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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
JUNEAU CITY BAND
 MEETS 10 4. M. SAT.

Members of the Juneau City Band are reminded by Director Shofner that they are to be at the Grade School auditorium at 10 o'clock tomorrow Saturday, for particiaA- ton in the Armed Forces Day par ade. There will be a 'tune-ur' before marching to the Government Dock from where the parade will start.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
HOSPITAL NOTES

Jay OSullivan, Henry Mead, and Kenneth James were admitted to St. Anns Hospital yesterday. Ka- therine Featherston and Albert James were dismissed.
 Paul Waydelich of Petersburg was admitted to the Government Hospital yesterday, and Verna Jamestown of Angoon was dismis- Sed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
RUMMAGE SALE

White elephants, plants. Basement Trinity Episcopal Church, 10 am, Saturday, May 20.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19

Store your furs with Chas. Gold stein and Company. Phone 102.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
LOOK and LEARN 4sy C, GORDON

What is the longest single river in the world?
 What January 1914 estab ished a r-a-daym minimum What Roman woeed Egyptian and committed
  4. Which the greatest What a
 ANSWERS l. The Nile, Egypt. 2. Henry Ford. 3. Antony. 4. A O. rbandw
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19

Sewing machines for rent at The White Sewing Machine Center. 52-tf
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
Weather al
 Alaska Points

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19
The Washington 

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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19

Weather: High, 48; low, 32; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-05-19

A born Mrs. Willis Rolf in St. Ann The father with the Bureau of Public Roads and Mrs. Dorothy Stearns high school here.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
This and That

"Tell me the date the cardinals, or
redbirds, migrate South writes a
reader "For the past three weeks I
have seen none"
Cardinals do not migrate.
They stay put, as the expression has it.
This is very fortunate for all local
bird lovers.
Few species give as much pleasure as
this.
Along with the jays. titmice, chicka-
dees, nuthatches, song sparrows, COM
mon sparrows, and few others. the
redbirds remain with us the year around.
This does not prevent them from
moving from one place to another in
this locale.
In other words. gardens full of cardi-
mails one season may have none the next
The bright wanderers may not have
gone any farther afield than the next
block, but they will be as irretrievably
lost to one as if they had, indeed, mi
grated. But there is great difference
between true migration and this moving
around in a limited way.
What authorities call the Washington
area is section 20 miles or so in dame
ter in all directions from the Capitol
Building.
In this area our true local birds move
around, and some of them, Of course,
manage to get farther and farther away.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. What two little girls encountered
st. Patrick by the well of Clebach?-
P. M.
A. Two youthful princesses, Eithne and
her younger sister, observed the custom
of visiting the well early in the morning.
Upon an occasion they found there st.
Patrick and a company of his disciples.
Eithne asked who they were and from
where they had come. Within short
time, st. Patrick baptized the children;
they received their first communion, and
shortly afterward died. st. Eithne is
styled "of the golden hair"
@. What American author addressed
series of letters to dog after its death,
and earned an international reputation
by doing so?-D.'W.
A. BY a happy circumstance, the
famous dog of motion pictures, Strong
heart, and j. Allen Boone became fast
friends. After Strongheart's death, Mr..
Boone and the elder Douglas Fairbanks
set out on world cruise. While en- route,
Mr.. Boone began writing letters to his
dead companion. In book form, they
have gone into many editions
Q. When check is made out to
woman whose title is Miss" should she
write it before her name when she is
indorsing the check?-R. o. K.
A. 1t is correct to include the title if
it appears on the face Of the check. Miss
Mary Anderson writes Miss Mary And
erson" on the reverse side, but only if the
check has been so issued.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
Dogs in Homewood
Loyal.

What's wrong with dog owners? I own
my home in pleasant little community
of HomeWood, a division of Kensington,
Md. However. in the last few months,
living in Homewood has become good
deal less pleasant because of the thought
lessness of some of the neighbors They
have acquired so many dogs that one
man has suggested that we ought to call
our little town Dogwood. He has point!
The dog owners do not bother to traip
their dogs in any way. shape, or manner,
but permit them to run loose and COM
NIT all sorts of nuisances against other
neighbors and on our properties. These
dogs often run in packs. barking, bowling,
snarling and disrupting traffic. They run
through flower beds and shrubs. In
fact, they have caused so much trouble
at the new elementary school that the
principal has had to warn parents about
permitting the dogs on the school
grounds.
All this is in addition to the horrible
noise the dogs make day and night. It
seems to me that if I had a bowling
dog, I would certainly do my best to
keep it quiet or get rid of it, But not
these Homewood owners! They seem
to feel that after the dogs have been
bought, their responsibilities have ended,
and as a result the rest of the neighbor-
hood has to suffer.
1t would be shame if some of us who
think we have right to sleep at night
and who dislike to see our yards messed
Evening star., 1950-10-23
BY Charles E. TroceweN

No matter how much food one puts out
for them, this movement takes place.
This happens because of their fluidity,
as it were; surely no creatures with wings
could do aught but fly.
Flying is their right, by nature, and
fly they must.
Pan, the great god of nature, has
seen to that since the beginning.
Give creature fins, and put it in
the water, it will swim.
Give it legs, and put it on dry land,
and it will run.
Give living thing wings. and it will
fly.
Such are the simple facts of nature.
in which we all live.
We are land animals, and SO walk or
at least used to walk, before some
learned to fly, and others to swim.
Walkers, among humans, still have
the best of it, one may think, for they
are doing what they were divinely ap-
pointed TO do.
Just as a bird that swims is out of
his element, or fish that flies does not
do it very we'll, so human being who
fails to walk is going back on his
divine equipment.
The birds know better.
1t is much to their credit, as we'll as
indicative of their common sense, that
they fly all the time.
They love to fly.
Evening star., 1950-10-23

Any one who watches them for even
little time at window will under
stand that. Their active metabolism, or
food utilization, makes them really food
motors, always buzzing away.
One will see that most species fly
just for the fun of it, never being salts
fled to remain long in one spot, but must
forever be on the go. reminding the
watcher of certain human types whose
glands of internal secretion work so
uniformly well that they, too. are always
up and at it.
This is why birds leave us, from time
to time. We may think they migrate.
when actually they are only around in
the next block, or maybe six blocks
away.
Some observers say Cardinals tend to
stay together all winter in family
groups, just as the bluejays do.
This may account for the fact that
half dozen to dozen redbirds in one
yard in winter is not unusual.
One of our best bird sights was of a
dozen males and their mates, "a birds
in all, perched in a large evergreen in
the snoW
This was sight. indeed. We thought
to enjoy it all winter, but the next day
there were only six cardinals to be
counted, all told, and the next day all
had disappeared.
But they had not migrated.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
Remember Our Own

1t seems to me that 1t is time some
one spoke up in defense of our American
born artists, particularly portrait painters
in the Washington Metropolitan Area.
A portrait painter is judged not by
the quality of his work, but rather by
the number of prominent people he has
been fortunate enough to paint. There
are several first rate American born
portraitists in the Washington area,
some of whom are natives One rarely
sees any mention of them or their work
in the press, probably because they have
not yet made "big name" by painting
the President and members of his official
family. Nevertheless, most foreign art
lists no sooner arrive in Washington than
they receive wide publicity. are "wined
and dined" as members of the elect, and
are accorded every facility in the way
of showings and exhibitions. even though
their work often does not merit such
consideration.
Let us not forget that charity begins
at home. Therefore, why do we not
afford the same opportunity to our own
artists. providing of course that their
work is worthy of It, as we do so readily
to those from abroad? 1t is time to
turn over new leaf!
Loyal.
Evening star., 1950-10-23

the Board of Estimates to 60 along with the
program to railroad the bills through before
election, the police and fire delegation centered
their anger on Stanley M. Isaacs, only member
OF the City Council who opposed the bills. Mr..
IsaacS was subjected to personal abuse which at
one point included threats of bodily harm It
was necessary for Acting Mayor Impelliteri to
send his personal bodyguard policeman for
tunately attending to duty to protect the City
Councilman from further abuse If not actual
injury.
Perhaps this sorry episode was aggravated
by the case of nerves which the New York Police
Department undoubtedly is experiencing as
result of the revelations of corruption made by
a grand jury under leadership of District Attorney
Hogan. The subsequent shakeup has brought the
department. vigorous new head Commissioner
Murphy of Hiss prosecution fame, and a rapid
succession of designations and retirements of
high police officials And the purge is still on.
But even considering the lowered morale and the
tension caused by the inquiry, there is no excuse
for the lawess actions of the demonstrators at
City Hall. Such men forfeit their right to be
members of a law enforcement agency.
Evening star., 1950-10-23

used to be armed occasionally with texts
OF his talks. But none remembers that
he ever actually followed them. Even
on closely timed radio and TV inter-
views, he refuses to see questions before
hand. He says he doesn't want to have
to be thinking of what's coming next.
His off-the-cuff remarks often get
him into hot Water-a condition he
shakes off about as easily as the praise
that comes his way. when too many
people start agreeing with what I say"
he commented, Il know I've done the
wrong thing. When they're yelling on
both sides Of question, I know I've
done about as good as I can expect"
AS much responsible for the "hot
water as his bluntness, though, is the
fact that he's probably the easiest man
in town to misinterpret If he can make
point by flanking it with an anecdote
or an involved and catchy phrase-and
he usually can-that's the way it comes
out.
Gen. Hershey was saying the other
night the new medical draft law. which
was designed to coerce doctors into VOL
unteering. is one of the most peculiar
in history"
1T sets up way for us not to do
something" he declared. But how
gentle we are going to have to be not
to touch a man in order to keep him
Evening star., 1950-10-23
DisgrocefuI Police Episode

The disgraceful disturbance in New York's
City Hall by hundred policemen and fremen
seeking immediate approval of liberalized pension
bills is another indication of the low estate to
which New York's once-respected finest" have
fallen. Such a near-riot, staged in the presence
of the acting mayor and other high city officials,
could be expected of a Communist mob but not
of uniformed group sworn to uphold law and
order.
The outrageous demonstration began when
the Board of Estimate, refusing to be bulldozed
into a rush decision on the politically important
pension bills, postponed action until November
16-a week after the November elections. The
lobbyists for the benefits had had no difficulty
in obtaining quick approval of the City Council
at a prior meeting. Enraged at the failure Of
Evening star., 1950-10-23
A Fine Appointment

Inc PRESIDENTS selection of Walter M
5aSCan Tor District Court judgeship is gratify
ing, Tor several reasons The first of these is
MI BaStlanS own qualifications and the fact
IilaC they nave become evident by distinction
won IN the private practice of the law.
Many of our judges have gone directly from
the Department of Justice or other branches of
the Government to the bench. with minimum
OF private practice behind them Our local
FEDERAL courts are overweighted with such ap-s
polntees. While we have excellent Judges who
nave followed this route to the bench, the prac-
tlce OF making such appointments is one that can
challenge the great tradition of an independent
Judiciary If carried too far. 1t is always matter
OF satisfaction, therefore, to see a LAWYER who
has won his spurs in the private practice of law,
and who possesses the attributes of character
which make good judge, recognized by eleva-
tion to the bench
MIR. Bastian is Republican, though his
political activities in this voteless community
have been nominal Including his appointment
the last four vacancies which have been filled
on District Court have been split evenly between
Republicans and Democrats, desirable balance
on principle, especially in an administration that
has been so long in control that the Federal
bench as whole is overbalanced by members of
the party in power recent Star editorial pre-
sented statistics which show that the selection
of Democrat by Republican President, or the
selection of a Republican by Democratic Presi-
dent, is the rare exception to what has been the
rule for many years. Mr.. Trumans record in
appointing men from the opposing party is
better, incidentally, than that of many of his
predecessors.
Because of his qualifications, Mr.. Bastian
has been likely appointee to the Federal bench
a high
a list of possible nominees for additional judge
ships on the Court of Appeals and the District
Court, but there was last-minute change of
plan. There are few selections from the Wash
ington bar that could cause much genuine
satisfaction to Washington lawyers and laymen
as Mr. Bastans appointment. The President
has made good choice.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
ANA Campaign

~'' HSsS"
The American Medical Associations
huge advertising campaign now being
conducted in the Nations press and on
the radio impels this letter.
Your readers should not be misled. All
doctors do not believe that national
health insurance is lone of the most
serious threats to individual freedom"
We are group of Washington doctors
who believe otherwise. We are ashamed
OF the unprofessional conduct of the ANA
IN its fight against this and other social
programs needed by the American people.
Many OF our colleagues feel as we do, but
VIII be silent because of the power of
the ANA to censor its members
The work of the ANA Washington
lobby in the 81st Congress is illustrative.
1t was largely responsible for the defeat
of three major health bills supported by
both Republicans and Democrats. One
of these would have improved school
health services: one would have encour-
aged the development of local health de-
partments throughout the country: and
the third would have expanded institu-
tlons for training doctors, nurses and
".
In addition. the ANA helped defeat an
extension of the Social Security Act to
people permanently and totally disabled.
The ANA has long record of oppo-
sltlon to health insurance of all kinds.
Because of public pressure, it now sup
ports voluntary health insurance, but
only those types it can control COM
pletely. Such insurance is only prac-
ticable for hospitalized illness, and for
certain groups in the upper income
brackets. The ANA has steadfastly re-
fused to help work out a system of
health insurance that would cover all
medical needs including preventive medi-
cine and would be economically and
geographically available to all the people.
The ANA and its allies in the drug
and commercial insurance fields are
spending $40 million on this advertising
campaign. This sum could finance a
four-year education for $500 medical
students: it could pay for one years
medical care for 100000 families: it could
build seventy-five 200 bed hospitals
which could serve a population of mil
lion. Such an expenditure seems hard
to justify when the country's resources
are at premium.
We deeply regret that our professional
organization has in these ways found it
necessary to forsake its customary dig
nifty, its scientific standards and its de-
votion to the public good. We sincerely
hope that the ANA will act soon to re-
move this blot from the good name of
the medical profession.
Anna Tulman- Rand, M. D.,
President, D. c. Chapter. The Ply
Sicians' Forum.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
By George Beveridee

MAJ. GEN. LEWIS B. HERSHEY
A'A sometimes gives the impression that
he is out to take the draft story-per-
sonally and directly-to every Amer
ican who will listen to him. It's a good
bet that he does more talking, publicly,
than any one else in Washington.
There are reasons for it, For one
thing, the selective service director is
up against the toughest job of his life
partial mobilization, the prospect Of
years of neither peace nor war, with an
armed force small enough for the one
situation and large enough to be ready
for the other. The fact is that it is
easier to muster all available hands for
an all-out war than to select relative
few for the maintenance of an uneasy
peace.
For another thing. Gen. Hersheys
success in the performance of his job
depends almost wholly on public under
standing and acceptance of selective
service policies. Top level officials can
make the draft regulations. But it IS
the public. as thousands Of volunteer
draft board members, which actually has
the final say on who will serve.
At any rate, Gen. Hershey's appoint
ment book indicates he averages about
talk day-including a good number
Of one-night stands out of town. The
week he doesn't have at least one major
radio or TV appearance is getting to
be the exception. g.:
Most of the time the draft director sits
on speakers platform he appears to
be in deep reflection. When he hoists
his substantial frame to talk, you can
be sure of at least two things He isn't
going to use prepared text. He's going
to get pretty personal.
Before an organization of draft elig-
ibles recently, Gen. Hershey opened this
way:
"Prospectives! Tonight I feel very
close to many of you"
From another group of 'prospeetives,"
he got no response when he asked if
there were any questions. "Oh, come
on-it's safe," he quipped. I'm near
sighted"
Actually, he wasn't kidding. The ST.
year-old general Che says he was "at-
tached to the Army for 80 years for pay
purposes'o lost the sight of his right eye
as the result of polo accident many
years ago. And the sight of his remain
ing eye is bad.
His subordinates swear Gen. Hershey
Evening star., 1950-10-23
Virginia Negro Doctors

Your editorial entitled Virginia Negro
Doctors" is most timely in that it ex-
presses the need-particularly in these
momentous and perilous times-of good
will human relations and health better
ment to be had by admitting Negro
physicians to the Medical Society of Vir-
glnia and elsewhere. In your advocacy
OF this important trend, which is seen
in the action of the Maryland Medical
Society and other accredited State medi-
cal societies by their admission of Negro
physicians to their membership, you have
voiced constructive opinion of national
import.
Your editorial will prove beneficial in
reminding the powers that be, that the
strength Of the national fabric is not
dependent upon the mere color of it's
strands (citizens)-nor it's mere inter-
woven aspect-but on the integrity of
its individual components.
John Sinclair Perry, M. d.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
End the Bridge Deadlock

1t is about time to end the deadlock among
Federal authorities over what kind of paving to
put on the Memorial Bridge. While funds for
the resurfacing remain untouched and while
the open season for road work gets shorter and
shorter, automobiles continue to take their daily
beating from the WORKOUT surface pending a
decision as to whether to pave the bridge with
macadam or granite blocks Unable to decide
among themselves, Federal park officials have
passed the buck to the Fine Arts Commission
which means more delay
Motorists who may not understand whv the
Fine Arts Commission should have any say about
paving will be surprised to learn that an issue
OF architectural integrity" is alleged to be in
volVed. When the bridge was built the designers
INSISTED on surfaclng the span with rough faced
granlte blocks, in keeping, they said, with the
monumental nature of the bridge These blocks
served well enough when Memorial Bridge was
used chiefly as an approach to Arlington Ma
tlonal Cemetery. But things have changed
across the Potomac River since those light
traffic days. Today Memorial Bridge is one of
the important links between Washington and
tne huge government establishments in Arling-
ton, with their satellite congested residential
areas beyond. The heavy traffic of recent years
has left the granite blocks in bad shape-full
OF depressions that bounce cars precarouslv
and worn so smooth that skdding is hard To
avoid in wet weather
Although Government officials are in unani-
NOUS agreement as to the need of repairing the
bridges surface, they have split wide over alter
native proposals. l. To keep the present granite
surface, but to level it and roughen the surface
against skdding by chipping it with blow
torches' e. To lay modern asphalt coating
over the old roadbed. The Public Roads Bureau
Iavors the asphalt surface, on the ground that
o for f1,o~
National Park Service unable to make Nm its
own collective mind, has asked the Fine Arts
commission for advice. But the commission is
not likely to rush its answer. And further delav
IN repairing the bridge seems to be inevitable
meanwhile motorists will continue to suffer and
10 be subjected to traffic hazards that should
have been eliminated long ago.
Evening star., 1950-10-23
Reminder of Home

Words just simply do not express my
pleasure here at Pearl Harbor, 5000
miles from Washington, upon finding a
copy of the book of Star cartoons on
the election campaign of 1948.
Not only are the cartoons as enjoyable
as when first saw them upon publica-
ton but they brought fond memories to
mind Of the late, one and only, Clifford
K. Bergman and those that carry on
Son Jimmy Bergman and Glib Crockett
in the best of the original Bergman
tradition.
Edwin L. Murray, JOG, USNR.
co Postmaster, San Francisco.