The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 15, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER " be interested. Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager ing: Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Junean and Dourlas for $1.3¢ per month) six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By mall, postage pald, at the following rates: One year, tn advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; e month, in advance, $1.50. 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Here is what on official of the Maritime Commis- sion testified concerning that point in a recent hear- “I personally asked at least 25 principal steam- ship companies if they could possibly be induced under e circumstances to enter the Alaskan trade. That gen- | ® The Tax collectors are everywhere. Everybody you buy | front, but we have a lurking suspicion that in many | Tax colectors are everywhere, |something from is a tax collector. Big Steel Show: Everybody you buy the (New York Times) Way Contrary to propaganda, the record shows that the | opportunity to serve the Alaska trade is not eagerly sought by steamship companies. were so lucrative, every large steamship company would If the present plans { Benjamin F. Fairless, President of the United | States Steel Corporation, has announced a policy move Ly that company which contains far-reaching implica- | | tions in terms of the stability of the American economy. | | Big Steel, faced with a choice of granting a third |round of wage increases to its workers or reducing | i prices, has elected to adopt the latter course. ~ |May 1 it introduced a new schedule of prices, the | terday afternoon at 5 o'clock with | effect of which, according to Mr. Fairless, will be to'41. passengers for Juneau and left| _ _____________________ A |reduce the steel consumers’ bill by about $25,000,000. g | The cost to Big Steel will be rcughly equivalent to|is expected back Monday morning ALASKA SHIPPING Recent les in Seattle newspapers bemoan the flight of co. al and intercoastal shipping, where ade- quate service and profits have disappeared due lu] !that represented cents an hour. tremendous increases in operating costs Meanwhile, under a special subsidy plan author- ized by Congress, Al service, and at rat the case if there was no subsidy. losses running as high as $4,000,000 a year have been assumed by the Federal Government—losses of which otherwise would have had to be paid by the people of Alaska in the form of higher rates. But in spite of this, certain ungrateful Alaskan officials have had nothing but criticism to offer in return for such generous treatment Legislation which would extend the shipping plan | has been introduced by Rep. Tollefson of Washington. However, Delegate Bartlett states that “Territorial of- ficials” will oppose this legislation Just what our officials will offer in its place is | not clear. However, it is almost certain that any plan offered by these officials will not be acceptable by the s serving Alaska lindustry generally steamship compani We believe our well-meaning “Territ " are playing with dynamite in this case al of- [y reducing pri fici The Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) lieved in the Jimmie Byrnes theory of keeping up diplomatic talks even while we build up defenses; of dis- playing both the olive branch and the mailed fist—so Russia cculd not claim she had only one alterna- tive Alarmed over nussian propa- ganda in Europe, they also con- the Marshall Plan From sidered it wise to show Western dictatorship you can always expect Europe that we weren't warmong- retaliation. Dictators don't have to ers, were willing to keep trying to At their people . . . However, adjust our differences. Kremlin did seem worried Result of all this was a poly- about the American people, feared glot not that meant little. It car- we were too aroused, too angry, to0 ried the implied threat of war if willing to vote a big air force the Red Army moved. It also car- plus peacetime conscription. ried an implied invitation to dis- cuss our difficulties. Finally, it went into a long tabulation of Rus- sia’s errors—which, though true, only gave Molotov a marvelous ex- cuse to come back with a long . [recitation of our alleged errors. but she has it . . . TRat's| p; yrjer, the note to Molotov had 1 top U. S. defense chiefs Were !, gpout everything in it except in such a fenzy to get us prepared[me most important thing of all— last wmm'_. That's also why U. S‘lx)amely, the fact that there is defense chiefs have hgureq Russ! | great longing in the hearts of the might strike most any “’“c‘b""‘Amencnn people for peace, with fore the Marshall Plan has an obviously equal longing in the chance to win Western Buron:| o.oris of the Russian people for away from Russia completely | peace. And if Stalin would lift | the Iron Curtain, if he would per- WHO WROTE THE NOGYE !mit the American and Russian peo- Three schools of thought contri- | yle to get to know each other, to buted to the reverberating note).xchange books and newspapel Ambassador Smith handed Molotov | professors and students, church- the other day men and religious teaching, radio School No. 1 was the U. S. mili- | programs and moving picture, then tary. They wanted the Russians' che people of the two countries to have a blunt, stiff warning,|would solve all their own problems laid right on the line, that if the Red Army became the aggressor in | Europe, it meant war with the| wrong in Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia UsA ‘and Italy would become as unim- Historians have argued ‘that if |portant as the ancient debate of the Kaiser knew the invasion of | how many angels can stand on the Belgium meant war with England | point of a needle. he would not have invaded; that, Such a note should have been if Hitler had known the invasion|madee public immediately — by of Poland meant war with both|ys, Furthermore, millions of England and the United States he|copies should have been dropped 1d not have moved. Therefore,|in every language of Europe, over S. defense chiefs waated the|every country of Europe, to show Russians to have it in cold words| the American people's genuine de- which they would undersumdAdhali>11g for peace. we would resist with arms any act of aggression | OPEN DIPLOMACY Schcol No. 2 was the politicians., Most amusing incident re the They had their eye on Hen Molotov mess was State Depart- lace, MacArthur and the a ment wailing over the fact that tions that Truman was a War- Molotov made the correspondence monger. MacArthur has been say- public. ing that we needed a Presideni moaned the diplomats. However, who could sit down and talk turkey good diplomacy is (1) the art of with Stalin. This was resented | writing notes that react to your around the White House and pro- advantage if made public; and (2) bably was one reason for Tru-|making them public yourself. man’s denial—through Senator Tyd-| 1If T could collect a dollar for ing—that he hever had an invi- every time the State Department tation to meet with Stalin. itself jumped the gun on publica- Actuaily, he had. The parley pro-|tion of a note, I'd make posal came via Berlin and suggest- ed a meeting in Stockholm. Tru-| m:'m, however, said no. Later, when Walter Winchell, calling at the ‘White House, urged Truman to get together with Stalin, the President replied: *“I don't lick anybod boots.” Nevertheless, some of the men around Truman have felt he, should make an overture to Sta- lin. ° Scheol No. 3 was the genuine ers. Some State Depart- ment diplomats have sincerely be- a Russia Has The A-Bomb—Defin- ite infermation has been obtained (how cannot be told) that Russia has the A-bomb. It's crude, and only one or two have been madel squabbling over who was right or ment with the British that we would send no notes or statements re Palestine without consulting the British; following which Truman released a statement on Palestine on the eve of a Jewish holiday which had the British turning scmersaults. Time after time when Secretaries Frank B. Kellogg or Henry L. Stimson wanted to mobilize public opinicn against Japan in Man- churia, against Mexico re the oil standards of the many through friendship, and the petty | by a general waj ashing machines, As of ge increase of 5 In announcing this action by the nation’s largest | steel producer, its pregident declared that the proposed | ira price reductions will, so far as possible, “be made | Edna ska continues to receive adequate | appnjicable to steel preducts which have a more or less 50 per cent lower than would be | direct bearing upon the cost of living.” This, he said, | would include items bought directly by consumers in | Josephine Under the plan which expires June 30, this year, ‘the form in which they are manufactured by the Steel Albert { Corporation and its subsidiaries — nails, wire fence, | Ro, | fence posts, barbed wire and side sheets for buildings. In addition, it would be applicable to a number of | Emma Hunter, | products that are converted by Big Steel's customers Jjohn McPhail, Archibald McPhat- | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: |into articles of everyday use by homeowners—articles ter, Robert {such as tin plate for the manufacture of cans, cold Ridden and Archibald Rmaercson_‘mmus circumstances of greatness.” Irolled strip and sheets for automobiles, stainless steel | % 9 {for refrigerators, wi In deciding to reduce prices at this time instead ' yeg |of granting the “substantial” wage increase sought ' g by the CIO Steelworkers, the Steel Corporation has, | rence |it is to be hoped, pointed the way to a return by" oy stoves, etc. to the basic principle which has sed purchasing and dispute or for war pact, they netes public for read Diplomacy mo is pi at the bunglers. That's "nnde mass production so successful in this country. | That is the princinle that the most effective way io generalize the inc |creates is not by raising the wages of the few but thereby raising the living (API HOFFHH"S s : IS lUN(HEON HOSI |calls having met you at another time? £ oA ABOARD ASTORIA co =t | ¢ Hoffheins, Capt. | weeks, how soon should she write notes of acknowledgment for her gifts? power which it the made diplomatic all the world to the of artly art our diplomatic why the State Department wrung its hands. Lake 813 miles apart. - Nipigon, 60 miles feet above Lake Superior though the two lakes are only 35 President of the Kiwanis Club, Gene Vuille; President of the Ju-| |neau Chamber of Commerce Burr Johnson; Advertising Manager for! e al- \ NOTICE Due to issuance of addendum wo. 2 specifications for the paint- ing of five hundred (500) Alaska ypAGUE BATTING RECORD Railroad Gondola Cars, opening of bids has been postponed until 2:00 p. m., May 20, application to intendent of Motive Equipment. 1948. Copies Power 887 5t P AL SR Don't Forj e o o get Dance MOOSE CLUB Saturday, May 15 Jame Ivy Simonson Mick George outlawry-of- ing public opinion, and Mo- J. G. lotov saw a chance to mobilize it Lewis expense of 1 several Juneau Cemdr. lung, Is District Attorney Patrick Gilmore; [ U.S.C.G. Comdr. KINY, Joe Mangan; U. S. Engin- eers Corp, Cliiford Robards. Of tineau OChannel league will soon addendum may be obtained UPOD e aple to keep a day by day per- Office of Super- cona) and piackhoard planned in Bar. THE DAILY ALASKZ EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 3 ! . T . MAY 15 Harry 1. Lucas Claire Olson Edward L. Keithahn James Sofoulis, Jr. Henry H. Larson Virginia Langseth MAY 16 Allan McKenzie Edwin Hildre Robert L. Brown Ophelia Fuller Mrs. Fred Moulton Fannie Rodgers Minnie Whitlock | ( b1 | -ee ARRIVES WIIH 41. |Alice for a visit in Seattle. r BACK MONDAY ‘A\'DDUE. The Princess Louise arrived yes-|ic of 1926, at 11:30 o'clock ior Skagway. She about 8 o'clock to sail south three arriving were Christ-| Anderson, Robert Bearhope, Bemis, Elaine Grumwell, |, Burnett, Nora Cogdall, | Dodds, Esther Dodds,: Daharsh, Stanley Elliott, | renthner, Ronald Goliss, | Grace Campbell , Agnes and Lucius Heusser.i William Johnston, | Qpovadis, Woodruft Rust, Cleveland Smith, | Douglass Smith, Er-| ; Shumway, sLynn Stone, Elbert |} ten, Georgina S. Laurent, Lau- | St. Laurent, Hugh Wilkin- | Walter Wolanek, Nedford and Verdine Zenger, William Harvey, Rooke. .o Capt. W. L. Thwing and Comdr. J. S. were hosts yesterday at a‘ aboard the Astoria for residents. following were luncheon Mayor Waino Hendrickson; Edward P. Chester; U. S.| uncheon ™ The ruest: E. V. Carlson;! SOON TO BE AVAILABLE Baseball players in the Gas- katting average from the Bailey's Don't Forget Dance MOOSE CLUB Saturday, May 15 rossword Puzzle ACROSS . Separated . Change . Exhibit osten- tatiously . Not involving morality . Press . Nautical Crud . Crude . Cylindrical Exist . Christian era: abbr. . Small cross strokes on letters . Metal-bearing . rock As far us Feminine name Chaffy part of round grain . Reléases from liability . Browned bread Allows Algerlan seaport 2. Athletic flelds . Prevented . Nerve network . Rise of a ship in a seaway . Football posi- tion: abbr. . Corroded Broken pleces of earthen- ware out of: prefix Symbol for tellurium . Articl P . Winglike . Plunder 0. Marked with spots or lines 63. 1 P school play, “Yanki San,’ Guenard, Niel Horum, Henry TRAY. Frederick | ADVENTITIOUS; accidental; casual. hael Leftruck, Glen Mason and | would jt be correct for her to sign “Mrs. W. J. Smith and son”? first line, then “James Smith” or “Master James Smith” with a ditto mark under “Chicago” on the secend line leaves. 'SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1948 from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO i MAY 15, 1928 | Mrs. J. K. Campbell left aboard the Alameda for Petersburg where she visited her daughter, Mrs. Norman Sjursen. Edgar J. Adams was nominated by Presiderit Coolidge this day to succeed the late Judge T. M. Reed as Judge of the First Judicial Division |geryice, o|0f Alaska. M M. H. Truesdale, local sports goods dealer, left aboard the steamer e | Yukon for Seattle to attend the Washington State Trap Shoot to be held in Seattle. Dr. Howe Vance left Juneau on the gasboat Argo of the Admiralty : Island Coal Company, for the mine at Harkrader, Kootznahoo Inlet. The baseball game scheduled for this night was postponed because of rain. Mrs. Grace Van Miller was appointed teacher of the Territorial Mrs. O. E. Schroeder and daughter Dorothy left aboard the Princess { The students of the Douglas High School presented their annual " to a full house at the Liberty Theatre. family moved to their new home on St. Ann's Douglas, which he built after the 10ss of their home in the big f Daily Lessons in English ¥ +. compon ! — WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Robert could not be swerved his course.” Say, “swerved FROM his course.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Bellicose. Pronounce bel-i-kos, E as | BELL, I as in IT, O as in NO, accent on first syllable preferred. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Entree; three E’s, though pronounced AHN—i Charles Johnson and Weather: High, 48; low, 44; rain. SYNONYMS: Enthusiasm, eagerness, vehemence, ardor, fervor. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let usj “Measuring greatness by adven- Goldsmith, | ROBERTA LEE | MODERN ETIQUETTE e Q. If a woman and her ten-year-old son are registered at a holel‘!‘ by A. No; she should write “Mrs. W. J. Smith, Chicago, Ill.” on the | Q. What should one do when being introduced to someone who re-l\ Try to recall it, but if this is not possible, express regret that you | remember the occasion. | If a bride is going on honeymoon trip that is to last several A. She should do so before she leaves, or within a week after she ‘What colored light can be seen farther than any other on a | night? What is the smallest State capital city in the United States? In what river was Jesus baptized? How many sheets of paper, and how many quires, make one | ‘Who is regarded as the greatest dramatic genius of all time? ANSWERS: Red. Carson City, Nevada. The River Jordan. 480 sheets; 20 quires. ‘William Shakespeare. WATCH DOCTORS for YOUR Watch or Clock Repair We offer 3-day service with a guarantee on all work IMPERIAL BILLIARDS . Breathes heavily 11 sleep Expunges He had violated confidence, | money. | For instance, we had a firm agree- | | | 7 /il % e zed seeds - Constltuent eed coverin, . Allures i . Mother ‘ot Dionysus Artistic symbol of the | ! faithful dead - Takes meals or pa . Putt up . Inclinations . Upper partial vibration . Eloquent speakers . Old-timer . So. American monkey Exalt . Land measures . English countles . Gleamed . Commotion . Alack . Away: prefix Luzon native . Conjunction Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891~-Over Half a Century of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS —_—_——— FREDERICK HARRIS ] as a pait-up suvscriber w THE DAILY ALASKA I 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 MILLERSON CASE” Teaeral Ta: ~12Zc per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. _and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and DR. GEORGE A. DALE T0 BE SPEAKER AT P-TA MONDAY NIGHT “The Child as a Resource” will be discussed by Dr. George A. Dale, director of Education, Alaska Native at the P-TA meefing, Mon- day, May 17, at 8 p.m. in the High School Study Hall. Computable wealth is thought in| terms of property, money, water power and the like and little at-| tention is given to the human re- source. Dr. Dale will bring out the fact that the child is vital to the pros- perity of the country that he is also a means of source of revenue. | The parents and the school have a resporfsibility toward the realization of this resource. The development {School at Wiseman, L. D. Henderson, Commissioner of Education, an- |°f 8ocd citizenship in the child is as fnounced. PRINCESS LOUISE | important as the development of those resources that show the re- i turn in dollars and cents. An added attraction will be musi- cal selections by Sergeant Al Vaughn. Oldtime songs will be played on the musical saw, an in- sirument that is very unique and different. There will also be a short in- stallation of officers at this last meeting before next September.’ Following the meeting, refresh- ments will be served in the school lunchroom. e MOOSE AND LEGION, DOUGLAS VS. ELKS, BASEBALL TOMORROW All four ball cluts in the Gasti- neau Channel league will see ac- tion tomorrow in a double-header when the Mobse and Legion teams take the field at 2:00 o'clock, to be followed by the Elks-Douglas game which was scheduled for Friday, May 14 but postponed due to the second game between All-Stars and the cruiser Astoria. The Legion, Latting 500 will be out to dump the Moose from the column, and the Doug- sporting new uniforms, to chalk up win of the season e Empire wa get will ke their result st raus NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualificd voters of the City 44i) aut tions in acting by ing bed icipal corpora- Territory of Alaska, and through their govern- to construct, reconstruct, improve, extend, better, repair, equip or acquire public works of a permanent character which may be | operated upon a reevnue producing basis, and, upon a majority vote of the qualified voters in such muni- | cipal corporations, to issue bonds for such purposes payable solely from unpledged revenue of the pub- lic works for which such bonds are issued, including future additions and improvements; and pursuant to the Resolution of the City of Ju- neau, Alaske, entitled: A RESOLUTION ordering a spec- the Juneau' AL ELECTION | ial election within the City of Ju- neau, Alaska, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified voters of said City a proposal to construct at the Juneau Airport a municipally owned public airport terminal build- ing of a permanent character for operation of a revenue producing basis, and for such purpose to issue and sell revenue bonds in the sum of $50,000.00, the principal and in- terest thereof to be paid and retired within 20 years out of unpledged | revenue of such building, as author- |ized by the Act of Congress of March 6, 1946 (48 USCA 44f-44i), passed and approved by the Com- mon Council of the City of Juneau, Alaska, a municipal corporation, at 1its regular session held on the 7th day of May, 1948, a SPECIAL ELEC- TION WILL BE HELD in the City of Juneau, Alaska, between the hours of 8 o’clock A.M. and 7 o'clock P.M. of Tuesday, the Ist day of June, 1948, at which special election all qualified voters of the City of Ju- neau are invited to vote on the fol- lowing proposal: Shall the City of Juneau con- struct, and operate on a revenue producing basis, at the Juneau Air- port, a municipally owned publc airport terminal building of a perm- anent character, containing such waiting and rest rooms, offices, as ! well as the equipment and furnish- !ings thereof, and other suitable facilities, as may be reasonably necessary to serve and accommodate “thc passengers, mail, express and | freight arriving at and’ departing ! from said airport, including future | additions and improvements, at a | cost not exceeding $50,000.00, to the | City and for suclf purpose to issue |and sell revenue bonds not exceed- !ing that sum, the principal and | interest thereof to be paid and re- |tired within 20 years out of un- | pledged revenues of such building land facilities, as authorized by the | Act of Congress of March 6, 1946 (48 United States Code sections 44f- 44i)? That the entire area embraced within the corporate limits of the City of Juneau shall constitute one voting precinct for such special el- ection; and that the voting place |in said voting precinct shall be at the Council Chambers of the City Hall at Juneau. That all persons qualified to vote at an annual election for Mayor and members of the City Council ! for the City of Juneau shall be en-~ | titled to vote at such special elec- tion. Dated: Juneau, Alaska, the day of May, 1948. C. L. POPEJOY, Municipal Clerk. Fiist publication, May 8, 1948. Last pubication, May 29, 1948. fith WATCH CIGARETTES Motorists were cautioned today by Frank A. Metcalf, Territorial Highway Commis- sioner, to refrain from throwing lighted cigarettes and matches from autos while driving on the high- ways. 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