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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Thursday, August 23, 1951
SEATTLE—ALASKA’S WHIPPING BOY
At least the Seattle Chamber of Commerce
recognizes the continued quarrel propaganized be
tween Alaska and Seattle for what it is.
That is made clear in a recent radio broadcast
from Seattle by Thomas J. Pelly, president of the
Seattle Chamber of Commerce.
"Alaska” was the subject of his address and be
cause of its interest, the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce is distributing copies of it to its members.
Only its 10-page length is the Empire's reason for
not publishing the address in full.
Mr. Pelly discusses trade with Alaska, then says,
"The subject of trade with Alaska brings up the
present political situation which we citizens in. Seattle
must recognize and meet."
And, from here on we quote at length from Mr.
Pelly's address:
"And before pursuing what I referred to as the
political situation, I should explain, that our Chamber
policy is to avoid if possible taking sides in con
troversial Alaska questions. By this I don't mean
we necessarily want to ‘duck’ Issues, but rather we
take the position that Alaskans themselves are the
ones to resolve their own disagreements. A good
example of this is the much-debated question of
Statehood.
"As you know, Governor Ernest Gruening nf
Alaska has strongly advocated Statehood for Alaska
and he has won a good many ardent supporters for
this program. On the other hand, many Alaskans,
particularly business men, are violently opposed to
statlAood now on the basis that thd icost of a State
Government would increase taxes and thereby retard
development. They think statehood is premature
and it is better to let the Federal Government carry
the cost of development during their pioneer period.
Here obviously, is a subject Seattle Chamber mem
bers visiting Alaska treat with discretion.
"Privately some may harbor, and even express,
their opinions, but officially we are discreetly silent.
In a way Statehood seems quite impractical when one
realizes there are more residents in Kitsap County
and the North Olympic Peninsula than in Alaska, and
yet, at the same time, Alaskans cannot fail to resent
not being represented in Congress except by a dele
gate without a vote.
"Realistically, however, it should be understood
that partisan politics and personal political ambitions,
in addition to economics are considerations mixed with
and motivating the pros and cons of Alaska State
hood.
"As such, being strictly non-partisan and non
political, our Chamber, as I said before, has avoided
this issue, although we have long taken the position
that the residents of Alaska should have full oppor
tunity to suggest and recommend their choice of
Governor for the Territory.
“And now, in all frankness, I am compelled to
comment on the attitude of the present Governor as
it relates to Seattle. I think you will recognize that
it is nothing new for political leadership to divert the
attention of people from their difficulties and prob
lems by placing the blame on what is called a 'whip
ping boy.’ Since the dawn of history it has been
customary for rulers to lay the ills of the people
on innocent parties, hoping thus to appease and pro
pitiate the majority of citizens. Hitler did this with
the Jews. Wall Street has been the favorite target
of political haranguing in our own country. As far a:
Alaska is concerned, Governor Gruening and others
have been using Seattle. Both openly and by infer
ence, our business firms have been accused of having
a stranglehold on the economy of Alaska. Our hotels
are said to charge higher rates to Alaskans, our
merchants higher prices. We stand accused of pre
venting wholesale outlets from being established in
the Territory itself so that we could control the
business. Our steamship line has been denounced
as a monopoly, and so forth.
"Recently a task force of the Senate Armed
Services Committee visited Alaska and echoed these
charges. Their report to Congress, admitted the ac
cusations against Seattle were allegations and no
investigation of them had been made, but even so
the effect was damaging. The Ketchikan Chamber
of Commerce wrote the Chairman of the Sub-Com
mittee, Senator Hunt, supporting Seattle and asking j
that this part of the Committee’s report be deleted.
In Senator Hunt’s acknowledgment, he said the source i
of material contained in the report was confidential.
But if it did not come from the Governor, it is almost
word for word what he has been saying.
"The point I am making, however, is that a cam
paign to give Seattle a blackcye is being waged.”
We in Alaska have been familiar with the situa
tion Mr. Pelly describes and the Empire believes his
conclusions to be sound.
We have previously called attention to the in
clusion in the Task Report of anti-trust charges against
Seattle firms. Why they were dragged into this Senate
report is not difficult to guess.
That Alaskans have friends in Seattle in spite of
the years of run-around Seattle has been given by
certain people in government in Alaska may be due
to the fact that there are old friendships of long
standing between Alaskans and Seattle, friendships
strong enough to withstand the misleading propaganda
against the Puget Sound port.
That Seattle has been the “whipping boy” of the
present Alaska administration there can be no doubt.
We have been told that at one time an offer was
made to withdraw the spite campaign against Seattle
if the Seattle Chamber of Commerce would endorse
statehood for the Territory.
But because life Seattle Chamber of Commerce
considers statehood our own business, it has attempted
to take no sides in this controversial matter.
And so the administration’s propaganda machine
has continued to spread prejudice and ill will against
Seattle.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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also were too late to join the main
truck convoy which had left Mu
nich at noon so Tyler was com
missioned to remain behind to see
the most important part pf our
operation got to the border on
time.
X am writing you because I
know he hasn’t fulfilled his prom
ise to write you every day but I
think, when you read this, you'll
undestand why.
The winds of freedom, incident
ally, shift back and forth along
the border and neither he nor I
knew exactly where to join the
other trucks. But he had instruc
tions to meet a lookout in front
of the post office in Weiden, a
little town 10 miles from the bor
der. The lookout directed us 10
miles in another direction, where
we sighted our convoy and where
your son finally delivered the 2,
000,000 messages to the Czech
people on time.
The trucks were parked on a
narrow road on the Bavarian hill
side almost on a straight line to
ward Pilsen and Prague, the two
largest cities of Czechoslovakia.
Arranging a convoy is a com
plicated operation, somewhat like
loading a circus train and it re
minded me of my old tent-wreck
ing days. Electric generators are
at one end of the convoy, though
far enough awray so that no
sparks can reach the hydrogen
tanks used to fill the balloons,
these are filled inside the truck
and launched from its rear end.
Next come four side-gate trucks
for rubber balloons. The latter
are so big they can’t be filled in
side the trucks, so the hydrogen
tanks are laid sideways with a
hose extending to the balloon
launching- tables on the side of
the road" .
Tyler operated the valve on the
hydrogen tank, supervising a crew
of three Germans. The balloon
is inflated with hydrogen until it
touches two inverted table legs
about four feet apart. When it
reaches this diameter, it is tied
at the bottom and sent on its way .
across the Iron Curtain. I auto
graphed one of these balloons for ;
Gottwald and Stalin.
The long line of trucks along
side a Bavarian wheat stubble
field made a fascinating, eerie
spectacle in the night—the gutter -
al German voices, the swish-swish
of the flowing hydrogen, and the
steady silent launching of the big
bags as they slipped off into the
darkness.
The boys were getting off their
missives to Prague pretty regu
larly — about 1,300, all told—when
it started to drizzle. We kept go
ing for a while, since rain doesn't
impede the balloons. They rise
above the clouds in no time, but
it does get the men wet. So, at
2 a.m. we finally laid off; every
one pretty well soaked.
I sat in the ear for a while,
waiting for the rain to stop but
when it didn't I used the excuse
that I had to get to the cable of
lice, and at 3 a.m. headed back
for Munich. I’m getting old, I
guess, and can't take it.
Before I left, however, I went
down the line of murky trucks,
trying to find your son. I finally
located him sitting inside a truck,
listening to German veterans and
ex-prisoners swapping war exper
iences with American G. I. stud
ents — men who had once been
fighting each other but who now
worked together launching friend
ship messages to another people
whom they hoped they wouldn’t
have to fight.
Germans, incidentally, supposed
to be the military master race,
seem to me completely pacifist.
German youngsters are just as un
enthusiastic about raising an ar
my as your son and other Ameri
can youngsters ' are about the
draft. Sometimes I think it’s
chiefly the old dodoes who arc
complacent about the prospect of
war. However, I’m convinced that
Moscow wants to wait a consid
erable time before it plunges the
world into war. Its satellite peo
ples are too restless and would
turn against the Kremlin in case
of war. That's why I think this
balloon deal, coming at this part
icular time, may help. It's only
a drop in the bucket, of course,
and lots of people will pooh-pooh
it but you have to make a start
some way or other in attempts
at penetrating the Iron Curtain,
so we’ve taken the first step.
Anyway, I drove back to Mun
ich at 3 a.m., leaving your son up
on the border. They resumed
launching the balloons at 4 a.m.
and continued until >6 but he
didn’t get back to Munich with
the trucks until noon, making a
28-hour day—from 8 a.m. till 12 ]
noon the next day.
The winds weren’t quite right
the day following, however, and
he got 12 hours sleep though last
night. When I arrived at the bor
der at 2 a.m. they were at it
again, continuing until 6 a.m. they
planned to lay over until noon,
let the men sleep on the roadside,
and then unloose another barrage
which would hit Prague about 4
p.m., just as the people were start
ing home from work.
Well, that's why your son hasn’t
written and why I am trying to
report for him.
I am very lonesome and anxious
to get home. It’s rained a lot here
and I hope you’ve had some of it j
at home. When I left the pastures
were 'just about burned up. Sec
you soon.
I
Drew
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AUGUST 23
James W. McNaughton
N. J. Bavard
Clifton F. Brown
Timothy Hillerman
Mrs. B. R. Glass
Thomas E. Hall
Mrs. Tom Dyer
Mrs. Joe Mathison
Glenn A. Edwards
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m..
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 54—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island 54—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 42—Fog
Bethel . 43—Partly Cloudy
Cordova.49—Rain
Dawson . 50—Rain
Edmonton .. .. 45—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 49—Cloudy
Haines . 54—Cloudy
Havre . 61—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 51—Rain
Kodiak . 53—Clear
Kotzebue . Missing
McGrath .. 45—Cloudy
Nome . 42—Cloudy
Northway . 53—Cloudy
Petersburg . 50—Cloudy
Portland . 52—Partly Cloudy
Prince George . 33—Clear
Seattle . 51—Cloudy
Sitka . 55—Cloudy
Whitehorse .... 47—Cloudy
Yakutat. . 54—Rain
Bottleneck Busier
Installed io Speed
Defense Production
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 — UP] —
Mobilization chief Charles E. Wil
son today installed a new bottle
neck buster — Clay P. Bedford—
to speed lagging output of tanks,
jet engines and nearly 100 other
military items.
Bedford, executive vice presi
dent of Kaiser-Fraser Corp., was
sworn in by Wilson as chairmatV
of the production executive com
mittee of the defense production
administration and deputy chief
Of DBA.
Bedford, who has been Wilson’s
assistant, said the committee plans
a wcapon-by-weapon approach to
the production problem, but em
phasized the rearmament progress
generally is good.
TRAVELERS HERE AFTER
TRIP TO BALLS RANCH
Travelers in Juneau after sight
seeing are Mrs. Catherine Rochlitzer,
dean of women at Gonzaga Uni
versity, Spokane; her aunt, Mrs.
Graham J. Graham, Bloomfield
Hills, Mich., and Emily Ellinger,
law librarian at Gonzaga.
This is Mrs. Rochlitzer’s second
trip to Juneau. In 1944 she and
husband, the late Dr. J. W. Roch
litzer, spent sometime in the Ju
neau area and Sitka with former
Alaskan John Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Graham is returning soutn
by Pan American Tuesday and
Mrs. Rochlitzer and Miss Ellinger
will fly to Sitka and to Ketchikan
at the end of the week.
The travelers drove to Prince
Rupert and will pick up their ear
there and return south by steamer.
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AUGUST 23, 1931
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Dr. G. L. Barton and bride, the former Flora Sharick, arrived home
| in Juneau on the Princess Louise. Many friends were at the wharf to
give them the welcome sign and extend congratulations. Since their
marriage a month ago in Bellingham, Wash., the newlyweds "have been
honeymooning in Vancouver, B. C.
Miss Sue White is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. M. Sharpies, for a
short time prior to going to Kake where she will spend the winter.
Miss White will teach in the Indian Affairs school there during the
next term.
Mrs. John Mills and son John of Douglas, who have been visiting
in Ketchikan and Vancouver for the past month, arrived home on the
Princess Louise.
In honor of their sister. Miss Isabel Cashen. who is leaving today
for Seattle where she will enter business college, Mrs. Esther Goss and
Mrs. Mae Godkin entertained with a farewell surprise party at the
home of Mrs. Goss last evening. Three tables of bridge were enjoyed.
High honors went to Miss Cashen and consolation to Miss Ruth Lundell.
Many attractive gifts were presented to Miss Cashen.
C. II. Bowman and Mrs. Bowman are aboard the steamer Queen
bound for Douglas. Bowman is to be superintendent of public schools '
in Douglas the coming year. He is from Petersburg. Mrs. Bowman,
who has been teaching in the Government school in Petersburg, has
been transferred to the Government school in Juneau.
i
A son was born August 22 to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Conway in Skagway,
1 according to word received here by Miss Agnes Manning, Mrs. Conway's i
j aunt. , The baby has been named Charles Quinlan, the first for hi£ j
, mother's late father, Charles A. McGrath, pioneer Sitka Merchant and
the latter for Mr. Conway's mother whose maiden name was Quinlan.
Karl Theile, secretary of Alaska, returned to Juneau this morning
on the steamer Queen.
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Weather: High, 62; low, 50; showers. ,
Daily Lessons in English w.
L. GORDON
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "It is the most interesting
book that I ever read. ” Say, "that I HAVE ever read.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Livelong. Pronounce the I as in IT, not
as in LIFE.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gesture (a motion). Jester (one who jokes).
SYNONYMS: Exact, precise, correct, accurate, undeviating.
WORD STUDY: 'U^-a a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
INCAPACITATE: to deprive of capacity: disable, disqualify. "Ill health
incapacitated him.”
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MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
Q. What toast may the father of a bride-elect propose in announc- j
ing her engagement at a dinner party?
A. “I propose to drink to the health of Mary and the young man
she has decided to add permanently to our family, James Martin.”
Q. Is it proper for a woman to rise when another woman leaves the
room?
A. It is a nice thing to do when the woman leaving is much older,
but it is not necessary otherwise.
Q. Is it proper for a child to address a young aunt as "Helen,” in
stead of “Aunt Helen”?
A. Yes, this is quite all right, if the aunt prefers it or requests it.
LOOK and LEARN
by
A. C. GORDON
1. Which increases faster, money invested at interest compounded
semi-annually or compounded annually?
2. What English king signed the Magna Charta?
3. In what river are the famous Whirlpool Rapids?
4. What grand opera is truly Biblical in its theme?
a. Which word does not belong in the following group — carrots,
cabbage, onions, beets, potatoes?
ANSWERS:
Semi-annually.
King John, in 1215. ,
Niagara River.
"Samson and Delilah.”
Cabbage, as it grows above ground, and the others grow under
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
the ground.
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Pood-flsh
4. Edible tuber
8. Sudden break
12. Era
13. Cooled
14. Close of _
composition
15. Retrlbutiva
justice
IT. Street arab
18. Understands
19. Forlorn
21. Dined
23. Famous
24. Young Span*
lsh lady
27. Transgress
30. Alternative
81. Fastener
22. Sharp blow
25. Universal
language
26. Vegetable
28. Stated
positively
41. Thin cake
44. Title
45. falling Into
decay
48. Underground
chamber
61. Mountain
crest
62. Wlthdretr
64. Prong
65. Valorous man
66. Terminate
67. Insects
68. Serf
59. Filthy hovel
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Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzls
DOWN ,
1. Containers
2. Molding
>. Debase
4. It Is: cont
6. Sour
6. Feel affronted
7. Hypothetical
force
8. Surmount by
climbing
9. Wanderers
10. Mine entrance
11. Window glasa
16. Bar legally
17. Obtained
20. Flies
22. Silkworm .
24. Something >
given to
pacify
25. Before
26. Senseless
28. Wrath
29. Bow
33. Bo man bronzt
34. Cost
37. Rise
3D. Feels
40. Barters
42. Provisions
43. Poem
45. Facts
45. Emerald Isle
47. Gull-llke bird
49. Opening
50.. Whirlpool
53. Shed over a
mine shaft
55. Personal
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfibld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.ru.
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Phone 200 Second and Seward
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Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PDONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
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Newly Renovated Rooms
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PHONE SINGLE O
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