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Evening star., 1952-05-09
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Ceremony Held

The Old Presbyterian Meeting
House in Alexandria was the
scene on May 8 Of the marriage OF
Miss Shirley Mills of Warren
Ohio, to Mr.. William Ariste Broad
gate. Mr.. Broadgate Is the son OF
Mr.. william C. Broadgate.
After the ceremony. the couple
left for the brides home In War
lren,
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
AIaska's Population Jumps 20 Percent In Two Years

New Peak of l53,s00 Residents Makes Alaska Fastest Growing
 U. s. Region
 Alaska's population has in- creased 20 per cent since the de- cennial census of 1850, accord ing to Don H. Goodman, chair man of the Alaska Development Board.
 An estimated 153,90O persons were in the territory January 1, 1852. The official 1850 nose count showed 128,643 residents.
 And the increase over the 1889 official count amounts to 1l2 per cent to make Alaska the fastest growing region under the Ameri- can flag. Goodman said.
 The current population esti- mate is based on passenger traf- fife data obtained from the vari- ous transportation companies op- erating between the United Stat es or Canada and Alaska; Alaska and Haines Highway traffic fig ures prepared by the Canadian Department of Immigration; and vital statistics compiled by the the Alaskan Department of Health.
 Kept on a monthly basis, the transportation figures clearly in- dicate the movements of season. al workers, tourists an others.
 The peak population during 1850 was reached in July, when there were an estimated 147,800 persons in the Territory, This number dropped to 137,860 by December 31 of that year.
 The peak population during 1851 was reached in August, when there were an estimated 165,7O0 persons in Alaska. The number declined to 159,450 in September, 155,750 in October reaching 153,900 at the end of December.
 The natural-increase births over deaths-totaled 2,473 in 1850 and 3,082 in 1851, a grand total If 5.555. Minor adjustments re- maining to be made in the 1851 figures are expected to bring the latter figure to a somewhat high CT mark.
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
| VALLEY TO SEE
 MAcHETANZ MOVIE
 SHANGRI-LA, ALASKA

Fred and Sara Machetanz re- ported a fine trip over the Alaska Highway after their return home to the Valley last week. The Canadian part of the road, par ticularly, was in the best condi- tion they'd ever found it.
 The movie "Shangri-la, Alas ka" with which they toured through the Middle West last winter, will be shown at the Val ley Theater June 10 under the sponsorship of the Palmer Li- brary Board.
 The Machetanz' new book, Rick of High Ridge" will be off the press next fall. Everyone will be eager to see a copy of it be- cause Rick is the son of home steaders in the Matanuska Valley.
 This summer Fred and Sara Machetanz plan no special pro- jects like their filming of the
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
Hornen1ukers' News
Riverbend Club

The Riverbend Club held it's, regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Marylou Rideout. After a delicious luncheon, served by the. hostess and her mother, Mrs, Lashbrook, short business meet ing was held with the president, Mrs. Maude Ware, presiding.
 The members then had the pleasure of a demonstration on Newer Ideas in Home Sewing" given by Mrs. Rideout.
 At the next meeting, which will be held at the home of Mrs. Viola Lentz on June 18th, the members are to bring their pot ted plant slips. which will be sold to those desiring them.
 The club is pleased to have Mrs. Ada Hughes as a new mem Der.
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
COMMUNITY CALENDAR

THURSDAY, MAY p PIONEER GRANGE, Grange Hall, 8 pm.
 FRIDAY. MAY % DORCUS CLUB, Sutton Com munity Church. 100 pm.
 SATURDAY. May 24 ALASKA'S FAVORITE GAME, Elks and their ladies. 8 pm.
 SUNDAY, MAY 2S GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSIO1J, Chas. Wilson home, 7:30 pm.
 MONDAY, MAY 2s KIWANIS CLUB, Coop club room, 12:05 pm. BIBLE SCHOOL, first day EVENING CRAFT CLUB
 TUESDAY. MAY 27 WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB, Mrs. Don Irwin home, 2 pm. MOOSE & WOMEN OF THE MOOSE, Moose Hall, 8 pm. BOY SCOUTS, United Protes- tant Church, ' pm.
 WEDNESDAY, MAY 2e CARPENTERS LOCAL, Carpen- ters' Hall, 8 pm. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co., op club room, 12:05 pm. PALMER B.P.O. ELKS, Elks' Quarters.
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
Biggest Wolf Hunt
 Moy Save Over 13,000 Caribou for Sporfsmen

Bob Burkholder of the Fish and Wildlife Service predator control team returned last week from Umiat where he participat- ed in what was probably the greatest wolf hunt in Alaska.
 Nearly two months of work and approxmately 283 hours of fly ing went into the hunt, but 259 wolves were dropped in their tracks. It is estimated that the average wolf will kill g carl bou during a year. According to these figures, the wolf hunt pro- bably succeeded in saving over l3,000 for sportsmen.
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22
"Teen-Age Round -Up'' Is New Youth Group Sponsored by EIks

"Teen-age Roundup" is the name of the new Valley youth organization sponsored by the local Elks Lodge.
 The name was chosen at the second meeting of the group held Tuesday night in the Elks Club on the Fair Grounds. At the or ganizational meeting held a week previously, officers and trustees were elected and preliminary plans for the groups activities were formulated. Elected were Dick Geiwitz, president; Laddie Dinkel CWasilla), vice-president; Janice Barry, secretary; and Pat GfiwltZ. tre asurer. Trustees elec- ted were Ethel Smith (Wasilla), Joe Lentz, and Johnny Brown,
 A committee consisting of Dick Geiwitz, Geraldine Kindgren, Billy Cox, Dennis Buzby, Johnny Brown, and Paul Campbell was selected to draw up the bylaws with the help of three members of the Elks Lodge.
 About 50 teen-agers were pres ent at the organizational meeting, where it was decided that the club would have closed mem bership. Age limits of members were placed at 13 and 19 years at the meeting this week. Older youths may join in club activities as guests, but the person giving them guest cards is responsible for them.
 The group decided to have meetings once a week, on Tues day evenings and parties once 3 month. The meetings and the parties will be chaperoned by Elks and their ladies'
 The new youth group will func- ton through the Elks' youth com mittee consisting of Lloyd Short, John Weisenberger, Ralph Good rich, Luther Cook, Robert Pip pei and D. T. McMahon. AL though the Elks have offered the use of their facilities and super vision for the club activities, the members of the club, themselves, are responsible for their own activities and their own financ- ing. In order to finance their acti- vities, the club members voted on a 8 membership fee Tuesday night.
 Exalted Ruler Matt Onkka of Palmer Elks Lodge l842 express ed this week the pride of Elks members in the remarkable maa- ner in which the teen-agers re- sponded to the invitation to or ganize group and to accept full responsibility for their activities. INSURE ToDAY-SEE RAY! BETTER STILL-SEE BILL!!
The frontiersman., 1952-05-22

Lake George breakup last year. They will spend the summer at their homestead painting and writing, with perhaps few little sidetrips about the Territory for the same purpose.
Evening star., 1952-07-26

Lawrence Irwin, a native of Bloom
ington. Mr.. Irwin, Al, and his
brothers are in the soft drink bot
ting business.
He joined Gov. Stevenson in
February, 1949.
He was graduated from Bloom
ington schools and Illinois State
Normal University. A quiet
friendly man. well regarded, he i.
a member of the Democratic State
Central Committee.
From 1888 to 1888, he was chief
clerk Of the Soldiers and Sailors
ChildrenS' Home, a State institu-
ton, at Normal. For the follow
ing five years he was business
manager Of Illinois State Normal
University, a teachers college.
During World War II, Mr.
Irwin served as field director with
the American Red Cross, spend
ing 26 months overseas in the
Evening star., 1952-07-26

companies accept the union
shop. Which proved to be a
mistake. 1t provided the COM
panies with an issue of "prin-
ciple" to fall back on when the
Office of Price Sterilization
made its finding that the wage
increase would not justify a
price increase. This finding,
from which OPS refused to re-
cede, held that the steel COM
panies could pay the new wages
and continue to have handsome
profits with steel prices un-
changed.
Counting on the Nations
need for steel in the defense
effort and in the national econ
omy as a whole, the companies
rejected the Government recon-
mendations. The men struck.
The President seized the mills.
The Supreme Court invalidated
the seizure. The men resumed
their strike. The mills closed
and the consequences began to
be felt.
Now the companies have won
their fight and the mills will
reopen, but the consequences
will continue to be felt. The
Government will find itself pay
ing too much for defense ma
terials. People will find them
selves paying too much for
Evening star., 1952-07-26
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CHICAGO, July 26 (SpeciaD -
One casualty Of the first conven-
ton here said today that whole
new career had been opened to
him as a result of early conven-
tional activity.
The speaker, a delegate from
a distant State, said that on July
u he had been accused of being
a member of another party
whereas he had merely been in
town to attend his grandmother
funeral at Wrigley Field.
The accusations, said the dele
gate, a tiger by trade, had never
theless been leveled and he had
been caught in a steamroller ac-
ton which left him a little flat
ter than usual. He explained that
tigers are generally fiat these days
what with jobs being scarce and
circuses going out of business. "A
lot of us hungry tigers will be
forced to roam the streets il
things do not get better for oul
profession" he prophesied. "Ano
that is not a good national con-
dition."
However, this particular Tiger
because of his flattened physique
got himself a job with the Fur
below Arms as a rug for the lobby
He has been working right
through the Democratic conven.
ton and SO far there have beer
Evening star., 1952-07-26

and who has an understanding
of national and international
questions that will soon be ap-
parent as he unfolds his cam
paign.
Gov. Stevenson is so different
from Harry Truman that it can
be said already that the new
nominee. if elected, will repre-
sent quite a change in the cli-
mate as well as the policies of
the Chief Executive who has
been in the White House for
more than seven years.
The nomination was given
Adlai Stevenson without a single
deal or pledge or commitment.
He didn't want to run, but
mostly, as he explains it, be-
cause he stood in awe of the
Office of President. Now that he
has been chosen, he will make
an intensive campaign. 1t will
probably be an intellectually
honest campaign.
In the word intellectual"
may be found the key to the
Stevenson personality. He is a
man of parts who knows gov
ernmental principles and the
philosophy of government as
well as any man in public life.
He is a refreshing change from
the ordinary legislator or poll
tician. He doesn't use the
cliches or bromides of the mod
ern political vocabulary. Nor
does he think in the devious
ways of the political oppor-
tuniSt.
But the ground swell inside
the Democratic Convention
which resulted in Gov. Steven
sons nomination was not the
only constructive result. The
development of a spirit of har-
mony between the Southern
and Northern conservatives
really brought the South back
into the fold with enthusiasm.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

CHICAGO July 26-Presdent heads Democratic
convention in atmosphere of harmony unfogettabe
of balanced harmony Almost everybody had black
Dxebig city coalition licks the young liberals at the
Democratic convention The liberals started writing
hsoryand wound writing for correspondence
in politics for Senator Blair Moody.
All of Dixie votes in the Democratic convention after bitter
struggle the highest Jimmy South
Carolina had reached above the Deal
elevate him to the Supreme Court
Everybody at the Democratic convention for
President Of the United States Wen have Is Pres
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Stevenson Nomination q Natural
Republicans Must Realize That Democratic Nominee
Will Be Serious Contender in November

The Northern radicals nearly
wrecked all this with the plan
they championed to unSeat the
Virginia, South Carolina and
Louisiana delegations. But the
older and more experienced
hands in some of the larger del
egationS, led by Jim Farley,
steered the convention away
from some of its youthful radi-
Gals whose zeal exceeded their
political judgment.
Even during the third ballot,
when the nomination came,
there was maneuvering by the
liberals" to try to give Senator
Kefauver the limelight and line
things up so it would appear
that he put over Gov. Stevenson
with Tennessee's votes. But the
lengthy polling of big delega-
tiOnS stalled it all and finally
Gov. Stevenson won without the
aid of any State that had a vice
presidential hopeful.
1t was a clear-cut victory for
those who managed the Steven
son campaign knowing that he
didn't want to be entangled with
any group or faction in the
party. He wanted no trades or
deals.
The Truman speech with it's
hypocriSeS and political bro
mideS. was delivered in typical
campaign style. Gov. Stevenson
will in his own way state the
campaign issues. And he will
not fail to admit mistakes
som e thing President Truman
never has done.
It will be a refreshing change
in campaigning. When Mr.. Tru-
man walked away from the ros-
trum after introducing Adlai
Stevenson it was as if old-fash-
ion bunkum had given way to
a new spirit-a spirit of candor
and frankness in appealing to
the American people.
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Evening star., 1952-07-26
Lowell WeITett:
What Price Princip p|e?-S5.65
Biz Steel Administers Tremendous Licking
To President Trunun und the American People

everything affected by the price
of steel, which comes close to
being everything-period. A new
and much greater degree of in
f1ation-one that may prove
acknowledgements assured.
The President and the
American people-have taken a
tremendous licking. The Presi-
dent has been compelled to risk
further imitation to avoid any
further impairment of the de-
fense program and any further
dislocation of industry and
business.
Consumers will foot the bill,
to the degree they are able.
Those who cannot adjust their
own incomes upward are likely
to be hit hard.
On the same day the steel
settlement was announced at
the White House, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported that
the cost of living for the aver
age middle income family had
reached a new peak in the
period between May Is and
June Is. It was 1896 per cent
of that in the base period of
1935-1939, or almost double,
What it will be when the full
impact of the new $5.65 prin-
ciple is felt is not pleasant to
contemplate.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Lowell MeHett::

Big Steel has finally won it's
battle with the United States
Government. It has been a
battle for a principle, if you
can believe the pious protesta-
tions with which the companies
have smothered the real issue
during the long and disastrous
struggle carried on at the ex-
pense of the American people.
The principle" now that the
battle is over, turns out to be
$5.65. That is the estimated
average increase in the price
per ton of steel that will result
from the settlement with the
Government.
To understand what has hap
pened it is necessary to keep
in mind that Big Steel was
fighting on two fronts. There
was the war with the workers
over wages and the war with
the Government over prices.
Coupled with the wage dispute
was a disagreement over the
union shop" This was really
no more than a wrangle as to
how much Of a union shop the
steel companies would accept.
This was built up by company
propaganda into a matter Of
great principle, involving our
national liberties and all sorts
of sacred things. Now that the
matter is disposed of it will
require a specialist in labor
relations to understand just
what principle has been sus-
tanned. In any case it must be
a modified principle, since the
steel workers union has been
granted a modified" union
shop.
It seemed to be clear that
from the beginning of the dis
agreement, eight months ago,
the companies were prepared
to grant a sizeable wage in
cNease-provided they were per-
mitted by the Government to
increase prices. The Wage
Sterilization Board reported its
finding on the wage increase
justified under the National
Production Act. Because there
appeared to be no real dispute
on the subject of the union
shop the wage board tossed in
a recommendation that the
Evening star., 1952-07-26
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Washington, D. G.
SATURDAY, JULY 26, 1852

North Africa and European the.
laters.
He is married and lives with his
family in Springfield.
Gov. Stevenson writes his own
speeches and does a superb job.
But T. Don Hyndman, ~, former
bureau manager for the Associ-
lated Press at Springfield. aids IN
gathering material for the Cover
nor and takes a hand at phrase
making.
Began as Reporter.
Mr.. Hyndman says he is pleased
when the Governor occasionally
throws in few of his. sentences.
Mr.. Hyndman began his news
paper work as political and leg
islative reporter on the Decatur
Herald and Review in 1880.
Five years later he joined the
Chicago staff of the Associated
Press. He headed the Springfield
bureau from 1889 to 1943.
| In 1943 he was assigned to the
Washington bureau of the Asso-
ciated Press as a congressional
news reporter covering the Sen
ate.
He returned to Illinois in 1914
to become an administrative as
sistant on the staff of former Re-
publican Gov. Dwight H. Green.
Gov. Stevenson retained him.
Mr.. Hyndman is quiet and effi-
cient. He also handles CORE.
spondence and administrative de-
tail.
Reared in Litchfield, Mr.. Hynd-
man was graduated from that
city's high school and later at
tended Indiana University.
Mr.. Hyndman and his family
live in Sprinpf7e1d
Evening star., 1952-07-26

Hardheaded politicians of
both parties know that any con-
Striction of present social re-
forms will have the instant re-
suit of a hostile Congress two
years hence. They are not pre-
pared to risk a course that would
spell out political paralysis of
the White House.
The Democrats are not
achieving unity here; perhaps
they are not even achieving
principle, despite the valiant
stand of a few, including Sena-
tor Russell Long of Louisiana.
What they are achieving is a
practical method of getting
along together in the face of
the common threat of Gen.
Eisenhower.
AS the Delphic oracle used to
say, necessity is above the gods
themselves.
Southerners are vaunting that
they repulsed the Northern lib
erals and maintained their con-
vention standing. The Northern
liberals can say with equal
plausibility that they forced
proud Virginia to declare from
the convention rostrum that it
could not imagine a situation
where Democrats did not run on
a Democratic ballot in that
State.
The liberals can assert also
that they had the pleasure of
listening to Gov. Byrnes bend
the law of South Carolina on
the convention floor after the
bold stand of Senator Long and
the. persuasiveness of Virginia
had left him isolated.
Evening star., 1952-07-26

the Labor Department in Chicago
since May, 1949. He had gone to
Springfield to assist the Cover
nor's executive secretary at the
Statehouse Office.
Mr.. Nelson was educated in
Chicago public schools and was
graduated from the University of
Illinois in 1910; from North
western University School of Law
in 1949.
During World War II, Mr.. Nell
son served 38 months overseas
with the 1st Infantry Division.
At present he is a lieutenant
colonel in the Illinois National
Guard.
Mr.. and. Mrs. Nelson have two
children and live in Springfield.
In Soft Drink Business.
Gov. Stevenson's administrative
assistant in charge of patronage
matters and political contacts is
Evening star., 1952-07-26
David Lowrence:

CHICAGO, July 26. - The
strange demand of an honest
to-goodness draft" gave Gov.
Adlai Stevenson the Democratic
nomination for the presidency
but it was a draft that was Wis
ible to the naked eye for many
weeks. This was because he was
head and shoulders above every
other man suggested. and from
every political angle he fitted
the bill. His nomination was a
natural"
The speech of acceptance Gov.
Stevenson delivered to the dele
gates promptly verified their
hopes and expectations. 1t was
a masterfully written address,
brilliant in phrasing but even
more powerful in its high plane
OF thought.
The contrast between Harry
Truman, the outgoing President,
and Adlai Stevenson, the new
leader of the Democratic Party,
was so conspicuous that it al
most tells the story of why there
is a feeling of confidence among
delegates that they will win in
November.
For here is a man of broad
education and culture, a man of
deep and penetrating insight
and a man who doesn't believe
that everything a politician does
is right. No ghost writer's"
wrote that acceptance speech
for Adlai Stevenson and no
ghost writer's will be needed if
he gets to the White House.
For Adlai Stevenson is capable
of writing speeches that are
reminiscent of the pen of Wood
row Wilson.
The Republicans may as well
realize it-they have a serious
contender in Gov. Stevenson-a
man who can be witty and
Satirical as well as profound
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Democrats Strike Harmony Pose
Convention Shows However, Tho What They Are Achieving
Is Practical Method of Meeting Eisenhower Threat

The grapevine has long had it
that the rest of the South,
notably Texas, has resented Gov.
Byrnes' bland assumption of the
role of spokesman for all. In any
case, after Senator Long had
obtained the convention prom
Use that he could represent his
State in that forum-no matter
who walked out-and Virginia
had put across her story, South
Carolina stood alone.
Gov. Byrnes then asked Gov.
Battle of Virginia what Vir-
ginia would do if South Caro-
lima walked out. Gov. Battle re-
piled that Virginia was COM
mitted to the convention. South
Carolina then moved to clear her
own skirts with as little loss of
face as possible; the relieved
convention co-operated.
Certain basic facts dictated
these maneuvers.
For the first and only time in
recorded history, a country. the
United States, has achieved a
rise of IS per cent in its stand
ard of living during a war dec
ade. No political party is strong
enough to interfere with such a
pattern of unprecedented en-
ployment.
Public opinion is far too
volatile and the public is far too
much involved for very much
experimentation by the profess
sional politicians. And while all
the professionals, as a custom
of the trade, take credit for the
sunshine, few will risk respon-
sibility for the rain or even a
sunshoWer.
Evening star., 1952-07-26
Doris FIeeson:

CHICAGO, July ga free
and open convention is the
ideal of democracy. The con-
fusion it causes in practice is
being freely displayed by the
singularly uninhibited Demo-
Gratis.
1t still is clear that the
American people are headed
for a breathing space. In the
Republican convention they re-
jected the fright" which found
inceSsant fault with what
has been done; here they are re-
jecting the left" which prom
ises to go farther in the direc-,
ton charted by Franklin Roose-
Velt.
AS a practical matter, the
chief beneficiary is the con-
servative coalition which has
been running Congress. Strong
Presidents committed to a posi-
tive course based on a definite
political philosophy are not in
the cards today.
The form of social advance
is indorsed by both parties. In
both parties, however, the nat
ural alliance of the conserv-
atives will make it very slow
work for a President to effect
any expansion in the patterns
already in existence.
The terms New Deal, Fair
Deal, Square Deal, are out
moded by the developments this
month in Chicago. They are out
moded because the candidates
and the platforms imply the
recognition by both parties that
they cannot turn back the clock.