The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 9, 1948, Page 1

HE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME" — VOL. LXVIL, NO. 10,831 JUNEAU, ALASKA, TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1948 MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TEN CENTS CHRISTMAS SHIP GREAT BRITAINIS FROM NORTHWEST UNLOADS, BREMEN. Food and Clothing Given|Chancellor Germany Is Being Dis- charged-Ceremonies BREMEN, Germany, March 9.—(® - The 8, S. Gretna Victory began discharging today 3,000 tons of food | Stafford FACING COLLAPSE UNLESS U. . AIDS t;f Exchequer Issues Dismal White Paper Today LONDON, March 9. —®— Sir Cripps told Parliament and clothing given Germany end|today British econcmy will collapse Austria by the Northwest U. S. Stat-| unless es and Alaska. Fog delayed arrival of the ship substantial U. S. aid comes this T The Chancellor of the Exchequer four days. Representatives of the said in a white paper that only the donor states, the U. S. Milita Government and the Mayor of Bre- men attended ceremonies at the dock. A “friendship train” here Thursday on a long haul to de- | that. without the Marshall Marshall Plan can prevent whole- sale unemployment, distress and dislocation of production. The summary predicted Britons would will leave get less food and clothing. It said | Plan, iiver the gifts. It will go to Duessel- | there is “no prospect of a decent dor{, Coblenz, Frankfurt and Ber-istandard of living ior years.” lin. Gifts will be distributed in all The severe cold of the winter of three western zones of Germanyg46.47, and the summer drought and Austria. German dock workers volunteered| tjons, to unload the ship without pay. The school children of this an- were blamed for impending reduc- The white paper estimated national income. for the year £9,000,000,000 ($36,000,000,000) net at cient city had a surprise holiday|ang said Btitain is likely to bor- to greet the Gretna Victory. row another £250,000,000,000 ($1,000,- The food and clothing were given| ggg 000) from abroad by the pecple of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. At the ceremony were repres tatives from each of the four con- tributing state. Ralph Bartholomew, representative from Alaska, was un- able to attend as he was indisposed, Military Government officials said. e ———— . n- ....-D.l.lll . WEATHER REPORT (U, 8. WEATHER BUREAU (Past 24 hours ending 7:20 am, today In Juneau— Maximum, 37; minimum, 21. At Alrport— Maximum, 36; minimum, 12 WEATHER FORECAST (Junicau and Vieinity) Increasing cloudiness to- night and Wednesday, Light rain and snow by Wednes- day night. Warmer with Jowest temperature near 30 degrees. PRECIPITATION In Juneau— None; since March 1, 1.73 inches; since July 1, 76.89 inches. None; since ® | Hospital, wrote in ® | Press .| (Past 2¢ hours ending 7:30 a.m. 0day @ | 4ooc o Imports from the wostern Hem- isphere will be cut still further in the first half of 1948 to save gold and dollars. The white paper said | the imports will be “no more than | sufficient to maintain the in health and working efficiency.” SIGNS OF STARVATION | LONDON, March 9.—-#—A Lon- don dietician said today that many ® | Britons are showing the iirst signs ® [of starvation Dr. Z. A. Leitner, of St. Mary's “The Medical | I have an in- | “For the last 12 months. seen, as have many other: ® creasing number of* patients with mild deficiency symptoms.” | However, F. Legros Clark, a , wrote in the magazine that “a shortage of calories, pro: @ vided the diet remains in balance, ® needs only result in some loss in average weight and some fall in the level of (industrial) output. It necessarily mean a de terioration in the national healt LM SV S nation ' ¢ Man- Made Mesons Are Produced | Achievement Reported in | Atomic Science in Notable Race By RENNI (Associated Press Sclence Reporter) BERKELEY, Calif., March 9. Atcmic science got off to an ex- citing new start today with man- made sons, mighty particle: which 1 tofore have been produc- ed only by nature. ‘The achievement ends a notable race among scientists in America Eurcpe and perhaps elsewhere { They eed that artificial produc- tion meson would be the in atomic research TAYLOR of greatest thing since the discov in 1939, bomb. Production of mesons in the lab- ¢ for the fi time was an- yvesterday by Dr. Ernest famed atom smash- ch di- Com- which led to the sicn atom the Atomic Energy of uranium fis-, TWO RULE CHAN IN HALIBUT FISHING 'DURING '48 SEASON SEATTLE, March 9-—(®— Ouly | two rule changes have been made ! for 1948 halilbut fishing, the Inte: | national Fisheries Commission re- ! ported today. The commission boosted the catch limit by a million pounds _for “Area 2" extending from Willapa | Harbor to Cape Spencer, Alaska, i setting it at 25,500,000 " Catch limits in other Pacific Coast fishing areas were not | naibut | changed. The Masset Nursery area, a ieeding ground for young fish, was redefined to include the waters of the Masset Inlet of Graham Island in the Queen Charlotte group. The commission, made up of two i members each from Canada and the United States, predicted a hali- tut catch of 56,000,000 pounds, an 1 incree of 30 percent over pre- com:mission years. It said the Gov- emor General of Canada and the President of the United States had approved the rule changes, making them effective. The. season again opens ,in all areas, closing when catch | imits are reached. Area 1-B is linked with Area 2 and 1-A with Area 3 to determine the close of the season. i - May 1 { - ‘The potent particles, which event- | ¢ point the way to atomic far greater than that pro- by the atom bomb, were produced in the University of Cali- lornia’s 4,000 ton cyclotron Dr. Lawrence said laboratory mesons will give sgientists their best tool for finding out just what par-! tiel there are in the nuclei of However, there will be no immediate practicel application, he added. Despite the atom bomb, lit- tle is known about the insides of atems s -- ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST ARRESTED, SWINDLE CHARGE ROME, March 9. Ttalian po- lice today announced the arrest of lan unfrocked Roman Catholic Priest, | 42-year-cld Eduardo Prettner. He is Denali, At Airport— March 1, 127 inches; since July 1, 4556 inohes. e e s 0 0 00 00 STEAMER MUVEMENTS from Seattle, to arrive at 7 o'clock tonight. Grommet Reefer, from due Saturday. Princess sail from Norah - scheduled Vancouver 9 tonight. - FROM FAIRBA NKS scheduled Seattle, to a former keeper of the Archives for i the Vatican Secretariat of State. Po- !lice had been investigating the dis- : FAIRBANKS QUEEN, * WITH HER COURT, FETED IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, March 9.—(#—Blonde | Queen Kathleen Clawson of the Fairbanks Winter Ice Carnival and her royal court of four Prin- cesscs were feted in Seattle today No large brass keys to the city were available, so Lulu Fairbanks, in charge of the girls reception flight in els in connection with his from the house of arrest Vatican last Saturday. Teday's announcement says mo- 'Lile squads found Prettner in the urb. Important documents also are d to have heen seized. The wo- men are identified as the wife and daughter of a former General of the Fascist Militia. The Holy See unfrocked the i appearance of $450,000 worth of jew- | the | Fome of two women in a Rome sub-; Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ereksen, from here, did the next best thing. She o e arsived in Juneau | took them to the Volunteer Park and. ‘are. staying’ at'‘the) Baranof{gonservatory where each girl was ;{otel‘ g S = i presented with a huge orchid. Eighteen-year-old Queen Kath- leen’s Princesses are Jeannie Per- singer, 18; Dorothy Springbett, 17; ‘ Margaret McDowell, 17, and Doris | Preston, 18. The girls flew to Seattle yes- terday in an Arctic Air Lines plane. | They had a Chinese dinner last night in Seattles Chinatown, and will be dinner guests at the Wash- ! ington Athletic Club this evening. | Much cther entertainment is UL 4 planned. | ASHINGTON - A highly cob- | chaperoning them is Mrs. Min- fidential memorandum on Propos- .. Brews, of Fairbanks. ed changes in the tax laws con- S i tains some bad news for com- modity speculators who have been‘ ¥ 10 Superforis Will | . s ' Resume Flight fo | —————— The Washington Merry- Eg_- Round By DREW PEARSON (Copyright, 1948, by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.) raking in millions in profits. Dic- tatorial Ways and Means Chair- man Harold Knutson considered the memo so secret and explosive that he refused at first to show it even to members of his com- mittee, fearing leaks to the press. The memo® was prepared by the| Internal Revenue Bureau and recommends 49 specific changes in tax statutes, including a sweeping revision of capital gain assess- ments. This would prevent the HONOLULU, March 9.—(#—Ten IB-20s resume a training flight to! {Japan today—their radios careful-! |1y checked to prevent a repetition of yesterday's needless 11 1-2 hour al-! A ler ' On! o Ed Pauleys from declaring in their| En::l &eei;[ex:;:.my Saoitaa hesl income Teturns “any gain or 108s|.o.0) points in Spokane, Wash., the attributable to iluctuations in the departure point, California, and here.! market price of securities or ¢:om-‘8ut it passed without any of the modities resulting from so called|y03 orficers apd men in the flight long and short selling. | being aware of it. Congress also s urged to PE| "pagio failure aboard one of the) up “existing loopholes” in capital|gperforts caused it to be reported| gains tax regulations "‘“Y"“Eh;m(ssing. Hamilton Field, Calif., dis-| which short term capital gains may | patcneq search planes and the rescue be converted into long term cabi-|cquadron at Hickam Field here was tal gains, and through which fic-|alerted. The B-29 landed on sched- titious losses are used to Offset yle Only then did its crew learn of real gains, in income returns.” |the worry it has caused. To discourage speculating, the‘ e - Jaw now requires speculators to! 2 e i pay a tax on their full pr(;fitsi Cz:,rllal:o‘s.n:;lli'xmogm l:)fi‘Mi:‘lllmm i v dispose of securities . s provied ey, € < has arrived in Juneau and is stay- (Continued on Page Four) ing at the Baranof Hotel | J Priest after his flight in order that the police might arrest him without violating the Latern Treaty. A Vat- n announcement said Prettner had confessed to many swindles and falsehioods. ->o Reduction in Taxes WASHINGTON, March 9. »— Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon came out today for a Federal in- come tax reduction. cenvinced the people of the coun- this year. Morse urged consideration of the tax cutting recommendations made by President Paul C. Hoffman of the Studebaker Corporation. Said Morse: “These proposals cover amendments to the tax law 4 » |1 oifered at the last 'session of iwas made because the apan’ Rad'o t | Cengress.” The Senator added that|feared the 42,5000-ton !this would mean the lowering of | mi inheritance tax rates, broadening the tax base and adopting the community property principle in which husband and wife divide in- ceme for tax purpese: .- POTTERS (LUB HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION OF 1948 CLUB OFFICERS The Aiaska Potters Club held their annual election last night in the club room in the AB Hall | industrials 166.76, rails 49, utilities' Those elected for 1948 are as, follows: President, Mrs. Helen Hix- son; Vice-President, Mrs. Florence | Holmquist; Secretary, Mrs. Florence | | Oakes; Treasurer, Miss Ethel Mur-| phy. TENAKEE VIST TOR R. A. Zittman, from Tenakee, is' He said he is DEWEY, STASSEN IN i { IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ! CONCORD, N. H., March 9.-(# | _Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New | York and Harold E. Stassen, form er Governor of Minnesota, mateh- ed strength today in New Hamp- ! shire’s first-in-the-nation Republi- , vén Presidential primary. Prospective delegates of both - dicated they would throw their support to Sen, Arthur H: \hm!en ! (R-Mich) if a second chuk# necessary later. crisp weather assures vote in the nation’s first {test at the ballot box in the 1948 fcampaign. It was estimated up to 55000 voters would turn out. t's a Republican show as Presi- dent Truman is unopposed in the Democratic primary ior his party’s endorsement, berg became Clear, a | FIRST RESULTS CONCORD, N. H, March 9.—/ Harold E. Stassen delegates swept the first New Hampshire town to 'report in the New Hampshire Re- publican Presidential primary Returns from the little farm tcwn of Roxbury—population 115~ gave Stassen delegates a majority in five of the six delegate contests ' in that district—fi Itwo district. | Gov York, the other Republi Pres- ;Ldvnuul aspirant to enter a slate, jhad one delegate among the first ‘four in the at-large contests King, Queen Will at-lar and Senator Morse Urges' Visit Ausiralia f ia Pan. Canal ~ VYiaPan Cana ! LONDON, March 9.—(® Buck ibam Palace disclosed today that the King and Queen and Princess Marg- aret Rose will go to Australia and 1 New Zealand next year by way of the | try want some form of tax relief|panama Canal. } The voyage of almost 12,000 miles \protably will be made in Britain's {mightiest Lattleship, the Vanguard, which carried the Royal Family to {South Africa last year. | A Palace spokesman said the de- cision to travel via Panama Canal Admiralty battieship have some trouble squeezing through the Suez Canal STOCK QUOTATIONS NEW YORK, March 9.—/#—Clos- ing quotations of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is 3%, American {Can 78, Anaconda 31%, Curtiss- | Wright 5, International Harvest- er 84';, Kennecott 447;, New York | Central 127, Northern Pacific 18'%, U. 8. Steel 68%, Pound $4.03'; Sales today were 660,000 shares. Averages today are as follow: 31.84. P PELICAN VISITORS Fred Emerson, from Pelican | staying at the Gastineau Hotel | e FAIRBANKS VISITOR is NGES pounds. | FIGHT TODAY, POLLS Thomas E. Dewey of New RUHRCONTROL NOW FOUGHT BY RUSSIANS Soviet Union,ri'n Note, De- clares Western Powers Envision Aggression MOSCOW, March 8.—®—Russia iintained today that the United tes is engineering a western pow- cheme to divide Burope and in military strength in Ger- for nggression against the oviet Union. | In a note to the United States, Britain and France, Russia declared e western powers are trying to iild up military potential in the Ruht s0 as to “turn western Europe into a strategic base for American fmperialism in Europe with the pur- pose of aggression against the US- SR The note was made public last night at a news conference. Russian officials said it was delivered Sat- urday. It did not say what action the government intends to take on its interpretation of events The Soviet note rejected a Brit- ish reply to an earlier Russian pro- test against a recent three power conference in London on German: future. That conference, the Sc jiet note charged, violated the Pots- dun Agreement of 1945 | The conference agreed Saturday an future International control of ‘the Ruhr and a federalized form of government for western Germany { e Trim Taxes fo Avert Business Slump Is 'View Given Sen.Com. WASHINGTON, March ‘9p M- yThe United States Chamber of | Commerce believes that the best urance against a business slump is — tax cutting. A chamber spokesman, Ells- .worth C. Alverd, today outlined his views to the Senate Finance | Committee which is hearing opin- icns on a House Bill to trim taxes y six and one-half billion dol- lars. Alvord said in a prepared state- {ment that if we are to become progressively stronger, we must |first, cut federal expenditures drastically; and second, reduce tax | burdens regularly until we can af- | ford our tax load .. LAST RITES FOR "DAD” RYAN TO BE THURSDAY Last rites for Thomas J. “Dad” |Ryan, who passed away Sunday imorning at the St. Ann’s Hospital, 'will be held Thursday moerning at 110 o'clock in the Catholic Church of the Nativity with the Rev. Robert | Whalen reading Requiem Mass. The Rosary will be read Wednesday eve- ning at 8:30 o'clock in the Chapel icf the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. Walter Hellan, scn-in-law, return- ed yesterday from a Seattle' business trip and also arriving for the ser- vices were Frater Walter Hellan, of the C:B at Mount Angel Abbey in 8t. Benedict, Oregon, and a’' nephew, William Walsh, Seattle - e Films of Five U. §. '~ Stars Are Banned By Czech Nation PRAGUE, Marc: J. - The ‘films of five American stars have | been banned in Czechosolvakia be- cause of anti-Communist testimony !befcre the House Committee on . Un-American Activities last Octo- | ber. Pictures starring Adolphe Men- jou, Gary Cooper, Robert Mont- gomery, Robert ylor and Ginger Rogers have been barred from screens here. The government also banned a half dozen other fims, includ- {ing “Sergeant York" | A similar ban was imposed | Hungary on January 16 A Russian film, “Salute to Mos- cow,” is playing in two top rank- ing theatres. et e e ! TRINITY GUILD MEET | The regular meeting of the Holy }Trinlly Guild will be held in the | Parish Hall of the Holy Trinity {Church on Wednesday evening, March 10, immediately after the | Lenten Service. This will be a no-hostess meet- w e in | Wilma Sibona, from Fairbanks,|ing and all members are requested ;County community: | registered at the Crastineau Hotel. is staying at the Gastineau Hotel. to attend MacARTHUR ANNOUNCES Ardic Ice Is Scouted in Maneuvers Under Water InExercisesin Alaska CANDIDACY FERRIES ON PUGET e 'SOUND AGAIN BACK, KORMAL OPERATION e e st e oo vrnea Ticket — Truman Also fo Run If Nominated TLE, March Sound ferries resumed against Arctic Ice in underwater| By erations today between scouting This was disclosed teday Ly Vice Adm. George D. Murray, First Task ap County points Eight days cof virtual “isolation’ an estimated 100,000 commuters Fleet Commander, in an interview on was brcken with the 5:45 am. run JACK BELL 9.—(P-—Puget normal op- King and discussed for renewal to aid in build- |ing the social fund and Memorial Library Fund played a big part in lall the various chats and the pos- sibility of an active project within' the club. The Soap Box Derty was lalso another widely discussed sub- |Ject, It was suggested that the club, adopt a greeting system for visitors the farthest away from home by presenting them with a gift repre-| senting Alaska, and also to have \Rectary Anns to luncheons. Ellis Reynolds reported that the | weather was apparently the cause Alaska exercises WASHINGTON, March 9.—®—. The rubber-suited swimmers push- | General MacArthur bid openly for ed through slush six inches thick|toP Place on the Republican tie- and rubbed against four-inch ice in ket today, even as President Tru- carrying out their missions. man foreclosed his mortgage on The remained in water down to an | the Democratic nomination. 'estimated four degrees below freez-: The two announcements—only between Seattle and Bremerton. | ing for periods of more than an!hours apart in Tokyo and Wash- In announcing the resumption of hour. They came out then because' Ington—far overshadowed today's service by 11 ferries, Capt. Alex M. théir beachhead explorations were New Hampshire primary, the first Pea“ody, President of (he Puget completed—not because the§ were actual voting for delegates to the - Sound Navization Compaiy, expres- exhausted national party conventions in} sed confidence that he could work Not even during the war did swim- Philadelphia. out details of a formal contract with mers opergte so far north. Attu and, 3 King County Kiska in the Aleutians were retak- VM‘""'A""'"”' measugo saylis e N The County proposed yesterday to|en without their preinvasion surveyu“_m‘ lable but will not . actively operate the lines through the Com-|and demolition work. | seek the Presidency caught profess pany on a charter basis, | “The men were sallors from Navy!%ional GOP politicians by surprise. Peabody said he is “not interested” | underwater demolition team No. I,/ It put the 68-year-old iive star in a proposal Ly Governor Wallgren| led oy Lt. Alfred R. Sears, and Mar- Beneral In the positive candidate that the State will permit resump-'ines trom the First Division’s recon- class, alcng with Gov. Thomas E. tion of service on all runs—tempor- | naisance company, led by Ma). Chas.| Dewey of New York, Senator Rob- arily—with the Company charging A. Rigaud ert A. Taft of Ohlo, former Gov. ‘any rates it wants to. ! They hit the water from submar- Harcld E. Stassen of Minnhesota, - > —— ines off Kodiak Island in February. and Goy. Earl Warren of Califor- They wore long underwear under Nid REPORIS 0“ HRESIDE their vubber suits. Their faces were Names No Party smeared with petroleum jelly. The Supreme Allied Commander (HA]’ ARE MADE AI Licutenant Sears, who said his in Japan named no party in his 'men had to go through severe tests| announcement that he would ac- ROTARY lUN(HEo" ‘to win their fins" reported theyjcept “any public duty to which demcnstrated they could carry out'T might ke called by the Ameri- their tasks right up to the Arcticican people.” Rotary Club members held their ice pack But his statement took note of regular meeting today noon and op- The slush and ice were encount-,the fact that his name has been ened with the introduction of thelereq as they reached the bheaches— entered in the Wisconsin Repub- |guests, as follows: Carl Snelling, ' which they were theoretically pre-!licun primary next month. Also, Superintendent of Schools at Pal-puring for an invasion. only 10 days ago, the General sent mer and Maurice Powers of the Boy| Commander Edward L. Foster, who a message to GOP headquarters in Scouts. commanded the reconnaissance force, which he said: “The Republican Two new members were introduc- saiq the men appeared to like the party has never deviated from the ed, Willilam “Bill' Hixson and Wil | colq weather. There was only one, position that all political power 'fyed Johneon: bf the RFC. winor casualty, a sailor aboard ship' rcsides i the people” President Hémer Garvin asked for| whosp fcet were frost bitten. His Announcement the reports on the last week’s fire-' The reconnaisance units operated In his announcement last night. slde chats held at the homes of from the fast attack transport Gant-| MacArthur said the different members, given &s fol- ner, commander by Commander —“While it seems unnecessary foi lows: at the Jack Burford residence parold Braune 5 e 0 repest that T do Tot: sotives the members discussed the student Ly, ly- seek or eovet any office ‘and loan fund and the ways and means| The ships of the above fleet Were have no plans for leaving ' my of raising money for the account. recently visitors in Juneau oub: & J)! 1@ . nd The birthday assessment was also 4 s PERY. Y. Ry apidlcn 5 with due humility, that I would be recreant to all my concepts of BARGE SERV'(E I" [guud citizenship were T to shrink | because of the hazards and re- spensibilities involved from ae- SOUTHEAST AlASKA cepting any public duty to which 1 might be ecalled by the Ameri- ANNOUNCED TODAY %= MacArthur's announcement wid- lened still further an already bulg- SEATTLE, March 9—(® A new, ing Republican field. , Alaska barge service, to operate be- Truman To Run tween Prince Rupert, B. C,, and Ket-' chikan and Juneau, was announced here today. It is the And Mr Truman's decision to run drove a new wedge into the Demccratic party split over his civil rights program, His action killed any practical Southeastern Alaska {of someof hisgroup not showing Transit Company. The announce- 'for the chat, but the few that did ment said it expected to be in oper- discussed the financial situation ation within 40 days | within the club and possible means It plans 1o use barges equipped of improvement with rails so that railroad cars can Ed Keithahn reported that the be run directly aboard at the end | membership in his group was slight- of the line in Prince Rupert, 'ly on the lean side also, which was! The procedure is expected by the iLlamed on the weather, however Company to eliminate handling and! they were successtul in discusstng, Warehouse costs, except for goods the finances of the club and the in less than carload lot:. The plan, Memorial Library Fund calls for shipping across Canada in Dr. William Whitehead's group‘“e“lw cars with Canadian National seemed to be the most successful Railroad picking up United States| one in completing much businegs ¢AT?0 @t connecting border points notwithstanding the bad weather, The first of the barges is Eeing I The group discussed tne subject of Made by conversion of an LST at committee reports and the fact they the Lake Union Drydock here. Each should be early enough for efficient 16 scheduled to hold 15 to 18 freight | study and that the weekly meeting C8rs. should start on time and te complet-| Special docks would have to be ted on schedule. There 'should be Prepared at the Alaskan ports !more entertainment in the club and' The President of the new con- ithe club should organize a quartet.|¢°Yd s James Hawthorne, for 30 | The student fund was also discussed Years an operator of tugs and can- land the ways and means of raising N¢ry tenders in Alaska |the money. It was suggested many T |times that there should be more ine! ers write in the General's name on | i {ner club activity and a faster pro-}“e'herlands Now H I ' H GOVI }m;nxr:zlem"hzl;:‘ltl;[\fr“ has mno slate 1as inierim ) jcessing of new members. ! At Harold Foss's meeting the group discussed the increasing of of delegates for the ballots, the - campaign mainly would serve as a ian magazine should be read in the Mok 9.——4.B~|r“‘5‘ ol his strength in Ohjo. . tarlans and that they should ,do ¥VCTMENL WS FREECC O ¢ (their share in g win e pro-| e povernor senernts ice | Magy Dies on Eve of Ject of a clean city. The birthday| The Dutch-sponsored government | | the Memoria) Library Fund. ment of a United States of Indone- - B 15\:1 The Dutch have set January | i 11, 1949, as the tentative date for| Se"kes (om 'Will Voie Whether o ’ f BREAKS STORE WINDOW WELEETKA, Okla., March - —When 76-year-old Rettie deys in the City Jail this mm'mng“'I‘I»)ejr-old husband Isom | | MADISON, Wis, March 9—@ by City Magistrate Willlam A. would not live more |A contradiction will go to the pon;,,!Hulzm imer. He was arrested af-|days. Among state referenda, is the|and breeking the window in the day he sickened. problem facing voters in Waushara California Grocery Paul was:dicd Whether the!bovked as drunk and 1or destroy-. Double services |the membership and that the Rotar-| assessment was discussed and nlso}‘“” function until the establish- w"e’sf fal; l isetting up a federation Oasis Remains Dry asis xema ns r” Frank Paul was sentenced to 30, Smith died here last come primary election in April. |ter he admitted leaning against| An hour before remain dry, 'ing private property. couple yesterday. | hope of Dixie party members for & compremise candidate. Politicians generally agree that now the President has spoken the nomination cannot be denied him. ‘The Presidents availability was made known by Democratic Chair- man Howard McGrath late yes- terday. ’ In the lobby outside Mr. Tru- man’s White House office, MeéGrath gravely told a riag of reporters: “The President has authorized me to say that if he is nominated by the national Democratic con- vention, he will accept and run.” WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN CLEVELAND, March 8.~ A write-in ‘campaign for Gen. Doug; las MacArthur in the Ohio May 4 primaries was announced today. Melvin T. Hott, attorney and spokesman for a Cleveland Mac- Arthur-for-President Club, said a drive would be started throughout the state to have Republican vot- BATAVIA, Jav club. Cleanup week was again| g " A | brought to the attention of the Ro-| A Netherlands East Indies interim {government was installed today at ‘town of Oasis shall