The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 20, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evenin except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Secopd and Main Streets, Juneau, AELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - Prestdent DOROTHY TROY LINGO - . Vice-Pres'dent ELMER A. FRIEND - - . Managing Editor Business Manager Entered o the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DelivereC by carrfer in Juneau and Douslas for §1.50 per monthy six months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; ae month, i advance, $1.50 Subscribers will ccafer a favor if they will promptly notify be Business Office of any fatlure or irregularity in the delivery # ‘heir papers. Telepliones: ALFRED ZENGER - T . News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pross is exclusively entitled to the use for e ublication of all news dispatches credited to it or nov other- vise credited in this paper and also the local news published terein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 urth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. NEW PLANE — NEW SPEEDS A new naval plane, zooming along far ahead of the noise of its motors, has burst through the sonic barrier running into no greater difficulties apparently than those met by ordinary aircraft. The latest jet fighter was clocked at a rash 760 to 800 mph. flying only 30 feet off the ground. . For a period: of years the sonic barrier was the bane of aircraft engineers. It was a mysterious, unknown field — one into which they hardly dared venture. For some time they knew they could build ships and motors capable of attaining such velocity. But they did not know whefher their machines had the strength and endurance to pass the sonic barrier and remain intact. Several pilots and seevral planes now have ex- ceeded the speed of sound—and have been none the worge for it. These feats open a whole world of pos- sibilities, for man now knows that—theoretically at least—the speeds he may attain are limitless. He still is plagued, and probably will continue to be, by prob- lems of landing and takeoff. Different types of equipment, different fields and different runways are demanded as velocities are increased. But these mat- currently in use will be as slow-moving, comparatively, as the oxcart of great-grandfather's day. Man, in his beginnings, was among the slower | animals. Then he surpassed his earthly rivals. He left the horse behind. The deer became as a turtle. Man passed the flight of birds. He left the wind far, Now man conqers the speed of sound | far behind. itself. i What other goals remain in this dizzgy world— | except those of man’s own imagination? NOT BAD AT ALL | Sasl iy Several national magazines of late have been carrying articles on the unexpected rise in the popu- lation of the United States. Estimates of the figures vary somewhat, but they appear to be far beyond what census experts of a decade ago reckoned on for a quarter century from the present. A population of 188,000,000 seems possible in 1975, according to figures released by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The interpretation of these figures differs in the several articles which have come to our attention, but the conclusions drawn by their authors reflect an undeniable tone of optimism founded on the in- evitability of an expanding market. The subtleties of statistics are far beyond the grasp of most laymen. Translated into fairly simple terms, however, they do tell something. In a few words: The economic outlook does not seem at all bad. Canada’s Defense Key (Prince Rupert Daily News) With the United States Air Force concentrating its defense preparations upon Alaska for very obvious reasons, it is announced that Ottawa is taking a similar serious view of the situation. Doubtless this will. apply to northwest Canada, the British Columbia coast and, particularly, the key port of Prince Rupert. It is common knowledge that military and naval signals are in readiness or being developed in this area. There will also be the naval and air force defense assignments and it is to be hoped that the policy of the defense authorities of Canada will not be to cencentrate the defenses on a second line on the Jower mainland or somewhere east of the coast, leaving such places s the rail and highway head at Prince Rupert, lying at the southern extremity of the In- side Passage, wide open, to be demolished in one fell swoop by an enemy from the north or to be occupied with little resistance? Considering defenses in the light of the present international situation, it would appear to us that, if there is any key point in the whole Dominion, it is Prince Rupert. Defense authorities will, of course, not be sit- ting calmly by in the Far East, unmindful or unin- terested in the situation here. What the United ters do not appear more difficult scores of others which the aviation i come successfully. It is not going too far, then, to of solution than ndustry has over- Here’s a stray might use to end guess that within sation: another decade the 300 to 400 miles-an-hour airliners extinct.” The Washinglon ‘ Merry-Go-Round ‘ Ry DREW PEARSON (Continued from Page One) against Mid-Continent was con- sidered so airtight was that a form- er accountant for the company had furnished the evidence for the Gov- ernment. While working for the compan; h® had caught it making capital | expenditures for plant expansion during the war years and then charging them up as “repairs.” Though the lower offices of Mid- Continent showed the real nature of the improvements, these improve- ments were changed to read ‘“re- paiis,” when the books went up to the top office. Repairs, of course, are tax deductible, while improve- ments are capital investment and not deductible. Mid-Continent officials gave care- ful instructions that the receipts and ‘ orders for the improvements be destroyed ,but one of its' book- keepers just as carefully retained | them and turned them over to the Treasury. As a result the case was considered ironclad. The agent who first handled this case was Frank W. Lohn, Chief of Intelligence for the Kansas City district. He recommended criminal prosecution and sent the case on to Mike Seltzer, Chief of the Penal Division of the Kansas City office. But while the case was still pend- ing in Kansas City, Daniel Bolich, Deputy Commissioner of Internal | Revenue in Washington, requested a conference .at Oklahoma City This was held, and Bolich, for rea- sons best known to himself, came | all the way to Oklahoma from| Washington to participate in lh\"\ conference. Lohn and Seltzer, who | also, participated, informed him that the Mid-Continent case was fraud and should be prosecuted. Despite this, Commissioner Bolich | | company leases Chicago, both Administration. At this conference, Commissioner Bolich finally decided to let Mid-l during the Hoover | ! Continent off for $3,000,000—instead i {of 6,000,000 recommended by the T-Men. He also decided againstl any appreciable fraud penalty. I Only after this was decided did| !Bolich send the case to General) Counsel Oliphant with instructions, to clese the penal side of the case —in other words, drop criminal prosecution, Deputy Commissioner Bolich wns' (former head of Internal Revenuej Intelligence in New York, at which time he was close to many Tam- many leaders. He was sent to his present key spot in Washington by| Joe Nunan, another Tammany man, who once served as Commissioner ; of Internal Revenue. Since re-| signing, Nunan has been one of the most prosperous tax lawyers in the country. Mid-Continent is headed by Ja- cob France, Republican Commit- teeman from Maryland, and chair- man of the Equitable Trust Co., of Baltimore, a director of Maryland Title Guarantee Co., and of the Commercial National Bank of New York. Mid-Continental Vice President and Secretary is E. McClure Rouzer, who is France's law 'partner, and; a director of various Maryland con- | cerns, Other directors include Rus- sell Faris, chairman of the Ward Baking Co., Maurice Newton, a partner of Hallgarten and Co., and a director of Adams Express, Ana- conda Copper, Paramount pictures, Gotham Hosiery and the Waldorf- Astoria. Otis McClintock, head of the First National Bank and Trust of Tulsa and director of the Frisco RR. Mid-Continent owns or leases 65,427 acres of oil and gas leases in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Arkan-! sas and New Mexico, on whi¢h it operates a total of 1,830 oil wells! and 50 gas wells. In addition, the) 1,126,443 acres of undeveloped oil and gas land, owns | 592 tank cars, and operates 1,436 T s of pipelines through its sub- sidiary, Mid-Continent Pipeline Co. ordered the investigation stopped and had the case transferred to| shington When the case reached Was | ton, a coufe was held on Bo lich's office, Ge Counsel Charl was not represented. ly unusual. | For ordinarily, a criminal case must go to the Chief Counsel's of- fice for disposal. It does not go to the office of a Deputy Commission- | er. However, Bolich ordered it to his office and although the C eral Counsel was not represer the defaulting oil company we presented by Benjamin Saunders of the law firm of Charley Hamel Hamel, former head of the board of tax appeals, and formerly in the Internal Revenue Bureau, is a Republican who sometimes has been retained by leading Democrats suf- fering tax troubles. It was Hamel who expertly handled the income- tax cases of Boss Frank Hague of Jersey City and Mayor Ed Kelly of ed, re- The company also operates a re- finery in West Tulsa, Oka, with a e facility of 1982500 barrels It also owns 18.95 percent of the Great Lakes Pipeline Company which supplies gasoline to Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Minne- apolis and Chicago. FAGEANT SCHEDULED AT MEMORIAL CHURCH ! ON SUNDAY EVENIMG The Rev. Walter Soboleff an-. nounces that next Sunday at 8 p.m. a pageant, “The Light of the| Ages,” will be given by the Sunday | School and adults of the church! with Miss Elizabeth Mosher, di- recting. Assisting are Adelaide Paulson, Janice Durance, Clara Robinson,: Ruth Johnson, Lynde Fales and the Pastor. The public is cordially invited. States is doing should convince them of the necessity. jtem we just ran across which you an embarrassing lull in the conver- “The pig-footed bandicoot is fast becoming THESE DAYS GE~RGE E. SOKOLSKY THE COST OF WATER I went out to Steubenville, Ohio, to attend a dinner of the Steuben- ville College, which was giving & medal to Alcoholics Anonymous The occasion was pleasant, partic- ularly as I like the kind of people of, some 30 nations who compose the population of this area. They manage to live together happily. So I drove over the bridge to Weirton to visit with my old friend, its Mayor, Tom Millsop, who happens also to be President 'of the Weirton Steel Company, which has not had a strike for 16 ’years. There I picked up a story about—of all things—water, which at this time of water shortages throughout the East, is interesting. Most of us believe that water is free, which is not so, even if you have to dig a well on a farm. La- bor is a cost, even if you do the work yourself. The last time I dug for water up at my farm, it cost me about $900 and the water is still low this year. Here in New York, the water for 8,000,000 inhabitants is in peril and it will cost millions of dollars to provide adequately for the future. Maybe, from the stand- point of water, 8,000,000 persons ought not to eongregate in one area. i Well, in Weirton, I discovered what everybedy there knew, that it takes 150 tons of water to make Cossword Plé ACROSS 36. Sour: French 1. Dock 3. Toa place ) nside 6. Asiatic native 39 Be present at 9. Everybody 40. Mountain 12. Poker stake where Moses 13. Prepare for died printing 42. Diminishes 14. Turmeric 44 Persons 15 Bargain addicted to 16. Annoyed controversy 18 Go up 46. Gaelic 20. Dry 50. By way of 21 Regular 1. Grafted: 24, Philippino heraldry 26. Domesticates 52 Rilaanlead, ) HOR T o 54. Culture Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle mourtaln medium 31. Small island 65. Affectionate 2. King of the 6. Lukewarm 33, Indian mul- g ) ~ e Sazons PosRis rry ou . Greek lette: Commands needlessly 4. Tell Malady FEeT /2 .. il 2 B Z‘////////Zfl n wi l%afil THE DAILY ALASKA EMP'RE—JUNEAU, ALASEA DECEMBER 20 David Ramsay, Jr, Bernice Flober LaVerne Pademeister Helen Isaak Ruth Chidester Alma Gould Clarice Hyde Raymond Long © e e 0 o 0o o o 0 one ton of steel. rlant a day. Every month they use 8,000,- 000,000 gallons of water. item, it was obvious why so many mind back to the lovely Housatonic River in the Berkshires which but we cannot industries without water. aesthetic folks would rather have the industries, might gaze, undisturbed and un- perturbed, upon the exquisite beauty of the scenery. But I always no- lin automobiles, which are made of steel, in the production of which so much water is used. A smart man told me that water is used as a solvent, as a catalyst, as a conveying medium for the transport of materials and for the disposal of waste, as a diluent or dispersive medium, as a cooling agent, as a cleansing agent, and in heat and power. Of course, pretty much that happens in anybody’s Euphrates, Mother knowing all the values of water, including the drink- ing thereof, which may be delight- ful or murderous, depending upon its purity. In some countries, it is possible to drink water as is, but in most it must be boiled or in some chemical manner, purified. When I lived in China, we never drank water as is, because the danger became too great. The Chin- | ese themselves drink tea, which is| Water for that is pumped from the Ohio River at the rate of 130,000 gallons a minute and it goes on 24 hours Of course, after T picked up this | industries lie on rivers, It threw my | is being polluted by paper mills. We can have the river or the industry, have these great Some not so that they !tice that such people like to ride the production and distribution orE kitchen from the Yangtze to the| |20 YEARS AGO ' DECEMBER 20, 1929 Music. was furnished by the Serenaders at the benefit dance in the Moose Hall for Mrs. Eva Robinson, who had been injured in a basketball game. . THE EMPIRE s from l Mrs. H. C. Shippey had returned from a trip and again was operat- ing the Fern Beauty Parlors. J. G. Carson and J. L. Townsend, formerly of the Inian Island fox ranch, left for Seattle on the Queen. Miss Grace Batchelder, a teacher at Haines, arrived on the Fornance to spend Christmas with friends. Theodore Thorson entered St ment. Ann's Hospital for medical treat- Company advertised skate-sharpening The Morris Construction service. C. H. Wiley, who was in charge of the diving operation for the | sunken vessel Islander, offered a bonus of $1,000 to the man who could | 10cate the big safe believed to contain bullion. During the summer, the safe had been found and moved a short distance from the wreck, as there | was no hoisting appartus available then of sufficient power to bring it "Lo the surface. Capt. C. A. Hayes was to try for the bonus before the |end of the year. The new diving apparatus had been tested in 600 feet ! of water off Taku Inlet—the communicating cable being 600 feet long— land no bottom was found. Wiley was unable to be on the spot because of a serious hand injury during a Taku blow. | E. M. Goddard, Exalted Ruler of the EIks’ Lodge, announced receip' | of a letter from Santa Claus telling of that worthy person’s expectec arrival for the annual children’s party a few days later. Weather: High, 28; low, 26; snow. ’ inEnglish % 1. corvon Daily Lessons WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: An INTELLIGENT person has a lowe’ | order of mentality than one who is INTELLECTUAL. The former neec inot be a scholar, but only quick-witted, but the latter can hardly achieve ! his rank without scholarly attainments. | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ogle. as in ON. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Surprise; ISE, not IZE as in PRIZE | SYNONYMS: Last (adjective), final, ultimate, eventual. | 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: CALUMNY; a false, malicious, and injurious accusation. “A probable Pronounce the O as in NO, not | RATES, EAST, SOUTH, story is the first weapon of calumny..”—Proverb. boiled water, colored by fragrant leaves. Foreigners drink bottled water, “silent” or “fizzy,” and it costs lots of money in the long run.| I suppose because it is so bland and dull that way, they infuse it with varieties of whiskey for flay- oring. Thirst-quenching can be ex- pensive. The point is that we get nothing' for nothing, except in very prim- itive societies. Even in such ar rangements for living, water has often been a problem, as the paint= s of lovely Biblical women car- rying huge urns, full of the stuff, on their lovely shoulders, remind us. Whenever I look at such a picture, I wonder at the physical strength of these ladies and how they main- tain their loveliness in spite of their | labors! When wells dry, they have | And when the wells dry, they have| to pick up and move. Many of Lhel| be related to the search for water, for man, for his cattle, and MODERN ETIQUEITE Roperra Lee back at some other time. Q. If a host and hostess have ararnged an evening of bridge with some friends who take the game very seriously, and some other friends ‘ldrop in on the same evening, what should be done? A. The intruders should, of course, apologize and say theyll come But if they say nothing, then it is the hostess’ obligation to tell them how sorry she is, but she's had this evening arranged for some time and that she’d love to have them come some other certain evening. Q. When a bride is to be married in a traveling suit, what should the bridegroom wear? A. A business suit. Q. Isn't it proper for a host to insist upon paying for the long distance telephone calls of a guest? A. No. The guest should pay this expense. %f:]at migrations of the human race ] l.o 0 K a n d l E A R N K.‘{ C. GdRDON ke e for his general well-being. So, the question arises: What| can the 8,000,000 who live in New York do if its water should give | out this or next week? Where can they move to? HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Kenneth Martin, and Dora What are the three fundmanetal units of measure? What valuable fiber is obtained from rocks? ‘What is the most widely used foodstuff in the world? oo ANSWERS: In what part of the jaws is the strongest pressure exerted? | According to the old saying, one should see what city and die? 1. In the molars, which come together with a force of from 100 to 160 pounds, with a maximum of 270 pounds. 2. Length, weight, and time. Johnson were admitted to St. Ann’s | 3. Asbestos. hospital yesterday. ! 4. Rice. Ann Stewart, Milton G. Fiamengo | 5. Naples. and Edwin F. Bullock were dis-| )mlssed from St. Ann's yesterday. | | £ ry ————— No one was admitted or dismissed | at the Government hospital yes-| terday. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN Stamese coln . Overdue debt . Sidelong &lance. Put cargo aboard a vessel . Princely Itallan family . Oppose . Dagger wound 22. Story Living on land or 1n water . Landed property . Danish Isiana . Mountain lake . Wheelless vehicle . Packing 5. Son of Seth 7. Pronoun . Genus of geese . Russian river Thl'.lEm"'m o Recorded pro- affair . River: Spanish Descendant Terminate, Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL MRS. VERA BEYERS SAVINGS 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: "3 GODFATHERS" Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 aud an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YO RETURN YOU to your home with our eom;{i:zne?:tl. WATCH 'THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! HALIBUT FREIGHT CUT FROM SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec. 10—(P—Freight| rates of frozen fish moving east and south from Seattle will be on a par with those from the Canadian Port of Prince Rupert as a result of last week’s rate reductions. Cuts up to 34 percent on frozen fish and fish products were an- younced last Monday by the North- west Fish Traffic Committee. The new rates will become elfec- ive Feb. 1, Fred D. Tolan, traffic| nanager for the committee, an-| :ounced. | Tolan said that the move was an mportant step toward increasing he waterborne freight traffic from Alaska through Seattle. “This freight rate adjustment hould enable Seattle to regain the Alaska shipments that have been iraining through Prince Rupert to| he east during the past several ears—bypassing Seattle,” Tolan aid. He said that the old rate sched- Jle enabled the shipment of frozen ish from Prince Rupert east at rom $100 to $50 a car cheaper han routing it through Seattle. He added the new rate will also ssist general commerce between Jaska and Seattle by giving the | laska Steamship Company greater outhbound loadings. Most freight rom Alaska ports to Prince Rupert as been moved in small boats. {unming Is Refaken Y (hina Nationalists TAPEH, Formosa, Dec. 20—(®— ‘unming, important World War II 7. S. base, was recaptured today y Chinese Nationalists, the fugitive ationalist Government announced | ere. The government said its 26th Army seized the large South China ity from defending provincial roops who took it over as the Vationalist government fled here rom Chengtu. Li Mi, Nationalist commander at Kunming, was released at the irport. He had been held there by soldiers of turncoat Gen. Lu Han, Governor of Yunnan Province. | New Country Club open all night, every night.—adv. 78-2t X | Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 So. Frankiin P. O. Box 2508 l I | w GEORGE BROS. | Widest Selection of LIQUORS | FHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Oftice 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 Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Casler’'s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S . Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear NUNN-BUSH _SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing emo-mwmln B. W. COWLING COMPANY TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1949 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 18 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 Exalted Ruler. W. H. BI s Becretary. i BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Weork for Home, Office or Store Moase 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 GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone - 549 Fred' W. Wendt . Card Beverage Wholesale 1 PHONE 216—DAY ‘or NIGHT | for MIXERS or SODA POP Co. 5 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware (6. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Typewri SOLD E'nd smwcmtg’ J. B. Burford &Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Junean Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM 3 daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, 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 LEVIPS OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!”