The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 17, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Ala | condition | cases, will again become a producer. CAME e | Columns could be written about our city but this YMPANY is just to call your attention to the fact that Juneau o Iis 69 years old today, a grand “young” city. :a Empire TP HELEN TROY M THY NO PUBLIC DEBT? From “Facts About Alaska Statehood,” a pamphlet i “presented by the Alaska Statehood Committee of the Territorial Government,” one finds among “facts” pre- sented that: in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: uneau and Douglas for §1.50 per month $8.00 “The Territory has no public debt.” Just like that, a paragraph all by itself under a| ! heading that says “Alaska Qualifies.” For Statehood, jof ¢ ourse. | On the front page of Tuesday's Empire an Asso- ! ciated Press dispatch from Seattle quoted two bankers | as saying that the cancellation of the million dollar loan negotiated by Treasurer Henry Roden for Alaska | resulted from the discovery “that Territorial indebted- is $2,500,000 instead of $1,000,000 and that ‘it will ssively mount’ during the year.” Office. 602 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS laska Newspapers, 1411 The Territory has no public debt? Well, public , that 500,000 is still money owed by the And the claim in the statehood pamphlet is indicative of the general loose manner in which so- | called “facts? are thrown around by some of the ad- b inum:,;r.nmn'.x propagandists. While Henry Roden, whose attempt to raise $1,- ‘ono,noo to help get the Territory out of its present | | financial distress was a sincere endeavor to straighten Turn to the editorial page of The Daily Alaska | oyt our serious financial situation, has no immediate ! Empire today and read the “Happy Birthdays,” and|jan of what to do next, it might be well to ponder right at the lead is the City of Juneau the action taken by Washington's Governor Langlie Yes, Juneau is 69 years old today, a grand “young” ' t5 cut Washington State operating costs. city : | Elsewhere in The Empire tonight you may read ' To olc'fnmcr.s as well as our younger residents this | oy Gov. Langlie has ordered a 10 per cent slash is interesting information. |in the budget of every department under his control. Oldtimers will hark back to the days when Juneau | tpe AP Bulletin says that Gov. Langlie “sald 1t was perhaps had one street and that was a “path” along the beach, with perhaps a plank or two here and there. ! o position to pay more taxes, particularly with the! There were “p " from the beach to locations farther | peayy burden of Federal taxation.” & i back and believe it or not several of these “paths” | later became streets and civilization straightened them | | President Truman, who withdrew his request for out from which streets | i $4,000,000,000 additional taxes, probably will raise this resulted. g mount, and more, by drawing erity whi Business houses and Homes were built and gradu- | 7 Gy T Dol R [n-puu\dl_\‘ has an unlimited amount of monéy.—(Cin- | cinnati Enquirer.) there are perhaps more paved streets in our city than | in any other Alaska city \ All this has taken place in 69 years. Business ' Front page headline in the Anchorage Daily News: 1 IT'S GOOD NEWS TODAY! Not a Single Murder, blocks have been built, apartment hquses have been | : constructed, beautiful homes erected as well as schools | Prices Are Dropping, The Weather Is Fine, Roads Are Improving and churches and also a Federal and Territorial build- ing. During the years passed, Juneau also became the Capital City of Alaska. | A British scientist fears machines will soon be Juneau is also the site of the largest low grade | able to outthin~ people. Maybe so. Years ago we gold mine, now idle, because of changing industrial | learned not to argue with an adding machine. JUNEAU BIRTHDAY our present avenues and ally Juneau began to take on real city airs and today friend swere talking about the “5; *“I recommended the extension of but the gold is there and when the situation i | Mrs. clear to him that the people of Washington are in| | the District Land Office, Anchorage, 0 The Washingion *“erry-Go-Round \ F)I{F\;VV I;I-‘.ARS(JN recprd of able and conseientious government service, he was order ed before a board on the ground of “wrongfully accepting gratuities.” He testified he supplied the busi- nessmen merely with routine In- formation that the Commerce De- partment makes available to all in- quirérs. But while Lund faces possible severe discipli y action, General Vaughan is warmly patted on the back by the President of the Uni- ted States. PATRONAGE GRABBER the House's the Plan lush Leading for vehement reason refusal to continue so-called joint Marshall “watchdog” committee a patronage empire built up by Sen- ator Pat McCarran, D, Nev, com- mittee chairman MecCarran has 21 staff employees, is percenter” probe. One of the group asked Steeiman if he recalled Guy Standifer, fined $7.5(0 in 1946 for contempt in the Tanforan Race Track scandal | “No, can't Steelman. “You must. In introduced him to ‘you myself, before that Tanfor- an business was exposed.” “You mean I shook hands with him onc asked Steelman | “Yep,” grinned the friend, “and | according to certain claims now be- ing made that makes you a bosom buddy of ‘5 percenters.’” that 1 do,” said NEW TELEVISION PROJECT | Columbia Broadcasting System is \fmmmg a new corporation for a \ big ash in tolor television. ‘The enterprise is rasea on the rch work of Dr. Peter Gold- The new corporation will colored motion pictures, film and other equip- | | cese | mar ! produce | receivers, ment. , Representatives of the company will testify before the Senate In- ]tex‘s!al(' Commerce committee’s forthcoming hearings on color tele- vision. Dr. Edward Hugh Condon, these benefits in my economic re- port to Congress and I'm still for it,” asserted Truman. “This aid to our veterans is needed now more | than ever befor because we are, suffereing the first really serious period of unemployment since the | last war. Also, it should be re- membered that are usually the first to lose their jobs, they have less seniority. | because | } Getting Mississippi’s | lous Rankin to do the plight of jobl is a different story rambunct- mething about | vets, however, | A foe of thel -20" bill, while demanding bonus ; ,and pension legislation, Rankin has ,repeatedly rebuffed requests for consideration the bill by his| ; committee. ! But now that Truman is solidly 3bchmd them, Noland and other committeemen plan to force a vote on the measure. 'MOOSE WOMEN 10 T HAVE INIATION ! Mrs. Edna Card, Senior Regcnb‘= of most of them holdovers from the|director of the Bureau of Stand-|of thes Women of the Moose, an- | 80th Congress. A number five-figure salaries; in one case, as much as members of Congress. That isn't all. McCarran also wants an additionad $76,000 patronage padding. He a $334000 budget on the ground he wants to send a flock of agents to Europe to check on ECA spend- ing. The House twice flatly refused " of color television for the commit- His findings will be submit- ! tee. ted at the hearings. The radio | Electrical Workers, is opposing ear- |1y production of color television FLASHES | Both Democratic and Republican draw ards, is making an impartial study ' nounces an initiation on Thursday | jevening at 8 o'clock at the Moose | Lodge Rooms. This is Moose- (heart alumnae chapter night. There | for more | manufacturers association, with the | wiil be refreshments and entertain- ed mr;\mckmg of the left-wing United| ment following the meeting. Al I‘m(ml‘er.s are urged to attend. | SCHWINN BIKES at MADSEN'S to continue the “waschdog” com-|Senate leaders joined in praising | mittee proval, and the issue is now being battled ocut in conference, with the House members refusing to Hudge Following is the list of top hands McCarran’s patronage payroll Agent General Charles Dewey, $15,000. Former Republican gressman from Illino Dewey is the! highest-paid committee em- rloyee in history Agents Roy J. Bulleck, Cory, Robert M. Golding, and Hal Lackey, $12,000 key, whose title is ¥ itive assistant,” was upped by McCarzan from $8353 to $1 Gabriel Vogliotti, $10,330 a n pared to $8,000 last Charle H. Russell, $10,330; Robert F. Mi ancis Johnson, $10.- rt Fallow, $8.4 Maurice H. Joyce, $8.342; William F. Little- john, $8,342; David Sullivan, $8,342 and Jose The above McCarran's has big chairman of the Committee and Ser tion subcommitte The mittee is the one i has stymied the Hous eralize the ti-Semitic Catholic” Displaced Pers McCarran: has 21 stalf membe this subcommittee, most of Republican holdovers MARKED MAN At Washington'’s swank Burnin Tree Golf Club, Presidential Assis- tant John Steelman and m Calvin M. year part of He retinue Judicia T last ¢ which pap en a patronage biil to lib- and an n: on m Cl»u-l {Ing Assistant Army Secretary Trac) Voorhees to Undersecretary. His I next big job will be working with ( General MacArthur -on Japanese aid problems . . . Dr. Paul Klopsteg, | Northwestern University, who has served devotedly for years without as chairman of the committee on artificial limbs, is a world au- thority on anciént archery . . . The jeint committee on the economic report will hold hearings on un- j employment in New England and | the West Coast. Rep. Ed Hart N. J., will preside Although a nonsmoker, Rep, Joe Martin, Mass., Republican floor leader, is the lead- ing battler for protection of domes- tic cigarette lighters from foreign competition, particularly Japanese | Rep. Robert Crosser, D., Ohio, | chairman of the House Interstate { Commerce committee, claims the (natural gas “ripper” bill would re- move federal regulation from | per cent of the nation’s natural gas reserve VORS CON- 20" TRUMAN F TINUING * House Veteran: fairs commit- |teemen who have been battling Ch John Rankin's efforts to kil veterans' relief bill | received an White { President man from the an assured fresh- tive Jim Noland of he ly favored the bill, which ex- | tends $20-a-week benefits to unem- vets another year D2 87 McCarran got Senate ap-{the promotion of able, hard-work-| | C 34. Footban iti o { spring T Always: poetic 1 2. Metric land | measure position Internal fruit decay Ishm: . Chide . Livirg 1 44. Cluster of | fibers in wool | 2 6. Heron 1 Babylonian | | I N | Insect | finitely {2 U fear i tain lce used in | wking cloth | First publication, June 29, 1949. iproof on his homestead entry, An- from ; THE EMPIRE | |20 YEARS AGO AUGUST 17, 1929 Contract for construction of the new Government Building here was ! awarded in Washington by the Treasury Department to N. P. Severin {ox Chicago, on a low bide of $712,200. The five-story fireproof concrete and stone building was to be completed within two years. | AUGUST 17 €ITY OF JUNEAU Lauraleen Miller Gary Jenkins C. J. Davis Mrs. Fred Schindler Patricia Sider Mrs. Julia A. Costigan Mrs. Elsie McLean James Larson Miss Dorothy Jones Mrs. Ruth M. Farrell Helen Aaste H. Grady Maxfield Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Summers of Seattle announced the engagement of their only daughter, Miss Marian Summers, to Lt. Bennett Jones of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The wedding was planned for October. The family had previously lived here when Summers was |in chage of the Weather Bureau. e0cecev e 1 About 250 individual miner’s licenses had been issued to Juneau | persons since the beginning of the current mining excitement in the Taku River district, according to H. E. Brown, Acting Commissioner for Recording for British Columbia authorities. Judge F. A. Boyle, who had enteerd St. Ann’s Hospital with an Mrs. E. H. Carr underwent IS HONORED DURING }hwm one, Wi HER vls" I" ju“EAU\ A western drama with humorous situations, “Aunt Betty of Butte” |had been chosen by the Douglas Library Association for public per- | for "in the month. Mrs. Elton Engstrom was the director. Mrs. Clara Pearce of Yaktma,}nnmance i 8 ‘Washington, who has been visiting | Leonard Berlin for the last, two weeks, plans to sail for the|teach the third, fourth an as able to leave the hospital. Miss Martha Brennecke of Montrose, Colo., had been engaged to d fifth grades in the Douglas School. She had Friday. During her v has been the ins entertaining. Yakima schools, Mrs. Pearce making her first trip north. isit, Mrs. Pearce, Four Navy amphibious airplanes of the Alaska Aerial Survey Detach- iration of much| ont circled over the U. S. S. Gannet and accompanying barge as the ]SiaflEr being here since early June. The expedition had a complement | of 110 officers and men. The survey group was to spend a month based Who is 74 st at Ketchikan before returning to the States. Syl UNITED STATES | Weathe.rj 7High,ris; low, 52; cloudy. GUEST OF MRS- BER"“ 1;“:::;2: :rxl;iai:l;:x. 2:5' ;ss;ett,:- .:Om‘fxon:;':f ; Dempsey Lewis, convalescent ! | south aboard the Princess Louise|taught for four years in Hoquiam, Wash. :I | PR A teacher In the o .ev party commanded by Lt. Comdr. A. W. Radford left Juneau I l WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1949 Medical experiments with malaria and yellow fever patients led to the i first American patent for an ice- making machine. Notice is hereby given that the collector of customs for this district has issued an order dated August 13, 1949, authorizing the name of the oil screw KUIU QUEEN (offi- cial number 209646), owned by the Alaska-Seldovia Packers, Inc.,® of which Juneau, Alaska, is the home port, to be changed to GLADYS R. JAMES J. CONNORS, Collector. Juneau, Alaska. First publication, Aug. 15, 1949. Last publication, Aug. 18, 1949. Notice is hereby given that the collector of customs for this district | has issued an order dated August 13, 1949, authorizing the name of the oil screw EINSTOSS 15, (offi- cial number 252235), owned by the Seldovia Bay Packing Company, of which Juneau, Alaska, is the home port to be changed to ALICE T.. JAMES J. CONNORS, Collector. Juneau, Alaska. First publication, Aug. 15, 1949. Last publication, Aug. 18, 1949. Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 Seo. Franklin P. O. Box 2598 MIRACLE SERIES Popular Piano Instruction and Accordian PHONE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management | District Land Office | Anchorage, Alaska | May 24, 1949 | Aaaed Daily Lessons in English . 1. Gorp i | ON || MADSEN CYCLE & FISHING SUPPLY Full line of Halibut and Trolling WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Endless instances can be found to prove this fact.” Say, “INNUMERABLE instances can be “ Notice is hereby given that Ten- | nes Aarstad has made application | fer a homesite under the Act of May & 26, 1934 (48 Stat. 809), Anchorage |[0Und.’ Serial 012679, for a tract of land | described as H.S. No. 591, East Craig ‘ first. Group of Homesites, situated about OFTEN MISSPELLED: Meerschaum; observe the four vowels. ' mile E. of Craig, Alaska, adjoin- | SYNONMYS: Hateful, malevolent, odious, obnoxious, offensive. ing Sur, No. 2327, and between the WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Craig-Klawak Highway and th€ ;. o050 our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Craig Truck Trail, Plat of U. 8., . w Survey No. 2611, containing 2.50 INFEST; to trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of pressure. 'The acres, and it is now in the files of | Alaska. Any and all persons claiming ad- || versely any of the above mentioned | land should file their adverse claim in the district land office within 2 il T 0 ddis t? the period of publication or thirty Q. What is the proper way to announce a wedding engagemen! days thereafter, or they will be bar- A. By means of an engagement party, by sending notices to the red by the provisions of the sta- newspapers, and by sending engraved announcements. to ,relatives and tutes. | triends. LINGO, | | Q. When one accidentally brushes against a person, which is the Manager. | petter expression to use, “Pardon me,” or “I beg your pardon”? | A. “I beg your pardon.” 5 Q. Is it proper at a large dinner or banquet to wait for everyone | to be served before one begins to eat? DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | __ A NOi you may begin eating as soon as served. Burcau of Land Management | [ ; " District L;nn }?[I’ice o I_O 0 K a nd LEA R N by nchorage, laska e A. C. GORDON Notice for Publication 12 Notice is hereby given that Jesse 1. porsaip g g bond ML ;eterson Ry R;ussell H. Mills, all of 2. What is the most expensive material used in the construction of Sitka, Alaska, has submitted final 8utomobiles? What is the nearest port in the United States to the Orient? Which was the first team of baseball players to receive salaries? What month was named after a great Roman general? ANSWERS: GEORGE A. . Last publication, Aug. 24, 1949. UNITED STATES Where is the highest point of land within Continental United chorage Serial No. 09966, for land 4. embraced in U. S. Survey No. 2569, situated on Northerly side Sitka Highway 2 Miles East of Sitka, Al-| Mount Whitney, California; 14,496 feet. aska._ contaix?ing 0.58 acres, and it is . Platinum. If no protest is filed in the dis- The Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1369, trict land office within the period July, after Jullus Caesar. of publication or thirty days there- after, said final proof will be ac- cepted and final certificate issued. GEORGE A. LINGO, Manager. Oldést Bank in Alaska First publication, August 10, 1949. Last publication, October 5, 1949. 1891—O0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle . Toward . Uniformly . City in Navada . Exclamation 9. Wing . Large potsone ous lizard . One who exacts satisfaction . Give back . Tie game . Title of a knight . First even number . Varieties . Come in 28. Low haunt . Dowry . The common 5 monkshood 2. Beginnin N 8 DOowN 1. Water chestnut 2. The lady from Troy c poem ROBERT KELLER as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EXENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: 3. Bpi 4 herlands "mn LAST nom'upu commune . Tatters Insect with two stiff and two soft wings Allow Concerning Steps of u ladder . Plan of a town site 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! urse Erass . Mohammedan noble: variant There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! | . Before | . Poem | i. Like . Ourselves | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Excess. Accent last syllable, not the | Gear — Many items now at new LOW PRICES Open 9 to 9 Opp. Ball Park Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE SHOP AT BERT’S FOOD CENTER Alaska’s Finest Supermarket 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 8t. 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 llw CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Free Delivery MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE w. SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish 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 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge lidfln Regular Meetings Each b 'yi“l' y Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— ¥ WALTER R. HERMANSEN "The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists - BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Phone 206 .Second and deul.‘v 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 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remi 2 oyl o J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satistied 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 OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined—Glases Fitted SIMPSON BUILDING Phone 266 for Appointments H. . GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys