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Seward seaport record., 1949-09-13
LEGAL ADHER7fSING
NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL
 ELECTION City of Seward, Alaska

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on Tuesday, the fourth day of October, 1949, the General Munich pal Election will be held The of- ficial polling place will be at the City Hall on the Corner of Fourth Avenue and Adams Street, Seward, Alaska.
 The polls will be open from 8 AM, until 2 PM. on that day.
 The Ballots will be available for the following offices and Ordinance No. 198
 Mayor, for two-year term.
 Three Councilmen, each for two-
 year term.
 One School Board Member, for
 three-year term.
 One School Board Member, for
 one-year term.
 One Utility Board Member, for five-year term.
 Ordinance 198 being an ordinance authorizing the Common Council to exchange road right of way of 1st Avenue abutting Lots to IS inclusive of Block l, Bayview Ad- dition, 40-ft. right of way ap- proXimately 8l0 it. in length, con- taining approximately "A acres, for existing right of way commencing at B Street intersection in Bayview Addition and joining the Lagoon Road, a distance of approximately 1654.4 feet of 40 it. right of way containing approximately Is acres, owned by Herman Leirer.
 QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS
 Every person who is Fl years of age or over, who is a citizen of the United States, and who has resid- ed in the Territory of Alaska for one year next preceding the Elec- ton, and within the limits of the City of Seward for thirty days next preceding the day of said election, shall be a qualified voter.
 Petitions of candidates for office will be accepted for filing at the office of the City Clerk until PM. of the 27th day of September, 1949.
 DATED at Seward, Alaska this 18th day of September, 1949
 MARITIME JOHANSEN,
 City Clerk, City of Seward. 21-23-25 Alaska
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City of Seward, Alaska NOTICE OF REGISTRATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the registration books of the City of Seward, Alaska are open on every day of the year except Sundays and legal holidays and the two days next preceding a general or special election and the day of the general or special election at the office of the City Clerk, for the purpose of registering all qualified electors, twenty-one years of age or over, who are citizens of the United States of America and who are bonified residents of the Ter ritory of Alaska, and who have been such residents continuously during the entire year immediately preceding the registration and who have been such residents continu- ously for thirty days next preced- ing the election within the cor porate limits of the City of Seward, Alaska. who are able to read and write the Constitution of the United States of America in the English language and to write the English language. All electors must, before voting, register their names and qualifications with the Registration Officer.
 The Registration Book will be
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all of Homer. Alaska, has submitted final proof on his homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. 012633 for the SWA Sec. p T. 5 S., R. 12 w., S.M., containing 160 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska, and if no protest is filed in the District Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, said final proof will be accepted and final certificate is- sued
 CHESTER w. McNALLY,
 Acting Manager Date First Publication Sept. 13, 1949 Date Last Publication Oct. II, 1949
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open on Thursday and Friday next preceding the election from ten o'clock AM. to three o'clock PM. and from seven o'clock PM. till ten o'clock PM.
 That said registration book will be closed for such election at ten o'clock P.M., Friday, September 30, 1949.
 That said election will be held on the first Tuesday in October for the purpose of electing a mayor, 3 councilmen, 2 school board mem- bers, utility board member, and Ordinance 198.
 DATED at Seward, Alaska, this 18th day of September, 1949
 MARITIME JOHANSEN
 City Clerk It is necessary to register only once during any calendar year. Anyone having registered at any time after the 1st day of January, l949, need not register again. 21-23-25
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U. s. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given that Thomas Clair Collins has made ap- plication for a homesite under the Act of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 8O9), Anchorage Serial No. 010511, for a tract of land described as Lot of the supplemental plat of survey of section g, T. 5 S., R. II w., SM., containing 6.37 acres. and it is now in the files of the District Land Of- flee, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all person claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the District Land Office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication Sept 13, 1949 Date Last Publication Oct II, 1949
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U. s. Department of the Interior
 Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Min nie A. Decker has made applica- tion for a homesite under the Act
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of May 26, 1884 (48 Stat. 8O9) An chorage Serial No. 012688, for a tract of land described as Lot "A" of the Lakeview Group of Home sites situated about 2012 miles North of Seward, Alaska, on Sew ard-Hope Highway and Alaska Railroad, Plat of U. s. Survey Mo- 2531, containing 405 acres, and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within the period of publication or thirty days thereafter, or they will be barred by the provisions of the statutes.
 GEORGE A. LINGO,
 Manager Date First Publication July 26, 1949 Date Last Publication Sept. 20, 1949 U. s. Department of the Interior
 Bureau of Land Management
 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
 Notice is hereby given that Glenn Howard Chad, entryman, together with his witnesses, Dorothy Evelyn Simonson and John Russell King
Evening star., 1949-11-17
FoIIs Church School Bonds

A proposed 100000 school bond issue
will be put before the freeholders (real
estate owners) of Falls Church this Sat-
urday for their approval or disapproval.
1t seems to The Star that it is imperative,
In the best interests of the city and the
children in the city, that there be favor
able vote on the proposal
If the bond issue is approved, the
school board expects to have two
new schools ready for use in the next
school year. These will be primary school
and a combination junior-senior high
school.
These additional facilities are urgently
needed now. There will be even greater
need in the future If the new buildings
are not authorized at this time, it is no
exaggeration to say that within a year
or so Falls Church probably will be unable
to educate its children.
The bond issue will necessitate an in
crease in the tax rate, perhaps Is cents
for each hundred dollars of assessed val
uation. But that is a small price to pay
for decent school system. All real prop
erty owners, who are 81 years of age and
residents of the city, are eligible to vote.
It is not necessary that poll taxes be paid.
The polling places will be open from 6
am. to pm, and 1t is to be hoped there
will be a large turnout and favorable
verdict.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
We Are Facing Failure

After brilliant start, the Chest cam
paign is begging down.
The first week of the campaign produced
something over so per cent of the reduced
goal of $3991,719
During the second week, the amount
received climbed to only 81 per cent. Only
slight gains have been recorded since.
The remarkable showing in the first
week was due to the extraordinarily fine
preliminary organization. It was also due
to the fact that gifts from the bell
wether" group of hrms-the business
houses that always give generously and
early-were reported during the first
week and that the Government units
came through with bang.
1t was the belief that with this excellent
beginning, the rest would be easier. It Is
not working out that way. There has been
an encouraging increase, over last year,
In the number of givers so far reported.
But this increase does not as yet indicate
that the total, needed increase in the num-
ber of givers Is going to be obtained with
out continuing and unrelenting can
vassing.
Pessimism, at this stage of the game,
may not be warranted by all the facts.
But there is nothing to justify optimism
in any quarter. We again face failure, to
be avoided only by enough additional
givers-and they are available, If they can
be reached-to make up last years deficit
and the one that Is again threatened.
Evening star., 1949-11-17

thing might be accomplished by an in
surance plan, with premiums paid by Gov
ernment as part Of total pay and allow
ances. The advantages, in addition to
relieving the armed services of substan-
tial responsibility in the supply OF medical
men and equipment would represent sound
fiscal policy. Nobody seems to know pre-
cisely what the cost OF medical service
supplied dependents amounts to now.
Therefore, no attempt was made to meas
ure the possible savings in dollars and
cents.
The Budget Bureau is probably explor-
ing this field. But the Personnel Policy
Board of the Defense Department is cor
rect in refusing to accept the argument
that elimination of free medical service
was intended by Congress when it voted
to increase service pay.
Evening star., 1949-11-17

ernment similar in theory to the cor
porate state OF Fascist Italy, but emphat-
ically minus its aggressive ambitions and
hamboyant ostentation. Salazar is the
most self-effacing Of dictators, stunning
publicity and working tirelessly for what
he believes to be his nations good. Under
him, Portugal has enjoyed stability, ad-
ministrative efficiency and financial SOL
vency. Political agitation IS suppressed,
though in relative moderation. The one
big question mark is: After Salazar,
what?" Under his New State" the polit-
ical education of the Portuguese people has
obviously not progressed And Salazar
does not seem to have developed an effec-
tive successor
Evening star., 1949-11-17
PortuquI's Unique Election

Portuguese voters Hooked to the pouS
Sunday in an election which, judged by
democratic parliamentary standards, was
q strange proceeding. The outcome was a
foregone conclusion. In only two con-
stituencies were there any opposition
candidates, and these knew beforehand
that they would be defeated. The elec-
ton was, therefore, clean sweep for the
government party, the so-called National
Union, the political organization that ex-
presses the authoritarian regime which
has monopolized power in Portugal for
nearly quarter century.
The body voted for is the National
Assembly, which is not congress or
parliament, but q chamber with consul
tative or advisory rather than legislative
functions. Incidentally, it should be
noted that it's membership includes not
only Portugal itself and the nearby island
groups Of the Azores and Madeira but
also the Portuguese possessions in Africa
India, the Far East and Australia. In this
respect it can be considered sort Of
Council of the Empire, bringing together
the views of all Portuguese lands.
The National Assembly is merely one
aspect of a constitutional setup known as
the Estado Novo or New State, formally
established in 1888, but really functioning
ever since the overthrow of the .parlia-
mentary republic in 1925 in bloodless
revolution by a group of army officers
headed by General Carmona. Revolutions
had been frequent ever since the republic
had replaced the monarchy in 1910, but
none had hitherto remedied the faction
alism, corruption and ineff1ciency that had
brought Portugal to the verge of chaotic
bankruptcy.
The Carmona revolution, however, ini-
tiated something novel. The army junta
realized that they, of themselves, were
not fitted to govern. They therefore sought
civilian talent and soon found leadership
in the person of Oliveira Salazar, whose
extraordinary personality has since domi-
mated the political scene. A professor Of
economies, Salazar believed in efficiency
and disbelieved the Portuguese capacity
for parliamentary democracy. He there
fore evolved type OF authoritarian gov.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Medical Core for DEPENDENTS

In recommending to the Defense De-
partment that free medical service and
preferential disqualification costs for the
dependents OF armed services personnel be
ended, the Budget Bureau may be attempt
ing to follow recommendation made last
winter by the Hoover Commission. But on
its face, the Budget Bureau proposal seems
to go much further than the Hoover
recommendations. And surely the Budget
Bureau proposal cannot be sustained by
the argument that in granting long
delayed and wholly justified pay increases
to the armed services, Congress intended
the pay increase as compensation for
medical service no longer to be available.
The Hoover Commission approached the
subject of free medical care for the de-
pendents OF armed services personnel as
merely one relatively small part of the
whole problem Of medical care furnished
by the Government. The Government,
said one of the reports, is now responsible
for medical care, in varying degrees, for
almost .24,000,000 people-about one-sixth
Of the entire population.
The cost of this medical care, in the
current fiscal year, approaches $2,000,-
100000. Most Of the money, of course,
is spent on the veterans-and this ex-
penditure will increase. The veterans
account for some 18,500,000 out of the
total number Of benehciaries who are
eligible for medical care in some form.
The servicemen and their dependents,
with some smaller groups, constitute on
the whole about 100000. The number Of
the dependents Is something less than a
million.
What the Hoover Commission sought, in
connection with medical care for armed
service dependents, was some arrangement
under which this care could be provided
by contract, through local non-military
facilities, instead of being supplied, q ut
present, directly by the services. The same
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Whooping 1t Up

It was to be expected, when Virginia
won its first football game from Pennsyl-
vania, that the Cavalier rooters would let
expected that they would resort to the
1owdyism that marked their post-game
celebration in Philadelphia.
A spokesman for two downtown hotels,
where most OF the Virginians stayed, says
that the full damage cannot be estimated.
But he mentions such things as throwing
beer In the face of an elevator operator,
tearing down fire hose, smashing signs and
sand jars, and racing around the halls "at
all hours of the night" This same
spokesman says that lot of schools play
In Philadelphia (although not many beat
PENN but that 1--WE never saw anything
like what happened here Saturday before
last"
The Philadelphia hotel people have
asked for an appointment with President
Darden OF the University of Virginia to
zee what can be done to prevent recur-
renee Of such disorders That is apt to be
quite a problem Officials of the Uni
versity of Maryland, however, are making
determined efforts to curb hoodlumism
among their students at football rallies,
and the Virginia authorities should do
likewise Up to point, victory celebra-
tions are perfectly normal. But when
they are carried to the point of excesses
such as those in Philadelphia, the in
evitable result is to damage the reputa-
tons of fine universities.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Clifton CustIe'

When Clifton burned, 1Dept. My magic
castle
Was lost beyond the memory of
dream
In fancy had often charged its portal
Where ancient aynaoured guards .oould
yield, and seem I.
TO taH before my spear. With banner held
Alott conquered suery shado,Ded room,
Claimed echotng corridors and :oinding
stairs
That climbed skytuard, ueiled In mys-
terjous gloom.
Then, from, totndotoed toner, the laugh
ting child
Vie,oed pebbled brook and Oiolet-laden
glade,
Pale in the infinite distance, unreal, re-
mote
As Clifton no,o, and all the dreams Il
made.
MARTHA ". cARTER.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
BIames Virginia legislature
For Delay on G. w. Highway

To the Editor OF The STAR
The American DIP" who wrote the caustic
letter about the polluted Potomac needs re-
patriation.
He should emerge from his own, deep
freeze and get the facts about the @. w.
Memorial Highway and the proposed bridge
north Of Great Falls. Congress authorized
the highway and bridge in 1888 and promised
that II Maryland, D. G. and Virginia would
devote the land the Federal Government
would foot the entire expense Of construc-
tion Maryland and d. G. have fulfilled
their part Of the agreement but Virginia
hasn't given an acre Of ground in Fairfax
County.
Our DIP sounds like one Of the proud sons
OF Virginia who probably yells loudest when
taxes are proposed for the purchase Of this
land.
Speaking Of background music. American
DPS whole letter must have been written to
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia" with the
typical accent on the first two words.
VOTEIE ESS AMERICAN
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Disagrees With President
On Defeat Of MIR. Dulles

To the Editor Of The STAR
By lust what process of reasoning Presi-
dent Truman arrives at the conclusion that
the defeat of Mr.. Dulles in the recent New
York election is . major defeat for the
Republicans is beyond my comprehension.
think Mr.. Dulles defeat was great
victory for the Republicans. Mr.. Dulles was
more Of New Deal Democrat than he was
Republican. He more often voted with the
New Dealers than he did with the opposition.
If the Republicans could now get rid Of
Senator Vandenberg and other New Dealers
in the party. they would have an excellent
chance of regaining control of the Govern
ment. Such people are only friends Of the
enemy-in the Republican camp.
BERNARD L, HENNING
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Another Objection to Extra Fare
On New Bus Route
To the Editor Of The Star:

Another Objection to Extra Fare
On New Bus Route
To the Editor Of The Star:
An item in the Armistice Day issue Of
The Star advises the public that the Capitol
Transit Co. soon will. inaugurate new bus
route This viii be one which will travel via
South Capitol street and the new bridge
to and from Tenth and Pennsylvania ave-
nues to South Washington Improved bus
service always Is welcomed by the riding
public. However, the awakening comes when,
reading further In the aforementioned item.
It is realized with somewhat of a shock that
CT proposes to charge an extra five cents
above and beyond the regular bus and street.
car fare to ride on this route, which Is to be
designated Express"
Let us take note Of how this works out
for CT:
First: The route from South Capitol and
Nichols avenue via South Capitol and the
new bridge is considerably shorter than over
Nichols avenue and past the Naval Gun
Factory.
Second: Due to this shortened route. there
will be considerable saving of fuel and time
per trip, not to mention reduced wear and
tear per passenger trip due to fewer stops.
Third: Relief is afforded to existing
routes with better distribution and passenger
loading.
It Is obvious that without extra fare for
this service many benefits accrue to CT. The
question, HAS the new route cost CT any
thing?" can be answered with q vigorous
and emphatic "No."
But what Of the general public? Well,
they are paying for the new bridge and as
sociated approaches Presumably they are
paying for these public improvements for the
benefit Of the general public, not for the
benefit Of some company which willy-nilly
can increase its costs as . result OF this
public improvement.
One wonders how public utility can in
augurate a new route and service such as
the one we are discussing without the assent
and approval Of the Public Utilities Com
mission. II 1t is agreed that the CT is to
profit by this new public Improvement then
why should 1t not be charged for passing
over this route and bridge2 The District OF
Columbia is hard pressed for operating reve-
nue. and here is golden opportunity to turn
I'D q few more sheckels.
However. it would be more creditable II
the Public Utilities Commission and the vari-
Gus citizen associations in South Washington
would oppose this fare increase grab. The
riding public has every right to expect good
service from CT and furthermore to expect
improved service for the Is cents that now
is paid for each fare-and, by the way. Is
cents is as much as Is charged for city bus
or streetcar fare In any city In the United
States. Imagine. q total Of 10 cents to ride
downtown from Congress Heights and other
nearby areas!
The next and most obvious step, Of course.
once the precedent has been established y
Evening star., 1949-11-17
extra-fare express routes from all other out

extra-fare express routes from all other out
lying sections to the downtown areas.
Unfortunately for Washingtonians, their
only voice is through the readers columns
and the citizens associations and these are
not too effective. Lacking the vote and
franchise, the Washington public ca '-2ot eX-
press its displeasure at supine commissions
and public officials So how about asking
for and printing comments about this extra
fare situation from the readers OF your
paper? THE o. M.
Evening star., 1949-11-17
Wants Congress to Legislate
On Co. Operative Apartments

To the Editor OF The Star:
Many Of your readers and present owners
of cooperative apartments here in the Dis
trict will await with interest the decision
in District Court pertaining to fees to permit
resale Of apartments in the Westmoreland.
This applies to a number of other buildings
which have just been made cooperative.
I think it Is about time Congress made
some rules In regard to co-operatives. Some
real estate firms buy up old buildings, make
UP their own regulations as to resale, and
then sell them as co-operatives Many are
in poor condition, the roofs need fixing.
elevators are bad and boilers need repairing.
Due to the scarcity of housing, many would
be owners are taken advantage of because
they seek places to live.
Also real estate Arms should be compelled
to return down payments on co-operatives
If they can't provide immediate possession.
They charge a high rate Of interest. Also
there Is the monthly upkeep. which amounts
to plenty. .s.
I have in mind certain firm which sold
after March l. They wouldn't return the
down payment and it appears possession
can't be had until June, after rent control
is out-15 months to wait Is there anything
fair about that? COOP OWNER.