The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 28, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dail y Alaska Empire Publis rory evenine except Sunday by the COMPANY Juneau, Alaska MPIRE PRINTING Second and Main Streets HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEN! ALFRED ZEN( Tntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: President Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manai 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, $7.80; ope month, | Subscribers w the Business Offi of their pavers. Tolephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. ‘onfer n favor if they wil promptly notify | of any failure or irregularity in the delivery MEMBER OF OCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclucively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 11 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. ABUSE OF Hl(,H OFFICE It must have been shocking to Alaskans gathered in the Senate galleries yesterday to hear that the Governor of Alaska had abused the power which is placed in the high office which he occupies to the extent of canceling an already approved Federal Works Agency provject for the city of Anchorage be- cause some of the people of that city were “cooperating” too well with Governor Ernest Gruening. Anchorage, before the war, was one of the smaller | cities of Alaska, with a population of several thousand | persons. With the advent of the national defense | program and the declaration of war, this small com- munity just outside of town, considerably. Application was made to the Federal ‘Works Agency for help in improving the city’s water system to meet the increased wartime demands, and the | project was approved. But after this, claimed Jack | Shepard, then head of the FWA in Alaska, Governor Gruening requested that the project be called off because certain people in Anchorage were not “‘cooper- ating” with him. This could mean any number of things. Perhaps they didn't vote for the right political candidates— or perhaps they didn’'t wear their hats the rlght way. not | suddenly fcund thousands of war workers flocking into town and some 40,000 soldiers stationed overtaxing the city's facilities { ‘But the fact remains, the project was canceled in | spite of the pressing needs brought about by war. We certainly think this “deal” was an abuse of the high office occupied by the Governor of Alaska, and it should be condemned. Shepard, of course, refused to go along with the Governor's demand that the project be canceled, and later resigned. As soon as Shepard w out of the | way, the project was dumped. What Does Russia Want? (New York Times) The world has been startled by reports of addi- tional Russian troop movements in Iran in violation of treaty obligations. These reports are still indefin- ite, but they are substantial enough to prompt our Government to send an urgent inquiry to Moscow con- cerning their accuracy and the purpose of such move- ments if they are taking place. ! The reports come at a moment when all of the ‘omclnl Russian agencies of information and opinion are engaged in a propaganda campaign bicturing Rus- |sla as being encircled by a hostile and war-breeding “‘muncpoly capitalism.” This campaign is now reach- |ing an apparent climax in strong pr ations that | Russia will not yield to anyone or anything, but will continue on her way without turning aside. Yet the | sole argument that runs through the whole propaganda | {is that Russia must have security, that she sz[l | “secure all her frontiers,” and that her only purpose! |1s defense against attack. | | The rest of the world can well sympathiz with | {the desire for security by a country which hns been invaded twice within a generation. But the Russian interpretation of this desire 5 inevitable ques ! ons. | In the name of security Russia has already annexed during the recent war the following countries and | territories: | | Population ! 3,029,000 1,950,000 1,120,000 | 10,150,000 3,748,000 | 2,200,000 | 800,000 ; 400,000 470,000 Square Miles 24,058 20,056 18,353 68,290 19,360 13,124 4,922 3,500 16,173 4,087 64,000 14,075 3,949 Lithuania Latvia | Estonia | Eastern Poland | Bessarabia and Bukovina Moldavia { Carpatho-Ukraine 1 East, Prussia | Karelo-Finland Petsamo, Finland | Tannu Tuva, Central Asia !Southern Sakhalin | Kurile Islands Total 213,947 ! In the name of security Russia has likewise ob- I tained naval bases on the Porkkala Peninsula in | Finland and at Port Arthur in China, together with l_|oln'. ownership and operation of the Manchurian trunk | milwuy lines. In short, in a war fought under thc‘ ! banner of “no aggrandizement, territorial or other,’ i Russia has already acquired territories equal to the | larger part of the eastern United States. Yet all Rus- sian pronouncements make it evident this is not enough, and new demands are being made through | Russian diplomatic channels and through the press for | additional territories The world is justified in asking: Where does the séarch for security end and where does | expansion begin? jciliation efforts The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) ence to the martyred Lincoln| might be misunderstood and cut | it out. Wallace was glad to concur. BRITISH WANT WAR British Tories were pleased as| punch over Winston Churchill’s| Fulton, Mo, speech—for several reasons. PFirst, they think it is now less likely that Britain will get its loan from this country, and they do not want the loan. Tory leaders would | prefer to work out their own prob- ' lems by closing an economic ring around the sterling bloc nations and using tabbed currency so they could cnly import goods from Eng- land. This was the same plan Dr. Hjalmar Schacht devised for the Nazis. Reason No. 2 was Russia. It is nighly significant that just one day after the Churchill speech, re-| actionary Russia-hater Lord Beav- erbrook called a secret meeting of leading industrialists to plan a drive leading eventually to war with the Soviet Union. Present at the meeting were three members of the Labor Cabinet—including Ar- thur Greenwood and Ernest Bevin. MEN'S SUITS Tt still looks like a long wait be- fore veterans can get thc clothing they need. The Office of War Mo- bilization and Reconversica will it oh 1aen's need for 40 ar but produc- / 2bout 28 mil- has been v and offi- cigls of the Civilian Production Administration are worrled sick that even the goal of 28 million suits for 1946 will not be met. There is no sign yet that the increase in prices granted this month by OPA will mean more men’s suits. There are indications, however, that large stocks of suits are being held off the market in the hope that price control will not be extended beyond June. oduction million, NEW AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA Senator Tom Connally of Texas chased reporters from the room and closed the doors of the Foreign Relations Ccmmittee during the juiciest part of the testimony by General Bedell Smith, new U. S. Ambassador to Russia. This was in connection with the late General George Patton’s slap- ping a shell-shocked soldier Asked if he was responsible for the army’s denial that Patton had been reprimanded by General Eis- enhower—a denial later repudiated —Smith replied: “Yes, 1 was responsible for the original statement.” The three-star General blushed Truman thought such a refer- /OPA Administrator ‘vem the same sort of thing from and squirmed in his chair as he made the admission. “Why. did you do that?” he was asked. “What grounds was there for such a statement if you knew | General Patton had actually been reprimanded?” “Well, technicaily I was correct,” Smith replied with an air that didn't strike committee members as very convincing. “While certain :steps had been taken, there had been no formal reprimand at the time the statement was issued.” Smith appeared contrite about the incident, so committee members didn’t censure him or protract the questioning after he made his “con- fession.” Note—Gen. Smith was not ques- tioned about another famous denial he issued, namely his statement that General Leslie McNair had been killed by enemy action when it was well known that McNair and several other Americans were kill- ed by carelessly aimed Amerlban bombs near St. Lo. CAPITAL CHAFF Two movie companies are bid- ding for “Saints and Strangers, the new best seller written by George Willison of the Democratic National Committee. . . Former ' Democratic Senator Clarence Dill of Washington is being urged for one of the vacant assistant secre- | taryships of the Interior Depart- | ment. . . . Jim Landis, former Am- | erican Minister to Egypt, may be | headed for a new important Ad- ministration job soon. New Mexico’s governor Jack Dempsey | decided after two talks with Presi- | dent Truman that he would not | oppose Senator Chavez in the New | Mexico Democratic Primary. . Paul Porter turned out to be the top entertain- | ment attraction at a buffet din-: ner Bob Hannegan threw for Pres-| ident Truman the other night.| Porter sang and danced the song he wrote during the '44 president | campaign, “Don’t Change Horses {In the Middle of the Stream.”. The OPA will speed up the liff um’i of pricing restrictions on certain | items soon, including heavy mach- inery, printing presses, laundry | machines, etc Even the chauf- | feur at the Soviet Embassy shuns company. He certainly parks cn the opposite side of the street from other diplomatic chauffeurs when | his chief visits the State Depart- | ment. JOHN L. LEWIS For years John L. Lewis has been | one of labor's top negotiators. Usu- ally he has his facts cold. Last week, however, while arguing safe- ty precautions with Harry Moses, an important Pittsburgh mine op- erator, he said: “Why Harry, your father is a good illustration of why we need these safeguards. Everybody knows him as a veteran coal man, and we've all seen him limping around | for 50 years because of a mine accident. So how can you sit there and deny us the safeguards to pre- happening to other miners?” “John.” replied Moses, “I, don’t' know where you got your informa- tion about my father—but it wasn't | so good. T'll tell you how he hurt) his leg. It wasn't in a coal mine, it was playing baseball. He broke his leg sliding into second.” Note—Bureau of Mine officials| heartily endorse Lewis's demands lor better safety precautions in thei mines. (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) - -~ I wisih to take this opportunity to thank the residents of Juneau and vicinity for the kindness, co- operation and courtesy extended to me and to the employees of the Peterson Refuse Company during the past ten years. We thank you| heartily for your patronage and take pleasure in seeing the busi- ness continued under the ownership of Robert E. Coughlin who, we are confident, will continue to serve you to your complete satisfaction. With no interruption in service, 1he Peterson Refuse Company will, continue to function under the! same name. Kindly address future communications to Box 2595 or when phoning, call 377. Thank you. ALBERT PETERS (228-13) S TR TR A patent for a player-piano was taken out in the United States in 1860. | hart, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MARCH 28 Leslie D. Cashen Mrs. Norman Cook Rose McMullen Gertrude Lackey Sasha Soboleff Letty Palmer Mrs. Bertha Lyons Alva Lynch Floyd Peters M. S. Land HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ) FRIDAY, MARCH 29 HEART AND HOME This is an ideal day for between estranged husbands and wives. Pride and stubbornness will go down before a cincere desire to forget mistakes of ithe past in the interest of har- mony. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Atomic energy may ultimately re- | place current common sources of power, but those who hops for the substitution within their lifetime prcbably will be sadly disappointed.) |1t is highly unlikely that uranium will render oil and coal out of date within the next 50 years. NATIONAL iSSUES A revival of States’ rights issues ywill sharpen the country's aware- {ness of the Federal Government's osition to ursup the powers of 48 constituent units. will regain some of their lost pre- - irogatives INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS China and India will benefit ma- terially from Japan's perwar loss of foreign trade, but will have noth- (ing to offer those export markets primarily interested in the type of low-priced goods for which Japan was once famous the world over Those whose birthdate this are promised by the stars: A year of good health, a beneficial occu- pational change and a happy |mantic adventure. Children born will have good minds and stwong cl:m‘aclcrs.‘ ACOp\rlgh( 1946 ALASKA AIRLINER IN WITH 19 FROM WEST | Arriving 1 Juneau on the Alaska | Airlines Starliner Fairbanks Wed- nesday with Captain Flight Officer Ed Courte- manche, and Stewardess Marjorie Stevens were the following pas- sengers from Anchorage: Grace Hu- fieson, Albert Lanier, Herman Black, Lt. Alan Perry, Mrs. Eta Roll, S. Dennis, Boyd Goodwin, E. ¥ Gledhill, D. N. Sanderson, R. E. Smith, W. Wilson, E. R. Soder- quist, Alfred Stepetin, Willlam Johnson, Peter Johnson, James Hall, Mrs. James Hall, James Hall Jr., and Mrs. M. Maloney. On the return flight to the West- ward City were the following pas- sengers: Mrs. H. H. McCutcheon, Roy Martin, Romey A. Horne, J. H. Wakefield, R. F. Peake, Ruti Crosswhite, Conrad Bentzen, Roy Smith, E. Johnson, Gladys Oshorne, Alfred Anniskette; to Cordova: George Loeb, Ed Garner, Dorney. e TUNE IN On XINY Friday night at 7:30 and hear the facts about your can-| didates for City Office. 1he “GIRLS” will be on the air aua'm, and How!! (229-2) ACROSS 1. Punches . Head covering . First plece sawed from a og . Skip . American humorist . Cattle 5. Baseball team . Entangle % Pacific island tree 18. Article City in Tennessee . Consequently . Pronoun Restrain . Condensed atmospherle moisture . German river . Hoarfrost Die for making pipe 8. Silent . B Hequenmed : Bena out . Surrender . Contemptible fellow . Monk . Undermine Alternative . Horseman's foot support . Not any . Measure . Faucet S, Afresh 0. Sacred image . Ameriean Indian . Part played Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle | 63, 6. 65. DOWN Biblical character Ammonia derivative Large receptable . Stalk . Beat 6. Render suitable . Fastened Small wagon Haraen Pitcher 9. Edge . Aromatic seed . Under . Paradise . Flower ! Renewed 6. Infers . Cotton fabrie . Imitated Free 2. Anger 16% feet . Greek letter Lair Rock debris Pass through & sieve So. American country . Floor covering : Astatle palm Full of 32 3 Dlsnatch.d High pointea ‘i > Present time The states| is] Larry Fla- from [ oo 20 YEARS AGO brrrrrrrre. MARCH 28, 1926 Gov ton of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce at a dinner. ainst a possible spread of smalipox frcm that area. certificates of recent vaccination. [ ik 1 teamer Queen arl mail and 210 tons of freight for Juneau. The | four de pas | W. O. Carlson and two children ved in port late today with 37 passe THURSDAY MARCH 28 1946 THE EMPIRE George A. Parks left Seattle yesterday on the steamer Yukon, ‘returning to Juneau after spending the past three months in Washing- While in Seattle he was guest of honer of the Alaska Department Commissioner of Health Dr. H. C. DeVighne announced the Public | Health Service would enforce regulations at Seattle to protest Alaska Persons desiring ‘to come to the Territory would be required to be vaccinated or show | Among incoming sengers were Mrs. Earl Ohmer, A. Van Mavern, R. Hofstad and Mrs. With halibut fares aggregating 66,500 pounds, 12 vessels of the local shing fleet and one of Sea tle arrived in port, and all fares were sold vith 40,000 pounds going to the Juneau Cold Storage plant and E. M. Prices offered were 12% taking 26,500 pounds. Corinne Griffith in “Love's Wilderness” ace and Viola Dana in “Her Fatal Millions” at the Coliseum. { recon- Highest, 46; 40; Weather: lowest, rain. e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon 19y 5] b e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do rot “I shail write you next week.” “Please write TO me” and “I shall write TO you.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Palestine. {not TEEN. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Defendant; ANT Depender SYNONYMS: Heartily, earnestly, sincerely, cordiall WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is say, lease write me soon,” These expressions are colloquial nt; ENT. yours.” cents and 7 cents. ' was showing at Spickett's or, | Say, Pronounce the I as in TIE, Let us | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | ERUDITION; complete and various scholarship. world . . . . will gain more credit —Colton. P e e s \ Laid “A man who knows the his adroit mode of hiding his ignor- ance than the pedant by his awkward attempt to exhibit his erudition.” 7 MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥operra ree i e e I Q. How should a bridegroom choose his best man and anendants? A. The bridegroom usually ask: friend, to be his best man. of the'bridge among his attendants. Q. Does a woman rise when she _ | weman about her own age? A. Not uniess a much clder woman Q. Is it true that telephone? is making the introduction. any kind of invitation may be extended over the A. YL‘S with one exception, and that is a formal invitation. T DO and LEARN- ¥ oo ) | 5 | 2 What are the names of the four Gospels? Is the “Black Maria” Which State of the Union produces the most flower seeds? For what does the abbreviation “A.D.” stand in dates? ‘Which is the largest meat-producing country in the world? ANSWERS: Maithew, Mark, Luke, and John. A prison van. California. . Frum the Latin “Anno Domini”, Argentina, South America. Baranof Turkish Bath and Massage Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.—Open Evenings by Appointment BARANOF HOTEL—Lower Level PHONE 753 and Jack ! 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MAIL ALL ENTRIES TO AMY LOU BLOOD Ordway’s Studio of Photography Contest closes at midnight, April 1st Entry Blank: I suggest the following name for your shop: 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking--1946 The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS