The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FOUR l) l 41 k E accomplished. His superior's answer was short but| al aska mptre definite: “Do it.” f e Ry Sy B In the past we have criticized Don Foster on| = ished every even! EMPIRE PRINTING COMPAN n d Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska Pub | several occasions. But this is one instance where we | want to give him credit for having a much better | Presfdent | HELEN TRC B Ole Westby Eunice Anderson the Territory should take over the burden of educating the Native. Just what his motive has been is difficult to understand, but many timesyit is connected with the Governor's theory that Alaskans just aren’t pay- | ing encugh taxes. And this would be one way of — forcing eventually the biggest tax burden any people TEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Pr vy entitled to the use for atches credited to It or not other- nd also the local news published » ’.‘m(m in thi DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President | grasp of the education problem in Alaska than our WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - Editor and Manager ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managine Editor own Territorial officials, even though Foster has been ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manscer | pere for only a short time. He was able to realize | At z Post Office in Junenu as Second Class Matter. what the consequences of such a step would be and dpabg <l o SUBSCRIPTION RATES q ¥ be . Mrs. E. F. Rodenburg o er in Juneau and Douglas for S1.50 per month; tried to prevent it. This was an example of how ! g Heather Hollmann .; Ml Dostats pald, at the fellowins rates former Development Board manager Sundborg cost the | o Mrs. J. A. Sofoulis . e v'. 00; six months, in advance, $7.50; Territory more than his $12,000 yearly salary. ° Mrs. Henry A, Benson L : e vhe if theP Wil SeALIBNY ottty However, this wasn't the beginning. Certain /e Zalmain Gross . n:xs Office of any failure of irregularity in the dellvery other Territorial officials, notably Governor Ernest, ® Mis. Cliff Berg . papers. g 3lor ¢ News Office, 602; Business Office, 3T4. Gruening, had been preaching for some time that'® Gloria White A | . ° ° . e e e 00 0 000 0 - o LUCKENBACH LINE NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Blds.. Bra wash ever carried, for this theory of abandonment of the Native problem dcesn't end with education. If E MI Al |s S'"ll first step is logical, it would follow that the stagger- ll R N ing health burden and other arms of the Alaska PICKETED AT §. F- (- Native Service program could be dumped on the Terri- tory, which at present cannot support adequately ihe functions it now must perform. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27T Lest the Governor and others accuse us of SUP- walking bosses, who direct longshore | position, we submit the following quotations from a |gperations, remained on the picket recent letter from Willard W. Beatty, Director of 'line at Luckenbach Terminals today off the | and longshoremen stayed education for the Office of Indian Affairs, who states: “I find it difficult to reconcile the statement |Piers. ; AE 2 that closing wie Juneau Federal school because of | The ““"kml l"‘t ""‘-l“’t“:‘l“': fi“! Jack of funds was a developing policy of the Indian | had announced IEDETADRG Ut 5 less the deck foremen ended their | i | Service : . 5 IN { EDUC C MESS 46-day strike by 8 am. Pacific| THE INDIAN EDUCATION MESS “All of the agitation looking toward merging of | gtandard Time, the company would | the Federal and Territorial schools originated With | giscontinue its San Francisco Bay Things arc beginning to get a little clearer all | Governor Gruening, the Territorial Board of Educa- |area stevedoring operations “wholly the time in the matter of determining just who is tion and Commissioner Ryan. and permanently responsible and why for the abandonment of the| “The Territorial Board financed a trip by Com-| The comvany would continue to education of the Alaska Native on the part of the |missioner Ryan to Washington about a year and a |oPerate its stcamship service. how- | Office of Indian Affairs. | half ago during which he met with the Appropriations Committee of Congress and assured them that this Department of Interior! passed without deadline sta Sec: £ nterio Vvarne stated = e A S R change in the picket situation. There | vesterday, that the Congress intends that Alaska take merger should take place and that the Territorial |\, o further statement from the | over all education duties, indicating that this move | Schools were adequite to accommodate the Native | sy v Ahe Rl | esident Harry Bridges of the Lonshoremen’s Union (ILWU) of which the walking bosses are mem- bers commented the company’s ac- children. “The doubts raised by myself and other represen- such a forced this year through an insufficient appro- That's only part of the story | Earlier, the Alaska Native Service issucd relcases | tatives of the Indian Service as to whether which indicated that some ANS schools would ha present time were not given tion was a “lockout” and would be e | merger is feasible at the to close because of insufficient funds, and although as much weight as were the statements by represen- e d s0 recognized. that was the first the people up here heard about it, ] ska. | 3% atives of the Territory of Alaska | “While it is true that Commissioner Ryan ac- | companied his request with a further request for the The truth is that even before the Congress had |, opent o tuition on behalf of the Native children, BUSH p“_OI HNDS ! determined what the ANS appropriation would be this |y T T B B the physical inadequacy of FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Aug. 27— was priation D that isn’t all the story either. within 10 y year, General Superintendent Don Foster Hid recelien | gt SR T R R e kb hiiases definite instructions to close all ANS schools in Alaska e Wikt of i ADRESpRAUARE: BRI Ittes s of | b ! the House to the Territory two years ago convinced These instructions came after a meeting in Wash- | tne members of the Committee that Alaska was not ington attended by George Sundborg, then manager|jeyying adequate taxes to meet its school needs, and | of the Alaska Development Board. Sundborg, much“h,s conclusion operated to nullify any attempt to to the embarrassment of Office of Indian Affairs of- |secure tuition payments on behalf of Indian children.” |®—In April, 1946, Frank Barr, vet- ficials, spent some time in running down the ANS| geventy-five per cent of the information fed mem.- | €ran bush pilot, took Charles Bern- schools in Alaska and bragging about how much better | hers of Congress who visited Alaska several years ago ‘l,xrd‘::;p:’x(lefi‘:l‘.ifi)]::xol] \;1:1 1;11:):::;:;1;; the Territory could do the job. | came from Governor Gruening, perhaps more. In addi- | giver, 130 miles nc(;m of Fort| As soon as the meeting was over, Foster was told | tion, he and other Territorial officials who can make yukon. {hat he was to formulate a program at once for|the trip to Washington have been spreading the same | Barr said Lapanski told him he | cloging down every ANS school in Alaska within 10 | propaganda there. | planned to make a canvas boat an(l‘ vears. Foster, realizing what a mess would result This, then, is the result. And it is only the paddle to Fort Yukon. | from such a program, protested that it couldn't be | beginning. But when Lapanski failed to ap- | i .3 e s & A 5o s i e S L x ST pear at the Fort, Barr returned o | : the Sheenjek camp. | LEGION BATTLE self-penned biographical sketches| U, Soceniek camy as! Ing on Il R B Lin i o8 S| “There he found Lapanskis re- e g < of members of Congress, is Pub-|ping A giary indicated, Barr said, { in New York will see a hot be-|lished twice yearly. The latest: oy Lapanski shot his only com- Merry-Go- Round l\;;cdml.ehtsn.enl ,L:;‘Elc bkl :;‘:,";;-Oc:"m""’ a very interesting| panion a dog, and then himself. | TR 55 about November 4, 1946. This was L et g e The Legion’s housing cOMMIliee| In the January, 1947, edition, the last date marked off on a cal- R is very much cn the spot with the Naobraska's Senator Kenneth S.|endar in a tippled tent beside the old Walker of the, Illinois State rark-and-file. The Committec IS wherry detailed at length his | river. | Mining Board proclaimed that charged with keing dominated bY|pumerous business and professional| Lapanski's papers gave his home | ‘nothing could have prevented the real estate interests, and fallinggetivitios. Among these the town as Homokin, Pa. He had work- sla-fact that he is the only un(lcl-‘(‘d in West Coast shipyards bt(ma‘ explosion.” Hugh White, Illinois to procure G. I. housing 1 taker in Congress and that be h‘\d‘((mmg to Alaska in 1945. UMW president and a top Lewis| tion from Congress. ‘ selling the craft to Capt. Sunderland. ! by Capt. Pademeister for the past four seasons in the fishing industry. | were to return with a machine in 60 days. { Juneau to become a permanent resident and practieing physician and | offices £ LU DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO /5 surins | el AUGUST 27, 1927 The gasboat Ida II has changed ownership, Capt. John Pademeister The Ida II had been operated Joe Crosson and George King, Fairbanks aviators, were passengers on the Yukon for Seattle enroute to the States to purchase an airplane. They were to enter the aerial transportation business in Fairbanks and apt. Fred Brandes, was in port from Ketchikan. was accompanied by his wife and three children Originally | n. the family bad come north on their 40-foot boat. The | had been acting as a trap patrol boat during the summer. The Wanderer, C: Brandes from Or Wandere W. W. Council sailed from Seattle on the Admiral Rogers tor | Dr. surgeon in the town. He had completed arrangements with Dr. W. A.| Borland for the formation of a partnership and was to practice in Ll\c' occupied by Dr. Borland Dr. Council came to Juneau with a very high reputation as a physi- elan and surgeon. For many years he was located at Cordova where hv= was the chief surgeon for the Copper River and Northwestern Railway and peopie went from many towns in that section of the Territory to get the benefit of his skill and knowledge During his stay in Cordova, Dr. affairs. He had served as Mayor of Cordova, Pres of Commerce and in many other cupumir«,. low, 47; Council was also prominent in civic sident of the Chamber Weather report: High, 50; cloudy frrr e e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon | R e I e e - S OSSR ARG MEIRI.~ C5 be WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: “T shall WIRE you” and “I shall send | a WIRE" are colloquial expressions for “I shall TELEGRAPH you” | “T shall send you a TELEGRAM.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Student not stoo-dent. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Propagate; PA. SYNONYMS: Hasty, speedy, quick, swift, you and Pronounce the U as in USE,; rapid, expeditious. 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: AUDACITY; open disregard of convention; boldness; impudence. “The beggar’s audacity was entertaining.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Rosrrra LEE | B e Y Q. How should the invitation to act as a godparent be given? ! A.. Tt is given either verbally or by formal note. The request c:ln hardly be refused, and one should consider it an honor to be asked to stand sponsor for a child. Q. Is it ever permissible, . to blow on it to cool it? A. No. There is nothing to do but to he vatient, cool. Q. Who suggests retiring, the overnight visitor or the hostess? A. Usually the hostess; but it is quite all right for the guest to make the suggestion if he she has had a tiring trip. when drinking coffee that is \munu‘\]ly hot and it will soon | S e (@) Golden State, | 1. Of what States are the following the nicknames: (b) Silver State, (c) Copper State? " 2. What was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean? 3. How many inches are there in one meter? 4. Who succeeded Thomas Jefferson as President? What 1s the capital city of Finland? ANSWERS: 1. (a) California, (b) Nevada, 2. The Savannah, in 1819. 3. 3937 inches. 4. James Madison. 5. Helsingfor: o (c) Arizona. Haines Cutoff Now Open To FAIRBANKS or ANCHORAGE Trip Leaves Juneau EVERY THURSDAY See J. B. BURFORD for Reservations IH A\ IRIR A\ BUS LII\ES J.B. BURFORD, Juneau Agent 1. POWELL, Haines JUNEAU MARINE CO. 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Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Mis- @ . legislate mine safety.” (1t unknown outs of Legion |souri.” e TIDE TABLE o The Bureau of = Mines tcpoib! circles, but six state organizations —Following the publication of @ L4 will tell an entirely different story. Yelccted the committee's ‘ec"m"thxs information, Wherry was sub-|® AUGUST 28 ° It will declare the dicaster coul mendations and endorsed the Taft-|jected to derisive potshots by var-!e Low tide 6:14 am., 09 feet | have been averted had adequate|Elendsr-Wagner housing Dilljjous commentators, colleagues and, ® High tide .12:51 pm., 187 fect ® | cafety measures been taken. Also, ;‘“’”' was_vigorously opposed 1ast| particularly, Democratic critics. The | ® Low tide . 18:25 pm. 50 feet » | not only was the mine too CONBress both by the committee | latter irrevarently took to referring | ® L -laden, bul that “non-permis- A1d the real estate lobby. — The |ty him as the “Merry Mortician.”|[® @ © @ o @ @ o ® o o & o sible” equipment, such as inferios)TCVOItNG states were New Mamp-| ' The latest edition of the Con- S e (spark-throwing’ drills were used in!SPire, Vermont, 1 Masgachusetts, | grossional Directory gives these BOAT CHARTER defiance of Federal mine :‘41«4\"('“l’”‘li'.‘”"' Pennsylvania and South ' elements no further ca for de-| “Takan" for towing and general s, Purther, that. “fire-| Carolina ¢ |1ision. Wherry deleted all men-|freight. Haines-Juneau Auto De-' inspections wore wholly| 1D Pennsylvania, the Legionnaires|tjon of his undertaking interests.[livery. Call Juneau Marine Works. inadegiiate. thumbed their noses at the “"m"(con'nn."'r, 1941, BErs. syNDICATF. tNC) 665 6t Note: Two highly portinent facts n.u(lr(n despite pleas L)y National | —— - RIALLL 3 g the report will not go Into are:|Commander Paul 'Griffiths and { that the unsafe conditions that ‘““'“‘“l:dE')“v:m‘ng]ltartu\M 'rlmdrmlly i .{ A bicn BH il | 7R by Walter Alessendron,| g d Puzzl led to the oploston stll WE executive director of the Phila- rosswor! uzzie ] cpening; and that under Lot the “° Rouplie Ai’““’”"-"- [ ACROSS 38, Wait wway E new UMW contract with the coal 1. Box 40. Little: Scotch X operators /and the Taft Hartley STEELMAN RIDES AGAIN s Julen 41. Smail weight B law could. cloge dowh “thel: Tall. caris P % i . Commit theft 43. Lose from a 9 rtley 3 b 13. Learning 45. N Taft-Hartley Act ifically au- Fedaral Mediation and Conciliation 14 Additiontow 46 I thorizes the un to pull s Service immediately after Labor i3 Covith alth . B N members out of a mine on that' Day. FMCS is the former U, S trosting & ““'d»‘_dm‘" T ground. Conciilation Bureau jwhich the |1 G T e 's) i last Congress ripped out of the 18 Symbol for LOVE FEAST Labor Department and made an 1o, Towapi P Presiden Truman's bestowal of independent agency. - the Medal of Merit on Whitel Ponding Ching's arrival, FMCS House ~Secretary ‘David K. Niles has been undergoing a convulsive Alaskan uuks Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Niles is the last of the Roose- A number of firings have taken 1M w payroll, and the decorating cere- arlest and most experienced modi- 2. Embezzter ! mony afforded the genial bachelor ators. They are W. Ellison Chalm- --Pevpiuse the opportunity to do some fre2- ers head of.the Program Divis- Igehack handed kissing ion; Carl Schedler, Chief of Ar- DAl number of women v present. maritime expert. G Among them were ( rvie The hvad -lopping has boen done 9. Commissioner ~ Frances Perkins,' py rd ol formak ok . Shade of green | former Secretary of Labor: Freda Director whom Ching has - Extort money Kirchway, publisher of Na- made his Deputy Director i tion; Mrs. Prancis Kelly, one-time This and the list of firings is WPA official; Mrs. Helen Alman, icant. Colvin ‘was Census Bureau personnel dirzctor; Aaielant Miiante. o b Ve Mrs. J. C. Capt, wife of the R. Steelman, now White Census Bureau director, and Mrs. House economic advisor, when he printing David Bazelon, wife of the Alien was head of the Conciliation Bur- i pRigEs e o Property Custodian cau in the Roosevelt administra- . Soldiers | After the President pinned tho tion. And all those let out by AR Lag decoration on Niles, to the great Colvin were brought into the agen- Relax amusement of the former, Niles cy by Steelman’s successor started bussing the assembled Big question in inner capital cir- ladies. There was much hilarity, cles is who is running FMCS— but none of the ladies refused. Ching or Steelman? On the basis NRDRDY | Afterward Niles explained, “This of what has transpired so far, it ol is what you might call reverse looks like Steelman is riding again Vessels for French. The French always kiss Heatins the recipient, of a decoration, so I, INTERESTING OMISSIONS Oatform gave, the practice a new twist.” | Tre Congressional Directory, with L _—_— VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5359 Meets first and third Fridays, Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome. H. S. GRUENING. Com- mander: F. H. FORBES, Adjutant. You'll Get a Better Deal in Victor’s August Fur Sale Martin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations ja_mes C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializing in Corporation—Municinal and Trust Accounts The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN. COAL | and STORAGE CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 473 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street © Near Third Alaska Music Supply| Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL l REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner! Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drags) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM -Hnlchings Economy Market Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP | SUE———————— Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROCM Special Dinner 5to 8 B. M. $2.50 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 B W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks Lucille's Beauty Salon Specializing in all kinds of Permanent Waves for all Textures of Hair HAIRCUTTING Phone 492 2nd and Franklin MOUNT JUNEAU L()DGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 n. m. NCHAS. B. HOLLAND, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. €3 B.P.0.ELKS Meets 2nd and 4tia Wednesdays at 8 pm. Visiting brothers wel- come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- retary. M/nq:fbrywrflf/‘u CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co, 1005 SECOND AVE - SEATILE 4 - Elior 5323 S' l/a:*flhc/unve/y( “EMILING SERVICE" Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 L FREE DELIVERY Juneau | Bt "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG Co. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counselor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF i 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. “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 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 FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave,