The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Second and Main Stree EELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Juneau, Alaska ] Mrs. Beach passes | then that one of | gone from him. ANY | - Prestdent Vice-President Managing Bditor Business Manager raising. At his Entered n the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Deliverec by carrier in Juneau and Douslas six months, §5.00; one year, By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: | One year, in advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; | " " | by selling lily bulbs_from a 30-acre plot of ground. Although he traveled extensively in the United | States, Canada and Central America, Mr. Beach never “There is too much for me to see and @e month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | he Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery | »t ‘heir papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; MEMBER OF Business Office, OCIATED PRESS ;.‘.2:0150 per month | tities. Once, he said . went abroad. The Associated Priss is exclusively énti itled to the use for epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or nov other- yise credited in this paper and also the local news published derein | EVERY NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alas| surth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. ka Newspapers, 1411 the Chicago Trib | Government and soundly asleep in lation of the build 36 stores. “HUMAN RIGHTS” President Truman says the attainment of basic tives have devised newsprint to reinf bune’s seven-inch DAY the raising of flowers and vegetables. fact about him is that he was one of the first men | in this country to popularize the growing of Easter | o d on in 1947 and the author said his chief sources of inspiration had e B | Rex Beach was an enthusiastic fisherman and hunter and became interested in farming and cattle Florida ranch he experimented in he made $200,000 in a single season | learn here,” he explained. MAN FOR HIMSELF ‘With its customary flair for enterprising ventures une has developed an ingenious— and probably very sound—plan for the protection of its employees and tenants from possible atomic attack. It is not a plan anybody else could borrow and apply literally—except perhaps other illustrates the fact, the sad fact, that the American newspapers. But it its armed forces are placidly and matters of atomic defense. The Tribune building has about 3,900 inhabitants —employees and tenants. The maximum normal popu- ing is about 2,400, scattered through To protect those persons, Tribune execu- a plan of using 1,500-pound rolls of orce the shielding power of the Tri- walls of steel and limestone. These paper rolls will form the bulkwarks of 30 shelter areas human rights for men and women everywhere “is|strategically placed through the Tower. essential to the peace we are seeking.” The President said this in a formal proclamation designating tomorrow, December 10, as United Nations “human rights” day and gsking its servance in this country. INTERIOR DEPARTM The Periscope of News Week says: “A smoulder- ing feud between Assistant'Secretaris sdh and William Warne may result in the removal | of one or both soon. . . . Davidson hints to friends that he may seek the 1950 Democratic nation to oppose Senator Morse in recalled that News Week forecsat the resignation of former Secretary Krug of the Interior Department. THE PASSING OF REX Alaskans, the real old sourdou passing of Rex Beach the author. Three of his best | stories “The Spoilers,” “The Barrier Horde,” were typical and truly Alaskan. Scores of the oldtimers knew Rex when he was early days and many were involved, are closely re- lated, to the facts contained in his And what a tribute he paid hi Atomic scienti: ed the defense pla appropriate ob- | involved. H The Tribune’s with its penchan T FEUD? inquiries, Tribune es Girard David- many technicians Senatorial nomi- Oregon.” It is; be the gravest the BEACH ighs, mourn the ! »and “The Silver | Japan’s first in Alaska in the |$30,000 prize for Alaskan stories. is deceased wife. Herald.) sts in the Chicago area have check- n and speak well of it as a practical contribution to the safety of the thousands.of persons particular solution may be tinged t for advertising itself. But the really important thing is the fact that after repealed!Nome ¥ officials never were able to get any help of any kind from government agencies. Our government is spending close to $50,000,000,- 000 a year and employs countless people including of real ability. But none of its pureaus and agencies seems to have anything to offer, not even advice, to a citizen or a corporation seeking to anticipate a problem which may easily nation ever has faced in its history. A cartoonist says a mountain goat can stand on a space two inches square. S 5 a a olitician this goat is a rank amateur compared to a p off, Arlowe Gay, and Robert Dapce- standing on his record. Ao S As an equilibrist, however, who won a nuclear Nobel Prize winner, his theoretical work in science, says he does most of his heavy thinking in bed. What a nice way to earn $30,000.—(Bellingham The Wasfinglon Merry-Go-Round 8y DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) Bridges have disci S sibility in this suit, conteading, that | Lewis made unauthorized expendi- | tures from the fund without con- sulting them. However, the big mine boss, who exercised one-man con- trol of the fund while it was still active, emphatically favors “equal responsibility” now that the legal heat is on. Nor would Lewis agree to stop “emergency” spending from the/ welfare fund's balance of about $13,000,000 taken in since his con- tract with the operators expir- ed last June 30. “Well, if youre such a stickler for technicalities, maybe this is something that should be decided by the courts, also,” Bridges com- mented tartly. “In my opinion, it's a violation of our trusteeship to con- tinue spending from the welfare; fund and I want to go on record here and now as disapproving what you're doing. “I'm as deeply moved by these emergency health cases among the miners as you are" continued Bridges, “but actually this isn't our money to spend while there is no existing contract between the min- ers and the operators.” Sherman Meets Admirals While Adm. Forrest Sherman has been doing a valiant job of whip- ping recalcitrant admirals on to the unification team, some of them have never forgotten their first con- ference with the new Secretary of Defense. The admirals had come into Louis Johnson's office to brief him on their budgetary needs, and gave him a long, solemn-faced recita- tion of how many men they re- quired in case of war, how much money, how many shipyards, how many civilian workers in those shipyards. Johnson listened carefully, but in- terrupted. “Gentlemen,” he said, “if we fol- lowed this program we would have | | 2 budget of fifty billions for the | | Navy alone. Futhermore, there would be no men left for the other | services and none for the civilian needs of the rest of the coumtry.” Johnson’s voice was unruffled completely friendly, but decisive. “You are wasting my time” he continued, “and your own time— until you can come in with a rea- sonable proposal. You've got to ¢ ordinate with all the armed ser- vices. Please get together with them before you come in here again.” To mollify the admirals, Johnson added that the Air Force or the to prove his point in a recent chat: Army could have made the same with District of Columbia’s young| mistake of shooting too high. But his diplomacy made no difference.| The Navy delegation filed out of | and probably never will. his office red-faced and furious. They have never forgotten Johnson Air Junket Spoiled Apologies to 'Congressmen Victor Wickersham of Oklahoma and Tom Fugate of Virginia. It looks as If this column has spoiled their air junket through South America. Everything was all set for these two gentlemen to take a private Air Force plane from country to country through Latin America. In fact, Chairman Schuyler Bland of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee had even sworn that the trip was in the interest of national defense. He had to do this if they were to get a free plane. However, once their junket plans were exposed in this column. Con- gressman Wickersham announced he wasn't going and Congressman Fugate agreed to take a regularly scheduled military transport plane to Panama, then fly commercial airlines the rest of the way. Note—Though Fugate’s trip won't be as costly as having a private Air Force plane to chauffeur him around, the taxpayers must still pay for his vacation. Doctors vs. Health Insurance It looks like the American Medi- cal Association was heading back toward the dark ages. Most people don't realize it, but in 1916 the AMA took a much more enlightened view of the natioin's health than in its current all-out fight against a national health program. Back in 1916, the AMA’s house of delegates actually went on re- cord as approving government health insurance. They even passed a resolution submitted by their judi- i al council which referred to gov- ernment health insurance as “one of the forces tending to human betterment.” Today the language of that resolution would probably be regarded by the AMA as down- right dangerous to the American way of life ! In contrast to this 1016 pro-| nouncement for human betterment, here is what the AMA stated edit- orially through the New York State Journal of Medicine on Aug. 15, 1949 about preserving human life: “We readily admit that under it (the present system) a - certain number of ‘cases of early tuberculo- sis and cancer, for example, may go undetected. Is it not better that a few such should perish than that the majority of the population should be encouraged on every oc- casion to run sniveling to the doc- tor?” Truman’s Whistle Stops Baby-kissing may be out of date, but the old-fashioned handshake still pays off in an election cam- paign, according to expert Harry S. Truman. He even cited statistics Democrat leaders. % “I shook hands with 26,000 peo- [ year,” the President recalled. “Mrs. Truman outdid me, shaking 50,000 hands at home, but I shook a quarter “of a million during my campaign trips.” He added that he addressed 7,000,- 000 persons at Democratic rallies and “about 15,000,000 people saw me” during the campaign. Like a fight promoter counting the house, Truman likes to keep tab on public turnouts for his travels, and he estimated that about 600,000 men, women and children greeted him on his recent 4rip to St. Paul and Minneapolis. “My St. Paul audience was one of A little-known THE DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA = = [ 4 DECEMBER 9 Donna Eneberg Pierre Sundborg George Armstrong Mrs. William Rhymer Mrs. Dean N. Parker Clarence D. Wilson Evelyn Thompson 's. Phillip Kelly s, Ray Chapin o o 0O e o0 o @ Wealh_?r al Alaska Points Weather conditions and iemper- atures at various Alaska polnts also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am. 120th Meridian Time, ana released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau, follow: . bp—Partly Cloudy . 25—Partly Cloudy . 16—Snow 26—Clear 8—Cloudy 17—Partly Cloudy 5—Clear Anchorage ... Barrow Bethel ... Cordova . Dawson Edmonton .. Fairbanks ........ A Haines 26—Partly Cloudy Havre ¢ e 34—Cloudy Juneau Airport 33—Partly Cloudy { Annette Island ...... 35—Cloudy j Kodiak . 31—Clear Kotzebue 17—Clear McGrath ... T—Snow . 4—Snow 2—Partly Cloudy 31—Cloudy 42—Rain 32—Partly Cloudy ... 36—Cloudy coens 10—SNOW . 30—Snow Northway ... Petershurg Portland " Prince George Seattle ‘Whitehorse Yakutat HOSPITAL NOTES Six persons were admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. They were: Mrs. Alfred Horton, James Bidwell, Mrs. Tom Dull, Alex Dar- vich. Paul Malo and James Herbert were dismissed from St. Ann’s yes- terday. Catherine Cranston was admitted to the Government Hospital yes- terday. NEW FUR COATS At Victors, sizes 8 to 28. 371-14t the most enthusiastic I ever ad- dressed,” said the President. “Bill Hassett (White House Secretary) told me we ought to boftle it up and take it along with us.” John R. Foley, President, and Don Junior, Treasurer of the local Young Democrats, both remarked on how “fit” Truman appeared, despite his long hours of work. “How do you do it?” they asked him. “I work my staff hard,” grinned |the President. . Myself 40. Soli . Be abundant ig 18 Kind of gaiter . Chaft ¢ . Conjunction 16. Forcible grasp Symbol for 50. ruthenium . Annoy . Form Into fabric . Visit stores . Dregs . Grafted: heraldry . Leaf of the palmyra s route Cover a top wall: variant Base of the decimal system . Hebrew plural ending Duchy palm While . Cut of meat . Cherry color . Cavern 62. Excite t . Exists action 34. Join . Reside Jubilant 5. Rents »[»/00/Z[>[D RN v s 20 YEARS AGO 7%'x empirE DECEMBER 9, 1929 Organization of the Mendenhall Mink Ranchers was perfected and these officers chosen at the election: J. E. Ames, president; A. Cameron, vice-president; Bruce Brown, secretary-treasurer; and Charles Rudy, director. The deep-sea-diving Wiley Brothers were to “pay their respects to Neptune” by plungilng off Coles dock the coming Sunday morning. Two owered to the Gastineau Channel floor for testing cages were to be I A. Hayes. light and telephone systems, according to Capt. C. Nearly a month after Fliers Eielson and Borland disappeared into the Arctic, three Fairehild fold-in wing type of airplanes were to be dispatched in the search by Universal Aviation Corporation, the vice- president announced. Five Alaska Airways planes awaited favorable weather to be taken to the Seward Peninsula by Pilot Barnhill and Mechanic Mueller; Pilot Matt Niemenen and Mechanic Cope; Pilot Ed Young and Bilot Gillman. Al including Joe Crosson’s ship, had made futile-tries from Fairbanks or Anchorage. ner giving the obligation oath, the Rev. C. C. Saunders was installed as new péstor of the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church, after a sermon by the Rev. R. F. Pederson of Skagway. Special appreciation was extended to the Rev. Henry Young of the Methodist Church, who had conducted service during the illness of the former pastor, O. A. Stillman. With the Rev. David Waggo H. B. Crewson, wellknown and popular representative of the House of Schilling, left on the Yukon for San Francisco to attend a sales staff meeting during the holidays. After turning back once, and a stormy trip to Skagway, with most of the team seasick, the Douglas Hi basketball team had a little trouble getting going against the Skagway quintet, Skagway leading 16-15 at the half. But after Niemi broke the ice with two pretty shots, the Islanders hit their stride, to win 23-18. Mrs. James Drake was to be in chrage of the Education Commission- er’s office until the return, after the holidays, of Commissioner L. W. Breuer. He, with Mrs. Breuer, left on the Yukon to spend Christmas and New Year's in Bellingham, Wash. The Coast Guard cutter Unalga, Lt. .N. S. Haugan commanding returned from an unprofitable six-day search to the westward for the missing halibut schooner Kanatak. The Norco, Capt. L. Williams, arrived from Seattle with freight and these passengers, who boarded at Petersburg: I. Arensen, Al John- {son and O. D. Leet. ‘Weather: High, 24; low, 18; clear. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corvon ]y | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He not only visited Buf- o, but also Cleveland.” Say, “He visited not only Buffalo, but also Cleveland.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Atmospheric. BET, not as in HERE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Rendezvous; observe the ZVOUS. SYNONYMS: Vibrate, fluctuate, oscillate, pulsate, sway. |“ WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: BSCURITY; quality of being indistinct, or hidden. “How often the highest talent lurks in obscurity.”—Plautus. l | MODERN ETIQUEITE #tpsnea ues | Pronounce the E as in Q. What should a hostess do when she is entertaining several guests and one of them shows plainly that she is thoroughly bored? A. Ignore it and devote all her attention to the others. A guest who is this rude will, of course, not be invited again. Q. When a woman is alone in a hotel, in what way should she call a taxi? i Ask a bellboy to attend to this. Isn't the bridgegroom supposed to pay for the wedding music? No; this expense should be borne by the bride or her family. wma >0 - a0»n omilumz --»r»v Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Plunder . Small tower 6. Give oft fume: 6. Large net . Act of meet- ing end to end . Close firmly . Units . Lowest note ot Guido's scali . Bssential oil of orange flowers Stone fruits . Metal Turn over 23 Exclamation 25. Set oul on @& voyage . Wicked Be aware . Masculine name . Pronoun . Rapped 7. Send forth Spite . Glaze County 1n Ohio . Afford pleasure Faculties of perception Amidst . Award ot valor Redact Learning COMMERCIAL ple here in the White House last Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenlury of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS I LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ compon | 1. At what age does a boy nced as much food as a grown man? 2. What is bullion? 3. What Shakespearean play has to do with the quieting of a woman’s lashing tongue? 4, What was the most extensive empire ever established? 5. What mythological characier fell in love with the statue he had carved? ANSWERS: 1. Between the ages of nine and fourteen a boy rgquires as much food as a man, and during the next five years more than a man. 2. Uncoined gold or silver. % 3. “The Taming of the Shrew.” 4, That of the Mongols under Kublai Khan. 5. Pygmalion. e Aottt Plumbing ® Heafing ~ Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. Cirlimmenlrmenflmmonflmmenlyrmenfiysmsenfyreenl DEAN C. E. RICE as a paid-up subscriber 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: "THUNDERHOOF" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 aud an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH 'THIS SPACE—Your Name May A 1 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1949 |ELDERLY COUPLE'S SLAYER SENTENCED T0 LIFE IN TACOMA TACOMA, Wasn. Dec. 9—(P— John Edward Summers, 33-year-old ex-convict and confessed slayer of an elderly suburban -Tacoma couple, must spend the rest of his life in prison. A Superior Court found him guilty yesterday of first degree murder in the slaying of Howard Easley, 62. It recommended, how- ever, against the death penalty. The jury of nine women and three men deliberated nearly a full day aftér receiving the testimony late| Tuesday before reaching a ver- dict. Summers received the verdict calmly. He smiled briefly at Albert Morrison, one of his counsel, and talked at length with accompany- ng deputy sheriffs. Mr. and Mrs. Easley were slain in their Summit home July 16. Cheir bodies were found in a Cas-| ;ade Mountain timber area five lays later. Summers subsequently was arrested in a San Francisco ooming house where he had taken :mployment. TRANSFERS, NEW POSTS ANNOUNCED BY STORIS Recent transicrs of personnel be- tween the Coast Guartl cutters Storis and Cahoone, the latter sta- coned in Sitka, were announced to- day. Thomas C. Torrence, engineman rd class, and Alvin Weston, ap- rentice steward’s mate, were trans- ferred from the Juneau ship to the Cahoone. Adam C. Karnes, quar- termaster 2nd class, Woodley B. Gosling, apprentice seaman, John A. Evazich, fireman, and Bob Nel- son, chief engineman, took up juties “ aboard the Storis after ransfer from the Sitka vessel. | Two men returned from leaves. james L. Heiges, apprentice sea- man, is back from Seattle after 30 days regular leave, and Robert L. Wall returned from a 15-day eave. Jerry J. Williams, commissary man 2nd class, has been granted a 21-day sick leave. One new man came aboard. His name is Jesse R. Zambrano, yeo- man 3rd class, assigned here from Zan Francisco. ¢ Three men were transferred lighthouse ~ stations during the Storis’ recent tour of the district. They were Troy R. ‘Walker, en-| zineman 3rd class to the Cape Spencer Light; Richard Varble, apprentice seaman, to the Eldred Rock Light, and Homer G. Daily, apprentice seaman, to the Point Retreat Ligh! R AR ST GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS FHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY "500" CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON. HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Qutfitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY DeSoto—Dodge Trucks '8 SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery 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 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. ""The Rexall Store" Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. Wholesale " 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Harilware (o. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Typew: SOLD BALI snvxcngteb;’ J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES. DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a dajly 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 LEVrS OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Thone 311