The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Published_evers EMPIR businessman’s habit to give him a dime every day. | Business finally took the businessman -out of town | for a month. On his return, passing the begger, he | tossed him a dime.. ‘Wait g minute, Mac!” cried the beggar. ‘You owe me $3!'" We smiled at the filler joke—for that's all it was intended to be. But then, after a moment’s reflection, Second HELEN TROY MON DOROTHY TROY LIM ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Itanager . Entered in the Post Office in Ju et s Second Class Matter _Wi‘mwor:dereg just how much of a joke the supposed JUNE 28 o | Dunn had spent the winter in Seattle where their son, Clarence, attended | g T ! SUBSCRIPTIC ATES: in " " yo = Dtrvered b saisier 1n Jentan and Donsiks tor $L.60 bof menthy |l BERNILE % . o the University of Washington. Mr. Dunn attended the Shrine convention |,y CSEURIR, dune B0 & ‘six months, §8.00; one vear, $15.00 The viewpoint expressed by the beggar in the joke o E. E. Ninnis ® | in Los Angeles while outside. coal operators met behind closed e pald .l’:‘;“f;nce‘ 47.50; | comes painfully near to the mass psychology instilled | o Mrs. Laurel McKechnie . —_— doors today to debate John L. Lew- T by recent years of governmental philosophy. A con- | Gordon Wahto A Louise Fazenda, celebrated screen star who was making the round |is’ new share-the-work program. regularity in the delivers slderatl;ie num:).er of people nmj\' feel ’tlm; izoveml:flfint : Mr:‘reodms;"vl“m"&im : trip on the Princess Louise, was greeted at the dock by g number of | Their answer—which may be giv- Telephones: News Office, 602: Business Office, 374, ov.wsh gl M em?lo”“ sty Em,a bheedi Elizabeth Perkins o | young admirers. As the steamer pulled out, she walved gaily and gave | en the Unil:ed Wortk erst presl‘d " e OP e A O e 1 & oo e thing '0f S R. M. Whitfield o | the best imitation of a war whoop heard in Juneau for many a day. HIDTTOW. Wiiell CONLIACL: Sessions, re~ i 1y wtithiof to. the’ uh ‘,other‘. Even acts of real charity are taken for granted, il Birphdeig 25| b ;\Lm;zt Vg:ggnslglep:l;‘r ;x;:irékgl:. W.I o ¢ Toasl Sas publatied | Cho 8 CRC DE ISR SI00EE Witk spprbolation WHEH Mamie Snyder . Charles Miller of the Pioneer Pool Hall installed an up-to-date| . .- 430000 v, coalediggers sx:gpi' | performed, give rise only to resentment when they o ® barber shop, to be in charge of Lloyd Welch who formerly was head ¢ % hrlons le ATIONAL REPRE Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | C62S€. Avenue Blde., The morale is an old one. spoken in jest. Whither Weather? | (Christian Sclence Monitor) | California now has a weather factory. Many a true word is Techni- cally, it's called a phytotron and produces all sorts of climates in laboratory areas for the study of plant | m | life. The plant physiologists of the California Institute Y | of Technology only need to push buttons in order to | i3 | have rain or shine, smog or storm, Arctic cold or | SR SN 2 Setetae b1 ” L9 This is all in the field of controlled experiment, | ALASKA GAME DECLINING }nf course. But, looking ahead, we foresee the day | when weather will be manufactured for general con- The Izaak Walton League of America, which has sumption and export. What battles may be fought been meeting in Denver, has called on the Federal |between the exponents of weather by private enter- | ‘eleased b‘Y '.h" Weather Bureau.’| Government to halt depletion of Alaskan recreational | prise and those who fevor a State monopoly! What Jurieau. follow: resources which it says are vanishing at an “alarming | pressures (high and low) for international control of Q“Jm{flse ----- - 51;:::“ rate.” | the world's climates may be expected! S?TI‘OW P 4 ow: . ; i | But there’s a solacing thought. The California |Bethel ... 30—Partly Cloudy In a resolution unanimously adopted at its annual Cordova ‘.. 47—Partly Cloudy | experimenters hope to develop plants that will thrive P CONDITIONS OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS Weather condiuons and temper- stures also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:3C a. m, 120th Meridian Time, and TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1949 |COAL OPERATORS bty B 20 YEARS AG 0 )’gtfinE {EMPIRE JUNE 28, 1829 . Mr. and Mrs. John H. Dunn returned on the Prince George. ~ MADE BY LEWIS Mrs. work again July 6. An operators’ spokesman said any —_— reaction to the Lewis proposal Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Tobin of the Salvation Army were being con- | would probably be kept a close sec- gratulated on the birth of a son June 25 in St. Ann’s Hospital., ret until the operators’ negotiators | SRSl | gather around the conference table | barber aboard the Empress of Russia on the Orient run. | After 10 days of splendid outing at Marmion Island, the Douglas |With Lewis. iCamp Fire Girls returned with Mrs. Charles Sey on the Bertha Del. th’;enw_is has put this proposal before | Lindbergh’s flight to Paris and return, with thg President’s welcome fspeech, were at the Coliseum, as was “The Greyhound Limited” starring | Monte Blue and Edna Murphy. Leatrice Joy and Charles Ray were at He will change the “no congract, no work” policy of the United Mine Workers and keep the miners in the | pits after the present contract ex- at various Alaska points | | the Palace in “Vanity.” pires, provided: The industry goes on a uniform three-day work week during nego- tiations for a new pact. Mrs. Helen Hope Rymer of Berkeley arrived for a visit of several | weeks with her cousin, E. J. White, and his family. | | The alternative is a shutdown of | all bituminous mines. The UMW ‘eader made that proposal to north- ern and western operators at White Sulphur Springs, where he and the management officials have been talking contract terms. | Weather: High, 66; low, 48; light rain. — Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon convention, the league held that “under present | %o i ome enyironments and open up whole areas | - 43—Rain RS e T methods and measures of control of these resources . . in. orowing of food. So likewise institutions can | Edmonton .. 533—Rain Showersl WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Jim is one of those who |® © © ® ¢ ¢ @ © © ¢ o o Alaskans appear powerless to prevent this decline.” |0 geveloped to match the new extremes of political | Fairbanks e 41—RaAIN | te Al I e ex‘pected 5 . . It said that the government, through the Fish and |geather. Even in a push-button climate hardy forms Haines 51-——Partly Cloudy | is expected. g?RONOfJNCED‘ et g it Aronun e » TIDE TABLE b wildlife Service, maintains “little more than a skele- | of freedom will grow. i Havre Sk 46—Cloudy OFTEN MI! . : Hovel. P! ciatio) -l e . ton force for policing and management and the service i‘me‘f;‘ ?‘.;'p":‘ 40—Partly £1_°;dy |€l, O as in OF. 2 Ly, e R . JUNE 29 . is grossly handicapped by lack of adequate funds and | A newly established barbershop in an Eastern Kg:;;ke Bang, vSD—Rafi SYN?JNY'DI/'ISJE)Y?T{;W’ 5 Z‘rd‘)t‘:l:e s n’nd l;; e cl;rf"gl.et is : g:gh\xtcllde. 3:.20 am, 175 ft. ® personnel.” |city is cutting hair for 25 cents, and a customer | g e op 36—Parly Cloudy Syl bt 5 . i W tide, 10:04 am., -26 1t. o K e s . . otzebue ........ arly Cloudy | i rease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: (@ High tide, 16:27 p.m., 153 ft. © league resolved that it “call to the attention | reports that after buying one of these bargain haircuts a8 4 s | e cear 36—Partly Cloudy | y\coMPATIBLE; incapable of existing together in agreement or har-|® Low tide, 22:15 pm. 32 ft. of Federal authorities at all levels of control the need | and looking in the mirror, he couldn’t decide whether | Nome . 33—Partly Cloudy‘ e L i) Basil Bamt s dook of NeAlL PeonibatRle | 5 for a quick solution to this problem in the long range | to shoot himself or the barber. Northway ... 43—Rain | MOY; “*_C"" sovi % it :{ iy i "»v;tedmnn i o ik ie e et e tig e public interest.” 3 RS SV AN T Petersburg 40—Cloudy | With imaginative and creative power. . The convention acted after hearing reports from A high-speed camera shows that it takes only | Portland ... 53—Drizzle . . ATTENTION GILLNETTERS Alaskans that the Territory’s game, fish and related | one-fortieth of a second to wink the eye. It's the Vl;rfntcn]e Geoprge o :l—sgmudy N ET‘OUETTE by See Burrows Welding Co. for Pro- recreational resources are disappearing at an appalling | quickest ki way to get into trouble. it o R R TS peller Baskets. 30 6t T i AR, P o R Whitehorse ... 45—Partly Cloudy ROBERTA LEE i 5 e RA Yakutat ... 49—Cloudy | e ey | “It is quite evident that the earth was made pri- o SN T 7 | ily ish.” r day.. Ya al letters on his business THE MODERN SPIRIT? Imarily for fish" a fish told us the other day, “as Qi1 1 IRl e T G GECRGE BROS. —— | 72 per cent of its area is covered with water.” ! stationery? The following tidbit appeared recently in the ki S S TR, y | A. No, plian white notepaper should be kept on hand for this Widest Selection of Boston Globe: “A beggar used to have his station near “A British zoologist savs he can talk to chim- purpose. ; Q q the office of a wealthy businessman, and it was the , panzees.”—Press report. So can we. ALASKA COASTAI. Q. When guests are staying in one’s home, who should defray such l.tl U(’RS ST -— —— expenses as street car fare and taxi hire? PHONE 399 H land best-documented presentations | “\e Washlllglon |1 have ever heard,” said the con«DIAZ SPONSORS | gressman. “No questions are nec- Merry-Ge-Round e " MAKE PLANS FOR e The witness could not see the By DREW PEARSON ontinued from Phue 32 \Congrcssmen_ She was blind. She/ 1had come to urge government funds | BIG TURKEY SHOOI | for research into diseases causing | | blindness, which is increasing every | ey | read Russian . . . Frantic search for | year, with little being done to find| An open air Turkey Shoot ‘to a translator . . . An hour passud\(’“" why. Every year 20,000 are boost the candidacy of Juanita Diaz . Jessup hid the secret docu- |Stricken with polio, whereas 30,000in the Fourth of July Queen con- ment under his desk blotter . . | lose their vision. Itest will be held this week. It will Another hour passed . . . Headlines| Miss Wiesenfeld's story began|be either Wednesday, Thursday or in the press: “No Reply From Mos- | three years ago when she founded |Friday evening, depending on the the Naticnal Council to combat| Weather. The time and place will cow.” | Finally, after three hours — a|blindness with a capital of eight be announceq later, as soon as the translator. Jessup hurried to hisidollars and no office. Now she 1s | weather man gives assurance of a desk, took the fatal document from | under the blotter, and said: “Here, [ translate this quickly. I'm tired of acting like a character in a dime novel.” | LATE MILITARY RECOMMEN- DATION The joint Chiefs vi Staff held one of their most significant meetings last week with Secretary of Defense Leuis A. Johnson. fore the Senate Armed Services Committee and, before he did so, the heads of the Army, Navy and Air Force told him that they ser- iously questioned the advisability of | sending large amounts of arms to Eurcpe under the North Atlantic Pact The joint Chiefs of Staff were | cautious in making their statement, | pointed out that they were making Johnsen was about to testify be- | | i welfare for them costs the govern- | ceratic National Committee to get the “Joan of Arc” of the biind and | near-blind people all over ‘the coun- | try. i Among the things she told thej Cengressman: “There are 260,000 blind in this country . . . Relief and | ment $30,000000 in a single year.' Yet only $400,000 is spent annually | for research into the reasons for| blindness. In most cases of fading| vision, the doctors must sit helpless- ly by doing nothing. | “But I have never lost faith | the heart of America,” concluded | | Miss Wiesenfeld. “It is too late to| help me but there’s still time to| save the sight of thousands of | Americans who are gradually going blind, many without knowing it.” CAPITAL NEWS CAPSULES Three Senatorial Scalps— Presi- dent Truman has ordered the Dem- good evening. The residents of juneau will b_e: given an. opportunity to meet Ju- anita Diaz personally, to hear her sing, and to vote for her for Fourth of July Queen. A good time is promised for all. Bob Thibodeau is chairman of the committee in charge of ar- rangements. He will e assisted by members of the organizations sponsoring Juanita Diaz's candi- dacy. HOSPITAL ROTES Admitted to St. Ann's yesterday were Karen Wahto, Paul Thomas, J. Raymond Hope, David Graves. Discharged were Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Fred Dawley. Admitted to the Government Hospital were Pauline Abbott of Elmer g | no recommendation, that the firal| decision was up to the State Do partment. Neverthel from a mi Taft of Ohio, author of the! itary viewpoint th d they could | Taft-Hartley Act; Hickenlooper of | not justify the expense of arming, Iowa for smearing the Atomic En- | Haines, Peter Howard of Juneau and Mary Bell of Angoon. the scalps of three Republican Sen- s at the next election at any 25 European divisions. They also|ergy Commission, and Donnell of expressed doubt as to what would Missouri— because H.S.T. doesn't ACROSS 31. By Itselt beccme of these arms in the hands'relish G.O.P. Senators from his L Asiatic wild 38. Character in of Western European armies, if |home state ALy o L Eferle U pod i SRLe. B | & Fine Cuban Queene” Russia invaded. Messenger-Boy Vishinsky— The | tobacco 39. American Note 1.—Private comment of Sen- | Foreign Ministers’ conference con- | g n !‘“’I’:U”" ators who heard about the joint|vinced Secretary Acheson of one | . River in e Mi::h_ 1ahid Chiefs of Staff recommendation thing: Molotov is still boss of Rus- Mapane measure was: “Why tell us so late? Without | sia’s foreign policy, not Vishinsky. . Palm leaves 42 Vassal arms the North Atlantic Pact be-|The Paris conference took twice as " gl e comes an empty shell.” |long as it should; because Vishin-, 46. Interweave Jote 2.— E L s 50. Jewish month Note 2—While details weren't dis- | sky couldn't make even the most | . Salamander dussed at the above meeting, it's| minor decision without sending to Assistant understocd that the nub of the| Moscow for instructions. When Mo- ey A problem is tanks. The U. 8. Army | lctov was Foreign Minister, he had palm could send rifies, machine guns,|much more authority. | Custom 25 A:fl“:(e: some artillery with no loss. But it| Communizing Asia— Intelligence 4 '\]‘;"“}"l‘l" 3 ";';{L"r’f has no tanks to spare. European |sources have learned that the So- . military, especially the French,|viet has sent 362 key Comintern | point out that a modern army | agents to Siam to set up a base in | without tanks is like an army with | Bangkok to win over southeast pitchforks. It couldn't last a week| Asia. The Russian agents arrived | against the Red army's Stalin tanks | with printing presses, paper -sup- | ~—considered the most powerful in,piies, and short-wave radio. They | the world. Russia has eight tank, even have their own air force— divisions between the Vistula and|private planes for the use of the Oder Rivers alone | Russian diplemats. The Red agents Note 3—The joint Chiefs of Staff | are concentrating their fire on the include Army Chief Gen. Omar|whole southeast Asia perimeters, all Bradley, Navy Chief Adm. Louis|the way to Manila. | Denfeld, and Air Chief Gen. Hoyt | Vandenberg. ——— | FRISCO; RESUMES DUTIES BLIND JOAN OF ARC | The. Rev. Emmanue! Muessiggang, “There will be no questions,” said | O.F.M., left yesterday chairman Percy Priest of Tennessee | S.S. Aleutian to resume his duties when pretty, 28-year-old Mlldred:a( St. Boniface, San Francisco, af- Wiesenfeld of New York finished | ter a three week visit with the | testimony last week before a Con- Messerschmidt and Hermle families, gressional subcommittee. | He has been the house guest of the “You have made one of the tinest | W. H. Biggs during his visit, i Crosswod Puzzll AT H/wl i MONDAY FLIGHTS On flights yesteraav. Alaska Airlines carried a totei ¢f 58 pas- sengers with 27 arriving and 29 leaving. From Tulsequan: E. Moushan, D. Collins, Edward Brown, Henry Cook, C. Robinson, J. Barnett, W. Watts, ‘W. Karchack, L. Batty, J. Lojtus. From Pelican: Douglas Wahto. From Hood Bay: F. E. Campbell, C. W. Campbell, Scotty Campbell, Mrs. F. Campbell. From Taku Lodge: O'Reilly. ! From Haines: R. M. Akervick, P. B. Allen, Pauline Abkott, G. E. Gal- lant, G. R. Taylor, Robert Taylor. From Tenakee: Helen Williams. From Fish Bay: Ed Vogel. From Hawk ‘Inlet: H. Arnes. From Sitka: F. Whitney. For Angood: Anzell Adams. For Wrangell: Jack Burford, Burt | Linne. For Tulsequah: Ronald Eld, Mrs. Alex Eld, Frances Eld, G. Todd, Mr. and Mrs. Cummins, H. Pickell, A. Leatherwood, H. Haverstock. _For Pelican: R. Christensen, Mrs. George Harju, Elmer Mork. For Hoonah. Johnny Fawcett, Eliza Lawrence. For Skagway: Vic Power, Lindstrom. For Haines: Austin Earl. For Taku Lodge: Norman Turp- Shirley Larry Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle QRSN | o Sroofor COMMERCIAL SAVINGS by fa‘é":'fig;n q S'“,,Df,]g;;;;'; CLOTHES 5 Ko Quality Work Clothing . Terminal Small swallow . Genuine . Pleplant . Buddhist pillar d 27, One of ah anclient race . Group of players . Spindle on which a wheel turng Philippine mountain Hindu title . Makes possible . Smallest integer Serviceable 3. Brother . Sister of one's parent 5. Not so much _ River islands L] A. The host should defray these expenses whenever convenient for him to do so. | Q. Is it proper for an engaged girl to send announcements to the “Say It With Flowers” but | newspapers? e | A. No; a member of the family, or a close friend, should attend SAY IT WITH OURS!” pircicd Juneau Florists | pmm———— e e S | PHONE 311 1 LOOK and LEARN ¥ . coroon The Erwin Foed Co. | Office in Case Lot Groecery 1. What is the estimated weight of the earth in tons? ZHONE 194 2. What is the largest island of the West Indies? HAY, GRAIN, COAL 3. Who were the four original evangelists? and STORAGE 4, What city has gained the reputation of the mcst beautiful port ( in the world? 5. What is the standard width of a newspaper column? Call EXPERIENCED MEN ANSWERS: Alaska JANITORIAL Service 1. About 6,000 billion tons. FRED FOLETTE 2. Cuba. Phone 247 3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 5 e 4. 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