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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aiaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle. Wash.
SHEER NONSENSE
Not all statehood advocates are urging the im
mediate passage of the Alaska statehood bill because
of the threat of war and the consequent need for more
defenses in Alaska.
Most honest people will agree with Senator But
ler’s statement — and Admiral Wood's — that "grant
ins' statehood to Alaska has nothing to do with the
question of preparadeness."
One of the foremost proponents of statehood in
Juneau has called the plan to push statehood through
in a hurry because of the conflagration in Korea,
‘sHeer nonsense.”
We think he is right.
HE TELLS THE WEST ABOUT ALASKA
News and feature stories, “Special to the Los
Angeles Examiner” have been spreading the story
of Alaska as they followed the travels of Gil A. Cowan,
well-known western publicist.
More than twenty of his special features appeared
j in the Los Angeles Examiner and other western
papers.
These were no Chamber of Commerce stories
boosting the north or stories promoted by pressure
groups. They were just the honest reports of a news
paperman on vacation. Datelines were Anchorage,
Juneau, Wrangell, Ketchikan and also British Co
lumbia, Alberta and the Evergreen Playground of the
Pacific Northwest.
All of these areas benefited from Mr. Cowan’s visit
to the north. He uses the pseudomyn of "Conning
West" for many articles, he is past national president
and president emeritus of Alpha Phi Gamma, na
tional journalistic fraternity, a former editor of many
western dailies and magazines and is now with the
Los Angeles Examiner.
He is a busy pfcrson, with a broad acquaintance.
His writings reach millions of readers. It is good to
have someone with Mr. Cowan’s interest in Alaska,
tell others of that interest.
Today’s Newspapermen
(Prince Rupert Daily News)
For a long tirfle now, the Hollywood version of
the newspaperman has been extinct. The newspaper
man with the mickey of cheap liquor and the hat on
the back of his head is becoming as rare as knee
britches and buckled shoes.
In his place, there has been growing up another
breed of men and women. They are quieter and, on
the whole, have better educational backgrounds. They
have all the old enthusiasm for newspaper work and
they are building soundly and staying with the pro
fession. Newspapers are better for having them, and
newspaper readers are benefitting from their work.
They will make mistakes. We all do and we all
will. But no one does it deliberately. Mistakes are
made in the newspapers but 1 len and women working
under pressure as they do in newspaper work, can
be excused.
But a newspaperman makes his mistakes openly.
He broadcasts them to every reader of his paper and
they live, for the print cannot be erased. He can hide
behind no professional screen. If his mistakes are
I honest, he will have derisive sympathy. If his mis
takes are dislionst, he is not tolerated, for though
he may square himself with his publisher, he never
squares himself with the men whom he works with
and against. •
Of course, not all newspapermen are reasonable,
intelligent, far-minded, honest, and as impartial as
judges. But there are an increasing number of them
trying harder to instill those traits and attributes
j into their profession.
' The many should not be judged by the few who
stray. The legal profession has its shysters and the
medical profession has its quacks. Yet the tremendous
majority of the solid men in those professions are
not besmiched by their disohnest fellows nor are the
majority of newspapermen.
The Washington
Merry-Go- Round
(Continued from Page One)
during the second conversation with
MacArthur and phoned the White
House direct for decisions that
were over his head.
In his first conversation with
,1# tfWfe ^lous^lfc'Arttur4^'
full of optimism, and informed
Truman that he could "guarantee” j
success whether Russia intervened i
in Korea or not.
Mar Arthur Pessimistic
In his second conversation held
just after MacArthur had flown to j
Korea, he was quite pessimistic; |
in fact, much more so than the t
official communiques issued in
Tokyo. MacArthur had already
proceeded to bomb North Korea
before asking Washington for per
mission which caused some em
barrassment, since, when the North
Koreans claimed /heir air base was
bombed, Washington had emphatic
ally denied it.
It also caused worry in the State
Department because of the under
standable desire to operate in close
coordination with the United Na
tions.
However, in the second telecom
conversation, MacArthur was given
complete authority, including the
use of ground forces and the right
to bomb North Korea, in order to ]
win the war as quickly as possible.
Note—MacArthur also demanded
that more divisions Ire rushed to
Japan from the United States plus
he$vy equipment.
Pentagon Crisis
As grim-faced military leaders
waited gravely for the latest new?
from embattled Korea, a dismayed
screech echoed down the corridors
cf the Pentagon Building.
A moment later, a girl rushed
out of an office, shouting mourn
fully:
“Rosen just hit a homer with
the bases full!"
This was the play by which
Cleveland defeated Washignton that1
day.
Frank Grahams Friends
The Post Office Department is
investigating the anti-negro organ
izations that mailed inflammatory
racial propaganda from New York
designed to defeat liberal Senator
Frank Graham of North Carolina.
Graham himself, however, doesn’t
want any pos*-election investiga
tion—not even by Senator Gillette's
Senate campaign committee, which
is interested in the reported $1,
000,000 spent by Yankee Republic
ans and Dixiecrats.
What really hurts Graham way
deep down is the fact that the
millworkers and other poorer peo
ple whose cause he has always
championed, turned their back on
him on election day.
Apparently they listened to the
most vicious racial propaganda
since the Civil War days—tons of
literature circulated by Alabama
Klarlsmen, anti-Graham propagan
da mailed out under the franking
privileges of Congressman Gwinn
of New York, the friend of Gen
eral Elsenhower; and the poisoned
ven diatribes of America Firster
John T. Flynn inserted in the
Congressional Record by Maine’s
Senator Owen Brewster, Chairman
af the Republican senatorial cam
paign committee.
Apparently the poorer people
whom Graham had always cham
pioned, listened and believed. FOr
63,000 of them who had voted for
him in the first primary stayed
away from the polls in the second,
urxr ci im
Korean War Capsules
Truman's Cabinet Lunch—Presi
dent Truman held an important
lunch with his cabinet last week
at which he expressed very frank
fears about the current situation—
especially what Korea might do
to the American economy. He was
particularly worried about inflation
and expressed the hope that no
panic-buying or hoarding of scarce
materials should take place among
industry or consumers. Truman
has ordered the National Security
Resources Board to go all-out in
planning what must be done im
mediately if it looks like Korea
would develop into a world war.
Britain Wakes Up—Up to last
week end the British Foreign Office
was putting heavy pressure on
France and Egypt to agree to seat
the Chinese Communists in the
United Nations. Bevin thought
this would bring Moscow back into
the U. N. and help compose the
worlds differences. However, the
British Foreign Office is now ex
pected to abandon its misplaced
efforts, and withdraw recognition
from Red China altogether.
Bogged Down In China—Some of
America's top diplomats are sec
retly fearlul that the real motive
behind the Communist attack on
Korea is Moscow’s hope to in
volve the United States in a mil
itary campaign against the Chinese
Communists . . . Moscow is re
ported to believe that a war be
tween the U. S. and China would
iast for generation, would sap Am
erica’s strength to the point where
we could not resist Russian ad
vances in other parts of the world
. . This was one reason Chiang
Kai-Shek’s offer to send troops to
South Korea was promptly vetoed.
No More Detroits—By the end
of this year, the government will
start a limited dispersal of indus
try. Within a few months, the
location of every new factory will
be determined by the Federal gov
ernment in an attempt to relieve
the dangerous overconcentration of
America’s industrial might in such
cities as Detroit and Pittsburgh.
In other words, population under
the 1960 census will not depend
on such factors as markets, labor
supply and raw materials; but on
the atomic bomb.
THESE DAYS
- - e y - -
GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
THE STRUGGLE FOR PEACE
Soviet Russia still continues an
active and intense campaign for
"peace.” In the Aesopian lan
guage of Marxism, peace means
something very different from any
thing we understand by that noble
word.
To us, peace can only mean a
world without war, without the
fear of imminent war. without de
voting most of swollen budgets to
war purposes. To us, war can
bring no benefits. The past twc
wars in which we have engaged
have brought to our people an
altered economic and political sys
tem and a degradation of public
morals.
To Soviet Russia, peace means
something altogether different. To
| them, it means the unification of
I the world, by war or revolution,
‘ or other means, into a federatloh
of Soviet republics, under the
Marxian-Leninist philosophy pre
sided over by the motherland
Soviet Russia.
Since 1917, Soviet Russia has
been moving steadily in one direc
tion to achieve this goal. In every
country, there are Marxisms who
sincerely believe that the monolith
ic peace described above is a proper
cause for lifelong devotion. If we
I question their sincerity, we mis
understand their conduct and the
intensity of their affiliation. Also,
we underestimate the strength of
their effort.
That is the essen'.lal error which
the American government has been
making since 1933, when we re
sumed relations with Soviet Rus
sia. Roosevelt, Truman, Harriman,
Byrnes, Acheson—the list is long
and includes Republicans and non
party liberals as well as Demo
crats—assumed that Russia was
merely a nation, playing politics as
we play it and that deals and
compromises could be made, which,
while they lasted, served their pur
poses.
This view was erroneous because
it failed to take into account that
in the Marxian assumptions, Sov
iet Russia was not more than one
country in a world to be con
JULY 6
Mrs. Josephine White
Joanne Ruth Cowling
R. M. Maxwell
Mrs. T. D. McManus
Jane Wallgren
Mrs. R. M. Jackson
Ed. Paulson
Elizabeth Cowan
quored; that the ultimate object
ive must be and Is one government
Tor the entire world. When Wen
dell Willkie advocated one world,
le used a phrase thrft sounded
load to a genera*ion weary of war.
de did not realize that what the
Russians meant by one world was
i Marxist world, achieved by force.
And so, when Mr. Truman made
nis off-the-cuff remarks about a
Red herring, he did not grasp that
he ultimate conquest of the Uni
ed States by Marxism is not only
an objective but has been more
than 30 years in the making.
It was largely as part of that
objective that when the Harold
Ware group was organized in 1934
to infiltrate high offices in gov
ernment, the training ground was
the A .A.A. and the Nye committee,
and then the Communists concen
trated in three areas: The State
Departmen, The Treasury and The
0.1.0.
In the State Department and the i
Treasury, these Communists tie-!
voted themselves largely to the j
China problem. Their object was i
to eliminate the Nationalist Gov- j
ernment of China and to substt-'
tute for it Soviet China, headed!
by Russian-trained Chinese Com-j
mumsts.
Within the United States, they!
devoted themselves to giving Chiang
Kai-Shek a bad name, particularly i
as the head of a corrupt clique in- j
capable of action. They termed
the Chinese Communists “Agrar- j
ian Reformers.” Corruption of
public officials in China is a norm
al condition, existing throughout
China's history. In fact, the sal-.
ary-scale for officials and the
method of collecting taxes has
always been based on the assump- J
tion that "squeeze” exists. There
fore, the opponents to the Na
tionalists had plenty of material
for their accusations.
At any rate, they succeeded in
turning American opinion away
from Chiang Kai-Shek in spite of
his heroic resistance to Commun
ism. Until little more than .
week ago, it remained American
policy to oppose Nationalist China.'
President Truman changed that.
And he was right. But what he
did after Korea was invaded was
right a year ago as it was right
two years ago. Had we supported
Nationalist China, which asked for
none of our sons, but only for
arms, munitions, supplies, money, in
1945, we should not today be fight
ing in Korea.
For five years, this column has
called attention to the errors in
our China policy, basing my judg
ment upon a prolonged experience
with China. The State Depart
ment group were believed—until
Harry Truman, in anger, on a
Sunday, established that they had
always been wrong. For the re
versal of policy on Formosa can
only mean that and no political
afterthought changes the fact. Why
have we had to wait so long?
• TIDE TABLE
•
• JULY 7
• Low tide 1:40 a.m., 3.8 ft.
• High tide 7:32 a.m., 11.6 ft.
• Low tide 13:34 p.m., 3.9 ft.
• High tide 20:04 p.m., 14.0 ft.
1__
ACROSS
1. Sour
fc. lie sold his
birthright
9. Metal
12. Employer
13. Speak
affectedly
14. Unit
15. Foundation
16. Gifts
18. Giggle
20. Filaments
21. Rubber
23. ivi'ier whale
I 24. Rodent
25. Constellation
28. About
SO Inhabitant of:
suffix
! 31. Arctic goose
1
32. Age
33. Preposition
34. Sail support!
35. Large tub
36. Ogle
38. Takes to a
higher court
41. Painting of
scenes of
every day
life
42. Electrified
particles
43. Kidnaper
46. Troubles
4D. Masculine and
feminine
nickname
BO. Military
assistant
Bl. Labor
62. Hewing tool
l
■ H . ,
-
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
53. Ovule
54. Malicious
KruilKins
T—775—l,„ 177
DOWN
1. Large open
vessel
2. King of Judah
3. Express dif
ferently
4. Large plants
6. Rulers
6. Father
7. Rice paste
8. Baseball curve
9. Invigorating
10. Withfn the
mouth
11. Headland
17. Ycqulre by
labor
19. Masculine
21. Silkworm
22. Infant’s toy
26. Polynesian
chestnut
27. Guided super
naturally
29. Oily sub
stances
31. Small casks
32. Subterfuge
34. French
commune
37. Clothe
39. Italian river
40. Growing out
41. Festival
44. Bind
45. Poem
47. Fifty-four
48. Cunning
20 YEARS AGO the empire
JULY 6, 1930
On its maiden Alaska voyage, the Canadian National steamship
Prince Henry, one of the most modern liners on the Pacific Coast,
docked at 7 p. m. and sailed for Skagway five hours later. Hundreds of
persons visited the vessel and admired its public rooms and furnishings.
Capt. Donald Donald, former skipper of the Prince Rupert, was in
command; H. R. Sheard and Son, local agent. Among the passenger^
was the noted author, Norman Reilly Raine of New York City, who
was on his first Alaska visit, accompanied by Mrs. Raine.
H. J. Yurman announced the marriage, July 4, of his daughter,
JSva, to Mr. Irving I. Ali of Portland, Ore., where the new home was
to be made.
After six weeks in the Glacier Bay district, Joe Snow and Cedric’
Davis returned to town. They had prospected over a large area, but
reported nothing that looked encouraging.
Musicians in the Juneau City Band were still being congratulated
on their part in putting over the Fourth of July celebration, despite
"adverse conditions.” On a barge towed by the Sea Otter, they led the
marine parade to the Government dock. Of the affair, The Empire
said: "On the program, the band was designated as the Marine Band
and, from the elements, it was, for it poured rain when the water
parade started, and intermittent showers fell practically the entire time
the aquatic sports were being run . . . The band played about every five
minutes. In the evening, the open-air concert was given on Triangle
Place, and over 1,500 residents and visitors enjoyed the event . . . The
crowd insisted on more, but as the rain began to fall again and the
hour's program was over, the concert ended. Playing were Ed Garnick,
Fred Arnold, Jim Steele, E. McIntyre, Frank Price, Keith Wildes,
Ernest Weschenfelder, Peter Dick, Earle Hunter, Wilbur Burford, Tom
Hughes, Marvin Chase, Elmer Friend and J. J. Forgher, director.”
Weather: High, 51; low, 47; showers. -
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| Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "If this can be proven, the
credit will be given to you and I.” Say, "If this can be PROVED, the
credit will be given to you and ME."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Precocious and precocity. Pronounce
first O in PRECOCIOUS as in NO. Pronounce the O in PRECOCITY
as in ON.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Aggravate; GRA. Aggregate; GRE.
SYNONYMS: Optimistic, hopeful, sanguine.
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:
COUNTERPOISE; an equivalent power or force acting in opposition;
a state of balance. “The everyday cares and duties, which men call
drudgery, are the weights and counterpoises of the clock of time.”—
Longfellow.
[modern etiquette ROBERTA LEE j
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Q. Does a man precede a woman when going down the aisle of a
theatre?
A. This depends upon whether the usher takes the checks at the
head of the aisle. If this is the case, te woman goes first. If the couple
starts down the aisle to meet the usher, the man goes first and hands
the cheeks to the usher. He then stands aside while the woman take;
her place, and then he takes his.
Q. Is it considered all right to eat the lettuce upon which a salad
is served.
A. This is quite all right. If a person likes lettuce, he is privileged
to eat it if he wishes.
Q. Is it proper to adress the envelope to a woman as “Mary A
Jones.”
A. No. The prefix "Mrs.” or "Miss” should always be used.
LOOK and LEARN a. c. GORDON
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1. Who wrote the Declaration of Indepenednce, how many signa
tures are on it, and who was the signer?
2. What State is split in two, by two lakes?
3. What three U. S. Presidents were named William?
4. What is the function of the lachrymal glands?
5. What is the differeice between a rabbit and a hare?
ANSWERS:
1. Thomas Jefferson w'rote it; there are 56 signers, of whom Johr
Hancock was the first.
2. Michikan, by Lakes Michigan and Huran.
3. Harrison, McKinley and Taft.
4. Production of tears.
5. A rabbit is small, short-eared, short-legged, and a weak runnel
for a long distance. A hare is big, long-eared, long-legged, and a swif
runner.
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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 j
a m., 120th Meridian Time, and j
released by the Weather Bureau j
are as follows:
Anchorage ... 54—Rain
Annette Island . 49—Cloudy
Barrow 35—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . 55—Rain
Cordova .,. 47—Rain
Dawson . 49—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton .... 61—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 53—Fog
* Haines 48—Partly Cloudy
Havre . 58—Clear
Juneau Airport 47—Rain
Kodiak 49—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 63—Cloudy
McGrath . 57—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 50—Clear
Northway 55—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 46—Rain
Portland . 58—Clear
Prince George . 51—Cloudy
Seattle . 55—Partly Cloudy
| Sitka .. 46—Cloudy
! Whitehorse . 47—Ram
| Yakutat . 47—Cloudy
COMMUNITY EVENTS
i _
T O D A F
| At 6:30 p.m.—Baseball game be
j tween Coast Guard and Elks.
I weather permitting,
i At 6'30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and
Pistol Club at Mendenhall range.
July 10
J At noon—Lions club, Baranof.
; At 8 p.m—American Legion, Dug
out.
July 11
At noon—Rotary, Baranof.
July 12
At noon—Kiwanis club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
July 13
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At noon — No-host Girl Scout
“Wind-up” luncheon. Terrace
room, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Concert planners, City
Council Chamber, City Hall.
MAN FINED $75
Ray V. Dotson was fined $75 yes
terday in City Magistrate F. O.
Eastaugh’s court, after being found
guilty of driving while under the
influence of liquor. Dotson was ar
rested at 12:35 a.m. yesterday.
t
Brownie's Liquor Store
«h«M 1*3 13* Bo. Vtmiklia
p. O. Box UN
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GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office In Case Lot Grocery
Phone 1M
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Reward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 1M
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter fee Men
R. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Dedgo—Plymsnth—Chryrtm
DeSoto—Dodge Track*
SHATTER’S
SANITARY MEAT
POR BETTER MEATS
, IS—PHONES—4»
Pres Delivery
MOUNT JUNEAU LOPGS lfO. !•
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS. 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.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Wark
for Home, Office ur Store
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacist!
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
.Phone 206 ..Second ana Seward
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paini Store
Phone 649 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 905 10th St
PHONE 216—DAT or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Roods
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 666
Thomas Hardware Co.
mints — on.«
Builders’ u< Shelf
hardware
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“°nr Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers"
ford agency
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
»°ot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—art for it by name
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 38
To Banish “Bine Mondaj
To give you more freedi
from work — TRY
Alaska Lanodry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrs OVERALLS
for Boys
It With flowers-b,
“SAY IT WITH OURS!
Juneau Florist*
Ml