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-y PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Puhnened every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRIN Second and Main Streel TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO - ELMER A. FRIEND - ALFRED ZENGER - G COm . Juneau, Alaska | | is serious but he the Orient world, in PANY President | Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager word in Alaska Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATI Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dous! six months, $8.00; one ve: By mail, postage paid, at the fol One year, in advance $15.00; #ne month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Bustiness Office of any failure or {rreg of thetr papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Busine: M BER OF ASSOCIATED six months, in advance, $7.50; Second Class Matter. for $1.50 per month; | $15.00 ving rates: | sheets in this cou truly is an imposi ularity in the delivery Iunist cameras), ss_Office, 374, PRESS But looking o The Assoct! republicatior: of all news dispatches credit wise credited in this naper and also the Rerein. ed Press is exclusively entitled to the use for | the subway the o of a startling fac people in those | Five pictures in ed to it or not other- local news published NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. four or five of th WE ARE ON THE On the Pacific Coast and here forces are on the alert f em arise out of the Korean Apparently Ala: in the States, or any war from over the ion, public, have been taien or are bei protection. It Korean strife. is anyone's guess as The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) South Korean divisions to form a defense line, perhaps south of Se- | oul. Russia’s Real Goal Iran? Bradley raised the important question of whether the Korean attack was a main Soviet blow, or merely a diversionary tactic aimed to attract our attention away from other areas. He ‘warned that the main Russian punch might be at Iran, since Russia was badly mm need of oil. He also warned that Iran was weak and cautioned that we should not overcommit ourselves in Korea. Navy and Air Force officials re- ported that both their branches vere sfremg - in thesdorth Pacific and ready for any emergency. They were less cautious than Gen- eral Bradley. The most dramatic the evening was made tary Acheson. It was which tipped the scales President’s mind and caused Tru- man to make the momentous de- rision to intervene actively in Kor- statement (:( by Secre- his piea in the €a. Acheson, the man who has| Military men advised the Pres- been polloried in the Senate for|ident that U. S. Air and Naval| allegedly concealing Communists In | forces were far superior to Russ- the State Department told the}ians in the North Pacific area, group that ‘if we let Korea down,]though our ground forces were in- we would suffer a crippling defeat ferior. That is why no ground | in the eyes of the world. forces will be landed in Korea Our credit with the nations which | They also advised that tnere were | had to worry about how far they |suspicious Russian troop move- can go to stop Communism and|ments near the Yugoslav border Russia will be nil, Acheson said.|and that the Korean attack might Unless we make a firm stand in|be the beginning of a general Sov- | Korea, he emphasized, the Russ-|iet campaign in various parts of ians will continue with the con-|the sworld. quest of Indo-China, then take over Japan internally. Those who watched the emergen- Truman listened .qumi\', occus- 1Y cabinet session compared it to fonally he asked a question. After | 2nother historic invasion in Sep- | all had finished, he made a brief | fémber 1931, when the Jap war| statement which can be summar- | 'ords invaded Manchuria. At that ized as follows time the Secretary of State, Henry “I think T understand pretty wel | & Stimson, did his best to get the what the Russians are trying to|UPited States and the League of do. Tve been through it all from | Nations to act. —But President| Potsdam. Humvr cautious and worried, held bacl “If this is a major Russian move. I e = a aadiet eomintttad. tol bumson is still of the opinion s R e £ 1f if the United States had then s y ains, men 4 supplies § . o o 9 to win Korea, then this, gentlemen ByREL TSI, S0 Japs would 4 have backed down. Thus a may be the start of World War III oody, eventual war in ] “I gafher from what Jou have{mis Tater il B O e reported to mé that this is not| o g g cen averted the case. Korea has no strategic MENTRES M0 Telaember anather s historic in March 1936 when value, except politically It has 3 | Hitler marched intp the Punr, and no oil. If the Communists lose it can bé considered by Moscow] R the French debated all day wsidered by Mosco ha S Aol merely a civil war put down by|.o (° Whether they should % inerioan’ imperiniists ¥ |back. The French cabinet wante However. e canmot let Russia | 1€ Yesist. but the French chief of . o i S5 staff sa R get away with this. We must m‘ \,':lfiluci RS exhaust all peaceful means through | (¢ m,‘." ; ,d'm;_, iid (flllmh.“ the United Nations to stop the at- | jver " g 1oms sunsserin, oot tack. We should get all possible |, s cventiy we ooberine Mmarch e i them e Presibieland eventual war would have been Koreans can'set up a defense line, |+ orreo, COld, Thelr opiaton wa thet will give s time. fo find cus | conHiomed - atlers VaRday L when Sk what T GeRIAl s altioe captured German documents show- how deeply Russia is committed.” | “:: ,(,”“‘,l”x “i YRLR K VD Bote-—She Soats Sandrtment we- | J0Ube et of oudam when they lieves mere arms aid. wont help|vaded the Ruhr. One order was o, 8 * Plto march. The second order was that she must have U. 9. q o to retreat in case the French re- sisted i Some observers believe the Russ- Truman Takes Responsiility | After the President had made the decision, he told his advisers that he himself would take full respon- sibility “I think I know the Russians and how they operate better than any man,” he told his military and diplomatic chiefs. “I've been deal- | ing with them for five ye ALERT i lan-inspired drive into Kor At President however, is likely “Look at the heroic history viet citizen!” “Yes, d the the trains?” “And look at the glory and hor “Indeed,” repl | the trains?” in Alaska, armed that may | | peatedly and wit! trains?” Finally, ergency and what about ng taken for our | “Thief Drives Away to the outcome of the | Headline. President Truman says the situation | things are happening these days. Well, ————e I‘un prevent another world war.” Truman added that no man wanted peace more than he or had tried harder to get along with the Russians. Argue Over Announcement The President slept on the mo- mentous problem as he usually"l does before making a difficult de- cision and it was not until the next day, Monday, that he decided to send the 7th Fleet and U. S. ‘Alx Forces into Korea. After placing General MacArthur in command, a good part of Mon- day night was taken up with an argument carried on by teletype across the Pacific as to whether ,the White House or MacArthur should make the historic announce- | ment ! MacArthur himself wanted to an- nounce to the world that he had ! assumed command of U. S. Navy and Air Forces and that they were_ already en route to Korea, However, the President wanted to make it clear that the decision vms his, and was insistant that MacArthur hold | cement. Significantly, a closed-door publican Senate same Monday, be stampeded into a war.” Senator Taft told meeting of the Re- caucus on “I don’t want to We are on the alert and let Where \rc lhv l'enpk (The M]nlh‘upulh Star) | A favorite picture | murals, lavish lighting he American tourist in Moscow who was being shown | | about by a patriotic Communist guide. the guide began his spiel. | peering up and down the empty cavern, | materials from all over our great nation — all for And so it went, halting ans are not as jittery as those | ,qiory and turning on his capitalist tormentor with according to various press dispatches | pjgiteous Communist 2 We in Alaska are placing trust in our armed forces and measures, not perhaps made | States!” back his announ- | that | " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA ° has hopes of preventing the cm\mcl! from spreading and enveloping the 5 that be our watch- | pending all developments. subject for Soviet propaganda mntry is the Moscow subway. And it ng looking thing (seen through Com- with vaulting ceilings, grandiose ete. sver the umpteenth picture story of ther day we suddenly became aware t—the photographs never show any glittering underground vastn S, the current “Soviet Russia Today” shows only 12 people in five different stations—and ose looking like subway guards Raising this question of the missing subway crowds, to subject us to the treatment of | In the subway ] marvelous murals, showing Russia’s ' all for the honor and glory of the e American, duly impressed. “But,” “where are this marvelous stone floor, made of nor of the Soviet citizen!” ied the American, “but what about with the Amevican asking re ng curipsity, “Where are the } h ri in midflight of glorious Soviet th the guide burst forth: “Yes, 1chings in your Southern the 1 Parked Ambulance.”— All sorts of incredible In maybe so. Hungary asked for the return of the famed crown of St. Stephen in return for.releasing Robert Vogeler. ——i el Ambassador Lew Douglas has cab- led from London that the British Labor government is in no danger of falling because of its opposition {to the Schuman plan for merging | European steel and coal. On the contrary, British unions apprcve the government’s stand, fear the French plan would drag down Bri- . Ttaly and southern tish wages France are being flooded with | counterfeit $10 and $20 bills, and Moscow is suspected. A dozen U. S ret Sgrvice pgents have gone to Europe to break up the counter- feit rings. They believe Moscow is financing its Communist parties in Italy and France with these | counterfeit bills, which are éx- | tremely hard to detect because they are the work of German engravers, 2 like- was a probing operation aimed to test out American nerve, with a second set of orders in lhe; pockets of Korean Communist com- | | manders., wise | Backstage With the Diplomats ! Just before the Korean crisis, Truman discussed with the slightest sign of weakuess they|close advisers the idea of a new take advantage of you. They res-| pect firmness and firmness alone.|n We must show them that we mean | in business—that is the only way welj ‘ peace plan that he would an-| nounce to U. N. General Assembly n September Despite news- | paper headlines, it's not true that taken to Russia after the war. e & o o o o o o o o . . . TIDE TABLE . . JULY 1 . | ® High tide 2:26 am, 189 ft. © | e Low tide 9:05am., -3.7ft. e e High tide 15:32 pm, 162 it. | @ Low tide 21:13 pm., 24 ft. o e ® o & & & & 0 0 o ‘Arc you letting the Dandelions get Ithe best of you? Use Scotts Weed and Feed to get rid of the pests. | Enthusiastically recommended by | the Juneau Garden Club. Just ar- rived at Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Inc. 41-4t FLEISCHMANN on a product 1s like 24-carat on gold—the finest it can be. Try FLEISCHMANN PRE- FERRED Blended Whiskey and be convinced. | Still time to save at 1. Goldstein’s. All items greatly reduced! ! ; | \ &\ JUNE 30 Pat Wood Gertrude Cunningham Marvin Rhodes George Smith . Mrs. Chester Adelman o! Claire Butler Grace Hooper Henry Waite . eecec e i | m | | REPUBLICANS PlAN OFFICE IN JUNEAU The Republican Party of Alaska will open offices in Juneau July 10, Mrs, Margaret E. White, Republican | national committeewoman for AM aska, announced today. The offices will serve as head- quarters for coordination of the party’s efforts in the Territorial elections this fall, she said. They will be in the MacKinnon | Building on Front Street, and will also be used as headquarters for investigate corruption in govern- | ment, she stated | Mrs. White, explaining the pur-| pose of the investigation, said that’ the party expects “to bring the| issuss into the open and show the | voters of this territory just what| has been taking place and howl tax money has been spent.” { She indicated that investigators | will be hired by the committee. | “Republicans are united in this| common cause,” she stated, “and Capt. A. E. Lathrop, Republican | National Committeeman for Alaska, | What Hungary asked for is that is active and in full accord mdl the Voice of -America:give up its[ D€ unity now displayed by the present wave-length in broadcast- party in the Territo iing to Hungary. There was a pre- vious mutual agreement between Hungary and the U. S. A. that this COMMUN"Y EVENTS | wave-length was to be used, how- ,ever, and the State Department isn’t going to change it. This de- TODAY mand, incidentally, was an after- 7:30 p.m.—Delta Chapter special thought by the Hungarians mr’cung Gold room, Baranof with | Mrs. Elsie Guenther, guest speaker At 9 p.m.—Veterans dance for queen candidate Nella Jermain in Parish Hall. midnight—Final count of votes for Fourth July Queen, Baranof. July 1 At 1 pm.—Lucheon by Delta and XI Delta Chapters, Terrace room, Baranof. At 8:30 p.m.—Square Dance Asso- ciation summer dance in Parisn Hall. At midnight—Coronation Ball, Elks ballroom. July 2 At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game be- tween Coast Guard and Moose. July 3 No meeting of BPW Club. At noon—Lions club, Baranof. July 4 At 10:15 am.—Fourth of July Pa- rade. 4 At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game, be- tween winner of Coast Guard- Moose game Sunday, to meet EIKs. July 6 At 6:30 pm.—Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club at Mendenhall range. HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. John Doogan, Mrs. Robert Ciari and Arvid Ackerman were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yes- terday. Mrs. George Rogers, Mrs. Shirley Hegge, Peter Yumol, and Mrs. John Watkins and her infant daughter were dismissed. Darrel Jack and Alfred Cropley of Juneau were admitted to the | Government Hospital. Elizabeth Davis of Sitka was dismissed. SPECIAL—1 WEEK ONLY PABCO Exterior Gloss White House Paint—$3.95 a gallon. Juneau- Young Hardware Co., Inc. 41-4t ] ‘Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Drv 1. Make fancy- Spread work M 4. Quarrel 8. Filthy 85. Puzz 12, Early English 37. Little marble money 38, Extinct bird 13 La convex 39, Derisive moldings writings Mental picture Frolics . Genus of the maple tree rt Outer garment 45. Aims high 45. Fin Crony 47, Pok Footlike part 48, Anger nits of weight 49, Insects 4 50. Equal . Crazy persont slang DOWN Pop Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 2. Goddess ot . discord 3. Inseet Lald away . Minute ovenings Branches of learniogz . It is: contr, . Substitute . Pagan . Meadow . Dine Tubes . Remunerate . Auto Allowance for the weight of a con- tainer Meat dish . Recent 25. Sign . Low gable . Command Collection of lcln Anc(em chalice Hunting dog Triangular pleces . False jewelry . Function of an angle . Shower Unbleached . Let it stand . Town in Ohlo 4. Study , Dron bait lightly 20 YEARS AGO 7%z rmpiRE . i et JUNE 30, 1930 The marriage of Miss Harriet Ann Sey, daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Charles Sey of Douglas, to Mr. J. Gerald Willlams of Wyoming, was solemnized in University Presbyterian Church, Seattle. The bride was attended by her sister, Mrs. Martha Brown, while Mr. Fred Boag served as best man. After a short wedding trip in Canada, the couple expected |to make their home in Seattle. Miss Ada Murray, office assistant for the Reliable Transfer, was making the round trip aboard the Margnita. filling her position temporarily. Miss Ethel Runquist was Inaugurating a new mail route to Chatham Straits poris and Peters- burg the motorship Pacific, Capt. Clarence Geddes, was scheduled for ! departure. Frank J. Avery of the Signal Corps arrived on the Aleutian, having After Langdon returned on the Aleutian. previously attended school here. i been transferred from Nulato to the Juneau Cable Office. a year as a nurse in the hospital av Corcova, Miss Neola A former Juneau girl, she had Roy Devaney, who had played as organist in theatres of leading | leader of a three-piece orchestra. | Pacific Coast cities, was aboard the steamer Queen as piano player and Mrs. Inga Dickenson and Jack Gravrock of Douglas returned on ’;1 special Republican committe to| the Alameda after a two-month visit with relatives. Miss Helen Lindstrom arrived on the Princess Alice from Belling- { ham, where she had a clerical position. in Douglas. She was visiting her parents The all-talking and singing movie, “Rio Rita,” started a long run at the Palace. It starred Bebe Daniels and John Boles, with Bert Wheeler, Dorothy Lee, Robert Woolsey and Don Alvarado. ' Weather: High, 67; e e e Daily Lessons in English %. L. corpoN WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, her. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: memory). Pronounce ne-mon-iks, E as in KNEE unstressed, O as in low, 50; cloudy. Say, ‘It was NO other than SHE.” ON, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fellow; two L's. SYNONYMS: Level, WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. INCORRIGIBLE; incapable of being corrected; not reformable. Mnemonics | “It was none other than (art of improving the Felon; one L. horizontal, flat, smooth, even. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today’s word: “The teacher affirmed that some of her pupils were incorrigible.” e et et - MODERN ETIQUETTE oprrra 1EE Q. A. Being introduced. The correct’ procedure is, “How do you do? If the person making -an introduction does not pronounce a name distinctly, is it all right for me to ask him to repeat the name? Never. Direct your question to the s0fry I did not hear your name.” Is it correct for a man to assist a woman by carrying her wraps, or any packages she may have? It is correct for a man to carry a woman’s wraps or packages. Q. A. person to whom you mre I am very It is, however, not necessary for him to do so, and some women prefer to carry their own. Q. Who furnishes the boutonnieres for the ushers at a wedding? The bridegroom. A. 13 LOOK and lEARN A C. GORDON What are the two heaviest of all familiar metals? 2. What is the only flag that may be flown above the Stars and Stripes on a U. S. naval vessel? 3. Of all nature’s plant creations, which is credited with the most different uses? How many vertebrae does one have in his backbone? How many parables of Christ are recorded? ANSWERS: Platinum and gold. The Church flag, during religious ceremonies. Bamboo. Thirty-six. Forty-three. L. L. LUNDWALL as a paid-up subscriber w THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Preseut this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "“THE MUTINEERS" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS —————————————————————————————— FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1950 Weather af Alaska Poinfs Weather conditions and temper- itures at varlous Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau #re as follows: Anchorage . 50—Rain Annette Island 52-Far’ly Cloudy 2arrow . e 32—SnOW sethel 49—Partly Cloudy Cordova 49—Cloudy Dawson . ¥ v 62—Cloudy Edmonton . . 59—Partly Cloudy Fairbanks £ 55—Clear Haines .. -, 53—Cloudy davre ... 66—Partly Cloudy Juneau Airport 53—Partly Cloudy Zodiak 47—Drizzle Kotzebue 50—Cloudy McGrath 51—Partly Cloudy Nome . 44—Cloudy Northway . . 53—Cloudy Petersburg 51—Cloudy Portland 5'1—Partly Clotdy Prince George 48—Partly Cloudy Seattle 57—Partly Clouay Sitka . 50—Cloudy Whitehorse 47—Clear Yakutat 49—Rain JOHN DOOGANS PARENTS OF SECOND DAUGHTEK receiving congratulations on the birth of their second child, a daugh- ter born yesterday at 1 p.m., at St. Ann’s hospital. The little girl weighed seven pounds eight ounces and joins a sister, Cecilia Marie in the family circle. Mrs. Doogan is the former Eileen Hellan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hellan, who with the pa- ternal grandmother, Mrs. Mary Doogan are sharing in the happi- ness of the new arrival. Are you letting the Dandelions get the best of you? Use Scotts Weed and Feed to get rid of the pests. Enthusiastically recommended by the Juneau Garden Club. Just ar- rived at Juneau-Young Hardware Co. Inc. 41-4t SPECIAL—1 WZIEK ONLY PABCO Exterior Gloss White House Paint—$3.95 a gallon. Juneau- Young llardware Co., Inc. 41-4t FIREWORKS on sale at Douglas Service Store, beginning July Ist. Complete Assortment. 42-2t _—— Brownie's Liquor Store Phene 103 139 Se. Frankiim P. O. Box 2508 ) R T GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear BOTANY llswll CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES * STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING mlfl-fl . B. W. COWLING COMPANY Dedge—Plymouth—Chrysiee DeSoto—Dodge Trucks FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 _ Free Delivery ° [ o e — P ————— Mr. and Mrs. John Doogan are| SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT || Moose Lta;lge No. 700 MOUNT JUNEAU LOGG2 NO, 100 SECOND and FOURTH mu of each month in Scottish Rite " beginning &t 7:30 p. m. Carson A. Lawrence, ' Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @ B.P.0. ELKS Meeting every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. WALLIS 8. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— ARNOLD L .FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone T3 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office vr Stere ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists . BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wenat Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE BINGLE O PHONE 666 Thomas Hardviare (o. PAINTS — OmLS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remin, pewri S0LD finlgum“: J. B. Burford Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batir?fied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authcrized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM s dally habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dalries, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phones 146 and 342 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work o:e TRY Alaska Lamndry. H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVIS OVERALLS for Boys l “Say It With Flowers” “AY IT WITH DRSS Juneau Florists Phese 311

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