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Monday, December 17, 1951
NEW SUB DESIGNED TO DESTROY SUBS
The Russian submarine fleet, estimated at three
hundred units, is recognized as a major peril in the
event of war between the United States and the Soviet
Union. This recognition is based upon what German
U-boats did in the first two world wars.
In our earlier conflicts, the Navy had to depend
largely upon the convoy system, aircraft patrols and
surface ships to destroy enemy submarines. It is now
experimenting with the development of submarines
designed especially tc hunt and destroy enemy U
boats.
Early in this month, the first ship of this type
was launched. It has conventional Diesel-elecfric j
propulsion, w'ith twin-screw drive, carries rockets and
a new type of target seeking torpedo and is equipped
for breathing under water. It will" include listening
devices of great power.
The K-l, as the ship is designed, is not a secret
weapon, or naval miracle. It will operate upon con
ventional lines, depending upon sonar and electronic
detection equipment to locate enemy vessels. It is
about half the size of a conventional submarine and
will carry a crew of about one-half as many men.
The nation's experience in its two world wars
emphasizes the necessity of providing some means ol
attacking enemy U-boats. In both of the earlier con
flicts, we sustained terrific ship losses until an ade
quate convoy and defense system coulrf be imple
mented with ships and planes. In both struggles,
the transportation of men and material to Europe
was touch and go at one time and <"i’7 in the latter
stages of the conflict did we attain *he security neces
sary to assure transportation serpica to fronts over
seas.
HELICOPTERS SAVING THE WOUNDED
Helicopters, the delicately balanced flying ma
chines that move up and down with ease, are doing
a good job in Korea in evacuating the badly wounded.
When a call comes for emergency service, the
pilots take their craft to the scene of combat, drop
down to a convenient spot and take on the patients
Several hours are saved in getting the wounded to
field hospitals for emergency surgery but, even more
important, is the elimination of ambulance bounces
on rough roads, which often take a painful toll of
patients.
After the patients have been given emergency
treatment, they are often flown to Japan, Hawaii
or the United States for continued treatment. This
means that a fighting man, wounded in Korea, is |
often hospitalized in the United States within a very |
few days. What it really means is that the wounded j
have a better chance to recover. j
A gr£at many untruths begin with these words: j
... Is a fine person and I like her but j
Spare us that "friend," who, in speaking of us, |
says we mean well.
There are few friendships money will not buy.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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views. Occasionally, he bounced his
fingers together reflectively, in a
quick, implusive gesture, and made
such comments as : “that’s a tough
one.”
General Bradley led off with a
summary ol the Korean situation.
He reported that the Communists
seemed to be ready to come to
terms, that a cease-fire agreement
could be worked out if both sides
made concessions.
However, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg,
Air Chief of Staff, opposed making
any major concessions. He was par
ticularly adamant against allowing
the Communists the right to build
airfields during the cease-fire.
Gen. J. Lawton Collins, the army
chief of staff, vigorously opposed
giving in to the Communists on
troop rotation. The Chinese have
proposed a freeze on all troops en
tering Korea, thus blocking replac
ments for combat veterans who have
been promised the chance to go
home on rotation. This would be a
“blov/ to morale,” Collins warned
SILENT ADMIRAL
However, General Collins readily
agreed that “minor concessions” on
other points should be made in ord
er to win concessions from the
Communists.
President Truman’s only com
ment was that every eifort should
be made to reach a cease-fire, but
no concessions should be granted
that we “would later regret.”
Least talkative of the joint chiefs
of staff was Admiral Flechteler,
who made a short, half minute
speech in which he assured the
President that the navy is prepared
to carry out "any mission any time
any place.”
For the army’s part, General Col
lins assured the President that the
army couldn't be blasted out of
Korea ,but could hold on "until hell
freezes over.”
Another concession discussed was
that of giving in to the Commun
ists on inspection teams behind the
lines. We have been holding out for
inspection by joint UN-Communist
teams, but the Reds have been ar
guing for inspection by “neutral
nations."
By neutral nations, the Commun
ist negotiators said they meant Po
land and Czechoslovakia. Later,
however, they agreed that they
would also consider Denmark, Swe
den and Switzerland as “neutral
nations.” These three would be ac
ceptable to us, and General Bradley
proposed giving ground on this
point. This has now been done.
The chief theme of the meeting
was that a cease-fire agreement may
be close at hand. All signs point
to a settlement within the next 20
days. Though some details will be
leit to iron out after the December
27 deadline, we are sure to grant
a short extension to clean them up.
Another matter that was discus
sed at the White House was the
question of withdrawing UN troops
from Korea altogether—after the
armistice. However, the facts re
garding this should not be made
public now.
BRASS HAT CHRISTMAS
Because the captain of the navy
amphibious landing craft USS New
Kent lives not far from Baltimore, I
its crew will have to spend Christ
mas at Baltimore, despite the fact
that many of their families live at
the ship’s home base—Norfolk.
Ordinarily naval vessels tie up
at their home base for Christmas.
And because Norfolk has been the
home base for the New Kent, many
wives oi the men and officers had
moved to that city. However, Capt.
Ronald Woodaman lives at Glencoe,
Md., a suburb of Baltimore, so he
is taking the ship to Baltimore for
the holidays.
This means that half the officers
and 68 of the enlisted men will
have to travel back to Norfolk to
spend Christmas with their families.
IF I WERE PRESIDENT
Harry Truman constantly com
plains to friends: "I can't get good
men to come into the government.”
What he doesn't realize is that
few men want to risk scandal con
I tamination by serving with medio
crities; though many would come in
if the President cleaned house, be
gan with a new slate.
There isn't a chance in the world
that he'll appoint them, but here
is a rollcall of a clean-up cabinet
which some of Truman’s friends
prepared the other night while play
ing the game of “if I were Presi
dent:”
For special prosecutor—Wily, dra
matic ex-Sen. Burton K. Wheeler
oi Montana, once one of the Sen
ate’s greatest prosecutors.
Assistant Attorney General for
I the tax division—Adrian De Wind,
I able chief counsel of the King com
mittee.
Alien Property Custodian—Gen.
Telford Taylor, the small-business
administrator; or Joseph Borkin, the
ex-Justice Department's trustbust
er. Both are intimately familiar
with the giant Nazi business enter
(prises now being administered by
i the Custodian.
Secretary of the Treasury—Ran
dolph Paul, the brilliant former
I chief counsel of the Treasury.
Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue—Maury Maverick or Leon
Henderson, both two-fisted crusad
ers with years of Washington know
how.
Chief counsel of the Bureau of
Interne.! Revenue—Bruno Schach
ner, assistant counsel of the King
committee.
To create lurther confidence in
the White House. Mr. Truman
might substiu/le Paul Porter for
Secretary Matt Connelly, who has
no love for the graft probes.
Barkley Optimistic
On Korea Cease Fire
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17—UP)—'Vice
President Barkley said today he is
‘still hopeful and optimistic” that
» cease-fire can be arranged in
Korea by Dec. 27.
Barkley made the statement to
newsmen after giving President
Truman an hour long report at the
White House on the recent far east
trip that took him to the front
lines in Korea.
The Vice President said he found
"an atmosphere of optimism” by
the United Nations truce negotia
tors. Hr said this feeling is shared
by the chief negotiator, Adm. C. j
Turner Joy.
The Vice President said he told ■
Mr. Truman he never saw an army
better fed or better clothed than
the U. S. Army in Korea.
"They all have warm, thick, heavy
clothing, and they have marvelous
food—not less than two hot meals a
day and three if possible.”
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Siika Convention
Names Committees !
And Delegates !
Following are the names of dele
gates chosen to attend the forth
coming Democratic Territorial con
vention at Anchorage in January
and the names of those chosen
from Southeast Alaska communities
to serve on the new First divisional
committee all of whom were named
at the Sitka convention.
Divisional committee chairman:
Dan Doyle, of Sitka.
The divisional committee:
From Juneau—Chris Hennings,
1 Tom Stewart, Peter Wood, Eliza
beth Feratrovicli, Cledamae Cam
mock, Earl Forsythe and Ken Bow
man; from Ketchikan—Bob Jern
Berg, Joe Krause, Bob Ellis, Jean
ette Edwards, Jim Pinkerton and
Ed Ginger; from Sitka-Mt. Edge
cumbc—Howard Bradshaw, Dan ]
Doyle (chairman), Neil Anderson,
William Knight and Andrew Hope;
From Skagway—Morgan Reed and
Morris Wheaton; from Wrangell—
; Mrs. Vernon Smith and James No
lan.
One committeeman each was chos
en from the following communit
ies—Timothy Curtin, Port Chilkoot;
Leonard King, Haines; Frances R.
Mathison, Petersburg; Mike Pusich,
Douglas; Morris Grant, Kake; Frank
Peratrovich, Klawock; Harry Brem
ner, Sr., Yakutat: John Smith, Met
lakatla; Harry Douglas, Hoonah;
! Paul Bell, Angoon: S. B. Sandafer,
| Craig; and John Lawrence, Hyda
. burg.
Delegates for the Territorial con
| vention:
William Knight, Bill Baker, Louise
Miller, James Nolan, Peter Wood,
Earl Forsythe, Mike Haas, Mike Pu
sich, Frank Peratrovich, Cledamae
Cammock, Ken Bowman, Tom Stew
art, Howard Bradshaw, Ed Ginger,
Dan Doylb, Morgan Reed, Carroll
Clausen, Andrew Hope, Tim Curtin
and Jeanette Edwards.
The central committee: Mike
Haas, Roberta Dimond, Louise Mill
er and Wilfred Stump.
Forty-two delegates represented
THESE WOME
DECEMBER 17
Peter R. Larson «
Mrs. L. J. Holmquist •
V. N. Blackwell •
Ed Sweeney •
A1 Forsythe ®
Mrs. George W. Johnson •
Mrs. Eliner LaChance *
Charles B. White a
Mrs. Walter Soboleff •
George Schmidt a
Page Wood a
a Mrs. Walter Stutte a
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 .
Barrow .
Bethel .
Cordova .
Dawson .
Edmonton .
Fairbanks .
Haines .
Havre ..
Juneau Airport
Annette Island
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .
Nome .
Northway .
Petersburg .
Portland .
Prince George .
Seattle .
Whitehorse _
Yakutat .
-8—Clear
. . -4—Fog
7—Cloudy
5—Clear
-45—Clear
-11—Clear
-32—Clear
... 9—Clear
5—Snow
.... 5—Clear
31—Cloudy
34—Cloudy
-13—Clear
-39—Clear
17—Cloudy
-47—Clear
15—Cloudy
39—Cloudy
...: 8—-Snow
40—Rain
-43 —Clear
. 19—Clear
Community Even!!
TODAY
At 7 p.m—Badminton club meets
in high school gym.
At 7 p.m.—BPW meets at home of
Dr. Reitlinger, Christmas party.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grand’s Christmas party at home
of Mrs. Fred Schindler.
At 8 p.m.—P-TA meeting in high
school study hall.
December 13 1
At noon— Rotary club meets at
Baranof. n
At 0:30 p.m — Supper Club meets
in N.L.P. church parlors.
At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladios men>#
bersbip Christmas party at home
of Mrs. John Hagmeir .
At 8 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall.
At 3 p.m.—Folkateers will dance hv
grade school gym.
At 8 p.m.—CDA annual Christmas
party in Parish Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Community Night for
Adults at Teen Age Club with
square dancing.
December 19
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof. *
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—Christmas operetta “The
Shepherd’s Christmas” by com
bined youth choirs at Methodisl
church.
December 20
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—Taku Post, VFVV meets
in Jeep Club.
December 22
At 4 p.m.—Public Christmas “Sing”
at tree at Seward and Front.
December 23
At 11 am.—Christmas program at
Chapel-by-the-Lake.
At 8 p.m.—Methodist church choir
musical program.
a total of 194 precinct votes at the
convention.
By d’Alessio
I
“At my house, my wife couldn’t get me to wash dishes in
a million years ... I just wipe!” I
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
DECEMBER 17, 1931
Fourteen thousand pounds of black cod were brought into Juneaii
by the Oceanic, Capt. Ole Westby. The catch was taken by Juneau
Cold Storage Company, yho expected to salt part of it and freeze the
rest.
The basketball tournament at Chilkoot Barracks was in full swing
with live teams from this vicinity taking part. The Juneau Firemen
Juneau High School boys’ and girls’ teams, and Douglas High School
boys’ and girls' teams made up the delegation, which reported a fine
iip on the Fornance. Results of play the first night were: Juneau
Girls, 78, Haines Girls, 2; Juneau Boys, 59, Haines, 4; Army 18, Juneau
Firemen, 14.
Deleagte Wiekersham had introduced a bill in Congress to provide
for the creation of County Governments in Alaska, through acts of the
Territorial Legislature. The measure was designed to give the Territory
a greater degree of self-government, both in power delegated to the
Territorial Legislature and in various localities thus organized.
One of the largest wild goats seen in Juneau in a long time was
on display in the window of Thomas Hardware Company. The animal,
slain in the Tracy Arm district, weighed 240 pounds, but sportsmen
estimated that when in a fat condition it would have weighed 450 pounds.
The goat was one of six that fell before the rifles of Oscar Oberg,
Simpson MacKinnon, G. E. Krause and John Hegstad.
Weather: High, 36; low, 32; cloudy.
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| Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon \
WORDS OFTEN MISUSF.D: Do not say, ’’The box of candy was
not hardly enough." Say, "The box of candy was (omit NOT) SCARCE
LY enough.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Maelstrom. Pronounce mal-strom, A
as in MALE, O as in ON, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cede (to yield); distinguish from SEED.
SYNONYMS: Sweetheart, lover, suitor, betrothed, fiance (mascu
line), fiancee (feminine). ’
CAMARADERIE: the good will that exists between comrades; good
fellow'ship.' (Pronounce ka-ma-ra-de-re, all A’s as in AH, first E as
in DEBT, second E as in ME, accent third syllable). “There is a cama
raderie that exists among bomber crews.”
ETIQUETTE ROBERTA lee
L--—
Q. When the bride marries in a traveling dress or suit, what does
the bridegroom wear?
A. Any ordinary dark business suit, or one that is appropriate
for traveling, with perhaps a single white flower from the bride's corsage
n his lapel.
Q. When there is an item on a restaurant or hotel menu which
one does not understand, is it all right to ask the waiter about it?
A. Yes. Only a timid person would hesitate to do so.
Q. May one use the telephone to acknowledge receipt of a gift?
A. This is not the best form. Nothing can take the place of that
personally written note of thanks.
J LOOK and LEARN a( c.GORDON
l..
1. For what, besides the founding of the Nobel Prize, was Alfred
Nobel famous?
2. To what country is America indebted for its earliest tomatc
seeds?
3. What have these names in common — Hepplew'hite, Sheraton
Chippendale?
4. On what river is Quebec situated?
5. How many square feet are there in an acre?
ANSWERS:
1. The invention of dynamite.
2. France.
j 3. Types of furniture, named after their originators.
4. St. Lawrence River.
5. There are 43,560 square feet.
There is no subsiiute for
Newspaper Advertising!
I Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Mountain In
Massa
"chuse-tts
4. Outer garment
8. Summon
12. Bustle
13. Hawaiian
dance
14. Drug-yielding
plant
15. Transmits
17. Narrow road
18. Company
19. Artist's work
shop
21. Above: poetic
23. Silkworm
24. Tapers
28. Gleaming
32. On top of
33. June bug
35. Mature
36. Not so old
38. Chided vehe
mently
40. Intimidate
42. Vigor: slang
43. Kind of bird
47. Aspect"
51. Wreath bear
ing a
knight’s
crest
52. Doing some.
tiling in
return
54. Shakespearean
king
5a. Goddess of
discord
56. Kind of moss
57. Bronzes in the
sun
58. Dispatched
50. Watch secretly
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Former U. S.
President
2. Scent
3. Philippine
Moham
medan
4. Place of
worship
5. Belonging to
us
6. Famous
soprano
7. Flavor
8. Beautiful
handwriting
9. Turkish regi
ment
10. Solitary
11. Cast sidelong
glances
16. Birds
20. Historical
period '
22. Color
24. Metal container
25. Devoured
2G. The present
time
27. Weep convul
sively
29. Kindled
80. Unclose: poetic
31. Marry
34. Ribbed cloth
37. Staff
39. Meal
41. Merchandise
43. Jar
44. Region
45. Division of
society
46. Existed
48. Assumed man
ners
49. Break suddenly
50. Stained with
53. Metal fastener
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.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN8EN
Ni-- - J
Taku Posi No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
rhone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
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BOTANY
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f NUNN-BUSH SHOES
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Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Plan09—Musical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 208 Becond and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th st.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hole!
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rate*
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
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J. B. Snrford Co.
'Our Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
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GREASES — GAS - OIL
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Foot of Main Street
MAKE
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DELICIOUS ICE CREAM 1
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Juneau Dairies, Inc. i
HOME GROCERY »
Phones 146 and 342
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- American Meat — Phone SS
I -
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J To give you more freedom
1 from work — TRY
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H. S.-GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
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117 Main St. Phone 772 i
High Quality Cabinet Work
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Old Friends and New
ALL of Ihe Besl
for the Christmas Season
and the New Year
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