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The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
Two Children Die
 In Burning House

BREMERTON, (P)-Two sleep ing children died Wednesday night when fire destroyed their small home in which they slept alone.
 The victims were identified by police as Raymond and Nancy Kelly, ages ' and 8. Bremen said they believed the children were overcome by smoke in their sleep.
 Tn house was full of smoke and the roof of the wooden structure was in flames when firemen re- sponded to the alarm of neighbors and carried the children from their beds.
 The mother, Mrs. D. J. Kelly, was located by the navy shore pa trol and a taxicab driver after ra- dio station KBRO broadcast an appeal for anyone who knew the residents of the burning house to notify them.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
Audit Shows Olson Accounts $43,35l Short

JUNEAU, (P)-An audit report released yesterday showed the to- tai shortage of the Territorial treasurer's office from April l., 1895 to May 2, 1949, totaled $43,- 351.91.
 The audit was made by Arthur Anderson and Co.,, of Seattle.
 It was ordered by the last Leg islature to cover the entire term of Oscar Olson, Territorial treasurer who resigned May ' and subse- quently was charged on two counts of embezzlement and released on $1O,OOO bond.
 The audit attributed the losses to unauthorized disbursement S from Territorial bank accounts by means of checks signed by Olson.
 At the time Olson was arraign- ed. the shortage was given in an audit report, as $23,237.65, cover ing the period from Dec. 31, 1946 to March 31, 1949.
 A further audit completed in August and covering the period from Oct. 1, 1914 to May 2, 1949, was $31, ,O15.97.
 U. s. Attorney P. J. Gilmore said the latest information, adding $12,335.94 to the previous total, would have no material effect on criminal prosecution already insti- tuted.
 He said all information will be presented to a grand jury at the end of the present year unless Ol- son chooses to waive prosecution by indictment.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
Auto Industry Faces Shutdown Due To Strikes

PITTSBURGH, CP)-Major au- tomobile producers are planning cutbacks unless the nations first twin steel and coal strikes are set tied soon.
 There's no indication of a settle ment in the Walkouts which have idled around a million workers.
 Everythisg points to skyrocket- ing unemployment.
 Only direct government inter vention seems likely to end the stalemate which is costing an es- timated $58, ,6OO,444 a week in lost wages.
 The loss to business firms is staggering but there's no way of arriving at the exact amount. As one example, the coal-carrying Baltimore and Ohio Railroad said strikes had cost it $1,5O0,000 al- ready this month.
 Ford, General Motors and
 Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
Morton TahIOr To Keep Date Here

Morton Tahlor arrived this noon with Wien Alaska Airlines from California to keep his blind date with a Nome girl made last Sat urday on the Truth or Conse- quences" radio program.
 He was joined in Seattle by Da- vid TeWkesbury, publisher of the Alaska Almanac, who has been helping make the arrangements for the broadcast tomorrow.
 Little did Morton Tahlor, a waiter by trade in Brooklyn, ex- pect to come to Alaska while on his vacation in Los Angeles, and was he surprised to learn that his date was Miss Nome of 1948, Vera Nelson, who used Mollie White Bear as her native pseudonym.
 The handsome young radio Romeo, slight of build, dark curly hair and 'blue-eyed, will sing to- gether with his queen, on tomor- rows broadcast to the States, from the Boring Sea Club at two-thirty. Manager Joe Wallace states that anyone wishing to witness the broadcast is invited to be present.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
First Session Of
 Congress Adjourns Much Work Ahead

WASHINGTON, (P) - With a 75-day breather ahead, members of Congress went home yesterday to listen to the voters ideas about how to run the country.
 Behind they left, along with their accomplishments, an impos- ing array of issues settled only temporarily-or not at all-in a 189-day session of the Democratic controlled Congress.
 But it had been a busy, if sometimes acrimonious, session, and the lawmakers greeted ad- jOurnment joyfully on both sides of Capitol Hill.
 There was some hOrseplay; there were a few notes of criti- cism. And there was a congratula- tory message from President Tru- man to send the legislators on
 Continued on Page Four)
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

NEW YORK, (P)-An issue of S4,000,000 in City of Fairbanks bonds reached the market here Wednesday.
 They are AZ per cent munich pal revenue bonds, priced at 10515 and accrued interest to yield about -..14 per cent to maturity in 1875.
 The underwriters said the bonds are the first major straight rev. enue issue to be launched in Alas kan public finance history. The underwriters are a banking group headed by B. J. Van Ingen & Go.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

WASHINGTON, (P)-Congress has approved $1,OOO,OOO cash and S4,OOO,O00 contract authority for a public works program in Alaska.
 Senate-House conferees on the second supplemental appropria- tions bill finally passed Wednes- day night agreed on the figures or iginally voted by the House. The Senate had doubled the amount, but backed down.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
No Settlement In Costly Strikes
(By The Associated PresS)

(By The Associated Press)
 Coal operators walked out on contract talks with the United Mine Workers Friday. But there was a flicker of hope that a break may come in the steel strike.
 Northern and western mine op- orators left White Sulphur Springs, w. Va, where negotiations design ed to end the five weeks old coal strike, were being held.
 They accused John L. Lewis of being willing "to destroy' the coal industry Gin his mad race for power" They said they would meet with union leaders again when the union leaders show they are ready "to consider our em- ployees and the industry"
 The situation in the costly, 21- day steel strike, says Cyrus S.. Ching. federal mediation chief, "is not hopeless"
 But, Ching said in a statement in New York last night after con ferences with U. s. Steel corpora ton officials, "We do not want to
 Continued on Page Five
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

WASHINGTON, R-President Truman barred questions on the national defense controversy at his news conference yesterday.
 At the opening of his weekly meeting with reporters he said he wanted to make it clear that he did not intend to answer any ques- tions at this time about the row among the armed services.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

Walla Walla Veterans hospital, and Dr. w. A. Millington, also a staff member, were married last night, seemingly with all the se- crecy they had requested.
 What they and Chaplain Law renee Cousins didn't know was that the microphone near which they stood for the ceremony was on.
 All 400 persons in the hospital were tuned in.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

SEATTLE, P)-Isaac D. Kra- mer, 94, who spent three years in Alaska in the gold rush era, died here Wednesday after a six-week illness. He has been in the mill work and cabinet business for many years.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
WASHINGTON, (P) -

WASHINGTON, (P) - Alaska farmers would be permitted to form their own national farm-loan associatioss under a bill Congress sent to the White House shortly before adjournment.
 At present no land-bank loans are being made in Alaska. The bill granted association forming privileges to Puerto Rico and Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

WASHINGTON, (P), The House completed action Wednesday on a bill authorizing $7,663,212 worth of construction by the Alaska Com munication System. The bill now goes to the White House.
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21
News of the World At A Glance ---
Friday October 2l. ls4s
CBy The Associated Press)

COminform carried an article to- day predicting civil war in Yugo- slavia, butt of Moscow's rage.
 The article, signed by a refugee Yugoslav general, was being read in the light of Russia's singing de- feat in the United Nations yester- day and her ominOus prediction of painful consequences" over the election of Yugoslavia to the U. N. security council.
 The prediction of civil war came from Maj. Gen. Pero Popi- voda, who fled from the Yugoslav army to Romania last year. He said Premier Marshal Tito of Yu- goslavia had allied himself with imperialists and thus "YugoSlav patriots resistance to the traitors will inevitably grow into an armed struggle and will destroy the i'm perialist plans which already have been exposed"
 In the United Nations, where the YugoslavS, with American support, won the council seat by a bare tWo-thirds majority, the delegations went their routine ways today, but there was much speculation over what Soviet for eign minister Andrei Vishinsky had meant by painful conse- quences." Yugoslavia takes the seat at the end of the year, leav- ing Russia a lonely minority of one on the powerful council. Rus sia still retains the veto, of course.
 As for armed conflict in Yugo- slavia, you can pick your own ru- nor today. There have been re- ports of Soviet troop movements in the countries of the cominform ringing Yugoslavia, reports of in- filtrations of potential guerrilla fighters against Tito, reports that the Green communist gucrrillas withdrawn from the written off Greek civil war were preparing to duplicate their tactics inside Tito's territory.
 The rebel Greek communist re- gime broadcast last night that it's guerrillas still were ready to fight the Greek army again, and that their struggle goes on.
 U. s. secretary of state Acheson summed up the Russian situation by describing Russia last night as "the aggressively imperialist pow CT of our times, seeking to expand its dominion where it's grasp and it's reach coincide, and to cause confusion and disintegr a tio n where its grasp falls short" Tn a New York speech, Acheson urged Americans to face the facts of the world fearlessly, to realize that the problems of Soviet imperial ism" in Europe and Asia and in- terlocked.
 In Asia, Chinese nationalist troops battled a communist drive to clear out southwest China, and the nationalist defense ministry said a Red drive on Kweilin had been halted. The nationalists said their troops blunted a communist surge into Kwangsi province from Hunan-toward the heart of southwest China-on the outskirts of Lingling, no miles northwest of fallen Canton.
 But with Canton gone, national
The Nome nugget., 1949-10-21

WALLA WALLA, Wash. (P)- The best land plans of mice and man offtimes
 Victoria Penlick, nurse at the
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1949-10-21
WHO Will COLLECT The
TAXES
the laW is passed.

In answering questions raised at the
meeting, l.r. Miller explained that
all those having property within the
Palmer Independent School district
should ignore the forms recently re-
Iceived from the Territory. These
apply only to property lying outside
Of the Palmer District or any indie
pendent School district. The forms
ich wi II be issued by the local
district will be very similar to
those sent out from the Tax Conunis-
Isioner's office and can be HHod to
list property now SO that all one
me eds to do when the local forms are
published Will be to copy the ircor-
Imation onto the local forms. 1h1s
Icould help to speed things up
little. M. Miller also explained
that there may be some persons who
have property lying without the
Palmer School district as we'll as
within the district. In this case
Iall property lying outside must be
listed on the Terri tory forms and
filled with the Territory, while that
within the district will be listed
lon the School 0istrict- forms and
filled with the School Board.
IPTA HAS LARGE ATTENDANCE
The Palmer PTA is beginning the year
with record attondancos. At both
meetings this year the Lunch room
has been filled with interested par
Ients and teachers.
lat the opening Of the meeting on Tues
day, Mrs. Charles 6chaefor gave a
brief history Of the Formation Of
the Palmer Independent School Distric'
Fol lowing her report, Mr.. "il1iam
zahradnicok save history Of the
growth OF the school. The figures
given by the new superintenden emit wore
Fathor surprising. In l934-35 Palmer
had IS pupils. In 1886 there were
l52, i'll 1887 there were 278. Up un-
TIL 1916 the number remained between
ESQ and 800. Ir 1916 there were
F12: in l947 there were ISL, in l948
th6ro were ga, and in l949 there
we're 436. TIE increase this year
tops all increases except that Of
1855 to 1886. This fall there are
Pl5 pupils enrolled in the Palmer
School.
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Evening star., 1949-08-14

ten 60 cent Today the Commissions findings are rocking
educational circles.
Most of Americas high schools falling down because
their out of step with the times the Commission
headed BY Chairman Benjamin j. Willis, charged An out
dated emphasis academic subjects and whtecolar job
training bores students without helping them
The Commissions findings have been confirmed by
other studies. recent Purdue University Opinion
Panel for Young People, under the direction of Dr. H.
Remmers, surveyed 900 youngsters all the US
1t provided fascinating insight into teenagers real prob
lens distinguished from those many educators think
teen-agers have.
The poll showed that third Of the pupils wanted courses
rot offered their schools One half asked practical work
experience Many wanted help in jobhuntng techniques
career-selectng and college-choosng
Personality problems One girl in five
dered whether to kiss her first date four how
to in necng. Almost half the boys seldom had dates
and fifth didn't know what to do on
One fourth of the students of both wanted
Evening star., 1949-08-14

what causes trouble in marriages Over half wanted to be
more popular third worried about the war; third
about being seconcious Many complained they couldn't
discuss things freely with their parents
What does Life Adjustment propose for these Young
people? Dr. J. Dan Hull of the u S. Office of Education ex
planned the concept to in these Words Life Adjust
ment neither just college preparatory just vocational
education but combines the best features of both It supple
ments the usual formal hghschoo with training and
guidance winch help your child to live fuller happier better
rounded ife'
Faz-Reachins Program
f1ERE is summary of what Life Adjustment intends to nut
on the curriculum along with the usual cultural and vocational
l. Famiyle training - learning as much about MARRIAGE
as math, as much about children as Chaucer
Consumer education-earnng how get your moneys
worth IN store. home, insurance and other buying.
5. Good work habits learning how study how to get
along with fellow workers and other help 1t
Evening star., 1949-08-14

includes school work experience either for credit or wages
l. Creative of leisure time learning that recreation
means more than just going places and spending money
>. Ctlzenshlp learning individuals obligations to
society," that government should be instrument for the
common good.
In addition to this training for maturity Life Adjustment
also stresses youths immediate High schools are urged
to give instruction in social relations how get job choose
career, live with parents and above ALL knowing and
understanding one SELF
How is this far-reaching program working out in actual
practice?
Across the country, following single pattern but
tailored to fit the needs of big Cities small and
villages, Life Adjustment is catching spontaneously
In the best American tradition This despite
the tact that the Commission without authority funds or
even one fultme worker
High schools embarking Life Adjustment have dramat
cay sashed their drop-out and in many cases cut
juvenile delinquency always high among dropouts Here are
some examples Bear in mind that titles of and other
details vary, that Life Adjustment is not canned" program
and that the personality and imagination of teacher and prn
clpa are vital factors.)
DEop-Outs Cut
ALERT Wells High School Chcagos tough West Side is an
outstanding illustration of imaginative of the Life Adjust
ment concept Wells students and teachers plan each subject
together Homework consists largely of community activity
the students job at school outside his clubs outside read
ing, field trips and even movie attendance
Wells slahed its dropout and juvenile delinquency
X.
was recently promoted to be superintendent of
Chicago schools in charge of curriculums.
At Highland Park Mich, successful Family Living"
course for seniors has the divorce rate among graduates
In the school nursery at Highland Park High students get
practical experience in child raising This Education for
Family Life course is described by D. L. Pyle director of
secondary schools in these words This just sex
education course, but the aspects of normal Ev-
ing are dealt with in wholesome, matter-of- fact
manner No part of school program makes greater
contribution"
Life Adjustment curriculum has reduced the drop-out
rate at the Alexis du Pont High School outside Wilmington
De to scant three per cent compared with surrounding
schools where the rate high go per cent! Du Pont
High even has arplane training for credit He'll
copters land on the football field
AH-minded Superintendent Thomas w. Howie believes
too schools still gear themselves the horse-and-
buggy age"
Minneapolis up-todate schools have introduced com
mon learning CORE curriculum. 1t works like this:
Blocks of school time minimum of two hours daily
Continued page 9
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-13

from home base and the seH-con-
stituted scouts among the alumni,
may be more alert, or iuckier, than
their opposite numbers at Duke, and
in another period it Will be the other
way around.
Maybe it would be better if the
cycles were not 50 extreme, if they
did not have such high rises and
such deep slumps. but they just don't
operate that way Anyhow, it's a
good thing we have cycles. 1t would
be very dull for one side TO stay on
top al the time
When met John Sprunt Hill at the
Morehead building dedication / asked
him where his son Watts was He an
swered: "Oh, he's at some sort of
meeting about cattle" believe
Waits is cattie-mad. Maybe We could
have got him over here if Acting
President Carmichael and Chancellor
House had sent him promise, sworn
10 before a notary, that the star
studded sky in the Planetarium would
give him a good view Of the constel-
lation Taurus 1.-THE BULL.
Pete lyey, editorial writer for the
Winston Salem papers, the Journal
and the Sentinel. was here Sunday
with his chief, Colonel Sanford Mar
tin for the press and radio preview
Of the Morehead building. Three
weeks before, in Winston Salem, /
had been astonished 70 see hundreds
Of men with full boards and, upon
had been informed that
the boards were being grown in
preparation for a pageant-drama in
celebration Of the hundredth ami
yersary Of the founding Of Forsyth
County
Why hayent you got a beard?r |
asked Pete knowing that the cele-
bration& was still several days in the
future.
He did have one" said Colonel
Martin, but he cut it off. 1t was red,
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-13
>The Record in General

The matter Of greatest importance
70 the people Of Chapel Hill was our
maintenance budget and appropria-
tions for permanent improvements
The maintenance budget should take
care Of the University's needs. The
appropriation for permanent i'm
proyements, covering roughly $1s,-
100000, viii give the University
many buildings il has needed for
7fF==ssss 7i-77a cdTTTEs EuffTryEHt
amount for all the buildings and
equipment needed for a frst-class
school Of medicine and school Of
dentistry. II is to be hoped that the
Uniyersity's Building Committee viii
lose no time in using these funds so
that the young men and women Of the
state viii reap he benefits to be de-
rived from them at the earliest pos
sible date.
Mr.. Umstead said that he person
ally sponsored the first offenders
prison camp at Butner I'VE hope"
he said, "to take these unfortunate
youths off the roads and attempt to
teach them some worthwhile trade
=. that they ssss ssss.sf sss ih4tf ii
place in society.
Along with Others also zpon-
sored the colony at Butner for chronic
alcoholics This is one Of the hardest
problems that the Hospital Board Of
Control had 70 deal with, and with
the establishment Of this new policy
We hope 70 deal with the problem
more ntelIigently than in the past
and with better results"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-13


ish The use of alcohol. Then, TO my
mind the important question is how
bes; 10 control the abuse Of this use.
knew conditions in Chapel EliIl prior
Ia the establishment Of ABC stores
il Durham Raleigh. and other near
by places. know conditions in
Chapel Hill now, and they are much
better than the conditions which
existed prior 10 1895. make almost
weekly trips to Greensboro and am
in Raleigh two or three times week
and know from observation that
conditions are much better in Ra-
leigh, which has ABC stores. than in
Greensboro. which depends on boot
leggers
If could BY my ballot abolish
alcoholic beverages from the United
States, there would be no question
as 70 how ! would vote. Since we
cannot abolish the use Of them, then
/ shall vote, when / have the oppor-
tunity, for the best method Of con-
troll. =
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-13
The Liquor Question

before Governor Scott took Of
fee. The irony lies in the fact
that the presentation of the
award, coming later, was made
to the man whose notably poor
appointments in the field of pub
lie safety were, at the same mo
ment, under discussion through
out the State.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1949-05-13
Umstead Reviews the Work Of the Legislature
from frst page

fAON&ENNfu "
features. attempted 10 have adopt
ed aEnepdments that would have cut
the number Of inspections TO one
year for all citizens who drive less
than $4,000 miles year and two for
all who drive more than 20,009 !
also advocated placing at least one
inspection lane in each county, with
more IN the larger counties. In this
way the inspections could have been
made much more convenient fo- the
public without the elimination of any
Of the safety features. When the bin
was under discussion. | predicted 8
great increase n the number Of high
way accidents If it were repealed, The
figures for April bear out my pre-
dict5on.r
Weights Of Vehicles
Il took no active part in the dis
cussion Of this issue because the day
il was discussed ! was attending q
meeting Of the Hospital Board Of
Control held for the purpose Of de-
cidIng some matters Of vital impor-
t&nce relating TO mental institutions
] would have voted agains; the
amendment TO increase the weight
limit 70 $4,000 pounds. / did vote for
the compromise to increase il to
56 900 pounds. After considering the
matter further. believe ! should
have voted against ever that nueh
increase
The Bond Issues
In regard 70 the bond issue clec-
Ion On June shall actiyely1sup-
port bgth TIE bond Issue for roads
and the bond issue for school build
ings- am sure of the wisdom Of yot-
ing s25. 100000 % help all the coun-
ties with their school, building pro-
grams We are ter years behind
ID the construction of school
,eand even with the sz5, CO.,
700 straight appropriation and the
s25, 900 900 bond issue, every county
viii find itself hard-pressed 70 take
care u its obligations To its children
IN the matter of buildings. Az To the
500 900 300 road bond issue, the
amount at first glance seems rather
large, but If one considers the vast
of suburban and rural
!. Mort oT II F5a1 1ifaa tiIiIlk the average
person viii realize that this bond is
sue for roads il an investment in
North Carolina's future that we
should make at this time.
The Liquor Question
u voted against the Martin refer
endon az submitted. This bill was
unfair and contained ~ provisions
boxing 70 enforcement of prohibi-
tion Law Or 70 the replacement Of
revenue IN case alcoholic beverages
were voted out. voted for all local
option elections because | am in favor
" the control Law exercised over the
sale of alcoholic beverages in the ABC
counties and towns.
Everybody knows We cannot abol-