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BIG DAY
You probably didn’t know it, but Monday, May 7,
was a very important day in your life—if you are an
average citizen, financially speaking.
That Monday was designated “National Tax Free
dom Holiday.” And it was the first day of this year that
the money you earned was really yours to spend.
Why is this so? The answer is as simple as it is
grim. All that the average American earned from Jan
uary 1 to May 7 had to be paid out in taxes, direct or
indirect, to one unit of government or another.
In other words, the average taxpayer works more
than four months of the year to meet his tax bill. And
remember—this is true of the masses of people with
moderate incomes, not the few in the big brackets. The
fight for efficiency and economy in government is your
fight. _
A PROBLEM OF DIAGNOSIS
Dr. Salvatore B. Cutolo has written a fascinating
book, which first appeared serially in the Saturday
Evening Post, concerning the famous hospital he serves
—New York’s Bellevue. One of the incidents described
is of interest not only in itself, but because of its im
plications.
A man walked into the hospital and said, “I feel
sick.” But doctors of broad experience were puzzled
as to what the illness was. The symptoms were strange
to them. Finally the correct diagnosis was made—
smallpox.
Why should doctors have encountered any diffi
culty in diagnosing this once-common disease? The
reason is that smallpox is virtually unknown. At the
time of the Bellevue incident, Dr. Cutolo writes, there
had been only three reported cases in New York during
the previous 25 years and the last death from smallpox
• had occurred in 1912.
Here, by inference, is a great testimonial to medi
cal progress. Smallpox is but one of the diseases which
has been conquered. The list is long. And long, too, is
the chronicle of progress in treating and minimumizing
the effects of diseases which still strike us.
This progress and these achievements, which have
saved numberless lives and prevented indescribable
amounts of human misery, were brought about by free
nieii working voluntarily in a free society.
I Walrtis Authority Praises New Law for Selling of Hides
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$300,000 Study
Of Foreign Aid
Program O.K.’d
WASHINGTON, tfV-The Sen
ate Rules Committee Saturday
approved a Democratic-sponsored
proposal for a $300,000 study of
the foreign aid program.
The review of the scope and
objectives of the multi-billion
dollar program of economic and
military aid to other nations
would be conducted by the Sen
ate Foreign Relations Committee
with the aid of outside experts.
A resolution authorizing the
study was approved by the Rules
Committee without objection as
Congress neared final votes on
the administration’s battered for
eign aid program for the current
fiscal year.
The Senate is expected to act
on the resolution this week, and
Sen. Mansfield (D-Mont), a mem
ber of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, told newsmen he hoped
the proposed study could get un
derway quickly.
The resolution was amended
by the Rules Committee to direct
the Foreign Relations Committee
to submit a report on it study by
next Jan. 31 instead of Feb. 15.
In another action, the Rules
Committee approved a resolution
to provide an additional $32,000
for a Foreign Relations suboom
mittee studying disarmament and
to extend the deadline for the
completion of its inquiry until
next January 31.
The disarmament subcommittee
had been voted $35,000 earlier in
the session and was scheduled to
submit a report by July 1.
Wilson Russell, who has been
with the U.S. Engineers and at
the base power plant here for
several years, has been trans
ferred to Galena, and left today
to take up his new duties.
In charge of the local power
plant is Han* Arp, who is sched
uled to remain here until fall.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cpmpiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly fair tonight, partly
cloudy tomorrow. Southwesterly
winds 8-15 mph. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight 43, high
Tuesday 62.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today. High temperature
52, low 45. Max. wind 11 mph.
from the east. Sunrise at 1:50
a.m., sunset at 10:21 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 64. low 52. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 71 in 1946,
low 31 in 1934.
BOY, 3, DIES FROM
BITE OF RABID DOG
DALLAS, Wl—Johnny Winkles,
3, bitten by a rabid dog June 11,
died Friday (25 days later). Dallas
planned a wholesale roundup of
all stray dogs in the city begin
ning today.
City Health Director J. W. Bass
ordered a 100-day quarantine^ of
all dogs, after declaring that ra
bies among dogs had reached the
epidemic stage. Starting today,
all dogs not penned or on a leash
will be picked up.
Police reported two children
and two adults were bitten by
dogs Friday.
More merchant seamen lost
their lives during the invasion of
Mindoro in the Philippines in
WWII than did soldiers or sailors
who participated in the action.
* JUNEAU--Praise for the wal
rus till which was passed recent
ly by Congress was voiced last
week by Alaska’s walrus author
ity, Jim Brooks, biologist with the
Alaska Department of Fisheries,
who did his principal work in the
field of walrus study while gain
ing a master’s degree at the Uni
versity of Alaska.
As a result of the bill, which
permits the sale of walrus hides
by Alaska natives, the commer
cial value of each walrus has
gone up from a few dollars to
$150, Brooks said. They have
been killed mainly for their tusks
in the past.
Hide Worth 50c Pound
Walrus hide is worth 50 cents a
pound, Brooks said. The hide is
used mainly for buffing silver.
No other natural substance is as
useful for this purpose and scien
tists haven’t been able to dupli
cate it with a synthetic product
either. The entire supply is now
furnished by Greenland and Can
ada.
Only bulls furnish worthwhile
hides. This should balance tile
kill, Brooks said, because the
Eskimo prefers ivory from the
cows, since it does not check as
readily. Tusks are worth $1.50
a pound.
Hide 2 Inches Thick
The hide on a bull walrus is up
to two inches thick on the neck
and even thicker than that on the
tubercles, the folds around the
neck.
The Pacific walrus population
has remained about stable in re
cent years, Brooks believes. There
are- an estimated 40,000 animals
in the Bering and Chukchi Seas
and in Bering Strait.
One Bull a Year Limit
The new walrus bill, which was
sponsored by Del. E. L. Bartlett,
permits tne taking of one bull
walrus a year by any white hunt
er who wants to try. Brooks be
lieves this is all to’ the good and
only restores the walrus right
fully to its status as a big game
animal. The Boone and Crockett
Club lists the walrus as a game
species and keeps records on the
biggest heads.
40 to 50 Killed a Year
Brooks thinks that perhaps 40
or 50 might be killed per year by
sportsmen. The bill requires that
each white hunter be accompan
ied by a native guide and that he
make the walrus carcass avail
able to the natives for use.
Interest of sportsmen in the
walrus should prove its salvation
in the long run, Brooks believes,
as has been the case with many
other games species which have
been saved from extinction.
To the CONGREGATION J
Christ is the MINISTER a
"... The Majesty in the heavens; a Minister of the 2
sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which
the Lord pitched and not man."
Hebrews 8: lb, 2.
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