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PAGL FOUR D(ul y Alaska Empire %4 every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY ects, Juneau, Alaska !the Territory can accomplish cn the $250,000 appropriation will only be a half measure suggest President | second reading, incorporating amendments b i r several days of testimony by veterar “Bditor and Manager | 2fte Managing EAItor | that bill is passed by both houses the second most N DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER initial | Today in the Senate a bill providing for territorial |aid to returning veterans will be on the floor for 1 and when THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 120 YEARS AGO PUSUSSUSURR R+ MARCH 13, 1936 From the Editorial Page: The housing question is one that ought to from THE EMPIRE r—— ELMER A. FRIEND - 4 - b ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager 4 IR Il “hbya- Hebhy MARCH 13 . . Sotered 1o the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. dmportant Job ‘befors Llis. seswion Wik BNe e ¥ Ina Lucille Franklin o be given serious consideration in Juneau. It is almost impossible for ntered in the Post n Juneau i i i i SUBSCRIPTION RATE! accomplished. 3 Arthur B. Judson e | pecple coming here to get satisfactory places in.which to live Con- Deli d by T I Jun and Douglas for §1.50 per month; ¥ F A f e e £ “':l'\"m“’;‘m‘: $5.00: uhe year, §15.00 | ; s S ° Alice Sey ® certed efforts sheuld be put forth to alter this condition. By mail. postage paid. at the following rates: = The Case for Plain Speech . Dora Cunningham . W One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in adv nee, ] i 3 75 o 3 ene month, in advance, $1.50. i i g o o e - %d"‘:‘a i’lflkc i Over 100 members and their families and invited friends attended Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify (Cincinnati Enquirer) . . M. Blair . Y # A ) # R the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the delivery 1 5 8 the dancing party given last night by the Auxiliary and Pioneers, Igloo of their papers. In one of the most carefully and respectfully heard © Cecelia Fo“lerl ® | o 6. Many of the guests were dressed in costumes of the styles pre- 1es: News Office, 602; Business Office, 37 sdb Send -8 S . Mrs. Raymond Kell; o’ - . — >\pt:r;£hnsfl "{'d;d ixn) the VS'\’;"" f':: ;::‘lw 1::"{‘;1‘.{ :(‘\nr . Grurg’é Stanton y o | vailing in the early days of Alaska. Features of the dance were the MEMBER OF 'ASSOCIATED PRESS rthur andenberg of Michigan made an effect K o Sats SiAy 8 f t it i Assoeint ess is exclu-ively entitled to the use fot n.m reasoned plea for plain speaking R baat wag . ® Otto Smithberg o |Oldtime dances arranged Mrs. Charles Naghel, with the proper music republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- L o |specially arranged and played by The Alaskans. wise credited in this paper and also the local news pub 1 with the Soviet Union in world affairs. In | herein. support of this general thesis, the Senator made a 8 0 ¢ B8 0BG INNN 90D e RV o A special committee was upp(ullh'd by President Allen Shattuck of PRES! ~ Alaskn Newspapers, 1411 | series of telling points. Fourth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. | Unquestionably there is a need for a firmer foreign T 3 { policy at Washingtor nd for plainer talk in defining that policy. But it would be well to keep in mind some wlos y related problems. F' it is essential that | we have a clearly-defined policy, one that corresponds to our national interests and one that can command NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES the support of the bulk of Americans. We do not now have such a policy. | There is no virtue in plain, blunt speech, in | diplomacy especially, if the underlying policy is not sound, consistent and rooted in the nation’s continuing | interests | In the second place, plain speaking is not enough Altho Senator Vandenberg made no point of it the Russians are among the most subtle of diplomatists. { They customarily demand far more than they expect to get. They are bargainers by nature. They have a way of making a half dozen unrelated deman once, most of which are solely for bargaining purposes or to distract attention from their real objectives Plain talk from Washington would be salut HEALTH LEGISLATION Speedy of a health bill $250,000 for a tuberculosis program by both houses of the legislature accomplishes one of the main purposes passage appropriating | | provided it stemmed from a solid, defensible foreign it would not be a full substitute for As the game is played, any foreign fieedom to bargain, some immunity Otherwise, policy. But skilled diplom: | office needs sormr from criticismm at home for the calling of the special session. A great amount of preliminary work, gathering of facts and figures and the construction of a concrete and workable program on the part of Alaska's first in ‘our opinion is Soviet, which makes no accounting to public opinion and are not confined in their diplomacy to what they can justify to the folks at home. the legislators | Finally, the Se contends that we need only ' i one rule for shaping our foreign policy. In substance he said we need merely ask what is right and where |is justice, and there take our stand. This is admirable, but not very helpful things leok right to Russians, or Britons or Sudanese. And many things seem just in the eyes of Chinese which we in this country would not so describe. Right and justice are universal concepts. But leach people applies them to a concrete situation with its own national prejudice. We shall be safer if we | are more honest and less sanctimonious, if we frankly | seek to define our foreign policy in terms of the ! nation’s interest. If the resulting policy embodies right and justice, we should try to make it do, other countries will notice it. We do not need to label our foreign policy ith flattering objectives, for in so doing we would deceive nobody but ourselv We have done that too | long, by pretending that we are Powers are pursuing their own interests full-time Commissioner of Health, that mainly responsible for the fact understood the problem and no opposition was shown to the proposal. Thus Dr. Albrecht, with the cooperation of the Territorial Legislature acting for the people of Alaska, has shown that Alaska is ready to do its share and more towards carrying out a comprehensive program aimed at the elimination of tuberculosis in Alaska, | among all races. Success or failure of that program will depend now upon whether the Federal government chooses to accept its responsibility in the matter. The Office of Indian Affairs has asked Congres for the money to institute the first real attempt at | cutting down the incidence of tuberculosis among its ; native beneficiaries in Alaska where the tuberculosis rate is at least seven times as great as among the whites. Let's hope that Congress will not let the people of Alaska down in this, for if they do, what Many as 'he waShll‘l Ion business has been gunning for!ing troops the facts of fascism. . . . g Kaiser for some time and for var-| Assistant Secretary of State W jous reasons. First, they don't like liam B. Benton’s difficulties in at- Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) tempting to set up an international | information service for the State Department are growing by leaps and bounds. The House Rules Com: mittee now refuses to extend his service beyond June 30. Also the Budget Bureau has knocked out, among other things, all funds for 16-millimeter movies to be shown his idea of competitive industry | on the West Coast. It takes busi- | ness away from the East. Second, they writhed in agony when Henry sat down before a Congressional | Committee, beamed his best smile | and announced that the OPA was ‘good for the country and must be | retained. Finally, they don't like to be a Navy at all depends on the effect of the A-bomb on battle- | ships. ARMY VS. SCIENTISTS ah‘:osionxtx;ats;:inl; l:somflvi}‘:h:flfmlsfllm eagerness to sign up with the | abroad. $Bich atomic sclentists like, espec)- Union. | (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) ially Army Boss Maj. Gen, Leslie So now the big boys in the back | ——————— - P. Groves, the construction' engin-]mom T8sl they have Hanry wherele o o @ 0 o v w s 9» 0.0 eér now presented .ku the world as ghisy, NG bim, [They Abink they e - ¢ R orld 85 | oan slit his throat without so much ¢ TIDE TABLE # Sy eis ? as an audible burp from the vic- i One minor point nettling the | % f th " dll be * - scientists is the scarcity of water | i bc;"“ Elialh e bl MARCH 14 . at Los Alamos, New Mexico, and g Sun. 3 _|e High tide 0:07 am, 141 ft. o the fact thit the Army mow is . Yot only does Henry need sieel, o row tide 5:46 am, 381t e trucking water up to the project l)'ut he can't make au(omf)bxms e High tide 11:52 pm., 162 ft. ® from the Rio Grande River at a without parts. In fact it takes 16,-' ¢ pLow tide 18:22 p.m., -04 ft. ® . 000 parts to produce a car antl cost to the U. S. taxpayer of sev- : bl Kaiser will have to buy about 13 i e ek e e RN 900 of those parts from #he in-| dustry. ‘ ican desert, did not build a pipe-| SO the big boys have the power) t line, or enough retaining dams to| to wreck Kaiser's production. | will be at the Juneau Clinic about conserve water, so that Los Alamos| There i§ just one thing, however,| Mar. 11 for a few days. Appoint- at times this winter has had no| Which thew may not have figured ments may be made by calling water at all. | on—the anti-tr Justice De- | Clinic, No. 644. (208-t1) For a time the water was turned | partment of that the, e off entirely, with the pipes un-| | S8herman Anti-Trust Ac. was writ- drained, so that they froze and {ten for the express purpose of safe- eral thousand dollars a day. The Army failed to consider the scarcity of water in the New Mex- | - HESTER from Ketchikan, it will always be | at a handicap in dealing with governments like the | to Americans that do not look right | unselfish while other ‘ e B Ja HOROSCOPE |: “The stars incline { but do not compel” Crrrrrre to cooperate with the municipal authorities Members of the committee were Mrs. Mrs. J. L. Gray, J. W. Leivers and the ( in Chamber of Commerce, the City Beautiful Movement es Drake, Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer, J. White. The Gastineau Cafe, which had been closed for a complete renovation and remodeling, was to have its grand re-cpening tonight. Crchestra was to furnish music for thg opening. N THURSDAY, MARCH 14 R HEART AND HOME Weather: Highest, 42; lowest, 36 cloudy. | A sign promicss happy develop-| £~ -..--,-mmm----m..,--mm.i ments for those mending lovers’ \ quarrels. This is alfo a favorable |} D Iy L E gl h et eoprai, o gt 5| U0N1Y LESSOMS in English W, 1. corpon &8 seau, planning a’ wedding, cele- b i I s A i S S o St S e wedding enniversary. AFFAIRS a BUSINESS “There is an old adage.” WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, | New and mnovel get-rich-quick |OLD is redundant. An adage is a saying which has obtained credit from | n will flourish during the long use. next two years g undecerv- | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Carrousel, or carousel (a merry-go- d wealth to ma a large round). Pronounce kar-oo-zel, A as in AT, OO as in BOOK, E as in imber of men and men dis- BELL, accent last syllable. illusioned and, in some es, das- & 5 - ; T TR ’” itute OFTEN MISSPELLED: Elastici CITY. Curiosity; SITY. ¥ NATIONAL ISSUES SYNONYMS: Building, house, structure, vr:hhcc.. | Broadening of the policies and WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times' and it is yours.” Let us giving greater flexibility to the increase our vocabulary by mastering cne word each day. Today's word: | practices of the Social Eecurity IMMANENT; indwelling; inherent. “It was the divine spirit that he Board probably will be effected felt to be immanent in his being.” a ye or two. Reduction of r D e rad tape, extension of benefits and decentralization cf authority are MODERN ETIO U ET'I' lkely. : ROBERTA LEE £ INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS \ A world-wide pr am in the in- “~—— e terest of greater safety in air travel Q. TIs there such a thing as an “unfailing test of good breeding”? is indicated. Unified legislation re- A. Yes, there are several such tests. An infallible test is what e ‘?:“:l; l(':N‘lil::‘"”t“(‘f];:?“)]‘x:l 100{- one langhs at; a well-bred person is quick to discriminate between what pvrocr safety practices will ke is a fit su\)JeFt for ]est., and what is not. A well-bred person is never |sought. amused at another's misfortune or. discomfort. | Pcrsons whose kLirthdate this is Q. Is it correct to say, “The man is light-complected”? |are promised by the A year A. No. Say, “The man is light-complexioned.” The adjective “com- lof prosper en now and again plected” means interwoven. by temperary delays in activities Q. When one is staying at a hotel for several weeks, should he tip rich eventually will produc ‘k‘d - by the week or each time he is served? quate rewards in both material div A. 1! is preferable to tip by the week. .uc:‘vk d satisfaction. Children born on this day cannot escape n uch of the blame if they of their high goals, 10 in their make antial qualities of success. -1 LOOK and LEAR A C. GORDON! — g Ll V‘Cr'iv‘imj_lwm'fi 1. Who was the foremost exponent in “glorifying the American o % girl"? I paathe x;:?tl;xl\(g[‘“v‘idnesdm 3 2. What is the difference between a misogamist and a misogynist? oclock in TOOF Hall. All urged to 3. What is George Ade's best-known book? | attend. (216-t2) 4. What State capital is named after the seventh President of the MERLA -~ United States? | UNITED STATES 5. What insect can carry more than fifteen times its own weight? DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERICR ANSWERS: | GENERAL LAND OFFICE 1. Fiorenz Ziegfeld (1869-1932). | District Land Office ‘ 2. A misogamist hates marriage, and a misogynist hates women. An;?nm%?. {Ag?ska; 3. “Fables in Slang.” ov. 15, 1945 | Notice is hereby given that Dave | ;' '31::5::( s Wallace, entryman, together with 5 A his witnesses Arthur Nicholson and "_______________ John V. Holmberg, all of Juneau, Alaska, has submitted final proof on hi homestead entry, Anchorage Serial No. 09189, for Forest List 8-47, H.E.S. No. 176, New Series No. 1546, for land situated on north shore of Douglas Island, Tongass National Forest, containing 26.92 acres, and t is now in the files of the U. S Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska If no protest is filed in the dis- EXPERT SERVICE Generators Moteors === Starters FISHERMAN OVERHAUL YOUR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT NOW! We are equipped to give you reliable service at reason- {trict?land office within the period of publication or thirty days there- after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued FLORENCE L. KOLB, Register. | First publication, Jan. 23, 1946. burst. During that period scientists guarding free competition. And il were so irate, it would have been the big steel and auto boys aren't worth General Groves' life to have stifling free competition in Kai- come up on the hill where tHey ser's case, then the Justice Depart- live. yment doesn't know what free com-! ACROSS 1. Hebrew deity Today almost every gasoline | petition is. 1. Base ntirely . Surveyors' Buckbone truck in that part of 1 Mexico has been hired to haul water up the s.eep mountain re 5 Ala- m.s from Rio G | | IL BAG Correction—Jim Farley vited to go to Rome by was in- Cardinal able prices. Kohler Light Plants PARSONS ELECTRIC COMPANY JUNEAU ALASKA X m £ 0/ 2 Jack Burford's | | | | | | | | { | Wl-DVl:SDAY, MARCH 13, 1946 DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST ELOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTTURY BUILDING Office Phone 469 Don’s Radio Service Electrical and Radio Repair (We pick up and deliver) Phone 659 909 West 12th Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward ——— HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. “The Store for Men"” SABINS Front St—Triangle Bldg. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM HUTCHINGS ECONOMY MARKET Choice Meats At All Times Located in George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O THE BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROCM Special Dinner 5to 8P. M. $1.65 (=S day at 8 Visiting Brothers Welcome FLOYD HORTON, Noble Grand H. V. CALLOW, Secretary SPECIALIZING IN PERMANENT WAVING HAIR CUTTING AND GENERAL BEAUTY CULTURE A FULL LINE IN DERMETICS CREAMS LUCILLE®S BEAUTY SALON PHONE 492 Silver Bow Lodge No.A210.0.F. Meets each Tues- P.M, 1. 0. O. F. HALL. 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 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. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession 20TH CENTURY MEAT RKET MA s Juneau’s Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEA'S PHONE 202 CARO TRANSFER | ' HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phone 344 Phone 344 FOR Wall Paper IDEAL PAINT SHOP Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt INSURANCE Shatiuck Agency B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. L, J. HOLMQUIST, Exalted Ruler, H. L. McDONALD, Secretary. JUNEAU UPHOLSTERY CO. RE-UPHOLSTERING NEW FURNITURE DRAPERIES Phone 36 122 2nd St. ALASKA ELECTRONICS| Sales and Service Expert radio repair withoat delays| P. O. Box 2165 217 Seward| PHONE 62 — MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. M. L. MacSPADDEN, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. PLUMBING HEATING Smith 0il Burner Service Location—214 Second Street P VULCANIZING—Tires and Tubes | PROMPT SERVICE—WORK GUARANTEED JUNEAU MOTOR CO. — PHONE 30 GG T Spellman himself when Jim drop- tat | S SR BAISHE'S DILEMMA ped in to congratulate him. This 13 Conjuneiion — ps Henry IKaN" paid ‘;‘ fcall ;’“ ;e\- column is convinced, contrary to a > Moahiconde 43 More pania | OIL BURNERS 181 cxceutives before he fin- Sarc : g ' prc\wus rcpmt thal Jun wuk no, 29. Sarcasm Danger signal B lT k hB lh d“ Pusunnt to ask for anti-trust Pros- | Apologies to Jim F,“]N .. W.A M Particle i SiLioiw| ACIEWR Az i i ecuticn of the steel moguls. Moehle, Okawville, Tll.: The Armiy roe % Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle | R A M b9 8 Sy ARCT BT AR i First Kaiser called on Ernest|admits mail service overseas is bad, gt g e || BARANOF HOTEL—Lower Level PHONE 753 PHONE 476 Wier, head of Wierton Steel, and claiming that demobilization has Congealed 7. Condensed 1. Italian seaside | said he wanted to buy steel to man- caused a reduction in mail planes. 1 SunaaTa resort ——s— et = S ufacture his new automobile, Wier | However, the U. S. Post Office has e 2. Exajiined’s ; Y w : gave him a polite “No.” Then Kai-|stepped in and is making contracts |/ 3 4« |s 7 18 9 |e |7 2 E -\‘;.':A'”b & i ser called on Ben Fairless of U. S. with commercial airlines to carry /4/' - / «. Disdains | BERT ALSTEAD i Steel, who said he probably could air mail and relieve delay. Plenty |2 R < 5. Heads H handle scme orders—in the dim and of shipping is available and any . 8 Rapleal birds ms a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASha i distant future continued delay pppears inexcusable |° 7 S EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. I Last, Kaiser dropped in on Re- ... .Ann V. Aurentz, Los Angeles: [7 T i 9 Grow 1o b | Present this coupon to the box office of the H public Steel's Tom Girdler and The British Government re.\ervc:.‘ /// {0, Suered .m?ll»:’. ! cAPl m “ £ Charlie White. Girdler was hopping the right to charge customs duty | 22723 7 ot R To“ EA E mad. When Kaiser said he wanted on relief packages of clothing sent | 2 20 ! i . to buy steel to build automobiles, to England. However, the British 2 47/ 27 [ i |Hvlu.”l\‘lu “ | Bpg tecewte EH0 EICRHEE f0,poet Big Tom replied: Embassy states that the customs “When the fellows were in trouble collector has the right to waive row 2. Talk gliviy “SHADY LADY" in Detroit, what did you do, Henry? duty and this usually is done. You went out and signed up with Federal Tax—11c per Person the Union, leaving the rest of us to CAPITAL CHAFF 20, 1 2 i — fight them alone. And then when Educators within and without the O e i a an'n 14 - mE HOYAL BL“E CAB co- we were in trouble ourselves with Government are disturbed over re- ot . 2 the steel workers, what did you do? cent reports on the attitude of and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and You raced down to Washington G. 1's in Europe toward the Ger- and signed up for 18'% cents, leav- mans. * Extensive and expensive ing us holding the bag.” Army orientation courses appear to Heavenly body Masculine RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Girdler then tcld Kaiser he could have been failures, one reason per- go jump in the lake as far as buy- haps being that reactionary mem- ing steel was concerned. bers of the House Military Com- mittee whose counsel, H. Ralph GANG-UP ON KAISER "Burton, is former attorney for Inside fact is that eastern big Father Coughlin, objected to leflch-l There Is No Substitute for Newspaper Advertising! il ke SRR . Help 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking--1946 Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska The IB. M. COMMERCIAL SAVINGS