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Friday, November 16, 1951
COMMUNIST MURDERS
Col. James M. Hanley, chief of the war crimes
section of the Eighth Army general staff, stunned the
civilized world when he divulged that the Communists
had murdered some 5,500 American prisoners of war
in Korea.
“anley released the staggering atrocity total at a
press conference Wednesday at Pusan, Korea. The
announcement came as a surprise to all concerned,
including Generals Ridgway and Van Fleet, who pro
fessed to have had no advance knowledge of the
slaughter figures.
In explaining how he arrived at the appalling
total, Hanley said that the report went back to 1950
and was the combined total of reports and estimates
gleaned from captured Reds, escaped UN prisoners,
Korean civilians and allied agents operating behind
Communist lines.
We hope fervently that the figures are exagger
ated, but we entertain no illusions as to Red concepts
of decency and humanity. We know ,as does every
American, that human life means nothing to the
Red warlords. Time after time, year after year, we
have complacently heard reports of Red blood purges
That wanton brutality is an integral part of the
Red formula is no secret. That Russia has neither
returned nor accounted for thousands of German war
prisoners has long been known to the entire Western
world. That Russia shamelessly employs slave labor
has been brought to our attention time and again.
And yet we temporize; we wait apprehensively for
the Kremlin's next move; we sit by idly while the
tyrant robs and kills and despoils.
All America is shocked at the realization that
the Communists mean business. It has finally come
home to us that Red tactics of fear and force are,
and will be, employed against us as well as the tiny
nations of Eastern Europe. Perhaps the enormity
of these crimes against humanity will bring an end
to the days of dallying and wishful thinking. Make
no mistake, the Kremlin seeks our destruction and,
unless we meet force with superior forces, we can
expect no mercy.
They Plugged for Statehood
(Ketchikan News)
In Look Magazine for November 20 issue under
the caption: “Washington's Next Scandals?” is told
how favored ones siphoned hundresd of thousands
of dollars from foreign governments as “fees” to
get hearings for money and favors.
Included in this list are the exponents for
statehood for Alaska now, namely Randolph Peltus
and Emil Hurja.
The article claims Feltus in two years received
$68,313.21 from foreign governments and “represented
both «tdes of the street in the world's cold war.”
Nothing is said in the article about Peltus re- j
cciving a substantial sum from the Statehood Com- i
mittee of Alaska to plug for statehood now.
Emil Hurja, former Alaskan, collected fees total
ling $49,000 for representing foreign governments.
We mention these two men because of their
activities on behalf of statehood now for Alaska, which
is being pushed by- Gruening and his henchmen with
no thought as to how we can support statehood or
what burden the taxpayers will have to bear, the (
taxpayers of Alaska now are the highest taxed under!
the American Flag. The Gruening gang would have !
statehood now in order to further their political ambi- j
tions, even if it ruins Alaska industrially and places
a burden upon the taxpayers of this Territory which j
they will be unable to bear.
Statehood will come to this Territory in due,
course when we have industries and population enough
to support such, and in the meantime let us have an j
election of Governor, whirh is a step in the right •
direction.
It is indeed strange that of all the people the j
Statehood Committee could have chosen, they hired .
Randolph Feltus.
Of course, Feltus and Hurja are pikers alongside
of Edward B. Burling who is said to have drawn
down $235,000 and Isadore G. Aik who received over
$200,000. If the Statehood Committee must choose
men of “influence” let them choose one with some,
“real influence.”
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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bomb. I can report, however, that
one Senator is carried on the cuff
for $500; another, defeated in 1950,
still hasn’t paid his bill.
Unlucky Small Business—The free
enterprise system—and small busi
nessmen in particular—took it on j
the chin again when the Justice ]
Department's antitrust division was
forced by Congressional penny
pinching to fire 25 percent of its
total professional staff. This cut will1
tie the hands of the trust-busters
at a time, when the nation’s larg
est corporations are becoming so
fat with defense contracts they [
threaten to drive thousands of1
small businessmen to the wall. Man
chiefly responsible for the attack
on the trust-busters is Congressman
John Rooney of Brooklyn, Demo
crat.
Government Stevedores—Though
New York dock strikers didn«t halt
military shipments, Pentagon plan
ners are worried that some future
strike will. They plan a new gov
ernment organization composed of
longshoremen and stevedores, who
will be regular government Civil
Service employees—like postmen—
and thus not permitted to strike.
The Pentagon believes this will
insure protection for military sup
plies in the event of future labor
trouble on the waterfront.
Unfounded Rumor Department—'
Marine Corps families, alarmed over
rumors that a serious dysentery ep
demic has hospitalized more than
1.200 Marines on maneuvers off the
Atlantic coast, should know the real
facts; a mild form of food poisoning
infected 208 Marines only. How- j
ever, a thousand of their buddies'
had to be quarantined briefly un
til doctors could diagnose the
trouble. The quarantine has now
been lifted and all 208 of the sick
Marines are back, taking part in
the big training invasion on Ons
low Beach, N. C.
MAFIA SMUGGLING RING
It has been kept out of the news
papers. but immigration agents have
been ordered to round up "hund
reds” of Sicilian desperadoes, be
lieved smuggled into this country.
They have been aided and protect
ed by the powerful Mafia, the secret
underworld society that holds a
mysterious control over the nation’s
top racketeers.
The original tip to be on the
lookout fo rthese Sicilian bandits
came from the army nearly two
years ago. Warned a secret army
report: "Many hundreds of mem
bers of bandit gangs have been
landed in the United States cland
estinely*”. . They have been "arriv
ing at almost every port on the
east coast, sometimes being taken
off in small boats before the ship
docked and at other times being
taken off by members of the crew
who were also Sicilians."
Full story is told in a recent
confidential report by C. H. Pen
nington, chief immigration investi
gator for New York. It reads:
“The bandits usually went to
North Africa by fishing boats, and
there went aboard Sicilian, boats,
compelling the officers to take them
aboard as stowaways under the
threat of what might happen to
their families in Sicily if they did
not.
“The smuggling rings are operat
ed like most any business might be
operated. The affairs of the or
ganization are usually directed by j
one person who in private business !
would be called the manager or1
the president. Under his direction,!
so-called salesmen look for personsj
in the United States who have re- i
latives abroad, want them brought (
into the United States and have
sufficient funds to pay to have I
them brought in.
"These salesmen have contacts!
amongst the foreign-born, who will i
get them business. In addition, the
organizations have persons in the
countries to pick up additional busi
ness, see that proper arrangements
are made and that the stowaway
is placed aboard the vessel in care |
of the proper persons.”
Pennington's confidential report
also takes a crack at legitimate bus
inessmen “known to have obtained
cheap labor (smuggled aliensi and
at the same time retain their own |
air of respectibility.”
“A large (Newark, N. J.) road |
contractor,” says Pennington, “Was i
obtaining this type of labor in large |
numbers. . .A largescale investiga-'
tion was conducted that resulted in I
the apprehension of about 90 aliens, |
most of whom had arrived in the I
United States as stowaways.” |
The Sicilian bandits smuggled i
into this country are believed to j
be serving as gunmen and runners I
for the Mafia.
THE DIPLOMATIC CABLES
Russia has secretly promised'
Egypt complete political backing, if
Egypt will organize the Arab states
into an all-out cold war against
Britain. This proposal was made
by the Polish minister of Egypt, Jan
Drahojowski, to the secretary-gen
eral oi the Arab League, Azzam
Pasha. . Prime Minister Churchill
ignored the advice of the American
Embassy when he suggested an
other Big 4 meeting. The American
Embassy got wind of Churchill's
speech and tried to head H off,
j feeling that a Big 4 meeting would
only put us in the hole. Churchill,
however, went ahead with his speech
exactly as he had written it, while
U. S. Ambassador Gifford sizzled.
. .The Egyptian Press is flooded
with pictures showing alleged Egyp
tian citizens behind barbed wire,
in British concentration camps.
Truth is that the pictures were
taken in Malaya—and show Chin
| ese Communists behind barbed wire,
not Egyptians. . .General Van Fleet
has cabled Washington they are us
ing oxen in some areas to haul
guns and supplies to the front. Van
fleet is convinced that transport
will turn out to be the Communists’
Achilles’ heel, because allied fliers
are now destroying 7,000 Chinese
trucks per month. If allied planes
can keep this up, the Russians, who
are supplying these trucks, will call
it quits.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAT —
Discussion to Be
Held on Family
At P-TA Meeting
The second meeting of the Ju
neau Parent-Teachers Association
«1lt be held Monday evening at 8
o’clock in the high school study
hall.
A discussion will be conducted on
the family in the community by the
Rev. Fred McGinnis, pastor of the
Methodist church. He is familiar
with his subject following attend
ance as a delegate to the Methodist
church sponsored national confer
ence on the family h;ld in Chicagc
during October. Rev. McGinnis
was one of 2,400 delegates from the
states and territories at the con
ference.
The program has been arranged
by Mr. and Mrs. John Argetsinger,
program chairman of the P-TA.
Miss Marjorie Iverson, instructor
of vocal music in the Juneau high
school will present three choral
groups in a varied program. A cash
award will be made to the grade
represented by the largest attend
ance of parents at the meeting, it
was announced by Mrs. Florence
Oakes, president of the P-TA. At
tendance at the first meeting held
last month filled the study hall to
standing room only and it is ex
pected that as many will attend the
meeting Monday.
Refreshments will be served by
mothers of the second grade. Mrs.
J. Gerald Williams is chairman of
the committee.
MARTHA’S COUNTY *aIR
Desserts and handmade articles at
the Northern Light Church at 7:00
p.m., Friday, November 16. 64-4t
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
NOVEMBER 16
Linda Lorraine Zenger
Fred W. Orme
Ned Zenger
Mrs. Alvin Anderson
Mrs. Larry Palmer
Trudie Nielsen
John Eldamar, Jr.
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures 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 . 20—Cloudy
Barrow . 8—Cloudy
Eethel . 19—Cloudy
Cordova . 20—Cloudy
Dawson . -26—Clear
Edmonton . 12—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . -14—Cloudy
Haines ... 19—Cloudy
Havre ... 22—Snow
Juneau Airport. 20—Cloudy
Annette Island . 37—Snow
Kodiak . 29—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 21—Cloudy
McGrath .. 24—Snow
Nome.24—Snow
Northway . -35—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 32—Cloudy
Portland . 42—Fog
Prince George . -4—Clear
Seattle . 33—Cloudy
White Horse . -2^-Cloudy
Yakutat . 19—Cloudy
Community Events
TODAY
At 7 p.m.—Martha Society County
Fai. in NLPC basement.
At 8 p.m. — “Swinging Squares"
dance for 7th, 8th and 9th grades
at Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs
W. B. Cbnverse.
November 17
At 11 a.m.—Brownie Troop No. 3
meets in Legion Dugout not Meth
odist church.
From 1:30 to 5 p.m.—WSCS bazaar,
tea in parlors of Methodist church.
At 7:30 p.m.—Rainbow Girls meet
in Scottish Rite Temple, initiation.
At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eighters Square
Dance at Parish Hall.
At 9 p.m.—Elks Days of ’98 with
show by Skagway Troupe of Elks.
November 19
At noon—Lions club meets at Bara
nof Hotel.
At 7:30 pm.—Delta chapter, Eeta
Sigma Phi meets in Gold Room at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah drill team prac
tice in IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion meets
at Dugout.
November 20
At noon — Rotary club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Alaska Music Trail con
cert at 20th Century Theatre.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Auxil
iary meets in Dugout.
November 21
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—Folkateers meet in grade
school gym.
MAKE SKAGWAY TRIP
Bernice Hanes,.receiving clerk in
the Federal Housing Administration
office here and Beverly Atwood
.secretary in the Alaska Native Serv
ice, disembarked from the Princes:
Louise this morning after making
the round trip to Skagway and
Whitehorse.
CONCERT
Alaska Music Trail Tuesday Nov.
20 at 20th Century Theatre—8 p.m.
FOOD SALE
Monday Nov. 19,, at 10 o’clock at
Vic Powers by the Dorcas Society.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
by McFeaHert
“Does this mean you can’t afford to go out for lunch,
MUs Wortleberry ?”
20 YEARS AGO the empire
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NOVEMBER 16, 1931
Mary Jeannette Whittier and Virginia Ulrich wers hostesses at a
delightful party the precding Saturday night. Dancing and cards were
enjoyed at the home of Miss Ulrich, and refreshments at Miss Whit
tier's home. Guests were Barbara Winn, Carol Robertson, Doris Ulrich,
Elizabeth Terhune, Barbara and Jean Simpkins, Ellen Mize, Corinne
Jenne, Robert Henning, Ted Hunsbedt, James Gray,. Peter Melseth.
William I'riend, Hilding Haglund, Robert Simpson, Duncan Robertson
and David Tewkesbury.
Twenty-seven jurors reported for duty in Federal district court this
morning. Among local residents were Mrs. Hans Berg, Cash Cole, Mrs.
Trevor Davis, Miss Minnie Goldstein, Trygve Hagerup, H. O. Adams,
and Mrs. T. J. Selby, and Mrs. A. M. Pearce of Douglas.
Frank Johnson of Kake, one of the youngest men ever chosen for
that position, was elected Grand President of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood, at that organization's annual convention held at Yakutat
the previous week, according to Frank Price, Past Grand President.
Winter weather had swooped over the Pacific Northwest, bringing
snow and zero weather to many sections. Snow ranged from Belling
ham, Wash, with a one-inch fall to Klamath Falls, Oregon, where there
was 10 inches.
Miss Belva Williams, In the office of the Commissioner of Educa
tion, was to leave on the steamship Princess Norah tonight, for a^
vacation in the states.
EJolegates elected to the Democratic Divisional Committee at Peters
burg were meeting tonight at City Council Chambers.
Weather: High, 25; low, 20; clear.
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Daily Lessons in English w. L. Gordon 1
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Have your typewriter
fixed before it is too late.” Say, “Have your typewriter REPAIRED.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fascism. Pronounce fash-izm, A as
in FASHION, accent first sylable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Foliage; observe the IA.
SYNONYMS: Amiable, kind, charming, engaging,* lovable, pleasant
pleasing, good-natured, winning, winsome.
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:
SERVILE; characteristic of a slave or servant. “The workman had a
servile manner about him.”
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Q. Is it proper for a business man to rise when a woman visits
aim in his office? ,
A. Yes. He should stand up to receive her, offer her a chair, and
not sit down until after she is seated. When she rises to go, he must
get up instantly and stand for as long as she stands, and then go with
her as far as tire door,, which he holds open for her.
Q. When attending a dinner dance, what should a person do with
his napkin when leaving the table to dance?
A. Leave'the napkin unfolded by the side of the plate.
Q. Where should the maid-of-honor and the bridesmaids assemble
before the wedding?
A. They should be at the home of the bride at least an hour before
te ceremony is to take place.
[ LOOK and LEARN Ayc.GORDON
jr:.....
1. What three U. S. state capitals have names whose first letters
are the same as that of the states of which they are capitals?
2. Which are the four truly precious stones?
3-. In what book of the Bible does the story of Jonah and the
whale occur?
4. Which is the big cheese-producing state of the U. S.?
5. What is the plural of the word "opus”?
ANSWERS:
1. Dover, Delaware; Indianapolis, Indiana; Oklahoma City, Okla
homa.
2. Diamond, emerald, sapphire and ruby.
3. The Book of Jonah.
4. Wisconsin.
5. Opera.
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta
There is ng subsiluie for
Newspaper Advertising!
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
U Pet
7. Place
13. Declaration
14. Kind of
numeral
15. Venerate
16. Fruit
17. Silkworm
IS. Celestial being
20. East Indian
weight
21. Ancient slave
23. Yellow spilt
pea
24. Exploit
23. Treated
rr—irmr-1
27 Move sideways
2S. Title
29. Chess piece
50. Bound
S3. Natural en
dowments
37. Ages
38. Dine
39. Venture
40. Is able
41. Arrogant
43. Black liquid
44. Cossack chief
4(1. Dive
48. Little knot
41*. Football team
GO. Hikes
51. Withdraw
nrrrw
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzl?
DOWN
1. Life work
P
m
2. Unwilling
3. Wandering
4. Female sheep
5. Feminine name
C. Slim
7. Mark
8. Spoken
9. Is able
10. Lowered
11. Being in direct
line of
ancestry
12. Card game
19. Roam about
22. Relieves
24. Punished by a
fine
26. Cover
27. Sale
29. Ripens
30. Take back
publicly
31. Public speaker
32. Soaked bread
crumbs:
Spanish
33. Peasant: FhU.
Island
34. Inborn
35. Exchanged
36. Placid
38. Sea eagles
41. Oral appendage
In bivalves
42. Cancel
45. Silent
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Taku Post No. 5559
V: F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
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NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third jj
The Charles W. Carter !
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 138 !
Casters Men's Wear j
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hat*
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
SHAFFER’S
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FOR BETTER MEATS
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Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 642 Telephone 816
• empire want ADS PAY o
“The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Mnsic Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager *
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
I
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS -OILS
Bonders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
”001 Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
1 ^ ^ ^ ~ — - —— r r T
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for It by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc. j
HOME GROCERY '?
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—Tel. S*>
i American Meat — Phone S>
i
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrS OVERALLS
•for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Store
JAMES MADSEN
as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this toupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE .)
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"EMERGENCY WEDDING”
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phone 14-YELLOW CAB CO.-Phone 22
and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments.
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