The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 28, 1948, Page 4

Dail y] laska E m pire EMPIRE PRINTING COMCANY Second and Main su-ae\-. Jnnn\l. Alllll - “M-mi Editor and Manager - Managing Bditor - Business Manager kst S N Sttt —— Sntered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RA! ®@elivered by carrier In Juncan and Douslas for SL6O per menth six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year. In advance, $16.00; six months, ja advance, $1.50 wx month, in advance, $1.80. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will prompily notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity tn the delivery of their paper Telephones: News Office, m; Business Office, 374 NEMBER OF ASSOCIATID PRESS ’ ‘Ths Associaced Press'is- exclusively entitied to. the une for woublication of all news dispafches credited to it oF not (thec- wise credited in this paper @nd slso the locsl news published seremn NATiUNAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspupers. 1411 | =purth Avenue Bldg , Beattle, "VasiL SELF-INCRIMINATION ' The succession of witnesses before the House Committee on Un-American Activities who have used the protection of the Fifth Amendment to avoid an- swering questions are obviously escaping self-incrimi- nation only in the narrow legal sense of the word. “They can scarcely suggest that their refusal to answer saves them from self incrimination in the minds of these who hear or read their testimony. For when a man declines an opportunity to deny under oath speci- fic charges which have been made against him, the public can draw no conclusion save that he is guilty. The Fifth Amendment, to which these witnesses have turned for refuge, provides that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury . . . nor shall be compelled in any criminal | case to be a witness against himself.” ’\'oted new commemorative issues has become some- | thing of a racket which is debasing the currency. | Commemoratives serve a useful purpose in honoring great Americans. But the real worth of such issues is determined by the care with which they are chosen and executed. The honor is something that ought to | be reserved for truly special occasions. Instead, it has | become merely a way for .a Congressman to show his | constituents that he is protecting their interests. For example, what possible excuse can there be | for a postage stamp honoring the. poultry indust.ry" The lady chickens being commemorated undoubtedly performed a useful service to their country, but the suspicion lingers that the biggest egg in this case was laid by a gullible Congress. Likewise the woman or- iginating the Flanders Fields memorial poppy idea no ]duubt is entitled to respect. But is this really the sort stamp?. Counting two new stamps released over the weekend, 22 separate commemortive. issues, 21 of them in the 3-cent. denomination, are. scheduled for dis- | tribution between now and the end of the vear. The |number is making even collectors wince, and with | good reason. Next thing you know, there will be a| special juke box nickel to commemorate the fellow ! “.who wrote Nature Boy. f Kéep Weapons! { (Cincinnati Enquirer) i | Under present law, the War Assets Admimsma-t tion is instructed to wind up its disposal of war equipment by next February 28. Since the end of the | |war the WAA has sold, for $4,000,000,000, equipment | that represented $23,000,000,000 in cost to the Federal | taxpayers. | The Philadelphia Inquirer expresses the view that the “unloading” operations of the WAA should have| lof thing that merits a special United States postage ! SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1948 | AUGUST 28 eeecccscccsssssccccs Thomas L. George Wilfred J. Leivers Glenn Earl Allen George Phillips Thomas Burns Everett E. Smith Cyril D. Hansen AUGUST 29 T. J. McCaul Mrs. Edna Radonich Jack Conway Mrs. Frank Parsons Glen Johnson FLYING DOCTORS EXPECTED HERE. THIS AFTERNGON stopped months ago, in view of the Berlin crisis. i We hope that the WAA has taken note of changed | world conditions in the shaping of its sales pclicies.! |And evidently it has, to some degree at least. \sellmg as much of the war surplus material as quickly as possible. Much of the equipment represented things for which the civlian economy was starved, and ' I reconversion, or at least relieved some of the critical | shortages of materials. There was a further advantaze | {world peace to maintain itself should have been a storm warning to the WAA. We fear there has been |a certain amount of surplus buying in the expecta- tion that the government would need the same items before the present world situation is readjusted. And; we agree with the Inquirer that the WAA should hold onto items which can be stored easily, and which | certainly would be needed in another war. | Unfortunately, some of the weapons of war be- | come obsolete even when stored with utmost care. But this certainly is not true of the great bulk of war , ing Specialists,” who have just com- pleted a tour of Alaska Native Ser- vice hospitals in the Territory, are| At the !scheduled to stop in Juneau this| joutset, of course, there was no obvious reason for not | afternoon. The four specialists, well- | |1t is better to say, “was DISCHARGED.” known physicians of the Northwest, were chosen by the American Medi- cal Association to hold clinics, con- the sales in these categories were a boost to peacetime | fer with medical officers and ex-| amine patients in Alaska. They will arrive from Mount.Edge- | {in the WAA sales program, in that it did recapture cumbe today and will leave immedi- | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: at least a small part of the tremendous cost of war. ately for the states via Pan Amer- prRESUMPTUOUS; taking for granted; overbold. The first portents that we could not rely upon ican, Airways. Doctors in the group ;e » include; Dr. John E. Tuhy and Dr., | W. Charles Martin of Portland and | Dr, Frank Douglas and Dr. David, Law of Seattle. In their visit to communities, they were accom- panied by Doctor James Googe, Medical Director for the ANS. o DIVORCES GRANTED Two divorces have been granf.ed‘ seven Alaskan Enroute to the States, the “Ely-| VETERANS O poumn wny Takn o, 6550 Ml first lfi third v AUGUST 28, 1928 i Josephine Tupper, seventh grade teacher in the Juneau Pubhc :;'amuncx. Adjut- Schools, returned on the Princess Louise for the beginning of the .,chqol & term. LiatoRs ONE 399 Mae Cashen of Douglas was a homebound passenger on the Princess Louise. w A party of nime, including Mrs. Harry Lundell, Viana, Arvo and Rosalie Lundell, Phyllis and Elsie Wahto, Stephanie and Rosfe, Africh, and Urho Kronquist, made the climb to the top of Mount Jumbo from their home in Douglas. : Miss Janice Lowe, who had been teaching in the Juneau Public Schools for the past two years, was an arrival on the Alaska, after a visit to her home in Idaho. “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Hfinsfs moul flefiwbl’efl& John McLaughlin arrived from Wrangell to visit his sisler. Mrs. Karl Theile for two weeks before leaving for Corvalhs Ore., where he was to attend college. He had been spending the summer in Wrangell, where he had been employed by the Diamond K. Packing Co. 1 Mrs. Steve Shéldon of Haines and her four children were in Juneau visiting Mrs. Harold Smith and Mrs. H. L. Redlingshafer. Mrs. Sheldon was the wife of the leading merchant and hotel keeper in Haines. Weather: High, 51; low, 51; cloudy. | ? Daily Lessons in English % . corpox e Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANTTORIAL Service CONm and FOLLETTE - Phone Red 559 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply I i Arthur M. Uggen, Msnager MODERN ETIQUETTE Ehnprna e || st st and Supplies } | HEINKE GENERAL —~ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “John was fired last week.” ; OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Duke. |and not as OO in BOOT. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Grammar; AR, not ER. ! | SYNONYMS: Erase, efface, expunge, oblierate, delete. ] WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Pronounce the U as in USE, “It is a presumptuous | | | | . | Q. Does the hostess have the privilege of telling a guest at a week- 1cml party the hour at which he is expected to leave? | A Yes, this is permissible. Phoue 206 Second and Seward REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Ol Burner Blacksmith Work Q. Is it good manners to use “Mr.” or “Miss” when introducing l GENEFRAL REPAIR WORE Stamps Debased ‘| MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14° SBCOND and FOURTH l‘mfi“! of each mionth * tish the ’I‘nmpla JAMES W B.P. 0. ELKS Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8 p.mozlclthz ‘brothers wel- come, JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted ‘Ruler. W. H. Bldlgg HSGRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS Deliverles—10:15 A. M, 2:15 — £00 P. M. —_— "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counsetor Simpson Sldg. Phone 757 paraphernalia. And we would feel safer with an ade- | in the U. S. District Court. Gerald- members of one’s own family? || Phene 204 929 W. 12th St (Washington Post) The pressure which already has started in several | quarters for the issuance of a postage stamp com- memorating the late General Pershing makes one think of the principality of Lichtenstein, which makes a good porticn of its living by catering to philatelists. This is said out of no disrespect to General Pershing. Undoubtedly Pershing qualifies for the honor if any ' But it would be less unseemly to wait | American does. until the stamp can be fitted into a regular program of commemoratives than to add it to the hastily con- ceived issues with which Congress has burdened the Post Office Department. lndeed the insouciance wnh which Congresa has !qunte supply of World War II weapons—which were quite effective—than an altogether inadequate supply of future weapons. | ‘This is probably unimportant--but if the atomic | bomb wipes out the race, who writes the memoirs?— ! (Tacoma News Tribune). The best cure for worry: Do something prefer- ably for someone worse off than you.—(Everson News). | v Electric lighted handbags may be okay, but we still think the contents should be kept in the dark.— (Bremerton Sun). ine Blanchard received a divorce from Alexander G. Blanchard and — -, —— Hogs constitute a billion dollar mdu\try in the United States. | | | | NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals for the setting of { poles and miscellaneous othex con- struction, with materials furfished (b) ice hockey, (c) football, (d) soccer, (e) polo, (f) baseball? “ by the GLACIER HIGHWAY EL- ECTRIC ASSOCIATION, for a rural A. Q 1Ona Flagler has received a divorce who are observing their first wedding anniversary? | from Kenneth J. Flagler. A L 3 2. 3. It would be better to avoid the titles, if possible. Can you give me any suggestions as to what to give a couple Warfield's Drug Store (Pormerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Bemeodies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Huichings Ecnomy Market MEATS—GROCERIES Books, stationery, playing cards, or subscriptions to magazines. 00K and LEARN % i C. GORDON How many players would you need for a game of (a) basketball, Who wrote the Apocalypse? Is the bloed in the normal human body composed of more red The Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON ‘Continued from Page One® hees’ immediate oificial orbit, is virtually unknown This modesty is very character- istic of him. More than one of | his accomplishments have been headline news, but he doesn’t funce tion that way. Grandstanding or| limelight-grabbing is out of his; ken. To Tracy Voorhees only one thing matters: Getting a job done as| efficiently, expeditiously, and for the greatest good that is possible. All the rest is no ¢onsequence to him. He really believes that work well done is its own best reward. The remarkable thing is that this belief has worked out that way fox Vcorhees. Wholly lacking in politi- cal “pull,” and without his seeking the office, he recently was elevated to Assistant Secretary of the Army because of. his outstanding rd and qualifications for the position. VETERAN has .been serving his unobtrusively and devot- a long time. 50 and a senior partner of a highly successful New York law firm, of which the late Chief Jus- tice Harlan Stone had once been a member, Voorhees instantly drop- ! ped his large practice to respond to an urgent call from his old | friend Robert Patterson, then Un- dersecretary. of War. Patterson needed a hard-headed and driv-| ing trouble-shooter ends of the world to straighten out critical army snarls. Voorhees ceuntry edly for From then on, as an Army Col-| onel, Voorhees was constantly on the g0. Wherever stupidity, incompet- ence and bungling snafued channels of supply, he moved in and quictly and effectively brought or- der and action In the tropical depths of Scuth Pacific he unravelled a tie- up that had created a serious shortage of blood plasma. Although huge quantities of plasma had been shipped to. the| theatre, combat commanders bom- barded Washington with irate com- plaints of shortages. Voorhees un- earthed the reason. On some islands, no longer in the active zone, he found medical sup- ply officers hoarding large quan- tities of plasma. Similarly, in England, he quiet-: ly again saved the Medical Corps’ neck on hospital equipment. Voor- Jaees found tremendous discrepan- cies in the preparations for tuklm'.‘ ‘Then over | to go to the! the ! the | ‘Cdl(‘ of invasion casualties. Certain | brasshats had grievously underesti- | mated requirements. Voorhees very | qui ckly and efficiently brought over | the needed equipment. i In recognition of these, and oth- ! | er outstanding feats, Voorhees was | 1decoruted with the Distinguishéd | Service he | ARTIFICIAL LIMBS | \ After Patterson became Secretary |of War, he again asked Voorhees {to undertake a difficult job in be- ,‘halt of veterans who had lost limbs. With the war over, Voor- !hees had doffed his uniform. But | ne again responded without ques- | ‘uon { Under Patterson’s prodding, Ar- my medical brasshats had belated- [y, in the spring of 1945, started |a program to improve artificial limbs. These devices were still in . the oxcart stage. They were cum- | |bersome, crude and ineffectual. However, despite the good inten- Alcns of the Army's tardy develop- ment program, it soon bogged down |in_administrative snafu. Voorhees, ( quietly reorgamned the setup and | |put the project on a practical working basis. He is still keeping a helpful sup- ervisory eye on the program, Under 1it, real progress is being made in { developing truly modern and em-| ! cient artificial limbs. There have | been no miracls, but slowly and | steadily advances are being made | | that offer hope, that if the program is continued dver a period of years, idevices will be evolved that in a measure will approximate the util- |ity of human limbs. ' | For this, every amputee in the | | country, veteran or civilian, owes | Tracy Voorhees a lasting debt of | gratitude. H | GREAT FEEDER | Vcorhees was still grappling with | the prosthetic problem, when he | {was called on to tackle an even: greater one. | Food supplies for occupied Ger- | many went haywire. Early in the| spring of 1947, occupation author- | ities suddenly reported a myster- |ious vast shortage in food resour- ces. Hundreds of thousands of tors of food had,k somehow velyi strangely either. dishippeared of had never existed. The daily ration had to be cut to less .than 1,000 calories; the Krauts started rioting; and Ruhr coal, and other essential production dropped precipitously. This was the “hot potato” Voor- | hees was asked to straighten out. | Again, he went to work quietly and unsparingly. Driving himself day and night, he not only got huge quantities of food to Ger- many but to the equally distressed Allied countries, which were in dire need asea result of crop failures. | In this activity, Voorhees, with=-| Medal. | o5 | curacy, out fanfare or grandstanding, suc- cessfully administered a relief pro- gram many times larger and more | complex than that of Herbert Hoover after World War I Further, Voorhees accomplished this stupendous feat without title rank. It was not until after the tough-fisted House Appropria- tions Committee earlier this year paid him an extraordinary tribute, that he was formally named Assis- tant Secretary of War. Voorhees had submitted a bud- get request of $1,250,000,000 for the various occupied zones. After a minute examination of his estimate, | the committee not only officially |lauded him for his clarity and ac- but approved his request in toti. Voorhees’ budget was the only one in the recovery appropriation bill that was not cut. Note: Under Voorhees' program, the U. S. is now feeding Germans at a cost of $17.12 per head per | annum. ‘This food is approximately | 60 percent of the rationed food re- ceived by Germans. electrification distribution project financed thru the RURAL ELEC- TRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION and known as Project ALASKA 7A | JUNEAU, will be received by the | GLACIER - HIGHWAY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION on or before 4:00 P M, PST., September 2nd, 1948, at its office No. 5, Shattuck Build- | ing, Juneau, Alaska, at which time ! the proposals will ‘be publicly op-‘ ened and read The project will be approximately ' 21.3 miles in length and located in the vicinity of Auke Bay, Alaska. The Plans, Specifications, and Construction Drawings together with all necessary forms and other documents for bidders may be ob- tained from the Engineer, Felix J. Toner, Room 5, Shattuck Building, Juneau, Alaska, upon payment of twenty-five ($25) dollars, all. of which will be returned to each bona fide bidder within ten days. after the bid opening. GLACIER HIGHWAY ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, By FELIX J. TONER, Project Engineer. First publication, Aug. 27, 1948. | Last publication, Aug. 28, 1948. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Goddess of the harvest . Headliner . Fine Cuban 20. Be carried . Deéed Be indebted . Anxieties 35. Soft murmur . Olden times 7. Across Golfer's cry 39, Hastened . American poet 41. Anclent coin . Leander's sweetheart 45. Feminine name . Pagan god 48. School of anticipation a . Particle . Father . Away, . New' Zealand evergreen tre . Se re . Percelve by - touch . Install . Fragment wild ox whales. Slnfle thing org: o 3 Dauimer of Cadmus . One of al ancient race . Small valley TR | us Solution of Ye: Menageris Watches closely Location 59. Finish Artificial butter Tll-gotten gain . Became more rigid . Scheduled . Sum . In a line . 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