The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 30, 1949, Page 4

. PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA i - . n . {birds and returned by hunters to FWS with informa- | v ~ . aily Alaska Em PIre |t s the kind of bird it was and the geo-| ~ UG syiey sehink ssost Bundsy: by the graphical place it killed, help trace the movement | _‘_ ¢ EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY of the seed as the crop is harvested. Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska wfl TROY MONSEN - - - - President % ROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President >4 ce ide” ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - anaging Editor Place to Hide ALFRED ZENGER - - - - siness Manager = o T I o S (Fairbanks News-Miner) e o 06 0 Cc v o 0 0 0 0 Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBLORIPTION RATES: President Truman has announced that there is|® b Delivere by cacrier in Juneau and Douclas for §1.50 per month, | evidence of a recent atomic explosion in Russia. » SEPTEMBER 30 et six months, $8.00; one vear, S15.00 ity h ‘o 2 . By mail, postage pa. t the following rates: This is taken to mean that the Soviets, aided by i One year. n advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; | captured German scientists, have produced an atomiz|® Mrs. W. M. Whitehead = ne month, in advance, $1.50. ' Henry A. Benson . Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly motify DOMb. T e Basinese Office of any failuré or rresularity in the delivers This day and this announcement have been com- | ® Elvird Berggren b/ M their papers. ’ 4 . Teiephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. ing with dread certainty ever since the day in August,|® : Merle G:{org; 16 p MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 1945, when the Enola Gay went into its bomb run|® BV BE SF. Reatdong T R s ot o= | over Hiroshima. ) Aerry. £xon g““""'he" i e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for o 5 ° Angus Foss v republication of all news dispatcbes credited to 1t or not other- There can be little surprise that Russia has now | J H z? MecLeod . wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | succeeded in harnessing the basic energy of the uni- s berein. , o 3 3 ° Wanda Jo Wagner . AR B hiebiorni verse to spread death and destruction. # John' Quilico . NATIONAL REPRE:! ATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 The implications are, of course, enormous. The . Gail Ferguson ° e e B i A T R O AR effect upon future international dealings cannot fail | 5 ¢ to b to be profound e [ T e e L R It is of little moment now whether Russia is manufacturing these terrible instruments of horror in “commercial” guantities. 1 What is important is the inescapable fact that the | illusions of scientific supremacy, secrecy and industrial lknu\vhuw constituting a Maginot line which many | though would protect our monopoly on the bomb— have been exploded. ‘ The sands are running low. o The time is at hand when mankind will have to | face the possibility of its own annihilation. WATCH DUCK BANDS The peoples of the earth must decide whether to e 7 A plunge down the path to destruction or whether, finally, Duck hunters will crouch in the weeds tomorrow ' to begin to match civil laws with natural laws, thereby at noon, waiting for incoming flights of waterfowl. | moving toward the promised dawn of a great new age. Some will be lucky and bag the limit of five ducks They will do well to make the decision soon. the first day. Some will bag only one or two. [ e i | | | But there is a chance that one of the ducks will carry a Fish and Wildlife Service band on its leg; and that band is important to the future of duck- In Alaska on an inspection tour, General Lawton hunting. 1 Collins, new Army Chief of Staff, says a railroad to Some of the birds were banded’ by S CIeWS | tho Territory would be “nice,” but not essential to the in the Arctic this summer; others have been banded area’s defense. The point of view of so highly-placed in Canada, in the United States and in Mexico. But o mjlitary man is to be respected, though not neces- all of the banded birds carry important messages. . For it is the bands, returned to FWS by cooperative hunters, which make possible the tracing of the birds’ migration. And this in turn makes possible gon- servation. More than Defense (Seattle Times) | sarily complacently accepted. | A railroad to Alaska may not be essential for defense purposes. But there are other things to be considered in Alaska besides its defense. -A railroad into the Territory from the Pacific Northwest would be a potent factor in the development of Alaska's rich natural resources. The likes of Secretary of Defense Johnson hasn’t | been seen in official Washington in many a long and | weary year. He says he's going to economize—and then goek right ahead and economizes! And conservation—well, it is often a misunder- stood term: conservation does not mean a few birds this vear and many next year; nor does it mean a lot of birds this year and nearly none next year. Conservation means a reasonable {iumber of birds this year, and next year, and next year, and s0 on. It means harvesting the crop while protect- { ing the seed. The leg bands, taken from the dead migratory To the hjt of extinct birds we must now add the dove of peacé in Europe. | can National Chairman Guy Gab- | | rielson to ke new counsel of the 1bill to the new Rules Chairman,|Republican National Committee. | Sen. Carl Hayden of Arizona, and|The appointment will be announ- |a subcommittee quietly approved | ced shortly. 'the $6,000 fee. It is planned 10| This marks another triumph ior :lfmzz the matter up quietly on the | the anti-Dewey forces within the Senate floor during routine business | Republican high command, which in order to avoidl publicity. cnly last month succeeded in oust- | ing Dewey’s appointee, Hugh Scott, | as National Chairman. ! The man Governor Gates will dent Truman saw after zmnuunciug‘1‘91-’“‘0c is Barak T. Mattingly of that Russia had exploded the atom |St. Louis. Mattingly, for many was genial Jim Patton, boss of thc‘)'e“:js REDl‘fb“Cfl’;wLNflliflnfll Cl:’m— B . | National Farmers Union. mitteeman from ssouri, has been ;salsa ~Chrm”1“3“p0{1 U. S'Cb PSUM,,wrpat's mighty tough business,|d Staunch pro-Dewey man, and, irector of the Pullman GOMPany, |y, - pregident,” Patton said, as he|during the revolt against Dewey, Pure Ol Armour, Peoples Gas|onoreq (ne Presidential office. | finally lost out as committeeman. ‘until the 81st Congress. Now Stennis has submitted the The Wa&ifihilon Verry-Go-Round 3y DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) giant American Telegraph and| = Telephone - Company, which also, TRUMAN ON FARM PHONES faces wdge and pensions problems.’ Sewell Avery—Head of Montgom- ery Ward, who once was ejected frem his Chicago office by U. S. troops during a labor strike. Avery; One of the first persons Presi- GIRL SCOUT NEWS { There was” another Girl Scout troop No. 9 meeting at Mrs. Zal- main Gro:s's home Wednesday af- ternoon. While talking on some matters {that will be settled next week, we looked at some pictures of the camp Shirley Casperson went to. This is an international camp and Girl Scouts from all over America go to it. Lynn Bodding, won free passes to game of 20 questions. We have some adorable greeting cards and also some beauti- ‘ful Christmas Cards to sell. lfl anyone is interested, please phone; {Nellfl Jermain. | We adjourned the meeting, eating he refreshments Paula Cook and | 3ally Crooks served us. Paula Cook, Reporter. Girl Scouts of Troop No. 11 held their weekly meeting in the Luth- eran church parlors. The President | called the meeting to order and Lhe; Iminutes of the previous meeting, jwere read. We discussed making ! puppets for one of our projects of| the year. I Then we reviewed the songs we learned last <year. Papcorn and. !punch were served and the meeting | adjourned at 5 p.m. | Virginia Whitehead, Reporier. Girl Scouts Troop No. 1 was! lcaned to order by President Pat' {Sweeney at the third meeting; { Thursday at the Methodist church. Carol Leath, Secretary, called' the attendance and we have 14 mem- bers now. We started with only nine. | "After the minutes were read, | Marian Glafke, Treasurer, took up the dues. After business discussions, refreshments were served by Mdrian Glafke, Meeting was adjourned at 5 o'clock. Rosita Zamora, Reporter. } i DUCK HUNTERS! You can:get !a New 12-gauge Autmatic . for |Smt[l(‘. was a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. The Quiz Kids, Ann Henning and!;l the 20th Century Theater in thej ]{ Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corvox lilt,lel‘ — — from 20 YEARS AGO 7%'s T smflfiaamao.xm'_ Ed Sweum, H. B. Crewson, L. V. Engstrom, Charles Greena and Henry Roden were among passengers arriving this morning aboard the steamer Admiral Rogers from the south. ’« cxrrns | CONDITIONS | OFWEATHER Juneau’s waterfront was busy this day, with no less than four ships in port. Southbound, steamer Northwestern had aboard a shipment of 400 tons of ore from Mayo, Y. T. destined for the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Smelter in Bradley, Idaho. Steamer Admiral Evans was en- route west, and had 300 tons of coal from Ladysmith, B. C., for the Pacific Coast Coal Company here. Steamer Princess Louise was in lfrom the south, enroute to Skagway, as was the Admiral Rogers, on the triangle run. Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacifioc Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureay at Juneau, follow: Anchorage . 38—Partly Cloudy 31—Partly Cloudy 38—Partly Cloudy .. 45—Rain 42—Cloudy 52—Cloudy 26—Clear 47—Cloudy 50—Partly Cloudy 47—Rain 52—Rain 46—Rain 40—Cloudy 35—Cloudy sigurd Wallstedt, District Deputy of the Loyal Order of Moose, arrived in Juneau on the Princess Louise, after attending the forty- first annual convention of the LOOM in Detroit, Mich.,, where he had the distinction of being the only delegate from Alaska. . Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak ...~ Kotzebue McGrath Nome Petersburg . - Prince George Seattle ‘Whitehorse \ Yakutat Northland Transportation Company announced the motorship W. B. Foshay was scheduled to sail from Seattle on or about October 1 with freight and passengers. Basic freight rate was $7.50 per ton, according to their advertisement. Joe Meherin was a guest at the Gastineau Hotel. sam Baker, salesman for the H. V. Love Dry Goods Company of Weather: High, 56; low, 47; cloudy. DUVALLS ‘' VISIT HERE ——— = Mrs. Royal Duvall of Petersburg and her daughter Ruth, 14, left —J |Juneau today after an extra day's r ¥ stopover in Juneau to visit the WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "What did you do thafyioqes Ristorical Library and Mu- for?” Say, “WHY did you do that?” ! seum. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Bas-relief (sculpture). Pronounce ba-| aprjying and departing by Alaska re-lef, A as in AH, both E's as in ME (first E unstressed), accent last | Coastal Airlines, it was the Duvalls’ syllable. first flight in an .aircraft, their OFTEN MISSPELLED: Attorneys; EYS, and not IES. |first visit to Juneau and first visit SYNONYMS: Anticipate, foresee, predict, surmise. Ito the Museum, they said. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: PRODIGALITY; extravangance in expenditure. “Gaming is the child of evarice, but the father of prodigality.”—Colton. RUMMAGE SALE Rummage Sale and White Ele- phants, old books, ete., Trinity {Church undercroft, Sat., Oct. 1, 10 m. 309 4t ALASKAPTS. 39—Cloudy | FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1949 Mrs. Chesfer Zenger | Named as President | Of Legion Auxiliary Mirs. Chester (Sariira) was elected last night to head American Legion Auxiliary, Juneak Unit No. 4, as President for coming year. Her husband, a Worl War II veteran, has been Col mander of Juneau Post No. American Legion, during the just ending. Other officers who will serve wi Mrs. Zenger are as follows: ' Vice-President, Mrs. Ernest Li coln; Second Vice-President, Mrs. V. P. Harris; Historlan, Mrs. H. ‘Waldemar; Recretary - Treasurer, Mrs. W. J. Manthey; Chaplain, Mr: M. G. Perkins; Sergeant-at-Arms, Mrs. John Dapcevich; Executive Committee, Mrs. Ray Day, Mrs) Alfred Zenger, Sr., Mrs. Olaf Bod~ ding, and Mrs. Paul B. Shr Junior Past President. Joint installation ceremonies wil be held with the American Legion, the date to be announced later. After thafi ness session, and a?-e ; enjoyed by the group; ‘who their appre ciation to Silva Z Who “whip ped up the cake 3 Stocking ' dolls for - the Vete: Hospital Gift Shop .were cut oul -and several members took thel home to make up. 'Other gif articles to be made up were (distributed [y Mrs. Bert Kiefer, who as Rehablilitation Chairman in charge of the project. The regular business meeting of the Auxiliary will be held Tu night, October 4. ® ® o o 5 o 0 0o 0 o j L] e ATTENTION SKATERS !’ . ‘The rink will be open to- © night (Frhl:oy) Sept. 30 from @ e 7:30 to 11:30. e . ‘a2 e ® & o o o ¢ 0 0 0 o = Y ll EYES EXAMINED PO, Q. How can a divorced woman who is using her maiden name include “Miss” in front of her name when sending out her daughter’s wedding announcements? A. A divorced woman with a daughter should not be using “Miss” | ) in front of her name, as it leads to social complications such as this | MODERN ETIQUEITE Zonsara v | LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST one. However, in this case, she can put “Mrs.” in front of her maider: name, and give her daughter’s full name on the announcement. Q. If a toast is proposed to a person, should this person drink from his glass too? A. No; he does not rise from his chair, nor does he drink the toast. Q. Is it obligatory for the bride’s attendants to wear gloves?: A. 1t is preferable, although t( absolutely necessary. S IT&OK and LEARN %’{ C. GORDON H 1. What is the approximate curvature of the earth per mile? 2. In which U. S. State is there a forest' of stone? Another BIG Night 3. What baby bird eats about three times its own weight in worms " g o’ every day? Light and Coke, which also face! wage and pension problems. . 1 “I had to make the announce-| However, as a reward for loyal-|$34.45 at MADSEN'S. Open till 9 James Black—Head of Pacific Gas and Electric, a guiding EXEC“'...I‘Can assure you it wasn't taste- | tional Committee, despite protests) tive of the Southern. Pacific Rail-{ way and director of various insur- j ance and utility companies. | George A. Sloan— Dircctor of | Goodyear Tire, Bankers Trust,! American Alliance Insurance ' Co., and a group of insurance compan- | ies. . When the President’s fact-find- ing board first published its recom- ! mendations, Sept. 10, for a 10-cent| pension and insurance plan, some U. S. Steel executives indicated to newsmen that this would be ac-} ceptable. Then, suddenly, on Sept. 11, word was passed out that the bankers behind U. S. Steel objected. They did not want Big Steel to set | up a pension pattern for other in- dustries under which labor did not{ contribute. H Note 1—John L. Lewis already‘ has started to crow over Phil Mur- ray in the United Mine Workers Journal for surrendering on the| fourth round of wage increases. Insiders say he is just itching to! crgw again on any Murray com- promise over pensions. Note 2—It was U. S. Steel—; which owns extenSive captive coull mines which helped 'set the w‘elrarrl fund pattern by which John L, Lewis and his miners do not have to contribute to the fund. If this precedent had not been set, it would have been easier for both} Murray and do business. the steel industry to BILBO'S LAWYER It looks like the lawyer whio de- fended the late Senator Bilbo of Mississippi against charges brought( in the U. S. Senate would now be paid $6,000 by the same which did not seat Bilbo The lawyer, Forrest Jackson, serv-j ed as Bilbo's attorney in warding | off impeachment. Bilbo, because | of his health, was never impeach- ed, and died before any proceed- ings were brought Therefore, since it is customary for the taxpayers to pay for a Senator’s defense as long as he is not impeached, Attorney and the man who replaced Bilbo, | Sen. John Stennis, tried to get the Senate to pay. However, Rules Chairman Curl Brooks of Illinois who was suppos ed to pass on the matter ]Jlead~'dl that he was up for re-election begged Stennis to hold up the b!ll; | fur” ment once we were sure,” rophed{‘y‘ Hugh Scott appointed Mattingly | p, m. daily. 312 2| Truman, in tight-lipped seriousness, as counsel of the Republican Na- of Howard Stephens, also of St.! Liberal allowance given on your Senate |y now looks ecrtain that Mrs. Doug- ja third Jackson!which is bitterly opposed by the! turned in his bill to the Senate,|private power trust, has been boxed | Turning to a more peafful| topic, the President promised Pat-{ ton his full support in getting the | rural telephone bill through the| Senate during this session. It hasi already passed the House. | “Farmers are really steamed up | about this bill,” reported Patton. “They feel they have as much" SCHWINN BIKES at MADSEN’S | employment Commission) will meet right to a telephone as city folks. Also, the practical need for bring- ing phone service to farms that do | not have it is getting more urgent | all the time. Brooders and other equipment on a great many farms are now operated by electricity. “When there are breakdowns, farmers have great diffictlty in getting a repair man if they don’t have telephones.” “Jim, we'll get that bill enacted,” predicted Truman, ‘“even though we're fighting one of the biggest trusts in the country.” Note—The President referred to| the American Telephone and Tele- graph Company, which has been lebbying vigorously against . the rural telephone bill. MERRY-GO-ROUND Congress seems to be over the unemployment jitters. A few weeks ago, the joint committee on the economic report was all steamed | up to investigate unemployment. But the whole thing has now been | quietly called off . . . Jimmy Roose- | velt and Congresswoman Helen | Douglas were the two stars of | lthe Western States Democratic | Conferencee. Sen. Sheridan Dow- jney, California’s one Democratic | member of the upper chamber, who | snubbed President Truman last r, didn't even show up . .. It s will oppose Downey for the ate. Jimmy Roosevelt has the Demccratic nomination for governor sewed up . President Truman has assured intimates that he will not back down on his appointment of Leland Olds, liberal member of the Fegeral Power Commission, for term. Olds’ appointment, up in the Senate Interstate and Toreign Commerce committee for months. Louis, and former part owner of the St. Louis Browns. Stephens, now the new National Committeeman from Missouri, has prevailed upon Guy Gabrielson, and Mattingly will now be replaced by the ex-Governor of Indiana. CALL FOR BIDS The 40 foot combination cruiser- trawler, “Hi Yo Silver”, will be sold by the Veterans Affairs Commis- sion. Open to public bid. Bids must be mailed on or before October 15, 1949 to P. O. Box 2721, Juneau. The Commissioner reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Boat may be seen at the Northern Commercial Company. First publication, Sept. 30, 1849. Last publication, Oct. 3, 1949. old fur coat. Trade it in on a [new one—made in Juneau. Martin | Victor Furs, Inc. 95 !‘ NOTICE i\ TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The Employment Security Com- | mission of Alaska (formerly the Un- in Anchorage, Alaska in the last iweek of October at the Territorial | Glover Bldg. at 5th and E Streets. The meeting will start Tuesday, October 25, 1949, 10:00 A. M. Any and all persons having busi- ness before the Commission ,may appear and will be given an oppor- tunity to be heard. R. E. SHELDON, Executive Director. First publication, Sept. 30, 1949. Last publication, Oct. 21, 1949. 7 &% Bt iFERES fil%%/////% Employment Office located in the | 4. In which State of the U. S. are there the greatest number of high mountain peaks? g 5. Which opera has been sung more often than any other five operas combined? ANSWERS: 1. Eight inches. 2. Arizona; the Petrified Forest. 3. The robin. 4. Colorado. e 5. “Faust.” 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 ',—_— Plumbing Oldest Bank in Alaska ddP l EEd EMEDE L0 3 o (T VAA(E [oa/RIMRIOIS[IINIRHIVIE PlRIEIM[1[S! EWERY . R| ACROSS 2. God of the M{I[CEIS AIA .\ Compuny underworld TABLEMANKLIETS 5 32, Twitching WLICESICEEKMIRE 33. Su A 8 Drooping 1 [REMC] [D[E[RINCIY g d, animat ~ER e D ERIIB0[E[R -, " ish rive 13. Japanese 38, White poplar - [elpl1[T[1/o/NJISEINID i3 raw cape 40" Feminine cloNNIIS AN 14 1 ckname t—1 16 Ureek tetter 42 {Qu"\':l‘l back T{H[ 1 [N[Kl{A[P[O[L0[G]Y] 16. Raw 1. Wasting 1]0|N E[N| D O T|0| IS, Footlike purt 47, New Zealand 20 Whirlpools: “tree plelclio[ eTISIE[A[T 21 o Likens G gk Solution ot Yesterday's Puzzie 2. 61, Unsmelted var: eoin S ROWA X © seed 55.\Vex: colloq, | Sho | 35 Broniiares® 86 ‘Theater box 69, Marin L CUL ahoet 1 2. 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