The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 7, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE P ING COMPANY Second and M reets, Juneau, Alaska TROY MONSEN - 3 LINGO President Vice-President Maniging Editor Business Manager HELEN DOROTHY TROY ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; | vy | six months, $8.00; one vear, paid, at the following rates By mail, pos d $15.00; six months, In aavance, $7.50; 50. One vear, in a one month, in adv Subscribers will co the Business Office of an: 31 their papers. Telephones: r a favor if they will promptly notify failure or irregularity in the delivery News Office, 602 Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASS $S CIATED PRES The Assoolated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for repudlication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES p Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash, Alaska Newspapers, 1411 THE GREASY MENU CARD Had Maurine Brown who writes of “He-Man Vit- tles Up in Alaska” in the New York Times of June 19, eaten many meals in the Baranof or at Belle’s or Percy's or the Sugar Bowl in Juneau, she would have found the salads and green vegetables she says are lacking on “the greasy menu card in a cafe at Wran- gell or Nome” where a vegetable is mean starch—macaroni, navy beans, spaghetti or per- haps a slab of squash.” Following a Skagway dateline Miss Brown says that the two most difficult things to get at mealtime in Alaska are (1) a glass of water and green vegetables. She admits that a glass of water is always forth- cominz after a specific request, but adds that “some cynics believe that thirst is encouraged in order to promote the sale of whiskey.” However, we doubt that even Miss Brown believes that, but it gave her an opportunity to make a crack about Alaska's con- sumption of whiskey, “the highest under the American flag.” She says that a “12-cent head of lettuce in Seattle is priced at 40 cents by the time it reaches Fairbanks, Alaska. Oranges, prunes and asparagus soar pro=- portionately in cost at the end of the long haul by sea.” Like her husband, Miss Brown is ready to take 2) e Washinglon~~~ Merry-Go-Rolld By DREW PEARSON ed, “if we can't | And T'm willing Ferguson was ‘almost sure to | | labor and management,” he declar- then it just plain can’t be settled. | the two men met "n quick rap, by implication, at the “vested interests.” JThs inerease in the cost of a head of lettuce, oranges, | pruties or asparagus in Fairbanks “at the. end of the long haul by sea,” she implies is due to the long haul by sea. In Fairbanks freight rates are allocated ap- proximately one-third to the steamship company that does the hauling by sea and two-thirds to the gov- ernment-owned Alaska Railroad. In Anchorage, the allocation of freight rates is about fifty-fifty between the railroad and steamship company | Miss Brown calls Petersburg the “cuisine capital of the North,” and credits much of its fame to its Norwegian housewives and their recipes In “The | Petersburg Cook Book," published by the Parent-Teach- er Association. We won't argue about that. The Petersburg Cook Book is a favorite in Juneau, too, and shares a place beside a Fairbanks cook book, a | Skagway cook book, a Juneau cook book and the cook book published by the Alaska Crippled Children’s Asso- ciation in more than one Juneau kitchen But we don't think the excellence of the Alaskan housewife is due to her spending most of her time in | the kitchen “Because,” as Miss Brown says, “the |kitchen is generally warm” and Alaska is a cold country, because Alaska “is without competing attractions.” She is right, there are few tennis courts, goli course but there are mountains to climb, trails to follow, to catch, endless clubs and “good works” to keep Alaska women amused, busy and entertained—not the attractions of a city, it is true, but some prefer them |to the city's competing attractions. As to libraries that are “hardly worthy of the name and usually consist of a row of frayed children’s classics,” Mrs. Edna Lomen, Juneau's city librarian, and Mrs. Inez Gregg of the Baranof Shop, will probably | object to Miss Brown’s comment. Juneau women can i find plenty of books to read when they come out of the kitchen. Of course when she speaks of the “inadequacies of (restaurant and hotel meals in the North,” she makes a nor | in her article. Which is fine with us. | She might not know about the restaurants in Juneau, because Maurine Brown is Mrs. Richard Neu- berger and when Mrs. Neuberger was in Juneau with her husband last summer, she stayed at the Governor’s House. | We'll suggest that the Baranof, that Belle’s and 1Pcr(‘y‘s send her menus. She'll find that all of the food in Alaska is not fried, nor greasy nor starchy. We might even send her the menus ourselves. “There's nothing like adversity to bring out what's in a man,” declares an editor. | there’s seasicknes: “A game somewhat resembling bridge was played a thousand years ago.”—Newspanver filler. It was prob- | bridge partner. settle this strike, | led to sweat 1t out.” brought in, un(l; face to fa COAST, SHOWS LOSS no reference to Juneau, nor does she mention Juneau | Oh, we don’t know— ' ably similar to the game played last evening by your | SHiPPING, PACIFIC (Continued from Piye 12 have also been mailed to President ‘Truman. One sender, whose wife recently underwent an operation, wrote Pep- per that he was :“compelled” the doctor performing the operation to fill out and sign the card. An- other reported that he feared he would “antagonize my doctor and nurse” if he didn't comply with their wishes. Both these individuals informed | Senator Pepper that they strongly | supported the health-insurance pro- gram. Similar cards also are being distributed by Flarida Insurance salesmen. OLD SOLDIERS Five hundred forgotten soldiers, who survived past wars but are victims of old aze, are waiting to get into the National Soldiers’ Home at Washington, D. C. But there's no room. Those on the inside would like to make rocm by buillding new quarters. They have plenty of money—=$33,000,000, every cent con- tributed through the years by en- listed men. But the money is held in trust by the Treasury Depart-) ment, and the ex-soldiers can’t get it out without an Act of Congress, Though this money belongs to the soldiers and not to the taxpay- ers, the Budget Bureau has turned | down a request to release $16,700,000 to expand the soldiers’ home. The Bureau’s recommendaticn has in- fluenced Congress to refuse use of the funds—despite the fact that the soldiers’ hcme hasn’'t been expanded since 1911, Meanwhile, the waiting list ot aged, lonely ex-soldiers is growing Icnger. THREAT TO BERLIN AIRLIFT The public was never told how the Bendix strike at South Bend, Ind., involving fewer than 6,000 workers, came closer to grounding the Berlin airlift than the Russlans ever did. That was the reason the Air Force urgently summoned both sides to the Pentagon last week to settle the strike at a dra- matic, all-night session Here, for the first time, inside story: Aft - negotiations broke down at Sout. Bend, Secretary of the Air Force Stuart Symington personally invited Bendix-boss Malcolm Fergu- son to Washington. Simultaneous- ly he sent an Air Force plane to Detroit to pick up Walter Reuther, chief of the United Auto Workers. The twe men were brought in to see Symington separately. The Scc retary of the Alr Force warned both that plane production would be crippled, the Berlin Lift forced down for lack of key parts—if the strike continued. It was Reuther they sit down on settle the strike. “With all this talent who the su SpC from both by | is the; “I am convinced that by using | the democratic processes,” Reuther | offered, “we can settle this strike, jand by doing it that way, we will | ,enable the Air Force to cmmnuv! ito defend the’ democratic processes | we are using.” Ferguson promptly agreed. Assistant Secretary of Labor Tohn Gibson also was called in, vifered to serve as arbitrator. For several hours the two sides | haggled behind closed doors, took | time out only for quick snacks. Symington kept a Pentagon kitch- en open all night to accommodate them. By 3 am. the negotiators were | still deadlocked. Finally Reuther blurted out: “The thing that be- wilders me is how a situation that has dragged out ten weeks and| | should have been settled at the out- | set, yet has been handled with good | faith and good will and intelligence, | | could have gotten so ‘snarled’ up| as it is tonight.” | be repeated here which caused the| tense, solemn group to burst out in| laughter. This broke the ice and | started the negotiators on the road to settlement. By 11 a. m., almost 124 hours after they started nego-| tiating, an agreement was reached, tending one of the most critical| strikes since V-J Day—another tri- lumph for the democratic processes. KEY CONGRESSMAN The President paid high praise to Democratic representative Mike |Kirwan of Ohio, militant battler tfor public power legislation, in a {¢hat with another Mike the other ! day—Representative Mansfield from Montana. | Mansfield reported that the In-| terior Department’s public power and reclamation program, which| Kirwan navigated through the| House, faced a “very tough” battle | lin the Senate. i “I'm for you all the way,” com- | mented Truman. “You know, the Interior bill was the best we've| ever got through the House. Mike | Kirwan deserves the major credit. | He fought it through the appro- priations subcommittee, through the | full committee and finally through the House over the prote: of thel private power lobby. “I think the world of Mike,” add- ed the President. “In my opinion, (he’s one of the most outstanding 'and ablest legislators we have in | Congress.” € clele TIDE TABLE JULY 8 Low tide, 6:33 am. -2.1 ft. High tide, 13:05 p.m., 143 ft. High tide, 18:33 p.m, 3.7 ft. ® o0 0 0 r e 0 0o | SCHWINN BIKES at MAGSEN'S.| SAN FRANCISCO, July 7—®—| Pacific Coast shipping was off 12.8 per cent in the first half of 1949, as compared with last year. ‘Three major coast ports—=Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles-Long Beach—were ahead of last year, | their cargo volume being up. The coast average was down by San Francisco Bay pulled area | ports, which show a loss of 30 per i cent compared with last year. These estimates were figured by the Pacific Coast Maritime Associa- | tion on a basis of longshore man hours worked — one general mea- sure of cargo volume. The Maritime Association, a coastwise employers’ group, announ- ced that Seattle was 2.5 per cent | ahead of 1948, Portland 104 per cent and Los Angeles-Long Beach 1.9 per cent. The coast shipping picture, as in- dicated by longshore work oppor- tunities, showed that total hours| worked for the half year period from January 2 to June 26 amount- Reuther used one word inau can’t|ed to 9,500,000. Last year, the fig-jdrove in 10 runs with three homers ure was 10,800,000 hou NOTICE After July 10, no telephom: rentals for the month of July will be accepted at a discount. All remittances must bear postmark of not later than discount date. Please be prompt. JUNEAU AND DOUGLAS TELEPHONE CO. ACROSS . Store in a sllo _ Ridicule One who takes the initiativ Machine for smoothing wood Cut Dock Midwestern state: abbr, 18, Meadow 19. Little pieces 20. Command 21, Fish Country road estival . King of Bashan 2 13 " read to dry 15. Prophet 5. 1. ° . Forebear 50. Declare DOWN 1. Kind of tree 2. Use of new words v e 6. Cooking utensil Despot THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE —JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ Mrs. James Orme Mrs. Paul Morgan Dennis Ryan Dale Fleek, Jr. Gladys Gaffney Irene Metcalf Gordon Taylor Bernice Allison ® & o s o 0 0 0 o MONTH OF JUNE WAS CO0L, RAINY; LITTLE SUNSHINE The month of June was cool, wet, and cloudy, with moderate south- easterly winds pervailing. The av- erage temperature for the montt ! 'was four degrees below normal, anc a new record low of 32 degrees was | recorded on June 8. The maximum temperature of 66 degrees was well below the highest recorded temper- ature of 87 for this period. The average cloudiness was very high, as the skies were nine-tenths cov- ered during the month. Sunshine values were consequently low, only 22 per cent of the amount possible being received. Precipitation was recorued on 25 of the 30 days, a | record high for June, and the {amount recorded was 80 per cent above the usual rainfall for June. | | Comparative data for the city and | airport, based on city office means | and normals as of 1943 follow: Highest temperature: 87 in 1916; this June, city 66, airport 68. Lowest temperature: 33 in 1914; this June, city 32, airport 33. Mean maximum temperature Normal 622; this June, city 55.5 |airport 56.2. Mean minimum Normal 46.5; this June, airport 42.4. Mean monthly temperature: !Normal 543; this June, city 504, | airport 49.3 Total precipitation: Normal 4.06‘ inches; this June, city 7.45 inches, airport 5.34 inches. { Maximum wind: Highest SE 30 mph in 1938; this June, airport SE 29 mph. | Cloudiness: Normal days: clear 5, | partly cloudy 6, cloudy 19; this| !June: clear 1, partly cloudy 4 | cloudy 25. temperature city 444 7] 20 YEARS AGO’ 7. s MP 113 K J6 I JULY 17, 1929 Harold Jones, the driver, and his passenger, W. P. Kingston, riding in the Buick car owned by John Covich, considered that they had a miraculous escape when the car skidded on a loose stone in the Thane road and turned turtle. Neither person was even scratched, although the car windows were broken. Kingston was superintendent of the Dundas Bay cannery of the Northwestern Fisheries Company. Rain caused early adjournment of the Douglas Island Women'’s Club annual picnic at Cowee Creek beach, but picnickers managed to get their lunch first, and stage a few races. & Mrs. August Aalto arrived on the Northwestern after a -month in Seattle—her first trip out in 30 years. Her daughter, Mrs. H. C. Helmes, had arrived from the Bering Sea with her husband, two days before her departure from Douglas. E. M. Basse, who had recently resigned as local manager of the Union Oil Company, sailed on the Prince Rupert for Seattle. 3 Miss Rae Stevens and Mr. Fred Sorri were named for the leadsi in “Jazzland Revue,” a novelty feature of the forthcoming Elks' show, ‘Baby Stealers.” Members of the Elks’ pony chorus were to be Misses Ann Elliott, Belva Williams, Bessie and Eva Yurman, Evelyn Judson, Edna Riendeau, Verna Hurley, Josephine Kilburn, Vieno Wahto, Margery Fox, Bernice Edwards and Mae Fraser. Mrs. Delia Stow of Lewisten, Mont., arrived to spend the summer visiting her sister, Mrs. Henry Gorham. Lee Rox, wellknown wrecking contractor, found he had more wood than he could use ‘on the former property of the Juneau Grocery. 8o, | rather than burn such valuable kindling and fire wood, he invited anyone who wanted it to take it for the hauling. Weather: High, 62; low, 51; rain. Isaid estate are hereby required to | Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon __—__—_—_____—J WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: It is not necessary to say, “Not one of the children did his or her work.” Omit OR HER. HIS is sufficient. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Acumen. Pronounce a-ku-men, A as in AT, U a in CUBE, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ammeter; two M’s. Diameter; one M. SYNONYMS: Fame, distinction, eminence, renown, repute, reputa- tion, notoriety, glory, honor. 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: CHIMERA; a wild fancy; a vain or visionary conception. (Pronounce ki-me-ra, I as in KITE, E as in ME, A as in ASK, accent second syllable). “The chimera of an author.”—Burke. P e MODERN ETIQUETTE Homrrra LeE l' Q. If a girl lives in one town and is going to be married in an- other town, from where should her wedding invitations and announce- ments be mailed? | and THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949 NOTICE' 18 “HEREBY -GIVEN: MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 167 hat Robert G. Rl.ce_, Aadmifnistratqrv SECOND of the 'esfate o known 4 Elva L. Rice, deceased, has ‘ begining at 7:30 GLENN O. ABRAHAM, { Worshipful * Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. filed his final account and report of his administration of said estate, and his petition for distribution thereof, in the United States Com- missioner’s Court for Juneau Pre- | cinct, at Juneau, Alaska; that 10 o'clock A. M., August 25th, 1949, has been fixed as the time and said court the place for hearing same: and that all persons concerned | therein are hereby notiried to ap- | pear at said time and place and | file their objections, if any, to said final account and petition for settle- | ment and distribution thereof; and | that the court at such hearing will || adjudicate and decree who the heirs || and | distributees of the deceased || person are. " Dated: Juneau, Alaska, June 23rd, || 1949. )| ROBERT G. RICE, || Administrator. First publication, June 23, 1949. Last publication, July 14, 1949. NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the United States Commission- er’s (Ex-Officio Probate) Court for | the Territory of Alaska, Juneau | Commissioner’s Precinct. | In the Matter of the Estate of | NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, | that the undersigned was, on the 15th day of June, 1949, duly sp-; pointed administrator of the estate | of OSCAR MATT KOSKI, Deceased, | that Letters Testamentary | therefor on said auy were duly is: sued to the undersigned. i All persons having claims against | present the same, with pmpv:rI vouchers, and duly verified, within | six (6) months from the date of | this Notice, to the undersigned ini his office, at Room 200, Sevvard1 Building, Juneau, Alaska. i Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 15th day of June, 1949. JOHN PENTTILA, Administrator. | First publication, June 16, 1949. Last publication, July 7. 1949. | Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “4AY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists The invitations and announcements should be mailed by her | |ANS SUPERVISOR ATTE i EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE | Mrs. Bertha Ellinger, Alaska Na- tive Service elementary education supervisor, has returned from a | three-week trip to the states. She attended a summer conference June {27 to July 1 at the University or|‘ Washington for supervisors and { curriculum directors frem North- | j western states and Alaska. | A two-week vacation at Salt Lake | , City, Utah, followed a week's stay | in Seattle on her way south. In Seattle she assisted in reviewing applications for teaching positions in Alaska Native Service schools, aiding the staff of the 11th U. S. Civil Service Regional office. B.B.STARS Stars of Wednesday games are. Batting—Walker Cooper, Reds and three singles in Cincinnati's 23-4 rout of Chicago. Pitching—Murry Dickson, Pirates, turned back his old mates with fine eight-inning relief job as Pitts- | burgh stopped St. Louis from mov- |ing into first place tie. | BARN DANCE! ! | Saturday night at Salmon Creek | Country Club. Don’t miss it! 40 2t | 2000 pounds. A. parents from her home town. Q. When addressing an envelope, should each line be indented, or should all the lines bear the same lefthand margin? A. The preferred form at present is to have all lines bear the same lefthand margin. Q. When setting the table, which edge of the knife should be pointed towards the plate? A. The cutting edge of the knife should be placed next to the plate. r————— e e | LOOK and LEARN ¥ & corpon 1. How many active volcanoes are there in continental United States? 2. What is the “fundamental law” of the United States? 3. What is the difference between a long ton and a short ton? 4. Who was the first U. S. President to broadcast a public address?’ 5. What animal is considered the most perfect example of protective coloring? ANSWERS: 1. Mt. Lassen, in California, is the only one. 2. The Constitution. 3. The long ton contains 2240 pounds, while a short ton contains 4. Calvin Coolidge broadcast his message to Congress in 1923. 5. The chameleon. Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank R| E] |E] E| Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 3. Cut witha toothed tool 4. Notion 6. Was first . Syllable of hesitation . Petty malice . Liquors . Black liquid . At home . Forgive 2. Wear away . Small horse . Go swiftly . Genus of the beet Movable bed Cre gricultural ese tablishment Supplication Highway . Sumptuous repast . Device for stopping motion wiss herdsman . Seasons . Fish eges . Roman bronze . 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