The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 11, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dall Alaska Em ire . - | such topies as hbm ! supply, employment and unemployment trends and p“b“m,d every evening except Sunday .,, the {housing conditions. Frequent information on con- | i ot Liath Sus. Smeec raky ! struction contracts during the season will be forw mqur‘;zo‘frofiigo ¥ a5} = »wuvmzz::‘ed to all Federal Security Agency regional offices, which. in turn, will be transmitted to local State ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managing Editor | ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager | goencies. . Entefed in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Mattei Stating that the em yme) a n Alaskad ORI T ToN R § 2 ploym 11t ation in Alaska | o MAY 11 Belivered by carrier in Junean and Dousl: s of considerable concern to him, Mr. Kingsley sum- | ¢ RS i ths. $8.00. ; " . e y By pilx monthe £800; one.vear. Si50e med up the program by saying: “Thus, any individual V. Mary Kathlene Miller One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | Will be able to secure information with regard to em- Mrs. Charles W. Carter ene month, In advance, §1.50. 1 2 pal ployment opportunities in Alaska from his own local ‘,' Jackson Marsh Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promntly notify Whe Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the delivery o their papers. Telephones 3. office of his State Ei News Office, 602; Business Office, | fic job opportunties MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS sepublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper. and also the local news published NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | Sourth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. tinudusly advised of | (Fairb | We Alaskans like loving neighborly lot, ALASKA EMPLOYMENT SITUATION set off such fire and for our favor. There had been i A business like method is to be undertaken now regarding the employment situation in Alaska. Re-s ports from all sections of Alaska are that hundreds are looking for jobs which do not exist at the present time. Seasonal work is likely to break within the next few weeks but at present there is plenty of labor for | all coming work, especially common labor. The Federal Security Agency has informed Dele- gate Batlett of a new progam designed to aid in the employment situatjon in Alaska and to discourage “aimless migration” to Alaska The program, devised after advices from Dele- voices were lifted. eate Bartlett of a new program designed to aid in the } “We are building the present high rate of unemployment in Alaska, would set up recruitment machinery in the States to provide workers for cn’nstmcticn projects where insufficient workers cannot be found in the Territory. that our 1exchanged over us. Montana, | that everyone took i those things. At a and delegates to the | Another told the All offices of the Btate Employment Services, ac- “But,” flamed this wooer, “we're going to sell!started, the people set aside a part cording to information given Delegate Bartlett by | gtuff up there, and we're going to lick those guys injof their earnings, and materials Acting Administrator J. Donald Kingsley of the Fed- | geattle!” were purchased in Seattle. During eral Security Agency, will be provided by the Alaska Territorial Employment Service officials with current labor market information for the Territory, including | It may not 2 while we step over h Now, boys. ‘lhese jobs through our clearance machinery. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for ' cants will be discouraged from seeking employment in | Alaska unless referred by the Employment Service to| ¢ Aorein. 3 | a specific job opening.” ° Plans are also under way to keep the press mn- | Bo sudden appeal to vanity in the discovery that folks are ; | tighting over us. Home This must be the way a pretty girl feels when a |§170000 have given many new pair ,Oi swains knock heads trying to pick up herlphomes to the Eskimo .village of | dropped glove, then square off into a real old-fashioned | Earrow, fartherest north settle- i knuckle-rodeo. ment on the American continent. By rights, presumably, we should lift our irresist- {Two recently completed projects ‘able fingertips in placating gesture and cry gently:|and a third underway wi'll brmg! “Boys, boys!" the building total to 75 new homes, Instead, there is a sense of exhilaration and fas- |4¢ repaired homes, and 31 addi- cination in the realization that our attractions can |tjons to homes. Barrow is now a ,or jealousy for some time, but it was not until recently modest ears were amazed at harsh words it appears, loves us. has been going steady with us for such a leng time “family meeting” of Montana Congressmen merce convention in Washington, D. C., however, many in Alaska, a representative of the Great Falls Cham- ber of Commerce asserted. trade, one of the greatest obstacles that Montana must overcome is the competition with Seattle. iady-like, but will you pardon us11847, Let’s you and him fight. " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEA ALASKA pE dnm'\nd qdcqn'm of local labor mployment Service. When \.,,(,_‘ Mrs. Karl Ashenbrenner exist, workers will be referred to| b o nli Appli- | Clara Booth Pr Mrs. Jerry Childs \ . Archie Ferris e o 00 o0 v 000 'POPULATION AT BARRCW GROWS; HOMES ERECTED projects totaling the labor situation in Alaska ! Boys! anks News-Miner) to think of ourselves as a peace- opposed to ruction, but there is a building fury in the hearts of rival Suitors (thriving community with a popula- tion of nearly 1,000. Congestion in hemes has teen relieved; one; family per home is about the aver- age and the homes have from two to four rooms. In 1946 the population then num- bering about 500 were crowded into Jabout 90 huts and shacks built tor the most part of ships dunnage and drift wood. Ten to twelve people living in one or two rooms was a common event. Before this, ship- . iping costs of building material a new trade and a new venture” | was prohibitive, but an arrange- ment was made with the U. S. Navy {whereby shipping costs were re- duced. A number of the Natives obtained steady employment with the Navy. A building project was inklings, of course, of a faint glow Seattle, of course, t for granted that it was one of United States Chamber of Com-} “family” that in seeking Alaskan 18 new homes were built, jadditions were made to five a.nd, | eight more were repaired. During 1948, 23 more new homes ere where we can see better. e {he Washingfon Merry-Go-l{o_u_nd By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page 1) of the money for a boys' school dedicated to him. UNDERNEATH HIS BELLOW | Bellowing Bill Langer, the unruly | Senator from North Dakota, likes | | to size up a man before voting [to confirm him for office. That's | why he blocked the confirmation i et t: rs today, may never really Know | or Adm. Paul Mather to succeed WASHINGTON, May 11—®— - ;?oi?afin“‘,:ih‘i?if' fla;:ilgmsreprxl; how much they have done for their | ress Larson a , . ;. | President Truman h: named g ess Larson as War Assets Admin s onlisgs péeh ordon |0f time prepared the people to country. istrator. Finally Larson called the Senator i and asked what he had against Ad- miral Mather. “I just want to look him in theA eye,” roared Langer. | Larson hurried Mather over toy Capitol Hill for Langer’s nmpection.{ The big, friendly Senator threw an arm around the Admiral and J. EDGAR HOO @ SCHOOL During the 25 long years he has been director of the FBI, J. Edgar! Hoover has received all kinds of téempting financial offers. | Various corporations have invited | him to leave the government and join them. Movie companies have | col asked him to serve as their crime-' i wyou look like a two- flbte(l X story adviser. Big detective agen-!gyy ' “well confirm you this af- U."“em“;y L S“.“.‘hfr"l Califor-{,oquced rate of $20 for the Eagle cies sought his services. But HOOV- | teroon,” e Lo <5 pra.ctxcm, attorney: | piver Encampment is next Sat- er has said no. e Loy e o and chalr|urqay noon. After that date, the . LR L ACHESON WILL GO To | TaR Of the Department of Physics; a6 for the two week period will When you compare this with GERMANY | at Princeton University. be $2250. The Boy Scout office the general field of ex-government GERMA! | "smyth wrote the famous “Smyth | ey “teoo L % Gatuarday | officials, Hoover's sacrifice lomfns! Secretary Acheson has decided | Report” on the atom bomb. It!e "o Flno wich to make re 1 much bigger than the public T€- |y, yisit Germany while in Paris|Was issued shortly after the first|yaiions for the encampment which alizes. Most “top government ”m"fm the Four-Power Conference. In} cials serve a Ie\f years, then B0 fact Acheson already has a speech| became the subject of a wide con- ! inclusive. out and make big money in Pri- | veady for his brief case, with the | troversy. “Needed now is a man cook for vate industry. In Washington and |iqes that he would go to either| Dean is 43 and a native of Se-|y . ¢y, week camp,” said Maurica New York, the woods are full of | giytigart or Frankfort and did|attle. Smyth, 51, was born at| powers, Boy Scout executive. | lawyers_who once worked 10r the|gecretary Byrnes in 1946. :Clintcn. N. Y. - R government and now lobby against | The purpose-of the speech would | _ TICE Now is the time to put your fur the government But Hoover was satisfied to work be to assure Germans that the | United States has no intention of | for years on less than $16,000; only | qning them over to the Com-|year period June 1, 1949 to June! cold fur vault in’ Juneau. Come 1| recently got a salary inerease 10|yunicts even if we do reach an|l, 1951, are now available at theto, our office. Chas. Goldstein| §14,000. He is truly devoted 10| aoreoment with Russia. City Clerk's office and must be se-;and CO 91 tf: public service. 2 5 Should the Paris conference end |cured by June first. 191 6t | - Therefore. it was APPropriae|in gjjyre, Acheson's speech would C. L. Popejoy, City Clerkj Trollers Attenuon: Stop at Mad- that yesterday—the 25th ‘anniver-|y, gouply important, because he e {sen’s today for your supplies.| sary of Hoover's directorship of the | co,1q then assure the Germans in| SCHWINN BICYCLES at MAD-|Spcons, Lplugs, sinkers, etc., at re- FBI—a bipartisan group of Sena- SEN’S. 46 tff' duced prices. ’ 179 ,' person that the United States wants 'TWO PROFESSORS Dean and Henry Dewolt Smyth, as| membérs of the Atomic Energy|use of their present Commission. Senate after accepting the resigna- tion morrow. viously had resigned. bomb was dropped in Japan and ivere built, additions were made m\ eight, ang repairs to 15. The 1949 project calls for 34 new | Lomes, additions to 18 and repairs | ARE NOMINATED :m 26. The people do nearly all the FOR ATOM'( (OM | work themselves, with the guidance | . of ANS personnel in planning and; ordering. The success of this project is ‘make the best and most intelligent economic ad- |vantages. He sent the nominations to the EAGLE RIVER, CAMP of Robert F. Bacher as al RESERVATIONS Dl‘Ed mmission member, effective to-| William W. Wayhack pre-1 parents of Boy Scouts are re- Immded by the Boy Scout office| hat the deadline for paying Lhel Dean is professor of law at the extends . from May 29 to June 11,1 City Drivers licenses for the two|coats in storage. We have the only | tors and Representatives introduced | jpem to go ahead full speed with a bill establishing a model school| yiang for a separate Western Ger- for rejected boys outside Washing- | ..., state. C ettt A LIS Crossword Puzzle among boys has been one of hh]some competition from Vishinsky, greatest contributions. who is bound to make a' similar ACROSS 36 Taunt e ' 1. Soak 37. Color . speech in Eastern Germany. 4. Cit v A EN : 3y . City in lowa i PRIVATE-GOVERNMENT § Bl o M Glves the ENTERPRISE JUDGE (?) FRANK LAUSCHE | 13 &t in Brazn 41 Amount of " i arl 10| 14. Floated medicine Already, a group of private citi- | Tbe big question mark in Oblo| 36 [%fe,e o 45, Leiand in the, politics is versatile Democratic . F Aegeal have secured a 530-acre farm a8, Woradly goan zens have secured a 530- Governor Frank Lausche, The poli- ‘proper 44. Cowfish near the upper Potomac in Mary- | . . 3 | 17. Black 46, Legislate 4 b Ed a ticians are trying to guess whether| 18. Exchange 50. Turkish regle fnd as a gift 1o dhe 84T | ne will run against Senator Taft| 20 Girl student: A v 5 collog, :““‘e’ Bpsidation The]y ”’ls" filfl“ in 1950 or become a Democratic| 22. Spike of corn b5 Co raise money privately to P | candidate for President or Vice-| b Stage speeches 5t. Light cotton Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle build and finance the schodl 1o the fabric ¢ 3 * | President in 1952. A key to the audtence §7. Look after ‘The bill, introduced in Congri Kind of bird b8. Silkworm 61. Cluster of 3. Part of Con- . . puzzle may be a statement Laus- g] 59 wool fibers stantinople by Senators Thomas of Utah, Mors: Frighten 59, 'Iempurar] % y Senators Thomas of Utah, Morse | 0“0 4o "00 ' e the.record din- | 3. Arizona Indlan DOWN - Come fnto view of Oregon and Ives ot New York s 4. Masculine 60. u(m heurlnl 1. Not hard . Deface iy " 2 ner some time ago. “I have a great nickname rocks 2. Scent $candinavian and Congressmen Walter of Penn- >y Sy ~ navigator 5 ¢ # " | nostalgia,” he declared, “for the . Group of Pa- sylvania and Case of New Jersey, judicial bench.” cific islands provides that the Government will R > .,l;r_oblg.-cyl match private contributions, and | i i that the school will be governed N.C. CO. BOAT REPAIRS B oD Sock by an equal number of govern-! el 19. Quigin ot~ ment officials and private citi- 1 On the ways at the- Northern --Efl’:!l\i‘:}‘:\}eugr zens. This would give the school | | Commercial Co. for inspection Is l'zecay urora some of the freeticm of enterprise | the Vermarco owned by A. H. Kin- which the government itself lac lan. The Ocean Queen owned by Hoover, himself, would be the|Jim Martin recently had a new guiding genius behind the school | fathometer installed. The Foss 19 And, though his days of retirement | owned by the, Foss Tug and Launch are still some time off, the day|Co. Seattle, underwent a pll‘pellPx‘ might come when, instead of mk-‘change ing a tempting offer from private | The Totem, owned business, he could devote his ldl-}Monmsen was on the ents to the thing he enjo; | minor repairs. —improving the yocuth of the na-| Hull planking was ‘the Mary Lou owned by Ed Church- by W Ralrh for | | replaced on | And in view of Hoover's long;m of Wrangell. Both rs of | frvice at a modest government the Taku Chief, owned “by the ary, nobody in Congress is go-| Polaris-Taku Mineing Co., have ing toelject to puttisg: u; part|been overhauled. l City in Penn. sylvania 21, Places 25, Provided with hoes Outdoor game . Genus of the honeybee Marry . Low haunt 38! Self . Demons 2. One of the Muses 5. Finished . Egyptian sun disk . Painstaking mble 2 H W DNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949 20 YEARS AGO 2% suprns MAY 11, 1929 In Douglas, Betty Sey had a birthday party, with games and refresh- Anna Marie Doogan and Dicky Kilburn won prizes. ments. The Bureau of Fisheries patrol vessel Crane was in port enroute to |$87,605,800 for the Pacific North- duty in the Bristol Bay area, commanded by Capt. P. Smith, former skipper on the Judge. Ernie Sigurdson, formerly engineer on the Highway, and Ben Burford of Juneau were, respectively, chief and assist- ant engineer. It became known that the late William P. Rauch, who left a $5,000 bequest to the museum, had made some friends in Juneau and had frequented the museum in an unobtrusive manner, showing keen inteerst. He was known to H. Terhune, Executive Officer of the Alaska Game Commission, and had visited at the home of Dr. and Mrs. C. P. Jenne. A sportsman, Rauch did much of his hunting with a camera On his last trip he had chartered the Tolo here. A forest fire of unknown origin on Tenakée Inlet had been quickly put out by Deputy U. S. Marshal C. J. Sullivan and a party he got together. Helping him were Jack Carmel, Martin Paddock, Fred Pad- dock, N. G. Noble and Oscar Hansen. ‘ Maj. Malcolm Elliott, Alaska Road Commission President, predicted that Anchorage’s half-million dollar hydro-electic power project at Eklutna would be completed by midsummer. Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Sey of Douglas entertained at four tables|the city is at a commercial stand- of bx'idbe Prizes went to Mrs. Elton Engstrom, Miss Margaret Abraham- son, Alexander Dunham and J. O. Kirkham. . Suprising many friends, Mrs. Legia Kashevaroff Brewer and John G. Olson were married at a morning ceremony in the U. S. Commis- sioner’'s Court, with Miss May Jones and Douglas Oliver as witnesses. The Elks staged the first baseball dance of the season. Weather: High, 53; low, 38; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon ——————————————————————— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Every American is not com- placent.’, Say, “Not every American is complacent.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Plantain (weed). I as in TIN. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Arrangement; GEM. Acknowledgment; GM. SYNONYMS: Modesty, diffidence, bashfulness, timidity, reserve, taci- turnity. 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: INCLEMENT; harsh, severe, tempestuous. “The inclement weather kept us prisoners for several day: MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥omerra LEE Pronounce plan-tin, Q When a young man wishes to ask a girl for a date, is it all right to lead up to it by asking, “What are you doing Wednesday evening”? A. No; this is a very cruae approach. Be outspoken. Tell her you would like to take her to a sho\\ or some entertainment place, next Wednesday evening. Q. When a woman guest comes to visit for a week or two, what is the best way to introduce her to one's friends? A, An afternoon bridge or tea party is very popular for tnis purpose. Q. Is it necessary to offer a cigarette to another person each time you have one, when you know that petson doesn’t smoke? A. No. LOOK and LEARN iy C. GORDON What English surname is the most common? ‘What is the southernmost city of the world? Whose was “the face that launched a thousand ships”? ‘What is legerdemain ? ‘Who was known as the “Bard-of Avon”? ANSWERS: Smith. Punta Arenas, Chile. Helen of Troy. Sleight of hand. Shakespeare. PUBLIC RELATIONS and ADVERTISING Boh Druxman Telephone 891 123 Front Street SRR o o !"losed before the Reds took the i Dr. E. Lannon Kelly Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAI SAVINGS CARL RUSHER as a paid-up subseriver vo THE DAILY ALASKEA 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: "RIFF-RAFF" Federal Tax —-12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO—Phone 22 i and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and ¢ RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. . Collection of fac .- Number WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! ALASKA PROJECTS ALLOTED BIG SUM WASHINGTON, May 11.—P— The Senate Appropriations Com- mittee today approved 3751.440,090" for Army civil functions—including west and Alaska. Oregon is listed for projects tot-| aling $70,521,500, including $40,- 000,000 for the McNary dam and locks on the Columbia river. Alaska is allotted $1,044,000. Included was a record $722,690,- ! 690 for flood control and naviga- ion projects of the army engineers! n the year beginning July 1. ¢ This is $158,148,420 more than the amount approved by the House. | The Alaska projects are: Nome | Harbor, $701,000; Wrangell Nar- | rows $343,000. | /| MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14%i SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month E in Scottish Rite Temple begining at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secret ty. (4] B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brathers wel- come. F. DEWEY BAKER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. 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