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THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949 PAGE FOUR up, at the same time declaring “white” the two ships which had been the cause of all the trouble. It looks Empire Dailv Alaska TMPIRE PRIN the union chiefs may have been right in suspecting Ao & the Communist finger in this pie. Evidence grows, despite disclaimers, of the Soviet hand in other grievous industrial tie-ups, notably strike which has already caused much economic ruin in Australia and where responsible government and labor leaders are also urging against the tie-up. iy Wity It is little wonder that Canadian unions are delivery moving to purge their ranks of Communists. It is to be hoped they will keep control so that irreparable damage may not also be done in this country where the unionists who see and exercise reason have so far -~ -7 Dusiness Manager Second Class Matter, | the coal miners’ as for $1.30 per month £15.00 wing rates advance, $7.50 s, in 60: Oifice, 602; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS News C Pre titled to the use for s o iheq | been able to avert major industrial catastrophe through loca bt herein ill-conceived and reckless strike action. Alaska Newspapers, 1111 i Income Tax Law (West Union, W. Va., Record) .. . The income tax law has done more in thirty- five years to corrup the government of the United States and to change its character than all the Anar- chists and Communists and all the other subversive agents and forces have been able to do from the foundation of the Republic down to the present. The income tax law is the greatest breeder of governmental ext agance and corruption the world has eve known: it has calfsed more people to become enemies of the government than any other law that has ever been on the statutes; it breeds disrespect for all laws: it robs the people of their earnings; it has filled the nation with spies and snoopers. FOOLISH STRIKES With the strike in Hawaii still unsettled, editorial comment on the recent London strike, made by the 0 Prince Rupert Daily News is pertinent and under the “A Pennsylvania boasts he h; s a dog so intelligent : | head, as above, says that he turns on the radio."—News item. Several | The folly of ill-advised strike action has once yearsago a much smarter dog was reported. He turned again been demonstrated with the decision of the the radio off. . Believe only half of what you hear, and if you can’t decide which half to believe, play safe and believe | London dock workers to go back to work after having seriously tied up the great port for nearly a 1sing much economic damage to the nation in the nonth, wour of its extremity. nothing. The do s are going back to their jobs on Mon- S vy > ay after having lost a lot and ned nothing unless “A famous Mexican toreador is giving up bdl]! it mav have been some bitter experience. Not only the | fighting to get married.”—News Item. Out of the Labor government leaders but the union chiefs them- | frying pan . . . selves had pointed out to the dockers the foolishnes - i nment spending during the | of their walk-out but they paid no heed until Harry “I predict huge gov Davis, the leader of the Canadian Seam Union, | next two years at least,” says a Congressman. That came along and told them they had better pive !t | isn't a prediction it's a foregone conclusion. . | tons of corn were traded for 50,000 ] absorbed the liberal newspaper tra- | The Washington ; I Gition during his 18 years in the | U. S. as a college student, sales-, Me"y-GO'and COL. McCORMICK'S INF CE |man, and diplomat, said i ) | It is impossible to govern demo- | | cratically without opposition and - ! without having full regpect for the AT QUITO CONFEREN( By DREW PEARSON nter-An the Althcuzh fifth (Continved from Page 1} can Press Congress, held in Quito, | responsible opposition press. & cuador, July 11-17, put up a brave | i to the board,” replied the President “"“" de I ‘l>." ;(11‘:( l“‘” o \'U]le:-j 3 i ! 1 mendable vlutions, 8 - | (A later check lisclosed that C if ;B |, B } ih Joer” ey dscosed nat TS S L0 ™ | Brisk Business on S sl el 2| Despite the best efforts of the off base. The Munitions Board i v Ra e rensed—not reduced— | °T8aNIZINg (vmmlthu headed by Ofopflmlfl gen a 3 e 4 Carlos Mantilla, editor of Quito’s: i and hasnow passed | CRRES R e | : { g o entation at the meeting wi any-| Another brisk business session However, a directive, Truman Of the more than |for the Soroptimist Club will be on thing but ample ',;'S;,:;,(:}l\dé“'t)“‘,‘;‘(ff ‘(‘1)‘;7\“‘,.,‘\‘,!“ :: 100 delegates who turned up, only |tap tomorrow when the club rl?eets Senator James Mt y of Mon- about 10 were sent by newspapers :m e its ’rt‘;\ll'dl r? on hmc».e;»lf e Ay ok atlany: ke or standing | meeting at the Terrace Room of the d | Notably absent from the Con- Baranof. This is in accordance .::1’;;<”x':z ‘J]"’A“fl“‘lj:“:{: “? :“'::"b]‘f gress were the biz dailies of Mex- | with announcement made today by | 7] p ico City, Caracas, Rio De Janeiro, | President Alice Thorne. The social ! with lower-priced metal Imports. |y toiiqeq ana’ Santiago, Chile.|meeting and program, ordinarily | e S bt O |La Prensa and La Nacion, the only |held on this date has been set| . (‘:“‘,th”:‘mf“";ml‘:":;‘(l‘ A modest contingent from the| ently named as new Comf““jf labor costs of foreign competitors, | U- S+ Press was present. The Ne “’}“".membm by Miz goome Hae will be driven out of business,” re-*‘Y("k Times, Louisviile Courier- audit committee, Helen Ehren-‘ ported Granger of Utah. | Journal and Ch Tribune were |dreich, Aline Warner, and Carolyn; Only 13 per cent of the strate- llhc large dailies, with men on hand., Turner. Other new appomtmems} e metals the stockpile are The most entertaining character | were Dorothy Novatney arm Doro- American-produced, Mr. President,” in the latter group w «‘:\gcr-vlhy wmt‘ney to the extens_mn com- added California’s Engle. “We had beaver Jules Dubois of the Chicago \mnl(‘?. They will serve with Anita to make forelgn purchases during' TFibune, whose attitude through-1Gamnick and Mudred Maynard, the war, when there were metal OUt the Congress reflected the new- | previously, designated as membe but the board has main- found enthusiasm of his employer,;of this amittee. ained the same policy, though the Col. Bertie McCormick, for Latin O B P | war is over and we now have sur- ' America. A o o 0 06 06 - 0. 0 0 0 0 luses of copper, etc i ‘When |he. bombastic Tribune 3 5 “Tt's downrlght = discriminatory ;‘wub her made a fast dash around o TIDE TABLE ° against American mines and the|S°U America five months zlago in 4 REE o PUIVIG Work thitham,’ The - | 18 convertad Brl?, he formed some | J AUG o nitions ~board even brags about | Peautiful friendships. Colonel Ber-| g 4 o g4 5: -02 ft. o how it ‘still does most of its metal | 1€'s violent anti-British sentiments| o gy, tige 12:13 pm., 129 ft. o ouying from foreign cor ! roused warm ech in many ¢ 1. Low tide, 5:36 pm., 50 ft. ©, “Well, it'’s not my vi j Latin who would like to see Eng-| g High tide, 11:38 pm,, 159 ft. ®! A bnid” s te against. Ameri. | and unlml 1;, u;ln:mn:h N,lf'““ o can min emphasized the Presi ' Western hemisphere cutposts as the | | dent, “maviicutasly when we. have|Falkland Islands, British Hondur-|® @ @ & ¢ & 8(e e e o surpluses of metals needed for the|dS end her Antarctic territories. | pirgt use of gunpewer in artil-| stockpile. T can assure you gen-! NOW, based almost wholly on this|) o™ o™ 1o patter fortifications tlemen that something will be done | Single common bond, the Tribune's | =o "0 T T ey i the field | about it.” nal -~ down-with-everything-1 iy Jate in the 15th century. 3 Sl 1 policy has been sharply i U. S. ARMY SWAPS FOR ed where the other Ameri-| cas are concerned. The paper’s| readers, accustomed to nothing but | POLISH RY e Senate watchdog commiitee|a snarl for any land where the | tigating a deal whereby the | Stars and Stripes doesn't fly, have FlidaT . tarnat itk plans to acquire 300,000 tons | recently been treated to a some-| Cnent very much like the British government leaders and | | Tarrant {on Surprise Partyfo | |be given at the Johnson's home on | | {to round out that on hand is ARS AGO II‘r(finE EMPIRE 20 YE | AUGUST ¢4, 1929 . .} On its first trip to Southeast Alaska that season, the CPR steamer . AUGUST 4 @ | princess Charlotte, Capt. C. C. Sainty, arrived in Juneau, sailing for b ® | skagway a few hours later. Among passengers debarking here were he Rloy :‘ S © | \ir. and Mrs. H. VanderLeest, Mrs. R. J. White and three children and . Victor Johnson ° g . e George P. Kerin g} . S ByS . Alvin J. Weathers . 4 . Flulreuce R. Miller - The Dorothy Alexander, Capt. C. C. Graham, docked southbound, . Norman Cook . 1mn-)mg 245 round-trip tourists. Among other passengers were Miss ° Glenn Mielke ® Ruth Chase and Miss Susan ¥eats from the north. Boarding here for . J. Martin ® | seattle were L. H. Place, James Connors, M. M. Richardson and Beatrice b Mrs. Lawrence Carlson ® | ancock. Bound for Southeast Alaska ports were J. P. Morgan, C. M. : Jofiiw:;fwi‘ffi:m : | Jones, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Haugen and J. W. Gucker. ° Royal Arch i ! . AO,T‘(T,IH, Hc T?:c;h : | In a game that was in doubt until the final out in the ninth inning, . Pat Carroll . 1 the Moose defeated the Elks by 7 to 6. Both Koski and Pete Schmitz e Luther Lee Caldwell, Jr. ® pitched excellent ball. . 8 o [ B S S IS, B . 8 Yy L The first 1930 Buick to reach Alaska, coming to the Connors Motor | company here, found an immediate purchaser and was taken from the ‘mmlu_\‘ rooms before one-third of Juneau had a chance to give the I'OOK To SOUTHHSI- | new model a “once-over.” M. L. Merritt was one of the first to see FOR GOOD HSHI“G i xhibit, and he planked down his money for a 30-70 sedan. SAYS pA(KING MAN | Roy H. Osborne, son of Mrs. J. B. Marshall of the Marshall Fur Farm, |was taken to St. Ann's Hospital with a gunshot wound in his foot, Fishermen are looking with m.i,uudcntally peceived while cleaning his gun. terest to Southeastern Alaska wat- | ST ters to “do a.little fishing,” G. E| Mrs. Walter Andrews was honored at a shower in the Douglas Tarrant, vice president in charge jome of Mrs. Ora Goss. About 30 ladies were guests. Prizes went to of production for the Pacific Amer-| ;.. Robert Fraser, Mrs. Richard McCormick Jr, Mrs. Robert Bonner ican Fisheries said today. He 3 . | s. Andrew Martin. stopping heré enroute to PAF ofii- | “14 MS AN i lingh rom t¥ e S fffrén Bl e | Announcements were received of the birth of a son, July 23, to “With Bristol Bay's pack ahoug{\(xu and Mrs. A. C. von Konsky of San Francisco. The mother was the onethird of what it has been, the|fornier Mary Garn of Douglas. 3 Alaska Peninsula about the same | —_— as last year and the Kodiak run be- ‘ low average, packers are anticipat- ing a good fishing season in South-{ —= est to help offset Western losses,” ||| said. He said PAF will be operating| the Kasaan cannery and carrying hing operations out cf Peters . » ¥ % » burg and Icy Straits. PAF fish wml WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Say, “At LAST (in the course of time) also be canned at Hawk Inlet. 'fe arrived,” and, “He discussed the conditions AT LENGTH (in full Tarrant will leave tomorrow for|detail).” the South and return here within a OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hygienic. i |1 as in HIGH, and FOUR syllables. ETRERTEE | OPTEN MISSPELLED: Scissors; four S's. SYNONYMS: Bombastic, pompous, grandiloguent, tumid. 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: iFOYER. a lobby, especially in a theatre. (Pronounce faw-ya, first A as in AH, second A as in DAY, accent second syllable). the e Weather: High, 71; low, 53; clear. Daily Lessons in English 3 1. corpon Pronounce hi-ji-en-ik, first Mark Anniversary Mr. and Mus. Vietor Johnson will! x be guests of honor at a surprise ET'I'E by dinner party this evening on the | MODERN ETIOU ROBERTA LEE occasion of their 26th wedding an- | niversary. Invitations have been | extended to about 12 friends and neighbors to attend the affair wwvoman use “Miss”, as, “Miss Hilda J. Smith”? A. Yes, but the “Miss” should be enclosed by parentheses, as (Miss) Fritz Cove road = Mr. Johnson is a fisherman and (Hilda J. Smith. M Johnson is employed at me" Q. If a double-ring marriage service is used, does the bridegroom Baranof Hotel. buy both rings? I 5 A A. No; the bride should buy the ring for the bridegroom. Q. Is it considered good form for a guest to open conversation NADSEN’S REOPENS With another guest, when there has been no formal introduction? AH‘ER MOHDAY HRE A. Yes, this is periecflian rirgrht.r | and—lEARN"gy.rc. GORDON The Madsen Cycle and Fishing Supply Store is open fer busi again after last Monday's fire that closed the store for two or three days. The present stock is fairly| = complete because of stock carried |States? in the warehouse at the time of| 2. What is considered the measurement of a hairbreadth? the fire. A large shipment of stock | 3 what is the deepest lake in the world? g 4. Which of the great composers was the first to write music for ‘There are | | the piano? density of population in the United What is the approximate pected on the next boat. shipments arriving every day by express. A fire sale of damag,u&f 5. What city is the oldest existing settlement of white people in the stock will be held soon. New World? - —_— | ANSWERS: PRINCETON-HALL SAILS 1. About 44 people to a square mile. | 2. The forty-eighth part of an inch. The Princeton-Hall, Presbyterian | Lake Baikal, in Siberia, with a maximum depth of about_ 5,600 Church missionary boat skippered ! by Cyrus Peck, arrived in ({he| Small Boat Harbor yesterday af- ternoon with delegates returning| 4. Beethoven. 5. Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic, founded in from the Junior High Camp mmjuss. recently at Haines. The boat sailed*| £ —— shertly after arriving to carry other delegates to Sitka, Wr ] Ketchikan, . Klawock, Hydabu and Metlakatla. . Oldest Bank in Alaska | 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends of Pclish rye from behind the iron | what naive series “discovering” the | b (Garemaisily The deal includes the British,| The Quito Press Congress likewise Fololl on who have en trading with Po-|offered clear evidence of political, J t 't I85e anie iave ety asanlren | aandiclons | theoughous e, contioe] Safety Deposi 300,000 tons of Polish rye as part!ent. Although all Caracas dailies | g o) - of their trade agreement were invited, cvery one of them re- | Short for The o people don't eat!fused when the military junta now! ADisipoiry Baxes for Rent much rye the German people | running the country stepped in and 2 : ¢ Meht o 56> CAS Reling Spfat i e e, ! 22 Half-diameters thrive on it. And rye is|took charge of the Venezuelan dele- | 31 Feminine ! CUMMERCIAL SAVINGS cheaper t wheat, the U. S.jgaticn. As a result, that nation’s | nickname DowN | Army i 10 feed the Ger- | contingent was headed by Plicaial man : eat. | priests who edit sectarian weeklies | i | U this, | in the interior | | —_ bought up llicn bushe The Deminican Republic group | | cf Canadian r but the Agricul-|also showed, in its scrupulous uni- 1 ture Departmen ch for | formity of speech and action, what | E Cco the Army. m’t take the adian [ 19 years of Dictator Trujillo’s rule 1 > J. WL!“G £7e off thelr b r fear of dis-|has done to freedom of press in | as a paid-up subscriver to THE DAILY ALASKA huu\r‘dgl:f:‘ 8. rye productiof: This | that land | EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING VA Idin, Peruvian delegates, too, had only | | Present this coupon to the box office of the rye kags words of careful praise for ‘Gen.| £ Meanwhile, however, the U. S.|Manuel Odria, the fascistminded | ”rro THEATRE Army still needs more Ger- | little army leader who has govern- | c L many and now is bar U. S.[ed their ¥ by decree ever corn to the British for Polis since he seized power last October. Though the deal is heing made! No newspaper may operate in Peru with Britain, the.eflect is to take.unless its give Ordia’s regime 100 fl. fi.%“ rye off the hands of Pol per cent editorial support .fl%nfi.- while American millers Facing this motley gathering at holding the b In other words,|the opening session, hard-hitting H-.' +we are bolstering the ec my of | President Galo Plaza made an an iron curtain country at the)eloquently outspoken attack on sacrifice of our own. | forces which would restrict, regi- Note—The Army made one other | ment, or seek to control the free deal with Britain for Polish e!pre;.s. More than one delegate, last’ winter. At that time, 50,000 squirmed uneasily when Plaza, v.-lm‘ 7wl JEEE HE// <48 and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “TAP ROOTS" 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 Name May Appear! h Set free Acut y birth Public cone veyance | Boue I PNA FLIGHTS TAKE | 27 PASSENGERS Pacific Northern Airlines flights carried 27 passengers yesterday as follows: i From Anchorage: F E. Simmons, ( W. E. Poole, James Rood, Frank Heintzleman, E. E. Murray, Paul Osborne, Mrs. Elger Smith, Joe Wallace. From Yakutat: Paul Milton. To Cordova: C. L. Anderson, W. F. McGaffey. To Anchorage: Frank Degman, G. E. Krause, W. C. Frohne, Lois Gilbertson, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Saunders, Fred Melham, Carmon Bowles, Jesse MacKinnon, Jean Riley, Lt. Col. J. D. Alexander, Rev. | A. O. Odegard, K. Petkovich, Ralph Temple, Milo Davis. IGEORGE W. BARRON DIES AT ST. ANN'S George W. Barron, 7l-year-old | bachelor who lived in the Martin | Apartments, died in €t. Ann’s hos- pital yesterday morming. He was born in Kansas in 1878. Known sur- | vivofs are two sisters: Mrs. Ida | Wright of Fresno, Calif. and Mrs.| Dora Harmon of Bakersfield, Calif. | Remains were taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. No George Marks, funeral arrangements have beer made, \ KADOW TO INTERIOR ON HOUSING MATTERS To study development problems along the Alaska Highway and to lassist in studying housing problems in Fairbanks, Kenneth Kadow, chairman of the Alaska Field Com- mittee, is today enroute to the In- terior by automobile. He plans a special study of possibilities for the establishment of a new hotel at | Fairbanks, Kadow, accompanied by his family, left aboard the M.V. Chil- koot for Haines from where they were to drive up the highway and return in about four weeks. RHODE TO ANCHORAGE In the midst of the fishing sea- son, wherein the Fish and Wildlife Service plays an important part, Alaska FWS Director Clarence J. Rhode made a quick trip to An- chorage, going there yesterday and planning to return today. Steams-Massage Dellaway Health System PHONE 667 Plasmatic Treatments EYES EXAMINED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT kngOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS Second and Fran LENSES PRESCRIBED Juneau .For Estimates on that New Basement, House or Fireplace—PHONE 416—Evenings We have enough PUMICE and CONCRETE BLOCKS for several houses EARL CRASS AND SON via Pelershurg ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Telephone-319 Ty T et Amtane o ™ Plumbing ® Healing 0il Burners Nights-Red 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. ’ Alaska Coastal offers you a new service—to speed you on your way. Through your local ACA agent you can reserve your seat on Pan American to the States . . . and then to any spot on the globel And now, for its patrons in Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines and similar Guith communities ACA holds a special block of seats on Pan Am. . iving them equal priorities with those who buy' their tickets in Juneaul RIS )~ AIRLINES ewing Southeastern Your Deposits - ARE BUY and HOLD UNITED. STATES i SAVINGS BONDS THE management of this bank is pledged to conserva- tive operation. The safety of depositors’ funds is our primary consideration. In addition the bank is a mem- ber of Federal Depesit Insur- ance Corporation, which in- . sures each of our depositors against loss to & maximum of $5,000. SAFE DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED FIRST NATIONAL BANK of JUNEAU, ALASKA i| MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

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