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PAGE FOUR iltt‘}lua Empire xcept Sul BELEN TROY DOROTHY WILLIAM R office in SU BACRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrler in Junesu and Douslas six months, S5.00; oné year, Entered in the Post one month, in adv 50. Subscribers will 2 favor if they the Business Office of any failure or irregul of their papers. Tlaphones News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Business Office, S saey 5 the Senator NY ailing, He has no thought of resigning SENATOR Wagner has not answered a roll call since May IN ABSENTIA old and 27, 1947. son has of New York, 71 years though, his announced and Democratic leaders in Washington are Editor Mani _Business Manager | | pleased. If the A’x}l out the last two pr would rather | active man repla for §1.50 per month; $15.00 Senator were to resign, Governor Dewey almost ‘certainly would name a Republican to rs of his term. The Democrats | otect their ce an inactive one. In view of the fact that the voters have an op- will promptly notify larity in the delivery 3. ed to the use for | it or not other- he may likely (St Department | advisedly—have come e husband, | Labor The ave: portunity to remove a Senator only once every six| ])ems. the situation doesn't make sense. \Sen‘\te could devise a fair system of retirement for — | members no longer capable of make more sense than the Democrats' jealous interest | |in keeping Senator Wagner on the roll even though be absent fc Surely the of serving. Anything would the next two years. (Intl‘mz Canard Louls Star-Times) experts’—we quote the word ith some outlandish figures: they spends more money | on clothes every vear than his wife does. This finding comes worse on the breakdown. gets one heavy wocl suit every two D, light two p s the L. yea one | shirts D. suit in Jles wool coat N Shortages in general are not as acute as they were at the end of the tield of school teachers, the shortage remains an \m- It is a familiar fact that the birth rate zoomed upward just before the war and continued fortunate reality. high through the war. The result—one result, better said—is to thrust a greatly increased burden on the schools. tinue for a number of years, reachin elementary and then grammar grades. teachers has not kept pace, and there is no sign that | a solution is on the way. Surveying the problem for the Benjamin Fine reports that entering classes of 175 teachers colleges throughout the country are smaller than last year by about 8 per cent. young perso still is greater. lower grades is lagging badly. unfortunate, becaus in the next few years. Attendance at because so many young people have only after failing to be admitted to leges. They want willing to take it in a teachers coll But they have no intention of becom One partial solution may be to The recruitment to the elementay field, based on experience and ability, | not on the grade taught. teacher shortage to other problems, notably classroom ings. That, however, as such. he Washinglon | Meiry-Go-Round | By DREW PEARSON (Contirued from Page One' ; were trying to settle the dispute. Cochran queried the Dulch re- gerding their activity, but got wav- ed side with the bland reply that the Dutch Army was preparing for “routine maneuvers.” But possibly because of his quiries, Dutch represent Washington were more informed both the Depart- ment and the U Joint Chiefs of Staff that Communists had per- meéated the Indonesian Republic and were planning a revolt in Fel ruary. If this revolt was su Communists wculd use Sumatra as base to British Malaya, Borneo Philippines. Therefore. the Dutch, they plany “police measures” in @ It so ens that the ed Comi vote in Holl at the last electi rer cent, and U. S that the Communist Indonesia is I However, U. S. reaction was mix- ed. The State Department, which hitinerto has coddled the Dutch, began to get alarmed. Certain U, S. military men, on ti other hand, in effect winked. “Police ac- | tion,” they indicated to the Dutch, was an internal prob®™m of no concern to the United States in- itives nk. Th e ssful the Java take v and the concluded d to ta registe ur observers percentag TRUMAN’'S MILITARY PALS Conflict between ] tary and the State Dep: of course, nothing nev -bove illustrates what ha ed to U. S. foreign and again ever since President Truman took office. In Germany, in China, in Argentina and in Spain, the President has let the military influence, sometimes dom- inate, his foreign policy. Immediately after Dutch at- tacked, the State Department, be- ' latedly wide awake, drafted a strong note to the Netherlands. It was just as strong as the Australian statement at the United Nations When the note was sent to the White House, however, the Presi- cent toned it down. Again the militery were s.spected. But even in its revised form, the American protest put the Dutch almost in the same category as the Hitlers and Mussolinis in their wrecking of the League of Nations. happe y time It also brought howls of private | ino( want the assignment becausc anguish from the Dutch. ENOUGH TEACHERS planning to enter elementary teaching And that is doubly that is where the pinch will come teachers colleges some education, is a problem for taxpayers |try feminine tr numerous or as ing war. But in the ‘ o hat w sampler. s what. old.” ! well, underthings. | the start. It will con- g higher into the The output of New Yok Times, [only $111 to $139. 5 And the drop in | EIm0 Roper? teaching in the | is misleading, enrolled in them | liberal arts col- and they are ege if necessary. ing teachers. raise salaries in | too-strict policy ownership.” The that again, and make-up of the space and build- | ! (Concrete Herald DUTCH WAIL Recently Dutch representatives called on U. S. officials again. were up in arms over cur- of Marshall Plan aid to They tailment | Indenesia—even though this slap on the wrist sounds much louder than it hurts. Actually the State Department | has curtailed only $14,000,000 of unspent ECA aid to Indonesia. The | remaining $47,000,000 has already be committeed and will not be cut off—though most of it could be. Furthermore, our huge $500,- 000,000 ECA allotment to Holland stands—even though $350,000,- 0 of this amount is passed on to Indonesia. Nevertheless, irate. Without attempting quote them direct, the gist what they said was this: We don't understand your pol- v. You spend five and a half ions to fight Communism in pe, yet in the Far East you yport Communism. We would be in the Western European if you hadn't asked us to get in. We could have been neu- tral in the last war, and we ould be neutral in the next. We don't want to have our country errun by the Russians was by Hitler. realize that this Western European Pact, is largely for the defense of the United States and that we are essential to it. So if the United States s going to cut off Marshall Plan aid be- cause of Indonesia, we might be- gin warming up to the Russians ,We don't want to, but we may have to. So far President n Dutch were to of the Pact as it it doesn’t look as if the is going to be scared !by Dutch threats. Mr. Truman may make mistakes, but the last thing he does is scare easy. He's more likely to get his backbone up UNITED NATIONS AT STAKE Furthermore, the State Depart- ment convinced that Dutch tac- tics in Indonesia are likely to fo- ment Communism rather than block it. The Indonesian Republic represents the middle-of-the-road s who don't want Commun- more thaa the Dutch. Im- Dutch colonial policies have played into Communist hands In 300 years, for instance, the Dutch have increased the literacy the Dutch East Indies only 7 per cent ng the United Nations med- the Dutch were so high- handed that U. S. mediator Dr. Graham, president of the Univer- sity of North Carolina, got fed up and went home. He was replaced by Coert duBois, who protested to the State Department that he did nati ism of airs of shoes annually. > to finger 2 Would it like to mend the fraying our the other hand, This old thing T'v e had this for three years.” prove, has ever had a dress for less than three years, even if she bought it yesterday.) | dutifully wrote in his notebook: “Dress—three vears | yiicnu Airport No mention of blouses, of aprons, of dickies, of— in the rotundas of the Department of the Interior. There appears to be a lot of speculation as to the [take a poll>—(Bellingham Herald.) | The same soaring birth rate that creates this| . = & TC e I the lower gates Lis glver Lo The way the various pension, bonus and free- | | money measures passed at elections all over the coun- | by Judge Felix Gray and attend- it appears like Dr is preposterous on its face and be- The average husband, suit every three years, five (Would the the fabric in our six-year-old wool eight-year-old topcoat?) The | is supposed to buy only one every four years, four dresses and irs of shoes annually. < obvious that the department has fallen into | Anchorage Undoubtedly the samplers of cloth- | purchases went around and asked housewives | cordova “That's a very pretty dress,” said the | » said the housewife. “Why, (No woman, statistics Then the sampler The whole business is a farce from Undoubtedly the Labor Department fact-finders | s crath are preening themselves on their results. $128 to $198 a vear on clothes, they say. Women spend | | | Petersburg Men spend | The whole thing has been checked | and rechecked, analyzed and reanalyzed. Remember Dr. Remember good old Remember ssley? Huh? Gallup, gentlemen? Repemmn May Help (Seattle Tlmesi Understanding of Alaska’s problems is spreading | lin quarters where Democratic Congressman Peden has discovered that “the whole country of Alaska is being stymied by a it is most needed. Oklahoma’s on turning over land to private gentleman from Oklahoma can say | loud enough to be distinctly heard | President’s new cabinet. Why not | Townsend quit too soon.— | ) | - | | {be had been Consul General in| Batavia and was pro-Dutch. Short- | ly after duBois took over the U. N. assignment, however, his sym- pathies were all with the Indone- sian Republic. | For a long time State Depart- | | ment officials in Washington, wined | and dined by the Dutch, leaned toward the Dutch viewpoint. But now they have suddenly awakened to the fact that the issue is far more important than revolt in the distant South Pacific. For it in- volves the issue of whether a group of nations banded together ' as the United Nations can prevent war. If the authority of the United | Nations is to be flouted at tae| whim of any member, then work might as well stop on the elaborate U. N. home now being constructed in New York. For it will become just as useless as the League's old home in Geneva—another monu- ment to the selfishness and petti- ness of man. Note—France and Belgium help- | ed in the undermining of the U. N. by refusing the vote with majority than have an | |the Alaska Native Service. | Nielson is employed as a marine THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ailly JANUARY 6 | —_— Jack Gucker Ted Samples Edith Goodall June Carlson Harriett Fox R. T. Hopkins Ruth Manley L. M. Mayhew s tvcceeccessce . ececccccee e (GNDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. Weather conditions and temper- itures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a. m, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau, Juneau, follow: -7—Pt. Cloudy v =33—Clear 15—Pt. Cloudy ... =-18—Clear 36—Pt. Cloudy -25—Pt. Cloudy 28—Cloudy 42—Pt. Cloudy 28—Snow Showers 33—Snow 14—Pt. Cloudy -17—Clear _4? Pt. ’B:irum Dawson Edmenton | Fairbanks Haines | Havre ; | Ketchikan | Kodiak Kotzebue | Nome 31—Snow 28—Cloudy 37—Cloudy 42—Cloudy \ 29—Snow | Portland | Prince Seattle Sitka }Whm\huls“ ;Yakumt i . i ‘Mary Lou Browning Weds Axel Neilson Tonight at 8 0'Clock The marriage of Mary Lcu; Browning to Axel Nielson will be performed tonight at 8 o'clock at the home of the bridegroom’s par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Smith. The wedding service will be read ! George 23—Snow ants will be Betty Brown and Leon Alexander. Following the wedding a recep- tion will be held at the Smith home beginning at 8:30. All fricuds‘ of the couple are invited to at- | tend the reception. | The bride-to-be is employed in Mr. engineer for the U. S. Forest Ser- vice. COLLEGE STUDENTSg LEAVE FOR STATES ON WEDNESDAY PAA| Almost in time for the beginning of the spring quarter, 14 collegel students left yesterday via Pan American Airways for Seattle. Most of the students were due back at school on January 3, but the planes have been grounded in Juneau s'nce New Year's Day. Students leaving yesterday were Claire Folta, Bud Hunter, John Noyes Jr, Duane Hogue, Albert | Shaw, Ken Thibodeau, Jim Rude, theEd Shaffer, Don Rude, Don Wil- ted States to stop Dutch hos- ACROSS 2 softly ner ecirse . Exclamation . Bitter herb 3 l-emmnm | Mineral spring Exists . Hunting dog: archaic County bumpkin 9. Willful . Fabricated . Relieve . Particle 46. Domain . Warming ute open= ing Mixture of Vigilant Born Attempt . Norwegian . Sticky stuffs slang liams, Art Lowell, Juanita Diaz, Don Foster, Jr., and Rod Williams. Solution o . Part of a spring DOWN celebration 1. In what way 2. Spenserian character . Small mast . Ventilated . Boy . Article Day of judge ment . Proverb . . Received Unrefined metal . Had on . Sea in the antarctic . Location . Just clear of the ground Produce Lines . Fastened with heavy cord Kind of rock Store clerk Nostril Winter sport Pertaining to grand- parents Neglect Prepared Pitchers . Detest 3 Decny 4 Wik I'IH . Sin . Belonging to that girl Late: comb. form . Masculine name: abbr, hold Cloudy | -28—Clear | 2201 MODERN ETIOUETTE ROBERTA LEE i |should be written from day to day as the gifts are received . | THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1949 i i . 20 YEARS AGO 7s empire e e | JANUARY 6, 1929 Three babies were born at St. Ann’s Hospital this day. Mr. and Mrs. Dick McCormick of Douglas were the parents of an eight and one-half pcund baby boy. A seven and one-half pound baby boy was born to Mrs. Don Skuse and a son also arrived for the Ed Hansens. Mrs. K. W. Chapman, wife of the Superintendent of Schools in Douglas, had been awarded the Sydney Laurence painting by the Nugget Shop. J. A. Ramsey was a passenger for Sitka. Ramsey was head of the U. S. Land Office and was going to Sitka to sell at auction the remainder of the townsite lots there. A large snow slide on Mt. Juneau occurred at 10:30 a. m. The stac- cato report, very much like that of a pistol shot, was head by a number of people. Snow covered the Basin Road. The Butchers and Alaskans were the two winning teams in the Elks Bowling Tourney. On the winning teams were Ficken, Kean, Harris, Van Atta, Radde, Bernard, Bringdale, Henning, Davis, and Harry Sabin. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller at their resi- dence two days previous. The baby weighed seven pounds and one-half ounces. Weather: High, 32; low, 26; snow. 5 Daily Lessons in Enghsh W. L. GORDON — ——— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We shall either go Friday or Saturday.” Say, “We shall go either Friday or Saturday.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cerebrum. Pronounce ser-e-brum, first E as in LET, second E as in ME unstressed, U as in RUM un- stressed, accent first syllable. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Canal, one N and AL. Channel; two N's and and EL. | SYNONYMS: Merry, birthful, jolly, jovial, joyous, gay, glad, frolic- ! some. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Yet us | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Todays word: ADVERSITY; a state of adverse fortune; misfortune. “Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”—Bacon. { -5 Q. What is the maximum time before a bride should write “Thank | you” letters for her wedding gifts? A. These letters MUST be written within a month, and really Q. What is the proper way to remove seeds of grapes from the mouth when eating them at the table? A. Tt is permissible to drop the seeds into the cupped hand and place them on the plate. i Q. Ts it all right for a girl to invite her escort into her home after returning late at night from some party, dance, or the theatre? | A. Accordme to the rules of et!queue she should not do so. | LOOK and LEARN A C. GORDON | | et e e e | 1. Which have the greater life expectancy, men or women? 2. Which is the leading sheep-producing State of the Union? 3. What is a plenipotentiary? 4. What great French actress appeared on the American stage after one of her legs had been amputated? 5 Which is the fleetest of animals? ANSWERS: ‘Women. Montana. A person vested with full authority to transact any buslness.' . Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923). 5. The cheetah, which is capable of a speed of 70 miles an hour | for short distances. ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Oldest Bank in Alaska lssl—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1949 'l‘he B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS RUDY NOTOR 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: “OUT OF THE BLUE" ° Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre 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! BOARD OF DIRECTORS The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the ACCA will be held Friday at 12 o'clock noon at the Baranof Hotel. Final plans will be made for the annual meeting to be held January 21 at which time new members to the board will be elected and a report of the work for the year will be given. Also at the meet- ing the date for the membership drive will be set. It is urged that every member be present. e T WELCOME To the Legislators and. out of own visitors to the Salmon Creek > untry Club. Moose Lndge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE Secretary— | WALTER R. HERMANSEN H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 299 ‘Say 1t With ¥lowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PECNE 76 HAY. GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANTTORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone 247 STEVENS" LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Alaska Husic Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Plancs—Muxical Instruments and Sopplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Weilding, Piombing, Ofl Burne: Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 29 W. 12th 8t Juneau Jaritor Service Home and Commercial Cleaning Earl J. Conkle Phone 806 The Charles W. Carter Cud Beveragu Co. PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHT for MIXERS er BODA POP Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetsen and Mallory Hate Arrew Bhirts and Underwear ADen Edmends SBhees Skyway Luggage TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Cemplete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING COMPANY DOodge—Plymouth—Chrysies SANITARY MEAT ¥OR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES- 49 Pree Delivery 86 3(,4 | MOUNT sUNEAU LODGE Ne. 180 OF ACCA MEET FRIDAY' SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. @ WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. B.P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Doogan Janitor Service Phone 574 J. M. Doogan, Owner Washing Windows, Cleaning and Waxing of Floors, Skoveling of Snow and Commercial Cleaning Bert's Food Center Meat Phones 3y—539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M ———— . et "The Rexall Store” Your Rellable Pharmaciste BUTLER-MAURO DRUG: CO. C. J. EHRENREICH-CPA BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Acrcounting-Systems-Taxes $ 'BGNE 351 Public Aceountant Simipson Sldg. . Phone 751 Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W Wena Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hete) Newly Renovated Reems »t Reassnable Rates PHONE SINGLE 0 PHONE 855 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Remington Typenriter J B. Burhfll & Co. JU NEA DFLICIOU AIRIES CE CREAM bit—ask for it by namse Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE 3HOP Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Heme Liquer Stere—Tel 889 American Meat — Phene B ZORIC Alaska Lauz NEW AND USED FURNITURE Prone 8 143 Willoushiby Ave