The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 16, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR 5 able to shop leasurely and avoid the last minute rush- es, purchasers are assured of more complete stocks to choose from. Merchants and their employees doubt- less will appreciate early shoppers and give them special consideration.” - | . vaily Alaska E Dauwy Alaska Lmpire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY nd Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska N - - - President Vice-Pres'dent Managing Bditor Business Manager Second OTHY - . ELMER A. FRIEND - - - % ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Weep for the Nickel Java ffice In Juneau as Second Class Matter. BSCRIPTION RATE: DelivereC by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month, six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 mail, postaze paid, at the tollowing rates: in advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; e, $1.50, I confer a favor if they will promptly notify of any faflure or irregularity in the delivery Entered tn the Pos : ; (St. Louis Star-Times) Restaurant operators of St. Louis have decided that the rising cost of the coffee bean soon will make the standard price of a cup of coffee from 7 to 10 cents. At this sad moment, let us not deal in either News Office, 602; Business Office, justification or remonstrance. Let us simply bow our MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS “hozl(i in sorrow at the passing of the 5-cent cup of e e s | O e Mgt Bt eyt gl 51 7o It was a great institution. Somehow a nickel and this paper and also the local news published a cup of coffee seemed to go together, like ham and 3 . : 2 | eggs, kraut and cabbage, meat and potatoes. The 5- NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | cent cup of coffee was the one indulgence that the scill Avinde Hids. leatus WA frugal of all sorts—from the penny-pinching student R to the money-grubbing miser—felt they could permit themselves. Down went the nickel. And up came the steaming cup. And then—really to be nostalgic—there were all | those many places where the second, the third, the j fourth, the nth cup of coffee was free. The nickel { was more of a symbol than a recompense. It was a kind of low-order cover charge for taking up a space in a cafe or restaurant. And as the fragrant java was poured, so flowed the good conversation.. And as : coffee was sippéd, so were tasted the casual and good- { natured remarks iy As one lone landmark—a tall tree or a mountain peak—disappears from the view of the departing { sailor long after the land mass of a continent has [ dropped over the watery horizon, so does the nickel With Christmas very, very near, Juneauites are |cup of coifee finally disappear. It was the last land- warned, rather asked, to do their buying now. Along|mark of that bygone age that maybe wasn't so happy this the Fairbanks News-Miner recently said|at the time but that seems so hapoy in retrospect “Buying Barly Pays” and bore this out with the fol- {1 that lost continent of the ‘past to. which tihero 18 . no return were other pleasant and wonderful things: b ety 2 . the dollar watch; the dollar shirt; the 10-cent plug of “Once again Fairbanksans are doing their Christ- chewing tobacco: the good 5-cent cigar; the 35-cent mas buying and the merchants of the city are busily | . i.0ut: the 15-cent shave; the large-size 5-cent candy engaged in vying with one another to attract shop- bar. Gone, gone irrecoverably gone. pers. A glance at store windows and counters leaves — no doubt that practically anything required to de- Overheard: “Am I in the doghouse! My wife light the heart of a child or make each familys|yent through my pockets last night and found two Christmas more complete can be obtained right here | jetters—one I forget to mail and one I forgot to in Fairbanks. “Buying at home has been repeatedly urged and with reason. It promotes the commerce of the com- munity and aids in building up business enterprises 374, ne revein DO CHRISTMAS BUYING line burn.” R S s e A minister says the laying on of hands has never cured anything. He’s mistaken. There are many which better serve their customers throughout the rest | jnstances in which it has cured loneliness—and juven- of the year. In the matter of selection and making|jje delinquency. exchanges after Christmas, home purchases have the £ unquestionable advantage. An insurance statistician says, “You have exactly the same chance of being struck by lightning as you have of becoming a millionaire.” Never again will an electrical storm make us in the least nervous. “Meanwhile, all shoppers are urged to start their buying early and make their purchases as far ahead of time as is convenient. Beside the comfort of being ;-b w h- i prosecution. He even got back $500 BROWNIE TROOP MEETING ifie was mg on of his $1,000 bond. Brownie Troop No. 3 will have Z In 1945, Mitchell was convicted of | their Christmas party at the re- "e"Y'Go'Round violating the election laws, and sen- gular meeting tomorrow. At the tenced to 60 days hard labor. How- last meeting the troop met at the DREW PEARSON ever, the Supreme Court threw!Elks Hall then hiked to the home | outinued frem Page One) out the case on the ground of an'of Mr: Sidney Lundwall. The limproperly drawn indictment. While ! Brownies spent their time making e e - |the case was up for appeal, two|Christmas sprays to take home. been so eager to pay their taxes witnesses disappeared, and, when The Troop wishes to thank mem- and Treasury agents claimed they picked up in Pensacola, swore that!bers of the Explorers and their Mitchell had paid them $100 a week | Scout Master, Chester Zenger, and Kenneth Goodson who gathered | boughs for the troop to use in mak- qwed a minimum of $700,000; Haps as much as $1,200,000. bo! iy oul ¢f: | Monie, Ripps and Mitchell immediately| This is the man who, when began to pull every political wire charged by the Treasury with in-fing the sprays. Thanks is also ex- south or north of the Mason-Dixon |COme-tax fraud to the tune of $700,~ |tended to Mrs. Lundwall who contri- Line. First they tried to hire Jo-|000 minimum, managed to squirm jbuted pine cones received from Cal- per seph Nunan, former Commissioner out of prosecution. ifornia. of Internal Revenue. Then they ne-i e _— gotiated with Martin Sweaber, a; Hiding The Cash Kids Sleds below Cost at Mad- THE DAILY ALASkA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~ | 20 YEARS AGO %" emPIRE E A | DECEMBER 16, 1929 DECEMBER 16 . The Douglas correspondent reported the marriage there, December G. Earle Cleveland ® |14, of Miss Myrtle May Gilbert to Mr. Harry Worobec. They had re- Mrs. Wallin Forrest ® | hcated their vows before U. S. Commissioner Charles Sey, in his resi- Dorothy Tuckett ® | dence. The bridegroom’s close friend, Mr. Arthur O'Dea, attended the Durerty Dok ® | couple. The newlyweds were to live in Juneau. Mr. Worobec was em- Donald A Messerschidt 3 |ploved at the Alaska Juneau Mill Elizabeth Webster Mamie Cronin . In the search for Col. Ben Eielson and Mechanician Earl Borland @ |the Coast Guard cutter Chelan was authorized to take three Fairchilé © @ o 6 o o ® ® & o panes and six Canadian fliers to Seward. The planes were to be il | shipped by rail to Fairbanks, for assembly there and the flight to Nome. ‘ the Rutledge Airways offered a Curtiss Robin wea'her a' | airplane, “Wild” Rutledge to be one of the pilots. . 1 When Douglas Hi basketeers left for their Skagway meet, they wer¢ AI k p I | admonished by Superintendent Cathcart to “bring home the bacon.” The as a o'n s lads won their game—and brought back a fine slab of nice, juicy bacon ;Pepoon and Mr. King, to help on the bacon—which turned out to be :jusl a starter in the menu department. Music and games were enjoyec }by 24 guests, with prizes going to Effie Fleek, Mr King, Rose Africl !In Edmonton, Alberta, |too. Cathcart invited the girls' and boys’ teams and their coaches, Mis: Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau lolrw:* and Urho Kronquist. Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Southwell planned to leave on the Princess Noral Q:f:’:;"ge 7‘Partly15£lgl“£i‘{ur a business and pleasure trip to the Pacific Coast. After spending | Bethel BV 17—Cloudy | Christmas in Tacoma, they were to go to San Clements, Calif., for New Cordova 11—Partly Cloudy | Year's Day with relatives. The couple expected to spend some time ir Dawson -9—Cloudy | Tacoma, Wash., before returning January 26. Edmonton 1—Snow | Fairbanks -18—Clear| The first concrete in construction of the Alaska Capitol Building s 15—Clear | 0 poured at 12:30 p. m., when R. M. Curtis, in charge of construc- e 144Cl°udy'tmn for N. P. Severin Company, contractors, began Work on the pie . 156—Clear | Junean Arnae | for the foundation. . L. GORDON Annette Island . 33—Cloudy | Kodiak 39—Cloudy | M 2 Kotzebue ) 15_Cloudyl C. R. Bell, Wrangell fish buyer, was in Juneau on business. McGrath -10—Cloudy | Nome 22—Cloudy | Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Sully left for Sitka on the Queen to spend the Northway - ~4—8NOW | gjidays with Mr. Sully’s mother. Petersburg . . 16—Clear Portland 39—Rain | 4 o ¥ ; clear. Prince George gl | Weather: ELalyi 88/ Tow, 81; clear: S e e Seattle %—Rain { ! Whitehorse .. -8—Snow | | . . b : yakutat 13—Partly Cloudy}i Dally '_essons mn EnghSh bv,‘;}l ! g Iif > CANDY LEAGUE BOWLS | 1 ohs OFTEN MISUSED: CREDIBLE means worthy of belief. e | CREDITABLE means worthy of praise. “His story is credible, and his The Candy League bowled on th Elks alleys last night and 7 o'clock | work is creditable.” high team was composed of Biggs,| OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Entree. Pronounce an-tra, first A as C. Shattuck, L. Shattuck and ;;, op, second A as in TRAY, accent first syllable. e OFTEN MISSPELLED: Census; Cen. Consensus; SEN. The 9 o'cleck high team was % G & SS, , terseness, conciseness, Stevens, Blanton, Snow and Rolli- | '_SYNONYMS» Brevity, briefness, shortness son. The members received a box | succinctness. Loty | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us 3 Ss('hmz beer went to J. Scott and | i rease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: now, the latter getting two bot- ! 3 i Aty ' lack. “He found that there was a dearth of g tles. High scorers were A, DayEDEARTH' i with 232 and P. Hagerup with 197 |books in the man’s home. X > WARNING! . WARNING! | : by i Gold and 9th Street hills have | MODERN Ti EE | been designated as the streets for ||| ROBERTA L sleighing. Parents, please inform | your children not to use any othep | street that has vehicle traffic. Ther 5 g were several instances of near acy|TWight include in her hope chest. cidents last night which could have A. Ahalf-dozen sheets; half-dozen pillow cases; a dozen large bx?th been tragic. We do not want to|towels; 1,-dozen guest towels; a dozen linen face towels; a dozen dish see any child hurt. —adv. 76-3t | towels; a dozen wash cloths; a dozen dust cloths; 4 linen table cloths; JUNEAU POLICE DEP'T|3 juncheon cloths; a dozen dinner napkins; a dozen luncheon napkins. iQuflLs, blankets, pillows, scarves, doilies, pictures, vases, books, silver, ornaments of various kinds, and a good cook book. Q. How does a man lift a soft felt hat when he is speaking to a Q. Please give a list of items a young woman of moderate means REBEKAHS BAZAAR IO.OF. Hall Dec. 17, afternoon good friend of Nunan's, Then they| Here are some of the things the 65-tf 1-5, evening 7-11. —adv. 69-2pl | | woman? retained William Nicholson | of | T-men. charged Mitchell and his! 7 Charlotte, N. C., former law part- | brother-in-law, Sam Ripps, Wwith} ner of Lamar Caudle, Assistant At- |doing. ner of Lamar Caudle, Assstant At- V008, g sewelry to armys Pxs,| [LOIGSCEATO G W givzd tax division. checks would come in to them from Scrupulous Caudle, a conscientious | 41l over the country. For instance, AEAME.; B & Anyes public servant, phoned his former|Camp Shelby, Miss., bought $15,000| 1 Bajan, = #5. Two: prefix partner, asked him to withdraw|Worth of jewelry on July 18, 1942.| & Ringed bom 36 Greek letter from the case. He did so. janother $4000 on July 23, 1942:1 13 Besaantak 38. Character in Finally, however, Mitchell and|and another $3453 on Dec. 4, 1942. headdress e Ripps approached Will Walter| In handling this money, Michel| 15 Passpert = . 55 pxists Bankhead of Alabama’s political{and Ripps followed a system off 18 Whils 40. Altar screen powerful Bankhead family, and'letting their small checks and cash} 1. Wireines 4. ‘Eymbo) (o0 thiough him retained Ben Leader, |accumulate. Then, when a large| 20. Colored fabrle 4 gnort for a former law partner of the U.S, At- |check came in, they deposited the( 3i Adverbial girl's name torney in Birmingham, John Hill, [accumulated small checks and cash | o Beegfmmg . Pitoas Significantly it was Hill who was|to the same amount as the big| 27. East Taafan .Greenlland.“ to try the case. jcheck, in order to make it appear | .. . fiber, B, . o e eares That c¢ase, however, has never |that the big check had been cashed. " " person 5L An&ellm:::‘ been tried. Tt was sent by the Jus- |Actually the big check was convert- | - Sumin 52. One of a tice Department to Hill for pro: ed into a cashier’s check, then sent ! 30. Morning: :;acr;derln: cution, but that was as far as it (DY & roundaabout way through the | g1 gchus of the 64 Makers of got. U. S. Attorney Hill held a|Jefferson Investment Co, of St oat g conference with Justice and Trea |Louis, controlled by Mitchell, to sury men in Birmingham at which he contended he did not have suf- ficient evidence. In the end, and with their concurrence, the prose- cution of jewelry profiteers Rippss and Mitchell was sent back toj Washington and closed. Prosecutor's Partner is Paid Meanwhile, this column, prob- ing the tax fraud, unearthed some interesting facts. Ben Leader, when questioned, admitted he was Hill's former law partner; also admitted he received a fee of $12,000, but made a long speech about the c: having been decided on its m This column also discovered, how- over, that this is not the first time Joe Mitchell lithered his way vut of trouble with the law Graduating from New York Uni- versity in 1923, Mitchell became an Internal Revenue agent, but permitted to resign in 1929 a scandal over falsifying accounts In 1930 Mitchell wa. ping the city w ply a negro tenement tk ha was aft n to Sup- he own~ caught tap- | the Paramount Check Cashing Ser- vice in New York. : : | 7| This devious method of cashing % checks was aimed to throw T-Men | N &dR off the track and cover up large / amounts of income. /H.- When this financial juggling was } detected on one set of Mitchell-! Ripps books, however, the books mysteriously disappeared. T-Men had got out a subpoena for them, but when they came back with, the subpoena, no books could be found. | Mitchell, himself a former Re\'-’ enue agent, knew how incriminating | books could be. 1 The Mitchell-Ripps defense is that they had to buy jewelry on the {black market, had to pay in cash, jand at high pric It was on mc‘ Books Disappear i dddda %fl.l || A. The hat should be lifted by the crown, not the brim. And above | all the hat should be lifted slightly, not merely touched by a finger on the brim. Q. Is it proper to convey food to the mouth with the tines of the fork pointed down? S | A. Either way is perfectly proper — and with either hand, too. [L00K and LEARN ¥ ¢ coroon | i 1. In what State is the center of the U. S. population? 2. Where is the highest active volcano in the world? 3. How many Christian denominations are there in the United States, 89, more than 200, or 46? " 4. Which four Presidents were Governors of New York State? 5. What part of the cat is the seta? ANSWERS: It has been in Indiana, but is expected to move westward to Illinois with the taking of the next census in 1950. 2. Cotopaxi, in Ecuador; 19,613 feet above sea level. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 4. Southern constellation 5. Symbol for nickel 6. During | L 7 Child's marble | o | Land measure & Faunolidate 9. Vagabond 1 10. Skip . 1L Type of pave- ment | 12. State whose I | | | | 57. Muse of lyric and amatary poetry 88. Interminable DOWN . Competitor motto is “Here we 3. More than 200. 11. Throw of six 4 Van Buren, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. t di et Roosevelt. 21, Massachusetts 5. Whiskers. cape 22. Wet blanket 25. One lost be- }'&nd recall: sfing 26. Masculine wame 28. You and 1 3L City in Texas 32. Caller 34. Hewng tool 37. English murderer 38. Append 41. Growing out 42. Rows 43. Accumulate 45. Tibetan monk 47. Drug-ylelding t plan 49. Article of millinery 51. Entirely 53. Be enough 55. Article 56. Small fish M ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Petershurg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg Convenient afternoon departures, at 1:30 P. M. FOR RESERVATIONS PHONE 612 D. A. WARD {basis of this p made by his former law partner, that U. S. At- | ¢ 'torney Hill opposed prosectuion. | However, Treasury and Justice Department tax men in ton, when questioned by this col- umnist, said they had decided to! reopen the case and hoped, in thel tend, to prosecute. ed in Mobile. He was allowed to settle the water bill out of court, In 1942, when renmt ceilings were clamped on his property, he was caught finagling rents above the ceiling price. And in 1943, when tires were rationed, Mitchell caught stealing two tires from a Tupelo, Miss., filling station. When arrested for this theft, his pockets were found bulging with $100 bills from which he posted $1,000 bond. Congressman Boykin of Mobile then sought the inter- vention bf Congressman Rankin of Mississippi and Mitchell escaped | was Ed Note—another Pearson column i tax frauds will follow soon).! |on | METAPH | TO Members of | physical Group {to hold meetings holiday season There will be no meeting tonight, Ehur unt wary 6. | The pub notice adds, “Merry | [Chn.sl mas and a Happy New Year!” ] | ! SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S. CAL GROUP MEET JANUARY 6 the Juneau Meta- have decided not until after the COMMERCIAL B Oldest Bank in Alaska *1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Depeosit Boxes for Rent as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA 1 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: "MELODY TIME" 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. WATCH 'THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! SAVINGS There s no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! JUNEAU PLAYERS ARE Immediately after the presenta- tion of The Messiah on Sunday at- ternoon at o'clock the Juneau Players will hold a business meeting in the Coun- cil Chambers in the City Hall. A financial report of the recent play will be given and plans will be made for the next play. All those interested in little theater, as well s those willing to help with pro- luction, are cordially invited. B. P. W. Club, Dec. 17—1 p.m.— fethodist Church basement.—ady. e FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1949 T 0o e 0 v 30 0.0 TIDE TABLGDE DECEMBER 17 Low tide 5:23 am, 34 ft. High tide 11:34 am., 186 ft. Low tide 6:17 p.m. -2.0 ft. ® & & © ° o o o o Buy Christmas Seals TO MEET ON SUNDAY R €ocesee approximately tour RUMMAGE SALE Help Stamp Out TB FOR SALE —USED MACHINES HOBART AUTHORIZED SALES AGENCY 1—14 H.P. MEAT GRINDER 1 AMERICAN MEAT SLICER 1 TOLEDO 24 LB. SCALE ‘3 BARNES 24 LB. 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