DAILY SITKA, ALASKA, SENTINEL
and The Arrowhead Press
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The Arrowhead Press, 41 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Telephone..Nine, in Sitka
Harold A- Veatch.Editor and Publisher
Ernestine C. Veatch . Business Manager
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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
Asociated Press News Analyst
Clement Attlee’s retirement
as leader of the British Labor
party involves a great deal
more than the mere selection
of a successor, which will in it
self Ibe a noisy fight.
(More important in rahe long
run will be whether the new
leader can preserve the tenuous
threads which hold the moder
ate and left wing sections of
the party itolgether.
Several times the ideological
schism between the two fac
tions has threatened a final
split. Aneurin- Bevan, left wing
leader, has been constantly
shooting at the party’s leader
ship and trying to take it him
self. Attlee’s pro-American at
titude and his non-radical soc
iasrn were anoaithema to Bevan
Who will now try once again,
although apparently without
great hope of success, to grab
the reins.
Attlee will go down in his
tory as the man ,who engineer
ed the welfare state for Brit
ain. Despite Bevan, and despite
very great difficulties with
some failures, he did it in fair
ly orderly fashion. He, overes
timated the willingness of (the
voters to assume the necessary
expenses of his various health
and industrial nationalization
programs, and they turned con
servative after his six years as
(prime minister. But he was
looked (Upon, even by Winston
Churchill in the .periods when
there was no heated political
battle, as a ‘igood man.” During
the war, he and Churchill pre
sented an amazingly united
from', algainst Britain’s enemies.
Hugh Gaitskill, regarded by
many as Attlee’s most likely
successor, is a youngish intel
lectual who is about as far re
moved from Bevan as a social
ist can be. In person and poli
tics he is not very far from the
more liberal members of the
conservative party. Where At
tlee was sometimes willing to
compromise his own views and
submerge his own personality
in order to keep peace with
Bevan, it is hard to see how
Gaitskill can do so.
On this particular point, Her
bert Morrison, another leading
candidate, might do better.
Morrison is a genial man, more
than any of the others, reminds
one of an American labor lead
er. But he is getripg along in
years, and many party stal
warts feel the times require a
younlger man to meet the flexi- j
bility demonstrated by the con
^ervatives since their return to j
power.
Bevan has lost every major
fight since he began his anti
American campaign, and has
even been read out of the party
on occasion, only to return. The
last time only Attlee was able
to comprornose the situation. It
may ibe that no one can contin
ue to do it.
PHONE CALLS SHOULD
BE RESERVED NOW
The cooperation of Alaskans
who are planning holiday sea
son telephone calls to the
states was requested today by
Colonel M. R. Kunitz, com
manding officer of the AOS.
Col. Kunitz stated that an
advance call reservation is the
best assurance that the call
will be completed during the
period when tremendous vol
ume of requests o'fiten exceeds
the available facilities and
may result in disappointments
to those persons who fail to
make reservations.
Patrons are requested ito con
tact the local ACS office at
the earliest possible date for
reservations. Even with the
filing of an advance reserva
tion, (patrons are cautioned
that no positive assurance can
be given that their calls will
be promptly handled at the re
served time due to the extreme
ly heavily loaded circuit con
ditions that may exist through
out the U. S. during the holi
day season.
Telegraph. pairons may file
holiday telegrams early for
Christmas or New Years Day
delivery. Suggested greeting
texts are available at the lo
cal AOS office.
Business hours at the local
AOS office are from 8:00 a. m.
to 6:00 p. m. daily except Sun
! days and holidays when ithe
office is open from 1:00 p. m.
to 6:00 p. m. Holiday hours
will prevail on Monday. De
cember 26.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Hazel Jones of Sitka was ad
mitted Tuesday to Mt. Edge
cuaribe hospital. Discharged
were Lena Klushkan and in
fant to Mt. Edgecumbe.
THUtRiMONT, Md. (/P) Presid
ent Eisenhower met with his
tap advisors at fog-shrouded
Camp David today in an inten
sive session aimed at rounding
up next year’s defense 'program
while balancing the (budget and
provjding a tax out if possible.
Read Sentinel Want Advts- |
- In and Around Sitka -
1'WO GRANDSONS ARRIVE
FOR L. C. BERG’S
'Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Berg
recently received word of the
arrival of two new grandsons,
ma'kinjg1 their roster of grand
children now stand at eight.
A tihird son, Ronald Carle,
was born Nov. 18 at Corvallis,
OreSgon to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Weigel. He weighed nine
pound®, ten ounces, and joins
two brothers. iMrs. Weigel is
the former Dorothy Berg of
Sitka. The family live on a
250 acre farm out off Corvallis.
Their first son and third
child was born Dec. 6 to Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Sttohmaier
of Oak Grove, Oregon. The lad
was named Edward E. St.roh
maier, Jr., and joins two sis
ters. Mr. Strohmaier is a sheet
metal worker and his wife is
the former Ella Berg of Sitka.
4-H CLUB NOTES
i The Arrowhead 4-H Club
is having a meeting Saturday
at the Thielke annex. The
time is 7 p. m.
| A new year is smarting and
! there will ibe an election of of
ficers; also new projects will
be discussed
Emily Wurster, reporter
first daughter for
SHERWOOD JONES’
A second child and first
daughter was born at 4:37 p.
m. Dec 6 at Mt.' Edigecuimbe
hospital to (Mr. and Mrs. Sher
wood Lewis Jones of Sitka.
The infant, who weighed six
pounds, one-half ounces, joins
a brother. She has (been named
Dora Marie.
Mr. Jones is a local fisher
man.
ANNUAL LIGHTING
CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Under the joint sponsorship
of the Sitka Rotary Cltub and
Sitka Public Utilities, the an
nual lightinjg contest will a
gain offer prizes in two ca.e
gories — business and residen
tial.
Roy Evenson was named
chairman of the Rotary com
mittee in charge of the event.
He said the lights and decora
tions would be judged on
Christmas Day as soon as dark
ness made i.he displays effec
tive.
As is customary, three priz
es will (be offered in each cate
gory: $15 for first place, $10
for second and $5 for third.
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Presume Red bomb
exploded Nov. 22
TOKYO iff) The 'Soviet Un
ion presumably explodedjite
hydrojgen bomb at 1 ak m.
Nov. 22 near Lake Baikal, Li
beria, the central meteorolog
ijcai ’ observatory announced
Wednesday.
Japanese government weak
er experts based their presump
tion on “abnormal pressure
waves” Observed !Nov. 22 at 30
observatories throughout Japan
“The abnormal pressure
waves .... very much resembl
ed those.after the Amer
lican H-bomb tests at Bikini
last year,” the announcement
said.
The observatory also report
ed radioactivity in Japanese
atmosphere caused (by the re
sent Russia test amounted to
about one hundredth of the a
mount considered dangerous by
U. S. atomic authorities.
The pressure waves were re
ported about Va as strong as
those recorded after the U. S.
tests.
The observatory produced a
detailed diagram of the pres
sure wave curves and tentative
ly pinpointed the site of the a
tomic explosion at 1.740 miles
northwest of Japan, or near or
at Lake Baikal, Siberia.
ITse Sentinel Want Advu.
Want Advts. Bring Results.
Deer Derby Prize Winners and Prizes
1st—'LEO HUSTON . J48*&-lb. deer.... Model 740 Remington Automatic 30-08
2nd—EUGENE BLATCHFORD 148-lb. deer.. . .Model 94 Winchester Carbine 30-30
3rd.—HERB HOPE . 145-lb. deer 572 Remington 22 Caliber Pump
4th—GILBERT KITKA Widest Horn Spread ...... 17 inches.Sleeping Bag /
5th JACOB SAM . Most Horn Poiits ..$25.00 mds. Cold Storge Store j
THESE ARE THE PRIZES GIVSN BY THE DEER DERBY ■
The Following Are The Prizes That Have Been Donated by Businesses and Individuals in Sitka.
6th—John Abbott, Sr. 143 44-lb. deer
7th—Walt Gray, Jr.141-lb. deer .
3th—Eli Howard . 141-lb. deer. .
9th—Jake Phillips .13844-lb. deer .
L Oth—Charlie Jacobs . 13544-lb. deer..
Uth—Daniel Wright . 13544-lb. deer .
12th—Jack Williams . 135-lb. deer .
13th—Philip James . 135-lb. deer..
14th—Sam Sing . 13144-lb. deer .
15th—Lennie Peterson . 13044-lb. deer..
16th—Eddie O’Conner . 130-lb. deer. .
17th—Raymond Sarren . 128-lb. deer .
18th—Frank Gwartney . 128-lb. deer..
19th—Clyde Peterson . 127%-lb. deer. .
20th—Ray Radach. 126-lb. deer .
21st—Andy Kitka . 125-lb. deer..
22nd—Walt Butler. 124-lb. deer .
23rd—Laurie Sarvela.. . 12344-lb. deer .
24th—Cecil McClain . 122-lb. deer..
25th—Malcolm Dennard.12144-lb. deer-.
2fith—John Joseph. 121-lb. deer .
>7th—Paul Ozawa. 121-lb. deer -.
28th—John Didrickson. 120-lb. deer
29th—Gordon Hall . 119-lb. deer -.
20th—George Jackson . 119-lb. deer
31st—Frank Kitka . 11844-lb. deer
22nd—Pete Crews . 118%-lb. deer
23rd—Ernie Stewart . 118-lb. deer
24th—Harry Thorbum. 11744-lb. deer. .
35th—Bill Burnhardt . 116 44-lb. deer..
26th—Charles Olson . 11644-lb. deer
17th—Bill Fawcett . 116 44-lb. deer .
38th—Richard Ozawa . 11544-lb. deer
39th—Frank Cashel . 11444-lb. deer .
40th—Merril Williams. 10844-lb. deer
list—Frank Ward . 107-lb. deer
12nd—Frank Melang, Jr. 106-lb. deer . .
13rd—Powell Bernhardt . 104 44-lb. deer
14th—Fred Nelson . 102-lb. deer
15th—Elliott Johnson . 102-lb. deer
46th—Richard Radach... 10144-lb. deer..
17th—Ollie Brookman . 9844-lb. deer
*81 h Max Grey . 98-lb. deer.
19th—Jerry Nelson . 97-lb. deer.
50th—Art Petraborg, Jr. 96-lb. deer...
$25.00 inds. Cold Storage Store ' ,
..$25.00 mds. Cold Storage Store
..$25.00 Permanent, Grade’s Beadty Shop
.. 5-tube Radio, Triune Service
. .$15.00 Cash, Harbor Market .
. .$10.00 Cash, Alaska Coastal Airlines
. .$10.00 mds. Vi’s Apparel Shop
. .$10.00 mds. Bazaar Motors ^
Ladies Purse, Sitka Bazaar f
■ ■ 44-gal. 7 Crown, Pioneer Bar
.. 1 case of Beer, Columbia Bar
. 1 Case of Beer, Fisherman’s Liquor Store
.1 Case of Beer, Sitka Liquor Store
. . 1 Case of Beer, Ernie’s Bar
Hunting Axe, Chuck Pearl
..$5.00 mds. Connie’s Dress Shop
$5.00 Cash, Sitka Laundry & Cleaners
.$5.00 Cash. First Bank of Sitka
..$5.00 Cash, Reliable Transfer
.. $5.00 mds. Neill Andersen’s
. .$5.00 mds., Russell’s Men’s Store %
. .Phonograph, Sitka Music Store /
. $5.00 mds., Sitka Arts & Crafts
$5.00 mds., Wortman’s Drugs
$5.00 mds., Market Center }
. .$5.00 mds., Columbia Lumber Company
. $5.00 mds., Sitka Men’s Store
. .$5.00 mds., Tilson & Sons !
Side of Bacon, Reed's Cash Market •
Room and Bath, Sitka Hotel /
. Delta Lantern, Marine Supply 4
$5.00 mds.. Radio Cab ,
2 Turkey Dinners, Pioneer Grill
. 2 Dinners, Coffee Shop
. . 2 Steak Dinners. Bayview Cafe
1 Dinner, Star Cafe
10 gal. gas & 2 qts. Oil, Conwav Dock
l<Ua.s. Gas & 2 (ill. sSa^tifCo
i"a,r Red s Bari>er Shop
$5.00 credit. Holt's Men's Store
• „ ‘ of Gas. Service Transfer ,
Permanent, Baranof Beauty Shon
S"Cnn r C'Sa'c,‘tes' Bowl
f; °.Cash- Sitka Printing Co
2 Ha,r Cuts- Hope's Barber Shop
me luiiumucc . .. . -UIi . inoT _ , .,
possible to put on the Deer Derby and will trv to make it hi r ^ r Derbv for m
iake 11 lar^er and better each vear
Thanks Again,
THE SITKA DEER DERBY COMMITTEE
Chuck Pearl, Harry Thorburn and Cecil McClain