The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 3, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FO Entered In the Post Of June Delivered by carrier in Juneau and T six months, $8.0 asfness, Of r puwer hones: News Office, MEMBER OF The- Associated Press is exclusively repit I Y r wise cred here Why is Mf. Hea many new Alaska we t m into backin; members of the C e that th net fair States tc to the arming of Alaska if Alask two senators who would have votes to tr: received. Nor do we believe that the military, from Seoretary of Defense Johnson Daily Alaska Empire d as Second Class M SUBSCRIPTION RATES < for $1.50 per month 602; Business C ASSOCIATED PRE MR. HEARST AND STATEHOOD h the powerful voice of his ers taking up the cause of statehood for he has been mislead by *hi: | tehood with the idea that § € Wi ishe ry evenin ept Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY nd Main Sireets, Juneau, Alaska 3 Pr Vic Business M they will promptly notify very tate, would be @ better protection against | SUSPIC but Russian aggression than Alaska as a terri- | | the | it weak s premise we believe is the wrong approach | \e statehood question. We believe, too, that it s | date, tIt ie for favors to whoever has te than to Alask te than to Alaska |q¢ 4 great metrovolis far removed from the combat | zone 15 not one of these us to Alaska—and its defense—as as a Territory Secretary Johnson has been to Alaska Many Repr We have heard these members of Congress ques- The Washington ¥erry-Go-Round By DREW_P_EARS( N (Continued from Page 1) 1 should be so ungallantly re- membered. Later, General Marshall reported this to President Truman, and some days later, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon got a message from the President telling him that a former Oregon Senator lay un- remembered at Leesburg, and sug- gesting that they both visit the grave ing, he sent over to the Library of Congre: Colonel Baker The library re- ported that he was killed at Ball’ Bluff, Va, but buried at Lone| Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco. Furthermore, the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, who was wound- ed in the same battle, described in| one of his books how Senator| carried back to | Beant-at-Arms Baker's body Wi unheard-of trip for a war casua TRUMAN AS A CHAUFFEUR Se oprortuni got into the White House car Linceln for their drive to Le burg was driving himself, the Senator discreetly inquiring when the President had last driven. Mr. Tru- mitted he hadn't driven for a couple of years, but said he still remembered how. As the trip con- ma tinued, it was evident that what President las er, he made up for in ful driving. With the Secret vice men sitting nery in tt jrear, t. President e minute of it Finally, Senator Morse broke the news. “I looked up S fOregon,” be said, “and the Librar of Congres he was shot at Ba buried at San Francisco, The Presiden car ne swerved off the roa Recovering, Mr. Tr General Marshi would fe fabout bringing them all the wa to Lee 't So, atter d grave of ruman broke tne wasn't buried 1. Gener sha entirely convin however led them to the grave There they found that brary of Congress was rig tombstone was merely a stating that “Col. Baker % here, Oct. 21, 1861.” There ‘ln fact the bodies of 54 Federzl soldiers had been removed to a nearby grave. bringing the President and Sen Morse accepted. But before leav- to find out more about | | in skill b joyed every mbers of the Senate and of the House of | ses have been to Alaska all arranged to have a 1a England, served in Representatives from then moved to Oregon about time of the gold rush elected to the U. S Oregon in 1859. He enlisted in the | T1st Pen was tempor major general SECRET CAPITOL COCKTAIL LOUNGE The story has = how the Democ ecret ¢ ts Senator C turned it into a ga orse, however, had no|tail lounge, incongruous and out of | v to break this news 1o President Truman until the two| a | keep this | wing of the Capitol | chairman, inherited | ered the se Telephonir last rden said: “I Lycu. | Later he e Baker of no indication that he was buried there, | nounced: } “Look what I have discovered! I jdon't want to get !room like this on {I'm turning it over to you. |only poetic justice that you should get it.” TRUMAN ! White-h al he was rememt won the the expert. | Territory has two heard the men from Washir | of the statement, maintain that such an idea impugns ‘me integrity of members of Col We doubt if one more come to Alaska as a state with two members of the | senate than as a territory tter. | delegate to Congress. No meniber of Congress is unaware of Alaska's 2 turn aggressor in our m take to task authors for defense would | | strategic position, should Ru wce, $7.50; | direction. For the protection of the United States neither | e delivery | the military nor the members of Congress are going | to let Alaska become another “sitting duck,” which, apparently is Mr. Hearst's view. 'st, leave the statehood question to Pointless and Cruel 1949 EDITION OF ‘ = YEARBOOK "TREES' s oot by a squadron of four- | Lee Rox of the Jiggly Higgly Corporation, building wreckers, was jsioner’s Court, Miss Annie Houts| = se planes were supplied by | United States, but not for the purpose of spread- ing death and destruction through the slum area of | a city no longer in the combat zone. t be the Chinese Communists many weeks ago, witn very little fighting. It has been 2 has moved far to no apparent tionalists send heavy bombers against China’s largest most crowded city, spilling their bombs on the imud and thatch dwellings of the poorest of the poor {in the Chapef district. " So ruthless and militarily useless operations furth- and confirm their cion that the Nationalist Government is anything The incompetence of the N China shown than recent bombing of Shangha ngined € the Shanghai wi orderly the South. and to be practical, down-to-earth, non- | 1 2 of Juneau was planned for August 6, was honored at a community { technical sources of information for correct behavior of the Chinese Communist troops, s the possibility of a Nationalist comeback the Nationalists, at this late the trivial dama ~ivilian povulations in Communist-controlled territory even in their military operations against Tt lies only in such a political | an make themselves recognized enuine chamvions of the Chinese people, against | the fallaciong reforms of the Communists. Bombardment “aircraft have their nses. 1ld give more attention | % ‘ . b spreading of terror and death in a tenement district Communist ntation that they reori s gl After noting for a number of years the reactions of people and listening to their comments with refer- | ence to meteorological conditions, we are forced to the jon that by and large, generally speaking, on il the |the average, and as a rule, peonle don't like weather. conc! down to Leesburg ¢ hase, but new ball-point || BOAT STOLEN FROM 20 YEARS AGO 7% EmepirE | AUGUST 3, 1929 ‘ Ike P. Taylor, Assistant Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, | Some folks might have made a AUGUST 3 Salmon Derby, but for Dan Ma- honey, Veterans Administration Jewell J. Hill s | Mrs. Frances Newman of Chehalis, Wash., arrived for an extended supply officer, the affair might prove to be a costly proposition. R Mrs. Steve Stanworth Mrs. Marian Rhodés M| yisit with her son, John H. Newman, Court Reporter, and family. Mahoney's 15-foot plywood boat Etolin T. MacAden was stolen from its mooring at Tee Robert Howell After searching eight years for the famous painting, “Purchase | Harbor the night before the derby. ka,” by Emanuel Leutze, Delegate Sutherland said he was giving | No trace of the boat has been Karen Boggan E. L. Bost hunt, having despaired of finding it through art collectors. discovered since. The craft, painted white on the Mrs. Marian'\ Hedges E outside and green on The Frye-Bruhn delivery truck, parked on lower Front Street, caught {js named “Lucy.” It w:l;e “Lx‘lisic‘l‘c;; fire but volunteer firemen answering the call extinguished the blaze |at the Donohue float and dlsap-‘ before the vehicle was damaged. peared last Thursday night. | inspection tour. . . . . of Alasl up the ATLUK-HOUTS MARKIAGE Mrs. J. W. Harding, wife of Judge Harding, returned from California. Yesteraay, in the U. S. Commis- became the bride of Mr. Frank Y. Atluk. The couple was attended by RE(EIVED HERE cubbing a few days for a sick sterotyper on The Empire. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith, and Act- | Back from the Valléi of Ten Thousand Smokes and the ascent of {° Katmai, the Rev. B. R. Hubbard gave a lecture, illustrated with | "€ Judge Gordon Gray officiated. | Advance copies of the 1949 Year- |, . book of Agriculture entitled “Trees” | _ —— : severs es. He also told his experiences in the has been received in the Juneau eral reels ot mArGe DOAEE o9 o a5 loffice of Regional Forester B. B’ownie's liquol Slore Frank Heintzleman. This attrac- | - ltively bound, 960-page volume con- LeRoy Slate, an employee of the Juneau Lumber Mills, was taken tains 128 articles by 161 conmbu-ip St. Ann's Hospital for treatment of the leg fracture he suffered tors, a 16-page section of color ypen a pile of lumber fell on him. photographs, and many other illus- rations. Thq articles are designed| \u o ne Cashen of Douglas, whose marriage to Mr. Miles Godkin |7 Taku River distriet. Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. O. 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 shower by the women of Douglas. Prizes for gemes and contests went || farmers, suburban dwellers, city “ {0 Mrs. Thomas Hughes, Mrs. Dave Leggett and Mys. A. R. Edwards. persons, students, scientists, . for- teachers 'and others. The s divided into four main August Olson returned to Douglas after three weeks visiting Puget “The Tree” “Trees andig ;g citfes. = “Forests and Men,” and| “Lists and Other Aids.” Included is an article on the forests of Alaska written by Mr. Heintzleman. It deals with the forests of interior | Alaska as well as the' National| Daily I_essons in EngliSh %1,/ L. GORDON ester SHOP AT BERT’S FOOD CENTER Alaska’s Finest Supermarket Weather: High, 83; low, 53; clear. Forest areas. The Yearbook of Agriculture is i DR S L produced in the Department of| w png oPTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We are going ahead with Agriculture as a Congressional Dicument. The main diztrlbunon our plans independent of the others.” Say, “INDEPENDENTLY (ad- of the book is through members | verb) of the others.” of Congress.. Copies may also be| OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Digest (noun and verb). In the noun, purchased, at two dollars each, | pronounce the I as in DIE, accent first syllable. In the verb, pronounce from the Superintendent of DOCU-|ipe T as in DID, accent second syllable. ments, Government Printing Office,| Gprpy MISSPELLED: Amphitheatre; observe the first H. Washingr ?5' D,0. The Depatt: SYNONYMS: Deluge (noun), flood, downpour, inundation. ment of Agriculture has no copies | % i for sale or general distribution. A . WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us copy of the book is being placed increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: MELIORATE; to make or become better; to improve. (Pronounce mel-yo- Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 They were de- hted to have the excuse to getl away from Washington, and .they ! pencils. gardener tidy | jail.” up the spot where Colonel Baket | fell No new monument, was necessary tor Baker, Jice office in Alaska located at Ket- rate, E as in ME, O as in OBEY, accent first syllable). “The lot of the | | They were inscr : “I swiped this PAA CARRIES 47 ON TUESDAY TRIPS mgnis carried 47 sterday as follow: 2 Elmer Armstrong, 1, William Maxey, Fred Robert Miller, Carl Nel- J. M. Parker, lvania Volunteers, arily commissioned Rutherford, Mrs. C. Smith, Art Thompson, Jack Cur- | tis, Margey Curtis, Oscar, Kathleen, cktail lounge in the ol building after they | from the Republicans. The lounge was fixed up by rly Brooks and his political protege, Edward McGin the West Coast—at that time =i“;in one of this historic rooms of the Alty. | Capitol where the Supreme Court!Stephenson, Gail La: © i first met. They cleared out the ely, historic furnishings olored cock- | ba Betty Corin, | Rassmuson, Dr. Philip Barngs, A. Hinman, H. Adams, Mrs. C. Forward, Carol Forward, wson, Mr. and E. E. Ninnis, | joining her father. Miss Eliason returned to Juneau : s .| June 28 after thres n:onths away, ||| I_o OK an d Phone 247 much of it spent in Trondhenu.l[ - Norway, with her father and rela- ||| S 3 i i = 5 |tives. Mr. John Eliason flew over| = S BET = e STEVENSQ . G. L. Hughes, O. L.!to meet his daughter. He and Mus, | 1. How many gallons of gasoline per month does the average car iElmsnn live in Shelton, Wash owner consume? . LADIES'—MISSES’ The Juneau young woman had 2. Which are the three smallest States in the Union in area? READY-TO-WEAR gone first to England, then to 3. Where is the highest waterfall in the world? Seward Street Near Third E. E. Ninnis, B. P. Svendsen, Paul Keating, Walluf place iu the Capitol. How much it cost the taxpayer {to paint, decorate, s- | Brooks' private lounge will probai- | ly never be known Their first conversation was|for the ex-Senator from Illinois to about the fact that the President 'To Ketchikan: It was sinple | Mrs, Peter Gilmore. ret since Howard Morrow in the library of each Forest Sery- “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 chikan, Craig, Petersburg, J‘"‘““-{poor has been meliorated.” Sitka, Cordova and Seward, where| 5 it may be consulted by anyocne in- et MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥hmmmra e JUNE EuASO“ Now i le it goo’:’d ;nanne:r; !t;r"a: w;.-ek—:a;m guest to bring a gift to the INF. W. S. OFFICE | nostess2 After a month’s vacation at A. Yes; it is the customary thing to do, and the gift need not be heme, following her trip to Eu- | valuable, but should show care in selection. rcpe, Miss June Eliason started Q. If one is walking with a woman and she speaks to a person who work in a new position this week.|js a stranger to you, is it proper just to ignore it, or should one return that of statistician in the offic€}ya calytation? The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE of W. A Elkins, Wildlife Man- A. Return the salutation, always. agement Supervisor of the U Q What gifts are appropriate for a first wedding anniversary? Call EXPERIENCED MEN Fish and Wildlife Service. : . Alaska JANITORIAL Service She formerly was a member of | A. Gifts of cotton. the Alaska Road Commission staff. FRED FOLETTE Paris, Denmark and Sweden, before Who are called antipodes? . i What State of the Union was called “Franklin” for four years? In her new work, Miss Eliason | g succeeds Miss Ruth (Gusty) Gus-| ANSWERS; tavson, who went outside on Sat- 1. Between 50 and 60 gallons. b jurday’s PAA flight. Miss Gustav-| 2. Rhode Island, Delaware, and Connecticut. son, who came here a year 3. At Kukenaam, British Guiana; which has a sheer drop of about planned a month in the f 712,000 feet. home at Minneapalis before go 4. Those who live on the diametrically opposite side of the to New York City, where she globe. | lived kefore coming to Alaska. | | 5. Tennessee. . o » The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sus. PHONE 136 | chairman of the Senate Rules Com- tee and in charge of the Senate from Rialto, Calif, at the Gastin-| Mrs. A. Lemieux of Wrangell js| e 1 registered at the Gastineau. | But when Bropks | last November, Senator Cary Hay- den of Arizona, the | That's how the Democrats discov- lounge. g Senator Scott Lucas, | ovember, Senator Carl Hay-| Lucas to the hide- away, unlocked the door. 3y psy 45. Jointed pod LONG MEMORY ar-old Mamie of Missouri’s Karst, was one of | out for Truman in' the White House | ressman asked the mber you! 5 * 0 EELYNEE nomination, aid that opponent, Jack Cochran (late Rep-' resentative John Cochran) | Louis all sewed up.” General Marshall felt bad about| After a friendly |ident gave Karst’s children, Mary | i N ! " LL / Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP FROM, WRANGELL o Oldest Bank in Alaska | 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1949 | The B.M. Behrends Bank Safety Deg;osit Solufion of Yesterday's Puzzie | B Bflxes ffl‘r Rent 3. Boxer welgh- 6 Smajlest state: | ARy, Lt measures | COMMERCIAL SAVINGS pounds 4 4. Slamber . Kind of meat . Cuttin Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY 3 umu "CLOTHES NUNN:-BUSH SHOES paplement i I Ko e Quatity Work Clothing s o JAMES BARRAGAR i gt . Not profes- as a paid-up subscriver to THE DAILY ALASKA bl g oyl EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the B. W. COWLIN i m‘lm s tomb CAPITOL THEATRE - i Late informa- ) tion Squander Writing fluia Considered Dearth COMPANY DeSoto—Dodge Trucks and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “THE AMAZING MR. X* Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 N [ HE Flowering water plany . Implement for turning the soil SHAFFER'S A,‘fi‘e‘{ffi:. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and ,!!Eg.gx ,gm T g uoanElEe - RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. 13— PHONES—49 Expression of impatience . Distant a3 L Therefors WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Free Delivery WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1949 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. M! SECOND and FOURTH TEE HARBOR FLOAT |0°500.c0 Sive tempie DAY BEFORE DERBY | oo %, s e, Worshipful Master; ‘ Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Becretary. Moose Lodge No. 700 { o Alaska Music Supply ..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.. Thomas Herdware Co. DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom, NN EES——— | was a passenger aboard the Yukon for Valdez, starting a two-month road | good take in prizes and fish in the JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @ B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at - 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. F, DEWEY . BAKER, ' i i BLACKWELL’S CABINET -SHOP 17 Main St. Phone 712 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies 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 at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O * ! PHONE 555 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 Chrysler Marine Engines ° MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat' — Phone 38 from work — TRY Alaska Lamndry DR. ROBERT SIMPSON OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glases Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Phone 266 for Appointments H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys