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The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
New 27-MiIe Loop
 Added 10 Star Route Rural Mail Delivery

A new 27-mile loop taking in the northwest corner of the Val ley will be added to the Star Route beginning October l, ac- cording to c. A. Lindsey who has the federal contract for rural de- livery in the Palmer -Wasilla area.
 The new loop will go northwest out of WaSilla on the Little Susit- na Road until it Ys with the Fish Hook Road. It follows the Fish Hook road back toward Palmer until it reaches the Four Corners Road intersection. It goes south on the Four Corners Road to Barry's Lake Road, takes the Will lowaw Lodge turn off the Barry's Lake Road, and from there it returns southwest to Wasilla.
 With the aoolr1on of this loop, rural mail delivery will cover almost the entire Valley. Only major areas still unserved are the Knik Road area beyond the Fairview intersection, the Pitt man Road from three miles out side Wasilla, and the Kings Lake area. The Anchorage-Palmer Highway area is served by the rural mail delivery service out of Anchorage, and this route does not include the loop around the Butte.
 The new loop in the Palmer Nasilla Star Route is the fourth loop in system begun about two Years ago. Loop A is the one from Palmer to. WasilIa, via Wasilla Road, and back to Palmer via Knik Road, Fairview Road, and Matanuska Road, past the Matan- uska Experiment Station. Loop B goes around the Farm Loop Road.
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The frontiersman., 1952-09-18

Davis of the Post motor supply depot, the Coop manager made arrangements for Army transport to continue the homeward jour ney for this third and final group of airlift cows.
 Ten cows had been delivered at the airport last week Wednesday. Another nine cows arrived at 4:45 Sunday afternoon after their trip had been delayed at Seattle be- cause of milking schedules. Zieke. Reiss, and Meier, who had exnect- ed an early Sunday morning de- livery hour, had to mark time all that day in Anchorage waiting for the flight. It was near midnight by the time the last cow had been delivered to her owner. M. D. Snodgrass returned with this second load of cows. The air. lift transportation was provided by Consolidated Airlines. Vance Roberts, the owner, went along on two of the flights. Included in the crew on each of the trips was dairy farm owner who would know what to do if a crisis de- veloped enroute. However, all of the cows arrived in good condition and most of the dairymen receiv- ing them expressed satisfaction, with the selections made for them. All of the cattle were tested Hol- steins, most of them purchased in the Snohomish, Washington area.
 Sailing September 24 from Seattle are B more cows bound
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The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
City Election Oct. ' Depends on Tuesdays Special Election

Palmer voters will go to the polls Tuesday, September 23, to approve or disapprove of an cleo
 ion ordinance, Ordinance p. re- gently adopted by the City Coun- Gil. Enabling legislation passed at the last session of the Territorial Legislature provides for the cleo tlon and terms of office for city
 officials as set up in the ordin- ance, but it also stipulates voters approval. % ggna-
 Specifically, qualified electors of Palmer will be asked to vote yes or no on a proposition that provides for CD an annual cleo lion to be held each and every year in the City of Palmer on the first Tuesday of Oct. for the election of city officers; @ cleo tion Oc. 2, 1852, of two Councili members for one-year terms, two for tWo-year terms, and two for shree-year terms, with two coun- clImen to be elected every year thereafter; and (3) election of a mayor on October 7, 1852, for a one-year term, and thereafter on odd-numbered years, election of mayor for a two-year term.
 The provision for overlapping terms of office for members of the Council aims at continuity of city government through reten- ton of a core of experienced councilmen in each new Council. 1t guards againt waste of time and bungling that might be ex- pected in an entirely inexperienc- ed Council. Ordinance p provides for mayor elected directly by the people instead of an elected seventh councilman subsequently, elected mayor by his follow coun- cilmen. Because the ordinance as adopted provides for election of the mayor on odd-numbered years, the first elected mayor will have only one-year term. Noth- ing in the ordinance, however, ex- cludes the possibility of re-elec- ton to city office.
 The Coop Club Room in Rec reation Hall has been designated as the polling place. The polls will be opened at 8 am. and will open until 2 pm. At 8 am. the appointed judges will re- peat their paths of office before City Clerk John Shaw. Judges are: Mrs. Chet Sand
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The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
Harold NickIe Found Guilty of Assault
 Charge; Will Appeal

Harold A. Nickle of Wasilla was found guilty of a charge of assault with intent to do bodily injury in decision handed down by U. s. Commissioner Dorothy Saxton Monday.
 Decision on the case had been deferred since August q, when testimony was heard from the plaintiff, K Westenbarger; the defendant and his wife Dorothy; and Al Dickow.
 Upon being found guilty, Nickle was fined $50, at which time he made an oral appeal to have the case tried in U. s. District Court.
The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
2 FILE FOR CITY
 OFFICE ON 1ST DAY OF FILING PERIOD

Two nominating petitions for city offices were filed yesterday on the opening day of the 1O-day filing period that ends Satuurday, September 27.
 Filing for Mayor with a qualify ing petition signed by 30 residents was William Rempel. Filing for a three-year term on the City Coun- cil was Raymond A. Nelson. His petition carried 31 signatures. The two men both of them prom inent in community activities, are associated in the Palmer Real ty, Inc.
The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
G0v., MRS. GRUENING STOP IN PALMER ON
 ALASKA HI.WAY TOUR

Governor and Mrs. Ernest Gruening were brief visitors in
 Palmer yesterday as they stopped for a few minutes during the noon hour in their tour of the Alaska Highway system.
 The governor said this was the first opportunity he had had for some time to inspect the fast growing communications web in Alaska. The trip received it's in- itial impetus from the scheduled dedication of airfields at Valdez and Seward this past week end. To reach Valdez for the Valdez dedication Saturday, he and Mrs. Gruening travelled to Haines via the ferry and motored to Valdez via the Haines Cutoff, the Alas ka Highway, the Tok- Cutoff, and the Richardson Highway. From Valdez. they were flown to Seward for the dedication cere- monies there. From Seward, the Gruenings travelled with mem bers of the Highway Patrol to Homer, Anchorage, and Palmer. Sergeant Stanley Laird of the Highway Patrol drove them from Palmer to Glen Allen, where a Highway Patrolman covering the Richardson Highway area north to Fairbanks was to take them on to the Tanana Valley city. Next week Governor and Mrs. Gruening plan to attend the Alas ka Science Conference at McKin- ley Park. Before returning to Juneau, they hope to drive over the new Taylor Highway.
 Regarding the purpose of his tour of the Alaskan road system, he said he was getting first hand information to determine whether or not the expansion of the road net work is keeping aberast with the fast-groWing development of Alaska. If there's need for more roads, he said, we'll have to ask for more money to construct them.
 Asked what he thought about the prospects in the coming cleo ton, he was confident that there would be a Democratic victory both in the country and in the Territory. He said he was cer- tain that Stevenson would be president, and he was sure ! that Alaskan voters would return | Bob" Bartlett as Delegate to Congress, that they would cast l their votes for him on the basis of his experience ara his record 1 of service to Alaska.
The frontiersman., 1952-09-18
CITY PURCHASES TELEPHONE COMPANY
MAYOR MEIER'S LONE BID AT GOVT SALE BUYS MVTC PROPERTY FOR S7,5OO

The City of Palmer purchased
 all the property of the Matanuska
 Valley Telephone Company, Inc.
 for S7,500 in a public auction held
 by the United States Department
 of Internal Revenue Tuesday
 afternoon in the MVTC office.
 The auction was conducted by
 A. Verle Collar, assistant chief collector for the Washington-AI- aska district in charge of Alaska, Sale of the property was author ized by virtue of warrants of re- strain issued against the tele- phone company for assessed taxes amounting to more than S11,5OO, still unpaid to the United States Government. With penalties add ed, the total amount owed to the government amounted to almost S13,OO0. As authorized by law, Collar set minimum bid figure before opening the bidding. After Collar had announced the mini mum bid figure of S7,500, Mayor Carl Meier entered a bid for that amount in the name of the City. There were no other bidders.
 Within 45 minutes of the sched- uled beginning of the auction at 2 pm, MT. Collar and MT. R. w. Algeo, another assistant chief dep- uty collector of the Washington Alaska district working out of Tacoma, had received the city's check for the amount of the bid and the city had become owner of the following property: one West ern Electric switch board, one wood desk, one hand-operated Smith Corona cash drawer, three six-volt wet batteries, Aae metal folding chair, one six-draWer wood filing cabinet, one Reming- ton typewriter, one wood shelf, one hand-operated mageto ringer, one electric ringer, a four-draWer wood filing cabinet, approximate ly six Western Electric terminal boxes (neW), eight cross arms with approximately B insulators attached, approximately 50 steel wire spools, one 1850 model h. ternational pickup truck (one- half ton), approximately 200 tele- phones in use, approximately 20 to 25 miles of telephone line, ap- proximately 200 telephone poles, and miscellaneous jacks, cords, plugs, used telephones and parts, and guy wire cable with clamps.
 Sabotage Discovered
 Meanwhile the job of getting all the telephones served by the company in efficient operation has been a slow and often dis couraging process. The job was delayed by at least one day this by what appeared to be a second act of deliberate sabo- tage. Sunday morning Melvin Haugen, the new telephone main .enance man, found wires severed on top of the Neal Wright build ing and behind the Matanuska Hotel. The severed wire on the Wright building served the Mat anuska Valley Bank. The other cutting was a more difficult job. Someone had climbed a telephone pole, located five telephone wires put of series of Is or 20 wires on the pole, cut the telephone wires there and at the next pole, and had carried away the section of the five wires thus severed. One of these wires served the Patrol, and the need for his line early Sunday morning ct to discovery of the sabotage.
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The frontiersman., 1952-09-18

Tues, Sept. 23-Special City Tues, Oct. ' General City Tue3., Oct. 14-Territorial
Evening star., 1952-09-14

PAL. His stors ore comeromen. specioeffects onsts
old shoe Hungarian he trained arch
tec married his childhood sweetheart and lives with her and
his two modest suburban style in Brentwood Calf
night clubs and conversationas being much modest
man to hog the floor.
He admits knowledge of either science or fiction
and credits Robert Heen scientist and writer and Chesey
Bones the nterplanetary artist for the phenomenal
of Destination Moon" So meticulous were these scien-
tst-artiss that they incorrectly criticized for
sserror' in their armament the didn't twinkle
They weren't supposed to- says Pal I'm the absence of
atmosphere the sky would actually look like backdrop
Pals stars he is fond of saying the and the
speciaeects artists He unusually frank in admitting his
large of miniatures and trick photography subject that
usually taboo in Hollywood I'm going pretend that
built actual rocket ship and into space he said
The camera did it "a wonderful instrument"
Small Univexse
You can to Stage Three" he continued "and
take look the cities and canals of Mars You apt be
disappointed" And. enough. his planets painted
his universe backdop and his stars peeked of
Mr. Pals world is not to be this EARTH through
the cameras eye.
Recalling that scencefcon writer's anticipated the air
plane the submarine the tank the rocket ship the atom
bomb the satosu Mr. Pal takes his science fiction seri-
ousy Hollywood the place for it. he argues than in
the pages of book.
T thing doesn't exist he says, then the specialeects
is the fellow to shape up for you. Well build you
universe and destroy it in three days.
This is the talking who landed you the Moon and
wiped out the city of New York with tidal wave.
He looks harmless. The End
Evening star., 1952-09-14

will be the first to admit that the picture ended abruptly
just at the point where got most interesting 1--WE didn't
out of story IDEAS he said Only out of money
The picture decided financial success and Paramount
promptly signed him make many science fantasies
he could dream up under their banner.
Mr. Pal has the extraordinary record Of having
made an ordinary film. Everything he has turned his
hand has been fantasy. He got into pictures the
creator of Puppeoons, the first animated puppets the
screen His first iveaction picture The Great Rupert
This WEEK. Feb 5, 1850 which had animated, stuffed
squirrel as the leading actor opposite Jimmy Drane.
He is strange figure of producer to be dealing with
earthly subjects because in habits and he plain
Evening star., 1952-09-14


phters and poons it abandoned the od-time chemical
laboratory for the supesonc eectronc atomic science of
tomorrow Others followed suit.
Il Scared Us Before
LAST year there rash of films dealing with space travel
and the possibility of life other planets - THE Thing
THE Man From Planet X "The Day The Earth Stood Still
and Pals own When Worlds Collide
None of them topped Destination Moon" war Of The
Worlds may however This is the fantasy with which,
you may remember Orson Weles years ago the radio
frightened good citizens of New Jersey and elsewhere
clean out of their wits.
Mr. Pal has added modern touches. In his film the
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Marian invaders met with atom bombs Even this
weapon of modern science cannot prevail against
them In the end tiny germ that wipes out the
ing men from Mars.
You will not see these Marian men on the screen in the
Evening star., 1952-09-14

HANKs to producer with the unlikely of George
Il Pal, Hollywood has finally caught up with the flying
Mr.. Pal is just finishing up the most ambitious
scienceicton film to be made in motion pictures
version of H. c. Wellss famous story of Marian
;,,r,cor Worldc
Evening star., 1952-09-14

George Pal version, save in dim outline. Mr..
Pal had devised a most frightening monster,
and then decided that it was too scary for the
public. 1t looked like walking piece of raw
liver If you must know - and you ought
to be glad the producer decided to spare you.
The All-Seeing Eye that the Marian men
send shopping around corners where their
victims are crouching is frightening enough
(see opposite page).
Mr. Pal has stable budget for change.
Destination Moon" was made on a relative
shoestring, representing all the money that
he owned himself and what he could borrow
on so novel venture
The producer, who is nothing if not candid,
Evening star., 1952-09-14

The Martians staging still another invasion
of our grOggy planet. But they've picked a new
target they're landing smack in the movie capital
Evening star., 1952-09-14

INVASION OF Edrtn, war OI Ine WOrIdS.
Mr. Pal is the same fellow who made 'Des-
tination Moon" = the first Hollywood fantasy
ever to soar off into space from platform of
real scientific speculation.
Before he popped up the field, Hollywood's
ventures in the field of science fiction were of
the old-fashioned variety. The thriller-chiller
specialists out on the Coast never got much
further than the quaint l9th-century notions
of Frankenstein, Dracula, vampires and zom-
bies. When this limited Gothic vein threat
ened to peter out, they resorted to clumsy
sequels - Bride of Frankenstein," "Son of
Dr. Jekyll," etc
Destination Moon" got away from the
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Boys Nation 10 Pick
President TONIGHT

Presidential candidates Of the
1852 American Legion sponsored
Boys Nation today were finishing
campaigning for tonight's election
Of a boy president.
Nominated by the Nationalist
Party at Saturday nights conven-
ton were Kerry Freeman, II. Of
Tulsa for President, and Zane
Bergeson, 18. Of Cornish. Utah. for
Vice President.
The Federalist Party nominated
Howard Norton. II, Of Fort Worth.
Tex, and Craig Swoboda. II. of
Norfolk, Nebr.. to head its ticket.
In addition to electing officers the
88 youths, representing Is States.
will name Boys Nation Cabinet
and congressional officials.
The election Of the boy Presi-
dent is the high point Of q week Of
political activity designed to teach
the youths the activities and func-
tions Of government.
The present Boys Nation dele
gates are representatives of about
10000 high school students who
met In State conventions. Each
State sends two outstanding rep
resentatives to the annual meet
ing here.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Five Hurt as Rival Unions
Clash al AIIis-ChaImers
BY the Associated Press

TERRE HAUTE. Ind. July 28.-
Rival unionistS clashed today out
side the Allis-C Chalmers plant and
at least 1lve men were stabbed
and beaten. -2
About so police officers led by
Chief Frank Riddle charged IN
swinging night sticks, broke up the
disorder and arrested two men on
charges of assault and battery.
The disorder started when about
100 members of the AFL Interna-
tional Union of Operating En-
|gineers charged q picket .ine set
up by the CIO United Auto
Workers.
Chief Riddle said some Of the
injured apparently were stabbed
with broken bottles and others
were clubbed.
Five Of the injured were taken
Ito hospital.
The struck plant is a pilot plant
for the new SO million Allis-
Chalmers plant now under con-
struction. The company received
10 multi-million dollar contract
for manufacture Of jet engine
parts but has not been able to
produce any because Of the strike.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Arlington Flyer Survives
As Plane Crash Kills 7
BY the Assoeiated Press

ARTHUR. Neb., July ga
BIS bomber, carrying Air Force.
Army and Navy personnel. crashed
in flames. repeatedly killing seven
persons, six miles northeast Of here
yesterday.
The lone survivor, identified by
the Nebraska Safety Patrol as Col.
John e. Eriksen, the pilot, para
chuted to safety. He was treated
for burns.
Col. Eriksen, who is assigned to
duty at the Pentagon in WASH
ington. was plotting the plane to
obtain additional required flying
time. He lives at 504l Thirty-fifth
road, Arlington. Va. The plane was
based at Andrews Air Force base
near Washington.
The bodies Of six Of the men
had not been removed from the
charred wreckage Of the plane to-
day. The body Of the seventh man
was found about q half mile from
the crash scene.
The plane en- route to Mountain
Home. Idaho, had refuelled earlier
at the Naval Air Center at the
Lincoln, Neb., Airport. Witnesses
who observed the crash from q
distance said one engine was afire
and the plane exploded after the
crash.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Col. B. I. Merchant,
Led Veterinary Corps

Col. Berkeley T. Merchant, q
s. A. (ret.), 70, cavalry officer fol
20 years and chief of the Army.
Veterinary Service during Worlc
War I. died yesterday at Subur.
ban Hospital after a long illness.
Col. Merchant, who retired ir
1884, coached and managed the
American equestrian teams at the
1920 Olympics. He was a graduate
of West Point. class Of 1905, and
had attended the French cavalry
school. Ecole d'Application de
Cavalerie.
For his service with the Veter.
mary Corps during World War
Col. Merchant was awarded thu
Distinguished Service Medal.
After his retirement, Col. Mer.
chant lived in the Washington
area. At the time Of his death hi
was living at 8 Chamberlin ave.
nue., Kenwood, Md.
He is survived by his widow
Alice Coghlin Merchant; a son
1t. Col. Marvin H. Merchant, sta
toned in Lisbon, Portugal, ano
three grandchildren.
Graveside services will be helc
in Arlington Cemetery tomorrow
Time Of services will be an.
|nounced.
The family requested that con-
tributions be made to the Army
Relief Society in lieu of flowers.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
Beauties to Appear
In Gay 'o0s Gorb
For AAAContest

What grandma wore in the
heat of summer in 1902 will bt
shown tomorrow when II young
women compete for the title
miss Nations Capital AAA."
They'll dress themselves in the
|satins. velvetS, laces and feathers
of so years ago. But they'll be
more comfortable than grandma
was-their appearance is sched-
uled for 2 pm. in the air-condi-
toned Mayflower Hotel.
The contest is part Of the
American Automobile Associa-
tons Golden Jubilee celebration
The winner here will compete in
the national contest. Judges for
the occasion tomorrow will be
clad In busters, caps and goggles
OF the type worn by motorists SO
years ago.
Competing for the local title
are Mrs. Florence Brown, Miss
Belle Cornett, Mrs. Mary Emmill,
Mrs. Ann Victor. Mrs. Mary
Shenkman, Mrs. jeanne Brown
Mrs. Gladys Farrell. Mrs. Barbara
Viententhal. Miss LaNita Smith.
Miss Barbara Burley, Mrs. Mary
Smith, Mrs. Helen Sari, Miss Lii
liam Forrestal and Miss Dolores
Manning.
Evening star., 1952-07-28
MissA.B.McC Cannon,
Daughter Of Judge

Miss Abbie Bristow McCammon
native and lifetime resident Of
Washington. died yesterday in
Mount Desert Hospital, Bar Har-
Dor, Me. Miss McCammon resided
here at 1911 r street NV.
Miss McCammon was the daugh-
ter Of Judge Joseph K. Mccain
mon and Katherine Mcknight
McCammon, both longtime resi-
dents Of Washington.
She was a life member of the
Red Cross and during World War
I had served in Red Cross field
hospitals in Europe.
Miss McCammon was a membe,
|of st. Johns Church and active
in work for st. Johns Orphanage
She is survived by a nephew
Joseph K. McCammon III of 4347
Forest lane NV: a great nephew
u. <. McCammon ~, and a great
niece, Susan McCammon, both OF
|the Forest lane address.
Funeral plans are incomplete
Evening star., 1952-07-28
stevenson BIumes
|Author Mark Twain
For 'Ad-Ioy' Mixup
BY the Asseeioisd Press

ST. LOUIS. July 28.-Adlai e.
stevenson, the Democratic presi-
dental nominee, blames Mark
Twain "for the confusion that
exists as to how to pronounce my
first NAME"
In a recent letter to Cyril
Clemens. head Of the international
Mark Twain Society. the Illinois
governor said:
while my grandfather. Adlai
~. Stevenson. was vice president
lof the United States under Grover
Cleveland, Mark Twain was st a
luncheon where grandfather was
Ia guest. The newspapers Of the
time quoted Mark Twain as fol-
lows on the pronunciation Of my
first name:
'Philologists sweat and lexicog-
raphers bray,
+" But the best they can do is to
call his Ad-lay.
I" But at longshoremen's picnics,
where accents are high,
(" Fair Harvard's not present, SO
they call him Ad-lie.'
Anyway, Gov. Stevenson wrote,
"the correct pronunciation is
'Ad-lay,' although to put it mildly,
I have been called many things"
Evening star., 1952-07-28
George H. Smith, 80;
Ran Gaifhersburq Store

George H. Smith. 80. retired
merchant who operated Smiths
general store in Gaithersburg for
81 years. died Saturday at his
home in Gaithersburg after a long
illness.
Mr.. Smith, a native of Rock
|ingham County, Va. had retired
Is years ago. He was q lifelong
member of st. Luke's Lutheran
Church in Redland, Md.
He is survived by a sister, Mrs.
Martha Trummbo of Fort Seybert,
w. Va; brother Frank of
Gaithersburg: two daughters, Mrs.
Pearl Stup and Mrs. Ottie God
frey, both Of Gaithersburg; four
sons, A. E. Smith, L. r. Smith,
w. E. Smith; all of Gaithersburg,
and Ray M. Smith of German
town, Md.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. tomorrow in st. Luke's
Church in Redland. Burial will
be in the church cemetery.