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Evening star., 1947-05-03

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The Valley settler., 1947-10-30
POTATO PRICES UP AGAIN

The pDice, of potatoes on the Seattle mar kot TO SC log last week or to $4.1o. This bears out tho market forecast that the ro-action of last week vas due to too sharp rise or Harket speculati ion. The price is now rising at a slower rate. Tho Coop filled an order Of potatoes on odne sday of this week for g. tons at S5.5o. The purchaser stated definite = preference for potatoes in the Coop bags.
 -:-=-------------------- The Creamery building received. some new roofing this past week.
 Cont on pp. 5
The Valley settler., 1947-10-30
[, OF [ HEARS .PLAllS :, OF ARR. FOR FIRE HALL
 6 IMPROVED. SERVICE.

N1nty-three persons were served Turkey Dinner at a spec ial Chamber of Conme rec meeting held in Charlie's place on Thurs day Of this week. The special lunch con was held for the purpo SC of rneeting with Col o.P. Johnson and some of the Depart ment Heads Of the Al al ska Railroad to hoar the fr pl ans for improved Rail service to Palmer.
 Recently o.P. Johnson, Manager of the Alaska Railroad, made offer to the,a Matanuska Valley Fire As soc fat ion of the construction of Fire Hall in connect ion with a new Railroad dormihory. Nothing definite vas done about the matter at, the time. Therefore, a special nee ing was called by the Matanus ska Valley Chamber of Commerce to he ar the pl ans more in detail. Col. o.P. Johnson told those present that Secretary Krug and his Assistant Warne were very much intere sted in the develop the ass tance of the. ARR. in this pro- gram.
 There are many problems to be worked out, Col. Johnson said, in connec tion Wit the Improvement of the P.R. and it's service. Among the so was the large number of claims made on lost and damaged goods. He ca11od on Ir. Nucker of the Accoun ting Deo art. ment of the Railroad give a little moro inforgnat ion on the difficulties encoun- tered. Cont. on page 5.
The Valley settler., 1947-10-30

The Co-op is negot fat ing with an Alaskan 2 irm which will be able to do tinnine Of cans and Dairy utensils. This is some- th ing that has not been possible hereto .. fore. If bhis can be done during tho winter season, VIC may be able to have the work done at a reasonable Ii 3lire which will result in considerable saving to the Dairynen.
The Valley settler., 1947-10-30
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EBERSHIP NOTICE:

INIERSHIP NOTICE: Tho first session Of the next stockholders quarterly nee eting will bo he Id in the Com- 2unity Building Of Palmer, Ala ska, at 500 2.m. on Saturday, November l, l947. 'The meet ing will be open to vot ion mcmbers;
 probat ional members and thoir families.
 e... Matanuska Valley Tanners ..',s.. Cooperating Assdci at ion
 .@ ,~s.'- '" Harold L. Thuna Secret tary
Evening star., 1947-09-28
DuhIius

Back OF the annual regional show of the
Natlonal Capital Dahlia Society lies hun
areas OF years Of traceable cultural history
The whole genus somewhat arbitrarily bears
the name of Anders Dahl, an eighteenth
century Swedish botanist who happened to
have been a pupil of Linnaeus and thus
qualified for the honor. But the beautiful
imperial flowers which modern connois-
seurs esteem most highly made their
original appearance in modern annals
when they were mentioned by Francisco
Hernandez in his classic study Of the flora
OF New Spain in 1851. He found it in. the
lofty plateaus of Mexico, where it had
been appreciated by the Indians for gen.
erations before the arrival of Cortez
Dahlias also were mentioned by Menon-
vile, who was employed by the French
minister to steal the cochineal insect from
the Spaniards in $780," and even more
particularly by the Able Cavanilles "who
first described the flower scientifically
from specimen which bloomed in the
royal garden of Madrid" and who likewise
was responsible for the designation in favor
of Dahl. A plant was carried to England
by the Marchioness of Butte in 1789 but it
soon died. Some examples forwarded by
Cavanilles to the Jardin des Plantes in
Paris in 1902 were more fortunate. English
visitors to France were delighted with
blooms of three varieties which they saw
in 1914. Meanwhile, Lady Holland had
attempted the introduction of the COM
moner dahlias to Britain with success in
1904, but her enterprise was not widely
known until long afterwards.
The German name for the genus is
Georgina, in compliment to a Russian
professor who lived at St. Petersburg
about 1900. 1t is possible that specimens
of dahlias crossed Siberia to the Cars
capital from China, where the Compositae
seem to have been familiar to painters
in remote antiquity. How they made the
journey to Mexico is a mystery. Indeed,
some students believe that they are native
to the land of the Aztecs Their formal
beauty-almost imperial In character
prompts the notion that they symbolic
vast power over circumstance. No other
Evening star., 1947-09-28
New Gadqet on the Way

From the Independenee tnansas) Reporter:
News stories indicate that the chief difficulty
with making rain by dumping dry ice into
clouds is to make deliveries at the points liz
tended. Several instances have been reportes,
where the rain, when it came, fell at varyina
distances from areas which sought it's hens
fetal moisture.
With full faith in American ingenuity, w
predict that it will be only question of time
before the difficulty is overcome. Some gadget
will be devised on which few dials will be set
to make calculations for density of cloud, direc-
ton and speed Of its drift, ETC., so the bonn
bardier can dump the right amount of dry ice
at the proper moment to water particular
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Evening star., 1947-09-28
Mr. Vishinsky's Motives

OF greater Importance, perhaps, than the
things he says is the question of the motive
behind the mendacious rantings of Andrei
Vishinsky, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
What is the real objective of this tireless
and not unskillful Russian propagandist?
One cannot dismiss outright the posi-
bility that Mr. Vishinsky believes the
things he is saying, however preposterous
they are to any reasonably well-informed
American This, however, is possibility
which should be heavily discounted. For
Mr.. Vfshinsky is we'll aware of what the
record shows. He knows that it is the
Russians who have all but paralyzed the
United Nations, who have blocked any
constructive action on international con-
troll of atomic weapons and who have pre-
vented any semblance of economic re-
covery in Europe. He knows that the
United States has dismantled it's mill
tary establishment, and he must know,
despite his fulminations against the war
mongers," that the people of this country
want peace and that they have been and
still are willing to go to any reasonable
length to secure peace. Knowing these
hardly be speaking from the heart.
The alternative assumption, and by far
the more probable one, is that his TRADES
are aimed at confusing the American mind,
at planting doubt wherever there is a
chance that doubt might flourish. Why
would he do this? For various reasons,
perhaps, but primarily to delay and, if
possible to prevent any action by this
country to extend effective aid to the
countries of Western Europe. If he can
gain even few months time by these
tactics, it will be used to best advantage
by the Communist agencies so busily en-
gagged in tearing down the structure of
what is left of democracy in Europe. And
this time lag may prove to be decisive
Nothing could be palmer than the fact
that events in Europe are building up to a
final crisis. In France, Britain, Italy and
other nations there are today governments
which want to collaborate with this coun-
try. But the foundations upon which these
governments rest are crumbling under the
impact of hunger and fear and hopeless
ness among their peoples. The life ex-
pectancy of some of them, If left to their
own resources, is not great. Just little
more suffering, little more hunger, and
the collapse will come.
If Mr.. Vishinsky can facilitate that COL
lapse by raising enough doubts and con-
fusing thought in this country to a point
where we will not act, or will not act in
time, then he will have rendered very
real service to the cause of an aggressive
and expanding communism. And there is
ample reason to believe that that is pre-
cisely what Mr. vishinsky is trying to do; !.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Bill of Particulars
Believes European Help From the United States Should
Be Provided Year.toY Year Basis
By Raym ond MoIey

There is clear evidence in the report of
European needs that the nose of Mr. Bevins
gold animal got itself under the tent The
report suggests that $3,O00,0 1000 be made
available" for stabilizing European curren-
cies, apparently those of England, France,
Italy and possibly Germany. The common
way to stabilize a currency is to provide back
ing of gold Hence, it must be assumed that
in addition to the credits and currency asked
for in the body of the report we are asked to
'redistribute" part of our Fort Knox gold.
There is way, of course to stabilize cur
rency without gold. Germany did that In
November, 1923, after the great imitation But
that method requires no aid from abroad and
involves no fixed amount. So the So, 900 900 900
suggestion cannot mean that form of stabili-
zation.
The entire claim for all purposes, except the
mysterious $3,000,000000, for four years Is
22,440,000 OF this, Europe hopes to get
$3,110,000,00O from the International Bank
This money will, if made available, be pro-
vided by American investors in the securities
OF the bank.
The European nations hope to repay, by
exports to the American continent, about
81, 900 600 900 in four years. The deficit there
fore, would be $15,0000 900 900, to be provided
by the United States Government, plus So, ,O00,-
100000 from American investors in the bank
plus the mysterious $3OO0,Oo0,O00 sterilization
fund. Omitting the stabilization fund, the
deficit which the United States is asked to
supply in 1948 is $8,00oOO0,oO0. This 194S
amount should be. sharply challenged. AS has
been pointed out in this column the available
food and other materials simply do not add
up to any such amount The administration
is said. to be thinking about 100000 900 as
an outside figure. 1t is more likely, when all
the facts are on the table, that the limit for
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Make 1t Permanent

With the expiration of daylight saving
at two o'clock this morning, Washington
is back where it started when Congress at
the past session granted authority to turn
the clocks ahead an hour during the sum-
mer season. The authority which Con-
gress finally granted, after much debate,
was only temporary. 1t should be made
permanent at the next session of Congress-
The residents of Washington, in COM
mon with majority of those in the nearby
counties, have shown beyond any doubt
that they, like most of the city dwellers in
the States, like the idea of an extra hour
of daylight for gardening recreation or
relaxation. Most of the reasons which
made the plan worthwhile in wartime
make it just as worthwhile in peacetime
What little opposition there has been in
the past to daylight saving for Washing
ton has come chiefly from farmers who
do nos live in the District.
Conceding that the principle of self-rule
was involved in the issue, Congress agreed
to leave the decision this year to the peo-
pie of the District. The citizens showed
their overwhelming Endorsement of the
plan at a public hearing called by the
Commissioners. The DIST proclamation by
the Commissioners followed. Senator Nc
Grath, Democrat, of Rhode Island, who
sponsored the 1947 resolution conferring
this option on local residents, has an
nounced that he will introduce the reso-
luton again in January. His espousal of
the eself-determination principle is graft
flying recognition of the right of the people
of Washington to make their own decision
in this recurrent matter The authority to
exercise this option should be continuing
one. There is no sense of rehashing the
daylight saving question over and over
again each year at the Capitol when it
already has been settled as far as local
preferences are concerned.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

1948 which Congress will allow will be some
where between $2,00o,000,O0O and $4,000 600, ,oe0
In return for this requested aid, Europe
makes number of promises. These deserve
and no doubt will get careful scrutiny over here.
The most important promise made refers to
coal. 1t is promised that the output of coal
will oe raised by 145,0OO00o tons above 1947, or
100000 tons above 1898. This is a very
doubtful offer. Insofar as this increase re-
lates to German mines, the accomplishment
OF an increase depends upon shipments of
American machinery. We are apparently only
at the initial stages in planning for this ma
chinery. So the increase depends upon Eng
land, where coal production in 1947 has been
falling behind the 1899 level of production.
1t is hard to see, therefore, how even the modest
increase of 1450O0,000 tons over l947 can be
achieved.
The second offer is to restore preWar grain
and cereal production, with large increases in
sugar and potato production and some increases
in oils and fats. With a restoration of the
production of synthetic fertilizers, this is quite
possible.
Europe promises further that there will be an
increase in steel production of 100000 tons
above the prewar level This, too will be possible
II we provide machinery and plants at a cost
of about $40O,0O00OO.
Finally, the plan proposes restoration of
the prewar merchant marine
And so the European cards are on the table.
The promises are made and can be attained
If genuine effort is made to attain them. The
requests from us are far too high, but that was
to have been expected.
Our attitude should be cautious. Perhaps our
commitments should be made on yearly basis.
AS good will and willingness to produce are
revealed in Europe, we can well afford to extend
helping hand from year to year.
released BY the Associa ted Newspapersl
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Mans Origin in Africa?

An eXpedltlOn OF scientists from the
University of California, led by Professor
Charles L. Camp is in South Africa in
search of material relating to the early
cultural history of mankind. Specifically,
excavations are to be made in limestone
caves at Stirkfontaine, about fifty miles
from johannesburg A dispatch to the
New York Times suggests that in deposits
there it may be possible to read the story
OF the human race from the very be-
ginning Such development, of course,
would be revolutionary. 1t might convince
thousands of people that man deserving
OF the name first came into existence on
the south side of the Dark Continent.
Similar notions have been put forward
by other investigators in the past There
are two major schools of thought on the
subject. One believes that the source of
our species was in Europe or Asia; the
other holds to an African beginning. Much
depends upon conceptions of time. If
human beings actually lived before the
great periods of glaciation it is natural
to suppose that they lived in areas which
were relatively warm-say, in the neigh
borhood of the Equator But it also is
important to remember that Europe, Asia
and Africa in those days were a single
continent. The Mediterranean is COM
paratively modern phenomenon. AS re-
Gently as twelve or fifteen thousand years
ago, it very likely was a series of lakes
bridged by hills not very high. Migrations
then might have moved from Africa into
Europe or from Europe into Africa even
in cold seasons as easily as they now move
from Alexandria to Washington or from
Washington to Alexandria.
Keith Henderson,, in his prehistoric
Man." expresses his confidence that people
of the Mousterian Age dwelt in practically
every quarter of the globe except America
The Europeans of the Mousterian classifi-
cation, he contends, were conquered by tall
Aurignacians-who themselves may have
come from the south L. S. B. Leakey made
discoveries in East Africa which Sir Arthur
Keith declares certainly support the
theory which points to Africa as the land
in which the Aurignacian culture had its
origin and it's earlier developments" The
modern Arab" according to Keith, els
probably direct descendant Of the stock
which, in pleistocene times, gave Europe
It's first neanthropic invaders"
Professor Camp and his friends, of
course, have all this background at their
finger tips. The general public will wish
them well in their endeavor to add to
what men really know about their earlier
experience. Perhaps new light may come
from the distant past to illumine the
mysteries of the tumultuous present.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

bloom is more stately, more assertive in
form or bearing. Dahlias demand aristo-
cratic language for their proper descrip-
ton. On the other hand, they are amaz-
ingly democratic in their capacity of
adjustment to environment. For many
years wild dahlias have made bright the
dull meadows of New Jersey just this side
of the tunnel leading into the Pennsyl-
vania Station in New York. The American
Dahlia Society exhibition in that city last
week brought out crowds of visitors. Our
own display at the United States Botanic
Garden, Maryland avenue and First street
NV. will be worth seeing, too.
Evening star., 1947-09-28

MS death at 86, September IL last. He COM
manded the Sd Corps at the Second Battle of
the Marne and the 1st and I'd divisions in the
de1ense OF Chateau Thierry, then was placed
IN charge OF the I'd Army near the end of the
First World War in 1913
Under the title here reproduced, The Star
for September "a, 1897, edtorially discussed
"the modern game of croquet,"
'Modernized explaining that it is such as
Croouet' to attract many more devctees
than did the game in its orig
inal form and bids fair to assume among
the lovers of gentle outdoor sports popularity
approaching that of golf or Of lawn tennis"
Croquet, 1t was argued, has long since ceased
to be slow, unscientiical game, for the late
developments have given it hard, smooth
playing surface, with nicer distinctions in the
rules and wider possibilities for strategy. The
game as 1t is now played is, in effect, the
enlarged equivalent of open-air billiards, with
the same chances for delicate touches caroms,
position strokes and other points of superior
play. e One feature of the sport is the
number of very young men who become devoted
to it and develop expertness in the play"
The Star of September 27, 1897, quoted Mrs.
John Hay wife of the American envoy to the
Court of st. Jameses as
Personal Impression having said: THE wives
ofRoyoIy of Ambassadors are al
ways received by the
Queen on the LIST of May. I was notified that
she would receive, and on May l I went to
Windsor Castle. Here it is that such receptions
always take place. When I was ushered into
the presence Of the Queen, she was seated in
chair s<d after courtesied she bade me be
seated beside her. After five-minute chat
she nodded her head. meaning that the recep-
ton was over, and was ushered out of the
room. was then received by the Prince and
Princess of Wales and afterward by the Duke
and Duchess of York. The Queen appeared
to be in the best of health. I" = She is COM
PEELED to use cane because of an injury to
her knee. She is also very fieshy." OF course
the Queen to whom Mrs. Hay referred was Vic
toria, then rs years old. The Prince and
Princess Of Wales became Edward VII and
Queen Alexandra. the Duke and Duchess OF
York George and Queen Mary.
Evening star., 1947-09-28
Fifty Years Ago

Critics of the new styles of 1947 complain
that they are not attractive nor comfortable
but at their worst they
Fashions in are nothing to compare
Grondmo's Day with what Grandmother
had to put up with when
she was young. For example, the fashion editor
wrote for The Star of September 18, 1897.
lengthy article including this paragraph: "At
wedding reception at Magnolia on Thursday
the costumes of the guests seemed to have
been dyed in the laboratory of autumn. The
rooms repeated the crimson of the oak leaves
mixed with green. Then there were all those
tawny beautiful shades that are inspired by an
infusion of brown. The dark smoke color that
is sure to be so much worn throughout the
winter formed a quiet background though
usually it was frightened with a rich peculiar
violet or with scarlet or the blue that tones into
peacock or gray. One very good dress in silk
of this color had a plain skirt, which was
draped in long folds to cling about the feet.
this being one of the newest of the new skirt
fancies. The full bodice was of black gauze
with a velvet brocade on it in watercress
green" woman wearing such an outfit was
expected to cramp her waist, hustle her hips
and puff her sleeves-or be "out of date
The death of William H. Wallace, "the oldest
postmaster in the United States both in point
of age and service" was
Oldest Postmaster reported by The Star on
Departs September 81, 1897. He
was 86, had been en-
ployed at Hammondsvile, Ohio, for 40 years
and had collected autographs and photographs
of many prominent contemporaries The
Stars dispatch affirmed: "He was postmaster
when it cost four bushels Of oats or four pounds
of butter to send a letter from Ohio to New
York"
A brief paragraph in The Star of September
%, 1897, announced: "Lt. Robert L. Billiard,
10th Infantry, has been
It. BulIord detailed to attend the en-
To Tennessee canpment of the National
Guard Of Tennessee at the
Tennessee Centennial Exposition Roughly
half a century later, The Star printed the
whole story of his career the day following