The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 2, 1949, Page 4

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1949 - DmI\ Huslm Empuo Alaska - President Vice-President Managing Editor way accident. towards helping to prevent accidents instead of having | The Empire hopes that the Highway Patrol and | its very excellent officers will take heed and do more | | the pieces of these same friends after a tragic high- { THE DAILY ALASKA EMI’IRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA " 20 YEARS AGO AUGUST 2, 1929 from ‘ THE EMPIRE - Business Manager | FRED ZENGER Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. UBSCRIPTION RATES: in Juneau and Dougla months i one vear. 2 the Post | | or $1.50 per month; 00 owing rates hs, in advance Congressman $7.50 ey will prom arity in the ery parently left Fairbanks with a wrong impr accepted as general opinion, the disgruntled remarks of to investigate them after they happen. (Jessen’s Weekly) Henry M. Jackson who reported in Seattle after attending the Emeritus Day ceremony at the University, that Alaskans were hostile to that city because of shipping rates and interrupted service, ap- or sion, es: News Office. 602: Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS he A Pr sclusively entitled to the use for ' gingle individual. c t or not other: news pu | warm feeling for has struggled to Newspapers, 1411 Alaskans havi | realized that this | route is blocked remain open. | there is when an kan drivers are getting away with pcu‘ntmli | Lumber is st now automobiles, using our highway with defective equipment. any It s not |2 ot Tumber old jal careening along minus one or both head- | Lumber produs windshield wipers and with one or | jas fir area, is do windows boarded up so that vision is im- | pared with the ex its Others are operating without brakes, horns or | six mo! afe tires. proximately 5 per average, Many drivers, too, are not following the rule book: years, according rating their cars with regard for other drivers. fail to signal for turns or stops, speed on dusty approaching or just plain hog | Actually others are during hway. a1l be corrected with the present | shipments. Hmm 1y Patrol if it will just exercise the | ited to it by the Territorial Law governing No larger staff is needed for the number roads but, stricter attention ow using our job is needed the men assigned to this Gross ably. This is an v\ ar ended. by Some of the may be threatened with a touch of anemia. 1 may be that these officers prefer to remain|,iins however, t on good terms with the their duty and then, later, having to pick up | first step toward r Alaskans by no means hate Seattle. as low as are comemnsurate with profitable operation. Lumber Meeting Its Adjustment Problem of the Pacific Northwest. nths of last year. production has run slightly average Alaskan instead of | Getting the temperature under control is They have a the Alaska Steamship Company that give good service and to keep I e justly complained at times when | shipping has been disrupted by strikes, but they have has been through no fault of Seattle residents or the steamship company. | Alaskans have welcomed other routes to Alaska, not from any dislike of Seattle, but because a Territory needs additional routes, so that when one a growing the channels of commerce will still There is no more hatred nor dislike in this, than individual spreads his business over | | more than one firm in a city. (Seattle Times) ill one of the economic mainstays It is deceptively easy to production is down. That is con- any road in the Territory, to see an siderably less than half the truth. ction in the Pacific Northwest Doug- wn—approximately 8 per cent—com- tremely high production of the first But production is up, ap- cent, as compared with the 1943-48 which includes two and one-half wartime | to the latest figures of the West boq\! Lumbermen’s Association. Production is s roughly, to meet demands. t six months of this year v behind both orders and stocks have been scaled substantially aled, the il during the last month. Meanwhile lumber prices have been reduced not- | essential step in the readjustment that informed economists have been urging since the i economic doctors think lumber now It is worth | hat the patient’s fever has subsided usually the ecover; |kind of stuff cn election day.” s The Wa!hlngion NEW HAMPSHIRE'S DISSENTER | | In Philadelphia just a year ago, Meny-GO'Round w Hampshire Demccrats finally | WAREA | joined the bandwagon rush to; By DREW PEARSON | nominate Harry Truman—except —_— | for one man. (Continued from Page 1} | While hunireqs of Democrats| | were privately opposed to Truma few from the north had the cour- But got }d"v to stand up and say So. velt entered the | one delegate from New Hampshire was in the parade, know Dowling. politician to Later, when Roo: White House, he bitterly disliked |did stand up—Harry Carlson, Dem- Island’s Senator Peter.ocratic Committeeman. ¢ , han the state’s patron-| Harry Truman, who has a lon2 age over to his old friend, Eddie!memory, never forgot that lone Dowling. Dowling, unfamiliar with | vote. While he has opened his s, passed it on to Howard|arms to most Dixiecrats who op- rath |pcsed him not only at Philadelphia That gave McGrath his big puli-‘hul in the final election, he has tical st He ran for State At-'cold-shouldered the lone dissenter torney neral, then for Governor,|from New Hampshire. Carlson got and while serving as Governor wasiout and worked hard for Truman ofiered the post of Solicitor Generuflfwr he was nominated. But that al in the Justice Department. Tru~‘nnde no difference. His job as man had first offered this office— | Democratic National Committeeman which presents government cases m'was promptly taken away. the Supreme Court—to Gov. Ellis However, some interesting poli-| Arnall of Georgia. Arnall turned|tical things are now happening in it down. New Hampshire. And the man At that time, Truman’s chances who had the courage to stand -uv | of being re-elected were copsideredalone on the Philadelphia conven- nil. However, Governor McGrath | tion floor happens to control the accepted the job on the second | bounce, even left the Governor- ship to take it. From there, he went on to the Senate, now to the cabinet. If he had declined the Solicitor Generalship, he would never be where he is today. Republican state. | Carlson, and so are the Republican - leaders. Yet, in important votes in the State legislatures, he has de- feated both. It has gone so far that the chairman of the Democratic Execu- tive Committee, Dayton McKean, BITTER BYRD BATTLE One of the most important pri- balance of power in his supposedly | The Truman forces are against| mary elections of the year takes place in Virginia today. It's im- portance lies in the possibility that, following the defeat of Boss Hague | in Jersey City and Tammany by | FDR, Jr.,, today may see the down- fall of another machine—that of | Sen. Harry E. Byrd. | So serious is the fight that! Byrd's colleague in the Senate, Willis Robertson, tactfully objects | to being labeled part of the “Byrd | Machine” He is afraid that! eventually he might go down with it Byrd's candidate for Governor, | John S. Battle, has the distinction of co-authoring last year’s bill to deprive President Truman of Vir- ginia’s vote in the electoral college even if he won the popular vote. Three Democrats are in the guber- natorial race against him. How are is indicated by their efforts desperate the Byrd forces' has been afraid to call a meeting of the committee, knowing that the | Carlson forces, if given a chance to held an election, would throw him out, Meanwhile, the Democratic National Committeeman, Emmett Kelly, who replaced Carlson and was appointed Racing Commission- er by a Republican Governor, fre- quently throws his influence to the Republicans. But Carlson, calling himself one-man lobby for the people, h: been able to swing about 130 Dcm ocratic votes and 60 Republicans on such vital issues as the sales tax and the income tax. As a result conscientious Gov, Sherman Adams, Republican, has not been able to put across his program, even though Truman Democrats have sided with him and urged that he get Democratic support. Politically, New Hampshire is a unique and interesting state. The to take one of the candidate, Rem- Republicans from the small towns | ex-Senator from North Carolina, is talking about running for the ! Senate against quiet, dignified lyde Hoey. He wouldn't have a chance . . . Sen. Bert Miller, Idaho | Democrat, has hired a Republican to run his cffice—his brother, John { Miller. John has been on Capitol | Hill for several years, has worked for three Republican Congressmen, is efficient administrator. \Sena!u:s have a secret agreement { with the official reporters to cut down on dull, windy speeches. A jcopy of the speech is sent to the reporters in advance, then the Sen- ator quietly skips several inside ‘pages in reading the speech. But {the reporters, who have the full | text, dutifully record the whole thing Congressional leaders | have informed the President there is no hope for enactment of tne Social Security extension bill thi session. The House will pass legis- lation calling for extension of social | security benefits to about 10,000,000 ! additional employees, plus increased 'old -age assistance and retirement | benefits, but the Senate won't have time to consider it . . . Some House members already are jumping the adjournment gun and stealing back {to their districts . . . The House will begin three-day recesses (virt- ual adjournment) about the third week in August . . . House leaders vare sticking to theu- private agree- ment to pestpone action on the controversial aid-to-education bill until next winter, when they hope lcathahc opposition will have cool- ed down . . . The Barden Bill is hapeless]y stymied in the House Labor Committee and leaders doubt they have the votes to dislodge compromise legislation already passed by the Senate. an | First publication, August 1, 1949, ° with four members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee for o Agriculture, three accompanied by their wives; also U. S. Forester Maj. e R. Y. Stuart, Agricultural Commissioner Charles H. Flory and Assist- © | ant District Forester B. F. Heintzleman aboard, the Coast Guard cutter ® Tahoe arrived here for a three-day stay before going to Sitka and AUGUST 2 H. B. Crewson Al Schrow . . . . . ¢ e ¢ | western Alaska ports. {0 Virginia Bardi ° o . Henry H. Larsen . . J. A. Thibodeau o | returned from a month’s inspection trip, highly pleased with progress . Kristine Gulluison e to the westward and in the interior. le Karen Leslie Roberts o! 5 —_— ‘vt Sammy Wagner o Completing his tenth round trip from Seattle to Juneau, Anscel Mrs. Sam Paul, Jr. Johanna Marie McPhetres Mrs. Sam Paul, Sr. o o 0 0 0 0 00 © gekmann of Alaska-Washington Airways, left for Seattle flying the seaplane Ketchikan. Dr. Robert Simpson and Robert Simpson, Jr., were passengers for Seattle. Basket making is one of the most ancient of industries. “Lean, tender, juicy” picnic hams sold for 25 cents a pound. Butter was advertised at two pounds for 95 cents. NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the undersigned was, on the 25th day of July, 1949, duly appoint- ed Administrator of the estate of Henry Homann, deceased. J. W. Gucker, merchandise broker, returned on the steamer Queen All persons having claims against | from the triangle trip. 5 the estate of deceased are required to present the same, with proper vouchers attached, to the under- signed at Juneau, Alaska, within six months from the date of this notice, at the office of Joseph A McLean, Attorney. | Dated this 25th day of July, 194 WILLIAM J. FEATHERSTONE, Administrator of the estate of Henry Homann, deceased. | First publication, July 26, 1949, Last publication, Avg. 16, 1949, i — 5 GENERAL SERVICES ADMIN- { ISTRATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He has proven hxmself ROADS August 1, 1940 SEALED |honest,” or, “It has been proven.” Say, “He has PROVED himself BIDS will be received at the office honest,” and, “It has been PROVED.” So far as then known, a record for postal transportation had been achieved, with delivery of a letter from Juneau to Washington, D. C., after only four days, eight hours. v M. D. Williams, District Engineer, U. S. Bureau of Public !!.ndsl A crew of men was put to work painting the City Hall. The contract had been let to L. H. Smith, wellknown local contractor. Miss Dorothy Crim wrote the Douglas School Board resigning her position as teacher. Weather: High, 69; low, 48; clear. Daily lessons in English %@’_ L GOR‘DON to 4!z inches wide, and made of dull serge of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 OPTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Vehement. Pronounce ve-e-ment, first ’f:fig:,l ;;:(:k:cl::—::sr;%o]?;\lf':’f and second E's as in HE (second E unstressed), accent first syllable. | August 22, 1949, and then pubitely | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Mediocre; CRE, not CER. opened for furnishing the material SYNONYMS: Captivate, charm, enchant, fascinate, bewitch. and performing the work of con- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us structing Alaska Forest Highway increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: Project 3-E3,14, Grading and Bridge, INCULCATE; to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admoni- Seward Highway, Chugach National | tjons; to urge on the mind. “Christ inculcates on his followers humility.” | Forest, Third Judicial Division, Ter- ritory of Alaska. The project, 0.276 | | Imiles in length, is located approxi- | imately 18 miles north of Seward. MODERN ETIOUETT y { The principal items of work are ap- | ROBERTA LEE | proximately as follows: Extra and | Miscellaneous Force Account Work, | A i All Reg'd.: Unclassified Excavation | Q. If one is in doubt as to whether an invitation can be accepted, , 1,000 Cu.Yds.; Unclassified Excava- | how should the acknowledgment be worded? :tmn for Structures 50 Cu.¥ds.; Un- A. The acknowledgment must state definitely whether the invitation | | classified Excavation for Borrow 6,- | is accepted or regretted. It is imperative always that a decision be 4500 CuYds.; Selected Borrow Sur- | reached befere answering. |face Course 1,000 Cu.Yds.; Concréete| g 15 it correct to eat bananas with the fingers, when at the {110 Cu.¥ds.; Reinforeing Steel 4,500 | table? :’.;.‘:iami';:,:’;]msfifiéflofl Ibeil A Noi they should be skinned, placed on the plate, and then cut Timber Piling 960 Lin Ft.; Loose Ripa| With the side of the fork. {rap 30 Cu.Yds.; Removal of Exist- Q. When a mourning band is worn on the sleeves, now wide should ing Structures, All Req'd. Plans and | it be? ( specifications may be examined by A. Tt should be from 31 prespective bidders at Bureau of | or proadcloth. Public Roads, 419 Federal and Ter~ ¥ x ritorial Building, Juneau, Alaska;| ~ e > — ikl Bureau of Public Roads, 208 Broad- way-Oak Building, Portland, Ore- LO 0 K a n d l E A R N gon; Bureau of Public Roads, Sew- A C. GORDON || ard, Alaska; Associated General Contractors of America, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Seattle, Washing- 1. How many times can electricity pass around the world in one ton; Associated General Contractors | second? of America, Multnomah Hotel, Port- 2. What three Presidents’ names began with the letter “J”? land, Oregon; Associated General] 3. Why are precious stones used in watches? Contractors —of America, 304-306 4. Which is considered the most expensive bird to maintain in a Central Building, Anchorage, A}aska. %007 mk:le::rceo:,e::ez‘be‘:?;i:;odsiiiefc:lfi:o 5. How many vertebrae are there in the neck of a man? | will be required to insure their re- ANSWERS: turn. . If these are not returned 1 Seven times. within 15 days after opening of bids, 2. Jefferson, Jackson, and Johnson. the deposit will be forfeited to the 3. Because of their hardness and resistance to wear. Government. Checks should be made 4. The pelican, which consumes two pounds of fish a day. payable to the Treasurer of the| 5. Seven. 4 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. Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 Last publication, August 3, 1949. ! : Across: ® ggmm (:’ L Granted ~41. Floor covering P 42. Upright part of ’ b EolY. L talr | Steal 44, Insect H 46. Present | 48. Dally 50. Follow 51. Yellow ocher &4 Room Tropical bird 51. Gyrate 3 ld& times 59. Everything ! n favor of 60. Low 23, Was not tight §2. Entitles 26. Sepulcher g} Sfifl",‘,’,":"“ # 61 ay 31 Svaporabost g5l stalks 33, Female deer DOWN 3¢. Negative Inhameonly 1 Workbasket 38, Father 2. Paradise | I 35 { 1 i { Crossword Puzzle The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Depesit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 3. Easily man- 6. Behavior agel 6. That thing fas I Buse RUTH E. Blm . Part of a plant Accessory of as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKRA mie Arnold, out of the race. A )and farming areas are more liberal | .HHI‘/ ‘.'/ TH prosperous pen manufacturer, Arn-'than many Democrats. They nrel’ i..- /- n’;‘“’z‘:“?;‘“ EMPIRE is invited to ‘be oyp gutat EVHTG old has just started in politics, far more liberal than Republican! 18 B Ithia Present this coupon to the box.office of the belie that businessmen shouldn’t jleaders who control the power 15 Datany oy D 18. D merely complain about bad gov- |companies, the banks, the lnsmdnce! 21 Bopular hero WITOL mfl“n ernment but should do something , and, in general, the ;g EE:#II:!? to improve government ‘ o, adentieman and receive TWO TICKETS to see: After speaking in Rocky Mount, What Washington is watching is Va., not long ago, Treasurer Jesse Dillon and Brady Almond, both ardent Byrd hench- men. “You fellows don’t labor under | the illusion that any of you have | a chance of winning do you?” chal- lenged Dillon. “Because you haven’t.” ‘No, you haven't got a chance,” continued Almond, waving a wad | of greenbacks in front of Arnold’s | nose, “because you haven't got this Arnold dropped | in at a restaurant, there met State | tinue. Democratic leaders in Wash- | | year. | Carlson and Harry Truman how long this situation will con ington would like to make peace with Carlson, believe John L. Sulli- ‘\an. former Secretary of the Navy,| | might be elected a Democratic | Senator from New Hampshire next But they know that he can't make it until they woo both Harry into the same camp. MERRY-GO-ROUND Bob Reynolds, noisy isolationist Eil/nn flll%/flll I // i %fllfi%flll B Ifl//% E-II fl// : IEII %fllll. sorts Endure Difficulty 30. Viilage g T“”{ 't erfection Mire "Feudin’, Fussin’ and A-Fightin' Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Nmbhy' Appear! 37 Ignitea . Recently . Open ———— . Pull . And not 49, Sweet potatoes . Article 3. Minus Circuit Old musical note . Person addressed . Make edging i Along |Man Kicked fo Death | While Crowd Walches | Two Men with Knife CmLESTON, W. Va., Aug. 2.— (M—A man was kicked to death yes- terday by two men who brandished a knife to keep a downtown crowd from coming to his aid. Police called it one of the city's most brutal crimes, They said there was no apparent motive for the attack. The victim was Edward Conrad O’Brien, a bottling company em- ployee. He died on the way to a hospital. Detective Capt. Dewey E. Wils| liams identified the two men being held in connection with the attack as Harry Burdette, 25, and Fred Painter, 30. Police said O'Brien was attacked after he had stopped at a news- stand to buy a paper, SCHWII\V BIKES at MADSEN’S Brownie's llquor Store Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. 0. Box 259 SRR | 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 PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 211 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service FRED FOLETTE Phone 247 STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street ~ Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY m’l CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Complete Outfitter for Men 'R. W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Free Delivery PAGE FIVE | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 | SECOND and FOURTH. Monday of each month in Sgottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; & JMIEVS ‘W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @ B.r.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 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Ledge 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.. Weall Paper Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt JUNEAU’S FINEST LIQUOR STORE BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hzrdware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Typewriters ‘SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot ‘of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 To Banish “Blue Monday” | To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry DR. ROBERT SIMPSON Eyes Examined—Glases Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Phone 266 for Appointments H. 5. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVIP'S OVERALLS for Boys r