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Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-04
BolIouns To Leave For Outside

Stanley Balloun, general su- perintendent of the Matanuska experiment farm, will leave the Valley soon to go to Ames, Iowa for advanced study, it was an- nounced this week. Mir. Balloun, who is also in charge of the poultry work at the station, will be accompanied by his family.
 The s station superintendent leaves the Valley under an ex- tended leave of absence, rather than a resignation, and is ex- pected to return here. No re- placement has yet been named for the position he is leaving.
Valley frontiersman., 1949-08-04
DANIELS -- In The Lions Den

As the Frontiersman goes press this week. appears that another project for the Valley looms the horizon To the idea of territorial mental hospital in the immediate vicinity of Palmer appears diaseu today did when the project first came to attention, almost years ago.
 We can't believe that mental hospital in Palmer be thing but harmful the longem future of which believe destined be of the prominent Alaska Wed rather tuberculosis sanarm an Alas here. We're firmly convinced that if Palmer the of the mental institution, we'll get of these other plans which have dangled so emptingly before in the past years
 However those who have much better understanding n and business than Fonersman editor hope have say hospital will bring need in the form of large and stable payroll increased population and market for the produce from farms The also has been advanced that the construction of the six million dollar in stltutlon will give employment our homesteaders
 We feel that those arguments part least basically sound for located somewhere outside l0mc radius of Palmer boundaries We'd the mental hospital located in the Maanuska Valley by all why discuss in terms of a location in Palmer:
 Why wouldn't 1t be bes both Palmer and the hospital locate the shores of of countless lakes? Why the secluson properly needs along with accessibility mers markets and shops?
 And while we're looking for site that's close Pal mer why thought posofe address for the institution? Those who understand these that the tal hospital will form the young village of divorce it completely from Palmer with separate mailing address.
 We like Palmer. We're proud of We just with favor plan that can't help but bring the of undeserved rdcule We'd like ward bigger and better things and don't think possible long people take the attitude they do toward mental hospital
 Think back to the town that houses the asylum in home state, and we're right If Palmer already large and established city the stigma attached the which houses mental hospital wouldn't hurt much tiny right which needs grow great shoulders will be broad enough weight of insane asylum.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

yarns Of different textures.
Skilled instructuresses assist
the knitter, without charge.
whenever necessary In the
proper making Of her gar.
nent.
Tomorrow at the luncheon
being held in the Poll MolI
Room Of the RoIeieh Hotel
a complete showing of hond-
knitted items will also be
featured. Garments in the
show will consist of original
designs interpreted in var
ious textured yarns, and olso
originals mode Of the tiny
ribbon by Rubon d'Art that
we understand hos opened
up a new field ia hand
knitting.
Our pictured dresses
Evening star., 1949-11-18

These four exquisite edging'
may easily be completed with {
wave Of the magic shuttle. They
are wonderful finishing touche.
for handkerchiefs, lingerie an6
linens. Even = novice can make
tatted lace for there Is only one
simple stitch to master.
Pattern Envelope No. R2902
contains step-by-step tatting di-
rections and instructions for the
four edgings illustrated.
Just what you've been waiting
for J. the BIG new book o1
ENEEDLEwoRK NEWS! Chock-
fun Of fascinating designs. includ.
ing four gift patterns with In
.structions. Special features
needle know-how" and exciting
information on Wh8t's-new-to-
make. Send. twenty y-five t25c) In
coin.
TO obtain this pattern. send 2Oc
Ia COINS, giving pattern number.
your name, address and zone NUM-
Der to Peggy Roberts, The Wash
ington Star, r. o. BOX 100. Sta
tion q, New York 10, N. =.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

The handmade article
today holds the appeal the
moss-produced article once
held when it was first
launched.
There has been q decided
upswine IN the American
womon's desire to make
things for herself. in the way
of clothing. Proof Of this is
seen in the greet numbers
who enroll in sewing classes
and who attend store pro-
motions designed to help
them make the articles.
The popularity Of hond-
knitted suits, dresses and
bIouses shows that proeti-
colity and iuxuy-oppeor-
once can 90 together. Any
Evening star., 1949-11-18

ican corner cupboard and q cooky
board. There are. Of course. de-
tailed diagrams and instructions.
Remodeling data includes such
things as information on convert
ing an expensive, out-dated ma
hogany radio cabinet into q child's
desk or a vanity table, or turning
Victorian washstand into q
dining room chest. Repairing
old pieces Of furniture and old
clocks, among other items, Is In
cluded. too.
Data on the proper tools for
various purposes, on keeping these
tools in repair, and on selecting
woods and applying finishes may
be found here, also.
The Household Finance Corp,
in its newest Money Man
agement pamphlet, "The Health
Dollar" suggests that the public
keep itself informed on the busi-
ness of guarding its health, with
an eye to solvency as well as .
longer life. How to choose .
physician and dentist In a strange
town Is discussed, as well as public
health and clinical services that
are available. Prepaid programs
for health care come In for quite
a bit Of consideration. The types
Of programs available, and the
questions to consider In under
standing the exact terms Of your
policy In relation to its cost are
covered.
This pamphlet Is available for
5 cents from the Household
Finance Corp. 919 North Michi-
gan avenue. Chicago II, Ill.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
For Your Bookshelf
!. Words on Workshops
By Betty Miles

a9 = & &
Man Around the House, by
Norbert Engels. tPrenticc-HaH;
$3.50 sse set =faaJ
The amateur craftsman must
realize from the first that there
are two big occupational hazards
the author Of this book declares
These hazards are a wife with
fanciful ideas about future
projects and importunate children
with an endless succession Of toys
to be fixed. Once he establishes
the limits beyond which he can
not be pushed in rendering serv-
ice to the other members Of the
household. his workshop Is his
castle.
Mr.. Engels' publisher explains
that when HI Is not turning Out
pieces Of woodwork In the base
ment workshop Of his South Bend
qnd.) home he can be found
In his capacity as professor o1
English at Notre Dame. Mr.. En-
gels. is also a regular contributor
to Popular Mechanics, Popular
Science Monthly. the American
Home and other magazines, and
some Of the information In this
book was first presented In articles
In those magazines.
His initial counsel to wood
workers suggests that they make
their own workbenches. and he
goes on from there to tell them
how to make everything from
picket fences and 18th century
mirrors to hurricane lamps and
doll cradles. Included, too. Is data
on making such things as fold
ing screen. q brick walk, Co
Ionial maple bed, an early Amer
Evening star., 1949-11-18

prove that q "one Of q kind"
knitted fashion hos greet
charm. Our light eoIored
dress is q cinnamon WOOL
knit featuring deep orm-
holes, eIostieized cuffs and
woistIine. Our darker dress,
designed by Beo Moenus, Is
mode up in the new type
ribbon.
Look to hondknits for
foshions that include sweat
ers, dresses, jockets, blouses
and suits. The hondknit
hasn't eornered the fine
fashion reputation it enjoys
without bosis. It's good,
sound fashion thot you con
moke for yourself, besides
being obIe TO buy 1t in the
foshion stores.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Little children play. That 4
their business Ii life, their way
Of finding their places N life,
their relationships To- each other,
their way Of testing things and
their use and value. Gradually
this play merges into self-directed
activity. BY that Ismean that .
child decides he wants to do some-
thing, build Or make something.
just for the JOY Of the making.
That Is the e-groWth child's
form Of play: Part fun. part seri-
Gus creative work That express
sion 81 growth should Be encour-
aged in every way possible.
The Scouts and the 4-H clubs,
two highly efficient organizations
for the stimulation of healthy
growth in children, are founded
on this principle: The need for
creative, self directed activity.
These children find recreation and
fun, spiritual enjoyment. in use
full, creative self directed work.
They will watch q ball game or q
basketball game, maybe they Will
.oin In the sport but That Is not
their main interest. They have
merged their play instinct into the
work Instinct, and they ind all
they need In that fleld.
AS the children grow older and
reach teen-age. their ideas s,of
worth while activity are being set
firmly. Th65 no longer want toys.
They want real experiences with
tools. with projects that have
worth and meaning to the adult
mind. They do not want to spend
their leisure time, or their study
time, Ia meaningless gestures. I'M
itations Of the real thing. They
want 10 work and - the results
of thar work. Many boy1 and
Evening star., 1949-11-18
'WhyGroW
Old?
By,Josephine Lowmon

People fear most the things
they have not experienced. Thou
sands OF men and women are
hafassed daily by fears and
worry over things they viii prob
ably never experience. and II they
did have TO meet them. they
would not be 20 bad as they seem.
Once you meet . deluge Of any
kind. physical. emotional or men
tai. you develop certain routines
for self-preservation.
In the case Of unhappy emo
tional situations which you can
not remedy. you learn cutons
within yourself; you develop GER
tain protective attitudes which
will allow you to keep your sanity
and your individual happiness. II
you do not do this you can be
strongly penalized.
In case Of 4 hurricane. for ex-
ample. you learn TO sleep down.
stairs on mattresses. You build
sa barricade Of divans and chairs
to protect you from flying glass.
You take your curtains down so
they win not be ruined by the
sheets Of water which are driven
through the bottoms Of windows.
You provide yourself with flash
lights and candles and matches.
You get distilled water and extra
food In the house.
Outside Of real grief, the things
you fear are not nearly SO bad
az they sound. When I moved
to Tanipico, Mexico. as q bride,
during their last bad revolution,
I was amazed to flnd that the
most popular outdoor sport Of
many Of our. acquaintances was
taking pictures of the revolution
from roof tops.
There is q certain excitement
to troublesome times. While VIC
would not choose them, yet we
would not wish to live such pro-
tected lives that we never. feel
the fury Of q storm or m en1o-
tional impact. One cannot live
vibrantly without being tossed
about q bit! II you cannot be-
hurt physically or mentally you
are half dead.
Why not do what you can about
your problems. take reasonable
precautions. and then concen-I
trate on the challenging aspects
OF lif6 rather than on the fears
1t provides!
II you have the worry habit
and would like help send o.
stamped, self addressed envelope
with your request for the leafletI
No. 64. Worry" to Josephine
Lowman In care Of The Evening
Star.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Youth Wants Real Work
By Angelo Pdtri

girls are shut out Of any such op-
lportunity. They must stay In
school long past their playtims
stage Of growth. They want. they
need. wholesome, active, meaning
/ full work and there is not much Of
that in the schools. They go out
In search Of something to do and
not finding it, end up In the
courts, labeled delinquent. Society
is the delinquent when 1t does not
furnish worthwhile activities for
such boys and girls.
|. Building play courts, basketball
courts, and the like is not the an
swer. There are IL hours In the
teen-age youths day. How many
Of them do you think he can spend
profitably Id the playground?
Probably to himself and to his
community? These young people
are weary Of idleness. weary OF
empty days. They want action.
They want to be doing something
useful, learning how to work 80 a.
to become useful people sharing
ia the life Of their communities
and Of their country. And We
give them q playground.
j Every idle, on-the-loose boy or
girl Is . potential delinquent.
Each child In the community
should be enrolled and his pro-
gram set for him. He must be
given an opportunity for his train
ing, his creative instincts. his
growth, to develop. What's keep
ing us? Isn't this something for
the PIT. AS to consider and
act on2
Evening star., 1949-11-18

woman who hos ever had
a hond-knht dress knows how
we'll they trovel and how we'll
they always manage to look.
Here in Washington many
women turn to hondknits
because Of the choneeoble
weather. Many knitted OUT
fits possess an oll-seoson life
span.
To make a hondknitted
Item is not as difficult as
many women picture the
process to be. a little shop
hos come to our attention
that is reoIIy eeored to help
ing out in the question Of
hondknitting. They carry q
eoodly supply Of pottern and
instruction books in addition
to a wide selection Of colored
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Molasses deserves . place In
dishes prepared for . family be-.
cause It is an excellent source Of
Iron and offers important cal-
cium. Use 1t In cookies, In ginger
bread, when baking apples and
pears and Ia Favored milk drinks.
Evening star., 1949-11-18

Sweet potatoes offer lots Of
|nourishment for dinner menus.
They are rich sources Of vitamin
and furnish worthwhile quantities
LOT vitamin c. They also con-
tribute small amounts Of the 3
|yitamins and minerals.
Evening star., 1949-01-27
Republicans Offer Two
Housing Bills 10 Cut
Program 70 10 4O9d
By ChoImers M. Roberts

Two Republican-Sponsored hous-
ing bills will be introduced in Con-
gress today, providing for construc-
ton of only from go to 80 per cent
of the public housing that would
be authorized by the administration
measure. introduced three weeks
ago.
A bill sponsored by Senators
Baldwin of Connecticut, Taft Of
Ohio, Ives Of New York and 10 other
Senators, calls for 100000 public
units in 6-year program. Senator
Taft said this program is roughly
half as expensive" as the admins
tration bill, which calls for 1850, 900
units over seven years. He would
not estimate the overall cost, how
ever.
A bill offered by 10 House Repub-
licans. headed by Representative
Javits of New York, and indorsed
in principle by nine other Republic
cans, calls for $4,000 public units
over six years.
Baldwin Blames Administration.
At press conference yesterday,
Senator Baldwin declared the "onus
for the housing failure" Is on the
administration. Senator Thye OF
Minnesota, another sponsor, said
the current housing shortage would
not exist. II early New Deal relief
funds had been used to build hous-
ing instead of for leaf raking."
Senator Baldwin, in a statement,
said 1T is about time that we
evolve a realistic, comprehensive
approach instead of only promising
houses for political purposes"
The new Senate Republican bill, in
providing for 100000 public units.
calls for 100000 more units than
the Ia TT = Ellender- Wagner bill,
which last year passed the Senate
butt died in the House Rules Com
mittee.
Senator Taft estimated the Sen
ate Republican DILL provides for
public housing Of about Is per cent
Of the total current home construc-
ton, while the administration meas
ure would equal about Is per cent.
Costs Estimated.
The cost per year, after four
years of the adminitration bill Is
estimated at s445. 100000, the SEN
ate Republican measure, $240. .000.-
Evening star., 1949-01-27

born in Berlin during 1948. That
represented a gain of AZ per cent
over 1916.
Because postwar babies here will
have to live among scenes of old
devastation for many years, they re
called the "rubble generation" The
city makes no distinction in regi-
Evening star., 1949-01-27
BerIin's 'RubbIe Babies
PredominontIy Male
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN-Berlin's "rubble gene.
ration" is dominantly male. Boys
outnumber girls by 10 per cent in
births in this war-ravaged and poll
tically divided city.
Socilogists say the phenomenon OF
an upswing in male births after the
blood-letting of world war is just
what they expected. 1t is natures
habit.
Approximately $4,000 babies were
Evening star., 1949-01-27

1000, and the House Republican bill
$3.50, ,000, 900.
All of the bills call for slum- clear.
ance loans and grants up to ST.
900, 100000.
Senator Taft explained to report
ers that he plans to sponsor an
FHA improvement bill, but believes
1t should be handled separately
from the public housing measure
They were linked In the last Con-
gress-one of the reasons for the
long fight over public housing,
Evening star., 1949-01-27

Payments on your home
are made easy by renting a
room. Renting a room is made
easy by advertising in The
Star. Call Sterling 5000. Open
Sam.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

stration between legitimate birth1
and those which occur out of we'd
lock. But officials say that the lille
gitimacy rate has noticeably de.
clined since Germanys collapse.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

Paraguay's 10 newest movie
theaters are mostly small, open
air, second-run houses.
Evening star., 1949-01-27

About Is factories in all of India
now show entertainment films for
their workers.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
BorkIey Admits
He's in Love-
With Chicago
By the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Sept. IL. - Vice
President Barkley says that "any-
body who would come from st
Louis to Chicago must be in love
uh-with Chicago"
The Vice President, who has
been linked romantically with a
37-year- r-old st. Louis widow, made
the remark at a Democratic pic
mic yesterday after Gov. Steven
son told him he would always get
in Chicago a welcome "as warm
as it is in st. Louis"
Later on. Mr.. Barkley drew a
Chicago woman's ticket as the
winner of an automobile. He
read the name and address but
told the crowd of 10000 he was
keeping the telephone number to
himself,
Mayor Kennedy, 62-year -old
bachelor, said the least Mr..
Barkley should do, in that case
would be to give the Mayor a ST.
Louis phone number.
Mr.. Barkley said he'd give the
Mayor one in st. Louis, but Mr.
Barkley would decide which one
he'd give.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Bill 0dom Is Buried
With Military Honors
BY the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Miss, Sept. 12.-
Full military honors marked the
burial yesterday of Bill Odom
the noted pilot who set around
the-world and distance flight
records.
Mr.. Odom was killed last Mon
day when his plane crashed at the
National Air Races at Cleveland
While hundreds of persons as
sembled at the graveside in
Friendship Cemetery, near the
Tombigbee River, formation of
fighter planes dipped in salute
and scattered flower petals.
Mr.. Odom's former wife, Mrs.
Dorothy Odom, joined his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Odom
at the services. The flag from
the casket was presented the flyers
mother.
Mr.. Odom's parents moved to
Lowndes County. Miss, last No
yember.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
Boy, 4, Last Of Line, Follows
Father, Grandfather in Death

Claxton, sr., followed his son. A
retired Silver Spring contractor
and one of the last of the famed
Mortons Cadets, he died at the
age of 72 of pneumonia.
Last July II, on what would
have been the 18th wedding ami
versary of the Claxton juniors,
Arthur B. Claxton III was
stricken.
The little boys mother said the
father, son and grandson were
so close that although she had
to tell him of her husbands S
death she never could bring her
self to tell him his grandfather
also had died.
In addition to his mother. little
Bert" as he was called, Is sur
vived by two sisters. Kathryn
Virginia, IL, and Martha Jeanne,
10. They live in Shady Side, Md.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
.Long-Range Program
To Develop America
Urged by PIanner
BY the Associated Press

A National Planning Association
official said today that a desperate
need exists for "a long-range pro-
gram for building, a better Amer
ica"
It would be insurance against
depression-a domestic program
more magnificent in scope and
more imaginative in design than
anything we have heretofore con-
templated," he contended.
Frank Altschul, chairman Of
the planning associations Com
mittee on international Policy,
set forth his adea as an argument
against "blundering into the fu-
ture." He said America must plan
for the future because world eco
nomic developments may lead the
Nation into a dangerous situation
otherwise.
1.-THE corrective lies in our own
hands," he said in his report.
1.-THE domestic market for foods
and services which our economy
can so bountifully provide is Ca
pable of limitless expansion. ..
Would Limit Government Role.
There is work in this country
crying out to be done
slums to be cleared. houses and
roads, schools and hospitals to be
built, railroads to be modernized
and reconditioned. There are the
substandard areas Of the deep
South which urgently require in
tensive effort"
If a comprehensive program
could be launched with full public
support, unemployment problems
would cease, the fear Of depres-
sion would vanish, and a rising
national income would create
markets for United States prod
ucts and those from abroad. Mr..
Altschul declared.
Recognizing that Government
would have to play a part, MIR.
Altschul said this would be clearly
defined and limited.
Defends Cost.
Mr.. Altschul said it is improb-
able that "the equilibrium Of the
world economy can be re-
stored barring a vigorous forward
movement in the United States"
Anticipating arguments that
the plan would cost more than
the Nation can afford, he main
tanned this country could afford
anything better than another
world depression.
The Government corporation
is a mechanism that might be
used to provide funds where pri-
vate capital unaided could not
undertake a desirable project, Mr..
Altschul said.
The planning association is
private nonpolitical organization.
Evening star., 1949-09-12

Death today struck down the
third Arthur B. Claxton in 10
months.
Arthur B. Claxton, III, who
would have been 5 years old in
December, died at Children's Hos
pital. He was the victim of acute
leukemia.
He was the only grandson of
Arthur B. Claxton. ST.. and the
last to carry on the name.
The three generations of ClaX-
tons all were born in Washington.
All of them will lie in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Arthur B. Claxton, jr.. was the
first to die. The 49-year -old
manager of the Cannon Ball
Transit Co. died in his sleep last
November 2.
Three weeks later Arthur B.
Evening star., 1949-09-12
| Man Who Rented Site
OF Robson Concert
Tells Of Threats
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. IL. The
man who rented the grounds for
a Paul Robson concert that
caused a riot near Peekskill told
yesterday of telephoned threats
and an attempt to burn down his
house.
Stephan Szego rented the
grounds for the concert Septem-
ber on a former country club
site. The riot after the concert
injured over 100 persons.
1t was the second such riot
against a Robson concert in the
area in eight days.
Szego was heard on the National
Broadcasting Co.'s documentary
program, Voices and Events" in
a series of transcribed interviews
with Peekskill residents.
Wife Became Hysterical.
After telling of the attempt to
set fire to the house and the
threatening anonymous telephone
calls. he said:
Its really very sickening, and
I'm greatly concerned about my
Evening star., 1949-09-12
South Korea Drought
Threatens Rice Output
By the kssoeiofed Press

by me NSy0cIuIed TTe3S
SEOUL.-Southern Korea, land
of abundant rainfall, has been hit
by drought which menaces rice
production. The region is the
farming lands around this capital
of the Republic of South Korea.
Elsewhere in South Korea rainfall
is nearer normal and no serious
rice shortage is expected.
Evening star., 1949-09-12

Gus Miller q bartender predicted,
Comments Of other Peekskill
residents:
Gene Levinson, publisher Of the
newspaper, "the Peeksville Shop
per-: "A disgraceful affair. !
don't think 1t helped the COM
munity in any way, shape or
FORM"
Mrs. Alice Cohen: 1.-THE fact
that Robson is a Communist or