The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 5, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily EMPIRE PRINTING COMP SURSCRIPTION r in Juncau and D s months, $8.00 \TES la year, The Fe yovernment will n for the r to-meet th war nt and 1945-1946 and other outlay the Tre Depar ugh the Victory Loan for wticipates remalr out of the asury $11 b{on THi through nex exper From July of the 1 $13%: in July the period a mar ¢ war obligation: 1 through October, the year, the Treasury paid 1 for munitions, includir billlon in August of the fisc bill bout $3 billion for each months of October. Herc billion will be ight.months 1.+ A large portion of munitions go fdr such operating items as ofl, g are some of the reasons why spent for munitiox repairs rather than for new equipme will continue as long as the Army ar 2 me of the $7': billion repre EYV ashington Merry - Go-Round C wtinued from Page One) beard¢d French Consul pull his groceries home from the Commis- sary in a chl toy wagon y morning OUR COWBOX That” was Since then, Chiang become the great friend of the Americans and British and enem of the Russians—though quit capable of patching up a new divi- sion of hurian spoils with them as reported last week. I mention this because such changes not uncommon in China. Neither are civil ws There has been no period in the last 100 years of Chinese history when some war lord or other did not have an army in the field jockeyin, for more revenue, more territory or more concubines At such times as China, it was alwa an that when the Chir corn was cut, the troops would moving. Even Chinese war lords had some consideration for peas- ants’ crops and the country’s food supply. It was into this vortex of poli- tical intrigue that Pat Hurley, our naive and delightful cowboy Am- bassador from Oklahema, threw the full weight of the U with all its prestige, all its lend all Far East airplanes threw arently AMBASSADOR 20 y Kai-shek has exacuy 'S ago, are I have visited axiom crop start se d whenever behind Huvlges All=thi sore at t East him they would their live nese war lord Note 1—Eleven crashes were China in one them flown by benefit of Note 2 Dakota I State . De of rage $30,000 b to Mrs Hurley was so Departiment's Far who tried to warn ooking. Months ago public reaction rican pilots’ losing benefit of Chi- = for U reported day U S. plane recently in all of for the alone, Senator Langer of North d that the Chinese jewelry Chiang vernment Hurle NO' PARACHUTES IN CHINA Additional ro available regarc of Pvt. W. M. C mont, Texas, on Oct the Hima Mounta his and the planes h: carry pars The no-parachute sued by the Air Forces ir ington, Sept and by B William H. Tunner, command the India-Burma theatre 20. He was carrying out ton orders. The order C-54's, or four-engined carrying passengers, including Ge ‘Tunner’s own plane, and now e : g the d been specificd Ala I;a E n i;fio Second Clas BUY VICTORY BONDS ' Tunner after. R S | |tions and the reflection of their cost in Treasury expenditures. In other word munitions deliveries will run to ab@uts6 billion compared with $7% for mur tions in the last eight months of .\\\ i President becausg of jhis time-lag billion actual outlays - the fiscal year Matter 4 Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal has recom- mended to Congress that the United States retain a o, | Peacetime Navy of 1,082 ships. The Navy Department " | has estimated that the cost of such a fleet would be tly notify Aot the delivery to cover maintenance and operation, chai for SL30 per monthi $15.00 about % two-thirds of would be that come under the general heac bilion a year g of munition: During expected other tk ¥ the next eight month. Government i to spend $18% billion n munitions, comprising $11 billion for mili- and $7'% billion for miscel- laneous war costs, inciuding transp GI's back to the United States, the maintenance of o pation posts in conquered nations, cancellation of war and other items, i costs publ on direct war er- ished 141 | tary pay subsistence and ka Newspapers, contracts Jed Johnson’s Boomerang Anchorage Times) ng feature relative The boomer made Rep. Jed John handle the resy when one applies | people of the T their representativ of statements to Alaska’s inability to the e line of reas ted they are s in Congress, that Alaskans oning to the een through Johnson contends ve failed to provide, adequate taxes for a Tito! hence could not assume the responsibilities of state- hood. He points to the $60.000,000 business of the salmon industry and deplores the fact that the Terri- tory collects only $1,000,000 from it in ta But in the meantime, A a It.has no indebted It has a cash one and one-ha llion dollars in its treasury If Johnson's reasoning is sound for Alaska, boomerangs when applied to the action of Congress in nandling Federal taxation The Cong ent snacted a law to reduce the revenue of the govern- ment by approximately $5,300,000,000 through lower income taxes. At the same time the Federal govern- | | pend ‘about $7'% | es. | dur- | year, In prowing seekfg B remains solvent. fisoed es5, alance of about mo; tment is from November ked reduction in first four months out an estimated almost $5 billion | and around $2% September and bond drive stated on the floor of the terest we must pay on the eds the cost of Congress, | offices of the President, and | as much as $7% | all the civil departments and agencies of the gov-| during the next|crnment. So at a time when the government of the | country is confronted with exceedingly heavy obliga- | tions, Congress is undertaking to reduce the capacity of the government to meet these obligations | Why doesn't Representative Johnson tell the people nt. These items | of the United States that they have proven themselves 1d Navy exist. | ynable to carry the responsibilities of overeign sents the cost of | na by their failure t sufficien 2 the Victory war snator O'Mahaoney ipper house that “the | national debt this year exce the co the executiy expenditures will | asoline and ship | o levy Germany, and Ralph Pickering former Navy lieu- tenant, who saw extensive action in the North African, Sicilian and Salerno operations (Covyright, 1945, By Bell Syndicate, Inc.) e fran's Request is Turned Down Second Time by Russians Dec. 5—The ) refused, in a second to the Iran Government, to permit en- trance of additional Iranian troops in the troubled northwestern province of Azerbaijan, it was di closed today The new Soviet note a tense political situation, with Iranian Premier Haikimi threaten- ing to unless the dispute over wa, ettled by direct negotiation with Moscow. Iranian troops, ordered to the province which is the scene of a local autonomy movement, still were bivouacked Sharifabed, where they were Nov. they should not carry fighting over chutes. Hitherto, these ried parachutes that para- a planes had car- while flying the ‘Hump” but the Army explains that Hump flying has been stop Reason for the no-parachute order on four-motored t port pl carrying pas that thou the could bail out, the pas- sengers can't. They haven't been trained in parachute jumping, and no crew can desert a ahead of its One reason why U China are now burned many of thém have nese troops into the battle area Chiang Kai-shek. Imagine the panic if 50 to 60 Chinese troop passengers all tried to bail out engers is crew passengers S. pilots in up is that Ch fc Rus note to carry AVE It should be noted that this sit- uation is not the fault of the Air Transport Command, which, like railroad, is merely given orders to carry this or that. The ATC, for instance, carry a Cadillac » Hump for the benefit of Ambassador Hurley Despite all these hand Gen. has sharply reduced the India-China accident rate. Describing the situation, Gen Tunner informs me: “The men who flew Air ‘Transport Command planes in India and China, un- armed and under constant threat of enemy attack, performed one of the outstanding feats of all Am- erican forces in the war. Private allaway was one of these men. He was one of 910 crew members who - gave their lives in crashes of 594 aircraft in the India-China Divi- sion of ATC while in the service of their country and the loss of every man {is regrettable. Pvt. Callaway was one of the 35,000 military per- sonnel in the India-Burma Divi- sion who made it possible to lift 776,532 tons of war materials to China from Dec. 1, 1942, to Nov 5 came during a resign the province s s, halted occupied the province since 1941 when they were sent to guard thé Russian lend-lease supply lane - A. HENSEL HERE Hensel, Excursion Inlet at the Gastineau Hotel J J. A guest ACROSS . Owns . Defied Pathetic Turkish name Large serpent . Indefinite amount cat Headpiece Conjunction . Less intricate . Symbol for ruthenium ge tub 4. Chum 5. Ingredient of L AL CHAFF Some Congressmen were con- siderably irked at the way Army- Navy football tickets were allocated chiefly to brass hats, also regarding the number of tickets getting into the hands of scalpers. The latter were peddling tickets for $50 each . Deadline for buying Congres- tickets supposed be but when Senators Langer Dakota, Mead of New and Murray of Montana ap- were told Gen Boston Majority . Season: highly Remove impurities Is defeated Title of & Knight . From a Smail chicken of type sional Oct. 23, of North York plied on that day, they Too late, no tickets” Eisenhower owes that big tion chiefly to House John McCormack, the Bay is to this ibilities of statehood, are siriking | al government, | it | 20| 8 by the Russians. Soviet troops have ‘m\mllinns completed before V-J Day or shortly there- e is a time-lag between dslivery of muni-; | | s | { | | December 5, 1945 o o Art Mantyla Barbara Sm Selma Maki Norma Burford william Rodenberg Keith Petrich Jimmy Harmbn Bill Goodman h | Mrs ev0ees 0000 (e cu- “The stars incline but do not compel” by | influences are under th configura- adverse aspect © i but strong HEA ) HOME Women ar favorable direc- tion today but many will meet do- mestic problems, owing to differ {ences of viewpoint among member: lof the family. Public issues will | probably disturb peace in the house- hold ne BUSINE AFFAIRS Apprehension and distru among | persons. who head large cor porations will retard certain plans for con- | version but there should be health- | ful activity in many lines of manu- facturing and merchandising NATIONAL ISSUES A crisis in what has been an economic revolution . extending through several decades is indicat- d for the new year when labor and capital must reach lasting agree- ments. Danger of serious inflation now ems near, according to the stars. INTER TIONAL aFFAIRS ns puzzled by Aquarian ten- will misunderstand Russia spirit of the great nation com- idealism and unflinchir realism. Thjs duality is seen in the music and literature as well as in the politics of this fact develop- ing inter nal power Persons whose birthdate it is have year of upsetting ex- which will be quickly over- by good luck n b on this v v be brilliant and difficult to guid possib: (Copy nes > probab- ependent They have but id did S s 1 > SOME TiP, §50,000 5) cab man is , an Army two years 40-year-old John Broph veteran of more than The will of the weal- 1y Carl Rupprecht states that the bequest was made to Brophy be- cause the driver had helped Rup- pr escape from the boredom of | talk about business, concerts and ope e - OPA SETTLEMENT check for $400 from Grs has been received Alask OPA. The check settlement of administrator damage claim three times the on retail sales of OPA stated. - - T. BYRNE HERE Byrne arrived here from yesterday. He is registered Gastineau H by is LA the in con- and represe | charge | clothing £ T at the Solution Of Yesterday’s Puzzle Storles . Held a session DOWN 1. Articies of millinery . Lopsided i 67. 8. 9. Rub out Brownie Make a mistake 0. 1L . Like . Valleys . Sojourns 5. Gypsy . Arablan chieftaln . Appointments . Sarcastic Presently . Unit of force 5 one-man “chamber of com- Central parts Lvergreen tree Old-fashioned merce McCormack arranged with Gen. Marshall, then Chief of Staff piece of needlework over for Eisenhower to land in Boston instead of New York The pet . Unit of electri- cal capacity . Mountain pass gray-aud-white cat hang: around the the ican is that headquarters Federation of Labor of . ¥rench city Pluck Immerse By appropriately named “Unior Wh “Union it i spent a w “C10" en last h Seer looked a d turbulent night Patriotic S of New Ham Styles Bridges nine b s in the ! ator les Bridge 0 hire whose W vy; also I ervicen Wesley Powell, former > won the Purpl : Divisions of highways S. scribe over-, men’s 120 YEARS AGO %™ cupine B e 5 DECEMBER 1925 Allen Shattuck President of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce; H. I. Lucas was elected Vice-President, and Frank Boyle was chosen Secretary-Treasurer. was elected The Douglas Aerie, No. 117, Fraternal Order of Eagles, was to hold a special meeting and an extra ferry was to leave Juneau at 7:30 o'clock for the island, according to C. V. Westlake, W. P. went down to defeat at the (Score not given in writeup.) The Douglas High School baskete of the Alumni the previous night hands F. A. J. Gallwas was elected Councilman at Douglas to succeed to the vacancy caused by the resignation of August Olson H. L. Faulkner was to deliver the address at the Elks Memoris held the next day service 0 b Major F. N. Maddox of Chilkoot Barracks arrived in Juneau aboard the harbor boat Fornance. za Comes Home to Stay" was presented by the Juneau High 100l players at the Palace Theatre. Among the thespians were Ed. Garnick, Mildred Warwick, Vivian Davis, Natalia Kashevaroff, Walter Heisel, Evelyn Judson, Harold Brown and Robert Mize B Grace Frank Price of Sitka was elected President of the Alaska Native Brotherhood at the convention held at Hydaburg. Between 50 and 60 persons attended the Scottish Rite Masons party the previous night, given in the club rooms at Third and Main streets. Bridge, mah jong and pincchlz were played. —— i Sylvia Sinding and Willis Nowell were to give a joint concert in the Elks Hall the next evening. Mrs. Harry Sperling and Mrs. Lester D. Henderson were to be the accompanists Weather report: High, 42; low, 41; cloudy Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon : i WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do net say, “The shop laid off half its force.” Say, “DISCHARGED half its force.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Laboratory. five syllables, and not lab-ra-to-ri. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cellar; AR, not ER. SYNONYMS: Appetite, liking, fondness, predilection, taste. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one werd cach day. Today's word: ADROITNESS; skill and readiness; dexterity. “Adroitness was as re- quisite as cours *—Motley Pronounce lab-o-ra-to-ri MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ ROBERTA LEE Q. What there are gueste in the home? A. By allowing the children to mingle with the guests, watching them closely and correcting them privately when necessary Q. Is it the duty of the hostess to see that conve guests does not lag? A. Yes; but a congenial group of persons subjects of conversation Q. What is the customary method used by a club to take in new members? A. This g LOOK and LEARN Y ¢ corpox How did the term “colossal” originate? What is pilau? What sea parted for Moses? What are the inhabitants of the Isle of Man called? What is the antonym of staccato? ANSWERS From the noun “colossus” which Greeks and Romans used to de- | any statue larger than an ordinary man. Rice stewed with meat, poultry, etc. and spices. The Red Sea. Manx, or Manxmen. - N N N N N \ s the best way to train children to be socially at ease when sation among her is never at a loss for is usually done by election 5. 1 REFRIGERATOR SERVICE Keep your present equipment in good repair until new units are available. Call us for service on all makes of refrigeraiors. REPRESENTATIVES FOR Westinghouse - Philco- Webher PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. B S A e PAUL R. FRIBRISH zs a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASh.4 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: “THREE'S A FAMILY" Federal Tax—11c¢ per Person PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO0. 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 IDEAL AUTO DAY, DECEMBER 5, 1945 PLATE GLASS GLASS CO. GLASS WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS DON ABEL 121 MAIN DR. E. H. 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