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Fourth Avenue Bldg . Seattle. Wash.
Thursday, November 8, 1951
ALASKANS HAVE WARM HEARTS
AJaska may be a ecld country but Its people
have warm hearts." that is what a staff sergeant
USAF, in Omaha after two years in Alaska wrote in
a letter to the editor of the Omaha World Herald
recently.
After all of the talk about Alaska's poor housing
facilities for soldiers—and for the general public—the
kind words of the sergeant are heart-warming.
He continues, "In Fairbanks a man can usaully
find a two or three room house for $50 to $150 a
month, furnished and you were allowed to keep your
children.
"However, in Omaha, we find a $125 price tag on
unfurnished apartments . . . But most of the ads we
read are. 'No pets or children.' Alaska may be a cold
country, but its people have warm hearts.”
Thank you sergeant.
Secrecy at Work
(Editor and Publisher)
As might have been expected, the President’s
endorsement of censorship measures in the Federal
government has given ideas to officials in all levels
ol government. Without exaggeration, censorship and
secrecy are running rampant throughout the country.
The height of absurdity was reached in Wash
ington where it was revealed the Department of
Agriculture classified a recipe for upside-down cherry
cake as “confidential" for a week.
Just review the grist of cases for the last two
weeks:
The Campbellsville (Ky.) News-Journal printed a
story of a reckless driving charge against the city
clerk and has been prevented from inspecting police
records since then.
Soon after five newsmen won a skirmish in
Crown Point, Ind„ over whether they had the right
to publish grand jury lndictnjents before the accused
were arrested, newspapers in Lexington, Ky., were
admonished by another grand jury not to print indict
ments until the persons were apprehended.
The San Francisco Call-Bulletin quoted a public
record at City Hall to the effect that the Stanford
Research Institute had requested use of 10 acres of
city land on which to train dogs in the detection
and detonation of land mines. It is no secret that
dogs were used in this way during the last war, but
the Call-Bulletin was informed this was top secret
and even drew a visit of security officers sent for
the purpose from Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
The Danbury (Conn.) News-Times received an
Army news release about a corporal being promoted
to sergeant and on the release was "restricted” stamp
ed in two places with a thin line drawn thorugh
them. Clearly showing a penchant for secrecy, an
Army officer explained the stationery used happened
to be tome that was pre-stamped "restricted.”
At the Legion convention in Miami some un
known person ordered police to keep photographers
away from General MacArtlrur causing a rhubarb
similar to that when MacArthur hit Hawaii. News
! men and photographers were pushed around, tnreat
| ened and cursed by policemen.
I Out at the atomic testing grounds near Las
Vegas, Federal security precautions are so effective
that everyone in the area knows what is going on
while newspapermen arc being handled under a
’keep off" "r.j information" policy.
This feeling of personal ownership of the news
is reflected by a Navy pronouncement this week that
tire Department claims firSt publication rights on
“unclassified newsworthy" material originating in its
jurisdiction when the news is regarded "primarily
of interest to naval personnel.” The Navy will with
hold such matter from the press until the mailing
date of the semi-monthly Navy Department Bulletin.
Thus the Navy establishes itself as a tight unit dis
associated from the rest of the country—its personnei
are Navy men first and citizens second. News of
the Navy is to be kept for the Navy—it doesn't belong
j to the people who pay their sailors and buy their
| ships. |
And, revealing the jealous arrogance of govern
ment officials about news of, about or from their
departments, a series of articles critical of the
State Department appearing in the Scranton (Pan
Tribune drew the request from Edward B. Barrett,
assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, that
the author “come to Washington immediately and
report personally on his serious, but unsubstantiated
charges against the International Press and Publi
cations Division.” Newsman Frank Stout, who wrote
the series, had worked in the department for 8
months.
It is obvious that the formula of "secrecy begets
secrecy” is at work.
In Washington a committee of the Associated
Press Managing Editors Association discussed clari
fication of the President’s security order with Mr.
Truman seeking better definitions and appeals ma
chinery. That would be an improvement.
However, newsmen may as well accept the fact
that as long as a Federal censorship rule of any kind
remains in force it will be used as a precedent by
others in official positons throughout the country.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(.Continued from Page One)
bis cards on the table. "I am sure
in my own mind he is. But we’ve
got to prove to him that the Re
publican party is the best party for
him, and that there is a genuine
demand for him in the party.”
Senator Duff, who has seen a lot
of the inner workings of the Re
publican Party, did not entirely
agree. He maintained that if the
general waited too long, Senator
Taft would sew up the delegates.
"But the Taft people have way
overestimated their strength, I’d
say by 250 delegates," Scott argued.
“I've been to most of the regional
Republican gatherings, and Tait
just does not have the grass-roots
strength. Eisenhower does.”
The Congressman then told of
Ike’s answer to his impassioned
plea in Paris that Eisenhower is
needed to inspire the American
people and the world. The general
was obviously impressed with Scott's
spirit and said, "if you believe in
something hard enough, go out and
fight for it. That’s the only way
to get results.
The Phildelphia Congressman said
he interpreted this to mean that
Eisenhower was giving the O.K.
for a campaign on his behalf. Then,
if there was a real response from
the Republican Party, he would co
operate. .
PEACE OR WAR?
Shortly after President Truman’s
peace proposals tonight, Gen. Omar
Bradley, the top chief of staff, will
make a significant speech advis
ing the nation on how to stay strong
enough to insure peace.
In the speech, General Bradley,
who made his fame as a foot sold
ier, will go all-out for air power.
With Admiral Fechteler, the new
chief of naval operations, reviving
the old navy-airforce rivalry in a
United States news interview, not
cleared by his boss, Secretary Lov
ett, the Bradley speech is sure to
make headlines.
For the officer who once com
manded the army’s Fort Benning
infantry school and has spent his
life with ground forces plans to
warn that the United States must
win the air war before it can win
a gruund and sea war. >
Bradley will say that the air
plane is still the primary means
ol delivering the A-bomb both
against cities and enemy troops;
will reveal that baby A-bombs car
ried by fighter planes are more
elfective than atomic artillery; that
large atomic bombs carried by B
36’s are more effective than guid
ed missiles; and will point out that
air power must be planned and
'purchased several years in advance.
Accordingly, the chief of staff,
will favor a 143-group air force.
Bradley, who is one of the most''
idealistic men in the armed forces,
regretfully plans to warn the na
tion that real peace with Russia
isn't likely.
BEHIND IRON CURTAIN
, A Congressional group, led by
| Congressmen Francis Walter of
Pennsylvania and Frank Chelf of
Kentucky, was given a lively pep
talk by President Truman before
taking off for Europe this week
to study refugee conditions and
overpopulation in western Europ
ean countries.
"If we work out a solution to this
problem it will be as important
a step as we can take against
Communism,” Mr. Truman told his
Congressional callers.
, The problem of repatriating vast
numbers of escapees from behind
the Iron Curtain to homes and jobs
, in free countries is vital, the Presi
dent said .For, if Jeft to their own
1 resources, without^ homes, jobs, or
food, some of them re-embrace
Communism.
Some are being well cared for,
the President added, but free Eu
rope cannot posibly assimilate all
of them. Small countries like Hol
land and Sweden also are being
pressured by Russia to return the
escapees. So far they have refused, j
but Truman reminded his callers
that it isn't very comfortable for a j
small nation to have a big and j
bellicose neighbor like Soviet Rus- I
sia breathing down its neck.
Overpopulation in Italy also is I
a “terribly serious problem,” said!
the President—so serious, in fact, \
that Italy may soon fall into the !
laps of the Communists unless its i
surplus unemployed and hungry j
people can be repatriated.
Ethiopia and North Africa, with!
some help from our Point 4 pro-1
gram, could accommodate a large j
number of Italy's excess people,!
Truman reported. Australia, Canada j
and Venezuela are other places that
could absorb some of the overflow,!
as well' as Iron Curtain escapees,
and have- indicated a willingness1
to do so.
Note—The President apparently
forgot that Ethiopia was once in
vaded by Mussolini and the still ling- 1
ering bitterness would never per- J
mit amicable colonization of that
country by Italians.
ROYAL AFTERMATHS
Princess Elizabeth had two ex
periences on her visit to Capitol
Hill that she probably won’t forget. I
She met a Congressman W'ho was
| born a British subject. She was also
! shown the sights by an official with
I the arresting name of "Fishbait.” j
William "Fishbait” Miller, door
j keeper of the House of Represen
tatives, was a dynamo of southern
hospitality. The bustling Mississippi
I an, a former page boy, even add
One Million Members
Is Goal of Auxiliary
One million members enrolled fcr
service to America and America's
war veterans will be the goal of
the American Legion Auxiliary in
its 1952 membership campaign,
Anna Bodding, membership chair
man of the Juneau Unit No. 4
American Legion Auxiliary, an
nounced today as she completed
plans for the local part of the na
tional membership effort.
The campaign here was begun on
October 15 and will continue until
December 15. During this time elig
ible women of the community will
be invited to come into the organi
zation and be ready to take part in
tjie activities of 1952.
Eligible for membership arc wive-,
mothers, sisters and daughters of
members of the American Legion
and those of persons who gave thftr
lives in the World Wars or the Ko
rean conflict, or who have died
since honorably discharge from war
service. Women who themselves
were regularly enrolled in the armed
forces during wartime are eligible
to membership in both the Legion
and Auxiliary.
HEADQUARTERS MEN
RECEIVE PROMOTIONS
Three members of the Alaska Na
tional Guard headquarters and
headquarters detachment received
promotions which became effective
this week. Those promoted were
Gustav Peterson from sergeant first
class to master sergeant; Frances
Smith, from private first class to
corporal; and D&vid DeLong, pri
vate first class to corporal.
ressed the Princess as "M'ara."
However, Elizabeth, who had been
“your royal highnessed" by every
body from President Truman down,
didn't seem to mind. In fact, she
seemed to like the easy cordiality
of the man with the cornpone ac
cent.
Only once did the young Princess
show signs of being startled. This
was when “Fishbait,'' standing with
her on the speaker’s rostrum, sud
denly yelled across the House
Chamber, "bring me the Prince.”
Elizabeth's husband, the handsome
Duke of Edinburgh, also seemed
Startled by this sudden and sten
torian command. But, with a broad
grin, he obeyed and hastened to
the rostrum.
The Congressman born in Britain
was snow-topped, 77-year-old Scots
Representative Bob Crosser of Ohio.
When he greeted the royal couple
from his wheel chair he told the
Princess, “I came over here from
your country.”
“Oh, yes, I've heard about you
and I'm glad to meet you,” said
Elizabeth.
NOVEMBER 8
John Livie
Ike P. Taylor
M. V. Manville
Mrs. Leona McKinnon
Joyce Hope
Pat Kadow
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
I tures at various Alaska points also
cn the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 33—Cloudy
Barrow 15—Cloudy
! Bethel . 32—Snow
| Cordova . 38—Drizzle
I Dawson 28—Cloudy
! Edmonton . 38—Clear
i Fairbanks .25—Cloudy
i Haines . 40—Cloudy
Havre . 36—Clear
! Juneau Airport . 41—Rain
| Annette Island . 41—Rain
! Kodiak . 40—Cloudy
McGrath ,.. 28—Cloudy
I Kotzebue .- 14—Clear
Nome . 29—Cloudy
Northway . 8—Fog
Petersburg . 42—Rain
Portland . 50—Cloudy
Prince George. 32-*-Cloudy
Seattle 44—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse .29—Cloudy
Yakutat .. 39—Cloudy
Community Events
TODAY
! At 8 p.m.—Chamber of Commerce
dinner at Baranof in honor of
! visiting Congressmen.
At 8 p.m.—Emblem Club meets in
Elks Lodge rooms.
At 8 p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid
meets in church parlors.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
club.
At 8 p.m.—Sons of Norway pinochle
party in Moose Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
November 9
At 1:30 p.m.—World Service Circle
meets in NLP church.
At 7 p.m. — Annual public Turkey
Shoot 6f Elks starts in Lodge
rooms.
At 9:15 p.m.—Party for all Juneau,
Douglas teen agars at Moose Lodge
with special dance mimic, enter
tainment.
November 10
From 2 to 5 p.m.—Annual fall tea
and bazaar by Guild of Holy Trin
ity church in undercroft.
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
Dance in Parish Hall.
November 11
At 2 p.m.—Dedication cenqmcny ol
Memorial Library.
November 12
At 7 p.m.—Juneau Badminton club
will play in high school gym.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in dugout.
November 13
At noon—Rotary Club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for Adults at Teen Age
club with square dancing.
November 11
At noon—Kiwanis club meets at
Baranof. I
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
November 15
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—City Council meets.
Sinatra, Gardner
Wed; Make Getaway
Under Police Guard
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8— UtI —
Prank Sinatra and Ava Gardner
stole away to an undiseJoa^L honey- ,
jnoon retreat today after a mystery
shrouded wedding at aA^jpxclusive
home in West Germantown.
While the couple sippfed cham
pagne and feasted on turkey last
night, a score of newsmen and
photographers tramped the wet
pavement outside the home hoping
to talk to the bride and groom or ,
to take pictures of them.
But the newlyweds wdjild have
none of that. They sneaked in
through the back door and three
and a half hours later summoned
a half-dozen policemen uv-u'ed cars
and a patrol wagon to guard an
escape route.
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FOREST SERVICE HAS SKI,
LOGGING MOVIES AVAILABLE
Two color and sound films ere,
available now for use by civic and
other rrganizations and schools at'
the office of B. Frank lleintzleman, I
regional forester.
Both are of 15-minute duration.
They are' both filmed under the
supervision of the U.S. Forest Seiv
ice. One. "River Run," depicts the
once familiar leg drive' in the Ma
chias river watershed of Maine. The
| other, "Snow Ranger,” shows vari
ous nationally popular ski arSiSs and
the job of the snow ranger and his
iwork, with the National Ski Patrol.
Inquiry from interested groups
should be made to the Forest Serv
ice, room 40G, Federal Building.
20 YEARS AGO $3®
EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 8, 1031
The United States Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, Copt. C. N.
Dench, returned to her base here this afternoon, having completed a
I patrol of the halibut waters to the Westward.
Marshal and Mrs. Albert White, Bert Caro and A1 Nordstrom were
among local residents who returned to Juneau aboard the motorship
Northland.
Miiton A. Lagergren, Juneau High School graduate, who won a
scholarship in the Colorado School of Mines, was pledged to member
ship in two honorary national engineering fraternities, the Sigma
Gamma Epsilon and the Tau Beta Pi. Requirements in the first in
cluded high scholastic standing, while the second fraternity required
also prominence in campus activities.
The Juneau High School Student Body named a ..committee com
posed of Robert Henning, Ray Hurley and Barbara Winn, to select an
official name for the basketball team. David Tewkesbury, president of
the student body, presided at the meeting, and Mary Jeannette Whittier,
secretary, performed the duties of her olfice.
Burglars entered the store of the Harris Hardware Company, but
what they succeeded in carrying away had not been ascertained by
Frank Harris, the proprietor, who was busy checking his stock. The
cash register resisted the efforts of the thieves, Harris reported.
Mrs. Homer Nordling, president of the American Legion Auxiliary,
announced the following committee chairmen for the year: Music,
Hazel Petrich; Rehabilitation, Edna Polley; Child Welfare, Marion
Hendrickson; Community Service, Mildred Hermann.
Weather: High, 44; low, 39; rain
Daily Lessons in English $.L. cordon !
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Contrary to popular belief, the end
of-sentence preposition has the sanction of high authority and good
usage. There is nothing at all wrong with saying, “Where did that
come from?” “What are you hinting at? ’ “It is nothing to worry
about.”
OFTEN. MISPRONOUNCED: Hostile. Pronounce second syllable
as TILL, not as TILE.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ostracize; IZE. Ostracism; ISM.
SYNONYMS: Confirm, corroborate, prove, ratify, substantiate, sanc
tion.
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:
MALIGN (adjpctive); having an evil disposition toward others; malevo
lent. (Pronounce second syllable as LINE, accent second syllable
“We must free ourselves of these malign influences.”
j MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta
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Q. When one has been invited to a party, or other affair, anc
after accepting he contracts a severe cold, would it be all right for him
to attend anyway, rather than to disappoint his hostess?
A. Good taste dictates that he should telephone his hostess ano
express his regrets, rather than to attend and possibly pass his cole
on to someone else.
Q. After my parents’ death, my maiden aunt adopted and reared
me. Now how should the invitations to my wedding be worded?
A. “Miss Mary Jones requests the honor of your presence at the
marriage of her adopted daughter, Margaret Ellen Smith, etc.”
Q. Is it the sign of an engagement when a college man gives a gir
his fraternity pin?
A. Usually the intentions arc of a future engagement. A man's
frgternity pin usually means a great deal to him, and if he gives it tc
a girl, he must think very much of her.
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| LOOK and LEARN a(c.GORDON j
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1. How long has the word “hello" been in the English language’:
2. Which are the two largest states of the U. S.. in area?
3. How many fluid ounces are there in one quart?
4. In what Book of the Bible does the story of Joseph and his
brother occur?
5. What is the highest-pitched musical instrument?
ANSWERS:
1. It is a variation of'“hollo” which had been in use since 1605.
“Hello” gradually took its place and came into literary use about 1880.
2. Texas and California.
3. Thirty-two.
4. Genesis.
5. The piccolo.
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Crossword Puzzle
• ACROSS
1. Smallest
amount
I. Malaysian
vessels
11. Bed canopy
12. Ship steering
device
14. Jewish ascetlo
15. Salad
vegetable
16. King of Judah
17. Ventures
IDj Vegetable
20. Dill
22. Weight
23. Solid
24. Stored for
fodder
26. Confront*
27. Radical
28. Wager
29. Peeled
32. Small bird
36. Parched
37. Digit
38. American rail
oj. vjipsy
40. Flat cap
42. Varnish
ingredient
43. Tobacco user
45. Contrive
47. Less difficult
48. Click beetle
49. Dried leaves
for medicinal
use
BO. Chides
beihb nmfTi
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
DOWN
X. Study
assignment
t. Attempti
3. Corroded
4. Dispatch \
5. Handled l
6. Dress ths
feathers
7. Operates
8. Peculiar
8. Derived from
(at
10. Harsh
11. Annoy
13. Enlarges v.
18. Fish-pole
21. Made' publlo
23. Destinies
25. Went ahead
26. Charge
28. producer of
live stock
23. Describe
grammatic
ally
80. Agreeable
odors
31. Chlnky
32. Heart
33. Genteel
34. Expunges
35. Blacksnake
37. Earth
40. Existed
41. Tissue
44. Cognate
46. Darge vessel
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Monuments and Markers
JCNEAU MAKBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
I
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Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST. Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS. Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN8EN
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
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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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Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano#—Musical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
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PHONE SINGLE O
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PHONE 655
PAINTS -OILS
Builders’ and Shelf ,
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Remington Typewriters
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“Our Doorstep Is Worn by
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FORD AGENCY
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GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
! MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
I DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
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I HOME GROCERY
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