The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily A every evenin | places to invest his money. Alaska is the promised land only if Alaskans and the Federal bureaus who { control the major part of the policy make it so. Other- ! wise it will continue to be a big stagnant hulk of land President with a scattering of industry and people. - Vice-President e Editor ana Manager Managing Ecitor Business Manager cond Class Mateer. SCRIPTION RATE:! wellvered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $5.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in ¢ Jvance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. i Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly netify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity ic the delivery 4 their pepers, Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. laska Empire xcept Sunday by the HELEN TROY MO! DOROTITY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Sntered In the Post Off: SU Scarce - cientists (Washington Post) This country is short about 15,000 scientists, but this is not one of the shortages that bother the pubiic so much’ as the scarcity of such things as washing machines. Scientists attending the recent meeting of the American - Associdtion for the Advancement of Science deplored this situation and wondered how the - Nation could be aroused to a more rational sense of values. Largely they blame the draft boards for rob- bing the colleges o scientific field, for cutting down the flow of trained manpower in science just when the results of science were being so greatly depended upon to win battles. What is more, they say, the postwar draft is still depleting the Nation of its potential scientific brains. GI students entering the colleges are not making up this lack in the degree that had been hoped, as only a small proportion of them have the necessary MEMBER OF TED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled fo 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, 141 Pourth ivenue Blds., Seattle, Wash. the most promising students in the | pre- | Lorna Clark Leora Clark Allan McKenzie Thomas E. Taylor ; ° Edwin Hildre |® Robert L. Brown Lorraine Bradley Melva Curtis Mrs. Ray Harrington | | lo ° {o | "wm"m'mt { HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” liminary training, interests and ability in the scientific | | tield, | The science foundation bill, which has been drag- ging along interminably in Congress, would furnish a remedy by encouraging basic scientific research in | | colleges and commercial laboratories, and by assisting | promising students to continue their studies. Also, if |atomic research is not throttled by military or other | controls, the challenging future of this field might spur Ithe interest and ambition of all youths of scientific |bent. But what is preeminently needed is a wider | understanding by people generally of the imperative yncc(‘l of human brains and talent in building America’s | future, or, in fact, even for preserving what it has lattained. As a people, we rely on and honor the machine and the invention rather than the basic research back of such achievements. The Russians, who are generally credit with acting realistically in all they do, are certainly not motivated by sentiment in according special honors to scientists and creative artists. Why, then, do they make these intellectuals Russia’s privileged class? National pride may have something to do with it, but Soviet leaders are also undoubtedly looking to the contribution and influence of these talented citizens in strengthening Russia and the Communist system. Now our country’s great pride has long been its technological achieve- ment. But what that will be 10 or 15 years hence depends on what is now going on in science classes and laboratories in high schools and colleges. WHICH WAY ALASKA? When you ask someone what Alaska needs today, the answer is usually “it needs to be developed,” or “Alaska’s vast resources need to be developed.” And when you ask where the money for this development is going to come from, the answer is that the money isn't in Alaska so it will have to come from Outside. Yet today in Alaska the “absentee owner” is a marked man. He is bitterly condemned on all sides because he invested some money in the development of the Territory instead of inyesting it in the States. He is assailed as an octupus with a death grip on Alaska. He pays the biggest share of Territorial taxes, but he is damned because he doesn’t pay more taxes and he is told that he is going to pay more taxes and plenty-more. | Now while all this is going on we have a darn good man at the head of the Alaska Development Board who is working his head off to try and interest | some Outside capital into taking advantage of what the Territory has to offer, and thereby give the people of Alaska what they claim Alaska needs—develop- ment. Alaska’s Commissioner of Mines spends long hours drawing up reports on the feasibility of develop- ing mining ventures. The Regional Forester has been “Shortages” Aren’t All Bad (Cincinnati Enquirer) The so-called shortages under which most Ameri- cans today are chafing have good points as well as bad. overlooked while the inconveniences which arise are | emphasized. Most of us seem to forget that present-day short- ages result in most instances from prosperity—a wave working for years to get a pulp paper project started | of prosperity, broader and more comprehensive than in Southeast Alaska. Juneau is getting a modern |any the United States ever has experienced. What we marine ways, built by absentee capital, and all over | call “good times” always bring sharply increased con- Alaska thousand and one smaller enterprises need sumer demand. And when, as pace with the growing money from Outside for development. demand, articles move from dealers’ shelves as quickly Yet the absentee owner, the man who we expect |25 they are displayed. to put up the capital to develop the Territory, is a | The fact is that, for all the annoyances the cur- marked man in Alaska today. And the candidates | 'ént situation brings, “good times” are . preferred by for the Territorial Legislature are planning new bene- i gfiip]gl:::: 'ohffljg:).::syux?)rcrusgf;d‘:fl;;?:?Ox::hex:’v:f‘.n g;:’a:‘ fits for the people of Alaska—new and expanded pro- | yih gurriclont money can buy as much as heywams grams for the people of Alaska, programs which will | o¢ anything he wants—then the general economic and take a great deal of tax money to put across. If we | political state of the nations is likely to be wobbly. are going to get more tax income, we are going to need more Territorial development, a greater flow of | balances that governments are threatened; that banks Outside capital into Alaska. collapse; that businesses go into bankruptcy. When But we are not going to get any of this if we | cash is long, these dangers do not threaten. Men who continue to thumb our noses at the terrible “absentee | must wait to buy are likely to be restless and im- owner” who is the man we count on to give Alaska its | Patient. But if they have the wherewithal to pay post-war boom era. for their prospective purchases, they seldom are in the | spirit for revolution. That comes when a large ratio It's a popular notion in Alaska today, however, | % " | of a citizenry sees well-stocked stores, but knows that on the part of politicians, to bang away at the ab- 1 their own families are starving for items they can’t sentec owner, the capitalist, But we can't see how this| afford to buy. That comes when consumer demand attitude is geing to help Alaska in any way, or hurt | falls so low that even a dribble of production over- the absentee owner, because he can find a good many | stocks retail marts of trade. The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) It is in pericds of surplus goods and short cash Congressman Fred Hartley of New 1Jersey. sey, their chief spokesman in Con- gress, has begun to change’ his tune. Note—The National Association of Manufacturers, however, hasn't changed. Tomorrow it will play luncheon host at the Waldorf As- toria for the American agriculture editers who expect to get a good “education” on price control MERRY-GO-ROUND If all the food served in farewell dinners to Lord Halifax had been The story goes back several | months, to an NRDGA meeting in | which the entire question of OPA ,was discussed. Namm, head of a Brooklyn department store, and Hahn argued for a strong drive against the price agency, while a powerful bloc within the Associa- tion favored the price control prin- | ciple but wanted administrative OPA changes. The man who holds this job arbitrates where visiting bigwigs, Cabinet ladies and Supreme Court Justices shall sit at official din- ners. It was created about the time | Dolly Gann and Alice Longworth began vying with each other as to which should precede the other at| Finally a compromise was reach- dinner; and, while the job at (irst)(‘dv with Namm and Hahn given was not considered important, Jim- | the green light to go ahead with my Dunn, the first protocol officer, | drive for changes in the pricing proved that its close social con-: administration to wipe out “Irequi- nections could be of valuc when |ties.” they eventually hoisted him to As Namm, however, 1s a good iriend sistant Secretary of State. gct industrialist Victor Emanuel, Secretary Bymmes nri nl .d tn | g0dfather of Truman's close friend arnoint efficient Allan Dawscn as RFC Commissioner George Allen. Chief of Protccol, replacing retir- ' Emanuel is also a power in Repub- ing George T. Summerlin. In fact,'lic Steel, the Aviation Corporation Byrnes had even drafted a mes-/0f America and the National As- sage to Montevideo, where Dawson Sociation of Manufacturers—which is serving in the American Ern-ll“’s been calling for the complete bassy, telling him of his appoint- aboliticn of OPA. Friends say that ment. But suddenly he got a call it was Emanuel who finally con- t1 .. the White House. ‘Vmced Namm that the National 7 Retail Dry Goods Association Presidential Secretary Matt Con-'should get behind the NAM drive.’ nelly was on the phone, saying that | Because of the membership vote, President Truman wanted charm-’' Namm never quite dared call for ing Stanley Woodward to be Chief | the complete abolition of OPA, but of Protocol {he did throw NRDGA support be- Irked at " who should hind a number of amendments get a relatively routine job, Byrnes which, in their practical -effect, asked Connelly why the President mean the end of OPA wanted Woodward. Connelly fin- In addition, he hired the Hill & ally confessed that Margaret and Knowlton public relations agency Mrs. Truman had taken a fancy to to plan the NRDGA campaign. It Bim. As Assistant Chief of Proto- is significant that Hill & Knowlton €ol; he had helped out on various also handle public relations for White House dinners Aviation Corporation and Repub- Now Byrnes is on the spot pe- lic Steel, two of the Emanuel en- ACROSS Enclosure for 1. Dinner course ces 40. Hard brittle biscuits . Shelter . Tidal wave . Walk wearil; . Syllable of hesitation Goddess of healing . Auctions . Thus Animal's stomach Separate Vertical wind. lass aboard £hip Hue . Ancient stringed {n- strument . Cents . Foreign . Age Toward Correct Kill any n all bottles ddess of the 61. 2. American 62, Indian 3. Congealed water 64. Italian: comb. form S . Go harvest . Members of a tribe . Fishing devices . So. American wood sorre) il 1 i | The atfractive features, unfortunately, generally are | Crossword Puzzle || a commitment he had al- made and the ladies of the iman family. “OPA FIGHT BACKFIRES A hot fight is brewing inside the National Retail Dry Goods Asso- cfation, which has been spearhead- ing the kill-Opa drive. Powerful sers, including the R. H. Macy _ Company, New York, and the City 7 re chain, are out to cust Presi- fi‘vamjunm Namm and Exe- | cutive Secretary Lew Hahn as a % of their back-stage lobby- #ng In Congress, especially with terprises. The campaign was successful in the House—in fact, too successful. Pressure from the buying public on NRDGA members became heavy enough to worry them. In addition, the moderates such as Macy'’s Neiman-Marcus in Dallas, and Jelleff’s in Washington, remember all too well what hap- pened after the last war. As a result even Namm and Hahn are now worried by the Frankenstein monster they helped build—the House OPA bill, and | Congressman Hartley of New Jer- | extremely ERAL E EHENE Y & i EW B0B R FRIDAY, MAY 17 HEART AND HOME | Important decisions may be made today without fear of a miscarriage of plans. The stars favor the Home rand all its varied activities and | relationships. | BUSINESS AFFAIRS | Interested groups are preparing to fight all forms of legislation de- | signed to impose restrictions on in- stallment buying. Some form of control may be necessary to protect irrespensible persons who tend to use their credit unwisely. NATIONAL iSSUZLS Individual conscience will be an important factor in the program to conserve food in this country so that those in actual need abrcad may be saved from starvation. Few will be unwilling to make sacrifices once they are made to realize the truly tragic plight of their fel- low men, women and children over- seas. | INTEKNATIONAL AFFAIRS | Unemployment in most of Europe cannot be relieved until industry has been rehabilitated, and indus- itry cannot ke rehabilitated without llarge sums of money, much of which must come from this coun- try. Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of nmew and profitable friendships and renewed interest in an .old hobby. Children born today probably will realize most of their ambitions. They will be earnest, industrious and capable. (Copyright, 1946) shipped to Europe it would have fed about one medium-sized citys Of course the British Ambassador cculdn’t decline the formality of geoing through these farewell din- ners without being impolite, but he might have suggested, to his host- esses that they curtail the swanky food. At the lush dinner given him by ex-Ambassador Joe Davies— (who is head of General Foos and his wife, his Lordship didn’t hesitate to decree that the dinner should begin at the unheard hour of 6:30. He wanted to get home Secretary of the Trea- sury Fred Vinson cam¢ away from the Davies-Halifax dinner a very dour man. He lost $63 at bridge. Furthermore, he lost to his Cabinet colleague Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson. Only man in ‘Washington who plays better bridge than Anderson is General Eisen- hower, though Brazilian Ambassa- dor Martins tries hard. Im- portant New York political medi- cine was hatched while President Truman spoke at Fordham Uni- versity. He will back Senator Mead for Governor—despite Jim Farley; 'also favers Fiorello LaGuardia for Stnator despite Fiorello's Republi- can background. (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) r0jo - j@im/ZIm o 30 Solution of 65. Article 66. Present time 67, Trials esterday’s Puzzie DOWN . Rational . Point . Toll 4. Pertaining to vinegar . Please greatly 6. Moccasin . Century plant . Corrupt 9. Wondering fear 10. Variety 11 Mexican dollar 17. Clergyman’s charge . Ferryman of the Styx Muscle cf the rm a East Indian language . Occasion Music drama Former public conveyance 35, Simple song 37. Curtain materials 41. Essential in- gredient of horny tissue 42, Ask contribu- tions 46. Apply Masculine name . Gael 52. Imprecation 54. City In Texas 56. Simpleton 433rd asteroid Wl ol American poet 20 YEARS AGO %i's empire e e MAY 16, 1926 President Calvin Coolidge in a speech at Williamsburg, Va., asked the States to discharge their functions so faithfully that instead of ex- " tensicn of Federal government, there would be contraction. Nick Bez of Tenakee was registered at the Gastineau Hotel. | Slightly more than $60 werc garnered yesterday by the Junior Elks League in a focd sale staged by the boys themselves, and the funds were to be used for baseball equipment, ete. 4 't White, who was nominated United States Marshal of the n, and Mrs. White, were due to arrive on the steamer |Alemeda from the south the next day. | i ik || Assistant U. S, District Attorney H. D. Stabler returned to Juneau n the steamer Admiral Rogers. Also arriving was George B. Grigshy, attorney of Ketchikan, on a business trip to Juneau. | A Miss Esther Cashen of Douglas left on the Admiral Rogers for Sitka, | to visit her brother Lawrence for a couple of weeks. The Miners today defeated the Moose by a score of 9 to 0, in a game marred by errors on the part of the losers. Manning pitched excellent ball and was given splendid support by the A. J. boys. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams came in from Hirst-Chichagof on the motership Virginia IV. | | | Weather: Highest | e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon ! e e ) | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We suspicioned that they were there.” Say, “We SUSPECTED that they were there.” SUSPICION is used correctly only as a noun. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mineralogy (science of minerals). Pro- nounce third syllable AL, A as in AT, accenting third syllable, and not min-er-OL-0-gy, so often heard. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Counterfeit; FEIT, not FIT. SYNONYMS: Eminent, illustrious, distinguished, celebrated, able. ! WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us { increase our vocabulary by mastering one werd each day. Today’'s word: CONGRUITY; harmoniousness. “A star is beautiful gruity with the mighty space in which it dwells.”—Carlyle. | MODERN ETIQUETTE Yoserra ren § boer. 58; lowest, 43; ci e . not- —— ! @ What are appropriate showers to give for a bride-to-be? | A. The beok shower is very popuiar, and included éverything from .the Bible to latest best-seller and cook-book. The hostess may supply the bookcase or little book rack if she wishes. The kitchen shower is always appropriate, as is the aluminum shower. And ancther nice .shower is one of aprons, from the dainty tea apron to the substangial i kitchen type. Q. What silver should be placed at the plates before announcing | dinner? for soup and dessert. Q. When one is calling on a hostess’s at-home day, how long should one remain? A. From a half-hour to an hour. D e e AP | LOOK and LEARN ¥ & corbox —— 1. What percentage of the world’s automobiles are used in the United States? 2. Who was Abraham Lincoln's opponent in a famous series of debates? 3. Which State capital city has the smallest population? How much does an average full-grown ostrich weigh? What is the technical name for soft coal? ANSWERS: About 68 per cent. Stephen A. Douglas. . Carson City, Nevada. 300 pounds. Bituminous. 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 MACKEREL FILLETS FINNAN HADDIES HAKE FILLETTS HAKE FILLETTS COD FILLETS POLLOCK FILLETS WHITING FILLETS KIPPERS BAY CHUBS Frog Legs | Juneau Cold Storage Company, Inc. | | Louisiana Shrimps There is no substitute ter neWsuape; ;ddvertisingfi J. J. STOCKER as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENIN Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "TWICE BLESSED" Federal Tax—11c per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU-to your home with our compliments. 60. Recently ace Quired WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! it has con- i A. Forks for salad, roast, and fish; knives for roast and fish; spoons I THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1946 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 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 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 Supyplier 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" SABIN’S Front St—Triangle Bldg. H 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 Locatsd in George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 €) B P 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. E. C. REYNOLDS, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. B M. L. MacSPADDEN, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. No. A 2, LO.OF, @Meew each Tues- day at P. M, I O. O. F. HALL. Visiting Brothers Welcome FLOYD HORTON, Noble Grand H. V. CALLOW, Secretary CIO DIR MEETINGS HELD IN UNION HA] Juneau Industrial Union Council Secy. R. S. Hough; Phone Green 240; meetings second and fourth Thursdays at 7:30 P. M. Silver Bow Lodge 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. The Charles W. Carfer Morfuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 FOR TASTY FOODS and VARIETY TRY Gastigeau Cafe Foremost in Friendliness VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Buflding ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Phone 318 METCALFE SHEET METAL Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Tanks and Stacks—Everything in SHEET METAL Phone 711 90 Willougnby Ave. "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists I BUTLER-MAURO l DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession 20TH CENTURY MEAT MA] REET Juneau’s Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEA'TS PHONE 202 CARO TRANSFER HAULING and CRATING DIESEL, STOVE, CRUDE OIL Phene 344 Phone 344 WallF;:aper IDEAL PAINT SHoPp Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt INSURANCE Shatfuck Agency The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O JUNEAU UPHOLSTERY CO. RE-UPHOLSTERING NEW FURNITURE DRAPERIES Phone 36 122 2nd St. ALASKA ELECTRONICS Sales and Service Expert radio repair withoat dela; P‘. O. Box 2165 PHONE 62 LL—I1st and Gastineau—Phone 327 Juneau Mine & Mill Workers Local 203; Secy. Arthur H. Wal- ther; Phone Green 340; meet- ings 1st and 3rd Monadys, 7:00. Juneau Transport 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- housemen Union, Local 1-41 Cold Storage Workers; Secy. Mike Avoian; Green 1759; 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 Baranof Turkish Bath and Massage Hours 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.—Open Evenings by Appointment BARANOF HOTEL—Lower Level PHONE 753 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking-~1946 The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL