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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
FLYING (0W5T0
 ALASKA

EVERETT, Wash, Dec. 22-tRl- Fifteen milk COWS flew from Paine Field yesterday to Alaska.
 It's a modern adaptation of the Alaska gold rush. With milk bringing around four bits quart in Anchorage, the milk pan has be- come rival of the gold pan in Alaska.
 The COWS are heading for the Matanuska valley, near Anchorage.
 It is the vanguard of 45-cow movement by air. The Flying Barn" was an Alaska Airlines DC-4.
 Merle Anderson of Palmer, in the Matanuska valley, went along as the cows caretaker. He planned to milk five of them during the flight. Along with his milk stool, he also took a .38 revolver just in case any of the four-legged pas sengers should go herserk at 10000 feet up.
 Anderson said it is cheaper by about $85 per COW to ship by sea- out the buyers expect to make up the difference by milk sales during the period the cows would be at sea Also, the Matanuskans are wary of what seasickness might do to a cOu'c roi1L r,rOdrcti0p Additional cows will be shipped by sea later-during their dry seasons.
 Anderson said there now are about $50 COWS in the Alaska valley
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
SANTA CLAUS WAS THERE

The hall was filled to the brim with kiddies and parents who en- joyed a movie show with Kenneth s. Clem at the projector. After the show the glee club of the Doug las Schools sang several Christmas selections under the direction of Mrs. T. McCahill, music instructor. Old St. Nick then made a dramatic appearance coming up the stairs at a gallop ringing his merry bells, loaded with candy fruit and nuts. After each child was personally in- terviewd and given his bag of treats the children formed in another line for ice cream cones.
 It was a good party for all, and the second Community Christmas party sponsored by the business houses, Women's Club and Doug las Eagles. The Women's Club made the purchases and put up the bags of treats. Other arrangements were made by Eagles President Guy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
pARNELL THOMAS WIFE WITHDRAWS
 FROM CANDIDACY

HACKENSACK, N. J., Dec. p R-Mrs. J. Parnell Thomas with drew today as a. candidate for the Congressional seat to be vacated next month by her imprisoned hus- band.
 The withdrawal left the field wide open to State Haror Commissioner Harry c. Harper who was selected ever the weekend as the Republi- can Organization candidate for the ith Congressional district post.
 Tt would be impossible for me so campaign adequately in the -rief time which elapses before the special election" Mrs. Thomas said.
 Rep. Thomas now is serving a jail term on payroll padding charges He has submitted his re- signation from Congress effective Jan. 2.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
CHRISTMAS EVE
 SERVICE, CH0IRS,
 LUTHERAN CHURCH

To celebrate the birth of the Christ a Christmas Eve service of song will te held in the Resur- rcction Lutheran Church begin- ming at 11:55 pm., Saturday. This service is sponsored by the Junior and Senior choirs. In addition to the.r special anthems the congre- gation is given the opportunity to unite in singing the favorite Christ mas carols. Everyone is cordially Y eloome to attend.
 Selections to be sung by the Jun or Choir are: Mary's Carol, Babe Of Bethlehem, All My Heart This Night Rejoices, o Holy Night, and Rise Up Shepherd and "foller," a Negro spiritual A sextet from the Junior Choir will sing, The Happy Christmas Comes Once More. and Once in Royal David's City. Four soloists from the Junior Choir assisted by an adult quartet will sing, The Friendly Beasts.
 Members of the sextet are: Nancy Mcdowell, Virginia Nielsen, Donna Eneberg, Ann Livle, Heather Holl- mann and Ruth Bloomquist. Soloists for the Friendly Beasts are: Linda Kassner. Dolores Addlemann, Alice Johnson and Timothy Hillerman Other members of the Junior Choir are: John Nielsen. Alan Gould, Ber- nice Melseth and Edith and Linda Layold.
 The Senior Choir will sing To How Rose and Christmas Eve. A women's chorus will sing Vir- sins Slumber Song.
 Members of the Senior Choir are: Mary Peter, Margaret Berlin, Har- riet Berg, Eunice Nevin, Esther Kassner, Amy Rude, Avis Asmat, Betty Mcdowell and Winifred Hanna; Ragnar Kronquist, Ingvald Varnezs, Bill Orme, Ed. Dick, Ray Nevin, Dr. Rude and Rev. Hiller- man.
 For the Senior Choir the director is Miss Virginia Long, the accom- panist, Miss Dolores Mattila. The Junior Choir director is Mrs. Eunice Nevin, the accompanist, Elizabeth Wyller.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
Australia Going 10 Cultivate Friendship
 Wiih Unifed Staies

CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. g --LR-Australia will strengthen her ties with the United States, Prime Minister Robert G. Menzies said to- night in his first nationwide radio address since assuming office.
 The leader of the victorious free enterprise coalition that unseated an eight-year-old labor government was sworn in yesterday with mem bers of his cabinet.
 Menzies said: If there is to be real peace for men and women of the world who so seldom make war but always suffer from it, we must cultivate the closest ties of real affection and understanding with the great and generous people of the United States"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
MAN LONG DEAD IS GHOST HOST,
 BIRTHDAY BALI

WEST MINOT, Me, Dec. 22-R- Ccuntryfolk will make merry to- night at the birthday ball of man dead for 25 years.
 The scene West Minots tiny Grange Hall The program: Modern dances and the old-fashioned square dances beloved by the "Ghost Host" -Jairus Jerry" Hilborn.
 Jerry would have been 98 today. Long a friend, counsellor and bene- factor of the village youth, he left a modest sum for dance each year until he would have been 100.
 He attached but one condition-at the height of the festivities there must be a moment of silence in tribute to Jerry. And should this silence be broken, the dances would end. ....-.......
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
Paper Hangers Love |. A.; Pass $30o,0O0 In Rubber Chegke

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22-LRl- Here's a new name for Los An geles: it's the Sucker City
 Det. Jack Tugwell today dis closed that tag had been tackled on Los Angeles by check artists who already have passed more than $300O0O worth of bum paper" here this year. Tugwell said one woman had clipped one store with 23 ,hecks and another with 20 checks for total of $2,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22

but they fail to fill the Anchorage demand. Additional milk is flown from here twice a week.
 The cows were separated in the plane ty board barriers. They faced the eight-hour flight calmly.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22

Speculation has it that if MT. Truman seeks reelection, so will Vice-President Al ben Barkley
 Although Barkley will be almost 75 in 1852, his friends can't see him ending the fun he's been having as vice-President if he can help it.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
Fourth Wife of
 Gable Divorce

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 22- tR = Clark Gables fourth wife, the former Sylvia Hawkes., was divorc- ed in London June IS, 1948, by Lord Stanley of Alderley on the grounds of desertion.
 She did not obtain the divroce herself, as stated in previous Associated Press dispatch.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
sPECIAL COUNCIL MEET

The Douglas City Council met in special session last night to re- ceive the application of the Eagles Lodge for a Club liquor dispen- sary license. Council members pre- sent were Wm. Boehl, Rex Her mann. Wm. Dore. Charles Werner and Milford Marshall. Members of the Masonic Order of Eastern Star group were present asking for a temporary hold-off of granting the license as their lodges and Chapter will be affected as to meeting place. Officers of the Eagles, head ed by Guy Russo, who were present, explained that if the application was not approved, they would be forced to close the Hall beginning the first of the year, because pre- sent revenue could not support the building.
 The council reasoned that as they saw it, it was a matter between the two groups, and that with no fur ther objections, they could only approve the application. On roll call vote it was approved unani- mously.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22

Russo, who was chairman of the affair. The party was held in the Eagles Hall whose members were on hand as Santas assistants.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-22
SCHOOL PROGRAM TONIGHT

SCHOOL PROGRAM TONIGHT
 The younger students of the Douglas schools were dismissed from classes early today in order to rest up for the school program which is to be held this evening at o'clock in the school audi torium.
 Everyone is invited to the pro- gram, into which --rcn effort has been put by teachers and students.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-03-11

quite time before reaching the entrance There was
never anything like before at any consulate One could
meet the line many Jewish dgnaries who waiting
their to be admitted into the building In fact the
line looked like living and moving "Whos Who in Ameri-
can Jewry" Here and there the policemen watching the
entrance to the consulate recognized Jewish leader of
onal and admitted him outside the line But such
exceptions very few They included Henry Morgen-
thau Jr Judge Joseph NJ Proskauer Judge Simon H. Riff
kind the first advisor Jewish affairs to the American
military government in Europe and less than dozen others
Inside the consulate Zionss and non-Zonists rubbed
shoulders and shook hands with the Israeli
Arthur Lourie and Aubrey S. Eban the head of the Israeli
delegation at the United Nations The drinks and the hot
cold decaces served for five hours continuously
And the air full of expressions of greeting and good
cheer Some of the Zionist leaders, usually not sentiment
tai folk moved to tears They expected to live
in New York consulate of Jewish state The
affair highly dignfed and and elevated plane
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-03-11

Ugo Carusi. Chairman of the DIP
Commission, will be principal
speaker at the Gath Annual Meet.
ing of HAS (Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society, in the Hotel Astor.
New York, on Sunday, March 13.
Mr.. Carusi will address delegates Of
more than 1000 religious, fraternal
and labor organizations on the
work Of the DIP Commission and
the prospects of a more liberalized
DIP bill which would permit more
DPS to enter the United States.
HAS President Samuel A. Telsey,
and the Society's Executive Direc-
tor. Isaac L. Asofsky. will report on
the 1948 HAS activities and their
plans for 1919.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-03-11
Authorities in TriPoli
Not To Hamper
Emigration Of Jews

LONDON, (JTA)-The British
Foreign Office has informed the
World Jewish Congress that the
British military administration in
Tripoli has been instructed to
place no obstacles in the way of
Jews-whether they are of mill
tary age or not-who wish to
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-03-11
The Railroad Center

emigrate. The head of the Jew
ish community in Tripoli has
been officially informed of these
instructions.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-03-11
Cross, Georgia
THE TALK OF NEW YORK
BY BORIS SINCLAIR

The talk of New York now is the origin
al reception given by the Israeli consult
ant The affair will remain the talk of
Gothamites for quite time d. About l.,
500 invitations were sent out to everybody
who is a somebody in Jewish life But
more than $500 people crowded the three
floors of the Consulate building during
the five hours of the reception =. . =. One had
to stand in line outside the building for
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Agricultural Agency Neavs
1949 OATS. BARLEY. RYE
SUPPORTS

Price support programs for 1949
crop oats, barley, and rye, to be i'm
plemented through Commodity
Credit Corp. loans and purchase
agreements with farmers, were an
nounced by the U. S. department of
agriculture.
Price support for oats will reflect
to producers a weighted average rate
equal to 70 percent of the oats parity
price as of April Is, 1949, and for
barley and rye a weighted average
equal to 72 percent of the barley and
rye parity prices as of April Is, 1949.
Loans and purchase agreements for
oats, barley, and rye will be avail
able from time of harvest through
Jan. 81, 1850. Last year these sup
ports were available through Dec.
81, 1913. Loans, to be made on 1949
crop farm stored and warehouse
stored grain, will mature on April
80, 1850, or earlier on demand. Hold
ers of purchase agreements must de-
clare within 80 days prior to April
80, 1850 or an earlier date as may be
determined by CCC, their intentions
to sell to CCC.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Is4s FLAX SUPPORT ENDS:
I949 PROGRAM ANNOUNCED

The U. S. department of agricul-
ture has announced the discontinue
ance, effective April 80, 1949, of pur-
chases of 1913 crop flaxseed as a
price-support operation by the Com
modify Credit Corp.
The 1949 crop flaxseed will be sup
ported by the Commodity Credit
Corp. at 80 percent of the farm
parity price as of April 1, 1949.
A support price will be set on \
Minneapolis basis to reflect 80 per-
cent of the farm parity price.
In determining county support
prices, the actual cost of freight and
handling charges will be deducted
from the applicable terminal price.
For the 1948 crop the support price
was S. per bushel, Minneapolis basis,
for No. l flaxseed.
Loans and purchase agreements
will be available to producers in
Montana and Wyoming from time OF
harvest through Jan. 81, 1850.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01

Montana Farmer -Stockman Photo
The sap's running in the naples. which
means it's maple sugar time-not only
in Vermont but right here in Montana.
Branson Stevenson. Cascade county. is
shown above with one of four large SO
to 60-Year-old NAPLES in his back yard.
After reading extensively about maple
sugar production. Stevenson decided
this year to see what his own trees
would do. The result was a steady drip
of the crystal clear and slightly sweet
sap from tree TO pail. Only sticker in
the maple syrup venture is that this sap
has to be boiled down From the first
6 TO 8 gallons of sap and after three
hours of boiling. he obtained a quart of
delicious pure maple syrup. His esti-
mated production from possibly 40 gall
Ions of sap is about lA gallons of pure
syrup.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01

few years. Increased forage crop
planting is expected on some of the
acreage nov in wheat, cotton and
other cash crops according to the
USDA production and marketing adj
ministration.
Basic support prices per pound of
seed are: Northern alfalfa, 81 cents:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
GRASS SEED

A price support program is now
set up to encourage increased pro-
duction of hay, pasture and range
grass seed in expectation of greater
need for such seed during the next
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
SIS:UiYE

Farming is a hazardous business. Guard carefully against accident but
protect Yourself from loss by taking ot a Montana Farmer-Stockman
SPECIAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY. Full information n request
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
4 Name You Can Depend Upon

DIR. sALSBURY'S LABORATORIES,
Charles City, Iowa
international Elevator Co.,
Great Falls, Montana
State Distributor
Or. S~alisbury's Weed-Kiu
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
FREE
WEED.CONTR0L
COUNSEL SERVICE

For answers TO your
weed control prob
Iems, write AericuI-
turol Service Deport-
ment, international
Elevator Co., Greet
Falls, Montana, stote
distributors for DR..
Soibury's WEED
Evening star., 1949-09-04

is the final week to submit pictures
teur Snapshot Contest
midnight Saturday eligible
Tor the 18th weekly awards Each
and an honorable mention awarded
contest grand prize winners among
weekly winners each Of the subject
pictures will be published
and then entered the
Awards to compete with winners of prizes
totalng $4,000 The subject
dren Glass Young People and Adults
Glass D. Animal Life
of the complete the
OF The Star Building and at many photo supply
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
THE MYSTERIOUS MARAGON

Jack O'Brien, director of infor- nation for the office of Housing Expediter, got phone call some time ago from a man with a thick accent who said:
 This is Drew Pearson calling, and I want to know why Colonel James Hunt spends to much time around your office? If you're not careful I'm going to write story about it. You'd better get rid of that fellow Hunt"
 The alleged Drew Pearson re- ferred to Five-percenter' James Hunt, the friend of General Harry Vaughan and supposedly also the friend of the mysterious John Maragon.
 However, Jack OBrien, being req sonably familiar with the voice of this columnist, recognized the thick accent to be that of Maragon, him. self. Posing as this columnist, Maragon was trying to scare the Housing Expediter's office away from Hunt in order to leave clear field for himself.
 Note-Maragon is now telling friends that he is engaged in big diamond deal, says he is leav- ing the country shortly on a mis- sion to buy diamonds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13

measure would increase that authorized expenditure to S150 million a year and extend the program until June 30 1855
 Under the original law, Alaskas share a popu- lation basis would have amounted to only $4l 400 a year, but Delegate Bartlett able to have the 80th Congress pass law allowing minimum of S100000 to any State Territory, which the present legislation would raise to $200,000.
 The legislation in question was passed by the House last week and by the Senate number of weeks The slight differences between the two versions expected to be agreed upon before the first of the 81st Congress closes Delegate Bartlett spon- sored bill this year to accomplish that part of the measure dealing with the minimum allotment for hospital construction, action which will not be necessary if the present legislation under consideration is signed into law
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
Women Alcoholics
Washington Postl


 Present-day women who recently have been blam- ed and scolded for virtually all the social ills of American life, may be able to hold up their heads again the result of study of chronic alcoholism made by Dr. E. M. Jelinek of Yale University. This shows that the rate of alcoholism among women in l945 was lower than in the good old days of 1910 In that year about out of every 260 adult American chronic alcoholic. In 1945 the rate was roughly of every 413 The study also shows that the only increase in alcoholism among between 1881 and 1945 during the years when it rose l2is per cent For the increase in that time was 463 per cent. Neither men nor be too com paeent.
 The widespread idea that women today are more inebriate their mothers grandmothers may be traced the fact that their drinking is more public. In the past female alcoholics were hidden away by their families Now they treated, allowed to join the Alcoholics Anonymous in some places jailed Dr. JeIneks study has further good word for the present. People today are drinking about the same per capita as in 1850 but it's high beer consump tion while then it was whisky Incidentally he found third more alcoholism in the large cities than in the small and twice much in the big cities as on the farms
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
BATTLE OF GRAF SPEE

But it was not until the battle of the Graf Spec that Admiral Pratt, whose latter years were made miserable by his fellow admirals, was completely vindicated. In this famed battle off the River Plate, the British Navy with small. fast moving 6-inch-gun cruisers was completely victorious over the 10,- 000-ton German cruiser carrying g. inch guns.
 What Admiral Pratt had argued in the face of almost every other admiral about the speed and mo- bility of the small cruiser, was proved right.
 And the fact that Pratt and Sec retary Stimson forced the Navy into building some fast 6-inch-gun cruisers turned out to be the Navys salvation when it came to patrol ling the vast South Pacific dur ing the recent war.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
THESE DAYS
GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
PEANUTS AND WELFARE

The welfare boys never mind where they get their ideas, Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes. Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini or Charles Bedaux Everything is grist to their theological confusions which keep them moving from thing to thing. It seems that every problem must have a speedy and expensive solution. Today, let us gaze at the great debt they owe to Charles Bedaux, efficiency engineer. dream CT, traitor who committed suicide under detention to avoid trial. Be- daux, originally a Frenchman, was a naturalized American who de- veloped a great business as an effi- ciency engineer. He was remark able man, but came cropper when hetried to make the Duke of Wind sor a sort of patron saint of labor in Nazi Germany and in the United States.
 l had met BedauX and liked nm very much. He had millions of novel ideas, some of which paid off. His basic philosohpy seems to have been adopted by Harry Truman and Leon Keyserling. These are Be- daux's words:
 Whether country or man, one cannot have money owed to him, refuse to lend more, refuse to buy, and insist on selling to the debtor with the expectation of be- ing paid in gold. The best that can be done is to give. There is no other way ."
 To give is the current fiscal and political policy of the govern ment of the United States. It is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
UNHAPPY ADMIRAL

Unhappiest Admiral in the Navy today is probably Louis Denfeld. chief of Naval Operations, one of the squarest shooters ever to com mand a battle wagon.
 Denfeld is right iii the middle of the Navy Air Force battle, a battle which he did not start. Now that it's started he is publicly sid ing with his brother admirals. But before it started, he expressed the private view that the Navy could better use more money for sub- marines and smaller airplane car- riers, rather than putting all its eggs in the giant experimental air plane carrier which has now be- come the war cry of the admirals.
 Since then, some admirals have tried to cold-shoulder Denfeld, ac- cused him of transferring Adm. Arthur Radford out to the Pacific because he had been a contender for Denfeld's job-an accusation completely untrue.
 Rows like the present flare-up are not unusual in the Navy, and the situation between Admirals Radlord and Denfeld is not unlike similar Navy fracaS which har- vested just as many headlines back in the Hoover Administration. It illustrates the unfortunate fact that the admirals frequently put their judgment ahead of their command er-in-chief.
 At that time, the admirals, who worship bigness, were bent on build ing a lot of 10000 ton, 8-inch-gun cruisers, and refused to go along with Secretary of State Stimson on a treaty of limitation. Spearhead of the Navy attack against Stim- son was salty Adm. Hilary Jones the Admiral Radford of his day
 But siding with Stimson, and holding the same Chief of Naval Operations job which Admiral Den field occupies today, was Adm. Will jam V. Pratt. Pratt believed that smaller cruisers with 6-inch guns could fire faster, and were more effective at close range or at night.
 But because he held these views Pratt was almost ostracized from the Navy. For a time his fellow admirals would not speak to him And when he retired as Chief of Naval Operations. almost no one was on hand to see him depart.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-13
BABY SHOWER GIVEN
 FOR MRS. J.F. NIEMIEC

A baby shower was given Tues day night in honor of Mrs. J. F. Niemiec at the home of Miss Hazel Ford in the Kendler Apartments.
 In addition to the guest of honor, those present were Mrs. Joe Kend- Ter, Mrs. Josephine White, Miss Helen Meslanka, Mrs. Ray Ren- shaw, Mrs. Roy Carrigan, Mrs. Ron- aid Mayo, Mrs. Bud Brown, and Mrs. Gene Nelson.