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Release Of Frozen SumMay®r Instructs
Santos To Build Bodega For Naric
Mayor Jose M. Carino, this week instructed City Engineer Eduardo delos Santos to convert the election precincts at City Camp into a bode- ga in which to house rice expected to be sent to Baguio soon by Judge Servillano dela Cruz, head of the NARIC. The City Camp precincts, it was learned, would be sufficient to house at least 5,000 cavans of
The city mayor said that during
•his talk with Judge dela Cruz, the latter had agreed to ship up to Ba- guio any amount of rice the city and the province need on condition that the local administration provide a spacious bodega for purposes of storage. The Naric rice will be sold to the Baguio public at ,one peso a ganta.
The establishment of a NARIC store here, according to the mayor, is in line with the administration's policy of maintaining the price of rice at a reasonable level and of curb- ing profiteering. In the Baguio mar- ket, a ganta of rice presently costs as high as Pl.40.
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Mestizo Facing SeductionCharge
Macario Sengseng, 22, married and a native of Mabalacat, Pam- panga, is presently in hot waters for having allegedly seduced 17- year-old Anacleta Juvenal of Sison, Pangasinan.
At press time this week, • Sengseng was still confined at the city jail for failing to raise the bail of P600 re- commended for his temporary re- lease. The charge filed in the court of first instance against Sengseng is simple seduction.
In her testimony during the pre- liminary investigation of the case at the municipal court, Juvenal claim- ed that she and her sister were in- duced to come up to Baguio on the strength of the assurances made by Sengseng, an American mestizo, that he would employ them as his housemaids. Juvenal further said that when they arrived in Baguio, Continued on page 2
Local UP Alumni Ass n Elects Officers Today
Under the auspices of the teachers’
group, the local UP Alumni Associa- tion will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m. today to elect its officers for the ensuing term. The meeting will be held at the YWCA quonset hut on Harrison Road.
Lectures’ on educational subjects will immediately follow the election.
The speakers are Emiliano C. Rami- rez, new division superintendent of schools for Mountain Province, and Fernando Bautista, director of the Baguio Technical and Commercial Institute. Ramirez will discuss the subject, “Some Problems of the Public School System of the Philip- pines’’, while Bautista will talk on
“Sidelights on Private Education in the Philippines.’’ An open forum will be held after the lectures.
In charge of making the arrange- ments for the UP Alumni meeting today are Misses Pilar de Leon, Er- linda Balmaceda, Dolores G. Valdez, and Nalie Arvisu.
The release of the frozen .. account of the city government in the Philip pine National Bank so it can be used to finance the construction of thec'ty hall was approved by the city coun- cil during its meeting last week.
The deposit, which was originally earmarked for the construction of the new ci y hall, amounts to some P245.000. The release of this sum brings the total available fund for the ci y hall project to 1*500,000, which amount includes the War Damage Commission award of P255.000.
The P245.000 frozen account in the PNB represents the city’s sav- ings from income derived from city utilities and Other public projects.
.The original deposit amounted to P245,000 but the city government withdrew P41.000 last July.
The tabulation of the pre-war de- posit of the city in the local PNB follows:
Waterworks...*.. P 22,974.44 Electric...i... 73,398.00 Telephone... 2,035.41 Ice Plant... 2,692.19 General Fund... 79,644.18 Cemetery Fund... 928.32 Engineering Fund... 3,13838 Garage Fund ... 9,898.67 Total...P204,816.00 Am’t rec’d., July... 41,000-00
Grand Total.... P245.816.00
Carino Tells Engineer To Economize Funds
Baguio Loses Bid As Site For lnt'1 Jaycee Confab
Baguio lost its bid as site for the international Jaycee convention next year whOn the Philippine Junior Chamber of Commerce voted to hold the confab in Manila, during its meeting last week.
Reasons advanced for the rejec- tion of Baguio as the Jaycee confe- rence site are its lack of facilities for amusement and entertainment and the limited business opportuni- ties offered here. The delegates pointed out that Manila possesses both these qualifications. It was hinted that the only advantage of Baguio over Manila are its cleanli- ness and healthful climate.
The international Jaycee meet will Continued on pag 2
In answer to a letter of City En- gineer Eduardo delos Santos re- questing for an increasfe in the ap- pr priation for the city hall project, the mayor this week told the engi- neer that further appropriations for the project could no longer be ob- tained. The mayor advised the city engineer to limit his expenses to P600.000.
Engineer delos Santos wrote Ma- yor Carino recently asking for an additional appropriation of pl35,- 000 for the construction of the city hall. Santos informed the mayor that the estimated cost Of the pro- ject is about P735.000, or some Continued on page 2
Women Sympathizers Of Minority Party Organize NP Auxiliary Here
Local women sympathizers of the minority party organized the Na- cionalista Party Women’s Auxiliary in the Mountain Province at a meet- ing held last week at the NP head- quarters at the Plaza Theatre build- ing. The meeting was called upon
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the request of Atty. Luis L. Lardiza- bal. chairman of the Nacionalista Party chapter in Baguio.
At an election of officers held by the organization, Mrs. Maria Dang wa was unanimously chosen presi- dent. The other officers are: Mrs Cecilia Afable, vice-president; Mrs Cesaria Gil, secretary; and Mrs.
Amparo Barza-Sian-, treasurer.
The organization has already creat- ed three committees which will take charge of the campaign in the pro- vince. Merhbers of the campaign committees are: first d strict — Mrs.
George Tait, Mrs. Maria Andaya md Mrs. Inglis; second district — Mrs. Lanny Muller, Mrs. Amparo Barza-Sian and Mrs. Consuelo Atos;
third district — Mrs. Alexander La- nag, Mrs. Luis Pawid and Mrs Marrero.
Unknown PC Guards Fire At CJH Commandant; Wife
Unidentified constabulary guards assigned at Burnham Park during the reception and dince in honor of Brigadier General and Mrs. Alberto Ramos on the evening of last July 30 are alleged to have fired at Lt.- Colonel and Mrs. Gordon Singles of ,Camp Joljn.Hay, in a verbal pom- plaint voiced by the couple before Mayor Jose M. Carino.
The city mayor said that the Sin- gles. approached him during the re- Continued on page -2
Council Passes New Ordinance Gove.ning Tobacco Peddlers
Acting upon the petition of tobac- co merchants occupying stalls in the market, the city council at itsX- gular meeting last Friday approved a resolution banning tobacco -ped- dlers from selling in places other Continued on page 2
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Technicality Causes Delay To YMCA Project In Baguic Work to construct the proposed YMCA center in Baguio is being de- layed in view of the failure of the local council to pass a resolution declaring that Lot No. 29 in the Ba- guio Townsite, which the city has designated for the YMCA project, is no longer needed by the local ad- ministration. This was revealed by Domingo C. Bascarra, general se- cretary of the YMCA, in his letter urging the council to adopt a reso- lution to the effect that Baguio is no longer pushing through its plans of converting into a public amuse- ment park the lot leased to the YMCA.
Bascarra said that the YMCA has already raised the amount of P80, 000 with which to finance Rhe es- tablishment of a building on the pro- jected center, but work could not be started as the bureau of lands re- fused to approve the lease of the lo't to the organization. Bascarra in- formed that the bureau of lands re- fused to act favorably on the lease Continued on page 2-
Judge Concepcion Gives Verdict On Lagasca Case Timoteo Lagasca, accused of mur- der for having allegedly shot to death Sacpa Damitan, a native of Bekkel, La Trinidad, was sentenced to an indeterminate prison term of from 6 months to one year and six months and to indemnify the heirs of Dami- tan in the amount of P2.000.
Lagasca was convicted of homi- cide through reckless imprudence.
Damitan was shot with a .45_caliber pistol allegedly by Lagasca on the evening of last March 12 at the forest reserve at Busol, La Trinidad, where the latter was found illegally cutting pine trees.
Judge Concepcion, in his decision which was read in open court by Atty. Fernando Romero, chief clerk of the court of first instance, ruled L Continued on page 2
Governor Dennis Molintas, lead- ing by a wide margin, was chosen standard bearer of the native elec- torate of the sub-province of Ben- guet and the city of Baguio at the caucus of Benguet natives held on the capitol hill of La Trinidad yes- terday. Attended by more than five hundred delegates from all the mu- nicipal districts and from the city of Baguio, the convention was voted a big success hy the delegates and the many visitors who flocked on the grounds of the sub-provincial capitol site.
Molintas.obtained 321 votes while his opponents, Baltazar Fernando and Apolonio Laruan obtained 131 and 85 votes each respectively. The delegates at the caucus, upon the election of. Molintas, then gave the nominee of the natives' faction in Benguet a vote of confidence to se- lect the party with which to affiliate
•himself and to campaign for.
The native delegates’ convention was opened at 10:00 o’clock yester- day morning with the announcement of the QLP presidential, vice-presi- dential and senatorial candidates by I Continued on pag'e 4
Army Worms Attack Rice Fields In Tabuk
Army worms have invaded the Tabuk Valley in Kalinga and are presently attacking the rice fields there, according to a message sent to Governor Dennis Molintas by Deputy Governor Camilo Lamma- win of Kalinga. Lammawin’s report did not state the amount of damage done.
Lammawin. in his message, ap- pealed to the provincial governer to secure financial aid from the insular government with which to purchase materials and equipment to combat the pests.
The Kalinga deputy governor has also asked the provincial agricultu- ral supervisor of the Mountain Pro- vince to extend whatever facilities he has in the fight to eradicate the worms which are presently endan- ering several thousands of hectares of rice fields.
Assistant Civil Engineer Of Ifugao Almost Beaten To Death By Laborer
By Severo G. Pimentel Marcelo M. Factora, assistant ci-
vil engineer assigned to the sub- province of Ifugao was attacked and almost beaten to death by Andres Belingon, a laborer employed in the construction of the Burnay school The beating occurred at the office of the Mayor at Burnay, Ifugao.
Mr. Factora sustained bruises on his
■nosebridge, lower lip and left ear lobe. The injuries, according to the doctor who -examined Factora, wilj take about a week to" heal.
The engineer, together with Ma- nuel Dunuan, a foreman, and Enri- que Talic, a timekeeper, left his office at Lagawe for the municipali- ty of Burnay on the morning of last July 29. They went to "Burnay for the purpose of ascertaining what properties may be affected by the proposed expropriation of areas for the Lagawe townsite.
Upon obtaining permission from Mayor Nicolas Liangna of Burnay, the engineer proceeded to go over the municipality’s record of real pro- perties, with Dunuan and Talic as- sisting him. It happened that Du- nuan and Talic went out of the room where they were examining Continued on page 2
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Sunday, August 7, 194-9People Bless ’Em ! The Man Who Built The Cathedral
By M. L. Gaerlan
I man of words and action than a man f of solitary prayer. I remember the rumble of his voice, like the distant rumble of an approaching storm, gathering force and exploding in condemnation of wickedness, indo- lence and vice.
When he spo/re of goodness and purity, his voice was a gentle purr, a muffled sound of emotion. Those who knew him know the two oc- casions which usually brought tears to his blue eyes: wh?n he was touched by a good act or a kind word; when he was talking to young people of goodness, his home or his mother.
Many a Baguio resident learned his Catechism and Christian doc- trine with the guidance of Father Carlu. Wide-eyed, rapt in won er, he probably listened to the priest as he made vivid descriptions of the wages of sin and gnashing of teeth in contrast to the beauty of paradise springing from the love of God. Few are the things which made Father Carlu happier than to be the donor of a “Frst prize - for Religion”.
The coveted prize was usually a ■ brand new’, leather bound missal or , prayerbo >k, and it usually came with a tight hand-clasp and a throaty, emotional compljment,
“My child, I am proud of you!" ( (One of my most treasured pos es- ( sions is a daily missal which lost its . leather binding in the war - it came from Father Carlu in the good old schooldays.)
His epitaph, when he dies, should rightly read:
Here lies Father Carlu He loved his Parish well - his i
parishioners better his God best
Let not his God forsake him! ( But even if Father Carlu should ' choose not to have any epitaph at 1 all, as he is wont to, he would still have the Baguio Cathedral, its spires pointing to heaven “= thotr motor’, chosen, last goal.
What Father Carlu goes after, he gets.
It took a stout heart to build God’s strong outpost in the city of pines.
Many years ago, a robust Flemish Father came to Baguio, rolled up his sleeves and started to build a solid foundation for the church of his God. But first he had to raise money. Preaching relentlessly about the duties of parishioners to the Parish, then passing a silver platter around with an audible jingle to rouse his parishioners from their meditations, it took seven years before the first cornerstone for his church could be laid. This was in 1920.
This coming December, Reverend Father Florimond Carlu will cele- brate the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood. His church, the Baguio Cathedral, proved its worth when it defiantly withstood repeated air raids and a solid hour and a half of continuous bombing, shelling and strafing in February 15, 1945.
Though it is still in the process of dusting off the last crumbs of the war, it has always stood square on its foundations, the pealing of its bells now a part of the waking city.
Born in Hulste. Flanders, Septem- ber 9, 1875, Father Carlu' was or- dained at the age of 24. He was a professor in Belgium for six years, then he left his native land for the Philippines in 1907. Except for a visit to his country in 1927, he has lived in the Islands ever since.
His first parish in the Philippines : was Cervantes, then Tagudin, both in Ilocos Sur, and finally in Baguio.
Directly or indirectly, he has helped build the St. Louis School, the Notre Dame Hospital, St Vincent’s Church in Campo Filipino and the Holy Family College.
Old-timers recall a blond, young priest with a twinkle in his blue ' eyes who went after his goals and - attained them. A hammer-fisted ' policy accompanied his achieve- | ments, but he was hardest on him- <
self, so nobody complained. As a child, I remember him more as a ;
Council Passes New...
- Continued from page 1 than the tobacco section of the city market.
The council, in passing this reso- lution, pointed out that the ped- dlers had violated the provisions of a previous resolution which gives opportunity to mobile peddlers to sell in any place in the market on Saturdays and Sundays, The coun- cil observed that the tobacco haw- kers go around peddling not only on the days specified but also dur- ing the other days of the week. It was further pointed out that the peddlers have on several instances violated t he rules governing sanita- tion by just spreading their leaf to- bacco on the sidewalks.
During the Same meeting, the council also voted to appropriate f*3,000 with which to help finance the installation of lighting and water facilities from the city to the Baya- ni Pictures production plant at Camp 7 The production plant was asked to put up 1*4,000 with which to complete the installation project.
Carino Tells Engineer...
Continued from page 1 1*135,000 in excess of the original appropriation of P600.000. In his letter, Santos assured the inayor that barring unforeseen circums- tances, the project would be through
“before the end of December or ear- ly next year.”
Turning down the engineer’s re- quest, Mayor Carino suggested that strict economy should be exercised in the purchase of materials for the project. The mayor pointed out that in order to economize funds, Santos should use pine lumber for the building’s interior.
Meanwhile, the mayor has written the director of public works to re- lease whatever funds have been al- located for the construction of the city hall in order to facilitate the purchase of materials.
Technicality Causes Delay...
Continued from page 1 on the ground that the Baguio council has not as yet passed a re- solution to the effect that the city no longer needs the lot for the pur pose which it has been reserved.
The lot in question was reserved for a public amusement center some
■years ago by the national govern- ment upon the request of the city.
Mestizo Facing Seduction...
Continued from page 1 Sengseng brought her to one of the local hotels and, through the em- pleyment of force and intimidation, abused her. After the incident, which occurred on the evening of last July 22, Juvenal said Sengseng borrowed one peso from her and then left.
Sengseng was nabbed by the po- lice, at Binalonan, Pangasinan last July 30. Brought to Baguio for questioning, he stoutly denied that he had forcibly abused Juvenal
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Continued from page 1 be held from March 1 to 8, 1950 About 500 foreign delegates are ex- pected to attend.
| Assistant Civil Engineer...
Continued from page 1 I the records. While Factora was : busy looking over the papers before him, he was suddenly attacked from behind. He was struck below his left ear, thus causing his ear lobe to be crushed. He staggered to the floor unconscious as a result of the heavy blows inflicted by his assail- : ant. “I was already d >wn”, he told this writer, “yet my attacker mer- cilessly pounded me with his fist.
He struck at my face and his whole weight was over me. He clamped me to the floor until somebody pull- ed'him from me. There were peo- ple around when my attacker was mercilessly pounding me.”
“Realizing the futility of resis- tance as he was far stronger than me, and to avoid further implica- tions, I hurriedly left the municipal building to seek refuge in a house nearby. But the responsible offi- cials of the town, the Mayor, the policemen and others released my attacker, who, brandishing his fist again pursued me. For fear that my assailant, Andres Belingon might end my life, I boarded a truck which ' happened to pass by at the time my attacker was stalking me. I request- ed the driver to take me to Banaue ( where I thought I might be given due protection,"
This writer asked Factora if he still wanted to go back to where he ( is stationed at Ifugao. He replied:
“I shall go there only to take my ' family. I intend to bring them home j to the lowlands. I am now prepar- ing my report to the district engineer . together with my request that I be j transferred to another subprovince where I could be assured protec- ! tion.”
I asked Factora if he intends to ' file a complaint against Belingon.
He said he will do so when the dis- trict engineer arrives. At this writ- ; ing, the district engineer was out on official business.
We have received information that ’ the deputy governor of Ifugao is ' ordering an investigation of the case. *
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Continued from page 1 as their maker’s ception to report to him about the
shooting incident. "I had to explain to Colonel and Mrs. Singles that the men on guard were not under my jurisdiction,but that I will try to look into the matter”, the mayor said,
The mayor said the Singles claim- ed the shots were aimed towards their direction.
At press time this week, Mayor Carino was preparing a letter ad- dressed to Colonel Ceferino Garcia, Northern Luzon Zone PC comman- der asking him to “please make an explanation” of the incident to Colonel and Mrs. Singles.
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Continued from page 4 that the killing of Sacpa was moti- vated by treachery. During the trial of the case, the accused was re- presented by Attorneys Ferdinand Marcos, Luis Lardizabal, and Sin- foroso Faqgonil The deceased was represented by Dr. Ramon P. Mitra.
Lagasca has appealed the decision to the higher court.
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BY DR. ANDRES ANGARA City Public Health Officer
(Third Installment)
tionally. In Britain, socialized me- dicine has been in effect for a year now and from the American Press it has received more derision and con- tempt than praise; yet it can not be denied that the average Britisher is not ungrateful to the change for it has meant for him an accessibility to the best surgeon when he needs a delicate operation, or it makes it possible for him to obtain a set of teeth or glasses that were previously beyond his means and therefore never been entertained even in his dreams.
In this country American thinking has a strong influence in our atti- tudes; this is true even for the me- dical profession. And so we find the leaders in the medical field as op- posed to socialization of medicine in' this country. On the other hand our highest health officials and even the President have shown leanings for an ultimate socialization of medi- cine similar to Britain’s. , Certainly we know that the socio- economic situation here is different fj-om that in the U. S. Most of our people do not have even the means of paying for the simplest medical fees. Medicine here has found the best impetus in research and in service under institutions supported by the government. And the reasons are not hard to find; it is only the government which pos- sesses the wherewithal or is willing to spend on medical advancement and service. Practitioners on the other hand have thrjyed only, in _.
larger communities or in richer towns and cities but in small towns and rural areas the practitioner has not Continued on page 4 Fifthly, Public Health Education.
Since public health is an instrumen- tality of government, the people are entitled to be informed of the doings, plans, and accomplishments of a health organization. If the pri- mary purpose of public health is the physical w’ell-being of the people health information would still con- stitute an- important function even in dictatorships. Therefore in a de- mocracy like ours information should be supplied to achieve the primary purpose intended and in order also to obtain the people’s.support of any undertaking planned. Certainly modern public health practice has shown how to prevent a large proportion of sickness and prema- ture death. The health department has the responsibility therefore of making this knowledge available to the average man in a form which he can understand and incorporate in- to his daily life.
Finally, Sixthly, To develop a na- tionwide program of adequate com- prehensive medical care. This phase at present is the most touchy pro- blem confronting the medical pro- fession at home and abroad What is the crux of the issue? It is actual- ly whether the government should provide by law a sort of an health insurance thru ^taxation wherewith every individual in the state is en- titled to all the medical services w’hen he is pick.payment for the ser- vices of which will be borne by the state.
In the U.S. organized medicine is against direct government sponsor- ship although it is willing to sanction group medicine in communities along similar patterns planned na-
