The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR -Hlily .4i(1§ka E m p;re |1abor supply do nat have the experience and skills I needed hed every evening except ay by the ; EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY | Hourly pay continues to climb, according to Bureau Main Streets, Ju u, Alaska e 4 Mlaska ident | Of Labor Statistics. while weekly earnings have dropped Vice-President nd Manager aging %ditor | Business Manager slightly, because of shorter workweeks. SHIPPING STUDY ice in Juneau as Second Class Matter. i 5 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for S1.70 per month; <ix months, $5.00: one year, S15.00 mail. p the followiny rates six months, in advance, that a committee of three cxperts in the operation of States and Alaska is going to be crippling Anno! ement study involved the ing problems between somet will shipping services welcome about a news that is finally problem or if they wNl promptly notify re or irresularity in the delivery done which has been Alaska However, it seems unfortunate to us that Alaska could t the committee directly when Alas so vitally concerned Members of the committee are George Ta News Office, 602; Bu s Office, 374. MEMBER OF Press s excl OCIATED PRE e o use £, or not othe local news published sivel the cre paper and also cinted it been represented on ull news dispatches t the ans are madge Alaska Newspapers, 1411 adviser to the Maritime Commission; T. H. Plant of - — ~ - —~ | the American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, and Rear Adm. F. A. Zeusler, U. S. N., retired Alaska Delegate E. L. Bartlett, Attorney General Ralph Rivers, or other Alaskan officials who have been closely connected with the steamship problem would have been glad of the opportunity to serve on the committee. On March 1, 1947, a few months from now, the government will discontinue operation of the three steamship coinpanies to Alaska, and something must be pulled out of the hat before that deadline or else. contend that due to increased Shipping operators nd other difficulties they cannot re- operating costs sume private operations. Alaskans cannot pay higher rates A i AP | We hope the experts can find a solution suitable LABOR MARKET toadl who find their labor costs ever, mount- Part of a Pattern? on much in the way of a large labor : K X (Cincinnati Enquirer) b eliity 1 the cyery heur. FOMUIE, Labor unrest is by no means merely an American according to the U Employment Service, as CON- | shengmenon. The econcmic and social riptides of tinued public demand for still scarce goods and gway have spread a wave of strikes fairly generally further tighten the American labor services tends to throughout the world, with perhaps the notable excep- market tion of the theoretical heaven of the workman, Soviet Nearly three-fourths of the important labor market | Russia areas surveyed by the USES early in September showed England has been plagued by work stoppages Italy has been the scene of really serious strife, increases in general fields of employment. In most of these others employment levels remained stable, with a small number de Unemployment likewise showed a decline in three-fourths of the areas, led absorption of returning vet- stimulated by economic misery and relentless inf! |tion. In both nations, as elsewhere, the disturbances ! have had enthusiastic communistic support. France, which until the time of her downfall was !the helpless victim of labor troubles, has fared some- reporting declines reflecting the con erans. Employment is expected to continue to in-|what better in recent months but there are the stir- crease, in three-fourths of the areas under survey rings of industrial unrest even there. Africa, South The reports indicate strang demand for ‘skilled [AmEXicS, Australla, Indis and other points on the globe have been set back in their recovery efforts by | varying amounts of labor trouble. The result generally {has been a marked slowing of the world's comeback | from a war work to be done. Is it possible that, beyond the natural expectation of postwar difficulties of labor adjustment, all this composes a pattern either planned or promoted with | sinister intent? and metal decreasing workers in construction, builders supplies, working industries. Manufacturers are their demands for labor somewhat, it is indicated, as their peace-time production staffs completion Construction employment is expected to advance furth- | er in northern until winter weather curtails work ,and will probably remain high throughout the winter in southern areas where weather conditions are near areas We skip any article of finance written by a college While there appears to be no nation-wide shortage | . ofessor, no matter how many letters of the alphabet of labor, the area reports indicate current shOrtages | yyyj) his name. Any idea a college professor has about of certain skills in particular industries. Easement of i ;,onav is hound to be theoretical manufacturing demands will be offset considerably by | 2 the return to school of “teen-agers” and veterans. Thw‘ Neurotics and hypochondriac paradosical situation of worker shortages and surpluses | with a considerable portion of his existing side by side in some areas is explained by the | hardest money he earns favorable provide a physician "Ie wa‘hing'on | Note—Apparently Connally had presentative Mike Mansfield. John confused Masaryk with Paderewski,' Holmes, running in Montana’s oth- the late 1amous Polish pianist and er Congressional District against Merry-Go-Round Republican incumbent Wesley D'Ewart, has a tougher fight ahead, President of Poland (Continuea wom Page One) HOW TRUMAN COMMITTEE |but is gaining ground. Holmes N 2 RTED luses copper calling cards but ex- for veterans :-c siymied for 1ackl propoiic only three or four peopte | DIains they don't come to him with of lumber. Meanwhile also, Captain the compliments of Anaconda cop- 3 know how the original Truman Drane is not too uncomiortable. He | oonhittee happened to be estab- per is living in the married Officers’| ) ihegq And since that Committee T quarters consisting of 27 rooms,| .o responsible for putting Harry MERRY-GO-KOUND while the executive officer is liv- yman in the White House, m;. Ilya Ehrenbur the Moscow ing in the bachelor officers’ quar- e ™ oo W S eo nding . has | newsman who, after a trip to Hol- ters which consists of 13 rooms historic interest "lywood, has been telling the Rus- Another saving the Navy might. Senator Truman of Missouri was|Sians about our “idiotic films,” is make would be to sell the twelve attending the inauguration of Gov- the very same gentlemen who only electric refrigerat now idle at ernor Neely of West Virginia in a few years ago wrote three Rus- the Olathe air base. One has been | 1g40. At the inauguration, he met sian novels lampooning the Soviet loaned to Comdr. C. C. Clement Senator Harley Kilgore of West, Only difference is that Ehrenburg for use in his private home. V Virginia, then a freshman Senator. now works for the Soviet. He wrote which left so prodigious an amount of come, but itt's the | fact that the majority of workers in the available |* PUBLICATIONS' | Juneau, also 65 tons of general freight for merchants. | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1946 ~ -~ — I — = ‘ » S| 20 YEARS AGO 7 SN | THE EMPIRE Py NRWW i OCTOBER 17, 1926 OGTOBER 17 . Fred Henning entered the “Hole-in-One Club.” He ‘made just such a Ann Grisham © ! thing on Juneau's million dollar golf course playing with James Barragar Harold Danzer ®|and W. S. Pullen. Henning made the 168-foot drive in one shot Olav Bartness . oS Allds Lee Warher h Lieut. H. E. Fisher of the Alaska Game Commission was soon to| E. M. Davis ® ! jeave for Camp Lewls, Wash., where he was to serve as First Lieutenant | Mrs. M. L. Edwards . b it ReBln L e N | Della Chamberlain . jin the Sixth Regiment o Engineer i M. Halnorth . R | Ted Keeney * A baby gitl, their tenth child, was born to Mr. and Mrs. William | o |A. Fleek of Douglas o o - - v L . - - — i D. B. Femmer was appointed Juneau representative of the Border | One of the steamers of the line, the| T Line Company. | Border Queen, arrived in port from Seattle with 400 tons of coal for 1sportation Ask, merchant of Skagway, visiting here for several da; HOP SCHEDULED | , arrived from Chichagof Harry G Henry Moses, fur buyer, The Publication’s Hop, an an- T 5 | nual dance given by the Publicas Miss Harriet Barragar arrived from Sitka where she had been tions Staff of Juneau High School, j visiting for several weeks. | will be held on October 25, in the = { High School Gymnasium Weather report: High, 42; low, 37; rain i Committees have been appointed| eeee— e kit e from the Staff. Under entertain- b ¥ 4 b ment is Dave Sperling and Lily Dg aily Lessons in English . 1. Gorpon || ngerson, Florence Haffner and| i ; Claire Folto; refreshments: Don} "~ e S aasaand Foster, Bill Schmitz and Lois Har- WORDDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I got myself a job.” “I| ed; advertising: Bob Sanford, Rdath | secured (omit MYSELF) a job (or, POSITION)” is much better. | Daws and Claire Folta OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Des se served at close of a A,I,,[»; gt “,(‘“’;ll ”'fl( o \‘f,"‘}f(zxwt-;xz‘, Pronounce di-zurt, T as in DID, and accent second syllable all decorations associated with Ali OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ajgtic; two C's, not ARTIC. Baba and the Arabian Nights, sueh SYNONYMS: Resolution, deicimination, firmness, tenacity, per- | as” A1l B cave at one end of |severance, steadfastness, fortitude. the gymna characters from the | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us book decor the walls, and fires | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: and tents scattered about the room. | INCUMBENT (adjactive); imposed as a duty or obligation. “All men, | The dance is given for all stu-!truly zealous, will perform tiiose good works that are incumbent on :\ll| dents and al au High. | christians."—Sprat | Parents are also very cordially in-| : b vited | (i ANCHORAGE TAXI ov av driver lost control of it, skidded 404 A place the knives and forks in the order of their use, beginning feet, and turned over, pinning 2! .4 the gutside and working towards the plate. woman passenger | The driver, Charles Brady. 25, Q8 e Noces privilege to make first calls after the wedding? | knocke dunconscious. He came Lv; A. No; she issues at-home cards and is not expected to call until | and realizing he could not release(Othsrs have called to see her. | the woman, Mrs. Rita Columbus, 29, } $===" e e | crawled out of the overturned ve-! 7 ¢ hicle and made his way to police| LOOK a nd lEA RN O headquarters. | A. C. GORDON { The driger suffered sprained leg: | muscles o & SR — Officer Eddie Eckert and D. L | 1. What is the difference between a stalactite and a stalagmite? | Bray went to the scene. Eckeit| 2. How many men signed the Declaration of Independence? H crawled into the cab and talked ! 3. Of what is about 70 per cent of the human body composed? | to Mrs. Columbus, who recognized 4. What common bird lays blue eggs? | him. She did not lost consciousness : 5. What is the chief food for adding lime to the body? [ he said, and he gave her a cizar-| ANSWERS: ? ("E; v qufthly sumbioega el [“! 1. A stalactite is an ice-like formation that hangs from the ceiling | life the cab. He called about a! ; a stalagmite is one that grows up from the floor. dozen cab drivers and together they | 2 Fifty-six. | lifted the cab a few feet. One man | 3. Water. | smashed the windshield, opened the 4. The robin door and released the girl's arm,; 5. Milk. which was broken § - 3 Fhehel She was taken to Providence hospital. ! 2% iy it s v s | MOTOR REBUILD and MARINE SERVICE the street for another one in the B o | dark.” | Machine Work — Welding ‘ h the CIO Union Hall at 8:00 pm. |————— Thursda b; erans would be delighted to pay At the Governor’s mansion at'the novels under a pen name. . .. good money for these idle refriger-| Charleston, they talked of Civil| Fiagrant bootlegging in the bone- ators War History in which both always dry state of Kar has caused a Another way to save money had been interested, including the (Republican swing to ex-Secretary would be to curtail the interesting!grait which followed the Civil War.|of War Harry Woodring in his race| flights which Captain Drane makes, “It's too bad Congress never got for- Governor, despite the fact that Tenn., which happens is a Democrat. A lot of anti- On one trip a twin- to Clarksville, to be his home. Civil | he Landon Republicans are veering to- around the War graft,” to investigating Truman remarked e nect with ‘clock lpsy MODERN ETIQUETTE %gerra Lee ANK Q. When a man is introduced to a woman and the man should offer | GOES OVER B { his hand, is she obligated to extend her hand? oot 1 | A. Yes. While it is the woman’s privilege to offer her hand or ANCHORAGE — A taxi plunged|not, it would be very ill-bred for her to refuse if the man should extend embrankment at ‘'Third|his hand first | E street at about 35} Q. When several kr y morning, when the}which should be placed neare: S i er the enue and Tuesd; and forks the plate? to be used at a dinner, S are WOMEN OF THE MOOSE 3 The Momen of the Moose will old a large Initiation Meeting in, ENGINE REBUILDING—HARDWARE PHONE 863 1012 West 10th Street Oct. 17. Officers be there adv. | y 7:00 pm. R M. S. Leota sans rrom Auk Bay very Thursday 5 am. to con- O'Harra bus for Fair- ONCRETE | NEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH [ mounT U DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST Monday of each month BLOMGREN BUILDING in Scottish Rite Temple ¢ Phone 56 beginning at 7:30 p. m. HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. | M. L. MacSPADDEN, | Worshipful Master; ; LEIVERS, Secretary. James W, — e James C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR [ Silver Bow Lodge . Specializing in @ 0. A 2, LO.OF., "~ Corporation—Municipal and Meets each Tues- Trust Accounts day at 8:00 P. M, I. O. O. F. HALL, Visiting Brothers Welcome S GEORGE JORGENSON, Noble The Erw!n Feed cu. Grand; H. V. CALLOW, Secretary Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 @ B. P. 0. ELKS HAY, (;l‘{':\lN. (‘,‘O.‘\L Mcets every Wednesday at 8 p. and STORAGE m. Visiting brothers welcome. E. C. REYNOLDS, Exalted c A L l r 0 R N ! A Ruler. W, H. BIGGS, Secretary Grocery and Meat Market i1 ETCALFE SHEET 478 — PHONES — 371 p gl High Quality Foods at Heating—Airconditioning—Boat Mideate Pities Tanks and Stacks—Everything | * " in SHEET METAL < Phone 711 90 Willoughby Ave. Jenes-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES' "The Rexall Store" READY-TO-WEAR ok our Reliable Pharmacists Seward Street Near Third & BUTLER-MAURO 5 DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager nn Pianos—Musical Instruments HARRY CE and Supplier : Phone 206 Second and Seward DrquISt “The Squibb Store” - HEINKE GENERAL bkl i A REPAIR SHOP Sratomian Welding, Plumbing, Oil i mgmac:smm::g Work o 20TH CENTURY MEAT GENERAL REPAIR WORK MARKET Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Iuneaws Most Romulax “Meating” Place 7 ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS The Store for Men PHONE 202 SABINS FOR nt St—Triangle Bldg. /. ¢ s : Wall Paper | . Y i Wartield's Drug Store Ideal Paint Shop (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt HORLUCK’S DANISH LUDe Dl Douglas Boat Shop NEW CONSTRUCTION and HUTCHINGS ECONOMY REPAIR JOBS MARKET ; FREE ESTIMATE Choice Meats At All Times Phone Douglas 192 Located in George Bros. Store & PHONES 553—92—95 The Alaskan Hotel The Charles W. Carter Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates Mortuary B Fourth and Franklin Sts. RHONE SINGERJO PHONE 136 VANITY BEAUTY Card Beverage Co. SALON Wholesale 805 10th St. Cooper Building PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager for MIXERS or SODA POP Open Evenings Phone 318 SRS U s S e - Sales and Service BOX 2165 PHONE 62 ‘Hallicraf dmi allicrafters . . Admiral . . Bendix and Sentinel Radios i EXPERT REPAIRS ON ANY RADIO EQUIPMENT MOTORSHIP ESTEBETH " HAINES ** SKAGWAY "~ MONDAY 10 P.M. Leaves for SITKA and Wayporis every Wednesday 6 P.M. PASSENGERS, FREIGHT and MAIL H H i H H H H H H i 3 H engine Beechcraft with Lieut “As a matter of fact, it would be, ward Woodring. banks or Anchorage. See J. B. Bur- i Comdr. L. D. Macomber as pilot a good idea for Congress to inves- | (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) ford. adv. Fmo Ever E picked up his daughter and her tjgate the graft in defense indus — TR R e e g y H girl friend and flew them back 10 (ries right now,” suggested Kilgore Pur i Olathe, without entering either of| After some further discussion H the girls on the flight plan Truman announced that he was| J H Three thousand naval personnel geing right back to Washington to| i S E e N = @l ACROSS 31, Svmbol for i nave been transferred away 1rom introduce a Senate resolution call-| | poiaiiy sodium H Olathe, with or about 400 men ng for the creation of such an in-{ 4 Cold dish Maluyan gibbon 8 01. H remaining. Yet no furniture, equip-| yestigation committee. He did so! 9. Fuint E ment, iceboxes or buildings have and was immediately ed Chaii 12 Peer Gynt's 039 z L i i oot or R -4 Long, ort |} been declared surplu man 13. Ascend i All this may sound like chicken Senator Kilgore at first was not; M. Silkiworm AND f feed compared with the navy's tre-' named as a member of the com-| 13, Cotor *° —DELIVERY WILL BEGIN i mendous wartime cxpenditures, but mittee since he was a freshman | 11 In tavor of Vases WITHIN A FEW MINUTES |} ST g SREEhE | Fortunately terweave . when you multiply possible econ-| Senator. However, due to the fact! 20. Goddess of Misea e H omy at Olathe by possible economy that he had helped inspire the| peuce und snow H at a hundred other stations, it runs | Animal en- 45 Entrance i at a hu other stations s jdea, Truman wanted him to serve.| losures 4% Etermity i H into real dough Therefore, he speciically asked the| I Gontinent 4. Pusitive ool i H dote the! ossible st z: ! o 3 G 24. Public display 51. Southern con- Note Another possible saving: President of the Senate to enlarge | of temper stelltion Sclution of Yesterday's Puzzle i H H For @ long time, Comdr. W. M. the Committee and name Kilgore.| 5 Sparkle’ 2. Nervas 1 uneau eau y- WY | > g 1 9 P 8 1 5 29. Toward t twitehtn 't e il Collins, Annapolis '3¢, and son-in-' Intriguing fact is that Kilgore,! mouth i 63 Flix m.'m'fi»r 5 112‘\I:unu-d news f f Jaw of Adm. Charles P. Snyder, who originally inspired the com.]| 30 Force 54. Guelic sea od 51 Mournful e PO C0ncrete lnc Navy Inspector General, lived in'mittee and served on it for six 3. Come into view 9 o Kansas City and commuted thirty years, is now its Chairman | .Mulu miles daily to Olathe in a Dodge g | o e S e sedan which belonged to the Navy PITAL CHAFF iR Er = s — and was serviced dai a Relations between Senator Le: A— garage erett Saltonstall and Henry Cabot Lodge former Senator seeking to' TOM CONNALLY IN PARIS come back to the Senate, are icy; Venerable Tom Connally, the dis-'cold. Both scions of Back Bay Bos. tinguished Chairman of the Senate!ton families, Saltonstall is in the| Foreign Relations Committee, was lireral wing of the GOP, Lodge in attending a diplomatic reception at the conservative. This may help the Paris Peace Conference where Democratic Senator Dave Walsh he was introduced to the Cze¢ho- who badly needs it. Although siovakian Foreign Minister, Jan overshadowed by the kick in the Masaryk teeth given lame-duck Senator Burt “Oh, of course, I knew your fa- Wheeler by Montana Democrats, ther well,” Connally said, and then Montana Republicans also kicked stepped back and began imitating out what are known there as a man playing a violin Wheeler Republicans.” These in- Masaryk was somewnal nonplus- clude extreme isolationists such as sed law: Wellington Rankin, brother “My dear sir,” said Masaryk, “I of ex - Congresswoman Jeanette am a Czech, not a Pole. And the Rankin. 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