The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire o4 every evening except Sunday by the PRINTING COMPANY Sec ets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MOM - - - President DOROTHY TROY LING - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - Editor and Manager 3 "RIEND - < - Business Manager 1496,932. | session just ended it is well over the six million dollar mark. Post_Office neau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per monthi ~ months, $5.00; one year, $15.00 ail, postage paid, at the following rates | ce, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; £1.50 et @ favor if they will promptly notify v fallure or frregularity in the delivery Puerto tatus (New York Times) The present controversy between Governor Tugwell of Puerto Rico and the Insular Legislature over the lexpressed desire of the Puerto Ricans to have a voice in the selection of Tugwell's successcr and their de- to the use for mand for a plebiscite on their future political status t . :’; \"T,Ll",mf:d call attention anew to the colonial problems facing the h Rl United States. In this problem Congress seems to take | only a cursory inter Yet it is one we cannot dodge indefinit if we are to live up to our best traditions, —\ and if we are to do justice to the peoples who became {our wards during our imperialist days at the close of | the last century and who now seek the opportunity to | decide their own destinies. | Governor Tugwell’s position in vetoing the two | bills—both of which probably will be passed over his veto—is that the Puerto Ricans are only antagonizing | Congress and jeopardizing their chances for Con- | gressional action in taking such positive action to call |attention to their aspirations. This appears to be a realistic and accurate evaluation of the situation. If | it is, then it is equally an indictment of Congress. | The late President Roosevelt and President Truman both have addressed special messages to Congress over the last three years urging passage of legislation to give the Puerto Ricans greater home rule. In his message | of last October 16 Mr. Truman suggested that they \ be allowed to indicate in a plebiscite not only whether | they preferred a different status but what one of four | they preferred. When such a preference had been voted, he said that we should be prepared to grant whichever of the four alternatiyes—home rule, state- hood, independence or dominion status—the Puerto | Ricans selected. Three years ago in his special message urging enactment of a bill granting a larger measure { of home rule—a bill which the Senate passed but the House shelved—Mr. Roosevelt said that there was no { question “of the Puerto Ricans' ability now to ad- { thefr paper O Helephones News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 OF ASSOCIATED PRE: {s exclustvely entitle republicatio dispatches cred REPRESSNTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash TAXES Just to show ycu how far taxation can go, we bring your by city Toledo of an income tax for municipal purposes. The attention to enactment the of tax applies to corporate interests as well as to individuals While Toledo is not lecated in a State which has a State income tax, if such a practice were followed by cities generally it would mean that in States which | minister their own affairs.” do have income taxes, a person’s income would be | The question of what we shall do with our colonial taxed three times. | cmpire must seem rcmote to the average citizen . But Some day, and we doubt if it will be in the near | iIf we ourselves are not aware of it, we may be sure future, the people are going to wake up to find that the rest of the world is. We cannot ask other nations just about all they have is being taxed away. Year by to grant independernce or autonomy to their colon_xes if our cwn Congress is insensitive to the aspiration year taxes increase. They never decrease except in of the people of our possessions. Even a benign rule very rare instances. Practically always they increase. such as ours has been generally in the Philippines, in You wonder when the saturation point will be reached pyerto Rico, in Guam and in Samoa ‘is not good if ever. | enough if it denies to the peoples of our colonies that When the first Alaska Legislature met back in right to decide their own destinies to which the great 1913, only 33 years ago, well within the memory of «majority of the people of this country are whole- oldtimers here, the appropriations bill added up to heartedly dedicated. If more of our citizens pecame $64,168.75. Skip along to 1931 and the same appropria- interested in the problem perhaps Congress might be stimulated to do more than just send delegations on ::ms ;‘1111 ha: lll‘eachedkthe“;.o:l o{ 948,100, sl vt sightseeing tours. With Governor Tugwell retiring, e million dellar mark. Within the next 10 years the | s would be an excellent time to study the problem tax burden began to mount. In 1939 the bill for the | of puerto Rico and produce a solution that does credit biennium was $3,511,510. Two years later it was $4,- | {o the ideals of the American people. The Washington : Merry-Go-Round wontinued from Page One) quently, so eioquently that they|tors are in the background of the could change votes and mould pub- | UNO meeting in New York. In the lic opinion. | first place American public opin- That was a day when there was| jon, in fact most of world opinion, great hope for peace. The United |is more alert and intelligent than States had conceived the idea that | ever before. Perhaps susceptible to ——— - if we took the lead in scrappingour | this, the Soviet Government, pow- wrpo‘éomg the Truman legislative | battleships, our idealism would be | erful ‘as it is, springs from flouting program, and the part that mey‘contamcus and other nations would | world opinion—too flagrantly. had unlimited money to spend on | follow suit. It wants its own way and may congressmen. | There followed other conferences, | take its own sweet time about an- “I know all about that money,” the Geneva Naval Conference of | swering notes. But it won't go to replied Hannegan. “During the war 1927, the London Naval Conference | war over Iran or anything else Last year the appropriations bill was $5,- 631,822, and with the money added by the special It's the easlest thing in the world to appropriate money, but it's becoming increasingly more difficult) Managing Editor to find ways and means to dig it out of the taxpayer’s - pocket, which is becoming more empty all the fime.| they came to Washington on legi- of timate business and were able to deduct what they spent from their taxes as a legitimate expense. The lobbying they do now is entirely different.” It was then revealed that Inter- nal Revenue Commissioner Joe Nu- nan would investigate the lush ex- pense of lobbyists. Note—Others present at the Task Forle meeting included: Leon Henderson, Assistant Gael Sullivan, OPA’s Herbert Fields, Justice Department’s Graham Mor- rison, Commerce Department’s Joel Fischer, Charles Kramer of the Senate Committee on Education and Labor, with Joe Dubois dnd Randolph Feltus of the Treasury i | PROHIBITION AGAIN? It hasn't got much publicity but prohibition is reported gaining in leaps and bounds in local option elections throughout the country. Four new counties, including two in Florida, have changed frcem the wet to the in Arkansas and one dry column in the last two m while prohibition cruss launched big drives in Indisna other states to make them dry. “Yes; diana u» ag York, Supe endent diana Anti-Salcon League, radio broadca In s ers tic we're g to In in boasted L. E. in to cast a dry ballot. Meanwhile few people one-fourth—are now dry. However, despite the strides that have been made by dry forces, Congress probably will not be pres- into adopting another pro- hibition amendment to the Consti- sured tution for at least two reasons: 1 veterans, and (2) in taxes on alcoholic beverages. GOING IN RIGHT DIRECTION that the United States was host to an- other great diplomatic gathering— the Washington Atms Conference, leading It was just 25 years ago attended by the world’s statesmen—Charles Evans Hughes, Lord Balfour of England, Aristide Briand of France, Premier Kato of Japan. They were men big enough to speak for their governments | Postmaster and bene of the In- a , prohibition lead- placing signs on children near pclling places to urge voters realize _ that of the 3,070 counties in the United States, 952—or more than The opposition of GI war loss of Federal tax revenues. In 1945, the Federal Government collected $2,409,000,000 and state governments $600,000,000 of 1930, plus various League Nations disarmament conferences, |too numerous to mention. With | |each one, a little more of the world’s hope, a little more of the | brave new idealism which the Unit- |ed States gave the Washington Arms Conference in 1921 ebbed away. The conferees, especially the + Americans, became more cynical, more discouraged more disillusion- 'ed. Even Aristide “Briand veteran lcruaflder for a warless world, no |lnnger was stirred to emphasize }bursts of eloguence. He sat at the delegates’ table and dozed, a dis- \ccuraged old man. He had spent a lifetime battling for disarmament |and he had failed. One of those who consistently | strove for disarmament at Geneva ! was the Russian Foreign Minis- ter Maxim Litvinoff. He was ai- | ways present, always the center of | newspaper attention, always made | headlines with his demand nations disband their armies and navies entirely. Perhaps it was be- cause Russia didn't have a big s, army in those days, or perhaps be- cause it was smart policy to needle | the capitalistic countries. Anyway Litvinoff consistently pooh-poched the American-British formulas for -5-3 ratios on battleships, or for limiting the number of 10,000-ton | cruisers, he wanted to abolish all armament. | A lot of things have change since | then—both in Moscow and New York. Russia today has the great- est army in the world. She has kept on calling new men to the colors to replace discharged veter- ans until her army today is just as strong as during the war. And the United States which hag been 'locking forward to its old peace- , time volunteer army, now awaits President Truman’s speech at Chi- cago when he ‘expects to call for |a conseript army of one and a half | million men—the first time in his- jtory that we have ever dreamed of such a force in days of peace. In New York, meanwhile the colorful, daring Litvinoff has been replaced by a messenger-boy am- bassador who sits at one end of a telegraph key and is afraid to get out of his limousine without cabled instructions from Moscow. Gone is the oratory, the states- manship, the drama of the old con- ferences. *rhe only delegate at New York big enough to speak for his country is Jimmy Byrnes. The otehrs must get play-by-play in- structions from home. It’s like a chess game, with each cautious player consulting a book without having each semi-colon in of rules before he moves. their, speeches cabled from home .| But despite these that | T pessimistic | 'fl.. They were also able to speak elo- overtones, certain encouraging fac- | short of an invasion of its own territory. And when we remember that not so many years ago the Czar fought a bloody war in the Crimea over the question of Tur- key, then perhaps despite all the discouragement, we are slowly stumbling along in the right di- rection. BILBO VS. MAULDIN An unusual meeting took place the other night between Mississip- pi’'s Senator Theodore Bilbo and famous GI Cartconist Bill Mauld- in. They bumped into each other at a buffet supper, which Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan threw to harmonize further dissident Demo- crats. By and large, Hannegan's affair was a big success. Not so, when it came to making Mauldin and Bilbo think ;\like. Here's what hap- pened: “Oh, you're the cartoonist, aren't Bilbo asked, when introduc- from THE EMPIRE B ) | A 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 4, 1926 Dr. H. C. DeVighne, Territorial Commissioner of Health, was to leave this week for Seattle, enroute to Dallas, Texas, to attend a meeting of the American Medical Association, apd the conference of state and provincial health cfficers to be held later this month. APRIL 4 Dave Burnett Victor Crondahl Mrs. Anna Winn Mildrec Carson H. M. Ford Agnes Hedrick Mrs. Jehn Mulford Twenty-five entrants were out today for the Juneau Gun Club shoot, and although handicapped by high winds which at times reached zale proporticns, good scores were reported. Hudon was high with a score of 23 out of 25 birds. e*te00000 00 s ecsecces @0 e 000000 00 g e i, | HOROSCOPE | oo ok 1 “The stars incline [ but do not compel” {| e first survey party sent out from the local U. S. Survey Office —eweoeey |this season had left for Ketchikan, with Fred Dahlquist, cadastral en- ‘;ginm'r in charge of the crew, consisting fo Edward Naghel, H. Gilligan, and George C. Nelson. The Forest Service road' construction program for the year had | been announced, with the first item on the program being the construc- |tion of a bridge across Mendenhall River, connecting the loose ends of |the Auk Lake locp. On Basin Road a new bridge was to be built over Gold Creek also. I | i FRIDAY, APRIL 5 | 1 | HEART AND HOME | This is a favorable date for alil Jr. and Mrs. H. R. Roden returned to Juneau on the Estebeth after |family activities. Plans for chang?s{a short trip to Funter Bay on business. {in the home will be carried out | o +1Y \ [successtully. Young boys and @ifls! yeather: Highest, 39; lowest, 34; clear. are under friendly stars, particu- s larly underprivileged orphans and | LD&IIY Lessons in English %% 1. corpon and guidance. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS 1 Price controls will be further re- ed, but the end of the year wiil find the Government still struggling with the problem of fostering in- creased wages while fighting infla- icn with a variety of price ceilings. NATIONAL ISSUES Those hoping for a strike preven- tion formula should not ixpect. nnl}; frig) formula to end all strikes in alll i . industries, Strikes will continue for| ~ SYNONYMS: Zeal, others who lack parental counsel ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Newspapers have a habit of printing a larger edition on these days.” Say, “have a CUSTOM of printing a larger edition.” OFTEN MISPRONQUNCED: Chateau. SHALL, O as in NO, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gawe tan opening). Pronounce sha-to, A as in Gait (manner of walk- enthusiasm, eagerness, ardor, fervor, active |as long as labor and managemant | interest. make sacred secrets of the basic| WORD STUDY: “Useé a word three times and it is yours.” Let us facts essential - to successful ar-ijncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | oitration. | CENSORIOUS; addicted to censure; severe on others. (Pronounce second ’NT”N"’?’Y{AL,‘F # “”;Sm‘ | syllable SO, and accent second syllable).. “O that the censorious world wT:e;;ral:e;:: Tn%et—?t::dl::gn be%'would learn this wholesome rule, and with each other bear.”-—Haywood. tween the United States and Rus-| sia than is now the case, but the:r; MODERN ETIOUETTE b’l/ | relations will never be as ami- E | table a5 those Eetween the United| ROBERTA LEE zi States and Britain. They have wa; Csisd l"gg,;:,,?’;{,"f;' birthdate this is( Q. When entering a theatre, church, or other such place, and no are promised by the stars: Rugged usher is around, should the man go first down the aisle? health end a unique and satisfy-| A. Yes, the man should precede down the aisle first, and then ing jntellectual experience duringstand aside and allow his companion to enter the row of seats first. the year. . Q. Which is correct in an intreduction, “Miss Jones, Mr. Smith” Children born today will fear o «“Mr. Smith, Miss Jones”? m:di_ocriLy more than they fear| A. “Miss Jones, Mr. Smith.” [ S“,‘c"r*;f;in;ai:gfk'xc.r“"‘:,‘“}}":g (YEU| Q. 1Is it correct to put a pile of pltes on the fable for tea or buffet| mark above that' of their Iel]ows‘xse"fice where the plate and napkins alternate in the pile? | As children and as adults they will| A No. i be quick-witted and stimulating | companions. Their companionships will rarely ripen into friendships however. i L LOOK and LEARN % & omon (Copyright, 1946) | 1. How much coal must be mined in the United States for every ton ed Mauldin. “I have appeared in . ctee] manufactured? , yff;ec:",tf’o'h‘;éumm et 2. When was the first piano made? an egz ;)n your head. "p : 3. Which is the largest church body in the United States? 2 4. What is the average life of a bird? Bilbo sizzled. A “Where you living now?” asked 5. What State is known as the “Equality State”? ANSWERS: the gentleman from Mississippi. ~ | One and one-half tons of coal. “Right now I haven't got a home,” declared the youthful ar- In about the year 1708, by Bartolomeo Christofori of Padua, Italy. The Methodist Church. $ tist. “I'm what your friend, John About five years. Rankin, would call a fellow trav-| eler. T keep moving around. i Wyoming, because it was a pionger in woman suffrage. “I've just changed 20 tenant families down in®Mississippi,” Bil- bo replied. “Come on down. I'll, give you one of these farms.” i Mauldin said he would have to think that one over, but meanwhile | Something Different moenecenew oo i JN THE WAY OF FISH “Yeah? Come on up,” Bilbo said. ‘- i NOW ON SALE AT OUR FISH MARKET—the I SHOWE K following assortment of EASTERN FISH bouncer up there. He's six feet tall, FILLETS SMOKED weighs 200 pounds, and used to be a prize fighter. We'll all be glad to have you come up.” | MACKEREL FILLETS FINNAN HADDIES “Well, Tl do that” replied HAKE FILLETTS HAKE FILLETTS Mauldin, who weighs less than 140 COD FILLETS POLLOCK FILLETS pounds. “One of us will leave edu-i WHITING FILLETS KIPPERS Eated. BAY CHUBS “with | & 2. 3. 4. 5. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Possesses Cut with a toothed tool Ragout of mutton or lamb Behold Bushy clump ck organi- 3. Not sleeping Ocean Pouch Burdened €| 1 . Heavenly body Ofter to pay Salt water Short tobaceo 2 cy i Total surface Disencumber L resort x occident tive ks of boats e bug | That thing 61. Pe d adal I%HI i (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) | : . Frog Legs | Juneau Cold Storage Company, Inc. (% Louisiana Shrimps WALTER KLEWENO as a paid-up subscriver to THE DAILY ALAShA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “UNCLE HARRY" Federal Tux—11c per Person PHONE 14 — THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN sdible seaweed, Withdraw aline Small soft mass Plece out ck . Abashed by I WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! improper . Moved rhythmically eminine name Moving part Peaceful (Formerly Juneau Paint Store) . f the sun e of VENETIAN BLINDS—Metal, Wood d AUTHORIZED KENTILE CONTRACTOR MASTER NO-DRAFT SASH BALANCES MASTER WEATHERSTRIPPING Wl Eamm Jm _ 7 7 ‘ ll/ =l ide Gu to . PHONE 407 Vicior ?ower Rk A There is no substitute for newspaper advertising! al . Loose carth Great Laks a ot ~ ] DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING ¢ Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST 20TH CENTTRY 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 201. 929 W. 12th St. “The Sto;o for Men" SARBRIN’S 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 ROOM Special Dinner ] 5to 8 P. M. * $1.65 | i Silver Bow Lodge | No.A2,10.0.F. 1 | | 1 1 L \ Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M., I. .O. O. F. HALL, | Visiting Brothers Welcome ’ FLOYD HORTON, Noble Grand H. V. CALLOW, Secretary THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1946 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 For FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY Gastinean Cafe Foremost in Friendliness VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Bullding ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Phone 318 METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 90 Willoughby 4ve. ————————) "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession MR SRR B T LR 3] 20TH CENTURY MEAT MARKET Juneau’s Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS 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 Shattuck 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 ¥URNITURE DRAPERIES Phone 36 122 2nd St. ALASKA ELECTRONICS Sales and Service 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. Ci0 DIR MEETINGS HELD IN UNION HALL—Ist and Gastineau—Phone 327 Juneau Industrial Union Council Secy. R. S. Hough; Phone Green 240; meetings second and fourth Thursdays at 7:30 P. M. Int. Woodworkers of America Local M-271; Secy. Henry Ad- sero; meetings 2nd and 4th Fri- days at 7:30 P. M. United Trollers of Alaska, Local 26; Secy. B. H. (Jack) Manery; Phone Blue 220; meetings 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 8:00 P. M. Local Industrial Union, Local 882 Sec. Abel Anderson; Black 605. Juneau Mine & Mill Workers Local 203; Secy. Arthur H. Wal- ther; Phone Green 340; meet- ings 1st and 3rd Monadys, 7:00. Juneau Transpert Workers ,Local 172; Secy. George C. Martin; Phone Black 265; meetings 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 8:00 P. M. United Cannery Workers, Local 269; Secy. Ruth Hayes. Inter. Longshoremen & Ware- heusemen Union, Local 1-41 Cold Storage Workers; Secy. Mike Avoian; Green 759; meetings 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 7:30 MEETINGS AT 222 WILLOUGHBY—PHONE 518 International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union, Local 1-16 Secy. Don McCammon; Phone Blue 372; meetings Mondays, 7:30 —_————————————————— | JUNEAU PAINT & SUPPLY (0. } 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking--1946 The B. 1. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS