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

PAGE FOUR }products, except to set aside durable consumers’ goods Daily Alaska Empire | e cimen S i i ot v teom Published every evening except Sunday by the ‘the pamphlet whether the authors think that price EMPIEE PRINTING COMPANY sho g . ediately or a few o Btains Bireets, JuRSkil ATNMEN. jcontrol should be abandoned imme diately o) fe - months from now. The question of timing is the HELEN TROY MONSEN - = O DOROTHY TROY LINGO w e \ce-President | g . " R o MY s " WILLIAM R. CARTER - - Editor and Manager | CTUCial one. Everyone, including Mr. Bowles, says FRIEND - - - Managing Editor | that he wants to eliminate price control some day -7 <7 - - Business Manager however, must }The timing of the decontrol of pric | vary, depending upon the products. For many products, ncluding foods, clothing and housing, supplies will {remain tight temporarily as we liquidate our war effort. It seems, therefore, that a good case can be | made for retention of price control for certain basic | cost-of-living items and necessities during the next |few months. However, for luxury, semi-luxury or | unessential items, whether” durable or nondurable, price control should be promptly eliminated. Bntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00. By mal, postage paid, at the following One yeur, in sdvance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.80; one month. 1n advance, $1.50 Bubscribers will confer & favor if they will promptlv notify the Bus iess Office of any fallure or irregularity in the tivery of their papers. nes: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3/4. MEMBZR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- wise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. Telept Surpluses for Veterans NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 ®ourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. | (Washington Post) | There is both justice and social utility in the provision of the Surplus Property Act that prefer- | ence be granted to veterans in the disposal of surplus | war materials. These goods can help men returning to civilian status in establishing independent business | enterprises. Plainly they have earned this sort of assistance, and the whole national economy will benefit if they receive it. The Canadians, recognizing this to be so, chose a more suitable term than ours for their | excess military and naval stores. In Canada, these lare aptly called “war asset: But a genuinely difficult problem—essentially a | merchandising problem—is involved in getting sur- plus materials into the hands of individual veterans {who want to buy them. The materials have to be | moved, somehow, from their locations at the time when they are put into the surplus category to points {at which veterans can gain access to them. The Commerce Department and the Smaller War Plants Corporation which dispose of most of the materials in which veterans would be interested have, between them, only 125 outlets; and the law wisely forbids a multiplication of Government outlets by insisting that the disposal of surpluses be through normal | channels of commerce. The difficulty in making goods available to vet- |erans is complicated, too, by the fact that the law &fter the last war, our Tecent Wartime experience and |Brants them preference—not priority—only for the the program for the transition period | purchase of goods to be used for the establishment of their own independent business or farming enterprises. The study emphasizes particularly the difficulty | That a surplus Army desk may be sold on a pre- of controlling retail prices successfully in the absence i ferential basis to a veteran if he means to use it for of rationing and in the face of the wage increases an office, but not if he means merely to put it in his which are possible under the present program. “War living room at home. In other words, a veteran must experience in this and other countries has demon- | Secure an authorization before he can cxercifio .his strated that the control of wage rates, the most | Preferential right of purchase. Even with this limita- important element in costs, is indispensable to price | tion, however, the qualified veterans are not oplmnmg » | the goods they want. The situation is particularly stabilization.” The authors are skeptical of political ' eapictactory in respect to surplus motor vehicles willingness to undertake rigid control of wages in ¢, which there has been a considerable demand peacetime. Yet without such control, price control among veterans and which have been sold, instead, cannot be successful. to dealers. The criterion that prices shall be controlled until } Surplus Property Administrator Symington prom- ised the other day that he will announce a new fip;);}aa‘f;:lgec;n?mjroco::: :::finrat:::(;)r‘;é():‘::r: 1 regulation which will make _it possiplg* for veterans . P . | to secure surplus property with a minimum of delay cessfully controlled, the accumulated “purchasing and give them a real opportunity to exerclse the power would continue to overhang the markets, even | preferences granted them under the Surplus Property though the positive shortages might have been elim- | Act, We should think it would be possible to do this inated. * * * With the inflationary pressure thus|only by sotting aside some portions of surplus remaining, il would appear necessary to continue price | materials as they become available and reserving them control indefinitely.” Or, to state it differently: If | for sale to veterans only. It is obviously difficult (but prices are set below the level warranted by market | not impossible) to estimate what the veteran demand t - /ill serve t arpet: will be. And there is a danger that the disposal of conditions, that action will serve to perpetuate the | surpluses will be somewhat slowed down by this pro- control because supply and demand will not come | joqr But the trouble and risk seem worth taking Q60 belhnios 't thit price. for the sake of giving real effect to the promise of The Brookings study makes no attempt to dis- | Congress that surplus supplies will be used to help tinguish between the timing of decontrol for varlousivolerans in their readjustment to civilian life. PRICE CONTROL In a special study titled “Should Price Control Be Retained?" Harold G. Moulton and Karl T. Schlotter- | beck of the Brookings Institution conclude: “Beyond | the setting of initial prices for products whose manu- facture was suspendgd during the war, the continua- tion of price control is impracticable.” This conclusion is reached after analyzing the supply situation for key products, the lessons to be learned from the experience a\sciz&- huge stores of fruits, fresh | “sacred Cow” came down on i vegetables and other foods allocated The w a sh 1 n g 10[1 ‘ landiny strip with just a few| Merry - Go- Round inches to spare. Some don't |to feed UNRRA workers themselves ‘blame Drescher entirely, on the |but sold off before reaching the (Continued from Page One) ground that he has become a close | UNRRA tables. Once last summer, | pal of Truman's and is overruled|a convoy of 120 trucks left Cher- | by him. Truman demands that | bourg for Granville—a four-hour lall those around him be chummy.|trip. Because it was short of Patient Charles Ross, drivers, UNRRA borrowed 120 alleged | A " o French drivers for this trip. Ninety- P) lat; hief, got pushed i koss, Halaians OhIE. (80% RS eight trucks of the original 120 all over the place by aggressive % The ' Secret Service men, not “friends around Truman.” Georgie‘a""’“dd in f;a'z“lll‘e' No g": i‘}‘:s O o e acardas s Alin, "ol BpMe 40 Beeechek SUSE- Leasided to Know WEaes His spitting custom, were taken by all handed out news about the trip. | Gy 5 surprise, One of them, however, Ross chiefly gave the names of h"',"’": Ul“r"‘,“‘“a‘f i "‘““ spotted the truant President of the | minor local personalities who | there is always a lot of pilfering and scandal connected with war- i | Vnited States ambling off in the chewed the fat with Truman. . . .! 7% : direotion of the Tiver. sounded the At one time press relations got so|4me relief. In the last war, even alarm, and a few minutes later, 10w that a rump session of news- :-Iex;:)ert Hgovc;'s RRe‘;iefC Adiils four bodyguards were trailing him. men _scriously proposgd asking Ior;vli‘:fl;‘f: :fn“ )t e Re ross were Alter Harry got through spitting, | Charlie Ross’ resignation. . . . BOUN| T ipny, 1915, by men synaicate, Inc.) he skimmed a few stones out over - old custom in those parts which makes it incumbent upon a visitor to spit in the Father of the Waters. John Snyder and George Allen| o the river, found that his technique tried to pooh-pooh the importance as a stone-skimmer hadn't changed | ©f Truman’s statement on our since boyhood days, and was then keeping the “know-how” on the | content to go back to town. |atomic bomb. They said the story| had four it is William Shakespeare sisters and three brothers, believed. Silver Bow Lodge @Nn. A2 10.0.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I. O. O. F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome BEN O. HAVDAHL, Noble Grand THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—, U, ALASKA - =120 YEARS AGO {-"H'E EMPIRE OCTOBER 19, 1925 The local Igloo, Pioneers of Alaska, celebrated the 58th anniversary of the purchase of Alaska with their annual Alaska Day Dance this night Iin the A. B. Hall. Music was furnished by the Alaskans, and a special ferry was run from Douglas to accommodate Island residents. [ e ————————— . ’ Warfields’ Drug Stoxe (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM ® o o October 19, 1945 @ © o o | | J. C. Ryan Gail Casper Emily Griffiths David E. Simonson Albert Peterson Mrs. Blanche Howe Mrs. N. J. Naughton Raymond Twitchell Before a crowd which filled the Elks Hall the previous day, the Juneau High School musical organizations scored a big success in the | first of a series of concerts planned for the winter. Among those taking | part were Iris Gray, Edward Naghel, David and James Ramsay, Ben and | John Stewart, Grace Vivian Davis, Grace Naghel, Evelyn Judson, Elsie riet Barragar, Arthur Judson, and many others. A terrific gale in Cordova the preceding Saturday move the Indian school building six feet, destroyed the baseball grandstand, removed scaffolding from the new high school building and broke windows, while falling trees tore down both electric d telephone wires. Andrew W. Mellon, Secretary of Treasury, today recommended to {the House Ways and- Means Committee, a reduction of $250,000,000 to . . . . . . . . | Baggen, The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Infant and Children’s Wear 139 8. Franklin .Juneau, Alaska DR.E. H. KASER e B e | | HOROSCOPE | E “The stars incline { but do not compel” $300,000,000 in taxes. He suggested a surtax of 20 per cent instead of DENTIST | —eeeemer=== |37 per cent which would reduce the maximum, including normal and BLOMGREN BUILDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20 |surtax, on the largest incomes to 25 per cent from 42 per cent. Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P, M. Benefic aspects d°"“."aF"i .i“‘e\ Closing of the Alaska Week exerciscs commemorating the 58th an- gt h,m.u‘f-“(h-‘,lb’:"?:fi;\lxsg ;)::[l:fi"“'”'-m.\' of the purchase of Alaska took place at the foot of the B e O | william Henry Seward statue in Voluntcer Park, in Seattle, with Prof. i any civic reforms are in- | : : Al | Edmuna S. Meany, of the University of Washington, Charles Garfield, Dr. A. W. Stewart dmmed.HEART AND HOME | Chamber of Commerce, Ben Farguson and L. L. Harding all taking part. DENTIST Women are under Kkindly star The observance of Alaska Week in Seattle was under the auspices of today which is fortunate for house-|the Young Men’s Business Club and the Alaska Bureau of the Seattle 20TH CENTURY BUILDING hold affairs. It is a happy wedding chamber of Commerce. 3 Office Phone 469 | Weather: Highest, 58; lowest, 47; cloudy. et e e e e 2 '{ Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon ) day and favorable for entertaining with large parties. Girls may look | forward to love aff young men | will be peculiary suspectible to feminine charm. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Although the number of unem- ployed may increase at this time, general progperity will prevail. Mer- chants may expect large trade. Spending will continue generous and even reckless until savings reach the va]ushing point. NATIONAL ISSUES As Communism gains in foreign L oy about its possible ex-| ~ OFTEN MISSPELLED: INSURE is preferred to ENSURE. tension in the United States will SYNONYMS: Change (noun), variety, variation, diversity, innova- be widespread. However, the public tion. will long adhere to the American WORD STUDY: “Use.a word three times and it is yours.” Let us system of free competition and jncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word : economic independence. | IRREVOCABLE; incapable of being revoked; unalterable. “It is an ir- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS |, A Japan will present many problems Dr. John H. Geyer VENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. aons WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Say, “Mary lives IN Buffalo” (a large ! place), or “Mary lives AT Marietta, New York” (a small place). OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Frequent (adjective and verb). Accent ?adj(‘cuvr on first syllable, second E unstressed. Accent verb on last llable, second E as in WENT. ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Uraduate Los Angeies College + of Optometry and Optiialmology QGlasses Pitted Lenses Ground "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists differing from those of Germany. g P, 50 MODERN ETIQUETTE "%0BrRTA LEE g i and subversive activities will be en- couraged. The seers stress that the whole world may be affected by the signs that stimulate revolution. | Q How and where should a woman pay her bill when she has been Persons whose birthdate it is have' staying alone at a hotel for several days, and is ready to leave? the augury of a year of steady A. Ask for the bill to be sent to your rocm, that the items may be advancement. Women should be checked and totaled. Then pay the bill at the desk. This will save time lucky, financially and romantically. in going over the items at the desk. Children born on this day probab- Q. When a man is eating in a public diningroom, and a woman stops e e et et i HARRY RACE Druggist [ “The Squibb Store” ly will be loving and attractive,’' ! S bright and ambitious but quick-| ‘° speakylu‘ him; ahf)uld Hgxise? J tempered and stubborn. A es, always. % (Copyright, 1945) Q. How long should a person remain when making a social call? The Charles w, cafle[ | ERESaAS e O E SN A. From 15 to 25 minutes is long enough. Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. | s e s MOIHER'IN'I-AW I.OOK and LEARN zf C. GORDON CAUSES TRAGEDY; PHONE 136 WINDOW WASHING | 1. What sentence contains all the letters of the alphabet? 1 Too M U ( H H E I.l 2. What is the depth of a standard newspaper page? RUG CLEANING | 3. Which is a cipher, “aught” or “naught”? BWEEP:];(; g;):gom DENVER, Oct. 19-Sheriff Charles | 4. Is an archipelago a collection of islands or a range of mountains? DAVE MILNER Foster said Joseph DesRosiers, 25, | 5. What is the new name of the old city of Prague? Phone 24‘7 a recently discharged soldier, shot | ANSWERS: his br_xdc of 10 months to deathi 1. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. 2 last night and later surrendered to| 2. About 24 inches. a posse of officers in a cornfield 3. Naught. N 1 in Aurora, a Denver suburb. 4 A callsetionior delanas; 3 FOR TASTY FOODS The sheriff quoted DesRosiers . 3 and VARIETY as declaring he killed his wite| > Fraha. TRY | “because her mother made life! - Gastineaun Cafe Foremost in Friendliness hell for us.” When he surrendered, Foster added, he was sitting in an, automobile with the body of his wife in the rear seat. i - - Have YOU tried ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU T0 KETCHIKAN via Petersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock, Hydaburg and steamers for Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Seattle that alluring | “N-A-T-O-C-H-K-A" exclusively at the - INSURANCE YVONNE'S, town? nicest store in (10,095-t6) | On the wav. he met two old :‘?s“mdn?}:’s-w:nhy't o Trumm: Caruthersville cronies, Neal Helm, ° OPP® PRy 10 e WEED: By holas = one end of the Widow Morris’ county wholesale liquor dealer, and porch at Reelfoot Lake, Yenn. After James Reeves, former Commander ACROSS 35, Having the i € of the American Legion. They watching corresponderits scurry 04{‘: 1. Exhibition tads in oad P b into the night looking for tele-| " numbers swapped stories as they walked s 5. Moccasin 28. Silly - 5 4 wARs phones, he remarked: “Sometimes| g British min- 39. Canine down to the post office, where they I forget that I'm Presilient.” i ing truck 0. Age dropped in to see Postmaster| L 3 | 2. Kind of bean 41. Ego Bailey S. Brooks. There they All sorts of people chinned With| iz ventilate A% Eaeen swapped some more. |Truman. Once the docile President i4. Drag 44. Herole of the United States stood for 10; 15, Star_in Draco :g. Rl;gnn;rreom Back in Washington, Secretary of ‘minutes while a local character | 'S Feminine % A%ha mouth States James Byrnes was just back monopolized hi§ time WAnting to| 1, ancient slave. oy imnaieed by Former mili- tary device Whiripool Consequently Bill of fare 18, use §6. Enemy 67. Bacchanallan from the most disastrous diplo- know how he should go about! matic conference in recent history ' getting a birth certificate. with a lot of pressing problems to County Tax Assessor Obey Coker, straighten out. In New York, De- the county “strong man,” was also ery 8. Opeh court 59. Blunder troit and the coal mining areas,|much in evidence, together with Fowl 60. Puts strikes were sending creeping Roy Harper, who has always man- ¢ {&L‘S,’.’l}’.,n :, Steep paralysis up the industrial spine aged Truman's Senatorial cam-| , comb. form g3 Waste allow- of the nation. paigns in Southeast Missouri. . . .| R - ekl SOR0 But the man who never really On the last leg of his trip, at 3. Flowering . ROwWH wanted to be President was en- Gilbertville, Ky, Truman wound | it st Jjoying himself back home. !up his speech with the impromptu | “Harry has a strong cabinet,” remark: “Let’s all cut the foolish- maintained one of his friends, ness, go home and get to work.”| “and he feels thi e quite quali- He was not, of course, referring to fied to handle things without him.” himself. . i Whether right wrong, there is no question but that Harry Tru- ' %W UNRRA SCANDALS Crossword Puzzle Shattuck Agency FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 AUDITS SYSTEMS TAXES NEILL, CLARK and COMPANY ; Established 1940 Public Accountants — Auditors — Tax Counselors 208 Franklin Street — Phone 757 FAIRBANKS OFFICE—201-2 LAVERY BUILDING Kinloch N. Neill John W. Clark BYSTEM CLEANING NQUIRE ABOUT OUR MONTHLY ACCOUNTING SERVICE OUNEINGHRRVICE . ) Phone 15 <|| Alaska Laundry M. S. PATRICIA - LEAVING FOR SKAGWAY AND HAINES TUESDAY—T7A. M. 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UNRRA personnel in Europe have been held up in London for weeks and not yet sent to Washington. | What has the British especially worried is the voluminous report made by the U. S. Army’s Criminal ¥ PRESIDENTIAL CHAFF Cigar-chewing Geerge Drescher,! the Secret Service Chief, came in for some criticism for letting the * * il il Goddess of Bt 0. G. JACKSON pronoui” as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA . Borough in EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENIN Eenia- Present this coupon to the box office of the . Splendor e CAPITOL THEATRE : a. fishotion and receive TWO TICKETS to see: UOMMEBCIAL gentleman . Steal In small “LIGHTS OF OLD SANTA FE” FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 104 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning: at 7:30 p. m. E. F. CLEMENTS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. 3 GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS . PHONE 92 or 95 B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. 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