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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
NEW OFFICIAL SETUP

Following the resignation yester- day of Charles Schramm, as city marshal and street commissioner, those positions were combined with that of city clerk for months trial at a specially called meeting of Doug las Councilmen by Mayor Bonner last evening, and the $65 salary paid to Charles Tnuckett for the clerk ship is raised to SITS a month. He gan his new duties last night.
 MT. Bonner took over the position of magistrate for the town which formerly was held by the city clerk at $1 year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
FLA BUILDING HITS NEW HIGH
 ACTIVITY PEAK
800 Homes Per Day Being Built at Present-NeW
 Record Set

WASHINGTON, April 30.-More than 50,OO0 new small homes hava been started under Federal Housing Administration inspection since the first of the year, at least 85 percent of them in defense industrial areas, Administrator Abner H. Ferguson announced today.
 The rate of building under the FILA program is now approximately 800 homes a day. In the week ended April l2, the number of homes started under the FILA program was the highest on record. with 4,433 started under Title II and 27l under Title I. This compares with the previous peak reached in the week ended May II, 1940. at 4,125 homes under Title II and 252 under Title I. The number started in the period April 19 also surpassed the 1940 high.
 The number of homes started this year is more than 20 percent in excess of the number built in the same period of 1940, the Admin istrator said. Gains in the volume of homes being started in many defense areas range up to 50 per- cent and even 100 percent.
 The record breaking activity in home construction under the FILA program shows the willingness and ability of private is'dust-v to help meet the need for housing in the defense emergency, Ferguson said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30

sions for All"
 The older folks, who demanded "s3U Every Thursday" on their last trip to the polls, retain the Thursday morning payoff, but the weekly pension is cut to $20 AS a senior recipient every voter over 50 not working and without an in- dependent Income of $2,4OO a year would be eligible.
 A feal innovation is the provis- ion for junior recipients Persons over 2l who cannot find job pay ing s16 a week or better would 30 on a pension of ST weekly.
 A unique provision is intended to keep these jobless juniors down to 10000 in number.
 When the number of younger pensioners exceeded 10000, the age minimum for senior recipients would be cut six months. This, it is presumed, would cause many persons in the last half of their 4eth year to quit jobs and so on the $20-a-Week pension. II this didn't solve the joo problem, fur ther successive cuts of six months would be made.
 Claim Economic" Aspect
 We hope to show the young people" says Ray Howell, nortn- ein California campaign manager If fhe Payroll Guarantee Associa- tion, that this is not only a pen- sion movement but an economic one"
 At present California pays a $40- monthly pension to destitute per- ons over 65. Unemployment bene- fits run up to SIS week for 26 weeks.
 A boost in payments is not the only aspect of the pension prop- fem that worries officials of the Golden State The constantly in- geasing age average oI the popu- lation is especially conspicuous here.
 In 1850 the so-called middle-age group, 45 to 65, made up 10 per cent of the people. In 1940 that percentage had almost doubled.
 In those same years the popula- tion between 20 and 45, which some economists classify as the productive" age group, climbed from 35 percent only to 39 percent
 Average Life 13l2 Years Longer
 Records at the Stanford Uni versity medical school show that since the turn of the century 13K years have been added to the av- craze length of life in America The aging complexion of the pop ulation is especially noticeable 1T California, which attracts so many
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
SENIORS ENJOY SNEAK

Members of the Senior class, Doug las High School, including Robert Fleek, Glenward Kirkham. Dan Krsul, Gordon Wahto and Frank Doogan, accompanied by Arthur Ladd, took the day off yesterday for the annual sneak and embarked with Joe Riedi, Jr., in his boat for an outing. They first visited Divers h. let where they dug clans, held tar get practice, and then made trip to Greens Bay, returning home at 10 o'clock pm.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
FOUR FLY TO COAST
 WITH PILOT GOODWIN

Pilot Dean Goodwin left Juneau this morning with three passengers in the Lcckheed Vega and is sched- uled to return from the Coast With four passengers from Sitka and one from Pelican. Dave FepJcn ard A Van Mavern were bound for Sitka end Thcodcrc -rillingham was bound for Hirst.
 In another flight today Shell Sim mons carried Cyrus Wykoff and T B Stir enfield in a charter to Wran- gell and Charles Goldstein to Pe- terSburg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
PENGUIN IS TO SAIL NORTH NEXT MONTH
 ON PRIBIL0F TRIP

Enroute to the Pribilof Islands of the Boring Sea, the motorship Pen guin of the United States Fish and Wild Life Service will sail from Seattle May l. Aboard the vessel will be a number of employees of the Fouke Fur Company of St.. Louis, who will arrange for the 1941 fur seal take in the islands.
 Later in the summer, a Navy transport will be sent to the Pribi- lofs with a cargo of coal and sup plies and will return the take of seal skins to Seattle.
 The Penguin is commanded by Capt. H. P Knusen. The vessel is expected to leave on another voy- age to the Pribilofs June 10.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
Pensions To Youths
 Offer Now
California Has New Plan Which Succeeds 80
 Every ThaFsdaY
By SAM JACKSON AP Feature Service Writer

SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 3o- Those senior citizens" of Califor- nia who were defeated ill efforts to institute their Ham-and-Eggs pension plan are out with a new one.
 This proposal takes in everybody down to 21 years Of age. Bacters confidently expect it to go on taa ballot in 1942.
 The plan is known as the Pay roll Guarantee Amendment, and it's slogan is "Paychecks or Pen
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30

The DaiIy AIasKa Emplre guaran. -ces the largest daily circulation of any Alaska newspaper
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
MARY PEARCE MARRIED
 TO JOHN HARTLEY


 Under the above heading is the following news item of interest as 1t appeared in the Santa Monica Eve i ing Outlook of date April 22, Just received in Douglas.
 Quiet nuptials performed here last Saturday evening, April l9, at 8 o'clock before some 20 bidden guests united Miss M Mary Isabel Pearce, daughter of Mrs. Frank Pearce of Douglas, Alaska, and MT. John Hartley, son of Mrs. William Hartley of Ferndale, California. The impressive ceremony was held in St. Augustine's-b -the-Sea, with the Rev. Wallace N. Pierson officiating.
 The bride, a native of Alaska, and MT. Hartley, who also resided in the Territory for a lengthy period, came to Santa Monica especially for the ceremony. They will establish residence in Buriingame, Cal, where the groom is in the ship building business.
 For her wedding ensemble the bride chose a peach sheer wool crepe gown styled with lcng sleeves, sweet heart neckline, shirred bodice and pleated skirt Her matching finger tip length veil was held in place by Juliet cap, and she carried calla lilies.
 Miss Margaret E. A. Pearce Of Douglas, sister of the bride, was her maid of honor. She wore an ice blue taffeta costume and carried tal isman roses and forget-me-nots. Best man was MT. James Cole, former Juneau, Alaska young man. The mothers of both the bride and the groom wore green with tan accents
 After the rites, guests were bid len to a reception at the home of Mrs. William Jarman, 1108 Fift h treet. The newlyweds are now home It number 1516 Ralston Avenue, Burlingame, Cal.'
 Miss Margaret Pearce, who left ,arly this month with her mother 0 attend her sisters wedding, re- turned home aboard the Columbia lesterday, She reported the trip an exceptionally pleasant one ana ,ha, her mother will remain in California indefinitely as she visits with her daughter and friends. Today Miss Pearce was back at her desk in the U. s. Forestry Office, in the Federal Building.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
of 10 Jail
 50 Days
CI0 Publicity Man Is Sen- fenced for Contempt
 in Bridges Hearing

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. April 30.-- James D. ONeil, former CIO public ity man, was today given a 60-day sentence in the county jail for con tempt of court.
 ONeil failed to appear as a Gov e1nment witness in the deportation hearings of Harry Bridges.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
ALASkACRUI5E 0Fk. OF {. MAY
 BE CALLED OFF
Shortage of Vessels, Be- cause of Wartime,
 Given for Action

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April 30. The cruise of Southeast Alaska, sponsored annually by the Knights of Columbus, may be given up after this coming summer. This is be- cause of the wartime shortage of vessels, officials announce
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
ELLMAN RETURNS

V. A. Pat" Ellman was return ing passenger Cn the North Coast this morning after about two years absence. An injury to one of his eyes took Ellman south late in 1889 for special treatment
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30

Try classified ad in me Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30

elderly persons.
 This state incubated the Town send s200-a-m month plan, the Ham andEggs, or $30-Every-T Thursday, scheme. and various others. Though none O. the extreme plans has been written into law, such agitation has been a constant influence in state politics. California already is paying the highest old age pension in the union
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-30
EARN DANCE

Will De held at the Union Hal, Sat urday May 3rd, sponsored by Ju- neau Ladies Auxiliary No 34 Lillian Uggen's Orchestra will play Admis sion, gents Sl. and students SOC. adv
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

MRS. M. p.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mont
rose Page Paltell, ~, wife of Sid
ney Paltell, of Baltimore, and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. F.
Page, of 40 Walnut street, who
died early Friday morning in a
Baltimore hospital after a long ILL
ness, will be held at 3 o'cock this
afternoon from Harrell's Funeral
home.
The Rev. E. W. Halleck, of St.
Johns Episcopal church, and the
Rev. Earl L. Bradley, of Calvary
Baptist church, will conduct the
services. Burial will follow in
Bellevue cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Page, five brothers, Franklin, of
New York, Cooper, of San Diego,
Cal, Walter H. Alvin and George
Page, of Wilmington, and two Sis
ters, Annie Mae and Mary Fran
ces, of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers will be John
L. Colley, L. L. Wright, R. J. Hol-
liday, M. Eugene Billiard, E. Ken
meth Sherman, and Jack Ulmer.
Honorary pallbearers will be F.
L. Smith, DR.. George L. John
son, DR.. A. MGR. Crouch, w. w.
Christian, R. H. Williams, j. A.
McDougald, T. j. Page, T. A.
Workman, and L. S. Thompson.
Mrs. Paltell is well known in
Wilmington, having lived here a
number of years before moving
to Baltimore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
2 YOUNG GIRLS
FATALLY BURNED
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soaked wood and in an instant flame
had leaped to the can in Mrs. Nc.
Coy's hands.
Terrified, the woman dashed the
blazing can to the floor. Instantly.
a sheet of flame flashed up, igniting
the clothing of all four of the How.
ard girls, who were seated closest
to the stove.
Vivian and Alice, their dresses
a-blaze, ran outside. Edna followed
them, her clothing afire. Dorothy,
Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Mccoy pur-
sued the younger girls, at the same
time beating with their hands their
own burning clothes.
A mar who happened to be work
ing on his stalled automobile directly
in front of the Howard home, and
whose identity has not been learned,
was the first outsider to reach one
Of the burning girls. 1t was Edna,
her clothes nearly burned from her
body in the short dash from the
shack. The stranger beat out the
flames with his coat.
Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Mccoy
caught up with the younger girls,
but too late. Dorothy put out the
flames in her own clothing.
Neighbors Lend Aid
Neighbors attracted to the Howard
farm by the screams of the women
and girls, rendered what first-aid
they could. The sheriff's office was
notified, and ambulances were SEM
to the scene. When the victims were
received at the James Walker Memo
rial hospital in Wilmington Alice was
dead. Vivian died several hours later.
Edna is not expected to live. Doro-
thy's burns, mostly about the hands
and arms, are not expected to prove
fatal. Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Mccoy
were treated at the hospital for Sc
we're second-degree burns Of the
hands and arms and later released.
Tomorrow afternoon funeral serv-
ices will be conducted from the Top.
sail Presbyterian church here by the
Rev. C. C. Myers, pastor, assisted by
the Rev. C. o. Plyler of the Hamp.
stead Methodist church.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
LEON sR.

Funeral services for Leon An
drews, ST., As, prominent Whining
ton mortician, who was killed
Thursday afternoon in an automo-
bile accident on Wilmington
Fayetteville highway about II
miles east of Elizabethtown, were
held at 3 o'clock yesterday after
noon from St. Andrews Presby-
terrain church.
The Rev. Charlton H. Storey,
pastor of st. Andrews church, and
the Rev. J. Harry Whitmore, pas
tor of the Presbyterian Church Of
the Covenant, conducted the serv-
ices. Interment followed in Oak
dale cemetery.
Pallbearers we're: ". E. Curtis,
Harry E. Hufham, R. G.. Lyton,
| Luke French, E. F. Pittman, D. A.
Lockfaw, H. R. Gardner, and F.
P. O'Crowley.
A native of Robson county, An
drews was born on June 10, 1896,
the son of the late Nathan T. and
Mary Ratley Andrews. He first
came to Wilmington in 1916 and
started working for the late James
F. Woolvin.
After serving about 10 months
overseas during the World war, he
returned to the city and purchased
in interest in the Woolvin-Andrews
company in 1920. The name Of the
firm was changed to Andrews NOR
tuary in 1888.
MIR. Andrews was a 32nd degree
Mason, a deacon in the st. An
drew's Presbyterian church, and
belonged to the Shriners, the Ro-
tary club, the American Legion,
and the National Selected Mortl-
clans.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Miss Alice Browne, OF Will
mington; two sons, Leon P. An
drews, Jr., a student at the Uni
versity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, and Richard Carpenter An
drews, of Wilmington; two sisters.
Mrs. W. w. Ward and Miss Kath-
crime Andrews, of Fairmont; and
four brothers, N. A. Andrews, OF
Maxton; DR.. N. H. Andrews, OF
Rowland; W. M. Andrews, Of Fair
mont; and W. T. Andrews, OF
Goldsboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

Refreshen your winter worn ward
robe with a bright new hat.
Fashion right the last minute
news in style and color . . and
a price that is a triumph. We've
worked hard getting such good
hats for s1.98, but the results are
well worth our efforts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

80 useful pieces of dinner ware
in five lovely patterns. Just the
set for apartments and kitchen
cites. 6 breakfast plates, 6 bread
and butter plates, 6 fruits, 6 cups,
6 saucers, / platter, 1 serving
dish.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
'2AI.ES TAX FIGHT
MARS SHOWD0WN
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unanimously won over to his
views,
,.5ications tonight, veteran poll
Observers said, were that the
..,.,or had at least a fighting
...s TO change his initial defeat
...o 4 smashing victory.
r,, GOVERNOR himself, confident
the finance committee would
..rso itself, said he believed that
subcommittee now stood over
.,1n,ingly in favor of exempting
- foods from the three per cent
levy.
Nest way to deal with the mat
i. to exempt all foods from the
,,cs tax" the governor told re-
',,ters Il have Informed members
.Ea, that meets with my approval.
had moi insisted on all foods (the
.rcroor had favored the exemp-
f5or If everything except certain
r,yrry foods such as caviar.) but
mo task of separating caviar from
herring, and so forth, in computing
.to ,av on an order of groceries,
rro,ld be very difficult"
The sales tax fight before the
f,II finance committee, besides a
fs.t If Broughton prestige, should
considerable light on the mat
to. Of adjournment. If the lawmak.
,r. decide to follow the governors
Communications, the path toward
%adiournment would be smoother,
most observers agree.
While politicians specialized about
.bo i%mpending battle, the House and
Senate held routine Saturday ses-
sions this morning, devoted solely
to the consideration of local bills.
Two important statewide bills,
both backed by Governor Brough-
ion. were introduced. One, designed
10 carry out the governors pledge
10 take the highway patrol out of
politics, was sent forward by the
chairman Of the roads committees
representative Stone of Rocking
iam and Senator Johnson of Samp-
son. 1t would emov the highway
patrol, the highway safety division,
he motor vehicle bureau, the auto
mobile theft bureau and the drivers
icense division from the revenue
apartment, and incorporate them
n a new division of motor vehicles.
tie other, introduced by Senator
of Wake, calls for the
of $3.50, 900 worth of bonds
erect a $500, 900 agriculture build.
ne at n. c. State college. The
yPA is expected to contribute
10000 for the building, and the
0nds would be retired from a 525,-
90 annual rental which the college
aceives from the Farm Security
lm~inistration for use of a building.
Partly because of the impending
ght on the sales tax, and partly
cause the unusually large number
freshmen members of the as
-mbly + intent on thoroughly
every bill presented, esti-
on the date Of adjournment
f the legislature have been gener.
lily advanced from the middle of
[arch to the first of April.
Repeatedly, the committee sessions
lst well beyond the prescribed pc
iod simply because members dip
eeply into hidden" phrases of bills
even typographical errors have
mall chance of passing unnoticed.
By way of example, the finance
ommittee thus far in its sessions
as spent a total Of one hour and
IN minutes-in three separate SEES
ons-discussing possible alterations
n the mule tax laws. All of the
mall questions involved represent
considerable less than $1,000 a year
II state TpVpnup
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
T.. F. CARL HAGENS

MEMO PARK Cal, Feb. 8-lR)
j. F. Carl Hagens, 70, general
manager of the San Francisco fac
tory of Doc Chemical company,
died today.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
JAP NAVAL PLANE
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centrated 10000 troops there and
that extensive land, sea and air
defense practice operations are I'M
der way.
They said the S1,235-ton liner
Queen Mary ha dtaken a contingent
of Australian troops there and that
a large" British fleet was parti-
cipating in the defense maneuvers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
PETAIN'S FLIGHT
RUM0R BASELESS
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considered there was little
chance that Laval would seek
to set up his own government
in Paris, as has been suggest
ed in some quarters.
They pointed out that the
official Interpretation here was
that Laval himself had retreat
ed from his original position,
but that acknowledgements
ly if the government should
move to Paris-he would grad
ually move back into the
ministerial orbit.
BERN, Switzerland, Feb. o.
(Sunday)-(R-The Swiss tele-
graph agency reported from
Vichy early today that Navy
Minister Admiral Jean Darlan
was expected to be asked to
form a new government and was
said to be already seeking can
didates for cabinet posts.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
DR.. R. z. PELL

ORLANDO, Fla, Feb. s. () -
DR.. r. P. Pell, 81, president emeri-
tus of Converse college at Spartan
burg, S. c., died last night. He
had been a winter resident Of Or
1ando many years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

A group of quail is known as a
beVy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09

of dollars from his invention Of
the "crackling pro, ess" for the
production of gasoline from oil, died
today in his Brooklyn home.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
JOSEPH H. A

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-(P-Joseph
II. Adams. "A. who made millions
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-09
~ THIS MESSAGE
IS VITALITY IMPORTANT

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any other serious aiIment. For
nan q century this Institution,
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Thousands Of men and women.
The KeeIey Treatment is admin.
meFed only at the Kelley lnsti-
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patient So if you are wor-
f'ed about this problem, get the
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plain envelope,
Evening star., 1941-09-02
Oil Freight Rates Cut
50% by East.Wesf Rails
3, the Associated Press

3. the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA Sept. "A rail-
road spokesman announced here to-
day that Eastern and Western rail-
road lines have joined in so per
cent crude oil freight rate reduction
to facilitate shipments from the
Southwestern fields to the East
Coast.
The present rate is cents GAL
lon. The proposed reduction, vary
ing according to the haul, would
leave the cost of train-shipped oil
a cent and a half a gallon above
the steamship tanker rate of cent,
Samuel B. Eckert, vice president
in charge of sales of the Sun Oil
Co., said that the proposed lower
freight rates would be helpful to
some extent In lessening the gaso-
line shortage in the Atlantic Coast
States.
The lower freight rates would
have little or no affect on retail
prices, Mr.. Eckert explained, since
the tanker rate forms the basis for
these prices. Mr.. Eckert said he
doubted that more than per cent
of the East's gasoline and oil re-
quirements could be moved by rail-
road tank cars.
Evening star., 1941-09-02

sweeps the seas. Hitler needs time
for his fifth column to create further
disunity among the American people,
sabotage in their factories and de-
featism in their training camps. He
needs time to clear the Mediter-
ranean, cross that sea into Africa
and establish bomber and U-boat
bases along the whole littoral OF the
South Atlantic in order to cripple
American sea power in that vital
area just as he has crippled the
British in the North Atlantic.
Invasion Gives Hitler Time.
He needs time to bring France.
Spain and Portugal into his new
order" time to break the democratic
front of the Americas to the south
and time to bring in Japan. The
Russian invasion gives him time
because even the British people
have become complacent before the
dog-eat-dog spectacle OF Nazi
butchering Communist while the
British military know that without
American man power they can
undertake no immediate offensive Of
serious proportions.
This Is the first reason why the
man who can never mark time has
moved his armored leEions into the
reaches Of Russia. The second Is
Evening star., 1941-09-02
War Building Plans
Incomplete, General Says

Final plans for the proposed War
Department Building in Arlington
County, Va, have not been fully
completed, Brig. Gen. Brehon 3.
Somervell, Army construction chief,
said today following conference
on the structure with President
Roosevelt at the White House.
Gen. Somervell was accompanied
by George E. Bergstrom of the War
Department architectural staff, who
designed the $35,000,000 dream
building" originally designed for the
Experimental Farm. Mr.. Bergstrom
carried a large sheaf of blueprints.
Gen. Somervell, smiling affably
and appearing in better humor than
he has since the President directed
him last week to re-study the build
ing plans, said that while every
thing was coming along fine" he
did not feel free to say anything
about the project at this time.
Questioned about the size and
location of the building now being
discussed with the President. the
general replied that he cid not feel
at liberty to discuss the project.