The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 14, 1949, Page 4

; i ; Daily Alaska Empire Fublished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks MELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oelivered by carrier in Juncau and Douxlas for §1.50 per month: six months §8.00; ome vear, $15.00 By mail. poswaxe paid. at the followlr One year, in advance, £15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50 gvbscribers will confer a favor if they will promntly notify the Business Office of any fatlure or irresularity in the delivery o their ppers. Telephones: News Office, 6u2; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 374, The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ‘epublication of all news dispatches credited to It or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIV] - Alaska Newspapers, 1411 fourth Avenue Blde.. Seattle, Wash ALASKA HOUSING BILL The bill to authorize the Alaska Housing Authority to set up a $15,000,000 revolving fund for loans to public or private builders has passed Congress and has been sent to President Truman for his signature Under an act of the Alaska Legislature, which gave the AHA $250,000, the bill provides also that the AHA can build and operate public housing in crowded regions where private capital is not willing to handle the emergency. ' The bill also authorizes the Federal Housing Agency to increase by one-third the dollar limitation on insured housing loans in Alaska. It removes ceil- ings and other restrictions on the amount of insured | President | Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager covered by the North Atlantic Pact as an excuse for war, she can suddenly advance through Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium and France toward the North Sea. | Russia is safe in all this territary from the atom bomb; America will not bomb Brussels, Copenhagen or Berlin, inhabitants will be sufficient protection. The only possible potection against this advance |is a western Germany strong enough to offer effective | resistance. Either the Germans must be organized to have a mighty army of their own, under Amm-ican,‘ supreme command, or American forces of occupation | must be greatly increased and air bases (‘.Shl\)llshed.{ | We are only kidding ourselves if we imagine that | | Russia will really be frightened by a pact which just | | creates an extended front exposed to concentrated |attack at any point she may select. How can rein- forcements be rushed to Belgium if Russia can cross from eastern to western Germany at a dozen different | i points without the semblance of serious resistance? the innocent No Shore Leave Jincinnati Enquirer) | The USS Milwaukee, known during the war as the Soviet cruiser Murmansk, has been returned to the } { United States in accordance with the lend-lease agree- ment of 1944. This is all in order, and we-are glad to have the Milwaukee back, although it is an ancient vessel and presumably never will again be in ncm‘nl commission in the American fleet. | The puzzle lies in the fact that 364 Soviet sailors who brought the ship to the port of Lewes, Del., should have been Rept aboard throughout their stay of quite | some days. Instead of getting shore leave while wuu-. ing for the Soviet transport Molotov, sent to bring | them back, the sailors were confined to their ship. A cordial welcome was assured to them on shore. It is possible that Soviet officials were afraid some of them would jump ship. Certainly it would be |a blow to Soviet prestige if some of the crew of the | Murmansk deserte4 and chose to live in the United | ! States, even with the risk of illegal entry. This seems | rather far-fetched, however, for those sailors would | | know they would be deported to the country of their {origin if they were caught without proper immigration | visas. 1t seems more likely that Soviet authorities simply . did not want these hundreds of Soviet sailors to get | a friendly welcome from the American people, who| have been represented as the bitter enemy of the | mortghges to be purchased by the Federal National | Mortgage Association. Soviet Union. | country. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT Russia has a very simple defense against the atom bomb; she can build up vast stores of ammuni- tion and all supplies at a hundred points in eastern | seamen ‘ley had a share | c Russians are told day |their press and radio that America is It wouldn’t do for these hundreds of sailors to see the United States at close range. And there was a danger that they would get too |good an impression of Americ had served . " | chant crews on the cold, hazardous run to Murmansk. Germany. Then, if she chooses to treat an “incident” | They would have been warmly welcomed in America. Belgium or any part of the extended line !And that obviously would be bad! after day in a degenerate a. For most of those! in the cruiser during the war. in the protection of American mer- : grove?” the Secretary of the N asked. seen him The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round e replisd, — er the same question was put| By DREW PEARSON ; | n has been a close friend of i‘minn for years,” he said. | But he says he has only seen you three or four times.” “Well, that's true” Hardgrove fumoied. “T've just seen him a iple of times.” | 4 You mean you've been close| | friends for years and you've u-n.v\ | seer; him a couple of timc “I can see that we're not gettinz anywhere,” Hardgrove blurted «na hung up. | It may be significant, how that when the Secretary of ihe Navy telephones Hardgrove's office, gressman Dan Reed of New York‘\wmch he does 1rom li!l'l:lE to ume,’ Roy Woodruff of Michigan; and he does not ask for “Mr. Hard-| the J. Frederick Richardson, the: B0V€ “3’__;’4‘:"]20;::__9V:; e us) first manager of the Washington' st name, "V asks ‘o otfice. o i R | avy| | ar| three or fou (Continued from Page 1) Gene” Cox of Georgia, who claims credff for selling the idea to his Mercer University classmate, gene Stetson, head of the anty Trust Co. t was all my Georgia Congressman, of the most reactionary of the House Others who helped inspire the Association were Lew Brown, head of Johns-Manville, Baxter Jackson of Chemical Bank and Trust; Con- idea,” says the who is one members | LOBBY MOVES INTO CAP'TOL ! OTHER DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT | | It is also significant that Con- After the Republicans took over|gressman Percy Priest of Tennes-| Congoess in 1946, Congessman Dan| see, a Democrat, says that he would Reed induced House GOP leaders t0; not have endorsed the American! set up a coordinator’s office suppos- ! Enterprise Association except tor ed do research for members|the Sullivan law firm’s connection ,of Congress, and financed out of with it. Priest said that Hardgrove public funds. | had used Sullivan’s name in ask-| Lo and behold! Who do you' ing him to write a letter boosting, think moved into this key job? The, the Association. It was this letter representative of private business of recommendation, plus those by J. Frederick Richardson. Hither- two other Democrats, which .slzu'u'(i; to. Richardson had been working Democratic Congressmen subs { on the outside as the representa-,ing to the lobLy’s analytical ser tive of acknowledged business vice. groups. But now, thanks to Con-| Another, liberal gressman Reed, he moved right in-| was euchred into endorsing the| side the halls of Congress and was' analytical service is Senator put on the government payroll. Fur- i Francis Myers of Pennsylvania, who| thermore, Richardson brought with|explained that he had done so onj him the same men who had been on the recommendation of Con- working for the American Enter-' gressman Priest. He said, however, prise Asscciation. { that he might send out another Came last November's election,' Jetter warning of the facts uncov- lowever, and the victorious Demo-! ered by this column crats, moved this amazing lobby out.! Careful examination of the legis-| Thereupon it became necessary for|lative analyses shows that the di- (e American Enterprise Association| gests of laws themselves are fairly! tc get some nonpartisan politicall non-partisan. But along with the! collaboration They did this by digests are sent o series of care- making a deal with the law firm! fully slanted questions which are| of Secretary of the Navy John Sul-| asked each legislator ’ fivan, a true and loyal Democrat.| Along with its dig Sullivan's law firm was hired to|tions the lobby sends out pamph- analyze legislation and write the lets on economic problems, but daily reports for Congressmen | seems to confine itself to circulat- ling only the views of big busi- Democrat who ts and ques- | vesterday for False Pass. The barze| BOAT HARBOR NEWS| At the Juneau Welding and Ma-; chine Shop, the rudder of the gas- boat Neld, owner by Eli Johnson, is being repaired. The Sunmore is having ¢ e transmissien installed and gurdics repaired Robert Stoltz of Pelican is hav- ing a new tail shaft installed cn his ‘boat. W. E. Soule, also of Pelican, has had a new propeller! installed on his fishing boat. At the Northern Commercia: Co, the Fern II, owned by John Low il s on the ways for copper paint'vg The Aegir, owned by Francis Hyde, is on the grid for general repa:rs and copper painting. The mail boat Yakobi and the Totem owned by Ralph Mortenson came off the grid yesterday. The power barge, Kathy B. own-| ed by P. E. Harris and Co. 131;{ was in for emergency motor re- pairs. -~ The Helen J. owned by, Charles S. Johnsen of Kake is hav- ing a “Caterpllar” D3-13 diesel marine engine installed. Ernest G. Whitehead put cruiser in the water the first ofj the week. The High Voltage, better| known as the Blown Fuse, is out of the water for painting and renv- vating. On the grid at the small boat| harbor ave the Vivian owned by’ Charles Larson and the Stampede, owned by Mat Haro, for copper painting and repairs. = The Jazz,| owned by Cash Cole, recently 1¢-( turned from wintering at Hoonah. THE DAILY ALASKA EM APRIL 14 Frances Paul Mrs. J. C. Ryan Miles Godkin George M. Simpkins Mrs. Bessie Jones Mrs. Olive M. Cole Agnes Millard Beatrice Thomas . e 0o 0o 0 0 00 0 0 CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. ‘Weather condtions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a. m., 120th Meridian Time, and Juneau. follow: Anchorage Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre o Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome . Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George . Seattle Whitehorse Yakutat MARTHA SOCIETY PLANS PROGRAM 82—Snow 18—Clear 2—Clear 27—Partly Cloudy 23—Clear 29—Clear 10—Clear 34—Drizzle —Missing 38—Rain 42—Rain 5 ~14—Clear 26—Partly Cloudy 1—Clear 13—Cloudy 39—Rain 41—Clear 27—Cloudy 41—Clear 25—Cloudy 34—Rain A special progrum in keeping with Good Friday is planned ior mem- bers of the Martha Society at to-| morrow’s meeting. | Mrs. Robert Cowling will give o dramatic reading, “The Miracle of| the Messiah.,” Mrs. Stanley Bas-| kin, Mrs. Roland Burrows and Mrs. Don Burrus will sing solos, and Mrs. Wilda Husted is to play| the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Mrs. Simon Hellenthal and M reeman Schultz will be hostesses for the 1:30 o'clock dessert lunch- ecn in the Northern Light Presby- terian Church parlors. Mrs. Kenneth Clem is to lead the devotions. Members are reminded that this will be the last meeting before the| “parcel post” sale Tuesday evening,| so all packages and tea towels| should be turned in. C———— ACA TRAFFI PLOYEE | RETUR) FROM STATESL George Kuhns has returned to| work in the traffic office of Alaska | Coastal Airlines after a five-month| stay in the States, accompanied by his wife. She is a former em- ployee ment of Health. | The Kuhns visited his family| at Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, and| her family at Chicago, Ill. Mrs.| Kuhns, whose father died while| they were in the States, will join| her husband here within a few| weeks. 1 — e | Lauson 4-Uy:tc Air-cooled Tut- Boards. New models. Madsen’s. 41 tf | ——————— e SCHWINN BICYCLES at MAD- SEN’S, 46 tf FROG LEGS at the Salmon Creek | Country Club, $3.00. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Hamlet . Bustle . Operatic song Jewish month Swear Needy 5. Increase 6. Anthropoid animal d Regret . Goodby Located . Small fish . Old ‘measures of length 2. Screened from the light led 1. Creek . Basketball team b4, Across 5. Blunder 6. Part of the eye . Afterncon fabric andinavians ‘ut Symbol for radium xtend hoose implement 33, Harvests ENTER NAVY SECRETARY'S LAW FIRM % The Secretary of the Navy, sen- sitive about any connection with the lobby, is very emphatic that he is! no longer with his law firmg. “Let’s get one thing clear,” snapped, when queried. “I'm no Jonzer in the firm. My name is not on the stationery. My name is not on door " #Sullvan, admitted Malcolm Hardgrove, now Washing- icn representative of the lobby, had talked to him about various maiters. Hardgrove is the man vwho gets information from ex- Speaker Joe Martin’s office by oc-| casionally slipping $20 to a Negro come slanted as I saw it nessenger, who plays close to the! So he resigned. And that yeal estate lobby and admits that' subtle system devised by ce he interviews 20 to 50 Congressmen big business firms to influer a day {men who write the laws “How well do you know Hz\m-;u«( of the nation. ness, Propaganda by the Tax Foundation and the Foundation for Eccnomic Educati are featured| in the Association’s office. Hard-| grove, incidentally, does some work on the side for the big-business- financed Foundation for Economic! Education. { James O'Conuor Roberts, who! used to write the digests, claims | they were impartial while he was doing them, but when Sinclair! Weeks, former treasurer of the| Republican National Committee,! tcok over the presidency, he qui “I was told- I could no Jonger| have control of the questions,” said| Rcoberts. “They were bound to be-| he 1ae however, that Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN Jedley 3. Great hurry 4. Word of o M courtesy ter's cup . Is indebted . Request carnestly . Highway . Land measures ‘Trespass Grapple Aspect Wild sheep Fox Brazilian money Age 50. Shorten 31. Golf mound ‘olumns . Lead pelicts . Inclosure for bees . Open court 5 Amml'h an & Smooth 15, Obsolets 32, Masculi released by the Weather Bureau,. at the Territorial Depart-| | 'IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA T TURSDAY, APRIL 14 1949 from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO APRIL 14, 1929 Planning to write a beok about Alaska to follow “Three Boy Scouts in Africa,” Dick Douglas, noted Boy Scout, was expected here on his Alaskan tour. Scoutmaster ‘H. L. Redlingshafer had received letters from G. P. Putnam, publisher, and the Kodiak Guides Association completing s for the trip. Swanson Brothers Grocery boasted a new model Ford truck, and the San Francisco Bakery was making deliveries in a new all-steel Dodge. i In Douglas, Violet Lundell was named high school valedictorian. Guy Smith of Douglas entertained with a bridge party in Prizes went to Miss Dalma Mrs honor of Miss Hazel Olson, bride-elect. Hanson and Miss Lucile Pepoon. Complimenting Miss May Johnson of Anchorage, Mrs. Rose Davis of Douglas entertained at cards, with Mrs. C. A. Fox, Mrs. Robert Bonner and Mrs. I. Crim winning the honors. Frank Feero, Skagway pioneer, arrived for a short stay, visi in the Douglas home of his brother, William E. Feero. Lee Rox, working with American Legion posts of Alaska, was trying to secure a Carnegie Medal for Joe Boutin's mother. The young man had been killed during the filming of “The Trail of '98." The new travel brochure put out by the Canadian Pacific Steamship Lines gave more attention to the wonders of Alaska than to Canadian ports. Weather: High, 49; low, 38; cloudy. —_——oe I‘__-_—__———_—__J WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I wish I could travel like you do.” Say, “AS you do.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Acumen. Prononuce a-ku-men, U as in CUBE, accent SECOND syllable, not the first. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Mesmerize; the S is pronounced as-Z. | SYNONYMS: Comfort (verb), cheer, solace, console, encourage, en- liven. 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: CONFER; to grant; bestow. “To be able to bestow happiness on those one loves, is surely the greatest blessing conferred on man.”—Thackeray. 'MODERN ETIQUETTE 34—Snow | by ROBERTA LEE . Is it proper for a bride to exchange wedding gifts? A. Yes; if they have no particular sentiment. It is quite all right for the bride to return to the store from which it came an article for which she has no possible use, or a “duplicate” present, getting in ex- change something she really needs. However, if the gift carries a defi- nite significance, or is marked with her initials, it cannot be exchanged. Q. Should a man use his right hand or left hand when tipping his hat? A. Either hand, but it should be the one farthest away from the pérson to whom he is speaking. Q. What is the most formal beginning of a social letter? A. “My dear Mrs, Wilson,” which is more formal than simply “Dear Mrs. Wilson.” I.OOK and LEARN %c, GORDON 1. At what speed utmost efficiency? 2. Of what substance is glass principaiiy made? 3. Who was the only graduate of West Point to become President of the U. S.? 4, What name was given to the flag of the Confederate States? 5. From what animal is ambergris, used in making perfume, ob- tained? ANSWERS: At 20 miles an hour. Sand. Ulysses S. Grant. “The Stars and Bars.” The sperm whale. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin . PHONE 5068 FOR APPOINTMENTS is an automobile engine performing with the 2 B 2. 3. 4. 5. Juneau Oldegt Bank in Alaska 1891—Oyer Hall a Cenfury of Banking—1949 The B. M. Bebrends Bank ‘ Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAI SAVINGS GUS SCHMITZ as a paid-up subscriber 1o 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: "THE SMUGGLERS" Federal Tax —-12¢c—FPaid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO—Phone 22 and an irsured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and ““ RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments, name ' WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! L aily Lessons in English %/ 1. corpox || | Interstate | from there. WILLIAMS PROTESTS RATE INCREASE AT CHICAGO HEARING J. Gerald Williams, new Attor- ney General, will go to Chicago to appear on behalf of the Territory April 20 at’' a hearing before the Commerce Commission on an application of the Railway Express Company to increase billing weights on shipments of frozen| fish. ! This change would result in| greatly increased costs of fin| shipments from Alaska to United| States points. | When the appeal was made in| November, the Governor's office protested and intervened, with the| result that the rates were suspend- | ed pending the coming hearing. Numerous Pacific Coast interests, including the Seattle Chamber uf Commerce; are equally opposed to ¥ the increase, and will be represent- ed at the hearing. B Willlams, ,who went to San|( Francisco on the “Experience Rat- ing” case appeal, is in Seattle on/ business, and will go to Chicago| L o O, | Notice is hereby given that the collector of customs for this district | | has issued an order dated April 11, ' 1949, authorizing the name of the | oil screw PORTLOCK, official nnm- | ber 223633, owned by the Washing- ton Fish & Oyster Company, of which Juneau, Alaska, is the home | port, to be changed to STAT. | JAMES J. CONNORS, | Collector of Customs, Juneau, Alaska First publication, April 12, 1949.. 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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 Beri’s Food Center Grocery Phones 104—115 Meat Phones 39539 Deiiveries—10:15 A. M, 2:15 — 4:00 P. M "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists SYUTLER-MAURCQ DRUG CO. Alaska Muiic Supply Lrifur M. Uggen, Mansager Pianos—Masical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Aunditor Tax Counseter Simpson 8ldg. Phone 787 Wall l:aper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Pred W. Wenas Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hetel Newly Renocvated Reems st Reasonable Rater PHONE BINGLE © PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILH Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Re; n Typewrif SOLD and mwm“fy' J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers™ FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. 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