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The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
SHIP LINES NEED
 REVENUE INCREASE
 TO WIPE OUT DEFICIT

Freight rates for Alaska Steam ship Company and Coastwise Line will be increased 10 per cent, effective February 10, ac- cording to information given Delegate E. L. Bartlett by the Federal Maritime Board.
 This announcement, received from Delegate Bartlett this week in his Washington Newsletter" confirms the announcement made at a recent Chamber of Commer- ce meeting when local members went on record objecting to the -the-board increase with out a public hearing being held.
 The tariffs will apply between Seattle and Tacoma and Alaska ports on Alaska Steamship Com pany vessels and between Cali fornia, Oregon, and Tacoma ports in the Territory on Coastwise. vessels.
 Tn keeping with everyone else," the two companies claim, "the steamship lines operating to Alaska have had substantial in creases in various operating costs since the last rate adjustment be- came effective March l, 1852" Alaska Steamship Company of ficiaIs state that the estimated revenues from passengers, mail, freight, and other sources totalled S16,967, ,539 for 1853, with operat- ing expenses totalling $16,859, ,786, the net result before taxes being S107,753.
 Coastwise states that during the past year it's total operations will indicate a loss of about $300,- 900. Approximately 50 percent of the revenues of this latter line is derived from Alaska trade. The Alaska Steamship Company has projected 1854 operating losses using 1853 revenues and wages and conditions which exist as of | Continued on page 8)
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
Local Loggers invited 10 Second Meeting

Anchorage and George Hutton of the Coastwise Anchorage office who were present to answer ques- tions pertaining to their particu- lar phases in the proposed pro- gram.
 Another meeting will be held in the Coop club room on Sat- urday, January 23 at 300 pm. At this time it is expected that those attending the meeting last Friday will have had time to formulate some of the ideas advanced at the meeting, including the possibility of forming an association of log gers and sawmill owners. Any one interested in the program is invited to attend the meeting.
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
Ticket Sales To Begin for Annual M March of Dimes Dance

Don Magee and his orchestra, popular Anchorage dance band, will be heard at the March of Dimes dance to be sponsored by local members of Beta Sigma Phi on January 30 at the Palmer School gymnasium.
 Admission will be $200 per couple and tickets for the annual affair will be on sale the first part of the week. They may be obtained from any sorority mem Der or members of a committee appointed by sorority president Betty Rice. Commiteee members are Dorothy Saxton, Clara Buzby, Dorothy Getsgo, Gladyce Jones, and Virginia Gallant. Formal dress will be optional.
 Committee members have an- nounced they will combine Val entine theme with the March of Dimes motifs and preparations for decorations in the gym are already under way. Check room service will be offered.
 Kiwanis members, who are working with the sorority on the local March of Dimes, reported this week that contributions being made in the test tube" collection cans are coming along pretty well, with a few full cans already turn ed in. The two service clubs have joined forces in urging 100 per cent participation in the 1854 March of Dimes campaign.
 "Research will mean victory" members of the National Founda- ton for Infantile Paralysis have reminded donors this year. Gam ma globulin-obtained from hu- man blood-protects for a few weeks. But it is in very short sup ply. A new program, Polio Pre- vention, has been started this year. To insure the success of the program and to enable the com
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The frontiersman., 1954-01-21

A large representation of log gers, and others interested in the promotion of the logging indus try in this area, attended a meet ing held by the Matanuska Val ley Chamber of Commerce this past Friday.
 As this was the first large scale meeting ever held by local loggers, nothing concrete was es- tablished. However, many discus sions centering around ready markets, lumber potentials and availabilities, shipping costs and various other subjects were con- ducted. Fred Zieke, Chamber president, introduced William c. Bittner of the Alasia Company of
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
Justification J Must
 Be Shown 10 Reopen Office, Marshal Says

"Just show me good justifica- ton and 1 will do all I can toward the reopening of Deputy Mar shal office in the Matanuska Val ley", Fred Williamson, U. s. Mar shal told a large gathering last Thursday night. Williamson had been invited to the meeting by the Matanuska Valley Republican Club to discuss the reopening of the office closed last year.
 Representatives from nearly every organization and business in Palmer were in attendance, including law enforcement off, cers of the City, Territory and Wasilla.
 U. s. Commissioner May Car ter of Wasilla told Williamson that Wasilla is an unincorporated area, that they are too small to incorporate and therefore are faced with a different problem than areas where there are some law enforcement officers on duty. We have difficulty in even gett- ing hold of an officer with the only phone located at the Rail road Dept. where the agent is on duty eight hours day. Territory Police are located soutside the area and without adequate tele- phone or radio communications, it is difficult to even carry out the work as Commissioner with out an officer, she pointed out to the Marshal.
 "The area is growing, with many homesites and homesteads being taken up. Many complaints from owners who reported break ins on their property had to go uninvestigated because there was no Marshal available. When ask ed how many complaints of this nature had been received this past year. Mrs. Carter stated that .he complaints were pretty well scattered along the roads and that they totalled between 30 and 40. Tn one case, I had a drunk and disorderly complaint signed. I notified the patrolman but got no results until one month later", she told Williamson.
 If the office was closed for ec- onomical reasons" Pat Carter told Williamson, T can't see it., and went on to tell of a death at Big Lake that at first appeared to be caused by foul play. 'We had to fly officials in-the plane stood by while they were in Continued on page 8
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
ALASKA GAN PRODUCE OWN FERTILIZERS, EXPERT BELIEVES

A gathering, numbering be- tween 40 and 50 persons, heard Lee Fryer of the Charles Lilly Seed Company speak on soil fer tility and fertilizers and their importance in producing top grade crops.
 Fryer, who is in the territory arranging for shipments of fer tilizer and seed for his firm, told those present that he could for see the day when basic fertilizer needs will be produced in Alaska. Ammonium nitrate, petroleum by-product, can be produced when your oil is developed", he stated. Ammonium nitrate ship ments to Valley farmers have been very costly-when you could get them. Fred Zieke got them for you last year-this year they are not promising anything above last years arrangements, Fryer told those attending. "In fact, he added, the steamship lines ap- piled for permission to charge regular explosive freight rates on ammonium nitrate.
 Inevitably, Fryer continued, when resources of the Territory are exploited itsswould be silly to boost the development of Alas ka without looming Alaska agri- culture".
 Fryer predicted that in time to come Alaska will be producing fertilizers now imported from the States and Europe. With this development premium shipping prices will be a*thing of the past, he said.
 The fertilizer specialist pune tuated parts of his talk with in- formative films. Ed Baldwin of Alaska Seed Company from An chorage accompanied Fryer and assisted in showing the films. Following a general discussion period coffee and doughnuts were served by the Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association.
 While in this area Fryer also spoke to a group of farmers who sell milk to George Jackson of the Alaska Dairy, and members of the Anchorage Chamber ot Commerce.
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21
On Being c Cood Neighbor

all pride ourselves being neighborly Within the circle o community the helping hand is extended to those in distress being good hsghbor community is enough problems facing all of that be solved of these health and welfare problems better solved volunarythrough all efforts than by a paternalic allembracing government
 The scorge polio problem be solved locally Victory be only community voluntarily supports national attack against the disease This requires national organization the fight Fortunately have battletested leader the National Foundation for Inantie Paralysis
 For 1e years chapters have attack against polio purely voluntary organ Dimes of the reccg polio could conquered only through expensive and expansive effort
 doing things opposed to the tota way all people must simply accept what is done
 that nehborness should stop at the borders community the take over welfare We don't believe these people what this kind of government program would involve
 As President recently talking voluntary he of democracy noet the Government Q The slogan is-Lets do it Ourselves"
 Robert Lansdale New recently facilities and services of voluntary agencies would have be spent by the State to build plants and programs while public and private agencies complement the voluntary which have explored pioneered developed echues of assistance and set the for all and voluntary agencies do not conflict both found sound basis for their existence in the social
 We think reasoning hope voluntary organizations will continue to integral part of the American way tendencies.
 The 18th starting we'll be the most significant of progamPOL1o trial vaccine to be tested this yearay mean
 grim and Victory close but it only reached all dig down and give than ever before
 Here good nghbors national scale and prove spirit voluntary cooperation mighty weapon against disease and disaster.
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21

MT. and Mrs. Robert May, for ner Palmerites, are back in town this week after a vacation spent in the States. They plan to move to Anchorage soon. May is with the Bureau of Mines.
The frontiersman., 1954-01-21

TRY A FRONTIERSMAN CLASSIFIED AID for that item you may have for sale. rent or lease.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
Christ ChurChmen
Met Last Thursday
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parishiOners. Mr.. Wilson, himself
a lay leader, emphasized the need
of each churchman to give of his
GOd-granted talent to further the
Church's program.
Several important committees
were announced TO function i'm 1854
Telephone Committee: Charles
Sigler, chairman; John Jewell.
John Glenn, Harvey Wood, and
Theodore Pyne.
Program and Fellowship Commit
tee: Frank Elton, chairman, TheO-
dore GOvatOS, Richard Bennett. and
Morris GrOverman.
Sick and Welfare Committee:
Harvey Wood, chairman; other Off
GERS Of the organization.
Service Committee: Horace Rid
ings, chairman, James Cresson.
Samuel Marshall, Jr., and Richard
Mills.
. Hobby Night Committee: Michael
GToVerman, chairman, Horace Will
ley, Ernest Moss, Clarence Melvin
and Ivan Telling.
A General Committee meeting OF
these Chairmen and the officers oil
the organization will be hclC
Thursday, January 21st, at the
home of the president. Theodore
II. Pync The meeting will begin
at 500 p. m.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
Girl Scouts Will
Meet Here Jan. Goth
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Board of Directors OF the Council,
a vote will be taken on the revis-
ion of the Bylaws. According to
the Bylaws, the area was to be
divided into seven districts, each
district to constitute a county. 1t
has been found to be an unwise di-
vision of territory as the counties
of Delaware are too large. 1t is
the wish of the board to have the
authority to subdivide Delaware
into as many districts as seems
necessary.
Boy Scout Commissioner Irwin ].
Bowman, Dover, will bring a brief
message to the group.
Mrs. Fl. c. Miller, Dover, will act
as chairman of the Elections Com
mittee and report the results of
the voting.
The board of directors and mem
bership-nOminating committee will
be installed by Mrs. Everngam.
Every registered adult Girl Scout
has a vote at this meeting and all
friends of scouting are invited to
attend. 1t is hoped that each troop
will purchase at least two tickets
for the dinner. Tickets have been
mailed to the leaders of each troop
and additional tickets may be pur-
chased through the Council office
in Denton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15

separately and arrive at a financial
understanding with each, the
charges to be commensurate with
the patients ability to pay and
with the service each doctor per
forms.
2. Except where he is attended
by doctors practicing in a clinic
group providing the necessary
diagnOstic and treatment facilities
in one organization, by doctors
who are partners in the same office
or by doctors who are full-time
employees of a hospital, the patient
should expect to pay-in fact, insist
on paying-each private practi-
toner by separate bill.
g. He should suspect fee-splitting
in any instance where the individ-
ual referring physician and the
individual surgeon submit joint
or combined bill, for this is I'M
ethical according to the Principles
of Medical Ethics of the American
Medical Association as interpreted
by the A. NJ. A. Judicial Council.
4. Above all, the patient should
: recognize that the services of
the honest, conscientious general
practitioner in making a correct
diagnosis and in placing him IN
the hands of d good surgeon may
be as valuable to him as the surgery
itself and should be rewarded ac-
cOrdingly
5. The key to public education
against fee-splitting is intelligent
questioning of each doctor about his
/ fee and how it can be paid, for
tee-splitting depends on the ignor-
ance of the patient that deal has
been made between the referring
physician and the surgeon. AS a
matter of self-prOtectiOn, the patient
should know who gets how much
and for what.
Spencer's article is accompanied
by a statement from DR.. Paul r
Hawley, The Director. American
College of Surgeons, who says:
"The careful reader of The
! SATURDAY ENGulllS OoL VIII Nv
reach the conclusion that thu
majority of doctors are scOundrels
or the medical profession has for
feited it's right to the confidence
of the public On the contrary, h'
will be treasured by the knowledge
that medical men of ability ant
integrity are earnestly striving Il
eradicate those evils which arr
not only harmful to patients bu
also bring great discredit upon
noble profession.
THE expediency of informing tn
public that some doctors practic
unethically has been seriOusl
challenged. The American COlleg
of Surgeons belieyes not only tina
people have the right to this in
formation but also that little i'm
provement NAV be expected with
out their help
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15

is found in outlying parts of
Pennsylvania and New Jersey i
it is bad in New York City with
a few notorious exceptions, the
South Atlantic states are fairly
clean. But fee splitting is said to
be widespread in certain West
Coast cities, and it fiourishes
through much of the Middle West"
Midwestern states specifically
mentioned in the article were Iowa,
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and
Ohio.
1T can be argued" says Mr..
Spencer, that the secret division
of a fee is not in itself harmful, if
you as a patient don't mind not
knowing who gets how much of your
medical dollar.
Whether fee splitting is a finan-
cial imposition on the patient or not,
it is certainly, in many cases. a
serious ands dangerous physical
one. For it often leads to unneces-
sary surgery, with the accompany
ing unnecessary risk. and to the
family doctors choice of a surgeon
on the basis of the latter's COM
mission arrangements rather than
his competence.
Zone reason these activities can
go Undecided by the public is
that the layman is seldom capable
of evaluatina the surgery per-
formed upon his own body.
"The removal of a healthy organ
or piece of tissue is seldom per-
petuated as " deliberate and in
territorial fraud upon the patient
The unnecessary operation usually
comes about through the haste
pressure aHd professional covering
up thGC so often characterize
commercial surgery
What can the patient do about
fee-splitting? What steps can he
take to protect himself against it,
These questions were prOpOunded
by the nations leading science
writer's at a press conference will
the ACS Board of Regents las
October. Mr.. Spencer quotes form
the Regents reply. the full tex
of which follows:
l. Before he undergOes surgery
the patient or his RESPONSIBLE repre-
sentative should talk to his owl
/ family doctor and tn the recon-
mened surgeon individually ant
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
How The Public Can
Curb Fee Splitting
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tcO0Llnueu from llISA pdBGy
tive to question each doctor about
his fee and the method of payment.
AT the very moment when the
medical profession has reached a
shining pinnacle Of scientific COM
petence. having pushed back disease
and disability on all sides and raised
the average life expectancy of the
people to record high, it is under
serious attack for the moral dere-
Lotions of some of its busiest
members" says Mr.. Spencer.
1.-The secret splitting of fees is
against the law in % state, and a
division made with the patients
knowledge is still illegal in sixteen
of those states, Fee splitting in any
form is unethical in all states, and
in Canada, also, if the American
Medical Associations code of ethics
is to be taken seriously as the
physicians guide to correct conduct.
Moreover, it is a violation of a
specific pledge taken by all members
of the American College of Sur
geOns, and is contrary to the staff
rules of every accredited hospital in
North America .
But the offenders have been
increasing in recent years, and are
now so concentrated in certain
communities and hospitals that they
are impairing the quality of sur
gical care offered the unsuspecting
public in those places 49,.
"The College Of Surgeons has
been distressed by then number
of reports and letters it receives
from well-qualifed young men seek
ing a place to practice surg ry and
being told, in town after town
that there would be no business for
them unless they cOnfOrmed to the
local custom of turning back 81
to so per cent to the referring
doctors. $1,000.
Fee splitting has always ha(
a spOtty distribution. It is rampant
in some communities and almOs
unknown in others Boston
and Philadelphia, where the in
fluence of the country's oldes
medical schools is strong, are rela
lively free of the practice, but g.. i
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now 16.
Campaign materials and supplies
were given to all community chair
men who were urged to get the
campaign under way fast and to
turn in reports on progress and
completion as promptly as possible.
Col. Baker distributed copies of a
repOrt containing a detailed &C
count of money expended in Sus-
sex County during the past year
and covering cases as far back as
1947. A total of $8,348.12 was paid
out last year by the Sussex Chap
ter up to December Z, 1858, for
hospital care; treatments, braces,
shoes and other necessary aid. In
addition to that sum, the Sussex
Chapter contributed to the N. F. l.
P. Epidemic Aid Fund, the sum of
S4,195.O5, making a total of dis
bursements of $12,543.17. Since
December z, according to Col.
Baker. there are a number of other
bills which have come in and which
must be paid. Of the total amount
GADGUuGU vi EdoCSs ldloL yCalg IllE
sum of $7,265.88 was expended on
care of patients who had polio in
1852 during the epidemic which
saw IS cases in Sussex County.
The list of Community chairmen
serving in the 1854 campaign in
Sussex follows: William Porter
Milton; Clarence Edward Truitt
DagsbOrO: William Long, Frank
ford; Wolfe c. Gray, MillsbOro
Henry P. Cannon, End, Bridgeville
Mrs. Iva Short Booth, Georgetown
Mrs. Rebecca Palmer, Lewes; Ben.
jamin Hurley, SeafOrd; JOSEPH
Kemp, Milford; Mrs. Oscar Thomas
Delmar; William p Bant, Ocear
View; Mrs. Edith H. Barker, HaT
| bosom; Rufus Smith, Selbyville
Alfred Tyson Cannon, Greenwood
Mrs. Harold +. HOstedler, Lincoln
William Donovan, Glendale; Mrs
Alvin f. Simpler, RehObOth, ant
Mrs. Eva Russell, Laurel.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
New Billy Graham
Film In Premiere
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21st, in the Milford Theatre. The
Milford Ministerial Association, in
charge of local arrangements for
the showing, announced that the
picture will begin at 6 p. m, with
a second showing at $3.50.
Exclusive full color scenes of the
Texas City disaster of 1915 high
light the climax scenes of "OIL
TOWN, u. S. A" Graham's new film
features the evangelist and members
of his team in their city-wide
evangelistic crusade in Houston.
Texas, last summer, with scenes
from the meeting in Rice Stadium
where $4,000 gathered to hear Gra-
ham for the largest evangelistic
meeting in American history.
Featured in the film are pro-
fessional Hollywood players who
have become Christians themselves,
including Colleen Townsend Evans,
Georgia Lee, Paul Power, Robert
Clarke, and the stars of ''Mr. Texas"
Redd Harper and Cindy Walker.
"Oil Town, U. S. A" is in natural
color and approximately ninety
minutes in length.
Churches of Kent and Sussex
Counties announce that all seats
are free, unreserved, and On tie
basis of first come first served. 4"
There will be no admission charge,
though an offering will be taken.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
DR.. Harry Mcdaniel
Has Been Retired
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land and the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland on Brucellosis control. He
was in private practice in Cumber-
land Maryland, for eight years and
has been with the Maryland Live
stock Sanitary Service since 1916
in charge of laboratories at the
Hagerstown and Frederick Branch
es dealing primarily with Tubercu-
losis and BrucelOsis Control, rou-
tine Veterinary problems and dag
nOsis of poultry diseases.
DR.. Teeter is a member OF the
American Veterinary Medical AssO-
citation, Maryland State Veterinary
Association and a ROtarian. He is
46 years of age, married and has
two children.
The State Board of Agriculture
stated DR.. Teeter's appointment had
been made after reviewing a num-
Der of applications for the post
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles c. Jones of
Glendale, Delaware, announced the
engagement of their daughter,
Helen Elizabeth, to Jacob David
Strahle, son of Mrs. Elizabeth l.
Strahle and the late Mr.. Karl
Strahle, of near Milford, on Sun
day, January 9rd, at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. DOnnell Calhoun.
Those present were the immediate
family and a few friends. Miss
Jones is associated with the Masten
Trucking Company, Inc, of Mil
ford. Mr. Strahle is a resident
farmer of near Milford. The we'd
ding will take place i'm the near
future.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
Sussex County Story
Being Told In Canada

Sussex County farmers have built
system Of drainage .ditches-twO
million feet in all, to carry water
from low fields and making plant
ing crops safe" instead of
gamble. This has been accomplish
ed mostly during the past three
years, with the cooperation of the
local soil conservation district.
According to d. L. Parks, secre-
tary of the Eastern Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement Committee,
the lack of drainage is the biggest
problem in crop production in that
area. The conference is attracting
about $50 leading farmers and
county agents from Eastern Ontar-
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1954-01-15
NeJU Officers Elected
By Trust Company
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Jr., Vice President; George II.
Short, Vice President; Howard T.
POstles, Vice President; George T.
Reed, Jr., Treasurer, Secretary and
Trust Officer; Bessie NJ. Warren,
Assistant Trust Officer; James G..
Holzmueller, Assistant Treasurer,
and James F. Salevan, Assistant
Treasurer.