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Saturday, August 19, 1950
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Salute to Negroes
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Where color or racial designation has no real
bearing in a news story, it has become enlightened
newspaper practice to leave them out. It was alto
gether fitting and proper, however, for the wire
services to specify that it was Negro troops who
staged the first aggressive victory for the U. S. Eighth
Army in their successful counterattack against Yechon
on the central front in Korea. Good Americans of
every color or racial descent will share the feeling
of pride that these fighting men have earned for
the members of their race in America.
W'e hope the news reaches the Kremlin, too—and
it surely will—that the siren call of Communism, even
with the propaganda values of racial discriminations!
which still exist in the United States, has not deluded j
the American Negro into thinking that he has less
at stake in the American way of life than his fellow
citizens of lighter skin pigmentation.
When we read that dispatch from the Korean
battlefront, we remembered the prophecy of a veritable
traitor to the American philosophy—a man who re
gardless of his color had enjoyed an excellent educa
tion and the fullest opportunity to enrich himself
on the concert stage, and who had made bold in a
speech in Europe to predict that American Negroes
would not fignt in the event of a clash between the'
United States and the USSR!
More power to the American Negroes of the
25th Division, who with their blood and sweat are
making an infamous liar out of him!
The Spud Bug Bombings!
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The propaganda which wars—hot or cold—incite
usually is more tragic than humorous. But the tale
of the great potato bug bombing does have its funny
side. In case you don't know, Russian newspapers
are devoting considerable space these days to reports
that U. S. planes are dropping millions of potato bugs
on the spud fields of East Germany. The crop is in
danger of total destruction as a result, according to
these tall tales.
The fact that the East Germans may lose their
staple crop has its tragic implications, of course. But
the picture of American fighting airmen loading their
bomb bays with bugs excites a certain amount of
amusement. We see, in the background, acres of
potato bug hatcheries and rearing pens. We can even
imagine our government disposing of our own surplus
potatoes by the simple expedient of feeding 'em to
the young potato bugs!
The Russians, however, see no humor in the yarns
they’re inventing. Probably two real reasons are be
hind the move. First, if the East German crop is fail
ing, it will be convenient for the Red agricultural
dictators to find some scapegoat on which to lay the
blame. Second, they see this as an opportunity to
spread the word that the democracies are perfecting
methods for bacterial warfare—and further to alienate
East German sympathies.
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, however,
might take some pointers from the Kremlin. When
the next plague of grasshoppers sweaps cross the
West, let them point the finger of blame at Russia,
stating that the pests are being planted by Soviet
flying saucers.
It took a Georgia Congressman to remember that
remark of Defense Secretary Johnson that "if the
enemy struck at 4 o'clock we would be ready to strike
back at 5.” Wonder whether the Defense Secretary
meant daylight-saving, face-saving or just speech
making time. And by the way, what time is it now?
—(Seattle Timse).
The law designates the husband as the head of
the house. It also specifies that the pedestrian has
the right-of-way over a truck.
Why doesn’t some botanist develop a lawn grass
that would grow horizontally instead of vertically?
The Washington !
Merry-Go* Round
'.Continued from Page One) j
Homer Ferguson. Michigan Re-!
publican, who has introduced a bill
to keep Portale in this country. j
Home-Front Blacklist
Here is thfe mosC" fftfcgfisWiff ex
ample of wartime greed that we
have heard yet: The manufac
ture rs of surgical goods have boost
ed prices 30 per cent to take ad
vantage of the medical business in
Korea. In other words, the gov
ernment must pay one-third more
for bandags, gauze, etc., to treat
our wounded soldiers at the front.
Therefore, w'e include the surgical
manufacturers among the me-first
ers who are profiting on the war.
And we repeat our appeal to patri
otic Americans in every community
to organize "home front" commit
tees to stop hoarding and profit
eering.
Capital Chaff
Worried mothers can't stop their
17-year-old sons who have enlisted
in the National Guard from being
shipped to Korea. Though the
regular Army, Navy and Air Force
ental permission, no waiver Is
needed for them to join the Na
won't take 17-year-olds without par
tional Guard . . . Missouri's elfish
Sen. Forrest Donnell has been beat
ing the political drums about crime
and corruption in Kansas City. Yet
the Missourian, while governor,
granted a pardon to Charles Gar
golta, the strong-arm racketeer who
was murdered with political boss
Charles Binaggio . . . Sen. Lister
Hill, Alabama Democrat, hasn’t ac
cepted a lecture fee since coming
to the Senate, though some speak
ers’ bureaus still advertise him . . .
Senate majority leader Scott Lucas
and minority leader Ken Whdrry
are riding around in run-down lim
ousines, because their colleague,
Sen. Allen Ellender of Louisiana,
is blocking the money to buy new
ones . . . Hindu newspapers are
printing cartoons of Uncle Sam,
covered with dollar signs, sitting on
a pile of surplus wheat while an
emaciated Indian pleads vainly for
food. Reason is that the State
Department won’t spare 60,000,000
bushels of surplus wheat to avert
famine in India . . . Senate crime
probers are complaining that they
get no cooperation from the FBI.
The monumental job of publish
ing the Nuremburg war trial rec
ords will be completed by Decem
ber. Tragic fact is the books won’t
be distributed in Germany, where
they’d do the most good . . .Men
who sell wire-tapping equipment
estimate Washington has at least
12,000 electronic recorders capable
of recording telephone conversa
tions. Some firms give free wire
tapping lessons upon request . . .
President Truman has told his staff
he will veto the Mundt-Nixon bill,
“If it costs me a million votes."
Truman considers the controversial
measure a dangerous threat to civil
liberties . . . While Larry Norstad,
the Air Force’s No. 2 general, was
v^iting the Far East recently, he
personally inspected the front lines
in Korea to get the ground soldiers’
view of Army-Air Force teamwork.
Doctor Shortage
The American Medical Association
got a rough going-over when the
deans of our top medical schools,
headed by Dr. Joseph Hinsey of
Cornell, met in Washington last
week to do something about the
critical doctor shortage.
They voted to write a strong
letter to Stuart Symington, boss of
the National Security Resources
Board, urging passage of the med
ical education bill which the A.M.A.
lobby tias"b£en Knifing in'Congress.
In the letter, the medical deans
arlvised Symington that Federal aid
to medical schools was imperative
to insure even the barest minimum
of doctors for future civilian and
military needs.
However, the stiffest wallop ag
ainst A.M.A. was delivered by one
of its own topsiders, Dr. Herman
Weiskotten, dean of the Syracuse
University Medical School and
chairman of the A.M.A.’s committee
on medical education.
Weiskotten raised eyebrows at the
secret meeting by admitting that
he was "embarrassed" by A.M.A.’s
attack on the medical aid measure,
sponsored by Rep. Andrew Biemiller
of Wisconsin.
“The American Medical Associa
tion has made a terrible mistake
by opposing this important legis
lation.” he said.
Note—both President Truman and
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson
have urged enactment of the Bie
miller bill as a wartime must. At
a recent meeting with members of
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee, Truman termed thi
measure “The most vital health
legislation before Congress.”
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THESE DAYS
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GECRGE E. SUKOLSKY
COMPLACENCY
I have received a letter from an
officer in the Navy during World
War II which contains this para
graph:
”... I think your remarks about
the failure of reserve officers to
volunteer were too emotional, ill
considered and unfair. If, as our
government tells us, this is only a
border skirmish, why should we give
up, temporarily, what we have tried
so hard to re-establish—some degree
of personal civilian living that has
been denied us to a great degree
by those who told us immediately,
‘Come down out of the clouds—the
war is over.'
"Mind you, I don't say you are
not right. I’m onl*1 attempting to
get you to see that indecision, un
certainty, and confusion among
those officers you expect to jump
into the front ranks is not nec
essarily the fault of the individuals
themselves. It is, first and fore
most, the abjejt failure of our
leaders to declare this crusade for
what it is . . .”
This officer is correct. The ad
ministration was as inadequately
prepared in its public relations as
it was in its diplomacy arid its
supply for World War III. It re
jected the concept of World War
III, and, having rejected it, when
it actually arrived, Mr. Truman,
Mr Acheson and the others who
must speak to the people, did not
know what words to use.
Perhaps the best way to answer
this lieutenant commander is to
say to him that the United States
is worth much more than a parcel
of politicians.
After all, Mr. Harry Truman is
not the United States of America;
he is only its President, and Pres
idents come and go. There was
once a President called Chester A.
Arthur and the United States sur
vived.
In a word, our country is bigger
and more important than any man
in It,,and our civilization is still
greater. Both are imperilled at
this moment; our country more
than ever in its history.
This Korean episode of World
War III is the fourth big push of
the Slavo-Mongolian hordes against
the United States, as the primary
country of the Western world. The
first big push was the conquest of
China by Soviet Russia. This did
not involve a great effort as Soviet
Russia was assisted by the State
Department. Twice they had at
tempted to destroy American pres
tige in Europe by pushing us out
of Berlin. Twice they failed.
Had the China job not been so
easy, it is possible that Soviet Rus- j
sia would not have gone into Kor
ea. A country that permits itself
to be pushed around cannot lead
the world. Although Dean Acheson
did not understand that. Harry
Truman did. That is why he moved
so quickly in the Korean situation,
although he was unprepared for it.
But there is much more to this.
If we get pushed out of Korea, all
the Asiatic countries, following
their historic characteristics, will
say that Stalin is the satrap and
they will turn on us with such
savagery as we can hardly imagine.
You might say that they could
never come here. Well, maybe that
• AUGUST 19 •
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• Warren Geddes •
• Carl Weldman •
• Andrew Dudueff •
• M. Agatha Graves •
• Margorie Ann Mueller •
• Paul Johnson •
• Virgil O. Mount •
• Miss Josephine Wright •
• Norman Wood •
• Thelma Osborn •
• -AUGUST 20 •
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• Eske Eskesen •
• Frances Stephenson •
• Mrs. Orrin Edwards •
• Henry Harmon •
• Mrs. T. J. McCaul •
• Alice Swap •
• Vick Kelso •
• Mrs. Bernalde Diaz •
• Jeanette Balles •
• Mrs. Orrin Edwards •
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is so, but they could overrun Eur
ope, the 800,000,000 of them. They
could leave us an island in a Slavo
Mongolian world.
There is the issue and anyone can
take it from there. I recall that
when Hitler went to war, anyone
suggesting that this country had
better to stay out of a fight between
two vicious, malevolent, imperial
istic dictators was called an isol
ationist and was smeared almost as
though he were traitor. Some of
the finest Americans, such as
Charles Lindbergh, were so abused
as isolationists, which was made a
bad word.
Today, one of those dictators is
out of the way and the other is
engaged in isolating us. He may
succeed. He certainly will succeed
if our people do not quickly recog
nize that we are not warring ag
ainst Korea and Koreans but ag
ainst Russia and Russians. He cer
tainly will succeed unless this coun
try gets down to the business of
preserving itself.
It really makes little difference
whether Harry Truman is elected
or defeated, or whether in 1950 we
get a Democratic or a Republican
Congress. It is too late for that
kind of small stuff, which seems to
preoccupy Mr. Truman. We have
a major war on our hands and now
is the time for all true men to
come to the aid of their country.
ITU MEETS IN 92ND
ANNUAL CONVENTION
AT WASHINGTON, D.(.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 — (A>) —
The AFL printers union today de
clared a continuing all-out fight
against the Taft-Hartley Labor Law
and its chief enforcing officer, Rob
ert N. Denham.
Woodruff Randolph, President of
the International Typographical
Union, outlined the no-retreat pol
icy for the opening session of the
ITU’s 92nd annual convention.
President Truman, unable to at
tend in person, sent a message to
delegates pledging anew his aim of
seeking Taft-Hartley Law repeal.
• TIDE TABLE •
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• AUGUST 20 •
• Low tide 12:28 a.m., 0.7 ft. •
• High tide 6:33 aun., 12.6 ft. •
• Low tide 12:24 p.m., 3.9 ft. •
• High tide 6:36 p.m., 15.7 ft. •
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• AUGUST 21 •
• Low tide 1:37 a.m., 1.4 ft. •
• High tide 7:58 a.m., 11.4 ft. •
• Low tide 1:31 p.m., 5.5 ft. •
• High tide 7:47 p.m., 15.0 ft. •
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46. Anger
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50. Own: Scotch
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20. Tropical bird
22. Thing: law
23. Exist
25. Continent
26. Send out
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32. Sediment In a
Coffee pot
34. Labor
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37. Crude maple
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AUGUST 19, 1930
A son weighing eight and one-half pounds was born in St. Ann s
Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sorri.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Dan Willis. Both mother and
baby were reported "doing fine."
Dr. Willis H. Rich, chief of the scientific staff of the U. S. Bureau
of Fisheries, in its Alaskan work, left on the patrol boat Widgeon, Capt.
Greg’ Mangan, to inspect spawning areas in the Icy Strait district.
Emil Lange and family, after spending the summer in Douglas, left
for Meyers Chuck, a small village near Ketchikan, where he had taken
over a general merchadise business.
James Edmiston and son, Archie, returned to Douglas after visiting
Mr. Edmiston’s daughter, Mrs. Harry Hill, at Healy Forks.
Mrs. J. C. Stewart arrived on the Aleutian from Seattle, for a two
week visit with her son, Norman R. Stewart, of the cable and radio staff.
She was registered at the Zynda Hotel.
Suffering from a strained back, Mrs. A. Haglund, proprietress of the
Bergmann Boarding House, was confined to her home. She was Injured
while trying to lift a heavy box.
After an extended summer visit, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shiedley and
their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Crooks, left for their
home in Kansas City. Mr. Shiedley was associated in development
of talc deposits on north Admiralty Island, and had spent several sum
mers here.
Slight injuries received in an automobile accident while visiting
in his old home in Franklin, Ohio, delayed the departure of Judge
Justin W. Harding, returning to the coast and would cause a few days’
delay in opening the September term of Federal District Court. Word
of the accident was received by Mrs. Harding's sister, Miss Ann Gaynor.
Weather: High, 52; low, 48; rain.
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Daily Lessons in English L. cordon
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "He has the capacity to
do it.” Say, “He has the ABILITY to do it.” /
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Defect. Accent second syllable, and
not the first.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Vacillate; one C, two L's.
SYNONYMS: Majestic, magnificent, stately, imposing, regal.
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:
INCONCEIVABLE; incapable of being imagined, or believed. “Such a
condition is inconceivable.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE 1
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Q. Is it ever permissible to use the knife to convey any kind of food
to the mouth?
A. Never. The only purpose of the knife is cutting, and this should
be done as skillfully as possible, and never in the manner of a saw.
Q. When a bride is writing notes of thanks for gifts to friends of
hers who do not know her husband, should the notes be signed with
both names?
A. She signs just her name to the note, but the note should include
her husband's name, as, “Bob and I deeply appreciate, etc.”
Q, If a host is carving the meat at the table, should he cut enough
for everyone before serving anyone?
A. Yes.
LOOK and LEARN A. G GORDON j
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1. How many mills are there in a dollar?
2. What is meant by mercerized cotton?
3. What peninsula does Spain occupy?
4. Which amendment of the U. S. Constitution put an end to pro
hibition?
5. Is there enough room in the State of Texas, so that every man,
woman nad child in the U. S. could own an acre of land?
ANSWERS:
1. 1,000 mills.
2. Cotton with a silky luster.
3. Iberian.
4. The 21st Amendment.
5. Yes; with more than 20 million acres to spare.
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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, and
released l>y the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 49—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island . 59—Rain
Barrow . 37—Fog
Bethel . 56—Ra'in
Cordova . 49—Fog
Dawson . 44—Clear
Edmonton .. 37—Clear
Fairbanks . 44—Clear
Haines ..j.. 53—Clear
Havre . 38—Clear
Juneau 44—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak . 52—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 58—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 45—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 60—Rain
Northway . 47—Fog
Petersburg . 56—Cloudy
Portland . 63—Fog
Prince George . 39—Fog
Seattle . 55—Clear
Sitka . 61—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 50—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 59—Partly Cloudy
LEADERSJN B. B.
American League
Batting — Goodman, Boston, .364;
Kell, Detroit, .350.
Runs Batted In — Stephens, Bos
ton, 116; Dropo, Boston, 113.
Home Runs — Rosen, Cleveland,
32; Dropo and Stephens, Boston, 27.
Pitching — Trout. Detroit, 10-2,
.833; Lemon, Cleveland, 18-6, .750.
National League
Batting — Musial, St. Louis, .357;
Robinson, Brooklyn, .337.
Runs Batted In — Ennis. Phila
delphia, 100: Kiner, Pittsburgh, 91.
Home Runs — Kiner, Pittsburgh,
34: Pafko, Chicago, 28.
Pitching — Hiller, Chicago, 8-2,
.800; Maglie, New York, 11-3, .786.
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Canon 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 S.
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
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Regular Meeting* Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L -FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN SEN
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| Phone 549 Pred W. Wendt
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at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
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