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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bide., Seattle, Wash.
Monday, November 19, 1951
DR. LEONARD PRATT DAWES
With the passing of Dr. Leonard Pratt Dawes,
Juneau—and all Alaska—loses a great surgeon and a
distinguished citizen. Those who knew him well niourn
the loss of a great and good friend.
Born in Wisconsin on April 1, 1875, Dr. Dawes
received his early education in that state and taught
in its public schools from 1896 until 1899. He received
his medical degree n 1905 from the University of
Illinois and held an associate professorship in the
Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery where he
taught from 19C5 until he came to Alaska in 1910.
After two years of practice at Wrangell, Dr.
Dawes returned to the states for an intensive two
year interneship under the celebrated surgeon, Dr.
Edward H. Ochsner, at St. Mary of Nazarene Hospital
in Chicago.
On New Year's Eve, 1914, Dr. Dawes married
Miss Effie Lenore Buzard, a well known concert
artist, at Albany, Missouri. The couple came to
Juneau the following year, where the doctor prac
ticed continuously until his retirement in 1946—on
his 71st birthday.
Dr. Dawes spent more than half of his long
and useful life in the service of Alaska and its
people. His skill as a diagnostician and surgeon
won him recognition throughout the Territory and
in the states. He held fellowships in the American
College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Academy of
International Medicine and was a member of both the
Alaska and American Medical Associations, serving
as president of the Territorial Board of Medical Ex
aminers. Only last May, Dr. Dawes was named Al
aska's Physician of the Year at the convention of
the Alaska Medical Association.
In 1946, following his retirement from active
practice, the doctor was elected to the Territorial
Senate, where he served with distinction.
Dr. Dawes'‘contributions to the health and wel
fare of Alaskans have been many and varied. All
have left an indelible mark in the history of the
Territory's progress and that record stands as an
enduring monument to Leonard Dawes — doctor and
citizen.
TAXES — AND FOOD
Paul S. Willis, President of the Grocery Manu
facturers' of America points out some inteersting
figures on increasing costs of food and taxes. * It
seems food prices advanced about 300 per cent be
tween 19-10 and 1950. Taxes, however, Went up 450
per cent. Mr. and Mrs. A.merica now pay more far
government — by about $4'- billion — than for the
produce they place on their tables!
Here is just another indication of the runaway
extravagances which are beiijf carried on in Wash
ington. Everybody expects advances these days. But
when taxes spiral fa rbeyond the proportion of other
living costs we certainly have every right to call for
an accounting.. In this particular compr-*tson, too,
we should remember that the cost of government
even in 1940 was out of all sensible proportion- hav
ing been boosted to astronomical levels by years of
Kow Dealism.
Another thought enters, too — and it is a most
important one. The infl&tion which has gripped the
land—and which has contributed to the advances in
living costs—is in itself an outgrowth of government
extravagance and waste. High taxes are more than a
single-barreled drain on our individual resources. They
affect the very base of our economic structure, push
ing all prices upward as they go.
The first step in any return to financial security
—and sanity — must be a reduction in government
waste. But under the present administration such
an eventuality is as remote as are the mountains of
the moon!
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
National Security Council. Until
they reach a final decision, he has
been given authority to press his
demands at Panmunjon.
Here are the background facts
which they are considering.
When we went into the truce
talks, the biggest obstacle seemed
to be drawing a truce line. We
agreed—in fact, urged—that the
truce line be settled first. This has
been the whole question of the past
several weeks. We even drew our
proposed truce line on a map so
the Communists could have no
doubts about it. After months of
haggling, the Communists finally
came around to our terms. Their
last proposal was so close to our de
mands that there was nothing left
to haggle over. At first Washington
couldn't understand why Ridgway
didn’t snap it up, but sent his nego
tiators back instead with a flat re
jection and a warning that the
truce line couldn't be drawn until
the other terms of the armistice
were settled.
REASONS FOR REVERSAL
In other words, we reversed our
selves regarding the proposed line
we had previously drawn; ignored
the long months of haggling over a
few yards of ground, here, a few'
miles there; and announced that
a firm line couldn't be drawn until
the armistice was ready to be sign
ed, sealed and delivered.
The reason for this reversal was
that originally we agreed to* take
Up the truce line first, Because we
then didn't plan to go anywhere
during the armistice. We planned
to move into strong positions in the
hills and camp there for the winter.
In fact, Ridgway told Gen. Omar
Bradley, as previously reported in
this column, that jeep accidents
would outnumber battle casualties
this winter. What Ridgway meant
by this was that he didn’t plan to
do any fighting. Thus, there was
no reason not to draw the truce line
first.
The last Communist proposal
agrees that the fighting should con
tinue until the final armistice terms
are settled. It even agrees that our
planes should have the right to
continue bombing Communist sup
ply lir.c-s.
However, Ridgway is now so con
fident in his own military strength
and so convinced the Chinese are
seriously crippled that he is will
ing to gamble on using force in or
der to speed up the entire negotia
tions and gain a more • favorable
armistice. What he fears is that the
Communists will stall once a truce
is decided and wait all winter be
fore agreeing to a final peace. This
would mean leaving our prisoners
in Chinese ha^ids during the dread
Korean winter—a winter which
some of them could not survive.
SANTA CLAUS AND UNCLE SAM
Perhaps for the first time in his
I tory a department of the govern
! ment has officially recognized Santa
! Claus.
The man who has unbent to this
I extent is Secretary of the Interior
' Oscar Chapman who has issued an
| application blank, bearing the pic
! ture of Santa Claus, by which those
living near government-owned lands
can cut Christmas treets for their
families.
Previously, the Interior Depart
| ment used an application blank that
was so complicated and’ required so
■ many unnecessary answers that the
applicant usually ga\^ up in disgust
and cut the trees on public lands
; anyway.
In contrast. Secretary Chapman
has printed the following applica
tion form, featuring a red and
THESE WOMEN!
By d'Alessio
*THC
IRANIS >-£
"Don’t be fooled into thinking he’s asleep. Just let this quiz
show ask a question he thinks he knows and watch him pop
up to show off his knowledge!”
green picture of Santa Claus in the
background:
“Through the courtesy of the Bu
reau of Land Management of the
Department of the Interior, and in
the spirit of the holiday season,
(name and address) is hereby
granted permission to cut and re
move from lands under the juris
diction of the Bureau of Land
Management in the vicinity of -,
on or before - , Christmas trees
(species). This permit is granted
on the express condition that the
permittee will not sell, barter or
trade said trees and that they will
be used solely for Christmas season
purposes and none other.”
(Signed) Oscar L. Chapman, Secre
tary of the Interior and Marion
Clawson, Director, Bureau of Land
Management.
TAX DELINQUENTS
House investigators have asked
for a full report on nine delinquent
San Francisco taxpayers who sud
denly paid up after James G. Smyth
was suspended as San Francisco
collector.
Heading the list is Ben Swig,
owner of the fashionable Fairmont
Hotel, who is a power in west coast
Democratic politics and usually en
tertains President Truipan when he
comes to town.
Smyth was allowing Swig to pay
off a $500,000 tax debt at the rate
of $5,000 per month—on the grounds
that he couldn't afford any more.
However, Smyth was bounced out
last month, and Charles Masarik, a
deputy collector from Pittsburgh,
was sent to San Francisco to take
over.
Masarik promptly notiifed Swig
that a lien would be put on his pro
perty so the government could col
lect its money ahead of any other
debts. Within two days Swig cough
ed up the remaining $307,000 that
was due. The investigators now
NOVEMBER 19
H. M. Porter
Lavenia Sibley
Edward Fields
Katherine Varness
M. J. Whittier
Ann Thompson
Wilma L. Stoddard
Rosemary Sundborg
Maynard Peterson
William H. Ahrensfeld
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage .
Barrow .
Bethel
Cordova .
Dawson
Edmonton .
Fairbanks .
Haines .
Havre .
Juneau Airport
Annette Island ..
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .r..
Nome .
Northway .
Petersburg .
Portland .
Prince George
Seattle .
Whitehorse .
Yakutat .
.... -2—Clear
5—Snow
. 27—Cloudy
. 7—Clear
-25—Cloudy
12—Cloudy
. 5—Snow
.... 17—Clear
25—Cloudy
19—Cloudy
38—Clear
... 26—Clear
15—Cloudy
. 11—Cloudy
... 25—Snow
.. -32—Clear
31—Snow
45—Cloudy
32—Cloudy
52—Cloudy j
-12—Cloudy
. 2—Clear i
FISHPACKKR AGROl'ND
Yesterday the UJ5. Coast Guard
52-footer from Petersburg refloated
th^ fishpacker Consul D. which had
gone aground in the south end of
Wrangell Saturday evening, Coast
headquarters here said today. There
were five persons aboard. No dam
age to the vessel was reported. It
belongs to Charles Steears cf Wran
gell.
FROM SEATTLE
Roy F. Wildman of the W. P.
Fuller Co., of Seattle, is stopping at
the Baranof Hotel.
I want to know why Smyth was so
I lenient to a taxpayer who could I
raise so much money in so short a;
time.
The same question will also be
•asked of eight other, lesser cases.
W ASHINGTON' PIPLINE
Adm. William Agnsw of Bethesda
Naval Hospital believes in brass-,
hatism even in hospitals. He ha»
asked civilian hospital workers to
stop using the front door. . .Sen.
Harry Cain of Washington really
needed to get in the limelight
by touring Seattle with General
MacArthur. His chances of re-elec
tion are about as rosy as MacAr
thur’s chance of being reappointed
by Truman. . .Keep an eye on the
lady mayor of Portland, Ore., Doro
thy Lee, Republican. She has clean
ed up the underworld, made a big
hit with women voters,: and prob
ably could defeat Senator Cordon
in the GOP primaries. . .India is
now giving advice to the Big 4
foreign ministers that they should
agree to a "no-war declaration.”
Yet India refuses a no-war declara
tion in regard to Pakistan where the
war danger is even more acute. . .
Internal Revenue could have saved
itself a lot of headaches if it had not
spumed J. Edgar Hoover’s offer
of assistance some time ago. Orig
inally the FBI was called in to in
vestigate Internal Revenue bribery,
but Internal Revenue refused to
give the G-Men a free hand.
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Crossword Puzzle
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falsehoods
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9. Occupy a chair
12. Formerly
13. Always
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statesman
15. Name speci
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18. Turf
19. Valley
20. Char
21. Steal
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27. Cry of pain
23. Growing out
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34. Beverage
35. Private
teacher
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57. Small ball
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
8. Sour
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f.. Whip
C. Egg-shared
7. Measures
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9. Assume
10. Repeats
11. Village
1C. Edible Japa
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20. Masculine
nickname
21. Sun god
23. Golf mound
24. Stroke gently
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20. Cruel
28. Court
30. Dine
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chants
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tribe
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• NOVEMBER 19, 1931
To attend the First Division Democratic Convention at Petersburg,
a delegation of 14 members of the 'party left early this afternoon on the
motorship Roedda which had been chartered for the roundtrip. They
were headed by J. J. Connors, National Committeeman, and S. Hellen
thal. Territorial Committee Chairman. Others were John W. Troy,
Mayor Thomas B. Judson, Jack A. Davis, J. E. Pegues, H. L. Bahrt,
M. Merriweather, H. J. Turner, J. P. Anderson, Fred A. Sorri, Frank
Botelho, John Ronan and Curtis Shattuck.
After completing nine months in the field, J. P. Williams, U. S.
Forest Service, had returned to regional headquarters here. Pulp
timber cruises, trail surveys and saw timber surveys were made, chiefly
on Kosciusko Island, Wilson Cove and Loring. Saw timber which
would be used by the Juneau Lumber Mills in next season's operations
was cniised on Kuiu Island and the south end of Admiralty Island.
Returning to Seattle from a voyage to Point Barrow, the motorship
Boxer, Capt. E. L. Eush, arrived here this morning. The vessel had
aboard 200 frozen reindeer carcasses, most of which would be sold
before reaching Seattle. The Boxer, which was attached to the Office
of Indian Affairs for the Alaska division, was making her last trip
in that service, and would be replaced by a larger vessel the following
season. ,
Good progress was being made In the work of installing new
electric transmission and distribution lines at Chilkoot Barracks,
according to W. P. Johnson, who had been awarded the contract by
the Government. Ed. Stanyer was in charge of the crew of 12 men
who went from Juneau to do the work.
Weather: High, 26; low, 21; clear.
Community Events
TODAY
At 7 p.m—Juneau Badminton club
meets in high school gym.
At 7:30 p.m.—Delta chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi meets In Gold Room at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah drill team prac
tice in IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion meets
at Dugout.
November 20
At noon — Rotary club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At G:30 p.m.—Supper Club meets in
NLP church.
At 8 p.m.—Alaska Music Trail con
cert at 20th Century Theatre.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Auxil
iary meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall. First degree.
November 21
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—Folkateers meet in grade
school gym.
November 22
At 10:30 a.m.—Union Thanksgiving
Worship Service in Northern
. Light Presbyterian church.
November 23
At 8 p.m —Young Republican club
meets in IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Juneau Singers rehearse
at Methodist church.
November 26
At noon—Lions club meets at Bara
nof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah drill team prac
tice at IOOF Hall.
DOUGLAS
THE WS
LIONS MEET TONIGHT
The Douglas Lions Club will meet
tonight at 6:30 o’clock at dinner
at Mikes Place.
O.E.S. TUESDAY
Nugget Chapter No. 2, Order of
Eastern Star will meet Tuesday eve
ning, Nov. 20 in Masonic Hall.
DOUBLE STORK SHOWER
Mrs. L. S. Grant was hostess at
her home on Friday evening with
Mrs. Rex Hermann as co-hostess to
he officers and pro-tems of Nug
get Chapter No. 2, O.E.S. Tfhe oc
casion was a double stork shower,
honoring Mrs. Albert Fleek of Ju
neau and Mrs. Val Poor of Doug
las.
The living room of the Grant
home was appropriately decorated
with the stork and infant motif
with 25 invited guests present for
an evening of games and visiting.
Delicious pumpkin pie refreshments
was served and the two honor
ed guests received many beautiful
gifts.
1,320 APPLICATIONS
FOR PALMER MOOSE HUNT
The bull moose hunt at Palmer
set for December 11 through Dec
ember 23 brought 1320 applications
to the Fish and Wildlife office at
Anchorage where a drawing for
special permits was held last week.
Only 75 permits and 50 alternates
were drawn from the applications.
These were drawn from 1,303 ap
plications after 17 of the 1320 were
found to be not valid.
The hunt is held to reduce the
moose herd around Palmer, which
is said to cause damage to gardens
and fields when cold weather begins.
boat owners to
organize tonight
Alaska vessel owners and oper
ators are scheduled to meet to
night at 8 o’clock in the offices of
McLean and Kristan in the Simpson
Building to organize a non-profit
organization, Joe McLean announc
ed today.
The purpose of the organization
is to sponsor legislation and regula
tions that will be favorable to the
operators of small boats in South
east Alaska. One of the issues to be
pushed is reclassification of South
east Alaska waters in regard to
Coast Guard regulations.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
Saturday was Mrs. Vera* Haveland;
admitted Sunday were Mrs. Ruby
Zangari, Ray Hope, Janice Easter
day, Robert Dapcevich, Anita Porter,
dismissed Sunday were Nancy Davis
and Landa Hughes.
Admitted to the Government Hos
pital Sunday was Leonard Schenck
of Homer; dismissed Saturday were
Johnnie Katzeek of Haines and
Doris Katzeek of Juneau.
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