The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 30, 1945, Page 4

oot FOLR Daily Alaska Published evers evening except S EMPIEE PRINTING COMPANY | Becond and Maln Streets, June s In 1943 this figure for Alaska was $30.02 as become increasingly higher Alaska provides a Pioneers' Home for aged and | needy residents, he states. The establishment of this First Territorial Legislature | reports land it Empire au, Alaska. - - President - Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager | home was an act of the in 1915 Alaska neglected children so provides care for Office in Junean & SUESCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Junean and Douglas for $1.50 per month: £15.00. pald, at the fol in advance, $16.00; six mon advance, $1.50 thers will confer a favor if the: s Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- Hvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 502; Business Office, 374. Second Class Matter. | o1y other ne=dy and pays unemployment compensation benefits, he continues. He points out also that a high cost of living in Alaska eats up the income. But again Sundborg says that collected in taxes, but even less is returned in the way lowing rates: ths, in advance, $7.50; y will promptly notify not very much is of tax benefits.” The Assoclated Press is exclusively e republication of all news Gispatches cred wise credited In this paper and also_the beres: TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 MEMBZR OF ASSOCIATED PRESH It would be interesting to see how Alaska’s average per head Territorial tax compares with those of the 48 States. We know that it is twice as the State of Oklahoma and believe it is probably the national average per head for all State We fail how Sundborg can lambast “inadequate taxes” and at the same time applaud the average. It lo nest Gruening has written more than ntitled to the use for ted to it of not other- local news published as high above to see our results as above national as if ! Governor Ei the forward to “Opportunity in Alaska.” | The factless tax mars | good factual book discussion an otherwise Mine Host Has Troubles | (Cincinnati E Among the many businessmen who met more than normal share of difficulties growing out of war nditions, have been the hotel proprietors and the They have been making money—most quirer) |e | restauranteurs OPPORTUN George Sundborg, former Jur one-time member of The Empire s book on Alaska which even with is one of the best in recent years. the Territory, gained during his rese: economist for the National Resources Planning Board are well presented along with some opinions that many Alaskans won't like, Alaska, he contends, is the le entity under the American Flag and our governmental services are “wholly® inadequate. fails to produce facts to support t does introduce from time to time tend to prove that he is wrong. good school sy: per pupil in average daily attenda $141 to $196 in the 1940 school y a United States average of $105.” 'Y IN ALASKA These include: “The willingness of Alaska to bear the cost of a tem is indicated by the expenditurs r, as compared with of them—but they have been giving {under the most difficult conditions. public service tomer down. Such a refusal, he knows, injures his standing to some extent even when the action is forced by circumstances over which he has no control . Yet there have been hundreds of thousands of instances in recent months when good cystomers, customers of long standing, hav= been turned away from registration desks or re urant tables simply because there was [ no space left in which to care for them. | There is nothing the industries involved can do about it. They are glad to be busy, of course, but they often wish the tremendous pressure of trade could be ¢xtended over a longer period of time, rather than crowded into a few short years. They are doing their best to accommodate every person who applies, neau resident and taff, has written a its contradictions Facts concerning rch work as an ast taxed political While the writer his contention, he facts which would | That this isn't always possible is of great concern to the busin as a whole, Fact is that the job which has besn done to date has been an excellent one. Restaurant menus long were limited, of necessity. Hotel space had (o be shifted about from guest to guest as quickly and as efficiently as possible. Both these things caused nce, ranging from The Alaska figure would be higher now due to an increase in teachers'| inconvenience, but generally speaking almost every- salaries. Alaska’s “available medical anc are remarkably good,” says Sundborg The Alaska Territorial Departm ries on a comprehensive program of medical services, says the author “In general, the health of Alas] as is sometimes represented,” he col “The average monthly ment in Alaska in 1941 amounted The Merry - Go-Round 5, e, » (Continued from Page One) sisted that the great majority of U. S. newspapers were fair to the Soviet regime. Vyshinsky smilingly, but vigor- ously, shot back: “We would like to get a better press in the United States. Too many of your news- papers picture us in an unsavory light, making it appear at,times that we are immoral and even vulgar. We resent that.” The four House members pointed old-age-assis Washington over wee: 1t has been that eating But | cne was cared for. The res hcuses and hostelries have made good profits. their proprietors have grown gray doing it | We've been around the country a great deal dur- ing the war years. We've stopped in hotels and restaurants from one end of the world to the other. Although in the United States a shortage of workers and material presented unbelievable handicaps, we can y without fear of refutation that these services were Pay- | petter in this country than in any other Allied land. 9.17, in con- | The men who made this possible deserve great j 1 hospital services ent of Health cg public health and kans is not so bad ntinues. ance to vant, celebrated his seventieth i birthday this week. Meyer handled the War Finance Corporation in the last war and saved money for He refuses. {the government. He was the only | (Note—Meanwhile, United Elec- | man both Democrats and Republi- trical workers have one of the bp_fl’cnn.s would trust to organize the | no-strike records of the war, have|RFC and did a great job until been praised by Secretary of War Jésse Jones wormed his way in Patterson, Admiral Nimitz, and|Tcday Meyer likes Washington Stars and Stripes. Meanwhile,|Post publishing perhaps better than General Electric made profits injgovernmenting, and is doing an 1944 of $64,000,000 after paying|equally good job. taxes, which was a 43 per cent in- - crease over 1936-39. Its reserves have increased from $93,000,000 in! 939 to $262,000,000 todav.) * % B GI CHAFF Surplus Army-Navy pistols, shot turned over to women at much | In Erie, both a federal and a state conciliator are trying to get MERRY-GO-ROUND ‘The White House is quietly pass- ing the word around to newsmen |not to pack their bags. There will be no more Presidential junkets after the New York Navy Day out that one of the prices a country | must pay for a genuinely free pross[ is the right of every editor to at-| tack any government or mdivxdual] with whom he “You've got to take the bitter | with the sweet in a free press,” in- terjected Representative Mundt. “We're used to it in the United States and take newspaper attacks for granted. Why, members of our own Congress are blasted far more often, and more vigorously, than the Soviet Union.” | Vyshinsky grinningly dropped the | subject, but indicated that he wasn't convinced WILSON AND HIGH WAGES Exactly one year E. Wilson, head of giant Electric, made a speech which had national repercussions and won him much praise. He proposed that, after the war, wages be kept high in order to keep purchasing power high. This, he said, would help his cempany and others to sell re- friverators, washing machines, ete. This column at that time paid tribute to Wilson's statesmanship. One year has now passed, how- ever, and le examine how Char- ley Wilson has followed up hi own recommended statesmanship. The United Electr Workers in Fort Wayne, Ind., h: been nego: tiating with Wilsc months secure imu e of 72 cents an hour. The minimum wage rate in Fort Wayne, frozen by the War Labor Board, is 84 an hour So far Wilson's Ge Electric has refused to bud United Electric have been negotiat pa_yfor wor fault of their ow 1sor clined. In J, severance | he won't do In Erie Pa started making ators, but speech of last frigerator workers are work for a 25 per cent reduction in their weekly home pay. In addition, the r gerator unit job was moved from Schenectady to Erie where many of the jobs. w ified and for to ar hrough no has de- paid yees but apan I peace contrary October cer recla disagrees, lean't Shor trip for quite a while. Truman got encugh kidding about his journey to the Missouri county fair to guns, field glas etc., are now being- offered for sale to service- men. However, there’s a big hitch In the first place, enlisted men|last him a long time. buy—only officers. And the|eStjmates that 700,000 veterans and other day, when certain officers| their families have no place to turned up at the Pentagon Building | live. Their wives and children have to look over the shotguns, they|been living “doubled up” while the were asked whether they were|CG-I'S were out fighting. Now the Regular Navy or Reserves. Being|Veterans want a home of their Reserves, they were politely told|OWn and can’t find it. Reports they could not buy. Phe shotguns,|¢OMing to OPA say that homeles revolvers, etc, were being held for | veterans will’stage a demonstra s il It doesn't matter|ton in New York City. .. . Unless much how long you have been in|__ A good businessman never wants to turn a cus- and to accommodate him in the best possible manner. | OPA | >~ = = | st to the United States average of $21.26," Sundborg(e® © @ o ¢ o ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ o o .‘WW‘MM‘WM 20 YEARS AGO 1M pupine e et e e et e el B it} | . OCTOBER 30, 1925 Mrs Dano mine in Funter Bay, where Mr. | | |® @ e October 30, - Anna Nielson Mrs. A. R. Hared John Costello Mildred Elizabeth Wyller Mrs. Henry Roden Roy Gaili Mrs. Ernest Parsons Gus George Harold Sunderland | by the Alaskans. Twelve were Mrs. F. A. Metcalf, Mrs. | Guerin and Mrs - Foor s e o memeeee— 4 | have exclusive use of the alleys bet « . o Delegate Dan Sutherland spoke ! “The stars incline l but do not compel” OCTOBER 31 This is not an important day in planetary government but the eve- ning is promising for labor lead- |ers | particular, the previous night . 2 | Weather: Highest, 41; lowest WEDNESDAY, | poee = | "l HEART AND HOME Women are subject to mildly stim- ST " o ulating and inspiring aspects which | “He has a crippled leg. are fortunate for all their social re- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED lations 3irls may expect rather|IN, not as in LINE. lukewarm romance. Hasty weddings will be few. Divorces will multiply this ye although they will not be generally approved in the future. BUSINESS AFFAIRS | 4 Again the seers warn against the increase our vocabulary by mastering WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do | tial, strong, sturdy, vigorous speculative spirit. | vich-quick schemes will be wide-' meditative mood.” spread. Many new business ventures (. will succeed. Farming is to gm“; MODERN ETIOUEUE great popularity in the Spring. lang NATIONAL ISSUES Rise in wages for workers denied adequate compensation will | be envied by those whose vanished /ar jobs brought them large returns. | i o Necessary shrinkage in pay for the nvited to do so? A unskilled will result in wide discon- | A. No. The guest should either tent | tion to smoke. A hospitable host or INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | I itable mistakes in the admin- A. A sandwich should be taken istration of reconstruction plans in| preaking or cutting it Germany will cause passing criti-| Q. When cism, it is forecast, but by trial and | | aicrers exor Undle “Bam, Wil ibe SucoREc]. o i G- the ‘man showld, régiater ful in his part of the gigantic task. * } s B e s e Persons whose birthdate it is have | Q. a man and his the augury of a busy year with many surprising and profitable ex- periences. | Children born on this y will be bright and imaginative. They may be strongly individualistic and diffi- cult to manage. Quick tempers be- long to these Scorpio babes. | (Copyright, 1945) ! What is meant by the heel of Where did “mackintosh” get ANSWERS: 1 they rolled over rough roads. Leonardo da Vinei. From Charles Mackints 2 3. 4 Scouts lf Ameria the Navy if you belong to the Navy | Patrol. Maybe it's three| ars and maybe you have three| | children. The Navy is keeping its| s/ shore patrol. Most of them were | . Hebrew vowel point 39. Salt Deal out sparingly 2. Commerce Preposition ACROSS formerly city or county police of-| 1. In the directlon ficers and their cities would like| 5 prob to have them back, but the Navy| 3 is hanging on to them . One| 14 commanding officer at Fort Ben-| y5 ning, Ga., told his men that unless| 16. they all donated 25 cents to the| National War Fund their pay would | bbe withheld. They paid up, but the | compulsory tactics didn’t make them feel happy toward the War| Fund. Later they were restricted| until they paid 50 cents more, Actually, no man was allowed leave until he could show a re- ceipt stamped by Maj. Joseph/ Szabo, OCRU Commander * * CAPITAL CHA the ltalian revealed Tropical fruit Public speaker Scenes of action Cylindrical One of a people conquered by ancient Rome . Yale Less co Remembers when absent Graduates rtificial 4. 49, 5L dangerous 52. ce B4, & Scoteh Kind of grape 56. 9. Arouses and rives out busive Glutted Ahead Mountain ridge * | After { column British invasion, this | how U. S. and]| Navy gunners shot down their own troop. /ing planes while attacking Sicily. In order to prevent troop-carrying planes from exploding in flames when hit in the future, Lt. Col. David. N. Laux urged Air Corps chiefs in Washing- | Crossword Puzzle the House Appropriations Commit- tee decides to grant additional | funds for the Federal Communica- tions Commission, frequency modu- | lation broadcasting and television ' may be delayed for a year or more. | | The commission is swamped with | jover 1,000 applications for new|_ 0 stations and more coming daily. Yet it lacks a staff to process one . (third the volume. . . . The lung»ijulle"e I_ow Week ‘uwaited indictment against the| H | Longchamps Restaurant chain in| H I i | New York City for tax evasion is| Obsefved by G” expected by the Department of | Justice in about a week. . . . The | House Committee on Un-American | Activities has investigated ex-Sen- ator Robert Reynolds' Nationalist| pave you wonaered who was going | Party. But, according to Tnvesti- |y eqy those cakes that have been on gator George McDavitt, it found !display in the local bakery windows nothing wrong with this group. . . -with Troop 11, Troop 10, Happy The committee was asked by sev-|mirthday, etc., written on them? The eral Congressmen to investigate gnswer is the Brownies and Girl ‘G“’”lld L. K. Smith and his ac- scouts and the occasion is the cele- tivities in California. Although pration of Juliette Low's birthday committee investigators were anniversary. rushed to Los Angeles last summer | Juliette Low was the founder of | to probe Hollywood, nothing was the Girl Scouts of America and on jdone about probing Smith. |the occasion of her birthday anni- | (Copyright, 1945, By Bell Syndicate. Inc.) |yersary all Scouts and Brownies. 92 i . |celebrate by having a birthday cake | land by giving to the Juliette Low (fund which is used to help needy! Girl Scouts and Guides in the more than thirty other countries, which participate in this world wide pro-j gram. | This year in Juneau the sponsor- ing organizations and committee ! jmembers gave the cakes to their re- | spective troops. Some held birthday | 'parties just for the troop members and their leaders, others invited their troop committees and par- ents to join in the fun. . Cities throughout the United States are celebrating this week, by parties, exhibits, demonstrations, public appearances, radio programs and news stories in all the metro-| esterday's Puzzle DOWN . Carry . Russian city . More cautious . Devoured . Decays 6. Most soothing Solution O 63, Cooked in water 66, Banish politan dailies and home-town | papers. ——, DRINK KING BLACK LABEL!| Charles Otteson left Juneau on the | for wounded ex-service men in hospitals F. A. Boyle, Mrs. E. A. Friend, Mrs. Z. M. Bradford, and Mrs. G. F. Freeburger of Juneau, and Mrs. J. R. . Robert Frazier of Douglas A bowling tournament for Elks ladies wa ® o0 000 00 e 0 0y gy according to an announcement by F A. Boyle, who said six | four-member teams were entered in the Daily Lessons in English % L. corpox et e ettt} Masculine OFTEN MISSPELLED: Unanimous. SYNONYMS: Powerful, potent, able, commanding, efficient, influen- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Tempting get- MEDITATIVE; disposed to think closely and seriously. wife Estebeth for the Alaska- Otteson was operating. The Eagles’ masquerade, an annual event in Douglas, was to be the big event of this rtight, with prizes to compete for, and music furnished women had volunteered to knit sweaters for the Red Cross, Included among the knitters to start the following tourney. The ladies were to ween 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock every idays and Saturdays to a good-sized audience at the Palace Theatre on topics relating to Alaska in general, and Juneau in rain { i not say, “He has a game leg.” Say, Pronounce the I as in Obhserve the I. Let us one word each day. Today's word: ‘He was in a by ROBERTA LEE S et ] When calling on a friend, should a guest smoke without being ask permission or await an invita- hostess will usually suggest it. Q. What is the correct way to eat a sandwich? in the fingers and eaten, without hotel should they both enter a for both. b RN A}.l C. GORDON How did the rumble seat of an automobile get its name? a boat? What is known as milling a coin? What fifteenth century painter attempted to build an airplane? its name? From a similar rumble seat in carriages, which made a noise as| Its list, or leaning to one side. The process of grooving the edge of the coin h, its inventor. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Comrhissioner’s Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Num- ber One. Before FELIX GRAY, Commissioner and Ex-officio Pro- bate Judge, Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES E. NAGHEL, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I, the undersigned, was duly appointed Administratrix with Will Annexed of the estate of Charles E. Naghel, deceased. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them to the undersigned, with proper vouchers attached, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, October Bth, 1945, GRACE E. KNUDSON, Administratrix with Will Annexed of the estate of Charles E. Naghel, deceased. First publication, Oct. 9, 1945. Last publication, Oct. 30, 1945. DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! Does the new ‘Addition” leave, you little time for shopping? Phone 233 ° ecsns, e QRDER OFFiIcCE or languid . City in Switzerland Brazilian cay vens 1e pineapple Istaelite tribe ing chisel rings ton to equip them with self-sealing gasoline tanks. He was overruled by Generals Barney Giles and Pinky Craig and sent to Alaska (the American Siberias because 'of persistance. Belatedly, the Army ed Laux’s idea. Today, service, Laux is the new president of livewire Sports Magazine Congratulations to Sports Afield and condolences | o the Army for losing a man with vision courage. ¥ Meyer, a great public adc ot the out vice Afield and Combination . Puff up | Spike of corn 1 of dry ves ) frait E.F. CASHEL 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: A SONG TO REMEMBER" Federal Tax—11¢ per Person i PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! WINDOW AUTO TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1945 PLATE GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. GLASS WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS DON ABEL Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward e METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 90 Willoughby Ave. ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground 121 MAIN STREET “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM HUTCHINGS ECONOMY MARKET Choice Meats At All Times Located in George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 CALL ’ Femmer’s Transfer 114 OIL — FEED — HAULING . Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O THE BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROOM Special Dinner 5to 8 P. M. 8$1.65 Silver Bow Lodge No.A210.0.F. Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M. I. O. O. F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome BEN O. HAVDAHL, Noble Grand PHONE 633 The Charles W. Carter - Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY Gastineau Cafe Foremost in Friendliness VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenin, Phone 318 Dr. John H. Geyer Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Healing — 0il Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES PHONE 319 HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” 20TH CENTURY MEAT MARKET Juneau’s Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS PHONE 202 CARO TRANSFER HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 FOR Wall Paper IDEAL PAINT SHOP Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt INSURANCE Shattuck Agency B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. L. J. HOLMQUIST, Exalted Ruler. H. L. McDONALD, Secretary. JUNEAU UPHOLSTERY CO. RE-UPHOLSTERING Custom-Built Furniture Phone 36 122 2nd St. R St i e U NS ALASKA ELECTRONICS| Sales and Service Expert radio repair without delays| P. O. Box 2165 217 Seward| PHONE 62 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. OIL BURNERS DRAFT CONTROLS HEATING Smith 0il Burner Service Day Phone 711 P. 0. Box 2066 Night Phone 476 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1945 The B. M. Behrends Bank ’ Oldest Bank in Alaska ] COMMERCIAL SAVINGS