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Evening star., 1951-08-12
Letters to The Star
Honor System

A careful study Of the dismissal of the
30 West Point cadets for violation Of
their honor system, the attitude in
which dismissal is being accepted, and
the honor system itself indicate that
the system and public attitude are at
fault as wen as the dismissed cadets.
The University of Virginia operates
what has been called the most hawless
honor system in the country, and one
of the best known. The Virginia sys-
tenn has been functioning since 1842,
and is the most cherished tradition. It Is
very similar to the Washington and Lee
University system outlined in last Sun
days Star. but places greater response
bility on the student himself. 1t is en-
tirely ystudent-operated, with the faculty
cooperating upon request. During the
first week Of enrolment all new students
attend several meetings indoctrinating
them with the principles and ideals Of
the system. The four breaches are, as
with West Point. lying, cheating. steal
ing, and failing to report breach. Reg
istration is not complete until each stu
dent has signed an honor pledge. In
addition to this, a written pledge is re-
quired on all written work and examina-
tions, stating that no help has been
given or received, and no work is ac-
cepted without it. There are no proctorS
present. Here every student is author
lied to demand, with the assistance Of
at&least one other student, that any
student on whom he has definite proof
of violation leave the university at
once. If he does, the accuser reports it
fn fha unnar Cotnpaiffca aNr1nocod af
the student presidents Of the five major
departments and the vice president Of
the department of the accused. The
withdrawal Is recorded and all official
records of the students ever having at
tended the university are destroyed. so
that he may leave with a clean slate.
However. If the accused desires. he may
appeal to the Honor Committee. II
found innocent, all records Of the accu-
sation and trial are destroyed. II found
guilty, the trial is recorded. and the stu
dent is dismissed. There is no appeal
from the Honor Committee. Whenever
the Honor Committee finds a student
guilty, a black -bordered news item ap-
pears in the university daily newspaper
stating The Honor Committee regrets
to report that a student has been dis
missed from the university. The Of
fense . No name Is
mentioned.
Realizing that there is a general tend
ency for a student to want to discuss
a quiz or exam after taking it. the
Honor Committee has requested the fac
ulty never to give the same quiz at two
different times. This rule is generally
followed. This last point is obviously
the flaw in the West Point system which
led to violation and dismissal. If diff
ferent exams were given at different
times, the opportunity to cheat would
have been greatly lessened
Ben HI. Pubols.
University OF Virginia, Glass Of 1858.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

than allowed by State law, which was
not included in the sum total in a state
ment under oath to the Secretary Of
State. and disbursements were made
without the knowledge Of his campaign
manager. Summing UP these irregulari-
ties, whether Mr. Butler was cognizant
of the situation or not. the honor and
dignity Of the State of Maryland should
be upheld by every individual citizen.
and I consider it his duty to tender his
resignation to the State.
II Gov. McKeldin wishes to reap
point him to the Senate, as was done
by the late Governor of Montana. j. K.
Toole, in 1900 in the case Of Senator
William A. Clark Of Butte, Mont.
he could serve until he could succeed
himself or some one else filled his seat
III 1900 ]. Otis Watson.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

residence in Germany to secure a place
for herself in the hearts of the people"
Of her adopted country. Possibly her OPP
position to the imperialistic ideas Of
Bismarck had something to do with the
troubles of the Empress. Her husbands S
reign lasted only SO days, and she retired
after its close on June Is, 1888 to the
castle Of FTedrichskron at Cronberg near
Homburg. There she remained aloof from
public affairs until her own career ended.
Her brother. King Edward VII, Victoria's s
successor on the throne of Britain, at
tended her funeral The United States
was represented at the ceremony of
interment by Ambassador Andrew D.
White.
A dispatch from Paris to The Star of
August 8, 1901, said: M Santos Du-
mont, the aeronaut,
Sontos Dumont this morning again
and His Balloon attempted to circle
the Eiffel Tower.
He succeeded in rounding the tower with
difficulty. The balloon was then unable
to make headway against strong winds
and fell near house in the vicinity, re-
ud1uluS SuoPcAocu LUZ SOiue LlIIle. M.
Santos Dumont was not injured" He
subsequently explained that the cause
of the failure of the gas bag to remain
aloft was that it was insufflciently filled
before the takeoff. Continuing his
studies and experiments with lighter
than-air devices, he finally achieved the
encirclement of the Eiffel Tower on
October 10, 1901 Four years later he
turned his attention to heavier than
air craft. and in 1906 he produced a
machine on the principle of the box
kite in which he few 220 meters In 81
seconds. He. built his "grasshopper" in
1909. 1t was tne forerunner Of the mod
ern light plare
Evening star., 1951-08-12
God
By Bruce Barton

Emily Dickinson. a lover of nature
and deeply religious woman, felt her
self on very friendly terms with the
Almighty. In one of her poems she re-
ferred to Him as "our old neighbor.
, God"
1t always seemed to me that God
would like to be thought of in that role
If men would give Him the chance.
Instead their thinking and writing have
tended to make Him very unattractive
character
In the Old Testament He is bully,
visiting abominable Affections on we'll
meaning citizens, Job for example, just
to see how much they can take; slaugh-
tering innocent Philistines to let the
chosen people" march in and steal their
land, and sending forth whole process
sion of ill-tempered prophets" to tell
poor struggling human beings that they
are no good. and that any day He may
decide to kill them all.
He is hard bargainer. When he an
nounced His intention of wipins out
the wicked city of Sodom, Abraham
pleaded for mercy. He argued: Pei
adventure there be so righteous men
within the city wilt Thou not spare
the place for the so righteous that are
therein?"
God said yes, if Abraham could find
so righteous in the town He would
spare it. Abraham couldn't, and pre-
ceeded to beat the Lord down to IS, then
to 80. and finally to 10. But when even
10 we're unproduceable the negotiations
were broken off abruptly. and He
"rained upon Sodom birthstone and
fire"
The New Testament presents Him as
loving Father" but few Sunday
school children conceive any real af-
fection for Him. know I didn't. He
seemed to be against every kind of good
time; and Sunday His own special day,
was so cherries that it made us shud-
der at the thought of spending an eter-
nifty in heaven.
Whatever theology have at present
can be boiled down to just two brief par
agraphs:
Cd There is God. No human mind
can possibly picture Him, but certainly
1t is easier to believe that this wonder
ful universe and the people IN 1t are
the creation Of an Infinite Intelligence
than 1t is to believe they just hap
pened.
co He must be good God. For He
has made us, and we know that, in our
best moments. we are good. Something
does not come out of nothing. The less
does not create the greater.
An interesting but not very religious"
American was Aaron Burr. AS he was
leaving church one Sunday morning.
where the preacher had poured out a
sermon full of 'hell-fire and damnation."
he was asked by lady what he thought
about it. He answered: II have al
ways believed. madam. that God is better
than most people think"
share that notion. A God who could
design the starry armament and create
men and women who, with all their sins,
are capable of SO much heroism. SO much
love and devotion and self-sacrifice--
such God must be better broader
minded, kinder, more forgiving than any
Of usScan possibly imagine.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Gen. WiIIouqhby and a Foux Pas

Major General Charles A. Willoughby, Gen
eral MacArthur's former chief of intelligence,
testified at the Capitol that his reports on an
international Soviet spy ring were given a cold
shoulder" by the Armys top command in this
country.
That may be true. But in the early winter
Of 1949 it looked as if the Army was doing every
thing else but giving the spy-ring report the cold
shoulder. Out of clear sky one day the Armys
public relations section at the Pentagon released
a circumstantial story of the Soviet-JapaneSe
spy ring that probably stands as one of the
most curious handouts ever issued in these parts.
Y DIR 1t read more like report from Federal
tkfand jury than press release from the United
States Army. 1t referred to the late Agnes Smed
ley as former Russian spy and said she was
"still at large" posing an objective analyst OF
Chinese affairs Miss Smedey, at the time, was
living in New York She promptly hired lawyer
and the lawyer demanded retraction and apol-
ogy from the Army for this Outrageous libel"
There were number of other names, some of
them reappearng now in the Senates investiga-
ton of the Institute of Pacific Relations, that
were mentioned in the Army's spy story without
qualification or explanation of the sort of evi-
dence on which the statements were based
The Star was one of numerous papers that
criticized the report for its denunciation of in
dividuals through an anonymous report unsigned
by anybody and seemingly based on statements
by other spies rounded up after our occupation
of Japan. For if the Army could do this in one
case it could do it in others. 1t looked bad For
mer Secretary of the Army Royall who seems to
have known nothing about the document until
its release took the matter under study and
few dys later authorized formal &atement
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Trucks on Shirley Highway

All right. so trucks are entitled to
use Shirley highway! But are they also
exempt from speed regulations and
from using caution and courtesy in
driving? When travelling at the legal
speed of so mp.h, l have had trucks
pass me by as if I were standing still.
And have watched them squeeze un-
fortunate passenger cars off the high
way on many occasions. but last night
was the payoff.
A large trailer-truck, loaded with ce-
ment blocks and going much too fast,
came within inches of pushing me and
my car over the embankment at the
intersection Of Shirley highway and
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Politics and Soldiers

Professional military men who feel the
urge to occupy a prominent place in the
political arena should profit by the re-
cent example of Marshal Petain OF
France If that is not enough, then
they should read Of the last years OF
Marshal Won Hindenburg of Germany.
If they want more. they should read the
political history of Gen. U. S. Grant OF
the United States. The lives of these
three great soldiers should convince any
but the most obdurate how utterly unfit
professional soldiers are by training and
experience to compete in the political
arena Of the modern world.
This was not always So In the days
Of the divine right of kings the thinking
processes of the politician and the SOL
dier were similar: Direct action. But in
the modern democratic world indirect
action is the method most likely to sue
ceed, and 1t is notorious fact that the
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Butler Case

David Lawrence. in his column on the
Butler report. sounds almost as irate as
mudloving Senator Mccarthy rs the
Senate subcommittee on elections in
earnest about cleaning up political cam
paigns?" Mr.. Lawrence asks cynically.
Here is good report written by both
Republicans and Democrats with specific
Evening star., 1951-08-12

Ridge road. Only my good brakes and
fortunate quick reaction prevented an
other crackup to add to the many I
have witnessed since the highway was
opened to truck traffic.
am angry enough to wonder where
our ever-watchful highway patrol oper-
ates.
V. Townsend.
Evening star., 1951-08-12

The Rev. DR.. Frederick Brown
Harris, whose weekly article usually
occupies this space, Is on vacation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Ridgway Ready For Resumption Cease-Fire Talks

TOKYO, Tuesday. = R Gen Matthew B. Ridgway notified the Communist high command Monday he was still ready to resume cease fire negotiations broken off by the Reds.
 However the supreme allied com mander made a 12-hour flying trip to Korea to confer with his Eighth Army commander, Gen. James A Van Fleet, in case his offer was again rejected.
 He also saw British common wealth division commanders before he returned to Tokyo Monday night
 Ridgway's terse message to the Reds made no mention of Kaesong, which he previously had declared unacceptable for further armis- tice talks.
 Ridgway's headquarters at mid night described the supreme com mander's trip to Korea and return as routine"
 However, the gravity of the mili- tarv situation in Korea has been increasing for days. The Reds have been concentrating strongly on the western front and Red offensive there was considered very possible if not probable.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Carrier Crews
 Now Trained for Atomic Bombing

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT, R = Adm. William Fechteler said today the Navy now has carrier crews trained to handle atomic bombs.
 He said this includes both men ln the ship crews and those who ny the carrier planes.
 The Chief of Naval operations toio q news conference that the planes would be used for tactical opera tions of the fleet (against naval targets ashore or afloaD.
 He said the navy already has two types of planes which can operate off a carrier and carry atomic bombs. They are the Al attack plane and the P2V Neptune patrol bomber.
 The navy started practicing wl.n the use of simulated atomic pomps III exercises last spring and will use them again in the current exercises which started in the Atlantic yes terday. Fechteler said.
 During the last year, the nuclear fission weapon experts have report edly developed compact size atomic bomb which can be handled in com paratively small planes. Thus they could be used in carrier based as well as light bombers and possibly fighters of the air force.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Government WorkersGet Pay Raise

WASHINGTON, Sept. IT, tR = The Senate passed bill today to raise the pay of 100000 government workers 10 percent, up to maxi mum of $500 year.
 Senate action was by voice vote. The bill now goes to the House where the post office committee has re- commended flat $400 a year in- crease. The House is expected to act later this week.
 The Senate post office committee had recommended an 8.4 percent increase but by voice vote an amend ment by Senator Monroney O. Okla) was written into the bill to make the increase 10 percent.
 The Senate measure would grant across-the- board pay raises to al- most all except postal workers, who previously were voted increases rang ing from $400 to $500 in another bill now before Senate-House confer ence committee.
 The Senate adopted an amend ment by Senator Langer (R-Ind) making the proposed pay boost-es- timated to cost $340, 100000 yearly effective as of last July l.
 Under the measure. the average pay raise would be $307.53 a year with limit of $500 on all increases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Second Pink Run Makes Poor Showing Says {. H. BaIizo

The second pink salmon run on the West Coast of Prince of Wales Island is very sparse, c. Howard Baltzo, assistant regional director of the Fish and Wildlife Service said this morning.
 Rumors had stated that the run was good, but surveys carried out by Bob Baade, service agent, found them to be untrue, Baltzo stated.
 This was the run on which packers and fishermen had asked extension of the recent seining season.
 Baltzo said, however, there was a good run of chums and probably some of the reports of the big pink run were based on the showing of chums.
 He said chufns were fairly abund- ant at Tuexhan, Fl Capitan Pass and Tlevak Narrows, all on the west coast of Prince of Wales and at Klawock Creek and are also appar- ently starting to show on Cholmon- deley and Moira Sounds on the east coast of the island
 He said to date there is not g satisfactory escapement of pinks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
20 Killed, Air Show
 Violation

FLAGLER, Colo. Sept. l7-iR- A Civil Aeronautics Board official says CAA regulations obviously were yi1aated ii an ail shcw plane crash which killed 20 persons.
 Seventeen persons were injured. A stunt plane plunged into closely parked cars and spectators during the air show in this small farming town Saturday.
 Regional CAB Chief R. P. Par shall, directing probe today, said:
 Ut was obvious the pilot was too close to the crowd"
 He described the crash as "tne worst tragedy involving small arr craft in this country's aviation his- tory"
 The 20, including the pilot, were killed or fatally injured as a low wing monoplane stunt craft crashed and scattered over l5o wards packed with rows of parked
 
 cars and spectators at an air show highlighting the Flagler fall fcsti- val.
 The wing of the plane snagged on wheat stubble as the pilot, First It Norman L. Jones, student at the Lowry Air Force Base photo school on temporary duty from Davis- Monthan Base at Tucson, Ariz.. dio a barrel-roll in the civilian craft.
 The plane cartwheeled into the crowd and practically disintegrated dealing out death, suffering ano anguish.
 There were B children among the dead. Two of them were a daughter and son of Charles Keller, who also lost his wife in the tragedy.
 Farmers moved into the milling stunned crowd with pickup trucks te evacuate the dead before ambulances arrived.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Private Plane
 Crash Sunday Takes Four Lives

CHEHALIS, Wash, Sept. 17-lR- Aprivate plane crashed shortly al- ter taking off from the. .Chehails airport Sunday killing the pilot ana three passengers.
 Lewis County Sheriff Frank Thay- CT said the dead were:
 Clarence E. Falk, 30. Pendleton' Ore, the pilot. : L. w. Rushton, about 50. OnalasKa' Wash.
 Lloyd E. Rachau, 16, Onalaska.
 Lee Berg, 16, South Bend, Wash'
 Thayer said the four-place sun son voyager plunged into a co" pasture 300 yards southwest Of the airport minute after taking OH on the return leg of a charter flight from Pendleton. It plowed a 18O-foot furrow and burst into flames.
 Heavy fog covered the airport al the time of the crash. Thayer sald Falk took off, climbed into the fog and was on a second circle of the field when the plane made a full-power crash.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Honolulu Trip Won Saturday by Roy Carrigan

Winner of the round trip foi two by air to Honolulu awarded Saturday night at the Catholic Church bazaar was Roy Carrigan of the Juneau-D Douglas Telephone Company.
 We were very pleased with tho success of the bazaar" said the Rev. Robert Whelan. "The Parish Hall was packed Saturday evening"
 Other awards went to: Phil Der tholl, roundtrip by air for two to Seattle; Bill Sweeney, $10C merchandise certificate; George Mamalo. $50 savings bond; w. L (Bud) Nance, $25 savings bond; Dr L. s. Thorne, rhinestone necklace and earrings; Mrs Alex Holden crocheted table cover; Margaret Fassett. handmade quilt; Verne Metcalf, hobby horse.
 Co-chairmen for the event were James Cauley and John Mo- Laughlin. Most of the credit for the success of the bazaar can be given to the two men," said Rev Whelan.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Alaska Nurses Association in Big Association

NEW YORK, Sept. 17-tR-The American Nurses Association today announced the admission of the AL aska. Nurses Association as it's Sand member
 Mrs. Elizabeth K. Porter, ANA president, said the ANA board of di- rectors at a meeting late Sunday accepted unanimously" the appli- cation of the Alaska group to be- come constituent member. | Notification of the action was telegraphed to Mrs. Elizabeth Fritz of Anchorage, president of the Alas ka association which was formally organized last spring.
 The ANA, representing some l75,- 900 registered nurses, has constitu- ent. ,nembers in the AS states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Hawaii Addition of Alaska rounds out the last of U. s. geo. graphical units.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Taku Road Report Given at Lions Meet

The proposed Taku road was discussed at a regular Lions club meeting at the Baranof Hotel Monday noon. Chamber of Com meree Secretary F. o. Eastaugh and road committee chairman Jer- " Mckinley outlined the history and progress of the project.
 Mckinley estimated that the cost of the road 50 miles from here to the Canadian boundary would be approximately S5,Ooo,ooo. He pointed out that the Taku was natural pass through the coast range. He stressed the commercial values that would follow as re- suit of a road connection to a highway system.
 Eastaugh reported that British Columbia had made an aerial sur vey of the old Telegraph Trail route north from Hazelton up the Rocky mountain trench to Atlin from a standpoint of development of forest and mining resources.
 He said that the Chamber con- tinued to press for an extension of the Glacier Highway to Berners Bay on the east side of Lynn Can al and an extension from Haines south on the opposite side that could be serviced by short haul ferry.
 Eastaugh pointed out that Cor dova had put out brochure on its projected road connection with the Richardson Highway and had suc- ceeded in getting a survey made
 In the absence of Carl Rusher Vice President Al Ransome con- ducted the meeting, Joe Werner was program chairman.
 Visiting Lions were Ray Hand of Los Angeles, Calf. and Bob Col uccio of Centralia, Wash. Herman Kaufman, Juneau high school teacher was a guest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
DIvoRcEs FILED

Two divorces were filed in U. s District Court Monday.
 Esther Olson is asking decree from David Olson and Grace Kinnan filed for divorce from Arthur Kin nan.
 The Olsons were married Oct. 3 1945 in Sitka and have two children for which the mother asks custody They separated Feb. 10. 1850
 Mrs. Olson. petitioned for $50 per month for support of the two child ren plus court costs and attorney fees. She is represented by M. E Monagle, attorney.
 The Kinnans were married Marct 25, 1850 in Seattle. They have one child. Mrs. Kinnan asks custody of the child and $150 per month for support, plus the family home in Juneau. She is represented by M. E Monagle, attorney.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Voters 10 Decide
 On CounfiIRen's Terms Tomorrow

Juneau residents will go to the polls tomorrow at the Alaska Electric Light and Power Co.,, to decide if city ocuncilmen will be elected fol two-year terms instead of one.
 The proposed ordinance would ar- range for three councilmen to carry over yearly. If the ordinance is ap- proved by the voters, the three can didates receiving the highest num- Der of votes at the regular city election Oct. 2, will be elected foi two years. The next three highest will serve one year.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-09-17
Wild Aifa(ks
 Made on Hills, Korean Front

U. S. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, Sept. 17-tR- A North Korean battalion was slashed by allied artillery late Mon day after falling to gain in a series of wild counterattacks on the east central front.
 In all-day fighting, the Reds got as far as a saddle between Red held hill and an allied-held height.
 The allies have dubbed the loca- tion north of Yanggu "heartbreak ridge" because of the many attacks and counterattacks there.
 AS the Reds fell back down a trail toward the southwest. they came under heavy artillery fire. An allied officer said results were excellent" It was not known how many, if any, of the enemy escaped.
 On the western front. allied troops supported by heavy artillery fire seized control of hill northwest of Chorwon. The Reds withdrew after a two-hour battle, then fired artillery onto the hill.
 Patrols clashed at several points along this front. Allied air observers reported a decrease in enemy activ- ity. particularly vehicle movements.
 Cold rains sweeping across the peninsula brought allied air attacks to a virtual standstill.
 The Red counterattacks in the east began in the light of a nearly full moon.