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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
THE AMERICAN WAY
LOOK AT
SWITZERLAND
By George Peck

Probably son of my readers
will say, or at least think, that
this piece is in bad taste now that
American boys are being killed
every day in the police action"
to those who feel that way I'd
in Korea. If so, so be it. However,
suggest that they keep in mind
that police action" or no "po-
lice action" war or no war, there
is still an awful lot of debunk-
ing which must be done if this
country is to come out of this
ruckus with it's form of govern
ment unchanged and its way of
life intact.
A recent survey of world econ
omic conditions shows that no
country in the world is in a
stronger position than Switzer'
land. 1t is the only country in
the world which has it's currency
backed 100 percent by gold. In
fact, the Swiss gold holding per
capita is more than three times
as great as in the United States
How has it been possible for
Switzerland, completely surroun'
ded by countries which have had
recurrent wars, to remain neu
trail whereas the United States
which is more than three thous
and miles away has been involv
ed in two European wars and is
now well on its way to being
very seriosuly involved in anoth'
err one?
Maybe part of the answer is
that Switzerland has dified every
rule which the American inter
nationalist say must be follow.
ed by a modern state in order
to maintain peace and promote
prosperity.
Switzerland is not member of
the United Nations. Out of court
esy to this country it joined the
Marshall plan but it never took
dime of American money. 1t
did not become a partner in the
European payments plan set up
by the recipient nations under
the Marshall plan. 1t did not
become a member of the Council
of Europe. 1t did not join the
Breton Woods world bank or
monetary fund. 1t is not a party
to the North Atlanticmilitary al
lance or of the mutual assist
ance program.
Switzerland does not have any
government supported plans or
devices to promote free trade
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27

takes one-fifth of a second. Thus, If
he averaged 40 miles an hour on a H.
hour motoring trip, he would drive
over IS miles with his eyes shut.
The body can take lot of punish
ment and still keep on functioning.
Man can get along fairly we'll, appar-
emily, without his gall bladder, spleen,
appendix, and bladder. He can dis
pense with one kidney, two quarts OF
blood, half his brain, and all his teeth
and still live. And when he dies, NJ does
dot die all at once. the brain survives
10 minutes; eyes, so minutes; ears, one
hour; blood molecules, Is hours;
bones, three days; and skin, five days.
(Mooresville, N. c., Tribune)
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27

Switzerland is a true Republic.
has been for $500 years, and
keeps open frontiers for both inn
ports and exports. 1t is the only
capital exporting country in Eu.
rope and is exports capital not
on the basis of goernment hand
outs but rather on sound bust
ness terms.
Switzerland imports more than
it exports and pays the excess in
cash instead of crying, ike it's
neighbor countries, over dollar
shortages" or inability to balance
payments.
The Swiss did not devalue
their currency last September
when their European neighbors
did. Instead they maintained the
parity of the Swiss franc with
the dollar, which has existed
since 1886 even though this had
the effect of increasing the price
on Swiss exports by 43 percent.
Switzerland has met this prob
lem by sustained production of
high grade capital goods which
Europe and the world badly
need.
Under free competitive econ
omy that Swiss work while their
socialist competitors mess a.
round with rules, regulations ex.
port and import controls, the de-
vising of plans and the setting
up of goals which are never met.
Those who swallow the inter
nationalist bait-that only the
government can promote pros.
perity and that only through con-
slant dealings with international
agencies and through interna.
tional agreements and alliances
can peace and stability be main.
tained-Would do we'll to take
not one but several long looks
at Switzerland and it's accom-.
plishments.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS

Happenings That Affect the Flu
ture of Every Individual National and
international Problems Inseparable
From Local Welfare
During the first weeks of the kor-
can war Americans were stunned by
the tragic inadequacy of our forces
and equipment. Many 1elt a personal
responsibility for the needless loss OF
life. 1t was healthy and well-found-
ed reaction which will lead to correc-
ton of mistakes and wedding cut OF
inept officials. There are already en-
couraging signs of improvement. John
Osborne, Time and Life senior corre-
spondent in the Pacific, writes: The
American effort and the American
soldier in Korea are magniticet.
DOUBTLESS we could and should have
been better prepared. But today
we have in Korea more men and more
arms than we sent TO Tic lHNdSioA VI
North Africa in November of 1912,
eleven months after Pearl 1arbor."
Intelligence reports received in
Washington indicate that the evident
military ability of this country to cope
with the communists in Korea has I'M
pressed the countries of Southeast Aisa.
Applications for communist party
membership are dwindling and pic
lures of the communist leader Mae
Tse-tung are disappearing from, shor
windows. Even mere encouraging Is
the opinion of authorities on the mys-
terry of why Russia has not moved into
other areas while the United States has
its hands full in Korea. They point out
that we have in readiness, prepared to
strick with hair-trigger swiftness,
fleet of more than 1000 Air Force
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
MAN

Man is still the worlds most mira
culous mechanism. In 20 years of life,
a human being eats 1900 times Lis
body weight, over 100 tons OF food,
and he spends five full years putting
food into his mouth. If his weight is
average, every day of his life his heart
beats los $50 times, his blood travels
100000 miles, he breathes 5000
times, he inhales 43S cubic feet OF air,
gives off IS degrees F. of heat and
moves $50 major muscles, his nails
grow o.0OOO46 inches, his hair o.
Ol7l4 inches-and he utters 4,Soo
words.
The average person blinks Is times
a minute and scientists say each blink
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27

For the first time the festival will
he put on almost exclusively by local
persons, including decoration and
everything, and instead of hurting the
quality of the event, there is every in
dication that it will better it. Local
people are putting their best foot for
ward and nothing is left undone that
could make this festival more pleasant
for everyone.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
THE SPIRIT IS GOOD

With every meeting of the third
Annual Carolinas Yam Festival COM
mittees, it becomes more and more ap-
pearent that the spirit of cooperation,
and aggressive attitude is at high
peak. This great willingness to pitch
in and help makes this years Yam Fes-
tival almost a certainty to be the big
qest and best one yet.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-09-27
Church of Christ
Clarendon

Charles r. Nance, Il .ET
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
SUNDAY
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

follows the traditional Soviet tao
tics of fnassing the men and means
to do a job regardless of losses.
The bomb is the tactical answer to
this problem whenever it is possible
to deliver it profitably. This will
radically revolutionize land war
fare"
General Gavin recommended the
T-Bomb as the ideal weapon for
use against troops that massed for
a night or river crossing or who
were moving on the offensive. If
enemy troops are sheltered for de-
Tense. use of the tactical A-Bomb
is less effective.
He estimated that the Hiroshima
type bomb is the equivalent of 90
600 tons of TINT, and would affect
an area from three to five miles
wide
General Gavin wrote his A
bomb study before Chinese troops
came into Korea in great numbers
and apparently he had some doubt
regarding the use of A-bombs where
a huge land army is engaged. From
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
PUBLIC CREDITED
FOR p.0. SERVICE
CHRISTMAS Mail

The splendid cooperation of the
public is credited by Postmaster
Crystal Jenne for the fact that the
rush of Christmas mail is NOV
ing smoothly and with dispatch
through the Juneau Post Office this
year.
Well wrapped and plainly add
reSsed packages, and cards and let
tiers plainly addressed has con-
tributed in no small amount to fac
ilitating the work of dispatching
the mail the postmaster said. Early
mailing and taking packages from
the postoffice as soon as notifica-
ton of arrival has been received
has also been of great aid to the
staff.
Next Tuesdays boat, the Bar
anof, will have the big mail before
Christmas and it will be appreciate
ed by the postoffice staff if packag-
es now being held can be taken
out before that date. a. 2
The parcel post windows Will
be open on Saturdays, December II
and December % from the hours of
10 am to pm. for the convent
ence of the public.
Postmaster Jenne said today that
the supervisors and clerks ON the
Postoffice staff have been hand
ling the large holiday mail in a
most commendable manner and
have been particularly proficient,
she pointed out, in consideration
Of the amount of mail which must
be handled in limited facilities and
the long hours which have been
necessary to carry out the work.
Night arrival of mail has been
taken care of Immediately on ar
rival requiring the services OF sew
eral members of the staff until the
early morning hours.
The Postmaster wishes to extend
her expression of appreciation to
the people of Juneau for their CO.
operation in following suggestions
offered by her office to insure
efficient service, and to the Daily
Alaska Empire and radio Statlon
KINY for their services in ac-
ouainting the public with informa-
ton to this end.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
THE SENATE INVESTIGATES THE
PALMER DEAL-A PRELIMINARY
REPORT

You have heard before about the Palmer Airport
deal" 1t has been well publicized throughout Alaska
by The Empire and other newspapers and on the
floors of the Senate where the Palmer plan to estab-
lish fictitious land value for the airport site OF
s15oOOO in order to get additional $37,500 from the
Federal Government lead to request through a
Resolution introduced by Senator Butler for in
vestigation by the Committee Expenditures in the
Executive Department of the Government.
The Palmer transaction has entered the picture
again this time in the of the discussions in
the Senate relative to statehood for Alaska.
Senator Hoey North Carolina, chairman of the
Senate committee in charge Of the Palmer investiga
ton during the discussions on November 30 said Il
sent to Alaska representative of staff attorney
and an investigator They went into the matter rather
fully OF course the investigation simply pre-
limnary Their investigation disclosed, however,
the methods adopted by some of those who now
proceeding try to bring about statehood for Alaska
in their efforts to obtain money from the Federal
Government"
This is the preliminary report, as taken from
page 1926 of the Congressional Record for November
3d. 1880:
Ala,1an Vt6iaels mfsRirisieazof Areonautics plan
ned to collect, retroacvey, funds from the CAA in
order to reimburse itself for moneys spent on the
Palmer Airport prior to the passage of the required
enabling act which act became effective on June l.
194e Territory of Alaska had spent approximately
$4,000 Npror to June 1949. Territory not legally
entitled to any Federal matching funds until after
grant agreement negotiated On November %, 1919
GEORGE Schwamm, Director of Division of Aeronautics
and Stanley McCutcheon, attorney (also member OF
Territorial legislature submitted request for Federal
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

cent conference, were discussing the
use of the A-Bomb in Korea, the
chief advocate was Gen. James M.
Gavin, former commander of the
82nd Airborne Division, and now a
member of the Weapons Evaluation
group for the Secretary of Defense.
General Gavin proposed using
the now relatively old-fashioned
Hiroshima bomb, not against civil
ian populations as at Hiroshima,
but against massed enemy troops.
He estimated that this bomb, drop
ped from an altitude of only 1000
feet, could wipe out one whole di-
vision of enemy troops. Further
more he estimated that the radio
activity in the wake of the bomb
would linger only mater of min
utes, thus troops could come for
ward in only short time.
Those who opposed General Ga
wins argument pointed out that
Russia, which now possesses the
A-Bomb, could be expected to re-
taliate against American cities, now
long way from being ready for
A-Bomb attack. Also the effect of
European public opinion would be
disastrous.
General Gavin also estimated
that one T-Bomb, which is the
Army designation of the Hiroshima
type, is equal to 5000 medium ar
tillery shells per square mile. He
has also worked out for the Joint
Chiefs a survey showing what one
atomic bomb of this type would
have done in the battle of Okinawa.
In this battle he points out the
United States had SO ships sunk,
1868 ships damaked, 736 planes lost
and 48,O25 battle casualties, These
loses, he estimates, could have been
avoided by one atomic bomb.
MedIlWflllc IL 10 llO lOiiSCl d oCSlSe
that atomic bombs. presumably OF
this type, have been sent to Ameri-
can bases in the Far East and
Europe, and that knowledge of this
fact, coupled with President Thu
mans statement that we were con-
sidering using the bomb was what
disturbed the British.
General Gavin has published in
the combat forces journal his views
for using the atomic bomb as a tao
tical weapon in Korea. He states
THE most powerful tactical air
weapon is the atomic bomb It's
delivery by our air bases would
contribute greatly to the common
battle of achievement. 1t is hard to
think of anything that would add
more to the effectiveness of United
Nations forces. Here was an enemy
! forced to mass his means Tor cross
! ing both because OF our defense
and his own lack OF mobility. He
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
70 YEARS AGO f 1T2% EMPIRE
DECEMBER IS, 1880

receipts of the American RED
Roll Call this reached $137
Holbrook General Roll Call Chairman Three towns
main be heard from Hanes Angoon and Kake
At day open migratory
Territory generally regarded successful
reported wild fowl here particularly ducks and geese
plentiful than for several
years No hunting
Superintendent Keller announced that the Juneau
schools would Friday Dec H. for the Christmas holidays
the New Year with the schools
re-openng January s.
Spickett; First ViceFresdent
President William Senbeck Treasurer
Secretary Trustee, Winter
F. Rodenberg; Chaplain l. Gray
and Doorkeeper August
Pribo Islands settlements
mooship Amund Ander
sonar n port the
continued its fine record for the in
$2965o0 and its operating
the monthly statement of estimated
public offices of the
recovery 9204 Operating
expenses
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

to Justify shortages or to sanction
the deterioration of Americas pow
err" the report adds angrily.
The report also comes up with
some ideas about the Agriculture
Departments huge stocks of surplus
food.
Food supplies are fuel for any
endurable struggle, and the struggle
between the west and east today
may well be decided by the endur-
ance of the competing economies"
points out the Senate report. Con
sidered with caution and utilized
with prudence, our agricultural sur
pluses might well be OF enormous
benefit to the endurance OF our
economy in the present struggle
The John subcommittee recon-
mends feeding the armed services
from our SURPRISES and also trading
food for strategic materials from
other countries.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
MODERN ETIQUETTE y LEE

.sAr cards good taste? =
they and in good taste for the short
customary for
these However they should not be us
strictly formal correspondence.
What form should bride and bridegroom use when extending
reception returned their honey
moon trip?
= A. They may engraved invitations,
telephone her invitations
friends
a husband, be addressed
as Gilbert" as Thomas Gilbert?
affects the by which
the S % Thomas Gilbert"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
Daily lessons in English y %. |. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN M1sUsED: DO say this
any other" Say 81 THAN other"
MISPRONOUNCED Frappe drozen mixture Pronounce
fra pa PAY,
syllable.
OFTEN MIssPEILED Straight Strait
passage of water.
SYNONYMS straightforward direct unreeved honest sincere
unsophisticated.
WORD STUDY: use yours" Let
word each day Todys word
CREDIBLE worthy trustworthy and credible
presents his evidence"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

the point of view of hardboiled
militarist's measurement of cost, he
says. with a limited stockpile, it
would be highly unecoromical to
expend a hundred bomos for the
purpose of destroying a ground di-
vision that costs a huidred million
dollars, if there were other divi-
sians available as requirements.
But if single bomb could render
one division ineffective, it would
probably be a worthwhile one
bomb investment"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
LOOK and LEARN hsy g GORDON

the motion publicly exhibited?
2. wealthiest the U. s.?
considered the difficult letters to understand
telephone?
Which is the church the United States?
What the distinguishing characteristics of Manx cat
ANSWERS:
l.. 1895.
2. York Pennsylvania.
3. lettrs "f'
5. tail
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
Double buying of Butter

1.-The Department OF Defense Is
presently contemplating purchase
of about 10 million pounds OF sur
Mus butter" the subcommittee not
es. II this purchase is consummat-
ed. the Commodity Credit Corpor-
alton will still have on hand l7o
million pounds of butter-oVer a
two-year supply for an armed force
of approximately three million men
Gees stocks OF dried eggs, dried
milk, cheese and beans are lar IN
excess of the armed forces con-
terminated needs for the next sever
al years.
This makes it imperative, we
believe, that the closest cooperation
be maintained between the Defense
and agriculture agencies" the re-
nort continues. while this coop
GRAFTON has in some aspects been
GOOD. the report declares: The
Munitions Board failed to heed the
warnings of the Department OF Ag-
riculture. The board neither
stockpiled wool nor listed wool as a
strategic material. We hope SUI
ficient wool may yet be acquired
to overcome the folly of the NUM-
tions Boards improvident course.
The report also criticizes the
hoard for not stockpiling cotton
I,nteas, long-staple cotton and var
ious Naval stores.
That A-BomD For Korea
when President Truman ana
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
DIR. b. F. MICHAELSON M
ENROUTE TO KANAKANAk

DR.. Beryl F. Michaelson, medl-
cal officer at the Alaska Native
Service Mt. Edgecumbe Sanator-
ium, is in town enroute to the
ANS hospital at Kanakanak. DR..
Michaelson viii be stationed at KAN
akanak while DR.. John E. Libby
is on annual leave for approximate
ely six weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
80 NENNEpX - 81

TN TACOMA FOE CHRISTIANS
Miss Sue kennedy owner and
manager Of The Alaska Credit Bur
eau plans to leave Juneau tomorrow
for Tacoma where she viii spend
the Christmas holidays with her
mother Mrs. G. r. kennedy ana
her brother, Harry D. Kennedy.
She viii return here about Decent
Der % and win be accompanied
by her mother who has lived in
Juneau formerly and has many
friends here
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. l47
SECOND end FOURTH
Monday Of each month N
In Scottish Rite Temple IN
beginning at 7:S0 D. m. WY
Carson A. Lawrence, ~
Worshipful Master:
JAMES ". LEVERS. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
HQS9IIAL. MaLES

Admitted TO St AIMS hospital
yesterday were Betty Stevenson aAd
Mrs. Jack Wallis.
Ernest Francis, Roman EHers and
Mrs. Clara Andrews were dismissed.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

Sewing macnnEs Tor rent at nc
White Sewing AGacaine Center
s42- tt
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
Weather al
Alaska Points

Weather coudiuons ana temper
atuSes at various Alaska points
also on the Facific Coast at 48s
am. 120th Meridian Time ana
released by the Weather Bureae
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

Weather: High, 40; low, &c., cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-12-15

would Friday Dec H. for the Christmas holiday
winter vacation extend over with
nuary 5.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-17

nono contendere and threw him. self on the mercy of the court.
 Nelson's change of plea follow ed a conference in Judge Blacks chambers
 Born in Norway in 1906, Nel- son has lived in Washington State for 10 years.
 The court action stcmmed from his trip last September to an IVA convention in Canada. He was halted at the border on his return. But later crossed without permis- sion and reported to immigration headquarters here.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-17

SEROWE, Bechuanaland, (P)- Seretse Khama has come back to this mud hut tribal capital for a fiVe-day visit with his white wife and his fellow African Bamang- Wato tribesmen, who want him to be their chief.
 The British government. which has barished the young chief-des- ignate from the reservation. all lowed Seretse to return until Fri day. His London-born wife, the former Ruth Williams, is waiting there to have their baby in June. She refused to leave the tribal reservation where she has lived since last December.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-17
Asiatics Call New Conference

MANILA, >(P)-President Qui- rino today called a three-day "or- ganizational conference" of south east Asia and Western Pacific na- tionS to start May 26 at Baguio.
 Quirino said President Carlos P. Romulo of the United Nations general assembly will return to Lake Success tomorrow with in structions to develop an agenda with interested nations.
 The aims of the conference have undergone several changes since ot first was proposed by Quirino one year ago. He sug- geSted then a Southeast Asia Un- ion" to resist communist aggres- sion.
 Chiang Kai-Shek, leader of Ma tionalist China, and President Syngman Rhee of the South Ko- req Republic urged a military al Hans.
 But India and other nations were cool.
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-17
First Cousins May Marry In Alaska

JUNEAU - Queries as to whe- thcr Alaskan law permits first cousins to marry in the Territory brought an opinion in the affirm atiVe yesterday from Attorney General J. Gerald Williams. The written opinion was furnished to U. s. Commissioner Rose Walsh of Anchorage, and F. E. Hester, director of the bureau of vital sta tistics in the Alaska department of health.
 MT. KeSter said he has had queries from other commissioners on the question and that "the gen. eral opinion seems to have been that Alaskan law prohibits the marriage of cousins"
 Attorney General Williams stated that the pertinent portion of the Act says "The following marriages are prohibited-when the parties thereto are nearer of kin to each other than first cou- sins
The Nome nugget., 1950-04-17
Monday. April l7. 1850
States Resident
 For 40 Years, Sued For Illegal Entry

SEATTLE lPD-Petcr Tgel Nel- son, International WoodWorkcrs of America CCIOD Union official from Everett, will be sentenced April 26 for illegal entry into the United States.
 Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black found Nelson guilty of the charge last week after the union official changed his plea from innocent to