The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO THESE DAYS R - TN GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY A BIT OF HISTORY It always moves one to witness a child fighting to restore the re putation of a father. Pierre Laval, once Prime Minister of France, was broken on the wheel of history His daughter, Josee De Chambrun, has been digging into the record to restore 800 name. Whether that is ble will only be know when all the documentation of th unnecessary war in. “The diary of Pierre Laval which his daughter has compi adds to the most interesting epi- sodes is Lava relations with Great Britain in the hope that the war mi be staved off. In 1931, Great Britain was again in financial difficulties and aid from the Unted States had become involved in the depression and the his is prospect of the 1932 election. The ) turned to France ‘for aid .After hearing (Sir Ronald Camprell, British Charges d’ Af- faires), I agreed, without refer- ence to my cabinet, for fear of an indiscretion which might affect | British credit adversely, to make | ailable the following av morning | from the French treasury on a | temporary loan basis the sum of | billions in gold. The coffers of the Bank of England were bare. Payments would have had to be suspended had it not been for the immedizte and unstinted assistance of France. Sir Ronald Campbell thanked me with sincere emotion and said, taking my hands in his ‘M. Le President, I thank you. My ! country will never forget'. " three Of course, they did forget. It/ was not long before Great ain was negotiating with Germany without regard tc France, althcugh the two countrics had an under- standing that they weuld work to- gether. The Anglo-German Naval Pact of 1935 was negotiated with- out the knowledge of France. Bri- tain also agreed ths=% Germany cculd violate the mi y clauses of the Versailles Treaty. Fi: e wished to encircle Germany, to es- tablish and maintain a cordon san- itaire against Hitler. ‘This would not only have included Great Bri-| tain, France and Italy, but also Poland, Rumania, and Czechoslo- vakia. Hitler would have been con- | fined to German territory. Laval| s, | I invited Mr. MucDonald,! faced as we both were with the danger of a German war beccming more inevitable, to link the chain with Moscow. The Rome agreements and the Franco-Scviet Pact, which I signed, had eliminated difficult- ies which were said to be insur- mountable. But England was not then prepared to adopt the policy of encirclement of Germany which I advocated. This policy alone would have prevented war by isclating Hitler.” Referring to the 'Hoare-Layal Plan for a compromise between It- aly and Ethiopia, Laval wrote: “. . .I merely regretted the fail- ure of the ‘Hoare-Laval Plan,’ a failure which was to throew Italy step by step into the arms of Ger- many, to deprive France and Eng- land of the indispensabie manceuv- ering ground of the Balkan Pen- insula and bring down on our un- fortunate country nothing but un- “happiness. . History is often a record of er- rors, some well-intentioned, some SPY CHARGES WEATHER REPORT (U. S. WEATHER BUREAU) (This data is for 24-hour pe- riod ending 7:30 am. PST) In Juneau—Maximum, 50; minimum, 46. At Airport minimum, 40. . . ° 0 ° . . ° . ° . . . ° ° ° . ° ° ° . ° . . e Maximum, 49; SAYS ACHESON [Secrefary of State Tells of Imprisoning of U. S. FORECAST (Juneau and Vieinity) with occa- not sional 1t 00000 00®000000c0c0%0 000000000 much change in tem ure o | e tonight and Thursday. Low- @ | Officials by Cle(hs est tempera ght n 43 degree Southeasterly B winds as high as 20 miles o | ey o W % | - WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.—P— Secretary of State Acheson said PRECIPITATION e)l0day spy -charge hmm;hl) by (Past 24 1 ending 7:30 a.m. today Czcchm.\lmukltn inmm.\uns rgu\{jw City of Juneau—42 inches; SRR, Sainst U 5. _'El”“v’.“’ since Oct. 1, 1112 inches; fml:l{"’mdn~l}!dw( are “obvious- | e since July 3239 inches. .. SEmpeG « up i e At Airport 00 - inehes: He announced, however, that the | ¢ sgince | Ot bbie imbies: United States ‘had “acceded to ms e since July 1, 2036 inches. request” to withdraw two accuse | . American diplomats from their as- | o - p.o 6 hie R signments in Prague. He said that | the Embassy is attempting to see| a third American representative |who lacked diplomatic status and who was imprisoned Friday by the Czech government on spy charges. | The two regular diplomats whose | recall the Czechs demanded on 24- | hour notice are John G. Heyn, as- sistant attache in the political de- partment, and Isaac Patch, the political attache. The man thrown into prison is Samuel Meryn, Em- bassy clerk, who has been held in- communicado since Friday. WIEN MEETS WITH OTHER OPERATORS, TALKS 6OLD STRIKE ccept in one peet, the gold str at Pishwheel has all the aspects of pioneer gold rush days, according to Sigurd Wien, who should know. Acheson disclosed that the State Wien is president and manager |Pepartment is preparing what h |of Wien Alaskas Airlines, with called a communication—evidently headquarters in Fairbanks, His|® Strong note of protest—to be de- | company has regular flight sched- |livered to the Czech government ules to Fort Yukon and other com-|Put he sald that no protest ha munities in the strike district. been made yet. The exception is “the ease with This government’s efforts, he said; have been directed toward which hopefuls are dropped in the! getting an Embassy representative immediate area,” Wien said today|® A in Juneau. |into prison to see Meryn. | You probably are running a 3Ty i regular shuttle service to Fort “Well,” replied Wien, “you can say & | our business has certainly in- ‘ AS THREE TOTS DIE IN “I think everyonme in that dis- | aim,” he commented, “and there TRUMPED UP, MoviNe outsipe been a great influx of would- pros tors from oth parts of North. People are just begin- ning to arrive from the states. “By the way, look what I found,” the A mysterious epidemic which has claimed the lives of three children less than five years of age in Dutch Harbor was being invesu-} he went ondumping a lot of gold,®ated today with all possible speed | nuggets on the luncheon table— y Territorial health officials. little over an ounce, atout $30 A Wire from the United States| worth. mmissioner at the far-flung ‘out- Fellow airline operators were not ived by Dr. James T.| to be taken in, however, sooge, medical director of the Al- Vative Service, telling of the Nome?” | aska “From your mine near questioned one. “Yed” admittedjdeaths and of others being ill, al- Wien though “they seemed to be getting better.” Like the others, Wien was in Ju- aw for a meeting with Theodore ) The Anchorage office of the amon, Washington, D.C., |Hmnh Department, recently es-| torney who represents several tablished for Interior and Aleutian | tificated airlines. contacts, was given charge of the Seamon has the distinction mlnnemgauun. Dr. Robert L. Smith, being the only attorney to repre-|Assistant Commissioner of Health, ent airlines in Alaska which cover|is in charge there. the entire Territory. Nowhere else] TWwo naval pharmacist mates could such a representative non-|stationed in the town were unable competing group get together. Tto diagnose the outbreak. The mo- | The Alaska operators met this{tor barge Health, with Dr. Hazel| noon in the Iris Room of the Bar- | Blair on board, had only a few| days before left the community, cer- anof Hotel, and will have other ? meetings during their chort con-|alter making its annual call. The ference, to work out solution of [ vessel, on its way to Kodiak, was caught in heavy weather midway | Ibcmeen the two points, ' Word was that ships had been .\mrned to stay away from the| area, which also includes Unalaska, | but confirmation on this was lack- mutual problems, In the interests of continued im- provement of Alaska air transpor- tation, this group retains Seamon its counsel in the capital. Carriers represenied today were the products of doctrinaire assump- Wien, for Wien Alaska, Ray Pet-}n8 from 08 COMF .Guvard et ticns; some due to downright ig- |€1S0R af Anchorage, president ,,1I\wrd had heen secelved by, (e nopance, The hero of a particulas|NPEGISID. .Oonsolidated Alrlines, of the truble. X moment may prove io nave not | Who flew in from Seattle yesterday st palagland 10 the. BEG only feet but 2 head of clay; often |Of P:A-A. and three otficlals ~of [group | sppsgently heard ‘the ra-l the villain of the moment proves|Alaska Coastal Airlines — Alex | dioed telegram telling of the epi-| to be sound, truthful, far-seeing. Holden and Sheldon Simmons, co- 'lcm}w. because they quc.ned for de- The v e of the peuple is not too managers, and O. F. Benecke, 0“!“““' accqrdmg W BE Gra.ce. it ! Field, assistant health commission- | often the voice of God. It is more often the mass response to over- excitement, to false slogans, to the constant repetition of the great lie. Just think of what happens on the radio when a government Wishes to lodge the seeds of ideas in our min: Every 15 minutes or so, sharp, staccato voices, selected for their vocal impressiveness, repeat practically the same words until they become welded into our mem- ory. But none of it may be true None of it may have any validity. It may be little more than a design to carry through a policy for a particular purpose at a given mo- | ment, eventually to be repudiated That has cest the world millions of lives and trillions of dollars. The public asks: How can it be false if such great men say s0? The answer is that as the record of the last war is unfolded, much that we were officially told proves to be untrue. FWS OFFICIALS LEAVE George Kelez, Fish and Wildlife Service Super Earl W. Bright, FWS vessel sup- ervisor, were to leave for Seattle today by Pan American Airways Kelez had been in southeast Al- aska for the fishing season. He will return to Seattle for the Fish- eries hearing there November 7 and 8, after which he will help plan a research and management pro- gram for next year. GARDEN CLUB TEA Everyone invited, Thursday 2 to 5 pm. at Mrs. J. W. Walkers home. 512 6th Str. or of Fisheries, and | fice manager, Merle Smith, president of Cordo-|er, in charge in the absence of Dr.| |va Air Service, was unable to at-{C. Earl Albrecht. | | tend. + Dr. Field said that recently a | A guest at the luncheon was Ray- | Whooping cough epidemic had | | mond Stough who, until July, was ¢ struck tiny Sanak Island, south of | | director of the Alaska C.A.B DI-IFalse Pass, and that a surmisal| | tice—and therefore is intimately|would be that this might be the acquainted with the subject mat- disease which has stricken children ter of the discussions. of Dutch Harbor. The epidemic on! The group’s coverage of the the island was not serious. Territory includes Wien Alaska’ Approximately 300 persons live in | schedules from Nome to the Can-|Unalaska and Dutch Harbor, '.he! adian border, Fairbanks to Point|latter containing no more than 60 Barrow and a flight to Old Crow, | persons. YT. with certification for all| Dr. Field said that at the earli- points in Yukon Territory. est opportunity she would find de- Northern Consolidated operates | tails of the troutle and make them south of these lines, ipcluding the [ public. Pending further worq, she Aleutians. The Cordova company jhad alerted the Anchorage office to stand by to fly to the area in event serves the Copper River district, and Alaska Coastal, all of \th- | Dr. Blair aboard the Health could east Alaska not be reached. Seamon will inspect all routes ! CALIFORNIA GUESTS J. B. Perry of Menlo Park, cal., stopping at the Baranof Hotel. - of the carriers involved before re- turning to Washington, D.C. CORDOVA VISITOR | {is | Mrs, Besie Wallin of Cordova REBEKAHS is registered at the Baranof Ho- | Food sale at Sears Office Fri. tel. Oct. 28, 10:30 am. Pltimbing ® Healing 0il Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA RAYMOND STOUGHS IN JUNEAU BEFORE | Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Stough, ‘formcr]y of Anchorage and now of | “somewhere,” are seeing old friends in Juneau this week before going outside to live. | The Stoughs have sold their homie in Anchorage, but not the cne they own in Kenwood, Md., a suburb of Washington, D. C. However, they are “sold on the West,” and prob- |ably will settle on the Pacific Coast | eventually. “We're goinz to Seattle for a couple of weeks,” Mr. Stough said today, “pick up a new car, and, from then, we know not where It's our first vacation in 12 years.” The couple arrived in Juneau from the Westward on the Baranof, and will board the Denali south- bound Monday. The Stoughs have made their home in Anchorage for the five years that Mr. Stough has been di- rector of the Alaska oiuice of the CAB. He retired in July, and has been succeeded by Robert O. Kin- ey. For some reason, they had dif- ficulty in selling their home, in over-crowded Anchorage. Mr. Stough has been with the |CAB since he helped draw up the act in Washington and immediately was put on the staff in 1938. He came to Alaska for the first hear- ing in 1939, and was transferred to Alaska permanently in 1944 TOURISTS ALLUWED DUTY-FREE ENTRY WITH $200 IN MERCHANDISE United States Residents of the returning from abroad (especiaily Canada) may now bring in more goods, purchased for personal use, than in the past. This is the result of approval of HR. 5268, news of which was received today by James J. Con- nors, Cellector of Customs here. The bill authorizes a resident of the United States returning from abroad following a-stay of at least 48 hours to bring $200 worth of merchandise into the country duty- free. For many years this allowance has been $100. Advantage of such free entry privileges may not be taken more often than once in 30 days. A $300 exemption is allowed ev- ery six months to residents who have remained abroad 12 days or more. 2 JIRP MEMBERS 10 TELL C. OF C. ABOUT ICE CAP Important research into glacial movements and other scientific matters, of special interest to Ju- neau residents, will be discussed for Chamber of Commerce members | and guests at tomorrow’s weekly | luncheon meeting in the Baranof Gold Room. Two Juneauites who were mem-\! bers of the 1949 JIRP (Juneau Ice | Cap Research Party) - |JOE McLEAN TELLS| KIWANIANS OF LAW! ~CONTROL o cHRISTIANIY BLOCKED‘:M(] the Law,” prompted by the |taking of an Anti-Communist oath “gn\'(‘ Kiwanians a wealth of infor- mation and interest, as well as an | occasional amusing sidelight, at to- ATOMIC Secret Talks—fiil ~ Russia PU'S Na“Oflal i n ' e I est | day’s Juncheon meeting in the . | Earanof Gold Room. Above World Security | sosen A Mcrean, prominent kv g | young Juneau attorney, was the 26— (P— | speaker, and gave a logical well- LAKE SUCCESS, Qct. organized talk for club members The United States and four other powers declared today secret ato- and guests, 5 mic s have falled because the| He pointed out the influence of Russians put national interests Christianity on American law, akove world security. which is based on English common This report came from the U. S. law (and in England, the Kking France, Britain, China and Can- is head of church and law), but ada. It was released along with ajMcLean also stressed other influ- formal report of closed-door con- €nCes. Notable among these is the ferences they held with the Soviet common property law in the Unit- Union in seeking to end the East- ed States, directly traceable ' to West deadlock. Mohammed via Spain. The report said that “the gov- McLean concluded that one may ernment of the USS.R. puts its|assume that American law is not overeignty first and | exclusively a Christian law, al- is unwifling to accept measures which mayim- though influenced by Christianity, warned, for non-Christians pinge or interfere with its rigid and exercise of unimpeded state sov- swearing under oath, there is no ereignty.” | other penalty for perjury than the It added: penalties provided by law. “If this fundamental President Stanley Baskin called conld be cvercome, other differ-|for the report«of the nominating ences which have hitherto ap-!committee for the November 9 peared unsurmountable could be|clection, and time for making nom- cen in true perspective and rea- inations to committee members was onable ground might be found IUI‘}lx\(‘ndv(l until next week's meet- difference their adjustment.” ing The Russians refused in the| Guests at today’s Kiwanis Club| closed meetings to talk about dis- meeting were John Dimond. Assist- closures of atomic explosions iDgnt Attorney General; the Rev. A. L. Zumwalt, pastor of the Alaska Mission, Seventh-day Adventist; Robert E. Thorpe, operations man- ager for Pan American Airways;; John Doolin, P.A.A. department | assistant, and Alex Young, P.A.A. traffic representative. Thorpe is president of Toastmas- ters International in Juneau, the group for which McLean had ori- the Soviet Union. MOLLY AND WAITER T0 FLY TO WARMIH FOR "BABY, IT'S COLD’ Resr nally presented his address. FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 26— s (P Brooklyn's now-famous travel- | ing waiter and his beauteous Es- BuSINESSMEN IAlK| kimo “date” are going to fly south VED! HUNTER IS KILLED IN 30-FOOT FALL; COMPANION SAVED The body of a hunter, killed in a fall down a 300-foot cliff on Prince | of Wales Island, is being taken to Ketchikan by the U. 8. Coast Guard Cutter White Holly today. The dead hunter was Lawrence Frish of Metlakatla, according to reperts received by the Coast Guard Headquarters here. Frish fell down the precipice yes- terday afternoon. His companion on the hunting trip, Cecil Simp- son, also of Metlakatla, fell part way and spent the night cling- ing to a ledge on the cliff face, while .crew members of the fishing vessel Mary Eleanor tried des- perately to reach him. The Mary Eleanor, at Menefee Anchorage, called for Coast Guard assistance in reaching the stranded hunter. A party of men from the White Holly made the rescue this morn- EXAMINED EYES ESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949 ing. The Coast Guard party found | Frish’s body at the foot cf the cliff, Colorado Fisherman E‘M”akes Prize Switch ENGLEWOOD, Colo, — Kenneth E. | Bellamy, Sr., postal cle_rrt and trout- | fishing enthusiast, has joined the na- | tion’s switch to Calvert. “Last trip to | rainbow country, I switched to | vert,” he says, “Calvert's a prize!” | CALVERT RESERVE Blended Whiskey | ~86.8 Proof—65% Grain Neutral Spirits. Calvert Distillers Corp., New York City al- R Hac LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin PHONE 506 FOR Juneau APPOINTMENTE | ANOTHER CLIPPER’ EXTRA— to sing their song Atmospheric conditions kept the featured duet of Morton and Mollie Whitebear from getting cn a national radio progrem last Tahlor NOVELTY STUNT FO SCHAPIRO CONCERT, Sl bkl Flight crews that guide lby, it's Cold Outside,” was to have Saturday night. Their duet on “Ba- With a goal of raising $2500 for been broadcast from Nome, Alaska. ¢yo purchase and shipping of a Tahlor flew north to Keep’ @|gine concert grand piano for com- “date” with the 22-year-old ES-|mupity use, a group of civie-mind- kimo beauty as a gag on the “Truth |eq citizens gathered today for an| or Consequences” program. informal “ways and means” lunch- | They said arrangements had been ¢, 4t the Baranof Hotel. made for them to appear on next They worked out a novelty feature Saturday night's show. lfor the Maxim Schapiro concert R L Friday night at the 20th Century Theatre, which they hope will ap- peal to the artist, and to music- loving and fun-loving tastes of the audience. In the luncheon group were |Frank Hermann, Joe Shofner, Don | !C. Foster, Charles Mountjoy, Har- | Iry Sperling, Ernest Ehler and Lt.! (Comdr. Edward P. Chester, Jr. | | While not disclosing a whisper e of the novelty feature they had in | mind, the men asked for the pub- | lic to ke reminded that: the con- REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 26.— |cert will start promptly at 8 p.m.; b expedition | (p__pirst vote returns in Iceland’s tickets for $1 plus* tax are still {will give the program, the first ac- general election today showed a available at many downtown agen- count to a group audience since the |joe for the Communists, who had cies; Schapiro has promised a top- party came off the Juneau Ice Cap | campaigned against this island na- notch concert with something for in late September. They are Tony Thomas, Who | jantic Pact. was “loaned” from his Forest Ser- | vice position for the second con- | secutive season, and Dean Williams, | |“on loan” from Pan American Air- |, the Progressive (Agrarians) in ;/ waeys for communications, also to help establish base camp and to observe for PAA. | Many steam railroads are cutting service today, to conserve their | dwindling supplies of coal. And the | outlook for any early settlement | of the long coal strike seems dim. Chief Federal Mediator Cyrus‘ Ching is still plugging for an ac-| cord in the steel walkout. But the | outlook there is no better. tion’s membership in the North At- everyone, and that the concert grand will be a wonderful asset for The Communist Party, which held 'the city. the Clippers... % skilled ground crews ¥ '} that keep them flying...ALL are thoroughly trained. ALL share a great tradition of dependability. 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