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Evening star., 1951-03-17
Home for FoundIings at Work
On Plans to Raise Own Funds

|of the complaint against the home
by UCS and the cause of its finan-
cial trouble, it was said. In a pre-
|liminary report of a study ordered
last year, when withdrawal of
Chest support was recommended,
it was stated that almost all of the
"a infants at the home were wards
of the Board of Public Welfare.
The board pays $45 monthly for
each child, against an actual cost
to the home of $3.50. UCS officials
complained. Chest funds, Therefore,
were being used to support infants
vino are the responsibility of the
Government.
In addition to Mr.. Pratt, the fol-
lowing persons were elected lasv
night: Victor B. Deyver. first vice
president: Mrs. Boyd Taylor, Sec
ond vice president. and Remick
S. Ferguson, secretary. AS in past
years the Washington Loan &
Trust Co. was named treasurer.
New members of the board of
trustees are Dr.. Harry H. Kerr
and Fontaine c. Bradley. The
board. in addition, is made up of
DR.. William S. Anderson. Mrs.
Daniel Devore, DR.. Lewis c.
Ecker, Col. Joseph Fairbanks, C.
F.. Jacobsen, DR.. j. R. Heller, jr.;
DR.. Calvin T. Klopp, Alfred H,
Lawson, Mrs. Joseph C. Longridge.
Mrs. A. c. Olipnont, Mrs. Douglas
Phillips, Dean Hill Stanley, MIS-.
John P. T'etherill III and Mrs.
Walter Pick.
Evening star., 1951-03-17

The Washington Home for
Foundlings, which is running at
a deficit and facing the possible
loss of Community Chest support.
is planning to raise money on it's
own, it was announced last night.
The trustees of the 82-year-old
institution. in annual meeting,
discussed it's financial situation in
detail and said they are working
on plans for Embarrassing. On
Wednesday members of the Fam
lily and Child Welfare Section OF
the United Community Services
unanimously voted to withdraw
Chest support from the present
program" of the home. located at
Forty-second and BrandyWine
streets NV.
Walter S. Pratt jr.. reelected
president last night, said the truS-
tees determined to continue,
through this calendar year, the
work of the home in its present
pattern. He also said the home
will apply for a license to place
children up for adoption. through
social workers.
In their statement, officials of
UCS explained their action does
not eliminate the idea of the
home receiving Chest funds in
1852, on the ground that the re-
lection was of the homes pro
gram" only. and also that actions
by the section must be approved
by the UCS executive committee
and board of trustees.
Officials said support might be
given to the home. if it would
change its type of service. but they
did not suggest what these changes
ought to be. However, Mr. Pratt
said Thursday the homes trustees
want to keep it open under its
present program. which is caring
for founding children.
The cost of operation is the basis
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-21

brought by the Christ Child or st.
Nicholas at Christmas and those
placed in the tombs of children by
the ancient Egyptians seems far
fetched. But the presence of these
silver rattles, tiny chariots and
other playthings excavated in
Egypt does have a religious sig
nificance: a firm belief in future
life.
Tree
The origin of the Christmas tree
has been hotly disputed, various
countries claiming the first one as
their own. The most generally ac-
cepted story is that St. Boniface,
Apostle to the Germans, vas re-
sponsible for this custom in select
ing an evergreen to symbolic the
Eternal. But then there is con-
siderable argument about st. Bon
iface: yes, he was Germany'S ApoS-
tie, but was he English, Welsh,
Irish or Scottish!
A less well-known German leg
end is that a devout peasant, re
turning home from Midnight Mass,
looked up through the trees to the
bright stars in the velvety sky
above him and was overpowered
not only by the majesty and beauty
of the evergreens, but by the
thought of their immutability. Be
cause his inarticulate soul could
convey none of this to his wife, he
rushed out of the house, cut down
a tree, then called to her to bring
all the candles they had, With
trembling fingers he fastened the
candles to the tips of the boughs
and lit, them. The sleeping chill
dren awoke and found their hum
bic home glorified by the trees
splendor.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-21
Continued from Page D

imported to North America by Hol-
landers, whereas Spaniar d S
brought with them to Central and
South America the Biblical bear
ers of gifts: the three Kings.
There is an explanation for the
odd type of entry into homes used
BY Santa Claus. In many sections
of Europe energetic housewives,
cleaning their chimneys to free
them of SCOT, told their children
that they did this so that st. Mich
olas could come down the chimney
to fill the wooden shoes lined up
to dry by the fireside. But English
children did not use wooden shoes,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1951-12-21

and that may be why stockings
came to be chung by the chimney
with care :.
Cards
Long before Dickens wrote of
old Scrooge, who learned about
Christmas the hard way but final
ly did lean out # his window to
greet all and sundry with a shout
ed Merry Christmas" in England,
France and Germany cards had
been used to send greetings to
friends near and far. Small but
handsome ones are still on display
in both the Louvre and British
Museums, some painted and letter
ed by Vatican.
Poinsettia
In 1925 Joel r. Poinsett, South
Carolianian with / wide knowledge
of world affairs attained through
extensive travels, was sent to the
new Republic of Mexico as Minis
ter Plenipotentiary of the United
States. But it is not as a diplomat
that he is. best remembered today.
Mexicans recall that he introduced
York Rite Masonry into their coun-
try; and when a political feud in
that country between Scottish and
Yorkist Masons resulted in his be-
ing regarded as persona nor grdta,
he brought back with him to the
United States the plant which was
A botanist, DIR. Poinsett was in
to bear his name.
trigued by a plant new to him. Be
cause of its scarlet leaves which
ar in all their glory at Christmas
time. the plant was used for Christ
mas decorations. In Spanish it is
known as pdStorG, named in honor
of the shepherds. The several
plants which DR.. Foinsett brought
with him to Washington were cult
waited with care and delighted his
associates, who began referring to
the plant as the poinsettia.
Carol singing is very signific-
ant part of Christmas celebration.
Probably the most widely used of
all Christmas hymns is the Adeste,
FideleS which has been translated
into 120 languages and is sung, in
Latin or the native tongue, wherev-
er the Bethlehem story is known.
Carols
But there is also the custom OF
carolers who go through the streets
on Christmas Eve or early on
Christmas morning. During this
great festival season when mems
hearts are warm and their purse
strings loose, it became customary
for the poor and needy to wander
through the streets singing of the
birth of One who was even poorer
than they. And great was the re,
ward coming from many who gave
il the name of Love, and from q
few who we're superstitious and
feared that if they did not give
some misfortune would overtake
them.
Toys
Any connection between the toys
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29

VETERANS
IS KILLED

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 --tR--
The House Armed Services Commit
tee today virtually killed the idea
of drafting any veterans now, but
reached out for single men up to
age %, two wars above the present
limit.
At the same time pressure built
up at the Capitol behind the idea
of drafting childless husbands in
the present 10 through rs age
bracket plus thousands of youths
now classified AT. before any ID
year-olds are taken.
But the military held out for the
18-year draft in preference to TAX
ing married men.
Two Congressional Committee
hearings, one in the Senate and the
other in the House, showed those
trends in discussion of the Defense
DEPARTMENTS proposal to draft at Is
instead of the present 10 years,
hold the men for II instead OF tne
present 81 months, and work the
program into permanent Universal
Military Service and Training
(UMST).
Resumption of the hearings fol-
owed a proposal from Senator Ed
win c. johnson D-Colo) to en-
list 100000 Western Europeans in
the u. S. Army.
This foreign legion should re-
move all military demands for
drafting our 18-year-old boys,
johnson told reporter. 1T also
should solve some OF our domestic
manpower shortages and interim
tional difficulties"
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
FREEZE TOO
LATE MANY
BUYERS Say

Food prices apparently weren't
budging an inch up or down to-
day following the governments
freeze order of late last week, spot
checks of retailers showed.
But consumers seemed generally
unimpressed. Mrs. Eileen Lowry,
an early-morning New York shop
per, offered this typical comment
1.-The government froze too late.
They locked the stable after the
horse had been stolen. I think the
prices are awful, and that they
should have been rolled back to
at least six months ago."
Some food retailers agreed.
1.-The freeze doesn't give the
public a break" said Manhattan
food store proprietor Alexander
Pappas.
"Today's prices are higher than
the black market prices during
World War Two" said a New York
beef market owner, John D. Milone.
Grocers said their prices were
sticking to the levels at which the
government froze them last Friday.
Items not covered in the freeze also
appeared to be holding steady.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
Wives, Lift Your Husbands Out
0fthe Doghouse;; Groters. Also
Cab Drivers, Here's Something

this week rounded Up gang OF
telephone-happy high school girls
who thought they were being jusi
awfully funny by placing such
calls in wholesale lots.
Acting Marshal Walter Hellar
has had in for questioning four girls
aged IA to Is, who last Monday
were caught in the act of making
such malicious mischief over the
telephone. The four admitted tc
cutting school that afternoon and
gathering in an apartment to which
one of them had a key. Then, they
confessed, they proceeded to keep
the switchboard busy with false
calls.
Local cab companies all had calls
from the group. Local grocery stores
also were sent on wild goose chases
by the girls.
There were other calls of a kind
that can't even be described in this
! family newspaper.
The most serious set of calls,
however, according to Hellan, went
out to wives and made insinuations
about the conduct of their hus-
bands. Among those known to have
received such calls are the wives OF
Well-knoWn Juneau business and
professional men and one promin-
ent Federal official.
In placing such call, one OF the
girls would ask for the man and
on being told he was not at home
(this being in the middle of the
afternoon would say she just had
to get in touch with him right
away to tell him something she for
got to say the last time they were
out together
The girls confessed, Hellan said,
to making various suggestive refer
ences to alleged trysts with the
husbands in these conversations
with their wives.
All denied ever having met any of
the men mentioned, Hellan said,
and insisted they had picked names
called at random from the tele-
phone book.
Other occasions in the past when
such calls were placed and the
names of several other girls who
had participated in the game, "
were confessed by the four who
were apprehended.
The Marshal's office is continuing
its investigation. Anyone having re-
ceived anonymous calls is asked to
communicate with Hellan.
Meanwhile, it is hoped that few
Juneau married men will be per-
mitted to come out Of the doghouse
There is also another problem
confronting city and Federal auth
critics and that is many reports OF
shiplifting reported done by juven-
lies.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
BRITAIN
CALLS up
RESERVES
D efense Pro.
gram Is Announced by
Prime Minister A!tIee

LONDON, Jan. 20 -tR- Prime
Minister Attlee announced today
Britain will call up $4,000 Army
Reserves for is days of training this
summer.
At the same time the Royal Air
Force will recall 10000 officers and
men from its own reserve.
Attlee gave this information at
the start of a statement to the
House of Commons outlining Brit
aims plans for rearmament against
Red aggression.
Attlee said the total strength of
this nations armed forces will be
100000 men by April /. This COM
pares with $4,000 in April. 1850.
The Army Reserves to be called
up this summer will be mainly
class ~" men - that is, draftees
who served between the start of
World War II and Jan. /, 1949.
Attlee said the expanded pro-
gram will cost $13,160,0O0,000 over
the next three years. This compares
with a government estimate last
September of $4,000, 100000 for the
same period
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
81 TRAVEL WITH
?NA ON SUNDAY

Yesterdays travel score for Pa
cific Northern Airlines were 10 ar
irving from the westward and IL
outbound
From Anchorage: Wilfred Wolfe,
G.. Shaw, Gene Sheldon, Don VIII
liams, Louis Sorenson, Keith Thur
man, Arvid Norheim, Roty Utness,
L. Miller, C. C. Gorsuch. A. q. Car
rol, G.. G. Sink, G.. r. McMurray,
Vern Harris, Erwin Hill, r. T. Kirby,
j. Maservich, Andy Barlow.
From Cordova: Milo Rousculp.
To Anchorage: Mary Robinson,
H. o. White, Clara MacDougall, L.
land Smith, Capt Harold Gray, G.
F. Maxwell, Lowell Schei, Ed Han
son, Fred Brechen, George Thomp-
son, w. Malcolm.
To Cordova: Steve Pytel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
DEER REPORTED TO
BE IN GOOD SHAPE
ON WESTERN SLOPES

There is no reason yet this VIM
ter season to be alarmed for the
lack of natural feed for deer in the
vicinities of the Peril Straits and
Sitka west coast areas according to
word brought to Juneau in the past
few days.
Charles Burdick, Assistant Reg
ional Director of the Forest Serv-
ice who has just returned from a
1O-day trip which took him as lar
as the southwest end of Peril Straits
said there is only about a foot OF
snow along the beaches and low
lands in the Straits and about the
same depth on the western slopes
of Chichagof and Baranof Island
w. E. Elkins, Acting Regional d.
rector of the Fish and Wildliie
Service who returned from shor'
trip to Sitka Saturday said there
is not more than foot OF snow on
the lowlands and slopes in that as
trict. He said the deer were reported
to be fat and lively.
Both Burdick and Elklns op-
served a heavier depth OF snow on
the east side of the islands. Elkins
said three feet of snow was re-
ported in the Hoonah Sound area
Burdick said that he put into the
community of Baranof on the
Ranger x on the east side OF Bar
anof Island for two days because
of high winds and that he esti-
mated about five feet of snow in
the vicinity.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
Practice Alert Scheduled
For Tomorrow Night; Here
Are Rules 10 Be Observed

R. E. Robertson, Director, Juneau
Douglas Civilian Defense announces
that the public should bear in mind
the following rules that will govern
the practice alert that will be
sounded at 7:30 pm. Tuesday, jan
uary 30, and will last for one-half
to three-quarters of an hour.
From time the alert is sounded
until the all-clear signal, persons
should remain off streets and high
ways. Those on streets and high
ways at time alert is sounded should
Immediately take shelter in nearest
suitable building, preferably re-
turning to their own homes if that
is most convenient and nearest.
From time the alert is sounded,
automobiles should not travel streets
or highways. Those travelling streets
or highways at the time the alert
is sounded, should Immediately
proceed to destination (obeying
regular traffic regulations) and re-
main at destination until all-clear
signal is sounded.
Throughout duration of alert,
persons should refrain from max
ing telephone calls, SO as to leave
telephone system available for use
of civilian defense organization.
These regulations should not be
violated except in case of sickness,
fire. or other serious emergency.
No black-out will be put in effect
at this alert.
The signal for alert is repeated
short blasts of fire siren, ior 2 or
3 minutes.
The aH-clear signal is IL blast,
same as fire all-clear signal.
Juneau Telephone Central will
notify out-of-town residents by 6
quick rings on telephone lines lead
ing out the highways.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
STATEHOOD
OR REPUBLIC
ISDEMANDE;D
Third Division Men Want
Independence for Alaska
If Statehood Fails

The instant right to declare our
absolute independence of and from
the Government of the United
States, and to form ourselves into a
free men to be forever called the
Republic of Alaska. was demanded
in the Territorial House of Repre-
sentatives this, morning in the event
statehood fails.
The demand was in the form of
a memorial introduced by the seven
Third Division Representatives -
Carlson, Copyright, Egan, Kay, Nc
Cutcheon, Pollard and Scavenius
All of them are Democrats.
The memorial, HIM No. 4, is adj
dressed to the President and people
of the United States; Congress; the
Hon. Trygvie Lie, secretary general
of the United Nations; and the
people of Alaska.
Rep. Wendell Kay, after being
granted special privilege of the
floor, read the memorial in full and
the reading was recorded for pos
terity by Rep. Copyright.
Duties of Citizenship
The memorial made the following
allegations:
The people of Alaska have for 81
years submitted to the obligations
and duties of United States citizen
ship and have contributed without
stint the blood and treasure of the
people to the prosecution of the
wars of the United States;
Men of Alaska are fighting and
dying on the fields of Korea in the
forces of the United Nations for the
presentations of liberties which
they themselves do not possess;
The people of Alaska have DEM
onstrated their ability and fitness
to assume the full rights and obi
cations of citizens,
Congress has met the prayers and
supplications of Alaska with indif-
ference;
Taxation without representation
is as abhorrent to free men in 1851
as it was to Thomas Jefferson in
1776.
The memorial was referred to the
newly created special Committee on
Statehood.
Ghost of 1919
A ghost of the 1949 extraordinary
session rose in the House this morn
ing when Rep. Jack Copyright in
troduced a bill which was enacted
in that session.
The bill, to approve, adopt and
make of force as the Code of Alaska
TfxFrNA
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
UNFREEzING
0FC0NTR0LS
IS STARTED
lnequities Recognized by
0ffieiaIs-Many Exemp-
fions Made Already

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -tR-
Price and wage sterilization Of
ficials set to work today on the
delicate and tedious job of releasing
some of the pressures behind the
dam they built last Friday to hold
back living costs.
Their task is to remove as quickly
as possible the acknowledged in
equities which resulted when the
government on Friday night froze
most prices at peak levels between
Dec. 10 and Jan. IS ard all wages
as of Jan. 25.
Wage Exemptions
The Wage Sterilization Board
prepared a statement expected to
announce that large groups of en-
nloves are exempt from the wage
freeze. These would include 100000
Federal. state and municipal work.
ers and also employees of very small
firms = all exempt from stabiliza-
ton during World War II.
Price Exemptions
There are whole industries
exempted from price controls under
the Defense Production Act, too.
These include newspaper ard pub
fishing fields, radio. television and
similar communications, utilities
carriers and movie theater admls-
sions. Whether wages in those IN
dustries will be controlled is up TO
the lawyers, already holding their
heads.
10 Per Cent Wage Hike
Besides the statement on eXemp-
tions, the wage board headed by
Cyrus C. Ching is driving to come
out with a formula - probably on
Tuesday or Wednesday - Tor
granting blanket approval 10 IN
creases along the pattern developed
last year. In major industries this
generally was for 10 per cent wage
hike = sometimes with pensions and
similar benefits.
The board may pick another per-
centage, but increases in steel, coal,
electrical manufacturing and alumni
mum industries helped to mold the
10 per cent pattern.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29

Wives: Have you been worrying
about a mysterious telephone call
in which a sweet feminine voice
asked for your husband by his first
name and refused to tell you who
was calling.
Taxicab companies: Have you
been plagued with calls to send
cabs to addresses where your drivers
on arrival found nobody wanted a
taxi?
Grocers: Have you been called to
deliver large orders to places where
your deliveryman found the people
didn't want groceries at all?
If you are in one of these cate
gories, this story is for you.
The U. S. Marshal's Office here
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
FOREST SERVICE OFFICIAL
TO WASHINGTON ON LANDS
ADMINISTRATION BUSINESS

w. A. Chipperfield, in charge of
lands administration for the U. S.
Forest Service in Alaska, has left
by Pan American plane enroute to
Washington, D. G. There he will
confer with Forest Service officials
on Land Management concerning
work which includes homesites,
homesteads, resorts and recreational
areas.
Chipperfield plans to be in the
capital several days and returning
to the west coast will go to the
Portland office of the Forest Service
to confer on land handling methods
N the National Forests of the Pa
cific Northwest region in regard to
land management. He expects to
return to Juneau in about one
month.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, Jan. 30 - Closing
quotations of Alaska Juneau mint
stock today is 3l2, American Can
99h, American Tel. & Tel. Isl rs
Anaconda 41as, Douglas Aircraft
1924 General Electric 545s, Cen
eral Motors 44h, Goodyear 70, Ken
necott 757s, Libby, Mcneil g. Libby
ga, Northern Pacific 35B, Standard
Oil of California 95, Twentieth Cen
tury-Fox %, U. S. Steel 47h, Pound
2.80B, Canadian Exchange 94.93A
Sales today were 100000 shares
Averages today are as follows
Industrials 248.64, rails 8490, utili-
ties 4221.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
STEAMER MOVEMENTS

Baranof from Seattle scheduled
to arrive 7 am. tomorrow.
Princess Norah scheduled to sail
from Vancouver 8 pm. Wednesday.
Denai scheduled to sail from
Seattle 4 pm. Friday.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
AL LUBCKE BACK

AL Lubcke, Alaska Highway Pat
rolman from Haines, who has been
on temporary duty at Ketchikan,
has returned here. He is at the
Baranof Hotel. -.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
{ Ed. Note-The brass ring, good
for one free ride on the Washing
ton Merry Co Round, today goes to
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, who now
reports to Congress on the difficult
job of rearming Europe.)

WASHINGTON - When General
Eisenhower went off to Europe, a
lot of people got the impression
that he was rather glad to leave
Columbia, get into uniform again
and return to his old haunts abroad
Actually, this was not the case.
To a few close friends just be-
fore he left, Ike confessed that
he dreaded going overseas again,
knew that he would face hostile
crowds, realized how tough it would
be to organize rearmament in war
weary Europe.
Ike also knew, though he didn't
say so, that getting back into uni
form might blast any Presidential
ambitions he had.
There was nothing phony or
theatrical, therefore. about Ike's
answer when President Truman
called him in Chicago last Deem
Der and asked him to become chief
commander under the North Allan
tic Pact. Ike replied that a soldier
has to go where he is called, and
he meant it.
Report to Congress
Rehind EisenhoWer'S report to
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1951-01-29
GRANTED DIVORCE

A divorce was granted H. E. Rid
ley from Dorothy Ridley by Judge
George w. Folta, in the Federal
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