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Wednesday, November 7, 1951
WHO’S KIDDING WHOM?
Who they think they’re kidding, "we don’t know.
But the Jefferson-Jackson Club, an avowed non
political organization has no more authority to call
a political meeting tonight “to set up the local
organization of precinct caucuses and prepare for
conventions" than has Joe Palooka.
A canvass of First Division Democratic commit
tee members reveals that there has been no official
call for precinct caucuses in this division. We have
no doubt that such a call will soon be issued by
Divisional Committeeman Jim Nolan, able Territorial
senator from Wrangell, but until such time, there
can be no official plans for a Juneau caucus.
It will be interesting to note which of the local
Democrats will respond to the very official-sounding
call of Mike Haas and the Jefferson-Jackson club
officials.
It was only June 27th that Haas declared at a
meeting of the club that its membership could in
clude "Republicans. Democrats, Socialists or anyone
interested in promoting .and fostering the ideals of
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson."
This is all well and good, but we don't envision
much of a Republican attendance, the Socialists here
in town are very reticent about their political com
plexion and some of the club's Democrats would
cause Messrs. Jefferson and Jackson to spin in their
respective sepulchres.
It was at the same meeting that excerpts from
the "Hatch Act" were read to the members, most of
whom were Federal jobholders and Omening hangers
on. The language of the Hatch Act caused some
concern and after much discussion. It was determined
that the Jefferson-Jackson club be changed to a
non-political organization. This change was under
standable, since a good many of those present have
fed at the public trough for years and are naturally
reluctant to identify themselves with a political
organization.
Apparently determined to form a strong group
of left-wing Democrats in Juneau, Haas is already
contradicting his avowal that the club is non-political
in nature. How strong a political group he will be
! able to assemble in a non-political club Is subject for
[conjecture.
| Last week, when the club was addressed by Sec
retary of Alaska Joseph Kehoe, only 22 people were
present and Judge Kehoe's advertised address un
doubtedly attracted more than the usual attendance.
Because some may have read the club's notice
of a meeting and taken seriously Us assumption c*
authority to set up party caucus plans, there may
be a good crowd at tonight's meeting at the Moose
club.
It will no doubt be a pleasant social gathering
of Republicans, Democrats and Socialists who have
a common admiration for the ideals of Jefferson and
Jackson, but anyone who attends with the idea that
he is attending a meeting of the Democratic party
organization will be present under a complete mis
apprehension — and we think that was the idea ol
the club when it called the boges meeting.
Let it be said once and for all that the Jefferson
Jackson club has no party standing and enjoys
neither the prerogatives nor responsibilities of the
Democratic party organization. It will be well for
Juneau Democrats to bear this fact in mind before
participating in the club’s activities.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
promised to the late Adm. Forrest
Sherman. Also though $68,000,000
for Spanish aid was tacked onto
the foreign aid bill by Senator Mc
Carran, this was done prior to Ad
miral Sherman's base-deal and the
two were never connected. The of
fer of bases was made afterward,
supposedly as a gesture of friend
ship by Franco.
General Spry's mission to survey
the best sites for bases was due to
be completed on November 15, and
i|l was agreetf advance that not
until November 15, would he give
the Spanish government a verbal
resume of his findings.
IMPATIENT DICTATOR
Franco, however, couldn't wait
that long. On October 13 he abrupt
ly sent for Spry and demanded to
know just how much he could get
out of the United States and when.
Taken aback, Spry started to ex
plain that his job was merely to
evaluate Spanish bases, not discuss
economic jpatters. He did not have
a chance to say more than a few
sentences. With only his first few
words translated. Franco cut him
short, launched into a violent har
angue. He continued without inter
ruption for one hour and 20 minut
es. The American officer simply had
to sit there and take it.
The gist of Franco's tirade was
that he needed money and needed
it right away. Therefore, he wanted
a detailed list of what was being
offered by the United States—cred
its, economic concessions, military
equipment—and the U.S.A. wasn't
going to get a thing until they put
the dollars on the dotted line.
Even if General Spry was not au
thorized to talk about these econ
omic matters, Franco thundered,
he must have seen enough during
his survey to make a report that
would serve as a basis for discussion.
Then the man who claims to be
Europe's No. 1 anti-Communist add
ed the real shocker. He curtly told
Spry that, regardless of what the
United States offered, he was not
sold on having bases used lob "fight
ing a war all over the Mediterranean
area." The only thing he had agreed
to so far. Franco said, was "joint
defense of the Iberian Peninsula
against direct attack."
This was a flat contradiction to
earlier commitments reported to
Washington by Admiral Sherman;
so General Spry tried to clarify the
issue. But Franco ended the inter
view as brusquely as he started it
with an admonition to start talking
turkey.
AFRICAN BASES INSTEAD
That evening, General Spry con
ferred at length with U. S. Ambas
sador Stanton Griffis who was hop
ping mad over not having been in
vited to the conference. Griffis, one
of the few Americans who express
ed admiration for Hitler before
Pearl Harbor, discounted .Franco's
tough talk as a typical bluff and
expressed that opinion to the State
Department in a cable dated Oct
ober 15.
Other events, however, indicate
the tirade was no bluff. Simultan
eously Franco gave an interview
to the Mexican newspaper, Excel
sior, stating that he would not cede
bases to the United States. It was
also made clear to the Spry mission
that Spain would not give the Unit
ed States anywhere near the same
privileges given the air force in Eng
Double Surprise
For Max Lewis
And His Wife
Honored at a surprise baby shower
last evening, Mrs. Max Lewis had
a surprise of her own when Bruce
Alan Lewis was born at St. Ann’s
Hospital this morning at 4:45 a.m.
Bruce is the first child for Mr. and
Mrs. Lewis and he tipped the scales
| at five pounds ten and one-half
ounces.
I Mr. Lewis is tne art instructor for
the Juneau schools and he and his
wife reside at Thane.
• The surprise stork shower was.
1 given at the home of Mrs. Ruth
1 Blake with Mrs. Blake and Mrs. Ar
1 thur Sturm as co-hostesses. Ten
' guests attended the shower. After
| the party, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis re
turned to Thane and' they made
a quick turnaround trip to St. Ann's
for Bruce’s advent.
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TRINITY GUILD
! Bazaa.-, food sale, tea, Saturday
2 to 5 p.m. 958-3t
—
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
! land, France and Italy. In brief,
though we could build bases, they
would have to be manned largely
1 by Spanish troops.
| As a result, General Spry is re
i turning home with the recommen
i dation that we use the air bases
' now almost completed in French
Morocco. These are so close to Spain
i that they can easily defend the
j western Mediterranean.
A U. S. naval base at Cadiz may
be recommended by Adm. Robert
. L. Campbell who was part of the
Spry mission—provided the United
I States is willing to pay for the cost
| of building a huge commercial port
for Spain which could be used as
a naval base in time of war.
WAR ON PIGGY BANK
The Bureau of the Mint has pri
vately declared war on that trusty
receptacle of America’s loose change,
: the piggy bank. It’s all because
! of the shortage of pennies, which
in turn is due to the scarcity of
! defense-needed copper.
1 The government has something
; like 19,197,534,000 pennies outstand
ing and another 175,000,000 were
; minted during the month of Octo
ber. However, there's still a big
shortage, forcing many banks to
ration their outlay of pennies.
Leland Howard, assistant direc
tor of the Mint, has an idea that
the problem might be licked if all
j the nation's piggy banks were ab
olished.
“It’s a touchy subject,” admits
Howard. “We don’t like to tell peo
ple, particularly kids, not to save.
But we'd like to trade a paper dol
lar for every 100 pennies stashed
> away in those piggy banks. Paper
money is lighter and you can put it
right back in the bank.”
The penny shortage is accentuated
in times like these when people
have lots of money to spend and
retail stores go in for odd-cent pric
ing to attract customers, according
to Howard.
Cigarette vending-machine oper
ators also are having their prob
lems. The new Congressional excise
tax on cigarettes will force thd cost
of vending-machine cigarettes up
to 21 and 22 cents per pack in many
cities, meaning that 3 or 4 pennies
In change must be returned from
a quarter.
| Toastmasters Meet
Tomorrow Noon
In order to make the Gold Room
! at the Baranof Hotel available for
j an evening Chamber of Commerce
I meeting, the Taku Toastmasters will
| hold their meeting at noon tomor
row, Toastmaster Gene Vuille an
nounced today.
President William Ellis will say
j grace. Wayne Richey will introduce
j the table topic with Vuille presid
ing as toastmaster. Five-minute
I talks are to be given by Dr. John
I Clements, Dr. Ted Oberman and E.
J. O'Brien. A. L. Ransome is to give
a 10-minute address and Waino
Hendrickson will have an impromp
tu talk.
Evaluation will be under the di
rection of chief critic Capt. E. C.
Hawley, assisted by Robert Cowl
ing, Floyd Guertin, Pete Nelson,
Linn Forrest and John Graff. Ellis
Reynolds is scheduled to be gram
marian.
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BIG TEEN AGE PARTY
j ON FRIDAY NIGHT
The Teen Age Club today an
nounces one of the biggest and
most enjoyable teen age parties of
the year. As a result of the gen
erosity of the members of the Moose
Lodge, the affair will be held in the
clubhouse of the lodge on Friday
night of this week beginning at
9:15 o’clock.
There will be special music for
dancing and also some special en
tertainment. All boys and girls of
teen age are invited, even if they
are not members of the Teen Age
Club.
“It certainly is kind of' the Moose
Lodg# to make their hall available
to us,” said Rod Pegues, Teen Age
President. "This is just the latest
of the many ways in which its
members have helped our club.
“In order to raise the balance the
Teen Age Club owes on its pledge
to the Library Fund,” Pegues con
tinued, “we have decided to charge
ourselves an admission fee of 50
cents for the party. We expect it
to be a specially enjoyable affair,
so we are sure it will be worth that
much to everybody who comes to
it.”
Druxman Leaving
On 15-Day Trip
| A fast fifteen day1 trip, covering a
| good portion of the United States,
I will begin Friday for Robert N.
Druxman, local businessman and
American Legion official.
Primarily, Druxman will attend
a four day National conierenee of
American Legion officials at In
dianapolis, Indiana from November
14-17 as Adjutant-Finance Officer
of the Department of Alaska, the
American Legion. Also in attend
ance from Alaska will be John H.
Van Horn, of Sitka, Department
Commander, and Perry S. McLain,
of Anchorage, National Executive
Committeeman.
Following the Legion meetings,
Druxman will go to Chicago to at
tend a four day convention of the
Public Relations Society of Ameri
ca, of which he is a member.
Enroute, he will spend one day
in San Francisco and three days
in Seattle on business including
a Thanksgiving Day visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nate Drux
man of Seattle. He is scheduled tc
return here November 24 on PAA
FROM SEATTLE
D. C. Lamoree of Seattle is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
NOVEMBER 7
Etigene Hulk
Logan E. Hughes
Mrs. Thresa Satre
Elaine DeArmond
Mrs. Fred Turkin
Mary J. Hackwood
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
| tures at various Alaska points also
ion the Pacific Coast at 4:30 §.m.,
j 120th Meridian Time, and released
i by the Weather Bureau are as
I follows:
(Anchorage .- 35—Rain
Barrow.* 27—Snow
: Eethel . 25—Snow
! Cordova ..37—Cloudy
! Dawson . 30—Snow
i Edmonton . 29—Clear
I Fairbanks .-. 23—Snow
| Haines . 41—Cloudy
Havre . 35—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 42—Rain
Annette Island . 43—Rain
I Kodiak .j.... 36—Cloudy
! Kotzebue .. 8—Clear
I McGrath . 29—Cloudy
(Nome .* 26—Clear
Northway .22—Snow
Petersburg . 43—Cloudy
Portland . 48—Cloudy
; Prince George . 29—Cloudy
Seattle .. 47—Fog
Whitehorse . 32—Cloudy
! i'akutat . 40—Rain
Community Events
TODAY
1 At 7:30 p.m.—Auk Bay Altar Socictj
j meets at home of Mrs. Neil Moore,
i At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge,
j At 8 p.m.—Alaska Potters meet in
headquarters with firing at 3:30
j p.m.
At 8 p.m.—Jefferson-Jackson club
i meets in Moose hall.
November 8
At noon—Taku Toastmasters meet
at Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Chamber of Commerce
dinner at Baranof in honor of
visiting Congressmen.
At 8 p.m.—Emblem. Club meets in
Elks Lodge rooms.
At 8 p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid
] meets in church parlors.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
| club.
I At 8 p.m.—{ions of Norway pinochle
j party in Moose Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
November 9
At 1:30 p.m.—World Service Circle
j meets in NLP church,
i At 7 p.m. — Annual public Turkey
Shoot of Elks starts in Lodge
rooms.
November 19 4,^
■ From 2 (o 5 p.m.—Annual fall-tea
and bazaar by Guild of Holy Trin
ity church in undercroft.
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
Dance in Parish Hall.
November 11
At 2 p.m.—Dedication ceremony ol
Memorial Library.
November 12
' At 7 p.m.—Juneau Badminton club
will play in high school gym.
I At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in dugout.
November 13
At noon—Rotary Club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
; Night for Adults at Teen Age
club with square dancing.
PLEDGES INITIATED
IIY BETA .SIGMA PHI
I The Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma
! Phi. held its Eighth Anniversary
banquet Sunday evening, November
4 in the Gold Room of the Baranof
Hotel.
President Teresa Fenster wel
comed new pledges into the chap
[ ter, and introduced Toastmistress
E| a Browne. Edward Keithahn,
guest speaker of the evening, gave
a very interesting talk on “The Es
kimo,” which was much enjoyed.
Frances Paul, accompanied by Helen
Perez, sang "The Song I have
Sung,” and “Because of You.”
Following the formal banquet,
j the lovely candlelight initiation rit
j ual was read by Teresa Fenster,
assisted by Bca Browne, Mildred
Kelly, Mary Pusich, and Jein
Marsh. Pledges initiated into the
chapter were Dorothy Grimes. Ber
tha Hoff. Marjorie Kirkness, Irene
Lindstrom, Virginia Parker, and
Shirley Pusich.
Sports in Brief
By the Associated Press
At Bloomington, Tnd. — Clyde
Smith resigned as head coach at
Indiana effective at the end of the
' season.
At Ease Lansing. Mich. — The
NCAA easec. its television rules to
: permit a Detroit station to televise
| Saturday’s Notre Dame-Michigan
i State game.
At Nagoya, Japan — Art Larsen
of San Leandro, Calif., former U S.
singles champion, reached the semi
final of the All-Japan Tennis
. Championship.
20 YEARS AGO the empire
NOVEMBER 7, 1931
The Juneau Alumni defeated the Haines City Junior team at
basketball with a 21 to 16 score the previous evening. J. Orme starred
for the victors, and Yarrow and Peterson for the visitors. On the local
team were Jackson, F. Orme, Junge, Sturrock, Berggren, Baker and
J. Orme.
Walter Cleghorn, Alaskan Eskimo, won a decision over Speedy
Moulden, of New Orleans, a middleweight, in a 10-round fight at
Havre, Mont.
A daughter was born to Mrs. Velika Dapcevich this morning at St.
Ann’s Hospital.
Alford John Bradford Post No. 4, American Legion, had a lead
of 159 pins in a triangular telegraphic bowling tournament, with
Ketchikan in second place, Anchorage third. Local bowlers were Met
calf, Lavenik, M. Bavard, Stewart and Henning.
Walter McKinnon left on the motorship Northland for Seattle,
where he planned to attend school.
Mrs. R. McCormick and Master Richard McCormick were among
passengers arriving on the Northland from Seattle. C. F. Wyller and
W. Burr Johnson came in from Ketchikan. Lumber from the Juneau
Lumber Mills was loaded for discharge at Petersburg, and amounted to
40,000 feet.
Bound from Seattle to Kodiak and Seward, the steamship Admiral
Evans was in port the previous evening, bringing a week’s collection
of mail and a large shipment of general merchandise as well as 26
passengers.
Weather: High, 44; low, 39; rain.
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Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
! !
, WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He favors his right le;
in walking.” Say, “He SPARES his right leg.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Camaraderie (good will). Pronounce
ka-ma-ra-de-re, all A s as in AH, first E as in HER, second E as In
j ME, principal accent on third syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Physique (one's body). Physic (a cathartic).
SYNONYMS: Clean, cleanse, rinse, purify, scour, scrub, wash.
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:
TENTATIVE: of the nature of an experiment. (Pronounce first syllable
TEN, accent first syllable). "His arrangements were only tentative.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
—^—.—-■————-—— -
Q. On what occasion would something more than "How do you
do?” be necessary in acknowledging an introduction?
A. Such occasion would be when a friend brings a stranger tc
your house and perhaps tells you, “I have brought Mrs. Smith, who i<
visiting us.” You then reply, "I’m so glad you did." And then tc
the stranger, “I'm delighted to see you, Mrs. Smith.”
Q. Should ice cream be eaten with a spoon or fork?
A. Ordinarily, ice cream is always eaten with the spoon. However
if it is served with pie alamode, then a fork is used.
Q. Is it -all right to use a folded napkin to brush the crumbs ofi
■ the dinner table?
A. Yes, this is perfectly proper, and it usually does a good job.
j LOOK and LEARN t C. GORDON !
1—__—-——-1
1. Which two countries in the Americas are larger in area thar.
the United States?
2. Which is the most complete food from the nutritional stand
point—the , leafy vegetable, the root vegetable, or the legume?
3. What is the average weight of a human adult male skeleton?
4. Is the toe of the boot of Italy on the east or west side?
5. Who was the famous woman saloon wrecker?
ANSWERS;
1. Canada and Brazil.
2. The leafy vegetable.
3. From nine to 13 pounds.
4. West.
5. Carrie Nation.
WORLD SERVICE GROUP WILL
MEET FRIDAY AFTERNOON
The World Service Circle will
meet Friday at 1:30 p.m. at the
Northern Light Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Kenneth Clem and Mrs. Willis
■ R. Booth will be hostesses. There
will be a book review by Mrs. Rob
j ert Sommers.
BROWNIE TROOP MEETS
Brownie Troop 14 met Tuesday
afternoon after school in the Luth
eran church parlors. We worked on
our booklets for the children in the
hospital and our looms. Mrs. Walth
er gave us one of her favorite stories
about health and fire prevention.
Linda Calahan and Kathleen
Featherstone, Reporters.
■r_s__
ACROSS
1. Means of
propelling
a boat
(. Scotch uncle
8. Loose earth
12. Italian coin
13. Snare
14. Great Lake
15. Skip
16. Advanced In
years
17. Sheep-fold
18. Ancient two
wheeled
chariot
20. Interpreted
22. Moved back
24. Past
27. Solemn
promise
28. Lazar
32. Burrowing
rodeht
34. Wretched new
35. Handle
36. Males
37. Teamster’s
command
38. Tells
41. Ridicules
44. Leather thong
48. Prophetic
sign
40. Mindanao
native
51. Was carried
52. Twining plant
53. Stitch
64. Imitator
65. Periods
66. Sea eagle
67. Departed
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Blackthorn
2. Purposes
3. Garden flower
4. At a subse
quent time
5. Self
6. Vine-disease
fungus
7. Finished
8. Adjudge*
9. Metal
10. Ceremony
11. Placed golf
ball in
position
19. Devout
21. Cats
23. Bed
24. Danish terri
torial
division
25. Dong fish
26. Native metal
29. Wooden pin
30. Sooner than
31. Cereal gras*
33. Branch of
armed force*
34. Confronted
36. Overpower
39. Rental agree
ment
40. Grain stalks
41. Bird of peace
42. Mohammedan
prince
43. Californian
rock fish
45. Heavy cord
46. Arabian
peninsula
47. Saucy
50. Beard of .
wheat
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