The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 10, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR i ; Daily Alaska Empir: Published every evening except Sunday by thne EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - . s ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - ALFRED ZENGER - - - - President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Mansger Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivere¢ by cartier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month, 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, $7.50; ne month, in advance, $1.80. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ‘e Business Office of any failure or irregularity t the delivery » their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS T v e iz The Associated Pross 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 President of the United States, who said that “thous- ands of our fellow Americans are destroyed by fire and countless others suffer disability from the same cause. Fire destroys our natural resources and forests, farms and schools, churches and hospitals, homes and factories.” Loss by fire in Alaska is perhaps higher than in most other sections of the nation. This loss occurs usually during the extremely cold weather when it is necessary to have hot fires to keep homes warm. Fire Prevention Week should have a special appeal to everyone in Alaska—on the farms, in the homes, and in places of business. Everyone loses through fires. The annual farm fire loss in this great nation takes the lives of 3,500 people burned eo death, 10,000 other farm people in- jured, and a property loss of more than $100,000,000. How safe is your farm? How safe is your home? How berein. safe is your business? Make a careful fire inspection NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 surth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. now and remove all hazards. It will pay off well We could save the nation $75,000,000 a year by being WORLD SERIES IS The 1949 baseball world series ended Sunday, the New York Yankees of the American League winning from the Brooklyn Dodgers of the by a score of 10 to 6 and the championship, taking four of five games. From a spectacular standpoint the series was not exciting until the Sunday game. Th careful. Fire prevention is self protection. NOW WE MAY DO HOUSING The House has approved of the conference report on the third deficiency bill and Alaska is now assured of $10,000,000 revolving fund to carry out Alaska’s Housing Act. This is the news received by The Empire through the Asociated Press. The ten million dollar fund will be used to pur- chase obligations of the Alaska Housing Authority and Juneau should receive first attention as was indi- cated at the recent meeting here of the Alaska Housing Authority. All right, now let’s go to it, that is just as soon as the bill is signed by President Truman and the big sum becomes available. OVER 3 National League The Krug Way ket (L (etchikan News) have been excellently played and from a baseball standpoint good exhibitions of the national sport. One might say that four games were pitchers’ duels. « One thing noticed is that the big hitters of one league fail to connect when meeting the other league teams. This, it is said, is because the heavy batters do not get onto the hurlers of the rival association. Anyway, the American League defeated the Na- tionals in well played games. It might be mentioned that the Yankees have won 12 world series games and the Dodgers have been loser in five times up. FIRE PREVENTION WEEK This is Fire Prevention Week, starting yesterday, October 9 and ending October 15, but for that matter, all weeks should be prevention week. You've got to hand it to Sec'y Krug. He does things in a big way. He is sending a seven-man team to the Pribilof and Aleutians to “study conditions.” That’s a nice and expensive vacation paid for by tax- payers, for some of his cronies. Meantime, hordes of government officials of different bureaus who already are paid for surveys and gathering of information can take it easy. 2 e OO S SR Let it not be said that Uncle isn't trying to im- prove our morals. The love of money is the root of all evil, and his tax collectors are leaving us very little money to love. A A R . «women will not allow themselves to be bossed by members of their own sex,” says a psychologist. Another sex, members of which women will not allow Fire Prevention Week was proclaimed by the The Washington Merry-Go-l!o_und By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) | ernment and partly salvaged, now comes under the Maritime Commis- | sion and the U. S. Metals Reserves Corporation, plus a private firm,| the Cargo Salvage Corp. of New York. The private firm represents the insurancec ompanies which paid | off the government, and therefore | have a stake in salvaging the sunk- en tin. MARAGON THROWS WEIGHT Because of this, the private in- surance companies through their agent, the Cargo Salvage Co., signed a contract Nov. 6, 1947, with Clark Brothers of Palm Beach, Florida, to | salvage the cargo of the SS Luck- enbach. This contract had no time limitation and is still legally in effect. However, one year later, the amazing Mr. Maragon and the Pres- ident’s military aide stepped in and pulled the rug right out from underJ them. Instead they secured a pro- visional contract to recover the sunken ore for their friends, Rob- ert Stefanich and Zeke Afram of Milwaukee. General Vaughan used to be a manufacturers’ representative in Milwaukee and is a close friend of Harry Hoffman, Milwaukee ad- vertising man. Hoffman is the man who arranged to have the| seven deep freezes sent 'to Mrs. Truman, Vaughan and other big- wigs at the time Maragon was caught smuggling perfume, though the deep freezes were paid for by the perfume company—which, at about that time, purchased four airplanes and three yachts at amaz- ingly low prices from the govern- ment. AFTER TRUMAN’S VACATION Shortly after President Truman themselves to be bossed by, is the male sex. | Maragon. “Maragon stated that he would go into the matter of obtaining a Salvaging Company, would ‘report to General Vaughan. “In the course of the conversa- tion,” Massey continued, “he (Mara- gon) repeated several times ‘T will go back and Vaughan.’ 1T resented this. Mara- gon gave me the definite impres- sion that he was an employee of General Vaughan. He talked to me in a tone of giving me an order that the contract be given the At- lantic Marine Salvaging Co. I also resented this. The above caus- ed me to express my feelings rath- er heatedly.” Massey was so upset by Mara- gon’s highhandedness that he dis- cussed the matter with two asso- ciates, Joseph Tarian and Charles E. Kauffman, and asked them to sit in as witnesses if Maragon call- ed again. They did so and, after the next meeting, Kauffman wrote a report which stated: “I asked who he (Maragon) represented and he replied ‘I'm with the General’ That meant nothing to me so I asked what General, and he answered, ‘General Vaugh- an.’” “Before Maragon left he said he was ‘with the White Hougg.' It was my assumption that he was a federal employee, probably attach- ed to General Vaughan's staff. As a matter of fact, during our first meeting, Maragon went to my desk, asked for the White House and spoke to someone there.” GEN. VAUGHAN TELEPHONES That Vaughan was fully aware of Maragon's activity was indicated later by the fact that he called Massey to make sure that his Mil- waukee friends were getting the contract. Vaughan also called another Mar- itime Commission official named ! Roger Vaughan, asking him to see ;Afram and Stefanich. Roger ‘EVaughan. when queried, said he was | no relation to the General. came back from his Key West vaca- tion in December, 1948, Robert Stefanich of Milwaukee, represent- ing the Atlantic Marine Salvaging Co., of Milwaukee, dropped in at the Maritime Commission to see if ! he could salvage the ship which had sunk just 25 miles northwest of Key West. The Commission told him to send a diver down to look | at the cargo, after which they| would talk to him. } In January, 1949, Stefanich came | back, said he had not been able to | send a diver down, but wanted a‘ contract for salvaging the vessel| just the same. | was with Jerry C. Massey, Admir- alty counsel of the Comm)ssion.' who later reported Since he had not done what he promised, I considered he was wast- ing my valuable time desperately needed on other Maritime Commis. slon business and making a nuis- ance of himself. I told him so in 50 many words. | “Early next morning,” continued | Massey in his official report, “to my surprise he walked in with John {in awarding the Luckenbach con- | tract to Vaughan’s Milwaukee pals, | despite the earlier opposition of | Massey. Maragon's badgering continued, |and Massey describes another meet- ing in March 1949 as follows: “Mar- ‘agon's manner was extremely offi- cious and again he talked in a tone of giving me an order to award the contract to the Atlantic Marine Salvage Company.” contract for the Atlantic Marine | €nougl and then he|now a question as to whether the | New Work and the RFC have not yet given their OK. Apparently the Vaughan-Maragon axis did not have h drag with them; and it's Milwaukee firm with a contract from the Maritime Commission, or Clark Brothers of Palm Beach, with la contract from the insurance report to General companies, | | | { | However, he sided with Maragon | By this time, the Maragon- Vaughan combination had gone over Massey's head to Admiral Commission Carson. And, despite previous re- fusals by lower officials to givé the Milwaukee firm a contract, higher-up in the commission fin- ally yielded. Maragon and Vaugh- an won out. Massey has since tried to white- wash this decision. But the inter- esting fact is that though the politil-minded Megritime Com- mission ok’d the Maragon deal, the| private insurancg underwriters in ] His conversation | Smith, chairman of the Maritime and to Commissioner have the right to sal- vage the sunken Luckenbach. SHAPIRO CONCERT CHANGES DATE OF AUXILIARY MEETING Wemen in Taku Auxiliary 5559, V.F.W. are changing their plans for the meeting scheduled this week, as the piano concert by Max- im Shapiro falls on their regular meeting night. Instead of the Thursday session, the Auxiliary -will meet Wednesday in the home of Mrs. John (Betty) McCormick. " HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. John Ryan, Carl Peterson, Frank Wallace and Dewey Holt were admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital |over the weekend. Mrs. Lawrence Zack and baby girl and Mrs. Norman Lilyroth and baby boy were discharged from St. Ann'’s. Phillip Sharclane of Hoonah was admitted to the Government Hos- pital over the weekend and Mary Clayton of Haines was discharged. OCTOBER 10 Mrs. Earl Barcus Mabel Jackson W. L. Baldwin Carla Carter George Larsson Mrs. Roberta Orme Ken Webster Dr. Richard H. Williams Alfred Lundstrom, Jr. A. E. Lundstrom |I1uumu, ELKS | 10 KETCHIKAN FOR DEDICATION Yesterday's southbound Pan Am- erican flight took on the air of an Elks’ Special, as a large group of BP.O.E. Lodge No. 420 members 120 YEARS AGO ffom | THE EMPIRE OCTOBER 10, 1929 Weather: Highest, 53; lowest, 45; light rain. John Olsen left for Ketchikan aboard the steamer Queen. and Seward streets. ‘ They plan to participate in the dedication of the $160,000 Elks’ Club at Ketchikan, and initiation cere- monies. Among those flying P.A.A. yester-| day were Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sadlier, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Baker, | A. E. Owens and L. M. Owens, logging contractors from Mapleton, Oregon, left on the Driva, Capt. Fred Boynton, for Lituya Bay. They were to cruise timber in that area for the Juneau Lumber Mills. Miss Aleece Graves, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Graves, arrived Katherine Fletcher fcececceeccecoco 0o (Omission—In the birthday | column for October 7, some- © | how the name of A. T. Koski © | did not appear, as it has for | the past 19 years. Well, he wants everbody to know he is still alive and boosting for baseball. Here's to Koski. —Birthday Editor. 000 0000000000000 0000000 000 ®cececoce | | NOTICE TO_M_ARINERSj PERIL STRAIT—Light extin- guished—Rose Island Rock Light, (L. L. No. 2406) reported extinguish- ed will be relighted as soon as 1 | detic Survey Chart Nos. 8248 and‘, 8252. PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND—Or- ca Iryet—Name of day beaconi changed—North Rock Day Beacon| (L. L. Page 428) is 21 feet above high water instead of 10 feet as previously reported and the name has teen changed to North 15-‘ land Rock Day Beacon. U. S. Coast | and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8525 and 8520, Comdr. 17th CG| District Notice to Mariners No. 42| of 31 August. KODIAK ISLAND—Womens Bay —Change in characteristic of Light- ed Buoy—Womens Bay Entrance Lighted Buoy 20 (L. L. No. 2518) has been changed to show a quick flashing red light (about 75 flashes per minute). No other change. U.| 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8545, 8546 and 8534. SHUMAGIN ISLANDS—Light re- lighted—Andronica Island Light (L. L. No. 2553) previously reported ex- | tinguished has been relighted. U.| 8. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart Nos. 8700 and 8802. Comdr. 17th CG District Notice to Mariners No. 46 of 3 October. NORTON SOUND-—Light extin- guished—West Jetty Light (L. L. No. 2645) reported extinguished | will be relighted as soon as practi- cable. U. S. Coast and Geodetic| Survey Chart Nos. 9381 and 9380. BROWNIE TROOP 10 MEETS, MOOSE HALL Membters of Brownie Troop 12 will meet again this week, Tuesday, October 11, in the. Moose hall. Their leader, Mrs. C. W. Short reminds the members they are to take one {piece of material, scissors, thread, | needle, thimble, small ball of yarn jand a small pin. Members are also reminded they must pay their dues before October 18. { CHAPELADIES MEET | TOMORROW. EVENING The Chape:adles wiii ineet to- morrow evening (Tuesday, Oct. 11) at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Frank Maier. All members are re- Equcsted to attend to make arrange- iments for the annual bazaar to be given November 18. Louisiana muskrats yield about eight million pelts a year. AP Newsfeatvies ACROSS 35. That man 1. Fuss 36. No.lellol the s cale 4. Through: 37. Mountain prefix it 1. Makes well 38. Dutch liquid 12 Beats measure 14 Wild buffalo 40. Lead strips of India for fasten- | 15. Volunteer ing ‘window 16. Tout panes 18. Bobbin 42. Cookini 19 Small soft vessel mass 45. Tear 20. Auricle 47. Size of coal 21 Sea eagle 48. Oil of’ rose 22, Brother of petals: oses varian olutis o 2 ‘“'kle["ég' fl' E,'.‘:,""{ Solution of Saturday’'s Puzzle nigl . real v 26. Burn 52, English 67. Reverse 3. Attack 28. Exist . ramatist SuEve. 4. Oriental 30. Negative 53. Complains DOWN dwelling 31 Strong boxes 55 So. American . 4o 5. Pronoun | 33. Exact satis- " » mountains - P° lefl 6. Gazing faction hat woman . Put of 7. Chance 8. Gaelic T 77 9. Brazilian Indians ” 10. Looking amorously 2 11. East Indian welght T i 17. Artificial language . Witty persons Caper Hubs of wheels 25. American autnor . Doctrine 29, Came together . Rolled tea . Encourage . Open court Roman sea £0 . Mohammedan nobles . Stuck in the mud . Likely . Fertile places Lock . Stack . Bibtical eharacter . Health resort | sengers were L. Drydahl, Lance Hendrickson, F. R. Olsen and Sam practicable. U. S. Coast and Geo- ! | the arteries? Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Biggs, Mr. and Mrs, William Franks, Mr. and Mrs. Lecnard Holmquist, Arthur (Scot- ty) Adams, Ellis Reynolds, M. E. Monagle, Ed Peyton, LeRoy West, vic Power and George Messer- schmidt. Norman Banfield and Mr. and Mrs. Keith Wildes flew to Ketchikan via ACA. Formal dedication ceremonies are scheduled for tonight, and initia- with the banquet here for a visit. She had spent the past two years in Seattle where she attended the University of Washington, and also studied harp. The largest and most modern Frigidaire plant yet handled by the local agency was installed at the California Grocery, W. P. Johnson, Manager of the Juneau agency, announced. Kann’s Five Cent to $5 Store opened at the new location at Secon \we“ aneki The steamer Queen arrived enroute south. Among incoming pu—l Guys tion tomorrow, Wednesday. COMMUNICATION Daily Alaska Empire, Dear Editor | and Readers of the Daily Empire: the issue of October 5, wel read the account in the Douglas news that Rev. J. P. Porter is the first resident minister to be estab- ! |lished in Douglas since the fire of 11937, This is not true as the Alaska i Evangelization Society has had a resident missionary and ordained | Mrs. W. E. Cahill of Douglas eptertained 17 little children and their mothers at a birthday party for her small daughter, Doris. A contest prize was won by Annabel Edwards. ‘» WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Here are a pair of gloves. Say, “Here IS a pair of gloves.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Condolence. Pronounce kon-do-lens, second O as in DOUGH, and accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Accompany; accompaniment. SYNONYMS: Prosperous, successful, thriving, flourishing well-to-do. | iicter in Douglas, at least dor| WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let Usljast ten years. Mrs. Nickel and I increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Teday's word: | have served as missionary and pas- MOMENTARY; continuing only a moment. “Anger is a momentarylmr during the years of 1945, 1946, madness, so control your passion or it will control you.”—Horace. ‘ Daily Lessons %Vy. L. GORDON in English 1947 and part of 1948. | Respectfully, Rev. Peter J. Nickel, | Auk Bay, Alaska. ) - = = — —— | MODERN ETIQUEITE # | { ROBERTA LEE | | — — e MBI Q. If a bride displays all her wedding gifts, should she leave the cards attached to them? A This is entirely optional. She must be careful, though, to have a complete identification of each gift before removing the cards. { Is it always necessary for a man to rise when he is being intro- l duced to another man? ! A. Yes, this is common courtesy. Q. Is it all right to sign a letter, “Your humble servant”? A. No; this is a closing that was used many years ago, but it is: obsolete now. Widest Selection of LIQUORS e PHONE 399 “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 TOOK and LEARN ?;y C. GORDON 1. About what, in miles per hour, is the rate of the blood through The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE 2. Who said, “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a | thousand bayonets”? 3. In what country is Mont Blanc? 4. What, in law, is an infant? 5. What famous American writer is noted for the unexpected endings to his short stories? SHOP AT BERT’S ANSWERS: 1. Seven miles an hour. FOOD CENTER 2. Napoleon. Alaska’s Finest | 3. France, at the Italian border. Supermarket } 4. A person under legal age, usually 21 years. | T Sy 5. O. Henry. e ——|| STEVENS® ! A g [| LADIES'—MISSES’ » I READY-TO-WEAR Plumbing © Healing i e s The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 - Harri Machine Shop, Inc. 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 BOTANY 'w' CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Ontfitter for Men Oldest Bank in Alaska 1831—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Depeosit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS e e e e D. KEMMER as a paid-up subscriber to 'THE DAILY ALAgKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING p Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: “BODY AND SOUL" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and SHAFFER’S SANITARY MEAT *"'FOR BETTER MEATS Roman morey Any monkey 54 What RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. 13—PHONES—49 WOMEN MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1949 VOTERS TO MEET TOMORROW Members of the Juneau Leaguc of Women Voters will gather a noon tomorrow for a luncheor meeting in the Terrace Room o the Baranof Hotel. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14 SECOND and FOURTH f Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Gl LENN O. ABRAHAM, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. 3 @ B.7.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. F. DEWEY Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Becretary. BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 17 Main St. Phone T3 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge fin. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN Free Delivery WATCH THIS SPACE—Y ng %J. — T . e e e e g e e —_——— “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Masic Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies ..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt J EAU’S FINEST LIQUOR STORE BAVARD'S Phone 689 The Aléskan Hotel ; Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates 1 PHONE SINGLE O i PHONE 555 & Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf | HARDWARE |4 Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Moior Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Clu'ysler‘ Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEYI'S OVERALLS for Boys