The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 16, 1949, Page 4

IR T ——e—— PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publishied every evening except Sunday by the NY. EMPIRE PRINTING CO! Second and Main' Streets, Jun. #ELEN TROY MONSEN & - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - ALFRED ZENGER - - - - | Norein Jamison of jand all. But she Mrs. Jamison four-year-old Bet W hinska Mrs. Jamison and President - Vice-President | tified man who went down head first on another rope | [nnd pulled them out. Neighbors came to admire, Managing Editor Business Manager Bptered in the Post SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.50 per mi one yesr, $15.00 at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; six months. $8. By mail, postage paid, ene month, in advance, $1.50. @vbscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notifs he Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery d their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE! Office 1n Juncau as Second Class Matter. Bustness omce, PRI is made of. She thing,” she said. To realize thal M. The Assoclated Press Is exclusively epubl'cation of all news dispatches credited to 1t of not other- | 4 in this paper &nd also the local news published | wise _ted. trein to the use for one.” NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Souith Avenue Bldg. Seattle, Wash. God’s children. ficantly this faith CLEAN- Small piles of rubbish on curbs around the city lean-up week got underway yesterday prevailing. many citizens started Saturday afternoon and con- raking up yards, etc. Clean-up week does not necessarily mean just cellars and regarding items that might cause combustion. Citizens are asked to place their rubbish piles on curbs where they may be picked up easily by indicate that c! with the best possible weather tinued until darkness, yards but also houses, trucks that will make daily tours. Clean-up should be encouraged by all so as to make our city an attractive one for the tourists to visit as well as personal pride in our ow More than Herolsm | (Christian Science Monitor) To discover unsuspected resouces of courage in erton S JP UNDERWAY of her brave act turn their thoughts away from the divisive influences | her act one of heroism. alone is made of superior stuff; she ! . This faith in oneself is transmuted to faith in all Mrs. Jamison has expressed signi- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA f De: doesn't ~th1 (hu 3 went down a 40-foot well to rescue ty Driscoll. When the rope broke, Betty were rescued by an uniden- and that was when Mrs. Jamison showed what the true hero or heroine told her friends she didn't consider “You'd have done the same t courage, or any form of goodness, does not place one apart fom one’s fellows is to get hold of that wisdom expressed by Jesus when he said: “Why callest thou me good? there is none good but Mrs. Jamison evidently does not believe she believes we all are. both in word and deed. The record and modest speeth will help many |of personal achievement and pride to the unifying recognition that we really find brotherood and God- given equality in 1i ving up to the best that is in-us. i Let The FBI Do It { (Milwaukee Journal) A State * ‘un-American activities” | a legislative committee is asked by the American Legion | About 30 men investigation by | | State Executive Committee. | The Federal government and its agencies are best M] cquu)m‘d to cope with the Communist menace in this | country. Such agencies as the |gound information and expert personnel to conduct txclpatc | such investigations effectively and judiciously. FBI have the back- It is ! doubtful that any State legislative committee would have either. In fact mittees are frequel ing evidence. attics, especially we fear, become a city The law that and the most effi with which Uncle n surroundings. ,and nieces. To take the place un). oneself is a vitalizing experience—and one may come | ou' a hcm," ma}be with pictures in the paper. [he Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page 1) at a private nospital. fee covers doctor and even sur- would cost Yet this small bills, nurse service gery. Dr. Calver watch for heart trouble used to kill 28 victims in Congress in a single year. . By running celebrated patients throught his own heart clinic, he has cut down | on Congressional deaths by 7 per| cent. Meanwhile the Senators and Con- gressmen who receive all this medi- cal pampering have bottled up theg President’s health program which would-offer s'milar benefits to the | American people. For anyone except Congressmen, | the doctors’ lobby would call this| “socialized medicine.” | Not only the lawmakers, but their staffs can go to Dr. Calver for treatment. His office handles | approximately 60,000 patient-visits | each year—a full-time job not oniy‘ for Dr. Calver, but also an assist-| ant doctor, nine nurses and three Navy enlisted men. | Note—Though no longer with the Navy, Dr. Calver still draws a rear admiral's pay. . RAYBURN'S ALLEGED | FRIEND |8 President Truman is still wait- | ing to learn whether handsome Curtis Calder, chairman of the giant Electric Bond and Share holding corpcration, is going to ac- cept the post of Secretary of the Army. Meanwhile, Congressmen re- call Calder as a friendly lobbyist | also keeps a special which | lvr his supposedly intimate pal from his | g | was held, seen sround Capitol Hill during the | days of the fiight, but holding corporatioa | probably wouldn't have much more who actually didn’t|luck today holding a recall election know the big shots as well as he| magined. Calder was found of telling peo- ple how he and Speaker Rayburn were boscm pals. “I just dropped in on Sam,” Cald- er told Granson Purcell, Chairman and Exchange | ® friends | ® am from|® 2 been for years. You know, I Texas, t00.” Sam|® e e e @ - A day or so later Chairman Pur- | cell bumged into Speaker himself “Say,” sa fellow from Share? He was around to see the other day. What's his name? He claims to be from Texas— though as a matter of iact, he comes from Kansas. I never can remember his name.” “Do you mean Calder?” ed Purcell “Oh, yes, that's it," burn. “He claims we other back in Texas.” A few weeks later Chairman Pur- cell happened to meet Rayburn again and once again the Speaker asked the name of his alleged friend from Texas. Again Purcell told him, and this time Rayburn wrote Calder’s name down on a plece of paper. But the third time Purcell bump- ed into Rayburn, once again the 'who is that Bond 1d id Rayburn, * prompt- replied Ray- know each Speaker had forgotten the name 18, beginning 10 a.m, Rayburn | meq Sp ng rains al Mrs. ‘Texas. pparently they weren't| such friends after all. Note—Rayburn took the position that the people of Texas should have a change to own and operate their own utility companies. Cald- er, as head of Texas Power and Light and of Dallas Power and Light, took exactly the opposite positicn. PRESSMEN’'S UNION CLEAN-UP As the A. F. of L. executive com- m.ttee meets in Cleveland today, total oi five locals of the Press men’s Union have demanded a thorough investigation of the man- ner in which the late George Berry butted the treasury of the union he was supposed te protect. Many rank and file members of the union have petitioned the AFI of! to protect their interests Unless they get AFL aid they fear their hard-earned pension benefits will be . lost, for it is extremely difficult to hold an election and throw out present union officials The last time such an election according to Lewis W Thomas, Sr., chairman of the 1926 Recall Committee, it got nowhere The ballots against president Berry were taken by car to Robersville Tenn., the union’s headquarter 2 union member named Doole; “However,” recalls Thomas, road to Rogersville is through the Tennessez mountains, and on the way, Berry’s men waylaid the car and shot the tires off it. Dooley rived at Rogersville on foot the “When he got there, Berry wel- comed him in' a very sorrowful ‘Why, brother Dcoley,” he ‘you are late. We counted he ballots yesterday. I am terri- bly sorry but we can’t count yours— under the bylaws.’” Members of the union claim they against the present leaders of the unicn. s 9 0 0 TIDE TAB P PRI MAY 17 High tide, 4:41 am. 154 ft. Low tide, 11:3¢ a.m., 0.0. ft. ® High tide, 18.09 p.m,, 13.0 ft. Low tide, 2346 p.m., 5.7 ft. +E PR R N A Y'Y OTTKES ON VACATION Mr. and Mrs. N. G. Gitke leave on the Alaska ior a six-week vaca- tion. Mrs, Ottke will remain in Se- | attle for the first two weeks while | Mr. Ottke flies to Cincinnati, Ohio. | He will return to Seattle and their son Howard will meet them there, flying from here on May 15. The family then goes to Springfield, Oregon, to visit a daughter, and Howard will return from there to Juneau to start his summer’s work. From Orgeon, Mr. and Mrs. Ottke | 80 to Los Angeles to visit a broth- er of Mrs. Ottke. The remainder of the vacation will be spent in Phoenix, Arizona. RUMMAGE SALE At Lutheran Church Wed., May 97 Zl‘ stirred up a lot of foam but little substance. the way it has been elsewhere. Experience with legislative committees such ascrews, the legion proposes is not at all reassur ing. Such com- |1r‘,m Lions, ntly inclined to make facts fit their | conclusions and to be anything but objective in weigh- | churches. A legislative investigation of the sort asked would, | worl widely publicized undertaking that | That is | has the greatest number, the largest icient teeth is the income tax law | Sam puts the bite on his nephews \ BB Watches for milady’s knee are advertised again. of clockwork at the ankle?—(Brem- re a sure sign of spring’s reign. BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAVE MEETING FRIDAY The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Ju- neau-Douglas chapter of the Alaska Crippled Children’s Association mat at a no-host luncheon last Friday, ) with Victor Power, President, pre- { siding. It was voted to hold a cutting bee | on Friday, May 27, at the Elks Hall ir order to complete the cutting o1 the smocks and cast sherts for the orthopedic hospital. Anyon2 willing to assist in the cutting is asked to be at the Elks at 1;.0, o'clock. Membership cards for 1949 were distributed to memcers. It was voted to purchase a com- binaticn radio-victrola which had been offered the organization for a very reasonable sum for the hos- pital. Mrs. Dorothy Farrell was elected | to membership on the board to filli the vacancy caused by the resigna- | tion of Mrs. Henrietta Power. Mrs. John McCormick was wel- comed back. She reported on her cbservation while in the hospital| at Spokane of the Easter £Seal drive and the publicity given the| drive and method of conductinz in the state of Washington. It was voted that the meetings| ot the association would be held| on the second Friday of the month instead of the first Friday. THISTLE IN PORT The CGC Thistle dccked at the A-J Dock Saturday atternoon trom | Ketchikan, leaving supplies for El-| dred Rock light station. The This-! tle returned to Ketchikan ate 3 lock this morning. Allan McKenzie Thomas E. Taylor Edwin Hildre Rebert L. Brown Millie Edwards Beatrice McIntosh Mrs. Ear! Cooper . . . ° . ° . . . . . . WORK DAY AT BOY SCOUT CAMP IS SET | FOR NEXT SATURDAY Annual work day for men inte- rested in the Eagle River scout| | camp is announced for next Satur- | \(’.ay by Jud Whittier, Boy Scout | campir and activities chairman. | i | | | 20 YEARS AGO frHE EMPIRE The Totem, Juneau High School annual, appeared. MAY 16, 1929 Students had dedicated the 1929 volume “to the citizens of Juneau who made possible | the erection of our new school building.” ‘With George Hall as editor, the staff included John Meggitt, Earl Lagergren, William Norton, Alden | Torgeson and Elsie Jensen. Art work was by Gladys Naghel, Winnifred Carlson, Anne Mack, Agnes Harner and Joyce Morris. Contributing were Winnifed Carlson, Verna Hurley, Elsie Jensen, John Meggitt, Alex Kiloh, Bennie Messer and Mitchell Rocovich. The Chamber of Commerce decided to build and maintain a publicity bureau for tourist information. Plans submitted by M. W. Williams, advertising committee chairman, were approved. | NG | Judge and Mrs. V. A. Paine left for a visit to their fox ranch on Kuiu Island, expecting to be gone 10 days. Felix Gray presemed diplomas to six graduating students of Douglas High School at exercises in the Liberty Theatre. Fraser and Violet Lundell, Graduates were Roberta commencement speakers; Herbert Savikko, Ethyle Runquist, Douglas Durham and Alex Gair. Maj. Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission, was named head of the engineering division of the International High- are needed to make | way Association. To serve in an advisory capacity were Gov. George A. ithe repairs required for this yEer'Parks Delegate Dan Sutherland, Col. O. F. Ohlson, General Manager of ration of the camp, d, and Juneau and Douglas Boy | l;c(uh are also being asked to par- since some of the work| Iuln be handled by them. Representatives cf the variou | iservice clubs are lining up the work | with contingents expa cted, Kiwanis, Rotary, the Shrine Club, veterans’ group and Girl scout committeemen are| k'ng with the Boy Scout men | jin the annual work day. One of | the major improvement projects for the camp this year is the addition ‘\u a-tood storage pantry which will | i e built on the rear of the kitchen |and will provide a much-needed place for keeping fcod supplles‘ {Saturday’s group will move in the| +stove oil needed for both Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps for the 1949 ‘fer the Boy Scout camp which | lnpem Sunday afternoon, May "9} Tools, lumber, and supplies will| be taken out by barge Friday, so! that they will be at the camp| | Saturday morning. Services of one; or two carpenters are needed tu} /supervise the pantry job, Whittier | reports, and he acked that anycne willing to donate a day's work for| 'thxs purpose should call the Scout office at 387. OPERETTA CASTTO | SING AT P-TA MEET | Final Parent-Teacher Association |meeting of the year will be held tonight at the high school study | Khall with officers for the commz‘ year installed. Members of the cast of the hlgh‘ |school operetta “HMS Pinafore”| |w.1l e on the program, as well as| IMrs. Alice Palmer Ghiglione | speaking on “Happy Music.” i The Reyv. Hermann Byers, out-| |going president, will preside at hisl' final session. Electeq to take over the P-TA directorship last month Whittier | the Alaska Railroad; R. J. Sommers, Territorial Highway Engineer, and iGen Wilds P. Richardson and James G. Steese, former ARC presidents. With virtually every property owner on Front Street having signed s the petition taken around by J. J. Connors, the paving program was launched by City Manager Thomas B. Judson. Weather: Daily High, 49; low, 43; rain. Lessons in English % 1. corpon e e ————————————————————————————————————— ‘WORDS | going with you.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Referee. OFTEN MISUED: Do not say, “There is no need of me Say, “There is no need of MY going.” Principal accent ‘is on LAST syllable, secondary accent on first syllable, and THREE syllables, not two. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Relevant; VANT. Insolvent; VENT. SYNONYMS: Happiness, welicity, beatitude, bliss, ecstasy, joyfulness. WORD STUDY: |season, Whittier reports, and New |, . ...ce our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: |tent floors will be put in pos“'mn'lNDISCRETION imprudence. Cowper. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us “Past indiscretion is a venial crime.”— ’________.—————— MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥omerra LEE Q. What should be written on the inner envelope of the wedding invitation? A. Nothing is written on this envelope. 1the person to whom the invitation is sent is written only on the outer | envelope. The name and address of Q. Under what circumstances is a girl obligated to thank her escort upon leaving him at her door? A. Only otherwise. when her escort has been inconvenienced in some way; never Q. Is it correct to put a pile of plates on the table for tea or buffet service where the plates and napkins altenate in one pile? A. No; keep them separate. LOOK and LEARN 'Zc, GORDON e e 1. How many feet comprise one side of a square acre? 2. Through how many States does the Lincoln Highway pass, and how long is it? 3. Who invented the revolver? 4. Who was the Aztec emperor of Mexico at the time of its invasion by Cortes? was Harry Sperling. SOAP BOX DERBY NOTICE 5. Who was the author of “Mare Nostrum” and “Blood and Sand”? ANSWERS: For those boys who have net registered for the Soap Box Derby they are reminded they can re- cezive registry blanks at the Harry 208 feet, nine inches. It passes through eleven States, and is 3,300 miles long. Montezuma. 1. 2. 3. Samuel Colt (1814-62). 4. 5. Vicente Blasco Ibanez (1867-1928). |Race Drug Store. The completed | blanks can be returned to the drug store, Don Skuse, or to Dr. Willlam | | Blanton. At the time they receive| | the registration form, the boys will| | be given the specifications for their | racers. As a reminder, the date| of the local elimination race is Sun- | day, July 10. Now is the time to pui your rur coats in storage. We have the only | cold fur vauit in Juneau. Come 'n| to our office. Chas. Goldstem | 29. Crave Card game Work Pagan gods Ask alms Formerly . Neutral colors DP\ oration ACROSS . Mincral spring . Footlike part . Anger Running knot Withess sta Silkworm mechanical part . Desiccated . In want Portents Inscribed Pedal digit Mixed rain and snow 28. Bill out BGeard of graln . Help Permit . American general v in Poland Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle . Inquired 2. Martinique . Two-wheeled volcano vehicle . Constellation . Distant Finished . Any of the 2 Nuxrhe Fates . ple sugar . Stood at the head . Flat round plates <honumz star Cereal grass Piece out sew loosely Heavy nail Monkey . Lumps of precious metal 23. Mereiful Altar baning . Brother . Omit in pro. nouncing . Charge . Serpent . New: comh, form e e e Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Bebrends COMMERCIAI Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS FEL ORDONIA as a paid-up subscriver 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: Federal Tax —12¢c—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! EYES EXAMINED Sheep LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT MONDAY, MAY 16, 1949 CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PT Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a. m., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Burnu, Juneau. follow: Anchorage 42—Drizzle Barrow ... Bethel Cordova . Dawson Edmonton . Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Alrpon Annette Island Kodlak Kotzebue McGrath . Nome Northway Petersburg ... Portland ......% Prince George Seattle Whitehorse ....... Yakutat 39—Cloudy e v 30—Cloudy 49—Partly Cloudy 36—Partly Cloudy 38—Partly Cloudy 57—Partly Cloudy .. 34—Clear 45—Clear 38—Rain ... 32—Cloudy . 35—Partly Cloudy 29—Partly Cloudy 33—Cloudy 35—Clear . 52—Cloudy 40—Partly Cloudy 51—Cloudy | . 28—Cloudy 39—Cloudy Dr. E. Lannon Kelly Osteopath PHONE BLUE 670 _— MADSEN CYCLE & | FISHING SUPPLY | Full line of Halibut and Trolling ! \ Gear — Many items now at new LOW PRICES Open 9 to 9 Opp. Ball Park Widest Selection of TLIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCONE ™ HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alagka JANITORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone 247 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR The Charles W. Carter Pourth and Mranklin Sta PHONE 136 Card B"“:?fi’; PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Casler’s Men's Wear : Stetson and Mallery Hats Avrow Bhirts and Underwear ADen Edmends Sheew Skyway Lagzage BOTANY lm’l CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Complete Outlitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY Dedge—Plymouth—Chs yales SANITARY MEAT 36—Snow || 30—Partly Cloudy || Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple begining at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. 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. ik BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 17 Main St. Phone 712 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN Ber!'s Food Center Grecery Phones 104—10% ""The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planes—Musical Instruments and Supplics Phone 206 Second and Seward SN FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phione 649 PFred W. Wenav Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Betel Newly Renovated Reomm o8 Reasenable Rates PHONE SINGLE O Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remii Typewriters SOLD. '-z"lnvum by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Wern by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorised Dealers) JUNEAU DAIRI DELIC]OUS ICE CREAM daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Heme Liquor Stere—Tel 090 American Meat — Pheme 30 e e—— To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY T ———— DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING FPhone 266 for Appointments H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man 13—PHONES-~49 Pree Delivery LEVI'S OVERALLS to? Boys