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Thursday. May 17, 1951
PLANNING A TRIP?
A Pan American World Airways meeting in Juneai
of Alaska traffic managers, and the firm's windov
display in its Baranof Hotel office of travel appare
that would take one on a trip around the world with!)
the weight allowance of plane travelers, suggests tha
now might be a good time to plan a trip.
Planning a trip is fun, w'hether one takes it or no'
But, with all of the advice available from the traffii
experts in town, chances are that a well-planned trij
might materialize.
This should be a good travel year.
Great Britain is celebrating with a Festival oi
Britain and will put on view to the world Britain':
achievements in government, industry, religion, sci
ence and the arts. It is celebrating the 100th anni
versary of the Great Exhibition of 1851 planned anc
executed by Prince Albert and a colossal success in
spite of the general opposition to Prince Albert':
dream. This year all of England is participating in
the event and every effort is being made by the British
to attract, to welcome and to please visitors during
the Festival.
Not to be outdone by England, France, too, is
planning for visitors this year and Paris is celebrating
! her 2.000th anniversary.
A trip to the continent should, of course, include
Rome. Most of us have heard travelers, who made the
pilgrimage to Rome during the Holy Year celebration
in 1950 tell of the glories of the ancient city, and if a
trip is in prospect a traveler would surely have time
for Italy. That would mean Switzerland, Holland,
Belgium for stops enroute, and possibly, Spain and
Portugal, also.
In fact, by flying, one can include all of Europe
in a short vacatiori—even from as remote a land as
Alaska.
Pew Alaskans would make such a journey with
out a trip to the Scandinavian countries — home to
so many people in the Territory.
Name any place in the world, and Pan American
will arrange an itinerary, tell you what to pack for
the trip, arrange hotel reservations, give the traveler
all of the information he might need along the way.
There is a round-the-world trip offered by Pan
American that is so tempting that most of us, if we
could affoid it. would close up shop and start on our
way at a moment's notice. In fact, such a trip t
cheaper than one might think. $1,700 will take one
around the world by PAWA.
However, there are trips nearer home that are
attractive, too: Honolulu, South America, Mexico—
or back home in the States to visit the family aitci
an absence of, let's see, how many years has it been?
There is Australia to see, or the Orient. One
doesn't have to go to Korea.
Next year, who knows wTiat will be happening^to
the world. Might as well plan a trip now. Planning a
trip is fun whether one takes it or not.
Civilian Defenses
(Prince Rupert rjnily News')
Prince Rupert has been itemed as one of five
vulnerable target areas in the province of British
Columbia should war arise out of the. present crisis.j
President Truman of the tfnited States and even
.esterday that the world was now bn the blink.
Speaking last night, Hon. W. T. Straitn. minister
rf education, who has been entrusted with the or
ganization of civil defense on the provincial level,
imphasized the urgent necessity of communities get
ling organized.
Now that we have been officially designated as
a vulnerable area of possible enemy attack, it would
appear to be about time that, without excitement
ir panic, we were beginning to accept a realistic
appreciation of the necessity of getting prepared for
possible disaster.
In view' of the'general outlook, it would appear
that time is running short and that we should not
be delaying much longer. If attack came tomorrow,
we are afraid that Prince Rupert would be in a state
of panic-stricken chaos. If we don t know what to
do, we should be finding out without delay 10 we
may act accordingly.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
fighters hit them from the exposed
Manchurian side, breaking up the
formation.
Two B-29s were shot down, a
third was listed as missing but was
seen crashing into the sea. Seven
of the big superfortresses had to
crash-land in South Korea, while
one more was badly damaged but
made it back to the home base.
Despite this disastrous toll, the
bridge wasn't even hit, and the
mission, was a complete failure. On
the other hand, most of our bomb
ing missions have been far more
successful and the air force on the
whole has done an amazing job.
When our planes get close to the
Manchurian border and Russian
planes, however, the hazards in
crease.
Dean ‘‘Mac Acheson”
President Truman gave a small
dinner party recently for Israel's
visiting Prime Minister, David Ben
Gurion, and during the evening
commented on the Prime Minister's
unusual name.
Ben Gurion explained to Mr. Tru
man that he had taken an old
Jewish name, and that many Jews
had changed their names after
settling in Israel.
At the table was elder-statesman
Congressman Charles Eaton of New
Jersey, who, though a Republican,
has been sympathetic to Secretary
of State Acheson during the Gen
eral MacArthur discussion. Turn
ing to Acheson, Eaton remarked:
"Perhaps, Mr. Secretary, you
should change your name to some
thing beginning witji ”
Friend-hip Grain for India
The Russians are playing the
same kind of trick in India that
they did in France—a trick which
helped inspire the friendship train
in the United States.
In India today, the Kremlin has
suddenly announced that it is send
ing 50,000 tons of wheat to the In
dian people; and as a result of
this carefully timed move, Russia
has monopolized the headlines and
won thousands of new friends. Ac
tually, Russia is selling the wheat,
not giving it. In contrast, the Uni
ted States has been selling wheat
to India at the rate of 100,000 bush
els per month for some time.
In a somewhat similar situation
in Prance in 1947, Russia landed
one shipload of wheat in Marseil
les during the height of the French
drought, and, thanks to a parade
through the city, get reams of pub
licity and left the general impres
sion that she was feeding the
French people.
Actually, Prance had to pay for
the Russian wheat in dollars, how
ever.
This incident helped give this
writer the idea of having the Am
erican people collect food by means
of the friendship train for the
then hungry people of western
Europe, and showing motion pic
tures of the food collections and of
the train in the theatres of Europe
so Europeans could see that the
food really came from the friendly
American people.
Somewhat the same people-to
people movement is now taking
place in regard to food for India.
Thousands of college students and
others have raised wheat which
they are shipping through the In
dian Embassy in Washington.
Meanwhile Senator Humphrey, of
Minnesota has worked out an ar
rangement with the American Red
Cross whereby anyone can send
cash to “friendship grain,” care of
the Red Cross, Washington, D. C.,
and it will be used for the purchase
of food from government surpluses
and shipped to India.
In other words, while Congress
dillydallies, the American people,
as usual, are way ahead of their
legislators.
The MacArthur Controversy
So many thousands of words of
testimony have been published re
garding the MacArthur dispute,
that it is difficult to keep the rec
ord straight. However, here are a
few important facts, not all of
them published, which should be
weighed in arriving at conclusions:
General MacArthur mentioned
four points in the now-famous
Jan. 12 memo from the joint" chiefs
of staff. Actually, there were 16
point's in this memo, and it was
perhaps natural that he should
mention only the points which best
supported his case.
Of the 12 other points, many
were technical, but several signifi
cant. One point that hasn't been
published was a proposal by Wash
ington to use anti-Communist
Chinese guerrillas on the Chinese
mainland and the “silver bullet”
policy. The latter refers to the time
honored custom of buying off Chi
nese generals with silver.
Another important unpublished
point was the joint chiefs of staff
advice to stabilize the Korean line
if possible, and if not, to evacuate
Korea altogether. Evacuation, how
ever, was vigorously opposed by
MacArthur, his chief objection be
ing that it would appear to be a
military defeat. It is understand
able that he didn't want to finish
his career with a military defeat,
but it is also interesting that he
and Secretary of State Acheson
heartily concurred in opposing any
withdrawal from Korea.
Their reasons, however, were
different. Acheson felt that if it
was finally necessary to withdraw,
the withdrawal should be acknow
ledged as a military defeat. We
should tell the world that we had
done the best we could to block
aggression, he argued, but W'ere
outnumbered. There was nothing
dishonorable, he felt, in military de
feat as long as we had done our
best.
General MacArthur, on the other
hand, believed that if we had to
withdraw from Korea it should be
labeled as a political decision by
the U. N., rather than one forced
by military necessity.
Fortunately, chief of staff Col
lins flew to Korea shortly there
after and decided that the U. N
could hold.
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MONSTER HALIBUT
REPORTED CAUGHT;
IS 183-POUNDER
KYUQUOT, B. C., May 17 — ‘/Pi—
A monster halibut, seven feet in
length and weighing 183 pounds, was
caught by the Marlien II while fish
ing off this west coast port. Al
though larger halibut have been
caught, one this size is considered
unusual. According to authoritative
sources halibut have been known to
grow to 470 pounds over a life span
of 35 years.
BRITAIN SENDS IRAN
NOTE FOR TALKS TO
QUIET OIL DISPUTE
LONDON, May 17 —(44— Britain
sent Iran a stern note today report
edly calling for hi^i level talks to
settle their oil dispute.
The note was dispatched to Brit
ish Ambassador Sir Francis Shep
herd in Tehran. The foreign office
I said Sir Francis would deliver it to
the Persian government at the first
opportunity.
This, however, may not be until
Saturday, as Friday is the Moslem
equivalent of western world’s Sun
day.
• May 17 •
• •
• Gladys Vuille •
• Robert Tucker Wheat •
• Billy Joe Stoddard •
• Donald Wingerson •
• K. G. Merritt •
• John Anderson •
» Claude H. Anderson •»
• James A. Sofoulis •
• W. C. White • ’
• Margaret Pearce •
• Elsa Lundell •
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 8 p.m. — Women of Moose meet
for nomination of officers.
May 18
From 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. — Commun
ity Silver Tea at St. Ann’s hos
pital.
At 1:30 p.m. — Martha Society
meets at manse.
From 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. — Fish din
ner by BPWC in Scottish Rite
Temple.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs
John Geyer, 320 West 8th street.
May 19
At lfl:30 p.m. — Douglas VFD 53rd
Annual Spring dance.
At 10 a.m. — Juneau Garden Club
plant sale at Legion Dugout.
At 7:30 p.m. — Rainbow Girls hold
meeting, followed at 8 o’clock by
public installation at Scottish
Rite Temple.
At 8!30 p.m. — Circulators Square
Dance club meets in' parish hall.
May 21
At noon — Lions club, Baranof.
At noon — BPW meets in Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah drill team in
IOOF hall.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
May 22
At noon — Rotary club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — CDA installation, final
meeting until September.
At 8:30 p.m. — Community Center
Night for adults at Teen Age club
with square dancing.
May 23
At noon — Kiwanis Club, Bara»q®.
At 8 p.m. — Elks lodge.
May 24
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
Polio Victim
| To Visit Alaska
On Flying Trip
i j
HACKENSACK, N. J„ May 17—J
[Pi—A pretty, blonde polio victim I
will leave Monday on a 10,000-mile [
flying trip across the nation.
Miss Susanne Wynkoop will spend j
20 days visiting Miami, Chicago, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle and
Anchorage, Alaska.
The 21-year-old girl has accepted
an invitation to assist in demon
strating travel by non-scheduled
Airlines.
Accompanied by a companion
nurse, Jacquelyn Forrester, Miss
Wynkoop hopes to be able to visit
polio wards and encourage those
afflicted with the disease.
She has been confined to a wheel
chair since 1945.
'NEW EMPLOYEE PNA
Mrs. Phyllis McClellan is a new
Juneau passenger agent in the
Pacific Northern Airlines office
here. She began work yesterday.
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Dorothy Stearns Roff dancing
classes now enrolling. All types, in
cluding Ballet, Tap, and Eccentric,
Teen Age Ballet classes, Boys Acro
batic, Social Dancing. Phone Blue
163. 811-2t
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MAY 17, 1931
Beatrice L. Bird and E. E. Murray were married at the home of
Mr and Mr: O. E. Schombel. The bride was from Seattle and the groom
was superintendent of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation, operating
a cannery at Kake. The young couple were to be at Kake for the sum
mer and then will go to Seattle.
Jerrv Cashen was taken suddenly ill while on his way to his home
in Douglas from Juneau. He was reported much improved.
i Mrs Marcel Stragier was hostess to the senior girls of the Douglas
High School at a dinner party.
Bound from Seward to Seattle the steamer Yukon called in Juneau
taking the following passengers south: For Ketchikan, M. D. Williams,
S Guyot. For Seattle: Mrs. A. M. Guyot, Mrs. R. B. Oxrider, Rev. and
Mrs H R. Allen, Mrs. H. I. Lucas, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Ramsey, Mrs. J.
Maurstad.
Construction work on Mendenhall bridge across Mendenhall River
was scheduled to start May 18. During construction traffic between
Auk Bay and Duck Creek was to be detoured via the loop road.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Withrow of Seattle were registered at the
Gastineau.
Going to Seattle on the Admiral Rogers were: Mr. and Mrs. K. W.
Waterhouse, E. A. Torgerson, Clarence Twetten, H. D. Campbell, Mrs.
Hilda Anderson, R. Nadrulan, Van Ravensoroff.
Weather: High, 56: low, 45; rain.
I Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘‘We were surprised when
the present incutnbept declared his political views." Omit PRESENT.
An incumbent is one who is how holding office.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Abject. The preferred pronunciation
places accent on first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Straight (not curved). Strait (a narrow
passage of water).
SYNONYMS: Rigid, firm, stiff, inflexible, unyielding.
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:
DISCERNMENT; quickness and accuracy in discriminating. "A good
leader needs great powers of discernment.”
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE 1
Q. What is the correct way to use the fingerbowl at the table?
A. Dip the ends of the fingers, not the entire hand, into the water,
they dry them on the napkin in the lap. Don’t be guilty of lifting the
napkin above the table and using it as you would a hand towel.
Q. What should the bridegroom and his best man at a formal wed
ding do with their gloves while the ceremony is taking place?
A. The bridegroom removes his right glove and holds it in his left
hand. The best man does not remove his gloves.
Q. Is it proper to send formal invitations to a christening?
A, No; because only the family and a very few intimate friends
are supposed to be asked.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON |
1. Which six letters of the English alphabet are most used?
2. Who ran against Calvin Coolidge in 1924 for the U. S. Presi
dency?
3. What percentage of the world’s land area dots the United States
occupy?
4. What is meant by specific gravity?
5. Which is the most powerful animal in North America?
ANSWERS:
1. The letters E, T, I, A, S, and O.
2. John W. Davis.
3. About 5.8 per cent.
4. The ratio of the weight of a body to the weight of an equal
volume of water.
5. The Alaskan bull moose.
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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
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 45—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island . 45—Rain
Barrow . 9—Snow
Bethel . 43- Rain Showers
Cordova . 39—Rain Showers
Dawson . 36—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 48—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 46—Rain Showers
Haines .. 44—Cloudy
Juneau —. 42—Rain
Kodiak ....I.. 41—Drizzle
Kotzebue . 36—Cloudy
McGrath . 41—Cloudy
Nome . 38—Partly Cloudy
Northway .. 39—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 43- Cloudy
Portland ... 53—Cloudy
Prince George . 44—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 51—Drizzle
Sitka . 44—Fog and Rain
Whitehorse . 35—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 41—Drizzle
WINNING POSTERS
POPPY DAY TO BE
DISPLAYED HERE;
Eleven boys and girls placed in an j
American Legion Auxiliary poppy
poster contest. Winners in class one; j
First, William Blakely, Juneau; sec
ond, Stuart Johnson, and third,
Billy Isaacs, both of Douglas.
Winners in class two: Elton Eng
stroin, Donna Eneburg and Bob Os
terman. Honorable mention went to
Carl Nelson, David Grey, Ruth
Jones, Julia' Walthers and Warren
Powers.
Prize winning posters will be dis
played in the window of the Hayes
Shop. Judges were Mrs. Ray West
fall, Mrs. Zalmain Gross and H. E.
Salisbery.
Americanism essay contest win
ners’ are Elsie Niemi and Darlene
Buchanon.
RAINBOW GIRLS HOLD
PUBLIC INSTALLATION
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
Juneau’s Rainbow Girls will hold
a public installation Service Satur
day evening at 8 o’clock. All par
ents, relatives and friends are cor
dially invited to this public cere
mony.
Before the installation services
a business ‘meeting of all Rainbow j
Girls will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the Scottish Rite Temple.
The monthly meeting of the
Rainbow Advisory Board will be
held this Friday evening in Mrs. |
Mildred Barrons apartment at 7:30
o'clock.
Newly Ordained
Minister Goes to
Barrow Mission
SEATTLE, May 17 —OH— A newly
ordained young Seattle minister,
the Rev. William Wartes, has been
named to a mission at Point Bar
row. His selection was announced
only a few days after he was or- ;
dained this week by the presbytery 1
in Seattle.
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Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
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PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
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