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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
SHOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 3-Closing quo- tation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 105s Anaconda 281a, Curtiss- Wright 7a, International Harvester 27as, Ken necott 50h, New York Central 115s, Northern Pacific 1873, U. s. Steel 26ss, Pound $2.8Os.
 Sales today were 1,260,000 shares
 Averages today are as follows industrials 1889, rails 52.88, util- ities 4102.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
WRANGELL TRApPER
 REPORTED MISSING

Mrs. Frank Young of Wrangell has requested Coast Guard aid in finding her husband who has been unheard of since he departed on a trapping expedition to Gambler Bay on Admiralty Island December l2.
 He was scheduled to return De- cember 23, Mrs. Young told Coast Guard officials.
 Young was aboard the vessel 31C93.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
 RESUMES
 SESSION
President Will Deliver Message to Joint Meet
 ing Tomorrow
By Marvin l.. ArrOws,nith

WASHINGTON, Jan. .--tR--Con gress, with one eye already cooked to next falls elections, convened today for it's second round of bat tling over President Truman's Fair Deal"
 Today's assembly was mostly a formality. The real kickoff for the second session of the 81st Con- gress will come tomorrow. That is when MT. Truman will tell the lawmakers what he expects from them.
 Beginning about 10 am. PST), the President will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint Senate House session. All major radio and television networks will carry the speech.
 At White House meeting which ended shortly before Congress met, Mir. Truman gave his Congressional High Command an advance look at the message. They also went over his economic message, which he will send to the Capitol Friday, and his Budget message, due Mon- day.
 Emerging from the one hour and five minute conference, the Demo- cratic leaders expressed enthusiasm over the Presidents plans.
 Speaker Rayburn of Texas told reporters:
 Tt looks like the country is in pretty good shape-I never saw it in better shape"
 Others who sat in on the con- ference were Vice President Bark ley, Senate Democratic Leader Lucas GID and House Democratic Leader Mccormack (Mass).
 Among rank-and-fil legislators, most of the talk was about taxes
 Geographically the Republi- cans-were saying lot, too, about cutting expenditures.
 Republican House Leader Martin GMasS) announced creation of a special COP committee to keep tab on the Presidents Fair Deal' spending.
 Martin gave it the name of the price tag committee" and said it's joo would be just what its name implied-to put price tags on ad- la nistration spending proposals whicE "have reached a height detri- mental to the welfare of the country
 Only about 10U members were on the floor when Speaker Rayburn called the House to order at noon They joined the reciting the Lords Prayer with their chaplain, the Rev James Shera Montgomery.
 Rayburn said the House has no business on it's schedule for this week except to hear the Presi- dents address tomorrow.
 Barkley banged the gavel in the Senate with a smile and an upward glance to the gallery from where his bride of six weeks was looking down with pride.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
ROYAL O'REILLY HERE

Royal OReilly, who has been proving as popular with Fairbanks fans as he and his wife were at the Baranof Bubble Room here, re- turned to Juneau yesterday. He has been entertaining at the pictur- esque Fairbanks Country Club, a few miles outside of the Interior City. OReilly is a guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
The W ashington Merry Go Round
Rv DREW PEARSON

fcopyright, 1850, by Bell Syndicate, Incl WASHINGTON - As Congress opens today, two important things are happening to the policy which guides the foreign relations of the U.S.A. and which in the long run either prevents or foments war
 The British are giving us a double -cross in China-at a time when U. s. Treasury experts say two billions more will be needed to bail Britain out.
 2. Congress will soon begin a yitriolic criticism of U. s. vacl- lation in regard to China.
 It so happens that the British Foreign Office is recognizing the Communist Government just at a time when it will hurt the State Departments relations with Con- gress most. This is not intentional, but rather because British invest ments, British trade and the prized British Island of HongkOng re- quire protection.
 Meanwhile Secretary of State Acheson and Secretary of Defense Johnson are engaged in tug of war regarding our Chinese policy, with President Truman stamping his foot on the sidelines and de- manding definite action, one way or the other.
 Actually, firm and definite pol icy regarding that heterogeneous mass of 4OO,0OO.O0O Chinese people speaking 23 different dialects is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
FINLAND
 REBUkED BY RUSS
By Associated Press)

Russia's stern rebuke of neigh boring Finland that she is harbor- ing more than 300 Soviet war criminals was interpreted in Fin nish political circles as a move to bolster the Finnish Communist party in the coming Presidential election.
 Russia in a bitter New Years Day note said Finland violated her 1914 peace treaty by furnishing war criminals with false documents ana names.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
STEAMER MOVEkrHIs

Denali from Seattle in port and scheduled to sail for Sitka and westward at pm. today.
 Baranof scheduled to sail from Seattle Saturday.
 Princess Norah scheduled to sail from Vancouver January IA.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
JUDGE RAISES D. A. SENTENCE DECLARATION
Defendant Valves Hear ing, Pleads GuiIiy-Sen-
 fenced in IS Minutes

Oscar G. Olson. former Terri torial Treasurer, was sentenced to 10 years in the federal peniten- tiary and fined $46,475.30 on two counts of embezzlement by Federal Judge George w. Folta.
 Sentence took place in 15-min- ute period this afternoon. Olson had thrown himself on the mercy of the court, waving indictment oy grand jury, waiving arraignment and waiving time to enter plea.
 Olson was represented by Attor- hey Robert Boochever.
 Two charges were made by in- formation following the defendants signing the waiver, the first cover ing a period from 1946 to l949. in- volving $19.348.7l, and the second that he neglected to account for $23, 3,237.65.
 U. S. District Attorney P. J. Gilmore, Jr.. after a short review of the case, recommended a seven year concurrent sentence and the figure the judge used. which amount is double the sum named in the second count.
 Boochever asked the court that because of circumstances. for a two- year sentence and an applicable" fine.
 Maximum penalty is Is years on each count and a fine not mcre than twice the amount charged.
 PLEADED GUILTY
 Olson entered plea of guilty on both counts, but made no state ment.
 We don't say this isn't serious" said his attorney. Tt has been on his conscience long time. He has cooperated with the district attor- ney with all his power. No bargain ing was attempted, in saving the territory excessive amounts of money involved by waiving a grand jury hearing.
 "The defendant has led an ex- emplary life until this course of events began" Boochever con- tinued. "Embezzlement is one of the easiest crimes in which to be- come involved, especially where accounting procedures are not taken"
 The attorney said that Alaska was actually just as guilty" as the defendant, and declared the dis trict attorney oversevere in his recommendation.
 CONSIDER FAMILY"
 'The defendant is not a young man. and can never get out of Icing a pauper." he said. Seven years is too much. He has family "a wife and two daughters. They were not asked to appear here, but it is asked that the court consider them"
 (Olson will be 59 years old June 23.)
 In rebuttal, Gilmore agreed Olson had cooperated, and that his re- commendation took that into con- sideration.
 In his opening statement to the court, Gilmore said:
 Your honor has known the &C., cused longer and better than l. Both of us have known him over a long period. My duty here is to roint out that the information does not quite truly reflect the true stu ation as to amounts. The amount charged shows figure over the three-year statutory period, and the report shows more"
 Judge Folta, in brief statement cefore pronouncing sentence, said there was no more fragrant or
 tContinueo on -SSe Six)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
U. 5. AID WILL Hoover, Taft
 HELP F0RM0SA Urge Formosa IN 6-S WEEKS Navy Defense

Editors note: Stanway Cheng, veteran correspondent in China has close connections in the Nh- tiOnalist Government. The fol- lowing dispatch from him in Form0sa was Ohtained from sour ces considered reliable in Taipeh, capital Of Nationalist China and headquarters of Generalissim0 Chiang kai-Shek).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
AUTO LICENSES ON SALE

Alaska auto licenses for 1850 are now being sold at the City Clerks office in the City Hall here. c. L. Popejoy, City Clerk, announced to- day.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
FROM BIG BULL MINE

On a New Year vacation, ". Jurick and J. Robinson of the Big Bull Mine, B. C., are in Juneau, stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
FROM TYEE

J. c. Ray of Tyee arrived in Ju- neau yesterday, and registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-01-03
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT (This data Is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:.30 am. PST)
 In Juneau-Maximum 24; minimum 10.
 At Airport--Maximum IS; minimum 8. 20 R E c A s T
 Duncan and vicintty)
 Mostly clear and colder to- night. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday with snow by . Wednesday night. Lowest temperature tonight about 16 degrees in Juneau to as low as ? in outlying districts. } Highest temperature We'd nesday near 24. P K E c lPl "A T 0 N tPast 24 hours ending 7;30 m. today
 City of Juneau-.58 inches; since Jan. 1-.59 inches; since July l-54.53 inches.
 At Airport-.52 inches; } since Jan. 1--.53 inches: since July 1-36.02 inches. c c
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30

constitution Ohio became a state,
divorced from the Northwest Ter
ritory and Byrd's jurisdiction and
consequently for the balance of 1902
was without a governor or other
governing official. Byrd, often said
to have been acting governor of the
new state, had no real jurisdiction
and never occupied that office in the
first state capitol at Chillicothe. He
was delegate from Hamilton
County, in the First Constitutional
Convention, which made Ohio a state.
Tiffin, first governor of Ohio
(1s03-1So7), moved his papers and
easy chair into the old (then the
"new") state house at Chillicothe and
the legislature met there in April,
1903, and held its sessions there until
1910 when the state capital was
moved to GAINESVILLE.
Work on the new state house had
begun in 1900, before the state was
formed, and was completed the fol-
lowing year.
Old State House at Chillicothe
The territorial legislature had held
its session there in 1901; the Consti-
tutional Conventions had met there
November / and again November 20,
1902, and the first state legislature
was held there in 1903. The only
stone public building in the area
once the Northwest Territory, its
mason work had been done by Will
liam Rutledge, a soldier of the
Revolutionary War, and it's carpenter
work by William Guthrie. 1t finally
became the Ross County court house
and still stands in the center of
Chillicothe.
The old Northwest Territory
capitol at Chillicothe, used from
1900, when the Territorial legisla-
ture moved there from Cincinnati
until the stone state house was built,
was a two-story hewed-log house,
built by Bazel Abrams in 1898 on
the corner of Second and Walnut
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30
MAIL EARLY IS
WORD TO AVOID
YULETIDE RUSH
Parcels for Distant Points
Should be Mailed Now, Post
master Says
Volume this Year is Expected
to Exceed Record Mark of
Last Holidays

Recalling the record volume of
holiday mail handled last year in
Bluffton, Postmaster Ed r. Reichen-
bach announced this week that plans
already are under way for gearing
the local postal force and facilities
for the 1850 Christmas rush.
At the same time national postal
officials were issuing their annual
appeal for correct addressing and
early mailing of greetings and gift
packages.
Parcels for distant destinations
should be mailed before Dec. 2, Post
master Reichenbach said this week;
and those for nearby points should be
in the mail not later than Dec. 8, to
assure delivery before Christmas.
Mail Flood Expected
Greeting cards destined for out of
the state should be in the mail by
December 15 this year; and cards for
local delivery at least week before
the holiday.
Postmaster Reichenbach said the
local post office is preparing for a
flood of Christmas mail, and predict
ed the volume this year will be even
greater than it was last season.
Buying stamps is one part of
(Cont. on Page 8-Sec. Sec.)
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30
GALA HOLIDAY
Event PLANNED
DEC. Is TO Is
Cash Prizes to be Awarded for
Best Displays i'm Yuletide
Project
Junior Chamber of Commerce
i'm Charge of Plans for
Community Event

A community-wideC Christmas light
ing and decoration contest offering
FIVE cash prizes will be held in Bluff
ton this year under auspices of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Purpose of the contest, opening
December 15 and continuing Decem-
ber %, is to spread the spirit of
Christmas by means of decoration
and light, it was announced by Robert
c. Hamman, chairman of the contest
committee.
In addition to Hamman, others
serving on the committee are Robert
Stratton, Richard Augsburger, Harry
Minck and Clyde Sommers.
Winners in the lighting and decora-
ton contest will receive cash awards
including SO first prize; SIS second
prize; $3.50 third prize; and 81 each
for the fourth and fifth prizes.
In announcing the Christmas light
ing contest, Harmon stated that the
community will receive many great
benefits from an all-out effort to dec
crate homes, apartments and business
establishments. The contest will pro-
vide pleasure for everyone participat-
ing and will help beautify our city
this Christmas time"
Entry blanks which appear in this
copy of The News should be filled out
and mailed to the Junior Chamber of
Commerce before December %. All
(Cont. on Page 8-Sec. Sec.)
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OhiO's First Governor
br HARRY L. AALA
EDITORS NOTE-This 10 on

Great things often have little be-
ginnings. The sovereign State of
Ohio limped along on its wobbly
little legs during the first month of
its life without any governor at all
and no other constituted authority to
lawfully serve in his stead.
From November 90, 1902, when
the First Constitutional Convention
was real, ratified and every man
signed Michael Baldwin's first Con-
sttution of the State of Ohio, that
land became a state and the consti-
tuition became its basic law-lasting
so years until better constitution
was drafted. -
No governor of Ohio was elected
until January, 1903, when Edward
Tiffin was chosen by the people as
first governor of the state. The term
of Arthur st. Clair, governor of the
Northwest Territory, ended December
9, 1900 three days after he had of
Tended politicians by proclaiming the
new Clermont County against much
opposition.
Charles Willing Bird secretary of
the Northwest Territory, stepped into
his shoes as acting governor and
held that office when the first
Constitution of Ohio was ratified and
signed.
However with the signing of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30
Postoffice Here Plans to Handle
Huge Volume Of Holiday Business

streets, Chillicothe. The lower part
was used as the capitol, courtroom
and a church and the rooms above
them as a crowded residence and a
gambling den for early politicians
and others. Once a singing school
the old cabin housed soldiers in the
War of 1912 and was torn down in
1840.
Capital at GAINESVILLE
GAINESVILLE remained the state capt.
tai during the Legislative sessions of
1810-1811 and 18111s12, then il
again was moved to Chillicothe,
which remained state capital until
1916 when the seat of government
permanently was removed to CO.
lumbus.
Governor Tiffin was a clear cut
good looking young fellow, born in
Carlisle, England, June 10, 1766
With a good English education, he
began studying medicine but when
Is came to Berkeley County, PEN
nsylvania.
That year he was married to Mary
Worthington, sister of Thomas
Worthington, Charleston, West Vir-
ginia, who himself later became
governor of Ohio.
Tiffin as Methodist. He Joined
that church in 1890.
Tiffin Held Slaves
Tiffin was a slave holder but freed
his negroes in 1796 and that year
with Worthington and Robert Lucas
moved to Chillicothe, where Tiffin
became doctor. Lucas also later
became a governor of Ohio.
In 1799 Tiffin was elected to the
Territorial Legislature and was maze
speaker, holding that office until
Ohio became a state. At the close
of his second gubernatorial term Tiff
fin was elected to the United States
senate and there was active in secur-
ing improvements for the Ohio River
the mail service and in the survey OF
public lands.
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In 1906 it had been Tiffin who
broke up the Burr -Blennerhasset,
conspiracy and expedition and he had
been warmly commended in a letter
from President Thomas Jefferson
dated January %, 1907, for his part
in it.
Mary Worthington Tiffin died ir
1909, while Tiffin was senator. He
was so shaken that he resigned his
seat in the senate and retired to
private life. But next year Tiffir
was elected to the state Legislature
and was made speaker of the house
serving as such several terms. Tiffir
married again-hfs second wife was
Mary Porter, of Delaware.
Saves Records From Flames
Made a reorganizer of the land
office by President James Madison
it was Tiffin who saved the records
in 1914 when Washington was burn
ed by the British. His was the only
department whose books were un-
harmed.
With presidential consent Tiffin ex-
changed offices with Josiah Meigs,
surveyor general, and held the latter
office until he was removed by
President Andrew Jackson few
months before his death.
Edward Tiffin died August 9,
1929, and his widow, in 1877. Three
daughters survived him lived long
into the 1905 and some of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30

1905; but the only son of the Tiff
fins was killed in a railroad accident
when returning home from Paris,
France, where he had been attending
medical lectures.
So passed the family name and
ends the story of Edward Tiffin
first governor of Ohio. He was q
man readers instinctively would like
should they see his portrait.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30
Town Plans Christmas Lighting Contest

Clip this Coupons andMa The Chamber of CONNER
RESIDENTIAL CONTESTANTS
BLUFFTON JUNIOR CHAMBER COMMERCE
CHRISTMAS LIGHTING AND DECORATION CONTEST
BLUFFTON OHIO
entlemen:
would home the Christmas Lighting
residences which
HAMBER OF COMMERCE is sponsoring this Christmas,
Address
Home Apartment
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30
Dick Urich Stars As
Miami Tops Cincinnati

Miami university's Dick Urich,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Urich,
of Bluffton, starred for his team last
Saturday as the Redskins drubbed
Cincinnati university by a score Of
% to 0 and won the Mid-Amerlca
conference grid championship.
Urich, captain of the Miami team
and one of the finest ends in Ohio,
scored two touchdowns for his team
in the upset victory.
His two touchdowns were the first
in the game, and each was made
when he recovered a tumble in the
end zone.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1950-11-30

Lutheranism and Catholicism be-
came important faiths in Ohio with
the influx of Germans and Irish in
the 1840's.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-11-22
Spotlight on
NorWegian>
Americans
When Past 50 1t Is Time To Slow Down
BY A. BJERKESETH

Far too many of our Scandi-
navian oldtimers seem to be
victims of heart-failure, especially
among our fishermen. in my
estimation many of them forget
that the old ticker" isn't what
it used to be. Whan you read
about the crew of 4 fishing
boat going 90 hours without
sleep and all this time working
Ike mad men, it's no wonder
some Of them drop. can think
o. no man more proud of his
ability than an old time fisher
man. Perhaps he has been the
skipper of a high boat" for
many seasons and feels that he
has a reputation to uphold. In
order to do that he drives him
self numerically thereby setting
an example for the rest of his
crew. II does not pay in the
long run.
OF course it is not only the
fishermen that should slow
down after passing 80 or so The
rule applies to all of us. We
have TO earn living that's true
and that in itself could be all
the exercise" We need. Some of
us that used 10 ski, play foot
hall and perhaps being considered
a expert" in our line of ath-
letcs still have laundering to
fool around a little. showing the
young fellows how We did IL in
cur hey-days. Wen be much bet
ter off by limiting our enthusi-
ssm to the side-lines. exercising
cur lungs THAT too in modera-
toni.
1t is conservatively estimated
that the delay in finishing Nor
way Center is costing the own
ers at least 5000 a month in
loss of rental revenue. The
contract called for finished
Norway Center by October /,
1850. now well be lucky to be
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-11-22

able to open the Center by Jan.
Is, 1851. Scores of big "doings'
planned for the months of Oc-
tober. November and December
had to be cancelled or postponed.
The fault Of the delay must lay
somewhere. Where is the big
question?
=
Our friend former world cham
pion in King tbantam), Pete
Sanstol is doing a splendid job
III connection with the Civic
Center in ketchikan, Alaska,
judging from an editorial in
The Ketchikan Daily News for
November II. 1850:
"Ketchikan has the best Civic
Center plan in Alaska That is
well-known fact and pointed
out by other cities as an ex-
ample of taking care of children
and cutting down delinquencies.
The success of the center is
due mostly TO Pete Sanstol. in
charge. and the fine cooperation
given him by local people. He
has put back part of his slim
salary into the work TO keep
things going He has been un-
firing, regardless of working
hours, TO cater to the needs of
youths"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-11-22
Income Development. 19SS-l94s
Bishop Berggrov.
Oslo, Resiqninq

Eivind Berggra~, DID, and since
1887 Bishop Of Oslo, the largest
bishopric in Norway. has asked to
be relieved of his office as of Janu-
airy l, 1851
During the war Bishop Berg
gray was the leading figure in re-
sisting Cazi attempts TO influence
Norway's religious life An auth
or Of many books. he has a IS o
played a prominent part in inter
national church organizations and
conventions.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1950-11-22

teers. The final organization Of
the armed forces has not yet been
definitely decided upon and VIII in
the end depend upon the obiga-
tons deriving from the fact of
Denmsrk's beng a member of the
L. y. and a party TO the North
Atlantic Pack In tins connection
i has also TO be mentioned ths.
Denmark has agreed TO participate
IT the occupation Of Germany.
There can De 10 doubt. however.
tina; q military effort considerably
greater than that Of pre-wsr days
Is reekoned with