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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fotrth Avenue Bldg., Seattle. Wash.
Tuesday, August 8, 1950
A SINCERE REQUEST
Whatever comes out of Mark Jensen's request
for a grand jury investigation into the Palmer air
port deal, no one can doubt his sincerity in making
the request.
Nor can anyone doubt the sincere interest of
the Fairbanks News-Miner in bringing the story be
fore the public. The News-Miner has spent time and
money in following up tfie Palmer airport deal, a
transaction which it considers of questionable legality.
As long as legislators and an interested press
will investigate matters of public interest which they
consider have been improperly handled by public em- I
ployees. so long will we have good government.
If there is a case, the matter of whether or not,
it should be presented in this division is of interest.
The District Attorney of the First Division says that
any action should be brought in the Third Division
■ because the Third Division is the situs jof the
transaction involved.”
Just to satisfy our curiosity, wouldn't the same
reason apply to many of the so-called anti-trust cases
that were considered recently by the Third Division
grand jury? The site, or situs, of many of the alleged
violations in the cases involved was not the Third
Division.
Commies and the NEA
(Washington Post)
Almost without opposition, the National Education
Association changed its by-laws last week so as to
exclude from its membership any Communist or any
member of a subversive organization. The action is
indicative of the temper of the American people, edu
cators no less than others. Undoubtedly the teachers
who voted by secret ballot for this change are aware
of the difficulties that may arise in identifying "sub
versives.” They must also have been reluctant to sanc
tion any practice that might result in the “branding"
of teachers. But these reasons for restraint were
overshadowed in the minds of the great majority by
the danger of allowing Communist propagandists to
function in our free schools.
The NEA was saved from the unpleasant duty
of expelling the New York City Teachers Union by its
withdrawal from the organization. The Teachers Un
ion had previously been thown out of the CIO and
various teacher associations for alleged communistic
leanings, and its presence in the NEA was a source
of embarrassment which could not longer be endured.
The elementary fact is that no individual or organi
zation that is bound by a “party line” has any place
in the American tchool system. The public schools
are a bulwark of freedom, and they must not be per
mitted in any degree to fall under the influence of
those who seek to take advantage of freedom in order
to destroy It.
To our way of thinking, the National Education
Association has set a pattern that may well be fol
lowed by other educational groups. Teachers who
naturally resent being asked to sign non-Communist
oaths or declarations may help clear the atmosphere
by driving from their own organizations the occasional
Moscow propaganist who may be masquerading as a
teacher. This is not a pleasant task. It will go against
tire grain of many teachers. But so long as a center
of world power is attempting to destroy our freedom
by infiltration, it is a necesary task. The effective
ness with which it is performed is likely to have
an important bearing upon the growing demand for
non-Communist oaths from teachers.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
where rents increased drastically,
not one Republican voted for it.
Her amendment was defeated.
(Looks like the real estate lobby
is still strongi . . . Credit Florida's
Dwight Rogers with the crackdown
amendment on hoarders which
would send them to jail. The vote
on this crossed party lines . . .
not classing party lines, however,
was the proposal for an immediate
excess profits tax proposed by alert
iOongiessJttkh '‘-'Walter Hubtf ’6f
Akron, O., Democrat. Pushed by
Democratic Congressman Dan Flood
of Wilkes Barre, Pa., and Mrs.
Douglas, the amendment at first
was adopted, then thrown out of
the control bill. Most Republicans
were opposed.
Texas Politics—Young Maury
Maverick (his father was the able
Congressman from Texas and ex
maytr of San Antonio) is now
running for the Texas legislature
in a race which sets a record for
gall. Maverick Jr., is opposed by
Frates S. Sceligson. aged 24, scion
of one of the wealthiest oil fam
ilies in Texas. The other day,
Seeligson Sr., came to Maverick
Sr., and urged that young Maver
ick withdraw from the race. "My
boy is wealthy and therefore will
be an honest legislator," said the
elder Seeligson. “Furthermore you)
boy will be drafted, and my boy
won't." . . . Young Maverick re
fused to budge. He has already
served four years in the Marines
in the Louth Paeilic and will serve
again if needed . . . Meanwhile the
SeeLgson family is spending an es
timated $25,000 to elect its scion,
though a lot of veterans are chip
ping in vountarily to help young
Maverick.
Asiatic U. N. President—General
MaeArthur lias sent Philippine
General Carlos Romulo, now pres
ident of the United Nations Assem
bly, a cable addressed “Etear Carlos”
which states: "We alt watched wfth
so much pride and enthusiasm your
great efforts of the past two years
in the fields of diplomacy and
statesmanship. But now the guns
have begun to speak. While I
know it cannot be, I would feel
a sense of comfort to have you at
my right hand again.” . . . This
should further clinch the idea of
having Gen. Romulo go to Korea
as part of the U. N. command in
order to make Asiatics realize ours
is not a white man's imperialistic
invasion. Unfortunately this Mos
cow line is believed in much of the
Orient.
Under the Dome—Mystery? . . .
Who put the pressure on Congress
man Celler of New York to induce
him to call off his long-proposed
investigation of Pan American
World Airways? . . . Out in Illinois,
so many Republicans are fed up
with the Chicago Tribune's har
pooning of the war effort, that they
are forming Republican clubs to re
elect Senator Scott Lucas, Dem
ocrat ... If Washington really
wanted to show an all-out war
effort it would curtail the fancy,
plush planes reserved for cabinet
officers, the top brass and other
VIP’s. Most people have forgotten
that in war II, Harry Hopkins,
Averell Harriman and other dig
mtaies hopped the Atlantic in
bucket seats or hi the bomo nays
'of bombers. FDR himself had no
r special plane until near the war’s
end . . . Now not only does Tru
man have a plane sitting idle,
with crew doing nothing; but Sec
retary Johnson has first lien on
the swank “Dew Drop” made for
"President" Dewey. There are also
ten plush planes on hand to carry
bigwig* around the globe. Their
joint carrying capacity could rush
a thousand badly needed troops
across the Pacific instead of having
the taxpayers hire special com
mercial planes—as at present.
Servants of Brotherhood—Credit
the Greenville, S. C.. Lions Club
with doing a fine job of campaign
| ing against hoarding—and getting
i results . . . One of the great polite
f chiefs of the U. S. A—General
William Horton of the U. S. Ma
rines, retired—is quitting as head
of the Los Angeles police. Old
fashioned Civil Service rules are
the reason. (He didn’t work from
the bottom up.) And the city
could only appoint him temporarily
. . while penny-pinching senators
recently lopped off the State De
partment’s propaganda budget,
many patriotic Americans organ
ized as the "Common Council for
American Unity" are doing a bang
up job of telling Europe the trufli
about the U. S. A. They are work
ing dhiefly through naturalized
| Americans with relatives in Europe
through letter-writing campaigns.
I This proved most effective in Italy
I. . . Efficient, overworked Peyton
I Ford will resign as assistant to the
attorney general this fall, to prac
tice law. Replacing him will be
Gus Vanech, one of the best men
in the Justice Department. He
worked his way up.
Politics and Prima Donnas—Good
old Joe Martin, the ex-speaker, ap
parently doesn’t believe in the Re
publican platform. When the
young Republicans of the District
of Columbia put the bite on Joe
| to help out home rule for Wash
ington, D. C., he refused to sign
the discharge petition—despite the
fact that home rule is in the GOP
platform. Furthermore the D. C.
home rule bill now before Congress
is exactly the same bill which the
Repubicans backed in the 80th Con
gress when Joe was speaker . . .
Prima Donna Senator Guy Gillette,
who now opposes^ Carrol Switzer
tor a federal judgeship, once backed
Switzer for what he called an
"assistant Judgeship." (Actually
there is no such position) ... Ho
prima donna, Senator Matt Neeley
of West Virginia is doing a con
scientious job in the wire-tap
probe. He hung back at first for
the understandable reason that he
didn’t want to go off half-cocked
on a Joe McCarthy witch hunt.
• TIDE TABLE
•
• AUGUST 9
• Low tide 5:12 a.m., 2.2 ft.
• High tide 11:56 a.m., 11.6 ft.
• Low tide 17:11 p.m., 6.5 ft.
• High tide 23:11 p.m., 13.9 ft.
SON FOR HAGERUPS
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hagerup of
Juneau became the parents of a
son at 9:25 o’clock last night. The
child, born at St. Ann’s Hospital,
weighed eight pounds.
Sewing machines lor rent at the
White Sewing Machine renter
j TEMPERATURE IN
| JULY WAS BELOW
NORMAL, REPORT
The United States Weather Bu
reau released the following July
weather information; the tempera
ture for July averaged below normal
but the first third of the month
' was above. The lowest temperature
! reading of 36 degrees on the eighth
was the lowest July reading on re
cord at the Airport.
The total precipitation of 7.07
inches was exceeded only in 1945
I when 7.76 inches of rain was re
corded. Rain fell each day except
two days during the first eight days
of the month.
Airport Data
Highest temperature: 82 in 1947,
this July 79; lowest temperature: 36
in 1950, this July 36; mean maxi
mum temperature: average 62.0, this
July 61.9; mean minimum tempera
| ture: average 47.2, this July 46.8;
mean monthly temperature: normal
55.5, this July 54.4; total precipi
tation: normal 4.22 inches, this
July 7.07 inches.
Maximum wind: SE 28 in 1945,
this July SE 22: average cloudiness:
average 85 percent, this July 87
percent; percentage of possible sun
shine: average 21 percent, this July
19 percent.
City Data
Highest temperature: 79; lowest
temperature: 46; mean maximum
temperature: 61.1; mean minimum
temperature: 50.1; mean monthly
temperature: 55.6; total precipita
tion: 9.93 inches.
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Races Tonight! Also Albert Peter
j son and his accordion. SNAKE
PIT DOWNS. 75-lt
; Home fires are most numerous
during winter.
Gtt&Mal
AUGUST 8
Linn A. Forrest
John J. Cashen
Martin J. Lynch
Mrs. Harry Sturrock
Ronald Allen Peterson
Henry Roden
Sarah J. Cameron
WOMEN OF MOOSE
TO MEET AUG. 17
The next meeting of the Women
of the Moose will be held August
17 and will be in charge of Violet
Seaberg, Mooseheart Alumni chair
man.
At the last meeting, with Senior
Regent Beatrice Albegoff presiding
reports were made by the following
chairmen: Mooseheart Alumni.
Violet Seaberg; Social Service, Merle
Kimes; Homemaking. Lillian Fen
nel; Membership, Vi Clark; Pub
licity, Edith Gardner. A special re
port of the Ways and Means com
mittee regarding the carnival was
made by Edna Card. Members bal
loted on a number of membership
applications.
DE ZORDA HERE
John De Zorda of Petersburg is
at the Gastineau Hotel.
Races Tonight! Also Albert Peter
son and his accordion. SNAKE
PIT DOWNS. 75-lt
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS—
August 7, 1950. SEALED BIDS will
be received at the office of the Bu
reau of Public Roads, 419 Federal
and Territorial Building, Juneau.
Alaska, until 9:00 A. M. on August
23, 1950, and then publicly opened
for furnishing the materials and .
performing the work for construct- >
ing Alaska Forest Highway Project i
5-B2, Grading, Kenai River High
way, Chugach National Forest, j
Third Judicial Division. Territory of [
Alaska. The project, 5.475 miles, is
located approximately 38 miles north
of Seward, Alaska and involves the
following approximate quantities:
Extra and Miscellaneous Force Ac
count Work, All Req'd.; Clearing 43
Acres; Grubbing 30 Acres: Unclassi
fied Excavation 182,000 Cu. Yds.:
Unclassified Excavation for Struc- i
tures 700 Cu. Yds.; Unclassified 1
Excavation for Borrow, Case 1, 41,
000 Cu. Yds.: Overhaul 303,500 Sta. |
Yds.; Special Overhaul of Borrow;
10,000 Cu. Yd. Mi.: Pit Clearing If
Acres; Pit Stripping 10,000 Cu. Yd.;
Bituminous Coated Corrugated!
Sheet Metal Culvert Pipe 2,542 Lin.
Ft.; Bituminous Coated Sectional
Plate Pipe 132 Lin. Ft. Plans and
specifications may be examined by
prospective bidders at Bureau of
Public Roads, 419 Federal and Ter
ritorial Building, Juneau, Alaska;
Bureau of Public Roads, District
Engineer, Seward, Alaska; Associat
ed General Contractors of America,
Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle,
Washington; Associated General
Contractors of America, Multnomah
Hotel, Portland, Oregon; Associated
General Contractors of America,
304-306 Central Building, Anchor
age, Alaska. Where copies of plans
and specifications are requested, a
deposit of $10.00 will be required to
insure their return. If these are
not returned within 15 days after
opening of bids, the deposit will be
forfeited to the Government. Checks
should be made payable to the
Treasurer of the United States.
Plans and specifications may be ob
tained at the office of Bureau of
Public Roads, 419 Federal and Ter
ritorial Building, Juneau, Alaska.
H. A. Stoddart, Division Engineer.
First publication, Aug. 8, 1950.
Last publication, Aug. 10, 1950.
ACROSS 29 By the elite of
1‘ Le:,sP." ot * 35I Pertaining to
fable old age
I I. Toward the 37. Tale
stern 38. Be unsuc
I. Norwegian ceesftil
county 41. Before
12. Scene of 42. Break suddenly
action 43. Feminine name
13. Contend 45. Appended
14. Exclamation 47. Cooked by
15. Allude dry heat
16. Buntinglike 49. Ancient Roman
fabric official
18 Below 62. Massachusetts
2o! Feeble-minded cape
person 53. Elsenhower’s
21 Final nickname
23. Pigpen 64. Weathercocks
25 Minus 55. Color
26. Have debts 66. Thing: law
27 State 57. Bar of metal
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Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
DOWN
L Spoil
l. Seaweed
5. Declines
4. Concerning
6. Rendered fat
of swine
6. Turns aside
7. Proper
8. Cooperative
group
9. Burning
10. King of Crete
11. Youthful years
17. Sheds feathers
19. Ancient Jewish
ascetic
21. Tennis shot
22. Wonder and
fear
24. Shouted
27. American
author
28. Regret
30. Islands
32. Looking after
33. Bombast
34. Tear
36. Decrees of the
Sultan
38. Electrical unit
39. Intense
suffering
40. Silly
42. Portable chair
44. Move
46. Hindu goddess
45. Piece out
50. Constellation
51. Superlative
ending
20 YEARS AGO empire
AUGUST 8, 1930
The Elks and American Legion clubs accepted the challenge of the
Moose Baseball Club, winners of the City League's 1930 championship
and the Wilson Trophy. Roy Thomas was to manage the Elks-Vet com
bination for the game August 10. This 12-man team was to compete
with the Paps: Haines, catcher; Bob Keaton, Manning and Koskl,
pitchers; Brown, Ted Keaton, Junge, Vale, M. MacSpadden. Roller,
Fred Henning and Niemi. •
A battery short circuit on a Ford car called out the fire department.
The car was owned by W. J. Ryan, one of the construction crew at the
new Standard Oil plant. The fire was put out before it spread from
the battery.
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C. M. Archbold, U. S. Forest Ranger, was to leave on the Admiral
Rogers for his headquarters in Petersburg. Mrs. Archbold was to stay
some time longer in St. Ann’s Hospital, where she was a convalescent
from an appendectomy.
Mrs. E. F. Rodenburg was hostess for the social hour after the
Women of Mooseheart Legion meeting, and Mrs. Koski was to entertain
the sewing circle the following week.
Mrs. Wellman Holbrook returned from the family home at Hatfield,
Minn., accompanied by her brother, R. L. Clayton of Minneapolis.
•-I
The Seaview Apartments was sold by Mrs. Gus Rennan to Mrs.
Henry Roden, the transaction reportedly involving $9,000. Mrs. Rennan
retained ownership of another property, the Home Boarding House.
, _
The Rev. B. N. Hubbard, head of the geology department at the
University of Santa Clara, and his party, returned on the Admiral
Watson from the Alaska Peninsula. Father Hubbard, “the glacier
priest," reported that Aniakchak and Veniaminof, the two largest vol
canic craters in the world, were active and apparently had recently
erupted. ,
Weather: High, 73; low, 57; cloudy.
Carmen Mantyla
Will Be Bride of
Alex McNeil, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Mantyla an
nounce the engagement of their
eldest daughter, Carmen DolorOs,
to Cpl. Alex McNeil, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex McNeil of San Bon
ita. Texas.
The marriage of this popular
young couple will be at 8 p.m.,
September 5 in the Scottish Rite
Temple, where the wedding recep
tion also will be held.
The attractive bride-elect is one
of three daughters in a family long
resident here. Her younger sisters
are Betty Jean and Patty.
Miss Mantyla has lived in Ju
neau since she was two years old.
She is a graduate of Juneau High
School and worthy advisor of Ju
neau Assembly No. 3, Order of
Rainbow for Girls.
She also has been known as
Princess Carmen, as she was a
charming candidate in the Fourth
of July "queen" contest.
Mr. McNeil, who came here from
Texas two years ago, is on tRe
Alaska Communication System
mechanical staff, and is active in
the Moose Lodge.
D'Fl'IKOS LEAVE TODAY
FOR WASHINGTON, D. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl D'Epiro were
bocked for passage today by Pan
American, starting their return to
Washington, D. C., which was their
home before coming here two years
ago. They planned to fly to De
troit, take delivery on a new car,
and drive the rest of the way.
D'Epiro, .administrative assistant
to the Alaska Field Staff, and has
been active in civic affairs.
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