davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02
Housing Project Bright Again

R. B. Woodbury, president of Aleutian Homes, Inc., has advised the city council that houses and equipment for the housing project in the east ad- dition is being shipped to Ko- diak.
 Work on the roads, fill and foundations have been at a halt for the past two weeks. The contract for the work is held by Pacific Alaska Con- tractors.
 A wire from Woodbury which was read to members of the city council Monday night said: All Housing and Home Finance Administration contracts closed here today. Shipping first group of houses and equipment on first Coast wise steamer available. Will complete shipment all houses |by August. (signed) R. B.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02
Local Woman Gets Six Months Term

A Kodiak woman, 27 years old and the mother of several children, pied guilty last Fri day to criminal charges of adultery, and is now serving her sentence in the federal jail
 The young woman was charged on two counts, with adultery with servicemen, once on April 21 at the naval station, and on April 23 in town.
 U. s. Deputy Marshal Clarence Dizney signed the complaint.
 Commissioner A. M. Voka- eek sentenced the woman to three months in jail on each count the sentences to run consecutively.
 Tae servicemen will prob ably receive disciplinary action from their organizations, Diz- ney said.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02

Last week the MIRROR re- ported that the Ships Tavern had been sold by Mrs. Bea Nachtweih and E. E. Erwin to Harry and Elinor Gottschalk.
 The sale was made by E. E, Erwin and William Criss, sons of Mrs. Nachtweih. Her name was not on the bill of sale.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02

The Kodiak Grandmother's Club bake sale will be held next Saturday in Kraft's supermarket. The sale will begin at iO:3O am. Following the sale a handmade quilt will be awarded to some person.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02
PACE 3
Woodbury."

Woodbury.'
 Aleutian Homes, lnc., is the
 sponsor of the housing project
 in the East addition. Pacific Alaska Contractors holds a sub-contract with Aleutian Homes for the "dirt' work.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-05-02

Mrs. Dewitt Fields was hostess last Saturday evening at a shower honoring Miss Gladys Masters.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
BY Jomes Y. Newton

President Truman said that
today-his last full day in office
was ''busier than usual" At
noon tomorrow he will become
a private citizen when Gen,
Eisenhower is sworn into Office
at the Capitol.
Several reporters, lounging
around the lobby of the White
House west wing, obtained a
brief and unscheduled interview
with the President. He popped
out of one of the inner Offices,
looking harrassed but cheerful
enough.
eff any of you fellows need q
job," Mr.. Truman said. II can
put you to work."
He was engaged in handling
the countless last-minute details
confronting him after nearly
eight years in the White House
The job of packing up for the
trip back home to independence
Mo-, was just one of them. There
were papers to sign and late cor
reSpondence to answer.
Unpacking Is Big Job.
AS for the packing job, Mr..
Truman said, it was mot so
much here" but the unpacking
at the other end that concerned
him.
II have plenty of help pack
ing" he added, before disappear
ing through door. "but the boss
Evening star., 1953-01-19
7rumon's S Last Day in Office
Proves 'Busier Than Usual
Heading Home Tomorrow Evening;
Worried About Chore of Unpuckinq

, (Mrs. Truman) says I will have
to unpack."
The President dispensed with
his customary morning walk to-
day-he has taken more than
1000 while at the White House.
There was no official calling list.
although a few friends. like
Clark Clifford, his former coun-
sci, were expected during the
day.
The day started with the usual
meeting of the staff to talk over
business of the day. The ses-
sion, according to Roger Tubby
the press secretary, was little
different than usual. Among
those present were Charles Muir
ply, White House counsel; his
assistant, John r. Steelma11,
special assistants David Stowe
and Donald Dawson, and his
military aides, including Maj
Gen. Harry Vaughan.
Drives Over to Bank.
Then the President drove to
his bank, the Hamilton National,
Fourteenth and G streets NV,
to transact some business. The
business, Mr.. Tubby said, was
personal. but he refused to say
just what it was.
Afterward, Mr.. Truman re-
turned to his oval Office in the
west wing. There he occupied
a chair borrowed from another
(See TRUMAN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Commission Seeks
End Of Law Banninq
Accumulated Leave
Serious Inequities'
For U. S. Workers Found
By Civil Service Group
By Joseph Young

The Civil Service Commission
today recommended to the new
Congress repeal of the Thomas
leave rider which prevents Fed
eral workers from any furthur
accumulation of annual leave.
In submitting it's annual re-
port to Congress, the CSC said
the leave rider creates serious
inequities and administrative
problems"
The rider requires all Federal
workers to use their 1852 annual
leave by June 80, and their 1853
annual leave by June 80, 1854.
Other Recommendations.
Among it's other recommended
tions the CSC proposed:
/. Modification of veterans
preference to give stronger job
protection rights to non-veteran
employees with many years of
service.
2. Unemployment compenSa-
ton benefits for Federal workers.
3. Removal of the present CELL
ing on the number of GS-16 to
18 super jobs" which pay $l2,-
900 to $14,800 a year. The csc
said the President should have
the authority to decide how
many of these jobs are necessary.
Overtime Pay Sought.
4. Time and one half overtime
payment for Federal workers up
to and including grade GS-9.
Employees in jobs above GS-9
should receive time and one-half
overtime rate at the maximum
rate of GS-9.
5. Elimination of Senate con-
firmation for postmaster jobs.
6. Extension of civil service to
cover United States marshalS
and attorneys and collectors of
customs.
The leave rider. sponsored by
Representative Thomas, Demo-
crat. of Texas. was adopted by
Congress last year as part of the
1853 independent Offices appro-
priations bill. It will be a per-
manent rider unless specifically
repealed by Congress.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
5 Reds and LAWYER
Lose in High Court

The Supreme Court today re-
fused to review the convictions
of five Communist leaders and
a party lawyer from Maryland
and the District.
The six defendants, including
Leroy H. Wood, party chairman
in the District. received prison
sentences and fines when con-
victed in Federal Court in Balti-
more last year on charges of
conSpiring to overthrow the
Government by force and vio-
lence.
The Supreme Court, in refus-
ing to review their appeal, gave
no reasons for its order. The ef-
feet of today's ruling was to up
hold a decision by the United
States Court of Appeals in Rich
mond which last August
sustained the lower court ver-
diets
The defendants and the SEN
tences they received were: Wood,
three years; Philip Frankfeld.
Maryland-District regional party
chairman, five years; Mrs. Re-
gina Frenkfeld. his wife, two
years; George A. Meyers, former
Cumberland textile worker and
Maryland Communist party
Official, four years; Mrs. Dorothy
Rose Blumberg, three years. and
Maurice L. Braverman, a Balti-
more attorney, three years.
All six also were fined $1,000
each.
The six were convicted under
the Smith Act. the same law un-
der which II top level members
of the national Communist party
were convicted in New York.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Last Day as Private Citizen
Starts Quietly for Eisenhower
Arises Early and Has Light Breakfast,
Then Sees Two Callers in Suite

Seaton. Hastings, Nebr.. news
paper publisher, who served out
the unexpired term of the late
Senator Wherry, Republican, at
the last session of Congress. Mr..
Seaton did not seek reelection.
Mr.. Stanley spent an hour
with the general and said he
found him full of life and drive,
and ready to CO."
The Newark attorney said that
half of the conference was given
over to a discussion of the Gen
erals relations with the press,
but he would not say specifi-
cally what was taken up.
One of the questions sur
rounding the incoming admins
tration is whether regular news
conferences will be held-and on
what basis. Some of the Eisen-
hover advisers are known to
oppose the ad lib exchanges
that have prevailed during the
Roosevelt and Truman admin
istrations.
He spoke well of you fell
lows-as matter of fact he al
ways does," Mr.. Stanley told
reporters.
Goes Over Speech.
Beyond these calls, according
to Mr.. Hagerty, Gen. Eisenhower
spent the morning going over his
inaugural address for the last
time and making some minor
changes.
Asked if the general would
make courtesy call on Presi-
dent Truman, Mr.. Hagerty said,
mot that I know Of"
In the absence of a call today,
the two men will not meet until
tomorrow morning when Gen.
Eisenhower drives by the White
House to pick up the President
for the trip to the Capitol.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Action on SibIey Hospital
Deferred Until Jan. 28

An executive session OF the
Zoning Commission to decide
whether proposed construction
of the new Sibley Hospital build
ing will be barred from the
American University campus has
been postponed from Wednesday
until January %.
The postponement is to give
all members of the commission
a chance to study complete tes-
timony in the matter, it was
announced today.
Residents of Spring Valley
and Wesley Heights have petit
toned for a restriction of the
residential zoning on the uni
versity campus to bar the pro-
posed construction.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Anxious Crowds LineU Up toFind
Inaugural Ball Tickets DELAYED

Simmons said he and his two
sons personally delivered about
rs tickets to embassies and lega-
tions yesterday. but an equal
number were still tied up this
morning.
Officials posted a notice tell
ing boXholders to come after
2:30 pm. Many were on hand
at 10 am. Some got their tick
cts, and others were told to come
back.
Mrs. Howard A. Coffin, Inaug-
ural Committee vice chairman,
seeking tickets for some friends,
was one of those told to return.
Some people in the line had
tickets - but they weren't the
ones they wanted. Several said
they had expected tickets for the
National Guard Armory but had
received them for the duplicate
ball at Georgetown University's
McDonough gymnasium. They
wanted to exchange them.
All $4,000 tickets for the two
gala affairs have since been
sold-at $12 general admission
and $500 for a box. It is an all
invitational affair. Many of the
invitations haven't gone out yet.
People will get those after it's
all over.
Cause for Snafu.
The ticket snafu resulted when
the Republican high command
split the ball into two sections.
In an effort to make the dances
of equal quality, officials hit a
snag deciding which people
should go to the ball at National
Guard Armory. and which to
Georgetown University's Nc
Donough Hall.
Headquarters said today it is
trying to clear up the situation
in this way:
Residents of the Washington
metropolitan area-Tickets are
being sent by special delivery,
registered mail. If you are en-
titled to ball cards and have not
received them by tonight. they
will be available at headquar-
ters tomorrow. Call for them
then.
People receiving tickets
through Offices on Capitol Hill
The same procedure as for
Washington residents.
People from distant places
TelegramS were sent to your
home addresses advising the cor
rect procedure. If you did not
receive such kilograms before
leaving, Western Union was re-
quested to forward the mes
sage. If you have not yet re-
ceived the message, please try
ato get 1t by checking with sources
at home. AS last resort, go to
inaugural headquarters before Z
pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
PoIicemon's Insanity Defense
HELPS Avoid Trial in Robberies

first of his admitted crimes, nor
was it the last.
"Just Needed Money"
In June, Dunn was arrested
and detectives announced he
admitted planning and taking
part in three hold-ups and a
restaurant looting in the Dis
trict, two hold-ups in Mary
land and a hold-up in New York
Police quoted him as saying. II
just needed the money"
Dunn was indicted in June.
Indicted with him in one case
were Albert Givot, 25. and
George Panagos, Is. In the
other case. Dunn's co-defendants
were Panagos and Robert l..
Dinsmore, %.
On July 18. 1851, just before
his trial with Panagos and Givot
got underway, Dunn pleaded
guilty. AS a Government witness.
he testified against both Panagos
(See LUNACY. Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Store Operator Beaten
Robbed of $50 by Trio

The proprietor of a market at
1877 Potomac avenue Sc. was
robbed of about $50 today by
three men who struck him in
the mouth with a soft drink
bottle, police reported.
The proprietor, William w.
Woodard, was taken to Casual
ty Hospital. Police said he was
found in q dazed condition by a
customer who notified q cab
driver to get the polic6
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Cafe Offers 8oc Steak Dinner
To Salute Incoming President

dent Eisenhower by rolling prices
back to the January 20. 1882,
level. So the $2.75 steak goes
for 80 cents.
Hamburgers and chilli will cost
a dime and q chicken-fried steak
So cents.
The luke box in the restaurant
viii greet patrons with:
Happy Days Are Here Amin" ."
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Lucille Ball Gives
Birth to a Baby Boy,
According to Script
By the Assoeioted Press

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19.-The
Lucille Ball baby arrived today
and, just as the television script
says, it's a boy.
Everybody had been hoping
the baby would be a boy because
on tonight's chapter of the II
Love Lucy" show Lucille gives
birth to her baby as she did to-
day in real life. In the film ver-
sion, recorded weeks ago, the
baby is a boy.
A delighted and smiling Desi
Arnaz, husband of the red
haired actress, came out in a
corridor of the Cedars of Leb-
anon Hospital this morning to
announce: Its a boy. Now we
have everything"
The birth wa shy a Caesarean
operation, as was their f1rst-born.
a daughter. Lucille Desiree, Ia.
The boy weighed 8 pounds 9
ounces and was named Desiderio
Arnaz ~. ~
Evening star., 1953-01-19
By Miriom Gutenberg

A District policeman who ad-
mittedly turned to crime is free
today without ever standing
trial.
He used what has become the
escape route of many other
prisoners finding of unsound
mind, followed by dismissal of
the charges against him.
He is George E. Dunn, for
merly of the sixth precinct, who
was once wanted for robbery in
the District, in Prince Georges
County and in New York. Po-
lice say he confessed to seven
crimes before the Police Trial
Board.
Pleaded Guilty.
Dunn was arrested and in
dicted in the District. He plead
ed guilty to armed robbery. He
even testified for the Govern
ment against his co-defenants.
But he has never been con-
victed, never served time.
Today while two of his CO.
defendants have many months
of prison behind them, Dunn is
gainfully employed.
His story is told as case
history Illustrating what court
circles call misuse of a good
law-the law which protects the
accused from going to trial until
they are mentally fit for trial.
Dunn, then q, had been on
the police force more than two
years in April, 1851. and his
record was good.
That April, several things oc-
Cured. Dunn was officially
commended for capturing an
escaped Gallinger Hospital men
tai patient. and the Bellevue
Hotel was robbed by armed gun
men. That was one Of the cases
which police said Dunn later
admitted and to which he
pleaded guilty. It wasn't the
Evening star., 1953-01-19

>--~~-~-~------ ---~--~-~-~-~->--~
noon. At that time officials
estimated at least six or seven
thousand tickets still remained
undistributed in the Office, but
500 persons already had gone
through the line.
More thousands of tickets, be-
ing handled by Republican
Party officials, also had not yet
reached their purchasers. These
are being distributed by visiting
party officials who must get
them first from campaign head
quarters at the Washington
Hotel.
Snarl Over Box Tickets.
The biggest snarl involved box
tickets, of which there are 1000.
Many persons tried to get these
yesterday but they were not
ready until this morning. And
many still were not ready then.
Out-of-towners were the most
numerous in the line. Some
waved kilograms sent Saturday
instructing them to pick up their
tickets. But others left home
before the kilograms were sent
and they simply had their fingers
crossed.
But out-of- -towners weren't
the only ones. Washington area
residents also joined the line be-
cause many of them also hadn't
received their precious pieces OF
cardboard. Tickets for this area
were supposed to have been
mailed special delivery Friday
and Saturday, but some of those
didn't go out until yesterday.
Not few of the throng were
dignitaries. John F. Simmons,
State Department chief of pro-
tocol; came to unsnarl box tick
cts for foreign diplomats. Mr.,
Evening star., 1953-01-19

Dwight D. Eisenhower got ur
bright and early this morning
sat down to breakfast and read
the newspapers just like any
body else.
It was Gen. Eisenhower's last
day as a private citizen before
assuming the highest Office in
the Nation. At noon tomorrow
he will take the oath Of Office
as the 34th President of the
United States.
But he was taking it easy to-
day at the presidential suite OF
the Hotel Statler.
His press secretary, James c.
Hagerty. said Gen. Eisenhower
Evening star., 1953-01-19

~-~~-~~>
arose at 7:15 am. and had
breakfast shortly afterward.
Light Breakfast for Both.
Both the President-elect and
Mrs. Eisenhower had just about
the minimum in breakfasts. The
general had grapefruit and cof-
fee and Mrs. Eisenhower settled
for coffee only.
An aide quipped that it was
an "austerity breakfast"
Later, however, Mrs. Eisen-
hover had something a little
substantial, scrambled eggs and
toast with more coffee.
Mrs. Eisenhower still has the
traces of the cold that kept her
confined in New York for two
weeks, but she is not running
any temperature.
Gen. Eisenhower had two call
ers this morning, Bernard Shan
ley, a Newark. N. j., lawyer, who
was originally a Stassen man but
ended up in the top Eisenhower
advisory group.
The second caller was Fred
Evening star., 1953-01-19
lute News
Bulletins
Nevius Tract Will Go
For Memorial Parkway

General Services Admins
tratiOn announced today it
had turned over the contrO-
versial 25.4-acre Nevius tract in
Arlington, Va, to the Interior
Department for the George
Washington Memorial Park
way and as possible site for
memorial tower and carlton.
The tract was declared excess
by the Veterans Administra-,
tion after plans for building a
hospital there were abandoned
by VA.
Treaty Session Set
The United States has called
on Russia to attend a Big Four
deputies meeting January 80
in London to discuss the long
stalled Austrian peace treaty.
Rodio-TV Probe Dropped
Attorney General McGran-
cry said today the Justice De-
partment had dropped a grand
jury investigation into the
radio and televisiOn manufac-
turing industry. He said the
jury, sitting in New York, had
turned up nothing to warrant
any criminal action, but that
the possibility of . civil anti
trust action is still under study.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
10 Foce Trial Today
In Sofiu as U. S. Spies
by The Associoted Press

VIENNA, Austria, Jan. 19.-
Radio Sofia announced that 10
alleged American-paid spies
would 60 on trial today in Com
munist Bulgaria.
The broadcast from the Bull
garian capital said the accused
belonged to a group of spies
which was directed by an Amer
ican espionage center in Tur-
key" N
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Departure of Novikov
Delayed Day by Fog
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Bad
weather yesterday delayed the
departure of Soviet Diplomat
Yuri v. Novikov, accused head Of
Russian spy plot who is leaving
the United States at the demand
Of the State Department.
Novikov, second secretary in
the Soviet Embassy in Washing
ton, has been declared persona
non grata by the State Depart
ment.
He was scheduled to leave at
1:30 pm. on a Sabena Airlines
flight for Brussels, en- route to
Russia, but weather delayed the
planes arrival from Europe.
Sources at New York's Interna-
tional Airport said he resched-
uled his departure for Brussels
this morning.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Inaugural Stories
Inside Todoy's Star

Rooms in Boordins Houses and Privote
Homes Go Begging. Pose B-l
War Chont and Doneins Girls Breok
Up Fog at PulImon City. Pose A-3
inaugural Sermons Voice Confidence in
Eisenhower and Future. Pose "A
Governors Reception Drows 1000
Inaugural Visitors. Pose B-5
Symphony Concert Story, Pose B-3
Review. Pose B-2
Young Republicans Takins Sight
Seeing Tours. Pose A.
Crowds Choke Pennsylvania Avenue as
InousuroI Prosrom Begins. Pose A-3
Stotes Compete on PoFode Floats;
Other InousuroI Sideliehis. Poss A.
Evening star., 1953-01-19
Trial Date Set
For 7 Ex-GIs in
Red SpyCase
Slated for March z:
They PIeod Not Guilty
At Arroignment
By Howard L. Dutkin

Date of the trial of two Aus
trian-born spy suspects. arrested
in Vienna last week and flown
here following their indictment,
today was set tentatively for
March 2.
The date was set by Federal
Judge Alexander Holtzoff in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Defend
ants, Otto Verber and Kurt l..
Ponger. pleaded not guilty to
charges of being engaged in an
espionage network for the Soviet
Union when they were arraigned
before Judge Holtzoff.
They were both retained in.
custody, unable to post bond of
$4,000 each.
Charged With Conspiracy.
The indictment charged them
with conspiring with Yuri v.
Norikov, second secretary Of
the Soviet Embassy, to obtain
defense information for the use
of Russia.
1t was revealed by Oran
Waterman, Justice Department
attorney. that other indictments
in the espionage case may be
forthcoming in the next week.
Mr.. Waterman, who had sug-
gested March % as trial date,
explained to the court that he
sought the later date because Of
the possibility of further indict-
ments.
Judge Holtzoff in suggesting
an earlier date declared:
1T is in the public interest
and to the interest of the de-
PENDANTS that case of this kind
should be promptly disposed Of"
Represented at Hearing.
Verber was represented at the
arraignment by Attorney Walter
j Rocker, a tax attorney with
Offices at 1914 Eye street NV.
Mr.. Rocker told reporters that
he had consented to represent
Verber at the arraignment only,
because he knew Verber as an
interrogation who had worked
with Mr.. Rockler at the Nuern-
berg war crimes trials. Mr.. Rock
Ter had participated in the prose-
cution at that time as an
attorney with the Defense De-
partment.
Mr.. Rocker told the court
that he preferred not to handle
the case at trial. He said there
were several reasons, among
them the fact that he is not a
member of the District bar. He
is a member of the Illinois and
New York bars, he said.
No Money, Ponger Says.
Ponger told the court he had
no attorney and said he had little
prospect of getting anybody, de-
claring he had no money and
mo way to talk to anybody"
The jurist said he would ap-
point counsel for Ponger. No at
torney was named Immediately.
Also picked up by intelligence
officers in the Austrian capital
and being held for questioning.
are:
Mrs. Theresa Harris, a 30-year-
old Vienna born British subject
who has been working for several
years as a typist for the 796th
Military Police Battalion in
Vienna.
Walter LAUDER, an Austrian
and ex-American G1 who was
studying at the University Of
Vienna under the CT Bill, md
Ernest Tislowitz, German ma
! tional who has served with the
Military Intelligence Service.
Because of Novikov's diplo-
matte status he will not be tried.
Evening star., 1953-01-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Jan. 19 (P).-A group Of 81 ia
panese immigrants, the first in
Brazil since the war, arrived to-
day aboard the Dutch ship
Tjydsane from Yokohoma. They
will be sent to farms in Rio de
Janeiro state.