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Monday, August 28, 1950
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MEN AT “LITTLE CASSINO”
There were those who said during, the last wax
that. Negro units could not be entrusted with hard
lighting assignments/ But these (/oubters were an
swered time and again by corpmaudexs who had only
the highest praise for Negrd troops ^ho" faced the
Germans in Italy and Prance.
Later there were those of the Paul Robeson crowd
of Communist-fellow travelers who said that the Am
erican Negro would not fight in another war. There
were echoes of this sentiment; In fact, until tht day
the first Negro contingent reached the front in Korea.
The slanders have been refuted again, and In a
Bhow of stubborn gallantry that will be boldly record
ed in American military annals. Using bayonets and
clubbed rifles, Negro foot soldiers stormed a craggy
height that has been called the "Little Cassino" after
one of the storied battlefields of the Italian cam
paign.
Driving out the enemy, the Negroes freed some
200 wounded American artillerymen who had been
hemmed in by the Communists last week. Correspond
ents called it one of the hardest-fought engagements
of the Korean war.
Accidentally shelled by our own mortars later in
one of those tragic foul-ups common in war, the troops
had to retreat later. But their retreat under higher
command orders did nothing to lessen the valor of
their deed. They should at least have silenced for
good those who have done their best to perpetuate
the myth that a man's ability to fight can be judged
by the color of his skin.
Wasted Taxpayers Money
(Ketchikan Daily News)
When one considers the amount of taxpayers’
i money in the Territory politically wasted, it is very
| difficult to remain calm.
There are so many loopholes for those so inclined
i to waste the taxpayers’ money that it is hard to
i
| specialize or estimate the aggregate sum.
I Let’s take printing one instance, also showing
| the loose interpretation of the law for bidding on
l work.
j For instance in two months ending May 15,
11950, the records show that W. L. Baker of The
t Chronicle received $5600. much of which was without
bid, and at prices in our estimation were higher than
necessary for a fair profit.
Baker also was paid $975.50 by the Statehood
Committee of which he was a member for printing
pamphlets and for which no bids were asked.
From George Sundborg of the Development Board
he secured printing without bid. Remember, there
was an attempt to abolish the Development Board as
a "fifth wheel" because of its duplicating work done
by Chambers of Commerce and other agencies, but the
“wise guys” arranged things so that Mr. Suijdborg
gets a paltry sum of $14,000 per year. The highest
paid man in the Territory! And we ask you, FOR
WHAT? .
It is also recalled that Stanley McCutcheon, glib
tongued Democratic House whip, received $5628.42 in
legal fees over the protest of Auditor Frank Boyle.
! But to get back to printing and bids: We have it
from a reliable source in Juneau that Auditor, Boyle
protested paying bills for which no bids had been
asked. The Attorney General when asked for an opin
ion declared it was possible for an administrative
agency to “thwart the purpose of the law” in many
instances.
We understand the ADB also made out several
vouchers for $248 for covering one job to Baker since
| everything over $250 is supposed to go to bid.
According to the Auditor's office a ruling has been
made by the Attorney General that the Territory does
not have to ask for bids for labor and services, and
the ADB and other agencies can claim that printing
comes under “services.”
Let us state that there are some conscientious
and efficient Territorial employees and officials, but
their hands are tied. In the aggregate each year
enough money is misdirected to political favorites and
for support, to more than put the Territory on a cash
basis.
Any another thing which we do not hesitate to
mention is the time that officials spend in the States
away from their official duties, which means a con
siderable item of expense to taxpayers. "Machine
men” also have an uncanny way of having business
in the different cities at election time, traveling about
the Territory on "official business” at the expense of
taxpayers making attacks upon opposition party mem
bers.
What this Territory needs is a house-cleaning.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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place will be claiming he can make
predictions better than I can, and
Will want to stay up all night to
prove it.
“In brief,” I concluded, "It’ll be
just like Washington.”
"But that’s your public,’1 replied
Mrs. P., “and you know perfectly
well down deep in your heart that
you wouldn’t be happy without
your public. If the little girls and
the old ladies in hotel lobbies
did’nt come up and ask for your
autograph you’d think you were
slipping.”
“Now look,” I protested, “we have
a nice fa*m in Maryland with the
Potomac River flowing right past
our front door. Why should we
leave it? Let's forget about galli
vanting about the country and take
life easy at home.”
Vacation Cows
Mrs. P. let out something akin to
a snort aft this.
‘‘You have a deadline every day
with a column seven days a week,”
she said. “Yet now on your vaca
tion you want to take two dead
lines a day—cows!" ,
“I realize they have tb toe milked
twice a day," I admitted, referring
to my prize bovine friends. ‘‘But
at least they don’t ask for your
autograph.
"Besides cows don’t talk politics,”
I continued. "And they don't com
plain— except when you take their
calf away. They don’t even worry
over what you say about them,
the way Senator Byrd of Virginia
does. And they don't make long
winded speeches like Congressman
Jacobs of Indiana.”
Maybe I shouldn't have argued
so much. I felt guilty about it
afterward. Because in the end we
settled for--two deadlines a day.
Usually when it comes to such
things as Senator Taft, Mrs. P.
wins the argument. But this time
she suddenly yielded.
“It's your vacation," she said,
"and I gues$ you're entitled to do
what you want. So if you want
cows, we ll vacation with the cows.”
So we did, and on the whole I
think Mrs. P. enjoyed it.
Filling the Silo
Of course, she didn’t enjoy it
when the bull got loose and acted
just as bellicose as Senator Me- \
Carthy, though his name happens
to be Harry Truman. You see, 11
name the bulls for my various |
"admirers,” one of whom is Sen-j
ator McKellar. It was with con-j
siderable regret this summer that i
we finally sent Senator McKellar
to Baltimore and the sausage fac- J
tory. I had come to be quite fond ,
of the old senator; but like his1
namesake from Tennessee, he had
become quite ornery, and we had
to ship him off.
i
I admit also that Mrs. P. prob
bably didn’t get any vacation thfill
over my filling the silo. In the
I old days when labor was so scarce
we "Had to use'' GerYKan' ffrisotters,
I she used to help out by driving a
truck. But this summer, thanks
to a new Holland forage crop har
vester, we got the silo filled in no
’time, and she didn’t have to help.
A few years ago, we used to
spend a week of backbreaking toil,
cutting down corn, stooping over to
pick up the bundles, loading it on
trucks and feeding it into an en
silage cutter. But this year thanks
to the forage crop harvester, the
crop was automatically picked up
in the field, chewed into fine bits,
spewed into trucks and then blown
up into the silo. Instead of twenty
men for a week, we used six men
for four days. That's what labor
saving machinery has done to the
farm.
However, Mrs. P. did have quite a
time with her dog, which finally
brought forth two pups, compared
with my cat which had three kit
tens. And farm life was not en
tirely dull. We took in a swell
movie, “The Lawless"; sued Pied
Howser, the attorney general of
California for $500,000 (he having
sued me for $300,000); and enter
tained King Peter of Yugoslavia, a
very democratic little guy who was
just as courteous in meeting our
cook as in meeting a senator.
Oh, yes, I forgot to say that in
order not to be too hardhearted, I
took Mrs. P. up to Long Island
where we took in the trotting races
at George Morton Levy's beautiful
Roosevelt Raceway, visited my old
boss, Herbert Bayard Swope, and
my old student, Ernest Cuneo, went
sailing on the sound and relaxed
generally.
Canoe Trip
But I think the best part of the
vacation was the Sunday when 1
took Mrs. P. on a canoe trip up the
old Chesapeake and Ohio canal,
dug 120 years ago, long before the
railroads, to connect Washington
with the Ohio River and the Miss
issippi. Starting from in front of
our house, we paddled up to Sen
eca, where the canal barges once
transhipped their cargoes, then re
turned down the bosom of the
Potomac—a most turbulent bosom
at that point with so many rapids
that we spent half the time in the
water rather than in the canoe.
I confess that the war news from
Korea hung like a cloud over much
of our vacation. But out on that
historic river where you could see
no sign of human habitation, you
could almost forget that two parts
of the world were tearing at each
other's throats; forget what a mess
man has made of modern civil
ization.
Almost, but not quite. Gone from
the Potomac were the sharpened
poles which once pointed down to
ward the river on the Maryland
tide to keep the Johnny Rebs from
crossing from Virginia. But still
present on the river bank were the
1 stone embattlements reminding us
1 of a war just as bloody as that in
: Korea, where brothers and cousins
' of the north and south battled
rtrgainst each other—a grim remind
| er that wars seem to continue as
I long as man is man.
! Well, that was our vacation,
which I think Mrs. P. enjoyed rea
sonably well—especially the canoe
trip that cost only fifty cents. And
I came back, still the incurable op
timist, hoping that some day jsars
can be stopped and that the de
bacle in Korea may be one falter
ing step toward stopping them.
ASSIGNMENT CHANGED
Alva Blackerby is being assigned
j the regional office, division of oper
ations, Forest Service effective to
day, it was announced by Frank B.
i Heintzleman, regional forester.
; Malcolm E. Hardy is replacing
Blackerby as supervisor of the Ad
miralty division.
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
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I • TIDE TABLE •
• •
• AUGUST 29 •
• High tide 2:45 a.m., 17.7 ft. •
• Low tide 8:59 a.m., -1.6 ft. •
• High tide 3.13 p.m., 17.6 ft. •
• Low tide 9:18 p.m., -0.2 ft. •
• • • • • • • • • • •
AUGUST 28
Thomas L. George
Wilfor J. Leivans
Glenn Earl Allen
John C. Martinsen
George Phillips
Everett E. Smith
Thomas Burns
Cyril Hansen
Mrs. Charles Naghel
Gene Vuille
Phyllis Krasilovsky
BARANOF HOTEL
BUSINESS FALLS
OFF THIS YEAR
Juneau hotel business is follow
ing the trend now prevalent all
over the states since the end of
the war with a 12 to 15 per cent
drop in occupancy, William R.
Hughes, manager of the Baranof
Hotel said today. During June,
July and thus far in August of
this year there have been on the
average 450 rooms vacant monthly
he revealed. Two years ago aver
age occupancy was about 95 per
cent, where now there is only 75
to 80 per cent.
For the fiscal year 1948-49 the
Baranof did $30,000 less business
than during the previous year and
with the present downward trend
it will be $50,000 less this year, he
said. The Baranof has one of the
largest private payrolls in Juneau
which amounts to $176,000 annually.
Hughes attributes the cause to
lack of payroll here and general
conditions. He pointed out that
boom conditions still existed in the
Interior where hotels are running
115 to 125 per cent full—but no
such condition exists here.
PROUTY BACK FROM
S. E. ALASKA TOUR;
GOING TO HAINES
The Rev. Paul Prouty returned
Saturday evening aboard the
Princeton-Hall from a complete
coverage of Southeast Alaska cities.
Accompanying the Rev. Prouty was
the Rev. Murlin Day, chaplain at
the Mb. Edgecumbe school and
hospital and temporarily represent
ing the American Bible Society.
The Rev. Paul Evans and family
of Wrangell visited points of in
terest while aboard the missionary
boat including Sheldon Jackson
junior College. The purpose of
Evan’s trip was to get a better view
of the Presbyterian Church’s work
in Southeast Alaska to assist him
in his work at Wrangell.
“A spirit of enthusiasm and en
larged activity is very apparent on
the campus at Sheldon Jackson
Junior College,” the Rev. Prouty
said.
He leaves aboard the Princeton
Hall late this week for Haines and
Skagway.
ATTEND FUNERAL
Mr. and Mrs. John Hope, of Ju
neau, left here for Fairbanks via
PAA Saturday to attend the funeral
of Mr. Hope’s adopted brother, Wil
liam Siveley, who was drowned
there last week. They will be gone
about two weeks in order to visit
with relatives in that city.
_
Some families of chickens are low
in hatchability of eggs.
FLEISCHMANN on a product is
like 24 carat on gold—the finest it
cam be. Try FLEISCHMANN GIN
and be convinced.
ACROSS
L Sign of the
zodiac
4. Covers the
top wall
9. Purpose
12. Wooden
propeller
13. Caper
14. Swiss canton
15. Moves to
action
17. Spring mouth
19. Musical
character
20. Slip out of the
course
21. Aboriginal
New
Zealander
23. Opened nuts
26. At home
27. Call forth
29. Fishing
appur
tenance
30. Performed
32. Pertaining to
Elis
34. American
humorist
35. Continent
87. Mistake
39. Short for a
man’s name
40. A considerable
number
42. Amphibians
44. The Emerald
Isle
45. King of beasts
46. Egret
48. Figures shaped
like a piece
of pie
El. Unit of work
52. Web-footed
birds
54. Female deer
55. Small
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
66. T-aths
67. Female sheep
DOWN
1. Cut off
2. Organ of
hearing
3. Town In Maine
4. Prisoner
6. Grafted:
heraldry
6. Pronoun
7. Chinese
measure
8. Gamut
9. Jellyfish
10. Biblical
character
11. Wire measure
ment
16. Greater amount
18. Influence:
slang
20. Clip
21. King of the
golden touch
22. Aromatic seed
23. Sound of a
bagpipe
24. Concluded
25. Actions
28. City in New
York state
31. Move apart
33. Signs
36. Air: comb,
form
38. Part of a plant I
41. Finger
ornaments
43. Positive pole
45. For fear that
46. Chop
47. Before
48. Ocean
49. Propel a boat
50. Understand
53. Dutch meter
20 YEAR3 AGO the empire
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AUGUST 28, 1930
Germany on the threshold of dictatorship was described to Chamber
of Commerce members and guests by Attorney General John Rustgard,
who was just back from an extended European trip. He and Mrs.
Rustgard had vactioned in Norway, Denmark, Sweden. Germany and
France. Just returned from less extensive travels, Maj. L. E. Atkins
spoke briefly on Alaska affairs. As engineering officer of the Alaska
Road Commission, he had made his first survey of the interior and
the northern road system. Major Atkins told the Chamber that ex
tension of the air mail system to Alaska was impeartive.
* V H. DeBolt, Douglas School superintendent, arrived on the Prin
cess Louise. Among Douglas teachers arriving were Miss Edla Holbrook,
Mrs. Felix Gray’s niece; Miss Margaret Pimberton and Miss Helen Mac
Donald.
Miss Marie Brennen, popular night operator for the Juneau Tele
phone Company, returned to the switchboard after an enforced absence
of eight days. Her shoulder had been dislocated when she slipped and
fell on a wet sidewalk.
Miss Iris Heath, former clerk in the office of Gov. George A. Parks,
returned on the Aleutian after making the Grand Circle Tour, covering
the Yukon River, Interior and Alaska Railroad points.
Mrs. E. J. Martin entered St. Ann’s Hospital for a minor operation.
Mrs. Ann White also was admitted to the hospital. John Loukars was
brought here by air from Tenakee and taken to the hospital for treat
ment of a cut leg.
Margaret Vernon of Ketchikan, William V. Southergate, C. J. Kearney
and Madge Williams of Vancouver, B. C., were registered at the Gas-,
tineau Hotel. Among guests at the Alaskan were Andrew Hovisk of
Port Althorp, Sam Odaber and F. Coleman.
With school about to reopen, there was a regular “epidemic” of ton
silectomies. Diving on liquids and not disturbing other patients in St.
Ann's Hospital with noise were Robert Karsten, R. Hermann, Benjamin
Melvin and Herman Dawes.
Weather: High. 67; low, 46; clear.
Daily Lessons in English & u cordon |
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “She posssses many admir
able female traits.” Say, “FEMININE traits.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rapacious. Pronounce ra-pa-shus,
first A as in ASK unstressed, second A as in PAY accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Isaiah (Hebrew prophet); observe the AIA.
SYNONYMS: Garrulity, talkativeness, loquacity, loquaciousness.
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:
INFLEXIBILITY; firmness in will or purpose. “His very inflexibility
spires confidence in the man.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA BEE j
Q. If there is to be a double wedding, and the brides are Sisters,
what is the order of the procession down the Church aisle?
A. All the ushers walk down first, followed by all the bridesmaids.
The older bride, preceded by her maid of hohtir,,;.is oti thS right arm of
her father. Next comes the second maid of honor, followed by the second
bride, escorted by a brother or near relative.
Q. When a girl is with her escort at a night club and wishes to
leave the table to go to the powder room, what should she say?
A. “Will you excuse me" is sufficient.
Q. Should soft-boiled eggs be eaten with the fork or spoon?
A. These should be eaten with the spoon.
LOOK 3fld LEARN a^c. GORDON
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1. What is the difference between a contagious and an infectious
disease?
2. Of what land are the Maoris the native inhabitants?
3. Who discovered a preventive treatment for hydrophobia?
4. Who in ancient history was the famous leader of the Cathaginian
army?
5. What musical instrument and geometic figure have the same
name? .
ANSWERS:
1. An infectious disease is any disease caused by the entrance, growth
and multiplication of bacteria or protozoans in the body; a contagious
disease is one spread by direct contact of skin or coughing, such as
diphtheria.
2. New Zealand.
3. Louis Pasteur.
4. Hannibal.
5. The triangle.
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Weather at
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 . 48—Cloudy
Annette Island . 50—Rain
Barrow . 42—Partly Cloudy
Bethel ... 49—Cloudy
Cordova . 50—Rain Showers
Dawson i... 54—Cloudy
Edmonton . 44—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks ... 35—Clear
Haines . 47—Rain
Havre (Missing)
Juneau Airport 47—Rain Showers
Kodiak .. 50—Rain
Kotzebue .. 47—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 37—Clear
Nome . 47—Rain
Northway . 47—Rain
Petersburg . 52—Rain
Portland.56—Partly Cloudy
Prince George 47—Cloudy
Seattle . 53—Clear
Sitka . 52—Rain Showers
Whitehorse . 47—Cloudy
Yakutat . 47—Rain
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
LISTS JOB OPENINGS
NOW AVAILABLE HERE
There is a call for a licensed
mate and an AB seaman, Gus
Gisberg manager of the Territorial
Employment Service, announced to
day!
Employment opening^ in several
specialized fields also exist, he £ajd.
A male fiscal accountant with a:
minimum of five years government5
accounting experience is needed,
also a blue print machine oper
ator, a bookkeeping machine oper
ator, an architect, a tile setter,
general clerk typists, and account
ing clerk typists.
There is a call for laundry work
ers and Gissberg anticipates mote
calls for baby sitters about the
time school starts.
V. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phene IN is* 8*. ntiUta
P. O. Box UN
GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office in Case Lot Grocery
Phone W
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Beward street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Casler's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shorn
Skyway Loggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FBED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
I. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Pedga—Flymoath—Chrysler
PoBoto Podge Tracks
SHAFFER'S
SANITARY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
IS—PHONES—49
Free Dettray
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1«
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.O. ELKS
Meeting every second and fourth
Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting
brothers welcome. WALLI8 S
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 771
High Quality Cabinet Wert
fer Home, Office or Stare
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"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG 00.
Alaska Mnsic Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, M.n.w.
Whhee—Musical Instrument.
*a* Supplies
■•Phone 2M Second and Sewaitf.
I -
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 548 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
TOwle«ato 106 10th St
PHONE US—DAT er NIGHT
for MIXERS or BODA FOP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room
ot Reaaonable »ntw
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 555
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS —— OILS
BnUden* and Shall
HARDWARE
i
Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
"Oor Doorstep la Warn by
Sttkflei Customer*”
F O P D AGENCY
; dftthaitoed Deaton)
GREASES - GAS _ on
Jnnean Motor Co.
Root of Main Street
lun
-JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
* iaQr habit—aak for it by mm
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engine
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—Tei. (99
American Meat — Phone 98
To Banish (<Blne Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI'S OVERALLS
for Boyn
“Say It With Flowers” bat
"SAY IT WITH OURSI”
Juneau Florisfs
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