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Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
Shades Of Frank Buck

Ii seemed a good idea al the time - the plan. a Snowbird miner made to snare bear and have a et of his own.
 He wasn't too certain of re- sults. but he set his snares and sat back to wait for action. Much 10 his complete surprise. his lamp worked all too well. and in short order he found himself in sole possession of one black bear.
 The catch to ii all. though. is that the miner had planned on a junior edition of bear. and what he got is very big. very black and extremely orn- cry.
 Now the miner and all his campmates have a real prob lem-what 10 do with a black bear in a snare. Their big black pet is so unaffectionate that they cant even get close enough to let him loose.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
VVFA Dance Builds Funds

Last Saturdays benefit and membership dance at Palmer's gymnasium sponsored by the Val ley Volunteer Fire Association was grand financial success" according to Association chair man Al Hagen.
 MT. Hagen declined to state the exact degree of financial success, however. He said members of the board had expressed themselves as opposed to publication of if nancial reports, in the past. "It's felt if anyone wants to know, then he can come to board meet ing and find out for himself" the fire chairman asserted.
 Speaking in round figures, MT. Hagen set the figure of Satur- days dance receipts at well over $200."
 Membership sales have been brisk in the past few days, when
 (Continued on back page)
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
Palmer To Visit
 Anchorage C Of C

Palmer's businessmen are to be guests of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce next Mon- day, when Palmer Day is to be celebrated at the regular lunch con of the Anchorage group. The meeting is held in the Aleutian Gardens, and begins at noon.
 AS an accommodation to Pal mer-ites making the trip, the railcar will delay its scheduled run for an hour that morning, leaving at 2:2o. The return trip
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
ShamrOcks Plan
 Field Day On 4th

The Shamrock softball club is preparing plans for a four-team softball tournament and sports day for the Valley on July 4, manager Art Stacey announced this week.
 Arrangements still are tenta- tive, but MT. Stacey said it was the teams hope to begin the Fourth weekend with a dance in the Palmer gymnasium on the evening of the third.
 Field and track events for the Valleys boys and girls are planned for between-game inter- vals in the softball tournament.
 Members of the Matanuska Valley Sportsmen have indicated they would like to plan another trapshoot, to be run in conjunc- ton with the Shamrock's sports activities.
 Further announcement of com peting softball teams and schedule of races will be an- nounced in the near future, MT. Stacav roronoised.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08

will start from Anchorage at 4:3O that afternoon.
 All Valley residents who wish to make the trip are invited to do so. Mrs. Betty Mears, Cham Der secretary, is taking reserva- tions, and she should be contact ed immediately by anyone plan ming to go.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08

New Hospital Shelved For Present

Members of the board of di- rectors of the Valley Hospital Association voted unanimously last Friday evening, to bend , their present efforts toward re- mobilization of the Valleys tenn porary hospital, rather than to attempt the construction of a new building at this time. Chair man w. E. Huntley, who did not vote, asked to be put on record as opposed to the plan.
 Earlier, board member Jack Maze had reported that t h temporary uarte s, together with grounds comparable in size to the donated site in the Alas ga Rural Rehabilitation Corpor- ation subdivision, could be pur- chased for S7,5OO. The site and building was also made avail able to the board on long-term lease, with option to buy.
 After discussion ii was de-
 cided 10 ask for a two-Year
 lease of the hospital al a rent
 al not greater than the pres rent rate. Members voted 10 speed the conversion of the
 Ouonset hut. purchased ear
 Tier in the week.
 It was pointed out that ad- ditional hospital space will be- come available in that hut, as soon as Dr. R. E. Garrett moves to other office quarters. It is planned to establish the hos pital office in this hut at the present time.
 % Since a requirement for eith- CT lease or purchase of the quar- ters was the installation of an independent heating plant or the purchase of metered steam from the steam plant, the board voted to use the smaller of two boilers purchased for the new hospital, to set up heating plant in the temporary quarters this winter.
 The former garage. located
 about SO feet from the main
 hospital building. will be used
 as the furnace room for the
 hospital. Board member Clyde
 King estimated that ii will
 cost between $350 and $500
 10 convert the structure and Einstall inc boiler.
 The decision to remain in the temporary quarters, for w h probably will be at least anoth- CT winter, was reached only af- ter long discussion and thor ough review of every possibil- ity. It was unanimously declared by board members that each was reluctant to spend more money on temporary quarters, but no cther solution is possible at this time.
 However the motion was made and unanimously carried, that as soon as there is $25, ,OOO on deposit in the Valley Hospital Association building fund, con- struction will begin. Wed start tomorrow, if we had $25,00O," one board member asserted.
 Ii was further decided that
 no money will be expended &from the building fund 10
 make improvements that will
 not benefit the new hospital.
 once ii is begun. Renovation
 on the Quonset hut. which will -cost an estimated $l.000. was considered a legitimate build Continued on back page)
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
WARM NAP

Smoking in bed this week re- suited in the fifth fire for the Matanuska Valley Lodge. Flames were extinguished by guest, although not before mattress and bedding were destroyed.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08
Agricultural Committee
 Meets Tomorrow

The agricultural planning com mittee will hold its June meet ing in the Extension Office at 8 o'clock this Wednesday. it was today.
Valley frontiersman., 1948-06-08

Time for lunch last weeks Colony Day celebra- on Chief barbecue chef John Witt pictured carving d bits of beef carcass while the hungry watch ntentY Bar between slices accompanied with serving of baked beans Marksmen for and grand prize 22 Remington rifle the lower photo. The Maanuska Valley Sportsmen nuous trapshoot and tarseshoo during the iwoda cee bration and their efforts need the Palmer Aso ciation cool $62 Photos by Palmer Photographic Cenr
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Mental Examination Set
For Killer of SchooIboy
BY the Associated Pres.

NEW YORK, Mar. H.--Marko L.
Markoyich has been committed to
Bellevue Hospital, showing no re-
morse over the killing Monday of a
schoolboy with a wild furry of
bullets.
Markovich. 81, Serbian-born for
mer Brooklyn streetcar motorman
who told police he wanted to kill
Catholics" was sent to Bellevue yes
terday by Chief Magistrate Edgar
Bromberger for psychiatric exami-
nation.
The prosecutor told the magis-
trate a physician who examined
Markovich found him psychopath.
Markovich was charged with
homicide in the death of 16-year-
old Thomas Brady, handsome sopho-
more at Power Memorial Academy,
a Catholic high school.
Six other youths were wounded
as Markovich went beserk Monday
afternoon, firing two pistols into a
crowd of academy students gathered
outside a mid-Manhattan armory
near the academy. Three Of the six
remained in serious condition at o
hospital.
Markovich blamed the death Of
his 13-year-old son four years ago
on foul play Of Catholics, italians
and politicians" Assistant District
Attorney Henry Whitney said. He
added that the boy actually died of
natural causes.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Public GriIIs Recreation Board,
Learns of DeIeted Projects

hope for the $18,900 for instru-
ments the orchestra needs.
only $1,000 WORTH" replied Mr.
Wender.
Keep your fingers crossed" the
board chairman advised Frank H
Kramer of Hillcrest Citizens As
sociation. who was hoping the first
unit Of f1eldhouse, promised two
years ago, would be built next year
"If we get. it, it will be the first
in the city" Mr.. Wender observed
Far Northwest Neglected.
"what have you got for the Far
Northwest, which has practically
Inothing?" inquired Mrs. w. w.
Moore of the Northwest Council.
Practically nothing" was about
the answer, board members ad-
mitted.
Many Of the citizens said they
plan to see that Congress hears
about the situation. Several are de-
termined to take matters in their
own hands.
IF you can't clear away the trees
in our area, we've got our own bull
dozer, and we'll do it ourselves" de-
clared Henry Guthrie of Benning
Heights.
Mrs. Saul Weisser of the Adelaide
Davis School PTA pleaded for a
last-minute meeting with the board
to provide for use of the old Davis
School Building.
But Chairman Wender pointed
out 1t is too late for the board to do
anything. Now, he declared, it's up
to the citizens and to Congress
and he wished them luck.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Memorial Services Tonight
For Mrs. Maude {, Mohr

Memorial services for Mrs. Maude
Engler Mohr, 81, stenographic en-
ploye of the Bureau of Naturaliza-
tion of the Labor Department up
to 1888, will be held at 8 O'Clock
tonight in the Chevy Chase funeral
home, 5103 Wisconsin avenue NV
Burial will be in Green Springs
Ohio.
Mrs. Mohr, who died Saturday
night in her home, 217 Spring ave-
nue., Takoma Park, Md, after a
long illness, had lived here since
1913. She was born in Green
Springs, the daughter OF the late
William Engler and Emma M
Crockett Engler, a direct descend
ant of David Crockett, American
pioneer.
She attended business school In
Tifin, Ohio, and lived in San Jose,
Calf, before she came to Washing
ton to work in the Munitions Bu-
reau. A short time later she
transferred to the Labor Depart
ment.
Mrs. Mohr's hobby was collecting
pitchers. She had about 300 pitch
ers from all over the world, ranging
in size from half an inch to 10
inches in height
She was a member of the Eastern
Star in Green Springs.
Survivors are a son with whom
she lived, Robert E. Mohr, Washing
ton representative of the Acorn
Refining Co.; brother William B.
Engler of Green Springs; two sisters,
Mrs. Celia E. Davidson, also of Green
Springs, and Mrs. Meta E. Messecar,
Washington, and a granddaughter.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Carol Diane Flynn, II, Dies;
DAUGHTER OF Publicity Man

Carol Diane Flynn. 12-year- -old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred F.
Mike Flynn, died today at George
Washington Hospital from nephritis
after years illness.
Her father Is press representative
in Washington for Pan American
Airways and for many years was
Washington correspondent for the
Wall Street Journal.
Carol Diane was a student at Taft
Junior High School and had for
merly attended John Burrows Ele-
mentary School. Besides her par
ents, she is survived by Q brother,
Alfred F., jr.. 81.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Hudson 5. Marshall I'd
Sued for Divorce

Mrs. Virginia Coffman Marshall
30161a r street NV, asked a limited
or absolute divorce from Hudson
Snowden Marshall II in a suit filed
in District Court yesterday. which
included charges Of misconduct.
The suit said Mr.. Marshall, whose
address was listed as the Belmont
Plaza Hotel in New York City, went
to Europe in 1914 as q civilian en-
ploye Of the Government, returning
to New York last March. a.
Since December Is, 1914, the suit
charged, Mrs. Marshall has not
heard from Mr. Marshall, with the
exception Of few brief moments. "
It alleged also he has failed to sup
port her. The papers stated the
belief Mr.. Marshall had engaged in
misconduct with a woman in Ger
many.
The papers, filed through Attorney
Thomas Heffelinger, said the Mar
shalls were married in Washington
in February, 1886, and have two chill
dren, both in the custody Of Mrs.
Marshall.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
By jones Deane
rhe District Recreation Board got

The District Recreation Board got
itself into a tight spot last night.
1t invited the public to grill II
on its budget estimate for the com.
ing year-and the public wouldn't
take no for an answer.
About 100 determined citizens
spent two hours trying to find out
just what had happened to the
boards ambitious $3,367, GAL pro-
gram for 1859.
The answer was simple enough
Chairman Harry Wender explained
the Commissioners had whitfield ii
to more modest $1.373,000, which
still is more than 5000 above this
year. ..
But what about that new bath
house we want in Takoma?" asked
Leverett Meadows, president of the
Manor Park Citizens Association.
Various Items Deleted.
I'VE asked $4,000 for that, but it
was deleted," replied Mr.. Wender.
The same thing Mapped to the
$4,000 item for improvement of the
Emory estate, he AIDED.
when do we get our new play
'ground?" Henry Miller of the Ma
tional Gateway citizens wanted to
know
"Will anything be done about sur
facing, fencing and gym for our
area?" asked Roy Birge of Chill
lum Heights Association. de-
leted," was the answer.
J. s. Franklin, president Of the
Washington Civic Orchestra, want
ed to know whether there was any
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Rites Set for A. {. Berry, k.,
Killed in New York SUBWAY

Requiem mass for Albert Edgar
Berry, jr., 80, whose late father was
president of the Chesapeake g. Po-
tomac Telephone Co., will be offered
at 10 am. Friday at the Shrine OF
the Blessed Sacrament, Chevy
Chase Circle. Burial will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Mr.. Berry was killed yesterday in
a subway accident in New York
when he was reported to have fall
len in front of a subway train at
the northbound platform of the In
terborough Rapid Transit station at
Eighteenth street and Seventh ave-
nue.. He was employed by the
American Telephone g. Telegraph
Co. in New York and worked in the
C. & P. traffic department here from
1885 to 1941.
Survivors are his mother. Mrs. A.
E. Berry, and five sisters, Miss Hen
rietta Berry, both of 1884 Stuyvesant
place N. w; Mrs. j. H. Kilcoyne
Chevy Chase; Mrs. James E. Brady
Silver Spring; Mrs. w. H. Howard
Cherrydale, Va, and Mrs. John r,
Strauss, Cincinnati.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
House Unit Approves
Funds for PLANNING
.Arboretum Project

A five-year program to develop
facilities for the public at the Ma
tional Arboretum on the Anacostia
River would be started with funds
approved yesterday by the House
Appropriations Committee.
Now closed to the public and sur
rounded by a fence, the 4O0-acre
tract promises eventually to be a
show place of trees, plants and
flowers, rivaling London's Kew Gar
dens and Washington's famous
cherry blossoms, the committee was
told.
S413,900 Budget Voted.
Approving a budget of Sab 900
for the next fiscal year, the COM
mittee pointed out the arboretum
project still has on hand $780, 900
to be used for the purchase of land
Ito round out" its boundaries.
The funds, for 1949 in the Agri-
culture Department appropriation
bill include 1927, 900 for the prep
aration of plans and specifications
and the development of physical
facilities for the public.
If this outlay is made available
By Congress, arboretum supporters
explained today, plans and speci-
flcations can be started shortly after
July l, the beginning of the new
fiscal year, and construction can
begin next fall.
Among the first things needed to
accommodate the thousands of
sightseers expected when the place
is opened to the public, it was ex-
planned, will be roads, and parking
places. The first stretch of road
under present plans would be 1.6
miles long.
Structures to be Built.
The first structures to be built
under the new program would be a
gateway. guard house and public
rest rooms. Utilities such as water
supply, drainage, sewage and elec-
tricity would be installed.
Planting has proceeded in the big
tract for about 20 years and now in
cludes more than eight acres of
azaleas, which soon will be in bloom,
the committee was told by Dr. F. P.
Cullinan, assistant chief of the Bu-
reau Of Plant Industry. during hear
ings on the bill.
Asked why the public could not be
permitted to see the floral display
this spring, DR.. Cullinan said Ma
tional Park Service officials who
saw the azaleas last spring esti-
mated the show would draw as
many as $4,000 people a day. With
out adequate roads, he explained,
and an estimated 5000 or 10000 cars
with no place to park, ut would be
a real difficult situation to handle"
Purpose of Arb0retum.
Primary purpose of the arboretum,
it was explained, is to develop a liv-
ing collection of all woody plants
that can be grown in this area. It
would serve as a source of educa-
tional information on plant life for
students and scientists throughout
this country and for visiting scien-
fists from all over the world
When the rest of the land is ac-
quired with funds already in hand,
the rolling wooded tract will con-
sist of 400 acres. 1t is bounded by
M and r streets NE, Bladensburg
road and the Anacostia River. It
includes historic hill known as Mt.
Hamilton.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Rites for A. |. Fleming
Tomorrow in West virqinia
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

SUTTON, w. Va, Mar. 17.-Fu-
neral services for A. L. Fleming
rs, retired merchant and father OF
Dewey L. Fleming, chief of the
Washington bureau of the Balti-
more Sunpapers. will be held to-
morrow at the home. Mr.. Fleming
died Monday night.
A native of Rockingham County
Va, Mr.. Fleming came here As
years ago and established a mer-
camille business in which he was
active until his retirement in 1912
because OF i'll health.
He leaves besides his son, his
widow, Mrs. Hattie Bowers Fleming
and another sson, Hunter Fleming
of Gary, Ind. ~
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Dratha
STREETS, PATSIE.

STREETS, PATSIE. On Monday, March
Nv M e4s E n %sev e the
A., George W and Robert ". Streets, jr.;
patsls White and EimiFs .s e.
James e. White, Olivia B. and Mary Streets
Also surviving are eleven Grandchildren
a5a seven
Faneral Fun al Home, sa ~ = n NJ St. % NV. wsdnesday
MsTsh a'fr pm from assaz ss bshs
ment Woodford, Va. 18
THOMAS, EULA. Departed this life or
En MfEih TH IL sas Of a
h Thcmas s'0es devoted isfad Father Of MIS- So1es
Gs Berae Mrs sr1U xds Halt MRS
eg George % and Maurice ffie Themss. % He also i,
es eshsr resns ss ne John
Rhines y Co. Funeral Home. 901 3rd st
s.w. Notice of funeral later. Is
TULL, CoRPL. JOSEPH A. On October
A corpl JOSEPH a. TULI Of sIs
"a East Windsor ave-, Alexandria,
@ sbr,e'is 1s eHioveS n son Tuf Of L rsyesds E. s5e
1s4s, at : pm. fnterment Ar;
lington National Cemetery. Relatives and
ULLE, EDWARD M. Suddenly. on Mon
seltsvile seHs Ms'l Md EDWARD N. Il UIIE Ss-
isads msy CT ea the st ass asss MsFy g
Home, 4739 Baltimore ave. Hyattsyille,
Nd. Notice Of funeral later
WIGHTMAN, FRANK E. On Monday,
Sligo Parkway, Green Meadows, Md
FRANK E. WIGHTMAN, aged 72 years, Son
of the late James and Susan Wightman
He is survived by two sons, James L; and
Francis z. Wightman; three grandchildren
and John W. Wightman Of Goshen. Md
Barber Funeral Home. Laytonsville. Md
Mass will be said on Thursday, March 49,
at 8 am, at st. Mary's Catholic Church
Rockville. Nd. Interment st. Mary's Gem
etery. II ;
WILSON, HENRY Rvs; s; On Tuesday,
loved father OF, virgie M. Hinchey and
Smith Smithson SeFyices at chambeEs' Hs Funeral
10, at 2:30 pm. Interment Washington
National Cemetery. 18
WILSON, MAUDE E. On Tuesday, March
16, 194S, at a local hospital, MAUDE e
WILSON of 1410 North Veitch ST., Airing
ton, Va, beloved wife of the late Edward
e. Wilson, mother of Edward Everett and
Ernest R. Wilson and Mrs. Thelma Miskeil
She also, is survived by two grandchildren.
resting at the ives Funeral Home, 2s47
Wilson blvd, Arlington, Va, where funeral
services will be held Thursday, March Is,
at 2 pm. 1nterment Columbia Gardens
Cemetery. II
Evening star., 1948-03-17
James W. Hill, 43, Dies;
Railway Express Employe

James w. Hill, 43, of 1108 Fourth
street S.W. an employe Of the Rail-
way Express Agency, died early to-
day at Casualty Hospital, apparently
of injuries suffered Saturday when
he fell on the sidewalk near his
home. .
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said an autopsy would be performed.
Mr.. Hill, a native OF Maryland,
was veteran Of four years service
with the 9th Air Force. Mrs. Ethel
K. Nash, at whose home he lived,
said today he leaves several broth
ers and sisters in Maryland.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Nv. S. Galloway Dies;
Once Yacht Club Head
By the Assoeiotsd Press

EASTON, Md, Mar. 17.-w. g.
Galloway. former governor Of the
Gibson Island Yacht Club, died
yesterday at his farm at Royal Oak
For many years he was purchas-
ing agent of the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. He retired in December,
1914.
Mr.. Galloway was born in Michi-
gan and was graduated from Purdue
University.
His widow, Mrs. Mildred Owens
Galloway, survives.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Georgia High Court Rejects
Hotel Fire Indictments
BY the Associated Press

ATLANTA, Mar. 17.-Charges OF
criminal negligence and involun.
tary manslaughter against lessees
Of the Winecoff Hotel, where lis
persons died in fire in December
were dismissed today by the Georgia
Supreme Court.
A. F. Geele, ST.; A. F. Geele, jr.
and r. E. O'Connell. who leased
the hotel from the owners, were in
dicted and the charges were up
held by the State Court of Appeals
The State Supreme Court held
that in order to sustain the charges
prosecutors would have to show a
reckless disregard for safety OF
guests, as distinguished from the
lack of ordinary care.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
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Evening star., 1948-03-17
Veterun Actress, Dies

LOS ANGELES, Mar. II R,.-
Mrs. Eva K. ;Huntley, ST, widow Of
the internationally known stage
actor, G. p. Htntley, died yesterday
after a brief illness. She appeared
on the London and New York stages
under the name Of Eva Kelly.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
Uarn nf ThankH

=. McCALLuM, DAVID G. The family of
the late DAVID G. McCALLUM wish to
friends. neighbors and minister for the
kind consideration shown them at the time
Of his death. We appreciate the beautiful
flowers, sympathy, cards and letters.
MRS. McCALLUM AND FAMILY.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
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SMITH. FRANK I. In loving memory
of our dear husband and father. FRANK
I. SMITH, who passed away eleven years
ago today. March II. 1887
HIS LOVING WFE. FANNIE, AND
DAUGHTER. BLANCHE.
Evening star., 1948-03-17
10 He took him home to Heaven to rest
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN. .

n In memory OF WILLIAM p.
1AaA SHEERS, q. S. N, who chose
~ to remain with his captain on
i@ board the q. s. s. James Ogle-
thorpe. torpedoed In the North
- Atlantic OF March II, 1913. .
Evening star., 1948-03-17

LILLY GODBOLD, Rec. Sec.
March Is, 1e4s. at the Sacred Heart
Home, MARGARET BRYERToN, beloved
daughter of the late Patrick and Hannah
Bryerton. Funeral from the James T.
Ryan Funeral Home, 317 Pa. ave. Sc, on
Thursday, March s, at 9:30 am; thence
to ST. AnthonyS Church, where mass will
be offered at 10 am Relatives and friends
invited. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1948-03-17

ALLEN, FREDERICK. Departed this life
Wednesday March II 194S, after long
illness at Gallinser Hospital, Mr.. FRED
RICK ALLEN of 511 p st. NV. He is
survived by a. devoted mother. Mrs Char
lotte Allen Baker; stepfather. Mr.. Rob-
ert Baker: two uncles, two aunts and
q host of other relatives and friends.
The remains may be viewed at the Hall
Brothers Funeral Home. 621 Fla. ave.
NV, Friday. March 10, after IL noon.
Funeral services Saturday March 90 at
terment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery.