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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
IRISH END GIVEN HElSMAN AWARD
 BY 900 WRITERS

NEW YORK, Dec. 7-R-Leon Hart, Notre Danes Au-America end, will receive the Heisman Me- morial Trophy tonight as "the out standing college football player of the 1949 season.
 The six foot . four, 265-pound Turtle Creek, Pa., athlete was voted the honor hy some 900 sports writers and broadcasters throughout the country.
 He is the second lineman to cap ture the prize in the Is years the trophy has been awarded. The other was Larry Kelley, Yale's famous end, who was honored in 1886.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
A'S WANTS FIELDER, BUT BAD; DECKER
 WITH OTHER CLUBS

PHILADELPHIA, D. c. 7-tRt- The Philadelphia Athletics are look ing for an outfielder in a great big way.
 Vice President Roy Mack dis closed yesterday that the American League club is negotiating with the St. Louis Browns and the New York Yankees.
 The St. Louis club reportedly turned down a recent offer of s200,000 by the As for outfielder Roy Sievers. Now it is reported the Mackmen are prepared to give the Brownies some players and as much as $300,000 for third baseman Bob Dillinger, second baseman Jerry Priddy and an outfielder, not Sievers.
 The As also are reported to be attempting to obtain Johnny Lin- dell from the Yankees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
WANT ADS
FOR SALE

BEDROOMS excellent fully furnished home. Only four years old. Full basement with recreation space-fireplace and plumbing Large modern fully equipped kit chen and dining space. Living room with tile fireplace and thermopane windows. Two bed- rooms and full tiled bath on first floor. Two bedrooms and F bath on second floor. Large gar den and excellent location. Gen. erouS terms.
 S8,500: 3-BEDROOMS, furnished, concrete basement. Automatic oil furnace. Electric kitchen. Good condition. Immediate occupancy. 2 HOUSES LEFT of the 20 houses now nearing occupancy date in the Highlands section, Ii have already been spoken for. The houses have two bedrooms and allowance for a third. They have full concrete basements with garage, laundry, electric hot wa- ter heaters and an automatic oil furnace. The houses are com- pletely insulated for low main- tenance cost. They have a gen. erously sized living room with large view windows and every house has clear view of Cas- tineau Channel. The dinettes and kitchen are built in with an ab- undance of storage space and fitted with a new Westinghouse range. The houses are financed by FILA. and may be secured on very liberal terms. Secondary financing for down payment is available to qualified veterans An appointment to see the houses may be made in this office. APARTMENT HOUSES, commer- cial property Several two and three bedroom houses.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management
 District Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska

November g, 1949
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that James P. DeHart of Aux Bay, Alaska has made application for a Trade and Manufacturing Site, Anchorage serial 012671 for a tract of land de- scribed as Lot 2, Triangle Group 2 of Homesites situated on north shore of Auke Bay and south side ,f Eagle River Highway: Lat. 58' 23' 16~ N, Long. 1340 38' fl" w., U. s. Survey No. 2664, containing 0.72 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the District Land Office at An chorage, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO, Manager. First publication, Dec. T, 1949. Last publication, Feb. 2, 1850.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
MICHIGAN STATE GUARD GETS TROPHY
 OF GRID SCRIBES

DIES MONIES, Dec. 7-tR-Ed- ward Bagdon, 23-year-old Michigan State guard, was announced today as the winner of the Dr. John H. Cutland trophy awarded annually by Football Writers Association of America.
 s Selection of the 207-pound senior was disclosed iy Secretary Bert McGrane following a poll of associ- 1tion members.
 The award is given to the guard oi tackle designated by the Writers Association as outstanding in the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
RIDDEN TO SPEAK FOR
 MINING CLASS TONIGHT
Territorial

Prcspector, lawyer, Territorial Treasurer.
 These professions, with others along the way of his many years in Alaska, are in the experience of Henry Roden, who will be guest speaker tonight at the University of Alaska Extension mining class. The adult students meet at pm in the Juneau High School study hall.
 Roden will talk on mining law, on which he is an authority. He is the author of Alaskan Mining Law"
 The extension course, which op- ened November 28, has as regular instructor James A.. Williams Of the University faculty.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management

UNITED STATES
 DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management
 DISTRICT LAND OFFICE
 Anchorage, Alaska
 September 27, 1949 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that Charles Jay Mills, entryman, to- gether with his witnesses, Leslie Yaw and Myrth Benjamin Sarvela, all of Sitka, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. 09s63 for land embraced in U. s. Survey No. 258l, situated on the southerly side Sitka Highway and fronting on Thimble Berry Bay 3.1 miles east of Sitka. Lat. 57' 02 26~ N. Long. 135' 16' 15v w. contain ing 11.25 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage. Alaska.
 If no protest is filed in the Dis trict Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days there after. said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager. First publication. Nov. ?, ls49. Last publication. Dec. 2Ss ls49.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
FIvE-BOUT BOXING
 CARD iS CUT SH0R1

SEATTLE, Dec. 7-tR-A five bout boxing card lasted less than eight full rounds here last night with John L. Davis, Oakland Negro, climaxing the streamlined fistic show with a two-round knockout Of Billy Eddy of Detroit. Davis weighed 139, Eddie Al. The match had been scheduled for 10 heats.
 Not bout went the full distance.
 In two other matches Eddie Cot ton, l66, Seattle, knocked out John L. Sullivan, 172, Portland, in one round; and Tommy Umeda, 125. Seattle, kayoed Mel Eagleman, 126, Chemawa, Ore, in two.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
LOST AND FOUND

MY BOTANY O0-Overcoat taken by error from Mikes Sat. nite
 Lets exchange. Black 935. 67-3t LOST-Ladies gold Swiss wrist
 watch-on heavy black cord. Re-
 ward. Ph. Douglas 234. 67-3t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
Weather af
 Alaska points

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am. l20th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau 1t Juneau follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

A joint Senate House Economic Committee will begin an investiga- tion of life insurance companies today. The committee wants to find out what the companies do by in- vesting the savings of their policy holders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

Spinach was grown in southwest Asa before Christian times.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
T l D E T A B L z
DECEMBER 8

, High tide BAG a.m., 14.6t it. } Low tide 9:18 am, 5.1 it. (
 . High tide BOT pm, I'll it. } Low tide 10:02 pm, 0.3 it. . Q .
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
MISCELLANEOUS

Black pearls are very valuable be- cause they are rare.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
WILLIAM WIAN- Phone 234
 Office in Alaska Credit Bureau

NEW LISTINGS-2 bedroom, Seat ter Tract, large flat yard, good view, nice neighbors. Top floor has livingroom, large kitchen with cleo. strove, GU. it. refrig. view, bedroom and toilet with basin. Bottom floor has utility room with automatic oil furnace, Ben- dix and tubs, workbench, large bedroom, bath and toilet. Owners equity S3,500, payments $75 a month. Total $9 000
 AUX BAY just past Rec. Area. 3 bedroom house, oil furnace, large fireplace, 100 it. beach, cedar and pine panelling. A year-pround home in beautiful setting. $8000. NEW PRICES-Our 3-bed Douglas with double lot is down $1,000 to $4,000 and our 2-bed near St. Ann's is down $500 to $4,700.
 PETER WOOD
 ALES AGE ENCY SEWARD AT MARINE WAY Telephone 911.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07

I941 DODGE IELUXE COUPE. Good condition, radio, heater. Call
 Green 791. 62-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-07
FOR SALE

BLUE DAVENPORT, matching chair and Ottoman, 3 occasional
 tables and chair, Bristol sweeper.
 Ph. Red 755. S2-tf
Evening star., 1949-12-04
To Serve American Readers

the accumulation of new tech
niques can effect savings in the
long run. Book manufacturers
this fall gave. through their or
ganization. their greatest f1nan-
cial support so far to technol-
ogical research. Many individual
ly supported developments of the
promising new Lumitype ma
chine, the typewriter-phot COM
posing device to produce film in
stead of type metal. Book cloth
suppliers reduced their prices.
Several books about the book
trade, published this year, showed
the self-analysis which responsible
elements in the trade have under
taken. These included a reissue,
with up-to-date statistics. of
Cheney's standard Economic
Survey of the Book Industry;
two volumes in the Social Science
Research Councils Public Library
Survey, THE Book Industry" by
William Miller. and Government
Publications for the Citizen" by
James L. McCamy; "A Report on
American University Presses" by
Chester Kerr, and Textbooks in
Evening star., 1949-12-04
example: % Granting of privi-

example: % Granting of privi-
leges to book clubs; co direct-to-
consumer coupon advertising by
publishers: 90 the failure of some
stores to exploit their opportunities
and to show efficiency or imagina-
ton; a. uneven performance by
stores and publishers in packag-
ing, in invoicing, in handling of
special orders. to name q few es-
sential business procedures.
The important fact, however. is
that men and women of vision and
competence. who love books, who
deeply believe in the essentially
Of books. are attacking their
mutual problems. This fall the
book trade goes forward with fresh
confidence in its work and with,
Evening star., 1949-12-04

~ OOKS. this fall. are certain
* ly good buy. Today. when
~ the cost of living is some
thing like 72 per cent over
1899. the cost of a bookstores
typical new fiction is only about
Is per cent higher than in 1889.
and probably trifle lower than in
1948.
This fall. too. the publishers and
book sellers of America feel
greater confidence in the general
run of new books than they have
felt for several seasons. There is,
most book sellers agree, greater
variety of good titles. keener
editorial discrimination.
: During some months of 1949
bookstore sales increased over
1948, but there were slumps in the
late spring, in the hot midsummer
and in the strike weeks of Octo-
ber. Retailers investments in
the fall lists. however, gave q large
number of publishers an increase
in trade sales over 1948, up to
November /.
To Give Lesser-Known
Authors a Better Chance
Book publishers therefore hope
that a sales pickup for the year
will ease, at least to some degree,
the pressures that have dogged
the industry since the war. The
public is familiar with these pres
SureS-inf1ated costs and q result
ing dependence for profit upon
Evening star., 1949-12-04

Education" by q committee of
the American Textbook Publish
ers' Institute; "A Banker Looks
at Publishing" by Charles Bound
of the Guaranty Trust Co.. is
coming soon.
Still to come is the report on
the American Book Publishers
Councils study of markets and
sales ideas in a limited area, the
State of Ohio.
Efforts to improve the normally
scanty statistics of the book in
dustry were especially evident in
the decision of the Publishers
Council and the Textbook Insti-
tute to join in preparing annual
statistics more reliable than any
in the past. Trade papers stud
led, among other factors, the re-
lationship of the library market
to publishing. and estimated that
libraries buy some $50. .000.0
worth of books a year.
The Censor's Eye Falls
On the Little Books
The debate over book clubs
boiled up anew. for booksellers
still resent the free" offers and
the clubs price advantage in buy
ing from publishers. The Fed
eral Trade Commissions suit to
limit gift" offers by the Book
of-the-Month Club was still un-
decided. Meanwhile. another ac-
ton against clubs was entered by
a Midwestern dealer, with the aid
of the Booksellers Association.
In hearings on proposed new
postal rates, book trade leaders
argued convincingly against rails
ing the book rate 500 per cent
over the 1912 rate. They showed
that two-thirds of the Nations
readers have to get their books
by mail; that books account for
only seven-tenths of per cent of
Post Office Department costs; that
books should not be put to q dis
advantage to magazines.
Self appointed censors paid
most of their attention this year
to 25-cent editions of Caldwell,
Cain, Faulkner and some others.
Memorable decisions, useful to
defenders of free expression in
other states, were delivered by
Judge Charles Fairhurst of Mas
sachusetts in clearing Goods. Lit
tie Acre" and Sanctuary" An
other important decision was that
of Judge Curtis Box Of Pennsyl-
vania. clearing nine books seized
by Philadelphia police last year.
Trade cooperation. as this brief
outline may suggest. is q major
phase of the book trades history
for 1949. Yet it Is In this very
phase. cooperation. that the most
work remains to be done. Pub
lisher-bookseller relations continue
arguments in several areas. for
Evening star., 1949-12-04
By Frederic 6. Melcher
Editor of Publishers Weekly

BY Frederic g. Melcher
Editor OF Publishers Weekly
book club. reprint, serial. movie
and other Subsidiary income"
This year costs did not accelerate
as they did last year. and there
has been a trend to a buyers
market in book manufacturing.
Costs remain. however, pretty
much at the high levels already
reached, and the pressures will not
soon be ended. To the extent that
they are softened. more new au-
thors and more good books out
side the est-seller class will have
better chance.
To help realize their hopes,
trade leaders have done a great
deal of hard work this year in the
way of Cd strenuous editorial ef-
forts. (2) cudgeling of the pro-
motional imagination. 60 seek
ing for better methods to COM
pose. print and bind books. and
% salutary self-analysis.
Editorially. several categories of
books in 1949 reflect an alert re-
sponse to public interest and an
effort to stimulate it. A few
examples are: Religious and inspi-
rational books: books of regional
interest; biography and biogra-
phical-literary criticism; new for
eign novels; new aliases, diction-
aries and reference manuals;
'how-to-do-it" books for the
home.
The lower-priced lines of chill
dren's books. printed in the hun
dred thousands to sell at IS cents
or dollar, continued to be so
popular that several additional
lines were successfully launched
in 1949. At the same time, the
fall lists include an unusual num-
ber of topnotch juveniles in the
selective higher-priced class.
Reprints of current fiction in
hard covers completed their vir-
tual disappearance this year, ex-
cept for some established modern
and older classics, and classics for
young people. But solid nom
fiction reprints self improve
ment. biography, history, home
crafts-have been given new en-
phasis. often in new formats and
gay, laminated covers.
The year has been noteworthy
for study and experiment in sales
promotion techniques, often on a
cooperative basis. Early this
year, new campaigns to keep
older titles moving were reported
by about 60 publishers in one
trade survey. Other surveys, how :
ever. showed that publishers ad-
vertising budgets were reduced
this year. In part to stretch the
advertising dollar, publishers this
fall expanded as never before
their cooperative advertising ar
rangements with local dealers in
local papers.
The book manufacturers tried
to help book promotion by giving
prizes this spring for the best
campaigns carried out by book
sellers. and by giving their new
Gutenberg Award for the previous
years book Of "most progressive"
influence. The prize book was
Sherwood's Roosevelt and Hop
kinS."
Selected Books for the
White House Library
On November 10 the booksellers
made their qIadrennial presenta-
ton of 200 representative books
to the White House. a COMMITTEES S
selected list from past four years,
as one evidence of the home Ii
brary idea. This plan was begun
in 1929 and continued every four
years since.
Manufacturers and publisher.
continued to chip away at the
burden Of costs, knowing thai
no single improvement, but only
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Looking Ahead
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
fresh resolve to serve the readers
Of America.
give them the books that had to
be written and that they think
they don't need"
Books With Religious
Themes Continue Strong
Few men are better qualified to
make such statements, for Mr..
Giroux is the editor of two of the
most unexpected successes of the
past two years. 1.-The Seven-Storey
Mountain" and THE Waters of
Siloe," by Thomas Merton. No man
was more surprised that these two
fervent. intellectual, Catholic books
have gone into total Of 425 900
copies in print.
A Columbia claSsmate of Mr..
Merton (who is known as Frater
M. Louis in the Trappist orde),
Mr.. Giroux turned down three fic-
tional versions of Mr.. Merton's
conversion. When he finally ac-
cepted the first-person account
which has made publishing his
tory, he anticipated a modest sale.
Scattered rumors to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Mr.. Mer-
ton has remained in the monas-
terry and his order receives all
royalties from his books. He is.
according to Mr.. Giroux. who went
to his ordination at Our Lady OF
Gethsemane in Kentucky last May,
"the happiest man I know" He
serves as the Abbey's librarian, is
now working on book about the
mass. New Directions is bringing
out two books of his poetry. "The
Tears of the Blind Lions" and
"The Cloud and the Fire" .
Interestingly enough one Of the
most talked-of novels of the COM
ing season also has a religious
theme. AS yet unfinished, it Is
running serially in Cosmopolitan.
which reports that it has drawn
q record number of letters from
readers. Entitled 1.-THE Cardinal"
it tells the life story Of the son
of q Boston streetcar conductor
who becomes q prince of the
church. It is the work of Henry
Morton Robinson, who makes the
usual disclaimers about re-
semblance to living people. Simon
e. Schuster reports thousands Of
advance orders.
Scribner's Is Awaiting
Hemingway Manuscript
Mr.. HemingWay's new novel.
which is also untitled, concerns
the war, according to Scribner's,
who have not yet seen the manu-
script. This, of course. is not the
book the master has been work.
ing on for the past 10 years. but
is instead an interim production,
written during the authors con-
valescence from near-fatal
accident.
John Hersey's forthcoming
novel, "The WALL" which will be
q Book of the Month Club selec-
ton, is set in the Warsaw ghetto
during the war.
Richard Llewellyn. who charmed
the whole world few years back
with "How Green Was My VAL
ley" will be represented with "A
Few Flowers for Sinner" story
laid in postwar Italy. 1t is due
January Is.
Another Englishman, George
Urwell. author of 1894" that
terrifying picture Of totalitarian
world, has chosen the bittersweet
theme of return to happy scenes
in Coming Up for Air" coming
in early February.
Kathleen Windsor to
Return Next Year
Several woman novelists have
changed their tune in forthcoming
books. Helen Howe. for instance,
the caustic wit of ''The Whole
Heart" has mild. womanly story
''The Circle of the Day" Laura
Hobson. author of the explosive
"Gentleman's Agreement" deals
with a father daughter relation
ship in "The Other Father" The
Evening star., 1949-12-04
Kathleen Windsor to
Return Next Year

Several woman noveliStS have
changed their tune in forthcoming
books. Helen Howe. for instance.
the caustic wit of ''The Whole
Heart" has a mild. womanly story.
'The Circle of the Day." Laura
Hobson. author of the explosive
"Gentleman's Agreement" deals
with a father daughter relation
ship in "The Other Father" The
Evening star., 1949-12-04

fresh resolve to serve the readers
Of America.
give them the books that had to
be written and that they think
they don't need"
The Valley settler., 1949-06-17
OELANO FAMLY or JUNEAU
 VISIT M KAlLEY

lIr. and Mrs. Harry DcLand and children, Fl iso, Frank and Eileen Of Juneau, have beoh visit ing friends and relatives in tho Valley for the past two TO olls. They plan to start on their horouard trok this ucok. Hrs. DoLand, uho hasn't beon back to tho Valley sinco she moved from horo five yoar ago, said that she hardly knew tho town because of the many changes and nov bui1d- inGs that have been orc ctod during the past fou years.
The Valley settler., 1949-06-17
PARENTS

Tseroaa Hefrner, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Pat Hammer, left on Tednesday Of this week to re sumo her duties at the Tanford Atomic Plant in Rchland, Washington, Following two weeks vacat ion at her homo here in |a Wall
The Valley settler., 1949-06-17
VISITOR FROM KENAI

George Scarlet, father Of Mrs. Clifford Lennon Of Kenai, wis tied friends in the Valley on Wednesday, of this week. Mir. and Mrs. Scarlet uero residents of the Valley at tho inc that tho Clifford Lerrnons lived in tho Valley. Mir. Scarlet said that Clifford is nov employed by tho S.Birch & lt.E. Co. uhidh is black-topping the Palmer Anchorage Hi ghuay.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01

Malcolm Lowe who is serving
with the U. S. Navy and has been
stationed on the west coast is vis-
iting his mothr Mrs A.H.Hearn and
Mr.. Hearn, Mrs. Lowe and young
son will join him next week. Mr..
Lowe has been transferred to An
napolis, Md, where he reports for
duty in July.
The Rev. Carl P. McNally, who
has been pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church for the past three years
has resigned. His resignation
which will take effect in two
months, has been regretfully ac-
cepted by his congregation. Rev.
McNally, during his stay in Delmar
has taken great interest in all
civic advancement in Delmar, as
we'll as, in the advancement of the
Church. His successor has not yet
been appointed.
Milford chronicle., 1949-07-01

eration last Friday. He is getting
along very nicely.
Mrs. Thos. Carroll gave show
er at her home on Friday evening,
June II, in honor of Miss Given
Henrion with about so guests pres
ent Miss Henrion received many
nice and useful gifts. At late hour
refreshments of ice cream and ritz
were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. c. Henrion and
daughters Dottie and Joan of New
York were dinner guests on Fri
day evening of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Carroll and family.
This is the last week of June
a time of sunshine, blue skies and
summer joy-but today our
thoughts return to that Monday
morning, June %, of last year when
our hearts were torn by the tidings
of the sudden death of Ellen Wat
son, our friend, co-laborer and low
ed one.
Ellen Bond Watson was an out
standing person in our community
from the day of her coming to the
day of her passing-unique, spirit
ual, a born leader, and her influ-
ence here will live through the
coming years, making our church
and Sunday school, our Woman's
Society of Christian Service anl
our own personal experience better
and stronger, for she left a peta
from the rose of her great heart il
the life of every individual here
a lasting fragrance to bless us all
Her foot prints on the sand of time
in Cedar Neck were indeed bless
ed.