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

PAGE FOUR Second and Maw SELEN TROY MONSI JOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLIAM R CARTER GLMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Daily Alaska Empire EMPIRE PRINFING COMrANY Streets, Juneau, Alasxs ( Not the the world today Presaent Vice-President Editor and Manager M F tures during the Math aticia Sniered In the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATE! ®elivered by earrier in Junesu Dousla six months, §5.00 By mail. pos One year, in ad we month, in advance, $1.50. ne year. we pa Jubscribers wil) ccufer & fevor If they wili promptly Dotify ibe Business Office of any fallure o7 irresuiarity in tbe deilvery o their papers. Teiephones: News Office, 602; Business t the followins rates: e, $15.00; six mouths, in advance, $7.80; Second Class Mattet 8: s for S1.5¢ per month , $15.00 whipping out a sl combinations of isn't be something without running Office, 374. the last seven y: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED The Associated Press s exclusively entitied to the use fo! news dispatches credited to it or Dot cther woublication of ali rise credited in this paver “erein. #ud siso the PRESS local mews publisJec it must lure pec theatre on the f NATiUNAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aluska Newspwpers, W1 | is where the trick comes in. Pictures adapted from | books with “dull” titles must be renamed with mme} | implication of blood, thunder, sex or, mystery. movie-going public is very literal-minded, | frightened away by titles which sound too ! uninteresting. This has been demonstrated | rourth Avenue Bide , Scattle, WasiL prssimmipet Ry Y since the |it can be prosaic or by actual box off What's least altogether as simple as that. that will Finally, the most important In a Name? Cincinnati Enquirer) distressing of shortages plaguing is that of movie titles. The movie last 30 years, ns probably will snort at the lament, | ide rule to show how many different words are possible. fit on a theatre marquee over onto the building next door. It should make sense—or at least intriguing nonsense. It should not have been used by another picture within | ears (or by a book, unless suitable arrangements have been made) requirement is that into the dark recesses of the This ople ar side of the ticket window. And ice receipts, and the titles of some industry has chwrned out titles for 21,548 feature pic- | and it’s about run out | l'fl: of intriguing combinations of possible title words. But the matter The title should | pictures have been changed when it became apparent that they were “s o really mean scaring away, because the scarier the title the better. But caring away” the public. We don't titles with sound religious or edu- cational or prim seem to have a way of cutting into the box office—which, in turn, scares the producers. We rights to Gregor call that when a studio bought the film Zeimer's “Education For Death” it ‘made the name of the picture “Hitler’s Children.” ALASKANS TO KEEP BUSY With the maritime strike and the Berlin biockade taking Alaskans may get some div on rsion in series in baseball and the Territorial election The world series starts next Wed and already interest is high, with b the Braves will beat the Cleveland Ir The' T the up much attention, |eggs and over-ripe fruit, Harry Wallace is now running into barrages of a different sort from the least sus- Pacific Coast Back from th the coming world picious quarters. for heresy. 'This Wallace’s repudia notions status of party g day in Boston etting 2 to 1 that wdians. Political Football (Washington Post) e South, where he was pelted with Even Moscow is taking him to task may be only a return slap for Mr. tion of Comrade Lysenko's strange of heredity which have been elevated to the ospel in Russia. But in any event itorial election is Tuesday, October 12, yne New Times, internationally circulated Moscow when voters will choose a Delegate to Congress, an journal, has taken an unfriendly swing at Mr. Wal- Attorney General, Territorial Audit gineer and Senators and Rep, torial Legislature which appears to be one of the hottest subjects in politics for ye Anyway, Al ssentatives to tk 1d also decide the fish trap issue | possibility of establishing a or, Highway En- lace's “na Terri- Pocr Mr. Wallace in the United Sta system.” and utopian” ideas about capitalism. is simple enough to believe in “the ‘progressive’ capitalism tes and of ‘reforming’ the capitalist That single statement is sufficient to indi- cate what would happen to Mr. Wallace if, God for- a w ave something lozally to { i I & : bid, he should ever ride to power on the wave of interest them as the old world continue > revolve oot unist support now behind him. on its axis. “The averag with a glamour g average man is considerably older tha thinking he was Subject for debate: Wh to civilization (as, how, wher soap? The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON iContirned from Page Gue) that world conquest still long-range Soviet goal. He didn't expect the Russians to go to war, he said, because it would be too cosf Rather, he expected them to use their familiar tactics of in- filtration, propazanda and bluff Our mistake, he warned, would be to fall for the bluff, get panicky and run out of Berlin. That would be a sign of weakness and would be more likely to tempt the Rus- sians into war than a strong stand on our part. is FERGUSON IN REVERSE Easiest retort made by any poli- tician when he gets in a tight corner is to yell “liar”” A well- known figure on Capitol Hill doing that right now—Senator Fer- guson of Michigan However, here are the case. Fergusen cla that though he wanted 80 probe his Democratic colleague, Sen. Elmer Thomas of for commodity-market was overruled by Senate Expenditures Subcom- Thomas' letter, threaten- expcse certain facts about op cause the the facts in the mittee to son-in-law’s ler, did not investigation from Michigan now s ver 1 December Ferg pounding told column geing to the him 1 on k this thing can going this You I'm I'm through see finish everyone that through to the limit of cource, was Thomas wrote Ferguson. ne to before his devastating Se two other {enators- Eridges lire d Aiken of Ver- ed Ferguson transfer th from the Senate committee to th ittee. Reas that Thomas mem the Appropria- ~chiefly land and Green who opposed pro ity-market spe 51 Republi New Ham of robe FERGUSON FANNLED On the Exge C however, were enough R plus at least cne D to probe the Democr from Oklahoma. Amon, such Senators with for courage as Aiken « Ives of New York, Thye 2 sota, Hickenlooper of Towa an Carthy of Wisconsin. The Republicans have majority on this Committee. The can do pretty much what they ovr please—regardless of the Democrats, man weuld rathel a desert island with a woman who is a good cook than executive asserts a psychologist rations t ha This Commun! r be stranded on jin a still more V! the Advancement party candidate while he was of Commerce. what many befor If so, the we had been around. 'lelwnm:rr Ferguson has not | nesitated to probe all sorts of peo- ple without even bothering to call Committee members together. Ferguson gave west-coast airplane builder Howard Hughes one of the grillings in recent Senate his- without worrying much about rest of Committee. He | wors the his the @lso conducted a withering exami nation of Ed Pauley and Gen. Wal- |lace Graham, the President’s doc- tor, for allegedly doing exactly the same thing Senator Thomas was doing — using inside knowledge to speculate on the commodity mar- ket. And, at first, Ferguson wanted probe Thomas—until Thomas wrote him the now famed letter of }lf\sl February 14. Following thi | Perguson quickly and mysteriousl dropped " the probe. » | Note—Ferguson claims that his Subcommittee overruled him re- garding the Thomas investigation. But the records show no attempt by him to go over the head of his Subcommittee to the full Commit- tee, where he was sure to have been upheld. Ferguson also claims the Thomas letter was published at this time to embarrass his re-election. Act- ually this writer, who exposed Thomas' commodity dealings in a column dated May 6, 1946, has been writing about this subject off nd cn for two and a half years; lso has been trying to find out the reason for Ferguson’'s sudden mysterious silence. Politics had sclutely nothing do with it. to to U. S. AMBASSADORS The American Embassy in France been singled out as the weak- est spot on our diplomatic by two Democratic completing a tour the Middle a of Europe East The Congressional critics are Sen- Lucas of Illinois and Fulbright of Arkansas. have been made known ators Scott William Their view privately w in Paris, cvenin with U Jefferson Caffery ngued Caffery evening." also complained that officials “couldn’t even answer simple questions that any American citizen might ask, such to cash a check. other hand, both Sena- ong in their American embassies particularly Italy. bad,” commented Ful- that the Embassy in Italy moved up to France lock, barrel.” > pointed out the ideological Lucas spent an S. Ambassador Afterwayd, the Democrati whip didn’t open is a key struggle MERRY-GO-ROUND once vowed that the Ger- ople would never have eat horsemeat, and throughout the war Germans continued eating ra- tioned beef. Now, thanks to the Red Blockade, it may bes differ- Hitler an to the State Department. | his | praise | in | w | ist deprecation of Mr. Wallace had scarcely found its mark when another blow landed ulnerable spot. Mr. Walter White, secretary of the National Association for of Colored People, accused the third- of encourging racial segregation retary of Agriculture and Secretary The former Vice-President is learning e him have known—that the chief h has contributed MOre iy of a third party in the United States is to re. and if is)—literature or provide a candidate that everyone feels free to kick ent. The U. S. Army has quietly piled up 21,500 tons of horsemeat in German warehouses for the day when beef stocks run low ; Meanwhile, Germany's hard-press- ed Dutch, Belgian and Swedish neighbors have been eating horse- meat for several years . . . U. S. airlift pilots in Germany call themselves “Clay’s pigeons.” . . The Democratic National Committee 1s furicus at the Saturday Evening Post for putting the microscope to President Truman, while not giv- ing Dewey the same treatment. Democrats asked Satevepost editors to do to Dewey what they are do- ing to Truman, but the magazine ilatly refused. ———————— TIDE TABLE OCTOBER 3 High tide, 1:54 a.m. 18.9 Low tide, 8:00 am, -18 High tide, 14:11 p.m., 202 Low tide, 2029 p.m., -2.8 OCTOBER 4 High tide, 2:37 am., Low tide, 8:40 .m., High tide, 14:47 p.m,, Low tide, 21:11 p.m., 18.7 -1.0 20.2 -3.1 ft. ft. ft. Peoeececsccccce s @0 00000000000 0000 © e 0000 0000 - of a tunnel under the and D scussion English channel since at least 1867. ing on | jon the Taku River. connecting thermometers France and England has been ZO-‘flnd contracts at a uniform rate THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1948 from S RIVIIAIE 20 YEARS AGO /e ewerns L et < ettt i OCTOBER 2, 1928 Major Malcolm Elliott, President, Major. Douglas H. Gillette, En- gineer Officer, and Ike P. Taylor, Assistant Engineer, of the Alaska | Road Commission, returned on the Aleutian after covering the western and interior road districts. OCTOBER 2 Terrace Magorty Roy Carrigan Mrs. W. D. Fletcher Leuise Hopper Mrs. Josie Hursh was elected President of the Douglas Parent- Teacher Association and Mrs. A. J. Balog, Secretary. Mrs. Jack Sey, william Feero and Mrs. Robert Fraser were appointed to a committee to make plans for adding to the P-TA treasury. ! OCTOBER 3 i Andre Hildre Mrs. Rex K. Early Mrs. Sven Thorpe Dennis Gallagher Jim Vuille Billy Joe Tveten Claire Folta Harry Brendal Lillian Nielsen Mrs. J. Paul Johnson A baby boy, weighing six pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Magorty in St. Ann's Hospital The Rev. Gabrielle Menager, S. J., had arrived to take over the Catholic pastorate in Juneau. ®ecscececc00eecvooecoce Larry Parks, who had been planting Olympic elk on Kodiak Island for the Alaska Game Commission, returned on the Admiral Watson. | 0008000000000 0000000 0 Melvin Grigsby left on the Aleutian for Seattle where he was to enter the University of Washington. Weather: High, 42; low, 41; rain. e e e ; Daily Lessons in English . 1. co P WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His book treats on sub- jects familiar to every reader.” Say, “treats OF subjects.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Diamond. While the A and O are tresed, pronounce the three syllable, di-a-mund, not di-mund. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Assessment; four S's. SYNONYMS: Conversant, versed, acquanted, well-informed. 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: “No amount ! e e 0 000 00 0 0 BROWNIE TROOP 12 , ELECTS OFFICERS Brownie Scou Troop 12, held their regular weekly meeting on ‘Tuesday afternoon, at the EIks Club. New members welcomed to the group this year ~were Anne Ghiglione and Gendonnell Buckner, Election of officers resulted as fol- lows: President, Patricia Avery; | Vice President, Bonnie MacLean; Secrctary, Gondonnell Buckner; Treasurer, Dorothy Mae Hixson. A letter was read from the Mari- ner Scouts requesting donations of | SOPHISTRY; apparently right but fallacious reasoning. candy for the Roberta Jackson . gophistry will make me think differently.” Benefit Fund. It was agreed that|___ cveryone should either contribute' candy or make an effort to pur-| DERN ET'OUETTE by chase candy for this worthy cause. ! ROBERTA LEE Refreshments were furnished by Anne Grisham, Marsha Horton,! Bonnie MacLean and Julie Walther.| o 15 jt all right to eat very fine-cut and crisp shoestring potatoes T'he meeting was concluded with the | . " i g ¥ of malies oF Blephien oss) " e dugers] f f ter, accompanied by Patricia Avery. A. Yes, unless the dinner is formal. A good method, when in doubt, to see how the hostess is eating a certain dish and then follow heri) RDON —— -~ Plans are being made for the !5 compilation of a Brownie Recipe example. Book to assist the Brownies in be- Q. How far in advance of the we coming interested in cooking, Each!bpride? ' Brownie takes her favorite recipe A. Usually ten days or two weeks before the wedding. This gives the and at present over half of the prge ample time to acknowledge them. ErRup, havp contributed TEOPos for Q. Do you consider it good manners to close a letter with the phrase, their special dishes, including rolls, e S clckise; chkas, putidings and’ candier. TouD in hasters . Memters of the Group are Jane A. Most certainly not. Albrecht, Patricia Avery, Yvonne tremely discourteous. Bost, Gondonnell Buckner, JUANItA (N oot esrrosmos e - Caldwell, Leetta Caldwell, Marsha I_o 0 K an d I.E A R N 4 Erwin, Judith Francis. A, C. GORDON Anne Ghiglione, Sheila Godkins, Anne Grisham, Arlene Harris, Betty June Harris, Dorothy May Hixson. Marsha Horton, Julie Hudson, Bonnie MacLean, Lena Osterman,! dding may one send gifts to the :; i Any indication of haste in writing is ex- 1. What is the distinction between robbery and larceny? 2 . 2. For what is DWT. the abbreviation? Charlotte Ann Thorpe, Julie' Wal-/ ' 3 Whose signature has been forged more than any other in hisbory? ther, Antoinette Wektb. x 4. Who was the first Englishman to conduct expediti rou: The troop leaders are Mrs. JOhn‘zhe world? 9 % o PR AR H. Clements and Mrs. J. S. Mac-| Kinnon, Jr. el e Sl MORREFAMILY TAKE OUT NEW RIVER BOAT One of the handsomest river boats to hit the water is on its initial voyage today with the build- er, L. F. Morris, his wife and son on board bound for 35 miles up the Taku River. The 26-foot boat is made of ply- wood with oak ribs fitted sol snugly that no corking or putty 4 INTMENTS was used in the building. Seats PHONE 506 POR APPO! . A e with inlaid designs top off the job of craftsmanship. It has a wide - . B e O e PN DREICH — C. P. A, BUSINESS COUNSELLOR bile steering gear mechanism. A 22-horsepower Evenrude supplies Accounting Systems Taxes Phone 3851 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. 5. What are the five gaits of a five-gaited horse? ANSWERS: ¥ 1. Robbery is theft in which violence or fear is employed, whue; larceny is theft in which neither is employed. | 2. Pennyweight. ¥ 3. That of Antonius Stradivarius, the maker of the famous violins. 4. Sir Francis Drake (1540-96). ! 5. A five-gaited horse has walk, trot, singlefoot, rack, and canter. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Pranklin Junesu the power. The Morris family left yester- day afternoon to spend two weeks hunting and working on their cab- in located below Kennon Island Mercury .- a good because is liquid for it expands Oldest Bank in Alaska i | | | | Crossword Puzzle front | Senators just ! and | 31 32, B4, 35, Manner Aftersong Snooze Parts of coats Conceal Set free Cutting Gloomy Shakespearean character Writing flutd Peel Shoot . Born Ireland Mukes lace Divine being Reauire ACROSS Above . Turf . Weakens Construct uality . Faithful Fish sauce 6. 1.uzon native ced contest ke umbrage 3. 38, 4L 44 18. at Set for a cers tain speed Bouquet . Ruminant animal Troop of na- tive cavairy in the Anglo- Indian army 7. 9. | 1891—0ver Half a l:enlufi of Banking—1948 The B. 1. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzlr DOWN 1. Persian poet 2. Valley 3. Pieces out . Late Low galters ¢ HARLEY L. EDWARDS e as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA even EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the . Aeriform fuid Lubricate Guido's second CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "BANJO” ing mis- siles at . Rubs out | . Made of a certain fiber Federal Tax—12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and - RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! from . Silkworm Wagon Uncovered 0. New: comb, torm VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Seward Street. Visiting Comrades Weicome. Commander; H. SBHERLOCK, 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 74 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. Uggen, Manager Planos—Mauxical Instruments # and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward . HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Weiding, Plumbing, Ol Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th 8t Warlield’s Drug Store (Pormerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Hutchings Ecnomy Market MEATS—GROCERIES FREE DELIVERY PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY eor NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP ; MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 18 SEOCOND and FOURTH: P Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Worshi; o " orshipful Master; JAMES LEIVERS, Secretary. g @ B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesda, 8 P. M. Visiting brothersywe:f come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler, W, H, : Secretary. g BG"JE Food Center | Meat Phones 33—539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M, 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. e — e “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counsetor Simpson 81dg. Phone 767 Wall l.’aper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 540 ~ Pred W. Wenat Py Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Bote) Newly Removated Reoms ¢ Reasonable Rates PHONE BINGLE O PHONE 6555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE e e e o Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 538 Willoughby Avenue Opp. Standard Oil Co. DON ABEL PHONE 633 Brownie's Liquor Sfore Mlfl 139 So. Franklin P. O. Box 2508 Casler’s Men's Wear ‘* Ponnerly, SABIN'S NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING Remington Typewri SOLD sod snvwln“b'y‘ J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” CcY (Authorized ) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co, of - FORD AGEN Dealers: MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & daily habit—ask for it by nagpe Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware . Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Stero—Tel. 690 American Meat — Fhene 38 ZORIC Alaska Laund DR. ROBERT SIMPSON 'FURNITURE Phooe T8 142 Willoughby Ave.