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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
to irth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Wednesday, September 13, 1950
BEATING THE DRUMS FOR STATEHOOD
Next to that of the Governor of Alaska, our Dele
gate to Congress and Mr. Spndborg, the loudest drum
beating for statehood that reaches uis is of the H.eafst
press. '
Tuesday’s Post-Intelligencer ddhmnds statehood
for Alaska and Hawaii, first in the interest of na
tional defense, then because ‘‘simple justice and hu
manity . . . argues against the condition of second
class citizenship and colonialism under which we
compel the people of Alaska and Hawaii to live.”
Something that has been apparent, we are sure,
to anyone who has talked to visiting tourists this year
is their surprise, after reaching Alaska, to find that
everyone in the Territory is not in favor of statehood
now.
When Lowell Thomas, distinguished colunmist,
commentator and lecturer spoke at the Chamber of
Commerce he expressed to surprise that he found
hardly anyone in Juneau in favor of statehood except
Governor Gruening. When he asked for a show of
hands as to who would prefer Alaska to remain in its
territorial status for the present and who wanted
statehood now, less than a dozen of the 80 or more
person? present favored statehood now.
When Clifford Kaynor, publisher of the Ellens
burg Daily Record and president of the National Edi
torial Association, was north a month ago, he said j
that until he came to Alaska and made a trip through
the Territory he had been under the impression that
every Alaskan wanted statehood, was demanding it.
“I am amazed at how different the true situation
is. Except for a few individuals, two of your seven
daily papers, and a few government employees, we
i Don Eck of the NEA and Mr. Kaynor) have found
hardly a statehood supporter," Mr. Kaynor said.
When the Portland Chamber of Commerce party
was in Juneau, members expressed the same surprise.
Most people in the States—and that apparently
includes the editors of the Hearst newspapers—still
believe that Alaskans voted "overwhelmingly” in favor
of statehood. They have been told that by statehood
propagandists so many times that they believe it.
The statehood vote wa.<y S81 • per'Cent in favor* ‘of
statehood and 411 a per cent against statehood. The
total vote was less thanT7.O0O. And two of the divi
sions—the Second and Fourth—voted against state
hood. *
We are reminded, too, that when the Outdoor
Writers group came to Alaska three years ago, one ol
the authors made a poll of his own in Ketchikan
Out of 100 people whom he stopped on the street—
he only questioned those who had been in Alaska at
least two years—72 said they did not want statehood
now.
And the Hearst papers keep beating the drum—
o save us from our second-class citizenship.
Bright Spot
(Anchorage News)
A slight drawing in of the belt on the part of at
least one Washington agency was noticed this week
Whether it is a sign of the times which looks toward
a general tendency at conservation within our gov
' eminent is hard to shy at this early hour.
However, we are glad to report that the elongated
name which the Department o'f the Interior has at-'
tached to its Bureau which keps tabs on the affairs
| and various other spots it owns around the .globe, has
i of Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
been greatly contracted.
Now instead of having to pound out “Division
I of Territories and Island Possessipns" when addressing
| a letter to that body one jnerely writes “Office, .of
i Territories.” ■ '
How very simple.
Simple, that is, now that the dozens of confer
ences, the directives, the multitudinous carbon copies
necessary to reduce the six words to three have been
done with.
And now that the stage has been set, some bright
young man in Washington will no doubt re-confuse
the whole issue by further reducing it to “OOT” so
that it will compare favorably with other alphabetized
agencies.
The early bird gets the worm, but he gets the
early worm, which is of the energetic,-muscular type,
and accordingly tough. The more sensible bird gets
up later and eats a soft, juicy worm for breakfast.
Nie Washington
Merry-Go-Round
'Continued from
street and shake my hand. No
member of* the British Foreign
Office is supposed to be known, not
to aientiop being popular."
• I’m afraid })ou can't escape it," i
insisted the newsman.. ‘‘People are
fascinated by you—second only to
Miltoh Berle.” |
"Berle?” said Sir Gladwyn.
"Who's he? The only Berle I know
is Adolph Berle, and people aren’t
fascinated by him.”
Down the Drain
/
It is easy to understand why the
Republican policy committee took
the', unusual step of rushing out
with a disavowal of Senator Scho
eppel, the bumbling senator from
Kansas, after he tried to smear the
red* brush on Secretary of the In
teribr Oscar Chapman.
Chapman’s forthright and con
vincing reply boomerangetf against
the; Republicans badly. Bob Allen
expressed it best of all, after Chap
man had wound up his testimony.
"I have no money to leave my
family,” the Cabinet officer said,
“only my good name and reputa
tion. By the grace of God I'm
goipg to protect it. ,
"j challenge him ... I dare you
to remove your cloak of immunity
and sit in this chair and read
your statement."
Senator Schoeppel remained sil
ent*.
"Do you care to answer?” Chair
man O'Mahoney of Wyoming asked.
Senator Schoeppel did not.
"Don’t you care to question the
witness?" invited O'Mahoney.
Schoeppel mumbled something
about the fact that his assistant,
Frank Bow, who actually prepared
his speech, was out of town.
Whereupon Bob Allen, sitting at
the press table, announced in a
loud stage whisper:
■'Another cockroach down the
drafn.”
■there being no drain present,
Senator Schoeppel looked as if he
wanted to slide under the table.
Taxpayers Finance Lobby
American taxpayers don’t know
it, out they have been helping to
foot the bill for a lobby run by
an ex-convict operating under the
highfaluting name of the Com
mittee for Constitutional Govern
ment, and supported by such pow
erful Republicans as Frank Gan
nett of the Gannett newspaper
chain. Its executive secretary, Ed
ward A. Rumely, was jailed as an
agent of the Kaiser in World W’ar
I.
It has now been disclosed by
the House lobby investigation that
Rupiely s propaganda leaflets have
been printed and distributed at a
considerable cost to the Treasury.
A friendly congressman merely
places the propaganda in the Con
gressional Record, orders reprints
from the Government Printing Of
fice at cost, and sends theVn out
under his Congressional frank free.
One senator who bucked at this
?'dtvMy wasf3S'driftv tvIaUXif'dl' "Vbv*
ada. To him ROmely wrote:
"Even if members of Congress,
by putting out contrary material
incurred $1,000,000 or $2,000,000 of |
expense for the Treasury, it would
be negligible.”
In the same letter Rumely boasted
that “15,000,000 franked releases,
mostly to small town and rural
mailboxes" defeated the New Deal’s
court plan and intervened in the
1938 elections. Rumely also re
vealed "a similar effort" was being
conducted against the Fair Deal’s
Medical Plan and added cynically,
“in war we cannot always choose
our weapons.”
Among the Congressmen who
helped ex-German agent Rumely
spend the taxpayers’ money for his
propaganda are: Ralph Gwinn,
N. Y.; Frederick "Doc" Smith,
Ohio; Daniel A. Reed. N. Y.; for
mer Senator Ralph^ Hawkes, N. J.;
and ek-Rep. 6eorge W. Schwabe,
Okla.—all Republicans.
Note—Rumely wrote a Baltimore
friend who wanted to distribute
copies of a diatribe against public
housing under Gwinn's frank: "The
post office in Baltimore may not
accept the franked mailing without
some authorization. We have
standing authorization in the New
York post office and could mail
from here if you will supply the
addresses on gummed labels.”
Fourth Member of
i Family Disappears
i Behind Iron Curtain
(By Associated Press)
i American intelligence officers in
j Berlin have disclosed a new Field
family mystery—the disappearance
J of Mrs. Robert Wallach, adopted
: daughter of the long-missing Noel
j Field.
: Field is a former State Depart
ment employee who disappeared be
, hind the Iron Curtain in May, 1949.
His brother, Hermann, an architect
I of Cleveland, Ohio, disappeared be
I hind the Iron Curtain several
months ago. And Noel’s wife, Herta,
also vanished. The last heard of
her was w'hen she went to Prague
airport to meet Herman Field. Her
mann did not show up.
Now, it is Noel Field’s adopted
daughter who is missing. Intelligence
sources have declined to discuss any
circumstances of her disappearance.
They say merely that she came
from Paris.
TO MINNEAPOLIS
Wolford Peterson, mining man
| from Wrangell, is stopping at the
; Gastineau Hotel here before leav
ing for Seattle and Minneapolis on
mining business.
i
CDA Meets in
First Session
Of Fall Season
The Catholic Daughters of Am
erica resumed their schedule of
meetings, after summer disband
ment .last night at the Parish Hall,
with Grand Regent Mrs. Blanche
Stenziano presiding.
Among the many important busi
ness matters reviewed were the
Court’s efforts for the needlework
booth in the coming parish bazaar.
It is stressed that the ‘ Welcome’
sign is beckoning to all ladies who
can attend the sewing meetings
held each Friday night at 7:30 in
the parish hall.
Plans for me impending member
ship campaign were discussed and
the next initiation was set for Nov
ember 28, for which activating com
mittees will be formed. New com
mittee appointed on publicity add
felephone to replace resigning ap
pointees, are-.Mr*. 2nd* ffcavliu and
Mrs. Glenn Leach.
Looming large in importance
among activities right now is the
big dinner to be held in the parish
hall tonight for all members and
their escorts or guests. This will
be in celebration of the 14th
versary of the Court and the event
is set for 7 o'clock.
WANT ADS BRING RESUL fS
September 13
Keith Overtoil
Laurel D. Madsen
Sharon Aubert
Mrs. Floyd Rea Horton
Magnus Hanson
Mrs. John Dapcevich
David Brown
Samson Bakke
Kenneth Lawler
Lucille Larson
WOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE
PREPS QUESTIONNAIRE
FOR CITY CANDIDATES
An expanded Juneau League of
Women Voters yesterday decided to
out questions of interest to the com
munity to candidates for the City
Council before the municipal elec
tion October 3, it was announced to
day.
The organization, increased from
one to four units during the lunch
eon meeting of the league yesterday
in the Terrace Room of the Bar
anof Hotel, accepted a questionnaire
prepared by one of the members
which will be presented to the can
didates to be filled out in time for
publication before the election.
Mrs. Ernest Gruening, President
of the Juneau league, said the ans
wers of the candidates will be made
public September 23 and 24.
“We will also give the names of
those candidates who refuse to ans
wer,” she said.
Plans for league action to get vot
ers to the polls for the election were
also made.
As the municipal and Territorial
elections drew closer, Mrs. Frank
Metcalf, chairman of the unit or
ganization, announced that three
more local units had been formed.
These will meet during the second
and fourth weeks of each month and
women residing in districts in which
the units meet will be welcomed by
the groups, she said.
The first meeting of the High
lands unit was held today at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Hackwood. A
unit meeting will be held tomor
row at the home of Mrs.’Frank Met
calf, 303 Assembly Apartmefits, and
a third unit meeting will be held
Friday at the home of Mrs. Har
old Gronroos, 437 11th Street. All
meeting's of the new units will be
at 2 p.m.
Women interested in joining the
groups should call the leader of the
unit nearest their home, Mrs. Met
salf said.
Next meeting of luncheon unit of
the league will be held September
26 in the Terrace Room of the Bar
anof Hotel, and Mrs. M. O. Johnson
will lead a discussion of the hydro
gen bomb and its international con
trol.
BARANOF DOCKS AT
9:30 THIS MORNING;
SOUTHBOUND AT 4:30
Docking this morning at 9:30 o'
clock from the Westward, the Bar
anof is scheduled southbound at
4:30 o'clock this afternoon. There
were eight passengers for Juneau, i
Disembarking from Seward, pass- |
engers were: Caroline Breiding,
Mrs. Jay Cornforth, Miss Maudie
Graham, Douglas Jones, Fred Lar
son, E. M. Seidenvcrg Mr. and Mrs.
JU-L,, Curdy.
• TIDE TABLE
• | r . : September 14
tide 3:02 am, 184) ft.
• Low tide 9:08 a.m., -1.1 ft.
• High tide 3:15 p.m., 19.2 ft.
• Low tide 9:37 p.m. -2.3 ft.
ACROSS
1. Hang back
4. Brief
p. Note of a dove
12. Lubricate
13. Strength
14. Flow
15. Furnish
17. Angry
19. Contends
20. Difficult deed
21 Metal
23. Gains control
26 You and 1
27. German com
poser
29 Great Lake
30. Insect
22 Reckoned as
to time
34. City in
Belgium
35. Greater
quantity
37. Fortification
30. Type measure
40. Sons of kings
42 Approaches
44. Wade through
45. Old
40. Heartbeat
48. Conveyed on a
sleigh
51. First woman
52. Permanent.
screen
54 Before
65. Roam about
idly
t<i Colors
67. Simpleton
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
1 Drooping
2 Atmosphere
3 Hand covering
4 Talked: slang
5 Scuttles
0 Be indebted
1 Concerning
8 Attempts
9. Mouths of
volcanoes
10 In disagree
ment
II. Unity
16 l-andscape
18. Fixed charge
20 Got along
21. Bog
22. Singing voice
23. Measures
24. More mature
25 Ore deposits
23 Uncovered
31 Dallied
33 Perils
36. Son of Seth
33 Keg u ire
41 Top ot a wave
43. Appended
45. Toward the
. aheltere i - e s
16 Wooden pin
47 Pulpy fruit
18 Trancr ess ion
49 Notable p.*, iod
50 Condensed
moistio e
53. Italian ti.ui
d
| 20 YEARS AGO the empire
SEPTEMBER 13, 1930
To relieve a congestion in the salmon fishery in the South Prince,
af Wales district, the entire Klawock Inlet from Craig to Cemetery!
Point had been opened to commercial fishing, it was announced by j
Capt. M. J, O’Connor, assistant agent of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, j
The amendatory regulations were issued by the Department of Com- J
merce on recommendation of Commissioner Henry O'Malley. The late
run in Klawock Inlet was described as abnormally large.
Among many inquiries indicating widespread interest in Ray Taylor s,
recently published “Pocket Guide to Alaska Trees," was a request from -
Belgian officials for a number of copies. Taylor, in charge of scien
tific tree growth investigation, had written the book while making his j
studies.
■■ 1 — . I
Among passengers arriving on the Princess Louise were Helen Gray,!
R. E. Robertson, James Cowie, Elmer Peterson, George W. Oja, Marcel
Stragier, Peter Stewart, William Spencer, Walluf Rasmussen and Olaf
Swanson.
r _ I
I
At a dinner in her home at the National-Alaska Fur Farms at Men
denhall, Mrs. J. B. Marshall announced the engagement of her daughter,
Miss Elizabeth, to Mr. Clifford Mason, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Mason of Vancouver, B. C. Other guests were the Rev. and Mrs.. C.
C. Saunders, the Rev. and Mrs. David Waggoner. Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Lister, Mrs. Frank Klitza, Miss Lucile Norton and Mr. Roy Osborne.
Lt. Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty hopped off from Sambongi,
Japan, trying for a 4,532-mile non-stop flight to Tacoma, Wash. As th?
flight was considered a hazardous one, subject to strong typhoons, there
was a possibility of an emergency stop at Nome after flying along the
Aleutian Islands.
Weather: High, 50; low, 47; rain.
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Daily Lessons in English \l L. Gordon j
i ^-------- a
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Bet^en you and I, it is
not her but him." Say, “Between you and ME,’ it is nof SHE but HE."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Discretion. Froriounce the E as in
MET, not as in ME.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gratis; IS'. Hiatus; US.
SYNONYMS: Event, incident, occurrence, happening, circumstance,
episode, experience.
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:
INSIPID; uninteresting; dull. “Pleasures can grow flat and insipid if
indulged in too frequently.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA lee
Q. What should one do when meeting some friends one has not
$een for a long time, or when being introduced to someone, and your
positions are such that it would be very awkward to shake hands?
•(.' A. A good rule to follow is never to attempt to shake hands when
Mf- is too awkward to do so. In this case, a smile, a nod of the head, and
^pleasant ‘ How do you do” Is all that is necessary.
Q. What monogram should a bride-to-be put on her linen and flafc
stiver.?
A. She should use the initials of her maiden name, as the linen and
silver are her property, and do not belong to her husband.
Q. How can one signal the waiter that one is ready to have the
plate removed from the table?
‘-1 A. The knife and fork, laid side by side on the plate, indicates that
ohe has finished t&at particular course.
I LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON
----
1. Which is larger, a mile or a kilometer?
2. What are the first three consonants that come together in the
alphabet?
3. What is the name of the process by which plants take in water?
4. How many Vice-Presidents held office under President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, and who were they?
5. What animal is able to see to the rear without, turning his neck?
ANSWERS: ' ‘
1. A kilometer is approximately % of a mile.
„ 2. R, C and D. • .
3. Osmosis.
4. Three; John Garner, Henry Wallace and Harry Truman.
5. The giraffe, because of his protruding eyes.
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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
am., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Ancnorage .. 44—Cloudy
Annettee .. 55—Clear
Barrow . 36—Cloudy
Bethel . 40—Rain
Cordova .. 38—Cloudy
Dawson .. 35—Clear !
Edmonton . 38—Clear j
Fairbanks . 39—Cloudy !
Haines ... 45—Clear |
Havre . 33—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport 37—Clear
Kodiak . 40—Partly Cloudy i
Kotzebue . 39—Partly Cloudy j
McGrath . 37—Cloudy '
Nome .44—Partly Cloudy I
Northway . 34—Partly Cloudy !
Petersburg . 45—Clear j
Portland . 54—Cloudy
Seattle . 51—Fog
Sitka ... 45—Clear
Whitehorse . 40—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 42—Fog
WILD RAFT GIVES
TUG BAD TIME
After eight futile hours of trying
to recapture a wild log raft yes
terday, the Tug Active and the
Coast Guard cutter Sedge suc
ceeded about 7 o’clock last evening,
it was reported by Coast Guard
headquarters here today.
The Gibson-type log raft of 900.
000 board feet of lumber worth
about $25,000 broke away from the
tug in heavy southeast seas off
Cape Hinchinbrook yesterday mor
| ning. It belonged to Columbia
Lumber Co. and was being towed
from Wrangell to Whittier. Heavy
winds and seas were taking it rap
idly toward Montague Island when
j the two vessels finally caught it.
| SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
Y. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
I Meeting every Thursday in
! the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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Phone
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
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The Charles W. Carter
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
x v.-:/ . • ■
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.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 771
High Quality Cabinet Week
for Home, Office or Store
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Phann&jlgtu
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone Z06 ..Second ml Seward.
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 648 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale aos 10th et.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated *Tmm
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 665
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS -- OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
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J. B. Burford Co.
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Satisfied Customers”
ford agency
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