The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 12, 1949, Page 4

i FOUR PA THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ¥ . 4 . governing powers for the pa years want all the ol g . Daily Alaska Empire | wd i o vin statenooe, st not s P he d every evening except Sunday by the mere shell. e e i “The main interest the present Administration has > - - - President ’m statehood is in the hopes of controlling the political LT .7 apalee-President | oituation. The real welfare of the Territory is of | > . % ss Manager | secondary consideration. . . S R “Many of the States and papers and others who 2 AUGUST 12 . Delivered by carrier in June for 150 per month; | have advocated immediate statehood for Alaska do not ' ® PN 4 e g DT know the present set-up. They sce only the popular < $ " s 2 " 1 . Harry D. Lander . ° Ed Garnick . r if they will promptly notify . . Ray Abrahamsen L irregula y in the delivery 5 i s e i And while statehood is being discussed, consider e Pearl Lander . . o B ofr 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS the Associated Press story in Thursday's Empire about e Emily F{)der 0 Y ‘ . Mr. Peterson, sourdough, and his advc v of state- @ H. M. Shafner . Associated Press isively entitled to the use fo e e e e o e maor | hood for Alaska. Mr. Petersen, chairman of the board , ® . i also the local news pulished | 5¢ trustees of the Seattle Sourdough Club, was born ® ® © ¢ ¢ ® & ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢ n 1881, came to Alaska when he was 17 years old and Alaska Newspapers, 111 | ‘remained in the north six years” Maybe that quali- A Somebody very high up . . . In- Bl ies him as an expert on Alaska. stead of mnu%hum ‘Tanforan for Mr. Peterson said “Alaska won't grow until it their willful violations, the Civil- I'J B i = 8row up until ., Production Administration aches statehood and quits hanging onto :ts :nother’ merely asked Judge Harris for an PEOLL I | injunction to stap building opera- Alaska has grown a lot since Mr. Peterson left here | tions . . . CPA officlals apparently 1 1904 | were standing on the sidelines do- rial. One of th t-up and sees ¢ ose who does not know the preseml‘ only the popular side of the plea. tinued use of Judge Harris Pearson reported. Pearson interviewed We are inclined to believe that he is one of the |ing nothing about Tanforan's con- ersons to whom Mr. Charles refers in the above edi- bullding materials sc moved himself . . . a dozen or more officials both in Washington and on the West Coast and became THE STATEHOOD QUESTION Questioning the Hearst newspapt hood-for-Alaska the presents again, and briefly, campaign, the toward sta od NOw. ing, however, t6 which w at sentiment Even the st claim t is the Alaska is two to one. statehood referendum was not nearly two to one. It vol was 9,630 in favor of statehood and 6, hood. Since that time, many statehood proponents have | changed their minds. Not about sta statehood now. And for some of the reasons that the | ¢ i1 iyat small business firms need this kind of help | that when “General Vaghan's Pishing.News brings out in the following editorial in getting government contracts. Yet the fact that i"ie"d' John Maragon, couldn’t get “Naturally, as Hearst claims, the sentiment for | Grindle was impressed by Hunt’s alleged promises | government building restrictions statehood for Alaska is two to one,” says the Fishing | suggests that the higher-ups in Washington may | raised to help the Tanforan track News not always be aware of what goes on. | Vaughan sent his other friend,| “We might say that the sentiment for statehood is An investigation of Grindle's charges already has jJames Hunt to the Housing Expedi- been started by a Senate subcommittee. Senator !ter. unanimous. No American citizen wi of any group of Americans any place to govern them- selves. “But the kind of statehood the present Atimin-! istration is trying to force upon Alaska is a federalized | Ketc! | | | | ers’ current state- Fishing > attitude of many an It shouldn't » f doing e will not give ir for statehood for te at time of the iown and agreed ,822 against state- bune reporter, tehood, but about | ill deny the right | IF«ru\mon of Mich: Paying for “Influence” S be necessary 1essman to pay a middleman’s fee for the privilege business with Grindle of Framingham, Mass., says he paid $1,000 ‘management counselor” whose stock in trade was sup- | sosed to be influence with top government officials. | Grindle told his story to a New York Herald Tri- naming James V. Hunt, a former army {officer and War Assets Administration employee, as | his alleged go-between. There have been denials by high government of- | ment contracts include a clause requiring full pub- licity on how the deals are arranged. Some such safe- guards are in order. ar-Times) t. Louis y for a legitimate busi- the government. Yet Paul | to make additional payments to a igan has proposed that all govern- | and other bureaus, with Alaskans paying the bill | S vt _|told housing officials that his d e mediaries, the taxpayers are footing some UNNECessary | rrjonds from the Tanforan track ! “Alaskans who have fought for statehood and self- | pills, ! : kit SR 7 & EreCE PR e i | hadn’t been treated courteously,| B | ete.” | mend the postmaster for his home | cials who were trying to stop Tan- i Finally, Pearson reported, Gen- IE;WashinglofiT Merry-fio-ko_und By DREW PEARSON (Continved from Page 1} er of virulently anti-Americ: Speeches for top Filipino collabora- tors. Mangahas is now Quirino’s private secretary Vincent Albano Pacis, leading col- laborationist propagandist ~ who Poured out steady stream of dnti-American fulminations in the press and on the radio. He is press chief of Quirino’s party an a President Quirino, personally, has an impeccable resistance record. His wife and other members ot his family were killed by the Japs because of his steadiast refusal to collaberate. Friends explain the presence of the three collaborators in his party as due to “political necessity.” Quirino is seeking re-election this; vear in a very uncertain race. His leading opponents it Jose P. Laurel, who was president of the Jap puppet government. Despite his ex- treme collaborationist record, in- cluding a dec tion of wa against the U. S, rel was freed from prison in an amnesty pro- claimed by his close friend and fellow collaborationist the late President Manuel Ro: Another strong candidate opposing Quirimo is Jose Avelino, Tamm type politician. wily Quirino’s friends say his three ecllaborationist soclates are ing important help in his re-ele jon campaign. This is particularly true of Yulo, credited with being one of the businessmen and best money-raisers in the P} nes Yulo i timate of Ambassador Joaquim M. Elizalde who represented his country in Washington and on for number of yea Elizalde is rated as the man in the smartest an has we o circle 1 Quirino's visit o M T claimed to El- 1terests we partic- presence ot becaus 1t the visit. The Cain, R over the Tacoma is C he is demandi for one of E. Patrick, form Manguson is Supporting John MacMonagle abled veteran who has been ing postmaster for four years Cain took the controversy directl to Magnuson, saying, “I thought Semator had the right to insist i act was re-enter recom- town?” “Perhaps so, in some cases,” re- torted Magnuson. “But in this case there are two strikes against you. One is that my man was originally recommended by the Congressman of his district and he has strong support in Tacoma. The other strike is that you Republicans are not in control this year as you were last. That makes a big dif- ference, and that is why my man will get the appoint MPLOYMENT FIGURES Accuracy of the Census Bureau's last 4.100,000 unemployment report is sharply questioned by the Public Affairs Institute. According to Dr. Dewey Anderson, P.A I director, the figure is low by at least 600,000. Anderson also sharply challenges foran construction. gain, on March 31, 1947, Pear reported that Tanforan's the government ap- that rumor got ‘in’ son “flouting of peared so willful around that they had an [a[STS[E[R[TITIRIAIN Crossord Puzzle Plo/o|r[E[RIRIE[G[A] I[N % [Colls|T/a[M Al PA ACROSS 30. Not the same o/NES O/ R|M| s L Mk LIS o ¥ Peruse: 8. Shoe form . State :usvrdsfl'\! BIRIA w1 RIL ‘12; ,xm:u tic birds n Lake Erie -_g [] : American . 15, mind ; poem S|P : '[N E| . English letters Dress up PA NAG 16. King of lsrael Type &qu 15 Arhiele ey [a[TsHs S[i|R 9. Di a cle H| L|E % n E[n/RIo[o[T S|V [N[N[E|T] 43. Accomplish A pocunutls siTialcE[SEIS[E[N[O[R[S 45. South Ameri- convinced that somebody in Wash- | !ington had an “in" with the race| It was undoubtedly due to| persistence that, in the e'nd,!(‘,lncier Highway, Mrs. C. P. Bussinger and daughter, Betty, sailed for track. his from ‘ THE EMPIRE K YEARS AGO AUGUST 12, 1929 .Joe Hill, wellknown prospector and fur farmer, returned on the sea- plane Ketchikan, reporting the latest strike to be made in the Taku He had located about two miles up the Tulsequah River, near Assoclated with Hill were Dr. W. W. Council, cIvor and J. F. Mullen. district. the Sparling claims. Anscel C. Eckmann, J. J. Meherin, R. B. M Misfortune overtook J. O. Kirkham of Douglas on his return from Taku River. The boat hit a submerged tree and overturned, throwing Kirkham and another man into the water. Kirkham was to make another trip for samples to replace those lost in the accident. In Douglas, L. W. Kilburn was enjoying a visit with his former prospecting partner, H. J. Harvey of Auburn, Wash. Lt. Comdr. L. W. Perkins, executive officer of the Coast Guard cutter Unalga, had received orders assigning him to Stapleton, N. Y., to command a destroyer. | Going to Toronto for a convention of the Manufacturers’ Life Insur- ance of Canada, Hector McLean, local agent, left on the Prince George. S. Wallstedt, Deputy Supreme Dictator, LOOM, sailed on the “George,” | planning to attend the annual convention of the order., Mrs. V. A. Paine returned from the Paine fox ranch on Kuiu Island, where she had been since May. After a five-week visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Peterman on the four Tanforan officials were sen-|prince Rupert, enroute to the family home in Telkiva, B. C. tenced to two to iour I prison and fined $70,000. wonths in| Pearson followed up the Merry- Go-Round exposes of 1946-47 with two columns last week, August ¢ and 5, giving just revealed officially. On details which the Senate investigating committee has | August 4 Pearson reported “General Vaughan didn't like the Housing Expediter Woods. AT BARANOF Lloyd W. Martin of Fairbanks with is registered at the Baranof Hotel.| ! way the Housing Expediter treated ihis bosom pal, Maragon,” Pearson | i continued on August 5, and a few ’;da)‘s later Hunt showed up at the:’ Daily I_essons in | eral Vaughan himself interviewed | The Juneau Lumber Mills shipped 2,000 ties for the Alaska Ralil- road, 50,000 feet of lumber for Fairbanks, 2,000 feet for Tanana and 8,000 feet for Cordova on the Admiral Evais. Wwilliam Britt was named Norwegian Vice-Consul for the entire Terri- !tory. For many years, he has been Vice-Consul for the coast country, ;wnh Carl J. Lomen holding a similar post at Nome. After Lomen's | resignation, ‘the districts were consolidated. | cannery, estimated the cannery's pack as 73,000 cases, which would make the best “off year” in ten years. Captain and Mrs. Ahues were if Juneau overnight. B showers. Weather: High, 67; low, 5 = - = = | English % 1. corpon | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I donated a dollar to the | boys for ice cream.” Say, “I GAVE a dollar to the boys.” DONATE is : iproperly used when the gift is important, as “I donated ten thounnd' | dollars to the church.” | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mayoralty. Accent FIRST syllable, not ! the third. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Merchandise; ISE, not IZE. SYNONYMS: Orifice, aperture, opening, vent. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vecabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | PATRIMONY; any inheritance. (Pronounce the A as in PAT, accent first syllable). “Virtue is the hest patrimony for & child to inherit.”"— Proverb. Y Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle Commerce Secretary Sawyer's con- DOWN 4. Genus of the tention that increase in unemploy- Telephone girl hog ment is due largely to the influx Uninhabited & Hiblien’ sity. of young new workers looking for e § Fratwnien jobs. Anderson says the statistice | fire leaves don't bear that out $u s ke “A comparison of changes in the L S TR labor force during May-June,” he 13 Torn to the declares, “shows that 800,000 few- 1. orleatal er young people became active job 20. Disagreement eekers this year than duri iz Cn’%’a‘jr‘\m;m me period last year. The offi- = Dataymen cial unemployment figures are not M “’Jfi‘fifi rll((}::xl\? realistic. Large numbers of jobl e are not being taken into consids i ancient race aticn for various technical reasons g; ldlene: that don’s held water on examin- : ation.” S e S 32 Part of the leg FLASHES 3 Dimimacive ™ Senator Charles Tob faninine wept openly during the Lat 18, Lukewarm mitttee hearing on the 3 5:;:?;;uamou'" Federal aid in the 42. Card game mul sclerosis 13 6" %Scoten nes: was Mrs 47. Bxists i 49, Army ofticer, baseball ahbr. Letween dling in fc Island Dem suade Thoma time top New De the j has given no interested G HOW TANFORAN EXPOSE FIRST STARTED Sometimes it ta > for official Washi ith a newspapel th week official Wa three years late, is getting t [ m of the Tanforan race t scandal in California, first expe by Drew Pearson in June, 1946 At that time Pearsc m California war veteran: ng out that while they get homes the ack was w Tant going ahead construction nmediately go busy to December e to Pear- and from 1947, when 1891—0ver Half a Cen COMMERCIAL Piumbing Oldest Bank in Alaska tury of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes jor Rent SAVINGS al Vaughan was tos H > egulations set up for D et ™| Telephone-319 Nights-Red 730 $ of mysterious on - wherehy | a Washingt higher-ups gave no support to California offj- Harri Machine Shop, Inc. | ETIQUETTE %perea ios {LMOQ&RN 1 Q. What is the proper way to eat whole peaches at the table? A. Usually small silver knives are provided for this purpose. The peach should be cut into quarters and then conveyed to the mouth with the fingers. Q. Should all invitations to any formal affair be written in the third person? A. Yes, always. % , Q How should the wedding cake be distributed to the guests if there is to be no wedding breakfast? . i A. It is cut into small pieces, placed in white boxes, and tied with white ribbon. { I | L. 1. In which State of the Union .wauld all the people of the world have plenty of room? 2. Which common plant possesses so many different species that it can match in color any other flower that grows? | 3. What are the measurements of a board foot? 4. Who is generally conceded to have been the fastest writing | author of all time? | 5. How long did it take for the actual digging and construction of |the Panama Canal? | ANSWERS: | 1. Texas, which could give each of the estimated two billion people |in the world a space of 3,706.377 square feet. | 2. The cactus, which has more than 5000 named and published species. 3. One foot by one foot by one inch. 4. Edgar Wallace (1875-1932). 5. Ten years and three months. | 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 CARL D. EUPIRO as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASK4 EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING . Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “FOR THE LOVE OF MARY" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.—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! | | Capt. C. E. Ahues, superintendent of Libby, McNeill's Taku Harbor L00K and LEARN ¥ ¢ coxvox | FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1949 ] MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple Apartment Construction Gets Preliminary 0. K. From Federal Housing Martin Anderson and Associates, Seattle contractors, have received preliminary approval from the Fed- eral Housing Authority for the pro- posed seven-story apartment and office building here, it was learned today. Construction plans include six floors of apartments with 14 apart- ments each and a ground floor of office and shop space. The building is to be erected at the corner of Fourth and Franklin streets Anderson took option to purchase lots here late last month. Plans are being prepared by Earl Morrison, architect, and Foss and Malcolm, associates. JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @® B.r.0.ELK Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel~ come. - F. DEWEY BAKER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Becretary. 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