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FAGE FOUR TPMAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—-JUNEAU, ALASKA . A llrepmof Hotel i T i it n " = Ihul\ Hu va Empire A = e E 20 YEARS KGO 1'% ausiss e nlnw l'mll A ‘m«n The tragic hotel fire in Atlanta, which has taken PI ! i 3 a toll of considerably more than 100 lives, is one of | the worst such disa. in the history of American | DECEMBER 28,41926 R hotels. Investigation of the cause of the fire is under SR pEay 40,7104 = way. And presumably there also will be an inquiry | e . Migs Miriam McBride left for Fairbanks to enter the Alaska Agricul- . s R Matter, | into the reasons for the very heavy loss of life, which | e DECEMBER 28 o | tural College. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: = \, may finally come to almost half the total personnei | e Mrs. C. F. Vassar o —— Beliyeres e monthe, SA.04 H DAt DTN Lin the stru . Jennie Johnson ®| Mrs. J. W. Leivers was at hcme after having her tonsils removed by MR et A Once I it is the sorry‘story of a fire-re-|® Sadie Mallory ® | Dr. L. P. Dawes. e m : sistant” structure, and therefore not provided with|® Christine Goodwin . RC e pae 1 ) promptl: tity P » familiar storv s. Blanche i ity in the delivery | Outside fire escapes. It also is the famliar story of 9 Mrs, Hisnche SUty ®| Al kiddies under 12 years of age were to be guests of the Hlks at imerous deatk ulting from the refusal of fright- @ Frank Pearson | Spiokett's Patics. th ritriess ? N 602, Bu Office, 374 1 t I % Rita McKillop o | Spickett’s Palace this night to witness a silent movie featuring Jackl : 5 ¥ P 4 ened | cns t ma ii heir ro s when escape Rita N i — — e e bttt i Lo AL WA Gkroa + | Coogan, then after the show were to go to the Elks' Hall for a Punch and e Pre s saciustvely antitiod use for ; ; S o e W. L. Whittlesey o | Judy show following which Santa Claus would give out a gift to cach ; = O s Except for fire A in a hotel or crowded ¢ ., T il bobar gial ¢ v a ublished | place of entertainmer to be the worst of Sl ol . be tragedies. There is a grave responsibility on those who ® EMBER, 2 AR, put up buildi them cut to the public as © W. L. Grisham . i The Eegles gave a big Christmas party in the Eagles Hall at Douglas secure dwelling ht or a limited stay. That ® *harlotte So ® |the previous night. There was a program, distribution of gifts for sponsibility has been incorporated in the law. There °© ielen Greenus ® | children and refreshments. Children on the program were Rudy Pusich, | ar rds of uction, and safety devices, for © R. W. Halverson ® . Jessic Fraser, Albert Uberti, Emma Ness, Vera Kirkham, Bobby Feero, h of the public : y Ryan :l‘loo Riedi, Gerald Cashen, Myrtle Feero, Helen Pusich, Douglas Wahto, esistant,” h 1 ice av T i G . STk el el Alice Hill and Raymond Hill. at. And suffocation in a room is just as tragic AT TR 2 b hu‘v(‘ !;\f“:fl:_‘,l;id :,:““!‘1_ 1;_ "]::fl “;f ‘\‘v?uljd trsl:‘:n“tn“f'.t | The Collegians frcm Fairbanks defeated the Juneau Firemen's five Such ixlore might be'done o isire prompt detecton IHOMAS pLANNINfi | the previous night, 30 to 26, in the final game for the visitors. Track | of fires in public hostelries, and more done to insure f!ion]mmn Campen, Mangan, Nowell and Spetling played for the JFD a means of escape when fire takes hold 'I'o FERE ADAMSON during the game. Modern passenger liners e elaborate systems ! LA the detection fire, so that a single officer H B. B. Green and Mrs. Green left for the south on the Northwestern. ing watch on the bridge is alterted A FF i A | fire starts in any living or working i H. S. Graves returned from Petersburg on the Alameda. the vessel, Such a system might have ! it de up 0( a ;'*vn' and to a hotel, which like a ship is m vy small compartments in wk work and light matches | entailed. impossible | :h the | ’ people live d’{hl of the ha ABOR LEGISLATION litically or legislation. thre Debt ’l.x\ (‘ul of ideas on the . Sgind :).‘u. naie pills | (Washington Post) x Vor Sebinion of S before the Economic Club of New o 5 i York recently Secretary Snyder said “that it was WAEDE fon of closed shop contracts and e aeive to reduce our debt burden now while we ax bill experie! eat prosperity. Both Pres 2 compulsery arbitration anq Mr. Snyder have insisted or compul major industrial dis- should precede cuts in taxation. put t forward, One cf these proposals, suasive. Varicus Re: aders mainta e to do both at U me time. advan Homer Ferguson of Michigan, would 5 POSS set up o system of courts for handling labor | Fenditures will have to b ed very drastically disputes, topped by a “Supreme Court of Labor.” to permit of substantial cuts in “3“'5 and still leave 5. W. Fulbright of Arkansas, undaunted by a sxmble'bmiplus available for debt reduction in the the cold response to his propesal that Mr. Truman | Bikg\ yoar < ; Debt reduction is an anti-inflationary process should resign, has come up with a plan for com- [ % FECLE E o ted by collecting current pul aritration of disputes in bas Stries, 10 | fyem the people through taxes more money than the he strike as a means of settlement Government pays out currently. Consequently, the It will have to be in te of one of these two 'timing of a debt reduction program is extremely ideas that the whole question of paralyzing strikes important. If it is undertaken when business is active will be cettled. Neither this nation ner any other can { laber employed at high wages the burden of the afford to have its entire economic life at the mercy |high taxes.requir d to yield bu s can be of irresponsible union leaders. Therefore it must deny ne, as »**_k\”'. Snyder p e b : the right to strike in basic industries. But in doing P°¥ u', i ““‘1:“_ i A “‘S"::‘;""‘Tdm l)“'t‘m'i more, so it must provide an alternative method of insurir e e justice to workers in those industries. In cther wo of t Lol 2 it Helarm nio WARS Al I B0 If bt reduction should be delayed be e of the now determines utility rates in those industries affected ,,..0 14 cut to e o datar hustnes tenibn. interest. sts—might make it impos- with a public edicted by many ecor er a system of lab is preferable to | s! to effect any reduction at all the amount of of compuisory arbitr it wiil be for cutstanding indebtedness r it is obvious that in to decide after debate and hes sd Tt is a | Veriods of deelining'business activity tax re venues drop, 4 10 ons.fo e scived by hasty | SYSD 1f tax raied TemBtRiuIChARES and attempts t s for purposes of debt re- It would be most p Qi ary surplus: so much the harder. ite the deflatio | build up budgct 1 become t . But until it is solved we cannot stability in our econemic ducf life, or even X look forward to t certain preservation of our democratic Way |during periods of declining business activity by pursu- of lif ing deflationary fiscal policies at the same time. . ! Truman and Roosevelt Administra- through the usual Peron system of “‘e waShlngmn tions remarked that the focd was intimidation. Ambassador Messer- petter under Mrs. Truman and the smith, whose job it is to protect MeHY'GO'Rou"d White House looked better painted, Am n citizens, even when they . and neater he old Roosevelt in- happer to be al newsmen, re- (Continued yrom Page () formality was gone Paint and ported the incident to the State g Tt e r labor, of course, were hard to get Department with this comment: pe wife who were living in an during wartime, and then, too, Mrs. «This action was not important abandoned contractor's shack, the Roosevelt was away at lot. MIS. and of no significan family of three in a garage ne n, on the other hand, 15. a Meanwhile tne State Department who wore overshoes at born housekeeper. . . Even the serv- y “ieiied thay the argentine since fv.xm not | ants have changed at the \‘vbhnr‘ Garernmant if TelNEaATE Heoh water off the concrete floor of the House under Truman. The .xtm(i and wheat from Bolivia and Urii- basement in which they live cld colcred waiters and butlers of o » the vet, wife and infant ex FDR's day have been replaced by S.oy order to crack the anti- 94 y ’ ¥ Peron regime in those two coun- in one-rcom planetarium with younger men. o 2 tries. R When Ambassador Messersmith -fitting glass windows. < e S o - b sador essersmit ; : CHRONIC STATE DEPARTMENT returns, therefore, the State De- Jap slug DENIAL et 2 s s R partment faces a major .slmwdo?\'n N b ity o gical events involVing @ as to whether it will play ball with i 3 chronic State Department habil: the new Dictator of Argentine, or i Sunday, Dec. 15—This cpmmenta- treat him as the embroyo menace w n What can y,;. stated that U. S. Amassador which Messersmith once so correct- we do?” ‘Where can we B9 George Messersmith had been ord- ly yeported was springing up in Where can we go?’ ‘What can We grod to Washington from Argentina ‘Germany and Austria. * Theseq ¢ fUpSLigns oo consultations” Which Meant & (copyRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC 1946) asked ‘over over agaid, chgwdown over Iuture U. S. policy < i3 and we cannol gl g toward Dictator Peron Mcnday, Dee. 16—State Depart- NO ROOM IN N ment career boys pooh-pcohed this I he following from Ambassador Messersmith, the - D. A} v Hillsboro, Il mitted, was coming back, but only ACROSS 28. Restore 1o A his wife to s his doctor. His trip had 1. River bank citizenship C ms today, ely ncthing to do with any 5 About: abbr ok Romiun holises hold god Rodent moved, bewildered Glaciul ridges irned away band, tine-U.S. policy 18—Forthrigh Byrnes, back ) ssion of Arg sday, Dec Secretary of State frem New York, confirmed the fact that Messcrsmith had been ordered home for a full-dress review of U His trip, said B had rothing to do with his doctor. Note — When a newspaperman kes a mistake, it's called a onic lie. When a U.S. diploms a diplomatic denial, it's only habit. } hu field a that ver bloody Betweer His bod a shield nes, Now He's With ur No room iszues sSamoan sea- port Put CAPITAL i Preposition chron. 56, e comb. form 56 Siberian river 57 CHAFF SOUTH AMERICAN HITLER? Actually, the showdown with Am- bassador Messersmith is much more important than any squabble over State Department veracity over alities ol fessersmith ]1 perior ant Secre- of State S]nmllf\ Braden. It root of whether the the «nd never tary ght goes to the Walter Heisel, Jr. left on the Northwestern enroute to Chicago where he planned to enter a business school .+ New Chairman of Unamer~ ican Activities Com. Hot Under Collar WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 Parnell Th s (R-NY) Weather report: High, 42; low, 41; rain O e = 1 Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox | i , who is in| ' line for c ip of the House ccmmi and un-American ActiV-| { = oo e e g OURY- U0 At official WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: PAIR is the plural form when pre- AN fA (“‘ "‘ w eded by a number; otherwise, the plural is PAIRS. “Two PAIR of .lll a stat lh’.lfl b ed through his but “many PAIRS of stockings.” . office "Thomak. fiow 1o NeR OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Naive. Pronounce na-ev, A as in AH. | used Adamson of trying|E as in EVE, accent second syllable. to \\l(Lk the committe: He criti- OFTEN MISSPELLED: Although; one L and one word. All right; cized Adamson because a copy oftwo words. a report by the chief counsel be=| SYNONYMS: Facsimile, duplicate, replica, lepmducuon counterpart, came public kefore it had he“n|(hm submitted to committee members, JOR > AQaratia. FaRoEE b ISR JaEl § 4T Ol RO ; t = g id “' I’u"m might | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. be brought about through general | CAPTTULATE; to surrender on ccnditions agreed upon. strike or other means; descrited 17 s¥llable. unidentified labor unions as Com-|2nd names, to large societies and dead institutions.™ munist-controlled, and criticized the| e omal libr as a “haven “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today's word: (Accent second ~Emerson. MODERN ETIQUETTE Hoseria Lee Evans, librarian of congre i 5. ns told reporters he was pre- Q to refute any contention that fcr the lax 1 assertion was demed’ and completely” by Luther social call on a friend, should apologies be made since one was last in the house? When making e of time ~ employees of the ; it is kad form to do s tive reference (‘vuu'm at should be remeved from the breakfast table when the versive or belong to subv € Or“ prapefruit and other fruit bowls are taken away? genizations o) A, The service plate is remcved and a hot breakfast plate laid in its Adamson is expected to be sué<) o> bIET) ceded as chief counsel for thelPIAce: ; committee by Robert E. Strippling,’ Q. May one use the typewriter for invitations, acceptances, or who served as chief investigator for regrets? e committee when it was headed A. No; this is not considered in good taste. y Martin Dies of Texas. e e et e e e i i i Adamson joined the committe; e\; staff when it was given permanrnv_i N OOK d LEA R N status last year 7 an A C. GORDON - oo ‘ L &0 ° P T R T R 3 i > ° ” « 1. What country was the first to recognize the United States as an ° TIDE TABLE . ‘undependent republic? ° . t 2. What is the circumference of the earth at the equator? ° DECEMBER 29 . 3. What President of the United States was sworn into office by his e High tide 5:46 a.n.,, 13.9 feet e | father? ® Low tide 11:47 am., 48 feet ® i 4. From what animal is obtained the costliest wool? ® Low tide 17:27 p.m., 138 feet ® | 5. Who discovered the fact that blood circulates? » e b ANSWERS: o J DECEMBER 30 L3 1. France. e Low tide 0:09 am, 19 feet ® |‘ 2. 24,896 miles. e High tide 6:32 a.m. 14.6 feet ® | % 9 o Low tide 12:47 pm., 46 feet ® 3. Calvin Coolidge, upon the death of Warren Harding. o High tide 18:27 p.n., 13.0 feet ® 4. The vicuna, a small llama-like animal found in the South Ameri- ° o | can Andes. © e e 0 e 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 5. William Harvey (1578-1657). @ LD e B —— L % LOGGERS | lrEz s e e ATTENTION LOGGERS with logs: . i for sale contact Juneau Lumber g Mills, Will buy from 100,000 ft. CONCRETE i to 10,000,000 fect. For further H particula:is see Juneau Lumber! i Mills 433-tf AATEFOICARMAGW Deli\_‘ered to your job in HATREE PODERNEIVIA| | required quantities- ElL ABER|A G E SEIFIEN| Ready for your men to MolLlo/c/HBl LIu[P| | [NE pour—at $18.50 per cu. | TR E M il# vd., f.o.b. plant. Hauling [} NACEL E[N[T[E[R] charge 15¢ per truck mile. E[P E N[S MU Other concrete prcducts Al DS [ E[N| | will be available soon— [TIE[E] v E|T| Get acquainted with H[UM A R[S| Fu i R TIO|R L S E E L X S| OZ|P z < Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN 1. Bellow Smalt 3. Argentine plains Filled with crevices Ponder Attendant on Cleopatra Knock . Less soiled . Son of Solomon . Profit i1. Pronunciation mark Not cooked nd ROBERT MARKS as a paig-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. uUnited St is to cooperate with cnly cist-minded nation in through Hindu gueen i Present this coupon to the box office of the Western Hemisphere which has ster out its tly CAPITOL THEATRE iges regardi Messersmith record in lau! pe dipiomat to rat st Hitler, now logist for Pc cables to surround ator with ange Recently, i exc as the first the red flag become u.s His State Argentine b los. Times nfiden- Depart- Dic- the ment Y reporter ohn was picked up 105 Aires police, whe his foreign correspond- and put him vay credentials and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "WOMAN WHO CAME BACK" Federal Tax—12¢ per Person PHONE 14__THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. historical period Ancient 8. Period of five years row fabrle uce to : ,\,(:‘,‘;“,‘,’;“,",?,una and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YQU and ‘;";‘;g" RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. Small wild ox i Transgressions 1. Glut 51, Monkey WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! “I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges | James C. Co(;per, CPA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1946 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month \ in Scottish Rite Temple | beginning at 7:30 p. m. M. L. MacSPADDEN, Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Secretary. s _I_ BARBER Burnie's sior BARANOF HOTEL Lower Lobby 9 am. to 6 p.m. or Phone 800 for appointment James W. Silver Bow Lodge No. A 2, 1L.O.OF, 'Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M, I. O. O. F. HALL, Visiting Brothers Welcome GEORGE JORGENSON, Noble . Grand; H. V. CALLOW, Secretary €) B.P.O ELKS | BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializing i.. Corporation—Municipal and Trust Accolints The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. Y. and STORAGE m. Visiting brothers welcome. — E. C. REYNOLDS, Exalted c A L I r o R “ l A Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary Grocery and Meat Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices > Things for Yo O | : CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co. 1005 SECOND AVE -+ SEATTLE 4 - Eliot 5323 | TooisprcinLothciey. | Jones-Stevens Shop | | STttt LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near Third "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Seward Street laska Music Suppl Arthur M. Uggef, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phéne 206 Second-and Seward REPAIR SHOD whs i : Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| Blacksmith Work 20TH CENTURY MEAT 3 GENERAL REPAIR WORK MARKET Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Juneau's Most Popular A | “Meating” Place The Charles W. Carte ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS PHONE 202 “The Store for Men” SABINS Front St—Triangle Bidg. Warfield's Drug Store, Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop | Fred W. Wendt , (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Phone 549 Douglas Boat Shop NEW CONSTRUCTION and REPAIR JOBS ‘ FREE ESTIMATE Phone Douglas 192 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates { TCHINGS ECONOMY MARKET Choice Meats At All Times Located in George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sgs. PHONE 136 PHONE SINGLE O VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Fhone 318 PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SOPA POP { MOTOR REBUILD and MARINE SERVICE Machine Work — Welding . ENGINE REBUILDING—HARDWARE 1012 West 10th Street PHONE 863 ¢ —— EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin Juneau W PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS 12 ) PSP —. Y Lucilie’s Beauty Salon | SPECIALIZING IN ALL KINDS AND TYPES OF PERMANENT WAVES FOR ALL TEXTURES OF HAIR Phone 492 HAIR CUTTING Klein Bldg. FULL LINE OF DERMETIC CREAMS JUREAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING—HEATING—OIL BURNERS—SHEET METAL 4 WELDING PHONE 787 Third and Franklin 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1946 ! * The B. M. Behrends | - Bank b Oldest Bank in Alaska ' COMMERICAL SAVINGS