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PAGE FO Dailvy Alaska Empi Fublsh every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau. Alaska TROY MONSEN - - . - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - That will get Prestdent | it, on which the - Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor | summoned to Washington for consultation with the | Secretary of the Interior on March 29. RV | | 30—that fateful March 30, the Anchorage News calls and Insular Affairs is to decide what to do about Governor Gruening's | him back to Washington by March Senate’'s Committee on Territorial | reappointment. | ALFRED ZENGER - - = - Business n b Sitiee 101 S O In 1939 when Governor Gruening took office, he @ Enter the Post Office In Juneau as Secon X 4 ok Entered I the POs BSCRIPTION RATES: was welcomed, by Alaskans who knew him, with a|® MARCH 21 Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douclas for SL.50 per monthi o R A . s six months. ‘,.‘:,. one vear ,},‘M 7 ‘“lmlehmx(m appreciation of his abilities. i Mrs, JoSeRe, thekes % By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: S e ol : h A One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; Alaskans have fdith in people, expect the best of | ¢ Bill Kiloh ° ene month, in advance, $1.50. them, expect them to justify that faith. T ews wil confer & favor if they will promptly motity |\« W JUIRS - Willlam, & Erand ° he s Office of sny fallure or irregularity in the delivery It was not until the 1941 Legislature was in . Oren W. Hatch o W their papers. : p ¥ ¥ Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. session and the Governor attempted to force his will : MRU"}‘;"MC‘E"‘““ ° 4 ESS N Mrs. . . I'Tis MENBES OF AMoUIATEY T upon the legislators, that it first became evident that J e B * The Associated Press is exclusiiely entitled to the use for | for gl his charm and ability, here was a man who > x republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- ’ . Bertha Lancaster ° Wise redited in this paper and alzo the local news published would brook no opposition; who dealt ruthlessly with o Dr. D. D. Marquardt P - 4 Vs <4 _ | people who opposed him, who was determined to have ' . ka Newspapers, 1411 his way with the Territory. e @ e 9 0 0 0 @0 r & & & NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Al Pourth Avenue Blde.. Seattle, Wash. - | Since then A | proponents and o] In 1947 when i tory ‘wide-open in for his removal. This is makin of Al When the Go CONCERT TUESDAY NIGHT The double concert to be given tomorrow night at | appointment to Alaska, we were all for giving him We liked his first orders in telling the the 20th Century Theatre, under the sponsorship of |a show. the Rotary Club of Juneau, should be well patronized. | juneau staff thal The Juneau City Band is composed of those who | salaries. like instrumental music. They attend rehearsals on |ting acquainted ax porrowed time from business or recreation. The mem- | bers receive no compensation except applause when |to oppose some of his me Then why the change in our policy? Just where ; make their appearances in public. Their efforts | should be commended by patronage at the (-cmort,‘ did the parting The Men's Chorus is likéwise a membership of | those who delight in singing and when they perfect | sogic tactics, belie their numbers present them for the edification of the | really to benefit public. | bones” that neede Both organizations have most careful direction, | Even after we Joseph Shofner, the Juneau City Band and Ernst |in favoritism and Ehler, Men’s Chorus. | held off The concert starts at 8 o'clock tomorrow night tained. ever, was absolute | ditional support. | man, SPRING IS HERE Spring arrived Sunday, with sunshine, making a | punished by withholding patronage or by other means. marvelous entrance. Spring weather has, however, | prevailed for several weeks, no precipitation up to last | night, since March and with sun shining during that period % ‘ The sun has slowly melted the winter snow in | they are very mu most places and there has been no freshets as might | been caused if rain prevailed. Providing spring weather continues, it won't be | the revenge-taxati long ‘now before work on flower gardens and hu.’le‘l patches for growing produce will begin, then spring cleaning and paint up | ha NO SPECIAL SESSION—THERE’S | A DATE IN WASHINGTO Danger of another special session of the 19th |tunes of any one There can be Legislature is over. Both houses have speeded up | their calendars in a hurried effort to complete busi- | as the Governor ness before the end of March 24. | not be penalized Also, it is understood that the Governor has been |growing wider, a |until March 25 before the enoll- ment deadline clos Watch The Warships—The Amer- ican Embassy has warned the Chi- |nese Nationalist Government to eep a close eye on the Amer | warships that were turned over to| The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Contirued from Page OLE) Ambassador Stuart doesn't |want any of our warships deserting dependent Republican Senator| . ne cpinese Communists. A Wayne Morse of Oregon to quit the | ;510 of weeks ago a British cruis- | Senate. The bait is a lifetime jobas |, tha¢ Tondon had transferred o U. S. Circuit Judge on the West| . Ghinese suddenly went over to Coast. Senator Magnuson of Wash- | .o communist side. ington was sent as emissary t Morse with the offer, but the forth-| Ser Sieht Senator: from Oragon pefused | COBEORGTIONS V8. COLLEGKS to be kicked upstairs, telling Mag- | Frank W. Abrams, of nuson that the Democrats would‘lh(‘ far-flung Standard Oil Com- | have to beat him at the polls if (Pany of New Jersey, has spent 3. they wanted to get him out of the | Years in the refining 1S.Nness— Senate highly successtul, pledding years, not oo exciting as measured by out- North Carolina Zlood Is Thick— |side standards. Beginning as a jun- Senator Clyde Hoey of North Caro- |jor engineer in Standard’s Eagle - |w chairman lina is on the Senate Expenditures | Refining Plant, Abrams slowly Committee, now engaged in probing | worked his way up. alleged politjcal favoritism inside| And having reached the very the RFC whereby ex-Congressman |top of the world's largest oil cor- Frank Hancock of North Carolina |peration, he began to get ready to used his brother-in-law, Emest“ Howard, inside the RFC, to arrange | realize how exciting life can be. government loans tor clients. This | He got cotaminated first of all has netted various fees for Mr.|by sitting dewn with some Hancock. Although Senator Hoey is |sity students who were g taking no part in the Senate inves- | from Rensselaer Polytech: tigation, his committee And | tute. Then he met during the investigation Senator|and students of other colleges, be- Hoey showed up as guest of hor gan to study their overcrowded 2t a luncheon given by Mrs. Ernest | cendition and their financial needs. Howard, who is the wife of one| As a result, Frank Abrams h man under investigation, and the | pecome a quiet, consister sister of the other—Frank Hancock Stronger Than Pacts— There's Leen plenty of publicity attached to the fact that Norway has stuck its neck way out by rebuffing Rus- | sia and agreeing to a mutual de- fense pact with the United States | Unpublicized, however, is the fact that Norway is also quietly building up friendship with the United States through exchange of students . . . About 600 Norwegian students are now studying in the USA and in reciprocity, the University of Oslo is conducting a summer course is posed an important question to the nation: “Can corporations contribute to colleges and univesities? Under current court rulings they can't. If they have a business in- erest in sending some of their men to a certain college, or if a college is working on a technical problem of value to a corporation corporation can contribute courts have held, thus far, ration cannot help a for the purpose of a education then a But the that a colle general for American students. The Nor-i However, Abrams, pointin the wegian teachers instruct in Eng- ‘Im'( that the enrollment of A n lish, and this summer student ex-|colleges has recently increased 60 change is helping to create a!per cent, against a general popula- friendship even stronger than treat- |tion increase of only 9 per cgnt, ies . . . Interested Americans can claims that corporations should be get details from the Norwegian Em- | permitted to contribute to colleges bassy in Washington. They have| “The peace, prosperity and se- | Machine Splits Territory Wide-Open | The fact that the Governor has split the Terri- We even called some of the oldtimers who began As time went We worked and hoved for a compromise so that and the program is so arranged as to please all those ' his exceptional abilities could be utilized for interested in music or those who desire to be enter- |pest interests of Alaska The only compromise | controlled and socialized. We have a love for Alaska |and its welfare that goes beyond the personal for- | e Chinese Navy at the end of the | retire the other day, and began to univer- | uating | c Insti-| with teachers | crusader | for education, and in so doing has{ laska has become divided between ST T o svsct o masase | NS GANG WILL GAG o APRIL 1 WITH PARTY he began, “For the fifth time, and ! ito the legislature Jin all probability for the last time, it is my privilege | ¥ to address the Territorial Legislature. That spirited gang at the Alask | He has exceeded even his own estimate of his term | Communications System has seiz |in office on April 1 as though it belonged Howevet, here is. the 'Eetchikan News' fighting|act 8ad gvery one of them statement of the situation: ‘:u;f.{\etll:owtl ;;”u‘u‘j‘m.;:.;u:,: and they're bound for fun with an April Fools' Party. Plans are well under way for the dance the evening of Friday, April g an industrial chopping block out 1, in the Union Hall. with Sgt. 1st |cl. Raymond W. Foss in charge of arrangements. .- FORTY-HOUR WORK-WEEK ADOPTED BY THE CITY'S agan a political feud is another reason vernor first brought his carpet-bag t they would have to earn their: DRY CLEANING CONCERNS We liked his visits about the Territory get- (TS nd meeting unions and workingmen. Following detailed negotiations which have been conducted durin recent weeks, the two dry cleaning establishments of the city have announced a new schedule of bust ness hours effective immediately. A. R. Duncan and Wayneé John- son, proprietors the Triangle thods “hatchet-men. line begin? on we even excused his dema- ving that his main objectives were Alaska. There were plenty of “dry d rattling. became convinced of unethical acts purge for a dictatorial machine we of Cleaners and The City Cleaners, re- spectfully, and the employees ol these firms have adopted a five day week of forty hours per week, which means that the respective otfices and plants will close at the usual time each Friday evening, the | starting March 25th, and will re- main closed until the following v Monday, mori of ea eek. he would consider, how- ORORY, U Ch Y Both proprietors pointed out that the new schedule poses some new problems in service, but have given dictatorship. He demanded uncon- Otherwise, that person or business- e 06 0 a s 0 o0 0 00 on man point, we don}t _ But certainly, in his genersl desire to help education, he is sin- cerely trying to do his part as a Servant Of Brotherhood. no political peace in Alaska as long remains. Meantime residents should by reason of the split which is nd which rises about party lines. TRADING General MacArthur has sent a long, secret report to the Army De- partment urging the United States Government to do business with the Chinese Communists. recommends that the U. S. Milita Government in Japan be permitted curity of this nation may depend as much cn the way we treat our teachers and our religfous leaders as it does on any other single in- rluence,” says Abrams. “We musl offer them more than breac and butter and a chance to do good. to buy coal and coke from the | “The American people insist that north China mines now in the the legal perscns which we call, pangs of Chinese Communists . ... | i corporations have responsibilities t0 pfacArthur urges trade with the society.” he adds. In our view, thé communists becduse it will save| American people are right.” {the American Government nearly $35 a ton on the price of coal for Japan. (It costs $50 a ton to ship the coal to Japan from the United States, while the Chinese will sell it for about $15 a ton.) Also, Mac- Arthur thinks U.S. trade would tend to keep Chinese Communist leaders from getting too chummy with Moscow. At any rate, Abrams has decided to make a test case out of his theory before the courts and see whether it is permissible for cor- porations to make contributions to general education—there being no strings’ attached to influence the university’s way of teaching. Whether Mr. Abrams is right or THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE WITH COMMUNISTS | He | Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 36. Friend: slang 1. Barrier 38. Suffix slgnify- 4. Top cards ing quality 8. Ballot 39. Steps § 12, A collectionof 41, Bad: comb. facts form 13. Insect 43. Aquatic 14. Russian czar animal 15. Nothing more 44, Appeared than 46. Supreme being 11. Noise of 45, Amendment a sheep a document . Highest 50. Sadness {pot cards B4, Pronoun . Attempt 56, Crowd Pronoun g8, Servitude Focial function 6%, Kized routine " Stationary part 60. Em | e otor 2. Golf mouna DOWN 5. Male swan 28, Salt 63, Ancient Roman 1. Matron 6. State: French , | 51 Feminine name date 2. Ones: % Beitin rolscy | 3. Make amends 64. Rodents dialectic 8. Contaminate 3i. Expression 65, Beast of 3. Planet Spemionts, of sorrow burdes i Wxist | o o e it - cal tone Color . Type measures . Partake of 00 . Aflirmutive Greek letter . Intensity of | electric cur- rent: abbr. At one time . Stagger Sweet potato . Members of & % Hebrew race . Thirsty: Spanish Ship's record Hesitate Arid . Genus of the rose Greek letter . Supplements harses Three: prefix Wonden trough wager | i JUNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO ot .iéfipm.mll MARCH 21, 1929 I'he first annual Oldtimers’ Night had gone into Elks’ history. An lebrated the founding of Juneau Lodge No. 420. cel wes Exalted Ruler, and among those honored estimated persons Henry Messerschmidt was John T. Spickett, No. 39, the first member initiated by the lodge. Other Oldtimers included Charles Goldstein, Gudmund Jensen, I. Gold- stein, Dr. H. C. DeVighne, Sam Guyot, G. W. Kohlhepp, R. E. Robertson, H. L. Faulkner, J. F. Mullen and John Rustgard. | WL An elaborate show of spring styles was presented at the Coliseum heatre under the direction of Miss Winifred Jones, Manager of Gordon's. Adult models were Misses Mildred Hooker, Victoria Spaulding, Belva Wiltiams, Evelyn Judson, May Jones and Mamie Feusi. Junior models e and May Nelson, Edith Lundgren, Joan Morgan and Adrienne | The six-passenger Boeing airplane on a pioneer commercial flight, urived in Juneau after delays. (The plane had not been heard from an unscheduled stop, and great ajarm was felt) P. T. Mc- sarthy, President of the Internatonal Airways Company, which pro- | | posed to operate a commercial service, was among the passengers. ing Tn Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Cahill had entertained the previous | at a dinner honoring Ben Schramm, former oldtimer of Tread- 1, on his 69th day birthday. Other guests weer Mrs. Schramm and Mr. | ind Mrs. Charles Schramm. | Members of the Juneau Woman's Club, meeting in the Forget-Me- Not Tearoom, heard Mrs. Mildred Hermann, legislative chairman, dis- -uss at length @ proposed community law. J. L. Gray, Chairman of the Fire Boys' Civic Committee, talked on development of the Evergreen Bowl. Weather: High, 44; low, 35; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon I —————————SSSSSR g WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It is funny that you do not remember her.” FUNNY is an overworked word, and means laugh- |'able. Say, “It is STRANGE (or ODD) that you do not remember her.” | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cognomen. Pronounce kog-no-men, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Throe (agony); not THROW. | SYNONYMS: Cche | viscous, glutinous. | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | INSTIGATION; incitement, especially to wickedness. “The villainy that the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to."— | South. . adhesive, adhering, sticky, clinging, viscid, s union, or politician was against him, to be |their assuran The climax of his power is in the present puppet |the past, except garments to ROBERTA LEE | Legislature. This was brought about by false pre-|be finished in any given week |{, election promises. There are some good, capable and, :lfmn:?l b\‘\igé;f“)" L e sarly, Be Q. Is it cause for embarrassment when a girl sends a birthday | independent legislators in the present session but SR S B card to a young man and receives no acknowledgment from him? ch in the minority. | A. No; there is far more reason for the young man to feel em- It the large appropriations and crazy-quilt tax|® ® & ® ® ® @ & & & ®%8 {1 00eq that he forgot his manners enough to fail to acknowledge | pattern being turned out by the present Le gislature, = TIDE TABLE | her thoughtfulness. ion by this happy gang against | J el il Q. When three men, with three women, enter a public dining room, the Canned Salmon Industry aides for the de-| g MARCH 22 what is the correct order of procedure? | velopment of Alaska, then we must put it down as|g y1,e tide, 1:39 am. 66 ft. A. The three wemen follow the head waiter of hostess, and the another one of our “failures,” according to his mouth- | ¢ High tide, 7:48 am. 131 ft. ® men follow the women. | piece paper here. ; e Low tide, 15:01 pm, 23 It. &, Q. Ts it permissible to supply a word which seems to elude a friend We shall fight to the last ditch against being @ High ti 00 p.n., 11.3 ft. | who is speaking? A. While this is very often done, it still is considered ill-bred. | LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ coroo I | \e 1. What large western river is known for its salmon industry? | 2. Who was the Conunecticut schoolmaster who was captured and hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War? 3. For what are U. S. submarines named? | 4. Over what international boundary line is there the most travel? 5. What opera has the most famous sextette in it? ANSWERS: Columbia River. Nathan Hale. Various fishes. United States-Canadan horder. “Luci di Lammermoor,” by Donizetti. 3 | EESETEE | ~ | ———— | Oldes? Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit - Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS | I DR. D. D. MARQUARDT' I as a paid-up subscriver 1o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited t be our guest THIS EVENING | Present this coupon to the box office.of the CAPITOL THEATRE aad receive TWO TICKETS to see: “TYCOON" Federal Tax—~-12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO—Phone 22 and an irsured cab WILL CALL FOR YQU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! ThereIsNoSubstifutefor . NewspaperAdverfising! = st O as in COG, second O as in NO, accent second syllable. i i | plemental request was made for an HIGHWAY MAY BE . FINISHED SOON WASHINGTON, March 20.—®— Delegate Bartlett of Alaska said today if Congress provides $6,000,- 000 for construction of the Turn- again Arm highway in Alaska the work can be completed by Decem- ber, 1950. ¢ The road connects Seward with Anchorage and the Alaska Eighway. The original estimaie of cost was $11,370,000 but increased costs have hiked the estimate to $16,370,000. President Truman's budget u-us; year asked $4,000,000 to pay for con- cract authorizations approved las ecar when Congress appmpriated‘: »7,370,000, plus $4,000,00 in contract authorization. Since then a sup- additional $2,000,u00, plus SB,OO0,00UJ in contract authorization to meet ' increased costs. Bartlett told a reporter that con- | tracts had been let for all except | 11 miles of road, a stretch between | Indian and Potter. PR W SRR E.>TERN S7TAR Initiation, Tuesday, March 22, 8:00 o'clock p. m. H (48 2t) Alice Brown, Secretary | First Baptist Church 4th and Franklin WELCOMES YOU Phone Blue 239 | Dr. E. Lannon Kelly Osteopath PHONE BLUE 670 GEURGE BROS. : Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 39¢ “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Junean Florists PHONE 311 H The Erwin Feed Cc. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCNE 784 HAY, GRAIN. COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE ' Phone 247 STEVENS® LADIES' —MISSES READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Wear Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary PFourth apd Fraoklin Sis PHONE 136 mllcveragl Co. 805 10th St PHONE 216—-DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS er BODA POFP Casler's Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Btetsen and Mallory Hats Arrew Bhirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Sheer Skyway Luggage BOTANY llm'l CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT YOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES--49 Pree Delivery 2 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO.'18 SECOND and FOURTH, | . Mon%‘é;emn‘ 'fi?nm;;' k] in Scottish Rite Templé e-g\ begining at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. €% 'B.P.0.ELKS Meeting avery Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come, JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. [ Moose Lodge No. 700 i Regular Meetings Each Friday - Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE | Secretarv— l 1 WALTER R. HERMANSEN Bert’s Food Genter i Grocery Phones 104—10% Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A M. 2:16 — 4:00 P. M . "The Rexall Store” Tour Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURQ DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply-g Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Flance—hivsical Instraments and Supples Phone 206 Second and Seward ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Andito: Tax Cowasetor Simpson Sidg. Phone 5% Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phoue 49 Pred W. Wenat Juneaw’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hefel Newly Rencvated Reoms ut Resgenablo Ratos FHONE BINGLE O PHONE 853 Thomas Hardware (o PAINTS ~— OJLS Buflders’ and Shelf HARDWARY, Remington SOLD and sgfimu: 1. B. Burford & Ce. “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Ratisfie@ Customeee” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneaun Motor Ce. Foot of Matn Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE « dafly n.m.-..u-gg‘ £ Juneau Dairies, Inc. s e SRR e S Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liguor Stere—Tel. 909 Amerisan Meat — Phene 30 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Gilasses Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Phone 266 for Appointments H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys —

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