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COUNCIL |
Short Court•
Nine weary but much better
informed Homemakers returned
to the Palmer area last Saturday j
night after attending the Short ■
Course held at the University of
Alaska from Oct. 26th to Nov.
3rd. Those nine days were filled
with discussions, on subjects that .
were of interest to Homemakers,
crafts, and social activities. Meet- i
ing Homemakers from other ar-1
e&e and exchanging ideas was of '
particular value. Around 35 at
tended the Short Course, one
Homemaker from Juneau, two
from Homer, ten from Anchorage
and the remainder from Fair
banks and College. The Short
Course was planned and carried
through by Mrs. Lydia Fohn Han
sen, Home Demonstration Leader.
Food Preservation Winner
During the last session of the
Short Course, the winner of the
award, silver vegetable dish, pre
sented by the Garden Institute,
for the best home preserver of
food in Alaska, was announced.
The winner, Mrs. Bertha Meyer,
of Anchorage. The contestant
from this area, Mrs. Jack Dun
lap, ranked high, but more varie
ties of food, greater quantity gave
Mrs. Meyers the award.
The Home Agent leaves for
Glennallen and Gulkana today
for a Workshop in that area.
Sh£ will be gone a week. Glove
making, tooth brush handle rugs,
leather, aluminum etching, tex
tile painting and crayon on fab-1
rics will be the crafts taught. In
addition there will be Christmas
Ideas, trimmings, decorations and
gifts.
Project Leaders
Thirteen project leaders met
in the Extension Craft room last
Monday afternoon. The Home
makers’ Club discussion this
month is “Christmas Ideas” which
will be under the direction of
project leaders. Many Christmas
ideas were seen and discussed.
Tk§ Extension Service has a help
ful bulletin “Homemade Fun For
Christmas”. It is free. Come in to
the office if you wish a copy. It'
contains inexpensive Christmas
gift ideas and recipes.
DIESEL POWER PLANT
EXPECTED FOR
EKLUTNA PROJECT
Eklutna Project authorities are
awaiting delivery of a big Diesel
power plant which will furnish
electric power for the Eklutna
Project camp, for the contractors'
camp, and for Eklutna Project
operations.
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Editing Of “Crime a America"
A Miracle Of Modern Publishing
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Sidney Shalett numbering one ot the many plastic Memobelts with
which he edited "Crime In America," the story of the Senate Crime
Committee investigations.
If someone tossed six million
words of Senate Crime Committee
testimony on your desk and told
you to edit it down to a scant
100,000 words, what would you
do?
Sidney Shalett, reporter and
editor, promptly threw all of his
editorial blue pencils in the waste
basket, bought a Dictaphone
Time-Master and set a speed
record in the book publishing
business.
Working with Senator Estes
Kefauver, Shalett waded through
reams of testimony. They record
ad the highlights, did a final
editing job, and then Shalett dic
tated the final manuscript on
plastic Memobelts. The result, af
ter 30 days of dictation, was a
833-page book, “Crime in Amer
ica.” Through its pages march the
big-shot gamblers—Frank Costel
lo, Binaggio, Greasy Thumb Gu
aik, Joe Adonis and the pulchri
tudinous Virginia Hill.
Shalett confesses that the big
gest part of editing the book was
reading every one of the six mil
lion words of testimony. Aftir
that, the actual editing, with com
ments by Senator Kefauver, was
easily handled on the Dictaphone
machine. So fast did Shalett and
Senator Kefauver work, that the
publishers, Doubleday & Co., dis
pensed entirely with reading page
proofs. They simply transcribed
the plastic Memobelts, mimeo
graphed the copy and sent it
through their legal and editorial
departments for checking. The
first chapters of the book were
set up in type before the final
chapters had been dictated.
Transforming this mountain of
legal testimony into a tasty mor
sel for the average literary palate
was no easy editorial task. “The
fact is,” says Sidney Shalett, "I
might never have succeeded if I
hadn’t traded in my old blue pen
cil for one of the electronic var
iety—a Dictaphone Time-Master
machine.”
A lot of businessmen and ex
ecutives who depend for their
livelihood upon communicating
with words, would agree wita
that remark.
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NEW EXCISE TAX
TO RAISE PRICE
CEILINGS ON GASOLINE
JUNEAU—The new excise tax
on gasoline may be added to ceil
ing prices on gasoline, the Office
of Price Stabilization said today
The new tax will add one-halt
cent a gallon to gasoline ceiling
prices. The O.P.S. said the tax
can be added only in the actual
amount of the increase. Thus, il
a sale of ten gallons is made, the
tax increase would add an extra
five cents to the sale. However,
on odd-unit sales, the dealer may
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round off to the nearest cent.
The O.P.S. called attention to
Ceiling Price Regt' ation 13, is
sued last March 21, which covers
the sale of petroleum products
from service stations and other
stationary facilities. Section 11
(b) of Regulation 13 explains how
to allow for tax increases on pe
troleum products.
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