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

PAGE FOUR "~ Daily Alaska Empire EMPIRE. PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska EELEN TROY MONSEN - - VOROTHY TROY LINGO - - WILLIAM R. CARTER W took away the 4. - Prestdent | testants. One of them despite the absence or disability of some of the stars. At several points a good deal of tension developed over the decisions of the judges. such incidents seem to have involved American con- - mattor sud. ELMER A. FRIEND - fok Business ALFRED ZENGER - - - e Enteced In the Post Office in Juneau. as SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Welivered by carrier in Junesu and Dousias for S15¢ per menth; months, §8.00; ene year, $15.00 post paid, at the followins rates: One sear. in advance, $15.00; six months, jn_advance, $7.80; e month, in advance, $1.80. was entered. The 3ubscribers will confer a favor if they wii prompily oty ' examied a moving picture record of the race. even the .reversal created a ticklish situation; |the members of the Italian team which had gained second place by the disqualification were then obliged for to hand over their silver medals to the British, who epublicetion of all news dispatches credited to it or not uthes- of course were required to give the gold medals to the the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the M their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3T4. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associnted Press is exclusively .entitled to the une wise credited in this paper #nd also the local news Nerein, Americans. rourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, WasiL sympathy of the ! seemed for a time foster. British hosts who STRIKES — STRIKES Yesterday was Labor's holiday, but not the usual | observance generally chronicled. True, a large part | of the laboring people were on a holiday but others | were on a holiday of their own making, strikes. {w There are at present two strikes hitting the Pacific | Coast and Alaska. One is the strike of the longshore- other day. Well, men and the other is the strike of the 16,000 ol o the resurrections of the five-cent nickel. | Thanks to a “newsgram” in a very useful,maga- The longshoremen have a list of demands, includ- ' zine called U. S.. News and World Report, we now are Alaskans are completely informed on dollars, which are made up workers. | ing of course, an increase in wages. familiar with their other demands. The also. According to authentic information this is the first time on’ the Pacific Coast that the public is in (of nickels. There labor dollar. nickels fall under will be severely curtailed up and down the coast. !in terms of what The longshore strike, if it continues long, will Dividing these figures by 20, the corresponding nickels tion was held at the home of Mr. | : are worth two cents, eight and one-half mills; two |and Mrs, James V. Cole on Glacier through awkwardness when visiting a friend? 1 not also hit the coast section but Alaska in general. Labor Day was not particularly bright as far as Cents, two mills, and two cents, four mills, respect- | Highway. i If you take an average of those last figures, |of the bride. the Northlanders are concerned and up to last night i b there was no silver lining to the strike cloud. The Olympics (Washington Post) About all that remains to be said about the Four- States team, which won the 400-meter relay race and the award of the first place to the British team. There Second Class Matter. | Seems to have been* a.good deal of astonishment and B anger over this ruling, and a formal protest against it | provoked incidents in the later contests had not the ruling been reversed by the judges after they had The other incident was the award of victory in one NATiUNAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspupers, “"v,nf the featherweight contests in the boxing tourna- e ENS t0 aNn American Negro, Eddie Johnson, on leave from the Army. The contestants were, however, pretty evenly matched; the bout was a close one and the I‘oppunent. a Uruguayan. The decision was greeted with howls of anger or derision and in the same arena there ! was an angry demonstration by the Uruguayans which | All in all, however, the Fourteenth Olympiad came closer than most to evoking that international sports- {manship and fellowship the games are supposed to For this most of the credit belongs to the management which had been so frequently lacking {in other Olympiads. !does them all the more credit, since there is little | doubt that the national sensibilities were somewhat \lacerated by the failure of the British contestants to | make an impressive showing. Seven-Cent Nickel (Cincinnati Enquirer) A Congressman, who evidently wanted to get his name in the paper advocated a seven-cent nickel the oil workers are demanding wage increases The living-cost dollar, the commodity dollar and the It therefore follows, we suppose, that e ‘The living-cost dollar, in case you still are with serious danger of being inconvenienced by a strike of us, is worth 57 cents as compared with 1939; the | Mr. Messer’'s best man was Frank| Q this kind. If the workers' strike continues, supplies commodity dollar, computed for what it will buy;‘Parsons and ushers were Mr. Matt | of gasoline, motor oil and other petroleum products wholesale, is worth 44 cents; the labor dollar, measured | Gormély and Mr. Norman Bucy. argest share of honors and awards, was the disqualification of the United, bitterness it engendered might have | But for crowd .was largely with Johnson’s quite likely to turn into a riot. gave the affair an expert stage Their success in this matter personally, we'd be willing to settle | seem to be three kinds of dollars: | the same categories. Happily, only two | - TUESDAY; SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO, 147 | tendants wore white lace mitts and C. D. Ferguson, Juneau agent for the Pacific Coast Coal Company, was elected to membership in Company No. 2 of the Juneau Fire De- partment. He replaced A. E. McKinnon, who had resigned. E. Messer Saturday Miss Della Ripoli became Office in Case Lot Grooery the | bride of Mr. Elwin Messer Sat-| My and Mrs. M. S. Whittier and their two children, Judson and PHONE, 704 urday evening in the Northerniyr,.y jeanette left on the Prince Gearge for the States. Mrs. Whittier HAY, : . Light Presbyterian Church, the| . wary Jeanette were to visit in Port Townsend, while Mr. Whittier .‘; dmm’ COAL STORAGE Rev. Willls R. Booth reading the| .o...mied Judson to Corvallis, Ore, where the latter was to enter vows. The bride is the daugh-| ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wfl‘lis, Oregon Agricultural College. % ! 3 L and her husband is the son of | Weather: High, 47; low, 46; misting. .|| Call EXPERIENCED MEN Mr. and Mrs. Jack Messer. Il Alaska JANTTORIAL Service Mr. Willis gave his step-dnugh_ter} . . . b][ { CONKLE and FOLLETTE s o wo's wsane | Daily Lessons in English . 1. corpon || “ammenanses with bertha neckline and a full i) :?sm::fii ;:“: tla‘:: ruf"::;‘:‘; g;‘e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The men are congregated sm 3 ° carried a Chinese silk handker- together for that purpose.” Omit TOGETHER. A Ns chief which was owned by her OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Divest. Pronounce the I as in DIE, LADIES’—] 1 great-great-grandmother, and her and accent second syllable. W wedding bouquet was composed of OFTEN MISSPELLED: Counterfeit; FEIT, not FIT. READY-TO-WEAR H tea rcses and white stephanotis. SYNONYMS: Process, procedure, progress, advance. ] Mrs. Robert Keller was matron WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us of honor and she wore a dress of ;. ea5e our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: robin's egg blue With an off-the- 5 i . | shoulder ~ nedkline: ;Miss . Bdath EFFICACIOUS; productive of the effect intended. “We must find ani 1 i Dawes, who was bridesmaid, wm‘e‘eflicaclous method of procedure.” a gown of dusty rose. Both at-'¢ by carried nosegays of talisman roses.| MODERN ET I 0 U ETT E Miss Nancy Beérggren was candle:! ROBERTA LEE TEROE » SO WORE - 1 SORINT reas, | | g it e st Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward labor it will buy, it. worth 48 cents. | you will find that the composite or 1948 nickel is worth | not quite two and one-half of some kind of cents, or |Mrs. Tom Parks and Mrs. Hen- . half of what it once was. So, to get back to our Con- | ning Berggren. gressmian, we figure he is all wet in asking for a seven- | olds presided at the gift table and | cent nickel. On the basis of our figures, he should be | Mrs. Norman Bucy was in charge 'asking for'a 10-cent nickel, or, as we said in the be- |of the guest book. ginning, the old five-cent nickel. Keller and Miss Rdath Dawes serv- by teenth Olympiad at Wembley, England, is that it was because the 10-cent nickel would drive all the current |ed punch. I_O K an d LEA R N A. C. GORDON We prefer the latter, concluded with less exacerbation of national feelings five-cent dimes out of circulation, and they really are | than most. As was expected, the Americans again a very decorative coin. | . SHORTS “‘e washlllghll Walter Reuther is certain of | overwhelming re-eleciion as head Me"y-GO-ROlllld jof the powerful United Auto| —— | Workers, The attempt of Richard By DREW PEARSON /Contirued from Page One} Leonard, former vice-president, to| stage a comeback against Reuth- | er is getting nowhere —~ | AFL's press relations section, long and friendly, he is the direct an-|one of the most ineffectual in tithesis to-the turbulent and melo- | Washington, has sunk to a new low. dramatic Lewis. But the two men Capital newsmen completely disre- are very close. They grew up to-|gard it . . . One surprise at the | gether in the union, and Kennedy | CIO executive board meeting was | always has been intensely loyal|the disclosure that Lee Pressman, to Lewis. | former general counsel Who Was ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ © © ¢ @ @ o When Phil Murray broke with|recently accused of being a Com . pe Lewis and threw up the UMW munits before the House Un-Amer- | vice-presidency to become CIO boss, | ican Activities Committee, and an | : TIDE TABLE : Murray asked Kennedy to come!associate lawyer has charged the| g SEPTEMER 8 ol with him. Kennedy stayed with|union $84,000 to fight a court case| ® High tide, 5:12 am., 152 ft. o Lewis. ' |against the Taft-Hartley Act . . .|, 16w tldebl ‘:10 1;‘ 2 ."u “' s Lewis' retirement plan, according | When George Meany, AFL secre-f High “de’ 117 p'm" ”'0 It‘ = to intimates, does not include com- | tary-treasurer, was asked if he| g Low: tlde. 2356 pm’ 0_‘2 e plete separation from the UMW.|would Support Governor Dewey, the | o e v Ak 3 . He will retain an active hold onreply was, “I have never voted the |y o o o ¢ 0 0.0 0 © @ o its affairs. As a sort of presi-|{Republican ticket in my life, and dent emeritus, drawing his $25,000 I don't intend to do so this year.” salary as a life pension. Lewis|. James Carey, whip-smart will continue a member of the un- young CIO secretary, so far has| jon’s multimillion-dollar ~ welfare | traveled over 50,000 miles this year, fund. (chiefly by plane . . . Labor chiefs If Lewis steps down, he will do made no secret of their intention so at the peak of his power and/to seek a fourth round of pay| with his union Jlarger and more |increases if the labor market re- prosperous than at any time in|mains tight next spring and prices its stormy history. Miners are|continue high. | drawing more pay than ever be- fore, receive bigger pensions, and STICKING the UMW treasury bulges with| William Green is not ‘quitting his over $10,000000 in Government se-|AFL presidency this year, as cer- | curities. | tain ambitious younger labor chiefs e fhave been hoping he would. TOLD OFF Green, 75 years old, will run for Phil Murray did some hars]\lflnother term at the AFL conven- talking to Wallace backers at the|tion in Cincinnati, November 15. CIO executive board meeting that|His re-election is certain. It will| voted to support President Truman’make his 25th consecutive term. for re-election. Not in the best of health, Green The leftists tried to block this,| has been wavering on retiring but were voted down overwhelm- for several years. There was con- The | ingly. Murray made no bones about#s-dernbl talk akout that last year. his resentment at them. {But with the stormy John L. Lewis | “Union leaders who do a lot of then on AFL vice-president 'and ! yammering about civil rights are|presumably waiting for an open-| not helping us very much in our!ing to grab Green’s place, the lat- | fight for civil rights in the South,” ter decided to stick. Subsequent-i‘ he declared. “The CIO is the ly, when Lewis “disaffillated,” talk | only organization which permits' again rose on the possibility of | white men and black men to Joln‘Uroen stepping out. | the same union and to share equal- But he has again decided to ly in the benefits both are fight-|stay another year. Green !eels’w ing for. Let those who clamor:lhe inner AFL situation it still| about the plight of the Negro and | too unsettled. labor in the South show whether| The two most likely prospects as they are doing as much as we his successors are George Meany, are. | AFL secretary-treasurer and George “Empty talk is one and | Harrison, head of the Railway doing something is another. The Clerks Brotherhood. CIO is really doing something| Smart, aggressive, and former about civil rights, and that's a lot ' head of the New York State Fed-! mere than can be said for cer- eration of Labor, Meany has been | tain elements doing a lot of loud itching for Green’s job a long| bleating. The CIO is not going to!time. thing, Also able, Harrison is gen- permit itself to be stultified by!erally more popular than Meany. any . ideplogical {yplinter group.” For Harrison, the $20,000 AFL _Albert Fitzgerald, head of the presidency would mean a $5000 leftist-controlled United Electrical cut in pay. Workers, had vigorously opposed | —— | the Truman endorsement. But | OMITTED | after Murray's scorching blast,| There was a very good reason | Fitzgerald kept silent. Jrnr the ahsence of “Big Bill" Hut- [ {cheson, long-time carpenter boss, | honeymoon. at the AFL executive board meet- | ing in Chicago that organized a special campaign committee to support: President Truman, Hutche- son was not invited. | An adrent Republican, he head- ed the Labor Division of the Re-! publican National Committee from 1932 to 1944. Hutcheson’s opposi- | tion to the Taft-Hartley Act is; credited as the reason for his not holding the same post this year. B P, A I will not be responsible for any debts made by my wife without out my authority HEINKE GENERAL “REPAIR SHOP . ‘Welding, Pinmbing, Ofl Burner Blacksmith Work ‘GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Is a high centerpiecc in good taste on the dinner table? A. No; the centerpiece should be low enough so that the view of 'perscns sitting on opposite sides of the table will not be obstructed. i Following the weding, a recep- Q. Should one replace a dish or some such article that one breaks Mrs. Cole is the aunt| A. Yes, and this should be done regardless of the price or how much trouble it is to find a duplicate. i the reception were| Q. Is it necessary to offer a tip to a trained nurse when one is leaving a hospital? Pouring at . 3 Warlield's Drug Siore A. No, as she does not expect it. If you wish, send a nice personal {{ (FPormerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) gift after leaving the hospital. i NYAL Family Remedies i o S A S © e e o e il HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Mrs. W. W. Ren- | Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Messer left Sun-| day via. Pan American Airways for the States on a two-month They are picking up a new car in Seattle and will drive as far as the East Coast. Huichings Ecnomy Market MEATS—GROCERIES FREE DELIVERY PHONES 553—92—95 || The Charles W. Carter e PSS UU R 1. Who were (a) The Lady with the Lamp; (b) “The Little Corporal; (¢) The Iron Chancellor? 2. In which State are more than 90 per cent of America’s walnuts igrown? ¥ 3. What is the superstition regarding the kissing of the Blarney HOSPITAL NOTES =t 4. What, in railroad parlance, is a roundhouse? 5. In what famous American short story does a headless horseman Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital over ' the weekend were Rosemarie 2Ppear? Cunningham of Wrangell, Ruth| ANSWERS: Mortuary Hayes, Lottie Young, Eleanor John, 1. (a) Florence Nightingale; (b) Napoleon Bonapatte; (c) Bis- Pourth and PFranklin Sts. Ollie Olson, Johnnie Willard, Doro- marck. PHONE 136 thy Conkle. | 2. California. Leaving the hospital were J. Mor- | 3. It induces proficiency in the art of flatter 4 3 Y | d Y. | wfig;szbi'&"e’:yafls}xb;“:k:w“' 4. A building for the housing of locomotive engines. | c“a ‘nfic';t Admitted to the .Government| 5 “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” by Washington Irving. Wholesale —_— C.J. EHRENDREICH —C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Hospital yesterday were Albert Mat- thews of Ketchikan and George Williams of Juneau. >oo TO SCHOOL i i | ;U‘l: Window—Aute—Plate—GLASS e Accounting Systems Taxes Gl Iss Miss Audrey Hill left Sunday, via Pan American Airways (ol"fie-i Phone 851 Room 8—Shattuck Bld‘- mm cn. attle. She will enter the Uni-| s 2 e 538 Willoughby Avenue versity of Washington for her ! o Vi Y . Standard Ol Co. freshman year and will major in T “’ee oo ; 633 psychology. Audrey was graduated "e s test Sp at*‘“ T DON ABEL PHORE 65 frem Juneau High School in May. She is the daughter of Mr. and CHANNEL EMPORIUM (3x 982) SAMMY QUEJADA Mrs. Lee Caldwell i Candies — Ice Cream — Soft Drinks — Ty BOGGAN 18. U 20. Stan 330 South Franklin St. J. A. SOFOULIS, Progrietor. g Flooring Contractor 4§ .E Oldest Bank in Alaska i e 3 1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends E g T/a/NDJlO, Bnnk —-":m ‘Sojution of Yesterday’s Puzale 64. 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Connor ® | months of age could be entered. J n of eeting every Wednesday at s e S —— Widost Selectle o 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel. 3 Mgs. Willam B. Eeero g Sam Feldon, for several years with the Sanitary Grocery, previous. lm!m EomE. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, : Ké:]'l:‘; ;?:;er : to making his trip to England, was again back in his old position. PHONE 399 S::::ed Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, ] Raymond Campbell . . rye,, M. StanlSy . Cedric Davis left on the Virginia IV to accept a position with the e 00 0o e o o o o o Hist-Chichagof Mining Company for the remainder of the Season. “Say It With Flowers” but ’ HS o 1% 19 . . Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company stock jumped over a point in “S_AY T WITH OURS! ' Tl;e él ?h;RnAVES De"a Rlpoll Weds one day. The stock went from 4% to 5% in one day. Junm Ms | ! - othing Man _ PHONE 311 LEVFS OVERALLS or Vs Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2115 — 4:00 B M. “"The Rexall Siose” Your Reliable Pharmactrts BUTLER-MAURC DRUG CO. HARBY RACE .. 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