The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 14, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR one does not readily break the law which is mu to take a life willfully, unless 'n Mercy also is a compelling force in hu- man affairs, although not often as powerful as fear of punishment or respect for the law. Are there times when a person of good will and high ethics will respond to the urging of mercy, in ience, der ml\ Alaska Emplro n b PRINTING unw\\\ ) Streets A self-defense. MPT = 7 defiance of the law? There evidently are. The law ® JANUARY 14 © (3 ¢ ; N RATES was written as a comprehensive rule for the general ® Carol Forward . e R sl S month: | o004 Tt was not written to prolong the anguish of a : :wllr g::]tiz::: b g, at t i oAk woman suffering from cancer, although she was in- Mrs. Fll;rcnce McLeod : cluded in its protections ]. Peter Taber . The Vermont surgeon had a good deal of courage | ® . to take a life, as an act of mercy, knowing it was‘ . JANUARY 15 .. | murder. He also had the further courage to set down|® _ Betty MeCormick ¥ SRR in writing and sign the record of his act, which in| $ b‘}‘; ‘m(‘:‘n‘;“syvlv‘;:ls’:’e’;‘s : ‘ the mores of our society and in the law is a crime.’. radgpishan el ! G inflexibility of the la st murder un-| o Gus O’Brien . N 1 ; doubtedly is necessary and wise ve it otherwise,| o Thelma Usher . . i to concede any loophole for e as an act of ;| o Betsy Nordstrom . mercy is to invite a succession of abuses. Even so,) o e o o o society should respect the individ: who breaks the law when he acts without malice and in conformity should respect him for | his integrity and courage, even though it must, torlwea'her a' its own protection administer the punishment thej law provides. i ineo-u- ' with a sensitive conscience. It \' J NOT T00 EARLY T0 PLAN | (Seattle Times) latures at various Alaska points - e With advisable forethought, the Seattle Chamber {also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 preoee: gk 4 e i r arly preparations for its|am., 120th Meridian Time, and STRANGER THAN FICTION of Commerce is making early preparatior or its | am. . ,‘ o annual good-will tour to Alaska. The party will go released by the Weather Bureau north in May. That gives time for a large and repre- |=“ Juneau, follow: U . AlaskaPoinis s Weather conditions and temper- | | | 1—Partly Cloudy | Lodge, F. & -36—Partly Cloudy |and Mrs. Bertha Goetz, Past Worthy Matron, were installing officers. -45—Fog | A banquet followed the ceremonies. ated Press dispatches have doctor who executed a mer entative group to plah to join this excursion—one | anchorage a pers of the nation have com- | Of Seattle’s most effective activities in cementing ! Annette Island 15—Partly Cloudy | but the Cincinnati Enquirer | close ties of friendship between this comr and } Barrow -3—Partly Cloudy e edi as follows, on this | the northern territory. Bethel 13—Clear N ) | Cordova { 3 Dawson ey are, the minds of fiction writers | Doing nothing is a highly satisfactory way Edmonton match the strangeness of actual life itself. | Passing the time until one gets tired of it and wishes| Fairbanks -13—Snow | nd respected surgeon of Manchester, | he could do less than nothing. { Haines 25—Clear | 1 yung enough to have most of his career _—_ \ Havre » -20—Snow m, tock the life of a woman patient suffer- A woman in a currently styled evening jJuneau Airport -6—Partly Cloudy. ng fr He did this as an act of mercy, ntensely interesting study in the delicate balancing | Kodiak 33—Cloudy malice. He might have evaded the penalty | Of concealment and revelation. ;izgf:;’f} -S—Pattly. GRY but chose instead to file a medical report l;\‘t.me‘ 3—Clear d he had done. Tht report, encountered Perhaps vaudeville, too, has nine lives. It has Northway -12—&how b; to his arrest, charged with murder. | been killed by the stage, the screen and by radio, and ' Petersburg on all of us. Given a now it being murdered by television. ‘lPeuhnd 13—Partly Cloudy Ve = i st — ) Prince George -53—Fog | » Seattle 10—Snow LN H |one source of revenue is h 1 - . e waShmg'fln | nership with “Dandy Phi e ABrandebUry (hnee \Q‘n)kay‘ - :2—1;“1113 o Bill Helis and Irving Haim, as| | i —Partly Cloudy Werry-Go-Round sales agents for House ¢f Lords and | s ents for or N W -|' h ! Yakutat -5—Clear King's Ransom whiskies. When Re- | eddmg Onlg t S A By DhLW PFARSON !pub]lcan senat; stumbled into| —_— | BPW WOMEN TO iy | this connection last summer, Helis| gather in Men : SEE HAWAIIAN nued from Page One) | immediately issued a vigorous de-| Church this eve i RS 1 | ting CULMINATION: { nial. He said that at no time had| ce in Miss Gertrude Wetzel, & leaders he repre- |Dhe €ver been associated with Cos-|Miss Alice Van Anda Brandebury|of the committ n charge of Jan- | eadsd to an: A tello in connection with the \\'hl(“-l'.ull cecome the bride of Mr. P.\:'l}\u i not only in making ley Company, owners of House of| Frederick Schnee. | ar Profesisonal Women's Clubs ime pay but in n’mkmg it res- |Lords and King's Ransom. | The Bev. 3 | announced today a change in pro- le. That is not a lesson that e jgsams for the next two meetings et it Joith: | The Officnl Record PR thn C ' rmore, when any one group | However, here is part of the (JI-‘:"F;“,",%AF s wili | the cancer campalgn will be gtyen ts itself up as|ficial, though confidential record |0 Nave PArtict g iJanuary 23 instead of January 16 3 swerful than another, Dem. | regarding the partnership of White(Sity be absent. ~The MUMDS|gs previously planned, and “Wings iy hibaks Aot House friend Bill Helis, Frankie|C3Usht up with little Janet :’Ob”'iutr Hawali,” the technicolor film. il llo, and “Dandy Phill" Kastet, | ‘0 }){h"l wes ‘J” nave }"I”l“ Hower } made currently available by Pafi | Costello Could Be Deported c 1937—A note for $225.000 | pgyip ;)uzl‘]\(‘l;‘]>D<i§xCl‘(’{[‘l:|‘\-A = in Arvaye Tl e #to - Dostellos - chief . Inflis Irving Haim at the Whitney| 4 mrs George Dale. on.. e has been in the big cities— | Natioral Bar in New Orleans; % Miami and Los Angeles, | Was endorsed by Phil Kastel, Wil- Adult attendants will be i The picture will be of particular | e he appears to be able to |l and Frank Costello. Marcus Jensen and Mr. | interest tc members of the Ju: ids ‘the Pederal Govern-| . 1n 1938=Kastel owed C, D, Jen=| a3l apnile ushers will ba SN G I viEW of Wie fpciof i e of Chicago $45,000 for slot Marcus Jensen and Mr. Edwa BPW trip that is planned via PAA ¢ amazing fact is that Costello | machines. So a note for the debt Sweeney. Mr. B. D. Stewart will!clipper to Hawaii July 8-16, fol 1a deported from the United | Was signed by Kastel and Robert | 8iVe the bride in marriage. {lowing the Biennial Convention cf ta \d sent back to Italy m_‘;- jedberg with alliance d mbuw.d A wedding _ret on will 1d | the National Federation of Business orrow if the Justice Department Kk certificates put up collat- | I the church parlor after thej nal Women's Club: n| fwanted to. For, when Costello sworé | oral. Alliance Distributors is the | ‘€rémony. jSan Francisco Jjuly 1-7 this yea rican citizenship papers | name under which Costello, Kastel s 3 TS ? TS & perjured himself re- |and Helis operate. To meet thej riminal record. Count- | note ance Distributors arrang- | 1 other immigrants nun been | ¢ 1 to scll 200 c of whiskey | deported for dc exac hejand turn the proceeds over to C. ume ‘thing, but they have lacked |D. Jennings, ADISs AL ahe ethii whifty Costelis’ Baeain: | 1 CoEter g an 1 Aug. 23, 1938—Bill Helis paid Ir- 4 Alrplane driver 31 Article ving . at e At this very moment 3“0”19*'nhc v -‘:\('):‘;fzmr:xli :::i:ui\it‘};' 13 b o Bridges, is on|njs personal check for that amount.| 1f: Sajutation ancisco on exactly | t. 15, 1938—An agreeme i 17 ks of charge—perjury in con-|executed Letween Irving Haim and | it nection with his citizenship papers.| william Helis giving Helis an in-| 19. Morsel his column. hoids 5o briel {0Fitesest in J. 0. Tueney and Sons,| 3 Brttiberant 4z d everyone should be|ptq, the holding company for| ., oPartofacask & Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle ¢ And it’s an fronic|King’s Ransom and House of| 35 Land measures 45 pri- | 1 ords whiskie: | 27 Risesonthe 40 5 DOwN . Heraldic cross con-| gt 16, 1038A recelpt was sign- | /35 Byl dor . . Excavation - Aikowvoton § | . 16, pt was sign: Y i) Cover n Costello) cq by Helis for 10,000 ordinary Siligigm 81 B s Oll: suffix retained by the Jus- | shares and 35,000 preferred s Bed canoples i to prosecute Bridg- of stock. Injures ; g i . Feminine name i _““y"‘T“‘“: Raztneas Who told the Lie? M euirea uman, I am con-| gept 1, 1939—Lloyd Cobb, Helis'| Gutilts iced, knows nothing about C0s-|man in New Orleans, wrote A. G.!} SRe oo iR “‘l'fu 'm:(.:‘L ”‘;' ;‘l‘""“‘l‘r:m\n« lds, Helis’ man in London, g‘i’x“;'“"“"" P R o ¢ enclosing a clipping from tiié " " orrisroot i rtheles, Costello ap-\wfl‘hm gton Merry-Go-Round, link~ 23. Discoverer of ; 8, pawerful friend Helis to Frank Costello Fale o - Pole ;, ;. ; 11auxuu “vl ’iuu‘xinal IIL\~1 > e ] 24, L|K!(Illuvolzl1!e 2, and column has pre. an. — teroffice [ viously published the dmm‘ x’;mnw from A. G ?al:\:;:;kllul‘mil;tltnc;?ga £ At t of a federal tax-fraud|that P| 's $100,000 note and T Al volving Los Angeles ‘unh-‘lidlms $225,000 note hadn’t been 3. Metal-bearing o |paid. The memo referred to a let- 24 Doraried Last summer, Sen. Clyde Hoey’s |ter agreement between Helis and 36. Scale estigating committee also slum-lH:mn whereby both notes would g;’i N in onto the fact that ex-White|be repaid by Haim. o Bl friend Jobn Maragon, mow| July 27, 1943—George Uffner Rt under indict had been em-|came to New York from New Or- & -';Y,‘I{i‘.,'f}‘,.{”" ployed by Costello’s tner, “Dan- to see Costello. Costello, 44. King: Latin dy Phil” Kestel and that Bill|calling Uffner on the phone said: a7 m;'u?(;"‘én Helis, ‘the “Golden Greek,” an-|“You and Bill Helis meet me in other rtner of Costello’s, had'the lobky tonight at seven o’clock. been a contributor to the Truman Alfange wants to see me that campaign. | be all rigk (Dean Alfange | Oldest Bank in Alaska Maragon was found to have a se- |is Helis who also issued a | cret banking account in El Paso,|denial last summer that Helis was| Texas, which over a period of |ever connected with Costello). | — ' i g— time contained nuch as $135,000| Feb. 16 Helis, when interview- | 1891 over Ha" a celllllfyo nankln 1950 —a lot of money for a man who|ed by the New York State Liquor | complained that his salary averaged | Authority, stated that Haim had Th 4 around $4,000 annually. Further-| money owed him, and e ° ! ] e ell S more, most of Maragon's trans- he and Haim now owned equal actions were in cash—the coin of |shares in J. G. Turney and Son.| the underworld. August 1949—William Helis de- a Maragon and General Vaughan|nied to the press that he had ever also had enough power inside the been associated with Frank Cost- e A b g o5 Safety Deposit rule a housing order against the ley Company, the wholly owned yemodeling of California’s Tanfor- | subsidiary of J. G. Turney and B fw nm an race track after being intro-|Son. oxes t duced to the track’s owners by o Costello’s partner, Helis MARTIN Fors COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Though Costello probably makes For ten only, 10% down, most of his money in gambling, |balance 10% monthly. —adv. 396-7t! | Riley? THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE- -JUNEAU, ALASKA 5 20 YEARS AGO 7%: gmpire JANUARY 14, 1930 Ford R. Butler and Edith Leon Coones were married by Arthur W. Fox, U.S. Commissioner. The bridegroom, a city police officer, had been prominent in ring circles in Alaska, at one time holding the heavy- weight championship of the Territory. The day before, Edward Lee Jackson and Annie Williams had been married by Commissioner Arthur W. Fox, who also officiated that day at the marriage of Sam C. Saunders and Minnie Paddock, both of Tenakee. Charles Goldstein, just returned from a trip to New York City and A E. Wick, new office man here for the DuPont Powder Company, were to be the speakers at the Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Arcade Cafe. Mr. and Mrs. I. Sowerby received a cable announcing the birth of a grandson, the child of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kelsey, born in the Belgian Congo. Mrs. Kelsey was the former Mina Sowerby. Her husband was a mining engineer formerly of this region, then in charge of large mining operations in Africa. Mrs. Grimm, widow of the late Hermann Grimm, Skagway pioneer, and H. Buchholz, Dawson pioneer had been married in Skagway. The bride had lived in Juneau the previous year. Lee Rox, wellknown house mover and wrecker, was working on the ! night shift at The Empire as watchman during the spell of cold and | windy weather. Rox had several contracts in sight on which to work after the weather moderated. Mrs. Clement M. Summers of Alameda, Calif., a former Juneauite, ly Cloudy | was going to Europe, to make a pilgrimage to the grave of her son. In Douglas, joint instailation ceremonies were held by Gastineaux A. M., and Nugget Chapter, O.E.S. Past Master Glen Kirkham Attorney John B. Marshall was a passenger on the Queen for Sitka, planning to return on the Margnita. Fred Dobler, wellknown banjoist, left on the Princess Norah for a -2—Clear vacation trip to the states. Attorney Henry Roden boarded the Alameda for Petersburg on a 2—Partly Cloudy |y qiness trip. Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Behrends left on the Norah for a month in Cloudy | the states. Weather: high, 25; low, 24; clear. WMWM" ; Daily Lessons in English 3. 1.. corpon chairman WMWM‘"‘“ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: BROTHERS applies to those who are programs for the Business|, .o py pirth, BRETHREN indicates fraternal relationship in some organization. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Zoology. Pronounce zo- -ol-0-ji, first O i Mrs. Mildred Hermann’s report on' as in SO, and not zoo-ol-o-ji, as sometimes heard. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Morality; one L. Morally; two L’s. SYNONYMS: Questionable, disputable, debatable, doubtful, dubious, uncertain. 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: the attainment of anything of its highest point. “It is the culmination of many centuries of progress.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Roperra vew i 2 Q. What should a girl do when a man calls unexpectedly, and she has a previous engagement? A. Tell this man immediately that you are sorry, but that you have an engagement. Then invite him to call again, if that is really your wish. Q. What should the guests at a dinner do while the host is ’ | carving? A. Keep up the conversation. Do not watch the host, nor comment on his carving. Q.. When a woman is a doctor, should she be addressed as Mrs. Evans, or Doctor Evans? “Doctor Evans,” A. always. EAR 1. What is the difference between agnoticism and atheism? 2. What in the human makeup is popularly termed as the “third A C. GORDON { lung?” 3. Who wrote the “Vision of Sir Launfal”’—Lowell, Longfellow, or ¥ 4. What city was known as the Bride of the Sea? " 5. Who, in mythology, cleaned the Augean Stables? ANSWERS 1. Agnosticism is a declaration of not having found a basis for belief; atheism is avowed disbelief. The skin. 3. Lowell. Venice 5. Hercules. Bader Accounting Service Monthly Accounts, Systems, Secretarial Service Tax Returns Prepared Room 3, Valentine Bldg. o There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! 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