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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

10 smpound soe7eO0a while the courts were thresh-
ing out the question OF a new rate increase, and
that BY promising bride Of SS50O00 to Boss FENDER
CAST the insurance companies were able to get 30
percent Of this -million-dolar Kitty returned to
them,
Company, which made the delightful Mr.. Allen its
vce.preSdent during the thick OF the fight had the
heaviest amount at stake IN the nine-miion-dolar
year after Aliens appointment vice-president the
Fire Insurance executives who bribed him were not
convicted.
Further facts In the case have new developed,
And we apologize for this unnentional injustice done
Mr. Allen. II Is now learned that MT Allen not merely
became vce-presdent Of The Home Insurance Com.
pany but also vce-presdent OF three other affiliated
companies all implicated in OF the worst pieces
OF graft in the history Of American insurance.
Mr.. Allen also vce-president Of The National
Liberty Insurance Company OF America, The Frank
lin National Insurance Company, and The City Of
New York Insurance Company-an Of them particle
patng in the pendergaSt bride. and all Of them hiring
George Allen vice-presdent and secretary during
the significant year 1888 Just as the government was
probing their racket.
All the above escaped conviction, though many
people considered the insurance executives who
bribed Pendersast just as guilty as the man who
accepted the bride.
The column takes this opportunity to rectity its
previous slight to Mr.. Aliens proweSs as the cham
pon American holder of vice-presdencies and direc-
torships-now a director Of the RIG.
NoTE-The RFC has loaned millions to msir-
ance companies IN the past aASO 70 daAhOaNs ahN
other companies which, If they had failed, would have
ieopard2ed the financial position Of insurance COM
panes Allen Frankly admits that he will try TO
serve two masters--that he will keep some Of ms
corporate drectorships while also serving as director
OF the RFC
when Henry Wallace stated that the school chill
eren of washington, d c.. were worse fed than the
hogs of Iowa he probably didn't know about an I'M
puhliczed pork barrel maneuver which took place
at the last session Of Congress. by which school
lunches were put TO one side in favor OF new federal
building in Nashville. Tenn
The school lunch program was for the benefit
OF undernourshed children throughout the country,
not merely the District Of Columbia. And while Con-
ereSS chopped this fund in two. il approved juicy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

IL hacked cars the sidewalks fairly croToed with
strollers and window shoppers and the restaurants
and dining rooms seen through their plate glass win
dows were filled with customers enjoying the cele-
bra:ed sea foods
An iniallible index TO business are the signs IN
front of the tourist home and tourist camps as the
naotorS rolls into the outskirts Of any metropolis
such a. this Al night the outskirts OF any metropolis
me sign is on a vacancy IS signifieo and the weary
pilgrim is thus invited 10 light and hitch, II me
light is out the travellers chances mat means
all the accommodations have been exhausted
II seems TO be a fact, however, that the iurthei
south the traveller gets, The more of these tourist
camps motor courts, whatever the proprietor
deigns TO call them. are open for business. NAM
are freshly painted Some new since my DAY
some IN fact are brand new. or look H. And enough
of them fly the vacancy shingle TO make It seem
Unlikely hat any member Of this thin aGtomotiVe
-rcke will have TO sleep in his car. They're slower
Getting reopened back up the line, and driver
through the black night hour after hour WIN
out so much as reckoning Aght
This was far from lonely DAY on the hghNay:
In fact after yesterdays solo ride down the length OF
route 49, the road seemed dlsgusungy populated
There's a rival route 20 the Ocean Highway. Ihey
call IL the Tobacco Trail It's the old main road from
New York through Philadelphia, Baltimore. washing
on and Richmond From there on they do some Twist
Ing and turning OF ii down through the Carolinas
but il pours its flood into the Ocean Highway be-
tween Charleston and Savannah, and from there
on, there's considerably more company
Evidently most Of those from far up who have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
By Peter Edison
could live off their depreciation"

could live off their depreciation"
80 The trouble was. Haag went on, tina. food was the
one thing everybody had to have and therefore
everybody wanted TO get il as cheap as possible NO
body ever questioned the price OF luxuries.
He took sharp issue with Bowles on food being
20 percent of the of living rent 10 percent and
clothes r. That made total OF II percent, and Haag
said right out he didn't believe II. Why, IL took 80
percent Of q mans income just TO support an auto
mobile.
Henry Rathbun, president Of the Dairy Cooper
attic League OF New York State, made q speech JUS
lkey> congressman. He said he represented $1,000
farmers and seven million consumers and he got
pretty ssd-faced stT55t he SssOle 1tisihess.
He said the farmers used TO give their young
folks the car and 50 cents 10 90 sparkn'. but nov
they didn't have the SO cent?. He dieE's cay WhaE
they used the 50 cents for Van they kad H. Ut Iate1
on he complained that people in the city yaio =
cents for one drink OF liquor and thought nothing OF
IL.
Ms. RathbDn said people living on the farms
weren't interested In these luxuries, but they also
weren't interested in doing things at a sacrifice
Among the sacrifices he mentioned was that he
daEsen't refuse TO loan his TO his hired hands
when they wanted to go to town and their car was
to mind the hard hands children when the hired
hands wives wanted to 60 TO town 10 do some shop
ping. II they did refuse. the hired hands left.
Keeping help on the farm was just as difficult
as keeping the young folks, even though wages tpr
good dairy hands were from 500 TO 800 a month
that's as much as most labor makes In the city The
hours are longer though-io a day in winter, ~ TO
IL In sumner
One OF the congressman asked Mr.. Rathbun what
would happen II the dairy farmers went on 40-hoir
week he said there Just wouldn't be any milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
OHIO ANNIVERSARY
,Meriden Record

iMerluen Recofcb
Ohio was admitted to the Union
On February IS, 1903. This anniver-
sary is worthy of note even in New
England. where a span OF las years
might generally be considered as
trifiing For many New Englanders
helped 70 populate Ohio, and some
Of them stayed there.
To recall a bit OF history, the
Ohio Company OF Associates was
organized in New England in 1887
and purchased a large tract In ter
ritory northwest OF the Ohio river
Payment in Continental Certificates
issued to soldiers marked the first
public sale OF land by the United
states.
Ohio settlers didn't have an easy
time OF it. Doubtless many OF them
w:&,ed that they had stayed in this
section. where they knew a few In
dams well enough TO call them by
their first names. The Ohio Indians
caused trouble in large doses. But
Gen. Anthony Wayne finally put
the Red Men in their places Cunder-
ground mostly in 1874 with victory
over the tribes at Fallen Tim
bers" on the Maumee river. Mari
eta and Cincinnati were founded
n 1888. but Chillicothe was the
seat OF government until admissio:
to the union.
Ohio has contributed seven pres
idents. and it wouldn't be surpriS-
ing if another Ohio man I'VE name
no names reached the White
House. With all that New England
blood TO give it a good start, small.
wonder Ohio became so important
We must concede that the state has
made the most Of its opportunities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
TEACHING SAFETY
Boston POST

Boston POST
The use OF moving pictures 10
teach safety to schoolchildren has
become quite common in resent
years. Now the police in Los Angeles
are launching a similar campaign
by which they hope 10 teach grown
ups. A dozen short reels showing,
the principal causes Of traffic ac-
eidents are to be produced and then
at local theaters. The mo-
torist or pedestrian has only 10 put
in the place Of the careless
people shown in the films TO realize
how easily accidents can happen.
Such a campaign. it would seem, is
bound TO make some impression on
even the most reckless Of citizens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Read and Heed

Even more important than the punishment of German
criminals the evidence being produced the trial
against the German people a whole 1t has become
escapab clear that the horrors described could not have
continued long, scale K the German people
as whole had not been morally blind and unstable.
We want our boys home and out of uniform We do
not want to SEND soldiers than
to replace tLses Gut the criminal trial proves that
dare weaken the occupation until assured
uttaxsat Germany again start another wan
t@ SUnscenceless nhuman btzkreg against the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Their Right

Joseph Z. mission to Moscow Davies says that Rus
STA in sedefense has every moral right to seek atombomb
secrets through military espionage if excluded from such
information by her former fighting allies In turning
such secrets, Mr. Davies to feel that
"ganging up on" the Soviet Union.
have told Moscow absolutely nothing about atomic
fssion have been with her she about
giving to military information while the
fuaIy was on. For anybody Moscows behalf to find
fault because do not trust her with is for
the pot to call the kettle black.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

people have arrived az the same
conclusion since. A high number
OF thousands evidently have cop
led 1t at the moment. as this Ole
est. and close to the most charm
ing. populated place in United
States is evidently crammed.
Your correspondent reports
from no extended survey, having
arrived no. much more than an
hour before this is written, but
the walk from the hotel to the
telegraph office showed the quaint
old streets chockablock with close
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

insurance company connectlotAs
which did Mr. Alien an injustice.
II was stated that Mr.. Allen
wAS made president OF The
Home Insurance Company Ia 1859,
at a time when the Federal Gov
eminent was Investigating The
Missouri Insurance scandal pre-
paratofy 10 convictlng Kansas
City boss Tom taenderRast, Wee
long friend OF Harry Truman,
rt was also stated that the
fire Insurance companies operat-
4,.as a, ARsecn,spB hna hnan PapnnS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

No sooner had Georgia Con-
gresham Stephen PAGES special
sub committee on agriculture
started to investigate the short
ages of milk. butter. sugar and
wheat, than it ran slap dab into
this.
It used 70 be, Henry Haag Of
the Dairymen's Cooperative AS
ISOLATION OF Portland. Ore, told
the committee. that life in the
city wasn't much different from
life on the farm. That was before
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Views of the Press

expression of their wrath and OF
their determination to bring this
deplorable situation to an END. The
time for a rising OF voices is ripe.
New Canaan has charted the way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
The Firing Line
BY D. N. T.

Does a man ever appreciate the
hard mental work ard anxiety his
wife goes through III planning
meals? Albert Edward wiggam
in the Boston Globe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
HUSBANDS CREDo

The lord and master gulps his
grub.
He seldom even scans it.
Nor gives a thought to--here's the
rub
The anxious wife who plans it.
II IS a thing to break your heart
To watch her as she hoverS
About the board that bears her art,
How often she discovers.
That what she wrought with love
ard care
The dishes joys impanel-
without the tribute Of a stare,
Go down the Irish Channel.
The husband is a Stolid OK:
By quantity he's beckoned.
He cats and never laudS, or
SquSwkS--
Unless there is no second.
I hereby take the floor to state
am not like the brothers,
Those failers-to-appreciate.
And so do all the others
The Navy thinks il can fend of
atomic bomb attacks on the United
states with battleships. We want
TO be around the first time the
Missouri solos.
Mr.. Truman is shopping around
for the right man 10 run the
Interior Department IN place Of
Harold Ickes, He wants a man
who'll really get things done, not
lust an interior decorator.
The United Nations Assembly
wound up its first session Thurs
DAY night by unanimously approx
ING the ConrectiCut-New York site
as the new permanent world peace
capital. There is no indication. as
vet. as to when the cruel trek OF
the station wagon OakieS viii be-
Gin down in Greenwich.
Government approval will be re-
aired for all pay increases that
might lead to higher prices under
the Administrations new wage
price policy. We can't think Of any
that might not: il will end. as pre-
dioted. in Peter rObbing John O.
to pay Paul.
A report from Washington says
that current strikes are affecting
production of many commodities
from atomic bombs to canned
grapefruit. II may b. beside the
Toirlt but the latter acts like the
former on US.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Waterbury
of the Past
25 Years Ago

Al least three couples celebrated
Golden Wedding anniversaries IN
the city
Three fractured fingers were the
result when a tWelye-year-old ooy
from Bank St. defed his mothers
orders not 10 leave the back yard.
When he scaled a fence to gain his
freedom, his left hand caught in a
gaze and was crushed when the
tang closed, thus fracturing his
hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
5 Years Ago

An excited girl dashed into Police
Headquarters with handful OF
diamonds" Examination debated
her excitement and disclosed that
the things were merely cut-glass
stones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Sand and Oranges

ST AUGUSTINE, Fla, Feb. eS-Ponce oe Leon
was the first traveller to figure this good place 10
spend the night and when he sav it in daylight he
elected TO linger. That back in 1913 Millions Q.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Is Years Ago

A Wolcott farmer was slightly in
jured when a bull charged him.
Three youths were arrested on
South Leonard st. after engaging
in what was described as savage
amusement" Police said that they
were throwing stones through the
windows of an abandoned house.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

Mr. and Mrs, Cecil Carriers. Yale
St.. were spending a weekend at
Indian Neck, Long Island. N. Y.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26
Splitting the Milk

WASHINGTON. Feb. 26-In addition 10 all It's
other troubles OPA now gets blamed for making
impossible to keep the young folks and hired hands
dnutn on the farm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

WASHINGTON FeN. pe-on February a4 This
cosSEan published certain taets regarding George
Allen newly appointed director OF The REC, and his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

The Navy thinks il can fend of
atomic bomb attacks on the United
states with battleships. We want
TO be around the first time the
Missouri solos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-26

Evidently most of those from far up who have
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13

with Fish and WudliIe Servlce to stabilize the butter clam industry. Similarly. the Board has cooperat- ed with all Federal Agencies in the Territory.
 Among other efforts. in brief. related in the report which the Board has accomplished or is work ing on are: survey of actual and potential tourist lodge sites: re- mobilization of reindeer in north western Alaska: preparation of pamphlets on subjects for which a special demand has been evidenced in the four or five thousand in quiries handled by the Boards personnel since it's inception. Four pamphlets have already been print ed covering: Information for the Alaskan Farmer-Settler: The Tan ana Valley; The Matanuska Val ley and Livestock in Alaska. Two ether pamphlets are in the course of publication. One on trade and industry in Alaska and one on re- creational riches in Alaska. A pamphlet on fur farming in Alas ka is being compiled and an illus trated pamphlet stressing the ad- yantages of Alaska from the view point of settlement and invest ment is in course of compilation.
 While the attention of the De elopment Board has been particul- arly directed toward promotion of economic, industrial and financial prospects, the other phases of Ter ritorial life have not been neglect ed. It is increasingly clear that the overall governmental strue- ture of Alaska is in need of re- view. Whether or not the present campaign for statehood is success ful, it is clear that Alaska needs more representation in Congress. The Organic Act was originally drawn without a careful survey of Alaska's needs and is now out moded. The fiscal structure, devel- oped without any comprehensive survey of the problems peculiar to Alaska. Everyone admits that Al aska has too many bureaus gov erning its activities, but no one has surveyed objectively the func- tions, responsibilities and scope of these bureaus. Many impartial and
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
TELLS DETERRENT PROCEDURE OF
 TRANS. EMPLOYEES

JUNEAU John L. Mccormick. Territorial Director of selective Service. announced the following procedure should be followed by employers in the transportation business who are requesting defer ment for men between the ages of 19 and 29. Form 42A Especial Re- vised) will be submitted by the employer direct to the agen v which applies below. and not 10 the local board.
 Forms 42A Special Revised) and accompanying statements will be submitted by employers to re- eeiTing gencies as follows:
 Railroads - Class 1 - Assoeia- ton of American Railroads. Wash ington, D. c.
 Short Lines - American short Line Association. Washington. D. c.
 Air Lines - Air Transport As sociation. Washington. D. c.
 Motor Trucking American Trucking Association. Washington. D. c.
 Inland Waterways - L. c. Fur ner. ODT. 1900 Term. Tow,r.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
GOVERNOR REPORTS TO INTERIOR ON ALASKA
 DEVELOPMENT BOARD

JUNEAU-1he activities Of the Alaska Development Board since It's inception are outlined in a re- port being made by Governor Ern- est Gruening to the Department of lhe Interior.
 Numbered high in the list of ac- c0mpllshments was the emplo '- expert on marine atIalrs, to repre- sent the Territory h the rate heat- ings called by the Maritime Com mission on petition of the War Shipping Administration Tor tne steamship companies. Through the efforts of this legal expert the petition of steamship companies LJ raise the rates lou per cent was disaIloWed alter hearings h Wash ingtOn and Alaska. A coordinaLsd defense would have been impos- sible for all Alaskan residents il the Development Board had not taken the initiative.
 The Development Board has dir GGt4S AA44uSuCGu tue AS9oSA@hSu Frozen Foods to launch a project 1or quick freezing fish ana yege- tables.
 It has interested experienced re- sort operators in establishing tour ist lodges in at least two areas.
 It's representatives have answer ed thousands of inquiries from prospective investors and settlers directed either to the Board origin ally or referred to the Board by
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13

Cleveland, Ohio (Including Great Lakes).
 The receiving agency will cen slider each certificate on the basis of rigid criteria established by Inc Office Of Defense Transportation and will transmit the forms to the Office Of Defense Transportation who will submit them to National Headquarters of Selective Service. The Director of Selective Service will transmit recommendations for deferment to local boards through the appropriate State Director.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
MRS. BARRAW RETURNS

Mrs. Henry Barrow. of Wrangell Institute teaching staff. returned 10 Wrangell on the Princess Lonise this week after a summer spent in Woodstock. N. Y.
 Woodstock is one of the more famous artists colonies of the world and Mrs. Barrows was diree- tor of the art museum there be- fore coming to Alaska Woodstock has received national recognition from national magazines such as Life and will be featured in the new magazine Holiday" this winter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
HALBUTER ATTU
WRECKED ON ROCKS

KETCHIKAN-The Coast Guard Tuesday reported the fishing boat lhalibuter) Attu was on the rocks and needing assistance eight miles north of Narrow Point Clarence Strait, with it's bow crushed. Its crew of seven were reported aban- doning the craft. The cutter Red wing was dispatched to the scene.
 The Attu. owned by Olaf Nygard of Seattle, sailed from there last week for the Southeast Alaska fishing banks to fish salmon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13

INGERSOLL HOTEL in KETCHIKAN
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
FIVE SHIPS MANNED
 BY JAPANESE CREW
 ARRIVE ON PUGET SOUND

SEATTLE - Japanese sailors have entered Puget Sound for the first time since the war when five American ships manned by Jap anese crews dropped anchor near Mukilteo.
 4 sixth ship was scheduled 10 arrive, with a seventh due about September 15 to return the crews to Japan.
 The vessels are Liberty ships, loaned the Japanese to transfer their nationals from all parts of Japan's inflated wartime empire to the home islands.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13

other agencies uf Alaska and 1he United States.
 Its representatives. have also vis- .ted leading cities of the United States and contacted personally lover 200 representatives of capital land industry relative to possible investment in Alaska. These con- tacts have covered in general the following activities. pulp and newsprint, mining housing, REC. loans. fish, recreation, veterans, public works, tourist lodges and hotels, creosote plants, surplus property, small business airlines, saw mills, furs, eurios. fish skins, education, hair seals, uranium, prospectors' schools, stocking Of streams, statehood, fellowship, publicity. Chambers of Commerce, steamship service, publication of pamphlets.
 While every pulp and newsprint manufacturer in the U. s has been contacted, the bulk Of them still consider cost and other handicaps too great to warrant investment here at this time. However, two newsprint concerns, one consider ing a O0,000-ton a year operation and the other 10000 tons a year. have conducted extensive surveys in the Territory within the past few months and are currently working up detailed cost figures. One pulp mill is being seriously considered. two others will visit the Territory shortly. and one craft paper mill and one high alpha dis solving pulp mill examined the Territory closely and decided a. gainst operation at this partieula time.
 Numerous contacts and working arrangements have been establish ed with saw mill interests, wh0 have been brought into the Terri tory by the Forestry Service, and are enlarging and improving saw mills in present communities. Spec 4aA GAA14 LS nave bSGA AeAG hS NeAA tact specially users of Sitka spruce and birch. 4 creosote plant is about ready to be established in Wran- gell if the greatest users of treat ed woods, namely the Alaska rail- road and the Road Commission, will give the prospective operator some idea of their annual needs.
 In mining, close liaison has been established with the Alcoa Mining Company for their limestone oper- ation at Edna Bay. Active assis- tanee has been given the develop ment of the Boring River coal fields, the zinc property and a pos slble uranium deposit. The idea of prospectors' schools and prospec- tors aids has been promoted act lively. Efforts are being made to coordinate the work of the Geo. logical Survey, Bureau of Mines and Territorial Commissioner of Mines.
 Efforts are being made to as- sist the Alaska Railroad by creat- ing an Alaskan supply of treated ties, by establishing a foundry in the rail-belt, a flour mill in the rail-belt and by seeking a secure Y.M.C.A. service.
 Joint action has been initiated
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13

highly skilled organizations are in- terested in undertaking such a sur vey. The Development Board is seeking to coordinate these organ izations with the government az encies most concerned.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-13
NOTICE

FOR Residence and Outside Theft insurance, all risk sifverware, jewelry, and fur floater policies = call Mrs. Frank Barnes. Phones 1O1 and 97