The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASEA ° TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1950 Daily Alaska Empire xcen S INTING COMPANY Streets, Juneau, Alaska Published every e day by the Sec NELEN TROY ) DOROTHY TROY ELMER A Fg ALFRED ZEM President Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douclas for $1.50 per month; SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | | i rates s, in advance, $7.50; a favor if they f ptly notify of any failure or irreg he delivery of their pa Telephones ews Office, 602: Business Dffice, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS . The Associated Press Is exclusiv ed to the use for republi of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise o d in this paper and also the local news published herein, NATIONAL RE Poarth Avenue Bldg. RESENTATIVES eattle, Wash, THE LEMKE BILL AGAIN The announcement by President Boochever of the Chamber of Commerce membership at its meeting last Thursday that word has been received from Wash- ington that the Committee on Public Lands of the House will soon make an effort to bring the Lemke bill, Veterans Alaska Homestead Bill, HR 4424, on to the floor of the House for action, comes as shock to Alaskans. This bill, which to everyone's surprise was re ported out favorably by the above Committee last June, has since been lying dormant in the Rules Committee } and was thought to be dead. The action now contem- plated is to ask the House to take the measure from the Rules Committee and thus alow it to be brought to a vote by the whole House. Practically all of the post of the veterans’ groups in Southeast Alaska, as well as many Chambers of Commerce, newspapers, public officials and private citizens of the entire Territory have expressed the view that ‘the passage of this type of legislation would be one of the most harmful things that could befall the Territory. As we have mentioned previously this newspaper‘ is confident such legislation would bring almost' to a | take up 160 acres of 1 dead stop the development of industries and agricul- ture, the features on which the advancement of the | fective in Al Territory depends. Briefly described, the bill if enacted, would allow any veteran to obtain title to as much as 2560 acres of land simply by living on it or near it for three years, or for only one year if he has had two years of military Wmem_fiwgq}‘mg,_go put_up farm buildings, to buy livestock | reduce his residence to seven months by getting a permit from the Secretary of the Interior to be absent the other five months of the year. After one year fol- lowing the passage of the act non-veterans can file. The entryman need not ever live on the land, a resi- dence within 10 miles of it will suffice. { Any type of land whatever—timber land, mineral - Alaska Newspapers, 1411 ) jand lakes could expect to find great stretches of the | “TIDE OF TOYS" | have always been striving for. a distinct ! { taining ownership had expired, the men who patented l'nn!w: under the Lemke Bill could pool their holdings —could be patented. cultivation is required before a permit is granted. The entryman is simply expected to make a part of his living from it in the short time before he is entitled to patent. This is loose requirement and especially for the one-year claimants. Any public land with the exception of military a very mer recreationists coming North to fish in our rivers shoreline of the best waters under the private owner- | ship of a few men who had entered adjoining claims. The entire margins of many beautiful lakes and long strips of river bank would soon be forbidden ground to the public. The results under such an act would be diametri- | cally opposed to the kind of development Almknmi Our resources would | mply be locked up in large speculative holdings unt Ili such time as somebody was willing and able to meet the owners’ terms. Here in our section of the Terri- tory we can readily perceive that a few men could take | up a total of dozens of miles of shoreline, controlling | many fishtrap sites and hundreds of millions of feet | of timber in the adjoining upland. | Timber constitutes the brightest prospect for furth- jer Alaska development in the near future but as soon| Tas the five-year period specified by the bill for re- i and sell them to large sawmill and pulp companies on } Puget Sound who could be expected to hold the timber | in reserve to supply the raw material for their Puget Sound plants after exhausting the timber they now {own nearer home | | our public officials, civic bodies and veterans'| groups can do nothing of greater value for the Terri- tory than work actively in opposition to this measure. should anyone unfamiliar with homestead regula- | tions as they pertain to Alaska and the rest of the United States think that opposition to the Lemke Bill is opposition to G-Is homesteading in Alaska, this | information should be known: Under present homestead regulations, anyone can | and in Alaska. The same regu- lations in effect in the United States proper are ef-| aska. There is probably no farmer in Alaska who actually | farms as much as 160 acres . In the interior of Alaska, | the farmers have under cultivation not more than an| average of 50 acres a farm, we are told. a H In addition, the government now lends money to and farm equipment—this before such’ time as the homesteads are proved upon. Such government loans are long term and carry a low rate of interest. So, without the Lemke Bill, the homesteader in| Alaska, whether he is a G-I or not, does all right. Just as he does anywhere else in the country where home- land, agricultural land, grazing land, recreational areas stead land is available. ergy center in Armenia. ‘Republican Senator Ralph Fland- No specified amount of use or | !reserves and some other withdrawn areas, could be|® JANUARY 24 ¥ taken up, All of the valuable timber lands of South-|® L L Macopgiecs ¢ east Alaska would be open to such entry 4 B, BRI 5 Most certainly we could expect a rush to Alaska g s that would exceed that of the “Days of '98" by vet-|g . erans who would build a log house on or near the land, | ¢ . hunt and fish for seven months or a year and return e Chazles C. Bloxham ° to the States with deeds in their pockets to as much | Dolores Smith . as four square miles of Alaska land. This would be|? Ge Maddox e absentee ownership of land and resources far beyond |°® George Routsals.. b the conception of anyone who has heretofore deplored | Mrs. Cl‘l‘;“‘;‘ff] lashere S| this type of ownership. % Pmr‘iz 1;«“/;1.2;“» % Industrialists, mining people, homesteaders, com- | o Edwina Snethen s ing to Alaska in all sincerity, would find they would |e Bill H. Wilson o be compelled to buy from outside owners. Even sum-{e o o o o ¢ o © o ® o | an All-Girl Orchestra of Anchorage | CAMPAIGN 15 ON EXTENSION 10 FRI. All-Girl Orchestra Report- ed Coming Here for Convention The “Tide of Toys" American Legion will be continues through the rcminder of this week, according to Bert Lybeck, chair- man. The response to participa- tion of the Juneau Post in this na- tional program has been increas- ingly good, and since the shipment 1as not been made up yet, the Les| zion in their weekly meeting last continue accepting January night voted to toys until Friday night 27. Contributions to this di be taken to four center George, United Food, Spruce Deli- atessen and American Shoe Re- air. Packing will be completed Saturday, announced Harold Zen- ger, Legion Sergeant-at-Arms. Aiding the Boy Scouts in observ- ance of National Scout Week, the Legion which sponsors a troop, will | have the boys to a joint meeting on February 6. A special pr ;ramr s being planned. Plans are going forward for the! Department Convention, to be held | n Juneau over the Labor Day | weekend. Announcement was made by Legionnaire Chuck Porter that| is definitely committed for pro- viding part of the entertainment| for the tors from all parts of the Territory. Protably the most distinguished | isitor to the Legion Post meeting | in a long time was Past Depart- nent Commander Frank Nash of | anks and he spoke briefly out Ntional Legion affairs. Also visiting the Post meeting was Wes Overby, returned to Ju- neau recently from Los Alamedos, The Washingfon Merry-Go-R_om_ld (Continued from Page One) | pa camc back, these scientists went Jthrough the tortures of the damn- ed. Their souls were on fire, and they started a burning private cru- sade against the hydrogen bomb that has divided the Atomic Energy Commission. The spirit of these scientists was expressed by Dr. Oppenheimer to a Congressional hearing as fol- lows: “Many times we scientists thought the war might end before we had a bomb. Some of us did not stop, because we wanted the world to see the atomic bomb. It was to us the greatest argument for world peace.” Strauss Strongly Backed These scientists are planning to organize a lobby of church groups to carry on the “crusade” after Lilienthal's resig- naticn from the Atomic Commis- sion in February. The other side in the hydrogren- bemb argument is championed by a medest, soft-spoken philosopher and ex-banker, Lewis Straus publicity and his views can be given only because fellow commissioners are shocked by the attacks on him by the pro-Lilienthal forces. Srauss is quoted as ying, “all hope of international agreement to outlaw the atom bomb was killed when Russia refused to accept the Baruch proposals for inspection That was the great shock of our times. Now we cannot afford not to make the new hydrogen bomb. We must maintain our superiority over any possible aggressor. That is the chief hope left for peace.” From the beginning of the At- omic Energy Commission, Lilien- thal and Strauss have been in dif- ferent corners. During the fir year, Strauss was a lone dissenter. He offered to resign, but President Truman refused. Today, Strauss is the majority leader in the Com- mission and his view on the hy- drogen bomb is backed by both the National Secruity Council and the Atomic Energy Committee of Congress. ' The difficult decision of whether to build the dread hydrogen bomb is now up to President Truman. Atomgrad A Separate World Americen intelligence has a com- plete report on Russia’s flourishing ' Atomgrad, the Soviet's atomic en- and Lilienthal | He shuns! This huge area is surrounded by high, closely guarded walls and is a separate world for 70,000 people. It is located 55 miles northwest of Mount Ararat and 32 miles northwest of Yerevan, the capital of Soviet Armenia. Atomgrad is in the upper and obtains immense hydroelectric pewer from rivers coursing down from the 17000-foot mountain peaks. The atomic center is divided into four sectors. One refines the raw ore, the second purifies the ur- anium and takes out plutonium. The third is the laboratory, and the fourth, with a personnel of 25,000, is concentrating on protective mea- sures against atomic bombs. Note—It is now easy to under- stand why the Russians held up the American missionaries in search of Noah’s Ark near Mount Ararat. An atomic scientist was in their par and Atomgrad is only 55 mil away. Trurzan Not “On Outs,” Johnson At a recent White House staff conference, President Truman si- lenced rumors that Louis Johnson, the blunt Secretary of Defense, is on the skids. his conference “Louie’s heen read- [ing too many newspapers, and they've got him down. I told him 3 still 100 percent back eof him, and if T ever decided other- wise, he'd hear it straight from me and not from a columnist.” Mr, Truman then looked severely |at the little group of Sit nts iand re “I don't want any of lyou peddling stories that Louie |Jonnson or anyone else is on the outs with me. That isn't the way I operate.” Webb to shut “leaks” from | retary of ite Jim 1p any anti-Johnso |the State Department. He referred to the fact that, " during the argument between the Pentagon and the State Department over Formosa, the State Depart- 1's Far Eastern division almost had Secretary Johnson looking un- der his desk for the concealed microphone, Chameleen It has been shushed up by the Democrats, but Connecticut’s new Democratic Senator, Bill Benton, underwent a political transforma- tion the day he was sworn in to the Senate Just before the ceremony, Ben- ton stepped off to see his friend, I alley of the Zanga river | Good-naturedly, the President told | The President also told Undersec-} ers of Vermont. “Well, this is my last day as a Republican,” grinned Benton, “how jabout taking me around and in- ‘u'oducing me to some of my new iDemocralic colleagues?” | Limiting Air Force Groups Here is a startling 1act that will come out when Congress reopens the debate on a 70-group air force. By limiting the Air Force to 48 groups, President Truman is holding fore had 64 groups the day the Japs bombed Pearl Harbor, built this up to 243 groups by the end of the war. CHAPELADIES MEET AT CHURCH TONIGHT The Auk Bay Chapeladies will held their regular meeting at 7:30 o'clock this evening in the Chapel- oy-the-Lake. All members are urged to be pre- sent . it down to 16 groups less than be- | Pearl Harbor. The Air Force | Walter W. Smith, Alaska Depart- nent chairman on Americanism | | reported briefly on the Legion’s re- cent participation in Naturaliza- tion ceremonies in Juneau. Smith | spoke in a very inspiring manner | | about long-range objectives of the Legion in opposing the “isms,” other | than honest Americanism. | Bill Liddle, new member of the st, showed color movies of the; highlights of TItaly, which he took | near the end of the war. | The Legion plans to offer full | i Calif. 1 | cooperation with the Alaska Sports- | men, Inc, in staging this year's| Salmon Derby. An official repre-‘ | sentative of the Post will attend | the Sportsmen’s meet tonight. | | | SOLEYS HERE Mulfred and Anna Soley of Sitka are registered at the Baranof Hotel. | | FROM KETCHIKAN T. R. Curtis of Ketchikan, a| salesman, is a guest at the Gas- tineau Hotel. . Not all Wild ass ACROSS | 1 Heanth 6. Antic 1i. Prickle 12. Egg dish 14. Article 15. Part of an airplune 17. ‘ 18 zious come positions Thus Cluster ot fibers in poison Malayan coln wool Unaspirated Roman naturalist . Falling weight of a pile 45 driver 22. 24, Festival al Sooner than instrument | i ERne =T B W E YWAEEE WdEEEE < esterday’s Puzzle 54. Soft drinks | 65. Bay window DOWN | . Kind of moth ) . Along | . Turkish title . Lose footing . Bank officer Solution of 9. Mother Hire 2. Kind of peach . Writing implement English letter ‘ake up again . Kind of dance . Drinker 6. Goddess of healing 19. Instituted Tumbled down nink alike Upset 1 2. 3 4 5 & . 1. Chinese city 8. 9, 0. 1 3. [ s Contemporary writer Vegetables Degrees | Cotton cloth | Beast 7. Fortification Tear | Legend | | Box | Poor . Silkworm 51. Proceed . Mvself W, 20 from YEARS AGO JANUARY 24, 1930 THE EMPIRE Mike Pusich’s store in Douglas was the scene of a dangerous fire Iwhich for a time baffled the Fire Department. A defective chimney from the furnace in the rear of the store caused the fire, which smould- ered and burned between the walls . Smoke was so dense that gas masks were necessary. Access was made through the roof, and all the chemicals were emptied and salt water turned on before the blaze was subdued. Building damage could be easily repaired, Mike said. In Douglas, Harry Krane with his accordion and a special four- :music was to be featured. | plece orchestra announced a dance at which Scandinavian-American The 23 boys in the “Can” Club had finished carving their ivory ! stillettos, with Orin Edwards declared the winner. The work, in which the Douglas boys were coached by the Rev. Bauer, was on display in Guy’s Drug Store. , A sea lion weighing about 1,500 pounds, caught in the seine of the fishing boat Wilson while making a set for herring in Barlow Cove near Point Retreat, had been shot by Capt. Martin Borleck and brought to the Juneau Cold Storage for mink feed. Captain Borleck and Martin Holst had been out about three days. the office of the Morris Construction Company, presumably by a thief who forced entrance through a back window and reached the office by boring a hole through the door. A large wall safe was intact. An early morning fire which started from an overheated flue com- ‘}flelely destroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Herner, on the Glacier by ighway about a mile from town. When they could not extinguish the arive of the |flames, Mrs. Herner went to the nearby George Danner residence to felephone Juneau. Through a misunéerslandlng, the message given over the wire to both Frank Garnick, the Herners’ son-in-law, and J. L. Gray, Fire Chief, was that the house had burned, although at that time, the fire had only a fair start. did not go to the scene. { saved. There was no insurance on building or contents. lived there for nearly 18 years. the subject.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Pyramidal. Weather: High, 30; low, 21; clear. Daily Lessons in Englis | Consequently, the Fire Department It was believed the house might have been The Herners had by Several dollars in small change were taken from the desk till in W. L. GORDON e S D § WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I can't seem to understand Say, “I seem unable to understand..” not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Perspire; PER not PRE. $YNONYMS: Legend, story, myth, tradition. : WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: MEDIOCRITY; moderate mental capacity, ability, skill, etc. (Pronounce the OC as in LOCK; accent follows the C). Accent SECOND syllable, Let us “Perserving mediocrity is much more respectable, and unspeakably more useful, than talented in- constancy.”—Dr. James Hamilton. | MODERN ETIQUETTE e ) by ROBERTA LEE Q. Does an invitation to a wedding and reception require an answer? A. Well-bred people realize that the bride’s parents need to know how many guests to expect at the reception, and they answer the invi- tation promptly. Q. When a woman asks the attendant in a public restroom to lend her a needle and thread for making some small repair, should she tip the attendant? A. Yes; this is expected. Q. dinner table? A. course, natural flowers are preferable always. - It is done, when the flowers are really nice and decorative. Is it all right to use artificial flowers as a centerpiece on the of 53 LOOK and LEARN % ¢ corvox } 1. What country issued the first postage stamps? What is the average length of the human foot? e e ] 3. Who was the only U. S. President to be re-elected after a defeat? 4. Who devised the first air-brake? ANSWERS: 1. England. . 2. For men, 10.3 inches; for women, 9.3 inches. 3. Grover Cleveland. 4. George Westinghouse. ‘The mountain lion, or cougar. ‘What animal is claimed to have the most blood-curdling cry? Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL W.C. AULD 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: "COMMAND DECISION" * Federal 1ux —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 MANY ALASKANS IN WASHINGTON Gov. Ernest Gruening has ar- rived in Washington to be one of | the principal speakers at a public meeting called by the All America Defense Association to discuss de- fense of Alaska ‘and the West Coast. The Governor is planning o return to Alaska in about two weeks. A number of officials of the In- terior Department are in Washing- ton from Alaska in connection with the appropriation hearings now s0ing on in Congress. They include Jolonel J. P. Johnson of Anchorage, General Manager of the Alaska Railroad; Colonel John R. Noyes of Juneau, Commissioner of Roads for Alaska; and Clarence Rhode of Ju- 1eau, Regional Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Don L. Irwin of Palmer is in Washington in connection with his position as Director of the Agri- -ultural Research Administration. Dr. John Haldeman, Medical Of- icer in Charge for the United itates Public Health Service ac- ivities in Alaska is in Washington ‘rom his Anchorage headquarters. Dr. Haldeman is in the capital for ongressional hearings on the 1951 udget estimates of the Public ITealth Service. Stanley J. McCutcheon and H. Bierds of Anchorage have been ecent visitors to Washington. Mr McCutcheon, territorial legislator ind attorney, is President of Alaska Airlines, and Mr. Bierds is Generai Manager. Miss Miriam Dickey, secretary to Saptain A. E. Lathrop, is in Wash- ngton from zer home in Fair- »anks. Donald S. Hanson of Fairbanks ralled on Delegate Bartlett while in the nation's capital this week. Mr. Hanson is now . attending col- lege in Chicago and plans to return ‘0 Alaska next summer. A. F. McIntosh of Teller called it Delegate Bartlett’s otfice while n Washington recently. Mr. McIn- osh in charge of the tin mine it Lost River on Seward Peninsula. FROM PORTLAND Morris L. Hansen of Portland, Ore., is stopping at the Baranof iotel. AT BARANOF Jean Anderson of Mt. Edgecumbe Sitka, is a guest at the Barano! Hotel. P —— — Brownie’s Liquor Store ]‘ Phone 103 139 So. Frankiin | P. O. Box 259 | GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS FHONE 399 Office 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 Fourth and Franklin Bts PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Bhirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes BOTANY "500" CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING COMPANY DeSoto—Dodge Trucks SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery The Erwin Feed Co. MOUNT JUNFAU LODGE NO. 1& SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple | beginning at 7:30 p. m. Carson A. Lawrence, | 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 117 Main St. Phone 773 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store 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 Planos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.. || GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt T Shedls R Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Card Beverage Co. The Alaskan Hotel PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington SOLD g.tnd s;:rl{gle(glv:fin'f:ym J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street, MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dalries, 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 Launndry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!”