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The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
WASHINGTON NEWSLETTER
Bv MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary 10 E. L. tBob) Bartlett. Delegate fo Congress from Alaska
DETRIMENTAL

A1k 6nxN AHS
 Rescission of the administra- tive orders of the War and Navy Departments affecting wage diff ferentials paid to resident Alas kans in the classified Federal service employed by those depart ments seems certain, and the threat of similar orders affecting employees of other government agencies has been aver:ed.
 George J. Schoeneman, Admin istrative Assistant to the Presi- dent, has today released the con- tents of two letters he has written to the Secretaries of War and Navy informing them it would be desirable to return to the differ ential policy in effect before July 1 and retroactive to that date. The orders of the two departments, which have been in effect since the first of July, continued the 25% differential policy for per- sonnel recruited in continental United States for work in the territories and possessions but dis continued the differential for new personnel recruited in those areas. An additional stipulation provided that any resident hired prior to July 1 would continue to receive the differential until such time as he received a raise in basic pay at which time the dollar rate of the differential would be reduced by the rate of such increase. Since Schoeneman is Administrative As sistant to the President, it would appear that his letters are tanta- mount to orders and that the War and Navy Departments will con- ply immediately with the contents of those letters.
 Schoeneman's letters also stated that the President has approved that studies by the Civil Service Commission and the Bureau of Labor Statistics be made within the next three months to deter mine the cost of living in the territories and island possessions in order to reach a policy on diff ferentials which will be binding to all departments. This statement eliminates the threat of the pro- posed executive order which would have applied in general the administrative orders of the War and Navy Departments to all gov ernment agencies having classi- fled Federal service employees in Alaska and other territories and possessions.
 Delegate Bartlett has continu- ously fought, since their incep- tion, the War and Navy admins trative orders and the proposed executive order, believing they constituted unwarranted discrim- ination not only against Alaska residents but residents of the other areas affected.
 SURPLUS PROPERTY
The Nome nugget., 1945-08-31
SURPLUS PROPERTY

An office for the disposal of surplus property in Alaska, Puer- to Rico and Hawaii has been es- tablished in the Division of Ter. ritories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior, and it has been announced that an office will be opened in Alaska about September 1.
 The new office will function un- der authority from the Surplus Property Board and will dispose
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Court Recognizes
Last Will of
Japanese Victim

LOS ANGELES, March l. tUP)-
Superior Judge Newcomb Condee
has admitted to probate a dramatic
oral will spoken by a shipwrecked
American seaman just before ne
was taken aboard japanese sub
marine and drowned when the sub
was submerged.
The will of First Mate Clement
Carlin of the torpedoed SIS. Jean
Icolet was made in the presence of
Charles E. Pyle of Oakland and
William Earl Simons of Huntington
Park, California, two of the doomed
ships crew. They survived after the
Jap sub submerged with the pris-
oners on deck, bound hand and foot
Carlin left his estate, estimated at
$1,000 in cash, to one of his four
brothers, John M. Carlin, Glendale,
California, defense worker.
Pyle said Carlin made his will in
the presence of 26 creWmen in the
lifebcat as the sub, which torpedoed
the Jean Nicolet, prepared to take
them aboard. He believed other
creWmen are dead.
Il believe they will kill me as I
am first mate" Carlin was quoted
as saving. please see to it that my
brother John gets all my property"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
Traffic Deaths
Remain High

CHICAGO, March l. (UP)
fic deaths in the nation have re-
manned at a high level despite re-
stricted wartime travel and a Janu-
ary decrease in fatalities, the Ma
tional Safety Council reports.
The council reported a 7 per cent
decrease in the number of traffic
deaths in January, 1945, the same
month for 1914. However. safety
officials pointed out the figure Of
2070 deaths remained 10 per cent
greater than the deaths recorded in
1943, designated as the model period
for public acceptance of traffic re-
stricticns.
Donald S. Barry, council traffic
director, said mote: vehicle travel
for December, 1914, was only per
cent greater than in the same
month of 1912. The traffic death
toll, however, was upped 25 per
cent. No motor vehicle registration
was available fer this year.
1T is evident" he explained,
that some factor other than travel
is boosting the nations traffic toll"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

nephew of George Washington, and
to George Washington Parke Custis,
grandson of Martha Washington,
for permission to remove the bodies.
Gusts, on February Is, 1882, gave
this permission. John A. Washing
ton on the same day refused his
consent, in view of the request Of
George Washington that he be
buried at Mt. Vernon, and on Feb
ruary 20, the general assembly Of
Virginia passed aaresolution oppos-
ing the removal. The plans to bury
George and Martha Washington in
the Capitol were never carried out.
The pace designed for that pur-
pose is still vacant, except for
catafalque, simple bier of boards
covered with black cloth. 1t is now
covered by a removable glass case
to protect it. The tomb was cleaned,
painted and provided with i'm
proved lighting in 1898. The cata-
falque was then recovered with new
black cloth.
This catafalque is interesting. 1t
is the one used for the body OF
Abraham Lincoln. A larger base was
subsequently added, and the old
base and dais mounted on the new.
one. Twelve bodies have lain upon it
in the past rs years, IL of them in
the rotunda of the Capitol. ~
OTHER DIGNITARIES
Abraham Lincoln lay in state in
the rotunda April 1921, 1865; Thad-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
BY CONGRESSMAN Holm PbiIlips


One of the interesting spots in the
Capitol, and probably the least
known, is the tomb a space in
the sub-basement directly beneath
the crypt. Until 1882 it was intended
to serve as tomb for the remains
of George and Martha Washington.
Congress had in mind an opening
in the floor of the rotunda Of the
Capitol, through VIII h visitors
could look down upon the tomb of
Washington, as visitors can look
down upon the tomb of Napoleon at
the Hotel DIES Invalides in Paris. A
circular opening actually existed in
the floor above as late as 1923.
Washington died December ID,
1899, and his will stipulated that he
was to be buried at Mt. Vernon.
Martha Washington, who died May
%, 1902, was buried there with him.
On December 81, 1893, Martha
washington, replying to resolution
of the congress, granted permission
for the body of George Washington
to be removed to the Capitol.
CAME TO HEAD ...4.
The matter appears to have been
under discussion uy special COM
mittees during the 80 years which
followed. 1t came to a head at the
time of the Centennial of Wash
ington's birth, February %, 1882.
A request was then made to John
A Washington of Mt. Vernon, grand
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
ID. S. Reveals Fastest Plane
Ever to Take TO Skies

jet designs. The airframe was de-
signed by Lockheeds chief research
engineer, Clarence L. Johnson.
IN PRODUCTION
The new jet engine is now being
produced at the General Electric
Works at Syracuse, and will be
manufactured by Allison division of
General Motors. 1t was developed
at the GE River Works, Lynn, Mass.
Air pours through the vents to
the engine where it is compressed
by a swiftly revolving impeller The
compressed air is forced into the
combustion chamber where fuel,
usually kerosene, burns fiercely. The
gases from combustion expand and
pass through red-hot turbine
wheel which orives the impeller.
Then they pass out the jet exhaust
at the rear, giving the plane its for
ward thrust
The new jet has virtually no vi
bration, lessening pilot fatigue. The
plane can warm up and take off
within a minute. The rate and an
gle of climb is secret but described
az "superlative."
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
REUEL S. MOORE

WASHINGTON, Mar. l. CUP)-
Inc army has unveiled a sensation
al new jet-propelled fighter, the p
80 Shooting STAR" heraldeG as the
fastest pursuit ship in the skies.
The P-80 was developed by Lock-
heed Aircraft Corp. in cooperation
with Army Air Force and Royal Air
Force technicians. Lockheed engin-
eerS said it was faster than any
japanese or German plane, includ-
ing the tail-less Messerschmitt 1853
rocket interceptor.
The exact speed was withheld for
military reasons. But the army did
permit disclosure that it was de-
signed for speeds approaching or
surprising the speed CT sound
around 800 miles an hoL.
JET ENGINE USED
The Shooting Star, which has
been streaking through the skies for
, more than year in secret tests, is
powered by new General Electric
Turbo-Jet engine described as the
worlds most powerful aircraft mo-
tor.
An intensive production program
is under way at the Lockheed factor
les at Burbank, California, to get
the P-8o to the fighting fronts in
quantity. The North American Avia-
ton factory in Kansas City also
is producing the new propellerless
speed cemon.
1t is the second jet plane an
nounced by the army, the first be-
ing the Bell P-59 Airacomet Gen.
eral Henry H. Arnold, army air
force chief, revealed that jet devel-
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
ITALIAN CASTLE GHOSTS
KIBITZ GI POKER GAME

SAN DIEGO, Cal. Mar. /, tUP)---
The ghosts that haunt Italy's many
medieval castles have been intro
duced to poker-American style. A
CT writing home says he and his
buedies played poker in an ancient
medieval castle, watch towers and
underground passages and all. in
northern Italy during a lull in the
fighting there.
ut was played on a real medieval
table, with even the boarders in
the ancient castle looking on-past
and present ones included" the
soldier said.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01
II Rise to Remark"

deus Stevens, August 13, IA. 1868;
Charles Sumner, March 13, 1874;
James A. Garfield, September 21-23,
1881; John A. Logan. December 30,
1886; william Mckinley, September
IT, 1901; Major Pierre Charles
L'Enfant, April 28, 1909 dhe plan
ner of the city of Washington died
in 1925 and was buried en- the
Digges farm in Maryland, but was
re-interred in Arlington Cemetery
in 1909, at which time his body lay
in state in the rotunda: Admiral
George Dewey, January 90, 1917; the
Unknown Soldier of the World War,
November Gil, 1921; Warren G..
Harding, August 8, 1928; and Will
liam Howard Taft, March Il, 1870.
The catafalque was also used to
bear the casket of Salmon P. Chase,
chief justice of the United States.
on May IL, 1873, but the body lay
in the supreme courtroom which
was then in the Capitol.
1t is an interesting old place, the
Capitol, aside from its significance
as the central point of the govern
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

opments have been so great that the
P-59 has been relegated to the posi-
ton of q trainer.
The P-80 can be operated over
ranges comparable with modern
fighters and has thus overcome one
OF the principle handicaps in early
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

ment of the United States. It Is full
of memories, and rich with history,
and has in it many interesting and
curious spots, like this tomb"
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

Records show that the first bull
dozer manufactured and sole on a
commercial basis was built by a
Cedar Rapids Iowa, company in
1923 for use in the Dixie Highway
in Kentucky.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-03-01

CHIEF ABSENT AT OWN FIRE
BUzzARDS BAY, Mass, Mar.
(UP)-While Fire Chief j. Thomas
Wallace was in Boston on business
fire swept his home here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

sions-love, hate and deteruaina~ ton. Fear we don't use"
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 David, Panama, wit ha pcpulas ton of 15,000. has Q new modern air-conditioned movie theater with seating capacity of 1,20O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

lis movie, Don't Ever Orieve Me" So maybe we better take q look at the young lady.
 She's . tawny blonde. 22, with a deep voice like Lauren Bacall's dts the new vogue in film glaIn- or). She left the old home town, Scranton. Pa, to study drama in New York. dropped the initial let- ter from her name for theatrical ef- feet.
 From stock player on the subway circuit, one summer at the Barter Theater in Virginia and doing blackouts in the road company of Hellzapoppin," Lizabeth became Tallulah Bankhead's understudy in "skin of Our Teeth" For seven months she did nothing but sit ir the theater wings-Tallulah was unusually healthy.
 One night Tallulah was unable t6 go on, Lizabeth replaced her and la ter played the role again for two weeks in Boston. But 1t was a pho togrsph in a fashion magazine (she was a model, tool which brough, her to Hollywood.
 JUST PALS
 Lizabeth and Tallulah are gooC friends now, but there was a time when they cidnt speak. Lizabeth winced at the memory.
 T was sitting backstage and Tal. lulah looked at me and said, 'CloSt that door Being the meek little understudy, I closed it."
 Couple of nights later Tallulaf again said, Close that door"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31
M The Local TheaterS
POLI'S

Today for the last time Meet Me In St. Louis" will be playing at the Loew-Poli. Filled with music. comedy, tenderness and warmth ii has everything that goes for good entertainment. Today is your last chance to see 1t, so hurry to town.
 Starting tomorrow there's real good music for movie fans at the Poli theater. William Powell and Myrna Loy are back together again as MT. and Mrs. Thin Man in the newest and most exciting of this popular Metro Goldwyn Mayer series, '"The Thin Man Goes Home in it's first Waterbury showing This is as thrilling a piece of baf- fling murder mystery and intrigue as has ever been filmed, but 1t wouldn't be fair to give away any clues so you'll have to find out for yourself by 5eeing 1t at the Poli.
 Powell and Miss Loy are as at- tractive a screen couple as ever and Litsle ASta, the famous wire-hairec terrier of previous pictures in the series, is back with them again, too A really superb and hand-picked supporting cast includes Harry Dav. enport, and Lucille Watson as Nick; parents; Gloria De Haven, Leor AneS, Donald Meek and many others.
 Important because 1t marks tht return of the popular series and be- cause 1t brings the screens favor. ite couple together again after ar abuence of many months, "The Thir Man Goes Home" promises thrilling and laugh provoking film fare. This is taut and baffling mys tery which will keep you on edg' of your seat all thorugh it's unfold ing. Asta is up to his usual cut tricks. including 8 romance witt another glamorous feminine wire haired. Full of witty dialogue ant fast chatter for which the famoW Nick and Nora are famous, thi picture is by far the best of thei mystery series.
 On the same program is the mu. sical comedy, "Ever Since Venus with Ina Ray and her Band. Ro
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

debut as Black Mike. the villain. in . Jack Holt western, Sunset Pass" Before starting work in the film 1t was his first hoSs opera-Holt gave Loder some friendly advice, saying:
 Tn these western pictures you have to know just three express
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON NEA Staff Correspondent

William Demnrest was dying from Q bullet hole in his chest-and blam- ing 1t on California's weather. Gary Cooper and Loretta Young had to listen and agree with him. But be- ing devout CalifornianS they had their fingers crossed out of camera range, they confessed later.
 Cooper had the fingers on both his hands crossed, in fact. He is the producer as well as the star of this western movie, Along Came Jones'" in which Demarest contin- ually makes very nasty cracks about California's weather.
 I'm hoping" Cooper said, that California doesn't boycott the film.
 That winter I spent in Califor- nia." Demarest groaned. 'Rain, rain, rain-drizzle, drizzle, pour That state is just one big leak in the roof"
 Demarest's complaint is that the rain left him with stiff joints, par ticularly in his hands. He had just emerged from a six-shooter battle-and he got shot because he was slow on the draw.
 Look at them stiff joints." Bill groaned, lifting a stiff hand. T
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

Lisabeth said. "eay please. Miss Bankhead."
 Tallulah didn't say please. Liza beth didn't close the door. Tal- lulah glared. Lizabeth glared back. They didn't speak for weeks.
 Finally" Lizabeth said, my un- cle came to see the show and wrote me . note in which he glowingly praised Tallulah'S performance. ] showed 1t to her. That did 1t We've been friends ever since"
 Hollywood - Exclusively yours: Metro has si different stories in tine writing stage for Clark Gable but The Ears still hasn't given the nod to any of them. Until he does - no picture. Virginia O'Brier has pared her hngernails - an incl and a quarter from quick to tlI (Red Skelton once accused her o' sleeping on a perch>-for her rolc of a lady blacksmith in The liar vey Girls" Paramount Is pag. ing Mary Martin to sign a new seVen-year contract but she woulc rather free lance. She Still hal another year to go on her cur rent deal George Raft ar( Anne Jef1reys, the RKO starlet, hay, discovered each other. Ginn. ! Simms and M-0-M have called 1t day. She asked for and was giveI her release.
 Looking Backward: Although nov Q romantic idol (he got Hedy La marr) John Loder made his fln
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31
InHoIIYwood

love rain, like any cowman. But in California your life ain't safe Q minute without you carry a cock eyed rowboat On your head. It ain't a state a-tall-it'S a danged fish tank"
 NUNNALLY SAYS NO
 Nunnally Johnson, who wrote the screenplay. was at the bottom of all this, we figured. He probably got the sniffles or lumbago once when he first came to California and was getting even with the Chamber of Commerce.
 But Nunnally denied everything. The nasty cracks about California's s weather were in Alan LeMay's nov el, on which the film Is based.
 And being a lay fellow" John son said, when I wrote the screen play I just left 1t in. I thought 1t was funny. But the Chamber of Commerce can't blame me. I love California's weather-even when 1t rains. Why, last week I was down at Palm Springs and I heard 1t was raining in Hollywood 50 my wife and rushed back to catch some of it."
 Lizabeth Scott, they're saying over at Paramount, will be 8 star after her first picture, the Hal Wal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31
STRAND

Winged Victory" Moss Hart's thrilling Army air forces hit which the celebrated author wrote at the request of General Arnold, closes at the Strand theater tonight, in Daryl F. Zanuck's stirring fllmiza- ton for 20th Century-Fox.
 Hart Is the co-author with George 8. Kaufman of such memorable hits as You Can't Take It With You" "The Man Who Came To Dinner" '"The Fabulous Invalid" 'I'd Rather Be Right" and "Once In a Lifetime. Alone, Hart wrote, Lady In the Dark" and "The Great Waltz"
 After playing little girl parts for years, Judy Garland achieved screen maturity in For Me and My Gal" and in Presenting Lily Mars"
 Now. in -Goldwyn-Mayer's Meet Me In St. Louis," the new technicolor film opening tomorrow at the Strand theater, Judy,s a lit- tie girl again and she loves 1t. When the star reported for makeup tests everyone who saw her agreed that winsome Dorothy of '"The Wizard of O." was back.
 AS Esther Smith, seven-year-old daughter of the Smith family of St. Louis, Judy years almost an ex- act duplicate of the hairdresS she wore in her Academy Award DOT. trayal Of Dorothy.
 Drawn back from the temples and anchored on top with a barrette the hair hangs long and reaches the small of her back. Judy hopes to start 1945 vogue with this coif1ure popular during the period of the film, the early 1900's.
 Margaret O'Brien is also featured
 Selected short subjects complete the bill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

nance, musical hits of the day, and comedy make this picture that will be enjoyable to all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

Allstralia,s kangaroo plague is in- creasing, one Fitzroy River settler reporting there are as many kan garoos as sheep on hAs property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-31

DON'T LET THE BROWN-OUT YOU! OUR OUTSIDE LIGHTS WILL LOW HELP sAvE-ELECTR1CTTY DRIVE BUT INSIDE THE SHOW IS BRIGHT THE SPIRIT HIoH THE ENTERTAINMENT ROSY AND CcLORFUL
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-04-05
. KNOXVILLE CENTER
By MRS. j. l.. WALKE

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Brown, Of
Columbus, Mr.. and Mrs. Huffman,
of Marysville, and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Brown and sons were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Brown.
We are sorry to say that Mrs.
James Mummy passed away in
University hospital, Friday even
ing. Her funeral was held at Mill
er's Funeral Home Tuesday after
noon, with burial in Oakdale Gem
etery.
Mrs. Robert MapeS, of Colum-
bus; Mrs. Mary Baily, Mrs. Ken
meth Mapes and Mr.. and Mrs, Le-
land Mapes were Easter Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. R. l., Map
es. Afternoon callers were Mr.. AND
Mrs. Bert Shively of Delaware
and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mayer
and Helen. Evening callers were
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Pennington
of Plumwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. White anC
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1945-04-05
. BOXES CREEK


Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Coins
and children, of Broadway, spent
Easter evening with their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Gray and fam
ily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ottie Gray, son,
Barton, and daughter, Gwendolyen
and Asa and Louise Jackson ac-
complained Mrs. Leona Lewis and
son, Richard, to Columbus, Sun
day In the afternoon they all call
ed on Fay Jackson, who is in a
hospital in Columbus.
Mrs. George Oberdier wishes to
thank the Somersville church and
Ladies Aid for the beautiful
flowers they gave her.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Oberdier, of
Toledo; Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Ruhl,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lusk, of Column
bus Grove; Mr.. and Mrs. George
Oberdier, of Toledo; Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Dial
Wilson, of Marion; and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Jackson, of Columbus,
lWere all called home by the seri-
otls illness of their mother ano
grandmother, Mrs G. Oberdier.
Mrs. Gray received word hel
sisters husband, Wesley Lock.
wood, win be unable to return
home for a few weeks yet. He is
at The Veterans hospital, at Day,
ton.
j. ID. Hollbrook and family
Wilma HOllbrOok; and Mrs. ZeIdo
Siders and four children spent
Sunday with their brother anC
sister-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Leon.
ard Coins, and children.
| Mrs. Halle Gray called on hen
mother, Mrs. Fay Jackson, anC
family, Wednesday. Mrs. Jack.
sons daughter, Mrs. Leona Levi,
and son, Richard, have been visit
illS WI =. UdCh0oil, WliO HAS DJCi
| i'll but is some better at this writ
ing.
Miss Rose Ann Leeper was g
guest of Miss Gwendolyen Gray
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Pansy Courier and Mrs
Florence Howard, Of Raymond
spent one afternoon with Mrs
Leonard Coins and children.
Ronald Eugene Coins was visit.
ing his grandparents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Ottie Gray and children q
few days the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jackson were
visiting their parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Will Ruhl and family, Dwight
jackson and family, and Mr.. anC
Mrs. George Oberdier.
Miss Gwendolyen Gray spent
Saturday with her sister Virginia
Coins, and family