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Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24
School District Seeks GSA Funds For $8OO,OOO High School Building

struction, and of a size to accom- modate 250 pupils. Plans call for both an auditorium and a gym nasium.
 Under the GSA plan of lending money to Alaskan communities, the Palmer district must provide 50 per cent of the cost of the building. MT. Hurley said that Palmer's share of the present to- bacco tax, which is earmarked for school construction, will take care of the interest and amortization of a necessary bond issue.
 He explained that GSA will not accept promise of future tobac- co tax money as their assurance of repayment, but that bonds could be Hoated on the basis of the tobacco tax money allocated to schools.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24
Duirymen, Coop Agree To Quit Feuding
DANIELS-In The Lions Den

The Valley Frontersnnon feels there's some un- finished business thot needs to be wrapped up and disposed of following last weeks Chamber of Con- rneeting We refer to the incorporation study report the third such project undertaken by the Chamber of Commerce, that remember in our three-yeor sojourn here.
 That report was read and accepted by the Chom- Der membership, which promptly turned its back on the matter, then, saying that it was not Chamber function to take any further action.
 Maybe so, but we don't think We think that by that action all the Chamber did to leave the door open for and different Incorporation study in about another year. Frankly we re getting q little weary of all this studying. We think it's time we grew up, graduated, and began to do some work
 But since the Chamber feels its work is done, we'd like to announce thot we'll pick up the job where jt was dropped The Valley Frontersnnon intends to see thot the incorporation petition is circulated in Palmer and that the Palmer residents in the proposed oreo get the opportunity to accept reject the matter } We, of course in favor of the plan. We think it's the only means by which Palmer can grow. But eten than we fovor the incorporation pIon do We favor the idea of getting the matter settled way another.
 Therefore we've hired man who will commence circulation of the petition next week. First need surveyors legal description of the territory to be compossed by the proposed incorporation
 Once we get thot, we'll draw up the petition. Then we've been asked by an Anchorage lawyer, to
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Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24
SIX PAY PENALTIES, OBTAIN RELEASE
 FROM MEME BERSHIP

The milk war" of the past winter months has waned with the lengthening spring days, and Is now nothing more than a mat ter of record on the account books of various Valley dairyinen and the Matanuska Valley Farmers Co-Operating Association. The Coop and the dairymen settled their differences out of court this week and parted to walk their separate ways.
 At press-time, the injunction which restrained six Valley dairymen from selling milk through any marketing agent other than the Coop to whom they were contracted either had been lifted or was to be lifted within the next few hours. The dairymen's petition for the lift ing of that injunction, which reached Third District Court last Monday, had been denied by Judge Anthony Dimond.
 Six dairymen, A. A. Rempel, Richard McAllister, Art Hol- brook, Ernest Harrington, Arvid Johnson, Leonard Moffitt and Archie Moffitt won their freedom from their Coop contract by paying prescribed penalties and court costs.
 The six, early last winter, elect ed to overlook their MVFCA con- tract, which they contended was not binding, and began selling milk to Alaska Dairy. The Co., Op hauled the bolting milkmen into court and secured court order forcing them to sell to no one else until such time as the men could take proper steps to free themselves from the Coop contract.
 Penalties paid by the six in clude 10 per cent assessment on payments for all milk sold to Alaska Dairy, mileage costs, court costs and half the lawyers fees. A spokesman estimated that it cost the dairymen from little more than $100 up to as much as $500 to win their release, depend ing upon individual circum stances.
 Four additional dairymen also were released from the Coop this week, although under differ ent circumstances, according to James Wilson, MVFCA manager. The four, l.. M. DePriest, Ed Hartner, Joe Lentz and Victor Falk, Sr., petitioned for with draWal from membership and were released.
 Discussing the release agree ment signed between the dairy
 Continued on Page Seven)
Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24
No Bid Award Yet
 On Palmer Airport

No bid award on the work Of improving the Palmer airport has been made yet, Tony SchWamm, territorial commissioner of avla- ton, said this week. MT. Schwamm stated that apparent lv the bid of Palmer Construction Company is suitable, as far as the territorial commission of aviation is concerned" but said that 1t would take another three weeks to process CAA approval.
 The aviation commissioner said actual ground work on the Pal mel port could not begin now before April IS, at the earliest. He added, however, that the ln- tervening time will be utilized m getting easements for tree-top- ping and slashing, necessary on the approaches to the relocated airstrip.
 MT. SchWamm, in company with Stanley McCutcheon, will be in Palmer early next week to undertake personally the matter of these easements. At the time of his visit, he promised full and complete explanation of right-ot- way needs and of CAA regula- tions governing construction on the airstrips.
 He emphasized that the ease ments to be requested will cause no hardship to any property hold CT. "The most serious thing that could happen" he stated, Ifs that we might have to ask property owner to move back the location of proposed building few feet on his lot. We do have some reg ulations which must be enforced with reference to the height of buildings erected on the edge of the airstrip, but they will cause no hardship to anyone owning property at the Palmer airport.
 The aviation commissioner said a refusal to grant an easement could not halt the progress of Pal mer's port. The required right of-way can be condemned, he pointed out.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24
Wonfed-Condidofes
 For School Board Jobs

No one has yet filed a dec laration of intent 10 run for school board member at the April { election. school super intendent William T. Zahxad- nicek said late Wednesday af- iernoon. Filing deadline is noon April 3 at the school ok- flee.
 There are two board vaean- cies which must be filled a1 this election.
Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24

BERNIcE JOHNSON'S ILL
 Illness confined Mrs. Bernice Johnson of the Extension Office to her home this week. ~...:.::
Valley frontiersman., 1950-03-24

Community Chest membership meeting al former library al 6 p.rn. next Friday.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
I u. 5. Attaches 10 Leave
Hungary Within Week
By the Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Mar. IA
The American Legation said lasI
night that two of the three Mill
tary Attaches whose recall was
asked by the Hungarian govern
ment probably will leave the
country some time this week.
Col. James B. Craft, Military
Attache, and Maj. Donald Griffin
Deputy Military Air Attache, plan
to leave possibly this week, the
official said. 1t. Col. John T.
Hoyne. also a Deputy Military At
tache, is on leave and will not
return to Budapest, the official
added.
The Hungarian government
asked for their recall in note
March 10. All three were men
toned in court during. the trial of
Robert A. Vogeler, American bust
nessman sentenced to Is years on
charges of being a spy. The United
States made known Saturday they
would be recalled and the Lega-
ton gave formal notice to the
Hungarian Foreign Ministry last
night.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
Mrs. Thomas Young,
Census Ex-Emp|oye,
.Succumbs at Is

Mrs. Thomas Newton Young,
73, retired Census Bureau employe
and long a resident here died
Sunday at Washington Santa
rum.
Mrs. Young lived at 8712 Coles
vile road, Silver Spring.
Her death came on the birth
day of her late father, Samuel
Schaeffer, a former Swiss consul
to the United States. Her moth
er, Mrs. Bertha Schaeffer, Savage.
Md, will be SO in July.
Born in Illinois.
Mrs. Young was born in Tren-
ton. ILL.,. but had lived here since
she was young girl. Before her
marriage to Thomas Newton
Young. who died in 1926, she was
Miss Catherine Schaeffer. ..
Mrs. Young had worked for the
Agriculture Department and had
been associated with several wom-
ems shops here. She was employed
by the Census Bureau from 1941 to
1947.
A member of the Nativity
Church, Georgia avenue and Pea
body street NV. she belonged to
the Sodality there. She was a
member of Forest Glen post, Cath
olic Daughters of America.
Survivors Listed.
Besides her mother she is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. Mar
garet E. Kendrick of the Colesville
road address; two sons, Samuel A.
Young, 2745 Brandywine street
NV, and William H. Young. TIL
Silver Spring avenue. Silver
Spring: IL grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
Also two sisters, Mrs. Emily
Brewton, Takoma Park, Md, and
Miss Josephine Schaeffer, Savage,
and two brothers, Louis Schaefer
827 Ingraham street NV, and
William Schaeffer, TABS Georgia
avenue NV.
Funeral services will be held at
$50 am. tomorrow in st. Michael's
Church. Silver Spring. Burial will
be in Mount Carmel Cementery,
Sunshine, Md.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
-Four More Officials
Named by Mccarthy
As Pro-Communist
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was to be heard by the committee
later today.
After this mornings testimony
Senator Mccarthy said it may be
EIGHT or 10 days" before he accu.
mulates material to present more
cases.
Senator Tydings asked Senator
Mccarthy for the names of 81
cases he mentioned in the Senate
speech so the committee staff
can begin work Immediately on
its investigation. But Senator
Mccarthy said he needed more
time to assemble them.
Obviously irritated Senator Tyd-
ings said his intention was to
gather files of all 81 cases in one
room so I'VE can work immedi-
ately without going from one
agency to another"
"I'd like to have those 81 names
today" Senator Tydings declared.
Dwells on 1915 Arrest.
The chairman then asked Sena-
tor Mccarthy whether he wanted
the future cases to be presented
IN executive or open session.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
Sketches of New Figures Named by Mccarthy

Two Of the four persons listed
today by Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin as having
"pro-Communist" leanings have
United Nations associations, a
check of their careers showed.
Gustav Duran, who the State
Department said resigned from
that agency in October, 1916, is
now with the International Refu-
gee Organization of the U. N.
DR.. Harlow Shapley, noted Har-
ward astronomer, is a member of
the U. MS Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization. How
ever, he has never been with the
State Department.
A third person whose name
came up at today's hearing is a
long time Foreign Service officer
John Stewart Service. He also
is an expert on the Far East.
DR.. Frederick L. Schuman, who
is on the faculty of Williams Col
lege, is listed by Senator Mccarthy
as an important lecturer for the
State Department. However,
Who's Who in America" lists his
last Government post as political
analyst for foreign broadcast in
telligence of the Federal Com
munications Commission, 1912 and
1o43.
DR.. Schuman's activities as out
lined in Who's Who referred in
the main to various educational
posts, including the University of
Chicago, Harvard Summer School,
Columbia. University of California
and Cornell. He is the author OF
Soviet Politics, The Nazi Dictator
ship Design for Power and other
books of an international political
nature.
Mr.. Service now is on his way
to India to take up an undisclosed
diplomatic assignment there. He
had been attached as a political
adviser to the staff of the COM
manding general of American
Forces in China a few months be-
fore he was arrested by FBI
agents in Washington on June 6,
1945, along with five other per-
sons on charges involving an
alleged conspiracy to violate the
Federal Espionage Statute.
Mr.. Service and two others of
those arrested were vindicated
when a District Court grand jury
returned no true bills against
Evening star., 1950-03-14

them. On leave with pay, during
the investigation. Mr.. Service was
reinstated in the State Depart
ment on August IA, 1945, when he
received congratulatory letter
from then Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes.
The charges of which he was
cleared at that time involved an
alleged conspiracy to "unlawfully
take and remove Government rec
ords and files" 1t was alleged that
some classified documents had
been turned over to Philip Jacob
Jaffe, editor of Amerasia, mag
azine specializing in Far Eastern
political affairs. Mr.. Jaffe, as we'll
as former State Department en-
ploye and Navy lieutenant, were
indicted on the charges.
DR.. Shapley served as a member
of the American delegations to
the UNESCO conference in Lon
don in 1945, and to the Inter
national Astronomical Union in
Copenhagen in 1916. He also re-
ports the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
on the National Commission for
UNESCO.
Mr.. Duran was employed in the
State Departments auxiliary
foreign service from January 80,
1943, until September, 1945,
serving at Havana and Buenos
Aires, and in the department
Evening star., 1950-03-14

ment employees on diplomacy and
was formerly with the Federal
Communications Commission.
In discussing Mr.. Duran, Sena-
tor Mccarthy said he served as a
confidential assistant to Spruille
Braden when he was Assistant
Secretary of State for Latin
American Affairs and is now with
the International Refugee Organ
ization screening refugees coming
into this country.
He charged that Mr.. Duran was
allowed to resign from the State
Department in 1946 after men,
bers of Congress had demanded
his dismissal because of his Com
munist activities.
He said that Mr.. Duran immed-
lately obtained a position with
the IRO, a United Nations group.
and added:
II have received a confidential
report that Duran was recon-
mended for his U. N. position by q
member of the present Presiden-
tial cabinet"
Cabinet Member Not Named.
Senator Mccarthy urged the
f1ve-man Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee investigating his
charges to determine how a man
with background which he said
Mr.. Duran has could move 50
easily from the State Department
into "a high salary job" with the
United Nations.
Chairman Tydings of the In
vestigating Committee noted that
Senator Mccarthy had not given
the name of the cabinet member
who he said had recommended
MIR. Duran for the United Nations
position and added:
"We will find out who got him
the job"
The Wisconsin Senator gave Mr..
Duran'S name as a bad security
risk as some State Department
employees he has accused vigor-
ously denied his charges of being
ro-Communist."
To support his charges against
Mr.. Duran, Senator Mccarthy
submitted a 1946 intelligence re-
port from the American Military
Attache in Madrid. Parts of the
document that were made public
accused Mr.. Duran of being one
of the organizers of youth
group in the Spanish Civil War
that committed the most cold
blooded crimes
He said that the State Depart
ment had this report at a time
when it refused to dismiss Mr..
Duran on the demand of Sena-
tor Wherry, Republican, of Ne
braska, a member of the Senate
Appropriations Committee.
Refers to New Republic
Senator Mccarthy said that
Mr.. Duran is brother in law of
Michael Straight, "the owner and
publisher Of a pro-Communist
magazine called the New Repub-
lic'." Senator Tydings asked If
the Attorney General had ruled
the magazine subversive.
Senator Mccarthy said he was
calling the magazine pro
Communist" He noted that
Henry A. Wallace, progressive
candidate for President in 1948,
one had been its editor.
"The magazine hasn't changed
its policy since Wallace left"
Senator Mccarthy said.
Addressing Senator Tydings, the
Wisconsin Senator said: II don t
Evening star., 1950-03-14

itself until his resignation on
October 4, 1916.
A native of Spain who served
as a lieutenant colonel in the
! l,ianlsh Republican Army from
1886 to 1889, Mr.. Duran was
naturalized as an American citi-
zen in 1912 and worked with the
Pan American Union here before
joining the State Department.
Evening star., 1950-03-14

know whether you think Wallace
is pro-Communist or not"
In New York, Bruce Bliven
editorial director of the New Re-
public" said in a statement:
Senator McCarthy's charge
that the New Republic is pro-
Communist is absolutely and un-
qualifiedly false. The Senator
obviously knows nothing about
this magazine"
Mr.. Straight could not be
reached for comment. He is in
New England on speaking tour
Second Congressional Post.
MIR. Morgan, who was named
counsel to the subcommittee, is a
member of the Washington law
firm of Welch, Mott g. Morgan
He served with the FBI during
World War II in posts that in
cluded administrative assistant to
Director j. Edgar Hoover.
His newest appointment marks
the second time he has served
with a congressional committee
He vas associate counsel of joint
committee investigating the Pearl
Harbor disaster.
Deputy Undersecretary of State
John E. Peurifoy asserted today
that Senator Mccarthy knows
that he is guilty of deliberately
distorting the facts" in saying
that the loyalty situation in the
State Department is Secretary of
State Acheson's baby"
Senator Mccarthy charged yes
terday that Mr.. Peurifoy is being
used as a front" and Shield
by Mr.. Acheson. Mr.. Peurifoy
asserted in a statement last night
that this is Simply absurd"
Mr.. Peurifoy said that former
Secretary of State Marshall gave
him full responsibility and au-
thority' for the departments 10y
atty and security program, and
that Secretary of State Acheson
has continued the arrangement.
Denials came quickly from three
persons accused by Senator Nc
Carthy yesterday of having Com
munist leanings."
Brunauer Denies Charge.
One of these was Stephen
Brunauer, 47-year-old scientist
with the Navy's Ordnance Bureau.
He was mentioned in connection
with Senator McCarthy's charges
that his wife, Mrs. Esther Caukin
Brunauer, State Department Of
fetal, had been active in Com
munist-front groups.
MIR. Brunauer, a former Navy
commander, said he had never
been Communist and had never
told associates he was a member.
Senator Mccarthy had asked the
investigating committee to look
into such reports.
The Navy said he had been
thoroughly investigated and the
decision had been there was in
sufficient evidence to warrant any
charges against him. It also said
he had made noteworthy con-
tributions in the field Of explo-
sives."
Mrs. Brunauer, now on the
State Departments liaison staff
with the United Nations Educa-
Evening star., 1950-03-14
| Woman Charged
| With Witchcroft
In Delaware Case
BY the Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Mar. IA
A 23-year-old woman is being held
today on witchcraft charges under
law dating back to Colonial
days.
The woman, Mrs. Helen Evans,
was charged with practicing
witchcraft yesterday after several
of her clients" complained she
put a curse on them while ana
Lying their handwriting.
The police said Mrs. Evans, after
giving the clients a potion, told
them to return in several days
and she would remove the result
ing curse for a $40 fee.
Under the old law the penalty
for practicing Witchcraft in Della
ware was fine of $1o0 or up to a
wear in prison
Evening star., 1950-03-14

tional. Cultural and Scientific Or
ganization, issued a statement
through the department assert.
ing that she could not possibly
be Communist" She asked fol
an opportunity to appear before
the Senate group to testify for
mally.
| The department itself issued a
statement saying it is satisfied
that Mrs. Brunauer is loyal to
the United States and does not
constitute a security risk"
Meanwhile, Senator Brewster
Republican, of Maine, called for
the custer OF Government policy
makers who have what he called
Communist leanings." He said
Senator Mccarthy has demon
Evening star., 1950-03-14
Arlington Republicans
To Hear Martin, Cain

Minority Leader Martin and
Senator Cain, Republican, of
Washington will speak at a meet
ing of the Arlington Republican
Club at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Their talks will be broadcast
over Station WEAM at $50 pm.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Broy-
hill. 1851 North Vermont street,
Arlington. ...
Entertainment and dancing will
follow the talks.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
Alexandra Food Sole Friduy

A st. Patrick's Day food sale will
be held from 10 am. to pm. and
from 6 to 9 pm. Friday in the
parish hall of st. Clement Episco-
pal Church. 1701 Seminary road
Alexandria. The sale is sponsored
by the woman's auxiliary of the
church.
Evening star., 1950-03-14

Senator Mccarthy replied that
some should definitely be made
public" but others might be bet
ter given in executive session."
In presenting his case about
Mr.. Service, Senator Mccarthy
said that he is "One of dozen
top policy makers in the entire
Department of State on Far East
ern policy"
THE Communist affiliations OF
Service are well known" Senator
Mccarthy charged, his back
ground is crystal clear. He was a
friend and associate of Frederick
Vanderbilt Field, the Communist
chairman of the editorial board
OF the Infamous 'Amerasia.' Half
OF the editorial board of this mag
azine were pro-Communist men,
bers OF the State Department and
the committee is in possession OF
their Names
Senator Mccarthy dwelt al
length on the arrest in 1945 of Mr.
Service and five others in connec.
tion with what he said was the
theft of classified Government
documents. This was the case in
volving Philip J. Jaffe of the
magazine Amerasia, and others.
While the grand jury refused to
1ndict Mr.. Service and two others
involved in the case. Senator Nc
Carthy used the case to show Mr..
Services connections with groups
he described as Communist.
Reports Five Loyalty Checks.
He asked the investigating
committee if Mr.. Service was not
considered as a bad security risk"
by the Civil Service Commission
Loyalty Appeal Board in a deci-
sion it handed down March 3 of
this year. He added that Mr..
Service has been investigated as
to his loyalty five times, and
asked:
What possible reason could
there have been even for a second
investigation of his record?"
With regard to DR.. Shapley
Senator Mccarthy said that he
was reappointed to the UNESCO
position in June, 1947, for a term
expiring in April of this year.
The State Department has said
that DR.. Shapley never was one
Of its employees. Noting this, Sem
ator Mccarthy blamed it for re-
sponsibility for the scientists ap-
pointment and continuance on
the commission.
He asserted that DR.. Shapley
had been one of the main Or
ganizers" of the Communist in
spired" Scientific and Cultural
Conferences for World Peace while
holding his UNESCO position. He
added that State Department
funds are used to pay DR.. Shap-
ley's per diem and travelling ex-
penses and there is mo reason
why he could not be summarily
dismissed"
"Dr. Shapley's active participa.
ton in the Soviet peace confer.
ence," Senator Mccarthy said, "i.
not the last nor only Communist
front with which this man ha.
been affiliated. His record with
Communist fronts is a long ane
interesting one"
Discusses Schuman Case.
In discussing the Schuman
case, Senator Mccarthy said he
was a sponsor of the American
Committee for the Protection oil
the Foreign Born, an organiza-
ton cited as subversive by the
Attorney General. He also sale
DR.. Schuman was active in the
affairs of the American Council
on Soviet Relations and other or
ganizations that have been de.
clared subverSive.
Senator Mccarthy said that DR.
Evening star., 1950-03-14

strated in testimony before the
Senate subcommittee that some
people holding responsible Gov-
ernment positions have question:
able associations with Communist
front groups.
Evening star., 1950-03-14
Fordhum Records Quoke

NEW YORK, Mar. IA (P).-The
Fordham University seismograph
recorded two sharp earth tremors
at 10:18:35 pm. and 10:25:27 pm
last night. 5000 miles south of
New York. probably near the bor-
der, of Ecuador and Peru,