The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 23, 1949, Page 4

GE FOUR Daily Alaska Empi Fublishied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Jun:au, Alasks EFLEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILL'AM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Editor Entered in the Post Office in Junes SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Do six monthe. §8.00; one . By 1, postage paid, at the following rate One sear, in advance, $15.00; stx months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify e Business Office of eny failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press Is exclusiely entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- Wise -redited in this pape= and also the local news published be! NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash. TASK FOR A CIVILIAN The United States now has a golden opportunity 1o make & new start in Germany. General Clay has asked to be relieved before July 1, and he deserves) to have his wish fulfilled. The general himself is irreplaceable, in the sense that no Army officer now on active service has his combination of ability, author ity and experience with German problems. Many gen- erals have been mentioned as possible successors, but each would have the disadvantage of being a military | man in a situation which calls insistently for a civilian in supreme charge. is out of the rnclturc‘ the State Department can have no further excuse for ducking its German responsibilities. It has been argyed repeatedly that it is time a put a civilian high commissioner «is unchallenged control, subject only to the instructions of the Secretary of State and Once General .Clay Prestdent Vice-President and Manager | Managing Editor Business Manager as Second Class Matter. | of “authority and to bring | line with our policy in we: | GETTING THERE Sooner or later it was bound to happen that an | airplane would fly around the world without stopping A flight like the U. S. Air Force's 50-B Superfort “Lucky Lady II" proves little except that it can be done. As a result of this great hop, nevertheless, the Air Force now has a definite conception of what the cruising capacity of the B-50 is. As of now, there seems to be no limit on the bombing run of the : future. It has become a truism that as the airplane increases in size the globe decreases. Certainly it has affected the age-long relationships between time and turies about these voyages through space around the world! Puck said, “I'll put a girdle round about the earth in 40 minutes,” which still is almost four days faster than the B-50. But we're getting there. Apprehension (Washington Fasi) ! The apprehension in New York of Sam Carr, one lof the two key Canadian members of the Soviet spy !rmr: that operated north of the border during the war, adds a feather to the FBI's cap. How the G-men picked | up the three-year-cld trail we have no idea, and they. {of course, are not saying. Carr disappeared in 1946 | when the Canadian Royal Commission was just about to serve a subpoena on him. He is supposed to have | been in Mexico at least part of the intervening time, and apparently was collared very shortly after he showed his face in New York. The FBI deserves a bouquet for a deft and competent piece of work. ! In contrast, the Washngwon Police Department's i operations in the field of political surveillance excite !a deep apprehension. The Special Investigations and Missing Persons squad_is the custodian of a 15,000-card index file and a 5,000-item file of dossiers on persons | nected in some way with Communist or other activities | the Red Squad suspects of being politically improper. A person's name can get on the list in many ways. if | he is identified as a regular participant in Communist Party affairs it will be writ large in the file. If his car was parked in the vicinity of a meeting which the | police suspected of being too far Leftist, even though he was not at the meeting and knew nothing about it, his name might also be listed. | Vigilance is forever the price of liberty, but we should feel much better protected in that liberty if | this work were left to the FBI It is not police space. Dreamers and poets have been talking for cen- | and organizations in Washington and elsewhere mn-I {he President. It is time to end the present division ' business, except as aides of the FBI in specific cases. \;he Washington ‘ Merry-Go-l!gu_nd ; By DREW PEARSON o 238 | Contiried from Page OL®) i gasted, and sent word to the S("X‘_‘l ator that he would give him fifteen minutes to take back his state- ment Ferguson was quick to reply. e sat down and wrote Clark a hum- bie longhand note taking back what he had said. The Senator's ex- cuse was that he had been mis- quoted. He had never said he gave information about Judith Coplon to Clark, nor did he state that he had demanded a probe of the matter, Ferguson wrote the Attorney Gen- eral. Next day the Attorney General happened to be up on Capitol Hill calling on the chairman of the Sen- ate Judiciary Committee, Pat Mec- Carran of Nevada. “Here's a letter that might in- terest you,” remarked Senator Mc- Carran, handing him a typewritten letter on the stationery of Sentaor Ferguson. In the letter, Ferguson said exact- ly what the newspapers quoted him as saying the night beiore, and which he had denied to Clark. Two years ago, wrote the Michigan Sen- ator, he had given the information about Judith Coplon to Clark, and now he demanded an investigation Furthermore. he put all this in black and white. The Attorney General letter with amusement. “Well, here’s a letter he wrote me.” he remarked, pulling out the handwritten note in which Fergu- son said he had been misquoted. McCarran read the note, then ohserved: “I though there was something funny about Ferguson's phening me last night. He wanted to know if I had received this letter. Then he said: ‘Well, don't give it out. It's confidential.’ " read the SILVER LOBBY LOVES CHINA In a secret report to the Senate Forcign Relations Committee last wegk, Secretary of State Acheson bluntly announced that the Com- munists are complete masters of China and it would be folly t send more U. S. Arms to the de- fepted Nationalists Acheson revealed that nine-tenths of the equipment already furnished by the United Nations had been surrendered to the Communists in the past eight months. Today the Communists have the military pow- er to march wherever they piease in China—including South China where the Nationalists are still holding out, Acheson reported Meanwhile, the Nationalists are negotiating frantically for a coali- tion government. Whether the United States will do busine: the new government, Acheson said will depend on the Communists’at titude. The Sccretary of State was called before the Foreign Relations Com- mittee to answer a petition, signed | by about 50 senators, demanding adg for the Nationalists. Signifi- cantly, the petition was sponsored by, Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada, (e “silver lobbyist, whose plan is | denberg with to bolster the Nationalist economy tures are drying up and threaten- —with silver. ing the vital cattle industry. Worst hit of all'is Spain—not a Marshall Plan country. Drought- stricken Spaniards are so desperate for water that they are trading Brewster of Maine in a corner, |wine for water in some places. Al- glanced furtively for eavesdroppers |ready signs indicate that Spain’s and whispered: | olive-oil output, her main source of “You'd better lay off that ECA |export, won't even take care of | fund to the Dutch that you've been |dcmestic needs this year. | raising such a fuss about. I just - JUNEAU'S WATERFRONT | Vandenberg probably referred to LOBBYIN FOR PEACE Senate G.O.P. leader Arthur Van- backed colleague Owen | | young Randolph Feltus, a registered | lobbyist on Capitol Hill, who has ' been fighting ECA aid to the Neth- | srlands on the ground that the money will be used to finance Dutch armed imperialism in In- don At the NC Co. shop a Packard marine motor is being installed in the Bobby G, owned by Dr. J. D. Smith. A Steeleraft cruiser own- ed by Dick Freimuth has just been put into the water. Work has been started on the Rebecca, which is >f major or minor importance, that |owned by the Icy Straits Salmon ioesn’t have a lobbyist for or|Co. The boat has been stored dur- wainst it?” | ing the winter. Note: Feltus and many others| Keith Wilde's Steeleraft cruiser nave been talking to Senators on |Wwill be in the water in the near fu- he ground that a breakdown of |lure when work it completed. At the same shop, Joe Demmert's ‘he U. N. regarding Indonesia means a serious undermining of the |boat, the Barney, left recently for |Craig. A new motor has been in- peace machinery of the world. stalled. Miss Bergie Smith and Elwyn Pym of the NC Co. have their lux- ury cruiser, the Holiday, out of the er for painting and general work. Miss Smith and Pym recent- ly bought the boat. & At the Juneau Marine Co. work in ten, Arthur,” grinned Brew- ster, “have you ever heard of legis- ation on any subject in Congress, MALTREATING PRISONERS Senator Tydings of Maryland has Jeen trying to side-step a Senate nvestigation of army brutality in Germany. What some Senators want to in- | j5 vestigate is evidence that the Army i, ised strong-arm men to torture | sonfessions out of the Malmedy war | ‘riminals. Some prisoners, it is| :ontended, had their teeth knocked out. Others were taken before mock sourts which condemned them to die. Then, after they were con- vinced there was no hope they were premised clemency if they would confess. Ration books were also ‘eported taken away from families, until hungry women and children segged the prisoners to confess. To further demoralize the prison- ars, their wives were allegedly taken out and given too much liquor. Subsequently, the my was able to convict 73 out of 74 defendants n the Malmedy trials. The seventy- fourth cemmitted suicide [ That is why Secret Army Royall ha che convictions When this informat 3(.1 over to the ite Armed Ser- vices Committes, however Chair- | man Tydings refused 1o vestigate, Later, the Senate nditures Committee voted to probe into the scandal, which caused Tydings to NAZIL a general overhaul, and work is progressing satisfactorily. Orin Ad- delman’s new combination halibut- troller will soon have its wheel house completed. The Sharon is on the ways for new planks and min- or repairs. The Army boats FS 238 and TP 11 are in for general over- haul. 30. 32, 34, Take Vaporous Constellation . Heroine of “Lohengrin® ACROSS . Antique . Mountain in Nevada . Gael . Remunerate . Word ot lamentation Speck of dust cleaners . King of the beasts . Unfasten sh lightly . Gets along 4. Outer garment Ardor Segment of the spine Theater box v of the deci to reviewe Upper room Instances 1d and b lon was turne Golf pegs Recompense 55, Muttin full swing. The Mayflower, owned by Gus Swanson, is in for ! Crossword Puzzle 'HE DAILY ALASKA EMPI SBEIEAT T . MARCH 23 J. W. (Bus) Ansell Catherine Watkins Mrs. T. F. Chapman Ralph Hopkins Mrs. Donald Edwards Cliff Irvine Inez Merryfield F. D. Brooks CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. Weather conditions and iemper- tures at various Alaska points Jso on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 2. m, 120th Meridian Time, and eleased by the Weather Bureau, | Juneau. follow: | Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Airport Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Seattle Sitka vhitehorse Yakutat e 38—Cloudy -22—Clear 4—Snow .. 3¢—Rain 15—Partly Cloudy 22—Partly Cloudy 29— Cloudy 36—Cloudy 30—Cloudy 37—Partly Cloudy 35—Partly Cloudy 34—Partly Cloudy 15—Snow 39—Snow Showers 25—Snow . 21—Cloudy 38—Cloudy 37—Fog 27—Clear 33—Fog 35—Cloudy 26—Partly Cloudy 33—Cloudy 'CLUBS UNITE FOR | DRIVE FOR PIANO. With June as the deaciine month for taking advantage ol buying a, piano at a substantially lower price, | a committee of Juneau service club, rey entatives has been formed to| gat a campaign under way for the | purchase of a community plano i for Juneau. al | Early plans of the committee are to encourage clubs to sponsor bene- fit projects, and also to carry on 4 campaign for individual contribu= tions. i Chester Drake, representing the | | Junior Chamber of Commerce, has | 'been named chairman of the en- deavor. Also on the committee nrel Mrs. Jack Popejoy, Juneau Woman's Club; Mrs. Wayne Johnson, Sorop- | timists; Mrs, Norman Haley, Mar- | ian Jensen and Dorianne Barnes, Beta Sigma Phi; Edith Moore, BPW; Frank Hermann, Lions Club. ‘Through the good offerings of pi anist Amparo Iturbi, who appeare here under the auspices of the Ju- neau Concert Association this past‘ winter, the committee has the op- portunity to buy a piano at a reat reduction in cost. Goal for the piano drive will be $2,000. AR MOTOR BOAT LICENS] ISSUED BY CO CG HERE | Notice has been received aboard |the CG Storis that the command- g officer, Comdr. J. R. Kurchcslfi,i s now authorized to cenduct ex- | | aminations and issue motor boat Ii- Icenses for the Juneau area. It will | ! no longer be necessary for andy i motor boat operator to apply to the Ketchikan CG office for examina- | J tion and license. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 2. Tnactment & Stain . Java cotton . Hebrew letter . Checkered fabric nelish letter DOWN ‘hange his mind id he insisted that his committee should have isdiction. However, the i 1lurm committee decided to | anyway, letting Tydings Jate, but not run the show exy 20 ahes partici- DROUGHT HITS MARSHALL | PLAN The Marshall Plan i er in the Mediterr s because of a devastating ught. The Rome weather sta- ion has reported the lowest fall in its 176-year histor serious lean coun- i . Compel American Indian Decads Puff up Prehistorie implement Philistine zod ull-grown vike Hearten . Endorsement on u passport . Character in Icelandic sag Hebrew prophet nglish river w . Hawailan Reese Considered . Kind of cloth dustries depending upon electric pewer are ‘almost standstill, though cool we; ily have saved the crops from ser- ious damage so far. The prospect | is worse in Portugal, where Century plant . Wreath bear- ing & knight's VEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1949 20 YEARS AGO 730 &, MARCH 23, 1929 The Rev. and Mrs. O. A. Stillman were honored at a farewell recep- on in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church where a large crowd of Juneau and Douglas friends gathered. On the program were R. S. Raven, pnanist; Cash Cole, singer, and Mrs. D. J. Van Atta, reader. Pre- siding at the refreshment hour were Mrs. Charles Hooker, Mrs. W. P. 3cott and Mrs. G. Blomgren. i The Juneau Fire Department gave a dance and card party in the Fire Hall. Mrs. Vance, piano, and Mrs. Dufresne, violin, played for dancing. More than 17 per cent of the children attending Douglas schools were found physically perfect, according to Miss Mildred H. Keaton, public health nurse. High school 100 percenters were May Fraser, Bernice | Edwards, Angus Gair, Willlam Cashen, Roberta Fraser, Harry Lundell, seorge Guerin, Alice Tassell, Alex Gair and James Doogan. Those in |the grade school with perfect physical ratings were Grace Pusich, | prank Cashel, Glen Edwards, Gordon Mills, Jessie Fraser, Phyllis Lun- dell, Nina Baroumes, Phyllis Edwards, Astrid Loken and Albert Wilson. Douglas High School associated .students elected these officers: John Cashen, President; Frank Pettygrove, Vice-President; Vieno Wahto, Secretary, and Alice Tassell, Treasurer. | | M. D. Williams moved from Vice-President to President, succeeding J. W. Leivers, in the annual election of the Juneau Garden Club. Allen | shattuck was elected Vice-President, and Ann Coleman was reelected | Secretary-Treasurer. | Weather: High, 43; low, 34; cloudy. y Lessons i VLIAEE 43 n English § Vg. L. GORDON Dail WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Either “Come quickly" or “Come quick” is correct. Both QUICK and QUICKLY can be correctly used as adverbs. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Awiation. Pronounce first A as in SAVE, not as in HAVE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Spontaneous; EOUS, not IOUS. SYNONYMS: Gaiety, vivacity, liveliness, sprightliness, animation, jollity. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: IMPROVISE; to invent, or provide, offhand. “He improvised a hammer out of stone.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. Should a young woman accept an expensive gift from a man who has been paying her attention for some time, but who has not in any way signified “serious intentions”? by ROBERTA LEE A. No, it is better not. Q. Is it important that a girl's feet be dressed in harmony with the rest of her costume? A. Most assuredly. Many an otherwise charming costume is spoiled by a failure to do so. Q. Should the bridegroom furnish the bridesmaids’ bouquets? A. No; the bride furnishes these. | ... and with it, the CAPITOL is bringing the gayest, most sparkling MOVIE ENTERTAINMENT of the year! A Carnival of merriment, featuring Hollywood's finest aftractions . . . Don’t Miss Any of THESE GREAT SHOWS— GLENN FORD EVELYN KEYES “THE MATING OF ~ MILLIE" It's got that Spring urge! "“BLACK BART" AFLAME WITH BURNING TECHNICOLOR DAN DURYEA PERCY KILBRIDE YVONNE DE CARLO Walt Disney’s "FUN AND FANCY FREE" in color by Technicolor Edgar Bergren & Charlie McCarthy Mortimer Snerd—Donald Duck Mickey Mouse—Dinah Shore Sigrhund Romberg’s LILTING MUSICAL "“UP IN CENTRAL PARK" DEANNA DURBIN DICK HAYMES An Epic of Grit and Glory! "“CORONER CREEK" in Color with RANDOLPH SCOTT MARGUERITE CHAPMAN "'BIG CITY" An Entertainment Masterpiece with MARGARET Q'BRIEN BUTCH JENKINS EDWARD ARNOLD RELAX at this theatre, with your family and friends . . . in a friendly atmosphere. Always the LATEST NEWS - BY AIR direct from New York erest Irving Berlin's Technicolor "EASTER PARADE" The Happiest Musical Ever Made!!! JUDY GARLAND FRED ASTAIRE ALASKA PREMIERE "THE MOZART STORY" A RARE AND DISTINGUISHED MUSICAL TREAT! RED SKELTON as "“THE FULLER BRUSH MAN“ ONLY 200 LAUGHS TO A CUSTOMER! DEN OF A THOUSAND THIEVES— "CASBAH" with TONY MARTIN Surprise role of the year! ESTHER WILLIAMS "ON-AN ISLAND WITH YOU" in Luscious Technicolor with JIMMY - DURANTE ADVENTURE takes the screen by storm! in "The SMUGGLERS'’ in color by Technicolor! Our Short Subjects Are the Delight of Juneau.