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PR u “being under suspicion of disloyalty. PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire except S EMPIRE PRINTING COMPA’ President e-President SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; <ix months, SK.00; one vear, S15.00 1 postage paid. at the fol six mi £15.00 £1.50 K { thev will promptly nolify egularity in the delivery failure or 602 Business Office, 374 office MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P use for or not other- 1 news published 1411 Alaska Newspapers, ANOTHER CRACKPOT A New York st who spent a Matanuska and Anchora returned to the the other day to give a general report attacking all of Alaska for juvenile delinquency. This is another which a person can spend a in one and become an authority on all case in year Alaskan community of Alaska While the Anchorage situation is probably bad, Alaska's critic probably picked the worst example in | the Territory Juneau’s young people are great problem to this community, and the same goes for many other Alaskan towns, where juvenile delinquency is far below the average in the State certainly no WEEDING THEM OUT According to a report issued by the House Civil Service Committee, at least 223 Federal workers have been fired, and possibly more than 1,000 more forced out or fired on disloyalty charges. | Some additional were forced to resign, and a good turned down as | i many more applicants for jobs w The firings took place in six departments: War, Navy, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor and Veterans' Administration. Thirty-eight agencies reported no dis- loyalty, but 13 other departments failed to meet the | deadline for reporting. \ The survey is seen as an answer to critics who have charged that the Administration has fired only a very few employees on subversive charges since the President issued his Federal worker loyalty plan, and (New York Times) | Governors of American States have much in common the technique of though naturally a publican about that. legislatures. All of reputation for economy, at getting elected to are necessary things done. are interested in tax ject the thirty-ninth Governors are stronger than others to tax. They would like to have the visible and less painful. It is good to see the Governors was acclaim and Subsequent less well attended. This year, parently on the upgrade again. become President. Some may trouble enough already didate would step on it and quite legitimately. (Cincinnati Enquirer) Tardily, President Truman the mine wage settlement is a inflationary factor. It is not only similar inflationary influence on steel mately, it will leave its mark on the pri other commodities, including electric power rates and top of miners’ wage settlement is disturbing the previously established pattern of wage increages for industry in transportation costs. And, gn general Unable to act effectively to prevent the miners’ wage boost, the President and Congressional leaders have seen the futility of the new Taft-Hartley Act in And they also have seen the fear of recession give place to new dangers of runaway infla- to these dangers is to plead with coal and steel producers to 3 possible, and “give such situations. tion. The President’s only response postpone price increases as long & Some of the States rights, but practically all of them would like to have the Federal Government leave the States a few things Federal Gov- ernment take the taxes that are most visible and hurt most and let the States play with some that are less about with Too Little and Too Late ! When Governors Get Together have had has discovered desperately resulting in very large boosts in coal prices, but is certain to have a Ulti- prices. all the new mine wage advances a fair test.” For Mr. Truman, that price advances is not good economics. today. with it. cost of mining coal. The plain fact is that witnout wartime emergency | powers the President is powerless to stay the normal Once a highly inflationary wage increase is given to 400,000 miners there is no way, of dictatorial power, to prevent the inflation Truman horse is stolen. forces of economics. short of prices from growing and spreading. is closing the barn door after the is good politics. consumer of coal or steel will welcome any delay in But for the coal and steel people, it They have a sellers’ market ' They can push up prices now and get away Delaying, they might find it somewhat harder | | to shove prices upward to cover the greatly increased Mr. a warning to subversive characters still on the payroll. ' And that gesture will not deceive anybody fhe W;shinglon Merry-Go-Round {those laden situation as an instrumentnessee. (Comtinued jrum Page Ovne! of diplomacy They point outjone of the most brilliant men in —_— -~ ———— that the Bank originally was set|Congress. Stewart is not have to wait until puilding costs up by the United Nations and ap- Senator Brewster, charged went down. aimost in the same proved by Congress as an instru- Howard Hughes with trying breath, however, county officials ment for reconstruction and re-| “blackmail” him into an amalga- announced to the assembled citi- habilitation, not as a medium for | mation between Pan American zenry that the road which pa backing any one side in a civil|Airways and Trans World Airlines, in front of the schooi would fin- war. In the past the Bank, made some significant remarks at ally be made over new. This Prompted by the State Depart-|a closed meeting of the Senate Iu-(;ugh: loud cheers from every- ment, has refused loans on politi- | Interstate ~Commerce Committee one. cal grounds to such countries as last January. It looked as if he However, the cost of the new Poland. | were gunning for TWA even then. road is going to be $130,000; and Unfortunately the Dutch loan|Brewster reported that TWA was for one-half that amount a new Wwill be interpreted throughout the in shaky financial status and hav- addition to the school house could ke built And although costs are high for building a school, they are equally high for laying a road. States ism—which, into Mo Now some readers of this col- ! 5 F umn in Seattle or Sa ) may termined drive to move the World 000,000 in TWA, thus offering tem- wonder why I am them Bank and the Stabilization Fund'porary financial relief, despite with a local problem in the dis- to Wall Street where it can be which TWA probably would still | tant state of Maryl How- nearer the big bankers {require another RFC loan of $50,- ever, the protlem isnt’ local. From — | 000,000. what 1 gather it exists ever CAUGHT WITH LOBBYISTS ;ICOVYRIGHT. 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC) SHEIM SHOES at Graves. where. Schools throughout the na- How cozy Senator Brewster of| QS S R TN SRS 7 R = tion are overcrowded, underman- Maine, Chairman of the Senate ned, the teachers underpaid. Thous- War Probe Committee, is with C d P l ands of communities are goinz to Pan American Airways, was illus-| TOSSWOor uzzie :);‘\E ,-:tidfif,mfm\““f;““:;!\“‘ build ‘lem Im some mtel'es(ingvback- ACRbss il ) ads sck s € byplay the other day. 1. Tooth decay And while roads a important. In a closed-door session of the 7. Upsets 43 what seems to me more important Commiitee, Senator Pepper, Florida . Frai it is the fact that childrn’s minds Democrat, demanded to know Social outcage 40 Any plant o cannot wait. Roads ean. You can where the news leaks were coming . Dostpones family buy new s or retread them. from out of the Committee. He v hoohbost But you can't retread children’s he was astonished that some minds. Their characters and men- papers carried full details about tality are moulded young. For Hiliywood girls and expense ac- distance them the clock can never be turn- counts even before Senators on! [Ea ed back. The mental cobwebs they the Committee knew about them. | etters gather from six to fourteen can So a special Committee session Orderly s never be brushed out was called at 3 p. m. to consider Oil: suilix Furthermore, this fall will see Pepper's protest. At that hour,! schools more crowded than ever. Pepper knocked on the door of DOWN nteen million war bables were Senator Brewster's private office L Syatr born from 1941 through 1946, an It was locked. Finally, howevér, increase in our birth rate of 50 he was admitted. Inside sat red- n percent, and the biggest crop of faced Senator Brewster, together ke e mante children this country has ever with Sam Pryor, vice president of . Chum seen. Tney will start flooding the Pan American Airways and its 3 "";j,_{f,’f ot schools this fall chief lobbyist in Washington, to- 10. Metric In the face of this, the commis- gether with Julius Klein, paid o el sioners of my county have cut the publicity agent of Pan American . Castoft proposed educational budget by Hastily, Brewster explained that - B $400,000, and plan building @ new the meeting to investigate news Relizious poem road instead of new schools leaks had been called off. From s RANEE A lot of my neightors are sore all appearances, it looked as if rment at me for frowning on the new Brewster were engaged in a pri- Wy road. But until the schools are vate prote of news leaks with [36 37 705 ] Clister of wool improved, I'm going to put in my the two Pan American lobbyists. | @ J Hur\:lev:uosllon two cents’ worth against it ol < {40 & 2 7443 atehful MERRY-GO-ROUND 7 ] St POLITICAL LOAN TO DUTCH Secretary of the Army Kenneth| [ s e _ Loss Despite revolutional fireworks in Royall is a bet to run for A the Dutch East Indies, World orth Carolina Location Bank president John J. McCloy Sl i Jaeger sull Se Brewst . “Abandon will soon announce a $200,000,000 thet ' ex-Cieneral Salt water loan to the embattled Dutch gov- “Benn former chief ?{;;,‘r?,,,, ernment. Air C ocureme pulled Stronghold B s noeniont . MaCiby sast i 4 el will state that the bank’s loan has mittee probe of ) pro \'u‘l'l;y‘v!hm. nothing to do with the fighting Myers ma $120000 on one stock t down in Indonesia. However, some of market deal during the war o ey phsipve who helped author the World | Prseidc Bank believe this will be the first|forthright young Congressman Es- Bank's open- |tes Kefauver will run for the Sen- ly injecting itself into a dynamite- ate against Tom Stewart of Ten- considered clear-cut case of the Pacific as evidence that the United |ing s willing to back imperial-|Insurance Company right | it had borrowed $40,000,000. Brew- Howard of course, ow's hands. Ketauver trouble with plays ister told Senators ent Truman is hoping that is how egardless of party All of them are familiar with public Democrat doesn’t talk to a All of them have to deal with | them just now want to make a the same time spending enough money to get what their constituencies think Consequently all of them and recently this was the sub- annual session of the Conference of Governors took up at Salt Lake City. office Re- working on public problems in comparatively brotherly harmony. of us can remember back to the first conference, which called by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1908 to discuss conservation, and was greeted with general conferences were less inspiring forty-four ate Executives in attendance, the institution is ap- Naturally some politics creep in, try as the Governors may to keep it out One does not suppose that all the Governors want to think they But if a banana peel were dropped on the conference room floor there is at least a gambling chance that some future Presidential can- | This fact adds interest, too: Some that serious es of many this, Equitable from which new Every Life NOTE—McCloy is making a de-| Hughes had invested another $10,- the . er ; distance and have a tent of their| Inot get the FINEST—Buy FLOR- —aav, i 2PPY BR AUGUST 9 . Clarence C. Walters . Donald Thomas Dull H. M. Porter, Jr. | George S. Baroumes . william Cashen o/ Dolores Madison o . AUGUST 10 . ° Lecretia Eldamar . . Michael Wade o . Mrs. Jack Vertress . . Leroy West . ° Herbert J. Gilligan . ° Alice Baker . . Herminia Taylor . . Gladys Campbell . eo e 000000 e n e HUNTING RESERVE FOR NATIVES 10 BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—(®—The Interior Department said today As- | sistant Secretary William E. Warren | will conduct public hearings in Al- aska this month to determine | whether 2,300 square miles of land | near Shungnak should be reserved as a native hunting ground. Harry M. Edelstein, Assistant So- citor of the department, will assist Warren. Edelstein said he will leave by plane tomorrow and will be join- | ed in Seattle by Warren and Joseph | T. Flakne, Chief of the department’s | Alaska branch. | The hearings will open at Nome Aug. 16 and at Shungnak Village Aug. 18. Natives have asked a strip of land northeast of Nome, along the Ko- | buk River which empties into XKotze- | bue Sound, be reserved to them for | hunting purposes. The area con- | sists of tundra and marsh. | R. H. Williams Are Hosts to Visitors | From Seattle Home Visitiry Dr. and Mrs. R H.; Williams are Mr. and Mrs. Howard B. Johzson of Seattle, and their| three sons, Howard, Jr, Thomas and Roger. Mr. Johnson is one of the own-| ers of the West Waterway Lum- ber Co. in Seattle, and Mrs. John-| | | son is Mrs. Williams' sister. The visitors and their hosts are| dividing their time Letween the Williams’ Baranof Hotel apar(mem! and their summer home on Van- derbilt Hill, though the country residence is the favorite of the| junior Johnsons, who have fish-| every stream within walking | own in which to camp. | { The Johnsons will be in Juneau | another week before returning to| Seattle. This weekend they will spend on a salmon fishing trip. ——eo—— INCORPORATIONS | The Suggit and Wieman De-l velopment Company of Anchorage has filed corporation papers with the’ Territorial Auditor’s office. The company, which is capitalized at land development and construction. Incorporators are Harry A. Suggitt, Lois D. Suggitt and Elton W. Wie- man. - - ‘When you pay 1ur @ wny . brought back with him fine-looking samples of the ore. o |work done was not sufficient to determine anything about the extent | ! MODERN ETIQU $100,000 will deal with generali: AUGUST 9, 1927 The discovery of a 5-and-a-half-foot vein of quartz carrying free ' | ¢old had been reported by Pete Hammer, wellknown local resident, who Ireturned from claims at Snettisham owned by himself and son. He He said the of the orebody. All members of the local lodge of Elks and their families were invited to attend the big doings in the Elks Hall when the cast of the recent “Johnny Get Your Gun” show were to be entertained. Jack Salem’s orchestra had been engaged to furnish the music and refreshments were to be served. Roy Rutherford, President of the Juneau Lumber Mills, said that Fairbanks was one of the most Territory. The biggest payroll at Fairbanks wes that of the Fairbanks Exploration Company, which was spending several million dollars in a program of development in low grade placer ground. Many buildings were being built at the university . Cap Lathrop was completing a new theatre and the Nordale Hotel was being rebuilt. The tourist trade in this area had taxed the hotel space to the utmost. Frank Pettygrove arrived in Douglas on the Queen from Craig, where he had spent the summer visiting with his mother, Mrs. Kirby. He was to make his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick King, while attendinge school. Weather report: High, 56; low, 54; cloudy. e e o+ F P Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corpon “The audiencz displayed a isplayed a COMMON con- WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not sa; mutual contempt for the speech.” Say, * tempt.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Candidate. Pronounce last syllable DATE. and not DIT, as is sometimes heard. ’ OFTEN MISSPELLED: Anonymous; observe the Y. SYNONYMS: Gaze, gape, glare, glower, stare. 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: LOGICA! consistent in point of reasoning. “That is the logical con- clusion.” “Consider the logicali result.” *“He is a logical thinker.” b ETTE RyOBERTA LEE B e Q. Is it necessary that both husband and wife write to a hostess thanking her for a weekend visit? A. No; when the wife writes she does so for herself and husband, and should include the host in her thanks. Q. Is there any difference between the pronunciation of “fiance” (masculine) and “fiancee” (feminine)? A. No. Both words are pronounced fe-ansa, E as in ME, firsu A as in ARM, final A as in SAY, accent last syllable. Q. Is it all right for a woman to cross the lobby of a2 hotel or a restaurant in order to speak to a man? A. No; ask the bell boy or the waiter to tell the man to come over | at his convenience. e ———) 1. In what State is 58 per cent of the United States’ cheese pro- duced? 2. Who was ruler during England’s “Golden Age”? 3. Who cleaned the Aegean stables? 4. What is the highest peak of the Alps? 5. What is the meaning of the Spanish term “El Dorado”? ANSWERS: 1. Wisconsin. 2. Queen Elizabeth. 3. Hercules. 4. Mont'Blanc. 5. An imaginary place abounding in gold. MEETS JEWISH TOTS _ pr. Enrique Fabregat of Uruguay makes friends with Jewish children at a set{lement near the River Jordan in Holy Land while on tour with other members. - of United Nations Special Commission on Palestine. , as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see "WITHOUT RESERVATIONS" Federal Tax—12c per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! active and prosperous communities in the | SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1947 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. Youll Get a Better Deal in Victor's August Fur Sale Martin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations ‘ | ‘James C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializ\ng in Corporation—Municival and Trust Accounts The Erwin Feed Ce. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 | |1 HAY, GRAIN, COAL R and STORAGE [CALIFORNIA Grozery and Meat .Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third i | | 1 Alaska Music Supply | Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward BEINKE GENERAL i REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner | Blacksmith Work : | GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St : ' |Wartield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH | ICE CREAM -Hnlchings Economy 3 Market | Choice Meats At All Times || PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter ’ Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 i1 Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROOM Special Dinner 5to 8 P. M. $2.00 Furs!? Complete Fur Service at a Very Reasonable Price CAPITOL FUR SHOP at 113 Third Street TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY ‘Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks Lucille’s Beauty Salon Specializing in all kinds of MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 b. m. \CHAS. B. HOLLAND, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. € B.P.0.ELKS Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8 pm. Visiting brothers wel- come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- retary. fli/'qu;; Your Office CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co{ 1005 SECOND AVE + SEATILE 4 - ElLiot 5323 {mlhm[mu:/; < — “SMILING SERVICE” i| Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 FREE DELIVERY Juneau l "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmagists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is & Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counselor Simpson Bidg. Phone 757 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 Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Sheif HARDWARE Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Qur 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 a daily 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 Permanent Waves for all HARQUTTING FURNITURE Phone 492 2nd and Franklin Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave. i