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Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, August 18, 1951
“TALKIE” ANNIVERSARY
A full generation of Americans have grown of
age accustomed to the miracle of talking pictures
and taking for granted that every movie has its ac
companiment 1 sseech and sound effects. Yet all
the older generations remember quite well the be
ginning of the new epoch that was ushered in 25
year ago this month, when Warner Bros, presented
their in t program of sound films at the old Warner
theatre at Broadway and 52nd S‘t. in New York City.
Will Hays, then President of the Motion Picture
Producers and Distributors of America, first spoke
from the screen, and then was followed by a movie
and ynchronized sound of the New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, Miseha Elman, Marion Talley, Efrem Zim
fcali t, Harold Bauer, Roy Smeck, Giovanni Martenelli,
Anna Case, the Casinos and the Metropolitan Opera
Chorus.
Best remembered by the general public, though,
was when A1 .Jolson delivered the first line of dialogue
in a modern talking feature picture, ‘'The Jazz
Singer." Prophetically, his line was "You ain't heard
nothin' yeti”
There have been vast technical improvements
on the early techniques of combining pictures and
sound. Long discarded is the separate recording
which had to be synchronized with the film <and
sometimes led to embarassing results, such as the
noise of a door closing coming some time before or
after the event on the screen, or a singer’s mouth
working completely out of cadence with the song).
Nowadays the sound tracks are photographed on the
film alongside the picture, and technically - well as
impressionsbly the picture and the sound are wed
perfectly.
The talking picture opened up not only a new
epoch in the field of entertainment but also new
vistas of documentary and educational possibilities—
all since 1926.
It was three years later, in the summer of 1929
that talking pictures first came to Juneau.
Movietone News and Vitaohone News pictures were
being shown along with silent features at the Coli
seum. In mid-July ain all-sound all Vitaphone pro
gram was advertised at the W. D. Gross theatre.
It was not much later that Spickett’s Palace
began showing sound pictures.
That year the theatres were still programming
organ concerts. The transition from silents to round
was not immediate and there were a lot of good
silent pictures shown in town after the sound equip
ment was installed.
That seems a long time ago.
Among My Souvenirs
(Christian Science Monitor)
There is a dividing line between souvenirs of war
and spoils of war. There is another dividing line be
tween liberating a friendly nation and defeating an
enemy nation. In the confusion of war and in the
widespread enthusiasm of victorious troops for col
lecting souvenirs, both those dividing lines are easily
crossed.
The $100,090 leopard-skin rug sent home from
Korea by an American sergeant is a case in point.
While doubtless purchased in good faith by the soldier
from a Korean seller who had somehow come into
possession of it during the time Seoul was repeatedly
changing hands, the fact remains that it is a Korean
national treasure which belongs to the Republic of
Korea. We are sure it will be so recognized by the
soldier in question and by his family, and will find
its way back where it belongs.
But the record of American troops in the last war
indicates the need for higher standards in such
matters. The many GI's lost their lives stopping for
souvenirs in the midst of battle. Too much happy
go-lucky looting accompanied the arrival of the Yanks
even in liberated areas. Too much trading in misery
resulted in picking up hard-earned treasures for a
song on rapidly organized black markets.
Such happenings, to be sure, are the usual accom
paniment of war. Among the Americans they were
frequently balanced by an easygoing generosity to
ward conquered and occupied peoples. Yet, despite
this mitigating iactor American troops showed them
selves less disciplined than some others in respqct of
the property of other peoples. The wealthiest nation
in the world cannot afford this kind of souvenirs
of war.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(ton tinned from Page One)
Today the State Department's
propaganda effort is seriously
hamstrung by congressional pen
ny innclnng, while the American
military men who now dominate
our foreign policy believe that the
only way to stop Russia is to have
more and bigger guns. They have
little faith in psychological war
larc. Accordingly, the National Se
curity Council has ruled out any
strong appeals to the people in
the Iron Curtain countries to re
volt, sabotage, or disrupt their
cominform governments.
Yet psychological warfare to be
succr ful must offer something—
a chance for freedom, for peace,
more food or an end of oppres
sion. American propaganda fre
quently fails because it offers
nothing.
The citizen of Czechoslovakia is
not interested in hearing foreign
radio broadcasts tell him the So
viet system is evil. He knows the
Soviet system is evil; what he
want to hear from the Voice of
America are ways by which he
can throw off the yoke of oppres
sion. Such advice under the Na
tional Security council's present
policy cannot be given officially.
Meanwhile. Soviet psychological
warfare offers excitement, in
trigue, revolt against colonial op
pres: or:-, and nose-thumbing at
bour: eoise masters.
Stalin's Achilles1 Heel
Th< e are some of the reasons
why piivate individuals tackled
this experiment of trying to make
the Iron Curtain a lace curtain.'
Personally I am convinced from
my last winter's study of the Iron
Curtain countries and from other
info: matron that it's not the at
omic bomb but contact with free
people:; that the Soviet fears most.
The unrest of Soviet peoples is
Stalin’s real Achilles’ heel. He's
net woi lied over American air
power—great as it is — or even
ov ;r new atomic weapons, but he
is worried over the general dis
like of the satellite and Russian
peoples for Moscow's unpopular
re ’.ime.
Therefore, if we are to win the
subjugated nations over to our
tide, we must inspire them, en
courage them and above all, keep
in contact with them. It was be
cause Stalin mortally feared such
contact that he erected the Iron
Curtain and it is to hit this
Achilles' heel that a group of pri
vate individuals and organizations,
has now launched messages of
hope, friendship and encourage
ment by balloon into Czechoslo
vakia.
The people who had the cour
age to sponsor this project are
the American Crusade for Free
dom organization, the inter-Am
erican federation of free trade
unions which has been fighting
C\ mmunism throughout Latin
America, veterans or prisoners of
war chiefly from Belgium,, France
Holland and Italy, the general
federation of women's clubs with
5,500,000 members In 32 countries
.plus another five und half mil
lion in the United States, the
A.F.L. Trades and Labor Congress
of Canada, the CIO. Canadian
Congress of Labor, and the Inter
national Federation of Free Jour
nalists, comprising about 1,000
newsmen exiled from Soviet coun
tries.
The chief dynamo in this in
tricate operation has been Abbott
Washburn, loaned by General
Mills of Minneapolis to the com
mittee for Free Europe which has
done such an important job of
beaming broadcasts into Czecho
slovakia and placed the freedom
bell in Berlin last year. Harold
Stassen, who heads the Crusade
for Freedom, has also helped to
mastermind the operation. At the
initial balloon launching from
Munich, Germany, were Boleslaw
Wierzbianski of Poland, George
Jonescu of the Rumanian Feder
ation or Free Journalists, Frau
Lotte Stoehr of Germany and Mrs.
Robert Taylor, both of the Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs.
It is considered especially sig
nificant in Europe that these ball
oons are being aimed at Czecho
slovakia after the imprisonment
of William Oatis and that among
their sponsors are the Federation
of Free Journalists. Hitherto the
Unted States’ official policy has
leaned toward paying virtual ran
som money when its citizens have
been seized by the cominform.
Thus, important concessions were
given to Hungary to obtain Rob
ert Vogelers release from jail.
However, it is now realized that
the more you pay out in conces
sions to the Soviet the more Mos
cow demands in ransom money
and the more it is inclined to
maltreat American citizens and
to increase the blackmail demands.
America's cracking down on Czech
trade is an indication of this new
sthfening of policy by the U. S.
and the current balloon operation
supplements it. This may help to
show the cominform that, instead
of taking the abuse of our citi
zens lying down, we intend to, re
taliate.
Story of Friendship
Around Europe — Germans crowd
around the balloon truck convoy
when it sets up operations at
night like kids watching circus
wagons unload at home . . . One
trouble is to keep the crowds from
smoking when near the hydrogen
tanks. . . • Radio Free Europe,
operated partly by Czech refugees
in Munich and financed by the
Crusade for Freedom, has poured
a daily barrage of messages to
the Czech people giving them the
story of friendship balloons. . . .
It suggests plastic pillow balloons
be used for food containers. . .
Leaflets are found inside the pol
low balloons after they settle on
the ground. . . . The large rubber
balloons burst at 30,000 ieet al
titude and the leaflets inside
them are scattered gradually to
[ the earth.
EDITOR, THE EMPIRE:
I believe that everyone in Juneau
who has contributed to the cost of
the new Memorial Library must
view; the structure with a high de
gree of selfsatisfaction. The roster
of givers includes practically every
one in town. Rarely has any com
munity project brought forth such
widespread and generous support.
Donations ranged from the nickels
of school children to $2,000 gifts
from individuals, business houses
and community organizations.
The building will be turned over
to us early this fall, possibly in
late September and at that time
the final share of our cost of the
project is due. After that date, any
unpaid balance will start to draw
interest.
While most of the pledged funds
for the Library have already been
paid, some of the pledge-' have not
yet been redeemed, and the Mem
orial Library Committee earnestly
requests of those who have not fully
paid that they arrange at once
to pay the balance in one payment
or through a series of installment
payments.
Every contributor counted on ev
ery other to meet his pledged con
tribution. Only this mutual trust
made it possible to go ahead with
AUGUST 18 o
Adolph Heirsch
Mrs. M. E. Rennie
Mrs. C. D. Beale
Mrs. C. K. Tisdale
Mrs. Emmett Anderson
Bessie Visaya
Grace Miller
AUGUST ID
Warren Geddes
Carl Weidman
Audrey Dudueff
M. Agatha Graves
Marjorie Ann Mueller
Paul Johnson
V. O. Mouert
Mrs. Josephine Wright
Norman Wood
Thelma Osborne
Jim Drawe
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 <ire as
follows:
Anchorage . 52—Foggy
Annette Island 52—Cloudy
! Barrow . 39 Cloudy
I Bethel . 50—Cloudy
Cordova . 45—Cloudy
I Dawscn . Missing
j Edmonton . 52—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks .. 47—Cloudy
Haines .. 52—Rain
Havre . 51—Clear
Juneau Airport . 52—Rain
Kodiak . 50—Drizzle
Kotzebue.46—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 48—Rain
Nome 40—Partly Cloudy
Northway . 42—Cloudy
Petersburg . 50—Foggy
Portland .. 54—Clear
Fiince George 37—Partly Cloudy
Seattle , . 50—Partly Cloudy
Sitka . 53—Rain
Whitehorse 46—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat 50—Cloudy
^eietnve Serate
Officials Conifer
I First representative from the
Seattle regional field office of the
selective service system to make
an Alaska trip is Army Capt. O.
S. Wagner, who is here to assist
John McCormick, Alaska director,
with service problems.
J Wagner, who arrived in Juneau
j early this week, will remain here
j until August 22.
The regional office, which main
j tains liaison with offices in Ore
I con, Washington, Idaho and Alas
I ka, was established in March this
! year by Col. Ernest W. Howell,
j now in charge of the Seattle re
I :;ion. Col. Howell's office repre
sents Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, di
rector of selective service, in the
northwest area.
Though this is his first trip
to Alaska, Capt. Wagner expects
to make two or three trips a year
for regional headquarters.
the construction of this beautiful
building in time to take advantage
of the federal grant-in-aid which
was made available to us last year.
FRANK HEINTZLEMAN
THE AMERICAN WAY
The Smear A rtist
: 20 YEARS AGO the empire
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AUGUST 18, 1931
Mis;; Marv Jane Anderson, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. M. S.
Whittier for the past two months, left today for her home in Port Town
send. She is a niece of Mrs. Whittier.
An outgoing passenger on the Prince Henry today for Seattle was
Mrs. M. W. Coolbaugh. She is a niece of Frank Cook and has been his
uest for some time. She also visited with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sutton
and Mr. and Mrs. Norman Cook. She is returning to her home in Spring
field, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill and two-year-old son arrived on the Aleu
tian this morning from Healy Forks for a few days visit in Douglas
before proceding south on a vacation trip. Mrs. Hill is the daughter
of James Edmiston.
Passengers arriving in Juneau this morning on the Yukon from
Seattle were: George Baggen, D. L. Crawford, Mrs, Crawford, W. A.
Eaton, R. E. Henning, Sigrid Johnson, G. W. Nostrand, Doris Oeander,
I o. M. Olson, Viola Ott, Mrs. Bessie Rowe, H. A. Sabin, Mr, and Mrs.
j Peter Schmitz, Elsie Schmitz, Susie White.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Van Mavern and Richard McGinnis are Juneau
passengers aboard the Princess Charlotte due to arrive here tonight.
W. A. Eaton, well known mining man woh is interested in the Taku
River district, arrived here from Seattle this morning.
The motorship Estebeth arrived here from Sitka with the following ,
passengers for Juneau: From Chichagof: Frank Metcalf, Ainer Wasdahl, j
M. Goldberg, W. Holbrook, Bud Datson. From Tenakee: Carl Nelson, j
Joe Benson, R. W. McBride, J. T. Padden. From Hoonah: Mr. and^|
Mrs. John Anderson, George Jones, David Kadasha, J. W. Hunt. From j
Funter: Charles Johnson, John Kliener, Akim Ploc, Ed Fuller, G. H.
Graves, Pete Fellstrom, Frank Bach Jr., Dave Housel, Elaine Housel.
From Sitka: Elaine Martinson. I
Weather: High, 61; low, 50; cloudy.
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: INGENIOUS means talented or clever.
INGENUOUS means of a superior character, noble, generous.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Radiator. Pronounce first A as in
RAY, not as in RAT.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Burro <a donkey). Burrow (a hole in the
ground, or to excavate a hole).
SYNONYMS: Salute, hail, greet, address, accost, speak to.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yoours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one jvord each day. Today’s word:
INSOLUBLE; not to be solved or explained. "These are the insoluble
riddles of life.”
!
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
1
Q. What are the required decorations for a home christening?
A. That of the “font,” which is always a bowl — usually silver —
; put on a small high table. Most people prefer to have the table covered
I with something dark — old brocade or velvet. In the center of the table,
j flowers are arranged in a flat circle, blossoms around the outside, stems
' toward the center and coverd by the base of the bowl, which is set within
■ this circle.
Q. Should one use a fork to place butter on a piece of bread or
biscuit?
A. No; the knife should be used for this purpose. The fork is used,
however, for placing butter in a baked potato.
Q. Does an unmarried girl's visiting card bear the prefix "Miss”?
A. Yes; and the card should bear her real name, never a nick
name—"Miss Elizabeth Jones," not “Miss Betty Jones.”
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
"X"?
What is the latitude of the North Pole?
What ancient people first introduced the alphabet into Europe?
Where was the first subway in the United States?
What three Presidents of the U. S. were married while in office?
Can you name three animals whose names end with the letter
ANSWERS:
Ninety degrees north.
The Phoenicians.
Boston; completed in 1898.
Wilson, Tyler and Cleveland.
Fox, lynx, ox.
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
L Young goat
4. Bitter vetch
7. Desist
12. Valuable rock
13. Sign of the
#odiac
14. Narrow street
15. Fitting
1G. Depict
18. Paradise
20. Soda made
from sea
weed
21. Oil used In
lamps
23. Prune
27. Cleaning Im
plement
28. South Ameri
can Indian
50. Medieval
shield
51. Showered
34. Expunged
36. Have
37. Period
39. Exist
40. Forced air
through
42. Made pliant
46. Place of con
test
48. State
49. Owner
£3. Masculine
name
64. Lessen
65. Age
66. Drink slowly
67. Quoted
68. Rim
69. Mark In
curling
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Russian cola
2. Turkish
decree
8.
4.
6.
6.
woody
S.
9.
Decide
Former times
English bailiff
Mediterranean
wind
Slender
stem
Choose
Armpit
10. Plaoe
1L Optlo
17. Goddess of
peace
It. Mid-day
22. Hurried
24. Member of
military
reserve .
25. Cool
26. Mire
29. Gamin
81. Filler •%,
22. Hamess-makV
er’s tool
38. Gratuities
85. Expanse of
surface
38. Superficial
brilliancy
41. Squander
43. Mew Zealand
aborigine
44. Ghostly
45. Hang loosely
47. Coarse grass
stem
49. Moccasin
50. Japanese sash
51. Rested
62. Sharp bloH>
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chlpperflold,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
v. r. w.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday Id
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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