The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Qntered in the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATES: welivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, By mail. postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in r.dvance, $7.50; one month, In advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they # their papers. Teleptiones: News Office, 602; Business Daily Alaska Empire EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska day’s fanfare. President ball with Vice-President ana sManager Editor Business Manager Sccond Class $15.00 will promptly net?y past and curre Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for truthful, the statement would be grossly misleading. republication of all news @ispatches credited to it or not other- paper wise credited in this and also the berein PRESS local news published purchase equivalent articles. NTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, can get a bargain ceiling of its own. principal sufferer are thriving. beating. Tomorrow is a great day for the baseball fans of ens in Juneau on Gastineau Channel as the season op what promises to be the first genuine league since the war for baseball hungry Channelites. Prexy Bill Holzheimer has been working for a long time to get the teams lined up and to revive the interest lost through the lack of pal great American sport during the war that all-important game back seat. Now we're ready to teams in the league and be a big turnout of fans when the 4 p. m. tomorrow at Firemen's Field. And don’'t forget to warm up go again umpire by attending the opening day program which afternoon at Triangle School starts at 3 o'clock tomorrow Place, where the Juneau High The Washington , Merry-Go-Round (Continued ]”ronT Page One) phone, and tell one of his cronies: | “I'm up at Admiral King's house. I just wanted to let you know I was working on that contract. The| Navy thinks it'll be okay.” | RATS FOR SALE | Monroe even offered to sell the entire muskrat production of Louis- | 1ana—which obviously he did not| control—to a New York fur dealer if the latter would put up $25,000| campaign expenses for Congress-; man Jimmy Morrison of Louisiana. He got Congressman Compton | White of Idaho along to a meeting | with representatives of New York| butchers which turned out to be a discussion of ways and means of ‘l black marketeering in meat—a con-| dition of which was that the butch- ers put up $100,000. Generals, admirals and Congress- | men flocked to his house despite the fact that shortly before the war, a8 this column pointed out, Monroe paid an income tax of only! $3. He had been sued 22 times for| debt, was kicked oui of West Point, ! advertised a phony oil deal in; Louisiana which lost money for a| lot of poor suckers; he tried to sell munitions to the Greeks, Spring- field rifles to the Dominicans, and | poked his nose Mito every war con- | tract where he thought he could rake-off a few hundred dollars in| commissions. Much of the above was published | by this column—and later proved when the $1,000,000 libel suit came to trial. After two weeks of testi-/ mony, the jury required only 30 minutes to decide Monroe w a phony. It found for the defend:nt.' BIG-WIGS KEPT COM M- Fven after that, howeve . sena- rs and Cengressmen continued to " « kouse un R street, ued to fjoy the hoited o! 1 King’s home. Not even th brought out in the lbel su.i seemed to hurt the ® e s e e s 000000 . . bd TIDE TABLE L . . e MAY 12 . © Low tide 6:02 am., 141t e ® High tide 12:14 pm., 146 ft. o ® Lew tide 13:07 pm., 20 ft. e . . . MAY 13 ° ® High tide 0:21 am, 165 ft. o ® Low tide 6:41 am, 02ft. e e High tide 12:54 pm, 151 ft. ® ® Low tide pm, 191t e . . e o o o e 5 9 e o o JUNEAU LOCAL AMWU T0 MEET ON MONDAY Juneau Local of the Alaska Mar- ine Workers Union will meet Mon- day 7:30 pm. at the Government schocl to elect a negotiating com- mittee and agents for cannery workers and fishermen at Douglas, Taku, Hawk Inlet, Tyee, Chatham, Todd, Tenakee, Excursion Inlet, Icy Straits at Hoonah and Sitka. All cannery workers and fisher- mien are urged to attend. of baseball had to take a you can be sure there will | about To the extent actually is causir to inflation. rticipalion in the prices of standard years, when even ably stable. purposes. For the and is continuing. with three good The answer is season opens at for razzing the Band will ebullient, irrepressible unbelievable Jchn Monroe. | Finally, however, the law cflught; ip with him. Monroe was caught | oy Federal authorities for black narketing in textiles to the tune { several hundred thousand dol- | irs. A New York judge gave him a fine of $100,000 and two years in 1il to think it over. And the moral of the story is that almost anything can happen 1 in this war-booming, gullible, lob- byist-ridden, fairy-tale city of Washington. It's sometimes hard even for this case-hardened obser- ver of the Washington Merry-Go- Round to believe all that goes on. CAPITAL CHAFF The man wuom George Allen is pushing for Democratic National Chairman to replace Bob Hanne- gan is Paul Fitzpatrick of New York—a good man, but not as good as Hannegan—Sam Rosenman, who plays cozy'with Brother George, is pushing the deal. . . . New York politicoes are holding an import- ant huddle today at a cocktajl {party given by Boss-of-the-Bronx | Ed Flynn. Mayor O'Dwyer, Senator Mead, Wayne Johnson and the five county leaders are putting their heads together as to who will run against Tom Dewey. Mead can have the job if he wants it. . . .Dick Frankensteen, former United Auto official and candidate for Mayor of Detroit, \applied for a Ford dealer- ship the other day but was turned down. . . .Friends are kidding At- torney General Tom Clark of Texas paying allegiance to two flags, despite the fact that he took an oath to defend only one. He Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 37. So. American 1. Therefore animal 6. Broad thick 39. Before pieco 10, Trall 9. Spread to dry 42, Plane handle 12, Indirect sug- 43. Contend gestion 44. Mountain 13. Possess ridges 14, Poem 46. Wild animal 13 loclandic tale 47. Not fresh . Always 50. Black lig :: hll'gull fastener 52, Luwk(:l';:.l\:la | Submissive apart 19. Abandoned Pouse " 21 Thing: law 66, Repast 23. Stubborn 39. Philippine s gy hings o mountain . Mo o ol 26. Military el students bber tree n of Adam If hazard Chess pieces nills nament atop a pagoda . Ch Or furnish the music for a short concert, then everyone will go to the ball field for the rest of the opening The kids will really enjoy it. During the war Juneau did have some good base- soldiers’ nothing that can match the thrill of watching the Managing ECtOT home town boys when the umpire yells “batter up!” Anybody who is sufficiently interested can compare | nt prices of a number of standard com- | @ the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity ic the delivery 1 oyiiec and come up with a truthful statement that the cost of living has not increased nearly as much, since 1940, as it did in World War I 1o Driced shirts made by a manufacturer who was making | shirts’ of the same specifications before the war, he today is just a shirt. | often than not, is different enough to warrant a special | The result, in clothing, home furnishings and many !other lines of ccmmodities, is a spectacular shortage | of innumerable low-priced articles and a beautiful | ' abundance of high-priced equivalents | of price ceilings, in all too many cases, is to halt pro- | duction of sensible goods and to stimulate production of extravagant luxury items &4 | Neither the manufacturer nor the retailer is the | The consumer, who pays an inll’sted; price for available goods, is the one who is taking a i He takes a beating because the method of price | control followed by OPA has the effect of diverting | materials from low-priced to high-priced articles. This probably is more obviously true in respect to clothlng,i:‘J But it applies in many lines. t low-cost to high- helding down production generally, it also contributes It is camouflaged inflation, however, because the ings, and for statistical purposes prices are remark- But that is the case only for statistical That weuld open a new train of abuses, worse than now exist. The answer, although not easy to achieve, |, ve the stigma of Communist af- is an intelligent price-making policy—one that does ! yiations and activities is idicat- not penalize a manufacturer simoly because he is long- |4 The average American work- established, one that does not invite producers to | .n wants nc part of Co switch over to high-cost lines. Price ceilings should not .,,q despite tk.> ranting of some of be a bludgeon, but an incentive to produce the maxi- |j5p01's radical leadars, he is a vig- mum volume of economical goods. but there’s team participating, o MAY 11 . A ST m oA e Mary Kathleen Miller . Our Camouflaged Inflation |o Mrs. Charles W. Carter o o g e Jackson Marsh . (Cincinnati Enquirer) |o Dr. Robert Simpson . ° Mrs. Karl E. Ashenbrenner . MAY 12 Mrs. Jack Westfall But although |® Jerry Wade . |e Blanche Cummings . It would be misleading because one just cannot | Katie Culver . If one can find low-| Mrs. Henry Eagleson o Helen Kelly . A. F. McCullough But what the ordinary male wants | And the shirt he finds, more . ° ° ° ° o o o o >oo—— | pme oo i HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” The real effect | SUNDAY, MAY 12 from this situation. M of them | HEART AND HOME The underprivileged are under, |friendly stars. No one can witness tho rebirth of hope and opportunity |this time of year without wanting help these less fortunate than Every day - brings its to perform some | themselves, m lewn ]| worthy service. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Legitimate business will continue |to be hurt by flourishing black mar- s until the appropriate author- ities take action against these law- ss people, or until production has reached the peint where the wares that it is diverting production fro: cost items, Federal price contro inflation. To the extent that it is commodities have been held to ceil plain consumer, the inflation is real [OE. 2 fhe _hlmk mn_rketeers o |tought in quantity on' the open market. not abandonment of price control. NATIONAL ISSUES = Purging of labor’s ranks to re- munism orous champion of old-fashioned 3 Americanism including capitolism. has the Lane Star flag of Texasi o oA o O erAIRS flying beside his _d“k' 'Cflp_" Unbiased opinion in time will be John . DEARUE DOllo S0k f‘ranklm on the side of Gen. MacArthur re- Delano chseveltpfalnd Pres)de_ntiol garding his reindoctrination of the the American Pilots Assoclation ygpanese people. Ultimate - revisw (marine not air), is spearheading a ¢ phis stewardship will reveal that drive for funds for the Merchant j, a1 probability he has accom- Marine Yelemns' Foundation, to plished more in a matter of months begin May'2L. than the Far Easterp commission % R 4 _icould have achieved in years. i SMALL BUSINESS PROTECTORS porsons whose birthdate this is One of the most watchful guard- gye promised by the stars: A year jans of small business and the pub- of prosperity, good health and con- lic just before the war was the tentment. “ Justice Department’s hard-hitting . Children born today will ' be prcu#_ Anti-Trust Division. Time after gmbitious and successful. time it exposed cooperation between | H MONDAY, MAY 13 | U. S. big business and cartels in | Germany or Japan which were de- | laying the American arms progx'am,; It was the Anti-Trust Division | which revealed that, Standard Ofl panno resumption of romances in: of New Jersey was in cahoots With te;jupted by misunderstanding is Hitler’s 1. G. Farben to keep Syn-|indjcated under this configuration. | thetic rubber patents away from| BUSINESS AFFAIRS the U. S. rubber industry, thus de-| Many new merchandising meth-| laying our synthetic rubber Pro-iods and aids will be inaugurated in SEa. !the next few months as enterpris- It was the Anti-Trust Division|ing establishments bid for their which showed up Andy Mellon’s Al- chare of the enormous sums now in HEART AND HOME { Young love is favored, and & | uminum Corporation of America the hands of consumers. and its deal with I. G. Farben to| NATIONAL ISSUES ¥ iimit magnesium—a product essen-| The end of the Government- tial to airplane manufacture. |financed G. I college educational It was the Anti-Trust Division program will see a decrease in the which exposed combine of Ameri- inumber of college students, but can companies and the cooperauonithe collegzs will be overcrowded for with foreign cartels. iyear% to come unless present fac- |ilities are greatly expanded. High |education has come to be viewed |as a necessity, not a luxury. With the end of the war, Presi- INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS dent Truman and Attorney General | Tom Clark were determined that!| It is unlikely that Spain soon will the Anti-Trust Division be more|come before the U. N. as an op°n alert than ever. For the perlodf:issue despite the desire of a num- after the war was when big |ber of nations to put it on the agen- -~ Ida. Such action could not | formally justified without tangidle {evidince. that Spain is an active threat to world peace — and the POST-WAR NEED GREATER evidence would have to com: cut of Spain. Perscns whose birthday this is are promised by the stars: A major terest, a full year of progress. Children born today will be am- bitious, industrious sincere and benevolent. (Copyright, 1948) a | business, waving the banner of | “Back to Normaley,” entrenched it- | self firmer than ever. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle | However they reckoned without s pudgy, psalm-singing Congressman [elL DA 7 18 6 timber DOWN Lcuis Rabaut of Detroit, Chairman 6. ¢ rithg of the Sub-Committee on Justice . Experfenced Department Appropriations. Louls Wager and his Committee whittlers got’ Cast oft out their penknives and proceeded Bathe to whittle the Anti-Trust Division A :-)::fl“;‘rr: ‘;dgl’n to a point Jower than during . Theme the war. Dedree If the appropriation stands as it, Marks of the Anti-Trust probers, instead of “_““I”"'l::. taking ‘on new men, will have to scuttle part of their staff. Meanwhile, ex-Governor Harold tassen says, we require not only a much stronger Anti-Trust Divi- Command to & cat . Plece 25, Genus of the olive tree Diminish sion, but new legislation providing tax penalties on profits taken through monopoly. Trust was Republican Karl Steffan Positive electric of Nebraska. Other members of po'e With full force Cliy .. Penn= Ivania stian river the Sub-Committee were: Hare, S. C., and Kerr, N. C., Democrats; and Jones, Ohio, Republican. (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) i1, Afresh . For fear that development in their primary iu-h Seed coverion Note—Chief whittler of Anti- Hhs syt | Trust appropriations durings se- Heaitny ® cret debates was Republican Re-. ’v’;';.;".. presentatives Dean Gillespie of Wigwam Denver. Chief defender of Anti- from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO MAY 11, 1926 Henry Ford said in a speech this day in Sudbury, Mass., that the | people of the United States were too intelligent to kecome involved in a general strike such as was tying up Great Britain. “The present strike "has been put over cn British labor and labor does mot know it, but it | was,” he said. | P | Doing a ballyhcoing stunt for the Juneau Fire Department, the Juneau City Band turned out last night and enlivened things up generally, | attracting attention to 'the final showing of the feature fflm, “One of ;lhc Bravest,” sponsored by the Fire Boys, at the Coliseum Theatre. \’ Forty boys, ranging from 8 to 18 years, swamped Big Brother H. R. {Shepard in order to sign up on the membership rolls of the Junior 'Elks League, assuring four teams in the youngest of Juneau's baseball | erganizations. ]; Mr. and Mrs. James Parks, parents of Gov. George A. Parks, were I to arrive on the steamer Yukon due late this evening, on their first trip |to Alaska S. Feinson, herring packer of Seldovia, s'cemer Admiral Evans enroute to the westward. | Weather: Highest, 60; lowest, 41; cloudy. P e et | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox ! e j WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “This hat is a new creation.” Omit NEW. CREATION is the presentation of a NEW conception. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Dansuese (woman ballet dancer). Pro- nounce dan , A as in AH, U as in FUR, accent second syllable, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Oblique. Observe the IQUE. SYNONYMS: Narrate, relate, recite, recount, descrike, tell. 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: IMPELLING: driving or urging forward. “A sense of duty was the im- pelling force that arcused him.” | MODERN ETIQUETTE 2 y - ROBERTA LEE Lror ror oo o —— Q. Is a person who is very talkative usually a bore to others? A. Yes. Loquacity is a habit that one should strive daily to over- come. Feltham defines it thus: “A talkative fellow may be compared to an unbraced drum, which beats a wise man out of his wits. Loquacity is the fistula of the mind—ever running, and almost incurable.” Q. What would be appropriate for a bridegroom to wear for an informal late afterncon wedding, during the summer? A. A dark blue, or dark gray, coat with white flannel trousers. Q. Is it necessary to have music when giving a garden party? A. It is not absolutely nec: afford it. e %LOOK and LEA 1. What is a calorie? 2. Which is the most popular march song in the United States? 3. Who was the Philistine woman, who betrayed Samson? 4. With what legendary hero is Sherwood Forest in England asso- ciated? 5. What is didactic poetry? ANSWERS: 1. A unit of heat; it is the amount necessary to raise one gram of water one degree Centigrade. by A. C. GORDON - 2. Bousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” 3. Delilah. 4. Robin Hood. 5. Instructive or moral poetry. OII. BURNERS PLUMBING HEATING Smith Qi! Burner Service 214 SECOND STREET DAY PHONE 476 NIGHT CALLS—Fred C. Lorz—Blue 655 BRONZE SHAFTING — STERN BEARINGS — PROPELLORS GRAY MARINE ENGINES SALES and SERVICE { Juneau Welding and Machine Shop Something Different IN THE WAY OF FISH NOW ON SALE AT OUR FISH MARKET—the following assortment of EASTERN FISH FILLETS SMOKED i MACKEREL FILLETS FINNAN HADDIES { HAKE FILLETTS HAKE FILLETTS i COD FILLETS POLLOCK FILLETS | WHITING FILLETS KIPPERS ! BAY CHUBS ‘ Frog Legs , { Juneau Cold Storage Company, Inc. 12 Louisiana Shrimps There is no substitute MARVIN NELSON as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA | EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. 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