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2.
BLOOD BANKS
With the Korean war now raging, attention is
called, according to press dispatches, to blood banks.
The New York Times says that during the last war
the American National Red Cross collected the blood
of patriotic donors through its local committees and
chapters with such benefits to wounded soldiers and
sailors that it is unnecessary to dwell on them. In
pence we need banks as much as we do in war, to
store the blood of donors from 18 to 60 years of age.
It is enough to point out that during the years be
tween Pearl Harbor and V-J day we lost 251.608 mem
bers of the armed forces by death, that the wounded j
numbered 651,911, and that during the same period
accidents at home killed 350,000 and injured 36,000,000.
| Though not all victims of the carnage of peace need
I plasma or transfusions of whole blood, the drain on
blood banks is heavy. Indeed, the peacetime demand
I for blood has never been fully met.
Such is this need of blood that the American j
■ National Red Cross has decided to reorganize its j
blood-bank facilities. Moreover, these facilities are to
be integrated with those of other organizations. Thusj
a network is to be woven which will make it possible j
to send blood within a few hours to any region that j
may be overwhelmed by a major catastrophe. This 1
interweaving of facilities is made possible by tech
nical advances. During the war blood was collected I
locally and processed in near-by laboratories. Now the
Red Cross has its own facilities to “type" blood, test
it for medical safety and extract from it fractions
which are useful in the treatment of disease or in
surgical operations.
Meantime, it is well to bear in mind that the coun
try has not yet marshaled its medical defenses to
meet the possibility of a sudden attack from the air
with atmoic bombs. Without nationally organized
blood banks we should be badly off indeed if such an
attack were made.
BLACKWASH
Of course the big news of the day is the strife
in Korea. But still at home there are other issues and
the Washington Post takes up one and discusses it as
follows:
The Amerasia case has now been studied by two
grand juries and two congressional committees. It
has been canvassed from every conceivable angle; and
those who wished to flog new life into this dead horse
have been accorded every reasonable opportunity to
do so.
Pretty soon, we think, the country had better
forget about it and pass on to more pressing current
problems. Senators Hickenlooper and McCarthy seem
determined to indict somebody for something, no matter
how many grand juries find no substance to their
suspicions. We have no wish (as witness our plea
for a nonpartisan commission on the national secur
ity) to see anyone whitewashed in connection with
the case. Neither do we wish to see anyone black- t
washed for the same satisfaction of the sensation |
seekers.
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The Washington
Merry-Go Round
(■Continued from Page One)
wer preparing a Bulgarian attack
on Tito.
2. Iran—A "revolt" by the Tudeh
pro-Ccmmunist party was either
planned or else was purposely
leaked *o U. S. intelligence in order
to divert our attention to Iran
instead of Korea. In this case,
Azerbaijan troops would have been
used instead of the Russian Army.
3. Germany—The East German
Armv armed by Russia went on
maneuvers in East Germany and
Poland.
Satellites Shield Moscow
In all these cases, the comin
form planned to use satellite troops
to d) the lighting, while Moscow
push d the button.
T). ■ fact that the United States
reac cd so quickly and emphatic
ally to block the Korean coup defi
nitely surprised Moscow and may
have thrown cominform calculations
off schedule.
It is obvious from various reac
tions picked up in Moscow that the
Kremlin expected us to operate as
the old League of Nations—debate,
procia tina'e. and do nothing.
Ti e fact that we moved as we
did. end under the United Nations,
may have thrown a monkey wrench
into the whole series of satellite
move Or, on the other hand, the
cominform may now be more de
termined than ever to save face
by carrying the schedule out.
Capital News Capsules
Hate Lobby—Fortright Congress
man Fran!: Buchanan of Pennsyl
van.u may have to retire as chair
man of the committee investigating
lobbying. The big corporation lob
bies are planning to pour big mon
ey in'o his district to defeat him.
It v. a Congressman Buchanan who
recently discovered that the Du
Pont-, gave thousands of dollars to
Merv.in K. Hart’s hate lobby.
Top GOP Candidates—More and
more Republican leaders are watch
ing Governors Warren of Califor
nia and Duff of Pennsylvania as
the best Republican bets for 1952—
for one simple reason. They are
two Republicans who know how
to win Democratic votes.
Uranium At South Pole—U. S.
Ambassador Kirk has cabled from
Moscow that 14 Russian ships are
leaving for the South Pole to stake
out a claim for Russia. Real rea
son of the trip is to locate uran
ium. Back in 1930 under a Repub
lican administration, Maryland’s
Senator Tydings, a Democrat, in
troduced a resolution urging that
the U. £•. A. claim the Antarctic on
the basis ot Adnjirl Byrd's expedi
tion. The State Department, how,
ever, never moved.
Byrd’s Nonessentials — Senator
Byrd of Virginia, chairman of the
Senate committee on nonessential
expenditures, is now investigating
mail pay rates. The only trouble
is, the same investigation has just
been completed by the Senate post
office committee. Yet exactly the
same witnesses are being called by
Byrd and the same facts dug up—
despite the fact that the purpose
of Senator Byrd’s committee is to
stop duplication in order to save
the taxpayer's money. Maybe the
c. .imittee on nonessential expend
ii ures should investigate itself to
see whether it is making a non
essential expenditure.
Impossible Korean Boundary
A lot of people have blamed
Roosevelt and Churchill for the
impossible 38th Parallel by which
Korea was divided into two un
wieldy Communist and non-Com
munist parts. Thanks to political
ballyhoo the impression has got
out that this line was fixed at
Yalta.
Actually, however, this was a
military decision, made by General
MacArthur under circumstances
»hich he could not control.
The line was fixed in 1945 in
order to prevent the Red Army
from moving farther South and
taking all of Korea.
It was on Aug. 12, 1945, that the
Red Army moved into Korea. This
was before the 38th Parallel was
drawn and beiore Japan surren
dered. At that time it looked as
if the Reds would sweep over all
Korea, after which it would be
impossible for the United States
to get them out.
Nearest U. S. forces at that time
were on Okinawa, 600 miles away,
and it was impossible to get U. S',
troops to Korea in time to inter
vene. In fact, they did not get
to Korea until September 8.
In order to prevent the Russians
lrom occupying all Korea, there
fore, the U. S. Army got an agree
ment from Russia to fix the 38th
Parallel as a line south of which
the Red Army would not pen
etrate.
By the ti ne American troops
arrived in Korea one month later,
the Red Army actually had moved
south of the 38th Parallel, but was
finally persuaded to move back.
Later the United States started
a series of conferences to remove
the barrier and make Korea one
united country, but Moscow re
fused. The United Nations also
took a try at it and sent a com
mission to study the situation.
Arriving in South Korea in Janu
ary, 1948, however, the commission
was barred from North Korea, and
the Soviet commander even refused
to accept delivery of a letter sug
gesting -a courtesy call.
Note—the U. N. commission pre
pared for free elections in southern
Korea, in which the Korean people,
long denied the right to vote, made
an excellent record. Approximately
75 per cent registered, of which
more than 95 per cent voted—
despite a Communist terror cam
paign.
THESE DAYS
- - B Y - -
GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
THE COURSE OF EMPIRE
The final product of World War
II has not been peace nor even the
elimination of totalitarianism. Hit
ler and Mussolini, as indiviluals,
were removed, but the concept of
despotism remained in even a more
effective form. The totalitarian
state not only continued to exist
but expanded its geographical ex
tent and its control over the lives
of human beings.
The final product of World War
II has been the formation of two
empires: One a contiguous land
mass, moving out of the heartland
of the Eurasian continent; the
other, a congeries of free peoples,
geographically diffuse, widely scat
tered, depending upon sea and air
for communications.
The land empire is, of course,
the Federation of Soviet Socialist
Republics, mothered by Soviet Rus
sia and stretching from the River
Elbe in Europe to the Pacific
Ocean and from the Arctic to a
line that zigzags between the 30th
and 40th Parallels. It is probably
the largest empire that has ever
been formed in human history
both in extent and in manpower
and it has not yet been required
to cross a major water barrier.
The process of forming this em
pire has been clearly patterned for
about 30 years and it has been im
possible to understand why myopic
statesmen did not recognize it. For
it is so simple. The steps are:
1. Whenever a people are suffer
ing social or economic distress, a
vast propagandistic apparatus is
placed in their midst, the primary
object of which is to destroy then
reliance upon their customarv tra
ditions and habits of life;
2. This is supplemented by a
tremendous effort to fragmentize
the population, as for instance,
the wholly false emphasis upon
class, racial and religious con
sciousness and antagonisms. By
persistent efforts in this direction,
by actually stimulating hatreds, by
fighting off intensive patriotism,
they keep a nation in turmoil over
false issues.
I
3. To accomplish tne above pur- !
poses, they use not only, in each j
country, the indigenous Commun-1
ist party, but also large numbers
of non-Communists and even anti-1
Communists who join them on par- j
ticular issues. The use of anti- j
semitism and the negro issue in j
the United ' States, and fear of a !
revival of Nazism in Europe, greatly i
strengthened their forces.
By the most ingenious devices,.
they have kept these and similar;
issues alive, making certain phrases i
“good words,” and others “bad I
words,” and always identifying their j
opponents with the bad words. It |
is surprising how successful they,
have been in the identification of j
individuals and issues with “bad j
words.” Patriotism has, in the,
United States, been made a “bad
word.” Business, which is the life- j
blood of the United States, has j
been identified with everything!
wicked, a view which has gained i
common acceptance. j
I 4. The next process has been
the infiltration of government. By
this method, they placed spies in.
every government. They encour- J
aged natives to accept dual citizen- !
ship, belonging to the Federation j
of Soviet Socialist Republics as pri- .
JULY 7
Mrs. James Orine
Dale Fleek, Jr.
Dennis Ryan
Pauline Wright
Mrs. Betty Paulson
Irene Wilson
Fred Wagner
Mrs. Daisy Bernard
mary citizenship and to whatever
country they are required to work
in at the moment. By a process
of discipline, including blackmkil
and murded, as well as ideological,
fanaticism, they have succeeded in
establishing themselves in every
country. In the United States,
where the Alger Hiss case should
have been exceptional, the process
has been astonishingly successful,
because there has been no real
resistance to it, and further because
they have managed to attract ex
traordinarily able and well-bred
personalities to their cause. Cur
iously, those opposing them have
been identified as Fascists arid
screwballs rather than as patriotic
Americans.
5. Finally, they pushed, by mil
itary force, outward from the peri
phery of empire. They pushed out
the bulwarks as they are now doing
in Korea, as last year they did in
China. Always they use natives,
which makes their effort a revolu
tion against corruption rather than
an imperialistic war. The Chinese
Communists, for instance, have
been in training, under Russian
tutelage, for 30 years, and the
Chinese Communist armies are in
tegral parts of the armies, not of
Soviet Russia, but of the Federation
of Soviet Socialist Republics. It
may seem the same but it is dif
ferent, because it gives the affil
iated nations—the satellites, as we
call them—a sense of integrity and
autonomy.
The only effective impediment to
this march of empire is the United
Sta'es. Were the United States
not available, the empire could by
now be extended to Include the
entire Eurasian continent.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
T O D A S
At 6:30 p.m.—Postponed baseball
game between Coast Guard and
Elks, weather permitting.
At 7 p.m.—Practice runs in Soap
Eox Derby on 11th Street hill.
At 8 p.m.—Complimentary showing
' Arrows to the North” at Moose
Hall.
July 9
At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game be
tween Coast Guard and Moose.
July 10
No BPWC luncheon.
At noon—Lions club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug
out.
. July 11
At noon—Rotary, Baranof.
At 7 p.m.—BPWC buffet luncheon
at E. E. Engstrom home.
July 12
At noon—Kiwanis club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
July 13
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At noon — No-host Girl Scout
“Wind-up” luncheon, Terrace
room, Baranof.
At 6:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and
Pistol Club at Mendenhall Range.
At 8 p.m.—Concert planners, City
Council Chamber, City Hall.
FLEISCHMANN on a product is
like 24 carat on gold—the finest it
can be. Try FLEISCHMANN GIN
and be convinced.
Mexican Lace Blouses and hand
woven skirts at Nina's Nik Naks.
47-6t
* -£
ACROSS
1. Pulpy fruit
6. Separate
11. Rents again
13. Ancient
military
instrument
14. Continent
15. Purpose
17. Israelite tribe
18. Study
19. Masculine
name
21. Clear profit
22. Before
23. Feminine
name
24. Metal-bearing
rock
25. Bringing into
adjustment
27. Not all
29. Dyed
31. Mark Antony'*
Kiri friend
33. Minority
Exist
37. Cook In an
oven
39. Everybody
41. Expose to
moisture
42. Silk tree
43. Siamese
dialect
44. Horse feed
4G. Caustic alkali
47. Greek B
48. Vaporou3
50. Showered I
52. Weird
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzla
3. Heavenly
bodies
t To la l/o I
DOWN
1. Adorn
2. Frequented
place
l. Surveying
device
4. Vegetable
5. And: Latin
C. Article
7. Companion
8. Troian warrior
9. Return
10. Hackneyed
12. City In Kansas
13. Augury
16. Not real
19. Supervisors of
publication*
20. Is sorry for sin
26. Employ
28. Town In Ohio
30. More Inquisi
tive
81. Bring Into
existence
32. Epistle
24. Principal or*
cf lead
35. Click beetle
36. Ascended
38. Unctuous
40. Burdens
45. Long-tailed
monkey
47. Small piece
49. Myself
5L Wnils
20 YEARS AGO SS empire
JULY 7, 1930
Miss Florence Redfield of Hollywood, a passenger on the Prince
I Henry, had spent the boat stop visiting Misses Pearl Peterson and Bess
| O'Neill, whose guest she was to be for two weeks on her return from
| Skagway.
Word from the motorship Nanuk, off the coast of Siberia, was that
the ice pack moved in the bay and was breaking up. The Nanuk was
freed and at anchor, as was the Soviet steamer Stravopol, frozen in
since September. The Nanuk was to proceed home to Seattle as soon
as possible, the Stravopol to Vladivostok.
I
Mrs. Nancy Carlson returned on the Northwestern from an extended
' visit to the Interior.
F. W. Harris was offering a $50 reward for information leading to
conviction of the person or persons who had fired six rifle shots through
his Glacier Highway cabin, presumably the same vandal who had dam
I aged other cottages in the neighborhood. ,
Mrs. Robert Keeny, Mrs. Jack Rowe and Mrs. Addie McKinnon ar
rived on the Northland after visiting to the south. Among other pas
sengers were Milton Lagergren, B. D. Stewart, Jack Westfall and Mrs.
H. Skie.
Repairs were started by Dishaw and Son on the old First National
Bank Building at Seward and Front streets. The contract called for
a new concrete foundation, a new first-story floor, painting and general
repairs. Burford’s Cigar Store was to remain open during repairs.
r
Weather: High, ol; low, 48; rain .
! Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon |
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He followed after his
father." Omit AFTER.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Scenic. Pronounce fifst syllable as
SEEN, preferred.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hoop (a circle). Whoop (a shout).
SYNONYMS: Candid, frank, straightforward, impartial.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
I increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
GRATUITOUS; given freely without claim or consideration. (Pro
nounce first U as in USE; accent follows the first U). “His offer of
financial aid was gratuitous.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
1 —
Q. If a person accidentally jars against another person, is it cor
j rect for him to say, “Pardon me”?
A. “Pardon me” is consideerd a little too abrupt under these cir
I cumstances. It is much better to say, “I beg your pardon,” or “I am
I sorry.’
Q. Should a photograph of one’s self be framed when giving it as
I a gift?
A. No; you do not know whether the recipient wishes to place it
j on a desk or hang it on a wall — or even keep it in a drawer.
Q. Is it all right to serve corn on the cob at a formal dinner?
A. No; it should be served only at informal affairs.
LOOK and LEARN i^c. GORDON
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1. Where is the world’s highest waterfall?
2. Which one of these three major fascist dictators was in power
the longest—Hitler, Mussolini, or Franco?
3. What bird leaves its eggs to hatch themselves in the sun?
4. Which is the chief city of New England?
5. By what process is an accused person surrendered to the justice
of another government?
ANSWERS:
1. Angel Falls, in eastern Venezuela; fifteen times higher than
Niagara Falls, the cataract drops a total of 3212 feet into the Churun
River.
2. Mussolini from 1922 to 1943; Hitler from 1933 to 1945; Franco
from 1939 and still is.
3. The ostrich.
4. Boston.
5. Extradition.
EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED
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Weather at I
Alaska Points
Weather condition!! and temper-j
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
ire as follows:
Anchorage 51—Cloudy
Anpette Island 48—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 35—Clear
Bethel . 51—Clear
Cordova . 44—Rain
Dawson . 46—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton 56—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 50—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 49—Cloudy
Havre 59—Partly Cloudy i
Juneau Airport . 46—Rain i
Kodiak . 47—Partly Cloudy j
Kotzebue . 53—Cloudy
McGrath . 50- Cloudy
Nome . 47—Partly Cloudy
fiorthway . 46—Partly Cloudy j
Petersburg 45—Cloudy
Portland . 52—Partly Cloudy
Prince George . 34—Clear
Seattle . 52—Partly Cloudy
Sitka 40—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . 43—Ram
Yakutat .' 47—Cloudy
MAGICIAN IS COMING;
LIONS SPONSOR SHOW
The Juneau Lions Club is span- 1
soring the appearance of Mitchell:
Cain, magician and comedian, time
and place to be announced later, i
Boy Scouts of Juneau and Douglas
will assist in the sale of tickets, the.
proceeds to be applied toward a!
community project of the Lions, j
The show promises two hours j
packed with fun and mystery. One j
of the features is his famous “Box j
Escape,” the secret of which was j
purchased from Yheudi’s widow. It
consists of an attendant being;
wrapped in a sack and securily:
bound by padlocks, then placed in j
a locked trunk. The magician dur-1
ing the count of three exchanges j
places with the attendant and he [
in turn is securely padlocked and:
in the trunk.
ATTENTION TOURISTS
Ride the Mailboat Yakcbi tor an
intimate acquaintance with SE Al
aska. Leaving every Wednesday,
arrive Juneau Saturday night.
FLOOR SHOWCASES FOR SALE
At I. GOLDSTEINS.
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phono IN IN So. FruUla
r. O. Box 25N
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PHONE 399
Tie Erwin Feed Go.
Office In Case Lot Grocery
Phone 704
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
ftooxtb and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hata
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
1. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Dodge—Plymouth—Chryaler
DeSoto—Dodge Tracks
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
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MOUNT JUNEAU LOUCJ NO. If*
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
TAMES W. LEIVERS. Secretary.
O 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.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office ur Store
"The Rexall Slore"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and He wars
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Painl Store
Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th St.
PHONE 216-day or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated R«on»
»t Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 665
Thomas Hardware Co.
FAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE •
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED kf
J. B. Bnrford Co.
Doewtep la Worn hy
Satisfied Customers”
ford agency
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit—ask for it by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699
American Meat — Phone 38
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To give you more freedom
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H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing M.q
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Phone 111