The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 17, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR v Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Si EMPIRE PRINTING COMI Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER " (the Emperor of unday by the PANY - Presideny | C€remony was at Vice-President Managing Bditor Busiriess Manager In Sitka tom Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RAT! Delivere¢ by carrier in Juneau and Doucl six months, $8.00; one year, § By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; me month, in advance, $1. Subscribers will confer Office of any papers. ephones: News Office, 602; MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED avor if they will promptly notify ure or irregularity in the delivery Business Office, Ssocond Clase Watter. will be unveiled, lor $1.50 per month( 00 3. PRESS =2 Herbert Hilscher The Associated Prass is exclusively entitled to the use for | fon of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | republic wise cr herein ited in this paper and also the He says the and says they're local news published | NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 ourth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. ALASKA DAY TOMORROW It was a bright, sunny day, 82 years ago tomorrow, that American troops took command 586,000 square miles known as Alaska. was conducted at New Archangel, modern Territorial residents as Sitka. The question |or bad is easily over the sprawling | The ceremony | better known to observance of Alaska Day. CRITICIZING THE CAB An Alaska Development Board spokesman blasts: |the Civil Aeronautics Board for refusing to allow |'unscheduled airlines free rein in flying the north. develop Alaska, with low freight and passengetr m\s‘esA look at the record, he would find the board isn’t doing | disfavors altogether. Within the past year in Seattle two unscheduled |liners crashed with great loss of life and property. One of these planes had just completed a flight from Alaska. Just why the only accidents lately have been unscheduled ships is a question—whether lack of in- spection, lack of upkeep, or lack of something. It is true their fares and rates are cheap. Butig ..., yardsticks and thereby pro- ['.hey don't take off until they've a'full load. Sched- | gyuce different results, | uled operators fly each schedule whether they’ve 2ot|which may not be accurate but one passenger or 50, whether one pound of freight or { rather appraisals or guesses. Also| 110 tons. They naturally must charge more. or by those who keep going whether the loads are good | keeps going no matter what. Russia, I transfer to the United States the Territory of Alaska.” “And in a few words,” General Rosseau wrote, “I acknowledged the acceptance of the transfer and the an end. Cheers were spontoneously given by the citizehs present.” orrow the statue of the “Prospector’ adding special significance on the says it is these lines which helped board favors two scheduled airlines enough. Perhaps, if Hilscher would THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 20 YEARS AGO 7%z smpiz - * E | weve | OCTOBER 17, 1929 stranded on Russian Reef at the north entrance of Whitewater Bay, Chatham Strait, the previous week, the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries patrol boat Widgeon, Capt. Gregory Mangan, was rescued by the fish- ing boats Merrimac and Traveler, both of Angoon. Capt. M. J. O'Con- nor, assistant agent of the Fisheries Bureau, was aboard the Widgeon, as was an engineer. OCTOBER 17 Ralph E. Robertson Mrs. Bert Lybeck Billie Cortez Alice Ferris Elsie Kennedy Raymond Owens The steamer Alameda, Capt. C. V. Westerlund, arrived in port after a trip with an incident but no excitement. The Alameda had been grounded, but, with the aid of the tug Inverness, Capt. Brown of Ketchikan, and a rising tide, she was refloated after five hours, while fosity to desire to have this infor- | passengers slept. mation; it provides a clearer view | of the actual pattern of thought in this country. Apparently, the Census Bureau has avoided this subject as a maf- ter of factual data, although it has, on occasion, conducted special censuses of religious bodies, which After an absence of almost six months, Mrs. T. M. Reed and her daughter, Miss Venetia Pugh, returned on the Alameda. They had been to the East Coast, and attended June week at the U. S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Miss Gladys Forrest, clerk in the "i‘ealty and insurance office of of being developed by opportunists | H answered. We prefer the man who Red Tape and Dolls (New York Times) Two hundred dolls for children overseas, given An official report to Secretary of State Seward |by children in Canada, are snarled in customs . red described the transfer ceremony as “The day was brigth and beautiful. hour of three and a half o'clock General Rosseau, reported “The command of General Davis, about 250 strong, marched up Io. the top of the exinence on wm?hjxmaginflnon and initiative are needed. The tariff |constitution: it is a right so secure stands governor’s house where the transfer was m"de"laws of the United States were not enacted to pre- | that many wear emblems on their “At the same time a company of Russian soldiers ..t g gift of dolls to foreign children or to harass|lapels or ‘other devices to indicate were marching to the ground and took their place |{;,ce who are trying to make the gift. upon the left of the flagstaff, from which the flag was then . floating. “Prince’ Maksontoff and the with many Russian and American citizens, and some |application in a good cause. Indians, were present.” The troops were brought to present arms, the Russian flag was lowered and the America flag hoisted | zine article. as naval vessels fired a salute. The Russian commander, Captain General Rosseau, by authority from his majesty, | who hesitates is lost.” said The Wasl;inglon Merry-(io-kofind By DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) jor consideration today in the war plans of the Air Forces and of naval aviation.” Statement No. 3—Naval testi- mony presented before the Armed Services Committee last week was that the A-bomb would do little damage a short distance from the target and that its importance was being over emphasized by the Army, Air Force and Secretary of De- fense. Statement No. 4—Early in 1948, Adm. Dan Gallery wrote a memo | which for about a year became the | Navy'’s textbook in its battle against the Air Force. The memo read: “The next war will be a lot dif- ferent from any previous one. It seems obvious that the next time our Sunday punch will be an atomic bomb aimed at the enemy capitols or industrial centers and that the outcome of the war will be determined by strategic bomb- ing. The war will be won by whichever side is able to deliver the atomic bomb to the enemy and at the same time protect its own territory against similar delivery. “I think the time is right now,” continued Admiral Gallery, “for the Navy to start an aggressive campaign aimed at proving that the Navy can deliver the atomic bemb more effectively than the Air Forces can. “If the Navy makes delivery of the atomic bomb its major mission, and if we develop the proper ships, planes and tactics, the Navy can become the principal offensive branch of the national defense sys- tem—the branch which actually de- livers the knockout blow.” NAVY FACES ABSOLESCENCE Significantly, Admiral Gallery al- | o stated: “It has been assumed, at least implicitly, that the next war will not be much different from the last one. This assumption is basi- cally wrong, and if we stick to it the Navy will soon be obsolete.” Following the Gallery memo, the | Navy did stage an all out fight to take over delivery of the A- bomb. This was what the contro- versy over the super-airplane car- rier was all about. Two vitally im- portant conferences were held to decide this question, and the first meeting, the famous Key West con- | ference was called by Sacretary Forrestal March 11, 1948, decided the following two basic policies: 1. Strategic bombing, in other words delivery of the A-bomb, should be the responsibility of the Air Force. 2. Anti-submarine warfare should be the responsibility of naval avia- tion. This latter point received séant attention, but there was quite an argument over whether the Navy or the Air Force should battle the first American commissioner, follows: for the transfer,” claim the dolls, | This, surely, princess, together for the laws. Pestchouroff Contradictory |reasons for tariff exemption. |take time, and perhaps the children overseas won't |get their dolls for Christmas, after all. |tape out in Pittsburgh. The donors can't afford to We fixed the pay the duty. Customs officials say the donors can estimate their value, and then file That, obviously, will is a case in which a little official Undoubtedly | the customs officers are following out routine regula- (ardly for a person |tions. But the laws were made for man and not man | something, to partake of its activ- ! There must be some way to waive their |ities, and then to deny it. | ination themselves are not in com- «Take A Chance On Yourself.”—Caption of maga- | plete agreement as to the advisa- What!—with all those odds against us? | bility of collecting information on adages: “Look before you leap.” “He {submarines, since most of the sub- Ipmml work in the recent war was | done by land-based planes, and the {Army with the Civil Air Patrol had fa notable record. But the Navy | | PERSISTENT ADMIRALS won out on this, and there was no | further argument. Argument continued, however, re- 'gardmg the delivery of the atomic bomb. Despite the decision taken |at Key West, the Admirals persist- led. They were so persistent that another conference was called by Forrestal at Newport, R. I., Aug. 20, 1948, to rehash the same thing. Once again it was decided that the Air Force should be respon- sible for delivery of the atomic bomb. But even then, the Admir- als’ revolt persisted, and Secretary Forrestal, desperately anxious for harmony, finally called in Eisen- hower as umpire. It has only been since that time that the admirals have shifted their tactics and argued that the A-bomb was inhuman, barbaric, in- effective and not a decistve factor in time of war. Meariwhile the Bikini report, which tells the story of the bomb's effectiveness, continues to be hush- ed up by the Navy. Scientists say privately that its findings are 50 sensational as to make surface warships almost useless. EISENHOWER OK'D B-36 Statement No. 5—Admiral Den- feld, chief of Naval Operations, charged last week that the B-36 program had been expanded last April without consulting the Navy. Statement No. 6—In April Ad- miral Denfeld joined the other Chiefs of Staff in OK'ing continu- ation of the B-36 program. This is one of the most signifi- cant and least known of the back- stage maneuverings between the Air Force and the Navy. Here is what happened. Louis Johnson, assuming the office of Defense Secretary in late March, found that a certain num- ber of B-36's had been ordered and that the final order of additional B-36's had not gone through. There- fore, he asked Budget Director Pace to write a letter to General Eisen- hower, a copy of which was sent to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, asking whether the rest of the B-36 pro- gram was to proceed. was that there was no need to reconsider the matter. Simultane- ously, the Joint Chiefs of Staff unanimously ruled—and this in- cluded Denfeld—that the B-36 pro- gram was to go ahead. Statement No. 7—By Chairman Carl Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee last April: | “Persons within the national mili- | tary establishment on the govern- ment payrolls are endangering the national security through their ef- |forts to sell the public their own vparncular views regarding air pow- jer.” Chairman Vinson's committee has now become quite a sounding board itself with almost every word cab- led to Moscow. THESE DAYS| | --BY-- | GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY DODGING THE ISSUE The United States Census Bureau | gathers data on all subjects: How | many people there are; what ages, whether white or black or other- wise; how employed and how hous- ed; married, single or indifferent, and so on. All this information |is interesting, often vital, and occa- sionally amusing. The Census Bur- eau is a great organization and its publications are numerous. This article must not be taken as a criticism of that bureau, but rather as a discussion of a phase ofl American life. Such a bureau ought not to be sensitive to objections to the gath- ering of facts on particular sub- jects. It sheuld not become involv- ed in the horrible rule of political necessity. It should never dodge a fact. Yet it will not ask, in 1950, whether you are affiliated with any religion or with none at all. That question is as valuable as whether you are married or single and how many children have you? Religion is an activity of a- great many persons, there be‘mg] in the United States some 250, varieties. It would be interesting to know how many belong to each, whether they are increasing or de- creasing; how many are just born that way or practice their faiths by conviction. It is not idle cur-; Allen Shattuck, who had gone south séveral weeks before, was recuper- may or may not be of value be- | ating from a major operation in a Portland, Ore., hospital. cause the religious bodies have dif- | Word received here told of the marriage of Miss Louise Froland, wellknown Juneau girl, to Mr. A. N. Lind, son of Mrs. N. Lind of Harstad, Norway, on October 5 in Seattle. some of many of them are optimistic. It is interesting to note that prior to the 1940 census, the bureau received many letters on the sub- ject, both pro and con, many ob- jecting to being asked whether he ever had loathsome disease wifich he could only have got by a volun- tary act, but I cannot begin to grasp the mentality of the person who resents answering an objective question concerning his political or religious affiliations. I suppose some assume that it is an invas- sion of privacy, but they will ans- wer whether they are married or single which is very private, in- deed. Affiliation is a right in this| country amply protected by the Gov. George A. Parks expressed appreciation for loyal support of the all Alaska Chamber of Commerce, at the Juneau C. of C. meeting. He was introduced by Henry Roden, who extended the congratulations of the Chamber to the Governor on his recent reappointment. H. L. Faulkner, C. of C. President, and others also gave tribute. J. C. Readman left on the steamer Alaska enroute to Los Angeles, to visit his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. N. M.. Hayter, and to make the acquaintance of his new granddaughter, Lillias Sutherland Hayter. ]! | I ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Until he moved to a healthier climate, he came near dying.” Say, “Until he moved to a MORE HEALTHFUL climate, he ALMOST died.” Weather: High, 48; low, 46; cloudy. i Daily Lessons in Englis h V\?f/ L. GORDON It seems to be cow- to belong to affiliations. as in ASK unstressed, E as in SEE, U as in US unstressed, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Either CHAPERON or CHAPERONE is cor- rect. SYNONYMS: Conjecture (verb), suspect, imagine, fancy, presume, think, suppose. 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: ! CONGENITAL; existing at, or dating from, birth; constitutional. (Pro- nounce second syllable JEN, E as in MEN, accent second syllable). “It was a congenital deformity.” : | | MODERN ETIQUETTE % psres res | y Q. Don't you think there is a tendency to “overdo” bridal showers? A. Yes, when persons who hardly know the bride-to-be are invited. If one has no intention of attending, she is not obligated to send a gift, unless, of course, she is an intimate friend. Q. Is it necessary to apologize for a gift because it isn't ex- pensive? A. No; in fact, it is bad form to make any mention of price when giving a gift. 5 Q. Is it considered proper to name an adopted boy “Junior”? A. This is perfectly all right. |700K and LEAR 1. What famous English courtier of the time of Elizabeth paved the way for the settlement of America? 2. When a person is commanded to appear at a certain place on a certain day as witness, what does he receive? 3. What in rowing parlance is meant by “catching a crab”? 4. What are tabloids? 5. What character of Shakespeare has the greatest number of lines to speak? ANSWERS? 1. Sir Walter Raleigh. 2 A subpoena. 3. When an oarsman fails to raise the oar clear of the water on recovery. 4, A newspaper of small format. 5. Hamlet, whose lines number 1569. Apparently the religious “denom- religious affiliation . . . This is very difficult to under- stand. Why stould these bodies not want us to know the facts? They provide the statistics; why | not have them checked by an ob- jective body not directly concerned with necessity of proving popularity or indicating conversions, or even raising funds? It would be of great value, at this moment, for instance, to know how many young people, says ages 21-35, are willing to de- clare directly, in response to a ques- tion, that they believe in God; that they practice that belief be means of a particular creed, canon, and ritual; that they practice it pri- vately in their hearts, or commun- ally through an association. Certainly such data would pro- vide much food for thought and discussion and could give us the material for an appraisal of the next years of American political orientation. For the truly relig- ious person cannot accept Marx- ian dialectics, no matter what the professors teach him. He will resist a biologic interpretation of man’s place in the cosmos. If Marx rules our ycuth, we ought to know it. If the churches are growing in strength, the American tradition is safe. If the churches are dying off, what is taking their place in the associations of youth? These facts need to be known, but they need to be gathered factually and | objectively. (Copyright, 1949, King Fea- tures Syndicate, Inc.) 4 | N % | A. C. GORDON White Sewing Machine and Gift Shop, across from Coast Guard Bldg,, Woolens 72-inch wide, $2.95 and $3.95. 26 3t —— ACROSS 1. Regions 6. Frighten 11. Blossomed 18, Curved 14, Risen 15. False state- ment under oath Symbol tor nickel Number Hesitate Meshed fabric Thick i Writing fala 29. 0. 31 82 3. 85. Part of the eye Turkish regiment Body of water City in (!llllornll Crescent Hawallan food Pronoun Existence Statlonary bells 8. 89. 41. 014 cloth measure 43, Near 43. Attire 45. Hawailan y re ol Velvetiike fabric Eisenhower’s answer, by telephone, = | | 172 11 ] i ! 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Adhesive . European Depression between mountaln Greek letter |[MEN'S FELLOWSHIP l 1 |anncunccmem. Dworshak has pre- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Facetious. Pronounce fa-se-shus, A | MONDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1949 1 MEETING AT 7:30 TUESDAY, OCT. 18 The Men’s Fellowship group of Memorial Presbyterian Church will| get together at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday evening in the Church rooms for the purpose of working out a pro- gram for the season, it was an- nounced today by Fred Morgan, chairman of the body. ‘This meeting will be taking.place at the same time that the annual Presbytery meets in Sitka. Since the past of the church, as Stated Clerk of the Presbytery of Alaska, will be in attendance at Sitka, | it was urged by him that a repre sentative group of thg men of the| church, not able to attend the Sitka conclave, be present for the local gathering Tuesday evening. | Currently, those already enroll- ed as active in the Me's Fellow- 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. €) B.P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. F. DEWEY BAKER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Becretary. BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store ship section include: William L.| Jack, Arthur Charles, Jack Gamble, Norman Lilyroth, Joe Rhea, Mack | Mercado, William Klaney, John Shotter, and Fred Morgan, chair-| man. Any other interested per- sons are invited to go, and thel meeting is announced as one of | importance, said the Rev. Walter Soboleff, pastor of the Memorial Presbyterian Church. WHITE IS PLEASED WITH NAMING OF DWORSHAK AS SEN. FROM IDAHO| Former Senator Henry Dworshak, 55, (R) has been appointed Senator | from Idaho by Gov. C. E. Robins, | succeeding the late Sen. Bert H.| Miller (D). Albert White, local| resident, is highly pleased with the viously served Idaho both in the House and Senate, but was defeated for re-election by Miller in Novem- | ber. | White says Dworshak visited Ju-| neau a few years ago and hasI been found to be a friend of Al-| aska. White also says he hopes to b2 able to campaign in 1950 when two Republicans will be in the field and cne of them will be Sen- ator Dworshak, a friend. GEORGE BROS. dest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE SHOP AT BERT’S FOOD CENTER Alaska’s Finest Supermarket STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third 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 BOTANY 'lw' CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING SHAFFER’S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 S UL Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Managgr Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies .Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.. 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 Dalries, Inc Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone §8 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists TPhone 811