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Daily EMPIRE PRIN P Alaska Empire xcept Sundas by the MPANY eau, Alasks - Prestdent - - Vice-President - Editor and Manager Managing Editor . Business Manager cult hum t Office Ir sean as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTI )N RATES. Delivered by carrier in Junean a: d Doulas for $1.50 per monthi onths, S8.00; one year. $15.08 sstage pald, at the following rates: ths, 1o advance, $7.50; political or ec cians freer t to the p: line field mo; thes promptly notity rregularity la the deltvery aphasis on the f € ts no more. ccufer e 0f uDy { News Office, 602, Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS % he Associat |« ‘exclusively sntitled to the use for Dmitri Shosts MGubiica e es credited £o it OF DOt others | i o e Mocoow vise e Jodal hews published fmportant 0 had been arrested @ had admitted the them. w Alasks Mewspape: difficult to unc that can be W quotes a paper, “‘music alo worke! to W (for instance, in liantly can t AGAR LAW ; o Indeed Juneau criminal cour ords, for the |€ veal I 1 number of youths, picr plan of age, have of the law. Their varied in dsgree from very minor law ) ser crime gainst society these boys came from the so-called wrong g number wer>? members respectable families. designers—one an ; particularly alarming in view of the re who have been arrested, to the com- ly small nu al size of this community. pears that parents and the entire community | order of ld pause and stock of its children. soles. Have our children reccived the proper education | - ticict of he-law, theSright :of Dthers andlts (100, Epgces would conventions of society? The: e important responsi- ‘m L T Id be firmly imprinted on and in | ywing youth which sk d of bilities responsibilities should be taught in the hojue, in the schools and by the various (!x‘sz&lmzulmn,s" a youth may join for-the benefits he can re- | which » from that association. be worn to bed on There is no qusstion tnuv some efforts are being made and will continue to be made from these sources for acquainting our youths with their responsibilities Some of t} efforts, however, are only half-hearted complish the task which must be done. possible that with nd do not We sincerely hope that all parents ard others con- erned will tal ore vigilant measures to protect cerned wil mor igilant m C ; picture-show going and educate the youths surrounding them. Let's keep clutches. Let's make good itizens of tomorrow our sons out of the la 1 the s. citizens out of all num shoe: the ! H CIO has filed papers under The Washingfon | new Federal Tobbying Act . . . Mrs.| Chase Going Woodhouse, able ex- Merry-Go-Round Congresswoman from Gonnectiout, | — will take an important job with| the American Military Government B DREW PEARSON Germany No. 1 “fire man” (Coutirued from Page One) n President Truman’s campaign for renomination is Federal Sec- Oscar 1, cratic wark: Ewing, an old Demo- | who has been mov- pween T for Ifing around the country quietly 3 al opera- chopping off heads and ditching tors And if Dewey, disaffected Democrats. One poli- recent - political .on't show ' tical head chopped off by Ewing it was Democratic National Commit- g tceman Bob Tehan of Wisconsin LEWIS AND THE SPEAKER A major test of Truman Leiist 1ot deal has all the strength is coming up in Cook iy of a shiit to the Presi- County, Illin Old line Demo- dential bandwagon of er Joe!Crats are trying to oust Jake Arvey Maitin Tt s Bot tele- | because he said Truman had no Sy o 1netdtubon caused chance for re-clection. Al Horan the Senator sudd to suggest is the chief Truman lead to Lewis and Ezra Van Horn T | Senator Styles Bridges wmpire REVAMPING TaE POST OFFICE ceal pute. It was a o Post Office Commit- rehearsed deal 5 been sitting on a confiden- Real an report on the Cleveland post ! able has cffice which may lead to a whole- beel " years. ale streamlining cf g city post In 1946 Senate Demcerats propc throughout the countr: ed an stigation of wgressman Reess of Ko as, Goerir ti-Roosevelt sl C rman of the House Post Office of $50000 for Ccmm has been holding the in which Lewis tried report o his bosom, even re- 1o defaat Roosevelt. Obviously let scme of his colleagues uch a probe would have However, it may help to marrassing to the vn the $345-million postal was the Senator from New deficit that the Government is é hire who deftly put blocks stuck with this year n path of this probe The Cleveland post office was in 1947 it was John L. selected for an exhaustive efficiency who propesed Bridges te but spot checks were also of th Interior Krug, ma at Cincinnati, Detroit and charge of the coal mines, ‘Buffalo. As a result of the sur- pite between the operators vey, Congress will be asked to ear- mark $50,000 for cverhauling a ses i divine guidance tion of the Cleveland post of Speaker Martin and if this is successful, the p the name tem will be adopted throughout he man ¢ country. Annual savings for ispute. nation are estimated at 872 nd raises an interesting question. Trundle Engineering Company, Whenever John L Lewis hired to m the Cleveland sur- nts to setile a strike, it found low morale, high ab- be tl He'll always tind s eism, excessive sick leave, poor 2 way of doing it upervision and weak discipline 2. Will Jopn L.s lates uver Tre t time consumed too much help or hurt the political ax of the car greatiy re- | irewd Speaker Joe Martin? ducing delivery time D(‘l;\'(r Dewe and slumping, were more frequent than the ma- the urge in a big way. jority of patrons needed | 5 greatest ambition A ficet of obsolete trucks, requir- | to put his ir ssive maintenance, increas- /hite Hou: B postal bill. Mounted car- drove their own automobiles MERRY-GO-ROUND were paid high fees, tue Trun- Senator Fergu Natlonal De- experts found. Total cost of Committee s just comple ing a 13-cent special deliv- port the Howard er for example amounted Hughes investigation—and for some to 2( cents. Special delivery strange reason makes no mention messengers also spent approximate- whatsoever ©1 Senator Brewste y one hour every day filling out mysterious lobbying for Pan Ameri-| Form 3951, a special delivery re- can .Airways. No a word ! ceipt record not considered nec- (Both are Republicans) After | essary holding -out for many months nu\a The Trundle Company recom- Artists and musicians in the Soviet seemed in the past to have a pretty good time of it. They were well paid, they ‘had special privile were highly honored atly trying to prove that communism could make | Since pictures could be painted and|® at were the errors? be that the composers wrote music that was somewhat | rstand stled recent decree in a happier in their ite music that can be whistled are free to tr.Vi to do so, and anybody who does not disturb others whistling it can do so. such music as Mr y that, if they live on the bright si the Iron Curtain, and often they can get it performed. if it is good enough they always can. -ae, the United States Government will not interfere. | Ma Possibly we are prejudiced, but ours seems the Hap- be announced at a Yater date. “HARDTIMES DANCE” heated by chemicals placed in the hollow spaces! insertion of chemicals, the designers claim, could keep | the shoes warm for a week For people who perennially have cold feet, this sounds like something very close to Utopia. step, presumably, will be bedroom slippers which can would be extremely pleasant, making uo for any clank- ing of the shoes as the wearer turned over. The air-conditioned shoes also may bring about a desirable revolution in the summertime. need to slip out of them during a movie. if they did a new dark menace would be added to| Music on the Party Line (New York Times) Union have they The Moscow Government was symphonies composed with no obvious expression nxi nic opinion, the artists and musi- an the economists, who had to hew or the scientists in the biological who had to be careful not to lay too much actor of heredity. But this situation here is now a party line in the arts as recent reliable dispatches have attested. Recently | a report reached here that three composers, including | kovich had been demoted and that an music critic and his entire family and imprisoned. The three musicians “errors,’ ir The main one appears to | The Politburd wants musici It desires, as C. L. Sulzberger dispatch to this news- | g the lines of simple rhythm, to | As a matter of fact, this production as to make the bs. People here who want | church or a public gathering) by And those who desire to write Shostakovich used to do so bril- Air-Conditioned Shoes! (Cincinnati Enquirer) The United Press dutifully reports that two Berlin industrial planner and the other | a former creator of ash trays—have evolved a scheme | with hollow heels and The hol- provide an insulating layer of air between the foot and the hot pavements in summer. the same shoes could be One dictu, The next the very coldest night. The warmth It's entirely | shoes of this type women would not Of course, It would do something to our nerves to be stalking to a seat in a crowded, darkened theatre and stumble over a resonant string of alumi- i mended sweeping steps to abolish these defeets. It urged a tight- ened, more equitable personnel pol- icy, a morale-building program, a 40-hour week for carriers cf the present five-day k. It also recommended re-| placement of the obsolete truck fleet, the purchase of modern shop equipment to service new trucks and Government-owned automobiles for mounted carriers. It also advo- cated that “serious consideration” be given to boosting special de- livery rates. ] NOTICE OF CHANGE OF but this did not save e of |Porter | Jensen The next meeting is scheduled for INDIGENOUS; In any | 5 and the time and place will cent second syllable). 117 |old clothes. refrain from wearing ties and THE DAILY ALASK APRIL 15 Ethel Whyte Minard Mill, Jr. Charles Tubbs William J. Reck Clarence J. Rhode George F. Clark Margaret Maloney A EMPIRE-—JUNEAU, ALASKA " THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1947 - = = . > Bay mining property. . . WNNA HOLD MONTHLY SOCIAL MEETING AT | SALMON CREEK (CLUB The Women'’s National Aeronaut- social meeting Club spen Countr, ning was which workers can beat time and hum as they try 1ics Association held their monthly ccelerate production.” E device has been tried in this country, though ot so much to speed at the Salmon Creek | last night. The eve- in conversation and Place. informal discussions. Those present were, President Ann Parsons; Sec- SKEE, and not SHE, with principal accent on that syllable. retary-Treasurer Mayr Barbara Hulk;| | June Young, Dorine Anderson, Jer- | des Baxter, Isabelle Funk, Mildred | A d t, retrospection rd, Florence Ward, Jacque ‘lrospec irie s Norma Fournie and Mario: “ s increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word WILL BE GIVEN BY MOOSE ON SATURDAY | Plenty of fun is planned at the checked and totaled. Then pay the bill at the desk. for using scrapt metal to make ah‘»cundttio_ned shoes. | Moose Lodge “Hardtimes Darice” 0 (ime in going over the items at the desk. Their proposed shoes would be something on the |pe aluminum wedgies, They would be hinged, a la caterpillar tread, so that they would walk like a leather shoe. | check and fur d this coming Saturday, April are dances and circle-two- | steps will be called by Art VanHum- beck, Roy Eaton and George Troy-| Dorianne Barnes wili sh the music. e e e it} | APRIL 15, 1928 i Sam Pekovich announced he would leave within a few days with a "crew of eight men for resumption of development work on the Funter { 20 YEARSIAGO TH's EMPIRE. George Anderson, piano tuner, returned to Juneau afteg a trip to Ketchikan, Hyder, Metlakatla and Wrangell. Guy Gaudet was slightly injured when his automobile turned turtle near the Switzer ranch after striking loose gravel. 1 A high wlnd’ was prevailing at Douglas aqd'reshdems were ‘warned about their fires as sparks were being flown around. | | The Moosz were to hold annual memorial services this day. Weather: High, 49; low, 46; clear. ’ Dailv Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I saw that book some " Say, “I saw that book SOMEWHERE."” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Maraschino. Pronounce third syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ascent (act of rising). Assent (to agree). SYNONYMS: Memory, recollection, reminiscence, remembrance, re- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us inborn; inherent; innate. (Pronounce in-dij-e-nus, ac “Feelings indigenous to man.” | MODERN ETIOUETTE o se | ) o R e e ik e S RS il ! Q. How and where should a woman pay her bill when she has been staying alode in a hotel for several days, and is ready to leave? A. Ask for the bill to be sent to your room, that the items may be This will save Q. When meeting on the street, should the man or the woman give’ the first sign of recognition? A. The woman. Q. Would it be permissible to answer a formal invitation informally? A. No. A formal invitation in the third person should be answered There will be modern dancing al- in the same way. so for the “ inguns."” To carry out the spirit of the oc- | casion everyone is requested to wear The men are asked to a smail fine will be imposed on any member wearing one. All members of {of Mcose and their 1adi’s are cok- !dially invited to attend e the Loy 1 Order TWENTY-SEVEN FLY WITH PAC. NORTHERN Pacific Northern flights yesterday From Don Foster, N |brought in 11 and took out 16 pasq; sengers as follows | Anchorage: J. Mizg, John Ralph Howke, Goetz, Wilson Ramsey, Jack O'Con- nor, Douglas Gray, F. W. Rockner,, N. J. O'Brien, C. F. Gillham and I. R. Cousins, Jr. H. L. Faulkner, E, Medley K. Pederson, O. Pederson, O. Kunley, G. Halferty, H. Burke To Cordova: and C. Turner. To Anchcerage: G. Da , Mrs. and child, Charles Marler, Flossie ™ = B. Charles Burdick, J. Hilderbrand Watkins and Pat Reid. John Daws. To Yakutal VESSEL NAME Lo Special notice is hereby given that the Commissioner of Customs, under date of April 7, 1948, gave authority for change of name of the oil screw ACQUITANIA, _ official number 252459, to H. F.%HANEY. Said ves- sel was built at Tacoma, Washing- ton, in 1943; her gross tonnage 167; net tonnage 114; home port Juneau; owner, Juneau Spruce Corporati First publication, April 14, 1948. Last publication, April 17, 1948. I . . . e LoWw tide, . ° ° . . - e 09 06 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 TIDE TABLE APRIL 18 0:19 am, 63 ft High tide, 6:09 am., 14.2 1t Low tide, 13:31 pm, 15 ft. High tide, 20:13 p.m., 11.7 ft. eecccece o> Boys Levi's overalls at Graves’, the Clothing Man. €58 tt ACROSS L Sunken fence Polish cakes Leat of the water 1y Weep convulsiveiy Through: prenx champagne Spiral Answer the M ; small wading bird Crossbreed Close relative Mountain: ot spect amb, form Gas of the alt teh Made a base Age hit ivergreen 31 Myselr tree Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Short Fish DOWN 1. On the ocean 2. Sacred 0 jackets 7 . Be 6. Fr . Gol Luzon native . Establishes . Anolnts prefix uce Oriental inn Footlike part Old Extinet bird u:.emgfli(:g;n to reflective thinking Two Fish . Positive assertions er Gypsy book pelined passageways Pertaining to a region Free ve off ient Roman flicial iendly brownle Sack Aeriform flula Party Superlative ending Dried grape Animate eethes autical hailing call . Anclent Pheniclan capital 58. Entrance 3 Present . Spoken . Acknowledge applause mound De in operation 1. What would the human body be worth if sold for the value of its chemical element? | 2. Which is larger, Texas or Alaska? 3. What retail activity leads in the number of individuals engaged [in it? | 4. What element does “Fe” represent in chemistry? 5. What famous ccmposer was known as the “Father of the Sonata”? ANSWERS: . Not quite a dollar. Alaska is more than twice as large as Texas. Grocery business. Iron; from the Latin “ferrum.” Joseph Haydn. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and }Tanklin PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS | ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pefershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1948 The B. M. 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