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Wednesday, November 21, 1951
WE GIVE THANKS
We have much cause for Thanksgiving in this
Year of Our Lord 1951 although the months just
passed have been troubled ones.
We have free speech and freedom of the press,
as we recently demonstrated in vehement protest
against censorship orders from Washington. (These
freedoms are long lost to inhabitants of Iron Curtain
countries.)
Every American is free to worship God as he
chooses. (Communism’s atheistic forces have closed
thousands of churches abroad.)
We enjoy the right of free suffrage and the right
to choose our officials by secret ballot. (The ballot
is but a memory — and a faint hope to millions of
Europeans.)
In a world where hunger treads on the heels of
millions, our Thanksgiving tables will bear witness
to our high standard of living — the fruit of free
enterprise in 1 free land.
For all these benefits, we give humble thanks to
God. In Him we place our trust and our faith and
our hope for a tranquil world, unmarked by strife
and mistrust.
To Him, wc pray for strength and courage to
keep our freedoms; to spread freedom to the shackled
peoples behind the Iron Curtain and to pass our
freedoms along to our children and our children's
children and to the generations of children yet
unborn.
Through Him, let us strive tirelessly until all men
shall live in peace and abundance.
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
What They Say Whether Right or Wrong
Bernard M. Baruch, retired industrialist:
“You can overcome anything if you don't belly
ache.”
Harold E. Mayo, preacher:
"If we should have one world too soon, we may
put a noose around our necks."
U. S. Commerce Deparment:
"Americans averaged an income of $1,436 for each
man, woman and child in 1950.”
Henry M. Jackson, Member of Congress from Wash
ington :
"It is just plainly Indisputable that the Soviets
are in the atomic weapons business on a big scale.”
Harry S. Truman:
“It is of immense importance to communicate
the truth about the purpose and intentions of the
United States to the peoples of the Soviet Union.
Anthony Eden, former British Foreign Secretary:
"No free people has ever asked through the ballot
box for Communist rule.”
Millard Caldwell, Civil Defense Administrator:
"Seventy out of every one hundred planes Rus
sians would launch against us would get through to
the target.”
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Member of Congress from
New York;
“The United Nations is drifting toward a negative
policy of defense.”
Harry S. Truman:
“We do not take the view that a man's misfortune
suffered through no fault of his own, is his own
affair."
Joseph C. O'Mahoney, U. S. Senator from Wyoming:
"We have the air power now that can deliver a
most serious blow to any potential enemy.”
Melvin Price, Member of Congress from Illinois:
"Atomic attack might halt defense production
and, through its frightfulness, even destroy our will
to fight.” _
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
which Treasury agents caught them
keeping two sets of books, claimed
',Jrhey owed atr least $700,000 in taxes
and recommended criminal prose
cution. The column of Dec. 16, ’49
the proceeds:
“Ripps and Mitchell immediately
began, to pull every political wire
south or north of the Mason-Dixon
Line. First they tried to hire Joe
Nunan, former commissioner of In
ternal Revenue. Then they negoti
ated with Martin Sweaber, a good
friend of Nunan's. Then they re
tained William Nicholson of Char
lotte, N. C., former law partner
of Lamar Caudle, Assistant At
torney General in charge of the tax
division.
“Caudle phoned his former part
ner, asked him to withdraw from
t ie case. He did so.
LAW PARTNER GOT FEE
“Finally, however, Mitchell and
Ripps approached Will Walter
Bankhead of Alabama’s politically
powerful Bankhead family, and
through him retained Ben Leader,
former law partner of the U. S.
Attorney in Birmingham, John Hill.
Significantly, it was Hill who was
to try the case.
“That case, however, has never
been tried," continued the Merry
Go-Round on Dec. 16, 1949. “It w’as
sent by the Justice Department
(Caudlei to Hill for prosecution,
but that was as far as it got. U. S.
Attorney Hill held a conference
with Justice and Treasury men in
Birmingham at which he contended
he did not have sufficient evidence.
In the end, and with their concur
rence, the prosecution of jewelry
profiteers Ripps and Mitchell was
sent back to Washington as closed.
“Meanwhile, this column, prob
ing the tax fraud, unearthed some
interesting facts. Ben Leader, when
questioned, admitted he was Hill's
former law partner; also admitted
he received a fee of $12,000."
At this point it appeared that the
Ripps-Mitehell case was stopped
cold. It looked to me as if it had
about as much chance of reaching
prosecution as a freight train of
crossing the great divide without
an engine.
The column of Dec. 16, 1949,, con
tinued with other details. But here
are some background facts I did
not publish. Jack Anderson, the
Merry-Go-Round reporter whom I
sent to Mobile and Birmingham to
button up the story, brought back
what looked to me like new evi
dence, and I arranged an appoint
ment at the Justice Departmnt
with Lamar Caudle, Turner Smith,
in charge of the criminal section of
the tax division, and John Mitchell,
the Justice Department Attorney
who had gone to Birmingham to
confer with Hill and who had con
curred that the case should not be
prosecuted.
PHONY BOOKKEEPING
Mr. Anderson and I made a full
presentation of what we consider
ed shocking facts. These included
a bookkeeping system whereby Ripps
and Mitchell let their small checks
and cash accumulate. Then, when
a big check came in, they deposit
ed the accumulated small checks
and cash to the same amount as
the big check, in order to make it
appear that the big check had been
cashed. Actually the big check was
riohverted into a cashier’s check,
then sent by a roundabout way
through the Jefferson Investment
Co., of St. Louis, controlled by
Mitchell, to the Paramount Check
Cashing Service in New York.
During our conference, Caudle
several times remarked that there
certainly ought to be enough evi
dence to prosecute, and immedi
ately thereafter, he sent John Mit
chell (No relation to Joe Mitchell)
to Mobile to reopen the entire case.
The two tax defrauders were then
indicted, pleaded guilty and are
now in jail.
HONEST T-MEN
There were some other interesting
angles to the Ripps-Mitchell case.
One was that at Christmas 1946
Sam Ripps sent presents to the
Treasury agents who had been
working on the case. The packages
were returned unopened. Also a
defense.lawyer sent to Mobile from
New York hinted to T-Men that
they weren’t paid enough by the
government and could make more
money on the outside. The T-Men
did not take the hint.
At a time when Internal Revenue
is under heavy fire, I should like
to repeat that my own investiga
tion of this and many other cases
convinces me that the great ma
jority of T-Men are honest.
Real hero of the Ripps-Mitchell
prosecution, incidentally, was Rob
ert Cox, the Mobile T-Man who
handled the case, and who kept
at it despite great discouragement.
I reported in December, 1949, that
Congressman Frank Boykin had
gone to Joe Mitchell's defense, as
he had in various other scrapes.
I also heard ,but could not confirm,
(hat Ripps and Mitchell had made
a heavy contribution to the Demo
cratic National Committee.
I suspected, but could not prove,
that someone in Washington was
not enthusiastic about prosecuting
the Ripps-Mitchell case. But I am
convinced it was not Caudle. Caudle
had sent the case to Birmingham
with a recommendation for criminal
prosecution long before I began
looking into it. Ar.d after I talked
to him. he exhibited the greatest
determination and enthusiasm for
prying the case loose from its sty
mie and getting a conviction.
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Heap Honors
On Kazmaier
Of Princeton
NEW YORK, Nov. 21 — —
Princeton’s Dick Kazmaier, in line
for a bushelful of honors, was vir
tually assured today of becoming
the first eastern football player to
win the major-college total offense
title.
Kazmaier, 29th in tot..I offense a
month ago, tops the field with a
lofty 1,707 yards gained by rushing
and passing -— 118 more than run
ner-up Don Klosterman of Loyola
of California.
The Tiger ace also leads in touch
down-responsibility with 22. He
has scored nine and passed for 13
more. He also is tops in pass com
pletion percentage with 64 percent
and average gain per offense play,
6.9 yards.
Klosterman is second in total of
fense with 1,589 yards, of which
1,632 have resulted from passing,
minus 43 from rushing. He has
completed 135 passes out of 268 at
tempts to wipe out Washington's
Don Heinrich's mark of 134 com
pletions.
Kentucky’s Babe Parilli is second
to Klosterman in forward passing
with 121 completions but leads in
touchdown passes with 19.
Ollie Matson of San Francisco
leads in rushing with 1,454 yards
and Hugh McElhenny of Washing
ton leads in scoring with 118
points.
• NOVEMBER 21 •
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• Mrs. Elizabeth Heydek •
• M. E. Monagle •
• Fred J. Gilman •
• Mrs. A. B. Hayes •
• Ethel Naish •
• Jean Hermle •
• Rosella Furness «
• Raella Smith •
• NOVEMBER 22 •
• Suzaline Wade •
• Floyd Rae Horton •
• Betty Peters •
• Sue Connell •
• Ruth Carver •
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures 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 . 30—Cloudy
Barrow . 15—Cloudy
Bethel . 30—Cloudy
Cordova . 36—Cloudy
Dawson . 4—Cloudy
Edmonton . 2—Snow
Fairbanks . 19—Snow
Haines . -11—Clear
Havre . 14—Snow
Juneau Airport . 7—Clear
Annette Island 30—Clear
Kodiak . 39—Cloudy
Kotzebue .- 21—Snow
McGrath . 24—Clear
Nome . 32—Cloudy
Northway . 4—Cloudy
Petersburg . 19—Clear
Portland . 43—Rain
Prince George . 6—Clear
Seattle . 35—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 0—Cloudy
Yakutat . 30—Cloudy
Community Events
'today
At 8 p.m—Elks Lodge ,
At 8 p.m.—Foikateers meet in grade
• school gym.
November 22
At 10:30 a.m—Union Thanksgiving
Worship Service in Northern
Light Presbyterian church.
November 23
At 8 p.m.—Young Republican club
meets in IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Juneau Singers rehearse
at Methodist church.
November 26
At noon—Lions club meets at Bara
I nof Hotel.
I At 7 p.m.—Badminton Club meets
I in high school gym.
i At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah drill team prac
tice at IOOF Hall.
November 27
At noon—Rotary Club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
November 28
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
Boxer Knocked
Out, Is Sent
To Hospital
DULUTH, Minn., Nov. 21—WB—A
young heavyweight boxer was in
critical condition in a hospital to
day suffering from a brain hemorr
hage after being knocked out in a
boxing bout last night.
Surgeons said an operation may
be necessary for the boxer, Laverne
Cole, 24, of St. Paul, Minn.
Cole was knocked out in the
fourth round of a preliminary bout
by Bunny Roetter, of Stillwater,
Minn. Cole was leading on points
up to the knockout punch.
FOR THESE WE ARE THANKFUL
20 YEARS AGO ?ke
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NOVEMBER 21, 1931
Something new and novel in the way of dances was promised for
the Elks Railroad Dance which was being held this night in Elks Hall.
Tickets “by the yard" were on sale for the event. M. S. Jorgenson was
Division Superintendent” of the aifair.
—
Miss Irene Burke, of the Forest Service, returned from a vacation
trip in the States.
W. D. Gross and son, Zalmain, were incoming passengers from
Seattle on the steamer Northwestern, which docked here the previous
night.
Mrs. Rose Davis was hostess to the Douglas Island Women’s Club
the previous evening, when the regular meeting was held at the home of
Mrs. L. W. Kilburn. “Social Hygiene ” was the topic to be studied
during the coming year.
The freighter Oduna, Capt. H. Odson Anderson, of the Alaska
Steamship Co., was in port with coal for the Pacific Coast Coal Com
pany. and for Douglas, machinery for the Alaska Juneau, and general
merchandise to be discharged at the City Dock.
The Coast Guard cutter Tallapoosa, Capt. C. N. Dench, took on oil
today, preparatory to making a cruise to Funter Bay and Hoonah. Her
mission there was to examine motor boats, and also to afford residents
opportunity to consult Dr. Anderson, ship’s surgeon, if they were in
need of medical advice or treatment.
Weather: High, 29; low, 24; clear.
Daily Lessons in English &l. cordon 1
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘‘Give me proof of the
veracity of these statements.” Say, "the TRUTH of these statements.”
VERACITY refers only to persons.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: History. Pronounce in three syllables,
and not his-try.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Coyote, though pronounced kl-ot, I as in
KITE, O as in NOTE.
S'NYONYMS: Veracity, truth, truthfulness, honesty, candor, frank
ness.
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:
STRINGENT: strict in requirements; restrictive. “It was a stringent
code of procedure.”
^^JetTquette
ROBERTA LEE jj
Q. I have a woman friend who is always extolling the virtues of
her son. Do you consider it good form to praise any member of one's
own family?
A. This is considered almost as bad form as praising oneself.
Q. Is it absolutely essential to provide napkins for the guests at
an afternoon tea?
A. Most definitely, napkins should be provided whenever food of
any kind is served — even if there is only one guest.
Q. How should a girl ask a boy to accompany her to her club or
class dance?
A. “Our class is giving a dance on the 20th, Bob. Would you like
to go with me?”
1 LOOK and LEARN a! C. GORDON 11
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1. What forms of marriage are (li a man with one wdfe, (b) a man
with more than one wife, (c> a woman with more than one husband?
2. What famous woman was burned at the stake as a witch and
later canonized as a saint?
3. Under what sovereign was Disraeli Prime Minister of England?
4. How many heads has a kettle drum?
5. What is the feminine form of “maharaja"?
ANSWERS:
1. (a) Monogamy, (b) polygamy, (c) polyandry.
2. Joan of Arc.
3. Queen Victoria.
4. One.
5. Maharani.
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23. Man's name
26. Govern
28. Pronouh
32. Scattered
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36. German river
37. Yawn
39. And not
40. Grown old
42. Uneven
44. Room
47. Eating car
49. Longed
51. Auction
54. Top aviator
65. Mathemtical
ratio
56. Goddess of
discord
67. Cry of a cat
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59. Printing forms
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