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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
The Pentagon report and
Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s re
ply leave us just where we
were with rejglard to Russian
participation in the Japanese
wax and the price paid for it
fey the allies.
The fact is that Roosevelt
and Churchill acted on military
advice in trying to get Russia
into the war. The price they
paid, in territory that wasn’t
theirs and concessions of Chi
nese rights without consulting
China, can fee argued afeout all
night.
The military reports and
MacArthur’s statements do in
dicate that many believed Rus
sia would enter the war and
take what she wanted regard
less of the concessions, and
that if the allied leaders were
jgivirig away something they
didn’t own, they also were
giving away something Russia
was goinjg to have anyway.
The implication, fey omission
oi some off the facts, that Rus
sia entered only at the last mo
ment to seize unearned bene- 1
fits aifter failing to relay Jap-.1
an’s surrender feelers to the
allies, is a distortion.
tjnussia, lor ner own reasons,
didn’t relay news of the Jap
anese feelers, and it is quite
possible she didn’t want peace
before she coulld get to the
front. But she did enter the
Jftar Eastern war three months
alter the German surrender,
$s she had agreed.
The main failure of the al
lied leaders was in ignoring the
fact that the thing for which
Russia asked their approval
were part of a formula, made
blatantly spuiblic over a long
period olf years, for commun
ist conquest of all Asia.
As for the political gamlbits
of the MacArthur-Democratic
dispute over pre-Yalta and
post-Yalta details, neithre side
seems to have made much hay
j CHURCH of the
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161 Jeff Davis Street
=S. Trueman Shelton. Pastor
Sunday School .... 10:15 a.m.
Morning Worship .. 11:00 a.m.
Evening Services
(Sun. & Wed.) .... 7:45 p.m.
LISTEN TO
«SHOWBRS OF BLESSINGS”
KSkw Friday 7:15 p. m.
MacArthur stil'l says he favor
ed Russian participation im
mediately after Pearl Harbor,
.cooled off on it iby 1944 when
i things were going to suit him
in his own iwar, and was mere
ly pursuing the Yalta verdict
in his reference to Russian en
try thereafter.
The Pentagon report doesn’t
show that he was asked or gave
his advice directly in connec
tion with Yalta, as the Demo
crats implied, and he says he
wasn’t and didn’t.
As for what he might have
said had he been asked, we
have his word that he didn’t
want Russia then, and you can’t
go behind that. The record
shows other military leaders
were warming up and then cool
ing off about Russian partici
pation from time to time, too.
Hindsight frequently inter
feres with what historians se
lect as the most pertinent part
of a given record, as well as
with personal recollections of
attitudes at given times. That
makes humans, but not liars
out of those involved.
I All we can be sure of is that
if Russia had done what she
was going to do anyway, with
out allied approval if necessary
the world would have had no
tice, a year or so before it did,
of what it should have known
all the time about her postwar
intentions.
RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS
1- ASKED TO SEND NAMES
Retired army officers re-1
siding in Alaska have been!
£ invited by Maj. Gen. James F.1
| Collins, commanding general.
I United States Army, Alaska,
i to submit (their names to his
headquarters for preparation
of an anticipated quarterly
roster which will be distribu
ted to them for their inform
ation and personal use.
Retired commissioned per
sonnel are asked to submit
their name, rank, service mum
ber and home address as soon
as possible to the adjutant
general, headquarters, United
States Army, Alaska. Fort
Richardson, Alaska.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Thursday:
A. G. Walker, Temple Nay
'lor, Alex Cresa. Peter Post.
Lloyd Tilson, Bernice Park
and Paul Lodge from Juneau.
Leaving Thursday:
H. W. and Mary Williams,
Amanda Wilson, W. T. May,
Maggie Henry. Mrs. George
Martin to Juneau.
Mary and Lillian Marvin
and John O’Connell to Hoon
ah.
Afternoon flights cancelled
by weather. _
- In and Around Sitka
TWIN BOY AND GIRL
BORN HERE WEDNESDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pick
ernell of Sitka are the parents
of twin children, a boy as yet
unnamed and a girl, Helen
ftae, born Wednesday at Mt.
Edgecumibe hospital.
The boy, born at 11:55 a. m.
weighed six pounds, ten ounc
es; while the igirl born at 12:40
p. m. weighed an even six
, pounds.
1 Mr. Pickernell is employed
at Mt. Edgecumibe. The twins
are their first children.
EPISCOPAL BISHOP
TO VISIT SITKA
The Right Reverend Wil
liam J. Gordon. Jr., Episcopal
bishop of Alaska, will be in
Sitka Odober 22 through 25.
He will administer confirma
tion in St. Peter’s Iby the Sea
on Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
Following the evening ser
vice, a reception in honor of
Bishop Gordon is to be held
in the rectory.
DR. PHILIP MOORE
TO REGENT’S MEETING
Dr. Philip H. Moore of Mt.
Edgecumibe is attending the
session of the University of
Alaska board of regents which
opened today at College.
Two of the principal items
on the agenda are the insti
tutes construction program and
preparations ‘for the Alaska
Constitutional Convention.
The session is expected to
last for several days.
LLOYD TILSON VISITS
FROM KETCHIKAN
Lloyd Tilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Tilson, flew in
from Ketchikan yesterday to
remain overnight.
A pilot for the Forest Ser
vice, on Novemiber 1 Mr. Til
son will begin work as a pilot
for Ellis Airlines to be assign
ed to the run to Sitka and to
J uneau.
He reports his wife, Helen,
and daughter, Diane, to be
fine. The family formerly made
their home here.
ANCHORAGE (/P) The snow
covered (body of Herbert C.
Dunlop, 63, of Anchorage, was
found yesterday near his crash
ed car off the Sterling high
way near Hinton’s Lodge.
Territorial police said Dun
lop, a manufacturer’s repre
sentative who dealt in whole
sale grocery products, was ap-!
parentliy killed instantly when
thrown from his car sometime
Tuesday. j £ %
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
, Patricia Smith and Evelyn
Pickernel'l of Sitka were ad
mitted Wednesday to Mt. Edge
cumbe hospital.
Discharged were Aimer
Vickers to Juneau, Nellie Em
anoiff, Rosalie Perkins and in
fant to Sitka; Florence Wal
ters to Good News Bay and
Janet Ekholm to Mt. Edge
cuimbe.
"THE NEW YORK LIFE AGENT
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
IS A GOOD-MAN-TO KNOW”
MRS. L. E. "STEVE” THIELKE
__ PHONE RED 107_
Silu&do+te
Photo Finishing
Neill Andersen's
_ i
IWO LEAVE TODAY FOR
PIONEERS CONVENTION
Mrs. Agnes Ciimie and A1
Gregerson. bo.h residents oi
the Pioneers Home here, are
flying to Ketchikan today to
attend the three-day conven
tion of the Grand igloo of the
Pioneers of Alaska which op
ens in the First City today.
Mrs. Ciimie is a member
from Anchorage and Mr. Greg
erson a member from Palmer.
Following the close of the
convention Mr. Gregerson will
go on to Canada to visit a
brother whom he has not seen
for many years who lives 100
miles east of Prince Rupert.
LEAVES TODAY FOR
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Dr. Carl Mankinen, medical
officer in charge of Mt. Edge
cumbe hospital, left this morn
ing by plane for the south en
route to Washington, D. C.
There he will attend the 11th
Institute for Federal Hospital
Adminis trators.
He expects to be away for
about a month.
KETCHIKAN SOKOPTIMIST
VISITS LOCAL CLUB
Mae Ison, past president of
the Ketchikan Soroptimist
Club, was a visitor at the lun
cheon meeting of the Sorop
timist Ciulb of Sitka yesterday
She spoke briefly of the activ
ities of her club and their
means of raising money for
projects.
The following committees
| were named by the /president
j for the rummage and food sale
'planned for Saturday: to work
Friday evening, Cecille Porter
Sister Ruth Poetzsch, Norene
Doran and Alice Guertin; Sat
urday: Ernestine C. Veatch,
| Catherine Shennett. Sister
!Ruth Poetzsch, Ruibye Rot'i
luff and Norene Doran.
President Ruibye Rottluff an
nounced four Sorotptimists had
attended the ACCA dinner last
week and gave a brief report
on the program.
EVENTS FROM
SITKA HIGH
The Camera Club has launch
ed its annual photo contest
which through additional mem-j
bership and participation sho
uld prove better than ever, i
First prize for the contest is a
35mm camera which will be a- j
warded for the best outdoor
photo entered.
The club’s newly elected of- ■
fleers are: Carl Mankinen. pre
sident; Scott Gibson, vice pre
sident; Karen Kuehn, secretary
Linda Radach, treasurer, and
Lester Radach, sergeant at arms
During the past few weeks
the Senior class has been
busy practicing for their play
— “Desperate Ambrose” —
which keeps even the seniors
laughing, and should prove to
be a (great hit. Mrs. Nelson,
Sitka High dramatics super
visor, announced that the play
is to be presented in the mul
ti-purpose room of the new
Grade school on November 4.
Tonight the Sitka High Na
tional Honor Society is spon
soring a Sock Hop, also to be
held in the muDti^tpuirpose
room, for Sitka Higli students.
Purpose of the dance is to
raise funds which will be used
by the Honor Society to fin
ance parties for crippled chil
dren in the Mt.' Edgeoumbe
hospital.
On Tuesday Lt. Command
er Newman, U. S. Navy, spoke
to the Junior and Senior boys
about joining the NROTC. He
was followed Wednesday by
Ensign Richard Neilson of the
U. S. Coast Guard. After speak
inig, movies were shown de
picting 'the life of a Coast
Guard cadet.
Ur. I\!;ven, in Sitka tor ev
angelical Week, spoke to the
student body on Tuesday. Top-,
ic of his speech was the valltie
of education and what Amer
ica should mean to everyone.
After his speech the stu
dents were addressed (by Mr.
Adams and then dismissed for
the mug-up.
The honor roll for the past
six weeks is as follows:
Freshmen: Barry Bertgdoll
ABBB; Lydia Panamarkoff
ABBB.
Sophomores none.
Juniors: Ann Carlton, BBBB
Terry Nelson BBBBB, Gary
Paxton AABBB.
Seniors: Dick Boettcher AA
BBB. Marilyn Latta AABBB,
j Sharon Handy AABB. Carl A.
[Peterson BBBBB.
The following students are
given scholastic recognition dor
having “B” or better in three
“solids”, and no grade less
than “C”: citizenship satis
factory.
Frenshman: Peggy Burnham
BBBC, Randa Torum RBBC,
Jacquie Lemke AB03BC.
Sophomores: Dianne Burn
ham BBBC, Lester Radach B
BBBC, Celia Didrickson AAB
OC, Linda Radacb ABBSBC. Jo
leen Nygaard ABBBC, Margot
Schmidt AABBC.
Juniors: Nels Lawson ABBB
BC, Marina Panamarkoff ABB
C. ^
Seniors: Carl Mankinen A
BBCC, Sdfia Strand BBBC.
Carl Mankinen,
Publicity Manager
FLIGHT SCHEDULE
CONVENIENT CONNECTIONS TO SEATTLE-PORTLANB
Two Flights Daily To Juneau
Depart (SITKA: 10:00 A. M. and 2.55 P. M.
Arrive JUNEAU: 10:55 A. M. and 3:55 P. M.
Leaves 11 A. M. THURSDAYS for
Cobol, Chichagof, Pelican and Hoonah
Leaves 9:00 a. m. Tuesdays for
Kake, Petersburg, Wrangell and Ketchikan
Leaves Friday 1:00 P. M. for Kake, Petersburg, Wrangell
and Reservations over Pan American World Airways and
Pacific Northern Airlines
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