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The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
Flashes of Life
LONG DISTANCE

PATCHOGUE, N. Y. Rl-Patsy Andrisani, Veterans Administra- ton employee in Northport, N. V, and the girl he met while a serv- iceman, Miss Gwen Rose of Col chester, England, are continuing their courtship with a pair of anna teur radio operators assisting.
 His cousin, Michael Maletta, made radio contact from here with Denis Heightman of Clacton-on- the Sea, England, not far from Miss Roses home.
 He's trying to fix it," Maletta says, "so she can come over here and they can get married"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
GOES STOPPING MAKES A SALE

FARGO, N. D. tPl-A student at North Dakota State College found that his G. I. allowance was not quite enough, so he went win dow shopping" for a part-time job.
 Last week after looking in the windows of Fargo department stores. he introduced himself to the manager of one concern, and said:
 "Your store has the poorest looking windows in town"
 Now the student has a job-in- structing the store personnel in window decorating.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
Seek To Open Vet Homesteading In Alaska

f(A') Special Washington ServiceD
 WASHINGTON, (P)-Rep. Pe- den D.-OklaD has introduced leg islation which would open up 24O,- 900 square miles of southern Alas ka for homesteading by American war veterans.
 Himself a war veteran and a member of the House public lands committee, Peden told a reporter his bill was similar to one recent ly introduced by Rep. Lemke R.- N.DO and that the two would work together in seeking to expedite ac- ton.
 The legislation has two pur- poses, Peden said:
 l. To provide an opportunity for veterans by giving them "a place to have a homestead sufficiently large to provide for a family of seven in accordance with U. S.. standards of living"
 2. To settle Alaska, which in my opinion is the first line of our defense," and to bring about de- Velopment of resource" which the United States now has and which are undeveloped."
 Peden's measure provides that veteran by living on the land for three years, can get title. If he has served two years in the army, he is given credit for two years oc- cupancy, would have to live on the land only six months. Disabled veterans also can acquire land by six months occupancy.
 Veterans could homestead not less than 320 nor more than $40 acres of agricultural land and not less than GAO nor more than 1920 acres of grazing or timber land. Four railways meet at the Bel gian port of Antwerp.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
OPERATION FRIGID

ENDICOTT, N. Y. (P)-Skating enthusiast Joseph Sosensko, 39, thinks he proved skating keeps a man in top form by bicycling B miles on icy roads in two hours and 45 minutes.
 But skier William Gerdey, also 39, whom SOsenkO outlaSted in the test the two arranged to decide which sport was the better condi- tiOner, still stands by skiing.
 Gerdey planes his bicycles con- dition for his failure.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
MagnusOn Gives 2 Alternatives For Alaska Shipping

Continued From Page One Steamship company, the North land Transportation company and the Alaska Transportation com pany.
 The plan also authorizes the maritime commission to adjust tariffs on Alaskan commerce.
 Yesterday Delegate Bartlett O. AlaskO sharply attacked this pro- vision, saying he advised the Ter ritory to fight any rate increase.
 Bartlett said that the increase sought would amount to 58 per cent above l94O rates.
 Counsel for two of the compan- ies, Bartlett continued, warned Alaskans that if they fought the increase, shipping service would be discontinued to the Territory at once.
 Rep. Jackson D.-WashD chair man of the merchant marine sub committee, said his understanding was that the steamship companies had not asked 58 per cent freight increase.
 He said that in 1922 the Mari time Commission had authorized a Sur-charge of 16 per cent and that the Alaska Transportation com pany now said it would need an additional 23 per cent increase and the Alaska Steamship company had said it would need an increase of 35 per cent.
 Counsel for the steamship com panieS declined to comment on Bartlett's statement or the rate sit uatiOn.
 Alaska is paying all of the freight charge it can stand at the present time," Magnuson said There should be no freight rate increase to the Territory. It simply cannot stand any more. The pres ent rates are too high.
 If the present emergency legis- lation proposed by the Jackson subcommittee does not meet the requirements the only alternative l see is government operation of the service to Alaska"
 The war shipping administra- ton and the maritime commission have operated the Alaskan Steam ship service since 1922 with the owners as agents.
 Congress ordered the line re- turned to the operators on Febru- ary 28.
 The private owners said service would be discontinued unless a rate increase was allowed.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
Small Nations May Participate In German Peace

LONDON, (P)-A certain area of agreement between Soviet and American diplomats on the issue of small power participation in framing the German peace treaty was indicated today.
 Robert Murphy of the United States, asked a reporter at the four-power deputy foreign minis ter's conference how much he be- lieved lesser powers should take part in writing the peace, said he wanted constant consultation by the smaller nations" with all the deputies committees.
 This suggested that Murphy did not favor full participation by all belligerents at all stages such as the smaller nations, led by Brit aims dominions, have demanded
 Soviet Deputy Feodor T. Gou- sev, who had opposed the demand from the start, said he wanted the committees to take the testimony" of smaller nations.
 Diplomatic circles speculated that Britain and France, too, might tacitly approve the Russian stand.
 The development came as the state department in Washington, in consultation with the American delegation here, drafted a formal proposal on treaty-making proceed ure.
 Disagreement persisted over the right of one Austrian delegate tC present his views before the depu- ties Austrian section, SPut another Foreign Minister Karl Gruber- appeared before that section again today.
 British sources said Gruber, questioned by Gousev about Aus tria's responsibility" for fighting alongside Germany, replied: Aus tria was forcibly annexed and it was Austrian citizens not an Aus trian government who took part in the war and most of these were forced to do so. Most Austrians were opposed to Hitler, Gruber added, and more than 10000 were sent to concentration camps.
 The Moscow radio stepped up it's propaganda against western proposals for reorganization of Germany into federation of small states.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
CHUCKLES

Grandpa-Been shopping to- day?
 Grandma-YeS, I had an awful time, but I finally got a barom- eter
 Grandpa-What on earth do you want of that?
 Grandma-It will tell me when it's going to rain.
 Grandpa - Such extravaganza! What do you suppose you've got your rheumatism for?
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31

Mary had a little lamb;
 His hair was white as heck; And everywhere that Mary went The poor sap signed the check.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31

Two farmers, jealous of each others early rising, became boast full. One allowed as how he got up before 3 am. His rival, hoping to catch him in a fib, rose at two am. the next morning and went to call on his bragging neighbor.
 When the later's wife answered the door and was asked where her husband was she replied: Dunno but he was around early this morning"
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31
NEW NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED AT SELDOVIA

The latest newspaper enterprise in Alaska is the Forntiersman be- ing published at Seldovia by Viola Daniels. Her six page mimeo- praphed paper is published twice a week and carries both display and classified advertising. It was gleaned from her issue of January P that the new Alaska Native School being established at Sitka will be known as the Mt. Edge combe School and students will be sent from both Eklutna and Wran- gel. as both schools are over crowded.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31

By 194l, Liberia was producing four times the amount of rubber it produced in 1886.
The Nome nugget., 1947-01-31

Four railways meet at the Bel gian port of Antwerp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Uncle Sans Real Estate Holdings
Mounting Government Land Acquisitions Deprive
States and Cities of Needed Revenues
BIZ John W. Thompson,

Uncle Sam Is the biggest real estate owner
In the Nation.
In September Of 1914 the House Public Lands
Committee reported that a. per cent OF the
continental United States was owned by the
various Federal Government agencies Includ-
ing the territories the committee said, the
figure was So per cent
Since that time some of the vast Government
war-holdings have slipped back into private
Ownership through the War Assets Administra-
ton and other liqlidating agencies But little
has happened to affect the leadership of the
Federal agencies in the land ownership field.
Through its various bureaus according to
the committee report, Uncle Sam owns or con-
trolls parks, forests Indian reservations, cattle
driveways, grazing areas, public domain, min
eral lands, recreational areas, cemeteries, Gus
tom houses, post Offices housing projects,
vegetable and fruit processing plants nurseries.
electrical plants, mines, oil properties, war
factories Of various kinds, shipyards, docks,
wharfs, lakes, dams, power sites, waterfront
properties, hotels and hospitals.
1t is this situation that Is back of the steadily
growing cry from State and local governments
for Federal payments in lieu of taxes. When
acquired by the Nation, land Immediately be-
comes tax exempt. Yet the real estate tax is
the backbone of city and county revenues.
Since property owned by the United States
is not subject to State and local taxation with
out the consent Of Congress, the device Of
payment in lieu of taxes has emerged as the
simplest and probably fairest method by which
the Nation can recompense the local units
without doing violence to established legal
principle.
Federal Real Estate Board appointed by
President Roosevelt went into the whole prob
lem In detail. It reported in 1943 that Federal
holdings were too complex to permit any
simple solution.
However, the National Association Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
LIES Routines

There probably are many people who
wish they could do something of the sort
done by Frank Meyers of st. Paul. Mr.
Meyers, who is worth perhaps as much as
a half-million dollars, got tired not long
ago OF sitting in his private ofice. He
found the routine dull. His callers were
uninteresting. So he up and abandoned
his business In favor of driving a taxicab.
This has enabled him to meet wide
variety Of individuals, and he enjoys it
so much that he works at his new job ten
hours day six days week
OF course, Mr.. Meyers action may seem
silly to taxicab drivers who do not have
half-million dollars. In all probability,
they would gladly give up hacking to sit
in an Office and make lot OF money doing
business with uninteresting callers. 1t is
true, too, that Mr.. Meyers, If he keeps
at 1t long enough, may get weary of haul
ing people all over st. Paul. He has merely
exchanged one dull routine for another
routine that may become equally dull. But
that does not alter the fact that more
than a few Americans are likely to envy
him his being able, whenever he feels like
it, to escape from doing the same thing
over and over again year after year.
A man, for example, who has been
twenty years or so on the same job is
bound to think occasionally that he is in
a rut and that he ought to get out of it
by engaging in an entirely different pur-
suit-perhaps even pursuit like beach
combing. But he has restraints on him.
He cannot afford to change. Or he has
family responsibilities. Or he Is fearful
of being unconventional. Or he is the
victim Of insurnountable inertia. Or he
is held back by any number Of other
powerful factors. Accordingly-unlike Mr..
Meyers but very much like most of us-he
remains steadfast to his routine, carrying
on, with admirable patience, in a society
which Byron has described as lone polished
horde, formed of two mighty tribes. the
Bores and Bored
Yet, though there is really vast dull
ness in the routines of the workaday world,
it may be Just as well that there is no
escaping from 1t for most human beings.
It is q condition of existence that we have
p put up with. II We did not. If all Of US
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Fifty Years Ago

Half a century back, The Star serviced its
readers with great many small items OF news
published under the heading:
'Stor Star Gleanings" The paper
cIenn;nos' on the last day of May, 1897,
contains these notices. among
others: "A Crows Island, Me, boy sees only at
night Detroit exempts her Masonic Hall from
taxation. English doctors say railroad Journey
ing cures govt. Kansas man uses bicycle
to measure distances in surveying. The Jardin
des Plantes female hippopotamus is dead at
43. M. Vaillod, now a member OF the French
Senate used to be the cannon man in circus.
Bombay sentries salute black cats, supposing
them to be lost souls OF English officers. New
Yorker was arrested the other day for stealing
stole John w. Creation, who invented the alloy
used in the scent piece. died last week In
Brooklyn.
"A Muncie, Ind parrot cried Fire! FIRE.
and woke up her owner, who found his house
In flames The Passion Play is to be given in
Mexico City at q cost Of 5000 900, under direc-
hon Of Joseph Schurz Of Oberammergau. A
Bogota acrobat named Warner has walked
tight rope over the chasm Of the Tequendama
Gorge 47s feet deep. The Young Mems Bust
ness Association OF Richmond has determined
to secure the building of cotton mill in that
city. Chicago girl has sued neighbor for
$25 600 damages from being stunk by bees.
Capt. Mahans influence OF Sea Power and
De Griffs' Life of Commodore Perry have been
translated into Japanese.
Secretary of the Montana Senate John Bloor
has been convicted Of having secreted bill to
cut down legislative salaries the last night of
the session; punishment was fixed at one years
Imprisonment. There Is q little society in
Boston that believes Victoria is not rightful
Queen of England, and Is patiently waiting for
the House Of Stuart, which lost the .thrpne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Ethics in Cor SuIes

In view OF the persistent rumors of
sharp trade practices by some automobile
dealers, the Federal Trade Commission Is
warranted in launching an inquiry to
determine the facts. The facts will not
harm reliable dealers. whatever is I'M
covered. And If reports of unfair activities
by few INSCRIPTIONS dealers prove to be
true, it will be in the interest of the
automobile industry and the general public
to expose the guilty ones.
The most prevalent complaints received
by the ETC are those which allege that
some dealers are forcing unwanted Access
series on new-car customers as condition
of sale and that required trade-ins are
priced below the real market value of the
old car. If the investigation shows that
there has been misrepresentation amount
ing to fraud In such cases, the ETC is
authorized to require the dealers to show
cause why cease and desist" order
should not be issued.
Meanwhile, local dealers are said to be
worried over possible repercussions here
from the Baltimore Circuit Court rulings
upholding the right of prospective car
buyers to sue dealers who fail to respect
order-list priorities. Even the reputable
dealers could be gravely inconvenienced by
rash of suits by impatient and suspicious
customers
The fact is that the dealers are in
difficult position with respect to these
waiting lists. Most lists are in such jun
bled state, through no fault Of the dealers,
that 1t is hard to maintain the once-estab-
lished priorities. This Is because some
customers who ordered cars of a certain
model or price or color have been willing
to accept cars of different model or price
or color. Customers who preferred to wait
for what they ordered naturally have been
passed over. Some Of them still are wait
ing. The fact that some one, who placed
an order months after his neighbor, Is
driving new car while his neighbor is
still waiting, does not, therefore, neees-
sarily imply unfairness on the part of the
dealer.
The probability is that most dealers are
as harassed by the car shortage as their
would-be customers And the ethical
dealers will not lose sight of the fact that
good will on the part of the customers
is needed more today than ever. They
must cherish this good viii now II they
hope to remain In business when compe-
htion becomes keener.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
War to be dismissed Is something OF little

War to be dismissed Is something Of little
consequence.
Next months conference may succeed
In working out / program under which
private lending agencies would make 1t
more difficult to borrow for farm land
purchases. But banks and insurance COM
panies-at least some of them-have al
ready adopted such policy In certain
respects, the boom seems 50 advanced
that only good luck may be able to avert
q serious bust. II the bust comes, however,
and II specializing farmers are hurt, they
will have themselves largely to blame.
Certainly, they cannot complain OF not
having been forewarned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
The Farm Lond Boom

The boom in farm land prices has now
reached such potentially dangerous point
that President Truman has instructed
Secretary Anderson to call special ma
tional conference on the subject The
conference-which is to begin here June
9-will be made up of Federal officials,
representatives of private lending agencies,
and agricultural leaders. The objective
of the conference will be to try to work
out measures effective enough to head off
the kind of crash that ruined thousands
of farmers after the imitation peak of
1920
This situation has been building up for
many months. During the past two years
there have been repeated warnings against
1t. Thus, as recently as last December,
Secretary Anderson summed up the case
in these words: The dangers of buying
farm land at inflated prices are obvious
The long-term earning capacity of land
provides the only sound basis for de-
termining values. Although incomes of
farmers should continue good for some
time, the present abnormally high demand
and price for farm products must adjust
to the long-run situation at home and
abroad" There can be no doubt about the
solid common sense of this view As surely
as death and taxes, marked shrinkage is
coming-sooner or later-in the excep-
tional foreign and domestic outlets en-
joyed by our agriculture during recent
years.
Nevertheless, although Federal officials
have made this point time and again in
an effort to discourage people from buy
ing agricultural real estate at higher and
higher prices-and going into debt in the
process-the boom has continued without
let-up. According to the Agriculture De-
partment, farm land values increased an
other IL per cent during the year ended
March l. and the President-"deeply con-
cerned" over the situation-has noted that
they now stand 90 per cent above the
1859 average. This is too reminiscent
OF what happened after the First World
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Test for the President

A Republican Congress has virtually
completed action on two of It's major
interchangeable labor bill and the tax
reduction bill A Democratic President
should have them before him by the end
of this week. What will he do with them?
1t is idle to speculate on that point.
But 1t Is interesting to recall the Presi-
dents own words, in a statement last
November after the election, regarding
his attitude toward the Inevitable issues
which would arise" between himself and
the new Republican Congress. when this
occurs" he wrote, 1--WE must examine our
respective positions with stern and critical
analysis to exclude any attempt to tamper
with the public interest in order to achieve
personal or partisan advantage"
Under our Constitution" his statement
said, "the Congress is the controlling law
making body. The people have chosen to
intrust the controlling voice in this branch
of our Government to the Republican
Party" But under our system of Govern
rnent, he continued, there are three indie
pendent branches and the duties of the
executive branch and of the Chief Execu-
tive lie with him. 1--WE are set upon hard
course" he said. can effort by either the
executive or the legislative branch of
the Government to embarrass the other
for partisan gain would bring Illustration
to our country To follow the course with
honor to ourselves and with benefit to
above ourselves and our party interests
for the true bearing"
It would be difficult for anybody, save
the fervid partisans of special interest,
to believe that in the enactment of a
labor bill Congress has had any guide
other than the long time interests of the
country. Such rhetoric as slave labor
bill" fails, by its intemperateness alone,
to convince anybody or scare anybody.
The final measure approved by the con-
ferees represents an honest attempt to
bring more balance into the complicated
picture Of labor management relations 1t
Is not the work Of labor baiters or Of labor
.haters, but of men whose respect for the
interests OF labor is measured in some
relation to the interests of all the people.
Congress, as the President said is the
tiles by which both labor bills were ap-
proved by House and Senate are accurate
reflections of what the people want and
believe to be necessary in the form Of a
new deal on labor management relations
The wisdom of the tax reduction bill
is open to greater doubt Taxes are too
high and should be reduced The same
thing can be said of the public debt But
of the two, the reasons for reduction of the
debt and a definite departure from deficit
financing are more compelling than the
reasons for reducing taxes at this time.
The Presidents signature of the labor
bill and his veto of the tax bill would
accord with his pledge of last November
'to do in all cases. from day to day, with
out regard to narrow political considera-
tons, what seems to me to be best for
the welfare of all our people. Our search
for that welfare must always be based
upon progressive concept of government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01

County Onncials, representing more than q mn
counties throughout the country, believes there
Is solution-the creation Of q commission
whose duty would be to hear the complaints
OF hardship caused local governments By Fed
eral land purchase or continued ownership
The commission would have power to make
adjustments. Bills setting up compensation
plans are now pending on both sides of the
Capitol and hearings are under way on the
House bill before a Public Lands Subcom-
mittee.
The ls43 report OF President Rooseyelt,s
committee laid down four principles on which
any Federal payments in lieu Of taxes should
be based. These were:
l. Each class OF real estate should be con-
sidered separately on the theory that no
blanket formula could bring about desired re-
suits
2. The amount Of Federal payment should
be the result Of consideration OF the actual
tax loss, the local benefits from Federal own
efship, and Its effect on the demand for State
and local services
3. Where determination of these factors is
hard, contributions may be made on re-
ceirts-sharing basis.
4. Federal payments should not be used to
encourage perpetuation of uneconomic units
of government
The underlying object of these principles,
it was stated, is to bring about substantial
equity between the local and Federal tax
payer.
Locally the situation has been critical, es-
pecialy in the last as years, which have been
marked by steadily increasing Federal land
acquisition now to $4,000 out of a
fetal of $1,000 acres in the city-and steadily
decreasing payment by the Federal Govern
ment. Two proposed plans are now pending
before Congress to compensate the city
specifically for this situation. Other plans are
also being considered, but are unrelated to
the Federal land holdings