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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
Barber Shop
Quartet Formed

Port Clinton is to be represented
in the Society for the Preservation
and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Quartet Singing as local chapter
was formed Wednesday when 18
local men met with members of
the society from nearby cities.
Ralph Mackey acted as chairman
for the session. Officers elected
included Fred Kreutzfeld, presi-
dent; John Holder, vice-president;
William Anderson, secretary, and
Delbert Jones, treasurer.
The next meeting will be at 8
p. m. Wednesday, Oct. 27, in St.
John Lutheran church, when all
men interested in group and quar-
tet singing are invited to become
charter members.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
MATTHE Sen IS
LATEST HERO TO
COME FOR RITES
Popular Native Son Returned
From Normandy For
Saturday Service

Pfc. Paul L. Matthiesen, a local
World War III hero, who was killed
June 8, 1914, D-Day Plus 2 in Nor
mandy, France, has been returned
to his native city for burial.
The body is at the Gerner and
Wolf Funeral home, where Rev.
Ernest Engel, pastor of Peace
Lutheran church, will officiate at
last rites Saturday afternoon at
two o'clock. Burial will be in
Lakeview cemetery.
Born in Port Clinton, April 8,
1917, Paul was the youngest son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Matthiesen, whose home was on
Lincoln Drive. He spent his child
hood here and was graduated from
Port Clinton high school in 1885
Later he was employed in New
York and Philadelphia.
Inducted in service January 2,
1912, in Philadelphia, Paul was
member of an infantry division.
He spent several months in Eng
land, awaiting the invasion. On
D-Day, Matthiesen landed near
Cherbourgh with his division. He
was crawling along the beach.on a
scouting patrol when bullet found
its mark. Paul was buried in Nor
mandy, and his body was returned
to the U. S. earlier this month. He
was 27 when he gave his life for
freedom.
+ Surviving are two sisters, Mrs.
Dorothy Minier, Erie township, and
Mrs. Louise Hameister, Salem
township; three brothers, Henry,
White Plains, New York; Adolph,
New Jersey, and Frank, New York
City; an aunt, Mrs. Glenn Stull,
Erie township; uncles, Chris An
derson, Port Clinton; Sandy Ander-
son, Mt. Vernon, N. Y; Andrew
and Frank Anderson,
New York City, and many friends.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

nate again Saturday, should dis
play tags during the day.
Weather conditions permit,
there will be a popular concert
Friday from z to 1920 at the corn
er OF Second and Madison streets.
Receipts during the year from
June 1, 1947 to May Is, 194S,
totaled S2557.67 while expendi-
lures were $2483.62, leaving bal
ance of $74.05 for the year.
Expenditures for the music de-
partment included $7O1.57 for in
struments purchased, $402.9S for
instrument repairs, $350.1O for
supplies, $276.80 for travel, $121. 80
for uniforms, S148.80 for ban
quet, $124.50 for taxes, etc.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
BY sUPT. D. d. SIMS

Before making any purchase one
naturally asks, What will ! re-
ceive for the money spent?" The
same question should be asked con-
cerning the expenditure of your tax
money.
Plans as prepared at the present
time call for the erection of a new
school building to be used for ele-
mentary grades. The proposed
building contains thirteen addi-
tional Grade Rooms, Kindergar-
ten Area, an All-Purpose Room, a
Grade Library or Reading Room, a
Visual Education Room, Grade
Principals Office, Book Storage
Room, First Aid Room, Rest
Rooms, work room and storage
room for supplies.
AT the present time kindergarten
classes are held in the Community
building at Erie Gardens. The
space there is rented from the
government and we have no assur-
ance that the kindergarten area
will be available in the future.
The All-Purpose room will pro
vide playroom for the elementary
children. 1t can also be used for
dramatics and other elementary
school activities.
The new building and the present
East building, when completed, will
accommodate classes one to six in
elusive. Grades seven to twelve
will be located in the present high
school building.
A new building will also demand
some new equipment. At the pres
ent time we only have desks and
enough other equipment for our
present enrolment. AS grade num-
bers increase, it will be necessary
to provide additional facilities.
Equipment for the new building is
also included in this bond issue.
When you go into the voting
booth and pick up your ballot it
will read, alterations Of and Ad-
ditions to the existing High School
Building and the Erection Of a new
Grade School Building and Equip
ping of said Building" When I
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
SIMS EXPLAINS NEED FOR VOTES
FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOND

first read that statement, had the
impression that the major part Of
the expenditure was for the altera-
tions of and additions to the high
school building. | would like to
point out, however, that this ex-
penditure will be only very minor
part. The only addition planned
for the high school building is a
one-room addition in connection
with our Home Economics Depart
ment. Approximately 100 girls are
enrolled in the Home Economics
Department. This course is popu
lar, valuable and important. Sew
enth and Eighth grade Home Eco
Monies classes had to be dropped
few years ago because of the in
creased high school enrolment.
This addition to the Home Eco
nomics Department has been an an
nual recommendation Of the State
Department of Education.
The only other change planned
would be that Of repairing and inn
proving the heating system in old
part Of the high school building
which has been in use since 1922.
Plans also call for a central heat
ing plant which would eventually
take care Of the heating needs Of
tho three huJldinps.
Improvement of the playground
area is also planned. 1t is hoped
that the entire area can be covered
with blacktop. This would provide
a much better playground. 1t would
also provide a safer place for the
loading and unloading Of school
busses and could be used for a
parking area during basketball
games and other school activities.
We recognize elementary edu-
cation as the foundation for high
school and college work. It seems
only fair that our elementary chill
dren should have the opportunity
to attend a school designed and
planned for that purpose. At the
present time all of our elementary
children are attending school in
buildings marked and designed for
high school.
This work should not be consid-
cred a program for the elementary
grades alone, but for the high
school as well. At the present time
there is a shortage of high school
facilities due to the fact that we
have been absorbing some of the
high school rooms for grade pur-
poses. Until we moved into the
rooms recently COM
pleted, part of the third and fourth
and all Of the fifth and sixth grades
had to be housed in the high /
school building. Unless we have
sufficient space for the elementary
grades, there will not be sufficient
space for the high school. The
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
Reaser To Begin
Radar Studies

Pfc. Myron Reaser, who recently
enlisted in the Air Corps, arrived
home Saturday morning by plane
from San Antonio, Texas, after
completing his basic training. The
former clerk in Bert's Store won a
medal for carbine craftsmanship.
Myron is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Reaser, 502 Fulton street.
He will leave October 27 to begin
a nine-month course in radar school
at Kessler field, Mississippi.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
Band Tag Day To
Be Held Saturday

Members of the high school band
ard glee clubs will "tag" pass
ersby in the business district on
Saturday forenoon when the an
nual Band Booster Day program
is featured.
Sponsored by the Music Moth
ers, Band Booster proceeds are
used to purchase needed instru-
ments and equipment for the in
strumental and vocal music depart
ments of the public school.
Tags will also be sold at the
Elmore-Redskin game Friday
night. Those not wishing to do
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
ANOTH her TANK
COMP ANY HERO
RET URN Ms HOME
Funeral Rites For T/5 Alton
Dodway Are Set For Thurs
day, October II

Another Port Clinton Tank Com
pany hero is coming home to rest,
six years after he passed away in a
japanese prison camp in the Philip
pine Islands. The body of T/5 Al
ton M. Dodway has arrived in the
United States from the southwest
Pacific and funeral services are ar
ranged for 2 o'clock this week
Thursday in st. Thomas Episcopal
church.
Dodway passed away of dysen-
terry in the summer of 1912, accord
ing to japanese records captured
by the American forces during the
final days of the war.
He had been missing in action
from May 7, 1912, until July 1,
1914, when the War Department
entered a presumption of death in
his case. Alton M. Dodway was
one of the many Port Clinton men
who died heroically in the months
after the Fall OIL BaJaan.
Born in Port Clinton, December
10, 1919, Alton M. Dodway was %
years, four months and 20 days of
age at the time Of his tragic death.
He was not married.
The Rev. William Thomas will
officiate at funeral services, and
Gerner & Wolf is directing inter-
ment in Riverview cemetery.
Surviving are the mother, Mrs.
Josephine Dodway; brothers, Will
liam Dodway, Jr., Fort Wayne, In
diana; Ernest, Albert and Clar-
ence Grodi, Port Clinton; and Sis
ters, Mrs. Louise Floro, Toledo, and
Mrs. Delena Salisbury, Bryan.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
From where | sit e. by Joe Marsh
Were "Diferent!"

There's a lot of difference Of
opinion i'll our county OH the best
IiUd of pasture. Some say alfalfa
mixed with bronze grasS-others
say mixed with oats or barley. But
al agree that u mixtures better
iaaT Z single crop.
sometimes think people are The
same w&y-- and the strength of
America IS its mjrturc of so many
different strains - some from one
country, some from another right
down to little differences: like
folks who have q taste for b2er and
those who prefer cider.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
Railroads Run for Everybody
Not Employees Alone

railroad industry must serve not one but
many groups-producers, businessmen, ship
pers, passengers and the general public
night and day, every day of the year. These
unions are proceeding in utter disregard of
this important difference between railroads
and other industries. Industrial plants can be
shut down over weekends and holidays, but
freight, mail, express and passengers must
continue to move. Everybody IUho enters rail-
road employment knosOs this.
Strike Threat
On September Is, 194S, the leaders of these
16 unions began taking strike vote But the
threat of strike uUiH moi alter the opposition Of
the railroads to such unreasonable demandsi
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

vacation next Friday, October 20,
when faculty members will attend
the Northwestern Ohio Education
al Assn. meeting in Toledo.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

Members Of the Ottawa County
Trustees and Clerks Assn will
meet this Thursday evening in
Genoa, when county candidates will
ha guests.s..
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

program as planned is considered
the minimum adequate program for
our needs.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

.lley must have still further rate and fare
increases.
Demands Unreasonable
These employees have had substantial raises
during and since the war Their average week.
ly earnings are higher than the average weekly
earnings of workers in manufacturing indus
tries. They have more job security than the
average worker in American industry. They
also enjoy paid vacations, a retirement sys-
tenn and other advantages more generous
than the average worker receives.
unions, which add up to the equivalent of 4Sc an
hour, the Conductors and Tranmen recently
settled their wage request for an increase Of 10c
an hour.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
I'm Glad

From where I sit, so long as we
never become intolerant of one an.
others different tastes so long
as we live together with our differ
ences, and even supplement them
the way bronze grass does alfalfa,
then we're mighty good crop!
So neighbor enjoy your cider
while I enjoy my beer. Vote for
your candidatc--Pll stand by mine!
But never let our differences
divide us!
9e Ma.4e
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
~ Billion Dollar Road Block !

RAILROADS MUST OPERATE around the clovA
every day and night of the year.
Although they know this, leaders of Is rail-
road unions are demanding five-day, Mon
day through Friday, week for one million
railroad employees.
They want As hours pay for 40 hours work
in itself 20% wage increase.
They also demand minimum of IL hours
pay for any work performed on Saturdays,
and 16 hours pay for any work performed on
Sundays and holidays.
On top of all this they want an additional
increase of 25c an hour for every employee!
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22
You'd Pay the Bill!

Sun,..lii,g up these demands, they mean that
these union leaders seek to force the railroads
to give one million employees an annual raise
which pould average $500 per enploye!
The total cost of this would be no less than
IL billion dollars per year, which is more
than twice the expected net income of the
railroads this year.
You'd pay the bill, because if these in
creased costs are forced on the railroads;
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

sney must have still further rate and fare
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

"~....-'. 49," ,,~:.el States B,eee, Foundation
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1948-10-22

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The Nome nugget., 1948-01-12
Alaska Faces
 Unprecedented Crisis'' s''--Cruening

FAIRBANKS, (P) - Alaska faces an unprecedented crisis in the tremendous gap between Ter ritorial revenues and necessary expenditures" Governor Ernest H. Gruening said last night in an Commute radio address in which he appealed for passage of Terri torial income and general prop erty taxes, and reiterated his con- viction that both the defense and development of Alaska depend on it's acceptance by the Union into statehood.
 The Governor deplored the ac- tons of the last legislature which proposed a budget of more than $10,000,000 despite prospective revenues of only $3,75O,O00.
 "Alaska's basic problem for 35 years has been that there is no tax system in the Territory" he said, explaining that some indus tries reap a spectacular" profit in Alaska, yet remain untaxed, and others are taxed negligible" amounts.
 He listed construction compan- ies, steamship lines, airlines and oil companies as being beyond the power of Territorial regulation.
 Millions of dollars has been spent ince 1889 on defense con-
 Continued on Page EighD
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Some Of Billions In Foreign Aid May Be Repaid

WASHINGTON, (P - Ambas- sador Lewis Douglas told Senators Saturday that the United States may recover through loan repay ments up to $2,8OO, 100000 of the. S6,8OO, 100000 proposed for the first IS months operation of the European recovery program. Ch a rman Vandenberg R.- Mich) brought this out in se- ries of questions as Douglas con tinued testimony before the Sen ate foreign relations committee on the proposed four-year program known as the Marshall plan.
 Vandenberg recalled earlier testimony of state department of ficials and asked Douglas whether it is true that eventual cost to the United States might ultimately be reduced" by ,300,000,000 to $2,800,000,000 through recovery on loans expected to be repaid under the plan.
 That is correct" Douglas as- Sured Vandenberg.
 State department officials have estimated that from 20 to 40 per cent of any revorey funds ad- vanced will be in the form of loans that may be repaid. The balance of 80 to 60 per cent would be in the form of grants that would not be repaid.
 Both the amount of money re- quired and the way the state de- partment wants the program run have been under powerful criti- cism in the Senate. Vandenberg previously has complained that the administration has failed to suggest a business-like operating system," in which the American people have confidence"
 Without that "you are sunk without trace" he added.
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Two Local Men Give Up Search for Missing Pliers

Charles OLeary, veteran of the Alaska Scouts and Sam Mogg, who have been assisting the army in the search for the missing men of the ill-fated B-29 which crash ed at Serpentine on Dec. 23, re- turned to town Friday evening with Frank Whaley of Wien Air lines and Bill Munz, of Munz Air Service. Their dog team, and other equipment were also brought in by plane as they are withdrawing from the search. The army, how ever, is continuing its constant watch whenever weather permits.
 It is reported that these men located a deep furroW about l50 feet south of of where the body of Stg. Santhell London was found, which they followed for about a mile and a half east of the wreck. This furroW is believed to have been made by para
 trooper being dragged by his chute. The trail which O'Leary staked out ended on the hard flats
 where there was no impression. With night approaching he was forced to abandon the search, and bad weather for three days pre- vented progress. When it was possible to travel again, all traces Continued on Page Four)
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NEWS IN BRIEF

METZ, France, (P)-Five min CTS were killed Saturday in fire damp explosion at the Vuillermin coal mine at Petite Roselle near Forbach.
 Approximately 60 men were be- low ground when the explosion occurred. Rescue workers remov- ed the dead and injured. The to- tai number of victims is not yet known.
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Committee Will Probe Deeper Into Pauley Activities
(BY Donald Sanders)

WASHINGTON, P)-Chairman Ferguson R.-MichD said Satur- day his Senate committee investi- gating commodity speeula II wants to know more about con- versations Edwin w. Pauley had with two cabinet members about the time he completed a profitable market deal last August.
 The committee probably will call secretary of agriculture An derson and Robert E. Hannegan, until recently postmaster general and head of the Democratic na- tional committee, to tell of their talks with Pauley at his Hawaiian estate, Ferguson told a reporter.
 He said no date has been set for reopening the Pauley angle.
 Harold E. Stassen, the former governor of Minnesota now cam paigning for the Republican Pres idential nomination, told Fergu- sons appropriations subcommit- tee Friday that administrative in- siders-including Pauley - have been in the markets to the extent of about $2O,0O0,OO0 and have profited by approximately S4,000,- 900 since the end of the war. He said Pauley alone made $1,000,- 900.
 Stassen said he has information on about II big traders in the ad- ministration or closely related to it.
 "I will not name them until l am ready to back it up with pos tive proof" he said.
 Stassen said Congress should pass a law barring all government employees from buying stocks, bonds or commodities of a specu- lative nature.
 There is nothing illegal about such activities under present law.
 Stassen declined to name the government employees who, he said, gave him his first "crucial information" which led him to name Pauley, now a special as- sistant to secretary of the army
 (Continued on Page Eight
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Recommend Large Federal Budget For Alaska

WASHINGTON, (A) - A $25,- 482, 400 budget for Alaska nearly triple the amount appropriated for the current fiscal year, was recommended to Congress today for the l2 months beginning July first
 The largest single item in the estimates submitted by President Truman is $l5,OO0,0OO for the Alaska Railroad, in addition to S11, ,500,000 estimated to be de- rived from operating revenues of the road.
 The $l5,OO0,0O0 compares with S4,000,000 appropriated for this year, but includes money to pay obligations incurred under au- thority granted to the in terior department six months ago to contract for the rehabilita- ton of the railroad.
 A grant of S9,767 ,000 was pro- posed for construction and main tenance of roads, bridges and trails, with request for authority to contract for $6,944,00 of addi- tional work. Only $3,750,000 was granted for the same purpose this year.
 Other budget estimates for the Alaska government inclu d d $448,000 for care of the insane, S50,OOO for public schools, S69,000 for salaries and expenses of the governor and the secretary of the Territory, $48,OOO for legislative expenses, and $100,000 for con- struction and repair of wagon roads, bridges and trails.
 Budget estimates of the office of Indian affairs include $1,205,- 800, plus an additional $6,400,000 in contract authority, for Indian schools, hospitals and quarters. This years appropriation was $400,O00. A grant of $4,759,700 was asked for the Alaska native service. $875,000 is requested for the public buildings administra- ton for the establishment of a geophysical institute at the uni versity of Alaska and for protec-
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JUNEAU, (P)-Territorial Atty Gen. Ralph J. Rivers announced Saturday that he would not be a candidate in the. Democratic pri- maries. He said the salary was not large enough to warrant his seek ing another term and he will re- turn to private practice in Fair banks.
 Gerald Williams, Anchorage at torney, has been mentioned as a possible Democratic candidate, sources here said.
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BOSTON, (P) - Ten persons were taken to hospital and more than 50 others shaken Saturday when the locomotive of a Provi- dence to Boston train overturned at the Back Bay station.
 First reports from the New Ha- ven railroad indicated 63 persons had been hoSpitalized but check showed only eight persons were taken to city hospital.
 A railroad spokesman said later the other passengers were not believed injured seriously.
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SEATTLE, (P)-B. R. Gillespie

SEATTLE, (PD-B. R. Gillespie, veteran West Coast shipping man, has been appointed to the freight department of Alaska Freight Ex- press corporation, according to T. A. Thronson, traffic manager for the new common carrier.
 Gillespie served in World Wars and II, leaving the latter with the rank of lieutenant comman- der.
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-12

JUNEAU, (P1 - A motion to quash grand jury indictments against six crew members of the freighter Coastal Rambler, charg- ed with pilfering freight destined for Kodiak, was made by Atty. Mike Monagle before federal judge George Folta Saturday. Monagle charged that evidence used was obtained illegally. Judge Folta reserved decision.
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FAIRBANKS. tP)-Capt. Harry Strong. an army Arctic specialist. has been replaced by civilian technician Jim Gale al the search and rescue site near the wreckage of the BPS which crashed Dec. 23 and efforts continue 10 find the missing pilot and navigator and two papatroopers. the army said Saturday.
 long as the "slimmest hope" re- mains of finding the men or their bodies. Eskimo dog teams have aided the aerial search.
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MOSCOW (P)-Dr. Ellis Berven

MOSCOW (P)-Dr. Ellis Berven, Swedish cancer specialist, still was in Moscow Saturday, al- though he had planned to return to Stockholm not later than today, if possible by plane.
 Or. Berven was called to Mos COW last week for consultation on a "serious cancer case" The mes sage did not give the name of the patient. The Swedish press specu-
The Nome nugget., 1948-01-12
McCHORD FIELD, Wash. (R)-

McCHORD FIELD, Wash. (P)- Another group of officers and en- listed men of the Second Infantry divisions Yukon company B is expected to arrive here from winter menauvers in Alaska. One hundred of the 250 in the com pany returen Friday afternoon in II C-82 Flying Boxcars."
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lated that the patient might be prime minister Stalin. Swiss newspapers last week published stories inquiring whether Stalin was dead. The Russian embassy in London and Tass said he was not.)