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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30
MRS. M0N5EN E BACK FROM HER
 EUROPEAN TRIP

Mrs. Ali N. Monsen, publisher of the Daily Alaska Empire, returned here via PAA yesterday after a three and a half month absence. During her absence, Mrs. Monsen and Miss Miriam Dickey, Secretary to Captain Austin E. Lathrop, at Fairbanks, made a two and half month trip to Europe.
 They visited Great Britain, France, Belgium. Holland, Ger many, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal, travelling moss of the way by air Miss Dickey is still in Seattle but will return to Alaska soon.
 Mrs. Monsen reported that most Europeans are considerably alarm ed over the threat of the Soviet Iron Curtain She said that these people are afraid the United States might move out and leave them to the mercy of the Russians.
 Europeans are suspicious of ev- cry Russian move. she said, and are particularly suspicious of the pres ent differences between Marshal Tito, of Yugoslavia. and the Con- munist international Cominform. Mrs. Monsen said that she was continually asked what the U. S. would do in the event of war be- cause they feel they cant defend themselves and would thus be at the mercy of the Russians if Americans pulled out.
 Mrs. Monsen declared that pov- erty still exists on a large scale and there is considerable food shortage in Europe She urged the continuance of CARE packages be- ing shipped overseas.
 She was quite surprised to note that it was unnecessary to speak any foreign languages during her trip. Mrs. Monsen reported that most people spoke and understood enough English so that she en- countered no difficulty in get ting around.
 The Empire publisher said she was happy to be back in Juneau and has no intention of leaving again for long time. She just wants to be back with her friends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30

NO BALL GAME TONIGHT
 Adverse weather conditions again have postponed the Legion Moose baseball game slated for tonight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30
<. APPROVAL GIVEN

WASHINGTON, July 30.-tR- The Civil Aeronautics Board an- nounced today approval of a Pacific Northwest Hawaii air service to be operated by Northwest Airlines.
 The line will operate from CO., terminals at Seattle Tacoma, Wash, and Portland, Ore, to Honolulu for period of five years.
 The Board said President Tru- man approved this decision yes- terday
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30
13S KNOWN DEAD.
 IN FARBEh BLAST

LUDWIGSHAFEN, July 3o.-R The death toll in the Farben plant explosion here stands at l38 known dead and from 200 to 250 missing and presumed dead. French soldiers told American troops their gallant services" no longer were needed. and the GIs withdrew into
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30

Joyce Tanner, Jackie Tanner, Pa- tricia Sweeney, Lorena Shaw, Jean- cite Rhodes, Page Whitehead, Louise Folette, Linda Erwin, Carol Leath, Donna Lee Bnneberg, Jean Ellis and Carolyn Davis.
 Second class and membership badges,-Jean Warner, Lynette He- tert, Marian Glafke, Carol Baines Carol Adams, Connie Mckinley Darlen Woodring. Jane Jekill, San- dra Chon, Elaine Bland and Anne FurneSs.
 Membership, Betty West.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-30

SATELLITES THERE Here from Seattle, Bob Kinney is new arrival at the Gastineau Hotel.
Evening star., 1948-07-08

generally inferior in cell plasma to whites. No
reason is assigned for the exceptions.
These writers are fond Of quoting from the
Bible Abraham Lincoln, Donald Richberg and
others. Sometimes clippings showing crimes
committed by objects Of their disaffection are
sent, often from q press in which more hor-
rible crimes are reported by members Of the
so-called white group.
As rule the anonymous letters are in hand
writing and clearly give evidence Of semi
literacy.
Occasionally. the question is put to us: why
so continuously the race issue?" Our stock
reply is: TRY to imagine week Of living the
life of Negro in Washington or Baltimore.
Try to imagine the insults one suffers when
trying to locate a cool drink downtown or
seek job in public utilities. Then remember
the fundamentals or our Government as taught
in the public schools. and the sacrifices Patrick
Henry, Thomas jefferson and the many col
ored and white men made to protect our
liberties. Think back on the battle Of Eng
lishmen to wrest liberties from King John at
Runnymede, then ask yourself the question:
What would you do II suddenly you had to
live the life of q Negro in America? Any
intelligent white man would reply that Negroes
are too docile; that white men would fight
to the death to be free and to have full cti-
zenship But the anonymous letter writer can
not so reason. AS self-appointed defender
Of the white race, his only feeling of security
comes when he is trying to keep the so-called
Negro OF culture or ability from becoming
first-class citizen. E. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Berlin Blockade

Although the actual text has not yet
been made public, the indications are that
the note which we have handed the
Russians with reference to the Berlin
blockade is couched in strong language. Ii
that is so, it is amply justified by the
facts.
With the British and the French, we
are in Berlin as matter of right. And
we have stated officially that we intend
to stay there. That being the case, there
Is every reason why we should insist in
unequivocal terms that the Russians lift
the land blockade which is designed to
drive the Western representatives out OF
the former German capital
1t may be, of course, that our note, and
those sent from London and Paris, will
not have the desired effect If the Rus
slams are determined to maintain the
blockade they have the means of doing so,
and it is quite improbable that we can
continue satisfactorily and indefinitely to
supply the western zones of the city by
air But we ought not to withdraw until
every possibility of maintaining our posi-
ton has been exhausted.
The Importance of this matter goes
beyond any narrow question OF national
pride or prestige. 1t is undoubtedly I'M
portant, solely as matter OF preStlge,
not to abandon Berlin under pressure from
the Russians For it is clear that the
forces which will determine the future
of Europe are taking shape. For our own
part we are striving to bolster and re-
inforce all of the elements which can
contribute to free continent. And there
are signs from behind the Iron Curtain
the disaffection in Yugoslavia and the
demonstrations in Prague among them
that the Soviet grip on the Eastern coun-
tries is by no means as secure as mlgnt
have been supposed. In that situation, 1t
would be tactical error to beat retreat
in Berlin which would undermine Amer
lean prestige For it is to America that
the liberal elements look for hope and
guidance. And for us to display weakness
where strength and steadfastness are
called for could only serve to discourage
those elements and impair their ability to
hold out against the pressure that Russia
is bringing to bear against them.
There is another consideration, however,
and perhaps a more important one, which
precludes an American surrender to the
Russian squeeze. The Soviets, if they can
drive us from Berlin. are not going to be
content with that. They will follow up
with new pressures in new places, and we
will discover that one retreat merely leads
TO another This is a process which, In
the end, will not be productive of peace,
but which is almost certain to bring us
into that final collision with the Russians
which we have been trying to avoid. So it
seems the part of wisdom to make
stand now on the clear-cut issue of our
right to remain in Berlin. If the Russians
are resolved to take the measures neces-
sary to force us out, it is better to establish
that fact at this time. There is nothing
to be gained by running away from the
truth if it is the intention of the Russians
to use force to gain their ends.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Retired Employees Plight
To the EDITOR of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Referring to your editorial of July on the
Pay Act, heartily agree with the argument
advanced as to the ineqMtable provisions Of
the act, but I was surprised that you omitted
from your statement the recent increase OF
$500 to retired Federal employees. The reasons
advanced for the increase were identical for
each group, i.e, the high cost OF living.
In considering the increase for the retired
employees, it appears that the Congress entirely
overlooked the fact that great many of the
employees now on the retirement roll were
retired under prewar salaries. before the sew
eral increases made IN salaries during the war
were in effect and those employees now are
receiving small annuities in fact so small that
their monthly checks hardly will pay the rent
Of A room. If $3.50 was necessary for the postal
employe to meet the high cost OF living 1t
would certainly appear in justice to the retired
employe that he should receive at least an
equal amount, CHAS. G. BARTON.
Evening star., 1948-07-08

the air transport of which he did not
dream. Hundreds of men, women and chill
dren are going to Tanganyika to partici-
pate in $1O0,o0o00O project stressing the
cultivation of peanuts and other ground
nuts as a source Of vegetable oils. This
plan includes social and cultural program
representing "a new and progressive ap-
proach to the whole problem of African
backwardness." Railroads are to be built,
thousands of acres of jungle cleared, the
mineral deposits systematically tapped,
the tsetse fly fought to a standstilI. II
the scheme prospers, Britain should be
advantaged enormously. 1t will be watched
with interest by everybody who wants Eng
land to survive as an important nation.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
"Communder, Fifth Fleet"

Admiral Raymond A. Spruance will take
with him into retirement many stirring
memories of the Pacific war, but none
more satisfying than his recollectlons OF
the great deception which he and Admiral
William F. HalSey put over on the I'M
perial japanese Navy. 1t was an "alls
fair in war" trick which made the Japs
see double as many ships as we really had
and it had lot to do with the fear and
confusion which overcame the japanese
Navy as the war progressed
The trick consisted in alternately deSlg-
mating our growing Central Pacific naval
force as the Fifth and Third Fleets When
Admiral Spruance was in command, the
fleet, built around fast carrier task forces,
was known as the Fifth. When Bull Hal
sey was commanding officer, 1t automatl-
cally became the Third Fleet. Our Navy
took pains to disclose, for the benefit OF the
japanese high command, whenever one or
the other of these two" fleets was on the
rampage in the Pacific. 1t was not hard
to convince the Japs that two great fleets
were at large simultaneously, for the blows
of this one fast-moving feet were de-
livered in so many places so quickly and
so devastatingly that it was logical to
assume that several huge fleets OF car
riers, battleships and supporting ships
were in the Pacific.
Admiral Spruance had seen this force
grow from post-Pearl Harbor remnant OF
American seapower to the biggest fleet In
history. He had commanded small task
forces In the South Pacific in the grim
early days of the war, when we were op-
Grating ION shoe string" He had COM
manded one of the two task forces at the
Battle of Midway, turning point of the
Pacific war. He had seen our naval
strength develop rapidly thereafter. And
he had seen the day. in the final stages OF
the war, when no tricks were needed to
impress the Japanese with the size of our
deetA The glorious climax was at okinawa
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Spanking q Child

In this age of mounting juvenile delln-
quency, the use of the rod as a means OF
disciplining children is looked upon with
increasing disfavor. The trend, where any
| kind of discipline is invoked, is toward
other forms of punishment, and it may
be-although the record certainly creates
some doubt about it-that this newer
school of thought has the better side OF
an old argument.
It hardly follows from this, however,
that it has become an act of brutality to
spank a child. To beat child brutally
is one thing, and any parent guilty OF
that should be severely punished. But a
spanking, even hard spanking, is some
thing else again.
This distinction is important in the
case of the mother who has just been
sentenced to serve ten days in jail for
spanking her five-year- daughter.
Judge Nelson, who imposed the sem
tence, took the view that the child had
been brutally beaten. But so far as the
evidence presented is concerned, there Is
little to sustain that view. The mother,
who works as waitress to support herself
and her child, testified she had spanked
the youngster with her open hand because
she would not take nap. The child,
stating that her mother sometimes
spanked her with her hand and some
times with stick, told the judge that Il
love my mommy very much and she loves
me-"
The testimony on the other side came
from a policewoman who said that when
she examined the child two days after the
spanking there were dark bruises on her
back There was no testimony to show
that the mother is vicious, that she ever
spanked the child for other than what
she regarded as a valid disciplinary rea-
son, or that she is not a woman Of good
character who provides as best she can
for herself and child.
In these circumstances, although the
mother may well have erred in this in
stance on the side of severity. it would
seem that the judge has been guilty of an
even more serious error in this respect.
For with little evidence of brutality in any
substantial sense, and with no evidence
that the mother was doing other than
what she sincerely believed to be right,
the court has sent her to Jail and the
child to the Receiving Home. 1t is difficult
to escape the conclusion that the ends of
justice would have been better served by
a reprimand, or, at most, a suspended
sentence.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Tunounyiku

When Cecil Rhodes. half century ago
insisted that the future of England lay
in Africa people laughed at him. Perhaps
there were moments when he doubted the
soundness of his doctrine himself But
the basis of his faith was real. The great
Dark Continent actually was no more
unpromising than North America or India
had BEEN 1t obviously surpassed Aus
tralia and New Zealand in natural re-
sources waiting to be exploited. And it
was nearer to Britain than those outposts
in the Antipodes.
But Rhodes could not visualize the future
in terms of practical transportation by air.
When he died in March, 1902, the successful
experiments of the Wright brothers at
Kitty Hawk in December, 1908, were still
in effect as distant as the broken atom.
Yet a few months after the great i'm
perialist departed the possibilities of Ten
nyson's vision in "Locksley Hail. began to
be appreciated. 1t was only question Of
time until the skies actually would FILL
with commerce"
Now the translation Of Rhodes dream
into fact may be at hand. The chances
of two global wars have given to England
the territory of Tanganyika. about 1855, 900
square miles of mountains and valleys
bordering the Indian ocean and touching
her colony of Kenya on the northeast.
German pioneers had appraised the area
as early as 1884, announcing its wealth in
COAL iron, copper, lead, tin-ore (Cassiter-
ite), gold and diamonds. But these assets
never have been developed properly. In
stead, the native population has continued
to live by hunting and rude agricultural
enterprise very much as it did a millennium
back and the Europeans and emigrant
Indians have sustained themselves on an
economy of cotton, coffee and sisal hemp.
What currently is proposed is something
in harmony with the hopes Of Rhodes plus
Evening star., 1948-07-08

where he was in overall tactical command
of the final major amphibious invasion OF
the war To all of this action his subse-
quent appointment as commander in chief
of the Pacific Fleet. to succeed Admiral
Nimitz, was anti-climactic. 1t was as COM
mander, Fifth Fleet, that the public will
remember Admiral Spruance-and that,
undoubtedly, is how he will prefer to re-
member himself, as he takes an occasional
look backward during the years of his
Well-earned retirement
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Gagged EogIe in the Zoo

What OF the treless monitor OF space,
Soaring across neto-t0cshed cobalt sky,
Wheeling aboue his nest to pnctfy
The hungry brood? Slo,cly the wtde totngs
trace $3.50
The sure, diurnal circuit. Here Is q grace, !
And here Is freedom follo,otng the keen
eye
OF pioneer and hunter, swtft and high,
Triumphant bird, What Is this common
place?
Behind barrier, proud, dtsconsolats,
He sits alone like detected seer,
His cold, unerring gaze, aDeuned Of all hdte.
Scornful OF pity, seeing only here
Thousands of eyes Gagged By the selfsams
fate
Within the bondage of lost career
CATHERINE HAYDON JACOBS.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Youse' in Midwest

To the Editor Of The Star:
C. r. G.,s letter in your issue OF June is
interesting to this writer because 1t cahs TO
mind one of the facts of life concerning N.
webster and the use Of the term "youse" by
Northerners. If C. r. G. should 90 into the
factory district, or across the tracks" In
Kewanee, Galesburg, III, or into the stockyards
district Of Chicago, anywhere between 22nd,
Aath state and Halsted streets, he would find
the term "youse" quite prevalent, especially
among the younger element 1t, Of course, Is
an attempt at a plural form Of "you" and in
thi. respect Is somewhat analogous to our
southern "you all but lacks the pleasing
melody Of our quaint Southern dialect.
LEO r. KING.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Answers to Questions

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sS; inslos. "a three e. esi cent.
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE. 4o
@. What part OF the body Is usually attacked
first by a beet. o. g. ga
A. A bee generally strikes for an eye II
persons face Is unprotected. -
@. Please give some information about ths u:
United States airship Los Angeles. What be- 9
came Of it?-F. A. n
A. The Los Angeles gave the best service Of O
any Of the American dirigibles. and for eight
years was called the queen of the air" This I
Los Angeles was 656 feet long and could carry
46 tons. It's cabin was larger than q Pullman
car and was furnished with comfortable day
sofas which were made into beds at might for
20 passengers. This great airship could main.'
tain a speed of 76 miles an hour for $500
miles 1t was taken out OF service In June 1889
for research and experiment, and dismantled
in 1910. Tsa
O. How many beauty shops and operators are
there?-R. w. r. r
A. According to a survey made by American
Hairdresser In 1946 there were 122,114 beauty
shops in the United States and 432,579 beauty
shop operators.
@. At what temperature do birds eggs hatchf
$ K.
A. The Fish and wildlife Service says that
there is no specified temperature at which .
birds eggs hatch, but that 1t varies from 90 to
11o' F., depending upon the body temperature
of the parent bird .
Odd the United States ever have coin ,
with the words Mind Your Business In 4
scribed on it?-J. L. X. 4
A. The Fugio cent has the motto Mind Your
Business" one Of the sayings Of Benjamin 4
Franklin. For this reason the coin Is often
called the Franklin cent. It bears the date 1887
and there are q number Of variations. A
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Defense Workers Underpaid

To the Editor OF The Star
Washington will be the hottest spot on
earth If this cold war should change. The
life of every man, woman and child in this
area would be imperiled. Even our national
Government would be in danger.
Our armed services realize all this and
undoubtedly have the weapons of defense in
preparation, but-the weak point is the ex-
pert career men who build these weapons.
Entirely too many trained artisans say they
no longer can afford" to work as Government
per diem employees when they are offered
rs cents more an hour outside
The Secretary of the Navy is considering
this injustice. On his decision your entire
future and life itself may dependable his!
Please, not "too little and too late" this
time. E.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Replies to Racial Letters

10 the Eoltor OF Inc otsI'
The receipt of anonymous letters and threat
ening phone calls Is one of the aftermath de-
velopments of letter writing to the editor, espe-
cially on controversial issues dealing with race
or religion. More people are apparently un-
balanced in this area than any other. Chiefly
the unsigned letters are vituperous or show
clearly the psychopathic nature of those to
whom the purity or defense of the white race
has become an obsession.
Since much of my resort to public opinion
stems from the hope of making appeal to rea-
son and away from the rationalizations OF
culturally inherited beliefs and traditions, the
letters receive seem to come from the un-
regenerated Hitlerian school Of thought. They
are based on the concepts that one drop OF
Negro blood creates OF man Negro; that
all Negroes, Jews, Orientals and some other
,s,inorities as groups are unclean, criminal ana
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Danger in Fountain
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In reply to r. HIS letter accusing an ofacious
policeman Of spelling the innocent fun of
decent people because he stopped man and
his boy from playing with toy boat in the
fountain pool near the Senate Once Building,
would like to point out that the officer may
have saved their lives. In order to have q
beautifully lighted fountain for those who
appreciate beauty, as we'll as those who just
like to sit around and criticize it was necessary
to place net of wiring under water little
worn spot in the insulation of this wiring
would send deadly current through the water
into anybody who happened to have his hands
submerged in it. Water Is a good conductor
and the effect on father and son would have
been fatal H. e. r.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
priter, although it Is permissible for
soriter kno,Dn to The Star to use
q nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-07-08

A Provincetown boy who rode 60-foot
whale that charged his boat was rescued
none the worse for the experience. 1t is
assumed that older hands and longer arms
helped with the describing
Evening star., 1948-07-08
"Thousht Control Inquired About

"Thought Control Inquired About
To the Editor of The Star:
Reading an article concerning the efforts OF
Wallace hackers to formulate platform ideas
June 3O), see that one plank mentioned Is
the abandonment of thought control for Gov
ernment employees" Just what is meant by
this phrase? How is the control OF thoughts
of another ordinarily being accomplished here?
Lest continue to see the subject through
rose-colored glasses, would some one please
shed little more light on the reasons leading
up to this proposition? 1t appears to be more
malignant than righteous What is the pur-
pose of it? MARGARET r. RAMOS.