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

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Em plre Published every eveaing except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Strects, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - Presf@ent e ¥ DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - Vice-President Pension Grabs WILIIAM R CARTER _ - - - Editor and Manager o ELMER A. FRIEND & ek - _Managing Editor ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager the paper would be in the advertising space bought and paid for by others! Would that make for a “free” does the same policy make for a ! press? No. Nor free” radio. (Washington Post) Sntered In the Post Nifice In Juneau as Second Class Matter. The Veterans of Foreign Wars have voted to SUBSCRIPTION RATES: make pensions for World War I veterans their major Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.00 per monthi | ) i1 vive objective, for the coming year. Congress- at the tollowing rates: man Van Zandt, a former VFW commander in chief, Six months, in advance, $7.80; | ;o= o1 coring a bill vrovide vensions of $75 per month for these veterans when they reach 65. Ad- dressing members of the organization assembled at Cleveland, Mr. Van Zandt asked whether the American | beople were going to turn down a request of this kind ‘sftm spending billions for aid to foreign nations. We only wish his indignation had been reserved | for a worthier cause, and that he had stopped to re- flect that the greater our outlavs for the relief of the helpless and destitute of other lands, the more neces- By mail. postage paid Coe in advance. $15.00 ane month, in sdvance. $150 Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notffy the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones to News Office. 602; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 1l news dicpetches credited to It or not other- aper and also the local news published aerein. TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 e. Wash NATIONAL REPRES Pourth Avenue Bidg., Se In any case, there is no justification for handing o\t | pensions to millions of veterans, most | quite as well able to save for old age as non-veterans tems. that the proposed pen- under our social insurance s | Mr. Van Zandt estimate: | sion system would cost about ! the first vear, rising eventuallv to a peak of about 2 billion annually. We are not interested in such ! | computations, because it is a foregone conclusion that | the veterans of World War II, who are much more | numerous, would likewise demand pensions. And we :Im’l to see how their request could, in justice. be | refused. So the cost of. vensioning off our World War veterans would in time reach formidable figures and constitute a charge on the public for decades | to come. The country has dealt generously with its disabled How many of us realize that a radio station is not | yeterans and has provided benefits for the able- allowed to editorialize on the air? terms of the policy set in 1841 by the Federal Com- “TRULY FREE” RADIO | of temporary withdrawal from civilian life. The poli- ticians who angle for veterans’ votes by dangling the “a truly free radio cannot | tempting bait of pensions for all before them are, in ! our opinion, public enemies of a peculiarly dangerous | sort. For they appeal to a spirit of greed and self- munications Commission be used to advocate the causes of the licensee (mean- ing a given radio station). The public interest can never be served by a dedication of any broadcast | otism, and by their callous disregard of the burden facility to the support of his (the broadcaster's) parti- |laid upon the public by extravagant pension systems san ends.” | jeopardize the interests of those disabled veterans who “A truly free radio” then begins with an act o!}the richly deserving of liberal pension. discrimination against the broadcaster himself. The | SRS owner of a station can sell time to any Tom, Dick or | Harry who can afford to buy it. The sponsor hires a | e commentator, let's say. Commentators, as everyone | (Cincinnati Enquirer) No doubt Moscow critics wiil find in the new knows, editorialize—that is, offer their own opinions. 'Greek it guliante. of | Migh-flanded Amsciods That is what makes them interesting. The views they | | intervention in the internal affairs of Greece. Whether express largely are their own, though they also may they make a point of this or not, it is clear that the be those of the sponsor. That is to SPONsor | formation of a coalition cabinet at Athens under the usually chooses a commentator whose views do not | leadership of 87-year-od Themistocles Sophoulis is a | too frequently run counter to his own. | forward step in restoring civil peace. That's “free radio,” according to the Federal‘ American “intervention” consisted of the tactful, Communications Commission’s conception of it. The | Persuasive efforts of Loy Henderson, chief of the Far operator of a radio station, who is to exercise judg- Enstem Division of the State Department. For evi- ment in selling the facilities of an extremely potent | dently it was Henderson who induced the mutually di i thel 1 regerdsd ;distrustrul party leaders of Grece to form a coalition medium of communication, nevertheless is regarded goyernyment and broaden the popular base of the by the government as one unfit to express a comment | ogime. on the news from his own station. The Sophoulis appointment was well received in Obviously this policy of the FFC has been dic- { Athens. It brings into the government the Liberal tated by necessity for preventing irresponsible persons, | Party, with its considerable popular following. And, political crackpots, quacks and subversive individuals | most important of all, it does away with the accusation from acquiring radio stations. But the commission is \that Greece is solely in the hands of an ultraconserva- not required to issue licenses to everyone or anyon: ! tive, monarchist faction. who applies. Nor is it prohibtcd from reveking a Fresh Start in Greece ® ‘The new Premier’s first move was to propose a license when it sees fit to do so. | general amnesty for guerrillas who are ready to lay Newspapers, fortunately, are not subject to {down their arms. However large or meager the re- traints as radio stations, because radio is re- :sponse fo Hy's, thi stmosphers 3. gleating) Ther:.js 8108, TEN new hope for pacification of the whole country, with garded as a utility and is subject to all the repula-lfl minimum of fighting. And once order is fully ticns the government may see fit to imucs2 upon it .'esv.oxed the way will be open to greatly accelerated The constitution, on the other hand, specificaly de- | reconstruction work, with the funds made available nies the authority of Congress or anyonc to abridge | from the United States. the freedom of the press. It is too early to say with certainty the Greeks But—if the government did manage newspapers |have their worst troubles behind them. But at least in the manner the FCC manages radio lic | the outlook is immensely improved over that of a nses. No | newspaper publisher would be free to express his own | [Cright ago If this is the product of American the | > 5 ¢ “interference,” it is a brand of interference that the opinion, or give the newspaper’'s opinion on any sub- great bulk of the Greek people are likely to welcome, ject. The only editerializing that could take place m!and not resent 3 = 3 (e Washinglon : ¥ cupation costs in Germany. “is that there are |Joe O’Mahoney, It is already known that the a lot of little Vishinsky's running "fl"-fio-kfllflld | British have served notice they around telling Italian labor what will need help in financing their to do.” zone in Germany. But what is not known is that the State De- partment presented an array of tigures in the secret session show- ing that the British are better off than generally realized. O’'Mahoney, Continued yrum Page U emphasized the importance of pro ducing more goods in the Units States and abroad “As I understand 1t,” said O'Ma- “helping the British out in Gexman), we are trying to stimu- with the Cabinet and Food Com- mittee. So Rankin was informed by phone that Truman had order-| od proper government agencies to| take appropriate steps to help the flooded areas. Though the British are short of dollars, they are not short of sary it becomes to avoid unnecessary domestic outlays. | of whom are' and have the same protection accorded other workers | 755 million dollars in' | if the veterans of World War I were given pensions, | According to the | bodied that will help them to overcome the handicaps ' seeking, debase our conception of the nature of patri- ' the Senate's foremost champion of free compstition, then THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~3 = - 20 YEARS AGO 73 | & THE EMPIRE { SUSUUSSSEESSSs e 4 SEPTEMBER 27, 1927 Louise Guerin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Guerin, who suflcre.d b la fracture of the leg when playing on a teeter-totter, left St. Ann's & HEETEMBER 37 2 |Hospnal for her home. She was to return to school in about two o Phyllis Grant 9 eehs », Yvonne Swanson . ; Ll : Mrs (T)l:.;‘r’loll:;:\;\:[:}u-ker :; A few friends of Mrs. A. E Goetz sprang a surprise on her at 1.1er l,o Harry V. Larsen e home the previous night in honor of her birthday. A pleasant evening : . Donald Hayes e was reported. i® Albert B. Clark . i k. | A new boat, the Vallo, built for trolling purposes which had been e SEPTEMBER 28 ® | under construction at Sitka for the past year, had joined the Douglas S M“ Mzrgar(-{v(‘,a[sp 4 fishing fleet. The owner was Matt Loukko. The Vallo was a trim 54 e ferentit B x 15 by ¢t long, equipped with a 20 h. p. B 15 Dapbbbich o |looking boat, 9 foot beam by 36 feet long, . Gazil E. Rhode o Regal engine. e Mrs. J. B. Barragar, Jr . _ . . One of the most successful duck hunting trips of the season was @ e o 000 0 00 o o o e madeby Dr. H C. DeVighne, Oliver Olson, Al Slagel and L. F. Morris | - |to William Henry Bay on the Chirikov. The party left early on Snturday the afternoon and by the middle of Sunday mor ning had bagged nearly their | late production of coal in Ruhr. And by our success m‘hmv of ducks. Germany, we can provide coal for _ | the rest of Europe. This in turn| Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Fuller were the proud parents of a baby daughter will help France, Italy and Brit-iporn the previous day at St. Ann’s Hosvital. The small girl was named ain o speéd. D/ Msls ONREROONES | Hazel Eva and weighed seven and three-fourths pounds. Mr. Fuller was tion.” Mmployed at the Alaska Juneau mill Nodding approval, Senator Sal- |tonstall scribbled on a piece of o paper and handed it to his Demo-| Mrs. Addie Holbrook was due to arrive on the Princess Louise from cratic colleague from Wyoming. Vancouver. It read s Mayor Hylan's wife said to the Queen of the Belgians. |“You said a mouthful, Queen.” | Note—Following the Senat Committee's George Bach, of Taku Harbor, was a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. A | He was in to attend the Southeast Alaska Fair. | low, 42; cloudy. propriations session, | - High, 53; the - State - and War-Deparbments| . Yoatber: Hig A prepared a 1,500-word memo for President Truman, summarizing Dally Lessons in English % 1. corpon i e et it e | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, the problem of financing the Brit-| ish in Germany It stated lha!: the Senate would go along with| the appropriation of funds to cov- er food, fertilizer and such items, i as Britain must pay for in dol-|Mirable female traits lars. Meanwhile it is undersood traits.” that the British will not withdraw, OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rabacious. Pronounce ra-pa-shus, Itheir troops, and that the USA first A as in ASK unstressed, second A as in PAY, accent second ‘would share in fixing policies ru"fi}'lluble. the British zone. . OFTEN MISSPELLED: Isaiah (Hebrew prophet); observe the AIA. ‘Copnmm. lwm“ ol SYNONYMS: Garrulity, talkativeness, loquacity, loquaciousness. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | increas vocatulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Ka'henne S'evens 'INFLE}E(IQB“;L‘IZ'CY; fl:mnsss in will ]or puruose. “Ordinary people regard And George Martin 3 - ToMarryonSunday {'yongeN ETIQUETTE Hoenna s Miss Katherine Bertha Cecilia Stevens will become the bride of ~ i g , | George J l\Vgllésmho‘Z;’:miun‘]’x‘]‘l ;{:‘ Q. What is one of the most imoreper topics of conversation? ternoon a e Catholic Church of the Nativity. A. Discussing illness. The height of social misconduct is to talk of The Rev. Leo Sweeney, S. J., will SOTes, pus, ulcerated teeth, colds, mucus, boils, corns, eczema, or other perform the service. 3 | physical imperfections. It is much better to discuss these subjects only Miss Hazel Jamison will be With your doctor. maid of honor, and Miss Elsie As- ; v thley and Miss Dorothy Stevens,'luncheon party? 'sister of the bride, will be brides- A. She tells her goodbye and how much she has enjoyed herself. maids. ~ Mr. Sandy Johnson “"”} Q. Should an engaged couple monopolize each other when in pubic? | be best man. A. No; it is very rude and implies jealousy. An. eveniing.: recdption Witk be! £y held in the Elks baliroom b(’gin- ning at 9 o'clock. All friends of the young people are invited to both the wedding and the recep-j f LOOK and LEARN B aowox | tion. | by S g 1 1. Where in the United States are thunderstorms the most pre- S e e s e e e 1, . . | ' 2. Would it take less time to run a hundred yards or a hundred . TIDE TABLE fole Bt 4 . . & SEPTEMBER 3 £ 3. What food that is essential to growing plants is taken from the o High tide . 0:41 p.m., 158 feet o | 3ir? o Low tide ... 6:51 am., 04 feet o' 4. What English surname is the most common? e High tide .13.13 p.m,, 16.2 feet ol 5. Whose was “the face that launched a thousand ships?” ® Low tide ..19:09 pm, 18 feet .; ANSWERS: . b4 1. Northwestern Florida. . <SEPTEMBER_ 29 L 2. Less to run a hundred yards, as they equal 91.44 meters. B fi:zhtf‘;de '11:1172 am, 1g-; :99: $ | 3. carbon dioxide. w tiae i am. A eel i 3808 3 th. e High tide .13:40 pm., 17.0 feet ® ; z"‘l'm S ® Low tide = 19:40 pm., 0.6 feet ® s AR O 1oy, e e 00000000000 S CARNIVAL Sept. 27 American Legion fun, games, fortune tell- w15 | 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1947 ! Sat., Dugout; ing. sterling ‘and many German occu- to Rankin's Pation costs can be paid out of voted against Sterling. British industries, in-| inlcluding coal and utilities, actually All this was grist mill Although he almost every Truman measure Congress, John immediately wired|2'¢ above pre-war production, the Mississippi newspapers, giving the At Department told Senators.| ACROSS . Appendage at impression the hurricane aid was BoX-car loadings have also sur-| 1. Sphere T e forthcoming only because he, John ba‘sed pre-war standards 4 Soniie 35. Important Rankin, was on the job in Miss- It was aiso revealed that the! 1y femol® IR issippi’s hour of stress British employ 18000 civilians to! 13. French river 1. Standards of No wonder Rankin is telling his'iun troir part of Germany, while| i Sourceofmetal =~ perfection friends that the hurricane will'‘“e United States employs only collog. S T mistakes blow him right into the Sena‘c. 5000 16. Mischistoun. 44, Sind of Blesait Note—Rootin-tootin’ John now is Ti~se figures were one reason| 14 ;‘p’flr rail- R 8 so confident of filling Bilbo's |for the unanimous opinion of thei o e R, seat that he thinks he may no: Senate Appropriations Committee, 'a"éfiium A e auve even go Lome to campaign that if we have to shoulder part Soujanstion - Aheed S of Britain's occupation costs, we lmrl;w:n Awlin,z):nerx‘l FERGUSON LOVES in turn must get a share in fixing 24 Part played tublier. tres PUNISHMENT British policy. 1 35 Places of o e Pugnacious Sen. Homer Ferguson On this, Secretary of the Army! , action 69. 080 ho pes- doesn’t seem to mind asking for Kenneth Royall, who inspired the 32 Those \(\h(u" aesrave. H punishment. Unrelenting as a special committee meeting, em- Administor © /0. DIUEY % sopt bulldog once he sinks his teeth phatically agreed. Yo wa - BIOORL e in a Senatorial probe, the shag “If we pay Britain’s bill,” he maned Michigan Republican re- said, “we must insist on a voice cently proclaimed that he would in the government of her zone go through with his original plans proportionate to our contribution.” for the Howard Hughes hearings! Only member of the Appropria- in November. Well-wishing friends, tions Committee to express mis- remembering how the first probe was Leverett Saltonstall | * The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS P A e E E D) E N Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 62 A;.mqv,l : 2. Return to offica ;‘__.____—_—-—— material y . T s § Vel on JUKEAU PLUMBING & mmn Co WN runners Related PLUMBING—HEATING—OIL BURNERS—SHEET METAL . Prevalent WELDING . Ireland . Go . Dalry animat . Full of small spaces . Reparation . Bird of the cuckou family Mountain ridge Masculine nams Third and Franklin PHONE 787 Ve : - : HENRY BROPHY KA had backfired, tried to persuac Senator from Masschusatts Town in as a paid-up siscriver to THE DAILY ALA: R e was worrled over the United | 7. Cllmbi Dobpes EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING postponed that hearing un- States being l2ft to face Russia . Passages out hi to the bo: f1i f th til November 17, thundered Ho-'alone in Germany | . Straighted Frepent this coupon to the box piegel.the mer, “and T will go ahead with Holding an editorial from a 'Fin‘l"'llde;‘: 4 ; . Finial of spire ; it November 17 even if Congress Boston newspaper, the emaciated Berpant curro" THEATIE goes into a special session the New Englander also asked why 36 Biarer 20" same day!" BEritain should be allowed to pull - So, Amerlcan and receive TWO TICKETS to see: — out of Germany while pouring .suonfe'&‘"' ” BRITAIN'S EXIT FROM moncy into Palestin 3%, Plgmenty In ! X CAESAR and CLEOPATRA — n dar he State Department is fic- TOO MANY VISHINSKYS . Large sea birde Federal Tax-—12c per Person quently accused of teinz the tail Sprightly Senator Young, North Wiae oab B, g, D . Fine opernwork on the kite of British foreign pol- Dakota Republican, dropped some fabrlo Pnn“ 14‘_m BOYAL BL“ cu co- fey. This was decidedly not ihe remarks about the strike of Italian case, however, whken the Senate farm workers and the fact that it Appropriations Committee met in would cost the United States mil- a closed door session with State lions more for Italian relief and War Department off to “The trouble over there,” in- consider who will pay B h oc- terrupted Wyoming's pert Senator . Astringent salt . 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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 INear Third Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pilanos—Musical Instruments and Suopplies Phouw 204 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St Warfield's Drug Siere (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM l«!lnu:hings Economy I Market Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 138 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT 1947 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 every Wednesday at 8 p. 'm. Visiting brothers wel- come. VICTOR POWER. Ex- alted Ruler. W. H./BIGGS, Sec- retary. Things for Your Office | CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co; 1005 SECOND AVE + SEATIE 4~ Eliot m] Mirql/a&a[xt/tmwlfl “SMILING SERVICE” Bert's Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 FREE DELIVERY Juneau "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is & Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counselor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Youll 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 HARDWARI tor MIXERS or SODA POP | ——— Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO0. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINEST HOTEL EATINTHE _ BUBBLE ROOM Special Dinner 5to8P. 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