The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 1, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Sticets, Juneau, Alaska 15 SELEN TROY MONSEN - - - Prestdent | i5 at the lowest point of its annual cycle. It is the COROTHY TROY LINGO - - . Vice-President 2 K se § FLMER A. FRIEND by _ % Manasing Battor | MOst unfair month to select for census takers to com- ALFRED ZENGER L e - = Business Manager | pile records which are supposed to reflect the true population and economic facts about life in Alaska. | “The selection of February for the census should bring immediate reactions from every resident who is interested in the true facts and the proper development of Alaska “Government agencies should be concerned inas- much as their program in Alaska will be judged at the nation’s capital on the basis of the population served. | | bs f.c;)rlm: breakup and the new economic;activity of an- 1 other productive season, gntered n the Post Office in Junesu as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | DelivereC by carrler in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By malil, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in_advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50 h, e, $1.50. er: onfer a favor if they will promptly notify Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery pers. phones: News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 374, lusively entitled to the use for hes credited to It or not other- also the local news published ne Assoclated ication of all redited in this on the basis of the census. serein. termining the advisability in projects such as road KATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 building, community facilities, health and welfare curth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. programs, law enforcement requirements, statehood, transportation and postal services. i “The milita establishment will look to the cen- sus for an accurate picture of the civilian economy upon which so much dependence is placed for certain s and facilities. he TerMtorial government will be guided by the census. The public school system will be shaped to meet the needs as shown by the census take All Territorial agencies will be guided in their activities on the basis of the needs shown by the number of ser' persons involved “The number of representatives to hold seats in ‘the Territorial Legislature from each division will ke based on the decennial population count. “It is difficult to understand how. officials coula select the most undesirable date to campile such important information. TWO FEATURES IN NEWS Today, Osc Secretary of the Interior reading about the new Cabinet official in today Chapman is scheduled to-become There is mighty interesting 5 Drew Pearson’s Washington Merry-Go-Round. } “There must be reasons why February 1 was Another item of today.is what the Elks did last designated. Whatever they are they are overshadowed night. They contributed $1,000 to the Ambulance by the tremendous importance of having an accurate reflection of the population count and of the economic ! activity that is a part of Alaska throughout the pro- | ductive months of the year. “perhaps the officials chose the month when it |is most convenient to the Territorial school teachers and employees of the other government agencies which will make the count. Their convenience is not to be ignored, but neither is the census to be distorted in Fund. ABOUT TAKING ALASKA'S CENSUS There has been considerable comment regarding the taking of the census in Alaska, moving the date from April to February. In this regard, the Anchorage Times prints following editorial: favor of that convenience. “Federal and Territorial officials hit a foul ball “The 1950 census is worthy of whatever trouble it the takes to make it. by basis, with a handful of people waiting for the bruary is the month when the Alaskan economy ngress will gauge the importance of appropriations | “The 1950 population figure will be used in de- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | 20 YEARS AGO f¥s exeins | DECEMBEI The deer season had ended, animals | the field. 1, 1929 slentiful and no casualties in DECEMBER 1 Mrs, orge Shaw Einar Olsen ¥ G. Peterson Ci mine Yakopatz Wanda D. Nelson R. M. Steffeld Henry Stewart zabeth Snyder " e o o ® o and Mrs. Simpson, were re- Robert Simpson, of the Nugget Shop, e States for several |turning north on the Yukon after touring the | weeks. | W. D. Gross, owner of the Coliseum theatres in Juneau and Ketchi- > > ? > N N ® > S |kan, was coming north aboard the Yukon. Mrs, ° o | e ccscecnse ! The “farm dance” given by the Moose was one of the best attended food crops than in a h 3 g kit 1 all this com- |0 e season. |mitteeing, but it seems more at- "xruclive to talk bkig words than to do consequential but unattractive Attorney George B. Grigsby was registered at the Gastineau. |deeds. Words seem to mean so fmuch more than they should. Henry Messerschmidt entered the hospital to be treated for an attack of the flu. Andrew Carnegie worked hard S T e on the subject of peace, as did! Weather report: High, 46; low, 43; cloudy. |Henry Ford and other wise men But they overlooked some curious |characteristics of the human race, {which does not live by words alone. |One is that man abhors static con- | ditions. New peoples, new races of {man seek to enjoy not only the | power but the fruits of older civil- |izations. No Roman could have im- | |agined that the barbarians whom | caesar conquered would one day |call themselves Englishmen, speak ‘a Latin-Teutonic jargon, and rule | ithe werld from Elizabeth, the con- temporary of Shakespears, to George Jor today. Nor would an Englishman |of Elizabeth’s day imagine that the | bewhiskered Moscovite would one |day become the chief contender !for place, not with England, which | lis Dby-passed, but with America, |which was a fantasy of Sir Walter Raleigh. | In fact, Elizabeth was most con- | ‘cerned with Spain which was then the greatest of the powers, but | whose destiny was to be wrecked off the Irish coast by a wind, as Napoleon's hopes were later to be 1‘ Daily Lessons in English ?,3 L. GORDON WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He does this equally as well as I.” Say, ‘He does this as well as 1.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Preface. LET, I as in KISS, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Infallible; observe the LL. SYNONYMS: Oppress, depress, burden, weigh down. 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: SOLEMNITY; seriousness; dignity; gravity. «“She was impressed by the solemnity of the occasion.” Pronounce pref-is, E as in = O | = m v —— m — o Gz m — — m = =] = = = > | e = = Q. Is it proper to attel been invited, in ordinary dress? A. No, this is discourteous. and only if special permission has been may one attend in ordinary dress. Q. Is it permissible to ask the porter on a train to call one at a nd a masquerade dance, to which one has All guests should be suitably attired, secured from the host or hostess THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949 {ONE THOUSAND § GIVEN BY ELKS T0 * AMBULANCE FUND Juneau Lodge No. 420, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at their regular meeting last night voted a contribution of $1,000 to the Ambulance Fund. ‘This contricution is in keeping with the policy of the Order of Elks to support worthy social and | community welfare projects throughout the United States. FISHWHEEL STRIKE | FOLDS UP, WINTER FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. 1—(® —Whatever became of the Fish- wheel gold strike? Howling Arctic winds ‘and sub-| zero temperatures have the answer | to that question clutched closely to their frigid bosoms. { Oldtimers Sam Gamble and Ed! Farrell, who held hopes of a gen- uine “strike” up until last week, have returned to Fairbanks. They declare wryly that nothing can ke determined until spring, but “prospects look pretty bleak.” Drilling operations recently stop- ped at 50 feet when warm Chinook winds thawed the Yukon river ice and backed water over the drill holes. The strike started back in Octo- ber when Clifton Carroll reported finding a few nuggets attached to the muck on the axle of his fish- wheel some 30 miles south of Fort Yukon. FOUR TAKE EXAMINATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS IN ACS Four Alaska Communications Sys- tem enlisted men took examinations for promotions this morning at the | when they met at Juneau recently and set the date for starting the 1950 census of Alaska. After delibera- tions and consultations they came up with the date of February 1. “They could hardly contrary to the best inter of the people and the Territory of Alaska. The decision bids well to yield detrimental results which will plague Alaska for the next 10 years. “February is the month when the Alaska popula- tion is at its lowest ebb. both from the that of the results, e selected any date more summer months would be much more satisfactory, | onow. 1t is amazing point of view of the census taker and | count in history, the smile of a “In the spring and in communities, the mines The men and women who make nent home and depend upon it for their will be in Alaska instead of absent while traveling. eresifent and'd Britiah PHinel= «Alaskans would do well to impress on tl.'nelr gov- !is’tcr Gty 1 e’ sitbitbugroll i 7 ernmental officials that they vigorously disapprove ' ... orthe Crimea, talking to the s " We contend that the spring O . iereq by rain and Hitler's by what things certain hour in the morning? 'wicked woman or the hunger summer the trappers gather [mothers watching their babies die are opened and operating. The old Do r Empress of China of at the dinner table? A. At the right of the hostess. A. Yes; this is the correct and customary thing to do. Q. When the guest-of-honor is a man, where should he be seated Alaska their perma- could never have believed that Rus- | F hvellhoud.! a would one day conquer China | | with the assistance of an American || et “It is the month when those who travel in the | of tne February census date. The Alaska count should | g, of a Georgian alcoholic. 1. What is a campanile? States, for personal or business reasons, are absent jy taken no earlier than that of the rest of the nation | This is the stuff out of whicl| 2. Which of the Apostles was called “The Rock”? from the Territory. —April 1.7 | wars come, as Alexander S chs, €3-| 3. Whose portrait appears on the U. S. ten-dollar bill? “Trappers, white and native, are scattered over e !onomist and philosopher, who stir- | 4. What is the oldest newspaper feature coluthn now running? the vast stretches of the interior, isolated in their | A il red up the making of the atom 5. What character in ancient mythology had 100 eyes? cabins and camps. | England is reported to have more nudists thad pomb, must realize. The pesce so-| ANSWERS: “Mining camps are ‘buttoned up’ for the winter, | any other country. But then there a;e few n.atlflfl; cw_tu).\ have pevm- found a fnrmuld‘ 1. A bell tower. with only the watchman there. where so many people are down to their last suit o: im.bmh",g war v(*xccpl the K?{lo-g- 3 ‘Peber. “Dogens of interior communities are on a stand- clothes—(Everett Herald.) ?rmnfl Pd(‘(,'ln\(‘n(cd by Professor | 8 MaEnerteli,. g DRI ISR ¢ ames Shotwell of Columbia Uni| I T e T S AT E5 Versity, whose name is not attached | 4 Dorothy Dix's column, begun in 1896. given him crecit for the many T I_]' E S E D A Y S to the formula because politicians 5. Argus. -~ - the Washingfon 4erry-Go-Round things he has accomplished. Chap- man, for instance,’ has been push- ing the production of synthetic oil and gasoline, working behind-the- | 8y DREW PEARSON scenes with Srr. Joe O'Mahoney | of Wyoming. i (Continued frem Page One) It was Chapman who m\)nm.s‘ - | before the oil crisis in the winter of 1947-48 warned the industry) that they faced a shortage. Later,, the big oil companies were actually ! running advertisements urging con- | sumers to use less oil. i Early in the new deal it was also Chapman who led the fight against child labor in the beet-sugar fields. |As a boy he had worked in the| tobacco fields of Virginia, and knew child labor first hand. Chapman was also sent to the| Far West as trouble-shooter when | the grazing act was first passed in 1034, Ickes and Roosevelt had | persuaded Congress to regulate the Party. public domain in the Rocky Moun-} {tain states, where big sheep and attle men had fenced in large areas of government land \ Irate groips of cattlemen greeted Lindsay after having been rebuffed eleven times, Oscar has now come into the reward long overdue. When he takes office today, he will prob- bakly be the best qualified and perienced new Sec y of the In- terior in hist Bull Moose Bosses It may show a trend of the times that the three men Oscar Chapman | worked for most of his life have all been Teddy Roosevelt Bull- Mceosers. And of recent years these Progressive Republicans have been among the pillars of the Democratic The three men are Judge Lind- say, Sen. Ed Costigun of and Harold Ickes. The latter two| like not only to be famous and to enjoy power but to give the im- in of scholarship. Always pro- | ;ic have been the ghost-writers ‘{”)" k‘"‘:" s r”mb“c‘(t as the lm:]e | Eisenhower proposed, than to writ- when kings could not even read, President Dwight Eisenhower of 'much less write. ‘mgm more hbo(:ks, rg:m;?}:l::s ean’::‘el Columbia University, speaking be- | 2 ;}‘f';p!;d S iy fore the nutrition foundation, told | s;yging 'yolt: sin{:ers fhat e ‘: bm; ¢ h tried to ge size- |war as an instrument of national | » » E of how he had tried get R Alke (Copright, 1949, King Features able contribution for Columbia Un- Policy was wrecked when the Jap-| % iversity from a very weaithy family |2nese went into Manchuria in 1931, | Syndicate, Inc.) which can leave a part of their pos- |8 deed that was as much due to | R 4 HOSPITAL NOTES rich folks would do better to give their cash to something hard-head- ed and practical, such as President ORI GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY HOW TO WASTE MONEY But Shotwell’s formula to outlaw | sessions either to charity or the Sun Fo's distrust of T. V. Soong| government in accordance with the as to any other cause. Mussolini inheritance tax law. They turned then finished the job on the for-| SONS OF NORWAY (ARD PARTY SCHEDULED SAT. Sons ot Norway card party will be held Saturday night at 8 o'clock in the Odd Fellows Hall. A short business meeting, called for 7 c'clock, will be held before the meeting. In the absence of Presi- dent Elton Engstrom, who is in Seattle on a business trip, Bernt Mork will preside at the meeting. Juneau station, Lt. Delbert P. Ap- plegate, officer in charge of the Ju- neau ACS station said today. All four are trying for promotions to the first three enlisted grades— Master Sergeant, Technical Serg- sant and Staff Sergeant. | LUTHERAN BAZAAR—DEC. 2 Many lovely handmade articles ideal for Christmas gifts; delicious home-made cakes, cookies, candy and Norwegian Christmas brea your choice of dessert with coffee; 7 pm. at the Lutheran Church. 65-2t adv. : e, R TR GEORGE BROS. Widest Sclection of LIQUORS FHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 || HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE SHOP AT BERT’S FOOD CENTER him down, having already deter- Mula by sending Italy into Ethio-| Eight persons were admitted to| Pinochle and other games, with | Alaska’s Finest mined, like Andrew Carnegie before | Pia which might have been av- |St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. They | prizes of canned goods and ogherl Supermarket them, to leave their accumulations |erted were it not that Mussolini | were: Chwles Amway, Terrence | valuable awards, will be played. The te ikl to peace. and Anthony Eden hated each | Magorty, Robert Morrison, Mrs. | public is invited to attend. | ] | other. Had these two events not oc- |William Schoeppe, Mrs. John Kling- | Harold Snaring is general chair- | 9 »Thls means in due course, there curred, World War IT might not beil, Mrs. Walter W. James, Mrs.|man of the party with other mem- STEVENS will be _anolhur committee, some have taken place. Who knows? It|John Bresseman, and Mrs. James | bers being Bernt Mork, Mrs. John more paid employees, a lot of fu- might have come anyhow. But had |DeMers. ‘ | Lowell, Mrs. Frank Olsen, Mrs. LADIES’—MISSES’ ;I!(‘ roaearc}lll and innumerable pub- there been no World War II, Rus-| Linda Dunton, Charles Burdette, | Elton Engstrom and Sig Olsen. READY-TO-WEAR ications, all to the end that peace sia would not be mistress of half and Gregory Austin were dismissed : i iy Seward Street Near Third good, a cu_nclu.»-mn long since the world, and Harry Truman might from St. Ann's yesterday. reached by Isaiah, Micah and Con- not have been President of the Julia Stevens of Douglas was CHAPEL-BY-THE-LAKE BAZAAR Dec. 2 at 7:30: Fancy work, pie were delegates at the Republican | Chapman wherever he went; but] = 1 Conyention which nominated Taft |after listening to his persuasion |Peace oou in 1912, They walked out in protest |for half an hour, one cattleman | NCT¢aSn8 the yield per acre of fucius to no avail. As President|United States. | digmissed from the Government and coffee, pop corn, delicatessen, Eisenhower pointed out so correctly, | What all this means is that the|Hospital yesterday. potted plants, candy.—adv. 81-4£ d be accomplished by human race involves itself in all| = e 3 2icer — — sorts of silly activities and these and later drafted Teddy Rooseveit. 2ot up and said: It was through Senator Ed Costi-1+ “Were all used to having the gan that Chapman happened to [government in Washington cru meet FDR and enter the new deal. |us; so this is nothing new. But Chapman had managed Costig; it is new to have someone come campaign for the en in Col- | out and consult us about the way orado in 1930, and I the fact|we want to be crucified. This man 1 that Costigan was a bull-mooser,|Chapman is at least good enough| ,& S0%%.aq by i 42, um hickness Chapman elected him on the Demo- 1 to come and listen to our side. So ) ! 1 1 cratic ticket. Later Costizan visited | I'm for him. 3 Tabler I ”nmul Franklin Roosvelt, then Governor _ L Sapalihs - R R of New York, and took Chapman Pronoun nt Smart Politician Kind of bean When Harry Truman became Pre- | sident of the United States he | scarcely knew the young man wio ! 26 along. They talked about conserva- tion e must keep young men like this in government,” Roosevelt said, ' Oldest Bank in Alaska | 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends | Bank { Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent imlo» x|~ (00 Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle referring to C E ant and "t(i‘(-\ 2 ente v‘“'\ Cabinet. Pl'”bi\bly‘ % DOWN 4. Let it stund 9. Scuttle also having in mind the propa-|the first time he came to appre-i , 1. Bo. Ametjean. 0. Relatives 10. Part of the resig o v ng 2. Tenn ay . the next President of the United Tesigned and Chapman accomplish- | 3. Teomiageokh wlay Ao States ed the miracle of keeping all Inter- | 3t accent T After his elvction, FDR did not|1or Department executives {rom re- Majestie forget. He notified Costigan that SIEning in protest with their old B “a man named Ickes from Chicago” | “hief would be the new Secretary of the| Later, Truman came to know AGNES DOBNER 3 Chapman even better when his Interior; and that marked the be- r whistle-stop campaign in the sum- as a paid-up subscriber t6 THE DAILY ALASRA ginning of the ho between Ickes and Chapman up that mer of 1948 got off to a miserable start. At Omaha, Truman spoke to a hoc EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING has continued to this day a half-empty house. Crowds along Present this coupon to the box office of the Liberal Battler the way greeted him with less than CAPITOL THEATRE The Charlés W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 i Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING | lukewarm enthusiasm. Old-time obsery there are Suddenly Oscar Chapmon Wwas & two kinds of politicians in Wash-|rushed to his home town, Denver, | e and receive TWO TICKETS to see: cumn“ ington—those who watch to see!then on through the far west zhead | Pertaining to 1, Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler which way the wind is blowing, |of the President’s train. | 1. Queen of the 'GREAT EXPECTATIONS" DeSoto—Dodge Trucks and those who stand up and buck | Chapman knew the west. Thanks| b/ 37 N the wind no matter how hard it's v.,‘ !h‘h ‘l\:")w.\'.'ledgc and his poli.fl— :g Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre # blowing. ical sagacity, the Presidential trip Ph l SHAFFER' Chepman is in the latter class.;which started like a funeral dirge,| 5. La on 1 And his battles—wind or no wind— |ended like a bandwagon. Playing | fl . %n e aure” e LOW CAB £0.—Phone 22 i MABY MEAT have always been on the liberal his part backstage, as usual, Oscar .-V/ fl. .. SRas, REEl“ld an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and FOR BETTER MEATS ” - . Wi first i side. However, he has worked so had quite a bit to do with the pol- | g io. Woent first URN YOU to your home with our compliments. 13—PHONES—49 quietly and kept himself so much itical miracle that confounded the ..... /a- 52, Comparative w ' Pree Delivery - ending ATCH '[HIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear in the background that few have pollsters in November 1948 + . 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, Secretary. BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 12 'High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store 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, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies .Phone 206 .Second and Seward. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th . PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remi n A R J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authiorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Junean 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 H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311 | e ——————— i S —