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Tuesday, August 11, 1951
JUDGE FOOTBALL ON ITS OWN MERITS
The suggestion made by several members of Con
gress that football be suspended at the United States
Military Academy where ninety cadets are involved
for cheating in examinations, seems to be another in
stance of using an unrelated incident to put inter
collegiate athletics under a cloud.
We are well aware of the fact that over-emphasis
has been placed on football at a great number of
institutions and that, at times, it may be a cor
rupting influence on those athletes who get the idea
that their main job at college Is on the football
field and not in the study hall.
■Nevertheless, intercollegiate football should be con
sidered in relation to the overall picture of college
education. The sport should not be judged solely by
the unhappy fact that, at one or two institutions,
athletes have been permitted to disregard their studies
or, what is worse, have cheated on examinations in
order to make passing grades.
VETERANS PROVE TO BE
GOOD STUDENTS
The deadline for starting educational training
under the G. I. Bill has passed but, since it began,
seven years ago, 8,000,000 vetrans have attended school
or college under governmental subsidy at a cost to the
nation of $14,000,000,000
The Educational Bill, which was adopted in 1944.
when millions of Americans were involved in fighting
for the defense of their country, as designed to pro
vide financial assistance for veterans who decided to
go to school or college upon returning to civilian
stall** «ffhe original law was amended a number of
times to liberalize its provisions. Depending upon
length of service, the veterans were given up to four
years of free schooling with the government paying
the expense of their education.
It should be remembered by Americans at this
time that when the bill was passed, it was feared that
there would be another repetition of the apple-selling
veteran on the streets of our cities. 'The prospect at
that time was that, when the war ended, peace-time
industry could not assimilate the released labor force
and, consequently, something should be done to en
courage the veterans to improve! their educational
status. Much the same thought was behind the
unemployment compensation payments plan.
While there have been some abuses of the pri
vilges extended to the veterans both on the part of
the veterans and on the part of some institutions of
learning, the main result of the program has been
excellent. The minor inefficiency and the fact that
some of the veterans have not applied themselves to
learning as much as to drawing the subsistence al
lotment, do not change the fact that, in the main,
the veterans behaved themselves in a manner to
justify the government's expense.
From many college campuses have come favorable
comments on the industry and behavior of the G. I.
students. In fact, the men went back to school with
the serious intention of taking advantage of their
opportunity. Their behavior and scholarship com
pared favorably with that of regular students in our
colleges and universities.
The deadline of July 25th applied to most of
the veterans of World War II—those discharged be
fore July 25th, 1947. Veterans discharged after that
date could begin their training within four years of
the time they left the service. The probablity is that
a similar provision will be made in behalf of the
veterans of the fighting in Korea.
At the peak of the program, in 1947, more than
one million veterans were on the campuses ol the
nation, getting free tuition and subsistence grants.
At this time, close to 500.000 service men are still
at work in colleges and universities, although the
number is dwindling very rapidly.
Let l’s Alone Club
Joplin iMo.) Globe
Down in Mississippi they have recently announced
the organization of a new club. Membership, it is
stated, is “small, exclusive and anonymous.” There
are no dues and no officers. At the first meeting
a statement of principles was drawn up, as follows:
•We don’t want no pensions.
“We don't want no minimum wages.
"We don’t want no government houses to live in.
“Wc don't want no government leans.
"We don’t want r.o subsidies.
"We don’t want no bureaucrats telling us how to
make a living.
“We don’t want no socialized medicine or no
socialized nothing.
“We don’t want to have to pay no poll tax, but
as long as we do have to, we don't want nobody
paying it for us.
“We just want to be left alone to make our own
way as best we can and as long as we can.”
At last accounts the membership was undecided
as to a name for their organization. Some stood out
for “Let Us Alone," but some others thought "We
Don't Want Nothin’” would be better. Anyway, the
name isn’t as important with an organization which
j has such refreshing objectives.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
other Tito in Poland, Czechoslo
vakia or Hungary. That, of course,
is what Stalin fears most.
There have been reports in pre
vious years of trouble behind the
Iron Curtain, but never as many
as now. Two hundred Communist
leaders in Bulgaria are reported
under arrest; 22 Soviet generals
and high Soviet officials have
died mysteriously in the last seven
months; four Czech generals have
teen arrested or committed suicide
in six months; nine of the high
est officers in the Polish army
were tried for treason; 12 Polish
seamen on a minesweeper mutin
ied. locked up their officers, and
deserted to Sweden; four young
Poles fled to Sweden in a stolen
bullet-riddled airplane; three Li
thuanians locked up other crew
memaers on a Russian trawler
and escaped.
Why People Rebel
This throbbing unrest inside the
Iron Curtain has been caused in
part by Soviet war preparations
which have been going on for
some time. When a government
takes too much of the necessities
of life—food, fuel, consumer goods
—aw>y from its people they rebel.
When a Polish miner who hates
Russia anyway is ordered to work
harder to produce war material
for Communism, lie gets restless,
likewise with the Czech uranium
miner and the Hungarian farmer
who never did like collective
farming.
No nation in its right mind—
though dictators seldom are in
their right minds — makes war
when the civilian populaton be
hind the lines is certain to rise up
against the government. That’s
why the unrest behind the Iron
Curtain is so important. To illus
trate the seriousness of this situa
tion and the importance of inten
sifying our propaganda, here is a
brief summary of the best under
ground reports I can get of what
is happening behind the Curtain:
Czechoslovakia — The Czechs
have now recovered from the
Stunned apathy which followed
the initial seizure of their country
by Moscow and are beginning to
£et their courage back. A serious
food shortage, blamed on the
Russians, is partly responsible. On
top of this the Voice of America,
Which predicted the arrest of for
eign minister Vladimir dementis
and four other Czechs had its ef
fect. Finally, Radio Free Europe
has sent such devastating barrages
of propaganda into Czechoslovakia
that the Czech government has
demanded that Radio Free Europe
be taken off the air.
Kremlin Suspicions Increasing
Poland — Resentment against
Moscow is so serious that Vyach
eslav Molotov, now the No. 2 man
to Stalin and seldom seen in pub
lic, made a special trip to Warsaw
to warn the Poles against follow
I ing Tito. The importance of this
I warning is shown by the fact that
| Marshal Grigori Zhukov, hero of
! Berlin, and Marshal Konstantin
! Rokossovsky, military ruler of Po
land, appeared with Molotov on
j the same platform. Behind this
: warning was the fact that the
| railroad between Berlin and Mos
I cow is sabotaged so frequently
that repair crews are kept busy
night and day. Production is drop
ging. The Catholic church is
1 leading a potent underground and
|the Kremlin has become so sus
' picious of top Polish generals that
1 nine of them have now been tried,
j Bulgaria ‘‘Ulcer'’ to Cominform
Bulgaria — A peasant revolt has
| held up delivery of wheat to Rus
isia and brought a battery of So
' viet officials hurrying into Sofia,
j About 15,000 have been added to
; the 30,000 already in concentra
l tion camps, while treason trials
have shown that the Agrarian (or
peasant party, once the strongest
in Bulgaria, now operates a pow
erful underground. Agrarian lead
ers have encouraged the peasants
to withhold crops and join guer
rilla units in the mountains so
successfully that the official Com
inform newspaper called Bulgaria
an “ulcer” and criticized Premier
Chervenkov for allowing the un
rest to spread.
Roumania — Minister of Na
tional Defense Emil Bodnaras has
been arrested and there have been
mass evacuations of those suspec
ted of disloyalty to Moscow.
Hungary — Deportation of thous
ands of Hungarian peasants to
concentration camps to face slav
ery and death have been recently
denounced by U. S. Secretary of
State Acheson. The leader of these
mass arrests is Bela Szanto, Mos
cow-trained Hungarian especially
sent to do the job. Szanto is a
ruthless butcher who has already
jailed 70.000 peasants because they
have held back their grain or re
fused to collectivize their farms. I
East Germany — Moscow's ef
forts to build a Communist Ger
man army have been partly frus
trated by the desertion of officers
of the “people's police" to West
ern Germany. Three separate un
dergrounds operate among the
Russian and Red army personnel
inside Germany.
This is just part of the story of
restlessness now stirring behind
the Iron Curtain and the oppor
tunity awaiting American propa
ganda. '
I
13 in, 34 Out on
Aleutian Sunday
Thirteen passengers arrived on
the Aleutian southbound Sunday
with 34 embarking.
Disembarking from Valdez: Syd
Barton.
From Seward: Mrs. G. Costa,
Jaeger Haagensen, Hurley John,
Mrs. Minnie Kneebone and daugh
ter; Orville Lechelt, Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Nowell and daughter; Mrs.
Lloyd Rogers and son; G. Wood
bury.
Embarking for Ketchikan: B. F.
Kane.
For Seattle: Mrs. R. D. Miller,
Mr. and Mrs. Warren R. Wootan
and son; Alice Riley, Mr. and Mrs.
j W. C. Richey and two children;
I Miss Betty Taylor, Mr. and Mrs.
| Ingovold Eide, Mr. and Mrs. C.
j Mullen, Mary J. O'Connor, Mr.
and Mrs. Milford Marshall and
|tw<4 children; Ruth J. ParkerL
Ethel Colvin, Roy Florin, Dr. A.
! yv wider, Mrs. A. B. Giegervich,
j y, Ebbcrtt, R. Thurber, Mr. and
Mrs. F. M. Bowsman, Mr. and
Mrs. Dillon S. Meyer, Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. Luckenbach, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. Villier, Miss C. Henze,
Miss Ruth Burmister, Mr. and
Mrs. R. C. Barclay, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Kuhns, Norris Campbell,
Herb Smith, Florence Jenr.e, Mr.
and Mrs. H. B. Eckes, Mildred
Powell.
Rubber Industry
Is 'Socialized,'
Says fire Liead
The rubber industry is com
pletetly “socialized" in the fields
of supply and usage, John L. Col
lyer, B. F. Goodrich company
president announces.
In the statement, he asked for
appointment bf President Truman
of a commission to study the
problem and develop a policy of
competition in rubbty.
Collyei* urged that "the govern
ment take steps to ‘desocialize
this major industry by selling or
leasing to private industry the
American rubber plants it now
owns. The present rubber act be
came law in April, 1948 and will
expire June 30, 1902.”
Collyer issued the statement at
the time of the Akron All-Ameri
can Soap Box Derby.
VISITING HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Leon M. Nowell
and daughter of Phoenix, Ariz.,
are stopping at the Gastineau Hotel
for a lev; days after a tour of the
Interior.
AUGUST 14
Jack Michaels
Mrs. Howard Stabler
Roy Smith
Vernon Swap
Shirley Erwin
Joe R. Werner
Bill Brown
Mary Katherine Shaw
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 pan .
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage 54—Cloudy
Annette Island 56—Rain Drizzle
Barrow .... 38—Cloudy
Bethel 54—Partly Cloudy
Cordova 53—Rain
Dawson 46—Smoke
Edmonton . 47—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . 50—Partly Cloudy
Haines ... 56—Cloudy
Havre ... 54—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport 58—Cloudy
Kodiak . 54—Rain
Kotzebue 50—Cloudy
McGrath . 52- Partly Cloudy
Nome . 46—Rain
Northway . 46—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 57—Rain
Portland 54—Partly Cloudy
Prince George . 57—Cloudy,
Seattle 52—Partly Cloudy
Sitka .. 56—Cloudy
Whitehorse 60—Cloudy
Yakutat . 58—Rain
Editor, Daily Alaska Empire:
We thought you would be in
terested in a letter which our office
received from a young girl in Pet
ersburg, Alaska.
Text of the letter is as follows:
August 10, 1951
Dear Sir:
I’m only 15 years of age but I
no what the money is need for
and I earn my money by selling
Berrie and cutting grass. I saw
a family house be wash away a.ul
I'm going to send a SI.00 for Die
flood in the states, and I will be
sending more when I earn it for
I’m sure they need more than
I do.
Yours, truly,
Nellie.
This letter certainly reflects a
: genuine spirit of concern and in
! terest in those people who have
.suffered loss in such a great mea
sure in the mid-western flood.
Cordially yours,
fred McGinnis,
1951 Fund Chairman, Juneau
Chapter, American Red Cross
'Incurably' III,
Says Sister Kenny
SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 14 —
|t4*l— Sister Elizabeth Kenny, 65,
j a leader in the fight against polio,
| told a Sydney Sun reporter today
she is incurably ill and has little
time left in this world.
The world famous nurse did not
i name the disease with which she
has been stricken, but the reporter
said she was shaking and looked
ill.
Abraham Lincoln’s estate was
valued at $110,295.
Juneau
Won'i Forge!
Edgar Bergen
The sharp witted wooden
dummy that has brought
wealth and inernational
fame to E. B. was
created 31 years ago
at a cost of S35. Today
Charlie McCarthy is
an American institution.
Being well dressed is
a part of success, too.
That’s why Mr. B—
and Charlie—have
Macintosh custom tailor
their suits. They know
that a Macintosh suit
wins regular applause
from men who value
appearance.
See our Alaskan
representative today.
W. P, McCREIGHT
Baranof Hotel, Tel. 800
Richard
Macintosh
Seattle
Hollywood - San Francisco
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: 20 YEARS AGO the empire j
AUGUST 14, 1931
Alaska’s salmon pack today is well above tht 4,000.000-case mark and
indicatons are that it will almost attain 5,000,000 if, in fact, it does not
reach that figure. Heavy runs of pinks are reported from Ketchikan
and the west coast of Prince of Wales Island which may swell the packs I
there to abnormal figures. Southeast Alaska's pack to date, and the ;
figures were not complete, was about 1,550,000 cases.
The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company’s operations on its local
properties netted an opeaarting surplus of $131,600 for July, it was dis
closed by company officials.
Notice of the official enrollment of Cbilkat Troop No. 1, of the
Juneau Girl Scouts was received here by Captain, Mrs. Robert Ellis. !
Mrs. Ellis has as her lieutenants Elizabeth Pullen and Iris Gray. Mem- I
bers of the trooop are; Helen Beistline, Jane Blomgren, Anna Campbell,
Kathleen Carlson, Jean Faulkner, Doris Freeburger, Sybil Godfrey,
Patricia Harlan^, Enid Jarvis, Mary Jean McNaughton, Mary Metcalf,
Ellen Mize, Beatrice Mullen, Virginia Mullen, Grace Nelson, Carol Rob
•rtson, Bernice Romunseth, Barbara Simpkins, Jean Simpkins, Annabelie
Simpson, Lorene Smith, Elizabeth Stewart, Jean Taylor, Jeanne Vander
Leest, Barbara Winn and Mavis McCormick.
After tb years residence just outside the Douglas city limits, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Wehren have moved into towp and are living in their
cottage near the Third Street bridge. Wehren has leased his sawmill
at Lawson Creek to parties who will operate it this winter.
A daughter, weighing three and one-half pounds, was born this morn- j
ing at St. Ann’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Nable.
_%-. i
Glen Carrington, of the Juneau-Young Hardware Company here, |
and the Heckman-Carrington Company of Ketchikan, arrived in Juneau |
yesterday by plane for a few days’ business visit. i
- i
O. K. McManus, Juneau salesman, will leave this evening on the j
Alaska for Skagway to look after business interests there.
Mrs. S. Zynda, of the Hotel Zynda, will leave this evening on the
steamer Alaska for Sitka where she will visit friends.
Weather: High, 58; low’, 52; showers.
Daily Lessons in English w.l. cordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: An OCULIST is a physician skilled in
treating diseases of the eye. An OPTOMETRIST is one skilled in find
ing and measuring errors in vision for the purpose of determining the
kind of lens which will correct the error. An OPTICIAN is one who
makes lenses and fits them.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hypocrisy. Pronounce first syllable as
HIP, not as HIGH.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Overreach; two R's.
SYNONYMS: Give, present, supply, grant, deliver, furnish, bestow.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocbulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
INSATIABLE; incapable of being satisfied. “His desires for power were
insatiable."
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I MODERN ETIOUETTE Roberta LEE |
Q. Is it proper to display checks or money with the other wedding
gifts?
A. This is not good taste — nor is it proper to tell people in general
of their amounts. It is quite proper, however, to say, “Uncle Tom gave
me a check (or a bond).”
Q. When entering a dining car on a train, should one find a seat
for himself, or wait until he is shown a seat?
A. He should stand at the entrance until the steward approaches
and conducts him to a seat.
Q. Is it necessary that a chaperon be a married woman?
A. No; any woman of mature years may serve in this capacity.
LOOK and LEARN h\. c. GORDON ij
1. Who was the greatest Greek writer of comic plays?
2. What term describes a victory that is as disastrous to the
victor as to the vanquished?
2. What does Episcopal mean? (
4. What do sailors mean by “splicing the main brace”?
5. What is "pate de foie gras”?
ANSWERS:
1. Aristophanes <445-385 B. C.)
2. Pyrrhic victory.
3. Of or pertaining to a bishop.
4. Taking a drink.
5. Livers of fattened geese.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Harsh
7. Descend
swiftly
12. Inborn
13. Journey
15. Scanty l
16. Purify
17. Chimney*
dial.
13. Open vessel
19. Horse
20. God of war
22. Utter
23. Long fish
24. Bull-fighter
26. Note of the
scale
27. Small child
28. Diminish
80. Remunerate
33. Exist
34. Move away
36. Rave
39. Fish eggs
40. Pillars
41. MouStain In
Crete
42. Levy
43. Ignited
44. Summon
40. Buy back
49. Jump
60. Religious
books of
Persia
61. Tight
62. Title of ad
DOWN
1. Pronoun
2. Number
) ■IWT’T
■0|>
a -/s
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
I. Literary
selection
4. Town In Italy
6. Stalk
6. Always: poet.
7. Wander
8. Small bird
9. Simpleton
10. Sheep-like
11. Pertaining to
punishment
14. Limbs
18. Apparent
contradic
tion
20. Likely
21. River:
Spanish
22. Weep bitterly
23. Babylonian
god
25. River em
bankment
26. Bulgarian coin
29. Cravat
30. B-xpostulat®
31. Gone by
32. Still
33. Near
35. Omits In
f»ronounc«
ng
36. Body bones
37. Expert
38. Mother-of
pearl
39. Scope
42. Weights
43. Biblical priest
45. Relatives
4G. Male sheep
47. Summer:
French
48. Spoil
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 145
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfli'ld,
Worshipful Master:
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE HOY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. II. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.n*.
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SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. FranUIn
P. O. Box 2508
V
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EKOLITE
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MADSEN
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Seward Street
Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
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Rtetson and Mallory Ilata
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Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale BOS 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—HAT- or N1GIIT
for MIXEItS or SODA POP
I
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PnONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Onr Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask fot It by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Dome Liquor Store—Tel. 699
American Meat — Phone 38
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
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