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Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
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Expansion Plan
IN WASHINGTON

nROBABLY one Of the most con-
: troversial pieces Of legislation
scheduled to come before this con-
gress within the next few weeks is
to be known as the expansion act
Of l949, intended by its sponsors
to bolster the country against any
widespread depression now, or in
the months in the offing.
The proposed legislation, already
alarming some big business lead
ers, according to the meager in
formation which has been forth
coming concerning its provisions,
would provide for long-term gov
ernment guaranteed loans to busi-
ness for expansion. The small busi-
ness man is taken care of in the
project, identified as those who em-
ploy 500 or less.
This reporter touched on this
subject in a recent column as
backed by a group Of eight So
called liberal senators headed 5y
Senator Murray Of Montana. With
unemployment growing, talk about
this plan is becoming widespread in
Washington and recent visits Of
labor leaders to President Truman
have given rise to the talk that the
measure will finally become an
administration bill. According to in-
formation it will work much like
the old NRA act.
The recent report Of the fed
eral reserve board to the ef-
feet that people have just as
much money and are able and
willing to buy, provided price
and quality are right, has
scOtched some Of the supposed
depression talk, and the charge
is being made openly that those
who talk most about a coming
depression are those who want
and would benefit by such an
economic state Of affairs.
1t is interesting to this reporter
and to others here who have beer
listening to big business damn
the so-called New Deal for the pas
Is years, to hear its opponents
now admit that the only bulwarki
against a depression such as oc
Cured in the 1906 are these New
Deal measures. These include in
surance of bank deposits; unem
ployment insurance; social securjt,
payments; the securities and es
change and the holding compan,
acts; the federal reserve bankin
system and sound money; govern
mental efforts for piece-meal, res
ulated change-over from a war t
a peace-time economy; leorganizs
ton Of the home mortgage marke
through the federal housing admir-
istration; farm price support an
many other such cushions to softe
a depreSsional decline.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Another Tail Speaks

Charles P. Taft, Of Cincinnati is
a lawyer and city councilman in his
home city. He is a brother Of Sen.
Robert A. Taft of Ohio. But he re-
Gently made a speech at Warren.
Ohio, which this reporter feels has
more common sense expressed in
one manuscript than we have read
in long time.
Speaking OH the present unrest
as between the extreme left and
right ideologies on social security.
public welfare, federal housing
and federal aid to education and
even in some fields of health and
medical care, he declared federal
Intervention has not resulted in
socialism. He did say, however,
that it has resulted in a centraliza-
ton of government in Washington
because of failure of local state.
city, county and township govern
ments to do the job themselves.
Said Taft: Agricultural groups
have not had too much understand
ing of our city problems in these
fields of relief and medical care
and housing. But farmers are one
of the most intelligent and broad
minded Of our various groups in
the state and they are always ready
to listen, in my experience.
"a substantial section Of the
conservatives, mostly in the
Republican party, however, and
especially in Ohio, has rared
back and called all these pro-
pOsals socialism or cOmmun-
ISM" Taft then explained that
certain kinds Of business ser
vices and certain kinds Of ser
vices to human needs were es-
sentialIy governmental services,
but were not necessarily fed
eral government functions. For
instance he said:
LAS to poor relief, work relief
aid to children and the blind anC
aged welfare and medical care pro
grams for those in need, our vigor
Gus opponents of the welfare STATE
would do better to pay more atten
ton to the effectiveness with whicl
the states administer the program
and less to the dangers of fedora
domination"
On federal housing and slun
clearance, he said: you can't ge
all the housing we need withou
government help and public hous
ing. 1t is not socialism but assist
ance and stimulation nf privat
enterprise building"
On national health insurance, h
said: 'They (the doctors) had be-
ter spend more time working o
sound schemes and less in damnin
socialized medicine. What we nee
in order to avoid socialized med
cine is a private system that wi
enable moderate income people
afford good medical care"
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
BABSON Discusses Unemployment

ing to great abuse and corruption the same as did
Prohibition
l recently heard of a city where 100 clerks
are busy everyday just writing unemployment
checks! 1t is not just the money paid out to the
unemployed; but the huge cost of looking up the
evidence and keeping the books. l am told that it
costs over twenty cents for clerk-hre in order to
pay out one dollar! Someday there will be big
political scandal relative to unemployment insur-
ance Such insurance has legitimate use in a
real business depression, but such depression
exists today when people drive in shiny new auto
mobiles to collect their insurance their way tOl
the beach,
UNEMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK
The question is often asked me to how bad
unemployment will become and when it will be at
its worst have not yet collected sufficient data to
give an opinion now. But Doctor Joseph L. Snder,
one of the countrys greatest authorities on Busi-
ness Economics has some ideas on this question.
He is reported to have estimated that the In
dusrial Index of the Federal Reserve Board will
go off. about $3.50 below the peak of 194S and that
about s. to 1919 of this decline has already taken
place leaving only about 1870 more to go. Let us
hope he is correct as other authorities believe this
Industrial Index will go off 500 which means we
may have 4OH6 more to decline.
HOW TO LOOK
Let us look forward instead of backward; up
ward instead of downward; outward instead of
inward. Think of the great untitled orders today for
more automobiles more roads, more houses, more
bathrooms and especially more household electrical
appliances. This latter demand is especially evil
dent from the budgets which the public utility sys-
TENS have for the next few years The electric power
companies alone tell that, unless some catastro-
phe like should happen, their output will double
ten Of will re-
Quire great power units we'll wire
poles and millions of motors and appliances OF
all kinds. Certainly, this is no time for those OF
good character and education to worry about un-
employment. Such persons can, if necessary create
new jobs for themselves.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
Snakes Save Money

SYDNEY. Australia (AP) -
A snake-charmer here has found a
way of ensuring that pickpockets
won't life his money. After his per-
formances end he puts his money
in the chaff bag with the wriggling
snakes.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15

BABSON PARK, Mass, July
15-Of course. someday this
country will suffer from a bad
dose of unemployment; but this
time has not come yet and it
will not come during 1949. The
present unemployment scare
which certain labor union OFF,
cials are starting has not justi-
ficatiOn.
WHAT ARE THE FACTS?
Let us assume that the official
figures issued last week of 81
7SS,OOO unemployed are correct,
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
British Soldiers
w hipp e d

SINGAPORE-(AF)-Two Brit
ish soldiers were sentenced to pri-
son and u strokes of the rotan
each on conviction of trying to rob
and injuring a Chinese taxi driver.
Defense counsel pleaded their act
ions were just soldiers prank. .
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
GOOD NEWS-BUT!

In each of the first five months of this
year, according to the National Board of
Fire Underwriters, fire losses declined in
relation to losses in the same months in 194S.
:. The May decrease was nearly nine per cent.
Total losses for the five months were better
than 10 per cent less than for the same
{ period last year. This is good news. But it
{ certainly doesn't give us cause to pat our
selves on the backs and say that the fight
! against fire is now being wOn Our fire
I waste for the II months which ended May
i 3D. is estimated at more than $676, 100000.
z That includes an allowance for uninsured
s and mreported losses-but it does not and
cannot cover the indirect loss which fire
causes, in the form of unemployment, de-
>clines in business production and so on.
Then, above and beyond this economic waste
there is the grim fact that fire took thousands
of lives during that past year, and disfigured
and manned many thousands more. A large
proportion of. the victims of fire are children,
3 which makes The situation more horrible
still. The modest decline in fire losses which
has occurred proves one thing. A huge fire
waste isn't inevitable and unavoidable 1t
can be cut, and right to the bone At the
3 present time, organized fire prevention ac-
tivity in this country has reached peak of
s intensity. A vast effort is being made to ac-
quaint the public with the hazards that lead
to fire, and how they can be simply elimi-
mated. If the people listen and act coming
months will see a further drop in our dis
graceful fire losses
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
BONUS REFERENDUM NEXT
TUESDAY

Delaware citizens will be asked to express
their opinion on the question of whether or
not the State of Delaware shall pay a bonus
to veterans of World War III. The law under
which this special referendum is being held
is loosely drawn and is merely to learn the
desires of the people of our State. Should the
voters next Tuesday vote in favor of
bonus, then the Governor, presumably, will
call a special session of the General Assem-
bly, to enact legislation to carry the edict into
effect The question being voted upon next
Tuesday does not mention the amount to be
paid, or how the funds with which to pay the
soldiers will be raised. Veteran Organiza-
tions in many parts of the State are actively
promoting the project and present indica-
tions are that the vote. will be favorable to
the plan The Chronicle cannot faver the
bonus for the simple reason that we believe
that in the long run the veterans will pay
back in taxes much more than they receive as
a gift. And another thing to remember is
that once the General Assembly is called
into special session it can act on any ques-
ton which it sees fit. We certainly hope that
Delawareans- are not to be confronted with
a wrangling, shifting spectacle such as we
witnessed at Dover during the first five
months of this year.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-15
KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM

The New York Times recently printed a
report on the findings of a distinguished
chemist to the effect that the world can sup
port population of 15,000,0OO,OOO if we
make the most of our chemical knowledge.
He further predicted that meat and eggs will
disappear from the diet, because beef steer
converts only about IL per cent of its food
into meat. Chemistry, he went on, will en-
able us to convert wood into sugar for human
consumption. Shortly afterwards, The Times
published letter from doctor emphaticallv
disagreeing with this theory. His purpose
he wrote, was to point to the pitfall in taking
knowledge obtained in the field of chemistry
and applying it to human nutrition without
considering facts obtained in clinical medi
cine. Then he said: Research in human nu-
triton during recent years definitely indi-
Gates the superiority of animal protein foods.
such as meat and eggs, over all other foods.
Further, there is strong evidence indicating
that sugars are not only inferior foods but
may also be harmful to the human organism.
The researcher in chemistry knows little or
nothing of clinical medicine It is not ex-
pected that he should. Clinical researchers
are not expected to be chemists. Speciali-
zatiOn is necessity. However, the stores of
knowledge gained from highly specialized
fields of research must be applied with the
wisdom that comes with broad knowledge
and understanding" For many years, opti-
mistic accounts of the possibilities of ersatz
foods made from wood and other materials
have appeared at intervals. None of these
products have come anywhere near expec-
tatiOns. The animal protein foods occupy a
dominant place in the American diet, and
nothing has appeared to dislodge them,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
TED HARGRAvE5,
 pRESTIDIl;lTAT0R,
 10 MYSTIFY LIONS

VIEW. Department Inspector M. A. Hargraves of Fairbanks came here for a Council of Administra- ton meeting.
 AC.S. Sergeant Hargraves met some old Signal Corps pals in Ju- neau.
 Magician Tex Hargraves will be featured entertainer tonight at the Lions Clu5 Halloween party.
 Joe Shotner. Lions program chairman, was able to persuade Tex, a former professional entertainer, to mystify Lions and Lionesses, and their guests, on the after-dnner program tonight in the Gold Room.
 Bill Matheny, who is in charge of the stunt-andgag department, is not so communicative as Shot- ner. He claims that the element of surprise-and possibly shock, too is important to his part of the fun.
 The Lions Halloween party will start with a 7:30 o'clock banquet, continue with hilarious entertain ment, and go on from there with dancing to a four-piece orchestra.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
FELIX GRAY5 NOW IN EAST ENR0UTE
 FROM SCOTLAND

While taking their time to make Ehe return trip, MT. and Mrs. Felix
 Gray really are on the way home, after nearly six months abroad. They are enjoying visits with friends In upper New York State, after 6pending the summer in Scotland, Ireland, England and France.
 The travellers were mighty glad Eo land on this side of the ocean, hccording to their son, Gordon Eray, to whom letters told of an extremely rough crossing. They were aboard the Franconia at the lime of the Florida hurricanes, when the North Atlantic also was |orn by violent storms. The Fran tonia was nearly two days late, faking nine days for the crossing. The Grays left here about six months ago, and have spent much bf their time abroad in visits to Mrs. Gray's relatives in Scotland. In | he absence of his father, who is |J.S. Commissioner here, Gordon iray is serving in that capacity.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
G4;1s}A 5 ;i|g{,l61 &1
 q R8 KA 9&
FIGHT QUIZ ON; JUDGES
 SUSPENDED

DETROIT, Oct. 29-lR-The Kid Gavilan-Lester Felton fight inves- tigation shaped up today as the biggest in Michigan ring history.
 From appearances with the State of Michigan on hand to help other agencies-it had no equal in the memory of ring oldsters.
 Gov. G. Mennen Williams ordered state police to step in yesterday, acting on the State Boxing Com missions request.
 Already the Detroit police and the Wayne CDetroit) County Pro- secutor's office had entered the in quiry into the Oct. 21 split verdict.
 However. authorities had yet to report any evidence to support the gambling coup rumors' which Police Commissioner Harry s. Toy said had reached him.
 Were just getting started" said Police Inspector Joseph " Krug.
 Felton's unpopular 2-1 decision over Gavilan was followed by the Commissions suspension of the li- censes of Referee Norrie sherman and Sam Pearlstein, a judge. Both voted for Felton.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
COAST HOCKEY
 LEAGUE
(Bv the Associated press)

(By the Associated Press)
 The Oakland Oaks in their flrst shutout victory on their own ice in three years beat the second place San Diego Skyhawks 80 last night in a Southern Division Pa cific Coast Hockey League game.
 Goalie Dan O'Hearn, Oakland first year man, made Is stops ln keeping his net untouched. Goaile Larry Frechette of San Diego saved 20.
 The Vancouver Canucks n the Northern Division game fired i've goals in the third period to over come the touring Los Angeles Mon archs 8-3. The Canucks kept in third place on the win. The Mon archs have lost five now ill their Northern Division tour. Wimpy Jones and Al Kuntz netted two apiece for the winners. Bill Mc- Cracken scored twice for Los An geles.,
 The Victoria Cougars came from behind to beat the Portland Pen- guins 5-3. Russ Kopak ard Eddie Mazur made the score tying goals in the second period.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
GRID GAMES TOLL; NOW BIG ONES

NEW YORK, Oct. 29-(R-College football around the nation yester- day was only small echo of the Jig rumble that will roll from some of the major games today.
 Detroit strengthened it's bid for the Missouri Valley Conference championship by whipping Okla home A. and M, 13-7.
 In other games, George Wash ington trounced Lafayette, 14-7 on Al Dugoff's last period 80-yard run; Villanova whipped Boston College, 2S-14; Wofford remained unbeaten and united hy beating The Citadel, FIT; College of the Pacific also kert it's record clean by humbling San Jose State, 45-7; and Drake played a 1918 tie with St. Mary's of California.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
(apof Is
 Horse of
 Year 49

BALTIMORE, Oct. 29--lR-Capot just about had Horse of the Year" honors wrapped up for Greentree Stable today, wrestling them from Calumet Farm in one stunning race
 Capot forged ahead as the l949 champion of the turf by beating the horse with the most formidable record of the year, Coaltown, m yesterdays Pimlico Special. Capot won by l2 lengths.
 It may be that he beat horse which became lame sometime dur ing the mile and hree-sixteenths race.
 Trainer Jimmy Jones and other horsemen who gathered around to watch Coaltown during his cooling out period noticed the Calumet star favored his right hind leg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
WILL BLOCK . ANY MERGER
 IN FOOTBALL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29-lRi- George Preston Marshall said today The will block any attempt to merge 1.-the National Football League and |the All-American Conference. The Washington Redskins owner |also made it plain that he is pre- |pared to veto any move to include Hive of the ACC's teams-Buffalo, Los Angeles, Baltimore, New York land Chicago-in the older circuit. Under certain conditions he
 said, he might vote for inclusion Iof the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco Forty Miners.
 Under National League rules, any move to increase the National League above it's present size of 10 teams takes the unanimous consent 'pf all the owners.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
FIGHT DOPE

Fights last night turned out as follows:
 At New York-Sandy Saddler, 129la, New York, stopped Paddy Demarco, 134l2, Brooklyn, g.
 At Indianapolis-Anton Raadik, 165A, Chicago, outpointed Dave Clark, 163, Cincinnati, 10.
 At Hollywood, Calif-Nap How ard, 16219, Los Angeles, stopped Joe Cardenas, 164, San Bernardino, Calf, TO-
 At San Diego, Calif.-Chuck Mus grove, 159, San Diego, outpointed Art Brown, 1892, Los Angeles. 6. Crop regular tout on Ezzard Charles vs. Al Smith and Floyd Gibson ex- hibition cardD. At Honolulu--Reno Abellira, 15812 Honolulu, outpointed Ray Dioses, 160l2, Los Angeles, 8.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
FOOTBALL. ! SCORES

Here are finals of principal col lege football games played last night:
 College of Pacific 45, San Jose State 2.
 Drake 13, St. Mary's CcaliD ls (tie).
 Detroit IS, Oklahoma ARM T. George Washington IA, Lafayette T.
 Villanova 28, Boston College a4. Wofford 21, The Citadel I. Illinois College 19, Carthage T. Wayne (Neb) 20, Kearney 2. Washburn 60, Rockhurst 0.
 Western Kentucky 12, George town (ky) G.
 Chadron 28, York (Neb) 27. Ottawa (Kas) AT, Bethany (Kas) 0 St. Thomas (Minn) B. Hamline $ John Carroll 33, Bowling Green 24 Lebanon Valley 26, Albright 13. Erskine 23, Tampa 6.
 Chattanooga 21, Evansville IT. Carbon (Utah) 20, Branch Aggies 0.
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
LITTLE 5lSTER5
 LOSE LIVES, FIRE

SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. 29.-tR- ,hree little sisters, aged 5, 4 and 2, ;ere burned to death in early ncrning darkness today when paging truck and private car ollided on an overpass and burst ato flames.
 { The victims, daughters of MT. and lrs. Earl Martin of Deer Park, gash., were Dolores 5, Donna 4 and ,farlene 2. They were riding with heir parents in the cab of the fuck. The truck was not loaded.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
RELIEF SOCIETY OF
 LIDS PLANS RUMMAGE
 SALE ON NOVEMBER :

At the Wednesday evening meet ing of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, it was announced tha. a rummage sale would be held Saturday November 5 from Il am. to pm. at the LIDS Chapel at 10th and E Streets.
 Other items ot pusiness were dis
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
EEwrR ITALIANS MARRY

ROME-lPTf- Fewer Italians were married and fewer buried in l945 compared with 1947, the Central h. stitute of Statistics says.
 Last year, the Institute reported, 376,529 marriages were celebrated, 5C,519 less than the previous year.
 The number of marriages per 1,O00 persons last year was 32.
 Deaths totalled 482,054, down 34,- 450 from l947. The Institute says
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29

Italys mortality rate in 1948 was 10.5 per 1000 inhabitants compared to 1l.4 in 1947.
 A large number of Italian deaths, however, are not regularly record ed. The United States mortality in le46, fer example, was 10 per l,000 inhabitants the best on record.
 An English expedition search ing for gold first discovered iron ore in North America in 1885.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29

threatened to bring Aiasxa to it's knees two years ago is teing cor rected under the new Alaska Hous- ing Act signed last April" he added.
 Several hundred units are going in at Anchorage, and others are under way or proposed at Fair banks, Ketchikan and Juneau"
 Warne said also that he had the very distinct impression that the decentralization of Interior Depart ment activities in the territory has paid off with rather remarkable" administrative improvements.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29

The Hopewell Village furnace in Pennsylvania made cannon and shot for George Washington's sol diers at Valley Forge.
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cussed, after which a very inter resting lesson was presented by Helen Little entitled Political Thought of the Church in Relation to Government
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
OGDEN VISITORS

M. J. Winninghoff and c. F. Clark of Ogden, Utah, are visitors at the Baranof Hotel
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William M. Canty of Alaska Na- tive Service is registered at the Bar anof Hotel
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The first ironworks in America was located on the banks of Fall ing Creek, Va.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
ANCHORAGE GUEST

Andrew Dennis of Anchorage Is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-29
HAYNES GUEST

Daniel R. Thomas of Haines is at the Baranof Hotel.
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KENAIGETS FIRST GOVT.
 COMMUNITY

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SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSENS.

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