Legion Observes
Veterans Day
Throughout Nation
On November 11, veterans Day,
Tlie American Legion will lead
we nation in honoring its war
ra^oes and in paying tribute to
all living veterans.
. 'highlighting the parades, pa
triotic ceremonies, memorial ser
vices and other observances by
departments, districts and posts
throughout the country, will be
The American Legion’s Veterans
T>ay Program at Gettysburg Na
tional Park.
The ceremonies on the site of
the famed battlefield of the War
Between the States will feature
National Commander J. Adding
ton Wagner of Battle Creek,
Michigan, as principal speaker.
Secretary of Interior Douglas
<McKay, a past commander of the
Department of Oregon, will dedi
cate an American Legion plaque
commemorating the service of all
veterans of all America’s wars.
The Gettysburg Program will
-also include the “Singing Ser
geants”, a 25-man component of
the U. S. Air Force Band, under
the direction of Captain Robert
L. Landers.
Last year’s Presidential pro
clamation establishing November
11 as Veterans Day also created
a Veterans Day Committee. The
Committee, on which The Ameri
can Legion is represented by Na
tional Commander Wagner, ad
opted a policy of rotating the
sponsorship of the Arlington Na
tional Cemetery observances
among the American Legion and
other major veterans organiza
tions. This year’s Arlington pro
gram is sponsored by the United
Spanish War Veterans. The Dis
abled American Veterans’ na
tional program will be in New
Orleans. The Veterans of Foreign
Wars will hold its national ob
servance in Boston, while AIM
VET’S program will take place
in Los Angeles.
The USS FORRESTAL’s 1,036
foot length and 252-foot over-all
width makes the huge aircraft
carrier longer and wider than any
other naval vessel.
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MS Square Knot, Fri.,
Nov. 18, calling at Sitka
and Seward (ARR & San
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22, calling at Valdez and
Seward (ARR Dock)
STEAMSHIP COMPANY
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 10
NORTHLAND PIONEER GRAN
GE, Grange Hall, 8 p.m.
VOL. FIRE FIGHTERS, Fire
Hall, 7-8 p.m.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 11
SQUARE DANCE GROUP,
Moose Hall, 8 pm.
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY, Central
School, 8 p.m.
ST. MICHAEL’S SALE, Sham
rock Bldg.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14
GRANGE HOME EC, Grange
Hall, 8 pm.
PALMER KIWANIS, Co-Op club
room, 12:05 p.m.
PALMER CEMETERY ASS’N,
Moose Hall, 8 pm.
EXPLORER SCOUTS, U. P.
Church, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 15
VALLEY FAIR ASS’N annual
meet, Co-Op club room, 8 p.m.
MOOSE LODGE, Moose Hall, 8
pm.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16
BOY SCOUTS, U. P. Church, 7.
p.m.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Co
Op club room, 12:05 p.m.
EASTERN STAR, Carpenters’
Hall, 8 p.m.
PALMER B. P. O. ELKS, Elks
Hall, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17
AMERICAN LEGION AUXILI
ARY Charter and birthday
night, Legion Hall.
WASILLA CALENDAR
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11
BOY SCOUTS, Wasilla School, 7
p.m.
WASILLA P-TA, Wasilla School,
8 p.m.
MONDAY. NOVEMBER 14
VETERANS O F FOREIGN
WARS, Wasilla School, 8 p.m.
V. F. W. AUXILIARY, Wasilla
School, 8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16
BROWNIE SCOUTS, Wasilla Li
brary, 3:30 p.m.
THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 17
EXPLORER SCOUTS, Wasilla
School, 7 pm.
CUB SCOUTS, Mrs. Combs, Mrs.
Barnes, 3:30 pm.
The USS FORRESTAL’s anch
or chain could sustain the com
bined weight of four of the larg
est locomotives. The modern war
ship was commissioned October 1,
1955.
Recent Snowfall
Provides Insulation
For Produce Storage
Operators of common storages
in the Mafcanuska Valley received
the first installment of insulation
Monday when a snow fall of nine
to 15 inches blanketed the Valley.
The dry, fluffy blanket, with
many minute air spaces between
the flakes, provides a tremendous
amount of dead air space or in
sul< tion, according to Dr. Curtis
Dearborn, Extension specialist.
Dr. Dearborn pointed out that
one of the interesting features of
this new snow fall was its effect
on soil temperature. Within 24
hours after the snowfall began,
the temperature of the soil at
the three inch depth under sod,
raised from 18 degrees to 20 de
grees. Even more significant to
the storage operator, he said, is
the fact that at the six inch depth
the temperature of the soil rose
fr0-:i 26 degrees to 28 degrees
during the same period and re
mained at this reading while the
air temperature dropped to four
degrees.
A two-degrees change seems
rather small to be concerned
cJbout, the specialist said, yet it
could mean the difference be
tween good and poor storage con
ditions. With a two degree
change, spoilage or freezing of
the stored product may begin in
a storage that is being maintained
close to the critical temperature.
When a two-degree warm up
occurs on the walls of a storage
that is closed against very low
outside air temperatures, the rise
of the air temperature within the
storage is magnified because the
produce is adding heat to the
storage at the same time that the
refrigerating effect of the sur
rounding soil is declining, he
pointed out.
Close attention should be given
to ventilating the storage in or
der to provide a storage tempera
ture of 38 to 40 degrees for po
tatoes, and a temperature as close
to 32 degrees as possible for cab
bage, carrots, lettuce, and other
root crops.
Dr. Dearborn said that since
. most stored produce is 80 to 90
percent water, the relative hu
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midity of the storage should be
kept high to prevent shrinkage.
Sufficient ventilation should be
maintained to prevent condensa
tion and dripping (from the ceil
ing of the storage; otherwise
molds will develop on the surface
of the wet produce. 1 1 , * ...
If all of the 2,000,000 pound*
of weld meibal used on the gigan
tic new aircraft carrier USS
FORRESTAL was % -inch size
it would extend a distance of 2,
400 miles or from Newport News,
Va., to San Francisco.
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