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

PAGE FOUR FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1949 : 3 Daily Alaska Empire Fublished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska @ELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO | Angeles. | During the | master General, Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager | i\ 1949, Eutered in the Post Office in Juneau as Becond Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oelivered by carrier in Juneau and Douklas for §1.50 per month: | months. §8.00; one year, $15.00 | p By mail, postage puld. at the following rates: n advance, £15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, In advance, $1.50. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify he Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery o their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS inting business Dr. The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for gepubl'cation of il news disparches credited to it or not other- wise cred. .4 in this paper and also the local news published Serein. 4 — | He was in th NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aluska Newspapers, 1411 . fouith Avenue Blds., Beattle, Waeh. i and geographical summer vacation Dr. Moore is plane. Since 1940, Dr. Moore has been Treasurer of Wil- iam R. McAdams Inc., wholesale office supplies and fwrvod as financial and accounting adviser to the |governors of Mas 11945 to 1948 he was President of the Boston Museum | of Science, of which he is now Treasurer. | Moore has visited Alaska on mountain-climb- | ing expeditions with Bradford Washburn, a director of | the Boston museum. hree months in 1931 as a member of mountaineering {in the 1942 military research mission. His wife is a graduate of Vassar. have two children, a daughter, 15, and a son, nine. to the Quarter- citation for war, as consultant he received a civilian mdmt"‘outsmnding contribution to the war effort” after | | participating in a military expedition on Mt. McKinley Johnny P. Carver Pat Butler David Reischl Norma Ward Mrs. T. B. Burton ' Etta Garland Lulu M. Key A. M. Olson in Boston. In recent years he has ssachusetts and New Jersey. From e Territory two months in 1930 and » o0 000 e 00 CONDITIONS OF WEATHER exploration expeditions, and spent a in Alaska in 1938 before participating a licensed pilot, and flies his own The Moores New Guild from THE' EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO MAY 20, 1929 J. J. Meherin and Oscar Hart, merchandise brokers, left for Skagway on the Alameda, starting a long trip down the Yukon and into the interior. They expected to be away two months. About 22,000 pounds of king salmon were brought in by these boats: | the Giant II, Monroe, and Gladstone, belonging to Captain Dahl; the lCnrlisle, Capt. Johnny Johny, the Elfin, Capt. E. Swanson, and the Diana, Capt. W. Kallio. The work of demolishing the old warehouse on the City Wharf was begun by Lee Rox and his assistants. J. M. Davis, City Wharfinger, | was installed in a new office in the old cold storage plant next door. J. OReilly, one of the best known Pacific Northwest theatre | C. | ijved in Juneau to interest local organizations in a Southeast | men, arri | Alaska concert tour. Eagle River camp, advancing it materially toward completion. Among | the men in the party were H. L. Redlingshafer, Chief Scoutmaster Dr. | Robert Simpson, Mayor Thomas B. Judsan, R. C. Mize, E. L. Rodenberg | and Emil Krause and two of his employees. Mrs. Rodenberg and Mrs. Sixteen Boy Scouts and eight men did a real day's work on the | LAND NOW LEASED AT ANCHORAGE FOR HOUSING PROJECT WASHINGTON, May 20—(P— The Interior Department leased 30 acres at Anchorage, Alaska, to the Pacific Alaska Development Corp., Seattle, today for construction of |a $4,000000 housing project. Construction is to start July 12. | Seventy-five of the 264 units are to be ready for occupancy by next December. The remainder are to be completed in the summer of 11950. | The buildings will be of modern | design, with separate apartments ‘mngmg from efficiency units to |two bedroom units. As each struc- pied, according to Melvin D. Lurie, of Reischling and Lurie, attorneys for the corporation. Acting Secretary of the Interior stated that the Alaska Housing Act will break the housing bottleneck in the north country and will open the way for greater development | ture is completed it will be occu-| SECOND and FOURTH 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. il s Lt ] BLACKWELL CABINET SHOP 17 Main St. Phorte 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store | i | { | | | ( Moose Lodge No. 700 | Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Henry Bahrt of Sitka prepared and served the coffee. in other fields, He predicted that | 12,000 housing units will be started | Ben Mullen, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mullen, entered the hospital | the Territory this season. | with an attack of appendicitis. C. M. Richardson of Thane also was | " admitted. . ' CPR Trainmen fo . - Seek Wage Raise MONTREAL, May 20—#— The 25,000-memter Canadian Brother-| hood of Railway Employees an- nounced it will seek a 30 percent wage increase when the present agreement with Canadian railroads expires July 16. (Dayton, Ohio, News) Fifty years ago the emancipation of women was a , thing to argue about. Here we see how completely | 2 | emancipation is a fiat accompli. Fifty years ago such ‘“150 on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 | i:\ thing as a baby-sitter was so far beyond imagination | 2. M- 120th Meridian Time, and | as to lack even a name. Today baby-sitting is a pro- | released by the Weather Bureau, | fession, to be licensed along with doctors, lawyers, |Juneau. follow: plumbers, barbers, electricians and engineers. The | Anchorage feminist revolution is complete. _‘Banow Who was the baby-sitter of 50 years ago? There Bethel was no thought, 50 years ago, that anybody but the Cordova baby's mother would “sit” with it.. Oh, an older sister | bl D (hardly an older brother) might in an omergency‘!ggj:’s:x:z" do the cradle-rocking while mother went to church. | ot o 9 That was an incident, not a profession (there were no H;wre movie shows for mother to go to then). 2 | So mother is emancipated and the hahy-sitter,;il:::‘e::‘[“c";:p;l’:‘;’ !soon, of course, to be unionized, is the result. Who o o= s, so long as there still are babies with which.Kmzebue 4 McGrath . Nome . Northway Petersburg Portland | Prince George Seattle Whitehorse ‘Yakutat Secretary— Weather conditions and temper- WALTER R. HERMANSEN atuies at various Alaska points, | | | Beri's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—10% Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. ""The Rexall Store” Your Relisble Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Asthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Musieal Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 6549 Fred W. Wenas High, 57; low, 44; clear. NEW PRESIDENT Of U. ALASKA Weather 39—Partly Cloudy | 5—Snow | 33—Clear | 34—Clear | . 35—Cloudy | 37--Partly Cloudy | 40—Partly Cloudy 48—Clear 52—Partly Cloudy | climate. 36—Clear | HEALTHFUL means “giving or producing health. 47—Clear1healthy since he lives in a healthful climate.” 44—Partly Cloudy | OPTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Forte (musical term). 33—Drizzle |, & a5 in FOR, A as in TAKE, accent first sllyable. ;?:g::gz OTEN MISSPELLED: Launder (verb). Laundry (noun). 36—Partly Cloudy SYNONYMS: Healthy, hearty, hale, well, vigorous, rebust. 36—Clear WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us 50-—Drizzle ‘ increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: 37—Partly Clnudy\‘DIsPARITY; inequality; difference. “The disparity of numbers was 53—Rain Showers not such as ought to cause any uneasiness.’—Macaulay. 33—Clear | e i 35—Clear U. W. YEARDGOK Q. When the person who is making an introduction does not speak | IHEME FOR 1950 ‘a name clearly, and it is very important that the name be known, of | | whom should one ask that the name be repeated? MAY BE AlAsK | A. Ask the person introduced, not the one who has made the intro- 4 duction. An inquiry from Kenneth C. Cole Q. Is it ever permissible to take food into the mouth from the point of the University of Washington !of the. spoon? is typical of the increased interest A. Never; food should always be taken from the side of the spoon. everywhere in Alaska. | Is it correct for a man to use the title “Mr.” on his business Dr. Terris Moore, 41-year-old Truasurer’ of the Boston Museum of Science, is the new President of the University of Alaska, succeeding Dr. Charles E. Bunnell, and will take his office July 1. His appoint- ment was made by the Board of Regents and Dr Moore, in a wire of acceptance, said: “I hereby accept the great call to duty you have sent me with full awareness of its heavy responsibili- ties. Welcome the opportunity to be of service to the university and Alaska. With strong board and capable faculty and loval students we will move forward, build- ing upon the splendid foundation already established by you and Dr. Bunnell.” Dr. Bunnell retires on the date Dr. Moore takes over, having headed the university administration since is was founded in 1522. The new President is a graduate of Williams Col lege with the degree Doctor of Commercial Science from Harvard University. For two years, 1937-39, nance and accounting in the college of business ad- Daily Lessons in English . 1. corpow WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He lives in a healthy » Strictly speaking, HEALTHY means “having health”, while " Thus, “He is more | | — | It's the Spring Bazaar time again. | Five sections will be featured: Used ! | books, a food sale, beautitul sta- tionery items, plants and a variety of plastics. The light refreshments | are for cheer. You are cordially in- | vited to call between 2 and 5, Sat- urday afternoon. Place: Undercroft of the.Episcopal Church. 98 84t Pronounce for- ° It is impossible to kill a person with kindness, but in many a case one can surprise him within an | inch of his life. Some years ago his name should have been changed from “Uncle Sam” to “Uncle Atlas.” i Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 Revised: Dont put off until tomorrow something that should be done tod: get somebody else to do it. he was instuctor in fi- ‘ll;e Washingloh Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page 1) \ | The American Embassy in Moscow | reports that lights in the Russian IRASH (ollE(TIOH Foreign Office have been burning until 5 a. m. for the past week.| 'l‘o BE (ONIINUED Foreign Minister Vishinsky reports It was announced today that col- on the job about 2 a. m. and doesn't | leave until about 8 a.m. LOU GEHRIG'S WIDOW Mrs. Lou Gehrig made a big ras! V] ntinued Ty hit with the Senate subcommittee | ‘cction °f trash will be co | He wrote the Alaska Develop- on health when she testified for |into next week. Mayor Waino Hen- ment Board as to available mater- legislation te combat multiple scler- | drickson said Friday that the trucks * ial, especially pictures, for possible | osis, the dread disease that felled!of the street department would con- usf‘fim ‘:f; 19510 {e?;hook.m T | her baseball-playing husband at the Gid i ki) e editorial staff wou: ike ti tinue to drive through all the city choose Alaska as the Tyee theme, streets beginning Monday morning, | “especially considering that Seattle making one more combleie round.|is known at the ‘Gateway to Al-| This action is the equivalent of ex- ;afvifl» 5 Cole v:'lnte, ; ¥ nother icati = the Clean-Up, Fix-Up.| EaLOn 9% SEONIDE campaign an additional “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florisis The Erwin Feed Co. Office ip Case Lot Grocery PHCNE HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGFE Juneau’s Finest Liquor Store BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hetel Newly Renevated Reoms st Ressenshle Rates | friends were all set for an evening | of oratorical fireworks against pub- lic housing on both sides of the Atlantic { ‘The British financicr got a big hand when he blasted at “stringent government controls” on private housing construction in his country. Suddenly, however, the applause died like a busted light bulb. Figuring he would also blast pub- lic housing in England, and thus provide ammunition they could use against the Taft-Ellender-Wagner Housing program, the dinner guests ! began asking about the dangers ot “socialized housing” in America. Q. |gard? A. No. Only such titles as “Rev.” and “Dr." are pen_nissiblm LOOK and LEARN ¥ c. coroon 1. What fraction of the total radiation of the sun does the earth receive? 2. Who was President of the Uniteds States in 1900? Do more men or women attempt to commit suicide? What is the highest country in the world? How many eyes does a fly have? ANSWERS: One two-billionth. ending Paint-Up week. He pointed out, however, that when the complete trips had reach- ed all parts of the city the drive would be considered officially over. ‘With the traditional pride ‘of neat peak of his career. However, one sidelight of the “awareness” of the Territory is tha(,{ for the first time, the annual pub- | hearing didn’t get into the news- papers. It occurred when Commit- lication of the Advertising Associa- tion of the West will have a chap- tee Clerk Bill Reidy passed her a ter on Alaska. note that caused Mrs. Gehrig to reach for her handkerchief. The Ralph Browne of the Develop- ment Board fulfilled this request, Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANTTORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone 247 note read: “Dear Mrs. Gehrig: You don't know me, but I used to play ball on the sandlots of New York with Lou. When he was playing ball PHONE 655 Thomas Hardware Co. “I can’t agree to that,” replied Sir Harold. “Of course, I would rather not comment on your Ameri- can program for public housing, because I do not feel it proper to do so. But I can tell you that the British program has worked out satisfactorily. In fact, as I see it, it's the only way to provide ade- quate housing for low-income groups.” 4 GOP MOLE INSTEAD OF ELEPHANT Minnesota’s jack-in-the-box Sen- ator Hubert Humphrey has up with a new symbol for the GOP in place of the traditional elephant. At a Democratic ban- quet in Pittsburgh, Humphrey sug- gested that the new symbol for the Republican Party be the mole. “The mole,” Humphrey explained, “only sees in the darkness and is blinded by the sunlight. “That is typical of the Republi- 1s,” explained the Senator from Minnesota. “They are just discov- ering the yesterdays today, and are unwilling to recognize that there will be any tomorrows.” MERRY-GO-ROUND Out in Seattle, Republicans are scheming to run a woman against| bacnelor Senator warren Magnuson next year. They figure the only candidate who can beat the hand- some Senator is Mrs. Pear] Wana- maker, State Superintendent of Education, but there is some worry that Mrs. Wanamaker at heart is a Democrat The Wardman Park Hotel in Washington refused to let Dr. Ralph Bunche, the Ne- gro diplomat who mediated the Palestine dispute, speak in one of its hotel rooms. The Middle East Institute had reserved a private room in which Dr. Bunche was to| hold a round-table discussion with a small group of experts. But when the hotél discovered Bunche was a Negro, it canceled the reser vation and returned the money ‘The Chinese Nationalist Govern- ment has moved half a billion dol- lars in gold reserves to a secret hideaway in Formosa. The gold was moved in the dead of the night , . . President Truman wiil name George P. Shaw, now Ambas- sador to Nicaragua, as Ambassador to El Salvador . . . The Russians are making exhaustive preparations | for the Foreign Ministers meeting. for Columbia University and later when he was a great star with the | sending out a 5,000-wdbrd article in homes and yards which prevails in the four days before the deadline Juneau, he remarked, it is safe to come | Yankees, he frequently came down to 116th Street in Harlem to teach me and other kids the fine points of the game. “That was a mighty tough neigh- borhood, but the gang fight always stopped when Lou showed up. He did a lot to stop delinquency and | many of those tough kids who went | jout to amount to something will always be grateful to him.” ‘The note was signed “Bill Reidy.” CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Arms For Korea—General Mac- Arthur has urgently requested that | {a big shipment of American Arms | stationery items including plastic and supplies be sent to South Korea | cards. Many other things on s immediately to build up the anti-, too. assume that the Clean-Up drive iwould be a continuing one, thus i giving to visitors to the Capital City i the impression that Juneau is in the forefront of communities having a keen sense of civic pride, to say nething ot the economic values to a city which bears the marks of pro- gress and prosperity. ' Drop in at the Spring Bazaar at the Episcopal Church Saturday af- ternoon between 2 and 5, for a ! cheering cup of tea cor coffee, and! look over the array of attractive 8- |LATER OPENING AT J-HIGH NEXT WEEK A change Monday and Tuesday Buses will leave 45 a.m. SCHWINN BICYCLES at MAD- in school schedule for next week at Juneau High was an-| nounced by Superintendent Edwin | Clark today. schedule will be from 10 am. to 2:30 pm.,! IWednesday, final day of school will be from 10 to 12. l Auk Bay at| | . William McKinley. More women. Tibet, which has an average elevation of 15,000 feet. Five. ! — e = ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU T0 KETCHIKAN via Petersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 S ———— TR T A G S | | Communist government of President | s Crossword Puzzle Syngman Rhee. MacArthur has passed on the word that the Com-l Imunisl government of North Korea | is getting tremendous arms ship-! ACROSS . Language re ments from Russia and its army, . Sharp shrill lated to which has Russian officers, may try sound i to take Southern Korea by force.] _T- Robs 'FO:(:'V:V ki | MacArthur recommends thaty ;. L‘:,‘:‘;, ever fn 30 Stops | enough rifles, machine guns and ar- * ""a machine . Spanish article tillery be sent to arm a South . Midwestern 4 Rong oerow state: abbr. plece Korean army of 100,000 men. Repeat 42. Dexterity Communists in Philippines— A 18, Compass point 43- One of the secret army mission has just re- . Disorderly Hopyely turned from the Philippines with a o recommendation that the United . Comfort States arm and equip a ‘Filipino | Ty army of 100,000 men immediately. . Corded cloth The mission, headed by Maj. Gen. FAAHCInE Grenk Albert Jones, strongly urges that Shelte: the U. S. Army build up the Fili- Covers, pino army to help it fight off the attacks of the Communist guerillas 'nfl who are getting more and more re- cruits each day. .. U. S. Shuns ifong Kong—Great ; .. Britain has invited the U. 8. Navy to use Hong Kong as a base in the Far East, but the Navy has said “no.” Inside reason is that the | American Embassy in Nanking has warned that the Chinese Commun- | are determined to drive the| British out of Hong Kong, even at | the risk of war, and the U. 8. Navy | doesn’t want to get mixed up in; it. | 1 ) 7. 1uropean fish . Kind of athlete 51. Perform 52, Fishers for lampreys Jubilant . Imagines . Having branches L | for 3. ists DANCING CLASSES Now enrolling, Pap, Baton, Twirl- ing, Acrobatic, Eccentric, Social! Dancing, Boys' Acrobatic Uroup.‘ Working Girls’ Relaxation Classes. Phone Red 575. 98 20t | 1 1. English Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 4. Prepare for publication . High: musical 6. Custodians 7. Former public conveyance 8. Make lace . Fencing sword . News organiza tion: abbr, . Holder of a lease . Rets 7. Deep tracks . Slave in a counties . Pleasingly old-fashioned . Abraham’s birthplace . Palm leat Typographer United Scotch comedian . European in- land sea . Manual vocas tions . Walked with long steps . Supporting member of a bridge . Ipeca¢ plant Small weight Limb . Old musical note . Football poste tion: ablr, . Toward Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS MRS. 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