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The Valley settler., 1947-10-02
COOP n0TE. 5
SHEER COMPLETED


 Tho E:V.F.C.A. and ARGC have been notified by lr. Aonzo Curtis, Engineer, that tho Sever contract has been completed. It is nov ready to be inspected by jo int con- mittoo of tho My. A. and tho A.R.R.C. Tor tho acceptance of the job as comp ted. The sever ras started about a yoar ago. It is l2, 400 1t or about 9 1/3 miles in length.
 TEL EH0ND POLES RE-E FORGED Tho telephone poles in the Civic Center haye boen ro-onforco cd .eith cresoted stubs along tho ma in street in the Civic Center. They wero in bad shape ard far from strong enough to withstand our rinter winds. SILDARD OIL DOCK UNDER REF AIR The do cks at our Bulk Station are al so under going some badly needed repair york. CREIlERY ADDITION
 The siding is nov on tho no- addition to the Creamery Building iii Palmer and is TO- ceiving coat of paint. Tho doors have not yet arrived as they eEoro hold up by the first strike. They are nov on their "ay and should be here ready to install be- fore the roather gets too cold.
The Valley settler., 1947-10-02
STORn1 RyAn

Mrs. Blanche Storm and Harry Ryan Uere united in marr iago at the Methodi st Church in Anchorage Monday Evening Sept eGnber 29, at ZOO p.m., by Rev. Geo. '. Dolch. The bride rore a blue suit with black accessories and a corsage of Gardenias and Roses.
 The Bride and Groom left for short honeymoon up the Highway. Upon their re- turn they will mako the ir home in Palmer, where Mir. Ryan is in business. .~.~-~...
The Valley settler., 1947-10-02
PLAN TRIP TO HOMER

PLAN TRIP TO HOMER < - pr. o.E. Reod and Parker Lester plan to leave on trip to Homer on October g, where they will discuss Dairying ri tn the farmers in that area. They plan to be back in time for the meeting uith the Dairy Farmers in the Valley.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Reuther Urges
Special Session

If special session of Congress act effectively
the Eropean economic crisis must be empowered to act
also on the domestic economic crisis Walter P Reuther
TAWCO president said said in letter to President Iru-
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
PAC Out For


CHICAGO, September 10 -
OPA) - All 20 Illinois Con
gressmen who voted for the
Taft-Hartley law have been made
special targets for defeat in the
1948 elections by the Illinois
State Industrial Union Council.
Newly elected IUC President
Joseph Germano appointed
Frank Annunzio, state legislative
director of the United Steel
workers, and Sam Levin, man.
of the Amalgamated Clothing
ager of the Chicago joint board
Workers, to head the CIO.PAC
1948 campaign. All 20 of the
marked Congressman are Re-
publicans, including Sen. c. Way
and Brooks, favorite of Col. Rob.
ert Mccormick, publisher of the
reactionary Chicago Tribune.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Ship Shippers
Demand Raise

NEW YORK, September 10
nPA) - A wage increase Of
SIS a month for ship captains
was demanded by the Masters,
Mates g. Pilots-AFL as negotia.
tions between the union and the
American Merchant Marine In.
stiute opened here this week.
Other MMP demands included:
continuation of the practice of
carrying pharmacists
Where IL has been the practice
since 1912; SIS for each additional
shift served by masters and chief
engineers between S p. m. and
8 a. M; an extra $3.50 monthly
for officers required by the com.
pany to wear uniforms, and ex.
ira pay for officers required to
do work usually handled by un-
licensed seamen.
The new contract will cover
about 6000 MMP members on
Atlantic and Gulf coast ships.
Masters of Liberty ships now
receive S645 monthly.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
COP Hofchef JOB
On coopera+ives
Seen Bockfirinq

WASHINGTON, September 10
political hatchet
job planned by Rep. Walter c.
Ploeser, (R., Mo- on the ma
tons cooperative movement
gave increasing indications of
backfiring last week.
Ploeser, chairman of the
House Small Business Commit
tee which last year gave the co.
operative movement a clean bill
of health, has undertaken the
job for a second time with a
view of turning it into political
capital next year when the COP
may make socialism versus
free enterprise" camp a G n
slogan.
The backfire came from men,
bers of Ploeser's own party who
fear the extent to which the in
investigation may ALLEVIATE the
votes of hundreds of thousands
of farmers who operate their
own co-ops and an estimated
100000 families who partici-
pate in coop organizations.
Republican sentiment for cur
failing Ploeser's smear job be-
came so widespread last week
that the Missourian was forced
to defend himself by pleading
that it was only the ''leftist ele-
ments in the Democratic Party
that have been responsible for
the attacks" He added that he
was sorry to see "a few naive
Republicans fall into the leftist
trap"
There was ample evidence
however, that the opposition to
Ploeser's intentions was neither
Democratic nor leftist. Farmers
groups and daily newspapers
throughout the country were
vehemently critical. In Ploeser's
home state, President F. V
Heinkel, of the Missouri Farm
ers Association, declared, Farm
erG throughout the nation have
been shocked and disheartenec
by attacks made against agri-
culture and farm cooperatives
by a Republican-controlled Con
gress. The time has come wher
farmers on election day must be
farmers first and .partisans
second"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Anfi-Lohor Ads
Agoin Appear In
Daily Papers

NEW YORK, September 10
UPA)-The labor-hating Com
mittee for Constitutional Gov
ernment, backed by reactionary
publisher Frank Gannett, last
week started a new series of full
page anti.labor newspaper ads
attacking unions for resis ting the
Taft Hartley law.
Headined Unions Defy Your
Government. How Long Will
You Stand For This?", the ads
appealed to union.baiting en-
ployers in such language as the
following: Though they collect
dues from only about 22%o of
the nations workers, monopolis-
tic unions now constitute a su-
per.government. They will be
even stronger than the Ameri.
can people themselves - unless
you, the people, stop them and
keep them within the bounds
of law"
The Committee frequently
branded as a near-fascist outfit
by labor leaders, maintained
that "A few hundred top union
bosses control a larger income
than all our churches combined
- $425 millions annually in reg.
ular union dues plus a pre-
viously estimated $500 million
in special assessments (now be-
ing greatly increased for strike
funds), and the services of
100000 shop stewards whose
wages of $500 million are paid
by industry.
1.-THE army of this invisible
law-defying super government
has declared a war of eXtermi-
nation against the representa-.
tives you elected"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
ever made available
mounting current cost Of Hospital bills

of their Plan if you are patient in their
hospitals. IL you are hospitalized in hos.
pital not member of Blue Cross Plan
in Ohio or in hospital not in the State
of Ohio you will receive payment on
your hospital bill up to $3.50 per day
for ward service and up to $3.50 per day
for semi-private service for the contract
period.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Typo Program
Sfirs Owners

NEW YORK, September 10
(LPA) - The nations neWspa.
per publishers yelled virtually to
high heaven last week charging
that the International Typo
graphical Union.AFL and its
president, Woodruff Randolph,
were setting up a dictatorship
over the American press.
Editor g. Publisher, weekly
organ of the newspaper owners,
coupled its dictatorship charges
with an out.and-out threat to
train strikebreakers to take over
the jobs of striking ITU mem
bers. Adequate printers can be
trained in six months" said an
emotional Editor g. Publisher
editorial. ut has been done be-
fore and newspapers have con-
tinued to operate under ITU
strikes. It can be done again. "
Meanwhile, the ITU quietly
held firm to its program of sign
ing no contracts under the Taft
Hartley law but at the same
time refusing to work in shops
and plants where union rules
and standards are not in force.
TTU convention decisions were
followed by a bulletin telling
members:
If it becomes necessary to
leave your job make no state.
ment to employer, conciliator or
anyone else as to the reason.
You will strike or quit work be,
cause you do not want to work
for a particular employer or do
not want to work at all; you
will be refraining from working
because you want to do SO and
for no other reason.
Said E&P "The American
people, supposedly enjoying a
free press, will have but a mere
shadow Of that freedom under
Randolph's one-man rule
Randolph has declared war on
the publishers an don our gov
eminent"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Leave Bonds
Are Welcome

WASHINGTON (LPA) - OF
the 9,160,OO0 veterans who hold
terminal leave bonds, 72% ex-
pect to cash them Immediately,
according to a nationwide sur
vey by the newspaper Army
Times. More than one-fifth of
the cash already is earmarked
to pay for current debts incurred
by veterans since their return to
civilian life. Home payments
will account for another 1877,
and medical bills for II %. Only
small amounts, contrary to ex-
pectations, will 60 for purchases
of such items as autos, refriger-
ators, and furniture, according
to the newspaper poll.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Miners Win Contract

SPRINGFIELD (LPA) - In a
referendum vote, the Progress
sive Mine Workers of America
unaffiliated, approved one
year contract granting wage in
creases of 93c to 1888 a day, it
was announced last week by
PIMA members in Illinois, also
The contract, covering $4,000
PIMA mmebers in Illinois, also
doubles the former 5c-a-ton
royalty for the welfare fund, re-
tains the basic seven-hour, five
day week, provides travel time
payment,
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
NLRB Rejects
Foremen Cases

WASHINGTON, September 10
(LPA) - Fifty NLRB collective
bargaining election cases involv.
ing foremen and supervisory
empoyes were thrown out by the
Board last week because of the
Taft Hartley ban on collective
bargaining for such employees.
The so pending cases involved
about 540O foremen in Is states
and the following II unions:
District so, United Mine Work.
ers-AFL; international Union of
Operating Engineers-AF Fore
mems Association of America
unaffiliated; International Broth.
erhood of Paper Makers-AFL;
Utility Workers Union-CIO; In.
ternational Association of Ma
chinists-unaffiliated; Information.
al Longshoremen's & Ware
housemen's Union-CIO; Textile
Workers Union-CIO; United Of
flee & Professional Workers
CIO; Insurance Supervisors Un.
nion-AFL.
Labor lawyers pointed out,
however, that if an employer
wshes he can still hold represen-
tation elections among his fore
men but NLRB facilities may not
be used for this purpose. An
employer and a union may agree
on an election conducted by an
indepedent organization and ac-
cept the latter's certification.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
General Strike Ends

NEW YORK (LPA) - Civil
rights were voided last week in
Lima, Peru, and 48 labor leaders
were arrested because of five
day general strike in Lima, and
its port of Callao. President Jose
Rivero declared the strike ille-
gal and issued an edict suspend
ing constitutional guarantees.
The General Labor Confedera-
ton and the Union of Labor
Syndicates issued a joint state
ment that the strike had been
settled in direct negotiations
with management half an hour
before the Presidents edict.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Pottery Pay Raised

E. LIVERPOOL, o. (LPA) -
The 5000 pottery workers who
belong to the Natl Brotherhood
of Operative Potters- -AFL have
won their second wage increase
of the year as a result of nego-
tiations completed here last
week. Effective, Sept Is, gen.
eral and chinaware workers
will receive a minimum of 68c
an hour for women, $l.06 for
men.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Seeks Union Cord

NEW YORK (LPA) = I h e
Presidents daughter, Margaret
Truman, last week applied for
membership in the American
Guild of Musical Artists-AFL.
Miss Truman, coloratura So
prano, made her debut on a ra-
dio broadcast last March and
made her first appearance as a
public artist at the Hollywood
Bowl last month. Her member
ship application will go through
the regular channels and when
accepted she will be able to sing
in opera companies that have
contracts with AGMA.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12

man Saturday.
Reuther urged that a spe-
cial session be called and
asked the President to rec
ommend to the Congress the
immediate restoration OF price
controls on food and all other
basic commodities and other
measures to meet domestlc
problems.
.Unless we solve our own
nrobIem of initiation and scar
ritv of ever increasing prices,
decreasing purchasing power
and scandalously high profits
we cannot hope to give Europe
the help it needs and must
have" Reuther said. lhese
two problems the foreign
and the domestic - cannot be
separated. If Congress is to act
TO ease the crisis in Europe, II
must necessarily ADDRESS 4'SS4A
to both problems.
IN urging that you call a
special session, we also urge
that YOU strongly recommend
that Congress act on at least
these basic domestic problems:
increasing prices, with partic-
ular attention T., to food prices;
housing and rent control, steel
and other material shortages
and a minimum wage law"
How can Congress possibly
act to ease the European crisis
before it solves the problem
of scarcity and initiation at
homer" he asked.
In addition TO the restoration
of price controls, Reuther urged
that Congress be charged with
the responsibility Of re-estab-
fishing effective rent controls,
formulating a program to meet
the housing crisis and increas-
ing the statutory minimum
wage to at least rs cents an
hour.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
ATTENTION:
MEMBERS OF THE UNION

Thousands of union members in
Northwestern Ohio enjoy the pro.
lection and benefits of this non.
profit ''Blue Cross" community
service. The Toledo Plan now has
enrolled more than 100000 in
this area and Blue Gross nationally
more than 28,OOO,OOO; an aver
age of more than $4,000 daily.
You as a union member should
know more about the personal
eAsavings and benefits of Blue Gross.
T6sobtain the best protection now
available get in touch with To.
Iedof blue Gross Plan. Office:
443 Hnren Street, Toledo 4, Ohio.
Garfield 9531.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
RATES,

Effective on the group opening date; the
Individual rate per month is only Csc for
Ward Service and SIPS per month for
Semi-Private Service; Man and Wife
100 per month for Ward Service and
$3.50 per month for Semi-Private Serv.
ice. Family $2.4O per month for Ward
Service and $2.95 per month for Semi.
Private Service. =
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-09-12
Local IL Closes
Send Lake Comp
Continued from Page 1

Continued from Page /
the work which is under way
there. Mr.. Molik was warm in
his praise of the children who
were at the camp during the
summer and expressed the hope
that a lot of those who were
there this season will be able to
return next year.
Parents and those who are
interested in the camp have a
standing invitation from Direc-
tor Gosser to inspect the camp
before cold weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
New Rose Garden Set
To Open June Fl @

The new Jackson & Perkins rose
garden, described as the most mod
ern public rose garden in the world,
will be opened at Newark, N. Y,
June 81, concentrating the firm S
diamond jubilee. A week of activi-
ties is planned.
A feature of the l5-acre plat is a
series of beds arranged on either
side of a 70-foot grass panel 500 feet
long. In the beds are $4,000 bushes
including hybrid teas. foribundas,
tree roses and climbers. Beyond the
mall and the rose beds will be bor-
ders containing mass paintings of
delphinium, phlox and chrysanthe-
NUNS, etc. ....
At one end of the tract is a garden
house for lectures and demonstra-
tons, this building flanked by an
amphitheater so designed that a
large audience assembled there will
have constantly in view the spacious
gardens.
During the rose festival week
June 81 to 30, it is estimated ap-
proximately 10000 roses will be in
view at the same time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
. Jap Beetle Control
Offered in Fairfax

An all-purpose insecticide sprayer
will be available to Fairfax County
communities this summer for Japa-
nese beetle control, according to
County Agent Joseph Beard.
Mr.. Beard said the cost of spray
ing for the Japanese beetles is
expected to be between So and SIS
per acre, or per building lot.
In order to conduct an efficient
spray program in the county, Mr..
Beard said, it will be necessary for
neighborhood leaders to assume re-
sponsibility for lining up spray
schedules.
Mr.. Beard said about 80 property
owners should be signed to provide
days work for the spray apparatus
Neighborhoods should be signed
up as soon as possible so that a
county schedule may be arranged
before the beetles arrive.
Additional information about the
program may be obtained from the
county agents Office at Fairfax.
Vegetable gardens are still cheap
and nutritious source of food.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Jersey Field Day.

Before placing mulch we have
seen to it that the area to be covered
is we'll cultivated and adequately
fertilized. An infrequent stirring
of the soil has sometimes been made,
using a four tined hoe-not a diff
cult task because of moisture con-
dition of the soil
A newspaper item under caption
college Tests New Method of
Mulching" is of interest in sum-
marizing report by Ohio State
University. The new idea tested
by the university is grass grown
between the rows of garden crops, to
keep the soil loose and gradular and
insure proper separation" The item
says that scientific tests show
Imulching to be superior to, as we'll as
easier than, cultivation to accom-
plish the detectives. In testing vari-
Gus mulching material, 1t is found
that when seeds of CheWings fescue
grass were sown between plant rows
it produced the same effect as q
good manure mulch. The seed is
sown at the rate of pounds to 10C
square feet. This grass is used be.
cause it withstands shade and to-
wards fall it dies out. Crop pro-
duction is said to be as good as wher
other mulching materials are used
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Soil Building Aid
Ordered Suspended

County AAA offices in Virginia
and Maryland have been notified to
discontinue the acceptance of new
farm plans for the l947 program, it
has been announced by State Pro-
duction and Marketing Administra-
ton officials.
officials said firms and contract
ors delivering lime and superphos-
phate under the materials program
also have been requested to hold up
deliveries. Farmers in need of lime
and fertilizers have been advised to
purchase them through regular
commercial channels.
PIMA officials said the action was
made neeessar ~ by the limited funds
provided for the soil building pro-
gram in the agricultural appropria-
ton bill now before Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Garden Tasks

The hardy phlox need to be
busted with sulphur. Cool, moist
weather has favored the spread
Of mildew and whiting has been
reported. Sulphur is also one
of the best control materials to
combat rust on phlox as well as
the red mite. Frequent dust
ings with sulphur are recon-
mended.
Some gardeners sow tomato
seed out of doors at this season
to grow plants for the "late"
crop. This seems hardly neces-
sary since long season varieties
should continue producing until
checked by cold weather and
frost.
Crabgrass seedlings are be-
ginning to appear. Keep the
mowers cutter-bar high. One
of the weed killers-there are
several on the market-may be
used either as a dust or spray.
They will kill the crabgrass
without injury to desirable lawn
grasses.
Tulips may now be lifted with
q bit of earth and "healed-in"
in a trench In the garden thus
making the beds available for
the planting of ANIMALS.
Many gardeners grow the
Oriental peoples for garden
display only. These snowy
flowers may be used satisfactor-
lily for indoor decoration If the
ends of the stems are either
charred in a flame, or dipped in
boiling water for two or three
minutes Immediately after cut
ting. Poppies should be cut
just after color begins to show
in the buds and allowed to
open indoors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Current Activities
OF Garden Clubs

The Potomac Rose Society. since
its organization years ago, has
annually visited the rose gardens
established by DR.. Whitman Cross
at 101 East Kirk street, Chevy Chase,
Md. The present owners of the
estate, Mr.. and Mrs. Don c. Classic.
will receive the members of the
society and their guests today from
2 to o'clock. Mr.. and Mrs. Classic
are members of the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-01
Green Thumb Book
BASED upon 1916 records OF Francis Moore recognized
national champion of Victory eardenersJ
How TO Keep Soil Moist With MuIches

Some have said that mulching is
not requirement for good garden
ing. Our experience Is that it is well
worth the effort, and under certain
conditions is an essential.
Objectives of mulching might well
be summarized: Preservation OF
moisture, substitution for cultiva-
ton, aid to control of soil erosion,
maintains cool condition of soil,
protects roots from beating rain,
allows roots to feed near top, pre-
vents soil from breaking, insures
aeration necessary for vigorous
growth, discourages water logging
of soil. keeps fruit of vegetables
clean, keeps down weeds, aid in
preventing cracking of tomatoes
and aid in control of black rot on
tomatoes.
Mulch has been generally recon-
mended for long-season crops, such
as pole beans, broccoli, cabbage,
caulifiower, cucumbers, eggplant,
tomatoes and vine crops.
After experiences in the drought
years of 1o43 and 1914, and believing
that 'live mulch" would provide an
excellent carpet as well as be pro-
ductiye of food. we experimental
in 1945-with sweet potatoe vines as
live mulch" Corn rows were
planted 4 feet apart with row of
sweet potatoes in between. 1t was a
success with a fine yield of corn and
an abundant harvest of potatoes in
the fall. This experiment was ap-
piled to our tomato patch in our
1916 garden. Tomato plants set in
rows 4 feet apart and sweet potatoes
planed in between. This live
mulch has provided a full, healthy
carpet for this area; the yield has
been abundant and quality of fruit
excellent. The crop has been free
of black rot and disease Too, culti-
walton has been reduced to q
minimum.
The simplest of mulches is the
dirt mulch" which We found as
essential In growing a garden in the
dry spells of 1884, with shortage of
rainfall and no artificial watering
facilities available. Frequent culti-
vation, keeping the top loosened
providing a dirt mulch, retaining
any rainfall and capturing the dew
at night-these were our big aids in
drought years.
There are many materials avail
able to provide a mulch carpet for
the garden rows A few may be
listed as pine needles. old hay OF
straw, chopped straw, rotted leaves
compost, dried weeds. straw manure
broken-up cornstalks, pea vines
trimmings and trimmings from the
garden.
| For run-of-the garden mulch II
will take about 4 inches of the
heavier materials or 2 inches OF
more of the fine-textured materials
1t does not pay to skinnp as some
is lost by decomposition and set
Ting down"