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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
Asociated Press News Analyst
One of the questions foreign
policy makers will 'have to an
swer soon, political year or no
political year, is how tihe Unit
ed States can get the initiative
in the new type of warfare for
which Russia laid (the ground
work with her late lamented
“cooperation’’ campaign.
Secretary of state Dulles hit
close to the problem but not
the answer TXiesday when he
pointed out that if the United
States tried to match every of
fer of economic aid made toy
Russia to Asia the Soviets
could, without expense to them
selves, jockey this country into
ruinous expenditures.
Not often have students of
the East-West conflict Ibeen as
united in their estimates as
'they are since failure of the
Geneva conference. They be
lieve that Russia is set for a
long-range campaign of econ
omic and political infiltration
along the line of the commun
ist arms deal and offer of ec
onomic aid to Egypt.
Some, including State depart
ment experts, think the United
States will ihaive to shift its em
phasis accordingly . Many be
lieve that the United States
should take the initiative in
stead of letting Russia make
the gestures while the United
States eventually foots (the bills
as promises to be the case in,
the construction of a big dam
for Egypt.
This would include a care
ful study of what can be afford
ed out of the rapidly increas
ing national income, against
the background of possible loss
es to Russia which cannot be
afforded on any grounds.
Hardly any of the students
believe the Washington admin
istration, however hard-press
ed to balance the budget and
offer tax reductions before
next summer’s campaign, will
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be able to continue its ipolicy
of reducing the foreign aid pro
gram.
The question now is not one
of reduction, but how much it
will have to 'be increased.
So far, Russia has given no
sign that her new emphasis on
peaceful infil. ration of Asia is
to be accompanied by any sig
nificant relaxation of the mili
tary preparedness with which
she backs up her diplomatic
program. Until there is some
such sign, there can be little
hope of military saving suffic
ient to balance the economic
aid program.
In some fashion, too, the Unit
ed States must manage to make
it clear that the economic aid
program, whatever form it take
is not merely an effort to buy
allies for a future war, or to
block Russian domination.
If a sensible, not-too-strain
ing aid program can be worked i
out, designed to give underde
veloped peoples time to work
out their own political systems
to fit their own cultures, with
general world welfare as the
obvious objective, then the
Uni, ed States will have a cha
nce of winning this new war.
SERVICE OFFICER
TO VISIT THIS WEEK
James J. Brunette, depart
ment service officer of the
Veterans Administration will
be in Sitka Dec. 2 and 3,
where he may Ibe contacted at
■.he' Sitka Hotel. Purpose of
his trhp is to discuss veterans
affairs.
A public meeting on veter
ans problems (will ibe held at
a time and place to be an
nounced alter his arrival.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Bessie See of Juneau was
admitted Tuesday to Mt. Elge
oum!be hospital; discharged
were Paul Buck to Seattle,
Robert James to it'he beys dorm
and Mrs. Doris Fleming and
infan't daughter to Mt. Edge
cumibe.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Tuesday:
Howard Horswell. Peter
Hansen, T. C. Whiteside, John
Muller, L. W. Lamb and Mr.
and Mrs. 'Russell Clithero
from Juneau.
Leaving Tuesday:
William Arthur, Sofia Pete,
Marjorie Duncan, Mr. and
Mrs. O. Paxton, Bill Bern
hardit to Juneau.
Eldin Hayward to Metlakat
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- In and Around Sitka -
5RUCE BLACK
IECEIVES PROMOTION
Henry G. Schmidt, super in
endent of Sitka and Glacier
Bay National Monuments to
lay confirmed Lhe promotion
md transfer of Bruce W.
Black from district park rang
er, Sitka and Glacier Bay Na
tional Monuments to park na
turalist, Joshua Tree National
Monument California.
Prior to his Alaska assign
ment, which Ibelgan in June,
1953, Mr. Bladk served as U.
U. park ranger and as district
ranger in charge of iback-eoun
try assignments in Sequoia and
Kings Canyon National Parks
in California..
Mr. Black, World War II vet
eran and 'graduate of the col
lege of Forestry at the Univer
sity of California (began his
National Park Service career
as a fire guard in Sequoia Na
tional Park in 1945. He was as
signed in the same area as U.
S. park ranger in 1947.
Mr and Mrs. 'Black and (their
three children, Patty Lou,
James W and Claudia will
leave Sitka ifor their new as
signment at Joshua Tree, on
Thursday, December 1. They
will make their home at Twen
>iy Nine Palms, California, near •
the headquarters of the monu-!
mend.
THREE TEAMS TIED IN
CLASSIC LEAGUE
Next Monday night will be
the night to go dawn to the
Moose bowling alleys to watch
the women in the Classic Lea
gue bowl. This week’s bowling
made a three way tie for first
place — Wortman’s, First Bank
and Connie’s all have 19 ipoints
to their credit. Then on the 5th
of December First Bank will
bowl Wortmans’, which should
be a wonderful game. Connie’s
will meet Vi’s.
This week’s high single game
was bowled by Dotty Kuehn
with a 195. Velma Crews was
high for the three game series
with 518.
Team Standings
W L
Wortman’s.19 13
First Bank . 19 13
Connie’s . 19 13
Alaska Coastal . 151 16
Market Center.15 17
Vi’s . 3 24
Individual Averages
V. Crews.163
P. Sarvela . 119
H. Rands .’ H?
L. Cornell . 115
D. Kuehn . 149
B. Hanlon. 149
K. Shennett.139
O. Sinnett . 139
A. Riiglinlg . 136
J. Hodgins . 135
A. Jiminez . 135
S. Richard . 131
D. Nelson . 133
L. Tressler . 133
F. Johnson . 131
B. Bauer. 130
J. Brandon . 129
A. Johnstone. 129
V. Sarvela . 128
J. Wyman . 128
S. Gloor . 125
M. Morgan. 123
L. Tilson. 121
M. Ward. 121
M. Blankenship.129
NT. Doran . 120
R. McDonald. 119
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No. 1662
MEETS 8:00 P. M. EVERY
Wednesday
CLUB OPEN DAILY
LHIIvU SON AKJKIVES »UK
ROBERT COUNTRYMAN
A third son, Robert Allen,
vas born at 4:05 a. m. Monday
it SJJC hospital to Mr. and
Mrs Robert Countryman of
Sitka. The lad weighed in at
eight pounds, four ounces.
Robert joins two brothers
Leslie, age 6, and Argyll, age
2.
Mr. Countryman is employ
ed at the Pioneers Home here.
RUSSELL CLITHERO’S
HOME YESTERDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Clith
ero returned home yesterday
by plane from the states,
where they have been on an
extended vacation trip which
took 'them across country to
Miami, Florida, into Cuba and
returning to California via
the southern route.
They visited a number of
relatives and friends while
outside, and also attended the
National Convem ion of the
American Legion and Auxil
iarv.
SHELDON JACKSON NEWS
Dramatics Club to Give
Christmas Play
Some of the members of the
dramatics clulb are (giving a
Christmas play taken from the
book (by Louisa Mae Alcotr;,
“Little Women". The cast for
the play includes Miss Whit
more (Mrs. March), Vivian
Paul (Aunt March), Ruth
Strand (Jo). Margaret Hamil
ton (Mejg), Helen Mercado
(Amy), Virginia Williams
(Beth), and Emma Jean Wid
mark (Hannah, the cook).
The date has no yet been
set, but will be during the
week before Christmas. There
has been one rehearsal so far.
Tri-Hi-Y Making Christmas
Booklets
The Sheldon Jlackson Tri-Hi
Y Club girls are making book
lets relating to Christmas for
the children in the Orthopedic
Hospital at Mt. Edgeeumibe.
This is their second year in do
ing this.
Miss Peters is the counsel
or; Edna Brown, the president
Georgiana Ahmaogak, the vice
president; Yvonne Bean, secre
tary and Helen Kihle, treasur
er. The girls meet every Mon
day and Tuesday during ac
tivity period.
This Tri-Hi Y Clulb is the
fira; of its kind in Alaska.
The purpose of the club is
“To create, maintain and ex
tend throughout the school
and community, high standa
ards of Christian living.”
Gospel Team Plans Trip
The Gospel Team is plan
ning to go on a trip the week
end of December 10th i o Auke
Bay, Juneau and Hoonah. Mes
sages and stories are going to
be told of the school and Bible
The students going will he
both choir and gospel team
memlbers — juniors, seniors
and junior college students.
Faculty memlbers will be Miss.
Holt and Mr. Biggins.
N. P. H. Girls Celebrate
Advent Custom
On Sunday, November 2Tth
the girls dormitory, N. P. H.,
belgan celeibrating the Advent
Season.
This European custom nas
been carried throu/gh by the
NPH girls for the past several
years. It includes the lighting
of four candles, one repre
sem ing each Sunday before
Christmas. These candles are
placed.upon a pine wreath
which is hung from the mid
dle of the ceiling. On each Sun
day one candle is lighted.
Paper stars which have pas
sages from the Scriptures of
the foretelling of Christ’s
birth and the fulfillment are
bung on the wreath. These
stars are hung each Sunday
and also at evening devotions.
Each Sunday the girls in
vite guests for the lighting of
the candles, hanging of che
stars, singing and refresh
ments.
Sports Trail —
by Whitney Martin
NEW YORKi^P) Vic Ghezzi,
who might toe described in cir
culars as 'hall dark and hand
some, with a matching person
ality, was talking about Sam
Snead, shaking his head from
time to time as if he couldn’t
believe what he was saying him
self.
“He is the perfect jgolf play
er,” he enthused. “They might
say Byron Nelson is the best
iron player. Snead is just as
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Neill Andersen's
ANNUAL ELK'S
PURPLE BUBBLE BALL
Saturday, December 3rd
At the Clubrooms
Formal —■ Dancing from 10 p. m.
FOUR-PIECE DANCE BAND
Elks and Guests Invited To Attend
Adm. $2.50 per couple, tax included