The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1947, Page 4

AGE FOLR Dml y 41(1 _ka Emplrc xcept Sunday by the Business Manager 15 Second Class Matter. ON RATES Delivered by carrier in Ju ad Douglas for S1.50 per month; which will purchase food packages to send to Bohars he and her classmy they ates know nothing of the work- lassmates know nothing of the &fforts Russia to expand the sphere of Communism through- out Europe by playing ‘upon the misery and suffering «ix months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 which now exists throughout the continent By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: B o ix months, in advance, $7.50; The American people, through their government, one month, in advan it they will promptly notity | \T€ spending billions, paying the highest taxes in his- the Business Otf.ce of e or irregularity in the delivery | tory, to feed the people of Europe. Yet here is a of their paper " Hele News Office. 662, Business Office, 3%k strange thing. The Frenchmen of Bohars, perhaps i TMIMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | reading of millions or billions of dollars appropriated ted E 1sively entitled to the use for | by Congress for European relief will be impressed for disp ¢ i to it or not other- also the local news published the moment. But when they receive the food packages AR from Gloria and her classmates, that is something ONAL F ESENTAT 3 Alaska Newspapers, 1411, they will never forget, for it has the human touch and E Bld:., St Wa | h | | i ANYONE lR()\l B()‘l\l FRANCE? | there will be l'hv‘ sincerity of giving that cannot be matched by bil- lions in appro) We are ations. ding something to Gloria, some of our readers and perhaps who will do the [same., Gloria and the millions of G as throughout |the United ates are doing more with their little i food pac s to s then Democracy throughout |the world than hundreds of Congressional speeches and visits and huge appropriations. This practice of “ad ' Eurcpean villages is should be carried on in every Its value should not be un imated. something that hool A ('hlncw Pu7l|(- India: lCmmmnh Enquirer) If India had been divided squarely into dominions, when British control ended last At it might by now be well on the way to stability sC two We received in the mail the other day a letter go5ia) peace. But that was not possible, because from “Glox who is in the second grade of M| pHindus and Moslems are scattered about the whole sub- Rainier Elementary School, Mt. Rainier, Maryland.|continent in varying proportions. And to complicate We found it quite refreshinz. We receive many letters. Most of them arc quite depressing for the reason that the writers have selfish motives, axes to grind, most asking for somethnd' _“mpe pulk of native states has jotnedifagia, the which will benefit the writer mere than anyone elsc larger and stronger of the two dominions with a large and most of these letters go into “File No. 13,” the 'ginqy majority Latest of such states to cast its lot editor's waste basket. with India is Kashmir, a large princely state in the Bul here is what Gloria has to say nerthernmost part of India. It is peopled largely by ‘1 would like to know if there is any soldier Moslems, and is in the predominantly Moslem part + sailor of anyone in your city or State near Bohars, °f India hemmed in by Pakistan territory. Yet its ruler is a Hindu, and when he faced a lawless in- France vasion by tribesmen from Pakistan territory, ly “The reason I would like to know is because our joined India and promptly battalion of Sikh class has adopted Bohars to feed because it is starving. 'troops dispatches by air to strengthen his defenses. If you coeld write me a letter about Bohars or | It is just one of a multitude of paradoxes in India Beits Bnd ik 8 LIS e & @ithe 36 Deed “Bo™ ol Sl today t}:mt a Hindu P_nn(v governing a heavily M(v:sll-xxl 4 s Shcciate 1t Bo s & DI Bank whiteh wh aré population, separated from the new India by Pakistan would apprecia I territory in large part, should align with the Hindu filling to feed Bohars dominion, and then get Sikhs to defend his state “Sincerely yours, against Moslem invaders. “GLORIA." | No doubt a great deal of the friction and suffer- She adds a vostscript to the effect that letters | in8 of recent. months represents a transition that will hould be sent in care of Miss Vivian Marshall, the !aever an integral part of British India, matters, there were more than 500 native states, which have been joining India or neither, as their Princes might dictate. Pakistan, or give place to greater stability and peace. But it also i | seems clear that India never is going to enjoy an ‘m(,]‘ : 3 i E les | rderly and prosperous development while divided The French village of Bohars is about five mi “‘mlu a checkerboard of state owning allegiance to one from Brest. We learn that it was occupied all during | of two contentious dominions. ar by the Na: It was the scene of a battle | in which many young American boys lost their It is typical of thousands of villages through- Europe Today the people of that village, ria puts it, are starving. Gloria probably doesn't | today | trontiers have been made, suitable gifts ahd > much of an idea of just what starving means. | a 1 a a E ek Sl . Zartition of India into two dominions may have confections have been purchajed an . G. GORDON And to her the suffering in the thousands of lit ; Ja bl T over Aevmibatid Berons i G been the only way to achieve any settlement, once the for the children and most lntt‘r— it =% | tage ew ’““ 5 ey ~ITODe 1 B »“" L _‘” British determined to withdraw. But partition today esting of all was the announce- | e e g e MU Nldem”‘do*w net look like a promising basis for the future ment that the main lodge room 1. Excepting Australia, which are the three largest islands in the | wre f{illing a pigzy bank with nickles and dimes with | development of India as a whole. of the new Moose home is being world? e e e = A e T R = rushed to completion in order to 2. What is the percentage of illiteracy in India? (he Wa!hln 'OII the cost of producing milk. In polite, but firm tone, the Ver- hold the party there. 3. Who was the author of the words: “Never leave that till tomor- g The gross receipts of dairy mont Senator, an experienced A report was given by R E rew which you can do today”? farmers are greater than last year, businessman and manufacturer, re- Fersuson on the developments of 4. Could the population of the cntire world be ae i 3 1 8 a A i o ti 1 commodated in | ”em'Go'Round Thye continued, but their net pro- minded Taft of this. He also re- the prospective telegraphic bowling . oo /0 om0y fits are less, (Continued from Page One) operational expen: due to Whether a princely state joins India or Pakistan ‘s(‘mu\ to depend as often on the religious belief of the Prince as on the geographic and economic situation \of the state in question. The resuit is an irresponsible | series of decisions, and an intricate, illogical tangle of these high minded Taft fect, that he had, in run out on his own Com- Various Moose lodges in the Terri- 525, ef- e e et - mittee by sounding off as he did. tory. Arrangements have > on to the farm vote, we've got to! TAFT'S OWN COMMITTEE | There might have been no objec- Made with the R o rolie get busy on a positive program of| .. § Ition if Taft had spoken as an “in- their alleys r practice .session recovery, instead of finding fault I agrez with tne Senator from'djvidual” instead of trying to Prior to the beginning of the tour- @i Anat s Denibabets Sash m'M”""wm‘ chimed in Cooper, re- commit the whole Republican par- nament | offer.” |entering the fray. “And I still in-ty to his views, said Flanders. The following were initiated at ; % *\M that the Reputlicans lost Ken-| “Otherwise,” commented the the meeting: Bert H. Bertholl, _Then, obviously referring to'tucky because we had nothing to'Vermont Senator, crisply, “you Henry Mead, William Jockola, Ar- Taft’s blast at the Truman 10- offer the farmers. The intelligent| should have consulted with other thur Van Humteck, Carl Hardin, ™ g:"l(n"r I:’w;xmi\-Tci“L'l"n" inflation, | thing to do is to admit it and|leaders in the party before mak- .J‘jnvn*» Tnl'n‘f.v ‘Danald Neil, El'don . istart in making a rccurd for the ing such a statement. And cer- Taylor, Thomas Newell, Howard I don’t think it's wise to con-!/party from now on.” ! tainly you should h given some Meier, Oscar Lindstrom, Sigurd demn the President’s proposals un-| Otherwise, Cooper intimated, the'consideration to the report of the Jackson, George Marcum, Jehn L. til we have given them serious GOP farmer boycott in Kentucky Subcommittee you appointed to Sullivan, Charles Winsicad, Paul 3 We should at least ex-| might become general next year. 'study this matter.” Crock, J. B. Hanford, Donovan the various points in the! The usually quick-spoken Taft McGee, Emil Jacobsen, Fay Mish, ‘ruman message, including ration- didn't pursue the argument. He It was, all in all, a very rough Emil Foxhill and Jerry Moore. ing and p control, with an open locked like a man whose losing session for the man who is sup-' After the meeting refreshments mind. And certainly, I think we hand had just been called in a Pposed to be boss man of Senate Re- were served by the committec. do something at once about poker game. He also showed an publicans. The only pleasant note, The Juneau Lodge of the Order the c of Jiving. The fact that uncustomary meekness went GOP for him, was that the rebellion of the Moose wish at t time to we Laven't done something lost us Senators Ralph Flanders of Ver- tcck place . behind closed doors. |extend its welcome to the visiting :l.r 'r’u‘ulx \m’ v}%vmu.cky, or m. 'f“‘”.:‘ and Rm Bn]d\\‘m- o(‘Cu.n- NOTE—The new Senate Repub- ; of iinku Elks due 'in le a major factor, in my necticut jumped him for his pre- Hoatia are By V85 Means: frealmen] s 1 this week “ on.” mature tirade against Truman's o g 55 eE > >0 - { ) when it comes to statesmanship. { TAFT POOH-POOHS | The Ohioan was on a bad spot! M8V of them were formerly Gov- I.EGION AUXIUARY 10 i “Oh, T don’ think that was the here becauss p Subcommittee of STROIS Of their stat Flanders | I 3 . T A R <. of Vermont not only has be(-n al MEET IOMORROW N GHI cason,” pooh-poohed Taft, patently the Joint Committee on the Presi- it % i =2 S 3 5 3 hich Successful manufacturer, but stunz by his freshman colleague’s dent’s Economic Report, which (/700 important rele. in wwm — candor. “The farmers are satis- Taft heads, had issued a report ;nem dnm‘\‘ the war. The CIO! The American Legion Au‘qhary d with present prices. Also, endorsing most of Truman: H "‘l “‘ s 5 list| Will hold their regular business are prospering, which pro-'recommendations exactly two day. ¢ _-“ P A m[! (_hm; ll‘?‘ meeting tomorrow evening at 8 accounted for the small before the President addressed °f cnemies—in view of which his| 100" o e American Legion _ - 3 recommendation of controls is all| | farm vote in Kentucky. When peo-'Congress. y .. the more interesting. Dugout. { ple are prospering and have no-' In fact, the real inside story is (Gabediois w”‘”“'qwmh‘" e Members are asked to bring do-| thing to kick about, they're not too that Truman based his message 2N A A nati for the Alaska Crippled interested in elections largely on this report, written Children’s Association and the This brought a quick retort from after an exhaustive study of living ;) | presents will be wrapped follow-' freshman GOP-er Edward Thye of costs in the Eastern United States “IGHI S(Hool pROGRAM ing the business ‘meeting. Christ-' Minnesota, himself ‘a farmer. by Flanders and Baldwin, to- Imas wrapping paper, ribbon and “With all due respect to my gether with Democratic Senator IS (A“(EllED BE(AUSEM-M m zines for scrapbook pic- [ ue, he can't be ve famil- Francis, Myers, of Pums\l\umd tures are needed tc help make a far with conditions in agricultural and Representatives Robert R No IEA(HERS AvAIlABlE\E\](‘H'\ Christmas for the clxppled\ states, or he wouldn't have said of Pennsylvania (Rep.), C].nmu en in the Mount Edgemmbm at, Thye. “The reason Kilburn of New York (Rep) and SR ST B TINY Pree | mers are not enthu goes Edward Hart of New Jersey (D). ., school program, which A much deeper than 1ator'’s ex-' The subcommittee report clashed ..o scheduled to open at the Ju- planation.” with the Truman message only on High School on December s For one thing, Thye contended, cne vital point—the President’s re- .y " oohcelled Many people| farmers felt t the GOP quest for full powers to IVOKE ) mitted applications to take the| mcumc.uuscuuumum:ssor s had been indifferent to rationing, price and wage controls. . ... sabecinilat SR oy ety their needs and had, in at-' Flanders, the Subcommittee Chair- (... =" 3 e tempted to scuttle some portions man, and his colleagues had ad- "Ryl o ol Qe ' of the Government's farm program. vocated ‘“limited” compulsory Ta- , "supooic saiq that if instructors| (He pro referred to reclam- tioning on scarce foodstuffs, if . Ty " o to 0 . night school \”m ation funds that vitally affect the|vcluntary rationing failed Also, Leeln ati & dnter date:” Ansone who economy of 1/ warm states.) they opposed price controls, though ;o qualified as a teacher of wr'n_f For another thing, the e; admitting that price controls Were ;. cia gupjects and wishes to! ernor of Minnesota Tddn-d. farme®s linked closely U ullr:m.umn u)n-‘ ofter ‘his satvices ‘may contact M| ACRERTMGE o8 msrmns zeneral—except wheat producers trols on key commodities—another o, Vieks VapoRub, Its | fo relieve dstres: —were not mv.*.arlrfj with current Truman request i S 6 ifl.’e'ls(l:;:“"m:;um yofflnglildshens"' prices, ¢ : Taft’s contention to' But in all other respects- pro- the contrary. With the high cost posed controls of rents, exports KETCHIKAN MILK UP mclfin‘!;fc‘l‘{sr““;““gu‘g‘g‘}a&,‘?‘gz‘,@’;‘g of living, dairy farmers are transportation, installment buy- — workbosoothemta!w!l ease cough- t less now than they were un- ing, commodity exchanges, etc., The two d: es in Ketchikan| ing, relieve muscular <(=rcm>s and der OPA controls, because of high plus selective rationing the have announced that effective De- | lghtness, fl‘})u;?l’“m“ ““‘"* °“ labor and grain-feed costs, which'Flanders recommendations were al- cember 1, the price of milk by| o the ,flg_{,\t v comprise - almost 60 reent of most identical to those of Truman. the quart is 32 cents. bring relief. Try it! val ku. THE DAILY ALASKA F\‘[PIRE— lU\'EAU AL/\SKA FMPIRE PRINTI ings of international politics and eccnomy involved in ;! = N Brabiant the presen »(f orts o 'h_s‘ United States to help the . Vice-President | people of Europe to stand on their feet once again - - Editor and Manager y 2 LT B matter | and live the Democratic way of life. She and her | of Soviet . o ° . . ° I ° ‘e . . . . L] . . . ° s . ° riet Gregory . ° R. M. Cls g . . | R R it il i, T skt SN MAJ. GEN. CLIFTON B. CATES | (abeve) was mamed by President Truman tc sucexd Gen. A A, Vandegrift a5 Commandant of the . Marine Corps. () Photo. oo CHRISTMAS PARTY OF MOOSE MAY BE INROOMS, NEW HOXE At, the regular meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose, No. 700, held last Friday night, various commif- tees made their reports. The Christmas Committce staed &~ all of the plans for a large pdfty tournament to be held with the been 8rowing States? 20 YEARS AGO 7% from THE EMPIRE DECEMBER 1, A fire which started in the furnace rcom of the St. 1927 Ann’s Hospital a result of an cil leakage the previous afternoon, called the Juneau Fire Department out shortiy before 4 o'clock and -before the fire was extinguished had burned through the rubbish chute and the roof of the building. : At the time the fire was discovered there were 31 patients in the including two babies, Within ten minutes all patients had been | taken out hospital, removed to neighboring homes, nine of them being r;ni stretchers. The loss was completely covered by insurance Mr. and Mrs. A, Van Mavern had taken the third of the Kirk hOuSI'S.‘ from the ccrner of Fifth and Gold streets, and expected to move into| their new home the following week after the construction and finishing the house was completed returned to Juneau for the winter | Mr. Turoff was with the had Apartments. Lu Turoff MacKinnon Roads. Mr. and Mrs, ind were at the U. S. Bureau of Public E. Gastenguay, Mana of the Alaska Gastineau holdings at| Thane. returned on the Princess Mary from a three months' trip to the | Outside. He went East to the Atlantic Coast, visiting at his old hcme in Maine, went into Canada, visited some of the big cities in the E'\::l‘ and motored through many of the States in the Eastern United Slutcs.f o | dedication of the Salvation Army Hall, Col.| W. F. Carruth and wife arrived on the in the Major To participate J. S. McLean and Alameda. | e | in the Elks Bowling Tournament was made the| who rolled 240. The previous r highest score rght by Sam Guyot, Weather: High, 9: low, 8; clear. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon || i SUSSUUSSSUTL SRR BSOS § | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not'say, right here?” Omit RIGHT, or, to emphasize, s JUST here?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ally in LIE, and accent last syllable “Will you please stand y, “Will you please stand | Pronounce al-i, A as in AT, I as OFTEN MISSPELLED: Daffodil; two F'’s, one L. | SYNONYMS: Parsimonious, penurious, stingy, niggardy, miserly. H WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | incapable of being described. “She has an indefinable | increase our vecabulary INDEFINABLE; charm.” MODERN ETIQUETTE %oprrra Lee \ . PSS B e Q. Should a husband or a wife ever criticize the other about personal things, when in the company of others? A. Neyer; not even jokingly. | Q. 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