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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
PRICE AND VOLUME

There is a lesson for every businessman-and, indeed for every consumer-in the recent experience of the United States Pest Office Department. A month ago il reduced the domestic air-mail rate from cents to cents and also lowered rates on air mail to and from points beyond the continental limits The result was immediate and sensational Total air mail traffic increased by nearly fl per cent within the United States Although figures not yet available seems probable that the volume of air mail overseas will show even greater percentage increases.
 The largest increases, as might be expected were noted in offices like San Francisco, where the time saved by mail over regular mail is significant than in the part of the country with shorter average distances between major population centers suppant regular mail in few years, for firs-cass traffic over distances in excess of 500 miles
 What is true of air mail will be found to apply to many other lines of economic activity. The lower the price, the greater the volume of business Some times that increased volume permits such great omes in production as to justify price cut that at first blush suicidal In other lines. the economies of largescale operation insignificant. In few lines like telephone service the larger the enterprise the higher costs are likely to rise.
 Just now, businessmen are tempted to boost prices, knowing that the demand is there But the wiser of them also will remember that the usual reason for success in American business has been doing large volume of business at a small margin of profit In many lines. price increases inevitable Costs have risen and prices have to go up too. But in the long
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
". More Deadly than the Male"
Cincinnati Enquirer)


 Uncle Sam is peddling face powder these days. That's not so strange, for the government seems to have gotten into almost every sort of business But it strange that cosmetics and toilet articles should be listed surplus supplies But that's the case.
 A few generations ago you'd never have found lipsticks and rouge any War Department purchase list Neither would you have found ladies hose, panties grdes. But all these things purchased in quantities by various of military units during the recent conflict The facts point to womens new place in brand-new world.
 Gone the days when the ladies were set high pinnacles far apart from the rough and rowdy world of Gone the days when man-and alone-was the breadwinner Since the turn of the century women have played increasingly inn portant part in affairs of state and industry In the last five years they made great record in affairs military.
 Considering the record of the WAC, the WAVES and the gal Marines it seems reasonable to suppose that-if other come-the female of the species will live up to her reputation Lcng she called more deadly than the male. In fighting forces she proved that there than grain of truth old eDgram
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
Soap Price and Supply
Cincinnati Enouirerl

Cincinnati Enquirer
 For several years we've talked of nothing but trol of prices There is however such a thing as control by price And, unless miss guess, theren be demonstration of it in the soap market in com ing weeks months
 It not the intent of the big soap manufacturers to relieve the shortage of bar and packaged soap by increasing the price 50 per cent after the modity decontrolled by the OPA. They took the step fairly reluctantly, because the soap business is highly competitive field, but other course in the face of the big jump in ingredient costs.
 However, the companies won't be surprised and neither will We, if slight degree of consumer re- sstance to the price increase isn't helpful in aevating the shortage of soap It may work this way: Many householder has been buying soap wherever 1t could be found often far in of actual need Because 1t has been scarce, and is durable product which be stored indefinitely, soap has been convenient hoarder's item. And housewives with con- scous intent to hoard have been unable to resist the opportunity buy every bar package of soap she could put her hands on
 At 50 per cent higher prices this tendency will be curbed-perhaps not by much 50 per cent, but no doubt to a considerable degree. great many householders and others will sniff at the higher price tag, and resolve to what soap they have saved up on their closet shelves That will be good thing, because it will put into scarce commodity which hasn't been benefiting anyone closet shelf And, at the same time it will make the limited supplies go farther among the people who have no reserve stock of soap and must buy for immediate need.
 The industry does not expect the higher soaps to remain indefinitely Even though circumstances demand higher prices at the moment, when decrease ingredients production costs permits the prices will ebb again because of the competitive nature of the trade In recent months soap has been unusually expensive to manufacture because has been necessary to keep big plants and labor forces at work mere trcke of production the bottleneck being the shortage of fats Incidentally wise housewives will continue to fats, because that's shortage that will continue indefinitely.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16

Cleveland Republican Committee, appeared before the National Con- mittee here last week to propose Cleveland as the convention site.
 When he walked into the room, COP Chairman Carroll Reece greet ed him with: Hi, eousin!" This caused one member to remark that if Bender and Reece were cousins, Reece's vote for Cleveland was cer- tain.
 Cousin Carrou ana l." Bender retorted, are related through Ad am. By the same token, you are all my cousins" Actually. a dis tant cousin of Bender recently married distant cousin of Reece.
 As soon as Bender proposed Cleveland fer the convention site, Committeeman Werner Schroeder of Illinois asked. Isn't it true that Ohio has a couple of candidates for the nomination? Don't you think 1t might be better to meet on neu- tral territory"
 "Is there a state that doesn't have q candidate?" asked Bender. I'll you're going to rule out states with candidates, about the only place we could hold the l948 Re- publican convention is Miami, Florida"
 Well, Iowa doesn't have a can didate that I know of" said former Chairman Harrison Spangler oi Iowa.
 Then I suppose we can have the convention in a cornfield," said Bender. Has Iowa got conven- ticn hall and can it accommodate the convention crowd?"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
COP SHUNS PARK BENCHES

The Committee wanted assurance from Bender that Cleveland could provide COCO rooms for the con- vention period, with one lady men tioning that Republicans don't like to sleep on park benches.
 Well, Jehovah's Witnesses didn't sleep on park benches, and they needed lot more than 5000 rooms for their convention in Cleveland" replied the Ohio Congressman.
 Furthermore, he added, we can tell you that you'll have courteous newspapers and convention hall galleries which will leave the job of picking candidates and drawing q platform to the delegates"
 One member complained that delegates to a previous Cleveland convention had to sleep on boats.
 That" replied Bender, was a matter of choice We brought sev- eral beats into the dock and people liked sleeping on them. Also, the docks are just a few steps from the auditorium, so you don't have long trip from your living quar- ters to the convention hall
 Werner Schroeder of Illinois threw one monkey wrench into Cleveland's machinery, however,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
GI TALENT GETS REAL AUDlTlON
 IN UNIQUE WAY
By JEAN MEEGAN AP NeWSfeatures Writer


 NEW YORK - Tn an old red school house on the fringe of Broadway an unorthodox gradu- ation exercise was held recently when the American Theater Wing school for GI-theater veterans had it's first commencement without speeches, sheepskins, patient rela- tives, or any pedantic palaver.
 The graduation was, ir the par lance of the entertainment busi- ness, show case"-two afternoon and evening performances of scenes from successes like yellow Jack Waiting for Lefty Room Service" Golden Boy "A Sound of Hunting" played to an audience of professional people in the market or new talent: Broadway produc- CTS, Hollywood talent scouts. stars, agents, and publicity people.
 Short Gut in Casting
 Tn a catch-as -catch-can business where employment depends on whom you know, rabbit foot luck, and being in the right place at the right time, the Theater Wing aas set up a system of double ex- -osure that may make theatrical tasting more sensible and selective.
 Young talent, which hitherto has cooled it's heels in the theater's waiting rooms, has been given the opportunity not only of performing for the powers-that-be on gradu- ation day, but of working with them daily during the eight weeks courses Of their choice. Teachers at the school are the big shots 6t Broadway Agnes DeMille, Alfred Lunt, Margaret Webster, people of that caliber
 Wonders in Radio
 The radio circle, for instance, just about dramatically sealed against newcomers, has been cracked by 40 per cent of the vet erans taking radio courses = through personal contact ot teach- er-employer and pupil
 Returns from the other theatri- cal fronts are not in yet but the show case was judged a success by professionals in the front of the house. Maurice Evans sent for six of the performers immediately af-' terward to read parts for him.
 Marjorie Morrow, casting direc- tor for Columbia Broadcasting System, commented as she left: This is the most painless and in- teresting way of listening to audi lions yet devised
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
MERRY-GO-KOUND

Secretary ByrneS held a secret showdown conference the other day over Argentina, at which Assistant Secretary Spruille Braden demand ed that American Ambassador to Argentina George Messersmith be fired. Byrnes reserved decision un- til Christmas. Hard-working Dr. William Leiserson, who dropped out of sight after leaving the La Dor Relations Board, has been tracked down to book-filled sanctum in Washington where he is toiling on a three-year study of American labor for Johns Hopkins University,
 (CoPYRIGHT, BELL sYNDICarG. INC l946)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUSED say the whom I the money He is the WHO think stole the 
 OFTEN SPRONOUNCED: in as Il last sylabes.
 OFTEN MIssPELLED Observe the first word COAL COLE
 SYNONYMS: Grow, enlarge, expand, extend, augment
 STUDY a times and yours" Let vocabulary each Todays word PERvOUS permitting into through Glass i'm pervous o
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
20 YEARS AGO TIT fHE EMPIRE
DECEMBER Is, 1925

DECEMBER IS, American designs a flag Gov. A. for to spend Williams Worthy Star; Agnes  Elks planning Christmas the kddias
  for a a passenger south Alameda. left the south the Princess
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16

Sugar and sweets in the diet can cause dental decay. Bacteria, norm- ally present in the mouth, changes sugars to acids. These acids at tack the enamel of teeth, resulting in dental decay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16

when he pointed out that the Ohio State Republican Committee was behind in it's assessment to the Ma tional Committee Bender prom
 ised to try to get them to pay up.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
NEXT COP CONVENTION

Although the Republican Nation al Convention is two years off, several cities are already pressing COP moguls for the privilege of helping nominate the man they figure will be the next President of the USA.
 Rep. George Bender, Ohio Con- gressman- At-Large and head of the
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ATTEN ION LOGCEEs' with logs for sale contact Juneau Lumber Mills. Will buy from 100000 it.. to lO,000.000 feet For further particulars see Juneau Lumber Mills. 433-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16

run, it is to the interest of producers and consumers alike to hold prices down.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
MODERN ETIQUETTE 6y HyoerRqA LEE

O. person accepted hc invitation hostess, is it later invitation elsewhere? A. Never; to 10 and
  S a road unpopuarity. O. things person with fingers?
 A. cookies salted olives, celery O. stationery is for a man? A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-12-16
The Washington MeYy-Go-Round

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The American Legion Post had launched drive t test. designs for flag fer Alaska
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
State Soil Conservation
Committee of Maryland
NOTICE OF ELECTION
OF SUPERVISORS
TO BE HELD FOR THE
MONTGOMERY SOIL
CONSERVATION DISTRICT

To all occupiers of lands lying
within the boundaries of the Mont
gomery Soil Conservation District,
notice is hereby given that on the
first day of March, 1916, between
the hours of 900 A. M. and $500
P. M, an election will be held for
the election of three supervisors
for the Montgomery Soil Conser-
walton District of the State of
Maryland.
All persons, firms and corpora
tons who hold title to, or are in
possession of, any lands lying
within the boundaries of the said
district, whether as owners, lessees,
renters, tenants, or otherwise, are
eligible to vote at the said cleo
ton. Only such persons, firms OF
corporations are eligible to vote.
Eligible voters residing within
the district shall cast their ballots
at the polling place for the division
wherein their reside. Eligible
voters not residing within the dis
trict shall cast their ballots at the
polling place for the division which
includes their land, or the greater
part thereof. Eligible voters who
will be absent from their division
on the day of the election may
apply in person or in writing to
o. w. Anderson, Polling Superin.
tendent, at Rockville, Maryland
for absentee ballots. Each appli.
cant for an absentee ballot shall
state his name, residence, location
and acreage of land owned or pos
sessed, and interest therein.
! STATE SOIL CONSERVATION
COMMITTEE.
By Edward M. Davis, Secretary
7O4
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02

Garrett and Mrs. C. M. Tippton
enjoyed the luncheon at the Manor
Club on Monday. 1t was the an
nual meeting of the Public Health
Lay Council of Montgomery Coun-
ty.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. R. Gray, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Williams and Mrs.
Bette Edmonston were guests on
Sunday Of Mr.. and Mrs. Bobbie
Gray in Silver Spring.
Mrs. C. M. Upton entertained
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Daniel and
family at dinner, with a surprise
family get-together later on Sat.
urday evening, celebrating Mr.
and Mrs. Daniels 31st wedding
anniversary and the birthday Of
Mr.. Upton.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Thomas M. Anderson,
Attorney at Law,
Rockville, Md.
To Creditors

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber Of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Tes-
tamentary on the Personal Estate
of
WILLIAM l.. MILLS
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons resident and
non resident having Claims against
the said deceased, are hereby
warned to exhibit and file, the
same, in said Court, with vouchers
thereof, on or before the 26th day
of October next: they may other
wise by law be excluded from all
benefit of said Estate. All persons
indebted to said Estate are re-
quested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 23rd
day of April in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-six.
LILLIAN L. d, MILLS,
Executrix,
60 Gaithersburg, Md.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Frank A. Tyler, Jr., Attorney
Rockville. Md.
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Alexandria,
Virginia, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters of
Administration on the Personal
Estate of
MARGARET f. JAMES,
late cf State of Virginia, deceased.
All persons, resident and non-resi.
dent, having Claims against the
said deceased are hereby warned to
exhibit and file the same, in. said
Court, with vouchers thereof, on
or before the 9th day of Septem.
Der next: they may otherwise by
law be excluded from all benefit OF
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 21si
day of March in the year of oul
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
ana forty-six.
FRANK T. JAMES,
=. n Administrator,
922 Alexandria, Virginia
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Donald d. Snyder, Attorney,
Gaithersburg, Md.
Order NiSi-

In Re The Estate of
Amanda C. Sparrow, Deceased:
IN THE ORPHANS COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
ORDERED, this Both day of
April, A. D. 1916; by the Orphans
Court for Montgomery County,
that the sale made by Clarence V.
Sparrow, Administrator c. t. A.
to George Dudley Ward and Lii
liam Wells Ward, his wife, and re-
ported in the obove entitled cause,
be ratified and confirmed, unless
cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 10Th day
of May, next: Provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in said Mont
gomery County, once in each of
three successive weeks before the
said goth day of May, 1916.
The Report states the amount of
the sale to be $4,000.
CAREY E.. QUINN,
LEWIS F. HOBBS,
EUGENE E. RUPERT,
Judges of the Orphans Court for
Montgomery County, Maryland
True Copy-Test:
o. w. ROBY,
Register of Wills for Montgomery
County, Maryland. 1867
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgomery
County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court of Montgomery
County, Letters of Administration
on the personal estate of
GEORGE w. TURNER
late Of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or before
the 9Th day of October, next; they
may otherwise by Law be excluded
from all benefit of said Estate. All
persons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make immediate pay
ment.
Given under my hand this 9th
day of April in the year of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-six-
INEZ H. TURNER,
East West Highway,
29 Bethesda, Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
SITTING AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.

No. lZZO3 Equity.
The object of this suit is to pro-
cure a decree ordering that all that
portion of Parcels 5 and 7 of the
subdivision known as Montgomery
Highlands Estates, heretofore dedi-
Gated as public street, known as
Brookridge Drive, be decreed to be
vacated so as to revert to private
property of the said Warner f.
Humphrey and Edna G. Humphrey,
his wife, and be vested in them in
fee simple, free of any claim or
right of the public.
The petition states that the said
Warner E. Humphrey and Edna G.
Humphrey, his wife, are the owners
in fee simple of two contiguous
parcels of ground, numbered Par
cells S and z, being a portion of a
subdivision known as Montgomery
Highlands Estates.
That said parcel numbered is
shown on Plat 1927 of Plat Book
81, one Of the Land Records of
Montgomery County, and that said
property was acquired by the pc
titioners by deed dated the 25th
day of November, 1912, recorded
at Eber 1877, folio 100, Of the said
Land Records.
That said parcel numbered 7 is
shown on Plat 1888 of Plat Book
%, one of the Land Records If
Montgomery County, and that said
property was acquired by the pc
titioners by deed dated the Bird day
of December, 1945, recorded at
Liber $3.50, folio 1886, of the said
Land Records.
That heretofore, to wit, on the
14th day of October, 1913, the pc
titioners and John Vorkoeper and
Annie Vorkoeper, the then owners
of Parcel 7 of Montgomery High
lands Estates, heretofore referred
to, dedicated public street, to be
known as Brookridge Drive, by FL
ing plat thereof in the Offices of
the Clerk of this Honorable Court
and the appropriate governmental
agencies, said plat being recorded
among the Land Records of Mont
gomery County, in Plat Book 25,
at plat 1876, and that since the
dedication of the said street, to wit,
Brookridge Drive, the petitioners
have acquired title to Parcel 7 of
the aforementioned subdivision.
That the only other property
contiguous to the said Brookridge
Drive, which street is undeveloped,
is Parcel 6 of the said subdivision,
said parcel being owned by Carlyle
M. Sole and Anna Bell Sole, who
have been informed of the contents
and purposes of this petition, and
have consented thereto.
1t is, thereupon, this 9th day Of
April, 1916, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, sit
ting as Court of Equity, that all
persons having any interest in, or
affected by, the abandonment of
the said street appear herein and
show cause, if any they have, why
a decree should not be passed as
prayed, on or before the 21st day
of May, next; provided a copy of
this order be inserted in some
newspaper published in Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, for four
successive weeks before the 18th
day Of May, next.
CHARLES w. WOODWARD,
Judge of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
.074 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
P00LESVILLE

Mrs. John Jones was hostess to
the afternoon bridge club on Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White, Mrs.
Virginia Hersperger and DR.. and
Mrs. Elgin spent the weekend is
CentervilIe as guests of one-time
good neikhbors, Mr.. and Mrs. C.
Nj Wilson and family.
Miss Virginia Fyffe entertained
five tables of bridge last Sat
ufdaX.
III. and Mrs. Frederick Hays
are visiting Mr.. Hays mother,
Mrs. Ida Hays, who is quite ill.
Mrs. Thomas Brown is visiting
her old home in Kentucky.
Mrs. G. R. Gray, Mrs. Charles
Michael, Mrs. w. A. Daniel, Mrs.
William Roberts, Mrs. Herman
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Order Nisi

William w. Hammond and Robert
Earle Wall, Executors under the
Last Will and Testament of Viii
liam Guy Wall, deceased, testate
VS..
Robert Dade Wall, Richard Town
send Wall and Lawrence Wall,
End, Infants, and Virginia 3.
Wall, Guardian of said Infants
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 9,833 Equity.
ORDERED, this 10th day of
April A, d. 1916, by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County, as
Court of Equity, that the Audi
tors Fifth Report filed in the
above entitled cause, be ratified
and confirmed, unlegs cause to the
contrary thereof be shown on or
before the 18th day of May nsSt:
Provided copy of this order be
inserted in some newspaper pub
lishei in said Montgomery County,
once in each of three successive
weeks before the said 18th day Of
May, 1916.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON x. WATKINS,
Al Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1946-05-02
Albert M. Bouic, Attorney
Rockville, Md.
Notice To Creditors

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
that the Subscriber of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from the
Orphans Court Of Montgomery
County, in Maryland, Letters Of
Administration on the personal
Estate of
CHARLES r. ROWDYBUSH
late Of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having Claims
against the deceased are hereby
warned to exhibit the same, with
vouchers thereof, legally authenti-
Gated to the subscriber on or be-
fore the 9th day of September
next: they may otherwise by law
be excluded from all benefit Of
said Estate. All persons indebted
to said Estate are requested to
make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 9th
day Of March in the year Of our
Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and forty-six.
JESSIE ROWDYBUSH,
Administrative,
127 N. w. 10th Avenue,
9A Miami Florida.