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Saturday, December 8, 1951
SOVIET SLAVE LABOR
Something of an unofficial inquiry was recently
made in Brussels. Belgium, for the purpose of examin
ing the concentration camp system of the Soviet
Union.
A non-official tribunal staged a "trial" receiving
evidence of ill-treatment and mass deaths occasioned
at the hands of the absent defendant, the Soviet
Government; which, of course, was not represented
at the hearing.
One witness, Nikolai Antonov, a Russian engineer
now living in New York, declared under oath that he
was one of the engineers in charge of work on a
canal from Leningrad to the White Sea betwen 1931
and 1934. He swore that 700,000 prisoners died in the
construction, with an average 700 deaths dally from
starvation among the slave laborers. At times, he
said, this slave labor force numbered close to a
million workers.
In all, twenty-five witnesses were heard during
the five days of hearings. One Polish woman told of
spending time in a model camp, which was a camou
flaged show piece to impress visitors in Northeastern
Siberia. Altogether, the evidence given by many who
escaped from the slave gangs seems to confirm earlier
reports that the Soviet Union has been guilty of
introducing a new slavery system into the world.
While it is difficult to prove, the probability is
that many prisoners of war, who have been unheard
of since the close of hostilities, were impressed into
labor gangs. Undoubtedly, many of them died under
the hardships of the slave labor system. The con
centration camp technique not only provided the
Soviet Union with cheap labor but also helped it to
dispose of some of those opposed to the existing
regime.
TITO AND U. S. DOLLARS
The Yugoslav Government has approached the
United States, and British and French Governments,
on the subject of a loan, or grants, with which it
would complete its five-year industralization plan.
There is an interesting story behind this re
quest. A few years ago, Yugoslavs were accepting
aid from the Soviet Union toward the completion of
their five-year industralization plan. However, when
the break between Marshal Tito and the Soviet Union
occurred, all Soviet aid was cut off. The indus
trialization program in Yukoslavia was only partially
completed and many huge buildings, destined to be
come industrial establishments, lay only half-finished
at the time of the break.
American newspaper representatives recently in
Belgrade, had occasion to observe these half-com
pleted buildings — about which the Yugoslavs are so
sensitive. In fact, many of the people in Yugoslavia
believe the real reason work was halted on these
projects was the discovery by Yugoslav builders that
the earth was not suitable to support a structure of
such weight.
Yugoslavs in Belgrade tell visitors the huge un
| finished concrete buildings have cracks in them, caus
ed by the sandy soil foundation on which they were
built. However, no cracks were visible to the eyes of
American newsmen in Belgrade recently, and the
story they were given was that the stoppage in ship
ments of Russian equipment, and an end to tech
nical aid, were responsible for the breakdown of this
part of the Yugoslav industrialization program.
Ihus today, when the United States is already
supplying Yugoslavia military aid. the Yugoslavs are
asking for economic aid also aid from the same West
Marshal Tito in former years denounced so strongly.
His Communist government once again is calling on
the "capitalistic” West to bail Yugoslavia out of a
situation in which statism seems to be relatively
hopeless.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Attorney, prying into his wife's
wardrobe, especially since he was
at that time under investigation by
GOP Senator Wiley of Wisconsin.
Senator Wiley, I had learned
earlier. Had taken- a« investigatory
Interest in the Alien Property Cus
todian after his brother-in-law, R.
D. Jenkins, had been turned down
on a case involving the Interna
tional Silk Guild, oi which Jenkins
is an official. The silk guild wanted
to collect several hundred thousand
dollars from the U. S. Govern
ment, which the Alien Property
Custodian seized during the war as
Japanese funds. The silk guild
claimed they were not Japanese
funds, but their own funds. How
ever, the Alien Property Custodian
finally ruled they were funds which
the Japanese had set aside for ad
vertising, and therefore belonged
to Uncle Sam as Alien Property,
not to the silk guild and to Senator
Wiley’s brother-in-law.
PAY TO <)LD ROOMMATE
Regarding other matters—though
not this—I think Senator Wiley is
right in investigating the Alien
Property Custodian. Meanwhile, I
proceeded with the investigation
of Mis. Baynton’s mink coat.
The mink coat, I had heard, was
given to Mrs. Baynten by Harold
Horowitz, who draws $27,600 as pre
sident of E. Leitz Co., the former
German firm which makes Leica
cameras. Since this alien company
is now operated by the Alien Pro
perty Custodian, Horowitz keeps his
job partly at the pleasure of Mr.
Baynton.
Originally Horowitz got his job
through Herbert Bergson, a former
assistant attorney general, who
turned out to have been Horowitz’s
roommate ’ at Harvard law school.
Running the Leitz Co., is only a
half-time job, so $27,600 is pretty
good pay, though in fairness to
Horowitz it should be noted that
when he took the firm over, it was
on the verge of bankruptcy. Now it’s
making real dough.
Horowitz also gets an expense
account of about $15,000 a year, and
Baynton's predecessor, David Baz
elon, now a federal judge, quest
ioned some of his expense items,
including a reported $2,000 for a
trip to California. In fact, Baze
lon, on one occasion, picked up the
phone and instructed Horowitz not
to spend a cent more without his
okay.
Incidentally, the profits from
Alien Property go to U. S. veterans
who were imprisoned by the Japs
and Germans, so every dollar paid
out on expenses means that much
less for them.
Baynton told me, however, that
he examined Horowitz’s expenses
and found them to be okay.
Another interesting angle is that
Horowitz, having got his job as
president of the U’ica Camera
concern through his old roommate,
Herbert Bergson, is now paying
aforesaid Bergson $1,000 a month as
a legal retainer, Bergson now being
in private law practice.
Baynton explained that the Leitz
Co., was careful to observe .the Fair
Trade Act, and Bergson, former
assistant attorney general in charge
of the anti-trust division, is an ex
pert on this.
MRS. BAYNTQN’S MINK
After going into all these things,
I came round to the less agreeable
subject of the mink coat. I paint
ed out that Mrs. Baynton had been
seen in a mink coat last winter
and it was reported that the coat
had been given her by Horowitz
in return for government favors
given him by Mr. Baynton.
Mr. Baynton admitted that his
wife did have a mink coat last
Christmas, but had only borrowed
it.
"She felt she deserved a mink
coat,” he explained. “We were in the
full flush of‘just being appointed
i assistant attorney general and I
guess it went to our heads.
“I owe quite a bit to my wife,"
Baynton continued. "When we mov
ed here from the west to finish
my law degree, I got a job at $1,200
a year and we lived on my wife’s
money. In fact, she used up most
of her money before I finished
studying law. However, we still had
some bonds saved up, and we could
have bought her a mink coat, in fact
we even figured on buying one
wholesale. But then last Christmas
she borrowed one."
I asked it she had got it from
Horowitz, and Baynton admitted
that she borrowed it from Mrs.
Horowitz.
“When did she send it back?”
"After two months.”
PEARSON’S MEAN STREAK
"Wasn’t that about the time Merle
Young was getting all that public
ity on his wife’s $8,000 mink?” I
asked, yleding to what my wife
calls “that mean streak” in me.
Mr. Baynton denied this. He said
his wife had sent it back before
the furor over the Merle Young
mink. He had been embarrassed, he
said, because his wife told various
people she had found the coat
under the Christmas tree.
“It was a beautiful coat,” he
sighed, "and you know how women
are—especially when their husbands
have an important new job for the
first time.’’.
I said I did know. I didn’t tell
him, but I remembered one occasion
when my wife got quite, quite ir
ritated—so much so that I finally
went out and bought her a fur
coat. After that she resumed speak
ing to me again.
I pointed out to Mr. Baynton that
he had told my assistant and the
press chief of the Justice Depart
ment conflicting stories about his
wife’s “borrowed" mink, and asked
him which was right. He replied
that my assistant had not pressed
him hard enough, and insisted that
he was telliing me the truth.
Personally I wasn’t quite sure
how to take Mr. Baynton’s story,
so I’ve decided to let the reader
judge for himself.
But one thing I'm sure of is that
while mink coats are important,
some of the other scandals going
on in this town—from the graft
in the China lobby, to the B. and O.
Railroad RFC loan, to Guy Gabriel
son’s Carthage Hydrocol loan—are
a lot worse than Mrs. Baynton s
mink coat.
Note—The Leltz Company is the
Forsythe Sells
Red Dog Saloon;
Going on Vacation
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Forsythe and
2-months-old son Billy, are leaving
December 17 for Riverside, Calif.,
for a month’s vacation where Billy
will be meet his grandparents and
other relatives for the first time.
Forsythe has sold his interest in
the Red Dog Saloon to Gordon
Kanouse. one of the former pro
prietors of the Snake Pit. Ray Mans
field will continue his active in
terest in the business.
Originally from Tacoma, For
sythe has been in Juneau for the
past 20 years. He once managed
the old Terminal dine and dance
place which was located where the
Twentieth Century Grocery now
is. He started the cigar stand in the
Baranof Hotel when it opened. In
1944 he acquired an interest in
Bailey’s bar which was made over
into the Red Dog Saloon about a
year ago. It’s sawdust floor, swing
ing doors, and earl? day atmosphere
i has been popular with tourists and
visitors.
TO HOONAH
Frank See, Hoonah fisherman
and member of the Alaska National
Guard who has been attending the
Guard encampment here for the
past two weeks, is stopping at the
Hotel Juneau for a few days before
returning to Hoonah.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAT —
same firm on which Attorney Gen
eral McGrath has appointed two
of his close associates as directors
—G. Merlyn O’Keefe, who runs Mc
Grath's Chrysler-Plymouth agency,
and Harold G. Pauli, ttho is vice
president of McGrath’s federal sav
ings and loan association in Prov
idence.
DECEMBER 8
Mrs. "Mary Maynard
Sidney J. Thompson
Edna Freeburger
Esther Jackson
Mrs. John G. Johnson
Natalie Savovich
Mrs. H. L. Arnold
Mary Margaret Grisham
Richard Byrus, Jr.
Lauren MUler
Richard Tracers
Richard Hansen
Katherine Bavard
DECEMBER 9
George E. Sarvela
Mary Loken
Charles Lagergren
Pierre Sundborg
George Armstrong
Mrs. Dean N. Parker
Shirl S. Bjork
Donna Eneberg
Carol Peterson
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Ciast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
. -17—Partly Cloudy
. -25—Fog
. -17—Partly Cloudy
. 6—Clear
. -21—Snow
. 7—Clear
. -47— Ice fog
. 35—Rain
missing—Partly Cloudy
Anchorage
i Barrow .
Bethel .
Cordova ..
Dawson ....
Edmonton
Fairbanks .
Haines .
Havre .
Juneau Airport
Annette Island
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .
Nome .
Northway .
Petersburg .
Portland ..
Prince George
Seattle .
Whitehorse .
Yakutat .
-24
. 38—Rain
. 42—Rain
. 21—Cloudy
-Partly Cloudy
. -46—Fog
. -11—Clear
. -25—Snow
. 40—Rain
. 34—Cloudy
. 12—Cloudy
.... 35—Cloudy
.-5—Snow
. 37—Rain
Community Events ,
today I
At 2:30 p.m.—Juneau Singers re^
hearse, Parish Hall.
At 7 p.m.—Program in Salvation
Army hall on Willoughby.
At 8:30 p.m. -- Sourdocey Dance
Club meets at Parish Hall.
December 9
'At 4:15 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
I hearse at 20th Century Theatre.
At 7:30 p.m.—Film “Great Discov
ery” to be shown in NLP church
Public invited.
December 10
At noon—Lions Club meets in Bara
nof Hotel.
At noon—BPWC meets in Terrace
room at Baranof.
At 7 p.m.—Badminton club meets
in high school gym.
! At 7:30 p.m.—First aid class to be
organized in room 3, high school.
Public invited.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
December 11
At noon—Rotary club meets at
Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket
ball in high school gym.
At 3:45 p.m.—Community Night fo:
Adults at Teen Age clhb witl
square dancing.
December 12
At noon—Kiwanis club meets ai
Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite degree
work, 10th to 13th degrees.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
December 13
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
' December 14
At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite dinner
followed by regular meeting and
conferring 14th degree.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
MR POTTLEBY
by McFtaHera
“Mr. Pottleby just returned from a
round-the-world trip!”
YEARS AGO the empir
DECEMBER 8, 1931
Juneau High School’s Honor Society was organized at a luncheon
meeting of those students whose records made them eligible for mem
bership. Officers elected were Robert Simpson, president; Doris Ulrich,
secretary, and Lillain Peterson, treasurer. Other members were Juniors
Alpha Furuncss, Olavi Kukkoka, Virginia Ulrich, Aune Mack, Gordon
Ferguson, Roy Jackson; sophomores Gene Carlson, Margaret Hanson,
Joyce Morris, Grace Nelson. Baroara Simpkins, Helen Torkelson, Bar
bara Winn, Theodore Kukkola and Duncan Robertson.
Mrs. John Ervin and baby daughter, and Mrs. W. P. Johnson and
baby son, had left St. Ann’s Hospital for their homes.
The Northland Transportation Company announced that Santa
Claus would be aboard the motorship Northland shortly before Christ
mas, and that the jolly old man would have gifts of candy and fruit
for every child in Juneau who visited him.
The appointment of Mrs. J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan, to be the fifth
member of the Territorial Child Welfare Committee, was announced by
Gov. George A. Parks.
Juneau Chapter’s subscriptions to the American Red Cross’s 50th
Anniversary Roll Call so far reported aggregated $1,068.80, general
chairman B. D. Stewart reported. It was expected the total would be
about $1,600 when all returns were In.
Weather: High, 34; low, 25; clear.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon !
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L--—---—
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He bought the car un
beknownst, to his father.” UNBEKNOWNST is a provincialism, and
should be avoided. Say, “He bought the car without the knowledge of
his father.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Irremediable. Pronounce i-re-me-di
a-b'l, both I's as in IT, both E's as in E, A unstressed, accent third
j syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fellow: two L’s. Felon: one L.
SYNONYMS: Work (noun), employment, occupation, labor, toil,
business.
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:
VINDICATION; justification; defense. ‘ His triumph was hailed as a
vindication of his theories.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE IS
ROBERTA LEE
Q. Is it reajfy considered smart to be a little late for all engage
ments? /
A. TJjat is nonsense! It’s probably true that lateness on occasion
is tole^ted in those whose compensating qualities of charm are
sufficiently great. But even so, our enthusiasm can be greatly strained
after repeated experiences with people who are never on time.
Q. Is it all right to provide music of some kind at a funeral held
in one's home?
A. If this is the wish of the bereaved, yes. There are some organ:
nd choir recojdiu'js available, which are suited to this purpose.
Q. “Slay'the phrase, “Please reply" be used on an invitation, instead
of the well-known initials, R.s.v.p.?
A. Yes; some people prefer this. /
j LOOK and LEARN a!c.GORDON
1..
1. What is the mean diameter of the earth?
2. What seven Presidents of the U. S. had last names ending in
"son”?
3. What is the largest American river flowing into the Pacific
Ocean?
4. What is a trapezoid?
5. If you suffer from pyrophobia, of what are you afraid?
ANSWERS:
1. 7,920 miles.
2. Jefferson, Madison, Jackson. W. H. Harrison, Johnson, Benjamin
Harrison and Wilson.
3. The Yukon.
4. A quadrilateral figure having two of its sides parallel.
5. Fire.
There is no subsiiute for
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Metal
7. Mix
11. Alloy of tin
and zinc
12. English river
14. Coined
15. Loyalty
1C. Swamp
17. Unclothed
19. Opening
JO. Oppoeite of
aweather
22. Preserving can
23. Breton
24. Having cut
teeth
26. Container
27. Possessed
28. Knock
29. Stalk
31. Restrain
35. Mark of a
wound
3G. Clock In the
form of a
ship
37. To a point
within
33. Blunder
30. Biblical
country
41. Mass
42. Struck gently
44. Second selling
4G. Implement
used In
eating
47. Scant#
48. Finishes
49. Emphasis
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Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
l. Fight
!. Singing bird
1. Kind of silk
4. Deep hoi*
6. Paradise
6. Dated again
7. Provided with
shoes
8. Headplec*
9. Exact
likenesses
10. Treat
12. In that case
13. Ancient Irish
party
18. loung goat
21. Anesthetic
23. Island off Italy
25. Meat of swine
26. Explosive
device
28. Turns over A
new leaf
29. Predicament
30. Noted game
fish
31. Scarlet
32. Hire
33. Vestments
34. Makes serious
35. Complete
collections
36. Inclines th*
head
39. Japanese coins
40. Encounter
43. Legume
45. Patriotic
organiza
tion: abbr. ‘
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
Q B. P. 0. 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
Ua———f _
Taku Posi No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
AASU
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
• See MADSE N’S for o
• SCHWINN Bicycles-Wagons, •
• Tricycles, Revere Ware and •
• Fishing Tackle •
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward street Near Third j
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoe*
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing:
FEED HEEDING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITAHY HEAT
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"Gas Has Got Ji"
| Walter D. Field — Phone 981
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• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
Phone 206 Beeond and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE 218—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS Or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS -OHS
Builders' and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD aad SERVICED by
J. B. Snrford Co.
"Onr Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS • OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for it by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
j Home Liquor Store—TeL IN
J American Meat — Phans SS
I To Danish “Blue Monday”
i To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Stars
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