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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
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to defend itself from it's colossal neigh
bors
There are some things the United
States, with all it's power, has not the
capacity to do, and one is to change
the shape of geography and the course
of history on the oldest, largest, most
populous and most distressed of the
continents Asia shall be free" is a
fine thing for Gen. Macarthur to say,
but an impossible task for the American
people to perform.
Fortunately, however the Soviet Union
can no more enslave the billion people
of Asia than we can free them from
their own long-term Affections.
1t was only five years ago that we
freed Korea. We freed the peninsula,
incidentally. from the best government
its people had ever known-the tyranny
and oppression" of Japan. What has
since happened ought to be a lesson
for us, but about the East we are per-
sistently unwilling to learn.
We are not defending ourselves in
the Orient. No nation there, including
Russia, can assail our proper shores from
across the Pacific. We are doing now
what we were doing when we first
crossed the Pacific, hundred years ago,
and opened" the hermit kingdoms"
of Japan and Korea. We are crusading.
Frederick Moore.
4
would like to ask: When is agrees
sion not aggression? Perhaps when it
is committed by a nation that objects
to world law and order, because that
desirable condition renders the propaga-
ton of it's tyrannical doctrine of politics
and economy precarious? Or is it when
military necessity requires a lawfully
constituted international force (even
though, necessarily, composed mainly of
United States forces to cross boundary
in ordeWto put down aggression that is
clearly recognized and acknowledged to
pose the gravest possible threat to the
liberties of free men and. consequently,
also to worldwide peace?
I believe that those Americans who
lie under the white crosses in Korea did
not die in vain. Dying as they did to
preserve world law and order, they have
already rendered more secure the pre-
cious freedoms guaranteed to Americans
by our Constitution, to Britons by their
constitution, to Turks by theirs-and so
on down to those nations which were
not able to send even token forces, but
which are backing us with full moral
support.
If large numbers of peoples have to
be killed in order to secure freedom, it
IS a price that Koreans and many other
peoples will gladly pay to safeguard that
most precious of all God-given gifts
the right, and duty. to stand upright
and proclaim to the world, II am free
man and will remain so as long as ]
draw breath"
d. E. Carleton.
Mr.. Strong asks: What has Korea
gotten from us?" He points out the
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rescued. But the final death toll stood at
260 American lives lost. The resulting
uproar in the United States resounded
from every hamlet council to the halls of
Congress. Spain was to blame!
An American board of inquiry found
that the tragedy was caused by explosion
of a mine under the ship. A Spanish
board declared that this theory was I'M
tenable, since a mine could only be set
off by collision or electrical discharge.
The Spaniards said the calmness of the
sea and the state of the wind that night
did not allow any motion-thus ruling
out collision. They said no trace of cleo
trio cable for electrical discharge could
be found.
But Americans were convinced by
the nature of the blasts and the type
of damage done that the explosion was
set off by external means. and was
not the result of magazine explosion
aboard the Maine, as the Spaniards
suggested.
Throughout the Nation, demands for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

@. How many varieties of octopus are
there?-A. A.
A. There are as many as 40 species,
varying in size from relatively small ones
to the giant Architeuthis, which lives in
the deeps of the Atlantic Ocean. From
examination of portions of tentacles that
have been recovered, this great devil
fish" is believed to have a body more
than 10 feet long and tentacles reach
ing to SO feet in length.
@. During what period were quilts used
for writing?-V. E..
A. The earliest period at which this
use of quill feathers is reported is the
sixth century. They were used until the
introduction of steel pens, early in the
10th century.
@. How many times is Nazareth mem
toned in the Old Testament?-F. P.
A. This place name does not appear
in the Old Testament and none of the
ancient historians mentions it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
This Is a Day to Remember the Maine
By Howard L. Dutkin
wv ASHINGTON was still serer
w southern-type town on that men

w AsHINGToN was still serene
w southern type town on that mem
orable February Is, flfty-three years ago.
The Star of that date devoted col
umn to hearing by the District Com
missioners on an application by the
Suburban Railway ito afford railway
facilities to the northeastern sections
of the city and District running out to
Bladensburg road 80"
Hyattsville residents were buzzing over
the assault by several men on Charles
Sizer followed by the theft of his watch
and So.
In Alexandria, 1.-TWO young men of
prominence, Mr.. Dick Harlow and Mr..
Morton Quinn" had engaged in street
fight" over remarks made about young
lady one of the youths was going to
escort to dance.
In the harbor at Havana, the U. S.
Battleship Maine rolled quietly at an
Choir It was there on what the Gov
eminent termed "a friendly naval visit"
to rebellion torn Cuba.
The night was heavy and sultry.
Twenty-Five of the vessels 26 officers,
and all of it's 1913 creWmen, were aboard.
Some of the officers lounged about the
otdIClOOllo VI luCSSiOOulo StllCio WCiC
trading stories in the officers smoking
quarters Enlisted personnel, except
those on watch or on post, had turned in.
In the shippers cabin, Capt. Charles
Dwight Sigsbee paused in his writing of
letter home to listen to the sad-sweet
sound of TAPS" It was then, accord
ing to Capt. Sigsbee's account, $40 pm.
His pen scratched on in the stiffness
for another half an hour.
Then, at $40 pima bursting me-
tallic crashing-a lurching trembling mo-
tion!" The lights blinked out. In the
blackness, thick pillows of smoke en-
folded the ship, which listed heavily to
port
Capt. Sigsbee CROPPED his way to the
quarterback. His first thought was that
the vessel was under attack, and he
posted sentries. Fire burst out. The
flames, lighting the waters. revealed
white forms swimming and floating
about amid faint cries for help.
Only three of the Is boats aboard were
available for service. These were i'm
mediately lowered, and some men were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
It's Become Boring

The United Nations General Assembly,
formulating action taken earlier by its Political
and Security Committee, has made short shrift
of Soviet charges of American aggression against
Red China. In effect, they have been tossed in
the waste basket as just another example of the
Kremlin's phony propaganda and its technique
of the Big Lie.
Presented in the form of two resolutions, the
charges were Cd that the United States had
committed aggression by interposing the 7th
Fleet between Formosa and the Chinese main
land, and (2) that it had committed further
aggression by making more than 900 air sorties
over Manchuria. On the first charge, the only
affirmative votes were those of the f1ve-member
= Soviet bloc with Burma, Indonesia and Yugo-
slavia abstaining, all the other members were
emphatcally negative Similarly, on the second
charge, with Afghanistan and Yugoslavia alb
staining the lineup was 81 against the Soviet
five.
The Assembly could hardly have voted other
wise For the action of the 7th Fleet was under
taken and is still being undertaken to neutralize
the Formosa area, prevent the spread of war In
the Pacific and protect the U. MS forces in
Korea There could be no more blatant distor-
ton of the truth than to call such an operation
aggression" AS for the alleged air raids on
Manchuria, the United States long ago admitted
that few might have occurred by mistake in
the course OF the Korean DaLJle, ana IL proposed
that a special United Nations commission be
set up to investigate the matter and determine
what indemnities, if any should be paid But
the proposal was vetoed by the Russians. They
preferred instead to make propaganda.
BY this time, however, such propaganda has
become so obvious and so tiresome that it is hard
to understand why the Russians keep on resort
ing to it. The Assembly has once again made
clear that the U. N. is fed up with the thing.
One can only hope that the Kremlin eventually
will catch on and stop boring the free world with
loud-mouthed attempts to prove that reality is
the opposite Of itself.
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vengeance were spanked by suddenly
popular song:
Spain, Spain, Spain-you ought to
be ashamed
"Spainy Spain. Spain-for blowing
up the Maine. :"
On April 20, President Mckinley ap-
proved resolution demanding that
Spain withdraw from Cuba. Two days
later he declared a blockade of Cuban
ports On April "a Spain declared war
on the United States, and the following
day the United States declared that
war had existed since April 81.
At that time the Army numbered IT.
822 regulars and 114,6O2 in the militia
But three months after the outbreak of
war, Spain, stunned by series of smash
ing defeats, mainly on the seas, sued
for peace.
Cuba was given her freedom from
Spanish domination And the United
States, taking over the Philippines, was
embarked on voyage into dangerous
Oriental waters.
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Congressional Merry-Go-Round

The daylight-saving merry -go-round is
starting up again. Year after year Congress
goes on this joyride, while matters of much
greater Importance wait. This year, with ma
tional and international problems of grave mo-
ment facing both houses it is absurd for the
legislators to devote attention to a question
which the District could handle more satisfac-
torily without congressional aid-or interference.
Yet there is no escape from the perennial chore
as long as Congress insists on going through the
routine of debating and passing. temporary day
nght-saving legislation
Now is the time to stop this nonsense. 1t
could be ended for good by passage of the per-
manent "fast time" bill which Representative
Klein of New York has introduced. This bill,
similar to those which the Senate has approved
in recent years but which were turned down by
the House, would give the District Commissioners
permanent authority to proclaim daylight saving
in Washington without consulting Congress.
That solution, Mr. Klein points out, would spare
Congress the trouble of "frittering away precious
hours and days in debating the annual daylight
saving question" Most of the debate in the
past has had to do with what the farmers think
of daylight saving, although the pertinent issue
is what the people of the District of Columbia
think of it, For the pending bill concerns only
the District.
Mr.. Klein has also introduced, as an unrecom-
mended alternative, bill which would grant
daylight saving to Washington just for this year.
The temporary plan ought to be thrown into the
waste basket without further ado. BY enacting
the permanent legislation Congress would settle
the question once and for ALL as it should have
done long ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Sheltered Soucers

The Navys explanation of the flying saucer
stories seems more plausible than anything that
has been said heretofore on the much-dscuSsed
subject, but there is no assurance that the last
has been heard of the things. People who have
seen flying saucers or sea serpents do not like to
be disillusioned. And to have ones saucer shat
tered by balloon-f1ying scientists is not easy to
take.
The Office of Naval Research with an air of
hnality, declares that the flying saucers seen by
so many persons during the past few years
were really large cosmic ray balloons of plastic,
sent to great heights to record solar radiations.
Until recently this project-related to atomic
research-was kept secret. There had been re-
ports that such balloons were aloft, but no Off
cial information as to the details and extent OF
the undertaking was released. Meanwhile the
saucer sightings increased in number and vivid
ness, numerous serious newspaper and magazine
articles were written about them and several
official denials that Federal-sponsored saucer
experiments were under way came from the Air
Force and other sources.
DR. Urner Liddel, chief of the Nuclear Physics
Branch of the Office of Naval Research, says
that, significantly, the first saucer reports ap-
peared in the press in the summer Of 1947, when
the first of the 100-foot balloons were released
The balloons, called "skyhooks," carried delicate
instruments to heights of approximately 10 miles
oOmeGlneS CLle SllVeTy OUJeCIS were CduSIiC III
winds which swept them along at speeds up to
200 miles an hour. AS large numbers of the
"skyhooks" were loosed in various parts of the
country, the number of "saucers" increased cor
respondngly. The rays of the setting sun made
these balloons appear like great floating saucers.
DR.. Liddel disclosed that an investigation estab
lshed that the fatal crash of an Air Force pilot
who had radoed that he was chasing flying
disc occurred while he actually was pursuing one
Of the Nays skyhooks.
Perhaps the Nays announcement will cause
observers of future strange objects in the sky to
take a second look keeping in mind Operation
Skyhook." Imaginations being what they are,
however, it will be very surprising if all the
what-is-its spied in the heavens in this era of
atomic power can be explained away by cosrnic
physicists. Besides, it would be too bad if there
were no flying saucers or Loeb Ness monsters to
break the monotony of depressing headlines in
these troubled times.
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Yo-Yo on A See-Suw

We get the U. N. to declare Communist
China an aggressor. yet we hesitate to
bomb Manchurian supply bases or block
ade the China coast. We support and
protect Britain in the last war; now the
British barely support us. We appoint
an Ambassador to Spain, then leave
Spain out of the defense of Western
Europe. We support France. and one
third Of the French Assembly is Com
munist. We are supposed to pay higher
taxes to help give gift of hundreds of
thousands of tons of grain to India, but
India will not even call the Red Chinese
aggressorS.
Our foreign policy could be compared
to man spinning yo-yo from see
saw Michael r. Thomas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Sad and Silly

One of the saddest things about Nc
Carthyism is. believe. the ridiculous
things the fear of it can make ordinarily
sensible people do. am thinking partic-
ularly of School Superintendent Corn
ing's use of the raw file of the House I'm
American Activities Committee (Which
he has now said he will modify.
There is moral for DR.. Corning, too
in the whole sad and silly business-and
it is that when it came to a showdown,
the School Board member Ga man named
Adelbert Lee whom DR.. Corning ap-
parently wanted to please by this action
gave him no support at all.
Observer.
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yet and none is scheduled Meanwhile foreign
agents are taking full advantage of the immunity
from prosecution which present law accords
them under the unfortunate language of the
Federal Communications Act forbidding inter
ception and divulgence of messages. Prosecution
of several known spies has been frustrated by
this law.
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Refruction

VieWed through the sldnting prism of
UaniS11ed gears,
Which soon defects the once -mulig-
nGnt rags
OF black defeats, blue hopes and ashen
fears,
The checkered past becomes "the good
old days"
Harold Willard Gleason
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Questions and Answers

The Stars readers can get the answer to
any any, QUESTION . Of fact by either gGitng The
NV, Washington 5. D c., and inclosing 3 cents
return postage by telephoning ST. 1868.
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Frederick, Md.

We can stay on the continent of Asia
for a hundred years. We can kill 100
million Asiatics. We can lose million
American lives and expend dollars by
the billion till we bleed ourselves white.
And yet, when we finally decide to with
draw, little Korea will Still be unable
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Mr.. Strong and Koreu

Gordon Strong's article Looking West
From Sugar Loaf" would make good
plea for our keeping out of Korea if it
were not for the fact that the whole
article is based on a false premise.
We are not fighting in Korea as a
nation but as one of a number OF
nations, under the orders and direction
OF the United Nations. 1t is true that
their orders have made it almost i'm
possible to fight winning war. But had
the United Nations refused to take any
action when one nation deliberately
violated the principles of that organiza-
ton, it would have spelled the end Of
the United Nations.
Also the fact seems to have been over
looked that Korea is just another Incl
dent in Russia's plan to dominate the
world. And had Korea gone according
to plan, it would not have been too long
before the same condition would have
developed in the Philippine Islands.
We are certainly morally obligated to
protect them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

Mr.. Strong asks: What has Korea
gotten from us?" He points out the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
l7 10 Juneau on Princes Louise; Nine Depart

The Princess Louise of the Ca nadian Pacific Lines docked at 8 pm, Saturday, in Juneau on it's ncrthbound run with IT persons disembarking and ni,.s persons leaving.
 The Louise departed at 11:3O pm The ship will be southbound through Juneau Oct. 16. The ex- pected arrival time on that date is am, with departure at 8.
 Persons arriving: MT. and Mrs R. L. Davlin and baby, MT. and Mrs. w. T. Dunn and Robert, G. E. Gillespie, MT. and Mrs. w. J. Mayes, ]. Father, Mrs. J. E. Schapiro, Mrs. L. VanderLeest, H Burke, M. Swan- son, L. E. Smith, MT and Mrs. s. Weaver, R. Switzer, J. H. Bennett.
 Leaving for Skagway: Dr. and Mrs. s. William Beard, MT. and Mrs. and Miss E. Jackson, Sister Mary Joseph, Wm Beitinger, Mrs Mary Duggan, Miss Ardath Steele.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
54 on DINA Flighis; 29 Arrive, E Leave

Fifty-four persons travelled Pa cific Northern Airlines flights in and out of Juneau over the week end with 25 leaving and 29 arriv- ing.
 Arriving from Anchorage: Albert Ayers, Raymond P Hummer, H. A Saunders, J. D. Argetsinger, MT Meier, J. w. Finell, Robert Denni- son, Morris Rafu, M. Cardill, Mrs Dobbie, Forrest Lynn, Lyle James A. Sandettini, Claudine Burns, Col Landreth, Daryl Roberts, MT Rad elf, M. J. Furness, MT. Huges, Capt Walsh, MT. Ellis.
 From Cordova: MT. and Mrs Olsen, MT. Hathaway, Mir. Johnson John Rozanski, Henry Mattson Earl Bassford.
 From Yakutat: Nathan Williams
 Leaving for Anchorage: Mrs. Mar garet Dolen Mrs. Daniel Deggs, L Bell, Mrs. Agnes Healy, George Watson, Steve Kie, George Tousley Mark Jones, Bob Risley, Joan Mil. Ter, Dave Barton, Lauren Simmons Bonny Simmons, A. A. Huff. For Cordova: Paul Jenson, MT and Mrs. w. L. Corliss.
 For Yakutau: Oscar Frank, Betty Watson, Peter Harry, Segundc Bagay, Daniel Phillips, MT. ano Mrs. F. Weaver, Ronald Switzer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
Delegate in
 City One Day EnrouIe North

Delegate E. L. Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett left early this morning via Alaska Coastal Airlines for Skag- WAY. Delegate Bartlett arrived yes terday from Washington, D. C., on the Pan American plane.
 If the Eaines Cutoff is still open, the Bartletts plan to drive to An chorage where the Delegate will at tend the official opening of the Anchorage Seward Highway on Fri day.
 Delegate Bartlett will return to Southeast Alaska early in Novem- Der when hearings will be held on native land claims by a subcom- mittae of the House Public Lands committee.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
REAL ESTATE

GARRISON house. 4 bedroom res idence. two lots. Automatic hot water heating system. We'll fur nished. Complete electrical equip ment. Price complete: $l6,o00. 2 BEDROOM house on 7th St.. Full basement. Partially furn- ished. $7,350.00
 6 UNIT apartment. A goods in- come property. DOUGLAS-A new three bedroom house. Unfurnished. Immediate occupancy. For sale at price less than appraisal
 LISTINGS on several large in- vestment properties. LOTS: Casey Shattuck. Scatter Tract. Highlands. BELLIES CAFE-This is still the best small restaurant in Juneau. Office: Room II in Shattuck Bldg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
JOHN TURNER'S ARRIVE SAFELY IN SEATTLE

Word that MT and Mrs. John Turner have arrived safely in &c., attle was received this week by their son, Wesley Turner. The Turner's sailed to Seattle in their troller, the Cheerio. which is 38-footer.
 The Turner's have not decided whether they will spend the winter in the States yet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
kitk-oif Tuesday In Drive for Boy Seoul Campaign

Tomorrow morning the
 nual Boy Scout Finance C which will raise funds t S51 AGO Alaska Council Buo begin with a kickoff" bl in the Gold Room of the Bs Hotel at 7.45 am.
 Campaign Chairman A. B. Phillips will preside at the breakfast which will be attended by more than 60 local business and professional men for a final briefing before going out to make their contacts.
 The campaign workers are urged to be prompt and to sit with their team captains when they arrive at the breakfast meeting, said Phillips. The "kick-of meeting will conclude Lafore am.
 Workers will make their contacts tomorrow and Wednesday, with effort being made to have a com- plete report of their calls by We'd nesday afternoon. The first cam paign report meeting will be held at the Baranof Hotel Wednesday afternoon between 3.30 and 5:30 pm, Chairman Phillips announced. Those not completing all of their calls by that time will continue their work into the latter part of the week when tie cleanup" will be done.
 Wants All To Aid
 Particular stress is being placed this year on the contact of both governmental and business employ ees. It is the feeling of the cam paign committee, said Phillips, that everyone who earns his living in the community should be given an opportunity to subscribe to the cam paign. Special contacts will be made by team workers during the next few days in order that employees may make their contributictls.
 Commenting on the significance of tn Boy Scout finance campaign, Phillips stated that the 1851 budget of $51 400 for the Alaska Council was established by an active repre- sentative executive board composed of more than 40 men from every section of Alaska as the minimum needed to adequately serve an ever increasing demand for scouting by Alaskan boys. This budget is raised only through the contributions of the public spirited citizens in better than 30 Alaskan communities and military installations who are in- terested in backing Alaska's boys.
 q am confident that the people on the channel will add their gen. erous support to this campaign and share with other Alaskans through out the Territory the opportunity to maintain and extend the scouting program in Alaska" said Phillips. Each individual contreTiop to the campaign will help to provide a better program for more boys"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-15
RueI Offered Post By Detroit, Report

CLEVELAND, Oct. 15-lR-M Muddy Ruel, who resigned as head of the Cleveland Indians farm system, would neither confirm nor deny re- ports today that he had been of fered post with the Detroit Tigers.