The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 10, 1948, Page 4

i % | PAGF FOUR | would submit to Congress after his long and, we he- | .s Pall} Alaska Em lre lieve, constructive career. We hope that he will re-| == consider and thus withdraw such harmful legislation Published every evenins except Sunday ! EMPIRE PRINTING COMY) | from the, Senate docke\‘.s | Second and Main Streets. Julnurfl‘l ¥ r| Frankly, we believe that some Im.erlnr Pepartment, &f‘n%"nfi‘i—’éo”? ’;.?NDO'O ¥ - Vice-President | bright bov bamoozled the Senator into introducing this w‘i’.flw bil. We think that Senator Capper was absolutely Buaivess Mauaee | honest in his intentions but that-he didn't have all of the facts at his cotimand when he permitted his name to ke attached to such lég_l»s}_anon i ALPRED ZENGER - - - Sntered in the Post Office in .hmen#A s Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION BATES: “tor 130 [ y Hubert J. Gilligan . Seivered b7 carrler b Sh00s one vears S840 o oo | We suggest thal you might cut out this editorial o LaRoy West one s B R Tonths Ja ‘sdvense, s7.0; (4Nd mail it to him. and another copy to Delegate o R. H. Abrahamsen . we month, in advance, 81 ot | Bartlett along with your own personal views on the o Genevieve Van Duateren [ TR g g el R i DO iy | subject. We believe that organizations and individuals Mrs. Jack Vertress . o thei X | . retia Eldemar Teleohonss: News Oftlcs, 803; Business Offios, 314, should all unité te prevent the, passage of this bill. & Lecretia Elde 4 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS s 00t 0s el e The Assoctated Press is exclust -%u‘? to the ure tor 1 National Fire Losses ! blication of sl 0 es creds (Ahee- BT | -2 _'.’Trl.:;f.‘;,{‘e‘.’a o this phver $ ":na #lso the local mews published | | (Cincinnati Enquirer) P“ H1H ', m‘", — During the first four montHs of 1948, according to NAT:UNAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Mewipapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, TVasi\ TAKES 29 T0 SEATILE figures released recently, fire losses in the United | States averaged $2,250,000 a day. In 12 months, ac- | |cording to the National Board of Pire. Underwriters, | | “fires that were largely preventable destroyed $703,- 282 000 worth of irreplaceable property” in this country. | This total does not include losses in the great Texas | City disaster, which were due principalty to explosions. |+ To most of us the thought of fire is remote. Few | homes, comparatively, are touched by the menace of ArHivaes were kd Wfldex‘ Dortatioe, flames, and few businesses, in the aggregate, are af- s :S“d Susaanatson E;;]lza- fected directly. But all of us pay the price for care- betn Parks, Stdney, TnoMtipsbn, Flor. nce Norris, Phyllis Thomas, Wl‘ |lessness. We get the figures, in black and white, £ { when we get our insirbrice bills. |Johnson, John Gevers, Lloyd Broad- ® hurat. Cliff Richmond, Margaret | Fire insurance companies have been running in Tyeten and infant, Billle 'I’ve;en' ‘thc red since 1943. They've been asking for_increases, Joseph Aronson, Howard Hilbun | and some increases haye been granted. If the present ang Clarence and Gertrude Trigg. rate of destruction continues, we can expect still more | Leaving were Leona McKinnon, boosts. In other words, the national bill for con- pr. william Blanton, Justin Ripley, yesterday, Pan American brought 19 others north to Jumeau. The Clippers are continuing each day the cannery worker rugms THE FIGHT IS RENEWED sented to each and every one of us. ISherlock, Florence Nash, Harold Once again, the U. S. Department of the Interior | There's only one way to cut that bill—by being Nash. Loren and Dwight Nash, is out to undermine the excellent work which has | fj’elf:r‘gel?e::g‘e‘f;g‘:‘ mgt o :;le l:: Esther Granning, Lennleflfiensm:’ g e h:f. sl S PRI =oLvie; pTTH D?p'm_ | do something about it. You can keeb your cellars and ;‘Z?;gg I}exa,?;mf, vé]yd:yb:;ld ment of Agriculture, in Alaska. At least, the evidence ... clean; can check your household electric wiring; Alheny b L‘iorgan Gernldl appears to point in that direction. | can discontinue dangerous cleaning practices; can stop Burg, James Forsell, Alfred Holland, For many years, the Interior Department has | doing the dozens of things which cause a great major- ' Jim Warrin, Robert, Evelyn and | attempted to get a wedge into Southeast Alaska by ‘lty of blazes. Such a program not only will cut down vVirginia Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. requesting various land reservations to be adminstered ‘ the staggering monetary toll which fires bring. It also John Ball and infant. under its control. The latest evidence of this is the bill | Will reduce the number of deaths. More than 11,000 To Annette — John Walker, introduced in the closing hours of the special session | Persons died in those “preventable” conflagrations in Charles MeClellan, Max Patasnik, of Congress, by Senator Arthur Capper (R.-Kansas), ‘ the year just ended! |and Louis Callahan. calling for the setting aside of Admiralty Island as a ST TR | To Whitehorse public park and game refuge. | Hope for Lhcamr Meat This same area constitutes the main portion of a ! propesed pulp timber site reserved by the Forest Service until interested parties come along and request for | bids o be invited. Excellent sources say that this action may not be too far distant. Use. of this area for the cutting of pulp timber would directly employ over 1,000 persons eventually and mean the establishment of a new industrv in Juneau. This new industry would help meet the world- | wide paper shortage. Setting it aside as a game refuge | would bring employment to only a few more Federal | government officials and would not be of great benefit to Juneau, Southeast Alaska or the nation as a whole. Here, however, is the most important point to consider. Harvesting of this timber, which is now rotting on the stump, would not be detrimental to game animals, fish or scenic beauty. This would all 'only a generation of livestock. Government cxperts be controlled under the requirements of the Forest |€Xpect an even “tighter” supply and price situation during the next two months, but see more meat Service that operators do their cutting on a sustained | yield or perpetual growth program with particular | available during the fourth quarter of the year. As consideration to these three points. | fingers crossed and hope that the government men, It’s too bad that Senator Capper should have in-tnjs instance, have better luck than they do on chosen this particular bill as the last measure he some weather forecnsts The Washinfilon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON —_— (Continued from Page Gae! i Delnoy. (Seattle Times) | To As recently as four years ago there were 160 meat i"h" Sl:aloney, animals in the United States--cattle, sheep and hogs— i f’fn & { for each 100 persons. This year there are 126 mi | animals for each 100 persons. These figures help to w‘"TER TRAVH ! explain high meat prices. Fairbanks—Emily Roberts, L. F. Blanke and The reason for the shortage in number of ammnls |in part, traces back to the poor corn crob of 1947, \ plus high prices for feed in general, which led live- ! stock men to sell more stock and keep fewer hreedmg‘ animals. | Such influences are often self-correcting. ThisF year’s corn crop is good. Feed prices are not so high, ' relative to the price of meat, and this ratio, morz favorable to the livestock man, should encourage more | meat production. A generation is a long waiting period, even if it is Upcn arriving in cuneau, enrou.e to Port Chilkoot, Mr. and Mis. H. R. Barrer revealed plam for their future activities in the terri- tery. Mr. Barrer, a former service- man, and sales representative in the Chicago area, has discovered a new innovations in snow travel,: snow sled, which he belieyes, will transportation methods. Mrs. Mary Barrer, who was form- {erly associated with the Public, | Relations department of the Air Thomas' help to get into Officers|have yet to come across a Jap Line Pilots Association, is now on/ Candidate School. His commanding | either living or dead.” | assignment from the Chicago Her- | officer, Lt. Edward A, Coudriet,*Jr.,| Again on June 6, 1945, Tiplitz ald American. Mrs. Barrer will \‘rccommended him, but Capt. Bruce | wrote that he had. sent some gather facts and figures for a ser-| |T. Nash said no. “Your auen- battle stars home to his nephew. jes of articles featuring the Port | tion is invited to the fact that the | “This little guy,” he commented al- | Chilkoot Veterans Project, as well .pxcs“nt War Department pohcies most sadly, “is continuously ktll-.as make a comparative analysis of regarding - outstanding qualities of |ing Japs in his living room, whuelthe cost of living differential be- '!l!fldfll‘shlp are not indicated on thevhls uncle has had no opportunity | tween Chicago and this vicinity. Tiplitz for his primary expensesattached rating scale,” wrote Capt. | Lo either kill or see one alive.” |Included in the writers plans are and $200 for s general electlon‘Nash stories on all Chicago civilian and campaign. Rep. Thomas wrote Tiplitz various THOMAS GETS REWARD Army personnel who will be here. Now Hyman Tiplitz does not live | cheery letters promising help in| Tiplitz also wrote a letter toj The couple will depart from Ju- in New Jersey, is not one'of Thom- making him an officer, one of them | Rep. Thomas telling how he had neau for Haines via Alaska Coastal as' constituents. Therefore, Why |reporting: “Just as Soon as I got|saved “over $500 since we left ' Alrlines on August 10, and will should he take the trouble to con- {in Washington, I got busy on this ' Hawaii and I have sent the money .make their home at the Veterans tribute? Here was the reason: {case.” Another alibled: “Confiden- | home for dad to purchase bonds Project.at Port Chilkoot. e {tially, we have reduced the sched- | for me.” | TR When the now Chairman of the( NOTicC lule for the sizé of our Army.” ¥ 4 | ‘As a member of the Military In 1042, the first year of the Affairs Co tteé, Tho was | Teceived, this letter, war, Hyman Tiplitz had a son,| ircle round the $500 and ut | Mr. 3 . i1 |entitled to get classified informa- & Cl P! Glt rge, lxll the Artmytv xwhose‘ _;ob{uon from the War Department. %n away for future reference. Sig- :&;:; to “m;‘ ul}’{a'::lc(fcfka ’;Imc‘;‘ 001: But it is doubtfai whether he was | Dificantly, it was exactly $500 that it 14 Sl | entitled to pass it along to others. | the Tiplitz family contributed to pril 15, 1942, young Tiplitz wrote | Thomas' - re<election campaign. Rep. Thomas: | : : LS : - “Last week our entire regiment ARMY GETS WiSE R A e was examined to find those physi-| Meanwhile, young Tiplitz again | cally fit - for foreign and field |found his unit about to go nver—‘ duty. The ,doctors found me to!seas, and nzlln he appealed for | be in perfect physical condition. |help. This time he wanted to get‘ Mcnday of this week I was given\trarslerred back to Ft. Hancock, | yellow fever injection. All this/N. J. So Rep. Thomgs went to! o ccmes after a War Department let- \work again, and on Nov. 22 re-| o ter advising all station complements | ported back to Tiplitz: | % that their personnel would be com-; “I have today conferred with, 2 Bone posed of soldiers who are physically Col. W. 1. Pedrson, liaison officer| (4. unfit for field duty.” {ketween the Housc of Representa-| It Rep. Thomas wrote back April| tives and the War Department, and | 30, 1942, agdvising Tiplitz “not to|aiter Col. Pearson had reviewed{ . cross any bridges . . until vnu‘the copy of Major Spotswood’s let- | ESCAPING COMBAT DUTY Un-American Activities commm,@el We will not be responslble for he pencilled | any bills made except by ourselves. and Mrs. Charles F. Werner. — e SPECIAL STEAKS Baby Beef Club Steak, $2.50, at | salmon Creek Country Club. 60 2t "o wheat il «:fi’l‘- ACROSS 1. The soul: Chll rative ccme to them, and when that ume‘ ter to you and the many endorse- ' $ 1-' ‘ropical fmm comes, you should contact me im-|ients in favor of a transfer from | ‘%& A ‘g' ’“ ’“ "'” Solution of Yenerd-y" Puzzle mediately | Pendleton to Hapcock, he indi-} . n"umn{ Pnrt In August, young Tiplitz figured|cated that he would recommend . Q . t . of aship's “}: %V".fif:‘“ 3. Sacred image his bridge was about to be cross-|that you be transferred accordmg-‘ 26. . Uuat‘l DOWN ;‘ :‘:‘::lu ed and frantically wrote Rep.ily.” 0 c,,m ass polnt L Lowest polnt 6. Took away Thomas: o | On Dec. 6 1943, Tiplitz, appar- 2. onds 2. On lana T ll-:"ng:"', “All physically fit men will be lently certain the transfer was ar- )| Recelves out of this post before the first of | ranged, wrote to Thomas: “Rest Plintbiae. September . . . Every day counts. assured that no one knows nor shades It is suggested that I be trans-{has any idea about how this trans- 9";‘:&:‘“"' ferred to a technical unit which fer is being arranged. They un- 'emale sheep is the Coast Artillery here, and derstand that the pressure is be-| wlks trmation- then I would be doing the same ing brought to kear by Ft. Hancock. | " b work on special duty.” ;I have pleaded complete ignor-| ;..flef_m' —_— ance.” 1 wvariant TIPLITZ GETS HIS | “But the transfer never took place. N ioad TRANSFER ‘Cl Pearson, or someone in the| S %‘fi“fle'r’?‘“' Just what, if anything, Rep.'Army had begun to get wise to| " " fond of Thomas did on behalf of young Rep. Thomas. Young Tiplitz at! -UV&". {:535"’,. Tiplitz at this particular moment long last had to go to the Pacific| Neck muscle is not clear from the record, but with his Coast Artillery unit. - | 'E,’},‘i}'e':,n' a few days later Tiplitz did get However, because of his status plant the break he so desperately whnted. as clerk, he never did get any- My On Bept. 4, he Was transferred | where near the battle front and lhoel to the Coast Artillery. His buddies | wrote several letters to Thomas Mwel by went overseas, but,"despite his ex- |about this fAet. One, dated June | RIMet Halg cellent physical condition, 'I‘iplmwll 1945, irom the Philippines, said, 3 ':,.'" was transferred to the Coast Ar-|almost regretfully: | Eenco plekets tillery, lgter going to Camp Pendle-| “Frankly, my particular position “%u‘.’.a ton, Va., where he enjoyed the sta-|as a clerk has given me no oppor- rn‘:{;‘:' & tus of clerk. tunity to see actual. battle. Al I up. But in April, 1943, Tiplitz, not know is what I hear from those -gg,lm N satisiied with being a clerk, sought | who have bepn ap front. In fact, 1 Taking 29 passengers to Seattle | flagrations, reflected in insurance costs, will be repre- Fern Mathison, Pat Paisley, Amy | — Gus Stewart, | | George and Sylvia Forsberg and Edi WITH NEW SLED the L. | to the latter prediction, the consumer will.have his | definitely improve winter d‘ TH® EMPIRE { AUGUST 10, 1928 My. and Mys. W. 5. Bullen and their daughter, Jand son, Elizabeth and Winfield Jr., left on the Queen for Seattle x(-om where they will go to Portland, Oregon, for the winter months. Miss Elizabeth was to enter Reed College and Winfield Jr. was to attend high school. Mzs. Frank Plerce of Douglas was honored at a surprise party on remembrarnce. The Lutherah Ladies’ Aid was to hold a goodie sale at Garnick’s Grocery. Capt. Peter Perunovich, Jugoslavian teacher, poet, and singer, de- livered a message to the Serbians and Montenegrins of Juneau at the Moose Hall. A large number of his countrymen gathered to hear his talk. Mrs. H. L. Faulkner and her daughter, Jean, left on the Queen for Seattle. ! Miss Alma Well, who was graduated from Juneau High Schao] in 1927, left on the Prlncess Louise. Cincinnati to ma}or in home economics. Weather: High, 50; low, 48; rain. Daily lessons in English 33 L. GORDON o o | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Please refer back again | to chapter three.” Say, “Please refer to chapter three,” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Height. Pronounce HIT, I as in |LIGHT, and not HITTH. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Proof; two O's. Prove; one O. SYNONYMS: Banquet, feast, festival, festivity, repast. 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: HABITUATE; to accustom. “A mind long habituated to a certain SET ‘cf objects insensibly becomes fond of seeing them.”—Goldsmith. ————— MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ psrra rix | Q. How long before the wedding issto take place should the an- | ncunicements be mailed? | | i | | be addressed and ready to mail on the wedding day. Some member of : the family or close friend should take care of this duty and mail them | immediately after the ceremony. Q. If a girl mistakes a man for an acquaintance and speaks to him, what should the man do? A. He should lift his hat courteously to her, just as though he knew her, but should not take advantage of her mistake. | Q. Is it good manners to take bread with the fork? | A. Never under any circumstances is it permissible to lift bread with_the fork. i D e e P —— 1 LOOK aid LEARN % 4 corbon e e e e e e ) At what speed must wind blow to be termed a hurricane? 2. What six Army generals became Presidents of the Umted States? . 3. When is a person’s blood pressure-higher, when awake or asleep? ‘ 4. What is the weight measure used for pearls and diamonds? | 5. What animal is able to see to the rear without turning his neck? i ANSWERS: 1. More than 75 miles an hour. . 2. Washington, Jackson, W. H. Harrison, Taylor, Grant, and Gar- field. ’ 1. I When awake. Grains for pearls, carats for diamonds. The giraffe, on account of his protruding eyes. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST The Sweetest Spot ifi van | CHANNEL EMPORIUM .. Candies — Ice Cream — Soft Drinks — Tobaccos 330 South Franklin St. J. A. SOFOULIS, Proprietor 8 Qldest Bank in Alaska lfl!l—flm lall a (:enluq of um-xm ‘TheB. M. Behremls Safety Depeosit Boxes for Rent . COMMERCIAL SAVINGS C. A. BLOOMQUIST a8 b palt-p sibscrien w THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is iavited to be our guest THIS EYENING Present this cotipor £0 the hox dffjce . CAPIIOL THEATRE . and reulvywq TICKETS to sep: “SONG OF LOVE" o Regera Iwflmm v G U to wncn;glssn leifli May her birthday. Mrs. Pierce was presented with d glass disH as a birthday, || She was to attend the University of {f' i caunxmmzxczn N 4.3.’." “Say 1t With Flowers” but “SAY IT‘WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists AN T Alaska JANITORIAL CONKLE snd FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 STEVENS® TR u-m&rm Nnr'rhlrd Alaska Huu: Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Msuager Planes—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP A. Announcements are not mailed before the wedding. They shouldl Welding, bing, ON Plumbing, Burner Warheld’s Drug Store (Pormerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK'S DANISH ICE CREAM Huichings Ecnomy Market MEATS—GROCERIES FREE DELIVERY PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter Card Bever:g PBONE 216—DAY eor NIGHT Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORE Phene 204 929 W. 12th Bt ur MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 538 Willoughby Avenue ; Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 BOGGAN Floaring Contracior way Laggage TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS .- Quality Work Clothing Cemplete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING wnmmiéo-m Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Géeretary. JAMES W. = “The Rexall Store" | Auditer BUTLER-MABRG DRUG CO. ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Juneaw’s Finest quuor S;dre BAVARD'S Phone 689 'l'hllukulch Newly Renovated Reoms . at Ressonable Rates PHONE SINGLE o PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remlngton 'l‘ypewrlul'l Jlllrlml&fi "OIrl’m!uW'l‘l'I Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street Tax Counsetor Simpson Bldg. Phone 787 e Wall Paper Ideal Painf Shop | Phone 549 Fred W. Wlnlt