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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bide.. Seattle, Wash.
Thursday, March 8, 1951
' GOOD OL’ WINNIE _
Somehow it seems gcoa to know that Winston
Churchill is charging around again, raising his indi
vidual kind of Ned in the House of Commons and in
general being, most vociferously, the loyal opposition
to His Majesty’s government.
Mr. Churchill this time is put out—very put out—
because an American and not a British Admiral has
been chosen to command Western Europe's naval forces.
He has permitted himself to become greatly exercised
over the nomination, which he regards as a sort of an
affront to the Royal Navy.
In replying to Mr. Chuchill, Clement Attlee, the j
British Prime Minister, explained that the appoint
ment of the American Admiral had been made by all
the Atlantic nations, not by one of them. This led
Mr. Churchill to ask if the choice did not argue for
a decline of British influence, and requested Mr. Attlee
i to ask for reconsideration. The Prime Minister, with
his customary caution, said he would look into the
matter.
The merits of the case do not interest us so much
as Mr. Churchill's vigilance. After all, his is the
normal reaction of a man who was once First Lord
of the Admiralty and wants to know what has hap
pened to British naval prestige. How eloquent he still
can be when he wants to!
Yielding Power
(Washington, D. C. Post)
Almost in the man-bites-dog category is the re
port from Annapolis that Governor McKeldin is
seeking to divert himself of the power of passing on
paroles from Maryland’s penal institutions. The tend
ency of Governors and other officials to cling to power
and reach for more Is so general that some readers
who noted this item in our news columns recently
may refuse to believe their eyes. We surmise, never
theless, that they will recognize the good sense in what
Governor McKeldin says—that his other duties pre
vent him from giving to parole applications the care
ful thought and attention that each ough tto have. He
favors a b'li to transfer this function to a reorganized
parole board. In any event a ooard is better qualified
to pass upon applications for parole than an indi
vidual. What remarkable improvements might be ef
fected U every official would suggest that he be di
vested >f powers that h; cannot wield effclively!
Editorial
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(The Kodiak Bear)
A filler line in the most recent Armed Forces!
Press Service clip sheet caugh our eye the other day (
and also inspired some thought.
The line was: ‘ What we don’t use. we lose.”
Truer words were never spoken and especially so
at this time.
Our nation is spending billions for defense and
we, as tax paying citizens, are going to foot a large
share of the bill. We can cut down waste of money
by making sure that we make the best use, with,the;
least possible waste, of all materials and food.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
treme poverty where the people
have nothing to lose by trying new
experiments plus the fact that any
nation torn by a never-ending
series of wars is an easy mark for
Communism.
At any rate, the border between
Russi".r'.i-'ed Albania and anti
Rus1 i. Y .r'oslavia now is studded
with uards, and strangers
are not pirn *ed within 20 kilo
meters (about. 12 miles).
I managed to remember enough
of the local language to talk my
way past the first guard in the
restricted zone and thereafter
managed to talk my way past
p uards who stopped our jeep every
h it hour until we had passed
thro., li the old Turkish Albanian
city i.j Prhserepd, the border town
. t jtii viUu, and Deceny nror.as
tone of the oldest in Serbia,
but, it now bristles with armament.
The iron Curtain here is not of
barbed wire as it is around most
satellite countries but consists oi
a steep mountain range, its base
studded with troops.
Denounce Double-crossing Russians
My purpose in visiting this iso
lated, desolate part of the Balkans
was partly sentimental, partly to
see whether the United States is
getting credit for its good program,
partly to gauge Yugoslav senti
ment toward Russia and the Uni
ted States in an area far from the
official blarney handed out by the
diplomats in Belgrade.
Regarding the food program,
the United States has givgn the
Yugoslav government $60,000,OGC
worth of flour with the understand
ing that they sell it through their
regular ration system but making
it clear that the flour comes from
us. Its distribution was organized
under Richard Allen of Carmel,
Calif., a former Hoover food man
who has also arranged for Amer
ican inspectors to travel through
the country. I traveled part of the
time with one of these inspectors—
efficient George Trett—as he in
terviewed local officials and local
farmers and it appears the United
States is getting credit.
Regarding Yugoslav feeling to
ward Russia, it seem; s milar to
that of the bride who has been
jilted at the church and then
watched her fiance marry another
man. Yugoslav papers are filled
with bitter denunciations oi Rus
sia, reminding the people that any
one who deals with Russia always
gets double-crossed and even play
ing up the Russian double-cross
history back to 1700 as if it were
hot first-page news today.
Later, I heard Marshal Pijade,
considered the father of Yugoslav
Communism, address 50,000 people
in one of the bitterest attacks I
have ever heard against Russia.
Pijade was jailed for 14 years by
King Alexander, at which time he
taught Marxism to other Yugo
slav leaders but now Moscow calls
him ‘The Hideous Hunchback of
Belgrade." When I heard him he
quoted Thomas Dewey, Walter
• and Ernest Bevin as
■ ■ ■ ussia is a brutal na
tion ‘he United States
and Li vigorcqpiy sup
port, ng Yugcr ■
Lesson for lT. S.
Thirty years ago I nad charge of
100 Bulgar prisoners in a dimin
utive Serbian village called Dobro
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Do. which means good valley—but;
the valley wasn't good, because it ;
had been burned out by the Bul
garian army and my job was to
rebuild the homes of Serbian
widows, using Bulgarian prisoners ,
for labor. We also had a transport
company of 100 mules and 100 con
scripted Albanian mule drivers who
every night sat around campfires—
the Albanians, the Bulgar prisoners
and their Serbian guards discuss
ing war and what caused war.
That was in 1919 and they re
called that in 1912 Serbia and
Greece had fought Turkey, then in |
1913 Bulgaria’ had fought Serbia
and Greece, and in 1914 the World
War started. Thus for six long
years the Balkans were plunged in i
Galley 2 Wash Merrygoround HH
war—war which neither the Ser- j
bian guards nor their Bulgarian
prisoners nor the Albanian con
scripts wanted. Their hope, they
said, was Woodrow Wilson—he was
going to proclaim a new world in
which there would be eternal
peace.
Well, the years have come and
gone since then. Woodrow Wilson
tried and failed, and Dobro Dc
since then once again was rav
ished—this time by the Germans,
later by the Italians—and then lib
erated by the Russians who, at
times, acted more like conquerors
than liberators.
This is the history of a typical
Balkan village and when you look
round at the poverty which always
follows in the wake of war you
understand why there's Communism
in the Balkans, for people who are
poor, who are bled white, w’ho have
nothing to lose, turn in their des
peration to desperate remedies.
This also may be a lesson for the
United States for, if we get in
volved in war, its aftermath may
find us nearer the Communism
which we are fighting so hard to
avoid.
NINE SENATORS
ARE GUESTS OF
CC LUNCH TODAY
Squarely facing the dim outlook
ior touri.c travel for the coming
scat- n, the Chamber of Commerce
touri t committee, headed by Alva
Blackerhy, has recommended that
Juneau explore the potentialities cf
visitors f.om the west and north.
This suggestion was made at a re
gular luncheon meeting of the
Chamber this noon at the Baranof
Hotel, at which the Territorial sena
: tors were honored guests.
Pointing out that there were
; 60.000 people in the communities of
i Anchorage, Fairbanks and White
i horse, Blackerby suggested an ag
1 gressive campaign to bring some of
| them n Juneau this summer. He
| said that the Baranof Hotel and
Alaska Coastal Airlines planned ad
vertising campaigns in the three
I towns and that the Chamber would
’ erect signs on the Alaska Highway
I to attract travelers to Juneau..
George Sundborg reported that
he had received a letter from Steve
Homer of the Chilkoot barge which
plied between Juneau and Haines
last summer in whicli Homer out
lines some of his difficulties of
operation. Sundborg stressed the im
portance of maintaining this serv
ice, especially in light of a large
Army terminal construction project
at Haines. It was decided to have
a committee meeting to see what
l could be done about the matter.
The Chamber approved a mining
committee recommendation endors
ing Bartlett’s bill to suspend assess
ment work for the duration of the
present emergency.
It also unanimously accepted the
legislative committee recommenda
tions on three bills: (it endorse in
principle the Department of Labor
surveys but only on the basis that
Alaska differentials be carefully
considered; (21 endorse election of
Alaska’s governor but that the pre
sent Butler bill be rewritten; and
(3> endorse federal employees 25
per cent additional cost of living
allowance as being considered base
pay for retirement purposes. This
was after Gov. Gruening had ex
pressed himself in favor of the
principle of electing the governor
and secretary for Alaska.
Nine of the 16 Territorial sena
tors were present and were intro
duced with a few words each by
President Herbert Rowland. They
were: James Nolan, Wrangell;
Percy Ipalook, Kotzebue; William
Beltz, Nome; Anita Garnick,
Juneau: Walter Huntley, Palmer;
Frank Barr and Dan Lhamon, Fair
banks; Elton Engstrom, Juneau, and
Gunnard F.ngebreth, Anchorage,
president of the Senate.
Other guests were Mar hall
Crutcher, Kodiak banker; Paul
Dupler, Sitka attorney; and Don
Wilson, new director ofi Alaska
March 8
Constance Akagi
Dorothy Ann Mize
Stanley Nowicka
H. G. Johnson
Beatrice Newland
F. M. Matheson
Mrs. T. J. Adams
Clarence Mathews
Fay McClelland
Shirley Anne Molvar
Public Works, Juneau. Kenneth Al
bertson, of B. M Behrends store,1
was introduced as r new member.
MORE TROUBLE IS
EXPECTED IN IRAN;
FOREIGNERS THREAT;
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(By Associated Press)
New Nationalist demands that the '
government drive foreign oil con- j
e •vionaries out of the country have '
followed the assassination cf Iran’s
Premier Ali Razmara. And Moder- \
ate deputies in the Iranian Parlia- !
ment say that threats cf further i
trouble have increased the pros- ;
pc t-: for nationalization of Iran’s
rich oil properties. Some deputies
fear other assassinations will fol
low. Funeral services will be held
today for General Razmara -a
friend of the West who took office
with American support.
In Boston, the slain Premier's
brother—Reza Rasmara—has said
the general's death is the work of
Communists. Currently on leave
from his government post as direc- ;
tor of training of the Iranian Rail- •
ways, Reza Razmara is associated
with the Boston engineerinng firm
of Jackson and Moorland. Of the
Premier’s death, he said: “I ex
pected it. My brother was known
to be strongly opposed to Commun
ism before he came to power.” ’
MARINE BASIN WORK
AT NORTHERN COM. CO.
A complete engine overhaul is
being completed on the Mermaid,
seiner boat owned by Joe White of
Hoonah, at the marine basin of the ,
Northern Commercial Co. Other
work recently completed at the mar
ine basin was the installation of a
new monel shaft on the tug Lum
berman, owned by the Sampson Tug \
and Barge Co., installation of iron
b;;rk sheeting on the Coho, Bill
Johnson, and copper painting and
installation of iron bark on the
halibuter Lassie, Jack Crowley.
AT THE GASTINEAU
Jack M. Spake of Bluffton, Ind.
is registered at the Gastineau Hotel.
He is with the Bureau of Public
Roads.
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ACROSS
1 n.iby’s food
| 4 Armed conflict
7 Divided
I 12 Creed mess
11 American
author
15. Calm
I 16. North Ameri
can country
17. Horse carriage
I IS. Receptacle
19. Correlative
of neither
j 20. Epic* poem
22. Chum
I 23. Distant
j 24 Complete
collection
1 25. Withdraw
27. Thus
29 10n Fijuaie
rm uth
SO Comforted
21 Opposite of out
22 Above
31 Ctm-d
31 Afib'.n
ante )■ pe
3.">. Recline
37. Idle talk:
slang
38. Witches
39. Pronoun
40. Storage room
41 Mongrel dog
42. Foreign
44. Meeting of two
converging
lines 49.
47. Send c,»
48. Command of ° '*
a subject 61.
AP Newiftaturcs
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
Conform
Skill
Female ruff
DOWN
1. Dance step
2. Salutation
3. Talking bird
4. Fly
B. Top card
6. Concerning
7. Reach across
8. Kitchen utensil
9. Climbing plant
10. Sanctioning
11. Rip
13. Former Brazil
ian money of
account
16. Cups
18. Pertaining to
Catalonia
20. Son of Isaac
21. Worried
22. Oceanic
23. Given food
25. Fish eggs
26. Crimson
28. Obligation
30. Timid
34. Gather for
preservation
36. Fragrance
35. Injured
39. Wife of Zeus
40. Fixed vertical
timber: naut
41 Charge
43. Piece of
confidential
information
4 4 Carriage
45 Before
16. Cereal* grass
18. Parect: colioq. .
j20 YEARS AGO ft?E empire I
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MARCH 8, 1931
Miss Betty Sey, diminutive clog dancer, appeared on the program
at the Douglas Coliseum Theatre in conjunction with the regular talking
picture program.
The opening of the Midget Lunch Cafe was announced under its
former management of '’'em and Marie Sturge.
D. G. A. Doelker, chiropractor, who recently arrived in Juneau from
3 in Francisco, had associated himself with Dr. George L. Barton, well
known chiropractor of this city.
I
Winds in Gastineau Channel prevented the steamer Queen from
m ring at the Douglas dock with a cargo of freight. The vessel would
di charge the cargo on the return from the Triangle run.
Increased passenger rates on the Alaska Railroad would go into
efh.t March 20, according to the transportation system's new sched
ul i he advances averaged about 4 cents a mile—from 6 cents, the
old rate to 10 cents, the proposed new rate. Freight tariffs were also
erderd increased but no schedules had yet been sent out.
George Edward Lewis, who had produced several strictly Alaska
motion pictures taken exclusively in the north was in Juneau. He had
been in Ketchikan the past two months on business relative to a picture
planned.
Their seine boat Kittiwake turned turtle by high winds in Gast.ineau|
C ! ,U;ni, William S. Howard and his sons, Elijah, 10, and John, 25, of
i: i 1 r. were rescued from the waters by Capt. Andrew Anderson on
I. rower boat Trygve and landed them at the City Float. Aside from!
chilled by the cold waters of the Channel they suffered no ill effects.;
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The Princess Norah made a brief stop at Juneau this day, her mastp'.
(V ring to make the I- mi Canal ran during the daylight hours because
c.f high winds on the channels. Passengers for Juneau were: the Re’’.!
W. G. LeVasseur, Ralph McCullough, Raymond Stevens, Cora Smith,
William Swinburne, Mrs. Karl Theile and son, S. McNeil, Jorma Kosti
and William Strong.
Weather: High, 39: low, 29; clear.
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! DaiSy Lessons in English tv. l. cordon j
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We shall either go Friday
or Saturday.” Say, "We shall gd either Friday or Saturday.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cerebrum. Pronounce ser-e-brum, first
E as in LET, second E as in ME unstressed, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Canal; one N and AL. Channel; two N’s
and EL.
SYNONYMS: Merry, mirthful, jolly, jovial, joyous, gay, glad, frolic
some.
WORD STUDY1: “Use1*!) word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
ADVERSITY; a state of adverse fortune; misfortune. "Adversity does
not daunt the courageous man.”
[ modern etiquette RORERTA LEE j
Q. How can a young unmarried man and his sister word the invi
tations to a wedding anniversary celebration in honor of their parents?
A. This would be appropriate: “Mr. John Robert Smith and Miss
Mary Louise Smith request the pleasure of your company at the wed
ding anniversary celebration of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wil
liam Smith, etc.’-’
Q. Is it all right for a left-handed person to hold his knife in his
left hand at the dinner table?
A. No. In many cases this would prove awkward, especially to the
person seated at his left. He can easily learn to use the knift in his
right hand.
Q. Are the letters popularly written at the bottom of invitations
all supposed to be capitalized, thusly “R.S.V.P.”?
A. Only the first letter is properly capitalized, as, “R.s.v.p.”
LOOK and LEARN c. GORDON
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1. What famous battle in what American war was fought after the
war was officially over?
2. In certain States of the Union, there is a misdemeanor punish
able if attempted, but neevr punished if committed. What is it?
3. What U. S. State leads in the production of coal?
4. Which of his Disciples did Jesus enable to walk on the water?
5. What did the poet, John Keats, says is “a joy forever”?
ANSWERS:
1. Battle of New Orleans, in the War of 1812.
2. Suicide.
3. Pennsylvania.
4. Peter.
5. "A thing of beauty.”
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Weather a! j
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coasst, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 1—Clear
Annette Island . 19—Clear
Barrow .- 12—Drifting Snow
Bethel .. 6—Partly Cloudy
Cordova .-. T—Clear
Dawson. 32—Fog
Edmonton . 28—Clear
Fairbanks . 23—Clear
Haines . 13—Clear
Havre . 30—Ice Needles
Juneau Airport . 16—Clear
Kodiak . 20—Clear
Kctzebue .. 1—Clear
McGrath . 28—Clear
Nome . 10—Partly Cloudy
Northway .. 38—Clear
Petersburg . 6—Clear
Portland . 34—Rain
Prince George . 15—Clear
Seattle ... 30—Snow
Sitka . IT—Clear
Whitehorse . 28—Clear
Yakutat . 4—Clear
STAFF CHANGES |
ARE ANNOUNCED
BY COLUMBIA LR8. j
The Columbia Lumber Company
announces the following personnel *
changes being made during March:
Ernest Somers is being transferred
from Sitka to Juneau, promoted to
the position of assistant to the
president. He was formerly branch
manager at Sitka.
Cecil Gould is being promoted to
the position of branch manager at
Sitka, where he has been mill sup
erintendent.
Marguerite Somers is transferred
to the office of the Juneau Lumber
Company. She was formerly book
keeper at the Sitka branch.
Warren Grant is being transferred
to . the Sitka staff Of the Anchor
age branch. He was formerly yard
man at the Juneau retail yard.
MARTHA VIRGINIA JOINS
WILLIAM G. ELLIS FAMILY
A daughter, Martha Virginia, was
born to Mr. and Mrs. William G.
Ellis at 9:18 Wednesday morning at
St. Ann’s hospital. She weighed 7
pounds 15 ounces. Little Miss Mar
tha was named for her paternal
grandmother and her second name,
Virginia, is carried through her
family.
At home she will be welcomed by
two sisters, Barbara and Ann and
a brother, Bobbie.
Ellis is business manager for the
Juneau Medical and Surgical clinic
TURKEY DINNER SATURAY
For members of Moose and friends
given by Women of Moose Drill
Team. Adults, $1.75; children $1.00
—6 to 8 p. m. 750-3t
“ V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
I the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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 Tilrd
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Moriuary
Fourth and Franklin #U.
PHONE 13d
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwsnr
tiira Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Lngf»*s
botany
"506"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothinf
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
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SANITARY HEAT
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Pros Dellrsry
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 117
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield.
Worshipful Mister;
JAMES W 1 jSTVer 3, Secretary.
© E. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ru’er. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Ncose Lodge No. 700.
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Pham in IS* Bo. FrinkU*
P. O. Box UN
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Your Sellable PhaniwUto
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
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Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plants—Musical tnstromcnta
and Supplies
..Phone 2*6 ..Second and Seward
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 649 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Ce.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Bo
at Reasonable Rat—
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 666
homas Hardware Co,
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Bonders’ and Shelf
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Remington Typewriters
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J. B. Burford Co.
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Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
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Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engine*
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL dN
American Meat — Phone IS
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
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H. S. GRAVES
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St Phone 711
High Quality Cabinet Work
fur Humr. Offtrr uf Star.