The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 6, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR I'Rl‘\ TING COM Ju PTION RAT Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dousla six months, S8.00: o ets, Juneau, Alaska following during the t year? In the first place, it fo goods and services that can be bougkt with a ! designated amount of money wages. are not fully available | are not available to be purchased, the statistical ab- PANY Ed Y_"‘" "',”»“(“\‘””“ called reai wages is not very meaningful T aiser | This was the case during the war. Thus, average weekly earnings in manufacturing industries and tax r S | deductions for a family of four changed as follows s for S50 per month: | during the past year $15.00 i July, 1945 July, 1946 e £15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | Weekly earnings $45.45 $43.07 il banter & favor if they will promptly notity | Tax deducti 187 49 Office of any failure or in the delivery | Net spendable income 43.58 4258 o D News Ofbite, BT Buginses GHrios | After allowance is made for the decline in taxes, it is found that spendable income declined $1 rather + nesoct TEMBER OF ASBO I TR R 5 the use for | tHAD $2.38. But this tells only part of the In tion of all news dispatches credite ¢ ‘or mot other- | July, 1945, current incomes could not be fully spent oo i is paper and also the local news published, peoguge of the shortage of goods. Many workers in 3 | response to Government pleas set aside 10 per cent of NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411} their wages for bond purchases. These funds could not attle, Wash h Avenue Bldg QUARTERS WANTED Unless the people of Juneau ge and help Mayor Waino Hendrickson round up living 13 families, the merchants and tow quarters for people are going to lose a good-sized to some other Alaskan town. Officers and men of the Coast Guard cutter|toueh on the Comrades themselves Wachusett need 16 housing units in Juneau. Three found, but not so with the other three-bedroom units are month. If quarters can be found to allowed to base until next spring when several apartments and other houses will be completed, the problem will be solved If you are contemplating a trip Outside for a few months, get in touch with Mayor lease your home or apartment for t The payroll of the Wachusett w and men amounts to $120,000 a yea spent locally. In addition to this would be about,jiroiieq with a disease which inspires in its victims $60,000 a year for food and other supplies for the |, gelusion that perhaps capitalism cansbe reformed ship. All adherents of the True Faith know, of course, that We suggest that the housing facilities can be | capitalism can be reformed. All adherents of the | found and that the merchants, who have a direct | True Faith know, of course, that capitalism must be interest in keeping this business in Juneau, get bus :"‘l“;”j“l“‘yl”l‘(:‘“ “‘(‘l' ““‘:'“’l"r':\ “‘;“4 -")"‘l\“lu“:;‘“f“i"i“”; on it. Several other mnm}unuws have put out the “petty bourgeois anarchistic slogan of ‘freedom of welcome mat for the Coast Guardsmen and guaranteed | critism’ " to propagate views hostile to correct doctrine. housing. Let's don't miss the ball on this one [ The report goes on to perform a few verbal con- k | tortions on the general theme of critieism. It holds Real Weekly Earnings | that aithough it 15 the duty of a meinber of the party - | to advance healthy, constructive discussion and criti- (New York Times) | cism, this criticism must be in accordance with the The National Industrial Conference Board has | dogma of “democratic centralism.” (And what a honey announced that “real” weekly earni 92 per'cent during the past ye period when living costs were increa in money wages has been due to overtime which contributed significantly to warumv{ing the p: earnings. This decline in overtime 13 needed by the r. This alleged decline has reflected a small drop in weekly wages during a | tunately happears, however that cri al level of living 1ggested by th be spent currently and hence the act | of the recipients was lower than s | unadjusted weckly earnings. Actual spendable fund { after allowance for these deductions were less than $40 fmnmr than $45.45 shown by the unadjusted weekly | earnings. On this basis it would appear that ihere was little difference between levels of effective pur- power a year ago and now instead of the | decline of almost 10 per cent suggested by the un- adjusted data However, because of these abnormalities in the picture of the wartime cha ained if present conditions are {compared with those in August, 1939, or January, 1941, On the first basis, an increase of 27.9 per cent has taken place, while since January, 1941, the increase s been about 17 per cent. Workers have not retain the full increase they had on paper at the wartime peak, but they are substantially ahead of their pre- war position data, a more accurate in real earnings is ok et busy, and soon, To the Left of Left (New York Sun) It is a little hard for most of us to keep up with the patter of communist ideology. It must be a little Just about the if they are to be!time a neophyite thinks he has it all down pat, he is units have been | almoest certain to discover that yesterday's dictionary One, two and | is as useless as the Greek digamma. Happily for him, end of this|however, he has a way out of his difficulty. house the families | think of some new, roundabout and polysyllabic way of ! saying something that in itself is relatively simple, he may be sure that = robe, a ring and a fatted calf will await him at the aricestral mansion For example, we have the new statement in which the National Board of the Communist Party explains I why Earl Browder got tossed out upon his ear; why the writers, Ruth Kennedy, Bruce Minton and Vern Smith are gnashing their teeth in outer darkness. It to indicate that Browder amount of income Hendrickson and hat period. ith its 102 officers | r which would be ! I circumlocutions seem wa Its inventor certainly deserves a red star out of the Kremlin!) It unfor- cism expressed the literary dissidents very radical that “left-wing sectarianism” would result in “isolat- v from the working class, and the working Maybe so! May-be so! But that one is! or something, ngs have declined right s0 sing. The decline | by the reduction in | their has been almost | class from all its allies.” but not fully offset by the rise of 8 per cent in average |all this surely must leave the working class a bit hourly earnings during the year to Has there really been a declinc a new high level. ‘!!'r,‘.{" y. Unless, of course, lexicons have replaced ham . in real earnings | sandwiches in workers’ dinner pails. The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Comtinveaq yrom Page One) sury This oposal would give both parties a chance to serve in a more statesmanlike fashion, per- mit them to ignore special privi- lege groups and give Congress greateg control of corrupt election practices. Killion’s plan would the effect of preventing moneyed interests from purchasing election whether Labor or big busine also Under his plan, bipartisan commit- tees of the House and Senate would handle election funds, would dole them out on the basis of popula- tion to the candidates ol both parties. Much stricter control could thén be exercised on the use of the fund Killion knows that he probal won’'t get the plan throus onee Numerous objectic e certain to be advanced. For ex- ample, the plan u no pro- vision 1Br the establishment of new parties, would probably be rejected on that one col a How- ever, constructive discussion of the | )osal may lead Congress eventually to acopt it WALLACE REBELS mienry Wallace got a significant secret phone call from Democratic Chairman Bob Hannegan while on his Western campaign tour boss heard Pearsor were planning Vandenberg your speech,” Hannegan “He doesn’'t want you him. He thinks it'’s a “But, Bob,” Wallace the Cabinet in order to be able to say what 1 wanted. Besides, I firmly believe that Vandenberg has been needling Byr into a of our difficulties with the Russ “I know,” replied Hannegar the President asked “The that predict attack Min- said blast mistake. said, "I quit you to ALOr neapolis “but me to tell you he thinks your attack will hurt the party.” “Which party Wallace asked “the Republicans x Demo- crats?” “The Democrats,” Har plied. “He thinks it’s attack Vandenberg “I'm sorry, Bob,” said Wallace, “but I don't work for him any more.” % ] Note—Later bowed to the an error to have | men as China | Democrats and in a subsequent is four times speech pulled his punches on Van-|the army equipped denberg was fighting Japan The State Department has turned thumbs down on the proposed Ar- as many while CAPITAL CHAFF Kenneth Royall will yeslen 2as, gentine purchase of our surplus Undersecretary of War shortly - corvettes and landing craft. They Congressman Wright Patman of might he used for aggressive war- Texas will demand a Congression- faye in Latin America. al investigation of the ouster of Assistant Attorney General O. John Rogge, whose courageous expos- ures of Nazi activities in the Unit- {ed States have shocked the nation ! Patman will demand that all the conferences the State evidence against Nazi agents in 3 the U including documentary “.\"_m to pin down “hf‘ Al proof of the collaboration of U. tration to a final decision on a Senators with the Germans, Russian loan. President Tru- placed squarely in the record. man will try to heal the breach between the U. S. and Czechoslo- Price controls vakia by lunching with Jan Mas- ping so rapidly in the last 10 days! b that even the top men in OPA don’t know what will be decon- trolled next. Price Chief Paul Por- Ambassador to Russia Bedell Smith has been trying to work out a blueprint of economic coopera- tion with Russia during his current with top officials at Department Smith is be have been drop- Crossword P must be | | remembered that real earnings refer to the quantity If these earnings for current spending or goods If he can | THE DAILY — — e wll ly AR5 RN . NOVEMBER 6 o " . Ernest Ehler o ground apparatus and chopping down trees in the yards of Gov. George ) Joe Michaelson o' A. Parks and Charles Goldstein, as Hallowe'en pramks. It was announced |o Mrs. George Bryson e that hereafter every boy and giis under 18 years df age would be subject {e Alfred Br :“”1‘ ® to the curfew laws—off the streets by 9 p. m. |e Mrs. Matt Halm ol s o i# Harry, Seeedy ® | Among those drawn for the coming petit jury were Mrs. L. B, Adsit, | 4 Bt ot ® | George Anderson, Mrs. Edward Sutton, N. O. Hardy, Fred Henning, Mrs. | e en e e e @ efGudmund Jensen, Martin Lavenik, Edna Polley, Mrs. W. S. Pullen, W. J - —— |Reck, Mrs. R. E Robertson, G. H. Skinner, E. C. Sweeney and George aryk, the Foreign Minister of | Setehell Czechoslovakia ADMIRAL LEAHY IN CHILE | Flizabeth Feusi entertained the Douglas teachers at her homé in | 1t has all been kept very hush- Douglas. | hush, but U. S. Ambassador to — Chile Claude Bowers was opposed Weather report: High, 45; low, 43; clear !to sending Admiral William Leah) Chile on a battleship. Bowers wrote several confiden- tial letters to the President on the subject, but Tryman went ahead | anyway When Left-Wing Chilean Pr dential candidate Gabriel Gonzalez Vide generally regarded as the | first Communist-elected President |{in Latin America, was swept into office, Bowers sent a personal note |to the President, warning of pos- To avoid them sible dangers ahead. | he urged Truman to send Henry Wallace, then Secretary of Com- | mer as the President’s person- {al representative to Gonzalez Vi- [ dela’s inauguration Bowers made the point that Wal- | 1ace was especially equipped to con- | vince the new Chilean administra- tion, as well as the Chilean people, | of the peaceful and friendly feel- of the United Wal- ings Sta | 1ace, he said, could efiectively con- | vince the Chileans of the dangers | inherent in excessive Leftism | Truman said nothing to Wallace, | but sent Admiral Leahy aboard a | U. s. pattieship, accompanied by a | task force. In Latin America this lis interpreted as part of America’s new “get tough” policy, though ac- tually Leahy was sent because he | was a personal friend of President Gonzalez Videla when both served as ambassadors to Vichy France (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC, 1946) e e——= DR. RAE LILLIAN CARLSON | Optometrist, now in Juneau and is available for eye examin- ations up to n including No- Ivember 11th. Office, Blomgren Bldg. Phone 636 for appointment -oo g i SAVE THE DATE | November 9th, Douglas Fire Dept. Dance is UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management STRICT LAND OFFICE Anchorage, Alaska September 25, 1946 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given that Loren W. Card, has made application for patent to his homesite, Anchorage | Serial 011092, under the act of May 126, 1934 (48 Stat. 809) for a tract of land, designated as Lot “N" plat of U. S. Survey No. 2392, Auke Lake ! Group of Homesites, Tract A. con- taining 4.77 ai situated in the Loop Section, Glacier Highway, about 14 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska, latitude 58° 23’ 30” N. longi- tude 134" 33’ W. and it is now in the files of the District Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claims in the local land office, Anchor- age, Alaska, within the period of publication or thirty days there- after, or they will be barred from the provisions of the statutes. i GEORGE A. LINGO, Acting Manager. First publication, Oct. 23, 1946, Last publication, Dec. 18, 1946. ter hopes to work out an orderly schedule this week, but that de- ACROBS A, aniely of pends on whether Reconversion Di- : ’:1“'?"5" 36. Draw forth tcctor John Steelman will play| g arabian 38, Hawalian ball with him Latest slogan | garment TERELY. Supreme Court Justices is 12 Daughter of 3% East indien - Cadmus it with Kelly, Paul Kelly 3. Seep 41. Prepare for of Justice Vinson's old sec-| 14. implore 4 y and political adviser. . . 15. Wine cask 43, hough Senator Wayne Morse, ! 1§ fdible plant 5, Weed = ] Oregon Republican, pub-| 20 Seed covering 45. Flant of the licly supported reactionary Repub- | 2l Plural ending Wk ek lican Senate candidates in Idaho| 23. Sandarae ; and Washington, he offered to go| ,. ctree .0 Sclution of Yesterday's Puzzle to klahoma City to help Democratic rose . One who pro- Representative Mike ~Monroney, | fl;Asiatlc pomad - _crastinates ©€L..Qraek sttar . DOWN Monroney said he didn’t need him. 30, Entite amount 60, Feminine 61. Dries > HAR Gerald L. K. Smith, head of | 32 Asres | A TR e A o 3 Depdrted the America First Party, has now| . 4. Drink thrown his full weight behind Am-' [ |2 70" % 8 Hewins dog erican Action, Inc., the blue-chip H/ % Smesioning America First organization under [/2 / : ‘{;,»a.r,’:;m g another name which raised a / . Poor $750,000 slush fund to defeat Lib-| [® BT i eral candidates for Congress. 73 7 FROM THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH | [22 Secretary Byrnes and Assistant ! ;/;/ e Secr Will Clayton are differ-| [ ing over loans to countries in the b Bpeak TR Soviet orbit Clayton maintains Scmlu“t‘)?lrly that if we cut off trade and cred- . AcaitE its to pro-Russian nations, this o Dollar Diplomacy will drive those nations further in the Soviet of Sy bit Clayten also wants Rus- h: Miniolog sia to sit in at the World Trade g 1 Conterence in London as a means b Sl of insuring the peace P man The American Army has now iy trained and equipped 57 Kuomin- Pl tang divisions already active in| the Chinese Civil War, This is a ' tobg ot 22 ‘ . ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA Fi NOVEMBER 6, 1926 [} Three youths had been arrested and confessed to destroying pl | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon i 20 YEARS AGO 7%t empire e e re e s ettt et et ) | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The distant sounds were audible to the ear.” capable of being heard (by the ear) OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Duel not as QO in TOOL. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Occurrence; CC SYNONYMS: Augment, enlarge, increas WORD STUDY: “Use a word three tim increase your vocabulary by mastering one word each day CLARITY; to make clear. (Proncunce the A as in AT) proposition, he went over the details carefully PER TR W D - Y RS 1d RR. , make and it is a; TO THE EAR is tautological, as AUDIBLE means Pronounce the UE as in FUEL, bigger. yours.” Let us Today’s word: “To clarify the MODERN ETIQUETTE %operra ree S e e Q. 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