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Friday, December 21, 1951
CHRISTMAS, 1952
The experts tell us this is the last Christmas,
for a while at least when buyers will be able to
enjoy easy hunting in their annual Christmas shop
ping. By next year, serious shortages Will have
occurred in a number of fields and the holiday shop
per will have to be content with a reduced selection
This year is to be a plentiful one. Radio sets,
automobiles, refrigerators, toasters, furniture and
other hard goods are in ample supply. Toymakers
have supplied retailers with record-breaking stores
and a record sales year is expected in this field.
While shortages of goods may affect most of us,
this is, in reality, only a small part of Christmas.
To those who have become disgusted with the over
commercialization of Christmas, the news of future
shortages will be of lesser concern.
Whatever the relative supply of goods is in the
United States, in the years to come, we can be sure
it will be large, by world standards, and that the
people of the United States and Alaska, even in
times of shortage, have more to be thankful for than
any other people.
TWENTY NEW COLORS
New colors are still being discovered, according
to the British Color Council. Recently, the Council
issued a new dictionary of color standards, replacing
one issued in 1934, which contained twenty new colors.
The British say they are recognized as international
standards. The new colors, in case you don’t know,
are:
Eggshell, blue, oatmeal, elephant grey, lupin blue,
mauve, charcoal grey, petrol blue, mayflower lilac,
clover, howard green, dove grey, pastel yellow, tuscan
yellow, ice blue, crayon blue, donkey brown, kenya
red, marina green, Gloucester green and medici
crimson.
Behind McCarthy's Charges
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
When he began his campaign against the Com
munist colony in the State Department, Joe McCarthy
naturally antagonized the comrades and their fellow
travelers and a noisy group of self-styled “liberals.”
And, sad to relate, quite a few perplexed citizens
with no “affinity for Communism" succumbed to the
leftist counterattack against the hard-hitting Re
publican from Wisconsin.
But now a factual background has emerged to
sustain the McCarthy charges in the form of the
November bulletin of the United States Civil Service
Commission.
The report supplies data on the 3 million federal
employees “screened” by investigators since the be
ginning of the loyalty program in March, 1947.
Out of the total, some 16,622 cases were deemed
serious enough to require field investigations by the
FBI.
Of these 1,891 resigned from governmental jobs
while the. heat of an actual investigation was on.
An additional, 1,754 quit after the field investigations,
but before adjudication of their cases was taken by
the loyalty board of the federal departments.
Thus, in all, 3,645 resigned under conditions of
doubt before the facts were finally ascertained.
While some of these may conceivably have re
signed for extraneous reasons, the fact remains that
they pulled out without clearing their names,
Such data explain why Joe McCarthy’s campaign
against Red termites in government has earned him
the gratitude of millions of Americans.
It also explains why the synthetic counterattack
against something called "McCarthyism" has collapsed
of its own weight.
The religious soul who can answer all life’s
■ questions should be left in bliss.
The world's greatest personalities have been sim
j pie, unaffected human beings.
THESE DAYS
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
(Copyright, 1951, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
It is generally accepted that
General Dwight Eisenhower will
resign from NATO on February 21
nnd will return to the United
•states Tnat’adate ” win Bark the
first anniversary of his assumption
of the supreme command of the
North Atlantic Treaty organization.
It is generally assumed that by
March 1, Generfl Eisenhower will
be back at Columbia University
and will declare himself to be a
candidate for the nomination for
President as a Republican. There
seems to be no prospect of General
Eisenhower being a Democratic
candidate under any circumstan
ces.
Two problems face General Eis
enhower in this connection:
1. As architect of the North At
lantic Treaty Organization, he must
assume responsibility for its suc
cess or failure. In the event that
he can report success, criticism
will not be possible of his leaving
the task before it is completed. He
can say that he started it, that it
got off to a good start; and that
he can leave it in good hands
while he runs for President.
On the other hand, if the course
of events shows that NATO is a
flop, then he will have to assume
responsibility for leaving so great
a venture hanging in the air.
2. European cooperation with the
United States in NATO is of such
character that it may become a
serious campaign issue. The plan
has been that this is not to be an
other Korea; that there will be
genuine manpower cooperation
among the nations composing
NATO.
But va discover that Great Brit
ain is not providing additional
troops for NATO. Churchill is ei
ther playing cagey, that is, he is
holding up cooperation until he gets |
more dollars here, or he actually,
in the face of troubles in Egypt,
Burma, Malaya and other places, |
cannot commit Great Britain any
further.
Equally, France can afford no
more commitments than are at
present available. The French in
sist that they spend as much on
the defense of Indo-China as they
get out of the Marshall plan. Also,
the French aie making no profits
out of their colony.
So, Eisenhower will have to de
pend upon Western Germany,
which is being supported financial
ly by the United States. The burden
of German rearmament—12 divis
ions—for the first year has been
estimated at $14,000,000,000. The
NATO powers have already estimat
ed $45,000,000,000 American aid will
be essential for the next three
years.
The question arises whether the
German people will stand for 12
divisions to be used by NATO with
out important benefits accruing to
the German people. For instance,
will Western Germany agree to
remilitarization, in the face of
probable Russian reprisals, without
full acceptance of the economic
Corn Crop Falls
Far Short of
Government Goal
I WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—<#>—The
I government's final report of the
[year today confirmed earlier indi
cations that the vital corn crop-*
' raw material for fheat, milk and
| eggs—would be a disappointing one.
The Agriculture Department es
timated corn at 2,941,423,000 bush
els—a decline of about 147,000,0ou
from a month ago, and about 435,
GOO.OOO short of the government's
goal. The figure was well below
the ten-year average of $2, 980,777,
000 bushels. .
This means that the nation will
•
have to dip deeply info grain re
serves to maintain the present high
level of livestock production in
the months ahead, and produce a
sharply larger crop next year, or cut
back livestock numbers in 1953.
rehabilitation of Western Germ
any?
So far only the Americans are
providing important air power.
Can NATO provide sufficient air
power to [neutralize Russian air
power? In what plans and budgets
of any nation, including the Uni
ted States, is anything being said
about the extent and capacity of
the Russian air arm and the need
for neutralizing it and its costs?
True, General Vandenberg made a
statement on the subject and we
witness the astonishing Russian
build-up and performance in Ko
rea. But what of the plans for neu
tralizing Russian air power?
The problem then that faces
General Eisenhower is that he will
have to report that the United
States has been let down by our
European Allies and has to depend
upon the remilitarization of Ger
many, which France fears as much
as Russia objects to it. The cost
of the entire proposition must fall
on the American taxpayer at a
time when the aiorcsaid taxpayer is
becoming more conscious of taxes,
waste and futility than ever before.
When General Eisenhower is out
of uniform, in the give and take
of a competitive campaign, these
problems will be thrown at him for
answer. He may have the answers,
in which case his candidacy will be
strengthened. He may not have the
answers, in which case his reputa
tion may suffer.
He will be asked:
1. How many American troops
will NATO require?
2. How does that compare with
the contributions of other coun
tries, particularly Great Britain
and France?
3. How much money will the
American taxpayer have to contri
bute to NATO?
4. How will that compare with
the contributions of other countries,
particularly Great Britain and
France?
The Korean fiasco raises issues
not only of competent planning by
our military politicians but also as
to the sincerity of their public
pronouncements.
DOUGLAS
NEWS
SCHOOL PROGRAM
The Douglas Public Schools pre
sented their Christmas program last
evening in the school auditorium,
under the active direction of teach
ers Mrs. Dorothy DeBoer and Miss
Betty LaFiles assisted by the whole
staff.
The elementary choir began the
program with "Hark the Herald
Angels Sing" with trumpeteers, Ina
Franklin and Dixie Johnson.
The first grades presented a
"Merry Christmas" musical number
with the second grades presenting,
I "The Christmas Bells are Ringing”
I with speakers Barbara Hixson, Vir
ginia Wells, Trygve Hermann, Dan
na Poor and Patricia Means.
“Deck the Halls" was the theme
chosen by the third and fourth
graders followed with Gail Good re
citing "A Wish."
The combined school choir, com
posed of the second, third fourth
fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades, and the high school girls
chorus participated in a pageant
“The Christmas Story.” Stuart
Johnson played a flute solo, and
the girls chorus sang Christmas
carols. In the pageant, Selma Sarn
isto, was Mary; Dee Cady was Jo
seph. Shepherds were Richard Boehl
Feliverto Estrada, and John Hois
ington, with Wisemen composed of
David Gray, Joe Poor and David
i Wells.
Narrator during the evening’s pro
gram was John Jensen, with Miss
Ada Friesen, pianist.
A full crowd of parents and spec
tators filled the hall to its seating
capacity.
CHURCH PROGRAM
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I ' !'i Christmas program of Doug
Community Methodist Church
December 21
Joe C. Johnston
John E. Kevik
Donna Wood
Herbert Mead
Mrs. George Larsson
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 23—Fog
Barrow .. 6—Snow
Barrow . 33—Snow
Cordova . 3—Clear
Dawson . -8—Cloudy
Edmonton . 15—Snow
Fairbanks . 10—Snow
Haines . 18—Clear
Havre . 5—Snow
Juneau Airport . 24—Snow
Annette Island . 34—Rain
Kodiak . 30—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 20—Snow
McGrath . 27—Cloudy
North way .*. -7—Snow
Petersburg . -0—Snow
| Prince George . 4—Snow
Seattle .. 30— Rain
Whitehorse .. -6—Snow
Yakutat . 21—Clear '
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Community Event! j
TODAY !
No special events scheduled . '
December 22 I
At 1:30 p.m.—Elks annual Christ
mas party for children at Capitol
theatre with Santa appearing at
Elks Lodge immediately after the
show. !
j At 4 p.m.—Public Christmas "Sing” 1
I at tree at Seward and Front.
At 8 p.m.—Sons of Norway meet in
Odd Fellows Flail.
At 8:30 p.m.—Sourdocey Club square
dance at Parish Hall. i
December 23
At 7:30 p.m.—Christmas program at i
Chapel-by-the-Lake.
At 8 p.m.—Methodist church choir |
musical program.
December 2G
At noon—Kiw'anis club meets at1
Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
December 27
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters
open house in Baranof Gold Room.
At 9:30 p.m.—Holiday party at Teen
Age Club for all Juneau and
Douglas Teen Agers.
Robinson, Olsen
Fight, $1 Each
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21— Mi
Sugar Ray Robinson will defend his
middleweight title against Carl (Bo
bo) Olson of Honolulu for $1 here
Jan. 24.
The 15-round bout, for the*Damon
Runyon Cancer Fund, was approved
yesterday by the California State
Athletic Commission.
Both Robinson and promoter Wil
liam P. Kyne will contribute all
earnings except $1 each to the fund.
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY •
will be presented this evening at 8
o’clock. The residents of the com
munity are cordially invited.
DIVORCE FILED
Mildred C. Moran seeks a divorce
from her husband Leo W. Moran,
i Jr., in a petition filed today in U. S.
District Court.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
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“You’re right, Madam. I used to be vice president of this
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empire
DECEMBER 21, 1331
Harold E. smith. District Forest Ranger, U. S. Forest Service, left
for his headquarters in Cordova, after a week's visit in Juneau on official
business.
The Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce for 1932,
today elected Allen Shattuck Chairman of the Board and President
of the Chamber. Other officers elected were B. H. Howard, John W.
Jones and G. H. Walmsley.
Abel Anderson was among outgoing passengers on the motorship
Pacific booked for Tebenkof.
Mrs. H. B. Crewson sailed for Seattle aboard the steamer Princess
Norah. _
Four and one-half-ycar-old Robert Goldstein this morning stated
lie was O. K. and could hear alright,” after spending three days in St.
Ann’s Hospital for treatment of an earache.
Roy Rutherford, president and manager of the Juneau Lumber
Mills, left on a business trip to Seattle,
William Cashen was elected editcr-in-chicf of the Douglas High
School annual. The Taku, and Hilja Reinnikka, business manager.
Work wa^ to start in earnest on the publication after Christmas, and
every effort would be made to have this the finest year-book yet, they
said.
Weather: High, 38; low, 29; partly cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon !
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His silence has got me
very worried.” Say, "His silence has (omit GOTi me very MUCH wor
ried.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Scintilla (spark). Pronounce sin-til
a, both I s as in SIN, accent second syllabic.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Born (come into life). Borne (carried).
Bourne (a stream).
SYNONYMS: Riotous, boisterous, lawless, disorderly, turbulent,
violent.
WORD STUDY: “Use a wort} three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
CORROBORATE; to make more certain; confirm; establish. (Pronounce
second syllable as ROB, not as ROBE). “Have these statements been
corroborated?”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE
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Q. When carving a turkey, should the host ask each guest which
piece he prefers?
A. Merely ask if he prefers light or dark meat. If there is but
one turkey and everyone would request a leg, there would be quite t
problem.
Q. If one has a house guest, who is in the home on Christmas
Day, should there be a gift for this guest?
A. Yes. And, of course, the guest should have gifts for the host
and hostess and their children, or one gift that they all can enjoy.
Q. Doesn't the bridegroom and his family send out some of the
wedding invitations?
A. No; all of them are sent out by the parents of the bride.
by
ROBERTA LEE
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LOOK and LEARN A.c. GORDON J
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1. Which were the first and second capital cities of the United
States?
2. With what does the science of euthenics deal?
3. Who invented the electrical telegraph?
4. What insect is the chief enemy of the cotton plant?
5. What is a polyandrous woman?
ANSWERS:
1. New York, from 1785 to 1790, and Philadelphia from 1790 tc
1800.
2. Better living conditions.
3. Samuel Morse (1791-1872).
4. The boll weevil. . 4
5. One who has more than one husband.
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Small pie
6. Carpenter’*
tool
8. Mother
18. Genus ot the
olive
13. Means
16. Pleased
16. Lettered
17. Trouble
18. Unhappy
19. More exposed
20. Pointed
22. Except
23. Member of
Australian
Army Corps
24. Parcel of
ground
25. Church seat
2S. Frosted
29. Manner
30. Identical
31. Color
32. Cry of the
crow
33. Compact
34. Hang down
35. Automobile
86. Cold
39. Beverage
40. Base of the
decimal
system
42. Proof
44. Eat
45. Unvarying
pitch
46. Formerly
47. Witnessed
48. Corded fabric
49. Organ pipe
iolutlon of .Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
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tor’s garment
2. Union
8. Conceived
4. Small child I
5. Cold dish
6. Greedy
7. Moist •
8. French '
revolo*
tionist
9. Edible
seaweed
10. Measure
11. Eighth son '
of Jacob
14. Contradict .
18. Dry
21. Angry
22. Lad
23. Manner
24. Statutes
23. Palatial
20. Lofty place
27. Marry
29. Witty fellow
30. Turf
32. Military
student
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37. Bacchanalian
cry
38. Mark
39. Skin disease
41. Require '»
43. And not
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909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
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P. O. Box 2596
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PHONE 138
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Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
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