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NAT 1 NAT. RFPRE9FNTATIVES - Alaska Newspapers. 141)
fO'.irth Avenue Bldg., Seattle. Wash
Monday, October 16, 1950
SOCIALIZED MEDICINE
The American Medical Association, representing
America's physicians, is currently campaigning against
the administration’s proposed Compulsory Health In
surance Plan. Supporting the doctor's fight are the
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Am
erican Bar Association, the General Federation of
Women’s Clubs and a host of other national organi
zation s.
Despite the protests of thousands of Americans—
individuals as well as organizations—there are those
who are determined to force socialized medicine down
our throats.
Tlie fact that this pernicious and costly form of
government meddling has proven itself to be a dismal
failure in Socialist Britain has been no deterrent to
the “social planners."
These self-styled saviors are not concerned that
socialized medicine, in every country that has made
the tragic experiment, has lowered standards of medical
care, robbed physicians of the incentive to excel pro
fessionally and increased the tax burden inordinately.
Nor do they mention that the administration of such
a plan would of necessity create a new, far-flung
bureaucracy, compleet with red tape and the inevitable
hordes of government paper-shufflers.
Latest to carry the ball for the administration’s
newest excursion into the fairyland of socialism is an
ex-society editor turned politician. India Gillespie
Moffett Edwards is the lady's name and she is chair
man of the women's division of the Democratic Na
tional Committee.
To combat the bourgeois propaganda of the Am
erican Medical Association (your doctor and mine),
India proposes to organize the nation's women in a
campaign reminiscent of the chain letter.
India would have every woman telephone ten
friends and urge each to call ten of her friends de
nouncing the nation's doctors for their campaign
against socialized medicine.
Many good women will undoubtedly be swayed
by the idealistic arguments in favor of socialized
medicine. Most will not.
Should India's helpers phone you, we suggest
that you refer the caller to her physician for a look
at the facts. And if you, too, are in doubt—phone
your own doctor before you embark on a campaign
to wreck his profession at your own expenes.
(Editor's note: Saturday's Seattle Post-Intelli
gencer reports that 19.000 British doctors threaten
to resign from Britain's socialized medicine plan, un
less their pay is increased.)
Railway to Alaska
(Prince Rupert Daily News)
Talks on the subject of a railway through British
Columbia to Alaska are on the tapis for Ottawa this
week. Prince Rupert can well be very interested.
Time was when a subject would command much
attention here as wre discussed and promoted the
advantages of coming as far west as possible so as
Prince Rupert’s strategic position as an outlet for
the great north country could be used to the fullest
advantage. Of course when it is a matter of con
necting Alaska with the United States through Brit
ish Columbia, the Prince Rupert aspect may not be
of such prime significance.
However, such a railway would be of the utmost
importance to the whole central interior country and
could not help but redound to the benefit and de
velopment of this port as well as all this area.
So the talks at Ottawa, even though they are of
a'“pretty preliminary” character, will be watched with
much interest.
October 16
Ken Kadow
Gertrude Treffers
John Winther, Jr.
Dave Housel
Clara T. Waylord
Mrs. R. M. Kelsey
Mrs. Stella Mayhew
Lynne Dunn
CCMMUHI1Y EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau City Band
practice in Grade School audi
torium.
At 8 p.m.—Special meeting of City
Council.
At 8 p.m.—Alaska Crippled Child
ren’s Association meeting AEL&P
Co. penthouse.
At 8 p.m.-VFW and Auxiliary no
host banquet at Whing Ding.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion meets
in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—P-TA in High School
study hall. Discussion on polio.
October 17
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 6:30 p.m.—Couple Club of N. L.
P. Church meets.
At 7:30 p.m.—Membership Com
mittee Association meeting in City
Council Chambers.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
night for adults at Teen Age Club.
October 18
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—BPW reception to teach
ers in Scottish Rite Temple.
October 1.9
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
At 8:30 p.m.—Luigi Silva concert at
20th Century Theatre.
October 20
At- 10 a.m.—Holy Trinity rummage
sale in undercroft.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Stuart Helntzelman, W. C. Langlitt,
M. B. Stuart and S. D. Sturgis, All
were inherited from the Army but
aie now operated by the Unified
Mitiiary Serf*Transport Service. As
militaiy vessels, these ships do not
come under Coast Guard jurisdic
tion. However, the ships' officers
have complained repeatedly about
the ; ife lifeboat gear. So far,
thejr ... nings have gone ignored.
Navy Explains
A mate ‘ who sailed on the S3
Gcneial Sturgis told this column:
"Emergencies likely to be encount
ered on ships at sea, such as fires,
strain uu's. founderings, and col
lision', wculd not only make life
boats necessary but, on this ship,
would make them almost useless.”
A Navy spokesman explained that
the Military Sea Transport Service
has l ’n so hard-pressed for troop
ships, since the Korean war began,
that t re hasn't been time to im
prove the ships inherited from the
Armi The same spokesman denied
hewevtr, that a power failure had
prevented the Benevolence's life
beats from beyig lowered. He insis
ted the hospital ship was not equip
ped v. ith triple-bank davits which
require- hip's power, but with sim
ple gravity davits.
Yet Capt. Barton Bacon Jr., com
mand : of the Benevolence, told
a Coast Guard inquiry that lack
of power had made it impossible to
get lifeboats over the side. The
frantic crew was able to cut loose
only one lift boat which immediate
ly capsized.
With illegal, Russian-made min
e i: ting loose in Far Eastern
vatc: the Navy may be faced with
a needless tragedy unless it in
stalls modern, safe lifeboat equip
ment in these seven unsafe troop
ships.
Whi-tie-stop Truman?
Btf re the President decided to
visit General MacArthur, Democrat
ic pi: ticians had been begging him
on bended knees to make a fist
swinging whistle-stop tour during
the last 10 days of the campaign.
Mr. Truman, however, has remained
lukewarm.
Th inside reason for his coolness
is not the official explanation at
the White House—that the Presi
dent is pressed with urgent prob
lems. It is his own fear that he
cannot repeat his 1948 victory in
an off year.
Presidential secretaries Matt Con.
nelly and John Steelman threw the
most c id water on the speech tour,
because: "If the boss goes out and
does his best and we still lose seats
in Congress, he won't be the champ
any more. That would hint in 1952."
Demociatic Chairman B.ll Boyle
and Acting Campaign Director, Sen.
Clinton Anderson, on the other
lend recommend that Mr. Tru
man take the last 10 days before
the election to stir up excitement
and get voters to the polls. Their
rt , on: confidential and alarming
reports that reveal the Democrats
will se key seats unless they get
out : big vote.
2. jrveys show the Democrats
I
must get 55 to 75 percent of the '•
registered voters at the polls in J
order to carry such strategic states
as New York, Ohio, Illinois, Mis
souri and California. A smaller vote
would lop off Democrat incum
bents, and a big turnout would
increase the administration power
in Congress.
In most areas, Democrat scouts
report apathy among the voters.
Headline charges of Communism,
responsibility for Korea, and ap
peasement of Russia have not stir
red up any excitement in the grass
roots. One correspondent wrote, “I
wish the Republican war cry of
‘Communism, Korea and confusion'
was clicking better, so the Demo
crats would get out and work.” |
N0te — the Truman-MacArthur
meeting was considered a compro- j
mise between the two groups of I
Presidential advisers. The trip keeps |
the President in the war news, and t
also reminds voters that he had
something to do with the big de
cision of Korea.
Truman Howards GOP
A quiet move is under way by the
AFL, CIO, and Railway Brother
hoods to beard Mr. Truman in the
j White House and bluntly ask him
i why labor has been ignored in
favor of Republican big business
! executives in making recent mobil
! ization appointments.
I One labor official complained to
Don Dawson, President Truman’s
personnel man, “there is only one
labor man in all the new defense
setup-Eli Oliver on Symington's Re
sources Board."
William Green and Phil Murray
have also griped to sympathetic
Congressmen. The appointments
that particularly rankle them are:
William Henry Harrison, former
executive of the American Tele-1
phone and Telegraph Co., as direc
tor of the new National Production
Authority.
Alan Valentine, ex-president of
the University of Rochester and
corporation director, as Economic
Stabilization director. Valentine was
executive director of the Democrats
' for Willkie in 1940.
Towering and popular Cy Ching,
chief of the Federal Conciliation
Service, to be chairman of the
Wage Stabilization Board. Ching
is a Republican, former vice Presi
dent of U. S. Rubber.
Capital Chaff
The United Nations Commission
has reported that the South Kor
eans were just as guilty of war at
rocities as the North Koreans—un
til the U. S. Army found out, put its
foot down, . .Republic of Korea
President Syngman Rhee is so busy
making political capital out of the
UN military victory that he is be
coming a nuisance to the Army, is
, embarrassing the State Depart
ment. . .The new ambassador to
England, Walter S. Gifford, to
whom President Truman gave the
juciest plum in the diplomatic ser
vice, contributed to the 1944 and
J 1948 Presidential campaigns—but
not to Truman. He was a heavy
’ backer of Tom Dewey.
j
“RAIN OR SHINE"
! "Enjoy weekend at TAKU LODGE,
j $25 includes round trip transpor
tation from Juneau; deluxe lodging,
( meals, fishing and sightseeing trips.
Phone 202 ior reservations. 592-tf
Where's Elmer*
Sorry Elmer Could
Not Leave Juneau
A gold and silver embossed invi
tation to Elmer Friend to attend
the 59th anniversary of the found
ing of the Seatfle High School Cad
et Company Saturday October 14,
was difficult for Mr. Friend, man
aging editor of the Empire to re
fuse.
But last week was election week,
returns were coming over the tele
type in the Empire office too fast
to let him leave town, Elmer said.
Ernest H. Keene, secretary of the
59 year od Cadet Company, wrote
the Empire saying that "Elmer
Friend was a prominent and active
member of the organization in an
early day. We would love to see
him at our 59th anniversary ban
quet. Could you ship him down for
the occasion?"
The Empire did its best to ship
Elmer down for the Occasion. But
try to persuade a managing eunui
to do anything he thinks might
interfere with his job. It can’t be
done.
Mr. Friend sent a check to Mr.
Keen to pay for his dinner at the
banquet , to pdy for a "double shot
of bourbon" at his vacant place and
wished his fellow members of the
Seattle High School Cadet Com
pany many more reunions.
FLEISCHMANN on a product ts
like 24 carat on gold—the finest it
can be. Try FLEISCHMANN GIN
and be convinced.
SCIIWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S
Grand’s Club meeting at home ol
Mrs. Douglas Mead.
October 21
At 1 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid
Bazaar, Lutheran Church.
At 1 p.m.—Memorial Church Mis
sionary Society rummage and
luncheon sale.
October 23
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
FRENCH ABANDON
ANOTHER BIG POST
SAIGON, Indochina, Oct. 16—(A*)—
The French today announced ab
andonment of still another post on
the China-Indonesian frontier—the
small outpost of Nacham.
A military spokesman said the
Nacham garrison had withdrawn
nine miles southeast to Dong Dang,
last major French position before
the frontier headquarter fortress
of Langson, six miles further to the
soumeasi.
The spokesman said evacuation
of Nacham had been accomplished
without impor'ant fighting. Other
French sources said Communist
led Vietminh troops had occupied
Nacham following the French with
drawal.
The report of the abandonment
of ‘.he post came as French of
ficials said privately it soon might
j be necessary to withdraw French
I forces from all Chinese frontier
• posts. In the past month the French
| have abandoned the posts of Dong
‘ khe, Caobang, and Thatkhe, leav
| ing some 300 miles of the Chinese
I frontier open to traffic by the Viet
! minh to and from supply and train
! ing points in Communist China.
ACROSS
1. Roam about
idly
4. Tapestry
9. Organ of
speech
12. Finial
13. Long trying
time
14. Entirely
15. Botch
17. Rightly
19. Heraldic
cross
21. Inquire
22. Musical
instrument
24. Troubles
26. Exist
28. Topaz
humming
bird
29. Boys
31. Merit
33. Tranqullize
35. Song bird
37. Afresh \
38. Newspaper \
paragraph
40. Swiss river
41. Naval officer:
abbr.
42. Land measure
44. Prosperous
4G. Title of a
knight i
47. Glistening
49. Introduce
52. Continent
55. Ask payment
56. Cubic meter
58. Weary
59. Conjunction
60. Of the feet
61. Understand
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Solution of Saturday's Puzzle
DOWN
1. Jewel
2. Imitate
3. Put out of
place
4. While
6. Mature
fi. Peruse again
7. Past
8. Part of a
flower
9. Frolic
10. Sick
ii. Kun oetween
port 8
16. Salt
IS. German city
20. King slowly
22. Intrigue
23. Occurrence
25. Small island
2*',. Kind of fish
27. Vestibule
20. Mohammedan
32. Resolution into
component
parts
31. Re in store for
3G. Doily of armed
South
African
natives
39. Tried
43. Drittle
45. Collection of
facts
46. Province In
India
48. Queen of ths
gods
49. Feminine
name
60. Kind <,f pigeon
51. Corroded
63. Ang.-r
54. New Zealand
tree
67. Dutch measure
of length
20 YEARS AGO Ti?E EMPIRE
OCTOBER 16, 1930
A noted visitor was Count Ivan T. Tolstoy, grandson of the great
Russian author any social reformer, Leo Tolstoy. He had spent the
summer in the Interior as guest of Maj. L. E. Atkins. Count Tolstoy
said the mcst astonishing phenomenon in Alaska was not its wonderful
scenery, gas, fisheries, or minerals, but the lack of local self-govern
ment.
George Kendler, proprietor of the Alaska Dairy, returned from a
business trip to the States.
Charles Tuckett of the Coliseum Theatre and Mrs. Tuckett returned
on the Northwestern after a five-week trip in which they visited Salt
Lake City, Utah; San Francisco and Seattle.
Nick Bez of the Peril Straits Packing Company at Todd was a Juneau
arrival from the States.
Adolph "Dutch" Hursch of Douglas was the new assistant ot the
"240" power plant at Treadwell, succeeding Charles Sey, who had been
appointed U. S. Commissioner at Juneau.
I
Douglas was threatened with a morning conflagration, but quick
work by residents and prompt assistance from the Juneau Fire De
partment confined the flames to the one house which was destroyed.
Sparks ignited roofs of ten other buildings and the city water tank, but
these incipient blazes were extinguished. A two-story structure at Sec
ond and F streets was completely burned. The owner. A. F. Grandberg,
said it was valued at $2,000 and that there was no insurance. The
mailboat Estebeth and fishing boat Wilson, moored on the Juneau side
of the channel, hurried across with persons interested in Douglas
property.
A. M. Bradford left on the Admiral Rogers for Wrangell enroute to
Craig, where he was to be manager of the new Standard Oil station.
Weather: High, 32; low, 27; clear.
Daily Lessons in English l. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not confuse ANNUNCIATE (to an
nounce) with ENUNCIATE (to pronounce distinctly).
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Abstractly. Accent first syllable, not
the second.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Irascible; one R and SCI.
SYNONYMS: Quandary, dilemma, plight, predicament.
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:
LAVISH; expending or bestowing profusely; prodigal. “He was very
lavish with his gifts.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q.. If a girl is driving her own care and is accompanied by a man,
should he make any offer to do the driving?
A. It would be better if he made no such offer. Some women are
sensitive about their driving and might think such an offer reflects
on their ability at the wheel. Of course, if the woman suggests that
the man drive, then he should accept.
Q. Is it obligatory that a bride write a note of thanks to someone
who has given her a check as a gift?
A. Most certainly and, if possible, she should tell the donor to
what use she is going to put the money.
Q. When two women are introduced, should they shake hands?
A. Usually they do not, but it is quite all right if they do.
LOOK and LEARN JL a GORDON
1. Which is the highest mountain in the Appalachian range?
2. What is the astronomical name for the North Star?
3. What department of the Army supplies weapons and munitions?
4. What is the most famous "painted smile” in the world?
5. Who is the outstanding composer of Finland?
ANSWERS:
1. Mt. Mitchell, in North Carolina, 6,684 feet high.
2. Polaris.
3. Ordnance.
4. That of "Mona Lisa,” by da Vinci.
5. Jean Sibelius.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
i
Weather conditions ana 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 . 32—Cloudy
Annette Island . 39—Clear
Barrow .. 14—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . 30— Clear
Cordova .. 41—Cloudy
Dawson.—.- 23—Cloudy
Edmonton . 29—Clear
Fairbanks -. 13—Clear
Haines . 39—Cloudy
Havre ... 35—Cloudy
Juneau. 37—Partly Cloudy
Kodiak . 45—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 33—Snow
McGrath . 34—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 34—Partly Cloudy
Northway . 11—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 34—Fog
Portland. 45—Partly Cloudy
Prince George . 27—Fog
Seattle . 41—Fog
Sitka . 37—Clear
Whitehorse . 29—Clear
Yakutat . 34—Partly Cloudy
FRIDAY, THE 13TH,
NOTHING BUT BAD
FOR SHIP'S CAPTAIN
SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 13—
(Special to Empire)—Friday the
thirteenth proved an unlucky day
for William Gleeson, Captain of the
S. S. Chilliwack (Frank Water
house vessel which has been dis
charging coal and freight in Skag
way for several days). While leav
ing the ship to take an early morn
ing walk—about 7:30 a.m.—he fell
between the ship and the dock
striking one shoulder and leg
against the guard rail. Since .there
were no witnesses to the accident
no one saw exactly what happened
but one of the rungs on the ladder
was carried away and this is
thought to be the cause of the
fall. Captain Gleeson hung onto
a piling fully ten minutes before
the second mate of the Chilliwack
heard his cries for help. He was
taken to the White Pass Hospital
where medical examination show
ed a broken right arm and left
leg but no internal injuries. He will
be taken to a Seattle hospital Sat
urday by Alaska Coastal and Pan
American. The S. S. Chilliwack
sailed from Skagway for Vancouver
Friday evening.
NOTICE
Family Cleaners will take r.c
more cleaning until further notice.
(Signed) Mrs. Olga Kletzing
631-3t
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Phone1M
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Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m. vf.l»y
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meeting! Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN BEN
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P . O. Box UN
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Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
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..Phone 206 -Second and Seward
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