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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
A torrent of Soviet advice
.greeted Canada’s foreign secre
tary, Lester B. Pearson, on his
arrival Wednesday in* Moscow.
The solicitous words of Prav-,
da and Izvestia brought into
bold relief the aims of the j
many-(pronged Soviet diploma
tic offensive.
Izvestia. the Soviet govern-'
ment newspaper, advised, him
that Canada should break out
of (her “deficit trade” with the
United States and start taking
advantage of the markets of
fered by the U. S. S. R., Red,
China and the rest of the com
munist bloc.
(Pravda told the visitor Can
ada was really a neighbor of
the Soviet Union and should
start thinking about cutting
down arms expenses and end
ing the cold war against Mos
cow.
The Moscow press casually
admitted the Kremlin regards1
the arrival of Pearson at this
moment as most fortunate in
view of the “new, marked im
provement” in east-west rela
tions. It then told Canada she
has an unfavorable trade bal
ance with the United States.
The Canadian visitor is not
the first to undergo this sort of
treatment in Moscow since the
smile offensive began. The
communists have decided it is
high time for them to take ad
vantage of the basic weaknes
ses of (capitalism on the econ
omic front to win more victor
ies on the political front.
Canadians l«ave been treated
to a taste of what the new look
might amount to. The Canad
ian government this summer
executed a couple of deals with
European communist countries
to take shipments of Canada’s
subplus 'butter and wheat. Can
adian business has been given
to understand that this was on
ly the hginning — that an al
most limitless market awaits
them.
But now, with the visit of
the foreign secretary, tl?e im
plication is that it is all up to
the Canadian government and
the course of its future policy.
Trade requires normalization
of relations with the commun
ist bloc — including Red China
.— and normalization requires
an end to the cold war. In or
der to end the cold war, Can
ada as given to understand, she
must break aiway from the lead
fi the United States. *■
The Russians apparently are
thinking it would not take too
much of a (push to drive a wed
ge between Ottawla and Wash
ington.
Prime minister Louis St. Lau
rent and his dominant liberal
party indicate an open mind,
for example, on the matter of
diplomatic recognition for Red
China. The leaders of the Can
adian government have hinted
at criticism of Washington’s
China policy and have indica
ted they would (like to see the
matter of Formosa settled by
(secret diplomacy,
i If the Soviet Union see£
j signs of irritation between the
I United States and its closest
[ally, it obviously is going to
strike while the iron is hot.
(This sort of thinking unques
tionably is the very foundation
of the Soviet new look, whose
basic aim is to splinter the un
ity of the west by using every
weapon and every advantage
that comes to hand.
CHECK FIRE HAZARDS
DURING OCT. 9-15
Fall is fire inspection time
for Alaskan 'homes.
Heating, cooking and other
equipment that is defective or
overheated is the biggest cause
of home fires. Careless use of
gasoline or keresene and de
fective chimneys and flues
follow closly on the list.
National Fire Prevention
Week is set for Oct. 9 through
15.
Inspection will save home
and business fire losses. To
help prevent fire, everyone is
urged to Check chimneys, heat
ing and cooking equipment.
Be careful with storage and
use of flammable liquids, avoid
overloading electrical systems
and cultivate careful smoking
habits. A ciean-uip day of rub
bish usually overlooked is a
good plan.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Wednesday:
Dave Patterson, T. Oihshima
K. Kurushima, Matt Gormley,
and Ted Kirkman from Juneau
Leaving Wednesday:
Midge Cameron. Kay Johan
sen, Dawn Carlson, Marge
Rigling, Annabelle Appling,
Elsie Beauchamp, Elsie Eliason
Gloria McMahon, Jane Cunning
bam, Dorothy Fuess, Dora and
George Lawrence. Lorraine
Standiford, Theo. K:ttle?on. C.
Johnstone and two prisoners
to Juneau.
James Donnelly to Haines
Afternoon flights cancelled
by weather. __
- Sr and Around Sitka -
TWO JAPANESE
VISIT YESTERDAY
Takuiji Ghshima. executive
director of the Alaska Lumber
and Pulp Co. and K. Kurushi
roa, one of the officials of a
large Japanese copper mining
company, arrived on the morn
ing fldight yesterday for a brief
visit.
The two had flown to Jun
eau Tuesday to confer with A1
Anderson, director of the Al
aska Resources Development
Board.
They had planned to return
to Juneau yesterday but re
mained overnight when the
afternoon flight was cancelled
During their stiay the two in
spected the proposed site for
the pulp mill which the Alas
ka Lumber & Pulp Co. pro
poses to build here.
REV. RALPH WEEKS
VISITING FAMILY
f The Rev, Ralph H. Weeks
of. Fairbanks arrived Tuesday
, by plane to spend a week vis- j
iting his mother, Mrs. Lydia
Weeks, who with her husband
I is making her home at Mt.
Edgecumbe with their son-in
law7 and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Sing.
Mrs. Weeks had been crit
ically ill, but is now well on
. the road to recovery and en
joying the visit with her son.
< EDUC ATION COMMITTEE |
| TO MEET OCT. 19
! The Alaska White House
Committee on Education will
meet Oct. 19 at Anchorage to
review and summarize reports
.from the field on education
' problems of the territory, un
! der the chairmanship of Lew
E. Hanks of Palmer. The com
mittee will present its find
• ings along with those from ov
er 1.400 other representatives
( from all parts of the 53 states
! and territories at the White
House Conference on Educa
j tion in Washington D. C., Nov
28 through Dec. 1.
Representing Alaska at the
Washington, D. C. meeting will
be Lew E. Hanks, Palmer,
chairman; Dr. William Keller,
College, co-chairman; Don M.
Dafoe, Juneau, vice-co-chair-'
chairman; Dr. James C. Ryan.
Fairbanks; T. J Cole, Sitka;
| William Angell. Nome; Keith
i Lesh, Anchorage; L. F. Joy,
Fairbanks; William Olson, Jun
eau; and John B. Coghill. Ne
nana.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL RiOSTER
Innocent Williams, Roder
ick Murchison and Florence
Howard of Sitka William Wrel
felt and Media Sarran of Mt.
Edgecnmlbe, Dora Kuddh of
Juneau, Jimmy Yupanik of
Sheldon’s Point, Carol Demo
ski of the girls dorm and Lit
tle Beetus of Hughes were ad
mitted Tuesday to Mt. Edge
cuimibe hospital.
Discharged that day were
Sigfried Aukongak to the boys
dorm and Annie Karlson to
Juneau.
Reader's Forum
Editor: Daily Sitka Sentinel:
I would like to thank tlhe un-,
known friend who was respon-;
sible. for the “Chapman land
slide’ in Tuesday’s election. j
Henry H. Chapman »
Bead Sentinel Want Advts.
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FURTHER DETAILS OF
ACCIDENT REVEALED
U. S. commissioner Frank
Richards learned this morning
in a telephone call to Haines,
additional details of the acci
dent which killed Lee Donnel
ly and Paddy Duncan of
Haines and injured Kenneth
Ted Kirkman of Sitka on Tues
day evening.
It was learned that original
reports presumed Mr, Kirk
man to be the driver of the
car, as reported by the AP
in Juneau yesterday. Howev
er, Mr. iDonnelly was operat
ing the car at the time of the1
accident. The 90-year-old Pad
dy Duncan, retired fisherman,:
had not been with the other
two men on their triip to the
Canadian border, tout had been
picked up along the road re
turning to Haines.
Kirkman was flown to Sitka
before noon yesterday and tak
en to Mt. Edgecumfbe hospital,
where he has been placed in
traction for treatment of neck
injuries.
James Donnelly, son of Lee
Donnelly, left yesterday for
Haines upon learning of the
death of his father.
French trouble
head of the government appear i
relatively thin since the with-1
drawal of the Gaullist votes!
from his marginal support in!
the assembly would leave him
without a majority.
The premier is under fire
from both those who believe he'
has compromised too much with
Arab nationalists and those
who feel he has not moved ra
pidly enough to obtain a solu
tion to the continued terror
ism and guerrilla warfare.
Silu&dxMi&
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Photo Finishing
Neill Andersen's
jONG TIME ALASKAN
RESIDENT PASSES
Christian Stilhim, 89, a resid
ent of the territory tfor over
sixty years, died last night at
the Pioneers Home, where he
had resided since February of
1949.
Born Oct. 30, 1866, in Nor
way, Mr. 'Stiilium .became a
naturalized citizen of the U.S.
in 1892 in Oregon, then moved
to Alaska in 1894. He lived at
Seldovida, worthing as a trapper
and miner.
No known relatives survive.
The Rev. Frederick Knebel
will conduct graveside rites
Friday afternoon.
GOP convention cit
Son Francisco
WASHINGTON (/P) Nation
al chairman Leonard W. Hall
Wednesday announced the for
mal signing of a contract to
hold next year’s Republican na
tional convention in San Fran
cisco Aug. 20, as originally
planned.
Hall called a news confer
ence to make the announce
ment, and to repeat there was
no substance to the reports
President Eisenhower’s illness
might cause a change in the
date and place.
Hall had sought earlier this
week to squash speculation
that the GOP might decide to
hold the convention earlier If
it became ’certain Eisenhower
would not run again. The think
ing back of such speculation
was that some other candidate
would need more time for cam
paignmg be Tore the November
election.
Hall predicted to his news
conference the GOP convention
will nominate the next presi
dent of the United Slates. But
he declined to speculate on
whether Eisenhower will run,
saying this would be inappro
priate at this time.
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