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Wednesday, September 6, 1950
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KOREA AND GERMANY j
It has been the general assumption of most Am- j
ericans that Germany should not be rearmed. On j
this subject the Cincinnati Enquirer says they have
believed vte Should not take the risk of giving weapons
and equipment to a people whose record of aggression
for 30,.years is so bad. And there is a further argu
ment in the undeniable risk that we might be double
crossed, and see a rearmed Germany also become
unified and aligned with Russia. Certainly there is an
influential faction in Western Germany campaigning
quietly for; a Soviet alliance.
Yet the grim fact remains that the democracies
of western Europe simply do not have the military
forces to stop a Soviet attack. There is no point short
of the Pyrenees at which we can be sure of checking
the onrush of Soviet armored forces. Even after the
ubstantial rearmament of Prance, Belguim, Holland,
Italy, and Norway, the total of ready forces will not
be enough for real confidence.
Germany holds the key here, just as she does in
the economy of Western Europe. Germany has the
1 unused steel capacity to do a large part of the job
| of rearming Western Europe—if her arms industries
1 are permitted to run wide open. Germany also has
the military man power to provide a defense in depth,
from the Elbe westward to the Rhine—if Chancellor
Adenauer's government is allowed to establish an army.
Our bitter experience in Korea may give us the
clue to a wise policy. While the Russians built a
powerful army in North Korea, we allowed the de
i velopment of a modest army, more akin to a police
I force, in our hajf of the country. When the attack
I came late in June, we had the responsibility, but we
had not built a South Korean defensive force equal
to the challenge.
In Germany, a similar pattern is evident. In
Eastern Germany, the Soviet Union has created a
powerful army, masquerading as a police force. So
far, the Western Allies have allowed the Adenauer
government no force whatever, much less a compar
able force. And yet we and the British and French
have only token forces of our own in West Germany
—forces that could do nothing more than retreat in
good order, if a full-scale attack came.
Regarding Terris Moore
(Ketchikan News)
One always likes to meet men holding responsible
positions and get first-hand impressions.
Terris Moore, head of the University of Alaska
called on us Saturday. He is on his way home to
Fairbanks from a vacation trip to his former home
in the States. He conferred with Walter T. Stuart,
member of the Board of Regents, while }n Ketchikan.
Both Mr. Moore and his wife are plane pilots.
They have two teen-age children, a boy and a girl.
What impressed us about Mr. Mop re is art easy
conversational manner and a individual utterly face
of pretenses, although he is recognized as a foremost
educator. ,. < >
Mr. Moore is intensely interested in everything
American and also in the growth of Alaska. We get
the impression that he puts ordinary American citi
zenship ahead of everything else, and that under his
tuition democracy of action for arriving at a goal
will esme ahead of pedagoguery. We expect to 'ev
some good results come out of the training of ^tudr-nts
at the University of Alaska, and feel that the Terri
tory was fortunate to secure a man of the calibre of
Mr. Moore.
Yes, it is refreshing indeed, to meet an educator
witn the viewpoint of Mr. Moore.
ihe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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summer,” said SeViator'Ed Thye of
Minnesota, "aind they are getting
ready* to go overseas in a Marine
division.”
Note—as a general practice. Ma
rines are not supposed to be ship
ped overseas without- flt least fdur
months' training. In the present
confufion, n JtfBfars that toeen
reservists ftare*Deen mixed iip \ffih
the battle-seasoned veterans.
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Shrouded Statues
Attorney General Howard Mc
Grath. once a senator from Rhode
. sland, strolled up to his old haunts
■ in the capitol and stared inquiringly
at the white shrouds draped over
tlie statues outside the Senate
chamber during its repairs.
‘‘What's happened since I left
here, Harley?” the attorney general
c.sked of West Virginia’s Senator
ICilgore. “Has the Ku Klux Klan
taken over?”
Quiet ciiDinet Member
Oscar Chapman has now been
Secretary of the Interior nine
months, however. Chapman has put
across more in his quiet way than
dozens of ot»ts.
Batk in the .iaye of Nebraska's
George Norris, headlines flared over
the public vs. private power con
troversy. And only last year, an
other bitter reclamation debate for
a time prevented reclamation com
missitmer MJke Strauss from draw
ing his salary.
But last month, though obscured
by vgar news, Secretary Chapman
quietly reversed the big utility lob
by in the Senate and won ou' on
the crux of the power debate—
whether the government shall have
ihe right to distribute power from
i's own dams, or shall turn the
power over to private companies
to be distributed.
Two interesting things are behind
jhis story. One is the efficiency of
Oscar Chapman, who learned how
,o operate while training under
rusading Harold Ickes. The other
is the fact that the big utilities
have now placed many of their
friends on the Senate appropria
ions committee, such as McCar
:an of Nevada, Thomas of Okla
homa. Bridges of New Hampshire,
and McClellan of Arkansas.
Big Utilities Lost
Knowing that the Sena'e com
mittee was stacked against him,
Chapman put up no battle when
ro-iitility senators hashed up his
.eclatnation appropriations and
brew out every cent of the money
y which the government was to
rild power lines. In fact, Chap
man w-as so complacent that some
eople thought he had tossed in
;he sponge.
Very quie'ly, however, he went
ver to see Congressman Clarence
fannon of Missouri, chairman of
lie House Appropriations Commit
ce, in whose district, long before,
hapman had helped build farm
o-operative power lines through
he Rural Electrification Adminis
' ration.
•'Clarence,” said Chapman, "the
power companies are trying to cut
cur appropriations."
"The hell they are," exclaimed
the gentleman from Missouri. "111
see to that. Just make me out a
list of the appropriations they arej
trying to cut out.”
Chapman prepared the list. And
when the joint conference between
the House and Senate met to iron
out appropriation differences, Con
gressman Cannon pulled Chapman s |
list out of his pocket. Without'
identifying fthe author, he announ- I
ced:
“We can save time, gentlemen,
by skipping the following items." |
He read the list of transmission
lines which the private utilities had
*l*ft*fc*d #’#,fci3ll*fcte*t«>*«!rMn*ifc.
“I’m not even going to discuss these
items. Therefore we can pass on
to something else.”
Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada
immediately hit the ceiling. A
stanch utility booster, he fussed,
fumed and argued. But Cannon
stood paj. Finally McCarran ex
ploded. dohig to the door he
turned and said:
"Good-bye, sir, and I’ll see you|
in hell!”
"You may be there,” replied Can
non coolly, "but you won't see me.”
In the end, Chapman won every
appropriation he asked for, includ
ing such controversial transmission
lines, which the Senate at first
vetoed, as the Havre-Shelby line
at Fort Peck, Mont.: the Canyon
Ferry-Great Falls line on the Mis
souri basin project: the Brighton
Bush power line on the Colorado
Big Thompson project.
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Mailbag
L. D. M., Johnstown, Pa.—Only
the Big Five—China, France, Brit
ain, the U.S., and the U.S.S.R.—
can veto decisions of the Security
Council. The chairmanship of the
I council rotates monthly, in alpha
betical order—last month the U.S.
[ S.R., this month the United ICing
i dom, and in October the U. S. A.
I . . . There are 11 nations on the
I Security Council The Big Five are
I permanent members, and six non
permanent members are elected by
the General Assembly from among
themselves for a term of two years
. . present nonpermanent mem
| bers are Cuba, Ecuador, India, Yu
, goslavia,- Norway and Egypt . . .
' The veto cannot be exercised on
precedural matters, only where ac
tion is contemplated . . . Though
small nations control 6 of 11 seats
in the Security Council, the U. N.
charter says that 7 of 11 votes con
stitutes a majority. Thus, even
on procedural questions, one big
power must vote with the smaller
nations to give the latter a major
ity.
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FILE DIVORCE ACTIONS
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Lillian M. Hodson has filed suit
for divorce from Clell A. Hodson
on grounds of failure to provide.
In the action filed in District
Court by her attorney, H. C. Faulk
ner of Faulkner, Banfield and Boo
j chever, Mrs. Hodson asks custody
; of their minor child, Ruth Irene
Hodson. The Hodsons were mar
ried in Juneau in April, 1933, arid
also have a son, Clell A. Hodson,
Jr., who is 17 years old.
Carolyn Dee Aase seeks a div
orce from Harry N. Aase on charges
: of desertion and incompatibility,
in a suit filed by Norman Banfield
of Faulkner, Banfield and Booch
ever. Their marriage was May 15,
1948 and there are no children.
Plaintiff asks restoration of her
maiden name, Carolyn Dee Hynes.
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2 ABOVE NORMALS
IS REPORTED FOR
AUGUST WEATHER
The United States Weather Bu
reau releases the following August
weather information. The temper
ature for August averaged above
normal. The first part of the
month was dry but (he rainfall
during the last week brought the
August total above normal. There
was more sunshine and less cloud
iness on the average than normally
was expected.
Airport Data
Highest temperature: 78 in 1943;
this August 78.
Lowest temperature: 27 in 1948;
this August 37.
Mean maximum temperature: Av
erage 62.2: this August 66,3.
Mean minimum temperature: Av
erage 45.3; this August 45.5.
Mean monthly temperature: Nor
mal 52.8: this August 56.2.
Total precipitation: Normal 4.72
inches; this August 4.95 inches.
Maximum wind: SE 32 in 1947;
this August SE 29.
Average cloudiness: Average 75%;
this August 667o.
Percentage of possible sunshine:
Average 33%; this August 44%.
City Data
Highest temperature: 81.
Lowest temperature: 45. 4
Mean Maximum temperature: 65.1.
Mean minimum temperature: 50.1
Mean monthly temperature: 57.4.
To^al precipitation: 5.43 inches.
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FROM SAN FRANCISCO
Virginia Larson and Adeline Chai
des of -San Francisco are guests
at the Gastineau Hotel.
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• September 6 •
• Preston Sandbo •
• John Ashbaugh •
• Joyce Howell •
• William Geddes •
• Billy Ormc ' •
• John F. Pyle III •
• Gladys Kelsey •
• Mae Webster •
• John F. W’arner •
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 8 p.m.—WSCS of Methodist
church meets in Little Chapel.
At 8 p.m —Elks Lodge meets.
At 10 p.m.—American Legion Con
vention Ball in Moose Hall.
September 7
At noon—Chamber cf Commerce,
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose holds
regular meeting.
At 7:15—Thursday Night Bowling
League begins season. Casler’s,
Caro. Alaska Coastal and AELP.
At 9:15—Thursday Night Bowling
League \vith PNA, Sweeney's, Ju
neau Drug and PAA.
September 8
At 8 p.m.—Wrestling match be
tween Clara Mortensen and Lindy
Lawrence at 20th Century Thea
tre, sponsored by Juneau Volun
teer Fire Department.
September 11
At noon—Lions Club. .Baranof.
September 12
Av noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
,-night for adults at Teen Age
Club. •
Korean War
Af a Glance
(By Associated Press)
Northern Front: Allied troops
slow massive Red general olfensive,
retake vital road junction of Yong
chon from Communist guerrilla^,
advance north of Kyongju, another
key road junction. Reds use 84
Russian-built tanks in drive on
northern rim of allied front. Brit
ish, in action beside Americans,
beat off Red machinegun attack.
Southern Front: ■ Americans balk
Communist “suicide” battalions who
try to stab behind their lines. U.S.
Marines and infantry advance on
southern sector of Naktong front
against Red bridgehead positions.
Air War: Allied planes back in
action after day of weather-enfor
ced inactivity, knock out 17 Red
i anks in close support of northern
[ front defenders. B-29’s smash at
Red supply lines in north. Fighters
and bombers rip military installa
tions behind Red lines.
Belgrade, Yugoslavia: Commu
nist (but cominform-outcast) Yu
goslavia denounced North Koreans
as aggressors.
Lake Success: Security Council
gathers again, facing Soviet veto
of U. S. resolution urging nations
not to aid North Korea.
WHEELING, W. Va.—Post 1 is
laying claim to having the oldest
i member of The American Legion in
'its ranks.
He is Harry H. McLaod who is 91
years old.
McLaod was turned down for mili
tary service in the Spanish-Ameri
: can War for being “too old” at 40.
But when World War I came along,
McLaod was accepted for active ser- i
vice in the U. S. Navy when he was
58. :
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ACROSS
1. pronoun
4. To pieces
9. Form of
greeting
12. Polynesian
yam
13. Sweetheart
14. Southern
constellation
15. Yawn
17. Enjoys
19. Command
21. Greek letter
22. Unite
24. Fodder pit
26. Note of the
scale
28. Insect
21*. Parent
31. Washes lightly
33. Cubic meters
15. American
wildcat
16. Placid
17. Symbol for
sodium
18. Cuckoolike
bird
19. Comparative
ending
10. First man
,2. Piano' work
man
4. Poem
5. Representative
7. Insanity
0. Helps
>3. Beverage
A. Light boat
,6. American
humorist
,7. Barge
receptacle
.8. Giveaway
19. Opvajn
_j
I
!
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
1. Embrace af
fectionately
2. Feminine name
3. Headline
hunter
4. Indian
mulberry
5. Minute
open i rig
6. Declares
7. Electrical unit
8. Threefold I
9. Romany term
for fortune
0. Swedish coin
1. Existed
.6. Unit of Work
8. Gleamed
JO. State subject
to another
!2. Billiard shot
!3. Go in
!5. Metal
!G. Mountain
pierced by
the Simplon
Tunnel
!7. Moving
10. On the ocean ,
12. Sloping
:4. English author
11. Pine Tree
state
13. Spenser's per
sonification
of truth
14. Sign
16. Prison
17. Flounder
18. Vale "|
19. Asiatic native
>1. Coloring
'agent
>2. Harden
>5. Short for a
man's name
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| 20 YEARS AGO th*e empire
SEPTEMBER 6, 1930
The Southeast Alaska Fair closed with brilliant festivities which
included a lavish revue, "In a Persian Garden," and public dancing which
continued far into the morning. The score or more of entries in the
previous day's baby show had given the judges a difficult time—all
seven winners were 96 per cent perfect or better. First prize was given
Curtis Edward Bach of Douglas; other winners were Baby Suby, Anna
Neilson, Herbert Bonnett, Anna Harriet Barlow. Vernon Terry Cortez
and Aibet Leroy Shaw.
After a month’s vacation, regular Sunday School was to be re
sumed that week in the Douglas Congregational Church, where Mrs.
W. E. Cahill was to serve as superintendent until the return of the
Rev. Bauer.
Gov. George A. Parks announced that Alaska would be officially
represented by Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road
Commission, at the annual meeting of the International Association
3f Road Congresses in Washington, D. C.
Charles Tuckett of the Coliseum string of theatres in Alaska, ac
companied by his wife, left on the Alameda for Haines and Skagway.
Returning, they were going to Sitka to inspect a new theatre, then
alanned to go to Seattle and California. The Tucketts planned to be
tway six or seven weeks.
George H. Miller, in charge of first aid and mine rescue work in
Alaska for the U. S. Bureau of Mines-, left with Mrs. Miller on the
Admiral Rogers. Miller was to attend the International First Aid and
Mine Rescue contest at Louisville, Ky., and the couple planned to go
;o Pittsburgh, Pa., later. Miller was to organize safety classes later in
;his district.
Weather: High, 64; low, 45; clear.
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i Daily Lessons in English & L. Gordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED; ELICIT means to draw out or forth,
as to ELICIT truth by discussion. ILLICIT meatus improper, or illegal,
as ILLICIT trade.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED; Amenity.; pronounce tha, E as in MEN.
Amenable; pronounce the E as in MEAN.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Chloroform; observe the CHL.
SYNONYMS: Inveterate, confirmed, chronic, ingrained, habitual,
ieep-rooted.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
ncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
LEGACY; something left by will; a bequest. “He was surprised to hear
af the legacy arranged for him by his uncle.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee |
Q. When persons have sent flowers to a funeral, is it all right to
send engraved cards of thanks to them?
A. While this is a very popular method of acknowldegment, still
nothing can take the place of personally written notes of thanks. These
notes can be very brief.
Q. Is it considered proper to sip coffee or tea at the dinner table
’Of the purpose of washing down your food?
A. Never. One should never take so great a quantity of food into
the mouth as to necessitate “washing it down."
Q. Is it all right for two women to shake hands when introduced?
A. This isn’t necessary, but it is perfectly proper and especially
if they are sincere in their pleasure over the meeting.
LOOK and LEARN a! c GORDON |
1. How many miles does light travel in one second?
2. Are lotteries forbidden by law thorughout the United States?
3. What are diamonds made of?
4. What one city in the world extends more than 1,000 miles east
ind west?
5. What is the longest snake in the world?
ANSWERS:
1. About 185,000 miles.
2. Yes, by Federal law. Some States also have laws in regard to
otteries.
3. Crystallized carbon.
4. Honolulu: 1,400 miles from City Hall to Midway Island.
5. The royal python, some of which reach a length of more than
10 feet.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
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Weather conditions and temper- j
atures at various Alaska points j
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a m., 120th Meridian Time, and!
released by the Weather Bureau j
are as foilows:
Anchorage.46—Cloudy j
Annette Island . 49—Cloudy
Barrow .r. 32—Snow
Bethel . 43—Rain
Cordova . 45—Fog i
Dawson . 41—Cloudy ;
Edmonton . 45—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 42—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 46—Partly Cloudy
Havre .46—Clear
Juneau Airport 44—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak 49—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 41—Cloudy
McGrath . 44—Rain
Borne . 40—Drizzle
Borthway . 36—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 45—Rai»
Portland . . 55—Clear
Prince George 33—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 52—Clear
Sitka 43—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . 40—Partly Cloudy
fakutat . 46—Rain
NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
FORMED ON NUNIVAK
The last link of National Guard
units in the chain of outposts
stretching from the Pribilof Is
lands to Little Diomede Island was
recently formed with a unit on
Bunivak Island. The island is sep
arated from the Alaskan coast by
Etolin Strait and is north of Kus
sowin Bay.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S:
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• TIDE TABLE • j
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• September 7 •
• Low tide 4:36 a.m., 2.9 ft. •
• High tide 11:26 a.m., 11.6 ft. •
• Low tide 4:46 p.m., 6.8 ft. •
• High tide 10:43 p.m. 13.4 ft. •
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Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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The Erwin Feed Co.
Office to Case Lot Grocery
Phone
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
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LADIES’—MISSES’
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The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
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McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
Arrow Shirts and Underwent
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ROTANY
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NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
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FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE 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 second and fourth
Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting
brothers welcome. WALLIS 8
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. Yf. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Week
for Home, Of floe or star#
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"The Rexall Store"
Tour Sellable Pharrru.jlata
butler-mauro
drug CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plaaoa—Musical lutnnwnti
end SappUes
.Phene 206 ..Second and BovaidL
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Painl Store
Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Ce.
Wholesale 905 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAT er NIGHT
for MIXERS er SODA FOP
The Alaskan Hotel
Nearly Renovated Btnna
at BeaoonaMo Batso
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 566
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
8rton Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED hr
J. B. Burford Co.
"Onr Doorstep Is Worn ky
Satisfied Customers'*
ford agency
(Authorised Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
■ dally habit—ask for tt by Mas
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 S8
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVTS OVERALLS
for Boys
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