The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 7, 1948, Page 4

EELEN TROY MONSEN - - TROY LINGO - R. CARTER S A. FRIEND N ) ALFRED ZENGER ol . Daily Alaska Empire | Published every evenin: except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMrANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks | more final than the The earth is President | known fact UBSCRIPTION RA By mall, whe month, in advance, $1.80. Bubscribers will ccnfer & fevor if ‘The “gepublication of sl news dispstchi wise credited in this paver #nd NATiUNAL REPRESENTATIVES - Pousth Avenue Bidg, Seattle, 'Vasi | GOOD NEV everal postal rates It granis permanent incre approximately 478,000 postal employees 1 Service workers. Post Office workers paid on an hourly basis The temporary allowance of rural mail carriers is made about 840,000 classified Ci raised 25 cents an hour. seven cents per mile for permanent. 60 cents an hour mobiles, and cent. a year to $1,400. Civil S raised 20 cents an hour. raises fourth cl trict of Coldmbia government. compared to the present for postcards. parcel, s about 50 per raised from five cents to eight. ins per cent The Vlashmulon Merry-Go-Round By DREmARSOIJ (Com.inued from Pege One the elections, cans would soon forget Italy. Today, however, a shortwave radio contest across 1,750 ple for prizes to the best letters on Dcmocm‘x Live.” Broadcasting Foundation, a prefit organizatjon, 14,000 Italian democracy have been received. consider this an unprecedented turn, especially that Trans-Atlantic postage is cr 50 the local news pubil at the vice employees paid Bntered in the Poxt | Office in Juneau ;s'lflecon! Class Matter. Belivered by carrler o Juncay and Douelas for SL5® per monih; six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, Business Office of any failure or irregularity (n the delivery News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRES! iated Press is exclusively qnmud to the ure for !inertia of the glob Alssks Newapapers, 1411 President Truman has signed a bill which raises the wages of most Federal employees at once and also end of this 5 of $450 a ye: The new law also gives special delivery messengers instead of 75, for use of their auto- s postmasters 25 per The pay of these postmasters ranges from $250 The bill does not affect the wages of Federal workers overseas, nor of people employed by the Dis- The pay raises are effective as of July 1, but the | higher postal rates do not begin until next January 1. | Air mail letters will go up to 6 cents an ounce, 5 cents. All third class services are increased two cents a pound, and fourth class about 28 per cent. on catalogs is increased 40 per cent. A special air mail rate of 4 cents will be provided They now go for 5 cents. Postage for books is raised from four cents a pound | for the first pound and four for each additional. The special handling fee is increased five cents a special delivery is increased from 13 cents per | letter to 15, the fee for money orders is increased | cent, and the fee for The registered mail fee is about 25 per cent higher, red mail about 25 per cent, and C.O.D. about 20 |instance, S WANTS A NEW WORRY? u pre(er to worry about somcthmg pdtentially 'we have become painfully anm they argued, Ameri- the Atlantic ends with the award of |airport in 1946., the TItalian peo-'from a group of Generals to talk | that he's being used for pwp'lganda' “How to Win the Peace and Make Real 'listed men. The contest has been broadcast for several weeks by World Wide non- and a total of letters | Will Radio experts re- in view of the facz\ exc | pensive for the ordinary Imllan.y while he could hear about the con- test only via shortwave through brief mention | newspapers. in radio or Italian | In contrast to tne slipshod man- .| ner in which NBC kissed off its shortwave propaganda j farmed out to it by the State partment, a group of Ameri broadcasts De- cans worked hard to make the Italian- { ercso Pope, newspaper publisher, the difficult job of translating Italian essays into English. Two hundred and fifty watches were contributed as p by Ingersoll, Harman and democracy contest a success. Gen- the Italian-American understook | the wrist rizes Hel- bros Watches, the Kruger Jewelry Co., of Austin, Texas, and Martin Gruenborn of Seattle. The Amal- gamated Clothing Workers, together with Eagle Clothes and the O. P. O. Stores, contributed 100 hand-tail- ored suits as prizes. Endicott- Johnson contributed 100 pairs of shoes; one tractor. Italy, ing an; had no motive in to Malians other the Wing Shirt Company 100 shirts; the Frank H. Lee Com- pany 1,200 ‘hats, and Allis-Chalmers Singe these firms do not sell in giv- than cooperating w_'ud a closer ugder- at hourly rate are It is the theory physicist we men is slowing down m slipping like an core of the earth posedly extends below it, a region which is expression, as hot | To Help Ot In national c¢ the Republican Pa and c tructive p mise the great n applaud Not many and An for remembering There is gen aid to other peac | that program in sound. It holds contention of a | physicist that the earth’s clutch is slipping. sounds more serious than it probably is, because the according to science's best reckoning, it is Briefer than some Jong and voluminous decument, but one | That will not make much difference sarily deal largely in generalities and volitical varties in the United States have not always been celebrated officially approved and filed away in the archives. | | economic independence and the human rights fundamental freedoms for which we fought two wars. A Republican Congress had already embarked \In()n‘ most far-reaching measures in history recovery of the free world on a basis of self-help and |with prudent regard for our own |G. O. P. does not propose to recede from that position | The platform’s treatment of domestic issues i iare due in large vart to the fact that the government THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— UNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1948 R T e G 4 the atom bomb, you might consider | University of California geo-' i slowing down. That's a pretty well | Every 7,000 years, it's estimated, the globe ‘ be. of Dr. L. tioned, that the nore than the core. automobile clutch. B. Slichter, the geo- crust of the earth In other words, ! However, xhis" is not solid i down only The earth’s crust sup- about 200 miles, and fluid, and is, if you will pardon the if it isn’t hell itself. as hell, hers While Preserving Our Own Rights (Seattle Times) , pnvention assembled in Philadelphia, | v has drafted and approved a sound srogram in its party platform of 1948. that have preceded it, it still is a which we sur- voters would majority of American will ever read i Platforms neces \ericans, of course, much about them, once they are eral satisfaction, however, with the Philadelphia platform in that it proclaims forthright Republican intent to pursue this country’s program of their and e-loving nations; “to restore what the platform describes as “the to aid The resources.” that present ‘“cruelly high prices “has not effectively used the powers its possesses to | combat inflation.” Postage | ‘lhe cost of govern prices; to reduce lapping and ex [of government; postal notes is | | traditional Senator {form committee h: (it Depnty Mayor of | cent Impellitteri, | New York. GENERAL IKE'S MAIL General Eisenhower has been | getting thousands of letters. But ‘here is one from two ex-G. L’s whlch if he read it, should make hlm think twice before he answers: “Dear General Eisenhower: “We are a couple of ex-Stars & remarkable | Stripes correspondents who once |interviewed you—at the Shanghai You broke away to us, although we were only en- We know from that |experience it isn't necessary to be | big shots to approlch you. | “At Shanghai, we asked you {some blunt questions and you gave jus frank answers. We believe you be equally ' straightforward i now. “We are supposed to be trained observers. From what we have you as their President. We are ticians but the will of the people, ’clearly expressed every time your | picture flashes on the newsreel screen or a conversation turns to | politics. “We served willingly when we | were drafted by our country, and we cannot believe you would do otherwise. The people have the right to call upon you to sérve, yet they have no chance to ex- (press it unless you permit your name to appear on the ballet. Un- der our two-party system, there is no practical way for the people to draft you if you will not ac- ! cept an advance nomination. “The papers clearly indicate that you could have the Democratic nomination. This appears to be the only way left to place your Iname before the people in No- vember, “What we would like to ask sin- jcerely is this: Recognizing that you are not seeking the Presidency, will you permit your name to go on the ballot, so people of all parties can be given a chance to draft you as their leader? Cordially your, “Jim Becker, Associated Press “Jack Andersen, Bell Syndicate.” WHAT IKE THINKS At the recent G.OP. convention Harry Butcher, close friend and wartime Naval Aide of General fon the contemporar holds out would introduce a welcome change in the conduct of the Federal government with which |Federal Savings and Loan Associa- |seen, we can report unequivocally | that the American people K want | not echoing the mouthings of poli- | To attack the basic causes of infla- | | tion, the Republicans provose progressive reduction of nment through elimination of waste; to stimulate production as the surest way to lower the public debt; to abolish ow:-v‘ sive centralization in the functions | and to encourage small business as | | the bulwark of American entervrise “through aggres- | |sive anti-moncpoly action, elimimation of unnecessary | controls protection against discrimination, coxrecvonirm ary and Vice-Chairman of the | lof tax abuses and limitation of competition by gov- | Board of Grand Trustees. |ernmental organizations.” These are resouding generalities, but such is the phraseology of party platforms. In thi: Henry Cabot Lodge’s Republican plat as produced an excellent commentary American scene. The promises Eisenhower, was quizzed about the credibility of an article. by Kansas City Star's Roy Roberts. Roberts indicated that Eisen- hower would not accept a Demo- cratic draft nomination, but would | campaign against the Republican lationist like Bob Taft, Senator John Bricker of Ohio, or Speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts. “That story 1s creating a lot oI‘\ attention and talk,” Butcher was| | teld. “Yau ought to tip off Ike purpeses in this convention.” “Why should I?” retorted Butch- ier. “That's exactly what the Gen- | eral is thinking.” [ELKS’ LODGE RULER »ing to NEW YORKER CHOSEN. GEORGE 1. HALL George 1. Hall, New York business | | CONTROVERT; 20 YEARS AGO #%'c ourins Hunter at Douglas, using the lumber for salvage. The Malibu, 100-foot yacht of Los Angeles, was in port with a small | cruise party aboard. i left for the States on the W. D. Gross, of the Coliseum Theatre Admiral Rogers. { The Paps and Elks were to meet the next day. ! Assistant District Attorney Howard D. Stabler and Deputy Clerk Ann Gaynor of the same office left for Ketchikan on the Admiral Rogers on court business I Weather: High, 60; low, & cloudy | P H Dailv Lessons in English ¥ 1. corpon e ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, geing to rain.” St “It looks as though it were WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s wor to oppose with arguments; a , to refuse to accept as a dectrine. “It is not our task either to advocate or controvert this parti- man, has been elected Grand Ex- alted Ruler of the BPOE at the 84th convention in Philadelphia accord- | Associated Press advices ro- ceived by the Empire. Installation | will take place tomorrow and he will immediately be head of the Elks‘ with a membership uppxax:mutely 950,000. | of New York, President of the Past| { Exalted Rulers Assotiation of that: district, President of the New Ymk i State Elks Association, chairman of the Lodge Activities Committee of the Elks Grand Lodge, and for the |past four years as member, Sec- Born in New York City 52 years ago, Mr. Hall served in the U. S.| Vavy during World War 1. He has1 Leen extremely active in civic, pa-} triotic, charitable activities and in varjous athletic and social clubs. He is a director of the Queens County ! tion, a former Governor and s 'lll a member of the Downfown A. C. of New York City, and a membef of the New York Stock Transfer Association and other husiness or- ganizations. Mr. Hall is married and has a son 28 years old, George M. Hall, who Ihas been a member of Lynbrook ticket, if 1t were headed by an fso- | L0J8 for seven years. He also has 5-year-old grandson, George R. Hall, who is headed for future Elk- dom. Mr. Hall's two krothers, Brig. Gen. Gene W. Hall, and Walter L. |Hall are staunch Elks, the former a long-time member of Glen Falls, N. 1Y, lodge, the latter of Lynbrook lodge. e e—— FROM KETCHIKAN G. Sheridan of Ketchikan guest at the Baranof Hotel. is a ACROSS 31 Greéu numbers 24, Rodent Sheeplike . Huge wave . Feline animal Depart secretly 9 Topaz 42, Land measure hummingblrd 43 Slight 13. Expiate intentionally 14] Regret 45. Orlental hore bird commander | 17. Room in & 46, Ancient_slave | harem 45, Be restless | 18. Female 50. Pronounce holy | relative 51, Devil 8. Pecler 5. Salutation * 56. Similarities - 60. In favor of Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle | 24, weed 61, Italian seapom 2. Means of trans- 62. High mouniain DowN 3. Flag portation 'ype measures >, 27, Conaed tabrics 64, Spirited horse 1. Source of heat 4. Promontories 30 Conjunction 5. Ballad 2. The herb eve 5. Of the ear 6. Easy gait 7. Number 8. Brave 9. American clergyman . Impolite * . Period of time . Colns . Rowing ] s implement ” embers of an ’ //’/// anclent /// school of bz 7 ,, philosophy =111 v flfll = P2 pas 7 Scenes of action “hilean seaport Crossword Puzzle §uog [TIREIN] [A[o]AIMSPIRIYICIO[Y] [o[c|Al.R|A EFAIRIE] [EMENIL]IISTT] [TlaJE P L[S[T[LIE!S] [allofiiT(=| i [E/SIO[LIA| I [olOJsIW CI oleMs] uggufin‘ GlA . Hymns of joy Gazes . Food fish . Son of Noah: varlant . Stam . Masculine name . Neckpiece . Issued in installments . Difficulties b \Vlds . Seci . l’J\llllh rlver 53. Window glass 54, plant 57. Meshed fabric 58, Old l('nullcll 5. Dl-covar cular belief.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Roserra 1em | Y Is it proper for one to knock upon the closed door of a business . Q. office before entering? daughter, Mrs. Mary Smith Jones.” Q. Is it proper to drink consomme from a cup or to use a spoon? A. Tt is proper to use somme. One may continue to use a spoon or may lift the cup and sip its contents. et e e e e i et et s }Loox and LEARN ¥ ¢ corpon e e ] 1. What is the average yeariy yield of wool of one sheep in the United States? 2. Can a naturalizea citizen pecome a member of the President’s Cabinet? 3. Which are the three longest rivers in the world? 4. What tree is considersd commercially to be the most valuable? 5. In which Shakespearean play are Ariel and Caliban characters? ANSWERS: 1. 7% pounds. 2. Yes; he may hold any officé in the U. S, excepting President tor Vice-President. 3. The Missouri-Mississippi, Nile and Amazon rivers, 4. The Douglas fir. 5. “The Tempest.” — EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT G 2l OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS Oldest Bank in Alaska lm-—um Half a Century of Bankmn—lm a8 a palé-ap EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Pregent this.coupon to.the box office of the } 14~THE BOYAL BLUE, CAB CO, and an indured eab WILL CALL m’fim RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. T T e e R mmisnomhsmmlwuwmmmw “It looks as IF.” I| H a spoon for the first few mouthfuls of con- | ulmrmm‘ loses one revolution. In the average lifetime you'd | JULY 17, 1928 = GEEEREN) |aardly modloe i 52 rhaps, but if you planned to live | o . Axel Koski, former resident of Juneau and Douglas, who had been ,several milliol; years a thing like that might be|q JULY 7 o |managing a store at Ketchikan for sometime, returned to Juneau and | serious |e O:wa.s added to the staff of the California Grocery, according to Nick | Why is the earth slowing down? Theoretically, it | ® Mrs. George G. Henry ® | Bavard. should be the acme of free-wheeling. It spins in a ® Dennis Ryan L oD ey in advance, $1.80; veritzble vacuum and it has no axle to cause friction. ® Dale Fleek, Jr L4 Mary Young of the Arcade Cafe gave a dinner to the Moose baseball ¢ they will sromply pottty | However, there are the fluid oceans and the gravita- i & Mis. dge Otme ® | team members as their July 4th-prize for defeating the Elks in the cele- delivery | ;01 pull of the moon. The tides tug slightly at the : B;{x_‘:be;,:uf";;l‘;:?'f‘) : bration day game. Among the Moose attending the affair were Bill earth on each revolution. Their friction on the ocean o Daniel Kmfl o |Fred and Pete Schmitz, George Shaw, Ken Junge, Jack Kearney and bottoms and pressure of the shores exert a con-| o Arnold Matthews o |Manager Art McKinnon. o 1 e Tp (eDers | tinual braking effect which is bouyd to make itself ' o ol - 1shed felt in time, even considering the immense mass an's o @ ® o ¢ s ¢ o ¢ o o The Laughlin brothers completed tearing down the former Hotel OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ration. The A fs pronounced as in LADIES’—MISSES’ RATE in the preferred pronunciation, READY-TO-WEAR OFTEN MISSPELLED: Overreach; two R’ Seward Street Near Third SYNONYMS eptional, extraordinary, rare, singular, unusual, uncommon, infrequent. | An executive of the Union Carbide Phon: 12th | & Carton Corporation, in New York, A. No, this is not done. Business offices are public. One does not { s 9. §- o Mr. Hall has served the Order zeal-|enter a “private” office, however, without an invitation. - ously for the past 22 years, having | Q. Should the wedding invitations which are to be sent by a y the U \I,,(_je(l " El)]mlttl:(d Riger ol hxds own, parents of the bride, who is a widow, include the widow's married sur- Warfield's nm Stor odge, Lynbrool ong Islan 0. | name? Forme Drugs 1515, District Deputy Grand Exalted 5 "; Yes: the invitatior d % u g L Qg 1 Bt 4 Rulm for the Southeastern district . S; ions and announcements should read “of their NYAL Family Remedies - - e e ———————————— e b — . — . . Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alsska JANITORIAL Service VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Posy No. 5359 Mekté first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, a; eet. Vigiting 13 ‘elcome. Commander; WILLIAM :ln.‘.sn&wm Adjut- BGE BROS. ‘Selection of mINJGRS “Say It Witk lowers” 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 — p——— CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phoune Red 559 — — STEVENS® Alaska Music Suppl Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planes—Muyical Instruunents and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Ofl Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORE HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Huichings Economy Market Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 Ehe Charles W. Carter| Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Bevmge Lo. 805 10th 8. PHONE 216—DAX or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS €. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 BOGGAN Flooring Contractor Laying—Finishing Oak Fleors . NUNN-BUSH SEOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing plets Ontfitter Zar Mex MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 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 Wedn esdays at 8 p.m. Visiting brothers we}l'- %Inle‘e dJOSEPH H. SADLIER, &) Ruler. w. H. ; i . BIGGS, T ———e. Things for Your Ofce BIIAIILEB R. GRIFFIN C¢ 1005 SECOND AVE - SEATTE 4 - Elor 5;2: D — Bert's Food Cenier Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 _ Deltveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. & ""The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Fnarmacists BUTLER-MAURQ . DRUG Co. HARRY BACE Druggist “The Squibb Store™ Where Pharmacy Is & Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Audiior Tax Counselor Simpson Bldg. Wall l:aper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wends Phone 757 Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Rolel Newly Renovated Reoms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —- OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE \ Beat P sofinfi:nsnnngflnu: J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Junean Motor Co. Foot of Main Street JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS S Ay ICE CREAM Juneau Dairies, Inc. MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 689 American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC __;_ké;____m______