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The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18

Governor Gruening signed in. to law today the general bus mess license tax which is the third leg of the basic tax pro. gram he has long advocated. It does not become effective however, until after Congress repeals the act under which the present miscellaneous bus mess license is collected.
 Legislative action was com- pleted this morning on the bill creating a Territorial Depart ment of Fisheries under an ap. pointive board to work with Federal agencies and prepare to take over the fisheries un- der statehood. The House con. cured unanimously in the Senate amendments. The bill now goes to the Governor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18
By JIM HUTCHINSON

JUNEAU = 4 House approved bill which would have put Alaska's seasonal industries on a 40 hour week died on S-8 Senate vote yes- terday afternoon. The bills death came after Senator Collins once challenged a labor union witness with a demand to know if he was trying to hold a strike threat over the Senator's hdads. Momentary clash came when Senator Garnick asked T. E. Erickson, secretary of the Territorial Federation of Labor. if the wage and hour bill would help prevent strikes. He replied, ''Yes, if we can't get it in this bill we will have to get it the hard way Collins, veteran Republican, challenged, Is that threat If the he didn't mean it as such. The bill also carried a dollar an hour minimum wage which was non controversial. Fight over the issue of overtime after forty hours cen tered on the rush of the salmon canning industry when fish are coming in. Opponents of the bill pointed out the industry is exempt from Federal Fair Labor Standards Act because of the sea sonal characteristics. Howard Wakefield, herring packer, testi- fled the forty hour week would mean about hundred and twenty six dollars monthly to his employ ees and predicted. 'If the law Is enacted I'm sure herring plants cant operate"
 John Weise. CIO fishermen's union representative, acknowledged There will become difficult ad- justments, even some hardships" for industry but insisted a shorter week is a recognized broad social policy.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18
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The April municipal elections are cancelled as the result of the pass age of an act by the Legislature this week setting the date for such elections as the fist Tuesday in October. Provision is made in the act that City Councils may go ahead with their April elections if they pass an ordinance to that effect and get the approval of the voters. However, the time is so short that it is doubtful if any town can take advantage of the provision. Copies of the act with an explanation has gone out from the Attorney Generals office to all City Councils The law pro- vides that Mayors may be elected for three years. Previously they were limited to one year.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18

Tobacco users are going to have to pay more beginning April 1st as the result of passage by the Leg islature of the Taylor tobacco tax. It provides for levy of three cents a pack on cigarettes, one to five cents on cigars, one on the ten- centers and graduated by retail price up to five cents on the 35 cent variety, and two cents an ounce on other tobacco and snuff. It's. another sales tax and collected in the customary manner from the seller.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18

The Doris Barnes bill permit ting municipalities to levy two per cent sales tax if approved by the voters became a law this week It doesn't levy a tax but merely sets up an enabling act so that cities can tax themselves if 55 per cent of the voters at an election favor it.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1949-03-18

Chairman James Nolan and his ways and menas committee of the House introduced the general ap- rropriation bill this week. It pro- vides for a total appropriation of s12.221, ,315.42 as compared with $17,4O3,341.24 requested in the budget report. Actually the slash isn't as much as it appears as $3, 50O,000 which was in the bud get report for schools is being taken care of in a special approp- riation bill. One of the biggest cuts is that of the Alaska Develop ment Board which asked for $500, 900. This item was trimmed to $150,000. The Board itself had asked a cut to $383.000.
 Salary raises generally are pro- vided for with a base for elective officials fixed at $7,500 with the exception of the Attorney General who is given $S,5OO and the Com missioner of Education, $S,800. Before the bill is finally enacted there will be the usual number of changes, some cutting some in creasing.
Evening star., 1949-10-19
| Veterans
Guide
By Maj. Thomas M. Mol

There's wrinkle in the pension
laws by which the children Of a
deceased veteran keep right on
drawing pensions even if their
widowed mother marries a mil
lionaire!
1t makes good sense. too, even
If it does raise some eyebrows.
Mrs. T. lost her husband a year
after the war, when his car was
smashed by truck one foggy
night. That left her and their
three children alone In the world
All the children we're under IL.
Mrs. T. quickly got job which
brought her s2,400 a year. The in
come ceiling for a widow with a
child or children is s2,500 a year
She Immediately APPLIED for a
death pension. The PA checked
her husbands record and found
he had had service-connected
disability at the time of his death
he'd lost finger in the war.
That meant she qualified for the
pension-her income was less than
$4,000 a year and her husband had
a service-connected disability at
the time he was killed.
The pension for a widow is $40
a month. For a widow with one
child, it's $54 a month. Every
other child raises the total pension
by Sc, so Mrs. rs monthly check
came to S66.
A few months ago Mrs. T. re-
married. Her new husband is
vice-president of a large industrial
corporation with a salary in six
figures and other income besides.
Her new name is Mrs. L.
So. Mrs. L. moved with her
three kids to a 20-room house out
side of town. and, of course. her
pension was stopped as soon as
she notified the VA.
But the three children Kept on
getting their pension. Here is the
set-up. When widow remarries,
her children (by the first mar
riage) are all placed under sepa-
rate income limitations, which
govern their right to pension.
The ceiling is the same as that
for a widow with no children
$1,000.
The amount of pension paid
children whose mother has re-
married. or whose mother dies, is
a different matter altogether from
the amount they get when under
their widowed mothers care.
One child gets $2140 a month.
Two split $32.40 and three split
s4320. So Mrs. LIS kids get $43.20
a month until the income of one,
from work or other sources (but
not from National Service Life In
surance), reaches $1,000 a year.
When that happens, the pension
will drop to $3240 a month. Then
If the second child starts getting
an annual income of more than
$1,000. the pension drops to $21 40.
And so on.
This pension is not paid directly
to the children, but rather to Mrs.
L. It always goes to the person in
whose custody the children have
been legally placed. Naturally. in
their case. that's Mrs. L., their
mother.
The VA says a human being is
a child till the age of 18, or until
the age of 81. If still In an zap
proved school,"
Why does it make good sense"
Evening star., 1949-10-19
Leaders Of Scottish Rite
Visit White House Today

Members of the Supreme Coun-
Gil, 33d Degree, Ancient and Ac-
cepted Scottish Rite Masons,
Southern Jurisdiction. here for
the biennial meeting. were to
visit President Truman this
morning at the White House.
President Truman is a 33d de-
gree Mason.
Following the visit, the Masons
were to hold executive sessions in
the House of the Temple, 1888
Sixteenth street NV.
At 8 o'clock tonight, a Knight
Commander Court of Honor Cere-
monial of Investiture will be held
at the temple. The ceremony
will be conducted by the brethren
of the Grand Consistory Of Louis
vile. KY.
The meeting of the Supreme
Council will close Friday.
Evening star., 1949-10-19

to keep paying pensions to the kids
after remarriage Of the mother?
Well, cutting the children from
the pension rolls might help to
keep some widows single, especially
those thinking of marrying men
in the low income brackets. And
unremarried widows stay on the
rolls themselves. So it's just q
matter of saving the taxpayers 8
buck. And protection for the chill
dren.
you may ,Drite Maj. Nal, In
care of this newspaper, IN con-
nection ,Dith your oDn seruice-
connected problem. Inclose a
self addressed, stamped en-
pelopeJ
fTrono Associated Press Nevsfeat1res
Evening star., 1949-10-19
much than :|!|, low

. Groy Persion lamb with eroy or green WOODEN,
has such soft gentle Iody' look And very
SNORT about it in our coot with yoke high but
tons. Sizes l6h to SSo.o5
Evening star., 1949-08-12

the quality Of youth and her act
ing carried out the impression.
She has ease of movement and
this graceful fluency did a great
deal to focus the attention on all
she did. The voice is a strong one
Of sweet timbre and her high tones
are electrifying in their security
and power. It has not. however,
the absolute perfection of place
ment that makes a scale pearl
like in purity and evenness and
puts a tonal attack squarely on a
note. This fundamental lack kept
the fioritura passages from being
as brilliant and fleet as they
should be, but she made up for 1t
by her fine high tones.
Evening star., 1949-08-12

suave and genuine acting style,
He made the character Of the
Duke elegant. personable and
more sympathetic than is GUS
tomary. The excellent voices of
John Lawler as Sparafucile and
william Jordan as Monterone
contributed greatly to the interest
of the performance. The smaller
roles were also capably handled.
Carlo Moresco conducted. He
the orchestral accom-
paniment with a f1nesse in nuance
that set forth the score in new
light. Not many conductors have
sought to give such finish to the
music or have realized its potency
in anticipating or complementing
Evening star., 1949-08-12

Mr.. Ballarini set the dramatic
pace from his first entrance and
Miss Ldkova matched him thor
oughly in her acting of the scenes
with him. The intensity with
which Mr.. Ballarini developed the
drama Of the third act and the
splendor of his singing brought
cheers and shouts of bravo" at
the end. Miss Likova's poignant
acting in this scene was most ef-
fective and the two artists were
recalled repeatedly at the close
of the act.
Some singers have brought more
pathos to the part Of Rigoletto, es-
pecially in the pleading scene with
the courtiers, but Mr.. Ballarini
Evening star., 1949-08-12

imbued his conception with al
most sinister power. With great
insight, he stressed the gamut Of
emotional changes in the role from
the malicious mood Of the first act
to the tenderness of the second
and the dramatic forcefulness OF
the third. Throughout, his sing
ing was Of high calibre. for his
voice is free, resonant and Of wide
range and he knows how to
use it.
The role of the Duke was taken
by Richard Tucker, who made his
second appearance as guest with
the company. This Metropolitan
Opera tenor not only has a voice
Of unusually fine quality but a
Evening star., 1949-08-12

the action on the stage. Besides
supplementing in every detail
what the artists were depicting, It
was a performance notable for its
artistic polish. This young con-
ductor has fresh ideas. most well
come and most necessary to ful-
fill the composers intention. A
record crowd heard the opera and
Evening star., 1949-08-12
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. G.
FRIDAY AUGUST II, l949
'RigoIetto' Singers Score
New Success at Wotergote

add another triumph to the sum-
mer opera season. For the two
singers projected the emotional
content of the story and built 1t
I'D to the tragic climax with great
skill.
The young Czech artist is tall
for the part of the testers daugh-
ter and would be regal in a more
stately role. But her voice has
Evening star., 1949-08-12
By Alice Eversman

A new coloratura soprano was
introduced to Washington last
night when Eva Likova sang the
part of Gilda in the San Carlo
Opera Company's presentation OF
Verdi's "Rigoletto." at the Water
gate. Together with Stefan Bal
larini, who gave a superb perform
ance of the title role, she helped
Evening star., 1949-08-12

was moved to ovational applaus.
as the singers scored in scene AFT
er scene. Tonight Carmen" viii
be repeated, with Martha Larri-
more as the gypsy girl.
Evening star., 1949-08-12

All College Experts acclaim
Ve|veteen and Plaid!
Plaid Wool Skirts pIeoted all ground, with
stoy-in pIeot roller peots! Brown ton yellow.
Rec, white, grey. Sizes 10 to 1855
BeII-Boy Jocket Of tw-bock cotton veIveteen
with d1op shouIders,= DoImon Sleeves Shiny
buttons up to the tiny collar Royon lined. =
Black, REQ, gold. Sizes 10 to l6----Sl6.o5
Royon tissue fqiIIe blouse: fly back, brief
sleeves, self tucked vee-neck. White Indian
Copper, Ecn oreen Red. Sizes 10 to l8.
At Silper Spring and Shtrlington
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
w. NJ. Marvel Named
Milton Magistrate
tcontlnued from nrss page,

From 1884 to 1888 he worked as
a buyer of building construction
materials in Philadelphia. Pennsyl-
vania. From 1899 to 1941 he was
employed by the State of New Jer-
sey and the City of Atlantic City as
Motorcycle Police Officer
In March, 1941, he enlisted with
the United States Army Engineers
as a Private. During the following
months he worked his way up to
the rating of Master Sergeant and
from there went to the Officers
Training School and obtained his
commission there as Second Lieu
tenant and was then sent overseas.
While overseas Mr.. Marvel obtain
ed the rating of First Lieutenant.
In 1914 while serving in Russia he
was severely wounded by bayo-
net thrust in the face, destroying
the roof of his mouth and also the
upper jaw, and many plastic surg
cry operations were necessary to
restore him to his present state of
health.
He was discharged from duty il
November 1945 with the rating OF
First Lieutenant and since that
time has been making his home in
Delaware. At the present time he
is employed at the Paramount
Poultry Company of Harbeson, Del.
aware.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
FISHERS DISTRICT

Miss ETA Russell of Philadel-
phia is spending an indefinite visit
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. M.
E. Russell of Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Morris and
children of New Jersey and Miss
Betty Morris, r. NJ, of Wilmington,
spent the holiday weekend with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. I. P.
Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Rhodes o.
Philadelphia, were weekend guests
of their brother and sister-in-law
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Rhodes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Sutherlan
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Billy
Anderson and family of Whining
ton, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Stubbs and family during
the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gregg oi
Wilmington spent the holidays will
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. 7
Johnson and son of near here.
Mr.. and Mrs Wilson Cannon ant
son of Media, spent several days the
past week with their parents, MI
and Mrs. Leonard Zott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Lloyd ant
family. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Jones
and son. Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Russell
and Mrs. Margaret Tolson of viii
mington and Mrs. Edgell Coate
and Mrs. Grover Lord of Harring
ton were recent guests of Mr.. an,
Mrs. M. E. Russell.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
TRINITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Pfeiffer and
children, Patsy, Norma. Diana,
Thomas and Carl of Baltimore, who
have been spending a week at Ced-
ar Grove Beach, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Clinton Hastings and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl White last
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Shockley and
son, Linden and Mrs. A. t. White
and Miss Charlotte White visited at
Hoopers' and Taylors' Island on
Sunday.
Miss Marie CashwelI, who has
been spending several weeks with
her grandparents at Stedman, N. c.,
arrived home on Sunday.
Master frankie Kelly of Sails
bury, spent the weekend with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Enos
Nichols.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl White, Miss
Jean Ann Hastings and Miss Grace
Hastings visited the Star Rose
Gardens" at West Grove, Pa, on
Sunday.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Sylvia and
son of Bridgeville, spent Sunday 'af-
ternoon with Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Warrington.
Mrs. Sallie Walston, Carl Walls
ton and son, Henry, called OF
friends at Williamsburg on Sunday
Miss Martha Brown of Whining
ton, spent the weekend with he
aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T
White.
Mr.. and Mrs. 0thyl Wyatt ant
family entertained relatives from
fredericksburg, on Sunday.
Mrs. Marion White and son, Allel
of Tyaskin, Md, and Mrs. Mildre,
Hawley of Chester, Pa, visited MI
and Mrs. A. T. White and family o.
Sunday.
Miss Grace E. Hastings and nice
Jean Ann Hastings spent Wednes
day with relatives in Middletown.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
State Fire Auxiliaries
List Program For
Con entiO N
(contlnued from first page,

ford. past president of the DeIaw-
are Volunteer Firemen's Auxilies
Association. and Mrs. William New
president of the BrandywIne Hun
dred Auxiliary auditors; Mrs. Olin
Carlisle, past president of Hollo-
way Terrace Auxiliary, chaplain.
Mrs. Carlisle, will conduct the me-
mortal service for the deceased
members.
Among the hostesses for the con-
vention will be the Ladies Auxili-
ary of the Harrington Volunteer
Firemen. assisted by Mrs. Edith
Tull, president of Mill Creek Auxi-
liary; Mrs. Beatrice Draper, vice
president of Minquas Auxiliary, for
New Castle County; Mrs. Elizabath
Luff, president of Cheswood Auxil-
iary and Mrs. Frances Pyatt, presi-
dent of Little Creek Auxiliary, for
Kent County; Mrs. Harold Brit
tingham of Lewis, second vice pre-
sident of the state association and
Mrs. Walter Spence, president OF
the Greenwood Auxiliary from Sus-
sex County.
The memorial service will be
conducted in the Asbury Methodist
Church with the Rev. Harry Wright
and the Rev. Mr.. Pritchard of Trim,
| ity Methodist Church, assisting
James j. Tull, president of New
Castle County Firemen's Associa
ton, and Mrs. Carlisle, chaplain
have arranged an impressive serv
ice. The Rev. Jasper Jones, chap
lain of the DVFA, will also partici
pate.
Fred Brown, past president o
DVFA, will be the announcer a
the parade which will start promp
ly at D. m.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
Survey Sets Huge Sum
For Road Building
Continued rrom nrss page,

Forty states have already re-
sponded,p he said, "and of these.
the reports received from "a indi-
cate an accumulation of highway
deficiencies which would require an
expenditure of more than $20,000,-
100000 to correct"
He said the information is being
turned over to the bureau of public
roads.
O'Mahoney placed Illinois at the
top of the state list. He said Illinois
authorities had advised him they
could reasonably expend" $2,500,-
100000 in road repair and construc-
tion.
He reported Ohio second with a
backlog of just under $2,500, ,000,-
900, followed by California with
needs for S1,400 100000 and New
York with $500, 100000.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09
HOUSTON

Mr.. and Mrs. Obey F. Sapp and
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Hanson have
returned from a tour of the New
England States and part of Cana
da.
While in Canada they visited
North Bay on, "All American Day"
Callander, the home of the Dionne
QuintuDlets; Montreal, Ottawa,
Toronto, Welland Canal and Mia
CARA Falls. Their visit in Ottawa
consisted of a guided tour of the
city, Parliament Buildings and Sac
red Heart Church. At Toronto, they
visited the Canadian National Ex-
hibition. At Niagara, they took an
interesting trip through the FAM
GUS, Bakeries of Nabisco Shredded
Wheat
Some places of interest in the
United States were the Lost Cave"
at Hellertown, Pa, Delaware Wa
ter Gap; A guided trip through the
capitol buildings at Concord, N. j.,
the marble exhibit at Proctor, N.
H; a tour of the city of Benning-
ton, VT. museum and historical
buildings; Fort Ticonderoga and
museum; Ausable Chasm, N. Y
This gorge is two miles long and
from ten to fifteen feet wide, two
hundred feet deep in places. The
trip through the chasm is made
by walks, stairways and bridges
A part of the trip made in stauncf
boats is ride through the Crane
Flume" which compares with shoe
ing the rapids of the st. Lawrence
i Watkins Glen, located on Senecs
Lake is the largest of the Fingel
Lakes. The Glen is a deep windins
canyon of post glacial formation
geologists estimate that it wa
more than fifty thousand years ii
formation. The cliffs vary in heigh
/ from one hundred to three hun
! Gred feet above the water in tn
Glen. Entrance is made through
tunnel blasted through solid rock
A
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09

Abilene, Kans., famed as the
frontier head of the old Chrisholm
cattle trail, was given its Biblical
name, meaning grassy plain" by
a devout woman settler.
Milford chronicle., 1949-09-09

Chiggers usually are not found
in hardwood groves, and thus oaks
or elms are better spots for pic
mic grounds to avoid these insects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-06-16
WILL YOU SMILE?
Tough Situation

sstsA A man went Ia physician,
complaining Of prolonged head
aches The doctor told him 10
top smoking.
VI ash always in bed by nine,
s~ #Huu'a bachelor and live with my
Qld maiden aunt Now, seriously
% what causes my headaches7"
@s..l have never used tobacco in
any form"
Well then stop drinking"
4 arn total ahstainer."
A&s4-s Late hours, then, and fast
-. .Somen."
= don't know" SAID the balk-
"a doctor Il guess your halo's
pinching .
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Hastings Thinks

e"@ " - T. reports that one
~ every 10 applicants for jobs
an atomic energy has police
n ~
- ona a the most vicious diseases
II pF erlppllng children is rheu-
- matte heart disease. Every year
does Tar more damage TO chill
drcn than polio which has re-
eclved more Publicity. A. method
- treatment Tor rheumatic heart
was recently announced which
apparently Is dramatically effec-
tive. Doctors from the New York
infimary have reported its use
&C. en- ~ seriously i'll cases and
- 4ound success in every case. The
"a. igealment simply is to draw the
childs blood us c. c. for each
pound Of weighD and pass the
-----hlood through machine that ex-
poses the blood to invisible ultra
-Kiolct rays. The blood then re-.
q ELS ned to the child. The treat
wWent only takes Is minutes to a
half hour and less than three
treatments are required on the
average.
.e~ The announcement of this
~ Treatment before the American
Hood Irradiation Society re-
ceived scant publicity. If the
- ame announcement had been
~ wrade about polio 0he' lesser
- dhemy Of children), every paper
la the country would have car
RED IL in headlines.
4 n X
- The Jews in Hungary are also
beginning TO suffer because of
the increasing Russian anti-Seme-
iic program. All stores in Hun
~.sary owned by Jews are to be ex-
sss psopriated by the government.
The economic boss of Hungary is
ZOltan Vas, a communist stooge.
he made the announcement about
taking the Jewish stores and
will head up the program.
80. Strangely enough. he himself is a
Dew. A
Il 4 II
II Is reported from Hungary
- uat Cardinal Mendzenty was re-
- entity visited in prison by his
So enother. On seeing her, he asked
@hA@tt hto hAdA was W oS5hi'
ssaF 4 4 X
Snakes are not cold blooded as
a rs usually believed, but have
- body temperatures often higher
- than mans One scientist has been
taking the temperature of hum
dreds Of snakes with an eight
-. inch thermometer Immediately
after shooting them.
- Snakes don't shiver or sweat
= ~-because they donot burn fuel for
body heat as we do. Actually, the
snake method Is much more eff
ficient than ours. When the snake
- wants TO warm up or cool off. he
hunts Cor warm or cool place,
as the case may be. As a result
IL more efficiency in using food,
u ! ssne snakes can go three years
without food.
..-.-r~ 4 4 h
In Hong Kong. police have
feen trying 10 crack down on the
81 black market in gold. They fig
G aaed they could best catch black
naarketeers by pretending to be
0vsg black marketeer. One police in
-. spector In disguise arrested two
80 Ren who managed TO prove at
-w-neiice headquarters that they
were police inspectors also mas
aucrading as black marketeers.
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