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The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-05-15
PROCLAMATION
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Acting Governor Lew M Will Items has issued the following proclamation:
 WHEREAS May l5, 1948, marks the 30th Anniversary of the inaug- u:ation of air mail service in the United states; and
 WHEREAS, May 8, l948 marks the 10th Anniversary of the inaug- llation of regularly scheduled air mail service with Alaska: and
 WHEREAS the week of May l5 2l, 1918 has been designated by IOstal authorities as a period in which to call to the attention of the American people the import ance of air mail and air transport n the lives of all of us: and
 WHEREAS, we in Alaska, are ever mindful of the significant role which air mail and air trans portation has played in the de- ve!opment of aviation. not only for postal needs. but for the pub Tie interest and for our national welfare, in that it has encourag- ed our air pioneers 10 develop av- iation and air transport. so inn pOr;ant to us economically. social r., and in terms of national se- cur5ty:
 NOW, THEREFORE, I Lew M. W liams, Acting Governor of AL aSAa. do hereby call to the atten- 1ion of the people of Alaska, the Thirtieth Anniversary of air mail during the week of May 15-21. l948, and urge appropriate parti- cipation in ceremonies celebrating the occasion
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the Territory of Alas ka, at Juneau, the capital. this eleventh day of May. in the year of our Lord, l943.
 Lew M Williams
 Acting Governor of Alaska
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-05-15
AL Ay>Eska E E
 (BY currente' Culamo) Al(
(Ed. Note-The opinions express ed in this column are purely those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of the owners of the Polaris.)
ALASKA, ENIGMA OF THE
 NORTH

The people up here can think up more colossal ideas of how to make money quicker than any set of people in the entire nation First. it is statehood; then 1t is Lift the Jones Act and now it is run the steamships out of the country and barge our freight to every point in Alsaka.
 This barge business puts me in mind of the Jesse James boys up there in the kotzebue country and their great idea of how to run the teamShipS out of the kOt- zebue Sound country. It seems they bought some surplus LISTS and some pontoon barges. They figured on tugging the freight from Seattle to Kotzebuc Sound in the LISTS and thence by pom toon bargeS up the rivers. It seems they forgot to measure the water in the rivers and il turned out there wasn't enough water to float the barges empty even and the LST deal is a part of history right now But. Brother. what costly history. might add by tho way that the steamships are still hauling the freight ID there from Seattle.
 We hear a lot about the barGeS and their B cent rate. II puts me
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-05-15
L. Rafter Freed or Fraud Charge

dall Kay was unable to introduce testimony that would set aside the testimony of the Rafters. He also said that since Mrs. Raftei had placed over S6O0.OO of her own funds into the disputed prop crty, that nc could not jay as4de the burdc. oi th"it teTt'nnonY-
 Attorney t.2y read 5cfare the court Ten Eal% of Fraud anl proceeded 10 aup'y them 10 the case at ha"1. Fo,ioWlng are f1e ten badges of fraud:
 1. That litigation was pending or anticipated at the time of the transfer.
 2. The fact that the disputed transaction was conducted in manner differing from usual busi. ness routine
 B. That it was a transfer of all of the debtors property
 i That the instrument of con" N"%ance was not recorded.
 }. Financial conditions of the grantor at time of the conveyance W t1S JOpI Ol ltll lllSOlNG0t.
 6. That it was not for q Valu~ able or an adequate consideration.
 7 Grantees knowledge of the. circumstances or knowledge of the fraud
 8. That the parties to the trans fer are related by blood or mar riage.
 9. That grantee failed or delay ed 10 record instrument.
 10. That grantor retained pos session of property
 Attorney Kay made argument on numbers 6, g. g and 10, H. stated that Rafter for nc othe,. consideration than Love and Af lection and one dollar, conveyed ltI bis property to his wife and yet continued to run the business. That Rafter despite the fact that the property belonged to his wife went into a written contract Of lease with the Eads Brothers but shortly after the shooting had the lease revised to the effect of put tlng his Wife's name where his had originally been. Furthermore ne Deed was not recorded until alter January 27, the date Of shooting. He then stated that iron, the above actions of the Defend- ant. what other inference coulc. be drawn except the one that Rafter had executed the deed when he revised the old lease with the Eads Brothers. which was somtime in February He further stated that where a num- Der of badges Of frau1 ex:st, the burden is shifted to the ones re- iylng on the transaction, (exe- cutlon of Oe1d. Hence, it was up 10 the Defendant C nru-,n that
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The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-05-15
GIBBONS GREENHOUSE CHANGES HANDS

Mrs. Frank B. Gibbons has sold her greenhouse to Martin Uric He has also purchased two lots adjoining the greenhouse with the expectation of going thorough ly into the flower and shrub bus mess.
 MT. and Mrs. Gibbons stin own their home and will remain in Seward
The Seward polaris & Kenai Peninsula-Aleutian chain news., 1948-05-15
GETS CITIZENSHIP PAPERS

Mrs. Anna Novak took oath of allegiance Wednesday, May l2, l948. and was granted full rights of citizenship. Judge Kehoe eX- pressed his pleasure in signing the papers granting Mrs. Novak her citizenship.
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
Chest Drive Going We'll

Palmer's Community Chest drive, launched only last week, is progressing very well, drive chairman Les Ray announced to- day. He said solicitor captains had been reached in every dis trict of the Valley, and several had reported very good re- sponse.
 No drive receipt figures have been totalled yet, but a complete recapitulation was promised for next weeks Frontiersman.
 The thermometer, which will indicate drive progress toward the S3,000 goal, was mounted at the street intersection beside the Palmer depot early this week.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
The Letterbox

(The following letter, accom- panied by check for $56, reach ed the board of directors of the Valleys Community Chest re- gently. The writer, Asta Skou- bo, will be remembered here as the sister of Dagmar, who died the victim of exposure in a Jan uary snoWstorm last year). Gentlemen:
 Please accept this small dona- tion, to be earmarked for the Disaster Fund. It will be impos- sible to ever fully repay the peo- pie of Palmer for their kindness and helpfulness last January. It may be that this token can help someone else in his time of need.
 Sincerely,
 ASTA SKOUBO
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
Sincerely, ASTA SKOUBO
Town cams Plan Holiday Dance

The men and women of Pal mer's town basketball teams this week announced plans for a cos tune dance to be held on Nov. "A. Dance proceeds will go to- ward the travel fund of the two teams.
 Dancers are asked to come cos tuned in a Thanksgiving theme. Married couples are requested to dress as pilgrims, while single men and women will costume as Indian braves and squaWs. The dance will be held in the Palmer gymnasium.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
CONGREGATIONS HONOR ALFSENS

Members of the congregation of the WaSilla and Palmer pas tOrateS of Rev. Victor AlfSen greeted their minister with a fel- lowship dinner and a shower of groceries recently.
 Guests from Anchorage joined the Valley congregations for the occasion. Nearly 150 persons sat down to the potluck dinner, which was served following the regular morning church service.
 Reverend Alfsen expressed the gratitude and appreciation of himself and family for the thoughtfulness of his church members.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
WosiIIo Get Immunizutions Next Week

WASILLA An immunization clinic will be set up in Wasilla on Nov. 19, it was announced this week by Miss Dolores zeis, pub lie health nurse. The clinic, which will be for this one day only, will be held in the Church of Christ. ImmunizationS will commence at II a. m.
 Miss Zeis cautioned that this clinic is not to be considered a regular event in Wasilla She has scheduled this special morn ing hour, in order to complete immunization series for a num- Der of Wasilla infants.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
B C C Buys Radio Shop Stock

The sale of the stock and equipment of the Palmer Record Shop was completed this week, according to announcement by owners Ray Lundeen and Jim Young. The electrical supplies owned by the shop were purchas- ed by the B & c Supply of Pal mer. The record inventory was purchased by an Anchorage shop.
 The former location of the Pal mer Record Shop was taken over by the B & c Supply. MT. Lun- deen will be affiliated with L. R. CheveS in that concern, which will now handle the business of radio repairing, in addition to its former services.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
GROUP MOVES TO PUSH
 PLAN TO VOTE

In a surprise move, members of the Valley Chamber of Com merce last week went on record as favoring incorporation for Palmer. The motion was voiced by Walter Huntley, senator elect for the Third Division, and was passed without a dissenting voice.
 MT. Huntley, in making his mo- tion, said he felt there was no alternative for Palmer. There is no doubt in my mind," he said, but that a property tax will be levied by the coming legislature. It will be a two percent tax, all that can be levied under the Or ganic Act, and if the town or dis trict is not incorporated, all tax es will be returned to the terri tory" ..,-.. -.--
 MT Huntley further explained that should Palmer be incorpor- ated either as a city or a school district, or both, taxes could be assessed up to the 20-mill limit, and all money received would re- main here, rather than reverting to the territorial treasury. In any case, all Alaskans will be paying the 20-mill limit tax in the near future, MT. Huntley feels.
 It was pointed out that when Palmer accepts incorporation, then all money collected as busi- ness licenses or as liquor taxes would remain here to meet the city's share of the expense of the Palmer School.
 With regard to the school, it was stated that if no school dis
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
Incorporation Endorsed By Chamber
P-TA To Talk Of Incorporation

The November meeting of the Palmer P-TA will be held next Tuesday evening. Business will begin promptly at 8 o'clock in the school music room. The pro- gram of this meeting will be de- voted to a study of the incorpor- ated school district. A member of a committee, appointed some time ago by the Matanuska Val ley Farmers Cooperating Asso- ciation to investigate school in corporation, will summarize the findings of the group.
 The P-TA executive committee has tentatively scheduled it's reg ular monthly meeting for Friday evening of this week.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
Another New Nurse

Miss Phyllis Dewitt of Los An geles, Calf, is the latest recruit to be added to the nursing staff at the Valley Hospital. Miss De- witt arrived only last week. She is making her home at the Lodge.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
Teen-Age Fun Starts With
 Friday Party

The first of what is planned to be a series of evening parties for the teen-agers of Palmer High School is scheduled for Friday evening of this week. The parties are a part of the teen-age social program, sponsored by the Par ent-Teacher's Association, and directed by Charles Dillon, sev- enth grade teacher.
 Events on Friday evenings en- tertainment schedule include basketball, volleyball, ping-pong, group games and dancing. There will be an orchestra, made up of Mrs. Florence Dunlap, Margye Mielke, Paul Bushong, MT. Wal ker, Harriet Mealy and Larry Stock, to provide music for this first teen-age evening. It is hoped that there will be an or chestra to play at one party each month. The tentative party Sche- dule worked out by MT. Dillon now calls for two a month.
 Chaperones are to attend each of the teen-age activities, but students themselves are to be re- sponsible for conduct at the par ties. A sign-up system, in which students indicate in their home classrooms at school that they will attend the party, is to be used. When the pupil reaches the gym, he will sign in the time of his arrival opposite his name. Upon leaving, he will sign out. No student will be re-admitted to any teen-age event, once he has signed out and left the gym.
 Lots of fun and lots of food" are to be included in every eve ning's plans, according to MT. Dillon. Students are providing 35 cakes for this initial party. Stu dent members of the food com mittee, who are also responsible for the sign-up rosters in their home rooms include:
 George Hermon, Dick CaulkinS, Edison Thuma, Wesley Eckert and Jerry LaWalters.
 Teen-agers who will be respon- sible for cleanup work after Fri days party are:
 Skip BouwenS, Don Hutchin- son, Jim CaulkinS, Jean Smith and Pete BouwenS.
 Even student bouncers will be on hand to see that the party is conducted in a mannerly way. This committee includes:
 Wayne and Rodney BouWens, Paul Barnhardt and Dick Caul- kinS.
 Ann Moffitt, Vosella Hughes
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Valley frontiersman., 1948-11-10
12:30 Club Meets

Members of the l2::30 Home makers Club will meet with Mrs. Shirley Webb on Nov. 10.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
NLRB Connives
(ContiHned From Page One)

fits which still exist.
NFLU President II. l.. Mitchell
said last week:
"We believe that more is at stake
than the welfare of 100 poorly
paid farm workers in California.
We feel that if this law can be
used by an employer to destroy a
union of agricultural workers, then
it can be used to break any kind of
labor organization.
"We are anxious to see whether
or not the US Supreme Court in
tends to smash all labor organiza-
tions in the US as the NLRB seems
determined to smash the NFLU."
Meanwhile, in Bakersfield, as the
strike approaches its anniversary,
local President James Price, who
has recovered from the head
wounds inflicted by hired gun
man declared:
s"No matter how the case turns
out, with the help of organized
labor, we intend to fight this thing
to finish. It's fight or starve for
us, and we know we can't give up"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
New Labor Daily
Asked By ITU As
Courts Close In

Indianapolis (LPA)-On Sept. 7,
the Int'l Typographical Union-AFL
must answer a demand by NLRB
General Counsel Denham for a
court order preventing any further
payment of strike benefits to the
Chicago newspaper typos who've
been walking the picket lines since
last December.
Then, on Sept. Is, Federal
Judge Luther Swygert will hear ar
guments by NLRB and union on
why he should or should not grant
the injunction to stop the ITU
from proposing contract clauses, or
encouraging local action for con-
tract clauses which Denham main
tains violate the TIL law.
The international has been levy
ing an assessment on all ITU men,
bers, and has been paying strike
benefits totaling about $434 900 a
month. The benefit is $50 a week
for married men, and $40 for sim
gle members.
Chicago publishers last week re-
jected proposed settlement based
on the contract approved by New
York publishers. This is the con-
tract which Denham, in his request
for the injunction, claims violates
the closed shop prohibition of
Taft Hartley.
ITU leaders, meanwhile, are ex-
pected to follow thru soon on their
resolution instructing
them "to explore the possibilities of
a labor daily newspaper of
or continent-wide cir
Such paper is to be fl
nanced, owned and managed by all
bona fide labor organizations of
North America who will help, the
resolution proposed.
Despite differences which exist
among various sections of the AM
erican labor movement" the reso-
luton presented by the Chicago de-
legates maintained, "there are
many subjects on which all of us
are substantially agreed"
effectiveness" of labor papers
has been curtailed, the resolution
said, "by the fact that the leader
ship of each individual organ has
been restricted to "A particular area,
a particular craft, or particular
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Affuck On Unions
Continued From Page One)

cans" Asked if he thought the
Communists put Moscow ahead of
America in their loyalties, he re-
piled: Their allegiance is to sys-
TEN Of thought"
Meanwhile, the anti-Wallace lib
eral organization whose ranks in
clude many trade unionists and un-
ion chiefs has announced that
Michael Straight has been named
"A member of its New York Execu-
tive Committee. Straight is the
man who nearly two years ago
made Henry Wallace editor of the
New Republic, but who has since
broken with the former Vice Presi-
dent.
Another blow to Wallace last
week was an article by Prof. Will
lam Hesseltine historian of third
party movements, in the Progress
sive, the magazine founded by
Fighting Bob" LaFollette, third
party candidate in 1924.
"None of the groups which sup
ported the Progressives in 1926 are
in the Wallace camp" The basis
of the LaFollette campaign was its
support by the unions and the Soc
ialist Party, Hesseltine said, and
both of these groups have repudiat-
ed Wallace's party. On the other
hand, the historian writes, "Wall-
ace has weasled repeatedly and has
persistently refused to repudiate
the Communists"
In its editorial, the LaFollette
magazine declares that the Wallace
group "sulies the word progress
sive," and urges its readers to vote
for Socialist candidate Norman
Thomas.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Gap In Pay Rates
Growing Smaller

Washington (LPA)-Altho still
considerable, the percentage differ
ences in rates Of pay of skilled,
semi-skilled and unskilled workers
have decreased over the past 40
years, the Bureau of Labor Stats
ties said last week.
Actually, cents-per-hour differen-
tails have increased, BIS declared.
Hut this is because all wages have
risen, and so the percentage gap
has declined Today skilled workers
average 55 per cent more pay than
unskilled. Semi-skilled workers fall
about midway between the other
two categories.
Regional differences affect the
spread in wage between the three
working groups, the BIS study
points out. 1t is greatest in the
south, smallest in the far west.
The degree of industrialization OF
the various sections of the country
and the demand for skilled and un-
skilled workers is the determining
factor.
Recently the tendency for wage
rates to come closer together has
been speeded up. Since 1907 the
spread has been cut in half, with
the sharpest decrease coming dur
ing the war years when the demand
for unskilled labor rose even faster
than the general labor demand,
Technical improvements also have
benefited the lowest paid.
The health of our economy at
any given moment is also important
in determining the spread in wage
rates. In periods of full employment
the gap is narrow, but during de-
pressions it widens again.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Minnesota Labor
Demands Ball Get
Down To Cases

Minneapolis (LPA)-Sen. Joseph
Ball (R., Minn.), lord high protect
or of the Taft-Hartley law, is hop
ping mad at the Minnesota Labor
League for Political Education, but
he can't seem to formulate his COM
plants.
The reason for the Senator's
wrath is clear, however. He just
can't take the state LLPE's print
ing his voting record under the
title of Facts for Farmers" and
sending it out broadside in rural
Minnesota. Ball had been counting
on the farmers not knowing what
he's been up to.
A couple of weeks ago Ball
charged that the AFL publication
was "a smear" and pack of "lies."
But he didn't say what the Giles"
were, or what constituted the
smear.
Robert A. Olson, of Duluth,
state AFL president, last week
sent Ball reply.
Olson said that so many people
thought Ball was a nice guy that
the AFL wondered if it could be
wrong in holding his support of
Taft Hartley against him so strong
ly. SO the union men checked his
whole voting record.
"What we found appalled, us"
Olson explained. "There was in
stance after instance in, which he
cast his vote against farmers, CO.
operatives, veterans and even
small businessmen in favor of the
big, wealthy corporations of the
country.
The AFL leader wrote Ball. 1--WE
have no desire to make untrue
statements about anyone. Neither
do we wish to smear anyone. We
believe that the voters should know
the truth about the official activi-
ties of those who hold public office.
"That is why we confined our
selves to the Congressional Record
to determine what your official
acts have been during your tenure
in the US Senate. If some of these
excerpts from the Record are un-
true, we urge you to point them
out to us. Wherever such untruths
occur we will hasten to inform
these people of Minnesota that we
have placed you in the wrong
light"
TO date no reply has been re-
ceived from the Senator.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
Mexican Laborers
PaWns In Calf.
Farm Labor Fight

Fresno (LPA)-Exposure by the
Natl Farm Labor Union-AFL and
the Fresno Labor Citizen of plans
to import 5000 un-needed Mexican
farm laborers into the San Joaquin
valley have been met with silence
on the part of federal immigration
and farm placement officials who
tried to carry out the move in sec
recy.
There are already enough work
ers in the area, the union main
tains. 1t has, even, offered to coop
crate in providing workers to pick
this years cotton crop. NFLU rep
resentative Hank Hasiwar charges
that "all the way down the line,
the finance farmers, with the silent
cooperation of public agencies, have
CREASED the skids for decent labor
standards and labor organizations
in the valley.
"We know what's behind this
systematic, wholesale importation
of foreign labor. 1t is intended to
create large surplus of labor, to
,depress wage standards, and to
fight union organization" Hasiwar
insisted.
He cited thousands of applica-
tions for jobs filed with the union
by US workers who would willing
ly come to the California valley
farms to work.
The 5000 workers, who will be re-
cruited in Mexico beginning Sept.
/, are coming after the Farm
Placement Service of the US En-
ployment Service certified that
there was a shortage" of this
magnitude in this area, and the
US immigration & Naturalization
Service approved their entry to the
US with bonds posted by employ
erS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-09-02
DYE WORKERS
GET PAY GAIN

New York (LPA)-The Textile
Workers Union drive for a general
wage increase came another step
closer to successful completion last
week. Its dye workers division
reached agreement with dyeing and
finishing employers in the New
York area providing for l2c-per-
hour wage increase.
The new contract, Herbert w.
Payne, division director said, will
run for two years, but provides
for reopening wage clauses Sept.
30, l949. Its acceptance by the
Bargaining Council of
the industry came just "a hours
before the TWUs strike notice
came due.