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Evening star., 1951-05-25
Norway to Produce
|Cortisone in Quantity

NEW YORK. May Is (NANA)
I-Cortisone. the new and costly
wonder drug, will soon be pro-
duced in large quantities and for
Ia relatively modest price in
Norway.
A dispatch from Oslo to Svenska
IDagbladet reports that Norwegian
whalers, now returning from the
Antarctic summer season, are
bringing-besides whale oil and
whale meat-a considerable num-
ber Of frozen whale glands from
which cortisone will be extracted
by a medical concern in the Morse
capital. Thorshoevdi, the 25,0o0-
ton whaling ship, has brought sew
eral hundred of the glands to the
port of Sanderiord
Evening star., 1951-05-25
Grade A Brides q Luxury Item
AS InfIution Hit African Tribe

Councils-f1gured the only way to
fight this inf1ationary spiral was
with another Western device
price control.
So in 1948 the Grand Tribal
Council pegged the price of a
reliable brand Gusii wife at the
pre-inf1ation rate of six COWS,
one bull and 10 goats.
For a while things settled down
peacefully in Gusii country and
Ia man could pick up wife with
out straining his budget.
But now one more Western
trend has crept into the daily life
OF the tribe. Gusii fathers with
especially desirable daughters be-
gan demanding "under-the-coun-
ter" payments in addition to the
fixed price of six COWS, one bull
and 10 goats.
The effect. the Colonial Office
complained. has been to start the
price spiral all over again.
Evening star., 1951-05-25
By the Associated Press

The widow of the World War II
ace, Maj. Don Gentle, will ster
forward at commencement exer-
cises here June 9 to accept her
husbands University of Maryland
diploma in military science.
Maj. Gentle shot down 80 en-
emy aircraft, flew 66 sorties and
Evening star., 1951-05-25

ISL combat missions. He was the
first in World War II to break
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker's World
War I record of 26 enemy planes
shot down.
Maj. Gentle was killed in a
routine training flight near
Ritchie, Md, last January %
Mrs. Gentle now lives in Piqua
Ohio.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
Tuesday, May 1, 1851
EMPHASIS MISPLACED

subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee the other day voted to cut budget of $97 million plus to S9 million plus for the Voice of America, says the Cincinnati Enquirer This money to be used mostly for the erection of short and medium stations One of the given for the cut according to report from Washington, is that the subcommittee did not like the way the Voice of America being
 This seems to be of misplaced emphasis reflecting directly the State Department which operates the program of the Voice of America If the Congressmen had said that they did not approve of the program that they considered these additional transmitters unnecessary, they would have been acting reasonably eIf all government appro- priations raised according to the manner in which its countless branches operated they scarcely would be sufficient to keep the wheels turning
 The Voice of America program has had it's faults, and undoubtedly still has. It may may not need 500 million worth of radio transmitters. We have no way of knowing that than we have of know
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
COMMUNITY EVENTS
T o D A Y

 At 7:3O pm. - Delta Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi meet at Baranof. At 7:30 pm. -Dorcas Society will meet at home of Mrs. A. L. Zum- walt, 131 Main. At 8 pm. - Civil Defense Council meets in Elks auditorium. At 8 pm. - odd Fellows meet in IOOF hall. At 8 pm. - Folkateers will meet in Grade school gym. At 8 pm. - Auxiliary of American Legion meets in Dugout. At S.30 pm. Community Center Night for adults at Teen Age club with square dancing. At 6:30 pm. - odd Fellows to ob- serve 132nd anniversary at dinner in IOOF hall.
 May 2 At noon - Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 1:3O pm. - Business meeting of JWC in AEL&P penthouse. At ' pm. - Mothers of Seniors will meet in high school. At 8 pm. --Elks lodge. At 8 pm. - WSCS meets in Little Chapel
 May 2 At noon - Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof- At 8 pm. Special meeting of Alaska Potters at home of Mrs, Florence Holmquist.
 May { At 1:30 pm. - Martha Society des- sert luncheon at home of Mrs. Tom Morgan. At 8 pm. - Regular meeting of Juneau Shrine Club.
 May ! At noon - Lions Club, Baranof. At noon - BPW meets, Baranof. At 8 pm. - American Legion meets in Dugout.
 May At noon - Rotary Club, Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
An Item of S10 Billion
8 Cincinnati Enquirer)

H (Clnclnnatl Enqulrer)
 The tax program now being put before Congress by President Truman is unmstakaby staggering one The President is asking for tax increases to produce $l0 billion a year additional revenue and for later increases to bring the annual increment to Sl6k billion. His object is to maintain the budget in balance in spite o the enormous total ol eXpehdl ture proposed
 It would not be correct to describe this tax pro- gram as "an impossible thing to do"-as one Con- gressman put it. The country can pay that addl- tional sum in taxes each year. if necessary. It can do so without economic disaster by taking it out of the standard of living But before any such burden is laid on the American people, Congress should make certain it has stripped from the budget every dollar of outlay that absolutely essential to the nations security.
 Defense" is comprehensive term. It covers not only procurement for and maintenance of the armed forces but aid to various allies overseas It includes some public works projects designed to step up our war potential. But it cannot properly be stretched to take in welfare programs merely on the ground that they would make for healthier, more contented nation meet the rigors of possible war If defense were to include such items virtually the entire Federal budget would be covered And the term "defef,se' would cease to have any meaning
 The first duty of Congress, therefore, is to dig down underneath the label defense" and examine every proposal for expenditure regardless or whether it is classified defense outlay ss&a~sssz
 If this is done and if the committees of Congress bring in a budget stripped of it's nonessential items, the American people will be ready to pay the bill, no matter how many billions are added to the tax burden There is no arbitrary limit to the amount Of taxes we can pay to the percentage of our na- tional income we can devote to public expenditure There is breaking point, at which the national economy folds up.
 But it is desperately important that any new tax measure be one the people regard valid They can and will pay even to the point necessary for budget in balance But they have to be shown, before they give up goods and services they want very much' that the government itself already has made com giving up the projects and services and employees that not essential to the nations secl,rity only after this is done, and done thor oughly. can the Congress approve large new tax measure in good conscience.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

hungry mouths of India. Behind this inaction is another story of how the American people rise to the occasion when their senators and representatives fail to act
 It was a growing floodtide Of gifts to the Indian Embassy, from people in all parts of the Umted States that caused isolationists in Congress finally to consent to a vote on the food-for-India bill.
 However, the isolationist bloc. led by COP Rep. Clarence Brown of Ohio, put up a vigorous battle be- fore the legislation was finally iarred loose from it's dusty pigeon hole in the House Rules Commit tee.
 Another Republican, also from Ohio, Rep. John Vorys, took Just the contrary view. He personally appeared before the Rules Com mittee group to urge that the h. dian aid measure be reported to the House floor, where members could vote for or against. Herbert Hoover also went on record with strong endorsement of the bill.a,
 But Congressman Brown argued This is another idea of Dean Acheson and the State Department crowd to scatter our assets to the four winds
 'If what you say is true, then Acheson is taking his cue from great humanitarian in your own party" shot back Democratic Rep. Ray Madden of Indiana. Madden then read Herbert Hoover's plea to aid India as human neces- sity." 4gs.
 You've never been friend Of Herbert Hoover" bristled Congress sman Brown.
 Well, I'm going along with him on this" retorted Madden.
 Acting chairman Gene Cox, Georgia Democrat, who had been quietly abetting Browns blockade of the India aid bill, also changed his tune; but for a different rea-a son. Speaker Sam Rayburn of Tex as sent word to the Rules Com mittee that he wanted no more stalling on for-India.
 Note-Both the Senate and House are now set for a final vote on the wheat-for-In bill. The House bill provides for loan of $l90 000- GOO, while the Senate bill provides for $200,0O0,000 of food, of which half is a loan, half an outright gift. Herbert Hoover proposed that all the food be in the form of a.gifte
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
U. S. FLAG
 IS RUN UP IN VIENNA

VIENNA, May 1,-lR-Five hund- red Russian officers and men sal uted in Vienna today as the Am erican flag was raised over the in- ternational sector of the capital.
 In a spirit of east-west harmony which exists nowhere in the world except Vienna, American troops all so saluted as the hammer and sickle flag was lowered in an impressive ceremony of marching bands and troops of both nations.
 The occasion was the turnover of responsibility for military po- icing of the inner city from the Russian to the American.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
Army Reserves Protest

Army and air force reserve off cers have registered plain spoken protests with General Lightning Joe" Collins, the Army chief of staff, and the House armed servi- ces committee about the shoddy treatment of reserves.
 The morale of a large percent age of reserve officers on active duty is at an all time loW,p pro- tested Colonel c. M. Boyer of the Reserve Officers Association. The system breeds a group of yes men rather than officers who can think and act independently.
 The gripes are threefold: while regular officers are serving grade or two above their permanent rank, the reserves are put below their permanent reserve status.
 Some Army and Air Force reser- vists after sweating out training to
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
American Guerrillas

l. Previously, the mechanized American forces were roadbound and easily outflanked by the Chi nese, who swarmed through the backwoods and rice paddles, usu- ally keeping off the main highways. Ridgway has now moved his in- fantry off the roads, and trained them to fight on the Communists own ground Instead of relying on trucks and jeeps, Ridgway has hired South Korean bearers to haul supplies to G.I.s who are dug in off the highways. Ridgway also has used guerrilla-trained American rangers to harass the enemy be- hind their lines.
 2. Ridgway has moved cautious ly. and patrolled every step of the way, instead of racing ahead pell- mell, as It. Gen. Edward Almond and the late Gen. Walton Walker did last November to see whose troops could reach the Yalu River first. Ridgway also keeps tight lia- iSon between his front-line com mands, in contrast with the eighth Army and Tenth Corps last Novem- Der which were forced to keep in touch with each other through Tokyo, a thousand miles away
 3. Ridgway has reorganized his command down to the company level. This got rid of incompetent officers and gave the men new con- fidence in their commanders.
 4. Ridgway has also bolstered the South Korean troops, who fight ferociously against North Koreans but flee in panic from the Chinese. Ridgway gave the South Koreans a taste of victory over the Chinese by integrating South Korean and American units and throwing them into battle side by side. Ridgway also assigned South Korean soldiers D count the Chinese dead. This las helped. but not overcome the South Koreans psychological fear of the Chinese.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

only half as big as that facing us today, was thrown against the U. N. It was not one million men as MacArthT anqyneed,, Yet that relatively small Chinese force threw the 9th Army for a headlong re- treat of more than 120 miles. Fur thermore the Chinese Army of last December was poorly equipped with small arms and almost no heavy artillery.
 Today, twice as many Chinese are attacking. equipped with twice the firepower of last December. Meanwhile U. N forces are only slightly bigger than as of last De- cember.
 Chief change between now and then, however, is in American fighting spirit and strategy, for which It. Gen. Matt Ridgway de- serves most of the credit. Here is what he has done:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
PAN AM TO HOLD
 SALES CONFERENCE
 HERE THIS MONTH

A Pan American World AirWays Alaska sales conference will be held in Juneau May 15 and Is, B. r. Dunn, district traffic agent an- nounced today. Representatives from the Seattle, Portland and San Francisco offices will also be in attendance. Visiting agents will ar rive May 14.
 Sessions will be held at the Bar anof Hotel, May IT will be given over to royal entertainment for the visitors. Sight seeing, banquet and cocktail parties are planned. Twelve or 15 agents are expected.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

qualify them for a reserve promo ton. must requalify now that they are back in uniform.
 Promotions of reserves are based on paper records. If the Army wants to promote l5 majors to Lieutenant Colonels, 45 records are pulled out and the top third on paper elevated. The others are marked as passed over"
 Its like the fellow who ordered rabbit hash" commented Col Boy CT. He found it was mostly horse meat and asked the cook why he dared call it rabbit hash. The cook answered, Well, it's 50-50, one rab- bit and one horse This policy is one horse, too"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
C0STS REAL MONEY
 10 LIVE, FAIRBANKS, ANCHORAGE, REPORT

WASHINGTON, May 1,-lN- A labor department survey shows that living costs in major Alaska cities were almost half again as high as in Seattle.
 The survey showed that prices of food and services, including rent, were 40 per cent higher in Anch- orage and AT per cent higher in Fairbanks than in Seattle in Febru- ary, 1851.
 Using Seattle costs as 100, the labor department estimated these major budget item costs in the two Alaska cities:
 Anchorage-food 137; apparel, 119; housing, 213; other services such as medical care, transporta- tion and recreation, 125; all items, l40 all items except housing, 129.
 Fairbanks = food, 147; apparel, 125; housing, PIT; other services, 130; all items, 147; all items. except housing. 136.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
MODERN ETIQUETTE RyoRERTA Ry LEE

O. a dining the like?
 A. may help she insist if the hostess
 
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 A. may girls he would like to exchange
 refer their husbands by their last names, Smith" "BIl7? A.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
Daily Lessons in English v. " L. GORDON

OFTEN NISUSED Do not "I it raining outsider? S superfluous and should be omitted
 MTSPRONOUNCED Paaal pa-a-shal first and third syllable.
 OFTEN MISSPEILED: Accompaniment; 
 SYNONYMS: Pungent, acrid, biting, cauic, singing
 three times and it is yours" Let mastering Today His handling the matter restored
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
POKER 0UTLAWED
 BY CALIFORNIA . STATE ASSEMBLY

SACRAMENTO, May 1,-lR-The California State assembly voted 61 to 9 today to outlaw draw poker in California.
 It overpowered all attempts to alter the bill intended by assembly, man Herbert J. Klocksiem CR-Long Beach) to drive poker parlors out of business in Gardena and other cities
 The measure now goes to the Senate.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

ing whether the manpower needs of the military establishment what they purported to be. But question. the validity of the subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committees reported objection which appears to be based prejudice against the State Department methods of operation rather than on an. analysis of it's needs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
MARTHA SOCIETY TO
 MEET THURSDAY p. M.

The Martha Society will hold the regular business meeting Thurs day, May 4, at the home of Mrs. Tom Morgan at 80 o'clock.
 Mesdames Stanley Baskin and Kenneth Clem are the hostesseS for the dessert luncheon and Mrs. Ralph Martin will lead the devo- tions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
LOOK and LEARN sy Gy. c. GORDON

applied Medieval the
  S English is the 'quid' a slang term?
  a "soiree"? ANSWERS:  a Philadelphia.
  "Ivanhoe," by Sir Walter Scott. evening party syllable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
20 YEARS AGO FIT fHE EMPIRE
MAY l, 1881

Twenty local students past work They Meggit John Stewart Bakke Hurley Lillian Schamen npman Ova Kukkoa Faulkner bara wnn Robertson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
Congressional Procrastination

HOurs-even minutes-are vital to a starving person. Yet Congress dawdled months before agreeing to consider legislation to feed the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
RETURN TO JUNEAU

MT. and Mrs. w. M. Liddle re- turned to Juneau on the Princess Louise after a honeymoon in the states.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01
Weather ai
 Alaska Points

Weather conditions and temper etures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follows:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

The Brenner Pass was crossed no fewer than 66 times by various emperors between 793 and 1402.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-05-01

After waiting IA hours Legislature Admiral Rogers H also for Kechikan L Petersburg Togva, R. Collins George Y Inouye A. C. Arnson
 Senator Fairbanks Senate presented a of the Legislature a the Senate
 A elected vicepresident the Douglas Mrs A. Baog also
 elected at meeting of Moose Lodge for the year were Supreme Rodenberg Rsch Rennysie, prelate; R. Baldwin secretary Manhey Henry trutees Barteo, berg, guard.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. l47 SECOND and FOURTH :::: ::::: : E: :: ,: ]: ::::: : :: :::: = :::: ::: ]: :
 Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary.
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Weather: High, 49; low, 43; rain.
Montana farmer-stockman. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1947-1993, 1951-02-01

grasses do not thrive, as in case OF
purple pine grass or little bluestem"
as it is often called.
This is only palatable early in the
growing season, though starvation
drives stock and game to consume
it in winter where it stands in high
clumps among open pine growths.
Elk sedge is a fine-stemmed leafy
and highly palatable grass but never
found in solid stands and only in
medium or poor soils where other
stands are thin.
The 10 of diamonds, our little
noticed Carex Filifolia, or thread
leaf" also called niger wool and
buffalo wool, is one of our best soil
binders, and indeed, just were soil
is most apt to blow and wash. 1t
makes dense mats of thick, woolly
black roots from which grows the
rich, curly grown grass.
1t is even earlier than crested
wheat. 1t does not wait to sprout
new shoots but shoots out new leaf
from the base of the dry blade in it's
zeal to produce early grass. It is
highly palatable and popular with all
stock and holds its own against
drouth, erosion and heavy grazing
by reason of its strong underground
stems and root growth.
Trumps-Some think of crested
wheatgrass as a trump card, but it
has been somewhat overrated. IF
you wish to fill your hand it's good
card to draw. It has many good
points but so have many of our top
native grasses. It is less palatable
than most of our native grasses save
in its first two months growth. 1t
does not hold palatability in its
rather coarse stem growth which on
undergrazed ranges may be seen
standing in big clunps from year
back.
1t is valuable plant for lambing
pastures and for interplanting in ir-
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and lower foothills. They rarely
grow at attitudes of 5000 or over.
They, too, cure into rich, palatable,
tender feed that never losses it's lure
for all classes of stock. They too
spread in thick carpets OF matted
underground stems that hold the
stand and the soil against drouth,
wind, overgrazing; all but the pillow.
They produce on their graceful
stems purple flaglike spikes of seed
and in dry years they still spread
by their underground runners. They
grow late into dense carpets of curly
leaves. They soak up every light
shower or heavy dew into their mat
of shallow roots. A dry country
grass, truly. Nutrition and palatabil-
ity of this grass are tops.
Jacks-The bunch grasses, namely,
Poa, western bluegrass, fescue, Idaho
fescue, or purple bunchgrass, Girls
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ply of oats. Looking at the horse
droppings he said, 81 figured to sell
you a few thousand of oats but l
see you have some already. Where'd
you get thcm?"
The first named wheat grasses are
dense sod builders that spread by
their underground runners and are
not dependent on seed for spread
ing the stand. Year in and out they
thicken and spread thus, while at
the same time bearing heavy crops
of seed in good years. On thin, poor
soils the stand remains thin but
holds out. On deep, well watered
loan it makes a dense rich green and
good sod that holds the soil against
winds, flood, overgrazing, all other
grass enemies except the pillow.
The last named, ''blue bunch" is
true bunch grass growing on dry,
exposed slopes and ridges where it
makes early and late and winter
grazing.
Queens-Blue grama, B. Gracilis,
often called buffalo grass, and B.
Dactyloides, true buffalo grass,
found in south
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reason of its tough, woody under
ground stem roots it grows and
spreads as soil holder where soil
does not like to stay.
1t is leafy and palatable as oats
(Which it resembles), early, but its
tall woody stems lack tenderness and
palatability. 1t is, however, rich
and productive feed if kept down
from the start and is then eaten by
all stock, especially by antelope.
Mat Mubly (Muhlenbergia) red
top relative, alkali and gunbo toll
Grant, makes fair grazing early and
please Turn to Page 49,
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into q rich, palatable winter feed.
They cut good tonnage of hay and
produce a good weight of forage
per acre. They are below the king
and queen list of grasses in soil
holding and in staying qualities.
They thin out and disappear under
overgrazing, though spear grass soon
comes back. Idaho fescue purple
bunch grass is the top grass in
western Montana and is a good hay
producer too, and early as the much
touted crested wheat grass.
Tenspots - Bromus ermis,
(smooth bronco Bromus Marginahs,
I'm unit a in bronco Richardson's
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Also it does not. like its collaboration,
the Russian thistle, fill our fences
and usually take them along in its
travels.
A winter annual, it makes a little
palatable but weak fall and early
spring feed for sheep. After it has
set its crazy mass of stem and seed
nothing can safely eat it because of
its spiny seeds and its great UNI
palatability.
Luckily it is its own worst enemy,
and while it crowds out good honest
grasses that would grow in its place,
it soon chokes itself out during
succession of dry seasons.
Low Cards-But they help fill the
hand land the paunch). Prairie sand
grass, Calmovilfa, the poor relation
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bronze, elk grass
or elk sedge, and
purple pine grass
these are all
part-time gra S s
expecting Inermis
and elk S e d G e.
They fill in space
let open by better
grasses or grow
w h e re OF h e T
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east and central
Montana, are two
of our best. These
graceful carpet
like grasses, while
not heavy produc-
ers like the Agro-
pyron family, are
a mainstay on our
benches, plain S