The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 31, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dai_l y Alaska Empire Sunday by the COMPANY Junenu, Alnska - - President - Vice-President Bditor and Manager - Managing Editor Business Manage: i CYETY EVELIUg ex EMPIRE PRINTIN LEN TROY MONSEN OTHY TROY LINGO - - M R. CARTER - - - ELMER A. FRIEND S ALFRED ZENGER - . the Post Office in Juneau as Becond Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: arrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.30 per month six months, $8.00; one year, 515.00 rates By mail. b paid, at the follow One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50 ance, $1.50 1l conf T 1f they will promptly notif 6 s Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery 1 paper Telephones: News Office. 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOC(ATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use fo lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other dited in this paper and also the local news publishec TIONAL REPE Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Bld GA Significant of the developing interest in Alaska and things Alaskan, throughout the States, is the fact the session here this year of the Eighteenth a Legislature is being reported first-hand for cne of the world's foremcst newspapers, the Chicago Tribune. William Strand, on special 2; en here since the legisla sending accounts of the ac paper. The first of Mr. Strand's stories regarding the Alaska Legislature was accorded space on the front rage of the Tribune. Mr. Strand, an experienced Washington correspondent, is right at home among legisiative doings and the fact that he spent some weeks in the Territory last summer will take the brittle edge off the sharply new and fresh viewpoint from ¢s the making and re-making of Alasi ignment for the Tri- ve session opened 1 to his news- ch he laws. The added attention that Ala s problems will eceive as a result of Mr. Strand’s presence and writ- 5 certain to benefit this Territory. The frentier color and unique status cf Alaska's lc.islative body has reader appeal which will as cer- {ainly result in plaudits for the Tribune and Mr. Strand on his coverage. And, recalling the progressive legislaticn that has narked past sessions of cur Territorial law-making »ody, the earnest manner in which it has striven, mnder severe handicaps, to face and solve Alaska's »roblems—we are even more certain that the Tribune's eaders will profit from Mr. Strand’s acccunts ' The Patient Recovered (Cincinnati Enquirer) The employment prospects of this new year can nly be guessed at, but it'’s a notable fact that pessi- nistic estimates of postwar unemployment went far awry last year A relatively high level of unemployment was ex- ected and predicted in various governmental and nion circles when the armed forces were remobilized reconverted. Indeed, nd various war plants were hese dire predictions were made the basis of a cam- »aign for higher unemployment insurance and led ormer Commerce - Secretary Henry A. Wallace to dvocate various economic nostrums to attain “full employment” of 60,000,000 jobs. As a matter of fact, that figure was reached with- out resort to any of the proposed governmental interventions. The demobilization of war Veterans now is virtually complete, according to the Labor De- partment, and nearly 12,000,000 servicemen are em- ployed, in training or in school. The final report of John D. Small, Civilian Production Administrator, showed that busin nd industry had absorbed 10,- 500,600 men and women from the armed forces and all but 960,600 of the 20,000,000 demobilized work- ers. That meant, necessarily, the provisions of far more jobs than existed at any time prior to the war. The only conclusion is that private enterprise can do fairly well by itself, even when “Dr. New Deal” has left its bedside. Claims Without Substance (New York Sun) Confronted by deamnds for a bill of particulars in a portal-to-portal suit, an attorney for a Detroit local of the United State Workers, CIO, announced that the action would be droppec. He explained that he did not feel that the uni~a had a valid claim to the $6,000,000 that it was seeking to recover. Investigation showed that the workers checked in within a reasonable period beicre starting time; that they ate their lunches on company time; that fifteen minutes were accorded them in which to clean up before checking out, with five extra minutes allowed to women for this purpose. The attorney said that when portal suits began to be popular he was swamved by union members demanding a ride on the gravy train and that he did not have a chance to discuss the details of thejr cases. This is an isolated incident, although several other suits have been dropped and scme major unions have gone cn record against portal-to-portal litigation. But laints filed in a great many instances do not convey the impression that there much substance behind the claims. Actions filed lot , examination shows, are vague in their ailegations how the overtime for which compensation belatedly is sought was ac- cumulated. Until convincing particulars are produced, the public can be exused for feeling that in virtually every case such actions represent not an effort to right a wrong—to compensate the worker for some- thing of which he has been unjustly deprived--but a desire to get in on a grab while the grabbing is good. | of the National Association of Home its paper from ine Spruce Falls THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Wiy JOINT e o0 v JANUARY 31 David K. Eiteman J. E. Fowler Eulalie Backmore Mrs. Wayne Cobb Minnie Doran R. M. Harms Mrs. C. R. Glandon Ethel Patterson J. E. Thompson TR Y e o o - eee SESSION HEARS MESSAGE FROM GOVERNOR Before a packed gallery, the first of joint e Legislature was called to 2:10 p. m. Speaker ssion Gill in the the House chamber: quickly relinquish 20 YEARS AGO A. Van Mavern and wife wel and Mrs. Henry Hogue, who is vis- iting Mrs. Joseph deGanahl and er daughter Virginia at McLean, Virginia. Her visit coincided with a short- BLAME SPLIT FOR TRAFFIC DEATH OF | home and before she s SEATTLE, Jan. 31.—A coroner’s FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 194/ R — HEN TURKEYS 75¢ EVISCERATED : Whole—Half or Quarters FRYERS - - 1h.90c HENS Colored B0« SLICED BACON - 1b.75 Eviscerated 'and justice and endow tham with jury split the blame today for the the gavel to President Nerland, affic death here Jan. 19 of Arm opened the assembly with a praye from Rev. Robert Webb: Cpl. Paul J, Willlams of Tenakee. “Give to them the vision of truth It blamed the 19-year-old soldier and Robert Moore, 29, driver of the right understanding and a pure pur-|car which struck him on a da; pose, £o that in all their endeavors highway. It found that both ha they may enact only such legt been drinking. tion as may please Thee, . e NEW ADDITION OF Senator Rogge who is ill), a cc mittez was appointed to escort t ed and was conductad to the ros-| Tha Haida “Argillite” collection trum by Senators Jones, Brownell cf the Territorial Museum has bee After 1cll call (all memkers be- Governor of Alaska before the quietly awaiting Legislaturs. Short- and Dawes, and Representatives enhanced by a new find. This Vukovich, Egan and Joy. time it is a fifteen inch circular ing present with the exception EXHIBITED, MUSEUM ly thereafter the Governor app Standing erectly, the Governor dish carved in low relief in a talked for cne hour and twenty peautifully execut2d geometric de- minutes on problems affecting the gign featuring concentric circles Territory, and his recommendations and deeply-fluted sunbursts. to tha new législators. At tie co: Sometimes erroncusly termed clusion, long applause greeted I ‘slate” this lustrous black stone is remarks and the Eighteenth S found only in the Qucen Charlotte sion was formally launched on its Islands of British Columbia, but scmetimes stormy journey through was carved by Haidas on both sides Lills . . . and taxes . . . and bud-iof the Lkoundary. Their uniqu2 gets . . . and appropriations. carvings first traded to Spanish ex- s plorers in the 18th century are re- ALFRED MVAY COLUMNS garded as the highest development TRIP TO WASHINGTON of plastic art north of Mexico City | The raw stone is blue-black be- Busy these days reading the fore polishing and is believed to be Walla Walla newspaper is Mrs, derived from a carbonacious clay John McCormick. Alfred McVay, formed into stone under water. It s jrvm THE Emrigg | JANUARY 31, 1827 H. E. Rupert, traveling man, was in Juneau. B. B. Green and wife were aboard the Alaska, Juneau bound. | I | Steamer Victoria, southbound, was on the way from Seward, | Art Beaudin was in the city from Chichagof [ IR 17 | Mrs. T. Kettleson, wife of the Superintendent of the Pioneers’ Home, passed through Juneau on the Admiral Evans enroute to Sitka. | H coming north on the Alaska after spending the holidey season in the south | Weather report: High, 30; low, 29; clear. . | had happened Pat was teaching the fourth grade. Her job as (ench-‘ er includes taking her young pu-| pils on sight-seeing trips to the nearby nation's capital. Planned for her first vacation is a trip with | the deGanahls to Bermuda. -————— JEFFREYS BACK IN NORTH | J. S. Jeffrey, representative of| ceveral big firms in the states, | came north on the Alaska as far| as Ketchikan, and will continue to| NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT Juneau on the next steamer. He is| mpanied by Mrs. Jeifrey. In the Comnussioner's Court for the Territory of Alaska, Division Num- | ber One. Before FELIX GRAY, Commissicner and Ex-Officio Pro- bate Judge. Juneau Precinct. In the Matter of the Estate of HELEN HOFSTAD CLEMENTS. Deceased. Notice is hereby gi that the Executor of the Estate of Helen Hofstad Clements, deceased, has fil- ed his final report herein praying for approval of the administration of said estate as reported in the rnal Report and petitioning that John H. Clements be decreed all of the remaining property of the Es- tate, and that said administration be closed. Hearing before the undersigned on the Final Report and Petition will be held at Juneau, Alaska, March fhe Washington ierry-Go-Round Continuea jrom Page One' tender’s hand. It will bring shame on the people of Georgia.’ Those who were with Arnall con- sider it a miracle that he wasn't subjected to physical violence. His own 2 wound up in the Lospital after fighting off the Tal- madge hoodlums. Next day, Arnall’s [riends tried to assign bodyguards > protect him, but he rejected the offer. “I'll walk with =ae plain psopie on the streets of Atlanta,” he said. “I've nothing to tear irom them. I'm one of them The plain people always help each other.” AMERICAN LEGION'S LOBBY All veterans’ organizations are sup- posed to be interested in housing, but an interesting tip-off on the American Legion's position occur- red the other day when Legion Lobbyist John Thomas Taylor kick- ed a Veteran of Foreign Wars re- presentative out of a meeting while permitting real estate lobbyists to remain. The Legion long has been |poly practices. The Federal Trade tcmers and decide how they " i | Crade | tcmers y should Mills. Will buy from 100 = accused of playing hand-in-glove | Commission’s report, made fof the be treated—all in violation of the to 10,000,000 feet. For smh{ctr 07 HOGUE NIBELANREMN G.G.BROWN, | with the real estate boys, especial- | Attorney General, covers the per- | Sherman Anti-Trust Act. particulars see Juneau Lumber FART, MAVINGISDIE TIME Administrater. ly when it came to sabofaging Wil- jod up to 1939 and shows that the (copyRiGHT, 1941, BELL SYNuicATE.INC) Mills. 433.¢¢ | Having the time of her life is Fiwst publication, Jan. 10, 1947. son Wyalt’s far-sighted housing cartel has pretty much gone back — ————— e R A N ~°°"" Miss Pat Hogue, daughter of Mr. Last publication, Jan. 31, 1947. program. to its monopoly operation except' ";_—-*' - - = = —ease—— Latest demenstration of harmony | that it keeps its books, offices, etc., lo] | N ujgm betwgen the Legion and the real'in Canada out of reach of the Jus- [ n l lh L ll nh lll AT (A5 Skt ou ool Smih LB SR L 60 T o | DEAN K. WILLIAMS , ance {o the Lilting Rhythms mpetisg 11 the’ Batlep Hotel here. partment's Anti-Trust Division is ACROSS 26 kamous B | as a pala-up subsenber to THE DAILY ALASKA ) ::*ké\ho*::;fl;“)“‘;‘;v F::l;;e :I:::; :1:: ensaggd!m at ;lmst pr?:e_ (;( L m:u- B rana RS i EMI'I)RE nvited to be our guest THIS EVENING. Bf ” 3 newsprint cartel, but officials| 29. Author of | rese: is i iy 1 s Gikh b e nille Lok toere wenmkid A ApeA bE ARE L T Tk ughor of the L 8 | Present this coupon to the box office of the | 3 8 and chatted in the corridor for & |fact that companies had carefully | 15 Morsia aos nz | RuTH ESTBLL P t few minutes with Arthur Marcus, a kept their records in Canada. Jus- brsething S;‘f" Supbliad m CAPITOL THEAT | s s member of the Legion’s seven-man, | tice Department oificials added, ibical Periaining 1o Z|OIN[E] ¢ World War II veterans housing however, they had no reason to be- sutenely 55, b8 moon E and receive TWO TICKETS to se: i . ¢ committee. | lieve there had been any change of Any plant of priest ”n a9 D 3 { 1 []U “It 1sknll right for me to come conditions described in the FTC's };’f,,.‘.';" Lol “"s'{‘xl‘{:s"' "‘ HN.ISE nr FEAR | anClng rom o p.m. lo : a.m. in?” asked Pearce. 4 19, Sign uf the 87. 0Nl suth: - | report | gn Gl O € Federal Tax—12c per Person | “Sure, come on in and make your- self at home,” replied Marcus. “I'm pretty sure the meeting is open to verybody.” Pearce explained that he might be able to pick up some new ideas to help housing; so Marcus escort- ed him in and the two men swap- ped stories about their experiences in the Navy. Next thing Pearce knew, Legion lcbbyist John Thomas Taylor was pointing in his direction and sput- tering furiously “Get him out of here!” he shout- ed. Another Legion ofiicial who Lought that ylor was acting pulsively tried to dissuade him, it Taylor continued to storm. “I don’t care!” he yelled. “I'm running this meeting and I want him out of here.” Turning again to rce, Taylor demanded angrily: Don't you know you are in a closed session?” “I'm sorry; I thought it was open,” apologized Pearce, as he left the room. Behind him in the so-called closed meeting remained a num- ber of real estate lobbyists, including Frank Coartright, vice president | Builders. NEWSPRINT MONOPOLY Conclusive evidence of conspiracy to jack up the price of newsprint to American newspapers over a long period of years is contained in a Federe. ‘irade Commission report now being studied by the Senate Small Business Committee. The report shows how Llie big | paper .companies, most of ther, op- erating in Canada but partly con- trolled by American bankers, have illegally put their heads together | to charge the same price ior news- ! print and to keep the price high. One of the great hazards of a free and ccmpetitive American press today is the difficulty of getting newsprint. The FTC report especially cites the International Paper Company , which, althcugh Canadian operated, “Ls dominated by the Phipps family of Colorado and by the Chase Na- | [ tional Bank. The Phipps family in | turn. is closely allied with the i Rockefellers. Shortly aiter the last war, the | Justice Department indicted the | newsprint cartel and secured a con- | sent decree that they cease mono- Power and Paper Company of On- tario, of which it is half owner. The Chicago Tribune owns all the stock of the Ontario Paper Co. The Hearst papers and also those in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sioux City have an interest in newsprint companies. But aside from the above, every paper in the United States is dependent on the news- print monopoly. 4—Members of the newsprint cartel hold secret meetings in Can- ada at which they fix prices. Min- utes of these meetings are carefully guarded, and only the initials of those participating are used. Full names are omitted. However, the Federal Trade Commission secured the summary of one meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is most revealing. Present at the meeting were G. E. Young, newsprint sales manager for Crown-Zellerbach, second ls est newsprint producer in the Unit- ed States; William Barclay, sales manager for the Powell River Sa Co., Powell River, B. C. and Llo; Bennett, disirict sales manager 1or the Inland Empire Paper Co., Mill- wood, Wash.; and they proceeded to talk over their prospective cus- HIGHLIGHTS OF REPORT zodiac Hebrew plura) centra part ending 40. UIter ubjections Golf instructor Adjust 41 This report, incicentally, was Ezmlmn- name ¢§ i? home i road street® 43 Brittle lime- kept confidential until Senator Py StoE (v Murray of Montana, recently de- 5 Ending of the Eng.) past tense 4i. Conjunction moted head of the Small Bus‘ness Committee, ferreted it out and de- manded that it be published. Fed- eral Trade officials demurred for fear the newsprint industry’s friends in Congress would slash their funds in retaliation. Senator Wherry of Nebraska, who has succeeded Mur- r1ay as Small Business Chairman, still has not decided whether to publish the newsprint report, though this column probably will force it mto the open. Here are some of the highlights’ of the confidential newsprint mon- opoly survey: 1.—Three big newspaper groups use about 25 percent of all the news- B <N Il KEE , ul ner son, has been authoring a front is belizved by some ethnol page tolumn in his home town that the first totempoles were newspaper during his trip to Wash- Haida “story masters” carved of this material. Much later, upon ington, D. C., to attend meetings as one of the directors of the Na- Organization Secretaries. His day to day, almost minute 6y minute, report includes every- thing irom his talk to an ex-GI named Joe on the train to his vis- its with Senators Cain and Mag- nuson and Representative Jackson. Of interest is the GI's outlook on veteran problems. “Outside of the general educational program, Joe doesn’t believe that the veter- ans are lcoking r anything ex- cept care for those who were hurt. The guy who came out whole, he tigures, just wants to be a citizen in the historic American way"” said McVay of his friend Joe. - D BEHRENDS RETURN Mr. aad Mrs. Julius Behrends re- turned hcme to Juneau aboard the Alaska after visiting in the states ior some time. LUGGERS ATTENTION LOGGERS with logs for sale. Contact Juneau Lumber Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 5 Lowest point 61 Karth: comb. 47 Nought Tetm 19 Tipping Affords S0 Continent Torn . Son of Judah DOWN Couns Flew aloft 3. Dry 4. Aeritorm tuid Lifts Wishea The end Horseback hoc! Masculine name . Christinas Day Constituents Set fire to Disencumber Edible mush- room ng 6. Turkish soldier Splendor Unit of eiectri- cal capacity Spanish gentie || | print in the United States—the W“w welon” Scripps-Howard chain, the Patter- o Meditate son-McCormick press, and Hearst. 2.—Almost every newspaper pub- lisher was willing to cooperate with the Federal Trade Commission in making its report except the Gan- nett chain in New York, which flatly refused. 3.—The New York Times secures Finely wrinkico Arranged in 1 t More lengthy Arrows Gireek letter Cover with goid i4. Pronoun . Clamor . Metal receiving steel for tools, giant Lefore their community hous; This, while wcoden are relatively young, played on them is eral of these early “story which illustrate the Haida at “writing” are on display in t Museum. PETERSBURG HAS COLD WAVE, FIRE PETERSBURG, Alaska, Jan. 31 —A temperature of 19.9 cegrees be- low zero hit here yesterday, the coldest since 1924. There ar> many frozen pipes re- ported and on2 fire was fought during the cold weather, Loy's Gift Shop, where heavy damage was done to store and fixtures beforz th. was controlled. Tke fire |was caused by an overheated stove | The thermometer registered 6 degrees below zero this morning re- tional Association of Commercial Plicas were made of wood to stand " Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. 17, 1947, at 10:00 o'clock A. M., at which time all persons having ob- jection to the petition or report may appear and be heard. WITNESS my hand and official | seal this 9th day of January, 1947 (Seal) FELIX GRAY, U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio First publication, Jan. 10, 1947. Last publication, Jan. 31, 1947. = | NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,! that the undersigned G. G. Brown | was, on the 8th day of January, 1947 | duly appointed Administrator of the | Estate of JIM ELLEN, Deceased and that Letters of Administration therefor on said day were duly i: sued to him. All persons having claims against | said estate are hereby required to | present the same, with proper vouch- , and duly verified, within six (6 months from the date of this notice to the undersigned Administrator at his place of business known as “Brownie’s Liquor Stere” at 139 South Franklin Street Juneau. Al- aska, or to his attorney M. E Monagle, in Room 200, Seward Building, Juneau, Alaska. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 9th day of January, 1947. | | | | PHONE 14._THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO.. | and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your horie with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! fen’s & Boys® ST o CLOTHING FEATURES for TODAY: BOYS' MEN'S ! 4 Buckle 1007 Virgin Wool Overshoes Pendleton SIZES—Youths 11 to 2 Dress Shiris Boys 2 to 6 Sizes 1414 to 18 @ PHONE677 e P.0.BOX 1465 @ Swift’s Premium, Armour’s Star VEAL ROASTS - Ib. Loin, Rump or Leg VEAL STEAKS - Lean Shealder Cuts BARY BEEF LIV ALASKA MEAT CO. L. A. 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