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~ NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg . Seattle. Wash.
Thursday, August 16, 1951
MEN AT WORK
We've been asked to speak a word for the men
employed on the Glacier highway construction.
Too many motorists, they say, have been speed
ing through the work areas, despite numerous warn
ing signs and the presence of men at work in the
roadway.
While there have been no injures to date, such
carelessness may well beget them. One engineer re
ports that a car sped past him with only inches to
spare, nearly knocking him and an expensive transit
to the pavement.
Insurance companes say that most accidents are
preventable. We’re sure that there won't be any on
the highway job if all drivers will pay attention to
the signs and give the workmen a break.
JUDGES FIGHT JUDGES IN
CONNECTICUT
An interesting legal battle is underway in the
State of Connecticut, involving 67 of the minor courts
in that state.
The judges of thes courts were appointed in 1949.
by Governor Chester Bowles, who accepted the recom
mendation of Democratic local leaders. New judges
have been appointed by Governor John Davis Lodge,
who accepted the recommendations ot local Republi
can leaders.
This is the background of the squabble. The legal
issue involves a constitutional amendment which
stipulated that the legislature should set the limit
of tenure for judges. This has not been dine and the
Republicans assert that a two-year limit in an old
constitutional amendment still holds good. The Demo
crats deny this and claim that their judges are cn
ititled to hold court until the legislature sets a specific
date.
The situation is a reversal of what occurred two
years ago, when Repubicans were Incumbent judges
and the Democrats sought to oust them. The Supreme
Court, at that time, ruled that the Democrats were
the legal judges and the Republicans stepped down.
The present clash will have to be decided by the
courts and legal experts of both parties are studying
he law books to find precedents to substantiate their
contentions.
(Joofy Idea
(Cincinnati Enquirer )
At least one of the inanities of the defense
mobilization program now has been corrected. New
cars now are being sold again with the customary
spare tire.
Last spring it occurred to someone in the Na
tional Production Authority that a 20 per cent
"saving" of rubber could be achieved if car manu
facturers were ordered to deliver new automobiles
with only four tires. As we pointed out at the time,
the saving was purely illusory. Few, if any, car pur
chasers were willing to take a vehicle with four new
tires out on the road, knowing that they would have
no means of changing a tire—and might have to ruin
a new one—in the event of a puncture or blowout.
Hence, at best, the ban on spare tires turned
into a racket. In cases where new ears already had
been equipped with spare tires, the dealers were
forbidden to make delivery of the fifth tire and
usually credited the purchaser for the tire at the
wholesale rate. Naturally, though, when the new car
owner proceeded to buy a spare at ah individual
transaction—either at the dealer's or at a tire store—
he paid the full list price.
The edict didn't make sense from the start—and
we compliment the Federal authorities for having
realized it after only five months’ trial.
Free enterprise, a great gift to mankind, can be
stifled by combinations in restraint of trade just as
effectively as by the adoption of some ism.
Due care is a legal phrase but the lack of it
causes the death of many Americans every year.
Business is always better for advertisers.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
lion pieces of literature across
the Iron Curtain into Czechoslo
vakia that Andrews collected just
about every tank in West Germ
any.
You can imagine the curiosity
of the local tank distributors won
dering why one man was going
around picking up this collossal
number of hydrogen containers.
They popped the question to An
drews every time he brought in
a new load, and he deserves a dip
loma in career diplomacy for ex
pertly ducking these questions.
Project Arouses Curiosity
It was a little harder for him
to duck the questions from the
forty men recruited to fill the
balloons.
They were to be taken near the
Czech border every night, a five
hour drive from Munich, begin
launching balloons at about mid
night, finish work at four am.,
then get home at nine. Naturally
they wanted to know where they
were going and what they were
going to do.
However, alter getting tnem a
nice new bus in which to ride to
the Czech border every day, they
finally signed up for this myster
ious assignment,
Another problem involved in
sending balloons into Czechoslo
vakia is that it is such a narrow
country you can easily overshoot
the mark. In other words, if the
balloons drift too far, they land
in Poland where Poles can't read
the Czech leaflets. Therefore it
has been necessary to balance a
payload of pamphlets against the
wind currents in order to get the
balloons to travel the right dis
tance. It has also been necessary
to shift the launching site every
night, depending on the winds.
For this reason, we never know
until our meteorologist gives the
word around noon each day which
way to head our truck caravan.
The caravan totals nine trucks
two of them twenty-toners carry
ing hydrogen cylinders, balloons,
two million leaflets, and one mo
tor generator which lights up the
countryside sufficiently to arouse
every farmer in the neighborhood
but not sufficiently to give as
much light as needed for the del
icate operation of tying the noz
zles of two thousand balloons and
doing it in record time.
The reason for night launch
ings is that the balloons are sched
uled for arrival at six to eight
a.m., just as the Czech people are
going to work. Two types of ball
oons are being used. One regular
rubber balloon, manufactured by
Dewey and Almy, carrying a load
of about three and a half pounds,
or 2,200 leaflets.
Use Special Balloons
The other is pillow-type balloon
made by General Mills, which al
so contributed generously of its
experts and time to help this op
eration. The pillow balloon, while
carrying a lighter load, come.
down to earth and bounces along
the ground in an eerie fashion,
bound to excite curiosity. Across
its side, in large red letters is
J written “Svoboda,” which means,
freedom. Incidentally, svoboda is
the name of Harold Stassen’s
grandfather and it is especially
! appropriate, as an American of
j part Czech descent, that he is at
j tending this launching.
Nobouy should get the idea that
this iriendship balloon barrage to
the people of Czechoslovakia is go
ing to free that country over
night. It isn’t, though it is espe
cially timely coming as it does
when the Czechs have imprisoned
American newsman William Oatis
on trumped up charges. It also
comes at a time when unrest in
Czechoslovakia has reached great
er intensity than ever before.
However, this balloon barrage is
merely a test—a test of what in
dividual Americans working sep
arately from their government can
do to promote people-to-people
friendship and to make the Iron
Curtain a lace curtain.
Propaganda Stimulates Doubt
It's aim also is to raise doubts
in satellite minds as to the why
of the Iron Curtain. Why does
their government refuse them con
tact with the free peoples of the
West? What has Stalin got to fear
from contact between them and
the free peoples of the world?
What is he ashamed of? In brief,
why the Iron Curtain?
Moscow, of course, will prob
ably scream that this is a viola
tion of international law or that
we are dropping poisonous candy
to the children of Czechoslovakia
or disseminating antrax, wheat
rust, potato bugs or other germs
in bacteriological warfare. How
ever, there's no international law
forbidding one country to launch j
balloons in another country. Ii the
winds carry them into certain
other countries, that’s a law of j
nature—not international law. And I
the more Moscow and Czech ra- j
dios give alibis to their people the ,
more it is evident that the barrage j
of friendship balloons is hitting j
them where it hurts.
TIDE TABLES
• AUGUST 17
•
• High tide 1:34 a.m„ 19.1 ft.
• Low tide 3:02 a.m., -3.7 ft.
• High tide 2:23 p.m , 17.7 ft.
• Low tide 8:16 p.m., 0.1 ft.
BRINGS SUIT FOR
TAXI SERVICE
John Maurstad was plaintiff in l
a suit filed this morning in Dr-.t- I
net Court against Tommy George. '
The amount is for $84 plus court '
costs.
The complaint states this sum j
is asked as payment for furnish- j
ing taxi dispatching ervice to the
deiendant for 12 day: at *7.00 tier
day, beginning May 22, 1930.
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Bramer-Weed
Marriage Set for
8 p. m. Saturday
Miss Jaoniene Bramer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Bramer of
Denver, Colo., and Mr. Howard
Weed, son of Mrs. Pauline John
son of Juneau, will be married
Aug. 18 at 8 p.m. in the Catholic
Church of the Nativity.
The Rev. Father Robert J. Wha
len, S. J.. will perform the cere
mony.
Attendants will be Mrs. John
Hcueisen, sister of the bride, and
Bob Pasquan, who will be best
man.
There will be a reception follow
ing the ceremony, between 9 and
11 p.m. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Heueisen in the McKinley
apartments, to which friends are
invited.
Miss Bramer has been in Juneau
since early summer, visiting her
sister.
MRS. POTTER TO VISIT
FRIENDS IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. Robert Potter and son left
on the Princess Louise Tuesday
to visit friends and relatives in
California. Accompanying her was
Miss Roberta Walker, who had
been a guest of the Potters for
the past two weeks.
NOTICE
Soroptimist Silver Shower — for
improvements at the Health Cen
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2Cth, 7:30 to 10 p.m. Public urged
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AUGUST 1G
Howard Mills
Mary Ann Beall
W. J. Manthey
Cris Lokke
Mrs. Dan Mahoney
Robert Murphy
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper -
tures at various Alaska points a!
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m ,
120th Meridian Time, and relea^al
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 47—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island . . 54—Cloudy
Barrow.42—Cloudy
Bethel 48—Partly Cloudy
Cordova . 47—Rain Shower.
Dawson 46—Clear and Smoke
Edmonton .. 50—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 53—Cloudy
Haines . .... 51-Ram
Havre. 52—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 53—Rain
Kodiak . 52—Drizelc
Kotzebue . 48—Cloudy
McGrath . 54—Cloudy
Nome . 44—Cloudy
North way . 50—Cloudy
Petersburg . 51—Rain
Portland . 55—Clear
Prince George 47—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 55—Cloudy
Sitka 53—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 41—Cloudy
Whitehorse .... 41—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 53—Rain
Canadian Officials
Explain Suspension
Of Winter Boats
Two officials of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad met here with
Ralph Browne, assistant manager
of the Alaska Development Board,
and B. Frank Heintzleman of the
Forest Service here, to explain
the winter suspension of the Can
adian Pacific passenger boat ser
vice to Alaska.
Jack Aluerson, district passen
ger agent, and W. P. Duggan, dis
trict freight agent, both from
Vancouver, B. C. said that the
suspension of the Alaska passen
ger service between Nov. 10 and
March 10, was strictly a matter
“A merchant who stocked his
[ shelves with articles that his
customers didn't buy, would be
foolish,” Ahlerson said. lie poin
ted oat that more and more per
sons were traveling by air and
his company couldn’t meet tne
competition with lower fares.
“A bright note in the situation
is that this year is the best tour
ist season v.e have ever had. The
boats are completely booked thru
Sept. 14,” he sgid.
Two freighters a month will
operate to Skagway, Duggan sta
ted.
The two men are making a trip
of the Yukon Territory and will
return to Vancouver direct with
out a stopover in Juneau.
H. C. James, general passenger
agent of the company at Van
couver, is expected to visit Jun-!
eau about Sept. 11, William Mc
Farlane, local passenger agent, |
said today.
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“Left to right, there’* liverwurst, bologna, ham, frankfurters
and Mr*. Glopp, who can’t make up her mind!’’
j 20 YEARS AGO the empire
i j
AUGUST 16, 1931
Miss Margaret Kiloh, an employee of the Alaska Game Commission,
entered the hospital at 1 o’clock this afternoon to receive medical treat
ment. ,
James Wheeler, proprietor of the Wheeler Drug and Jewelry Com
pany of Petersburg, is making a round trip to Juneau on the Northland.
Mrs. Winnifred Griffith entered the hospital yesterday for medical
attention.
Mrs. Anne Webster, proprietress of the Juneau and Douglas Tele
phone Company, returned to Juneau on the motorship Northland this
morning after a brief visit to California in company wtih her daughter,
Mrs. M. F. Jorgensen. Mrs. Jorgensen remained in San Francisco to
visit her sister.
G. W. Nostrand, chief clerk in the office of the Territorial Auditor,
is a passenger for Juneau on the steamer Yukon which left Seattle yes
terday.
Word was received here of the marriage of Miss Virginia Howard
and Mr. H. Kingsbury Jr., of Haines on August 12. The ceremony
took place at the home of Stephen Sheldon. Miss Harriett Sheldon and
Mr. Jerry Leadbctter attended the couple, and the Rev. E. E. Bromley
of the Haines Presbyterian Church pronounced the vows. The young
couple will make their home in Haines.
Mrs. Edith Sheelor returned to Juneau on the steamer Northwestern
i after making the triangle tour.
Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Olson are returning tomorrow from Seattle after
' a vacation in the States.
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Weather: High, 56; low, 53; showers.
Daily Lessons in English w.l. cordon !
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We have got to see you
at once.” Say, “We MUST see you.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Demonstrable. Pronounce first E as in
ME unstressed, with accent on second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Symmetrical; observe the SY, and the
two M's.
SYNONMYS: Diversion, entertainment, amusement, enjoyment, re
creation. sport, pastime, pleasure.
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:
EXECRABLE: detestable. (Accent first syllablei. “Critism. when acti
EXECRABLE; detestable. (Accent first syllable). “Criticism, when acti
I MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta LEE |
Q. Do you think it proper for one to sit with one’s feet twisted
around the rungs of the chair?
A. This might be all right if one found oneself seated in a chair
outside during a sudden windstorm and wished to anchor himself. Other
wise. the only 'proper position for the feet when one is seated is in
front of him.
Q. Is it all right for a dinner guest in one's home to help his hostess
by slacking all his used dishes?
A. This should never be done. Always leave the.dishes as they are.
Q. Is it ever proper to sign a social letter "Hastily yours”?
A. Never. This simply implies that you are trying to dispose of
a bothersome task as quickly as pdssible.
| LOOK and LEARN a.c.cordon j
1. What is the oldest city or the South American continent?
2. What is the commonest use of arsenate of lead?
3. What man ran for President of the U. S. three times, and was
elected twice?
4. What country was once known as Cathay?
5. What American game is the same as the British game of draughts?
ANSWERS:
1. Lima, Peru. j
2. Insect spraying. / I
3. Grover Cleveland. f 7 f I ? \
4. China. t I , j f , i ’ T
5. Checkers. *
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I Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Aeriform fluid
4. Silk and rayon
fabric
I. Wire meas
urement ”
12. Skill
13. Marine animal
15. Plaid cloth
17. Twisted
together
18. Manner
19. Waver
20. Destroy
utterly
22. In favor of
23. Snare
25. Sea-eagle
26. Levy
27. Seed coating
28. Like
29. Fiery
80. Is able
81. Exists
32. Private
teacher
84. Lad
83. Small round
mark
36. Alack
37. Utter
38. national
39. Design
41. Purpose
42. Feminine
name
43. Force
46. Belligerent
43. Steadying
rope
49. Compass point
50. City in Ohio
51. Make a mis
take
Solution of Yesterday’# Puzzle
- DOWN
1. Passage from
shore inland
2. Constellation
I. Filter
4. Planet
6. Vase
6. Smallest state:
abbr.
7. Place of wor
ship
8. Mournful cry
9. Coal diggers
10. Repetition
II. Guided
14. Seized with
the teeth
16. Metal
19. Wild animal
20. Lasso
2L Religious
women
22. Obese
24. Adheslvs
26. Rocky
pinnacle
27. Scotch river
29. Inn
30. Shy
33. Snarl
34. Cudgel
35. Harm
37. Light repast
38. Small taste
40. Lamb’s pen
name
41. So may It be
42. Former Presi
dent’s nick
name
43. Equal: comb.
form
44. Worthless dog
45. Norse war god
47. CGBjunctlon
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 143
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
hi Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfiold,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS. Secretary.
B. P. 0. 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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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Posi No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.ru.
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Pianos—Musical Instrument#
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Phone 206 Second and Seward
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Newly Renovated Rooms
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