The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 22, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ska Empire ng éxcept Sunday by the i COMPANY Juneau, Alaska Second HELEN TROY M President DOROTHY : st Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douklas f six months, $5.00 £1.50 per month: dvance, $7.50 nptly notify the delivery avor if they will v failure or irrecularity 602: Business Office ASSOCIATED PRE ess is exclusively entitied to the use for rews dispatches credited to it or not other- paper and aiso the local news published REPRESENTAT Hide., Seattle, NATIONAL a Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenu Wasl TEACHERS' BELIEF The Illinois Seditious Activities Commission wants a law requiring that all public school teachers sign e nen-Communist affidavits. Make all teachers nounce affiliations with the party, it reasons, and you remove the danger that the schools may be used to spread Communist doctrine. The proposal raises the same questions that have been raised about the non-Communist affidavits re- quired of union leaders under the Taft-Hartley luw:‘ (1) Would it actually keep Communists from worming their way into the schools; (2) Whether it does this | or not, is it right for the schools to demand a state- ment of one's private beliefs or affiliations? To the first question the answer is plainly no. The fanatic Communist has no scruples about hiding motives or beliefs. He can sign an affidavit without the slightest pang and proceed, at the first oppor- tunity, to preach the Moscow line. There is no assurance, then that an affidavit re- quirement would protect the schools. But besides the schools, there is something else to protect That is the principle that an American citizen does not have to parade his beliefs or disbeliefs in public view. On that ground several labor leaders of known opposi- tion ‘to communism have refused to sign the Taft- Hartley affidavits Before the Illinois Legislature puts the commis- sion’s proposals into law, it should consider the im- plications. As Thomas E. Dewey said in his Oregon debate with Harold E. Stassen, “You can’t shoot an jdea with & law.” And you can't expect the best of the teaching profession if it is to be continually sub- jected to unjustified and insulting suspicion. Absolutism (Portland Oregonian) What we would like to have—and before it is too | Jate for enjovment—is an alarm clock that will co- operate with a change of mind Suppose one has set the a fl;e VWashingIon Merry-Go-Rou_nd By DREW PEARSON Conijrued from pPaer One’ larm for 6:30 in the | Franks | mand African colonies Russia. Lovett Ambassador, vigorously (The Yugoslav have been pro- Yugoslav leaders people generally American.) her African bases ,week, Britisn Ampassador Sir Oliver presented from London included in the new alliance against Henri opposed. especially indignant, pointing this proved French fears that Brit- ain is more interested in defending "morning and is awakened at that time. Suppose one lies there and thinks things over and decides it was all a-mistake and-that he ean take five minutes,or ten minutes or even an ‘hour longer. The late Robert Benchley, who gave this matter much constructive attention, pointed out that the person awakened was in a serious moral dilemma. ff he crawled out immediatetly and without adequate rest, he would go to the office in a vile mood and make the day un- bearable for all his associates. Mr. Benchley poised the difficult question of whether it wasn't an actual social duty to snuggle down and take the extra minutes that would make the day happier for everybody? But Mr. Benchley, who in some respects was not practical minded, did not pursue his thought to the bitter end—or, rather, to the practical end difficulty is that with the present alarm clocks there in no way to reset the alarm without turning on the | light and fussing with the knobs and getting onesself wide awake. And nobody can.tell us this is necessary nicians who have contrived pushbuttons for radios, electric ranges and virtually everything else, could easily design them for alarm clocks, so that one could i change his mind by ten minutes or half an hour with no more than a flick of the fingers. There are mil- lions in such an invention if it is simple enough for mass production. It might alter the whole mood of mankind. Aft 1, it is not really President Truman or M. Stalin or Generalissimo Chiang who rule modern humanity, It is the alarm clock. And up to now its absolutism is unabated, Tech- All-Time Low (Washington Post) Of all the shocking exhibitions of headline-hunt. | ing the Un-American Activities Committee and its members have perpetrated, none is more outrageous than the release of secret and unsubstantiated testi- | damning the memory of Laurence Duggan, a | mony man who cannot defend his reputation. In this, Rep- resentative Nixon must share blame with Representa- tive Mundt. On the advice of the committee’s counsel and of “some of the best newspaper people in Amer- ica,” the two took it upen themselves, as quorum of a subcommittee, to release what Isaac Don Levine and Whittaker Chambers said to Adolph Berle nine years ago. Why any newspapermen at all were consulted can only be explained by the fact that headlines appear | in newspapers. On whatever grounds and cn whosever advice the action was taken, it was utterly reprehensible. Other i members of the subcommittee who were not consulted | have criticized the Mundt-Nixon decision as bitterly |as anybody. It was, in the words of Representative | Hebert, “a blunder, a breach of confidence, and a | violation of agreed-upon procedure,” another example of “headline happiness.” Even Representative Ran- | kin, not himself a model of reticence, said he would ‘,have protested the “atrocious” disclosure. “It is in- | congruous,” declared Hebert, “that a committee which | is denouncing leaks in the State Department and other | Government agencies can’'t stop leaks within its own iraks.” It is, in our opinion, a good deal worse than ! incongruous. | As if the smearing of a dead man’s name were | not enough, Mr. Mundt followed up the next day with |a statement that reaches an all-time low in public sadism. Asked when the committee would release the names of others mentioned in the same testimony, | “We will give them out as they jump | Mundt quipped, {out of windows.” No more revoltine—and revealing— a sentence has issued from the mouth of a Congress- | man within our memory. The exhibition puts in new | perspective the Mundt proposal for self-reform. illegal for a woman to go pockets looking for money ays a Judge. It usually also “It borders on the | through her husband’s while he is sleeping, | borders on the futile. “‘American in Europe are being over- charged for goods and services,” respondent. This should make | home. tourists them feel right at ural concert and :aaugural ball. The Senate is looking up these day: Most of the newcomers are basketball-player size. Over six an official de- that Britain's and dominions be the French Bonnet, were Bonnet was out and of New Mexico, Illinois, Melville Broughton of |North Carolina, Guy Gillette of |Towa and Lyndon Johnson of Tex- |as Attorney General Tom Clark is showing new members of Paul Douglas and colonies than The real | reports a news cor- | feet tall are Senators Estes Kefauv- ' er of Tennessee, Clinton Anderson | of Boycetting the Latin dictators— Suddenly and secretly the State Department has cancelled a U. S. Air Force flight to Peru. Reason: Peru is now under military dicta- torship. The Air Force, however, its ears attuned to motors rather than political niceties and with one of its big ex-airmen, Gen. Harold George, now running the Peruvian lines, was all set to send a good- will flight to Peru. Whereupon, acting secretary Lovett stepped in, threatened to take the matter to the White House unless the idea was dropped. It was dropped Meanwhile, President Truman himself has cautioned the State Department about recognizing the new military dictatorship in Vene- zuela, President Gallegos, the man the Venezuelan Army exiled, trav- eled with Truman to Bolivar, Mis- souri, and this is something Mr. Truman definitely understands " Hocver runs true to form—Her- bert Hoover is handing out infor- mation about the same way as when President of the United States. The other day Secretary of Agri- culture Charlie Brannon wrote the ex-President asking lor a copy of the Hoover comm prelim- inary report on reorganizing the Agriculture Department Since Brannan would to put the report into urally he wanted tc ing it Hoover replied that he was sorry the information was secret What Hoover didn't know is that Agriculture Dean H. P. Rusk of the University of Illinois, who head- ed the subcommittee studying the Agriculture Department, had ready sent copies of the report to the heads of every agriculture col- lege in the country. In other words about every agriculture expert had the report except the man who would have to make it work British monkey wrench — The PBritish have thrown monkey wrench into the North Atlantic pact. At a secret meeting with Undersecretary of State Lovett last on's called nat- study- be flect begin al- the defense of the European con- tinent. Reds run Chinese Army— American Embassy in China The has notified the State Department the | Chinese Communist Army is being commanded by several hundred of Russia’s top army officers—includ- ing at least ten generals The Russians are reported in constant touch with their Siber- ian headquarters and with Moscow Russian radio technicians accom- pany them for this purpose No. 1 Russian leader is reported to be a Soviet general called Tas- enko who helped direct the Red Army advance against the Japa- nese in the closing days of the war Last week he engineered the down- tall of Tientsin. Navy loses old friend— House Armed Services Chairman Carl Vin- son with more say-so on military matters than any Congressman, will fight for a full 70-group air force —even if it has to be paid for out of Army and Navy budgets. Vinson’s idea is to spend more for the Air Force and less for the Army and Navy. He is especially gunning for naval aviation, plans to put all. except sea-duty planes in cne air force Interesting fact is that Vinson used to ke the Navy's chief spokes- man on Capitol Hill-until he cided that the Air Force was the nation’s first line of defense MERRY-GO-ROUND W. Averell Harriman, the roving Marshall Plan Ambassador, decid- ed at the last minute to attend the President’s inaugural. He cabled irom Paris, asking two tickets to everything. But the inaugural com- mittee was already sold out Reason for the bulging crowds at inaugural event: The inaugural committee gave out invitations ex- pecting 50 per cent to be turned down. Instead, everyone but a slim per cent accepted Under the fire laws, 5300 person Washington's barn-like Na- tional Guard Armory is permitted hold. Closer to 8,000 people, however, jammed it for the inau 2 all to !Congress the ropes at the Justice Department. He invites them in, in groups, to meet his assistants and learn how the department op- erates . . . The powerful Interna- tional Association of Machinists, which has shuttled in and out of the American Federation of Labor like John L. Lewis’ mine union, soon will be back in the fold. In- side word is that the machinists will vote decisively to realign with the AFL in a membership referen- dum next month. Gears can he made of wood, cot- ton fabrics, plastics and glass. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | = JANUARY 22 | Mrs. Mamie Sutton R. A. Wald Howard Dilg Edward Ward Harriet Lyman JANUARY 23 Oscar G. Olson Thelma McCorkle George Gilhgan F. J. Waite . o | o ‘ Lo e lo e @ @ v » ¢ o & o o o | e et CONDITIONS | | 1 OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, !also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a. m., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather RBureau, 20 veARs AG0 | i of Jto investigate e0ece00s0sc000000 0 | scoring a from JANUARY 22, 1929 The MacSpadden in Juneau on December 22 the many friends of this popular young couple. of the commercial department of the high school and had here for two years. Mr For the first time in two year: fox-tr was to give its second annual dance in the Elks Hall aturday THE EMPIRE’ ncement of the marriage of Miss Janice Low to Mr. M. L. me as a complete surprise to Miss Lowe was in charge been teaching MacSpadden had been a resident of Juneau | for the past five years and was a contractor at the Alaska Juneau Mine. dancers were to enjoy waltzing and ting to the music of a brass band when the Juneau City Band the following Under discussion at the Lions Club meeting was the establishment playgronds in Juneau. possible sites. R, children’s construction of marine wdy facilities here. The E. Robertson was appointed The Lions also resolved to support the Douglas Fire Boys lost a hotly-contested basketball game the previous evening to the Juneau All-City team by a score of 24 to 23. It was a Douglas game until the very last minute of play when Juneau, by field goal, tied at 23 all. All-City Juneau’s total 24 points The referee then awarded the team a free throw, which “Doc” Hollmann converted, making —_—n Daily Lessons in English 3¢ 1. corpox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not v, “Did you stories?” Say, “HAVE you ever read his stories?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Protein. tuneau, follovr: 4—Cloudy | 06— cudy 30—<Srow 3—Clear 31—Clear 18—Clear 8—Clear 16—Clear 15—Snow 8—Clear 27—Clear 30—Snow 13—Snow 6—Snow 22—Clear 28—Clear 10—Clear 22—Cloudy T—Clear 29—Cloudy 23—Clear 16—Clear 1—Clear BROT IR G e o v o © e c e e Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonfon b Haines Havre Juneau Airport Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Pertland Prince George Seattle Sitka Whitehorse Yakutat TIDE TABLL JANUARY 23 Low tide, 2:20 am. High tide, 8:51 am.,, 155 ft. Low tide, 15:50 p.m., 14 ft. High tide, 22:22 p.m., 119 ft. JANUARY 24 Low tide, 3:44 am. 56 High tide, 9:59 a. m,, 15.4 Low tide, 17:00 p.m., 0.6 High tide, 23.38 p.m., 12.6 48 ft SCHOOL ROOMS AT ANCHORAGE | ARE CONDEMNED ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan. 22.— (M—Five basement rooms in the Central Grade School were con- demned by the City Council yes- terday and some 175 pupils in the first three grades. were sent home. | The Council held in the event' of a fire in the boiler or fan,rooms, the rooms would fill with smoke before the children could be taken | out. | Two corrective measures were suggested: assignment of a full-| time watchman to patrol the dang- er area during school hours, or remodel the building to eliminate | the hazard. Superintendent of Schools C. C. | caldwell said he was unable to e timate when classes could be re- | sumed. { i ACROSS PR receptacles toed sloth Particle Young woman ited one for duty tfully (Init Bounder Mature o v i Partly fer- medted srape ilce ri»o z om-m Cle Solution ot Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN ht: prefix Performs @15 70 | Spoker Showers rain xed nd snow rned nose vical bird of Moslem cholars hers for 1 fish coins crane Put wita OFTEN MISSPELLED: Pavilion; only one L. SYNONYMS: Nermal, natural, regular, usual, typical. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. HIATUS; an opening, gap. in ATE, accent second syllable). MODERN ETIQUETT Pronounce pro- |NO, E as in ME unstressed, I as in IN, accent first syllable. common, ever read his te-in, O as in ordinary, Let us Today's word: (Pronounce hi-a-tus, I as in HIGH, A as “There came a hiatus in their talk. by ROBERTA LEE Q. When giving a diinner, should there always be a plate in front | of the guest? A. Yes. For example, after the soup course the place plate and | soup plate are removed and the fish or roast plate should be immediately | substituted for the place plate _ Q. Are wedding announcements sent to those who have been invited to the wedding? A. No; announcements are sent only to those who are not invited ~ to the wedding. Q. When invited to play cards in someone’s home, and no hour is fied, when should one arrive? A. As near 8:30 as possible. spes LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ corboxn Is helium e lightest gas known? What, in legislative parlance, is a filibuster? 3. What is the name applied to words that pronounced differently? L - 5. On what river is Quebec situated? ANSWERS: 1. No; hydrogen is the lightest gas. 2 are spelled alike, but What European monarch reigned for the longest time? A member of a deliberative body who obstructs legislative action by use of dilatory tactics, such as speaking merely to consume time. 3. Heteronyms. 14, Louis XIV, of France, who ruled for 72 years. St. Lawrence River. SALES and SERVICE PHONE 659 CHRISTENSEN BROS. 909-12th St. Dr. E. Lannon Kelly Osteopath Phone Blue 228 for Appointment Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit ' Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS HOMER NORDLING 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: “0UT OF THE PAST" 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 cur compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! —_—— — SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1949 i i S — Lorraine Rich- ardson holds basket of grapes she helped pick during wine week celebration in_California, | Flexible Flier Sleds at Madsew’s. | )pen noon until €. 9 4 H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys GEGRGE BROS. Nidest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 290 *Say Wt With ¥lowers”™ but SAY IT WITH OURS!" Tuneau Florists PHONE 31 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCNE ™™ HAY GRAIN, COAL and STORAGF Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANTTORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone 247 STEVY LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Hanos-—Musical Instruments and Sopplies Phone 206 Second and Seward Juneau Jaritor Service Home and Commercial Cleaning Earl J. Conkle Phone §06 ke Charles W. Carter Mortuary #ourth and Frangiin St PHONE 138 Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS er BODA POP Casler’'s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'E Stetsen and Mallory Hate Arrew Shirts snd Underwear Alien Edmonds Sheer Skyway Lugrage o . TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSP SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES- -49 Pree Delivery MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month Q in Scottish Rite Temple begining at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, fl Worshipful Master: JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. } Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN Bert’s Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M "The Rexall Smre"- Vour Reliable Pharmaciste BUTLER-MAUR(Q DRUG CO. C. J. EHRENREICH-CPA BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Accounting-Systems-Taxzes PHONE 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counses- Simpson 53ldg. Phone 0% FOR Wall Paper | Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Pred W Wena! Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hetel Newly Renovated Reoms st Reasenable Rates PHONE BINGLE © PHONE 556 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remil wril SOLD. snd SERVECED v J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customery” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — 0L Junean Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCER To Banish “Blue Monday’; To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry DR. 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