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la*s. Monday March 31 194718 Pages ‘ 4 CentsHOSPITAL FOR WOMEN WAR VETSIS DEDICATED AT BEDFORDeiwnsiCcwGa.Government Keeps Wary EyeOn Its Soft Coal MinesNo Inclination by Federal Officials To Punish Lewis for New StoppageLong WouldAssess onSales Prices■Assessors Ponder Advice of State Tax Commission ChiefMembers of the board of assessors have in their possession advice from State Tax Commissioner Henry F. Long that 1947 assessments should approximate sale prices on real estate sold in the past year.The commissioner’s advice was given at a .meeting of Massachusetts awlessqr# , in' Boston Ssitur-' day aridrwas'pointed principally at' the said of. residential properties in 1946.In Lowell, at least, sale prices on residential properties have, for the most part, been far in excess of the 1946'valuations placed by the board of assessors.In' 'some cases, the sale price has tripled the city, valuation on the property and in many other cases, lias doubled the valuation the property is carrying.Just what the; assessors will do in'such cases has not been made known, but in no circumstances is it believed that they will follow so drastic a policy as outlined by Mr.. Long, .whose theory is that the sale price is the fair cash value price and that assessments should correspond.If the assessors should followWASHINGTON, Mar'ch' 31 (AP)—The government' kept a wary eye on its soft coal mines today to determine whether, the six-day mourning period decreed by John L. Lewis might begin ahead of time and fail to end on schedule,, Lewis called out. his 400,000 soft coal miners for a memorial layoff from midnight tonight through Easter Sunday in honor of the 111 victims of the Cen-tralia, 111., disaster.While the mines are idle, Lewis told reporters in announcing his action, there will be no men die; 'at least they will be safe while they’nLmourning”Lewis insisted: that his contract with the government, which carried over provisions from preceding agrf ~nehts with the • bituminous... operators, authorized *uch’ ; memorial holi-- r-—- s-.- ■ r •' . : .......days. . .But riven if any leffjri question arose in the minds ''of federal officials, it appears doubtful that they planned any immediate repetition of the court fight last fall which resulted in contempt fines for. Lewis and his United Mine Workers.Lewis is due to settle up that fine Thursday in Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsboroiigh's courtroom. If the jurist decides that the Holy week Idle period ordered by Lewis does not. alter his compliance with the supreme court's order in the contempt case, the UMW will get back $2,-800,000 of'its $3,500,000 fine. The supreme, court said a penalty of $700,000 against the union would be adequate for ignoringHigh Tribute ts Paid to Rep, Edith RogersBEDFORD — Highlighted by addresses by Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, chairman of the veterans affairs committee, and Curtis H. Nance, VA deputy branch administrator, the official opening ceremonies of the modern, fireproof women’s building were conducted at the ruditorium of the Veterans* Administration hospital '^xere Saturday afternoon.A gathering of some 350 persons, a great many of whom are prominent in public life or government medical circles, were in attendance at the exercises which marked the official opening of the new half-miUion-dollar building, designed to accommodate 89 women veteran patients.Although the theme of the talks delivered by the speakers centered on. the important parts that the women veterans have played during the wars in which the nation has been engaged, Rep. Rogers came in for a great deal of praise for the active role that she has filled in making the plans for the women’s building at. the hospital possible of fulfillment.The work of the Lowell congressman was cited by Dr. Winthrop Adams, VA branch medical director; Deputy Administrator Nance. Dr. Walter Bur-rier, hospital manager; Earl Atwood, chairman of the Bedford board of selectmen, and Dr. Marion C. Loizeaux, branch section chief of medical carc af women veterans, all of whom addressed the gathering. .As Deputy Administrator Nance told of the distinction which Bedford hospital now enjoys of being the first VA hospital In New England and the second in the nation to have a separate, modern. building for the speciallcl0haELhViVb1'.sast:cniiS;in;b'tsc.(C.IlleKBf;8aContinued on. Pur* NinePnvJsFrroc:ACe:*II
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Mon, Mar 31, 1947
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