The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 17, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dmly Alaska Emplre Fublished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ——— - ! the government payroll and do a little lobbying of 1ts| own against any new move to change capirals from Juneau to Anchorage or Palmer or Fairbanks. Second and Main Streets, June: MELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO WILLTAM R. CARTER , Alaska - President Vice-President Editor and Manager HOME PRODU (,’XX ELMER A FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER . Business Manager Entered 1n the Post omco In_Junvau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT) Oelivered by carrier in Juncau and Douslas for 1,50 per months six months. $8.00; one yegr, §15.00 By mall, postage paid, at the féllowing rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sne month, in advance, $1.50 Snbscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity \he Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery d their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 3. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for vepublication of all newe dispatches credited to it or not other- wise -redited in this papes and also the local news published nerein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Blde.. Seattle, Wash. LOYALTY BEGINS AT HOME Just what do their Juneau constituents think of | the votes of Representatives Almquist and Anderson | in favor of House Bill 115 that would app:ovrmw‘ $600,000 for a Territorial Building at Palmer to aid and abet the Third Division in getting the capital location | in case of statehood? Surely the people who voted for Almequist and Anderson expect, if nothing else, a little sectional loyalty. Other First Division members, Representatives | Barnes, Gundersen, Hope, Jensen, Frank G. Johnson and Nolan fought against the measure. They had the aid of Representatives Franklin, Miscovich and Ry- deen. It is part of the move to establish the capital of the state in the Third Division . .. you krow, “We have | a building there already . ..."” Should that happen, Juneau would be in a sorry pesition. No matter what we think of the expanding Fed- eral and Territorial offices, with no mine, no saw mill, Juneau should hgure the importance to our town of the Washington Merry-Go-Round sl 1o P - ed to have By DREW PEARSON |side Hungary. ‘, Russian Gontirued from Page OL3) records 5 father under the name of of mexey in the United States ahd“led T'Kach, and tnat his mother £ has raised cons: erable amounis s reputed to have smuggled arms Was also born ir and ammunition into the Soviet arcas via Austria and Scandinavian | per He is also reported to nnel terrorized Soviet officials and been | a constant thorn in the side of the Russian Government in these areus U. S. officials have made it cle: however, that Baron X Mas no con- nection whatsoever with the U. S. Covernment. On the contrary, the” have frowned on his activities and fear he may cavuse ser: trouol: between the Unit. 1 States and Ru sia. St. Paul, Minn. Ex-Secretary Chief Gen. privately threat inated to succeed Germany. Other to succeed Clay is former commande: n Italy Managing Editor | areas—despite amounts of money spent on intelli- | re: uU. He is also report- intimate contacts Czechoslovakia, Von Rothkirch himself was born in MERRY-GO-ROUND of Marshall is so pecved at War Plans Al Wedemeyer against him if We . There from the Seattle Daily Times and is printed as is: Confirmation of Dr. Ernest Gruening as Governor |of Alaska again is held up | legislators. Governor Gruening, however, has the sup- port of Democratic members of the Territorial Legis- | lature. ; Opponents of Gruening have urged the nomination wouli seem to be a sensible course. Gruening, no { Alaskan, is an easterner who has served as Territorial governor since New Deal days. If, as seems likely, Alaska soon is to become a State, appointment of one to be a reasonable and desirable preliminary. Truman’s Views Run Against Popular Tide (Seattle Times) Plans being furthered in Washington, D. C., to return a considerable part of the Army’s shipping business to Alaska to privately-owned ships should | be encouraged from this coast. That is a desirable | objective, even if the cost of shipments by commercial carrier is a little higher. The country will never | have a flourishing and successful merchant marine if the government insists on remaining in competition with private shipping companies. ;‘m‘flm’ from President Truman himself. The President ‘! s directed the Army to assume operation of nine | passengers vessels of the C-4 type which have been in the service of private ¢ompanies in the Atlantic. These ships have been used largely to transport | displaceg persons from Europe to the United States. Their transfer to the Army was ordered without much presidential explanation, and the purpose of the move |is not clear. The Army is operating 206 merchant ships, and 21 of these are clearly in competion with private shipping companies. The endeavor to reduce this number as far as the Alaska trade is concerned is commendable. But the outlook does not appear en- couraging as long as the opposite paint of view continues to prevail at the White House. Tires will soon come in your choice of célors, say the manufacturers. No matter what shades they are, |a car and its accessories will always keep the driver |in the red.—(Concrete Herald). Officials in Washington are said to be unalarmed by the sag in employment. It might just possibly make some difference, of course, if they were the ones who were sagging—(St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) Society meeting in Memphis d the American medical lob- by's charge that national ‘health insurance had flopped in Britain. The British health program, said the British medicos, has been work- ing sat.sfactori . Col. Sydney Grubbs, commanding officer of Bolling Field, has inaugurated a ‘goldfish bowl” pr clations pol- icy. Says Grubbs: “If we wake any mistakes we're going tc be men enough to admit it. Secrecy is a iavorite device of bunglers.” (ITY BAND PRACTICE IS AT 7:30 TONIGHT With the concert scheduled for next Tuesday night at the 20th Cen- tury Theatre, there are only three more practices scheduled for the kig event, including the one tonight at 7:30 in the Grade School audi- the large|ce S. Government | in- Austria and | show that von | born in Od- 1 Odessa in 1897. State George he has ened to speak edemeyer is nom- General Clay in likely candidate Gen. Mark Clark, r of the 5th Army is something Under the above caption the following editorial is | in the United States © Senate, this time because of protests from Alaska | ® of an Alaskan to the post, which, from this distance, | o of its own citizens to the governor’s chair would appear | But in contradiction to this effort was a recent | | For that reason, th? partment has c wny passport. His wifc who was reached by telephone 2. Hillman, Minn, under the name of M ver Rothkirch, said that her hus- band Lad left by car and was driv- ing to New York. She said he wen: awav for long periods of time dur- ‘ing which she did not hear iremj him. deaclined to commen: on in Germany excep. 0 say: “I know that the Soviets have feura out about niny In Cleveland, ore of aeutenants, W st-Zeichmenn, said Rothkirch was head Corps ¢f Barbaros<, had pone back and {u many without an - f{ficial passpost. Other quarters repovied that von irch had used merchant sea- papers. mysterious me with the C in Spain during ish revolution, then 1 the U. S Army after Pear! ¥ or, For | a time he also served as Chief Bo- sin's weote in the U. 8. Coast Guard 11 a te nen-paying cavu.'ty. At he usca T'Ki WHERE HE GOT THE MONEY In 1946, he registered under the name of Edward von Rothkirch as a lobbyist for the Central European Research Council, and was active on Capitol Hill @ solationist ressmen of scn Roih- elm Ulle.:- that von of the Frei end that to G waffe the Spau- Cor German descent He was also connected with the Central Euro, ilitation Association, quarters at 201 Division Ave, i Brooklyn, and headed by Father Don Odo, self-proclaimed Duke of Wurttemberg Some indications as to Baron X has been able to his funds may be had from fact that the assets of the Ce European Rehabilitatio S tion in the Riggs National jumped from $5 ta $169,000 than a year in 1946-47. It is be- lieved that some of these funds were drawn on to finance underground activities in Scviet areas in Cen- tral Europe. in 1846 :an Rehab- where | raise the | Baron X is reputed to have the | best intelligence service inside the torium. ihas ordered all very fishy about the delay in con- firming Ernest Gruening as Gov- srnor of Alaska. The salmon lobby was agin’ him . . . At first Secretary of Statz Acheson was inclined to overlook the prosNazi board of Governors selected to govern the Ruhr steel industry until he saw a blistering cartoon in the Wash- ngton Post. Then he cabled Clay to oust the Nazis Hitherto Clay has run Germany as he wished. It will be interesting to see whether Clay or Acheson now wins out. Congratulations to Sam P. Mc- Kenzie and the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta for urging that Atlanta pass laws banning KKK masks in public . . . Bullet- proof glass may be built around the' Senate and House galleries as | the result of the suicide 50 feet from the Senate chamber last week. | Some nervous solons now want pro- | tection from trigger-happy specta- | tors . . . The Agriculture Depart- | ment is warning that all the West from Michigan to California and from Canada to Texas will be hit by grasshoppers this summer. Deep snow protected grasshoppers’ eggs and, as a result, the worst plague in*ten years is expected. In 1938, grasshoppers ate a $20,000,000 hole | in farmer’ pockets. UNDER THE DOME While Southern Senators filibust- ered 28 hrs, 45 mins, other Sen- ators talked for 39 hrs, 55 mins., which, -in effect, helped the fili- buster . Prime Minister Attle members of British Embassy to keep mouths shut about Brit re- covery. Attlee doesn't w anyona lse to brag about how fast Brit- their Ain's time when Congr is debating how much Britain should get un- der the Marshall Plan . The Council of Economic Advisers wiil file a new report on the health of the nation on April 1, Joe Lawrence, one of Democratic Chairman Howard McGrath's 1.des, will resign from the National | Committee within two weeks. It ivm. Lawrencg who accurately pre- | dicted that the Midwest farm vote | would swing the election to Tru- man . . . Dr. B. W. Windeyer of London and other British phy ns attending the American Can- top the | Director Joseph Shofner has ar- ranged a most pleasing program and he wants it put over in the usual artistic way and urges al bandsmen to report for practice to night. ————— TIDE TABLE MARCH 18 High tide, 4:05 a.m, 18.9 ft. Low tide, 10:34 am., -23 ft. High tide, 16:45 p.m,, 15.7 ft. Low tide, 22:39 pm., 13 ft. o 00 e o o0 0 0 Lauson 4-Cycle Air-cooled Out- ° MARCH 17 . Joyce D. Smith John H. Walmer Mrs. John E. Turner Mis. Robert Jernberg Marye Berne Ehler Suzanne Stevenson Kristan Lindquist Mrs. Frank Sedar Charles W. Bland James Stewart ®© . ° ° ° CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA DTS, Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a. m., 120th Meridia Time, and eleased by the Weather Bureau, Juneau. follow: Anchotage Barrow Betha! Cordova Dawsci Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Airport Ketchikan Kodiak Kotzebue . McGrath Nome Northway Petershurg Portland Prince George 17—Partly Cloudy 6-Snow 10—Clear ... 14—Clear . -9—Clear 0—Clear 5—Clear —Missing . 13—Snow 33—Cloudy 36—Rain 26—Partly Cloudy 6—Clear 24—Clear -20-—Partly Cloudy 49—Rain 24—Cloudy | —Showers | 37—Cloudy | Whitehorse -5—Clear Yakutat - e — ENGSTROM IS BACK FROM GOP MEETING Elton E. Engstrom, Chairman of | the Republican Central Committee returned yesterday from ng of Republican State Chairmen held in Chicago last Sun- | day Thirty-three state chairmen | attended the meeting and nlthouxt‘ Hugh Scott,” Chairman of the Rés! publican National Committee Wwj unable to attend because hospital: ized, he made a radio talk wel: coming ‘ the delegation, then Ed~ ward Bacher, Executive Secretal of the National Committee, prflsld- ed. Following the rpenmg the ('l\alr- men went into executive session and each one aired their political views and decided upon future action. The meeting lasted all of last Sunday. Engstrom left Juneau last Friday, reached Chicago Saturday, attended the Sunday session and left that night for Seattle enrcute home. g g T GIRL SCOUT NEWS Mrs. Margery Kafer, National Girl Scout Field Representative, told Girl Scouts of Toop 5 at the Methodist Church Tuesday all about the interesting things we can do to get our second class rank and a badge in folk dancing at the court of awards. She also pre- sented us with our membership cards. Edith Lavold, Reportes. e GOODIE SALE Friday, Mar. 18, 11 a.m., Sears Order Office, by Soroptimist Club. Boards. New models. Madsen's. 41 tf 44 2t Snow runner ACROSS Artificial . Call at bridge . Bushing for a pivot pin * 34, 35. 36. 37. Drugged: slang Swallows greedily . Passport en= dorsement Dry Golt note in one . Kind of rock g€ Rare metallie element . Norse gods . Persia . Baptismal vessel New star . Talebearer . About Molten rock . Red dye . Spanish hero . Public storew house . Cavity . Edible seaweed . Struck . Cultivation . Dance step . Meadow . Take food . Quick to learn- 56. |ntelllxencl . Hindu title DOWN L. Flying mammal ain is coming back, especially at a | economic | Crossword Puzzle TR, [RIE mEI [olo]T]s] Solution of Venardayn Puzzle Full force Male sheep Exists 8. Passed to a successor Heroine of “The Klylng Dutchman’ 2 Congealud 5. water 6. 2. Obtained 4. Samoan seaport 'l . Stikworm . Auto . Chaffy part of ground grain Architectural pler 20. Move to and tro . Mother-of~ pearl . Pungent vege- table Puff up . Bodies of water . Omit in pro- nouneing Dry-eved . Part of an old-fashioned rifle . Flowering plant . Green letter B- Youand I 21—Cloudy | —Missing ; THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1949 20 YEARS AGO 7Ts Empire MARCH 17, 1929 The annual St. Patrick’s Day dance in the Elks’ Auditcrium was a great success, due to the work of this committee: Tom McCartney, Ray Peterman, Jack Laurie, J. H. Ablers, L. J. Jewett and Roy Carrigan. At the City Council meeting, these election judges were appointed : Mrs. J. T. Welch, Mrs. William Franks, Milton Bothwell, Nellie Simpkins, Agnes Manning, Adam Schneider, I. K. Carver and C. M. Jorgensen. A meeting was called of the Textbook Commission to choose texts for use in elementary and high schools. Members were Lester D. Hender- son, Karnes. Commissioner of Education, Chairman; W. K. Keller and A. E. Among those arriving on the steamer Queen, northbound, were Mr. and M James Truitt and James, Jr., after a mdnth’s vacation outside; W. R. Garster, U. S. Deputy Marshal, who had been in Ketchikan, and L. Rapuzzi of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, en route to Skagway. Grace E. McCartney had reovened the American Beauty Pariors. Rep. Frank H. Foster, Cordova, was elected Chairman of the meet- ing at which plans were made for an All-Alaska Chamber of Commerce, | and M. S. Whittier, Juneau, was named Secretary. Alaska were represented. All districts of This committee was named to‘ formulate | plans: W. A. Bates, Ketchikan; Allen Shattuck, Juneau; Rep. J. N. McCain, i Anchorage; Rep. Alfred Lomen, Nome; Sen. Charles Benjamin, Wran- gell and Petersburg, and Attorney Henry Roden, Juneau. Weather: High, 42; low, 39; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English 3 1. corbon —_— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do no tsay, “He didn’t come but once.” Say, “He came but once.” OFTEN MISPRUNOUNCED: Gum arabic. ATE, and accent first ble, not the second. Pronounce second word ar-a-bik, first A as in AT, second A as in ASK unstressed, not as in | | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Petticoat; observe the I, not PETTYCOAT. SYNONYMS: ancestry. } WORD STUDY: \oflen swallow falsities for truth.”—Sir T. Browne. MODERN ETIQUETT | Q. At a church wedding, on which side of the main aisle should pews “Use a word three times and it is yours.” | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Kindred, kinship, relatives, relationship, ancestors,! Let us 33—Cloudy | FALSITY; that which is false; a lie. (Pronounce the A as in ALL). “Men | ROBERTA LEE | be reserved for the bride’s family and the bridegroom’s family? A. The left side for the bride’s family, and the right side for the | bridegroom’s. Q. What is the limit in knives and forks when a table is correctly [ set? A. Two knives (sometimes three), | when being introduced? A. The woman, always. | hesitation should the man offer his hand first. | course of human events . . . ."? Which bird lays the smallest eggs? ANSWERS: Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific. and not more than three mrks. Q. Does the man or the woman make the first offer to shake hands ‘ However, she should show no sign of LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ cornon | ‘What are the names of the time zones in the United States? What is the lowest point on the earth's surface? What famous document begins with the words: “When in the ‘What proportion of adult Americans are college graduates? The Dead Sea, in Palestine; 1290 feet below sea level. ‘The Declaration of Independence. Twenty-three out of every 1,000. The hummingbird, whose egg is about the size of a pea. ELLIS ALR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN i via Petershurg 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 Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends SAVINGS L. L. BATTEN ! CAPITOL THEATRE as a paid-up subscriver o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the and receive TWO TICKETS to see: S0 WELL REMEMBERED" | Federal Tar—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! SEARCH IS MADE FOR RADIO SETS WITH EXPLOSIVES Concealed Eh?rge Report- ed in 1,000 Already Sold in Michigan LANSING, Mich., Mar. 17. —(®— State Police and government inves- tigators launched an investigation today into the public Sale of war surplus radio sets with a concealed explosive charge. They said more than 1,000 of the sets have been sold in Mich- igan. The principal buyers have been amateur radio operators who dis- assemble the sets to obtain parts. State Police Commissioner Don- ald 8. Leonard warned purchasers to leave them strictly alone until we can learn how to make them safe. Each one has enough TNT in it to blow a man’s head off.” The purpose of-the charge, police explained, was to destroy the set to prevent its falling intact into enemy hands during the war. The sets cost the government { about $1,000 each. A Detroit deal- er has been selling them for $4.95 each. They weigh about 40 pounds. None of the bombs is known to have gone off. 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