The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 8, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily A Published ev P 8eco HAELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO LL AR’ CRIPTI Delivered by earrler in June six months, $5.00; one year. mail, postage paid, at the fol nee. nd By One year favor if t! ilure or irresu ce. 802; Business Office, 374 ASSOCIATE ely entitle patche TONAL REPRE! ue Blde a Empire | as for $1.50 per monthy , §16.00 $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; 1.50 4 credited paver and also the local Alaska Newspaper that the Interfor De- Affairs has failed toward assumi 'fl’ me legislators over the fact partment’s Office of Indi: | miserably in making any str responsibility for the health and welfare of the This, above all, is the But that office has now spoken in n its ka reason nday by the VY Al Alaska | - President - Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager natis for the problem today. its desire to embark upon Alg | that is a step Commissicner n excellent ted funds yest tion of the bill's passage. Ve legislation has also been introduced in different bilis in both the Senate and House Rep. Stanley McCutcheon has introduced a meas ure appropriating $3,500,000 for setting up a Veterans Fund from which loans would be made to both World War I end World War II veterans of Alaska. How the money would be raised As not specified there any provisions for bonuses for those who do not wish in past ye an e if Congress makes the in the right direction of Health Dr. Earl presentation of case for and there should be ctensive funds available program 2 - ka and Second Class Matter Albrecht the little c ne rates: ade the requ will promptly notify | ques larity in the delivery | PRESA a d to the use for| or not_other- ews published 1 n spavers, 1411 nor are lcans. The Committee on Veter introduced a measure which would pro { bonuses of $15 per month for each month o for World War I veterans of Alaska, only. This is the “Walker Bill" which has received much comment since it provides for administration of the fund to be set up and run by the veterans, themselves, the veteran administrators establishing their own rate of loans feature which Walker d keep the administration completely out of nor would appoint the adminis- Senate ' Affa has he interest for a included to The pelitics. Gove | tratc VETERANS AND HEALTH With the Seventeenth Alaska I ordinary Se¢ nearing the end bills have main reasons given for calling the sion been intreduced to tak: Yesterday saw the introduction committee bill which would appropriate $250,000 for the fight against tuberculosis, We believe the amount requested, in view of the greal need, is modest, and we believe it will do a great deal the Congress of the United States appropriates the funds for the Alaska Office of Indian Aff: We are quite certain the out its part of the program. bill will both Houses Naturally, there will be The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) pass with turn to the USA of Dr. Nils Bohr, Danish Nobel Prize winner and the father of modern atomic sci- ence. They don’'t want it known, but the Army has also turned thumbs down on by Jolliot Curie, Madame Curie’s son, another atom- ic scientist, on the grounds that they don’t want American scien- tists king to foreign scientists. AmaZing thing is that the Army tates this view despite the fact that the atomic bomb discovery was made possible only by the contri- butions of Italian, American, Ger- man, Polish and Czech scientists. Without their collaboration, its dis- covery would have been impossible. However, the Army is now waging an intensive campaign to pass the fascistic May-Johnson Bill, which would permit the Army to go into any university and remove any pro- fessor, would even set up military courts in peacetime with precedence over civilian courts to put civilians in jail. Hence, the present Army scare propaganda regarding con- sultation between scientists WHAT PRICE NAVY AWARDS? Here is one reason why naval re- serves aren’'t jumping with alacrity to sign up again in Secretary For- restal’'s Navy. It escaped unnoticed, but one of- ficer charged with negligence in the sinking of the USS Indianapo- lis actually was awarded the Le- gion of Merit. Furthermore, he got this honor, one of the highest in theNavy, after ACROSS 1. Goddess of the harvest oses luster Door knoc Warni D Delibes for chec.i1% Solemn the motion of L a’wheel 1 chimadic s man Metalliferous rock 58. Poem . One ) 0 1 doetar of the loy 28 Th H lightly 28, Long ns ArTOW easure portico € some feeling on the part of \s bill provides that the money for the fund shall be ent. We which most aised by a sales tax of one-half to one per are reliably informed that this is the bill for Alaska have expressed pre- ature’s Ex veterans in o first ans ir of its wee ference We care the two hone that the various veterans' organizations will come to the front now and state their desires as to which bill they want. Now is the time to act While there will be some opposition to the Walker Bill because of the sales tax feature, it seems to us that the money must come from some source and there would always be some sort of objection to any tax Governor Ernest Gruening stated in his messa vesterday, “it would be worse than unfortunate dissension over the manner of raising the necessa revenue were jeopardize the enactment of the desirable legislation for our . . . veteran special session in the Senate of a of good, providing to carry to little opposition | the sinking of the Indianapolis and at a time when the Navy should have known he had been negligent. The officer in question is Capt. A. N. Granum, who has the dubious distinction of holding the Legion of Merit and also an official repri- mand, both cov juty at the same time and place. Perhaps the secret of his Legion of Merit is that Granum is an An- napolis graduate. Anywa when was overdue 4 Granum had its route, speed and estimated time of arrival. A mag- netized board, showing the location| 4 lawyer digging through of all vessels and corrected every ' * 2 i Ky records of the Reconstruction Fi- eight hours, showed that the INn- ,apee Corporation the other day dianapolis was long overdue. A discovered a fact which everybody written report covering a 24-hour s 3 v id should have known, but didn't— period from nnd‘mght to mi night, | tnat the end of this famous lend- showing the Indianapolis was over- ing agency is just around the cor- shown Captain Granum. e A s | ner. The RFC has less than a year s then his y to organize to live. Under the law it is due to a search, using all avmlflb:;', ships expire Jan. 12, 1947 and anes. This s not done. | ool s Was not done. . | A 4 result, lobbyists for Jesse | Jones and RFC friends have been rushing around Capitol Hill fran- tically trying to attach a rider to i some bill which will extend the life . s % f Jesse’s old agency. For, although )t until -a routine patrol spotted | ® g p A B o ot 1109k s Aug, |POW out of office, Jesse still has 5 At Aiysattae Ahb \);“)'Sn“k‘ potent friends on the inside and ;;111 R ShArIl wan itated ';cuns)dm-s the RFC his baby. Two months later, in October| What happened was that Eugene 1945, the Navy awarded Captain|Meyer, real father of the RFC de- Granum the Legion of Merit with|sPite the credit claimed by Jones, a glowing citation which read: |drafted the law giving the RFC 15 “For exceptionally meritorious|years to do its work. conduct in the performance of out-| This means that unless the RFC standing service. . . . For the pro-|B8ets new Congressional authority, | tection of all shipping. A Thcl“ will expire next January 12. The successful accomplishment of these Republicans, who for years have tasks uired skillful .employmcm;b""‘" wanting to give the RFC a of ships and planes and exact|B00d going over, v knowledge of the locations of alltheir chops. For the RFC is exempt shipping. . By his devotion to| from an accounting to the General duty and professional | Accounting Office. It can operate knowledge, he achieved outstanding ss. His conduct w at all in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Na- The Navy now states that in view of the official reprimand given Granum, his Legion of Merit will be withdrawn. However, a lot of reserve officers and men who won their decorations the hard way are now wondering whether all Anna- polis grads get Legions of Merit so easily. the Indianapolis Leyte, Captain JESSE JOX DILEMMA old MEN FIGHT SHARKS More than a thousand men were | struggling in the water, many of them eaten by sharks. But it was through 50 i0 are now licking‘ = —— ~ MARCH 8 Stanley Nowicka Raymond Sherman Jeanette Olmsted Mrs. D. W. Jenson R. W. Spedden Catherine McBride Clarence Hall Phillip Calvin Birdie Blake Mamie Archer Jim Tripp Mrs Mrs. Mr e o e o 000 00 00 - { HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel’ ) borrrr s SATURDAY, MARCH 9 HEART AND HOME Favorable planetary influences are tive today with reference to the home and family. The blind, crip- pled and invalids are especially favored. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Free spending will continue for come time, but wise business heads will be on thealert for the first signs of increasing caution and dis- crimination on the part of buyers. Consumers who are now accepting what they can get will soon be de- manding their money's worth in both goods and services. NATIGNAL ISSUES Special tax benefits for West- ern Hemisphere trade corporations will be on the alert for the first ort time. The move will have as s primary purpose a tax cut of approximately 50 percent to permit corporations qualifying under the law to compete with similar cor- porations of other countries which are already favored by their na- tional tax laws, INTERNATIGNAL AFFAIRS Restoration of church edifices of all creeds in war-devastated coun- tries will be financed by religious groups all over the world, but not until relief has been provided for those now in need of food and clothing in those countries. Those whost birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year ol happiness in the home with several favorable developments involving relatives and close friends Children born on this day will have minds of their own but will not be adverse to guidance counsel when given by those they respect. Too often they will act on impulse and follow the dictates ot thejr emotions. Their native good sense will usually prevail, however. (COPYRIGHT, 1946} tiny by eagie-eyed ‘Comptroller General Lindsay Warren. That is why the Jesse Jones boys want to extend the RFC by attach- ing it as a rider to some other bill, ‘rather than pass a separate bill devoted to the RFC alone. As a rider, it won't have to be debat- ed at length. | Note—Capitol Hill wags are wise- cracking that Jesse might attach the RFC renewal to the FEPC Bill. Then he would get Republican sup- | port. | (COPYRIGHT, Bl as a law unto itself without scrusy | ELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) | LU DR. R. N. HESTER |“ { Eye Specialist from Ketchikan, will be at the Juneau Clinic about | Mar. 11 for a few days. Appoint- | ments may be made by calling| | Clinic, No. 644. (206-tf) i | DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! 0000046 PRIME STEER BEEF POT ROAST | | | | [ | ‘ | | | i | | | N | on Of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Uncloses Soul Unremembered Title of Mohammed Small candle Preceding night tic part Edille of measuring slate 3 ilterated . Large marine astropods cle 1B STEAKS % : | I I : z )3 5 4 old — Place of the an ! [' measure of 1 nplement of a mortise . Pertaining t to BUT Il drums acks of necks ive er 3 Thist pillar 56, American Indian | | z i i | LEGS 0" LAMB - 1b. 40« Oven Ready Rooslers 7 5« SATURDAY ONLY, March 8th, wiih every grocery order of $5.00 a pound of butier, 64c Shop Early!? 9400000000006 0000009000000000006000000000000000600 s00000 STOP AT FEUSI & JENSEN, Inc. PHONE 202—DOUGLAS OUR NEW MEAT PRICES SSTUESUTESEEE TS ST U S SES TS e . 38| OUND STEAKS - 1b. 48¢ - . 51c¢ TER EMPIRE— and . 20 YEARS AGO 7% muern MARCH 38, 16! Roy Chapman Andrews sailed from Vancouver, B. C, for Chinz begin his third expediticn to the Gobi De: in Mongolia in search for the origin of man. § { E L SR A Russian bell, thought to have been brought to Alaska in the early days of the Russian occupation; was received at the Territorial Museum, the gift of the Rev. Gerasim Sebwaltz, priesi-in-charge of the Afognak Church. Tt was the first bell among the possessions of the museum, and was thought to have been placed in the Afognak Church about 1800. Nick Trierschield of Sitka arrived in Juneau today on his boat the| Elsie. Disputing the claim of the Douglas Eagles to the championship of Southeast Alaska, the Juneau Fire Department’s basketball squad issued | a challenge to the Islanders for a game to be played the night of the 10th, in A. B. Hall. The defi was promptly accepted. ’ Additional supplies of Alaska coal were unloaded at Femmer's Dock and at Douglas from the southbound Admiral Watson from the westward. | Seven days mail was due to arr in Juneau on the steamers Princess Mary and Victoria due tonight and tomorrow. L - Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox —— | ve § L e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He went for him with both fists.” Say, “He ATTACKED him with both fists.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Genealogy. Pronounce jen-e-al-o- ji, first E as in GENTLE, second E as in ME unstressed, A as in AT, accent third syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Commission; two M's and two S's. SYNONYMS: Libel, slander, calumny WORD STUDY, “Use word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: EXCERPT (noun); an extract; a ge selected or copied from a book | or record. “These few excerpts will serve to show the character of lhv! book.” | | MODERN ETIQUETTE b by | ROBERTA LEE it DGR T ! | Q. When a husband and wife invite some friends for | ride, is it all. right for these people to take their children along? | A. That depends entirely upon how well trained the children are. If they are well behaved, it is all right to do so. | Q. Dces the general etiquette to be observed on a steamer differ any from that on a train? A. No; iu is practically the same. Q. What dees “eclair” mean, and how is it pronounced? A. An eclair is a g cake filled with flavored cream and glazed, or often frosted e a-klar, first A as in DAY, second | A as in CARE, principa on second syllable, | iLOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ corpox e e e e an auto Prono What fish is the chief source of caviar? How many guns in salute does the President receive? What American engineer completed the Panama Canal? With what does the science of euthenics deal? ‘Who was “The Good Gray Poe ANSWERS: Sturgeon. Twenty-one guns. George W. Goethals (1846-1914) Better living conditions. Walt Whitman (1819-92). JUNEAU PAINT & SUPPLY CO. (Formerly Juneau Paint Store) VENETIAN BLINDS—Metal, Wood KENTILE (Authorized Asphalt Tile Contractor) MASTER NO-DRAFT SASH BALANCES MASTER WEATHERSTRIPPING Temporary Phone Blue 225 Victor Power : e | [ EXPERT SERVICE Generators Motors === Starters FISHERMAN OVERHAUL YOUR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT NOW! We are equipped to give you reliable service at reason- able prices. 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