The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alasha E m ptre every evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN s DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Prestdent Vice-President “Editor and Manager Managing Editor | _ Business Mar Entered in the Post Offic SUBSCR Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year. in advance, £15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will co the Business Office 0 of their papers Telephones if they will promptly notify | Ne 602; Business Office, 374, ASSOCIATED PRESS MEMBER OF The Associated Pres republication of ail news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited i paper and also the local news published berein (TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 eattle, Wash. NATIONAL REPF Fourth Avenue Blde THE \TFI’ (Hll D No better illustration of the stepchild attitude of the Federal Government toward Alaska is seen than | a chart showing apportionment of the first $500,000,000 of $1,500,000,000 in accordance with the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 New York, with the biggest pull in Congress, course came away with the biggest “take,” some $33,- 000,000. Texas collected mor e or irregularity in the delivery | exclusively entitled to the use for | of « than $28,000,000 for No. 2| | Highway Act go unheeded in Congress, but at the s time, junketing Congressmen who tour the Territory i quite regularly whine about our poor roads and lack of roads. The Act is discriminatory-——but | representation in Congress and with nothing to trade, | there’s not much we can do about it with no voting Abraham Lincoln, addressing a deputation of work- ing men, stated: “The strongest bond of human sym- , pathy outside the family relation should be one uniting lall working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds, nor should this lead to a war upon property or the owners of property. Property is the fruit of labor, property is desirable; s a positive good in the | world. That séme should be rich shows that others may | become rich and hence is just encouragement to in- Jduslx'y and enterprise. Let not him who is homele pull down the house of others, but let him | diligently and build one for himself, thus by example | assuming that his own shall be safe from violence when, built.” worl Musicians in France have declared that the whole world is “sadly out of tune.” To correct the trouble, they suggest broadcasting the standard pitch “la” over It also might help if the people who sing off key could be persuaded to all networks. tematically play o | stay off the air A hardy soul has offered to remain on a ship under atomic bomb attack, to report on the effects. Evidently he plans to be his own ghost writer. City- Lounlrv ] iving (New York Times) Reports {from different regions of the country indi- | cate a back-to-the-land movement. It is not a back-to- | the farm =xodus in the sense that people are expecting | to make their living from the soil. Instead it is a ! continuation and acceleration of the trend toward country living. As rural sociologists point out, a small { “place in the country” is not usually an efficient place to make a profit. | e THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA 1946 o o . . . © e Thursday, Jan. 3, . . Hazel Thomas Walborg Lindegard Glenn Adams Mamie Armstrong Peter Campbell Mrs. R. M. Engberg Y. Uberti Lance E. Hendrickson Rae Stevenson Clarabel Rakestraw e o e 0 00 v 000 B ] { HOROSCGPE Y “The stars incline { but do not compel” | JANUARY 4 Adverse planetary aspects are ac- tive today but there is a sign of prcmise for new year projects. HEART AND HOME The seers stress that thousands of var workers have as difficult,prob- lems of readjustment as have re- turning service folk. Girls determ- to avoid household tasks will compete for jobs this month when there may be general resentment among men who have fought abroad. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Before the end of the month there will be grave repercussions from widespread strikes. FRIDAY, Prosperity fore- | 20 YEARS AGO 7%'s empire JANUARY 3, James McAlister became parentsof a baby girl born at at 12:45 o'clock this afternoon. 1926 Mr. and Mrs St. Ann’s Hospit H fhe Rev. David Waggoner, Presbyterian missionary in, Southeast | Alaska, left on the steamer Admiral Rogers for Haines on a trip in con- nection with his work. In a stenographic contest held recently at Knapp's Business College lin Mamie Feusi of Douglas, won second prize for high ! honors in the shorthand word sign contest. This was her second yedr at Knapp College. | Clarence Geddes sailed for Sitka on the steamer Admiral Rogers. | | i For the first time in the history of Juneau lcdges, joint installation | ceremonies were to be held the following week by Mt. Juneau Lodge No | 147, P. and A. M., and Juneau Chapter No. 7, Order of Eastern Star, in ‘Odli Fellows' Hall. A social session was to follow with families of the | members invited to attend S Goldstein’s Emporium announced a disposal sale of the entire srccery stock, to start January 5. The additional space in the store was to be utilized to increase the stock of dry goods, shoes and men’s furn- } ishings. | Weather: Highest, 42; lowest, 36; rain. PSRN AR T T Ao | Da||y Lessons in English % 1. corbox g WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “That was a pretty good take-off of Bing Crosby we saw last night at the theatre.” Say, “That was a pretty good IMITATION.” ! OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Scalloped. Preferred pronunciation ii‘ ! skol-upt, O as in ON. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Inadequate; ADE, not ADA. SYNONYMS: Imperative, mandatory, urgent, pressing. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| WINDOW AUTO THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1946 PLATE GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. GLASS WORK OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS DON ABEL DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground | Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 90 Willoughby Ave. 121 MAIN STREET 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 Evenings Phone 318 Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Heating — 0il Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES K. F. MacLEOD—Owner, Manager spot and third was Pennsylvania with more than | The trend, however, is unmistakable. Many city $24,000,000. Nevada was able to get only a little 0\‘Pr(\\'orkcrs want to live in less crowded areas. Many fam- $2,000,000. !ilies have accumulated savings which permit the pur- The Territory of Hawaii was awarded $2,221,541 and | chase of homes with little or no mortgage encumbrance. the Territory of Puerto Rico was given $3,077,113. | There are those with vivid recollections of the hard Puerto Rico also is refunded Federal income taxes. [ s eca e e Bao: To them, a home in the Even the District of Columbia was given a few country is one way of preparing against a future mililion for roads. | exigency Country living is destined to grow in- increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: ELUSIVE; hard to grasp or keep (pronounce the U as in USE, not as in RUDE). “With the growing light, she experienced an unpleasant sen- ! sation; an elusive feeling, for which she could find no name."—Baker. told from the positing of the stars will be hampered seriously at the peak of the nation’s buying power. NATIONAL ISSUES Growing opposition to Government control will be marked when Con- gress turns to our internal problems. Those who read the stars declare PHONE 319 HARRY RACE Druggist “The Store for Men" by ROBERTA LEE But the stepchild, the Territory of Alaska, gets creasingly attractive in the years ahead. With electric power, modern heating and improved transportation nothing from the fund { people can live comfortably and efficiently many miles Pleas from Alaska for aid under the Federal-Aid from their places of pmpxo\mpm The Washmgm Merry-Go- Round (Continued from Page One) the closing of war plants threw many people out of work following V-J Day. Actually, part of this large labor | force already has been dissolved m a great extent. Many of Ihew unemployed were elderly men “hu‘abomd NG normally wouldn't have worked during ' the waf years, and have since retired from the labor market n complete. v"Big Three”” discussions be flown golhu notes, which were none " QUIET COUNCIL MEET SEEN FOR Cohen, therefore, cabled bacl | the State Department, asking thfllr a complete volume of all previous | s o e g5 TOMORROW EVE | partment, however. cabled hlm in | substance: “We can't give you all the trans-| Mayor Ernest Parsons today de- cripts. We haven't seen them all|clared that, to his knowledge, no { ourselves.” business outside of the routine * * | category is on tap for Juneau's TRUMAN'S RADIO MESSAGE Common Council when it sits When President Truman went down to its first Yacht Wnllmmshum of the year 1946, tomorrow eve- | last weekend he had with him a| mng at 8 o'clock in the City Hall. |large stack of notes from various| There are a few left-over items dvisers as to what kind of speech | that were referred to commlttee Many wives and daughters, alsO, . gnoylq deliver to the nation but none promises any excitement. | who were employed in war plants, | are returning to their homes. In addition, college enrollments | will reach the highest in the na- '| today. He also had ringing in )ns tion’s history, with great numbers | of ex-servicemen taking advantage of the educational benefits under, the G. I. Bill of Rights. This will take many more off the labor market. Besides the volume of production facturing industries, in the manu- increases by | him to out-Roosevelt Roosevelt in national em- | ployment also will be benefited by | greatly increased activity in the construction industry, due to the housing shortage. Another important factor in the employment picture is the fact that numerous G. I's will have trade skills they picked up in the service and thus be better qualified for jobs in industry. The Army, Navy Corps, for instance, numbers of men for communica- tions and the Signal Corps and they can now look forward to jobs in the radio industry. The same is true of men trained in the Air Corps. So the employment outlook is good both from the standpoint of available jobs and trained ien to fill them. STRIKES—This is the big tion mark. However, private strikes tion. and Marine trained ques- neither government nor € analysts think seriously upset produc- One economic expert re-| rash of strikes is only| y. It will not persist after | spring. And from the standpoint of | the employers, competition drive them into production. doi’t want labor troubles. They | the market for the distributors. | INFLATION — We already have some inflation and the situation is likely to get worse during the year, with employers bombarding the OPA and Congress for price in- creases to offset demands. However, as long Bowles heads the OPA be any runaway uncontr tion. Chester there won't olled infla- as DIPLOMACY IN THE DARK During the recent Moscow Con- ference, State Departinent Coun- selor Ben Cohen became terribly upset because the British had a complete, lavishly bound, printed transeript of everything that took place during the preceding “Big Three” Conference at Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam. It was neatly indexed, and the British could re- fer quickly to every commitment previously made by Stalin or FDR The Americans, on the other hand, had some hastily thrown to large | “m\afrmd the trip might make it| They | will want to get their products.on increased wage | .- ears advice from of | i :o(liz:j?elo‘:?-éedh higx to i (leliver ; ‘. M a ” h a SO ( l e ty 0’ N. L. Church Meehng Tomorrow Afternoon spanking to Congress, and thww‘ The Martha Society of the North- two groups overboard completely his patient attempts to get along with his oldv colleagues on the Hill. They want | cracking the whip over Congr », The other group advised Trumdn[ to continue his conciliatory policy land not offend certain southernérn Light Presbyterian Church will Democrats who have sabotaged his hold their regular luncheon meelmgi program at every step. | tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in out of this conflicting advice, |the church parlors, and a full at- the President, according to those!tendance of members is desired. who saw the last draft of his| Members are also requested to speech, has evolved a middle-of- | take their donations of clean, mend- the-road message. They describe it |€d clothing intended for the Victory as ‘courageous but cooperative.” C!olhmg Collection to this meeting. He will not scold Congress but hp Hostesses for the afternoon will will urge that every congressman be Mrs. H. W. Starling, Mrs. Hugh stand up and be counted as to Antrim, Mrs. Nick Rocovich, Mrs. whether or not he is for such im. | Josephine Boyd and Mrs. Willis R.| portant basic Roosevelt - Truman | Booth. regular meeting ° a certain amount of industrial regi mentation is imperative through 1946. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Prolonged difficulty in teaching principles of democracy to defeated foes is prognosticated. There will be secret machinations that bode ill for coming months. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year in which they may put romance before all other desires. Capricorn folk are likely to be unfortunate in love affairs. Children born on this day prob-# ably will be dreamers who need care-| ful guiding to develop their talents. | Practical viewpoints must be con- stantly presented to them. xCopynght 1946) D PAN AMERICAN HIES 34, WEDNESDAY TRIPS Pan American Airways flew passengers on trips between Seattle, : Fairbanks, yesteday. To Seattle—Milo Wahl, Dale John- \on Archie Barley, Ann Peckham, Larry Schemeister, Donald Williams, Irene Williams, Ernest Will, Larry Kendall, John Williams, Eleanor | Dooley, Alan Pilling, Gustav Peter- son, Donald Euess, Waunnalee Suess, Earl McGinty, Alex Misoff. To Ketchikan—Isaac Jacobsen. To Fairbanks—Grace Berg, Sylvia Anderson and John Maloney. From Fairbanks—Arthur and Charles Carmody. From Seattle—Joe Busey, Gregory, Vivian Short, Walsh, Walter Hemrich, Houston, Margaret Miller, Patrick O'Neill, Lorna O'Neill, Patrick O'Neill, Jr., and Jack Com\dy .- 'DRINK KING BLACK Glover Gerrett Edward Harold CABEL! | policies as housing for veterans, a| ~ | health program for the American | | people, the fact-finding labor con- !ciliation act, and full employment. Finally, Truman's speech will la; the foundation for the Democratic Party’s drive to win the 1946 Congressional Elections. | B A | POTOMAC CRUI l White House Adviser George Allen had quite an argument with | | his wife before she would let him! accompany Truman on the New | | Year’s weekend cruise down the| | Potomac. Allen had been »ul[onng‘ | from a bad cold, and his wife was | ACROSS Topaz hum- bivd sh river Southwest wind Dutitul You No ton, Open | vessel a1 Amerfean hu- r Brood of pheasants Thirsty 26 Hauluge | worse. “Don’t worry,” wife, “there's a h us.” “In your condition,” replied Mrs. Allen, “you won’t need a doctor,| you'll need a priest.” (Copyright, 1946, By Bell Syndicate, iInc.) Allen told hi doctor on board | |w TIDE TABLE 4, 1946 o o ® e Friday, Jan. 145 ft. 29 ft. 17.6 ft. -1.7 ft. High Low High Low 10a.m, :4la.m., 13'40 p.m., 0:22p. m,, 2 T ¥ Crossword Puzzle Am H< amzx I im0 o Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzlie Resounded Lone Star state: abbr. 7. Sound of surf on the shure DOWN 1. Talon 2. Beach employee Poem . Dickens char. acter Small istand: variant Body of ad- visers Room for pitchers and licen Access Profound Day's ma:c A ralk effusively weet potato Former ruler . . . . . . . . . . . . Reparation - LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE HEEK HEEEE Will have several new members | going in on Friday night, and on | Saturday night a Public Card Party will be held. The Clubrooms are open every day from 1 o'clock on- | ward (158t1) HEEE EEE N Turf Mountaln rid, Work % Moro chief lose relative Clearer Oriental cart Ancient Latir 34; Ketchikan and Jupeau. ; MODERN ETIOUETTE Q. If a wedding is to be a very quiet home affair and only members | of the immediate families attend, would it be proper to send wedding | announcements? A. Yes. Announcements are proper regardless of how simple and | quiet the wedding may be. Announcements, of course, do not carry‘\ a gift obligation. Q. Is it obligatory for a young man to send flowers to a girl he is going to escort to a dancing party? A. Ts it not cbligatory, merely optional Q. Is it proper to eat the patty shells in which cream food is | iserved? | A. Yes, | e et e et e e e e e e e | | 1100K and LEARN Y ¢ qonoon | i | i | ! What are the three primary human emotions? What is the capital of Abyssinia? ‘Who led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage? What is zoolatry? Who was the author of the Decameron? ANSWERS: Fear, anger, and love. Addis Ababa. Moses. Animal worship. Giovanni Boc [ H.J.LENZ as a paid-up sabscriber to THE DAILY ALASh. EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVEN Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “EARL CARROLL VANITIES" 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! 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