The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1947, Page 4

he makes for food and clothing. A difference of a few dollars a week to the man in the lower income | bracket is more important than a greater reduction for the man in the $50,000 income class. | Regardless of the taxes, we hove that Congress ontinu tures wherever ; ; K Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMNRL PRIVT!\ (OWPA\‘ HFLEN TROY l\lfll‘RLN D(JRO]HY TROY Lle 3O - - EL“ER A )Rl NU - - along a course of reducing government ex- ble. Ppos: s Second Class Matter | RATES | Douglas for $1.50 per month 0 ice in Jun SUBSCRIPTIO! Detivered by carrier in Juneau and (Fairbar ¢ rates | £7.80. One vear. in advance. §15.00; six months, in advance, The statistics may have value in attracting a little O bar iy o «will promptly notits | More attention to the status of education in thi ularity in the delivers it is hard to see any purpose pective country, but otherwise seing served by the current debate over the ymounts spent for education, liquor and cigarettes At first glance, two and a half billon dollars spent for education looks paltry beside the nine billion for | the Busine. »f their papi Telephion ews Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively ed to the use for ~epublicaticn of all news dispatches cred t or not other- news published e e s B i ol o oY {liquor and fcur billion for cigarettes but second and . - 'fi’\\l(("\\l\( glances b g increasing doubt that the Pourth Avenue Bld, inference is that some of the money liquor should go for schooling instead. | | That idea is already being carried out by the hm\» impost of taxes on both liquor and cigarettes. The | | share 4)! this tax that goes for education could be | ‘m(rr , perhaps, but that is a government budget- | ‘bdlm(m“ inatter and has nothing to do with the man {who buys the whisky or tobacco. He pays whatever x is asked and there is no r for ,uu,-psun«r{ | that he pay more than he is asked | considering the question on a little wider basis, | | weighing all luxuries against education, it is not de- | batable that some education is a luxury and that, on | the cther hand, some luxuries are educational. Take vacation travel, for instance. What education nains ! from this luvury item does not show in the amount . spent for formal schooling X REDUCTION I™The figure that shows the United States | tional income approportioned only 1.5 per cent to educa- President Truman's veto of the tax reduction bill | tion is more appealing, although it naturally does not ent high wartime taxes will con- | include all the money spent for acquiring knowledge another until there It is a widely accepted fact that education has become a step-child in our modern world, but it is love and affection such a waif needs. The money | will be forthccming when that is taken care of | The first | that goes tor fa- means that the pre tinue for at least change of administration. Meanwhile, it is our opinion that a large majority of the American public will not be entirely satisfied Paying high taxes for war and the nation's defense was something that the average American did not argue with. Paying high taxes for government ex- travagance ard taxing overburdened Americans for the relief of European unfortunates is something again There is no question but what the tax bill veto will year, or is a A Sixty-Dollar (!ue<li0n (Alaska chkl\v The Daily Alaska Fishing News of Ketchikan had some rather pertinent remarks to make in a recent the Pacific e P ecideney | iSSUE concerning the current fuss over severely damage Truman’s chances for the Presidency | issue ¢ . P Ril & vais of the pehdingdng: Wl would really |B¥plETer arid te rebortad collpeiton Wi Taiva e s ¥ | operators. Suid the Fishing News in part: do the trick “A great deal of fuss is being made about Nick The tax bill which Truman tossed out the window Bez and his provided reductions in individual incomes from 10 10 | ernment, they sav. spent $5,000,000 to fix the ship and 30 per cent. The President criticized the bill because |outfit it. The minimum rent is only one per cent a it- would have lowered taxes for the high income |year on this total, and the Pacific Explorer is compet- brackets considerably. However, these taxes at present ing with business enterprises that were not financed are upgraded virtually to the point of confiscation now by the government. in the top brackets. This tax is less of a revenue “The vessel was converted to a cannery for use " cer an 4 me: socialization. in exploring the fishery resources in Bering Sea. She £l S Dosiaiamcnt, of S : |is now operating on tuna in southern waters and some Present taxes discou e production and enter- doubt has been expressed that she ever will go to prise. Economist John W. Hanes made an excelient Bering Sea. example of this testifying before a Congressional com- | «These things are all quite probably true and the mittee recently. He said: “Suppose vou were offered | outfii may do more to fill the pocketbooks of Nick Bez $1 for your tirst hour’s work, 75 cents for the second nnd his associates than it does to develop the Ameri- hour. 40 cents for the third hour and 15 cents for the | can fisherizs. fourth hour, how long would you work? Yet this i “Little has been said. however, about $21,587,258.58 essentially what we ask the men who guide our busi- |that our government has spent to equip cannery and tosdo when we levy taxes under the present refrigerator ships for Russia. Twanty-six Soviet fish=~ | ing vessels have been converted and repaired by the Jnited States under lend-lease. They will not be As for the low income worker, the pinch is veally | ygaq to further or develop the American fisheries, and and he can little afford 10 |jt may be that some of them will operats in direct High prices are taking all | competition with American fishermen.” cannery ship Pacific Explorer. The gov- ne: schedules.” on him and his family pay any income tax today [he Washinglonv irY Merry-Go-Round (Continued frum Page One! for mine safety “what is the him?" done most some Republicans, of going down the line for BRASS HATS' BELLBOY see games and root for Joe DiMag- gio and for the Dodgers. So accord- ing to how Poppa explained what you said, I think we are the in- terest of baseball and the future of baseball. So could you please send Senate members of the Armed ey ~——=———us a few facts that maybe would Services Committee were irked at for the U. S. Chamber of Com- tll Us why vou were right in sus- their Scuth Dakota colleague, Chan merce anc former tax lawyer for Pending Lec Durocher. Gurney-—sometimes known as the Andrew W. Mellon “Maybe you shouid have punisned Lrass nats’ bellboy—when he opened 4 Tewis Brown of the Johns- Dim only with a money fine. We up a closed session of his commit- tee to two brass hats. The Armed Services Committee was discussing the Army-Navy merger supposedly in a confidential session, when Senators ddenly lcoked up to find Maj. Lauris Nor- stad and Vice Admiral Forrest Sherman sitting in their midst. don’t know the facts unless you give ‘' us some.” i wall Street tax | i The Lyons hoys have not yet re- | ceived a reply from Happy Chand- ler. Manville Co. 5. Roswell Magilu lawyer. This is the litue group which de: scribed themselves as ‘“‘controllin: U. S. tax pelicy.” And while thej had iittle luck with Randolph Paul, MINE SAFETY LAGS John L. Lewis, who has tried to today they have finally come into Other Senators did not like to " a recer eer SWin, e ine & e their own. It has recently been dis- S%18 the miners Lo the Republicah yoye yhag the two officers be ex- covered that Republican Chairman PArty during every election since 1,404 put blunt-upoken Styles ' 1936, now faces an interesting sit- uation at the hands of his Republi- Knutson of the House Ways and Bridges of New Hompshire remark- i Means Committee has now actually : ed: | appointed three of the above— CAN friends. The question is: Will "l o006 you should call this) Cheever Cowdin, John Hanes and € Republicans give him the mine- " hon cloced meeting.” safety bill he has been demanding? (COPYRIGHT, o For a good many years, Lewis _ o has been trying to pass an adequate mine-safety bill—without success. Roswell Magill-—as a tax committee ivise Congress on how to wr the tax law. 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC) to & . . TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1947 . o . JUNE 17 . ‘e Mrs Carl J. Johnson . le Edna Tagart . i e George Francis Shaw, Jr. o ° Henry Hansen o ° Elizabeth Tozier . o R. F. Swallow .| ° Mrs. T. M. Reynoldson . © Bertha Leland . . . e o o © o o o o o e — | 600D NEIGHBOR HERE TOMORROW The second arnual Quality of Alaska conducted by Pan-Pacific | is Lloyd C. Olsen, formerly of An- age and Palmer. n-Pacific’s tour of Alaska, the one of its kind, really covers with visits to Anchor- Seward, Fairbanks, Palmer age, | daughter Dora, I No dal to San ancism TOUR PARTY DUE | ver perene | walter. Where are the water glasses placed on the dinner table, and how much water should be poured into them? A. They should be placed at the tip of the knives, Mr. te was set for the wedding. { Something and and different in Juneau was to be staged the coming night, when Pearson and Olson were to give an accordion dance at the | Moose Hall. JUNE 17, 1927 The J. B. Burford Company had taken over the agency for the Burroughs Adding Machine Company and expected to have a complete stock of their machines in shortly. and Mrs. Alfred Lundstrom annonced the engagement of their to Edward C. Sweeney, son of Mrs. Margaret Sweeney. Mrs. Isadore Goldstein and her mother, Mrs. P. Kahn, who had been visiting here, left on the steamer Princess Charlotte for Seattle, enroute Mrs. Goldstein planned to spend the summer months | | Walter P. Scott, Mill Superintendent-of the Alaska Juneau, and sailed on the Princess Charlotte for Vancouver, B. C., and | | were to go from there to St. Joseph, Missouri, joining Mrs. Scott there tour Frem Missouri, the family were to.motor to Idaho to visit her family. Jr., 20 YEARS AGO ¥%s maeine | — Goed Neighbor Teurs of Seattle is Weather: Highest, 60; lowest, 51; cloudy. cheduled to arrive here tOMOITOW | reowoeee. ——— e rrvreror e l'afterncon by PAA. Four day will be i !spert in Juneau. oo SR o o e | | Dally lessons in Enghsh W 1. GorDON William H. Krouse of Philadelphia, urer; WO AR m““f lpeht 4““?‘ té Yol to K bTR Elay AT st he GRATIEYING to you.” | ‘("‘“‘C"lf)"’!"““(‘I‘“‘““w';"’ D ates | OPTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Environment. Pronounce en-vi-run- the contiig vhar ment. I as in VICE, accent second syllable. Other L“'l,_\(_v are: Miss Olivia OFTEN MISSPELLED: Main (chief). Mane (hair). Young, Okiahoma Ctiy, Okla.; Mrs. | SYNONYMS: Licentious, lascivious, lewd, dissolute, profligate. Franklin W. Bush, Jr., San Fra WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| cisco: Mr. Henderson B. Gregory, increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:E Washingten, D. C.; Mrs. Barbara CHAOTIC; completly confused; disordered. (Pronounce ka-o-ik, A as| Huntress, El Paso, Te Mrs. Hel- in CAKE, O as in NOT, accent second syllable. “He brought the country. en C. Blenderman, Brooklyn, N. ¥.'gue of its chaotic condition.” d Mrs. Louise W. Huss, Cincin- % SRy 3 T . Ohio Tour conductor again this year MONERN ETIQUETTE Hoperra rre Q. Nome and Kodiak as well as stops three-fourths full of water. at Mt. McKinley Park, at Chu- Q. What is the correct way in which to say “Pardon me"? and should be | VETERANE OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome. H. 8. GRUENING. Com- mander: F. H. FORBES, Adjutant. FUR STORAGE Cleaning—Glazing—Repairing Martin Vicfor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations ! l.l_ax;es C. Cooper, CPA { 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 and Meat Market I 473 — PHONES — 371 High Qualtty Foods at Moderate Prices | Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Streer Near Third ;1 {Alaska Music Supply| l Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP | | 31 | i 1‘ Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| gach Lodge on the Kenai Peninsula A. Tt-is considered a vulgarism to say, “Pardon ME,” with the and at Circle Hot Springs, plus @ emphasis cn the ME. The accident should be on PARDON, and not on | Bischaics Mo flight from Anchorage to see the Mg GENERAL REPAIR WORK Midnight Sun, a flight from Nome Q. Should black-bordered stationery be used by a person in mourn- i over the Arctic Circle and a trip — to Dawson and Whitehorse in Yu- kon Territor; visits to cther cities and points of interest. Return to Smmv is by private yacht irom MOTOR REBUI[D AND MARINE SERVICE HAS MANY JOBS UNDERWAY Local rmhu\a boats have been under repair and remodeling for the past two months getting ready _ for the salmon run. The New Annie bas had changed her complete the past two weeks, rigging old ones installed, The work was done by the Motor Rebuild and Marine Service. Reed Logging Company is having a new engine installed in their river beoat. It is a straight Chrysler engine with 85 horsepow- er. A little remodeling was done on the boat also by the Motor Re- build and Marine Service. The Civil Aeronautics Adminis- tration's landing barge, the Sivair 10, is having a complete remodeling job done on her by the Motor Re- The build and Marine Service. She is to have completely new rigging, equipment and work will also be done cn the hull. - -, ‘When you pay Zor QUALITY why not get the FINEST—Buy FLOR- SHEIM SHOES at Graves . Capital of New Jersey In other w Mr. About once a year public indigna- multimillionsire and My tion gzets aroused over a horrible “onother multimil r mine tragedy, after which public with Mr. M for apathy sets in and no mine-safety several millionaires, nc given bill is passed Lk B {0 Short-nupped the official right fo help fix the Real fact is that most of the mine Taesiosatile] e dent naticn’s taxes operators don't want Federal in- nstellation Adversary spection of their mines, or a really ONEBATrY CRANGILER airtight mine-safety bill. 0 At this Congressional session, - Have the Baschall commissioner Happy hewever, definite action was hoped' 18, Hapben®" Chandler, once a versatile Senate for. | 8 debater, has been on a lot of hot! Three mine-safety bills have been | Lights out spots in his day. But it took the intrcduced: two by Republican Con- RE¥iat anaany 9-year-old-scn of Broadway col- gressman Gerald Landis of Indiana, gany o | umnist )mev:u(i Lyons to put him g fo Bddliminer: ‘one.by Detso- Awag: seorch, - Booy of weler Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle ) on another. cratic ator Harley gore of 34 Long-legked Units of work i on’s tWo sons were up in arms over miners' best friend in Congress. As a " Tancient lite - S entionany malland trim 6. Fémale sand- } the suspension of Brooklyn Dodg- reward for his friendship, however, [V oal s n»"v“)(;r i crs’ manager Leo Durocher, Happy Kilgore was vigorously opposed by EER 7 | J‘i':“k‘h‘ \ sent the two boys a note which Lewis at the last election ! . Support 1 read When the two Landis bills came Peisa ‘Tt grieves me to know that you before Republican Congressman e ot do not approve of my action in Max Schwage of Missouri, chairman ses(i:hy suspending Leo Durocher. But I of a labor subcommittee, however, - Ontheocean | am swre that if you were familiar he decided to consult Speaker Joe | | Tropical fruit Knowing . Strong winds | Meeting | Vegetable with all the facts, you would agree Martin and GOP leader Charley that my action was in the interest Halleck of Indiana. They hesitated. of baseball. I have no other in- The coal operators' lobby is strong, | terest except to preserve the in- and one of their arguments, inci- ' tegrity of our national pastime.” dentally, is that used by the Demo- To which George Lyons wrote crats—interference in states rights. back : So despite the public out }lnr- “Poppa was right in tellinz you ing the Centralia tragedy, it doesn't . Gained the H victory | that we don't think you aid right t look likely that a mine-safety bill in suspending Leo Durocher. Poppa 5 will be passed by the Senate. . Put into force Cravat Cherish explained to us the part of your letter where you said ‘I am sure In the Senate, there is a better chance. Senators Dworshak of Periwinkle Again: prefix Exist that if you were familiar with all Idaho and Cordon of Oregon, Re- the facts that you would agree publicans, both indicate support for that my action was in the inerest oi Kilgore'’s mine-safety bill . Sound of the mule . Extended | journey ended baseball.” However, one interesting political “I am 9! yearc old. My brother question mark has arisen. “If John Warren is 7. We play baseball and L. Lewis fought the re-election of | follow all the scores. We sometimes Senator mese colng 56. Southern cone Kilgore, the man who has tellation ing? A. This is a custom which has become almost obsolete. ferred now to use plain white stationery. It is pre- LOOK and I.FARN A . GORDON e ) 1. How long did it take for the actual cijging and eonstructicn of the Panama Canal? by 2. Hew many muscles does one use when speaking? 3. What is the standard rule of accuracy for railroad watches? 4. Whorwas our wealthiest President? 5. In which Shakespearean play is Portia a character? ANSWERS: 1. 10 years, and 3 months. Approximately 44 muscles. » 3. They must not vary more than 30 seconds a week from perfect gurdies were taken out and new tifne. t H 4. George Washington, who left an estate valued at $5,300,000. 5. “The Merchant of Venice.” Wartield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM ' Phoue 204 i | | _ (Mflnichings Economy I Market IChoice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 ' |The Charles W. 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