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The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
THESE DAY YS
 --B Y- GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
WORDS ARE A WEAPON

What was established at the trial of the Communist leaders in Judge Medina's court is that words are a weapon, that men may conSplre to use words to undermine the morale of a people and to destroy a state. A jury of New Workers found that these eleven men, and William z. Foster will be the twelf- tn, did conspire to overthrow the government of the United States by teaching, writing, preaching, by the organization of various bodies, by infiltrating into schools, colleges, newspapers, radio, churches, labor unions and all sorts of bodies of the people. Their guilt was estab- lished by their words.
 The Communists will appeal from Judge Medina's sentence and the jury's determination. They will ap- peal on constitutional grounds, namely, that whatever they advo- cated, they had a right to advocate under the First Amendment to the constitution They will contend that they had committed no overt act and that no evidence had been adduced that they had committed an overt act. They will plead free dom of speech, of the press, and of assembly.
 When they come before the Sup reme Court of the United States, therefore, the issue will be clear. A great body of testimony has been taken over a period of nearly nine months and much of it consists of words written and spoken by Con- munists from Karl Marx, who started doing all this in 1842, to these men who were on trial.
 The prosecution sought to and did establish that words can be a weapon for the destruction of a people. The defense took the posi- tion that they are entitled to say anything they please to say so long
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
THE STRENUOUS LIFE

To be thrown from a horse and rolled upon in a remote mountain section is not considered of the hazrdsa confronting members of the Supreme Court. Yet it was always one of the hazards of Justice Douglas life. He is an especially vigorous and active who supplements his strenuous winters of opin- ion writing with strenuous summers of mountain climbing. His exceptional energy and zest are quite in keeping with the present temperament of the court and ought not to be discouraged
 One may be sure, moreover, that if any man of 50 can survive the ordeal of 13 broken ribs, pune tured lung probably other injuries without last ing impairment, will be the wry and tenacious Juris from the Far West Certainly there will be no dissent from the hope that his recovery will be speedy ana
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
MIXED UP WITH I. G. FARBEN

It is described in business direct ories as lone of the principal pro- ducers of industrial chemicals in the United States" and it was involved in court action this year with the international cartel in alkaliS. On ] August 12, the mother company ! was slapped with court injunction for violating the Sherman anti trust act drought this big cartel. Named as co-conspirators were I. G. Farben Company of Germany, and Solvan ct Cie of Belgium. The head of the British cartel, Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. of Lon don, was also named as a defen- dant through it's subsidiary, Imper- ial Chemical Industries, Ltd, of New York.
 The court charged that the CO., conspirators had been parties since 1894 to contracts governing the sale of alkalis in the world mar ket, and that the American cartel members had agreed to prevent other independent firms from sell ing alkalis to foreign markets. This i agreement was enforced by a policing system by which inspec- tors on U. S. docks bought up any materials likely to get into the 1 hands of other exporters, it was charged
 So it now turns out that the Westvaco Company, which is shout ing its independence, is actually tied to an international cartel.
 Some Senators are now wonder ing where that leaves Senator Joe i O'Mahoney, the great trust bust CT.
 i Note-Among the affiliates ot
 Winnings so-called independent plant are Warner Chemical Co.
 of New Jersey, Westvaco Chlorine
 Products Corp. of New York ano
 New Jersey, West Virginia Char
 coal Co., Barium Products, Ltd.
 of California, and Monarch Chem
 icals Co.,, of New Jersey.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
WHO'S POOLING WHOM?

The Senator from Wyoming wanted to emphasize the independence of the company when he brought Robert D. Pike, an engineer from Westvaco, to Washington to testi- fly.
 This is an Independent plant, is it not?" O'Mahoney asked about the Wyoming plant.
 "Yes, sir; entirely so,'' nodded Pike.
 Tt is not a subsidiary to any other plant engaged in the same business?" the ex-trust buster brought out again.
 No, it is not" replied Pike.
 50 that if and when establish ed to develop the potentialities of this deposit, it will be an indepen- dent competitive enterprise" o. Mahney added.
 That is correct Senator D agreed Pike.
 Yet behind the legal red tape, the Westvaco Company is not so independent. For the same record, in which this testimony was print ed, identified Pike-in fine print as representing the w st V a Q Chemical Division of the Food Ma chinery and Chemical Corporation. This turns out to be a Delaware corporation with tentacles all around the world.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

 than month Juneau He had visited Min California. HE kA Forest sad the Thay from wounds inflicted Junior Forester and his assistant the bear crashed through hke charged wounded by Thayes shot, then at tackled
 Dhaw contractor constructing 5ofoot Building When completed it was to sidewalk the Juneau Ice Cream Paror and the Piggly Wiggly Grocery
 the old and Lunchroom on Front by H.. of Stka made public American Railway Express Con- pany appointed agents
 Knghorn Juneaue who had been connected with w. Jacobs operating out of Nenana the winter.
 residing Hyder, appointed U s. Justin w. Harding the ponment to succeed Judge Frank had resigned
 The City Council set overtime parking and for $2, respectively.
 Weather High 49; cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
BROWNIE TROOP NO. 1
 HAS ELECTION OFFICERS

Brownie Troop No. 4 held it's meeting in the Legion Dugout on October Is. We were very glad to have Mrs. Burford, our troop leader, back with us again from her trip south. Mrs. Harrison, the assistant troop leader and Brownie Mary Jo Harrison left for the south and we will miss them very much.
 Mrs. Burford was surprised to see we had done so much work on our scarfs.
 We had an election of officers for the month of October, as fol- lows: President, Ann Akervick; Sec retary, Jeane Burrus; Treasurer, Coralie Sheldon; and the following reporters were. appinted: Pat Me- Namara and Betty Harris.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

time an official naval board has been investigating another navy smear the secret memo which claimed that Secretaries Symington and Johnson ordered the B-36 be- cause of personal or monetary gain.
 This vicious myth, now com- pletely exploded was written by Cedric Worth, a civilian naval em- ployee, or at least he assumed re- sponsibility. Worth, it now de- velops, was a part of Operation 23. And even before the board of ad- mirals had finished it's probe of the Worth smear, more propaganda began flooding the newspapers - some of it through the medium Of Naval Reserve Capt. James Stahl- man, publisher of the Nashville, (Tenn.) Banner.
 Note-One member of Operation g is It. Sam Ingram, naval re- servist. Ingram reported for two weeks active duty one year ago, wrote Admiral Radford letter castigating the Air Force, got a call from Radford to drop in for a personal visit. The visit lasted two hours, and It. Ingram has been on permanent duty turning out car toons and charts against the Air Force ever since. His salary for that year of sniping at another branch of the armed services was paid for by the taxpayer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MIsUSED say, Her clothes very uniq
 OFTEN N1IsPRoNoUNCED Iuive Pronounce the in USE RUDE.
 OFTEN MISSPEIIED: Outrageous the EOUS and not 
 SYNONYMS: Notice (verb), heed, regard, observe
 word three times and it is yours Let us word each Todays word undeveloped brionk MEN ON accent third yabe Her talent was embryonic
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
CHILDREN TO HAVE
 FISHING DERBY AT
 CARNIVAL BAZAAR

The children of Juneau and sur rounding area will have their own two-day fishing derby at the Car nival- Bazaar Fish Pond" November 4 and g.
 The Pond is now being well stock ed with fish of all sizes, ranging from small ones right on up to the granddaddy of them ala whop- perl
 The values of the prizes will in crease proprortionately with the sizes of the fish caught, with the first prize going to the lucky child rho brings in MT. Granddaddy-a full-size child's automobile.
 Of course MT. Granddaddy has many relatives somewhat smaller than he, but still good-size fish which will win large and valuable 9rizes.
 No previous fishing experience is necessary to catch the largest fish. Recall the outcome of the 3-day salmon derby held here last July in which Mrs. Ann Clements, a no- vice at the sport of fishing, caught the largest salmon and won for herself the first prize, an automo- bile.
 Children will not be required to wait until the end of the derby to get their prizes Since the sizes of the fish are known in advance, all prizes will be awarded as the fish are brought out.
 All those who wish to enter will have three opportunities-Friday evening November 4 starting at pm, Saturday, November in the afternoon from 2 to 5 pm, and in the evening at pm. at the Catho- lie Parish Hall.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
BIG BUSINESS NEW PARTNER

In the battle to restore the bas- ing-point system, big business has unique partner Senator Joe OMahoney of Wyoming, the fa- nous trust-buSter
 No one could believe that o. Mahoney would come out on the side of the big trusts. Hence, many Liberals were lulled to sleep by the fact that O'Mahoney introduced the passing point bill
 In the eyes of big business, this is the most important bill to come up this session of Congress. For it would amend the antitrust laws so that the steel industry, for ex- ample, could charge the same price for steel from the blast furnaces of Pittsburgh, Pa, or Geneva, Utah. This practice of regulating prices by absorbing the shipping costs was outlawed by the Supreme Court, so big business turned to Congress to overrule the court.
 O'Mahoney made his bill sound so harmless that it almost pass ed the Senate without an objection Only at the last minute, Senator Russell Long of Louisiana and Es- tes Kefauyer of Tennessee, both Democrats, caught what was going on, and put up fight against it
 Back in O'Mahoneys trust-bust- ing days, he bitterly criticized the passing point system as a conspir- acy by the trusts to regulate pri- ces. That's the reason his col leagues couldn't understand why he now introduced bill to restore the basing point system. In fact because of O'Mahoney's reputation many Senators still believe his bil would encourage instead of stiflt competition.
 What they don't know, however is that O'Mahoney was sold a bil of goods by the Westvaco Chemica Company of Westvaco, Wyo. Thi company has paraded as an inde pendent which discovered large tro na deposits in Wyoming and nov hopes to build new chemical bus
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

prospective bridegroom to offer to for o bride-to-bes trousseau?
 A. No; his need clothing will be all his after the marriage.
 paake fried chicken with the fingers?
 pcnics affairs, the dinner should be used
 cigarettes when going out with should she smoke her escorts?
 A Either i correct
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

as they do nothing more than speak: In a word, their contention is that it is impossible to prove that they conspired to overthrow the government of United States until and unless it could be prov ed that they had actually over thrown the government. A jury disagreed with them.
 Actually, what the Supreme Court will have to decide is at what point do men, who only speak and write, organize and preach, become dang erous, to the existence of the nation. Their decision will be momentous because it will involve two proposi- tions.
 l. The liberties of the individual under the constitution.
 2. The continued existence of the United States as an independent nation.
 It will be a great danger to the American people if their liberties under the constitution are abridg- ed, and among the greatest of these liberties are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of assembly. On the other hand, we have, for 32 years now, witness ed the phenomenon of one na- ton, Soviet Russia, violating the integrity of all other nations by the use of a vast propagandlstlc apparatus that utilizes words as weapons, that infiltrates into the life of a people, even into the or gans of government, and that ul- timately leaves that nation mcap- able of self defense. The process is slow but constant, and the words that are used involve a total de- struction in the traditions of na- tion and in faith in it's continued existence. It contends the inevit- ability of it's own success.
 Utilizing Karl Marks philosophy of dialectic materialism, re-inter- pretating history to ignore religion, morals, ethics as forces, revaluing all that man has accepted as truth for thousands of years, a confusion is engendered which leaves na- tion without standards, and with out hope. For everything fine in life, the class struggle is substitut- ed. Man is product of biologic forces, conditioned by his environ- ment, struggling everlas ingly against all that besetS him, and producing nothing but further struggle, contention, and clash. That which succeeds is inevitably right, and it is right because it has sur vived Therefore, that which does not survive because it has failed is ipso facto wrong and may therefore be destroyed.
 It is a devastating philosophy without charity, pity, compassion, love, loyalty, faith.
 And yet, it is to many very attractive. It gives them sense of power. It satifies their craving for a non-mystical, non-religious explanation of man. Since Russia supports this movement, it gives them a sense of power. For the romantic, it provides a cause. To the United States, it is menace and an ever-present danger. Copyright, 1949, King Fea- lures Syndicate, Inc0
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
U. s. Policy

(Glendale, Ariz., Herald)
 They tell the story of the football coach who, while instructng his quarterbacks in strategy meet ing one day, ordered:
 When in doubt, punt
 President Truman, from his messages to Congress last January and again few days ago on the economic condition of the nation must have gotten somewhat the same orders from his $45,OOO worth of economic advisors:
 when in doubt, spend"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

complete Meanwhile the depleted Supreme Court began it's fall term recently, and we hope it will be careful till the nx that to have settled upon it passes to some less important agency.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
BABY BOY FOR SNEEDS

Mrs. Jean Sneed of Juneau be- came the mother of a baby boy at St. Ann's Hopsital early this morning The child weighed six pounds, IA ounces at birth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
LOOK and LEARN &. &sy c. GORDON

1. How long prohibition last in the U. S.? does the healthy daily?
 old British colony this past of 
 Is U. a Presidents Cabinet?
 B. What Queen of England in England?
 ANSWERS: l. years months 19 About 40 hairs. 3. Newfoundland. 4.
 Berengaria, wife of Richard the Lionhearted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
5MEEE|f4gs x2ssssSi Ss1Ii&
OCTOBER l9

Albert Peterson
 J. c. Ryan
 Arthur McKenna Erwin Hagerup, Jr. Gustav Peterson David E. Simonson Geraldine Pearson Mrs. A. M. LiptOn Jean Osborne Grace Templeton
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

The word from the college shops is that this years campus belle will be less dstinguishable as girl By no means effeminate, however-'Wala Walla Union -Bulletin)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

Instead of sticking out an arm to lnolcate turh in motoring too many persons stick out ther neckS -Daly Olympian).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19

mess producing soda ash from nat ural trona.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
CONDITIONS OF WEATHER
 ALA5kApTS.

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4..30 am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau lt Iuneau follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
The Washington MerrY-Go-Round
By DREW PEARSON

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-19
20 YEARS AGO TIT fME EMPIRE
OCTOBER 1s, 1929

Stewart Federal who had been in the Ea month, He had visited NH neapos City Washington returning to the Northwest California ,E
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21

this is proof in itself that the Jones'
es are a church-going people. There
were five or six Jacob Jones in di-
rect line. Our Jacob Samuel Jones
was the third descendant of the ia
cob Jones tribe. He was a great
singer in the Jones Church, and was
a great leader"
At this time Rev Jones talked
about the possibilities of putting a
new roof on the Jones Church
which would make it possible, per-
haps, for holding reunions here
after. Rev. Jones offer $4,000 to-
ward a new roof, and Edgar Jones
$4,000. 1t was estimated that the
roof would cost approximately S400.
The following committee was ap-
pointed: Russell Jones, Ray Jones,
Frank Harrison, Herman Harrison
and George Phillips.
Rev. Jones' final remarks were:
MAY God bless every Jones and
+ everyone present"
Among the bouquets which deco.
I rated the Bethany Church were two
lovely baskets of flowers presented
for the reunion. One was given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Parsons in
memory of their mother, Mrs. Liz
zie ParsOn. The other basket was
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21

man and Mrs. r. Ward Mills, saxO-
phone and piano accordion duet.
Recitation, "The Model Church,
Mrs. William T. Jones of Laurel.
Rev. W. A. Turner, pastor Of Beth
any Church, spoke on "The Three
Points of Family Life"
Rev. Ralph c. Jones, pastor of
Centenary Church in Laurel, gave
an address on 'The Historical and
Geographical Background of the
Jones Family" He stated that in
all probability the Jones people
came over to this country from
Wales, and that the Welch came
over in the year 1907. The settlers
of that period came up the Chesa-
peake Bay. They used the POGO
moke River sailing as far north as
they could. Those. who settled near
I the mouth of the river were the first
settlers. 1t would indicate that our
ancestors came into this territory
around the years of 1915 and 1900.
In 1915 and 100 the old POc0-
mOke River was navigable to the
Maryland and Delaware lines in all
! probability and the Jones people
settled in this community which
was perhaps very fertile. When
our forefathers first came here, il
was probably a good place for
farming and they made a good liv-
ing.
What do we know about oul
family?" asked Rev. Jones. eve
have never had anybody Jones
at least, in Jail. We certainly have
much to be thankful for. It is true
that we have never had any great
nOtables in our families such as
cOlOnels. The JOneses are not fight
ers. They are peace-lOving peO
pie. However, we have not been {
selfish people. I am quite willing t.
say that the Jones characters ant
dispositions have been a real con
tributiOn to our community life
The Jones Church was built in tn
year 1845 by the Jones people, ant
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21
Jones' Family Holds
Reunion

On Saturday, October 8, 1949, the
Jones Family of lower Delaware
and nearby parts of Maryland held
its first reunion in the Bethany
Methodist Church at Loves Cross
Roads. From % towns and cities
came 104 people. Those coming the
longest distances we're Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Martin Jones of Bloomfield,
N. j., Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jones of
BoOnton, n. J., Mr.. and Mrs. Shan
non Minis of Forest Hills, N. Y, Mr..
and Mrs. Roscoe Lewis of Whining
ton and Miss Elizabeth M. Jones,
also of Wilmington.
The meeting opened with cOngre-
gatiOnal singing from the Metho-
dist Hymnal; invocation by Rev. w.
A. Turner, pastor of the Bethany
Church, who also read Psalm 122.
He gave a most cordial welcome to
the group.
Mrs. Pauline ]. Mills, wife of Rev.
r. Ward Mills of Stockton, Md,
presented the Jones Family Record
which dates back to before the sign
ing of the Declaration of Independ-
ence in 1776. Another son, Jacob
Jones, was born September II, 1885
His picture and that of his wife
Love C. Nelson Jones, hung on the
wall of the church last Saturday
! Their family Bible dating from 1855
was on display, and also the family
Bible of their youngest son, jacob
Z Samuel Jones, which dates from
1865. The family record consisted
of two large wall charts and 13 fold
ers according to the sections of the
family. The group present was sup
piled with information sheets OF
which additional data was received
/ Mrs. Mills requested that additiOna
information be mailed to her a
4 Box II, Stockton, Md. She want
names, addresses, dates of births
marriages, deaths and relations t.
Jones family.
The late Jacob Samuel Jones
survived by his widow, Mrs. Sara
E. Jones of Stockton, Md, and thre
children, Mrs. Cora M. Harrison G
Harrington, A. Martin Jones c
! Bloomfield, N. j., and Mrs. Paulin
J. Mills of Stockton, Md, all {
, whom were present at the reunion
Mrs. A. Martin Jones was preseT
also.
Vocal selections were rendere
= by Mrs. Edwin c. Smith of George
4 town, Miss Wilma DOrman
: Wesley Junior College in Dove
g Kyndal Jones of Bridgeville, Mr.
a Jacob S. Jones and daughter, Mr.
i Pauline ]. Mills.
2 instrumental selections we,
+ rendered by Rev. Ralph c. JOne
vibra harp solo; Miss Wilma Do
Milford chronicle., 1949-10-21
FELTON,

A copy Of the report to the sch
ool building program board regard
ing the need for additional plant
facilities at FELTON,, has been sent
home to all parents, in order that
the community might become bet
ter acquainted with the local sch
OoI conditions and understand the
referendum that will be necessary.
Mr.. Henry, principal, has announe-
ed that there are more copies OF
this report in the Office, should any
cne desire one.
During,th first week Of the mag
azine subscription drive at school,
the sales have averaged 500 per
CAV and already $500 of the 1000
goal has been reached. The proce-
eds realized from this campaign
will be placed in the Student Act
iVity Fund. In that fund they Will
be used to defray expenses for re-
cational and social activities and
10 reduce the individual cost for
student transportation to contests.
The type of activity to be supported
and the amount appropriated for
each Is determined by the Student
Council. At the halfway mark, Bob
by Draper. fifth grade, was highest
salesman for the school.
During the week of Oct. 1O-15th
many Of the students were fortu-
nate enough to be able to take trips
in connection with their curriculaI
activities. On Tuesday afternoon
Miss Dearstyne took the members
of her Glee Club to Dover to hear
the All-American Male Chorus.
Mrs. Wallace, science teacher
took her eleVenth-twelfth grade
chemistry class to Zoffere's Baker,
in fredericksburg, Md.
On Saturday, Oct. 18th, coacf
Jack Cookery took about II mem
bers of his soccer team to Anna
polls, Md, to see Penn play Nav!
in soccer.
Mr.. Corkery has begun instruc
tion in physical education in tn
elementary school just recently
This program is new to these chill
dren and they are all enjoying tn
course to the fullest.
The fourth grade class have bee
making Egyptian scrolls and the
are collecting pictures of EgyI
and placing all Of these into book
let form for display.
The fifth grade class of Mri
Mary E. Nelson, in connection wit
their study of colonial Delawart
have expermented in the mal
ing of candles. An old fashiOne
candle mold was borrowed frol
Mrs. Ludlow, and the childre
brought their own wax for I'll
candles.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelley recen
ly visited their children in Wilm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward ShOwaltt
of Camden, N. j., spent the weei
end with MIR. and Mrs. Kensil G.
Verdale.
Mrs. E. NJ. Bringhurst attendC
the wedding of her son JOSEF
Bringhurst of Camden to Mrs. e.
L. Galloway of Laurel. The wed
ing took place Wednesday afte
noon, October 12. in the Centena
Methodist Church in Laurel wi
the Rey. Ralph G. Jones perfOrT
ing the ceremony.