davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
ALUMNI wins ANNUAL
TUSSLE 37-35; FIRST
LEAGUE GAME NOV. q

The Juneau High School cagers
lost the first game Of the season
Wednesday night against the
Alumni by one free throw with the
final score at 81 to &c.
The Alumni broke the ice with
Tom Powers basket near the end
of the second of play. Scoring see
sawed during the entire game. Dur
ing the third quarter, Juneau High
worked five point lead that was
closed by the end of the period.
Score at the end of the period was
Juneau High 26, Alumni rs. Each
team scored IL points in this quar-
ter.
The high school team was less ex-
perienced than the alumnis who
have been playing the game for a
longer time. overall, both teams
missed scoring chances with the
high school missing the rebounds.
The high school team showed ten
dency Of getting in corner with
out being able to work out.
In the closing seconds of the
last quarter, Denny Merritt of the
Alumnis was fouled with his single
gift shot winning the game. Other
than the five point lead the high
school team had in the third quar-
ter, neither team had more than
two or three point gain at any time.
Herbie Martin and Elton Eng
strom, Jr., of the high school team
showed up as stars with Dudley
Smithberg starring for the Alumnis.
The high school band, cheer lead
ers and song leaders made their
first appearance of the year.
In the preliminary game, the
sophomore-junior team won over
the freshman team "a to 81.
The first league game Of the sea-
son for the Gastineau Channel
League is scheduled for Tuesday,
November %, in the Juneau High
School gymnasium. 1t will be
double header with Juneau High VS.
Arctics and Columbia Lumber VS.
Imperials. First game time is 7:30.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
Copyright, 1850. By Bell Syndicate, Incl
BY DREW PEARSON

ELLIS ISLAND, N. Y.-Thanks-
giving began as a day on which
group of English immigrants
gave thanks for being able to
weather the rigors of one year on
new continent.
Now, three centuries later, imml-
grants are still arriving in small
numbers in this country; only on
Thanksgiving Day the latest arri-
walls had little to be thankful for.
For the Statue of Liberty which
once welcomed new arrivals like a
beacon of hope in New York's clut-
tered harbor, stands with its back
turned, both actually and figura-
lively, on Ellis Island.
This austre island has been
Aoing a brisk business since the
McCarran Communist control law
went into effect. And Thanksgiv-
ing Day was anything but that for
those who came seeking the land of
promise, but found themselves
shunted behind the red brick walls
and high wire fences here along
with stowaways and undesirable al
lens.
Immigrants come along only in a
>trickle now-about 1000 month
compared with million or so a
(Continued on Page Four
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
ANCHORAGE
BATTERED,
HIGH WIND

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. "a
R = Steady high winds downed
power lines, shattered showroom
plate glass windows and plunged
this city into temporary black
out last night. Shingles and roof
ing paper Uttered the streets.
The violent blow, moving north
northeast along icy Knik Arm off
Cook Inlet, averaged As mph with
recorded gusts as strong as 70 and
even IS mph.
The Weather Bureau forecast
diminishing winds for today.
Property Damage Heavy
Property damage from the day.
long pounding was heavy. Police
were called out to guard stores
where broken windows brought a
threat of looting. Firemen dis
mantled signs which endangered
pedestrians and parked cars.
At Merrill Field, the city's pri-
vate airport, planes were appended
and torn from mornings. Two I'M
occupied craft crashed on the run
way only to be swept aside by a
heavy wind gust few moments
later.
Real BlackOut
The power blackout left hotels,
radio stations and police depart
ment upon auxiliary power facili-
ties. Taxis were left to shift for
themselves without any centrally
located radio call system.
One fire was reported sweeping
through forest land on the Palmer
highway near the KING river bridge.
Telephone communication with
Palmer, at the north end of the
Knik Arm, was destroyed by SIM
liar, but weaker, storm last week.
How hard the community was hit by
the latest blow was undetermined.
The storm also swept over the
Kenai Peninsula to the south where
gusts of 10 mph were recorded, and
with lesser strength at Kodiak.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
WADE, ANS DIRECTOR.
TO WASHINGTON ON
REPLACING HOSPITAL

Hugh j. Wade, Alaska Native
Service area director, leaves this
afternoon for Washington, DC
While there, he will discuss the
problem of replacing the Bethel
MS hospital that was destroyed
by fire Tuesday.
Delegate Bob Bartlett is prepar-
ing an emergency bill to be pre-
6ented at the special session of Con-
|gress to get an appropriation for
rebuilding the destroyed hospital
Wade is also to attend Children
and Youth Conference while in
Washington.
He meets with DR.. James Ryan
Commissioner of Education fol
ALASKA, in Washington to discuss
educational problems as they are
related to the Territorial Depart
|ment of Education and the Alaska
Native Service.
Wade hopes to obtain medical
director for the Alaska Native Serv-
lice while in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
MURRAY ELECTED
CI0 president
FOR nth Term

CHICAGO, Nov. "a - R - Philip
Murray was reelected to his 18th
term as CIO President by acclama-
! ton today.
The action sent Murray into his
second decade as head of the ma
TONS second largest labor organiza-
ton, claiming some 100000 mem
bers.
A long and noisy demonstration
followed Murray's nomination by
President Jacob Potofsky of the
Amalgamated Clothing Workers.
The election Of officers was a
windup feature of the CLOS 18th
national convention.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
III KILLED IN
LONG I5LAND
train CRASH

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-tR-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey said today that
preliminary evidence indicates "a
human failure" was the cause OF
the Thanksgiving Eve Long Island
railroad wreck which took n lives.
Dewey, who cut short a Florida
vacation to lead one of the investi-
cations of the wreck started today,
made his statement after a meet
ing with the State Public Service
Commission.
AS the Governor spoke there we're
demands for quick action by ma
tional, state and city officials to
put an end to the carnage on the
Long Island. 1t was the second
major disaster in a year in the
railroad.
Dewey said commission findings
showed the express which plowed
into the rear of stalled train
had passed through one warning
signal and one stop signal at fun
speed of between go and 65 miles
per hour.
The warning signal was a mile
and half from the scene of the
accident.
Whatever the causes, human OF
mechanical, the situation on the
Long Island Railroad is utterly in
tolerable," Dewey said.
One hundred ten people have
died in the two Long Island wrecks
this year
In the latest disaster one cleo
trio train plowed into the rear of
another, which was stalled about
ten miles from Times Square. With
deafening roar and a binding
flash from the third rail, the front
and rear cars of the two 12-car
trains telescoped.
Death and terror struck the g.
100 passengers, many them crowded
in the aisles. ;,
Vast rescue forces were on the
scene minutes after the crash.
But it took nine hours to get the
last mangled body out Of the sick
ening death trap of twisted steel
The motorman of the second
train was killed
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
GENERAL ASSAULT TO
end KOREAN WAR IS
MatARTHUR'S ORDERS
(By the Associated Press

w eiiC hooOSidOCQ lcSSp
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's United
Nations forces launched a general
assault today aimed at ending the
Korean war before Christmas.
Three Allied corps jumped off in
freezing weather along an 80-mile
northwestern front. The first
thrusts carried up to eight miles.
This is one arm of a giant nut
cracker which Macarthur ordered.
TO finish this off as quickly as
possible"
Inc other arm is in the northeast
where the South Korean CapitaI
Division smashed through light in
effectual resistance" to within seven
miles OF Chongjin. the last big Ko-
rean city south of the Soviet from
tier.
Macarthur at Front
Macarthur flew to the front IN
see the offensive get off to a good
start. He said: Il hope to keep nv
promise to the CTS to have them
nome by Christmas" He added:
Tell the boys when they reach
the Yalu they are going home"
That was the stuff the troops were
waiting for. They plowed ahead on
all fronts.
Western Offensive
In special communicate an
nouncing the western offensive
Macarthur declared IF successful
this should for all practical pur-
poses end the war, restore peace and
unity to Korea, enable the prompt
withdrawal of United Nations mill
tary forces, and permit the COM
piete assumption by the Korean
people and nation of full sovereignty
and international equality"
The US. Second and 25th Divi.
sions and Turkish Brigade imme-
diately moved up to take over a
25-mile sector in the middle of the
northwest line.
northwest Push
The big northwest push began As
to so miles south Of the border.
The South Korean First Division
plowed ahead on the Taechon front
reaching within seven miles of that
important Communist base.
The Allied offensive, ACCOMPANIED
by strong air support, met only
weak opposition at first.
Macarthur said new Red armies
had joined an estimated 100000 Ko-
reans in the fighting. The us.
Seventh Marine Regiment ran into
a fresh division of Chinese Reds
the 89th-on the north-central
front. Previously the regiment had
been lightly opposed in its march
to envelop the Changjin reservoir.
The about push to end the war
came as activity stepped up on the
diplomatic front and following a
strange battlefront lull during
which Tokyo was astir with peace
rumors.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
ASK GERMAN
COOPERATION
FOR FREEDOM
(By the Associated Press

The United States reactivated its
Seventh Army in Europe today and
US. High Commissioner John j.
McCloy called on Germans to face
up to the task of defending Euro
pean freedom.
The Seventh Army, which landed
in Southern France in 1914 and
fought to Southern Germany, is the
only US. Army to be organized in
Europe since rehabilitation after
the Second World War.
Its reactivation provides the
framework for American reinforce
ments promised for the defense of
Western Europe.
Commissioner McCloy's appeal to
the Germans was in an address at
Kiel University.
mo one can preserve your free
doms for you." he told German stu
dents. He reminded them that many
American students are being forced
to interrupt their studies and ca
reers to enter military service and
expressed confidence that young
Germany will meet the test"
At the same time West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
blamed German indecision on max
ing contribution to western de-
Tense on the INDIGESTION of the west
ern powers. His view was given to
French High Commissioner Andre
F'rancois-P at Bonn.
Adenauer openly advocates the
arming of German troops to serve
in a West European army.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
HYAK HUNTING PARTY
REPORTS FAIR GAME

Storms made their hunting trip
longer than planned. for a group
aboard Sim MacKinnon's Hyak
returned the first of the week from
Rocky Pass.
The Hyak was delayed five days
at Kake, then arrived as near Ju-
neau as Taku Harbor and was held
up for three more days. Eight boats
kept the Hyak company storm
bound at Taku.
Aboard the Hyak were Minard
Mill, Minard (Skeet) Mill, Jr., JAM
es Orme, Joe Johnston, Percy Rey-
nolds, Skip MacKinnon and Capt
MacKinnon.
Hunting? just fair"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
Macarthur Dares jets, Other
Aircraft Flies Over Enemy
Territory; Thumbs Nose
BY RELMAN pat" NORM
veteran A.P. Correspondent

TOKYO, Nov. 24-tRLGeneral
MacArthur's amazing flight today
, to the Yalu river, 60 miles behind
enemy lines and over known Red
fighter nests, was not a spur-of-
the-moment caprice.
He said he had been considering
it for some time.
He is the first supreme CON-
mander in history to calmly fly fal
into enemy territory and examine
the detectives of the offensive. He
cody circled the areas where the
Chinese Communists have been the
most sensitive to the approach OF
any aircraft.
The flight was made in an I'M
armed private plane in brilliant
sunlight shortly after 2 pm.
That" said Maj. Gen. Courtney
Whitney, one of MacArthur's aides
sis what I would call thumbing
your nose at the Chinese"
That" a correspondent replied
sis what 1 would call pushing your
luck little"
Macarthur apparently is COM
pletely fearless. Or else he has such
complete confidence in his own
lucky star that it never occurred to
him that to take a Constellation
over a hive of -mile-an- hour
jets might be immensely dangerous.
This is the way it felt and looked.
We had spent four icy hours
touring the front.
The wind was a cold, en-edged
sabre that searched out the smallest
opening in your clothes and stabbed
through to the flesh.
The Soap" MacArthur's own
plane, was beautiful sight, a big
silver stove, when the jeeps jolted
back over frozen roads to the air.
field at Sinanju.
MacArthur's chair is in the after
part of the plane 1t swivels around
like parlor chairs in the new pull
mans.
1--WE are going to reconnoitre the
Yalu river" Whitney said, land the
Suiho Dam and anything else that
looks interesting"
The correspondents stopped writ
ing. One gulped, cleared his throat
and said:
Il wonder if this trip is really
necessary"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
Seek Improve
5etup Alaska
Armed Force

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a ZAP =
Senator Hunt Cd Wyo) said today
he hopes to find some method Of
whiting away some of the ter
rifle cost of defense efforts" ii
Alaska.
Hunt, chairman Of three-mar
investigating group, added thai
housing for the increased military
forces in Alaska is "woefully mad
equate' and that some new system
of overall coordination or planning
appears to be necessary.
With Senators Morse R-Ore)
and Saltonstall (R- Mass, Hunt
made an inspection trip to Alaska
recently for the Armed Services
preparedness subcommittee. Their
formal report is expected about
the first of the year.
Watchdog" Committee
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Lyndon johnson D-Tex)
is acting as a watchdog" over the
entire multi billion dollar defense
program. 1t already has sharply
criticized government rubber and
alcohol programs and the disposal
Of World War II surplus.
Hunt and his colleagues flew to
Alaska with committee experts to
examine the multi-million dollar
defense efforts underway in this
us. territory nearest Soviet Rus
STA.
Considering living conditions and
the climate, we found the morale
of our fighting forces very high"
Hunt said. 1--WE also found out that
unification of the Armed Services
appeared to be working very we'll"
Agencies Need CoOrdinator
He reported fair progress on con-
struction and operation of huge
radar net. On the other hand, Hunt
said there appeared to ''be need of
coordinator for all the govern
ment agencies on the military con-
struction programs underway"
Some careful advance planning
among all interests early in Janu-
airy or February of each year prob
ably could speed up defense pro-
jects and reduce costs, he added.
Strikes, high costs of materials
and labor and material shortages
have delayed some projects beyond
the short season when work can be
DONE" he said.
"Rents Terrific"
Transportation by the Alaska
Steamship Company also has been
very, very COSTLY"
AS result, Hunt said, military
personnel often is quartered through
the frigid winters in temporary
metal and canvas housing left
over from World War II.
Many officers and men are forced
to rent quarters" he said. THE
rents are terrific and the accom-
modations they get are terrible"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24

Irv Curtis, Juneau public account
ant. Mrs. Curtis and their young
son, Mark, are on their way to,
California on a visit. They left Ju-
neau Wednesday by Pan American
Always and will go to Tulare in the
central part of the southern state,
to visit with Mrs. Curtis parents.
Mr.. Curtis plans to return about
December l and his wife and son
will remain in Tulare for several
weeks.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
LEADBETTER TO OHIO

George Leadbetter who has been
in Juneau since last summer, left
Wednesday on the Pan American
clipper on his way to his home in
Huron, Ohio. and to his duties with
the Ohio Department of Health. He
and Mrs. Leadbetter CDR. Bernita
Block enjoyed a vacation here in
the summer and Leadbetter re-
NAMED after his wife returned to
ONO, to take care of their property
interests on the Fritz Cove road.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Nov. "a = Closing
quotation of Alaska Juneau mine
stock today is az, American Can
l0l, American Tel. and Tel. 1919
Anaconda 39A, Douglas Aircraft So
General Electric 1875, General Mo-
tors 4SA. Goodyear 6Oh, Kennecott
74h, Libby MCNEIL and Libby 81
Standard Oil of Cal. 82iA, goth
Century Fox 21A, US. Steel Al, Ca
madam Exchange 96.12k, Pound
$2.80%.
Sales today were 100000 shares
Averages today are as follows: in
dustrials 235.47, rails 71.06, utilities
4070.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
CROFTON FAMILY HEEr

r. j. Crofton, highway cost re-
search engineer with the Alaska
Road Commission here since the
first of the month, has been joined
by Mrs. Crofton and their 2-year old
daughter, Amber Louise. They are
living at the Baranof Hotel. Prior
to coming to Alaska. Crofton was
with Arthur Young and Co., certi-
fled public accountants in Seattle.
He is originally from Pasadena,
Calf.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
PACIFIC NORTHERN
BRINGS 4; TAKES I

Pacific Northern Airlines flights
were on schedule yesterday. Arriv-
ing here were Joan Lingo, A. L.
zumwalt, M. Sanford and Ken
Bowman.
w. E. Hutchinson and Mrs. Don
Prov departed for Anchorage.
Going to Anchorage Wednesday
were Mrs. L. Williamson, Capt. r.
S. Thompson, Karl Brunstad, Mr.
and Mrs. Ole Granell and Wendell
Matthews.
Father Lorente and John Will
liams went to Yakutat.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
FORESTER ENDS DUTY
PLANS TRIP TO S. A.

Craig Silvernale, recent gradu-
ate forester, is leaving Juneau
Tuesday for the states and with
three friends will take off early
this winter on a long planned trip
to South America. Just what the
young adventures will do when
they reach the southern continent
they have not yet determined but
have a number of prospects in
view.
Silvernale spent his first season
IN Alaska last summer and was
project forester for timber sales in
the Hood Bay area for the U. S
Forest Service.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
BISHOP GORDON HERE
ENROUTE TO WRANGELL

Bishop William j. Gordon came
in to Juneau Wednesday from Sitka
by Alaska Coastal Airlines and left
the same day for Wrangell. He is
making visit to the Episcopal
churches in Southeast Alaska and
will go from Wrangell to Peters
burg. From the latter city Bishop
Gordon will go Ketchikan and fly
by Pan American Anyways from An
nette Island direct to Fairbanks. his
headquarters.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
JOE GREEN HAS STROKE

Joseph A. Green, well known
former Alaska legislator, suffered
slight stroke last Monday at the
Orpheum Rooms where he is living
and was taken to st. AIMS hospital
Wednesday. DR.. John Clements, his
physician, said today that he was in
fair condition and resting easily.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
POSTMASTER HOME
AFTER VACATION TRIP

Mrs. Crystal JENNIE. Juneau Post
master, returned Wednesday in time
for Thanksgiving Day with her
family, after a vacation trip to
the states. She visited chiefly in
and around Seattle.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Princess Louise from Vancouver
due tomorrow afternoon or evening.
Denali scheduled to sail from Sc
attic 5 pm. today.
Baranof from west delayed and
so will not arrive until Monday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
HEAVY SELLING

NEW YORK, Nov. 24-R-The
Stock Market plowed through heavy
selling today to establish a new 20
year high.
Final prices were up a few cents
TO around 81 share.
Largest gains were scored dur
ing an opening burst of demand.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
AT THE GASTINEAU

Dale Strohecker, from the US.
Coast Guard Base at Ketchikan
is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
Warren Hager Shot
By Wife, Who Then
Takes Her Own Life

KETCHIKAN, Alaska. Nov. 24-R
"A Ketchikan night club manager
WAS injured seriously and his wife
killed in a double shooting late
"Wednesday.
Fred Bryant, Deputy U. S. Mar
6hal, said he was told by the
wounded man, Warren L. Hager,
that he was shot by his wife, Ruth.
THE woman's body was found lying
across a bed at the Sunset Manor
Club, which Hager managed. She
|aad been shot through the heart.
Hager's physician, DR.. Louis Sala-
kar. described the wounded mans
condition as satisfactory" last
hight. The doctor said he had OPP
Grated on perforated intestine
which appeared to result from a
% calibre bullet.
Hager was brought to the hos
pital shortly after pm. when fire
men and DR.. Salazar went to the
ETlub in response to a call for a
doctor and ambulance.
The Deputy Marshal said the
Moman's wound appeared to be self
Inflicted but coroner Val Jolicouer
withheld comment pending an in
quest.
The Hagers are wellknown in
Juneau when he was former owner
bf the Top Hat Bar on South
Franklin, swapping his interest sew
sral months ago with Howard Bry-
ant. in business in Ketchikan.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
ELKS ATTENTION

Ladies Night, Saturday Nov. 25
Dancing starts at 10 o'clock. For
Elks and their ladies only. 666-2t
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
. . . . . . .
WEATHER REPORT

WEATHER REPORT
Temperatures for 24-Hour Period
ending $40 O'Clock this morning
In Juneau-Maximum, %;
minimum, 16.
At Airport-Maximum, Is;
minimum, II.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24
F O r. e C A = T
Juneau and Vicinity


Mostly cloudy with occa-
sional light snow tonight and
Saturday. Low temperature
tonight near %. High Satur-
day about 20 degrees. Occa-
sional gusty northeasterly
winds.
p r E C IPI r Al ION
} past "a hours ending 7:30 m. today
City of Juneau-O.1O inches;
since Nov. - 400 inches;
since July 1912 inches.
At Airport - 006 inches;
since Nov. - 2.01 inches;
since July 1-23.06 inches.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-11-24

CONTINUED on Page Four)
Evening star., 1950-09-12
Tulk on Atomic Weapons

The Washington Safety chapter
OF the American Society Of Safety
Engineers will hear about the
effects Of atomic weapons from
an officer Of the Armed Forces
Special Weapons Project at q
meeting tomorrow in the Naval
Gun Factory. Sherwood B. Smith,
assistant to the chief Of the spe-
cial weapons program, will speak
at the meeting at $50 pm. In
the factory's Officers' Mess.
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17

CARS AND TRUCKS FOR SALE
Largest selection. Lowest prices. Easy
terms. Bryan &. Rollins, Lewes, Del.
10-13-tf
Milford chronicle., 1950-11-17
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank each and every
person who by their donations,
work and other means of cooper
alton, helped to make our annual
Firemen's Supper a success. We
especially want to thank the ladies
of Houston, both white and color
ed, for their hard work and the
Milford Chronicle newspaper for
all the splendid news notices they
gave us. The Houston Volunteer
Fire Company. 11-I7-1tp