The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 19, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 1949 Daily Alaska Empire Pu\).nhrn every evening except Su EMPIPE PRINTING COM ain Streets, June; HELEN TROY & DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - N ALFRED ZENGER - - & - Entered 1n the Post Office in Ju SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dousla: six months, $8.00 By mail, postage One year, in_advance one month, in advance, § Subscribers will the Business Of! of their papers Telephones e or irreg News Office, MEMBER OF OCIATED The Associated Press republication of & wise credited in th herein is exclusively e hes credit and also the news dispa paper i one vear, at the follow if they will promptly notify Alaska Newspapers, 1411 From where Commission is t Company a inday by the PANY au, Als restdent ident r Business Manager “outside mouthpiece of th But from wt Second Class Matter ™ s for $1.50 per month; £15.00 | & rates n advance, $7.50; ularity in the delivery | Steamship Comps s Office, 374. | Al PRESS other na titled to the use for ed to it or not other- | local news p\lbh(he(l‘ ¥ Personally, { assurance lower supplied by we would welcom But we don't from the any i | | | certain character; | be blocking the i ABOUT ALASKA STEAMER RATES Recent Associated Press dispatches have been tell- ing of a new steamship line from the south to Alaska. The Ketchikan News touches this up with the follow- ing editorial: At first glance one welcomes col lines running to Alaska. But instead of lowering rates, Gil Skinner of the Alaska Steamship Company, higher rates. Here is the way he reasons says “cream of the trade,” the best seasonal trade. Steamship Company again off-season when schedules must be maint loss. Especially is this true in ma ports in both the busy and off season. Under the present government vision there can be no open competif in the “good old days.” While Congress passed an act to continue the interim agreement the Maritime Commission has not “holding the bag” ained at a | this convention adopted by 25 signatory countries. and Ethiopia have already ratified it. taken on it by t The committee problems. And final acceptance mpeting steamship It would be the result will be ! consideration; for the ny of the smaller | 2MONE the should not now set-up and SUPer- ), international tion like there was “Eight billion paper filler. In one sense, Company is partly to blame, for it accepted the word of an avowed “political enemy” interests” direction of the with the resultant lower \dmn on (-Lnoflde Yes, ship Company offered to reduce rates by 10 per cnm.! “ride.” we sit, ‘it.'looks like the Maritime | rying to give the Alaska Steamship we believe, the Alaska Steamship that the fight against Indeed, the lay off.” appears that would is source was ord be modified red to * it here we are lookin |left-handed support is being given to opposing com- ! panies, with the interim plan stalemated for the Alaska any. ations are assisting their merchant :mm'lno, but our government seems to prefer to allow ! | thousands of ships to rust away in stor: to assist operating companies. like all other shippers, we want the best rates and service possible, and if there was ather than rates and as good service could be other company than Alaska Steam, e the change. like the slight odor which emanates Maritime Commission and s in the Territory who may possibly ! interim plan again being reinstated freight rates. AVVdShH\L!((\n Post) Although a month has gone by since President j Truman sent to the Senate the United .vations Con- vention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, no action of any sort has been he Committee on Foreign Relations has undoubtedly of the treaty a grave misfortune, however, if the convention should be indefinitely pigeonholed. A sub- committee should be hearings. Other companies entering the field will seek the jwell be conducted while the Senate is adjourned for { visiting the ports which nflpr:lhe summer so that action can be taken promptly | This will leave the All\kl'ulmn its reconvening. The United States assumed leadership in having named to give it if they are necessary, could the United Nations and is Australia, Norway This country lag behind in the effort to embody law a prohibition against the mass murder of human beings on racial or ethnic grounds. germs live on a dollar bill."—News- but germs don’t have to pay taxes, seen fit to extend this help to the Alaska Steamship and they don’t buy things they don’t need at prices Company. Under this interim plan they can't afford. the Alaska Steam- The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Continved from Page 13 dating back as far as 20 years were brought into court against the editors. {Despite these extreme measures, only six were convicted. U. S. Ambassador in Iran is John Wiley. An able, tough-minded career man, standing success and arduous post. A firm believer in democracy and freedom of the press, Wiley, privately, was shock- ed by the autocratic persecution of ! the editors. But, because it was; a strictly internal affair, he meti- culously kept hands off until after the six editors were sentenced. Several days later, Wiley senl each of them a small package. consisted of one pack of American cigarettes—with Wiley's personal card. ‘Nothing was written on the card. Also, there was nothing secret about Wiley's action. His chauf- feur delivered the packages to the prison and turned them over o the, warden to give to the editors That- was all there was to it The Shah, of course, was im mediately informed. Also, he got the point. The following day, were pardoned. * Note—Because of Wiley's pene- trating and forthright reports fc the State Department, the Iranian Ambassador in Washington is very hostile toward him. The Iranian has repeatedly tried to undermine Wiley. the editor: NO MERGER Behind-the-scenes, the widel publicized merger between AM- VETS and AVC has gotten no- where. Reason is strong rank- and- file opposmon in both veteran or- ganizations. ship orandum sent out by AVC Com- mander Harold A. Keats. In this document, he stresses the financial benefits that will accrue to AM- VETS by absorbing the 35,000 AVC dues-paying members. AVC officials are aware that AMVET's headquarters are hard up and that its national officers draw $35,000 a year in salaries and expenses. NO LOSS A British correspondent tele- phoned Sen. Kenneth Wherry, of Nebraska, Republican floor leader for an interview on the forthcom-| ing international monetary confer- ence. “All I can say,” Wherry, “is that Sir Stafford Cripps is obviously coming here to promote a new loan. He wouldn’t| be interrupting his rest cure in Switzerland for any other reason. The British newsman protested this view. “Well,” observed Wherry, “if he’s ccming over to lend us some money, Il be glad to see him." “Can I quote you on that?” remarked he has been an out-| in his delicate | | i “Certainly,” replied Wherry. Then turning to a friend, he added, was safe in letting him quote me. After all, I can't lose any votes in England.” DEADLOCK Illustrative of the snafued state of Congressional business is an un- publicized but long-standing dead- lock between the House and Sen- ate over the Army Civil Functions, bill. This stalemate has been going on since June 1, with no sign of a break in sight. Cause of the deadlock is a $590,- 000,000 rivers and harbors rider | that the Senate wrote into the | measure. This huge local gravy grab was not included in the Pres- ;ident’s budget. The fund would be spent by the Army Engineers, which have cne of the most potent undercover lobbies in Washington. l The House conferees, led by Rep- resentative Clarence Cannon, D., vMo. have adamantly refused to udge on the issue. Cannon has i served notice he will block the bill as long as it contains the half- !bxllxon dollar rider. Sens. John McClellan, D., Ark., Pat fcCarran, D., Nev,, and Chan Gur- ney, R, S. D. McClellan is head of the Rivers and Harbors Con- lgress, an Army Engineers lobby nd all three of the Senators are loud ‘“economy” talkers. But on his gravy grab, they are singin; 1 different tune | To date, it has made no impres- i\’.un on hard-boiled Cannon. l SHORTS The Navy is concerned about the waistline of its officers. To help them keep it down, the Navy has issued a pamphlet titled “Feel Alive.” . The White House Is being barraged with union com- plaints charging bias on the part of | Robert N. Denham, general coun- sel of the National Labor Relations i Board . Sen. Frank P. Graham D., N. C, has made a big impression by his discussions of ethics, religion At the bottom of this!ang philosophy at the breakfast-| & are two factors: AMVET memb""pmyer meetings held every Wed-{ is much more conservauve! than AVC, and a confidential mem- | nesday morning by a group of Sen- ators. 'Gives Bi?hfl i; Fourth Child in Less than Year ! JASPER, Tenn, Aug. 19—®—| [‘\/lxk Raymond Hix of Whitwell, | enn., has given birth to her four- th child in less than a year The stork made only two mpc —twins each time. A boy and a girl, both reported doing fine, were born Sunday. The first set, also a boy and a girl was born Sept. 10, 1948. | Hix, a packing house |and his wife have two other {dren, one two years old and | other four. | employee, chil- the '+ About 30 pounds of stainless steel is used for trim, scuff plate, ‘grm&s and other parts of the aver- age modern automobile, experts say. S(!l“l\\' BIKES at MADSEN'S | Militant backers of the rider are; 'Six Women Die As Auto Crashes HOPKINSVILLE, Ky., Aug. \(P—Six women died early today when their automobile and a car jof soldiers crashed into a trans- Campbell. George Womble of the Kentucky State Police said two of the three soldiers were in the other automobile injured. {Dollar-Pound Talk Scheduled for Wash. (By Associated Press) A committee of top British fi- ment which, if approved by the * cabinet, will form basic British policy at next month’s dollar-pound conference in Washington. The Washington talks will dea vith the unbalanced trade between he U.S. dollar and British sterling areas which has left Britain des- erately short of dollars. ACROSS 1. The European bass 1. Restrains 3. Sell in small quantities 14. Point in the a nioon's orbit 43, Part of a plant 15, Article 45. Polynesian 16. Indisposition to change 46 18. Exist 19. Object of 41 otion man's me of the Obliterating Resided Optical glass & o ti Six-line stanza any | had more pressing perhaps it is too much to hope for during the crowded { ! conclusion of the present session. appropriate | Car of Soldiers, 1001 port truck between here and Camp; nancial experts has drafted a docu- | AUGUST 19 Warren Geddes Art Weidman Andrew Dudueff M. Agatha Graves Marjorie Ann Mueller Gilmert Moi Paul Johnson Virgie O. Mount Mrs. Josephine Wright Norman Wood MILLION JOBS BY END OF YEAR IS WASHINGTON, Aug. 19— Secretary of Labor Tobin forecas: | today an increase of a million jobs by the end of the year and a cor-| responding drop in unemployment Tobin reported to President Tru- man that the employment situstion is improving steadily. | He told reporters on leaving the White House: “It looks very much like there | will be ployment during the next six| months and that by the end of the | ! year payrolls will be increased b)\ 1 approximately 1,000,000 persons. This does not take in the possi- bility of a major strike in coal or steel, he said. Tobin said there would be a substantial increase in employmen mnd a drop in unemployment fig- ures beginning about the middle of September. He said he based his forecast on the fact that purchasing orders to build up depleted inventories al- cady are increasing and will con- tinue to accelerate. He also said the employment situation would be ’hclped by many workers returning | to school in the fall. Asked if he thought a steel and | coal strike could be averted, he! ireplied he devoutedly hopes S0, | | | Ornamenial Hedge f Is Marijuana; i1s Destroyed PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 19.—(®—/| Eight months ago, a friend gave] Mrs. Jean Tharp some seeds. ' The seeds sprouted quickly a high ornamental hedge. Slips from the plants soon the same for neighbors. Yesterday neighbor Mrs. i Ramage took a sprig to a into did H. B. nur- of the “what-yon-call-it.” The nurseryman whispered when he told her what it was. Police soon harvested and burned | the neighborhood shrubbery. It was marijuana. — | e o o 0 0 0 0 0 o | | TIDE TABLE | AUGUST 20 Low tide, 505 am., 13 ft. High tide, 11:49 a.m., 12.0 ft. Low tide, 5:05 p.m., 6.0 ft. High tide, 11:05 p.m,, 14.8 ft. <[Avllv+z>Mzz[> (o] | Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 3. Near 1. Cook meat In a 4. Water certain way excursion 2. Furnish / Iniquity . Football teams l\hxkenl rlnuno amp For example: abbr. . Chide . Appeared R 1S need support . Strikes with the open hand v dic Tuwa 0, h.xl\ es Torer Pronoun For Estimates on that or Fireplace—PHONE 416—Evenings We have enough PUMICE and CONCRETE BLOCKS for EARL CRASS AND SON New Basement, House several houses FORECAST, roan‘ seryman and asked for some seeds 20 YEARS AGO | tion. Gov. TH from E EMPIRE o/ SETIT b L T B L« | AUGUST 19, 1929 Lake, where they landed several large trout. On his third trip to Southeast Alaska, Jesse Boles, prominent Seattle business man, arrived on his 65-foot yacht Marilyn, accompanied by his srother and business associates. Members of the party were guests here George A. Parks and Fisheries Commissioner Henry O'Malley returned on the Bureau of Fisheries flagship Brant, Capt. E. L. Hunter, from Petersburg, where they had accompanied the Alaska Aerial Expedi- Enroute there by plane, they had spent several hours at Hasselborg of George B. Rice, President of Rice and Ahlers Company, agents for one »f Boles companies. Mrs. Leo W. Breuer, wife of the new Commissioner of Education, urived on the Northwestern to make her home here. | taken an apartment at the MacKinnon. The Breuers had Superintendent C. E. Ahues of the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery ases. »f any “off-year” in a decade. .t Taku Harbor, which had just closed down, reported the biggest pack The 1929 salmon pack there was 72,000 In line with the development of his wharf property and other busi- ness interests in Juneau, D. B. Femmer was installing equipment for | supplying high-grade gasoline and kinded products for retail sale. In Douglas, William Haynes, an expert masseur as well as proprietor »f the local parber shop, was to move into the former Henson Building, wher he would operate medical cabinet baths' “in connection with his B _rzunsorial parlors.” Although Miss Impi Aalto had returned to Douglas after a two-} | month vacation outside, she remained on the Nortawestern for the round a decided increase in em-|YP to Skagway in company with Miss Kerkes, a former Douglas girl. Miss Rita Robertson arrived on the Admiral Rogers from Ketchikanl o visit her aunt, Mrs. John Mills, of Douglas, and Mrs. David Leggit. | ‘Weather: High, 58; low, 52; cloudy. Dally Lessons in Engllsh W. L. GORDON 62 FED. EMPLOYEES ARE DISMISSED ON DOUBTFUL LOYALTY WASHINGTON, Aug. 19— MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. GLENN O. ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; lJAMES ‘W. LEIVERS, Secretary. Out of 9,987 cases handled by the government loyalty boards, 62 fed- eral employees have been dismissed on grouhds of doubtful loyalty. Jobs have been denied to 29 per- sons seeking them. | This was reported today by the| loyalty review board of the Civil Service Commission. The report covered work on the government | loyalty boards since they were es- tablished in March, 1947, Most of the loyalty Investigations | were conducted by the FBI. How- ever 101 were carried out by the Office of Naval Intelligence and! ny the commission itself. | There were 914 Department of {Army cases on which no reports: were made to the loyalty review“ board. i Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. O. Box 2508 MIRACLE SERIES I Popular Piano Instruction and Accordian PHONE 41 | ! FISHING SUPPLY | Full line of Halibut and Trolling | Gear — Many items now at new | l MADSEN CYCLE & ' WORDS OFTEN MISUSED:' Do not say, “He don’t approve of me Say, “He doesn’t approve of my going.” oing.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Detail. Accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Inflammable; two M's. SYNONYMS: Palliete, mitigate, mollify, relieve, lessen. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us nerease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: "VERIS!MILITUDEI: appearance of truth or reality; probability. nounce all I's as in IT; acecnt follows the L). mrtrayed with verislmmtude (Pro- “All the characters were Q. Where is the proper place for the bridegroom’s mother to sit at the wedding breakfast? A. She should be seated at the right of the bride's father. Q. Is it proper for a hostess to ask some )f pouring tea at an informal affair? A. Yes; this is popularly done. friend to perform the rite Q. Should a man tip a soft hat by the brim or by the crown? 15 A. A soft hat should be lifted by the crown. Whlch sport draws the greatest number of spectators in the U. S., football, hockey, basketball, or baseball? ‘Which is the largest body of fresh water in the world? 2. 3. What is nacre? 4. In what two States is more than one- U.S8.? 5. What is the hardest man-made substa ANSWERS: 1. Basketball. 2. Lake Superior; 31,810 square miles. 3. Mother-of-pearl. 4. Washington and Oregon. 5. Tungsten steel. — EYES EXAMINED OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS third of the timber in the nce? Juneau (Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes ior Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS B. E. HULK . as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA 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: “RACE STREET” 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. 1l warcaTHIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! | 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 211 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 Near Third Beward Street The Charles W. 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Wall l:aper 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 Remington ewriters SOLD and s;:rg\lr)lcxn 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 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. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys S 5