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Evening star., 1951-04-01
HIJACKER'S PARADISE
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is the Bogans, MIR. Derringen,
you're likely to lose some more
trucks. Those babies don't give
up a good thing. and they like
your motors.
Ouch. For a man who doubt
less had been wondering how to
steal another truck or two, and
now had the excuses handed to
him on a platter, Mr.. Derringen
did a fine job of registering con-
cern, Shull thought.
The sheriff hurried to console
him.
well, we know what to watch
for, now. And once we're pretty
sure it's the Bogans, the Chicago
police can well, keep an eye
on them. The trouble is, those
boys are too smart to get caught.
can tell you, l feel a lot better
about falling down on this case,
if it is the Bogans. There's some
thing else, too. You don't have
to worry about your drivers be-
ing in on il"
II never did," MIR. Derringen
said Loyalty.
"Well. / did. In my racket
you've got to suspect everybody.
But the Bogans never split with
anybody"
MIR. Derringen thanked the
sheriff and left looking solemn,
as BELTS a man who is the target
of skilled professional criminals.
you practically invite him to
steal some more" Shull OBJ
served. That's real neat. except
for one little flaw. He'll do it,
and we won't catch him at it,
Just as usual"
what worries me is that
maybe he won't do it, the sheriff
said. The temptation to 60
straight can get pretty terrific" "
AND it began to look as if MIR.
Derringen had succumbed. Six
nights went by with no word
of another hijacking. Shull was
fretting.
The old hijackings are still
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
Planning Commission Meets; Charles Wilson Elected Chairman

A general airing of city prob lems and a determination of inn mediate goals occupied members of the new City Planning Com mission meeting at the home of Charles w. Wilson Monday night,
 Chairman of the new group Is Charles Wilson. Elected as secre- tary was Betty Mears. Ed Smith, of Ketchikan Spruce Mills, was elected vice-chairman.
 After discussion of city prob lens in general, it was agreed that the commissions first job would be an inventory of existing facilities and conditions not only within the incorporated limits of the city of Palmer, but also in the immediate surrounding areas.
 Initial plans call for preparation of a series of base maps including all natural, legal, and section line boundaries. On these several base maps will be superimposed M underground facilities CD commit nication lines, (3) power lines and telephone lines, (4) public build ings, (5) private buildings, and (6) plats of subdivisions.
 Preliminary budget discussions were dropped pending an expect ed early meeting with the City Council. At this meeting, com- mission members will ascertain the councils ideas on pressing city needs. Although the possi- bility of seeking professional as sistance was voiced, such a move was considered untimely until the inventory is completed and the group becomes aware of the spe-
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COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE WEARS GOAL

Hope was expressed this week that the Community Chest would reach it's goal as late returns slowly inched receipts toward the S3,0O0 mark.
 Meeting Tuesday, October 30, the Community Chest Board learned that the latest count was $2,836, just $163.14 short of the 5000 hoped for.
 With Jonesville returns still outstanding and contributions still coming in from persons who were out of town or missed dur ing the ten-day campaign, Emil Ganschow, chairman of the 1851 drive, had hopes that the drive would Ego over the top".
 Tt is a great encouragement o the services benefited, Commit nity Chest President Marvin Slaughter said this week. "The Health Center, the Welfare-Dis- aster Council, Girl Scouts, Palmer Library, the Alaska Crippled Children's Association and the United Defense Fund-all will be glad to know that the community is behind them to this extent"
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
"Bob" Bartlett Valley Guest Tomorrow
icy Puvements, First of Season, Blamed in Many Weekend Accidents

Motorists were rudely shocked from their summer equanimity last week end as winter perpe- trated a pre-Halloween prank that frosted highways with a slip pery glaze, slowing down traffic and sending many of the unwary into slithery spin.
 The Highway Patrol was kept so busy Investigating the more serious accidents that there was little time to check up on stalled and ditched cars reportedly lin ing Glenn Highway from the Butte area up to Alpine Inn.
 Four cars were involved in ac- cidents on Moose Creek hill, scene of the accident which took two lives a week ago. The first of the series was noticed by the High way Patrol at 11:t5 Saturday eve- ming when the smoking ruins of a AT Kaiser were spotted over the embankment. Although evil dence suggested that the accident had occurred less than IS min utes before, there was no one near the burning car. Reported earlier as having been stolen from An chorage, the car was total loss.
 Just as the Highway Patrol had completed investigation of the first accident and before driving from the scene, '49 Ford went over the bank. The three occu- pants were servicemen attached to Company c, 42nd Engineers of Fort Richardson. The driver, Newt Ragsdale, was the only one seriously injured. Dr. c. c. Bailey was summoned to the scene of the accident and he helped in the re- moval of the injured man to Val
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
New Grader Ordered For Maintenance Of City Streets

Negotiations have been com pleted by the City Council for the new Caterpillar Diesel No. 112 motor grader purchased through the Northern Commercial Com pany.
 Due to the existing emergency the council ruled that it would not call for bids on this particular piece of equipment. Shipment is expected in early December. Meanwhile, the city has acquired by successful bid, a used road maintainer from the Alaska Road Commission which will be re- paired and put to use immediate ly. This will assure adequate maintenance of city streets as soon as equipment is ready.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
Q. K. kincaid Is New Business Manager Of Valley Hospital

o. K. Kincaid assumes his new duties as business manager of the Valley Hospital today.
 Appointment of the local Certi- fled Public Accountant was an- nounced last Friday by the Val ley Hospital Association Board of Directors and was to become ef- fective November 1st. The ap- pointment marks a change in ad- mlnlstrative organization. From now on Valley Hospital will have a business manager and a nursing supervisor, according to the board secretary, Mrs. Julia Graves. The new nursing supervisor will ar- rive from New York some time in the near future.
 The new business manager is a recent Valley resident, having come here last July as the local representative of the accounting firm of Beaver and van Seventer. He is a graduate of the University of Idaho at Moscow. Since his ar rival in the Valley, MT. Kincaid has taken a keen interest in Val ley civic affairs. A frequent visi- tor at City Council meetings, he is also a member of the Kiwanis Club and the Chamber of Com merce.
 He and his wife Sharlene, a graduate nurse, and their young son live in one of the AHA houses.
 Mrs. Gladyce Bunell, supervisor of nurses and hospital manager, resigned her position last May 9th, and has been continuing in the performance of these duties pending appointment of her suc- cessor.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
HINTS FOR DRIVING ON ICY PAVEMENTS

The Highway Patrol this week had some suggestions for motorists, new to Alaskan win CTS, who travel over highways lnder hazardous, icy condi- ions.
 Reducing tire pressure will 1elp a lot on icy roads by per- hitting a wider base to the ;ires.
 Easing of a car into motion when starting from a dead stop is better than giving it sudden spurts of gas.
 "Otherwise", said the High way Patrol, just think three ;imes farther than under or linary conditions, and let com oression do the work instead If the brakes"
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
FOOD CENTER GOES OUT OF BUSINESS

We've gone out of business. Nels Stensland said yesterday in response to inquiries made about the Palmer Food Center and the Shamrock Bakery which were closed this week.
 Although customers have been unable to buy groceries at Palm CTS newest store since early last week, the bakery had been open for business until Tuesday. Local restaurant operators, who had de- pended on the local shop for baked goods, suddenly found themselves without supplies Tues day.
 Speculation about resumption
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Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
TWO DUCK TRIAL ON HALLOWEEN THEFTS

Halloween thefts by two sol 1iers from Fort Richardson re- suited in their apprehension by Police Chief Bernie BouWens following a chase by car thru ,ity streets.
 Unable to confine the ser vicemen in the local jail be- cause of a defective door hinge, hey were released with orders Q appear before City Magis- rate William Head this morn ng at ten o'clock.
 When they failed to appear oy one o'clock today, a bench warrant was issued by the city magistrate. The soldiers, were charged with stealing goods rom a showcase at the T and I Sourdough Bar last evening and will be picked up by mili- ;ary officials and brought to Palmer for trial.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
RELIEF FROM WATER SHORTAGE EXPECTED THIS WEEK END

Barring interference of the ele- ments, the Coop hoped to have it's new water line to Carnegie Creek completed this week end, thus ending year of severe wa ter shortage in the city of Palmer
 Excavation for the new six inch wood slave pipe line had reached Fishhook Road yester- day, just 300-400 feet away from the main Coop line hook-up. It was hoped that Don McKechnie and Jack Zamowski would oe able to complete the excavation with their back hoes today. Fol lowing that, the pipeline should be in operation within a very short time.
 Under the able leadership of Frank Clark, Coop crews have made rapid progress on the pipe line since arrival of the pipe last week Monday. Tn addition to the McKechnie and ZamoWski back hoes, two bulldozers and the ARRC cat and carry-all were pressed into service in the water emergency. Ben Hermon and Clark operated dozers and MT. Oberg of Peters Creek covered some 200 feet of earth laid in a box on top of the ground over a low place with a "can". Charlie Schaefer, Henning Blunck, Jim Kinder, Larry Stock, Grant Ken ser, and Harry Campbell did most of the manual work. Jack OMal- ley was responsible for grade line.
 Work on the pipe line could not be completed too soon for many people in Palmer who have been without water except for short intervals for three weeks. City Council efforts to repair the temporary steel pipe to ease the shortage until the pipe line was completed had to be abandoned last Friday. It was found that in moving the pipe to make way for the excavation, it had been dam aged beyond all hope of repair. Continued on Page A
Valley frontiersman., 1951-11-01
Open ( of C-sponsored Luncheon
 To Honor Alaska Delegate and Wife

Plans are all set for a luncheon honoring Alaska Delegate E. L. Bob" Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett n the Coop Club Room at 12:15 pm. Friday, November 2.
 Sponsored by the local Cham Der of Commerce, the luncheon is open to all interested Valley resi- ientS, according to Chamber Pres dent Jim Hurley. Tickets may be purchased at the door
 Hurley said that the impromptu luncheon was arranged following a telephone call from Kodiak on Monday where Delegate Bartlett was attending the meeting of the League of Alaskan Cities. Bartlett said that he would be in Palmer Friday and expressed a desire to talk with Valley residents and near their comments on legisla- ton affecting the welfare of Al askanS.
 Bartlett had intended to visit Palmer Saturday, October 20 but was forced to cancel plans at the last minute. With him on his visit to Palmer tomorrow will be Ms. Bartlett, who has accompanied him on most of his visits around the Territory since he arrived two weeks ago to officiate at the opening of the new highway con- meeting Anchorage and Seward. 1t is believed that tomorroW's wis t will be Mrs. Bartlett's first in the Valley.
 Starting next week, Delegate Bartlett will embark on a whirl- wind schedule of hearings on the delegates bill providing means for settlement of land claims by Alaska natives. Hearings will start in Anchorage Monday, No vember 5, with another scheduled for Fairbanks the same evening. In quick succession, hearings will oe held at Kotzebue and Nome on the 9th and 7th, and, after hur- cied flight to Kodiak, another there also on the 7th. Hearings at Juneau, Sitka, and Ketchikan are planned for the 9th, 9th, and 10ta of November.
Evening star., 1951-11-24

for private homes. In 1885 he was responsible
for the miniature composition, "Canvasbacks
Taking on" reproduced on the second hunters
license stamp
Mr.. Benson followed J. N. Darling in the
campaign to preserve Americas wild fauna. He
believed in the conservation of all forms of
game as part of the national heritage Himself
man of modest moderate tastes, he frowned
upon the waste of living things as an indefensible
extravaganza. When he hunted, he set an
example of reticence in the field The same
quality of sweet reasonableness characterizes his
pictures. Those who knew him well esteemed
him for his gifts of mind and heart Strangers
who saw him merely in passing instinctively
appreciated him, without understanding why
He was self-evidently personality worthy of
admiration.
Evening star., 1951-11-24
Frank Weston Benson

Dying at SO, Frank Weston Benson leaves a
record of eminent achievement in sports and con-
servation as well as in art. With background of
Salem ancestry, he loved his country and in
stinctively sought to be of use to it. During
more than half century he produced paintings
and etchings which were we'll within the Amer
ican tradition yet never tediously academic. For
the Library of Congress he created murals repre-
senting the four seasons and the Three Graces
He also contributed to the Corcoran Gallery,
the Metropolitan Gallery in New York, the Art
Institute in Chicago and many other public
museums.
But Mr.. Benson meanwhile developed a
noteworthy career as a teacher in Boston and
as an active friend Of nature throughout the
United States. He found large birds fascinating
and made himself famous for his studies of
them. Some of his etchings of ducks on the
wing have had wide circulation as decorations
Evening star., 1951-11-24
This and That
BY Charles E. TroceweH

colt of the Alcan Road" by Bert
rand Shurtleff, Bobbs-M Merrill 'The
Island Stallion's Fury" by Walter Far
ley. Random House:
Winter Horse" by Glenn Balch, and
''The Pony That Ran Away" by E. H.
Lansing, Crowell; ''The Red Roam Pony"
by c. w. Anderson, Lippincott; Royal
Red" by Jack O'Brien. winston:
"Gertie, the Horse That Thought and
Thought" by Margarite Glendinning.
and "Broncho Charlie" by Henry, w.
Larom, both published by Whittlesey
House;
Trial of the Pinto Stallion" by j.
Paul Loomis. Dodd, Mead, and "The
Foaling Barn." by A. Elizabeth Flannery,
Barnes.
There is enough for all juvenile horse
lovers, and happy reading to them.
Many Of todays children have never
been closer to real live horse than a
book.
Perhaps there are some city children
who actually have never seen horse!
Come to think Of it, how long has it
been since you have seen one?
Our old agricultural country, as it
was in Jeffersons day, has vanished;
now we are an industrial nation, with
enough farmers to feed US. o~t
Even in today's small towns, right
in the middle of farming districts, there
are ten times as many motor cars as
horses. Or Is it hundred times as
many? ~
Evening star., 1951-11-24
Serop Shortage?
David Friesel.

There is full-page magazine appeal
by j. L. Mantle Of the youngstown
Sheet and Tube Co.. entitled "You Can
Help. You Must Help-No Scrap-No
Steel"
have been reading a statement by
our Air Corps General Vandenberg that
there is not enough air power in Korea.
Do the two tie up? I believe they do;
and believe one more thing ties up
with it: the mass of old cars and trucks
in wrecking yards all over the country.
T have recently returned from Cali
fornia by car During the trip saw
many tremendous yards with a great
accumulation Of wrecks. What are they
waiting for-World War III? Isn't the
need great enough now? Isn't the price
high enough? Isn't there a law that
can be enforced Or made. that can force
these people to turn that scrap in now.
if the need is there, as am sure it is?
believe speak for many women,
even those without sons in Korea, in
saying that we would turn in every
pot, pan or any object that would fur
ther our cause il it were necessary. Why
can't some law be passed that would
remove this blot from the scenery Of
our fair country and the doubt from
many minds that everything for the
welfare of our country is not being done?
Celia G. Glusberg.
Evening star., 1951-11-24
The Chiefs Good Advice

Washington'S new police chief has warned
his men to be careful of your Associations 3"
That is good advice, If one may Judge from
findings of the Davis Crime Committee. Tn
giving the advice, Acting Superintendent Murray
probably had In mind the House investigating
groups criticism Of the apparently friendly rela-
lions which have existed in the past between
some department officers and notorious gam
piers. Such associations the committee pointed
out' may explain why some racketeers seem to
have enjoyed charmed existence"-a strange
immunity from police interference
The committee in section of its report f,e-
voted to the local gambling problem, expressed
its deep concern" over the freedom with which
so-called "big shot" gamblers have operated
under noses OF the police. It said that small
Try" employees OF the racketeers usually were
asked no questions as to whom they worked for
or VINO paid their fines for them "This prob
ably explains in large part" the report said.
"Why 1t Is that as notorious character as the
alleged fair and honest gambler $50 described
to the committee by his attorney, who. bv his
own admission, for 20 years had followed no
business about which he could testify without
discriminating himself, can circulate freely, not
alone without fear Of the police, but also men
tally disposed to friendship toward important
police officials"
MAJOR murray is not one OF the police off,
cials named in testimony before the committee
as among those toward whom this or other
gamblers had indicated friendly attitude. He
has had little or no contact with gamblers dur
ing his police career, for his official assign
ments have been in other fields. He has made
it plain, however, that men who are assigned
to the job of suppressing organized gambling
cannot develop friendly relations with gamblers
and, at the same time, do a good job of law
enforcement. The lawbreaker who fears
police officer also respects him. II friendship
replaces fear, something is wrong
Evening star., 1951-11-24
Reader.

The horse is marvellous beast, no
wonder the children love it.
Perhaps they may enjoy the following
true-life story Of Templeton Jones and
a horse.
He was driving through Rock Creek
Park recently. when he saw what ap-
peared to be a dead man leaning up
against tree.
What to do, indeed!
Well, he went on till he found a
mounted policeman, and the officer
followed him back to the spot. where
he dismounted, as did Jones (from
his carr
Hold my horse" said the officer,
and started up the hill.
So there was Tempieton Jones, hold
ing horse for the first time in all his
life Of 81 years!
whoa, boy" said Jones, in his best
professional manner. He thought that
was the right way to speak to a horse.
The horse snorted, and paved. and
shook its head.
How large 1t looked, to Templeton
Jones, looking up, and hanging on!
He would not admit it. but he was
glad when the mounted officer was
mounted again.
"He was just asleep" explained the
officer, meaning the mysterious man on
the hill.
Jones sighed with relief, but whether
it was about the man or the horse he
did not say.
Evening star., 1951-11-24
For Prompt Ratification

Now that the Parliament in Tokyo has COM
pleted the ratification process, which has been
followed by Emperor Hirohito's formal signing
of the historic documents. the San Francisco
treaty and our special bilateral security pact
with Japan should be acted upon affirmativey
at the earliest possible moment after the Senate
reconvenes here in January. Certainly, having
taken the initiative in negotiating these far
reaching agreements, the United States should
make point of being prompt in ratifying them.
The peace treaty-approved by 48 countries
at San Francisco, with the Soviet bloc alone
dissenting-is treaty of reconciliation restoring
Japan to full sovereignty as an equal in the
family of free nations. Though not perfect it
contains the most magnanimous terms that
victors have ever offered the vanquished in
modern times. Psychologically, politically, eco
nomicany and otherwise, it is well designed not
merely to enable Japan to become a self-sup-
porting non-aggressive and genuinely demo-
cratic and cooperative land, but also to right
the balance of power in Asia, promote stability
and security there, and in general serve the
best interests of the free world as a whole The
Senate will have little to make its ratifi-
cation subject Of protracted debate.
BY the same token, it is difficult to see how
any serious objections can be raised against
ratifying the accompanying biateral Washing
GOn- Tokyo pact. 1Ile sole purpose or the pact,
apart from its significance in relation to the
Korean war, is to provide the japanese with
post-occupation protection until they can build
up their own strength and work out collective
security agreements through the United Nations
or some other international means-agreemen
that would be fitted into our separate arrange
ments with New Zealand, Australia and the
Philippines for the development of a strong
Pacific system of common defense against
aggression. AS of now, Of course, Japan is a
vacuum of power, and the sooner our pact with
it is ratified, along with the peace treaty, the
sooner will the dangers inherent in that
vacuum be removed.
Everything considered, therefore, simple
prudence and common sense demand that the
Senate approve these two treaties as soon as it
can after reconvening. The Kremlin and its
puppet voices in Peiping have had a lot of
threatful things to say about both documents,
presumably in an effort to make us hesitate and
waver over putting them into full effect. That
in itself should be enough to prod us into the
speediest kind of ratification.
Evening star., 1951-11-24

The horse is the favorite animal Of
ftoday's childen.
This fabulous animal-or at least SO
it seems to them-is the hero and
heroine of countless books published in
recent years.
Little ones of various ages even col
lect miniature horses of china and glass.
One local 9-year- old girl has q
collection of 40 such horses, which she
keeps carefully packed in a box though.
She is afraid of the atom bomb. Poor
child, poor child
Books about horses this year are many
and varied.
Top of the list must come Album of
Horses" by Marguerite Henry, published
by Rand McNally.
Others are wild Horses of Rainrock,"
by William Marshall Rush, and "The
Whistling Stallion" by Stephen Holt,
both published by Longmans, Green;
wild Horses of the Rio Grande," !"
by George Cory Franklin, Houghton,
Mifflin; "A Pony for Linda" by G. w.
Anderson, and Pony for a Prize" by
Mavis Carey Moore" both published by
the Macmillan company;
Somebody's Pony" by Nancy Caffrey
and "Black Beauty" the perennial fav-
orite by, Anna Sewell both published by
Dutton:'
"sandy's Spurs" by LaviniaeR. Davis.
Doubleday; BLACK Penny" by Phoebe
Erickson, Knopf; Flip and the Morn
ing" by Wesley Dennis, and Little VIC"
by Doris Gates, Viking;