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Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-10
25 Bonds Sold
 In First 3 Days Of Hospital Drive

First returns in the current hospital bond drive, which open ed with the beginning of door, to-door canvas on Hospital day last Monday, revel that a total of 25 bonds have been sold or pledged since Monday.
 Drive chairman w. C. Mau reported Wednesday evening that he had received a total of $875 in cash and pledges mn the amount of S1,625 up to that time. He said that manW drive captains had not yet reported to him.
 The drive will continue for one month, ending on May 5. Solici- tors are working diligently to secure the subscription of the entire S50,000 issue of bonds be- fore that date. Prfior to the open ing of the active campaign last Monday, 22 bonds had been sold.
 MT. Mau said he hoped to have more complete returns, and percentage report of progress on each captains list of names for publication early next week.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-10
(. alks of Town Street.,
 Lighting Needs

Streets and lights within the town of Palmer were the sub- Jects of an impromptu discussion at Wednesdays Chamber of Com merce meeting. When guest speakers failed to arrive, Cham Der President Jack Maze called for a discussion on how to ob- tain better streets within the town of Palmer and how to in- stall a system of street lighting.
 C. w. Peters, questioned by , MT. Maze concerning the street grading problem, said it was his opinion that grading inside of Palmer lis the problem of Palm CT itself" He said neither the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation nor the Alaska Road Commission were responsible for maintenance of streets with in the business area.
 In reference to the problem of street lighting, w. c. Mau of the Matanuska Electric Association, said it was possible to establish a system of street lights in the business area, through contract with the group of business men.
 However street liz h t i n g would be much more simple if the town were incorporated" he stated. Then we could deal with officials of the town" He added that it was his belief a plan, whereby an organized group of business men banded together to sign contracts, would be feasi- ble.
 The MEA director suggested that lights, if they are installed, might be so planned that MEA would retain control of the sys- tenn and thus be responsible for the maintenance until such time as the town becomes incorporat- ed and assumes its own respon- abilities.
 MT. Mau recommended install lation of underground circuits to avoid installation of wires along the towns main streets. He said heavy-duty wiring last summer was moved from the streets to the alleys in order to improve the towns appearance.
 Length of time necessary to install street lights would de- pend upon availability of mater ials, it was stated MT. Mau said necessary authorization for ne gotiating the contract would have to come from the Rural Identification Administration. He estimated that the project could be begun within 30 days, if the towns business people de cided in favor of the plan, and if materials are available.
 It was suggested that interest ed businessmen arrange to meet with MT. Mau and H. G. Bryan, REA representative, to discuss the project. No meeting time was set however.
 Rev. W. L. Zeile, head of the Chamber program committee, reported that P. O. Epperley of the Weather Bureau in Anchor. age would be the guest speaker at the next regular meeting. MT. Bryan announced that Claude Wickard, head of the Rural Identification Admins tration, tentatively is planning . an Alaskan visit this summer, when he will inspect all REA projects in the territory.
 Several Palmer members of
Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-10

ceeds will be used to make up the deficit in the Valleys fund due the Department of Public Health.
 The basket social is to be pre- ceded by Bingo games in the schools gym. Bingo begins at 8 o'clock and the auctioning of the baskets will commence whenever Bingo pals.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-10

Several Palmer members of the Legion of the Moose plan to fly to Cordova Saturday to con- duct lodge initiation services there.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-04-10
Plan To Marry

An application for marriage license was this week filed at the office of Mrs. Walter E. Huntley, U. s. Commissioner, by Elmer Shockley of Palmer and Pearl Anderson of Anchor age. Details of the couples we'd ding plans are unknown.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Chicago Teachers Receive
Checks, Strike Ayerted
by the Assoeiotsd Press

CHICAGO, Jan. 27.-A threatened
strike by 5000 Of Chicago's public
school teachers because their pay
checks were withheld was averted
yesterday when the City Council
approved the School Boards $685.
s72, 900 tax levy based on the boards
record $103, ,461 ,530.61 budget.
The teachers pay checks at the
increased salary rate from l to Is
per cent provided In the new budget
were mailed following the Councils
action and were to be delivered to
the teachers today.
The checks were withheld after
refusal of the City Council Finance
Committee to approve the budget.
There was immediate protest by the
teachers and the AFL Chicago
Teachers Union had authorized a
strike starting today If the pay
checks were not released. Yesterday
1000 teachers, members of the Men
Teachers Club, started sit-down
strike in their classrooms.
C. J. Whipple, president Of the
Board Of Education, said the $6,000,-
600 difference between the budget
and the tax levy was provided by
State aid funds.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
New Royal Aide 10 Probe
Black Market in Germany

The Army is dispatching Sec
ond investigator to Germany to
probe charges of black marketing
customs violations and similar mis-
conduct of United States person
mel there.
The appointment of Orville T
Taylor of Chicago, former special
assistant to the Attorney General
as a special assistant to Army Sec
retary Royal to 60 into the mat
ter further followed the pres
entation of a temporary report
by Judge Earle Rives of Green's
boro, N. c., spokesman said. Tine
report has not been made public.
Mr.. Taylor replaces Judge Rives
who recently returned from Ger
many. The Army's announcement
merely said Mr.. Taylor also will
leave soon for Germany to acquaint
himself with conditions in the oc-
cupied area there" but a spokes-
man conceded that he was making
the trip to investigate further
the charges which became public
in December.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Factories From Reich
Help Europe Recover

Tearing down factories in Ger
many and setting them up again In
other nations of Western Europe is
helping European recovery, Under
secretary of State Lovett has in
formed Congress.
"a large proportion of the plants
and equipment already removed
from Germany are now in operation
in the recipient countries and are
contributing to their reconstruc-
ton" Mr.. Lovett said in report
sent to the House yesterday at its
request.
The report was in response to
House resolution by Representative
Case, Republican, of South Dakota,
calling for information on removals
so far and those planned for the
future.
only the tag ends of one indus
trial plant and equipment from two
war plants are in process of de-
livery to Russia" the report said
1t showed that in the United
States occupation zone, 81 plants
have been dismantled and are al
ready for shipment. dismantling is
in progress on IS and SO still are
to be dismant Altogether, the
report said, this country, Britait
and France have decided to remove
1853 plants from their zones of
Western Germany as reparations.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
|Christions' Persecution by Reds
Called Worst in China S History

can religion" by the Communists
who recognize two principal enc
mics, religion and America.
In ! Jehol Province Of North
China the persecution has ragged
violently" for more than year,
the spokesmen said. They quoted
mission records TO show that 19
Belgian and Dutch missionaries,
two Chinese priests, father and
two Dutch sisters, and an unknown
number of Chinese nuns had been
imprisoned there.
Two of the imprisoned Belgian
missionaries died, one after being
held almost naked in an unheated
shack in freezing weather, the re-
ports said. The fate of others i'm
prisoned was listed as unknown
The Belgians who died were listed
as the Rev. Father Constant Dom
so, from Broechen, near Antwerp
and the Rev. Father Oscar Con-
rad, n. a native Of Marchienne
| Hainut,
Evening star., 1948-01-27
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

PEIPING, Jan. 27.-Priests of the
Belgian Catholic Scheut mission
here charged today that persecution
of Christians by Chinese Commu-
nists is the most violent China has
ever known, surprising even the
antireligiouS excesseS- of the Boxer
rebellion at the turn of the century.
Through spokesmen, the priests
charged that:
Christianity had been outlawed in
Red-controlled areas.
Chinese, particularly priests, who
refused to renounce their faith had
been imprisoned or killed.
Europeans had been subjected to
such gross Ill treatment that they
were slowly martyred, with the
Reds then attributing their deaths
to disease" rJ
No distinction, the priests said,
has been made between Protestants
and Catholics, all being Jumped to-
gether as representatives of "Ameri-
Evening star., 1948-01-27
FBeyin Begins Conferences
On Anti-Red System

LONDON. ! Jan, At R).-Foreigr
Secretary Bevin has begun talks
with Arab leaders on Middle East
problems, including what British
government sources said is a., pro-
gram for AN anti Communist secur-
tity system in the Arab world.
They forecast that American and
British, military strategy eventually
would be; involved. . 80.
The informants expressed belief
that Mr.. Bevin's fear of Soviet ambi-
tions in the Middle East would
supersede Jewish-Arab problems In
Palestine.
They said Mr.. Bevin is trying to
set UP a bulwark against the effects
on the Suez Canal of a possible
guerrilla victory in Greece, and on
British h-American supremacy in the
Mediterranean.
Part Of Foreign Office Plan.
The sources said the move was
part of plan evovled by the British
Foreign Office and the American
State Department.
First step, they said was revision
of the British-Iraq treaty arranged
earlier this month. That treaty,
signed but not ratified, had been
all but repudiated by Iraq, after
internal uprisings.
Current talks with Trans Jordan
leaders represent the second step
Mr.. Bevin conferred yesterday with
Tewf1k El Huda Pasha, Premier OF
Trans-Jordan, and his Foreign Min
lister, DR.. Fawzi Pasha Mulki.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Temb|or Again Shake!
City on Panay Island
by the Assoeioted Press

MANILA, Jan. 27.-Battered TO-
ilo was shaken again today by three
distinct earthquakes, bringing to So
the tremors which have kept resi-
dents in a state of frenzy since Sun
days first devastating temblors.
The latest shocks, Of about Il
seconds duration each and OF medi-
um intensity, drove panicky resi-
dents from homes and buildings
despite the fact that the Weather
|; Bureau reported. they were "oniy
after -shocks" of Sundays great
quake and that both the intensity
and number Of shocks are decreas-
ing. '''--''' e
Meanwhile, it was usoficially esN-
mated that. damage ip and around
the Panay Island city. 2s5 miles
southeast Of Manila, would exceed
81 100000. -. EesSaa J
Included in the damage estimate
were II ancient churches which had
stood since the time of the Spanish
occupation. All were destroyed br
severely damaged.
Latest reports brought no increase
in the casualty toll, leaving at 27
the number of known dead from the
three days of tremors.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
|AH Selects Keenan,
las Assistant Chief
|0f Political League
By Jones Y. Newton
Sser Sfeff cerrssp pondent

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 27.-The
AFL has selected Joseph keenan,,
wartime Government official, a.
assistant director of labor's
League for Political Education,
it was learned today, but 80 far
has not landed q big name" In
national politics to serve as head
Of the organization with which
it hopes to elect a labor Con.
gress.
Mr.. keenan, Is secretary Of the
Chicago Federation OF Labor and
was vice chairman Of the War Pro.
duction Board. Until recent months,
ne served as labor and manpower
adviser to American occupation
forces in Germany.
AFL officials said they had two
persons under consideration for the
league directorship, but refused to
divulge a name until they had re.
ceived definite acceptance Andrew
Biemiller, former Democratic mem
Der Of the House from Wisconsin,
was still in the running for the Job.
Publicity Unit Planned.
The federation's executive council,
holding its midwinter meeting here,
Is working on plans for establish.
ment Of a large education and in.
formation" department to handle
public relations for the political
league. This setup Is intended to
be permanent and the AFL is pre-
pared to spend in excess of 100000
year on 1t. Additional press
agents" will be posted in Washing
ton and other large centers.
The council also will receive d
report from its delegation which
attended the recent Inter-American
Labor Conference in Lima, Peru,
where the AFL spearheaded the es-
tablishment Of q Western Hemt-
sphere labor federation pledged to
oust and prevent the spread Of COM
munism.
Meanwhile, following q strong
council statement supporting the
European Recovery Program, Will
liam Green, AFL president, told re-
porters 1t was unfortunate" that
20 Senators had banded together In
an effort to change the Marshall
Plan. He said the fact that they
wanted to change 1t "is evidence to
a degree that they are hostile to
the plan itself"
Russia Criticized.
The Marshall Plan statement
struck hard at Soviet Russia.
"Apologists in this country for
Soviet policy" the Council stated,
assert that misunderstanding" be-
tween America and Russia develop
from the fact that we speak differ
ent languages. That is true, Is
broad sense. Russia is talking the
language of war, while we are talk
ing only in terms of peace"
Referring to Soviet opposition to
and propaganda against the Marsh
all Plan, the Council said Naturally
Soviet leaders who have been count
ing upon the pressure Of unallevist-
ed misery and hopelessness to drive
all Europe into Communist capti1-
tty, object to the rescue Of their
prospective victims"
:. The Council asked for appoint
ment of a special advisory council
with labor representation to the
administrator Of the. European H.
covery Program and suggested tnAt
an independent agency be created
to administer the program. It asked
that American foreign policy remain
unchanged regardless Of which patty
is victorious in the fall elections
Evening star., 1948-01-27
3 Postmosters Named
In MARYLAND, Virginia

President Truman yesterday NOM
mated three postmasters for Offices
in nearby Maryland and Virginia.
He named G. German Grifilth for
the Gaithersburg Office, succeeding
M. L. Ridgely, transferred; Donald
B. Canada, Glen Echo, succeeding
S. E. Canada, retired, and David j.
Lee, Middleburg, Va. succeeding
j. o. Simpson, resigned.
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Arab RifIemen Attack
Haifa-TeI Aviv Road;
Briton, Jew Killed
BY the Assoeioted Press

+ JERUSALEM, Jan. 27.-Arab rife
men killed a Briton and Jew today
in an attack on Haifa-Tel AviN
highway traffic, an official source
said.
A police party which sped to the
scene also came under fire.
: The attack developed near Eir
Ghazal, a village in predominantly
Arab area about II miles south o,
.Haifa. The Briton killed was ar
army corporal and the Jew was 8
truck driver, the informant said.
Authorities reported Jewish fight.
ers wounded two Arab police officers
one critically, in a gun battle ir
Haifa.
Jews continued efforts to isolate
Arab communities in Central Pales-
tine by blasting a rail line neal
LYDIA and burning a road bridge, ar
official statement said.
Three Arabs Killed.
Yesterday, three Arabs in stolen
army truck were killed by shots
from a Jewish armored car near
Beersheba, Southern Palestine. An
other Arab was killed by a sentry
while trying to penetrate an army
camp barricade in the same area
One Jew was shot to death In Tel
Aviv.
The unofficial death toll since the
United Nations vote November 20 to
partition Palestine is now 985.
In Damascus, Syria, an official
from the Arab ONCE in London said
more than 1000 former British serv-
ice men had applied for enlistment
in the Arab Peoples Army. The
Peoples Army is being formed by
Arab states to fight partition of the
Holy Land.
An Arab League source said ir
Cairo that 300 non-Arab war vet.
Grams had volunteered to fighr
against partitioning Palestine. Mos
applicants were from the Unitec
States, Great Britain and South
Africa, he said.
Evening star., 1948-01-27

chance is there for the rest Of tn
Governments workers?"
Another letter carrier writes: "Yo'
forgot a few important points
Other Government workers don
have to spend about 500 q year o.
uniforms, shirts, caps, etc. Also W
get only is days annual and 10 day
of sick leave. (Other Government
workers get 26 and Is days..
took Is years to get a raise in pos
ofice pay - is that true Of tn
others? I can't see equality In pa.
or working conditions"
= Writes postal clerk: Govern
ment employees work straight five
day week. We work Saturdays, Sun
days and holidays-eyen Christmas
And one could mention by the car
load the number Of cases wherein
the Civil Service Commission up
graded jobs In the various depart
ments-work that before the wal
was classified as grade two or three
now commands three or four grade
or even higher. Postal jobs weren't
upgraded that way. Do you realize
this could easily amount to another
$40O raise year?"
The other letters stressed similar
arguments. One missive even &C.
cused us Of favoring rank-and-f file
Federal workers over their postal
colleagues.
REBUTTAL-First of all, well re-
peat what we said last week: No.
body begrudges postal employees a
pay raise. Their ability and service
TO the Nation is unquestioned. And
they presented a very impressive
case before the Senate Civil Service
Committee in their appeal for wage
increases to meet niger living costs.
Also, our correspondents argu-
ments that postal employees do not
have some of the working advan-
tages enjoyed by other Government
workers are quite true.
But the question of upgrading
jobs Is something else. It is true
that many Government jobs were
Ipgraded during the war. But 1t is
also true that many jobs have been
downgraded since that time, as most
Federal agencies swung into their
retrenchment programs.
The fact remains that nobody has
been able to refute our figures which
show that the average wage earn.
ings of both groups are practically
the same and that both groups
Jared practically alike in the 194s
and 1946 pay raises.
So, we still feel that, If posta.
employees get pay raises, other Gov
ernment workers should also get
them. That Is not favoring any
group over the other-it is merely
calling for square deal for all.
additional ne1Ds OF Gopern-
nent AFFAIRS and personalities
make up Joseph Young's broad
cast uersion OF the Federal Spot
light, a regular feature at 3:l5
pm. each Sunday on WMAL,
The Star station
Evening star., 1948-01-27
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BY the Asseeiatsd Press
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27.-Allen
Jenkins, A., Aim actor, who told
police his pet cat Smiley" does his
driving, faces trial next month on
drunken driving charge.
Jenkins, with Smiley in tow, was
held for six hours yesterday before
being released in $3.50 bond on his
plea of not guilty to the misde-
meanor charge. Trial was set for
February 16.
When arrested, jenkins was quoted
by police as protesting:
Smiley was driving. I was just
along for the ride"
Jenkins-and Smiley-left by
plane last night for San Francisco
AS the actor boarded the plane,
member of the seeing-of1 party
shouted:
Don't let Smiley drive"
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Cultural Chief Named

DR.. Alberto Lleras Camargo, di-
rector general of the Pan American
Union, yesterday announced the
appointment of DR.. Jorge Basadre
director of the National Library OF
Peru, as chief of the Unions De-
partment of Cultural Affairs.
Evening star., 1948-01-27

The engraving
Of the sout h
portico Is very
clear and finely
done, and even
a Democrat will
be able to spot
the discrepancy
If the balcony
goes up.
VIII q new,
correct engrav-
ing-balcony and
all b e neces-
sary in the near
future? Treas
ury officials to
whom we put
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Lond Mine Explosion
.Iniures 107 in Reich
BY The Assoeioted Press

BERLIN, Jan. 27-One person was
killed and LOT were injured yesterday
when a land mine workmen were
cutting up for scrap exploded at
Erfurt, in Russian-occupied Thur
ingia.
Erfurt police estimated 800 apart
ments were damaged. and windows
were shattered in a large area Of the
city
Evening star., 1948-01-27
Congress in Brief
BY fhe Assoeioted Press

Senate:
In recess until tomorrow.
Banking Committee hears from
representative of three CIO unions
on price control and stabilization.
Foreign Relations Committee
continues hearings on European Re.
covery Program.
House:
Routine business.
Ways and Means Committee
meets to vote on income tax re-
duction.
Evening star., 1948-01-27

silence.
X X X X
TOP BRACKET RAISE-A pow.
erful argument in support of higher
salaries for top administrators in
the Government was delivered ir
the House yesterday by Representa-
tive Dewitt, Republican, of Mime
sofa.
Mr.. Dewitt referred to the recent
resignation of Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministrator T. P. Wright as one Of
the many cases in which top flight
Government officials of unques-
toned ability are resigning to take
better-paying jobs in private indus
try.
This is a common story" Mr.
Dewitt declared. Almost every week
an able administrative officer of the
Government quits for the more re-
munerative field of private employ
ment.
I'VE must do something in the
field of legislation in order to at
tract and retain able ana honest
Government administrators. They
should come principally and pref
erably from the ranks OF those
who do not possess great wealth
Ten thousand dollars year is not
commensurate pay for proven
top flight Government ofi1cial."
Winding up his remarks, Mr.
Dewitt told his colleagues:
"The remedy lies in raising the
pay Of Government officials. We
have been penurious employers long
enough. If we want good Govern.
ment in America, we must hire gooo
men at good pay to run that Gov.
ernment."
CAPITAL ROUNDUP House.
Senate conferees on Federal retire.
ment legislation are scheduled to gel
together, today to begin their meet.
ings. Chances are that it will take
quite a few sessions before all the
differences in the House and Senate
bills are ironed out. One of the
leading candidates for Washington
postmaster is w. Gordon Bell, who
served as assistant postmaster under
Vincent G. Burke. incidentally, Mr.
Burke is a cinch to be confirmed by
the, Senate in his. new Job as First
Assistant Postmaster General.
Civil Service Commission, announces
examinations for adjudicators, with
salaries ranging from 81, 149 to ST, ,102
q year. Application forms may be
obtained at the commission. Wash
ington rs, D:C!..%. The commission
also announces examinations for
student nurses training at st. Eliza
beths Hospital, the age limit being
171a to IS years. Applicants must
have graduated from an accredited
four-year high school.
THE POSTMAN SPEAKS-Post-
al employees not only deliver letters
they write them as well.
Ever since last week when we dis
cussed the pay raise situation anent
postal employees and the rest Of the
Government workers, postal en-
ployes have been bombarding us
with letters taking issue with our
stand.
At that time, you'll recall, we took
note of some reports that postal
employees, because of their political
strength, would win pay raises from
Congress, while the Governments
other employees might not get any
thing. We ventured the opinion
that Congress should treat both
groups alike, whatever action it
might finally take.
Writes one letter carrier: "You
should know that the only chance
of pay raises that Government en-
ployes have depends on what postal
employees are able to get. If postal
employees don't get any raises, what