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Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
SCHOOL BOARD HINTS RE-EvALUATION OF DISTRICT PROPERTY

The possibility of re-evaluating all property in the Palmer School District was discussed at the meeting of the School Board Wednesday night.
 Meanwhile, the board, acting in its capacity as a board of equali- zation, plans to check all assessed valuations for the year 1851 for the purpose of determining any inequalities.
 School district assessor William Head is now preparing the tax roll. All persons who have not filed their assessment returns should do so immediately. Terri torial law says these returns should be sent in by July l.
 Ross Resigns
 Lucius Ross rendered his resig- nation as member of the School Board. The board accepted the resignation as of August, IS, when Ross is expected to leave. The ap- pointment of a new School Board member to serve until the cleo ton next spring was tabled.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
APW Yields More High School Classroom Space
Two Palmer Girls
 Enter Fair Queen Race

Two Palmer girls are the first to register for the annual Mat anuska Valley Fair Queen con- test.
 First to make her intentions known was a comparative new conner to the Valley Miss Agnes Bolokken, l9, registered as a con- testant July 30. Employed at Browns Shop, Miss BoIokken is making her home with cousins, MT. and Mrs. Alfred Brattan of Palmer. Her former home was in Gubransdalen, Norway and as one might assume, she is a pret- ty blue-eyed blonde.
 Second to register was popu- lar high. school student, Billie Jean -Roark, l6, daughter of MT. and Mrs. William Roark, Palmer. Miss Roark has lived in the Val ley the past four and a half years and is employed by the Palmer Drug Store.
 The contest is open to all single girls between the ages of 15 and 21 who have lived in the Valley since July l, 1851. Con- testants may register for the Queen contest at the Valley From tiersman office. Tickets are ready for distribution and may be ob- tained from Clair Stock at the Palmer Fountain.
 Publicity expenses involved in pictures, posters and incidental items will be given each Queen contestant following her quail fication. As in past years, con- testants must sell 200 tickets to qualify for the race. Ten percent of each ticket sold will also be given each girl.
 With but a month left before the Fair. board members urge any and all Valley girls who meet the contestant requirements to get their applications in early.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
School Opens Sept. 4; First Grade. Newcomers Register Next Week

Just one more month of vaca- tionl The Palmer Public School opens Tuesday, September 4. That's the official word from the School Board.
 Next week registration begins for new first graders and other new students in the elementary grades. New high school students will register later.
 Students entering the first grade this year must have passed their sixth birthdays by Novemb- CT l, 1851. Parents are requested to bring birth certificates or bap- tismal records to establish their children's eligibility to enter the first grade this year.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03

bucket of water to the flower bed and place each specimen in it as it is cut.
 After cutting, plant material should be placed in dark, cool place in deep water over night pr for an equal period of time. This is called hardening. Plant mate rial prepared in this way holds freshness for some time"
 Her suggestions for arranging flowers were mostly negative ones like-Don't cross the stems. Don't sandwich" colors or sizes. Don't use too many flowers or too many different kinds of flow CTS; five or six kinds should be the limit. Don't have flowers partly under water Don't let the frog or chicken wire show; cover them with flowers, foliage, or stones. And above all, do not be- lieve that working with flowers is sissy; many great artists are men.
 No Admission Charge
 There will be no admission charge to the Flower Show this year. There will be a silver col lection at the tea, and it is hoped that many Flower Show visitors will also patronize the bazaar.
 Valley women serving on the various Flower Show committees include Karla Duff, Jean Kyger, Esther Kirsch, and Nora Bentti for entries; Marjorie Hoskins, Lil- lian Eckert, Lila Newville, and Viola Thuma for staging; Mar garet Snodgrass and Harriet Bell for the schedule; and Maud Hos Ter for publicity.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
Lettuce for Defense Staffs Go 0p Produce Contract Deliveries

The Coop started delivery on head lettuce to the army this week under it's contract to fur nish 7,200 pounds at 15c a pound.
 Harold Stephan, produce man. ager at the Coop reported this week that the potato crop looks good.
 We've had ideal weather for potatoes, he said. There should be bumper crop in the Valley"
 He reported that Ashley Egtvet was starting to dig new potatoes this week He has the earliest po- tatoes in the Valley. Last year he dug them on August 10. These new potatoes will be sold on the local market because potato de- liveries to the army do not start until September l.
 2300 Tons of Potatoes
 MT. Stephan said the Coop will be shipping two car loads of potatoes weekly to the military alter September l. Except Tor the months of July and August, the Coop furnishes potatoes to the Alaska military the year round. Contracts for potatoes this year call for delivery of 2300 tons for a total $198,841.5O. The military reserves the right to increase their monthly contracts for pota- toes by 50 percent. The average contract price on potatoes this year is $5.79.
 More Produce August
 On August 15, Stephan said, the Coop will start delivery on celery, cabbage, and broccoli. Carrots and turnips will be ready for beginning shipments about September l.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
New School Grows
 To 37,000 Square Feet In Juneau Conference

Palmer's projected new high school grew from 22,000 to 37.OOO square feet last week end as a re- suit of trip to Juneau made by School Board member James Hurley and Superintendent Will liam T. Zahradnicek, it was re- ported Wednesday evening at the regular meeting of the School Board.
 The school architect, William Arid Johnson, joined the Palm CT tWosome in Juneau, and the three of them set about convinc- ing Donald Wilson, Alaska dir ector of the Public Works pro- gram that more school room was needed. According to the report Hurley made to other School Board members, a few misunder- standings led to the original APW recommendation for a $660,000 structure of 22,000 square feet. Tn the first place, the recommenda- tion was made on APW's limited estimate of the school districts ability to pay it's share of 50 per cent. It vas APW's contention that the $28,000 the Palmer dist rict could expect yearly from the tobacco tax was the sole amount which would go toward the amor tization of it's $330,000 share. Moreover, APW was under the impression that the Palmer school system already owned a gymnas- ium. It also appeared that origi- nal estimates about the cost of the high school were far too low.
 After many hours of confer ence, Hurley, Zahradnicek, and Johnson convinced APW that all the classroom space included in the original sketch should be in- cluded. That boosted the square footage to 37,000 feet and the to- tai estimated cost of the struc- ture to $1,111,000. This amount includes equipment, architects fee, federal administrative costs, and 10 percent for contingencies.
 The local share would be $550,000.
 In gaining this addition, which Superintendent Zahradnicek was confident would take care of all
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-03
Mayer Meier Appoints Standing Committees For City Services

Emergency issues were still popping up this week, but the City Council at last found time to tackle the important problem of city administration.
 In order to organize city ser vices as quickly as possible, it was decided in last weeks meet ing that standing committees should be named to deal with ser vices or control ordinances. Last night Mayor Carl Meier appoint ed the following standing com mittees:
 Police and safety, Frank Brown and Lloyd Severns; fire, Al Ha- gen and Steve Ward; streets, Carl Meier and Ward; taxes, Allan Mick, Brown and Hagen; build ing code, Chet Sandvik and Sev- erns; water, Mick and Hagen; ad- ministration, Brown and Sand vik.
 Water Taxed Now
 One amendment followed the third reading of the sales tax or dinance last night. It was decided that water should be taxed the same as any other utility. Ac-
 Continued on Page A
, 1951-02-01
TWO WASHER LOADS
BETTER THAN ONE

Be careful not to overload your
washing machine, because free cir
culation of soapsuds and rinse
water is essential for maximum
soil removal.
Clothes will come out cleaner it
you follow the manufacturers di-
rections as to what constitutes a
''safe" load for your type of ma
chine. It pays to run al extra
load, if necessary, to avoid crowd
ing the washer.
, 1951-02-01

The Democratic Womens League
is sponsoring a social to be given
Saturday, February 3, at 700 P.
M. The affair will be held at the
Democratic Club, AGO So. Broad
way. Mrs. Rachel Smith is presi-
dent of the league and invites the
public to attend.
A bouncing baby boy was born
, 1951-02-01
FOR A PRETTY
CLEAR PICTURE

Common dust can cause films to
come out of the developer with
specks and spots, to the ruination
of your prize pictures.
The best way to protect films
from dust specks is to keep your
dark room soap and water clean.
Scrub the room and everything
in it with plenty of suds. You may
save yourself plenty of anguish
when the time comes to print up
cherished pictures.
, 1951-02-01

AVERAGE COST for construct
ion of cross-country natural gas
pipelines is 100000, according to
research by Servel, Inc, the ma
TONS leading gas equipment manu-
facturer.
, 1951-02-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

for cleaning? The job is a push
over if you first wet the floor and
rub it with soap. Wherever you
have washable flooring, use the
same soap-slide for shifting big,
~rollerless pieces Of furniture that
otherwise would demand more
strength than one woman should
exert. |
TIP TO HOME SEWERS
Before cutting muslin ~interfac-
ing, wash we'll in hot soapy water
to remove all sizing. Press care
fully and cut on same grain as the
section of the garment to be faced.
, 1951-02-01
Jews NOTES FROM
ROUND
BY HELEN c. ANDERSON
BY HELEN C.. ANDERSON

to James and Alice Love of 344
Mercer Ave-, Sunday at Ais P.
M. at Good Samaritan Hospital.
The Ivy Leaf Chapter of the AL
pha Kappa Alpha Sorority is Civ
ing a card party $3.50 P. M. Feb
ruary oath at the Wigwam, Home
view Courts. The proceeds will be
for the benefit of a Scholarship
Fund.
, 1951-02-01

DO YOU KNOW that dirt causes
a gas burner to sputter and waste
fuel? If you hear that sound from
your stove, remove the burner,
clean out the holes with a pipe
cleaner or wire, and wash in hot
soapsuds. Rinse, dry, and replace.
, 1951-02-01

SOAPY SLIDE RULE
Do you know the trick for easing
a big refrigerator out Of it's nook
Evening star., 1951-04-26
3 Ministers Resiqn
In South Korea Probe
BY fhe Associated Press

PUSAN. Korea. April ga
South Korean spokesman said to-
day three cabinet ministers re-
signed as an aftermath of the
execution of 1877 villagers sus-
pected of aiding the Reds.
The three are Home Minister
Chough Pyong Ok, Defense Min
lister Shin Sung Mo and Minister
of Justice kim Choon Yum.
The spokesman said the three
were responsible for investigating
the mass execution near Kochang
40 miles southwest OF Taegu, two
months ago.
The government said yesterday
that q South Korean battalion,
commander had ordered the exc
cutions Immediately after a court
martial.
An account Of the mass execu,,
ton in the Karachi (Pakistan,
newspaper Dawn stirred political
circles here, The newspaper said
in part:
Soldiers Of President Syngman
Rhee's South Korean army have
gone back to the business of
wholesale murder"
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Wage Board Holds Up
Raises for ; Million

Pay increases for nearly3 3 mil
lion workers are being held ur
panIing action by the new Wage
Sterilization Board, Federal Of
ais sale, today.
The figure was revealed as D1
George w. Taylor was sworn in
as chairman of the reconstructed
and enlarged wage board. The
oath of Office was administered by
Economic Stabilizer Eric A. john
Ston.
President Truman has issued an
order setting up the new board.
but so far he has not named the
members of the 18-man panel
other than DR.. Taylor.
The new chairman, professor o1
industry at the University o1
Pennsylvania, who was chairman
of the War Labor Board, said the
board may be able to hold it's first
meeting next week.
DR.. Taylor said some 800 cases
involving 3 million workers which
require board attention have piled
up. These are cases in which
unions and arrangements have
agreed to new wage increases. But
they have been unable to put the
increases into effect until a wage
board decides whether they are in
accord with wage control policy
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Red Reich Police Army Officers
To Train on Korea BottIefronts
First Group to Leave in June; East Germany
Is Also Reported Sending Supplies

bosses are stepping up the train
ing of Bereitschaften officers.
These officials said more than
200 officers have been sent to
Soviet war colleges for advanced
training since February.
East German circles disclosed
only last week end that the Rus
slams have decided to expand this
force of $4,000 men to IS full
divisions if they are unable to
|neutralize Germany or block West
German rearmament.
Both the East German govern
ment and private groups are pur-
chasing supplies for the Commu-
mist forces IN Korea, the Soviet
zone sources said. Allied officials
said they also have received re-
ports Of large East German ship
ments to Korea.
Well-informed sources said
Communist organizations and fac
tory workers already have shelled
out 68 million east marks ($3,-
|238, 8,000) for the Korean fight.
They reported that Eastern Ger
many is shipping medical sup
plies. shoes, clothing, trucks anc
leather equipment to Korea. Some
small arms also are being sent.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
U.S.. .Foyors Bombing Monchurio
If Reds Stage Big Air Attacks
No Objection Ruised to Recommendation
Outlined to Is u NJ Korean Allies

Korean conflict. However, the
group Cancelled the plan because
of the dismissal of Gen. MacAr-
thur from his u. N. and other Far
East commands.
The declaration repeatedly
would have called on the Chinese
Communists for a cease-fire and
would have given the Peiping
government new assurances that
the U. N. has no intention of in
vading China territory.
Some delegates felt, however,
that such declaration would be
useless in the midst of the con-
troversy over the removal of Gen.
Macarthur, who referred to the
Manchurian bases as the enemy's
privileged sanctuary" and advo-
Gated bombing them.
There has been no action at
U. N. on the Korean question in
recent weeks. The three-nation
Good Offices Committee has vir-
tually given up hope of getting
any sort of reply to its peace bid
to Peiping.
Another group, made up of IL
Asian and Arab nations, recently
has been considering the possibil-
ity of a new peace move but has
decided the time is not right.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Apri
26.-The United States has pro-
posed the bombing of enemy bases
in Manchuria. if the Communists
launch heavy air attacks or
United Nations forces in Korea.
A United States spokesman said
the recommendation had beer
outlined to Is other countries with
military forces fighting for the U
N. in Korea and that no objec-
tions had been raised.
The spokesman said the pro-
posal was advanced during recent
talks in Washington, but added
that no agreement has been
reached on the timing and condi-
tions of the proposed counter
raids in Manchuria.
There have been reports in the
past month that a formal agree
ment on the matter had been
made in Washington. None OF
these reports has been confirmed.
A public declaration on Korean
policy had been planned about
two weeks ago by the United Ma
tionS countries involved in the
Evening star., 1951-04-26
D. c. Employment at New High;
Federal Hiring Leads Increase

Employment in the District is at
a postwar high and apparently on
the way to a new all-time record,
according to the District Office of
the United States Employment
Service.
Latest figures released by USES
show 483, 900 persons were at work
here in March-10,10O more than
in February and nearly $4,000
more than in March of 1850. The
figures exclude domestics, self
military personnel and
some other categories.
Most Of the increase was due to
an addition of $500 in the month
and 25.600 in the year on Gov
ernment payrolls. A few lines Of
Evening star., 1951-04-26
By the Assoeiaied Pres,

BERLIN, April 26.-East Ger
many's Communist police army
plans to send fanatic young Of
|ficers to Korea for battlefront
training with the Chinese Reds
authoritative East German sources
reported today.
The first contingent of 80 Of
ficers will leave in June from a
Russian war college where they
are now studying, the sources said
They also reported that Soviet-oc-
cupied East Germany Is shipping
supplies, including weapons, to
Korea for Communist troops.
Small groups of officers will
move to. the Korean warfront
throughout the summer and fall
the sources said. Each group will
spend about three months with
the Chinese Reds. Then the Of
flcers will return to East Germany
to take high posts in the militar-
lied Bereitschaften (alert units)
1t was said.
Allied officials said this infor-
nation fitted with other reports
that East Germany's Communist
Evening star., 1951-04-26
|ESA Wouldn't Object
To 1917 U. 5. Pay Rise

The Economic Sterilization
Agency has informed Government
Officials that it would have no OBJ
lection to any Federal pay raise
that amounted to 10 per cent or
less, it was disclosed today.
Administration officials asked
lESA's views on Federal pay legis-
|lation before preparing its own re-
port that viii soon be sent to Con-
lgresS.
The ESA did not indorse Gov
|ernment salary boost, but said it
would have no objection to one
provided that it followed the 10
|per cent maximum raise formula
|set for private industry.
ESA's views were asked by the
Budget Bureau, the Civil Service
Commission and White House staff
officials.
Hearings on the measure have
been completed by a Senate Civil
Service subcommittee but further
action has been stalled pending
the administrations views on the
bill /,
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Czechs Reveal Arrest
Of APP Bureau Chief
For Hostile Activity
William N. ootis Moy
Face TrioI on Three
Charges in Prague
BY the Assoeiored Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, April
26.-Communist Czecaoslovakia
announced today it has arrested
Associated Press Correspondent
William N. Oats and limited he
would be tried for activities hos
tile to the state"
Mr.. Oats, chief of the A., P.'s
Prague bureau, vanished Monday
the fifth employe of the bureau
to disappear in three weeks. Gov
ernment statements seemed to
indicate the other employees, all
Czech nationals, would be pre-
sented in the role of witnesses
against Mr.. Oats.
The correspondent, who had
complained to the United States
Embassy that he was being
shadowed "a hours a day, ap-
parently was pounched on by
secret police Monday night as he
put his car in his garage.
For more than 48 hours there
was no word of him. The United
States Embassy, suspecting he
was arrested, demanded informa-
ton from the Czech Foreign Min-
istry. Today Embassy Counsellor
Tyler Thompson said the Foreign
Ministry told him Mr.. Oats was
arrested on three charges:
Il. Activities hostile to the state.
(See OATIS, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1951-04-26
tSee MISSISSIPPI Page A-4O Continued S
Chinese Reds Threw Grenudes
Into AmbuIonces, GI Says

them swarming down the hills in
groups Of 200 and 800.
Then they got near enough to
lob hand grenades into ambu-
lances containing wounded. I saw
them bayonet and shoot some
wounded on the ground. We were
surrounded"
Corpl. Bottoms escaped to an
open field. He lay fiat on the
ground, pretending he was dead
when the Chinese passed close to
him.
MY only thought was of my
wife. Rose Marie, and my little
daughters, Linda Ann and Mary
Lee" he said. Il thought would
never see them again."
But Allied tanks stormed
through to the regiments aid.
Corpl. Bottoms saw them and
called out to a tank crewman: Il
am a GI."
The tank rescued him.
Evening star., 1951-04-26
Post Otflce Has Proved Resolution 10 Broaden
Mississippi Job Sales, Macarthur Inquiry
Official Tells Senators Is Filed in Senate
Probe Disclosed Abuses;
8 Have Been Fired and
Others Face Charges

An assistant postmaster gen.
eral asserted today that charges
that postal jobs were for sale in
Mississippi ''have been proven
and that the department has
cracked down hard on the persons
involved.
Joseph j. Lawlor, who has
charge of the Bureau of Postal
Operations. told a Senate investi-
eating subcommittee that four
acting postmasters and four tenn
porary rural carriers have been
fired and that charges have been
preferred against four permanent
postmasters and 36 rural carriers
He said the charges against the
employees are for violating the
postal laws, which prohibit the
offering of compensation for OBJ
tanning jobs.
"The investigation is not COM
Ipleted," Mr.. Lawlor said. 1--WE ex-
pect to receive more names"
The original charges about
postal job sales were made by
Mississippi Senators Eastland and
Stennis, anti-administration Dem
ocrats. They asserted that a
pro-Truman group of Democrat;
in their State solicited funds in
return for jobs and defense con-
tracts.
Held Hearings in Jackson.
The subcommittee has been in
veStigating the charges and earlier
this month held three days OF
hearings in Jackson, Miss. The
Ipro-Truman group, headed by
Clarence c. Hood, jr., was organ
lied in 1948 to support President
Truman after the regular State
Democratic organization bolted to
the States rights "Dixiecrat'
ticket.
The administration then looked
to the pro-Truman group for ad-
vice on Federal job appointments.
Mr.. Lawlor said that he received
an anonymous letter last Deem
ber in which the writer said there
were rumors in Mississippi of some
persons selling appointments as
rural carriers and postmasters.
II requested Mr.. Hood to come
to Washington to discuss the mat
ter" Mr.. Lawlor testified. ''He
assured me then that there was no
selling of jobs in Mississippi"
Later, the witness continued,
Postmaster General Donaldson
called him and reported he had
authentic" information on job
selling. Mr.. Lawlor said he then
undertook an immediate investi-
Evening star., 1951-04-26
By jones PrineIe
Associated Press Photographer

WESTERN FRONT, Korea,
April 26.-An Army medical SOL
dier said today the Chinese Reds
tossed hand grenades into loaded
United States ambulances and
bayoneted wounded men at the
start of the Communist offensive
Sunday night.
'They used PHOSPHORUS gren-
ades," said the medic, Corpl. Ken
meth Bottoms of Plattville, Wis.
He and other medics had taken
ambulances to a point a mile
south of the Imjin River, where
an infantry regiment was in ac-
tion.
The Chinese attacked.
"It was a moonlight night,
Corpl. Bottoms said. II could see