The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 7, 1949, Page 4

O PAGE FOUR . . | the conduct of the activities authorized by this Act.” Daily Alaska Empire | i lappointment of the Corporation officers and others without regard to civil service or classification laws, this might easily mean that a television station could Published every evening except Sunday by tne EMPIFE PRINTING COMPANY Second snd Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska @ELEN TROY MONSEN - - - President | DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President i inwright, P DOVIER A, FRIEND = g h 3 Managing Edttor | °€ (*s‘mbhs.hed‘ in Wainwright, and another Waldorf- Business Manager | Astoria built in Fort Yukon. Governmental agencies ALFRED ZENGER - - - w have done things at times almost as unnecessary. Of course, we admit that private enterprise is not jup to building highways or entering upon other gi- | gantic enterprises which have long been the realm of i Sottitn, 1 Syants, §1:50, #750; | government—whether it be local or national. Many Subscrivers will confer a favor if they will promptly notifs | points of the act have commenda e Busnese Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivers | © ble: objeotives. For »f ‘heir papers. | nstance: Teiephones 374, “To encourage and promote the establishment of 'a building materials industry in the Territory of Alaska, and in connection therewith, to construct and operate building materials plants.” “To encourage and promote the investment of i private capital in industrial, agricultural, commercial or related enterprises, undertakings or activities Alaska.” Another clause enables the Corporation to make loans to any recognized group, corporation, Indian tribe, or city to enlarge an existant business, or to establish one, when such loans are not available | through private channels. Another clause of excel- lence: “To encourage and engage in the business of pro- viding transportation facilities for persons and prop- 'erly to and from Alaska and from place to place in that Territory, whenever adequate facilities are not jotherwise available.” But then again, the Corporation is exempted from local and Federal taxation; it may exercise the right of eminent domain for purposes of obtaining property for its functions, and in selection of employees, no | tion, proposed under an act by that name and dis- | applicant may be discriminated against because of | cussed here by Assistant Secretary of Interior William | nationality. We thought this was part of the United Warne, looks like a modern version of the old East|gtates. U India Company and Hudson’s Bay Company of the A section which is a grace is the following: long ago, who were empowered by His Majesty to 80§ “The Corporation is directed to sell or otherwise out and do.things. |dispose of any enterprise or facility operated by it, They did things, all right—for His Majesty and!to any private, public or co-operative agency, as speed- for themselves. They were privately organized con-|ily as such sale or other disposition can reasonably cerns, and their day passed. But not before they|be consumated.” opened unknown lands and paved the way for heneri Other points of the Act not above mentioned things. {are mostly concerned with the activities of any cor- The proposal before us now, however, would b i orporation, other than the fact that it is empowered financed with one billion dollars of public ‘unds, to— |to borrow $100,000,000 from time to time from the among other things—go into competition with already |national treasury. existant private enterprise. For example, one clause It would seem on the one hand a furtherance | of Section 4 of the Act, which sets forth its authorized | of government desire to nationalize everything, yet on the other to give us things we need. Whether efforts “To construct or acquire, estapiish, maintain and | to built badly needed facilities would override tend- operate docks, wharves, piers, harbor terminal facili- | encies to promote things we already have, depends ties, shops, yards, marine railways, salvage and towing | upon administration. Perhaps words to that effect facilities, motor transportation facilities, power sys-)should be incoporated in the Act. tems, water systems, telegraph, telephone and cable | Secretary Warne has said the wording is not lines, construction facilities, living quarters, and other | Necessarily final; it would seem to us good policy to buildings, warehouses, storehouses, hotels, a printing make sure that twenty-five more laundries were not plant, commissaries and manufacturing, processing established in Juneau, while our need of a road out or service facilities in connection therewith, laundries, | is simply overlooked. dairy facilities, restaurants, amusement and recrea- | tional facilities, and other business enterprises, facili- Propaganda is baloney so artfully disguised that ties and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to:it passes as food for thought. Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivere¢ by carrfer in Juneau and Douxlas for §1.50 per monthy six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pruss is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published berein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: surth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash, — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAN At first blush, the Alaska.Development Corpora- engagements, states: _ PATTERSON, SOUTH EEATTLE, Oct. T—(M—William (Sourdough Bill) Patterson has ar- The Washingfon Verty-Go-Round By DREV-V—;EARSON (Continued from Page One) | POKER PARTIES ON YACHTS | At the time this letter was writ- | ten to Maragon, Bennett already had the following luxury yachts: “Carnan,” 600 horsepower, 121 foot, ——————— | 221 tons; “Valerie V,” 84 foot, 124 rived here aboard the Aleutian ures which Senator Hoey and his| tons; “Caroline,” 45 foot, 24 tons; from Seward, and this time, he staff have turned their back on fs| 'Nedra,” 111 foot, 101 tons. All says, maybe he'll stay. David A. Bennett, the perfume these, except the “Valerie V.” were Tpe colorful figure, known manufacturer, who sent seven deep purchased direct from the Maritime freezes to General Vaughan, Mrs. Commission. And when the Mari- Truman and other bigwigs at about | time Commission was asked to dis- the time Vaughan's friend, John close who else bid on the ves Maragon, was trying to smuggle and how much was bid, the infor- Bennett’s perfume into the United Mation was refused. 4 States disguised as champagne for When asked whether the bids had the White House. been advertised, Miss Mary Barrett, | referred to in the above letter to YACHTS AND DEEP FREEZES |Maragon, 'flew into a rage. There are some other interesting| ©One reason why Senator Hoey things about Mr. Bennett which may wish to deal lightly with the the public doesn’t know, and most|Man who had so many deep freezes of the record is in Government|and yachts at his disposal was be- files where any Senate investigator |cause Harry Truman, when Vice could easly dig it out. President, was v guest aboard the This column doesn't have the|Bennett yachts. | same power to subpoena records as| In fact, the yachts were used for does Senator Hoey of North Caro-|some of the famed Truman-Vaugh- lina, but since the Senate commit-|an poker parties, and this long-time tee has decided to backslide on the | intimacy between the President of job, this writer has done his best|the United States and the Presi- to take up where the Senator from |dent of the Verley Perfume Com- North Carolina left off. pany may be why Maragon felt that he could with impunity label throughout the Territory, organized the Sourdough Express Company at Seward in 1918. He drove many prominent tourists in his “Sour- dough” taxi, including President Warren G. Harding After nearly a half century in Alaska, Patterson recently sold his transfer business and came “out- I'side” to visit an old friend, Pete Ogle of Puyallup. “After I see Pete and look around a bit, I'll decide whether I'll stay,” he said. ROSARY CRUSADE DINNER We wish to thank all who have so generously gave of their time and centributions to make the din- ner for the Rosary Crusade a huge success— Committee, Mrs. Wm. Biggs, Chairman. 18 1t COUNTRY CLUB For instance, here are iwo ";' his perfume as consigned to the Open 9 pm. to 7 am. every teresting things which the Public|wpite House and try to smuggle night. Hot Dogs, Ground-Round has a right to know about. Mr.|; through U. S. Customs. 318 3t Bennett, at the time he was giv- Burgers; ing away deep freezes, acquired ) v four government airplanes without Bennett yacht was moored on the competitive bidding, and four lux-]Fotomac, another at Saugatuck, | g ury yachts, three of them from | Mich., and another in Florida. Since | then—perhaps because he has been At that timc—around 1945—one the U. S. Government. e : : ACROSS 33. The moon Four yachts are a lot for any one :f: d?:;”"’d "’r (‘;’fb““g“ls:‘““l:‘" 1. Indian 34 Maintained man to have For that matter, so | as 05€ 0 ree yachts, ut 4 mulberry 85. Ornament . i | 4. Goodby 37. Anclent are four airplanes. However, deep- |Still keeps the Nedra B. | 9 ldle talk Chinese freeze-giver Bennett wasn't satisfied | Biver. Iy Chile 38 Be il 0 39 Let it stand Expression of approval Howl Organ of 1 | 1 with four yachts and wanted to buy | DEEP FREEZES AND AIRPLANES | another. To this end, a letter was| Bennett’s government-purchased | i 2 45. 2 Insect's feeler written to John Maragon, care of airplanes also open an interesting 3y plane nandle General Vaughan at the White| chapter which Senator Hoey's com- 2! Coquette 5 t}en:gle House, by one of Bennett's subor-| mittee has strangely neglected, Ben- 35 Was o B R satalt dinates. The letter, dated Nov. 19, | nett purchased, without competitive lchvr 1945, is in the files of Senator i L . 18 e S ! | bidding, three Navy Grumman JRF- 3 (Qfllrluuhl’v. ; i g Cast: Hoey's committee, but since he does | 6-B's, together with an Army C- 5 - Aant‘zeimua" not seem interested in doing any- humorist thing about it, this columns is| glad to publish the letter as fol- 54 transport plane. i The C-54 was purchased by Ben- nett on June 24, 1946 for $75,000. lows: | Its original cost to the government “Mr. John Maragon, | was $375,568 The three Navy ¢/o Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan's|Grummans were purchased for $25,- Office, White House, 000 each on Qct. 9, 1946. Their Washington, D. C. “Dear John:— “At the request of Mr. Bennett, am sendi) you herewith reprint of an advertisement — on ‘Yachting’ and ‘Motor Boating’ Mr. Bennett would like you to contact Commo- dore Morany of the Small Boats Division, Maritime Commission Miss Barrett, Sec'y., and find out original cost to the government was $83,819 each. The planes were pur- chased in the name of the Albert | Verley Co. | The War Assets Admmistratirm,1 which sold the planes, almost had kittens when a representative of this column agk®d for the facts on! these sales, However, fair-minded Admiral Paul Mather and his dep- what condition this is in, and what | uty, Capt. H. R. Greenlee, when price they are asking for same. | consulted, decided that since tne Mr. Bennett is feeling fine af- | public had paid for the planes in ter his little rest in the country,|the first place, they had a right and is planning on leav again tcmorrow to spend giving there. Y “Hope you are ing here|to know who bought them and Thanks- | for how much. best 0| SCHWINN BIKES a: SADSEN'S l S in the Inasmuch as another portion of the Act allows for | in | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA OCTOBER 7 Mrs. W. J. Rechin George E. Nelson H. W. Campen Irving Krause Ethel Colvin Frank Maier Thomas J. Jacobsen Reta Maynard Etta Cameron T. R. Gallaghér o o o | | Mrs, e o o s o GIRL SCOUT NEWS On Thursday, Oct. 6, Girl Scouts of Troop 11 held their weekly meet- ing in the Lutheran Church par- lors. The President called the meet- ing to order and the secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. . We have a new assistant leader, | Miss Bonnie Christensen, who Is going to help us with our handi- crafts. We discussed having a puppet show and doing weaving and tex-, tile painting. Committees were ap- pointed for our Hallowe'en party,| we are going to have the latter part | of this month. Mrs. Berggren, our leader, said there is to be a picnic at Auk Bay and that if any of the girls wished to go, to meet in front of the Fed- eral Building at 10 a.m. The meet- ing was adjourned at 5 o'clock. Virginia Whitehead, Reporter | RN | On Wednesday, Girl Scout Troop | No. 9, under the leadership of Mrs. Zalmain Gross and Mrs. Kardanot!, met at the Gross residence. Most of the time was taken up by dis- cussion® of certain policies of our roop which we hope will be ironed out by the next meeting. Mary Whittaker and Sally Crooks, eading Mrs. Gross’ mind, guessed the su:jects of 20 questions. On the third question they won free passes to the 20th Century Theatre, or being good mind readers. We were greatly surprised when we found Anne Henning and Aileen Kronquist had bought ice cream; and cake for our refreshments. Paula Cook, Recorder Fourteen members of Brownie Troop No. 4 met at the Legion Dugout Tuesday after school. “We welcomed a new member, Hermeéin Seymour. We sang songs and played | a singing game but we were too busy sewing on our scarfs to ‘do anything else. Each girl has fin- ished embroidering her .awn nathe on her scarf and is now embrofd- | ering the names of other brownies | » | |CONDITIONS | OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. ‘Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a.m.,, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau| it Juneau, follow: Anchorage ........... 36——Rain, Snow | Barrow . . 12—Partly Cloudy | | 20 YEARS AGO 7%': emeirE OCTOBER 17, 1929 Steamer Queen, Capt. A. W. Nickerson, arrived in Douglas and after discharging freight proceeded to Juneau. AmONg passengers ar- riving here were Leonard Berlin and Alfred Lundstrom. The Rev. Phillip Bauer arrived in Douglas and began his work as new pastor of the Congregational Church there. Following the service, a reception was held in the church basement, with the Ladies League serving refreshments. Mrs. Harry Sabin and baby boy left St. Ann’s Hospital for their home on Main Street. Deputy U. S. Marshal H. D. Campbell of Wrangell arrived on the g;’d‘:, ::g:ccioudyf steamer Queen with five prisoners to serve terms in the local Federal Dawson‘ ; 35;Partly Clgzggl jail. Edmonton . < .o 30—Snow Fairbanks 21—Partly Cloudy| The Cradle Roll Department and the Beginners' Class of the Pres- | gaines 3 32_01“‘.! byterian Church were being organized. Mrs. James Truitt was Super- | gayre , 35—Cloudy | 27—Clear 39—Clear | Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak ... Kotzebue McGrath ... Nome . Northway Petersburg ... Portland Prince George /Seattle . Whitehorse ........ Yakutat intendent and Miss Dorothy Rutherford, organist. A. Dishaw, local centractor, was constructing a marquee across the entire front of the Decker Building on Front Street. When completed the marque would cover the sidewalk in front of the office of the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company and the Juneau Transfer Company. 28—Cloudy | 14—Cloudy | 32—Clear | . 42—Fog 27—Partly Cloudy rvreni. 46—Cloudy 28—Partly Cloudy 36—Partly Cloudy} ! Daily Lessohs in English by W. L. GORDON WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘I can’t hardly hear thel speaker.” Say, “I CAN hardly hear the speaker.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Infamous. The accent is on the F'IRSTI syllable, not the second. VICTOR I~ DOCK | The troller Victor, owned by John M. Olson of Hoonah, was in the/ ways of the Juneau Marine Com- . . . o pany yesterday with a new bow- OFTEN MISSPELLED: Oculist; one C. Occultist; two ‘C's. {atem, ‘Torefoot afid unlerguatd. ot SYNONYMS: Parody, burlesque, trayesty. the starboard side being installed.| WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let Us|Qjson said he planned to take a| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: ! fishing trip with her as soon as SURFEIT; excess; over-abundant supply. (Pronounce sur-fit). "!"ew'work was completed. die of hunger, an hundred thousand of surfeits.”—Proverb. " MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ somrs e B i | RUMMAGE SALE ! | SATURDAY, Oct. 8, at Lutheran \ | Church, beginning 10 a. m. 16 3t| Q. Is it all right for a man to remove his glove to shake hands when being introduced? A. Yes, if he can do so quickly and without making it obvious. He need not, however, delay the introduction and it is in good form for him to shake hai%ls with his glove on — nor does he have to apologize for it. Q. What would be the correct way for two unmarried sisters to: register at a hotel? A. They should register, “Miss Jane Wilson, Miss Jean Wilson, “Say It With Flowers” but Detroit, Mich.” | “SAY IT WITH OURS!” -Q. How long before the stated hour should guests arrive to attend o home wedding? Juneau Florists A. About fifteen minutes before the stated hour. Thone 311 TLOOK and LEARN ¥ o corvon | Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Tiot Grogery Phone 704 1. Which nation was first to grant complete suffrage to women?; on it in different colors. We wish other third graders would join our troop in time to make a pretty scarf. Mary Jo Harrison and Gretchen Adams, Reporters. Girl Scout troop No. 8 held their meeting Thursday, October 6, at the Moose hall. Mrs. Mary Hagerup was a visitor from the Women of the Moose. We practiced the girlj scout laws and played a game. Some of the girls plan to go on a hike Saturday. Refreshments were served by Susan Blanton, leader, Mrs. Tay- lor and assistant leader, Mrs. Cas- HAY, GRAIN, COAL 4 Y 2. What is injury by means of printed publication called? ! and STORAGE 3. Which is the only river in the world to rise in the vicinity of the Equator and flow into the temperate zone? 4. In what poem is the line, "What' is so rare as a day in June”? 5. What, in law, is a tort? SHOP AT BERT’S ANSWERS: 1. New Zealand, in 1893. a FOOD CENTER 2. Libel. Alaska’s Finest 3. The Nile. Supermarket 4. “Vision of Sir Launfal,” by Lowell. | 5. A wrong done against an individual or concern that entitles him to take action in the civil courts. - MM-M-M-EIi STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR person. Othilie Dreibelbis, Reporter. WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Planning to attend Pot Luck Din- ner Thursday. Please call Blue 765 or Green 775—8 to 11 a.m,, or Blue 232—2 to 5 p. m. before noon Wed- nesday. 318 4t More than one billion tons of steel are said to be in use in America today. 7:30 tonight. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 3 1 High mountain 2. Gentle murmur Player of & stringed instrument Tipping al al . Masculine name . Country Columbus sought: abbr. Unseat a rider 9. Kind of fur Part of a curve Insect Acid S’ City in India Crown . Talent and liking Game of chance Woodworking tool . Storehouse . Varieties Flood . Baby tenders Relate . Bargain . Lowest part of a ship Steeple Bewilders Slipped Ocean Month 2 Utility Strive . Blece out . Exclamatiog Open House -or all ’'teen agers,]; at the Methodist Church parlors, 318 1t Beward Street Near Third Plumbing @ Heafing 0Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BOTANY Ilm“ll CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING F. F. CAMERON as a paid-up subscriver 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: “ANNA LUCASTA 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. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1949 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO: 14/ 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, @ 5.r.0.ELks Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. F. DEWEY BAKER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. i e ———— BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 17 Main St. Phone TN High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— E T ——— ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmaclsts BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Mausical Ynstruments and Supplies GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER 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 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. 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