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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
DOUBLE FEATURE
 Al 2OTH CENTURY

The 20th Century Theatre is off ering two features, for tonight and tomorrow.
 Newspaper methods are jolted to violent shakeup in 'Bowery Champs Monographs action-drama of city life one of the two features.
 The East Side Kids-comprised of the usual popular combination of Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Billy Benedict and Bobby Jordan have their own ideas about how to acquire scoops and even routine news, and their methods are far from orthodox. The trouble starts when they apply their originality to solving a murder.
 o. Henry's most popular fiction bandit, The Cisco Kid, steps out of story-book pages once again in the other feature in the first of the new Monogram series, "The Cisco Kid Returns" In the title role, Duncan Renaldo brings to life the bold caLallero who made female hearts melt and tough hombres quiver in their boots.
 The story combines mystery and, of course, romance, all thrillingly told.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
"ARkEl0 AFFAIR"
 NOW AT CAPITOL

The compelling drama of a woman whose innocent adventure with a ruthless gangster entangles her in the web of a murder offers unremit- ting entertainment on the screen of the Capitol Theatre in The Ar nelo Affair" new M-G-M picture featuring John Kodiak, George Mur- phy and Frances Clifford.
 Miss Clifford and Murphy are the married couple whose zen years of happiness are brought to an abrupt climax when Miss Clifford believes herself to be infatuated with Kodiak, a night club proprietor who sweeps her off her feet with his attentions.
 When, in striking scene in which Miss Clifford meets Joan Woodbury, a girl whom Kodiak has tilted, she discovers his true character and flees his apartment, it is too late.
 The next day, the newspaper head lines announce the finding of Joan Woodbury's body. with the only clue a vanity case marked with Miss Gif- ford's initials. The ingenuity by which Miss Clifford is saved from a verdict of murder by her lawyer husband and the fast-moving events which lead Kodiak to admit his guilt make a romantic mystery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26

Liberia and Haiti are the only two independent Negro countries in the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
bRAvE5LEAD BY 4 GAMES
 IN NATIONAL
Cards in Third Place as Dodgers Trump Pitts-
 burg in Close Game
By JOE REICHLER

Warren Spahn hurled the Bos- ton Braves to a 20 shutout trl- umph over the Cardinals last night in St. Louis to put the Braves four games ahead of the second place Dodgers and four and a half in front of the Redbirds.
 Spahn, who has won only Il games, got off to a poor start this year but he has pitched brilliantly the last two weeks.
 The victory was Boston's 36th or the road compared to only 2l losses for .632 percentage. Al home, the Braves barely top .5o( with 32 victories and 28 defeats.
 Cleveland's rebounding Indians regained first place in the torrio American League race, pushing the Boston Red Sox down into second place with 90 lacing. The de- feat dropped the Red Sox half game behind the Tribe.
 Bob Lemon pitched the Indians into the lead. He permitted only four hits in registering his 17th triumph and his eighth shutout of the season.
 The third place New York Yankees moved within game and half of first place, knocking off the Chicago White Sox 8-2.
 Freddy Hutchinson gained his fourt triumph over the Philadelphia Athletics, pitching the Detroit Tigers to a 10-4 victory.
 Unleashing their biggest attack of the season, the Washington Sena- tors hammered out l4-6 victory over the St. Louis Browns to snap nine-game losing streak.
 The Dodgers moved into second place. half a game in front of the Cardinals, as they outslugged the Pirates, 11-9, in Pittsburgh. The victory snapped four-game los- ing streak for the Brooks.
 Scoring eight runs in the top of ninth, the New York Giants came from behind to defeat the Chicago Cubs 9-4.
 Howie Fox pitched the Cincin- nati Reds to a 5-l triumph over the Philadelphia Phils.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
SAN DIEGO CLUB
 MAY BE BOUGHT
 BY MOVIE MAN

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 26.-tR-Ii the San Diego baseball club is off cred for sale, wealthy movie di- rector David Butler is interested in buying it and re-installing Jim- my (The Ripper) Collins as man. ager.
 Butler, avid baseball fan, said today that he plans to contact the present owners of the Pacific Coast League franchise.
 T heard recently that the club might be for sale" Butler said.
 The club. which recently dismiss ed Collins. has broken all home at- tendance records and already has drawn around 100000 paid admis- sions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
OFFICERS ELECTED
 AT AWvS MEETING

The August meeting of the Ameri- can Womens Voluntary Service was held Wednesday afternoon at the Governors House and the follow ing officers were elected for the coming year
 Mrs. Ernest Gruening, chairman Mrs. E. V. Carlson, vice-chairman Mrs. Richard Peter, secretary; ano Mrs. Thomas Moore, treasurer. Mrs. Kenneth Axelson and Mrs George Schmidt will take charge ol the AWVS Day Nursery during the coming year. There will be a mothers meeting on Monday afternoon, Au- guest 30, at 3 o'clock at the Gov ernor's House.
 The AWVS assisted the Juneau Woman's Club, the Douglas Wo- mans Club and the Filipino Com munity Club in raising $529.49 for the Children's Crusade. Mrs George Playdon told the members how the money was raised by the children of Juneau and Douglas.
 The second Tuesday of each month has been set aside for the Inter- national Relations meeting. The first meeting will be held on october l2.
 Any mothers interested in know ing more about the A. w. V. S. Nursery may call Mrs. Kenneth Axelson, telephone 932.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
kET(HIkAN HIGH
 GETS GRID GAME

KETCHIKAN, Alaska Aug. 26.- R- -Ketchikan high school has been playing football for a year. Now it has an opponent.
 The trouble with football here has been that no other Alaska schools field regular grid teams. Coach Ed Hollister has appealed to teams in the states for games, off, ering full expenses.
 Today he announced the signing of a game. It will be Sept. "A with the Oak Bay Goblins, last years champions of the Vancouv- CT Island, B. O., League.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
COURT GASES

Three cases have been filed in the U. s. Clerks office.
 The Territory of Alaska has filed a case against Lyman R. Ellsworth asking for the foreclosure of mort sage that the Territorial Commis- s.oner of Veterans Affairs holds against Ellsworth The Territory asks that the property involved be sold and the proceeds of the sale applied to the payment of $5,555.56, which is the amount of the mortgage.
 Mrs. Harriet Dominguez asks for divorce from Antonio Dominguez. She asks custody of a minor child and $50 a month for the child's sup port.
 The Douglas Plumbing and Heat ing Co.,, has filed case against A. N. Littlefield The company is suing for the return of washing machine CT the payment of S20O the alleged amount owed by Littlefield.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
HURLER MELTON
 BREAKS FINGER
 OF SALARY HAND

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 26.--tR' Cliff Melton. the San Francisco Seals big pitching wheel in their drive toward the Pacific Coast League championship. has broken the fourth finger of his salary hand. Melton leads the pitching staff with l5 wins and nine loss es.
 He suffered the injury snagging fly balls before Tuesday nights opener with the Salons. X-rays revealed the fracture.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
PIONEERS 10 MEET
 ON FRIDAY MIGHT

The Pioneers of Alaska and the Auxiliary will resume meetings for the coming season tomorrow night at o'clock in the LOOP Hall. Both organizations will hold separate business meetings then join for a social session.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
Chinese Insurgents
 Killed, Kedah 5iaIe

SINGAPORE, Aug. 26.--tR-A pa tlol of British Gurkha troops today killed two Chinese insurgents carry ing Siamese travel permits. It was the first documentary evidence ot Chinese Communist infiltration from Siam into rebellious Malaya. The in cident was in Kedah State.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26
IN COOPER BUILDING

The Alaska Field Committee
 which was established as CO., ordinating committee for the De- partment of Interior agencies in Alaska, has obtained office space in the Cooper Building. <
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-08-26

The glare of headlights is the worst hazard for motorists driving at night, one survey shows.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

by a thin bandsaw, thus saving "a
truck load of lumber out Of every
twenty" Mr. Mitchell said.
The Friendsville mills employ II
men, and use modern methods botn
in the woods and mills. Power saws
were used to fell the trees, but
proved unwieldy. The company also
rsc- bot. tract and horses in skid
ding ne lees; t,.s tractor in the
woods, and the team in the vicinity
of the saws. Labor saving devices are
installed in the mill, a conveyor chain
to carry scrap to pile where it Is
burned and blowers to force the
sawdust away from the mill.
Aside from cutting the logs to
planning mill specifications, Che
Friendsville mills also do conside--
able amount of mine material cutting,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

Almost three-quartcrs of a century
has passed since The area surround
ing Oakland hourshc1 in timber cut
ting operations. Lumber towns, like
mining towns in the West were
numerous, sp1outing over night,
prospecting, then dying with the sud
deness of "A falling tree. Tram ROADS
criss crossed the county over which
were hauled millions of board feet Of
lumber. Then they became useless,
were torn apart, the rails "a hered
up, and ties left to rot in their
places. The virgin timber was gone,
and the people moved on.
White pine grow in abundance in
this section, huge towering trunks
sometimes ninety feet high supple 1
mas's and spars for the ship builders
of the lS7O's. The rest was cut into
lumber for the massive frame build
ings of that era sch a~ the Pee
Park, Loeb Lynn and Oakland hotels
huilDGI Was NICdp lHcll, niiAN 'po q
thousand, and there was plenty Of it,.
The principal scene of operation
centered near Dep Greek where the
trees were fellcd and transported by
tramroad to Deer Park. The tram-
road crossed the present Route 2l9
at Sand Flat, and locomotive power
was supplied in those days by mule
teams.
Henry G.. Davis owned the opcr-
ations at Deep Creek, using the b.
& o. railroad to haul lumber to
points of deposit. He also purchased
lands along the Potomac for timber
and coal rights from Piedmont to
Harrison, W. Va, and as a result,
was instrumental in building the
West Virginia Central railroad, now
known as the Western Maryland.
Later he moved further west, and
secured land for as cheap as 25 cents
an acre because people failed to real
ize that a railroad might open the
lands to civilization some day. Mr..
Davis built the road, extending it
from Gormania which was then
known as Elkins, to the present day
city of Elkins, w. Va. 1t was built
with pick and shovel, dump carts,
mules, and Negro workers. The latter,
it was reported, were transported
from the South and when they ar
rived in Oakland on one July Attn,
actually built fires on Liberty street
to keep warm.
In the 18S4-95's, several other lum-
Der companies operated in the coun-
ty: The Kendall Lumber company at
Crellin, another in the Friendsvile
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

Mountain, Dodge, Sand Flat, ard
Swanton in recent years. On the
Meadow Mountain operation alone,
his company cut over million board
feet Of pine.
Mr.. Mason has streamlined his
company in the past years, utiliz-
ing modern equipment such as a
Cletrac tractor for skidding the LOGS
from the woods. He has his own mill
where the timber is cut into boards
of varied sizes, shaped into window
frames, doors, or any shape that's
ordered. He also does contract build
ing.
The present site Of timber cutting
is on Backbone Mountain in a section
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

of State land that was burned over
by forest fire. Bids were asked for
the timber rights and as a result, Mr.
Mason was awarded the contract.
Here he has a crew of five cutting
and skidding the logs, with two
trucks hauling them to the mill on
the outskirts Of Mt. Lake Park The
average day sees about thousand
board feet through the saw, and at
present, most of the wood is mix
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05
Named on State Firemen's
Association Committees

Lawrence NJ Fraley of Oakland
and John S. Prchard and Henry L.
burst, of Grantsville, were among
those named on the committees of the
Maryland State Firemen's Associ-
alton, it was announced by E. Landon
Walston, of Preston, the president.
Prichard was named as a member
of the board Of trustees, Fraley was
named to represent the county on the
legislative committee and burst was
named on the fire service booster
committee.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

The logs are unloaded on ramp at
the mill, washed by steam to elimi-
nate any small rocks and dirt that
might dull the saw, then rolled to
the carrier where Bliss Wagner, of
Swanton, feeds them through the
saw in desired thickness. The boards
are then planed, stacked, and al
lowed to cure from 30 to 80 days.
Some are cut into heavy building
timbers, some into siding, some for
mill work, and some for mining ma
tesials such as bars, blocks, and cap
pieces. Besides processing their own
legs, the c. c. Mason company does
custom work for anyone who brings
their logs to the mill.
OF the IS man crew that keeps the
mill operating, one of them, George
Friend, has been with the company
for 25 years. He formerly skiddod
logs with a team of horses, but the
tractors arrival outmodcd his duties,
SO he switched to the crosscut team.
He is now 66 and still going strong.
The crew members with whom he
works cut enough timber to load 3
trucks a day.
Operation at Friendsville
The Fayette Hardwood Lumber
company has operated five and half
years along the banks of the YoughiG-
gheny about miles south of Friends
vile Their speciality is as the com
panys name implies hardwood, and
about eight thousand board feet of
oak and hickory flow through the
saws each day. Although the main
office of the company is located in
Hopwood, Pa, and is owned by Sar
Frazee, it has two mills on a 1,760
acre tract in Garrett county.
Bob Mitchell, foreman of the mills,
stressed the fact that the company is
trying to conserve as much as pos
sible on the lumber cut at the Gar
rett mills. Only a minimum number
of cuts is made since a quarter inch
Of good lumber is chewed to sawdust
each time a slice is made. Instead of
saving the boards into standard
sizes, they are shipped to the planning
mill at Hopwood where they are cut
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

shaping wedges and cap pieces. Even
though the company does no custom
work, about truck loads Of rough
lumber are hauled out each day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

ture of several varieties of oak, al
though some pine and other hard
woods are cut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

lever, you need not touch it again
in normal driving until you're
ready to park or back up.
Outside engineers look at
Dynaflow and say, "Now you've
got something!"
You'll say so too = once you
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

section, one at Skipnish, near Cor
NTH, which had a tramroad from
Muddy Greek, and the Offutt Mill
near Hutton. Barrett was another,
now lost city," which was built by
W. A. Barrett, j., and company. 1t
was located between Gormania and
Bayard
Although the land furnished wealth
so abundantly for those few years,
the supply was finally exhausted
Now a second growth has appearc /
and timber cutting operations are
again underway in the county. They
are profitable operations for the
most part, even though the scale is
considerably reduced when compared
to the vast activities of 20 years ago
The following two companies are
model examples.
G. c. Mason
For the past 40 years, c. c. Mason,
of Mt. Lake Park, has been connected
with the lumber industry, cutting
tracts near Savage River, Meadow
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

thing = replaces the friction
clutch, eliminates the usual for
ward gears, even actuates the
mechanism by which you change
from Driving range to emer-
gency Low and Reverse.
"
lou feel the result in new
smoothness that's like riding a
mighty tide of flowing oil.
You move from standstill to
road speed in one smooth I'M
broken sweep of power, quick
and effortless in getaway and
instantly responsive at speed.
You stop by pressing the loot
brake = so again by feeding gas.
Once you've set the selector
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

TRoM Atlantic to Pacific, it's
IL simply terrific.
Not in a generation - maybe not
in two ! has any single improve
ment in automobiles caused the
talk or met the instant approval
that has greeted this new drive.
lou see the reason in your first
five minutes behind a Dynahow
wheel.
You sense that this is not merely
an improvement on old ways,
but whole new system of trans
ferring power from your engine
to the rear wheels.
For the first time, oil does every
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1948-08-05

handle Buick RoADNIASTER with
this new driving magic.
Try it, first chance you get and
we think you'll want to see your
Buick dealer at once to get an
order in : with or without a car
to trade.
+Dynafoo Drive is avdiidbGe at extra cost
on Buick Roddmasfer models only.
Evening star., 1948-08-29
Wrong Foot Forward

ABOUT every two years my misssls makes me
IA paint the cellar stairs.
The first time did it, was dumb enough to
begin at the top an work my way down. 1t was
sure nicelookin' job But got stuck in the cellar
window, tryin' to crawl out. Tore my shirt,
dropped the paint on the cellar floor and ended up
trackin' my way up the fresh painted stairs.
Mostly caught the devil though, for trackin'
the stuff into the kitchen on my shoes.
The next pantin' bee, start at the bottom.
Did you ever try to back up a set of steep steps,
paintin neatly as you 90?
WAS uamped, dizzy an done in when finished,
but it was JOY to look down on Until discovered
three things: the water heater had to be stoked it
was startin' to rain, the basement windows were
open, an the dog was behind the furnace.
So the steps had my tracks and the dogs shown
on 'em for the folowin couple of years. So did
the kitchen linoleum.
Well, finally discovered you could paint half
the ,utdth of staircase at once let it dry and then
paint the other half. This was great advance.
But forgot to block off the fresh-painted side
an the mssus made three or four trips down an
back an tracked up her own kitchen.
Nothin' makes a woman SO mad to do
somethin' herself which she has told you
only a half-wit would do. So got more blame
than when got the paint on the linoleum.
Couple of weeks ago it came time to apply an
other coat to the steps. This time give it real
thought consider constructin' special set of
treads to make little pathway down the middle
or a temporary set of detour steps.
In THE middle of my troubles, think to ask
painter. Amt it funny how you avoid the experts
just as long as you can?
"Joe," say to Joe Putnam. the house painter,
''how do you paint stairs so as not to cause di-
vorce in the family?'
WELL" Joe tells me, Il usually paint every
other step, the first day. Then it is easy to take
two steps at time until they dry. Then paint the
rest and walk on the first ones"
YEAH" say, that's how I do it, too.''
So 60 home an tell the missus how simple
it is. Except we did have one little mishap. After
l got the second set of every-other steps all fin
ished, guess must have got off on the wrong
foot Because l carefully climbed the wet set an
emerged into the kitchen with both soles drppin',
an left full set of foot prints - one on every
other step up from the cellar
Next time I'm goin' to hire Joe to do the paint
in while I'm on vacation. -WALlY B0REN
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
NewBreedir,g Program
 Builds MIX Profits

tificial Breeding Association, Unit No. 1-the first of its kind in the United States.
 Extension agent Enos J. Per ry of New Jersey State College, pioneered the work after a year of study in Denmark.
 Now, 10 years after the organ igation of that first cooperative, there are 886 other cooperatives in 42 states of the union. There are 1,800,000 cows enrolled in the new breeding program.
 Alaska's first artificial breed ing cooperative, the Matanuska Valley Dairyman's Association, only recently was organized. Dr. William Sweetman of the ex- pertinent station is in charge of the Valleys dairy program.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
Territory Still Calls For More
 Nome Rate Cuts

New tariff rates filed by the Lomen Commercial Co.,, last week, in compliance with an or der of the United States Maritime Commission requiring a decrease in rates for lighterage at Nome still doesn't please the territory of Alaska.
 The territory has petitioned the Maritime Commission to sus- pend two items in the new tariff, which, it is maintained, really represent increases rather than decreases. The Alaska Develop ment Board, in recent release, says heavy groceries would go up four cents per hundred pounds under the new tariff and light groceries would go up seven cents per hundred pounds. The new rate on cigars and tobacco is estimated to be an advance of II per cent.
 The territory has petitioned that the lighterage concern be made to comply fully with the order to reduce rates. It asks that the tariff reductions on explo- sives, electric signs, furniture and lumber, which do represent decreases, go into effect at once.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08

An experiment in test tube breeding of milk cows, which began in the United States in the state of New Jersey just 10 years ago, already has crossed the nations dairy farmers an extra million dollars year.
 New Jersey dairymen recently compiled figures which S h w that the new program, which permits the use of only the high est quality bulls, has produced cows whose records show their milk income has climbed almost $35 apiece annually.
 The experiment began when 100 farmers in three New Jer- sey counties organized to form the New Jersey Cooperative Ar
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
VALLEY VISITORS

At the Lodge:
 Harold Morton, Palmer; Dinty Moore, Anchorage; T. w. Ross, Gulkana; Charles Frost, Louis vile, Ky; King Milligan, Desh- Ter, Ohio; Ernest Merriman, Broad Pass; Marilyn Johnson, Anchorage; George Black, Pal mer; Henry Shaffer, Lydonville, Vt.; MT. and Mrs. J. P. Loomis, Ojai, Calf.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08

Coffee Insures Everything
 Remember? Adv.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-03-10
NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA

In a letter just received by
Overseer Mintern, Elder A. j.
Smith says:
We had good All-Night
Service December 81, 1947, at
500 p. m. to January LIST, 1913
600 a. M, held at Ringwood;
and, praise God, a weekly
meeting is held there each
week.
The young men, II in num-
Der, attend the Bible study
class each Lords Day morn
ing 11:00 a. m. at the Taber-
nacle and seem to be very ear
nest as they all, with their
fountain pens and books, copy
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