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Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19
Girl Scout News

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Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19

Friends Of Cpl. Muriel Mitchell will
he has been transferred from Korea to
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19

The Social Saving club met at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Johnnie Lindsey. Games were played and a birthday gift wa,
given to Mrs. Efne Hartman. Mrs. a. Bynum. president; Mrs
Lendora Mcfarland. reporter.
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19

Little David Andrew Mitchell.
Archie Mitchell. will be ohrisiened
fist church by the pastor. Rev. W.
will begin at 5 o'clock Mrs. Evelyn
Andrew Beavers is godfather.
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Burgess Of Oakland
Miss lne7 Bounds Of Chicago visited their 81
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L. Bell. They are niece and
and Mrs. William Wallace.
Arkansas State press., 1951-10-19

Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Gilkey.
a 7l-2 pound baby girl, Vicki Lynn.
Mrs. James Tharpe are maternal or
Mrs. William Gilkey are paternal gr'
jr. is the former Miss Lois Tharpe
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
Palmer 0. E. s. Organized;
 Officers Named

Matanuska Valley Order of the Eastern Star formally was organ ized at a meeting April 10 in the Palmer Incorporated School li- brary.
 Name was chosen, bylaws adopted, and officers elected for the coming year.
 Past patron Henry w. Cuffell of Anchorage, acting deputy ap- pointed by Most Worthy Grand Patron Franklin w. Miles, assist ed in the organization and cere- monies. Mrs. Cuffell, Worthy Ma tron from Anchorage, was among the honored dignitaries.
 Officers elected for the coming year included Mrs. L. E. Hanks, worthy matron; Stanley Laird, worthy patron; Mrs. Jack Cope, associate matron, and Cloise Parks, associate patron.
 Next meeting will be called at an early date.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
Poster Winners Enter National Senfi-FinaIs

Five talented youngsters are winners from Palmer Incorporat- ed School in the poster contest sponsored by the National Educa- ton Assn. on the theme Vacation In Alaska"
 They are Carol Colberg, Carla Driggers, Jerene Stephan, Leon Grover and David Ingalls,.
 Winning posters are being sent to Juneau to be judged in compe- tition with other Alaskan schools. Semi-final winners at Juneau will go to San Francisco to be judged at the NEA convention.
 Twenty-four posters were sub- mitted. Honorable mention was awarded to Carol Berry, Verna Adams, Patricia Plumley, Adelard Beylund, Karen Mccartney, Dor othy Jean Gathers and Francis Tarpelli.
 Faculty chairman of the com- petition, Mrs. Henning Blunck, said all entries except winners (which must go to JuneaW will be on exhibit in the lower hall of the school. = ~: -.
 The contest was judged by fac ulty members Miss Barbara Rum ball, Miss Evelyn Heinrich, Mrs. Barbara Smart and Mrs. Doris Tippins.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
ARMY TAKES OVER" PALMER IN WAR EVACUATION DRILL

Palmer looked like an Army camp Saturday as military exer- else "Firestep" moved swiftly in evacuation tests.
 All technical services were re- presented, Quartermaster, Ordi- nance, MP's, Medical, and SUD- porting units.
 Army headquarters were estab- lished in the Valley Theatre. Red Cross marked medical units were pulled close to the railroad tracks. Portable radios zigzagge d as needed.
 At street corners and highway crossings housewives, truckdriv- CTS, delivery trucks, all vehicle drivers were waved down by stall wart and courteous guys in uni form and helmet, and cleared or commandeered for evacuation drill.
 Speedy Evacuation
 This third evacuation drill went forward as planned, the Army re- ported. The idea was to try to get as many evacuees as possible out over the Alcan Highway to safe ty into the States.
 Evacuees theoretically were furnished with enough rations, first aid kits, blankets and motor fabrication to make the journey
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13

to the States, and if they were broke, with partial pay to carry them through. The evacuation was simulated until approximate ly HOO autos had passed out of the attack zone. In case of lack of cars, air and water transportation awaited.
 In charge of the operations in this area were Mai. Gen. Julian W. Cunningham, commanding general, U. S. Army, Alaska, and Evacuation Officer Col. James V. Carroll, headquarters, Fort Rich ardson.
 At the Valley Theatre, in front of the stage in bright lights be- yond the dark and empty rows of seats, complete headquarters were set up, with orders and reports rolling, messengers and details coming and going, communica- tions chattering. And in the foyer, the Salvation Army passed out food: not the traditional dough- nuts, but moose meat sandwiches and coffee.
 Civil Defense
 Civil Defense in Palmer had prepared for the test by setting up a first aid clearing station in the school and designated con-
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
2.00O. 900 POUNDS FERTILIZER. FEED. SEED UNLOADED HERE

Nearly two million pounds of fertilizer, feed and seed have rolled into the Palmer yards of the Alaska Railroad during the past few days for the Matanuska Valley Coop. Farmers, taking advantage of the 10 percent dis count for unloading direct from cars, are hauling their orders away as fast as they are shipped in, c. L. Nelson, Palmer AR agent said. More shipments are due. Two carloads of compressed al falfa hay shipped from Seattle on the open market were grabbed as fast as they could be taken from the cars.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
OPEN HOUSE AT NEW AHA HOMES: PRIORITY TO w W II VETERANS

Alaska Housing Authority will hold open house Friday, April 20, in the first 10 of 25 new homes to be completed at Palmer by the AHA.
 This coincides with the annual meeting of the AHA board of commissioners who will be on hand for the open house, E. Glen Wilder, executive director, said. They also will be guests at. a spe- cial Chamber of Commerce lunch con Friday in the Rec hall.
 This is significant to the AHA and to housing-short Alaska" MT. Wilder declared. Tt marks the first home completion under spe- cial operation of the new Alaska Housing Act. This Act, passed by Congress in 1949, facilitates con- struction of housing units thru out the Territory, principally by offering inducements to private builders.
 Many apartment buildings and housing projects started last year were financed and constructed with its aid.
 However, some private build CTS have been unwilling to un- dertake new home construction. The Alaska Housing Act provides in such event where the shortage is serious, the AHA may con- struct such housing. Congress ap- propriated money for that pur- pose. A fund also was granted to make loans to private builders and the AHA has outstanding at this time approximately four and one-half million dollars in loans.
 Homes Near, Completion
 "The 25 homes at Palmer were undertaken by AHA only after private sponsors refused to build here. With approval of the Elk lutna Dam, an already acute housing shortage has become ex-
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
MEA Annual Meeting To Choose Directors

Matanuska Electric Assn. mem bers will vote for five directors and on other important measures at the annual meeting Saturday, April IA, 8 p.m., school audi torium.
 Nominated for directors are H. s. Bauer, Ray Mccartney, Thom- as Lepak, Mrs. Cloyce Parks, Ev- erett Yohn, Robert Johns, Ted Knutsen, William Casler, George Small, Miss V. Louise Kellogg, Richard Tunnicliff, Walter Tee land, R. B. Graham, Parker Les ter, and other nominations may be made from the floor if the nominees are willing to serve.
 Program, in addition to busi- ness, includes social hour, movies and prizes.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13

so had run for city council "just in case"
 Bernard R. Bouwens, North Palmer, and Robert Peterson, both said they thought the seven men elected to city council were "a good choice-could not have been better" Other non-incorpor- ationists admitted the need for public utilities and improvements, and said they would do what they can to back the fight for a better Palmer.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
BLAST INJURIES FOREMAN

Theodore Mommsen of Wasilla, section foreman for the Alaska Railroad, was critically injured April 12, when dynamite caps ex- ploded. Face and hands were lac era ted. He was rushed to Valley Hospital, Palmer, then taken on to Providence Hospital in Anchor age.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
Council Elect Moves Fust For Funds
EXTRA

Civic history was made when Palmer voted April 10 to be- come a first class incorporated city.
 Newspaper history was made in this area when the Valley Frontiersman. Palmer weekly, put out an election extra and had ii on the streets within minutes after voting returns on incorporation and city council were officially recorded.
 Popular demand for copies of this EXTRA has been SO heavy that the edition was sold out By request of mail subscribers who did not re- ceive this EXTRA. and many others who want additional copies for historical and sou- venir files. THE VALLEY FRoNT1ERSMAN is enclosing in this regular weekly issue a reprint of the election EXTRA.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13
CONFERENCE SET WITH WILSON, ALASKA PUBLIC WORKS; COURT ORDER REQUIRED ON INCORPORATION

Palmer brand city council elschish of field of l0 chosen when citizens voted April 10 not waiting for the mud to freeze under their
 Officially verified
 But last night the council elect delegated Wilson director Alaska Public what available newborn city.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-04-13

4S34 Oe1OTe 1dCkI1u9 paramount (
 Officially. the election is not v
 But last night the council ele who received second highest vote director of Alaska Public Works. on what funds may be available newborn city.
 Meeting with Wilson and the council is set for Saturday at 2 pm. at the Matanuska Hotel.
 Await Court Verification
 Under the law, the election which voted Palmer from will lage to a first class city, must be declared legal by the court. U. S. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton immediately after election filed the returns with the clerk of the court in Anchorage. Legal adviser Harold Butcher of Anchorage, who must present the proper pleading before the court, is now on a case in San Francisco. As soon as he returns, within the next few days, the required legal procedure will be followed and Palmer should be able to stride ahead on it's new citified feet.
 Meanwhile, the council-elect is going through all possible prelim- inaries so no time will be lost when the court order comes through.
 Technicaities of funds avail able for critically needed public utilities, primarily water, are be- ing threshed out.
 Mayor Must Be Named
 One of the first actions by the council-elect is to select one of it's seven members to serve as mayor or chairman.
 Members of the council, in or der of the votes they received, are Carl H. Meier, A. V. Hagen, Lloyd W. Severns, Dr. Allan Mick, C. A. Sanvik, Frank Brown and Steve Ward. One of those seven will be picked as front man.
 Kind of city government, or ganization, personnel, ordinances all are immediate problems.
 Looks like midnight oil," agreed the seven.
 Citizens Back New City
 Hard-fighting opposition to in- corporation took the election re- turns on the chin and for the most part declared their intention to go along with the up-coming city government on reasonable actions and expenditures essential for development of the community.
 First talk of demanding a re- count of votes, and challenging legality of electors, had simmered down. U. s. Commissioner Sax ton said no formal protest had been filed with her office.
 General reaction by the oppo- sition was voiced by several of the non-incorporationists who al-
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Lone Bandits Net
$500 in Stiekups

Lone bandits held up the
DeauvIlle b. al 1855 John X
Tuesday morning and an apart
menA house al go h. Hancock
last Thursday TO net over $500.
Corrine Eccles. IS. 2es7 John
r. q waitress in the bar. told
police that a lone gunman or
dered her 70 hand over S4s
from the register and tied her
UP with her apron in the. back
room before making his escape
about 10 am.
The apartment house caretaker,
Mrs. Ethel Middlebrook. AZ. OF
the Hancock address. stated that
a man inquired about room
and she showed him one al SIS
Z. Hancock of which location she
is also caretaker.
After agreeing TO take the room
and giving her two ten dollar
bills 10 make deposit on IL, the
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

II want the TRlBl Ne 70
tell the whole story and true
story Of how ! found my four
hildren dead in the bed
oom OF our home. declar-
q Mrs. Mildred billiard In
e home of q relative Tues
Jay night.
The 73-year old housewife
iearfully spoke in reference 10
finding the shll bodies Of her
children. Beleta. (. Margaret.
J. Joseph. 2. and Jscqueline. !.
asst Wednesday night in their
2o-toot trailer home a. 1897
Ninth. Ecorse. Death vas APP
pa-ently from smoke inhalation
Funeral services for the chill
zen were neld Tuesday a; II
. N ., First Baptist Church. 3S27
: .f,e- nth. EcorSe with the pas
Tor. Rev. joe Davis. officiating
he mothe- was unable 70 attend
.ause she was in the advance
~ {. pregnancy.
Clarifies Accounts
desiring q cleanup news
accounts. the mother
aIeht 70 clarity these points:
er v hereabountS before finding
ne children's bodies failure 70
sell the smoke in the home.
10 how she happened to find
.Wo * the children.
TIE trailer home consists OF
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

failed 10 smell the smoke which
was strong enough 10 Suffocate
the children.
The young mother was too
hvStsrical 10 be questioned. and
was treated for shock al Sidney
A Sumby Memorial Hospital
She told the Tribune that there
- small air ventilator in the
bathroom which was reason why
she did not smell the smoke
Smoke from our coal stove
near the front door * almost a
daily occurrence. she explained.
Often u goes through the three
rooms and fails 20 enter the
small lava;oyy because of the
ventilaior Il seems ALWAYS 70
FIRST appear IN the bedroom. Mrs
billiard related.
The father. Joseph. ST was al
work on the SIX 10 SIX am shin
., Nicholson Dock Terminal
Mrs. billiard was born IN Ecorse
and attended Claude Miller
School then Northeastern high
The couple were wed FIVE year:
ago in Ecor e.
Survivors include beside the
parents. iwo aunis Beulah anc
Atelia Conner. all Of Ecorse. three
uncleS. Nance. Leonard and Gro
yer Dllard. the latter is serving
overseas
In;ermeni vas N Trenton Gem
terry
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
3-Months-Old Victim
of Smoke Inhalation

a 3-veaT-old boy Was in serious
condition Saturday as an alleged
victim OF smoke fumes
He : Woody Mccain. 75l-2lSt
who was victim Of smoke inhal-
alton as he slept IN his CRIB on
the first floor while rubbish was
being burned in the basement
OF The home BY his father. Cedric.
IS. same address.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
The .VPsr Tribune
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22 1881
Mother Finds -Four
Babies Suffocated

three roo~nS-ihe living room IN
Il hich the mother slept the kat
hen and the bedroom IN That
order q. entrance from the front
door which IS the only exit A
backdoor out % the bedroom had
been nalled-up by the landlord,
Mrs D.llard stated
4 had been az home for some
time. when decided TO go TO
the bathroom. the motheE re
lated MY Oldest child Vas
asleep or the bed along with
he voungest. The other two we're
PLAYING IN The living room
Stepped on Child
when came out OF the bath
com. smoke was all through the
house and went into the bed
room TO get the children off the
bed AS / came near the bed, /
stepped on the head OF my next
oldest daughter. That's how |
found tina; the other two kids
were under the bed
L screamed and grabbed three
5t the children 20 take them out
de. then returned and carried
the other one out. Il was all SC
sudden and so hazy that don't
know how long I was in The
bathroom before finding my chl-
dren." she walled.
Chief of Detectives Robert Nc
Whittier stated that j; was hard
10 understand how the mother
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22
Shoots Husband !,
Brawl Over Car IL,

= ca go - the I'D. /,
tranged conn e :
ed painfully ~
man was shot ~.
90, n'sse l7l2 Hogan,
wound OF The
was inflicted S Mrs vs u1
Bragg. 43. 38l n brook ! -
apartment ablu' q an y
were held 10 estis.,,,'
felonious assault Bag Is i
porarily serious condItjon
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-12-22

middle-aged hold ap n..
out a revolVer .,t.a 'en paa
stickup." and ot rs \
rent collection, Sf5'
box and SIS f.t 49, -''s'' "a
fore making ~. p''"n /
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Trouble at
RuWhide
By Harry Macarthur

Dudley Nichols is a screen writer
of long service and good reputa-
ton, whose credits range from
'eThe Informer" to "Stagecosch"
Ito BELLS of st. Marys." to name
just a few. His credits also in
clude "Rawhide," which opened
yesterday at the Palace. out this
is something he could have tossed
off with one hand tied behind him
and possibly did.
There is no serious complaint
to be registered against Raw
hide" which has such stalwarts
as Susan Hayward and Tyrone
Power facing death at Rawhide
Pass for goth Century-Fox, but
| it Is fairly routine business Of its
type. It Is not, as the title might
mislead you to believe, a Western,
but rather is a sort Of period
gangster melodrama in a western
locale.
Rawhide Pass, according to Mr..
Nichols. was one of the relay sta
tions on the route of the Over
land Mail, which raced from San
Francisco to st. Louis in Is days
and Is nights. There must have
been times when the people riding
| the Overland Mail were ready to
give up and let the country wait
for the telephone and telegraph
for communication between East
Coast and West.
Take this "a hours in life at the
Rawhide Pass relay station, as it
is set forth in 'Rawhide." At the
outset, when the eastbound stage
comes through at noon. Power and
Edgar Buchanan are manning the
station. Power is the boss son
learning the business and he Is
much more couth than most of
the other types who turn up.
There is a pretty girl on the
stage. accompanying a child back
East. and she is putt off for safety
when word comes that a band of
Idesperados, fresh in fight from
la nearby clink. are on the loose
You do not have to be a screen
writer of Mr.. Nichols experience
and skill to know what follows in
such a situation.
The desperados turn up all right,
led by Hugh Marlowe. who is just
as couth as Power, but much
faster on the draw. Their plan
lis to wait through the passing
of the westbound stage and hold
up the next eastbound stage which
will be loaded with gold. Mr..
Nichols has not thought up any
surprises to pass this time and
every turn of the plot takes the
direction expected Of it.
He and Director Henry Hatha-
Evening star., 1951-05-18

fashion, it is able to tell the story
of a variety of Nisei, fortunately
none of them kids from Brooklyn.
Among these are the sharp
sergeant named O'Hara, a be-
spectacled private who studied
architecture and looks forward to
seeing Italy's ancient wonders. a
group of musical Kanakas from
Hawaii, and a great many others.
These represent a complete cross
section of Japanese-Americans
and their ease with American re-
action is as great as their quickness
with American slang.
They. not johnson, dominate the
picture, than which nothing could
more completely reflect MGM's
determination to stick to the story
it sets out to tell-that of brave,
resourceful and high spirited
bunch of young Americans who
had. two wars to fight and won
both.
GO for Broke" which means
shoot the works" should be help
full in helping to clinch the second
victory by achieving its first pur-
pose Of being good entertainment.
Evening star., 1951-05-18

In Reverse
AtWurner
Pure ScoundreIs
Also Can Hold
A Vital Fort

"only the Valiant" a warmers picture.
produced by William Cagney, directed by
Gordon Douglas. screenplay by Edmund
H. North and Harry Brown, from a novel
by Charles Marquis Warren. At the
Evening star., 1951-05-18

Remember the movie Beau
Geste"?
A kind of reverse version Of it
is done in "Only the Valiant"
which opened at the Warner yes
terday. Here a handful of scoun-
drels, each of them with per-
sonal reason for killing their Lead
Ter, Gregory Peck. holds a desert
fortress against an army OF
Apaches which outnumbers 1t at
least 100 to /.
No matter how much it sounds
as if this fight was fixed, which
the script does take care Of, "Only
the Valiant" is a deal more in
teresting than most Of the West
erns you have been seeing lately.
II it has no other virtue than
offering not one pure-blooded
hero, this is enough to set it
apart. There are enough rich,
heellike qualities in Capt. Peck
to keep him from looking much
better than his blood-thirsty un-
derlings in the United States
Cavalry.
A Charles Marquis Warren
novel is the basis Of the picture.
a Warner Bros. opus produced
by William Cagney.
If Warren is telling the truth,
which he seems to be, there were
some extraordinarily gifted scoun-
drels in the cavalry at the time
of "Only the Valiant"
To their credit, however, they
were professional soldiers who
hated Indians at least a little
more than they hated each other
and their superior officers. AS
their captain, Peck makes a stuf1y
decision to take prisoner an In
dian chief who should have been
shot on the spot.
It turns out to be not merely
a stuffy decision but foolish one
for the chief has to be released
before his Apache army comes
to rescue him. and kill his cap
tors, their wives and children.
BY way of atoning for his stupid
| ity. Capt. Peck agrees to keep
the released prisoner bottled up
behind Devils Pass until cavalry
reinforcements arrive to make a
showdown battle feasible.
The long climactic sequence Of
the film is devoted to this en-
terprise in which the officer and
his six bitterest personal enc
mics hold a narrow mountain
opening. There is never dull
moment in this enterprise, you
may be sure, and one big help in
this respect is that each OF the
scoundrels is acted by such a
natural-born villain as Ward
Bond, Lon Cheney. Steve Brodie
or Warner Anderson. They make
the Apaches look like higher types
]. c.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Where and When
Current Screen Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
Arena-"Mr. Arcularis";; $3.50
pm.
New Gayety-"Mister Roberts;
$40 pm.
Screen.
Ambassador-"Only The VAL
iant"; 100. $40, $40. 1880 and
$40 pm.
Capitol-"Go For Broke" 11:0O
am. las, 4::30. tbs and 1000
pm. Stage Shows: 1855, $40,
6:25 and 9:10 pm.
Columbia-"You're in the Navy
Now; 1880 am, 1:35, 3:35, 5:45,
7:50 and 9:55 pm.
Dupont-"Golden Salamander";;
1:10, 3:15. 5:25, 1880 and $40 p m.
Keith's-"I Was an American
Spy; 1l:50 am. 1:55. 400. sos,
BIS and 1920 pm.
Little-"Young Mr.. Pitt: 1885,
$40. $40 and $40 pm.
Metropolitan - 1.-THE Redhead
and the Cowboy; 11:50 am, 1850,
3:45. 5:45. 7:45 and GAS pm.
National - Royal Wedding;
11:20 am, 100, 2:40, 4:20, 900,
TAO and 9:20 pm.
Palace-"Rawhide": 11:45 am,
las. 3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and 9:45
pm.
Pix-"Manon";; s:35. s:45 and
9:55 pm.
Playhouse - "Tales of Hoff-
mann; 2::30 and $3.50 pm.
Plaza-"Oh! Amelia; 11:45
am. las, 3:45. 5:45. 7:45 and
$50 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Scarf; 11:00
am, 12:45, 2:35. 4:25. 6:15, 8:05
and $50 pm.
Warner-"Only The Valiant;
11:15 am, lis, $40. $40. 7:25
and Gas pm.
Evening star., 1951-05-18
Susan Hayward,
Power Star in
Palace Film

"RAWHIDE," goth Century-Fox pic
ture, produced by Samuel g. Engel, directed
by Henry Hathaway, screenplay by sDudle.
Nichols. At the Palace.
The Cast,