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

MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1948 SEATTLE GE FOUR es, suits, hats and shoes as prizes. Coming at the time of the Ttalian elections, this also contributed to the Communist defeat | On the domestic side, Pearson publicized a new sodium fluorine method of painting children’s teeth to prevent decay, now adopted nation-wide by den- tists. He exposed various housing frauds against veterang with resulting indictments in Dallas, Lgs Angeles, Baltimore and other cities. He campaigned for better education facilities for children and higher pay for teachers; and suggested that service clubs in lthe North discuss North-South problems with the 15 BOLY South. This resulted in a round-table conference of delivery | Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions and other groups in Mont- gomery, Ala., on North-South problems These and other activities resulted in Pea being named “F of the Year.” General Eisen- hower presented the award Pearson did many exposes in this traditional role of Washington watchdog. Still in the headlines today is the State ment spy case Wi ton Mer; MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. W SECOND and FOURTH Mor.day of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. N WILLIS R BooTH, %5 Worshipful Master: JAM] w LETVERS. Secretary e €) B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesda y at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS Secretary. E Paily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY ) v - - DORCTHY TRO - - \ WILLIAM R. CARTER - Editor ELMER A. FRIEND M ZENGER from THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE--JUNEAU, ALASKA THE EMPIRE 120 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 13, 1928 Curtis Shattuck, who had been a member of The Empire reportorial staff, had been City Editor of the Seattle for a day when the University of Washington students’ newspaper class had charge of the newspaper. Por COMIORT and SERVICE Get the NEW WASHINGTON Habit! vewey W. Metzdorf Vice-Pres. and Managing Director ALASKA NS FEEL AT BHOM at Sta DECEMBER Leephonse W. Smith Mrs. Robert Light, Mrs. Hugh J. Wade Evelyn Spain A. Eide Ana Osterman ord McDonald Stevenson in the Post Office in Juneau as Sec SUBSCRIPTION RATES: and Douglas for §1.50 per month; ¢ vear, $15.00 following rates six months, in advance Delivered by carrier in Junes The Douglas Camp of the Alaska Native Brotherhood elected Henry | Stevens as President | (RS A W. S. Pullen, Manager of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, left for Portland to join his family for the Christmas holidays. vor if they P re or irregularity News Office, 602 Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF son's The Associated Press is exclu repubi.cation of all 5 d wise credited in tbis peper ASSOCIATED PRESS ely entitled credited to local news Elsie and also the | eeecvcosesdeece The Unalga left for Kodiak to aid the steamer Starr which was in The Starr struck a rock and bent a propellor shaft during a It wa rted that the ship was heavily iced. Follow the Cabs to ROSS’ OASIS in Douglas for a Good Time distress. L REPRESENTATIVES — Al 1411 Blde.. Be Wash aska Newspaper: | heavy gale s re Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE Secretary— WAL1TER R. HERMANSEN Depart- hews of which appeared in the < -Go-Round. Most readers have for- gotten that as early as Feb. 13, 1948, Pearson first revealed that a Soviet code clerk had informed Can- adian authorities of a vast spy ring involving Canadian and American officials Lynn Adsit, Juneau broker, was leaving on the Queen for Seattle. ———er————— Anyone with nursing experience was requested to aid at St. Ann’s Hospital during the influenza epidemic. Many of the Sisters and nurses were under care for influenza. e iz i Mrs. N. Vestal and her son LeRoy Jr. left for Seattle on the Alameda. They were to visit Mr. and Mrs Ray G. Day, who were residing in (Washington Post) | The Kitty Hawk has come hcme to roost. The Miami, Florida . much traveled and somewhat maligned flying machine |of the Wright brothers, which in 1903 was the first | heaveir-than-air apparatus to succeed in leaving th ground with a man aboard, arrived in New York the other day on the Mauretania after a sojourn in Eng- land of 20 years shir Beri's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A M. 3:15 — 4:00 P. M. e . "The Rexall Store” Vour Reliable Pharmactst BUTLER-MAURC DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist "The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is s Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Welcome Home H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys Mrs. James Carlson left on the Victoria for Seattle where she was | to join her husband and tour the Northwest Weather conditions and temiper- | atures at various Alaska points, on the Pacific Coast, for 2 hour period, ending at 4:30 a. m.| The “Be Jolly Club” was to give the first dance of the winter ) 120th Meridian Time, and releasc ! season in the Elks' Hall on Christmas Eve and the Moonlight Serenaders by the Weather Bureau,” Juneau,|were to furnish the music. fullow | GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONFE 200 MERRY-GO-ROUND BIRTHDAY The Washington Merry-Go-Round todsy begins| The early history of heavier-than-air flying scems its 17th year of whirling in the Nation’s Capital and [still to be oven to some dispute. This is doubtl in the newspapers of the USA. Born Dec. 13, 1832, |Why the Kiity Haw fo England atter hgviy in the ebb days of the Hoover Administration, the :;::nfix’(:{u::ril-“zlm in the Smithsonian Institution as column started with only six newspapers. It is nuw‘] 2 Unlu{ hl.;‘d(‘mh Tast yon e iRkt G of published in about 650, including newspapers in Brazil, | (ne inventors of the machine, willed that it be brought Cuba. Spain, India, Ttaly, Ecuador, Venezuela, Mexico |pack to the United States. It will go to the Smith- and The Philippines sonian Institution in Washington, there to be sus- The six papers which started off with the Merry- | Pended from the ceiling like any oth or extinct Go-Reiing back in December 1032 are still witti {t)with | bird- That's where 1t Bhould have bean all these yeats the cxception of one, now defunct. They are: {Instead of iniXngland: The Huntington (Wa. Va. Advertiser, Portland | (Me.) Express, Evanston (1ll.) News-Index (no longer Buffalo (N. Y. Courier-Express, Des | Register, and the Scranton (Pa.) Re-i the Tribune) The New York Daily immediately, -1—Cloudy | -6—Cloudy 24—Snowing 3 5 * \ o s Daily Lessonsin English . -, cozpon . =22—Cloudy | ' B-Diear e ettt et e i it a5 . 7—Clear!| = WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. 19—Pt. Cloudy | her mother.” “FOR her mother preferred. 30—Cloudy OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Salute. Pronounce the U as in UNIT, 6—Pt. Cloudy not as in RUMOR. n-alfg:;:“':‘ i OFTEN MISSPELLED: Awful; Awiully; two L's. -25:-Pl. C]au(;;" SYNONYMS: Produce (verb), furnish, supply, bear, breed, cause, | 5—Cleqy | Create, originate, manufacture, bring forth. 39—Rain | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Snowing | Increase our vocabulary mastering one word each day. Today's word: PHCNE 84 38— Cloudy | INOPPORTUNE; inconvenient; not timely. “No visit could have been HAY GRAIN, COAY 15—Clear | more inopportune.” and STORAGT Weather High, 31; low, 30; cloudy. Barrow B e —— Eethel Cordova Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Juneau Airport Ketchikan Lodiak Say It With Flowers” bu SAY IT WITH OURS " juneau Florisis FHONE 31§ The baby was named after | McGrath — Nome one I 'l'l;e l-{r;in Feed C& Meice in Case Lot Crocers Ay e Fetersburg (Ketchikan News) n”‘“ ‘)‘Z L4 vs and, we believe, most other Alaska & . & I Prince George d for the new postal zone system benefit. Exceptions are the news- k;“‘ Whitehorse Yakutat Papers Get Worst of Deal published), Moines (Ia.) publican Mirror was added The Daily Ne newspapers, plt | It is of genera papers. They are now on the same basis as newspapers in the States and must pay pound rates for all zones outside of their home zone, besides much extra work in wrapping bundles separately for different zones. Before the whole of Alaska one zone, and red as one county. Under that arrangement a citizen had to pay as much for sending a package through the mail to Ward Cove, a distance of six miles, as he would pay to send it to Nome. Under the new zoning plan they pay according to distance or mileage In the States newspapers are hauled free in the countv in which thi are published, so natur we have no kick coming by having the same practice extended to Alaska. The general benefit is the thing to be considered above the benefits taken away from the newspapers by the same system. (now ‘udiior Tax Counpeios almost i Jimpson Zide hione T the influence and " MODERN ETIQUETTE Hhumra vop | o mremmner wox 5 b oA 'OR Ml o il of ol AGY| Al raoRT AT s Wall Paper d from Chambers’ punkin.” : FRED FOLETTE wspapers over the natien car- d the picture. Phone 247 Those who see Rankin daily will tell you that, overnight, lines dis- Time Magazine, recognizing L anniversary of the famous column, this week features Drew Pearson on its cover and made him the per- sonage of the week Incidentally, December Pearosn’s birthday. He about the number thirteen, and just to show what he he uses “1313" as his office while his District of Columbia F Q. When a girl is “sitting out” a ! for another man to ask her to dance? A. No, he should not do this, but should wait until between dances . if he really wishes to dance with that particular girl. - e b4 ed from his face, satistaction Q. Ts it all right to use sealing wax on an envelope? STE NS ance, his ok 5 S| A. Yes, if desired. Probably the only reason it is not used more became €%t s that it takes time to apply it tRoperly. | LADIES'—MISSES ls.year.| . @ Should the children be served first or at the same time as the | READY-TO-WEAR | his first | 2dults, when at the table? seward Street Near Third A. The children should al st the spectacular blicity needed to assure contin- | nce of th: House Un-American | T vities Committee during the Borealis of the North? s Con‘nrr.s.\ ‘ i 2. What is the technical name for soft coal? ’ ‘m"»klb\et ;»t::[)iim,:.‘Gn‘]ull'»lil(i “;\‘0:“;2\ 3. What religious denomination was founded by a woman? again be puppet chairman, dancing | 4 what large city , : i 5 ndt gy ng' to’ the ‘strngs “"“"d'x_o(,p-a hat large city has a downtown business section known as The | Rankin. L For most people it takes a lot ot“_ 5. ”Wno said, “A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a ed by the indictment of Parnell ar, cinnamon and other spices smoke”? JENERAL REPAIR WORK make pumpkin palatable, but a ANSWERS: “hane 204 929 W. 12th Rt Aurora Australis. Thom: Chairman of the Un- rte . American Activities Committee roll or two of microfilm made a| Note—apparently the Admirals umprin a lifesaver for - i : h: H\(’l]rl g x‘rnm a confiden- mprin a lifesaver for John Ran- | Bituminous. HOME AND INDUSTRIAL $ 4 Christian Science, founded by Mary Baker Eddy. Chicago. i INSULATIUN Rudyard Kipling, in “The Betrothed.’ ROCK WOOL—ALUMINUM - WEATHER STRIPPT tial directive issued by Secretary of e ¥ Warde A. .iohnson—Phone 344 Defer For 1, in which he| The Charles W. Carter aid: “It is to the mutual interest | ”:‘"l:‘ C:::zg:_:"i:‘p‘ml:m:‘fl;fln of of all of us to minimize public evi-| VDS B dence of friction ameng the ser.|Fankin. But the indictment of Fuarth and Franklin Ste. PHONE 136 13 ys that also happens to be he is not worried ice with a man, is it all right 1d eal Paint Shop w thinks of superstition, number on 26th Street, wito license is “K-13." The Merry-Go-Round year just closed marks one It saw Drew the 548 Fred Weno funeau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 f the most important in its history Pearson working constructively for nation and serving as a watchdog against graft and inefficiency First came the Friendship Train, described by diplomats that of hing became soldier m in ays be served last. What is the name of the soutr LEARN % ¢. corDON 15 having dcne more perhaps to help American good will in Europe than any other postwar ent Pearson A of that microflim in‘ d done the trick! It | Alaska Music Supply Artrur M Manager sn0s-—-Musical Instruments and Svpplies Phoie 206 Second and Sewaro HIiINKE GENERAI REPAIR SHOP siéing, Plambing, Ofl Bwrne: Biacksmith Work ure can—and often does—turn out a fool man in crude form, but it takes a woman to put the finish- ing touches on him. Simultaneously organized a short-wa radio contest to the Italian people on “How to Make Democracy Live,” and offered farm machinery, watch- The Alaskan Raiel Newly Renovated Reoms st Heasorable Bates e - e e R el MBS 1ern lights, similar to the Aurora ed w kin was certainly a tonic tor the sagging spirits of John Rankin, fire-eatin’ Congressman from Tu- pelo, Mis: Genuinely weary from a strenuou campaign, Rankin was also depress- as entirely misleading and con- quently worse than none . 7y “I would like you to think of what it takes to build a bomber Twenty ships would be re- Merry-Go-Round W PE ed for concrete alone to build By DREW PEARSON ! single strip from which B-36's (an Air Foi plane) could oper- fI; Wéshinglon : : FPHONE SINGLE © PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILE Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Contirued from Pape One’ sance in advance. For exampl j¢ supposed to ask himself: “Aud- tence-——Will members of other ser- vices be present? Place—Is it known to be either pro- or anti- Navy? . . . Purpose How can your rance before this group best the Navy? This Committee may now be headed by lanky Jobm Wood of Georgia, and Wood, during his pre- xin, > > - TAK SCHCOL NEAR | EKD AT ARCHORAGE Wedfey McDonald, deputy cullrc-‘ wor, lcoks lonesome these days, at his post in the Internal Revenue Of- | fice. Other members of the Juneau staff, preparing for the early 1949 rush, are attending “tax school” in Anchorage. i George W. Osage, deputy collector | in charge: Robert L. Pinkard, dep-! uty collector, and Mrs, Ellen Strand | Graham, secretary, are expected to complete their studies Friday. | McDonald recently returned from leave Outside. Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” 4 a ut the Committe vices” 1In other words, he seem-|Thomas had D b 4 in s ad odor that its pros- d not so concerned about stop- in such b 2 Pro 4 Pl " | pects of survival in the 8lst Con- ping all bickering, but in not let-| oro. Thie o | gress slid close to z ting it leak to the public | hgide deaecta e pADLS | have left to Rankin on the more | prosaic task of heading the Veter- | ans Committee. And no headlines | come irom working for veterans. So Rankin was in the depths of despair. Then suddenly Committee inves tig Bob Stripling pulled the top from a “punkin” Headlines ind radio screamed the story! Ran- kin leaped into the line of news- men's cameras and was snapped ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 A high-sounding policy laid icwn by the Navy for preparing public speeches. This covers three points: *(1) Naval personnel (shall) refrain from any reference to Rus- sia by name as potential enemy threat to this country L We should continue to nave confidence in the United Na- tions as an instrument to assure world peace, and there should be no expression of doubt in this re- spect (3) No member of the naval service (shall) utter any comment reflecting adversely upon, or belittling the role of, any other | branch of the service, and, in al, discussion of matters h might be controversial be- is TONGUE-TIED WAYNE COY President Truman understood perfectly the other day when 10- year-old Wayne Coy, Jr., became tongue-tied. Wayne, Jr., and his 17-year-old brother Stephen ac- companied their father, who is the Chairman of the Federal Communi- caticns Commission, when he went | to the White House. Wayne, Jr., had assured his fath- er beiore they reached the White that he would add the ident’s autograph to his col- lection. ‘T'm just going to ask him for FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Junean Motor Co. Foot of Main Strees Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 |- Casler's Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S ACROSS tween the services (shall) be avoid- ed in public.” Yet the suggested speech mater- ial, taken from actual Navy speech- €s, violates in almost sen- tence the Navy's own policy. On page after page, the guidebook makes a mockery of unification. It er naval aviation — gh the Navy’s role in the air nas been fixed twice by the joint Chief of Staff It snipes at the Air Force while professing broth- erly love. NAVY OUTBUILDS ARMY Despite tfis the Na is now buying more airplanes than the Air Force, and, by 1951, the Navy Air Force will bé flying 14,000 planes, while the Air Force will be operat- irg only 10,600. Most constant line in speakers’ guide is an belittling the Air Force. gested speech material full of such the Navy undertone The sug- for Navy is comments “In the battle of Surigao and the actions occurring time of our landings on Leyte, Japanese naval commenders de- pended upon Army-directed air for their information regardi our shipping and fleet dispositions Since V-J Day, they have testified that the intormation they receiv- the 1 it,” announced the 10-year-old. But | when he stood before the President of the United States, he could| hardly say “How do you do, Mr, President,” as he had so carefully planned. Time is precious inside the White | House, and as his father started to {leave, Wayne, Jr., still hadn’t been | able to k up about the covet- | ed autograph. So Wayne, Sr., be- i came his ambassador. " he said, “Wayne id he was going to ask you ph and I know he ¢'s just too scared to his mouth right now.” I knew how he feels,” remark- the President, as he sat dowa write out his autograph. “You w, Wayne, the first time I visited here to see the President, I wasn't able to say anything eith- er. Of course, it was for a differ- ent reason. I got in here and did get to talk, because President all the time 11" open ed to not the him: a chance talked e — Truman's House visit was as Senator from Missouri in 1935, and the man he didn’t get a chance to talk to was Franklin Roosevelt. first White PUMPKIN RESTORES RANKIN The “discovery” of top-secret | microfilms in a hollowed-out pump- 27. Unite 81. Grew to be Peeling . Crawl ternity . Instrumental duet 37. Put back . Worn off 43. Muse of certain Party Fuss . Feeling of warmth l)’lecnml nurse S0. American birg 15, Metal thread . Samuel’s mentor Uniform nal request n unken fence . English letter st 5 55, Long fish ZmrEgw - ZEX m - - P E Z[o[x[m[x[0]w0] o[R[D] Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN roverbs Send out 3. Turtle shell In that 5. Any monkey 6. Make public African antelope 2. ° . More verdant . Volcanic matter . Metal-bearing rocks . Poverty self Charged with Bas . Genus of the bluegrass . Older people The B. 1. Behrends Bank Safety Depeosit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS ALFRED ZENGER, JR. 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 CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: i "T-MEN" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB (0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! ftetson and Majlory Hate Arrew Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shees TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. 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