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DOROTHY TROY LINGO
ELMER A FRIEND
ALFRED ZENGER
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Vice-President
Managing Editor
business Manager
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fo trth Avenue Bldg . Seattle. Wash.
Friday, August 4, 1950
PATRIOTIC DUTY
The United States is now engaged in conflict
in Korea under the United Nations fiag. There are
hundreds, perhaps thousands, who are against this
war and may resort to sabotage and subversive ac
tivities.
The Empire now caiis attention to a statement
issued at the White House, Juiy 24, by President
Truman. This statement should be read by ail
patriotic citizens and is as foiiows:
"On September 6, 1939 and January 8, 1943 a
Presidential Directive was issued providing that the
Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department
of Justice should take charge of investigative work
in matters .relating to espionage, sabotage, subversive
activities ahd related matters.
"It was pointed out that the investigations must'
be conducted in a comprehensive manner on a Na
tionai basis and ait information carefuiiy sifted out
and correlated in order to avoid confusion.
"I shouid like to again cali the attention of ail
enforcement officers, both Federal and State, to the
request that they report ali information in the above
enumerated fields promptly to the nearest Field Rep
resentative of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
which is charged with the responsibility of correlating
this material and referring matters which are under
the jurisdiction of any other Federal Agency with
responsibilities in this field to the appropriate agency.
"I suggest that all patriotic organizations and indi
viduals likewise report all such information relating
to espionage, sabotage and subversive activities to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in this same manner."
A Time for Heroism
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The term hero has been used so often and so
lightheartedly in a jesting of mocking spirit that it
has lost some of its rich overtones. But let us make
no mistake. There is heroism aplenty among the
small American units fighting in Korea. Indeed, it is
during the early weeks of uphill struggle, with inade
quate forces and against heavy odds, that heroism is
exacted of fighting men. '
It is not an easy thing for normal men. even with
decisive superiority in numbers and in fire power and
equipment, to stand under enemy fire. But it is
immeasurably more difficult to defend a rise of ground
with a handful of men and no artillery, against
superior forces with better weapons.
Batan and Midway were just such delaying ac
tions. where there was no hope of victory and not too
much hope of survival. Guadalcanal was an offensive
operation, but one undertaken with slender forces
against an enemy steadily reinforced by sea. A hun
dred more examples might be found — examples of
fighting in the most bitterly adverse conditions.
A month from now, if the Korean war continues,
there will be ample forces, heavier weapons and
greater air support. There still will be actions re
quiring heroic conduct of the men engaged. But it is
in these first weeks of fighting against desperate
odds that the greatest heroism is demanded of the
Americans rushed into the Korean conflict.
Herbert Hoover says all the nation's ills could be
cured by hard work. But most of us seem to prefer
to staying frying pan
Whether the root of all evil dr not, it's a good
thing that the love of money is stronger, on the
whole, than the hate of work.
The Washington
Meny-6o Round
'Continued from Page one)
such things as hydroelectric pro
jects in Europe."
Acheson agreed, but reminded
Connally} that Western Europeans
need electric power not oniy for
peace, but to manufacture arms
for use against aggressors.
"It takes two or three years
to buiid a dam and the other fac
ilities needed to produce eiectric
power," sbpt. back Texas Tom, m
no mood to be argued down. "We
are deaiing with a current emer
gency—the problem of providing
military aid now. If an amend
ment is offered to use some of this
ECA money for arm; *'i! vote for
it."
Acheson agreed that this was the
Texan's right, but assured him
that the iopg-range program of
economic aid to Europe had been
cut to the absolute minimum and
further reductions would be danger
ous.
Missourians Differ
Congressman Short, the only
House Republican from Truman's
home state—therefore an objpct of
special disdain at the White House
—compiained about the strategy of
bypassing the foreign affairs and
armed services committees by send
ing the $4-billion measure diree^iy
to the Senate and House appropria
tions committees.
"The time you wiii save wiii not
be worth the bad feeimg you wiii
create in Congress." protested
Short. "If you wen' through the
regular procedure of getting author
izations irom the foreign affairs
and armed services committees, you
could still get this bill to the
iioor in a day.
"A lot of my colleagues will
want to know what type of weap
ons we are sending to Europe—
what countries are getting how
much—and if the shipments can
be made without weakening our
selves. But this informtaion wiii
be denied us.
"As one humbie and insignific
ant member of Congress," the Mis
sourian continued. "I can't say
that we should give unanimous ap
proval to this unconstitutionai pro
cedure."
"Oh, you're just trying to make
an issue out of nothing," snapped
the President.
"No. I'm not." retorted his fel
low Missiourian. "There's a proper
and an improper way to handic
these matters."
Finally, House GOP leader Joe
Martin intervened in favor of the
President.
Wiretapping Probe
Betting odds on Capitol Hill are
that 'he Federal grand jury now
probing poiice-state methods and
the wiretapping inspired by Sen
ator Brewster of Maine wiii end
in a whitewash.
Despite the effor*s of conscien
tious James Mclnerny, chief of the
Justice Department's criminal div
ision, aiibis are arranged to get
Senator Brewster and his friends,
Pan American Airways, off the hot
spot.
In the first piace, the Justice De
partment heid the wiretapping re
port for almost a year and only
fished it out of the files after the
facts had been exposed in the press.
As a resuit, the statute of iimita
tions is about to expire, and but
one scant week remains—seven days
from today—in which the grand
jury can act.
Second, the chief parties con
cerned have careiui stories ciaim
ing "no divuigement." In otfMr
words. Lieut. Joseph Shimon, the
District of Columbia cop who di
rected the tapping of Howard
Hughes' teiephone wires, ciaims
that he divuiged no information
from Hughes' tapped wire to Sen
ator Brewster or anyone eise.
Asiong as he divuiged no in
formation to others, the Justid?
t Department contends he did not
vioiate the iaw against wiretapping.
Feared For His Life
Meanwhiie Senator Brewster's
story is that his iife was in danger
and he caiied in the Washington
poiice. White they may have tap
tped some wires in protecting him
: he had no knowiedge of what they
} were doing and received no infor
mation from them.
Significantly, other poiicemen
who tapped Howard Hughes' wtre
under Lieutenant Shimon's direc
tion had instructions to listen es
peciaiiy for conversations pertain
ing to the airpiane industry and
I to Hughes' Trans World Airiines.
This seems a iong way from pro
tecting Senator Brewster's iife. It
aiso fits in with the testimony dur
ing Senator Brewster's probe that
uniess hughes consolidated hi;
TWA with Pan American, he wouic
: be investigated by Brewster.
I Note—The Justice Department
took the position in the Amerasia
stoien-documents case that it couid
not prosecute because evidence re
garding the stoien documents had
been obtained by tapping teiephont
wires and by iiiegai entry. The
Justice Department has aiso quite
' rightiy maintained that we shouiT.
! not emulate the poiice-state domes
tic espionage methods of Moscow
especiaiiy in the capita] of the
United States. The record of J.
Edgar Hoover and the FBI in re
gard to wiretapping is exceiient
; They are scrupuious in refraining
. from any wiretapping except in
j cases of espionage, kidnapping and
where the nationai security is in
j voived. That's why so many peopie
are watching the Federai grand
jury now considering wiretapping.
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* TIDE TABLE a
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* AUGUST 5 *
* Dow tide 0:41a.m., 2.9 ft. a
* High tide 6:36 .a.m.,11.6 ft. e
* Low tide 12:31p.m.. 4.4 ft. *
* High tide 18:47 p.m., 13.9 ft. '
ANS TEACHERS FROM TEXAS
ENROUTE TO KUSKOKWIM
i. _
Mr. and Mrs. Wiiey B. Hoiiand
and their 5 year oid daughter leave
by Pan American Saturday on their
; way to Eek Schooi at the mouth of
^ the Kuskokwim river.
The Hoiiands, whose home is in
Texas, have been in Juneau for
the last week famiiiarizing them
seives with the work of the Alaska
, Native Service with whom they witl
^ be spending their first year in the
j north as teachers.
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I Close out Speciai Imported China—
' off The Xu'tget Shop 71-2t
Weather at
Atasha Points
Weather condmona and temper
atures at various Alaska pmnts
(also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
am.. 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
. 52—Rain
51—Cloudy
33—Partly Cloudy
. 50—Drizzle
. 48—Drizzle
51—Rain
. 40—Fog
54—Rain
. 51—Cloudy
60—Cloudy
50—Rain
54—Partly Cloudy
54—Cloudy
. 56—Rain ]
.51—Cloudy ;
. 50—Cloudy
...t..49—Rafn
. 53—Cloudy
37—Partly Cloudy
. 44—Fog
. 50—Rain
. 49—Cloudy!
. 50—Drizzle
MR., MRS ARCHIE SHIELS
HERE FOR A MONTH
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Shiels of
Bellingham have arrived here plan
ring a month's vacation. They are
;uests at the Baranof Hotel bn
heir first visit in more than a
ear, and look forward to seeing
many friends of long standing.
Mr. Shiels is chairman of the
3oard of Pacific American Fisher
ies.
Close out Special Imparted China—
off. The Nugget Spop. 71-2t
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AUGUST 1
C. A. (Pat) Carroll
Norman Cook
W. C. (Doc) Jackson
Glenn Mielke
Jackie Martin
Mrs Lawrence Carison
G. Edward Bach *
Royai Arch Smith
Mariene Greenwaid
Luther Lee Caidweil, Jr.
Victor Johnson
Fiorence R. Miller
Alvin 1. Weathers
Floyd F. Fisher
!NTER!R0R SECRETARY
ANNOUNCES HEARINGS
TO REVtSE HSH LAWS
The Department of Interior Sec
retary's Office has served notice of
intention to adopt amendments to
the existing regulations for the pro
tection of the commercial fisheries
of Alaska for the 1951 fishing sea
son. These amended regulations will
be those permitting and governing
the time, means, and methods for
taking commercial fish in the waters
of Alaska, will become effective be
ginning February 1, 1951. and will
continue ip effect until further no
tice. ^
Interested persons are to be given
an opportunity to participate in
preparing the regulations and
amendments by submitting their
views, data or arguments in writing
to the Director of the Fish and
Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior. Washington 25, DC., or
by presenting their, views during a
series of open discussions scheduled
to be held, at the following desig
nated places no the dates specified:
Naknek. July 31; Dillingham. Au
gust 1; Kodiak. September 18; An
chorage.- September 21; Cordova,
September 26 Ketchikan. Septem
ber 30.
Klawock. October 2; Wrangell.
October 11: Petersburg. October 12;
Sitka. October 14; Juneau. October.
16; Seattle. November 6. 7.
!00A(RE!ALAMA
LAM) MOW OPEMED
PUBLK PURCHASE
Almost 160 acres in the Tongass
National Forest near Ketchikan,
soon will be opened to purchase by
the public. Secretary of the Intef
ior Chapman announces.
The land consists of 55 tracts in
the Herring Bay area, six miles
south of Ketchikan.
Most of the lots thus eliminated
from the national forest already
are occupied, and the present oc
cupants will be given the first
chance to buy them at the govern
ment-appraised low prices. Chap
man said. War veterans will have
preference in buying the others.
Chapman said further elimina
tions from forest areas in Alaska
probably will make vacant tracts
in Alaska available in sufficient
numbers to "meet current demands
for land of this kind."
FROM BETHEL
William V. Ananek of Bethel is
staying at the Baranof Hotel.
BROADBENT HERE
S^m R. Bioadbent of Washington,
D, ,C.. is a guest at the Baranof
ilotel.
HAINES VISITOR
Charles Reed of Haines is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
TACOMAN HERE
George T. Babbitt of Tacoma,
Wash., is a guest at the Baranof
Hotel.
Crossword
ACROSS
1. Musicaittose
6. Avaianche
to Scene of actiot
!2. incident
it. Measure? of
capacity
!5. Emuiate
i6. Pinch
i8.
regi-ns
20. Sanno-! s
guide
2!. Garment
21. P'odderpiant
26!puh!ic
reproach
28. Excianiation
29. Acta of con
ferring ho!y
touching
34. Mute for a
musical
instrument
36. Condensed
moisture
38. Pen
39. Liquors
4u./\j^k payment
4i. Wrench
43 And: French
44. Ancient wine
vessel
45. Fiowed
4'! Worship .
49. Fioor covering'
51. Oarsman
52. Oozes
Solution of Yesterday'* Puzzle
3.
1.
Spreads
DOWN
2. gouthAmer
- ^ean river
3. Lair
4. insect
5. Whirls
6. Heciitiira
7. Exists
8. Recipient of
a gift
9 An<JpntHoman
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il. M<4htrof
i'eer Gynt
!2. Eternal
!3. Einiai
10. Oirlest member
22. G!!struct
25. Erntininename
2?. Loudmtise
28. Ventitate
30. Piaythinns
31. N"thinn
32. Exprt-^'d
40. River banter
41. Slurtibie
42. Tithkiiqttid
43. Bei'xit-ined
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pronoun
20 YEARS AGO THE EMPIRE
....J
AUGUST 4. 1930
A Washington. D. C., dispatch said officers and men of the United
States Coast Guard were celebrating the 140th birthday of the service
Records showed that Coast Guardsmen had rescued from peril or saved
the lives of more than 6,000 persons and aided ships worth more than
$50,000,000.
With Pete Schmitz holding the veterans to five hits, the Moose had
won the first game of the Little World Series from the American Legion
by a score of 10 to 2.
Judge Frank A. Boyle, former U. S. Commissioner who had recently
! returned from a world tour, opened law offices in the Goldstein Buiiding.
H. L. Bahrt, who had been associated with W. P. Mills at Sitka fot
a long time and later was purser on the motorshlp Margnita, was the
new desk clerk at the Zynda Hotel. He took the place of Pred Huntress,
clerk for eleven months. Huntress had left on the Yukon for Seattle,
planning to go to Portland, Ore.
L. D. iShorty) Roberts, employed for several years at the Alaska
Meat Company, had resigned and left on the Prince Rupert for Seattle.
He had been a member of the Juneau Fire Department, s2-< tad played
ball in the City League.
Miss Hildre Whitely Lecame the bride of Mr. Timothy Perkins at a
ceremony in Douglas tor which U. S. Commissioner Charles Sey of
ficiated. The bridegroom was a driver for Cole Transfer.
Weather: High. 70: low, 51; clear.
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Da!!y Lessons in Engtish w. L. GORDON
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED. Do not say, "The people greeted each
other." Say, "greeted ONE ANOTHER." )i
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rodeo. The preferred pronunciation is
ro-de-o, both O's as in NO. E as in ME unstressed, accent FIRST syilable,
and not ro-day-o.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Neither (not either); nether (lower).
SYNONYMS: Joihtly, unitedly, together, in common.
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:
ACADEMIC; classical and liteary rather than technical (Principal ac
cent is on third syllable). "These books are too academic for the casual
reader."
MODERN ETtQUEUE m)BERTALEE
!
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Q. Is it good manners to recognize servants when one meets them
on the street?
A. ' Yes. and why not? It wouid be rude and snobbish not to do so.
In some instances, servants are more worthy of recognition than many
peopie they serve.
Q. Is it proper for a person who is "dummy" in a bridge game to
wander about the room conversing with other piayers?
A. This is not oniy improper, but exceedingiy rude and indicates a
lack of interest in the game and the play of one's partner.
Q. How should the presiding officer of an assembly of women be
addresed?
A. As "Madam President " or "Madam Chairman."
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K)OK and LEARN
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A. C. GORDON
} 1 If waltzes are written in 'h time, what is written eight beats to
the bar?
2. If an Army man were wearing a caduceus as part of his insignia,
in which branch of the Army would he be serving?
3. What is chemical decomposition by the action of the electric cur
rent called?
4. What animal's name comes from the Greek, meaning "river
horse"?
5. In what famous novel is Fagin a principal character?
ANSWERS:
1.. Boogie woogie.
2. Medical Corps.
3. Electrolysis.
4. Hippopotamus.
5. "Oliver Twist," by Dickens.
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