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The Nome nugget., 1946-05-27
..rGaa ADVERTISEMENT
TERRITORY OF ALASKA

TERRITORY OF ALASKA Office of the Territorial Treasurer
 OFFICE
 TO ALASKAN LAND OWNERS: Tn" Alas'-l Real Property Reg istration Law of March 24, l945 requires each owner of the legal title to land in the Territory of Alaska to make a declaration of such ownership and to file the declaration in the United States Land Office for the district in which the land is situated, on or before June 30, l946.
 A declaration of ownership is required to be made and filed on all patented lands except those owned by the United States or any agency or inStrumentality threeof; lands owned by the Ter ritory of Alaska or a subdivision thereof; lands owned by an Indian Nation, Tribe, Band, or a mem Der thereof, and the lands located within an incorporated town.
 A homestead entryman on Fed eral land should not file a dec laration until after patent has been issued for the land. The same applies to locations on min ing claims.
 Forms and instructions for mak- ing declaration of ownership may be obtained by applying in per- son or by mail to the United States District Land Office at either Anchorage, Fairbanks, or Nome, Alaska, or the United States Public Survey Office, at Juneau, Alaska, or the Territor- ial Treasurer at Juneau. It is the responsibility of the owner to ob- tain these forms and file them on time. They must be filed in the District in which hte land is sit
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-27

Q. What art those four excep- tions?
 A. (a) Lands owned by the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
 tb) Lands owned by the Ter ritory of Alaska or a subdivision or instrumentality thereof.
 Co Lands owned by an In- dian Nation, tribe, band or a mem Der thereof.
 (d> Lands located within an incorporated town.
 Q. Should a homesteader on Federal public lands file declar- ation of ownership under the reg istration law?
 A. No. A homesteader should not file a declaration of ownership until after he hs received his patent to the land. @. Must the declaration be filed by the land owner in person? A. No. The declaration may be sent to the appropriate Dis trict Land Office by mail. Q. If there is more than one owner of a piece of property, must a declaration be filed by each owner?
 A. No. A single declaration form, listing the names of all the owners, will be sufficient. Q. Can a declaration be filed by an agent for the owner. A. Yes. Provided the agent can show written authority from the owner to perform such filing Q. What is the penalty for fail ure to file a declaration of owner ship with the United States Land Office in accordance with the requirements of the Territorial Law?
 A. The owner or owners will be subject to a penalty of S5, which will be a lien against the
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-27

land as of January l of the en- suing year. If the penalty is dne and unpaid for a period of at least four years, the lien will Summarily be foreclosed on behalf of the Territory by the Territor- ial Treasurer in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Act.
 c. Where may declaration forms and information and instructions concerning the registration of ti- tie be obtained?
 A. At the District Land Offices at Anchorage, Fairbanks or Nome, the United States Public Survey Office or the Territorial Treas urers Office at Juneau, Alaska e. Can the declaration also be filed in the U. s. Public Survey Office at Juneau?
 A. No. The declaration must be filed only in the Land Office for the district in which the land is situated.
 Q. Is it necessary to apply for the forms and instructions in per son?
 A. No. Applications may be made by mail or by personal call at the offices listed.
 Q. What sort of information must be included in the declar- ation?
 A. This is made clear by the instructions which may be ob- tained from the offices indicated above.
 O. How should transfers of title IQ. How should transfers of title clared and filed?
 A. In the same manner as those secured before that date, but al- ways within the calerdar year in which the transfer is made.  Phone Local News to Main 125
The Nome nugget., 1946-05-27

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 Failure to register title will in- cur penalties and forfeiture of land under the law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
by Peter EdSOn

7O-page Nathan report with 28 charts and tables presents two main points,
 l. That the average weekly earnings of $475O in all manufacturing industries as of January i0l5
 today worth only s3850 due to increases in the cost oI nVing An increase of $9 week would, therefore, be necessary if the average workman were to be as well off as he was two years ago. The unions trans late this into $2 day, to allow for further price i- creases before new contracts are signed.
 9 That the profits of all U. s. corporations after taxes, are now running at the rate of l5 billion dol- lars year This percent of the total corporate net worth. From these figures Nathan deduces that all corporate business could support 25 percent increase In wages, without any increase in prices and without reducing profits below the rates ot l936-30 At this level he says profits would be almost high they were in wartime.
 Nathan's study is sure to be shot at all over the country Nathan himself admits frankly that he has presented only overall figures covering the entire na tiopal economy Only in perfect socialist state would 1t be possible to divide national in this way. Also. the argument that wages be increased out Of profitS without increasing prices caused storm when presented by Henry Wallace
 When Nathans percentages are applied to the financial statement of any corporation trouble begins Take the U. S. Steel Corporation. For the first nine months of l946 it paid approximately 800 million dollars in wages A 25 percent increase would be t25 million dollars The corporations net profit for the first nine months of this year was 57 million dollars, on sales of over billion dollars l25 million dollar wage increase would have thrown the corporation in the red by 6e million dollars.
 Similarly, S2-a-day increase for General E1ec- tries l2S00O employees would cost 62 million dol lars year. And a $2-a-day increase for General Motors S7O.OO0 workers would cost l80 million.
 Where this money is coming from, Nathan and Associates don't go into It will be up to the leaders of the three big unions to show this in their meeting at Pittsburgh and in later negotiations with indivd- ual arrangements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Public Servants Who Serve

General Dwight Eisenhower has revived theory of gov enment which has undenaby fallen into dsuse the past few years To New York reporter in Miami the other day he expressed his belief that Public figures have certain pub lie responsibilities and obligations, 1t is shame some times to see the beating decent American men and women take from their public servants
 The general thinks in other words that in democracy the government serves the people not the people the gov ernmen and that the people therefore entitled to that respect from governmental officials which employees owe the boss Public servants, he says are committed to pubic service
 This idea is by means revolutionary. American democracy is founded on it. and American textbooks are full nf f. Rnt as government has become digger and bigger busness it has been honored and in the breach rather than in the observance And it's definitely due for c revival
 Take the case General "Ike" particularly cited that of the police Certainly there be disputng the fact that police were established for the protection of the pubc Ana they are paid from funds supplied by the taxpayers The peoue then undenaby justified in expecting from the police courteous, efficient, and respectful service.
 Many pocemen fill that bill But many others do not so manv in fact that General Eisenhower finds it neces- sary to admonish civilian police he has his own MPs: noce officer is servant He should act like servant too He ia not an Indian poenate Aztec god who IS u- touchabe and not to be disturbed by the rabbe
 For this deplorabe condition individual uniformed Of senders not actually to bame of The state of mind which produces has drfted down from above cemen take their cue from holders of public office And many ofcehoders have to regard position of puDic trust as personal possession carrying with no respons- bity the people which need be recognized m oavVOo"y dealings with individual citizens.
 As the years have passed governmental officials have seemed to become further and further removed mentally as well as physically from the taxpayers who elect and support them Rare indeed is the ofhcehoder who not almost always too busy to private individual who has com plant or a suggestion to make.
 It rue of course that government now much more complex and demanding than was But additiona even the busiest official have free time he could devote to consultation with the people whose interest sup posedly is his interest.
 In any event. the people would certainly gain from more anplicaon in circles of the down. toearth philosophy which makes ke Eisenhower refer to himself Army Chief of Staff, gorihed desk ser If more capitalized Executives thought of them selves in less sanctmonous terms would have govern ent that would often provide with public service from public servants
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
BRoADENrN e woNENs RIGHTS
(Har ttord-Courantl

It may be That the s to ( opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in the T Am" religious group case will become an epochal one. Two leaders of this Southern California cult, who clakned to be accredited messengers of the Ascended Mast CTS" had been fined and sentenced to prison. When an appeal reached the Circuit Courf; that tribunal ruled that the "tr1lthS of religious con- cepts should have been considered at the trial. This the Supreme Court in 1924 called improper, and it sent the case back for determination of other questions raised by the defend- ants. Now the highest court diSn1isses the indictmen ts because women were excluded from the iadicting jury and the trial jury.
 Possibly thB decision may deter mine for an time the privilege of American woRIaen to serve on jurieS. In MaSSachllS that privilege had been denied until the recent State election, when by referendum the voters approved. Evidently the Su- preme Court lIas ruled that exclusion of women from juries is denial of the rights of pe1tSons on trial and also of women qua lifted to serve on jurieS. Tn his opinion for the majority, Jus tice Douglas raid that exclusion of women may rElake jury less repre- sentative of the community than would be true if an economic or rac- ial group were excluded"
 Here is a decision that seems to leave no looE,holes for courts, prose- cutors or defendants who may wish to avoid having women participate in the determination of criminal cases, and presumably of civil eases. There is still strong prejudice in some parts Sf the country against women serving on ,juries. Those en- tertaining suho:h opposition evidently are in good company, for the min- ority in the ''T Am" case included Justice FranlSfurter, who wrote the dissenting opinion, Chief Justice Vinson, JuStxsses Jackson and Bur- ton. Five-to-iiour opinions are less welcome than those where the nla- jority Is larger, but 5-to-4 finding is just as effesstive as though it were unanimous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
BOOKS FOR GERMANS
(Journal Courier)


 IL is not exactly . surprise to read that members of the four power education commission in Berlin are having a tough time trying to agree on what books are 1t for use in German schools. II is dif1cult enough sometimes for a committee made up of four Amer jeans to agree on whether a school book is ideologically 1t for a grow ing child. With a committee at Berlin composed of a Frenchman, q Russian, Briton and an American it is minor miracle that any book is ever approved.
 The sort of thing which goes on is illustrated by two controversies which have taken jplace over the past year. In the first case the Rus- sians took violent exception to e children's reader, favored by the Americans, on the grounds that some Christmas verses about Q boys dream of tin soldiers and a toy gun were "militaristic." In the second, the Americans have ob- jected as strenuouSly to a Russian fable with the rather ponderous title of How Lenin and the Tsar Divided the Russian People Be- tween Themselves" on the ground that it ridicules landlords and busi- neSsmen.
 Presumably the commission has managed to agree from time to time as there have been no complaints that Berlin school-children are con- fined to reading blank books.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Farm Crash Ahead

The Agriculture Departments Bureau of Agricultural Economies has hoisted storm warning which American farmers cannot afford to ignore This is time to buy farm and says the bureau and it goes on to tell why no in statistics of dire implication.
 Farm land values went up another IA percent durng the year ending Nov and they are now only Il per cent below the 1920 peak In Is states they have more than doubled since 9539 period and in II others they nave reached point 5 above what they were less than 10 years ago.
 What this s of course, Secretary of Agrcul lure Anderson points out that unless the brakes are fast applied credit buying, farmers are In for another an crash such as struck them in 19202 And this time the blow may severe for more people have gone
 into debt purchase farms in each of the last four years than in any other year since 1920 Farm mortgages went np an additional $50 million the first six months of l94O with the result that the total indebtedness of American farms stands at $5 billion.
 Farmers now enjoying good incomes would do well to follow Secretary Andersons advice by putting little away for the rainy day when crop prices will come the value of the additional land they covet VIII sde aey-and by using money retire debts and replace worn-out equipment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
by Thomas Stokes

would be a violation of the Wagner Act. The NIiRB ordered hearing on these charges. which is the usual procedure.
 It requested the use of the City Hall in Alex ander City for the hearings This refused. The reason given the 'coal shortage" which not
 legitimate at all according to residents who know the situations Though It may have had nothing to do with it. the head of the company is nephew of the mayor of Alexander City
 So the board looked around for another meeting place It found that the hall of the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans was available and permission to use 1t was secured But, just before the scheduled day to open the hearings the veteran notified the NLRB that the hall could not be used
 Finally the hearing was opened early this month at Ann Jordan Lodge which belongs to the University of Alabama, and about miles from Alexander City But, after several days, the NIB notified that it could no longer use the lodge
 Then it moved the hearings to a night club about four and half miles from the town. But just few days ago, the board told by the night club that the hearings no longer could be held there
 Now the NLIRB thinks it has found a place from which it not be dislodged This is the courtroom the Federal District Court at Opelika which is all right except that is about 50 miles from Alexander City where all this started.
 What is this all about?
 Simply that the manufacturing company brought pressure all around successfully to try to block the hearing until a refuge finally found in a build ing belonging to the United States of America.
 As said before it's a silly sort of procedure but shows to what lengths the power-that-be in South ern small towns sometimes will go There's something in the Constitution about the right of free assembly, It doesn't seem to be known in some parts of Ala bama by some people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
The Man and the Moment

The Man Bilbo to have gotten himself deep into he ouagmre of political chcanary and according to our sources in Washington his brother Senators are out to get him. The Republicans hope to make capital Of the issue while fellow Democrats of the Mississippi Senator M said to feel that would be best for the Party to get rd e him if such is possible Now it seems that the
 seissppi soons own executive secretary formerly con- Eirad to oust him from office Browbeating of Negro lers false campiagn claims ignorant whites. bloated snaign funds and the like cannot be condoned forever
 r principal regret that there such states as Msss .np in America where such bl4oty and ignoranee h free
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
Views of the Press
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 The Army and Navy found through bitter experience in the war how few officers spoke or wrote English well enough to explain themselves clearly or even give unaxnbiglAouS orders And when 1t comes to using the Eng fish language to communicate Subtler nuaTlceS of meaning or feeling-well our own English is inadequate to de- scribe the resulting horrors.
 Good speech has always been the prerogative of an educated minority, but with rising levels of education has come the tendency to relax the standards of good speech in order to accommodate all the godo Joe's surg ing up from below in an amiahle, in- articulate mass. English teachers valiantly battling this tendency find themselves hampered by heavy teaching loads and the lack of a properly planned English program, from one school level to the next.
 When it is seen that speech is golden, Americans may be more will- to exchange the shabby currency of popular jargon for bright-minted coin of the realm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
by DreVO Pe0rON

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 nr. Leo sullara, one Oe Che sep solentlsts n tne Manhattan district project wss eSA' n weshlnsson energy with group. q otLoaaS m the other day and told this stotys
 yrhe other day met Q scientist who dld not work on the atomic bomb project" Selara sao, " asked me some questions about the pomp covnsessO hy asking hias scientist wno ola nVs G Ncr hs thought the bomb was made, He outAnea ns Own VI ieees checked in the laboratory and believe ie or not found that he had simpler metnoo Ve "sA"'s the A-bomb than any we had oevelopeu'
 h. a.au,nv vyash hls announced policy of COG operatlng with the new Republican-controlled Con Rress President Truman will follow pl-partlsan formula in making appointments to important OoV- ernment posts after Jan l.
 Before making any major appcntments the reslent will eall in Senator wallace White Of Maine fhe next Republlcan majority leader of the senate as well as Democratic Leader Albeh Barkley or Ken lucky for their advice and approval
 The President feels that, in addition to courtesy considerations shown the Republicans the hi.partsan formula will avert hold~upS m conLlfhaVloh naa- chinery, if he knows in advance whether nomlnee will be acceptable to both parties in the senate
 Barring emergencies all current vacancies m top agency and departmental posts will be affected py the new policy. For this reason the Presloent wlI delay the nomination of a solicitor general SEC board member and other top jobs now vacant untl after Congress convenes and he has chance to dis cusS various candidates with senators White ana Barkley
 A new policy line in preventing strikes was agreed on at secret meeting of Secretary of Labor Schwe- lenbach and his top advisers last week.
 Hereafter Government mediation machinery will swing into action four to five months before union contracts expire in major industries instead Of walt ing until union demands and strike threats are m the air.
 It is felt that many serious work stoppages can be avoided if union demands are anticipated and me- gotiations begun well in advance of contract expra- tions
 The first major industry on which the new policy will be tried will be the maritime which faces an- other possible work stoppage in June At that time, union contracts of able bodied seamen of the AFL and CTO on the West and East coasts expire.
 Acting Democratic National Committee Chairman Oscar Ewing has warned President Truman that the Democratic Party will be doomed if Truman recom' mends any anti-labor legislation to the new Con- greSs Members of the National Labor Relations Board are drawing up recommended changes in the Wagner Act which would give further protection to small business. President Truman may incorporate these proposals in his message to Congress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
More on Wages
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON Dee. le-(NEA)- Strategy for CLOS second round of wage increases will be worked out at Pittsburgh Dec. lS and lS Meeting there VIII be the wage policy committees of three big unions, Steelworkers Autoworkers and Electrical Workers.
 The prospect of three big unions with a mem- bersp of two million, presenting co-ordinateo demands on three of Americas largest industries at the same time is something new to contemplate There is every indication that the demands will be for wage increases of around 25 cents an hour, or g day. But which union makes the demand first, or whether they all three go in together and for how much. has yet to be determined
 There is a possibility that the Steelworkers will open negotiations without mentioning any specific figure as their demand The reason for this is that the Seelworkers asking for increased social se- gains could be made on these supplementary de- mands. wage increases might be scaled down.
 At the Atlantic City CIo national convention in November, formal figure was set for the new wage demands The only specification that they be "substantial". Since that tmc however, the Auto workers wage policy board has met in New York and formulated very concrete proposals The Electrical Workers wage committee, meeting in Dayton over the weekend will likewise decide what their policy should be- The SteelworkerS' executive committee meets in Pittsburgh Dec. IT, just before the three big unions hold their joint meeting the two days following
 The pattern for demands of approximately 25- cents-an-hour increase in the wage rate has been indicated by two sources. The GIG wage policy com mitee named at Atlantic City has just sent out to its unions confidential report. It shows B percent increase in weekly earnings needed to bring wages up to the cOst-ofiving levels ir effect since price controls were removed. The wage-price policy study made for the CIO by Robert R. Nathan and Associ- ates made public in Washington, comes up with the same figure
 Reduced to simplest possible terms. the elaboarte.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
THE KINGS ENGLISH
(The Monitor)

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 Junior don't speak So good as he oughta." That, translated into Jun ior's own charming pfraSeology. is the finding of the Articulation Con- mittee of the National Council of Teachers of English. They report a profound conviction. that stu dents today do not speak under
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-18
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Please tell me the quickest and safest way to get rid of hlackheals and pimples on my face and back.
 (Anxioais) Answer Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for pamphlet on sAcne'-pimples and hlackheads.
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