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Face the Sales Tax Issue Squarely

6. Improved roads means less dust. 2. Improved roads aid walking. 8. Improved roads and sidewalks
 makes it less hazardous for your
 child to walk. g. Will improve the appearance of
 the City.
 10. With funds, City could take ad-
 vantage of low cost road build
 ing opportunities. II. Fair to allow cost to individ-
 ual and gradual payment. 12. A seaport town needs a small
 boat harbor.
 13. All users of the City's facilities
 help pay for them. IA. A progressive step forward.
 There's the arguments for and against. Weigh them carefully Many more could be listed. Suffice to say, the sales tax issue on the election ballot offers the voter an excellent opportunity to express his confidence in the progress of the City of Kodiak, and his willing ness to assist in paying for it.
 Vote "Yes" for the Consumers Sales Tax.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

Kodiak will go to the polls Tues day and mark an "X" in the space provided, signifying as to whether they want a consumers sales tax here or not. There has been con- siderable, discussion of late as to the pros and cons of the question. The arguements. against, to men, tion a few, are as follows: 1. It will drive business outside. 2. Too many taxes already 3. Too many reports already. 4 A nuisance tax.
 The arguments for could be list ed this way:
 l. Tax will provide better roads
 and small boat harbor. 2. Better roads mean better mile
 age on tires.
 g. Better roads mean less wear and
 tear on your car. 4. Cost of the tax saved each year
 in repair bills on tires and the
 car.
 5. Cost of tax is extremly small
 estimated $20 to $40 per con.
 Sumer per year.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

DON THINNER GAINS DEGREE
 Don McKern Fenner, son of Al and Mabel Fenner, received his Bachelor of Science degree. at a ceremony held at Pacific Uniyersi- ty.
 Fenner is studying Optometry, and will receive his doctors degree next year.
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@ IT g r 2 G5}LS

N t healthy comm ..lty t good community in which to live. 1t is, therefore, il-A .9 see that any .t N "a nay lead to the spre~- ;. dis SC is properly con trolled.
 In Kodiak, one of the prime fac tors which might be threat to our health is RATS.
 RATS are ditry. They spread many diseases.
 RATS cost money. The annual U. S. Rat bill is 2 billion dollars.
 RATS waste food. Rats damage over 200 million bushels of grain each year in the U. s.
 RATS can be controlled. Modern poisons can kill 98 to 100 percent of the rats in any city block. They won't come back-if buildings are rat-proofed-if food is kept cover- ed--if hiding places are removed. Rat killing takes organization and time. It is a continuous job.
 Trash is not only fire hazard. It is splendid hiding and breed ing place for rats. See that all such hiding places are cleaned up around your premises.
 Rats can be controlled by the constant use of ''Warfarin." This rat poison is non-injurious to pets, but is to date, the most effective method yet found for the control of rats and mice. The City of Ko- diak will supply this material FREE OF CHARGE to any of the residents of Kodiak and it's en- vironS, who wish to assist in the control of this menace.
 So long as there is normal dis tribution of freight, there is no way to prevent new rats from ar irving in our community. It is pos sible, however, to keep them from spreading, if we see that their food supply around the waterfront is eliminated. It is therefore, impor- tant that the beaches in and around the City be kept free of fish offal and garbage. So long as this debris is allowed to accumu- late on our beaches, we will have large numbers of rats. Every resi- dent and businessman should see that they do their part in stopping this threat to our community health.
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Couple Wed

red Friesen became the b ide Rev. W. John Stickwood yesterua ay, February 3, 1956 at 7:3O p. m in a lovely candlelight cere- mony The double ring ceremony was performed beneath an arch of evergreens by Rev. Paul E. Schom- ing at the Kodiak Christian Cen ter.
 The bride was gowned in beau tiful ankle length dress of all-over white lace, over a full double pleat- ed net skirt. She carried white Bible, with red roses and satin Streamers.
 Mrs. Vern Helms, Matron of Honor, wore gown of deep sal mon satin with white lace trim. MT. Vern Helms acted as best man, and Jack Brenton and Ray Jennings of the Naval Station were ushers.
 Little Myra Schoming, attired in an ankle length aquamarine dress, was ring bearer. Candle lighters were Sharon Schoming and Carol TorSen.
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Mrs. Vivian Panchot slipped on the ice Wednesday morning as she was entering the Supply Building on the Naval Station. She was bad ly bruised and was confined to her home for a couple of days.
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P.T.A. TO MEET

There will be meeting of the P.T.A. Thursday, February g, in the kindergarten room at 8 D. m. Miss Pat Gordon, French teacher, will be in charge of the program for the evening.
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Property owners-You need help in supporting your town. The gov ernment won't carry us forever. Vote Yes for Consumers Sales Tax Feb. '.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04
Annexation Is The AnsWer

The second progressive step for the City of Kodiak to take next week in the election is to vote in the Mission Road area as part of the City.
 There is no better time than the present. The City's progress, health, economics and well-being
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is affected by the area and the residents in it. The residents need the City'S utilities and the use of its equipment and facilities. The City needs the revenue.
 It will be a happy merger for both parties concerned.
 Vote "YeS" for Annexation.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-02-04

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Auntak 8sIl. rll1' < .1 Published every Saturday Kodiak, Alaska
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had risen to $5o,2se,so1 five years
later. These savings were held "
1854 individual accounts ~ 1854
There 10 no figure available FOL
comparison with 1949. :.
Mortgage loans kept the pace
In 1949 the institutions surveyed
financed $1l,72s,slS in mortgages
whereas in 1854 their loan port
folios held $60,1sSs,469 In mort
cages.
With respect to moneys laid
aside for reserves, comparative
figures reveal . tendency toward
greater conservation. For example
in 1949, some $5s9,77b were held
in reserve, while in 1854 reserves
were $2,93S,339. This increase Of
about 5001c in reserves stands
we'll above the average increase Of
about 1900 in other categories OF
this report.
Character Of Associations
The II reporting associations
are divided as follows: 10 chart
cred by the Federal Home Loan
Bank Board; s are state mutual
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The associations for the first
time were asked for data about
directors and their occupations,
number Of employees, branch &C.
tions, and industry affiliations.
tivity If any, age Of the institn-
tions, and industry affiliations.
This information too was enlighten-
ing.
Board of Directors
Physicians and dentists as q
group outranked all other occupa-
lions among those who make up the
board of directors, followed closely
by insurance men. Banking execu-
tives, usually association officers,
comprise the next largest group.
Other we'll represented vacations
were realtors, educators, lawyers,
retail proprietors and government
employees. However, at least 16
other categories were represented
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. hearing.
The brsak-throush in Job %.
portunities has been chiefly In
clerical, office, and whits-collar
work for women. Soms few have
made their way into the sales
forces Of Fifth Avenue department
storss). Negro men have made the
Jump from sweeper to foreman,
but few reach the upper supervis-
DRY and executive ranks.
There have been several instances
during the last year Of individuals
representing minority groups be-
ing advanced to new positions Of
responsibility and respect in New
York, Leontyne Price pioneered in
q major operate role on television
and Robert McFerrin made his de-
but at the Metropolitan.
At New York's City Center, Ev-
erett Lee was the first Negro to
conduct a major American opera
performance. On the other hand,
various Negro groups in New York
City have felt it necessary to plan
a boycott Of radio and TV sta
tions to dramatic their claims for
increased employment in the in
dustry for Negro performers, tech
nicians, and office workers.
Along with other northern COM
munities,. New York has been CIV
ing more conscientious attention
to its human relations problems
since the Supreme Court school
segregation decisions. In the met
ropolitan area, IA major social SER
vice organizations in New York
City, Westchester, and Nassau,
both public and private, have band
ed together on an interfaith and
interracial basis to find homes for
Negro and Puerto Rican orphans.
In December, Mayor Robert F.
Wagner appointed 15-member in
tergroup relations commission to
survey situations involving dis
elimination, bigotry, and race ten
sions, to investigate complaints,
with power of subpoena, and to de-
velop a positive program to i'm
prove relations among the city's
diverse racial, religious, and ethnic
groups.
Machinery Established
The machinery to bring about a
better day for the northern Negro
in the economic field has been es-
tablished at the state, city, and
community level but there is still
much complaint among Negroes
that the mandate and advice of
these groups are not being ade-
quately followed.
On the other hand, when they
try to push too fast they run up
against such opposition as that
recently uttered by the speaker of
the State Assembly, Oswald D.
Heck, an active candidate for Gov
ernor of New York in 1858, when
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Would Use States
Rights 10
Bar Student

Tallahassee, Fla, July 2 In
a brief filed here last week, Atty
Gen. Richard w. Erwin asked the
Florida Supreme Court to invoke
the States Rights barrier in order
to keep Negro student out Of the
University Of Florida law school.
Erwin petitioned the court to
throw states rights in the face Of
q. U. s. Supreme Court decision
odering Virgil D. Hawkins Of Day
tona Beach admitted without delay.
In handing down the ruling the
High Court said last March IL, that
there was mo reason for further
delay" Of Hawkins, admission to
the all-white school.
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he accused Charles Abrams, head
of the state commission against
discrimination, of being "too much
of zealot."
Change Under Way
The job of migrating southern
Negroes into the northern economy
grows with their numbers. Sur
veys indicate, however, that there
are solid reasons for believing that
even with this influx a permanent
change is underway in the North,
marked by steadily expanding job
horizons for Negroes on the basis
of their talent and training.
The generally prosperous eco
nomic situation has helped. The
real test for Negro economic in
tegration will come when job seek
ers become more plentiful than
Jobs. But a foundation that is
being we'll laid now gives promise
that the slow steady pace at which
the Negro is forging ahead is CIV
ing time for that public education
necessary to maintain this prog
ress in any period Of contracting
economy ahead.
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awarded. so worth Of groceries
from their favorits grocer.
Any baby up to the age OF 8
years who has been fed Pet Evapo.
rated Milk 10 eligible to win the
honor and awards in this monthly
event. To enter, parents simply
send in their baby's picture-any
clear snapshot will do - along
with the baby's name and date Of
birth, and the parents names and
address.
Entries should be mailed to Pet
Milk Company, 1890 Arcade Build
ing, st. Louis I, Mo. Any num-
Der Of children from the same fam
lily may be entered az long as they
are not over 8 years old.
A spokesman for the Pet Milk
Company said, Because more Of
Americas healthy, happy babies
are raised on Pet Evaporated Milk
than any other brand, we are spon-
soring the "Pet Milk Baby Of the
Month series to honor as many Of
them as possible" He also said
his company was gratified to re-
ceive pictures Of so many fine
looking babies from this area.
Readers are urged to watch for
the "Pet Milk Baby of the Month"
winners in this paper every week
and to send in snapshots of their
own Pet Milk babies as soon as
possible.
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Bishop Walls -.
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Africa.
In introducing the two African
delegates, who attended the Con-
ference, Revs. C. L. Acolatse and
P. D. Ofosuhese, the prelate ex-
pressed grave concern and had the
following to say. "The solution
to all the evils that attend races
is the Christian religion. Christian
brotherhood, not segregation, is the
one element that will bring about
racial understanding. He had ref
erence to the fact that there is a
growing tide to divide the non
whites from the whites in Africa.
He continued by saying that
what progress, toward freedom,
that had been made in Africa and
among colonial peoples, had come
from the Christianized territories,
He said this was especially true Of
Africa. He deplored those who
would divide the non whites
against the B antu (native Afri-
cans) peoples. He called on every
professed Christian to use his in
fluence to bring hope to Africa,
through the proper augmentation
of the Christian religion.
Bishop H. T. Medford, who is
chairman of the Foreign Mission
Board, Washington, D. c., hailed
the liberality of the Conference, to-
ward Africa las a spark that should
burn until Christianity is estab-
lished throughout Africa. The
other prelates who attended the
Conference were: C. C. Coleman,
Mobile, Ala; w. c. Brown, Brook
lyn, New York and D. c. Pope, who
has charge of the African work.
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Negro Financial .
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Continued from Page One)
loan associations were regularly IL.
sued by the Commerce Depart
ment, as were reports on Negro
owned banks and insurance COM
panies. With the change Of Ad-
ministration In Washington, the
office which formerly compiled
these reports was abolished and
the studies discontinued. The in
formation which follows IL an at
tempt to fill the gap.
General Financial Condition
Perhaps the most striking
change in the past five years was
the roughly 1900 increase in ag-
gregate assets for the II report
ing associations, going from $751;
7s2,495 in 1949 to $50, 405,S31 in
1854.
This tremendous growth was
startlingly reflected in the value
of savings accounts which amount
ed to only S11,036,614 in 1949 but
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on the various boards.

OIL Lnc NdTlOuS DOdTuS.
Among all institutions there were
179 directors, with an average of
1915 persons per board. Despite
this average, there was no rela-
tionship between the size of a
board and the value of an institu-
tons assets. Four associations
found a board of Is members
workable; 8 considered eleven and
8 others thought nine satisfactory
for conducting the business. Two
associations relied upon ten, and
2 others on five-member boards,
while three institutions depended
upon ID, 8 and Z respectively. One
association with slightly over a
half million dollars in assets has
a 15-man board while another with
assets close to 100000 functions
with a five-member board.
Personnel
There were 1T individuals en-
ployed by the reporting associa-
tions - 80 on full-time basis and
10 as part-time employees. One
association hired Ia full-time per-
sons; another, IL full-time and 2
rart-time; institutions, 10 full
time each, one of them using a
part-tin.e employee also.
Size of assets, which would ordi-
narily indicate volume Of business
being handled, was not necessari-
ly a gauge for estimating staff
needs. For example, the institution
with ID full-time employees had
essets close to 100000; the two
institutions with 10 full-time work,
ers had $1O,0O0,O00 and 100000
respectively. 10
Branch Activity c
Only one institution maintained
one or more branch offices.
Age of Associations
The oldest reporting institution
was a state mutual founded in
1899. In 1889, a second state
mutual was founded. Prior to
1921, six associations opened for
business and in the decade ending
1880, three additional associations
were set up. During the depres-
sion-1931 to 1940-only one new
association began business, but
from 1941 to 1852, seven new as
sociations came on the scene.
Affiliations
All II reporting associations &C.
knowledged membership in the
United States Savings and Loan
League while three hold member
ship also in the National Savings
and Loan League. Fourteen are
also members of their respective
state organizations.
Industry Projection
If we may use the 1949 Com
merce Department report as a
basis for comparison, and our own
rate for the previous five years
as a barometer Of growth, we may
reasonably conclude that Negro
owned savings and loan associa-
tons had aggregate assets Of ap-
proximately $70,550, 900 on Deem
Der 81, 1854 as compared with
known assets of $16,404,918 on
December 81, 1949. In 1919 as
sets of League members represent
ed slightly over $50 of all assets
held in the reporting associations.
It would appear that the II men,
bers of the American Savings and
Loan League controlled on De-
cember 81, 1854 about $3.50 Of
essets in all Negro institutions, in
deed an impressive record.
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Meridian Man
Held For
Staying Wife

MERIDIAN, Miss, July Ar
thur James Smith, a 43-year-old
Negro man, greens-keeper at the
swank Northwood Country Club
here, was arrested Monday and
charged with murder in the Sat-
urday night shooting of his wife.
According to reports the fatal
shooting took place when the man
and his wife got into an argument
over drinking.
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Bishop Taylor.
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Methodist Church in 1866.
Bishop Taylor was invited by
Bishop Edgar Love Of the Balti-
more Area to preside over this con-
ference, the last to be held this
year in the Baltimore Area. 1t
was Bishop Taylor's first annual
conference assignment since his
election to the episcopacy by the
Central Jurisdiction at billiard
University on June 16. He was
consecrated the following day in
Lawless Memorial Chapel on the
university campus.
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Autheriine
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tionally intensified circumstances
It was a mistake we made and as
a result Pm not a student at Ala
bama now. However, I feel the
trustees did not do all they could
to prevent Incidents"
Miss Luck was replying to q
question from the audience as to
whether she felt the University
was justified in expelling her.
She said, "No," she didn't think
the University was justified in her
expulsion.
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associations; and 2 are state stock
associations. There were only
five fsdsrally chartered associations
In 1940. All institutions In 1854
were members Of the Federal Saw
ings and Loan Deposit Insurance
Corporation.
Dividend Rate.
The 1854 dividend rate for the
reporting associations showed .
varied pattern. Only one insti-
tuition paid As high - 4H, but
eight returned 3hH to their men,
oers, six paid back SO, and two
paid 2H.
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sented by Charles H. Smith. jr.
Cleveland steel fabricator. says
lit is opposed in principle to any
treaty like action by the ILO in.
terfering with internal affairs oil
another country, even Russia.
Midway between these views
the Government is trying to draw
la fine line. The State Depart
ment seemed for a time to side
with the employers view. pre-
Iferring a bare policy statement
Then, after Secretary of Labor
Mitchell argued with Secretary
Iof State Dulles and repeatedly
also with President Eisenhower
Ia new policy emerged. Mr.
Mitchell said this week the Gov.
eminent will support an ILC
convention both outlawing forced
labor and banning Slave-madt
goods in international trade.
Behind it all is a deep-rootee
employer suspicion of the LILO
Both the National Association O.
Manufacturers and the United
States Chamber of Commerce
have asked the Government tt
consider pulling out of the ILO
| a United Nations affiliate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
Swiss Air Show
To See u. S. Jets
By the ASSOCIATED Press

Late models Of United States
jet warplanes and missiles will
be displayed this month at the
international air show in Switz-
erland to which the Russians
have also been invited.
The Defense Department an
nounced the United States de-
cision yesterday.
Some officials interpreted the
decision to show such equip
ment as the F100 supersonic
fighter. the BAT jet bomber and
the Nike anti-aircraft missile
as a direct challenge to the So
Wet to risk their latest weapons
in a public showing alongside
those of nations of the free
world.
The show will be held in Eur
ich on May rs and 81 under the
sponsorship of the Aero Club OF
Switzerland and the Swiss Avia-
Ition Officers Society.
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7 Pass Tests to Get
Undertaken Licenses

Seven men passed examina-
tons for licenses as undertakers
the Department of Occupations
and Professions of the District
government has announced.
They are Charles D. Clabaugh
ljr.; James E. Cox, Garyton C.
Echols, jr.; Herman F. Grade
Francis B. Hunt, Michael c.
Thompson and Howard E
Whittemore. The exams were
held last month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
WIVES ACCUSING
HUSBANDS CAN'T
JUST CANCEL 1T

HAGERS WIN up.
Wives who swear out war
rants against their husbands
will have to appear in court
whether they want to or not,
Magistrate William Krey-
kenbom has ruled.
He said there have been
too many instances Of
wives taking out warrants
after a domestic spat and
later asking that charges be
dropped.
The only out for a wife
with a change of heart: she
can refuse to testify.
But the magistrate said
yesterday the wives at least
will have to appear in court.
He said they ARE going to
come in or be brought in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-11
Chicago TV to Garry
Junior College Course

CHICAGO. May II R.-Th'
Chicago public school system
plans to offer a junior college
education via television. =
School Supt. Benjamin C
Willis said the experiment, to bt
financed by a $165,000 gran
from the Ford Foundation, vii
begin next fall.
At first. Mr.. Willis said, thret
or four college credit courses will
be presented, with the program
to be expanded later so tina
a home viewer can obtain a two
year college education over {
period of three years.
He said Chicago will be the
first major city to use TV fol
public education on such a vas
scale.
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on what the international La
Dor Organization should dc
about it.
State Department briefings
this week apparently failed to
iron out substantial differences
within the delegation. The slave
labor issue is the major topic
due to come up at the Hos
June Sessions at Geneva.
Labor unions, as represented
by George P. Delaney OF the
AFL-CIO, want an ILO conven-
ton to ban slave labor. This
would be the strongest possible
type of action and would require
Senate consideration as treaty
The employer group, repre-