The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 13, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1948 | 20 YEARS AGO %' mwerrs ies and towns (the figure does not in- | . [ i(‘rectcd in citi Daily Alaska Empire i um nomes v covered vy svaatie i permits). = MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. W% SECOND and FOURTH €@t Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS “Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third ‘Thursdays. . Post 'Hall, ®Published every evening except Sunday by the = EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY There still remains more families than houses, | :'o"’f’ g = Visiting beginning at 7:30 p. m. H i mxg".‘-:' Main Streets. Junesu, Alaska however. During the war years and the first two e OVERN METCALFE, WILLIS R. B { T TROX NGO - -+ " VieePresidmt | postwar years there was an increase of more than| OCTOBER 13, 1928 T e Worshipful 'M“?O'.m:,“m T BT S b S resios Battor | 4,000,000 in the number of families in the nation— | Ceptain E. K. Tobin and his wife left on the Princess Alice for the | at. LEIVERS, 5@-3»,;;' 3 ALPRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manaew snd new construction was at a low ebb. This year | OCTOBER 13 Isouth to attend the Salvation Army convention to be held soon. ! A ! ! Satered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. the family increase is estimated at about 675,000. In | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: addition, during the last seven years some 400,000 & by carrier in Juneau and Dousias for SL5¢ per menth; i i ( Lo deied six months, $8.001 one year. $15.00 | families have moved from farms to cities, creating By mail, poctase paid, at the followine rates: = . o [that much further demand for houses. The aggregate | dvance, $15.00; eix months, 1n adva e month, in rance, $1. | total of urban family inc: e since , ther is vaned, S108. vor 1. they wili prompity oottty [ tOtal Of family increast 1941, therefore, i e Busipess Office of any faflure or irregularity in the deltvery | 5,000,000. Thus, even a record-breaking year of house Mrs. Marino Sodini The Elks Bowling Tournament was underway. On the bowling GEORGE BROS. @ B.P.0. ELKS i Catherine Sherwood !teams were: Lawyers—Robertson, Faulkner, Boyle, Walmsley, Metcalf i ! Widest Selection of Meeting every Wednesday at | - Mirjam Troutman nd Winn; Bankers—McNaughton, Cleveland, Stevens, Reck, John Mor- J()Il;;;l i qux;x;oe ® ! 1ison, Howard and Sadlier; Governors—Parks, Williams, Sperling, God- LIQU‘)RS go:eM;' o‘gi;irt.ing brothers wel- SCRIL ® | qar cer. Lavenik and Charles Sabin; Merchants—Henning, Lucas, | a 'H H. SADLIER, dard, Shaver, Lavenil 1 PHONE 399 Exalted Ruler. » Jack Newmarker o Pvones: News Office, 602; Business Offics, 374 construction cannot overcome the deficiency. But it Vit ® ! 1ud Nelson, H. Messerschmidt, G. Messerschmidt, McKinnon. Seiter W. H. BIGGS, | —_— e can and has lessened the desperate degree of the mR“":"; 'é’“‘ . {f e etary. i MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P i . mett B. Connor ° 3 g _— The A..e...'fi"r.... Is ‘exclusively entitied to tne une for Shortage. Capt. James V. Davis 'Y Mrs. R. S. Raven and her son left on the Princess Alice. She was “Say It With Flowers” but ! ammm a‘;-:h:e::;?v;;;h?x:fil:d to ';""'.‘::l alinr Wartime caught the nation with a neglected éill Sp;mld‘iug o |to take a vacation in the south until the first of the year when she Sein ; housing shortage. During the depression years the| Olavi Wahto + |sas to return to her hgme in Juneau. “SAY IT WITH OURS!” | bR i volume of new house construction fell as low as 93,000 | — { NATiUnAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alssta Newspupers, 111 VO : " Albert Schnamen . $ eourth Avenue Bldg., Besttle, VasiL homes. Coupled with the population increase; the Beverly Arline Powers | Mrs Harold W. Parker gave birth to a seyen and one-half pound \ Juneau Flur]sis | The Clothing Man R toll of fire and obsolescence during wartime made the | Mrs. M. O'Malley ® | baby boy the previous afternoon at St. Ann’s Hospital. 4 PHONE 311 LEVIS OVERALLS housing statistics look bad enough. The cold statistics | . o il i for Bon looked worse, of course, to families compelled to live | . on park benches and in garrets. | = SEPTEMBER WAS Tested Formula for Strike-Free Office in Case Lot Grocery Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon Fmoxe I HAY, GRAIN, COAL | 0.9 0.8 8 N TR ; Wen‘thcr' High, 45; low, 44; cloudy. i neg i l"eell(:o. | | Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 i { ) and STORAGE Dol Sheues. 36—519 ] (Seattle Times) y WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Have you ever been to St. b o 2'1.65 A!':i T i At a time when controversy between labor and | SU“ o“ REIREAT Louis” Say, “Have you ever been - 4 | management monopolizes so much news space, a story o ! OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Chasten. Pronounce chasm, A as m' Call EXPERIENCED MEN - _i \ of long-continued peace in any industry is both novel | v | CHASE; the T is silent. Alaska JANITORIAL Service e 5 and gratifying. Such a story is told by the Natonal | pairg ‘oo overose iudiecs ani{ OFTEN MISSPELLED: Reconnoiter; one G, two N's ! FRED FOLETTE "The Rexall Store” | - ;Planmng Association concerning the West Coast pulp | presinitation, with occasion.;i s‘l‘n SYNONYMS: Proximate, next, nearest, closest, immediate. | Phone Red 559 ore i e i & 5 . jand paper imliuslr\:. A report to that association dis- | periods of }nademte rainfall ap- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us! Y Your Reliable Pharmactsts i ELECTION Rf“ LTS icloses that the eighteen companies comprising the |y aching two inches in 24 hours,|increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day, Today's word: 5 ‘ s ; ~|pulp and paper manufacturing industry in the three | urricient to extend the total for |EFFICACY; power to produce effects. (Accent first syllable). ‘T fimiy i QEIRVIE ° BUTLER-MAURC From partial returns received by The Empire 'Pacific Coast States have operated without strikes for |ipic month to nearly twice normallpelieve in the efficacy of prayer.” ] 4 D irom Tuesday's Territorial General Election it appears 'the past fourteen years, and enjoyed a high degree of without making the period in gen- | e v RIsyel, H 5 RUG CO. the referendum, fishing with fish traps in Alaska harmony during all that period. leral seem unusually wet. i i S AR e SN i LADIES'-—MISSES’ should be gradually abolished over a 10-year period, | This harmonious condition has not klwe: the result | ~yoqyy rainfall in the city on} MODERN ET | OU ETTE by | READY-TO-WEAR nnnv uu 5 s Sromatin e YT i gt itoct g S0 PN e | Settomtee T, 4RO St 01 ROBERTA LEE {{| sewsrd street ear hea at, by the same ~ linches in 24 hours, caused severe|! d ot o8 Delegate E. L. Bartlett, Democrat, by the same panies involved and the two large unions whose mem- | o Qcondinons ;x i (N M.J; Druggist returns, has been reelected | bers are employed by them—the International Broth- SER b OIC R Tas s ST Auditor Frank A. Bugée, Democrat incumbent has ' g ¥ 4 b " {sulting in damage to the retaining| Q. Wouldn't it be better to have a home wedding if the invita- muh u 2 l “The Squibb Stare” ey ” o erhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers and walls estimated at $80,000. | A ulc n" Y doubtedly been retained in office and J. Gerald Brotherhood of P Mak ! % rindd | tions are to be sent only to tire immediate families and closest friends? undou the International Brother! ey o The seasonal retreat of the sun i {1 Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Where Pharmsacy Is s williams, Democrat, has probably won out over Almer University of California industrial relations an- “and m'e aavEDice - wintar smnml A. This is a matter of personal preference, but a church wedding is J. Peterson for Attorney General. {alysts who compiled the report sought to determine . ve yesulteq in increasing cloudi- !prererable when many invitations are issued. Plancs—Muxical Instruments feaston Q. If one is buttering a piece of bread, should it be held in and Supplies The vote for Highway Engineer is still close, |factors which had contributed to this picture. Theyiness and decreasing sunshine va noted, among other things, that employers and em- les, to the extent that the skies | the left hand? {| Phone 208 Second and Seward ARCHIE B. BETTS | | changing as returns come in. i According to early morning tabulations Senatorial ployees have relied largely on themselves to semei“.ere 75 per cent covered during A. No; hold it against the plate while buttering it. : and Representative races are still mixed. | controversies without resort to third parties. Contracts i¢ne month. The temperature o Q. What is indicated if a neighbor does not return a first call within| ~ HEINKE GENERAL Public Accountant 3 4 - ‘have been religiously observed on both sides. {casionally dropped to the freezing|a few weeks? | REPAIR SHOP But what do you think of Juneau, polling a record Personnel turnover and absenteeism have been i e ) vote of 1789 e B Nive tollwed W, ptackioe fevel, bu malntained 8 normal av:| . A, That the nelghbor does ot desire to form friendship. Tt is || Welding, Plumbing, Ofl Burner —— Tax Counsetor : o e e \erage during the month. Fog was : R e L . lof consulting foremen and union representatives on|nrevalent, chcm_mm on UbMa. but !bnd form not to return a first call within two weeks. ] Blacksmith Work Simpson sSldg, Phone 757 MORE HOUSES a wide range of mutual problems. The workers have | yae always of short duration and | ——— ! GENERAL REPAIR WORK . U Phone 204 929 W. 12th 8¢ jenjoyed relatively high wages and security. The |yas generally in the nature of very | 7 rate, ly ture, lunions’ contracts have been administered through | I_ 0 0 K d A R N Z It would be inaccurate, or certainly prema ilocal ground fog | a n A. C GORDON to say that the national housing shortage is anywhege effective grievance machinery. | Comparative data for the city] near relieved. But, for the first time, home con- Apparently, there has been a co-operative spirit|and airport based on city office| wr——re—cemeccoosesoo. . w.rfi‘ld's nng SIOI'C struction has overtaken population increase. And of give-and-take on the part of both lab_ur nr}d}nwans as of 1943 follow | 1. Who was the renowned orator at the dedication of the Bunker 2 that means that at least some of the desperate effects Tanagement in_the conduct of labor relations in| Highest temperature: 77 i 1816y nronimenes (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) of the housing shortage are about to be relieved this vital )&es!ern» industry. We df’ not know whe! er fmd 1938; this September, city 63, ! 3 oM rhariy équidnés s “there o a chebkerboard? NYAL F the analysts have caught the whole secret of this airport 66. | HORLUCK’S DANISH Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 50 Pred W. Wenar | Business Week reports that the 1948 volume of \J . oicru) record. They believe, however, that the ' Lowest temperature: 20 in f13:1 3. What animal has the habit of feigning death when frightened ICE CREAM house construction will equal or beat all Drevious irocrom that has been followed to accomplish such |this September, city 33, airport 21.for slightly injured? Jd records. The last high mark of home building was ' constructive results could be applied profitably to] Mean maximum temperature: 4. Which is the larger, the United States or Canada? Juneaw’s Finest established in 1925,°when 937,000 new dwellings were management-labor relations in other industries. ; this September, city 54.9, air-: 5. What is another name for quicksilver?. Hu!chings Ecnmy Li X —— e - -~ iport 548 i ANSWERS: : quor Store ‘h w sh- l them he had employed a political | removed, banks started vetoing vet Mean minimum xgn—:peratum. 44.6: | 1. Daniel Webster. ! Markel ’ | e washingion figure in Michigan to call off the|erans’ loans. | his: Beptembery.: clty, 461, \8KPCTC) 3 Sixty-tour puares, MEATS—GROCERIES ] i i “e“y'fio'nomd :';r:l‘:i;:nbe:‘tmx::lx:;eh:ned\'e: n&-m.l‘l‘: MERRY-GO-ROUND | Mean monthly temperature: $05; £-00T0 U s i Ll g « ~Phone 689 ! Rlibing Whethec of mot Mr. and’ Mrd,| The Army caste’ system 1s soithis September, city (1495, axrport"m"e:‘ Canada, 3,694,863 square miles; United States, 3,026,789 square| PHONES 553--92—95 By DREW PEARSON Hay were employed hy Tucker to|strict at Camp Kilmer that privates 48;?‘;)m1 precipitation: normal 10.16, 5.’ Mercury. ! ne mnhn n.'.l vt do this job, the fact is that the can't receive incoming long-distance greatest 18.85 in 1924, least 119 in ‘ ] erg! robe o ker sudden-|calls. Col. Harold R. Duffie, the g e T =Tee Contirued from Page Oue Ferguson probe of Tucker sudden-|calls arol: 1010; this September, city 17.59, air-! ly stopped | commanding officer, flatly denied 1151, z' c. J. Eunnnnnlc“ A c. P. A. !this to the Army, but forgot to|PoF The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Newly Renovated Reons at Reasonable Rates digging into the Preston Tucker au-| ¢ tngt time the Securities and| is .| Sunshine: normal 26 per cent; omobile scandal. Word from the | p.change Gommission and the]smes stil o telephone OPETators. | “sontember, airport 24 percent.| BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Fourth and Pranxiin Ste. Paces Ferg: tt - tRR L B They still give the same stock ans 9 £ ] BINGLE 0 erguson committee was that sen-| juqjce Department also were i-|ywer to anyone calling privates—| Maximum wing: greatest'ever re- | A tin Syst T PHONE 138 sational developments were Just | Logrioating Tucker, and they n,,\wm_ s et N akter cenq Corded was 39 mph from mortheast ccounting ystems axes — | whicn i in 1937; this September, 38 mph, Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. PHONE 655 : around the corner. A big story .. . P S Wer wotild_ devélop, ported that F‘flg\lsons agents Were ', telegram or, in case of an emer- |so busy at the Tucker plant “lgency, get in touch with the Red But it never did. Ferguson drop- | ¢ 2 R | ped the whole thing. His sle\xrhs“mkm as if the Senate probe wouid Cross—anything but talk to him.| | | i | Card B C from southeast on 19th. N ————— - I ar everage LO. e e | w7 e o . |{ | Thomas Hardware Co. 1 ENFINTMENTS ! There is no substitute tor newsnaner agvertising' 4 Yy | get started long before the gOV-|pemocratic publicity director Jack! c\l::fdm’]‘p(él‘;”::“l[‘f]’;n::)“': 1"dh‘mnwnt could finish its WOrK. |Redding is Eskmg for a $5000-a-| T-Sgt. E. S. Craig, of the Ju- PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT PAINTS — OILS i 3 g, vas | 7 v T That was one year and a half |year raise, but the White Housc|Reau U. S Army and Air Forces for MIXERS or SODA POP 'mm“'w"'m""" quite mysterious. Recruiting Station, reports the fol-; ago. Meanwhile the Ferguson‘won't grant it. Real trust is lhc.l . st & R } 3 {probe never came off. The Jus-|White House would like to get 'OWINE €n R N RIG GOP POLITICIANS (i Department is shortly calling|rid of Redding . . . The Labor| FHomer D. Anneskitt of Ketchi-j B H No adequate _explanation ever a grand jury in ,Chicago to get Committee for Truman and Bark- | kan, for U. 8. Army service in ”“-‘! um ln ‘ ea In was given, but here are somé in-'to the bottom of Mr. Tucker's ley has offered $22,000 in prizes to Far East with the mechanized cav-| teresting facts which took place in | unusual activities—but, for reasons unions that bring out the most alry Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS CO. 1Y { Remi pewriters s%“n‘.}“..‘?."sgwm by J.B. Burford &Co. | May &ind June 1947 just as Fergu- ibest known to the Senator from|voters to the polls November z. | Norman R. Lilyroth of Juneau, H 538 Willoughby Avenue “Our Doorstep Is Worn by son dropped the Tucker probe. ' Michigan, he changed his mind| s AL SRR j re-enlisting in the grade of techni- I “rne's Opp. Standard Ofl Co. Satiafied Customers” At about this time, Mrs. Dudley about this scandal which already| MARRIAGE LICENSES oal. sergERTLLTDLTE. At "Fitced R 4 : PHONE 633 C. Hay, popular, efficient ex- had cost the investing public about | : | serve Corps, for assignment to} Republican National Committee- $20,000,000. | Applications for marriage licenses | the Alaskan Air Command. Lily-| Te]ephone_3lg Nighls—Red 730 FORD AGENCY woman from Michigan, and her Ay Jhfléf l;eanm:d by:“ = “;)th |ssemployed in the U. 8. . a (Authorized Dealers) husband were paid $17,850 by the harles E. Swan, fisherman, of Forest Service. 9 REASES — GAS — OIL auto man bemgapmbmfiby Fergu- BANKS SHUN GI. LOANS Juneau, and Dolly Chuck George, | T H“ i M“hine Shal’s 'm' O H « son—namely Preston Tucker. , Unless banks start loosening up of Klawock, Alaska. | GUSTAVUS VISITOR Brownle s llfl“fll S'O'e J-el. “Olfl' c.. Mrs, Hay has been a friend of On home loans to veterans, Con-| Benjamin Jack Benson and May-| Mrs. William Lehman of Gus- PFoot of Main Street 4, Ferguson’s. She was at that time 8Tess may take these loans away helle Bernadotte Wallace, Yaku- tavus is staying at the Baranof Phone 103 139 So. Franklin not only GOP Committeewoman, {¥om private enterprise and put tat. | Hotel. DAL scerétury ot the® Beribiican (e wovsmnmment jnithe direct loan |— B mr e e s 2 P. O. Box 2508 MAKE National Gommittee, and ad long bUsiness. Oldest Bank in Alaska FUNBAY D e been influential in Michigan poli-| This was threatened the other Cl‘OSSWOl’d Puzzle DELICIOUS ICE CREAM tics, day in a blunt, but unofficial, 5 Casler's M ‘s W & dalty habit—ask for 1 by name There was nothing illegal about Wwarning to the financial trade by . 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 er's Men s wear J Dairies, Inc Mrs. Hay and her husband re- Wisconsin's GOP Senator Joe Mc-| 1. miverogiom - ' harness Pormerly SABIN'S uneau es, 1ncC. eiving this money, since they are Carthy, vice chairman of the joint! 4 Navigational 27, Anchors 3 g™ o AP o < eSagl not government officials—though Congressional Housing Committee.| 1. ChissSleces 8. Unadulterated Stetson and Mallery Hals Chrysler Marine Engines * t is highly interesting. | But even as McCarthy took his 3 Qbliteration pring e B. ° e en s Arrow Bhirts and Underwear MACHINE SHOP The first money they received stand, the Federal Reserve System = > perfsction aek) Allen Edmonds Sheer was $7,000 in cash. Tucker's pay- was sending out notices to mem- 16: Callipgns t: }’\‘l“"‘ll:led i Bank Skyway Laggage Mem master, explaining payment, said ber banks to cut down on home ?flz”‘mn' u:xartl % . ] Tucker had come to him late one loans as a deflationary measure. :; ,»;,l..|;zur:ylor fiiif‘?; e, Chas. G. wm‘r CO. ' evening for some cash which he This will virtually put an end to' . . tellurum : Bosrgreen Safety nepasit , said he needed to pay some poli- G. L loans, since banks have been > Chief Norse ., thees e TIMELY CLOTHES ME GROCERY ticians to stop the Senate investi- turning down most veterans any- 20. Ornamental in France f ) vation of the Tucker plant. way in favor of loans with higher PranAh, PE 1 Solytaniaf Asalandays Puzly Boxes f“’ Rent HO G Mrs. Hay made five trips to interest rates. Convened | Aromatic wood %0, Preceded 2. Worn a NUNN-BUSH SHOES Phnne 146 ‘ Washington during May and June, In many cases, this has been a T oL e B DAWN o COMMERCIAL SAVINGS STRTION AT 3 1947, just at the time Senator celiberate squeeze play to force up i Pace 48, Thick 1. Pass from one $ Fnjoyment » Home Liquor Stere—Tel. 009 | Ferguson seemed about to begin the interest rates on G.I. loans Stort fon s 0 SEONRIE R Aol o i A :(,l:',",:l:.‘," Quality Work Clothing American Meat — Phene 38 | public hearings of the Tucker Cor- An increase from 4 to 4': percent . Variety ; w!l;aunn is permitted by law, provided it is European fish mn G i show that she registered there from Treasury and the Veterans Admin- Eollecs BERT HOLLAND Complete Outfitter for Men ZORIC May § to 11, and on May 10 call- istration or Federal Housing Ad- o bikiyrioid id- i A ed Perguson’s secret telephcne ministration — whichever agency 5 A as a paid uR s?bscnber to THE DAILY ALASKA SYSTEM CLEANING number, Ordway 3085. Not many guarantees the loans. This new . Identical EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING people had this private number. provision in the law was inserted A Present this coupon to the box office of the B. W comn Alaska Laundz Mrs. Hay came back to Wash- this year by Congress to encourage Cleansi P ington, May 15-16, and again the banks to make G. I loans. It had CAPITOL THEATRE COMPANY DR. ROBERT SIMPSON | Lotel llecunh shows she called the the opposite effect. Animg ; o"o | capitol several times return- A spot survey right in the na- Drds i ‘< . Dodgo—Plymouth—Chrysler m | ed on May 31, remaining until tion’s capital revealed that 23 out ‘._i;lli‘“.:l;"m!fij," and receive TWO TICKETS fo see: DeSoto—Dedge Trucks Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted ' June 5, and on June 1 called of 25 Washington banks refused of Astolat” " " : SIMPSON BUILDIN | Perguson's number twice, even to consider an application for Is(‘mf‘:glsncer STonx Bl“s m“ Phone 268 for Awotnhn?nh On June 11, Mrs, Hay came back a G. I loan. The situation is . Accustomed Federal Tax—-12¢ per Person SHAFFER'S o P ——— again, remaining until June 13 growing steadily worse. e Y Ymr ASHENBRENNER’S during which time the hotel rec-' Note—One thing Senator Mc- the feet 1 s‘mnn ords show that twice she called Carthy overlooks is that the 80th G“L'»fi’r':,,., | Pnom l‘_mz nuYAL Bl'un cAB co‘ BETTERE ME\TS m m m Ferguson’s private number. Tucker Congress deliberately knocked out P L A and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and nOw was ml W::h[ng!un at the same the provision passed by the Demo- 2 A‘{.IC.,.:"\.,{[{-‘..' RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. 13—PHONES- 49 F u RN I T u RE identical time. {1h, {crats whereby the RPC guarantees 5 uel: collog. Pree Delivery “. Several 'Tucker employecs state G. I bank loans 100 percent. Im- : h?‘.',!;.m.m WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! R Phone 1. 148 Wilicughiy Ave . Mysci that at about this time he told mediately after this guarantee was