The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— MONDAY, MARCH 19, (e HAPPY BIRTHDAY' MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1945 .. | John Cass Dorothy White Aurora Lefebvre | Marian Drummond clnctcd by the people and responsible to the people. Here, in Alaska, the Governor need not answer to| !the people of Alaska—he is appointed from Wash- ungtcn and responsible to Washington. There is a Daily Alaska Em ptré y by the Published every evening except Sund EMPIRE PRINTING COMPA! Second Main Streets, Juneau, ka. { HELEN TROY MO} - - - President | difference. DOROTHY TROY - . - Vie tdent For many years the Democratic Party in Alaska Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager | 0 WILLIAM R. (‘ARTER R e . A, FRT D ZENGER - - - - | has developed the idea of more home rule for Adaska, ' yet it seems to us that the trend has been backward | for several years. This year's House of Representatives seems more Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per mont] Delivered by earri six monthy, Seall, postage paid. at the following rates: | representative of the Governor’s office than anything | Mrs. T. D. Dow One Y;m; in fim nv“sixn, 00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | else, a credit to the machine that was in action during Clase Little &3¢ month. in ad ce, - Bubscriber confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the last election | C. F Pumphrey e Bd\’\r‘\\ of any failure or irregularity in the de- | B Jessie Thornton wieaei WE ARE CRITICIZED s Office, 602; Business Office, 374. i OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | MEMBE The As: (N! Press is exclusfvely entitled to the use for p o' P r g Or's wise credited in this paper and also the local news published ‘memhflls of the House of Representatives Saturday | | — o afternoon took time off to take a few whacks at The |} “T'he stars incline i Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | Empire. | Following up an attack by Rep. Warren Taylor | against the remarks made the other day by Prcsldent} e ) Ld Coffey of the Senate, Rep. Joe Krause took the| TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1945 | opportunity to accuse The Empire of practicing a low!| Adverse planetary aspects slightly | type of journalism. Krause, of course, probably is| overbalance today’s benefic influ- pretty much disgusted with newspapers generally lences. There is a sign of great after the shellacking he has taken at the hands of [Promise for merchants; spring trade ‘Ednm Sid Charles in the Alaska Fishing News in| {should. fi:gg“:figag’éégm Krause's own stamping grounds. .Charles seems to| The spring birthdate is to be | think that Krause double-crossed his Ketchikan mates ,nycually high, it is forecast. Ac- | by his actions on the blanket primary bill. |cording to old - time superstitition ’ H Rep. Taylor was probably more concerned with (this would mean that nature is | what Senator Coffey said than with The Empire. preparing for another war. The| \'Tmlor accused Coffey of introducing a memorial {or seers, however, declare that peace | building a road which would enable the canned salmon {when achieved should extend over | |industry to get out of some taxes. Coffey’s memorial Several decades and may be gro- | | would provide for a road from the Hot Creek airfield longed by wise international agree- but do not compel” | | | | POOR EXHIBITION e e 20 YEARS AGO 7H':s Empire MARCH 19, 1925 The first business session of the Grand Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, opened in the Moose Hall with R. R. Rothenburg, President, presiding. Grand Secrteary C. C. Moody and Grand Treasurer H. H. Ross were also There were 32 delegate attending. at their posts. George A. Parks, appointed Governor, succeeding Gov. Scott C. Bone on June 15, returned from Washington after an absence of two months. Roy H. Osborn, Assistnt Manager and Keeper at the National Alaska Fur Farms, advertised no visitors would be allowed until after July 1. The fur farm was near Mendenhall Glacier on the present loop road. Newly renovated and repaired from hull to top of masts, steamer Northwestern arrived from the South on the first trip of the year. Mrs. Ray G. Day returned from the South on the Princess Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Lester O. Gore left for Ketchikan on the Alameda. They were to take up residence in the First City. Mrs. Agnes Adsit has been added to the staff of the House of the Legislature. An invitation from the Legislature had been extended to President Charles E. Bunnell to appear and present the needs of the Alaska Agri- cultural College and School of Mines. 3 The Junior Prom of the Douglas High School was announced for March 20 at the Douglas Natatorium. Weather report: High, 37 low, 34; cloudy. ments, political and economic. |to Naknek and asking that the Territary put up BUSINESS AFFAIRS 1$100,000 for the road providing the people residing| preparation for the greatest era {in the area put up $25,000. Taylor said a deal had ' in business yet recorded is en-' | been made whereby the canned salmon industry would joined by astrologers who forecast | put up the $25,000 in order to reduce taxes. ‘the quick rebuilding of European | Coffey had aroused Taylor's ire by accusing cities and industries with the aid g Oof American brains and capital. | This is a year for planning on a| gigantic scale. 1 The supposedly liberal House of Representatives | put on a poor exhibition of representation Saturday | when its members killed by reconsideration vote a measure which would have replaced an appointive | member of the Territory's Board of Administration | with an elective member also giver e r | g B ouvo e and also given the 1abor |, ;o ang Rep. Stanley McCutcheon of attemptin element a voice on the Board. D . i3 e o ¢ | to butcher his memorial because he had voted against e bill would have taken the Commissioner of £ducation from the Board and placed the Commis- | i :-2;;; p:::?;i‘:]::ht:‘;ip :lemhoped The Empire! # NATIONAL ISSUES sioner of Labor in his place. Toper MANSgenistor SUS Iuetd: would give his remarks as much publicity as we had ,5,4s of prisoners of war will be a | The bill was endorsed by the Board of Education, | Coffey’s. growing problem for the United and Commissioner of Education Ryan has felt fml Meanwhile, Rep. Krause seemed to think that Nations. Surrenders of Nazis will some time that for the best interests of the Depart- | here was a good place to take a crack at The Empire increase overwhelmingly within a | ment of Education and the schools he should not‘and proceeded to fire away. month, the seers predict. ’ be a member of the Board of Administration. Altogether, it seems to us, Persons whose birthdate The House had passed the bill with only one | pretty well wasted. dissenting vote on Friday, but Rep. Stanley Mc- Cutcheon had asked for reconsideration of his vote on Saturday. Overnight 11 votes were changed. The truth of the matter was, of course, that personalities were taken into consideration by those | who changed their votes, something which should not enter any legislative session. The votes against the | measure were rather votes against the present in- | cumbent Commissioner of Labor than against the bill. | In the discussion in the House Saturday, no good ' reason for the defeat of the bill was given. A few very weak statements were made. it is the afternoon was |next half year. New opportunlnes‘ | |are foretold. EAGLE BOUNTY | Children born on this day prob-| RPN ably will be thoughtful and serious. | Former Representative “Eagle Bounty” Bill Egan, Many Pisces folk have great 10‘,‘31 now in the U. S. Army, probably will be grinding his for the arts and are aided through | teeth when he reads about the Territorial Legislature hic gifts. passing a bill repealing the bounty on eagles. Egan | lCopynght 1945‘ | put up quite a battle the last two sessions attempting | T AR | to get some money appropriated to pay off the 'I'HREE HOUR SERVI(E bounties. Until the action taken this year, Alaska ’ has had an eagle bounty law on the books, but the | AT EPIS(OPAL (HUR(“- appropriation to pay the bounty has never been forth- | 1 One representative seemed to think that it would ‘comhlvg Last session Egan introduced letters showing | DuRl“G GooD FR'DAY‘ be a good idea to have all members of the Board of | evidence of the eagles destroying fur-bearing animals, | Administration (which he compared with the Presi- ! and in the Senate last session, the late Senator A. P. To give the church people of Ju. dent's Cabinet) apparently named by the Governor, ! “Cohoe’ Walker joined him in an attempt to get some neau and Douglas an opportumty of | commemorating the three hours that and not the people. The President, of course, is kboumy money, claiming the birds destroyed the fish. =TS ST : i A i R TSI - |Christ hung on the cross, on Good ¢ 1 washmmon iy » [it is loaded on Argentine ships. lg";;‘y“{l;r::fw’s“’viffi°g‘;§ dC:“trl:r‘::'h:}“; However, there is another unique| The State Department’s explana- service of prayer and meditation. Me"y_ angle to the Burden contribution. tion is that this is a cheap grade = Tpe Rey. W. Robert Webb will| He explains that before he made/of coal not needed in the imme-|give o series of seven meditations| the GOP gift he consulted his boss, 'diate vicinity of either Illinois or!gyring the three hours based upon| Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones Alabama, and that in return the|tnhe seven last words of Christ irom’ and that Jesse advised him to make United States gets important ma-|the cross. 8 the contribution. |terials from Argentina, among them| The service will be held from To White House insiders this con- (flaxseed, necessary to the manufac- | twelve noon on Good Friday until Go-Round (Continued lrom Page Ome) vantage in the Pacific, unless the g g what the President suspected ture of paint. Argentina, it is ex- 3 ovclock in the afternoon. How= :’;f’l';’_dl:;':f“al’(f]_!Ig;’;{;mfi?"fe‘}f;mflr‘e‘ all during the last campaign, that plained, is absolutely- without coal, |ever, the meditations are arranged Service is i:x'uhubly one good. reason Jones was riding bo!.h political and if we did nc-t_ ship these“o that it will be impossible for Hitler has never uncorked his horses. Jesse’s cousin, George amounts, the Argentm:e Govern- |those persons who cannot stay the chemicals Butler, was Chairman of the Demo- ment would cut off shipments Oflentire three hours to attend for 5 cratic Convention in Texas which flaxseed and other strategic ma- | shorter periods of time. A com- put an anti-Roosevelt slate of terials from us. | plete schedule of addresses and the | electors on the Texas ticket. Mean-‘, With a coal strike in the offing, ,’time of presentation will appear at while, Jesse was telling the White lLowever, this explanation may nutifl later date. —r——— SWEDISH MUNITIONS KING Apropos of Swedish Industrial- ist Axel Wenner Gren's attempts House that he couldn’t control his go down too well with some people. | to get off the black list, a report nephew. ‘Alrendy folks in Pensacola say they CARD OF THANKS by U. S. Ambassador George S i . | w < ATV E FDR. never believea Jones' pro-|would like to be shipping some- Messersmith is significant. Messer- | ¢ociations about his nephew, and thing to friendly nations instead of trig]eds ?frhth?ki;::ne:se::; dm’: smith, when U. S. Consul to Berlin, later Minister to Austria, was the first U. 8. diplomat tc rrn the today Jesse’s advice to Burden now coal to Fascist Argentina. th makes it look as if the President Datily, shoprisus HidpEs wibdigess | | Note—Betore the war, Minnesota and Joss of our beloved husband was right. jand Dakota farmers were waging and father, also for the many beau- State Department of what the . A 5 i i3 il |a campaign to keep Argentine flax- tiful floral offerings. ;‘x’fgh bl S T8 OLDSTERS CARRY ON Iseed out of the United States be- Mrs. Hi:ryg Sanion y | cau = ’ him One of the great jobs of this' guay it competéd. with $heir pro. Paul Hansen. Regarding Axel Wenner Gren, war, though little appreciated by| j % Ambassador Messersmith later re- |the public, has been that of older\' Copyright 1945, Bele Syndicate Inc.)| Empire want ads get quick results. ity o ported from Mexico City in 1943: | men on the home front. Some ol TR | poe s e will benefit through changes in the | Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpon PSS USCSUUISSS SRR S S S e S S S e 8 ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Don’t blame it on me.” Omit IT ON.” Merely say, “Don't blame me.” -, OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Vermilion. Pronounce ver-mil-yun, not { ver-mil-i-un. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Supple; two P’s. SYNONYMS: Intoxicated, . inebriated, drunk, drunken, maudlin, tipsy. ‘ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | INERT; inactive; sluggish. “An inert life does not bring happiness.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. Isn't it rude for a person to eat a meal with others and never enter the conversation? A. Yes, unless the person 1s 1l or vereaved, and: under these cir- by ROBERTA LEE | cumstances if he cannot enter into the general conversation, he should not have eaten with the others. Q. Shouldn't a husband display interest in his wife's daily domestic activities? A. Yes; the considerate husband will do so. Q. Would it be proper to say, “My mother is home today”? A. No, it is preferable to say, “My mother is AT home today.” OOK and LEAR 4 C. GORDON e e e e e 1. What well known author nursed his sister for the rest of her life after she stabbed her mother to death? i 2. What is a cruet? 3. Who reiterated in his autobiography that “a fnend 'n power is a friend lost”? 4. Who, in ancient mythology slew the Gorgon Medusa? 5. Which syllable of the word ‘“cognomen” is accented? ANSWERS: 1. Charles Lamb. 2. A vial or small glass bottle for vinegar, oil, etc. 3. Henry Adams. 4. Perseus, son of Zeus. 5. The second. OSCAR CLAUSEN : as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “TENDER COMRADE" Federal Tax—-11c per Person PHONE 14— THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR'YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! DEPOSITS Democratic Adm a hot civilian life, will buck the handicap | “I had known Mr. Wenner Gren’s them, even though over 60, have‘ m.@ [S[E]A] close connection with the Nazi|jumped in to take any jobs that| Crossword Puzzle [AIM] PlAIW] Government in Germany as early [could help keep the country going | - as 1933 |—from telegraph messengers to war | ACROSS 34, Note of the “Undoubtedly he had this close |plant workers. i L Fleur-de-lis scale connection with several of the| The coal mines, for instance,| § ") 35. Takes on carge highest officials of the Nazi Gov-|could hardly have continued top| 12. Tavern 86, Muik i h ernment, including Air Marshal |output were it not for older men.| ™™ e;gofc.,‘m, 87. Device for Goering. It was notorious at that Before the war, the average age of | 14. Era making ice time that Wenner Gren was pl I A Sriaini 3 as play-coal miners was around 30. Now‘ Indian 39. Perla\mln‘g to ing w > P Pl 16. Professional an equine ng with these people His m\my it is much higher. n“m“aw SHImAl tion with high officials of the Nazi| John Pillsbury of the r.\moufi‘ 18. In no place 40 [’alsru:'wus tree Sove: /as we % i ahe < Velocity of Java Government was well known and flour mills by that name, is among‘ 1. Renown 41. Belonging to there was no endeavor to make an}‘“lhosc who pays tribute to what Move Sl me i | x i 23, Extra part 2. More sensitive concealment {older men are doing on the home| 35 ookt Ot taps 44, Perils Y There is no doubt whatever that front. Some of his mills, Pillsbury| 28. Gave informa- 47. Working too (\I\'cnn('r fz'{rr’n was muml:;ps nlulu slds, are beicxllgd run entirely by | yq F‘;lg?‘" o ?f:‘:"fl" Solution Of Saturday's Puzzle he Nazi Government would be able 3 : ven-day | 30. Behold . Tibetan cx il e i § 0, ler mf:n Au' E:Splle a seven dayv‘ 3 B 81 Rub ane 54. Takes out DOWN ) 1‘ 'y through the mmn;nuon of ;week, which wears them out, they| éi’ ;‘Ml“’ : 2. “ece{’un‘ 55 cOnue“,e% 7 1. Wild animal at least eastern and southeasternlare doing a fine, patriotic job. . Title of & DIght AtmosBRAre. .3 Ta & pof 5 3. Wing i 3 Point. Europe | Inside the Army and Navy also, *rIEhY o TR D Fihin /the job being done by men over| I B¢ Winier proy BOTH POLITICAL HO¥ S 38 is probably not appreciated. Now | 4. Flower cluster One of the first jobs of new too old for commissions as lieu- n . 5. Worship Secretary of Commerce Henry tenants, many of them have been| p §. Large bundle Wallace will be either to pick a new | detailed to menial work despite | . - e s rce or let|college educations and skilled pre- Wil it g 3 | . Bets ald Under: William A. M. war training. a - . Malarial fever Burden remain | After the war with Germany,| “ . Act When the first thought should be given to Pertaining to matter he resting [the demobilization of older men . ()‘:Ee:u 4 2 c situation. Burde + of a|who, when they do get back to . Pigpens Presidential race, c n:Jm)u'z $1,000 of age in getting peaccume jobs. to the Dewey campaign fund. In d . Riblical fact, to make things absolutely ARGENTINA GETS COAL 7 pasonhet to both' Most people don't realize it, but| despite the coal shortage, and de- If 'spite our diplomatic snubbing of equal he contributed $1,000 the Republicans and the De: Burden wanted to show nocrats H IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED First National Bank of JUNEAU, ALASEA i absolutely neutral. Howeve Argentina, the State Department is you are in the middle of one of the permitting the shipment of several Motto of hottest Presidential campaign: thousand tons of coal monthly to 39, De‘i}‘e‘]nlc’]nsrnh history, and you are a member of Argenina. 41. Parsonage the Administration in power, it| About 25000 tons comes down :é:) ) isn’'t smart politics to remain ab- the Mississippi each month from #h & solutely neutral—unless you do so Illinois to New Orleans, while a 45. Wander as Secretary of War Stimson did, like amount comes down to Pensa- | el by contributing no money to either|cola. Florida, from Alabama, where ! FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATY TRIPLETTE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING SHOP PHONE 96 After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 Silver Bow Lodge @m A210.0.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I.0O.O. F. HALL. beginning at 7:30 p. m. Visiting Brothers Welcome E. F. 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