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of goods increase, prices will respond, unless the country becomes involved in an inflationary spiral resulting from uncontrolled increases and strikes that stall production. Barring that disastrous pos siby the forces that make for mounting prices and necesstate continuance of price control will even- tually lose their driving power. For when the Gov emen ceases to borrow to cover deficits the creation of new purchasing power-the primary cause of nfla- tion-will likewise Then as fears of imitation from this source subside and civilian goods come on the market >in amounts sufficient to meet current demands the public will be less inclined to indulge
 in the frenzied kind of buying characteristic of the recent past.
 That time may come much sooner than anticipated in case of some commodities-especialy commodities that have been bought in excessive amounts to antic pate future needs in the hope of speculative gains from resale at Egher prices. The prospect of defa tion should not therefore, be ignored because of our more immediate concern with imitation. Our aim should be to maintain a general stability of prices that would enable to avoid the evils flowing from imitation and the equally great evils that would result from defation The best defense against the former is for wise public to maintain their own selective price control by refusing to pay high prices for goods still short in supply We have gotten along without many items during the war and still get along without them
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-02
20 YEARS AGO fHE TIT EMPIRE
JULY 2, 1926

JULY ?, 1926
 Fourth o July celebral9n in Douglas 0 doings a o'clock on July with tourists party and their families from Islam Francisco
 Shayev in a hit, the 2 night It really should no-ht but George ed Shaw msudged high by running under and it went Kok famed 12 Elks Seem Jackson ball given ragged support
 opened with every apartment taken and a long waiting vacancies.
 Both Goldsens Emporium to remain open evenings dress up for the Fourth
 the Junction Store advertising ladies rayon a silk chiffon hose at $ pair full list tourists aboard the Dorothy Alexander was que port from this night
 Weath report: High 67 low 63; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-02
HURLEYS HIGH-JINX

If you happen to be sitting at dinner anywhere near ex-Secretary of War Pat Hurley of Washington, Oklahoma ana New Mexico, you Have to be careful. You never can tell just what's going to happen.
 At least that's the testimony Of guests at a stag dinner attended by Hurley, Senator Burt Wheeler. ex-Attorney General Homer Cum mings and Warren Lee Pierson some time ago. They are still talk ing about it.
 Nothing happened until the middle of the meal, then Pierson, former head of the Export Import Bank, now president of the Radio Corporation of America, made a grinning reference to the old mule skinner in their midst. Hurley, who once drove a mule in an Okla hcma mine and usually goes out of the way to boast about it, sud- denly dropped his knife and fork and beloved:
 's"I heard that crack you made about me and I'm getting tired of your insinuations. Everybody knows what you think O. me. Sure, used to be a mule skinner. Do you want to make something of it?"
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round
(Conttnued from Page One|

that large credits can oe claimed by corporations which actually make more money this year than they did in any of the years from 1886 to 1889, simply because their capital investment is now larger.
 Mills charged that many large companies are taking advantage of this loophole, and as a result the taxpayer foots the bill for the ex pansion oI private industries. He also listed long series of abuses and transactions which will no doubt be resorted to in order to create carry-back refunds or tax credits"
 Congressional tax experts think there is a chance that repeal of the carry-back provision might be put through this year-if the Trea- sury sends up a strong report re- commenting if. That is where new Secretary of the Treasury Snyder has his big chance to show he is not always the pal of big business.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-02
Seismic Sea Waves
(New York Times


 The boy who drops a stone into pond and watches the resulting nipples spread out learns some thing of way in which energy can be transmitted The great seismic wave which originated in the Aleutan Deep and spread out for thousands of miles falls in the same category No huge dropped into the ocean. There landslide which caused the bottom to drop, with the same result To fill the hole formed, surrounding water rushed in. Thus the huge which dashed against the Pacific Coast as far south Chili generated. Since waves come in a train, it natural enough that those which set in motion by the collapse of the ocean bottom in Dutch Harbor took time in subsding
 The size of such seismic sea waves depends on the mass displaced It must have been enormous in the of the recent inundatons, and its displacement must have been sudden. Had the earthquake that produced the wave occurred exposed land near the shore the effect might have been just far-reach- ing and just devastating What astonishes laymen but not physicists is the height length and speed of the waves. In the recent that height prob ably not much than thirty feet despite all the tales of a hundred feet and more that have reached us; the length from crest to crest probably hun feet and the speed certainly of the order of $50 miles hour Mountainous" ocean storm waves rarely exceed twenty feet in height, and com pared with those of seismic origin they are shorter in length and faster.
 The effects of these huge seismic waves vary according to the character of the shore If there bays and inlets, the water crowds into them and nundates bottom land; but along straight shore nothing but an unusual surf will be observed. Because of wave lengths of hundreds of feet the captain of ship at sea will be puzzled He will note the very slow rising and falling of his ship But only if he is unusually well informed will he attribute the rising and falling to distant quake, for he will feel no shock if there is only vertical drop of the bottom far away Nor will he be in any danger The geophysiciss will have to consider two sets of phe- nomena-the earthquake itself and the secondary effects which happened to take the form of seismic sea
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DEFLATION AHEAD

Before the end of the war there was widespread belief that prices would drop sharply at least for brief period following the end of hostties Contrary to predictions the volume of demobilization unem- poyment proved to be unexpectedly small warworkers and returning veterans being absorbed into civilian industries more rapidly than anticipated As result, current income payments to individuals, though re- duced are still at extraordinarily high levels These facts partly explain why trade is booming at the present time and goods rapidly disappearing from retailers shelves Buying pressure has also been main tained from savings backlogs built up during time Moreover people are spending larger pro- portion of their current incomes instead of saving, while tax reductions have released funds for spending. The effect of this sustained high volume of pur- chasing power Is to create inflationary pressure on prices that has caused most people to discount the possibility of prices moving in any direction ex- cept up.
 Most of the discussion about price policy and the need for price control that the lifting of such controls would be a signal for sharp advance in market prices That would undeniably follow in case of commodities that in short supply Rising wage and other production costs will likewise entail further advances in prices of finished goods as long as un- satisfied demands, backed by cash in hand, persist. From various quarters warnings that the present sellers market in certain kinds of goods may become a buyers market before realize what is happening. Consumers are said to be shopping about Tn search of better quality goods and showing greater resist ance to high pricesa danger signal from the sellers viewpoint.
 %~ This attitude of caution on the part of buyers is likely to become pronounced their most press ing demands are satisfied or as their funds dwindle Even occasional outstanding instances of price declines occur that convey warning For instance burley tobacco prices suffered sharp declines few months ago and the southern Maryland tobacco market opened recently with drop in average prices to the lowest level since 1922 despite the removal of OPA ceiling prices.
 fol AS buyers become more seectve and supplies
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HOROSCOPE "The stars incline
 but do not cOmpeW
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
HEART AND HOME

HEART AND HOME
 Parents are favored under this configuration They will accom- plish by patient kindness and in telligent counsel what their chil dren will obstinately reject when attempted by force.
 BUSINESS AFFAIRS
 Those dealing in mems clothing will enjoy period of prosperity well ahead of schedule if no other obstacles are encountered by the industry. Millions of men are ready to restock their wardrobes and have the money for it when they are offered come selection and better quality goods.
 NATIONAL ISSUES
 There is every indications that the Democrats will renominate MT. Truman and that the Republicans will seek a candidate who can make the most of labor's hostility to the President.
 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
 Insect plaques of unprecedented proportions in many parts of the world will call attention to Biblical prophecy. Some devout Bible stu dents hold that careful reading of the Bible will reveal that every important event of our time was foretold there.
 Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of outstanding success in an en- deavor of importance.
 Children born today will have active minds, clever hands and strong bodies.
 Copyright, 1946)
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CPA'S HOUSING HEADACHES

Having cracked down rather vii gorously on Civilian Production Administrator Small and the race tracks and roller coasters built at the expense Of veterans housing, it is only fair to describe some of the headaches MT. Small faces. This is an attempt to tell the other side of the story.
 Jack Small came out Of the Navy to take over the job of Civilian Production Administrator at a time when maliy economists were predict ing postwar depression and wide-scale unemployment. In fact some set the figure as high as 10,O00000 unemployed by Christ mas.
 The proposed cure for unemploy- ment was construction. To that end all construction controls were re- moved and the green light given to all sorts of building.
 Shortly after this, the unemploy- ment estimates proved to be wrong, and instead of a surfeit of labor there was a shortage of almost ev- erything-fro labor to l0-penny nails.
 Result was tha. isy the time Con- gresS and too officials belatedly got around t. worrying about vet erans housing, all sorts of other construction-some of it essential, some decidedly not was already under way. Of course, it's generally
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-02
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Ry LEE

should the wedding be announced and what is the do so?
 A. the of the relatives distant friends publicly through the local
 should the be dis tributed?
 A. the the when the coffee is served
 color be used fer the engraved home addr stationery?
 A. gilt silver colors be used if desired
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Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

direct address OH to express emotion $ you?" Oh Why did do that?"
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 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Wherewitha l..
 SYNONYMS Reasonable, fair just, equitable
 three and it yours Let vocabulary Today word Pronounce ap-olog as in AT first sylabe) He always managed to a interesting apoogues into his lectures
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-02

Considering the incandescent lamp and the car buretor, Thomas A. Edison probably was the most notably useful American of his generation. Press agents particularly him debt of gratitude as the inventor of the mutigraph machine which they run their handouts.
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LOOK and LEARN 5zy c. GORDON

Which State has the least number proportion to 
 only President 0 resign? the colds? of snowfall? What bird the fastest?
 ANSWERS
 Massachusetts has but 94 for 100 Calhoun President December g. Office workers
 
 The Australian which has 10 miles,
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gulate future construction. He Wir- ed former War Production Board men all over the country asking chem to come back. Meanwhile word leaked out a day or two be- fore March 26 that all non essential building was to be stopped, and contractors rushed to put piece of steel in the ground" so they could say construction already had started.
 One big question since then has been to decide whether jobs al ready started should be stopped CPA's Small and his staff have found that stoppage sometimes would create hardship, sometimes bankruptcy. That is one reason why the race tracks and much un- essential construction is continuing
 Some people, including this writ CT, don't believe the CPA staff has been tough enough, but ob viously it's a difficult problem. And whether right or wrong in the past, it is only fail to point out that his staff has been doing an in- creasingly good job recently, for Housing Czar Wilson Wyatt and others now pay tribute to the CPA boss for throwing everything he has into the veterans building pro- gram.
 (CoPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946)
 
 LET YOUR mOneT earn four
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overlooked now, but some of the old Roosevelt -trusters like Bob Nathan and Leon Henderson long had been warning about the housing sho~tage-to no avail. John Snyder and other top people including Jack Small-paid no attention to them.
 So it was not until March 26 of this year that Small finally is sued his stop-order against further uneSsential construction.
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RACE TRACKS GET BUSY
 At that time Small lacked both the personnel and the money to re-
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LET YOUR money earn foui percent. Buy Alaska Finance Cor poration demand notes. (295-tf)
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the time honoed of the Fourth of July ce in Douglas doings o'clock on July 8
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Lther report: High, CT; low, 63; clear.
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National steamer Prince George arrive in port load tourists including party Shrnes and their families from Francisco.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Auto Death Toll.
Mounts 10 18

Two more persons were added
10 Detroit's list of traffic fatalities
today. bringing the total to 1s for
1916, four more than recorded for
this time last year.
Frank Milski. so, of 3773 May
bury Grand, died in Receiving
Hospital of injuries suffered Jan,
l6 when he was struck by an
automobile as he crossed Michi-
gan at Maybury Grand. Frank
Kallas, 81. of Santa Re, n. M,
driver OF the car, was eXonerated
by police.
Mrs. Mae Gaddis, 81. of 11525
Stoepel, is dead of injuries Suf-
fered yesterday when the cal
driven by her husband, Walter, 90
was i'm collision with a bus al
Florence and Log Cabin.
William McCany, 81, the bus
driver, and Gaddis were released
by police after questioning.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Sentences
I'm Gaming

Prison sentences up 20 five
years were faced today by nine
persons found guilty in Recorders
Judge John J. Maher's court of
conspiracy to violate gaming laws.
They were the alleged opera tors
OF the p. l.. s. Mutuel House.
Those sentenced were: Saliva
tore Sierra, 46. of 750 Lakepointe,
Crosse Pointe Park. Peter Tru-
piano, 35, of 1878 ST. Clair, Ben
ME Levy, az, Walton Hotel, and
Jake Yak, %, Saginaw, all two to
five years.
Levy II. Ivy, 46, Of 433 f.
Warren. Youree Bryant. as, OF
5727 Rivard. and Cyrus Amos, 33
Of $50 Medbury. one 10 five years
Mrs. Jessie Bryant, 80 three
years probation and $50 costs
Horace Kimp. AZ. OF 981 Brewster
three months 10 FIVE years.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Girl Polio Victim
On Dimes Broadcast

MONROE, Jan. 25 - Nancy
Karch, daughter of Mrs. A. w
Karch, will be heard on the De-
trOit Times March of Dimes
broadcast over CKLW at 2:15
p. m. next Monday.
Miss Karch, stricken with polio
in 1914, is women's division secre-
tary in the Monroe County March
of Dimes and is st. Mary Acad-
of Dimes
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Two Thugs Assault
Man in S Robbery

Monroe Title. q. of 2942 Pasa-
dena. was recovering today from
severe facial bruises inflicted last
night by two Negroes who
dragged him into an alley at
Superior. near Russell, and took
his billfold containing S. and
his wrist watch.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Binq Back on Air

NEW YORK. Jan. 25 up
The Kraft Foods Co announced
today that It's suit against singer
Bing Crosby had been withdrawn
and that Crosby would return 10
the Kraft radio program Feb. z.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Glass Cutters Gain

ATLANTIC CITY. Jan. 25
GNS)-The AFL-Window Glass
Cutters League Of America today
announced Ia per cent hourly in
.creases for 600 highly skilled"
union craftsmen.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
UNO Eyes Worcester

WORCESTER. Mass. Jan 25
CINS)-The UNO inspection group
Inspected the Boylstown-Shrews-
bury district in Worcester County
today as a possible permanent
home for the United Nations.
Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25

Select birch h and
maple, steam bent 20
perfect shape. Hours
Of healthful enjoyment
for winte sports
lovers. Now
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-30
Robert Hamilton G. A. r. Post Was
Organized Here September Is, 1882

Sixty-four years ago on Septem-
Der 28, 1882, the Robert Hamilton
post of the Grand Army was organ
lied.
The link connecting Bluffton with
the Civil War period was severed
when the fiag-draped casket of An
drew Hauenstein, pioneer pharma-
cist and last surviving war veteran,
was lowered to his final resting place
at Maple Grove cemetery on April
25, 1897.
Memorial day services at Maple
Grove cemetery will be held over his
grave on Thursday morning.
The post was organized here by
L. w. Prentice. The organization
took place in Keim's hall, popular
gathering place in the early days
of the town. Twenty veterans of the
Civil War were enrolled as charter
members.
FIRST OFFICERS
Records of the organization show
the following officers elected at the
founding of the post: Commander
w. B. Richards; S. V. Commander
S. j. Brand; J. V. Commander, Jesse
Vernon; Adjutant, Andrew Hauen.
stein; Quartermaster, II. L. Romeyi
Surgeon, Jos. Harris; Chaplain, VIM
Lewis; Officer of the Day, H. j
Call; Officer of the Guard, M. f
Beals.
With the continued enrolment OF
veterans the membership of the post
increased until a maximum of 81
was reached. From this point there
was a steady decline until death re.
moved the last remaining member.
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Settlement

Mrs. Josephine, McCready and
daughter Mary Catherine of Phila-
delphia are spending few days
visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Leichty and
son, Paul, daughter Ruth and Mrs.
Enos Lehman of Berne visited in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Augsburger Sunday, Ruth remained
for several days.
The st. John congregation enjoyed
basket dinner at the Pandora
| school building Monday evening as
farewell gathering for the Rev.
Boehr family.
Delegates to the Middle District
conference which is to be held at
Nappanee, Indiana, June 8-11, were
chosen by the various Mennonite
churches.
The Putnam County Youths Con-
ference is to be held at Vaughns-
Vile next Sunday afternoon and
evening.
Dwight and Anna Ruth Geiger
motored to Omaha, Nebraska, last
week to bring home their sister Ar
villa who is student at Grace Bible
school. Martha Ratzlaff, Newton,
Kansas, Marie Kregor, Quakertown,
Pa, Reynold Sawatsky, Montana,
and Peter Friesen, Meade, Kansas,
also students at the same school ac-
companied them here. Wilma Augs-
burger, returned with the group as
| far as Tiskilwa, Illinois, where she
is spending some time visiting in
the home of her sister, Rev. and
Mrs. Landolene Amstutz and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lehman left
for Morton, ILL.,, last Wednesday to
spend a number of days in the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Stuckey and
family.
Roland Burkhart expert sheep
shearer, expects to leave with his
family in a few days for North Da-
kota where he is to supervise shear
ing crews on large ranches as he
has done in previous years.
Corn planting is being unusually
delayed this season. Much has been
planted weeks ago and large acreage
still to be painted.
The young people of St. John
church are planning to spend Decor
alton day sight seeing in eastern
Ohio.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-30
Merilyn Battles
Bride In FindLdy

Wedding of Miss Merilyn Battles,
daughter of Mrs. Goldie Battles of
Findlay, formerly of Orange town
ship and William Edward Crabill,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crabill
of Williamstown, took place in the
First United Brethren church in
Findlay, Sunday afternoon at 3:15
o'clock.
Rev. L. E. Ames, pastor of the
church received the wedding vows.
A program of nuptial music was
played by Mrs. Harry Kirk.
The bride, given in marriage by
her brother Dull Battles of Mt.
Cory, wore white satin gown and
carried shower bouquet of white
roses.
Her sister, Mrs. Garth Hickman
of Dayton was matron of honor and
another sister, Miss Mabel Battles
of Findlay was bridesmaid.
Paul Crabill of Williamstown,
brother of the groom was best man
and George Krout and Robert Hiett
were ushers.
The bride is a graduate of Bluff
ton high school and until her mar
riage was employed as bookkeeper
in Findlay. The groom is gradu.
ate of Mt. Blanchard high school
and is now engaged in farming.
Following trip thru the Great
Smokes the couple will be at home
in Williamstown.
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CHARTER MEMBERS


Charter members of the organi-
zation were: Jesse Vernon, w. b.
Richards, A. Hauenstein, Joseph
Harris, |. w. Bell, Pat Noonan,
Lewis Rash, H. w. Reiter, J. M.
Woolcott, M w. Hesser, S. j. Brand,
H. L. Romey, H. J. Call, ] G. More
head, E. B. Agin, VIM. Lewis, M. F.
Beals, Isaac McHenry, J. A. Norma
maker and e B. Eewis.
These men all saw action or were
in training during the War of Seces-
sion in the period 1851 to 1865.
They responded to President Lin
coins call for troops; when the ma
tion swung to the cadence of new
marching rhythm, John Browns
body lies mould'ring in the ground
but his soul goes marching on
TURBULENT PERIOD
1t was turbulent period when
feeling ran high and the blare of
bugles interrupted routine tasks as
the youth of the North ffocked tc
join the armies of Grant and Sher-
man. Most of these boys, charter
members of the Robert Hamilton
post, came back to Bluffton to re.
new their work on the farms, stores
and businesses of the community.
For many years the G. A. r. post
here had charge of Memorial day
exercises, but due to the rapidly
diminishing ranks of the Grand
Army the responsibility was turned
over to the younger men in the
Bluffton post of the American Le-
gion for the first time in the May
celebration of 1922.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-05-30
Woman Injured As
Car Skids On Dixie

Mrs. Rosa Cormier, 81, of Ar
cadia, Calf, received back injuries
as the result of an automobile ac-
cident on the Dixie highway one and
one-half miles south of Bluffton
shortly before noon, Saturday.
The accident took place during a
drizzling rain when a Packard Sc
dan in which she was riding togeth-
er with her husband and six-year-old
daughter skidded on the wet pave
ment and sideswiped a Findlay
pickup truck delivering newspapers
driven by VIM. Lear of Findlay.
Both were northbound.
Mrs. Cormier was taken to Bluff
ton hospital where she remained un-
til Sunday. Both cars were consid-
erably damaged.