The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 27, 1947, Page 8

GOVT. EFFORT TO CUT GRA!N COST ON SNAG Food Exchange Heads Blame Federal Export Buying for Prices WASHINGTON, gove movem grain s with an assertion by the nation’s Liz exchanges that Federal buying for is to blame for the tky prices. answer to Jower giain to stop exporting grain,” J. O. McClintock, Presi- the Chicago Board of McClintock sai the exchanges “are not offerir that as a solu- tion” and only interested in bringing out “the true facts.” Speaking for the Chicago, Min- reapolis and Kansas City markets, he proposed a Congressional in- vestigation, ~declaring it would prove that “speculation on the future markets has not been the cause of advancing grain prices.” McClintock’s blast was issued last night after a conference With Agriculture Department officials who asked the exchanges to double requirements an futures would on increase margin kuying Such raiss margins—cash on the line— to 33': percent of the value ot the grain. On wheat the margin would go from 45 to 90 cents a bushel. The Chicagoan said the ex- changes did not reject the requost but “there was no conclusion reached” either on the original proposal or his counter-offer of a “variable scale of margin require- ments.” Hc gave no detals of the scale he mentioned Secretary of Agriculture Ander- son agreed that Government buy- ing for foreign shortage areas ha affected prices, but told repor “It was a question of getting gr for hungry people abroad.” “We would be happy to Congress investigate us,” he ed. In its buying, the Agriculture Department acts as agent for the shortage nations, which supply the money. ain have add- Parents Oppose Moving 3 Sedtions of First Grade To Old Narli ve School (Continued from Page ©ine; playground was congested and smaller students get bumped around. The Willoughby School, affording them a playground of their own, would afford them pro- tection. Clark stated: “I know that the Board feels that if on this evening someone will suggest something good to the greater number, we will ke happy to accept the idea.” Mr. Clark concluded his talk by <aving the crux of the entire prob- lem was that Juneau didn't have adequate school space. Mrs. Ruth Pogejoy, of the Board, presented a brief financial statement of the school She said that no solution that adds expense can be accepted becaus: of budget limitations. Treasurer better to bring grealur‘ | speeches. Dr. Rude also said that |anyone who talked about the na- | tive question would be rapped down as it wasn't the question before meeting fayor Waino Hendrick was called on first. He s the City Council is facing a grave prob- m of furnishing funds for op-! erating schools because school ex-, penses have been increased from $50,000 last year to $70,000 this year and the operation of a school may bring it to $80,000 Hes said, “It is case of doing the best we can with what we have { Ryan Talks | Dr. James Ryan, Territorial] Commissioner of Education, para-| phrased the Territorial School law: | “It shall be the duty of the city council to provide the city with; acdaquate buildings and funds for operating a school. But when the school is established, it shall bel under the direction any supervis- jon of a schoot board who get their position by being elected by the people of the school district as tl n a and the people of the district only. s Tre city council and school board| must work in very close coopera- ton, and always have. “The management of the school, details of the management of the! Juneau school, is in the hands of the threez members of the school board and the people they have: clected. 1f there are any better! submissions or for school housing they would be grade re sent down very happy to have them. I amthe first grade. sure that that is the reason they! Mrs. Popejoy rTeplied that first lief to hungry foreign nations. |ists said orders had already Lteen have called this meeting tonight.”{graders can be controlled better But the Export-Import Bank, issued to their members not to o {than older groups of third, fourth for example, has $800000,000 of cooperate in the dismantling of us Pickups uncommitted funds on hand and factories in the western zones for second ter lev be fenced off. son said that Mayor Hendrick- plans included a fence for the playground Mrs. Peratrovich also asked that the teps leading up from the school wicened and a rail put in the middle as well the side rail- ings. Scotty Adams voice a suggestion ish the first grade entirely, with hers, and let the parents lis- to class instruction over KINY morning for two hours and then teach their own children.” The answer to this plan was that achers wouldn't appreciate it School's Location Next to voice an objection was mother of a first grader, who three children attending She said: “First graders get lost. Older children know their way around, and I live on Star Hill “I don't object to the school. It's the location and the fact that there isn't a very high type of people down there. as was the next to a has school easily is neither clean nor decent for six year old children ideas.” “Pipeline Alley” Fred Orme followed up her state- ment by saying that a third of the children coming to school !would have to pass through “pipe-,struction Finance Corporation line alley.” He declared: “I won't cross through there myself.” Mrs. Casler rext made the sug- and fifth graders, whq begin to “Why not abol- | ;U. S. Senalors Urge Europe | Slopqu Aid, WASHINGIUN, Sept. 27—P— Two Democratic Senators suggest- ed today that President Truman; try for a “gentlemen’s agreement” with Congressional leaders to use| ing Federal funds for stop-| gap aid to Europe during the next THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASK Trade Union Leaders THEATRE GUILD TO DO M'BETH SUNDAY NIGHT OVER KINY An outstanding production of “Theatre Guild on the Air” at 1460 KC will be broadcast Sunday eve- Ining at 8 when the distinguished | actor Maurice Evans brings to radio audiences his interpretation of Shakespeare’s tragedy ‘“Macbeth.” Playing opvosite Mr. Evans in the role of Lady Macbeth is Judith An- ‘derson whose reading of this diffi- | cult part is one of the finest in the ! history of the theatre. Maurice Evans has been seen by REPARATIONS RESISTANCE IN GERMAN Threaten Non-Coopera- tion in Dismantling wniee months. | HAMBURG, Germany, Si 27— i i | " y, Sept. 27— proadway audiences in a host of Senators Russell (Ga) and Mc- (M—German trade union leaders gpapespearean characters including Clennan (Ark) told a reporter injthreatened today to resist, by non Rnhm‘l IT, Hamlet, Falstaff and separate interviews this would be cooperation, any further dismantl- - S |one way to avoid a special session ing of factories for reparation ,of Congress to deal with emergency | [assistance abroad. the when i things discussed | “If | The possibility of a special ses-{obey orders Down there it!sion call is expected to be one of [pect us to keep shipping in food the to feed forming President meets leading legislators ! tary Governor declared the Brit- lof both parties in a White House | ish-American zone would post for ed to ex- Gen. Lucius D. Clay comme the German unions refuse they can hardly them.” The U. S. Mili- ;conf@rl‘nce Monday {reparations a list of German fac- | McClellan said tke stopgap tories considered surplus to the money might come from the new level of industry for western Export-Import Bank, the Recon-'Germany—whether the Germans the Commodity Credit Corpora-| !tion The ‘gentlemen’s Dr. Rude said that the problem |y oo o 8 aginative, They're there have been suggestions in posed by parents had already been'p answered by the school board,} namely the long distance. He said; that there would be a bus pick up the youngsters at the much more inclined to keep to- :igether. Dr. Blanton gave direction to Olthe meeting by leading an assault against the way the meeting was Fifth Street School to take them/|, . : Leing conducted, evasive answer- to the Willoughby Avenue School.!mg fo questions and narrowing the He said that the bus would be able to accommodate all pls and preference would be tablished on the basis of the dis- tance the child has to walk. He, also disposed of the lunch by say-| ing that cocoa, milk or soup would be prepared tor the children. ! not | pu- | L% es- ol lines of discussion. Waging the next protest was Dr. W. P. Blanton, who said: “Is this mesting a free meeting or isn't it? Is this meeting is please the school Loard or the parents? What can we talk about? is an undesirable I maintain that it 1 object spot The meeting was then Op‘*md'as a parent as I don't to hear anyone from the floor.| by o 0 Fred Orme was the first one to| pgp.o Popejoy said that “the offer 'a.concrete SuggeRyion, He ') rgest number of first graders asked students living on the o 0" yative children from out the o Highway weren't trans- ,,oq The location was more feas- ferred to the Douglas School, in j,o gng easier for them than from order to alleviate the overcrowded oo vears when they were s:at- condition in the Juneau school. | Dr. Ryan said that he would in ectigate this solution He said that he hadn't spoken to the Doug- | hool Board this year, but he had previously spoken to them unofficially and they saidj they would like to have them, as| they get tuition from these stu-, |dents. He said they probably could not transfer the high school ctudents. He said one difficulty is that it would double up on bus transportation and might involve' Territorial funds which are not, available. He concluded “that the idea was highly feasible.” i | Mrs. Blair Steele, mother of aj first grader, stated that her small child went down the stairs off |Calhoun Avenue, and the stairs |were slippery, especially during tre winter. “It would be much easier for older childre Transfer 5th, 6th Grades Mrs. Cecil Casler was the next recognized and said: "It seems morc logical for fifth and sixth, grades to be transferred. It is cark at 9 in the morning and! again promptly at 3 o'clock on all rainy days. Six-year old chil-} dren on Willoughby Avenue in the dark are less able to take care of' themselves. I think this is a |very big hazard. There is a great/ that i considered a "By The great school toard many points selection, If this had been nd grade ther2 would be large a protest meeting as logical arguments, people represented.” objection raised tered around. in its the s Just with as just different The final that it was a lot harder for a first was grader to climb the stairs than a sixth grader. One mother said: the time my child is in the third or fourth grade, he would know how to come home after school. I want my older boys in the Willoughby Avenue School, not the youngest.” A motion was then made and seconded by the group that the parents present object to and are definitely opposed to having first graders attend the Willoughby Avenue school, There were five dissenting cotes in the group of 78. —————————— FROM BROWNSVILLE, PA. Elsie V. Hoffman, of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, is a guest at the Baronof. ———— e — FROM FUNTER BAY Ted Childers, of Funter Bay, is staying at the Gastineau. several quarters that this could be used to tide over such emergency cases as Italy and France. {plants regardsd by the workers In this connection, some signifi- as essential for peacetime indus- cance was seen in the fact that a try. last-minute invitation to the Mon- The bi-zonal military govern- day conference was sent to chair- ments had been expected to pub- man Wolcott (R-Mich) of the lish this week a revisad list of House Banking Committes, which plants to be dismantled, but none bandled the legislation last ses- had yet appeared. The list may sion extending the life of the include several hundrec factories Export-Import Bank. | - eee - Sentiment in Congress genecrally khas been to avoid a special ses- sion if it is possible to find some other way of relieving hunger abroad before the long-range Mar- shall Plan can be put into effect. . MOOSE INITIATE TEN LAST NIGHT; TOURNEY PLANNED At the regular meeting of the Loyal Order of Moose held last night the following candidates were ad- mitted to membershin: Jeff Thomp- son, Pete Buona Massa, Jack A Thompson, Eugene Bates, Dave Cammock, Wallace Cammock, Paul A. Paulson, Richard Gibson, Wil- liam Eddy and Obert Kallock. An excellent speech was made by Mike Haas for the benefit of tne | new members. He told of the work ' that is being done at Mooseheart in the educating and training of the children. He also told of the splen- ! did records made by the graduates of Mooseheart, i The members were also told of a pinochle tournament that is to be held next Wednesday, October 1.| There will be prizes for the winners | and refreshments for all. This will | be the first in a series of card tournaments to be held during the month of October. All members and | their families are urged to attend. | After the meeting refreshments | were served and various card games | were enjoyed. | P | (the Trade agreement” ‘Hamburg, better suggestions|gestion that the third or fourth Would be needed because none of be “strikes throughout the British in place of these agencies was set up by Con- zone is the occupation power’s pol- gress for the purpose of giving re- icy is carried out.” reparations. ,would be made in the case of the Two Birthdays Are movies ment planned by Mrs. Arnold Hil- her of their twelfth birthday tomorrow. n Capitol Avenue. or liked it or not. chairman of Congress, of there would Adolf Kummernus, Unions predicted Trade union- They added that ‘“resisiance” To Be_ @Iebrated anc the entertain- cake the Ice cream anc constitute Jack, and the occasion fot her nephew, son, Ronald, on at 1011 The celebrations will begin oon at the Hildre home, one washer that washes both clothes and dishes! DOUGLAS EAGLES’ CLUB Romeo, while Miss Anderson | familiar to movie-goers as well as stage fans for her appearances in | “Family Portrait,” “Rebecca” and “Laura.” Mr. Evans’ production of ) York theatrical season of 1941-42, ;and after a metropolitan run of sev- eral months it toured the country until its star was commissioned in the United States Army. Mr. Evans was born in England, but became an son is a native of Australia. —————— ‘DOESN'T PAY FOR SUPPORT OF KIDS by Federal Judge George W. Folta ¢ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1947 “Macbeth” was a hit of the New | American citizen, while Miss Ander- | Henry Brouillette, of Hoonah, has | been adjudged in contempt of court | because of non-payment of support |money to his ex-wife, Dgrothy | Brouillette. Their divorce decree, |issued on Jan. 26, 1945, specified | that he pay $75 per month toward the support of their two children. | She charges that he is now $2,250 in arrears. | Action in the case was deferred | until the court returns from the fall | term at Ketchikan. R L PROPERTY TRANSFER ‘The only deed recorded during the past week by U. S. Commissioner Felix Gray for the transfer of prop- erty was for a house and lot on tide- lands property on West Seventh St. 1t was sold by Emil Olson to Tom Leite. S eee Legumes, such us beans and peas restore nitrogen to the soil. SATURDAY EVENING Two-Piece Orchestra Everyone Welcome NO ADMISSION lnslclmly converted for/ cleaning furniture, ‘,dif(ex‘znce between a six-year old Dr. Rude told the parents of and a twelve-year old child.” the health precautions that have| Fred Orme was the next to pro- been taken which included both!test when he pointed out the dis-| complete physical examination and. trict that he school was located tuberculosis X-rays. He said thatjin and said that he had cnunbed‘ the school building has Leen!seven drunks and dozens of loose | thoroughly cleaned and that the dogs in that vicinity at one time. playground was the best in Ju-|Dr. Rude replied that the dog su-! neau. |uation was very bad :1 cuneau. Before opening the meeting to| Mrs. Elizabeth Peratrovich said | the floor, Dr. Rude appointed R.|that she thought the school board M. 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