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PAbL FOUR Dml y Huak a Emplro by awa ousands of acres of land. But in our opinion, his star much weaker than Ickes. since Ickes every e ¢ except Sunday by the EMPIRE PR COMPANY never ac for one minute that the courts or the Second A Congress might be bett to settle the ques- HELEN TROY MONSEN - President e 2 SERIRAES1pd bl I o Vice-President | tion of Alaska's aboriginal claims. Editor and M r Managing Editor was just a few months ago that Krug Business Manager M4E€T ) Stated that the matter should be left to the Congress Oftice neau as Second Class Mat 5 1 IPTION RATES {449 decide uslas for S1.50 per month; Why jen reversal? It i it the land awarded in yesterday's 50 proclamatic not involved in either of the two .:,.,’_m:\n;”‘-l:lf‘\ timber sales now out on bids. But it is also true that the land involved contains, pulp timber which would Otfice, 602; Business Office. 374 1 y O usn have been utilized later under the program contem- MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS plated by the Forest Service The A ad Pres lusively_entitled to the use for epublicatio e patch dited to it or r And there is a real and immediate danger that timber involved e two areas upon which timber Alaska Newspapers, 1411 15 now offered for sale will be tied up. For the Ickes findings involved more than the Hydaburg claim. If Krug finds the Hydaburg claim valid then he will undoubtedly follow with proclamations awarding two more major claims which Ickes “validated.” These are 77000 for Kake Indians, and 95,000 acres for the Klawock Indians The Kake claim involves timber now being offered for sale for a mill provosed to be built at Thomas Bay, and the Klawock claim involves timber now of- fered for sale f the proposed mill at Ketchikan Petersburg and Ketchikan should alarm The people have genuine cause for i These land withdrawals might be quashed by (court action. But who is going to bring the suit? | It seems to us that the Territory of Alaska should 345 JAIN take steps for such a suit, providing our officials are UP AGAR not terrorized over the prospect of losing the Indian Fif vote, While Secretary of the Interior Julius A Krug has at several times declared himself to be in favor Li 3 K = of promoting the development of a pulp and paper Alppmai\E 8. ennan industry in Southeast Alaska, his action yesterday in (OteinhALL Bnguirer proclaiming a 101,0C0-acre reservation for the natives In seven notable articles thus far, and in more of Hydaburg leaves little doubt but what his actions to come, Walter Lippman is making a critical analysis Once again a of an article which appeared in Foreign Affairs D. C., has Quarterly, and which mayv be taken as a statement to his ecarlier promises. far-off Washington are contrary department head in treated Alaska to the old double cross. of *he premises on which the American Govern- During the recent sessiori of Congress when the |ment's policy toward the Soviet Union ;{es!s 53 It is the primary notion of Mr. assumed to matter legislation to open the way for immediate 3 0 i Sl : s be George E. Kennan, Policy Planning Director of jevelc I3 . U i B laska came up, development of the pulp industry in Alaska came UD, |, giove pepartment, that the Soviet system is de- Krug, along with other interested depart-|g,ying that its unity and effectiveness will be shat- ment heads, endorsed legislation authorizing and |tereq hy American resistance to Soviet expansion at validating the sale of the National Forest pulp timber 4,,“ points, and that our policy, therefore, should be and the land for mill sites notwithstanding that such {one of containing Russia, meeting every encroach- Secretary land and timber was claimed by natives. The legisla- iment at whatever point on the boundaries of the tion, which was adopted over efforts to kill it by Soviet sphere. Indian representatives and Department of Interior It is Mr. Lippmann's belief that such a policy underlings, provided that the money from the sale fon our part will not work-that our naval and air of the timber would be held in escrow pending final settlement of who owned the land. It seemed a fair way of handling the matter to all concerned cannot. sasiumse the Bhwits power will disintegyate 16 At that time it was understood that the Indianjg or claims would be settled by court action or by future !Soviet encroachment. ! ‘This debate in the public prints, spreading through | himself, stated to Congress that some months, deals with the most vital problem of our | time—the relationshin between the two great power concentrations, the United States and the Soviet Union. Mr. Lippman has undertaken a formidable |task, in challenging outright the basic concepts on which our State Department is building its | toward Russia. and has we cannot build a strong coalition from the weak, un develoned nations on Rusia’s frontier, and that we legislation Secretary Krug, the “actual extent of native possessory rights has not vyet been determined by the courts, nor has Congress | enacted any very clear definition of these rights.” Secretary Krug urged passage of the temporary legislation providing for the sale of timber from the disputed lands and as to suggest | far, fodaed “batinnal that . Congress reserve leisured con- momentous nature of certain key sideration possible at the Con- :pnllr‘\ gress the controversial question as to how the rights | ‘The Enquirer does not essay the role of umpire, hould be adjusted as between the natives and the and certainly not at this early date does it pass a United States.” |judgment on Mr. I_Am)mann critical analysis, since Yesterday |be has vet to bring forward a statement of the -« (alternative policy he espouses. We do, however, call attention on decisions of even went so far ‘for the the next the more high session of Secretary Krug signed a pr however, clamation awarding a large amount of land to the ’mtvnuon to a series of articles appearing on this page | Indians, basing his action on the findings of former | heriodically, articles which may well have a profound Secretary Ickes nmwu on the thinking of the American people and So ‘Ap‘)‘u'n(l\ Krug feels just as Ickes did, that jon 'h(‘ ultimate contours nf American foreign policy. l‘h wash | briefly thrcugh the Middle West, ' people are ahead of their govern- e 'nn on which together with a columr ment—way ahead of their Con- mail—always a pretty accurate gress. While Mr. Truman and the Merry-Go-Round Comttnued jrum Page C..e; eauge of public opinion—leads him to the conclusion that the Ameri- can public on the whole are way ahead of their government. Thls is Appropriations Committees are wor- rying abcut how they will get a Congressional appropriation to send wheat to Europe before the French elections, the over and Italian lethal dose of radioactivity, They may be coniused at tim deadly. No matter how healthy Q"‘l they may not see the road clearly; | American people have actually come { may appear, it is useless to treal "y, 0 ore eager and anxious to! lalong and are giving the grain. 1:":7!’1]1] (fill\\ll;ll;(.l:r\ v:’:‘v:n:‘;“ ;::‘.:(;,,nlfljf do anything which will help DIE-‘ They m('u( stopping to worry i i " serve the democratic system, help about who's to pay the bill, or ious danger, but can be saved BY ) folow men and prevent war.|whether the Commodity ~Credit| prompt medical attention. Fu:m We now hear reports that the‘Cm'p(:u:nrm or the Export-Import three to ““1""' 1“‘”*: i 1 . Middie West has gone isolationist Bank should lend the money. They sericusness of radioactivity lessens again, that the folks out there have |are simply going out and produc- pulled back into their shell and say to heck with Europe—which of course is what Russia wants most. There may be some of that.| But when the people. of Elburn,' 111, right in the Chicago Tribune’s own backyard, get out their wagons if shipped to can make a ing the grain—which, THE DEADLIEST RAYS OF ALL ’E\lln])e immed: 3.—Most dangerous @ the dead- gamma rays. These attack the blood cells, causing severe internal hemorrhages. Only blood transfu- sions on a massive scale can save e signing his name to a proclamation he could give | power cannot be used steadily to contain Russia. that 15 vears, even if we do manage to block every: poliey | But he has done a discerning job thus} THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Wity OCTOBER 17 Ann Grishs Harold Olav Alida Ernest Irene Dasy Danzer Bartness Lee Warner M. . Davis Metcalf Cooper Mary Sommers R. M. Daly Teddy Keeney eececececcecooe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | TR T iy | | | friendship. impact—for | This is the kind ot thing that makes our ccuntry great. This is the kind of thing—when the people | are ahead of their government— | which really shows demccracy to be | powerful strong, and that it can come out on | tcp over Communism, even wnhouu war But also—we must make sure that the people of France and Italy | and the rest of Europe really un-1 derstand that this help comes from | the dinner tables and the farm- | lands of the American people, that| it is a true act of friendship, not| an easily executed order by a cen- tralized government, as in Moscow. | Eventually, T think we can get this | idea to percolate through. CUTTING OFF FATS ! Harassed food czar Luckman hur- ried up to Boston over the weekend | where his 8-year-old son under- went an cmergency operation. | While there he talked to the gen- eral manager of the Lever Broth- | ers Soap Company which Luckman heads “What is the situation on fats! and oils?" Luckman asked his man- | ager. “Will you be able to get! enough?” “That all depends,” replied the | manager, ‘“on a fellow down in Washington named Luckman.” “Then it's going to be bad”| 'warned Luckman, “for he is going to do all in his power to see that| grain is not used to fatten cattle.” | Note—The soap companies are| largely dependent on fat collected by meatpackers and housewives from fattened hogs and cattle | (CCPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE.INC) | - Dept. of Agri. Reporis| Highest Farm Income | | WASHINGTON, Oct. lt—m’m’l‘hq\ ;Agucunum Department today esu}‘ mated gross farm income this yea ‘\ull be $34,300,000,000, the hlghf‘sq lcn record and 18 percent above 11946 | Net income | duction expenses, $18,000,000,000. after paying pro-| was figured at NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN [that Pearl A. Heinke, administra trix of the estate of Alice Hall, de- ceased, has filed herein her Final | Report of the administration of the estate of deceased, and that a hear- ing will be had uvon the same, be- | fore the undersigned, at Juneau,| Alaska, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. on December 19, 1947, at which time | and place all persons interested in the said estate may appear and file \objections, in writing, to said Final Report, and contest the same. GIVEN under my hand and the (seal of the Probate Court this 16thy day of October, 1947, s/ FELIX GRAY, Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct, First publication, Oct. 17, 1947. Last publication, Nov. 7, 1947. life. In addition, injury to the ;,4 yepick their cornfields, that's| ACROSS white blood cells leaves the victim .+ jsolation. That's patriotism. n‘l‘::l R :% s0 defenseles against infection Ayq when the boy scouts of Ne- 41 that not even penicilin can Ight piacka repick the cornfields, that| jq. 44 it off L also dsn't pulling back into their | {;; T O 8. Beé;’;r‘l‘*;y 4—Alpha and beta particles are e | 17, Within: comb. 49. Untruth o less dangerous, since they cannot — a;q when the people of OKla-| 44 ,form = SL Canemaice <4 pass through the skin. But they poma and Kansas set up their own| = aretic ; can enter the body through the ypeat relief committees, not wait-| s Sx::]lu‘::;rm A nose, mouth or a wound. These jne for prompting from wmung_\ 91, Ambreloos o1, Navigate the particles lodge in the bones, and (o, and begin loading carsofgrain,| i3 spotyer o mfl{:mwm“. ~ are lethal n heavy doses. Usually tnat's the kind of thing that makes 23. Mchammedan separator they'are found in the mushroom ! gemocr live. Out in those two | “.fg;‘lw 64 fi;m"fmr Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle cloud that the atomic bomb un-|pjg wheat-growing states, they have | )\‘}‘..‘IL‘EL‘. i 66. Obliterates A iRtk S corks. If the bomb is exploded un-reqlly organized things. Gov. Frank DOWN 5 Biton repetition derwater, as at Bikini, the cloud carlson of Kansas, a Republican, is L Parc.of & o ‘A"“".‘ i3 8. Biblical {ills with mist which may drift and ' working with ex-Gov. Bob Kerr of 2. Seasons. . 2 AJEINRTIH carry the alpha and beta particles Oglahoma, a Democrat, and both A“I‘rlt{‘nll"lound - im0 b Eramma- long distances. are working with William H. Dan- 10. Rugslan Doctors will be taught how forth of the Ralston Purina Co., stockades to use a dosimeter, an instrument snq with E. N. Puckett, head of I1. Sort drink the size of a fountain pen, which (e Union Equity Cooperative Ex-! 15 permit them to enter radioac- ' change, together with John Metz- tive areas. The instrument Will jer of the Christian Rural Overseas warn them before they are over- program and Sam P. Wallingford | onketif exposed. Another boxlike device, of the Wallingford Grain Co. in| Musical closes known as the iron chamber, will be wichita and a lot of other patri- | i Dlpata e demonstrated to doctors. This 15 gtic people whese names would fill Seplit-puise more awkward, but more accurate'yup several columns Obtained gauging radioactivity than the! Then there are the Amvets who famous Geiger counter are suggesting to one million ex- = GIs that they send p s of AMERICAN PEOPLE PRODUCE | 504 and clothing to Europe. And Hant lof the That which is printed above 1S Ray Brannaman, commander of taro the type of news a newsman does tha Veterans of Foreign Wars, is not like to report. Yet it is accu- pushing the same. Then there 153 rate, highly important news, and Dow O. White, down in Ardmore, « columnist would be remiss i he Oklahoma, who heard me say on lailed to let the American people the ragio that rats were eating up 3 know what kind of things they a lot of the grain that we should :.'-Jo"\‘.f stripes may face in the uncertain future. pe sending to Europe, and twelve American But coupled with this dreary hours later he telephoned that he sep news, here is something more had killed 300 rats in one day. cheerful These are scme of the things that Last week this writer traveled make me beliecve the American {about 45 miles from Haines. EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO 7i's . ——ad OCTOBER 17, 1927 The Misses Prieda and Margaret Kraft, daughters of the Kodiak merchant, passed through Juneau on the Admiral Watson W. H. Caswell, pioneer of the Territory and U. S. Deputy Marshal at Sitka, announced that he was a cendidate for one of the delegate- ships to the Republican National Convention. which was to be held the following year. He had resided in the Territory for a guarter of a cen- tury, most of the time in the Third Division, being engaged in business at both Valdez and Cordova Mrs. Elizabeth White of Juneau had purchased the property of Ed- ward Hellenbrand on the boundary line between Alaska and Canada, | Muys. White was to operate a trading post | and store, which was located only four miles from the new gold strike. Capt. Worthington, accompanied by his wife, on the Admiral Watson with fourteen soldiers of the Yakutat Salvation | Army Corps of which he was the head. He was to conduct a campaign for a week or more in the new Army Hall on Willoughby Avenue. The women and friends of the Resurrection Lutheran Church were {to meet soon at the Lutheran parsonage for the purpose of organizing the Women’s Missionary Society The Margnita arrived in port from Sitka and way ports, reporting windy and rainy weather, with heavy seas running most of the trip. At Hoonah roofs were blown off houses and at the Todd cannery, trees were blown down. The storm center seemed to be in this district, | coming through the Admiralty Island section. Weather: High, 47; low 45; cloudy. o o e o i Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox . D ] 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It was a bad storm.” Say, “It was a DESTRUCTIVE storm.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Baptism. Pronounce bap-tiz’m, not | bap-tis-um. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Villain; not VILLIAN SYNONYMS: Hallow (verb), consecrate, enshrine, sanctify. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your: Let us | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | OSCULATION; kissing. “Promiscuous osculation is not approved by physicians.” MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥grrra ree Q. Would it be all right for the parents of a son, upon learning of his engagement, to call on the girl’s parents within a week? A. They should call not later than the following day. Q. Shouldn't one be grateful when a friend has pointed out to ! him a very glaring fault that should be corrected? A. Yes. But, sad as it seems, usually the effect, and very often a broken friendship. Q. Should a man wear suit? A. Yes, patent leather shoes, white ties, and plain black silk socks | should be worn. plain black socks with a formal evening LOOK and LEARN A. . GORDON L during the Revolutionary War? 2. What is the distinction between marriage and matrimony? 1 3. What two inlets are the largest in the North American Con- tinent? 4. What is an acute angle? 5. What is the only word in the English language in which the letter S is pronounced SH? ANSWERS: 1. The Marqusi de Lafayette. 2. Marriage is used to denote the act of unity; matrimony is the state of those married. 3. Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay. 4. An angle that is smaller than a right angle. 5. Sugar. T ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petersburg and Wrangell With ccnnection's to Craig, Klawock, Hydaburg and steamers for Prince Rupert, Vancouver, and Seattle FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1947 * The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska COMMERCIAL SAVINGS MARGARET BURGH as a pait-up suvscriver 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: “CALL OF THE CANYON" 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! - arrived in Juneau | | | | i | resentment instead of gratitude is' e ) | Who was the French nobleman who aided George Washmgton; '—————————1 VETERANE OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post’No. 5559 Moets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome H. 8. GRUENING. Com- mander: J, C. BRADY, Adiutant. SR You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Matin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations . 'sames C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializtng in Corporation—Municinal and Trust Accounts The Erwin Feed Ce 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 Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. 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COWLING COMPANY Dudxe—l’lymouth—chryller DeSoto—Dodge Trucks Lucille's Lzauty Salon Specializing in all kinds of Permanent Waves for all Textures of Hair HAIRCUTTING Phone 492 2nd and Pranklin FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 1947 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple \beginning at 7:30 o. 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 « SEATTLE 4 - Fliol 8323 PR 4 | “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 a Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS | Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counselor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phonre 549 Fred W, Wendt You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP The Alaskan Hotel New.y Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware (o. 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 Junean Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. Phone 146 HOME GROCERY Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy CITY DRY CLEANERS PHONE 877 “Quality Dry Cleaning” e ASHENBRENNER'S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave.