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Interpreting News
i by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
A friend of mine was /talking
to his wilfe the other day about
their children.
“Why Mom,” he said, “Do
realize that Boyi (now 8) will
{probably come in some day
when he’s 18 and announce
that he’s off for a dinner ipaiuy
in Cairo, hut for us not to wor
ry because he’ll be back by
midnight.”
Such expressions have be
come common in the last 20
years, and even more 90 since
the British produced a few of
their comet jet-liners, which
made amazing performance re
cords, were found to be unsafe,
and are now 'about to stage a
comeback
Twenty-eilgiht years ago Pan
American Airways made its
first scheduled flight, 90 miles
from Key West Ito Havana, in
one hour. Today Ran Ameri
can has a flight which makes it
from Tokyo to Honolulu, 4,000
miles, in BVz hours. But that’s
with the aid of the "jet stream” j
a high and fast air current ov-!
er the Pacific. That plane has
a true speed of 425 miles an
hour, and takes 12V& hours New
York to London.
Now Pan American has or
dered 45 jet plane* which will
fly 30 per cent farther (about
4,000 miles unassisted by the
jet stream) at 550 miles an hour
They will go into service in
1953.
But Ithe most significant
thing is not the advance in air
performance which will be ac
complished in Pan American’s
.•first 31 year#. That has become
an expected commonplace.
The true significance is two
fold: (that these planes and oth
ers like them are the products
of military research and the
descendants of military planes
and that they will produce an
ago of 24-hour round trips be
tween any cities in the world
And today’s jet-liners are only
a beginning, as PAA’s first: 90
mile-per hour Forkker was on
ly the beginning of the first
airline to igirdle the earth from
one coast of the United States
to the other.
This contributes to the pol
itical impact already created
by tthe vast ranges and speed of
the b3g bombers,
i The effects of a shrinking
world iwould have ibeen recog
nised and understood, but the
fact that all capitals can be
come physical suburbs of any]
one capital drives the implica
tions home with great force.
MT. EDGECUMBE
SCHOOL NOTES
Recently-elected members of
the Mt. Edgeeumibe Health
Council made Dr. Davi$ Spar
ling, president; Miss Myra
Heeren, vice president and
Manning C. Rider, secretary.
Miss Carolyn Zakrojsek is a
new addition, as public health
nurse, to the health staff.
Mrs. Mildred Muma. who was
secretary to Max Penrod when
Mt. Edgeeumibe School opened
in 1947 has returned to itlhe
campus in her former capacity,
this time being secretary to Al
fred F. Lawrence. Mrs. Muima
was also here for a time in 1950
She is the mother of a grown
daughter and her son, Donald,
is surveyor's aide in the Bur
eau of Public Roads in Sitka.
Mrs. Muma has come here from
the Portland agency.
Mrs. Almira Frenchvilile and
H. Maurice Joyce comprise the
evaluation team from the cen
tral office of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs in Washington, D.
C. They have been on the Mt.
Edgeeumibe School campus all
week. This is their first trip to
Alaska.
I With Mr. Salo’s help a new
Library Club has been formed.
Students who are library assis
stants are automatically mem
bers. They are to work one per
iod a day for two semesters and
shall be tested periodically to
determine achievement and
progress. One-half unit of cre
dit per year is granted for work
satisfactorily performed. An
award pin is given at the end
of the academic year and the
group permitted co submit a
picture to the high school an
nual “Taheta.**
Maxim Dolchok won the 1st
by-line otf ithe year in the
“Channel Light” with his story
about the field itrip the journal
ism class made to radio station
KSEW last week.
Miss Louise Davis was wel
comed back to the home econ
omics department, of which she
is head. Her long absence was
occasioned by an automobile
accident in July not far from
Aberdeen, Washington. in
which she was seriously injur
ed.
COLLEGE. The University
of Alaska ski (team will com
pete in the Northwest Invita
tional championships in Wash
ington State this winter.
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DIVISIONAL DEMO CAUCUS
AT PETERSBURG
Some thirty five delegates at
tended the Democratic division
al convention at Petersburg
over the weekend at which Fe
lix Toner off Juneau was elect
ed divisional chairman and
Jeannette Edwards oif Ketchi
kan, divisional secretary.
Warren C. Christianson re
presented the Democratic gro
ups at Sitka, Mt. Edgeeumibe
and Jamestown Bay.
W. W. Kniight, Dan Doyle,
Andrew Hope and Howard
Bradshaw of Sitka were elect
ed to the divisional committee,
while Mr. Knight and Mr.
Christianson were selected as
delegates to tlhe territorial De
mocratic convention in January
at Fairbanks.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Friday:
Mr. and Mrs. G. Lord, Ed
Hildebrand, Evelyn Britt, Dr.
Harris, George Vorshgun, M.
J. Forester, William Feather
stone, Mr. and Mrs. J. Nelson,
G. Alvenslalben . M. Richards,
Mrs. Kluslhkan, Henry Schmidt
James Mand, Willbur Bowllia,
Patrick Kohler, Rose K. Sunde
W. T. May, Loretta Stepanoff,
Virginia Powell, Pearl Knoll
Thomas Niven, A. C. Swenson
from Juneau.
Leaving Friday:
Corrine Jacobson, Margie
Johnson, Ann Crowe, Les Flor
ence Mr. and Mrs. S. Dick to
Juenau.
Warren Sheakley and Wil
liam Dick to Hoonah
George Inman and Jack Tra
vers to Keitchikan
Tom Young to Cape Pole
Bertha Natkong to Hyda
burg
Jack Calvin and Les Yaw to
Haujgen Lake
Frankie Johnson to Wrangel]
W. Christianson and Mr.
and Mr. and Mrs. C. Wortman
to Petersburg.
George James to Kake.
(Arriving Saturday:
Rose Andrews, Mrs. S Meyer
Mr. and Mrs. George Jorgenson
Dr. Phillip Moore, Mai Soley,
C. W. Carter. Roy R. Lynn. I.
C. Nace, P. Walker, Fred Nel
son, Mrs. Theo. McKanna. Vio
let Bush am, Ed Rohn, H. M. Wil
liams. Henry Roden, Maurice
Borders, Harvey Milton, Mr.
and Mrs. A. G. Dexter, David
Mason, Fred Novy and D. W.
Murray from Juneau.
Leaving Saturday:
John Danielson. Bessie Wea
ver, Roland Wurster, Jeanette
Asihenfelter, Mr. Varsbugin.
Pat Hohler, Dr. and Mrs. Char
teris, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cushing
O. C. Swenson. Mr. Harris to
Juneau.
Mrs. Lyman Young to Ketfch
ikan.
O. C. Swenson to Petersburg
William Spear to Haines.
Arriving Sunday:
Bob Pegues, Richard .Nielsen
Eli Hanlon, Mrs. E. Hanlon,
Dave Hanlon. Frank Richards.
Harry Kaloff, Gwen Marshall.
Sarah Holbrook, Juanita King
dom, Betty Deretidh, Vivienne
Driscoll, Betty Becker, Zelma
Sneddger, Bernice Krula. Irene
McDonald. Stephanie and Jean
ie Sludnicki, Elsie Iannette.
Doris Davenport, Mary Murphy
Ruith Williams, Tom Rogers.
Albert Devalle, Ken Bunders,
Robert Dutton. Henry ' Staley,
James and Emma Butler from
Juneau.
Leaving Sunday:
A1 Lawrenne, T. Cole, F.
Baughn, P. Welker. E. D. Co
opinger. Mr. Joyce, Ernest Bau
SEVERAL LEAVE FOR
anchorage
Roland Wurster, president of
SJJC; A1 Lawrence, principal
of Mt. Edgecumbe school; Fred
Baughn, representing the Sitka
School Board; T. J. Cole, sup
erintendent of schools in Sitka;
and the Rev. Murlin Day, re
ligious advisor at Mt. Edge cum
be school, all left over the week
end for Anchorage.
| Several conferences and edu
cational meetings are to be held
The meeting of Shite House
! conference on Education is sch
ediuled; also a meeting of the
School Board members and a
session of tJhe Council of Chu
rches, as well as other educa
tional meetings which these J
men will attend. ]
—
SALVATION ARMY DRIVE
ENTERS LAST WEEK
Salvation Army drive for
.funds is entering the last week
of its appeal today, with only
about one-fourth of its quota
of $2,000 raised.
Tomorrow, Alaska Day, will
be a speciol “tag day” in con
nection with (the campaign.
The V. F. W. voted in a recent
meeting to spearhead the Sal
vation Army drive by lending
their services on this day. The
Girl Guards! also will be ac
tive.
Those who have not as yet
given are urged to send their
contribution to Box 454, or
phone Black 235 and someone
will (gladly call for it.
ghn, Jane Barbrick and infant.
Mr. Alvenslaben, Mr. Murray,
L. A. Brinker off, M. Day, Geo
roge. Nace, Mr. McKanna to
Juneau.
H. Thorburn and H. Sulser
to Kruzotff.
"THE NEW YORK LIFE AGENT
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
IS A GQDD'MAN'TO KNOW”
MRS. L. E. “STEVE” THiELKE
PHONE RED 107
BULLETIN
LONDON: The Under
writers at Llyod’s have an
nounced a drastic revision
of rain insurance policies
for southeastern Alaska.
Under the old policies
coverage was provided to
compensate insureds for loss
of revenues and the expense
of making new arrange
ments because of rain. For
instance, if a city planned
to hold a festival on October
16tih, 17th and 18th, rain in
surance (Could be purchased
in adlbance and if rain (fell on
those days ithe insurance
w'ould pay for any loss of
attendance, loss of gate re
ceipts and extra expense.
/
Due to the catastrophic
loss eyperience of the last
year, however, the Under
writers have rewritten the
policy to delete any mention
of rain. The word “sun
shine” has been substituted
for “rain” throughout the
policy. The effect of this,
of course, is ito create sun
shine insurance. Any com
mittee or civic body plan
ning to hold further con
ventions or festivals in
southeastern Alaska will
now be able to obtain in
surance to cover their be
wilderment and shunned
surprise if the sun appears
during the events.
Premiums for this new
insurance coverage are
quite low as the Underwrit
ers feel that there is not
much risk involved under
the iterms of the revised
policy.
Conway Insurance Agency
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