The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 21, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR —————————————— tion against the territory, the UN 5 z Y Daily Alaska Empire Publistied every evening except Sunday by the PRINTING COMPANY in ts, Juneau, Alaska - - - President Vice-President Managing Editor | ture aggression. The problem EELEN TROY MONSE DOROTHY TROY LINGO SLMER A. 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It might on t American setbacks muddle through is But the post- muddling though through that got Monday, August 21, 1950 Korean conflict. the bitter lessons POLICY NEEDED Ap dispatch of recent date reports the pos-|East, should drive in conjunction with Communist|fu-y delineated p ythe future may bri It is essential sibility that Russia China, may reoccupy that part of Korea which lies north of the 38th parallel and which in the immediate post-war period was under Russian occupation. If Russia should carry out such a reoccupation | tained and if the tide of war should turn in favor of the|stress of unforese UN forces, the United Nations will be confronted with the need for a weighty decision the North Korean aggressor into his own territory beyond the 38th parallel, they will have to fight the slim c If they re- be maintained. up now, it a sembl Russian occupation army in that area. Buchanan pointed out that gov- | ernment departments, like Agricul- ture and Interior, might be able to withstand the 10 per cent cut by spending less on “construction con- tracts,” such as road-building and reclamation projects. But regulatory | | agencies, like FPC, would be dan- }g(’r()u, y crippled, he said. “I would like to get a memo from all agencies that will be crip- ipled by the 10 per cent x'cducuun."l Trumsn finally decided. “We've got | news 01,4, something about it—right the G.I in Korea, but the home & folks' sweet-tooth appears to be|2" oY stronzer than their patriotism. In appeals against hoard- stocks are} The Washin;;lon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) National Defense, she suggested firmly that Johnson should be re- placed Low On Sugar This won't be pleasant GOP “Place” House Appropriations Chairman Clarence Cannon of Missouri always sees to it that Repuublicans keep their “place” in committee sessions. When House and Senate conferees on the District of Columbia ap- propriation met behind closed doors, Cannon’s sharp eye detected GOP | Congressman Earl Wilson of In-! diana sitting in “Democratic ter- ritory” near the head of the table. The Missourian crisply ordered Wilson to move to a humbler spot at the Republican end of the table.| “Okay, T'll move” snorted thej Hoosler Congressman, angrily push- | ing back his chair. “It must perplex the Chtairman to see a thorn among his Democratic roses,” spite’ of the natic sugar low. Agriculture Department's 3 Ralph Trigg, cg ed this the othe behind closed doors the £.nate Banking Committee. “Regardless of how you cut the cloth, there is no sugar dvailable,’ Trig borted flatly. “Nothing has changed except that the suzar is in the pantries of the folks throughout the nations,” sug- gested Indian’s GOP Senator Homer Capehar “The consumption has not increased. It is hoarding that has done this.” “Thet is true,” agreed Trigg. “You will not increase the consumption per person a great deal. . .but there is no ar available for a great many people who are unable to get it * retail stor the hope that public 1 may still shame the hoard- profiteers, we have been patriotic Americans to or- ome front” committees and ign through the local press, groups against war testifying Iron Curtain Chaff Concrete evidence that the Chin- ese Communists are openly support- ing North Korea is contained in a message from Chinese Communist leader Mao tse-Tung to Korean Prime Minister Kim Il Sung. ‘The people in the just war against U. S. imperialist aggression,” wrote Mao Political observers attach sig- nificance to reports from the Chin- ese capital indicating that Mao i tse-Tung left Peking on August 11 for an “unannounced destination.” .This could mean Moscow or somewhere in Korea. . The prestige of the United Nations is still troubl- ing Communist leaders, judging by 1 at Not opinic ng ganiz to camyj radio and civic greed Rough Going-Over Redding got a thorough ver, behind closed doors be- te confirmed his ap- As ant Postmaster Jack goir fore pointment as General At cne point, Sen. Bill Langer, North Dakota Republican, noted that Redding claimed to be a “writer of fiction.” their propaganda efforts to conceal the fact Americans are fighting in Korea under the UN flag. .. .No reference is ever made to Yes, he was Director of Public-! ynited Nations authorization of ity for the Democratic National}] omerican action in Korea. . .Des- f,‘un.\nm'm." dryly remarked Sen. pite careful censorship, reports are Zales Ecton, Montana Republican. trickling through the Iron Curtain T that Communist officials must re- sort to desperate measures to make labor toe the mark. For example, in Rumania, a recent law has made “illéfal appropriation and negli- gence at work” punishable by the death penalty. iconomy Cut President Truman won't take the proposed 10 per cent, across-the- board slash in government spending with his bat on his shoulder. At a recent meeting with Federal agency chiefs, Truman strongly in- dicated that he might send a special Plight of Cotton Farmer messa to Cc if the two| South Carolina’s Senator Burnet houses don't re the 10 per | Maybank, chairman of the powerful cent reduction ! Senate Banking Committee spoke “This so-called ‘economy’ cut is|up sharply about the plight of the one to destroy government cotton farmer at a closed-door agencies without outright abolition,” meeting with the Agriculture De- declared the President. “You can partment’s commodity boss Ralph crip n a s0 badly by chop- | Trigg. ping off its personnel that it can-| “This whole cotton deal' is dis- not » the job. This a grave tinetly misunderstood, and I am situation.” sick and tired of it,” snorted May- “It's all the graver in wartime,” bank. “Now, you produced 16,158,- broke in Federal Communis 000 bales approximately last year, Chairman Wayne Cc did you not?” that his agency we “That is correct,” agreed Trigg. top-secret project “And you have got the lowest war effort. acreage on record for a long, Iong, “We cannot do the job right if} time, and you have had a terribly we are deprived of key personnel,”| bad year with boll weevil mfest-l he added. . |ation,” continued the South Caro-i “The same applies to my agency,” | line Senator. broke in Thomas Buchanan, Acting| “That is correct,” Chairman of the Federal Power again. Commission. “The FPC must see lu! “And if you rolled the price of jt that our war plants have enough cotton back to June 15, it vvolfldl gas and electric power to keep them | not be worth picking, and the} going. We must establish a balance | farmer would in some instances | between consumer and war use of | have only a fourth of the crop, 15! fuels and power.” that right?” demanded Mayhank,‘ sider y gency vital to the Trigg nodded business Manager | .. reoccupy Nor Second Class Matter. undetlines the need for a the moment, if such it can be called, is to keep the pushed back Will UN forces follow them with a view to destroying} e | their offensive power and so preventing the possi-|e bility of another Red invasion of South Korea? win ! idle and useless carping to dwell on past errors. that lights the fuse of World War IIL If they pursue, careful planning is as many future eventualties as possible, pif even the hance for the present queasy world peace is to required.” The House Committee on Appro- | the fact that Americans are fighting § | b . * linquish the opportunity to carry the punitive expedi- North Koreans into the latters’ own may well wonder whether it has set; a punitive precedent strong enough to discourage fu- posed by the report that Russia th Korea is a considerable one. It well-planned, long-range rategy for war and peace. So far, he United Nations are merely mud- on the immediite goal of invader. UN policy of } ent only th Korean hope for the best. the UN do after the North Koreans across the 38th parallel? ond the 38th parallel, even in the event regular Russian forces have in the meantime} reoccupied North Korea? No one seems to know the FOI Main'aining he surface, in these trying days of in South Korea, appear more im- The tendency to a natural one. World War I era has shown that not enough. It was muddling the United States invoived in the It would demonstrate a spirit of But that may be learned from those er- is irors, from the planlessness of our policy in the Far us to adopt in good time a care- olicy providing for all eventualities ing. that vlans for the future be drawn lance of world peace is to be main- The sightest blunder, committed under the en emergency, may be the spark Intricate, ential at this stage, foreseeing referring to the proposal to restore commodity prices to the pre-Korean war level. “Now, what does the Korean war | have to do with the price of cot- ton?” demanded Maybank. “Nothing at all,” replied Trigg. “Nothing at all, that is right,” snapped the Senator from South | Carolina. “It makes me so tired to see the poor cotton farmer having all these people saying, ‘the farmer gets it all’.” Trigg agreed shippers, manu- facturers and retailers were chiefly to blame for higher costs of cot- ton goods. Sewing machines for rent at the White Sewing Machine Center. . AUGUST 21 James Fullerton Dave Mielke Charles Bland Mrs. Eugene Yarbrough Carl Harris Rex K. Early Mrs. Glen Franklin Pete Hammer Lynne Johnson Truman Asks Money Seward-Porfage RR Delegate E. L. Bartlett said today portant to concentrate on repelling the Red invader, | that the Department of Interior’s than to worry about the questions that will arise from | desire to maintain the Seward-~ the hoped-for Communist defeat. Portage section of the Alaska Rail- road was confirmed last week when President Truman sent to Congress a request for a supplemental 1951 fiscal year appropriation of $1,500, 000 The funds are requested prin- cipally for the repair or replacement of bridges on this southern portion of the railroad to permit safe opera- tion. “The port of Whittier,” the re- quest stated in speaking of the al- ternate southern terminus of the railrdad, “is unable to handle freight shipments for both military and civ- ilian needs, thus making it necgs- sary to continue Seward as an active port, particularly for civilian bene- fit. Many of the structures in the ‘loop’ section of the rail line have deteriorated to such an extent that immediate repair or replacement is priations is now in process of hear- ing supplemental requests to the 1951 budget, and it is anticipated the supplemental bill will be re- ported this week. It is understood that the Department of Defense will give strong support to the funds sought for the rehabilitation of the Seward-Portage section of the rail- road. ATTENTION REBEKAHS Picnic will be held at Auk Bay Bathing Beach Tuesday at 6 p.m. Bring your lunch. Coffee, pop and ice cream furnished by Lodge. 2t FLEISCHMANN on a product is like 24 carat on gold—the finest it can be. Try FLEISCHMANN GIN and be convinced. Crossword Puzzle . Kitchen utensil . Football team . Cover the inside again 39. Deep mud . Before 2. Look at closely . Half ems . Stewed fruft 5. Roost . Short for a man's name . Edible portions of nuts . French article . Retreat Splinter Sharpshooter . Cold dishes DOWN . Thought ACROSS 1. Brilllantly colored bird . Struck sweeplngl, Sticker” © " hin Four 16. Wild asses 18. Above and touching Little drink To one side Mountain in 19. 21, 22, 23. 25, rete Grandson of am Dutch commune 26. Seaweeds 27. Holds back 29 Most tender . Attempt Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle . Obliterates . Scandinavians . Merchandise . Pronoun . Hebrew letter Eats away Ruler Swindle: slang Makers ‘of earthenware . Study of Christian 3 s . Western Indian . Siberian river unity . Put a tennis ball into play . Spoken examinations . Cereal grass . Unclose: stern potentates: variant . Kind of tree Closer Intermission . Fastened securely 33, Comes in . Flow . Withered . Feminine name Way of mounting the horizontal ar Yellow ocher Palm Iy 54, Southern eiata: ahbr. You Have It Wren You Neep br 1, G Ex0=*/ Your best bet for quick delivery k Alr Express «.. fast, dependable service by Alaska Coastal, «t low, economical retes. Your letter or wire te your merchant, requesting delivery by Alr Ex= press, assures you of having your nuchflndhp when:you most need it “ % W INES EESUNEET T REw T from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO | AUGUST 21, 1980 ‘, Southeast Alaska’s 1930 hunting season opened August 20 for deer |and mountain goat. The hunting period on deer would end Novmeber 15 and on goat, December 31. The season bag limit on deer was three animals and, for goat, two. Meat of either could-be possessed after the hunting season, previded the animals had been legally killed. The gasboat Apex, which had been operated as a cannery tender for the Douglas Island Packing Company, changed hands in Douglas at a forced sale to satisfy a mortgage. Capt. Henry Pfdundt, who had operated the seine boat. Elsie for the local cannery, was the successful bidder, offering his own boat and a cash, consideration. F. A. J. Gallwas, irepnvsenting the mortgagor, the Admiralty Coal Company, conducted the sale. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Engstrom, -who had resided in Juneau for the summer, returned to Douglas to occupy their former suite in the Smith Apartments. Ivan Winsor, assistant Bureau of Public Roads district engineer, left oh the tender Highway to inspect roads and construction work in the southern end of the division. In Ketchikan, he was to meet Baird M. French, Junior Highway Engineer, who was to accompany him from there and return to Juneau to his new assignment. Two “automobile trucks” collided at the intersection of Main and Front streets and both vehicles crashed into the U. S. cable office, smashing its windows and some of the wooden structure. No one was seriously injured. The accident involved an empty Standard Oil truck | driven by Harold Campen and a loaded gravel truck driven by Morris Tonsgaard. An informal hearing was scheduled later befora City Magistrate H. R. Shepard and Police Chief G. A. Getchell to determine the cause of the accident. No arrests were made. Weather: High, 55; low, 49; rain. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He has started in to work.” Omit IN. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Institution. Pronounce the U as in USE, not as OO in TOO, accent third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Technical; observe the CHNI. SYNONYMS: Pastime, recreation, diversion, entertainment, play. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ANTIPATHETIC; naturally contrary or opposed. (Accent first and fourth syllables). “His manner was antipathetic to that of the teacher.” MODERN ETIQUEITE Roperra 156 Q. If the bride-to-be’s mother is divorced and remarried, and the stepfather is almost as close to the bride as a parent, how should her wedding invitations read? A. “Mr. and Mrs. John L. Baxter request the honour of your pres- ence at the marriage of their daughter, Mary Ellen Williams, etc.” Q. How soon after a visit should a house guest write a “bread and | butter” letter to the hostess? A. Immediately upon arriving home, the same day if possible. Under no circumstances should this obligation be delayed any longer than two |or three days. Q. What is the correct way for a friend or relative to respond to a birth announcement? A. By calling to see the mother, sending flowers to her, or a gift to the baby. LOOK and LEARN 2 [ an N & c corbon B X | Can you identify five U. S. Presidents by these nicknames: Old Hickory, Old Eloquent, Old Rough and Ready, Teddy, and Little 1. Magician? 2. Why is the chemical symbol for silver written as “Ag”? 3. What South American country borders all other countries but two? 4. 5. What is fresco painting? Who was the “beloved son” of King David? ANSWERS: 1. Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Theodore Roosevelt, and Martin Van Buren. 2. Because this is an abbreviation of the Latin “argentum.” 3. Brazil. 4. Pictures painted on freshly spread plaster before it dries. 5. Absalom. 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After the meeting there will be a Pot of Silver tournament for all | members of the Tuesday Night League. |- 56—Partly Cloudy| 56—Fog | 39—Cloudy 52—Rain 53—Rain | R (e o) UV . 51—Partly Cloudy | 49—Partly Cloudy | 52—Clear 55—Cloudy 47—Clear 53—Rain 56—Rain ? 54—Rain 46—Partly Cloudy 51—Rain 50—Clear | 58—Clear | 47—Partly Cloudy 57—Clear 55—Fog 51—Clear 56—Cloudy | | V.F. W. Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.1.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m. —— '| Brownie's Liquor Store | Phene 163 139 Se. Frankiin P. O. Box 2508 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 Frankiin BSts. PHONE 138 Casler” :\Hen's Wear McGregor Sportswear Stetsen and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear BOTANY lw’ CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HA' Quality Work Clothing FEED HENNING e.-duuo-mmmu- W. 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