The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 1, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streews, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO EIMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager | Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Welivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, dne month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery uf their papers. Telephones | $7.50; News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, ! MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the usc for republication of all rews dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published bere! NATIONAL REPRESENTALIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. JUST ANOTHER BLAST No newspaper in Alaska would be covering Alaska's thinking if it did not repeat the editorial in August's The Alaskan Sportsman. , Published in Ketchikan for a number of years, The Alaskan Sportsman has a circulation throughout the United States of 83,000. In August 83,000 copies of the magazine told people of the fight that is being made by the present Terri- torial administration against “outside capital.” And against a lot of Alaskans. Here is Editor Emery F. Tobin's presentation of{ | Al a’s present situation, familiar to many but, be- cause of its very seriousness, worthy of another reading: legislature, not yet entitled to legislate. This “Gruening Legislature” appropriated moneys 11ndlscr1mlnately‘ and passed discriminatory tax laws, | particularly aimed against the Alaska salmon industry. | Three of these tax laws have landed in the courts and are unenforceable, denying the Territory badly-needed created new boards dominated by the Governor and appropriated funds in huge amounts, some of them | for boards which duplicate the functions of the Federal Government. New tax laws imposed on Alaskans by the 1949 and all persons employed in Alaska, even seamen on tax of one per cent; a one per cent tax on raw fish; an incresed resident and non-resident commercial fish- ing license tax and a one per cent tax on boats and airplanes. Also there is a new punchboard stamp tax; “|a tax on Public Accountants; a more than quadrupled graduated tax on salmon traps; and a law permitting Alaska cities to vote sales taxes of up to two De cent. In the years prior to Gruening's regime there was always a surplus in the Territorial treasury. Now there is a huge deficit and no money even to pay for important functions such as education, housing, hos- pitalization and old-age assistance. The Territory is insolvent. There is hardly enough to pay necessary running expenses. The Alaska Board of Administration has'had to “freeze” $5,645,498.00 in appropriated moneys in order to stave off financial disaster. No audit of the books was made for years during the Gruening administra- tion and recently when an audit was at last ordered, the Territorial Treasurer was jailed for serious de- falcations totaling more than $23,000.00 and there was serious misuse of funds in at least one other depart- ment. Among the agencies and funds affected by the freeze order are those for the Alaska Housing Authority to establish a housing program; reimbursement funds revolving fund for Territorial veterans; Community hos- pital construction; Territorial retirement system; Al- aska Pioneers’ Home and the Fisheries Commission. When the Second World War ended, there was every promise that Alaska would make great industrial | progress and that it would grow rapidly in population | for one thing. Hundreds of thousands of | servicemen had seen the country and a majority of | them liked it. After the Japs landed on American' soil at Kiska and Attu, people all over the United | States became aware of this great and beautiful coun- | try and learned a great deal about Alaska. The Alaska Highway was built, making it possible for the first time to drive by automobile to “The Last Frontier.” But people who predicted progress did so without reckoning with Alaska’s leftish, New-Dealing Governor, Ernest Gruening, who came to Alaska from the East in 1940 and became the avowed foe of industry, par- ticularly the steamship companies serving Alaska, and the “Outside Interests” which had established Alaska’s greatest industry—salmon canning. Although there is no capital inside Alaska sufficient to supply the funds —except Also there is a lack of funds for Bus transportation; financial assistance to hospitals; Territorial buildings; the Alaska Library; Statzhood Commission; National Guard; Community fairs; Pure Food and Drug Act; | University of Alaska new construstion; vocational re- | litation, the Commissioner of Education’s Advisory Commission; Field offices for the Department of Mines; Hospital construction survey, and for professional boards of optometry, pharmacy, medical examiners, cosmetology, chiropractic, dental examiners and basic sciences. All Alaska newspapers and periodicals with one exception have damned the present administation as a detriment to Alaska. Because of the Governor's ef- forts to provide political jobs and to multiply the tax burden of existing industries, businesmen seeking new fields are going to think twice before establishing themselves in Alaska. Even with continued huge Federal spending for defense construction, “The Last habi! moneys which it otherwise would have. The Legislature | Legislature provide for a net income tax of ten per | | cent of the Federal income tax to be paid by Alaskans vessels temporarily in Alaska waters; a rural property | for school boards for interest paid on borrowed money; | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO #%: smpire AUGUST 1, 1929 An eight-pound boy was born in St. Ann’s Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. | | | . e!J. H. Hart. The father had recently been appointed U. S. Attorney AUGUST 1 Wellman Holbrook Joe Braun Ggeorge Hall Grace Stephens Claude Taylor Mrs. T. N. Wallace Mrs. F. M. Clarke ® at Nome. Mrs. Hart expected to take the baby to the States where she ® | would visit her family before joining her husband at Nome. The Chamber of Commerce opposed, by unanimous vote, the repeal | of the Alaska Workmen's Compensation Act, or the enactment of a Territorial Industrial Insurance Act. The resolution was presented by | R. E. Robertson, Chairman of the Legislative Committee. | ® 0o 0 0 0 0 0 o o July, 1929, was the coolest month of its name since 1924, according 3 ‘m the summary issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau. Rain had been | unusually frequent but the total amount was slightly below the average. (EMEIERY UUORK ;Sunshme was much below the average. i | Io BE DONE BY | =~ A tentative plan for development of a new small vessel float on the | face of the A-J rock dump was submitted to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce by L. L. Metzgar, A-J Superintendent, after conferences lEGION Io"IGHI‘ j. Malcolm Elliott, District | with the executive committee and with Ma, Engineer. In place of their regular weekly | business meeting, Juneau Post No.| 4, of the American Legion, will work tonight on extension of the American Legion plot at the Ever- green Cemetery. Legionnaire Ted Smith will op- ! erate Jerry McKinley's bulldozer to take care of the biggest part of the job. Other Legionnaires, ac- cording to Post Commander Ches- ter Zenger, will rake and do a gen- {eral cleanup job. All members are requested to be at the Cemetery by 7:30 p. m. in order to get the work finished to- night. All members are also re- quested to be present. Before going to Ketchikan, N. G. Nelson announced plans for aGding a third floor to the new building at the corner of Front and Franklin streets. Aften an absence of more than two years, Mr. and Mrs. M. J.. Bavard returned on the Yukon. They had visited Mr. Bavard’s family home in | Athens, Greece, and traveled extensively in Europe, attending the Am- | erican Legion Convention in Paris. A e S | Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corpox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The distant sounds were | audible to the ear.” TO THE EAR is tautological, as AUDIBLE means capable of being heard (by the ear). OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Duel. not as OO in TOOL. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Occurrence; CC and RR. SYNONYMS: Augment, enlarge, increase, make bigger. 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: opened for furnishing the material | CLARITY; to make clear. “To clarify the proposition, he went over the and performing the work of con- | details carefully.” structing Alaska Forest Highway‘fi-—-—-———_————_—— MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥omrrra LEE Project 3-E3,14, Grading and Bridge, | Is it correct to say, “I haven't had time to write to you because » when answering a letter after a long delay? Seward Highway, Chugach National | Forest, Third Judicial Division, Ter- | A. No; if you are embarrassed about the delay, say that you are | Weather: High, 66; low, 47; clear. 1 SCHWINN BIKES at MADSEN'S { GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN- ISTRATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS August 1, 1949 SEALED BIDS will be received at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 | Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 9:00 A.M. on August 22, 1949, and then publicly Pronounce the UE as in FUEL, ritory of Alaska. The project, 0.276 miles in length, is located approxi- | mately 18 miles north of Seward. | Q. | The principal items of work are ap- ! 1 have been so busy’ proximately as follows: Extra and Miscellaneous Force Account Work, sorry ?Eoongld{{:d u"g:fi::&i"?:“;;?\ Q. When a young man takes a girl to dinner, and the food is not . o " ery good, should she ever criticize it? tion for Structures 50 Cu.Yds.; Un- 1 bt & ! classified Excavation for Borrow 6,- | A. Never; this would be very poor form. NOTICE OF HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that N. C. Banfield, as administrator of the estate of LLOYD R. WIL- LIAMSON, deceased, has filed his Final Report and Petition for a de- cree of distribution of all of the assets of said estate to theguardian of Terry King Williamson of Seattle, Wash- | ington. A hearing will be held upon said report on the 30th day of Septem- ber, 1949, at 10:00 A.M,, at which time all persons objecting to the manner in which the estate has been administered, the closing of said es-" tate, or the decree of distribution | prayed for by the administrator, may appear, file their objections, and be heard. WITNESS my hand and the seal | of the Probate Court for the Sitka Precinct, Alaska, this 22nd day of July, 1949. FRANK H. B. RICHARDS, U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge, Sitka Precinct, Al- | aska. First publication, July 25, 1949. Last publication, Aug. 15, 1949. r-P R a0 W Brownie’s Liquor Store | Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. 0. Box 259% 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 ] “ SHOP AT BERT’S FOOD CENTER Alaska’s Finest Supermarket Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHCNE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1949 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE pL SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Sgottish ‘Rite Temple beginning 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, Becretary. BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 17 Maih St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M, Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies ..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.. FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt JUNEAU'S FINEST LIQUOR STORE BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms able to his will in 1948, his office special session in 1949 prior to the regular session. | It was declared illegal by the U. S. Juneau beacuse the legislators called were not the | editorial. incumbents who were opposed to him, but of the new | instead of 1940. ¢ to develop the country industrially, Governor Gruening has done everything possible by action to discourage “Outside Capital.” After obtaining a Territorial Legislature amend- word and | Frontier” is likely to remain just that—a huge un- developed Territory with only sixty thousand white inhabitants and thirty thousand Indians, Eskimos and | Aleuts. called an illegal We should change one date in 'The Sportsman’s Federal Court at} Governor Gruening came to Alaska in 1939 The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page 1)° Last week the chairmanship ap- | peared to be all set for Gabriel- son. Since then, sudden and stiff opposition has developed. For one thing, it is strongly suspected that he is a Stassen man. Even more important, Republicar® Congressmen from New Jersey are almost solidly opposed. En bloc they called on ex-Speaker Joe Martin, and regis- tered their objection. Usually it's an honor to have a National Chair- man selected from your state, but in this case New Jersey Congress- men wanted to forego the honor—: if Gabrielson was to be the man. Another strike against Gabriel- ! son is the fact that he is from| the east, and that Scott's resigna-| tion was forced because a mid- westerner was needed at chairman. (Gabrielson was born in Sioux Rapids, Ia., but has lived in New Jersey for some time.) KANSAS' DARBY IS FAVOB!’I‘EJ' Another complaint is that at the last Omaha meeting of the G.OP., | Mrs. Reeve Schley of New Jer-| sey, whose husband is vice presi- dent of the Chase National Bank, wanted to be on the executive committee in place of Mrs. Wor- thington Scranton of Scranton, Pa. Accordingly, Mrs. Scranton was persuaded to resign in favor of M: Schley, following which Gab- rielson did not pass this choice plum to Mrs. Schley, but usurped | it for himself. This made many people sore. Meanwhile, a lot of wires are be- ing pulled to put Gabrielson across. His chief backers are Texas Com- | mitteeman Rentfro Creager, Ari-i zona's novelist Clarence Buddington around the White House, asked Hunt's help in securing his reap- pointment. Hunt in turn proposed sas City Airways and of the Kan- sas Palamino Horse Exhibitors Association. Darby is acceptable to Dewey and most other factions, that General Waitt dictate a but doesn’t seem to want the job. memorandum which Hunt would then send to Geeneral Vaughan. This General Waitt did, using NEW JOB ;Hunt's secretary. The memorandum It may or may not have been;gave a glowing description of significant, but John Foster Dulles, | Waitt's virtues and achievements, the famed new Senator from New |also exposing the faults and fail- York has been appointed to)ings of other candidates to be the Senate committee governing | chief of Chemical Warfare. the District of Columbia. In vote-| One interesting point is that less Washington this means he will | General Waitt sat on an Army's have a great deal to say about Evaluation Board to pass upon his governing Washington — mcluding‘brcther officers and had previously its public utilities. given high recommendations to the Significantly, it nap; very same officers whose qualifica- Du“is 1.:, ]’;lr;" ‘S':fim;:m ::; tions he deprecated in the mem- Cromwell, is attorney for the orandum which he dictated for lob- Washington Gas Light Company, byist Hunt. also for the Potomac Electric Co.| Note—When Douglas MacArthur also for the Washington RR and |Wanted promotion to the rank of Transit Co., which owns the Capi- | Major General, he asked his wife’s tal Transit Co. stepfather, the wealthy Edward T. At the time when Senator Dulles | Stotesbury of Philadelphia, to in- was appointed to the District of tervene at the White House. Cotumbia Committee, these utilities|Stotesbury, a J. P. Morgan partner, are asking for rate increases, while | Was a heavy G.O.P. campaign con- JOHN FOSTER DULLES’ 500 Cu.Yds.; Selected Borrow Sur-| ‘face Course 1,000 Cu.Yds.; Concrek‘ 110 Cu.Yds.; Reinforeing Steel 4,500 | Lbs.; Structural Steel 147,000 Lbs.; Treated Timber 47 M.ft.b.m.; Treated Timber Piling 960 Lin.Ft.; Loose Rip- rap 30 Cu.Yds.; Removal of Exist- ing Structures, All Req'd. Plans and specifications may be examined by prospective bidders at Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal and Tes ritorial Building, Juneau, Alaska; Bureau of Public Roads, 208 Broad- way-Oak Building, Portland, Ore- | gon; Bureau of Public Roads, Sew- ard, Alaska; Assogiated General Contractors of America, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, Washing- ton; Associated General Contractors of America, Multnomah Hotel, Port- land, Oregon; Associated General Contractors of America, 304-306 | Central Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Where copies of plans and specifica- tions are requested, a deposit of $10.00 will be required to insure their re- turn. If these are not returned within 15 days after opening of bids, the deposit will be forfeited to the Government. Checks should be made payable to the Treasurer of the United States. Plans and specifica- tions may be obtained at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, and Bureau of Pub- lic Roads, 208 Broadway-Oak Build- ing, Portland, Oregon. H. A. Stod- dart, Division Engineer. First publication, August 1, 1949. the Washington Railway and Elec- | tributor. Last publication, August 3, 1949. tric Co. proposes the sale of its 44| —5 Bt per cent interest in the Capital (&[] C[A[D] | Transit Co. ‘to outside interests. mng 'K‘{Ei’igg 85 In fairness to Senator Dulles, it W00 OCSDE Qrn should be noted that he wanted ap- | [E[N's|0lE] &l pointment to the foreign relations| - s::“‘:’tl W ::' i,";‘“ manay f g L committee. W - 2 ielhadd i o veloped Senato?egc!?oe ul:{lem;]s!(de it o i ” oeppel of Kan-| o ynit of work 37. Enemy 1 sas was moved off the District of | I2. Wander i. Claw P | Columbia commi 18, Farm bulldl 0. Mathematlcal i lc mmittee, and Dulles 13 Farm buliding Tatio Nisiicie ol e s place. Senator Dulles re-| 15, Sheep-kiilling 41 Réduced ore |G %|T] [R[E[P] marked, incidentally, that he knew| jo g fi- Grote (B AlR] :fl[]m nothing about D. C. problems with | 13. SorScotch 3. Feclings [AlelE gmn% the exception of the bill to kin| 3)- Zhoroughfare £0. Fostival mBE [Rlele] the capital's population of star-| 3 New Engiand - Wool fibers lings. Though he liked birds, he| g6 Happening Bh smprrence Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle said he did not like starlings. rablan cloth 57. Owing > ERER BI0UVMMa b oveavarwes & Myl HOW A GENERAL WANTED g TR BAMRGENIR Ciun T " m! PROMOTION HI 8. Quivering 6. Draw Here is one inside reason why Gen.. Alden Waitt, chief of the Army’s Chemical Warfare section, ' got suspended for dealing with lobbyist James V. Hunt, close friend g Kelland, Harrison Spangler of Iowa, | Senator Brewster of Maine, and | Sam Pryor, former Commnteemanl from Connecticut and vice presi-| dent of Pan American Airways. | Pryor has even secured the help | of a public-relations firm, Andrew ! Gahagen of 270 Park Avenue, New York, to put Gabrielson across, and one cf its representatives, Lee Mc- Cann, has been in Washington but- tonholing the boys. Note—Top candidate for the G. 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