The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 2, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire bl « except Sunday by the COMPANY Juneau, Alaska THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO Y SSUSOTSUSS [the way for a West Coast link to the Alaska Highway has been reported, and any international commission {created to solve the sovereignty difficulties involved in that project would be in position also to smooth Haines Highway wrinkles. Biior et Metitger Perhaps this is altogether tco many eggs to hope pianaging Bditor [ to hatch at one sitting, but it would seem that the | - | Congress will not be likely to set on all of them | | without procucing a few birds in hand for Alaska. SPECIALIZING IN PERMANENT WAVING HAIR CUTTING AND GENERAL BEAUTY CULTURE A FULL LINE IN DERMETICS CREAMS LUCILLE’S BEAUTY SALON PHONE 492 DR. E. H. KASER The Charles W. Carter Bkl Mortuary BLOMGREN BUILDING Fourth and Franklin Sts. Phone 56 9 A M. to5P. M. PHONE 136 from THE EMPIRE e e FEBRUARY 2, 1926 W 1I's new electric light plant which had been under construc- tion the past two mcnths was now completed and in operation, according i to reports from that city. | Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Williams, Tke P. Taylor, Mrs. R. J. Sommers, Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Palmer and Vera Hunter were all incoming pas- sengers cn the steamer Alaska, ving this morning from the south. \\\U/// ING ets, TR i Prestdent DOROTHY TROY - WILLIAM R. CART ELMER A FRI ALFRED -ZENG FEBRUARY 2 Mrs. Glenn Oakes Sandra Junge Helen Miller Inez Lowell Claire Whitman Office in 1 as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas 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, $7.60; one month, in ad $1.50 Subscribers w fer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery Entered 1 Russia’s Population (Cincinnati Enquirer) A recent radio speaker, among the world’s foremost | experts on population trends, predicted that by 1970— MENBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS less than 25 years ahead—Russia would have 230,000,000 N .»}lm":‘.i‘l‘ff,".{”‘,"lfi,,“éfnl‘?f inhabitants. With such tremendous man power added \so the local news published | to her already gigantic reserves of natural resources, the | Soviet will be in position to dominate Europe as well ‘Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | 85 Asia. Such Is the probability, the speaker declared, | whether it appeals to us or not. | The conclusions were reached after a lifetime devoted to the science of world populations, and after {a study of the tremendous background of factual in- | formation on the sul Since today's students have at their disposal a fairly accurate record of racial population fluctuations reaching back over thousands H 0 R O S c 0 P E |of years, it possible now to predict with accuracy what tomorrow’s fluctuations will be. There is every i “The stars I-ll(f[l.]ZC reason to believe that the prediction of Russia's grow- ! e P | Sec ing power is basically correct. ! ut do not compe and announced their entry in the race for their party’s nomination for Population, of course, is not the single determining | ¢ —~eeeeeeeeereeeeoseoeesd | Delegate to Congress. | factor in the power of any nation. Many other things | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3 ; | enter—education and adaptability, natural resources, | { | ecgraphical location. In 25 years Russia has made, | | amazing progress in general education. There is no! _ : by indication that this progress will be retarded. In in their love affairs through this D i L E l h thers are slgns: that 16 will contins at/an ccelerated |pariod. Wives will 40 well to guard ally Lessons In tngis w. 1. GorDON | pace. In natural resources the Soviet far exceeds any |goainst jedlousy and groundless sus- g A . lland in either Europe or Asia. While location may picions e iyt S 0 TR0 S Breakdown of the five million dollar increase in|wory against her in some regards, it seems probable | BUSINESS AFFAIRS WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: A GREEN HOUSE (two words) is a | recommended appropriations for Alaska contained in |that she—even now—is planning to improve some of | Accelerated efforts to correct the house that is painted green. A GREENHOUSE (one word) is a house President Harry Truman's 1947 Budget Message 10| her geographical shortcomings, notably her lack of |conditions responsible for strikes is of glass, devoted to the cultivation of plants. | the Congress opens the way for hopes that a nick may ‘y()].)(ru-v\"mvr ports. This she can do either by treaty ; mrli(‘:u:-‘d. Both labor and manage- PN BRREHONGCHORD) Fbisnd. | Erotautics hivk shisbis; THcl at last be made in Alaska’s road needs. jor by annexation. Iment will be disposed.to give ground | There is promise in the budget recommendation of Population growth at this time would contribute |in the knowledge that both will be an approximate two and three-quarters million dollar | immeasurably to Soviet power. At the! beginning of , benefited: increase in the item for “Roads, bridges and trails, | World War IT her 8,000,000 square miles supported some | NATIONAL ISSUES construction and maintenance.” Just how much mean- | 162000000 persons. Should she gain upward of 100-| A well-organized ~campaign to 5 3 1000,000 in the coming 25 years, the increase alone |“sell” a famous U. S. general to the ing can be read into that promise is greatly dependent | & =oiue Russia more men of military age than had [country as a highly qualified and upon the not-yet-forthcoming report of the House|Germany and France combined at the outbreak of logical Presidential candidate im- roads sub-committee which travelled the, Territory’s 100, nostilities. Ipends. An important change in a few present highways last summer. | Russia still is less than 40 years away from hm‘;m:\jnr Governmental agency is pro- has been | “dark ages.” She is only entering the period when, |bable within the next few mohths. proposals, | history tells us, great population increases will be seen.| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 1 These studies should give America ample nofice that | Many of those responsible for the he Soviet soon is likely to hold the same position in |atrocities and inhuman cruelties ':\m Eastern Hemisphere that the United States now |commitfed during the war will short- exercises in hers. These two, of all the world’s nations, |1y pay dearly for their crimes. The | seemed destined to rank 1 and 2 during the generations | theory that Hitler may not be dead {will be revived in spectacular fash- HOUR! Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTTRY BUILDING Office Phone 469 FEBRUARY 3 Ed J. Radde Mrs. Vena Crone Jeffrey Pegues Constance Valison Mrs. George Wools E. A. Johnson les: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 - Beth the Juneau and Douglas Parent-Teacher Associations had | meetings scheduled for tenight. A special feature of the Juneau meeting | was to be the appearance of the Toy Orchestra, composed of kindergarten and first grade pupils. FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY republication wise credited i berein { 1 | The House Public Lands Committe had approved Delegate Suther- land’s bill to authorize exportation of Alaska timber cut from National Forests on public land, a dispatch from Washington said. Gastineau Cafe Foremost in Friendliness ENTATIVES tle, Wash ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted -ee "”‘“”'"“"“"g L VANITY BEAUTY SALON * Cooper Building ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Phone 318 Dr. John H. Geyer A baby boy was born this morning at St. Ann's Hospital to Mrs. . Chenard. Dr. J. W. Pigg reported both mother and baby doing well. Frank A. Boyle of this city, and Gilbert A. Adams of Nome, had £:1:d declarations of candidacy in the office of the Territorial Secretary, 73 Lenses Ground Alaska Music Supply H Arthur M. Uggen, Manager § | Planos—Mausical Instruments | and Supplier DENTIST Phone 206 Second and Seward Room 9—Valentine Bldg. ittt b et il | PHONE 1762 (RS G hearcti 44 i METCALFE SHEET METAL The Rexall Store” Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Your Reliable Pharmacists Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET MET. . sl BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Heating — 0il Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES K. F. MacLEOD—Owner, Manager Weather: Highest, 3¢; lowest, 28; snow. e e Ot {1 S A """"’“‘"“‘“"'mw'? N HEART AND HOME Women should proceed cautiously MILESTONES A-MAKING i | i | 90 Willouzhby Ave. not 4 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Omelet; two not OMLET. SYNONYMS: Derive, deduce, infer, trace. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's wor COMPLEXIT anything intricate or complicated. “He pondered over | the complexities of life.” P MODERN ETIQUETTE % pprra 1em ————d PHONE 319 HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession SABRIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. A favorable committee report, which indicated, ccmbined with the President’s should bring about some increase. Nor are all of Alaska's new highway hopes de- pendent upon that one item. Also under consideration are at least two more major appropriation measures: An already authorized but not yet financed one and !immediately ahead. [ SSSSSSSSU TS S Q. A, What are the customary hours for the “day at home”? From four to six in the afternoon. What should a bridegroom’s best man wear? one-half million dollars yearly for t. devoted to forest roads within the N: Alaska, and a multi-million dollar special appropriation for Turnagain Arm crossing and a Seward-Anchorage highway, survey for which was undertaken late last year by the Public Roads Administration. | Alsc, State Department progress toward clearing hree years, to be ational Forests of | Thinking and “Skipping isn't | just a passing fad with the public. has already become virtually unaware of its existence. la much longer period of unusual talking about the atomic bomb was Almost everyone healthful,” says a physician. We've known cases in which it was. | The Washington Verry Go-RoundE fContinued from Page One) to Congress. They are planning to play up the White House tea for all it’s worth. BRITISH BUFFER STATE It isn't being advertised, but Marshal Zhukov, Soviet Com- mander in Germany, has sent a blistering letter to Field Marshal | Montgomery, Commander of the British zone in Germany. He charges that several hundred thou- sand German soldiers are being kept in the British zone, organiz- ed in companies and regiments, all ready to fight a war all over again. Zhukov informed Field Marshal Montgomery that, according to his information, part of these Nazi troops, were being drilled regularly | by their own officers. He also claimed about 100,000 Germans had been allowed to retain their small arms, that heavy ordnance, in- cluding tanks and artillery, was be- ing kept close at hand, available for use. | Zhukov notified Field Marshal Montgomery that he considered this hostile to Russia and in viola- tion of the Potsdam agreement. | Marshal Montgomery’s reply to| Zhukov was equally blistering. He admitted thousands of Germans were still armed but claimcd the number was less than v ai- leged.. In general, however, the tone of Montgomery's letter was “So What?” Behind this cxchance of Ietters is a dancerous situation which be- gan with the Armistice and has been getting worse ever since. It is the ©ritish balence-of-power pol- jey of iny oif Germany against Rus-ia. The same thing happened r after the last war, when the Bri- | tish played off Germany against | France. British money poured into | banks | and even German munitions plants. | German industry, German |as companies aren't too worried about the strike, take a look at the tax law Congress so generously gave them. Though it’s hard to under- stand all the taxation jiujitsu, it | will give you a revealing picture. Take for instance { Bethlehem Steel. Actually, Bethlehem’s bocks show that it went into the red as soon the war ended. But the real fact is that 1945, despite the tax legerdemain, was the most pros- perous year Bethlehem has seen in years. Here is what happened: during | the third quarter of 1945, Bethle- hem earned a profit before taxes of $22,676,000. However Bethlehem will pay no taxes on this sum be- cause it will show a paper loss for the period which is legal and will build the three months actual pro- | 100,000 as an expense during the fits to a cool tax-free $57,656,000. Ordinarily. business is permitted to depreciate property over stalling on lush incentive which permitted it to amortize its defense plants over a 5-year period or less if the war ended sooner. However, lush as it was, this wasn't juicy enough so big business tax lobbyists managed to wangle even more generous treatment in Crossword Puzzle . Sensational . Chinese measure . Poultry product 33. Becloud . Rumen . Ourselves . Competitor . Portend . Endeavored . Sea eagles ACROSS 1. Convened 4. Cooks with dry heat Health resort Rowing implement 13. Join 14. Famous charioteer 15. So. American wood sorrel 16. Orlental guitar 17. Writing fluid 18. Prickly plant 20. Female relatives . Egyptian river Part of a church Backbone . Globes 9. 12. 49. European lavender Cover Devoured . Strongbox When the French proposed stop- | ping Hitler's invasion of the Rhine- land on March 7, 1936, it was the British who discouraged the French. Today Britain is still following the Bbalance-of-power policy—with a different twist. Instead of play- ing France off against Germany, she is trying to patch up relations between these two, gnd play both off against Russia. Today Britain is trying to con- solidate a strong western bloc— Belgium, France, Holland and Ger- many. That is the real factor be- hind the policy of saving certain German factories; also behind the keeping of German troops in their original regimental formations. Aside from colonial froops, Bri- tain always has kept one of the | smallest armies in the world. So German troops arc now serving as a virtual backstop in the balance- of-power game against Russia. TAXES HELP STEEL COMPANIES If you want to see why the steel | the case of the | life of the .property. But back in | 1940 when some businessmen were | starting war produc- | tion, Congress handed business a | | their client the Tax Adjustment Act of 1945. This law, passed last July, made it possible for businesses to be paid tentative refunds arising from recomputation of amortization of national defense facilities within 0 days. Then on Sept. 29, 1945, President Truman issued an order ending the | war emergency period for amorti- | zation of defense facilities without proclaiming the emergency over for other things. He did not terminate the war for the G.I’s serving under the draft or for businessmen work- ing under Government restrictions. He terminated the war only for the purpose of recomputing the amorti- ! zation period, which, of course, was | a big tax help to war contractors. Thus Bethlehem Steel was able to charge the balance of its un- amortized holdings totalling $44,- third period of 1945. This meant a paper loss of $27.218,000, and brought Bethlehem into the theor- etical “red.” Therefore, it has to pay no taxes for 1945, even for the period in which it earned $22,676, 000. However, this isn't all. Good cor- poration lawyers figured out that had operated during the period of 1945 at a paper loss of $27,218,000. This set the stage for another lush nick at Uncle Sam’s bankroll. Solution Of Yesterday's l;nulc . 0ld times: _, Poetic . Vermilion 56. Withers 7. Roguish DOWN . Not yet settled | Every . Systematic ™ instruction Ado . Old-womanish . Bird of prey . Greek letter . Angels . Small fish . Small boat 1. Clumsy vessels . Mathematical ratio . Secondhand Month . Worries . Sound in _Washington . Region in Africa . Baffle . Lateral ‘boundarfes . Mechanical bar . Encamps . Organ desks . Cereal . Chafly part of ground grain Scoffed . Chooses Ascend Armadillo . Beckon chrone ologically . Mimic . Foundation timber Whirlpool 50. Pronoun {ion very soon. Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A few months of slow progress followed by accomplishment and material gain. Children torn on this day will have happy dispositions, quick and analytical minds and sturdy bodies. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4 HEART AND HOME The statisticians who predicted that an unprecedented numiber of { womien in war industries would not want to give up their jobs will soon {be admitting their error. Many ‘women are learning that the great- |est career of all for them is in the | home. BUSINESS AFFAIRS One of the greatest building (resi- dential and commercial) Jhooms in the history of the country is indi- cated with the return of Spring. NATIONAL ISSUES A new investigation into the {method of disposal of surplus Gov- ernment property will be demanded in a few weeks. That much valu- able property has been sold at sick-candy prices will be charged. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Many will go cold and hungry in Europe despite efforts to provide food and fuel from the United States and other nations which will know no actual suffering. It will be many months before anything like peace will be known in China. ~ Persons whose birthidate this is are promised by the stars great op- lportunmes in business. | Children born on this day will have the advantage of keen minds and good memories. (COPYRIGHT, 1946) | Bethlehem’s lawyers and tax ex- | perts informed the Treasuty that, since the corporation had lost money during 1945, it was entitled to a rebate on previously paid tax- es under the carry-back provisions. So the Treasury actually is kick- g back a $34,900,000 rebate to the { Corporation. This amount also is tax-free. Added to the previously mention- ed $22,676,000 profit for the third quarter, Bethlehem actuzlly came out $57,656,000 ahead for the third quarter of last year without any obligation to pay a dime of taxes, while still showing a paper loss on operations. | It sounds complicated, but it’s very simple if vou have a tax law- ver, a piece of paper and a pencil. And thanks to Chairman George of Georgia and his colleagues on the Senate Finance Committee, it saves your corporation a whale of a lot of dough * (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) AN A e e e s 00 oo TIDE TABLE FEBRUARY 3 tide 2:56 a.m.,, 16.1 tide 8:44 am., 17 tide 14:44 p.m,, 18.0 tide 21:14 p.m., -23 High Low High Low TIDES MONDAY High tide 3:29 am, 165 Low tide 24 am., 13 High tide 15:23 p.m., 17.8 Low tide 21:50 p.m,, -1.8 ft. e 000000000 £ 4 A MOOSE LODGE Regular meeting and initiation Sat. Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. in Club rooms. (183-t2) A. Exactly the same kind of costume that the bridegroom wears, | excepting the boutonniere Q. Who should lead the procession into the dining rocm when dinner is given in honor of a man and wife? A. The host cr hostess with the wife or the husband of the honored couple; the other two next. it e e e i LOOK and LEARN ¥ A. C. GORDON 1. Who was the first President of the United States to broadcast a public address? { 2. How many active volcanoes are there in continental United | States? | 3. What country has the highest birthrate in the world? ; 4. How many men signed the Declaration of Independence? | 5. What percentage of the 600,000 miles of railroad lines in the world are in the United States? ANSWERS: Calvin Coolidge broadcast his message to Congress in 1923. . Mt. Lassen, in California, is the only one. { . Japan. Fifty-six. About 40 per cent. J. S. 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