VALLEY SETTLER
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The Solor.on Islands do. not look very
Important on the nap but holding then is
very important to the Allies because of
their location.ae They nunbor 15 large is
lands and four groups of snail islands*
with a total area of about 375,000 square
niles, according to World Almanac. Pop
ulation is around 100,000 of which 600 are
Europeans.
Said a housewife named Mrs. I. Budget,
"We're 'scrimping,' but I don't
begrudge it,
For by saving up more
We'll help win the war -
At least, that's the way I should
judge it'.'
U.S.Treasury
The new leader of the British troops in
Africa who refuses to be pushed around by
the Natzis is a Scotsman. That explains
it.
Some of us are confused as to which are
the combatant and the noneombatant units
of the arny and navy#
The arns are the combatent units and
include the infantry, cavalry, field artil
lery, armored force, coast artillery, air
force, engineers and signal corps. The
services or nonconbatant units are the
quartermaster corps, chemical warfare ser
vice, finance, ordnance and medical depart
ments and the corps of chaplains# ALL
BRANCHES OF THE NAVY ARE CLASSIFIED AS COM
BATANT.
Walter Lippman saysi "It is a fallacy
to teach the people to believe that if
prices are forbidden to rise, finflation
has been prevented. It is much more impor
tant to understand that frozen prices can
not prevent inflation.
The Chicago Nev;s says the Jap is a de
termined character. He goes on wanting to
save his face, even after seeing it in Am
erican cartoons.
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBITS AT 4-H FAIR
***
The first 4-H Achievement Show, spon
sored by the Matanuska Valley Fair Assoc
iation, was held in the Palmer Community
Hall on V/ednesday, September 2, with a
large number of exhibits in home econom
ics and gardening. The outstanding dem
onstrations which were picked at the 4-H
Rally Day were given and all the girls
enrolled in the clothing project took part
in the Dress Revue in the afternoon. The
agricultural exhibits were judged by Don
L, Irwin, superintendent of the Experi
ment Station} home economics exhibits
v/ere judged by Miss J. Hazel Zimmen-jan,
Territorial 4-H club leader, and Miss Lil
lian Anlicker of the Farm Security Admin
istration, All classes were judged on
the basis of blue, red, and white groups,
each article being placed on its individ
ual merit. Ribbons and prizes will be
mailed to exhibitors. The list of ex
hibits followst
CANNING
FRUITS CANNED} blue, Dorothy Huntley}red,
Gayle Eckert, Bonnie Moore, Barbee Lossing,
Virginia Hutte) white, Betty Lou Rorrison,
Peggy Hanson, Annie Sunrise, Jeanette Ham
mer.
Vegetablesi blue, Gr.yle Sckort, Annie Sun
rise, Bonnie Moore, Betty Lou Rorrison;
red, Olivia Painter, Barbee Lossing,Jean
nette Henuer, Virginia Hutte, Peggy Han
son} v,hite,Caroline Johnson, Ruth Johnson,
FISHi blue, Gayle Eckert, Ruth Johnson,
Caroline Johnson.
MEAT* blue, Virginia Hutte; white,Peggy
Hanson.
JAM aND JELLYi blue, Olivia Painter, Annie
Sunrise, Caroline Johnson, Ruth Johnson.
JUICEi blue, Caroline Johnson, Ruth John
son.
PICKLES! blue, Ruth Johnson, Caroline
Johnson.
VEGETABLES
POTaTOESi blue, Lawrence Lamp, Pete Sand
vik, Kent Sandvik, Lavon Nelson, Dick Jen
sen; red, Jin Monoghon, Gene Liar shall,
Vernon Jones, Donald Dinkel, Flo Alice
Dinkel, Patsy Cooper, LaVerne Hamann, Lau
ritz Loberg, Herbert Ising, George UcNeese;
white, Miles Hyland, Gloria Smith, Ralph
Horton, Stanley Horton, Dick Hodsdon,
Allen Linn, Otto Peterson.
CARROTS! blue, Catherine Joseph, Beverly
Natti; red, Nancy Pitka, Jennie Panchine,
Harvey Cooper; white, Lawrence Lamp,
BEETSi blue, Effie Ras ussen,Leola DeLand,
Lynn Sandvik, Barbee Lossing, Gene Mar
shall; red, Katie Murphy, Evon DLand;.vhite,
Myles Hyland, Harvey Cooper, Evon DeLand,
Duane Smith, Edward Cope, Dick Jensen,
Larry Stock, LaVerne Hanann, Lauritz Lo
berg, Jean Hamann, Nancy Pitka.
CARAOTS(continued)i blue, Evon DeLand(2);
Leola DeLand(2),Ramona Lentz, Pete Sandvik,
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