The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 10, 1947, Page 4

e e PAGE FOUR Dml\ Alaska Empire evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Streets, Juneau, Alaska Sheep Creek. every President - - Vice -President “Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager to comply Office in Juneau &5 Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for S1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 peid, at the following rates: £15.00; six months, in sdvance, $7.50; 50. 2 a favor if they will promptly notify failure or irregulazity in the delivery cases. stationery guy in we arrived at the Business Office, 374. | Jennings turned MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS sclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 1l news dispatches credited to it or not other- in this paper and also the local news published Alaske Newspapers, 1411 ATIVES - sh. N le, service for life! fvio 86, “He yodies and rich placers We ars reminded vividly of their importance by an editorial in the Juneau Daily Alaska Empire which take: back some thirty years, when the Federal ment prosecuting salmon canning com- failure to provide salmon free zntry to and exit from fish traps between the hours of 6 p. m. Satur- | and 6 a. m. Monday Accepted as a juror with eight other engineers, a stationery store owner hanger from Douglas, we studied fish listened to testimony, the impassioned justice from a minuscule assistant federal i the quiet, friendly summing y the for the defense up to this point—had there been any icident. Our paper hanger juror had contempt of court by assuring the late Judge 1 ain't laughin’ at you, Judge it's that guy ture, graph that this was gover the Legis da a ‘referendum on general election. receive a making Alaskans only, ington.” secretary, a mine ex ecutive's once hanger, both married, anxious to reach a | When our foreman refd the verdict the signified “Not' Guilty,” part of the pen and pencil member The Judge told us, of his victim dripping from his hands but what would enjoy being tried by a jury such as We protested in a body and were ! Be that is it may, all juries on followed said “Not Guilty" We must have been right, Juneau's population said so. this brings us back to the editorial in the impression upon the many his 1946 visit should have the Territorial Legislature regarding FISH TRAPS, concludes by conside early solution if the Territorial Legislature should regulate fish-trapping. We shall therefore, following editorial is wpnmvd from The important. that, Mininz and Contracting Review, published in Salt not take action at this session Le . for the interest of a few oldtimers who may ;i i | considerable interest, s may be a far cry from mining and | yrer in Alaska they mean more than per- | “If this is a matter to be decided by our Legis! then it seems out of place for of the Interior to attempt in any the members of the Legislature fusing to note that the Secretary great deal of help up their minds on this matter and ‘not the powers that be in Wash- | speedy verdict because of the dance that evening at All but the paper hanger—how he got it we never learned—quite happily drunk, and the stationery bird, agreed on the first ballot that the government de- sign of the fish traps themselves made it impossible completely with the law him up after each ballot, the paper hanger ‘bul the stationery individual remained stationary all |'day for comviction, giving as his reason the fact that all previous juries had convicted Along about 5: When we woke did too, in exactly similar p. m. someone dunked the a convenient plumbing facility and verdict, “Not Guilty.” late Judge polled the jury. All hesitation on the purple and with some “No murderer with the blood ete.” jury ou, etc., barred from all the cases that for the rest of court term.— or something, and one-half Juneau Daily Alaska Empire of recent date. It says, in part: I ‘eIt is deplorable to us that Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug, who made such a favorable Alaskans he met during written for presentation to ! his letter of January 24 statiig ‘T should add that T of this vexing problem so this Department will consider support of some Federal measure designed to watch with the steps taken by the Legisla- the Department | way to influence | It is further con- | says in one para- ! and on the a Territorial function, other hand that it becomes a Federal function unless ature responds to the “The Governor has signed spurs 1 measure calling for the fish trap question at the next From all indications, Alaskans will Washington which affects from in Well, Helen (Helen Troy Monsen, Publisher of The Daily Alaska Empire) hasn’t seen anything yet when | it comes to Krug who will get his obnoxious snout caught in worse than fish traps before he gets through poking it into everybody's business everywhere, author- His attitude continues to indicate a dictator com- the poi; at the assistant prosecutor. ity or no authority. We retired to the jury roem early one Saturday m 1l but the stationery store proprietor and plex which bids fair to disgust the entire thinking public of the United States. "‘ w h' ' on in taeir union. Matters of E aS “lg 0l| policy—even the details of carrying M G R d jout that policy—are centered in»(hc‘ e"y" 0-roun (hands of one man, plus the little group of brothers and brothers- {Continued /7 Pflgr Ongj jin-law who surround him. When —_— —— lanother man challenges Lewis’ tives on the mini payroll—John authority, as in the case of Ray L. at $25000; brother Denny at Edmundson, he is out. John Bro- ghter Kathryn at Phy, Van Bittner and other old- $10,000; brother-in-law R. O. Mil- time miner executives have found ler at $10,000; brother-in-law J. R. that they could not exercise in- dividual judgment and stay in the union. They got out. Only the little group of Lewis relatives and district presidents carefully picked for subservience to John L. remain. That largely ex- $10,000; Bell Thomas krother-in-law $8,000; cousin $10,000; plus several others, making a grand to- 000 in salaries to the family—all taken from min- at m plains why the individual miners make up for all this, Lewis did not take advantage of—and strikes and keep on did not know about—the all im- t is the first rule of portant provision in their contract dictatorship, and, make no mis- Rermitting them to organize mine ke g , Lewis is a pure and safety committees and close down mines if ursafe. ‘That also explains bettle-browed miner boss has gone to such extreme lengths to point an accusing finger at Secretary Krug and bellow: “Murder!” For the man who most loudly accuses others, sometimes is most guilty himself. r. The minute a dic- s his first defeat, he is duck—unless something why the s why defeat hit the Supreme Lewis so badly. was also why there has been the first time in years Lewis turning the mine un- over to popular secretary-| irer Tom Kennedy, fori -Governor of Pennsyl- John replacing Bill ent of the AFL. UNDER THE DOME A strang Congressional drive has been launched for th> appointment of GOP elder statesman Jim Wads- Lieute vania Green Finally, all is is why the Cen- worth of New Work as the new mine disaster played squar2- Secretary of National Defense if, 0 Lewis’ hands, why he and when, the Army-Navy merger ed at it an excuse for bill Lecomes law. Wadsworth is strike, and why 69 years old. He has indicated to such dramatics in friends that he is interested. of Congressional committees Frank Sinatra is flying to New ve that Secretary of.the In- York to accept “a miniature Jef- Krug was to blame for the ferson” at a Jefferson birthda loss of 111 lives. dinner of the council against in- e tolerance. It will be given in VICTORY FOR MINERS recegnition of Sinatra’s promotion 1y of democracy amoung the youth of America One stecel com- pany isn't waiting for orders from anybody before cutting prices. The Pennsylvania flzxible metallic tubing company of Philadelphia is making a 41 percent cut 7 those who have sat on the of the mine negotiations but one reason why the s have refused to take the back from the Government i 2B of the Krug-Lew: They consider this one most revolutionary clauses The State Department will hcgm nserted in any labor con- broadcasts to Greece and Turkey for it gives the miners them- in the next two weeks to try to B power to close down a mine spread the gospel of friendship. if they consider it unsafe Em- ’ ployers say this is equivalent to MERRY-GO-ROUND er the workers of any fac- Lilienthal supporters had to egulate conditions inside maks a secret deal with certain They point especially to Republicans to insure Lilienthal’s “The operating confirmation: Fire Herbert Marks required to follow the as general counsel of the Atomic ion of the commit- Commission . .. Jake Arvey, Chi- they brand as “revol- cago's new political boss, who just elected Mayor Martin Kennelly, will after winning this all-im- eXit from the political arena soon it and ‘“revolutionary” con- because of health, leaving Mayor 1. frem the Government,| Kennelly undisputed Democratic L. Lewis did almost nothingleader of the Windy City . . . Dr. Many of “the miners Harry White, father of the Inter- n know about this pro- eir contract. this resulted from the em under which John whereby he is a > himself. . Less and less er officials of the United Vorkers know what is going national Bank and Monetary Fund, ,submitted his resignation as Amer- ican representative on the Fund to President Truman last week. Both Truman and Secretary Sny- der tried to-'persuade White to re- main on, while the International Fund voted him a medal | (copyRIGHT, White | is joining Qsear Cox in private law practic Donald Heath, originally from Topeka, Kansas, will be the new U. S. Minister to Bulgaria New World Bank President John J. McCloy didn't take long to show where his heart it. One of McCloy's first acts was to open a branch in Wall Street Actually, the bank was set up in Washington to keep it out of Wall Street. But that was long ago. . . Econcmist Bob Nathan gave up a profitable post with a foreign trade group of other ex-Roosevelt aides, because the combine start- ed doing business with Peron in Argentine Atomic scientists now talk guardedly about “the bomb, the “super bomb, the “super-super bomb"” and the “new- est bomb.” And Gromyko still wants to play games! . A group discussing the build-up of rail- road tycoon Robert Young wond- cred out loud if he wasn't being built up as a GOP “Could be,” said one. “Judging by Congress, the Republicans are used to railroading the public.” . . . The anti-Tom Dewey GOPers now call themselves the “Doubting Thomas™ committee. 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC) THE DAILY ALA.SKA hMPIRh—- U, ALASKA wilp, APRIL 10 v m Louise Henning Randi Roberta Henning Joseph Harmon Jack O'Connor, Jr. Rosie Metcalf R. M. Shepard Stella Chamberlain Mrs. M. F. WALLOnN FEDERAL BLDG. SIEPS ARE T0 BE REPAIRED Recognizing that the steps of the Federal Building in Juneau repre- sent a public ard, the Federal Works Agency has taken action to remedy the condition. Delegate Bartlett, who presented the appeal from Juneau residents has been informed specitication have been prepared for work in- cluding handrails, repairs to step. and stairways. Bids will be callec for in May. e ® @ & ® & s 8 0 0 e > TiDE TABLE . . APRIL 11 . e High tide 4:57 a.m., 14.8 feet o ® Low tide 11:48 am, 19 feet ® e High tide 18:13 p.m., 117 feet o e Low tide 23:46 pm. 63 feet o ® e 00 v o v 0 e e .o - LUUGERS ATTE! [TON LOGGERS with logs for sule. Contact Juneau Lumber Mills. Will buy from 100,000 ft to 10,000,000 feet. For further particulars see Juneau Lumber Mills. 433 tt (Official Publication) (Branch Bank) Report of the Financial Condition of the BANK OF ALASKA, | located at Skagway, Alaska, Terri- candidate. | at the close of busi- t day of March, 1947 tory of Alaska ness on the 3 RESOURCES Loans and discounts $ 4590147 Loans on real estate 91,802.94 Overdrafts None United States bonds and securities 489,500.00 Other bonds and war- rants 79,120.00 Banking house, furniture and fixtw 12,700.00 Due from other banks 195,291.26 36,016.21 Cash on hand TOTAL $ LIABILITIES Capital assigned from Head Office $ 50,000.00 Surplus fund 50,000 00 Reserves 27,033. 53 Undivided profits less expenses paid 65,063.85 Due to other banks Demand deposits Time deposits Cashier’s and checks certified | TOTAL $ 950,33197 | United States of America, Terri- tory of Alaska, First Judicial Division, ss. | I, F. D. CALKINS, Cashier of| the above named branch of the Bank of Alaska, do solemnly swear | that the foreging statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. F. D. CALKINS, Cashier. +(Correct Attest) L. H. JOHNSTON, Director. (Notarial Seal) Subscribed and sworn to before | me this 4th day of April, 1947. JOSEPH J. F. WARD, ! Notary Public in and for the Tom-' tory of Alaska. My commission EX—] pires Feb. 19, 1950. i { ACROSS'" ** 87. Vice 1. Pertaining‘to 38. Chief meal fat 40. Stop 7. Retreads 42. Greek letter 13. Obtain 44. Clock in the 14. Bird of prey form of a ship 15. Brougutiniod “4e. Late: corib, . Woolly fozn 17. Greek letter 18. Russian em= press That is: abbr. asons Shred of cloth Fold or circle Clear gain . Pronoun . Rubber tree . Hebrew vowel points Tea tester . Rant Smphasis Crosswor;i Puzzle i IIHIIH%=EE B L £ W ] [E] Al ! R ol kil 3 ) R Solution of Yesterda;‘s Puzzle DOWN 3. 1. Hard substance 4 yaif quarts 2. Floods . Patron saint | of lawyers Biblical char- acter Artificial waterway Collection of . Oriental com= mander || V7 Everlasting . Contour lvd;:o of a roof Operated nooth lutes musically . Pet name for a close relative . Translated from cipher . Repeat ST Al o | Parrot fish legraphs Happen re- peatedly . South Africam grassland . Prehistoric stone in plement . Huee mythical bird . Small fish, from THE EMPIRE § 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 10, 1927 “Paint Juneau's Landscape with Flowers" was the attactive slogan chosen by the Juneau Garden Club at an enthusiastic meeting and it won the six prize dahlia tubers for its author, Mrs. Daniel Ross. The club adopted the plan suggested by the children’s garden com- mittee to set aside $25 for prizes to be awarded for gardens planted and cared for by children under 18 . Accompanied by Miss Lucile Edwards the members of the Douglas| High Schoeol Senior Class held their “Senior Sneak,” making a trip to Mendenhall Glacier and Eagle River. The mailboat Virginia IV arrived from Chichagof and way ports! early this merning, and sailed this night for Port Althorp with a load] of 20,000 box shooks for the cannery The steamer Princess Mary arrived in port from Seattle with Mrs King and child, Earle Hunter and C. Ralston among the pas- engers for Juneau. | Water A bonfire in a lot adjacent to the A. F. Knight residence yesterday | spread in the dry grass and caught fire to the house. Little damage was | done, but “Doc” Sweeney met with a slight accident when he took a tumble from the roof, cutting a deep gash in his leg. 36; Weather: Highest, 48; lowest, ; Daily Lessons in English %% 1. corpox e e e .~ e el WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not write, “I have y()n.r letter of April 1, and contents noted.” Omit AND CONTENTS NOTED. The fact | hat you are answering is evidence that the contents have been noted OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fatigue. Pronounce fa-tag, A as in .SK unstressed, E as in TEA, ai szeond syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Surveyor; observe the three vowels. 2 SYNONYMS: Massacre (noun), butchery, carnage, slaughter. i WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| icrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. DRASTIC; acting vigorously; extreme in effect necessary to insure safet; ‘Today's word “Drastic measures were e e e e | MODERN ETIQUETTE Ropeura vew | PR B0 Bl B O T 4 | Q. If one has attended a house party and did NOT have an en-‘ joyable time, is it necessary for one to write the usual “bread and butter” | letter anyway? | A. Yes! it may have been your own fault instead of anything else | that you did not have a good time. The proper thing to do is to write | and thank your hostess. | Q. Is it permissible for a dinner guest to ask for a second helping of any dish? A. No; take a second helping only when it is offered. | Q. What fee should be given the clergyman for a home christ- ening? A. This is determined entirely by the means of the family be $5 or $100. It (‘;m: % .. cornoN { —— g LOOK and LEAR 1. Which State has | population? 2. How old was Jesus when he began to teach? the | | # % | Which tree is emblematic of peace? | | largest percentage of native-born white From what musical show is the song, “Slumber On, My Little y Sweetheart"? Which is the largest group of all living creatures? ANSWERS: 1. North Carolina, with 99.7 per cent native-born white inhabi- According to St. Luke, about 30 years of age. 3. The birch. | 4. Victor Herbert’s “The Fortune Teller.” 5. Insects. your fur coat, or how little—It’s what you get for your money 'James C. Cooper, CPA Alaska Music Supply Welding, Plumbing, | |Warfield's Drug Store The Charles W. Carter THURSDAY LAPRIL 10, 194 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co. 1005 [SECOND AVE - SEATTLE ¥ * Eliot 53; beginning at 7:30 p. m. f—‘—‘d CHAS. B. HOLLAND, ServingAlaska Exclusively< | wornipnl Master; JAMES W It's not how much you pay for, | LEIVERS, Secretary. Silver Bow Lodge No. A 2, LO.OF. Meets every Tues day at 8:00 P, M., I. O. O. F. HALL Visiting Brothers Welcome J. A. SOFOULIS, Noble Grand H. V. CALLOW, Secretary ‘Mariin Victor Furs, Inc. | ‘Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations ' BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializing in Corporation—Municipal and Trust Accounts The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL | and STORAGE | CALIFORNIA Grocery ahd Meat Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices B.P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome VICTOR POWER, Exalfed Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sceretary. “SMILING SERVICE"” Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 FREE DELIVERY Juneau ' ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. || HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession Junes-Stevens Shop , LADIES'—MISSES” READY-TO-WEAR Near Third Seward Street Arthur m. Uggen, Manager Pianes—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward BOATS BUILT and REPAIRED Channel Boat Works PO. 2133 West Juneau Across from Boat Harbor Phone RED 110, after 6 P. M. . FOR HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 920 W. 12th St Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Fred W. Wendt (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Phone 549 You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at Hutchings Economy THE BARANOF Marizet Choice Meais At All Times corrEE SHOP PHONES 553-92—35 The Alaskan Holel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. 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