The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 2, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ___________.—.————— Daily Alaska Empire Published evers 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 President | " Vice-President the Post Office 1o Juneau as Second Class Matter UBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier S Faneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month: ix months, $8.00; one year §15.00 ¢ 1l postage paid, at the following rates: ance, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; e, $1.50. s Wil ccnfer favor If they will promptly notify jee of any failure or trregularity in the delivery Eatered ffice, 602; Business Office, 3T4. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ess is exclusively entitled to the use for { all news dispatehes credited to it or not othes- O Sedited in this paper @ad also the local news published Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Beattle, Wa: e Bldv OLD-AGE PLANNING problem about which there that of how the in the popula some practical pro- Naticnal Industrial release study, Fi- sts such definite lderly ns But now by the Board in recently Age The study sul tax incentives to induce saving for old leferral of retirement beyond 65 when- also would have more work oppor- and elderly. number made its pave been ferenc Old a and the ¢ ever possibie. It for the middle-aged that unless measures are self-supporting and demand for income, and There is rely tunities developed The help dent, t 1 be a constant in ecurity retirement this field will mount come dy become inde- 1e elderly pe creases Gov also nment cost that people will to pension the danger much on this basic ing these benefits within reason is to increase the pens small amount for retirement. The Go protect itself from future drain by and to work.” 1960, according to the study, there will be one aged person for e productive persons ainst a ratio today of one to eight—it would | , time should be lost in getting started leg- educational and health programs aimed at | the elderly The study pro- on it is pointed out, must “providing incen- men to save by tives Since ry five to self-reliance Oklahoma City, the same offense. a Flour The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round y DREW PEARSON from Page One) aminated ntinued Later, the to review heir destination. urt refused ing new cers—patterned after If adopted, rank according to the system. an officers’ job he holds shows that a OF REPRESENTATIVES TO RESCUE Connecticut’s Re- HOUSE taken to | in- | too | One suggestion for keep- | each month of deferred | April 26, CAPITAL The Army is working on a sweep- plan for promoting clear-cut majority | poses creation of a bureau of research to c()up('r'fl(‘ l\uth social welfare agencies in a broad study of the | experiences of the aged here and abroad. Undoubt- | édly some official body should be looking into the problem with the view of coming up with some supplement to social security pensions that will en- | courage individual planning for old age. Juneau voters, while not turning out to the polls 1in as large a number as expected yesterday, showed keen understanding in approving by a vote of 194 to 5 the $50,000 revenue-producing bond issue for Juneau’s municipal airport building. The Rotary Club has started action on the visits of the Washington University Glee Club and tickets will soon be available for purchase for the two con- to be given in Juneau, one.on June 13 and the others on June 25. The visit of the Glee Club is a gesture of Seattle to maintain good-will of Alaskans.| certs brides, of whom there days and sunshine June — “Happy to Juneau’s be man; life. f Something New Added Here's to all your appears | through (Fairbanks. N(‘\RS-Mmerl | Republicans throughout Alaska currently are mi {ing in caucuses in their home precincts and electi gates to the GOP convention to be convened June in McKinley Park tes have | communities in the in the next few days. | Proxies which will be voted on the convention | floor are being received daily by mail and by air from tiny voting precincts far off the regular travel routes This news is sufficient to convince the most doubt- ing that something new has beer added to Republican [ politics in Alaska. The rank and {small voice, in the time in years A call for the McKinley Park convention issued by the Fourth Djvision Republican Club April 24 after repeated attempts to induce the Albert | White organization in Juneau to call a convention proved futile Publication of the convention notice and the cau- cuses followed in the regular manner. These are the prezautions ordinarily taken in any political subdivision | to assure proper representation for the voters in mat- ters reaching the convention floor. | But these same precautions have been singularly \lnrknw in the Alaska GOP under the regime of Albert | White White did not call his convention until after it | was plain that there would be one in McKinley Park w\hwh he would be powerless to control. He staged his in Sitka, one of the most inaccessible towns in the Territo He selected a weekend when no regular boat transportation was available between Sitka and ! Juneau It appears, when he called the Sitka gathering, Albert White had heard the small voices of the ordi- | nary party members demanding a share in the leader- ship. | Subsequent developments offer proof that the voices |are not geing to get any louder—not if Albert White {can help it ks been named in various Others will be elected already Interior. ce, albeit a for the first file is getting a vol affairs of the party Was UNDER THE DOME Senate 1947, for McClave's Mon-| ap nas interesting row ' Mills, also was fined | geveloped over Senator Taft's mon- $2,500 and costs in Cleveland, Ohio, Apri 20, 1948, for possessing flour,| maft insists that his Presidential with opoly of mimeographing facilities. insect bits. | campaign releases be given top priority over the statements by | cther Senators. However, what the { Ohio Presidential candidate doesn’t knnvu is that overworked employees in the mimeographing room have | decided to give him campaign pro- | paganda a 2Z priority on future! work if Taft's office continues its | bulldozing . . . Senator Vandenberg, ! CHAFF offi- the Bnush it would- fix | . A Gallup poll . . . JUNE 2 Lucy Lee Gillham Curtis G. Shattuck Richard Wingerson Phyllis Turner Mrs, Jerry Powers Carl Spencer Mrs. Robert Davis Gale Mitchell Rhoda Phelps eecececcoscsee e o 0 - GIRL SCOUT CAMP T0 OPEN JUNE 13 10 27 Mrs. Ralph Rlvor Camp Chair- man for the Girls Scouts, an- ncunces that the balance of the camp fee should be paid by Satur- day, June 5. Money, together with the doctor’s certificate, may Frank Sterling at the Tot and Teen shop. % . Brownies will go to camp 101 one wel only, the two weeks T light to warrant keepiny the mnm open for an additional week and the peroid for the Brownies has been designated from June 27 to July 4, and 10 from June 13 to June 27. Rivirs also announces that Army waterproof duffle bags have | been purchased by the Girl Scouts and may be procured at the Tot and Teen Shop for a rental fee of 90 cents. These bags are large enougl to hold sleeping bags and ‘persénal belongings, and all girls who are not in possession of these bags are urged to contact Mrs. Sterling, com- | at the earliest vos- | mittee member, sible time. HOSPifAL NOTES holiday were Sidney azel Berg, E. Klung- Admitted to weekend and Halbert, Mrs, F land, Mrs. cal treatment; wh k moeyni at 6:11 o'clock, weighing five pounds and eight ounces. Discharged over the weekend were Toby Shannon, baby Mary abeth Ebona, and Mrts. George Ward and baby girl. At the Government Hospital Ron- ald James and Ethel Charlie were Mrs. Anthony Kaiser, admitted for medical treatment and | Mrs. Vera girl was weighing ounces. Discharged were Josephine Goen- ett, John Austin from Juneau; Nor- ma Sharclane and Howard St. Clair from Hoonah; Mpyrtle Fields from Fairbanks. - Empire wantads get results! Jamestown, who baby born Sunday morning, six pounds and eight CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids will be received by ® |School auditorium. R. E. Robertson, member of the school board, pre- be left with Mrs. a as| |at a luncheon in honor the intermediates will' Anna Johnson for medi- | by girl was born yesterday | of voters favor federal aid to edu- cation and would be willing to pay more taxes to finance it . . . sressman William Mil- bill restoring the uced a long kno\\'n Ior his fairness, has prank A. Metcalf, Territorial High- tarnished his reputation a bit in way Engineer for the construction | the battle over atomic energy. Tlu-‘d approximately 750’ of roadway in Administration’s is brought a hail- from the n ers, stirred up chiefly by ison of Denton, Te: the Morrison \‘hllmp, nd iction Drug jurisc torm of tion’s m: . W. Mc ident pany forrison, himself, apbeared be- 11,_‘ the Senate Comme. Commit- in opposition to the bill after had passed the House without nting vote, He brought as re- ements Leslie Ford of Sha Okla., president of the Shaw- Milling Company, and Charles Falls, Mont., Flour Mills, protests of my infor nee nee na watered-down substi which would force the Government to prove “willful intent” or “gross negligence” before it could press criminal charges “There have been seizures argued, “because of the inclusion in shipn ts of flour or meal of ritesimal quantities of so-called ged a ‘I don’t want even an infinitesi- mal part of rat droppings‘in food t 1 purchase,” snapped back Senator Brien McMahon, Connecti- tut Democrat. ATORIAL FLOUR SALES- MAN OBSTRUCTS Nevertheless, the flour lobby managed "to obstruct the bhill largely through Senator “Pappy” O'Daniel of Texas, a former flour salesman, and Senator Ed Moore, the millionaire Oklahoma oilman, Neither of them is running for re- jon. The bill is now stym- jed in committee and may not come up again in the closing rush of business. Meanwhile, the pub- lic is still buying of food and bad drugs every day. Note 1—Senator O'Daniel is re-; ported to be taking a $100,000-a- | year job with a Texas flour mill after he leaves the Senate Note 2—What the flour lobbyists, who appeared in opposition to the Food and Drug Administration, did not tell Congress is that all three have been convicted for possessing contaminated food. E, W. Morri- son was fined in Sherman, Texas, on November 26, 1946, for shipping corn meal, contaminated with rat droppings and insect frag- ments. Leslie Ford's Shawnee Mill- ing Company was fined $1,000 in SE! tons 0 ol €nt has rotten | man leaned backward to appoint | four Republicans out of the five| | commissioners but, even so, V‘m-} denkerg is not willing to confirm! any of them for regular terms. All The Army and Navy are lobbying | undercover against a bill that weuld give reservists on active| | duty the same death and disability benefits as regulars. The bill wa'\ha\'? done good jobs, but one man, \ introduced by Senatoir Bill Know- | n,uiq Lilienthal - DaiikEat {land of California and Congress-| —— ganaeor Gle‘n pavior HARSIACS | oA, Margaret Chase Smith of |y, top staff members since| | Maine. As an exampie of the bree: |became Henry Wallace's running| pilot, George Finnegan, recently &:‘uil Jerty Setugern and CHHE lest an arm in a crash while on| two-weeks' active duty, but Was| averace rainfall over unable to collect a cent of dis-|giatec j ability pay Senator Ralph --e the United 30 inches a year. the viciity of Eagle River Landing. Bid forms, detailed plans and specifications cap be obtained at ithe office of Felix J. Toner, Room 15, Shattuck Building. A bid bond or certified check in | the amount of 5% of the bid must yaccompany each bid. Bids will be received until ten (100 A. M. June 12, 1948 at the ‘cfhce of the Territorial Highway Engineer and then be publicly op- ened and read. Flrsc publication, May 26, 1948. !Last publication, Junc 9, 1948. Flanders of Vermont has written a stiff letter to Ben Fairless, pres-| lident of U. S. Steel, and other| big steel magnates urging them to reconsider their decision to block | steel allocations for low-cost pre- | tabricated housing Flanders points out in his letter that the anti-inflation objective ot the law passed by Congress last December, { under which volunta steel allo- | cations are made, being vio- !lated as long as Big Steel sells only to builders of conventional brick and wood-built houses and | boycotts the pre-fab housing indus- | y, which can turn out lowcost | assembly-line homes within the i means of veterans' pocketbooks. ACROSS . Public notices . Worthless matter . Hang down . Constellation . Winged . Vine . Write 6. Strength Lair . Thinly scattered . Shining . Light repast 3. Glacial ridges . Dispute angrily Sends out Pronoun . Labored 4. Pedal digit . Officeholders . Obese 8. Female sheep . Favorite . Surgical threads . Short for a man’'s name . Aftirmed solemnly: haic . Plants growing on the sea bottom . Rodents eight ngster m . Exclamation Horseman Groove Before . Musical drama 62. Old French coln TRUMAN ON COLUMBIA | BASIN The President 1s planning a little publicity stunt in the North- west to dramatize his crusading efforts for irrigation and reclama- | tion. | | He will press the button to send the first water flowing in‘the giant ! new Columbia Basin project, which wil cover 1,250,000 acres in the state of Washington. The idea was suggested by Sen- ator Warren Magnuson of Wa~h-f ington, leading Senate ch!mpmn of reclamation, during a recent | | White House call. | “Columbia Basin will for the first water rive in my state e in June” | reported Magnuson. “Because of | your support of the reclamation | program in the Senate and White Hou: it is appropriate that you | open the world's ldrgest irrigation | and reclamation project.” | Truman, who has had a long and | consistent record of working for re- | clamation, agreed. J be ready' when you ar-| im ) = A vi=|4[>{2 mir 0] jo/miv/>] Solution of Yesterday’'s Puzzle 63. Mournful DOWN 6L Boat o' 1. Swiss moun- tains staircase 2. Profound 65. Snow runner . Musical _composition Kind of Swiss cheese . Feminine name . Uncooked . Imperfect: comb, form Read . Meteoric fron . Biblical city Ibsen char- acter . Torn Eccentrie ro= tating plece . Punishes 5. Resum Biograph; Putup 25 e - Lln:h school Stittened shipbuilding . To be expected 2. Long narrow opening . Syllable used in cheers . Hardens . Game bird . Polynesian yams. 52. South Amer- ican bird vry y . Common multt- tud Atmospherle moisture WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1948 HE EMPIRE j 20 YEARS AGO Fe JUNE 2, 1928 The Juneau Billiard Parlors was damaged by fire this day. The ! Juneau Fire Department fought the flames for over two hours. Nineteen Juneau Seniors received their sheepskins at the Jupeau High sented the diplomas to the graduates. After the ceremonies it was an- ounced that 10 out of the 19 students would attend Oregon higher educa- tion institutions. Those receiving diplomas were Bernice Berggren, Irene Burke, Hansena Campen, Iris Gray, Wilhelmina Larson, Irene Lundstrom, Mildred Morrison, Elizabeth Pulen, Arthur Burke, Marvin Chage, Clarence Dunn, Arthur Judson, Milton Lagergren, Robert Livie, |Edward Madsen, Henry Nielson, Ben Stewart, Ramon Villaneuva, Judson | ! Whittier. | FER i { Mort Truesdell placed 22nd in the blg shoots held at the Seattle Gun ! Club tournament at Fort Lawton. W. J. Garrett, Manager of the Atlin Inn, left for the interior where he was to open the inn with a new staff. Mrs. W. C. White, Postmistress of Gustavus, and two children arrived in Juneau aboard the Virginia IV. | Mrs. Sam Feldon returned to Juneau after spending several months | broad during which time she attended the American Legion Convention lin Paris. | Mrs. J. C. McBride entertained several of Juneau's of Miss Jean Bunnell, daughter of Dr. | Bunnell, President of the University of Alaska. pretty maidens C.E Mrs. C. T. Gardner and Mrs. Wellman Holbrook entertained at the | Forget-Me-Not Tea Room with a luncheon in honor of Mrs. C. H. Flory and Mrs. T. C. Parker. TR | J. G.sMorrison was appointed guard at the Federal Jail to succeed | !C. €. Rudolph, who was appointed jailer. i Mrs. Douglas Austin entertained with a bridge party at her home in the DeVighne Apartments. Mrs. H. O. Adams was the recipient of the [ prize for the high score and Mrs Wilbur Burford received the prize for |s {low score. | | prorr e et e ‘ Dailv Lessons in English % 1. corpon ——— | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The company has decided to desert the projeet.” Say, “to ABANDON the project.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Humble. Pronounce hum-b’l, jum-b'l OFTEN MISSPELLED: Annuity; two N’s. Anoint; one N. SYNONYMS: Break, burst, smash, split, sunder, shatter, sever, crack, crush, rend, fracture. 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: INFLEXIBLE; firm in will or purpose. “We admire the inflexible in- ‘territv of Lincoln.” not f—— N S ) Q. Is it customary for a young man to ask the parents of the young lady for their consent to his marriage to their daughter? A. No; this is an old custom that has been outmoded. Now, he first obtains the favorable answer from the girl, and afterwards speaks | to her parents. i Q. Should a woman wear a hat to the dining room when she is a house guest of the hotel? A. This is optional, but it is customary for her to wear a hat to thc {dining room when a guest at a large hotel. This is true, even if she is a permanent guest. Q. Is there a right and wrong way to offer a tip to a hotel chamber- maid where one has been a guest for some time? A. The most tactful way is to offer the money in an envelope, 100K and LEARN % o cosvo What is the capital city of Newfoundland? ‘Which language has the widest distribution? Which has the higher tides, the Atlantic or Pacific coast? What fruit was originally called “love apple”? In what book appears the line, “fifteen men on a dead man’s ANSWERS: St. John's. English. The Pacific. Tomato. Stevenson’s “Treasure Island.” — 7oy Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 The B: M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS CHARLES JOHNSON 88 a palt-up s@scriber to 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 1o see: " "THE CORPSE CAME C. 0.D.” ¥Feaeral Tua---12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and .. YOU to your home with our compliments THIS SPACE—Your Name May MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE N 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. 0. ELKS Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. % 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 r R Things for yavr Office CHARLES R. GRIFFIN l:l‘ 1005 SECOND AVE « SEATHE 4 * ElLio) 5 — “Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39—539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. —— —— P —— ""The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURC DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Audiior Simpson Bldg. “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery ONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE i Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 e STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR seward Street Near Thirq, Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Mansger ' Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phoue 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENE REPAIR SHO! Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner| Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phope 204 929 W. 12¢th Bt Wartield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM AL Tax Counseror Phone 757 Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hofel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE BINGLE 0 Hutchings Economy Market Choice Meais At All Times PHONES 553—92—395 PHONE 556 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT Builders’ and Shelf for MIXERS or SODA POP HARDWARE e e ——————————————————————— Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS i Remington Typewriters 1] SOLD and SERVICED by IDEAL GLASS CO. | || J. B. Burford & Co. 538 Willoughby Avenue “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Opp, Starllard Oil Co. Batisfied Customers™ DON ABEL PHONE 633 FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street BOGGAN Flooring Coniracior Laying—Fimshing Oak Floors CALL 209 MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler erfne Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liguor Store—Tel. 689 American Meat — Phone 38 U Casler's Men's Wear Formnerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow. Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shees Skyway Luggage TIMELY CLOTHES 'NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED mumq w Oifli“fl IC! B. W. COWLING Eyes Ennlned—G Fitted SIMPSON BDXLDING Phone 266 for Appointments —_—— ASHENBRENNER'S NEW AND USED !'Illl'!lll;