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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aiatka Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg . Seattle. Wash.
Tuesday, August 15, 1950
STRENGTH IN EUROPE
While the conflict is raging in Korea, Europe
is also attracting attention and the Cincinnati En
quirer says it is never good practice in conduct of
hostilities to underestimate the forces required.
Wasteful though it may seem, it is far better to have
too many troops and too much ammunition than not
enough. Proceeding on this principle, the military
establishment is sending two Marine divisions and
additional fighter and attack aviation to Korea. And
as a further precaution, the strength of all the armed
forces is being augmented.
With the drain of our military resources into the
Par East, it might appear difficult to meet John J.
McClov's call for the strengthning of American forces
in Western Europe. But surely something ought to,
be done in this direction. We would be failing in
perspicacity if we did not recognize the possibility
that Russia intended the Korean war as a leint, to
involve us in the East while some bold Communist
move is made elsewhere.
An additional large aircraft carrier, the Midway,
and four destroyers are being sent to the Mediter
ranean. This virtually will double our sea and air
power in Europe. Additional. JVir Force squadrons
probably can be assigned to Europe in the same way.
For the moment, this may be sufficient to maintain
the proper military posture in Europe.
When additional ground forces are available, some
of these may well be placed in Western Germany.
But the first effect of the draft is to reduce our
available ground forces, because officers and non
coms have to be assigned to the training of inductees.
For that reason, reinforcements in Europe may well
be limited to sea and air units. ,
Canada to Play Part
(Prince hupert Daily News)
People of Canada must be gratified to learn from
the Prime Minister that definite and extensive steps
are being taken with a view oo organizing the Domin
ion's. fighting and industrial forces against the grim
possibilities of the deteriorating international situa
tion. The feeling ha dbeen developing that Canada
was not moving quickly enough in that direction, was,
indeed, not keeping pace with other parts of the
Commonwealth, particularly the Motherland, Aus
tralia and New Zealand, in rising to the possible re
quirements of the United Nations and the North At
lantic Pact nations. The Prime Minister's statement
should dispel to considerable extent dissatisfaction that
there may have been along that line.
Meantime, Parliament is put on the stand-by
order with the probability that a special session will
be called six or seven weeks hence after various phases
of the accelerated defense and mutual aid program
have been perfected—or sooner if the emergency be
comes suddenly more intensified. Then, when the
session does come, Parliament will have the program
and the facts before it and will be able to pass its
certain approval with a minimum of delay.
Raising of the manpower, the Prime Minister indi
cated, is to be on the volunteer basis. There had not
been a few who had hoped Mr. St. Laurent might
have suggested the possibility of some sort of a com
pulsory military training scheme. However, there is
still time for that but it is to be hoped it will not be
too long deferred on this occasion.
The Washington
Merry-Go* Round
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man simply got impatient waiting
for MacArthur’s report and sent
Harriman to get it.
Ironically, the detailed report
from MacArthur reached Washing
ton after Harriman was already en
route. So he made the trip for
nothing.
Actually, Truman knew in ad
vance that MacArthur planned to
meet Chiang Kai-Shek—though the
time hadn't been set. The Pres
ident also didn't trust Secretary
of Deft iim) Johnson to relay an
accurate report, because of John
son's (long pro-Chiang sympath
ies.
.Malik in Doghouse
Inside the U. N. Security Coun
cil: Soviet Delegate Jacob Malik
is in the Kremlin doghouse because
he let U. S. Delegate Warren Aus
tin ne die him into saying that the
only Russian arms possessed by the
North Koreans were those “which
we sold them when Soviet forces,
withdrew from Korea.”
This is the first time Malik 01
any other Soviet leader has ad
mitted that the North Koreans are
using Soviet weapons.
More important, from the stand
point of the United States, it will
make wonderful propaganda if we
discover any Soviet military equip
ment in Korea that wasn’t there
when the Russians withdrew. This
would expose Malik as a liar before
the world.
For instance, we have positive
knowledge that the Russians had
no jet planes in Korea at the time
they departed in December, 1947,
So ii the North Koreans turn up
with jet planes, they must have
come from Russia after the with
drawal. «
Also, as one top official in the
United States delegation explained:
"Malik's statement will certainly
bar the Russians from supplying
the North Koreans with new arms
from here on in.”
Note—Andrei Gromyko, Malik’s
predecessor, is masterminding the
Soviet delegate from Moscow. How
ever, it’s a cinch that the much
cleverer Gromyko didn’t coach
Malik to make the “arms” state
ment.
a
Weird Alibi
Senator Brewster’s weird alibi
about being trailed by a New York
"gangster” is breaking down. The
Maine senator told this yarn to
explain how he happened to meet
Washington polide lieutenant Joe
Shimon, the wire-tapper. The story
goes that Shimon was supposed to
investigate who was trailing Brew
ster, got $100 to $125 for "expenses.”
Such an important police assign
ment. however, would have to be i
reported at police headquarters.!
Yet police chief Barrett claims no .
report was ever filed. Barrett also
points out that it is against police j
regulations to take "expense (
money.”
“Indoctrination” on Communism i
In preparation for the coming
campaign, House GOP members are
getting some expert “indoctrina
tion” on Communism in a series of
three secret lectures.
The last of these lectures, sched
uled for tomorrow night at Wash
ington's Hotel Continental, will be
, I
made by James Burnham, a for-1
mer Marxist now on the faculty of,
New York University.
Recently returned from Europe,
Burnham will discuss "Soviet strat- ,
egy for world conquest.' Last week j
Dr. Stefan Possony, a Viennese whoj
teaches geopolitics at Georgetown
University, spoke on "American and
Soviet foreign policies.”
The week before GOP congress
men got a closed-door briefing on
"Stalin’s international apparatus”
by Josef Zack, a former Commu
nist and member of the party's
central executive committee in the j
United States.
All three lecturers bear down on ;
the fact that we are too “soft" j
with Communists and haven't done
in effective counterpropaganda job. j
The GOP politicos are being urged :
by their leaders to make campaign I
speeches tieing in this “profession
al” data on Red activities with
laxity" by the Democratic admin
istration.
GOP leader Joe Martin of Mas
sachusetts frankly told his col
leagues at the first secret session
that the lectures would provide
good “campaign material.”
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LEGION HONORS
TWO DECEASED
MEMBERS HERE
?osi Everlasting Services
Held lor Fred Cameron
and Harry Sperling
Honoring two of its most re
spected and best loved members,
Juneau Post No. 4, The American
Legion, last night conducted the
American Legion’s impressive and
solemn Post Everlasting ceremony i
for the late Fred Cameron and!
Harry Sperling.
Both Legionnaires died last week
end. Both had been active for
many years in the affairs of the
Legion. Sperling once served as
Post Commander. Cameron was a
charter members of the Juneau post
and had been a Legionnaire for 31
years. Both men were veterans of
World War I. Sperling served in
the lamed U. S. Rainbow Division.
Cameron saw duty in the Royal
Canadian Engineers.
Many tributes were paid to the
memories of both men by the large
number of Legionnaires present last
night. A special award, the Amer
ican Legion Certificate of Merit,
was presented posthumously to
Cameron and will be interred with
his remains. This was the first
: time that this award Had ever been
made in the Juneau post. Post
Commander Bob Druxman, in mak
ing the award, cited Cameron for
his long years of devotion, loyalty
i and service to the American Legion.
Cameron's will was then read to
j the post fn which his entire estate
| was left to the Juneau post, I^ie
f Post Commander and Adjutant
were named executors of the estate
j by the terms of the will. Cam
! eron’s estate included a life insur
ance policy made out in favor of
the American Legion In addition
to cash, stocks and government
bonds. No value has yet been set
on the total but it is expected to
net the Legion around $7,000.
The members voted to follow the
wishes of Sperling and make a con
tribution to the PTA scholarship
fund instead of sending flowers to
his funeral services tomorrow. The
Legion will take part in Sperling’s
graveside services in the form of
furnishing Post Bugler Walter W.
Smith to sound ’ taps" at the con
clusion of the ceremony.
Details concerning Cameron's
funeral are being worked out today
by Commander Druxman and will
be announced tomorrow. The ser
vices will be held at the Charles
W. Carter Mortuary at 10 a.m.
Thursday. Details on the Sperling
funeral are carried elsewhere in
today’s Empire.
It was also decided to establish
some kind of a memorial fund in
honor of Cameron. Details are to
be worked out by the Post Exec
utive Committee.
In other business, the Post nom
inated 26 candidates for delegates
and alternates to the annual Am
erican Legion Department of ffc
aska convention to be held in Ju
neau September 2-6. Further nom
inations will be made at next week's
meeting. Convention Chairman
Chester Zenger announced that the
Convention Arrangements Commit
tee will meet; in his home tomdf
row at 7:30 pitn.
A wide discussion on Alaska’s
Communists was also held with
Legionnaires being told of soiiie
Communist activities.
CARD OF THANKS
’ We wish to extend our deep ap
preciation and thanks to all kind
friends of our brother, the late
Patrick J. McEoin, for their ex
pressions of sympathy in his pass
ing last week, and for the beautiful
floral offerings.
Mrs. E. J. Killien
Kathleen Johnson
May Johnson
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Sewing machines Tor rent at the
White Sewing Machine Center
AUGUST 15
Peter Warner
L. J. Holmquist
Dick Clithero
W. E. Wall
Mrs. Hugh B. Antrim
Allen John Wruck
Mrs. Katherine Parker
Darlene Adsero
Dick Forrest
Katharine Parker
Mrs. Linda Callahan
Bratko-Scott
Wedding Will
Be August 25
Miss Evelyn V. Bratko and MY.
Robert M. Scott, who recently an
nounced their engagement, will be
married Friday, August 25 in the
Baranof Hotel apartment of Mr.
and Mrs. Keith G. Wildes. The cere
mony is to be held at 8:00 pi.m. and
will be witnessed by a few close
friends of the couple. Mrs. Beula
Thomas will be matron of honbr for
Miss Bratko and Mr. Keith G.
Wildes will be best man. Rev. Sam
uel A. McPhetres will perform the
ceremony.
Friends of the couple are cor
dially invited to attend the recep
tion from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m.
On Friday, September 8, the
couple will leave on the Princess
Louise to attend a New York Life
Insurance Co. sales conference in
Vancouver, B.C. From there they
will travel to Kellogg, Idaho, to
visit Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Scott,
then journey by car to Chicago to
visit the parents of the bride. On
their return route, they will travel
through several of the national
parks and expect to return to Ju
neau the first week of October.
They will be at home at the Hill
crest apartments.
Puckett of Allied Stores
In Juneau on Fishing Trip
B. E. Puckett, chairman of the
board for Allied Stores, Inc., New
York City, accompanied by his son
Bruce. Ted Pavell and Bud Clark is
leaving some time today on the re
turn trip to New York in their !
luxurious DC-3.
The four of them have just com- j
pleted a fishing trip to Anchorage I
and Naknek. Yesterday they fished
in Lynn Canal. They left the east j
on a combined pleasure and busi- (
ness trip two weeks ago arriving
here from Seattle last Sunday.
"Our DC-3 is recognized as one
of the best equipped jobs,” said Mr.
Puckett. The plane sleeps five people
comfortably and will carry 15 pas
sengers. Equipment aboard includes
a ship-to-shore phone, kitchenette
and stenographer’s desk, making it
possible to use the plane for busi
ness trips.
This plane is of the same class as
those used by Pacific Northern Air
lines but has motors rated at 1350
h.p. instead of the normal 1200 h.p.
The Bon Marche of Seattle is part
of the Allied Stores, Inc.
See Village of Hoonah
Pish halibut and trout—visit sal- j
mon cannery in operation. If in
terested in week end trip see Jack
Westfall on board Monterey or j
phone 48. 81-2t
Peasant Skirts—Special this week— i
$3.95 to $7.95
Stevens Up-The-Stairs Store
81-2x j
—
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
across!
L Belgian
commune
4. Likely
7. Jar
12. Mine
13 Hebrew
proselyte
14. Writing
material
15. New Zealand
clan
16. CaptivaU&fi
18. Ribbed fabrics
20. Keen
21. Rolls
23. Attempt
27. Card game
28. Dry
30. Old musical
note11
i 31. Melted
34. Warm season
36. In disagree
ment
37. Title of a
baronet
39. Went easily
40. Unwanted
plant
42. Mild
44. Feminine
name
46. Walked
49. Mohammedan
sobers
63. Rico paste
54. Brother of
Moses
65. Sheep-killing
parrot
56. Golf mound
57. Hoisting
machine
63. Superlative
ending
69. Terminate
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Solution of Yesterday'* Puzzle
DOWN
1. Separate
2. saltpeter
3. Specify
4. Epoch
0-45
-6. Pertaining to j
punishment
6. Slight amounts
7. Place
8. Rabbits
9. Himalayan
mountain
10. Range of
knowledge
11. Unit of work
17. Ponders
19. Crystallized
rgin
22. Perform*
24. Moderate
25. Toward the
shelter ed
side
26. Poet
29. System of
worship
31. Flax
32. Color
33. Number
35. Shed feathers
38. Recapture
4L Friend of
Pythias
43. Nostrils
45. Baseball team
47. Sign
48. Convey
property
41. Membranous
pouch
60. Automobile
61. One of David's
chief rulers
1 62. Took a chair
20 YEARS AGO empire^
AUGUST 15, 1930
Pilot Matt Nieminen, accompanied by Mechanician Cecil Higgins,
was believed to have broken all Alaska altitude records when he climbed
24,000 feet in a flight over the top of Mt. McKinley.
In prose and verse, pioneer Juneau—first konw nas Harrisburg and
later as Rockwell—was brought back to the Chamber of Commerce in a
program by men and women who lived here in the early days of the
gold camp, between 1880 and 1887. Among the speakers were W. John
Harris, son of one of the founders; the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff, Frank
Bach, B. M. Behrends, Charles Goldstein, Mrs. Belle Simpson, Mrs.
C. P Jenne and Louis Lund. This was the Chamber's first Founders
Day, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the landing ol Richard
Harris and Joe Juneau on August 17, 1880.
In Dougla's, Miss Isabelle Cashen had been confined to her home
for several days with a sprained ankle. Miss Edna Armstrong, who had
been the guest of Mrs. Emil Lange for a month, left on the Queen for
her home in Anaheim, Calif.
Mrs. Judith Miller, formerly in charge of the alteration department
of Gordon’s, Inc., had returned after several months at Carcross, Y. T.
Wrecker Lee Rox, who had recently compleetd work of dismantling
the Malony Block, was busily putting in a new foundation under the
Winn house opposite the Palace Theatre on Franklin Street.
M. D. Williams, BPR district engineer, announced that all grading
had been completed on the new Mendenhall Glacier spur road from the
Glaceir Highway. The surfacing was under way, the contractors—
Johnson-Gardner Company—expecting to turn the road over to the
bureau in two weeks.
W. K. Keller, superintendent of city schools and Republican candi
date for Commissioner of Education, had purchased the residence of
Judge Frank A. Boyle on Gold and Seventh streets.
Weather: High, 57; low, 48: cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English L. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Six miles are too far to
run.” Say, "Six miles IS too far to run.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Caribbean (Sea). The preferred pro
nunciation is with principal accent on third syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Verbatim; observe the TIM, and pronounce
the A as in BAY.
SYNONYMS: Well-known, renowned, famous, recognized, familiar.
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:
RECUR; to come up again for consideration. “This question often
recurs."
I MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
Q. In the Protestant faith, what is the proper age for a child to
be christened?
A. There is no definite age. The parents may choose any time
they wish, but the general rule is before the child is six months old.
Q. “ If a couple are entertaining a few guests for the evening, who
should,*meet them at the door?
A. ' The husband should take care of this, and should assist the
woman guest in removing her wraps.
Q. When a girl is standing talking with a man, and she drops
some article she is holding, should she make any atetmpt to pick it up?
A. No; she should wait for the man to pick it up.
LOOK and LEARN i! c. GORDON
..j
1. Which is the longest muscle in the human body?
2. How did the product, rubber, get its name?
3. How can you express a “thousand thousands” in one word?
4. What famous actress continued her career, during her old age,
with only one leg?
5. What was the name of Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda?
ANSWERS:
1. The sartorius, crossing the front of the thigh obliquely. It assists
in rotating the leg to the position of sitting cross-legged.
2. From its early use as an eraser, or “robber.”
3. Million.
4. Sarah Bernhardt.
5. Paul Joseph Goebbals.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, end
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 56—Clear j
Annette Island . 59—Cloudy
Barrow . 40—Rain
Bethel . 56—Clear
Cordova . 50—Fbg
Dawson . 43—Cloudy j
Edmonton . 43—Rain
Fairbanks . 39—Clear
Haines . 57—Partly Cloudy
Havre . 57—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 47—Clear
Kodiak . 53—Cloudy
Kotzebue .'. 55—Cloudy
McGrath . 46—Clear
Nome . 60— Partly Cloudy
Northway . 38—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 50—Clear
Portland . 70—Rain
Prince George ..- 44—Cloudy
Seattle .62—Rain
Sitka ....... 59—Clear
Whitehcrse .t.. 35—Clear
Yakutat . 52—Cloudy
ROSE BOWL AWARD AT
CAPITOL TONIGHT
The award of two tickets and
roundtrip air transportation to the
Rose Bowl football game by the
Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., will be
made tonight at the Capitol Thea
ter at 9:25. Mayor Waino Hend
rickson will be master of ceremon
ies, assisted by M. L. McSpadden
and Jim Orme. The awarding is
being made through the co-opera
tion of Ernest Lackey, theater man
ager. The picture is "The Doctor
and the Girl.”
NEW ARC MAN
Rudy Sedmik of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
has arrived in Juneau to take a
position in the accounting division
of the Alaska Road Commission. He
is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
V. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Brownie's Liquor Slore
Mmm in IS* 8*. Fruldla
r. O. Box tut
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GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office In Case Lot Grocery
Phone 7*4
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta
phone lM
Casler's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
IMmb and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CL0T1TES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
R. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Dodge—Plymouth—Chryslee
DoBoto -Dodge Tracks
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY HEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. H7
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m. <
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
_1
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every second and fourth
Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting
brothers welcome. WALLIS S.
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. V,'. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St Phone 771
Hi*h Quality Cabinet Wert
for Home, Office ur Store
"The Rexall Store"
Your tellable Pharma elite
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Tnatramcnts
and Suppliei
..Phone 296 ..Second and <
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 549 Fred w. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 80S 10th St.
PHONE 218—DAY er NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Boon
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE B60
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS -- OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
hardware
—1 r
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“°ur Doorstep la Warn by
Satisfied Customer."
FORD agency
(Authorized Dealers)
greases — GAS — oil
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
* dally habit—ask for It hr mime
Juneau Dairies, lac.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 6M
American Meat — Phone 18
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrs OVERALLS
for Boys
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Juneau Florists
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