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Thursday, September 7. 1950
REINFORCEMENTS
The two battalions of British ground forces sent
-> Korea from Hong Kong is not an imposing con
ngent, perhaps not more than 1500 men, but it is a
csture for these units have had experience in the
ur East and they arrived with good equipment and
ood leaders.
There is a further value in the British decision,
3r the Americans have been the only ground forces
a Korea apart from the Koreans themselves. This
lade the campaign appear too much an exclusively
imerican intervention, since the sea and air forces
f Britain, Canada and Australia, while useful, have
at been as conspicuous in dispatches as ground troops
could be.
It needs to be remembered, in connection with
he British contribution, that Hong Kong is an island
lony subject at all times to attack by overwhelming
.umbers of Chinese Communist forces. In Hong
Kong, as in Malaya, the British really need all the
troops at hand for defense. Diversion of even two
battalions to Korea, therefore, represents the assump
tion of an additional risk.
The creation of a full-blown United Nations ex
peditionary force has proved a slow process, by com
parison with the swiftness of the original action of
the UN Security Council. But with assurance of
Filipino and Thailand forces soon, a genuine UN
force is in the making.
This Is No Cinch
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
Louis H. Bean, an economist in the Department
of Agriculture, who fancies himself as an expert on
elections, has predicted the defeat of Sen. Robert A.
Taft in November. He says he bases his forecast on
a study of off-year election trends during the last
100 years.
in the light of what happened in November, 1948, p
(and our face is red. too) the public should not be
expected to pay too much attention to pollsters and I
prognosticators—even though Mr. Bean was among the J
few who were right two years ago. Furthermore. Mr. I
Bean (who was born in Russia and educated at Har- 1
vard and who has held a long series of public Jobs for
more than two decades) might reasonably be accused
of having a private axe to grind in predicting the t
defeat of the leading Republican Senator, since Mr. a
Bean is now working for a Democratic administration, i
However, along with the gloomy outlook his crystal c
ball holds for Bob Taft, it should be noted that Mr. j
Bean also foresees defeat or a very close squeak for \
three important Democratic leaders — Scott Lucas of t
Illinois, the Senate Majority Leader. Francis Myers
of Pennsylvtanla, Democratic whip in the Senate, and I
prien McMahon of Connecticut, Chairman of the Joint I
Committee on Atomic Energy. (He also predicts the 1
defeat of Sen. Eugene Milliken of Colorado, Chairman (
of the Senate Republican Conference.) £
Perhaps Mr. Bean will prove to be as poor a
prophet in 1950 as George Gallup was in 1948. but .
at least the forecast which he (and others) are 1
making on the closeness of the Ohio senatorial race *
should stir Buckeye Republicans from the feeling £
they've had that Bob Taft is a cinch. Opponents 1
of Ohio’s Senior Senator have given ample evidence 1
that thev are going to move heaven and earth to get
tehir people to the polls. The Senator's supporters £
had better be sure that they are putting forth no £
lesser effort.
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world is standing on Uncle Sam's shoulders, he s t
standing on the American taxpayers back, and the
American taxpayer is standing on the ragged edge. ^
Hay fever is one of the worst of ailments, in that ,
you can't cure it and it wont kill you. ;
he Washington 1
^erry-Go-Round
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rocedure" called for him to as
me the Presidency of the council
luring the month of August.
I came back to observe the
ales,” he said seriously.
■ Well, in that case, you will have
3 fiiui a new ^reason for staying
a here, since your 'te'rm as Pres
cient has now expired," persisted
..e guest.
"Oh, that isn't difficult,” grinned
he Soviet official. "When we want
o do something, we can always
. ad a reason.”
Bradley Chafes
Gen. Omar Bradley isn’t adver
ting it, but he is so fed up with
.ccretary of Defense Johnson's
jughshod attempts to dictate strat
i’, plus General MaeArthur's in
ference to orders from Wash
:gton, that he would like to get
.,t as chairman of the Joint Chiefs
: Staff.
"You are a lucky man," he re
cr.tly confided to a general who
>..is given a command outside the
i ontagon. “I’d give my right arm
j be leading troops again. I just
cn’t know how much longer I
.an stand this.”
New Army Training
The Army will get the bulk of
he three million men President
tuman wants drafted, and will set
.1 a production-line training pro
am to make soldiers out of them.
. oweVer, the training won t be the
me as that in the last war.
ft may come as a shock to hard
f.’.ten sergeants, but the Army will
..v to be more Democratic. Under
fie Army’s G-3 training section,
lainees are to be treated as in
ividuals, not cattle; and the new
proach will be to use more rea
n and less force.
Briefly, here is what the new
■ .iftees can expect as they pour
iito Army camps this month: they
. .11 get 14 weeks' active training
ith two weeks' leeway for process
!and red tape. The first six
...eks will b2 basic indoctrination,
hen specialized training for eight
ceks.
itoughly 70 per cent will be given
ecialized combat training, such as
. fantiy, field artillery, and tanks
he remaining 30 per cent will be
..i.ned for service units, such as
e engineers quartermaster corps
..d signal corps. The cream ol
.1.2 crop will be sent on to ad
nced schools for additional tech
. leal training; the rest will be
agned to units ready to go intc
„_L:on as needed.
Ihe chances of getting officei
, aining are slim. The Army is
,. eady top-heavy with brass, but
.'.1 need some junior-grade offic
So far, however, the Army
s plans for only one officer can
- ate school—at Fort Riley, Kan
Johnson’s Politics
h ecretary of Defense Johnson
.■I cgedly a stanch Democrat, uses
stanch Republican to handle
j Jiticgl matters."
This came out the other day
•h en a prominent midwestern bus
.1. .man called upon Johnson.
"The administration has lost the
confidence of the people out where |
I come from," declared the mid-.
westerner. |
"Why is that?" asked Johnson.
"They didn't like this false econ
omy program you had before the
Korean war," the businessman re
torted bluntly. Then, as an after
thought, he added : “Of course, they ,
don't blame you as much as the
administration."
"That is very interesting,” mused
Johnson politely. "I would like to
teH'Uhat to my assistant secretary
who handles our political matters."
Then Johnson brought in Assist
ant Secretary of Defense Paul Grif-1
iith. a diehard Republican.
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Labor Notes
William Green will be re-elected
without opposition to his 27th term
as President of the American Fed
eration of Labor when the AFL
opens its annual convention in
Houston Sept. 18 . . . For the first
time in history, a whole day of
the convention will be devoted to
politics, including a fund-raising
drive for the federation's badly bent
league for political education, or
ganized to defeat congressmen who
fought for the Taft-Hartley Act
and against fair deal legislation . . .
AFL leaders are greatly concerned
about rank-and-file indifference to
the league, which has received less
than 10 per cent of the $2 per
capita voluntary contributions set
ior all AFL unionists . . . Con
vention spokesmen will blunfly
warn members that they will have
to dig down if they want to elect
labor’s friends and defeat its foes
in November .
Few Friends Re Orient
U. N. Ambassador Warren Austin
has warned the White House that
t he majority of members of the
U. N. Security Council are opposed
to U. N. forces going beyond the
38th Parallel in Korea.
Even more important, Austin has
informed Washington that the U.N.
would definitely oppose further
American intervention in China.
Austin went so far as to state
privately that the United States
would run into heavy opposition
at the U. N. General Assembly to
MacArthur’s policy of suppport for
Chiang Kai-Shek. Only the Phil
ippines, Austin reported, favor
Chiang, and virtually every other
Pacific nation is doing business
with or has recognized Tse-Tung’s
Communist regime.
As a result, Secretary Acheson
will review American Far Eastern
policy with British Foreign Min
ister Bevin in about one week.
Capital News Capsules
I Warm Words in London—Ambas
| sador Douglas has warned the Bri
tish to stop shipping machine tools
to the Russians—or else—Douglas
called secretly at the foreign oft ice
before flying to Washington and
told Hector McNeil that Britain
must cancel its contract with Mos
cow or face a tremendous wave of
anti-British feeling in the United
States ... To soften the blow, he
said the U. S. was prepared to give
Britain more Marshall Plan dollars
to buy timber and wheat which the
British have been getting from
Russia in exchange for the machine
tools.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
War ;
At a Glance i
c
(By Associated Press) t
Korean Warfronts: Allied forces <
hold firm all around 120-mile bat- 1
tlefront as new Communist general :
offensive is predicted. Reds kick c
off behind artillery barrage m t
south, but are contained after
slight penetration. U. S. and South i
Korean troops make limited ad- (
vances in eastern sector of northern l
front. Artillery pounds Reds nor‘h
of Taegu. Marines and infantry <
advance against Naktong Rtver
bridgehead.
Air War: U. S. planes destroy or ]
damage 65 Red tanks in two days
of close support to front line
troops. Bombers batter Red Kor
ean convoy of 100 vehicles.
Lake Success: Soviet Russia,
after using veto to kill resolution
against aid to North Korea, taces
defeat in attempt to condemn U. S
bombing of North Korean war po- ,
tential.
Washington: Russian handling
of Korea plane incident indicates
Soviet Union wants to confine her
self to quarrel with U. S., diplo
mats say. Americans hold downing
of Red plane off Korea is a United
Nations matter.
SEATTLE VISITORS
James H. Fletcher, Frank T. Os
trander. Harold Simpson and W. H.
Schmind, all of Seattle are regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM DENVER
R. J. Frank of Denver, Colo., is
registered at the Juneau Hotel.
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September 7 •
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Stephen McPhetreS •
Colleen Bonner •
Kurt Gebauer •
Mrs. William Feero •
Patricia Oakes •
Ann Coleman •
Mrs. J. E. Connor • :
Roberta Pauline Bonner •
Clara Long • i
Edwina Tydlackn «
Mary Whitaker • |
im WILLIAMS FAMILY
IA(K FROM SUMMER TRIP
After a stateside summer vaca
ion trip which combined business
nd pleasure, the J. Gerald ' Jerry)
Williams family returned Tuesday,
oming in from Haines. They en
)ved traveling on the Alaska High
way except for “too much tire
rouble," especially to the south.
Making phe tour, which circled to
ioston and New' York, Washington,
). C.. Los Angeles and Seattle, were
!r. a fid Mrs. Williams and their
hildren, Catherine Ann, who is 8,
nd James Douglas, 6.
Joining them for the trip to
uneau were Mr. Williams mother,
4rs. Mary Stoyanovich, and cousin,
ames Halbert, both of Gebo. Wyo.,
nd sister, Mrs. Martha Francis of
tenton, Wash., who was to return
iome today.
Williams, Attorney General of Al
ska, used part of his time in
Seattle and the national capitol to
ttend to Territorial legal matters,
nd he found great interest in a
onference in San Francisco.
This was a meeting of a legal
ommittee working on a plan To
orrelate graduate and professional
chools of the 11 Western staves
nd two territories, toward elimin
tion of non-resident tuition. The
ilan was initiated at the last Con
erence of Governors.
Committee members, appointed by
he individual governors, include
he Attorney Generals of Alaska,
V'yoming, Utah and Nevada, the
issistant Attorney General of Ha
waii and representatives of similar
ffices.
Tentative plans were made, and
he next meeting scheduled for this
September 21 in Denver, said Wil
iams. He reports that Dr. Terris
loore, president of the University
f Alaska, is very enthusiastic about
he plan.
Besides meeting with rate attor
leys and others in Washington, D.
Williams saw a number of Alas
:ans, among them Delegate E. L.
Bob' Bartlett, Cdr. Edward P
Chester, Jr., and the Hugh Wade
amily. Those mentioned, with tne
Villiams family, were guests ot
delegate Bartlett for dinner.
After seeing Yellowstone Park, [
Niagara Falls and historic Bening
un, Vt„ and Boston, the Juneau
amily went to New York. At
3aldwin, on Long Island they vis
ted Mrs. Williams’ sister, Mrs. L.
N. Huntington, the former Martha
5ey of Douglas. L. W. Huntington,
Fr., who went to school in Juneau,
row is a student at Harvard Uni
versity.
In Kansas, enroute west, the fam
ly visited two uncles of Mr. Wil
iams, whom he had not seen in 23
,ears, then continued to Los An
geles, San Francisco, SeaUle, An
:horage and home.
UNION OIL MAN HERE
T. P. Hansen of the Union Oil
Jo. at Ketchikan is in Juneau. He
s stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
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C AA MAN IS HERE
John Goetz of the CAA from
Anchorage is in Juneau. He is
.topping at the Juneau Hotel.
ACROSS
L American
Indian
7. Fashions
13. Rubber
14. Mexican dish
15. Aeriform fluid
16. Ancient Irish
capital
17. Wicked
13. Exis*
20. Flower ,
i 21 Speed contest
1 22. Row
( 24. Dines
i 20. At home
. 27. liar legally
i 2* Shield-shaped
‘ 32. r.eave out
' 34. Color
35. Legislative
bodies
33. Compound
ether
II. Type measure
42. Afresh
44. Cattle
15. Pack
48. Venture*
50. Federal
district:
abbr.
51. Irish expletive
52. (Jive forth
53. Petition
54. More ignoble
56. So. American
animals
58. Fishers for
teleost fish
59. English
countie*
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
DOWN
1. Contradict
2. One of the
Three
Musketcers
8. Duct
4. While
6. Spouts
6 Make speeches
7. Bus official
8. Symbol for
tantalum
’J. Primeval giant
of Nome
mythology
JO Molten rock
11. Call forth
12. Moon goddess
17. Garner
20. Fragrance
23. Short la» ket
2.V Wild pi urn
18. Fiber from the
century
plant
30. Duties
31. Against:
prefix
:3. Offers
"Open -- - “
Hi. Dinner Course
:7 Ole depduit
Vi Bear
lu. Nlrr.e
43 Court orders
40. Spoken
47. Diminish
O. Greenland
settlement
r>3 Title of a
knight
r»*i Son of Judah
v7. Jumbled typo
j 20 YEARS AGO the empire j
SEPTEMBER 7, 1930
Women of Mooseheart Legion requested Legionnaires to donate gifts
;or the traditional hope chest, for which sewing was to be done at the
vomen's next meeting. Hostesses were Mrs. L. Peterman, Mrs. J. Pat
:erson and Mrs. E. F. Rodenberg.
The biggest automobile parking space anywhere In Alaska was com
peted and ready for a maximum of 100 cars, according to M. D. Wil
iams, Bureau of Public Roads district engineer. The area at the Men
lenhall Glacier terminus of the spur road from the Glacier Highway
lad been leveled off and surfaced with gravel, and a guard rail of large
joulders protected it. The work had just been accepted by the bureau
'rom the contractor, Johnson-Gardner Company.
On the first leg of a trip over all of Southeast Alaska on a general
nspection of spawning grounds and streams, and fisheries generally,
Dennis Winn left by airplane for Klawock. He was Alaska agent of
;he U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Capt. M. J. O'Connor, Assistant Agent,
■eturned on the Brant from Hawk Inlet, Tenakee, Killisnoo, Todd and
>ther points, reporting large runs.
Coincident with the Southeast Alaska Fair, the Rev. Gabriel Menager
yas the owner of a new Chevrolet sedan, obtained originally by the
luneau Fire Department. In view of the circumstances, Jim Connors
>f Connors Motor Company, presented the popular priest with qredit
slips for 100 gallons of gasoline.
Mrs. Keith, wife of L. C. Keith, who had preceded her, arrived
rom Tacoma with their three children. The family had taken one of
e Olson cottages at the corner of Fifth and D Streets in Douglas.
Bound from Skagway to Seattle, the Alameda was in Juneau between
! and 3 a.m. Boarding here were Mrs. Harry Olds and Shirley Mae .for
Seattle
Weather: High, 62; low, 48; cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not confuse ABDOMINAL (pertain
ing to the abdomeni with ABOMINABLE (revolting; detestable).
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Difference. Pronounce dif-er-ens, three
syllables, and not dif-rens.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Consensus; three S’s, and not CONCENSUS.
SYNONYMS: Embarrass, encumber, disconcert, confuse, confound,,
jomplicate.
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:
COMPLEMENT; that which fills up or completes. “The complement of
aur summer stock has arrived.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE ||
Q. How did the custom of using pink for a girl and blue for a boy
baby originate?
A. It is generally believed to have sprung from the old custom in
Holland of hanging blue and pink ribbons on the door to announce a
birth. Blue for a boy, and pink for a girl .
Q. HOw should the word "honor” be spelled on the wedding invita
tions?
A.The old-fashioned spelling “honour” still seems to be preferred.
Q. What is the proper color of personal stationery for a man to
use?
A. White is the preferable color.
LOOK and LEARN i^c. GORDON j
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1. Who was the “father” of the U. S. Post Office?
2. What is a sarcophagus?
3. How did bayonets get their name? »
4. FVom which one of Shakespear’s plays come these famous lines:
"This above all — To thine own self be true: And it must follow as
the night the day — Thou canst not then be false to any man"?
5. What is the incubation period of a chicken?
ANSWERS:
1. Benjamin Franklin.
2. A stone coffin.
3. They were first made in Bayonne, France, and named for that
city.
4. Hamlet.
5. Three weeks.
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Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures 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 . . . 49—Rain |
Annette Island 48—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 34—Drizzle
Bethel . 48—Ratn
Dordova . 48—Rain
Dawson .. 39—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton .. 39—Clear'
Fairbanks . 44—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 48—Partly Cloudy
Havre . 48—Clear
Juneau . 47—Rain Showers
Kodiak . 49—Drizzle
Kotzebue .. 43—Rain
McGrath . 47—Cloudy
'Jome . 43 -Cloudy
Morthway . 30—Cloudy
Petersburg . 42—Fog
Portland . 55—Clear
Prince George . 39—Fog
Seattle . 49—Clear
Sitka . 4'i—Clear
Whitehorse .. Z3—Partly Cloudy
iTakutat . 46—Partly Cloudy
GEORGE ROBINSON HERE
George Robinson, manager of the
Polaris mine at Tulsequah is regis
ered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM BARGE
A. E. Owens of Barge, is staying
it the Baranof Hotel.
FROM TACOMA
F. L. Kerzie of Tacoma is a guest
it the Baranof Hotel.
SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR
P. J. Fink of &an Francisco is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
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a High tide 12:07 p.m. 13.0 ft. a
a Low tide 5:41 p.m., 5.3 ft. •
a High tide 11:38 p.m., 14.8 ft. a
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1*7
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B.P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every second and fourth
Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting
brothers welcome. WALLIS S
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN *'
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phooe 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Stare
^-.-— mj
"The Rexall Store"
Tour actable Pharnujlsts
BUTLER-MAURO
_drug CO.
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Alaska Music Snpply
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Pteaw-Muieal lnstr«*£L
4M SnppHea
Phone 206 .Second and Seward.
general paintb
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Go.
Wholesale 805 loth St.
PHONE 216—DAT er NIGHT
fer MIXERS or SODA FOP
The Alaskan Hotel
New*y Venerated Boom
■* VeasonaMe
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 500
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS —— OILS
Ballden’ and HhfB
HARDWARE
ilmn?t0J,ncTylMlwriten
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
Hoorstep fa Worn a.
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ford agency
(Authorized Dealers)1 -
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Juneau Motor Co.
Root of Main Street
mint
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit—ask far it by nazee
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone X8
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