The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 20, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Wash up a lingham, and put $16,000,000 4 from Daily Alaska Empire ag except Sunday by the COMPANY Juneau, Alaska Published every even EMPIRE PRINTING Indians of | courts and Entered in the Post Office SUBSCRIPT' Junean and Douglas for SL50 per month; hs, $8.00: one year, $15.00 e paid, at the following rates: e. $15.00 months, in advance, $7.50 Delivered by carrier lost interes the Indian: fight over elephants’ Just 1 avor if they will promptly notits v fatlire of irrecularity in the delivers fee 5 by listed Indians, u‘..unm PRESS cd to the use for ted to it or not oth local news published '] MEMBER OF ybbyist ‘And Agriculture s deal just by and Mrs PRESFNTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, L411 Seattls NATIONAL RF Pourth Avenue Blde Alaska dians up there timber’ Next thing in Alaska do time it* came t Corporation, No. found itself wit there for timber 000 worth of ownership, if any “Nice work, a is it not? “For the ment Corp., Richard G says himself office “6 “INDIAN TRADERS” that being Alaska’s troubles over me encouragement r2 overlooked aboriginal rights ear Outside comes to us in the form of a report appearing early this month in the Washington, D. C ‘Times Hearld, written by Frank C. Waldrop. It follows Mirs. Ruth Muskrat Mrs. Bronson is a vibrant ladies’ club speaker and registered lobbyist at the Capitol for the National Congress of American Indians. But let’s just let this one go from left to right, in the order named, and see what happens 1. Last year Secretary of the Interior Cap Kru who looks after Alaskan affairs, asked Congress to pas a law opening the Tor National Forest in Alaska to modern world development “Specifically, he asked the power to join with the Secretary cf Agriculture in appraising the timber and selling off cutting rights to make newsprint and other pulp products so badly needed cn the West Coast Tribes of Indian live in the Tongass region It's a question whether they have any legal, titular claim to anything, since the U. S. Government bought Alaska outright from Russia on June 20, 1867 and the e pessed between the two governments without any kind. soft-hearted not entirely the The and said little story about Bronson and her friends “Here is a Corp., Mrs that “In fact, here last month Alaskan Indians wl tit provisions for Indian tribal claims of ar But Uncle Sam withstanding nevertheless, is a timber U bids for guy offering And so when Congress passed a law last summer a the projects requested by Interior Secre- inserted specifically requir- om the Tongass timber sales be put in a special Treasury acc until the rights to the Jand and timber are finally determined 3. It looked like a good deal for some enterpris- ing pulp per outfit to go up to Alaska and do scme pioneering, also make paper for the U. S. west ast, which is so badly in need of same. So the Puget Sound Pulp and Paper Co uthoriz! Krug all pals “So ary section was ing that money here we nt and heard of before, tinis “sort of deal mess?" of Be The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round By I)IH‘,\V l’l'.Al’.S(L\' States probably are causing worry in Moscow Last retary ed a summer, for instance, of the Army Royall rele report calling for the u mines for underground aircraft (Continued from Page C.e) factories in the United States. And trol towers and ot} aviation fac- ilities. been remiss had he not warned of | the need for protecting air les, and while U. S. military pre- paraticns are far less offensive than the Russians’, nevertheless Moscow uses them to try to keep the Russian people in a constant state of jitters. Whether the Rus- ian generals themselves are jittery is not known Howev there . is school of thought in States which does give the buro legitimate reason for —namely the school which belie that the United States should wa a “preventive” was now rather than a defensive war later It is no secret to the Russians that such a school does exist in the United States and that it is headed by the chief military ad- viser to tite President—Admiral William D. Leahy. RUSSIA PREPARES FOR WAR Even it we assume that General Spaatz was subject to the usual ex- uberance a military man, the fact is inescapable that at the last military maneuvers, types of jet planes were foreign military atta Ilyushin, Yakovlev, Sux- and Lavochkin and small United Polit- worry view of the Tupelev one the ¥ hov French, prisoners also fact that and Geyman war from Russia all tell the of feverish war pro- duction behind the Ural Moun- tains of demobilized Soviet troops instructed to remain under military supervision to work in munitions { ries because a new war is im- P the last great inevitable coy t between Communism and the forces of Fascism is also a fact that most Ger- fan prisoners are being kept in Russia to work in these factories and that only prisoners no longer fit for physical labor are being nmurmd to Germany e intelligence inte air-base m with general are Bering Sea n s0 known that acquired ar secrets s a An ased Ita rele ame sto, LEAHY AND RUSSIA well-known fact that hy constantly goaded Jimmy By when the latter was sceretary of state, on the charge e was to conciliatory toward Russia” In fact, it was Leahy who had most to do with easing Byrnes out of the state department It is also known that at times Leahy has considered General Marshall too weak towards the Russians and has taken to toughen him up Few outsiders realize a role the admiral plays in Ameri- can foreign aifairs. For instance, when the Truman plan for aid to Greec Turkey was first pre- pared in state department and sent cver the White House, it contain any provision for aid. When it came back White House, it con- plan for U. S. military ce. Admiral Leahy had was Admiral Le reports also building 51 fields | six being arest Alaska the Russians perhaps re- the G the Nazi allow- under > the Tow- Germans iberia that the in steps of - how great device subs run constantly without coming suriace to recharge batter ard the end « war had rubberized subs radar could installed miraculous and were using canvas which extend just @ and are extremely ha A All of these secre Most now have, and some heir r i submarine I B! enland, Kiska m Pearl Harbor some of the belliger- tions cn Mescow's side the United States n water us t their dete lid military from the ined a to Gr in Leahy's back- however, is the fact that hief of naval operations in he scld Franklin Roosevelt on idea that a preventive block- of Japan could stcp what was be eventual in the important ¢ are ade sure to Pacific And it the war s worked Roose- in Chi- Leahy who master plan for antine” speech the attempt to PREPARES ALSO ) hand, certain mili- ve in the United U. 8 On the other tary preparations qu plus cago. got pé Whereupon Washington | advising them that his Alaska, under certain bureaucrats “You can imagine in putting up and the with P, c as consel to the N which Congress Ruth Muskrat And just by were and so begged her to help them a ¥ 9 h to bid for the timber rights aking plant set ape costing around the P. S. P. & T. Co. D. C. signed by James E. Cur clients, the Tlingit and Haida would be heard from in the law no conditions to put any faith who might say otherwise how. quickly P. 8. P. & T. Co a paper mill on land tt S. Government would have to & T. Co as grass under the got a letter in U S P hance, thexe James E. Curry Jational Congress of American Ruth Muskrat Bronson is a Mrs is summer after Interior hotted up the Bronson drifted up to chance, she discovered that In- ‘afraid they were going to !mr chance, last had On= nybody knew, there was James E. | 1g -about, and 1o and behold in | bass that the Timber Development Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, contracts from Indian tribes up rights. “The contracts each affected a specified $10,000.- ! timber. And to tie up the Indians Timber Development Corp. deposited with the tribes $500 per contract. 1 record it was crganized by a Green, i Agriculture Forester Lyle Watts, has denounced the Indian claims the Forest invites pulp and paper makers to bid and get started developing Alaska. R. M. Bronson & Co., Mrs and been signed, flatly fore litigation conflict over ownershi that has been simmerin, tween the Indian Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture.’ “She said the Indians are Department in its interminable bureaucratic War for | . and one who is capable of doing power against Agriculture ment officials have urged the Indians to proceed to cut and dispose of their own timber resources, Agriculture Department “But just the same, ir government trees the Tndians have already sold to Mrs. Bronson's have crats pulling one way, panies scared to bid for fear of lawsuits, and lawye; forming timber development corporations nobody ever AND Mrs “When is the U 1 Su-lPom of natural caverns and abandoned | while Secretary Royall would have | factor- | | every also $500 binder for a $10,000000 deal, at Timber Deveolp- New York attorney, 9 Rockefeller Plaza, and as he are all people in his appears No. ncorporators Department, through Chief Service will opposé them. He But Curry, Timber Development have scotched all Bronson the nber Development Corp., asting that will bring to head the of timber in Southeast Al g for more than 20 y inhabitants of the area put out a press release third contract between had after a and the icking by the Interior | and that ‘Interior Depart- not- objections the Forest Service will invite in a weeks, cn few the same Tongass forest contract N Department bureau- nother, pulp com- Interior Agriculture Bronson busy lobbying . Congress going to investigate and clean up the whole Indian jze the peace machinery of the League of Nations and the Nine- military machine. LEAHY WAS RIGHT | Undoubtedly if Cordell Hull had not got cold feet, and if Roose- velt had followed through, the United States would have faced the Japanese crisis at a time when it was ready and prepared, instead of five years later with war on, front and when the were ready and prepared. secret that proposes applying the strategy to Russia. if there is to be nese It Leahy same In other is no now general words, | eventual war, he would rather pick | mobil- | the time and place rather than let | the Russians do the picking. And| he would pick it early, when the| United States .is better her than late. | she is employed Pact to break the Japanese gency exists. Japa-1o.0d of the Territory THE DAILY ALASKA EMPlRE———lUNEAU, ALASKA i —_— = = = =z g JANUARY 20 Joann, bin Sandra Kay Garvin cer DeLong Dobson rs. Henna Edman Bernice Flagg T. H. Hewitt McKnight °©o o o o o Alberi Whlle Rephe; { hand the following let- | | . rence . M ° Mrs Ger e o o o . 4 ° - > t I hav ter Juneav January Mr. Alber White Juneau, aska Dear Mr. White | I don't know - exact title bt | I do know cted with the Republ Committee and m ling to you to use | your of office to get ome ple to file for the Legislature next ten days. If is to function ‘ef- fectivel, best and most capable leaders should make our 1 1d here in Alaska it seems to me t party affiliation is not im- portant 18. 1048 | yo! you ai an s0 I pre uitable | in the rog democrac rely ot given some thought to this est that some of these peo- ple be approached and urged to run. T confess to not knowing their pa: Hendricksen—Mayor of an oldtime Alaskan, a scholar, and what’'s more a fair- minded citizen. He could be elected Miss Alice Brandebury — One of the outstanding women of the Ter- ritory, but perhaps ineligible since by the Welfare Waino Dept Mr. Homer Garvin—A local lead- | his own thinking. He is particularly adept at getting along with peopie Mr. Norman Banfield—He has a keen mind and there should be sprinkling of students of the 1aw in a law-making body (naturally Mrs. Mildred R. Hermann—T don't like Mr: mann myseif but I do think she has a good mind and could be elected. Tt would also pre- vent her heckling from the side lines in such a manner that people are now reluctant to run for office. Mr. E. L. Keithahn—Has a first- hand knowledge of Alaska, is intel- ligent and, like Mr. Garven; ;:els‘ along with peopl i Mr. Simpson J. MacKinnon—An oldtimer who could probably be el- | elected. I hope this list may be of some | help. Personally I think an emer- | a a ( Sizned) CITIZ Mr. Citiz ‘ I am ng vour letter nrm(ed and paid for by the Republican | Party of Alaska because the Re- publican Party is a party of All Alaskans and for Alaska, your sug gestions as set out above can be by these you mention and for c \-‘ sideration of our peovle and for the of Alaska , which the Repubican Party sure of | ad Admiral | victory in 1948, still feel that (hey, are not the ma rs of our people | but its servants, if called upon to | serve | (Signed) ALBERT WHITE. General Counsel for Republican | Party of Alaska. Note: Mr. Citizens: Portions of | prepared, ‘lmm deleted as being too personal. (Paid advertisement) Crossword Puzzle od Ash dder pits r on a seam ticle Grown girls Prohibit Rotating me= chanical par alns creened from the light ACROSS . Rolled tea Sandarac trees Hold a session Domestic fowl Old-time play- ing card . Within: comb. form . Operatic solo . Mother . Social affalr . Brother of Romulus Shooting_stars ar in Draco Beginning 6. No longer active . Front of the 35, 36 87 38! 39 40. s Thalan . Romun road Wild animal Thrice: prefix 20 k] i3 <[> <>z %:L »6 Solution ot Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN Burn In this piacy Kind of shrub Undernine o . Male sheep h mur- er s beloved . Term of respect . English echool . Beeloud Reions Fisherman's hope Epic poem At an indefinite moment . Uncooked . Bony scale 5. Detests . Pertaining to & dowry . Afford :‘lh( Wwinter and Pond studios on lower Front Street. o | maintain pool and billiard tables and a wland | | | o | mentioned above, 180 i the TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1948 20 YEARS AGO 7 empirE e e e e -ttt JANUARY 20, 1928 Steve Vukovich was planning a double bowling alley in the Goldstein formerly occupied by the Oriental Recreation Hall, opposite He also hoped to soft drink and confectione: Buil: On the previous evening a small blaze had breken out in the building and a line of hose run through the booster tank was employed in extinguishing the fire, which was confined to the vicinity of the chimney flue. | before required a new paint job. To give aid in an epidemic of whooping cough and measles among the Indian children at Hoonah,,Dr. Charles Firestone, Government Hospital, left the previous night on the mail boat Margnita Ho went at the request of Territorial Health Officer Dr. H. C. DeVighne, received word that per cent of the children there were ‘wl‘m had k& | afflicted Miss Mildred Anderson, of local U. office, returned to Juneau from a seven weeks’ Seattle. the relatives in “And then the side Gabe Paul was quoted tioned him about an injured prohoscis to curious friends who ques- It seems that he had been as replying gliding down an icy sidewalk and had slipped, turning one or two flops on the way down, and landing on his nose Judge James Wickersham, local attorney, and Dr. Cordova physician and member of the Alaska Game Commission, filed | es to the Republican National | their declarations of eandidacy for delega Convention. For the second time in the season, the Channel's traditional rivals, Douglas and Juneau high schools, were to clash on the basketball floor v' The Islanders had won the first game but at the Douglas Natatorium the Juneau Hilltoppers were expected to give them a hard battle in the second contest Wather: High, 27; low, 26; snow. B e | por—e——— E Daily Lessons in English %% W. L. CORDON ————rr s e 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, me to collect.” Say, “Here ARE the data.” DATUM. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hostage. not as in HOST. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gist; as J. SYNONYMS: tempered. WORD STUDY: * “Here is the data you asked Pronounce the O as in OF, observe the G, Irascible, irritable, choleric, peevish, petulant, Jse a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. INANITION; exhaustion from lack of food. from i on having taken so little the day before. e | MODERN FTIQUETTE onguns es | g s e R e Q. Who should be the first to cut the wedding cake? A. The bride should cut the first piece of cake, and divide it with the bridegroom. Then each person cuts his own slice. Q. A. Not relative. Q. Should a business men employees? A. No; and the woman who expects it will be disappointed. !LOOK and LEARN 2 ¢ Goroon unless the woman is his wife, mother, sister, or woman expect chivalrous attentions from L 2. 3. pionship? The female of what animal is called a vixen? What island is called the “Pearl of the Antilles”? ANSWERS: Piano wire. Thirty-six. Jack Johnson. ‘What is the strongest kind of wire in proportion to its weight? How many square miles are there in a township? 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1947 * The B. M. Behrends Bank QOldest Bank in Alasks COMMERCIAL SAVINGS The ceiling which had been calsomined the day | in charge of the| S. Bureau of Fisheries | visit with friends and valk jumped right up and hit me on the nose.” | W. H. Chase, | DATA is the plural from of | whichi is pronounced | hot- | Is it all right for a man to give a woman an article of wearing | ‘apparel as a gift? | a close From whom did Jess Willard win the heavyweight boxing cham—l | | | | i | | | | | | | Today's word: | “I was now nearly sick Charlotte Bronte. | DR. JOHN H. GEYER as a pait-up suoscrivber 10 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: THE SEA OF GRASS” ¥ eaeral Tuo. -~-12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0.: ‘and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and © Ttalian ety Cut 5. Fish ezgs . Land measure RETURN YOU ¢o your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE N SECUND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS. Secretary. @) B.F.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- !(‘Dme. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- ¥ retary VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559 sets first and third idays. Post Hall, Sew- ard,St. Visiting Com- radés Welcome. H. 8. GRUENING. Com- mander: J. C. BRADY, Adsutant. g e s o ot You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Martin Viclor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations HAND LAUNDRY 232 Wiloughby Ave., Phone 324 RELIABLE SERVICE nThq;Fa;}bur Office CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co 1005 SECOND AVE -+ SEATILE 4 - Eliot 5323 " G “SMILING SERVICE" Bert’s Cash Grocery PIIONE 103 or 105 1 FREE DELIVERY Junesu | NONA ROGERS, Manager The Erwin Feed Ce. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE CALIFORNIA Grozery and Meat Market {78 — PHONES — 371 Migh Quality Foods at " ; Moderate Prices The Rexall Store”’ ) Your Reliable Pharmacists ‘ STEVERS® BUTLER-MAURO LADIES'—MISSES’ DRUG CO. READY-TO-WEAR HARRY RACE Near Third Druggist “The Squibb Stor Where Pharmacy Is & Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor seward Street Alaska Music Sunply Arttur M. Uggen, Manager Pianus—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| Blacksmith Werk GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th Bt Tax Counseror Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Warfield's Drug Stor (Formerly Guy L. €mith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM e M e Huichings Economy Market Choice Meais At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 ' {The Charles W. Carter| Mortuary { Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 138 Complete Automotive Serviee ‘ MT. JUNEAU SALES & SERVICE 909—12th St. PHONE 659 Specialists in Radiator Work The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE BINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Card Beverage Co. | Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers™ s f 1 j : FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Strees BOGGAN Flooring Contracior Laying—Finishing Oak Floors CALL 209 MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name MESSENGE R/ | | Juneau Dairies, Inc. SERVICE * " ** 35° Phone 911—9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Let us run your errands TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. Phone 146 HOME GROCERY Home Liquor Store—Tel. 69% American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy CITY DRY CLEANERS PHONE 877 “Quality Dry Cleaning” Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING | Complete Outfitter for Mer. 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 492 2nd and Franklin ASHENBRENNER'S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave. ]