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Evening star., 1947-01-05

woods with axes to fell trees and
save Boston from a wartime fuel
famine. Fortunately the coal min
ers did not resent the competi-
ton and kept working. After the
war I showed lumber all winter
on Buffalo's Lake Erie docks.
never pass construction laborerS
at work on cold days without en-
vying them their healthy feeling.
So when Glib Crockett, whose
drawings adorn this page, sug-
guested visit to a duck club,
was all for it. I had never been
duck hunting-never shot gun
except on a range. Now I was
going to discover why millionaires
are so crazy about the sport de-
spite its discomforts. The Whit
neys and other New Workers had
a gun club on the Ontario shore
near Buffalo, my hometown. The
initiation fee was 100000, which
went into an endowment fund.
They must have been crazy about
duck hunting to travel so far and
> invest so much in it.
. First I had to get some gear. I
stopped in on Herman Proctor,
an excellent wing shot who clerks
at the Parker-Whelan store.
Somehow or other I had gotten
the name of our host wrong.
something reporter should
never do. GIBBS friend, the mem
ber of the duck club, who had
q invited us, was Nit Collins OF
the American Publishing Co. I
told Herman we were to be the
? guests of a man named Connors.
"Anything for a friend of Doc
: Connors," said Herman and gave
me the works: His 12-guage pump
gun, his boots and his eiderdown
+ hunting jacket.
20 Then I got four-day nonresi-
- dent license at Rockville, Md. 1t
9 cost $3.50. The year-round license
= costs the Maryland resident s5.
= And I bought the necessary Fed
& eral duck stamp at the post office.
That cost 81. I was all set. I
s had an invitation to shoot in
some ones blind. Observation has
: since shown me, however, that
AZ you can buy Cor make) a string
of decoys, put them out at any
place where a farmer will allow
you to shoot his shore, hide in
the reeds and you may get some
ia ducks. And, invited to the best
,ducking spot in the region, you
may get no ducks. AS one water
front character said, 'Ducking is
in the lap Of the gods of ducks"
We crossed the Annapolis ferry
at 9 am. on Wednesday, Decem-
ber 4, and drove to the coast side
of the Eastern Shore to a place
south of Ocean City. We came
upon the broad waters of Chin
coteague Bay at Public Landing,
past Snow Hill and Berlin. There
we crossed in a work boat to the
=. club on Popes Island, one of the
narrow keys covered with marsh
and woodland that for 20 miles
divide the bay from the ocean.
The bay is about eight miles
wide and four-fifths of its area
IS less than six feet deep-ideal
for ducks, We could see great
safts of them-thousands of
sucks-in the middle and Josh
Bunting, the clubs chief guide.
who had the wheel, steered into
them. They would take to the
air in groups of a dozen or so
and pitch into the calm water
again q few hundred yards
ahead. They were canvasbacks
and blue bills and black ducks,
Josh said. Ducking ought to be
pretty good tomorrow, II, a wind
Rould come up.
As we approached shore I was
eager to see the club but I could
make nothing out although there
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.oled the boat around and picket
hem up with a net. He woulc:
have let the dog retrieve them
but they were in among the de-
coys and you train a dog to keep
out of the decoys. He might get
tangled in the lines.
That was my only shot. The
other blind was skunked. Several
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the nail in ducking season. Josh
Bunting's whole living is on the
water. In the summer he takes
marlin fishing parties out in his
boat from Ocean City. Mitch is
involved in the Eastern Shores
principal industry - raising
chickens for Eastern markets.
Experts Get Confused,
Law Permits One Error
"Mitch's wife Is after him for
not starting a new lot of chick
ems" said Slick. "He had a chance
to buy $4,000 chicks that had to
be moved out of the hatchery
at saving of $1,000. But you'll
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is a different one Ca life story
is likely to come out during dull
day in the blinds. A mechanical
engineer, he went to Sweden on
a rehabilitation mission right
after the 1918 armistice and his
ship was sunk by a mine near
Oslo Harbor. His boat drifted for
hours and none Of the Swedish
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guide wants to see his party
skunked.
One of the ducks was thrash
ing about a little.
May I pick off the cripple?"
I asked.
Sure" said Nit noticing I was
loaded. Didn't you fire with us?"
So shot the cripple. 1t shiver-
ed a little as the water around it
was pocked with the blast, then
was still. / felt a little sorry for
it: more so than the barnyard
chickens I have executed. Slick
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portance of our being called at
4::30.
We had q circus the next
morning. It was one of the rare
days of this season, when the
ducks were flying in Seneca In
let. We were shooting from a
shore blind and two Of Glenn
Martins guides had the decoys
out when we drove up about $50.
As it lightened Bills eyes bugged
out. There was a black streak
on the surface in the middle of
the cove. An endless line of
waterfowl was padding in from
the bay. 1t extended as far as
the eye could see. They were the
lowly crowbills or coots, but there
probably were some good ducks
among them.
Just like the tiderip at Bikini,"
said Bill, "only that was dead
fish,"
One guide looked a little puz-
zled about this, but I explained
that our Mr.. Shippen had wit
messed the atom bomb explosions
at Bikini as a correspondent Of
The Star, had been on a B-29
strike on Tokyo and was liable
to come out with anything.
Redheads and baldpates (widg-
eons) began to look in on
us. They never stooled but they
circled over us-just like the
ducks in the Benson etchings and
the Bishop water colors. 1t was
wonderful. They gave us some
good wing shots-a bit too good
for us. But I got a baldpate. It
is true two other guns were shoot
ing. But I got that bird. You
know when your gun comes up
fortunately and you are leading
him just right as you trip the
trigger and the duck responds by
crumpling and somersaultirg
again and again until he hits the
water.
But Bill was credited with the
best shot of the day. He was sit
ting to my right in the blind
when two baldpates started to
come in from the left. They
banked and wheeled when still
100 yards away. 1t never oc-
CURED to me to try a shot at
them. But Bill, without getting
UP from his seat, whipped his
light double-barreled gun up
under my nose and blazed away.
To my amazement one of the
baldies fell in the water-a way
out from shore.
THAT was wonderful shot,
Bill" said our guide, patting him
on the back.
I learned later that Cy Ellis,
who was in the reeds to our left
and much nearer the ducks, had
fired at the same time. But we
never told Bill.
Feathers to Wives but, My,
What Proud Hubbies
Bill was taking a nap back In
the hut in the afternoon when
the great rick of crowbills finally
swan up to our blinds. There
were thousands of them. Some
one in a blind quarter mile to
our left fired at a single duck lust
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flights of geese passed over the
cove behind us and Slick wished
we were at the shore blind with
goose decoys out and I did, too.
Geese, it seems, do not dive but
just stretch their long necks for
food. They will not stool to an
f-shore blind.
Nit Collins was born and raised
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to another in a heated vehicle.
Never does the body feel so
healthy as after a day in the
:. cold out-of-doors. The table
gives increased delight.
This, I suspect, has some
thing to do with the reason why
ski enthusiasts will travel so far
to slide down a snowy slope. No
skier, I have experienced that ex-
? hilaration of The physical-but
: not in recent years. In the winter
of 1917 a clergyman took a group
OF us, all Harvard bows, into the
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n AN loses a wonderful
something in his winter
life of committing from
one heated set of rooms
Evening star., 1947-01-05
Feathers to Wives but, My,
What Proud Hubbies

Bill was taking a nap back In
the hut in the afternoon when
the great rick of crowbills finally
swan up to our blinds. There
were thousands of them. Some
one in a blind a quarter mile to
our left fired at a single duck Just
as the vanguard of the crowbills
reached our outermost decoys
They all took off, flying about 2
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Kodiak, Alaska requests bids on grading, drain ing, curblng and surfacing Of Alaska Street from Brooklyn Avenue to Mill Bay Road; thence along Mill Bay Road to Main Street; thence along Main Street to the intersection with Mission Road.
 Plans and specifications are available at the City Clerks office.
 Bids are to be in writing, seal ed and postmarked not later than midnight, October 1Oth 1947, The City reserves the prlv' llege of rejecting any or all bids
 City of Kodiak, Alaska
 Myrna Perkins, City Clerk
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
Myrna Perkins, City Clerk
Council
Continued from page D

Continued from page D
 An application of Roy Snyder to build a concrete sidewalk around hls building to the Amer lcan Legion club entrance wSs denied on the grounds tho build- ing is located on the property hne and allows no room for a sidewalk.
 An application by Ali Tor. graSnson to remodel the Lyric theatre building was referred to committee.
 A retail and dispensary liquor license transfer from ARton to Goldie Rvas was approved
 The council requested the police committee to inspect the 0rpheum exits to determine their adequacy.
 A letter from Tenora Rock Rey, operator of the Shopper Service, asked that she by given consideration should the council decide to grant a franchise for a bus line in the city. Fhe council has an application for franchise from John Gibbons
 4 transfer of taxi permit was approved from k. P. Sears to Stanley Austerman.
 The three spe ;ial meetings were held iR succession on Thurs day evening.
 At the first, Mayor Bettinger was authorized to make the down payment of $l3,OOO on the city dock.
 At the second Police Chief Gonzales reported on buildings detrimental to public safety or
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
A company in India would like

A company in India would like to sell "Irish" lace to import CTS in Kodiak, according to 8 letter read at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Thursday at the VFW club.
 Main business discussed was the cleanup campaign.
 Ken Wade was introduced as a new member and Dr H. c. Harris, chief medical officer of the Veterans Administration, of Juneau, was a guest.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Kodiak, Alaska requests bids on the construc. tion of a rein 'orced concrete cul- vert under Alaska Street approx imntely 120 feet southeast of the intersection of Brooklyn Avenue and Alaska Street, with rein forced concrete approach and discharge channels.
 Plans and specified ions are available at the City Clerks of flee. Bids are to be in writing, sealed and in the office of the City Clerk not later than five o'clock pm, September P, 1947. The City reserves the priv lege of rejecting any or al bids
 City of Kodiak, Alaska.
 Myrna Perkins, City Clerk.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
City of Kodiak, Alaska
 Myrna Perkins. City Clerk

Kodiak ping-pong stars of both sexes will wield their pad. dles in a championship tourna. ment at the Community Center tomorrow (Sunday) night.
 Play starts at 2 pm and is open to all. Defending champ ions are Charles Jerling Tn the mems division, Aileen Wade in the women's class and Robbie Norton in the boys under twelve class. The junior boys (under I6) title is open since the last champ, Iver Malutin, disqualif- jed himself by having a birth- day.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
NOTICE

The City Council will meet as a Board of Equalization each evening from 7 pm to 9 pm the week of September Is to 20 in- elusive, for the purpose of hear ing pleas for adjustments in the tax roll.
 Taxpayers requests for ad- iustments must be presented at this tune
 Myrna Perkins,
 City Clerk
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
REQUEST FOR BIDS

The City of Kodiak, Alaska requests bids on the construc- tion of reinforced concrete re- taining wall on the southwest side of Alaska Street from the iuection of Alaska Street and Brooklyn Avenue, thence south easterly approximately 180 feet; the construction Of reinforced concrete transition manhole at the junction of Bsooklyn and Alaska Streets and the construc- tion of 124 feet of 30 inch rein fo ced concrete drain pipe from said manhole to 8 culvert under Alaska Street
 Plans aud specifications are available at the City Clerks office Bids are to be in writing, sealed and m the office of the City Clerk not later than five o'clock PM, September 22, 1947. The City reserves the privilege of rejecting any or all bids
 City of Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

For those who have no yu, to sun in-Don't forget the D,l tie Creek Sun Lamp. Also BsEs Creek reducing treatments h a trim shape to show off the u, tan. Della's Beauty Cabin lad,
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

fire hazards, and a report on the Lyric theatre was presented by Thomas Silcox, hired by the city for that purpose. Three buildings were discussed, the theatre, a shed on the Norman Noble prop erty and a log building owned by Tom Gallagher and the Lohr es- tate. The council decided to not fly the owners to appear at the next regular council meeting Sept. 22 to show cause why the structures should not be remov- ed or demolished.
 A petition signed by property owners was presented at the 3rd meeting requesting the improve ment of Kodiak's main street. Expense will be divided in thirds to owners on each side of the street and 8 thlrd to the city, with the assessment not to ex- ceed SIP per front foot.
 Calls for bids in 3 divisions of the project are being advertised this week.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13
NOTICE

There will be a meeting Or,l Cannery Workers next Wedp., day, Sept. IF, at 7:3O pm at tS Union hall.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

Attorney Talmage L. Smith an amateur herpetologist, was the main speaker at the Rotary luncheon Tuesday at the VFW club, presenting an interesting discourse on snakes of the world
 Queen Cecilia and her escort, Mrs Helen King, were honored guests, and President James Martz presented a gift to the Queen and one in absentia to the Rotary candidate, Bt tty Kizer.
 Guests included Milt Odom, Dan Noonan, Tom Utterback, Rev Rowland Wilkinson and Norman Sutliff. The latter 3 will become new members at the next meeting.
Kodiak mirror., 1947-09-13

The Pontiac sedan won by Max Gruetzner. AETM-2 at the local base, was sold by h m this week to Fred Rave, civilian em. ployed m the transportation de. partment at the base. The car winner previously announced he is planning to use the money to attend college when he is dis charged from the Navy next March.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
AUTO WORKERS:
Settle for IS Gents

In an unexpected move, United
Auto Workers accepted the offer of
General Motors corporation of a
wage increase amounting to is
cents per hour. The agreement
covers 100000 production employ
ees of the huge automobile concern.
1t is believed that the new wage
formula will set pattern for settle
ments in other automobile compa-
MES, whose employees frequently
follow the lead of General Motors.
The new contract, to run to April
%, 1913, provides for an immediate
raise of liz cents per hour, and 31k
cents additional for six holidays,
thus working out to fiat increase
of is cents per hour. A liberalized
vacation plan is another feature of
the pact. Louis Seaton, director of
labor relations for General Motors,
and Walter Reuther, president of
U.A.W. and head of General Motors
locals, announced the settlement
jointly.
A union spokesman predicted that
Chrysler corporation workers would
sign up on practically the same
terms. He added that negotiations
between the union and the company
were going well.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
NO RENT BOOST:
House Kills 1919 Plan

The house banking committee, re-
versing its previous stand, voted
down proposal for 10 per cent
blanket increase in rents. It ap-
proved and sent on for action bill
continuing controls until December
81. The senate banking committee
already has voted unanimously
against any raise, and the senate's
bill would continue control until
March l, 1913.
The vote in the house committee
was IA to 10. AS outlined by Rep
resentative Wolcott, chairman, the
house bill provides:
Continuance of rent control Just
about as it is now until December
81, with the President having author
ity by proclamation to keep ceilings
in effect until next March l if he
deems it necessary.
A new provision whereby tenants
and landlords may. voluntarily enter
lease contracts for up to Is per cent
increases in rent, provided these
leases do not expire before Decem-
Der 81, 1913.
Unless extended by legislation, all
rent controls would expire on June
30. 49,.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
MOSCOW CONFERENCE:
Little accomplished

After seven weeks of wrangling,
the foreign ministers conference at
Moscow ended in state banquet.
Results of the parley were ex-
tremely disappointing, even to
those whose expectations had been
small. 1t had been hoped that a
treaty for Austria would be worked
out, but even preliminary agree
ments could not be reached. The
more important matter of the Ger
man treaty suffered the same fate,
as expected.
Secretary of State Marshall blunt
ly blamed the Russians for OBJ
structing the negotiations. He
charged that the Soviet delegation
had "widened rather than narrowed
our differences"
Principal points of controversy
were the definition of German and
Austrian assets which the Russians
want as PREPARATIONS and the disar-
mament and demilitarization plan,
known as the flour nation treaty."
Almost the only proposition &C.
cepted was one, introduced by Rus
sian Foreign Minister Molotov, that
all German prisoners of war in
Allied hands be returned to Ger
many by December 81, 1913.
Failure to complete the Austrian
treaty means that occupation troops
of the four powers will remain in
Austria for several more months.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
ENGLAND:
so Die in Ship1Urecks

A furious storm that dashed the
southern coast Of England swept
three ships onto the rocky shores,
bringing death to at least so sea-
men. The 7,000-ton British tanker
Samtampa smashed into rocks off
Porthcawl, Wales, and the entire
crew. of AZ persisted. Eight coast
guardsmen were drowned in a res
cue attempt.
The British warship, Warspite,
81 ,000-ton veteran of two wars, was
reported breaking up on the Cornish
coast. Her crew Of eight salvage
workmen was saved. A 275-ton
trawler went aground off northwest
Scotland, but all IA crew members
were reported to be safe.
Wind velocity reached 100 miles
per hour, and huge waves roared
over the beaches of coastal towns
on the English channel and the
North sea.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
GERMANY:
Ne1U Mark Decreed

A four power agreement has been
reached on Germany's muddled fl.
nancial situation. First move under
the new setup will be issuance of a
new monetary unit, known as the
Deutsche Mark. 1t will be worth one
tenth of the value of the old Reichs-
mark. Holders of Reichsmarks will
have to give up 10 of the old units
to get one Deutsche Mark. The pur-
pose of this downward revision in
value is to sop up the inflated paper
money that has been floating for
years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
WED In DEATH

Tt0o young people .Vbo died in an
auto accident fen days before their
engagement uas to bare been an
nonneed Vere "married" in their cas-
kets. As monrners stood around The
foWer-banked mortnary in albany,
N. r, Rabbi Reuben Slonim placed
gold ring on The right index finger Of
Miss Johanna Wobl, 20. She bad been
q college student. In The easket beside
Miss Wobl lay Norman Salzberg, Is,
LaW student.
"Tbe marriage ceremony requested
by their parents is an old sentimental
custom" Rabbi Slonim explained, "and
is not religious part Of THE burial
ceremony. The black Wedding' is
romantic custom of eastern Europe. In
reading The Wrif OF marriage, l omit
ted The references to JOY"
The couple Was buried side by side,
Nth The Kesnba, or Writ of marriage,
in The brides easket.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
PRICE CUTS:
Ne,Uburyport Plan Gains

Apparently in response to grow
ing consumer resistance and the
urgings of President Truman, re-
tailers, wholesalers and manufac-
turers are reducing prices on many
articles. Wholesale prices on oils,
soap, butter, pork and beef are
lower, and the benefits are slowly
being passed on to consumers. Re-
tail prices of manufactured articles
are coming down in some instances.
Following the lead of merchants
In Newburyport, Mass, who have
pledged themselves to a fiat 10 per
cent reduction, businessmen are an
nouncing various plans to lower
their prices. One large department
store chain, Lincoln Stores, operat-
ing in New England, New York and
Pennsylvania, has adopted the 10
per cent cut on all goods. A New
England grocery chain, Clover
Farms, is lowering prices by 30 per
cent on $50 items.
In Virginia, Mimi, 100 business
men intend to drop prices at least
10 per cent on everything they sell.
In the wholesale and manufacturing
field, reductions on various articles
and materials have been announced
by General Gable company, Penn
sylvania Salt Manufacturing COM
pany and Continental Record COM
pany among others.
In what contractors call "gen-
eral buyers strike against high
prices" thousands of new small
homes are remaining unsold in the
New York area. Similar reports
have been coming in from other
areas,
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
Insurance Mortgages

Aggregate mortgage investments
Of life insurance companies at the
end Of 1945 amounted to $685.
$4,000. This was a decrease of $685.
$4,000 in the year, although new
mortgages financed by the life in
surance companies during 1915 to-
tailed over $95O,0OO,OOO. OF the
mortgages owned at the end of
1915, $779,000,000 were farm mort
cages, $1,394,000,0OO were FILA
home mortgages and $4,463, 900, 900
were other city mortgages, includ-
ing both housing and business
properties.
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4MQ&MH.|a'|p|g!
limb 80 IS

When painting stairs which are
used every day, paint every other
step and when they are dry, paint
the remaining steps.
You may find it easier to iron a
mans shirt in this order: Collar
first, yoke, cuffs and sleeves, then
back and front of shirt.
Save buttons from old garments.
String them in sets so that they
will be all together when needed
for other garments.
Use kitchen scissors for dicing
fruit, celery, peppers, for trim
ming fish and cubing meat.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09
Fifty Stars In .EIag7

A new design for a United States
flag has so instead of 49, stars. .',-''
The two added stars will repre-
sent Alaska and Hawaii which con-
gressional leaders say will be admit
ted to the Union before the summer
recess Of congress. = ..
Under the law a star is to be added
for each new state. Heraldic experts
say it is not so simple. as merely ar
ranging five rows Of 10 stars In place
Of the six rows Of eight.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09

materials s y n d l.
cate, and Joseph
Freeman, the Cars
son agent in Wash
ington. The govern
m e n t prosecutor
contends that May
received $4,000 out
r ! G h t from the
Garssons and two
checks for 81, 900
each for "interven-
ing with war de-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1947-05-09

1--WE MAY anu the
Carson brothers
will be Mays testi-
mony in his own
defense. His law
yer, Sawyer Smith,
told the court that
it is untrue that the
II year : old Ken
t u C k y politician
profited from deals
between the Cars
son m u n ! t i o n S
p1anfS and C,,rro.