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collection cases under observa-
ton. DR.. Carmichael pointed out.
Moreover. the lights are as
dim as those of the gas light
era, and the wash rooms have
disintegrated with the years to
a state verging on the un-
sanitary.
Traditional FavOrite.
Despite its handicaps, the In
Stitution remains a traditional
favorite with the people. Last
year 3,425. .987 scientists, students.
school children and tourists
visited its manifold displays.
The burden of a changing era
has fallen hardest, perhaps. on
the men charged by Congress
with providing the National Air
Museum. Small types like the
Wright Brothers plane, the Lind
bergh plane, the rocket model
which first broke the speed Of
sound already have been accom-
modated.
But much larger exhibits are
in the ofing-the B-29 Super
fort which dropped the first
atomic bomb on Japan, for
example. Fortunately this
bomber is now in outdoor stor-
age in the Western desert.
But a mass of aeronautical
material has been assembled at
an Air Force base at Park Ridge.
near Chicago.
Air Force Demands Space.
The Air Force, DR.. Carmichael
pointed out, has been demanding
return of its hangar space. Re
Gently the Institution was served
with an eviction notice.
Most Of the material has been
moved outdoors, with the most
periShable articles still occupy
ing hangar space under protest.
The cost Of keeping the museum
collection at Park Ridge is now
over $115,000 a year.
DR.. Carmichael said storage
facilities in Suitland, Md, will
save about half of this cost an
nually.
The secretary explained that
the Institution, because of lack
Of personnel, has fallen behind
in the exchange of scientific pub
lications with other nations. He
estimated the existing backlog
now weighs about $4,000 pounds.
Under questioning, DR.. Car
michael explained that as the
former president of Tufts Col
lege he was familiar with
frugal budgets. He added:
II have been president of a
non-publicly supported college
in New England for the last IA
years. Depression conditions
were more or less chronic; so I
have been used to looking at
budgets with a great deal Of
care"
Despite this frugal habit Of
mind, the secretary said, he con-
Sidered the Smithsonian's need
for more funds in the "desper-
ate" category.
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Ii. 6. 6. Strott Dies;
Navy Man and Hero
Al BeIIeau Wood

1t. George G. Strott, So
U. S. NJ, retired, who was one
of the Navy's most highly deco
rated enlisted men prior to World
War II. died yesterday en- route
to the Naval Medical Center. Be-
thesda, Md, after he collapsed
at his home. 900 Tenth street,
Alexandria, Va.
1t. Strott was awarded the
Navy Cross and Silver Star with
three clusters for his service as
a Navy chief pharmacists mate
attached to the Marines in
France during World War I. He
also held the Croix de Guerre,
Fourragere of France and the
Medaille Militaire of Haiti. He
was wounded three times during
World War I.
On Presidential Yacht.
1t. Strott enlisted in the Navy
in 1912 and attended the Navy
Medical School here. During the
Coolidge administration he was
Navy pharmacist aboard the
Presidential yacht Mayflower.
During World War II he was at
tached to the Bureau of Medi-
cine and Surgery with primary
duty in the publication section.
1t. Strott left the Navy be-
tween 1928 and 1899 and was
bacteriologist of Fulton County,
N. Y. He lived in Gloversville,
N. Y.
In 1916 1t. .Strott retired from
the Navy to live at Erie, Pa. He
returned here in 1850 and had
been active in Civil Defense work
For more than a year he had
been Civil Defense co-ordinator
for the Northern Virginia region
with headquarters in Alexandria
Belleau Wood Hero.
1t. Strott had been stationed
at various Navy hospitals and
had two tours of duty in Haiti
He received the Navy Cross
for heroiSm at Belleau Wood in
1918 with the 9Th Marine Regi-
ment. He left his shelter during
heavy shellings to assist wounded
men and carry them to dressing
stations. He was also cited fol
reconnoitering~ advance positions
for dressing stations and evac.
uating the wounded later the
same year.
He received the Silver Star dec
orations for evacuating wound
ed under intense artillery anc
machine-gun fire and for pre-.
serving accurate records of al
men who passed through the
first aid station when he wa.
chief aide at a regimental aic
station.
Native of Pittsburgh.
1t. Strott was born in Pitts.
burgh and went to school ir
Washington, Pa.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Mary Cotton Strott; q son, 1t
George Guild Strott, U. S. N.
Kensington, Md, attached to the
Bureau Of Supplies and Accounts
and assigned to the Armed Serv.
ices Petroleum Purchasing Agen.
cy; a daughter, Mrs. Harry j
Baker. jr., Hollis Hall. Fairfa,
County, Va, four grandchildren
and four brothers and one siste,
in Pennsylvania and Massachu.
sets.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Wednesday at Fort
Mysr Chapel. Burial will be ir
Arlington Cemetery.
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Smithsonian
Continued From First Page.)

give this display their careful
attention.
The increase asked for fiscal
1854 is almost half the total es-
timated budget for the fiscal
year ending June $685. ,419, 500.
It was pointed out that the In
stitution now can hire fewer man
hours than 20 years ago, al
though visitors have increased
by 140 per cent in that period.
The witness said he was
amazed" on arriving at his new
post in Washington to learn the
Institution now has 1872 million
catalogued specimens.
These are invaluable, he said,
in maintaining lone of the
worlds principal scientific re-
search centers" in the fields of
anthropology. zoology, botany,
geology and solar radiation as
it affects life on the earth.
In addition, the Institution has
become the depository for many
curious relics, historic or other
wise, forwarded through Con-
gress or Government agencies.
In short, DR.. Carmichael ex-
planned, 1--WE have products Of
mans skill from the Stone Age
to the jet plane on exhibition at
the Smithsonian"
Additional Storage Building.
AS a result, all buildings are
over-burdened with material. In
the request for new funds is a
1921 item to build a "tem-
porary" storage structure in the
west court of the Natural History
building.
]. E. Graf, assistant secretary,
explained this building Is very
important, because when you
renovate hall you close 1t. We
are so crowded that we would
have to close two or three halls
in order to renovate one"
With additional storage, DR..
Graf explained, the Institutions
principal halls could remain open
to the public while undergoing
repairs.
The addition of 90 guards tn
the present force was asked to
protect both the public and the
collection. At present large areas
must be left unmatched. The
antiquated architecture, with its
numerous courts, recesseS and
alcoves, is attractive to certain
types of loiterers apt to molest
women or children. The complex
character of the buildings en-
larges the job of keeping the
Evening star., 1953-04-06
George w. North, 80,
Former Circus Official
by the Associaied Press

CLEVELAND. April 6.-George
w. North. 90. one-time head Of
Ringing Brothers Circus con-
cessions, died here Saturday.
A native Of Charleston, S. c.,
Mr.. North was a nephew of John
Ringing North, former president
Of Ringing Bros, Barnum &
Bailey Circus.
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Mrs. Mary Gruber,
Theatrical Aoent
RY fha Aasoeiniad Praaa

CHICAGO, April 6.-Mrs.
Mary Gruber, so, New York
theatrical agent, died at Wesley
Memorial Hospital here yester-
day.
Mrs. Gruber appeared on the
stage for many years under the
name of Mary Chase,
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Freeman Lloyd, Editor

TAMPA, Fla, April 6 (R.-
Freeman Lloyd, SO, former asso-
ciate editor of Field and Stream
magazine, died yesterday. Mr..
Lloyd, a native Of England, was
an expert on dogs. He had lived
here for five years.
Evening star., 1953-04-06
Viscount Sidmouth

HON1TON, England. April
6 R.-Viscount Sidmouth, II,
one Of Britain's most prominent
cattle breeders, died at his home
Saturday. A farmer, he devoted
most Of his life to the improve
ment Of Devon cattle. His title
passes to a younger brother,
Raymond Anthony Addington.
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Elmer Newton, of USIS

SINGAPORE. April 6 R.-
Elmer Newton, 81, the United
States information service di-
rector for Malaga, died yesterday
Of a heart ailment.
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George McCuIIoch, 50

BLUEFIEID, w. Va, April 6
F.-George McCulloch, SO, a
contractor widely known
throughout southern West Vir-
ginia and southwestern Virginia.
died Saturday night in a Blue
field hospital.
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UarA uf Chunks

DALEY, CLARA z. The family Of the
late CLARA e DALEY wishes to ex-
friends for their many expressions Of
sympathy, floral tributes and assistance
during our recent bereavement.
GEORGE T. DALEY. 6s
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Carlos De Ouro Preto

PARIS. April 6 B.-Brazil's
Ambassador to France, Carlos
Celso De Ouro Preto, 81, died
Saturday Of a heart attack.
Evening star., 1953-04-06

RAFF, MATILDA. On Saturday, April
4, 1853, at Washington Sanitarium,
MATILDA RAFF. beloved sister Of
Moses 8. Hecht. grandmother of Harold,
D. c., and Malcolm Levy Of Memphis,
Tenn; she also is survived by seven
great-grandchildren. Friends may call
Mass. ave ne, after II noon on Tues
day, April z. Services will be held
at l pm. 1nterment private.
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REID; Reid 7: PAUL. VI On Saturday; April "a; 4;

1858. at Mt. Alto Hospital PA1t REID
Of 1115 53rd ave-. Hillside, Md. be-
loved husband. Of Mrs. Blanche Viz
ginia Reid, father of Mrs. Virginia Lee
Oliver Reid. and Leo R.. Kinchloe.
brother Of Julian and Robert Reid.
Friends may call at the Lee Funeral
ne, where services will be held on
Wednesday April 9Th. at pm. Inter
ment Arlington National Cemetery. z
Evening star., 1953-04-06

BARNES. JOHN T. In loving remem-
brance Of our dear father and brother.
JOHN T. BARNES, who departed this
IL.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04

grown because they have found the produce they have purchased has not been up to grade, in many instances. Our department is hop ing to. get across to the merchants that they can get what they pay for. In many cases our office acts as contact for farmers to get their produce on the market, by fur nishing names of various markets which are in a position to buy.
 Only recently, Wilson said, we were able to assist farmers by furnishing information on perfor- nance bonds. It is possible for us to assist various agencies and in dividuals who wish to sell locally.
 Another function of the depart ment, according to Wilson, is the loan program passed by the last legislature, setting up a revolving fund. Three type loans will be
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04

James Wilson, new Commits sioner of Agriculture spoke brief ly to Chamber of Commerce mem- bers on the functions of the Terri torial Department of Agriculture and the activities of his office.
 Set up in 1945, the Depart ment of Agriculture was requir- ed to handle all agricultural phases. Wilson said he did not believe overlapping services was intended when the department was created. Their present pro- gram, he said, is -Q) regulatory, which includes checking on seeds coming into the territory. It is almost impossible to do a thor ough job in this respect, because of the large areas which need coverage. However, he pointed out, agricultural areas are at pres ent well defined. eve must also
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04

check on feeds shipped in to see that they are up to standard. Not too much has been done in this phase in the past,". Wilson said, but we hope to be able to get analysis work done on feeds as we'll as seeds" ......
 Our department must also pro- vide produce inspection to be certain the merchant is getting the number one produce he is paying for. Army produce pur- chases the past years have be- come the backbone of agriculture, spending possibly half a million dollars a year on Valley produce. Paying good prices, they expect to get good produce. Merchants feel the same way. They want to get what they pay for. Grocers handle outside produce in com petition to that which is locally
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
GOVERNOR TO ADDRESS .ALL-ALASKA CHAMBERS

Governor B. Frank Heintzleman is scheduled to open the All-Alas- ka Chamber of Commerce meet ing to be held in Cordova June ,,
 and 2, it was announced this week.
 Representative of varous cham bers will hear reports from Terri torial Commissioner of Mines Phil Holdsworth and from Don Good man, president of the Alaska De- velopment Board.
 In addition, representatives of the Kaiser Aluminium company, who are conducting a preliminary inspection tour of Alaska with the possibility that aluminium re- duction plants will be established near abundant water power sites will address the chamber meeting
 Although it is quite possible member of the local Chamber will be able to attend the meet ing, it was voted to ask Robert Baker of Anchorage and presi- dent of the Matanuska Valley Bank, to represent the local cham. Der if someone local is not able | to attend.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
Rehab biIitation Work Starts al Echo Lake

Rehabilitation of Echo Lake will be started June z, accord ing to McRae of the Department of Fisheries.
 Members of the Matanuska Val ley Sportsmen club plan to as sist McRae in the project, schedu- led to get under way at 10 a.m' Sunday morning.
 The lake is located approxl- mately six miles this side of Mat anuska on the J. T. Kepler place and will be restocked with fish from the Fairbanks hatchery. Ap- proximately one month will be required for the toxicity in the water to clear before the restock ing program can begin, McRae said.
 The lake, which is little under 30 acres in size, will probably be ready to fish by the Spring O. 1855, he said.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
RITA APPLICATION TO
 BE MAILED THIS MONTH

Lew Hanks, member of the Mat anuska Rural Telephone Associa- ton, announced this week that the association is still accepting applications for RITA phone ser vice, even though they have com pleted their canvassing, prior to sending the application to Wash ington, D. C.
 Anyone who was not contacted during the survey, who would like to sign up, is asked to get an application at the M. E. A. office. Members expect to send the appli- cation to Washington during the third week of June, Hanks said.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
James Wilson Tells of Department Functions

provided for: Long term real es- tate loans, chattel and short term loans. The board has not yet been appointed, he said, and policies are yet to be established. Appli- cations have already come in from some areas, Wilson reported.
 The department budget was cut around 20 percent this year, Will son said and will have but 90 thousand dollars to furnish two veterinarians, one full time and one part time produce inspector, on office girl and perhaps one part time girl. ''We won't be fly ing very high" he said, "for our program will have to be limited"
 Wilson explained the transfer of his office from the Fairbanks area to the Matanuska Valley was made because of the central loca- ton of this area.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
AiIasta House Suffers 5000 Fire

A popular Glenn Highway roadhouse, the Atlasta House at Mile 166 suffered fire losses total ling $8,000 when new addition caught fire and burned the night of May 28.
 Four double bed units and one quadruple unit plus their furnish ings were destroyed. Owner John E. White reported the loss was not covered by insurance but that rebuilding would start inn mediately.
 Meanwhile, the roadhouse is open for business as usual.
 Goat Creek Inn
 The Old Goat Creek Inn build ing located at Mile 35 on the Glenn Highway burned to the ground the nght of May 31. Fire fighting units from Palmer-the Civil Defense truck and the U. s. Forestry fire control service, help ed fight the fire.
 The inn had been unoccupied for some time and officials felt the fire was the work of an ar sonist. Fire in brush and trees near the inn was brought under early control by the fire control service. No estimate of damage was announced.
 Big Delta A forest fire which had destroy ed over 5000 acres of forest was raging out of control earlier this week near Big Delta. The tfSee- day-old fire was being fought by 25 men, using four bulldozers.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
B. of Reclamation To Move Office To Project She

The entire office staff of the Bureau of Reclamation, presently located in the American Legion building, will be moved, starting June 20, to the labratory build ing at the site of the Eklutna Project, according to L. F. Wiley, project engineer.
 "This,. is strictly an economy move," he said. Although there will be no "lay-offs," there will be no replacements when vacan- cy occurs" Our yearly lease with the Amercan Legion will expire at the end of June, and in accord ance with government regula- tions, at the end of each fiscal year, expenditures must be re- appraised. Wiley said the build ing at the project site was intend ed as a permanent building and will serve as their future office, and that he felt better utilization of workers would result from the move.
 Work on the tunnel is progress sing at a good rate, he reported Tunnel workers last month ad- vancecR, ,390 feet, surpassing their former record by more than BOG feet. Workers on the surge tank have completed the initial break through and have started enlarg ing the space that when complet ed will be 30 feet wide and nint thousand feet deep.
 Approximately 320 men are em ployed at the present time by con tractors working on the project including other personnel, 37 persons are employed with in creased hiring expected to reacl , another 100 persons as construc tion work progresses. There is l little less than two years worl } left on the project, Wiley stated
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
FAIRBANKS WOMAN SAID FORGED TO
 DRIVE AT GUN POINT

Three servicemen, apparently AWOL from the Fairbanks area, were taken into custody last night at Mile 65 on the Glenn Highway on the complaint of a 31-year-old .weman who said she had been forced at gun point to drive the men from Fairbanks. The vehicle in which they were driving had been borrowed by the woman from a friend and is at present in Palmer.
 According to the woman's story she was able to pass a note ap- pealing for help to truck driver at road house where her cap tor had permitted her to use the rest room. In giving pursuit to the car, the truck driver is report ed to have met a Highway Patrol car which he stopped. Upon tell ing'the patrolman of the incident radio call was sent out and the vehicle in question was stopped al Mile 65 and the occupants brought to Palmer.
 The men are in the custody 0. the FBI in Anchorage where they were taken from Palmer las i night.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
Council Meetings To Be Held In Clerks Office

Future city council meetings, held each Tuesday night, will be held in the office of the City Clerk, instead of in the Coop club room, it was decided at the regular meeting held June 2. Act ing City Clerk Mrs. Margaret Cope was instructed to purchase folding chairs that will remain in the clerks office for meeting use.
 Representatives of the Kellogg Telephone Company were present at the meeting to offer further ln- formation about their type tele- phone equipment. Mrs. Sally Cor such attended as representative for her husband John Gorsuch who was in Chicago at that time. Also present was Charles Adams, Western Division engineer for the Kellogg company.
 Informaton presented included an estimated price on a board that is now available. With the main frame. this board would cost around $3,700. If harmonic ring dng was desired, it would add con siderably to the cost, Adams sad.
 Questioned about the feaslbll- ity of plastic cable, Adams re- piled that he had very little know ledge on that subject but offer l ed to contact his home office for immediate information which he would turn over to the telephone committee.
 Mayor Hagen announced that 26 new subscribers have been ad- ded to the telephone system dur ing the past 5O-day period, in- creasing the income to the city by approximately $160 per month plus installation and deposit fees
 Several applications for the position of city clerk have been received, Hagen announced and proposed that councilmen con- sider them at the next meeting The position will be filled by ar appointment from the Mayor. During the next meeting or June g, members of the council will be asked to approve or dis approve the Palmer school budget
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
MAYOR TO THROW FIRST BALL AT
 LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING

Mayor Alfred V. Hagen will off, fically open the Little League baseball season by throwing out the first ball tonight, June 4 at 7 pm.
 Members of the Little League teams will wear their new base ball uniforms for the first time tonight when two, three-inning games will be played.
 All parents, friends and other baseball fans are invited to at tend the games to be played at the Little League diamond and help root their favorites on to the seasons first win.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
LOCAL WOMAN
 RECOMMENDED FOR UNIVERSITY REGENT

A wire from the Matanuska Valley Chamber of Commerce was sent to the office of Cover nor B. Frank Heinzleman yes terday urgng the appointment of V. Louise Kellogg to the University of Alaska board of regents. Unanimous support was voted Miss Kellogg by the membership.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
BIGGER. BETTER PLANS FOR VALLEY FAIR
WOULD ALLEVIATE
 CITY DUST PROBLEM

Members of the Matanuska
 Valley Chamber of Commerce
 voted at the meeting held
 June 3 to request the City
 Council to take some immedi-
 ate action to alleviate the dust problem in the city. They would further offer their as- sistance through money re- maining in a road fund col lected from merchants in the city two years ago, providing approval of such an offer is given by those merchants.
The frontiersman., 1953-06-04
TRUCK BURNS

The city fire department an- swered a fire call June 2 at the home of Dorothy Saxton where a truck owned by Bob Bettine was burning. Damage to the truck was approximately $50 and was probably caused by a short cir cult, it was reported.