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Wednesday, October 25, 1950
“PRIMER FOR AMERICANS”
Nazism had fts book — “Mein Kampf,” by Hitler.
Communism had its book — ‘Das Kapital,” by Marx.
But Americanism has no book . . . The book of Am
erica has never been written, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Such, in paraphrase, is the foreword to “Primer
For Americans,” an eight-page exposition of the prin
ciples of Americanism which was conceived and de
veloped by Sigurd S. Larmon, President of Young and
Rubican, Inc., and which is being presented in Look
magazine.
Today we are at war — in some places cold and
in some places as hot as the hell of cordite — with an
alien creed. We are sending men into battle against
foes obsessed with the zeal of their ideological mis
sion.
Its an old adage of politics, no less true of war,
that you cant beat something with nothing. Men
with empty hands cannot avail against machine guns,
to be sure. But neither are men with empty minds
fair matches against men fighting for a conviction—
however spurious its origin may be.
This is a war of ideas, as well as a war of tanks
and planes and men with rifles. And — in even sadder
fact — we are not fighting with our best weapon.
Communism of the Kremlin variety is a sorry thing.
It does not enrich; it pauperizes even the individual
it professes to help. We have here in America the
demonstrably finest and most fruitful way of life in
the world. Americanism can be — and should be — a
more dynamic weapon in this new world war of ideas
than that shoddy thing called Communism!
We pride ourselves upon being the best salesmen
in the world. Isn't it high time that we devote some
of our energies to selling our most basic product—
Americanism?
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Important Defense Work
(Ketchikan Daily News)
To our way of thinking, one of the most important
things for the Senatorial Committee to aid in defense
work is to start the Federal machinery in operation to
compel a red-dominated union to co-operate on the
screening test for shipping to Alaska.
There is nothing complicated about the situation.
A law was passed to protect defense work against
Communists or their sympathizers. Under this law
members of the Cooks and Stewards Union, which was
hooted out by the CIO for being Communist dominate-/, i
are required to show their identification cards to the
Coast Guard when applying for jobs on a vessel sailing
into critical defense areas .
The Coast Guard takes the card of the applicant
and checks with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In case of an adverse report, the applicant is returned
his papers, but is turned down for the job.
The union has demanded, among other hampering
tactics, that the Coast Guard give a reason why the
applicant is turned down. The Coast Guard doesn’t
know! It simply acts as a screening agent, following
the advice of the FBI. Even if the Coast Guard asked
the FBI the reason it most likely would not tell.
As a matter of fact, the FBI has made an ex
haustive investigaton of subversive elements all over
the United States. If war were to come tomorrow
a lot of these disrupters, holding up essential defense
work, would find themselves in concentration camps.
Meanwhile, why should any good American citi
zens sit idly by and allow traitorous elements in our
midst to hold up and hamper the defense of this
country Surely, the visiting Senators cannot find a
more important subject to delve into and place the
blame where it belongs. Yes, let the chips fall w here
they may. ___
Hie Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
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believed in and fought for a sound
military establishment. Yet the real
mark he left on history was through
his untiring, unrelenting, never
ending efforts for peace.
Almost unaided he staged a four
vpnrrifejfY('glp VY rectify the injus
tices of the Versailles Treaty arjd
stave off the forces which he saw
all too clearly were hurtling the
world toward war.
An age was dying—an age of in
ternational optimism, of disarma
ment drives and good will, the af
termath of the war to end war. An
age was dying, and Henry L. Stim
son, sensing the impending tragedy
struggled almost alone to give it j
renewed life.
Stimson became Secretary of
State just after Frank B. Kellogg
had negotiated the Kellog-Briand
aot to outlaw war. That pact had no
teeth and no supporting machin
ery, and Stimpson, sincerely be
lieving in what Kellogg had writ
ten, strove to make it work. Realiz
ing the setback that Republican
isolationists had given the world
when they vetoed the League of
Nations, he tried to atone for their
mistake.
It was an uphill battle. For his
chief in the White House, Herbert
Hoover, disagreed with him. So did
most of the GOP hierarchy. So did,
many of the diplomats around him J
in the State Department.
Ahead Of His Time
But Stimpson saw much farther
than they. When the Japanese war
lords struck in Manchuria in Sep
tember, 1931, he saw ahead to Pearl
Harbor; and perhaps also to pre
sent-day Korea. He knew that the
minor skinnish on the tracks of
the South Manchurian railicad 19
years ago actually was the begin
ning of a giant military grab for
all of Asia.
So Stimson tried to breathe new
life into the League of Nations,
tried to enforce the nine-power
pact guaranteeing the sovereignty
of China. Finally he went to Eu
rope, rented a villa on Lake Geneva
and called in the chancellors of
Europe to urge that aggression in
this faraway comer of Asia was a
greater threat to peace than the
petty squabbles of Europe.
The premiers of Europe listened
carefully. But Manchuria was too
far off.
Those were dark days in Stim
son’s villa beside Lake Geneva. His
room looked out on an old garden,
sheltered by high trees in which
roosted flocks of birds. And some
times, when he could not sleep
and work dragged endlessly, Stim
son looked out among the poplars,
saw again that line of men from
the fields, the factories, the sea,
going forward; and the line of
women, wounded men, exhausted
men, going back.
A panorma of his life lay before
him, the latter years having been
given to rebuilding equity and un
derstanding among the peoples of
(the world.
And he had failed.
Yet he had not failed. Few men
who are in advance of their time
live to see the things they strive
for finally come to pass. But be
fore he died last week Stimson
saw his greatest dream fulfilled.
Set Pace For World To Follow
I was with him in London during
the naval conference when h<f
strove to put across a "consultative
pact.” The pact merely pledged the
United States to “consult” in case
war threatened, with no obliga
tion to use troops or even diplo
matic pressure. Yet a, nervous
Herbert Hoover in the White House
turned it down.
Before he died, however. Henry
L. Stimson saw his government
consult with the United Nations
over one brief week end and pass a
historic .resolution creating an in
ternational army to brock aggres
sion in Korea.
Furthermore, this historic action
was taken in the same contagious j
corner of the world—Manchuria—
where, 19 years earlier, Stimson
had tried to stop war, warning that
it was the beginning of a great
power grab of Asia.
No, Henry Stimson did not fail.
He merely set, the pace for the
world to follow.
Shortly before Stimson died, my
brother Leon phoned him, sug
gesting that he make a recording
of his criticism of Senator McCar
thy. Courteously, Stimson declined.
"I am not well,” he said. "I am
making a great effort to keep go
ing. I’ve come to where I can’t do
that sort of thing any more. I've
got to take care of myself very
1 closely. I have bad arthritis and
am on crutches most of the time.”
His voice was fairly firm as he
said this. Then, almost with a
chuckle, he added: “Are you Drew
Pearson’s brother? Well, give him'
my regards. He used to make me
sweat sometimes.”
Thus Henry Stimson, physically
crippled, but serene in the know
ledge that he had pioneered peace
for his fellow men, quietly passed
away.
THESE DAYS
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GEORGE E.SOEGLSKY
The American Defense Society
has adopted the following resolu
tion:
| “Whereas: The flag of the Uni
Ited States of America stands for
the great American republic and
the form of government that has
made ours the one country to
which people would still come from
all the rest of the world and from
whose shores there has never been
an emigration, and
Whereas: The flag stands for
equality of opportunity and every
lreedom guaranteed in the Bill of
Rights of the Constitution, and
"Whereas: The flag of United
Nations, to which the United States
belongs, also represents Socialist,
Fascist and Communist govern
ments whose ideals are utterly
[diverse from our own, now there
i fore be it
"Resolved that the American De
fense Society maintains that over
the educational institutions of this
country' should float only our stars
and stripes, symbol of the One na
tion, indivisible, with liberty and j
justice for all.’ ”
It would be wise if every patriotic
organization in this land adopted
a similar resolution and addressed
it not only to the local school
boards but to the mayors and other I
elective officials who live in fear
3f every organized group.
We should put an end to the
fantastic notion that somehow’ we
have become absorbed in the United
Nations and have lost our b 'ing.
Someflmes it appears that those
who manage the United Nations
imagine that they have taken over
the United States. It is an aber
ration that requires correction.
Do the British fly the United
Nations flag over their school
houses? Do the French? Do the
Russians? Do the Indians? Docs
any other nation regard its ar
rangements with other nations as
subject to United Nations control?
Why is it that some Americans
suffer from an inferiority which
makes them want to lessen the
meaning of the word “American”?
They are like the spiritual weak
lings who change their names to
disguise their origins. They arc
like the unfortunate man who. hav
ing made a great success of his
career and life, has to buy a fake
genealogy to show that he descends
from a medieval robber who wras
obviously his inferior. Whenever
I see one of those things hanging
conspicuously in the study or den
or whatever you call it, I know that
these poor folks are ashamed of
their magnificent accomplishments.
The American flag has been good
enough for us in our creative
years, in the generations when we
moved across the continent build
ing a great nation. If it is not
good enough for us now, we are
indeed justifying Stalin’s assertion
that w'e have become a degenerate
people. The driving force of Russia
is not the internationalism that
w'eak-minded Americans and self
justifying refugees preach in this
country; it is an overwhelming na
tionalism, a pride in Slavic achieve
ment. Yet, what have they to be
proud of, compared to us?
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• October 25 •
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• Robert Scott •
• Ada McGuire •
• Mrs. W. T. Rowley •
• Walter Walker •
0 Mrs. Ralph Gurnsey •
• T. McIntosh •
• Rae Squires •
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Apparently some woman got her.
self hysterical over the United Na
sons participation in the Korean
.var and she thought that that was
;o wonderful that the United Na
tions flag should fly over our
schools. So a little movement
started. And, in due course, in
stead of our children pledging al
legiance to the flag of the United
States of America they would pledge
allegiance to 58 or GO cr 100 na
tions.
And when a little movement
starts, some little fellow or two
get themselves appointed secretary'
and press agent and before you
know it, they collect funds and pro
mote a campaign and smear the
opposition. Then it becomes a big
movement. The precise moment to
step on this is now, when the
little movement amounts to nothing.
After all, precisely what has been
the contribution of the United Na
tions in the Korean war? What
manpower did the United Nations
or its members other than the
United States contribute? What
wealth, what armaments," what
equipment did they provide? What
masterly generalship did they pro
duce?
Tine, it would be a wonderful
achievement of international solid
arity, if. during the dark weeks be
ore Inchon, all the member-natiops
,;ent their contingents to safeguard
1 brother-nation from attack. Few
of them sent contingents; fewer
,111 arrived. Some are still afloat.
Hus has been essentially an Am
erican war, fought principally by
Americans, led by a great Amer
ican commander. This is the act
ual record of the fighting war.
Rural Residents
To Get REA Power
Anchorace Area
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct, 25—'.?'
—A thousand power consumers on
Anchorage outskirts will receive Ru
ral Electrification Administration
power from a subsidiary under
terms of a contract completed this
week.
For a sum of $71,000 the Chu
gach Electric Association purchased
the Mountain View Power and
Light Company, CEA manager Mer
rill Chitty announced. This gives
the REA-sponsored CEA over 2 -
000 customers, 90 miles of power
line and several diesel power plants.
Annua! Bucket
Brigade Starts
Winter in Kerne
NOME, Alaska, Oct. 25—UP)—Fill
up the buckets, mother. The Moon
light Water Company has announc
ed that its water sendee will be
shut off temporarily—until Jun$
1951.
Due to freeing conditions the
shutoff takes place annually.
ATTENTION REBEKAHS
2nd nominatiofc or officers Wed.
Oct. 25, 8 p.m. All members re
quested to be present.
ISABELLE JORGENSON
Noble Grand.
ACROSS
1. Moccasin
4. Heathen
9. Apropos
12. Past
13. Sun-dried
brick
14. Long narrow
inlet
15. Copper coins
17. Most beloved
19. Valuable
possession
20. Play
carelessly
21. Arrow poison
23. Calm
26. Guided
28. Undermine
30. Electrical
device
31. Monkeys
33. Flax ready
for spinning
35. Draw
SO. Surrounds
3S. Open vessel ' ’
40. Golf peg
41. Kind of beetle
43. Couch
45. Daughter of
David
47. Mongolic
tribesman
50. Engrave by
dots
52. Flavor
53. Also
54. Lazar
56. Lubricate
57. Desire: slang
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Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
6S. Literary
composition
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DOWN
1. Rodent
2. Seasons
3. Thoughtful
regard
4. Sticks
5. Publio notice
6. Deities
7. Instigates
8. Not so far
9. Forethought
0. Three-toed
sloths
1. Make edging
b. Number
8. Of ti,.* country
2. Comma
4. Entitlo
5. Eaule
b. Loit« rs
7. L' .m- narrativ#
poem
9. Soda
2. Thong
4. Existed
7. .Sp.-.-i ,.i n
9. Pu lie i Iflcep
2. La’ i • bandies
4. strike out
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8. Continent
9. Dpj)- r.d
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20 YEARS AGO the empire \
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OCTOBER 25, 1930
C. M. Handley arrived to make his home for the winter, having sold
his placer ground in the Porcupine district to A1 Smith. Later, he took
an extended trip to the States before coming to Juneau. Handley had
first came to this section in 1902.
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Alter speaking to a large crowd here, Democratic candidates left j
on the motorship Olivia, Capt. Jim Hawthorne, for a campaign swing j
to Hoonah, Tenakee, Petersburg and Wrangell. In the party were
George B. Grigsby, Allen Shattuck, Judge Frank A. Boyle and E. L.
Sampson. Mayor Thomas B. Judson was to join them in Wrangell for
the trip to Ketchikan and “a rousing meeting" there before the Novem
ber 4 election.
In Seattle, Col. Frank Griffin applied for a permit to build a radio
transmitting station on a 32-acre tract near the Duwamish Waterway.
The station was to be operated by the Signal Corps to replace the cable
system to Alaska.
Fred Henning established a new low score on the Juneau Midget
Golf Course for which par was 50. Henning shot a score of 57.
Mrs. Hector McLean left on the Princess Louise for a trip to the j
States.
W. G. Bergen, one of the best-known members of his profession
in Alaska, was the new chef at the Midget Lunch. He had been chef
for four years at the Blue Pox in Fairbanks, and had spent the previous j
summer in Seward cooking at the Seward Grill. The Midget was |
'under the management of Mrs. Garrison and Mrs. Stickney. The j
'former proprietors, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sturge, left on the Northland
for an extended trip in the States.
In Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williams arrived to make their
home on Gastineau Channel. Mrs. Williams was the former Harriet
Scy, ^laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sey.
While playing on the Douglas School grounds during morning
recess, Mary Pearce fell and broke a bone in her left wrist.
Weather: High. 4G: low, 41: rain.
Daisy Lessons in Foolish w. l. cordon !
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "Their headquarters are!
situated just outside the city.” Say, “Their headquarters IS situated.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Discovery. Pronounce in FOUR syl
lables, not dis-kuv-ri.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Dishabille, though prononced dis-a-beel.
SYNONYMJ3: Delude, deceive, mislead, beguile, trick.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
DISSENSION; disagreement. "The speaker’s words caused much dis
sension among the members of the club.”
I MODERN H1QUE1TE Roberta lee j
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Q. Must every first call be returned by a woman who has recently,
moved into a new neighborhood, whether she likes some particular
'person or not?
A. Yes; all first calls should be returned within two weeks. Of j
course, it is not neeessarv to form a friendship that seems undesirable.
Q. When there is to be a double-ring marriage ceremony, which j
ring is presented first?
A. The bridegroom puts his ring on the bride's finger first, after
which the bride presents the bridegroom with her ring,
Q. How should the fruit seed, or a small piece -of bone, be taken
from the mouth while at, the dinner table?
A. Between the thumb and forefinger. Never try to do this by
pushing it out into the spoon.
LOOK and LEARN a! a GORDON J
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1. Which State of the Union is bounded by the most other States,
and which State by the fewest?
2. Which is the driest fruit?
3. Which is the oldest of the American military bands?
4. Which State has the most fog?
5. Why are certain animals described as ’'ungulate”?
ANSWERS:
1. Missouri and Tennessee each are bounded by eight other States,
while Maine is bounded by only one.
2. The avocado.
3. The U. S. Marine Band, organized in 1798. 1
4. Maine.
5. Because they are hoofed animals.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 I
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 26—Clear
Annette Island 34—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 22—Snow
Bethel . 28—Partly Cloudy
Cordova 28—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . 27—Cloudy
Edmonton . . 30—Cloudy,
Fairbanks . 17—Snow i
Haines . 33—Cloudy I
Havre. Missing
Juneau Airport . 30—Cloudy
Kodiak . 38—Cloudy ■
Kotzebue . 27—Cloudy :
McGrath . 19—Cloudy
Nome . 30—Cloudy
Northway . -3—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 33—f og
Portland . 57—Rain j
Prince George.49—Cloudy |
Seattle . 55—Rain
tka . 34—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 8—Partly Cloudy
Yakutut . 34—Cloudy
Korean War |
At a Glance
(By Associated Press)
Fighting Front—Five Allied col
umns thrust closer to Red China’s
Manchurian border in drive to
end Korean war. South Korean
Sixth Division nearing point 35
miles from boundary. No resistance
except for small arms fire, encount
ered. Increased guerrilla action
springs up in south.
NAT. GUARD CANNOT
ACCEPT ANY PERSON
NOTIFIED OF DRAFT
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Tire Alaska National Guard head- j
quarters was notified this morning!
by telegram from the Department'
of the Army, Washington, D. C. I
that “it is the*policy of the arm%l
that no person shall be accepted
for enlistment in any cf the civil- \
ion components of the army after |
he has been ordered to report for
pre-induction physical and mental
examaination under Selective Ser
vice Act of 1943 as extended by
Selective Service Extensions Act of
1950.”
The acting adjutant general of
Alaska is notifying all unit com
manders of the Alaska National
Guard not to accept persons fur
enlistment in conformance with fne
new policy of the Department of the
Army. Only those men joining the
Alaska National Guard prior to
receipt of such orders will be ex
empt from being drafted under ine
present law.
V. F. W.
Taku Pcsi No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office m Case Lot Grocery
Phone 784
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third .
The Charles W. Carler |
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Bts.
PHONE 130
Casler's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"509"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
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MOUNT JUNEAU LOUUE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B.P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 1(3 133 So. FtuikU*
P. O. Box 2SN
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j "The Rexall Store"
Your Sellable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th 8t.
PHONE 216—DAY er NIGE?
for MIXERS or BODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 665
Thcmss Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and (Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD end SERVICED by
J. E. Burford Co.
"Oar Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Janean Molar Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit—ask for it by uarat
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone 38
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. 8. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrS OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 77)
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home. Office or Store