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Kodiak mirror., 1963-03-15
Host Of Prizes Await Winners Of '63 King Crab Festival Set For Early May

Best pot pickin' news of this year was the announcement today of the annual Kodiak King Crab festival to be held here, May 3-4-5.
 General chairman for this years festivities will be Ray Martin, ST.
 With the dates announced, now begins the exciting arrangements for one of the highlights of the festival, the crowning of the King Crab Festival Queen.
 Again this year the young maiden who sells the highest total of tic kets for the drawing will be crowned Queen and receive a trip to Seattle as Kodiak's representa- tive to the Seafair.
 Prizes for winners of the festival drawing will be travelling too. Six prizes will be given, and everyone of them will be "trip of a life time."
 First prize will be round trip for two persons to Acapulco, Mex ico, and weeks all expenses paid stay at one of the famous fabulous hotels in the Mexico resort city. Should the winner not desire to take the trip, he will be paid $1.- 900 in cash.
 Second prize is a trip worth $500 for two to Las Vegas and return. Also hotel expenses for one week.
 Other prizes include two round trip tickets to Seattle. Also Ali Madsen, Kodiak's renowned hunter and guide, has offered two exciting trips. One is flight to The Valley of 10000 Smokes, and the other is an all-day fishing trip to Madsen's Hidden Canyon lake camp on Ko- diak Island. Both trips would be for two persons.
 Martin, in announcing plans for this years Festival Queen contest urged all organizations to enter contestants now as the tickets will be printed immediately.
 He also said girls who would like to enter but do not have spon- sors, should see him and arrange mentS can be made.
 To be candidate for Queen a girl must be 16 years of age and not more than 20, and, of course,
Kodiak mirror., 1963-03-15

Sixty-seven per cient of the vis- itorS went to Anchorage, GOT per cent to Fairbanks, 24.4% to Seward, 22.3% to Ketchikan, 7.5 per cent to Homer and last on the list was 2.7 per cent who came to Kodiak Island.
Kodiak mirror., 1963-03-15
SEA GULL

The Aleut name for Kodiak means "sea gull"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Gold in Your Attic
Snow in July Creates q Gem

The mail from readers in
dicates that q great many
persons collect almanacs, al
though the value of indi-
vidual issues is not very
great, except for the early
American almanacs of the
18th century.
There are exceptions, of
course. One Of these is the
1915 edition Of Robert B.
Thomas THE Farmers AL
manack," the first issue of
which carried a prediction
Of Rain, hail and snow"
for July 10.
It actually did rain. hail
and snow on that date, ac-
cording to Robb 5agendorph,
present publisher Of "T h e
Old Farmers Almanac" the
successor publication In this
famous series, and that curl
Gus circumstance has made
this issue a rare collectors
item. A few years ago. when
Sagendorph told us this story,
he estimated the minimum
value Of the 1915 snow" is
sue as $3.50.
A complete file Of an al
manac series is always sala-
BILE. The "Old Farmers" Sc
ries from 1902 to today, for
example is worth UP to 81, 900
at retail. The individual
numbers may be worth from
q dollar or so to S. TO $40,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30

copies retail at UP to $50.
There was also issued at the
same time a 20-copy edition
printed on Japan vellum,
and these bring 500 or more
II In fine condition.
Mrs. r. s. H.: Your three
volume set, "Fox's Martyrs"
london, 164D. would be
worth around $40 to $50 at
retail II In fine condition.
It is q later edition of John
Fox's Acts and Monuments"
the first edition Of which
was published In 1868. This
work has been republished
many times under various
titles and is not in very
great demand, although the
early editions are collected.
@. A.: Your H. T. Helms
American Roadsters and
Trotting Horses" Chicago.
1879 is mildly scarce and
retails at around SIS II In
fine condition.
P. c. L.: Your three
volume set of Georue
Combe's 'Notes on the
United States OF North
America" etc. Edinburgh,
l84D is mildly scarce and
retails at around S25 TO $40
In fine condition.
Copyright 1853, General Features)
Gold In Your Attic oppson On
Tuesdays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
WORDS, WIT
AND WISDOM
By WILLIAM MORRIS

@. Recently I heard an inter-
view with Igor Sikorsky, avia-
ton pioneer and developer of
the first successful helicopter.
To my surprise he pronounced
"helicopter" this way: hee-lee-
uh-KOH-pet-er. Since he prac-
tically invented the thing, he
should know how to pronounce
it. Still I have never heard this
pronunciation. What say you2
IT. Maher, Long Island City,
N. Y.
A. Inventors and discoveries
do not necessarily control the
pronunciation of the names Of
their discoveries. The classic
case, / suppose, is DR.. Alexander
Fleming, discover Of penicillin,
His pronunciation of the word
was peh-NISS-ih-lin, but the
world at large-drawing a false
analogy to "pencil"-called 1t
pen-ih-SIL-in.
In Sikorsky's case, we have
the added complication of a
man speaking in a language
not his own. Sikorsky was born
in Kiev, Russia, and did not
come to this country until after
World War I, at the age of 80,
SO it's perhaps not surprising
that his recommendations carry
a markedly foreign flavor. How
ever, the preferred American
pronunciation for helicopter is
HEL-ih-kop-ter. with HEEL
ih-kop-ter ranked equally ac-
ceptable.
And kudos TO Mr.. Sikorsky,
by the way. He is one OF the
truly great figures in our avi-
alton history.
Did you know that Sikorsky
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
DEAR ABBY

DEAR ABBY: My boy
friend is keeping me broke
putting gas in his car, and
hamburgerS in his stomach.
1t all started when he said
he wanted to take me to a
drive-in movie, but didn't
have enough money to put
gas in his car. I wanted to
go, so I told him I'd put the
gas in. I thought he under
stood it was a "loan," but he
never offered to pay me
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
BY LESLIE J. MASON

Professor of Education, Uni
verSity of Southern California
Those often disastrous
first weeks of college can be
approached with confidence
by a student who gets in
some homework early.
For several summers past
I have helped college fresh
men off to a running start.
Later, they not only took the
first initial weeks Of school
in stride, but enjoyed their
courses and succeeded in
them. The vacation time
they invested in preparing
for their new education
al experience proved to be
some of the most valuable
they ever spent.
The chief hazard for col
lege freshman is that he is
on his own. Parents are not
on hand to supervise his
studies. No one is there to
chide him If he fails to turn
in his work. College pro-
fessors do not outline every
step, as high school
teachers do, but they give
carefully prepared lee
lures that make things seem
so easy a student is likely to
be lulled into a false sense
of security.
All this time the fresh
man is surrounded by
tempting distractions-foot-
ball games, sorority and fra
ternity parties and rushing
activities new friends and
new entertainment opportu-
mites.
Then of a sudden comes
the day of reckoning. Mid
term examinations loom in
all subjects.
For college work, the old
high school techniques of
quick review and examining
are not adequate. In this
first time Of crisis, many a
freshman discovers that his
work in those first weeks
does not measure UP to COL
lege requirements.
AS a result, some drop out
of school, and others scram-
BILE around for new study
methods and struggle to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
MASON ON EDUCATION
Pre-Study Eases
Start in College

bring up their grades. They
should have faced the prob
lem before the start of
school.
Here are the essentials of
what I tell the freshman I
help:
Q At least a month before
the opening of college, get
copies of textbooks in some
Of the courses you will take.
If possible, get the books
you will be using. These may
be available in your local
library; your librarian will
help you in your selection.
Q Study each book in a
general way. You will then
be ready to understand the
summary of the course
usually presented by the col
lege instructors the first day.
Q Read the first chapter.
Learn all the new words. Say
them aloud over and over.
Bring up a mental picture
of the meaning of each word
as you hear it. This will pre-
pare you to begin listening
and understanding immedi-
ately. Students who COM
plain that Nothing hap
pens during the first few
class periods" are not ready
for listening. Plenty hap
pens. College instructors
start lecturing the first day.
Be ready!
. If you will be required
to take a general course
Called Man and Civiliza-
ton" In some colleges, OUT
line the first chapter. Use
short sentence type Of out
line. Study the geography of
the regions discussed. Picture
the events in your mind.
Plan to make outlines ahead
of the lectures throughout
the semester.
Q If any text appears too
difficult, find other more ele-
mentary materials which will
give you a better background.
Your librarian will help you
with this also. Some stu
dents go all the way back
to books for children in
building up their back
grounds.
Thursday: Teacher 6ood1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30

back. The next time we were
together he said he was hun
CRY $50 was D, but he was
broke so I came up with the
money for hamburgers. Now,
every time we go out, he is
broke and I do the paying.
We both work. He lives at
home (free) and has a new
car. I am % and he is "a.
I feel like I am paying him
to take me out. What now?
Bothered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Have q Question?
By VAN ALLEN BRADLEY

Have a Question?
Mrs. H. L. M: Your "Will
Rogers Illiterate Digest"
New York, 1924 is not
especially valuable-$2 to 81
at retail-in the regular
trade edition. There was q
250-copy limited edition the
same year, and fine copies Of
this bring UP to SIS at re-
tail. A copy inscribed with
a humorous line by Rogers
sold at auction not long ago
for SIT.
H. e. c.: Your 8. Put
nam Waldo's THE Tour Of
James Monroe" Hartford,
1879 is worth roughly $25
to $50 at retail II in fine
condition.
Mrs. M. d. L.: The first
edition Of A. A. Mines
winnie the Pooh" Gondon,
1920, undated, was limited
to $50 copies in boards. Fine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
TO-DAY
In History
ON THIS DATE
Tomorrow: Burns
BY The Associated Press

ON THIS DATE
In 1868 President Abraham
Lincoln proclaimed protec-
ton of Negro troops from
the Confederate Army.
In 1912, President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt signed the
bill authorizing creation Of
a Women's Reserve in the
Navy.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A national debt, II 1t Is not
eTceSStue, tDill be to US a
national Observation-Disclosures
Hamilton, American patriot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Carl Grubert

built and flew the worlds first
multi-engined plane? What's
more, the first four-engine
bombers - during the first
World War-were designed and
built by him. And the early
round-the-world clippers which
pioneered transoceanic air pas
senger service were also his
creation. Though he has never
been much in the public eye.
we all owe him a great debt for
the services he performed for
his adopted country.
Copyright 1903, by william Norris
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Stop Killing
Yourself
By Dr.. Peter J. Steinerohn


know how to handle bee
stings. Are they dangerousP
What is there to do If stungp
Such are the more common
questions.
For most persons the prob
lem ends with the first dis
comforts. There is the sharp
pain of the sting, followed
by some swelling. Within an
hour or so, all may be for
gotten.
THERE ARE the few in
whom q bee or wasp sting
may even threaten life. These
people have become allergic
to bee venom; when stung
their entire body may rebel.
In such patients prompt
treatment is essential.
Reactions vary. When
Stung, the patients condi-
ton depends upon how hy-
persensitive he is to the sting.
Within a few minutes he may
have pain, some swelling,
itching and some small hem
orrhages into the skin around
the sting.
In the extremely sensitive
the symptoms are more Sc
we're: shortness of breath, an
asthma attack, nauesa, diar-
rhea. vomiting, chills, fever,
actual shock and loss of
consciousness.
In some patients there are
delayed reactions: within
one to 10 days they may
complain Of itching around
the site of the sting, malaise,
ana other reactions.
OF course, most people
don't know if they are hyper
sensitive unless they have al
ready been stung and have
had q severe reaction. Such
people should carry with
them at all times Isuprel
tablets to be dissolved under
the tongue Immediately after
having been stung.
They should also take an
antihistamine tablet which
their doctor has prescribed
for such an eventuality.
Some especially sensitive
patients are taught how to
self-administer adrenalin by
hypodermic. In severe at
tacks the patient may need
corticosteroids-by injection
or by mouth. If the reaction
is especially bad, the patient
may need oxygen while on
the way to the hospital.
Anyone who knows that he
is especially representative
to bee or wasp Stings should
contact his physician for
Representation treatment
with special extracts of bee
venom. when I say bee"
I include all of its relatives.)
Such treatment may take
as long as two or three years.
But those who have been
through a frightful, life-en-
dangering reaction have no
choice. They'd better take ad-
vantage of this method to
meet any future danger.
\ y = y
Dear DR.. Steincrohn: I
have diabetes and the doc
tor discovered I have gall
stones. Although I don't have
indigestion or pain, my doc
tor advised that I'd better
have the gall bladder out. Do
you advise it too, consider
ing that I feel all right?
Mrs. T.
1 GO ALONG with your
doctor. The operation In a
controlled diabetic carries no
greater risk to the patient
than to one in apparently
good health. However, the
threat comes when the dia-
bette may have to be rushed
to the hospital in an attack
Of gall bladder collie.
In treating this inflam-
nation on an emergency
basis, there Is much greater
risk of postoperative compli-
cations and to life itself.
I suppose your physician
has been thinking of these
things in your case. He'd
rather you have the opera
ton when the odds are on
your side.
Tomorrow: Burns
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-30
Time for a Test
Seems Indicted
By ABIGAIL VAN BUREN,

BY AblGAIL VAN bUkeN -
Unless you made II clear |
that you were lending him.
the money, he had a right to !
assume that you were treat 7
ing him. You got off to a
poor start. Now, tell your boy
friend that his goose that
laid the golden egg is cooked.
And If you don't hear from
him again, you'll know you
were paying him to take you
out.
DEAR ABBY: I am GA but s
could pass for so. I have :
been widowed for IL years (
and am now keeping COM .
pany with a bachelor. He
claims to be SIS, but he'll
never see go again I'm sure.
He wants to marry me but I
am stalling. He's too tight to
go to a regular barbershop
so he bought himself one of
those do-it-yourself barber
kits and cuts his own hair.
It's so chopped off and
chewed up looking I'm almost
ashamed to be seen with him.
The automobile he drives is
so old people stop us all the
time and ask him how much
he wants for it. 1t is really
ridiculous. Cts a Graham
PAIGE. He keeps talking
about having a family" but
I sure can't help him there.
If I married him, do you
think I could modernize him
a little? .
TiIIie.
Either take him as he Is or,
let him be. He sounds like a
collectors item.
e. Is !
DEAR ABBY: I don't really
care whether Huntsville" is
a nut or not for wanting to-
donate his body for scientific
research, but will you please
tell me what is wrong with
people who claim to love hui
manity but won't leave their
eyes to an eye bank when
they die?
A pair of corneas removed
within a few hours after,
death will make it possible
for two blind persons to see.
Removing the cornea will not
disfigure the deceased donor
one iota. There are long lists
of people who remain blind
for lack of donors. How
many of those who won't
leave their eyes after death
would turn down a cornea
transplant If they were
blind?
Alexandria.
Your question Is a good
one. And If this item inspires
only one person to telephone
his local eye dOctOr-Or Lions
Club, which has spear
headed the Aid-tO-Sightless
mOvement-it will be well
worth the space in this
paper.
4 s.
Tell your troubles to Abby
In care OF The Euening Star.
For q personal, unpublished
reply, please send a stamped
selt-addreSSed envelope.
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Tell your troubles to Abby
In care of The Euening Star.
For a personal, unpublished
reply, please send a stamped
selt-addreSSed envelope.
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-11
Double Check

Editorials in most paper
sound off for a complete "bout
face" in the happenings of the
day =. getting a view OF how
the country stands is left to the
voice of the people" in what's
known as VOP.
We, the people Of the white
race, have a lot to look Tor
ward to in the future. After Boss
Warren and the Kennedys get
through scapping the nation
all we will have to do is set
back and watch the egroes
carry on. It's one show we have
always wanted to see but
never could afford a ticket
this time it's for free.
Some seem to think the way
some stomp on the Democratic
administration is because they
voted for Nixon and lost. Most
of us know better. It's not that
at all. 1t was Republicans and
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-11
The Allen-Scott Report
Did Hartman Confer With Castro in Russia?
Senate Subcommittee Is Probing Sensational Report

/ making a thorough study of GER
tain confidential details convey
/ ed to it.
Reason for the committee s
concern is the impressive source
of its admittedly sensational IN
formation. One of the infornants
is refugee who gave up an
important government job in Ha-
vana. Other information obtain
ed from these sources has prov
en- valid.
From these refugee sources,
the senator's also have learned
that Soviet troops have b e n
secretly moved from their en-
campmentS to areas that cannot
be easily spotted by high-level
(U-2) reconnaissance flight S.
These significant changes have
taken place very recently.
They are particularly impor-
tant as the Soviet embassy has
been assuring the State Depart
ment that Moscow is slowly with
drawing combat elements from
Cuba.
bear this out.
On the basis of intelligence
data, Russia actually is rotat-
ing its forces and not withdraw
ing them. For every shipload
that ostentatiOusly leaves the is
land, another ship Surreptiti-
ously disembarks as many or
more troops:
Intelligence estimates Russian
troop strength in Cuba at $500.
President Kennedy has stated
the number is 1880. Cuban refu-
gees claim at least $4,000.
A major reason for this lack
of accurate date is that there
have been no low-level recon-
Nuisance flights over Gu b a
since early February. They were
suspended on direct orders of
President Kennedy.
High-level u reconnaissance
flights are limited and infre-
quent.
This has never been publicly
disclosed either by the w hi e
House or the Pentagon.
On April 20, 1861. several
months after taking office,
President Kennedy stat c d.
Communism is not negotiable
in this Hemisphere"
i: j:
AN OTHER RACKSTAGE
DEAL? The Senate Investi-
eating Committee, headed by
Senator John Mcclellan, DARK.
is digging into the sale Of two
jet airliners by General Dy-
namics to mdonesia to determ-
Inc whether there is any con
nection between this transaction
and a $17 million U. S. loan.
What has aroused the suspicious
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-11

WASHINGTON, June 10-The
Senate Preparedness SubcOm-
mlttee is investigating a sersa-
tional report that UnderSecre-
tary of State Averell Hartman
and Cuban Dictator Castro con-
ferred secretly in Russia.
Both were there in late April,
although this extraordinary al
legation is the first hint Of a
meeting between them.
According to detailed irforma-
ton from important Cuban refu-
gee sources, the reputed par
ley between Hartman and Cas-
tro took place around April %,
in either Moscow or Murmansk.
Hartman was in Moscow
April 1928, to talk to Premier
Khrushchev on the deteriorating
situation in Red threatened
Laos. On the basis of a Soviet
announcement, Castro was in
Moscow on the 18th. From
news photograph released by the
Russians, Castro was in Muir
mansk on April 81. Hartman
stopped off in that city on the
18th, on his way out of the So
Wet.
Inquiries by these writer's at
his State Department office,
brought a blank reply. Assistants
stated Hartman was in Austria
liza, and claimed they knew roth
ing about a meeting between
him and Castro. They didn
deny it, but asserted it was
news to them
e The Cuban informants told
the Preparedness Subcommittee,
headed by Senator John Stennis,
D-Miss., that Hartman ard Cas-
tro discussed establishing dip
lomatic relations in exchange
for a further reduction of So
Wet troops in Cuba.
Also that Castro brought up
the question of resuming trade
between the U. S. and cuba
which he makes no secret of ar
IDENTIFY seeking.
Such a move by the U. S.
would automatically destroy the
extensive trade barriers built up
against Castro's Communist re-
gime by members of the Or
ganization of American States.
The whole diplomatic and trade
battle against Castroism would
collapse.
RED COMBAT FORCES-The
reputed meeting between Harri-
man and Castro is taken with
utmost seriousness by the Sen
ate committee. The report is be-
ing very carefully looked into.
State Department and o | Il er
administration officials are Stat
ed to be closely questioned.
Meanwhile, the committee is
The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-06-11

ing p a ture land in Kansas
Where grass grows which is ex-
cellent for feeding cattle. The
cattle raisers of exas buy a
railroad ticket to ship their
steers to the stockyardS in Kan
sas City or Chicago to be
slaughtered and sold for beef.
They find that by giving these
steers a Stopover in Kansas on
their way north - to be fed on
a pasture like mine for two
months the steers increase
materially in weight and are
worth much more when they get
to market.
Sometimes such pasture land
will produce oil. Your real es-
tate agent will send you a map
showing what he has to offer
for sale and indicating what the
chances are that oil might be
found on your pasture. Pasture
land varies in price - from SIS
to $3.50 an acre ~ according to
the availability and quality of
water for the cattle and also in
accordance with the possibility
OF oil. I have never heard of
anyone taking losses on such
pasture land if it was purchased
through a reliable broker. When
Texas cattle are pasturing on
your land it is customary to pay
q professional caretaker so
much a head for watching the
cattle. All of this information
you can get from many sources;
but my business have handled
through the office of Carl C.
Chase. of Eureka, Kans.