The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR L D(uly Alaska Emplre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska | for this interest include: HELEN TROY MONSEN ‘. . x Ak ;"':g’“: this interest include: DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - ce-Presiden 5y Bl & At WILLIAM R. CARTER & » P Editor and Manager | Commodity prices, as measured by the U. S | ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managing Editor | index, have moved forward another 14 per cent. A ALFRED ZENGER Business Manager Rntered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junean and Douglas for $1.5¢ per month; six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the foHowing rates: One year. in_advance, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ene month, in.advance, $1.50. Subscribers will ccnfer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any fallure cr irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: for gold might The Canadian News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. | sidy plan with MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pressds exclusively entitled to the use for | republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. taxes. Sooner or NAT.unAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. logical scientists ing new solve but can't (Washington Post) The Atomic Energy Commission could have made no better investment than the million-dollar fellowship fund it has just established to train doctors and bio- in atomic medicine, will, of course, have obvious military value in develop- | treatments for atomic radiation | the Engineering and Mining Journal experts the pros- pects for a general increase in the gold price tend to remain in the negative, but the subject still con- tinues to receive considerable attention. Some reasons concentration of gold production in the British Com- monwealth has led to suggestions that a higher price the Empire's government has decided gold production by paying a subsidy to gold mines | for three years dating from December 1 United States Treasury isn't looking upon this sub- favor, dollar shortage. to increase 1947. The ignore it. Other | countries have pepped up gold producton by reducing later the United States will | to take steps to increase gold production have Atomic Medicine Such training vietims. . . . FEBRUARY 21 e . Pl . . T. F. Dryden e . Adelaide Hicks . Mrs. Tom Dexter . Emile Hiatt . Julian Rivers '3 PR, . . FEBRUARY 23 L4 ° Jeanette Stephenson . . Lee Hunsacker o/ . Robert Jernberg '; . Evelyn Kelly . ° Mrs, Ed Jahoda o . . @ o 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o - AREPLYTOTHE | DEMOCRATIC DINNER 20 YEARS AGO 7%t empire B FEBRUARY 21, 1928 Miss Kdthleen Pekkascio, of Valleyford, Calif, became the bride of | Richard McCormick of Douglas the previous night in the chapel of the | Bishop of the Catholic Church, the service being read by Bishop J. R.| Crimont. Miss Kathleen McCormick and John McCormick, sister .md brother of Richard, were attendants. Elks Hall. Dancing was to start at 9:30 o’clock. The Lenten season was to begin the next day. | i The Juneau Shrine Club was to give a dance the next night in \heE | | | A crew of men was put to work clearing the snowslide which had | covered the Thane road at a depth of three to five feet. Dynamite was to be used. Misses Mamie and Elizabeth Feusi entertained with three tables of bridge at their Douglas home ' L s William Ott and J. R. Guerin, seriously injured when a tram car of the Alaska Juneau jumped the track, were improving at St. Ann's | Hospital. The former suffered a broken leg and the latter a severe back | | injury. 3 But in our opinion the greatest significance of this | study is to open new doors to the enormous potentiali- | ties of atomic energy for peacetime use. A great bot- We have read the speeches and Weather e i et High, 30; low, 28; clear. ingredient. tleneck in tapping this potential is the shortage of trained scientists who know how to handle the basic The commission aims at shortage by providing continuous fellowship sufficient to attract capable men not only to deal with this funds relieving 5 % health hazards but also to accommodate basic re- WE’RE NOT ALONE search. RS Necessary emphasis on the military aspects of Alaskans who think that present steamship rates | are too high with relation to how everything else has gone up during the last eight or nine years might be interested to know that rates have been increased elsewhere, also. In the highly competitive intercoastal trade, rates have increased 60 per cent since 1939 and the carriers state that isn’t enough to meet the increased operating costs. This increase may seem surprising when you consider that the companies in this trade must com- ment as a source have barely been sibilities. possible to nete with the railroads. | From the start of the war until last July 1 all marine traffic between the United States | suspended and all vessels operated by the Now back under private opera- Today only 58 vessels | Total | and This fact locking the secrets phical standpeint, private coasts was Maritime Commission tion the lines face rough seas. mpared with 150 in 1939. was 1,400,000 tons, an effort to hi are in operation, co capacity of the 1939 fleet today it is less than half that For examble, whose radiations are detectable by instruments, trace the course of substances plants and through the human body. alone has enormous possibilities research in such diseages as cancer as well as in un- of power. touched, of plant energy. atomic energy has relegated to second place its devel- However application of atomic energy, the possibilities of which is the use of radioactive isotopes which the commission now makes available for medical and other scientific purposes. ship program should facilitate exploration of these pos- through the use of isotopes one peacetime The fellow- it is through for From the philoso- the really important meaning of expanded work in this direction is that it represents rness the giant of atomic energy for constructive social good in the tremendous race we are running with the forces of destruction. man will hope that this approach, which stresses the | pihance Committee. virtually limitless benefits of atomic energy to man- kind, may prove to be the most effective way of |nation; the major offices in Alaska | Civilized . (()I l) |’Rl( ES preventing the consumption cof the world by atomic According to the latest veview and forecast by | bombs. H er on the price of natural gas. The Washingfon Particularly they wanted to know| Engagemem of how he stood on the famous Rizley | Bill which would permit the gas, companies to hike gas prices just| Merry-Go-Round Ann Thompson v - ] at a time when customers can By DREWIERSDY least afford it and when gas com- IS Announ(ed (Continued from Page One) panies are already making record! profits. | Behling was then preparing an| Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Thompson ! American public during the crucial days: Just: before fhlv, .Rx:pul)ht.«u for the Commission, and to dn- ! daughter Ann Thompson to le T R close his position in advance would | Mueller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joh e have been unethical. He refrsed to | Mueller of Chicago, Ill. The Mddmn— GOEBBELS DIARY | commit himseif date has been set for March 13, at A backstage row is dv\'elopmgj Whereupon Senator Moore held a !}u Northern Light Presbyterian over whether the diary of J()seph}"(“ucal club over Behling’s head Church. > Goebbels belongs to the Uml('dland blocked his. confirmation to! Miss Thompson is a graduate of | States Government or to the Hcr-mw Federal Power Commission. bert Hoover Library. 2 Moore's bludgeoning was so raw- The Gobbels diary, abouts 7000 foceq that FPC Commissioner Har- | was recently discovere friends of Her- pages long, { rington Wimberly, a fellow Okla- |the Juneau High ¢ {known and popular | younger set She has chosen Mrs. Gloria Flo-| Monday exhaustive report on natural gas announce the engagement of their chool and a well 1berq as her matron of hanor and| member of the, the statement that 250 dined at Sal- | mon Creek Country Club. We think | it was 170 and as tickets were being! given away freely by bars and cock- | tail bars in the city each is repoxted to have taken $25 worth of uckels This is good business for the ba to take these tickets. A look at the Democratic Platform will see the reason WHY The present liquor dealers have a monopoly under its plank. ‘| As to the Republican misgivings, | IT WAS JAMES FARLEY, IN AN | INTERVIEW A FEW DAYS AGO! THAT STATED THE CONDITIONS /quite mistaken.” e et e i it e . # Y WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “There is quite a little | cundy left in the box.” QUITE means wholly or entirely, as, “You are | “She is quite exhausted.” ! OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Toupee. Pronounce too-pa, OO as m; TOO, E as in ME, accent second syllable, and not too-pay. | | | Dailv Lessons in English % 1. corbox 1 OFTEN MISSPELLED: Reek (to emit fumes). Wreak (to give free play to wrath). | SYNONYMS: Beginning (noun), origin, source, cause, commence- | ment, incipience, incipiency. IN THESE UNITED STATES TO- DAY. IT WAS THE RESULT OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH | TERMS OF FRANKLIN D. ROOSE~ VELT. | We have a Sales Tax in Aluska‘ and more taxes are advocated It was Democrat leaders in |hc‘ Senate that stated the Territory had sufficient funds to operate upon and the Legislature accepted nn\‘ word, one, being Chairman of the | As to as Alaska goes so goes the elected Democrats in 1946. Also the | Senate was Democratic, It took a special election to elect |'a Republican to give the House one | majority. ALASKA WENT DEMOCRATIC, THE NATION WENT REPUBLI- +CAN so that slogan as Alaska goes is incorrect | What we want is no further! TAXES. KEEP WITHIN OUR BUD- GET. ! The Alaska Taxpayers League. | (Paid advertisement) { ! - CREATIVE WRITERS WILL MEET MONDAY The Creative Writers will meet |in the City Council (,mmbers next evening at Florence Theel will (l' | ABERRATION; WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: act of wandering, especially from what is right or| “So then we draw near to God, when repenting us of our; aberrations from Him, we renew our covenant with Him.” i normal. former Hall. ; MODERN FTIQUETTE ® sorra 1o DY s it G Q. Isn't it a father’s duty to reprimand his young son for any breach of courtesy? A. Yes, but not in a scolding manner. And above all, shnuld set the example, and no treprimand his son for what he himself | .mh to do. Q. When a young man stand beside him in line while he purc girl to the theatre, should she | ases the tickets? him. takes a A. No. She should stand aside and wait for Q. How far in advance of a wedding should the invitations he_ mailed? A. The invitations should be mailed two or three weeks in advance. | e et e ettt e e —— 1. Not coumting the Gulf of Mexico, how many States border on the Atlantic Ocean proper? 2. Which President of the United States was the great champion | “the strenuous life”? 3. What does COUP DE GRACE mean, and how is it pronounced? 4. Which is the tallest of living animals? | 5. What people were considered to be the best musicians of ancient | | i | times? of ANSWERS: | 1. Fourteen States. | 2. Theodore Rooseyelt. . A merciful blow; a decisive, finishing stroke; pronounce koo- de-gras, OO as in TOOL, E as in HER, A as in AH, principal accent on | last syllable. 4. The giraffe. 5. The Hebrews. ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 1:00 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 | { | | | | in Germany by : = bert Hooves while Hoover' was ‘on | oopis Wrote & letter of protesh. |per” pridesraaids will be Mrs. Cliff|ing of the short story plot.. ' Be- e Tt seems to me improper,” Wim- " > & a survey of Germany's economic | .. X 4 3 ‘McDom\ld and Miss Della Ripolli.|sides the instructions there will y berly commented, “for anyone to : * ot . conditions. The diary has been! .o ot this time any commitment | Cliff McDonald will be best man. |be analysis by the write group in careiully edited and annotated by | g, Behli 4 ; i m see 8 | reading of their own work, includ- y » | from Mr. Behling as to what hlS‘ NOTIC 15 A Louis Lochner, former ace ASSO-| pocition on this very important C &5 {ing poetry for a helpful round ciated Press correspondent in Ber- | " = Any one having bills against the robin discussion. » 5 4 | matter will be before he has had! s | Mand 2 | 3 R . 7 lin, and is shortly being released | o opportunity to complete ms‘[“am of rs. aude McMullen,| Those interested in short story to American newspapers by the study.” Y please present them to Mrs. Otto| writing or poetry are invited to North American Newspaper Alliance | Hé\;:e\'er. Bltler Becanih 0(Il.clnderlson, 908 Eighth St. besloge attend the meeting with book publication handled by e i 1 % ay 1. 815 3t = - = Moore’s political club or because | % | AR T Doubleday and Co., Inc. | i ¢ — .- —— EASTERN STAR of his own personal conviction, Airpl £t s 5 ! However, the Alien Property OUs- | Behling has now recommended ex- | RIS aftendhgve, e Lakeloft) todian claims that all former|a.uiv the price boost for natural| from airports where surface tem-| Card Party for members and in- property of the Nazi government! as} l‘evlolf’il s bl S“ | peratures are as high as 140 de-|vited escorts, following short busi- in the American zone of Germany | gyor "Mmre' i’md o “‘:mna ,‘;‘S' grees and fly in a few minutes to| ness meeting. Juneau Chapter No. now belongs to the American peo- |jchpict Porter. s » B85 hojghts where temperatures fall be~! 7, Tuesday, February 24, 8 o’clock. a rofi I * zero, ic o 'y. ple, and that the profits fiom‘ A AR e Aoore 15 now de»llow > 815 2t s A}IILQ AB_““‘]' Sec'y. the Goebbels diary should g0 t0[yghtedly trying to push through | R the U. ‘s. f’:"rcaiuu.l J“f“w t‘?e; Behling's confirmation to the Fed- | P l partment officials also claim that)e.a) power Commission C d the original of the diary should be ross r uzzie I | | | | deposited in the Library of Con- | ACROSS 39. Larly English gress, though friends of Herbert, SOVIET FOREIGN LEGION 1. Moccasins money . i 5. Halt 40. Destin; Hoover have already made plans, A secret report to the House g Make lace 42 Resons to deposit it in the Hoover Library. Un-American Activities Commit- |_I2. ;:lmlwlfldd e fplronounis Hitler's propaganda minister kept ' tee from behind the “Iron Our-| 13 Mncient wike 45 Wild animar a most meticulous day-to-day ac- tain” reveals how the Communists| o Cn‘iier!:rer]xln 0 oaweedy count of his hate plans and his are strengthening their interna-| ™ “rockfish 52. Discoverer of conversations with Hitler. Part | tional brigade for action against| 16 Metric land i of the diary devoted to diatribes Italy and France, as well as! 17. Chess pieces Taj Mahal against the Jews and Catholics and ‘e | 4% %‘;;::"‘::“’"“‘V 2 hiss tells of vows to liquidate both re- is generally known that lhe‘l 21. Demon 0. ligions after the war. It is obvious Soviet “Foreign Legion” was form- | $5- 8o Rins I e from the diary that Goebbels was ed to bolster Communist guerrillas e wwl:(ale' 6 Ol‘:es;f:rm:':mu | 26. Works, some= insane. in Greece, after it became appar-| 3o, l’eoer Lr;lyn('l xl]nm: [ Jote: Eir aitoan o 5 Cihual isf mother done Note: Louis Lochner has done an ent that the Greek Communists Anclent Greek 4. Nervous Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 * The B. M. Behrends Bank Oldest Bank in Alaska excellent editing job, with cross- could not conquer the country coin twitchings ence: any Naz - alcne. 32. Broad thick 65 Anger references to the many Nazi fig- alcne. | L e ures mentioned in the Goebbels, But what is not known i# that| se. F);:n project- knock-down ary reign recruits ng part soap frame diary the firs ad of foreign recruits | g7 rFlower 67. Old-time dagger FRCTIN was picked up at Marseilles, | HOW THE GAS LOBBY WORKS The public-utility lobby has long been known as the most brazen in Washington, while Senator Ed Moore of Oklahoma has long been known as the tool of one section of this lobby—the gas and oil inter- ests. But just is and how with Senator Moor only recently in connection with the appointment of Burton Beh- ling to the Federal Power Com- mission. Shortly after first sent to the Senate to be Federal Power Commissioner, he received a summons to report to, Senator Moore’s office. There,| much to his surprise, Guy Wood- | ward, Mocre's chief assistant, | en this lobby it linked has leaked out is Behling’s name was | a JUERS troduced him to F. M. Porter, pres-| ident of the Mid-Continental Oil] and Gas Association. ) Together, Wocdward and Porter tried to back Behling into a corn-| France, by the S. S. Radnik which left Vancouver for Yugoslavia on Valentine's Day ors year ago. These volunteers numbcied only 49, the! majority of them of Slav origin. However, when the Greek civil war became tougher than expected, the international brigade organized for new offensives not only against Greece but against Italy and France. The fighting in the latter two countries is planned to be nuisance raids at first, dopend-{ ing upon internal politics. i Moscow has sent out recent | order permitting even German | political and war prisoners “to volunteer for active military ser- vice” with the international bri- | gade. As an inducement they‘_ were promised reductions in their | prison terms. ! e | The heart of an insect is a slender fube suspended along the mid-line of the back, close to the | dorsal wall of the body a =11 7 | %//%@mg/l DOWN 3. Pungent sea- 1. Portion soning 2. Toward the . Paroxysm sheltered . Close foreibly side . Ancient Irish . Baking coms= . Strainer made . Spike of . Parts of tools . Mexican dollar . Brother of capital partment Clergyman in charge COMMERCIAL SAVINGS of woolee cloth flowers inserted into the handles Girl Conspire 1 Cishing spear ntinent Seed covertn Lie in warmt Jacob me: Latin American monkey: variant Swain . Open space In a forest . Causes to float gently . Iznoble w Rubber trees Witnesses Speed contest . Part of a church CLAUDE MILLSAP, JR. as a pait-up suoscriver w 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: "KING OF THE WILD HORSES" Feaeral lax ---12¢ 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 ‘compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! ] | Adsutant. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY AR VETERANS OF FUKEIGN WAKS Taku Post No. 5559 Mzets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome. H. S, GRUENING, Com- mander; J. C. BRADY, I You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Marfin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for ‘Three Generations HOMER €. MURPHY, N.D. NATUROPATHY | Medicated Steam Baths Herbs 10th and E Phone Blue 650 The Erwin Feed Co. 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