The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 13, 1948, Page 4

g { e SRR ORI e AW S A 8 PAGEFOR _ Daily Alaska Empire Published every eveniny except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COM<ANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - | ]‘ more than services, four | The Rough Riders i We have heard many reports of untrained troops | being sent into action during World Wars I and II " Vice-bresident | tonio on May 8, 1898, On June 19 they sailed for Cuba | times that number offered their An- reported for training in S TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948 20 YEARS AGO 7%'c cmpIrE JULY 13 1928 TROY LINGO - - e e R Oy | from Tampa, Fla. Early in the morning of June 24 | J ° P. R. Neill, Post Office Inspector, said bids for construction of the ALFRED ZENGER = - - ~ Business Manager | hey met, and badly defeated, units of the Spanish | g JULY 13 o | Federal and Territorial Building in Juneau would probably be called for Ssered o the Post Office in Juneay as Second Class Mstter | AT~ their first combat experience. A week 3 2 B . :w:lmn 30 days. SUBSCRIPTION RA' | they thundered up San Juan hill, and Richard Hard- | o Mrs. Cleo Commers . T e AB RN - bl “:n'x'"-.-:ljl'-’.":o: - : ing Davis, noted correspondent of the time, turned to | e Mrs. Charles G. Warner L Mr. and Mrs. Logan Hughes were receiving congratulations on the L S e . “',“;f,“_},‘;;"’,{,'.‘d,,“:;“ s1s0; | Teddy Roosevelt and gave them the name which e Amold Swanson : birth of & Baby-Hog) we month, in advance, $1.80. notity | 25 stuck to the First through history. “Those men e vah‘ D.\whx' i 3 TR e Btonan Offite ot fi::ru;fxr‘rh-:'m:r’::ypzmfi'adum {sure are rough riders,” Davis said. : Cl “‘1‘::‘ :’:{‘)"’]’:‘1" b All members of the Chamber of Commerce, at a regular meeting o ntnes: News Office, 80%: Business Office, 3. | The “high, wide and handsome” regiment was| vd Brackey o |held this day, agreed that a gridiron should be constructed capable of — g in service only four and one-half months. Yet they & AXemL Svit o |carrying for boats 75 to 100 feet in length. il ASSOCIAYED PRESS | 1o ure tor |did things other than the winning of mmilitary victories. | § it i % i wpublication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot «thes” | They made one man—Theodore Roosevelt—President o Jean Vanophem arrived,on the Prince George and announced the U T et i of the United States, and they almost made another|s o o o o ¢ « ® ® ® o o |Jualin mine would soon be reopened. NATronAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Mewspavera, 1411 President their original commanding officer, Gen.| — i Pourth Avenue Bidz, Beattle, "Vas.\ Leonard Woed and the sight of the Missouri gang, Miss Alice Mary Sully and Mrs. A. Sully arrived on the Queen from — sk SR Certainly tributed much | New York death of McKinley | The d: and tradition of PRECARIOUS SITUA The situation in Berlin must be exactly as General Battle of San Juan Hill, Teddy If the Russians Rough Riders of the West. really intend to quit the Berlin Kommandatura (which | is the Four-Power administration of the city), (h?y‘ are in a sense breaking off entirely with the Western | when her boy friend takes her out to dinner, raids the, frefrigeruu)r when she gets home and cleans it out to Clay has described it: “Very serious.” powers in Germany, Certainly the British, the French cans can stay on in Berlin, as they have said they will, so long as they are able to bring in food and supplies Practically speaking, however, the Western | by air. Allies have fultilled their usefulness now on in they are merely upholdir until an independent government many can be set up. Mincing words about the matter avails nothing. Our position in Berlin, along with th: and the French, has been untenable powers decided to split Germany into two parts. may not prove to have been the wisest course or the one which anyone wanted to see followed, but it is the one that happened to prove expedient in view of the Soviet Union’s refusal to cooperate respective occupation forces will rem: that, too. is going to take place, but it will venience and not at the coercion of I A THINNING BAND To a select, but diminishing, ba the last days of June and the first especial significance. Just 50 years They know that an eventual withdrawal TIO and the Ameri- |the bare walls. in Berlin. From | (Fa ng their prestige ! |ing news. at of the British ;eXpected to reach since the three It continent to 18 di ain. They mean be at their con- | x ountry the Russians. ou day of July held ago at this time, |degree of national s L | Roosevelt's great growth of his Spanish-American War service, con- | water rather than affairs of state, toward his election as Governor of |convinced From that position he went to the Vic | Presidency, and succeeded to the White House on the |on the bench | powerful forces in our n Many a lad, joining up with today's army, influenced in his decision more than he knows by the Many a girl who eats about as popularity, General Wood, whose long ¢ brilliant career received its first great impetus through the Rough Riders, missed by a narrow margin the GOP presidential nomir tain Republican victory. of military tactics which produced such |.q up in the administrative branch tion in 1920—a year of ¢ units as the First Volunteer Cavalry are gone—just lof the government as most of the Rough Riders are gone. an out- | specializing on bourkon and branch | Sitka Douglas that he could Gust Niemi, from Hoonah, was registered at the Alaskan. serve his country more effectively % Al though more pro-| yyegther: High, 49; low, 48; rain and | saically i Douglas was a’ close friend and intimate adviser of Roosevelt's to !the very end. His work was not Daily Lessons in English %, .. corpon er- | publicized, because = Supreme Court ! justice 1sn't supposed to get mix- | ——— 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "Whe)“(’ have the children But Douglas | Omit TO. gone to?” 1 ”B"s‘ ”::’”ul”::; | f;":'r’,';“, b B L p:;‘:::‘,f‘ ’:‘l“:":":l‘ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mezzanine. Pronounce mez-a-nen, first America’s early soldiers still are | defense matters, especially the de- (R 5 ur i ationalism and our democracy. | velopment of adequate electric E as in MEN, A as in ASK uns ed. second E as in SEE, accent firsy Roosevelt and Rebuilding the Army irbanks News-Miner) Army Secretary Royall's disclosure of plans for a|yould prefer to stay in Western Ger- draft-bolstered Army of 12 regular divisions is reassur- By the end of 1948, the Army total strength is 900,000 men. The program also calls for creation of six full|his country. strength National Guard and organized reserve divi- | sions, bringing the total mobile striking force on this | visions. The prospects are that ths entire force will come into being by the end of 1949, | These plans are in marked contrast to the manner Foreign Minister Bevin and Secretary of State in which the Army has been allowed to disintegrate Marshall have stated officially and strongly that their since the end of the war into what the military ex- ,perts frankly termed a “hollow shell.” Depleted by manpower demands for occupation |arrived in Juneau from Seward at e L tasks in Europe and Asia, the ground forces in this dropped to |one, the 82nd Airborne, at Fort Bragg, N. C. has \remained at near full division strength. It is well to remember, however, that the goal of |Seattle as follows: {12 regular divisions and six guard and reserve divi- | nd of Americans Sions has been described by Chief of Staff Bradley |lores as the “barest of minimums necessary” for a reasonable less than two divisions security. oy A e In the continuing emergency, the question natur- i, history was made—military history and the history of ally arises whether the “barest of minimums” in democracy. Only 107 of the original 1200 “O“Qf‘xddeme requirements is a sufficiently high goal for|victor Schwegel, Addie Sharp, Clif- Riders still are alive—a remnant of the gallant U. S. |the nation’s military planners. This is a matter of Pirst Volunteer Cavalry which, under the leadership {deepest concern to all citizens. of Teddy Roosevelt, took San Juan Hill on July 1, 1898. | - The Rough Riders were recruited primarily from | They |40 times as potent as a spring onion. One whiff will 1 |Scatter a crowd.—(Lynden Tribune). the Southwest—from New Mexico an were “used to rough living, rough country and rougl Colonel Roosevelt and then Col. Leonard ! riding.” d Arizona. It is now possible to buy concentraied onion juice | Jack Jones and wife, Helen Dapce: 8 Enthusiastic Demos have presented Truman with a Wood, both of whom had experience in the West, | oy fighing rod. Not so enthusiastic Southern Demo- were largely responsible for the organization of the|crats hope to give him plenty of time to use it after volunteer group. While only 1,203 men were enlisted, | election.—(Concrete Herald). has been | POWer much as a bird | Only syllable In was his quiet backstage OFTEN MISSPELLED: Principle (a fundamental truth). Principal work on this, long before Pearl h“\Hnrb()x', that was responsible for | (highest in importance). " |the nation having enough power SYNONYMS: Courteous, courtly, cultured, cultivated, polite, gen- to take care of its tremendous war !teel, gracious, urbane, polished, well-bred, well-mannered. needs, including the manufacture of / WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us the atomic bomb. increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ~ Douglas has said he wasn't seek-|psyNT1ESS; fearless; not to be intimidated. “He was the embodiment ing any political office—which is i of dauntless resolution. MODERN ETIQUETTE Yoperra rEE Columbia River basin country where he grew up and where he’ always spends the summer, fish-} |ing, riding a cow pony, and en-| M | joying his neighbors. TRHETE e | € ettt o o ettt ettt sttt ittty 5 ha ses of a weddi { y y But if the Philadelphia “°“'5b,;dg What expenses of a wedding are borne by the family of the vention should nominate him, Bill | 4 Sl will serve. For Bill Douglas has| A. The trousseau, personal attire, invitations and announcements, never shirked a call of duty ;,-omwgecomtions for the church or home, music, conveyances for the bridal |party, the bride's gifts to her bridesmaids, their bouquets, and any entertainment that follows the ceremony. . . Should a woman who is traveling alone and registering at a | Q {21 'I'o SEA]""-E 0“ {hotel always use the prefix “Miss” or “Mrs."? | | A. Yes, always. BARANOF THIS A M | Q. When a girl is preceding her escort and comes to a door, would . L] it be correct for her to open it? Enroute to Seattle, the Baranof the ———eo—— [ A. No: she should stand to one side and allow her escort to open door and hold it wide for her to pass through. - this morning with 17 passengers for here and dcparten‘ four hours later taking 21 per-j sons from Juneau to Ketchikan an \ 5:30 o'clock LOOK and LEARN % ¢ corbon From Seward: Alf Drynes, De-: 1. What is the average distarce of the earth from the sun? Elton, Frank Hansel, Mr: 2. Which President of the United States served the shortest term? Nancy Kilburn, Dale Kilburn, I.| 3. Which is the longest muscle in the human body? Lauten, Charles Mans, George Mor- | 4. In which hand does the Statue of Liberty hold her torch? is, M. P. Mullaney, L. O. Nel.swen-‘ 5. What is the name applied to an animal that chews its cud? der, Ed Schwegel, Lewis Schwegel, ANSWERS: 92,800,000 miles. ford Gilbert, F. H, Kleve and Ed- 8 ward Larson. William Henry Harrison, who died one monti after his inaugura- To Seattle: L. L. Hale and wn(ml“on- i i 3. The satorius, which runs from the upper part of the hip to the vich, Pauline Liston, Mary Reid,‘lnner aspect of the knee. {Dr. J. S. Welch, wife and family, 4. Right. Mrs, G. Molyneau, Joan Molyneau, 5. Ruminant. Raymond Wheeler, Frank Harvey,| __ Swan Gustafson, Donna Graves, J. Washington and L. Nieswender. { To Ketchikan: I. Lauten. .- MOTORSHIP YAKOBI } Operating to Petersburg, Port Alexander and way points. 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PAINTS — OILS Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. UP BY THE BOOTSTRAPS, | me washing'on | Justice Douglas got his early| Mem.fio.komd training under the late Chief Jus- | tice Harlan Stone when the la((eri By DREW PEARSON | was Dean of the Columbia Law | Scheol. Douglas, a rawboned, (Continued from Page One) | gangling youngster from Yakima, | Wash., had arrived in New York |via the empty freight-car route was With exactly 36 cents in his pocket, applied for a small loan from Col- President, Douglas’ name mentioned first in the letter which Roosevelt wrote Bob Hannegan Umbia, and sold papers on the | expressing his choice of running streets of Manhattan to make the | mate. loan go further. | ments early, he goes home every | night to work on opinions. Along| with Justice Hugo Black, he has usually led the Court in the num- ber of decisions handed down. For some time it has been known that Douglas was fidgety on the Court and had his eye on more ex- citing pastures. In fact, when Harold Ickes resigned as Secretary of the Interior, Truman offered NOTICE debts incurred other than July 13, 1948. (Signed) (937-3t) Pat Williams. e what is personally contracted for after Wesley M. Williams If interested in two-day trip to las was briefly tempted. But him the Ickes vacancy and Doug- 1 Glacier Bay aboard Monterey this a | weekend, please inquire at Alaska Travel Bureau, Baranof Hotel. 7 2t LEAVING JUNEAU EVERY TUESDAY MORNING MAIL, FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE One of the most scenic routes in Southeastern Alaska. For reserva- tions contact Captain on boat at Boat Harbor or leave message at Harbor Market, Phone No. 352 PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT Builders’ and Rhelf HARDWARE for MIZERS or SODA POP EYES EXAMINED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Pranklin LENSES PRESCRIBED ] But Hannegan, determined to put acrass his old Missouri friend, with- held publication of the letter until after the Truman bandwagon had gathered momentum DOUGLAS’ nANDICAP ‘ Justice Douglas ~ has suffered politically from one of Franklin Roosevelt's pet policies—his desire to keep theé Supreme Court as a protective bulwark against Teaction. | Fearful that his social program would be hacked down by the judi- ciary—as it was by the Supreme Court prior to 1936—and worried lest reactionary successors sabotage | the New Deal FDR appointed some | of his ablest young executives to the bench. Douglas was one of them. There his hands have been tied politically, and he has dropped partially out of sight When you first meet Douglas, he| looks as innocuous as a male rib- bon clerk and talks as pleasantly as Robert Taylor. But when the| New York financial writers staged | their annual dinner back in 1938, they handed the then chairman of | the Securities and Exchange Com- | mission—Mr. Douglas—d# black- snake whip in token of what he had - been doing to Wall Street. Douglas came to Washington shortly after the financial debacle of 1932, joined the newly created | Securities and Exchange Commis- | sion” and undertook the job of cleaning up a system of financial, brigandry which had skimmed the savings from millions of investors. . Today the Street is an example of virtue compared to what it was then, and one reason wag Doug- las’ whip-cracking. Before he fin- ished he had sent Richard Whit- jand Maryland marks the taxi zone | | the Supreme Court, finally persuad- Once when his finances were des- | perately low, and it looked as if he would have to drop out, Dean Stone took two hours out of a busy | day to help Douglas get a new | job. | The youngest Justice of the Su- preme Court looks Scotch and is Scotch. Perahps it is this in-| heritance plus the fact that he raised himself by his own boot- straps, which has given Bill cer- tain Calvin Coolidge characteristics. Even with the salary of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Bill used to walk from the District of Col- umbia line to his home a few blocks away in Maryland, in order to save 20 cents extra taxi fare. The border between the District | limit. And when the Douglases later rented a suite in the Anchorage | apartment house, its owner at one time asked her attorney to bring an eviction suit against the Justice of the Supreme Court because the Douglas family kept food in a cold- : air locker outside the: window and hung the washing up in too con- spicuous place. The attorney, Fontaine Bradley, nearly had a fit at the idea of suing a Justice of ed the partment house owner that the Douglases were going to move anyway—which they did. Milly Douglas, the Justice’s | daughter, seems to inherit her father’s Scotch independence, and last year amazed social Washing- ton by getting a job as a soda- jerker in an Alexandria, Va., drug store. WEARING THE BLACK ROBE On the Supreme Court Douglas ney, onetime pillar of ‘Wall Street “Sesnectahility. to the penitentiary.| has been a restless, prodigious | couple of visits at the White House # Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 34. Smallest state: 1. Ingredient of Bhilir, varaish . Hiker, ¢ . Myse 4. 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