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Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15
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|Gades RoeGes
BY Mildred Kirkpatrick

To certain members of Con-
gress-
Honorable" Sirs:
After reading the proclama-
ton of Ernest Gruening, Cover
nor of Alaska, urging all people
of Alaska to observe Constitu-
ton Day on September II, l
looked up a certain document to
refresh my memory. 1t was such
inspiring reading that it should
be called to your attention. We,
the people of Alaska and Hawaii
have reason to believe that you
may not be familiar with this
document which reads as fol-
lows:
eve, the people of the United
States, in order to form a more
perfect union, establish justice,
insure domestic tranquility, pro-
vide for the common defense,
promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings Of
liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity, do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the United
States of America"
1t should not be necessary to
analyze the Preamble to the
American Constitution. Any man
who has reached the estate of
Senator Butler and Senator
Schoeppel must, if he will read
it again, see as we do the i'm
plications of the document when
compared to the statements and
actions of these two men.
The people of Alaska honor
and revere the Constitution of
the United States and will con-
tinue to do SO even if we are
denied our rights as Americans
through the efforts of a power
full minority.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15

Every living Catholic is a
member of the Church Militant
"a soldier of Christ, who is
trained to battle continuously
against the world, the flesh,
and the devil. And just as an
army of soldiers finds it profit
able to withdraw now and then
for rest, medical care, and fur
Their training, so an army of
Catholic men withdraw from the
world annually, to come forth
with better spiritual equipment
for the battles of their lives.
Priests, nuns, seminarians and
collegians have their annual
withdrawals from the world"
their annual Retreats. So do
many lay women. But it is of
the Closed Retreat for Catholic
laymen that we speak here, for
the movement is growing. by
leaps and bounds.
A Layman's Closed Retreat is
the gathering together of men
of like mind in a spot closed
off from the world and it's dis
fractions, for a period Of two
or three days and nights, for
the purpose of fortifying their
faith and gaining those graces
which make a man a better
Christian, a better citizen, a
better father, and a better neigh
Dor.
A Retreat includes Comics
sion, Mass, Holy Communion,
Benediction of the Blessed Sac
rament, Stations of the Cross,
prayers, hymns, and inspira-
tional talks by the Reverend
Retreat Master; but the two
events that perhaps impress
the Retreat most indelibly on
the soul are, first, a totally pri-
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15
Catholic Information
Catholics on Retreat

vate visit which each retreatant
makes to his Savior in the Bless
ed Sacrament-just the two of
them there togethe in the
chapel-and second, the beauti-
full hours of meditation on
wooded paths, DER rolling hills,
or in the privacy of his room.
Meditations on ones most init
mate problems, a sacred init
macy with ones Maker, a dec
laration of mutual love - all
private, all uninterrupted. Little
wonder that no man can ade-
quately describe a Retreat to
another!
In the United States there are
nearly 70 different r e a t
Houses for men (there are Re-
treat Houses for women, too)
at which more than 10000 Cath
Ollie laymen, and a goodly num-
Der of on-Catholics as well,
gather together for a three-day
Retreat every year. Professional
men and day laborers, old men
and young. men, saints and sim
ners, gather together yearly in
the only true Brotherhood of
Men - brothers of each other
and of Jesus Christ, under the
C mon Fatherhood of AL
mighty God.
Is Christianity failing? Is re-
ligion a thing merely for women
and children? Thirty thousand
laymen on Retreat each year!
Let them give the answer!
If it's anything Catholic. ask a
Catholic!
Sponsored by The
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Seward. Alaska adv
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15

The energy wasted in worry
ing over things that never hap
pen would build a strong bridge
over the chasm that worriers
imagine they have to cross.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15

People who feel they must
give vent to that squirrel in
stinct should try boarding a few
savings bonds.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-09-15
gy Uturr4 Serhires
FAITH CHAPEL.

FAITH CHAPEL.
J.. LLOYD DEAN. Pastor
SUNDAY
Sunday School ..-.-...10:45 a. m.
Young Peoples Meeting GAS pm
Evening Service ...----. 7:45 pm
Studies in the book Of Genesis.
WEDNESDAY,
Bible Study ...----.-.-- 1880 pm.
Studies in the Book Of Acts.
ST. PETERS EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
The Rev. L. Russell Clapp, Pastor
Sunday Services:
800 AM. ...-..Holy Communion
GAS AN. ........Church School
400 A.M.......Service and Sermon
Evening star., 1950-09-20

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Evening star., 1950-09-20
pers, the heavy Kramer's Dutch
English dictionary.
Worked IL NIGHTS on Suspect.

pers, the heavy Kramer's Dutch
English dictionary.
Worked IL Nights on Suspect.
For eleven nights and days. BY
day, crosS-examination at which
Dronkers said nothing. Nights Of
poring over each document and
page, scrupulously, with micro
scope, chemical patience.
On the morning of the eleventh
day sent for Dronkers. "You are
spy" I said warily. "You will
never leave this place alive. Why
do you drag out the suspense?"
He stretched himself on his
stilt-thin legs. trousers Tapping
at his ungainly ankles. He stood
erect, pointed a bony finger to-
word the ceiling.
IF my father-who is dead
could hear you accuse me-" he
raped his chest with knuckled
fingers-"with my love for the
House of Orange, Of being a trail
tor to our beautiful country, he
would turn in his grave :" Then
he slumped in his chair and
sobbed.
I said: 'All right, Dronkers." 4"
That night I went home to tackle
his ponderous. sea-stained Dutch
English dictionary, to scan it page
by page, the last Of his un-
searched possessions.
Clue Found in Dictionary.
Somewhere in those TOO pages
must be the fatal thread OF evi-
dence-the moose that would hang
him.
On page 432 7 found it-a tiny
pinprick under capital letter r.
I took my magnifying glass and
went through the dictionary on q
midnight hunt for pinpricks.
There were others. AS came
to each pinpricked letter jotted
it down. Soon they added up to
a name and address in Stockholm.
There was a second address, in
Lisbon.
Now it is a strange truth, but q
spy can never be trusted to re-
member a name and address in
foreign language with which he
is not well acquainted. I wrote
the addresses out. These were the
places to which Dronkers was to
send his betraying information.
Next morning I had Dronkers in
my Office again. showed him the
two addresses. "You were born q
Dutchman," told him. 'but you
will be hanged a traitor"
Confession Is Gained.
He looked wildly through my
window to where the English cedar
trees stirred in late April morn
ing's breeze.
why did you do it?" I asked.
He crumpled into a chair and
told me. 1t was his wife. BY the
time the Germans reached Hol-
land, she was tired, elderly and Ill.
He had made a pact with the
Germans. They were to pay his
wife Is pounds a month for three
months. If he came back from his
spy mission in England, he would
be given a 4-pound-a-w week job as
clerk at German headquarters in
Rotterdam.
'I could not see her sick and
hungry" said Dronkers. "All my
life I had failed her. This-was
my only chance"
I sat silent, watched them
march him away to the military
police van that would take him to
the prison where he was to be
hanged.
Tomorrow: Mock Court Solves Mystery
NJ "RAfunaas"
Evening star., 1950-09-20

At his lodgings, presumably. Han!
was still there In Rotterdam mex
day? Why for 40 pounds shoule
Hans beg that the Gestapo whiI
him into an agonized custard?"
DronkerS smiled sadly. "We hac
not thought of all that" he said
Poor Hans"
Story Is Broken Down.
Poor you," I said. "A man
who seeks an escape boat goes tc
the dockside taverns, the sea-
farers' pubs-not to the only
cafe-de-luxe that's left in Rotter-
dam after the bombing. I know
why you went to the Cafe At
lanta-because the Dutch beer
there is Herr Strauch's favorite
tipple. I know who has sent
you-Herr Strauch of the German
Secret Service.
Dronkers went slightly pale. 81
am telling you the truth, sir" he
said. II shall write to the high
est in this land. They shall know
they are harboring a Himmler-a
Kramer g. :"
He was taken from my Office
and sat that night upon the edge
of his dormitory bed, under the
mullioned windows of the grey
school in Clapham, by moonlight
writing his letters with a borrowed
pen. He wrote to Queen Will
helmina, the King. and Mr..
Churchill complaining about me.
The letters were brought to me
and taken care of.
That night I went home with all
his heap of papers, all the maps
and possessions Dronkers had
brought with him in his escape
boat.
Belongings Are Searched.
There is a rule I teach all ex-
aminers Of spy suspects: you
cannot, as a rule, unmask a clever
spy by questions. First, search
his belongings. In them is al
ways the clue that will destroy
him."
That night. by the electric fire
in my Chelsea fiat, I slipped coffee,
munched a few chocolates, care
fully examined this mans be-
longings.
A silver watch and chain >.
I examined each link by micro
scope. opened the watch, took
out the handspring. counted the
scratches upon the face of the
watch glass.
A pocket-knife. I stripped
away the bone from the handle,
punched out each screw.
Some cheap Dutch cigarettes,
North State" I stripped each
one, tested the f1imsy paper for
invisible ink, sifted the harsh
tobacco. There was nothing.
Two Left Together.
I lifted my curtain and saw
dawn in a saffron streak behind
the avenue. I stretched, shaved.
warmed up some cold coffee. tele-
phoned for a car to take me back
to the school.
Dronkers was having break
fast, Smearing red jam on toast,
slipping tea from a white mug.
He scowled at me when I called
him into my Office, but said moth
ing.
I sent for one of his fellow
travellers, the half-caste Malay.
When they stood together I
said excuse me-" and left them.
There was a microphone con-
cealed in the bare white shade of
the electric light. hurried to
the commandant'S room across the
little corridor and listened.
But DronkerS did not betray
himself.
That night, after another fruit
less conformation of the now
silent DronkerS, I took more OF
his stuff home. Maps, newspa-
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Conducting Orderly Business

every business Seattle be abated
of the ndsceton doubtful whether them
could remain The real test of good intentions scarcely
be based isolated instances but should be promised upon
the long record of conforming with the law This club
porated in 1914 employs % people record of six years
of operation within the law despite the three small nacons
noted in complaint, be sufficient to justify the
opinion that conducting orderly establishment
Our membership composed of little people They do not
have the funds join expensive clubs such those with which
associated Our members and patrons working
and with limited spend for recreation Can
be that you in the en isolation you enjoy from association
with people would deny these humble citizens the pleas
they derive from occasional evening in their
mans club!
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Asked to Reconsider

In conclusion Mr. Carroll ask you reconsider the
which you have started with such publicity fanfare
We ask you consider the rights the little people think
this would be best interests There sufficient
silk stocking reect you the office of prosecutor
you intend Seattle citizens the
poverty likely drive away from large number
of which might otherwise be yours 1t certain that you
accommodating reputation of enmit for the and under
privileged We think would be your interest abandon
the practice that developed this opinion Whether the little people
judge rightly will depend in large your
this important matter of dealing with their only place of
recreation We invite your good will Extending the hand of
fellowship, ask you forgive the crime of being poor
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Look Down on the Poor

1t is matter to sit in the corners seat and look
down dsdanfuy the humble people But the role
not dgnied with the simplicity like to in wealthy
and highly privileged citizens Happily most OF the pros
people of Seattle do not take this attitude of alooness
from the community which gave them the prosperity they enjoy
Exercising the freedom of American citizenship, have
heretofore believed right in legitimate bust
had previously supposed this of free will
might result in what believe be punitive
as your abatement action
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21

You have brought abatement proceedings against estab
lshment The Washington Social and Educational Club located
at 04 23rd Avenue North the City of Seattle You premise
your complaint upon three old attractions of the law
To begin with is admitted that these nfractions
occurred often do occur despite the diligence the
part of the to the laws and keep esta
lshment high plane
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
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Is this merely moral crusade it punitive action in
drive for votes? These questions the people
punished by your action.
Please Answer Our Questions
We ask you to them honestly fairly Surely
you will not deny this fortnight answer.
Why did proceed only against the clubs phtronzed
by poor people, Have you feaned from against
clubs which are paronEed by the sik-stocing class?
Two Kinds of Low Enforcement
Could be you demand kind enforcement
wealthy and another kind
poor and underprveged? Is this your idea of fulfilling lofty
duties of your office? ssis
Doyo deny the the privileges and mmunies
that you enjoy? a6rt
The poor people of Seattle Negroes Chinese Japanese and
the American citizens of other lineage deeply concerned
action They alarmed lest action take
other aspects until your drive poor
not engage in any kind of business
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Citizens Sign Petitions

Hundreds of business private citizens the
muny the club have signed petitions which they express
opinion given offene Who qualified
judge? it the people in the community where the club
operates political overload who seeks
break the little people order that he enforce his
CANT will them s. yo5r
lC
We ask these questions in the good faith. We
your friendly cooperation We would like your friend
despite the fact that do share your harsh
LET'S Be Friends
get together in friendly community interest
thus great City Seattle the stigma of being haven
for racial and political persecution?
We think you will be in accord with this approach to
better understanding At least profoundly hopeful
that you will reconsider w.
-.-r..aaT paid ADVERTISEMENT
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21
Freedom to Choose Occupation

Viewing the record it disclosed by your complaint
forced the conclusion that mistaken previous
belief that might have freedom of choice in matters of
patton.
not believe the three small instances of law violation
period of six years constitute evidence of the moral ter
pitude that would justify you in closing the Club.
Humble Little People
humble little people would like feel they free from
this kind of political action through the courts is impossible
other Interpretation the proceeding which did
not become until entered tense campaign seeking
reelection.
The last instance of alleged law violation occurred early
July How happen that you did not find
proceed until you started your drive for votes seeking reelec
tion the office you in this particular action?
Negroes Are Targets
How does happen that your enforcement officers proceeded
only against the Negro-owned clubs?
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-09-21

Is this merely moral crusade, is it punitive in
drive for votes? These questions people who
punished by your action.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
FAIRBANKS OLDEST
SETTLER PASSES ON

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Nov. 24-tR
John j. Buckley. 70, one of Fair
banks Oldest settlers and best
known pioneers. died Wednesday.
Buckley had been a deputy US.
Marshal for the past 80 years and
Chief Deputy since 1886.
He came to Alaska in 1896 and
went to Circle. Eight years later he
became one of the founders of
Fairbanks. His name has been
linked with such Yukon trailblazers
as James Wickersham, Tom Mark
ham, John McGinn and Leroy To-
zier.
Buckley was active in Masonic
affairs. He was member of Law
son Consistory, Seattle, and had
just finished his third term as
District Deputy of the Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge for Wash
ington and Alaska. At the time of
his death he also was treasurer of
the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo num-
Der 4.
He is survived by the widow here,
daughter. Mrs. Katherine Edlund,
and son, Richard, Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
|BARL0W-V0N MINDEN
WEDDING IS EVENT
THANKSGIVING DAY

Thanksgiving Day was chosen for
their wedding day by Ivy Doris
Barlow and James B. Won Minden
who were married at one O'Clock
yesterday afternoon in the Juneau
Hotel by Judge Gordon Gray. us
Commissioner.
Attendants for the couple were
Joann Jean Talkington and P. w.
Talkington and Francille Goodwin.
Following the marriage ceremony
friends attended reception at
the home of the bride in the Film
gen apartments.
The bridal couple and Mr.. and
Mrs. darlington later enjoyed a
dinner at Mixes in Douglas.
Mrs. Won Minden is a member Of
the staff of the California Grocery
and Mr.. Won Minden is driver for
the Glacier Cab Company. They
will make their home in the Ellin-
gen Apartments.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
ALASKA COASTAL HAS
55,0N WED. FLIGHTS;
NO FLIGHTS THURSDAY

Alaska Coastal Airiines flights
Wednesday carried a total of 5s
passengers with IL on Interpret with
Is arriving and 81 departing.
Departing for Sitka we're: Lii
liam zettel, Johnny Charles, Anton.
etc Nan Eng, Bob Fredericks, Phil
lips Sampson, Paul Pavella, Joan
Jimmy, Joe Anycinah, Larrie Was.
silie, Auva Essholt, Eleanor johnson
Edna Andrew, Bertham Simeon
Fritz Pillusha, Andrew Charles
Evelyn Stewart Mr.. and Mrs. j. N
Thompson, H. v. Davis, Della Ro.
nero, Fannie Jim, Mary Lund, Jen-
ny Wassilie, Hazel Lindstrom, Ken
meth Albright, Eveleyn Perkins, E
C. Tibbets.
For Petersburg: Jack Cox; fol
Ketchikan: Tom Cummings, E. l.
Hughes; for Taku Harbor: Hans
NeSrug.
Arriving from Hoonah were: Mar
tin Holm, Jim Richardson, Don
Williams; from Ketchikan: Rev
Armstrong; from Tenakee: James
Paddock; from Sitka: B. Stevenson,
Bishop Gordon, Jerry Beason, Will
liam Smith, Al Willard; from Chi
chagof: Howard Hayes.
From Fish Bay: James Nielsen,
William FarriS.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
Communist
China Nine
Al UN Today

LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 24-tR-A
nine-member Chinese Communist
delegation will make its first visit to
Lake Success late today to present
credentials to U.N. Secretary Gen.
eral Trygve Lie. The delegation ar
rived earlier in the day at Idle
wild International Airport.
Russia asked that the Chinese
Reds be invited to participate at
once in the political committees
debate on Formosa. The committee
debated the question throughout its
morning session but reached no de-
cision. 1t was expected to reach a
vote this afternoon.
The General Assembly's Donation
political committee now is consid-
ering Russian charges of American
aggression against China. The
charges grew out of President Tru-
mans order sending the US. Sew
enth fleet into Formosa Strait to
prevent spreading of the Korean
war.
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Jacob A. Malik made the request
that the Chinese Reds participate
in the committees proceedings.
Nationalist China's T. F. Tsiang
expressed vigorous opposition. US.
Delegate John Foster Dulles said:
II have no desire to speak on this
question"
Tsiang said: This (RedD regime
has not the legal competence to
offer a complaint on the part of
my country. This is propaganda
trick"
Several Latin American delega-
tons opposed the Soviet proposal.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
J0BLESS CLAIMANT
JAILED FOR FRAUD

David c. Kydd, stenographer, age
Al, was sentenced in U. S. Com
missioner's Court Wednesday on
three counts of filing fraudulent
claims for unemployment insurance.
He was fined $50 on. each of the
three counts and sentenced to thirty
days in Jail on each count, the
terms to run concurrently.
Kydd pleaded guilty to charges
brought by the Employment Secur-
ity Commission that he had falsi-
fled statements in which he alleged
that he was unemployed whereas
he was employed full time, on two
occasions; and to classifying state
ment as to his earnings in order
to draw partial benefits, the basis
for the third count.
Stanley Baskin, assistant district
attorney, prosecuted the case for
the Employment Security Com
mission of Alaska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
SOME CONFUSION
But JUNEAU ENJOYS
THANKSGIVING DAY

Juneau awakened yesterday morn
ing TO find a mantle of snow over
the city and countryside for an un-
expected white Thanksgiving Day.
Inc new snow was a delight tn the
youngsters but the gusty winds
which came along in Woodworking
were not SO welcome.
TO add to the confusion the power
on the Alaska-J Juneau line was
turned off for As minutes at 10
o'clock in the morning. Salt spray
on the insulators was the cause OF
the trouble and the power off order
was necessary while workmen re-
paired the damage, Al officials
explained today.
For little while housewives
looked over their pantries somewhat
frantically to determine what they
could do with sandwiches in place
OF the turkeys already in or ready
for ovens.
However. all turned out well and
families got away in time for church
services and all churches had good
attendance.
The church services and dinner
parties for families and their friends
were the events of the day with
visiting and quiet entertainment in
the homes.