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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspaper*, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Friday, October 27, 1950
RED CROSS CANTEEN COURSES
It is hoped that the knowledge gained by the
enrollees in the Red Cross canteen courses will never
be needed here. But in event of disaster—bombings,
shellings or other disasters—it will be most important
to have trained personnel who can step in and feed
large numbers of persons.
This training program, sponsored by the local
Red Cross chapter, will soon be under way here.
There are many who can do their bit in this manner
toward equipping themselves to be of real value in
an emergency. Think twice before you say you haven’t
time.
THOSE SURPLUS EGGS
The U. S. Government has 108,095.000 pounds of
dried eggs stored in caves in Kansas and elsewhere,
yet 1,400,000 pounds of dried eggs bought from Com
munist China are in a Seattle warehouse awaiting
shipment to bakeries in the Eastern United States!
There are explanations, to be sure. The dried
eggs in the caves in Kansas were bought up by the
government at 96 cents and $1.25 a pound under the
price support law — and commercial users find it
cheaper to buy eggs from China and pay a duty of
17 cents a pound. It's pretty much like the situation
when housewives in some of our largest potato-pro
ducing centers were having to pay extra prices for
shipped-in potatoes while their home-grown spuds
were consigned to cattle food, having been brought up
by the government under the price support program.
Such things are hard to'explain, and harder to
justify. Without quarrling with the purpose of farm
price stabilization, we insist that it is economic fool
hardiness—in fact, it borders upon the criminal—
to waste vital assets in such a manner. The eggs in
those Kansas caves cannot be kept forever—and while
they have been deteriorating bit by bit, commercial
users of dried eggs in the United States have imported
three million pounds of the same commodity during
the last seven months, most of it from Communist
China. Of course, we are not- at war with China and
there presumably is reciprocal value in some trade
with the Chinese. However, why should American
dollars go into unfriendly hands for commodities that
are going to waste here? There must be a better way
of doing things. However, it is not merely a matter
of administrative policy. The'law of the land requires
such nonsense.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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another. That’s why farsighted Sen.
Clinton Anderson of New Mexico
proposes legislation to control rain
making.
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Battle-Experienced Doctors Needed
The Korean war has exposed a;
glaring weakness in the Army med
ical service—namely, that tragically
few of its doctors were trained for
front-line hospital work. As a re
sult, wounded GI’s suffered need-;
less agony, even death, on the Kor- j
ean front because Army doctors!
didn't always know how to set up;
tent-, improvise beds or stretchers,;
and organize field operating rooms, j
Most oi the 'ieing doctors, placed
th»W8ift»i»iWWr arflWT
had never served outside big, mod-;
ern hospitals. They r.ad little ex-1
perience under battle conditions, of- |
ten weren’t even taught the funda. j
mentals of field hospital work.
Most people don’t know it, but j
the Army operates only one small j
field medical training center at |
Port Sam Houston, Texas, under the
command of a veteran field sur
geon, Maj. Gen. Joseph I. Martin.
However, only a fraction of army
doctors have been able to take this
L tuning.
Even the surgeon-general, Maj.
Gen. Raymond W. Bliss, has no.
background as a field surgeon b.ut
was selected on the basis of his
record for operating large army
hospitals. Ljke most of his prede
cessors, Bliss has had excellent hos
pital training but little experience
near the front. Most military
branches won’t appoint a chief who
hasn’t been a field commander,
but not in the medical corps.
Though battle-experienced doc
tors have pleaded for better field
training, the armchair hospital
brass have ignored their warnings.
Meanwhile the doctors in Korea are
saying privately:
For God's sake, give us a sur
geon-general who know's what the
battlefield is, and we ll teach young
doctors how and what to do in the
field.’’
Brotherhood At Work
Loyola University in Los Angeles
canceled its scheduled football game
with Texaxs Western at El Paso
the other day because Loyola had
a Negro halfback whom Texas
Western would not allow to play.
When Stanley Meyers of Univer
sal Pictures congratulated Loyola
fathers for their stand against race
discrimination, one of them re
marked: “Unfortunately, it cost us
$8,000. That was the guarantee we
were to give Texas Western, and
we felt morally bound to pay them
when we canceled. We didn’t know
where we’re going to get the $8,000,
but it was worth the money.’’
‘Never mind, Father,” replied
Meyers, "The Lord has ways to
take care of those things.”
So Meyers, giving the Lord an
assist, went to Noah Dietrich, head
of the Hughes Tool Company of
Houston and the man whose tele
phone as well as that of Howard
Hughes was tapped in Washington
by Senator Brewster of Maine on
behalf of Pan American Airways.
"Noah," said Meyers, "You recent
ly joined the church. Also you're
from Texas, a state whose atti
tude on the cc^lor question has just
cost Loyola $8,000.”
Mevers went on to suggest that
Die:rich make up the money which
Lojola College had lost. Next day
the Loyoi* lathers were surprised
to receive a heck for $8,000.
More On Dewey-Hanley
Here is more inside on the bit
ter New York battle raging over the
heads of Gov. Tom Dewey and his
Lieutenant Governor, Joe Hanley.
Dewey, it now develops, heard of
the existence of the Hanley “sell
out” letter, and on Oct. 11 asked
his Lieutenant Governor for a
copy. Hanley refused. Hanley had
written the letter to Kingsland
Macy in September and sent a copy
to James Leary, a Saratoga Springs
lawyer; who showed it to various
friends. However, Dewey was not
able to get a copy.
So he instructed Congressman
William Pfeiffer of Brooklyn to
scour the state for the letter. On
Oct. 13 the Congressman came up
with a copy and it was two days
later—Sunday, Oct. 15—that Dewey
abruptly announced his support of
General Eisenhower.
Significantly, the Macy-Gannett
group, which put up the money for
Joe Hanley, have also been the
backstage backers of Eisenhower.
But tin poMtics, it doesn't, pay tq
have your n#ck out too early and
the best thing Dewey could have
done to help Ike was to say noth
ing.
Note—It wasn’t merely because of
a bank failure that Joe Hanley
needed money. Joe is a great hand
at the horse races.
2 DUCK HUNTERS
FEARED DROWNED
IN KEKU STRAITS
It is feared that two duck hunt
ers, missing since Monday in the
vicinity of Kcku Strait (Rocky
Pass i may have been drowned. They
are Odis Jackson and Hank Murk
owski who left the fishing vessel
Brunett last Monday in a skiff *with
an outboard motor to go duck hunt
ing, it was reported to 17th Coast
Guard headquarters here:
The Burnett crew searched for
the missing men Tuesday and Wed
nesday. On* Wednesday an Ellis
aircraft joined the search and U>
cated an overturned skiff about 12
miles south of Tunehean Creek. The
Coast Guard cutter Hemlock and a
plane for the CG air detachment
were called Wednesday afternoon.
Bob Peavy of the Burnett, report
ed this morning that the skiff, with
the outboard motor controls in
running position had been located
1 but no sign of the missing men.
The two had shotgun shells in their
pockets and were not equipped with
life jackets, he said.
Yesterday’s concentrated search
is '■ontinuing today, headquarters
reported.
WELKE WILL BE
GUEST DIRECTOR
FOR NAVY BAND
From Seattle comes word of a
new honor for Walter C. Welke,
popular ajudicator of the south
east Alaska School Music Festival
here last June.
Welke, University of Washington
band director, will be one of twc
guest conductors at the Seattle
! concert of the 55-piece United Stat
es Navy Band. Well^e will conduct a
special march selection Mondaj
evening in the huge Seattle Civic
auditorium.
Dean of Pacific Northwest banc
directors, Welke is an associate pro
’, fessor of music at the University
1 He really put the University banc
; on the map by his clever half-time
formations and entertainment al
football games, as well as by artis
j tic concert appearances.
The other guest conductor at the
1 Navy Band concert will be Randall
Rockhill, Renton High School band
director.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 8 p.m.— Pioneers and auxiliary
meet in IOOF Hall.
At 9 p.m.—Moose Lodge picture un
veiling, Moose Club.
At 10:15 p.m.—Special program for
Teen Agers in Club House.
October 28
At 8 p.m.—Rainbow Girls Hallo
we'en carnival, Scottish Rite
Temple.
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
Dance Club meets in Cafholic
Parish Hall.
At 10 p.m.—Fall dance by Douglas
•Fire Department, Eagles Hall.
At 10 p.m.—Ladies night, cabaret
dance, informal, in Elks ballroom
for Elks and ladies only.
October 29
At 8 p.m.—Ship, Shank and Shutter
club meets at IOOF Hall.
October 30
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau City Band
practice in Grade School Audi
torium.
At 7:30 p.m.—Girl Scout Council
and finance committee meets in
Lutheran Church. *
At 7:45 p.m.—Civil Defense Coun
cil meets in City Council Cham
bers.
At 8 p.m.—Hq. and Service Co.,
208th Inf. Bn. (Sep.) Alaska Na
tional Guard, drill, National
Guard Armory.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
October 31
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 7 p.m.—Community Hallowe’en
Party, sponsored by CAP for all
children at Subport.
At 8:30 p.m. — Community Center
Night for Adults at Teen Age
Club.
November 1
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
November 2
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
FROM EDMONTON
K. Sullivan of Edmonton, Alberta,
is a guest at the Juneau Hotel.
FROM PELICAN
Oscar Doles of Pelican is register
ed at the Hotel Juneau.
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• Bill Winn •
• William C. Jensen •
• Mrs. Charles H. Forward •
i • j. L. Wilson •
' • Mrs. Lela Brown •
| • G. W. Brown •
I • Vera Fryer •
• Daniel O'Reilly •
I • Jack R. Clark ' •
• Dorothy Daroff •
• Effie Kelsey •
• Glen Jacobs •
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
i.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 26—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island . 37—Cloudy
Barrow .. 29—Snow
Bethel . 25—Cloudy'
Cordova 33—Snow
Dawson . -1—Fog
Edmonton . 41—Cloudy
Fairbanks 17—Cloudy
Haines . 31—Clear
Havre . 53—Cloudy
Juneau Airport 26—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak . 35—Rain, Snow
Kotzebue 22—Snow
McGrath . 19—Snow
Nome . 22—Partly Cloudy
Northway . -1—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 29—Clear
Portland . 52—Rain
Prince George .-. 34—Snow
Seattle ... 48—Rain
Sitka . 41—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . 3—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat ...... 34—Partly Cloudy
W. J. NIEMI FAMILY
MOVES HERE TO LIVE
Friends of long standing are wel
coming the William J. Niemi family)
who arrived Wednesday from An
chorage to make their home here.
Niemi. who started working for
the Alaska Road Commission in
1930, has been promoted from his
position as District Engineer at An
chorage to that of chief of the ARC
operations division. That position
formerly was held by A. F. Ghig
lione, likewise a 20-year ARC vet
eran. "Gig” succeeded to the post of
chief engineer after the retirement
of Isaac Taylor.
J. Irvine Noble, chief of the ma
terials section, succeeds Niemi in
the Anchorage post.
Mr. and Mrs. Niemi and their
daughter, Celia, a freshman at Ju
neau School, drove from Anchorage
to Haines, reporting the roads in
good condition for this season of the
year. Another daughter, Miriam, is
a sophomore at the University of
Washington, studying business ad
ministration.
Bill Niemi lived in Douglas as a
youngster, attending school there all
through the grades. He and Ghig
lione were associates in the building
of the Juneau-Douglas bridge, and
in early-day road construction.
Niemi has had the Anchorage post
for two years. Previously, he was
in the old Chitina district, and he
served from 1941 to 1945 with the
U.S. Army Engineers.
FOR CHECKUP
Mike Pusich, popular mayor of
j Douglas is in St. Ann's Hospital
j here for a physical checkup and
' rest for a few days.
ACROSS
1. Body bone
4. Cut into small
pieces
9. Rolled tea
12. Number
13. Worship
14. Pronoun
15. Took out
17. Scrimp ,
19. Region
20. Blessing
21. Pieces of
butter
23. Strong
27. Encourages
29. Masculine
name
SO. Conjunction
31. Bounder
32. Celestial body
34. Billiard stick
35. Near
36. Nothing more
than
37. Uneven
3D. Musical salute
42. Land
measures
43. East Indian
woody vine
44. Crazy: slang
46. Sweetheart
48. Gnawing
animals
61. High card
52. Exact likeness
64. Before
65. Equality
56. External '
57. Cereal
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Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
l. Measure of
length
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AP Ntwifeatures *r% - 3 7
2. King of the
West Saxon*
3. Too late
4. Appointment
6. Notions
6. Food fish
7. Comparative
ending
8. Uninhabited
9. Porcelain
10. Fowl
11. Skill
16. Formerly
IS. Village
20. Compressed
„ package
21. Rodents
22. Lessen
24. Domesticated
25. Stir up
26. Fore.-t plants
2S. Movie outline
33. Spoken
34. Public officer
36. One of an
oo c aru iePt rac*
3“. Speed contest
40. Wanderer
41. Funeral
oration
4o. German river
4b. Once around I
47. So. American
sorrel
Rodent
49. Attempt
50. Understand
o3. Greek letter
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20 YEARS AGO the empire
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OCTOBER 27, 1930
Point Barrow reported that the vicinity was celebrating comple
tion of one of the largest reindeer round-ups in the history of the
Arctic. A herd numbering more than 14,600 was in an ice-block corral
six to eight feet high, to be held there for counting and branding.
*
Billed as the theatrical event of the season, “Keeping Up With the
Joneses,” had been polished in dress rehearsal and was ready for
matinee and evening performances in the Coliseum. The production was
presented by the Loyal Order of Moose. Directed by Sanford Dodge,
who also played an important role, the hilarious comedy starred JJ. S. .
Jorgensen as "Jonesy”; William T. Vale, Cornelie B. Mohn, H. C.j;
Gorham, H. M. Porter and George Jorgenson, supported by ELsie Jensen,
Muriel- and Katharne Jarman, George T. Shaw, P. Battello and Gene- jj
vieve Mulkey. Organ music was by Carol Beery Davis.
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The Douglas Volunteer Fire Department reported their annual party ,.
the most successful in history, both for pleasure and profit. Nearly -
300 persons had enjoyed the supper, card party and dance. Receipts ,
amounted to $236. Bridge and whist prizes went to Mrs. Jack Sey, P. j
E. Bauer, Mrs. W. R. Spain, Joe Bellrvich, Mrs. August Olson, Mike
Riesser, Mrs. H. L. Cochrane and Arne Stole. Committee members were ,
Mike Pusich, Joe Riedi, Elton Engstrom, Ray McCormick, A. J. Balog.!
Ed Roller and Carl Lindstrom. Everyone also had high praise for
Langseth, Mrs. Fraser and Mrs. Pusich who assisted in the kitchen.
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Mrs. George R Shutter of Hoonah was staying at the Gastlneau.
Mrs. Thomas Strobe of Dupont was in Juneau for a few days.
A recent arrival in town was O. B. Twedt of Hyder.
Weather: High, 45; low, 38; rain.
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! Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon !
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I see him every now and
then.” Omit EVERY.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Auburn. Be sure to pronounce the AU j
as in HAUL, not or-burn, sometimes heard.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Piccolo; two C’s, one L.
SYNONYMS: Devout, pious, religious, reverent.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us j
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
IRRATIONAL; not endowed with reason or understanding. (Pronounce
second syllable RASH, accent second syllable). “It seemed utterly irra
tional any longer to maintain this course.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
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Q. What should one do at the dinner table if one is asked a ques
tion just at the moment one is conveying a bite of food towards the
I mouth?
A. Most certainly don't put the food into the mouth and then at
empt to answer the question. It is much better to return the fork to the
plate, answer the question and then resume eating.
Q. Is it proper for the bride to carry the bridegroom's ring to the
| altar?
A. No; the maid or matron of honor takes care of the ring, and '
j hands it over to the bride at the proper moment during the ceremony, j
Q. When one is smoking at the table in a public dining room, and
there is no ashtray, is it all right to use a plate or saucer for the ashes? ,
A. This is done only by an ill-bred person. It is much better to j
ask the waiter for an ashtray.
i LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON
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1. In what year did the United States issue its first postage
stamp?
2. When is the most rapid period of growth in a human being?
3. What surnames have occurred more than once in the list of
Presidents of the U. S.?
4. What country leads in the number of divorces?
5. What fish is the chief source of caviar?
ANSWERS:
1.. In 1847.
2. During the first year of life.
3. Adams, Harrison, and Roosevelt (each twice).
4. The United States.
5. Sturgeon.
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FURS
AMERICAN FURS GAIN
MANY MILLIONS IN VALUE
Prices Higher for All Furs
Since Russian furs have been almost barred from our
country, the advance in prices this coming season will mean
many millions of dollars to the trapper, who is entitled to
the biggest share, and the entire fur industry.
Muskrat showed the first advance of fully 50%, Mink
even gained over the high prices of last year and all other
short-haired furs are sure to follow! Even White Fox, Red
Fox, and Lynx, unsalable the past few years, are gaining in
value and our sales in the last month on American Fox and
Coyote run into tens of thousands of skins at Higher Prices.
We. look for an even better demand with resultant
higher prices this coming season. Don’t sell your furs at
give-away prices. W.e’ll Be pleased to keep you posted on
the latest market trends and our free market reports will be
air mailed. You will find shipping tags enclosed if you want
to ship us your fur catch. Y7e remit by air mail, by check,
money order, or wire money to your bank the day your furs
arrive. No more waiting around weeks for your money.
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