The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1946, Page 4

Alaska Empire N PRINTING COMF i pans g o President Managin ditor au as Sccond Class Matter TPTION RATE nd Douglas for S1.50 per month; 0; one year, §15.00 d, at the following rates tx months, in advance, $7.50; er a favor if they will promptly notify e of ‘any failure or irregularity in the delivery ss Office papers lephones: News Office, 602: Business Office, 374 RESS MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P ted Press Is fve o for s paper and also the Alaska Kewspapers, 1411 —COME FORWARD RESIDEN Yesterd ing the contemplated use by the Aluminum Company of America of high-grade Alaskan limestone which would be used in a plant in the States for the manu- facture aluminum. Thus, a new enterprise for Alagka—one that will employ Alaska further develop. the Territory—is in the making for the project would come from outside of Als Many Alaskans—we include our- selves—don't see anything wrong with the idea. We don't believe that Alaskans themselves have so much money available for developing new industries that money offered from Outside should be thrown bs in the faces of the Outside capitalist Alaskans, including Guvernor of Alaska Ernest He Gruening, would say that here comes another hated absentee owner. They wouldn't say it now, but 20 years from now it would be a popular idea. We say that if resident capital the proposition away from the ALCOA interests, now is the time to come forward of men in and Yet the money However, other want to take s Empire carried a news item concern- ! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26,1946 k. 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 26, 1926 Enroute to Hawk Inlet from Seattle on the first trip north this year to be operated through the coming salmon fishing season the tender Fish Hawk of the P. E, Karris Company called in at Juneau this after- noen. The big new tender Trojan had arrived last week with a crew of men aboard, and preliminary work at the cannery was to start at once. , The White Act, under which the regulations are drawn up, speecifically provides that no citizen or group of | of the United States are be given any | speciel privileges over any other citizen or group of What is true is that resident Alaskans did and now do not have—tie capital necessary | the traps. Resident Al had ‘ | from THE EMPIRE el citizens to citizens. e not have have to operate much cpportunity under the regulations as to operate fish trap sites just non-resident as FEBRUARY 26 Nathan Skinner Esther Boyd Capt. Clark Ansell Stuart Mark Whitehead Elton Engstrom, Jr. Marlan Stevens Erickson » Roge Under law the Interior grant special privileges to residents over non-residents or to small operators over large operators. Because of this it seems quite certain that the present hearings in Washington to penalize large operators will fail ! But Governor Grucning would have the Territorial Legislature accomplish by taxation what Cq by passage of the White Act has forbidden by allowing equal rights to all. He last will undoubtedly ask ain this session for a which would put the large operators out of busin rday was a warning the Department may not with slightly more than 300 tons of Healy River coal aboard the ner Victoria arrived in port yesterday afternoon from the Westward. The coal cargo was consigned to Juneau, Ketchikan and Wrangell, about gres 100 tons being discharged here » © 0 ¢ 60009 0ve Among scuthbound passengers leaving on the steamer Victoria were |Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Montgomery their two children. : With the | mechanical staff of The Empire for two years, Montgomery was leaving for Ketchikan where he was to be employed by the Ketchikan Chronicle .s asked session, and e 0o e 0000 00 00 e HOROSCOPE “The star but do not compel” . P SIS SSSRTEE R L 0 R SDAY, FEBRUARY 27 HEART AND HOME Widows, orphans and the desti- tute of all ages are under favorable Many displaced in-laws will find* that financial indepen- dence is cheap at any price and {to be preferred—with all its L N S AL AT Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon {to the relative luxury provided du- |tifully by others. { BUSINESS AFFAIRS Scarcity of certain commodities o SRy ~{may continue through the Winter| \,png OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He has swam the river | { This statement was nct made by a business man|and possibly well into the Summer fipnsid g bl b intent upon plunging the economy into a ruinous infla- | months, Many ambitious to estab- Many times. Say, “He HAS SWUM the river many times" or, “He tion. It was made by John D. Small, head of theilish small businesses of their own (omit HA§) SWAM the river many tim Civilian Production Administration. Small esti- |should proceed with caution until OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Depot. 'mated that if a policy of lib hey are assured of ample stocks. O as in NO, accent first syllable. were adopted, prices to consumers wolld rise betweer I NATIONAL ISSUES OFTEN MISSPELLED: Acquittal. Observe the two T's. 5 and 10 per cent | A thorough inquiry into possible SYNONYMS: Elegant, graceful, comely, tasteful, refined, fastidious. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day, Today's word: SATIATE; to satisfy to the utmost. (Pronounce say-shi-ate, I as in IT, accent first syllable). “His appetite satiated.” | special tax and testimony in W. ington y Again we wish to remind the opponents of absentee | eapital that there are many in Alaska | the cepital investment for development Don't wait for someone enterprises 13 g I-H('ll.)l(’ John Chamberlin, representative of the Whiton Hardware Company, | awaiting only cailed for "Ketchikan on the steamer Victoria on business trips. Come forward now you will jelse to develop them and then come hout you've been robbed ong 20 years | A C. T. Gardiner, of the Sawyer-Reynolds Logging Company, left for | neell where he was to be met by one of the company boats, and Janned to cruise the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in the interest company business. He had been attending the annual meeting of he Alaska Game Commission whic bad completed its business after a lengthy session here. from now and WEDX Prices and Production (New York Times) There has be ving feeling through- out the country that price increases would be the worst thing that could happen. To my mind lack of production is the worst. In view of the immediate severe inflationary pressures, price controls must be maintained. Such con- trois, however, must be used realistically and flexibly to bring about the most rapid possible increase in production to meet reconversion re- quirements aspects. 4 Weather: Highest, 44; lowes 9; rain. 3 Pronounce dep-o, E as in ME, | | | | | There can be little dispute with his observation jabuses of privileges by transporta- that lack of production is the “worst” thing that can |tion combines is indicated, particu- happen to the country. This is true whether the lack |larly where ownership embraces is due to strikes, to unwise governmental policies, or to | two or more types of transport such other developments. Our main problem today is to as Sea and rail, rail and air, etc. runaway price increa not to prevent price | INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS per se. With the volume of money supply| Thailand is under unfavorable in- increasing as a result of our continuing|fluences which seem to threaten bud y deficits, only a flood of production can pre- | complications involving two great vent sharp price increases. Such price increases rep- |friendly nations. the result of inflationary influences, and are| FPersons whose birthdate this is t the cause of the inflation jare promised by the stars: A re has been ample evidence during the past happy surprise within a month, the | few years that although the general price level has beneficlal effects of which will be B S MODERN ETIQUETTE Yosrra toe | ettt S e e | ) i N ) N § [ Q. What is the first rule of etiquette that parents should teach their children? | felt throughout the year, A. Prcbably the first, or at least one of the most important, is 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 R Mortuary BLOMGREN BUILDING Fourth and Franklin, Sts. Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5§ P. M. PHONE 136 FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY Gastineau Cafe Foremost in Friendliness Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Phone 318 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTTRY BUILDING Office Phone 469 ROBERT SIMPSON, Opt. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitled Lens: METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 90 Willoughby Ave. "The Rexall Store"” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRI MACHINE SHOP Plumbing — Heating — 0il Burners HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES K. F. MacLEOD—Owner, Manager s Ground Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 208 Second and Seward PHONE 319 * .HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession “The Store for Men" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) 20TH CENTURY MEAT MARKET What is happening now in the case of Alaska's |, .;"pe1q down, serious price disparities have devel- Juneau’s Most Popular anned salmon industry may well be happening 20 | jneq yeéars from now in the case of ALCOA. Some bright | with livestock and politician will discover that after 20 outfit has a pretty good thing and will suggest that | do the job of all the Legislature put them out of business so residents free price system can move in controls should be ington that Yesterday Gruening testified in W = . other unessential he. thought residents should be given prefernce over | i it nohtrésidents i ‘thes granting of fish trap sites. Thus | .oyictic polley d he succeeds in creating the impression that in the | gince Jiving stand: sites that have been granted, non-residents have been | of goods and servi given preference over residents—which is not the case. | for them this or [will either furnish proof to | Committee of what you say, | you won't make the statement.” Smith promised that he would | supply the Committee with sub- stantiations for his charge, It has now been more than three venes and Austrians in the United. Wreks since Smith testified, = but Committee has yet to hear States who did not like the Haps- | W€ burgs. Finally it was abandoned. | ‘rom him. Since then it has remained a mystery why Roosevelt should have ! BREAD WASTE SCANDAL gone to such extreme lengths to| Department of Agriculture sleutk establish a mi ¢ unit which ev- | have been doing some quiet check cryone knew would be a failure.|ing of unscruruicus bakeries which The inside story can now be told. |viclate bread sales regulations in St j crder to kill off competition. FRANZ JOSEF AND | Despite the fact that the Nation FRANKFURTER {hes been forced on a “dark bread” Justice Frankfurter, who at that diet to help feed war-starved time_ had considerable influence at | Peoples of the world, thousands of the White House, was responsible. |10aves of good bread are still going Behind this, in turn, lies another 0 Wwaste, or being fed to hogs and story. | chickens because of a “consign- When- Fran¥furter, born in Vi- | ment” racket practiced by some enna, was a small boy, certain bakeries. select schools were barred to Jews.| It works like this: However, Emperor Franz Josef set| If a big bakery is trying to grab pside one day cach week when any |dusiness away from a competing of his ‘subjects could come and bakery, it will begin supplying gro- see him; so Frankfurter’s mother Cery stores on a “consignment ba- led him down to the Emperor's which n.cans that grocers palace, and after several wee of shelves are loaced up with supplies waiting finally got in of bread in excess of what they Josef. can sell. He listened atte 7 to the| mother’s story of ber son, who had sinilities, who was hool be- rhe Washingfon ' Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) ans The following day—sometimes the same day—drivers pick up the un- zold loaves and replace them with fresh stock, charging the grocer only for the biead actually sold. Tdea is to promote sales of a par- | ticular brand of bread because of 2 o __|its “freshness.”, 3 e b g M‘l"S:“L::‘.k’g‘:_';‘i:‘ This is a violation. of War Food e oo tho Gollege of the Oity |OFder No. 1, but it hasn't stopped ustgd from the College of the in bakerics in Houston, Texa of New York and Harvard, Yose | .pomond v PR S § g ) 4 (T ranci step by step frem a lowly immi- Coovoiong” Kansas City, and S grant boy to the highest court of |y grom canying on the prac- the land, #But he never forgot the i\ .. o0 "oty oo e 4 kindly Emperé: who had permitted e JRaT lum to attend a better school in Austria, and ne has continued to|ed try to help the grandsons of that £mperor regain the throne, cause of #nd the Fmperor, making an ex- ception, orderea the school opened 1o’ ycu rk Instead of making their retu stock of one-day-old bread available at reduced price to poor families, the loaves frequently wind up in garbage bins. One Tex: farmer who tipped off the Dep: ment of Agricuiture about condi- Smith, the America First evange- tions in Houston said he had been list, recently charged before the buying wacon-ioads of bread “iresh House Un-American Activities Com- enough to eat” to feed his hogs and mittee that Eddie Cantor, Ingrid chickens. Bergman, Frank Sinatra and Or- ks - son Welles were “Communist fel- CALIFORNIA PAULEY FEUD low-travelers. The s » Democratic The charge drew a hot blast from ' Party ov is nothin Republican Representative Gerald to the State of California, Tt *andis of Indiana, who told Smith, was one of the highlights of the in effect, to “put up or shut up.” stormy ten davs at the 1944 Dem- Roughly interrupting’ Smith’s ccratic Convention in Chicago, testimony, the Indiana Republican during which Pauley was clected deéclared: National Comuniiteeman from the “I am opposea to making this Golden State. tee a sounding board for| There was GERALD L. K. SMITH Rootin’ toofin’ Gerald L. K. c considerable publi name-ealling 2nd attacks on prom- city about the division among Cal- | inent persons. If you want to make ifsrnia delegates over the question | a statement accusing anybody of of who should receive the Vice cuch connections, Mr. Smith, you Presidential nominaticn—but This has been particularly true in connection years the ALCOA | priced house furnishir as of the econcmy: 31 d: Children born on this day will lles and low- | be energetic, conscientious, mentally o alert and capable of outstanding achievernents (COPYRIGHT, 1946) > i feeds, low-priced t ystem ‘of control car seating resow 1s effectively as a This dees not mean that all pric taken off at once. However, in many particularly luxury goods and price controls can and should ® . items Production must come first in an jesigned to raise living standards, e are determined by the quantity e »quired, not by the prices paid @ ° . TIDE TABLE FEBRUARY 27 tide 3 am., 0.1 ft tide 10:57 a.m., 14.1 ft. tide 17.41 pm., 12 ft Low High Low ices ¢ reall7 cpened over the ® v questica ER R B A A SR BN Most of tie delegation arrived SRR | irom the West Coast under the I“ E i Attorney General Bob Kenny, who VAL = will be Demociatic candidate for Fobbs, N. Mex. — The J. W. Bow- Governor this year. From Wash- jes have a housing problem all of ington came Representative George their own — skunks have taken up Outland, Chev Holifield, Ed Izac gesidence with them and delegates representing Jerry go far the Bowles have (1) | Voorhis and Tom Ford, tWo other Bought a dog — which only made California Democrats. the skunks angry; (2) Piped ex- haust fumes from a truck under the house — with smoked wallpaper the only result. | At last reports, they (the Bowles were open to suggestions. schism ra The Washington group, joined by lelen Gahagan Douglas — since elected to Coneress nelled - oil on Pauley” then, and waged an ac- tive campaign to prevent his elec- tion as head of the California dele- pation and National Committee- SUCK to the Henry Wallace ban- man. They lust out in their at- V€T to the bitter end. i tempt to elect Los Angeles lawyer This Chicago fight will probahly Ray Files, with ‘K(,,my and Pauley be aired thoronghly during the keeping firm control of most of California elections this year, where the delegation Democratic djsunity may mean a | Republican sweep. (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) e - DRINK KING BLACK LABE Pauley and Xenny retained their control throughout the convention, olthough the arti-Pauley minority ACROSS Increase . Footway dialectic . Utilize Anneals In pursuit of ing analian highly Pronoun 18. Pine Tree state: abbr. Out of the way Bitter vetch 3 coin confidence ype measure aint Rowing implément Step Vents BAr) ¢ Traditional s Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle Trees Exclamation Hop kiln Charge DOWN 1. Particle of matter 2. Pigeon to Understands Finish 4 oy . Back of the foot Part of a bridle Stick . Dytch South African Trees East Indian spring erop | . Love to excess Cereal sceds . Southwest wind . Bark of the paper mulberry Impost Meshed fabrics Special abilities . Household . Destiny . Kind of quarts . Nonsense 52, Wings . Enic poem . Hint to a solution . Acauire by labor Reauire . Hobby Pedal digit the | to teach the children to be courteous towards those in an inferior | position. Q. dancing party? A. He can be of great assistance in seeing that all the girls have an equal opportunity to dance. Q. Ts it proper to say, “I am not well posted on this subject”? A. No; say, “I am not well informed on this subject.” D e e e LOOK and LEARN ¥ A. C. GORDON ——— — -3 1. At what age is a race horse ccnsidered to be in his prime? i 2 oft interred with their bones”? 3. Which four States in the Union are “commonwealths”? 4. Who said: “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is In what way can a man be of assistance to his hostess at a| | Between what two nations is there a boundary line of 3,000 miles without a single fort? f. Which President was known as “Old Man Eloquent”? ANSWERS: At three or four years. Mark Antony, in “Julius Caesar,” by Shakespeare. Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Kentucky. Between the United States and Canada. John Quincy Adams. 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