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Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-22
ELMORE
MRS. DONALD ROBERTS
Phone 42I4
DoIph.LuckeY

st. Paul Trinity Methodist
Church was the scene of beauti-
full autumn wedding Friday even
ing when Mary Lou Dolph, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Ethel Dolph and the
late Aaron Dolph, became the
bride of John Kirk Luckey, Jr.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Kirk
Luckey.
The bride, attired in chantilly
lace and pleated nylon tulle gown
of ballerina length, entered the
church with her brother, James
Dolph, who gave her in marriage.
She carried a cascade arrangement
of white roses. Mrs. John Deite-
myer, sister of the bride, served
as matron of honor and was at
tired in a cottlion blue ballerina
length gown, trimmed in velvet
and carried a cascade arrangement
of red chrysanthemums centered
with cluster of crimson rosettes
and happiness roses. Mrs. John
Hovis, sister of the groom, and
Miss Ruth Hurrelbrink, friend of
the bride, we're bridesmaids and
wore rouge red ballerina length
gowns trimmed in velvet and car
ried cascade arrangements of
white chrysanthemums centered
with clusters of crimson rosettes
and happiness roses. Mr.. Arnold
Auxter served as best man and
guests were ushered by Mr.. George
Miller and Mr.. John Hovis. The
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-22

Hasn't il been nice and warm
these last few days? Probably by
the time you read this the frost
will be on the pumpkin" but SO
far it's been grand. However, we
have a premonition of things to
come and it seems we have a de-
sire to absorb just as much of the
warm sunshine as we can, to sort
of bolster us through the winter
months.
1t seems the flies have the same
idea. During the cool spell we had
they all but disappeared, but they
came in droves again when it got
warm, lurking on the porch, trying
to get in the house. They have a
staunch ally in our Kathy, some
times she stands in the open door
way, nonchalantly surveying the
outside world, trying to decide
whether she should 60 out or stay
in. Naturally the flies take ad-
vantage of such wonderful OPP
portunity. Judging from the large
numbers of them, it seems that
word must travel via the fly grape
vine (or however they communi-
cate) that we have such a coopera-
tive little person here in our house
hold, because they do congregate
In our neighboring town of FL
more there lives a man who you
could really call a good citizen,
in every sense of the word. Pm
speaking of the Rev. c. Ralph
Schmidt, pastor of the st. Johns
Evangelical and Reformed Church
in Elmore. Each election year
Rev. Schmidt makes detailed
study of persons who are candi-
dates for public office, and then
very obligingly shares this infor-
nation with any organization or
group who is interested in learn
ing more about these candidates.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-22

basement on October 23rd from 8
to 7:30 p. m. Tickets will be $1.25
for adults and 75c for children
under IL with all you can eat az
this price.
At the Homecoming game be-
tween Gibsonburg and Elmore
Friday night, Eileen Harder was
! crowned Queen by Ronny Smith,
football captain, and Judy Druck-
enmiller and Carol Guth served
as her attendants.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Giesler
are announcing the birth of their
first son in Memorial Hospital
Thursday morning. The little lad
weighed 6 lbs. OF. The couple
have daughter, Jill.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda
Meyer, a former Elmore resident,
were held in Gibsonburg Friday.
Among her survivors are sisters,
Mrs. Howard Neeb, Mrs. John
Weihrouch and Mrs. Wayne Krue-
| ger and brothers, Lawrence Arm
old of Elmore, Lonnie and John
of Gibsonburg and Rollie of Oak
! Harbor.
! Thomas Croll, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Croll, was taken to
Memorial Hospital by his brother
following the football game Fri
+! day evening when he complained
of back injuries. He was admitted
to the hospital for examination
and treatment of muscle contu-
SionS.
! Funeral services were held at
/ the Sabroske-Myers Funeral home
Sunday afternoon for William
Sampson, 8O,. a lifelong resident Of
the Elmore community. He died
Friday in the Ottawa county home.
He had been a patient at Memoir
ial Hospital for several days and
then had been taken to the home.
He is survived by four step-sisters
and one step-brother and was a
member of st. Johns Evangelical
& Reformed church.
Mrs. Adam Shaffer was hostess
to her neighborhood card club
last Thursday afternoon with
prizes going to Mrs. Arthur Flick,
Mrs. Gail Whitinger and Mrs.
Lloyd Sherk
! Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Long and
family have moved into the home
they recently purchased On South
| River Road.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-10-22

ed. Sift flour and salt together in
to Spry mixture. Stir quickly with
round-the-bowl strokes, into a
dough that clings together and
"cleans" the bowl. Pick up and
work into smooth dough, shape
into flat round. Put dough be-
tween two IL in. squares Waxed
paper and roll lightly into circle
about the size of the paper. Peel
off top paper, place pastry in 8 in.
pie pan, pastry next to pan. Care
fully remove paper. Fit pastry in
to pan, trim l in. beyond pan,
turn back even with edge of pan,
flute rim.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

"You are here to discuss a con-
dition that has been intolerable for
many years, and now it is worse"
Attorney General Arnold Olsen
told an estimated 400 Helena gas
and telephone users damned into
the court room of Lewis & Clark
county court house last night.
The meeting, called by number
of local citizens in protest to gas in
creases of 80 to AT per cent granted
Montana Power, and similar substan-
tial rate increases granted Mountain
States Tel. & Tel, by the Public
Service Commission, then heard OIL
sen outline the Importance to utility
users of the fights his office is cur
rently carrying on through the courts
to nullify these rate boosts.
Olsen said that while the wages of
many workmen are now lower by ap-
proximately 25 per cent because of
having been cut back to the five-day
week, the utilities by being able to
get what they ask from the Commits
sion, are helping skyrocket the cost
of living.
He touched briefly on how various
utility apitalizations have been
'watered" in order to justify higher
and higher rates, and pointed out
these types of business, because they
are supposed to be regulated" are
not free, and "they haven't been
very enterprising because they've
never kept up with the public demand
for service"
The Attorney General contended
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
OCcUPATIONAL DISEASE COMMITTEE PROBE
CALLED A "WHITEYgASH" BY LABOR LEADER

dustry carry the burden of provid-
ing compensation for the industry
unfortunate victims of Silicosis. In
the 1858 session he opposed making
occupational diseases compensate,
and voted against lifting the 500
week limit on compensation payments
to permanently disabled workers.
Sen. Padbury, Lewis and Clark, by
his legislative record over several ses-
sions has also proven himself to be
consistent foe Of any improvements
desired by labor.
Sen. Angstman, Hill, has a much
better record on labor issues than his
two senatorial colleagues on the COM
mittee. In the 1851 and 1858 sessions,
however, he stood with the ACM's
"twin," Montana Power in casting
his votes for several important anti
rural identification coop measures.
How he will go on occupational dis
ease legislation may be debatable.
Rep. Phillips, Fergus, in his many
legislative sessions, has never once
voted for labor on an important is
sue. For example, in 1858, he voted
for amendments that drastically i'm
pair the operation of the Unemploy-
ment Compensation Act, voted to
establish the expensive and essential
ly Autographed labor personnel
commission bill, and voted against
ime-off-to-vote legislation.
Rep. Fry, Yellowstone, in his first
session, stood against labor on ev-
cry important labor measure on which
he cast his vote.
Rep. Rieder, Jefferson, alone of
the six committee members, has con-
sistently supported labor, and has an
overall record of better than 85 per
cent for organized labor in his two
legislative sessions.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

Falls, assisted by Charles V. Huppe,
Helena attorney.
THE SPOT THE COMMISSION
is ON
Immediately following the April
3, 1858 commission ruling, Montana
State Federation of Labor President,
James S. TIMBER, advised all locals
affiliated with the federation that
he did not believe it was the intent
of the legislature to make the 1853
amendments retroactive to benefits
due claimants adjudicated by the
commission prior to the April 1, 1853
effective date of the amendments.
And he suggested to the commission
that they were in error and should
accordingly reverse the April rul-
ing.
Shortly after Umber's warning, it
was revealed that approximately g.
100 claimants whose claims were APP
proved before April 1, had been cut
off from any further benefits. An
other $500 had their benefit max
imums reduced. In very few in
stances, benefits were increased.
Should Judge Hollis decision be
upheld = assuming the commission
will take the case to the State Su-
preme Court-it means that in every
one of the 5,400 cases where bene-
fits were cut out entirely, or were
reduced as a result of the commits
sion's April 3, 1858 ruling, adjust
ments will have to be made. Each of
the 5,400 cases will have to be re-
viewed, benefits payments still due
calculated, and checks made out for
the balance due each claimant. In
the few instances where the commits
sion overpaid unemployed wage earn
ers, the commission will have to at
tempt to re-collect such overpay-
ments. This latter may entail law
suits far more costly than the amount
overpaid.
1t is conceivable that the extra
work load entailed in correcting
this blunder by the commission may
drain several thousands of dollars
away from the UCC administration
fund-a needless waste of public
monies, because of the commits
sion's stubborn vnfws-f r .on-
slider its ill-advis~u tuning =. --priI
3, 1953.-HLB.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
Biz Timber Schools Hard Hill
BY Montana Powers Gas
Rate Increase

Big Timber Schools December
gas bill, because of the higher gas
rates granted Montana Power Co.
by the Public Service Commission
last August, was more than 20 per
cent higher than for the same
month the previous year. Accord
ing to the BIG TIMBER PIO-
NEER, the schools December
1852 gas bill was $2s7 and for De-
cember 1853, $482.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

of Montana shouldn't have to dig in
their pockets to hire engineers and
auditors to fight for their rights be-
fore the Commission. But, the cold
fact of the matter is, he went on,
they must, and he too emphasized the
Importance of establishing effective
consumers organizations on a local
and, state level. For the long pull,
he advised that the voters should
elect independent men who will be
fair" to the Commission, and legisla-
tors should be made to realize the
Importance Of sufficient appropria-
tions for the Commission.
William Pilgeram, former COM
missioner of state lands who was
elected to serve as chairman for last
nights meeting, pointed out that the
Public Service Commission hasn't
asked for an appropriation to handle
investigatory work in many years,
and that, it's been better than Is
years since the Commission consist
emily acted in the interests of the
public.
Continued on Page Two)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

quate and sufficient to satisfy the
needs of the Billings division for a
great number of years ;" Despite
this, the brief states that MDU has
unnecessarily inter-mingled gas cost
ing MDU more than the supplies
available in June 1851. This more
expensive gas cost MDU 10 cents per
thousand cubic feet (m.c.f.).
Continuing, MDU asserted at the
rate increase hearing that all of the
gas used on the Billings division cost
the utility an average of 10 cents per
m.c.f. This contention was incorrect,
says the consumers brief. Actually,
10 cents is the maximum cost of gas
purchased by MDU to serve the Bill
lings division. The brief contends that
the gas cost is considerably less than
10 cents per m.c.f."
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

In making the request, the consum.
ers group headed up by Paul o. Nc
Cormick, president of Pierce Packing
Co., and chairman of the Yellowstone
County Republican Central Commit
tee, asks the commission to deter
mine an equitable rate schedule and
find present rates in effect under
the current schedule are unlawful,
unreasonable and confiscatory."
The new MDU gas schedule took
effect December l, 1858. Under it
residential consumers rates went
up FL per cent. Commercial and
industrial users rates went up 46
to $50 per cent, and the rate for
School District 2 went up 33 Is per
cent, the brief points out.
In seeking a downward revision of
rates the Yellowstone association
points out that rate studies they
had made show that a number of
improper items were permitted to be
used by MDU in building up a rate
base to justify the Fl to 55 per cent
increases.
VEGAS investigation showed that
at the time MDU purchased Billings
Gas Co., in June, 1851, gas reserves
of the Billings company "were ade-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

| DClISOOlOI1 OOII1IIllSS1OIl.
jacobson registered for work anC
filed an initial claim for jobless bene-
fits at the Great Falls UCC office on
December Is, 1862. Under the law
as then in effect his base period was
the third quarter of 1851 through
second quarter of 1852. His total
wage credits for the period amounted
to $685.95. jacobson was found eli
gible to receive benefits of $40 a
week for IS weeks within his bene-
fit year. He served the required two
weeks waiting period, then filed
weekly claims and was paid weekly
benefits of $40 a week for 13 weeks,
through the week ending March 20,
1853.
On April 3, 1868, the commission
reopened his case, and predetermined
the benefits Jacobson was to receive
in light of amendments written into
the law by the 1858 Legislature. The
commission held his benefits should
be paid at the rate of SIG a week,
with a $500 maximum allowable to
him in the benefit year, instead of
the $3.50 previously determined by
the commission as his maximum
amount of benefits. Thereafter, the
commission caused Jacobson's bene-
fits to be limited to SIC week, pay
able in the three weeks from March
80, 1853 to April 10, 1858, and one
weekly payment of $12 payable for
the week ending April 26, 1858.
AMENDMENTS NOT EFFECTIVE
UNTIL APRIL 1, 1858
In holding the commission erred,
Judge Holt pointed out that the 33rd
Legislature amended the act to in
clude new benefit schedule after
April 1, 1853, but that the new sched-
ule could not apply to unemployment
claims cases adjudicated prior to that
date. This decision revising Jacob
sons benefits downward, accordingly
was incorrect and invalid.
The court further ruled that Jacob
son was entitled to weekly benefits
of SIG, for period of seven weeks
after April 1, 1858; that the commits
sion ruling cutting his benefit maxi
mum be set aside, and that the COM
must pay him SIP less pay
ments of $62 already made.
Jacobson was represented in the |
case by Leo Graybill, Jr., of Great !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

which is considerably less than the
figure ordinarily used by the industry
for depreciation. Information is not
at the moment available whether
MDU also uses the 3 p per cent fig
ure as depreciation basis in comput-
ing its taxable valuation. However, it
wouldn't appear so, since MDU used
a SIS million value for rate making,
and a valuation of only So million
for tax purposes.-ED.)
Placing property value for rate
purposes on gas reserves which are
now depleted was also improper, the
brief alleges.
Still another major improper item,
YGCA asserts, was INDUS wrong
fully including as additional capital
expense certain prospective earnings
of 61a per cent, and income taxes
for the operation of certain segments
of natural gas lines used by the de-
fandant -
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
ATTENTION GAS AND TELEPHONE CONSUMERS

Attorney General Arnold Olsen will be the Z-Bar
network Saturday evening at 80 to explain qualifications
of the current fight the substantial rate increases
granted the states three major utilities by the Public Ser
vice Commission in recent months
The broadcast will originate at KXLJ, Helena, and will
also be carried by KXLF, Butte; KXLK, Great Falls;
KILL, Mssoula, and KXLQ, Bozeman.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
U.G. COMMISSION MAY b. IN PLENTY Of hot
WATER over april. 1858 RULING

The possibility the Unemployment Compensation Commits
be in for cheap of trouble doomed large this week
result of District Court finding that the commission
trying to retroacvey apply 1858 Legislative amend
ments to the law.
The decision handed down by Judge F. Holt of Great
Falls in the of Jake Jacobson Unemployment Com
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
MDU WENT IN FOR
DEPRECIATION SHOWDOWN

Another improper procedure used
by MDU in order to justify its rate
increase, YGCA contends, evolved
around plant depreciation. MDU, for
rate-fixing purposes, deprecated its
Billings division plant at 81 per cent,
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12

at is interesting to note that a
legislative committee intends to meet
to investigate occupational disease
tions for legislation after the Mon
tana State Federation of Labor had
announced the intent to circulate an
initiative petition on occupational di-
sease," James S. TIMBER, President of
the Montana State Federation of La
Dor said in Helena this week.
This appears to be nothing more
than the opening gun in an effort to
defeat the enactment of legislation
long overdue in Montana" TIMBER
said. Zone look at majority of the
committees members convinces labor
that this is nothing more than
'whitewash' group such as the two
previous legislative committees" UNI
Der continued.
"The Legislature has repeatedly
failed its responsibility to Silicotics
and other diseased workmen and has
piled the 100000 biennial cost of
providing for the diseased wage earn
ers on the public welfare program
supported by the taxpayers.
THE Montana State Federation
of Labor is dedicated to this fight for
the protection of diseased wage earn
ers and the protection of their fami-
lies and we intend to go to the peo-
pie for their decision" President UNI
Der said.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
New M.D.U. Rates "Confiscatory"
Say Yellowstone Gas Consumers

Increased rates recently approved by the Public Ser
vice Commission for Montana Utilities Co. un
reasonable unjust discriminatory and confscaory the yell
owsone Gas Consumers Association of Billings charge
brief requesting the Commission reduction.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
WALLACE FOUGHT DISEASE
INITIATIVE

During the Occupational Disease
Initiative campaign of 1852 Sen. Wal
lace, repeatedly Montana Power
Company attorney, was Lake county's
leading spokesman in opposition to
making the mining and smelling in
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
MDU IN GOOD FINANCIAL
SHAPE

MDU at all times has been able
to produce revenue for operating ex-
pense, for the paying of it's debts,
and for payment of dividends, the
brief continues. Such dividends have
been commensurate with returns on
investment in other enterprises hav-
ing corresponding risks and is suffic-
lent to. assure confidence in the de-
Continued on Page Four)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-03-12
Overflow Crowd Discusses Gas
Rates Boost At Helena MEETING

his office has a duty to defend the
public interest, and that, so long
as he is in that office this fight
against unreasonable utility rate
increases will be carried on vigi-
lantly.
Olsen, like speakers who followed
him, emphasized the need of con-
sumers' organizations to help protect
consumers interests before the Com
mission when rate matters are up for
consideration.
COMMISSION HAS 'FALLEN
DOWN"
Former Governor John w. Bon
ner, speaking as legal counsel for
the Glasgow consumers association,
told the gathering that "a part of
your government-the Public Service
COMMISSIONERS fallen down" in its
responsibilities to the people. This
in part, he said, was due to the leg
islature failing to appropriate suf-
ficient funds for the Commission to
do a thorough job of investigating
utility rate structures.
Bonner contended that "the people
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-09-22
us. Today Could Wipe Out Every
City In The Soviet Union With Rain
OF Atomic Bombs, Says New Book

WASHINGTON, R>-A new book
says the United States could wipe
out every city in abe Soviet Union
with a rain of atomic bombs
today-and, within another year,
could do the job with hydrogen
bombs so times as destructive.
"The hydrogen bomb" a copy
righted book by Time Magazine
staffers James R. Shepley and
Clay Blair Jr. warns at the same
time that within only few years
Or even less" the Red air force
"must be conceded the same capa-
bility against the United States"
Shepley and Blair say that
within another year after 1854"
most of the bombs this country
could drop in a mass raid would
be H-bombs of at least Is mega
tons force-that is, the explosive
power of Is million tons of TINT.
This compares with the esti-
mated 500 kiloton force of the
biggest existing A-bombs-equiv-
alent to 100000 tons of TINT. The
authors say the potential strength
of the H-bomb is As megatons-
AZ million TONS Of TINT
at seems doubtful" the book
says, that any people actually
could survive the shock of say
1000 obsolete 5OO-kiloton bombs.
1t seems more than probable that
no people could survive if one
substitutes in the equation the
potential As megatons of the Their
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-09-22

monuclear hydrogen bomb ..
amy time in the year 1854, the
US. Strategic Air Command had
the capability, if the President of
the United States issued such an
order, to rain down complete ur-
ban humiliation on the Soviet
Union
"Within another year after 1854
most of the bombs in such a raid
would be not 500-kiloton bombs
but thermonuclear bombs of at
least Is megatons force. One thou
sand Soviet targets wiped from
the face of the earth would leave
little else to hit even in such
vast land"
The Shepley Blair book, an
abridgement of which appears in
the current U. S. News & World
Report magazine, says atomic
scientist ]. Robert Oppenheimer
actively opposed the hydrogen
bomb more than a year after
President Truman ordered work
on the superweapon begun.
Oppenheimer, who has since
been barred from atomic secrets,
has testified before an Atomic
Energy Commission panel that he
dropped his opposition to about
H-bomb research once Truman
gave the go-ahead on Jan. 81,
1850.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1954-09-22
Sen. Kafauver, Returning
From Abroad, Says U. S.
Foreign Policy Failing

NEW YORK, .R = Sen. Estes
Kefauver 3D. Tenn, returning
from abroad, said Tuesday that
American foreign policy is falling
apart as bulWark against
spreading Communism.
He said the diplomatic de-
feats" of Geneva and the Europ-
can Defense Community have
done much "to blunt the force of
our efforts" and urged "dra-
matte manifestation of our peace
full motives"
Such an effort, he said, might
be announcement that the United
States planned to build series
of atomic plants "for peaceful
purposes and the development of
a cheap atomic power in Asia
and some of the backward parts
of the world"