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Fourth Avenue Bldg , Seattle, Wash.
Monday, October 15, 1951
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PALMER DEAL (WHITEWASH
DEPARTMENT)
Despite the findings of the Senate subcommittee
which earlier this year investigated the “Palmer air
port deal,” it appears that influential persons have
managed to apply, a coat of whitewash to the entire
unsavory transaction. Moreover, it is reported that
payment of the fraudulently-claimed matching funds
is imminent.
The events which followed the investigation are
significant and are entirely in keeping with the
present day. lack of public morality, The CAA offi
cials who participated in that dishonest "deal” have
been promoted to better jobs at better pay, presumably
to place them in a better position to rape the treasury
of the United States. The attorney, who was re
ported to have filed false certifications, has not even
been reprimanded by the bar association of the judi
cial division in which he practices. The Territorial
officials who took part in the “wash sale" smugly
report that “everything's all fixed up.” The Gov
ernor of Alaska, who defended the “deal" as entirely
proper and honorable, has consistently declined to
comment further on the subject.
Perhaps we are old fashioned. Perhaps we are
naive in our belief that public funds should be
expended only in the interests of the public, rather
than for the benefit of special political interests.
Perhaps we should applaud public officials who suc
cessfully violate the spirit and the letter of the law.
Old fashioned we may be — and naive as well
We are, and will continue to be, bitterly opposed tc
fraud and deceit m thet transaction of public busi;
nc-ss. We stand unalterably opposed to crooked deal
ing _ whether by professional crooks or professiona:
politicians. We resent the acts of these men who have
made the Territory of Alaska a party to their shady
practices.
We're curious to know who took the heat off the
‘ Palmer deal” and managed to set aside the findings
of the Hoev committee as published in its report.
We believe that many Alaskans will be equally curious.
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Crystal Ball (Cloudy)
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Dr. George Gallup is made of sturdier stuff than
the late Literary Digest, When the Literary Digest
fell flat on its face in predicting the election of Alf
Landon in 1936 that magazine went out of business
a few months later. Dr. Gallup was as far afield in
his “scientific” forecast of the 1948 election as was j
the Literary Digest in 1936, but Dr. Gailup is still
at it. i
Dr. Gallup has just made another sampling of a j
"cross section" of the votes (it was through such a
sampling that he foretold the election of Thomas E.
Dewey in 1948) and he announces that the Republi
cans have no chance of winning in 1952 unless they ,
pick a "new face." His "sample cross section" shows
that independent voters (who, he says, constitute 28 ;
per cent of the electorate* favor Paul G. Hoffman,
former Marshall Plan administrator, as *their top
choice for the GOP nomination; Sen. Henry Cabot I
Lodge Jr. (R., Mass.) as their second choice, and;
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson as their third !
choice.
These three—Mr. Hoffman, Senator Lodge and |
Mr. Wilson—are all men of high integrity and out
standing ability. However, Mr. Gallup’s profound
statement that they are, in that order, the choice of
the nation's independent voters for the Republican
presidential nomination is a joke—particularly in light
of Dr. Gallup’s past record as a soothsayer.
Of course. Dr. Gallup wasn't the only forecaster
who went haywire on the 1948 election, but most of
the others (including this newspaper) are admittedly
only guessers when it comes to predicting the out
come of political contests. Dr. Gallup, however,
professes to base his predictions on highly scientific
procedure — proving that a bad guess is as good any
day as a scientific poll.
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A Revived Prussianism?
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Former German army officers are trying to give
currency to a dangerously smooth misconception. Eber
hard Boehm, a former German General Staff colonoi
who was brought to this country under the auspices
of the Moral Rearmament' movement, characterized
himself at a Washington meeting as "a soldier who
was punished for being a soldier by the same people
who now ask me to get back into uniform.”
The fact is that neither Boehm nor any other
German officer was punished by the United States
for being a soldier. They were punished for com
mitting crimes against humanity under the cloak of
military obedience and duty.
Some more German officers indicate by reason
ing of this kind that they still have no conception
of what the last world war nor reeducation was all
about,-the more reason there will be for adopting as
many of the French-sponsored safeguards against re
nascent German militarism as are possible in building
' 'a WesfEiiorpcan army. Some'Prussians,/at least, are
still Prussians, and the people of the world should be
grateful to Frenchmen for remembering it.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
living in dark attic room, nc pri
vacy, no decency, no heat, fac
ing months of waiting."
I telephoned the State Depart
ment, whose officials seemed dis
tressed but incapable of prompt
What happened was that the
Canadian government had gener
ously offered to give haven to these
escapees from behind the Iron Ciu
train, after which an over zealous
Canadian security officer who cou'd
not even speak Czech had det lin
ed some of them as "security risks.”
however, the Czech freedom train
passangers who rebelled against
action. I also telephoned the Canad
ian ambassador, who got busy with
his government. As of this writing,
Communism are still snarled up in
red tape—though doubtless the pub
licity they have received will cause
them soon to be released.
"FREEDOM JAILS”
Their case is typical, however, of
what is going on all the time along
the Iron Curtain. It is estimated
that 1,200 escapees who never get
publicity take the plunge across
the Iron Curtain every month from
Russia, Poland, Czechoslovakia and
other captive countries.
Whereupon they are clapped in
German and Austrian jails, become
the associates of prostitutes and
common criminals, and finally be
gin to think that, if this is the free
world, they were better off under
the Communists.
As a matter of fact, many of
them do go back. It would shock
most Americans to know that 2,000
Russian escapees who obtained work,
in the coal mines of Belgium re
cently voted to go back to Russia.
The supposed free world, they vot
ed, did not offer the great free
dom they had supposed.
Blame for this tragic situation can
be laid directly on the doorstep of
the U. S. Army, Central Intelli
gence, and the State Department.
All three have divided responsibil
ities for these escapees, but all eith
er work at cfoss-purposes or no not
work at all.
The United States government has
the authority to handle all those
escaping from behind the Iron
Curtain, but most of the time it
ducks the responsibility.
Here is what happens. When an
especially interesting escapee
comes in from Russia as did the
former counselor to the Russian
Embassy in Iran last winter, U. S.
agencies Immediately pounce on
him. Counter Intelligence wants
him. So doe? Central Intelligence.
So also does Military Intelligence. |
DASHED HOPES
They haul and maul the poor
escapee back and forth between
all three, fly him to Washington
to talk to the high brass in the
Pentagon: then, because of the
McCarran Act and because he was
once a Communist, they fly him
back to Germany. They interview
him for hours on end, the inter
views being conducted by amat
eurish youngsters, week after week.
And after a couple of months of
this, they drop him like a squeezed
orange—all the juice gone.
He is then left to get a job on
the Germany economy where there
are about a million Germans al
ready out of work ;or he can go to
seed in a refugee camp. Naturally,
many of these escapees wish they
were back in Russia.
Obviously, escapees have to be
screened to detect possible Com
munist plants. Obviously also, some
have fled because they are com
mon criminals. However, there re
mains a large proportion which
could be extremely useful to the
allied cause in the following man
ner:
1. —Giving information as to what
is happening behind the Iron Cur
tain. This could be of immense
value to the U. S. military, to the
Voice of America and dealing with
our entire propaganda program.
2. —Recruits for the U. S. Army.
While the U. 8. Army is now able to
accept only 2.500 recruits of foreign
nationality, the\c is no reason
why this cannot be enlarged. Our
army has been enlarged and the
proportion of foreign recruits could
be also. Most escapees volunteer
to enlist in the U. S. Army, and if
properly screened there is no reason
why they could not serve as well
as American youngsters now being
drained from our economy.
W ARS DON’T WIN
3.—Finally, escapees could be or
ganized into groups eventually to
take over Iron Curtain countries—
If and when the time is ripe. This
is what the Kaiser did in 1917 when
he sent Trotsky and Lenin on a
sealed train lrom Switzerland into
Russia and there is no reason why
the pattern of political change set
in 1917 cannot be reversed.
As a matter of fact, Russian has
never been conquered by force of
arms. Napoleon tried it and start
ed the beginning of his downfall.
Hitler tried it and his defeat at
Stalingrad marked the turning point
of World War II. The Kaiser tried
it and in the end had to resort
to political upheaval.
However, West Point does not
teach "revolution.” It teaches the
conventional forms of making war
—big land armies and artillery.
Only belatedly did West Point even
get round to teaching aerial war
fare.
This plays right into Russia's
hand. For big land armies are her
strongest forte. Never can we out
‘ fight her limitless resources of
manpower if we depend on land
armies alone. This is picking the
battle ground where the enemy
is at his best.
Meanwhile modern '•'a.‘are has
gone forward, not only to atomic
power but to psychological warfare
and the science of winning peoples
to a more friendly point of view.
This is where the steady stream
of those seeking refuge in the free
world comes in. That is why the
prison cells and concentration
camps into which they are thrown
now constitute our most tragic
blunder.
Venezualian Revolt
Pul Down, Report
CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct. 15—
iff)—The ruling military Junta held
a tight grip on, Venezuela today fol
lowing suppression of a brief and
abortive Columbus day revolt.
An official statement said seven
persons were killed and 12 injured
In the uprising, which broke out
Friday at various towns.
A wave of arrests swept the
country.
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Joan Molyneux a
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Robert Keith Andrews c j
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tires at various Alaska points also
in the Pacific Coast, at 4 30 p.m.,
L20th Meridian Time, ani released
ty the Weather Bureau are as
o.'Iows:
\nchorage . 20—Clear
Barrow. 32—Cloudy
Bethel l'S—Cloudy
Bordova . 26—Cloudy
Dawson .... 6—Clear
Edmonton 23—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 6—Cloudy
Haines . 29—Clear
Havre 34—Cloudy
Juneau Airport .... 28—Cloudy
4nnette Island . 39—Clear
Kodiak .42—Clear
Kotzebue . 33—Cloudy
VIcGrath . 11—Clear
Nome . 32—Cloudy
Northway . 8—Cloudy.
Petersburg . J8—Clear
Portland . 46—Clear |
Prince George 27—Cloudy;
Whitehorse 15—Snow!
Yakutat 30—Cloudy j
Community Events !
T O I) A Y
At 7 p.m.—Alaska Music Trail no
host dinner at Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post I
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—P-TA meets in study hall
of high school.
October 16
At noon—Rotary club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At 6:30 p.m.—Supper Club, formerly
Couples Club, dinner at NLP
church.
At 3 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall. Second degree.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Auxil
iary social meeting in Dugout.
At 8 pan.—Music Trail concert at
20th Century Theatre.
October 17
At noon—Kiwanis club meets at
Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—Folkateers will meet in
grade school gym.
October 18
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets, Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets, CIO
Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
October 19
At 8 p.m.—Square dance for 7th,
8th and 9th graders at Parish
Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs.
Douglas Mead.
October 20
From 1 to 5 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies
bazaar in church parlors.
October 22
At noon—Lionsiclub meets in Bara
nof Hotel.
DIVORCE FILED
Dolly May Warren has filed for a
divorce from Clarence William War
ren on the grounds of incompata
bility and non-support. The couple
was married in Ballard, Wash., in
1945 and have been separated since
1949.
FROM SITKA
Mrs. Flora D. Peterson and:
daughter, Lenora, are Juneau visi
tors from Sitka at the Baranof \
hotel.
THESE WOMEN!
By d’Alessio
“Well, another week gone .by without a phone call from
Eddie. 1 guess he’s really mad this time . . .
it’s almost ?9 years!”
j 20 YEARS AGO fe empire j
OCTOBER 15/ 1931
The Hard Times ball given last night in the Moose Hall was well
attended. The music furnished by Smokey’s Melody orchestra was
of high order in which both American and Scandinavian dances were
featured. Wearing prize winning costumes were Mr. and Mrs. T.
Brockman, Mrs. G. Battello and C. C. Martin.
Peter Melseth was elected editor of the Totem, Juneau High School
annual and Thomas Redlingshafer was named business manager.
Re-entry of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company into the Taku
River district on the Canadian side of the international boundary was
reported here by R. J. Wilms, Tulsequah resident, who said that the
local company recently optioned a large area of ground held by himself
and two associates—C. H. Smith and George Bacon. There were 20
claims in the group.
Mrs. Don Wright and her son Jimmie left on the Princess Louise
for Vancouver. She had spent the summer visiting her parents, Dr.
and Mrs. F. L. Goddard at Goddard’s Hot Springs. She also visited
here with Mr. and Mrs. E..M. Goddard.
Mayor Thomas B. Judson and C. H. MacSpadden returned from
an outing trip to the Funter Bay district.
O. B. Twcdt of Hawk Inlet was registered at the Alaskan Hotel.
Weather: High, 50; low, 48; rain.
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Daily Lessons in English L. cordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He selected whomever
raised hft hand.” Say, "He selected WHOEVER raised his hand.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hearth. Pronounce as though spelled
HARTH, A as in ARM
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gymnasium; observe the S, pronounced Z.
SYNONYMS: Variable, changeable, mutable, alterable, altering.
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:
DISPARITY; state of being dissimilar; difference. “It is unfortunate
when a husband and wife have a disparity in tastes.”
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
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Q. How does one select the correct implement to use at a formal
dinner?
A. You need merely remember that you are to take the outside—
that is, the farthest from the plate — spoon or fork first. If the
pieces have not been laid in this order, the fault is that of the person
who set the table, and not yours. If you are in doubt, wait until your
host or hostess has picked up his or her implement, and do likewise.
Q. When one is in the presence of another person and a telegram
or message is delivered to him, which he must read at once, what should
he say?
I A. “Will you excuse me, please?”
Q. What would be the best way for a man to introduce another
man to his wife?
t A. “Mary, this is Mr. Johnson 'or, Bill Johnson).”
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j LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON
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i who made the first solo airplane flight around the world?
2. What is the earth’s nearest neighbor in space?
3. What vegetable is canned in the largest volume in the United
States?
4. In what body of water is the Isle of Man?
5. What North American wild animal is closely related to the
reindeer?
ANSWERS:
1. Wiley Post, in July 1933. *
2. The moon.
3. The tomato.
4. Irish Sea.
5. The caribou.
Pauline Whitaker,
Art Skinner Are
Married Saturday
Mrs. Pauline Whitaker and Arthur
Skinner were married Saturday
evening by U.S. Corpmissioner Gor
don Gray in the Hotel Juneau. Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. Hall were the couple’s
attendants.
Mrs. Skinner is a secretary for
the Employment Security Agency
and Mr. Skinner is owner of Skin
ner’s Gun Shop.
APPEAL FILED IN
COMPENSATION CASE
R. E. Roberi.'-jn today filed an
appeal in the District Court on a
decision made by the Territorial
Industrial Board. The case con
cerns a compensation case of Linda
M. Johnson against Libby, McNeill
and Libby. Mr. Robertson as at
torney for the canning company
alleged that the claim didn’t comply
with the Workmen’s Compensation
Act as two years elapsed before
compensation was requested for the
alleged injury.
ACROSS
L Mala swans
6. Mineral spring
8. Slide
12. Musical
instrument
IS. Not high
14. Head
IB. End
17. Scent
18. Wing
19. Office holders
20. Leave
21. Pain
23. Strike out
27. Pile
29. Bashful
80. Poem
81. Minute orifice
t2. Pull after
33. Bind together
34. Insect
35. Eternity
36. Metal casting
for securing
cables
37. Sewing
„ Implement
39. Genus of frogs
40. About
11* £oal receptacle
42. Pronoun
45. Hairless
48. Patriotic
60. Excited
51* measure
62. Unaspirated
63. Magistrate
of Venice
64. Affirmative
65. Tie game
I IcjoLJi LUHsLIoI
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Solution of Saturday's Puzzlo
DOWN
1- South Amer
ican shrub
2. Greek coin
8. French ruler
4. Dry
6. Hurled
6. Seed container*
7. Wonder
8. Table
Implement
*. Boy
10. Japanese
statesman
11. By
1». Unite
20. Merry
22. High card
23. Bovine animal
24. Receptacle
25. Supervise a
publication
26. Allows
27. Reach across
28. Musical sound
29. Study
32. Pedal digit
33. Relatives
35. Fairy
36. Rumanian coin
38. Elude
39. Ceremonies
41. Uncovered
43. Sumatran
squirrel
shrew
44. Killed
45. Spoiled
46. Gone by
47. Ship's record
48. Negative
49. Aged
@ B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted 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. r. w.
Takn Posl No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
N ASM
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
NICHOLSON S WELDING
SHOP
Tanka and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
A O. Box 1529-Feero Bldg.
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
< PHONE 138
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McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate !
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
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BOTANY
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NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
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FEED HENNING
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 64J Telephone 919
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"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument#
and Snpplieo
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 605 10th St.
'PRONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooma
at Reasonable Rate#
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 655
PAINTS -OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn ky
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
| Foot of Main Street
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1 JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for it by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL «*»
American Meat — Phone 3S
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Wecfc
for Home, Office er Stare
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