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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Friday, March 30, 1951
RUSSIA CAN T TAKE ALASKA
The above head appears on a long article in
Collier's, March 31 issue, now on the Juneau news
stands. The article was written by none other than
our wellknown the Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J.,
with Bill Davidson, and is well illustrated.
"The Alaskan wilderness is so wild, so impene
trable, so deadly, that any military force would be
engulfed, and destroyed in it without our having to
fire a shot,” says the famed Glacier Priest.
T -tide is a good one, if we do say it, and j
Rh ’d by all. There are many .substantial
rent . d why Russia would have a hard >
contest li u.i 'let forces made a strike on Alaska. |
Perhaps you won't agree with everything the Glacier
Priest says but it is good reading.
In one part of the article he says “I firmly be
lieve that if the Reds were strong enough in, the air
to attack Anchorage or Fairbanks, or the distant
Juneau Panhandle region, they would be strong enough
to by-pass Alaska altogether and land on the coast
of British Columbia or State of Washington.”
NOT VINDICATED BUT FREE
Doctor Gordon Seagrave is free. Several weeks
ago a press picture showed him about to step through
a small aperture in a huge studded door to serve six
years in prison at forced labor for conviction by a
Burmese court of treason. This picture must have
caused deep pain to thousands who have reason to be
personally grateful to the ' Burma Surgeon" and to
millions of others who know his story, says the St.
Louis Star-Times.
Dr. Seagrave has devoted his entire adult life to
service in Burma. During the war he was with Gen
eral Stillwell in and out of China. During one 24
hour period he treated 150 battle casualties with :io
other doctor to help him. For two weeks he worked
alone except for his Burmese nurses in the Tour
goo front. He has been decorated by both the British
and the American govenments.
The charges of treason were based on his be
havior in the northern Burmese town of Namkham
when rebellious tribesmen occupied it. The Burmese
government said he helped them. Seagrave admitted
this but argued that had he not done so his hospital
would have been destroyed and his nurses killed. In
view of his record Seagrave’s actions seem those of a
doctor who was trying to avoid being mixed up in
politics.
The government of Burma did not seem sure of
its grounds. First it reduced the charges in mid-trial.
Now, an appeals court, while confirming the convic
tion and the sentence, has reduced it so that the
doctor is free.
Dr. Seagrave doesn't seem to care about the odium
of conviction. He said simply, "This is wonderful.
Now I want nothing more than a chance to continue
my work. I want to get back to the people I have
worked for.”
The sick and suffering won’t care about the ques
tionable conviction either. They will be ministerd
unto. And Dr. Seagrave's millions of admirers all
over the world won't care. The "Burma Surgeon"
has returned to his patients.
file Washington
'erry-Go-Round
i firmed from Page One)
ufacturing Company) made the
following comments:
•'Contacting Congressmen—This 1
ought to be continued, but with I
caution. In other words, members
of the House subcommittee ought
to be approached, but only if the j
contact made with the Congressman
is extremely reliable. Congressman
Beckworth of Texas (Democrat)
and Congressman Ellsworth of Ore
g#A-IEt£>*U)ilCtnUI»<ttlribe handled
by Jonas. Tlie other industry com
mittee members ought to contact
the House Interstate Commerce
Committeemen assigned to them.
Also, each industry member should
speak to the Congressman of the
district in which his place of bus
iness is located.
"The Senator Kefauver Investiga
tion and Public Relations—The, in
dustry can’t take the attitude that
it is opposed to the Kefauver in
vestigation. To do so would line
it up with the hoodlums. However,
some of the attacks to which the
industry is presently being subjec
ted could be prevented with the
use of an intelligent public-relations
program. . . . Members of the in
dustry have consistently lied by
maintaining to the public that the
industry does not manufacture
gambling equipment. This, of course
is not true. There ought to be an
honest admission of the fact that
the industry does manufacture
gambling equipment.”
The representative of the Beil
o-matic Corporation, Vince Shay,
suggesed that the industry "ought
not to rest on its oars but ought
to conceive a plan of operation. The
committee ought to consider the
possibility of employing a profes
sional representative in Washing
ton, D. C., who would coordinate
the activities of the entire indus
ttry in doing whatever had to be
done to defeat the passage of the
(slot-machine control! bill."
Slot-Machine Strategy
In summary, the secret minutes
report: “After discussion, it was
finally determined that the course
of action to be taken by the in
dustry committee is as follows:
“I, Industry committee members
should see Congressmen on the
House Transportation subcommit
tee, ding their contacts with
these essmen are reliable and
beyona .on. They should also
contact the congressmen of the
district in which their plants are
located.
"2. They should submit their ar
guments against the Preston Bill
and similar legislation in writing.
"3. Committee members should
send letters to club customers, ask
ing for information on the amount
of slot-machine funds distributed
to charities and charitable enter
prises. The information gained
from letters which the clubs re
turn will be used in preparing
statistics for the committees in
Congress.”
Note—Though a watered-down
slot-machine control bill passed
Congress anyhow, its enforcement
is still held up by tie justice de
partment.
Slanted News
The Washington Times-Herald
has demoted its crack Capitol Hill
reporter, Bert Wissman—for good
reporting. Wissman was assigned to
cover the Senate investigation of
the smear campaign against ex
senator Tydings of Maryland and
the fake picture which the Times
Herald printed of Tydings and
Communist Earl Browder together.
Wissman reported the hearings
objectively, telling both sides of
tile story. But this wasn’t what the
Times-Herald wanted. So Wissman
was given a cub reporter’s rewrite
job in the city room. Two substi
tutes were assigned! to tho, Tydjngs’
hearings who would write the news
the way the Times-Herald w'anted
California Crime Error
Looking over the back Merry-go
round columns on the Kefauver
probe, I ran across an error and
also an indication of how difficult
it was to pass the Kefauver reso
lution in the first place.
On April 8, 195C, this column re
ported: "There’s more than meets
the eye behind the mysterious
maneuvering to block the Kefauver
resolution for an investigation of
organized crime in the U. S. A. It
is now April. The Kefauver invest
igation was first proposed in Jan
uary. It hasn’t yet passed the
Senate. . . .
“Powerful forces are at work
which don’t want any investigation
at all. Senator Kefauver has had
all sorts of personal pressure
brought by friends he never dream
ed were close to the gamblers ask
ing him to side-track his probe. . j
The April 8 column, while per
haps helping to spur passage of the
crime probe, erred in further com
ment regarding one phase of the
California crime situation, when I
reported that George Rochester of
Los Angeles had “whitewashed”
the Guaranty Finance Company,
later found to be a front for gam
blers. This reference to Mr. Roch
ester I now find to have been an
error and I want to take this op
porunity to rectify any injustice
that may have been done Mr.
Rochester.
Merry-go-round
Those famous 800 letters now on
President Truman’s desk, which
i Congressmen wrote to the RPC
asking for loans, are only a small
drop in the bucket. The President
has been informed that Senators
and Representatives have written
I more than 6,000 appeals to the
RPC on behalf of their friends. . . .
A reactionary radio commentator
has sent one of his assistants to
Bill Boyle's home town in Mis
souri to see if he can dig up any
dirt on the Democratic National
chairman. . . . Plug for the air
force—the House armed services
committee inspected Chanute Field,
111., last week looking for abuses.
( Hearings were even held behind
closed doors, so witnesses wouldn’t
I be afraid to talk. However, the
committee didn't uncover a single
i complaint; on the contrary, it took
[ down several pages of favorable
testimony.
FROM KFTt’lllKAN
A. L. Florence of Ketchikan is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
H. S. Ream, traveling auditor
for the Alaska Steamship Co., is
stopping at the Baranof Hotel. He
! plans to leave Sunday for Seattle.
35 YRS. AGO TODAY
FIRST STATEHOOD
Bill INTRODUCED
It was 35 years ago today that
the first statehood bill for Alaska
was introduced in Congress by Judge
James Wickersham. This was on
the 49th anniversary of the pur
chase of Alaska. Wickersham’s bill
was patterned after the enabling
act for the creation of the State
of Oklahoma, which he considered
good.
SWEENEY HONORED GUEST
AT PARTY ON THURSDAY
Friends and associates of Edward
Sweeney in the U. S. Forest Serv
ice were hosts at a party given in
his honor Thursday night at Mike’s
Place in Douglas.
Sweeney leaves the Forest Service
at tie end of this week to join
the Office of Price Stabilization as
procurement officer. He has been
property and supply clerk in the
Forest Service Juneau regional of
fice the past several years.
FISH TRAP MEN ARE
HERE FOR CONFERENCE
Fred Gunderson. Don Davis and
Vance Sutter, fioh trap operators
from Seattle, were in Juneau
yesterday lor conferences with Re
gional Director Clarence Rhode, of
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Sdrvice,
and other officials on fish and trap
regulations for the coming season.
MIKE MOORE HERE
Mike Moore, representative cf
Morris P. Kirk and Son, Inc., of
Portland, an alloy and metals com
pany, is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 8 p.m. — Auxiliary, Igloo No. 8,
Pioneer; of Alaska regular mec ■
ing in IOOF hall.
At 8 p.m. — Legion of the Moose,
initiation and lunch.
At 3 p.m. — Spring concert by Doug
las Public School group in gym.
At 0:30 p.m. — Junior Prom in High
school gym.
.'larch 31
At 8 p.m. — Folk Dance Jamboree
sponsored by Folkateers, parish
hall.
At 9:45 p.m. — Farty at Teen-Age
Club honoring Juneau Crimson
Bears.
At 10 pin. — Dancing starts for
BPOE Ladles Night in Elks ball
room. •
April 1
At 2 p.m. — Joint installation of
officers VFW and Auxiliary at
CIO hall.
April 2
At noon — Lions Club, Earanof.
it noon — EPWC meets in Terrace,
Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
April 3
*t noon — Rotary Club, Baranof.
d 8 p.m. — The Rev. Hugh Ivan
Evans, Moderator of General As
sembly speaks in Northern Light
Presbyterian church.
At 8:30 o m. — Community Center
night for adults at Teen-Age club
with square dancing.
April 4
At noon — Kiwanis Club.
\t 8 p.m. — Elks lodge.
April 5 * •
At noon Chamber ot Cppmerc*,
meets at Bnranbf Jjnkett; , | j
At 8:15 p.m. — Penwomen to meet
at Dora Sweeney’s hopie. ij«J
CIVIL DEF. LEADERS
TO ANCHORAGE FOR
EXERCISE 'FIRESTEP'
——— ■ . >3
Tom Dyer, assistant director qft;
civil defense for Juneau, and Gobi
J. D. Alexander, territorial director
of civil defense, leave Friday after
noon for Anchorage to attend the
territory-wide maneuvers involving
all military of the three armed
forces, troops from outside Alaska,
and the civil defense organizations.
The exerrise designated “Fire
step" will te^t ground and air de
fenses in the Alaskan theater, with
major activity centered in the
Kodiak, Anchorage and Fairbanks
areas.
The civil defense representatives
from ilome, Fairbanks, Anchorage
and Juneau will be briefed at a
meeting Saturday morning on test
ing the part that the territorial
civil defense will have in alert
procedures, bomb disposal, first aid
and fire control. John McMees will
attend the meeting from Nome,
Bob Hoopes from Fairbanks, and
Bob Sharp from Anchorage. Dyer
is expected to return Sunday or
Monday.
Crossword
ACROSS
1. Freeze
4. Stinging insect
8. Dilatory
12. Sailor
13. Operatic solo
14. Middle-Amerl
can linguistic
stock
15. Piloting
17. Heavenly body
1H. Dig for metal
lu. Diners
21. Agitate
23. Cudgel
25. Coops for
domestic
animals
27. Glo.ssy paints
81. Kxist
32 Gasps for
breath
34. English letter
35. Has recourse
to
37. English river
39. Rituals
41. Indian of Tierra
del Fuego
42. Heavy hammer
45. Flesh of
animals used
for food
47. Attachment
4S. Boxing
52. Continent
53. Prize in lottery
54. Female deer
55. Shout
50. Satisfy
57. Before
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Pronoun
2. Feline
AP Newsfcature*
3 Religious
solitaries
4. Caution
5. Constellation
6. Evil
7. Elaborate
exhibition
8. Order
i». Stringed
Instrument
10. Persian poet
11. Armed conflict*
16. Ireland
20. Cease: naut
21. Mark of a
woui^d
22. Surface de
scribed by a
oonic section
24. Rigid
26. Small shoot
28. Dusk
29. Siberian river
30. Complete
collections
33. Rears witness
36. Trial
38. Eellow
40. Rrilliant
42. Kill
43. Fail to win
44. Malevolent
46. Irish lake
49. Legume
50 Correlative of
neither
51. Turn to the
right
20 YEARS AGO 'tTe
MARCH 30, 1931
Juneau-Sealtle airplane service would be started this week to con
tj,- . throughout the spring, summer and fall, according to J. B. Bur
ped, city ticket agent for the Alaska-Washington Airways. The sea
pi ne Tafcu, Pilot Robert Ellis, was scheduled to arrive in Juneau from
Seattle the following day. The Taku was one of the planes based in
ji eau the previous summer and Pilot Ellis operated aircraft from
hut the greater part of that season.
Word had been received here that Mrs. Oliver Anderson, wife of
1: rmer Douglas resident, had been painfully though not seriously
i ; ned in a fire which had destroyed the Northern Commercial Com
p. - ny's store and adjoining cabin at McGrath. Anderson was store
k pci. Mrs. Carl Lottsfeldt. wife of the Alaska Road Commission
uperintendent at Takotna and also a former Douglas resident was
n to McGrath to care for Mrs. Anderson. Mrs. Lottsfeldt was a
trained nurse.
Alaska Juneau mine stock continued to jump and reached 14 today
from 11.
Clearing of the site for the Industrial School for Natives at Shoe
maker Bay, near Wrangell, was progressing satisfactorily according to
N L. Troast, architect and member of the Sheldon Jackson School
l acuity at Sitka. Bids for constructing five buildings on the site were
to be called about May 19.
About 25,000 seal skins. «three-fourths from the Alaska herds of the
.., veminent, were sold at the auction at the Fouke Fur Company in
si ,ttle the previous day. Twenty thousand pelts were sold at the morn
ing session and brought $453,699.
Thirty-five vocalists turned out for rehearsal of the recently organ
ized Juneau Choral Society.
Weather: High, 44; low, 36; cloudy.
Daily Lessens in tngiish &
L. GORDON
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. “He is worth considerable,"
cr, “It cost considerable.” Say, 'He is worth considerable money,” and,
"Its cost was considerably more than we had expected.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Beneficent. Pronounce be-nef-i-sent,
first E as in BE, second E as in BET, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Debutante (feminine). Debutant (mascu
line).
SNONYMS: Calm, cool, composed, collected, nonchalant, self-por
sessed, imperturbable.
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:
IMPREGNABLE: able to resist attack or assault. “The fortress was
impregnable.’
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MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA
Q. When a guest is. leaving his hotel for an hour or two, is it
considered all right for him to take his room key with him?
A. It *s much better for him to leave the key at the main desk, then
ask for it when he returns. This is the only method by which the clerk
knows whether or not he is in his room, should there be any calls for
the guest at the desk.
Q. If a girl who is going to be married does not have a father cr a
brother to give her away, whom can she choose to perform this rite?
A. If she has no other close male relatives, then she may choose a
close male friend of the family.
Q. When serving a buffet supper, where should the silver and
napkins be placed?
A. It is more convenient to place thorn where, they are to be picked
up last.
LOOK and LEARN c. GORDON j
-•----—,0
1. Of what States are the following cities the capitals: (a) Santa
Fe, (b) Carson City, (c> Pierre, <d> Columbia, (e) Olympia, (f) Topeka?
2. What governmental department of the U. S. controls Indian
affairs?
3. How many separate bones are there in the human skull?
4. By whom was “The Laughing Cavalier” painted?
5. What, is the antonym of “zenith"?
ANSWERS:
1. (a) New Mexico, (b) Nevada, (c> South Dakota, <d) South Caro
lina, (e) Washington, (f) Kansas.
2. Department of the Interior.
3. Twenty-eight.
4. Frans Hals 1581-1666).
5. Nadir.
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SAVINGS
Weather at
Alaska Points
Whither condition.' end tcmper
p.turc-3 at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4.30
a.m., 120‘h Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage _•. 14—Clear
Annette Island .. 34—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 25—Clear
Bethel . 8—Cloudy
Cordova . 30—Snow
Dawson .. 14—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 31—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 7—Clear
Haines .. 34—Cloudy
Havre . 29—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 35—Rain
Kodiak ... 33—Snow
Kotzebue .. 21—Clear
McGrath .4—Clear
Nome . 10—Clear
Northway . 10—Clear
Petersburg .. 33—Clpudy
Portland . 41—Rain
Prince George . 33—Rain
Seattle . 39—Rain
Sitka . 35—Rain
Whitehorse . 9—Clear
Yakutat . 31—Rain and Drizzle
COMMUNICATION
EDITOR DAILY ALASKA EM
PIRE — As X arr> r. newcomer to
Alaska, will you please inform me
as td the why for “Seward Day,”
which the Territory observes?
(Signed? Mrs. Raymond Whittaker
Seward Day is in honor of Wil
liam H. Seward, Secretary of State,
whose efforts resulted in the pur
chase of Alaska from Russia for
$7,200,000 (2 cents an acre). The
treaty was signed on March 30, 18G7,
and the actual transfer took place
October 18, 1807, at Sitka.
SERGT. BILL FRIEND,
IN KOREA, WANTS MAP
TONGASS NAT. FOREST
Sgt. William (Bill) W. Friend,
Juneau young man, and son of Sl
I mer A. Friend, writing to Secretary
I William Biggs of the Juneau BPOE
I and enclosing $15 for one year's
| clues, says he would like to have a1
map of the Tongass National For
est wrapped up and sent to him.
Sgt. Friend’s letter Is dated Yoju,
1 Korea. Mis Army address is G-2
Section, Hq. IX Corps, APO 204,
care Postmaster San Francisco.
Among many items concerning
the fighting in w'hich he is now
engaged, lie says the beer doled out
is rank and he doesn't blame the
WCTU from putting up a fight on
it.
The Romans introduced glass
making into France, then known
as Gaul.
V. F. W.
Taku Fosl No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the G.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.iu.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office to Case Lot Grocery
Phone 7M
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Beward Street Near Taint
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Ntc.
PHONE ISA
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Btetwn and Mallory Hale
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
alien Edmond* Shoe*
Skyway Un»P
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NDNN-BDSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER'S
SANITABY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
IS—PHONES—4»
Free Oellrer*
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W 1 u2rVEI?3, Secretary.
b. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEOROE, Exalted
Ru’cr. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
r———-- ----
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN SEN
—
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phase 1*3 II* Sa. Frv»Mta
r. t>. Bax 2£M
"The Rexall Store"
Tour Aellabls Ph&rnwiaui
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
| Alaska Masse Supply
I
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—M qsIcbI InMnnaciti
and Supplies
..Phone 2*6 ..Second and BovarC.
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAFfER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 619 PrM W. WenSt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale SCO 10th Si.
PHONE SIS—OAT er NIGHT
'or MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Nerlj Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Bates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 668
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Banders' and Bhe»
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep la Warn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealer*)
GREASES — GAS — OR
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
Maine
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask .’or it by aame
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
NICHOLSON’S WELDING
SHOP
Tanks and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
P. O. Box 1529,-Feero Bldg.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL HI
American Meat — Phene M
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LETTS OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St Phone 77S
High Quality Cabinet War*
far Hoar OffW or nter»
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