The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 10, 1945, Page 4

throughout Europe. /I la‘;ka Em pire Daily Published every evening except Sunday by the ” 2 EMPIRE FRINTING COMPANE To Serve, Not to Dominate and Main Streets, J\menu. Alaska. MONSEN - - - Prestdent _ | DOROTHY 'mm LINGO - Vice-President (Fairbanks News-Miner) | “The 1esponsibilities of the great nations in the | international organization are to serve, and not to! dominate the world.” | Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month; Such were the words spoken by President Harry wx months, §8.00; one year, $15.00. S. Truman in his maiden address to Congress as postage paid. at the following rates: residen X od S Paid: at the following rates: 'snse; President of the United States. : There is a crying need for that brand of political philosophy not only in international affairs, but within the United States today—and especially within our own Bntered in the Post Office in Juncau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA’ ance, sme month, in ce. $1.50. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will proucptly wotify e Business Office of any failue or irregularity in the de- Wvery of their papers Welephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 174, Territory | —— g st sl B MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS One of the most glaring examples of Govomuri exclusively entitled to the use for (irueni fanatical desire to dominate rather than | The Associeted Press is u | news dispatches credited to it or not other- T the ocsl mews published to serve the people of Alaska, is his veto of the Consolidated School District Bill. During the last TNewssapers 1411 Session, a bill which would have replaced the present antiquated school district law, making way for the | formation of consolidated school districts within and without incorporated cities, was passed by an over- | whelming majority in both Houses. But the Governor vetoed the bill The Board of Education met in Juneau during the legislative session and one of its chief problems was the increased demand on school facilities in the various Alaskan towns by children from families living outside the municipalities. In Anchorage, for example, ap- | proximately 30% of the total school enrollment con- | NATIONAL REPR #rth Avenue Bic sists of children living outside the municipal limits all of the city. In fairness, these families should | contribute their toward the education of their children. | The existing law, according to an opinion voiced | by the Attorney General of the Territo legally | faulty and the Territorial Board of I',dura\mn asked him to ist in drafting a new bill. After studying | the matter carefully, and consulting with the Board and with Commissioner of Education James Ryan, the Attorney General prepared the bill which was intro- duced as Senate Bill No. 64 by the Committee on Education, Public Health and Morals. The bill passed | the Senate with only one dissenting vote and passed the House with a 15 to 7 majority. GERMAN ATROCITIES With the disclosure of German atrocities and treatment in German prison camps of Allied prisoners realization to Americans that we of war comes the hearted in our treatment have perhaps been too s of German prisoners of war in the United States, and | =~ gore wad badly needed legislation and our elected that any hope that fair treatment of German pris- Representatives and Senators from every division, oners would promote sinfilar fair treatment of Allied recognizing its need and believing the bill adequate | prisoners “;i; a false hope. and fair, passed it _wnhou: ar;!l_lmem The Governor It would, of course, be impossible for Americans admits that (?xe object of the pnll is uond_but because to emulate the conditions in German prison camps in the bill wasn't written according to his ideas of the i Gy (RN sthod of taxation, he vetoed it the treatment of German prisoners of war. oOurs is a nation which embraces a code of humanity. Americans would not toler such inhuman treatment of man- kind as have been suffered in the German camps. | We have been fools, however, to lean over back- ward in our zeal to provide fair treatment for German prisoners quartered in the United States. Petty Nazi despotism has been allowed to flourish in some prison camps. Well-fed and well-housed Nazis have dom- inated their fellow prisoners who would not admit allegiance to the Nazi Party. In several camps these Nazis have controlled camp policy. There have been numerous instances of mistreatment of prisoners by Again let us say, we feel our Government officials erve” rather than “dominate” the people of tory should * our Terr ate (,reen Book (Ketchikan Fishing News) From all over Alaska likely will come repercus- | sions of the “dynamite attack” by Governor Gruening in his “Little Green Book” against the Alaska Leg- islature, especially the Senate for alleged failure to| carry out what he terms “constructive legislation.” He does not hesitate to put “on the spot” some of the | | members who refused to pass legislation which he | prisoners and murders committed by Nazi prisoner sponsoled even intimating that they were “emissaries” | | fanatics {of the Carned Salmon Industry. Well, so far as The | Many a family in this country, and the other |Fishing News is concerned, we believe that the leg- Allied nations, who thought their boy was “safe” for ‘lilators and Canned Salmon Industry can look out the duration in a German prison camp has learned |for themselves. Our elected legislators are responsible | the sad truth that many of these camps were murder ’lo the voters only, not to the Governor or any bureau | camps where men died by starvation or acid bath.. | OF appointee agency. Howaver. ths warin Burope has'ended andjthe |) - bisexans are selt reliant e g | erican rock-ribbed self-determination. They don't like | reconstruction will begin soon. - The humanitarians | x to be regimented. Possibly, therefore, their long | will soon have us crying our eyes out for the POOr iyyggle against inceased bureaucratic strangulation | German people who were misled by Hitler. and Ickes' directives, especially, may finally reach the 1 The German leaders now are pleading with the | hearing of President Truman. We still can keep on‘ Allies to be merciful, a request for generous treatment | fighting and hoping. w h' ' | his opinions about some other Rus- dent Truman has asked Anna/ ashingion Hgos | Rosenberg, an old friend of Roose- Mer Unofficial Russian explanation 1s velt's, to go to Europe on a mis- r'- that the leader of the 16 Poles is sion. ... Truman is also trying to persuade Judge Sam Rosenman and | David Niles, two members of FDR's staff, to remain with him per- ‘ manently. . . . The House Judlcmry\ Committee is all set’to bring im- 1 peachment proceedings against at| least one of the two Federal Judges | who are being investigated in Penn- | sylvania. . . . Gen. Okulicki who, during the Russian advance across Poland to Germany, operated radio stations |in the rear of the Red Army and | sabotaged the Russian advance “You mean youre going to ry | From this diplomats deduce that them all?” asked Stettinius, per-|the Politburo, confronting Stalin turbed. with this evidence, persuaded him “No,” answered Molotov, “only ' to change his mind and not place the guilty ones.” |any of the 16 in the Lublin Gov- At this point, Stetunius told the ernment. Russian official he planned to make | In a formal statement about the|delegation, Go-Round (Continued ]rom Page One) The House Banking and Cur-J rency Committee is reperting fa-| vorably on the important Bretton | Woods agreement this week. meetings or the American Secretary Stettinius atter o the press. Molotov said leans heavily for advice on Leo The long-controversial Canol Pro-| he had no objection, and the an-|Pasvolsky, former Secretary of the | ject, the pipeline to carry oil from nouncement was made by both| Pre-Soviet Russian Embassy and Canada to Alaska, has quietly been Stettinius and Eden the next day. |former editor of White Russian declared “surplus” and will be sold | ¥ ¥ journals. Naturally this ires Rus- SR NS i | —presumably to Canada. This was | INSIDE POLISH STORY sians. |the pipeline which then “Senator” BRAZILIANS IRKED Truman so strongly condemned, of the mysterious from The full story 16 Poles, as pieced together diplomatic sources, follows Michigan's vivacious Senator defended. Truman’s chief peeve word | With Somervell was not that a Actually, these 16 Poles had never Arthur Vandenberg slipped been outside Poland since the war out to San Francisco newsmen,— e L b started in 1939. Some people have | (with some pride) that President coming from the same operators of murder camps‘o e ® o o o 8 0 o |the United Nations. They believe in Am- | ‘ gren Bldg and which Gen. Brehon Somervell | R THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ~ Trein THURSDAY. MAY 10, 1945 * HAPPY BIRTHDAY e o MAY 10, 1945 o o D. B. Femmer Vara Kay Metzgar Barney Johnson Mike Daniloff Clara Hansen Mrs. George Dupuy Emile Dunbar Mrs. C. M. Harrison Marguerite Kuhn ® o o o o o 0 o EVIBEERE S A L HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” MAY 11 v aspects rule FRIDAY, Conflicting planeta y whi*1 may biing anxweties tc many persons. It is a favorable date for leaders in military, naval} and government affairs. HEART AND HOME This should be a fairly auspicious time for women. Under this sway they should have clear mental vision that enables them with them. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Stars that stimulate business en- ‘l"xp!l“’ will be strong in their in- | fluence throught coming weeks, F(wwm with energy and initiative will have extraordinary opportunities | in trade and commerce but they must not be reckless. NATIONAL ISSUES Under aquarian influences Com-| munism will be metamorphosed into liberalism that spreads over many | parts of the world, the seers fare-‘ |tell. Through trial and error Russia | will discard many political ideas that! the entire program with her? conform with a develupmg‘ do not democracy. INTERNATIONAL AF‘FAIRS Various reactions in liberated kindly understanding on the part o( ferences will frequently produce diplomatic problems. France, ltaly and Greece continue under disturb- | ing planetary aspects. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of changes and readjustments which ultlmat,ely should be beneficial Children born on this day prnbably will have fine attributes of mind. Many may be precocious and self- | willed but able to make much of their talents. (Covyrisht 1915) ake made, but been human, would had are never that Somer mistake. (Copyrieht, 1913, by Bell Svn - 'Chairman of Poppy _ Day Will Enterfain! = i Olof Bodding, Poppy Day; Mrs. Chairman, will be hostess to lhc American Legion Auxiliary next', Tuesday evening at her home. Members are invited to take their | husbands and friends, to enjoy an evening of cards. Auxiliary mem-/ |bers who do not piay cards should take their sewing or knitting. Final plans for Poppy Day, which is May 2, will also be made at this meeung e NOW IN JUNEAU Dr. Rae Lillian Carlson arrived Saturday and is now available for | eye examinations. Phone 636, Blom- (Adv.) e ) E\IBLE'\I CLUB MEMBERS Mother’s May 13. Day Program, gained the impression that they Truman called him frequently from v were emissaries sent from the Washington. Incidentally, Stettinius C P l Polish Government in London.|calls Truman up at least once a rosswor uzz A However, they had been working day, hardly makes a move without ACROSS Brink R underground in Poland, and in consulting him—though apparently ' 1 ging of coffee 36. Addition to a g March sent word to the Russian he didn't consult him regarding 5. At a distance 37, ging of Sizard Commander that they would like the immediate admission of Ar- 9. Gone by to discuss the question of coopera- |gentina, instead of waiting four j; Abvle tion between the Lublin and days as requested by the Russians :g London Polish Governments. The Brazilians don't like the The Russian Commander sug-| new leadership assumed at San| 16, B‘l';l'::'(] gested that they talk to the Lublin | Francisco by Chile and Mexico. " country Government, but they replied that What the Brazilians need is the| 17 Philiopine they only wanted to talk to Molotov | dynamic leadership of their former, 18. Paradise or Stalin. They asked for a guar- | Foreign Minister, Oswaldo Aranha,! 3i: Nebe} Batherer antee of safe conduct which, ac-|the most towering figure in Latin | 1\.1\,” Sal cording to the London Poles, was America. After the Greek' I Pufrs up = Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle given. Foreign Minister voted with Russia mountain They were put in a truck and to delay seating Argentina for at| sl L 65. Harden Trial sent to Moscow. After arriving inleast four days, Greek Ambassador JE:FOWN Moscow they were treated well at Diamantopoulos scuttled around to . Preclous stone first, and U. S. Ambassador Aver-'the American delegation to explain Footless animal ell Harriman sent a cable to the|that the vote against Argentina AT aetion, State Department that Stalin was not his doing. . . . Though it s eat ‘wyind planned to place eight of these'was blamed on Latin-American na- e n i ighast Polish leaders in the revamped |tions, actually, Assistant Secretary ml’;flmi Lublin Governm it in conformity Nelson Rockefeller had begun long . Lessen with the pledge he made to Roose- |ago laying the groundwork for ad- RN NN stares velt and Churchill at Yalta mitting Argentina to the United e Then something happened — no- | Nations. The British also were LR aat body knows exactly what. Suddenly |strong for bringing in their old Receives the Polish leaders disappeared. friends from the River Platte o inter Suddenly also, Stalin changed his Last week U. S. delegates virtually esting mind requested Mexico to raise the Ar- e g Ambassador Harrimar s been gentine question and push for its . Singing voice unable to give Secrets tettinius | admission 1 e anciaking any explanation for what happened Voleano except to say that sometimes after WATCHING WASHINGTON : Ameilbe “taoh Stalin has made a pledge, he get: r Arthur Salter, British si i Teapdot - back to Moscow and the Politburo ping expert, will head the Y R argues him out of it. Harriman has Reparations Delegation to Moseow W told friends that he has the highest | late this month. Sir Arthur is con- ' close considers sidered a “soft peace” man him one of the few men who can to the cligue which wants to re- | be trusted. However, the Ambassa- build Germany as a barrier against | dor pulls no punches in expressing |Russia after the war. . . . regard for Stalin and . Sea in the Antarctic Hit Presently Part of a shoe to understand| the moods of those closely associated | Say. You are requested to attend Elk's| Sunday, | | | countries will require patience and‘l Internal dif-| Seven | ! I | g because | admit hisi (Au. Inc.) e | | First National Bank 20 YEARS AGO FHE EMPIRE MAY 10, 1925 The American Legion entry in the City Baseball League got away to SHOP PHONE 96 TRIPLETTE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 a flying start at the opening of the season, defeating the Moose aggrega- tion by a score of 17 to 8. The phencmenal batting of Jimmy Manning and Roy Thomas played a big part in' the winning of the game. O’'Neel was hurler for the Legion, Thomas catching. Both M. and H. MacSpad- den, Jack Kearney, George Shaw and George Henry were on' the Moose | gay gt 8:00 P. M. I. O. O. F. HALL. Weather was perfect, large crowd. Visiting Brothers Welcome GEORGE CLARK, Noble Grand team. J. J. Meherin, Sam Guyot and Gil Rich, traveling men, arrived by steamer from Seattle. S — & ' Miss Mary Monagle, who had been teaching school at Eska, was warhelds Drug Sto:e d home on the next steamer from the Westward. (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) ! NYAL Family Remedies Wellman Holbrook, Lance Hendrickson and L. I. Barrett left for Sitka HORLUCK’S DANISH ication work for the season. ICE CREAM expecte to initiate forest recla About 200 feet of rock of the Alaska Juneau dump slid into the —m channel. The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Infaut and Children’s Wear 139 8. Pranklin Juneau, Alaska | DR.E.H KASER | Weather report: High, 65; low, 59; clear. et e e e e o e ; Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpoxn b e R S e e i e ey WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I know that you done it." “I know that you DID it." DENTIST Or‘TE’\J MISPRONOUNCED: Laugh. Pronounce laf, A as in AH. BLOMGREN BUILDING OFTEN MISSPELLED: Despair; DES, not DIS. Phone 56 SYNONYMS: Abide, dwell, live, inhabit, reside, lodge. 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: { COMPLICATE (verb); to combine so as to make intricate or difficult. “Are you not complicating the question?” HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dr. A. W. Stewart immmuflmmnfbhmRMLm | w covmony somoma | e 1If a man is taking an out-of-town girl to a dance, must he dance Q. Dr. John H. Geyer A. No. Tt would probably be more enjoyable to the girl to introduce { her to several friends, and thus, exchange partners. VENTIST Q. What is the maximum height of a centerpiece for the dinner Room 9—Valentine Bldg. able? PHONE 762 A. This centerpiece should never be more than twelve inches tall. or eight inches would be better. Q. Should one permit a child o =nswer questions bv merely saying ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. “Yes” or “No"? A. No. The child should be taught to answer any questions by Graduate Los Angeles College saying, “No, Mr. Blank,” “Yes, Dad.” of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground by LOOK and LEARN A, C. 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