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■JfnONAI REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411
Fouixh Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Tuesday, July 17, 1051
PUT UP OR SHUT UP
The above title is rather rough, we will admit,
hut we're addressing it to those who write letters
to the editor of The Fmpire and then, after
sounding off no end. refuse to sign their names.
From this day forward—and there will be no
exception1—such letters will he tossed smack into
the waste basket without being read. First we
look for the signature, then we read it.
If what anyone wants to say is sincere, and
he is honest, he will sign his name. We won’t
use it if we're requested not to, and chances
are the name would mean nothing anyway to
any story springing from the letter.
And hesides, most writers of letters forget
about half the information needed. If their names
were attached, a telephone call could clear up
what’s missing and then we could go ahead with
whatever the writer wishes. But with no name,
what can we do?
The other day we received a letter complain
ing about a situation in the Gastineau ( hannel
area which might bear some investigation. But
the writer chose to sign her indignant note with
“Mrs. K."
Needless to say, Mrs. K's letter now reposes
in tlie garbage dump. Her complaint is the kind
we dearly love to look into, but with no authority
behind our inquiries, we can do nothing but
wonder about the thing.
If you think The Empire is being nasty about
this, just read any other newspaper on the fare
of the globe—most letter columns you'll find with
little headings which say signatures are required,
but they'll be withheld if requested.
WHERE’S THE FIRE?
When the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department
warns, “Don't chase to the fires or obstruct traffic
during a fire alarm,” that warning is made for the
benefit of every one of us.
Next time it might be your house that needs
quick response to a firm alarm.
The Fire Department calls attention to the “two
minutes or less that might be the margin of safety"
in reaching a fire.
A careless driver could obstruct traffic for more
than two minutes, could delay the arrival of a fire
truck at the scene of a fire for more than two
minutes. And that delay might mean the burning of
a home. It might mean the injury or death of some
one caught in a burning building.
Because Juneau’s law enforcement officers will
enforce the city ordinance that requires this caution,
we call attention to the warning against chasing to
fires.
Members of the Juneau Volunteer Fire De
partment can do their jobs when fire signals
sound only if the rest of us clear the streets and
ease their way to the scene of disaster.
For its advertising campaign callif»*> attention to
the need to keep the streets clear when fire signals
sound, the department deserves credit. It is all in
the interest of public safety.
"Landlord Arrested For Robbing Tenants.” —
Headline. Can this be news?
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(■Continued from Page One)
of i i enped-up production for de
ft n.-c that will greatly increase the
pi t . tire on our economy. Yet Con
; 11. i about to pass legislation
that weakens controls on inflation
Instead of stiffening them.
“I m fiom big business and I’m
proud of it," continued Wilson,
“even though this spokesman for
labor'' -he pointed to CIO’s Jim
Can t-'-nmr-Wppea lffKTrne from
time to lime in the past. But we’ve
got to realize—all of us, business,
labor, the farmer and Congress—
that we must pull together unsel
fishly i. we are going to win the
tattle : Tiinst inflation."
Cat v. AFL president Green and
Charlc Anderson, an official of
the raihoad brotherhoods, vigorous
ly .supported Wilson.
Missing Diplomats
In the background of the State
D' pa: intent’s re-examination of 5C0
memtv t : of its staff from top to
bottom, including the suspension ol
several career diplomats pending
rccurit; hearings, was the myster
ies, <!. appearance of the two Brit
ish diplomats.
Tin scrutiny is no reflection on
any patricular person, and many
of those suspended merely face
technical charges. It is significant,
furthermore, that the FBI lady in
former, for many years a member
of the Communist party, recently
testified that she knew of no Com
munists in the State Department,
though her job was to list the mem
bership of all Washington Com
munists.
The Utate Department, nowever,
is tn! in ■ precautions, lest the same
thing happen to the American dip
lomatic service that , happened to
the 11.' itish. - For, with the disap
pearance of the two British career
men, it was necessary to fly special
courie: ; all over the world to
chan-'i the secret codes of both
the United States and Britain. In
addition, almost every secret known
to tin two countries was exposed—
probably to the Kremlin.
Furthermore, this tragic loss of
secret could have been prevented
by more alertness on the part of
British 1 authorities—which is why
the Stoic Department is staging a
new soft-inspection.
The mo t widespread and thor
ough man hunt in history has now
been conducted for Donald Mac
Lean and Guy Burges Allied ag
ents have spent hundreds of hours
trying to traca oown the missing
men. They have combed the con
tinent, searched the dives of Mont
martre, inspected the waterfronts
of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Le
Havre; have even checked as far
away a Argentina, But so far ev
ery trail has led up a blind alley.
Every day that passes makes it
more conclusive that MacLean and
Burgess-have dr . -p arcel behind
the Iron Curiain— a: wa first pre
dicted by the companion who star
ted off with them and then came
home.
Meanwhile here is the story of
what happened, as intelligence ol
f'cers have carefully pieced it to
(cth It is a story illustrating the
need for housecleaning all diplo
matic deadwood before it is too
late.
A Neurotic Failure
1 I * lore leaving the United
Stale:, n May, Guy Burgess had
become a diplomatic failure. Per
haps as a result, he had also be
come an outspoken anti-American.
There is no record however, that
he engaged in any pro-Russian ac
tivities while in this country, but
he had been asked to leave the
United States because of drunken
driving and a strong protest by
Virginia's Governor John S. Battle.
Burgess was a sexual deviate,
and an extensive search has been
made to locate his friends in Wash
ington. So far the search has
proved futile. Burgess apparently
had no close friends except for
some of the dregs of the city.
2. Actually Burgess was no more
than a diplomatic flunky attached
to the British Embassy. Associates
report that he was neurotic, unre
liable and a bore. One associate
described him as "an explosive
mass of frustrations and inner con
flicts.” He should have been house
leaned long ago.
3. MacLean was of a different
jalitre. Only 38 years old and son
of a distinguished father, he was
the chief of the American division
of the foreign office—a post in
t?hich he knew every vital allied
eeret.
In reecnt years, however, Mac
Lean had become increasingly un
stable. Due to overwork he had
two nervous breakdowns. He had
also acquired a personality unbal
ance somewhat similar to Burgess's,
and his American wife was con
cerned.
4. Before Burgess and MacLean
left together for France on May 25,
Burgess, the batchelor, told friends
he was going to "visit the contin
ent” for several weeks. He v.as
starting six weeks’ leave from the
foreign office, preparatory to look
ing for a new job. Significantly he
didn't mention MacLean's name in
any conversation about his forth
coming trip.
MacLean, however, didn’t have
any official leave irom his govern
ment post. That Friday, when he
left home, MacLean told his preg
nant wife: "I’m going away for the
week end and will be back Sunday
night or Monday morning.” He
man’s wardrobe indicates both of
he didn't mention Burgess’s name.
No Lxtra money
5: As far as the authorities ear*
'determine, neither man tijpk more
than a limited amount of money.
Their bank accounts have been
thoroughly checked and no heavy
withdrawals were made prior to
their departure. Neither man is
thought to have taken more than
$200, though they could have hid
den funds in their clothes, funds
received in advance from the Rus
sians.
6. An exhaustive check of each
didn't say where he was going. Ai.d
them took only enough clotuts to
last for a relative'y short trip. Mac
Lean had only enough clothes lor
the week end.
7. Intelligence officers are certain
I that both Burgess and Mai Lean
got as far as Paris. However, there
is absolutely no record of the>r ar
rival or presence in the French
capital.
The pair left Southhampton on
the channel steamer ''Falaite,”
docking at St. Malo. They proceed
ed from St. Malo to Rennes by
taxi, telling the taxi driver they
were trying to catch the 1:18 train
to Paris. For some strange leason
| they had left their bags on the
! steamer—maybe for the purpose ol
starting completely fresh in the
strange new Soviet world they were
entering.
Despite thousands of interviews
by the French police and British
agents, the trail of the two British
diplomats ends right here -with
the two men, frustrated, at olds
with the world, running* bareheaded
to catch the Paris train
6 Escape Injury
In 2 Plane Crashes
in Interior
SEATTLE. July 17 — OR— Six per
sons escaped injury in two sep
arate plane crashes in Northern
Alaska Sunday, the Civil Aeronau
tics Administration reported yes
terday.
The mishap occurred less than
two hours apart. Christopher Par
ent, formerly of Tacoma, was carry
ing three passengers in his Stinson
Voyaguer when the plane crashed
in a grove of spruce trees just after
a takeoff from Weeks’ Field at Fair
banks. The plane was damaged bad
ly.
Parent is with the Fairbanks resi
dent engineer's office of the U. S.
Engineers.
The other accident involved a
Trans-Ocean Airlines Norseman
which crashed in a take-off attempt
from the Colville river near Umiat, j
some 300 miles north of Fairbanks, j
The pilot, C. V. Smith, and his (
passenger, L. Longberry, escaped in
jury, although the plane was des
troyed. Engine failure caused both
accidents, the CAA reported.
MOOSE MEET ELKS
TONIGHT AT 6:30
IN BASEBALL GAME
The Moose meet the Elks tonight
at 6:30 o’clock at Firemen’s Park
in the third game of the second
round of play in the Gastineau
Channel Baseball League.
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• July 17
• Elliott Femming
• Alfred G. Johnson
• Everett Nowell
• Helen Camp
• Janet Caroline Soboleff
• Dan Jorgensen
• Mrs. C. A. (Pat) Carroll
a Fred Wyllerdomin Radovich
a Irene Davis
Community Events
TODAY
At G:30 p.m. — Moose and Elks
baseball game at Firemen's park.
At 8 p.m. — Odd i Fellows meet in
IOOF hall.
July 18
At noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 1:15 p.m. — WSCS afternoon
circle.
At 2 p.m. — Primary Association,
L.D.S. Chapel, 10th and E streets,
for children 4 to 12 years.
At 7 p.m. — Soap Box Derby trials
on Twelfth street.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Drill Team
practice, IOOF hall.
July 19
At noon — Chamber of commerce
meets in Baranof.
At G p.m. — No-host dinner Baranof
Gold room honoring James A.
McMurrin, president of Northwest
ern States Mission of Mormon
church.
At G:30 p.m. — Moose and Coast
Guard baseball game at Firemen's
park.
At G:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club shooting on Menden
hall range.
At 7 p.m. — Soap Box Derby trials
on Twelfth street.
At 8 p.m. — Pres, and Mrs. J. A. Mc
Murrin to speak at conference at
L. D. S. Chapel, 10th and E streets.
At 8 p.m. — Auke Bay Altar Sdfciety
meets at home of Mrs. Kent Nel
son.
At 8 p.m. — City Council meets in
regular session.
July 20
At 7 p.m. — Final Soap Box Derby
trial runs, weighing in on Twelfth
street.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah’s special meet
ing for Ethel Smith, president
ARA in IOOF hall.
At 8:30 p.m. — Square dance at
parish hall.
Chain Saw Float
Seing Built for
Lumber Company
The Paddock Brothers of Tenakee
began construction today of a large
float log splitter, for the Juneau
Lumber Co., B. C. Canoles, presi
dent and manager of the company,
has announced.
The float will be built at Seventh
Street and installed in the log pond
at the lumber company mill, he
said. An electric chain saw will be
mounted on the float that will cut
logs in the water to facilitate
handling. The installation is ex
pected to be completed within 10
days.
This is part of the expansion
program at the mill, he explained.
The mill is now cutting in excess
of 62,000 board feet of lumber daily
which is being absorbe’d locally as
well as in westward and Seattle
markets, he said.
TONY POLET IS HERE
Anthony Polet from Nome arriv
ed here Monday on the PAA flight
from Fairbanks and is staying at
the Baranof Hotel.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Small coin
5. Noted
11. With full force
13. Treeless plain
14. Behold
15. Put into no
tation
17. At home
18. Pronoun
20. Thorn
21. Seed container
1 22. Quote
i 24. Conjunction
1 25. Badge of a Jap
anese family
26. Exaggerate a
stage part
28. Sun
29. Excess of the
solar year
over the lu
nar year
80. Bright or
lustrous
82. Female saint:
abbr.
33. Pupil charged
with certain
duties
35. Pay court to
36. Edge
37. Excellent
38. Pale
39. Pertaining to
the cheek
41. Feline animal
42. Provided
43. Moves back
45. Toward
46. Contradicts
48. Force
50. One who cul
tivates
51. Direction
□rants
lYIEIT
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Kind of clotb
2. Causing
emotion
S. Symbol for
sodium
4. Metal
B. Doomed
6. Declare
7. Angry
8. Forward
9. Combination
10. Finely divided
rock
12. Cribbage term
13. Godly person
16. Region
19. Son of one’s
husband or
wife by a
former mar
riage
21. Expedient
23. Muse of lyric
and amatory
poetry
25. Theme
27. Playing card
28. Transgression
30. One of a wan
dering tribe
31. Presents
33. Units of dis
tance
34. Sharp answer
35. Thin cake
36. American black
snake
38. Organ of aeri
al flight ,
39. Measure
40. Corded fabric
43. Uncooked
14. Disseminate
47. Proceed
49. ourselves
i 20 YEARS AGO empire j
JULY 17, 1931
A marriage license was issued in Seattle to Sam C. Jeanette of
Juneau and Mary Urlin of Seattle.
M. J. Sullivan, well known Yakataga resident, arrived in Juneau
bn the Prince George and is a guest at Gastineau hotel. He has
been south since Atarch, visiting in California, Oregon and Washington.
George Guerin, Angus Gair, Herbert Savikko and Tauno Niemi left
on the steamer Queen for Wrangell where they will work in the
Diamond K cannery.
F. A. J. Gallwas, of Douglas, returned from a 10-day trip to the
Admiralty Coal Mine.
With 150 passengers aboard, the Prince George arrived in Juneau
at 9:30 o'clock last night. Most of the passengers were roundtrippers
but the following were disembarked at Juneau: Senator Peter Norbeck,
Mr and Mrs. Ralph Martin and daughter Lois, M. J. Sullivan.
With a capacity cargo and 13 passengers aboard, the motorship
Estbeth, with Capt. Edward Bach and Purser Robert Coughlin, sailed
from Juneau on its regular weekly voyage to Sitka. Passengers were:
Mr. and Mrs. K. Waterhouse, Ed Fuller, Joseph Phillips, C. H. Groves,
J. W. Felix, Marka Butorac, for Funter. For Hoonah: Phillip Garcia.
For Tcnakee: James Sharp, G. Bidinek. For Hawk Inlet: Harold Martin.
For Chichagof: Aimee Wasdahl. For Sitka: Joseph Sterns.
Weather: High 60;' Low 48; Rain.
| Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon i
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not contuse odorous, meaning frag
rant, with Sdious, meaning deserving of hatred.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Forecaster Accent second syllable, not
the first.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Rye (a grain). Wry (twisted; contorted; as,
“a wry face.”)
SYNONYMS: Mild, balmy, placid, peaceful, calm, quiet, still, smooth,
serene, tranquil.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word;
IMPERATIVENESS; quality of being commanding or authoritative.
"There could be no question as to the imperativeness of his command.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee j
Q. Does the bride-to-be or her parents pay for her wedding gown
and the wedding invitations?
A. Usually the bride’s parents pay all expenses of her wedding,
including her gown. However, this would depend upon circumstances,
and if her parents are unable to afford the expense and she is working,
then the bride may assume the costs.
Q. Is it all right to spread jelly on a slice of bread at the table?
A. No. Jelly should never be spread on a slice of bread. A portion
' of bread should be broken off, a bit of jelly placed on it. Neither jelly
nor butter should ever be spread on an entire slice of bread.
Q. How should a widow sign her name?
A. Just as she did while her husband was living—Mrs. James O.
Adams.
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LOOK and LEARN bA. c. GORDON
1. What is the difference between gross weight, tare weight, and
net weight?
2. What is the smallest independent state in the world?
3. How many times was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected President
of the U.S.?
4. Of what country is the drachma the monetary unit?
5. How much is the cube of three halves?
ANSWERS:
1. Gross weight is the whole weight, including the goods and the
package; tare weight is the weight of the package alone; net weight
is the weight of the goods only.
2. Vatican City, in Rome.
3. Four.
4. Greece.
5. 3%.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather, Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 56—Fog
Annette Island . 5G—Fog
Barrow. 40—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . ‘'6- Rain
Cordova . 52— Fcg
Dawson . 55—Cloudy
Edmonton 48—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 59—ftpin
Haines . 57- Clot’dy
Havre . 59—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport.. 53—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak . 55 —Cloudy
Kotzebue ... 50—Cloudy
McGrath . 45—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 47—Rain
Northway . 53—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 56—Cloudy
Portland . 61—Cloudy
Prince George . 54—Partly Clouay
Seattle . 56—Cloudy
Sitka .-. 56—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 53—Partly Cloudv
Yakutat . 55-drizzle
Road Commission
Gives Data on
Alaska Highways
Although following the spring
break-up, weight restrictions and
lowered speed limits have been re- 1
moved from Alaska’s highway sys
tems, travelers can expect some
minor delays to traffic due to con
struction activity in the interior
and westward, the Alaska Road
Commission announced today in
giving a summary of road condi
tions.
Paving and road widening on the
Richardson highway from Valdez to
Mile 268 may slow traffic somewhat
but from Mile 268 to Fairbanks the
road is in good condition. On the
Alaska Highway between Miles 1375
and 1428 traffic will be controlled
by construction forces but the high
way is open from the Canadian
border to Fairbanks.
) From Anchorage to its junction
with the Alaska Highway, the
Glenn Highway is open and is in
excellent condition to the end of
the paving at Mile 102. From there
to Mile 106 slow speeds can be ex
pected due to paving operations.
On the section of the same highway,
known formerly as Tok Cut-off,
between Miles 73 and 110, heavy
construction is causing some delay
and slow speeds.
The new Taylor Highway, Tetlin
to Eagle, is under construction but
passable.
From Seward to Mile 92, the
Seward-Anchorage highway is open
to traffic, on the southern end and
from Anchorage to Potter on the
northern end. However, from Sew
ard to Mile 58 numerous delays
can be expected. In August it is ex
pected to have the entire road open
to limited traffic and to unlimited
traffic in late fall.
Reconstruction operations will be
encountered on Sterling Highway
from Mile 38 to Cooper's Landing,
but no serious traffic delays are an
ticipated. The same applies to the
Steese Highway.
The Elliott and Haines Highways,
and McKinley Park roads are all
in excellent condition, the report
said.
FROM HOLLYWOOD
Harriet Brinkley of Hollywood,
Calif., is stopping at. the Baranof
hotel.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. If*
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple (
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
© B.P.0.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meeting* Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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V. F. W.
Take Pad Mo. 5559
Meeting every Thursday In
the C.itO. Hall at 8:00 pj&.
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