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. . they were. Mill and Factory magazine has just made Daily Alaska Empire |\ s oo compics o an inds, wna 5 HRARRR G per cent of the concerns reported that labor pro- EMPIRE P y Forty-three per cent of the respondents said it was about the same as a year ago. There still remains much room for further im- | provement, however, judging by the replies. Thirty- five per cent of the plants questioned in the survey ductivity was increasir ‘\"‘\{v CoOMPA 'y SCRIPTION RATES eporte 2 . ivity remains s NN DSUEiRY for S1.50 phr thonihs reported that productivity remains below the prewar - $8.00; one vear, $13.00 level. Another group, constituting 44 per cent of the Adolph Hirsch By 6 et e whole, said productivity was about the same as before Mrs. M. E. Rennie one month dvance ] war. In not many plants, cvidently, has the Mrs. C. D. Beale g Mrs. C. K. Tisdale judged by the al worker stepped up his output a standards MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | R 5 T e Bessie ‘1{;{1” | Grace Miller edited th/AE or Thunderhead L A I (Washington Post) The newest eruption of the colossus Americanus y mania is the proposal to carve a 500-by-400-foot monu- ment to the Sioux Indians in the Black Hills of South | A disciple of the late Gutzon Borglumn is| Dakota. pressi a plan to sculpt an effigy of Chief Crazy Horse on Thunderhead Mountain, and he appears to have won local Chamber of Commerce backing on the | theory that the project would attract tourists. Since the mountain is in the Harney National Forest, the | matter has been taken up by the Department of i Agriculture and, as an item pertaining to the Indians, by the Department of the Interior. ' s | PRODUCTIVITY Such a grotesque manifestation of the billboard | complex ought to be stopped dead in its tracks. Despite the fact that the plan is privately financed, the Government has a responsibility to prevent the mar- | d ring of national forests, and this includes the carving | and printed about the merits of wage increases for|up of mountainsides. Already Mount Rushmore, only workers. But very few have been said about the other ja few miles from Thunderhead, been given over side of the equation—-how much the workman gives {to sculpture. That is enough statue of Crazy in return for his wage. Hlm'u* would add nothing A SFAABE ! Black Hills. of the period | that the greatest furore was being , the the 1g down A good many millions of words have been spoken | A to the natural lure of the If a real memorial to the Sioux is desired, lit éan be achieved with considerably more simplicity | a matter during most raised for higher i ‘T | and less garishness. Indeed, the best possible mem- | orial to the Indians is the protection of the areas of | scenic beauty inherited from them against man-made ying more | desecration. of e worker wag productivity wa aver More than one employer commented ally to himself—that he wouldn’t mind pa ers gave him a decent return in work for their A straight line is the shortest distance between as a re- | points, but in many instances a curved line is the | i higher pay | Things are changing somewhat, possibly re somewhat scarcer than | much more attractive. sult of the fact that jobs ¢ | T T e R s % B M, e ———— ; The Washingfon i e COMDITIONS | R | Revercomb (1948 West Virginia ! Republican lame-duck) on this act| when it was drafted, and I know | (¢ ntinveq trom Puge 1 that the charges are untrue.” Al pEY % P?s\ = Sen, Matt Neely, D., who defeat- 4 3 kY b} dercover jockeying centers in Wash- | ed Revervomb, took up the chal- a num- Weather conditions and temper- ington. Luc! has made ber of hush-hush trips to the cap- ercomb and I are both Pres- | A0ires . at various Alaska points ital, and most of the other candi-|pvteriar he sald. “I had the| %10 on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 dates, or their agents, have made | strongest support of the Presby- A0, 120th Meridian Time, anc treks. All filter a constant stream | orians because they considered this| ¢ eased by the Weather Bureau of rumors and tips eastward [ bill discriminatory. The Presby- [’\"“";“‘f_ “‘.'“1““- S Latest to reach Democratic na- |tery of northern West Virginia, last Bf":_”)‘:\_"”‘ i P:}?‘[h" (11::;: anul headquarters is the follow- | summer, took the extraordinary ac- Chideva 49—Rain Showers ing: tion of depouncing the Revercomb- [ Ji % paily clouay! A secret confereice recently took |McCarran act as prejudiced and | pyponion Partly Cloudy place between James Roosevelt and | €XPressed their indignation at Rev-| pyjipgpnys 49—Rain George McLain, top poobah of | ércomb in no uncertain terms.” Haines 51—Cloudy California old-age pension promo-| “Did the Presbyterians explain|g, . o 66_Partly Cloudy ! ters. Purpose of the meeting was|Why they considered it discrimina-| 5,00, " Ajrport _ 47—Rain to consider a Roosevell McLain dpmanded MoCackan Annette Island 49— Clear et fis forsibh tor | Goseemior hey didn’t have to explain be- | g e anaal the latter for lieutenant governor.| (Use l‘lu' /‘1‘{‘“""",‘“ press, nullmi-]i 46—Rain Cement for the alliance would be!ins leading Republican papers, had |y crqy 53—Partly Cloudy McLain's “delivery” of his 250,000 €Xplained the ‘discriminetory fea ‘}\;1.‘,,:,:,‘] e o }‘".,1‘:, 8::1:.‘ pension followers and Roo: .velt’s | tures in no uncertain terms. This o oo 51 Run; Showeral puklic support of their pension plan, ”“_r‘ % law was a major issue injpeioqqpre 46—Fog | on which the state ballots In & MV campaign and I intend to seeip, .o o special election this November to f6 Wik K 15 changed.” | Seattle ” s6—Clear Red-hot kicker on this hot tale| Sen. Scott Lucas, Ill, Democratic| ypyopopge 45—Rain is—that one of the prime movers|fl00r leader, broke in with a lm'-!\"\kuldl = .48~l;‘ou\ of this alleged deal is Arthur Sam- | ¢liatory question. s T ish, massive “king” of California | you have & bill on-this ! Sl subject,” he said. “What would you! NOTICE TO CREDITORS MNate 1: California’s population|do if Howard (Senator McGrath, NOTICE IS HERERY GIVEN, has increased o enormoualy i re.|D- . L) moves to discharge the| that the undersigned was, on the cent vears that the state is cer- |COMMittee and report out your own | 16th day of August, 1949, duly ap- | bill?” | pointed administrator of the estate | tain of a minimum of seven new | | Congressional seats in the 1950 “I will oppose it.” ,of ULYSSES S. GREGORY, De- reapportionment. It now has 23. | “I can't get it out, Scott,” broke | ceased, and that Letters Testament- Note 2: Republican insiders say|id McGrath, “unless Pat is willing j ary therefor on said day were duly to cooperate.” lissued to the undersigned. the party will ditch embattled At- torney General Frederick Napoleon | Lucas made still another appeal! All persons having claims against | Howser next year. He inst he | t0 McCarran to allow action on the said estate are hereby required to will run again. measure. He refused to make any |present the same, with proper vouch- iz 5 | concessions. ers, and duly verified, within six (6) SECRET DOCUMENT | “What will you do if the Repub- | months from the date of this No- Lieut. Gen. Lawton Collins was|licans take the initiative and move | tice, to the undersigned in his of- very insistent on clearing his desk | 10 discharge this committee?” ask- fice at Room 200, Seward Building, | when photographers swarmed in|€d Neely. Juneau, Alaska. after his elevation to Army Chiet| “I'll do plenty,” retorted McCar-|i Dated at Juneau, Alaska, of Staff. They were curious about|Tan. “If they start anything, Tlll16th day of August, 1949. this caution #nd Collins grinning- | keep them here until Christmas. I M. E. MONAGLE, ly explained [will not stand for any shovingl Administrator. ! First publication, Aug. 18, 1949, this | | around.” THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA AUGUST 18 Mrs. Emmett Anderson JOHN NEWLAND IS NEW MEMBER OF EMPIRE'S STAFF Elmer said, “Yeah. Who do y'think’s going to write it if you don't?” . We said, “Well, let’s just skip it.” | “No,” Elmer said. “You've got to| write it. Whenever a new statf member arrives to work on The Empire, he has to announce him- self to the people of Juneau, so to speak.” Slmer is Managing Editor. His word goes! Still we were reluctant. “Don't want to,” we said. Elmer coaxed. “Go ahead,” . he said. “It's not hard.” He filled his pipe and leaned back. He's been with the paper 30- odd years. He knows the business. “Just say something like this: {‘John H. Newland, 27, arrived from Seattle Monday to join the edi- torial staff of the paper. “Did you graduate from school| down there? Well, say: ‘Newland’ is a graduate of the University of Washington's school of journa- lism.’ “And then tell where you've worked. Something like this: ‘On| staff of San Francisco Chronicle| for three months and publicity staff at Longacres race ccurse near Seattle. mer re-lit his pipe. “I guess that’s all. You could say you like rain, being from Seattle. And how about the war. Canadian Air Force? Well, put that down, too. Pilot in Canadian Air Force, 1941 to '45.” Elmer took his pipe out of his mouth. “You're married, you?” he asked. “Well, people know about that. a week ago yesterday and seen his wife since Monday morn- | ing. Apartment-seeking rival! Something like that.” | “Now tell them about your wite,” Elmer said. “Don’t need to tell them how wonderful she is. They'll know you'd say that, being married for | just a week. Tell them about her | being a University of Wa.shmgmn| graduate; a journalist who worked for the West Seattle Herald, a graduate student who went to Europe summer of 1948 to see the Marshall Plan in action, and at| let the ‘Married present waiting to come to . Ju-| neau.” | Elmer said, “That should about zover it."” We agreed it was probably too| much. The carousel was first used ir 17th Century European fairs. | INVITATION TO BID | The Alaska Department of Health, | Juneau, Alaska, announces the In- | vitation to Bid for furnishing one | (1) station wagon or suburban type | car f.0.b. Seward, Alaska, less trade- | in allowance on four (4) used cars. | Interested bidders may call at Room 203, Territorial Blilding, Juneau, Alaska, for bid forms and specifica- tions. | Sealed bids will be received at the above address until 4:00 pm. Sep- tember 2, 1949. First publication, Aug. 18, 1949. | Last publication, Sept. 1, 1949. “It's because I got burnt once I was very embarrassed by some| That ended the meeting Last publication, Sept. 8, 1949. plctures made at my headquarters | Neely told Vice Rresident SR = in the ETO when the Germans sur- | 1he Wraps are off now: rendered. I was waiting for two|ROt going to stand for McCarran's! Mg-shot kvalit generals to be|DMfL I sm going to do every- brought in and was writing a let- | thing in my power to get that bill | ACROSS ter to my wife, I had just writ- [ out of his committee. I will work 1 d curd game Satamande tai ten her about the impending affair| With the Republicans or anyone 4 pajian -\»:m. ‘Alaska " when the two krauts were brought|€ls¢ to do that.” resort A in. I left the letter lying on my edraiae o by Elance vith animal desk while the photographers took | | weapon i e S pictures, and 111 be darnea it one| CAB DIRECTOR HERE | 12 Meadow e T of the pictures that was published j - i0anuRal Bhpent didn't show clearly my letter and ON 2-DAY CONFERENCE | '+ won Requests what I had written to my wife.” & ‘\ 1\»:‘;,\;:‘4‘4‘ lood {5 Cozy home : Robert Kinsey ed | “hief Norse NAVY LEAGUE ; ot olnged Ak director of the Civil Aeronautics Sael Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle The truculently anti-Air Force S ; podels ; S Board returned to Anchorage yes- haped Navy League is due for a roush|terday after a two-day conteronce. comelding 51 Devour 66. Canvas shelter i AR : ay conte i ounty in 35, Feminine 7. Atall giiagwover wheo the B robe | with Alaska Coastal Airlines offi- | Nebraska nickname resumes next week. Rep mes| pars ‘here s B PSRy powN Van Zandt, R, Pa. whose charse ’ gl 516 |7 e sreci ted tt of the analysis and te d ion . Charge precipitate e tiga - “” ‘({{N" (‘ o X 11:]“1* -‘I‘ n | of the CAB in Alaska accompanic u‘ WA e €ague. Kinsey here and will remain for | He is a captain in the Navy Re- n N \ s R | the remainder of the week eonfer-| £ B, B HONOC : with ACA men i putting the finger or ¢ 1 as the author of the ar 1 | R o b s le seaweed letter, deno B-36 | I'OM MOORE AWARDED arm_ building ment, that created a furor on the| opening day of the investigation. | I.ABOR S(HO[ R ‘ Conspicuously absent at the hear- | A SH P ings is Rep. James Wadsworth | R, N. Y. His son-in-law is Stuart| A two-week scholarship to the Symington, Secretary of Air ! rsity of Wisconsin, at Madi- ! s Madi-; erstand — IE Wi has be wwarded Wrathful DISPLACED PERSONS I'Tom Moore, Alaska Industrial} Richy = Neither side minced words in the | Board clerk scholar s by i teams closed door meeting of the Senate|ing offered by the Americ R suread Immigration subcommittee when| ion of Labor for a nator Pat McCarran, D, Nev,|labor relations training. Moore refused to budge on his blockade | ! Fhrmasl . Feminina left by plane Tuesd of the House-passed bill to liber-| — ~ alize the “anti-Semitic and ‘\ Who is Sylvia? y for Madison. 4 3t nickname en Keith from i THE EMPIRE | e 4___11 AUGUST 18, G. Wildes had arrived on the 1929 Alaska from the Seattle office of the Signal Corps, U. S. Army, to join the Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System (WAMCATS). He already had stood his trick in the Juneau cable office. Wildes was replacing George Poitevin, who boarded the Alaska for his new duty at Seward. Mr, and Mrs. Jack Calvin of Carmel, Calif., “paddled and sailed their own canoe” from Tacoma, Wash., to Juneau, arriving here after 52 days enroute. They shipped over Queen Charlotte Sound and two other places, otherwise traveling from 15 to 25 miles a day. Their record day was 34 miles. Mrs. Calvin was the former Mary Kashevaroff, daughter | of the Re | the hasn't | P%°F name. I Q. Who should make the first move in gift giving, between a man After Juneai v. and Mrs. A. P. Kashevaroff of this city. several weeks' layoff, local scatter-gun artists turned out at u Gun Club to open the fall trap-shooting season. With the duck season only two weeks away, local sportsmen found this an excell in shape. Joe Sl his cousin, lent chance to limber up their artillery and get their shooting eyes ater, St. Louis City Engineer, arrived for a two-week visit with , Mrs. James Drake. The Graf Zeppelin reached Tokyo on its world flight. Two new six-cylinder Chevrolet sedans arrived on the Northwestern | workers from Ccrdova and Anchor- for the 199 Taxicab Company recently formed here by H. W. Mc- | age. {l\w more cars in operation before 1930, as the nucleus of a taxi system | Dermott, chief clerk of the Gastineau Hotel. for Juneau. Two nephews of Judge Frank A. Boyle arrived for a visit of two yesterday were Joseph Hunter, Joe | weeks. They were D. J. Carr of Greensburg, Pa., and Andrew Boyle °(|Cnriuo John W. Wilson and Master | Notre Dame, Ind. Both were chemistry professors. Weather: High, 57; low, 51; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English . . corpox | M | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “This is different than OFTE ! that.” Say, “This is different FROM that.” N MISPRONOUNCED: Inquiry. Pronounce second I as in KITE, not as in QUIT, and accent SECOND syllable, not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Sarsaparilla; four A’s, two L's. SYNONYMS: Rebellion, revolt, mutiny, insurrection. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase of * MODERN ETIQUETTE Q Is ur vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: “He has a large and lucrative business.” by i ROBERTA LEE | profitable. it all right for a guest at the dinner table to use any re- aren't | ceptacle handy for an ash tray? A. No; if he needs an ash tray, he should ask for one. It is very Q. manners to use a hostess’ coffee cup or saucer for this purpose. Do you consider it good form for a man to refer to his wife as since ar- | ‘the missus”? A. Definitely not. To acquaintances, he should refer to her as “my wife” or as “Mrs. Blank. ’ To friends, he should call her by her first and woman? | \ J A. The man, alway L00K 1. What are the names of the chessmen? and fil:E AR N" WZ’% C. GORDON Wi A \ | | | 2. What adjective pertaining to a cat corresponds to CANINE for Second and Franklin l COMMERCIAL as |a dog? 3. Which State produces the greatest amount of rice? 4. Of which farm product is hominy a product? 5. Who was the ancient Roman god of the sea? ANSWERS: 1. King, queen, bishop, knight, rook, pawn. 2. Feline. 3. Louisiana. 4. Corn. 5. Neptune. EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Juneau PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS Oldest Bank in Alaskai 1—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS He expected to have/ HOSP"AL "ofis THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1949 | { SUIT FILED s IPM (ARRIES 11 { Ted Childers of Funter Bay has® i jfiled suit in the U. S. District o"wED HIGHI | Court here against Kayler-Dahl . L { Fish Company, Inc. Childer’s action, i which he is represented by Attorney N. C. Ban- field, is for $1193.13, a settlement of accounts, and costs which in- clude $300 attorney’s fees. Pan American flights carried 71 passengers in and out of Juneau Airport yesterday as follows: l From Annette: Charles W. 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