The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 27, 1949, Page 4

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1949 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; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. €D B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Wéo YE . Halloimienion, PAGE FOUR ARS AGO work. The Americans say with much justice, that so far we have been taking these benefits at the expense | of other countries.” : /| CABLE LINES BROKEN EMPIRE ‘,; BY QUAKE; REPAIRING '| BEGUN BY CABLE SHIP S W, e The ACS Cmbic Ship Lenoir is The San Su Strutters, first girls' jazz band to appear in Juneau, made [ now repairing four cable breaks a successful debut at the Palace Theatre to a capacity audience of fans | Which were apparently caused by who were noisily enthusiastic over the “jazzy, classy program” of the Sunday’s earthquake. opening bill The breaks were in two cables e g between Ketchikan and Wrangell, i ey s of Lt. Deltert .P. Applegate, officer | Felix Gray was named by the Douglas City Council to fill the |, charge of. the Juneau station,| Daily Alaska Empire } Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Sccond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - ALFRED ZENGER - - . - from THE UNIFIC It will be rather generally agreed that the Air Force should have facilities equal to those of the older | | services for the training of its officer corps. This lends { some strength to the proposal lately made by Louis A. | Johnson, Defense Secretary, that Congress authorize a | third service academy, comparable to those at We.sté ATION? President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. AUG SUBSCRIPTION RATES: < Delivered by carricr in Juncau and Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: 1 ce. $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ce, $1.50 confer a favor if they will promptly notifs Ole Westby Eunice Anderson Howard G. Gross Zalmain Gross One ¥ one month [T B TRNAR o RN TP Py ‘P"““;O‘:’E‘te‘:“’i‘:“’i";’z f‘i;i‘(‘)‘:s A‘;:::":f i Gloria White unexpired term of L. D. Hammock as City Clerk, following Hammock’s | saiq today. come. F. DEWEY BAKER, i gt g L g L o B i vl T e L th? i v the BORI Mrs. Henry Benson resignation. Arne Shudshift was elected a member of the aldermanic| It is the first time, as far as is| LExalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, 5 T e e ot e A e Mrs. J. A. Sofoulis board on resignation of Harold McConnell, who expected to be out of |known, that cables have been| Secretary. gl it B S R B S et § S R e Heather Holinan town most of the winter. Another change in personnel was effected with | broken in this region by the force paper and also the local news published | B1V the Air Force an equal status with the other Mrs. E. F. Rodenberg the election of O. H. Bliss to succeed W. J. Grant as City Marshal of a quake, he said. services. But there is more logic in an attempt to s gt ¢ Repair work should be completed gg*g]%g‘gELL,s s services, rather than to f heir separate- Vi v i “ase ;m e o s e e W. G. Hellan was awarded the contract for school bus service be- | *\ihi® :fi‘;fig"had ol oo een . | ness by creating still another service academy. o pleted [ 17 Main st. Phone 712 tween Auk_L:\ke and Juneau, it was announced by R. E. Robertson, i, capje repair and inspection: trip | President of the Juneau School Board. Wilfred J. Leivers Glenn Earl Allen John C. Martinsen George Phillips Thomas Burns Everett E. Smith Cyril D. Hansen Mrs. Charles Naghel Gene Vuille A great many of the basic courses in the two present academies are identical. And in the first two, | years of training, cadets and midshipmen could just | jas well be taught in civilian universities. The existing | ia('ndemms are now overcrowded. It might be wise to | | reorganize them as genuine professional schools, taking ‘young men after they have had their first two years of collegiate work in any of a score of universities. | On that basis, the proposed Air Academy could be a smaller and less costly installation. And, at the same | time, all the cadets and midshipmen would have a common background of instruction in the coumry’s; ‘Woman, Her Lover, between Five Fingers and Juneau ST ER when called on to repair the new | Charles Tuckett, accompanied by his wife, returned on the Alaska |breaks. from Ketchikan, to resume management of the Coliseum, a post he held before going to Ketchikan to supervise installation of the Vitaphone | there. Louis Lemieux, fomerly of the Coliseum here, was Coliseum | manager at Ketchikan. High- Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store NOTICE Not responsible for deots incur- ed by anyone except ourselves.—| ELEANOR and ROYAL OREIL-| Miss Beth Anderson expected to leave on the Alaska for Mile Seven, LY, ol near Cordova, where she was to teach. Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— Follow the Cabs to SEAIER: B. HERMANEEN ; = ROSS’ OASIS i ‘ SOCIALISM? A e Py o Mrs. 1. Tilden and Mrs. Josephine Tupper, Juneau teachers, returned on the Alaska after spending the summer in the States. They had ]ustv Socialism? Last January Capt. Jim Davis sug- iho‘“ Universities. H i gested to The Empire that the United States let Eng- | S | d' D' faa |completed a motor trip through California . Other teachers on the| in Douglas " ] Ll land try out socialism before our government starts ' Same Old Story el el'l ell(e 0 |e III Alaska were Miss Dorothy Beth Fey and Miss Josie M. Hursh, who for a Good Time The Hexall Store following suit. SAaE | » taught in Douglas. Your Reliable P! a 7 : | taue glas. i able Pharmacists Here is an editorial from a London newspaper (Jessen’s Weekly) (halr 'or Murdeh Weather: High, 66; low, 44; partly cloudy. e I BUTLER-MAURO Every year a new proposal crops up in the Interior i Department for colonizing Alaska. Not many years | ago it was to be a penal settlement in the Aleutians; in recent years colonies for displaced Europeans have |" been proposed, and now it is “selected groups” with | veteran preferénce that Julius Krug, present Secretary | of the Interior proposes to establish in Alaska with | Congressional backing. | that would suggest that all is not well with England’s 1 services afforded by its present government: “Gilt-edged stocks go down with another bump. War loan is nearly back to its Dunkirk low level; the unfortunate holders of government gas stock find that 10 per cent is already knocked off the value of their ‘compensation’ for securities held before nation- MIRACLE SERIES Popular Piano Instruction and Accordian NEW YORK, Aug. 27.—(P— Mrs. | DRUG CO. . . . Martha Beck, 29, and Raymond| Dll E |hby ‘ Marthn Beck, 29, ona mevmend )| U@lY LESSONS IN ENGIISN. w. 1. GoRDON || sentenced to die in‘ the electric||_ i o i RE S SRR 0 . - S s o i chair the week of October 10 for , s Y, T e = the murder of Mrs. Janet Fay, 66, WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He dealed the cards. Albany, N. Y. widow. Say, “He DEALT the cards.” | soc Alaska Music Supply | g 1 {rthur M. Uggen, Manager | Pianos—Musical Ynstruments alization. These falling vrices, like the continued drop in national savings, show a widespread lack of con- | fidence in the Socialist government's ability to get us out of our crisis. “Abroad, too, our economic prestige has sunk .. . our American friends, who have helped us so much and to whom we look for still further aid, are be- coming more critical of our blunders. “American criticism must be taken seriously. Its real burden is that our government is squandering 1 At the same time that the Interior Department tries to colonize Alaska on a large planned scale, using | “national security’ as a point in stressing the need for a “strong and expanding permanent population,” it iuddly withdraws large acreages from homesteading | by individuals who are coming to Alaska on their own | initiative in search of land which they hope themselves ; to develop, and who are the type of person really needed . for a “strong and expanding permanent population™ rather than Washington-selected persons who have to be pampered and given special inducements to make BUREAU The state chargéd the Fay mur- | der, and two other murders laid to | | the defendants in Michigan, grew | from a scheme to fleece lonely wo- men. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OF PUBLIC ROADS | AUGUST 24, 1949. SEALED BIDS | will be received at the office of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal | our resources on costly social services and wasteful nationalization schemes and then going cap in hand across the Atlantic for help. “Wealth is a “If we want all our present social benefits we : wish we knew how have to pay for them in the only way, by harder lf"l ailthent. them live in Alaska. and Territorial Building, Alaska until 11:00 AM. on Sep- tember 7, 1949, and then publicly Jopened for fur Ii:ls and performing the work for fconstructing Alaska Forest High- disease,” asserts a columnist. We | to go about contracting this delight- | strategists in the Democratic par- |7ry. He has ably backed every | phase of the fair deal program | with the exception of the Brannan | | Plan. Senator Joe O’Mahoney, Merry-Go-Round By DRE\;]_;EARSON | four-termer from Wyoming, char- acterizes Anderson as “one of two (Continued from Page 1} freshmen whose work is distinctive ¢ - | for intelligence, conscientiousness ; and effectiveness.” ROBERT S. KERR— Oklahoma ex-Governor and millicnaire oil- The Washingfon bate has sunk pretty low. The chamber sorely needed a strong in- fusion of high ability and char- e 4 man, whose liberal record is dis- | Topping this group of distin- nnc!_ive on public power, labor, guished freshmen are the rullow-lh‘)"”"g‘ eduoation,. social seourity, ing: iand farm legislation. His big de- | viation has been on the bill he is (D, m.;fl 2 ; aggressively pushing to strip the PAUL H. DOUGLAS Former professor of economics, a & battle-decorated marine veleran.lpc‘ieml Power Commission of con- and gentlemanly but indomitable|trol over a major segment of the natural gas industry and open the way for a $75,000,000 hike in con- ) sumer rates. Kerr is the second of the two freshmen lauded by Senator O'Mahoney. liberal whom Senator Ed Johnson, three-term Coloradoan, rates the “rockie of the year.” Douglas won his seat against apparent heavy odds, and has displayed the same fighting qualities and independence; ROBERT C. HENDRICKSON -- in the Senate. His debate against|New Jersey Republican and Army the strongly supported bill to cir-| yeteran who has done yeoman ser- cumvent the Supreme Court’s re-|yice in fighting for civil rights jection of the basing-point pricefand to liberalize the “anti-Semitic system was the most impressive of | ang anti-Catholic” Displaced Per- the session. sons law. RUSSELL B. LONG— 31-year-old “baby” of the Senate, who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with Douglas against the basing point restoration bill. Unlike his late father, Long makes few speeches and is very popular in the Senate. He faces a tough re-election fight next year and is treading a wary course on issues that affect Louistana, ticularly oil and civil rights, J. ALLEN FREAR—Delaware war veteran, who has an excellent liber- ESTES KEFAUVER (D, Tenn.)— Who also won in a seemingly hope- less race and has been uncom- promising in making good his cam- paign promises. Kefauver is the only southern freshman who has gone 100 per cent down the line for the fair deal program, includ- ing civil rights. He stands out amang his southern colleagues like the Washington Monument does in the capital. Kefauver is a good winter-book bet for a place on the 1 wotl 1952 Democratic presidential ticket o ,‘U.“ng peadid gxcept Ok " publio SE i power. Elected with strong Iabor HUBERT H. HUMPHREY (D.}packing, Frear has gone down the Minn.)—Former college professor,;jine on labor measures. mayor of Minneapolis, and militant LYNDON B. JOHNSON-—Ingrat- New Dealer, who battles for thejiating Janky Texan, who gave upl par-{ things he believes in as resolutely |, seat in i sé! the,House ti as he talks fluently about them. 946008 4o e He is outstandingly the most elo-1, quent champion in Congress Dfllmeral record has been dimmed Agriculture Secretary Brannan's| somewhat by deviations on civil farm-price-support plan. The fact|rights labor and oil legislation. that the proposal has been cold-| jonnson s working closely with shouldered has only intensified | gorr to put over the natural gas Humphrey's fervor. Only 38 years|«ripper” bill. On the other hand, ationa e 'ena. | standing support to President - NFleNl; PORTER _GRAHAM (D.,| man’s gub]ilzp power prog‘imx:. Tru 9 )] rrvunem' Ion:ne}r pr'esldenl' LESTER C. HUNT—Former Wyo- of the University of yoxlh Carolina ming Governor and dentist, who and an equally eminent Senator.|nas packed the President on every- Although he has held his seat only thing except his national health a few months and is one of the|incurance program. Hunt has par- Navy, is able, hard-working and skilled legislator. His previous mildest-mannered members of the ticularly distinguished himselt in Ch‘:m’b‘;z he has already made an|pis fair conduct of the investiga- Sl | Biing evidence of ‘thid petrators of the Malmedy massacre. } is that some of Graham'’s warmest A friends are old guard colleagues 4 whom he has staunchly opposed on NURSERY MEEII"G ( issues. Other notable freshmen are: wm"ESDAY' AUG. 31 MRS. MARGARET CHASE — | SMITH (R., Me.)— Who won With the Cooperative Nursery| against three powerful masculine|opening September 6, a plea for opponents and has repeatedly brok- | sturdy pre-school age toys is again en with her Republican colleagues | mentioned. A call to either mem- on major issues. She voted for}ber of the Toy Committee, Mrs. the Administration’s public housing, | Kenneth Axelson, 932, or Mrs. Will- ajd to education, and civil rights|iam Elsner, Blue 730, would be wel- program. comed. CLINTON P. ANDERSON (D.| Mrs. Duncan M. Chalmers, Nur- N. M. —Former Secretary of Ag-isery Chairman, and Mrs. Frank| riculture and one of the smartest' Stejer, co-chairman, are still inter- | way Project 7-D2, Bridge Repairs, Mitkof Highway, Tongass National | nursery, thereby earning five free|Forest, First Judicial Division, Ter- | days for their children or from jritory of Alaska. The project 139 those who would like to leave their|feet in length is located 10.8 miles children any week day irom one!south of the Town of Petersburg | to five. The charge is $1 an ax-‘and consists of replacing the exisungl ternoon or 25 cents an hour. Each untreated timber deck of the Falls additional child in the same fam- |Creek bridge with Government-furns ily is half-price. Arrangements can!ished treated timber. The item of be made to pay by the week or’work is as follows: Installing New month by contacting the treasurer,"rimher Deck and Railing on Falls | Mrs. Alexander Young, who is also|Creek Bridge, All Req'd. Plans| in charge of the food and juice giv- {and specifications may be examined en the children each afternoon. |by prospective bidders at the Bureau All mothers interested in anyjof Public Roads, 419 Federal and | phase of the rursery are invited ! Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska; | to meet at 3 o'clock Wednesday,|Bureau of Public Roads, 208 Broad- August 31, at the home of Mrs.|way-Oak Building, Portland, Ore- Ernest Gruening who, for another |gon; Associated General Contractors year, is giving over two large roomsiof America, Benjamin Franklin on the third floor of the Govemor's{l-lotel, Seattle, Washington; Asso-; House for the use of this project.|ciated General Contractors of Am- | G | | i ested.in hearing from mothers who. would like to give a day at the |erica, Multnomah Hotel, Portland, L | Oregon and Associated General Con- WESTMINS::‘:NI%ROTU;MORROW | tractors of America, 304-306 Central | { Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Where |copies of plans and specifications To start their fall season, The:are requested a deposit of $10.00 will Westminster Fellowship group of ibe required to insure their return. the Northern Light Fresbyterian|if these are not réturned within 15 Church will hold a picnic SUPPer') days after opening of bids, the de- meeting at Auk Bay tomOIrow.jposit will be forfeited to the Govern- Those going are asked to meet at!pmoent Checks should be made pay- 5 o'clock in the afternoon for trans- |aple to the Treasurer of the United portation. Each person is asked 10| giates. Plans and specifications may take his own lunch and notifylpe ghtained at' the office of the Janu McConnel so that the num- p...y of Public Roads, 419 Federal | ber. going ‘f’m e known.‘ Anyone {4 Territorial Building, Juneau, Al- interasteds dn doiping i this group!aska and Bureau of Public Roads,| Is Invlied- {208 Broadway-Oak Building, Port- iland, Oregon. H. A. Stoddart, Divi- | !sion Engineer. | CARDINAL CLUB DANCE Parish Hall, Monday evening at; First publication, Aug. 26, 1949. | ten. 84 2t Last publication, Aug. 29, 1949. . 5 | £ AEAEAFeRSEECR | Cross ord Puzzle TlA/MIIC/A[R OWN| | . " HIO[TTIE [TiTED] | ACROSS 34. Remnant of | S|ElA 1. Came together combustion TE Al oisT| | 4 Ibsen herolne 36. Evergreen tree P | 18 Obiera i NeWknglana : CIELI 3 terations . New Englan | 14 God of war State: abbr. Al MLUIN] 81| | 15. Italian coins 89. Poorly \ C O|N| 16. Voters 40. Country BIAIT 18. Four bridge 42. Shoot | plasers in a 44, Wild animal BlU/S Al M) game . Innkeeper w0, mlow'tne B sona out VIN[APIPIRIO[PIR[{TAITIE use of . Surfa 21. Butter ® ‘measure ClAITERRIE N TIE|L substitute §3. One living on E[Y Y[E{AIR] T[Nk A long way another ar P 8 e Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle . Flowertn, 67. Metal 10, GoAM 'l ‘Contatner 2. Sikworm 6. Electrical unit . Gre letter . Orlental cap A ynt' 31, Dance step DOWN % ik ey, % T Gvnt'e 32, Descendant 1. Liquefy by 6. Metal-bearing g More recent | 33, Write heat compound 9, Press 10. Green or blue | W iz pigment A English letter | Vend | I Tribe | Long fish | European | blackbird | Last Cistern . Armadillo Vaporous Seed container Widespread . disease . Musical character Cheering syllable Pertaining to a part of the eye . Broods of pheasants Arrow poison 5. Feminine name Egyptian solar disk . Bleat . Appropriate Wheeled vehicle . Epoch . Department in France | Juneau, | - hing the mater- || OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Diabetes. in DIE, A as in ASK unstressed, both E's as in ME, accent third syllable, and not di-a-be-tis. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Misstatement; two S's. SYNONYMS: Yearn, crave, covet, long. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let usi increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | HYPERABOLE; a statement exaggerated fancifully, as for effect. nounce hi-pur-bo-le, I as in HIGH, U as in FUR, O as in NO. E ds in ME, accent second syllable) (Pro- | MODERN ETIQUETT Q. What is the proper way to introduec a married woman to an unmarried one? A. The unmarried woman is always presented to the married woman, as, “Mrs. Jones, may I present Miss Smith?” | Q. If a bride-to-be is in a position to give verbal thanks for a wedding present received, is a written note unnecessary? A. Never; the ‘thank you” note must be written, and as soon as possible. 4 Q. Is it correct to use a fork to place jelly on bread? the knife should be used for this purpose. iLOOKVand LEARN 1. On his voyage of discovery, how many days did Columbus sail before sighting land in the New World? 2. Which country is the largest consumer of sugar in the world? 3. Which advertising position in a magazine is generally considered the most valuable? by A. C. GORDON 4. Which three countries have the most forest land? Supermarket 5. What is an entourage? R othy ANSWERS: 1. Seventy days. ° 2. The United States. STEVENS 3. Outside the back: cover. LADIES’—MISSES’ 4. The Soviet Union, Brazil, and Canada. READY-TO-WEAR 5. One’s attendants or associates. Seward Street Near Third ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 Oldest Bank in Alaska lgfll—flver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank o Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS JACK THOMPSON 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: "THE VELVET TOUCH" Federal Tax—12¢c—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. 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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 Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED 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 Daries, 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 'Fo 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 Free Delivery _for Boys