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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Po rih Avenue Bldg , Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, March S, 1951
LONG SHOT
Several weeks ago we printed one of those straws
hi-the-wind editorials which told about how the under
writing firm of Lloyds of London had fixed the odds
at 50 to one against the outbreak of a general
European war before September, 1951, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. Now, it may be of some interest
to note, that the Bookmakers’ Protective Association
in Britain, not to be outdone has decided that 1,000
to one is fair odds against the eventuality. And a
certain Sid Hales, a long-time member of the asso
ciation, believes that 500 to one is fair odds against a
world war in 1952. He added that when bookmakers
offered odds like that against anything, one could
be sure that it would not happen.
It might be enlightening to know upon what these
gamblers — the bookmakers, we mean — base their
odds. Do they rely purely upon instinct or have they
figured out the situation rationally. Are they un
affected by the war of nerves? Certainly they do
net have access to any special information.
Supposedly well-informed politicians, diplomats,
statesmen and military experts all over have been
adopting the most, bnarish of attitudes about the out
break of the next war. But here these British bookies,
who apparently do not know anything about anything
except horses, aie offering terrific odds that war will
not come in 1951 cr 1952.
Rum world, isn’t It?
Alaska and U. S. Defense
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
A Senate subcommittee which investigated Alaska
defense had both good and bad news for Alaskans.
The commitee stated that certain portions of the
Territory, including the Seward Peninsula, probably
could not be succesfuliy defended in the event of an
all-out Soviet attack. But “vital” areas could be held.
The Senators pointed to the need for addi
tional Alaska defense installations, and military per
sonnel. They also made recommendations regarding
maintenance of the Alaska Railroad, and improving
port and highway facilities.
' If the United States follows the recommendations
E of this committee, Alaska's position will be made more
secure, and, we might add, so will the position of the
entire North American continent.
If an enemy nation were to get a foothold on
Alaska, the bombs that fell in Nome might only be
a prelude to the bombs that would be falling in Seattle,
Chicago and Washington.
In this age of long-range aircraft, neither the
United States, nor Canada, can afford to let an
aggressor gain a foothold on this continent. Bases in
Alaska are within easy bomber range of Canadian and
United States population centers.
I Alaskans are in an exposed position, in the present
state of world tension. But their position is hardly
more critical than that of residents of the United
States, for if Alaska falls, no area of America could
be considered safe.
The present pattern of world tension has made
Alaska a highly strategic area, lying directly astride
the shortest route between the United States and its
potential enemies. .
It is to be hoped that Congress will listen to this
Senate subcommittee, and prepare well in advance
to defend every inch of Alaska soil s gainst any
aggressor.
China has had civilization longer than any other
nation in existence today, and it would sewn that she
is growing tired of it.
A radio commentator wants an artist to draw' a
modern Uncle Sam. For instance, give him pants with
king-size pockets?
You can invariably tell when a friend is going
to insult you. He begins with, “I'm going to be per
fectly frank with you.”
JUNEAU SKI RACES
SCHEDULED SUNDAY
OH DOUGLAS TRAIL:
_
Clear skys alter fresh snowj
should bring out a large number of
skiers o\er the week-end for per-1
feet ski conditions along the en
tire ,Doijgla/s, trail areas.
Class “C” juniors will have the
spot light beginning at 1:30 Sun
day racing for the Lion's club per
petual trophy which was won by
1 : ne:-t Kohlahase last year. Class
"1 juniors will follow this race
cutting the turns for the Juneau
ski club trophy which was won by
Leroy West last season.
( lass "B” men will race for the
Juneau ski trophy which was won
by Neil Taylor last year. Strong
contenders for this trophy will in
clude Dr. J. O. Rude, Knox Mar
shal, and Stanley Baskin. W'omen’s
doss “B” and girls junior age will
fellow with all competitors remin
de 1 to meet at the slalom hill
cabin by 1 p.m. to sign up and re
reive race numbers.
BOEGLAS
MEWS
LAYMAN SUNDAY
The Douglas Community Metho
dist Church will observe Layman’s
P..y Sunday at the 11 a.m. service.
Six of the lay members of the
church will give short talks on the
work of the laymen in the church.
All residents of the Douglas com
munity are invited to joih with
u' in this service.
POTLUCK DINNER
A family Night pot-luck dinner
wall be held at the Douglas Com
munity Methodist Church on Mon
day evening at 6 p.m. William
Ke ns will show his slides of the
Pasadena Tournament of Roses
and Alaskan subjects. All members
and friends of the Church are cor
dially invited to *be present.
FIRST AID COURSE
At a special meetinng of the
Douglas Volunteer Fire Depart
ment Thursday evening, it was vo
ted favorably that the first aid
courses would be taken by all mem
bers. Mrs. L. W. Richards, Regis
tered Nurse who just completed a
home nursing course class, was
present and explained that at this
time she was in a position to give
only a Refresher course which will
not qualify members to certificates
or pins, but which will provide
useful instructions that can be
used to advantage by the Depart
ment. Nights : . instruction will
be0in on Monday March 5 at 8
0 clock and lasting approximately
two hours. Classes will be in the
Government School, and Mrs. Rich
ards volunteered to do the instruc
tion.
The Department also spent con
siderable time discussing the advis
ability of taking on the job of re
pairing the Douglas Cannery build
s in order to secure funds to
1 , hase a new Fire Truck. Def
inite action was postponed until
written proposals were presented
to the Department at its regular
meeting, Thursday, March 8, when
a vote will be taken by members
on the proposal.
YESTERDAY WAS ONE
"OF THOSE DAYS"
After a snowbound Friday, plane
flights were back on schedule to
day with an early morning flight
of Pacific Northern Airlines due
in from Gustavus. The regular Sat
urday flight from Anchorage was
due in on schedule.
Pan American World Airways
did not get beyond Annette yester
day but was due to arrive on time |
today.
Even Alaska Coastal Airlines was
grounded yesterday.
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HOSPITAL NOTES
Two patients Baby Kathy Prue
her and Jack L. Webb were admit
ted yesterday to St. Ann’s Hospital.
Mrs. Kenneth Wood, Charles Por
ter and Kenneth Lowe were dis
missed.
Karen Morgan was discharged
from the Government Hospital
and no patients were admitted.
SEATTLE, March 3— Wl—'The
Boeing Airplane Company will
build the new B-52 Jet Bomber, or
dered into production by the Air
Force yesterday, at its plant in Se
attle, where experimental models
are now being put together.
Company spokesmen said today
contracts for the long range bom
ber wdll be signed in the near fu
ture.
Officials said the B-52 has never
been test flown.
The first machine ever used in
making shoes was a clamping press
invented to attach leather soles to
shoe uppers.
CHAPELADIES PLAN
BAKED FOOD EVENT
The Chapeladies met Wednesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Harry
Arnold on the Fritz Cove road. The
recent pie social at the Chapel was
a success, and good attendance of
friends from town as well as the
community was appreciated. Plans
were made for the group to have
a Baked Foods sale at Deharts
store Saturday p.m. March 17.
It was announced by the Presi
dent, Mrs. E. R. Reddekopp, that
the Chapel-by-the-Lake will be
torn down on March 10, so anyone
desiring pictures of the building
must take them soon.
Members attending the meeting
were Mesdames C. H. Baltzo, R. 1.
Congdon, J. P. Dehart, John Hag
ineier, Clyde Hill, H. E. Lindegaard,
Alvin Lynch, R. McCluggage, Frank
Maier, E. R. Reddekopp, W. D.
Schoeppe, A. E. Seaton, E. E. Hag
erup, Jess Jones, the hostess H.
Arnold, and three visitors mes
dames Troutman, Schoeppe, and
Poling.
The next meeting will be March
14 at the manse with Mrs. Lind
gaard as hostess.
WINGS OVER FRANCE
MOVIE AT AUK BAY
‘ Wings Over ?<rance” will be tht
feature motion picture for tonight’:
free American Legion show at De
hart's Store in Auk Bay. The itlrr
has been loaned to the Auk Bay
Legion Post by Pan American Air
ways. Two other movies will also
be show’n. The program begins at
8 p.m.
• TIDE TABLE «
• March 4 *
• Low tide 5:11 a.m. 4.9 ft. •
• High tide 11:16 a.m. 16.0 ft. ®
• Low tide 5:66 p.m. -0.9 ft. •
• . , . ... . . . •
• March 5 •
• High tide 12:27 a.m. 14.9 ft. «
• Low tide 6:10 a.m. 3.2 ft. •
e High tide 12:14 p.m. 17.2 ft. •
• Low tide 6:43 p.m. -1.9 ft. •
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• March 3 •
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• Homer G. Nordling •
• Signa O. Fowler *
• Josephine Carter 0
• Ed Shaffer, Jr. *
• Claude Helgesen •
• Tony D. Santo •
• Clifford Swap •
• John Marshall Peterson •
• Jack McDaniel, Jr. ®
| • March 4 *
| • R. H. Stevens ®
• Mrs. Charles Hooker •
• Marcus Carlson ®
• Carol Ann Olson 0
• Mrs. W. A. English ®
• Betty Clark ®
• Gene Roehm ®
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 2 p.m. — Deep Sea Fishermen's
Union meet. General election.
At 2 p.m.—Business meeting of
Rainbow Girls, Scottish Rite tem
ple.
At 7:30 p.m. — Skating in A. B. hall.
At 8 p.tn. — Circle Eight Square
Dancing club in parish hall.
March 4
From 2 to 5 p.m. — Skating in A B.
hall.
March 5
At noon -- Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
uiarcn u
At noon — Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Mary Circle of N. L.
P. church meets in manse.
At 8:45 p.m. — Community Center
night for adults at Teen Age club
with square dancing.
March 7
At noon — Kiw'anis Club. Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m. — Civil Air Patrol
meeting at National Guard arm
ory.
At 8 p.m. — Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — Public pinochle party,
series 3, Moose lodge.
March 8
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 8:45 p.m. — Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
March 9
At 8 p.m. — Juneau Singers in con
cert at 20tii Century Theatre,
sponsored by Juneau Woman’s
Club.
March 10
At 10 pm, — Annual formal dance
by Beta Sigma Phi in Gold Room,
Baranof.
MURDER ENDS DISPUTS
KHARTOUM, Sudan —i.f!—A na
tive in Madial, in the Southern
Sudan, is reported to have killed
his three brothers during a fit of
temper because they refused to
help him collect his “bride price,’’
a sort of dowry, from the bride’s
parents.
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ACROSS
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drying
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8. Heavenly body
12. Exist
13. Mineral deposit
which fills a
fissure
14. Stimulate
15. Those of an
order of
mammals
17. Food, in general
18. Obtains
19. Timekeepers
21. Marriage
proclamation
23. Withered
24. In bed
25. Wide-bladsd
hoe
26. Indefinite
artiple
28. Crimson
29. Comrades
JO. In favor o
Jl. Impersona
pronoun
J2. Sat for a
painting
J3. Worry
J4. Small carriages
Jf». Stop
J6. Bowl-shaped
depression
around a
volcano
J8. Classify
J9. Single
10. Enrolls
14. Heated chamber
15. English
nobleman
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
16. Tear
17. Trial
IS. Oriental bean*
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49. Ocean
DOWN
1. Strike lightly
2. Make a mistake
3. Condescended
4. Small plots of
ground
5. Decays
6. Poem
7. Annoyed
8. Season of the
year
9. Drove up a tree
10. Edible seaweed
11. Immerses
16. Repair
20. Angers
21. Exposed
rooting slate
22. Aid
1 23. Satisfies a desire
25. Articles of food
made from
dough
28. God of war
27. Short letter
29. Additional
30. Idle talker*
32 Manifest
33. Leafy plant
34. Wn'king sticks
35. Embers
33. Coagulate
37. P amide
:3. Nimble
11. Asiatic measure
of I* n.th
42. Falsity
43. Mineral spring
j ZO YEARS AGO thTe empire li
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MARCH 3, 1931
Students in charge of arrangements for the Junior Prom to be held
by the high school class March 6 had announced everything about ready
for the occasion. Committee members were: Decorations, Iona Messer,
Matilda Holst and Elmer Powell: Refreshments, Francis Riendeau, George
Whyte ar.d Hildred Whitely; Invitation, Robert Simpson, Billy Nikish
t.r.d Thomas Redlingshaler.
The new ringlette marcel permanent waving machine was being in
troduced to patrons of Juneau’s beauty shops.
To establish an Alaska sales agency with headquarters in this city,
M. G. Clarke and two assitsants, J. W. Hurst and Alex Miller, arrived
here on the Northwestern from Seattle. They represented a fire ex
tinguisher company.
Mrs. J. L. Brightman of Sitka came to Juneau to meet her daughter
Mrs. George Hellerich of Nome. Mrs. Hellerich was the wife of the
Representative from the Second Division to the Alaska Legislature. She
would accompany her mother to Sitka for a visit there.
The appreciation of the prisoners and employees at the U. S. Federal
jail had been expressed in a letter to U. S. Marshal Albert White for the
gift of a radio receiver he had made for their benefit. The Marshal
made the gift in the belief it would raise the morale and lessen possible
serious problems among the jail inmates. Concerts were heard twice a
day over the radio.
A bill increasing the Alaska Governor’s salary from $7,000 to $10,000
a year and the salary of the Secretary of Alaska from $4,500 to $5,600
was before President Hoover for his signature, having passed both the
House and the Senate.
Under executive regulations issued this week in Washington, all
Federal employees except field men of the Interior Department, were
put on a 44-hour weekly basis. The reduction hours gave Government
employees here, and elsewhere, except the Department of Interior men,
a half-holiday on Saturdays. President Stewart of the Federal Em
ployees Union, said an effort would be made at once to extend the new
order to those employees of the Interior Department outside the national
capital.
Weather: High, 43; low, 32; cloudy.
| Daily Lessons In English L. cordon
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: “He is a very congenial person" is
wrong usage. The prefix CON means “with: together.” Therefore, one
person cannot be congenial. A single person may be genial (easy to get
along with). Use CONGENIAL of two or more persons who are kindred
in spirit.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chile (South America). Pronounce
chee-lay, not chil-i.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Almighty; only one L.
SYNONYMS: Amuse, divert, entertain, enliven, interest, recreate.
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:
INCIPIENT; beginning to be, or to appear. “The incipient light of day
is something to behold.”
I modern”tiguette ROBERTA LEE j
Q. What would be an appropriate letter of appreciation to write to
a good friend who was very thoughtful at the end of one’s bereavement?
A. Just be very simple and sincere, as, “When Mother passed away,
you were very kind, Mrs. Barnes, and I want to thank you. Come and see
me when you find time.”
Q. When a man and his wife have invited some guests for an auto
ride should the wife sit in the front seat with her husband?
A. No; the wife should ask one of the guests to sit in front, while
she sits in the back with the other guest or guests.
Q. Is it necessary for the hostess of a house-warming to write
■‘thank you” notes for all gifts brought by the guests?
A. Yes. It would be rude and unapprecative not to do so.
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| LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON
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1. What metal can best be drawn into wire?
2. What is the average number of times a minute that the normal
human heart beats?
3. What U. S. State’s name is an Indian word meaning “dwellers in
the mountains”?
4. What ancient Greek scientist said that if he were given a lever
long enough and a prop strong enough, he could single-handed move the
world?
5. What is a nit?
ANSWERS:
* 1. Gold.
2. Seventy-two times.
3. Utah.
4. Archimedes.
5. The egg of a louse or other parasite insect; also the insect itself
when young.
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via Petersburg and Vrangell
With connections to Craig, Kiawock and Hydaburg
Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coasst, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . -5—Clear
Annette Island . 35—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . -27—Snow
Bethel .. -17—Clear
Cordova .„. -2—Clear
Dawson . -33—Fog
Edmonton . -10—Ice Crystals
Fairbanks . -2—Snow j
Haines . 2—Clear i
Havre . 0—Ice Crystals |
Juneau Airport . 12—Clear
Kodiak ..V... 29—Clear
Kotzebue . -27—Clear
McGrath . -24—Clear
Nome . -22—Clear
Northway . -30—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 28—Clear
Portland . 35—Rain
Prince George . 18—Snow
Seattle . 30—Cloudy
Sitka . 29—Clear
Whitehorse . -21—Clear
Yakutat ..... 17—Cloudy
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WILMA CARLETON TO
WED JAMES ROLISON
AT 8 IS EVENING
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The marriage of Miss Wilma
Carleton, daughter of Mrs. L. Her
man Moore of Little Rock, Arkan
sas and Mr. James Douglas Roli
son, Jr„ son of James Douglas Rol
ison, Sr. of Terre Haute, Indiana,
will take place at 8 o’clock this
evening in the Hotel Juneau. The
ceremony will be performed by
Judge Gordon Gray, U. S. Com
missioner.
Attendants to tne oriaai con pit.
will be Mrs. Stanley Tutzke and
Lieut. Robert Becker. The wedding
will be attended by Close friends of
the couple.
Following the marriage ceremony
a reception will be held at the
home of Lieut, and Mrs. Becker in
the Senate Apartments to which
fifty guests have been, invited.
Miss Carleton has been a resi
dent of Juneau the past j'ear and
a half and is a beautician with
Lucille’s Beauty Salon. She is a
member of the Juneau Business anc
Professional Womens Club.
Mr. Rolison has lived in Juneau
the past five years. He was for
merly manager of the Baranof
Bar and at present .s with the Red
Dog Bar.
The couple will make their home
in Juneau.
ATTENTION MASONS
Called Communication Monday
evening at 7:30 with Labor in the
F. C. Degree. Visitors welcome.
J. W. LEIVERS,
Secretary.
V. F. W
Taku 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 7M
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Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Mister;
JAME5 V? IsrVERS, Secretary.
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Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Mcose Lodge No. 70C
Regular Meeting* Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANBEN
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: Idea! Pair.} Store
Phone 548 rred W. Weodt
Care Beverage Ce.
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To give you more freedon
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Alaska Laundry
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High QaaUty Cabinet Work
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