The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR : . Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Mali vets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MON! . - Prestdent DOROTHY TROY L! - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTLR Editor and Manager ELMER A_FRIEND Manoging Editor ALFRED ZENGER Business Manager Butered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: @elivered by carrier in June: d Douglas for $1.5¢ per month; six months, one year, §15.00 By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One sear. in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; month, in advance, $1.50. Subscrivers wi) ccnfer a favor if they will promptly Dotify he Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3T4. MEMBER O ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for spublication of all news dispa‘ches credited to It or mot othes- wise credited in this paper #nd aiso the local news published verein. NATiunAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 141} fourtl Avenue Bldq , Seattle, Wash. TEEN-AGE CLUB-POLICE UePARTMENT The Juneau Police Department recently took over the sponsorship of the Juneau Teen-Age Club and it hopes to make the club a more attractive place for the growing men and women of this community Saturday 10 o'clock, in Elks Ballroom, a public ¢ 1 be given under the Juneau Police Department and the money raised will go working fund for the Teen-Age Club, part of which will be used in repairs s0 badly needed The club has been inspected and found to be excep- tionally clean but very shabby and run down as far as furniture is concerned, in fact the furnishings are in a rather dilapidated condit otwithstanding re- pairs and patching the Teen-Agers have accomplished. Just, recently the City Council voted $125 a month toward support of the club and other financial assist- ance has been and is being given by the Elks. Other donations have been mad® by organizations and indi- viduals from time to time, all appreciated The club members, boys ana girls. considerable part of the expenses of maintaining the club and this out of their own allowances which shows a distinct personal interest in their organ Several months ago the Teen-Agers put on an old shoe drive to aid the people of Europe but it is said, that to date, club members are the only ones who have contributed to the expense of making repairs to the shoes to make them wearable. The drive was a , thanks to the hustling ability of the al public the the auspices of into a have paid a pronounced succe teen-agers‘and the gene: 1t urged that citizens take interest in the Teen-Age Club, an organization stabiliz- ing the social and moral system of the younger Juneau- y is now is parents and an ites. he opportuni With Police Department sponsorship, parents may be assured of a right place for the meeting of the Teen-Agers. Citizens can assist this cause by supporting the dance to be given by the Juneau Police Department Saturday night AND GOING STRON The nomination of Norman Thomas for the presi- dency on the Socialist ticket will come as a surprise only to tnose who had forgotten Mr. Thomas was still alive. For those aware of him, his nomination is in the natural order of things. This is the sixth time Mr. Thomas has been the standard-bearer of a party which goes its way quite undisturbed by the skimpi- ness of the it attracts. A nominee who began running for President back in 1928 suggests great age. But in fact Mr. Thomas started fairly young, and is slightly junior to President Truman. The Socialists, more consistent than dynamic, are against the major parties, and somewhat more violently against Henry Wallace, whose allegiance with the vote roll taxes. He af The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) than we ever dre: changed the though then that that as practically pc the President. House regular as is George Jester Note—Another new favorite ren- zvous is the Presidential yacht, Williamsburg, where he holds poker parties with old bud- nes sleeping on board back to the White in the morning before : go to work. using Allen, the east gate the old court @isabled people.” Biggest probler eral Security Ewing, is casual workers, servants and f; “We might try they use in Enj Ewing “I doubt here,” remarked nuisance to empl administer, and ployees frequentl. credits for cont han they could stag OLD-AGE PENSIONS secret pOwS with Democratic leaders week, President Truman ws there little chance gress approving any nis pr posals to increase old sions. However, the le vised that the peo, to a frank report insurance bénefits— lions of American tirement security—have lagged be- hind higher wages and 1 g Ccosts. That was why Truman decided to send his message to Cougress any- way. Michigan's aggressive Representa- tive, J. Dingell, an original cham- pion of the Social Security law summed it up bluntly: “Unless pen- sions are increased in ratio to high- er wages, higher taxes, and high- er living costs, counties that have sold their poorhouses for the aged will have to re-eslablish them.” Dingell said it would be “actualy sound” w increase pensions because of increased revenues from pay- ) Con- last | told was pen- ders ad- entitled ol ARMY - A Private Leo Ch victed by a U. S. Japan last year nese woman in deliberately runn. nese boy with h how which depend. for re- for rape, murder Lars Deloy Chr Idaho, appealed Dworshak, Idaho staunch isolation: tence to three and a dishonoral Later, again, sen. He is now licn people are employed now, more law many employed until “I want to cover as many people Also, 1 favor high- er pensibns, as well as benefits to Administrator providing protection for that assistance dole beating up a Japanese man. He was given the death sentence Then his parents, Mr. ceeded in reducing the death sen- Dworshak got a parole ever, the man who raped a woman, Communists is the unforgiveable sin in the lexicon of American Socialists. Repeaters are the rule in the American Socialist Party. Eugene V. Debs was their candidate, with one interruption, from 1900 to 1920. Thomas has been their candidate since, in all elections in which they have had a slate at all. The party passed its peak a long time ago, however. Debs polled 900,000 votes in 1912, which was six per cent of the total vote. Neither he nor his successor, Thomas, had come near that mark since. Last time out, in 1944, Thomas polled a dismal 80,000. From a total of 48,000,000, that is not impressive. | The chief utility of a Socialist ticket, if any, lies in the fact that it provides a means of protest. Those who cherish a sufficient grudge against the major parties ean vote for Norman Thomas, knowing at least that they are not giving aid and comfort to the | Soviet Government Railroad to Alaska Is Needed at Once (Seattie Post-Intelligencer) { At some time in the near fuiure Congress will | begin considering an omnibus appropriation bill to .finance the strengthening of our continental defense | system | This measure should provide an adequate sum— a WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA _ ~ v APpy MAY 26 Mary Rudolph Jerry Green Sylvia Drowleg Tom Haines Yvonrne Thompson Mrs. T. M. Humes Christy McClennan e o 00 ¢ m 0o 0 0o honorable discharge, and Sena- Dworshak has been asked to it for him. tor get The Senate Small Business Com- mittee is ready to blow the lid off fantastic racket in forged ex- licenses that has flourished nose of the Commerce port 1200 million dollars at least—for the construction of a I railroad northward through Canada to Alaska. And it | is up to the members of Washington's Congressional | | delegation to see that it does. { | There is general agreement that such a railroad is | absolutely essential to the successful defense of Alaska | —and everyone recognizes that Alaska would be one of | the first objects of an enemy attack in case of war and | | that its fall would jeopardize the security of the entire North American continent | | As early as 1942 The Post-Intelligencer publ\sl\Pdl the statements of the surveyor general and the minister | lof public works of British Columbia that the Alaska | Military Highway, which had just been completed, | | was incapable of supplying more than one-division uf‘ {troops in Alaska, even when utilized to its maximum | | capacity t The United States government reached the same | conclusion, as was made evident by the fact that, as {soon as the Japanese attacked the Aleutians, neces- | i sitating the transfer of a large force to Alaska, it/ ibegan to make arrangements for the construction of | {a railroad across Canada. | | The army engineers made a survey for such a rail- | road, extending from Prince George, B. C., to Alaska. | | It was a remarkable feat. They showed how a 1,400- | mile road could be built without a single grade in | excess of 1’5 per cent (which means a rise or fall of | 1% feet in 100 feet), with 6000 miles which would | never deviate more than 10 miles from a straight line.| The survey was completed early in 1943 and the ! army went so far as to give letters of intent to a num-; ber of contractors (the Puget Sound Bridge and Dredg- | ing Company among them) for bridges, culverts and special track work. But then the Japanese were driven out of Kiska and Attu, eliminating the need for large forces in Alaska, and the War Department announced | that the plan for the railroad had been put aside for | the moment. | Recent international developments, however, make | it clear that the railroad is now more urgently needed than ever before—the most recent of these develop- ments being a radio commentator's announcement | that a two-track railroad from Moscow to the Bering, Sea has just been completed. It has become apparent | that we must maintain far more than a division of | troops in Alaska for an indefinte time to come—and | the only practicable way of keeping them supplied is by rail. Shipping to and from Alaska has been subject to | so many interruptions that we cannot depend on it when our national security is at stake. Air transpor- tation is available—but a single train, with a crew of | five men, can carry as much freight as 80 of our largest cargo planes. And it would take 200 truck the existence of a railroad north of Sifton Pass, ex- highway even if the road’s capacity were not limited. | While it is military necessity which calls for the immediate construction of the railroad, it must be remembered that the project would be of incalculable | value to the peacetime economy of the whole Pacific Northwest. The road would tap the Peace River country in British Columbia, which contains the rich- est anthracite coal deposits on the North American continent as well as a vast and largely undeveloped agricultural region with the longest growing season i and the greatest grain yield per acre in this part of the Western Hemisphere. If tariff barriers are re- moved the day may come when this region will be one of the major sources of fuel and food for the Pacific Northwest. At present there is no traffic potential to justify drivers to haul a trainload of cargo over the military cept for military purposes. But as Alaska develops the traffic potential will grow — and nothing would speed the deveopment of Alaska to such a degree as the railroad. | nd beat up a civil- jan isn't satisfied. He now wants dded: “Sixty mil- | existing quotas, investigators learn- ! forged. under the Department Goods cannot be shipped abroad today without a license from tl Commerce Department. Yet count- erfeit licenses for shipping flour,| lard, and other foodstuffs to Lat-| in America have been sold to busi- nessmen at black-market rates. Two alleged forgers—Tom Quinn and his nephew, Jack Quinn—al- ready have been arraigned in New York. Yet even after Jack Quinn's ar-' raignment, he was able to obtain| licenses from the Commerce De- partment for shipping $1,000,000 | worth of goods, mostly to Cuba. This amazing deal was approved, even though the Commerce Depart- | ment had been notified of Quinn's arraignment and of the Senate Small Business Committee’s inves-| tigation The full scope of the forgery| scandal was brought out last week | in secret hearings. One secret wit-| ness, Harry Levey of New York, Vice-President of Haro Products Co., testilied that he ‘had paidi $28,000 for 14 licenses that turnedj out to be forged. It also develop- ed that customs declarations had been forged as well. The spurious licenses cover not only foodstuffs, but possibly steel,‘ which has been exported far beyond | ed. Forgeries also have beem un-| covered in the shipment of strep- tomycin to the Philippines. The forgeries were stumbled upon ! accidentally several weeks ago when ! Homer Zopf, a committee investi- gator, brought in figures showing | flour shipments to Brazil in 1947 had been three to four times| greater than the export quota. | Chief Investigator Burt Wimer promptly checked the Commerce Department records against those of the Port of New York Customs Collectors, and found, for example, that a license authorizing ship= ment of a 1941 automobile to Venezuela had been changed to al- low 10,000 bags of flour to Brazil. A forgery expert testified that scores of these licenses had been ® 0 e v oG e 0 0o TIVE TABLE MAY 27 High tide, 4:04 a.m, 155 ft. Low tide, 10:55 a.m., 0.1 ft. High tide, 17:23 p.m,, 13.1 ft. Low tide, 23:02 pm, 538 ft e o o 0o 0 ® o o o i o St O DON'T MISS “It's A Wise Child” May 28-29 892-tf Empire wantads get results! amed of when we in 1939. We we wouldn't have 1980." . Hewing tool 38. Strips 40, Exist . Venerate 43. Fiber plant 45, ACROSS . Be_ possible . Public recreation grounds Astern Malt liquor Town in Maine poil xists Hard glossy paints . Toward . Elevations of earth . Out of breath Distress call . Female deer . Impresses with grandeur ded sible,” commented east 6. Cylinders for holding thread . Myself . Not any 49. Provided . Total \ . Be indebted 56. B: Fed- | Oscar m, observed such as domestic armhands. the stamp system gland,” suggested . By . Stolen property found on the thief . Scaling de 2. In favor o Lowest point paweed Male child aint . Plaything vice it would work 4 Truman. “It's a loyers, difficult to! such casual em- y build up less ributory pensions | get in an old- blet sting device TE POLITICS ristensen was con- TR N Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Cripple . Besides 8. Pronoun . Bodles of » cognizant abbr, . Firm Morning: 7, v alked . Grandson of Adam Ice crystals Accusiomed . Beloved Armadillo military court in of raping a Japa- front of her son, ing down a Japa- is motorcycle, and and assault and Mrs. istensen of Iona, to Senator Henry Republican and a Smooth and shining Horizontal Female sheep at round pleces . Welsh onlon . Renders passable . Italian coin . Halt Behave Pitted gor . Excessively | Young demons . Card game ist. Dworshak suc- years hard labor ble discharge. went to bat for Christen- a free man. How- HE EELENE KEEE . Alr: comb, form Three-spot . Electrified | 1 FORGED EXPORY PERMITS | | 20 YEARS AGO Ti'c empire MAY 26, 1928 Henry Davidson, son of Harry Davidson of the Alaska Juneau force, arrived on the Princess Alice from Scotland and was to locate here. Miss Venetia Pugh, the Rev. A. Roccati, and Mrs. I. G. Dickinson arrived in Juneau aboard the Prificess Alice. Miss Inez Geise, Mrs. H. G. Welch, Miss J. Robbins, the Rev. B. R. Hubbard and Rodney Chisholm left on the Nakina for Dr. H. C. De- Vighne's Twin Glacier Camp on the Taku River. 2. Earle Blossom, Erling Johnson, Harey Turner, Harold Post and Charles Naghel received Certified Public Accountant certificates. Mrs. Annie White entered St. Ann's Hospital for medical treatment. Mrs. S. J. Meade of Douglas was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital for | medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Spickett left for a several weeks business trip | to the States. Capt. and Mrs. George H. Whitney left for Berkeley, Calif.,, where | they will make their future home. Capt. Whitney was the U. S. Local Inspector of Hulls for the Department of Commerce for 30 years. | . A Weather: High, 53; low, 51; cloudy. et e e ! Daily Lessons in English . 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He opened up the meet- S ) ing with a prayer.” Omit UP. . OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Jaguar. Pronounce jag-war, first A as in BAG, second A as in WAR, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Mercenary; ARY, not ERY. SYNONYMS: Charming, fascinating, enchanting, bewitching, capti-i vating, entrancing, winning. | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it fs yours.” Let us| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: COMMEND; to mention with approbation; to praise. “How much easier do we find it to commend a good action than to imitate it.” by MODERN ETIQUETTE operra LEe e e i o i e o it Q. What is the best way and most correct form of introduction? A. “Mrs. Smith, may I present Mr. Brown?” is one of the usual forms of introduction. A briefer form commonly used is, “Mrs. Smith, Mr. Brown.” By emphasizing the more important person's name, it can be made as clear as though the words, “May I present” had been used. | Never say, “Mrs. Smith meet Mr. Brown.” Q. Should the water glasses on the dinner table be filled before | or after the guests have been seated? A. They should be filled three-quarters full just before the meal is! announced. | Q. Should the engagement ring or the wedding ring be worn on the - b A. G. GORDON About how many times does the average human heart beat in LOOK and LEARN ' 2. What per cent of people die leaving an estate of more than " 4. What metal, because of its resonance, is the most used for mak- ANSWERS: Andrew Johnson. finger first? A. The engagement ring is worn over the wedding ring. 13 a day? 1,000? 3. Which President of the United States was a tailor by profession? ing bells? 5. What animal is considered the most graceful of the quadrupeds? About 102,880 times. Only five per cent. Bronze. The antelope. Painting and Decorating RALPH A. TREFFERS . CALL BLUE 462 AFTER 5 P. M. for Appointment Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS TOM DYER : as a pait-up suvscriber 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: "HONEYMOON" P eaeral Ta..-~12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and rticle \ Small round mark Answer the purpose N ! RETURN YOU to your home with our complimenta. I VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5550 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Seward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. FURS ! Have Your Fur Work Done NOW. RAW FURS BOUGHT Rabbit Skins For Sale Capitol Fur Shop Opposite Juneau Hotel “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Plancs—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Buraer| Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th 8¢t Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Huichings Economy Market Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—892—95 Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 BOGGAN Flooring Contractor Laying—Finishing Oak Floors CALL 209, Casler’s Men's Wear Porunerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edponds Shoes Skyway Luggage — . TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Complete Outlitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY DeSoto—Dodge m— SAIVTARY NEAT 13—PHONES—49 Free Delivery WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary, @ B.P.0ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER. Exalted Ruler, W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. S Things for Your Office CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co 1005 SECOND AVE + SFATTIE 4 ~ Elior 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. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Audilor Simpson Bldg. Tax Counsetor Phone 767 Wall Paper | Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W, Wendt Juneau Foot Clinic Rm. 14, Shattuck Bldg. PHONE: BLUE 379 By Appéintment Only The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE 0 PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE | | ' J. B. Burford & Co. “Cur Doorstep Is Worn by Satistied Customers® Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Molor Co. Foot of Main Street 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 Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Bome Liguor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Phone 266 for Appointments ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED Phone 788 143 Willoughby Ave.