The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 14, 1948, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1948 ] MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE-NO. 147 VETERANS OF SECOND and FOURTH ;":‘:fl:‘;:fi’ Monday of each monthy, 1 y in Scottish Rite Temple . Meet. t and third Thursdays. Post Hall, beginning at 7:30 p. m. PAGE FOUR b e | magazines and newspapers mailed to them from \h--f | States, impregnated with holes cut by censors who | deemed various stories and pictures a threat to the | national security. » i ‘. ok E . ¢ Dmly Alaska Empire 20 YEARS AGO lfii"p: EMPIRE Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks | HELEN TROY MONSEN - - President | DOROTHY TROY LINGO Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER . Editor and Manager ELMER A. FRIEND Mansging Editor ALFRED ZENGER Business Manager Butered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneay and Douglas for $R3¢ per month) six months, $6.00; ene year, §15.00 By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One sear. in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | e month, in advence, $1.60 Bubscrivers will ccnfer a favor if they will promptly potify “he Business Office of any fallure cr irregularity in the delivery f their papers. Telephones: News Of 602; Business Office. 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associuted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for hes credited to it or not othes- also the local news published woublication of Rl news dispn #ise rredited in this osper & herein. TATIVES — Alaska Newapapers, 141) ttle, Wash. i S—| NATiunAL REFR Pearin Avenue Bl IS OVER 3 ‘SUSPENSE back and return to the| in the Tanana River at | greatest guessing contest | can, in leisure moments, | Now we can 2ll settle normal run of life—the ice Nenana has gone out, the in the world is over and we begin planning or a guess n Three Juneau residents share in the big rd and congratulations to them. They were on the day, hour and minute. Once before the ice has gone out on May 13 and et year. { re among those who will | that was in 1827 . The latest date has been May 16 and that was in’ 1945 at 9:41 a. m | The Alaska guessing classic has proven one of the | greatest events in the history of the Territory, men, | women and children taking part. It is limited to | Alaskans only, which is another significant fact. It is one event in which there is sible “fixing.” | Long may the classic be just that and for Alaskan: no |of Alaska Thus stories and pictures circulated generally throughout the nation, were withheld from the people No sane reason has ever been given for this ridiculous application of any program for pro- tecting the security of the nation and its armed forces. Letters written to or sent by Alaskans were some- times hardly more than paper streamers when the censors had gone through them. Territorial newspapers had the unique experience | of battling with censors who sought to have them edit | or suppress news stories publised generally in the| States and sent them by the Associated Press. “ The experience of Alaskans with censorship was| anything but pleasant They saw the awful decisions made by small fry men who were too ignorant and | indifferent of the public welfare to use discretion Second lieutenants found their responsibilities were | lighter and fewer questions were asked by their superior .;i when stories were bannéd than when they were| published o h | Mr. Hoffman's bill, if passed, would set a dnng(‘l'—[ ous precedent of concealment that is out of place m| a democracy. Every Congress, unfortunately, has its | share of stupid, bigoted, and “kept” members. This | power of censorship would apply to them, if encuzh% were on one committee to exercise it, as well as to| the responsible statesmen. . 3 | The main gripe of the Congressmen seems to be | that newspapers carry stories of their secret sessions. The information gets to the newspapers from the Con- | gressmen themselves. Instead of compelling their own members to “shut up” they seek to gag the press with the threat of a heavy fine and prison sentence. ¥ “The press,” says Mr. Hoffman, “has no all-in- clusive right and privilege of disclosing information that is detrimental to the country.” It might be an- swered that Congress has no all-inclusive right and privilege to withhold information from the country at the caprice of some of its members. We trust that the whole House will make short' work of Mr. Hoffman’s would-be legal sanction of further secrecy and irresponsibility in government. There is no reason to expect the Congressmen would handle the responsibility any more effectively than did the second-lieutenants during Word War IL You Can’t Blame Them (Cincinnati Enquirer) There was a time, a year and more ago, when Zionists and Arabs alike were open to grave con- demnation for their resort to terrorist tactics against the British and against each other. Today the position is different. It is no longer terrofism but open war between the two rival peoples. Although the condi- tions' of today are tragic in the extreme, it is diffi- cult to find a basis for condemning this resort to armed force. . The great nations of the world, assembled at MAY 14 Lee Lucas Donald L. MacKinnon Frank Henderson Patsy Fleek Bonnie L. MacLean Betsie Carlyle Mrs. T. E. Egan Bessie Hale e 0o 00 ¢ 0 0 0 EMBLEM CLUB HAS BUSINESS. MEETING; PLAN INSTALLATION Juneau Emblem:Club No. 90 met last night in the Elks Hall for their regular business meeting, and to discuss plans for the installa- tion of officers, which will be held May 22 in the Elks Hall, It was announced that Mrs. An- nie Whaley, District Deputy of the Supreme Emblem Club from Ketchikan, will arrive in Juneau Friday, May 21, to conduct the installation. It was voted to have a reception tea in honor of Mrs. Whaley, and more details will be announced at a later date. The committee nam- ed for the reception tea are: Mrs. Hazel McLeod, Mrs. Dewey Shel- | don and Mrs. Amy Sherlock: Annual reports were made by President Marian Hedges, the Treasurer, Secretary and Trustees, in order to clear the books for the new officers. Following the meeting refresh- ments were served. Ray Beéch Cele_brates Birthday An_niversary MAY 14, 1928 Deputy U. S. Marshal C. V. Brown, of Petersburg, arrived here,to attend U. S. District Court, now in session. Sam Shucklin, wellknown brcker and traveling man, left on the Admiral Evans for Cordova. D Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal J. Statter returned here after taking prisoners south. Lotne McAlister, with the U. S. Customs at Skagway, visited friends while the Princess Alice- was in port. He and Mrs. McAlister were {returning from a States’ vacation. j The Van and Gilbert Vaudeville Company arrived aboard the Ala- {meda and opened at the Palace Theatre. I - WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He wants you and I to go.” Say, “He wants you and ME to go.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hearth. |ARM, and not HERTH. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gymnasium’ observe the S, pronounced Z. SYNONYMS: Variable, changeable, mutable, alterable, altering. | 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: DISPARITY; state of being dissimilar; difference. “A disparty in tastes {between husband and wife is unfortunate.” Weather: High, 54; low, 48; rain. et Dailv Lessons in English %, & cogpon Pronounce harth, A as in S e | MODERN ETIQUETTE Yoperea ros Q. When one is at the table, how large a mouthful of food should one take? A. Only large enough so that one can manage easily if one is asked ) ¢ {a question. It is disgusting to see a person try to talk with a mouthful |1 i jof food. H Q. What is the proper way for a bride to sign the personal notes iox acknowledgment for her wedding gifts? A. As “Mary Smith,” Smith.of course being her husband’s name. “Mrs. Charles Smith” would be too formal when writing to a friend. Q. If a man speaks to a girl on the street and she does naf remem- | ber having met him, what should she do? A. If the girl considers it a flirtation, she can simply ignore him. 1f it seems to her that she has met him, nod pleasantly and pass on. e it e - A s i S A S | Seward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE. Commander: WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Martin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for ‘Three Generations “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office In Case Lot Grocery PHBONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE e—— e { [ i “lcall EXPERIENCED MEN | Alaska JANITORIAL Service 1 CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply Artbur M. Uggen, Mauager Pianes—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP ! 1 WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. € B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER. Exalted Ruler, W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. fil;q; for Your Office CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co 1005 SECOND AVE - SEATE 4 - ElLior 5323 ‘Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39—539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. ARCHIE B. BETTS Puhlic Accountant Audiior Tax Counsefor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 only. % | Lake Success, have met, pondered, pontificated and | then reversed themselves. And even when they have | agreed on a policy for Palestine, they have failed to | provide any means for enforcement of that policy. | A surprise anniversary dinner | was held Wednesday evening in| honor of Ray Beach who was cele- A Dangcrous Precedent Warlield's Drug Stor: Wall r;';aper ! (Anchorage Times 1f it is necessary to assess the blame for the daily brating his birthday anniversary!! When it comes to censorship there are few people | toll of lives in the Holy Land, we must look squarely on May 12. i 4 § & | Form under the American flag better qualified to talk about gt the major nations who constitute the leadership, “The dinner table was beautifully 1. What was the first championship prize fight broadcast over tne (| (Formerly Guy L. Sinith Drugs) Ideal Paint Sho it than those Alaskans who lived in the Territory [of the United Nations. decorated with a lace cloth, cen- |radio? NYAL Family Remedies P — tered by a huge bouquet of spring 2. How many cities or towns In the U. S. are named for George HORLUCK’S DANISH Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt during World War IIL H ICE CREAM The House Rules Committee of Congress has ap- | A Good Question | flowers, surrounded by tall silver |washington? proved & proposal to impose censorship on certain et e ‘uul:ers. Therg w;are two birthday | 3. What is the name of the science treating of projectiles? % information and to punish a reporter who violates that | (Ketchikan News) j cakes * appropriately decorated and i % 3 + i & . e censorship with & $1,000 {ine and a year’s imprison-, Now that the chances of statehood for Alaska centered both of the dessert tables. ;' ‘\:vv:a: :rg: b;)?lv o .Yg;ern":lflmm? h!a St e $toaioer dem"’{; ull!cllmgs EGOIIOIII, Jnneau F oot CI““C ment. The author of this piece of legislation is Rep. |have gone glimmering for this session of Congress, | The invited guests were Mr, and | " i Sas s boficniiud b olednd o fal v 0 A Clare Hoffman of Michigan. }why not have Delegate Bartlett pull his bill out of the 'Mrs. J. E. Keamey, Mr. and Mrs. AR . 3 Ma]'kel Rm. 14, Shattuck Bldg. The bill would permit a Congressional committee |“pigeon hole” for the election of the Governor of Jerry Powers and son Warren and 1. The Dempsey-Carpentier bout, iniJersey City, in 1921. Choice M 8 “PHONE: BLUE 379 to demand any confidential information from the ad- | Alaska? We have not heard of, nor do we belieye Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Al Zenger, 2. 422, ce Meals At All Times By Appointment Only ministration and at the same time, » majority Vote there is any active opposition to such a bill. With Sr., Mason and Eric Beach, Mrs. 3. Ballistics. i PHONES 553—92—95 could classify any information a committee possessed | the election of our own Governor and making wider Ray Beach, the hostesses, and the 4. Great Salt Lake, in Utah. -« |use of the powers of the Territorial Legislature, there 8uest of honor. 5. “. ... The saddest are these: It might have been,” from “Maud P “ m | The Charles W. Carter| | | The Alaskan Hotel as confidential. Alaskans could give the lawmakers some good ad- [are a lot of things we could do for ourselves. There | vice, based on their experiences during the war when jys good reason to believe that Democrats now in power they were under the so-called “voluntary” censorship. are giving merely lip service to the election of Gov- Here in the Territory the Alaskans found their ernor, and will try and keep such a bill pigeon-holed. | e {Muller,” by John Greenleaf Whittier. MacMILLAN IS GOING BACK T0 ARCTIC WATERS Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 136 LEADING DEMOCRATS IN THIRD DIVISION College museums. The party will number about 16, largely college students, but it will include Mrs. MacMillan, who is looking forward with enthusiasm to her sixth strip north, to Labra- dor and Baffin Land. MacMillan hopes to add speci- PHONE BINGLE O lzflvc training under the Army's| Marshal Rommel. { | best men, not hacks and hasbeens.;, “On both airplanes there were | FOR HousE HNA'.S, 4 Have uniform requirements| important maps and plans which for ‘Nfuxnna‘l Guard and re:sjerve‘m-ev of vital importance for the' with 56 of the Third Division’s| officers. Make them take periodic | German military authorities. The gg having reported, seven Democra- fhe— W;shingion Merry-Go-Round ! iP 2 | PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS m Beverage Co. 805 10th St. By DREW PEARSON ‘rxzimmatwns. ! ;pl]ots had received additional ordlmc House candidates appear cer- mens for a projected polar museum - — Such a program, plus the 70 alrimstruwcm- - jtain of entering the finals in the| PROVINCETOWN, Mass, May|at Bowdoin College, his alma PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT Builders’ and Shelf (Continued from Page One) {groups for offense, should give the, “The Foreign Minister of the‘fan, 14—(M—The Arctic wastes again|mater. 4 for MIXERS or SODA POP WARDWARE fense, therefore, should not re-| 3:::’;‘2 S':;:;-‘mi\}l gf;i]c!cm. wcu-:Reich requests you for news by re-| Leaders are Stanley McCutchéon,|are beckoning Donald B. Mac- —————— o i 5 y without!turn, as to what has transpired '1989; C. A. Pollard, 1321; Clarence| Millan. . quire the drafting of men. [ folsting upon the American peo-|about the two Egyptian airplanes. Keating, 1101; William Egan, 1023; b e e e eveco oo oo Wndow—Auto—Plate—GLASS Remington Typewriters SRR Sy | ple the militaristic system they just| onnoithern i B o Holliy 03 Jadk Oonrighs, Gslehoc. (o year-OId. explorer Wetkeit e e HOXD ot SERVICED Iy - SRR s fought a war to avoid | Note—Although the British have and C. C. Carlson, 922. Maine. todey to prepere. his uirdy e TIDE TABLE -/l IDEAL GLASS CO Regaciiag th otier piase- Mo il L R B e hanch avd A0 Epstee Boydoin (or Bl 9t Wil L . i J. B. Burford & Co. Ppa 0! Army which would op- b - ’, ' erate abrod—it seems to me that BEHIND 1nE RR | ments public, the State Depart- fred Owen, Jr., who has 879 votes ml\:lei)fil:xi ble:r:ss t‘:m::i;n:l e 19 &5, b o|| . 538 Willoughby Avenue m:.m"' T our defense planners have over- INJUNCTION | ment has been opposed—reportedly and George Patterson and Leo|g.n, Boothb:y Harbor, Meun ant | e Hawh tide, 0_23 am., 58 ft. ejj - Opp. Standard Oil Co. Ousfomons® Tooked. one of the most important| Story behind the Government's|bécause of pressure from the Na- Douglas who each have 869 votes. |} onec b5 reach a point within 10| e o tide, 6:10 a. m, W4 ft. |} pON ABEL PHONE 633 : of our war potentialitles—the Na- {last-minute injunction against the|tional Defense Department. Secore- 1 e ibises ot the. Nocily. Bl bilomis Ml FORD AGENCY T Dt $no reserves. |tnreatened raflroad strike is the|t8TY 8f NAbional Defense James V. SONS OF NORWAY ot ettt B TR e Ly (Authorized Dealers) The other day, Senator Kilgore,fact that the three brotherhood | Forrestal, who heads the National| Regular meeting at the home of|y o "ee eian i omol :pgm;; o “Y‘ » . GREASES — GAS — OIL of West Virginia, Democrat, tele- | leaders themselves actually urgcd‘De(ense Department, was once a!/Mr. and Mrs. Sig Jackson, 437 ?. v O o A st D i S BoGGA“ Phoned Maj. Gen. Kenneth .| this move in a very frank confer- banker for ithe Arabian-American | West. 12t Street, Thursday night : Junean Motor Co. Cramer, chiet of the National ence with Presidential Assistant|Oll combine at 8 p. m. May 13. 884 5t Floorin Contractor Foot of Main Strees Guard Bureau, to ask him to ap- Jchn R. Steelman just after the| ™ g pear as a witness in favor of a President seized the railroads I D i Floors MAKE strong National Guard program. | TWo of the leaders, Robertson of | § Crossword Puzzle IN[E] ldeSt Bank i AlaSka CALL fl'm b JUNEA! I can't come to talk to you,” the firemen and enginemen and ma DEL]CIOU‘SJ l%filgnnsu Gen. Cramer excused himself. “I'm Johnston of the engineers, eveh ACROSS 34 sake amends anki Gom. Crat excuid. it s foran ot W v, oveh| | e g BES 1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1948 ||| ‘o1 +c Men's W daily Babit—ask for by name o up to their strike committees the| o maine seeds 37, Hang down [SIN[E[E] : er's Men s Wear Juneau Dairies, In Yet, in every war so far, the Na- ! question of going back to work.| 8, Jewish month 35: Cami(ne into ] [T[R[ 1M Formerly SABIN'S u. mlesl, C. {icnal Guard and the reserves have “¥Ycu know what were up| 12 Pocm a whole [N[AJG[N[Y] The B M. Behrends Mallory made notable records. In fact, it|against” declared Johnston, “We| 14 Press 40. Halfway be- [6[1[N[E[E[R] Sictasn hag lllsh' Chrysler Marine Engines s been the resourcefulness and|have our own problems. We are| 1. Kind of starch i el [L|S|E] Efl B nk Arrow Bhirts and U MACHIN]) inittative of thé individual Ameri- under pressure from all sides. If SOy [E[LISIS/\| a Aen; Eyeends, Shest ¥ S can soldiers which have made the We askéd the men to remain on s [ElT[ANS Shyway' Lugange Marine Hardware American army victorious in every the job with a lot of'these ques-| 21, A ey J f oy o g b R e o i e e i e s 4 S H-BE - Safety Deposit Chas. G. Warner C has ever been mble to equal it. {bers might think we haven't done| z3. AtorALIC herd 4. C O BuE 5 Tt er Lo. e e o (e Naticn- | our best for them, which fsm't the| I Serink menth: 4% Lobwided Boxes for Rent TIMELY CLOTHES : 2l Guard and the reserves today | CASe, MI ou know.” 'w' S 3 3 Solltion of Yesterday's Puzzle . HUME GROCERY are the stepchildren of the Na- herefore, explained the leaders, 59 T 2 L B e B iaie S ¥ e e COMMERCIAL SAVINGS NUNN:-BUSH SHOES are woefully neglected. If, on the by the Federal Government would | BWN HATS Phone 146 other hand, they v built up, | satisfy the more aggressive ele- B Hlnru-o—‘l"l. they might be the answer to the ments in the rail brotherhoods, - " ey s it = 3 Quality Work Clothing Amoriian Mial — Phens 38 For instance, 27 National Guard ARABS AND NAZIS ; Gone by T T e X S i the process of organization to- Captured by the Allied forces in| & Venturca ® 'c.-umonnmu Men z 0 R 'C day—the equivalent of about 34| Germany showing how the =R ot ating as a palé-up savscriber w THE DAILY ALASKEA y " - § . i only. sbx divisions will ke equipped:ing the war, | 3 fiz‘aiifi the top ‘Present this coupon to the box office of the B. w cowm Alaska L d i by 1950. Equipment will go to the | The telegram is dated July 28, EA cnm'. mm o G aska Launda new drafted army instead. 1942, a time when Marshal Rom- - Alodeling comm DR. R J . ROBERT SIMPSON ! mel was pushing the British to the and receive TWO TICKETS to see: SUBSTITUTION FOR DRAF’ . B AFT ‘Trucks DeSoto—Dodge ; wall in North Africa. The tele- As a b(mls 1‘/,1 Con: ional gram, sent from Ambassador Rit- ” X discussion, therefore, this column|ter to L. R. von Neurath, Africa- o - m—— yes Examined—Glasses Fitted suggests the following | Corps, shows how the Egyptian' THE “!LLE“““ cnsz : SIMPSON BUILDING L A compulsory S-month mill-] Government conspired 1o give sec- | Fegeral [u. -~12¢ per Person SHAFFER'S Phone 266 for Appointments ary training program for 18-19 ret information to the Germans Kind of monkef - - s e g year olds then let them join the'just at a time when it hurt mo: Orlen WaEOD ASHENBRENNER’S 8 st. ciat o Nationl Guard g o it || PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. SANITARY MEAT 3. Cutalogc sacy man sconcing | “Two Baypiian miliary planes s and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and FOR BETTER MEATS NEW AND USED s abilities, s0 he can be call- piloted by an Egyptian ofiicer and meal mush g : L 13—PHONES—49 ed upon for army or factory inlan Egyptian under-officer, have . Mall RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. " Pree Delt FUIIITUIE case of emergency been instructed by the highest | Notion WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appeat! Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave. 3. Put National Guard and re-|Egyptian authorities, to fty to Field | S0 ke