The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 23, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Day Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE FRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska MELEN TROY MONSEN . - = President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - . Vice-Prestdent ELMER A. FRIEND - - - . Managing Bditor ALFRED ZENGER - - - - Business Manager - Entered n the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered 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 tollowing ri 4 One year, In advance, $15.00; six morths, in advance, $7.50; ae month, 1 dvance, $1.50. Subscribers will ccafer a favor if they will promptly notify ne Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery W “betr papers. Telephones L News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Pross is exclusively entitled to the use for « ablication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or nou ofher- sie credited in this paper and also the local news published terein lshormges. a dropping of the water table because o[‘ reckless waste over a period of decades. In New Jersey, Maryland, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Cali- | fornia—all over the map communities are running | out ol.water. In some places they can get temporary relief by sinking new, deeper wells. But in time it | | becomes too expensive to drag water up from the mid- dle oi the earth. And in coastal regions the wells quickly fill with the seeping sea water if they’re sunk‘ too deep. Why has the water disappeared? It has disap- peared because men have not had the wit to save it. We've ripped forests and grasslands off the earth and so destroyed the traps that hold water on the land. We have let quick-cash concern bring on overgrazing and so kill off natural reservoirs. We have too often irrigated lands that should never have known a plow, and so we've thrown our water away by the tons. We have violated every law in the logic of conservation, and now we are beginning to pay one of the bills for NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 sth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wash. i LAST CALL FOR SHOPPING tomorrow are the last times to do opping for Christmas. As usual there is a grand rush—and then it is all over. Housewives should make a check of their wants for the two-day holiday and place their orders late this afternoon or early tomorrow morning so that clerks and delivery [ to Vote men may check out on time and enjoy their Christmas Eve, preparatory to observing Christmas day on Sunday. our idiocy. It is not the first bill to become due. Already we have had to pay heavily for the loss of timber- lands the waste of topsoil, the mining of the good earth of our farms. It will not be the last bill we shall have to pay—unless we begin getting the kind of integrated conservation and development possi- ble only through regional-authority plans. Big Alaska Land Grants (Ketchikan News) Paternalism and the reservation plan go hand-in- hand. With the sorry examples in the States, all of us, including the Natives themselves, may be pardoned for not wanting similar conditions in Alaska. But, evidently Alaska, used to being a bureaucratic | pig, is to be somewhat dif- experimental guinea ferent. In the first place the Indians are to be allowed the gilded reservation chains about their necks. It is a well known fact that they won't do that they have to surrender their citizenship rights. Therefore, the “wise guys” apparently are figuring »ut a plan under which they can take on their parental I 18 goltig 508 & LIS GRUfizal Here SHIWES. leading strifgs and become a perferential class of citi- The Christmas spirit is already showing as lighted tokens appear in house windows and gaily decorated and lighted Christmas trees may be seen indoors Outdoor decorations are also appearing, seen on lawns or porches. WASTE OF WATER “A resource that should worry a good many Am- ericans but does so very little,” wrote William Vogt | the Interio in “Road to Survival” (1948), “is our underground waters.” Abruptly, though, a great many Americans have had to begin worrying about it. They have been faced t of a sudden with a new, insidious sort of drouth. s ably jump at the chance to vote ouw zens. In some minute” Krug ordered, 10,000 acres of land. That’s quite a of the larger reservation which “last- each Native will get about chunk. Many of us would prob- rselves so muck land, without too closely scanning “under-cover” details. Just the same here are a few questions r Department should answer: the citizen rights of Indians, who vote we think How are themselves reservations defined? Will they get clear title so they can sell, if willing, he lands they get possession of in this manner? Are the lands to be subject to taxes? What disposition is to be made of white claime Some, like New Yorkers, have only a temporary inside of reservations? concern, acute enough but momentary. New York City has run into a water shortage because rainfall in thel ocervations? area has been eight inches below normal at a time when city reservoirs were low. If New Yorkers will turn off dripping faucets and repair obvious leaks, they can get by until rain builds the reservoirs up again. But_for thousands of other Americans—soon it be millions — the problem is tougher and long range. They are up against actual ground-water What rights other than land rights go with the Define exactly the boundaries of each reserva- tion. In case of any conflict how are settlements to be made? Plenty of other questioms occur to most of us, but the foregoing will serve as a guide. A woman tries to reduce everything to the least common denominator, namely, herself. actual dough for preparedness than 'GAY CHRISTMAS |MONDAY AFYERNOON =" | MODERN ETIQUETTE $hnzern 1 | TIE DATLY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~ DECEMBER 23 Sally Crooks Leo V. Osterman Pearl Swanson ‘Willana Shirley Roff Anna Lois Davis Emitt A. DeWitt Dean Allen Grace Shepard IN JUNEAU OFFERS UNIQUE FEATURES Juneau has seen a gay season | in 1949 with many unique features. Community tree and brilliant lights; | Christmas carols; tinkling bells; The Messiah given by a Community Chorus; school chorus and band | in joyful holiday music. Then there are the boys and girls who in years to come, will have their pictures with Santa Claus to | show. other little boys and girls, | And one should be reminded of | the Santa Claus party at the Ju-| neau Young Hardware Company,; and the letters to Santa that were read over the radio by the Fairy Lady. . That this gay ceason has brought | relief from the worries of life may be sensed by light steps, chéering| smiles, and cordial cheers that one | sees and hears everywhere. To add a final tinge of delight is the story whispered about that Ju- neau and Juneau Young is high on| the list for Santa’s calls in 1950. | Letters will be read over the radio | right up to the last minute, on| Christmas Eve. Santa is going to be a tired old fellow, come Christ- mas morning, but he said he has| enjoyed every minute of his Ju-| neau visit. CHRISMAS PROGRAM AT SALVATION ARMY/ In keeping with its annual cus-| tem, the Salvaticn Army of Juneau will give a program of Christmas entertainment for homeless men of Juneau on Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The event will be con- ducted in the Army's Willoughby Avenue hall and will be preceded by serving of the traditional from , THE EMPIRE | — DECEMBER 23, 1920 The Loyola Club, composed of members of the Filipino colony, plan- ined an elaborate program Christmas Day commemorating the death anniversary of the national hero, Dr. Jose Rizal. On the program in which Acting Governor Karl Theile was to make the principal address also were the Rev. G. M. Menager, Frank Penida, E. A. Belarde, R. Vellanueva, Fedel Cortes, D. M. Carabia and a string orchestra. Loyola Club officers were J. Castillo, President; D. M. Carabia, Vice-President; J. Eldemar, Secretary, and S. M. Cezar, Treasurer. Due to the illness of Judge Justin W. Harding, the Federal District Court term was recessed until December 27. The halibut schooner Explorer, Capt. Magnus Hansen, arrived after Small Christmas trees decorated both which had been wrecked and abandoned on Cape Ilktugitak, in Shelikof eventful voyage from Seattle. Strait. The Admiral Rogers, Capt. Einar Thomsen, came in after an un- eentful voyage from Seattle. mastheads, and another tree was hang staff. Winners of turkeys and a numbe: Gun Club’s Christmas shoot were listed in The Empire. Turkeys went to McNaughton, Hudon, Radde, Carter, VanderLeest, Smith, Council V. Williams, Saar, Gillette, Kirk, Lucas, A. Laurie, Cleveland and Dick- inson. Several were two-time winners. The Lutheran Church planned a Christmas Eve program in which ing from the truck of the Jack solos were to be given by Mas Reed, George Martin, Archie Gubser and Jean Jensen. From Seattie came word that Miss Grace Vivian Davis, daughter of Mr. J. V. Davis of Juneau, had appeared in a leading part with the Cornish Players in their production, “Holy Night.” A crowd of about 800 persons had gathered at the Community Christmas tree the day before to hear several church choirs in a pro- gram directed by Elmer E. Reed, with organ accompaniments by Mrs G. E. Krause. The program, which included the visitation of St. Nick was sponsored by the Juneau Woman'’s Club. Weather: High, 39; low, 29; clear. | Daily Lessons in English % WORDS OFTEN MISUED: The use of RETIRE, meaning to go tc bed, is wrong. The word really means “to withdraw.” One may Wwith- draw from the other persons without necessarily “going to bed.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Irrevocable. Pronounce i-rev-o-ka-b'l, I as in IT, E as in RED, O as in NO unstressed, A as in ASK unstressed, and accent second syllable, not the third. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Pneumatic; oberve the PNEU. SYNONYMS: Shiftless, thriftless, lazy, indolent, inefficient. Small Christmas trees decorated both r of special prizes in the Juneau rie Joi, Neddy Zenger, Axel Neilson, Charles " FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1949 Weather af Alaska Points Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska polnts, also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau, follow Anchorage ........... 4—Ice Crystals Barrow 9—Snow Bethel 11—Clear Cordova 2—Clear Dawson ...19—Snow Edmonton 11—Ice Crystals Fairbanks ... 15—Snow| Haines 13—Cloudy Havre . 2—Cloudy 23—Snow 33—Snow 25—Clear Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak Kotzebue . 12—Clear McGrath .. . 20—Clear Nome . 16—Clear Northway 11—Cloudy Petersburg . .. 20—Fog Portland .. 48—Rain 5—Cloudy 42—Rain 16—Cloudy 23—Snow Showers Prince George .. Seattle ... Whitehorse Yakutat ... ARMED FORCES IN PHILIPPINES ARE PAID IN SCRIPT MANILA, Dec. 23—(P—American rmed forces personnel in the Phil- spines were paid in military script oday in an effort to combat infla- ion in the islands. " The Lan against possession of /nited States currency and nego- as extended to the military per- onnel of the American govern- «nt. The ban ifect for Filipinos. The military script will be used or transactions in service stores. merican military personnel may Jbtain as much peso currency as hey desire in exchange for their $1. >esos, however, may not be con- erted into script. L GORDON II \able foreign exchange instruments already was in WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering EXEMPLIFY; to illustrate by example. =3 ess. Q. When you are in a group of people and some one makes a dero- gatory remark about a certain religion, and you know that one or more of the group is of that faith, what should you do? A. Turn the conversation quickly to some other subject — and it doesn't matter if you do this very bluntly. The person who makes such one word each day. Today's word: FROM KEYPORT “These acts exemplify his noble- Emerson A. Rogers of Keyport, Wash., is registered at the Bar- .| anof Hotel. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S. Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 Bo. Franklin | P. O. Box 2508 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. SOSPENIEY @ 5.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 117 Main St. Phone 12 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office or Store Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHEN LADELY Secretary— : WALTER R. HERMANSEN 5 "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 Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt I Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP l The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 offered many civilian jobs—both in industry and politics. He had been invited, he said, to run for Gover- {nor of Massachusetts and for the Christmas dinner, a remark is exceedingly ill-bred. You have heard the merry tinkle e of the “keep the kettle boiling”| Q. When a woman is marrying for the second time, should she bells. You would hear the same | invite the family of her first husband? The Washinglol; : Merry-Go-Round when we spent 15'% billion. Se- cretary of State Dean Acheson will call another meeting of the Thomas Hardware Co. *_fl——'—— 8y DREW PEARSON | not interested in (Continued from Page Ome) | A few days later Denfeld wrote letter rejecting the | Matthews a command of U. have now agreed unanimously, have | recommended that Formosa be| 3 claimed as Japanese territory and | still remaining that a detachment of U. S. Mar- Naw. jnes, now on Guam, be landed there. The joint chiefs of staff are sup- ported by potent Secretary of De- fense Louis Johnson. And this is where the clash occurs. They are not supported by svelte but equal- ly potent Secretary of State Dean Acheson. He points out that to occupy Formosa with American troops on behalf of Japan, after | Japan’s long record of imperial conguest against China, would make us the laughing stock of the (close down all its {gations in easte Jjust |late Congressman Bates’ | Congress. But, he insisted, he was | isters right after new year’s day in European waters though he is temporarily in the U. S. Diplomats Hounded Counselor George told Secretary of State | that the United States may have to nan, the ace diplomat on Russia, says the restrictions placed on the American legation in Bulgaria are the beginning of a Russian campaign to drive every American diplomat out of eastern Europe. American diplomats in Sofia are seat in!Atlantic Defense Pact foreign min- {. . .Adm. Richard Conolly will not leave his post as fleet commander in Europe, despite press reports that he will become superintendent politics. S. Naval forces Bear Is Going fo Be Mama, Perhaps fo 3 WACO, Texas, Dec. 23—(P—The mystery of why Baylor University’s bear mascot, Josephine, has been irritable and sluggish was solved today. Veterinarians say it will be twins or maybe triplets, and that they il arrive about Christmas time. Kennan has Acheson embassies and le- rn Europe. Ken- ANCHORAGE VISITOR cheery sound the world around, for this is the medium by which a practice has been maintained on a | world-wide scale through the years. It is a service that was started of the Salvation Army, to bring cheer and hope to homeless and friendless men. No one knows the countless thousands who have taken new courage from this practical expression of Christianity in action. Thus the red shield emtlem, that was so welcome a sight to men of both World Wars, continues to carry on as a token of welcome,| and the Salvation” Army workers in Juneau will again serve in the true spirit of Christmas. The significance of the Salva- tion Army’s Christmas kettle ap- it offers everyone a | peal is that chance to befriend and help those A. This depends entirely upon the harmony that exists between her and her first husband’s people. If perfect harmony exists, yes. Q. When you have given someone a gift, and he expresses delight | over it, is it all right to say, “I am glad that you like it”? A. This is a very appropriate expression. | = | TLOOK and LEARN ¢ compon e = 1. How many degrees difference is there between the freezing and boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit thermometer? What is the most common family name in the world? 3. How many times does the heart beat in’an average lifetime? 4. What is the largest island of the West Indies group? By what name is the study of mountains called? ANSWERS: 1. 180 degrees. 2. Wong, used by approximately 150 million Chinese. orient. Furthermore, it would al- jenate oriental races all the way from Batavia to Harbin. Cutting Red Tape Red-tape cutter Steve Eariy, the Undersecretary of Defense, rais- ed Cain last week with molasses- moving press executives in the Pen- tagon. “Too many memos, too much red tape, too much dillydallying Early blasted, looking at Bill Frye, chief of press relations for the entite National Defense Department. Early, once a newsman, and once press secretary to FDR, promptly relieved Frye as kingpin press ar- biter over the army, navy and air forces. From now on, the navy can issue its own statements to the press as well- as the army and air force. Denfeld Not Quitting Two men who were in the head- lines over unification two months ago had a final showdown last week. They were sincere, hard- working Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews and the man he kicked out as chief of navy oper- ations, popular Admiral Louis Den- feld Matthews called Denfeld to his office, and demanded to know de- finitely whether he was quitiing the navy. He pointed out that Den- feld had promised to give his ans- wer by December 1, that it was well beyond that date, and that navy reorganization couldn't be held up any longer. Denfeld explained that he was having trouble making up his mind. At first, he said, 70 percent of his friends advised him to stick, but this ratio has now dropped to about 50-50. He had also been followed day and night by secreti police, aren’t even allowed license plates for their automobiles. Rath- er than submit to this highhand- | ed treatment, Kennan says it would } with all Russians. 'ernment. Foreign sian hospital sian to put Selma R. Osterman of Anchorage is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. Get Your PRESTONE at Mad- at Annapolis. ,ong ago by William Booth, founder | who are in need. SPECIAL PRICE On fine table linen at the Nugget be just as well to break relations|sen’s.—adv. 80-tf| Shop. —adv. 83-3t Russian satellites. i Death Better Than Russians C d P l U. S. High Commissioner Jack | swor uzz (< a by | McCloy has reported to Washing-j ACROSS 33 Narive or e ton that Otto Grotewohl, Prime| ; Quarrel island of the | Minister of eastern Germany, tried | & Hoofed animal 34, Open vessel " to commit suicide—because of the! 9. Antiaue gg Sun g?d o . Tem McCloy says Grotewohi; 1% Indefinite 37 ;fle"or plano and his wife tried to end their|{ 13 Egg-shaped ® ggml‘gggsug'fl" lives in Berlin after repeated argu-| 14 Brazilian " " learning ments with Russian officers who| 16 Wander . Movaigr. 08! % : aimlessly boss the east German puppet [zm-“ 12, ‘Company fi: ls'l.rr;& dog 19, Close 3 3 1o Plosms &8 48. Flesh of deer’ Minister Andrei Vish-, 3 ateral ol A A 3 . German river 3 insky visited Grotewohl in the Rus-| 25 Annualpupil- 54 Anger Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle d . Likely outside Berlin llnsi i iocmy 66, Leaven 2. United 6. County in North week and then ordered the Rus- 33 k{nd'or cheess °' Botield 3. Iroquoian Carolina out the story Grote-| - L Byl:ro:lll:: ¢ B Ry R wohl is suffering from the flu. oump dweller T P e Ly games 8. Modest still vacationing on the Black Sea, | trying to pick up weight lost after | his latest heart attack. . .The Nor- | wegian government has appealed | dollars. He believes we’ll have more The Diplomati Pouch | . 3 M ! American diplomats in Moscow u’]_ g:;.'.’:-'fi.u:::" report that Stalin's 70th birthday 11. Immerse may be his last. He is reported, 16. Require W/ sk el dEEEJd7/ to the United States for three des- Artistic vmbal troyers to help guard its coast| . fidead against prowling Russian submar- | % 3 '//// . Yariatios ines. The Norwegians have spotted “- %flg--- b Russian subs{ photographing the g-%g. % a i coastline around Narvik. . .Half a /4 hmi‘n‘lym million American Catholics will fl.fl . o AR make the Holy Year pilgrimage to| 3 Killing cold to Rome this year. They hope o Tiud o, . uild this into a crusade against| [6g - Sunken fence Communism, Secretary of Na- ‘n Bywayot ' tional Defense Louis Johnson has sty Minxlish completed the defense budget for ?:l;‘" next year with a cut of 13 billion " 7/ B 18, Held in reserve Fertaining toa part of the eye Flowed back 3. About three billion times. 4. Cuba. 5. Orography. —_—— D & COMMERCIAL as a paid-up subscriber 10 THE DA EMPIRE is inyited to be our guest THI[I‘SYEQ’LE%ISH%a Present this coupon to the box office of the "“THE ENCHANTED VALLEY” Federal Tax—12c—Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 aud an insured cab WILL CALL FOR Y ' RETURN YOU to your home with our con?flimh. WATCH Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS R. E. PACKARD CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: ‘THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! 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