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sons that it weakens the middle class and invites
despair and revolution
"Mr. Truman's deficits will get bigger if Fer
guson is elected, because the New Dealers will say
they have been given mandate to spend. There
will be a lot more government rackets to waste the
taxpayers money. If Taft wins, the people all over
this country who want to get an od-fashioned dol
lars worth of goods for dollar will take heart They
will have evidence that the people through their
votes can stop the cheapening of our money.
"That is why the whole nation is
watching the Ohio election sign and symbol
of what lies ahead for the American people"
The overwhelming victory accorded Senator Taft
in Ohio must have pleased the Enquirer greatly AS
sign and symbol of what lies ahead for the AM
erican people, the vote left no doubt about what the
people in the country want.
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A Good Democrat and Citizen
(The Alaska Weekly


1t begins to look as though statesmanke poll
tcian is showing up in Alaska We refer to Howard
Lying, Democratic National Committeeman for the
Territory Contrary to general opinion there is nothing
ncongruous about being both a politician and a
statesman 1t requires good deal of political apti
ude to provide the opportunity for displaying states
manship. Provided has that aptitude and puts
it to practical use he may may not become q
statesman 1t all depends upon the manner in which
uses the power gained by his political skill and the
degree to which his actions governed by his honest
convictions to the best interests of the public as
against political expectancy.
That goes whether the person under discussion
is Senator Taft of Ohio or Howard Lying of Alaska.
Senator Taft is the purge" target of the Truman
administration because he has dared always to fight
intelgenty and constructively for what he has
thought was right and for the best interests of the
United States, and he has done this in defiance of
personal political expediency and with complete dis
regard of the corns he has trod upon.
Howard Lying has been leader in the Democratic
Party of Alaska for many years and as national
committeeman for his party has never grovelled to
the Gruening machine placed purely partisan
politics above larger of duty to the Territory
of which he is a native son.
There are doubtless certain people who carry the
label of democrat with whom Howard will not be
so popular when they read the outspoken comments
he is making the outcome of the recent election
But we are inclined to think that those voters of
every party who feel that Alaska should have some
measure of autonomy in Territorial affairs without
intimidation at the hands of a Federal appointee
will applaud his action. The Lying post-election state
ment appears elsewhere in this issue
Already he is under fire at the hands of certain
newspaper men who more famous for fawning
featy to Governor Ernest Gruenng than for their
journalistic accomplishments so it might be well
for the sake of the record to briefly review Howard
Lyng's record of service to his party and to the
Territory.
He has served twelve years in the Territorial
Legislature-eleven years member of Alaska Board
of Public Welfare. has been member since its in
ception of Alaska's Statehood Committee, and one
of the five members who constitute its executive
board. He has served four years as state Chairman
of the Democratic Party and eight years Demo-
cratic National Chairman. With such a record to
stand on the yapping and snping of the Johnnie
come-lately should not particularly concern him.
AS Republican who has yet to place partisan
ship above citizenship extend our compliments to
Howard Lying as a sound partisan and constructive
oti1a
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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TAFT
VICTORY

The Importance of the Taft-Ferguson election III
Ohio is known to all who have been following the
political news for the last few months.
In the Cincinnati Enquirer however, attention
is called to the fact that Tafts real opponent at the
election Tuesday was the administration, the Fair
Deal
thus:
1.-The administration stands for high prices for
everything you buy. There isn't any doubt about the
fact that prices are up Since 1945 the general Level
of retail prices has gone up 5O3 per cent Bread
cents Round steak has gone up from 4O6 cents to
99.2 cents. pair of work shoes is up SO per cent
in Chicago that caters to policemen says the
pair of shoes it sold in 1945 for IS costs s155o
Butter which you could buy for 507 cents pound
five years ago costs u cents A Chevrolet which
cost $685. delivered in Chicago, with heater. in 1915
now costs $1613 Coffee is up from 3O4 cents to 50
a pound
These increases can't be attributed to the Kor-
can war alone. Prices have climbed pretty steadily
throughout the present regime and every time there
was any sign relief for the buyers the aministra
ton in there pitching for more government
spending and for more government debt for these
are the devices by which prices raised, every
economist and every banker will tell YOU
"a victory for Mr. Taft is victory for the con-
sumner, which is to say1ah of us He doesn't believe
in high prices the goal of government activity.
He doesn't believe in pilng up deficits in order to
initiate credit and make living costs go up.
"Mr Taft is a sober and sensible man who
knows that initiation destroys the value of all insur
policies savings bonds bank accounts and pen
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words, an "even greater menace"
than Germany and Japan.
Now, obviously, Soviet Russia
could not have achieved such an
advantageous position in five years.
The preparation for and develop
ment of such position takes
decades. In fact, it has taken
Russia 80 years of constant prepa-
ration at great and even tragic
human sacrifice.
Therefore. what Professor Bemis
admits to be true is logically more
convicting than the indictment for
which he criticizes William Henry
Chamberlin, whose position, in fine,
is that the United States should
have stayed out of World War H.
What Professor Bemis seems to
say, if his language means any
thing, is that the greater menace
to the United States is Soviet
Russia and that it was necessary
for this country to fight Germany
and Japan, and to defeat them,
with the aid of Soviet Russia, in
order that we might survive in a
war with Soviet Russia
You try to make sense out of
that. I have tried for three weeks,
when 1 first saw this in print, and
l have been puzzled to discover
precisely how anyone's thinking
can get itself into such shape.
But if one can think that way,
other things fall into shape. For
instance, it becomes all right to
let Russia conquer China because
when we settle with Russia, we
shall automatically settle with
China. Meanwhile, more than &c.
900 Americans are casualties in Ko-
rea-and how many more we do
not know. And we still have
French Indo-China before us.
Also, we have found in North
Korea evidence that wherever the
Russians go, they build an indus
trial base for military purposes
We shall discover, if we ever get
into Manchuria, that that area has
been industrialized for war poten-
tials, aimed at the United States.
OF course, had the United States
had the wisdom no later than 1943,
at Teheran, to insist on the Cairo
declaration, which protected Ma
tionalist China, those war poten-
tials aimed at the United States
would not be situated in Korea
and Manchuria,
Perhaps Professor Bevin feels
that if we survive every stupidity,
we shall survive that one, too. But
to suggest that we fought Hitler
and Japan with the aspiration of
surviving TO fight Stalin-that is
truly marvellous policy. Nobody
accused Roosevelt of that before
not even Pegler!
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WHERE DO old BOOKS
GO! ASK EDNA L0MEk

With the cold breath of coming
winter blowing down our necks,
Mrs. Edna Lomen, Juneau City
Librarian, reports increased demand
for books.
A current trend of interest is in
books on Russia, she says. While
the mystery books continue to be
popular, travel books never lose
their appeal.
On an average of II new books
a month are being received. Among
the books called for often are
THE Cardinal" by Robinson, zone
On the House" by Lasswell and
Red Flannels and Green Ice" by
Pocock.
Mrs. Lomen knows most of the
youngsters by name who frequent
the library and around SEQ juvenile
books go out each month.
There are about 1900 active cards
with many of the first cards issued
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NO funds AVAILABLE
FROM ANS TO REBUILD
VILLAGE OF AhG00N

The Alaska Native Service has
no appropriation to aid in rebuild
ing the village of Angoon when 1t
is moved to Hood Bay, a distance
of 10 miles to the south from its
present site. according to Hugh J.
Wade directors of the Alaska Ma
tive Service.
ANY funds will have to come
from the Federal Housing Author
ity. the Alaska Housing Authority
or some such agency" said Wade.
1.-The Alaska Native Service will
aid in getting the townslte sur
veyed by the Bureau Of Land Man
agement. The move is wise one.
When the village is moved, the
people will be located at the place
of their employment and will not
have to make two moves every
year. Nearly everyone in the VIII
lage worked summers at the can
merry.
at will be another year before
construction can be started at the
new Site" said Wade.
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20 YEARS AGO 1 TN rmp1RE
NOVEMBER 10, 1880

battle
steamship Northwestern the
arrived port Part the had
anks
the She
Tordenskjod vessels
liner The Northwestern which had lost her rudd
off Cape Spencer owed to the shelter of Dunda
arrived from Kake
L. Windham Frank Pierce
Robert Barclay, Kake j. Dedan Taku
In Douglas failure of
young persons
Marcel Strager shot deer and he and his
panon Macdonald raed the animal to the other side
walked tired but unnured, at 23o
sounded the fire siren
delivery hafton panel Dodge while
Dodge truck for Garnicks Grocery The
machines arrive Northland Seattle
Charles Larson O.
of Kelso those
Murray at the
lynda.
Weather High 49, low, Al; CLOUDY. ..s
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still being used. Gertrude Naylor
has Card NO l and Mayor Waino
Hendrickson still uses Card No. 3.
While there are over $1,000 vol
umes in the regular library, there
are more than thousand extra
volumes that have been given to
the library by people who go away
and don't want to take their books
with them. These include sets Of
classics, textbooks, popular fiction
and non-fiction.
Of the total number of books
taken out each month at least rs
per cent of them are non-fiction,
Mrs. Lomen revealed. There is
quite bit of call, too, for the
bound volumes of the National Geo
graphic that go back to 1906.
What happens to books taken
out on rainy days? The various
Territorial and Federal offices fur
nish their old used large envelopes
TO the library for this purpose.
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Daily lessons in English y %. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN EdISUSED: say you, I
invitation" obviously accepting
your pleasure expressed 81
pleased o acc invitation"
OFTEN N1IsPRONOUNCED Soecism beach etiquee)
sol-e-sizm unstressed 1T
syllable.
MISSPELIED Sander;
SYNONYMS: Refinement, culture, gentiity, poiteness.
a three times yours" Let
Todys
LAMBENT; softly "er eyes had certain lamben quality
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MODERN ETIQUETTE R e LEE

c. absolutely that
invitation?
1t not obligatory that do but unless it
explain with Otherwise.
might Sorry cannot accept and might
be discouraged invitations the
O. mode), should
with fork?
A should be
Should girl send a gift to whom she likes?
unless she be married this and then
only gifts necessary Christmas birthday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-10
CONFIDENCE In ALASKA
GROWTH EXPRESSED BY
HEAD OF ALLIED BLDG.

A decision regarding the estab-
lishment of an Allied Buildings
Credit, Inc, office in Alaska will
be made between now and jan
uary first, r. A. Peterson, Pres
ident of the organization, said
here today.
Studies which started last spring
are in the process of completion.
We have never gone into new
territory where we have had such
wholeisearted and objective CO.
operation from individuals and
agencies. This has been from
Clinton c. Staples and his FILA
staff here, Territorial and city Of
ficials, banks and from other men,
hers of the industry, all interested
in solving housing problems of AL
aska," Peterson stated.
Our engineering staff under D.
NJ. Harwood has been on the
ground pursuing Observation-Disclosures
studies. The results have given
US a good deal Of confidence in the
continued economic growth of AL
sska, quite aside from the more
immediate military requirements,
he concluded.
Allied's main interest is in single
family dwellings and moderniza-
ton of existing ones. The COM
pany works in close cooperation
with FILA directors.
Peterson is leaving for the states
the end Of the week and Harwood
will go to Anchorage.
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T H E E D A Y S
B p,
GEORGE E. SOKCLSKY
Suppose It's Just the Opposite?

1 read a book review by Profess
sor Samuel Flagg Bemis, of Yale,
on Americas Second Crusade by
William Henry Chamberlin The
review told me little enough about
Mr.. Chamberlin's book but plenty
about Professor Bemis's ideas.
William Henry Chamberlin is one
of the few American authentic ex-
perts on Russian affairs and a book
by him on World War II can be
important. He is an interesting
writer and linguist with a pro-
found knowledge of Slavic peoples.
I hope to read it soon.
However, at this point, should
like to analyze a statement by
Professor Benis in his review. He
said:
q. Yet one thing ought to be
evident to all of us: By our victory
over Germany and Japan, no mat
ter what our folly in losing the
peace, we have at least survived
to confront the second even greater
menace of another totalitarian
power. This, it seems, is an OBJ
vious truism-and yet, in certain
quarters, it would also seem that
it cannot be stressed too often
We might stand Wis a Wis the Sow
lets today if President Roosevelt
had not entertained a conviction
that action against the axis wa.
necessary"
I am not quite sure that I under.
stand the learned professor rightly
Does he mean that we entered
World War II, expended our wealth
and the lives of our sons, so that
we should survive TO fight World
War III? Does he mean that we
gave Soviet Russia Sll,000,0 100000
under Lend-Lease SO that the Rus
slams could fight us better?
Suppose it had been just the
opposite! Suppose the United
States had stood by while Naz
Germany and Soviet Russia fought
each other to a fare-thee- well
would we have been any worse off
than we are today?
Note Professor Bemis's use Of
words:
:" we have at least survived
to confront the second even greater
menace of another totalitariar
power :"
Is it not a function of govern
ment to evaluate enemies, theii
strength, their potentialities? In
five years, since 1945, Soviet Russia
has become, to use the professors
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CARL HALL, INTERNATIONAL
SHOE COMPANY, IN JUNEAU

Carl Hall, who has been selling
shoes in Alaska for SO many years
that the Territory is second home
for him-second to his headquar-
tiers in the New Washington Hotel,
Seattle, where he sees all the Wis
iting Alaskans-is in Juneau on his
way to the Interior and Westward.
With his father, the late John
H. Hall, Carl Hall first came to
Alaska in 1888, and has been max
ing the territory ever since, except
for time out for World War II.
The company Hall represents is
the International Shoe Company
of st. Louis.
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HUNTER PETERS Is
REPORTED OVERDUE

Special Officer AL jenkins of the
Alaska Native Service reported to
u. S. Coast Guard headquarters
that Willie Peters was overdue from
a hunting trip.
Jenkins reported for Mrs. Peters
who said Peters was due back Nov.
evmber 7. He had left here Nov
ember 3 in an 18-foot cupboard
boat to hunt on the north end OF
Douglas Island or east Of Mans
field Peninsula in the vicinity of
Horse Island. A Coast Guard cut
ter is searching for him, headquar-
tiers said today.
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LOOK and LEARN zsyy c. GORDON

In year United States become eff
fecve?
Who first said "The world must be democracy"
U. S
Which two Presidents last only
the fastest animal long distance running?
ANSWERS
/.
Wilson, against Germany
April 2, 1917
2.
Polk and Taft
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TRINITY GUILD BAZAAR

Plum buildings, doll clothes,
Christmas cards, hand-work, plas-
tics, white elephants, magazines,
tea. Saturday, Nov. II, 2-5 pm. in
the church undercroft. 652-4t
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Weather at
Alaska Points

Weather conuluons ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4 80
am, 10th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-10

schedule the moorshp Pacific arrived from Kake
ports L. from Wndham Frank Pie
umdum Barclay Kake, and j. Dedan, Taku.
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Weather: High, 43; low, Al; CLOUDY.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
CONSERVATION DRAINAGE PLAN
ON FARM OF ROLAND GARRISON

his bitches so that he may cross
them with his farm machines,
thereby eliminating any damage
to the ditch or to his machinery.
In his cooperation with the Soil
Conservation District, Mr.. Garrison
is using a three-quarter yard drag
line, recently purchased by the dis
trict, to construct his main outlet
bitches. He is also making use of
large district owned bulldozer to
remove brush, trees, etc., from the
paths of the new bitches and to
level the spoil banks after the
bitches have been dug. Upon COM
pletion of the main outlet, accord
ing to Conservationist w. F. Aist
Mr.. Garrison can expect normal
crop yields on large areas which
formerly were unsuitable for pro.
fitable cultivation.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27

Another drainage plan is now
nearing completion on the farm of
Roland Garrison, Whiteoak Road,
near Dover. This project which
was incorporated in his conserva-
tion plan, was worked out with the
assistances of the technicians of
the Soil Conservation District of
Kent County. Mr.. Garrison is
known for his use of the graded
dead furrow system of field drain
age and has established drainage
beds in nearly all of his poorly
drained fields. The purpose of his
cooperation with the Soil Conser-
walton District is to provide main
outlet bitches to carry off the
water from the drainage beds that
the conservation minded Mr.. Garri-
son had plowed in his fields. He is
also installing sections of tile in
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
Asbury Methodist Church

Services at Asbury Methodist
Church for Sunday, July Both are
as follows: Sunday School at 10
am, Mr.. Harry C. Johnson is gen.
eral superintendent; Morning Wor-
ship, with message by the pastor,
the Rev. Walter L .Beckwith, at
IL am. DR.. Hamilton P. Fox,
superintendent of the Wilmington
District, Peninsula Conference of
the Methodist Church, will be the
speaker at the vesper service, on
the shore of Lake Como, at z pm.
The Senior Choir and Miss Dorothy
Burge of Smyrna will provide
the special music at this service.
All scout troops, Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts, and Cubs, are especially
invited to this closing vesper SER
vice. Sunday School classes and
Morning Worship will continue
during the month of August, when
the Rev. John Thomas, of Middle
town, will speak at the IL am. SER
vice. There will be no evening SER
vices during August.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
ARRESTS MADE,
BY POLICE HERE
Smyrna Police Make Eight
Arrests in Safety and Law
enforcement Campaign
LIST OF VIOLATIONS

Eight more arrests were made
during the past week by the Smyr-
ma Police Force as the safety and
law enforcement campaign contin-
ued, according to Chief of Police
John w. Jacobs. Charles w. Sever
son, of Holmes, Fla, was fined $40
and costs for bucking traffic; Maur-
ice B. King, of Pocomoke City, Nd,
was fined $40 and costs for pass
ing a stop sign. Clarence McNatt,
Jr., of r. D. Smyrna, for bad
brakes was fined $40 and costs and
Franklin Bostic, of Sudlersville,
Md, was fined the same amount
for failing to yield right of way.
John ]. Haravan, of Reading, Pa,
was tagged $40 and costs for pass
ing on the right; Robert o. Watts,
Townsend, $40 and costs for speed
ing; and John t. Lister, R. D. Ken
ton. the same amount for speeding
and not using due care. Frank
Lawrence Sudler, of Smyrna, was
fined $40 and costs for failing to
stop.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
smyrna Bows Enlist in Army

Arthur Spencer, 19, and James
Purnell, Is, both Of Smyrna, have
enlisted in the Regular Army for
a period of three years. They
were enlisted at the Dover Army
and Air Force Recruiting Station
and are now on their way to Fort
Knox, Kentucky for the purpose of
taking their basic training. Both
enlisted for the Regular Army un-
assigned and stated they were en-
listing because of the present emer-
gency and the benefits they would
receive from an education in the
Army. The Army and Air Force
Recruiting Station in Dover states
there are vacancies for both the
Army and Air Force for qualified
young men and women and they
urge everyone who thinks himself
eligible to apply at their Office for
full information.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27
ADDRESSES
ROTARIANS
Frank Bradley, Postmaster at
fredericksburg, Tells of Col
lection of Stamps
100000 COLLECTORS

Frank Bradley, postmaster at
fredericksburg, Maryland, was the
guest speaker at the meeting of
the Smyrna Rotary Club last
Thursday night on a program ar
ranged by w. L. Wheatley. Mr.
Bradley, an ardent stamp collec-
tor, talked on the collection of
stamps, saying that there are now
100000 collectors in the United
States interested in all of the lat
est issues. Mr.. Bradley's collection
includes 33 issues of commemora-
tive stamps, and his hobby repre-
sents an investment of over $4,000.
The values have largely increased.
according to the speaker. He ex-
planned the different types of
stamps, giving their meaning, pur-
chase price, and present values.
Albert A. Newcomb, Sr. presided,
and Willard Rutter led group sing
ing. Mr.. Wheatley had as his
guests ]. Wells FAIRIES, Mr.. Brad
ley, and Edmund Unger. DR., Theo-
dore Hynson, United States Public
Health Service, was the guest of
DR.. c. ]. Prickett.
Smyrna times., 1950-07-27

BACK HEINOLD
Young Democrats Club of
Blackbird Vote Unanimous
ly to Support F. Heinold
PURPOSE OF CLUB

The Young Democrats Club of
Blackbird and Appoquinimink Hun
dred, which was organized in May,
met last week to cast their vote
unanimously in support of Fred
Heinold, Sr., of Blackbird, in the
primary and state elections. The
meeting was led by Jesse Watson,
president. Other officers are Ben
iamin Dickinson of Townsend, vice
president; Ronald Nowland of
Smyrna, secretary; and Leon Hen
derson of Townsend, treasurer.
There are forty members of the
club at the present time. The pur-
pose of the club, as set forth at
the organizational meeting, is Ito
familiarize the young party MEM
bers with the party principles, and
to give them better understand
ing of their government; to give
the young people an opportunity
to express their opinions and take
an active interest in party affairs. +"
The club has regular meetings on
the third Tuesday of every month,
and special meetings when called
at the Blackbird School. Among
recent guest speakers before the
club were Lieut.. Governor Alexis
I. dupont Bayard, Secretary of
State Harris B. Mcdowell, Jr.,
George I. Sylvester, and William
Bush of Dover.