The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 24, 1949, Page 4

PAGE YOUR Daily 41(13!.(1 Empire | s Published e enine except DOROTHY ELMER A inday by the Y small state as to popula 300,000 people in still be a pretty to Hawaii with | tion, compared two of its cities. | But it might have a chance to support itself with the revenue from its fisheries and forests. The Territory’s statehood committ week and rumors are around that a grou ee meets next up of statehood committee members will fly back to Washington to present the statehood case to Congress. In the mean- time, it might ! askans to give country—as a If we have of country for ALFRED ZENG nd Class Matter, Entered in the Post Off Douslas for $1.50 per month; one vear, S15.00 i rates in advance, $7.50 be a good idea for the rest of the Al-! a thought to the future of our noxthl‘ as a state. statehood, 586,400 square miles is a lot 90,000 people to start supporting. | vested interests.” Delivered by ca Territory- a y will promptly nof llarity in the delivery our aid of the * s Office of any failure or irre of their paper Telephiones 374, Even with the News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS GU l]h‘\ \\ h “ X-,RF l()Rll NATE led to the use for to it or not other 1 news publis that the section lu\l!lu[u:!kb‘(l last Sun- fortunate. It is now stated the dis- | turbance really violent temblor, lasting six and one-half hours. mologists said damage would have been heavy | had the quake centered on land. The Ecuador quake of August 5 was recorded in | attle for four hours. H Prof. Perry, University of California seismologist, said the Sunday quake was more severe than the one; " which shook San Francisco in 1906. | Guess we were fortunate that the quake was a — | submarine temblor instead of a land shock. } It appe NATIC Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | day\ night w Fourth Av was a submarine i | —_— i | Wasn’'t \th\.x l’n(l For? \\ ell. What About Those Lend-L: ? \ThH()(ll) Ql ESTION ase Bills, Russia? With statehood for Alaska and Hawaii being con- | sidered in a rush to force the issue through this session | T S AL | (Ketchikan Chronicle) this | . | It may be that Russia is teaching her school in the situations of Alaska |\ 1qren that Alaska was never paid for, as a Seattle | newspaper reported this week. The Soviets may be 2-'“““\\lmmn<' that all the $7,200,000 was given them for | sending some of their fleet to American ports to discourage French and British assistance to the south of Congress, it might be little matter of difference and F il The population of Hawaii is approximately and its area is 6,435 square miles Alaska has an estimated population of 90,000 and an area of 586,400 square miles. That is a lot of | during the Civil Wer ; ¥oiitory Well, of course, there are a few things the Rus- o sians owe us that they haven't paid for and we might The verbal battle that waged long over whether (take a little soil from Siberia or the Kurile Isles and | Alaska or Hawaii should have statehood first seems 10 | Sakhalin in lieu of the proper number of rubles, be a thing of the past. The Bolsheviks repudiated their World War I Now the idea is that Alaska, Democratic Mnm"l““"\ from America. They have taken over some 1932, should have statehood at the same time as Ha- \rnmmxr\ that in (mn did likewise. They have failed to repay many of the ships and much of the cash they waii, traditionally Republican, so that the party bal- ance will not be changed in the Senate. Two Republican Senators will be acquired from Hawaii, two Democrats from Alaska. It has been settled in Congress is to be made by members of Con sold the idea that all Alaskans and, Hawaiians are crying for statehood—how would it be to | consider the previously idea dividing | Alaska and give statehood to the more thickly popu- —_— - lated coastal area? | Daily Thought: T look far less at the name a man Southe: Alaska ' Signs than at the line of conduct he pursues.—Moliere. promised us on lend-lease commitments. And they refuse even to discuss these matters. And the price America paid for Alaska, two cents Russia could pay off all these obligations in] to lock up Joe ‘un acre, “land and still have enough left over Stalin and Molotov that such a trade ress who have been all | All of us make mistakes. sip and are gossiped about. we presume, all of us That's why proposed of 1 i ' and western combned would N \lA!LMl‘ N AUSTRAI "‘ w h of the church, and popular with HAVE TOUGH JOB € Was mghn parishicners and. his class. He en-! Frites : hre"y -Go-Round itiisad hing with jokes and| gypnpy _ Around 1164 miles Vaughan has told friends long is the postman's Meekatharra- . DREW PEARSON !that Regular Army antipathy to| Moiorc Ber cwewt in e ! A “‘l"‘”‘l‘l“““'”*I'\‘ B “‘]‘ "‘;j et ‘some of the other 399 road mail] ni Tl age 1) ret influences behind he Senate 4 b BR d what the Senate did on this Critical of “West Pointers.” | 564 miles; Leonora-Lawlers-Wiluna, posal was more of the same.” | 8 462 miles. Mail contractors in the “That's true” said Truman, “but | TIDELAND! OIL | area cover 2,276,130 miles a year— they are not scaring me. If the| g 5.0 OMahoney, D, Wyo, |almost all rough bush tracks in} Hoover Commission’s magnificent | yivnion’ of the Interior Affairs)some of the world's most sparcely: report is to mean anything, it will| ;e has thrown a monkey | Pobulated country have to be put into effect. I am| gench into the drive to steam-; Only four years ago the postal) going to keep on sending "I“"f 10| Loller through a so-called “com- | authorities dispensed with pack| that purpose to Congress. When- |, omien on the tideland oil issue.|horses in the North Kimberleys ever one is vetoed, Il send up & yo was suppesed to sponsor } area. In the monsoonal season | revised plan in its place. “compromise” legislation in the|these horses often had to tight | TERA T Senate, but after examining the;through floods, plod through deep bills agreed on at secret cnn\'Lrl‘n-’m“d swim swollen rivers. Mailmen and ! might go 50 miles to deliver half a dozen letters. But air services have now taken such hazards out of mail deliveries in many parts ot Australia’s north. 1 LL ANIMAL FILMS TOUCHY HISTORY House Rules committee considera- tion of the arms-for-Europe bill unexpectedly touched off a sharp explosion on American history. Supporting the measure, Rep. Ray Madden, D., Ind, vigorously criticized former President Herbert Hoover for assailing Administration spending policy. “The ex-President ces with California, Texas Louisiana officials, O'Mahoney fused to have anything to do with them Hearings scheduled House headed by D., Pa. : One of the measures is an out-/ out of both sides of his mouth |and-out grab. It would give the | !states the bulk of these vast oil] Sperling and Charles Forward of ruled belonged to the Federal Gm-,‘\:{‘: F,‘“fi-"r bt‘;w e, has gone to ernment. The other measu | Pagmgelt jon, Alusks Comit, . He pives | B e e i I]\]rl)nncd to take motion pictures ot would divide: the -propeeds §0-80, |LL3n B@ bear on ‘the saups o Says O’Mahoney,. UT don't, pon- | Lc- 5 osenibling—even tiiush he sider these bills satisfactory. Ehrly '* 08 vAeatlon. this year, The family now is enjoying the I introduced a bill that | Th® family now would provide Federal control over]Charies G Burdick cabinion Point| re- measures are today before a subcommittee,| YOLO TO WRA! FOR en the to open Judiciary Rep. Francis E. Walter, | Joe Yolo, who, with } visiting in nowed his the photographer family, has been homes of Harry| was talking when he said we were spending ourselves into a collectivist state,” thundered Madden. e himself has advocated $30,000,000,000 for defense and foreign aid out a total budget of $42,000,000,000. He talks economy, but he wouldn’t cut a cent out of the military and foreign-aid expenditures.” reserves that the Supreme Court THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | |!11 MILLION URGED, { " WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1949 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. X SECOND and FOURTH 20 YEARS AGO 7% -4 y of each month l THE EMPIRE |l) ANSKA AIRPORTS 25kl o oo 3 okt MR A el beginning at 7:30 p. m. ! GLENN O. ABRAHAM, X | AUGUST 24, 1929 WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. —P—| Worshipful Master; i . o Mr. and Mrs. Sam Feldon entertained in their home at the CMff [ Military and Civil Aviation spokes- | JAMES W. LEIVERS, Becrmry . IST 24 o | Apartments, honoring several friends about to leave for the States.|{men today urged an appropriation| 1 | ey » 5 154 o |Mrs. Feldon reminded the honor guests that she would watch the [of $17,000,000 for civil atrporlt:s:b o aniel J. Kelley . enger lists in the spring for their return. Fairbanks and Anchorage, Alaska. . Dr. Taylor J. Pyle o[ it { Col. A. E. Stoltz told a House B.P.0. ELKS ° Gerald Bodding . subcommittee that the Air Force| Meeting every Wedn at * % Mrs. Walter Cummings 3 R. M. Miller, wharfinger at Petersburg, returne: there on_the Ad-| 0", elds for usé of military| 8 P. M. Visiting brou.;::’wel- ; ° Mus. Joseph Wehren o miral Rogers. He had been a candidate at the Shrine Ceremonial in | airoragy come. F. DEWEY BAKER, ! . Jeanne Butts o |Juneau. Subcommittee Chairman Beck-| Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, . . Aline Maloney . —_ worth (D-Tex) said it is “important | Becretary. [ i pe Ann Ghiglione . An Oldsmobile sedan driven by Ed McDougal and carrying three jto know” whether the B-36 could ¥ = Dolores Lohr e others, overturned on Glacier Highway, turning completely, but without | use the proposed fields. Air Force @ @ @ o o 4 & @ 8 e 3 s injury to the passengers and with but little damage to the car. ‘x“d Civil A‘;"‘;"““m‘ Admi“‘-"“':;‘ BLACKWELL’S | McDougal suffered a wrenched and spained shoulder. The accident was :1:; ":::'“" atives sald:they wou CABINET SHOP sear the Albert Forrest homestead where several other machines had CAA r'epresentauves said the An- 17 Main St. Phone 772 'WOMAN AVIATRIX . ‘gnne off the soft shouldered embankment in recent weeks. STRIKES BACK AT SCANDAL MONGERS LONDON, Aug. 24—(®— Mrs Richarda Morrow-Tait struck ot yesterday at those who whispered b her round-the-world fling handsome navigator. Writing under her own by-line in the Sunday Dispatch, the model- turned-aviatrix said: “I have a message for rumor- mongers, people with smutty minds, 1 with 1and. sneaky ones who peer from behind curtains and whisper little \(nps of gossip over teapots. I have heard how you ’luxxod me of running away from thy WUsbamni R aHlGIGRE RN | caveral years, had resigned, and booked passage on the Prince George. l Mrs. Klondy Dufresne, wellknown Juneau violinist, had accepted the position as her successor. what you've said about my morals “But I don’t really care what you think because people who know me know how very dearly 1 love my husband, and pecple who have been trying to twist things are only judg- ing by their own standards, which are not mine.” 1l Mrs. Morrow-Tait set out to fly ||| around the world in a single-engine ||| plane in six weeks. A series of acci- || dents and money trouble made the flight last a year and a day. She was accompanied by hand- some Michael Townsend, 26, as| navigato Referring to him, Mrs. Morrow t wrote: | “They are disappointed it didn’t turn out to be what they thought— 8 ia dirty week-end. “You see, Michael and I Were ;..o ce our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: friends before we could walk. OUr| , \\ypry ATE; to reduce to nothing; destroy absolutely. “Nothing what- ever is annihilated. Matter, like an eternal river still rolls on without | n()[h]ng dxmmutxon Afloucher parents were friends, too, and we fhave grown up together just s good friends, certainly more. Michael is a very good navi gator, so he was the nz\j.:lrul choict | In conclusion she wuned rumor- mongers that they “had their| answer, Here I am tack with my husband—for always. SLASH IN EXCISE | TAX RATES STARTED WASHINGTON, Aug. 24—®—A \ the winter in Portland, Ore., Mrs. W. E. Cahill entertained at an after- noon party for five tables of bridge in her Treadwell home. Prizes went round-the-world flight was a F. A. J. Gallwas of Douglas were hosts for five tables that evening in her | honor of Mr. and Mrs. McLean, their houseguests from Walla, Walla, Wash. Prizes were won by Mrs. Dave Leggit, W. E. Cahill, Mrs. J. Kirkham and Robert Fraser. hostess, entertaining for her houseguest, Miss Vilma Kerkes, and her) sisters, Misses Impi and Laina Aalto. at 18 mills. 245.13. ing?” FUEL, not as OO in TOO. MODERN ETIOUETTE KOBERTA LEE A. Unless she is attired in a going-away costume or tailored suit; the Phone 704 { bride may carry a bouquet. A corsage is more suitable if she is wearing HAY, GRA]N, COAL a suxt or going-away dress. and STORAGE Q. If additional silverware is needed at a dinner, how should it be brought to the table? A. With the course it accompanies. SHOP AT chorage field would have 6,050 and 7,000-foot crossed runways, and An Empire advertisement read: “Bill Casey is still at No. 8 Wil- | Fairbanks 6,000-foot runways, both | extendable. oughby Ave. with the best tobacco and snuff cure.” Beckworth said no futher wit- nesses would be called, that the | committee would await supple- mentary data from the Air Force | and CAA before acting. * Mr. and Mrs. { PIONEER AUXILIARY Meeting Friday, Aug. 26, 8 p.m. Don’t forget your Afghan stubs. Mrs, Edward Bach was another bridge | o 1s tne night. i Complimenting Mrs. Jack Livie of Juneau, who was leaving to spend o Mrs. John Mills, Mrs. Guy Smith and Mrs. Leggit. SCIIWINN BIKES at MADSEN'S At a special meeting of the City Council, the 1929 tax rate was fixed r————_ It was estimated that this would bring a revenue of sss-l m“cLE SEBIES Popular Piano Instruction l and Accordian PHONE 41 Miss Mae Pauly, who had been leader of the Palace Orchestra for | MADSEN CYCLE & | H| FISHING SUPPLY i =1 1) pull ltne of Halibut and Trolling | Gear — Many items now at new LOW PRICES ] Open 9 to 9 Opp. Ball Park Weather: High, 71; low, 69; rain. | Dally Lessons in Enghsh L GORDON | = =il = ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSE] Do not say, “Whom shall I say is call- { GEORGE BROS. Say, “WHO shall I say is calling?” Widest Selection of OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Opportunity. Pronounce the U as in | vLiouoms | \ ' J OFTEN MISSPELLED: Tete-a-tete; four E’s, only one A . SYNONYMS: Belief, faith, trust, confidence, credence, reliance, as- urance. WORD STUDY: PHONE 399 | “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 _.—T_‘jl I 1| The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Q. Mny a bride carry a bouquet even if she isn't dressed in white? Q. Is it obligatory that relatives and friends send engagement gifts BERT’S new drive for a slash-by-Christmas |to a girl? In wartime excise tax rates was| A. No; most people concentrate on the wedding gift. FOOD CENTER launched in Congress today. Tt de-\ 3 e R ) Alaska’s Finest veloped in the face of a forceful by £l Supermarket statement by Chairman l)OuL,h[D.l‘ lo 0 K d l- E A R N | —— (D-NC) of the tax-framing H('uso“\ an A. C. GORDON J Ways and Means committee that|| o he sees no prospect for such a tax e e STEVENS cut this year. 1. When did the small—sized dollar bill come into circulation? ! ’—MISSES’ Doughton said the threat of a 2. What race of people is the most thinly scattered in the world? LADIES'—] federal deficit of $5,000,000,000 or 3. Which State produces the most maple syrup? READY-TO-WEAR more in the present fiscal year| 4. How many columns wide is the standard newspaper? ear Third virtually forecloses hope for such a| 5. What is the origin of the term “grass widow”? Seward Street a slash now. | ANSWERS: Two Democrats, Reps. Multer of 5 1. July 10, 1929, New York and Davenport of Pern- | 5 har es w, carter sylvania took the House flwr to| 2 IEskimos. The C l demand a reduction in the war-| 3. Vermont. ? MDIIII&!’Y time rates. These amount to 20 4. Eight. g per cent of the retail price of 5. This expression was originally “grace widow,” meaning a widow Fourth and Franklin Sts. many items such as furs, cosmetics, | by grace or courtesy. PHONE 136 = s e ————————————— jewelry and luggage. Still, the best bet right now xs[ that Doughton is right—that there will be no slash before perhaps “That’s an old sto broke ir L Y B na Beac! g Chiafrman Adolph Sabath, D, Til| the management of tideland oil. 1' 1% L v sometime in 1950. “I've heard it many times. 1 re-|have not changed my position on T | memker as far back as the period | that bill” | aiter World War T, when the same| The chances of legislation on this i cries were raised by those whoj 1SSU€ e remote at this session. j | fought to keep us out of the Leaguc Eirqueled | ACROSS 84, Waxy sub- of Nations. If Congress had not FLASHE'S ! L Beseech Aney o The > S eans P rARTHNCY o ac! listened to those men, there might| The House Ways and Means| 4 Fragrance from cark | Rot Tive Bhen b Warlk War. IT { committee clamped a tight sec- ‘;- :‘l‘ vrofitable 36, Undeveloped | 2 . 3 ) q 3 . Rowin W | Then, pointing at Rep. John Da- |Yecy ban on the names of the threc implement g7, Positive | vis Lodge, R., Conn., Sabath add-|members who voted inst the| 13. French uuthor electrode | ed, “There sits the grandson of | Sccial Security liberalization bill.} 4. Optical organ 39. Guellc | the man who led the fizht against| They are Reps. Carl Curtis, R, Senan el ki | v: J Su o din fhe Leanue Senator ‘Henty: Babot|Nebs Noah Mason, R’ Ili and | Hl.Serer 42. Ore dep PP John Byrnes, R., Wis Presi- | 43, Wore. oat For a moment, Lodge sat in stun-|dent Truman was miffed when | i 4. Any monkey ' S ' ki 2 Tt b 4 Rational ned silence. Then, white with an- | Sen. Arthur Watkins, R. Utah,| z; 18 Carve by Solution of Yesterday's Puzzte | ge ¢ jumped to his feet and|rushed throush the $70,000,000 ¢ 5" on e | shouted, “The record prove | measure for the We Basin re- | b T S e L P T g ¢ clamation proj t debate : 6. Note of th | who i ht lamation project withou debate. | oW ih-al tha record,” re-|“That's a very big bill to be pass-| 3 68, Dried grass L Swump 6. Town In | ed by unanimous consent,” the | 694 Pirpen 2 Spike of cereal Pennsyivania | | President told Sen. Elbert Thom- ! Afresn ot EElgEas ek las and Rep. Walter Granger of | s | v‘“‘ L ormer Sen. John Sher- | 1. Affirmative | ¢ | . liberal Kentucky Re- e ann | Hg H . Drpdrlid | hool tonch. | Publican, will - address a United | | WO LEACH- | Mine Workers meeting from three Soft restn | . | states on Labor Day. Cooper was of the | Saviiiar e lone of the few Republicans who | | s Eindasn : opposed the Taft-Hartley Act. H % ! minster Presbyteri | = e { Color. | | g | the Potomac in o006 0eoeconone §ind of abrod ) Usual attendance le 5 Forn for dents lo TIDE TABLE o) Flower T+ "% Vaughan has been conducting e o Costly this for years. He !. 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