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

PAGEFOR ______ Daily Alaska Empire Pablished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COM<ANY ) - . - | countries. Our immediate strategical concern lies in | the Arctic region which is Canada’s backyard, but it | is sometimes expressed in relations with Canada in a way that is perhaps more impetuous than dictatorial. Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska Such an attitude may be offensive even to a friend. EELEN TROY MONSEN . . - President The Canadians are natural collaborators in strategy, DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - ‘ulmv“f“"'"“"“ | and the accent in negotiations must always be on col- ELMER A. FRIEND Managing Bditor | laboration. Our concertn is their concern, theirs is ALFRED ZENGER Business Manager | ... and this identity of interest, coupled with the existence of al lthe other ties binding the two countries, requires common activity based upon the recognition of ®atered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter [ gyl - ey d by earrier In Juness a: urias for S1.| menth) e b months, $8.00, sne year, §16.00 togetherness. By mail. postase paid. at the followine rates: . | When Mr. Mackenzie King retires from the Prime e T | Ministership, the mantle will fall on Mr. St. Laurent, ..iub-ulbcr‘;’;ei:i 3 o] alf::fur;ym:‘"wmiMx St. Laurent is no mere follower of Mr Mackenzie o their papers. |King. As firm in his bellef in free enterprise and Telophiones: News Oftice, 602; Bustness Office, 3. |international cooperation as Mr. Mackenzie King, he MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PRESS |is more activist, and this is likely to be registered in a The Assdcisted Press is exclusively entitled to the une for more vigorous diplomacy. Hitherto the steady voice gt of all news dispaiches credited 10,1 ors"sunsed | 2nd dialectical skill of Canada have been at the service Nerein. of easement and compromise at world gatherings. m From now on Canada will doubtless appear among the rourth Avenue Bidg, Beattle, "VasiL |advocates. Mr. St. Laurent believes in that larger S————— """ |association of freemen which is coming inceasingly | to be considered as a better security than armaments | and bases. He thinks of the talk of war as “blasphemy,” land his speeches testify to devotion to peace expressed +by a constructive readjustment of nineteenth century ideas of sovereignty. Specifically the proposal of a ! North Atlantic union has in him an ardent supporter, {and the urgency in Mr St. Laurent’s speeches and the i loftiness of his aims in relation thereto indicate the | possession of statesmanship. Medical Rarity | | | (Cincinnati Enquirer) A suspected case of smallpox is so rare in these ——- |days that it attracts not only local but even national % |attention. That's a pretty good commentary upon the | | effectiveness of modern preventive medicine. Some | years ago—not too many years ago—smallpox was very All newspaper readers have doubtles been Struck |in;cp Jess of a curiosity. It was a terrible plague fear- by the singleness of tone in the dispatches being filed | eq because of its tendency to sweep through popula- from Moscow about the Kremlin meetings which have | tions, and the frequency with which it did made it been going on for over a month. Each day we learnone of mankind’s foremost enemies. | that the talks are approaching a climax, or that the| There is no specific “cure” for smallpox, even yet., conversations will cease or that they will continu&;n comes as mysteriously as any of the virus diseases 5 " _land if it is vanquished the body’s own defense "Ttiese. oanlectures, are., Ised johiecly, jon . thp J00rTe imechanism must do the job, although the modern ; spondents' impressions of how the British, French % h ) " i physician can help the body in the fight. Chicken- | and American representatives have looked as they:pox' which amounts to little & nothing as a child- emerged from the council chambers. None of them |yo5q gjlment, becomes increasingly severe in its re- | has said a word that would enable a reporter to make ‘!scuon as the age of the patient increases (which any more than a wild guess. | caused the confusion of diagnosis in the case of the Yet, each day we also read reports from Paris, ! elderly Cincinnati patient). Chickenpox, like small- London, Berlin, Stockholm, Istanbul or Berne, pur-!pox, is caused by a virus—although obviously not by porting to come from “high diplomatic sources” and ;the same strain of lerps. In r»_acl most of the diseases telling precisely what happened the preceding day. |whlchAsull lack specific remedies—among t‘hem polio- Now the only trouble ‘with these reports is-that| PYouias; jone dangerous specle of pneumonta, shingles ¥ 5 ,iand the common cold—are of virus origin. they are completely contradictory. A corresponder‘n.s H Immunization against smallpox—which has proved “stringer” or leg-man in an obscure European capital | pore practicable than immunization against any of will pick up a cafe rumor—possibly a personal opinion the other virus diseases—has stamped out this ailment by a minor government official who somehow becomes | in the United States except for very occasional re- transfigured into the “high diplomatic source.” iappearances. Even one case, however, is not to be Very few people actally know what is being said taken lightly because smallpox vaccination isn't as at the meetings in the Kremlin. Our own l;uess_,ulflversa] as it should be, and the results are not since this is an open season for guessers—is that the permanent. Western representatives are at least trying to find | out by asking them point blank what the Russians | really want, short of that original 10 billion | GUESS AGAIN | Stalin and His Worries | (Seattle Times) ' Russia’s“failure to send a team to the Olympic ' Games was laid to lack of training time for U. S. 8. R. | T |athletes. The refusal of several contestants from | (Washington Post) satellite iron curtain countries to return from London | Little is known this side of the border about the 'to their home-lands suggests another and probably man who has been chosen to lead the Liberal Party |truer explanation. of Canada in succession to Mr. Mackenzie King. He | If a Soviet Mel Patton or Ann Curtis, glorified is the Minister of External Affairs, Louis St. Laurent. | by Pravda, Izvestia and the Russian radio, had pre- Lack of knowledge of him is due to the recency of Ifered the freedom of the western world to life in a his entry into politics; it was not until 1941 that Mn,‘(ree state, just how would the Ministry of Propa- St. Laurent, who hails from French-speaking Quebec, | ganda have explained the situation to Ivan Q. left a lucrative practice at the bar to join Mr. Mac- | Public? kenzie King's wartime minist In office he has been | Somehow we have a feeling that Uncle Joe and a conspicuous success. This due not so much to his |his pals of the Politburo are not nearly as secure gifts of speech, though his bilingualism is a distinct | with the Russian people as they would like to be—and | asset in Canada, as to his quality as an admi rator, | that they krow it. and, of late, to the revelation that he has on. It is incumbent upon Americans to know more | Canadian Leader tion of both to Canada. The atomic age has reinforced geography in making neighborliness a necessity to both Iwe are inclined to the belief that there are a lot of promising candidates in the field—(Everett Herald). flng its Greek aid mission omcials.f It doesn’t add up, to Bridges and "'e waShiIflOfl | ‘This money comes from U. S.| Taber. Me"y_so_nound taxpayers, the same as the re-| Note—It alsc isn’t adding up to ! mainder of the $500,000,000 the U.|European Cooperation Administra- S. is pouring into Greece for recov- 'tor Paul Hoffman. He, to, is By DREW PEARSON RS, the two toughest problems con- are doing with the large sums they {Continued from Page COnpe® fronting aid officials are to try to'are getting from the U. 8. « get the Greek Governinent a just L tax on its wealthy classes and to intention of getting involved in BEST-SELLER Argentine politics. Also, it’s charyv]"l-’ off thousands of drones on the‘: The U. S. Government is profit- of possible incidents by hostile | Government payroll. !ing very handsomely from the demonstrators. Notwithstanding all this, the 'gjary of the late and unlamented But Evita, apparently, is not giv- |Greek National Economy Commis- joseph ing up hope. She has embarked on 'sion, at a recent meeting, sharp- /. a publicity campaign to woo U. S. ly assailed U. S. mission pay scales. public opinion. :The Commission was particularly A few days ago, every press off- ioutraged by one salary for $12,000 ice in Washington received a special (& year and another for $10,000. Goebbels, Nazi propagan- § “ i | These were held “out of proportion ACROSS 38. Chinese d‘ellver) Jetter: T the Argentine not only in relation to the salaries 1.'Moccastn g o4 Embassy announcing that Evitaym Shey gallurengriaiy " 4 | 4. Music drama 39. Cluster of was beaming a speclal short-wave % OHE pU}Sh ut also to those | Period of time F“‘“l’l"“‘"m’"' radio speech to the U. S. on old- :fliLelrs the U. S. pays its highest: 12 Gone by b b age pensions. The talk, it was stat- e, 1. Cen ral Amer- 42. Waste ed, would be made under the aus- S a Vb Bn:e'fl'.n:'fi:uy % \':g‘:’b';::c. pices of the “Maria Eva Duarte IN DUTCH 16. Drrlll\‘ed froni . Ragards il de Peron Social Assistance Poun-‘ The two chiefs of the Congress- | 1T jlongrel dog Straightedge dation"—of which she is the found- ljong) Marshall Plan “watchdog”, . new leat Lo Vase er and sole administrative otfi- committee are quietly scanning the | ra&:a‘glfi; :; x:|‘:‘::ofcr¥ cial ilarge sums Holland is spending in fore rational = Madagascar The funds of this foundation are mili operations against the ! S derived from so-called “voluntary” newly created Indonesian Repub- | ’lace for storing hay . Playing card 61. Disunite 2. Piece out i3, Color 64. Obliterate lic. The two probers are Sen. Styles Bridges, N. H. Chairman of the| 'Senate Appropriations Committee, |- contributions from a wide variety of sources, ranging from the school- | children of Cordoba Province to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. After listening to a few of the things men run-E about Canada and its new Liberal leader and the rela- j ning for office say they will bring to us if elected, | ery and military purposes. Also, quietly checking what the Dutch | | 20 YEARS AGO 7%e Empire 2, SEPTEMBER 1928 Peaches were selling or $1.10 a box at the Seattle Fruit and Produce |e . |® e Co. store in Juneau. | o - . T ie Rodney Bach . The New Pioneer Pool Hall, owned by Charles Miller, opened for i . Mrs. Clara Platt ® | husiness. . George W. Playdon, Jr. . | | : RI'JCI‘“_M ;“flm" » Miss Theope Lee, who was to teach the sixth and seventh grades in iy 1.,?:“30,»:2:37 the Juneau Public Schools, was a passenger on the Princess Charlotte. . R. M. White P ’. Clarence Larsen " The Skagway Harvest Fair, sponsored by the Skagway Women's o o | Club, was an outstanding success. The principal exhibitors were: w. C. @ e o0 06 o o o o o o Blanchard, flowers; Dale Cowen, flowers and vegetables; A. J. Achesson, ’ vegetables, berries and flowers, and the Rev. E. G. Gallant, flowers. ‘ua minister. To date, the publi-| | cation has netted the Alien Prop- | F. D. Branan, wno was interested in the .opening of a Seattle- erty Custodian over $300,000. Juneau airline transportation company, was an arrival on the Dorothy Found by a German in Berlin's | sjexander While here, he conferred with Judge V. A. Paine, who was rubble, the manuscript was ini- " | | working he matter for the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. tially traded for 16 cartons ofi“m ngieny " ) cigarettes. For awhile, it H A jo LR Miss Sophia Anderson of Douglas had accepted a position as nurse like the lucky American publisher | (would make a big killing from book, magazine and newspaper syn- : dication sales. But Assistant At-| |torney General David Bazalon !stepped in and claimed the work at the Juneau Government Hospital. las U. S. property. It's been pay- {ing off to the U. S. Treasury | since. Weather: High, 45; low, 40; clear. ’ | i | | ! Daily Lessons in English % 1. coroo S e i AROUND THE WORLD ! WORDS OFTEN MISUED: Do not say, “Which of the two buildings | Britain’s popular Princess Mar- is the largest?” Say, “is the LARGER,” when referring to two. ! garet Rose will visit the U. S. next OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Oppress. Pronounce the O as in OF, year So far, Chiang Kai-'not as in NO. shek has obtained less than 25 per- OFTEN MISSPELLED: Proceed; two E's. cent of the $1,000000 he asked 1. p. :‘::“;:fiflcz’;“:,s:r trzhf::;:bu:: :;:; SYNONYMS: Ample, copious, plentiful, plentecus, abundant, rich. ! same time, Chiang is trying to get WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let usi a new $200,000000 U. S. loan to \ncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: back his new currency . The LUCRATIVE; profitable. “The profession is very lucrative.” l number of ball bearings author- f==esssrrssssses Procedure; one E before ized by the Office of International by ; Trade for export to satellite Czecho- | MODERN ET I 0 U ETT E H] slovakia is 7,106,000. Czechoslo- ROBERTA LEE i vakia is now one of Russia's big- M gest munitions producers . . . The . Saclety For The Prevention of | Q. When carving a turkey or chicken, wouldn't it be all right to World War III is vigorously oppos- place some dark and some light meat on each plate? | ing the appointment of Thomas A. Yes; but if there are only a few guests, the host may ask each | McKittrick as chief ECA financial one’s preference. adviser. It is charged that through- Q. What would be the minimum tip to the head waiter when stay- ! out the war McKittrick was an ing for several weeks at a medium-priced hotel? official of Bank for International A. One dollar a week. Settlements in Switzerland. The | 3 Bebic: 18 hednd 1o have s ol - Qa Is it necessary that a woman rise when a clergyman enters the | Nazi ties. FRopm i L 1 A. Tt is optional, but would be a nice way to show special deference. | s ———— LOOK and LEARN ¥ A. C. GORDON {1 1. What was the title of the present king of England before he took the throne? i ALASKA SHIP IS T0 SAIL FOR INDIA WITH WHEAT CARGO | 2. What is meant by tensile strength? SEATTLE, Sept. 2. — A longy 3. In journalism what is meant by the “morgue”? ! trip for an Alaska ship is in the 4. What is an abattoir? 4 offing for ‘the 88 :Peter J,iM@sd 1 5 g0 what famous novel is Sidney Can it The Liberty freighter s | e novel is Sidney Carton a character? slated to sail from Tacoma to-| ANRNERS morrow with a load of wheat for | i. Dnike of York, India. { 2. The power to resist stretching. From India, the McGuire is ex- | 3. A department where miscellaneous material for reference is filed. pected to take a cargo to the Wi 4. A:slaughterhouse. lantic Coast of the United Stat@s,| ' 5. Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” then pick up a new load for the East Coast of South America, where she will load ore for the return i trip to Tacoma. The Alaska Steamship Company, which is chartering the ship from | the Maritime Commission, has en- (tered into a freight engagement ‘conlract with the India Supply Mi n to transport 9,000 long (we—— [tons of bulk wheat from Taconp |to two ports in India. 1% j Officials said other Liberty ships ‘operated by Seattle company may | replace similar offshore voyages ias soon as the West Coast mari~ itime labor situation is stabilized.y | —————— VFW MEETS TONIGHT Taku Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold its regular meet- ing at 8 o'clock tonight in the VFW Jeep Club. All members are requested to attend. } 1 330 South Franklin St. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRrESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and PHONE 508 FOR APPOINTMENTS C.J. EHRENDREICH—C.P.A. | BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Accounting Systems Taxes Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. = he Sweetest Spot in Town CHANNEL EMPORIUM Candies — Ice Cream — Soft Drinks — Tobaccos J. A. SOFOULIS, Proprietor [E[]1 i H[E[R[OJSTP m [A] 'l Oldest Bank in Alaska i 1891—Over Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Depeosit i - Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Solution of Yesterday’'s Puzzle 65. East Indian weight . Malarfal fevep - . Be obedient . Portuguese DOWN 1. Young salmon seaport Everyone who wants to stand in and Rep. John Taber, N. Y., chair- ST 217 B 1 T Vo good with the powerful Evita man of the same committee in the ' ‘/"“..%'- 3?,‘-0," i makes a fat donation to her foun- House. These are the items that / - . - rocktish dation. Its treasury now has have aroused their curiosity: | -/ .- H . Went up about 35,000,000 pesos—approximate- | Holland’s share of the ERP is . 2 R T2 R T 1y $7,000,000. $400,000,000. In addition, the Dutch 4 Bk o4 ROBERT C. NELSON On occasion, the “Social Assist- got a $195,000,000 World Bank loan | . 7 . - Time long gond o ance” activities of the foundation last year and are now seeking a 1 Yohnieee as a pal¢-up suwscrier <0 THE DAILY ALASKA take an odd twist o $400000000 loan from the Export- 7 WZ B Sap v EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING The latest was the presentation Import Bank. At the same time, Fublish Present this to. the bo: of handsome and completely furn- the Dutch are spending over $1,- : g oEnan e box office of the ished houses to each of Argentina’s 000,000 a day ($365,000,000 a year) | . “ 3 .. three Olympic Games gold-medal to maintain a military and naval! Capi o wrfl“- mm 3 winners. Evita announced these blockade of Indonesia. i . . Cuts :‘eu‘th- costly gifts with a great flourish| The latter wants to sell rubber,' 77 P and receive TWO TICKETS to see: of publicity. At home and abroad 'tin and other strategic raw mater- | n . c appro= it was effusively proclaimed that ials to the U. S. outside the high- | 43 1 AT "mrs m -m" ! . . Cubic meter she perscnally was bestowing these priced Dutch cartels. The Dutch | “*’h‘“fld on gifts. / are resisting this by armed force. . 9 -7/% Clx:::.‘(“e: the Feqerax 'lu.«wcperPemn Carefully not mentioned in the Bridzes and Taber want to know FEA . DS - noopla Was the fact that they where the Dutch are getting the BE GLEE [P 4> Priese PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. were being paid for with money money for these costly military! 7 7 "“; ;‘:::rl‘ 14 from Evita's foundation. operations. The Dutch deny they! /“. . % gomfl in and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and lare using ERP and loan funds. But | . ". . freh pen = 3 HAND-BITER lat the same time they are getting | Mait liauors RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. The Greek Government doesn't these huge handouts on the claim | -%H. . !‘.,:i",',?f_"“' WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! e Lierb eve y - like the salaries the U. S. is pay- they are broke. Commander: WILLIAM m'mmwcx. Adjut- ant. || “sa¥ rr wiTH OURS!” MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. mfl R. BOOTH, orshipful Master; JAMES LEIVERS, Secretary. b @ B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesd: ay at 8 P. M. Visiting bréthers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W, H. BIGGS, Secretary. i VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5550 Meets i a third Beward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE, 5 Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHQNE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Bovs - Juneau Florists . PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. TR Offi 1a-Osle 124 Grueety Beri's Food Center Phones 104—105 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE e Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. —eee ) e —— S ———— Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTE —_— "The Rexall Sfore" Phone Red 559 Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ STEVENS? DRUG CO. . LADIES’—MISSES’ e READY-TO-WEAR HARRY RACE Seward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Mauxieal Instruments and Supplies Phone 2068 Second and Seward Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is s Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Pablic: Accountant Auditor Tax Counsetor Simpson Bldg. FPhone 57 HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oll Burner Biacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th Bt Warlield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 540 Pred W. Wends Juneau’s Finest ** Liquor Store” | BAVARD'’S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated: Rooms at Ressonable Rates PHONE BINGLE O Hutchings Ecnomy - Market MEATS—GROCERIES FREE DELIVERY PHONES 553—92—95 3 The Charles W. Carter Card Bevér:ggos";‘ Thomas l;::d;l“ae(o. FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL JuneanMotor Co. Foot of Main Strees - g P - ) lflfi%fllw“ Juneau Dairies, PHONE 216—DAY or NIGET B Lok Eha for MIXERS or SODA POP HARDWARE Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS i Rss)nl:n " and SERVICED by IDEAL GLASS C0. ||| J.'B. Burtord & C,. 538 Willoughby Avenue ‘ “Our Doorstep Is Wern by Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 638 BOGGAN Flooring Coniraclor Laying—¥inishing Oak Fleers CALL 200 Casler’s Men's Wear Ponnerly Stetsen and Mallery Hats Arrow Shirts and Underweas Allen Edmends Bhees Inc. Chrysier Marine Engines HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Heme Liquer Store—Tel. 000 American Meat — Phone 38