The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1948, Page 4

D -l Al k E 3 Congress was late in making an appropriation for the awy asKka mplre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMAANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks ¥ LINGO @/ « prohibitive Alaskan winter sets in sent to Alaska last spring to augment the mere 7,000 | men of the regular Army garrison there, had to be ’v\:lhdr:l\\n in August and September. “An Army spokesman said that the details of iAlaskan military = strength are classified as highly secret, then added, ‘probably because we are so weak there.'” Fergus Hoffman in his article mentioned the ar: rival in Seattle of 2,000 cheering troops because now | |the Army and Air Force can't find housing for them | Vice-President itor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RA Belivered by earrier in Junesn and Dougins for $1.5¢ per wmonth; six months, §8.00; ene year, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the followine rate: One year, in advance, $15.00; six mouths, in advamce, $7.80; wne month, in advance, $1.80. ‘Subscribers will confer a fevor if they wili prompily notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregulsrity in the delivery N rces: 10t Chblion Se Bustness Offioe, ST in Alaska to maintain' the defenses so dearly pur- —_——— i chased | With 5000 other troops, these soldiers were ord- ered home from Alaska for the winter. | Theoretically, they constitute a nucleus of Al- aska trained combat troops who could be returned to | the North in case an enemy struck at America's most vulnerable defense perimeter. | | The thecry would be laughable if it were not so ! MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assotinted Press ia exclusively entitled to the une for | tion of ali news dispatches credived to it or not cther- wise rredited in thin paper #ud also the local news publisied erein. o RIS | WATIUNAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alsska Newsoupers, M11 | vourth Avenue Blds., Beattle, WVasiL E tragic. | To all practical purposes, situation is this: America’s guard is down in the sand At the present {three years before America’ |maintained in Alaska on a i the Alaska defense | | | | and her head is buried | | rate of construction it ‘will be | s military forces can be' year-"round footing. Canadian Appointment | (Washington Post) Lester B Pearson, who has been made Minister SKA—AGAIN of External Affairs in Canada, was the chief civil| | servant in that department. That is to say, he is a defense of Alaska and | career man, and under the parljamentary system, ' During the last several days, % the withdrawal of troops from Alaska because of lack | Will now have to seek a seat in the House of Com- 5 | mons. Two years ago he was Ambassador to Wash- | Sleytanis Wi ho\.lsing. LG ington, and he made a host of friends who liked him | Giveq " irfeteny dimprions. _ | for his modest and engaging personality and admired | Delegate E. L. Bartlett has given his views re-|pjm for his expert handling of whatever problem he garding this Territory's defense and calling back to |was called upon to deal with. At Lake Success he the United States of troops stationed in Alaska: Ray jadded to his laurels in any assignment he undertook, | Richards, of the Seattle Post-Intelliencer Washington | particularly the issue on Palestine, in connection with Bureau, has come out with a concise article in the | which he served as chairman of the Assembly Com- Post-Intelligencer of Monday, September 27 on “Weak |mittee. In his smooth and competent hands nettles Alaska Faces Strong Red Coast,” and Fergus Hoff- | seem to lose their sting, and he has a faculty for in- | S b . e | spiring reasonableness. man, fomer reporter on The Empire and now Seattle | ™"y, )0 aAmerican capntal Canada had been taken Post-Intelligencer staff writer, wrote a most compre- { ¢ . granted till “Mike” Pearson appeared. He made stating there is “No Hope for Alaska” in case of enemy | canada impinge upon the official consciousness. | stating ther eis ‘No Hope for Alaska" in case of enemy | Friendship, said Dr. Johnson, must be kept in con- attack. |stant repair, and Mr. Pearson based his daily diplo- Delegate Bartleit, w a talk at Ketchikan, says!:‘“cy 01‘21 ‘h“‘( pro!ou]nc:hubsi:'a:i;)n.“E\}']etr,\;bm;}; i:llt N “sitti " for e ' 'he would go far, or, rather, that he oul o 4, Bl 0 PGP HRcR Tor any possible MubEe | but wnndex%ed whether a democracy, evefm such a wise aggressor. He warned that it could be turned by an !one as Canada’s, would be so platonic as to make invader into a base for bombing raids against the ..o he, did. It is certainly going far to be hoisted States. He touched on the recall of Army troops lout of civil service ranks to the conduct of the na- from Alaska because of lack of suitable winter quart- tion's foreign affairs. For this high office Mr. Pear- ers and declared that if Alaska could house 125,000 son is fitted by training and temperament. The St. troops during the war emergency, it could handle ' Laurent-Pearson team will make Canada's'vulce in- 10,000 this winter. creasingly felt in the cause of the community of the Ray Richards says in the lead of his article: “On |free world which we must have or perish. It Will be % ‘ e 3 . “ | felt, moreover, in the role of leadership, and it is e one gide: isyast Biborian mlhmr).machnu b\.u!.t leadership, God knows, that the free world lacks. within a few years, now ready to strike in Russia’s & * S ) aggressive march. | The trombone player seems to be the only fellow “On the other side, an almost complete lack of who can get any place just letting things slide—(Brem- defenses for Alaska airfields from which, in the lerton Sun). hands "of invaders, today’s 8,000-mile bombers could { range from the West Coast to the northeastern United | Russians claim to nave invented the airplane in States. 11882, 21 years ahead of the Wright boys. Let’s see, “That situation confronts Congress, and desper- wouldn’t that be under capitalism?—(Vancouver Co- lumbian). DEFENSE OF ALA erection of even temporary military housing before the “80 4,000 troops from Hawaii and the West Coas!,‘ 'KEY AIRFIELD AT THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 30, 1928 Jurors from Skagway who arrived on the Admiral Rogers were M.} R. Goding, W. R. Smith, M. E. Rogers, W. F. Beltinger and J. H. Gibson. | SEPTEMBER 30 Henry A. Benson Mrs. W. M. Whitehead Elvord Berggren Merle George Mrs. i. M. Kardanoff Angus Foss Hazel McLeod Wanda Jo Wagner Terry Don Gallagher Miss Margareth Taylor, who formerly worked here as clerk in the U. S. Land Office, arrived on the Princess Louise to visit for two or three weeks with her brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Taylor. Miss Taylor resided in Boise, Idaho. } T | The construction of a new City Dock was under discussion at the | lCity Council meeting the previous evening City Engineer Frank A} Metcalf was authorized to prepare plans and tspecification for the new dock Winners of the Juneau-Young Hardware Company trout derby were Gordon Ingman and Joe Johnsten. Ingman, who was 13 years old, won the prize from his father, who landed a cutthroat that was 1, -inch horter than his son’s fish, which rheasured 197 inches. Joe| Johnston, of the Thomas Hardware Co., won with a 25-inch cutthroatl he caught in Auk Lake. i RED FORCES LOSE prize Weather: High, 36; low, 36 clear. o e B S s it U ! Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon CHINHSIEN, REPORT w4 SHANGHAI, Sept. 30. mercial air lines pilof here from Manchuria, report that the vital Chinhsien airfield, key to the Mukden airlift, has been lost to Red forces. The report was not confirmed oth- erwise, but was plausible since mili- tary sources in Nanking yesterday had announced that advance units of the Communist drive in the Manchurian corridor were probing at Chinhsien's outer defenses. China’s commercial airlines dis- continued use of the Chinhsien field and connecting services on the Mukden airlift from Peiping and Tientsin. Loss of the air link was a serious | ¢ blow to the Nationalist efforts tol supply isolated Mukden and keep! open the Manchurian corridor. i [ { ( i ——— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I shall try and get it for you." Say, “I shall try TO get it for you.” ‘ OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Series. Pronounce se-rez, both E’ as: in ME. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Moneyed (wealth); EYED. SYNONYMS: Esteem, respect, regard, revere, honor, value, appre- | late, venerate, reverence. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | “Delusive and un- | 1 i | DELUSIVE; apt to mislead the mind; deceptive. substantial ideas."—Whewell. by MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE s i NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL | { Q. Can you tell me the superstitions connected with the days of | ACCOUNT AND REPORT AND i H the week for a wedding? i A. “Wed on Monaay, always poor; Tuesday, wed once more; Wednes- day, happy match; Thursday, splendid catch; Friday, poorly mated:} urday, better waited; Sunday, Cupid’s wooing; and wed in the morn- MONAGLE, administrator of the es- | ing, quick undoing.” Remember, I'm only quoting! | tate of MARY JACK, Deceased, | Q. What is the correct way to handle a spoon when eating soup?" PETITION FOR FINAL AWARD ‘ i made and filed in the above entitled | A. The farther edge of the spoon should be dipped into the soup ‘ DISTRIBUTION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on September 29th, 1948, M. E. Court at Juneau, Alaska, his Final ‘with an outward motion, then taken into the mouth from the nearer Account and Report and Petition. for *Final Award and Distribution, | and that on said dayv this Court en- | tered its Order directing that 'm. €h¢e’ hearing be had upon said Final Ac- A. Plain white or ivory are considered in best taste. count and Report and Petition for | oS Final Award and Distribution be- | fore it on the 30th day of Novem- LO OK a nd LEA RN ber, 1948, at 10:00 o'clock AM. of said day at the office of the said 7 __ United States Commissioner and} : Probate Judge, in the pedemlqer] 1. What organization of the Federal Government uses the motto, ritorial Building, in Juneau, Terri~| “Certainly, Security, Celerity”? § tory of Alaska, and requiring nll‘ 2. persons to then and there appear and | 3. make their objections, if any, there- 4. to, and to the settlement thereof; edge of the spcon. ' Q. What is the correct color of paper to use for social correspond- | e i #s it by A. C. GORDON From what is coal formed? | Who was the first President of all 48 States? What inland body of water has the greatest percentage of salt ; of any in the world? VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Beward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say 1t With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCNE 784 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 Artbur M. 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The Post Office De i : Richards alse mentions lack of housing because : liams and Edwin Lindoff, the three il ooy Q0 AebarTont. : - ” AUsSe Herald). i i " o A Lt 2 B LAk B ) R AR e . ______ surviving children and only heirs ati 2. Carbonized vegetable matter. Moflum . ' % law of deecased. 3. William Howard Taft. [he was'“ng'on |spent $1,752 to print copies of his| So when the Truman special 1;uII- Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 29th ARG e Pourth and Pranxlin Sta. . <peech attacking Howard Hughes.|ed into town his onetime critics gay of September, 1948, E = N I PHONE 136 ¢ Mer -Go-l!ound |'That doesn’t include secretarial |were so full of honeyed phrases ‘SEAE, FELIX GRAY , 5. Snakes, some having as many as 300 pairs. g " service and mailing charges which |that -Wright Morrow was right at United States Commissioner and i c d B g the taxpayers paid for Brewster the head table, snuggling up to Ex-Officio Probate Judge. T ':‘ By DREW PEARSON |due to the fact that he has free the man he had cussed out in un- First publication, Sept. 30, 1948. I ard beve :‘s.‘m = z . franking privileges . . . A long list | printable language. Last publication, Oct. 21, 1948. [} [] l iy (Contirued from Page Cue jof New Jersey lawyers have peti- -~ m ‘ 6D —— i tioned the Justice Department to! S 3 NOTICE TO CREDITORS FRONE S AT BANE i e . / VETERANS HOSPITAL PROBE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN for MIXERS or SODA POP letters consisieniiy nammer the Air | investigate the very serious charges| oo, George Bender of Ohio is EPH F. PERUSICH Force and support the Navy line.|I have made against Congressman| oot v oicec that Negro patients that I, JOS! R st [ Hanson even went so far as to Parnell Thomas of New Jersey . . . aba v have been appolgted Administyator Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS i | Four - days’ after he returns from |80 the Tuskegee, Alabama, Veter- of the estate of FRANKE VARLJEN; write Senators against appropria-| PWIr RS BT 6 TS S ans hospital are living in “filth also known at FRANK VARLEN, any tions for I‘)‘w A,, Force's 'f"’m B‘.hu il m‘ad it e opm_‘,and neglect.’ Deceased, and that all persons are T l h 319 N_ h R mnll Guss c“- i;s Nl:or:bms.c ] tSfl:m% Bne:‘], e dbcstion Tiie Gike Hp Wil Bender plans to get at the bot- yequired to present their claims, if €l ep one-— !g lS‘ ed 730 38 Wil hby A cMahon, Connecticut Democra : 4 " ltom of reports that the hospital's i » vouch ithi 5! illoughby Avenue 3 o ; e- |speak in large Eastern cities—Phil- | ; ey, Wwith proper. VETGhes, Wik he wiow. I would greatly appre- Sbeak in large Eastern citiesPhil- 11 und none-mental patients six months from the date hereof, t0 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. Opp. Standard O Co. ciate it if you would tell me why : : » > 97 are huddled together in the same me, at the office of my attorney DON ABEL PHONE 633 we are expending public funds on a bomber whose performance does not seem to be any better than air- craft available prior fo the Hanson gaye his home address as Canaan, Connecticut. However, in a letter to Senator John Bricker, Ohio Republican, this Navy employee gave a differ- ent home address—this time, Columbus, Ohio Note—Now Hanson hrs even rted writing to the President ;| Churchill | October 7; Syracuse, N. Y. Octo- ber 8; Buffalo, the same day; Scan- |ton, Pa. October 9. Then back 'to the White House . . . Winston next winter !ward; also that there are only 10 psychiatrists to care for 1,500 men- tal cases—about half the number | needed for minimum requirements. | Another case deserving Bender's\; i M. E. Monagle, Room 200 Seward Bulding, Juneau, Alaska. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 28th day of September, 1948. will spend i JOSEPH F. PERUSICH, in Palm Beach. He will arriv e Fork watiy i December ty investigation is the condition of| Admniistrator of Estate of Frank = white patients at the Veteran’s| Varljean, also known as Frank speak before the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, then head Scuth. Varlen, Deceased. First publication, Sept. 30, 1948. i Last publication, Oct. 21, 1948. FARRESPEAT] [BroRsle] Adm.nistration Point, Maryland, a from Washington. Hospital at Perry short distance TEXANS ROW OVER TRUMAN ! When President Truman receiv-| ed his typically Texas reception in LOUISIANA POLITICS San Antonio the other day, he was The Chicago Tribune carried blissfully ignorant of the iact that| , pACROSS 2% Desgured banner headlines recently accusing Truman Democrats and Dixiecrats' 4. Scene of 30. Portable bed the Truman Administration of had staged a terrific battle over' y yOombAl HE threatening Gov. Earl Long with him just a short time before. Black liquld transparent income-tax prosecution if he didn't| San Antonio gave Truman just| i Riopitiaunle. ., o SibEanoy call a special session of the Louis- about the biggest reception of phosphate- stone iana Legislature to put Truman's trip. But if he had come a little 17 1~n'lu$:|d|f. 3 Bin'.‘(?fi’l?. name back on the ballot. earlier he might have stepped in-| . o boplar Dimplshes Real fact is that Governor Long:to another Battle of the Alamo. 19 Old Greek E raped linen does have an income-tax case| A few weeks ago a lot of Texans | ,o 0% 8P SUEHAR INIotent which has been hanging fire for said they wouldn’t go around the : oughiy 41. Remains Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle some time, but his arm was not!corner to see Harry Truman. Reg- Honanin pat . b Reil Rason pown 5. Quantity per twisted into calling the special ular Democrats were out to de- 23 Recreatlon 47 Wild animal 1. Greek letter unit of time session The amount of money feat him, and Jesse Jones' news- pg T A3 Sniailo OOk ,‘,‘ z,"l" (mOmEn involved is not great and there was paper later did come out against 27. Toward governor 4. Burning s 2):. :’zua > never any question of criminal; him But a group of Roosevelt the Arabic prosecution. However, when the U. Texans, led by Tom Miller of language S. Treasury assessed a fraud pen- Austin, Maury Maverick, Woodville | .:?anor AL alty of $1,200 against Long some Rogers and Bond Davis, all of . Coroel time ago, he howled like a stuck 'San Antonio, led the fight for . Dwelled pig, said he didn't mind paying Truman and won. | ‘Lf::fgfl‘:,‘:’d the penalty, but didn't want it la- They succeeded, among other " “figures beled a “fraud” penalty. The Treas- | things, in Kicking out bitter anti-| A s ury is still dickering with him Trumanite Wright Morrow as Dem- in the Reason for the rumor about the|ocratic National Committeeman. | L%l B Truman Administration bulldozing| But by the time the Democrats certain cereal Long into calling a special session /met in San Antonio to prepare for | i was the secret tactics of Peyton Truman’s visit, he was on the up- Ford, assistant to the Attorney grade in popularity and even some | General, who eased into New Or- leans very quietly and had some- one else register for him at the Roosevelt Hotel. Ford, whose mid- dle name is “secrecy,” operated in such a hush-hush manner that everyone suspected the worst. MERRY-GO-ROUND Senator Owen Brewster of Maine . Closed forelb! Strive P il JEN Al EE. il of the Dixiecrats were ready to guive embrace him. In fact, the regu- % .. H " grouna lars didn't even admit county chair- | p7 37 38 . 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