from Icy
Straits and will remain here until
early next week.
Inspect Ship
Capt. Sheldon Jackson, in COM
mand of the ship. and Lee Alver-
son, FWS Fishery Engineer. who
is in charge of the fishery opera
tons, will be aboard to welcome
the guests and conduct them
through the vessel, The visitors are
invited to inspect all parts of the
ship and its exploratory fishing
gear and to discuss their work with
the personnel. An expert in shrimp
fisheries, operations, Andy Grenier
of Petersburg, is member of the
ships personnel and will be aboard
Sunday afternoon.
In its second year of exploratory
fishing the John N. Cobb has been
in Alaskan waters for the past two
weeks exploring for shrimp and
shell fish grounds that might be
utilized in developing local in
dustry. Excellent results were found
in Idaho Inlet operations and the
Port Frederick area produced fair
amount of marketable shrimp. The
vessel is presently at work in Elk
cursion Inlet.
The John N. Cobb was launched
last year in the Fish and Wildlife
Service exploratory fishing pro-
gram. 1t spent the summer fishing
for tuna off the Southeast Alaska
coast. Results showed the potential
for tuna fishing to be not good in
Alaskan waters, fishery engineers
reported.
Fully Equipped
The 100 foot vessel is the tuna
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22
MRS. NEENAH BAYERS
PASSES AWAY HERE
EARLY This MORNING

Mrs. Neenah Bayers, pioneer resi-
dent of Juneau, died at 6:27 o'clock
this morning at St. AIMS Hospital
from heart ailment for which she
had been hospitalized the past five
weeks. She had been in ill health
for the last year.
Mrs. Bayers was a member of
one of Alaska's early day families.
The daughter of the Rev. Father
and Mrs. Ivan Soboleff, she was
born in San Francisco, October IS,
1892. She came to Alaska with her
parents at the age of six months
and had remained here since that
time, having never visited the states
The family lived first in Killisnoc
where the Rev. Soboleff was priest
in the Russian Orthodox Church
there for many years. Mrs. Bayers
also lived in Wrangell and Sitka
In the latter city she worked for
some time as typesetter on the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22

DOUBLED IN
3 MONTHS

KEY WEST, Fla, March 21.-Rl
President Truman served notice
today that the United States has
doubled its armed forces since the
invasion of Korea to resist still
further Communist attacks against
other free nations"
An exchange of kilograms be-
tween the President and Secretary
Of Defense Marshall disclosed that
this country's uniformed forces now
stand at more than 100000 nine
months after Korean Reds launched
their unprovoked attack June 25.
Mr.. Truman made the kilograms
public shortly before leaving for a
visit to Fort jefferson aboard the
destroyer Sarsfield.
The President will fly back to
Washington tomorrow to spend the
Easter weekend with Mrs. Truman
and his singing daughter. Margaret.
Mr.. Truman's announcement was
new warning to Soviet Russia
that this country. "in ccinpany with
other free nations" Is determined
"tt establs and maintcin world
peace"
He emphasized the speed with
which this country is rebuilding its
defenses by disclosing Marshall's
telegram giving the size of this
country's armed force as double
what is was en- June Is.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22
n. J. {. BASKETBALL

HUTCHINSON, Kas., March 22-
R-Northeast Mississippi and Ven
tura, Calf. easily won semi-final
berths in the National Junior Col
lege basketball tournament last
night.
Ventura, the favorite, overwhelm-
ed Amarillo, Tex, 78-46. The Miss
issippians trounced good Wingate,
N. c.. club 54-44.
Moberly, Missouri State confer
ence champions. led all the way in
downing the Olympic Rangers OF
Bremerton, WASH, 72-56 in first
round play yesterday The Grey
hounds were ahead 1928 at the
half.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22

In a blunt note handed Amer
lean negotiators, Russia accused the
U. S. of welching on l948 promise
to sell the vessels. 1t also implied
the American Government was ly-
ing when it said the ships were
needed in the U. S. rearmament
program.
And the Soviet Union formally
insisted it be allowed to buy the
vessels - 81 merchant ships and 586
small and medium sized naval craft
loaned to Russia during World
War III.
American negotiators fatty re-
jected the demand and the accusa-
tions. And, although another face
to-face meeting was scheduled for
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-03-22

old Sitka Tribune when it was
edited by Sid Charles, now publisher
of the Ketchikan News.
In 1910 Neenah Soboleff was
married in Juneau to Lloyd p.
Bayers, who passed away here sew
eral years ago. They had on
daughter. Phyllis, now Mrs. c. R.
Lesher of this city.
The family moved to Juneau from
Sitka in 1927 and Mrs. Bayers had
made her home here continuously
since that year. She was a member
of the Juneau Auxiliary, Igloo No.
16, Pioneers of Alaska.
Mrs. Bayers is survived by her
daughter and four grandchildren,
Robert, 20; Phillip, 10; Wiki Cor
liss, 5, and Ethel. 2, children of
Mr.. and Mrs. Lesher; her sister
Mrs. Vera Bayers of Juneau; a
nephew, Lloyd (Kinky) Bayers OF
Juneau and four nieces, Lillian o
Turner of Juneau; Ethel Naish and
That's Mcleod of Seattle and Rob-
erta Parsons of Los Angeles.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bayers
will be held at O'Clock Saturday
afternoon in the Carter Chapel
Pastor Ernest Broder Of the Sew
enth Day Adventist Church will
conduct the services and Pastor
and Mrs. Broder will sing selected
songs.
Interment will be in the Pioneers
Plot in Evergreen Cemetery.