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The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
Whose An Axis?
Anchorage Daily News)


 The term axis press of Alaska is most amusing term It was invented by the governor of Alaska to give the illusion that about four newspapers in the Territory had entered into coalition not unlike all underground movement closely connected by net work of base and shameful communications to de- termine and destroy him and his compatrlots py Sio" and insidous termiting.
 The governor lined up the press of Alaska in bat tie formation at the notorious Fairbanks country club banquet during the U. of A. commencement re- gently Whenever the governor and his spokesmen can they parade the axis press before Alaskans ln the same way they might alude to Pravda or lass'
 The paradoxical nature of the reference can best be seen by naming the axis press It consists o four Alaskan newspapers who do not happen to think and act the way Governor Gruening thinks they should
 They are the following: The Ketchkan Daily News which grew out of the weekly Fishing News and is published by veteran odtmer in the Alaska news paper field Sid Charles; The Juneau Daily Empire, published by Helen Troy Monsen, daughter of the founder of the Empire, former Democratic Governor John Troy of Alaska; The Fairbanks Daily News Miner formerly owned by Capt A. E. Lathrop, Alaskas great ndustriast and philanthropist, and now pup lished by William Snedden, formerly of Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon; The Anchorage Daily News started as the Anchorage Weekly NeWs and now owned by the editor whose name appears above and who has lived in Alaska since 1929 Is this an axis could it possibly be the unusual circumstance of four people championing thelr own ideas peculiar as they may seem to some?
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
T O D A Y

TODA At 6:30 pm. Baseball game be- tween Elks and Moose. At 8 pm. Odd Fellows meet in IOOF hall. At 8 pm. = Eastern Star holds last meeting before summer vacation.
 June 13 At noon = Kiwanis club, Barano.. At noon = NFFE luncheon, Gold room, Baranof. At 1:15 - WSCS meets at parson- age for transportation to Pope joys cabin for meeting. At 1:30 pm. - Garden Club dessert luncheon at home of Mrs. Vernon Harris. At pm. Primary Association meeting. All children, age 4 to 12 at LIDS chapel on 10th and E Sts. At pm. = Elks lodge.
 June IA At noon = Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof. At 6:30 pm. Juneau Rifle and Pistol club shooting on Menden- hall range. At 7:30 pm. Central Committee of Fourth of July celebration meets at Baranof. At p.m.-Flag Day exercises at Elks auditorium If At pm. = Regular meeting of city council.
 June 15 At 8::30 pm. = Square Dance sec- ond summer dance at Parish hall.
 June Is At noon - Lions club, Baranof. At 8 pm. = American Legion post meets in Dugout.
 June 19 ,, At noon - Rotary club, Baranof,
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BULLETIN SERVICE FOR STALIN

' More than two weeks ago we said there had been enough of the Senate inquiry into the dismissal Of Gen. Macarthur. Nothing in the subsequent test1- mony of Secretary Marshall and Gems Bradley ana Collins altered our position Now we feel further strengthened by what Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg has said under questioning says the St. Louis Star-Tmes.
 Nothing is being accomplished by the dreary re- cital of opinions on military policy. On the other hand much is being said that would not have been said publicly had not the Macarthur incident been \ made point of bitter political controversy
 > In the kind of hearing that must be conducted in an atmosphere of highly charged partisanism It was not enough that Vandenberg should say we cannot afford now to adopt MacArthurs strategy of bomb ing Chinese bases in Manchuria. He had to outline his reasoning and discuss facts to back that up
 So we get from the man who speaks with the highest authority about airpower potential the settlement that it would take the full power of the t S Ain Force to be effective in bombing Manchurla
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MAYNARD MILLER K
 GIVEN SCHOLARSHIP


 Word has been received here that Maynard Malcolm Miller, field di- rector for the Juneau Icecap Re- search Project, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for a year Of unrestricted study and research at Cambridge University in England.
 He. will be associated with St. Johns College in Cambridge as a research scholar and in addition to carrying out a full program there, has been invited to pursue supple mentary studies at the Swiss Fed eral Research Institute in Davos, Switzerland and also at several leading arctic research centers in Norway and Sweden.
 Miller is the son of Mrs Queena D. Miller of Seattle and has been with the JIRP expedition for the past three years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
Lobbying Under the Dome

There's plenty of lobbying going on in the cocktail lounges and the hotels of Washington. However, 1t isn't often that the lobbyists are able to influence Congressmen right under the capitol dome in the private dining room of ex-speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts.
 Yet that was the amazing feat pulled off recently by popular Con- gressman Frank Boykin of Mobile, Ala.
 Boykin is an amazing, storypooK character whose motto is "Every- thing is Made for Love-" and who carries the love motif so far that he holds learned discussions on the lovelife of animals. In fact, that was the excuse for his recent lobby ing luncheon. Members of the Fish cries and Wildlife Committee were invited by Boykin to attend a lunch which Boykin said was to refute Congressman Howard Smith of Virginia who had made deroga- tory speech about the Love Life of the Raccoon."
 In defense of the raccoon and in order to show that coon meat was good to eat, Boykin invited mem hers of the Fisheries and Wildlife Committee to lunch-at first ln the
 private dining room of speaker Sam Rayburn, Democrat. At the last minute, however, it was switch ed to the private dining room Of Joe Martin, Republican.
 There, members of the Fisheries and Wildlife Committee met eight gentlemen who were not Congress men at all, but representatives of the paper industry-St, Regis, Kraft,
 Union Bag and other companies After lunch the paper executives took out some charts and started to lobby against CMR or controlled
 materials regulation" of the office l of Price StabiliZation.
 Some of the Congressmen present 1 were flabbergasted at this attempt to influence their vote at lunch ! con in the dining room of the eX- | speaker of the House of Represent
 atives. They would have been even more flabbergasted, however, had l they known that their genial col league from Alabama and his four
 children have large chunk of stock
 in the Mobile Paper Company and that they had acquired this stock after Boykin's office had been used l to get a $750,000 loan from the REC. 1 Discovery of the unusual loan transaction by new REC director I stuart Symington caused him to | demand the resignation of Con- 1 gressman Boykin's cousin, Frank | Prince, the REC official who hand led the Mobile Paper Company | loan
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sheard the broadcast and who was IQbpsons assistant in the Defense Department, telephoned him.
 T just heard what Drew Pearson said. Louey," urged Renfrow, and ---I don't want you to do anything until We can talk it over." day they had lunch together. ,v v.s.aI've been your good friend and s. stuck by you" Renfrow said, but 4 we'll have to say goodbye If you start hitting the administration on this Macarthur issue. You stay out of it. You never had real quarrel with Dean Acheson. It was only some of his subordinates."
 Johnson agreed.
 Will you phone Drew and tell him that?" Renfrow asked. John- son agreed to call and did so.
 Renfrow then went to the Presi- E, dent, told him of the conversation and the President immediately phoned Johnson to thank hlm. They had a pleasant talk, the first since Louey left the cabinet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
MODERN ETIQUETTE RyaRERTA Ry LEE

O. church the wedding over?
 The ushe to the door all the who in the front pews bridegooms mother then the other either side of the aisle
 doorman hotel when he opens the door for you?
 A, expected 1t certainly never o thank for service rendered When girl senogaphe being introduced to man in the office,
 A. this required
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
ASKS FOR ALASKA
 PANEL TO SETTLE INDIAN CLAIMS

WASHINGTON, June 12 -R- Legislation to set up an Alaska panel under the Indian claims Con- mission to handle the settlement of native land claims in the Territory was introduced yesterday by Dele gate Bartlett of Alaska.
 It would authorize the commis- sion to hear claims of Indian com- munities or individuals and to enter into final agreements with the claimants if the secretary of in terior is unable to negotiate a set clement. a5Ia
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of Senator Bob Kerr of Oklahoma; also of Senate majority leader Mc- Farland. who attended the Univer- sitv of Oklahoma with Tendon. Tendon is also well-qualified, be- ing a current member of the De- fense transportation administration.
 With Harry Truman, however, old friendships do not die. They don't even fade away.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
HAVE GOOD FISHING

Limits of cutthroat trout were taken by a Juneau fishing party that went to Hasselburg Lake over the weekend. The happy anglers were Joseph Werner, Vic Power, Carson Lawrence, Peter Warner and Lyle Jones.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: say sub familiar reader treats OF subjects
 MISPRONOUNCED: Government Be to pronounce N, as government, and
 MISSPELLED: Assessment; four S's
 acquainted wellnformed.
 three times and it is yours Let us Todays word: amount o will think otherwise"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
GRETA VINSON OPENS
 ART AND GIFT SHOP

Greta Vinson officially opened an Art and Gift Shop in the Hope building on Second Street yester- day. She specializes in textile painting on ties, blouses and hand kerchiefs.
 Photo tinting is also one ot her specialties as well as making min ature copies of pictures. She will also do picture framing.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
Missouri Friendships Don't Fade

Eastern Senators are up in arms over the proposed appointment of a new Interstate Commerce Com missioner from Missouri. Since the ICC has the important power of regulating the nations railroads, a group of Senators have introduced resolution requiring ICC Commits sioners to be appointed regionally. This is aimed to prevent the Mis- souri appointment and to aecure the appointment of Robert R. Hen don of Maryland, not Missouri.
 The Missourian whom President Truman proposes to appoint is Ray Karst, ex-Congressman from St. Louis.
 What the protesting Senators don't know is the inside reason why he has Truman's support. karst s mother happens to be one of the first political leaders in St. Louls to come out for Truman in 1854 when he was elected to the Senate. Some years later, when Karst was in Congress, he brought his To- yeA old mother in to see the Pres ident.
 If it hadn't been for you and a , few other loyal supporters in St. shouis,' Truman told Mrs. karst s4'I wouldn't be where I am today.
 And he gave the Congressman children, Mary Jane, g, and Ronnle' [. each q shiny new ball-point pen cil with the admonition: Don't let any FBI men see you with the pencils. They might put you III jaiI." The saucer-eyed youngsters quickly hid the pencils. They were inscribed T swiped this from Har- " $. Truman"
 Last year. Congressman karst was defeated for reelection. And the other day, hearing that some one else was to be~appolnted to the Interstate Commerce Commission, he dropped round to the White House, told the President that he was out of a job, and got a Job winch made his eyes shine Ike those of his two children.
 Hendon, the Marylander slated for the job. had the potent support
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NOT RESPONSIBLE

will not be responsible for any debts contracted by Verina Mae Curtis, also known as Pee Wee" Ginnette. Signed John A. Curtis.
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Given Degree, Loses
 life Less Than 16 Hours Lafer

NOLENSVILLE, Tenn, June 12- lR-James Edward Lowe received his engineering degree at Vanderbilt University Sunday night. He had a job with an electrical contracting firm awaiting him.
 The youth was killed on that job yesterday = less than Is hours after his graduation = while helping re- wire a house.
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Holland Manitoba, Davies Chicago another daughter returning to Juneau
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12
20 YEARS AGO # {rGT TE EMPIRE
JUNE 12, 1881

hereafter be known Leslie White He graduating 15 from Oregon Medical School University Oregon the former Teca Jorgensen. gradua
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Weather af
 Alaska points

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 430 am, 120.h Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follOuS.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-12

passengers Juneau nroue from Skagway Vancouver Tanner Dorothy Herri Edward Davies, F. Cooke. Sister Ludovic Sister Mary Stella Pudenenne J. Hawkesworth M. Goddard, w. Swineburne, Raven G.. E. James, E. A. Jones' Ray Price
 heated furnished advertised Apartments $50 and $60 Another had a large per
 Hotel shoes a and spiked
 passengers
 
 Weather High, 49
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FROM PETERSBURG Trig Thorsen of Petersburg is stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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LOOK and LEARN %. sy c..eoRDoN

greatest number of U s. Presidents belong?
 Montreal Quebec and Toronto farhes  Queen England for just nine days? Who, Bible, the mother of Solomon? What ghost writer?
 ANSWERS: l Episcopaian. Quebec. B. Lady Jane Grey. Bathsheba B. One who writes another anonymously
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Annaben had been home
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH E; :::: ]; :::: ::::: : j: :::: !: $: $: $ :::: ]:
 Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary.
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.Ihe Washington
 Merry-Go-Round

Continued from Page One)
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Weather: High, 54; low, 49; fair.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Invitations
Il Q German
Are Issued

Invitations have been sent out
for the annual Spring German of
the Immanuel-C Church -on-the- Hill
Iof the Virginia Episcopal Seminary
which will be held from $3.50 to
midnight Saturday. April 7 at
centennial Hall, Episcopal High
School in Alexandria.
Committee members for the
dance are Capt. and Mrs. E. j. S.
Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston
Avery, Col. and Mrs. John r. DAILY,
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Morris, Mr..
land Mrs. Charles r. Hooff, jr., 1t.
Condr. and Mrs. Thomas Coppege
and Mr.. and Mrs. Miles Scull. jr.
Taking part in The Figure will
be the Misses Josephine Black,
Jean Morris, Nancy Hawkins,
Sherry Handley, Beverly Kennard,
Judy Perkins, Jean Keatley. Jean
Lippy. Patty Nolan, Anne Upham,
Nancy Thomas. Martha Hayes,
Jackie Garrett. and Carol Brecken-
ridge.
Escorting the ladies in the figure
will be Mr.. r. p. williams, H. C.
Buck, Capt. Leonard Jaudon. DR..
Walter Lewis Nails. and the
IMessrs. Charles ". Tompkins,
Cornelius D. Scully. G. r. Horine.
Vernon T. Sherwood. w. B. Knight,
Paul Hulfish, j. Ray Pugh, Bruce
&c. Gunnen and DIR. Colin Mac
Rae.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Mrs. I truman
lsHonored
By Club

Mrs. Truman was the homo,
guest yesterday at the annual
brunch of the Congressiona
Club. The Presidents wife arrived
at the Hotel Statler at l1:3C
o'clock and was met by Mrs. James
C. Davis, president Of the club
who was Joined by the other off,
GERS to greet the honor guest. Mrs
John Williams. chairman of spe-
cial events for the club. made the
presentation of the clusters OF
white orchids to Mrs. Truman and
to Mrs. Davis.
Seated with Mrs. Truman at
the head table were Mrs. Alben
w. Barkley. Mrs. Felix Frankfurter,
Mrs. Harold II. Burton, Mrs. Tom
c. Clark, Mrs. Jesse NJ. Donaldson,
Mrs. Oscar L. Chapman and Mrs
Charles F. Brannan. Former presi-
dents of the club also sat at the
head table as did Mrs. Lawrence
Smith, chairman Of the program
committee. and MIR. Morton
Downey. who was the entertainer
for the event. The Marine Band
Orchestra, under the leadership OF
Maj. William F. SanteImann
played during the assembling of
the members and guests.
Mrs. Thomas G. Abernathy was
chairman of the aides who acted
as ushers and Mrs. Andrew
Schoeppel had charge of the dec
orations.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
BY Ann Cline

Gco1ator Dennis Chavez is 8
py man today-and rightfully
Last evening he was presented
"A the Panama Government I
chest award. the National De.
eo-ation Of Vasco Nunez de Balboa
The presentation was made al
:. reception given by the Minister
OF Foreign Affairs of Panama anc
Sonora de Brin at the Embassy.
The ceremony took place mid.
way between the 6-to-8-o'clock
party hours. The receiving line
consisting Of the hosts, the honor
guests and the Charge d'Affaires
and Sonora de Endara-moved
from the hallway into the drawing
room for the event. The Minister,
who read the citation in Spanish
then tied the medallion around
the Senator's neck and fastened
the matching pin on his lapel.
Senator Chavez spoke few
words in Spanish to the Foreign
Minister and then gave his accept
ance speech in English, which he
later translated into Spanish.
The decoration was bestowed on
Senator Chavez for his untiring
efforts to aid the Latin American
countries. and in his acceptance
he expressed his deep apprecia-
tion for the honor.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Latin Ladies
Feted at Tea

The wives Of the foreign minis
ters were honored again at tea
yesterday afternoon. The hostess
this time was Senhora Accioly,
wife Of the Brazilian Ambassador
to the Organization of American
States and chairman of the Coun-
Gil OF the o. A. S. Tea time was
at 4:30 o'clock: the setting, the
Acciolys' home on Fordham road
In addition to the honor guests
and wives af Ambassadors to both
the Q. A. S. and the United States
the following were present: Mrs
Dean Acheson. Mrs. Edward G.
Miller, jr., wife of the Assistant
Secretary of State; Mrs. John C.
Dreier. wife of the United States
Ambassador to the o. A. S., Mrs
Robert Walsh. wife of Maj. Gen
Walsh, United States Delegate to
the Inter-American Defense Board
and advisor to the United States
delegation to the current con-
ference; Mrs. Randolph Kidder
whose husband is on the Brazilian
desk at the State Department,
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Emily Post

cations as well as individuals un-
known to, the family have to be
thanked. But for any person in
private life to do less than send
Ia few handwritten words OF
thanks to personal friends is un-
forgivable no matter how great
this task may be.
Ploce Mots
Dear Mrs. Post: In the needle
art books, place mats are always
called luncheon mats. Why CAM
they be used for dinner as vel
as for lunch? People around herr
seldom entertain at lunch time
i Answer: Not that the word il
very important, but a Dime,
table is never correctly set with
mats. Mats on a table meal
supper or lunch, but the correc
setting of a dinner table require!
a cloth.
Evening star., 1951-04-05

Accompanying a batch of news
paper clippings which I have re-
ceived is this note of explana-
ton: Please give your opinion
of these thank-you notices printed
regularly in our local papers by
the family of the deceased. As
you see, they include friends and
relatives as well as name of
church and fraternal organiza-
tions and are in appreciation of
the kindness and sympathy ten
dered the family during Their
bereavement. Would these no.
tices then make it unnecessary
to write dozens Of notes of thanks
on such an occasion. a procedure
which is admittedly a very rea
strain on the bereaved?"
Such notices are possible II
the cases Of those in high public
Office when a number of organi.
Evening star., 1951-04-05
Society News
Senator Dennis ChNez Gets Ponon1o's S
Highest AWord From FOREIGN Minister

After the presentation, the
photographers and the walters
passing champagne had hard
time carrying out their duties be-
cause of the Senator's many
friends rushing up to congratulate
him. Asked later II he was excited
about the honor, he said, "Of
course I ami" This is his first
decoration by a foreign govern
ment and he said that after the
period of time it will have to be
kept by the Department of State,
he intends to place it with his
other treasured mementos.
The Senator will have another
cause for celebration this week,
for his birthday comes on Sunday.
Equally proud last evening was
Mrs. Chavez, who stood quietly by
while all the festivities were taking
place.
Flowers Abound
Colorful flowers to decorate the
Embassy started arriving early in
the afternoon and they were at
tractively arranged throughout
the residence. The centerpiece of
the buffet. which contained all
manner of delectable tidbits, was
made up of pastel shades
of gladioluses and snapdragons.
Other bouquets of salmon-co
glads were in the drawing room,
hallway and library.
Among Senator Chavez friends
dropping by for the occasion we're
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin.
the Secretary of Agriculture and
Mrs. Charles Brannan, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. Clark Thomp-
son, Fleet Admiral William Leahy,
the former Governor of Panama
and later member of Congress
from Kentucky and Mrs. Maurice
Thatcher, the Assistant Secretary
of State for Inter r-American Af-I
fairs and Mrs. Edward G. Miller,
jr., dressed in dinner clothes; the
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Inter Affairs
Thomas Mann. and the Air Force
Aide to the President and Mrs.
Robert B. Landry.
Others there were former Colom-
bian Ambassador DR.. GonzaloI
Restrepo-Jaramillo, the new Dis
trict Commissioner and Mrs. F.
Joseph Donohue, Dr.. and Mrs.
Tomas Cajigas. Admiral and Mrs.
Clark woodward, Sonora de laI
Colina. wife of the Mexican Am
bassador; the Cuban Ambassador,
DR.. Luis Machado: the Spanish
Ambassador and Sonora de Le-
querica, Mr.. and Mrs. james
Moran, Sonora de Heurtematte, |
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Bennett and
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Young.
Still others in the large gather
ing were DR.. and Mrs. Ramirez,
MIR. Ernesto de la OsSa, Minister
Counselor of the Panama delega-
ton to the U. N, who came down
expressly for the party. having
known Senator Chavez for many
years; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Cole
and many other Latin American
diplomats and Foreign Ministers
here for the conferences.
Evening star., 1951-04-05

Sonora de Lleras, wife of the Sec
Iretary General of the o. A. S., Mrs.
William Manger, wife of the as
sistant secretary general and wives
Iof heads of o. A. S. departments;
Mrs. Charles G. Fenwick, Mrs.
Amos Taylor and Mrs. Alceu Amo-
roSo Lima.
Assisting the hostess were SEN
hora Jaime Rodriguez. whose hus-
band is Brazil's alternate delegate
to the O. A. S., and Senhora Lauro