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Reflections
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ing was conducted in all serious
ness. There was something to think
about in the brief prepared by
Lowell Wakefield—some facts well
known and said many times, but
still good to get across anytime.
• * •
One of these is the concentration
of fishing by Japanese and Russian
boats in Alaskan waters. The ef
fort, Wakefield said, far exceeds
the output of the Alaska fishing
industry—in both tonnage and in
dollar value. He said that it is es
timated that the two nations will
put up a pack of crab in Alaska
waters worth some $15 million, as
against our $12 million.
Also in hi3 brief, Wakefield
stressed another point that made
sense. He said Customs in check
ing imports of seafoods can’t do a
thorough job with the personnel
and facilities it has. He said spot
checking is not enough. He stated:
“It is basic that the product, to be
safe, must be packed under condi
tions meeting proper health stand
ards. To obtain an import permit, a
foreign producer should be re
quired to show evidence that his
product was packed according to
American sanitary standards." He
said he would like to see the com
mittee sponsor legislation along
these lines.
• * •
We were glad to see recognition
given to Lt. Breed from a higher
authority than anyone around here,
for his heroic deed in rescuing the
Kodiak Airways pilot last April.
It was undoubtedly a boost for the
morale of the entire Coast Guard,
especially here, but no doubt award
of the medal will be noted all down
the service. These Coast Guard Air
Detachment men are primarily fly
ers. and they are constantly as
sisting someone who has met with
tragedy—usually, though routine
to them, these little acts mean
many times the difference between
life and death. Hats off to Lt.
Breed and his kind
* * •
Traitor Within: Our Suicide
Problem. (A thumbnail sketch of
a book published by Doubleday,
and bearing that title). “The Amer
ican most vulnerable to suicide is
a white Protestant professional
man over fifty who has some
money or a good income, is wid
There are rumors of a new
Federal agency being set up
along the Potomac. It would
be called the TDFACWMLTC.
* * *
This new agency would be an
adjunct of the one already set
up to administer the foreign
give-aways. The full name will
be "Taxpay
ers Dongh
For Ameri
can Citizens
Who May
Lean Toward
Common
ism.”
* * *
The pro
posed plan is
that any Am
erxcan Clti- c. W. Harder
zen can go to TDFACWMLTC
section of the foreign give
away and simply state that
"while I am a great believer
in democracy, unless I get
$10,000 I may have to become
a communist." In due time, the
citizen would get the $10,000, to
keep a believer in democracy
from turning to communism.
• * *
This proposal, of course, is
not receiving serious considera
tion but many think it no more
far fetched than the device
whereby nations all over the
world have separated the
American taxpayer from more
than $80 billion.
* * *
As Rep. Richard Roudebush,
World War veteran with six
battle stars says “Then came
communist infiltration of South
America. Our answer was $600
million more in aid with the
thought expressed ‘Maybe if
we pay off, they will go away.’
Sen. Wayne Morse says ‘Much
of our trouble in Latin America
stems from military aid we
crave to many of its dictators.
* * *
And Congressman Richard
Poff of Virginia, recently let
loose quite a strong blast on
of Independent Builncu
the foreign give away* which
are taking via taxes, money
from independent business
needed to modernize and ex
pand to meet in competition.
* * *
Rep. Poff says that the U.S.
has given Communist Tito’s
Yugoslavia over $2 billion in
cluding such items as $14 mil
lion for locomotives, $10 mil
lion for a plastics factory, $127
million for other “industrial
projects” and, surprise of sur
prises, funds to build a nuclear
research reactor.
* * *
Now in this case, it was
known that Tito is a commun
ist. But it was felt by buttering
him up, he would keep Yugo
slavia a little less communist
than Moscow.
So what support has Tito giv
en for more than $2 billion ac
cording to Rep Poff.
* * *
On the Cuban question Tito
supported Castro, is trading
with him, openly rebuked the
U.S. Stand. Tito openly advo
cates seating Red China in the
UN, when Lumumba was slain
on the Congo organized dem
onstrations against the west,
allows Soviet engineers to op
erate the Iron Curtain’s big
gest uranium mines, is now
permitting Russia to build 10
missile bases in Yugoslavia.
* * *
And despite this record, even
now there is a drive on in
Washington to get even more
give away billions of dollars
for Tito to preserve this
“friendship.”
• e *
Thus, the facetious proposal
to give money to decent Amer
ican citizens to keep them from
being friendly with Moscow is
not so far-fetched, perhaps after
all. If a fellow like Tito can
blackmail Washington, why
shouldn’t the home folks have
the same opportunity?
owed or divorced, has no children,
and lives alone in a hotel in a large
city on the West Coast.”
300 or more people attempt sui
cide each day. Of these 50 are suc
cessful. Three out of four times as
many men as women commit sui
cide. Men are more successful in
their suicide attempts. Spring is
the suicide season.
The above statements were
quotes from the book, which was
compiled after 15 years of re
search.
* * *
Does anyone know where “in
Sam Hill” is? . .-. Or how many
feet there are in a far cry? ... Or
the altitude of “It’s high time?”
A poll was taken to see how
many people watch TV in bars. The
returns were staggering.
• • •
Another recent survey shows
that four out of five women haters
are women.
• • •
The town of Sneedville, in west
ern Tennessee, is unique in city
management. It has never levied
any city taxes upon its citizens.
• • •
America produces enough milk
annually to fill a river 3.286 miles
long, 40 feet wide and 3 feet deep
—which is to say the least, some
milk bath.
* • *
We’d like to get tapped into the
pipeline of information some peo
ple in this town apparently have.
The story made the rounds this
week that the youths sent over to
Anchorage for pushing the CD
Jeep over the cliff recently, were
sentenced and given, according to
one rumor, a six-year sentence and
fine. Another rumor was that a six
months sentence was imposed.
Checking with all official sources
who should know, no one here has
been notified and to date know
nothing about a judgment.
To Order Kits
For Civil Defense
Several emergency food supply
kits are being ordered, according
to Art Brooks, Civil Defense Direc
tor for this area.
The more kits ordered, the lower
the cost per individual kit. Each
pack contains'54 meals or a 72
hour supply of food for six persons.
For more information, call Art
Brooks.
Breed
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Sunday, October 29. __
Starr-Catterlin
Nuptials Tuesday
Miss Jeanne Starr and Howard J.
Catterlin announced their forth
coming marriage this week.
They plan to be married Tues
day, October 24.
On The Screen
The mighty Bing swings and
sways and croons his way through
an evenings entertainment in
"High Time” as the screen fare for
Sunday and Monday.
Zany hi-jinks start when Bing
Crosby as a 51-year-old self-made
millionaire enters a college campus
as a freshman. His four years strug
gle for the sheepskin provide the
fun for his fans.
Tomorrow night, it’s the Cinema
Scope production "Freckles” with
Martin West and Carol Christian
sen. The Gene Stratton Porter
novel so popular years ago provides
the story. Its adventure and drama
in the timber country.
“Escape to Burma” and “The
Threat” are double features for
Tuesday and Wednesday.
“When Comedy Was King” pro
vides the laughs from yesteryear
when some of the screen’s great
t:ckled the funnybones of patrons
during the silent screen era—here
is Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy, Buster Keeton,
Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin, Fatty
Arbuckle, Wallace Beery, Mabel
Normand, Gloria Swanson, not to
mention the Keystone Cops, Char
les Chase. Edgar Kennedy and the
Sennett Girls.
11 FT EXCLUSION FOR ALASKA
AIR FORCE RESERVISTS
WASHINGTON (SP) — The Air
Force reported it is changing its
regulations so its reservists in
Alaska and Hawaii can apply for
service schools along with the re
serves in the other 48 states.
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