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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20
Army Needs Wacs

WASHINGTON, CAP = The
Army is looking for 10000
women recruits to take over jobs
that are keeping male soldiers
from the battlefront and the train
ing field.
The growing demand for Wom-
en- in uniform was disclosed BY
Col. Mary Hallaren, director OF
WAC. (Women's Army Corpsl
we don't have near enough
WACS 20 meet the need, the
Colonel told a reporter.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20
Pots And Pans
viii Mix With
College Study

SPRINGFIELD, O., (AP) -
You can mix pots and pans and
text books successfully. four mar
ried women attending Wittenberg
College will tell you.
They landed on the Dean S
honor roll for the fall and winter
semester. One, Mrs. Bertha Kip
er of Springfield had a straight
"A" average for a scholarship
quotient of 400.
All this while cooking for her
husband, Frank Kiper works
manager of the Ohio Steel Foun-
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20
Cooking's Fun
WEEKDAY LUNCH
BY cecily Brownstone

Cream of Tomato Soup
Celery Seed Oat Bread
Baked Apples Beverage
fRecipe for Starred Dish Follows)
CELERY SEED DAT BREAD
Ingredients: 1878 cups rolled oats,
/ cup sifted all-purpose flour,
3 teaspoons baking powder, .
q teaspoon salt ! teaspoon celery
seed
tablespoons fat
3 tablespoons
l egg, l cup milk
k.e.nuu ~p4u-.- 2l3 cup rolled
oats out on a board and roll very
fine with a rolling pin, Sift to-
gether flour, baking powder, and
salt; add all the rolled oats and
the celery seed. Cream fat; add
sugar and cream until fluffy Add
egg and beat thoroughly. Add
milk and dry ingredients all at
once and stir only enough to
moisten dry ingredients. 4 arm in
to well-grcased loaf pan. 9X5x3
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20

erlands.
The program was q wonderful
treat to the stay at homes" who
will never see the beauties of the
European countries. exc G pt
through the eyes and the kind
ness Of some one like the Dryers.
sH -
GUEST or RELATIVES
Miss Martha Ann Brown Of
Hazelton, Pa, was the guest sew
eral days last week of her grand
father, Edmond Taylor, Elm St.
and other London relatives. Miss
Brown also spent some time with
relatives in Columbus and friends
in Marion, before she returned
home.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20

inches. Bake in a moderate 1850
degree TO 375 degree.) oven about
40 minutes or until done
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20

Force officer stationed at Wright
Patterson Air Force Base at Day
ton.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-03-20
MRS. CHANCE AT
PATRIOTIC MEETINGS

Mrs. Jesse T.. Chance, state cor
respondent secretary of Ohio,
Daughters of Founders and Pa
triots, attended the candle-hght
banquet of this society in the
ballroom of the Biltmore Ho-
tel, Dayton, Sunday night.
At the business meeting Of the
State Officers Club of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution,
Monday. Mrs. Chance was honor
ed by being named state cores
ponding secretary of the State
Officers Club.
The State Officers Club dinner
was Monday evening followed by
the formal opening of the Ohio
Society Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution conference at the
Biltmore.
The program for the opening of
the conference included Assembly
call, professional, Invocation,
Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag,
The Americans Creed, National
anthem, Welcome from the Day
ton Chapter, greetings, Sons Of
the American Revolution, Greet
ings from State Regents, address
on Good Citizenship by Mr. Ma
son Roberts and Retiring of the
Colors.
The highlights of Tuesdays
and Wednesdays sessions of the
conference were meetings, dinner
and formal banquet
.ss ~
BEATTY IN CLASS
Benjamin NJ. Beatty, london,
was a member Of the winter
quarter class receiving diplomas
at Ohio State University last
week. He received a bachelor Of
science in education degree.
- ~
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus Jenkins,
South Solon, attended the fun
eral rites Of Noah Jenkins, at
Kits HILL Ohio, Tuesday,
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Birth Rate Oyercomes War Losses in Europe
All but Luxembourg
Have Populations
Greater Thun Before
By John [. Springer

The great British statesman.
Disraeli, was once quoted as say
ing that war never solved any,
thing, but only aggravated it.
World War II was caused, to
a large extent. by population
pressures-by the desire of Ger
many and Japan to find new liy-
ing room for their populations,
new resources and markets for
their industries. It was, of
course. the most devastating war
in all history. Theoretically,
the millions of lives lost, break
ing up of millions Of families.
separation Of millions of mar
ried couples, should have cut
the population of Western Eu-
rope seriously. 1t did. In a way.
Refugees Swell Total
But every country Of Western
Europe except Luxembourg finds
itself today with greater popula-
tions than before World War II.
Fought-over France had 41.3
million people in 1899: 10 years
later. despite the war casualties,
it had IL 1,550,000 and the popu-
lation was squirting upward at
an unprec sdented rate. War
waged up and down the Italian
peninsula; the Italian Army
suffered huge losses and civilians
underwent heavy bombardment.
Prewar Italy had 43 million;
postwar Italy has close to Al.
The zones of Western Germany
had a prewar population of 80
million; in 1949 the population
(due in part to Germans fleeing
from the Russian-held Eastern
zone) was 48 million.
The postwar boom in births
reached its peak in 1947, but
the decline since then has been
generally slight and the rate is
still higher than prewar. Stat
isticians Of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., who COM
piled the figures quoted, say the
birth-rate increase has been due
primarily to "the improvement
of economic conditions from
those existing during the de-
preston decade of the 1930s. /"
France Makes Comeback
France has made a phenome-
nal comeback, population wise.
Before the war the French were
on the brink of a population
decline but by 1947 they were
giving birth at a rate of 43 per
cent higher than the prewar
rate. and they have almost
maintained this pace since.
Only Western Germany, Italy
Evening star., 1951-04-22
By Jock R. RYun

NEW YORK.-Get a good
headstart on your preparations
for retirement If you want to
avoid the empty, lonely. useless
feeling that all too often hastens
the death of elderly people after
they retire.
That's the advice of Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Co.,
which said an exhaustive sur
vey Of retirement problems
shows that planning for a happy
tomorrow should begin 80 years
before formal employment ends.
Such planning is becoming in
creasingly important because Of
the growing number of persons
over IS years old, the company
said. The Nations population
has doubled since 1900-but in
that same period the number of
elderly people has quadrupled.
About 18 years have been
added to the life span since the
turn of the century, so that men
reaching IS today have on the
average 13 more years to live
and women is years.
The population 65 or older
has climbed from 9 million just
before Pearl Harbor to around
lis million today and probably
will reach Is million in the next
decade.
To the individual approach
ing retirement, the important
questions are: Will I be able to
make new friends and find new
interests outside my work? Can
I still be useful? Will be able
to make ends meet?
A few large companies have
decided their share in the COM
munity responsibility for the
well-being Of retired personnel
goes beyond pensions and group
insurance. They have started
various programs to help their
people prepare for an active and
constructive old age.
ESQ Standard Oil Co., for ex-
ample, has a carefully developed
course of voluntary group meet
ings on company time at its
New Jersey refineries. to counsel
employees nearing retirement.
General Motors Corp. pub
lished a series Of pamphlets on
different aspects of retirement
for its workers. It's Delco- -Remy
division held q letter-writing
contest on MY Plans for My
Retirement" Winning entries
and case histories of how some
former GIN employees met their
| problems were published in the
| house magazine.
Book on Tomorrow
Mutual Benefit Life's idea is
to get young and middle-aged
people interested now in ad-
vance planning, decades before
they retire.
1--WE found that although
imagination and creative skills
are not dulled by advancing
years. few persons show much
inventiveness in figuring out a
program for themselves to keep
occupied" said John S. Thomp-
son, president. Folks seem to
procrastinate more as they get
older"
So the Newark, N. j., firm
i has published a comprehensive
booklet on s'Begin Now to
!; Enjoy Tomorrow which con-
tains these tips among many
others in it's retirement time
table,:
i In your 30s-This is the time
j to lay serious plans for financial
security after so if you haven't
done so already. Set a retire.
. ment income goal and find out
1 how much Of this will be pro-
vided by social security. COM
pany pensions, your present
insurance and other assets. anc
make plans to bridge the gap.
In y0r 4os-Guard against
Evening star., 1951-04-22

vacations in a prospective new
location to check its disadvan-
tages. AS your living expenses
begin to ease, start replacing
wornout furnishings and reno
waiting your home with the
money you used to spend on
your children.
Part Time Earning
Late in your 50s-Give special
thought to supplementing your
retirement income with part
time earnings, either by turning
your hobbies into money. con-
tinuing your acquired skill>on a
part-time basis or by taking
part time employment, such as
a Christmas job in a store or
selling real estate. If you can,
start turning your present job
over gradually to a younger
assistant. Be sure you have
established group associations
that will last into retirement,
such as membership in hobby
classes. hospital committees,
church.
In your early 60s-Plan an
exciting first-year project, like
a long trip or a special research
project, to help overcome the
"pre-retirement jitters." Find
new friends of similar tastes
to make up for the work associ-
ations that will be lost. Begin
to adjust your thinking to the
day-by-day changes retirement
will bring, like extra sleep in
the morning, freedom to attend
daytime functions, being out of
doors in the springtime. Widen
your interests in neighbors and
events. Take a bigger part in
local doings so that later you
won't be forgotten yourself.
distributed by the Associated Press
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Some Retirement Ideas Studied 80 Years Ahead

lower tax rates in nearby COM
munities equally pleasant to
live. in.
In your 50s-"You should
know which personal interests,
pastimes and hobbies you want
to carry along for the rest of
your life. You should be al
ready giving time to these and
looking forward to bringing
them into full bloom when you
retire" You should be finding
out definitely whether you want
to move after retirement and
could spend summer or winter
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Continued From Page CID

by a supreme commander, as Is
the case in the Atlantic.
Australia and New Zealand
would not be bound to fight in sup
Iport of American commitments to
the Philippines or to Japan. Nor
would those two commonwealth
countries be obliged to respond i'm
mediately-aS we probably woulo
do-to a full-scale Chinese or Rus.
sian invasion of any of the South
east Asian countries.
The stated purpose of an Amer.
ican security arrangement with
Australia and New Zealand is tt
Igive those countries assurances ol
defense against a resurgent mill.
Itaristic Japan in exchange fol
their acceptance of American planI
flor the rearmament of Japan fol.
lowing signing of the japanese
peace treaty.
The true scope of the alliance
however, will be far beyond Japar
and will be directed at any ag.
Igressor who attacks Australian ane
New Zealand territory. In tht
back of the minds of the men WHIT
are working out this pact. O.
course, lies the fear that the Rus.
slams, which already PRACTICAL.
bracket the Japanese islands
might succeed in their apparen
aim to take over that country. II
that case the threat of a remili
tarized Japan to Australia and New
Zealand would be real.
Tied closely with the japanese
peace treaty-as the Australia.
New Zealand pact is-will be a de.
lfense agreement between tn,
United States and Japan. which
will provide for maintenance O.
American military forces on Jap
anese territory-although not il
the character Of occupation force
for the use of japanese base
land for American defense of japan
until the latter has rearmed to tn
point where she can take a full
part in a mutual-aSsiStance treaty
The japanese treaty is unde
constant revision, and no draf
has yet been settled on. Prin
ciples are still! being worked over
as the recent British-Americal
Exchange of notes makes clear
The United States fatty rejected
British proposal that Red Chin,
Ibe permitted to participate In tn
Jap treaty negotiations. and re
lection is considered implicit TO
1.-THE British proposal, made at tn
same time, that the treaty def
linitely assign Formosa to "China.
| American officials make clea
the intention of this Government
to stand by its present proposal t
include in the Japanese treat,
lonly a remuneration of Japanes
rights to Formosa, leaving to fu
lture international settlement tn
exact status of the island.
4 Meanwhile the British are show
ing signs of reacting to the rebu1
they have suffered on recognitio
of the Peiping government. I
March they closed half of thei
consulates in Red China. The
also have begun to curtail tn
shipment Of vital raw material
to the Chinese Communists.
ThA British are facilitating til
prep cation Of the Japanese treat
Evening star., 1951-04-22

becoming so engrossed in your
career that life focuses down
to one narrow rut. Use spare
minutes to develop hobbies ITO
make your. talent grow and,
bring you to retirement better
equipped for more ambitious
work" If you're planning a
new home, remember a small
one will be more salable than a
larger one if you decide to move
into other quarters or another
community after your children
are grown. Look into the future
of the neighborhood. Check for
Evening star., 1951-04-22
Pacific Defense Pact

draft by abandoning their insist
ence on ceilings for the building Of
Japanese shipping, perhaps in be-
lated recognition of the fact that
III war does break out while Japan
is an ally of the West, shipping
no matter who it belongs to-, will
be critically short and essential.
Those are the two sets of mill
tary security arrangements which
the United States now has in the
fire. It has other such commit
ments of a long-standing nature
When the United States gave the
Philippines independence in 1946
we did not leave the Philippines
totally defenseless. We have i'm
piled our intention to defend the
Philippines in our agreement with
Manila for the retention and op-
Grafton of certain bases in the
islands. These are still being
manned and strengthened, al
though the Korean war has pre-
vented reinforcement of personnel
there.
Other Countries Uncertain
Although we can look to pretty
close security arrangements with
Australia, New Zealand, Japan
and the Philippines, we get on
pretty thin ice when we anticipate
bringing other countries of the
Western Pacific and Indian Ocean
areas into a solid defense bloc.
India and Indonesia are the
most outspoken of those countries
in their reluctance to asso-
ciate with any Pacific defense
bloc. PakiStan, too, is heSitant
about entering any close tieup at
this time with the Pacific powers
Although Burma has been fight
ing a rebellion which is motivated
in part by communism, 1t has
moved slowly in the direction OF
outright defiance Of the Reds and
has only recently outlawed the
Communist Party. Still struggling
to succeed as an independent ma
ton, Burma is far too weak at
! this point to contribute anythins
substantial, except good will. to
ward an all-embracing Pacific
alliance.
j Thailand might be more kindly
disposed toward the idea of Pacific
alliance, but even it would need
i a great deal in the way Of wal
equipment to make it an effective
ally. Indo- China and Malaga, be-
ing the scene Of wars now going
lon against Communist guerrillas
could do little.
! At the heart Of the difficulty
in uniting all the Pacific area ma
'Itions is the unwillingness of the
peoples Of the Orient to put
] themselves into what some OF
them regard as a new form OF
i Western Imperialism. Most OF
them have just gotten rid of the
hold which European nations hac
Ion them for centuries, and they
i.balk at getting themselves int
new Western Affiliations.
Il Extension of the Forthcoming
/ Itripartite Pacific pact to all ths
.Inations of the Far and Middl
vIEast is a matter with which the.
,lthemselves will have to deal. il
81 the opinion of American policy.
making officials. It is not re
sIgarded as wise or desirable fol
7 this fSuntry to force the issue.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

and Portugal show actual de-
clines from the rate Of prewar
procreation, but their popula-
tions increase regardless.
Birth rates also seem to be up
behind the iron curtain, al
Evening star., 1951-04-22

and an estimated % in 1949.
There was a drop in Hungary
from 1913 prewar to 1873 in 1949.
Romania had 29.6 births per
1000 before the war, only 1913
in 1946.
distributed by the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1951-04-22

though not quite so spectacu-
larly as in Western Europe. In
the 1937-1939 period, Bulgaria
had 22.8 births per 1000 popu-
lation: in 1947 the rate was "a.
Czechoslovakia went from 17.2
before the war to 24.2 in 1947
Evening star., 1951-04-22
District S Roce Relations
STANDARD BY Which America Is Judged
Is Set by Action in Nutionul Capital
By Victor R. DoIy

tcet PsOnn and gntsd States EnDloyment Service
relations In the District Of Columbia again
under the glare the worlds spotlight the Nation
postwar period mobilization Washington
the Capital of the worlds leading Of democracy What
here makes Stockholm In Cairo in Singapore
wherever civilized man lives and thinks
Much of the tension that the world today due to the
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
Sale of "S6,o00" Farms

In further discussion on tax matters, the assessor revealed There shall be a considerable number of assessed values adjust ed upward" as the tax roll is prepared in view of the number of 'S6,000' farms which have been sold recently for prices ranging from $18,OOO to $22,000."
 And further, he went on to say, Anchorage and local papers currently are carrying advertise ments of properties for sale which fall in this same category"
 In no case coming to his at tention has the sale price of
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
mmvvFGA Members to
 Hear Progress Reports or Officers, Managers

Members of the Matanuska V alley Farmers Cooperating Association will gather at the gymnasium Wednesday morning, April 15, about II a. m. for their annual all-day meeting.
 AS in previous years, luncheon will be served and a valuable door prize is to be awarded. Of ficers and managers of Coop en- terprises will make their reports and financial statements will be offered for approval.
 It was not known today wheth- CT there were two or three terms of Coop board members expir- ing at this time Carl Rasmussen stated that he knew his term ex- pired, but he wasn't sure which of the other board members terms were up. Other members of the present board include Roy Brock, president; Rex Kibby; Pat Hemmer; A. J. Carlson, and John Church. Voting members will elect two or three board members to fill the places of those whose terms expire.
 l07 Voting Members
 Carl Rasmussen, secretary and acting manager of the Coop re- ported that there are 271 MVFCA stockholders but only 107 voting members. Voting members must produce yearly about $100 worth of produce for sale through the Coop, but the final determina- ton of voting membership lies with the board.
 FILA Auditors Leave
 Rasmussen stated that the re- port of the FILA auditors who completed two months work checking over Coop books and accounts about two weeks ago has not been received. This is the first audit made by FILA since the loan was made to the Coop in 194O, Rasmussen said. FILA auditors who made the appraisal are Lloyd Cochrane of Denver and O. A. Stevenson of Oakland, California. It is expected that a copy of their report will be re- ceived here in the near future.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
S+. Paul Realfor. 70.
 Hurries 10 Anchordqe After Housing Appeal

From St. Paul, Minn. Dispatch. August 3-Den E. Lane, now TO, real estate operator here for 47 years, received a hurry up" call today to relieve the housing situation in Anchorage, Alaska.
 Robert A. Baker, vice pres;- dent of the First National Bank at Anchorage, asked Lane to come up and lay out a new residential development with "the sky is the limit" possibilities.
 The Anchorage population is now 35,000 with an extra 15,OOO military personnel at nearby Fort Richardson, Baker wrote Lane that bank deposits in Anchorage were $l,717,960 in 1940 and are now $26, ,449,248.
 I'm interested in this appeal" Lane said. T plan to give Anch- orage a real St. Paul residential development I plan to leave soon and take Norman Johnson, archi- tect, and Eugene McDonough,'
 Continued on Page 13)
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
Assessor says School District
 Valuation Could Reach S8 Million

Palmer School District tax assessor William Head warned this week that individuals who have not filed their 1851 tax assessments will be subject to ar bitrary assessments based on pre- yious years reports and that those given such arbitrary assessments, lose the right of ap- peal because of failure to file.
 Head stated that the deadline for filing these tax assessments had been extended from July 1 to August l because the forms were late in arriving. In spite of the months extension, many assessments have not been re- ceived.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
Sales Tax Ordinance Adopted by Council; Others Coming Up

AS the City Council adopted the sales and service tax ordinance by a unanimous vote after the fourth reading last night, mem bers were faced with the pros pect of listening to an inordinant number of ordinance readings be- : fore the wheels of city govern ment can function with authori- ty.
 With the adoption of the sales and service tax ordinance, the tax goes into effect September l. Tax collections are to be turned in monthly to the City Clerk, the first payment being due Septem- Der 30. Forms for reporting the tax collections may be obtained from him early in September.
 Ordinances setting up a police department, providing regula- tions for personal conduct, and prohibiting prostitution were re- ported out by police and safety committeeman Frank Brown and Lloyd Severns. The first public reading of these three ordinances followed. The second public read ing will take place next Wednes- day evening, August Is, in Sev- ern's Cabinet Shop. At that time, the same committee will present ordinances dealing with taxi con trol, health and sanitation, traf- fife, and public safety.
 In a discussion of the city's ad- ministrative housing problem some consideration was given last night to the possibility ot conraructing basement facilities this fall. Pressing need is for an administrative office for the City Clerk, jail, and storage for fire equipment.
 Receipt of an application for the position of city policeman was reported by Severns and Brown of the police and safety commit tee.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-08-09
Co-0p to Hold Annual Meeting Wednes day
COMPETITION GROWS IN FAIR QUEEN RAGE

With three Valley girls regis tering this week, the total num- Der of Valley Fair queen con- testants has risen to five.
 Hazel Bernhardt, IT, daughter of MI. and Mrs. William Barn. hardt, Palmer was the third Palmer girl to register. A gradu- ate of Palmer high school, class of '51, Miss Barnhardt now is en- ployed in the Soil Conservation office. She formerly lived in Binghamton, New York, coming to the Valley about four years ago.
 Patricia Kirsch, IT, daughter of Eugene Kirsch, is another new candidate. Miss Kirsch attends Palmer high school where she will enter her junior year this fall. Before coming to Palmer a little over a year ago, she lived
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