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The Nome nugget., 1949-02-21
Dr. Ryan Outlines Needs For School
 Building Program


 Among most badly needed Third Division schools he listed Naknek, Kenai, Clark's Point and Ninilchik.
 In response to questioning by Speaker Stanley McCutcheon, pr. l Ryan continued:
 "Naknek's building is deplor- able. It is falling apart. In ex- ] treme cold, water freezes in the room while a fire is burning in the stove Snow sits into the room. There is a question whether it or Kenai is worse. But Clark'S Point is worse than either. Ninil- chik, too, is in desperate shape. School had to be shifted to the old building after fire destroyed the building that was built in 194l.
 Some of these school build ings have holes in the floors. They are patched together and it is a waste of money to repair them further"
 He expressed the belief the S1,5OO,OOO asked in the budget for urgent rural construction needs will cover the cost of the 14 pri- ority schools. He said the board authorized him to ask for $2,000,- 900 more for less urgent projects. The budget also carries $1 1,000,000 for city school construction. Dr. Ryan estimated the overall cost of immediate school building needs at $12,OOO,OO0.
 The commissioner said there are some localities, now sending their children to adjacent districts, which should have their own schools. He cited the area along the Anchorage-Richardson high way, where some children have as much as a 72-mile daily round- trip bus ride to school in Anchor age.
 In describing the plight of rural schools, Dr. Ryan told of Anchor age recently condemning some of it's classrooms as unfit for use, adding: "I probably shouldn't say this, but 1 wish 90 per cent of the children in Alaska's rural area schools were as we'll of as those rooms would have made them. They fear strong wind will blow down the building in some of the rural spots"
 pr. Ryan expressed the belief some type of broad building pro- gram should be launched at least within the next two or three years because 'the problem will get worse. Buildings deteriorate and children increase"
 If $12,OO0,OOO program were undertaken, he said, about one third of the total would go to ru- ral schools and two-thirds to cit 1 ieS. \
 There was considerable discus sion about 2,000 children (99% native who are not in any school, while 12,000 attend public schools and 6,0O0-7, ,000 are in government schools. He said even the pro posed $12,OOO,OOO program prob ably would not include facilities of the 2,000 orphans" whom he said were caught in the buck-passing between Territorial and federal agencies, although two attorneys l l. Il IL
The Nome nugget., 1949-02-21
The Midnight Sun Rebekah

Lodge held a Food Sale last Sat urday at Polets Store, which was so successful that they were com pletely sold out by one o'clock in the afternoon, according to the chairman, Mrs. Wm. Mcdonald. On display was a beautiful hand crocheted afghan, made by Mrs. Jim Frye, for which chances are being taken, and from which pro- ceeds the Rebekahs will derive of for the tickets sold by them.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24

on political boards and bureaus for
service which is vital to agriculture
and industry The Pacific North
west has already had a bitter taste
of that Governors and other Of
ficials have had to plead for ap-
preparations for Bonneville in order
to prevent a disastrous power short
age. The private utilities, threat
ened with Specialization, cannot IN
dertake major expansion projects.
eva, like other valley author
tiles, is simply one phase of an
all-inclusive program which would
give the Federal government COM
plete dominance over the economic
life of the nation. There is an old
Chinese proverb which says that
the longest journey begins with a
single step. That is 100 per cent
true of socialism. We put the gov
eminent into the power business,
the building business, the lending
and financing business. Little by
little free enterprise is circum-
Scribed. Little by little the govern
ment performs functions that once
belonged to private business, or that
individuals did for themselves. The
only end-and the perfect example
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24
THE GOVERNORS OBJECT

J. 1t is extremely significant that
the governors of three Pacific
Northwest states have objected
strongly to the proposed Columbia
Valley Authority, which would
create a Federal electric power
monopoly in that region-at a trem-
endous cost of billions of dollars
to the taxpayers of the nation.
Governor Robins of Idaho said
that a eva would be lost ground
instead of an advantage" and that
he opposes "the institution of val
lev authorities. Governor Mckay
of Oregon said: What's the matter
with the way we're doing it now?
We don't need a delegate
authority to a board or a commits
sion to regulate the economy of the
northwestern states" vernor
Langlie of Washington stated that
the existing Columbia Basin Inter
Agency Committee can do the job
and that through it we can retain
as much local control as possible
without any extension of Federal
control"
These objections all stem from
well justified fears that the con-
tinued extension of Federal powers
and prerogatives must inevitably
result in the destruction of the
rights of the states, in the under
mining of local initiative, and in the
complete dependence of the people
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24
CERTIFICATE OF DOING
BUSINESS UNDER A
FICTITIOUS NAME

We, Clifford M. Ekholt and
Helen c. Ekholt, hereby certify
that we are now transacting gas
and oil, and general automotive re-
pair and retail sales business in the
City of Eureka, County of Lincoln,
State of Montana, under the name
and style of NORTHERN MOTORS,
Eureka, Montana; that we are the
sole owners of said business; that
we reside in the said City of Eur
eka and that the aforesaid business
is located at the southwest corner
of the intersection of First Street
and First Avenue w in the City of
Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24

was up 43 per cent over l947 and
4 the rise in urban areas amounted
to 0.3 per cent.
3. Felonious killings averaged 80
Gay, and there were 2,612 ms
/ cellaneous larcenies, 1892 burglar
les. 463 automobile thefts, 255 ag-
gravated assaults or rapes and lo09
robberies during each "a hours oil
1946.
a. Lonp-term crime trend data,
based on reports from 373 cities
with population in excess Of 2o,OUU'
indicated that only negligent man
slaughter and auto thefts have De
clined to points below the prewar,
average of l938-1941 Aggravated
assaults and rapes in the larger
Communities reached peaks in l948
of 68.7 per cent and 49.9 per cent
respectively over the l93o-l94i
average. Other crimes COMMITTED
in 1913 which still exceed this pre-
war level are: burglary, 10! per
cent; murder, 14.1 per cent and rob
berry $50 per cent. Larceny wnlle
declining during the war years, IS
on the increase and in l948 was
4.6 per cent in excess Of the pre-
war averages.
More persons were arrested ana
fingerprinted in l94S (759,698) than
in any other year on record. Inc
predominant age among arrested
persons was 81.
One of the most controversial jobs
TO come before the present congress
will be enactment of new labor
law" I was reading a recent bull
letin put out by the U. S. chamber
of commerce. 1t says there IS a
great lack of understanding regard
ing such legislation It existed UNI
der both the Wagner Act and the
Taft Hartley law states the bull
letin. It argues that such misunder-
standing should not exist among the
rank and file of the people.
The most unfortunate and decep- .
tive thing about this kind of legis-
lation, says the bulletin, is that it
invariably is Labelled as labor
law" Once that brand has been
placed upon a bill, anyone with an
opinion about it promptly is cata-
logued as for or against" labor
for" or against labor un
ions Actually, of course, such
legislation simply establishes GER
ain ground rules for relationships
labor and management.
The new law should encourage and
stimulate relationships b etwe en-
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24

of it is found in England-in social
ism, and the loss of human liberty.
The time for decision is here. In
the words of the Springfield, Mas
sachusetts, Union. IF we cannot
curb the drift toward an autocratic
government now . we shall stand
little chance of ever curbing it.
Many a nation has awakened, too
late, to find itself in chains.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24
80 this 28rd day Of March.

Dated this 23rd day of March,
CLIFFORD M. EKHOLT
HELEN c. EKHOLT
STATE OF MONTANA, County of
Lincoln, IS.
On this 23rd day of March, l949,
before me. the undersigned, notary
Public for the State aforesaid, per-
sonaIly appeared Cliffard M. Ekholt
and Helen C. Ekholt, known to me
to be the persons whose names are
subscribed to the above instrument
and acknowledged to me that they
executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
bereunto set my hand and seal the
dav and year first above written.
J. F. FENNESSY, JR.
Notary Public for the State OF
Montana, residing at Libby,
Montana.
MY commission expires Nov
%, 1851
at March 24-31 April 7-lD
Trees are natures best air con-
ditioners. sometimes lowering the
Temperature around your house five
to ten degrees in midsummer.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24
Poor Fellow! He
Thought Uncle Sam
Wanted 1t All
By Charles d. Rowe

Sunday papers COlO ABOUT d TAX
payer in the Chicago district mail
ing a check to the internal revenue
collector for the entire amount of
his l948 income-$3400. They do
say that the income tax form had
him confused. Perhaps so. On the
other hand maybe he thought, 20,
what's the use? Let 'em have it all. s"
Or he may be just a few years
ahead of the rest of US. Possibly
he sees what's coming and beat the
gun. Perhaps he is a charitable in
dividual and is anxious to do his
full part in providing the more
abundant life" for everyone.
Not long ago two Libby work
men were heard discussing their
taxes in a Libby business house.
They were complaining that their
income taxes were from 5000 to
$500. They had to dig that up in
hard cash to Uncle Sam. But that
was only a small part of it. Heavy
taxes always add to the production
cost of every item they need in
their daily living, all along the
line. OF course, the income tax
they pay is only a part of the bur
den.
Isn't it strange that so many
people are trying desperately to |
sneak out of those peoples demOc- |
racies" in eastern Europe? So many |
of their sons and daughters are at |
tempting to flee from the blessings |
of the communistic democracies that |
those governments are now building |
barbwire entanglements along their /
borders SO as to keep the wayward
ones in. There are also hidden |
wires that upon being tripped set
off a flare to light up the surround
ing country. Dogs are trained to
detect the fleeing ones and give the
alarm.
IL has long been known that we
human beings are prone to dislike
the things that are good for us.
Evidently the communists are fully
aware of that failing and are de- |
termined to make their people take |
the blessings" they dish out for |
them, Take it and like it, is their |
dictum. And of course, in taking |
it one loses most of ones personal |
liberties
Be that as it may, those barbwire
fences around the peoples democ-
racies" do not look so good.
Despite all our Wanted superior
ity, this nation still has too much /
of something that is altogether bad
Our crime record is appalling,
This writer is in receipt of the |
annual Uniform Crime Report, Just |
issued by J. Edgar Hoover, director
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton Among other things, Mr.
Hoover says:
l. A serious crime occurred |
every 1877 seconds in l948.
g. An estimated l,686.670 major |
crimes of felonious homicide, rape,
robbery, aggravated assault, burg |
larry, larceny and auto theft occur
red last year, a 1.3 per cent increase
ever 1947. Crime in rural areas
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24

management and labor that will
result in the greatest economic pros
perity both for individuals and
business-and at the same time make
no infringement of any persons
constitutional rights or freedom.
What are the issues over which
Congress will fight? They include
closed shop union shop Sec
ondary boycotts bargaining unit
mass picketing and violence
iurisdictional strikes free speech
under management laws
NLRB and its powers bargaining
in good faith strikes affecting
national health and safety, the right
to strike, etc
A good education, if you have it,
will aid you, but if you are with
out it you cannot stop to acquire
it. When you leave the school you
are well equipped for the van in
the army of life, or you are doomed
to be a laggard, aimlessly and list
lessly following in the rear.-Grover
Cleveland
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-03-24

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Evening star., 1949-06-05
BY kewboId Noyes, Jr.
Stuy StoH CoSrespcndent

NEW YORK, June 4. - Alger
Hiss attorneys will take UP again
tomorrow the job OIL which, by
common agreement, the outcome
|of the former State Department
employees perjury trial depends.
After a week end of rest, they
will try again to make Whitaker
Chambers, chief prosecution wit
ness, discredit himself finally in
the eyes Of the Federal Court jury
which has been hearing the case
since Tuesday.
Lloyd Paul Stryker. chief de-
fense counsel. says he expects to
keep Mr.. Chambers, the paunchy
ex-Communist courier and former
senior editor of Time magazine.
on the witness stand all day. under
10 cross-examination which began
last Thursday afternoon.
1t is Mr.. Hiss, OF course, and
MFR. Hiss alone, who stands ac-
cused on two counts Of perjury.
facing a possible maximum SEN
tence Of 5 years Imprisonment
and $4,000 fine on each count.
But the issue Of the trial. as
sharply drawn in this first week of
hearing, is both broader and SIM
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Hiss Defense Plans Doy-Long
Attack on Chambers tomorrow
Will Try Again to Make Prosecution Witness
Discredit Himself FinoIly Before Jury

pier than the one presented In
the stark wording of the indict-
ment. Did Mr.. Chambers lie last
year when he said Mr.. Hiss. then
president Of the Carnegie Endow-
ment for International Peace. gave
him secret Government papers in
the 1930s for transmission to Rus
sian agents? Or did Mr.. Hiss lie
when he denied that he had?
At this stage Of the trial. the
spotlight is focused ON the first
question. 1t probably will stay
there. For the Government has
stated that its whole case against
handsome. young Mr.. Hiss de-
pends on whether the jury believes
Mr.. Chambers.
At the outset, the Government
challenged Mr.. Hiss attorneys to
do all they could to break down
the Chambers story. Thomas K.
Murphy. assistant. United States
attorney, invited the jurors to
study his witness minutest reac-
ton to the most searching ques-
tons the defense could put tc
him.
That challenge has been accept
ed. Mr.. Stryker. on Thursday and
Friday, threw all his dramatic and
Continued on Page A-8. Col. q
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Ex-Monoger of DC. Firm Found
InPotomoc With Throat SIushed
Morton E. Kent. 4S.
Believed Suicide on
Boot Trip to Island

Morton E. Kent. 48. OF SOL
Cumberland avenue. Chevy Chase
Md. former manager of a Arm
here. a Harvard graduate and
member of the New York State
bar, was found dead In the Po-
tomac River yesterday afternoon
with his throat slashed almost
from ear to ear. Earlier he had
padded a canoe to one Of the
Three Sisters Island rocks above
Key Bridge to eat picnic lunch
in the sun.
Homicide squad detectives and
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
expressed the view that Mr.. Kent
had killed himself. Police plan
to take advantage Of low tide to-
day to search the rocky river bot
tom for the knife or razor believed
to have slipped into the water
from the sloping rock as Mr..
Kent's body slumped forward.
An autopsy also was to be held
today.
The tragedy occurred on a sunny
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Hunt Pushed as 3 Of "A
West Virginia Prison
Fuqifives Are Retaken
Police Chief Captures z
In Ohio; Another Shot
BY PutroImon on Highway
Nv the Aaxoc;oted press

MOUNDSVILLE, w. Va, June
4.-Eight of the ID long-term con-
victs who cut their way out of
West Virginia's S3-year-old State
Penitentiary were recaptured to-
day.
Planes, jeeps and road blocks
we're being employed by law en-
forcement officials to flush the
six still at large.
The mass break was engineered
before dawn yesterday.
The latest two to fall into the
net Tightening around this upper
Ohio River area were captured by
Police Chief Earl w. Walker of
Belpre, Ohio.
They were Everett Leroy Ruble.
%, and Elmer Tichnell. %. holdup
men from Parkersburg. w. Va.
who had escaped once before.
Ruble was serving a 15-year
sentence for armed robbery. Itch
nell was in the prison for life.
also on an armed robbery con-
viction.
COnvicts Pass Policeman.
Chief Walker said he and sew
eral citizens were standing along
q street in Belpre. just across the
Ohio River from Parkersburg.
about $3.50 pm. when the two
men walked by.
The police. chief said he ac-
costed them because they ap-
peared to be suspicious characters.
He then held them pending the
arrival of Parkersburg officers,
who established their identify.
The two then were taken to
Marietta. a few miles north of
here. to be placed in the custody
of the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Chief Walker said he believed
they were en- route to a car which
was reported stolen earlier at
Powhatan, Ohio, near Mounds
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Third Sunday Strike
Hits British Railways
By the Assee;ossd Press

LONDON. Sunday. June S.
The third consecutive Sunday
only" strike Of trainmen began
at midnight, keeping hundreds Of
thousands Of would-be Whitsun-
tide holiday makers at home.
All rail traffic between London
and Britain's North Country was
shut down. The strike has been
called for three Sundays to pro-
test summer train schedules which
require some engineers and fire.
men on the State-owned lines to
spend nights away from home.
Evening before today's stoppage
became effective % excursion
trains had been cancelled. But
many holidayers beat the gun by
streaming out of London and
other large cities hours ahead OF
the midnight deadline.
Special trains jammed with
travellers pulled away from sta
tions all day yesterday and the
highways were alive with auto
mobiles and buses. The Whits1n
holiday began yesterday and lasts
through tomorrow.
Milkmen of the United Diaries
one of the three largest companies
in London. began walking OF the
job yesterday afternoon, demand
ing that discretionary bonus pay
ments become q part OF theil
permanent wages. About 5000
are involved.
Shipping In West Coast ports
was bottled up by a stevedores
strike for the 18th day.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Two Killed IS Fire Sweeps
Forest IN California
A. ts.s Aasas .x.s.a s.s.

MONTEREY. Calf June 49,
A forest Eve swept osss 200 sSFss
today. killing tso m~n end de-
stsoysng 20 Go feed 81 sragasd
lumber and three esznkfa0ases cs
0 lumber miIi
The Gre started sssnwfiy after
Ea6nagsst. asd repoFts tram TIE
scene 10 the state Fns~sary ossns
said u waa - pee s~as under
eonaros 10 iso4aFs later
The Victims wwEs rne lSssns.
6laseay identasse.
TfW Gre wma eczasasalssx red
weeas. pines and asanxsnasa 10
n~ar Trap Canyon. sa ARA which
has Gn6srsnns eenAaasxaaae toH-
gins 10 recens yeaFa
Tae eessroTea rlIs sas owns1
ny Charles van6eT Paoeg, VIA
placed 10 sasas ai .tse essa.
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Woman Banker From Kansas
To Be Named u. S. Treasurer
Mrs. Georgia Clark.
Ex-Actress, Due to Be
Appointed Tomorrow
By jeanne Rogers

Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark. q
viyacious woman banker and
former stock company actress
from Richland. Kans. tpopula-
ton 200) Is slated to become the
new treasurer Of the United
States, 1t was learned yesterday.
Highly placed White House
aides said President Truman win
nominate Mrs. Clark tomorrow 10
succeed william A. Julian, who
was killed in an automobile acci-
dent q week ago.
Mrs. Clark. self-styled "coun-
try banker" already Is in WASH
inston for q conference with the
President and Secretary Of the
Treasury Snyder at . am. tomor-
row.
She told reporters In her room
at the Mayfiover Hotel that she
was called here by Mrs. India Ed
lsee TREASURER. Passl A-sl
Evening star., 1949-06-05
Federation Reiterates Official Says Union
Support Of Race Bans Paid Sz6,@ lax Bill
Al DC. Fairgrounds Berry Put al S2,87
Report Unable to Find
Bosis for Chonee in
Segregation Policy

The Federation Of Citizens As
sociations last night reiterated its
approval of the existing policy Of
race segregation on Fairgrounds
here.
Applause followed unanimous
adoption Of a report presented by
Ernest +. Henry. chairman Of the
committee on city planning and
parks. recommending the move.
after review Of the long estab-
lished segregation policy and It's
inherent benefits to all races. and
finding no sound basis for any
change therein. the committee
recommends that the Federation
reiterate its well known approval
Of the present system without
change" the report said.
Slum Hearings Urged.
The recommendation followed
committee consideration Of pend
ing resolutions by numerous
member bodies on the subject Of
the existing and proposed policies
of the Recreation Board relating
to playground segregation, Mr..
Henry reported.
On the subject of sium clear
ance, the Federation called for
public hearings to precede any
amendments to the Redeyelop-
ment Act Of i945. and for limita-
ton Of amendments In principle
TO the provisions OF legislation
awaiting hearings before the
House District Committee.
The delegates voted to restate
their approval Of the Redevelop-
ment Act and ask immediate ap-
preparations under the act. /.
Cleanup Program Outlined.
The group. holding Its finai
until fan at the District
Building, also heard q report by
Karl K. Cover. chairman of the
Federation,s Cleanup Committee.
on the progress Of cleanup pro-
grams on q neighborhood basis OF
the 'sYardvilie, u. 8. A." type In
Philadelphia.
He said numerous cities In this
country and q few In Canada
have adopted the idea. He said
the committee formed last April
to organize and coordinate neigh
borhood activity 70 improve the
appearance of the District now
includes Is prominent citizens and
Is stili growing.
He told Of q visit By committee
members to the Philadelphia prof.
ect. and presented color slides.
nj. Henry said the Home Build
ers' Association contennpiates ii1-
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