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Evening star., 1949-12-13
100000 10 Receive
Increase in Benefits
From VA Next Year
By the Associated Press

About 100000 war veterans
and their dependents are due
shortly for that raise Congress
voted in the amount of benefit
money they receive from the Gov
ernment.
The Veterans Administration
announced yesterday that checks
to be issued late this month for
delivery after January will show
increases voted by the 81st Con-
gress. These cover service-con-
nected disability and death COM
pensations.
Veterans with service e-connected
disabilities ranging from 10 to 100
per cent in degree will receive 81
per cent more money than in the
past.
The old rates range from $3.50
to $138 a month for war service
and $11.04 to $110.40 for peace
time service. depending on the de-
gree of disability.
The new scale raises these rates
to SIS minimum and $3.50 maxi
mum for war service disabilities;
$12 minimum and $120 maximum
for peacetime service.
The VA says 1882 900 veterans
will receive these increases.
About $4,000 widows receiving
compensation because of the serv-
ice-connected death of a veteran.
and who have one or more chill
dren, also will get increases. The
monthly payment for a widow with
one child is increased from $100
to $105, and the allowance for
each additional child from SIS
to $25, where the veterans death
was due to war service. For
death in peacetime service. the
widow receives 30 per cent of the
war rates.
The new law also grants an
increase in disability compensa-
tion payable to 10000 World War
II veterans whose disabilities are
classified as presumed to be due
to military service" Previously
entitled to only rs per cent OF
the rates payable for direct serv-
ice connected disabilities, veter-
ans in this group now will receive
the full rate.
Evening star., 1949-12-13

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Evening star., 1949-12-13

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Evening star., 1949-12-13
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FEELS 1O0% BETTER

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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18

first official session scheduled to
be held on board the liner S. S.
Florida on the evening of May
5.
Highlights of the convention
will include a tour of the Havana
nightclubs, shopping excursions,
a banquet and dance at the Sans
Souci, sightseeing tours, trip to
Moro Castle, luncheons, two in
formal dances on board ship and
Friday evening services at the
Temple in Havana.
According to Mr.. Friedman,
reservations are now being &C
copied on a ''first come, first
served" basis with early patrons
receiving choice accommodations
on the promenade deck of the S.
S. Florida. Total fee for the four
day convention is $85 per person
which includes tax and tips, as
we'll as two nights at the Nacion-
al Hotel; two dances on the boat;
two luncheons, banquet and
dance at Nacional Hotel; two
sightseeing tours and one night
club tour.
Arrangements for the entire
tour are being coordinated by the
Farr Tours Agency, Inc, of Mi
ami Beach.
All state lodges have been ask
ed to name convention chairmen
Immediately and notify Fried
man of their reservations. God
frey Newman was recently nam
ed chairman for the Miami
Beach Lodge.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18

Orthodox rabbis went too far in
asserting the "thiS-worldly'
character of Jewish doctrine and
practice. One could thus easily
lose sight of the fact that the
doctrine of immortality remain
ed a very significant article OF
faith for the overwhelming ma
jority of Jews. Of this Rabbi
Ross anthology is an excellent
reminder. Selections from the
Bible, the prayer-book, and the
Talmud, as we'll as extensive
quotations from, and summaries
of, the writings of leading Jew
ish Philosophers, make us real
ize that though our modern re-
form, conservative, and ortho-
dox interpretations of Judaism
have a naturalistic bent, we cam
not altogether ignore the cnaI-
lenge of a basic dogma.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18

THE JEWISH CONCEPTION
OF IMMORTALITY AND THE
LIFE HEREAFTER. By Rabbi
John Ross. An Anthology. Pub
lished by Belfast Newsletter,
Ltd, of Ireland. 1913 PIP. SIS.
Wars usually enhance mans
concern with the ultimates of re-
ligion. There may have been
many atheists in the foxholes
and on the beachheads, but dan
ger often prompted them to re-
fleet, albeit briefly, on the ma
ture and reality of the soul, as
well as its Immortality. Yet to
the great discredit of the Ameri-
can Rabbinate, the Jewish sold
Ter in World War II was without
satisfactory literature on the
subject. On Immortality there
was virtually nothing at all. For
that reason the publication of a
book on "The Jewish Conception
of Immortality and the Life
Hereafter = an Anthology" by
j. Ross belfast Newsletter,
Ltd, = Ireland), is an event wor-
thy of attention.
When Professor Kaplan's "Ju-
daism as Civilization" was first
published, there was disagree
ment in many circles about his
thesis that loyalty to Judaism in
the traditional frame was pre-
dictated upon the belief in the
souls immortality and the as
surance of rewards and punish
ments in the life hereafter. Even
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18
Observation-Disclosures
Tallahassee Notes
by Idlene Portnoy

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The last weekend in January
was a rather eventful one for the
members of the Delta Phi Epsl-
lon Sorority. Saturday, Janu-
airy 10Th, at 4:45, Carol Adler,
Irene Berkman, Diana Jaffe,
Sheila Ludwin, Pauline Marks
and Abline Sunshine became in
itiated as new sorors. The cere-
mony was followed by banquet
at Talquin Inn. The scholastic a.
ward was given to Carol Adler
and the Best Pledge Cup award
ed to Diana Jaffe. Lillian Fried
man came up from st. Angus
tine to attend the ceremony.
Monday, January 31st, install
alton services were held. The
newly elected officers are: Pres
ident, Zelda Kaplan; Vice Presi-
dent, Marilyn Rosner; Treasurer,
I:Mirian Bucholtz; Recording Sec
rotary, Rosalie Sherman; Cores
ponding Seer etary, Al n
Schwartz; Pledge Mother, Mil
dred Zelka; Pan Hellenic Repre-
sentative, Arlene Solomon; and
House Chairman, Idlene Portnoy.
We welcomed several visitors
from Gainesville after complet-
ing their final examinations. Was
glad to see Marvin Robbins, IT.
win Fleet, Harvey Relman, Ben
Gindy, buddy Silvers, and Lind
sey Savage.
Several of our girls leaving
for the weekend were: Zelda
Kaplan who went to Pensacola;
Arlene Solomon and Gladys At
las who travelled to New Or
leans; Ann Schwartz went to Mi
ami; and Esther Barash, Mickie
Edwards, Marilyn Rosner and I
went to Jacksonville.
Had as my house guest lovely
Shirley Slaff from Tampa, Flor
ida. She was sent as delegate
to attend the J. o. C.'s meeting.
We both enjoyed them very
much and found them very en-
tightening.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18

Participating will be 10 mems
lodges and IL women's lodges
comprising more than $500 B'nai
Birth members in the state of
Florida. A record attendance is
expected at the first state con-
vention to be held outside the
continental limits of the United
States.
Headquarters for the three day
session are officially announced
at the Nacional Hotel, with the
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18
B'nai Birth To Hold 18th Annual
Convention In Havana May 6. 7,S

Milton A Friedman president of the Florida State Federation of
Ba Birth Lodges has plans for the 18th annual Bar
Mzvah Florida Bna Birth Lodges held
in Havana, Cuba. May 6, and 8.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-02-18
Rabbi Ross Anthology Excellent
Reminder" OF Significance Of
Doctrine OF Immortality
BY RABBI EMANUEL RAcKMAN

Orthodox Rabbi and Spiritual Leader Congregation
Shaaray Tefla Rockaway, N. Y.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
DIVORCE GRANTED

Lucille M. Converse was granted a divorce from George Converse in U.- s. District Court here today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
SAM WooD,,' k0vIEMAN,
 PASSES ON

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 22.-R- Sam Wood, 66, one of the movies best-known directors, died today oi heart attack.
 His death was the third among movie notables in less than week Comedian Frank Morgan and Ac- tor Richard Dix were the others. Wood directed Morgan recently in "The Stratton Story"
 Woods studio revealed that he lived less than two hours after an early morning heart attack.
 Wood, native of Philadelphia spanned the era from silent pie lures into sound. In the old days, he megaphoned such notables as the late Wallace Reid, Jackie Coo gan and Gloria Swanson. In recent years, probably his most notable achievement was directing For Whom the Bell Tolls"
 Last month Wood and his wife, Clara, celebrated their 41st wed- ding anniversary. He is also sur vived by two daughters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
''0NE-5H0T" DWELL LEAVES AFTER NINTH
 TRIP TO TERRITORY

"One Shot George O'Neill, a one-man unpaid publicity staff for Alaska, is on his way outside after a good summer of fishing and photography.
 O'Neill. who describes himself as a big-game hunter and photogra- pher. is a retired ra.lroader. After 46 years with locomotives, he is having some fun-'reaping re- wards" he calls it.
 He has just finished his ninth trip to the Territory; and his sum- mer on Situk River in the Yakutat region has already made name for itself through an article in Field and Stream Magazine in which O'Neill described the salmon fish ing,
 He will spend the winter months showing films of sports in Alaska. One series of shots was taken by 3 cannery director and FWS man, who went down the Situk River in rubber boat and sighted l8 bears
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
CHAMBER VIEWS
 PIC OF CANADA'S
 HIGHWAY 5IxTEEN

Juneau's Chamber of Commerce today watched a color movie which compares with the picture now be- ing produced by the Alaska De- velopment Board.
 The movie, produced ty the British Columbia Department of Trade and Industry, was entitled Highway Sixteen and by means of it Chamber of Commerce members were given a tour through British Columbia from Prince George to Prince Rupert.
 The picture was presented by Alaska Development Boards Ralph Browne, who said requests from other groups for presentation ot the movie would be welcomed.
 He also stated that the movie now Leiny produced by the Alaska De- velopment Board would probably be twice as long as the BC produce tion.
 It has ceen in production in Alaska this summer.
 Chamber President Fred Eas- taugh today stated that the Ju- neau Chamber of Commerce stands ready to do whatever it can to aid in re-establ.shment of a lumber industry on site of the Juneau Spruce Company's mill, destroyed by fire few weeks ago.
 A letter from Assistant Postmas- ter B. c. Burke in Washington DC, was read. in which pickup boxes for Juneau mail were prom ised.
 Chamber President Eastaugr stated that it was through the efforts of the group that this steI was brought about. Dr. I. J. Montgomery, head o1 the Alaska Merit System, was wei comed as a new member of the Chamber
 Among the guests present at tht meeting in the Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel today were "Ont Shot George O'Neill, retired rail- road man from Detroit, Mich. and Dr. J. w. Smith of Reno Nevada
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
OLD OIL SCANDAL I5 REVIVED OVER
 RETURN, BLACkMER

BOSTON, Sept. 22-R-Henry M. Blackmer today was reported at the New England Baptist hos pital
 The 80-year old oil tycoon was taken immediately to the hospital after he flew here yesterday-end- ing 25 years of exile in Europe.
 Attaches at the hospital refused to give report on his condition but indicated it was not serious.
 The multi millionaire financier- key figure in the Teapot Dome scandal during the Harding ad- ministration-was believed under going a physical checkup.
 Blackmers attorney said plans still call for him to fly to Chicago and then board train for Denver. where he is due to face six charges of income tax evasion next week.
 His sudden return to this country kindled the memories of the Hard ing administrations Teapot Dome scandal. Two of Blackmer's oil associates, Edward L. Doheny and Harry Sinclair, were involved.
 Blackmer slipped away to Europe in 1924 rather than testify at a Congressional inquiry into the Con- tinental Trading Company. He was a director. It was disclosed in Cheyenne, Wyo., court that the company made $2,000,000 through a paper transaction by purchasing oil from one company and selling It to another. The profits were used to purchase Liberty bonds. Gov erment detectives said some of the bonds were traced to Altert Fall, Secretary of the Interior in the Harding administration.
 Fall was convicted of accepting a bribe of $lO0,000 from Doheny in the leasing of the Elk Hills Naval oil reserve, part of the Teapot Dome field. He was sentenced Nov. l., 1929. to a year in prison and fined $l00.OOO.
 Sinclair, who had been accused of passing along more than s2oo,ooo in Liberty bonds to Fall in exchange for lease on government oil fields, was exonerated.
 Blackmer's tax troubles mirror his vast wealth. In 1882, while in exile, he paid the Treasury Department $3,7O0, ,784 in income taxes allegedly unrerorted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22

school teams to play here this year will be Skagway in mid-January and Sitka sometime in February. The dates as yet have not been set.
 This year the champ of the north ern division of Southeast Alaska high schools travels to the southern division for the championship play off. Teams in the northern division are Juneau, Douglas, Skagway, and Sitka. Southern division teams are Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchi- kan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
proiits for First
 8 Months 1o49
 Given by NWA

SEATTLE. Sept. 22.-th-North- west Airlines has reported a pro- fit of $l,668,326 during the first eight months of this year-compar- ing favorably with last years loss by the company of $1,96l, ,844 over the same period.
 Croil Hunter. president and gen. eral manager, said that the profit reflected the favorable reception of the Boeing Stratocruiser service, in- itiated last month, as well as the company's sales and control pro- gram.
 The line recorded net profit of $563 ,826 during the month of Aug ust.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22.-tR- The British freighter Lochgarth and the Charles s. Jones, a Rich- field tanker, collided early today off the northern California coast, but neither was damaged.
 The Coast Guard said the Jones reported by radio that it had been struck in the stern. The scene was near Mendocino.
 The Jones was enroute to Los Angeles while the Lochgarth left San Francisco last night bound for Vancouver.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
NORTHWEST AIRLINE5 ENlARGE5 AIRPORT, SEATTLE TACOMA

SEATTLE, Sept. 22-tR-Work is expected to start within 10 days to enlarge the Northwest Airlines' fa- cilities at the Seattle-Tacoma h. ternational Airport, officials said today.
 First step in the s500,0c0 project will be addition of 72,000 square feet of concrete apron, complete with servicing facilities.
 Later expansion includes plans for enlarging hangar space to ac- commodate additional Stratocruis- CTS needed in contemplated Hono- lulu and Orient flights. Each Strato- cruiser occupies almost an acre of space
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22

during the nine-hour journey, O'Neill said.
 O'Neill will travel to Fairbanks by way of the Haines cutoff ana the Alaska Highway and will fly from Fairbanks to Seattle.
 His winters work, like his sum- mer's, will be for fun.
 I'll show my movies at sporting shows if I'm asked he pointed out. But I don't solicit engage ments. After all, I'm retired and just having fun"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
NICKEL SAYS FAST BB TEAM FOR THIS YEAR

"The basketball squad may have lost height when six of our men graduated last spring but that loss will be made up through speed, v Coach Dade Nickel said today.
 The six players lost were Bill Graves, Gus Adams, Harold Sum- derland. Bill Mickle. Milt Schultz and Jerry Magorty.
 Workouts start Novem:er l for the Crimson Bears with the City League schedule to be drawn up the later part of November. High
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
One Letfer Changes Her Name

CHICAGO, Sept 22-tR-Miss Joan c. Gunderson, 21-year- -old stenographel, will change a letter in her name today
 She will become Mrs. Gundersen, wife of Melvin c. GunderSen, 26, vice president of a construction company
 Not only do their names sound the same-they also have the same birthday, Oct. 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
JOHN E. pEGUE5, 61, VETERAN NEWSMAN, , DIES IN HOSPITAL

John Edouard Pegues, 6l, passed away at 7:03 pm. yesterday in St Ann's Hospital, from uremia. He had been in the hospital since a week ago Tuesday having become i'll before reaching Juneau on the Steamship Aleutian, that day. MT. Pegues had been on a six-week business trip to Ketchikan ana Wrangell.
 A resident of Alaska since 1912, MT. Pegues was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, September 2S, 1888. He was reared on Locinvar Plantation, near Tupelo, and attended the University of Mississippi
 MT. Pegues was a member of an early American family. The first Pegues came from France to South Carolina in the TAOS. MT. Pegues' immediate family settled in Missis- sippi from South Carolina in 1760
 From Prominent Family
 The Pegues family was prominent in the development of its respec- tive settlements in the South. Its members participated in the Revo- lutionary War, the War of 1872, and the Civil War between the States. Mir. Pegues was veteran of World War I.
 When young man, MT. Pegues went from Mississippi to Texas and from there joined the Signal Corps and trained at Fort Leaven- worth. Assigned to the Washing ton, Alaska Military Cable System (Wamcats), he came to Alaska in the summer of 1912, stationed at Circle, and in 1914 was transfer red to Fairbanks. Tn 1919 he re- ceived his discharge from the army and went into newspaper work on the staff of the Fairbanks Citizen, a weekly.
 Comes To Juneau
 Tn 1921 MT. Pegues came to Ju- neau to join the staff of The Daily Alaska Empire. He was with The Empire first as reporter, than as managing editor until he was ap- pointed Director of the first Fed eral Housing Authority in Alaska in 1883.
 In 1889, he was made Executive Secretary of the Alaska Planning Council and served that office through it's duration to l94l.
 MT. Pegues was on the staff of Jessen's Weekly in Fairbanks from I94S to 1947. He returned to Ju- neau in the spring of l948 and had been an editorial writer on The Alaska Sunday Press.
 Mir. Pegues was acknowledged a foremost authority on the economic and political history of Alaska. He was an outstanding editorial writ CT.
 For years, MT. Pegues was a leading member of the Democratic Party in Alaska.
 Active in baseball and football in his younger years, he was an ardent sports fan.
 MT. Pegues was of the Episcopal Church faith.
 He was a member of the Ameri- can Legion Dorman H, Baker Post No. II in Fairbanks, and was a former member of the Juneau Vol unteer Fire Department. retired.
 MT. Pegues is survived by his widow and sons Donald, Terry, Rodger. Godfrey, Robert, Richard and William of Juneau. and two sons by a former marriage-John Edouard. Jr., of the editorial staff of the San Francisco Chronicle, and James, graduate forester with the airplane industry of Southern California, and little granddaughter Susan, one and one-half year old daughter of John, Jr.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
2Sth 5irato0uiser
 Completed, Boeings

SEATTLE, Sept. g -R R-T The 28th Boeing Stratocruiser-2l- ton, 60 to 80 passenger plane--was com- pleted yesterday, the company an- nounced. It marked the halfway point in the contracts for 56 planes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22

Liberal allowance given on your old fur coat. Trade it in on a new one-made in Juneau Martin Victor Furs, Inc. 95 t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
MINNESOTA VISITORS

R. w. Martin, M. L. Boote, J. J. Boote and Jack Boote of Wor- thington, Minn., are guests at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-09-22
Unionists Clash
 With Mon-Skikers

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 22.-tR-- Unionists and non-strikers clash ed at the strike-bound Bell Air craft Corp. plant today. At least one person was hurt seriously.
 It was the first outbreak of vio. lence since the company and the CIO United Auto Workers resum- ed negotiations Monday. The strike of the plants HOO production workers began last June IS and has been marked by several such incl dents in recent weeks.
Evening star., 1949-07-17
SITUATIONS MEN fcort,) J

STATISTICIAN. retired Government
wants employment salary secondary
Box l17-V, Star.
STENOG., 40 w.p.m, type so w.p.m.,
aft. work. WI. l741.
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requires work. Phone co. 1877. 49,
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perm. truck driving or porter and
driving, Call ST, 9659 any time.
desires connection with firm oppor
tunity selling. managing or partner
ship in small business; experienced
conditioning, warehousing. some
drafting Start $40. No canvassing.
Box 50o-S. Star: RA. 6619.
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Job DE. Os43. -17
WATCHMAN for niEht or day duty;
IL years experience as night watch
man and special police off1cer. Ad
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TATcHMaN S,1t M. T. Wits exp ,on5 full
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auto and motorcycle permit, desires
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experience in all phases Of incl and
real estate. sales, loans. appraisals,
rentals, banking. financing. mort
cages; excellent refs, married. de-
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YOUNG MAN. married. college grad,
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and liquors, familiar with tools
and paints; desire permanent FIVE
day week employment with reliable
concern: excellent reference; salary
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