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" Dail y 4 lAaskarEm pi}e Pusiished every evening except Sunday by the Legtiiatire | EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY | Actually, Alaska’s legislative record has not been | Second sand Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks bad ERLIN TREOY MONSEN - . . - 1 g 4 | VOROTEY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President Alaska is one of the few among the States and WLUAM R CARTIR - - - B e Bawer | Territories to do anything for the veterans of World | AUFRED IENGER - - - - Business Mansser | World IT Sutered in the Post Office in J SUBSCRIPTION RATES: @elivered by carrier in Junesu and Dousias for §1.5¢ per month! sis months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail. postage paid. at the followins rates: six months, jn sdvance, $7.80; form as a means of dodging the issue. Most State legislative assemblies | be good legislation because of the deadlock brought’ about between the Governor and the members of the ,-_:’ Most States simply ignored the whole thing unesu as Second Class Matter | OF €lse put the matter up to the people in referendum apparently o | thought the problem was largely Federal. A check of e 20 YEARS AGO - from - THE EMPIRE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1928 william Myren and E. F. Hermann left on the Yukon for Ketchikan they were to attend the American Legion Convention, Department of Alaska . SEPTEMBER 21 where Alfred Zenger, Sr. Alma Hendrickson J. F. Hogins . Mrs. — Mrs | Leaving on the Princess Louise to attend college were the follow- ing Juneau young people: to Oregon State—Virginia Shattuck, Harold we menth. in advance, LS. sromptly motty | State legislation will show that Alaska has done more | ¢ Elda Jobisoy Brown, Marrs Gist and Ed Blake; to the University of Oregon—Etolin :. .ua::- Office of any fallure cr irregularity in tbe delivery for its veterans than most. |e M!}.‘Gf;";sf’ -{‘OIgfr\son and Hansena Campen; Miriam McBride to the University of Washing- vleohones: News Office, 803: Business Offios, 3T4. And from the point of view of taxes Alaska > Sibusart. Gl ton; Miss Alberta Gallwas of Douglas to the Bellingham Normal R R T hasn't done so bad, either. Al Scl 2 t Livie to the North Pacific Dental College at Portland 1 6 Fergus School and Robert Livie to g ; e Asenc O A iacively sotitied to the use for| Records of the Tax Foundation show that Alaska g i e S woublication of ali uews dispatches credited to It or not «ther per capita tax is lower only than four States. Yet we|y o o o o o ¢ © © o o of The Count and Countess Lesta of Italy, traveling incognito, were rise credited in this paper #ud also the local news publised verein. NATiUNAL REP) RESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspupers, 1411 |taxed area mourth Avenue Bidy, Seattle, Vasiv |of comparison will show that this is absolutely false. We should always remember that even though much remains to be done in Alaska, much has also been accomplished Chained Labor (Washington Post) From Prague comes an interesting report that Czechoslovakia’s General Confederation of Labor is engaged in propagandizing a return to a six-day week week. There are plenty of good reasons to support a change to longer hours of labor in a country grap- pling with the problems of reconstruction. In.many American industries during the war, when maximum ; production was desperately 1reeded, the work week often considerably exceeded 48 hours. The British Labor | government some time ago reinstituted a six-day week in order to increase output i its coal mines about the movement in Czecho- CAA HELPS JUNEAU BUILD AIRPORT Juneau joins Mayor Waino Hendrickson in nn-iWhM is remarkable ab preciation of the aid furnished the city by the CAA | slovakia, however, is, first, pisbt 3 ) a labor organization and, b a larged airfield and addi- by what pretends to be a la :n r::]e :;: lrh:::vi’g:rlm: Saargoc AP B econd, that it is defended on the exceedingly odd ional aids |ground that the five-day week represents personal When the Mayor and Tom Dyer, Juneau Chamber | interests, the six-day week national interests. of Commerce Aviation Chairman, were in Anchorage | In a free and democratic society, it is presumed a short time ago, Walter Plett, Regional Administrator, ;\hm the interest of its members individually coin- Civil Aeronautics Administration, promised the Ju- |cides with their interest collectively. And public neau men he would have engineers here within two policy is determined, at least theoretically, in accord- 4y " lance with the greatest good of the greatest number. Wersy w0 mfl(e R sur\eys for ghsdaopoeed That is to say that the nation is not reckoned some- 2000-foot addition to the local airstrip. thing apart from, and above, the individual, pursuing Plett. flore than kept his word. ~Before the two |aims and interests of its own, but as an instrument weeks were up, the engineers, W. R. McDaniel and Lyle | cor the advancement of the common interests of indi- L. Martin, of the landing area branch of the CAA [yiquals. In the societies which are called totalitarian, | were here and they have already completed the soil |however, the nation is accorded an independent exist- | testing and surveys necessary to evaluate ihe present |ence, the supposed interests of which all individuals |are expected to serve. Thus the conflict cited by the field. r y very well be a real The local CAA orgamization under Arnold Francis :fzcieiflxfig’g&f‘“&ftfi‘e"’&e"(:‘t‘-m_cé gt oo has also been more than helpful, Hendrickson says, !the.nunon to coerce compliance. in supplying temporary services and malerials——as“ Commenting on the Czech proposal, William well as greatly appreciated advice and suggestions— | green President of the American Federation of Labor, that have aided in the construction of the JUNeau naq this to say: “If any proof were needed that Com- airport. vided today in dispatches that the Communist-con- Itrolled Confederation of Labor in Prague is con- |ducting a propaganda campaign to convince the workers of that country they should surrender the | five-day week and accept six days.” Of course, it is i | ji from five to six days that i 's gener: comi up soon, |Dot the projected change r fBitih Al peaeralyelociion st provides the proof of reaction but the espousal of it Alaska’s interim governor—pending outcome of the by a labor organization which has in effect become Dewey-Truman contest—is busy skipping about the ., .y of the state. Mr. Green is well aware of the Territory giving political speeches blasting away at giginction. “It shows.” he went on to say, “no labor most members of the last Legislature [organization can be free under Communism because Specifically under attack by Governor Gruening jt is compelled to subordinate the interests of the are: legislation for veterans and taxes. workers to those of the Communist Party. Perhaps In the past we have questioned the right of an the best message the AFL could send to the‘Cm\- appointed Federal official who is not responsible to federation of Labor in the circumstances is simply, the people of Alaska to use his office in attempts to influerce Alaska elections. It wouldn't be so bad if he limited himself to] The hardest part of being a pedestrian is the pave- this. But even after the elections are over and the ment from which they pick you up.—(Everett Herald). people have named their representatives, he has re- | fused to give the elected representatives the coopera- | «Kindred things thrive in the same soil.” This is tion of his office. Every session of the Legislature jespecially true of ignorance, suspicion and cussedness. has been the same, resulting in the loss of what might | —(Victoria Times). ALASKA LEGISLATIVE AND TAX RECORD to lose but your chains.” The V;a;hinnlon Merry-Go-Round By DREV.V—-P_EARSON iContirued from Page Omne) what the Republicans meant by now running for the Senate. But stabilizing the farmer. Finally itlthe deal never came off. dawned on me. What happened is that Ke- “What the Republicans are plan- | fauver offered the peace pipe to ning to do is take the farmer om‘}Sen. Kenneth McKellar. McKellar nd put him in the | premised to vote a straight Demo- cratic ticket, then went PR RIS Crump, warned him not to oppose PARADOXICAL MAINE {Kefauver. Crump thought it over The Maine election was one of;and agreed it might be better poli- paradoxes. While the Republicans |tics to stay in the Democratic rolled up a record vote, labor, camp. As a result, he promised which generally opposes the Repuh-fnot to oppose Kefauver, but still licans, did likewise. | won't support him. Maine Labor leaders succeeded e Ey in defeating the Tabb Bill which Kefau\ef_. Who, has alwaye stk Four-Power control. So to settle|would have outlawed the cloaed!by his principles, promised noth- this Stalin-Sokolovsky buck-passing, snop. It had begn passed by the / N8 the. Western envoys walked intoljegislature and came up on a ref- | Note-It was Carroll Reece, now Molotov's office last Tuesday and|erendum. ithe Republican candidate for Sen- asked for another audience with| pNot only was it decisively ,.,_’mur, who fought so bitterly against Stalin | jected, but its author, Foster Tabb, Cordell Hull's Reciprocal Trade Aloof and grim, hammer-headed | farmer, was defeated for the TTeaties of his house al stable.” —which also meant Russian con- trol of cuswoms, including all goods arriving via the airlift. Sokolovsky's obdurance undoubt- edly was on orders from Moscow. Yet in Moscow Stalin had pre- viously agreed to the principle of are repeatedly asked to believe that Alaska is the leasli' under the American flag. The records | that it has been initiated | | munism and reactianism are synonymous, it was pro- | “Workers of Czechoslovakia, disunite! You have nothing { to Boss| in Juneau on the previous day while the Princess Louise was in port. | Count Lesta was the nephew of the King of Italy. e Homer Nordling was awarded the American Legion speed boat and ;‘Adn Wwilliams was awarded the electric range at the Southeast Alaska | Fair. g | Weather: High, 50; low, 48; cloudy. | The Douglas Island Woman's, | et et et it Club cordially invites all teachers and members of the Douglas School | i essons in n is by |Board and parents of Douglas | D |y l_ E gl h ;Island students to a reception to a W. L. GORDON be held in the Douglas SCho0l |l oo cororr s s e oo e ettt o -..: :rd',:‘[’”;’":}.c]";k F‘l']"g‘“y' Ti‘;"":e"c‘:e’_' WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Mr. Brown does the bulk e il ‘be 1R fionioe. of i Schu&l‘“‘ the work.” Say, “does the GREATER PART of the work.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Digest (noun and verb). Noun, pro- Faculty and all residents are urg- led to attend and become acquaint- |nounce the T as in DIE and accent first syllable. Verb, pronounce the ed with their school staff. 'T as in DID and accent second syllable. | oo, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fiery (burning); not FIREY. SYNONYMS: Examination, inspection, investigation, inquiry, serut- research. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” ‘Z';m;]:r bl:’i::;‘:_“n}‘fi“y é;;heRhuT;c increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: E IS TEN Miss Anne Pusich was ten years {of age yesterday and was honored N iny, Let us Invited guests were Pat and Lu- INDUBITABLE; not doubtful; unquestionable. “The satisfactory resul!si cille Isaak, Judy Niemi, Sharon of such action are indubitable.” | Henkins, Arlene Anderson, Maria i :Vuorxo:('c.c L(]mx; Phusich‘ : Rlillard MODERN ET I 0 U ET.I.E by E IRussch, ar usic! an arry ROBERTA LEE é Game prizes were won by Lucille | | {Isaak and Richard Pusich, and : v " }bir(hdny refreshments were seéfved Q. When acknowledging an introduction and one wishes to avoid | the formal “How do you do?”, wouldn't it be all right to say, “I am so BIRTHDAY FOR MICHELLE | glad to meet you?” | Little Michelle ickey” Mar- A. Yes; this expression is proper if one can say it sincerely and i shall, celebrated her third bifth- without affectation. |day last Saturday with a party at Q. If one is eating and takes a mouthful of food that is too hot, | the home of her parents, Mr. and woulq it be all right to take it from the mouth? %f’,’"s' M’”f’rd L.?amhal]. With. ten A. No; take /' drink of water as quickly as possible, but do so | | little playmates and their moth-| A 1 |ers invited to the party, the after- FIEhont GEtaOR PR ARTEEIn / Inoon was spent in games and Q. What would be a good excuse to offer if one wishes to decline | ! an invitation that one does not care to accept? | party favors, A. An earlier engagement for that day or evening would probably be the best excuse. | The same home town boys will be HOME TOWN DANCE | The Douglas Eagles Lodge i5 = . sponsoring another Home Town! - BK and LEARN Ifx?{ C. GORDON Iy PUSUSS RS PSP B AL in the music box. > - 1. Which are the six most common surnames in the United States? | 2. Which is greater, the normal pulse of a woman or a man? ‘HSHERS To u"loAD :: Which two Presidents’ last names contained only four letters? Approximately what percentage of the people of the U. S. are Dance Saturday evening, Septem- | ber 25, because of popular demand. A SALMON SEASON. ' sneces?”™™ _ | ENDS FOR 26 DAYS 5. XV;Q;;;;: normal life span of a mosquito? | 1. In-their proper order, Smith, Johnson, Brown, Williams, Miller, | | Falmon fishers crowded into Ju- and Jones. o neau Cold Storage docks this morn- | Woman, 82; man, 78. ! iing to unload 56,000 pounds of fish Polk and Taft. ot st it nndl Groampombnc. oo P ST osed last night uni o Twi e | Seven boats were unloaded * Y fo/thires monthy |morning with several more crafts; to be unloaded throughout, the tay. (P @ e ‘The Carol Ann, skippered by Art[ E L L l s A l R L l N E s DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN Mantyla, unloaded 6,000 pounds. via Pelershurg and Wrangell The Alrita, headed by Albert Wal-| |lace, docked with 13,000 pounds. With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. |Jim Sharp’s Sophia brought in 4,000, FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 2. 3. 4. 5. |pounds, and the Wanderer, skip-| {pered by S. A. Stevens unloaded | 14,000 pounds. Clarence Moy’s Lone Fisherman | was in with 17,000 pounds and the| Frederick F, skippered by Elmer[ Lindstrom, unloaded 2,000 pounds.| One toat, The Valiant, helmed by | Dan Tweidt, unloaded 17,000 pounds of sable and 2,000 pounds of hali- but. ) The season on sable and halibut (— C. J. EHRENDREICH —C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR does not close, according to “Molly” MacSpadden, with Juneau Cold| Accounting Systems Taxes Storage. Phone 351 Room 3-—Shattuck Bldg. ———— OYSTER MAN HERE Wiiliam C. Hingston, of the 1Washlngwn Fish and Oyster Com- pany, is registered at the Baranof. Oldest Bank in Alaska Molotov replied that Stalin Was}legislamre_despm the fact that| sick. He had been taking treat-{majne is generally considered a ments for the past ten days out-|state of fishermen and farmers. | side Moscow, Molotov explained, | and there was no telling when he! MERRY-GO-ROUND l Crossword Puzzle [o[EMALJ]A[RINA[S[H] (E]PlE] 1891—0ver Half a Cenlury of Banking—1948 The B. 1. Behrends ; Bank Safety Deposit Boxes.for Rent &} VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5359 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hal Beward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office In Case Lot Grocery PHCNE 94 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone Red 559 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third | Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Muxical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Weiding, Plumbing, Ofl Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 920 W. 12th 8¢ Warfield’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. Cartgr Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sta. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale '\ 808 10th St PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or BODA POP Window—Auto—Flate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS (0. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Of Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 BOGGAN Casler's Mea’s Wear Pormerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallery Hats Arrew Bhirts and Underwear TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1948 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p., m. 3%8 R. BOOTH, orshipful Master; JAMES LEIVERS, Secretary. ’. e e ———t B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesd: ay at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. Secretary. i —— H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALI for Boys o Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 395539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ DRUG CO. ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counsesor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phoste 549 ' Fred W. Wendt Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Reoms " ot Ecasonmable Rates PHONE 558 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OIL8S Builders’ and Shalf HARDWARE ¢ Remin, ’l'ye:wrl $OLD finsn m“u’,' " J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers™ FORD AGENCY thorized JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY . < “ Ak ! ACROSS 30. Come 1n wcuk} return. ¥ Wisconsin's bachelor Senator ', yingiea tear 81 Extinct bird That ended it. In s_hurt. the ans- | yoe McCarthy spent his vacation | and wonder 82 Noll‘g\'efl like & :::l Ix;m Ctul:m!z;i:;mw:? :\Mh‘;l:;iin the wheat tields at Lefor, North ! : IYSOI el°n°" 4. Anglent Greek L J romis as a large |pDakota, posing as a hired hand.| 8 Young horse o 2 i 2l | : “1 12. Put to & straln 35. Accustomed and definite “No. {He got ten dollars and five meals | 13 Poimt X 3 l'ei:n(\inm: to IS Iy : T S | 14. Part of the rds o] a day for operating a combine, lost | 'i;' 7. Diminish U. N. APPEAL | seven pounds even so Sen. | 15. Aut urum':v. Dillseed 5 ats % a1 . 1] exemplifier Malt_ liquors ‘The United Nations lhererore‘Elben Thomas, Utah Democrat, is | j7. cjlose Turied aside will not become the stage for the|writing a book on the passing of 18. Foul-smelling Small isiand next phase of the Battle of Ber-'an era. He will call it “The Rise| 31" EI%r ueta 4 AL lin. The State Department, Brit-|And Fall Of The New Deal” . .. 23. 8mall wiid ox {3. Prehistorio ish Foreign® Office and French Charged with the unpleasant duty | si. To an inner o PO Quai D'Orsay have kept a careful of serving eviction notices, kindly | % =x°°r:f". 50. County in oo ' i Mestin Aals, ‘ave all {Bherift Michae) Costelle & Provic: | B £ s 5 R set for a White Paper to mo- ence, R. I, believes in giving bilize world opinion hard-pressed families a hreak. He Meanwhile, the Kremlin 1s also braves the wrath of landlords, | reported ready for a “gigantic and the warnings of the court to peace and propaganda -offensive” hold up evictions, even pays for in Paris. They'll demand world newspaper “ads” to find the ejept- disarmament, abolition of the ed 1amily a new home atomic bomb, destruction of all kacteriological-warfare equipment, withdrawal of all occupation fo! ces from Europe. It will all sound extremely pretty, but it won't mean a thing ALBEN BARKLEY'S HUMOR Democratic Vice - Presidential nominee Alben Barkley was asked what he thought about Republican campaign promises to “stabilize the farmer. “Well, Tl tell you,” drawled the Kentuckian. “That one had me threatened. to throw his support stopped for awhile. I lay awake to vinegar-tongued Carroll Reece, several nights trying to figure out former GOP National Chaiman, UNEASY BOSS CRUMP Tennessee's, refreshing young Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle One who sells goods abroad Blind fear Imitated . Army officer;: abbr. Lengthy Wedge-shaped Baking chamber Metal . Sallors Medley Anchor DOWN s 1. Devoured 2. Become 4 ,Congressman Estes Kefauver and Diagonal Formerly Paid_one's beleaguered Boss Ed Crump have |reached an uneasy truce in Ten- nessee. Kefauver handed the Crump ma- chine a shellacking in the Demo- cratic primaries by outcampaigning and finally outpolling the Crump- backed candidate for the Senate, {John Mitchell. ! Smarting from the defeat, Crump vart Meant . Make unhappy . Midday . Story Lack of effort Kind of apple Across Anoint . Not professional Additional Vend Linwerse NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Cemplete Outfitter for Men Phone 146 . Home Liquor Btere—Tel. 609 American Meat — Phene 38 ZORIC Alaska Laund DR. 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