The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily AlaskaEm pire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MO! - Presfent DOROTHY TROY L - - Vice-President RILLIAM R. CARTER - - = Editor and Manager LMER A FRIEND S e - Managing Editor | RED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager | News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 374. MEMBER OF A " Alaska Newspapers, 1411 thusiasm has subsided plutonium, uranium-233 and thorium are as terrible as they were two years ago; sources of industrial energy less impressive. The automobile that was to whisk us hither and thither with nothing to drive it but & lump of uranium had to be scrapped before it was designed when the physicists announced that at least fifty tons of steel and concrete would have to shield IR passengers from deadly rays. Gone, too, are the giant e Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. airplanes that were to be similarly propelled. On the Duitvered M sacriet In 3;£:‘:’:’1'n0¢\nno:;rl:« ‘for $1.50 per month; | Other hand, the prospect is good that battleships and six_months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 {liners may be driven by atomic power and that they nail, postage paid, at the following rates: | may need refueling only after a million miles of voy- 150 aging. As for atomic power plants neither the coal i Subscribers il conter w {avor If they will promptly, BOUEY [ yor the public utility companies see in them more of their papers. |than stand-by aids in the East, even if John Lewis | hasmade it necessary to raise the price of coal. Until SOCIATED PRESS |we know just what the efficiency of the Oak Ridge isively entitled to the use Lo |pilot plant is it is impossible to make any trust- also the local news published | worthy comparisons between uranium and coal. Though the engineering picture has not changed m two years, real progress has been made in the wider | utifization of radioactive isotopes, which are fravments |of split atoms |ments have been made by Oak Ridge to research | institutions. Already much new light has been thrown {on physiological processes, not because new principles iare involved but because the cost of radioactive iso- | topes is but a fraction of what it was only two yea {ago. In appraising this progress it must not be for- igotten that only about thirty isotopes are obtained in the process of splitting uranium, whereas hundreds uxm be produced by the new powerful cyclotron of the | University of California, Folkways are not likely to (change if atomic power plgnts are built in regions | where there is neither falling water nor fuel, but al- iready biology, biochemistry and medicine are leaping | forward as the result of the researches that led to the {bomb. It means something that science marches on, {even though the United Nations has not yet succeeded | in solving the military problem presented by the de- struction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki HOPELESS STAND As the days go by, the stand of the Juneau| o R AR T e longshoremen in holding out for a contract in which g the employer would sign to a clause absolving the | Hidden Costs longshoremen from liability under the Taft-Hartley | (Cintinnatl Engiiired Law becomes more and more ridiculous. b e ob et Medbites Bl o A recent report from Washington indicates that light a fact many of us knew but too few have protested. the National Labor Relations Board is taking the . Congressional committee, in turning up evidence stand that such clauses would not be enforceable and | ¢hat social contacts played an important part in the that the employer could sue the union for dfimages lemng of Hughes’s airplane contracts, also is learning for unauthorized strikes regardless. ‘menl undertakings. While the inquiry is of national feeling around here now is that such contracts may‘::}?{;f:mgn;;is;: je:fol;"étal:e :::rrgctt?:iot:imfi:sme be legal but would be unenforceable. Despite agree- | The spending of large sums of money for the cn- ment, either side to coal or Ford contracts can sue.| tertainment of officials entrusted with spending public Any unions and employers alike are liable to damage | funds is not criminal. Such entertainment may not suits by third parties adversely affected by illegal | affect to any appreciable extent, the decisions of most walkouts or unfair labor practices. No private agree- | of our public servants. But that it adds substantially ment can supersede Federal law.” to the public tax bill no one can rightly deny. : This, of course, is only the opinion of one gov- | Most contactors, in making estimates for bids , lon government jobs, include in their totals certain s e e l;mgshvoremen o DR Ihidden figures. In many instances those figures are pRaUEde o Hold ouvsn Tl sevie dataage (0. Alaske) | very high—as the Hughes testimony is disclosing. Since and its people until the matter winds up in the courts | | virtueily every bidder feels that such “social contacts” An important spokesman for the NLRB says: “the and a decision is given, appealed and affirmed | are necessary—and we presume he so feels because of hat into the ring after Labor Dayin mourning? One thing is certain, however. Strikes, such as our current one, in which a labor union attempts to | defy the Congress and the law of the land, to the detriment of the public interest, will mean that the next Congress will make the law even more explicit | and severs. Labor could have avoided this by making a sincere attempt to operate within the law, which it has chosen not to do. 10 protect the public. Hiroshima Aftermath experiences he has had — then almost every hid is padded to allow for the entertainment of men who, in one way or another, may have influence in the selection of the contractor. No one is naive enough to believe that those | costs, in the long run, come out of the contractors’ | pockets. They are, as we have explained, put “on the | top"—and the public pays them, regardless of who So further steps must be taken | does the work. It isn't bribery. But it's a reasonably |close facsimile! | All this wouldn't be so bad, perhaps, if it made | certain the best producer would get the job. But it does ————e luc( insure any such conclusion. If it does anything— (New York Times) and we believe it does—it tends to produce inferior Two years have passed since a geyser of iridescent | rather than superior esults. vapor mushroomed 40,000 feet into the air over Hiro- | The amount of the taxpayers’ entertainment bills shima after the first atomic bomb ever launched in|State, Federal and local—each year would be hard to war exploded. This was the culmination of fifty )‘earQVCS“mfl"’ Certainly the total would be enough to of research which began when Becquerel discovered | finance at least one great public project. It would be the phenomenon of radioactivity in uranium and which | most interesting if, after the Hughes case is con- led to a new conception of the atom and to the famous | cluded. the committee went on into the devious mazes mass-energy equation of Einstein. There is no more | Of government contract lettings; if the public could be | brilliant justification of fundamental researech. The |fully informed on the details of some of our largest more imaginative commentators left it to be inferred | bidding arrangements. Such material would nstuund, that coal and oil would not be consumed in power |@ considerable segment of the taxpaying citizenry. | plants in a future that was not too remote. {And it doubtless would bring uncomfortable hours to ' After considerable stock-taking much of this en- | men in high places, both in and out of government. [’he Washlnmon |der's press conference, in which marriage they went to Hawaii, {he explained the U. S. plan to wuere Joe's father was Governor m’r 'GO'RO“H‘ | bail Britain out of its latest fi- and publisher of the leading new: ' nancial difficulty. Snyder was Paper. i tactful and courteous. But as the (Comtinued jrum Page One! newsmen left his office, a British SECRET JUNKET correspondent turned to an Ameri- ~Numerous Congressional junkets tration leaders - counscled pussy- ¢an and said bitterly: have been reported in the press, footing this measure, Schwellen-! “The more I learn about my but one lush trip has escdped at- bach fought it tooth and nail country's plight, the more I won- tention. It is being kept very and was chiefly responsible for the|der what we got out of victory Mmuch under wraps President’s veto. |in the war. The Germans at least| It's @ tour that has been cooked On all counts, Schwezllenbach 'enjoyed the plunder of all Europe Up by the House Committee on' should be welcomed with open before being defeated and now they Public Works. arms at the San Francisco con- are living off the fat of America Slal“nl, Seplember 15 from the vention. It remains to be seen,and whatever we can scrape to- whether he will get an invitation.jgether to send them. The Japs Note: Schwellenbach's prestize |are downright happy under Mac- and councils is at infltence in the President:|Arthur's solicitous ministrations, high peak. If Tru-land the Italians are doing very man decides to have a Westerner well for themselves. e | E,,‘,::?::um as his running mate, Schwellen-| “But we are constantly getling g jixist bach is a more 1 choice than it in the neck, with no end in! 8 Measures ot any of the others mentioned so sight. You know, I've been think-! langth 3. Dionten far ing that maybe England ought to 2 Arrowpoisen 3 ""”“.lri'f:ux . Seat in church 4 = As destroyers umnium-235,r + Senator Crossword Puzzle THE DAILY A..ASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ok THURSDAY AUGUST 28, 1947 e ° AUGUST 28 o' ° Thomas L. George L . Wilfred J. Leivers . . Glenn Earl Allen L J. C. Martinson o' ° Thomas Burns °| . George Phillips . Cyril D. Hansen . Eva Thompson o . Mae Gray o! . . e e e e 00000000 Army's Bolling Field airbase, the So far about a thousand small ship- Coneressmen and their wives Will \ications from the following :. monologist, soloist, song and dance teams, go by plane to Ogdensburg, N. and then by yacht up the St. Law- rence to, Cornwall, Canada, and from there to Montreal. After a pleasant stop-over, the party, again in Army planes, will move on to Detroit, and then by slow stages on to the West Coast with stop-| overs in Kansas City, Denver,! Salt Lake Ciiy, Seattle, San Fran-| cisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.| From there, by Pan-American| plane, they will fly to Honolulu,' where they will stay at the Royal' peeeeeee Hawaiian Hotel. | i . . b, Those tentatively scheduled to D I l E gl h make the tour are Representatives al y essons 'n n Is w- L- GORDON Roy Clippinger (R), I, Georgel H A. Dondero, (R), Mich., Clifford ! Davis, (D), Tenn., George H. Fal-| WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not confuse FORMERLY (previ- lon, (D), Md., J. Harvey McGreg- ously) with FORMALLY (in a formal or conventional manner). or, (R), Ohio, Edward C. Rohr-| oprpy MISPRONOUNCED: Resource. Preferred pronunciation is bough, (R), W. Va. and John A Blatnik, ' (D), -Minh. : with accent on last syllable. Both this il and the itinerary| OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fissure (a narrow opening) ; pronounce FISH- are suppossd to be very, very, 'ER. : secret. Mrs. Violet V. Schumacher, | SYNONYMS: Bribe (noun), allurement, seduction, bait. Committee Clerk, was sternly ad-| !that similar conditions have existed in many govern- monished to reveal no information increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. regarding thk2 junket. However, ie can be revealed that, with the exception of the transportation to, and from Hawaii, the Government will foot the bi SHOR1S | If Postmaster General Bob Han-| negan does ¢ xide to give up the! Democratic National Chairman- ship, his successor will be young, dynamic, liberal Executive Direct- or Gael Sullivan . Repxesonta-‘ tive Lyndon Johnson will toss his! against noisy Senator “Pappy” O'Daniel . . . As head of the So- ciety of Independent Motion Pic- ture Producers, former War Pro- duction chief Donald M. Nelson | receives $75000 a year. But hel still does most of his shopping via mail order from his pre-war em- ployers, Sears Roebuck . . . The late Bilbo's six-member staft will continue to draw pay for six more months. Under thz law, Con-|{ gressional cletks remain on the payroll for half a year in Lh?l event of death of their cmploxer‘ Although Bilbo was never sworn in by the last Congress, he was allowed $50,000 a year for omce expenses. (COPYRIGHT, 1947 sru. SYNDICATE. INC) NEW RACKET ST. JOSEPH, Aug. 28.—(®— The Board of Health let it be known today that it spectors.” It reported women had no “steak in- that at least two have been visiting eating recently, announcing they e steak inspectors for the health (board and ordering the most ex- pensive meals in order to deter- mine if the steaks were “up to standard.” In some cases, the proprietors the reports of the “inspector: were unflatter- ing. - e - When you puy »or QUALITY why !not get the FINEST—Buy FLOR- SHEIM SHOES at Graves. —adv. | his name? | | Alaska Transporfatien Company P s ] AUGUST 28, 1927 Miss Margaret Collins, daughter of former Territorial Senator and Mrs. E. B. Collins, was a local visitor. She was enroute to Pullman, | Wash., where she was to teach school. and Mrs. A. J. Nordale of Fairbanks He was enroute to Seattle tol Alder Nordale, son of Mr. | enter the University of Washington, Mrs. E. H. Kaser, accompanied by her two daughters, Esther and Elisabeth, left for the south. Mrs. Kaser was going as far as Kemhlknn‘ and her daughters were to go to the States to attend school, i There was a call issued for talent to participate in the Southeast Alaska Fair, which was to open on September 28. They asked for ap- *|quartettes, vaudeville teams, or any novelty performance. 0T Ty ; ! Mrs. Frank Rouanzoin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs John Sorri, who | she had been visiting for the last three months, left for the south on the | Yukon. She was accompanied by her two children. | Nick Bez, President and General Manager of the Peril Strait Can- 1 ning Company, left on the Northwestern for Todd, after spending twg, days here on business. High, 57; low, 53; cloudy. » Weather report: WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today’s word: | IMMODERATE; excessive; unreasonable; extreme. “Why should we accept such immoderate demands?” ] MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥ nprra 1mg B ] Q. What should one do when a person persists in mispronouncing | A. Merely say, “My name is Morrison, not Morris,” but do so graciously, without showing any resentment. Q. Should one invite friends or relatives to a wedding if they are A. Certainly. They should not be ignored, but neither should they | be expected to attend If they prefer not to do so. | Q. Should one stack his dishes on the table when finished ea!ing?! A. Never. | [ L0OK and LEARN & :;;; 1. Does an article that is projected straight up come to a full before it descends? 2. What canal joins the Mediterranean to the Red Sea? When was the Supreme Court of the U. S. first organized? What two countries of Europe are the oldest civilized nations? ‘Who was the originator of the phrase “the almighty dollar”? ANSWERS: stop @ . The Suez. In 1789. Greece and Italy. ‘Washington Irving. Relrigeration SERVICE o ALASKA | Regular sailings from Seattle and Tacoma, Washington For Rates and Information CONSULT GASTINEAU HOTEL P. 0. Box 61—PHONE 879 Juneau, Alaska —_— take a fry at,being a conquered " houses | k. jcountry. It might pay off. Per- SENBITIVE ADMIRAL |raps we should deglare war on ; V\ce-AdmiraéhGeorp F. Hussey,!*he U. 8. for 24 hours and then 18. xme‘:,;m. r., retiring jef cf Na Ord-|surrender, on condition that you paNale B nance, gave strict orders that this|occupy I'm sure we would)bk‘ %:n':.\'x‘fi;“ ohlbng e story be kept out of the papers. [much Letter off that way than we 3y fonpnsdevice o = coticeals “It is the Admiral’s wish,” snap- are now—as a debt-ridden victor.”, .. _ mother 62! ped his secretary, blonde Miss Ber- e ; B Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle nice Winter, who is usually ac- “MOTHER” OF HAWAII X = ehudice 66. Went ahead DOWN commodating. “No, ths Admiral' If Hawaii does win its long- DUty $4. Sadokihunder 1. Without 1. Diagonal will not talk to you about it. He sought statehood, the glamorous oy R 2. Whoie deesn’'t want to discuss it. He's terriorty will owe a lot of thanks 7% 72 3. Meadow out of the office.” {to glamorous Mrs. Joseph Rider /fl.. 4. Doze During this icy rebuff, the Ad-'Farrington, wife of the territory's % 8. lootiasadiipg) miral's voice could be heard over Congressonal delegate. ) . iy 0 the phone coaching his secretary M TR A ..-. 5 Gl ivada This ‘is the momentous story i talks, fights, 9. City n i the Admiral wanted shusked: agitates, lobbies and even dances ..%“. m::“w"... He was squiring a four-year-old for Hawalian statehood. An ac- 4 Hinda surments West Coast guest around the Cap- complished hula dancer, Mrs. Fur- .%.. Lirds homes ital. The little fellow took in rington will perform the famed P % Flaon keygs Wie: diatits $Uh willh eyes Wierlohtive dance’ of 1 il help her “m////% . Continent® he suddenly spied the stately Wash- cherished cause. v fl. 4 fl Klind of isn ington monument shaft, ho ex-| At a 1iccent political gathering % i Rt cluimed, “Oh, look, there the in Jowa, she was asked to dance - . oo Ll Washington Post the hula. She responded, and then a3 - said, “now that I have performed . . AN ENGLISHMAN TALKS at your request, I want to per- Unhappiest newsmen in Wash- form at my own"—and forthwith . . ington are the British correspon- made an ardent plea for support fi- .7 dents who coverzd the negotiations ¢f Hawalian statehood. % over the easing of the U. 5. loan.| The Farringtons were sweethearts ..%Hfl bortrait The Englishmen took the proceed- at the University of Wisconsin. In Abolat ings very hard; as if they were those days, Joe Farrington was a %Ha-. Rt h e, an indignity on them personally. |classmate of Phil LaFollette, later /, b et Ilustrative of their viowpoint Governor of the state, and “Bet- /a..- .11),\:‘::?|‘lh. was the outturst one gave veont tv" was a crack reporter on a %fl.. - nars to following Treasury John Sny- Madison newspaper. After their . Exclamation JUNEAU MARINE CO. Marine MARINE WAYS and Hardware ®“tonersconon” Boat Salas CONSTRUCTION Rubber Boats Foot West Eighth St. Appraisals PHONE 29 JUNEAU, ALASKA BOX 2719 Have Your Boat Steam Cleaned While on Qur Ways 2 Yes, for an instant. 1 | FREIGHT | E. P. ANDERSON as a paid-up suvscriber 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 {o see: "EARL CARROLL'S SKETCHBOOK" Federal Tax—12c per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our ¢ompliments. 'WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name Dfiay Appear! MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 o. m. NCHAS. 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. 'James . Cooper, CPA| [ <7~ 4 BUSINESS COUNSELOR Things for Your Office | W’“ Specializing in l:lllllll.ls R. GRIFFIN Co Corporation—Maunicioal and 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. You'll Get a Better Deal in Victor’s August Fur Sale Martin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations Trust Accounts 1005 SECOND AVE - SEATILE 4 * Eliof 5323 P Serving Alaska bxclusively < The Erwin Feed Co, | |\ momebchmiel< Office In Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL 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 “EMILING SERVICE" | Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 FREE DELIVERY Junesu | L“.__l "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 Alaska Music Supply| Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GFNERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Auditor Tax Counselor Phone 757 Simpson Bldg. Warlield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM 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 .flutchings Economy Markel Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter|: Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Sheif HARDWARE Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP ———— ‘Window—Auto—Plate—~GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROOM 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 Special Dinner a daily habit—ask for If by name i Sto8P.M. Juneau Dairies, Inc. $2.5 Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel, 699 American Meat — Phone 38 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 Permanent Waves for all Textures of Hair HAIRCUTTING PHONE 877 “Quality Dry Cleaning” ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED FURNITURE