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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
Farm Production
Cincinnati Ennuirerl


 When agricultural interests of the United States began to work toward planned farm crop and pro- duction program there were many observers who in- sisted that such a scheme never could work. They pointed out that there are millions of farmers large and small. across the nation; that what these men planted and harvested their business; that any attempt to estimate control would be futile
 Time is proving that such pessimistic views were not warranted As years pass United States agricu- ture is establishing itself on an increasingly sub santial and efficient basis We know now that plant ings can ba controlled within certain limits; that we can plan ahead to meet the nations essential food needs We have shown, beyond any shadow of doubt, that our farmers. on advance notice can-and will produce items necessary to industry well as for our tables; produce them in quantities sufficient for virtually demand
 Two generations ago such feats would have been impossible No organization then could competently estimate national consumption and probable produc tion More important still there no way by which farmers could be advised in advance, of needs no system by which safety averages could be allotted to growers from Maine to California The result was that U S farmers, those days. years of ruinous slrpluses while consumers saw seasons when certain farm commodities were almost impossible to obtain.
 We have come through period of great turmoil "a period in which internal demands for farm produce have been many times greater than ever before In addition large segment of the worlds population has depended the American farmer in greater or lesser measure, for subsistence Those de- mands have been met in manner truly amazing to anyone who will study the figures Such an acomplish- mant was possible only because U. s. farmers have insisted that business methods be applied to their industry iuet as business methods have been applied to other industrial activities many generations.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
SHIPPING AGREEMENT

As result of an interim operating plan worked out with the Maritime Commission American ships operating from Seattle to Alaska will again go on scheduled operations after lapse of about five years And under new saiIings announced today by the Northland Transportation Company Skagway and sitka will this month get a regular scheduled serwee bv the S S Alaska now taken by the Norhand company.
 New if we can get by without any major maritime rnion tieups Alaska shipping will be headed back to prewar status.
 Under the operating agreement. vessels are chart cred to the steamship companies with the commission taking back 75 per cent of the profits any These contracts will expire June 30 l948
 It seems to us that the Maritime Commission is eoing out of it's way to give special treatment to Alaska in seeing that the Territory is provided with adeoIate shipping facilities It is unfortunate that some Alaskan officials after making earlier pleas TOT s,inpne aid directed great deal of unfair criticism against the Maritime Commission in Washington Alaskas Governor accused the commission of plan nina to bar comuetition in the Alaskan trade because the contracts were made only with Seattle firms He also told Washington officials that Aaskans prefer to take chance on no service rather than give Seattle exclusive right to furnish us the service
 Actually as Vice Admiral W, w. Smith Mari time Commission chairman, said the other day, we don't like exclusive contracts with anyone. but so far desuite all the shouting and shooting at fhe Commission no application other than Seattle lines has been received.
 And a month ago. Rep. Jackson of Washington, who devoted great deal of time and effort toward working out this temporary solution to Aaskas ship
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
TIDE TABLE
JUNE 3
AUCTION SALE OF PUBLIC
 LAND

Notice is hereby given that pur- suant to an act of Congress of the United States, approved January 21, 1929, granting 100000 acres of land to the Territory of Alaska fer the exclusive use and benefit of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, now the University of Alaska; and pursuant to an Act of the Territorial Legislature, ap- proved March 12, 1885, authorizing the University of Alaska to select, and sell lands granted under said Act of January 21, 1929 the Uni versity of Alaska, will, on the 18th day of July, 1947, at the hour of two o'clock PM of said day, on the front steps of the Federal Building in Fairbanks, Alaska, sell at public auction for cash, to the highest and best bidder, the following described tracts of land, all of which are To- cated in Township 1 South, Range ? West of the Fairbanks meridian:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
A Basic Freedom
(NeW York Times

Americans can be proud of the statement on free dom of the press which Zechariah Chaffee Jr. sub mtted on their behalf recently to a United Nations sub commission We be proud because we already have most of this freedom in this country. We have no peacetime censorship. We put no check on the 'importation" and "eXportatOn' of news. We have clear and enforceable guarantee of freedom of speech and press in Constitution. As nation we can still improve the amount and quality of available to all our people and could expand our facilities for reproduction and transmission. But none of MT. Chaffe9's inyeorating suggestions for giving the world a fuller accurate and more dispassionate view of world affairs is alien to philosophy con- trary to laws
 The road toward a worldwide acceptance will be long. Tn Russia and in Communist dominated coul- tries freedom of the press is freedom to say what governments desire The is true in countries like Spain where fascsm fingers There are broader areas where censorship exists in fact if not in ranging from penalties for publishing the wrong kind of
 devices for delaying the transmission of news until it is no longer news. MT. Chaftee has long TOW to hoe There can be One World, effective United Nations final guarantee of peace, until all the peoples of the earth have to all the they need. But the magnitude and difficulty of the task is reason Tor rededieating ourselves to it..
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
WHAT MAKES WAR

Shortly after World War l. tals writer was encamped with 100 Sdl- gar prisoners and a handful Of Ser bian guards in the YugslaV valley of "Dcbro Dc" engaged in rebuild ing houses which the Bul 3auan Army had burned during the war.
 Dobro Do means good valley, and the valley lived up to it's name in beauty and charm-hut not in the intelligence of its people. Per haps not more than 10 percent could read and write.
 Cur tents were pitched alongside a brick schoolhou5e, which except for shattered Windowpanes and a few floor boards torn up for fire wood. was not badly damaged by the war. However that school had been unused since 1912. I was there in 1919
 First there had been the Balkan War of 1912 against Turkey; then the Bulgarian War of 1913. then the
 
 World War of 1914 And during all that time, no children in ~Dobro Do" had gone to school There was a school teacher in Dobro Do, ana we talked to him about getting hack to work. But we had no win dow glass, TO textbooks, no black boards, no paper and though our intentions were good, heavy SHOWS fcrced us to leave the valley before we ever got round to reopening that school
 have always felt a little guilty about that. But more important, I have always thought that one lea- sen for continued warfare in the Balkans and the fact that Tito can now get away with a Communist dictatorship. is lack of education.
 I also have thought that most Americans have little conception Of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
BALKANIZING PENNSYLVANIA
 SCHOOLS

The money which financed the reconstruction work we were doing in Dobro Dc and other parts of the Balkans came mainly from Pennsylvania. in which state l got a large part of my. own education. Today that state is so backward when it comes to teachers salaries that l am almost ashamed to admit I went to school there.
 Such starvation salaries are paid to Pennsylvania teachers that a progressive state like California makes recruiting raids on Penn schools and has no trouble skim ming off the cream of the crop. As q result, the teacher exodus from Penns,lyania is appalling.
 Today enrolment i'll Pennsylvania teachers colleges has dropped from 9.GG7 in l940 to 3,916 in l945. Class rooms are opercrowded, some class es are without teachers to handle them. and the cverturn is so great that as many as five different teachers may handle a single class in che year In other words, Penn sYlvania, the second wealthiest state in the union, is rapidly Bal kanizing it's educational system.
 Interesting thing is that the new Gov. James II. Duff made grandiose promises to improve Pennsylvania education - but that was before elections. Now he has come up with the meager Homsher Bill which won't come anywhere near remedy
 ng the situation. Meanwhile also, Pennsylvania, second wealthiest state. has the lowest per-capita state tax of any save the South, Iowa and Nebraska. Meanwhile al so, Gov. Duff is chopping about S94 O00,000 off various business tax including bank and trust com pany shares, corporate loans, mer- cantile tax, and a manufacturing exemption rom capital stock tax.
 He can dish out this gravy to business, but he can't afford an adequate salary boost to Pennsyl- yania teachers
 Of course, I don't have to go to school in Pennsylvania any more, so perhaps I shouldn't worry. But just because I used to like the cid state, here's free tip to Joe Pew, Joe Grundy and the Pennsylvania manufacturers who pull the wires in the State Legislature: weli-edu- cated kids don't fall for isms. The most fertile field for Communism is where the schools are the most Balkanized and poyerty-sricken
 Note To Other State Governors:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
20 YEARS AGO 4yiT AHE EMPIRE
JUNE 2, 1927

?,
 w. arrived from Seattle to make by Mrs Gross father Dr w. 
 the Alaska Road Commission - ed annual westward trip Seatebound aboard the Yukon were Albert Goez Mrs Willis Novel; J. B. Buord Iva Tilden and w.
 and to sail south at o'clock evening following passenger Gray, c. William Barbara and Elizabeth Wnn, Taylor Walker. a camping Eagle of L. Redingshafer Seattle Nome June it which the nightly according dispatch 
 Weather Highest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
Daily Lessons in English v v. [. GORDON

WORDS MISUSED say exceeding kind to him" Say, She EXCEEDINGLY kind to him."
 MISPRONOUNCED: lar-i-at, both As unsressed), syllable
 OFTEN NISSPELLED: Disappearance; s,
 SYNONYMS Pathology redundancy vebosy circum locuion wordiness
 WORD STUDY Use word three times and is yours Let vocabulary by Tody word INPROVIDENT lacking prodigal; He improvident of indulgen father"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
NO SOAP BOX DERBY
 TEST RUNS TONIGHT

Test runs which were tentatively set for tonight for the Soap Box Derby Boys Club have been post poned, Don Skuse has announced. The boys will be notified in plenty of time when a date is set for the test runs, and in the meantime each contestant should be putting the finishing touches on his car.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
The Washington Merry-6o-Round
Continued rou Page Cns

It shuld be oted that President Truman, though he doesn't believe in modern art, is 100 percent be- hind the rest of the State Depart ments cultural program including radio broadcasts to foreign na- tons, exchange Of students proies- soIs, etc.
 It should be noted that President State Departments art program re- ceived acclaim in various foreign countries, particularly Czechoslo- vakia. where both President Benes and Foreign Minister Masaryk spent considerable time examining it. Apparently artistic tastes vary regardless ot Harry Truman and the Republicans.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

14NDIsh HE DoIuL
 It was Henry Wallace who made the headline at his big Los Angeles rally. but it was movie actress Katharine Hepburn who really stole the show It hasn't been pub licized, but la Hepburn has become quite a leading Democrat in Holly wood Republicans in the picture colony tried to persuade her not to go to the Wallace meeting, but admitted afterward she did a whale of a job. Wallace's mail has been as big as his audiences. About 40 percent of his correspondents urge him to run for President. 50 percent urge him to form a new plitical party The later type letter has tripled in one month. . 95 per cent of Wallace's correspondents favor his position regarding Russia (coPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INc>
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
MODERN ETIQUETTE SaprprA 1y rrr

O. When cutting the fork held in hold the meat in place. should the be turned up?
 No; the should be turned Always knife and considerably Should the maid to
 
 o. What prefers write reply is requested"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

what great blessing our public school system is. If they did, they would give greater attention to the backbone of that system, the selec- ton and pay of teachers
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

ping problems stated that efforts had been made to find other steamship lines which would be interested in the Alaska trade and none could be fund
 At any rate. barring labor troubles, Alaska may get some sort of regular service for the next year
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5J59

Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew ard St. Visiting Com rades Welcome.
 H. s. GRUENING, Com mander; F. H. FORBES, Adjutant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

No sale of any of the foregoing tracts can be made for a considera- tion less than a minimum price of five dollars $500 per acre.
 The foregoing tracts offered for sale comprise portions of the old townsite of Cinema, adjoining and neighboring tracts
 Dated April Is. 1947
 CHARLES E. BUNNELL
 President, University of Alaska First publication, April 21, 1947. Last publication, June B, 1947
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
LOOK and LEARN Sa coRnoN

When did the smazed dollar bill Why does off a soaking 3. Where a the grow? What people the thny 5. What is the origin of the "whskey"?
 ANSWERS l.. 2. Because the feathers o oily g.. The 4. Eskimos.
 5. From a Gaelic word meaning of
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02
UNDER THE DOME

This is equally true in your state,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-02

inspector the Alaska Road Commissio ed for Cordova westward
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-09-11
PRODUCE DEF ARTnENT

AS everyone knows the Produc De7 artment
s in the he aviest part Of its years work
hany problems in regard to packing and
marke ting Vegetab1 e s. arise at this time.
However, in the course Of years certain
methods of handling and packing take pre-
ference over others. Emil La'Talt ers, who
replaced Harold Stephan recently resigned
pointed out a few of the: present accept ed
ne thods Of. packing for the market.
Lettuce heads should be packed in crates
With lining Of packing paper around the
sides, but not on the ends, and no pger
between the layers. All he ads should be
uniform in size, firm and Of No. quail
ity.
Cont inued on page 8
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-09-11

REST IN PALMER CEMETERY
Dale Robert Sandvik, who vas killed last
Thursday, September 4, when his pl ane
crashed at Wolverine Lake on take off,
was laid to rest in the Palmer Cemetery
on tuesday afternoon September 9,l947,
following most Impressive funeral under
the dire ct ion Of the Palmer Amer lean Legion.
The funeral was held in the United Prote S.
tant Church at 900 pm. Boaut ifu1 sprays
and Wreaths Of fl overs we're banked around
the cashet and across the entire front Of
the Church. brief service was held in
the Church in which Elder Merl e Smith Of
Palmer read the scripture and the obituary,
Elder Miles of Anchorage spoke a fez4 words,
and Rev. Victor 7. Alfsen of Palmer, offered
the prayer and gave the 'benediction. Mrs.
Brown Of Anchorage sang, "Somet inc WE'LL
.Underst and, and "Does Jesus care?". Pail
bearers we're: Victor Falk Jr. Angus
McKechnie, and George Mccullough of Palmer;
and Al Lindennth, clyde Johnson and Edward
Ahrens Of Anchorage.
At the Cemete ry the Logic held q short
service>with gun salute by the Legion
members, and taps played by Leon Faurie.
During the service, seven planes from the
Jack Carr flying service and the Valley
circ1ed over Palmer. Following the Legion
in salute and dropped flowers near the
open grave.
Dale Sandvik came to the Valley with his
parent S in 1885 from Moose Lake, Minnesota
where he was born. He attended the Palmer
school and finished three years Of High
School in Palmer. He then vent to the
States where he took his cadet fl light
training. When the war broke out he en-
tered the Air Service and made 70 missions
over enemy torr tory in Europe. He was
shot down 80 miles behind the lines and
walked safely out. He was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross and the Purple
Heart. After this he returned to the
IN tied States until he received his dis
charge in the fall Of 1915. He entered
the University Of Al aska that winter.
While in attendance at the Universe ty,
Dale met and married Nary Ann Kaiser. At
the close of scnoo1 they came to the
Valley to / Tvs and Later Dial e. joined the
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-09-11

Since this enrolment many more students
have enrolled and the est mat ed increase
would bring overall enrolment to ALI at
Cont inued on page 5
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-09-11
coo P notes
IEET MARKET

ttLI NAINEI
Ii1l all those who have meat stored in
the Coop lockers kindly come in and tag
or label what belongs to you, so that we
can complete our inventory? After ocSo-
Der l, all meat will be inventoried as
Coop meat.
WV. Beck Butcher
QUARTERLY REPORTS DELAYED
Our quarterly reports may be delayed a
little due to the fact that the former
Accountant left in July and the new &C.
countant needs time to become acouaint ed
With the records. so that he nay be better
able to render a complete report to the
members.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1947-09-11
PALMER SCHOOL HAS
ALL HIGH RECORD
ENROLL 01EnT

The original enrolment according to the
Sup erintendent's report to the Conmi S sion
er Of Education at Juneau is as follows:
Grade Grade --~.s. --.~
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-04-25

soon David found hina-elf talking
to others of Eugene as if he were
an actual person.
So strong grew the fixation that
David excluded all others from his
life and found in his companion
ship with a phantom the comfort
which disinterested parents and an
unbalanced homelife denied him.
When he was alone, he talked with
Eugene, shared dreams with him,
and made plans for things never
to come.
81 know you've been nice to me
because you want to meet Eu-
gene," David said to me. II don't
mind that. want people to like
him. But you can never meet
him; no one can. He exists only
to me. He is enough for me-"
"But you can't go through life
associating with imaginary peo-
ple," | said. cts unhealthy. You
we got to have live companions.
people with whom you can cx-
change ideas and share expert
ences. You're leading one-sided
life and it's not good"
"You forget" David said, chat
there are thousands Of adults in
this country in love with movie
stars and send them letters and
gifts. Nobody gets excited about
that"
"Pcoplc get over that" ar
gued, "and besides movie stars are
real people,"
David smiled. "That's where Pm
better off," he said. "1've seen
marriages and friendships ruined
by so-called human traits. If Flu
gene were real, he'd try to correct
me and change me to fit his i'm
preston of what | should he. We'd
argue principles and preferences.
Eugene is a fantasy Of nv own
creation. There can be no disillu-
sionment. disagreement, OF disap-
pointment between US.
at am content" David contin-
ued, "and not at all lonely. AS
long as Eugene exists, can never
be hurt or endure the hcartacheS
of jealousy, indifference. separa-
ton, or death. And he'll exist as
long as | desire. There aren't two
people in any sort Of union any
where who can face the future
with that assurance.
l argued with him, of course
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-04-25
I MEET
! the incest
! PEOPLE
Hy GLENN D. kITTLER

| think have piticd David Till
more than anyone I've known. lie
was the only person I've met who
did not want friends.
He was l9 when | met him. He
read unanimously and it was this
that brought us together.
had a friend who worked in Il
public library which David fire.
uucnted and one evening when |
dropped in to chat with her, Da-
vid was there. His many visits TO
the library put him on speaking
terms with my friend and she IN
troduced u$.
| contend you can judge Il man
by the books he reads. Those Da-
vid selected were deep. serious nov
els and I wondered what sort OF
bow would attempt such profun-
ditv. | became interested and
suggested drive him home.
At first he waS silent and gave
laconic answers to my questions;
But as we drove. he relaxed ana
before we arrived at his home he
talked quite freely.
He made frequent references to
= friend named Eugene. He quo
ted many of Eugene's ideas OF
rfe which struck me as rather
clever. but l soon recognized Eu-
genes thoughts as stock phrases
taken from books. | became more
interested in Eugene than l was
in David.
"rd like to meet your FRIEND"
| told David
"I'll sec if I can arrange it." he
said and Immediately changed the
subject.
When we reached his home. |
half-eXpcctcd David to invite me
in. but the car no sooner stopped
than he hoped from the car.
"I'll see YOU he said, and hur-
rjcd into the house.
A now person is to me great
adventure and so | found myself
visiting my librarian friend more
often with the hope Of running in
to David again. When he did not
appear again after several visits
7 questioned my friend about Eu-
gene.
Il don't know him." she said.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1947-04-25
Study Drainage
Proposals In
Loris Area

landowners i'm the town of
LoriS and farmers on the out
skirts of the city limits gathered
at the l.oriS high school audItorl-
um Friday night At eight O'Clock
and elected seven directors to
mske application for 4 charter
which would provide for more
adequate drainage in this area.
Elected directors were Albert
Todd. Cliff H. Hardwick. DR.. L..
P. kapps, Brooks Wilmington. 5.
]. Deery. Tilley H. Cox and d..
o. Heniford. Lloyd b. Bell was
elected secretary and treasurer.
Presiding at the Friday night
meeting, L. J. Carter, local ag-
riculture teacher, discussed a
previous meeting of the local
landowners at which time an
engineer from the Soil Conser-
walton Service in this area said
that one phase of the project.
the Pleasant Meadow Swamp
phase, would cost about S10,-
900. No estimates has been
made on the proposal as it now
stands.
The proposal at present would
call for ditching from the Bay
ORC road to the railroad or dis
lance of $1,000 feet and a total
dirt movement of 16.600 cubic
yards, and other ditching on Gas
ton branch. Roughly those land
owners having property in an area
starting at Fox Bay east of LoriS
to Cushion Swamp south of LoriS
and extending eastward TO the d.
+, Prince farm joining the Simp
son creek drainage project would
be affected by the local drainage
proposal.