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* espionage in this country | AGE FOUR® ]his family from Ft. Richardson will leave a distinct | void in the army-eivilian relations of Anchorage. Daily Alaska Empire | Colonel Mosely, during his two-year tour of duty Published every evening except Sunday by the s p EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY |had made countless friends in Anchorage where he Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks {was keenly aware of the problems that jointly affected TROY MONSEN - - ! | the post and the city. DOROTHY TROY LINGO B - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - = = Baitor and Manseer : 4 ELMER A FRIEND 1 = o 9 - P akaing | Colonel Mosely was cooperative, accommodating | ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager | and understanding. He saw the value of close city- 3 : - " s o a prepreey | post relationship and went all out toward that end. A e s?’l::cl P ‘g;l"ll:ln 3 | This was most recently demonstrated in his lead- i $1.5¢ per menthi | orship in the Boy Scout drive, the results of which e followins rates: Irescued scouting in this area from what appeared to PG - g ) - imag Ty six months, Jn sdvanos, $1.80; | e certain obliteration. He sparked the drive, ostensibly o Wi tenter favor if they wili prompAly mottfy |at the post, but it was his enthusiasm and determina- 5'.&‘?5";'.‘:.3""" of any faflure or irregularity in the deliver? | tion that put the whole program over very success- Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. i fully. As a result the Scouts have a fund of approxi- | e v mately $12,000 for their next year’s operations. | Colonel Mosely, Commander of the 57th Fighter { Wing and former Post Commander, is being {ransferred ¥ise credited in this paer @ud slso the local news published | | oo iember 15, With him will go his fine family | berein. e | including Mrs. Mosely, and their two sons and NATMuNAL REPRESENTA S — Alstka Newspupars, 141) aughters. In saying goodbye to Colonel Mosely, rourthi Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wasi. | Anchorage people can say that this officer did his {job in Alaska as far as they were concerned, “beyond | ithe call of duty.” x | ®elivered by qarrler In June six menths, By mail, postage paid, One year, in advance, $15. MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PRESS | Tus Associnted Press is exclusively sntitied to the uce for wepublication of all news dispstches credited to it or Dot uther- Good Year for Babies (Cincinnati Enquirer) Back in the early '30s the wise men got together ‘un(l decided; over their beards, that the population o(§ |the United States would continue to increase—at a | | decreasing rate—until 1970. At that time, theewise| imen said, we'd achieve a population total of around 1148,000,000 after which we could expect a gradual decline. They studied the figures of several classes of | society in coming to their learned conclusion. They |found that most of the native American stock was| | turning away from large families; that large families | J FOR | Alaska Coastal Airlines were bound ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 4, 1928 The officers and members of the crew of the USCG Unalga invited the people of Juneau to their third annual ball, which was to be held in the A. B. Hall. The Moonlight Serenaders were to pliy for dancing. from % THE EMPIRE . SEPTEMBER 4 Earl D. Miller Sig Olsen Mrs. Frank Dick Robert Dalton Ford Butler retained the heavyweight championship of Alaska when he was given a judges’ decision over Sinclair Brown in the main event of the Moose Labor Day Smoker. P A seven and one-half pound baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bach in St. Ann’s Hospital. The Bachs were residents of Douglas. SEPTEMBER 5 Mrs. Vance Blackwell Evelyn Kelly Frank Cashen Page M. Whitehead Mrs. Oscar Lundstrom Miss Alma Olson arrived on the Admiral Watsoh from Seattle. George B. Grigsby, Democratic candidate for Delegate to Congress, was enroute to Fairbanks to open his campaign. In a statement to ‘The Empire, Grigsby declared that he was in favor of the repeal of the Alaska Bone Dry Law. He also favored Territorial control of the fish- eries and game. SEPTEMBER 6 William Geddes Billy Orme John F. Pyle IIT Doreen Heinke 36 FLY 10 SITKA A BY ALASKA COASTAL! Mrs. Lillian Kay. senior clerk in the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, and her daughter, Virginia, returned on the Aleutian. Weather: High, 53; low, 49; cloudy. P Thitry-six ot passengers from here yesterday on e 49 out-going for Sitka. Coastal brought in 43 ! s r e s e s = persons during the day. | ! WORDS OFTED MISUSED: Do not say, “Aren’t you aware of your ALASKA DEFENSE —— {among immigrants were becoming few and far between The Veterans of Foreign Wars at an encampment 1wim the government’s policy of restricting lmmigra-I held the other day in St. Louis, adopted a resolution tion. A 3 | for “strengthening Alaska against possible invasion.” | Looks now as if the wise men's faces might ber Defense of this Northern Territory has been em- |red. Last year, a recent vital statistics report informs 7 " |us, ulmost 4,000,000 children were born in the United | phasized by scores of organizations and especlally | g0/, “irpis is only a bit under twice the total borh, the VFW as was indicated during a convention held back in 1933, at the height of the depression. That | I JUBRIL OFer OUP YRS Y {output—2,312,000 bouncing baby boys and girls—re- The St. Louls’ VFW encampment also adopted |mained stable during most of the depression years. nine points of a veterans’ housing program. ‘The ac-} Now, revised estimates indicate, we'll have our shortly after the national encampment | 148,000,000 by 1950 about 20 years ahead of schedule. +ime | The tabulgcors don’t say what will happen after that. | But the way things are progressing now, it doesn’t ook las if & “leveling off” in baby production is due within tion came called for the mightiest home defense in peace- history and for armed might in readiness to meet any eventualities abroad [ dammediate future Before acting on the hou lflk resolution, delegal x! Landlords, please iake notice! | approved a resolution advocating that “positive and e militant methods” be used to stop “now and for all | time” Russia’s aggressive acts in Western Europe and | The New Labor Secretary (New York Times) After some hesitation former Governor Maurice . Tobin of Massachusetts has accepted the President’s | nomination to be Secretary of Labor. The hesital?on was natural. Mr. Tobin was at least in the running for another Democratic Gubernatorial nomination. of a term of a little less On housing, demands were as follows: Construction of 100,000 public housing units an-} nually for 5 years, with occupancy limited to veteran: or war widows and their families. | Extension of rent controls for one year beyond | March 31, 1949, As Secretary he will be sure Congressional investigation of veterans housing |gnan five months. Anything beyond this will depend | frauds. {on the outcome of the national election. He will pre- Direct government loans to veterans for home !side over a Department which has been so stripped | down that its agencies can be listed in two and a half pages of the Congressional Directory, as com- pared with five and a half for Commerce and nearly thirteen for Agriculture. s ot i) i contrences i whin | M, B0, & O o ™ A o & o y h ? labor, home b\nld.mw lending agencies, manu!.acturers trnor and Mayor of Boston he proved hielf & godtt of building materials, goverhment representatives and oo icaior” and no ove need doubt that whab: 18 | veterans ledders would participate. | left of the Department of Labor will be well managed | Federal authority to prosecute claims filed bY | while he is its head. He will also be expected to | yeterans who have bought defective housing. ‘bring in some votes, in Massachusetts and elsewhere | i iq perfectly legitimate occupation for a secretaxys\ | spare moments. We can possibly think of him as ’running for the Cabinet post to which he has been | appointed, or for some other post. In that sense he n the Truman ticket. building when finances are not available from private sources Immediate government sale of its permanent war | housing, with veterans given priority. | He’s Our Loss (Anchorage News) P The departure soon of Col. Thomas E. Mosely and | will strengthel Court Justice Harold Burton was| ton are now back in the U. 8.0 . in 7 Massachusetts, pracliced‘ Qutbound passengers as follows: To Sitka: Mrs. Helen Hatch, Phila | talent?” Say, “Aren’t you CONSCIOUS of yowr talent?” Helt, Normgn Wood, Mrs. W. H. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pique (a feeling of resentment). Wood, C. Port, Mr. and Mrs. Ott, nounce PEEK. Ethel. Lindley, Mrs. P. J. Davis oo f 14 » OFTEN SSPELLED: edal (g emorial ¢ Jeannette Bailey, N. Eilis, Harvey . | TEN MISSPELLED: Medal (a memorial coin). Nettrower, Mrs, Wm, Davis, Anita .. Pro- Meddle (to inter- SYNONYMS: Exceed, excel, surpass, transcend, outdo. Garnick, Governor Gruening, Rev e a word three times and it is yours.” Let us |c. Intolubbe, Marie Walker, Dr. Van © fhe fi;hinglon Merry-Go-Round They are Maj. Gen. Hobert Gay, | Chief of Staff, now commander of the Washington Military District; Brig. Gen. Walter J. Muller, G-4,| now with the Army field forces; By DREW PEARSON ‘Contirued from Page Cme! | candid moments, admit he won't carry a single state . . . Represen- tative Everett Dirksen, able, hard-| working Iilinoisan retiring from | Congress, is a good bet for Secre- | tary of Agriculture in the Dewey | Cabinet—if there is one. Latest Minnesota poll shows Sen- | ator Joe Ball trailing Minneapolis | Mayor Hubert Humphrey by an eight-point margin . . . Dave Beck, | potent West Coast teamsters czar, | will back the Dewey-Warren ticket. Beck has long been on close terms | with Governor Warren . . . Thomas Emerson, Yale law professor, is continuing to run as the third- party candidate for Governor of Connecticut despite a statement he would withdraw if the Democrats nominated Chester Bowles, former | OPA director . . . Bill McAdams,, press aide to Senator Taft during| his pre-convention campaign, is‘ staying on in the Capital despite attractive offers elsewhere. “I guess it's Potomac fever,” Mc- Adams. “1t's the same disease Clark Clifford in ‘the White House has | | AROUND THE CIRCUIT Gen. Lucius Clay has a $150,000- a-year job waiting for him when he retires from the Army . . . Philip (Moon) Mullen, member of the Mississippi Legislature, is wag- | ing a fearless battle against race| hatred in his state . . . One mem- ber of the House Un-American Ac- | | Col. Halley Maddox, | peace-loving Mahatma Gandhi, has | *| low-priced, high quality skirt-mak- Col. Oscar Koch, G-2, assistant] commandant at Fort Riley; and G-3, now| holding the same post in the new Hq. Third Army . . . The Wnsh-‘ ington AVC chapter has- opened a bandsome new clubhouse fthat is being run on a nonsegregation ba- sis . . . The National Foundation for G. 1. Joe! Inc., headed by Col. a drive to raise funds to provide entertainment for hospital-immur- ed veterans. Col. James E. Kilian, convicted | of mistreating soldiers during the| war, will make another attempt | to get his case reopened if Dewey is elected President India, which won its independence large- | ly through the efforts of the late‘; embarked on a large military pro- gram . . . Newsman rate Comdr. w. Lederer the ablest military press relations officer in the Capi- tal . . . According to a Pentagon tabulation based on Chinese Na- tionalist and Communist claims, each has killed more of their ri- vals than both have in their arm- ies. NEW LOOK i of Hhiladelphis,” famed | “Lee er, is startling the fall trade with a new sensation. It's an all-wool skirt that will be sold at a reduced price . . . In one of its campaign publications, the Michigan Repub- lican State Central Committee at- tacks the great Tennessee Valley Authority as a “Communistic pro- law in ‘Utah and Idaho, and was | elected to the Senate, from Ohio. | Beginning in November, the Air | Forced long-secret and mighty | B-49 will start rolling from pro- | duction lines at the rate of one! a week. The bomber tops the B-36 | and will be the most powerful in the world . . . The father of, Brazilian Ambassador Mauricio Na- buco is the Abraham Lincoln of | that country. The elder Nabuco abolished slavery in Brazil in| 1888 . . . A favorite pastime of | General Eisenhower is cooking . | william G. Nicklas, has launched jgays Rey. Peter Marshall, plain- | talking Senate Chaplain: “There! are no politics in prayer,. but; there should be a lot of prayer in; politics.” i | Bingle, Col. Alexander, T. A. Fritchie,| WORD STUDY: * | H. G. Nordling, Mrs. H. G. Nord- increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: llng,_Mrs. Showalter, Dick Cook, R.| PARASITE; one who eats at the table of another, repaying him with ]‘C, Dillard, Mrs R. D“ Peterman, Ray flattery. “He listened to the artful compliments of his parasites.” | Bolton, Major McGuire, Joseph Fee, - Willie Welch, Frank Wright, Doro- |thy Ellis, Mrs, C. Davis, Ralph Mize, Harold Foss, N. Ellis, Frank Kash, | Bert Wold and Mary Hawkins. MODERN ETIQUETTE Rbperra Lue { 0 ey T SRR 4 s b | ‘To Pelican: G. L. Edgecumbe and | | M Good_mnm ‘ Q. How many bridesmaids and ushers should be included-in the To Atlin: B. Howard, N. Banfield, 'wedding party? :qurar?h. Mrs. Williams and D. Mar | A There are no set and definite number, this depending entirely | " To Taku Lodge: Perry Huff. | upon the manner and the szttting of ‘the wedding, and the bride’s wishes. | To Petersburg: Edward Cole, Mrs, | Q. How soon after making a visit should the bread-and-butter letter |Trowl, Reynold Young and Betty e Written? Young. | A. If possible, write it within two or three days after returning Incoming passengers as follows: home, and never delay any longer than a week. From. ‘Fumelj Bay: Bud Brown Q. If someone mispronounces one's name, would it be all right to jand William Hixson. | correct him? i From Tenakee: Pete Jacobsen, Al- A Y i Jer:e = 4 h i S es, of course, but do it graciously and without showing any ! bert stimson, S. Fulkerson, Prochi oy From Sitka: R. Lawler, N. Crow- F . T P UL R lley, E. Weaver, B. Lindquist, S. LOOK .and LEAR ! Dirks, J. Murphy, G. Norberg, M. K. . | Madine, Edna Van Shoomoren, M {dor James Sprake, Betty Thomac, | Nellie Huyber, L. Wells, D. Dale; E. by A. C. GORDON How many days did it take Columbus to cross the Atlantic Ocean Sandt, Dick Cook, Ralph Mize, W. L ¢ * il ke on his first voyage? Foss, W. K. Fuller, Col. Frank, M. Powers, Mrs. Wortman, C. Wort- 2. How often is the design changed on U. S. coins? man, Mrs. Engstrom, W. G. Bene- | 3. Which is greater, a liter or a quart? ;}I,:;‘mzeonard E. Evans and M .yA“ 4. In what State is the most easterly point of the United States? @ 3 5. What line follows: “O, young Lockinvar is come out of the g 4 ;:‘r-nm Tal_m‘ Lodge: Perry Huff. l ANSWERS: ; . P x.om Atlin: S, Sands. | 1. Seventy days. From Hood Bay: Mr. Forrester, 2. No oftener tha i Nick Waller, Art Walker, Mrs. A.| 3 S R Walker, | 3. A liter, which contains 1.0567 U. S quarts. | From Haines: Mrs. Stella Bell, ©,| % Maine. | 5. “Through all the wide border his steed was the best.” From J. Ehrendreich, Carl W. Berger. JUNEAU CITY BAND STARTING PRACTICE Joseph Shofner, who will resume 'l“Loch invar,” by Sir Walter Scott. C.J. EHRENDREICH —C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR directorship of the Juneau City Band, has called for the first prac- fi;co“ung Systems Taxes tice which will be held next Tues- one 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. day night at 8 o'clock in the Grade School auditorium. I Old members as well as those desiring to join the city organiza- tion are asked to attend. —— e — I will not be responsible for Bny| debts made by my wife without out my authority | (3x 982) SAMMY QUEJADA The Sweetest Spot in Town CHANNEL EMPORIUM . Candies — Ice Cream — Soft, Drinks — Tobaccos 330 South Franklin St. J. A. SOFOULIS, Proprietor 34, Indian mul- " ) berry course 35. Slander 3. Symbol for Town in Pean- silver sylvanta 39. Beverage (3. Guin n 41. Shortening 4. At onc 42, Small stream hings which follow 46. Thick 7. Rubber tree Choose Imprints oun without case endings 6. Strike gently Omit And not Title of Mohammed 61. Black bird 62. Aerial rall: roads; collog. lale cat Theater boxes Institute legal action . Oceur Common= 50, wealthy . Stramcht batted 3 . bal . King of the ¥ est Saxons 39. . Back of a book 60. Astronomical phenomenon Confined Oldest Banlg in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Ialking—lm The B. %mlirends Safety Deposit _ Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Solution' of Yesterda DOWN This one and that one 2. Small wild ox . Last of the canonical 63. Dry 64. Small table 1 65; Payable 3 hours . Moon goddess ingly s or FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5550 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, SG:-nd mru;.‘ Visiting mrades Welcome. Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. | Daily Lessons in English . 1. coroon || | | | | | | [ i i d i | | \ i . Side of a “triangle . City in lowa c“l.n 8. Fails in drops 8 . Parts of feet it @mllAlL\'A A . Debauchee . Female sheep . One of Colum- bus's ships 10 be our guest THIS EVENING tivities Committee comes from Mos- | ject.” . . . Addressing the Inter: cow. He is Representative Abe)national Bar Association at The | Goff of Moscow, Idaho . . . Van-|Hague, former Assistant Attorney | guard Press is publishing a differ-| General Norman Littell declared . Tropical bird Opposite 1] i udisd upon to the box office of the ent kind of a book on life in Wash- | that American private enterprise is Gaiters . Martinique volcano jngton. It has nothing to do with' making European recovery possible. the official or social worlds. Un-| The American Federation for the | Piece of der the title “Three To Make! Physically Handicapped, whose re- Ready,” it deals with the problems|cent national convention was of raising a family in a Capital'warmly commended by President suburb . Champion. father on; Truman, is organizing a number Capitol Hill is A. J. Burbon, ad-|of new state departments, includ- ministrative assistant to Maryland ling one in Washington. Senator Herbert O'Conor. Burbon| During his yachting tour, Presi- has 11 children—6 boys and 5 dent Truman read Dr. C. Ward| girls, ranging from 8 to 2j years.|Crampton’s lively and informative | * | booklet, “Live Long and Like It.” Popular tourist treat in the Capi- | tal is smoked oysters in historic | e suvamei THIRD ARMY The four chief wartime assist- ants of the late great General Pat- | Harvey’s Restaurant . pright Living or growing in water 46, Rel 4. B 3% aaele 8. The herb eve Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but | “SAY IT WITH OURS!” PHONE 1 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 784 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service CONKLE and FOLLETTE Phone Red 559 STEVENS’ LADIES'—MISSES’ Seward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply Artbur M. Uggen, Manager Piancs—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Ofl Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 829 W. 12th Bt Warfield's Drug Store (Pmmerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Hutchings Ecnomy Market MEATS—GROCERIES FREE DELIVERY PHONES 553—92—95 Pourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 t Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th Ss. PHONE 216—-DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS (0. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Juneau Florists \ MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14" SECOND and FOURTH Mdnday of each month in Secottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES LEIVERS, Secretary, K Sl i Yl B.P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesd: ay at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. Secretary. e, e il H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVIS OVERALLS or Vs -~ S Bert’s Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A, M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. o e "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURC DRUG CO. HARRY RACE ARCHIE B. BETTS READY-TO-WEAR ‘ Auditor Tax Counsetor of aer Simpson Bldg. Phone 7 | ito Wall ';;aper "1 Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Druggist “The Squibb Store” l Where Pharmacy Is \ Profession & Public Accountant th Ideal Paint Shop Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Refel Newly Renovated Reoms at Reasonable Rates - PHONE BINGLE 0 Thomas Hardware Co. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary J. B. Burford & Co. DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & daily babit—ask for It by namse Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chas. G. Warner Co. PHONE 555 PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remin, el Ept:ngpewfiu.l" “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers™ FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street ; MAKE | JUNEAU DAIRIES MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware HOME GHOCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 609 American Meat — Phene 38 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery