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Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13
ALASKAN ECONOMIST REPORTS STUDY OF CANADIAN MARKETING METHODS

locally. Alaskans should examine the possibility of subsidy by the Armed Forces since that is their major market currently.
 4-Encourage an increasing a. creage of small fruits and berries adapted to the arae. They require relatively small acreages of ex- pepsiVe land and meet a good market demand
 5--Get clearing subsidized on the basis of it's value to society," i.e., everyone in the States as well as Alaska. If food production is a part of national defense, the high costs of getting production should be a charge against the defense effort and not against the productivity of the land. If this principle could be carried out, carrying charges and interest on investment in land would be in line with productivity and at rates farmers could afford.
 6-Enforce strict grading and inspection of all produce reach ing market. This is essential. A grade just sufficient to get by is not good enough.
 7-Work toward greater con- trol over the volume and quality of food stocks being imported in- to the Territory. This is largely a matter of inspection and grad ing to meet marketing standards.
 8-Encourage possible produc- ton of seed stocks as soon as they become available. Mort h r n grown seeds are relatively cheap to ship and meet an active de- mand in southern markets.
 Alaskan farmers will not find all Canadian practices applicable to their conditions but should at least consider and evaluate what practices might help Alaska farm CTS to gain a secure market for tI,air y>rNS1ip+C
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13
SNOW CAUSES POWER FAILURE WEST OF
 EXPERIMENT STATION

MEA consumers from the Mat anuska Experiment Station west through the homestead area were without electricity for several hours early Monday morning when a power failure was caused by too much snow on the wires.
 Electric clocks bore witness to the fact that they were cut off from power about 1:30 am. MEA inemen were on the job prompt ly at eight o'clock, and power had been restored within an hour.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13
R. h. Biekneil Talks fc
 AAAS on EkIufno Project

E. NJ. Bicknell addressed mem bers of the Cook Inlet Chapter of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in An chorage last Friday evening with a talk about the Eklutna Project
 Other local members attending the meeting were Hugh Johnson, the new president, and Dr. Don aid Coe.
 The name of Lew Hanks was added to the Board of Directors of the Cook Inlet Chapter at the Friday meeting.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13
All Alaskan Directory Planned for
 February Completion

Paul Rossiter, sales supervisor for the General Telephone Direc- tory Company, Long Beach Cali fornia was a visitor in Palmer last week, preparing the Palmer area section of an all Alaskan telephone directory now in pro cess preparation.
 Rossiter stated the directory will cover more area than any single telephone directory in the world. It is expected to be ready for delivery the latter part of February. Everyone in Alaska who owns a telephone will be listed in the directory and will receive a free copy from the com pany. A large section will be de- voted to classified listings plus two pages of Alaska Communica- ton Service listings.
 The directory company publish telephone books in 27 states, serv- ing over 4,000 cities and towns and plan to distribute the Alas kan directory to more than 5000 telephone companies in tn e States.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13
Glee Clubs of
 Palmer School to be Heard at Assembly

Miss Lois Thompson will pre- sent the combined Girls and Boys Glee Clubs Friday, Decem- Der IA at a High School assembly in the Palmer School gymna- sium.
 About 32 voices will be heard in the combined chorus. Any one who cares to hear the pro- gram may drop in at the gymna- sium about l.30 pm, Superin- tendent William T. Zahradnicek said.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13

C. Ivan Branton, agricultural engineer for the Alaska Experi- ment Station, left by plane Tues day for Chicago, where he will attend the American Society of Engineers meetings.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13

Areas of Western Canada. re-
 gently completed and available
 in very limited numbers, was
 written by Richard Blue, sgri-
 cultural agent for the Univer-
 sitY of Alaska Extension ser
 vice.
 In any discussion concerning Alaskan Agricultural problems, the subject of marketing is sure to be a front line topic.
 The Alaska Experiment Sta ton started to work on this prob lem two years ago. A project aimed at analyzing Canadian marketing methods and compar- ing them with Alaskan condi- tions was set up by Hugh John son, economist. Mir. Johnson made an extensive trip through Cana da last summer, selecting areas that compared with Alaska re- garding population, climate. soils and agricultural development. A summary of his Investigations gives the Alaskan farmer and Co., op member food for thought.
 The Canadian cooperatives and other formal organizations gen orally prefer that perishable veg etables be marketed by the indi- vidual grower. Too much risk, shrinkage and poor quality is in- Volved in the small volumes to be moved. They prefer to handle produce like potatoes, carrots, turnips and cabbage that keeps better and doesn't have to be dumped on the market at one time.
 Some other recommended Ca nadian Coop practices are:
 Limit the number of varie- ties to a bare minimum. This makes for a uniform product which aids marketing.
 2-Encourage uniform cultural practices such as kinds and am- cunts of fertilizer applied. This also helps to standardize the pro duct.
 3-Harvest when crop is ready. Large size generally is uadesir- able.
 4-Have adequate storage ia cilities on farms and at the Co., op. Harvested crops must get to market on time.
 5-Make producer responsible for grade Canadian farmers gen erally de their own grading, If their grade is not to standard, the Coop regrades at the farmer's expense, not as an overhead charge against all members
 6-Get the best managers avail able to: run the business.
 Play wages sufficient to get and keep competent help.
 8-Require that Specialists" keep busy, largely by floating around during their slack seasons to other departments that need help. Several successful plants do their repairing, remodeling, new construction, loading and unload ing of freight cars, etc. with reg ular help recruited from other de- partments. This has the double value of reducing overhead costs and keeping trained staff on hand from year to year.
 9-Keep their overhead and handling charges low. One Coop was operating on a 5go overall margin. A vegetable Coop was operating on a 10% margin and building up some surpluses. This low margin occurs partly because they handle only commodities that will store. Perishables such as lettuce or celery would in crease their overhead appreci- ably.
 It was observed in many cases that good Co-ops usually owe their success to a few interested members. The rest go along for the ride.
 MT. Johnson also met with a group of independent agricultural workers in Canada to get their ideas on how their experiences might apply to Alaskan condi- tions. They listed several similar :<lx,.n ,lxxn,aa,I l,xr flo Ca o.a m an
Valley frontiersman., 1951-12-13

The following review of Hugh Johnson's Notes on Mar. keting Perishables from Fringe Areas of Western Canada. re. gently completed and available in very limited numbers, was written by Richard Blue, sgri. cultural agent for the Univer sitY of Alaska Extension ser. vice.
, 1951-09-27
SARAH PERCY

pressing her desire to verify
the records and received an
immediate and favorable res
ponse. On her arrival the Rev.
Dean Acheson showed her,
among other things, the beau
tiful silver candlesticks. COM
munlon cup, altar cloth used
at the coronation Of the King.
One cloth shown her was said
to be over 200 years old.
She attended the service &
the Holy Communion was ad-
ministered by the Rev. Phillip
Darlington at the said Altar
that her grandparents made
their marriage VOW"
Miss Percy has suggested
that those DESTROYS of travel
ling should visit Quebec,
which she describes as the
"lovliest spot in Canada"
, 1951-09-27
DE CHABERT

a better understanding Of the
problems affecting youth in
their respective countries.
The Assembly was in ses-
SIGN from August 6 to 10. Some
of the topics discussed were:
Determination, juvenile delin-
quency, freedom of youth
organizations, family life, edu-
cation, duties and responsible
lities of youth and work
citizenship. Madam Pandit, the
Ambassador from Inria, adj
dressed the Assembly, and
Mrs. Roosevelt spoke to the
group on youth and Human
Rights"
, 1951-09-27
SHIPPING NEWS

The SIS mario G" is sche-
duled to sail from New York
September 21st and is due at
Frederiksted September 18th,
accepting freight for St. Kits,
Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martini
que, Barbados, Trinidad,
Georgetown and Paramaribo.
, 1951-09-27
OTTLEY ...
and insignifica

and insignificant"
The text of Mr.. Browns let
ter to Mr.. Ottley is as follows:
| have before me a copy of
the Home Journal" for Satur-
day, September 81, 1851, and
on page 6 of that issue, under
the title Times Editor Says
Brown Misrepresents," you
carried a letter from Mr.. Ro-
bert E. Garst, City Editor of
the New York Times which
was written to Mr.. Ariel Mel
choir, Editor of the Daily
News of St. Thomas.
This letter to which | make
reference represents, accord
ing to what l read, the story in
connection with the Press Con
ference which the Organic Act
Committee held in New York
City and at which you were
present. I feel that in justice
to the reading public, and
more particularly since this
matter concerns the Organic
Act Committee of which [ am
Chairman and you're a mem
Der, that | must request of you
to state whether or not the
facts are as written by Mr..
Garst, the city editor Of the
New York Times, or as stated
in my radio talk of September
s, 1851, the portion Of which l
quote here:
THE press conference lasted
for about one and a half hours
and when we were through
Roth of the New York Times,
said this. Gentlemen. I can 90
to my boss. the city editor, and
tell him you men are up here
seeking to have the Organic
Act for the Virgin Island re-
vised and to have the Internal
Revenue Taxes returned to the
islands. He will probably say
fine and give me a small space
hidden away in the back Of the
, 1951-09-27

paper But he said if I tell him
economic conditions are
SO bad in the islands that the
islands government is on the
verge of bankruptcy. l will
probably get the story on the
front page"
, 1951-09-27

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from Mobile September
oath, New Orleans September
10Th and is due at Frederik-
sted October 9Th, accepting
freight for Barbados, Venezue-
a and Paramaribo.
Alcoa Steamship Company. Inc
Rob't L. Merwin & Co., Inc.
, 1951-09-27
FOR SALE

Approximately $4,000 gallons bldck-I
|strdp molosses from the 1851 suqorcune.
crop, FOB. DistillerY tanks, Virgin IsldndsN
Corporation, Christidnsted, ST. Croix, Vir-l
gin lsldnds. Total sugdrs over SIS per cent.
Sealed bids will be received at the Vir-2
gin lslonds Corporation Mdin Office inn
EChristidnsted up to October 81, 1851 at lO:3OI
"A. M. dnd will be opened at thdt time.
VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION J
september l3, 1851
, 1951-09-27
Sole Of Used
Government Property

Sealed bids, in triplicate,
will be received at the De-
partment Of Finance, Pur-
chasing Office, Administration
Building, St. Thomas, Virgin
Islands, at HOO AN, Friday
September %, 1851, and then
publicly opened, for the sale
of the item listed below, locat-
ed at the Municipal Hospital,
Christiansted, St. Croix, vi:
No. Chevrolet Black Sedan
four door, left hand
drive.
The Government reserves
the right to reject any or al
bids, to waive any informality
in bids and unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder to accept any
item in the bid.
Purchase Office
Dept. of Finance
Administration Bldg.
St. Thomas, V. I.
September IS, 1851.
Louis Shulterbrandt
Commissioner of Finance
Evening star., 1951-03-07
TKO of Fomechon in 2dC Caused
By Language Mixup; Pilot Says

said Famechon had quit. His
handlers denied it. After several
minutes, Famechon, escorted by
police, was led to his dressing
room amid boos and jeers from
the crowd. For more than 5 min
uteS every one was barred from
the room. Newsmen then were
admitted.
Lew BurSton, Famechon's Amer
lean manager. claimed the French
man, who is European feather
weight champion, had mis-
understood the instructions from
Referee Warndorf.
1T is comedy of errors" he
said, 'but it is tragic to us"
Burston said Famechon an
SWered, mo, no, no. to a question
from Warndorf as to whether he
wanted to quit.
That's when a furry of French
and English started in the dress
ing room. Burston was trying to
answer questions and ask Fame
chon for his replies at the same
time.
He (Famechon0 thought the
Ireferee was saying, do you want
to quit?' when he said, no, no,
no."
In the midst of all the con-
(See FAMECHON, Page C-2)
Evening star., 1951-03-07

paper made no mistakes during the winter
They acquired Ray Scarborough Bill Wight
Sox in trade ONel thinks they hit the jackpot with the
purchase of Harry Taylor the exDoder who exed the
American Association with Even Uncle Sam did
right by Sevie The Army hooked Chuck Sobbs Maurice
McDemo both good souhpaws and threw them back as F
THE BOSTON POWER too waste words extol-
ing it. The Red Sox swept the boards practically all hitting
departments last year may the with the
American Leagues batting champion Goodman hitting No
Nor they short in the field and in speed afoot
Two things have prevented the Sox from winning since
1916 under Joe Mccarthy First their pitching
suspect Secondly they appeared to lack esprit de
trte but fitting expression ONe UNDERSTANDABLE doesn't talk
of the teams spirit but about his pitching he down the line
THE figure it," he "Ive got five tartersMe
Parnel Wight Willard Nixon Taylor Scarborough.
I've got Sobb Walter Masterson and maybe Paul
Hnrichs spot pitchers And don't forget Ellis Kinder For
he's the best relief pitcher in American League
Kinder made for relief pitching world of courage
control and good stuff Ten u warmup pitches
ready. 1t wasn't until late last that could afford
save him for relief Not until Nixon proved he could PITCH
THE RED-HoT SPECIAL in aae Red sox camp is Harry
Taylor welstacked righthander whose suddenly
when he reaching for stardom with Brooklyn
years ago. Harry slipped to the minors and his recovered
the snap
If I'd Harry earlier year" ONel mourned
wed have the pennant. He be fine pitcher"
THE umpire assigned to the Red sox Ed Hurley overheard
Steve he said I stood behind the batting while Taylor
was pitching the last couple of days want to tell he
showed me better curve ball than saw all last year It's
almost unhttable."
Taylor could be your best pitcher prompted newspaper
man.
huks he could be the american best pitcher"
ONeil retorted.
THE SPIRIT OF RED something to noted too
Under the grim Mccarthy 23 1885,
1t not happy club Either the Sox didn't understand
Mccarthy Marse Joe didn't understand his after
managing the Yankees for s many years.
Now they loose and play ball. During the
oseason Third Baseman Johnny Pesky disc jockey
Boston radio station. He built large faithful following
especially among the teen-agers.
young girls cluchng autograph books slipped onto
nr1aV nth vrIoo
could get Mr. Pesky the record spinner their books
why, certainly, young ladies'" ONeil doomed good
natuedly Hes playing third base in ned practice right
but it happens he's almost finished" Then raising his
extra notch, he yelled:
"Hey PeSky! Front and center!"
Pesky troed the bench signed the girls books as
half dozen Boston baseball writer's nearly Imagine
would happened those kids Mccarthy had
been sitting in Steve place" specuated the spokesman
Is deal, no kidding"
Evening star., 1951-03-07
BY the Associated Press

CINCINNATI, Mar. Eddie
Burgin, a slugging Cincinnati
Negro with less than a score Of
professional bouts behind him. to-
day held a second-round technical
knockout over Ray Famechon, No.
contender for the world feather
weight boxing championship.
But from there all was con-
fusion.
That was just the way last
nights fight before 6,729 paying
customers ended in the Cincinnati
Garden.
The fight was declared a tech
nical knockout for the 125-pound
Burgin, but at the same time
Famechon, 1877, was disqualified.
The Cincinnati Boxing Commis-
sion was to meet today to reach
a final decision. Famechon's
purse was ordered held up.
Famechon. rated behind only
Sandy Saddler and Willie Pep,
was battered to the canvas twice
and on the second time he walked
away with his hands hanging
down.
That's where the confusion
started.
There was a terrific uproar in
the ring. Referee Tony Warndort
Evening star., 1951-03-07
In the Troning Comps
Talk of VoIo-for-ZernioI Trade
BY AS and White Sox Revived

real bid to stay with the club
Stan Lopata. second-string catch
er, may be sent to Baltimore.
The Cubs were reported yester-
day to have offered Andy Pafko
hard-hitting outfielder. to the
Phillies for either Eddie Waitkus
or Dick Sisler. Bob Carpenter, jr.,
president of the Phils, declined
comment on the report.
In Los Angeles, Wild Matthews,
director of player personnel for
the Cubs organization, said I'VE
wouldn't be interested in such a
deal at all. We know nothing
about it."
PASADENA, Calf Skinny Tom
Hurd. who went to the White Sox
camp just for the ride, has i'm
pressed Manager Paul Richards
the most among the clubs new
hurlers.
Hurd. a 155-pounder, started
with the White Sox farm at
Waterloo. Iowa, as shortstop then
switched to pitching in 1948. In
1949 his natural slider accounted
for an 1911 record. He was sent
to Memphis in 1850. but Hurd was
not satisfied with salary terms and
sat out the entire season, playing
semipro ball at Superior, Nebr.
I'm going to give Hurd real
shot at job and he might make
me good relief pitcher" said
Richards.
PHOENIX. Ariz.-Righthander
Frank Shea. trying to earn a
berth with the Yankees for the
fourth time. says his arm and
shoulder miseries are gone, for the
present anyway. Shea spanked
the Yankees to the pennant in
1947 when he was only a fresh
man. After that, he mad arm
trouble and seemed to lose every
thing but the will to come back,
Lou Burdette, .right-handed
(See TRAINING CAMPS, C-3)
Evening star., 1951-03-07

Poppe that he should see that
Manhattan lost by II points.
Poppe. who did not play this
year. is charged with Offering a
$1,000 fix" bribe to Junius Kel-
logg. Manhattan center.
However. Kellogg informed
police and only pretended to go
along with the fix. The result was
a $3.50 Manhattan victory and
the start of the basketball inquiry
Saw Three Talking.
De Luca said a detective OBJ
served the three men talking the
night of the game on a street cor
ner near Madison Square Garden.
He said Rappaport also was seen
inside the Garden that evening.
But no arrest was made, for
fear that premature action might
hamper police plans, De Luca said
Rappaport finally was taken
into custody late yesterday after
the detective, Howard Phelan
recognized him in the Manhattan
garment district.
A man who was with Kappa
port yesterday was taken into
custody but later was released
De Luca would not identity him
and said he had no connection
with the case.
Poppe was questioned last night
along with Rappaport.
Trial Set for April 9.
Samuel j. Foley. Bronx County
Judge, today set April 9 as the
date for the trial of five persons
in connection with the attempted
DePaul game FIX" and alleged
bribery in Manhattan games last
season with Siena, Bradley anc
Santa Clara.
They are: John A. Byrnes ano
Poppe, co-captains of last sea-
sons Manhattan team; Irving
Schwartzberg and his brother
Benjamin, and Cornelius Kelleher
an alleged associate of the
SchWartzbergs.
Foley denied motions by the
Schwartzbergs for bill of par
ticulars relating to the indictment
and for an inspection of the grand
jury's minutes.
In another development yester-
day, mystery witness" who
dashed here from Florida, pur-
Iportedly to tell big things about
the scandal, apparently turned out
to be of little help
Arrives From Miami.
The witness. Meyer Alexander
"a, arrived by automobile from
Miami and was taken to Frank
S. Hogan, Manhattan district at
torney, by representative of the
Brooklyn Eagle.
After two hours of questioning
Hogan commented:
Il don't think he can aid this
case"
Alexander himself told reporters
he didn't know anything about
fixes or anything relating tt
them" The Eagle earlier hao
reported that Alexander said he
knew "a lot about this
Alexander was described as q
friend of Edward Gard, one of the
former Long Island University
lplayerS involved in the scandal.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
SuspectAccused
0fBribeAttempt
Baredbyke|Iogg
Button Manufacturer
Seen TuIking<to Poppe,
Ex-Munhuttun Player
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 7.-College
basketball's greatest scandal went
back to its starting point early
today and dug up another alleged
briber-previously identified as
the mysterious Stanley"
The newest puncture to Gef1ate
the college basketball world brings
to five the total number of al
legged bribers or "flxers" involved
in the mess.
Bronx District Attorney George
B. De Luca said Soil Leon Rap
paport. Is. was arrested as the
mysterious Stanley mentioned
in January, when the reported
attempt to fix a Manhattan Col
lege game started the scandal ball
rolling.
Since that time, in addition to
the five alleged bribers, Is players
and former players at four local
colleges have been accused of
"dumpings" in at least 16 Madi-
son Square Garden games over
the last three seasons.
Accused of January 16.
Rappaport. Brooklyn button
manufacturer, was charged speci-
f1cally with conspiracy and brib-
cry in an attempted fix of a game
last January 16 between Manhat-
tan and De Paul of Chicago.
De Luca said Rappaport and
Irving Schwartzberg discussed the
fix with Henry Poppe, former
Manhattan player, the night of
the game.
The two men, De Luca said, told
Evening star., 1951-03-07
In the Troinine Comps
BY the Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, Mar.
Tt may be the trade winds
are blowing between the Athletics
and White Sox, but nobody will
admit it.
Frank Lane, White Sox general
manager, and Roy Mack, co-owner
of the AS, engaged in a long
conference and Lane afterward
admitted he wouldn't hesitate to
swap players with the AS provid-
ing Il think it would benefit the
White Sox." There were some re-
ports Lane is after Elmer Valo,
outflelder. A rumor has been going
around for two months that the
AS had offered Valo and a left
handed pitcher for Gus Zernial,
White Sox slugging outfelder.
CLEARWATER. Fla.-A change
in the Phillies. catching depart
ment was indicated today by Man.
ager Eddie Sawyer. With Del
Wilbur. up from Rochester of the
International League, making a
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Purse for Preakness
lis Boosted $4,000,
.WiI| Total $4,000
BY the Associoted Press

PIMLICO, Mar. 7.-Pimlico to-
day boosted the value of the 1851
Preakness to $4,000.
The race. centerpiece in rae
ing's Triple Crown, had been
scheduled to go Of on May 19
at $4,000. The Maryland Jockey
Club announced today it would
put up another $4,000.
The Preakness was worth $780,
900 in 1916, 1947 and 1948. 1t was
cut to $4,000 in s1949 and paid
only s50,000 in 1850.
The Kentucky Derby. to be run
at Churchill Downs May S, and
the Belmont in New York, the
other two stakes in the famous
spring series, will be at $100, 900
this year.
Pimlico also announced it is M
Istituting a $4,000 race for fillies,
a kind of feminine counterpart of
the Preakness. 1t will be called
the Black Eyed Susan, after Mary
lands State flower. and will be run
May II. The distance is mile
and three-sixteenths, same as the
IPreakness.
The value of Pimlico's Dixie
Handicap, the oldest stake race in
Maryland, will be increased 5000
to $4,000. 1t will be run May S.
the opening day of Pimlico's 19-
day meeting.
Steeplechasers are returning
after years absence and the top
prize for them will be in the ST.
500 Jervis Spencer Handicap On
May II.