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

PAGE FOUR ‘ : Daily A laska Em pire |mavu rn every evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Al HAELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - . Vice-Pres'dent ELMER A. FRIEND - - - . Menaging Bditor - - Business Manager ALFRED ZENGER - - Entered tn the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Deliverec by carrier 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: dvance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; in a s will confer & favor if they will promptly notifs he Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the delivery W ‘heir papers. Telephones News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, The Assoc evablication of all vise credited in this serein of authority. tches credited to it or nou ofher- news dispatch nd also the local news published paper success recipe in a — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIV] arth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. | the reins of power | were thrust upon singly with the bul but that distasteful debts at Claus in Washingt SAD SANTA The way in Wi A variety-store owner in Pittsburgh has fired his Santa Claus because, so the owner said, “he had the saddest eyes of any Santa Claus in the world.” And of course tradition is all on the side of the employer as he insists that Nick's eyes have to twinkle or he’s not the McCoy. Still—this is the time when the peace of Christ- mas isimore than a phrase on a greeting card. When dad mutters that Christmas, as far as he's concerned, is just a pain in the bank balance. When mother mur- murs, . “Christmas comes but once year — thank heavens” When kids spurn the thought of a nice little toy wagon at $2.98 and insists on having a jet plane, or, at a minimum, a pony. Isn't it possible the Pittsburgh employer had a real 1949 model Santa on his hands and just didn’t realize it? going down a road political freedom. streets of Atlanta, cluding charges of his conviction for a truck, and he.a Since no charges this twenty-eighth HAT ON HEAD, OR IN HAND? The Cincinnati Enquirer talks right out in an editorial under the above caption, and so pointed and % speed maniacs. hitting so hard that it is well worth reading and Geor 's high here it is: revoking the Gravif Modern American politics presents an amazing Wwaiting paradox — one highlighted by that historic speech taking action which former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes made before the 13 Southern Governors at Biloxi, Miss., a week ago. Mr. Byrnes sounded a sentry’s alarm against a Federal Government which has grown so great it was not deprived | its authority to Washington. would have involved So they found, But until, somehow locally the reins of government, we shall continue may not have been to blame in this instance. [of all local self-rule and the final destruction of all “State’s rights” has become a trite phrase, but the purposeful South Carolinian put steel in the defini- Prestdent | tion when he told the Governors to go to Washington ;wnh their hats on their heads, instead of in their hands, begging for a portion of the tax money their constituents have been forced to pay. In the traditional philosophy of the Democratic Party, Mr. Byrnes made a great Democratic speech. | Yet—and here is the amazing paradox — his address at Biloxi was a better Republican speech than most | any Republican has made in modern times! Down through the decades, the Democratic Party has stood for state's rights, for local accessibility of the reins of government and against centralization]® Until, that is, a Democratic President | ® during a national depression found a magic politlcal[: centalized feed trough. In justice to the late Franklin D. Roosevelt it should be said that he did not reach out and grasp formerly held by the States. They him. State after State abdicated They could have dealt rdens of relief and unemployment, unpleasant taxes or home close to the taxpayers. or thought they found, a Santa on—a source of free and painless money, far from home. It was not free money, and it was only painless for the present, because now each State owes its share of the tremendous Federal debt and Washington has become not merely the Federal Government but THE Government. as easy. The way back is hard , the people of America recapture that leads straight to the death of 28th Accident (Washington Post) Hugh D. Gravitt, driver of the car that ran down and killed the author of Gone With the Wind in the had 26 prior charges of traffic violations chalked up against him by the police, in- speeding and driving while intoxi- cated. The twenty-seventh accident led last week fo involuntary manslaughter and a jail sentence of a year to 18 months. The next day Mr. Gravitt, still drving the fatal car, collided with nd his wife were siightly injured. were preferred against him, he But accident is only a postscript to a story of recklessness that emphasizes the need for sterner disciplinary action to protect the public from f the menace of incompetent and drunken drivers and way patrol excuses its delay in tt license by explaining that it was for formal notification of conviction before That might be a valid reason, if the accident that cost Miss Mitchell her life had been the | only black mark against the culprit. explain why a chronic violator of traffic regulations But it does not of his driver's license long ago. Whether the blame lies in defective safety regulations ; enforcement, ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA " DECEMBER 17 Mrs. J. L. Holmquist Peter R, Larson V. N. Blackwell Ed “Doc” Sweeney Mrs. George W. Johnson Charles B. White Mrs, Genevieve Soboleff George Schmdit Page Wood DECEMBER 18 William H. Neiderhauser Mrs. William Hering William Bosch Georgene N. Moore Mrs. Elsie Credo Mrs. M. O. Johnson ® e 0 o o » © ° Weather at Alaska Points ‘Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 |Miss Impi Aalto, am. 120th Meridian Time, anc released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau, follow: Anchorage St— Tte) [} Barrow . =11—Partly Cloudy | Bethel e | Cordova . 13—Partly Cloudy Dawson 4 -30—Clear. Edmonton -11—Cloudy Fairbanks Haines .. 16—Clear | Havre A - Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak Missing 12—Clear .. 23—Clear 28—Clear Kotzebue ...... 12—Partly Cloudy McGrath .. -19—Partly Cloudy Nome ... R 17—Cloudy | | Northway . i -14—Fog | Petersburg ... 20—Clear Portland Prince George 2—Snow seattle Whitehorse ........ -9—Snow . 12—Clear Yakutat - essfully. For tue supposedly air- jtight case against Ko Rockwell, and Cobert was immediat- ely dropped. The Treasury has aone absolutely nothing since. Only other development is that ! Los Angeles County has now in-4 dicted Kovey, Kogus, Rockwell and Cobert, As far as the U. S. Trea- fort has been miade to proceed with | Kogus, | sury is concerned, however, no ef- . threatens to destroy its own supporters. that] continued and ever-greater Washington could lead only to disasti or la the incident rpens the re- sponsibility of State and local officials to rid the public highways of drivers whose records show them to be a menace to life and property. He warned dependence upon er, the abdication | lfie Wasfiinqlon | Merry-Go-Round I By DREW PEARSON | (Continued from Page One) letter he addressed himself chiefly to Truman's postcript. He explain- ed at some length that he did not consider himself a deserter from | the Democratic Party, but remained | a devoted supporter of its funda- | mental principles. Then Byrnes pol- | ished off his letter with this crack: “I am not a Brutus, and neither | do I consider you a Caesar.” | Big Gamblers Evade Taxes In the opinion of this columnist, tax fraud and tax evasion are now more prevalent than at any time in years. This means, of course that those who do pay their taxes| have to pay more to make up for those who don't. There used to be vne category of citizens against which the Treasury never pulled its punches—the un- derworld. It took an income-tax Francisco, got busy. The evidence the Federal Security Administra- they assembled appeared conclu-ition in Washington When queried e. ;utnuz the Sackman visit, Hayes —_— | stated that Sackman had conferred Protection Money |with him about the tax case but. In 1948, the Guarantee Finance {that he had told Sackman he could | Company listed in its mrommmx;he of no assistance. return $248,000 paid to “Lopez,” and | Apparently Sackman found other | another $108,000 paid to “Special” |wires to pull and pulled them suc- No further explahation of these; | Jan. criminal prose cution. in light on a Sunday October, 1879. ‘He Dorothy 77-3t Nugget Shop open evenings.—adv. | ge expenditures was given, but| it appeared from Treasury in\‘es!LI G RS ¥ Thomas A. Edison lit the world's| first electric { afternoon watched it burn until Tuesday noon, | and then deliberately burned it out by increasing the current. | .zl_mear}tu spend Christmas in Denver W , Wilbur whom he hoped to see on the Pacific Coast. EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO 73 THE DECEMBER 17, 1929 L. B. Chisholm, municipal magistrate of wrangell, arrived on the Queen to attend to business matters and enjoy & visit with his daughter, Miss Dorothy Chisholm. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams arrived from Hirst-Chichagof, planning to sail on the Norah for Vancouver and spend the holidays with rela- tives in Monroe, Wash. Willlams was superintendent of the Hirst- Chichagof Mine. The all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing “Broadway Melody” in- augurated “talkies” at Dalton and pitshmann’s - theatre, the Palace | The musical comedy starred Charles King, sAnita Page and Bessie Lovq‘a | —— George Anderson of Anderson’s Music Shoppe, wellknown pianc tuner, returned from a five-weck trip to the westward and Interior. Pt A benefit dance was scheduled for Mrs. 'seriously injured while playing basketball. |by Dr. W. A. Borland. | | Eva Robinson, who had been She was to be operated on A half-page ad announcing his retirement and a closing-out sale {was signed by E. Valentine, «Alaska’s first jeweler to retire from | business.” Valentine said, «Through old age and decrepitude . ; . aftes i-11\ years in business, making up Alaska gold and shipping to all parts of the world, I must now retire.” Young Douglas teachers arriving home for the holidays included from near Petersburg; Miss Alberta Gallwas, from Gustavus, and Miss Lucille Fox. | Miss Eva Tripp, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Tripp and clerk in the office of Gov. George A. Parks, left on her annual leave, planning dgzRrow {to go to Salt Lake City and California to visit relatives. & Gov. George A. Parks left on the Northwestern for Seattle, expectin: ith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jame: tary of the Interior Ray Lymar Parks, before conferring with Secre! Otherwise, he was going to Washington, D. C. low, 32; clear. Weather: High, 38; | | . 41—Partly Cloudy |IL—— - | | | | | No dancing classes until after| Ph. Blue 163, Stearns Roff.—adv. \ i i oo | Daily Lessons in English $. & corvon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The message was sent 38—Partly Cloudy |, oo tne world.” Say, “was sent over all the world.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rodeo. Pronounce ro-de-o, both O’s as in RODE, E as in ME, accent on first syllable preferred. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Acquiesce; observe the five vowels. SYNONYMS: Demolish, destroy, devastate, wreck, ruin. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: incre: “It was a happy dis- DISPENSATION; a specific plan; a provision. pensation of nature.” < T i MODERN ETIQUEITE %ueron sos | T E = = — Q. Is it proper for a man to say, “I am very glad to have met you,” when taking leave of a woman to whom he has just been intro- duced? A No; it is the woman’s place to express pleasure over the meet- ing. If she says nothing, a nod of the head and a pleasant “good-bye” is all thatis necessary. Q. How does a bride-to-be go about buying her bridegroom’s wed- ding ring? A. If it is to be a double-ring ceremony, the girl and the man go to the jeweler’s together, and she buys his ring and he buys hers. Q. When it is necessary for a person to blow his nose in company, should he apologize? A. No; but try to make the performance as quiet and inconspicuous as possible. Do not try to imitate a foghorn. ; i | | 100K a hd LEARN 21{ C. GORDON | Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle gation that $108,000 was paid to runners, and that the $248,000 to "‘Lupez" w probably paid for po- ACROSS ot lice protection, 3 L Little lle Comedian’s The gambling company’s 1947 in- (s goal come-tax return was somewhat sim- 1 9 S e llar, with $247,000 paid to “Lopez”! 12 Brazilian 10, Publis cavtioes and $109,000 paid to “Special.” 13 More igroble - 41 After preparing what they con-| 14 Auricie % o il 5. Look after 42 sidered an airtight case, the West| 17 Ordinary 44. Seaside resort Coast T-Men came to Washington | 19. Plucky Venice 1 Nobleman inent where they recommended the pro-} 22 Dilly-dallied secution ef Marvin Kovey, Alberii )y ble utensi) Kogus, Harry Rockwell and Ph::l g ot 3 = ced covering transmitting Cobert, the chief partners of m“ 30. Most. dnaterly bl coN uarantee Finance Company. 1 state ; 31 Writing 1 Obese In Washington, a Treasury con-l implement 2. Anger : 33. Shoot from 3. American ambush ference took place between thc' three West Coast T-Men, together with Charles Oliphant, General Counsel of Internal Revenue; W. H. case to send gangster Al Capone to | jail, while various underworld fig ures have been caught in the in come-tax mesh after all ot enues failed. Today, howev the underworld is come-tax prosecution—p kn the right people case in moint Most n ious gambling netwo in Souther California under the name of the Guarantee Finance Company of Los Angeles which serves not only as a respec- table cover, but loans money tc safe oF bookies and acts as a payoff center. | Recently Los Angeles County in- dicted 12 members of this cover agency 3 Prior to this indictment, however, the Federal Government through the conscietious Internal Revenue agents on the West Coast had caught four of these big-time gamblers in what appeared to be a clear, case of tax fraud. Gover- nor Warren’s forthright Califorr ia Crime Commission was respons ible for the original clue. The Crime Commission had seized some of the gamblers’ books and turned them over to the T-Men. Before doing so, however, the California Crime Commission spec- ifically asked the U. S. Treasury whether it would be willing to co- operate in cleaning up the Calif crnia gambling racket, and an affirmative answer. Accordingly, T-Men Dan E. Good- ykoontz, Internal Revenue Intelli- gence agent for San Francisco gol | unit; and Riley Campbell, in charge Woolfe, head of the Imelhuencel of Internal Revenue's penal divi- sion. It seemed certain from this iiscussion that criminal prosecu- of the above-named gamblers d be recommended to the Jus- ice Department. . e other official attending this| ce was Assistant Commis- Internal Revenue Daniel who has been seen in York in the company of the} mbling king, Frankie Cos- tello. | Pulling the Right Wires | Simultaneously with the depart- lure of the West Coast T-Men for Washington, there left Los Angeles for Washington one Harry | Sackman, a Certified Public Ac- also 4 Baccalaureats egree 5, Baking dish Simple sugar . Ancient people . Vocal solo Speak <. chetoricany . Rowing imple- t . Standard of rerfection Omit Breathe neavily n sleep Was toid Greek island . Maxe of no effect Hair ointments Manner o1 walking Put down Shipworm . Artless Cancel Took the initiative . Paim leaf o . 1 *l; “Tom's e 4 e Yfiuw ocher 52. Surround No&o countant, since then indicted by | Los Angeles County. Sackman had been in charge of the gambling | ring’s books and hurried east for |the purpose of getting his gamb- 1 b out of the soup. In! es Was on he conferred with Ted | Hayes, former head of the Inter- | national sweepstakes in Mexico City Significantly when the books of the Guarantee Finance Company | were seized in Los Angeles, various papers were found linking the Cal- | ifornia gambling ring to Ted Haye: old organization in, Mexico City,} including one telegram in which the | Mexican Sweepstakes asked for $7,- | , no longer with the Mexi-' i Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Hall a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends | Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent 'SAVINGS ay Ralph Read, another Intelligence can Sweepstakes, was formerly as-| agent, and Walter M. Campbell of |sociated with Ed Flynn, Democratic the Chief Counsel’s Office in Sun|boss of the Bronx, He is now with COMMERCIAL 1. What pair of letters of the alphabet are the most difficult to dis- tinguish over the telephone? 2. What is a “neap tide”? v 3. How many different trades and crafts are represented in a completed motion picture? 4. For what class of prize fighters is there no weight limit? 5. Does a galloping horse ever have gll four feet off the ground at | the same time? ANSWERS: 1, The letters “F” and “S. 2. The minimum tide that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon’s phases. .. - 3. Almost 300. 4, Heavyweight. 5. Yes. 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 - WILLIAM F ¥ o “ as a paid-up subseriber to Mfif 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: "MELODY TIME" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 aud an insured cab WILL CALL FOR Y R RETURN YOU to your home with our coxglt)'llimtl. WATCH 'THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! DD DU ) r This aiternoon and evening — Rebekah Lodge bazaar, Odd Fellows Hall. X . Tonight at 10 o'clock — Beta Sigma Phi Christmas Ball, Gold Room, Baranof Hotel. December 17, 10 p.m.—Moose widwinter festival dance, December 18 at 2:30 p.m.—ifes- siah to be sung at 20th Century Theatre. & December 18 at 7:30 p.m.—Sun- day School Christmas program, Northern Light Presbyterian church December 19 at noon — Lion’s Christmas party for Johnson Home children. December 19 at noon—Regular monthly meeting of 40-8. December 19, 8 p.m.—American Legion and Auxiliary joint Christ- mas party in Dugout. December 20 at noon—Rotary’s Children’s party. December 20 at 6:30 p.m.—Couple Club at Northern Light Presby- erian church. December 20, 8 pm. — Juneau‘ Schools Christmas Concert, High School Gym. December 21, at 7 p.m.—Kiwanis .adies’ Night Christmas party, 3aranof. 4 December 22, Sommunity Children’s party, Parish hall. December 23, 4:00 p.m.—Com- aunity Carol Singing around | Shristmas tree—sponsored by Ju- reau Women’s Club. December 23, 7 p.m.—Moose Lodge Liddies Christmas. December 24, 4 to 6 p.m.—Juneau Jentral Labor Council and ATF Jhristmas Party, invitational, at FL Hall. December 24, 10 p.m.—Christmas rarty and dance by Moose. December 25, 11 a.m.—The Christ- nas Choir at Northern Light Pres- vterian church. December 27 at noon — Rotary nembers exchange Christmas party. December 30, noon — Soroptimist | Club luncheon. December 30, 7 p.m.—Jose Rizal Banquet ' sponsored by Filipino Jommunity, Baranof Gold Room. December 31, 8 p.m. — Eugene, Jregon, high school band concert, 1igh School Gym. December 31—Annual Elks Hi- JTinks, Elks Ballroom. 7 p.m.—Filipino ® ®@ ® o v @ 2 » 0o TIDE TABLT DECEMBER 18 High tide 0:41 am., 154 ft. Low tide 6:17 am., 32 ft. High tide 12:24 p.m,, 19.2 ft. Low tide 7:06 p.m., -3.0 ft. DECEMBER 19 High tide 1:32 am, 160 ft. Low tide 7:08 am., 3.1 ft High tide 1:10 pm. 195 ft. Low tide 7:53 pm., -34 ft. o4 se0000000eve e Se000ccecooe 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 Seward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 BOTANY 'lw’ ’ CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men Christmas | " SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1949 !l(OMMUNIW EVENTS MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO, 14/ SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. GLENN ©. 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 Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store 117 Main St. 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 4 Phone 206 .Second and Seward. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th Bt. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 5565 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 Maln'Street MAKE JUNEAU DA DELICIOUS ICE a dally habit—ask for it by mame Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine lware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY - Phone 146 To give you more freedom from work -—_TBY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVPS OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florisis Phone 311 l