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Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-07
FEDERAL POWERS, RESOURCES AND RESPONSIBLE
 WHICH WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE S1I

THE federal government owns most of the land and natural resources of Alaska There rests upon the eral government, therefore, special responsibility TOT administration of public affairs in the Territory This res siblity doubt will continue to some extent even Alaska becomes a state.
 statement last year by the Department of the Int
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-07

those who have spent son.
 considering the matter 't'le dicated Alaska would Aa' some $12,OOO,OoO to Sl4 ne '' of federal assistance a .'Ut with only half the land a1
 ing used as a basis for T'' o' ton. 'd
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-07
PROCEEDS OF FUR SEAL OPERATIONS

There is no reason why the state should not receive in addi- ton the net proceeds of the Pribilof sealing operations which are carried on under treaty on the basis of a United States trusteeship for the benefit of the United States, Canada and Rus sia, and averaging more than $500,000 a year for the past ten years. Such net proceeds are the result of an Alaska resource, but of course will never be turned over until insisted upon by a voting congressional dele gation from Alaska.
 Upon granting statehood, the
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-07

ability, even the necessity, ol roads. What has gone on in this respect should in itself convert the most doubting person to the advantages of statehood. After the Alaska Road Commission was transferred from the War Department to the Department of Interior in 1880, it is almost literally true that no funds for new construction were made available until the war period. They were appropriated then not primarily because the In terior Department a s k e d for them and they were considered by Congress as desirable to de velop the territory but because the War Department reported them as being urgently neces- sary in the prosecution of the war.
 If anything seems clear from recent developments in Congress with respect to Alaska it is that the territory in the future is go- ing to have to pay a larger share of highway costs. A provision requiring Alaska to match fed eral funds appropriated for the Alaska Road Commission was in sisted upon by the House Appro- priations Committee in the ap- propriation bill for the current fiscal year. Delegate Bartlett, after prolonged and vigorous eff forts, was able to have the pro- vision eliminated, but the only argument which appealed to Congress in this regard was that since the requirement was made without notice, the Territorial Legislature had had no opportu- nity to appropriate matching funds, and if the provision were permitted to remain, no use could be made during the pres ent construction season of any of the 1946-47 federal appropria- ton.
 The congressional conf fe r. ence committee which finally eliminated the matching re- quirement served notice in doing so that in subsequent years Alas ka will be expected to match fed eral funds appropriated for high way purposes in the territory. MORE US. FUNDS
 FOR ALASKA ROADS
 The federal government will do infinitely more for Alaska roads (probably at least five or six times as much annually un- der the Federal Highway Aid act than it has ever done in the past or is likely to do in the future under any other ar engagement. An increase above what the territory has been spending on roads undoubtedly will be required when Alaska is admitted to participation in this act. The important thing to re- member here is that such an in- crease will be required at that time irrespective of whether Alaska is a state or still ter ritory.
 The Territorisl l Legislature has petitioned CoArress to admit Alaska to the benefits of the act. Alaska's clam to partici- patton has been pressed most
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-07
COSTS OF ALASKA FOR ROAD PURPOSES

How much would Alask. to appropriate on its ou,| count in order to obtain fo| expenditures of this mag0| on Alaska roads? Judge ni1 makes an informed estjms1 follows:
 Under the Federal Hipbl act, the states must take of the maintenance ch.l Those charges for All roads made by the All Road Commission alone as| present time amount to| proximately $1,0OO,OOO \ year. It may be that \ gress will make a special ception for the State of \ ka for a few years, bull cannot expect that any < exception will be permad and it may not be made al Moreover, the appetite| Alaska for roads, if one use that figure, is simplI satiabIe. Further consjd ton of the subject has vinced me that Alaska Sh| be prepared to appropriaa least $2,000,000 per year| the maintenance and consl ton of roads from the ou|
 By that I don't mean S2,| GOO in addition to current propriations, but $2,OOd per year in all. If the fed government should retain der it's control a large shal the public land of Alaska, by the present road for| our share for the cost off struction of new roads, ad tinguished from mainten| of existing roads, would proportionately lower would be the case if all Ol public land of Alaska, or tically all of it, were tu over to the State of Ala We do not know just | kind of action Congress take on the subject and, d fore, I suggest that to
 care of every possible \ tuality we should make d Iowance of $1, ,O00, ,0OOI year, or approximately for the maintenance of E ing roads, and at least and S1,OO0,000 a year for new struction.
 Thus, with the eXpendlt0 about $2,0OO,OOo a year, n of which would be an inc Alaska would receive Sl4 GOO to $16,OO0,000 a year of highway constructor maintenance.
 If Alaska did not WI spend $2,O0O,0OO a year for OOO,OOO to S16,000,00O wOl roads, we could, of cours fuse to take advantage Q act, and thus not be requll make the highway appll tions mentioned. Undoul other states would be dellI Obviously, though, this be poor business for Ala'
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$1,645,0O0
BUILDING COSTS NOT INCLUDED

It will be noticed that some of these expenses are less, but most of them more, than in the anti-Statehood statement con tained in an early chapter of this report. The total does not include anything for a state capitol or for other buildings which might eventually be re- quired. It does, however, in clude all other foreseeable ex- penses. Certainly an allowance of $350,0O0 a year to cover up- keep, interest charges and re- payment of principal on any out lay for state buildings is more than ample.
 The total thus postulated, , 1,995,OOO a year, compares very closely with an estimate made several years ago by then Delegate Dimond, who said:
 To furnish the equivalent of
 the services being supplied to
 us by the federal government
 at the present time would req
 sonably require an expendi-
 ture by the newly created
 state of approximately $2,000,- GOO per year. The additional
 $2,000,000y year of revenue which I have mentioned might
 not give us quite such elab-
 crate establishments as some
 of the federal government ag- encies which we would take over, but I am convinced that the job could be done just as well, if not better, than it is being done at the present time. It is almost automatic that To- cal government is more eco- nomical than long-range gov ernment, and we can reason ably expect that to be the rule in Alaska as it has been else where.
 Considers ble assistance toward meeting the additional costs of statehood would be forth c m in g from several sources. In the first place, against the court expenditures already mentioned should be off set the sums which would be collected by the courts in fines, etc. In the ten-year period on which our estimates were based, receipts of the federal courts in Alaska averaged $377,957 a year.
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enough additional local rev enue to undertake the burdens of statehood.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21

the No 3 teachers, Mrs. F. A.
Oliver. A Fathers Day program
was rendered by Miss Bobbie j.
Moss. Charley l.. Louis made
talk subject, Fathers Duty.
Miss carney Mae Moss of
Hot Springs is here visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver and her sister and many
other relatives. Rev. C, II.
holden held his fourth anniver-
sary recently Many visitors at
tended the services. $l8725 was
raised. Miss Cora Mae Bell and
the two Marsh sisters from Little
Rock are here visiting relatives
and friends. Sunday School
and Mission were well attended
at St Claire Church Sunday.
Mrs, Juroy Little Killed a squirrel
at the first shot and was she
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
OKOLONA
Mrs. Zela Gill

Farming is in full swing now
with a week of good weather
Farmers are beginning to wish
for a rain. Several young
men are working at saw mill
that has recently been completed
here. Clinton Jethro Brewer
left Monday for Cleveland, Ohio
to visit his brothers. John
Beard, Mrs. Lucy Swink, Willie
James Lewis, Prof. and Mrs,
Simmons and daughter, Annie
Mary, attended the B. T. U. and
Usher Board Congress at Hope.
j. c. Brownwho has spent sew
eral months overseas has re-
turned. Marrying is catching
in Okolona. j. Lewis took as
his wife Miss Darline Ford and
Miss Queen Ola NARROW as his
wife last week. Rev. Stewart
filled his pulpit Sunday and left
Monday for Chicago to attend a
meeting. Mission Band met at
the home of Mrs. Jamie Dixon,
the president, last Friday. We
are glad to have Mrs. Bailey and
husband back with us from Chi
cago. Mr. and Mrs. Smith of
Detroit, Michigan are visiting
Mrs. Amos Cook. Rufus Meeks
is visiting N. Payne and Mr..
Meeks. The P. T. A. Com
mittee on typewriters is selling
ice cream at public gatherings
so that they may have money to
purchase typewriters for the
school. Mrs. Marie Hale, Mrs
Addie Muldrew, Mrs. Zela Gill,
Mrs. Roy Hale, Mrs. Rebecca
Buford, Mrs. Hosea Hale, and
Mrs. Johnnie Literal are on the
typewriter committee. Sunday
School was conducted by the
supt., John Beard and the banner
class for the past Sunday was
w. A. Bells. D. l.. Dixon of
Arkadelphia visited his mother
and brother, Mrs. Ellen Brown
and j. c. Misses Cora Mae
Bell and Evelyn Gatlin of Little
Rock and California were visitors
at our church Sunday night.
The church raised for Cleve
Payne $43.50 in service Sunday
He expressed his appreciation to
all who gave him in his recent
disaster.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
BENTON
Charlene Pierce

The singing program at Mt,
Canaan Baptist Church, Gurdon
was well attended by Benton
citizens. One bus and one car
load enjoyed Gurdon's hospitali-
ty. Rev. and Mrs. B. F. Lunon
of Carthage A. M. E. Church
were overnight guests of Mrs
Mary Smith Johnson. Rev Lunon
preached for the Helping Hand
Club. Sister Lunon gave a Won
derful address. S &c Woodrow
Wilson of Pine Bluff, who was
recently discharged from military
service, is visiting in Benton, .
Pete Miller went to Ell Dorado
to visit his sick mother. Pleas
ant Hill A. M. f. Church honor
ed the fathers of their church
June 16 with Fathers Day cards
and gifts. Those receiving this
honor: Pastor o. j. Delamar, j.
c. Rhinehart, Judge Sanders and
B. G. Canady. Mr., and Mrs.
Chester Sanders and family of
Malyern spent Fathers Day with
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Judge
Sanders. Mrs. Cora Lee sur
prised her husband, Silas Lee,
with a birthday dinner recently.
Mrs. Carrie Toles attended the
B. T. u. Congress at Hope. w.
B. Dhinehart is attending school
at A. M. and N. College, Pine
Bluff. Mrs. Lucille Harmon is
vacationing in Pine Bluff .
Friends extend sympathy to ]. C.
Rhinehart and family in the loss
of his sister-in Law at Conway,
She was the widow of the late
Rev, Dan Moore who formerly
pastored st. Paul Baptist Church
of this city.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
A Sad Day Aheod For The Minorities

Just what is behind the bitter attack on Mr.. Justice
Black by Mr. Justice Jackson something far than
what meets the eye forced to believe.
The issue chosen for the attack Mr.. Black that
Mr. Black Justice labor cases which Cramp
ton Harris of Birmingham Alabama former law partner of
Mr. Blacks appeared behalf of the unions during the
poalto portal involving the Mine Mill and Smelter
Workers against the mine operators
This issue doesn't seem to offer much of clue
does the change in the political lineup in the country today
1t should be recalled that Mr. Black appointed by
Mr. Roosevelt part of his plan to make the Court
liberal during his campaign to effect the social changes in
country And there has been of decisions which
ran counter to southern reaction and big business
There have been decisions upholdng labor against the
wishes of big business There protect
the rights of Negroes in this country Decisions that have
been far painful to many than throwing hot I've
in their faces Outlawng the Texas white primary giving
the Negro the right to vote Outawng m-crow travels
the souths sacred heritage.
This attack Mr. Black, feel is just part of
onary group plan to destroy the New Deal in its entirety
and everything else Mr. Roosevelt symboized.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
TEXARKANA
MRS. IDA b. MARSHALL
PHONE 1921

meeting. f.. The Usher Board had
its regular meeting Tuesday night.
Johnnie Williams is president.
Thursday night, choir rehearsal
was held with Prof. Willie Sims
and Mrs. E. G.. Williams. A
banquet was held honoring Prof.
Sims who is leaving for New
York. A silver token of appre-
citation was presented to him
from the Usher Board by Mrs.
Thelma Evans, and from the
choir by Mrs. Ruth Williams. He
received many useful gifts.
Thursday night Circle No. 2 met
at the home of Sis. Annie Cole
with the president, Sis. Dora
Tucker presiding. Tickets were
given for the grocery box.
Guests present were Mesdames
Pearlie Hill, Ophelia Braggs, Cas-
sic Wilson, Savannah Tucker,
Oracle Mae and Shella Ann. .
Mrs. Adolph Brezzeller, ST., and
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Jr left for
Los Angeles to join Mr. Brez-
teller for an indefinite stay They
were accompanied by Henry
Richard Nard. Cathrine Pree
was recently married to Jimmie
Greene in Los Angeles. Califor-
mia. Mrs. Estella King is in
Memphis, Tennessee, visiting her
nephew, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Ernest Stokes. Mrs. Nellie Fos-
ter of Dallas, Texas, was the
weekend guest Of her niece,
Mrs. Sadie Robertson. Mrs.
Lizzie billiard, daughter of Rev.
and Mrs. Garfield Tucker, is
visiting her parents in California.
Circle No. | met at the home of
Sis. Irene Harris with Sis. N. c.
Conley presiding. Plans were
made to shower Sis. Anna Shep-
perd, who is leaving for Los An
geles, California. T.. On the sick
list this week are John Bradley,
T. J. Abraham and Mrs. Cleas-
Their Lenox. Sis. Maggie Moore
who has been confined to her
home with a stroke for several
weeks, is much improved and is
able to take car rides. After
spending 3 weeks in TT. Smith
with her relatives Mrs. Mollie
Lexon mother of Mr., and Mrs.
l.. D. Lexon, has returned home
and reports having a grand visit.
Mrs. Savannah Tucker had as her
dinner guest Sunday her sister,
Mrs. Cleasther Lenox.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
BURTSELL
James Harm Buford

James Harm Buford
Theary Gloten and his sister,
Evelyn Gloten, arrived home last
Monday from California. Mr..
and Mrs. George Lewis are the
proud parents of a fine baby
girl. Martin Roger Anderson
and Miss Mary Louise Duncan
graduated from Okolona Jr, High
School May 3lst. Both were
highly honored with many gifts
from friends and relatives. .
Mrs. Sadie Walker is here from
Kansas City visiting her sister,
Sophia Russell. Their uncle who
came with Mrs. Walker has re-
turned to Kansas City. The
Sunday School lesson at st. John
A. M. E. Church was reviewed by
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
FORT SMITH
Sol Starks

The Cooperative Tea met at
st, James Baptist Church Sun
day. The Missionary Society was
host to the other societies of the
city. The members of First
Baptist raised $4,000 in a finan-
cial drive Sunday afternoon. :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnnie Allen of
st. Louis, Mo, visited in the city
this week with their mother and
father, Mr., and Mrs. Ben Craig.
Mrs. w. F.. Josenberger and Mrs.
Evelyn Kendrick attended the
4lst annual session of the Ark
ansas Association of Colored
Women at West Helena. They re
port a very profitable meeting.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
ried in the Arkansas Gazette Tuesday:

RED IN the Arkansas Gazette Tuesday:
Negroes in Arkansas who qualified expect vote
in the coming Democratic primaries but Dr. NJ Robinson
says the Arkansas Negro Democratic Association of which
he is president, is not seking repeal of the poll tax
The editorial continues
I'VE wish the statement of the president of the Arkansas
Negro Democratic Association could be put the hands
every member of the Senate and the House. of every
paper editor and officials of all those organizations that have
to the length of trying to get Congress to attempt
outlaw the poll despite that the federal constitution gives
the states the right fix the qualification of voters the right
that states in other parts of the country make of in edu
caonal qualifications and other restrictions voting.
The editor doesn't realize, express any opinion to
the realization that the Negroes of Arkansas have scrupes
of their and Dr. Robinson has been authorized
speak for the Negroes Arkansas And very doubtful
that he represents the opinion of his entire association When
DR. Robinson made that statement the editor refers DR.
Robinson speaking for DR.. Robinson. However, the
group did vote later to accept the noepea of the poll
at Saturdays meeting when they found themselves mpasse
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21

proud. J. A. Buford received
$500 from his two daughters,
Ophelia Doyle and Carrie Rifle,
and his son, Alonzo Buford who
lives in Chicago. Naomi Marsh,
Iona Marsh, Cora Mae Bell, Jim
Henry Hatley, Theory Gatlin,
Acell Gatlin, John Marshall and
Evelyn Gatlin were dinner guests
OF Johnnie and Ivory Littrell
sunday.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
AUGUSTA
Willie Mae Gipson

w iiii1 4FioN o'feCA'
Corporal James Trip pis spend
ing few days at home on fur
Tough with his family, Mrs. Ger
aldine Trip and grandmother.
He is stationed at Luke Field,
Ariz. Rev. J. T. Mitchell, f. D.
Liggins, w. l.. Martin, and Rev.
O. E. Edwards, and representa-
tives from their churches, left
for Hope this week to attend a
state meeting Rev. ~ Curry
recently closed his Anniversary
at Homie Grove; the meeting
was very successful; Rev. J. II.
Smith and congregation of An
tioch A. NJ E. Church served last
Thursday night during the meet
ing. Rev, G. A. Brown, veteran
minister of this community, is
having his anniversary this week
at Hollie Grove, B. M. Church;
Rev. N. f. Curry preached Thurs
day night. Miss Annie Lee
Greene and Miss Lula Mae JAG
obs left last Friday night for St.
Louis, Mo, their stay will be in
definite. The joint program
given by Ward Chapel A. M. +.
and st. John M. B. choirs last
Sunday night high lighted the
evening; large crowd attend
ed; over $500 was raised. The
group of Boy Scouts attended
district meeting last Saturday at
Forrest City They returned
bonner in their new uniforms.
Scoutmaster Rev. J. j. Brown
and Prof. Jas. Smith, sponsors,
accompanied them. The third
quarterly conference of Ward
Chapel A. M. f. was held recent
ly Teh presiding elder brought
the morning message and Rev. o.
E. Edwards preached at 300 p.
m. Money raised this quater
was S7700. c. w. Layne, one Of
the delivery boys of the STATE
PRESS, is out of town for awhile.
See his sister, Sallie or Geraldine
Tor the paper and news. The
District Sunday School League
and Singing Convention will be
held at Augusta, July 1923, Rev.
+. ID. Gipson, presiding elder.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
"Neoroes And The Poll Tax"

Negroes and the pom tax" headlined editorial car
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21
Darling Fish

Darters are small slender fish with
their eyes elevated high on their
heads Their pectoral fms are broad
end are used as supports when rest.
ing on the bottom. They are rarely
seen suspended In the water. but
when stationary. rest on the bot
tom. They never swim leisurely, but
when in motion. dart swiftly from
place TO place.
Arkansas State press., 1946-06-21

Vernon Hervey is home from
Portland, Oregon, for few days.
He was dinner guest Friday of
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Marshall
at 301 Wyendott Street, g.. Mrs,
Jamie Lockhart Neal of Pine
Bluff is here visiting relatives
and friends and her sister, Mrs.
Eliza Palmer of Fit. Wayne, Ind,
is here visiting relatives and
friends. Grant Hollis has re-
turned from Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, after visiting his daughter,
Mrs. Robert Maxwell. . Mr.. and
Mrs. Dunbar have left for Kan
sas City where they will make
their home. Mrs. jamie Nelson
left for Los Angeles, California,
after Visiting her aunt on f.
Wynedott Street. Aaron Walk
er, who has been employed in
Toledo, Ohio, for the past two
years, is home visiting his fam
lily. Mr.. and Mrs J. d. Newton
are the proud parents of a baby
girl. Miss Estell Grant was
weekend guest of Miss Bessie
Louis of this city, Sunday,
June 9th, Rev. J. H. Griffin
motored to White Cliff to his
church. Mrs. ]. H. Griffin, Rev.
Fred Steward, Mrs, Bertha
Brown accompanied him. Glass
No. 2 in Sunday School was
Taught by Mrs. Griffin. Rev,
Griffin preached at II o'clock
from the subject, "The Prodigal
Son" which was requested by a
sinner. Rev. F. c. Steward
brought the evening message. :,
st. James Baptist Sunday school
met at the usual hour with Supt.
J. @. Adams in charge. The
Women's Adult class led finan-
cially and the Jr. Class led in at
tendance. Collection, $3.50. E.
Rev. Peter J. Sears of Little
Rock who conducted a wonderful
revival last week, brought a
burning message at II O'Clock.
The meeting closed Tuesday night
June 18th. The City Prayer
Band will meet at the Canaan
Baptist Church Sunday, June %,
at 5 a. m. Mrs. Maud Keel left
for San Pedro, California, to at
tend the funeral of her nephew,
w. II. Ellis. Mrs. Lucinda
Crockett and Mrs. J. A. johnson
are attending summer school at
A. M. and N. College, Pine Bluff.
PARK AVE, by Savannah Tuck
err: Sunday school was opened
with assistant superintendent
Roxie Grundly in charge. Offer
ing $10.82. Seven visitors pres
ent. The pastor, Rev. George,
preached soul-stirring sermons at
both the morning and night SER
vices. Five were added to the
church. Rev. Jno. Williams of
Hope recently closed very sue
cessful revival. Sixteen new
members were added to the
church. $l11.93 was raised in the
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21

per reserves will only last another B years. If there aren't enough coper pennies then, the zinc coat ed coins that were used during the war won't be the answer, because the life of zinc reserves is listed as only l8 years.
 MT. Pehrson warns that some other metals are going to run out before copper and zinc. Bureau of Mines estimates place reserves of mercury at only two years; tung- sten and antimony, three years; and lead, II years.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
U. $. Metal Reserves Are Dwindling

Copper pennies, now rapidly re- placing the wartime substitutes, may not be the comomn coins a generation from now. The reason is that the U. s. may run out of copper by then.
 Elmer Pehrson, chief of the eco- monies and statistics service of the Bureau of Mines estimates that, on the basis of the country'S rate of consumption of copper for the five years before the war, cop
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
Red Cross Knitter Is Sock Success

WESTFORD, Mass. (R - Mrs. Jennie M. Kendrick, 85, has set a knitting record for the Lowell Red Cross.
 Since March of 1940, she has knitted for servicemen 3,40O af- ghan squares, $50 pairs of socks,
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21

palunooun pue spueq 99uH q scarves and ShoulderetteS.
 Born in Nashwaak, New Bruns- wick, Mrs. Kendrick learned to knit when she was nine years old. She still does all her own house work.
 Mrs. Kendrick performed the same service for the Red Cross in World War I, But l didn't keep count then" she said.