The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 20, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire i nnnm'-lg" every evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN TROY LINGO for student appro as well as ‘great t found in the same to higher educat enough to “expose - President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager Office in Juneau UBSCRIPTION RA’ Oelivered by carrier in Juneau and Dousla: six months. §8.00; one year. By mail, postage paid. at the foll Entered in the Post A One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sne month, In advance, $1.50. Second Class Matter. r $1.50 per , $15.00 owing rates: Bnbscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify e Business Office of any fallure or irreg o their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED Business Office, ularity in the delivery . PRESS The Assoclated Press s exclusively entitled to the use for Jepublication of all news dispatches credited to It or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the Nerein. local news published NATTONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411, Pourth Avenue Bldg.. Beattle, Wash. TEACHERS WHO F In a recent issue of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin a recent graduate of Harvard take: severely though sorrowful to task. go to Harvard, he says. The reason professors who will teach him, and uate students who assist them, are own research and productivity that to give to being good teachers. There are Harvard men who, brilliant and inspiring teachers they under, will utter loud cries of protest, says the Chris- tian Science Monitor. There are from scores of other colleges and univel add that the criticisms might equally well be brought against their own faculties. But exaggeration, all comparisons, all exceptions, the fact remains that college teaching in general has put far too little emphasis on the teacher's ability to teach. The University of Michigan has tried the experi- ment of having its students “grade of whom have received “flunking” the hapless five may be giants in research, but appar- | ently they are pigmies in communication. !’rho Michigan procedure may not be the ideal answer, |/ {since it could concelvably lead to professors’ playing | Unijversities need great scholars , and the two are not always But in a country so devoted United States it not He must val, eache! person. ion as the 2" the student to learning. be taught how to learn—which means that his teacher | o AR o % must learn how to teach ° LN . TR T . Catherine Flood . Rich Rewards Waiting cn Northern Frontiers | e Margaret Starling . 3 Edith Guest o attle Times) | E. L. Bartlett Though it may require years to win viztory, Seat- | o Milton Daniel °| tle is renewing its determination to attain the goal of | o Alva Perkins . rail transportation through British Columbia to Alaska. ! @ Mrs. P. E. Parson o The Seattle Chamber of Commerce again has gone on | ® Hilda Nordstrom .| record as approving the project, for which initial | e . legislation now is in the hoppers of Congress. The|s o @ ¢ o o 5 ¢ ¢ o @ ® enterprise has the sustained support also of the| > | ! Pacific Northwest Trade Association, conmsisting of leaders of business in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, VOUNG WOMEN ARE British Columbia of commerce and !of Commerce of | Western States. Unremitting e lall these organiza purpose, for -it wil of construction of with Fairbanks ar at 750 million—th: The need of Alaska, for the pu C: da and the repeatedly expoun LUNK The immense s his alma mater No son of his will ? The indifferent the harried grad- so intent on their they have no time of users and mark in new country, p and Canadian create, need to be A 750 million- | taking, even in t remembering the | have studied | enterprise than t in the early davs there is no logge: E ‘omen en “and - w pioneered, for it sities who will be conquered, and leadership for the leaving aside all |advises a psycholoj | the other side of child. " its faculty, {n'o‘ grades. Some of “Women are asserts an editor. It is healthy to have this matter brought up.|how since Eve. and cattle country it would open up in British Co- lumbia and the Yukon Territory must be continually pointed out by believers in the project. ores and forest products in Alaska and Canada that | such a railroad would bring within three or four days over and ove again. industry, can be no more bevond the reach of private or public Circle and the Bering “If a child annoys, quiet him by brushing his hair,” and Alaska; the Alaskan chambers the boards of trade and Chamber: British Columbia and - the eleven WANTED 7O ENLIST, | NEW ARMY BRANCH Qualified young women between | the ages of 19 and 28, without previous military training, will be| admitted to the third class of the ! {fdrts will ‘be needed on the part of | tions and others to accomplish this 1 be a costly undertaking. The cost a rail line to link Vancouver, B. C., 1d the Alaskan Railroad is estimated ree quarters of a billion—dollars. Women's Army Cor Officers’ | such a direct rail connection with |candidate Scheol, it has been an-| irposes of defense of that Territory, nounced by U. S. Army Head- continental United States must be | quarters at Fort Richardson. { ded. The great arm of farm, wheat Interested persons with the fol- lowing qualifications are urged to apply for the school. citizen of the United States, single, two years of accredited college education and lin proper age group. Successful | completion of an Army educationai examination may be substituted for the college training. | | Accepted applicants who have| {not had basic training or its equiv- {alent will receive such training |prior to entering the WAC OCS.| | Such candidates will be appointed | | to the grade ot se: its during the | | 10-week basic training period. | The school, which is an intensive | six-month course leading to ap-} peintment as Second Lieutenants lin the Organized Reserve Corps,| | will start at Camp Lee, Virgima,| |in October. Upon graduation, can-| \dxdn:w, are placed on active duty | |for two years. Durwg this tour.‘ | distinguished graduates will be con- sidered for appointments in the| Regular Army. | Accepted here recently for Cl | natural resources in coal, minerals, ets in this country must be described The opportunities for settlers roviding new markets for American | which the railrotd would foretold without cessation. dollar railroad¢ seems = his multi-billion-dollar era ¢ under- But it he transcontinental rail lines were of their building. Let no one say | r a North American frontier to be | stretches northward to the Arctic Sea. It awaits steel rails to it should be Seattle’s part to provide conquest. gist. Our advice would be to apply the brush to the other end of the . |No. 2 at the Virginia School learning how to be politicians, | Miss Margaret Schiller, a former “Learning?” Shucks, they've known | wac. 1t is to be noted thal| Federal employees in an oversess | {Kie Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREWEARSON (Continued from Page 1) 1t the Republicans twice as many signatures as the Democrats, the GOP committee reascns, the blame for failt: . to act cn civil rights will fall dorectly on the Democrats. So far, the National Committee admits, the Republicans have tak- en a beating in the press for their compromise on the filibuster. As an example ol Negro reaction, the committee cites the editorial bitter- ness of the Afro-American, a lead- ing Negro newspaper which hither- to had supported the Republican ticket. “We made a grievous mistake inj| upporting the re-election of a Re-| publican Congress,” declared the Afro-American after the Republi- can-Dixiecrat deal. “Twice in the past week have the actions of the Republicans in the Senate showed us how grievous was our error.” The committee points out that! most newsmen belleve it is im- possilbe to muster the necessary 66 signatures to shut off a civil-rights debate, as required under the com- promise agreement That is the yesason the committee urges every | nepublican Senator—to a man—to sign the gag petition Not only will this save the election of Taft, Capehart and Don- nell, argues the National Committee, but it will cut into the Jemocratic vote in Kentucky, Call™ aia, Illin- ois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ok- lahcma, Maryland and New York— where there is a heavy Harlem bal- lot. Note—The letters sent out to GOP i3enators by the National Committee were signed by Val Washington, himself colored. He is assistant to Naticnal GOP Chairman Hugh Scott MERR 0-ROUND Ben. Millard Tydings, the dapper Democrat from Maryland, was bust- ling arcund the Senate floor the other day as if conferring on mat- ters of state. He hustled from one Senator to another, whispering earnestly. The truth was, he wa trying to get rid of some free tick- ets to the race track Speaker Sam Rayburn has been proudly dis- playing a cashier's che which he raised for the Democratic party during a Jackson Day speak- ing tour of Tex: That ain’t hay. ‘The editors of Saturday Even: Post consider Minnesota’s boy- wonder, Sen a a Presidential pro: have as signed feature writer Rufus Jarman to write a detailed prefile—to be published probably in two articles Hubert Humphery, as ct ‘DEMOCRATS WOO In a bid for Democratic un party leaders threw a private d. ner the other night for freshmen Cgngressmen and turned on the soft soap. Ben. J. Howard McGrath, Demo- contributed re- for $40,000 | |cratic National Chairman, blamed | the Republicans for all the trouble | over civil rights. ‘ “The Republicans are to blame,” he crackled, “because they formed | |a coalition with the Dixiecrats to Iblock a change of Senate Rules.” The purpose of this, he said w |to “prevent passage of the civil- ]rights program.” Pep talks were I House majority leader John Mc- | Cormack and Speaker Sam Ray- burn, who declared that the Re- publican party is * the Democrats” and Democratic party the ‘, understanding.” TRUMAN STICKS TO KNITTING President Truman, who was sun- ‘tanning in Florida while his sup- i porters took it on the chin in Con- (gress, will not repeat this again | soon. ! also given by called “party of | His new policy of sticking close |to Capitol Hill was made clear re- cently to West Virgina's two Dem- ocratic Senators — Harley Kilgore and Matt Neeley—who invited the President to attend a Forestry Fes- |tival in West Virginia next Octo- | ber. i “Until this Congress gets its work out of the way,” Truman replied,' |“I'm. going to stay right here and| | fight for my program.' He intends to do this by person- | al contact with Senators and Con- gressmen, he added, and this wml | have first priority over all other| | engagements. | | CAPITOL NEWS CAPSULES i | Playbey Cabinet Member—Charm- ! |ing Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, | . kicked upstairs to become No, 2 man in the Commerce Department, left a mess behind in the Penta- gon that will take weeks to {straighten out. As Undersecretary | {of the Air Force in charge of the ‘ Reserve Program, Whitney neglect- | led his duties. The once champion ipolo player spent too much time iplaymg golf and attending parties | {when he should have been at his plit worse than | the | theatre must obtain release from| "their employers prior to acceptance [by the school. | complete information may be ob-' | tained from Lieutenant King at Army 2206. All applications must |be in by June 15th, - - - | ASKA n?S"iTWO PRUGRAMS BY 1‘ ! auson 4-Uycie Air-coofed Out- rds. New models, Madsen's. 41 tf Faust Rock Buoy and is dus back | desk.» “Sonny’s” promotion to the | Commerce Department was a re-; ,ward, not for what he had done |but for what he had given to the Democratic campaign tund. | Without Benefit of Prayer—Con- | gressman Rogers of Florida has| !ze: imanded Secretary State Acheson for not opening the North (Atlantic Pact-signing ceremonies | with prayer. In a letter to Ache- son, Rogers pointed out that the was signed in the hope of | keeping peace, yet no appeal was)| | made to the Prince of P | | Communists on Wane—The Itai- | jlan Communist party is in serious | financial trouble. Inside reason' is that Moscow has drastically cur- {tailed the money it has been pour- iing into Italy to finiance Communist operations. Italian Communist lcud-l |ers are boiling made because they | believe the money that once came [to them is now going to the| French Communists . . . The Ameri- ‘ ‘::u) Emkbassy reports that Italian | | Communist party, once the world’s | | largest, has lost some 600,000 mem- | | bers in the past four months. | of i ACROSS 5. Rug-manuface ¥ uring town SR Intoh) in’ Kashmir flower 26. Units containet 27, Edible_grain 6 Windflower 2. Uneven 2§ Ajabian 81 Plat part of commander 14. Chills and Fauait tever . Placia 15. Do without : Top cards 6. Topaz hum- Compass point wingbird Arabie.tettor 17. Peacock moths 4§ News-sheet i ’ 28, Italian river : Note of the Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 19. Giant jon | BA.'Screwlike part 57. Football teams 21. West Indian "or of @ship's 58, Accumulate sorcery: acoount log DOWN variant 50, King of Judah 6. Watered 1. Regard 23. Pitcher 517 Zeal appearance 2. Authorize | ; 4. 5 e allowance 6. Central American timber tree A 7. American 2 ndian AENEN INE7 L TR 0. Constellat A ‘fl 11 Day lity %R Wi il Il 7/ il O d il . Boxes . Top of the heaa . Incarnation of Vishnu . Gypsy . Through: prefix Broad thor- oughfare: abbr, THE DAILY ALASKA EMP]I 1§ in the small boat harbor tonight. | St 1 JUNEAU, ALAS EDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1949 y 20 YEARS AGO fot. oo PIRE APRIL 20, 1929 clection of Fred Campen to be night patrolman, as recommended by Police Chief George Getchell, was confirmed by the City Council. Member C. H. MacSpadden was named first assistant wharfinger, and later resigned his position on the Council. Ted Laughlin was chosen to succeed H. M. Sabin as fire truck driver, and G. R. Phillips, as assistant, to succeed Elliott Fremming, whose. resignation was accepted | at the meeting. Maj. Malcolm Elljott, president of the Alaska Road Commission, planned to leave on the Yukon for Seward and Eklutna, His daughter, Miss Anne, was to accompany him. One of the largest crowds to attend a dance in the Scottish Rite Temple had enjoyed the Shrine Club’s ball for visiting legislators. The Drake cabin with 100-foot frontage facing Auk Lake was sold by Mrs. Marie Drake to Mrs. H. L. Faulkner. Earl Rossman was the speaker at the Fairbanks Parent-Teacher Association meeting and Pat Naghel, a Juneau boy, played a violin sul | A call was out for workers the next day on the Boy Scout cabin. The story said, “Mayor Thomas B. Judson, H. L. Redlingshafer, Wilford Leivers or Frank Garnick, perhaps all of them, will be-on the job to | direct.” i Weather: High, 54; low, 53; clear. ————————— Daily Lessons in English %% 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He is stopping at the Slade Hotel.” Say, “He is STAYING at the Slade Hotel.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Address. Accent second syllable, not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Breath (noun). - Breathe (verb). SYNONYMS: Arbitration, adjustment, agreement, compromise, settle- ment. 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: REQUISITE (adjective); required by the nature of things; necessary. “Every work of art should contain within itself all that is requisite for its own comprehension, Poe. | MODERN ETIQUETTE %% sprra 1ox Q. Should a young man rise when eating in a public place with a girl, if another man stops at their table? A. While not exactly compulsory, it most certainly is not out of place. Q. Should the donor's card always accompany a wedding gift? A. Yes, always; it is usually enclosed in a small card-envelope. Q. How should a man introduce his wife? A. As “my wife” to social equals, and as “Mrs. Smith” to his em- ployees or mere business acquaintances LOOK and LEARN % o corbox _—_ 1. How many cards are there in a pinochle deck? i KI"DERGARTE"S '0 2. In what country did the opera originate? | | 3. On what island is the Statue of Liberty? Weatne" condtions and temper-! BE lei“_IHURSD‘Y\L‘ ; ‘\LV}}:M V:_Bs t{?:‘lxxaz'me of !vimg'Arthurs S\:een? atures at various Alaska points, | r ke E { / ks ote» oW iontiyy. Steet Aiton ¢ also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 he kindergarten ciasses of the“ ANSWERS: |a. m. 120th Meridian Time, and|Juneau Elementary School will| L. Forty-eight. | released by the Weather Bureau.\presem a program for their par-| 2. Ttaly. Juneau. follow: f?ts’;}‘f the schcolptomonow,:p;u‘ § 3. Bedloe Island. ia1. e morning program will be |} ek | Anchorage 34 ——Cloudyiat 10 am. the afternoon at 2:15 ‘ 2 g:&zfi:(‘;fims | Barrow -3—Partly Cloudy |o'clock. 1 X 5 Bethel 31—Snow Ann Gehringer’s group will pre-| Y- Cordova 36—Rain sent “A Visit to Mother Goose| Dawson ... 25—Partly Cloudy Land” with the children dressed Edmonton 48—Cloudy jas characters out of a Mother| | Fairbanks 31—Partly Cloudy |Goose book, while Norma Goss’ D L] ] | Haines ... 40—Rain|class will give a glimpse into| J l’mbln . H '\a'ln Havre 3 41—Cloudy |adulthood with the mock wedding AN o' Juneau Airport 40—Partly Cloudyof Little Miss and Tom Thumb. Annette Island 41—Cloudy | This program will conclude a H Kodiak 39—Rain |series of programs given by child- I urners Kotzebue v 29—Snow [ren in all the elementary grades. McGrath 34—Cloudy ——————a— r Nome e 31—Snow C. G. SHIP TRIPS - i = Northway 22—Partly Cloudy The CGC Storis left this morn- elephone 319 nghis Red 730 Petersburg 39—Partly Cloudy |ing at 8:30 o'clock on the regular > 2 Portland 50—Partly Cloudy |service run to Eidred Rock, Cape Hm'm Mach"ne s"“"’ .M- Prince George 35—Partly Cloudy | Spencer, Point Rereat, and Sen- . & [y Seattle 44—Ram | tinel Island light stations. The ‘Whitehorse 35—Cloudy , Storis is expected back tomorrow Yakutat 38—Rain ! evening. The CGC 83524 left at 8 Ry r-eemr=t o'clock this morning to repair the Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. 1. Bebrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS . A. L. BARLOWE 1 i as a paid-up subscriver 10 THE DAILY ALASEA 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: { Federal Tax —-12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN 10U to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! | | {1 COMMITTEES MAKE FINAL PLANS FOR ART, CRAFT SHOW There will be an important meet- ing Friday of all department heads and others interested, to make final plans for the Fifth Annual Arts and Crafts Exhibit to be held at! |the end of this month, i The meeting will be at 7:30] o'clock Friday evening in the Terri- torial ,Museum, second floor, Fed- | eral Building. Those in charge of various dis- plays remind the public that it is by mo means necessary to be a member of Alaskan Arts and | Crafts, Inc.,, to submit entries. The | only requirements are that work be original, and not previously‘ shown in exhibit. addition to those previously named .to ke in charge of certain | exhibits, Mrs. William Hixson has | been named to head the ceramics division, and Mrs. George Baro- | umes, leathercraft. | An unusual loan exhibit to be | shown in conjunction with | Arts and Crafts show will arrive on | the Baranof. It consists of 20 re-| | markable animal sculptures cast in| ‘aluminum. They are the work of | Anna Hyatt Huntington, and, brought here from California. | | o000 850300 TIDE TABLE APRIL 21 Low tide, 3:01 am., 6.7 ft. High tide, 8:54 am. 121 ft. Low tide, 15:40 p.m., 2.5 ft. High tide, 22:30 p.m,, 12.7 ft. e ® 8" 31 e e 0 08 0o Dr. E. 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ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS, Secretary. ¢) B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. F. DEWEY BAKER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 17 Main St. Phone 772 { | High Quality Cabinet Work | for Home, Office or Store ; # ) = Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE Secretary— ( WALTER HERMANSEN Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:156 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. "The Rexall Store” Your Rellable Pharmaciste BUTLER-MAURQ DRUG (O, . Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen. Manager Plancs—Mudeal Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Fhione 546 Pred W. Went: Juneauw’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Heel Newly Renovated Reomms st Reasensble Rater PHONE SINGLE © PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —— OIL8 Buailers’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Type SOLD and mwc':rllaub'y‘ J.B.Burford & Co. | “Ou: Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorised Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Ce, Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES !| DELICIOUS ICE CREAM daily habit—ask for i by mame Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liguor Stere—Tel 000 American Meat — Phene 30 . A S 1 . To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry e —————————————— DR. ROBERT SIMPSON Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Appointments Phohe a_l’ur "H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man