The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 12, 1946, Page 4

‘Daily Aiaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER President Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas six months, $8.00; one year, By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; »ne month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their pepers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 r S1.50 per month; 5.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively 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, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. minor pagties. “It is the public that pays the tariff | in the long run anjy " he argues, “why shouldn’t it do it openly and directly and remove the onus from | the parties of having to pay their way with favors” Mr. Monroney does not intend to introduce le[.'»I islation just now. However, when he gets around to it, he can count on support at least from Senator Hatch of New Mexico. It was Hatch who wanted the Democratic convention of 1940 to write a similar pro- posal into its platform. Nothing came of his sugges- tion. However, one can be sure of a revival of interest | in it whenever attention is recalled to the possibilities | of abuse. | The Constitution specifices in detail how the Fed- eral government shall be officered, but is completely silent about the practical details of elections. The;| result has been the development of a system which | often finds patronage more effective than public spirit. It is time to give some thought to a better plan. The Kuriles (Washington Star) The Kuriles, now disclosed to have been promised ! to the Soviet Union, have been wanted by Russia for a | long time. Thirty-two in number, they are a chain! of islands stretching from Yezo to Kamchatka. Their coast lines measure nearly fifteen hundred miles, and JUNE 12 Hawley Sterling Karen Bartness Margret Ann Pyle Mrs. Albert Schrammen Fred Eastaugh Douglas Gray Robert Geyer Nels H. Rogne Earle Osborne HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ) THURSDAY, JUNE from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO | | i JUNE 12, 1926 1 Twins, a boy and a girl. were born to Mrs. G. Emil Krause, wife | of the well known concrete products manufacturer, the previous day at St. Ann’s Hospital. They had been named Elwell Malcolm and Lorene | Helen. | Frank A. Jones was to represent the Catholic Church of Fairbanks at the Euchgyist Congress in Chicago, and Patrick F. Gilmore, Ketchikan | merchant, was to be the representative from that city. | ALl | The Coastwise Transportation Company, which was to operate the lnPw motorship Marjnita on the Juneau-Sitka-Skagway mail and pas- 'scm-cr route, was getting ready for establishment of business by July 1. jCapt. H. J. Peterson was to be in command of the new craft. | Among passengers arriving from the south the previous night aboard {the steamer Admiral Watson was Chester Zimmerman, Miss W. T. Cook, Sam Ashe and W. H. Ryan. Y | The Boxer, oi ihe Bureau of Education, arrived in port this morning | enroute to Seward with lumber for an industrial school. Capt. Whitlam | was in command of the boat. Mrs. C. W. Hawkesworth, wife of the on, came north on the Boxer. DR.E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M., The Exrwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478 -— PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices Open Evenings Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Phone 711 The CharlesW. Carfer Morfuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 FOR TASTY FOODS and v-;A-g];lETY Gastineau Cafe Foremost in Friendliniess VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Bullding ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Phone 318 e —— METCALFE SHEET MET, Hnflng—Alrcondmonlnc-—BAuLt Tanks and suex,_auqn.h‘ in SHEET METAL "hnn au’s chief in this di 90 Willoughby Ave, "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists HEART AND HOME Love affairs will progress smooth- | ly under this configuration. Mar-| An epidemic of mumps had broken out at Chilkoot Barracks where riages contracted today will weath- Juneau, Skagway and Ketchikan Boy Scouts and Song Mcon Camp Fire er the storms of adjustments which | Girls of Juneau were at their summer encampment, according to word | their total surface area has been estimated as sixty- one hundred and fifty-nine square miles. A vast net | of seaweed entangles the whole archipelago. The name | by which the entire group commonly is known derives ifrom the Russian word “kurit,” meaning “to smoke” | Don'’s Radio Service CAMPAIGN EXPENSES The Pauley affair—especially the suggestion that the former treasurer of the Democratic National Com- | mittee might have been tempted to exchange favors for campaign contributions—has led Representative Mon- : roney of Oklahoma to propose that the Federal gov- | ernment foot the bill for Presidential electioneering. | There is nothing particularly new in this sugges- tion. There long has been concern over the high cost of being elected to office. William Howard Taft and William Jennings Bryan had ideas rather similar to Mike Monroney's. The late James Weber Linn used to | talk about it a lot. Together with other University | of Chicago faculty members, he heeded the oft-repeated | admonition that good men ought to get into politics | and immediately ran into the problem of paying cam- | paign expenses—radio time, advertising; hall rent, | printing and so on. In large urban districts, legitimate expenses some- | times may exceed the salary of the successful candi- | date. This naturally leads to the pooling of campaign | expenses through a party organization. So much | money has been raised in this way that it has become necessary—through the Hatch Act—to place a limit on the expenditures of a single national party. How- ever, many ways have been found to circumvent this rule. Mr. Monroney comes forward with a new version of an old solution. He would have the government pay at least the expenses of Presidential campaigns. Congress would appropriate $7,000,000 for each major party and proportionately smaller amounts for the }next morning, however, Lew's boss )and hinting at the active volcanic character of the isles in the past as well as in the present. All of the Kuriles are mountainous, and the pres- [encu of hot sulphur springs at their bases suggests a considerable turmoil within the peaks. One, approxi- ‘mately seventy-four hundred feet high, is “a cone | within a cone, the inner and higher of the two being surrounded by a lake.” Extensive —s0 the natives say- forests cover most of the islands, sheltering bears,} foxes and other animals formerly hunted for their pelts by Japanese fishermen who “work” the sur- rounding waters for salmon, cod and crab. The climate is hostile through three-quarters of an average year. Snow falls from September until May, and heavy fogs hang for weeks at a time over the narrow shores. The population, according to the most recent census, is less than five thousand, though it is possible that there has been an increase of immigration due to the war. Japan’s claims to the three southern isles—Kuna- shiri, Etorofu and Shikotan—dates back for centuries: But the Russians ever since their conquest of Kam- chatka in 1707 have been pressing toward the occu- | pation of the whole group coincidentally with their penetration of the entirety of Sakhalin . Under the Soviet system as under the Czars, they have sought the domination and control of that portion of the Pacific Ocean denominated the Sea of Okhotsk. A glance at the map will suffice to show the relation of the Kuriles to the Siberian mainland. They are roughly comparable to Long Island, Block Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket off the coast of New York and New England or the marginal islands of North Carolina between Cape Lookout and Cape Hatteras east of Pamlico Bay. Start buying your son’s college education now . . . continue buying U. S. Savings Bonds on the conven- ient payroll savings plan. Back His Future with U. S. Savings Bonds! 10, 1925, when Coolidge lost by a vote of 39 to 41; the second on The Washington lin the White House did exactly the opposite by announcing plans to March 16, 1925, when he attempted must be made by every couple in the marriage relation. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Ancient prejudices against wo- men in business will lose ground number of women who demonstrat- ed their competence as organizers and managers during the war will cutive positions. i NATIONAL ISSUES A further rise in the cost of liv- ing is inevitable and almost cer- tain to lead to new demands for wage increases, which in turn may bring another series of strikes, ac- cording to present signs. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS The world has not heard the last of Russia’s expansion ambitions. Only united and stubborn opposi- tion by the United States and Brit- ain will hold her in check. Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of rugged health and a new and profitable hobby. Children born today will be gen- erous, courageous and successful. (Copyright, 1946) WILLIAM A. ROSSES T0 MOVE T0 DOUGLAS Mr. and Mrs. William A. Ross {will move into their new Douglas home tomorrow. The Rosses, who have been liv- ing iin the Richard Garrison home on Glacier Highway since their re-, turn in February from a fiver months visit in the States, bought during the next few years. A large find their way into responsible exe-' Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) | Murphy is one of the outstanding ! members of the Supreme Court,| but not for one minute did he have a chance to be Chief Justice. For| he was the Attorney General of | the United States who ordered the prosecution of Pendergast. It made no difference that Boss Pendergast operated one of the most crooked machines in the country. The guiltier he was, the more Harry Truman defended him, and the more vindictive he was toward Pendergast’s enemies. SNYDER'S SCORE CARD Likewise with John Snyder. It| makes no difference that Snyder got the White House into more ¢conomic trouble than any other administration leader. It makes no| difference that Snyder advised abolishing the War Labor Board, | thereby throwing away the Gov-| ernment’s chief key for stopping strikes. | It makes no difference that Sny- cCer balled up the railroad strike, ers in were no longer under any compul- use the Navy to break the strike. This, of course, put the ship own- a favored position. They sion to settle before the strike deadline. When patient Laundry Lew heard this, even he hit the ceiling. Then the Navy announced, with White House backing, that it was calling on its reserves and volun- teers to break the strike. Again this played into the ship owners’ hands; again the Secretary of La- por was upset. Finally, he sent Assistant Secre- tary of Labor John Gibson to the White House with a personal ap- peal to the President to refrain tfrom prejudicing the negotiations.; Truman agreed, issued a statement ’saying the Government hoped for| settlement, did not want to be put in the position of breaking the strike. Meanwhile, Laundry Lew has the | sympathy of Secretary of State Byrnes and retiring Secretary of the Treasury Vinson. Vinson even told the President he doesn’t want to be called in to help settle any | last minute, more strikes at the to put across Warren's name once again, but was defeated by a larg- er majority—39 to 46. The first vote on Warren was the ,famous occasion when Vice-Presi- dent Charley Dawes failed to be !present. His excuse was that he | was napping and his alarm clock | failed to go off. However, Coolidge, ! who never got along with Dawes, always suspected that his Vice- i President wanted to avoid being iput on the spot by a tie vote, (which he, as presiding officer, I would have had to break. | (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, IN*. 1846) PSRRI BRINGS PRISONERS \ Fred Bryant, Deputy U. S. Mar- shal at Sitka, has arrived here from that city with two prisoners in charge for transfer to the Fed- eral jail here. In Bryant’s custody were: James A. Goddard, sentenced to serve 90 days by W. W. Knight, U. i 8. Commissioner at Sitka, on a | plea of guilty to a charge of petit|past week, Robert M. Akervick pur- larceny; Ollie B. Young, negro,|chased a house and lot in the serving out a fine of $120 on a|Casey-Shattuck Addition from the guilty plea to vagrancy. Rev. Ralph E. Baker. b the Lindstrom home in Douglas recently. The son of John Ross, former Treadwell mine blacksmith, Ross was born in Juneau and spent hig childhood in Douglas, NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN ON CHANGING ALASKA VOTING AGE The Territories Committee will not take action this session of Congress on Delegate Bartlett's bill to change the voting age in Alaska to 18. The bill i in 1945 which approved reducing by three years the age qualifications of voters in the Territory. ——— PROPERTY BOUGHT In the lone recent real estate transfer recorded here during the seeks to validate action| taken by the Alaska Legislature; |received here. Arrangements were speeded up to provide transportation | to bring the children home immediately. | Weather: Highest, 75; lowest, 45; partly cloudy. boer y Lessons in English % 1. corpon E s} | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I like that coat of John.” Say, “I like that coat of JOHN'S.” { OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pseudonym. Pronounce su-do-nim, U as in CUBE, O as in NO unstressed, I as in HIM, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Angel (a messenger of God). Angle (a corner). SYNONYMS: Irony, sarcasm, satire, mockery. | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yaurs." Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: DIMINUTIVE; very small. (Accent follows the N). “The diminutive chains of habit are seldom heavy enough to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”—Johnson. | MODERN ETIQUETTE N M b, by ROBERTA LEE e e P F D SSN | Q. Which is preferaple in conversation, “I conversed with Charles this morning,” or “I talked with Charles this morning”? A. “I TALKED with Charles” is preferable. Always choose tiie simplest words to convey your meaning. Q. When a woman has dropped some article and a stranger picks it up for her, what should she say? A. “Thank you” is sufficient. Q. When a guest is late for dinner, how long should the hostess wait? A. Not longer than fifteen minutes. ettt et e e — | 1. What Colonial ruler in America had but one leg? | 2. What are birds which change their summer and winter habitat called? 3. How many pecks are there in a bushel? Who wrote “The Bluebird”? What was the name of the great Roman amphitheatre? ANSWERS: . Peter Stuyvesant lands, now New York. 2. Migratory birds. | . Four. Maurice Maeterlink. ‘The Colosseum. 1 (1592-1672), director-general of New Nether- G.L SLEEPING BAGS (BEST BUY IN SURPLUS) Double Down Arctic (409 goose or duck down and 609, goose or duck feathers) zippered, tapered, pre- war value $90.00 A-1 reconditioned, thoroughly i dry-cleaned, fumigated, and sterilized. TWO BAGS IN ONE with new water-repel- lent cover and waterproof carrying case ALL FOR $40.00 Electrical and Radio Repair (We pick up and deliver) Phone 659 909 West 12th Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianes—Mausical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward e . 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Secretary Byrnes was so fed up with White House handling | Crossword Puzzle of the railroad strike that he told railroad union chiefs he had, “washed his hands of the whole mess.” H SENATE AND CABINET i CONFIRMATION American history shows that; Presidents of the United States; have had more difficulty with Sen- ate confirmation of the Secretary ! shen had to re-create it. of the Treasury than any olher: These may be costly errors to|cabinet post. In all, ten dlflerem{ the country, may set the nation | votes have been cast by the Sen- | back for months. But they amount ate defeating confirmation of cab- | to nothing alongside the friend-'inet members. ship of two old friends from Mis- The first of these was Andrew souri. | Jackson's fight to appoint Roger| Whether friendship is the only|B. Taney as Secretary of the Trea- | factor, nobody knows. Perhaps if sury. Jackson was defeated, the Senate probes deeply enough| Second Senate battle was Presi- it can find out. At any rate, there|cent Tyler's attempt to appoint 15 nothing Harry Truman would|Caleb Cushing as Secretary of the, not do for John Snyder—at the Treasury. Tyler forced three dif- cxpense of the tender fiscal af-!ferent votes in the Senate to con- tairs of the United Stat | firm Cushing, but lost each time | — by large majorities. Tyler also had PATIENT LAUNDRY LEW trouble appointing David Henshaw Secretary of Labor, “Laundry as Secretary of the Navy, James Lew” Schwellenbach is a patient M. Porter as Secretary of War, and | man. He learned the virtue of pa-| James 8. Green as Secretary of tiences as a Spokane laundryman the Treasury. In each case, the when he had to handle customers' Senate turned down confirmation | complaints about frayed collars by a conclusive majority and lost shirts. Patient as he is, The next Senate fight over cab- | Lew has had a tough time with inet confirmation occurred in the his boss in the White House during administration of Andrew John- the maritime strike negotiations. son, when he attempted to appoint Shortly after the talks began, Henry Stanbery as Attorney Gen- Schwellenbach called on the un- eral, but was defeated ions, the shipping people, and Gov- Calvin Coolidge also lost a fight | ernment officials to say nothing 1o appoint Charles B. Warren as which would arouse feelings and Attorney General. Two votes were | imperil the negotiations. The very | taken in this battle, one on March | man's chance of re-election in '48. It makes no difference that Sny- aer released housing controls, then had to reinstate them; Treleased woplen controls and caused a vet-| erans clothing shortage; probably | prolonged the coal strike by not) letting John L. Lewis talk to U. S. 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