The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1948, Page 4

PAGL FOUR ployment this summer with another season in prospect. But since the origination of the Indian claims for which we have the attorneys of the Department of the Interior to thank, a strong barrier has been erected. It now seems almost certain that we haw¢ lost another chance to gain this great industry, now # : 3 poor Daily Alaska Empire P'l‘."\;'d every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Msin Streets, Juneau, Alasks RELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - WILLIAM R. CARTER Ve FRIEND - Vice-Pre Fditor and Manager o oo 2 ot » more sorely needed than ever. Eutered In the Post Office in Juncau as Second Class Matter. _— SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ; ADE » Belivered by carrler in Juneau a WHO MADE HIM MAD? six months, $K.00; BT . ‘at the f : o Sohcatites aeiied : b One year. advence. $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; Some Juneauites, after reading over the criticism % Bonth, 1a aes, 91,80 of Juneau's industrial sibilities by Georg rank T hter = favor if they will promptiy notity °f HAS, RS Dossibilities by George Franl \be Businss Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivers in a recent pamphlet printed by the Alaska Develop- e ranes. News Office. 602, Bustness Office, 374. ment Board, have reached the conclusion that some- thing must ha happened to Frank in Juneau o MEMBER OF ARSOCIATED PRESS i 2 «fhe Associated Press s exclusively sntitled to the use for Make him mad republication of All news dispu'ches credited to it or not other- However, We can't mes /bt he ‘ebuld: e ' mnd wise credited i this puper and also the local news published : about. For his six weeks' tour through Alaska the berein NATiu~AL REPRESENTAT Pourth Avenue Bldg Alaska Development Board pald him more than $1,600 il} fees and expenses, some of this “in cooperation with the Alaska Native Servide,” which also apparently paid him . VES — Alasks Newspapers 1411 sh. Fuel for the Future (Cincinnati Enquirer) Slowly ana reluctantly, we are beginning to awaken to a grave national problem—our future fu:l supply. The rapid depletion of our petroleum reserves is a fact made familiar by the warnings of military leaders that we must safeguard our access to overseas oil sources. The position respecting coal and gas is not so well known. At the annual session of the Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, an outstanding mining engineer declared that predictions of a 3,000 or 4,900 vear coal supply are nonsense. At best, he said, we have coal reserves for 250 years. And in the industrial ar of > Eastern United States, he added, where 92 per cent of our coal is mined and consumed, the reserves represent only 90 years' supply Wastage of coal is chiefly in two ways—inefficient combustion or other inefficient use of coal and aband- onment of higher-cost mines, with resulting loss of the by asking them how they stand in the issue. tonnage x'emulm:g underground. r;?spficung ;he f)u'al i : ' ! type of waste, the answer presumably lies in develop- This, it Seinsitoius. I Hangerolis bustess. ffe 18 more efficient equipment. - Some research and stubborn insistance of the Indian claims even at the | oyporiment are under way in this field, but evidently | cost of depriving Alaska of a large pulp and paper‘not enough. industry, has won the Indians no love among the| The waste of unm-aed coal through abandonment residents of Southeast Alaska cities who would benefit | of mines is resulting at present from the unwarranted from such an industry | use of natural gas for industrial purposes. Almost half In recent years the people of the First Division the natural gas used in the country from year to year have elected four Indians to the Legislature. This is burned by industry, in competition with coal and year there are three Indian candidates for the Terri- |8t prices below the equivalnt cost of coal. This is torial House of Representa! There is no doubt | POt only a prodigal ox;_:rnduure of gas reserves, wh!:h 2 ;v they stand on the question of Indian | are severely limited, it is ind_lrecuv the cause of a| Atou the way they & s q | great wastage of coal reserves in marginal mines. claims to the forest lands The problem is a fundamental one. We still are | In this matter, as we have stated beforé, there | thinking, as a nation, in terms of limitless resources. | one class of | Actually, we are moving rapidly toward the time when our citizens—should be allowed svecial privileges over | We shall be one of the “have-not” nations, in respect other Alaskans. {to fuel resources. We have stripped off nearly all ' ] our good timber, and have not replanted lands suitable However, this is what the Indjans seek. If the | n1y for forest. We are doing the same thing with | Indians do have any special rewards due arising out|petroleum and natural gas, not even limiting their use | | INDIAN CLAIM Although the Territorial Legislature can't do any- thing one way or the other about settling the question of Indian ownership of land in Alaska, the Alaska Native Brotherhood, a pctential political power, is out to put all candidates for the Legislature on the spot seems to be no reason why the Indians of aberiginal existence, then the Federal go\'emmomim those purposes for which they have genuine ad- long ago paid or overpaid this debt in the form of \lvanmges’ funds spent for free education, health and welfare | Now it begins to appesr that even coal, the basic es over the years. ingredient of our :ndustrial system, is not the in-| | exnaustible resource we once thought. Any satisfactory | answer will have to czme through the formulation | servi Large paper companies stand ready to spend mil- fishing | lions of dollars in Southeast Alaska in utilizing our Had this been the case 10 years ago they could have come in without any trouble, employ- ing thousands of our men who will fail to find em-'of various fuels. rotting forests, The Washington Merry-Go-Round Ry DRE@JARSON (Continued from Page One) trolled munitions board hasn’t even hothered to put industrial alcohol on its list of “strategic and crit-) ical materials.” TRUMAN GETS JOB OFFER | President Truman has aiready been offered another job—it the voters retire him in November. The job was offeréd him by Will- jam McKinley Floyd of Unalaska, Alaska, who is National Command- er of the Regular Veterans Associa- | tion, a small organization with out 85,000 members in the United States and its territories. Floyd informed Truman that he was retiring as National Command- er and then had nerve enough to :s) we tan plan schedules at least six monts ahead. | was | We can gear up our production of |stecd on | B-50's right now to 40 a month, but inct without | power,” add: ' I'm out after a good successor and am sure you can he elected if I place your name in the nomina- tions. The political fates are some- times unkind and if you should be cut of a job in November, this would be a good place for you to land.” “The position has security—it’s cteady,” continued the Regular Vet erans chief. “I've held it for five years. Who knows, it might turn imto a lifetime job for you.” Truman looked a little flabber- gasted. Then he grinned “Thanks very much,” he chuck- led, “but I'll have to refuse the nomination, I'm going to be very busy on other matters.” AIRPLANES NEED MATER- IALS CONTROL « President Truman has just re- ceived a blunt warning from Will- iam M. Allen, president of the Beeing Aircraft Company that the government must reinstitute allocations of key materials, such as aluminum, if the USA. is to build airplanes for future emer- gencies Allen, who was accompanied to the White House by Sen. Warren Magnuson of Washington, told Tru- man that his company is now pro- dueing a super successor (o the B-29, known as the B-50, at the yate of seven plgnes a month. The new planes can outstrip both the 3.200-mile range of the B-29 and is 350-mile-an-nour speed. Boeing is elso testing a new bomber of revolutionary speed and range. But, Allen told the President: “We can't begin turning out these new planes in any quantity unless there are allocations of the materials needed to produce them, ) our material allocation: Tiruman replied that he was pleased to learn of the new revo- \ lutionary planes, but sidestepped a commitment on controlling strategic materials. Instead, he remind- ed his callers that the B-50 pointed up the need for universal military training and selective service. “I realize the importance of air the President declared, “but that alone is not the answer. We must have an integrated and well-rounded system of all three | services—land, sea and air. We still can’t do without ground troops. |To show you what I mean, that new B-50 you are making probably will require triple the ground crew of the B-29." HARD-HEADED COAL NEGOTIATORS Here’s the inside story of what happened when hard-working Fed- eral Conciliator Cyrus Ching met with John L. Lewis and Ezra Van Hern, spckesman for the coal op- tors, in an eifort to settle the growing coal strike last week. John L. Lewis not only stubbor: ly refused to back down on his de- mands for pensions for coal min- ers, but a compromise proposal. Lewis told Ching that his demand for a $100-a-month retirement pen- sion fer all United Mine Workers Union members who are 60 years old and have worked 20 years in the mines still stands, despite op- erator protests that only actual employees in coal mines should be eligible for ensions. Under Lewis' plan, former miners who quit work five or ten years ago or lenger would be eligible for pensions provided they still carried a UMW card. This would make William Green, new head of the AFL, and Phil Murray, head of the CIO, eligible for pensions though they haven't mined coal for vears When Ching asked Lewis if he would be willing to have further discussions with Van Horn in an effort to work out their differences, the mine labor chief flatly de- clared: “No." Further meetings would be a “waste c1 time” and “serve no good purpose,” Lewis declared. However, Cenciliator Ching found the ‘coal operators’ spokesmen cgually determined to give no ground. Meeting later with Van Horn, Ching was told that further ings retween the operators and would be useless. Ching then asked Van Horn if he would offer a compromise plan to Le pension demands. Van production | even declined to consider of a long-range national policy, made effective through | increased research and development and through laws | Informed quarters said today the | governing the exploitatzon of our remaining reserves | i Hoern replied that no compromise possible as long as Lewis| his arbitrary demands. | He did promise, however, that the | operators might have something to | offer in the way of a compromise in about a week, when a study ¢f the pension question, now be-| ing made for the operators by a Philadelphia firm, is completed. In other words, Van Horn in- formed Ching that it would be at least another week before the op- erators will be rgady to start nego- tiating with Lewis. .- o066 000 e ° TIDE TABLE ol . e . ° MARCH 26 . High tide, 2:35 am. 196 ft. Low tide, 8:53 am. -2.7 ft. ®| High tide, 15:00 pm., 18.1 ft. Low tide, 21:03 pm., -13 it. ® . ® 0 o 0 & 0 0 0 0 00 .o PIONEERS AND AUXILIARY Meet Friday, March 26, 8 p. m.| Initiation and fun. 845 3t/ 1HE z = = > ©n ~ "> 2] = = = i Bz | S = > é | 20 YEARS AGO T eurins | MARCH 25, 1928 Complimenting Mrs. J. R. Langseth, twenty-seven Douglasites sur- Wl £ L ® | rised her a* the Odd Fellows' Hall in Douglas. Cards were played and : '“'A\rlul = : the honoree was presented with a beautiful table lamp. : Mli;xxr~l:1.x\P;1‘uNx:::=2n : sam Devon gave a dinner to the girls of the Douglas High School . W. E. Kilroy o basketball team at the Gastineau Cafe, following which all au(-nch o Mrs. J. R. Langseth o the show at the Palace Theatre. . George Sundborg 0 —— | o Mrs. Mary Benson e! The Elks and Brunswick bowling teams were to meet on the Bruns- - Dewey Baker ® wick alleys for a championship tilt. ° Eugene Carothers . S— = . Mayor W. H. Hanlon, of Sitka, was visiting in Juneau. o o o o oWy gV v . e ALASKA MEASURES - GiVEN_M]ENTIONi Weather report: High, 39; lror\v. 36; rain | Mr. and Mrs. H, O. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Wilson were | | home bound on the Yukon aiter an auto tour of the Pacific Coast 7 il AL T SR RGN Four bills aiiecting Alaska have i . b g ¢ rova C H ¥ f mmmmmmMDMmmmfimemew Bartlett in his -3 ate, says Delegate news letter The President signed H. R. 3973 WORDS . OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I wish to see vcu badly llows United States Com- Say,“I wish VEii¥ MUCH to see you n Alaska to retain as e e e i OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ignominy. Pronounce ig-no-min-i, a compensation $5,000 in | instead of the present I's asin IT, O as in NO, accent first lable. | allowed i OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gray, grey. Both spellings are correct, though | te approved and sent| GRAY is preferrec to the White House, Delegate' SYNONYMS: Valor, heroism, bravery, boldness, daring, intrepidity. Bartlett’s bill, H. R. 1808, which WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increases from five to 80, acres the jnerease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: jarea of land in Alaska’s ‘ndtional pATIONAL; having reason or understanding. “A rational nature admits |i forests which eyl bt MO8 o pefhing but what is serviceable o the rest of manikind"—Antoninus. | lic convenience, educauon, agricul-‘ ture and comme The Segretary of Agriculture, under the terms of | the measure, may issue permits for such purposes for perjods not ex- ceeding years. ] The House approved and sent to' the Senate Delegate Bartlett’s en- abling legislation, H. R. 183, trans- ferring lot 1 in block 115 in Fair- banks to the city for school pur- poses. The land is the former site of the United States deten- tion hospital Delegate Farrington's bill, H. R. 3229, to do away with the 1iling of cargo manifests covering ship- ments of goods between Alaska and | | | MODERN FTIQUETTF Hopprra Les Q. Is it ever permissible to leave the spoon in the cup while drinking | coffee or tea? | A. No. As soon as the coffee or tea is stirred, the spoon should be | placed in the saucer and remain there. Q. May a woman who is wearing a coat and is dining in a public; place, retain the coat instead of checking 1t? | A. Yes; she may slip the coat over the back of the chair or place ! it on another chair at the table. Q. What is an appropriate kind of flower for the boutonniere, to be worn by the ushers at a formal church wedding? A. A single white flower i e the continental United States and ¢~ between Hawaii and the continen- ' b‘ { 2 proved by the House. an N A ¢ CORDON ' Warfield's Drug Store -oo PRESISIEE b What is generally proclaimed as “the perfect food"? What was the “shot heard around the world?” Whet does it mean when a vessel flies its national flag upside PALESTINE PROBLEM UP 10 UN ASSEMBLY - LAKE SUCCESS, March 24.—(#— Lt lectrical resistance? on wood and print from it? What is the pra unit of Who were the firs ANSWERS: United States had decided to de- ~ 1. Milk, which contains lay a request for a special Palestine minerals, water, vitamins. t people to cal all six nutrients -— fat, sugar, protein, session of the United Nations As- 2. The shot fired at Concord, Mass., at the beginniag nf the Revo- R S. spok 1ot ighe, o . U. S. spokesmau said last nigh . It is a signal of distress. that Chief U. S. delegate Warren R. 2 Erhlb '\m:g 8 ety Austin would propose today that the 5' ’rhe OCh' Vcse § e Chinese. United Nations Security Council call the session. Shortly before the Council met, however, the American delegation announced ne resolution would be introduced today. There was no ex- planation for the shift in plans. Today’s Council meeting was call- ed primarily to receive and con- sider the expected U. S. proposals, which Austin annnounced Friday would be ready by this morning. ‘- VISITS SICK MOTHER Pharmacist’'s Mate Third Class A. G. Townsend, of the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Wachusett, left here esterday via PAA for Cleveland, « hio, on 30 days leave. His moth- r has been reported seriously ill NORTHILAND SAILINGS FROM SEATTLE for Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Haines, Skagway and Sitka) S. S. ALASKA- —THURSDAYS, MARCH 25 and APRIL 8 —— AGENT HENRY GREEN — (2 NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION (.. itees fourveasissy N 3. ' ACROSS Rashful Pinner course Monkey Card with a single spot Oriental cart Public con- 1 4 9 2. veyance Part of a vise Chairman’s allet Ara Artificial language Burrow Under Wi Conjunction Discussed Public carrier: abbr. Kind of bean Operatic solo 20. Captivate [ Probable s 0, Affirmative Utter DOWN Fruit drinks 1. Wheedles Crossword Puzzle Meots first and third | Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- rades Welcome. H. 8. GRUENING, Com- mander; SHERLOCK, Adjutant. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No, 5350 ard St. Visiting Com- WILLIAM 1/, You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Martin Viclor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations H. C. Murphy, Ph.D. | ' Physical Therapy—all types I | | Maska Music Supply STEAM BATHS 10th and E Phone Blue 650 The Erwin Feed Co. Office In Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE | CALIFORNIA Grozery and Meat Market (78 — PHONES — 371 High Ruality Foods at Moderate Prices STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR seward Street ~ Near Third arttur M. Uggen, Manager lanvs—Musical Instruments and Supplies Ehoue 206 Second and Seward 'EINKE GENERAL l REPAIR SHOP ~ding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th Bt. Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Huichings Economy Market hoice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 | The Charles W. Carter : Mortuary | @ousth and Franglin Sts PHONE 136 "Card Beverage Co. Vhaolesale 805 10th St /| PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT | tor MIXEKS or SOBA POP ‘Windew—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C8. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Oil Co. n a Cleveland hospital. ot LU LU DON ABEL PHONE 633 A S i o S ¢ I P WOMEN OF THE MOOSE | - el Will hold a food sale at Sears- Reebuck, Saturday, March 27, at Oc:?il]u a. mfl urEtiryth?:;‘ hom; r B 0 G G A “ sae ana prices reasonavie. 45 20 | 1891—0ver Half a Cenlury of Banking—1948 Flocring Contractor A [a[<TA] Laying—Fimshing Oak Floors {7 13% * CALL 209 & hJ ol M. Behrends Bank Qldest Bank in Alaska The B « m3 o <o | COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Seasoning S. J. MacKINNON, JR. 1 as a palt-up suvscriber o 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: Obstruct African seaport vl od s "THE RED HOUSE" Feaeral [ux---12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. Amounts of edicine nmedan ’. o and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and V [Wisery RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments fl!%fi Sed” WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! T In bed = Casler's Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S stetson and Mallory Hata Arrow Shirts aud Underwear Alien Edmonds Shoes Rxyway Luggage — . TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Mer R. W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Free Delivery | Lhere is no substituie for newspaper advertising. s . THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1948 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH . Monday of each month t in Scottish Rite Temple N beginning at 7:30 p. m. (;)§ 7 JAMES W WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; LEIVERS. Secretary. ¢ B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday s & p. m. Visiting brothers we come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler W. H. BIGGS, Sec- retary > Things for Jour Of /‘z; SRR CHARLES R. GRIFFIN C 1003 SECOND AVE - SEA™ 4 - ELior 5325 e # T == Eer;’lbql/flfiflérflz:fve/fl Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 215 — 400 . M. | R —— e — ) "The Rexall Store" | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CoO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy I» » Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Simpson Bldg. Tax Counseior Phone 757 F Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Frea W Wen.n | S&T I Wen's and Boys' Clothing \CRO® STREET FROM Warfield's Orug Store sox 1465 Phone 677 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms i at Reasonablr Rate | FHONE SINGLF © ] PHONE 556 Thomas Hardware (o. PAINTS — OILS Ruilders’ and Shelf e ——————————————— . ——————————————— S ———————————————————————————— Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers’ FORD AGENCY | (Authorized Dealers) GREASES ~ GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Streer MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Cu HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 3R ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING | Phone 266 for Appointments ———— ASHENBRENNER’S * NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave S o A o & -