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WDC AWARDS FUNDS FOR MOUNTAIN PROWE
Quirino Approves Increase In Pay Of Local Policemen
- Ortega Warns Against Growing Menace C f World Communism
In an executive order signed by President Elpidio Quirino last Thursday, the salaries of municipal policeman may be hiked by their respective municipal governments under two conditions as follows: 1) that the pay increase shall not ex
ceed the sum of the basic pay and the bonus formerly being given and . 2) that no municipality shall incur any overdraft in effecting the in
crease in pay.
Salaries of policemen under Re
public Act No. 160, the executive order reads, are insufficient under the present cost of living, a situa
tion which is “not conducive to the efficiency of the public service and may compel our guardians of the law and order to commit acts detri
mental thereto.”
Speakingbefore more than 250 stu dents ofthe Baguio Colleges last Thursday, Speaker Pro tempore Fran cisco Ortega of La Union exortedthe Filipino peopleto aid the government inits determination towipeout com munism in our country. Ortegare minded the students ofthegrowing strength of communism in the Philip pines and admonished themto keep a
’vigilant eye cn this enemy of peace.
At present,Ortegasaid, thereare two opposing ideologies which exist in in the Philippines: communism and democracy. Sounding a note of warn
ing, Ortega declared that communism will surely triumph ifthe peopleremain
CONCILIATION BOARD ACTS ON LABOR COMPLAINTS
of
Meeting for the first time, the . conciliation board created to settle disputes ’ between the Atok-Big Wedge mine management and its employees upheld the management's action in dismissing Fernando Feli
ciano, an electrician. In the same meeting, the board recommended reinstatement of Pedro Solver, a mi
ner discharged by the mine company for having allegedly been disobe
dient, lazy and negligent.
Fernando Feliciano, the discharg
ed electrician was alleged to have threatened a special policeman em-
Mabanag is Speaker At Y's Men's Meeting
With Senator Alejo Mabanag La Union as guest speaker, the ”Y’s“
Men’s Club of Baguio will hold its luncheon meeting at 12 o’ clock noon today ai the Utopia Restaur
ant.
A brief program will be presented at the luncheon meeting featuring the following parts: luncheon and in
troduction of guests 'and community singing; opening remarks by Mayor Jose Carino; introduction of the guest speaker by Capt. Delfin Sian;
speech by Senator Mabanag; an o-
Laborers At Atok Protest Calling Off Work On Sunday
The Atok-Big Wedge Workers Union filed a resolution last week pro
testing against the mine concern’s moveof stopping overtimelabor and calling off work on Sundays. This move,the union charged, is harmful to thelaborers as it netsthem less pay;
muchlessthan whatthey had been re ceiving before the granting ofthe mi
nimum wage of P2.
Theunion declared that rhe present policy of themine isin violation of an agreement arrivedat betweenthe com
pany and the laborers. The agreement signed on September 27 last, itwas averred, is calculatedto give relieftp mine workers. On the strength ofthis agreement, the unionsaid,themini mum wage for laborers was hiked from 1’1.50 toP2.
Passed during the meetingofthela- CASE AGAINST WATSONS MOVES TO TRIAL COURT
Committee Named For Fund Drive Of GSP
In connection with thisyear’sfund drivefor theGirl Scouts of the Philip pines, the local girl scout council in Baguioorganized a committee often members to manage thesoliciting of fundsinthecity.
Members of this committee are Mrs Nenita Dayot,' Mrs. Praxedes Kamos, Mrs. xMariaAna Rosales, Miss Irene Francia, Mrs. Pat 1. Nivera, Mrs.
MaggieSmith,Mrs.Roman L. Santos, Mrs. FortunatoCrisologo, Mrs. Helen
Acting Chief Commends Three City Policemen
Three members of the Baguio Police departmen) were commended this week by Lt, Pedro Z. Claravall,acting chief of police, for "extra-ordinaryvalor andexcellent sense of responsibility.”
Commended were CpI.Bernabe Es
piritu, and PatrolmenJose Calimlim andBuenaventura Vallestero.
The three policemen wereresponsi ble for the arrestof Candido Sanchez, one of thoseinvolved in therobbery at Manzanilloapartments last weekwhich led to the shooting of Mrs. Maria Sy, wifeofPedro Sy, alocal Chinese busi-
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Aftera preliminary hearipgby the municipalcourt last Tuesday of the complaints against Charles Watson and his common-lawwife, Benilda, whoare charged of having robbed Mrs.
Fidela Villacortaof jewelry valued at .‘20,000,.the casewas remanded to the court of first instance by Judge Gene- rfso Buendiafor trial.
Atthe preliminaryhearing,Mrs.Vil lacorta recounted howshe wasbrought to Sar. Fernando, LaUnion by the Watsons,and later dispossesse of her jewelry after having been clubbedto unconsciousness atkilometer 3 on the Naguilian road, near the city cemetery.
’liecommendation, signed by 1 Ma- .Salvosa, and Mrs.Leonora P. San Iyor JoseM • Carino,(cited how the Agustin. threepolicemen cornered Candido San- Meanwhile, girl scout solicitors chez while attemptingto shoothis
Continued on fag, 2 I way to freedom.
Menuhin Visits Baguio For Rest;
Charmed With Native Folk Ways Bontoc Athletic Teams
Win In Distiict Meet
Athleticdelegations fromSagada, Bontoc central andBesaomet in the municipality of Sagada on October6 last for their round robinelimination ' contests in the track andfield events.
Winning mostof the events played, the Bontoc central school teamscopped the general championship during the meet. In view of this victory, the Bon toc teams, accompaniedby the Besao boys’ softball team which won thesoft- ball ga.-> proceeded to Lagaue, lfu- :arly this weektoparticipate in :et scheduledforyesterday.
Afterhis successive concerts in Manila,Yehudi Menuhin,world fa mousviolinist arrived in Baguio unan
nounced lastWednesdayfor a two-day visit. Accompanied byadmirers, the famed violinist went around the city andfoundBaguioa wonderful place, Filled with utmost curiousity about the peoplesof the Mountain Province, Menuhin was taken to South Drive, thiscity ,to witness the primitive me thod of weaving doth by the Igorots.
Once among theprimitive weavers, he feltintrigued by the Igorotswho proceededunperturbed in their work showing no concernabout thecelebrity whohad cometo visit them. Taking forgranted that Menuhin was justan
other whitejninj.TthqxP^tjves.pajJ jno
Jap Hanged For War Crimes At Mankayan
TwoJapofficers were executed by hanging last Wednesdayfor atrocities committed against Filipino non com
batants duringthe last war.
Sent to thegallows were Lt. Shizuo Nakano andCaptain TokujiTeramo
to. Nakanowas convicted by thena tional war crimescommissionforhiv
ing maltreated and killedcivilians in Imus, Cavite. Teramoto was found guilty ofatrocities committed against civilians in KabayoandBunang, Ifu- gao,andMankayan,Benguet.
Present to witness the hanging were New Baguio Central School Girl Scout Troop To Be Invested
Troop 4 of the girl scouts of New Baguio CentralSchool will he invested*
today at the city auditorium, according^
word to received from the localGSP councilyesterday.
Vice-Mayor Virginia O. deGuia will beguest speaker at the investiture.
Mrs. Dativa Roque, local girl scout
*P a $ uio ’< P rii > e //
Reconstruction, Rehabilitation To Bfe Finished By June Next Year
The reconstruction of many public buildings and the rehabilita
tion of public works projects damaged during the war throughout the Mt. Province are all expected to be finished by June of next
| year, it was learned from official sources recently. Work on these reconstructions and rehabilitations have either gone apace or are soon 1 to be started. The district engineer’s office at Bontoc is busy rush- ' ing the preparation of the plans and estimates for the various recon
struction projects at the provincial capitol and in the municipal dis- . tricts of the sub-provinces?
A total of P 706,880, close to three quarters of a million pesos, has been awarded by the Philippine War Damage Commission for public claims of the Mt. Province. Of this total award, the sum of F309,990 has been advanced to the , province to commence the constructions ^secifically to be financed by the Commission adjudications.’ The principal constructions to be rebuilt are the provincial capitol, public hospitals, schools and water works systems.
Meanwhile,it has been gatheredthat no award has yet beenmade by (he War Damage Commissionon thepu blic claimof the town of Bontocfor the municipal hydro-electric plant whichwas damaged also during the war. The reconstruction of this public utility, anxiouslyawaited by the resi- dentsrof theprovincial capital;cannot as yet be undertaken, therebeingno funds for thepurpose. Havingapre war book value of P67,600, the public works office at Bontocput in a claim for 1’58,466. Theactual value of the whole project, however,which was made possible largely through taxla bor, hasbeen computed at T'141,594.
Onthe otherhand, the UnitedStates Public Road Administration has fixed the amount for two major bridge con structions in thenorth across theChico river atBontoc and Kalinga. The sum of 1*140,000 has been setasideby the USPRA for the Bontoc bridge to
* Claimant 1
Provincial Gov’t. Mt. Province (a1 Provincial Capitol Building (b) Waterworks System, Bontoc (c) Sub-Provincial Nursery (Horti
culture) Bldg. La Trinidad (d) Nursery (Horticulture) Bldg.
Lubuagan, Kalinga (e) Nursery (Hort.) Building, Otu-
kan, Bauko
(f) Nursery (Hort.) Building,Ibulao, Ifugao
Dept, of-Public Health & Public Welfare, Bu. of Health, Mt.Prov.
(5) Public Hospital, Lubuagan Main Building
tSamoki, and T>120,000for thePasil e bridge at Lubuagan, Kalinga. The -district engineer’soffice at Bontocalso rdisclosed that the bridge at Burnay, t Ifugao, on the roadtoKiangan, is half
• finished. The USPRAhas allotted c the amountof T'48,000 forthis project, -whileanother bridgein -Ifugao, that tacross theIbulao river, is •ind.er con-,
> structionwith governr- - ing receipt of any' : ment ofF’72,000 j i In view ofthe 1 : the publicworks’, i variousconstruction,
■with the WDCfit , be awardedto privatk icompetitive bidding, it'-, I by thedistrictengineer’s'officK
The complete tabulation of th^ToL^
*and partial awardson the publicclaims of theprovince, which the districten gineer’soffice atBontochasso farbeen informed, follows:
Total Award Partial Award
5,150 5,150
4,370
4,520 4,520
4,370 4,370
850 850
Laurel Urges Suspension Of Parties In Face Of National Emergency Council Votes On How
Mayor Spends Funds
Acting favorably on the request of Mayor Jose M. Carino that he be granted broader powers in the ex
pending of his discretionary fund, the city council convened this' week and arrived at the following three conditions on how the discretionary fund will be spent: 1) for the enter
tainment of dignitaries of foreign lands and of other foreign visitors whom the Mayor sees fit to honor;
2) for honoring officials of the gov
ernment whom the Mayor sees fit to be honored; and 3) for official expenses of the Mayor in the pro
motion of ^o^^ijl Ba^
In an impassioned speech deliver
ed before the Baguio Rotary Club on Saturday noon, November 6, Dr.
Jose P. Laurel pointed out the three major problems of our country which- need immediate solution.
These problems, Laurel said, are:
1) establishment of peace and order;
2) rehabilitation of the country eco
nomically; 3) and the establishment of an honest government. Laurel declared that the country cannot have peace if these problems are left unsolved.
Only through national unity and cooperation can we hope for the attainment of a peaceful and pro
gressive country, Laurel said. To
|chieve^ unity, the presidential aspi- SmisaSSBEEMKir.. ■ ? \-
