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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
NEW PLANES - NEW SPEEDS

new naval plane, zooming along far ahead of the noise of it's motors has burst through the sonic barrier running into greater difficulties apparently than those met by ordinary aircraft. The latest jet fighter was clocked a rash 760 to 800 mph. flying only 30 feet off the ground.
 For period of years the sonic barrier was the bane of aircraft engineers. It mysterious, unknown field into which they hardly dared venture. For some time they knew they could build ships and motors capable of attaining such velocity. But they did not know whether their machines had the strength and endurance to pass the sonic barrier and remain intact.
 Several pilots and seevral planes now have ex- ceeded the speed of sound-and have been none the worse for it. These feats open whole world of pos abilities, for man knows that-theoretcally at east-the speeds he may attain mitless. He still plagued and probably will continue to be- by prob lens of landing and takeoff. Different types Of equipment different fields and different runways are demanded as velocties increased. But these mat ters do not appear more difficult of solution than scores of others which the aviation industry has over successfully.
 It is not going far then, to guess that within another decade the 300 to 400 arliners
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20

Chicago, both during the Hoover Administration.
 At this conference, Commissioner Bolich finally decided to let Mid Continent off for $3,00O, ,000-instead of $6,OO0,000 recommended by the T-Men. He also decided against any appreciable fraud penalty.
 Only after this was decided did Bolich send the case to General Counsel Oliphant with instructions to close the penal side of the case in other words, drop criminal prosecution.
 Deputy Commissioner Bolich was | former head of Internal Revenue Intelligence in New York, at which time he was close to many Tam many leaders. He was sent to his present key spot in Washington by Joe Nunan, another Tammany man, who once served as Commissioner of Internal Revenue. Since re- signing, Nunan has been one of the most prosperous tax lawyers in the country.
 Mid Continent is headed by Ja- cob France, Republican Commit teeman from Maryland, and chair man of the Equitable Trust Co.,, of Baltimore, a director of Maryland Title Guarantee Co.,, and of the Commercial National Bank of New York.
 Mid-C Continental Vice President and Secretary is E. Mcclure Rouzer, who is Frances law partner, and a director of various Maryland con- cerns. Other directors include Rus sell Paris, chairman of the Ward Baking Co.,, Maurice Newton, a partner of Hallgarten and O., and a director of Adams Express, Ana conda Copper, Paramount pictures, Gotham Hosiery and the Waldorf Astoria. Otis McClintock, head of the First National Bank and Trust of Tulsa and director of the Frisco RR.
 id-Continent owns or leases 5,427 acres of oil and gas leases in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkan- sas and New Mexico, on which it operates a total of 1880 oil wells and 50 gas wells. In addition, the company leases 1,126,443 acres of undeveloped oil and gas land, owns l,592 tank cars, and operates 1,436 miles of pipelines through it's sub sidiary, Mid-Continent Pipeline Co.
 The company also operates re- finery in West Tulsa, Oka., with storage facility of 1882 800 barrels. It also owns 1895 percent of the Great Lakes Pipeline Company which supplies gasoline to Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Minne- apolis and Chicago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
NOT BAD AT ALL

Several national magazines of late have been carrying articles the unexpected rise in the popu- lation of the United States Estimates of the figures vary somewhat but they appear to be far beyond what census experts of decade ago reckoned on for a quarter century from the present population of 100000 possible in 1875 according to figures released by the Bureau of Agricultural Economies
 The interpretation of these figures differs in the several articles which have come to attention, but the conclusions drawn by their authors reflect an undeniabe tone of optimism founded the in evitability of expanding market.
 The subtleties of statistics far beyond the grasp of most laymen Translated into fairly simple terms, however, they do tell something. In a few words The economic outlook does not at all bad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
T HESE DAY 5
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GENRGE E. SOKOLSKY
 THE COST OF WATER

I went out to Steubenville, Ohio, to attend a dinner Of the Steuben- vile College, which was giving medal to Alcoholics Anonymous The occasion was pleasant, partic- ularly as I like the kind of people of some 30 nations who compose the population of this area. They manage to live together happily.
 So I drove over the bridge to Weirton to visit with my old friend, its Mayor, Tom Millsop. who happens also to be President .of the Weirton Steel Company, which has not had a strike for l6 years. There I picked up a story about-of all things-water, which at this time of water shortages throughout the East, is interesting.
 Most of us believe that water is free, which is not so, even if you have to dig a well on a farm. La hor is a cost, even if you do the work yourself. The last time I dug for water up at my farm, it cost me about S900 and the water is still low this year. Here in New York, the water for 8,000,oOO inhabitants is in peril and it will cost millions of dollars to provide adequately for the future. Maybe, from the stand point of water, 8,000,000 persons ought not to eongregate in one area.
 Well, in Weirton, discovered what everybody there knew, that it takes 150 tons of water to make
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
Daily Lessons in English v L. GORDON

WORDS INTELLIGENT person has iowe order of mentality than The former but the latter can hardly acheVe attainments
 OFTEN NISPRONOUNCED the as in MO- not as
 OFTEN MIsSPEILED: Surprise; PRIZE
 SYNONYMS Last Oadjective), final ultimate, eventual
 WORD STUDY: times and it is yours Let us our each day. Todays word CALUNY injurious accusation "A pronaoie is the of caumny~ y~-Proverb
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
MODERN ETIQUETTE Sy ROBERTA LEE

O. evening of bridge with seriously and some other enos in he evening, what should be done?
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 A. A business suit.
 O. Isn't it proper upon paying the long a guest? - A. The guest should this expense
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
HALIBUT FREIGHT
 RATES, EAST, SOUTH, CUT FROM SEATTLE

SEATTLE, Dec. 10|R-Freight rates of frozen fish moving east and south from Seattle will be on par with those from the Canadian Port of Prince Rupert as a result of last weeks rate reductions.
 Cuts up to 34 percent on frozen fish and fish products were an- bounced last Monday by the North vest Fish Traffic Committee.
 The new rates will become effec- i've Feb. l, Fred D. Tolan, traffic manager for the committee, an- .ounced.
 Tolan said that the move was an important step toward increasing he waterborne freight traffic from Alaska through Seattle.
 This freight rate adjustment hould enable Seattle to regain the Alaska shipments that have been raining through Prince Rupert to he east during the past several 1ears-bypassing Seattle,' Tolan aid.
 He said that the old rate sched- lie enabled the shipment of frozen ish from Prince Rupert east at rom $10O to $50 car cheaper han routing it through Seattle.
 He added the new rate will also ssist general commerce between laska and Seattle by giving the
 laska Steamship Company greater outhbound loadings. Most freight rom Alaska ports to Prince Rupert as been moved in small boats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20

one ton of steel. Water for that rlant is pumped from the Ohio River at the rate of 130,000 gallons a minute and it goes on "A hours a day. Every month they use 8,000,- 100000 gallons of water.
 Of course, after picked up this item, it was obvious why so many industries lie on rivers. It threw my mind back to the lovely Housatonic River in the Berkshires which is being polluted by paper mills. We can have the river or the industry, but we cannot have these great industries without water. Some aesthetic folks would rather not have the industries, so that they might gaze, undisturbed and un- perturbed, upon the exquisite beauty of the scenery. But I always mo- tice that such people like to ride in automobiles, which are made of steel, in the production of which SO llQClA WdLtA 10 stSNN-
 A smart man told me that water is used as a solvent, as catalyst. as a conveying medium for the transport of materials and for the disposal of waste, as a diluent or dispersive medium, as cooling agent, as a cleansing agent, and in the production and distribution of heat and power Of course, pretty much that happens in anybody's kitchen from the Yangtze to the Euphrates, Mother knowing all the values of water, including the drink ing thereof, which may be delight ful or murderous, depending upon it's purity. In some countries, it is possible to drink water as is, but in most it must be boiled or in some chemical manner, purified.
 When I lived in China, we never drank water as is, because the danger became too great. The Chin ese themselves drink tea, which is boiled water, colored by fragrant leaves. Foreigners drink bottled water, silent" or ''fizzy," and it costs lots of money in the long run. I suppose because it is so bland and dull that way, they infuse it with varieties of whiskey for flay- bring. Thirst -quenching can be ex- pensive. xs The point is that we get nothing for nothing, except in very prim- itive societies. Even in such areT engagements for living, water has often been a problem, as the paint ings of lovely Biblical women car- rying huge urns, full of the stuff. on their lovely shoulders, remind us. Whenever I look at such picture, I wonder at the physical strength of these ladies and how they main- tain their loveliness in spite of their labors! When wells dry, they have And when the wells dry, they have to pick up and move Many of the great migrations of the human race can be related to the search for water. for man, for his cattle, and for his general well-being.
 So, the question arises: What can the 8,OO000O who live in New York do if it's water should give out this or next week? Where can they move to?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20

against Continent was con- sidered so alright was that form CT accountant for the company had furnished the evidence for the Gov ernment.
 While working for the company he had caught it making capital expenditures for plant expansion during the war years and then charging them up as repairs"
 Though the lower offices of Mid Continent showed the real nature of the improvements, these improve ments were changed to read Ire pairs" when the books went up to the top office Repairs, of course are tax deductible, while improve ments are capital investment and not deductible.
 Continent officials gave care- ful instructions that the receipts and orders for the improvements be destroyed but one of it's book keepers just as carefully retained them and turned them over to the Treasury. As a result the case was considered ironclad.
 The agent who first handled this case was Frank w. Lohn, Chief of Intelligence for the Kansas City district. He recommended criminal prosecution and sent the case on to Mike Seltzer, Chief of the Penal Division of the Kansas City office.
 But while the case was still pend- ing in Kansas City, Daniel Bolich, Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue in Washington, requested a conference at Oklahoma City. This was held, and Bolich, for req sons best known to himself, came all the way to Oklahoma from Washington to participate in the conference. Lohn and Seltzer, who also. participated, informed him that the Mid-Continent case was fraud and should be prosecuted.
 Despite this, Commissioner Bolich ordered the investigation stopped and had the case transferred to Washington.
 When the case reached Washing ton, conference was held on Bo- lichs office, at which General Counsel Charles Oliphant was not represented. This is highly unusual For ordinarily, a criminal case must go to the Chief Counsel's of- flee for disposal. It does not go tc the office of Deputy Commission CT.
 However, Bolich ordered it tC his office and although the Gen. eral Counsel was not represented the defaulting oil company was re- presented by Benjamin Saunders of the law firm of Charley Hamel
 Hamel, former head of the board of tax appeals, and formerly 1T the Internal Revenue Bureau, is Z Republican who sometimes has beer retained by leading Democrats sui fering tax troubles. It was flame who expertly handled the income tax cases of Boss Frank Hague 0 Jersey City and Mayor Ed Kelly 0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20

currently will be slowmoving, comparatively as the oxcart of great-grandfather's day.
 Man, in his beginnings, among the slower animals Then he surpassed his earthly rivals. He left the horse behind. The deer became turtle. Man passed the flight of birds He left the wind far far behind Now man conquers the speed of sound itself.
 What other goals remain in this dizzy world except those of mans own imagination?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
20 YEARS AGO TIT TIT EMPIRE
DECEMBER 20, 1929

DECEMBER 20 1929
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 Mrs H. C. shppey had returned trip and again was operat- ing the FernB Parlors.
 J. G. formerly of the man lsno 'oA ranch left for Seattle the Queen
 Miss Grace Batceder aes arrived on the romance to spend Christmas friends
 Theodore Thorson entered Hospital for medical treat men
 
 c H Wiley who was charge the diving operation for the of $00O to the man who cou the big safe believed bullion During the summer the had been found distance from the Weck as there no hsing available then of sufficient power to ong the surface Capt for the bonus ooe te end the year. apparatus had been tested m oo @ water off Tau communicating cable being o feet found Wiley was unable to De o e 'p ~ of a serious hand injury during a Taku blow
 Exalted Lodge announced reep telling of that worthy persons eHpec, arrival for the few days later
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
PAGEANT SCHEDULED AT MEMORIAL CHURCH
 ON SUNDAY EVENEsG

The Rev. Walter Soboleff an- nounces that next Sunday at 8 pm. pageant, "The Light of the Ages" will be given by the Sunday School and adults of the church with Miss Elizabeth Mosher, di- recting.
 Assisting are Adelaide Paulson, Janice Durance, Clara Robinson, 1: Ruth Johnson, Lynde Tales and the Pastor The public is cordially invited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
HOSPITAL NOTES

Mrs. Kenneth Martin, and Dora Johnson were admitted to St. Ann's hospital yesterday.
 Ann Stewart, Milton G. Fiamengo and Edwin F. Bullock were dis missed from St. Ann's yesterday.
 No one was admitted or dismissed at the Government hospital yes terday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. lO SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month /A in Scottish Rite Temple o % beginning at 7:30 D. m. W~ GLENN o. ABRAHAM, WY Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
LOOK and LEARN %sy c. GORDON

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
Canada's Defense Key
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 With the United States Air Force concentrating it's defense preparations upon Alaska for very obvious reasons it is announced that Ottawa is taking a similar serious view of the situation. Doubtless this will apply to northwest Canada, the British Columbia coast and particularly the key port of Prince Rupert
 It is common knowledge that military and naval signals are in readiness being developed in this area There will also be the naval and air force defense assignments and it is to be hoped that the policy of the defense authorities of Canada will not he to concentrate the defenses second line on the lower mainland or somewhere east of the coast leaving such places as the rail and highway head at Prince Rupert lying at the southern extremity of the In side Passage wide open to be demolished in one fell swoop by an enemy from the north or to be occupied with little resistance?
 Considering defenses in the light of the present international situation, it would appear to us that, if there is any key point in the whole Dominion It is Prince Rupert
 Defense authorities will of course, not be Sit ting calmly by in the Far East, unmindful or unn- terested in the situation here. What the United States is doing should convince them Of the necessity
 Here's a stray item we just ran across whlcn you ipht use to end an embarrassing Hull in the conver- saton: "The pig footed bandicoot is fast becoming extinct"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-12-20
Running Is Refaken
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TAPEH, Formosa, Dec. 20-R- .unming, important World War II J. s. base, was recaptured today y Chinese Nationalists, the fugitive ationalist Government announced lere.
 The government said it's 18th Army seized the large South China ,ity from defending provincial roops who took it over as the Nationalist government fled here rom Chengtu.
 Lii Mi, Nationalist commander at Running, was released at the lirport. He had been held there by soldiers of turncoat Gen. Lu Han, Governor of Yunnan Province.
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