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Seward seaport record., 1952-09-19
TAX DEADLINE OCTOBER

The city assessor warns Sew ard taxpayers that the dcadline for 1852 personal and real prop erty taxes is October l. Up to that date there is a discount of 2 per cent on tax payments. After they become delinquent, how ever, there is a penalty of per cent per month.
 A court order is expected shortly, the tax assessor states, permitting the sale of 195O-51 tax delinquent property in Sew ard.
Seward seaport record., 1952-09-19
Juneau Newspaper Says AVA
 Worthy ef Support"

Ed Coffcy of Anchorage, preSl- dent of the Alaska Visitors As sociation, and MT, James Chad wick, executive director, were Seward visitors on Friday of this week in the interests of getting a local chapter of the organiza- ton started here.
 The two men met with a group of 20 ScWardites at lunch Friday noon and explained the aims ot the organization.
 The following reprint from the Juneau Empire expresses the sentiments of all those who are interested in the organization and believe in the future of tourism in the Territory.
 Juneau-The following editO- rial which appeared in the Sep tcmber 10, 1852, issue of the Daily Alaska Empire of Juneau is brought to your attention. Permission is granted by the publisher for reprint of the ma teriaI.
 Worthy of Support.
 One of the most worthwhile organizations recently formed in the Territory is the Alaska Visi- tors Association which opened its membership drive throughout Alaska this week.
 Sole aim of the Association is to promote tourist travel to the Territory, and in doing this 1t is performing a service of un- told value to AlaSkanS. As prov en in Hawaii, tourist dollars show their effect on every seg- ment of the economy.
 The AVA has undertaken one of the largest selling jobs in history. It does not plug just the scenic wonders or the sports opportunities h CT cit peddles information on eVeryt h n g everywhere from Ketchikan to Point Barrow and from Jack Wade to Nome.
 Benefits from the Associa tion's work will not accrue to it's members alone, since it does not promote specific firms. Tour iStS are urged to come to Alaska but are not barragcd by adVer- tising for airlines, steamship companies, hotels or business concerns.
 Furthermore, the Association is operated by prlVatc business men, not politicians. It has no political tie-ups and does not seek to advance any political philosophy.
 Thus the organization de serves encouragement and sup port. It's success will affect each of us.
Seward seaport record., 1952-09-19
Es+imo+ed Thousand People Attend
 Airpor Dedication

the ClOWU at SCWdlu NIl pol dedication ceremonies last Sun day to be about 1900 people. However near he was to the ac- tual number-thcrc were lot of people.
 Preparations for the ceremony was a cooperative effort with the City Council, Chamber of Commerce, The Alaska Railroad, Northern SteVCdoring, the Elks Lodge and American Legion all working toward a perfect pro gram, with the assistance of seV- eraI individuals as well.
 The speakers stand was equip ped with a public address sys- tenn. with generator supplied by The Alaska Railroad, so that every person in the crowd stand ing under the wings of five large airplanes could hear every word spoken.
 Governor Ernest Gruening, It. Gen. Wm. E. kcpner and Tony SchWamm were principle speak CTS. Several other prominent Al askans also addressed the as sembly, including Col. J. P. Johnson, manager of The Alaska Railroad; Cecil Wells, mayor of CordoVa; Richard Davis, mayor of Valdez, and the mayor of An chorage.
 Col. Johnson stated that Sew ard now has every means of transportation, and that speaking for the railroad, he Is making every effort toward the rehabili- tation of the Portage-SeWard end.
 The dedication of airfields, " Governor Gruening said, lis rap idly becoming a thing of the past, now almost every com munity of any size has good airport"
 General Kepner urged the people of Seward and the area to use the airport and be prepared to defend it through the Civil Defense program.
 Three Dedications
 The Seward dedication was the last of three over the week end On Saturday, party of six from Seward and several from Anchorage and Fairbanks made the trip from Anchorage in plane chartered by the COrdOVa Airlines, arriving in COrdOVa Saturday afternoon in time for the dedication of the beginning of a road from COrdoVa to the Richardson Highway
 The party was entertained at a crab feed in the EIks Club fol lowed by dance Music was fur nished by the Elmendorf Air Force Base band.
 Early Sunday morning the en- tire party, including some added at Cordova, went on by air to Valdez where the Valdez airport was dedicated. The party was again entertained, at breakfast this time. Huge platters of scrambled eggs, tiny sausages, and hot biscuits were served to over 200 people.
 From Valdez, the planes took off for Seward. Approaching the field from Resurrection Bay, 1t was a beautiful sight to see. The new strip joins the old one at it's northern end, with taxi strip between the two, forming huge which is quite impressive from the air.
 Numerous Planes
 Five large DC3 type planes sat on the field. PNA, Alaska Airlines, Northern Consolidated, and two CAA planes were there besides Chris little private job, the Generals plane, the 10th Rescue Albatros and the Grum- man belonging to Cordova Air lines. These were the first large planes to set down on the new field.
 The Seward party included
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Evening star., 1952-08-14
lCIO Ready to Give Support to Gov. Stevenson

told newsmen yesterday all re-
ports from the fields indicate a
higher voter registration this year
than in 1850. That would be usu-
Ial, Of course, for a presidential
election year, but both Mr.. Kroll
and Mr.. Murray appeared con-
vinced the CLOS get-out-the-vote
campaign is already bringing re-
suits.
Mr.. Murray said he looked for
ward to meetings in the near fu-
ture with leaders of the AFL to
discuss mutual problems. The
two big labor federations often
plan parts of their election STRAIT
Iegy together, despite the AFL' S
traditional unwillingness to en-
dorSe any candidate for President.
Individual AFL leaders have ex-
pressed a strong preference for
Gov. Stevenson.
The CIO political parley ends
tomorrow when some 400 PAC
leaders go to the White House for
a word from President Truman.
Evening star., 1952-08-14

ment that he was taken into
custody and held for some n
hours in Mexico without disclos-
ure of specific charges.
They said it seemed significant
that the prosecutor in Mexico was
Emilio Portes Gil, former Mexican
President. who served as that
Icountry's Ambassador to India ano
now represents Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek and the Chinese
Nationalist government.
Knew of His Presence.
! Attorney William A. Roberts
who with Attorney Warren Woods
represented Gen. Nov and Col
Hsiang in District Court proceed.
Eings last November, said Mexican
authorities knew all along that
Gen. Now was in their country.
Mr.. Roberts explained that, un.
der Mexican law. a prosecution
may be launched on complaint o1
a private citizen, who also may
designate a prosecutor. Although
he has been unable to obtain de.
tails of the arrest of Gen. Now
Mr.. Roberts indicated he believe.
the development in Mexico il
something of that kind.
! Chinese Nationalist government
Evening star., 1952-08-14
plum-Dropping Boy Scout
Given Potato Justice
BY tho Associated Press

EXETER. England. Aug. IA
A Boy Scout who was a dead shot
with ripe plums scored direct hits
from the 150-foot- high Gothic
tower Of Exeter Cathedral on two
Cathedral dignitaries walking Sc
dately below.
The victims were quite prepared
to regard it as a childish prank
but not the sharpshooter's fellow
Scouts. The culprit had been ad-
mitted to the top of the ancient
tower only after promising on his
honor to be well-behaved.
In a letter of apology to Cathc-
dral authorities yesterday, other
members of the Scout troop said
they had court-martialed the cul-
prit and sentenced him to stand
under a tall tree while fellow
Scouts pelted him from the top
most branches with potatoes.
The identity of the culprit and
his two victims were kept secret.
Evening star., 1952-08-14
BY the Associated Press

The CIO was primed today to
give it's official support to Adlai
stevenson, Democratic candidate
for President.
CIO President Philip Murray
said a meeting of the Executive
Board will sin all likelihood" take
up the question in its day-long
session. He left small doubt that
a statement would be forthcoming
before nightfan.
Mr.. Murray also told newsmen
that, so far as he knows, the CIO
was received no bid for confer
ences or advice from Dwight d.
Eisenhower, Republican presi-
dental candidate.
Gen. Eisenhower repeatedly has
ALREADY contacted a leading AFL
official. William C. Doherty, and
asked him to confer in Denver.
Mr.. Doherty is president Of AFL
Letter Carriers Union and osten-
lsibly he and Gen. Eisenhower
would discuss ways of carrying out
Evening star., 1952-08-14

ia G. o. P. platform promise to
improve mail service. But the
talk undoubtedly will turn to other
things, too.
Despite Mr.. Murray's statement
that he knows of no Eisenhower
Ifeelers to the CIO. one informed
source said such feelers have been
offered by the generals camp.
There was practically no chance
at all, however, that any Eisen-
hover overture to the C1O could
find affirmative response from CIO
leaders.
The G. o. P. platform does not
ask repeal of the Taft-Hartley
labor law, fiercely opposed by Or
Iganlzed labor, but simply calls
flor amendments which time may
show necessary.
CIO leaders and the CLOS Po-
|litical Action Committee have
been meeting here for two days
to plan strategy and indorse can
|didates for the November election.
Jack Kroll, director Of the PAC,
Evening star., 1952-08-14

Representatives obtained a tenn
porary injunction in District
Court last December and an order
for an accounting of the finances.
Gen. Now, meanwhile, went to
Mexico, and District Court Judge
James w. Morris last February
entered a default judgment which.
in effect, ordered him to turn
over finances and financial rec
ords.
That judgment is pending on
appeal before the United States
Court of Appeals. Mr.. Roberts
and Mr.. Woods said the situa-
ton in Mexico City this week
does not affect the status of the
District case. MIR. Roberts COM
mented. however. that he was
surprised that Mexican authori-
ties consented to the arrest Of
Gen. Now at time when pro-
ceedings were pending in the ap-
peals court here.
Evening star., 1952-08-14
Effort 10 Send Now
To Formosa Stirs
Bitter Legal Fight

An effort to return 1t. Gen. P.
T. Now from Mexico to Formosa
stirred up legal fight today in
volving his attractive blond Ameri-
can secretary. several million dol
lars. and counter-charges that
Chinese Nationalists engineered
his arrest on embeZZlement
charges.
The confusing controversy had
important angles here. Gen. Now
was taken into custody in Mexico
last Saturday with his secretary,
Agnes Kelley. a former New York
night club entertainer. He headed
the Chinese Air Force mission In
Washington until last December.
He and his deputy, Col, v. S.
Hsiang. were discharged by the
Nationalist government at that
time. That government also
brought suit in District Court for
an accounting of some $25 million
they handled in making purchases
for the air force. A default judg-
ment was entered last February
after Gen. Now went to Mexico.
An appeal is pending in the United
States Court of Appeals.
Col. Hsiang in Washington.
Col. Hsiang was not involved
IN the Mexican development. At
torneys said Col. Hsiang is in
Washington and has not been out
of the United States since the
trouble began.
Gen. Now declared in Mexico
City late yesterday that he was
innocent Of any charges of fraud
or emhezzlement. He described
himself as the victim of a poll
tical row." He asserted the Chi
nese Nationalist government
brought suit against him "be-
cause I was beginning to show
up too many irregularities"
The general also contended that
he considered himself free from
any legal action in Mexico be-
cause the suit for an accounting
Of the funds is still pending in
the courts here.
ExtraditiOn Is Sought.
He nevertheless is being held
by Mexican authorities while at
torneys for the Chinese National
list government prepare formal
demands for extradition to For
mosa. Attorneys here raised doubt
that this could be done because
OF uncertainty about extradition
treaty arrangements betwee n
China and Mexico.
Under arrest as accomplices of
Gen. Now are Miss Kelley, Oliver
M. Kissich, an American friend
OF the general. and Pedro Acha,
a Mexican. Gen. Now explained
that Miss Kelley has been his
secretary for several years.
Attorneys for Gen. Now in the
case pending in the Court of Ap-
peals here expressed astonish.
Evening star., 1952-08-14

Cotton Under Price Curbs
Brazil has extended its mini
mum price law for agricultural
products to include this years cot
ton crop.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Soldier Loses Race,
But japanese Wife
Gets Entry Permit
By The Associated Press

A soldier lost by q day q 7,700'
mile race to reach Japan before
legal deadline. but still win b.
able to bring his ailing' wife *
this country.
Representative McGregor. Re.
publican, Of Ohio told q reporter
today that immigration authori.
ties win permit Sergt. 1hc Harry
J. Dillon Of Mansfield, Ohio. ts
bring his Japanese-born wife here
for treatment as q tubercular pa
tient.
Sergt. Dillon had tried to meet
10 Tuesday deadline for obtaining
legal recognition by United States
authorities of his marriage fivt
years ago to his wife in Japan.
He cabled Mr.. McGregor that
he arrived o day too late. TIT
Representative cabled back infor'
nation that immigration author
tiles had agreed to let Mrs. Dillol
enter.
The couple has Q 9-month-olt
son, born while Sergt. Dillon wa
fighting In Korea. The sergean
had returned to this country whel
the Army refused to validate hi
1947 marriage because Mrs. Dillol
had a tubercular condition. :
Sergt. Dillon hurried from
Washington by air last Saturda.
after the way had been paved TO
him to get quick air passage II
| Yokohama from the West Coast
Evening star., 1952-03-21
U. 5. Sends Inert PenicilIin
Ito Europe, Professor Says
BY The A.soeiused Press

1
DENVER. Mar. 21.-A Detroit
professor says old. ineffective pen
icillin is being sent from the
United States to Europe.
DR.. Loren w. Shaffer. professor
LOT dermatology and syphilology at
the Wayne University Medical
School, told of penicillin ship
Iments in a lecture yesterday at
the University Of Colorado Medical
Center.
He recently returned from q
mission to Europe for the World
Health Organization, q United
Nations agency.
II was shocked to find Europe
|swamped with inert penicillin
from the United States" DR.,
Shaffer said.
when I returned I found that
our drug regulations on penicillin
apply only to sales in this coun-
try.
"Over there, large supplies OF
inert or outdated penicillin are
being received and used to such
an extent that European doctors
have begun to question the effec-
Itiveness Of the drug"
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Army,Bulldozers Aid
Fight 10 Save 100000
|Snowbound Livestock
BY the As.oeiot.d Pres,

SAN FRANCISCO. Mar. 21.-
Army bulldozers went to the res
cue today of 100000 head OF
starving livestock in north and
central Nevada. Twenty 'dozers
were sent from Ogden, Utah. to
attack ranch roads clogged by
snow and clear the way for rush.
ing In feed.
Other bulldozers from the
naval base ct Hawthorne, New.
opened q S5-mile long lane
through snow to 2.000 marooned
residents in Mono County, east
central California. Residents were
low on fuel but had food.
In northern California, high
way plows bit into snowdrifts
which closed the two major high
ways Tuesday over the mountains
to Nevada-U. s. 40 and so. Theh
reopening was expected shortly.
In the Rockies two snowstorms
disrupted ground and air trave
and left Denver streets almost
impossible. The storm belt ex.
tended some $50 miles from
Cheyenne, Wyo., to Colorado
Springs.
The biggest crisis was in Ne.
vada, where Gov. Charles Russell
declared a state Of emergency tx
qualify for Federal assistance
Promptly 20 Army bulldozers wers
ordered sent to help save an esti'
mated $40 million worth of i'm.
periled cattle and sheep.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Humans diaries
In Readers Digest

Uninhibitsd comments ON famous
people uncensorsd glimpsss Of
diplomacy and politics-no Prasi-
dent has ever written such an extra
ordinarily frank self-portrait a has
Mr.. Truman in "Mr. President. I"
April Readers Digest brings you a
40-page condensation from this un-
precedented book.
Meet this man who unashamsdly
boasts he's had ''but one sweet
heart since boyhood." Read the
simple prayer he's prayed from ths
lowly days when he scrubbed floors
IN Missouri drugstore.
Get your April Readers Digest
today: AZ articles of lasting inter-
est. condensed from leading maya
vines, current books.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
|Alexondrio Ploy Center
To Hold Adult Clnsses

Registrations for five. eight
week courses in textile painting
crafts and ceramics to begin next
week are being accepted by the
Alexandria Recreation Depart
|ment.
AL adult classes will be con-
Quoted at the Cameron Street Re-
creation Center, 1905 Cameron
street and win open on Wednes.
day.
A course in crafts for children
% years and over. will open March
|29 at the Alexandria Arlnory.
Evening star., 1952-03-21

time Judge James w. Morris de-
|nied q divorce to Mrs. Peaks
|estranged husband Irwin. q Mari
time Commission employe.
Shortly before his death last
June. Judge Goldsborough had
awarded the boy to Mr.. Peak and
had granted him q divorce
However, the juriSt died before
signing the order. On the basis
Evening star., 1952-03-21

|of this. o new trial was ordered
by Judge Alexander Holtzhoff
after a request by Attorney Jear
Boardman, representing Mrs
Peak. The new proceedings re-
suited in the action taken today
by Judge Morris.
The Peaks separated i've years
ago. Mrs. Peak became mentally
i'll and was committed to st,
ElizabethS Hospital. where she re-
manned for about q year. After
Mrs. Peak recovered, she in
stituted the custody suit before
Judge Goldsborough.
Evening star., 1952-03-21

previous deci-
sion Of the late
Judge r. Alan
|GoldSborough.
The woman,
MRS. M ri e
Peak. q secre-
|tary In the In
terror Depart
|n1ent, who lives
lat 1887 Twenty
seventh street
NE. was grant
led custody Of
the boy, John
Thomas Peak.
a. khn coua0
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Pacific Is Third Of Globe

SAN FRANCISCO The Pacific
Ocean comprises about one-half
the worlds water surface. is
larger than the entire land sur
face. and covers about third
the entire area of the globe.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
New Decision Awards
Peak Boy 10 Mother,
Denies Father Divorce

A 33-year-old Government em-
|ploye yesterday regained custody
Of her 6-year-old son in q Dis
ltrict Court ruling. which upset .
Evening star., 1952-03-21
River Runs Northwurd

FARGO.-The Red river of the
North runs northward from the
lMinneSota-Nort Dakota border
Ito Lake Winnipeg in Canada.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Ethiopiu Boosts Exports

Ethiopia increased its coffee ex-
ports by "a per cent last year and
the value of its shipments of hides
almost 200 per cent.
Evening star., 1952-03-21
Orders for Linen Duck

Northern 1reland's linen indus
TRY has received orders for 2 mil
|lion yards of linen duck under the
'rearmament program.
The Nome nugget., 1952-06-16
THE POTATO SHORTAGE

Many people who remember the government los ing half billion dollars price-support program for potatoes which included buying and burning large quantities. surprised to learn that there is short age of potatoes in America today.
 The shortage has occurred because farmers were advised to reduce their potato planting because there longer any price supports, and in addition the weather was bad resulting in poor crop.
 The shortage is expected to be over about the end of this month at the latest, some time in July.
 Another shortage is not expected before next spring. Potato growers urging the government to discontinue ceilings on perishable commodities such as potatoes as of encouraging farmers to plant more potatoes.
 We have seen nothing to indicate that the present potato shortage is in any way due to boarding by housewives. And there have been reports of farm CTS wholesalers holding potatoes back from the market.
The Nome nugget., 1952-06-16
Students Conquer Kings Peak

FAIRBANKS, (P - Towering, 17,130-foot Kings Peak, highest unclimbed mountain on the North American continent, has be e n conquered by four University of Alaska students.
 The leader of the expedition, Al Paige, Grand Junction, Colo, said here Saturday the party reached the summit June 6 after a perilous climb and planted the university's banner on the ice capped top.
 The peak is in the rugged and remote St. Elias range in south west Yukon Territory.
 Paige was picked up at the 5000 foot level by Dr. Ferris Moore, University of Alaska pres ident, who landed his light plane on a glacier. The two flew back here Saturday.
 Dr. Moore also circled the mountain top in his plane and photographed the college banner.
The Nome nugget., 1952-06-16
LIN. Charges Communists With Responsibility For KOje Prisoner Disorders

MUNSAN, R) The senior United Nations truce negotiator today charged the Communists with responsibility for Red pri- soner of war riots and for contin- uing "a bloody and profitless war"
 Mai. Gen. William K. Harrison accused the Red delegates at a fruitless 22-minute session of di- recting "your captured personnel at Koje Island to endanger their lives to further your nefarious schemes"
 The key issue blocking a truce is the JUN. stand that no prisoner be forcibly repatriated. Only 10000 of 169,OOO captured Reds have expressed willingness to re- turn to Red rule.
 Harrison said refusal of the Reds to accept this stand was in comprehensible.
 North Korean Gen. Nam Il, in stiffened tones, accused the LIN. of "incessant atrocities" an d "slaughtering" of war prisoners. It was the first time in five days he had repeated these charges.
The Nome nugget., 1952-06-16
Mullaney of Tax Dept.
 Saws 2 Div. Collections Up

M. P. Mullaney, head of the Department of Taxation, here on a routine visit to divisional off ceS, stated that the tax collections to date this year far exceed those of the same period last year.
 A compilation of figures shows that for the past IT months total of $21,859,204.50 has been col lected, while the total of the pre- vious tWo-year period was $15, 715, 5,435.48. With seven months yet to go in the current tWo-year period it is estimated that the collections will exceed $30 mill lion.
 Total collections for the Second Division during the past r months were S425,777.65.
 The breakdown of total taxes collected to date shows the fol- lowing:
 Alaska business licenses, go, S2,OO3,224.46; automobile license plates, 4%t, S798, ,9S9.OO; excise taxes, liquor, etc, 11%, S2,346,-