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Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL- TURF, WASHINGTON 25, D. C. MAY 3, 1850. Sealed proposals for the furnishing of all labor, materials, tools, erecting equip ment, transportation, etc, to con struct an Office Building, includ- ing all electrical, plumbing, and heating work together with sewer and steam and water lines to present buildings located at the Fairbanks Experiment Station, Fairbanks. Alaska, for the Agri- cultural Research Administration U. s. Department of Agriculture
 will be received until o'clock June 13, 1850, and then publicly opened. Award of the contract will be made to only one con- tractor quoting the lowest price for the entire project as required. One set of plans and specifica- tions will be furnished free, upon application therefor, to contract ors (only) who can quote upon the entire project as required. Contractors may purchase addi-
 tional sets at ten dollars ($10.0O per set. Drawings and specified tions may be seen without charge, or be obtained as previously stat ed at the office of the Chief, Divi- sion of Purchase, Sales and Traf- fife, U. s. Department of Agricul- ture, Washington 25, D. C., or at the office of MT. Don L. Irwin, Director, Alaska Experiment Sta tion, Palmer, Alaska. Checks must be certified and payable to the Treasurer of the United States. Reference should be made to USDA No. 73-5O.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Garden Club Leaders
 Still Needed for All Work

Garden club leaders still are needed to take care of the Val ley's record enrolment of All Club members, Miss Mary Lou Lashbrook said today. She urges that anyone interested in leading a group of would-be gardeners get in touch with her this week. Clubs will be organized in the Extension Office next week, and it is important that all leaders be selected before these organization meetings are scheduled.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Teeners Rush Season. Weather Gets Rough

Members of the Seven-Eighty- Miners, Valley teen-age club, en- joyed a chilly picnic afternoon at Matanuska picnicking grounds last Friday. Club members damned into open trucks to ride to their selected picnic spot. Pre- liminary plans had called for an evening campfire and fun session, but weather prompted an early termination of the affair.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Work on Alaska Seed Is Resumed

Activity has resumed at the new location of Alaska Seed be- side the Steve Ward Building. Carpenters took up hammer and saw there again last week and ex- pect to rush the work to compile ton so that the Seed Company may be housed in it's own quar- ters in the very near future The Valley Grocery Annex, where Alaska Seed is now doing busi- ness, has been leased to another new business, which is scheduled to open it's doors there sometime this month.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
HIGHWAY NEARLY READY FOR BLACKTOPPING

Work on the Palmer Highway has progressed to the point where actual blacktopping operations are expected to be resumed by midMay. it was announced this week. Blacktopping will begin at the Anchorage city limits and will progress toward Chugiak, where work was interrupted last winter.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
AMERICAN LEGION SETS MEETING TIME BACK

Because of the conflict with eighth grade commencement ex- ercises at Palmer School next Thursday evening, the regular meeting time of the Matanuska Valley post of the American Le- zion has been postponed to nine o'clock, commander Jack Dunlap announced today MT. Dunlap said the business session would be brief.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
University Sends Birches To States Colleges

As twin gestures of goodwill and publicity in the states, the University of Alaska student body this week announced plans for the shipment of 50 young Alaskan bircheS to universities and colleges in the northern Unit ed States. The trees will be ship ped by air through Air Transport Associates of Seattle and then trans-shipped to their state-side destinations.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12

Girl Scouts to Be Guests
 Of Theatre al Tomorrow's Show
 All members of Girl Scout and Brownie troops in the Valley have been invited to attend Sat urday's movie matinee as the guests of the Valley Theatre, Mrs. Charles Wilson, Brownie leader, announced today. Girl Scouts must attend with their leader, in troop units.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Chamber Invites Seattle
 Delegation 10 Colony Day

The Valley Chamber of Com merce this week voted to issue a special invitation to a visiting Se- attle Chamber delegation to at tend the annual Colony Day cele- bration here on May 27 and 28. The visitors exact schedule was not known at press-time. They were expected to be in Valdez on May 25, and had stops at Seward, Fairbanks and Anchorage on their itinerary
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Elsie Lowe Is Back With ARC

Elsie Lowe returned to her an- nual employment this week as cook for an Alaska Road" Com mission crew. Mrs. Lowe expect ed to work near Anchorage for a time, she said.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12
Alaska Steam Names New Kodiak AUent

Orrin H. Kimball, who has served the Alaska Steamship Company at Seward and Juneau, this week was appointed company agent at Kodiak, a steamship company official announced. Kimball replaces E. A. Marian, who plans to enter private busi- ness in Kodiak.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-05-12

Clean-Up Month in Palmer
 DON'T FORGET-May is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Beats John l.. Lewis

It was crowded out of the news by the downfall of Pennsylvania s Grundy machine, but John l. Lewis and his ssrong-arm men also went down to defeat in the Pennsylvania primaries.
 Lewis was determined to defeat Democratic Congressman Anthony Oavalcante, a former coal miner and an attorney for the miners local in Uniontown, Pa, because Cavalante wouldn't take orders as a Congressman. And when Caval-
 cante seemed to be making head way, his opponents tried to break lup a rally with their fists. Cavalcante was staging a meet l ing at Windber, Pa, when his pri- mary foe, Ed Dumbald, Union- town attorney, barged in, flanked by half a dozen strapping Lewis lieutenants, who loudly demanded that Dumwald be allowed to speak. Shouting above the uproar, Cav alcante said: Let him speak If
 he's got something to say, It's a
 Democratic meeting"
 Anthony Rulli, local Democrat ic leader who presided at the rally also raised no objections, but in-
 sisted that Dumbald and his rowdy
 companions leave immediately after
 he had had his say Whereup0n
 one of the Lewis goons swung on Rulli and broke his nose.
 While Rulli was being taken to
 hospital, Dumbald delivered a
 brief harangue. Then the intrud-
 CTS were booed out of the meeting
 hall by 400 Cavalcante followers
 most of them members of LeWis'S
 mine union and local mill workers 1 Final result: CaValante won by i twice as many votes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

draft extension proposal will be noted overseas. Just now several countries wavering between all-out loyalty the North Atlantic coalition and compromise with the Soviet Union. In such countries-and West ern Germany is one of them-many persons will read an undue significance into the fact if abandon conscription at this time of great tension. If they fail to notice it. they will be reminded by Communist propaganda which will be quick to assert that the United States is relaxing it's military posture.
 Chiefly for its psychological value overseas, but also for it's contribution military readiness, the renewal of the draft might be well worth while
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

been working under cover in tne Senate, posing as an employee, to catch the bookie who is supposed to be operating there. So far, all the detective has uncovered is one numbers bet Congressman Usher Burdick's bill to investigate payroll abuses by Senate and House members has been quietly shelvei by the House Rules Committee. It would expose too many colleagues Here is a sure-fire cure for absent-minded atomic energy olIi- cials who leave secret documents lying around on their desks. They are hauled out of bed and must return to the office and lock the secret papers in a safe. Seldom do they make the same mistake twice The Senate small busi- ness. committee has. discovered that it is powerless because the Senate, in authorizing the committee, neg leeted to vote it any money or authority. The oversight is being corrected Senator Kefauver can't find office space cn Capitol Hill for his new crime committee. The Senate office building is so overcrowded that typists are act ually working in the halls and on stairway landings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
DO WE NEED THE DRAFT?

Congress is being urged to extend military con- sorpton for two years longer, although no one has been drafted for more than year and none of the armed services appears to have any intention of asking for draftees At first blush the call for iewal of the draft law unnecessary and little foolish But there are some perfectly sound arguments for continuing the law
 In the present state of world politics. we cannot be when the time may come to resume conscrip- tion It is efficient to have the draft law on the statute books, and to have in being skeleton organization for administering the draft That is not an argument of overwhelming force But it is factor.
 Furthermore the action Congress takes the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Daily Lessons in English v v. L. GORDON

The police thought to he" Say police thought ME to be HIM"
 OFTEN MSPRONOUNCED: Dolce sof sweeb Pronounce dol cha o as in DOLE, as n SHAY, first syllable
 MSSPEILED: Parmgan grouse observe the PIT, al s pronunciation.
 formal punctou 
 a it Let mastering word each day Todays word: TENsIvE giving stiffness contraction suffered pain his back"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

tract is made between the Federal and a state government, it often involves the latter in fixed expend- itures over which it has lost con- trol.
 What all this really amounts to is that actually there is no budget; there is no balance between income and outgo. Not only does the Ex- ecutive pile UP expenditures but senators and representative and thousand and more pressure groups pile item upon item of ex- penditures without regord to the capacity of the American people to carry the load.
 And the most surprising fact ab- out it all is that thus far there is no evidence that the people real ly worry about it. Of course, they growl and complain around tax day, but there is not sufficient opposition to yhe wildcat spending, which seems to grow wilder each year,
 In his tour about the country, President Truman never indicated the slightest interest in economy nor do the Republicans, except for few, show any great opposition to spending.
 The Hoover proposals, to save money, with the single exception of the Department of Defense, have been sidetracked. The 21 measures in this connection, which President Truman sent to the Congress, were not Hoover proposals, although they were subtly labelled as such None of them were related to econ- omy. Every effort of Senator Har- ry F. Byrd to produce economics has failed
 Obviously, if the people do not care, Congress will reflect their at- titude. If the people. are willing to carry the burden, Congress Will go along. Therefore, the final responsibility must be in the people who ought not to be confused by eo-cent dollars or inflationary measures which give them the feel ing of having more money with out the reality of it.
 The fact is that no overpowerine movement for economy in govern ment has yet appeared among Che people and until it does, politicians will continue to spend to satisfy pressure groups whose votes count in particular localities.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Balloons to Russia

Theodore II. Sloan of Washing ton, Pa, who was chief develop ment engineer for the council o1 defense during World War I, has written me letter about his cx- periences in floating small balloons into hostile territory-such as Rus sia.
 MT. Sloan worked out a plar in 1917 for floating balloons into Germany carrying fire bombs tc set fire to German forests. Event ually, Woodrow Wilson stopped the plan as inhuman.
 The balloon was about GO inches in diameter, carrying an automatic ballast tank and release mechanism for the fire bomb" wrote MT. Sloan "Ihe balloon would rise to about 6o,G00 feet, at which point the ballast held it at about this alti- tude, the prevailing wind causing it to travel easterly at about 10( miles an hour.
 "A large number of these mech anisms were built and tested. Or one test, 80 were sent up iron Nebraska and dummy bombs were dropped along the Atlantic coast We had attached a notice of a re- ward for each dummy bomb re- turned, and by this means got ab- cut 60 per cent back.
 "The whole outfit" continued MT Slcan, "can be built for about s. each, and will carry about t ounces of dead weight It has the following advantages:
 T. It is the cheapest method ot transporting printed material int an enemy country.
 "2. Human life is not jeopardized
 g. The balloons are practical! invisible at eO,O0O feet; therefore cannot be shot down"
 Note-Many patr.o.ic Americans have written thl5 column offering to help get propaganda balloons in- to Russia.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
T H [ s E D A Y s
 --B BY-- GEORGE K. SOKOLSKY
HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE?

HOW MUCH MONEY IS THERE?
 They tell us that times are good, but that the budget for 1851 will show a deficit of $6,300,000,000. This is on the basis of existing taxes. If taxes are cut anywhere, the deficit can be higher The deficit is based on the assumption that the budge will be kept to S36, 100000. This, of course, does not take into account supplement- ary expenditures during the fiscal year, of which there are generally plenty.
 expenditures during the fiscal year, of which there are generally plenty.
 Meanwhile all sorts of bills have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O. you being whom you that she does remember the ccas should do?
 A. How do do" recall The previous meeting. sss4s&eae~sa&
 O. proper way wedding 
 acknowledgement congatatory brief good 
 finished dining a restaurant hotel dining vi al do with the napkin?
 A. unfoded the table next to the plate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Hoover Exnlains

V Fsplalalngas~h defeat to the Sales Executive Club, Hoover said "All the pressure groups have got in their work on the reform that wouli affect them, while they pro- claim their endorsement of all the other reforms. I promise you thk before we fail, I shall name by name and describe them tthe vested interests by the use of all the English language of which ] am capable"
 Note: One outfit that has done a bang-up job for the Hoover re- port is the lively Junior Chambet of Commerce, Clifford D. Cooper the national president, has visited every state, organizing grass-roots pressure for government reform.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
The Issue Is Plain
(Ketchikan NeWs)


 The question of recognizing Local 7-C of the International Longshoremens Union affiliate is not question of recognizing union principles, one way or the other,
 Communist dominated local which seeks dictatorship of Alaska and Alaska industry.
 This organization headed by Harry Bridges, a convicted prejurer for having lied about never having been a Communist belonging to the Communist party to gain his citizenship, nothing about American welfare principles and action for the benefit of the members Its officers using false front in order to gain their ends and follow the Moscow party line and not the American way of life.
 Many of the members innocent victims who joined in good faith. But the time is at hand for them to realize exactly what the score is and not continue to bndly follow un-Amercan leadership
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

land of California and Williams of Delaware. favored it.
 PLAN NO. 11-Give the Federal Communications Commission chair man executive authority. Fought by National Association of Broad casters and American Bar Associa- ton. Only eight Republicans voted with Hoover; Aiken, Ives, Know land, Langer, Lodge, Smith of N. J, Thye of Minn.. and Tobey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

been introduced into Congress to spend money. Not all the bills will be passed, but it shows what kind of thinking there is in an election year. This is possibly the most non-partisan article I have written, because the Republicans are no more economy minded than the Democrats. When this session Of Congress is completed, it will be interesting to know what rare soul in Congress stood like Horatio at the bridge and voted, not talked, against spending.
 About BOT bills have been intro duced to aid state and local govern ments. It is estimated that if all the continuing grant-in-aid pro- grams in these bills were passed it would cost 3,20Oooo,oo0 in the first year. By the sixth year, they would rise to $e,loo,ooo,ooo.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
LOOK and LEARN %sy sy c, GORDON

be Secretary of War Chief Justice and President of the United States? 2. country the "Tri-Color' the flag? 3 is American ten-cent piece called a dime? independent How many the Lords
 ANSWERS: 1. Taft. 2.
 B. From he "decima," meaning tenth. 4. 5. Twice; in XI
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

arm above the wrist
 Heder had spent several months in Europe most leaving home the Juneaue found home the Juneauie found with living reasonable except for high coffees The unemployment thought largely due to the gov compensation impressed by the number of automobiles
 MT and Mrs John Walker who graduated from the father supervisor Of Public Surveys for Alaska before being transferred to Boise
 collision near the ix-Mie post on Glacier Highway by Harry Watson Chevrolet of Luther Suby badly damaged personal injuries
 The largest king occurring in OConno assistant agent of Both roers and gill netters were making good money, fish excellent
 L. Goddard, Goddard Juneau had been visiting Goddard he took he seapne made the p aboard the Taku as Southwel opomeist and optician
 Weather: High, 45; low A. rain
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Merrv-Go-Round

American Exrort Lines will soon launch two new luxury liners, the .5S Independence and the SS Con- stitution, a tribute to American flag initiative on the high seas. After the war, in view of the world
 shipping surplus, many predicted T. more passenger ships would be u t for years A detective has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
MARINER SCOUTS MEET

At the last meeting of the Mari ner Scouts, the session was called to order by our President Pat Goforth |' and then after we finished some old business we gave a surprise shower for Mrs. Hagerup. The meet ing then adjourned.
 Joan Kassner, reporter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
G. BLoMGREN JR. HERE

Gunnar Blomgren, Jr., and Mrs. 3lomgren arrived Saturday by PAA from Seattle to spend his vacation of two weeks with his mother Mrs. C. Blomgren, ST, and sister, Jane Blomgren-Stri He is with the Standard Oil Co. at Point Wells, near Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAMS
 TO MEET ON MAY 31

Girls Softball teams will meet at T pm. in Evergreen Bowl May 31 in- stead of May A for their first meet ing. Any girls interested call Pat Grove, Green 155.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

Some of the bills fail to stipulate the costs, establishing the principle of expenditures but leaving it to Congress each year to set up the appropriations. Thus, bargain ing power is set up between pollti- clans and the pressure groups, making it possible for them to bar gain for advantage.
 Already, for the year 1950 the Federal government has obligated to $2,420 100000 for grants-in-ai For the yeare 1851, the Budget pro- poses $3,264, ,000,O00 for grants-in- aid to state and local governments. In a word, even without the BOT hills, the amount is high, nearly one-tenth of the budget. And it is going up all the time.
 Where is the money to come from?
 There is another factor in this situation that is generally ignored, namely, that the Federal govern ment takes too much of the earn ings of the people. The grants-in- aid to state and local governments weaken those governments, making them dependent not upon their citizens for revenue but upon the bureaucracy of the Federal govern ment. This breaks down our en- tire system of division between the Federal and state governments. Further, once a grant-in-aid con-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

"The moon is covered with dust foot deep, asserts an astronomer And no wonder, with nobody there but the man in the moon We'll bet the sink is stacked full of dirty dishes, too.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

"When you are at a loss for words. it may mean an insufcientcy of blood in the brain It also may mean that you're afraid anything you might say would probably be used against you.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
WSCS MEETING

WSCS MEETING
 A meeting of the WSCS will be held at 8 o'clock Wednesday eve- ming at the home of Mrs. Henry Leege, 911 Calhoun Avenue. Mrs. Morgan will give study on "Wo- men of the Bible"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

Couplet on mans present dilemma: Peace is too expensive the price of too high; 1t costs to much to live and he can't afford to die
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
NOTICE

We will not be responsible for any bills or debts contracted against the troller "Humdergen" by anyone than ourselves.
 Signed w. w. ReamS J. J. Lown
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
BOY SCOUT EXECUTIVE

Doramus P. Scudder of Ketchi- kan, an executive of the Boy Scouts of America, is at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
20 YEARS AGO fTp FIT EMPIRE
MAY g, 1850

Stella Young, fell pile building the high school and her broken just above the wrist
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

Sewing machines for rent at The White Sewing Machine Center. 52-J:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
The Washington kerrY-Go-Round

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23

Weather: High, 45; low, A; rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-23
Weather al
 Alaska poinis

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a.m.. 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-04-20
Loans Available
Now For Farmers

During past years loan funds
available through the Farmers
Home Administration to Noble
county farmers for purchase of
livestock, farm machinery and
crop needs were exhausted early
in January.
Thus it was impossible to help
local farmers during February,
March and April-the time when
they most needed financial aid.
However the local Farmers
Home Administration office has
been notified that there are
funds available now for all types
of operating loans, probably in
sufficient amount to take care
of all qualified applicants.
Applications for loans may be
made at the office in the post
office building, Woodsfield, or
on Friday morning only at the
PIMA office in Caldwell.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-04-20
State Weather Bureau
honors r. BurlingaIme

The Voluminous records COM
piled and maintained by the u.
S. Weather Bureau on such mat
tiers as rainfall and average tenn
peratureS are made possible
through the cooperation of thou
sands of unpaid observers like
Frank Burlingame, of Sharon,
who has received a service en-
blem from state weather bureau
headquarters in Columbus in
recognition of Is years of serv-
ice.
E. B. Handles, gatekeeper at
Senecaville dam, also received
recognition for IL years of serv-
ice.
Since September, 1884, Mr.
Burlingame has made daily reel
ords of temperature and the
amount of rain or SNOWFALL
These records, together with
others kept by volunteer
workers at 200 stations in all
parts Of the state have enabled
the state to compile complete
data on precipitation, average
temperatures and temperature
extremes.