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Wednesday, September 20, 1950
AUTO CHECK UP
Winter is on its way to Juneau and accompanying
it are the usual seasonal hazards to safe driving.
Slippery, ice-covered streets provide insufficient
traction to guarantee consistent control of cars and
trucks. Fewer daylight hours plus rain, fog and the
glare of ice and snow combine to reduce visibility to a
dangerous minimum.
Drivers aren’t responsible for the weather and
there isn't much they can do about it. But they are
responsible for the cars they drive and they can do
a whole lot about the safety of passengers, pedestrians
and other drivers. .
Two safety check lanes will open Thursday—both
inside the city limits. One will be located on Glacier
Highway in the Waynor Addition and the other on
Willoughby Avenue. Both will be manned by officers
of the Juneau Police Department and the Alaska
Highway Patrol and will remain open until every
motor vehicle in Juneau and vicinity has been in
spected and approved.
Chief Bernie Hulk of the Juneau Police Depart
ment and Lt. Emmett Botelho of the Highway Patrol,
said that particular attention will be given to brakes,
headlights, dimmers, stop-lights and overall mechan
ical condition. Also, vehicle and driver's licenses will
be checked. Unlike previous years, there will be no
warnings of violations. Any unsafe conditions found
will result in immediate summons.
The responsibility rests with the car owner to
have his car inspected and any defects remedied before
he is stopped.
We don't believe that there is a single motorist
in Juneau who doesn't realize the tremendous re
sponsibility entailed in^driving a car. And we don't
think that there is a single driver in Juneau who
would knowingly operate a car in faulty condition.
And we urge every driver to visit his garage or
service station now and assure himself that he has
left nothing undone to keep Juneau safe.
At Last
(Anchorage News)
October 1 will mark the fulfillment of a long held
promise on the part of the Territory of Alaska when
the first Pioneer Home for Women opens at Sitka.
It will not be too elaborate at first. In fact the
Home will be a made-over apartment building. The
old Tower building has been revamped, refurnished
and painted and accommodations built in for handling
25 to 30 ladies comfortably. At first meals will be
taken at the modern men’s home nearby, the report
says, but each Pioneer will have her own private room
and in addition will be able to have the comradeship
of a large living room where the ladies are privileged
to gather at any time.
Henry Roden, treasurer of Alaska, who is also
chairman of the Board of Trustees for the home, has
asked that applications for admission be sent im
mediately either to his office or to the Superntendent
of the Pioneers’ Home, Mr W. W. Knight at Sitka.
The opening of the home for woman will indeed
mark a forward step toward paying off a long held
debt to the pioneer women of the Territory, many of
whom pushed over the trails with their men during
those days when the far off creeks offered the golden
opportunity to the young men and women of a gen
eration ago.
Their lot has been rather a sorry one during the
past few years when meager pensions failed to keep
up with the increasing costs. Now, although sur
roundings won’t be elaborate, pioneer ladies who wish
may live in comfort and dignity for the rest of their;
lives at the newly founded establishment.
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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vited to quit fighting and make
their home in the United States.
In addition, Benjamin Franklin
wrote a propaganda letter, which
was pure fiction and which he
signed “Count Von Schaumburg,’'
TfTTTliliim M.
Hp^laas
had been lost in the Battle of Tren
ton. Naturally, the letter .didn't
make the Hessians feel too kindly
toward their British-German mast
ers.
On top of this, Franklin wrote a
series of propaganda leaflets which
were wrapped around quids of to
bacco and smuggled into Hessian
hands.
Net result of this propaganda
was that, out of 30,000 Hessians,
6,000 deserted. George Washing
ton had 6.000 fewer mercenaries
to fight.
In contrast, here are some of the
things we are not doing, and which
the Communists are doing in dif
ferent iwts of the world.
Contrast No. 1.—Congress last
week nut $20,000,000 from the State
Department's propaganda budget
The Senate originally voted all the
money the State Department re
quested, but when House and Sen
ate conferees got together, House
members chopped the appropriation
by $20,000,000.
The Congressmen who ignored
the example of George Washington,
Ben Franklin, et al, were :
Cannon ot Missouri, Gore of
Tennessee, Whitten of Mississippi,
Rooney of New York, Gary of
Virginia, Rabaut of Michigan, Dem
ocrats; and Taber of New York,
Wigglesworth of Massachusetts, and
Stefan of Nebraska, Republicans.
Contrast No. 2—First thing the
Korean Communists did when they
advanced into South Korea was re
distribute the land. Dr. Syngman
Rhee, President of South Korea,
had long been talking about land
reforms, but never did anything
about it. The Communists, taking
a leaf from George Washington's
book, beat him to it.
The same thing nas nappenea in
Communist-held French Indo-China
and in China. Free land to pinched
peasants has had a greater effect
than all the quinine, medicine, and
technical advice we have flown in
to help the Indo-Chinese.
Contrast No. 3—Dan Bell, former
Undersecretary of the Treasury,
has just returned from the Phil
ippines with a similar report. Dan
is no radical. He is President of |
the American Security and Trust j
Company, one of the biggest banks
in Washington, and went, to the
Philippines as head of a commission
to see what we could do to pre- j
vent the islands from going Com
munist.
He reports that the land reforms
long promised by President Quir
ino have never taken place. Qiiir
ino is a friend of the big land- ;
owners, including Col. Andres Sor- j
eanos, a former aide to General |
MacArthur. So the big estates have
not been broken up, and Commun
ism is spreading like wildfire among
the peasants, a lot of whom operate
under slave labor conditions.
Contrast Uo. 4—In Southern It
aly the situation is somewhat simi
lar. There the chiet- weapon of the
Communists is the vast landed es
tates, held by a few, while several
million peasants are landless. For
some time. Premier De Gasperi has
Considered land reform, but has
been advised by American ECA of
ficials that this would create a bad
impression in Congress. Senator
Taft, DeGasperi was warned, would
feel toward Italy as he did toward j
the British Labor Party and its
Nationalization proposals. Thus,
ECA money for Italy might be jeo
pardbsed, ,
Yet, if there isn’t land reform
in southern Italy, it is fairly cer
tain to suffer the same fate as
Northern Italy, now dominated by
the Communists.
I doubt if George Washington
would have agreed with our ECA
officials in Italy.
Ghost Writers
There's an old saying among top
executives around the nation’s cap
ital that: "It’s always dangerous
to write your own speeches.” ,
Actually, it was writirffe one of his
own speeches that helped to undo
Louey Johnson as Secretary ’of Na
tional Defense.
Last December 7, Johnson spoke
before the Congress of American
industry in New York. In his speech
he said: "We shall make sure that
no 4 o’clock-in-the-morning attack
will leave use prostrate at 5.”
A few night later, Johnson was
scheduled to appear at the Na
tional Press Club, before the Uni
versity of Virginia Alumni Asso
ciation. His aides offered him a
prepared speech. Johnson declined.
Instead, he spoke off the cuff and
said:
“If Stalin attacks at 4 o'clock,
we will knock hell out of him at 5.”
Actually, Johnson was trying to
recall the prepared speech he had
used a few nights before. But that’s
what happened to one Cabinet of
ficer who tried to w'rite his own
speech.
KOREAN OFFICIALS
IN ALASKA; PREDICT
PEACE SOON COME
ANCHORAGE — Four high South j
Korean government officials jubi-1
lantly celebrated the Yank pincer
drive into Korea after their arrival
in Anchorage from Tokyo Saturday,
says the Anchorage Daily News,
j The unusual celebration began as
the four Koreans were walking down
| the streets of Anchorage Saturday
j afternoon and noticed newspaper
headlines proclaiming that Allied
forces had reached the capital city
| of Seoul.
One of the Koreans, T. S. Chang,
former chief of police of Seoul and
now vice chairman of the Korean
National Assembly, began to shout
jubilantly, as did the three others.
In an exclusive interview with
the Anchorage News, Chang, who
holds one of the highest positions in
the Korean government declared
that the war in Korea would be
over within two months.
"What we are most happy about,”
Chang said, “is the fact that Gen
1 eral MacArthur’s move comes at an
ideal time—right before the Korean
harvest. We were worried that the
Communists would take our harvest
—but now that MacArthur’s forces
have invaded we feel sure it will be
saved.”
Chang said U.S. forces would be
able to destroy the six Communist
divisions in the southern part of
Korea once Seoul is captured.
Asked what he thought about the
possibility of the Russians or the
Chinese Communists entering the
war at this time. Chang replied:
"I don’t think the Chinese will
dare to join the Korean Communists
at this time. They are npt in a posi
tion to' right tfie 'whole'world.’
”1 don’t believe the Russians will
attempt to enter the war, either.
Our intelligence advises us that
there are no signs of any movement
of either Russian or Chinese armies
toward the borders of Korea.”
Chang emphasized that the war in
Korea against the Communists is
not being fought by the United
States and South Korea alone.
“It is being fought by the United
Nations,” he said.
The delegation of four men ar
rived in Anchorage by Northwest
September 20
Ronald T. Ellenberg
Robert N. Huntoon
Robert Anthony Pegues
Richard Irving Pegues
Harold Magorty
FraTicT, F. McMahon
Grace Donaldson
Mrs. M. F. Waters
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m.—Civil Air Patrol squad
ron, cadet corps meets at N. G.
Armory.
At 8 p.m.—Cardinal Club meets,
Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—Concert Association
ticket sellers to meet at Baranof.
September 21
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet
in Moose Club.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers meet
at Jilethodist church for first
practice of season.
Senior Service Scouts Troop 2 meets
at home of Arleen Godkins.
September 22
At 8 p.m— Rebekah Past Noble
Grand’s meeting at home of Mrs.
B. E. Feero, Ahler Apts.
At 8 p.m. — Special meeting of
American Legion Auxiliary in
Dugout.
September 23
At noon—First annual 4-H Club
Fair opens in National Guard Ar
mory at Govt. Dock.
At 8:30 p.m.—Sourdocey Square
Dance Club holds first meeting
of season in Parish Hall.
September 25
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.'
At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug
out.
September 2G
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Community Center night
for adults at Teen Age Club.
September 27
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
Airlines Saturday morning. They
left Anchorage for Lake Success at
4:30 in the afternoon.
The three men with Chang were
Ben Lim, foreign minister of the
Korean government and head of the j
UN mission, and two national:
assemblymen, roughly equivalent U.j
S. Congressmen—D. S. Kim and S.
' S. Whang.
BILLIE FEERO IN TOWN
Billie Feero, one of the oldtimers
of this section, is in town, coming
from Skagway via Alaska Coastal,
for a few days visit on the channel.;
CALIFORNIANS HERE
Walter E. Lord, Jr., of Oakland,
Calif., and S. J. Smith, also of Oak
land, are among the guests at the
. Baranof Hotel.
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7. Highest suit
at bridge
13. Take away
14. Withdraw
15 Alternative
16 Negative
17. American
Indian
18. English letter
19. Stuck In the
mud
21 Aromatic seed
23 Positive
elect! ic pole;
25. Football team
26 Plant
27. Swindles
! 2‘J Exist
30 Wire meas
urement
31. Stitch
34 Summoned In
a hotel
36. Pouch
30. King o! the
Visigoths
41 Complain
43 Ocean-going
passenger
atea mer
44 More mature
4.i Symbol for
act Inium
46 Animal s foot
4 s Nothing
4'J I-ifty-one
52 Worships
54 Remained
55 Happen
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Solution ot Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
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2 Pi <1 of wool
3 Kxist
AP NM/((«nlurM
4 Divided !f:to
prev-riiied
section*
5 Rscaped by
subterfuge
H Former
P v< rrior of
Algiers
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a full h'tiiM
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Make a mends
io 1 rouble orefix
It Rubber
12 Cnlm
20 Tier
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bugle
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Hb'ul'.
20 YEARS AGO THE EMPIRE I
SEPTEMBER 20, 1930
A minor blaze in the Fairbanks Bath House on lower Front Street
called out the Fire Department at noon. The fire, which caused only
slight damage, was caused by an overheated stove, said Chief Dolly
Gray.
The Oriental Cooperative Company, recently incorporated in Alaska
to trade with the Orient, proposed that Douglas be the terminal on the
Pacific side, two company officials told the Douglas City Council. Ad
dressing the city fathers were Theodore Tollefsen, former Douglasite,
who had organized the company, and his associate, J. T. Douglas.
J. P. Berry of Winter and Pond moved to Douglas, talcing the Kilburn
j house. •
Col. O. F. Ohlson, general manager of the Alaska Railroad, arrived
from Ketchikan on the Fisheries patrol boat Crane, Capt. J. J. O Don
nel. He had conferred with E. K. Burlew, administrative assistant to
Secretary Lyman Wilbur of the Interior Department, and accompanied
him to the First City on the steamer Alaska.
Under a proclamation recently issued by President Hoover, the set
tlement at Warm Springs on Baranof Island had been eliminated from
Tongass National Forest, it was announced by Acting Regional Forester
M. L. Merritt. An area of 10.21 acres was included, covering only the
town, not the sawmill area, or the cottage section and lake.
At a “harmony session” attended by Judge James Wickersham, W.
L. Paul, W. K. Keller, C. T. Gardner, candidates and a few supporters,
a platform of 15 planks had been drawn up for Republican divisional
and Territorial candidates. Unable to attend the meeting were Cash
Cole, Grover C. Winn and W. G. Smith. The platform stressed sup
port for President Hoover and his administration, encouragement of
outside capital for developing natural resources, legislation to leave
Alaska fisheries open only to bona fide Alaska residents, enactment of
an adequate community property law, provision for needy pioneers of
both sexes, preference to Alaskans for jobs and buying Territorial sup
plies, and aid in construction of an international highway through
British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, into Alaska.
Weather: High, 54; low, 47; rain.
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| Daily Lessons in English l. cordon i
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: One is EMINENT who stands high as
compared with others. IMMINENT applies to a misfortune or peril
which threatens to happen immediately.
OFTiEN MISPRONOUNCED: Any. Prononce en-i, not an-i, some
times heard.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Moneyed (Wealthy); EYED. Moneys (plural);
not MONIES.
i SYNONYMS: Fluctuate, oscillate, vacillate, undulate, vibrate, waver.
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:
TENACIOUS; holding fast. "Some men are tenacious in their pursuit
of success.”
MODERN ETIQUEHE Roberta lee
Q. Is it considered proper to say, “Mr. Brown, shake hands with
Mr. Green,” when introducing two men?
A. No; this expression is crude. If the two men are well-mannered,
they will shake hands without being commanded to do so. The best
introduction is merely, “Mr. Brown, Mr. Green.”
Q. When at the table, how should one remove a seed, a bone, or
some foreign substance from the mouth? •
A. Drop it unobtrusively into the cupped hand, and then place it
on the plate.
Q. Is it all right for the parents of the bridegroom-to-be to an
nounce the engagement?
A. No; this is strictly the privilege of the girl's parents.
LOOK and LEARN A. a GORDON |
1. How does the total population of the United States compare today
with that of the last census in 1940?
2. What U. S. States border on the St. Lawrence River?
3. What well-known figure became Vice-President of the U. S.
when William McKinley was elected President in 1900?
4. What are the six principal grains of the world?
5. HoW long does an elephant carry its young?
ANSWERS:
1. It is about 19 million more than the total of 131,699,275 reported
in 1940..
2. Only one — New York.
3. Theodore Roosevelt.
4. Wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats and rice.
5. From 18 to 22 months.
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Oldest Bank in Alaska
1891—Over Half a Century of Banking-1950
The B. M. Behrends
Bank
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Boxes for Rent
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS ’
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 Blureau i
are as follows:
Anchorage . 41—Cloudy
Annette Island . 55—Rain
Barrow . 31—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . 39—Clear
Cordova. 50— Rain Showers
Dawson 35—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 44—Clear
Fairbanks . 38—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 46—Rain
Havre 43—Partly Cloudy
Juneau . 50—Rain
Kodiak . 48—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue. 43—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 33—Partly Cloudy
Nome .... 35—Clear
Northway .. 29—Fog
Petersburg . 55—Rain
Portland 51—Fog
Prince George 48—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 55—Clear
Sitka . 37—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 46—Rain
Yakutat . 48—Rain
JOHN DAUOHERTYS MOVE
INTO FOSTER PLACE
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Daugherty
Jr. have purchased the Clarence V.
Foster home just past the Auk Bay
Recreation Area and plan to move
in this week. They will reside there
the year around. The house is an
attractive two-story structure with
a large fireplace and knotty cedar
panelling.
The Peter Wood agency handled
the deal.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Henry L. Brooks of the Alaska
Railroad at Anchorage is a guest
at the Gastineau Hotel.
FROM VANCOUVER
James H. Henderson and L. Gra
ham of Vancouver, B.C., are staying
at the Juneau Hotel.
V. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.ra.
Brownie's Liquor Store
FtMM 1« 1" 8o.
F. O, Box UN
GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office to Case Lot Grocery
Phone 1M
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE ISO
Casler's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
botany
"500"
CLOTHES
NDNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
I. W. COWLING
COMPANY
Hedge Plj month—Chrysler
DsBoto Podge Tracks
SHATTER'S
SANITARY MEAT
FOB BETTER MEATS
IS—PHONES—4»
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite T'emple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, 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.
t -- — - " "
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 773
High Quality Cabinet Wark
I for Home, Office ur Star*
■—:_
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical tnotramenta
and SappUea
..Phone 206 ..Second and Reward.
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 80S 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAT or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 666
i
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
BoUdera’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep la warn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealer*)
GREASES — GAS — OH
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit -a* 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 16
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laandry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEFTS OVERALLS
for Boys
“Say It With Flowers” bat
“SAY IT WITH OURS1”
Juneau Florists
Ph.ne SU