The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publi t)n-d g Ay President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager DOROTHY TROY ELMER A. FRIEND - - . 2 ALFRED ZENGER - - & = the Post Office in J SUBSCRIPTION RAT Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month six months, $%.00; one vear, S15.00 mail. postage paid. at the following rates: advance, onths. in aavance, $7.50; dvance, $1.50, s will confl the Business Office of & »f their papers s. News Office MEMBER OF y will promptly notify gularity in the delivery 34, 602 ASSOCIATED PRESS Business_Office, entitled to the use for atches credited to it or not other- and also the local news published republicati wise cr herein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES Fourth Avenue Bldg. Beattle, Wash. Alaska Newspapers, 1411 GLORIOUS FOURTH Juneau enjoyed a glorious Fourth. weather men helped in making the celebration a perfect success and the only thing lacking, there should be a holiday after the holiday in which to} rest up. From the start of the Coronation ball and crown- ing of the Queen Saturday at midnight, until the last rocket in the fireworks display had burst, and the grand prize, the awarding of the auto at midnight, cond Class Matter. | (Knutstm is nssociated with the Tax League of Amética as consultant. Here is Mr. Knutsc This is my first an enchanted land. way in many respects. The Territory is growing of the world situation and is ge as our first line of defense against gression from the west. The Territory story to Alaska and to me it is visit It is so similar to my native Nor- in importance on account erally recognized ny p is an empire !in itself and offers great opportunities for young, | venturesome, ambitious, and energetic Americans, ; 1 have been asked to express my opinion on state- my reply is, “State- /hood for Alaska and, as of today, | hood would be unwise and premature at this time. |Nu doubt the time is ‘coming when Alaska will have a | sufficient population to justify statehood but with the | | white population considerably smaller than some of <lh¢ 15 counties in my old Congressional District, it is very unlikely that Congress would vote to give two ‘U S. Senators to such a small number of people. The State of New York, with its 14,000,000 population only | has two Senators and to give statehood to a Territory | that has less than 70,000 white people is just simply out of the question. In my opinion Alaska has a con- siderable distance to travel before she can meet the | requirements for statehood. In my 32 years in Congress it was my observation | that the membership usually depended upon the Dele- advice and information pertaining to the, and that was the situation regardless of was in power because, being without a | gate for | Territory | which part that frequently arises in Congress. Were and bittern | controversial question that came up and over the | ! years would accumulate enough opponents to make it} increasingly hard for him to accomplish anything | | worthwhile for Alaska. You are to be congratulated on your present happy situation. have not taken all the factors into consideration. all events moved like clockwork and local residents {g,me day Alaska will become a State but the time and visitors enjoyed every minute of the !wo-day; observance of the Nation's holid STATEHOOD UNWISE SAYS GUEST | is not now. I have spent several days in the interior and am pleased with everything I have seen. As a matter of fact, I am already looking forward to my next visit. sible ag- | | vote, it is easy for him to escape the entanglements | B Even the | he given a vote he would have to take sides on every EDlTORlAL WRITFR | If 1 were 30 years younger, I think I would come iu)) here and take root because the Territory possesses THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA . JULY 5 . 20 YEARS AGO # HE EMPIRE JULY 5, 1929 Despite occasional showers, the younger generation had turned outl in large numbers for the Fourth of Juy children’s races in the ball park. fore the Sunday night "TUESDAY. JULY 5, 1919 Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple begining at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, CAPT. RAMSAUER ON 30TH ANNIVERSARY Worshipful Master; Although the Baranof sailed be- fireworks JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ¢ Douglas won from the Legion 8 to 2 in the annual holiday battle on the display her passengers were U0 e Mrs Wm. T Mahoney o [sland grounds. John Rustgdrd gave an inspired patriotic speech at |have a little excitement of their own B.P.0.ELKS of Eugene G. Nelson ® ihe indoor ceremonies. Other highlights were band concerts, an air atout the time they entered Step- R e Louis Frederick Paul, Jr. @ iy by four airplanes of the Navy Aerial Expedition, races and the.he}’v‘lsn"‘:f:}f:; Moy iva.| Meeting every Wednesday a $ Pt A0 o T al ball in the Fair Building. Fight fans enjoyed the American | Mr%\ e & FEOR £ VS| 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel % i Duncn:n : Legion card July 3 and the city's celebration was in the successful |} . .4 that July 3 was me'am'n come. F. DEWEY BAKER, . Georgeen Freeman o | tradition still carried on 20 years later. || wedding "‘anniversary of Capt smmxr;!uler. W. H. BIGGS, | Lena Kessler . 3 Joseph Ramsauer, senior skipper ot i e o The Douglas program was an elaborate one, starting ‘with the PFire |the Alaska Steamship Company. ! e e o o o o @ @ o o e Department hose races between the two companies, Triumph over win- She and her husband, with aj e | e ning the, annual baseball game continued into the evening for the dance hastily formed committee, were lk BLACKWELL’S [ which was attended by a large crowd. busy planning a surprise paity for CABINET SHOP TRlP To SEAIII_E — the popular and versatile skipper,|| 17 Main St. Phone 712 | | Mary Berne, operatic and dramatic singer, had booked passage on ié‘:};"&t’:fg;;;'“;h“: l:i‘“;“::‘: || High Quality Cabinet Work | YET To (oME FoR the Princess Adelaide from Vancouver, planning to visit. her brother thiir AFHAt” warRd-Bave . had flnel or Home, Office or Store | ATH QUEEN JUANITA For pert Miss Juanita Diaz, be- |ing named Queen of the Fourth, {has been a big thrill. Queen Ju-| anita received her crown Saturday the night in all night at the Coronation Ball. Queen Juanita, who is a student jat the University of Washington lin “civilian” life, was bestowed the | honor by Mayor Waino Hendrick- |son, chairman of the Fourth ot| July Committee. Yet to come in the prize de- In my opinion those who advocate a change |partment for Queen Juanita is a July celebration. ) roundtrip to Seattle with $100 for expenses. For Crown Princess An- !nabelle Poe there will ke a round trip to Anchorage with $100 for expenses. | To Miss Martha Newbould, Rotary 'Club and American Legion candi- date, went a $100 cash prize as third place winner. To Miss Carmen | jammed-packed Elks | Room on the stroke of mid-| J. B. Bernhofer, here. Friends learned of the marriage of Mrs. Ruby Baker Cheney and | Mr. J. A. Ramsey June 27 in the First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. E. L. Winterberger officiating. Capt. J. J. Reynolds, pioneer Alaska fisheries operator and navi- sator, was enjoying a visit with old friends here. The Gastineau Cafe opened under the management of Charles Richards, who, with Mrs. Richards, had arrived on the Yukon. The Juneau City Band, giving two concerts and playing in thel had been one of the main attractions at the big Fourth of n parade, Weather: High, 56; low, 49; cloudy. ————————————————— Yo, Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon matenal icolorful fireworks display over the Mrs. H. I. Lucas and her two children, Harry and Lee, left on the 'channel_flnd a grandstand view Alaska for a three-month trip, planning to drive from Seattle to Kansas. {from his ship. | | MacArthur teday approved a Jap- | anese government plan to keep ns‘ inspection ships out to sea to check daily on the activities of fishing boats. Penalties' up to 10 years| | imprisonment would be meted out to violators. in the for his canvas Moose Lodge No. 700 'MAC GIVESNOD | e | TOJAPPLANFOR e FISHING CONTROL (#— General | i SHOP AT | BERT’S FOOD CENTER Alaska’s Finest Supermarket ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. TOKYO, July 5. shing fleets from straying lmo prohibited waters. The government plan is to put 1] It is believed the government’s; action is designed to give Japan a better bargaining position the next| time it asks other nations for larg- Harold Knutson, a s so many opportunities and openings for voung persons Taking a busman'’s h(xhda,\u Congressman {rom Minnesota continuously from 1917 | starting out in life. | me to spend the summer up here. that on my next visit. to 1949 and publisher of the Wadena (Minn.) Pioneer Journal, on the trip north aboard the Princess Kath- leen, took time to write to The Empire about Alaska. A powerful man in the House of Representatives, Today's until 1927, was chairman of the Committee on Pen- | sions, on Insular Affairs and in 1947-48 was Chairman ‘ of the House Ways and Means Committee In addition to publishing his newspaper, The Washinglon Merry-Ge-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page 1} | to the question po: At me! | to Pappy's point of view. closed door meeting, Gentle Lyndon made a long speech on behalf of | the bill, which opens the door to | unlimited price boosts of nalural" | gas retailed to consumers. Immed- | iately thereafter Arizona's McFar- | land demanded that the committee | e | yote ‘“right now.” S at Lesinski. “I have never felt, nor “This is outrageous,” protested Docking Sunday afternoon aty nor have I ever said or done any- g ey “The bill has been re-|4:30 and sailing southbound at 9 \ thing in the 15 years I have been | g and we haven't had time to|o'clock, the Baranof had 11 pas- DE"A[' NoRIHBo“ND in Congress that was discriminatory | o,qy jt’ | sengers disembarking and 21 em- against any religion.” “We've delayed long enough,” |barking ;UNDAY 10 EMBARK Lesinski replied that the press persisted McParland, “Every mm_! From Seward, passengers were: v had misquoted his criticism ot Bar- ber has made up his mind Anuw he | Mrs. F. Durham, Marilyn D'Vorin . i) AR Jen. | will vote Further study won't|Mis. P. G Goldenstein, Leslie H ‘The Denali docked at 8 p.m. Sun-} “That shot back the North Car- change the result. So let's get to|Miller, A. McNeil, Jr., Mr. anc|day and saileq westbound Mondlly | olinian, “is a most cowardly re-ig vote.' | Mrs. carl O. Seegert, Mrs. M. L |morning at 3 o'clock with 10 emt| ireat. You may try to shift the, Wwhen Chairman Ed Johnson sid- | Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Thack- | barking. blame to the newspaper reporters.|ed with McFarland, Brewster an- |ray, Steve Vukovich From Seattle, passengers were} but I don't accept that explana-grily asserted: “Then you can count! For _Seattle: Mrs. Maurice A Marie L. Dorsey, Joyce Nicolai, tion I'me out.” Voss, Raymond Voss, William Voss | F- Rieke, Mrs. Doris Samples, Mts 1 “I'm not much good in a name-| «J fee] the same way,” said Mag- | Willlam F. Blinn, Mrs. Virginia Dora M. Sweeney. W. R. Weeks, Barden continued, | nye referring to Cardinal Spellman’s | (ors picked up their papers and blast against him. "It never ac-|stalked out of the room. The sur- complishes anything and I wish this prise move left their colleagues in! one had never started. Any pPerson|temporary dismay. However, Ed should have the right in free Amer- | johnson, fearful that the row might | jca to conscientiously oppose some- jeagk to the press, quickly took thing, or to be for something, with cmmand. He decided that the two out having his patriotism quesuon-"pmdigm5 be given two more days, ed by those who do not agree With|gafter which they would be “polled” him. God forbid that we should ' gnq their votes added to the otti-| ever lose that right, as have the;cia] rollcall. people of Czechoslovakia.” Brewster and Magnuson, there- Just then the bell rang, summon- | fore, eventually joined Senators ing House members to the floo¥.| Charles Tobey (R.) of New Hamp- With an expression of relief, Chair- | ghire, Francis Myers (D. of Penn- man Lesinski adjourned the meet-|sylyania and Estes Kefauver (D.) of | ing : Tennessee in voting “no.” | The seven men who veted for the : big gas companies were: Johnson A Congressman’s name on a law | of Colorado and Johnson of Texas, | firm's letterhead means money In| McFarland, Brien McMahon (D, the bank. For it means that a lot| of Connecticut, Clyde Reed (R.) of calling contest,” n of Washmngton. Both Sena-| CONGRESSIONAL LAW FIRMS of deors can be opened in Washing- | Kansas, Homer Capehart (R. of: ton and fancy fees collected be-indiana and John Bricker (R.) of cause of his influence. Some legis- | Ohio. lators make the most of it. | A few, on the other hand, do| KING FAROUK AN-’ HITLER For instance, when gangling,| Before Adolf Hitler’s $1,500,000 not. cow-licked Rep. Andrew Jacobs, freshman Democrat from Indiana, luxury yacht sailed for New York, where it is now on exhibition, King | got a telephone call from a con- | Farouk of Egypt came down to the | stituent recently soliciting his legal| Cairo waterfront to look at it Im- ! services, the Congressman replied: . Pressed, he sent word to the Brit- “When T was elected to Congress, | ‘sh textile king, George Arida, who | one of the first things I did was|OW owns the vessel, to clear off all to take a razor blade and scratch|bis guests, because the royal party | my name off the door of my In-|Wished to come aboard | dianapolis office. I have only one Arida, a British diplomat in Le-]| client now—the Eleventh Congres- banon, gracefuly complied. Once the sional District of Indiana.” decks were cleared, King Farouk| strutted up the gangplank and, with ! the pemposity of Hitler himselt,| gave the ship the royal once-over.| The Egyptian monarch was chiet- | ly faseinated with Hitler's binocu-! lars. Built of lightweight metal| with special eyepads, they were { GAS COMPANIES W The gas and oil lobby scored a| great victory when millionaire Sen- | ator Bob Kerr's bill, exempting| from federal rate controls natural gas sold to pipeline companies, was| approved by the Senate Interstate Once used by Hitler to gaze mood- | Commerce committee in a closed- ily at the horizon King Farouk door 7-to-5 vote adjusted them to his eyes and gave | This was not done. however, be- | the waterfront a sweep. | “Marvelou: hen he calmly slung them over his shoulder and continued the tour. fore two Senators—Republican Ow- en Brewster of Maine and Demo- crat Warren Magnuson of Wash- couplet : Congressman Knutson was majority whip from 1919 !Th(\ Government practicing economy. The answer given in the book on the atomic bomb Mr. oceem; to be “Yes and no, perhapa and mnyhc 'BARANOF BRINGS he exclaimed. | Mantyla, fourth place went a SN cash prize and to Miss Betty Haynes a $50 cash prize Along with the cash prizes Queen Juanita and candidates each re- seived a compact and a pair ot hose. Queen Juanita was presentec a costume jewelry piece in gold and istones in the shape of a crown, with Crown Princess Annabelle re- ceiving a cigarette ca Mrs. Cecil Casler wa: of Coronation ceremonies i Coronation Ball. Final vote for queens was as £6l- | | lows: I only wish it were possible for Perhaps I can do A thing we fear will never be: sed by its title, “Must We Hide?” in charge at the l“ ElEVEN "AKES Juanita Diaz e 366,200 Annabelle Poe 261,000 Martha Newbould 118,500 IwE“IY-oNE oul Carmen Mantyla 65,300 Betty Haynes 59,200 Blinn, Bruce Blinn, Patrick Blinn | Mr- 8nd Mrs. H. 8. Wood, Mrs. i. Mr. and Mrs. S. M, Dore, Richarg]C: Yaden, W. D, Baff, D. W. Ales: Anderson, D. 1. Thomas, L. D. Hal- | andro, E. Keyes. lenberg, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Butts,| From Ketchikan: J. L Gritfith, R. F. Farwell, Wiley Flowers, R. G | Lundquist, D. Lundquist. the sun? Riadell, R. W. Voss. :‘:(;ms::t:'x:\k?m%\h~w“:damM}\”“é | 2. Which U. S. city has been under five different flags? For Ketchikan: Mrs. Maudej g_ S iy ," 3. During what President’s term was parcel post inaugurated? | Hamlin, Miss Mary M. Murphy.| % A. Johnson, A. A. Drompitz, Mr.| e 8 ) 8 y nd Mrs. J. L. Raake, Mrs. N | 4. What proportion of men reach a height of six feet or more? Harry Tozer. Sra e , Mrs. N. K. N i i 3larser. | 5. What animal will use its teeth when fighting another of its kind, For Kodiak: Mrs. Nadine Lund-|but never against man? e e @ @ e s o C ¢ & ® ®|sen Larry Lundsen, Vivian McEl- ANSWERS: : . - ® | -ay. 1. About 110 times. : . TIDE TABLE ¥ For Seward: B. F. Kane. 2. Mobile, Alabama; French, British, Spanish, Confedeate, and . b 21 . RS e, 4 U. s. . JULY 6 . The Antarctic continent is unig- i i 3. 1 rd Taft . * Low tide, 4:42 am. 00 ft. ® |uely fsolated in that those who visit| 5 oua tH‘"’f < e High tide, 11:07 am., 127 ft. it must cross at least 600 miles of < Qnein (RN e Low tide, 16:35 pm., 42 1t open water while passage to any 5. The rabbit. e High tide, 22:50 pm,, 16.6 ft. ©|of the other continents can be at- ¥ . ! tained by crossing 60 miles or less @ o o o o @ » o & o @ o|of open water. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not use PARTAKE as a synonym for EAT or DRINK. PARTAKE means to share with others. One may partake of a meal with other persons, but does not partake of a meal by | one’s self. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mosiac. Pronounce mo-za-ik, O as | er fishing grounds. pleas have been rejected. Alaska Music Supply Artbur M. Uggen, Manager SCHWINN BIKES at mAnszN's.' Plance—Mudeal Instraments £ and Supplies All previous in OBEY, A as in DAY, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Transparent; PAR, not PAIR. | SYNONYMS: Inflate, expand, distend, dilate, enlarge. 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: ABSOLVE; to set free, or release, as from some obligation, or from } i the consequences of guilt. “John was absolved from all blame in the transaction.” | MODERN ETIQUETTE %% pnerra 1em | Q. How should the wedding invitations be worded if the bride is a i very young widow? ii A. The invitations should be issued in the names of the bride’s | parents, and should be worded exactly as the invitations of her first wedding, with the exception that instead of the name “Mary Elizabeth,” it should read “Mary Johnson Smith.” Q. Should the dessert spoon or fork be placed on the table at the beginning of the meal? { A. No; they should be brought in on the dessert plate. Q. Should a woman rise when seated at a table in a restaurant, and another woman comes by and stops to shake hands? A. This is not necessary, unless she is very young and the other woman is elderly. . | ———————————————————————————————————————————— .} | | i _——__————————_—J 1. How many times greater than the earth’s diameter is that of | Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 31, Cnfilllalllof 1. Poor . chigan 4. Habitation 3% . Compcten 9. Shoemaker's 34. Mountain ash tool 86. Plaything 12. American 87. Epoch Indian 38, Crackle 13. Card game 29. Lair 11, Golf peg 40. Amorous look 15. Meal 41. Mechanical 17 .\Lmhed ln A 19. mploy 20. ind of coffee 21. Cleansing 23, Sn‘l‘:m‘:;:ud geese Solution of Saturday's Puzzle [ Prosted 8- plack iuie DOWN 5. Larva of the 21. Ballad suitable 1. Seed contatner 28 Paronomasia Bd. Scotch weigh- 2. Devoured ¢ Approve 2. Body joing 55 pong machine 2 Apont. 7. Station 0. hraham's . Poultr; Scandina birthpiace nrodyucl church i Geandioavian navigator . Assail . Guided . Tree Article 20. Huge porson ington —walked out, protesting the As royal party was about to steamroller tactics of Chairman Ed leave, Farouk showed no inclination | Johnson of Colorado and Ernest 0 give up the binoculars. As a| McFarland of Arizona, both Demo- hint, a ship's officer brought the; crats. Senator “Gentle” Lyndon Johnson | ¢ately that the binoculars fit in- | { of Texas teed off, the steamrolier side, But the king only grunted and picked up the case. 3 Then, without a word, he exercis- ed his royal perogative and walked off with both, # methods. * Lyndon Was elected on a pledge to vote the opposite of Pappy O'Daniel whom he replaced, but-he has been slowly veering over | binocular case and explained deli- | Meditate Chart Fowl Horse Unit of work ol Not anv | 1 The herb eve ! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. 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