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fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, September 30, 1950
JUNEAU WELCOMES DISTINGUISHED
VISITORS
Juneau bids welcome to the distinguished visitors
making up the official Coast Guard inspection party
which arrived here this morning.
Rear Admiral Alfred C. Richmond, who has seen
previous service in Alaska, heads the group. Accom
panying are Representatives J. Vaughan Gary, Antonio
M. Fernandez and Otto E. Passman, all members of
the House Appropriations Committee.
The inspection tour will include Juneau’s Com
munity Building, headquarters for Admiral Greenspun
! and the 17th Coast Guard District. We are proud of
| the building and the community effort that built it
... and proud, too, that it houses CG Headquarters.
The Coast Guard has always been an integral part
of Alaska's life. It would be difficult to estimate the
value of life and property saved from loss through
the aid of the Coast Guard.
We appreciate the visit of the official inspection
party and hope their day in Juneau will be pleasant.
Shigenori Togo
(Washington Post)
Reports of paroles and pardons for men convicted
in the war crimes trials in Germany continue to flow
in, but a strange silence is to be noted in Japan,
though the reason for action in Japan is as urgent
there as in Germany. We are reminded of this need
by the death in prison of Shigenori Togo. Togo, who
was serving a 20-year sentence, had long been suffer
ing from jaundice and complications arising out of
it, and his doctors some months ago petitioned the
Supreme Commander for a parole, on the grounds
that his state of health required his removal to his
home. The petition was turned down, and within
24 hours Togo was dead, his last link with life having
snapped under the blow of refusal. To be sure, it
would have meant stretching a point—Togo still had
three years to go before he was entitled to a pardon
—to use the amnesty power, but, aside from any
consideration of humanity, the new phase in our
relations with Japan would surely have warranted
*the step.
The doctors were joined in the petition by a num
ber of people who knew Togo as Minister for Foreign
Affairs both at the begining and at the end of the war.
He served in the Tojo ministry at the time of Pearl
Harbor, so that he was in the position of being guilty
by association with the army conspirators, who were
the villains of the piece in prewar Japan. There was
no excuse for this, but it so happens that Togo cam;
back to the same office under Suzuki when Japan
surrendered, and it is now a known fact that he was
the man who worked hardest for capitulation, even
at the peril of his life. The part he played at that
time was proffered as warant for the sight clemency,
that was asked of the Supreme Commander. Perhaps
the death of Togo may initiate a relaxation in the
application of a policy that seems very rigid in Japan;
such a relaxation would be more in accord with the
changed times in Japanese-American relations.
fee Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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generals, while Lt. Gen. George i1
Stratemyer, Air Force Chief in the
Far East, has complained privately 1
to General MacArthur against the
Navy. Finally, Adm. Forrest Sher- i
man, Chief of Naval Operation,
has stepped in with stern orders
to Rear Adm. Ed Ewen in Korea |
to stop criticizing the Air Force.
The boys in the Pentagon are
trying to shush up the squabble, j
but here is what happened.
Navy pilots teed off the argu
I ment by somplalninff to newsmen
that carrier planes weren’t getting
a fair crack at Korean targets.1
They wanted more cracks at the
enemy and blamed the Air Force,
which has been directing the Kor
ean air war.
While it is true that carrier
pilots have been forced to wait for
targets, the fact is that the skies
over Korea have been so over
crowded with planes, that both
Navy and Air Force pilots have
had to stack up in the air waiting
for assginments. Also it has been j
difficult to fit carrier pilots into the
bombing pattern, because their;
floating carrier bases shift up and !
down the Korean coast.
This friction simmered quietly]
for a while. Then it hit the boil
ing point when the Navy leaked
a story to the press that the
Marines moved faster and suf
fered fewer casualties at Chinju,
because their air support was bet
ter than the Army’s. The truth]
was exactly the opposite. For
Army units, fighting side by side
with the Marines, had lighter cas
ualties and actually had to wait
for the Marines to catch up.
Other news stories debunked the
Air Force's F-80 jet fighter, but
uttered not a single unkind word
against the Navy’s Panther jet1
fighter—though both planes are al
most identical.
Air Fore? Fires Bark
Naturally these anti-Air Force
stories got under the skin of Air
Force Chief General Stratemeyer.
He stormed in to see General Mac
Arthur, protesting bitterly. Mac
Arthur listened, seemed sympathe
tic, claimed to be "greatly dis
turbed.'’
Stratemeyer also fired a sharp
note to Admiral Ewen, whose car
rier pilots had been spreading most
of the stories. Stratemeyer angrily
asked Ewen why he didn’t make
his complaints through official
channels instead of the press.
Ewen wrote back coldly that he
couldn't control the press nor the
way his officers felt about how the
Air Force was running things.
Ewen admitted, however, that some
of the news reports had been one
sided.
Still not satisfied, Stratemeyer
sent another note to Lt. Gen. Wal
ton Walker, American commander
in Korea, asking for his comments.
Walker replied that the coordina
tion between air and ground forces
had been better than during World
War II, but suggested that it could
have been even more effective,
though perhaps not practical, to
have specific planes assigned to
each ground division.
Meanwhile, reports of the Navy
Air Force bickering got back to
Washington, and Gen. Hoyt Van
denberg, efficient Air Force Chief
of Staff, called a huddle with
Admiral Sherman. For the sake
of umlication, they agreed to put
a stop to the feuding. Admiral
Sherman has now ordered Admiral
!wen to call off all Marine Corps
,nd Navy pilot bickering.
Two Governors
What the governor of South
Carolina said to the governor of
slorth Carolina is now a legend
f the south. No legend as yet.
lowever, is what the governor of
South Carolina said to the governor
>f Georgia when he called him up
privately this week.
The governor of South Carol
na, No. 1 Dixiecrat Strom Thur
mond, happens to be a cousin of
the governor of Georgia, Herman
Talmadge. And the initial reason
for calling was to invite Talmadge
to the southern governors’ confer
ence at Fort Sumter in November,
when Gen. Lucius Clay of Atlanta
is scheduled to speak.
After issuing this invitation,
Governor Thurmond asked: “How’s
everything down there?”
"Fine,” replied cousin Herman.
‘My farm’s fine. But the niggers
are trying to take over our schools :
town here.”
He referred to the fact that I
negroes have now brought court I
action under a Supreme Court.
ruling against segregation, and are
trying to enter white grade schools.
“Most of the white people,”
added Governor Talmadge, "are oil
ing up their rifles and shotguns.”
Governor Thurmond remarked
that he didn’t think the colored
folks would be able to win their
battle.
"Hell,” replied Talmadge, "I am
ready to spend $10,000,000 to fight
this if I have to.”
Note—the incident illustrates a
situation little realized in the north,
that racial feeling in Georgia has
reached a high point as a result
of the court action to abolish seg
regation in the Atlanta schools.
Senator Brewster's Wire
A meeting of radio network rep
resentatives and the Rural Electri
fication Administration was thrown
into convulsions the other day
when an REA representative, out
lining a stunt to publicize the
rural telephone program, said,
"We'll tap the telephone conver
sation between President Truman
and a Virginia farmer, and record
it for radio use.”
“Isn't that,” came a voice, “a
job for Senator Brewster?”
Senate Filibuster
Still etched on the minds of
capital insiders is the helter-skelter,
topsy-turvy senate cloakroom on
the night of the closing filibuster:
The marble, mirrored reading
room converted into a makeshift
bedroom . . . Senators and page
boys stretched side by side on cots
and couches . . . Shoes and socks
scattered over the marble floor
. . . New Mexico’s Senator Chavez
looking for his shoes which some
one had kicked completely out of
sight . . . Senator Darby of Kansas
snoring so loudly that the vibra
tions woke up Senator Robertson
of Virginia. Senator Holland of
Florida trying to outsnore Darby.
The first seven senators to hit
the hay commandeered the reading I
room's black leather couches, leav
ing one couch vacant. But it was
directly under a light bulb. So
Louisiana's Russell Long slyly mov
ed the couch away from the light
and curled up on it . . . Tennes
see's Senator Estes Kefauver, the
crime investigator, arrived to find
a negro attendant had swiped his
pillow and blankets. Finally, the
Senate crime buster solved the
case, recovered his pillow and
blankets . . . Only Senator who |
looked embarrassed was O’Conor of ’
Maryland. After stripping off his ,
coat, the outline of a girdle showed j
beneath his shirt . . . Big Senatoi
Kerr of Oklahoma had trouble fit
ting on even a large couch, hugged
his knees under his chin, pulled
a blanket over his eyes, then e
sheet of paper, then the tail oi
his shirt to shut out the light.
Finally, as the senators were
peacefully settled, a quorum call
routed them out of bed.
ALASKA COASTAL
WINTER SCHEDULE
EFFECTIVE OCT. 1
T,he wii\tgr schedule o£ Alaska
Coastal Airlines effective October
1 was announced today with one
major change in flights.
The major change due to com
pletion of the cannery season is
from two flights to one flight daily
to Pelican, Hoonah, Tenakee, An
goon, Elfin Cove, Funter and other
points in Chatham Straits and Icy
Straits. The daily flight effective
October 1 departs Juneau at 10:45
a.m.
Also effective on the above date
will be two daily flights for Skag
way and Haines departing Juneau
at 10 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. Daily
flights for Petersburg, Ketchikan
and Wrangell depart at 10:30 a.m.
The two daily flights to Sitka will
be continued with departing times
of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
21 Candidates File
For Office in
Fairbanks Elections
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Sept. 30—
UP) — Twenty-one candidates are
seeking office in the Oct. 3 election, i
Candidates for mayor are Kenneth j
D. Bell, partner in the Wilbur Bell '
Plumbing Company, and Robert
Hoopes, service station owner.
V'ote at the City Election Tues
day for Dewey Baker for Director
School Board.—Adv.
gj&mtm
September 30
Henry A. Benson
Mrs. W. M. Whitehead
Elvird Berggren
Merle George
Mrs. F. M. Kardanoff
Terry Don Gallagher
Angus Foss
Hazel McLeod
Wanda Jo Wagner
John Quilico
October 1
J. E. Barragar
Edna Liston
Mrs. M. W. Dorman
M. H. Clark
Richard Harris Jr.
Terry Crandall
Joan Molyneaux
DOUGLAS
MEWS
BALOG-BURNS WEDDING
The Douglas St. Lukes Episcopal
church wlil be the scene of the
marriage this evening of Miss
Patricia Balog to Mr. Janies Burns,
both of Douglas.
The wedding ceremony, conducted
by the Rev. S. A. McPhetres, will
begin at 8 p.m.
Immediately following the wed
ding, a reception will be held at
the home of the bride’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. J. Balog. No personal
invitations have been issued, but
all friends of the couple are in
vited to attend both the wedding
and reception following.
MASONS MEET, OCT. 3
Gastineau Lodge No. 124, P and
AM will hold a regular Stated
Communication at 7:30 o’clock,
Tuesday evening, Oct. 3, in the
new Masonic Hall above the Col
iseum Theatre.
The new hall, which has been
leased from Mr. W. D. Gross, has
been undergoing complete renova
tion, and officers of the lodge feel
that with the exception of Juncap,
it is probably the nicest in Alaska,
The building was formerly the old
Labor Hall and the Odd Fellows
ball during the days when Douglas
was one of the larger towns of Al
aska. '
WORLD WIDE COMMUNION
The first Sunday in October each
year has been designated by the
Christian churches as World Wide
Communion Sunday. An effort is
made to give an opportunity to
every Christian in the world to
partake of this sacrament in com
memoration of the Last Supper of.
Jesus with His Disciples. An in
vitation is extended, not only
to Methodists, but to all other
Christians who may not be able
to attend their home church to
join in this Communion service at
the Douglas Community Methodist
Church at the eleven o’clock ser
vice.
PRAYER FOR PEACE
A period of prayer for peace will
be held at the Douglas Community
Methodist Church at 3:30 p.m. Sun
day. Many churches throughout the
world are having such a period of
prayer and discussion of ways to
bring about peace on World Com
munion Sunday. Any interested per
son is invited to participate or list
en.
SEE MYSTERIOUS DANCER
at 3 a.m. and continuous floor
show, also sourdough yodeler. Coun
try Club tonight. 620-lt
SUNDAY DINNER
Spare ribs with Italian spaghetti,
hot rolls, endive salad. Burgo Diner
503 So. Franklin. 620-lt
ACROSS
1. Wrong
4. Obstruction
7. Happen again
12. Contend
13. Palm leaf
14. Uneven
15. Collection of
facts
16. Dogs of a
certain
breed
18. Subsequently
20. Epic poem
21. Slide over
22. Greet
23. Wild sheep
26. Sped
28. liar legally
30. Ascended
32. Dinner course
33. Fine fabric
34. Mediterranean
sailing
* vessel
85. Trunk of a
felled tree
36. Noticed
88. Direction
41. Melt
42. Masculine
43. Returning
47. Biblical high
priest
4s*. Lessen
4!» Horse
no Operated
LI. Specks of dust
L2. So. American
Indians
53. Pronoun
DOWN
1. Athletic tields
2. Last
5!
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
1. Giving
prominence
to
4. Wild hog
AP Niwiltolwu
*-*>
6. Turkish name
6. Peruse again
7. Fragrant
8. Ages
9. Depression
between
mountain
peaks
10. Employ
11. Thing: law
17. Finia!
19. Obliterate
22. Fowl
23. Hays of light
from the
aurora
borealis
24. Garden
implement
25. Anthropoid
animal
27. Blames
29. Metal
30. Every one
31. River: Spanish
32. Even: contr.
34. Considering
37. Superlative
ending
39. Mysterious
Biblical
word
40. Threefold
41. Festival
42. Urges
43. Male sheep
44. Central
American
tree
45. Large tub
46. No: Scotch
| 20 YEARS AGO th*e empire <
SEPTEMBER 30, 1930
The voyage of the steamship Admiral Watson was a honeymoon
special. Capt. E. Thomas was accompanied by his bride of a month; 1
and the only roundtrip passengers were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Bingham
of Butte, on their wedding journey. In the romantic theme, too, Second
Steward Lawrence Campbell was to welcome his fiancee, Miss Hazel
naZelle of Anchorage, when the ship docked at Seward. She was to be a (
southbound passenger for Seattle, where the wedding was to take place,
captain Thomas' bride was weiiknown in Alaska, as she had taugnt in
government schools at the westward, and also lived in Juneau and
Ketchikan.
After trial use of aircraft in the southern district, H. W. Terhune,
executive officer of the Alaska Game Commission, predicted that air
planes probably would be used extensively for patrol of Southeast Alaska
oy the next year. Terhune had just returned from a three-week trip to
mince Rupert, Vancouver and Seattle.
Agent Cash Cole reported an attempted robbery of the American
express Company oince. The Seward Street door had been forced open,
out apparently the intruder was scared away. Entry was made between
j.M and 1U:3U p. m., the hours at which Nigntwatchman C. M. Jorgenson
uad checked the door. All was in order at 9:30, but the door was open
m hour later. This was the second time the premises had been entered
ui several weeks.
Mrs. John Ford Starr, daughter of former Gov. Scott C. Bone, had
oecome the mother of a son septembtr 16 in Beverly Hills, Calif., ac
cording to word received by Mrs. Walstein G. smith and other
inenas.
An 11-year-old boy in St. Ann's Hospital was straining his ears for
the sound of a steamsnip wnistie, which would signal his departuie lor
nome. James Seitz had oetn traveling alone on the Northwestern to join
ms mother and brother at Matanuaska wnen he become ill and was
taken to the hospital. Now, he was able to continue, and arrange
ments had been made by Sister superior Ludovic.
Weather: High, 52; low, 41; cloudy.
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I Daily Lessons in English w. l. cordon |
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I hung one picture over
the other,” if you mean ABOVE the other. OVER implies over its
surface.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Tedious. The preferred pronunciation
iS te-di-us, three syllables. _■
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Grander (more grand!. Grandeur (magni
ficence! .
SYNONYMS: Joint (adjective!, joined, combined, corporate, united.
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:
APROPOS; appropriate. (Pronounce a-pro-po, A as in AT, both O’s
as in NO, principal accent on last syllable). “Your remark is apropos
of the present situation.”
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MODERN ETI QUEUE Roberta lee
Q. When bowling ten pins, is it correct to proceed down the runway
and deliver your ball while someone on the lane next to you is delivering
his ball?
A. This is thoughtess ancj unsportsman-like conduct. The thing to
do is decide between you who will deliver his ball first, and usually the
person to the right has the right-of-way.
Q. Should a woman walk on a short distance, or should she wait
with her escort whle he is paying the taxi fare?
A. She should wait with her escort.
Q. To whom should a bride give preference as maid-of-honor at her
wedding?
A. To her sister; otherwise, her most intimate friend.
LOOK and LEARN A. c, GORDON |
1. What were the first deaths of U. S. citizens at sea, during
World War II?
2. Where is the highest large city in the United States?
3. What is the only way to repeal an amendment to the U. S. Con
stitution.
4. How many muscles are there in a person’s face?
5. What is a straight line called that is not horizontal or vertical?
ANSWERS:
1. The sinking of the British “Athenia” cost the lives of 30 Am
ericans.
2. Denver, Colorado.
3. By another amendment.
4. 36 muscles. *
5. Slanting.
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Night School
(lasses Will Start
Here Next Week
Night school classes will begin
here next week at the Juneau High,
School, it was announced today by
Superintendent of Schools Sterling
S. Sears. No new enrollments will
be accepted after the first meeting
of each class.
Instructors and schedules are as
follows:
Typing, Mondays and Wednes
days, Typing Room, Mrs. Pauline
Whitaker.
Bookkeeping, Mondays and Wed
nesdays, Room 1, John Heueisen.
Shorthand, Tuesdays and Thurs
days, Room 25, Mrs. Emily Dean
Millice.
Classes will begin promptly at 7:30
p.m. and will be in session until 9
p.m.
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
The first meeting for the year
of Senior Scout Troop No. 9 was
held September 25 in the home of
Eileen Kronquist. Leader this year
is Miss Katherine Elle. Both lead
ers of last year left during the
summer.
These officers were elected:
President, Shirley Casperson; Vice
president, Aileen Kronquist; Sec
retary-Treasurer, Paula Cook, and
Reporter, Donna Wood.
It was decided to meet twice a
month on Monday evenings. The
troop plans to give a 15-minute
program once a month ever the
public address system for the pa
tients in the Government Hospital.
Refreshments were served and
the meeting was then adjourned.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Lynn Bodding.
Donna Wood, Reporter.
"RAIN OR SHINE"
'Enjoy weekend at TAKU LODGE.
$25 includes round trip transpor
tation from Juneau; deluxe lodging,
meals, fishing and sightseeing trips.
Phone 202 for reservations. 592-tf
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank Democratic Re
presentative Mark Jensen, for his
great courage in exposing and in
vestigating corruption, malfeasance
and misfeasance in the present
Territorial Administration.
Mr. -Jensen is for good, clean,
honest government. He can expect
villification, abuse and the full
impact of the administration ma
chine when he comes up for elec
tion, October 10.
(Signed) ALBERT WHITE, resi
dent of Alaska since 1902.
ABSENTEE VOTING
Vctsr: sure to vote Republican
ticket under absentee law before
you leave for the States.
Republican Club of Juneau, Al
aska, Commissioner’s Precinct.
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