The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 11, 1947, Page 4

PA(.L FOUR | | | costs index, which showed only a negligible decline | Dmly Alabh(l E"]I)lre | in mid-April from the March peak. Moreover, it is | highly probable that after June 30 many ienants | [ e Suntey Sy e , will have to pay substantially increased rentals. But | EMPIRE PRI G COMPANY Secont and Ml Streets, Junead, Alnska | retail prices are for obvious reasons tardy reflectors MELEN TROY MONSEN - - - of price trends. The business analyst looks rather | WM R CARTER to wholesale price indices for a guide to price move- | [ER A. FRIEND , and he is especially interested in the day-to- BFRED EENGER price changes of specific commodities that, be- {cause of past experience, are regarded as sensitive mennwh s of more general price changes to come. | Wholesale prices have already receded substantially from the peak levels reached last March in case of |farm products and foods, the BLS weekly index for May 31, showing a drop in excess of 3 and 5 per cent, respectively. Much more significant evidence of the e | current down trend is afforded, however, by the sharp | a OCIATED PRESS * ldrop in fhe BLS daily index of spot market prices. e ely entitled to the use for po o ™ An /5 3 S \x e e b e e e mot siher. | Between March 31 and June 5, the foodstuffs index o this paper and also the local news published | dropped about 12 per cent while the index for nearly 8 per cent lower. dustrial raw materials was Turning from general aver to specific in- ___ | stances of pricesdeclines that point to a res of “the upward movement is the weakness in scrap | markets long regarded as a particularly sitive barometer of changes to The demand for scrap metals falls off when supplies of primary metals in- crease, and prices decline in turn Prices of steel serap have already dropped from the tov levels of the early spring. Prices of scrap cobper have also de-{ o o [clined, as have prices of secondary aluminum. n [y BEED short, the evidence indicates that the supply of metals | o !is becoming more adequate in relation to demands, t6 which means that the pressure on prices is relaxin Thus there ample evidence, general and speci- to support the view that prices not only can be l)x ought down but are actually coming down. Of course | there are numerous exceptions to the trend while day-to-day fluctuations in prices tend to obscure the picture. There is also an ever-present possibility | that unforeseen political or economic developments entailing unexpectedly heavy drains on our resources, financial and material, might lead to another ux)v\.\l(l purt of prices and living costs. But barring suc adverse happenings, there is good reason to hope that | the peak of postwar inflation is behind us and the { period of ad)uxtmcm has begun - Published every ev = President Vice-President , “Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager | ° . . . . |o Second Class Matter wr.er in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; sis months, $8.00: one year, $15.00 | postage paid. at the following rates six months, in advance, $7.50; Ostivercd by By nat, One vear. it one mont’ Subcrit a favor if they will promptly notity \ne By, hess Stfice of any failure or irresularity in the delivery of their r-ars Telephiones Mol Business Office, 374. News Office, 602 M . vepublication of tse credited in aerein in- ESENTATIVES — Alacka Newspapers, 1411 s NATIONAL REF tle, Wash Pourth Avenue Bldg come authori post-gradu Calif Chairmg porters th would be date was The bil 500,000 fo: tract on Navy ope ing post-gradt date bLetw oificers fic, THE Ih!\ll\l‘ BILL The so-called Lemke Biil, H. R. 868, which would | provide for the homesteading in Alaska of vet- erans, has been given the approval of the House sub- committee on Public Lands The bill, if ed, would economy of the Territory,”cut the into thousands of little tracts the possibility of using the huge forests of Southeast Alaska for pulp and paper development on a planned | scale, The Juneau Chamber of Commerce this week sent out a number of letters protesting to the measure, and are sure that there is little likelihood of the bill passing at this session. However, such a measure is difficult to oppose since it pretends to do something for the veterans. should be world freedom of the press and disag Opposition to the measure is universal throughout | compltely as to the meaning of that term, their dis- Alaska. Governor Gruening believes the bill is danger- | €ussion makes absolutely no sense 2 ) s ! Murray: “There can be no freedom of the press r ous and so testified during the recent hearings on 0! 2 o here the basic right of the peovle to be freely and Pmnk T statehood in Washington. The Department of Agrl- ryny jnformed is restricted either by government or culture is also against it by the operation of monopoli ownership of the ey But the most formidable opposition which could | mediums of information.” He adds that every country | ‘He and be brought to bear against the legislation would be | should allow freedom of movement for journalists in dents we protests from Alaskan war veterans through their wmder that people may be informed of events. last mont organizations. We are sure that no Alaskan, war| Yudin: “The main problems of press freedom are 3000 feet veteran or otherwise, once he realizes just what the | ROt questions of technique, such as {reedom of move- imit, by ti bill would do to the economy of the Territory, would wncnt ek andv freedom from Le}lls.()Z'ShlI) .Al! these 5 2 pee L technical questions will be easily solved when there gsecond pr be for the measure lare no longer present among jcurnalists political Daub of I | warmfongers, slanderers and liars l’rlces Turn l)nvul\\drd It took one of the French delegates to the con- 3% ference of the International Organization of Journal- *W-\\hmzmn Post) ists to point out what the two debaters were driving Public agitation over high prices is growing ina ‘Fascist and totalitarian regimes never contested intensity in faco of evidence that prices are beginning |the people's right to approve, but only democracies to drop. To be sure, the great mass of consumers have | have never contested the right to oppose.” not experienced any relief as yet from the pressure| “The right to oppose!” of rising living costs, judging from the BLS living ) freedom in that phrase. The Washington Mmy-Go-Round (Comtinued flum Page Onel war be disastrous to the National Forests up eliminate Essence of Freedom completely (Cincinnati Enquirer) Perhaps it is asking too much of contestants in !a debate to define their terms before they begin .\.l‘l | it is an old custom and represents the cnly legitimat point of departure. But when Milton Mul , Px'('\:- dent of the American Newspaper Guild, and Pavel Yudin, chief editor of the Soviet trade-union organ Trud, during a debate in Prague agree that ther AT we (P—Gordo: attempt veterans with the {and Mills chute Inf: tried to sell rifles to the Dominican to disturb GOP Republic and Greece); that the|House, who had titm occupied three buildings in into an obscure Foreign S ‘Washington the avoided z;uu-.;]-‘mbm!mmurr*. \}h?’c ", l')em»umu:x their addresses) ; that. it employed a jgathering dust Finally, President fop staff of 117, mostly experts (two|Truman sent Goldwaithe Door, stenographers were the only staff{Statc Department aide, up to the and Sitk in evidence); and that this was an|Capitol to plead for passage. |San Fra He made little progress, District g old establshed firm founded 2! how- |ever, and it was Javits and Vorys! years ago (the certifieate of incor-| : ) e vealed the amazing menner in! POration shows it was founded May \_\’ ao, really; silitedsny '1‘(-|| ethargic for velgle big shots into his drawing; Monrce named as presiGent of Bh 0L Ratshoe {ERAest oh room, even including Secretary of |the firm, Col. Harry Cpoper, ll»l‘lj'n- Iviofure they finished, they had |stead of the Navy Knox, thereby unprc*ung‘” provost-marshal ulfl the lndlfiqhmpcd br?:\k the Lunl(neck‘ for Iu.- are armol war contractors with the wires ,m‘Burmu theatre uncer General Stil-!ture foreign-policy legislation. .Fnr:Hmbma could pull in Washington. well. The certificate of incorpora-|the Fnrflgn‘ Affairs Committee attle, & S tion, however, shows that three|was reorganized from six bumbling| Following _ this _revelation, M| gieoq gre authorized to manage subcommittees into 13 smaller,| Monroe sued this column for $1,090,- treamlined units, largely on g i of the the bill Affairs leaders shunt W Naval work lobbying almost the same old stand Three years ago this column re- at the c bill {the traini MRS. o ( !the company: John Monros, Melvin 000, lost his suit after the jury'm " gona”or Brooklyn, N. Y. and|count of Javits' persistent clamor- was out only twenty minutes, and s fward T. Buxton of Washington. B b dates was ORuIE When a subsequent interview was{. Note—The Senate's black marketeering. He was sei-l,...;009 with Meyer T. Sawyer|Lipartisan foreign Senftar tenced to two years in jail. HowW-'yp Tiioer who signed the incor- Vandenberg, had greased the IRO ever, he is still out on appeal, and .00 certificate, Harry Cooper, (bill through the Senate in record while justice grinds slowly, Monroe [0 o e Sanaie | 4 12 been tipped off by I§ kg que. moel ofsthe delly H]v(COP\'RXbHT 1947, BELL 5 YNDICATE. INC) : } Wasl A 1 advance, was eagerly sitting by opening another Washington of-|gqyyers office awaiting the inves- - fice under the imposing name, “Ad- Mrs. | Princess mpion, of she will Kihlman with Mrs. Empire Mrs William Fromholz ACTION ON POST GRAD SCHOOL IN CALIF. WITHHELD withheld rated school THREE VETERANS WANT SECOND TRY FAIRBANKS, Alaska Calif. at scaling Listed as Cincinnati. SEATTLE a'take them to Prince Ruy The report also said applications| Bellingham, Spokane Minard Mill son-in-law, Mr. [HE DAIL Y ALAbKA EMFRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA - FISEBERESEA from 20 YEARS AGO Tif: emrpire DU RIS S S S S L - L © S ) JULY 11, 1927 { In an interview given to the Alaska Weekly in Seattle, the Rev.| O. A. Stillman, pastor of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, said | ® | that Juneau was enjoying a very substantial growth. A large cold storage pl‘.\l is under construction, the Juneau High School building will soon | o |be under way, and the Masonic Lodge plans a $50,000 structure. He e also said: “It is the belief in Juneau that the publishers’ paper and o | puip mill plant will be established cither at Thane or Douglas. . o Doc” Hollmann, John Fremming ® Light on a small gasboat for a 10-day fishing trip. ®|down Chatham Strait to Washington Bay where they were to fish in! ! the JULY 11 . Swanson A. Lingo Satre Olaf Geo! Robert N (e} Joe Johnson MacSpadden Lois Sturrock llie Marie Brown Jack Gray « o e D w lic and Jack Kay left the previous, They planned to go vicinity M Ketchikan arrived aboard the Dorothy Alex- Carlson of ks Hall the Dorothy Music was to be Alex to be held this night in the Jazz” Christy his orchestra of A dance | furnished by and ander. | M—The temporar- on a bill 4 Monterey, | It and was “A touching | Rudolph Valentino in “Cobra” at the Coliseum trictly modern story of temvestuous love, stirring drama, Nital Naldi was the cobra woman—lady of love NGTON, July was Committee action today ze constructior nate schoool at 11 ies acrifice.” to take on the Park Moose baseball team was Dorothy Alexander’s w"sm:r rs this night in the City League but! No Weather 1 e Daily Lessons in English % ;. corpox ) The (R-TID told jected again Allen bill was T considered however 1 would appropriate r purchase of a 600-acre Monterey Bay, where the a pre rmu.z train- the war. The m]l uunmw 600 iy An e 54; cloudy e e e Pt B P P High, 68; low, WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. “It looks as though it would | rain today.” Say, “It looks as IF it would rain today.” | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Audition. Pronounce (as in HAUL, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Condescend; chserve the SC SYNONYMS: Earthenware, stoneware, pottery, crockery WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: JUVENILITY:; youthfulness. “After reading the letter, there was no doubt of the Ju\‘vmhr\' of the writer.” MODERN ETIOUETT Q {moet Mr A is much better to say the iate veen nd au-dish-un, AU >e MI. MCKINLEY — July 11 University from Santa! sought permis icn: m Park Superintendent ! Been to make a second Mount McK Alaska, 29 I’OBERTA LEE 1 Herreid, A S nt Wat 1 with these two introductions: Mr. Lee, Miss Jones™? this instance, the word “meet” Miss Jones, m; is wrong “Miss Jones, and (b) (a) is the jaring note. ll‘ T present Mr. Lee?” (b) A]v\ah\ 0 as to present the man to thc‘ woman i | two other university stu- re forced to turn back h, when they were only below the 20,270-foot sum- e illness of one climber. s his companions on the oposed ascent w Henry Boston and Frank Mills,} mention name of n first Q. If the buffet supver table with other whe: should the beverages be placed? A. To allow mere room for the cther placed on side tables, or on the sideboard Q. In what sequence should iie be used when writing a Herreid and Daub are'gocial Jetter? X i {,” Italian campaigning A. First, second, third, and fourth, unless a very short r when Tenth Mountain DIVISION fg, gyt and third pages may be used. \ | was with the d Para- ] { | PSSR AN SRR e Tl L ar in the Philippines ’LOOK and LEARN % ¢ corpox | is crowded food, food, the beverages may be pages 1. How much air man hold in his lungs in (I(‘cp: Lhmg,? How many years are usually considered to be a generation? Of what country is Teldonia the poetical name? What is the most popular kind of soup in the U. S.? Over how much area do the roots of a large matured sequoia tree can the average L VISIT SITKA = 3, 4. 5. spread? ANSWERS: | . About ten pints. Thirty-three years. Scotland. Vegetable soup. Often betwzen two and three acres. -Cruises | ear will| A By Victoria and 13th Naval .llll\ 11.—P- reservists this a, Alaska; ncisco, the innounces. ruises should be made to ng ging divisior a reserve armol to headquarter: ries at Portland, Everett, Tacoma souTH There Se- and > MILL G( left on the for Seattle where her daughter and and Mrs. Kenneth | Mrs. Mill will also visit ‘W H. Biggs. e, — Louise vicit | | | for results! | . tizator. Obviou the members of vice, Inc !Advice, Inc, were getting worried! Advice, Inc., a.ed in one 06 gt the possibility of public nj the Capital’s C(! »nel Cooper was fuminz. what is behind this investiza- | now madv less - fact z ACROSS Cut down . Scuttle . Goddess of healing’ ). Father . Printed fabrio tashionable by the cit the o e stormed. “If you're not| westward sweep of . Preceding . Gypsy book This' cayeful I'll turn you over to the time Monice has couple of letfers in no law against asking| from R to N Street replied the investigat verted his rented se into who once worked for| nified, somewhat uffy olfice moved the and . Drift e Yawn Down: prefix . Shell that failed to night . Ancient noman official . Title of % Mohammed Scarlet a “There's questions, Mr. Cooper, has con- Fous cig- explode . Positive pols constant "STILL-AIR” freezing mo/ofl+/o[o[Z]w) | Rail birds ecret Serviee, | Commull\!cluon . Mountain Baccalaureate protects your food freshness! 2 and knew betrer furniched with well-worn antiques to attempt intimidation, | o aree Monro: has also taken out a Cer- | oieed that tha crest. . Open vessel 9. Law . Article 5. Pleces of »mju) was right He tificate of . ince: ation which'¢pen calmed down, : tut remained | baked clay gives his firm these high-sounding pjghly unccmmunicative Process of wearing Ancient Chinese 24. Bitter vetch Type measure Support 9. Rockfishes 2. Negative 3 Car!v mrou:h 86. Mann Asked functions: “To act as consultants ypat job the famous John Monroe on all business matters; to act as gccupied with the firm, Cooper re-| consultants on legal matters: 10 pieq engage in research and develop- *He'’s only a salesman. ment; to engage as consultant 10 jng with the company townships, cities, municipalities and sigr nt." states; to act as manufacturers’ Apiarently Colonel Cooper representatives; to represant o+ that Monvoe, one of ‘! chambers of commerce and any lobbying lakes In Wa and all other business organiza-!pistory. and now facing a jail to banks and in-'gentence, is listed as one of the| represent surance companie: three “trustees” authorized to man-| aze Adv Inc. away 61. Public store= house 62. Novel . Light . Born ft 64. Memoranda His “Craf is and- ry n- for-! fore- hington | tions; In fact ere i nost nobody that Monroe and his associates not represent themselves as ar represent. Nowhere in the certifi- cate, naturally there any hint that Mr. Mon may be to continue to give long—due to sentence STREAMLINING FOREIGN LEGISLATION | The United States might have, been left out of fhe International) Refugee Organization by default| cept for the drive of two dozged coneressmen—Jack Javits of New| Ycrk and John Vorys of Okio, both ! Republicans ! heir constant prodding the 5 squeezed out legisl: © ticn authorizing the United States 5 to join IRO just three days before {0 UNRRA passed out of existence, which would have left the whole| protiem of displaced persons in the hands of the occupying armies. | Their pitiful plight did not seem | | ab! a very impencing / /%Hlfill /l% ll% £ Y hi his <7 EXPANSIVE MR. When an inves column called at the vice, Inc.. he was met man who explained “my r not matter,” but who turned be Mr. Monroe himself Mr. Monroe then explained (hoi his firm conducted business mostl with foreign governments (he o MONROE ol ///// ou Soiution of Yesterday’'s Puzzle ty . Woody plnnu i///// A gi/ E.H/ /fll.flfl [olm(w> [w <33 DEHYDRATION (drying out) is the greatest enemy of frozen foods. This is completely stopped by the Chapman “built-in" still-air feature. Write for our descriptive folder. . Come in and See the Chapmans now on Display in our Showrooms. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Cheerful Dispensers of Depend- able 24-hour Electric Service DOWN . Tableland brown . Scent . Metal threads Puffs up Sandy waste Kind of meat . Genus of the olive tree Make out . Age . Brilllant blue star . Paradise . Emphasis . Devoured . Mock orange . Mollusk . Legislate . Watered marker . Inclination . Pertaining to Mars . Drinking - vessels T bk B . Powerfu ONEER FREEZER P HO ME RO OB 0 e JUKEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING—HEATING—OIL BURNERS—SHEET METAL PHONE 787 Third and Franklin success . Crooked . Regico . Christmas knock-down | soap frame 9. Possess §0; Erench marshal ‘ ' VETERANS OF FOREIGN Taku Post first ridays. Post St. Visit Welcom WARS No. 5559 and third Hall, Sew- ing Com- ‘. GRUENING. Com- mander: F. H Adjutant. FU Cleaning— Marfin Swedish Thr FORBES, R STORAGE -Glazing —Repairing Vicior Furs, Inc. Fur Craftsmen for ee Generations lJames C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specizlizing in Corporat ion—Municinal and Trust Accounts The Erwin Feed Ce. Office in Ca PHONE HAY, se Lot Grocery 704 GRAIN. COAL and STORAGE |CcAL Grocery 473 — High IFORNIA and Meat Market PHONES - 371 Quality Foods at Moderate Prices Jones-Stevens Shop LADIES'—MISSES” READY-TO-WEAR Seward Sf Alaska treet Near Third Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos— Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 HEIN RE Second and Seward KE GENERAL PAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burne: Bla cksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phaone 204 929 W. 12th St. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly NYAL Guy L. Smith Drugs) Famfly Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Hutchings Economy PHON Market Choice Meats At All Times ES 5539295 IThe Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale PHONE 2 805 10th St. 16—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 121 MAIN STREET DON AB; EL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST EA BUB HOTEL T IN THE BLE ROOM Special Dinner 5to8P. M. $2.00 SEATTLE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING Al $2 Outside Rooms .00 AND UP TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R W. COWLING COMPANY DODGE Lucille and PLYMOUTH DEALERS 's Beauty Salon Specializing in all kinds of Permanent Waves for all Textures of Hair HAIRCUTTING Phone 492 2nd and Franklin | FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1947 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple a, beginning at 7:30 o. m. \CHAS. B. HOLLAND, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. ———— 147 Silver Bow Lodgt 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 €) B.P.0.ELKS Meets 2nd and 4ti Wednesdays at 8 pra. Visiting brothers wel- come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- Pr————— “SMILING SERVICE” Bert’s Cash Grocery PHONE 103 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 ; BOATS BUILT and REPAIRED Channel Boat Works P. O. 2133 West Juneau Across from Boat Harbor Phone RED 110, after 6 P, M. FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware (o. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Sheif HARDWARE Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM ® d_a_ily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy CITY DRY CLEANERS PHONE 877 ' “Quality Dry Cleaning” ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave.