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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the
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‘Shares In America’
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER was not using a super
ficial catch-phrase when he referred to the Series
E and H bonds as “shares in America,” when he signed
legislation raising the interest rates on these bonds.
In terms of normal small-denominational savings,
the new interest rafe can stand on its own as a fair
return. Sold in large volume through payroll deduc
tion plans,, the bonds offer a method for a relatively
“painless” accumulation of capital that may easily and
quickly be transferred into dollars if needed.
It is in the relationshio between the savings bond
program and the over-all problem of financing the
government that the “shares in America” theme has
a broad meaning. More than $42 billion of these
bonds are now outstanding, ’ representing approxi
mately one-seventh of the current public debt of
around $290 billion. The voluntary assumption of
this proportion fo the public debt through relatively
small individual bond purchases not only is an expres
sion of faith in America, as the President said, but is
of tremendous help to the Treasury in its debt manage
ment. As such, it contributes in substantial measure
to the economic strength of the Nation.
Herter Offers to
Send Special
Envoy to Panama
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
State Department may send a
high - ranking officer to Panama
for conferences aimed at prevent
ing a new outbreak of violence
against U. S. citizens there.
An offer to dispatch the officer
was made to Panama Monday by
Secretary of State Christian A.
Herter, who told of receiving
indications of threats of further
anti-American demonstrations.
Herter informed Ambassador
Ricardo M. Arias of Panama in a
40-minute conference that the
officer would discuss the current
controversy with Panamanian of
ficials. Herter did not say who
might be sent.
Violence erupted in Panama
two weeks ago. During demon
strations Pnamanians ripped down
the U. S. flag at the Embassy,
stoned the U. S. Information
Agency building, and attacked
private American business offices.
The violence ended with 63 Pana
manians wounded.
One of the problems involves
the soveriegnty of the Canal
Zone, which some Panamanians
feel should belong to their coun
try, not the United States.
^ In addition, Arias has accused
the United States of not carrying
out the 1955 Remon-Eisenhower
treaty, which pledges this country
to pay Panamanians as much as
Americans for work in the Canal
Zone. The United States says it
is complying.
OLD IRONSIDES SAILS AGAIN
BOSTON, (tf> — The USS Con
stitution, more familiarly known
as Old Ironsides, will make a
short voyage Friday. She will be
moved into the harbor by tugs,
turned about and returned to her
slip at the Boston Naval Ship
yard. Purpose of the move, made
annually, is to expose her other
side to the severest weather.
Mrs. Johanna Meals
Dies at 100 in Anchorage
One of Alaska’s oldest residents,
Mr3. Johannah Meals, who was
100 years old, passed away in the
Anchorage Hospital, following
hospitalization for several months.
Mrs. Meals was a resident of Val
dez for 56 years.
She is survived by five sons,
William and John of Seattle,
George of Nebraska, Frank of Se
bastopol, Calif., Owen of Valdez,
and a daughter, Mary Whalen of
Valdez. Mrs. Alvin Polet is one
of her thirteen grandchildren.
The family came to Alaska to
prospect in the Cooper Center
area, and stayed to have one of
the first dairy farms in Alaska.
Her husband died in 1927.
Air Force Plane Crashes
Near Rural Mo. School
WINDSOR, Mo., IJPi — A burn
ing B-47 bomber crashed and ex
ploded within 450 yards of a rural
J school near -here yesterday.
Four men aboard were pre
sumed dead, the Air Force said.
The plane was based at Mc
: Connell Air Force Base, Wichita,
| Kansas.
L Three persons in a car were
* almost hit.
Mrs. Charles L. Bond, the
driver, stopped the car when a
5-year-old passenger, Randy
Wells, cried, “'Look at the plane.
Fire is falling.”
Mrs. Bond hastily put the car
in reverse. A -huge wheel from
the aircraft landed where the car
had -been.
Winter Cold from Siberia
Blankets Europe in Snow
LONDON, — A cold wave
swept over Europe from Siberia
yesterday and gave the continent
its first major snowfall of the
I winter.
Temperatures around the Baltic
| plummeted to 14 above zero.
Storm warnings were issued to
! shipping.
A thick layor of snow settled
over much of Poland. Even as far
I south as Portugal there was snow.
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Magnuson Boosts Study I
Of Alaska Transportation
WENATCHEE, Wash., iff)—Two
transportation studies now in pro
gress can hasten Alaska growth
and development, Senator War
ren Magnuson (D-Wash) reported
Saturday.
Magnuson addressed a meeting
of the Highway 97 Association.
He said a report is due in Jan
uary on Commerce Department
recommendations for extensions
needed in Alaska to the present
interstate highway system.
The other study underway is
by the Alaska International Rail
and Highway Commission, which
Magnuson heads. It concerns pos
sible new rail and highway routes
between the Northwest and
Alaska.
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Experimental Alaska
Shrimp Fishing Boat
Reports Poor Results
SEATTLE, (jP( — Poor fishing is
reported toy the John N. Cobb,
which is conducting shrimp ex
plorations in Alaska, the Bureau
of Commercial Fisheries said
today.
The best 30-minute tow yielded
only 150 pounds.
The Cobb has worked for the
past week at Simpson Bay, Orca
Bay, Port Gravina and Port
Fidalgo.
SHORT-SIGHTED . . .
LUDLOW, Vt., UP) — A donkey
isn’t safe during the deer season
in traditionally Republican Ver
mont.
Police are seeking the presum
ably myopic nimrod who slew
Frank Stoddard’s family pet as
it grazed in an open pasture.
Truman Tells AFL-CIO
Award Dinner He ‘Knows’
They’ll Police Own Ranks
KANSAS CITY, Mo, UPi — The
AFL.-CIO gave Harry Truman a
medal Monday night and got some
advice in return.
The former President received
the union’s annual Community
Service Award — a bronze me
dallion and a $5,000 check.
Truman expressed his grati
tude. Then, in an obvious refer
ence to evidence of coruption in
some unions, he said: “There is
always trouble when people get
too muoh money or too much
power. The great thing about this
country is that we are able to
correct these situations and I
know you are going to do it
among yourselves.
“You know what I am talking
about.”
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