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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07

Commissioner of Health, spoke briefly to the group emphasizing the value of the voluntary worl of the organization to the entire health program of Alaska. Finance officer Alan C. Marcum's financial report showed the new | Alaska division of the ACS to be fully solvent. The report which covered only the fiscal year end ing last August 31 showed voluntary contributions of over $3,000. Assis- tance from the national office had contributed materially to the work of the cancer group in Alaska. Mrs Hermann pointed out that most of the work done in the Ter ritory is voluntary, that a part time secretary is the only paid employee of the Alaska group. It was pointed out by Mrs. Her mann that of the money collected in Alaska, 60 percent remains here to finance the program of service to cancer victims and to expand the educational program regarding cancer so that people of Alaska may learn to live"
 Twenty-Five percent of the funds collected in the Territory go in- to the society's national research fund as Alaskas contribution to- ward finding cure for the dread affliction.
 Members of the executive com mittee and board of directors as submitted by the nominating com- mittee and unanimously approved are:
 Members of Executive Commit tee: Dr. Wm. P. Blanton, chairman, Alaska Division; Mrs. Mildred R Hermann, Commander, Alaska Di- vision; Mir. Allan G. Marcum, Fin ance Officer, Alaska Division.
 Local Board of Directors: Charles w. Carter, Frank Heintzleman, George Danner, Dr. J. w. Gibson, K. E. Vuille, Mrs. Victor Power, Mrs. Don Morrison, Miss Emily Dean, Mrs. R. Boochever.
 Mrs. c. c. Garter, pr. Clayton L. Policy, Norman Banfield, Mrs. Helen Monsen, Miss Priscilla Park CT, Cyril Zuboff, Ted Erickson, iaL Nfpc EdWnr6 P Chester, EvErett Erickson, John Ashbaught, MT. Strang, Miss Doro- thy Farrell, all of Juneau and Mrs. Robert Wagner and Mrs. Leigh Grant of Douglas.
 Directors -at-Large: Miss Edna Thompson, R. N, Anchorage; Mrs. Hal Johnson, Skagway; Mrs. Louis Laska, McGrath Blanche l. Sul- livan, Valdez; Mrs. Phil Harding. Seward.
 Mrs. Dorothy Wingard, Peters burg; Mrs. Norma Swartzbacker, Cordova; Mrs. Margaret Mozee, Nome; Mrs Allan L. Peterson, Kenai Mrs. Klaire E. Johnson, Palmer; Mrs. Harold A. Byrd, Flat and Mrs Jack Peck, Bethel.
 On the Nominating Committee were: Mrs. c. c. Carter, Chairman, K. E. Vuille and Mrs. E. P. Chester.
 Permanent board members will replace the interim board set up at the time the organization was chartered
 On motion of Dr. Albrecht, a vote of appreciation was given to Mrs. Hermann of her tireless work in the organization of the territorial program of the American Cancer Society and at his suggestion was incorporated in the minutes of the meeting.
 Mrs. Hermann announced that a meeting of the Board of Direct ors would be called in the near fu- ture for the purpose of setting up the board organization and launch ing the program for the ensuing year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07

All you do is re-arrange the let ters to form a single word which is the name of 8 place in Alaska, and you also show which is the extra letter. For example, the phrase FOR A CHANGE" when it is un- scrambled equals ANCHORAGE" plus the extra letter F.
 Just remember that all place. names consist of only one word and remember to show the extra letter. There is only one correct answer to each Alaskagram.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07
ACTING HaRBORMASTER

Norton B. Sorrels has been ap- pointed acting harbormaster fol the Juneau small boat basin to take the place of Harbormastel George F. Martin, who is ill.
 The appointment was made last night by the City Council.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07
A costly crash

II OUR CAR will come out ''secOnd best" if it tangles with a telephone pole. You will find the re- pair bills are plenty"
 Add collision damage to your Comprehensive Automobile policy and all such losses will be paid.
 Consult this Hartford agency NOW about com plete protection for your car.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07
FROM MT. EDGECUMBE

Dr. Philip Maisonville of Mt.
 Edgecumbe Hospital at Sitka is a Juneau visitor, registered at the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-07
D>
 WITH ALASKACRAMS
 l-6 Send in this ANSWER BLANK Completely Filled Out

Fill out the A n s W e r Blank at right and mail it with this weeks set of six Alaskagrams.
 Be sure the A n W e r Blank and each of the six Alaskagrams are filled out to the best of your ability.
 (Remember to enclose 25c in coin with each weeks set of six puzzles to be eligible for a cash prize.)
The Valley settler., 1950-11-17
EXTENSION SERVICE NEWS

Parker Lester, Dist. Agricultural Agent, reports that his office has received sev- eral requests or inquiries as to where one could buy, sell or exchange wheat, oats, barley, forage crops and straw.
 This has been a wonderful season. for cer- cal production and at the present time there is an overall surplus, MT. Lester says. He further states, anyone having these commodities for sale or wish to buy or exchange any of your products, his of- flee will act as a c1earing house and bring buyer and seller together. If there is any great quantity, Mir. Lester's office will mimeograph a listing to be sent out on their general mailing list that covers the Valley, Anchorage and Kenai areas. st7s7s THE EVENING CRAFT CLUB was attended by twelve members and guests at the home of Mrs. Nina Stock, Tuesday evening, Nov. IL. After the business meeting decorative plate making was demonstrated by 'frs. Walda Wilson as the project lesson.
 Beginning the first of January and through out the year, the first meeting in the month will be devoted to crafts, the se- cond meeting will be social one.
 The next meeting will be November 27th at the home of Mrs. O1ava Roteman.
The Valley settler., 1950-11-17
JUST A FEW LINES

wind that was blowing in Palmer or the last
 three days is very similsr to the that
 did so much damage in the winter of 1897
 and l938. That wind tore the roofing off of
 lot of buildings in the Civic Center,
 took the entire roof off of an old house
 Tom Lepaks place, also the roof of
 Frank Linn's old cabin on his homestead.
 There was considerable suffering that win
 ter lot of colony farms. Good
 clothing not always hand and some
 little children going to school had very
 inadequate clothing. Colonists had not
 learned about the terrific winds that do
 occur in the Matanuska Valley once-in-a-
 while. There were lot of poorly con- structed chimneys and every one burned wood, the stoves not adaptable to this country, and if the wood dry spruce, it burned up and poured out the chimney at fast rate, the other hand, green birch was slow burning and hard to start. According to confidential reports leaking out of Washington, Dc. it seems the U. S.. is concerned about the possibility of get ting tangled up in full scale with Communist China in Korea, which would pro- bably with Russia too. It is indeed unfortunate that our news
 papers and radio have to blast out wi tn news that may be neither truthful or tact full about the conditi ions, because they (the news agencies) have to give people
 sensational news to sell their services. {.
 Ri ght now our Government officials in Wash ington and in Asia trying to study out :. plan to end the without having to lose the gains that may have been made and this effort may be the means of saving mil lions of lives, and money that could be used for useful purposes in the World that needs it so badly. However, it seems that
 politics is important and honour
 must be protected if we have to
 rifice millions to do it,, and the news
 agencies must give that will infl0me
 people to the point where the "God of Warn
 takes over. This mess, it seems to the
 writer, is due to the big mouthed po1iti- cans in both political parties in the US
 and our Generals and Admirals who thrive on Then in China and Russia the kind of people doing the thing, making inevitable.
 The writer is not pacifist but does think that should every means possible to
 prevent war. After being in world
The Valley settler., 1950-11-17

Harry R. Rust, Emil Walda1 and Dewey welch of Palmer were inducted in the Army on November l4th.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Woodbridge Clubs
Show Tomorrow

The dahlia and fall flower show
of the Woodbridge Garden Club
will be staged tomorrow at Taft
Junior High School, Eighteenth
and Perry streets NE. Entries
will be made from 3 to 7 pm.
when judging starts. The public
will be admitted at 8.
While dahlias and roses will be
featured, classes provide also for
ANIMALS and perennials and for
flower arrangements. Chairman
of the Show Committee is c. l..
Armentrout of 3416 Twenty-sec-
ond street NE.
Judges will be Mrs. Marvin
Shipley of Harmon. Md, and Mrs.
j. Brooks Smith of Baltimore for
arrangements. Neils j. Hansen for
roses, DR.. Conrad B. Link of the
University of Maryland, E. r.
Phillips of Silver Spring, Marvin
Shioley of Harmon, Percy F.. Full
ton of Brentwood. Md, and Owen
Hatfield of Silver Spring, for
dahlias.
Evening star., 1950-10-08

given. The lectures gave a de-
tailed picture Of the aims of a
good judge. the examination was
to bring out how well the funda-
mentals could be applied.
c. H. Lewis of Salem, Va, made
one interesting point which every
grower should consider when buy
ing a new rose. Mr.. Lewis point
ed out that rose buds may be
grouped in ona Of seven shapes
or forms. We all know that many
gardeners prefer the pointed bud.
but many now recognize there are
long, slender, pointed buds such
as the Eclipse and fat. pointed
buds such as the Peace rose.
Talisman has an urn-shaped bud;
Radiance Is well known for its
globular bud. The significance of
this point might well be-pick the
variety that has your favorite
shape Of bud.
c. E. Pfister Of Chicago dis
cussed stem and foliage briefly,
pointing out first that the stem
should be strong enough to carry
the flower, but it should not be
coarse or stiff. In a show, the
foliage must be clean. free from
disease or injury, and of good
color. Few gardeners discount a
foliage lacking in richness of color.
although we might be more criti-
cal on this point.
Clarence A. Davis Of Grand
Island, N. Y, discussed the i'm
portance Of knowing the varieties
in order to do a good job of judg-
ing. It was noted that most of
the entrants in the judging school
found this the most difficult point.
Obviously, few can know more
than the majority Of the locally
grown roses by name. However,
we could all know our varieties if
we plainly labeled them with
strong, durable markers. Few
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Garden Club Activities

The Washington Garden Club
will hold it's first fall meeting at
the home of Mrs. Floyd Wirsing,
81l South Overlook drive, Alex
andria. Va, tomorrow at l pm.
Co-hostesses will be Mrs. George
Warner and Mrs. Charles v.
Greenwell.
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens re-
opened yesterday and will be open
from 2 to 5 pm. on succeeding
Saturdays and Sundays, until the
latter part of November. The en-
trance is at 1701 Thirty-second
street NV. Chrysanthemums are
expected to be at their best about
October 20.
The National Capital Dahlia So
ciety's regular meeting will be held
Thursday at pm. in room 43 of
the National Museum, Tenth
street and Constitution avenue
NV. Reports on the recent
dahlia show will be given. The
meeting is open.
The Falls Church Garden Clubs
first flower show is being held to-
day at the Madison School audi
torium, Great Falls street in Falls
Church. Six sections of exhibits
Evening star., 1950-10-08

include a large showing of
dahlias. The show is for the
benefit of the Falls Church library.
The annual fall flower show of
the Silver Spring Garden Club
opens Saturday at the Takoma
Park Junior high school, Piney
Branch road. and Ray drive in
Silver Spring. Entries are to be
received from am. to 10 am.
and exhibits will be judged at
10:30. Show hours are from 2
pm. to 8 pm. Mrs. Jack Iseli is
exhibit chairman and Ralph Bis
sonette is in charge of schedules.
At a meeting tomorrow at l
o'clock the Chevy Chase. ID. c.,
Garden Club will hold an informal
fall flower show. Mrs. Edgar H.
Thompson of Nevada avenue. Mrs.
Lewis E. Ryan and Mrs. Charles
H. Cross will be hostesses.
Mrs. George Shelton will dis
cuss crown rot of African violets,
it's cause, and give a demonstra-
ton on the care of plants to pre-
vent this trouble at the next meet
ing of the African Violet Club at
8 pm. Tuesday at the Engineers
Club in the National Theater
Building.
The next regular meeting Of
the Bradbury Heights Garden
Club will be held at the home OF
Mrs. Woodland Brown, 1151
Forty fourth place Sc, october
IL at 8 pm. Plans will be made
| for a card party October 20.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
DESTROYING Garlic

Many clumps Of garlic wild
onion) are beginning to show in
the lawns. Spraying with 2. 4-D
at this season Of the year is likely
to destroy this lawn pest. It Is
best to apply the spray on a day
when the temperature is 10 or
above. Wet the foliage thor
oughly.
Evening star., 1950-10-08
Points ON Rose Judging
Growers and Fonciers Can Profit
By Angles the Judges Employ
By W. H. Youngmon
Garden Editor

The Potomac Rose Society and the American Rose Society
conducted school for judges last
rather useful
culture the described detail potential
judges panel Of outstanding Following carefully
planned lectures examination practice judging
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-21
Lifelong County
Resident Dies
At Germantown

Robert Lee Hickerson, a life
long resident Of Montgomery
County; Maryland, died yesterday
December 10, at his home in Ger
mantown, at the age of 85, of a
heart attack, after an illness of
four days.
Mr.. Hickerson was born in
GAINESVILLE, in 1855, attended acad-
emies in Darhestown and Rock
vile. His first position was as
teacher in a one-room school in
Brookeville, after which he pur-
chased farm near Germantown,
which he operated for fifty years.
He was a Magistrate for twen-
ty-fve years, served on the Mont
gomery County Board of Commits
sioners for two terms 1921-1929
was a charter member of the Ger
mantown Grange and member of
the Farm Bureau and Knights of
Columbus.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Genevieve Boland Hickerson,
three sons, Robert L., of Philadel-
phia, Charles Poole, of Norfolk,
and Henry B., of Germantown, and
two daughters, Miss Rachel E., of
Washington, and Miss Elinor NJ,
of Germantown.
The body will remain at the
Gartner Funeral Home in Gath
ersburg until tomorrow friday
when the funeral Mass and burial
will take place at St. Roses
Church, Chopper, at $3.50 Friday
morning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-21

The world situation leads us to
question the efficacy of 9,762,479
resolutions in favor of world peace.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1950-12-21

Manufacturers raise prices in
attempt to beat freeze"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12

money, although it is assured of
a sellout. "A public service"
said Sammons, who expects to
retrieve the costly initial invest
ment with subsequent editions.
The bulk of the research work
having gone into the first edition,
Sammons hopes that the neces-
sary additions can be handled
smoothly by his staff of so.
II had to keep repeating that
we couldn't list all specialists"
Sanmons complained. IAN out
standing dermatologist recognized
as an authority on poison ivy
might be appropriately listed in
Who Knows because of his
conversance with poisonivy. But
we couldn't put in all derma-
tologists or all doctors. There are
standard professional directories
for that sort of thing"
S1mmons L a Nominee
l HE most useful addenda for
new editions will come, the pub
Usher predicted, from readers and
from the 5000 experts them
selves. But even so, the editors
will have to weed them out care
fully. "A woman has a baby and
Immediately the obstetrician
ought to be in Who's Who
Well, now all that will be directed
toward Who Knows" Sam
mons said.
Several experts have already
nominated Wheeler Summons
for who Knows" Modestly
sketched in who's Who" the
publisher is not in the companion
volume although he probably
knows more about directories
than anyone else. Sammons
makes his living, and a good one,
from directories. But he has a
strange reluctance about CO.
operating with other COM
pendulum compilers.
Such behavior does not seem
inconsistent to Sammons. If a
"Who Knows" expert prefers to
omit his address 80 as not to be
bothered with inquiries, offers of
retainers and the like" that's
fine with the publisher.
Everyone has to have a pri-
vate life" Sammons said, "even
a publisher" The End
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-12
$1,000 EXPERTS
Continued from page thirteen

of giant babies or baby giants.
Two men know all about Pearl
Feeling. Durward Howes, of Los
Angeles, and Herbert H. Vertrees,
of Pittsfeld, ILL.,, have devised
ways and means of removing an
acid stain from pearls to enhance
their beauty or value. Other
unusual subjects found in SAM
mons's Locator Index are SWIM
mers' Itch, Fingernail Polish
(Allergy). the Swallows of Capis-
trano, Slang american, Eng
lish, motoring, aviation), Sum
spots, Invisible Tattooing, and
the Drunkometer, an invention
which tests for intoxication.
OF the 49, 900 subjects, the
one with the greatest number
of knowers is Plants, with In
sects distant second. We've
probably left out subjects, and
it'll take several editions to get
the bugs out" said Sammons,
who can't resist a pun. People
are already sending in hints. A
lady wrote us about Maine
man who had everything ever
written about famous law cases
and participating lawyers. He's
not exactly a specialist. But his
collection is a source so we got
him. Name is Colonel Richard
H. Armstrong"
On the spur of the moment,
Sammons decided to include a
section of such sources. There are
So of them listed in the first edi-
ton of who Knows"
From Autos to Quajes
INTERESTED parties are referred
to the best sources for informa-
ton on such diverse topics as
Foreign Water Fowl, Old Christ
mas Cards, Defunct Autos,
Medical Plants, Earthquakes
and early Catholic Americana.
The final title of the Sammons
book was coined by M. Lincoln
Schuster, of Simon & Schuster.
Inreturn, Publisher Summons in
serted Publisher Schuster among
the knowers, carefully noting
that he was founder of the
Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Newspaper Readers.
The first edition of 10000
copies at $3.50 apiece will lose
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20

Brown and white eggs are now
being sold in the same carton in
Toledo, and customers are learning
there is no difference between the
colors.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-04-20

And another former Blufftonite-
Arch Griffith who lived here some
thirty-five years ago and went to
Bluffton college back in the early
days. Arch is now doing we'll in the
home appliance business in Madison,
West Virginia.
Madison is in the center of the
West Virginia coal mining region
and during the war enjoyed a boom
when large number of small
truck" mines opened in response to
the stepped up demand for coal.
Evening star., 1950-12-12
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

Christmas time Is when nut mix
lures are in greatest demand. At
this season tons of Brazil nuts are
on American markets. Brazil made
an international trade contribution
through the prodigious Brazil nut.
History is rather vague about the
discovery of the nut as food. There
is one account Of valiant Dutch
traders in the Amazon Valley ex-
porting the nut to their native land,
calling the nut, wild Oil fruit"
In 1888 the nut was fed to wild
stock who became fat and sleek. BY
1900 traders began to sell the nuts
as a table delicacy. From 1900
on, the nuts became an item of
foreign commerce and the Brazil
nut soon became the main export.
To this day, the Brazil nut is pro-
duced only in Brazil through the
vast expanse of the Amazon Basin.
The trees are from rs to $50 feet
high as straight as a flagpole with
out branches until the crown Is
reached. The blossoms are on the
outer branches in cream or white
clusters, resembling our ornamental
hydrangea, they appear one year in
advance of harvest. The fruit is
large pod, hard and gibrous, 4-6
inches in diameter. Within the
pod, clustered closely together like
segments of an orange are from
1920 dark brown nuts. The pods
are too high up to be harvested.
When ripe they pummet to the
ground.
Harvesting is from at least 1O0,-
600 trees, though since a shelling
machine has been brought in, more
trees are harvested than ever be-
fore.
No nut shell is harder to crack.
After the hard spherical pod Is
opened, each of the 20 nuts have
to be shelled.
The kernel, deep ivory color Is
rich, nourishing and deliciously
favored. Its oil content averages
65-70 per cent and IA grams Of
nut meat produces 100 calories.
Reducers pass the Brazil nut with
sigh.
Back in 1899 only a few hundred
tons were consumed in South
America. The United States bought
more than half the annual crop and
European countries took the re-
mainder. Brazil has monopoly
on these nuts. They do not grow
anywhere else and though trees
have been planted elsewhere they
do not prosper.
Evening star., 1950-12-30

PAGAN LOVE SONG" Metro Gold
wyn- MAYER release, produced by Arthur
Freed, directed by Robert Alton, screen
play by Robert Nathan and Jerry Davis
from the book by William s. Stone. At
the Canitol
Evening star., 1950-12-30
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

Stage.
New Gayety-"Apple Of His
Eye; 2:30 and $50 pm.
Arena-"Alice in Wonderland:
2:30 and pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Let's Dance; /,
g. S. 7:05 and 11:05 pm; Dallas; !;
9:10 p m. and 1855 am.
CAPITOL-"Pagan Love Song;
1890 am, los. 3:45. $40, 9:10
and 1850 pm. Stage shows: 1920,
2:55, 5:35, $50 and IL pm.
Columbia King Solomon S
Mines; 1890 am, 1890, 2:30,
4:35. $40. $50 and 1885 pm.
Dupont-"B Bitter Rice; i, $40,
Sis, 7:30, $40 and 1850 pm.
Harvey; 11:45 am,
2. 4:O5, sos, $40, 1915 and 1920
am.
| Little-"Faust and the Devil";;
IL, $50, 5:45 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan Platinum
Blonde; 11:15 am, 2:45. 6:15,
$50 pm. and los am.
National-"All About Eve;
11:55 am. $50, $50 and s:45
pm.
Palace-"For Heavens Sake;
1880 m, 1885, $40, $40, 7:45.
$50 and 1855 pm.
international Burlesque":;
2:25, sos, 7:40, 1920 pm. and
l am.
Playhouse io";l0::35 am.
12:45, 2:55, sos, 1920. 9:35 and
1850 pm.
Plaza-"Ballet Festival; 1890
am, 1920, 2:15, 4:10, 6, 8, $50
and 11:45 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Blue Angel;
11:10 a M, ], $50, 4:35, 6:25, 8:15,
1905 and 11:40 pm
Warner-"Let's Dance: II am,
l. 3, 5, 7:05 and II pm. Dallas;
9:10 pm. and 1880 am.