The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1950, Page 4

_ PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publis} ‘.( every evening except Sunday by the COMPANY fain Streets, Juneau, Alaska EMPIRE PRINTING NGO - . ed in the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, $5.00; one year, $15.00 t the following rates: I, postage paid, dvance, $15.00; six mont! ance, $1.50. s will confer a favor 1f they iness Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery the B papers. News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE FRIEND - - - - Business Office, ed to it or not other- rivalry over who coined “World War 2%" ha' | getting bigger all the time. Prestdent | - Vice-President | Managing Editor | Official %pnkesm'm Second Class Matter. rWfi:lm\g(m\. D. C. Post) It is not often that the Associated Press is roused to protest. The other day, however, in the person of one of its staff writers, James Marlow, it indulged in what, considering the sobriety of the source, can rcely be characterized as less than a remonstrance and might without too much exaggeration be called an outburst. The subject of Mr. Marlow’s discontent was the prevalance cf “official spokesmen.” An “of- ficial spokesman” may be defined as an anonymous character who speaks unofficially for officials who do not wish to speak. He operates under a variety of ali . all of them familiar to readers of news pages “informed source,” “authoritative circles,’ “high Government officials,” etc., etc, ad libitum. The function of the “official spokesman,” under whatever name, is somewhat analogous to that of the medium in a spiritualist seance who facilitates com- munication between mere mortals and the celestial realm. Officials who wish to send messages to the common people and yet shrink from being quoted or from assuming responsibility for what they say are fond of using the “official spokesman” as an inter- mediary. Alternatively, if they consent to speak in propria persona, they oven the seance with a warning that the information they are about to im- hs, in advance, $7.50; | will promptly notify 374, PRESS tled to the use for Newspapers, 1411 part is “for backround p\uposes only and not for attribution to the sveaker.” It is, as Mr. Marlow Saturday, December 9, 1950 i ¢ b so aptly put it, “quite a device for pumping stuff out SRR R it to the public.” MATTER OF l‘ A(,Tl()VS There are, of course. legitimate uses for off-the- There is an expression, going regarding who started We will hand this distinction Enquirer for last summer, if we r that expression appeared in a colum James, The Chicago News, discussion to time “World War 2%,” now around in the newspapers and there is much which claimed to be first, s several weeks behind Mr. James. record press conferences and confidential background talks by Government officials. These serve often to ' give newspapermen invaluable insights into emergent problem of which official statements might at the moment be inappropriate. But to employ the device for the purpose of launching trial balloons or to give emember Tightly, | currency to tendentious accounts of political events n edited by Ollie! or to influence opinion by statements that may later ‘ be repudiated is to play fast and loose with the public | as well as with the press. Reporters pride themselves | on their reputation for keeping confidences. Now- adays, however, thev need to beware of accepting them. that expression. the Cincinnati, But, the last we mmrrflfl Editor and Fublish.er magaz}ne, there | There can be no fixed rule in these matters, and no b paper in Mexico, Mo, which seemingly had‘doubt the “official spokesman” will continue to use menioned “World War 2';” almost the instant it| 4 sometimes to abuse his unofficial position. He started, or maybe even before. lought to be feared even when bearing informational We think the Milwaukee Journal reached a very gifts. riving at the scene, would then | was eagerly looking forward to the The Washington Mesry-Go-Round ‘Tontinued fraia Page One) every cavable man in Korea, and Lawton Collins, Army Chief 1ff, has been rushed to Korea with this plan. Bradley reported to the Prime M ter and his advisers that it was the American viewthat a small, carefully selected beachhead might be intained in South Korea, even this was doubtful. Bradley said the United States fa- vored keeping such a beachhead. British Viewpoint At this point Field Marshal Sir William Slim, chief of the British General Staff, was asked by Prime Minister Clement Attlee to com- ment on the situation and give the Britich view £im replied that British infor- maticn on the rnhnr) situation was sketchier that of the Unit'd States, but that, on the ba- sis of the information already made available to the UK. delegation, it ay d futile to attempt to main- tain n a beachhead in Korea. argued for a total evacu- ation. The enormous effort that would be required to supply a beacrhead continuously, he main- 1, would sap Allied powers at 1 rlarming rate. He pointed out that supporting a beachhead would ultimately require a gigantic ef- fort again to liberate Korea, and that, from the British viewpoint, it weculd be impossible to mount this cffort in Korea while we were at- templing to build neecssary forces ag t Russia in Europe, said that any thought of m again invadiing Korea after we had Leen thrown out should be discard- ! ed cn the grounds that it would take a greater effort to reinvade Corea than it took to land the Al-| lied expeditionary forces in Nor- | mandy in World War IIL No mention was made of the use | cf atomic bomb. It had been ! agreed before Attlee arrived that! there were no suitable targets for | the tomb in Korea. Nor did express any criticism of | MacArthur at any time, ie—General Bradley has had consideration a plan to take four-engine plane out of civ- unde every ilian air service in the United Stat- es to fly reiniorcements to the Korean front. However, this plan was abandoned when it became | clear that the reinforcements would | not st off the Chinese hordes. The planes may still be taken to be u as part of a Dunkerque tion, ope Ike To Operate Immediately Talk then turned to the question of what the Allied powers could do about the situation in the Far East. Attlee gave the British view that| some kind of arrangement had to be made with the Chinese in order greater calamaties Russia could be He emphasized—and the American group agreed—that the enemy was Russia, not China, and that our strength had to be built up in the European theatre. the victor. in his conference with the Premier kene Pleven and French Foxexgn,ed General Wu if he was planning M nister Robert Schuman, the Yrench had agreed to the immed- iat> appointment of General Eisen- | portunity to establish conversations i Indian UN delegate, who has been The Prime Minister reported that | holding meeting. Attlee said that Sir Ben- egal had promptly communicated this to Jebb who has not entertain- ed the Chinese Communists—al- though only after one week's de- lay. Attlee took the view that every effort should be made to find oul from the Chinese Communists what terms were agreeable to them. Tru- man and Acheson did not warm to this proposal, but agreed to let the British take the lead in this direction. Note—In the words of one Brit- ish degelate, Attlee “who plans to play it by ear,” hopes to get ag- reement from Truman to a five- power, top-level meeting to be held somewhere in Europe—perhaps in Germany—fairly soon. At such a meeting, Stalin and Mao tse-Tung would be invited to sit down with the United States, Great Britain work out final details of the inte- gration of the German army with that of the French, British and other Allies in the defense of Eu- rope. Attlee also made the point that it was imperative to have a decision reached on Eisenhowever at once in order to demonstrate to Europe that the western powers were not hopelessly destroyd throughout the world but were giving up in Korea to fight another day in Europe. The President agreed. Attlee also relayed the French view that the situation in Korea made the situation in Indo-China virtually untenable. He said the French wanted continued American aid rushed to Indo-China, but no longer expected any American Cr British military forces to actively defend Indo-China. Attlee reported that the French were ready to activate 20 divisions and that Britain, which already had two divisions on the European continent, would swiftly commit an additional three divisions as fast as arms were manufactured and delivered, He pledged full co- operation to a high command set up under General Eisenhower. The American delegation agreed with all these points. could not be worked out for saving the peace of the world. Note 2—Truman-Attlee talks are unlike any of the wartime meetings between Roosevelt and Churchill. No agenda was prepared in advance. No plans of any importance were made for presentation by either side, sound conclsion when it opined that the good-natured doesn’t ave too much point, “inasmuch as the fraction keeps and France to see if some formula ! THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU, ALASKA iy, December 9 Carol Peterson Donna Eneberg . Shirl S. Bjork o Mrs. Dean N. Parker George Armstrong Pierre Sundborg December 10 @0 ccesccceirecccsccscnce Bethel 25—Snow i . Hleanor Helen Hirke of the Harris Hardware Company on Front Street. The animal had been | corqoya . 30—Freezing Drizzle | Teand, Oklarian aught in a steel trap set near Thane by R. A. Reischl, Juneau agent|Dawson .. 8—Partly Cloudy‘ Gerald Magorty for the Union Oil Company. The presence of the animal in the region| Edmonton . 6—Fog H. E. Smith | of its capture had been known for some time, and repeated efforts had Fairbanks ld—Pnrtly Cloudy Trevor Davis o | been made to catch it. Wolverine were comparatively rare in this area | Haines . 33—Drizzle W. F. Kelly of Alaska. . Havre .. 16—Clear Ed Erstad Juneau Alrport Bs—Pmly Cloudy i i i Francis Lew‘s. | Transfer of the education of Alaska Indians and Eskimos from the igi::ue 2;:‘5:;?‘; s e ® ® ¢ ioffice of Education, where it had always been, to the Federal Bureau McGrath 12—Snow of Indian Affairs, was provided for in the regular Interior Department| Nome 8—Smow FORMER AlASKA PM appropriations bill which was passed by the lower Houise of Congress, Northway . 23—Partly Cloudy according to a press dispatch received here. Petersburg - 38—Rain EMPLOYEES MEET IN s e — F ARAWAY HONGKONG Miss Gertrude Waltonen, of the Alaska Road Commission staff, Seat‘élze iy i " ‘;95;‘:‘:: :;:)n :a?hbe;rlllk::cauoning in the south was a northbound passenger|gi. 40—Cloudy g G Whitehorse . 15—Partly Cloudy Pan American, east and west, Yakutat . 38— Rain meet in Hongkong, according to Christmas cards received in Juneau from Dick Johnson, dispatcher | formerly with PAA in Juneau and | Seattle, Pan American captains on the London-Hongkong run, who were formerly in the Alaska division are Don Wallace, Stan Doepke, Ward Buckingham, Hillis Trenbeath and Ed Sommers. Since his transfer to Hongkong in February, Johnson has been liv- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Deutsch, who formerly were in Juneau. ANYWAY THE ADDRESS READS JUNEAU RECEIVES IT'S MAIL | In the mail at the office of thel Alaska Development Board came a letter today that had the staff stopped for a moment, but being | the parent of young children, | George Sundborg, Board consultant caught on quick. The letter was addressed “State Chamieircomes, | Juneaua, Alaskala,” which clearly | and of course as deciphered by one | in the know, is State Chamber of Commerce, Juneau, Alaska. The letter enclosed was from T Lindley, student in the lower grades of an Ogden, Utah school and it asked for information on Aleska which would be of interest to his geography class. Yes, the wording of the letter had to be @e- ciphered too. Dean was scat the information. ROLLER SKATING AT AB. HALL TONIGHT There will be skating at the AB. Hall tonight starting at 7:30 o'clock and continuing until 10:30 o'clock, At a recent meeting of the Skate Club it was decided to purchase a loud Speaker from funds in the treasury and it was also decided to hold skating sessions on the first and third Sundays of the month {frcm 2 to 5 p.m., and also on the the o | Williams, Miss Bessie Yurman, Gov. e | B. B. Green and Frank Meredith. CYNICAL; |such a cynical view of the future?” P e st MODERN ETIQUETTE % sprra LEe it e DECEMBER 9, 1930 After a furlough of scveral months, H. 'G. Watson returned to his ® desk in the Governor's office as secretary to Gover_nor George A. ® | puring his absence his post had been filled by Mrs. Florence Oakes who was taking a vacation until the end of the year. Among the passengers for Seattle on the Alameda were: Miss Belva George A. Parks, W. S. Pullen; A wolverine “caninanimate specimen” was on display in the windows Weather: High, 37; low, 33; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “When shall we get mar- |ried?” Say, “When shall we BE married?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Aqueduct. SYNONYMS: Gaunt, haggard, lean, emaciated, thin. WORD STUDY: contemptuously distrustful of human nature. Q A. The bride should write each invitation personally. Q. If a man offers to shake hands with a woman being introduced, should she ignore the gesture? A. She would be guilty of ill-breeding if she did. She should re- spond without hesitation to the man’s offer to shake hdnds. Is it proper to drink part of the coffee with spoon? A. No; the spoon should be used only for stirring’ and then it is placed in the saucer containing the cup, and remains there. Q. 20 YEARS AGD % pupis: %vy. L. GORDON Pronounce ak-we-dukf, A 4s in AT, E as in ME unstressed, U as in DUCKED, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Victuals (food); though pronounced VIT- TLES. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: “Why take ~—— If a wedding is to be so small that engraved invitations don't seem necessary, how should the bride and bridegroom invite their guests? LOOK and LEARN KYQGQRDON 1. 3. { money? 4. Where does the Earth rank among the planets in distance from sun? 5. What has the greatcst shortening power of any of the plastic {edible fats? | B e et ) What great early American invented bifocal lenses for eye- glasses? 2. What are the winning hands in the game of poker, in order of their value? What is the present value of the British pound in American Cr rd Puzzle establishing some kind of relation- ship with the Chinese Communist government to prevent, via dip‘lo- % s:tc’wss fig: g::‘i‘fil:"sefl"" macy, further Chinese aggression| g pather: Phil 32. Yellow in the Far East. Truman asked Islands R what was proposed. 8. Weary gg ;‘l‘d?fl Attlee replied that the great| 1 Besided e i weakness of the Allied position was | 15% proguce 8. Qonnngtor’s failure to conduct effective diplo-| 16. Wagon 39. Forbid the use | 17. Strong cotton of matic conversations with the Chin- 4 clot 40, Pal ese to determine their views. 19. Household i firlst:clxat h . B e e animal . North Amerl- Attlee told a revealing wtory| go, psaudonydm of 2T “"(lflg"l about how failure ve a t Jertrude . Fur of the out how failure to have 1dequu ‘E‘ breviiryied Nith century relationships with the Chinese; 21, Projection at 49. Answered & S ecctking 2 4 the end of a 50. God of love might ke costing Allied lives. He Umber Notion said that Sir Gladwyn Jebb, Brit- %} lr:li a0 B geforel A ot 5 ed N: Elongated fis . Unaspirate | ish delegate to the United Nations,| 37 consonant had been alerted to seize any op- with the Chinese delegation headed by General Wu when the Chinese Communists arrived in New York. Jebb was introduced to Wu at] Lake Success and said to the Chin- se delegate: “Let's have lunch to- gether sometime soon.” Jebb report- d sadly to London that this hud‘ been dismissed by General Wu with a seemingly casual, “Oh, all right.” Attlee then reported that several days later Sir Benegal N. Rau, tiie conversations Chinese Communists, with the | casually ask- to meet with any other delegations | while he was in New York. General Wu said that he had| been invited to lunch by Sir Glad- wyn Jebb, and that Jebb had not ho. * as Supreme Commander of the / ‘ied forces in Europe with the | jdea 1wt Eisenhower, upon ar- set any dgte for it although Wu Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 3. Bohemian river 1. Fondles 4. Send payment 2. Short for 6. Segment of & Alexander | circle 6. Lea 1. Part of a housewife's apparel . Far- g*as(erll . Inhabitants of a Mediters ranean country . Body of soldiers . Paradise . Unit of work sured out - Ballet glrl Sew loosely together . Unique Ttalian ses Armed con . Uncovered . Wild anil . Language the Celts Extinct New Zealand bird Poem Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL 'flllfl'll and receivé TWO TICKETS to see! “RANSAS RAIDERS” Federal Tax—1c Pald by the Theatrs Phiotte 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and Oldest Bank in Alaska ] RETURN YOU to your home 'with our compliments. _WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name phy Appear! ll!I--llver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit _Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS arks. +| "The future of ! | light” was made by Jerry McKinley. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1960\ Weather al Alaska Points Wuther conaitions ana temper- atures at various, Alaska points’ also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 aan., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follows: . . 1 Anchorage 5—Cloudy t Annette Island —Rain | Barrow . 14—Fog TAKU TOASTMASTERS GIVEN INFORMATION In the main speech at the Taku Toastmasters dinner this week, R. W. Cowling gave a smooth explana- tion in ten minutes of how the new automobile automatic transmissions operate. Cowling used the parts of a transmission to illustrate his talk. ; Five minute speeches were given by Commander E. C. Hawley, “How Quickly We Forget,” Pete Warner, “Twenty Nine Years in a Fog,” and J. B. Burford, “The First Hour of the Day.” The impromptu speech, the fluorescent The meeting at the Baranof Ho-| tel was presided over by Toastmast- er Harold Foss. General Critic for the evening was Bill Ellis, assisted by critics Pete Nelson, Bud Elkins, Gene Vuille, W. A. Chipperfield, Leo Saarela, and Grammarian Commander E, W. Chester. TOM HANBURY HERE Thomas Hanbury, oltimer of this region who now lives in Ketchi- kan, came in from Tenakee yester- day and is at the Juneau Hotel! FROM SEATTLE » T. Conrad of Seattle is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. Verne Albright of Ketchikan is registered at the Gastineau Hotel. WALT HATLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR - Experienced House Wiring Electrical Marine Repair Phone Red 290 Juneau, Alaska e V.F. W. CALIFORNIA VISITOR ;second and fourth Saturdays from ANSWERS: T P l 55“ Combined Allied Supplies By S T A e 7?\“‘110,(3?(30 e 1. Benjamin Franklin (1706-90). aku Post No. Attlee then ralsed the question riel, Calif., is a guest at the Baya- | tnece ',],‘”‘essm mm?i o keep % Straight flush, four of a kind, full house, flush, straight, three Meetmg every 'l'hursd:y ill ; B i 65 { of a kind, two pair, and one pair. Hal p.m. of the re-establishment of a com- nol Hatsh oS = 3. $2.80. p L w bined materials resources board, FROM -TULSEQUAH G such as operated in World War II. : LA S B R Bl :; At the Hotel Juneau from the ; :“;d [r————————— He pointed out that the Allies were [ _ o Polaris-Taku Mine at Tulsequah s I | competing with each other for | - TYRE TABLE : are P. Slewart, A, McLean, and R.| ———+—r——————"—~—2 ——— The Erwin I"eell cl. | scarce raw materials in the Far| o Btk i ourseon. i Office in Case Lot Grocery East to a point where a fantastic| High tide 2:30 168 1 ¥ Phone 104 inflation had taken place. He urged | 3 L:\"v’ Boe st oy g-s rtl : PELICAN VISITORS r l s m a s a r s the immediate establishment of a i e (s Mr. and Mrs. A. B. 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