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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bide., Seattle, Wash.
Tuesday, January 30, 1951
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN UNITY
Gen. Eisenhower is back from his European trir
and is to report to Congress regarding the European
side of world's tension, and French Premier Rene
Pleven is in Washington seeking assurance from Presi
dent Truman regarding cold war strategy in case Com
munism comes westward. The following editorial from
the Cincinnati Enquirer, with reference to France
especially, is timely:
Whether due to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s
personal magic or to the recent insistence of Republi
can leadeis that Western Europe do a greater share
toward its own defense, the action of the French
National Assembly in giving Premier Rene Pleven's
$2,100 million rearmament program a vote of confi
dince was a very welcome augury that the Western
allies mean business and that the Atlantic Pact is not
merely a load which the United States alone is
carrying.
The vote in the National Assembly—333 to 181—
was decisive enough to put at rest fears that the
Fiench republic was unwdlling to accept the serious
cutback in its standard of living which the sizable
rearmament program will necessitate. There were
political reasons for concern that the present gov
ernment of France might fall on the confidence vote
—which, at the present juncture of world affairs,
might have had truly catastrophic consequences. The
creation of a political vacuum in France and an
evidence of unwillingness to trade some butter for
guns would have given Russia and the Soviet sympa
thizers inside France a priceless opportunity to gnaw
away at the cornerstone of the Western European
defense setup.
As a matter of fact, France has been showing
remarkably vigorous interest in the common talk of
defense, considering the attitude of indifference which
was so widely reported in months past. Communists
have been rooted out of positions of trust in the
jovernment and the rearmament budget is the biggest
Fiance ever adopted in peacetime—larger even than
that when Hitler's juggernaut loomed beyond the
Maginot Line.
Not Had Enough, Maybe
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Gilbert Seldes, who has written extensively on the
popular arts, told a group of people in New York the
other day, that Hollywood's ''bad” pictures had de
terred adult people (intellectually adult, that is) from
oing to see them. And that avoiding movies was no
way to apply pressure for better ones.
An executive Vice-President of the Council of
Motion Pictures, Arthur L. Meyer, speaking before
he same group, said that if people really wanted good
oictures they could have them by making them profit
ible- that is, by going to see them. Hollywood could
not afford to turn out superior films if people did
not go.
Both of these gentlemen appear to be saying more
or less the same thing, but with different overtones.
Yet, possibly, the potential audience for profit-making
superior” films does not exist; of the pictures that
oritics considered 1950’s best, only one squeezed into
the top 10 at the box office.
Mr. Seldes’ contention that the avoidance of
movies was not an effective way to apply pressure
for better ones could be discussed, we think. More j
than anything else a falling off in revenue should
indicate that something might be wrong with the
product. It probably is the general average of me
diocre pictures that have done whatever damage has
been done.
An unusual species of thief is reported in lively
Ohio. Instead of everything but, this one carries off
the kitchen sink.—(Tacoma News Tribune).
You should thank your lucky stars if you’re living
in the world today and not being shot at.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
—that Iran is on the verge of toss
ing aside its traditional friendship
with the U.S.A.
Unquestionably what Russia is
aiming at is envelopment of Iran by
peaceful means. To do otherwise
would ruin the oil supply. For. any
or; | d clash /over Iran would
bring about bombing and the de
molition of Iran's oil wells, thus de
fc ling Moscow's chief reason for
taking over the country.
Ihe Soviet strategy, therefore, is
to have Iran nationalize her oil
. ids, then hire Russian experts
to “advise” on oil well operation.
U. S. Bungles
This strategy has made much
more progress that most people
realize, and has been speeded up
by the following factors:
1. When Iran faced a famine in
1948-50 we hemmed, hawed, and de
layed about sending wheat. Mean
while, our reputation as a human
itarian nation vanished.
2. The Anglo-Iranian Oil Com
pany, owned by the British govern
ment, has operated as if Iran were
colony.
3. We have sent Iran considerably
less military and economic aid than
her neighbors.
4. The $25,000,000 loan extended
by the export-import bank had so
many conditions attached that the
Iranian Parliament will probably
veto it.
U. S. Ambassador Henry Grady
has been pounding Washington cor
ridors trying to pry loose the $25,
000,000 in a hurry. He is getting
nowhere fast.
Meanwhile, Iran has cut off the
Voice of America, has given free
play to the Voice of Moscow, and
has negotiated a new trade treaty
with Russia, giving favorable treat
ment to Iranian products. In brief,
Moscow has found that friendship
pays, and is working at it over
time.
Di Salle Jibes Senators
Jaunty Price Administrator Mike
De Salle won the toughest commit
tee in Congress over to his ideas
on price controll the other day.
••Do you figure on controlling
all prices, or a few?” the rotund
ex-mayor of Toledo was asked by
members of the Joint Economic
Committee.
Mike thought it over, then re
plied :
-I asked that question ot a
farmer friend of mine and he said
his grandpappy told him. \\ hen
you cut a cat’s tail, you should cut
it off right at the body, because
if you try to cut if off an inch at
a time, you'll have a sore tail and
a mad cat. I think he's right;’
Asked by Senator Taft what he
thought controls would do, Di Salle
answered: “It’s like driving along
, [ go miles an hour, and suddenly
vou see a red light and you try
to stop. You'll go 30 to tiO ieet be
fore you come to a stop.
* Another time Di Salle was asked
v ore he would get his staff to
at. inister prices.
.. k e get Civil Service as far as
we can,” replied Di Salle. They
glancing at politically minded solons
who incessantly clamor for jobs, he
said: “of course some people in
Congress have been kind enough to
recommend people to us.”
Before Di Salle left the stand, he
dropped a word of caution: “We’re
going to try' our best, but even with
that and more we can’t buy a steak
in 1951 with the money we paid
in 1938.”
Alienating Voters
Here is how not to get re-elected:
A group of Montana farmers
found Senator Zales Ecton, himself
a Montana farmer, in a grumpy
mood the other day. As they were
ushered into his office, Ecton snort
ed angrily:
“I wish you people would quit
bothering me. I wish you would
i leave me alone, so I can get con
structive work done with seme of
| my fellow Senators."
Without a word, the farmers
I turned on their heels and walked
out.
Quadruple Amputee
A Marine Colonel, who asked to
remain anonymous, has endorsed
his $300 Pennsylvania bonus check
over to Pfc. Robert L. Smith, who
lost both hands and both feet in
Korea.
The anonymous Colonel mailed
the endorsed check to Senlitor
James Duff, Pennsylvania Repub
lican, who turned it over to Smith
at the Walter Reed Hospital in
Washington, D. C.
In an accompanying note, the
Cclonel explained: “Enclosed here
with is the check for $500 given to
me by the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania for my services in the
Armed Services of the United States
during W'orld War II. . .The Sate
of Pennsylvania owes me nothing.
It is rather that I owe Pennsyl
vania far more than I can ever
repay.”
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Capital Chaff
President Truman will appoint a
new commission to investigate why
more Americans don't vote — and
what can be done about it. Fifty
years ago 74 percent of American
voters went to thea polls; last Nov
embe only 43 percent. (Minority
rule is what runs and ruins Rus
sia). . .If White House Assistant
John Steelman gets the $100,000
job he wants with the New York
Stock Exchange, Stuart Symington
will become Truman's No. 1 Assis
tant. . .Senator Long of Louisiana
is investigating complaints that the
big automobile companies are hoard
ing steel under fictitious names,
while the little companies can’t
get enough steel to stay in business
.Chester Bowles, ex-governor of
Connecticut, has been offered the
important job of directing Ameri
can aid throughout the whole Far
East. The aim is to sell America
to Asia's millions—before it’s too
late.
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FROM ANCHORAGE
C. C. Gorsuch and A. Carroll
of Anchorage are at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM WASHINGTON
Charles H. Rogers, of Sumner,
Wash., is stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
COMMUNICATION
SITKA, Alaska, Jan. 22, 1951.—
Editor, The Dai’. Alaska Empire:
The A. C. C. !... chapter at Sitka
would like to use the medium of
your newspaper to thank those in
your community who sent Christ
mas presents to the children in the
orthopedic section of Mt. Edge
combe Hospital.
The response was gratifying and
we, of the Sitka chapter, only wish
that those who sent presents could
have been here personally to see the
joy the toys provided.
It is impossible to write personal
letters to all who contributed, but
we want everyone to know how
much we appreciate the cooperation
we received.—Sincerely, The Sitka
chapter of the Alaska Crippled Ch.l
dren’s Association.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to &t. Ann’s Hospital
yesterday were Mrs. John Stearns,
William Niederhauser, Angus Mc
Donald, Mrs. Ralph Marsh, Clifford
Campbell, Mrs. James Richardson.
Dismissed were Baby Carol May
eda, Mrs. Charles DeBoer, Gloria
Osborne.
Admitted to the Government Hos
pital were Martha Osborne of Ju
neau, Mrs. George Katzeek of Ju
neau. Elizabeth Howard of Juneau
and Robert Austin of Hoonah were
dismissed. I
CANNERY MAN HERE
A. E. Allen, Jr., of the Kla
wock Oceanside Packing Company
of Seattle, is registered at the
Baranof Hotel.
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January 30 •
Jeff Pegues •
Rodney Williams •
George E. Robards •
Susan Jane Boggan • |
David DeLong •
Mrs. Tay Bayers •
E. M. Goddard •
H. F. Stolfi •
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m. — Annual meeting of
Alaska Division of American Can
cer Society, Gold Room, Baranof.
Election of board of managers.
At 8 p.m. — Volunteers in Emerg
ency group meet in Red Cross
offices
At 8:45 p.m. — Community Center
night for adults at Teen-Age club
with square dancing.
At 7:30 p.m.—First game of double
header basketball in high school
gym.
At 7:30 p.m. — First practice alert
starting with short blasts for 2
or 3 minutes.
At 8 p.m. — Odd Fellows meef in
IOOF hall.
January 31
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 7 p.m. — Cub Scouts, Pack 311,
monthly meeting Parish hall.
At 8 p.m. — Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — WSCS meets at home
of Mrs. Schultz, 606 West Tenth.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekahs meet for
installation of fficers in IOOF
hall.
February 1
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
February 2
At 8 p.m. — Regular meeting of
Juneau Shrine Club.
At 8 p.m. — City Council meeets in
regular session in City Hall.
February 5
At noon — Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion Post
meets in Dugout.
February 6
At roo.i — Rotary Club, Baranof.
'DAHO INLETERS
REFUSE TO 6IVE
UP THEIR DEER
When Fish and Wildlife agents
suggested to the residents of Idaho
Inlet that some of the deer there be
transplanted to the Taiya Valley,
they were met with opposition and
argument.
“You have some children? Haw'd
you like to have us come over
and suggest you transplant them
to Idaho Inlet?" they asked.
The wildlifers W'ere silent. They
then learned how much the resi
dents thought of their pet deer,
some 20 that they feed each winter.
In daho Inlet there are no dogs,
no cats, nothing but the pet deer
that disappear in the spring and
return when the heavy snows come.
For the past five years the herd
has been growing until last year
and this, the residents requested
help from the Territorial Sports
men, Inc., to assist in the feeding
program.
Idaho Inlet is but one of several
places near Juneau where deer
are being winter-fed to preserve a
breeding stock. At Port Althorp
Thor Hanson has been feeding from
14 to 19 each winter. The FWS
agents may persuade him to part
with a few of his pets, but not the
Idaho Inleters.
FROM SITKA
P. A. Haugen of Sitka is stopping
at the Baranof Hotel.
ACROSS
L Place In a
compact
mass
6. Stupid person
8. Point of land
jutting out
into water
12. Expect
13. Contrasted
15. Opposite of
a weather
16. Formal
argument
17. Flocks
19. Prepare
leather
20. Spanish title
of respect
21. Fiber made of
cellulose
23. Tear
25. Rodent
26. Front of a ship
28. Carry: dial.
32. Entry In an
account
34. Peck
36. Used
37. Surround
39. Talk noisily:
slang
41. Crazy
42. Downy surface
on fabrics
44. Forgive
40. Measure of
length
49. rublic vehicle
51. Thin,
rectangular
board
53. Pertaining to
the Western
Hemisphere
66. Secure
57. Long cigar
58. Astonish
69. Large shrub
1 AP Niwiftoturt*
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
60. Heavens
61. Elongated fish
DOWN
1. Persian ruler
2. Endure
3. Works
4. Abounding
with weeds
6. Division of a
play
6. Fashion or
manner
7. Smudge
8. Spiteful person
9. l>ry
10. 100 centavos
11. Paradise
14. Terror
18. Weep
22. Bow the head
24. Animal’s foot
25. Chest bone
27. Route
29. Domineer
30. Thankful
31. Finish
33. Grown boys
35. Prohibit
38. Implied
40. Vim
43. Steps
45. Billiard stroke
40. Engrossed
47. Persian poet
48. Sandy tract by
the sea:
English
50. Failure of a
player to
complete
motion
begun
52. Optical glass
54. Female ruff
55. Negative votft
20 YEARS AGO tiTe empire
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JANUARY 30, 1931
A modification of the Bureau of Fisheries muchly discussed wire
spiller regulation for fish traps would be made in the near future,
according to a telegram received at the local headquarters of the
bureau. General regulations issued several weeks before included one
which prohibited the use of wire spillers for fish traps. Protests against
this were filed by Ketchikan trapmen who said, among other things,
it would not be possible to hold web spillers under certain conditions
and in some exposed locations. To meet this objection, a supplementary
regulation would be issued, providing the use of the spiller, only when
an inner spiller of webbing was also used.
Margaret Pearce, Douglas High School student, was confined to
her home with a sprained ankle received in a basketball practice game.
Frank Foster, lawyer, Territorial Representative-elect and Mrs.
Foster visited in Juneau while the Admiral Farragut was in port. They
were making a trip to the States from their home in Cordova.
Among the passengers aboard the Alameda enroute from Seattle
to Juneau were the following: Mrs. II. G. Watson, Wiliam A. Newman,
L. Kann, Mrs. James Foote, Miss Pearl Peterson, W. F. Ulrich, Mrs.
Thelma Meade and son. G. A. Baldwin, Mrs.. G. L. Metcalf and Gus
George.
After having battled on the Gulf of Alaska wnat officers on the
Admiral Farragut reported as one of the worst storms in the history
of those waters, the vessel hastened to Juneau to get two members of
the crew here for medical care. Miss Edith Croft, 32, stewardess, broke
both wrists when she was thrown across the social hall as the ship
rolled in the gulf storm and Paul Naghel, aged 19, fireman, was pain
fully burned about the face by a flash-back of flame in the engine room.
Mrs. Agnes Adsit as on leave from the Territorial Auditor’s office
and planned to leave on the steamship Northwestern for a visit with
relatives and friends in Oregon and California for the next five or
six weeks.
Weather: High, 50; low, 46; rain.
| Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon I
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. “I caught cold since I left
your house.” Say, “I caught cold AFTER I left your house.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Glazier. Pronounce gla-zher, A as in
ATE. accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Monotone; MONO. Monetary; MONE.
SYNONYMS: Living (noun), livelihood, subsistence, sustenance.
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:
BONHOMIE; good nature; pleasant and easy manner. (Pronounce bon
o-me, first O as in ON, second O as in NO unstressed, E as in ME, prin
cipal accent on last syllable). “His bonhomie was infectious and in
creased his popularity.”
I MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE \\
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Q. Some people, when playing bridge, have a habit of drawing a
card from their hands and holding it in readiness to play before their
turn has arrived. Isn’t this rather rude?
A. This is exceedingly rude. It indicates an impatience to play and
tends to hurry the other players.
Q. Should the first page of a social letter be numbered?
A. No, this is not necessary nor proper. You may number the
others, if you wish. •
Q. Should a dinner guest who has finished eating immediately
place his napkin on the table?
A. Not until his hostess has placed her napkin on the table.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON I
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1. What is Alaska’s chief river?
2. Who was the first great American lexicographer?
3. What is the four-footed animal that cannot walk?
4. What is a mendacious person?
5. What famous book has for its subtitle, “Meg, Jo, Beth ahd Amy”?
ANSWERS:
1. The Yukon.
2. Noah Webster (1758-1843).
3. The sloth, which just swings from tree to tree.
4. One given to falsehood.
5. “Little Women,” by Louisa May Alcott.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Merldlai'. Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 21—Cloudy
Annette Island . 19—Cloudy
Barrow .. -13—Clear
Bethel 29—Partly Cloudy
Cordova . 31—Cloudy
Dawson . -39—Clear
Edmonton . 6—Snow
Fairbanks . -8—Partly Cloudy
Haines. 18—Partly Cloudy
Havre . 2—Snow
Juneau Airport 6—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak . 36—Drizzle
Kotzebue . 9—Clear
McGrath .-14—Partly Cloudy
Nome 19—Partly Cloudy
Northway . -23—Cloudy
Petersburg . 10—Cloudy
Portland . 21—Clear
Prince George . -37—Clear
Seattle . 17—Clear
Sitka . 24—Cloudy
Whitehorse . -32—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 17—Cloudy
MARQUARDT, SHATTUCK
HEAD SALMON DERBY
COMMITTEE FOR 1951
Dr. D. D. Marquardt will be
chairman of the 1951 Golden North
Salmon Derby, it was announced
today by Jack O'Connor, Presi
dent of Territorial Sportsmen, Inc.,
Curtis Shattuck agreed to accept
the co-chairmanship.
Assistants who have been ap
pointed and accepted are James
Wellington, T'" Tohmcton .Tames
Orme, J. I
Dunn, Char]
F. Moore.
Alva Blae
of advertisii . udici
Burford and Oscar Oberg will handle
boats and charters; MacKinnon,
co-operation with the Coast Guard,
O'Connor, judges and weighing; M.
L. MacSpadden, in charge of fish
and fish cleaners; and Ed Peyton,
in charge of displays.
Plans are going forward for the
derby to make it the best one yet,
O’Connor said.
JIRF ARRIVES
Fred K. Milan, a Greenlander
from the University of Alaska, ar
rived here yesterday to join the
winter observation party of the
Juneau Icecap Research Project. He
is stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
SCHWINN BIKES A.'’. MADSEN’S
VALT HATLIN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Experienced House Wiring
Electrical Marine Repair
Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska
Y. F. W.
Ta Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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Office In Case lot Grocery
Phone W»
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE. Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS. Secretary.
Ncose Lodge No. 706
Regular Meeting* Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANBEN
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P. O. Box UN
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"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Pharmacists
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Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone 2*6 ..Second and Seward
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