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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
PWurth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Thursday, July 5, 1951
; JUNEAU’S GLORIOUS FOURTH
Juneau certainly had a glorious Fourth of July,
weather perfect, parade, best ever held here; spirited
music by.the Juneau City augmented band; sports for
children as usual, excellent aquatic events and every
thing else that goes with a celebration of the kind.
Everything clicked, right on time, starting with
nip coronation of Queen Joyce Hope last Tuesday
nfiptt and ending with the awarding of the auto
mjjWle at midnight last night.
So. R. Cleveland, general chairman of the Fourth’s
tration is to be complimented for his tireless
in putting the big event over and the support
gfiafen by his various committees.
NEW GRAND EXALTED RULER
-All Elks and especially newspapermen, are highly
pleased with the election of Howard R. Davis of Wil
iSrtjsport. Pa., as Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benev
owit and Protective Order of Elks of the U.S.A. at
tar 87th grand lodge meeting in Chicago on July 2.
^ Davis, veteran newspaperman, who succeeds
Joseph B. Kyle of Gary, Ind., is the ninth Pennsyl
vanian to head the order since its founding in 1868.
Active in the Elks for 41 of his 67 years, Davis was
chosen to head the order after five years of service
on the Board of Grand Trustees.
Davis served as managing editor of Grit, the
country's largest weekly newspaper, from 1937 until
his retirement in 1949. He began his newspaper career
as a copy boy in 1904.
A leader in civic and welfare activities. Davis
helped to found the Lycoming County Crippled Child
ren’s Society, and was active in the establishment
of a cerebral palsy clinic under the Society's spon
sorship last year. As President of the Pennsylvania
State Elks Association in 1929, he established a Stu
dent Aid Program, emphasizing aid to the physically
handicapped, which now is one of the largest in the
nation.
The Neglected Spud
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
If you'll be diverted for a moment from less
serious affairs, we'd like to call your attention to a
problem of mounting importance. We understand that
the mashed potato, so dear to our hearts in the
days of our youth, is fast losing popularity in America.
Not only that, but potatoes in general seem to be
losing ground. They’re frowned upon by men and
women of pudgy proportions, and by others who are
striving, against time and appetite, to retain their
svelte contours.
To us this is no matter for jocularity—and we’re
only in the spud business to the extent of two rows,,
each 12 feet long and of doubtful productivity. It
isn’t the economic side of the problem that worries us.
Social and psychological implications appear para
mount.
What, we ask with alarm, will this nation do
when suddenly, some fine morning, we awaken to
find roast beef and mashed potatoes stricken from
every menu? Already youngsters w’ho should be asking
for potatoes for breakfast, are being indoctrinated with
suggestions involving such things as Munchies, Flakies,
Nutties and Poppies. That mainstay of the Cincinnati
pioneer, the old-fashioned potato pancake, is hard to
find as emeralds in a clover patch. Boiled-potato
with-jacket-on—you who should walk hand in hand
with every fried fish—where art thou these strange
days? And you, strong and sturdy Baker, puffing
light as snow from your shell—what’s become of you?
Even on those train menus where once you ruled as
king, you're neglected. There was a time when a
fellow could make a meal from you for a shiny 10-cent
piece.
True, potatoes can be found on every hand. But
what a travesty this modern is, compared with the
hardy dishes of those other days. You find them,
sliced thin and robbed of their goodness, in oil paper
sacks stuck to boards in bars and filling stations.
Chicken, steak, chop and fish restaurants serve them
as a feeble dish most Frenchmen wouldn’t recognize.
Alas and alack. The tuber which saved Ireland has
come on evil days. §
We’re out to organize a society to be known as
The-Fte-establishment-hnd-Preservation-of-the-Mash
ed-Potato-with-Steak-Gravy Benevolent Association.
Our goal will be mashed potatoes every day, fried
potatoes—us that is—for breakfast, and bigger spuds
| on dining cars. Let the chips—potato chips—fall where
they may. Who cares?
tlie Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Chinese no*- have enough jets to
tear our bombers to pieces if we
tried to carry out MacArthur's ad
vice and bomb Manchuria . . .
chief probable reason for the Com
munist desire for delay in discuss
;i(Vg a truce is their mechanized
army now building up across the
Yalu River. This army is made up
of “volunteers” from the satellites,
li. S. Intelligence reports it to be
•fairly well mechanized, and pre
parations for this army has been
going on since Malik's peace offer
. . . that is why army men have
their tongue-in-cheek regarding
3iny bona fide desire for peace.
The Air Force wanted to drop the
“tease-fire appeal to the Commun
ists on the North Korean capital,
3>yongyang, instead of broadcast
ing it by radio. They wanted to
,-_put it in a pouch with a red ribbon
—attached. However, the joint chiefs
juid the State Department over
* ruled the Air Force, decided a
. radio broadcast of the cease-fire
; would get there quicker. A pouch
i might not be discovered for days.
Gillette in Huff
No announcement was made to
[ the press, but Iowa's democratic
• Sen. Guy Gillette angrily resigned
J as chat-man of the Senate Elec
-tions Committee last week in a
’ ..Jiare-up over the Maryland elec
tion probe.
The statuesque Gillette blew his
top behind closed doors, shouting
that he had been “embarrassed''
and had suffered "personal discom
fort" over the way the Maryland
investigation had been handled. He
also accused the Maryland subcom
mittee of failing to consult with
him.
This was a slap at the subcom
mittee members—Mike Monroney
of Oklahoma and Tom Hennings of
^Missouri. Democrats, with Margar
et Chase Smith of Maine and
Eobert Hendrickson of New Jer
y. Republicans. They have been
obing the smear campaign that
led to the defeat of veteran Sen.
Millard Tydings and the election
of the unknown, Chicagp Tribune
backed Jo'hn Butler.
Gillette has been under pressure
from the Chicago Tribune group to
whitewash the Maryland probe—
the same paper which helped en
F gineer the smear campaign,
j It was Missouri's Hennings who
! brought up the Maryland matter
: behind closed doors of the full
i Senate Rules Committee. He com
i plained that the Maryland sub
| committee couldn't get out a report,
because it lacked a counsel.
• “These things lelectionsi have to
be investigated, and the investiga
tors have to be directed by counsel,"
Hennings insisted
He pointed out that the House
had blocked an attempt to hire
Robert T. Murphy, a Washington
attorney, as counsel, and that the j
committee was still relying On Gill
ette’s friend and the former coun
sel. Ed McDermott, who was no
longer on the payroll but spent his
time flying between his law prac
tice in Iowa and the committee in
Washington.
Fooling Around
"I am tired of fooling around
with this committee without a
counsel,” the Missouri Senator ob
served. "Senator Henrickson and I
are the only two lawyers on the
committee, and we don't have time
to go to the law libraries to do
the research.”
Meanwhile, Gillette had been
mounting steam. Suddenly he ex
ploded.
"I have been trying to get a re
port from the subcommittee for
six months,” he shouted. “This
whole business has caused me a
great deal of personal discomfort.”
Sputtering and fuming, Gillette
complained that the subcommittee
hadn't consulted him but had "em
barrassed" him by its handling of
the Maryland investigation.
With a final roar, he announced
that he was submitting his resig
nation as chairman of the Elections
committee.
Nebraska’s GOP Sen. Ken Wherry
urged him to reconsider.
“ I hope this isn't the result of
anything I have said about rush
ing the report,” Wherry blurted.
Gillette then offered to tell
Wherry or Rules Chairman Hay
den of Arizona why he was quitting,
but no one else.
Hendrickson also tried to talk
Gillette out of resigning.
"I think it is a bad policy for
anyone to resign. I have often i
wanted to resign myself. But we
take on these responsibilities, and
somehow we have got to carry
them on," the New Jersey Senator
pleaded.
Ilanle.v Probe Hushed
Significantly, however, Senators
Smith of Maine and Hennings
kept quiet. They offered no ob
jections to Gillette's resigning.
Other colleagues of the likeable
Senator from Iowa have been sur
prised at his failure to push probes
of certain significant developments
during the last campaign, among
them the letter written by Lt. Gov.
Hanley of New York explaining I
how Governor Dewey had promised
him certain jobs in order to get
him to withdraw as a candidate
for Governor of New York. In this
letter, Hanley referred to money
he had borrowed from Congress
man Kingsland Macy which he
later said was to settle' an old
family debt in Iowa.
Investigation by Senate agents
showed there was no Hanley fami
ly debt in Iowa. However, no wit
nesses have been called by Sena
tor Gillette. Governor Dewey has
not been asked to testify, nor
Kingsland Macy, nor Hanley him
self, In fact, no hearings have
been held at all, and Gillette
jeeBW inclined to drop the entire
matter.
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ROYAL REVIEW
Prlncess Elizabeth of England in
ermine wrap over a white gown
arrives to inspect the Boys' Bri
gade at Festival of Boyhood rally
in London.
July 5
Mrs. Connie Boochever
Mr*. William T. Mahoney
Louis F. Paul, Jr.
Eugene G. Nelson
Gary Starling
Phyllis Wnnamaker
Frederick Hansen
A. H. Goddard
Clyde Nettleton
COMMUNITY EVENTS
today
At G:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club shooting on Menden
hall range.
At 8 p.m. — Women of Moose meet'
at Moose club.
At 8 p.m. — City Council meets in
regular session.
At 6:30 p.m. — Auk Bay Altar Soc
iety meets at home of Mrs. T. J
McCaul.
July C
At 8:30 p.m. — Fourth Square Dance
' of summer series at parish hall.
July 7
At 8 a.m. — Ship, Shank and Shut
ter hiking club starts trip to Pet
erson Lake.
July 0
At noon — Lions club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets at Dugout.
July 10
At noon — Rotary club, Baranof.
July 11
At noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Elks lodge.
July 13
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
FOURTH BAND MADE
HIT ON WEDNESDAY
Juneau had a lively band fqr the
parade on the Fourth which wgs led
by Carol Jean (Doll) MacDonald as
chief majorette and with the. fol
lowing assistant twirlers: J3everly
Powers, Connie McKinley, Patricia
Bates. Lovene Schmitz and Nqtalie
Dapcevich. i
There were 33 musicians, members
of the Juneau City band and High
school band, in uniform, in .the
turnout in the combined bJi «*Sflich
played for the parade ai$ elicited
upiAause alohg the h»e<oT)j»ujh.
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BERLIN QUEEN
Ingrid Fechner (above), 19-year
old model, won the "Miss Berlin
1951” title in her native city to
enter the "Miss Germany 1951”
final at Baden-Baden.
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14. Beater
15. Optical glass
16. Whirls
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nickel
19. Long fish
21. Employ
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23. Near
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27. Wheeled
vehicle
28. Thing: law
30. Contend
31. Ethical
33. Smart
35. Revolve
36. Heir: civil law
37. Proper
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40. Visible
perspiration
42. Concerning;
prefix
43. Electrical
unit
44. Owns
45. Ribbed fabric
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53. Infuriate
55. Famous
inventor
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22. Cult of elec
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21. M*\'ins of com
munication
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20 YEARS AGO fe
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JULY 5, 1931
EMPIRE
The first annual floral display of the Juneau Garden Chib was to
1 i,c held in the windows of the Juneau-Young Hardware Store. It was
planned to have this display each year as a Fourth of July feature.
Registered at the Gastineau Hotel were: Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lippin
rott, San Francisco; B. R. Libe, Ketchikan; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Benedict, Sitka; Mrs. Alice Blethen, Seattle; F. S. Morton, Taku. At
the Alaskan: Stephen Early, D. Early, Juneau. At the Zynda: R. P.
Carrigan, Juneau.
The Firemen's Hose Race was to start Fourth of July festivities in
Douglas. Two teams were to compete. Members of each team were:
Mike Pusich, captain; A. J. Balog, Robert Bonner. Robert Bonner, Jr.,
John Cashen, Gordon Gray, Carl Lindstrom, Dick McCormick. Ed Holler.
Team No. 2: A. Shudshift, captain; J. Manning, S-. Degan, W. E. Feero,
L. W. Kilburn, E. E. Engstrom, Tom Cashen, Howard Hayes, Ed Cashel.
The Princess Louise left Juneau for Vancouver, B.C., with the
following passengers: Cecil A. James, Christine Halvorsen, A. Whyte
/and R. J- Moore.
Weather: high 59; low 49: showers.
; Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘‘Reverend William Hill
will address the people.” Say, “The Reverend William Hill.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Depravity. Pronounce the a as in at,
not as in ate, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cavalry (horsemen).. Calvary (where Christ
was crucified).
SYNONYMS: Cordial, hearty, sincere, warm .ardent.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Todays word:
IGNOMINIOUS; humiliating; degrading. “He heard the judge pro
nounce the ignominious sentence.”
I MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. Does the bride remove her engagement ring before the ceremony
or just at the time the wedding ring is to be placed on her finger?
A. She removes her engagement ring before" the ceremony, either
leaving it at home or transferring it to her right hand. Then, after
the ceremony, she may place it over her wedding ring.
Q. Should a business letter always be signed personally by some’
member of the firm, or is a typewritten signature sufficient?
A. Every letter, whether business or personal, should be signed with
pen and ink.
Q. Should one ever sip coffee, tea or water at the table while food
is in the mouth?
A. Never! The food should always be swallowed before taking a
j liquid.
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I LOOK and LEARN bA.c. GORDON
1. What was the first book ever printed in English?
2. What is the science that treats of poisons?
3. Which of the great oceans is the largest?
4. Of what religious is the Veda the sacred book?
5. What is the meaning of the abbreviation "M.P.' 'which follows
some Englishmen’s names?
ANSWERS:
1. “A History of Troy,” printed by William Coxton in Flanders,
in 1474.
2. Toxicology.
3. Pacific.
4. Hindu.
5. Member of Parliament.
U. S. LEGATION
LIBRARY, THEATER
CLOSED, HUNGARY
BUDAPEST, July 5—ifll—The U.S.
Legation said today it had closed
its library and movie theater in
accord with a request from the
Hungarian government.
A note from the Communist-led
government charged last night that
the library and theater were
“cover organizations for spying
activities." The Hungarians also de
manded the recall of three em
ployes of the U. S. Legation.
Neither the library nor the
theater was open this morning.
Signs on both buildings informed
passersby in Hungarian and Eng
lish that the premises were closed
“upon the demand of the Hungar
ian People's Republic.'’
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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 .
Annette Island
Barrow
Bethel .
Cordova .
Dawson .
Edmonton .
Fairbanks .
Haines .
Havre .
Juneau Airport
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath.
Nome .
Northway .
Petersburg .
Portland .
Prince George .
Seattle .
Sitka .
Whitehorse .
Yakutat .
.49
66—Rain
. 54—Rain
.44 Cloudy
.50—Rain
49—Cloudy
Partly Cloudy
.57—Cloudy
58—Rain
62—Partly Cloudy
.52—Clear
47—Partly Cloudy
. 56—Cloudy
....51—Rain
.54—Cloudy
. 49—Rain
52—Cloudy
53—Partly Cloudy
. 55—Cloudy
51—Cloudy
50—Partly Cloudy
.48—Cloudy
.48—Clear
.48—Clear
DOUGLAS
NEWS
Biggest Fourth
Douglas, assisted by the weather,
enjoyed one of its biggest Fourth
of July celebrations yesterday with
larger crowds and more participa
tion in all events.
The celebration started out—with
a dance on the night of the Third
in Eagles Hall, a free dance for
all, enjoyed by many.
The Douglas Volunteer Fire De
partment Hose Race began at 11
o’clock with Company No. 1 scor
ing over Co. No. 2 by 2 seconds,
with both Companies getting a
little soaking to the delight of
spectators.
At 12 noon, the Juneau and
Douglas Firemen tangled in an ex
citing, hard hitting, soft ball game
with Juneau fireballs scoring by 1
point to win the old ball game.
The children’s parade began at
2 p. m„ larger than usual and with
several added attractions.
Besides the children in their fan
cy costumes, the Juneau and Doug
las Fire trucks were entered, as well
as a special float by the Douglas
Lions Club. The float, using Leon
ard Johnson's trucks, portrayed the
Douglas sand beach with children
enjoying the day with beach balls,
etc., and followed by a comical
float of an iron wheeled hose cart,
containing a blue ribbon baby.
Sports races, bicycle races and
other sports began at 3 p. m. with
Children winners to be announced
tomorrow. The womans’ nail driv
ing contest was won by Mrs. Ed.
Deitz.
KATHLEEN HERE TUESDAY
One passenger arrived on the
Princess Kathleen Tuesday after
noon and one passenger embarked
for Skagway.
Disembarking from Vancouver:
Miss J. Levesque.
Embarking for Skagway: Mrs.
Naomi F. Graff.
The Kathleen had a full load of
tourists and as summer weather
prevailed at the time the steamer
was in port, busses and taxi cabs
carried them to the glacier.
FROM YAKUTAT
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Melander of
Yakutat came to Juneau for the
Fourth and are staying at the
Baranof Hotel.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1«
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
© B.P.O.ELKS
j Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
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I ers welcome.
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| W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
f-— -
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
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