The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 14, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Gaily Alaska Empire Second and Main Streets, Juhu\:. All—l::“"m: ;X' [anager Mapsging Bditor Business Manager |}, By reductions of air cargo rates, and regular service, se the standard of living 5 season. 6. Just last week, PAA was awarded a direct {Seattle-Hawaii air route, placing Alaska and the Pa- cific Northwest on a one-carrier operation to the n Juneau as Second Class Mstter. IPTION RATES: | esv and Dougias for §1.5¢ per m Sntered In the Post Office SUBSCRI ®elivered by earrier in six m $8.00; ene year, §15.00 By meil, postage paid. at the followini rates: One year, In advance, $15.00; &ix months, in advamce, §7.80; e month, in advance. 91.80. Orient, the South Pacific and around the world. i1) ecnte favor 1if they wili prompily nosify g . Sitoess Offics of any f3 in the delivers | Once again, on Pan American’s sixteenth anni- ‘their 5. M eonones. News Office, 602: Business Office, I74. >————'—‘—,c<nmr-nit’nce and quality of air service for Alaskans The Mm"rf:.."-'. :::fl-fxlv‘z'll;“:nuuoa to the ure for | At hearings to be held in Seattle, October 25, Pan this paper #nd siso the local news publiaded -:u:“mw R i }psxmmsiou to expand its Fairbanks-Seattle service jdown the coast, with stops at Portland, San Francisco wurth Avenue Bidg., Sesttle, "VasiL Xz la co-terminal with Fairbanks, with the privilege of enjoying this direct California service. have pledged their full support of the application. PAA, which has become a vital link in Alaska's aerial \be Business Office of any faflure or irregularity | versary month, it seeks to increase still further the PRESS republication of ali news dispetches credited to it or mot tther- |American will ask the Civil Aeronautics Board for - NATiunAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alsska Newspupers, 3411 and Los Ange'es. It will also ask to make Anchorage Alaska's major cities and chambers of commerce | network, may soon add another milestone in the his- {tory of its service in the Territory. Of Proved Worth (Cincinnati Enauirer) A year's experience with the Taft-Hartley labor relations law has borne out none of the lurid objec- - tions made to it. Wage scales are at a neak, employ- ——— """ |ment is greater than ever hefore in our history, time PAA CELEBRATION losses by workers and industry are below normal and i national productivity has increased sharply These things are irrefutable facts. And they will find no adequate answer from ‘those who, for | political or union organization reasons, claim that the Ploneers of modern flying, Pan American world | Ain this month celebrates an annivers 16 Ut B ity Taft-Harley measure is a ‘“slave labor act.” But sany another important When the Republicans of the 80th Congress (with marked by PAA since it flew those first scheduled | ome Democratic volunteers) elected to reform our flights across cold northern skies hetween Fairbanks |iabor relations laws, they took a recognized political and Nome. |gamble, for the well-entrenched unions had threat- Before PAA entered Alaska in 1932, the one-way ened oblivion to anyone who subscribed to any part fare between Fairbanks and Nome—a dist ance of 500 of the Taft-Hartley proposals. Their courage paid miles—had been as high as $1,00¢. Today, with 25 per | considerable dividends, however, because we think the b | successful enactment of the Taft-Hartley Act prob- cent reductions in winter rates, the fare by Clipper Tty Tat more to 0o with Guivinting, the majorlty! s . of the American people that the Republican party The difference is tremendous, and behind it lies | o capable of being entrusted with the reins of a story of far-sighted company officials who pursued 'government than any other single event in national against almost unassailable odds, the goal of building | politics. As a matter of fact, one of the weakest and | an integrated, efficient air service for Alaskans. It most handicapping planks in the Democratic plat- | was a crusade of modern transportation against climate form is the one which calls for outright repeal of | and Taku winds, against a frozen tundra and moun- |the Taft-Hartley Act. The proof of the pudding has | tains. It meant carving airports out of glacial marsh- been in the eating ‘ lands, building a labyrinth of radio communications 1 (niversary has been : - - | fresh produce, meat, cegs, maghzlnes and Gther items. | PAA has flown as much as half a million pounds of | essential cargo to Alaska in one month, helping to | BAA was first to introduce 25 per cent excur- | sion fare reductions in 1946, which has been extended | ear to include the entire winter and early spring | @ UNEAU, ALASKA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—] 20 YEARS AGO ! OCTOBER 14, 1928 4 from THE EMPIRE OCTOBER 14, made a reconnaissance of roads in the Fairbanks region and later made . Tean ¢ ile 31 or Richardson HighWway. He also surveyed | J. A. Kendler .“ relocation at Mile 31 on the Rich g’ 3 | Harold Swanson the Nome harbor. Mrs. Hans Berg | = Roger Vukovich | Don Meldrum, Thelma Zenger Jao Braun Helen Case Shirley Palmer Mrs. Harry I. Lucas Ernest Parsons Shirley Maloney John Richardson Bill Alexander Mrs. H. V. Colburn in Alaska left on the gasboat Elsinore for Mitchell Bay. A baby boy, weight 8% pounds was born to Mrs. N. Nile of Douglas in St. Ann’s Hospital. Democratic candidate for Territorial Senator, open his campaign in this Norman R. Walker, was due to arrive on the Northwestern to section. A. J. Millison, for several years on the night force, at the Cable Office, was taking a three months’ leave of absence. @0 e00ce0cscs0sssce e oceseecesccscccec SE ALASKA MAYORS| Weather: High, 45; low, 44; partly cloudy. e e e T 'ARETO MEET INSITKA || .. . 1 b ON NOVEMBER 15-17 Daily Lessons in English . 1. GORDON ; WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I have got enough money.” Omit GOT. OFTEN MISPRONUNCED: Demonstrative. Pronounce with accent on SECOND syllable, not on first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fiend; IE, and pronounced FEEND. SYNONYMS: Provoke, irritate, exasperate, offend, vex, anger. include the city clerks as well WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us |the mayors. Also invited this Yearjcrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: are the mayors of several key toWNs | [\fpASSTONED; full of warm feeling; ardent. “His impassioned words in other divisions. 128 e GhnyatitiniHiks; Beso ghled | STONSSATHNE Jlgtenets. three months earlier than last year. | This is in order that the problems of Southeast Alaska can be thor- oughly hashed over in informal bull] sessions and a program be drav up for presentation at the next | Legislature. . 1 - PRISONERS FROM HAINES Sid Thompson, U. §S. Deputy Marshal, returned from Haines yesterday, bringing two prisoners charged with disorderly conduct. U f S. Commissioner Ross L. Hevel sen-| tenced John Fleming and Clarence ; Hatch to serve 90 days in the Fed- The Second Annual Mayors Con- vention of Southeast Alaska willl meet in Sitka November 15, 16 and’ 17. Invitations have been sent to the ten first-class incorporated {towns of the division and this e et e G . MODERN ETIQUETTE g ROBERTA LEE SRR 0L L GRS AR, T e SRR Q. If a couple is dining in a restaurant where there is dancing, who leads the way from the table to the dance floor? A. The girl should go first, her escort following her. Q. Is it all right to send the wedding gift to the bridegroom, if one does not know the bride? A. No; all gifts are sent to the bride, never to the bridegroom. Q. What should one do if walking with a friend and this friend stops to talk with an acquaintance whom one does not know? A. Walk on a few paces and wait for the friend. e e e e e et e i — | and weather service; developing cquipment that would fly in Arctic conditions. By} Octabiep b 1029, PAS h?“ There is plenty of merit to the contention of | askan Airwidys, Inc. and Pacific International Air- the Ameérican ‘Autdmobile Association that the super- | ways, and gradually laid the groundwork for a long- gopay design of present-day cars is causing motorists | range air operation. Throughout the sixteen years in unnecessary large repair bills. | which this service was developing, Pan American Time was, when you pashed a fender, the worst chalked up a steady list of improvements for the yoy were in for was replacement of the fender. Now, ) annals of Alaska transportation when you bash a fender, you run the risk of having | 1. PAA was first to pioneer a scheduled service to replace half the body of the car. i for Alaskans. Many a motorist would like his car designed not 2. PAA was first to link Alaska—in 1940—with only for comfort and performance but also for sim- | continental United States. Iplicity and ease of repair But unless-and until the 3. PAA built the original Juneau airport; con- designers fall in with his ideas. something they show structed 12 radio stations; developed methods of pre- |NO intention of doing, his most practical method of heating engines, de-icing, cabin heating: improved cutting repairs bills is to drive so accidents don't| i 1 ¢ s | happen 1 slfilgqumnm.(Aall utilized by the military and other Which, as a matter of faet, is ho ¢ airlines. either. If fear of a jolt in the pocketbook does any- | 4. PAA was first to introduce commodity rates, |thing to prevent jolts on the highway, the car de- beginning with furs in 1945, and extending this to signers can be credited with an unconscious assist lhe“Wa‘shingIon s One Way to Cut Costs (Buffalo Courier-Express) acquired both Al- Other members of the Un-Ameri- | Gaylord—in spite of his first flop can Activities Committee have was placed in charge of filming M GO’R d clean records when it comes to the recent super-secret vlesl.‘i at eHY' oun kickbacks and nepotism. And Eniwetok for the Atomic Energy — their Chairman is hurting the Commission. He was supposed to By DREW PEARSON cause for which the Committee have finished 24 films by Octo- ber 1; so far, has delivered only five. was established—good Americanism by stcoping to illegal and unethi- ‘Contirued from Page Oue) e |cal practices. | eral Jail and to pay $100 fines. “ NOTICE | 4 { LOOK and LEARN ¥ A. C. GORDON NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN| . THAT THE DOUGLAS INDEPEN-| i DENT SCHOOL BOARD has fixed| 1. What States are also known as (a) The Old Dominion; (b) the rate of tax levy for the sohool’ Empire State; (c) Buckeye State; (d) Keystone State; (e) Lone Star year 1948-1949 on all property as-;gtate? sessed in that portion of the school | e e district lying outside the incor-| 2. Where was the first permanent English settlement in this country? porated city of Douglas, Alaska. 3. How fast does a message travel along the nerves of a human The rate of tax levy has been fix- being? ed at 12%¢ mills on each dollar.of 4. How many gills are there in a liquid pint? assessed value of the property 5. What king in the Bible saw the writing on the wall? | assessed. & ANSWERS: The taxes are now due and willl, 1 (a) Virginia, (b) New York, (c) Ohio, (d) Pennsylvania, (e) be delinquent on or before "h°iTex:xs_ 1st day November, 1948, at 6:00 Skt oclock p. m, PROVIDED, that if § ‘]A‘::::'m"‘fn‘:;ri";‘:c'o;’;’607' ne-half of the assessed taxes shall | A o . ;e been paid on or before thel! 4. Four. - 1st day of November, 1948 before; 5 Belshazzar. |the hour of 6:00 p. m. the res| ] 3 yoee maining. one-half of the assessed| ™= taxes shall not become delinquent; until the 1st day of March 1949! c' J' mmnnmm — c- P- A- at 6:00 p. m., when the same shall become delinquent; BUSINESS COUNSELLOB | PROVIDED FURTHER that if Accounting Systems Taxes the taxes on any real or personal| Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. property are paid in full on or before the 1st day of November, (1948, at 6:00 p. m, a discount of {two (2%) percent shall be allowed jon such taxes. " L] A penalty of twelver (12%) per-‘ plum . |cent per annum shall be added I ea Ing on all sums delinquent until such! ,taxes are paid. | Taxes are payable to the Clerk of the School Board of Douglas at the Government School between il Burners Telephone-319 Nighis-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. the hours of 1:00 p. m. and 4 p.jm. DOUGLAS INDEPENDENT, 1 SCHOOL DISTRICT, | By Mrs. Celia E. Welling! | Board Clerk. | (Date of publicgtion, Oct. 14, 1948) | Lieut. John R. Noyes, Field Engineer for the Alaska Road Commis- ® | gion, returned here after an absence of several months. Lieut. Noyes| engineer in charge of timber surveys for the interescsl planning the establishment of pulp and paper manufacturing plsnts’ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and PFOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. ra. WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. ¢ B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesda: y at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, ; s or «/FORRION wAms (111 Taku Post No. 8550 Meets first and third Thursdays. Post Hall, Beward Street. Visiting Comrades Welcome. VERN METCALFE, Commander; WILLIAM n.‘amwcx. Adjut- ant. DU Widest Selection of LIQUORS { PHONE 399 Exalt::l ;uler. W. H. BIGGS, , “Say It With Flowers” but Frt “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 | The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCNE 7M 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 Plancs—Muxieal Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERAL) for Boys o S W e E Bert's Food Center “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ | | | ! 1 H | | 1 HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Ofl Burner Blacksmith Work il GENERAL REPAIR WORK i Phone 204 929 W. 13th St Public Accountant Aunditor Tax Counsesor Simpson S1dg. Phone 787 i i FOR Wall Paper Ideal Painf Shop Phone 549 Pred W. W Warfield's Drug Store (Pormerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) { NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH | IC CREAM Huichings Ecnomy J“fl;:: Store Market MEATS—GROCERIES B A v A n n : .s’ FREE DELIVERY Phone 689 PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter Mortuary i Pourth and Franklin Sta. The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Reoms ot Reasonable Rates FHONE SINGLE 0 : PHONE 1368 eay | PHONE 556 wmsm'flfm?;t Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —— OILS PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT Patilec si w0 Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS SOLD and SERVICED by IDEAL GLASS CO0. | | 5 g Burford & Co. 538 Willoughby Avenue “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Opp. Standard Oil Co. Batisfied Customess” DON ABEL PHONE 633 FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Junean Motor Co. Foot of Main Street Brownie's Liquor Store . Note—The Air Inspector General claimed the flustered cop, and let| is mow investigating these cases. Note—Mrs. Vinson, wife of the! UP IN SMOKE i Chief Justice, suggested to her| The brdss hats have kept ulbono'“u DO(KS FROM . ington and Lee he might want to ed thousands of dollars taking! s“KA' u“lOADs FOOD take his law degree at Yale A |worthless movies of the Blkln\[ give him a hetter springboard into |explained reason, the job was turn- \night from ,S“k“ to unload mf‘ the legal fraternity. Replied her ed over to inexperienced officers |balance of a general merchandise ie- | CATRO | it {Sealtle (Kentucky) was good enough for |makers. H ' dad, wasn't it?" ' Brig. Gen. Paul Cullen, then a| The Dahl Transfer craft is un- “KICKBACK” PARNELL THOMAS |Force camera crews at Bikini His|and Bert McDowell. Most readers of this column, masterpiece was a glorified, tech-| ™ T 7 % approve of Congressman J. Parnell | Baker Day,” which he sent over | Thomas' system of salary kick-|to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to be | all three boys go. | TAXPAYERS' MONEY GOES S son that after graduating at Wash- | hushed up, but the Air Force wast- | Yale Acivés who intlmated, might|atomic homh. faste ¥ap age, - |\ ne Dorothes dockegithere last son: “Little Old Center College! who fancied —themuelves | brought up last week from PAnTY colonel, had charge of the Air der charter by Marshall Erwin judging by the mail, heartily dis- | nicolor, training film called "Ah]u! backs from clerks and stenograph- | edited. But even after the Hu]]_\-; ACROSS 26. Avarice ers. However, one or two readers | wood experts added their touches,| 1 Go lamely 39 Thin have asked why 1 singled out!the picture was such a flop and 50; -: Eflrfihne“la_l\ln\inl :3 fi!}nmgllvr Chairman Thomas. hostile to the Army and Navy| ° ' call stten- 3. i e The answer is that Thomas was ' that it couldn't be shown. 5 Slon 48. Pronoun not singled out. For many years Instead the top brass ordered‘ 15 P eges L st this column has exposed Kkick- all the extra prints burned, and| '% Change posi- backs and nepotism among Con- only two copies kept for the files.' 13. Supreme gressmen wherever they existed Since Cullen had gone ahead and| :‘; I\'T.‘.E”memure and regardless of political party. ordered 48 prints, this made an. 20 Food fish Pressing no worse treatment outh Amert- Thomas got expensive bonfire—paid for out of Lubricant Urchin Substance dis- tilled from coal than the others. It merely hap- the taxpayers’ pocket. Cost of the| can country Scotch pens that his record seems to be film alone tnat went up in smoke:| *' '"}ule lcgal €1 Mature worse than the others. $86,000 2 me for, car- _DOWN The first Congressman this col- Since the Atomic Energy Com- | cOng At 171 nety gt umn exposed for salary kickbacks mission had called upon all llmi Day's mareh. ¢ puoao . 4 was Rep. Richard Kleburg of Texas, of the tamed King Ranch, largest cattle ranch in the world. Kleburg was a Democrat The armed forces to cooperate in . film- ing the Bikini explosions, the Navy was working on a similar picture at the same time Cullen was mak- | Place where gold s ob- tained by washing Crossword Puzzle Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 5 Result of mui- 10. Smooth oxes o Weigan dos’ | g T or e Kiowistye faatstool ment of deh 1. arpenb L8 e peihru COMMERCIAL SAVINGS el wpecies Outaln 8 Exist 3. Famous war COrrespon- dent Ferfuration people of Texas promptly rose up 6 |7 and removed him from office ing “Able Baker Day.” But Cullen was in such a hurry to finish Giuttonons animal Another Congressman exposed for kickbacks was Rep. Ed Howe the Air Force picture first and Atmosphers Arabian_shryb used lke LUCILLE JOHNSON scoop the Navy that he sent an Air Force technical adviser under the pretense of helping the Navy, though with secret instructions to of Akron, Ohio, Republican, who required his secretary, Miss Mar- garet Nelson, to kick back around as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the tea Minute par- ticle Birthplace of $112 a month out of her $212 sal- ary to pay certain of Rowe's ex- obstruet and delay the picture. The Air Force also made another Henry 1V Mitter vetch CAPITOL THEATRE penses. The voters of Ohio prompt- $50,000 technicolor extravaganza of “hallenging an of wight and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “STORK BITES MAN" ly saw to it that Rowe did not called “Phantom Wings.” go back to Washington smelled to that is also Contrary to some people’s opin- never shown again after the pre-| jon, most Congressmen have clean, view It was produced by Maj honest records when it comes James L. Gaylord whose total pho- kickbacks. Only a small minority tographic background, up to that practice it. The salaries received time, had been a personnel by their clerks and stenographers officer are paid by the U. 8. Government, And here is how the Air Force as rewarded the two officers who wasted so much of the taxpayers’ : Cullen was promoted from to brigadier general, and! not by the Congressmen, and ‘he clerks and stenographers are en- titled to the full amount. 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