The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 7, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR l)ml\ Ala ska Empire ng except S PRINTING COM! fain Streets, Jun MELEN . TROY ‘woll]d cost a | new streamlined formal plug hat seldem, is the n and a throwback more leisurely an unday by the PANY eau, Alaska - Prestdent Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager Somehow, t Office in Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATE ivered ail, postase paid, at the foll ance, $15.00; SiX mon $1.50. will confer a favor if th ce of any fallure or i 602 SSOCIATED es: News Offi MEMBER O press is exclusiy ews dispatche s paper and also th vy e by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 Business it Second Class Matter. S lowing rates: we do not ths, in advance, $7.50; 3 promptly notify NEW in the delivery Office, 374, PRESS While the Fe the finishing tou has served notic ntitled to the use for to it or not other- local news published And thus the ATIVE: tle, Wash. - Alas aska Newspapers, 1411 iher step in cer ment support of COl\SPl(l oUs W 1tly the papers carried a story about a newlpederal grants to students. from needy families already have many ties for scholarships or part-time employment if they| The story went on to list some of the specifications | really want higher education. And there is no sound ' Department’s As we recall, at least one of!reason why the people as a whole should be taxed system to further to subsidize certain youngsters on the )f their grades in high school motorcars wk White fleet of custom-built livered shortly to the of the automobiles. them (or perhaps all) was to be a: y equipped to provide additional but all of them were t with longer wheelbases and second feature, so the tsory of acommodating individual jent, s pury ASTE House mobiles to house seems a singular know program of Federal schols “handout manufacturer to design and make a silk hat. Say what you will; the as worn today, although relatively impractical of all head-dresses century when times were nd space more ample. most to the last the construction of all of these auto- outmoded type of hat | maybe ohe of conspicuous waste, but we can do about it. example exactly what 7]’[‘]])]:{1{\], HANDOUT ederal Office of iches on the bill, Education is putting President Truman e on Congress that he will urge a ships and student loans. state” prepares to take an- ntralization, bureaucracy and govern- its citizens. Apparently the Office of Education is planning a program to cost $300,000,000 a year to provide scholar- ips for 400,000 graduate and prof backing of the more needy colleges, to get shrewdly timed 1 subsidy through It will be hard for many { lack of funds, to [ need the money. or - else i warnings. there still would nich was being de- for official use. rmored or in some protection for the 0 be oversized ve- with higher tated, was for | | roofs. the | speech s who were obliged ; what thev please,” better-financed colleges, students and 37,500 To win the undergraduate fessional school students. under way as the Federal the GI bill of rigths tapers off. educators, come out against such a plan. They But some others, with more courage are blunt in their be some telling arguments against High school garduates opportuni- basls he said, to wear high silk hats for certain social or officiallof attention to what any of 'em say." 1sions w this struck us as rather od part the oce icular favor on i d, not that we 100k | low-ceiling auto- | bo Often it nnet constitute 5. xmh in recent years has sacrificed head room it amlining We wfacturer, rgue r more But that is not the point we want | tried to calculate how much it cost the | in design and material, for this dozen special jobs and against that how much it | ferent from yours, and make due allowances therefor. It's fellow to be fooli [ Tie Washingion Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) circles and was this world in pedigrees. t on for some time, with a0 saying nothing. When Clark finally ran out of ad- R her “podeh, the First gently: have it at plain in to t00."” the a dog, enthused kind dog,” a replied Tide of Christmas t oys I hear some Christmas has ized, that we chiefly to those who are going to give us in return, that we should practice Christ's teach- his birthday, but every T have heard quite a few people way, but until now I nown many people to do ore than talk about it. ar, however, s been dif- has been h now, and at an event will that several million have been following the ve advice and are trying : Christmas come not once a but in January, ch too. stmas L Mo, t how over Phila- e U. S. Lines’ steam- Adventure emba carrying the tods otterdam ment of one er collected in the tide of toys. These toys are being donated tireless efforts of the cargoes the ip the n Legion to the children of |1 course, report Congr this column is sup- the closed-door ess and the back- suvers of diplomats. But is more imrortant than tage account of how the Legion collected toys in the short space weeks, got them sorted for export, and {elphia surface But it areful g of fl\L packed to Phil ourage on the part to start such a gi- especjally at a time wanted to relax a Leg gantic ader rroject yone tmas ever after Chri Scidiers of Tomorrow? However, the men who have fought cur wars in the past realized that ()xuv- is only one way to win the future—by working For peace is not a berib- ned parchment which diplomats after war is over. It is a breathing day-to-day docu- the people of a nation must work at year after year. Peace is like a successful mar- riage. The hardest part begins after e license is signed. And that so many Americans work at peace and re- their shell of isola- sign a living the fact forgot to treated into tion during the days after 1918, was why we had to fight again in 1941. practically | more | ; take | to! February and | first | of the most pre- | some shipped | Wars, the American Legionnaires know all too well, come in cycles |of about every 20 ye And the ; children of today can be our friends lor the soldier: ow. That's why the ostuize of toys, the first installment of which 'sails from Philadelphia today, can ibe so important That's also why of the toys, which will be in the ihands of the efficient CARE organ- ation, will have to be distributed with a little publicity and 1m!-xv jto make sure that the of | 1 Europe understand the ing of this carefully and patiently frcllmml tide of toys from the { veterans of America. the distribution “Invasion” cf Maryland Twelve short years ago Democrat- ic Sen. Millard E. Tydings m- ed about a “collapse” of the Demo- cratic system when Franklin D. Roosevelt p linvaded Maryland in an u ful effort to purge the At that time a lot of figured that the defeat of t ‘ongated reactionary from M would not be a blow to d {but Tydings demogogued ,through the crucial battle & -elec again in 1944 Hcowever, Tydings once more is g to election to the Senate and, this time, the the cther foot. This time wants the President to “invade” Maryland and recently urged Truman to accept an invita ticn to dedicate a new airport near Baltimore in June. “You will have a great tunity to help the boys on the |ticket,” expanded Tydings, not re- ferring to himself. “By all means, speak in Maryland.” “Now, just wait a minute,” broke in Republican Congressman Glenn Beall. “I'm in the minority here, but I think if the President is to ake this airport dedication a pol- 1 speech, maybe he had better stay out of Maryland.” “Oh, you won't get hurt, and you won't be helped either if the President decides to accept our in- vitation,” declared Tydings. However, py when Truman broke in: “I may touch on international matters if I go to Maryland to dedicate the airport, but I won't make a pol- itical speech.” SEARCH FOR MiSSING TRAPPER (ONTINUED Search by ter Citrus for Richard Melang, Ketchikan Trapper last seen leav- ing from Cape Pole for Coronation Island off the north end of Prince lof Wales halted yesterday by winter weather. The Citrus left Port McArthur yesterday morning to search War- ren Island for the missing trapper. A shore party encountered snow drifts up to 10 feet deep and found no sign of the missing trapper in two abandoned cabir The cutter returned to Port Me- Arthur at 2 p.m. yesterday, and this morning left to ation and Spanish Islands. Melang was reported to have left from Cape Pole in an 11-foot skiff | with only four inches of uulmml showing. Sena Peo; | {asp! {in 1 shoe |is on oppor- I Harding-Coolidge | one reason | Mirror Cafe now open 1i am. to 3 am. is the case that the bee in a politician’ full mean- | President | rsonally | i grouy: the Senator wasn't hap- } the Coast Guard cut-| Island November 28, was search Coron- | s s the only sign of life north of the ce tolerant. Just expect the other sh enough to hold some opinions Mi- TFESE DAYS BY- - GEORGE ... SOKOLSKY POSTAL RI The Post Office has t antagonistic attitude { Hoover report which making it a business paying, if possib far, the only real response of the Postmaster General h been to ask for more money, seeking to in- crease the income that office 1 estimated $130,000,000, m raising the postal rates on s cond class mail, including maga- | zines. 3 The minority rerort of the com- mittee on Post Office and Civil | service was signed by Congressman | Harcld c. Hagen, Usher L. Bur- | di Cardner R. Withrow, H. R. | Gross, Robert J. Corbett, Edward H. Jenison. They say of H. R. 2945, he bill that would raise these rates: ken a most toward the is Thus The measure as reported, ln(&,n\.\mul diseriminat and will create unduc hardship to the American public, to large lab and to thcusands of com- panies, business firms and-indust- ries which are heavy users of the mails. The rates proposed, if en- acted, will cause widespread un- employment, will cripple many businesses, and will disrupt the fin- ancial arrangements of some of our most worthy charities.” The Hoover report definitely shews that the Post Office is an- tiquated and inefficient. It also shows that because of faulty book- keering practises, the Post Office cannot and actually does not know what it is doing. Tt lacks an ade- quate method of cosl accounting, therefore, the demand for an in- creas2 of rates only demonstrats istically. The report the program is | harassed by | , the | Congre: | constructive prog | fearful that | itical toes. an inability to face problems real- | | The child, born u*d)catsu_ weighed seven pounds 13 ounces THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FEBRUARY 7 Ruth Dae Brooks Doris Ann Baftlett Claire McDonald M. F. Whitman dys Adams P. Stuart Wilcox Taylor W, Belle Irene recommendations: efficiency in the rtment before us- as a basis for set- its increase e} this in “(A) Post Office ing the deficit ting rates. «“(B) provide for the setting of {rates for special services by the Post Office Department adminis- | tratively as recommended by the | Hoover Commission report. “(C) Consider the rates for first-, third-, and fourth-class eparate units so that a study can be made involved by the ommended. second- |mail a 'more careful of the problems rate structure I “(D) Give the And even if all the college Presidents went along, bill in its present form, which dif- fers so radically from the bill as introduced and upon which testi- mony was taken, “(E) Reorganize the Post Office cost - ascertainment include such intangible considerations as relative priority, degree of preferment, and | | economic value of the several class- es of service, which are essential other ! 11 of the ablishment. The system absolute guide postal rates. |of the postal e | ccst-ascertainment [not k2 used as an for estaklisment of ilts and facts, which lable for appraisal | of the present igations 1 service by reason ent of many lines throughout | “(F) The re |¥ i1l become ave consideratic: nittee inve adequacy of ma cf the Lranch railroad the country Wheth: adequate or determin ter the e ! inefficiency the too high ca by cost accountin nation of waste and If the rates are inade- quate, it needs to be ascertained ly where the s it cannot be e\p'md that Office will tak com- mercial view of costs, it ne ney- ertheless to be determined whether throwing the full burden of the loss in revenue on newspapers and magazines will best se: ed States. The Hoo ed that the Post Off duce its expenditures $140,000,000; yet the Post Offic answer to this has been not improve its efficiency but demand an additional $130,000,000. That is political cynicism gone hog wild, which apparently is the tone of the times, A department rates Whi Post rt show- e could re- hy abo which provides under acts of Congress, costly sub- sidies cannot justify loading some industries the cost of subs dizing others. Of course, the fault does not rest entirely with the Post Office which is bound by acts of But the Pest Of it will tread on Therefore, it kites and which in business are regarded not only as faulty but unethical prac Before Congr pyramids, permits the rais- ing of any rates, the Post Office should be made into a modern, efficient, businesslike organization. Then, if it still operates at a loss, rates should be revised on a basis of sound busine: SON FOR SAMANIEGOS Mr. and Mrs. Ventura Samaniego | of Juneau became the parents of a | son yesterday at St. Ann’s hospital. at ACROSS 1. Meadow 4. Location Tableland Rowing tmplement Gray with age 14, Draft animals 16. Gifts . Low gaiter Enormous . Partofa kitchen range 88, Escape by artifice 40. Improve 41. Possessed City 1n Ttaly Large tubs Night musie 12. 18, . Tria . Large river mouth . Allude . Renting contract . Finished . Burn Diliseed Declare 52. Base 63. Mother of Helen of Troy 54. Throw 55, Shelter 417-6t FIRGE mo o> |Gl mm amr o offm[4[>x 0z nclAmamN>Z[> Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN . Exist L Que . Very thin Frapuicle . Electrificd particles Tell tales | Bitter vetch Israclite lawgiver . Exclamation Lake in Africa Style of numeral . City in New York state . Goddess of the hu-.u th Vig! Xihletic neta Diminish Native metal- bearing compounds racte 3 Fem&\le sheep American public | an opportanity to be heard on the | important should | of the in-| ontoliE 10:12 am, | e 120 YEARS AGO #%% murins FEBRUARY 7, 1930 with a net cash balance of $874,436.26 in the Territorial Treasury, amount of unattached funds on hand was much lower ghan at the time the previous year, it was disclosed in the January statement. A city ordinance had been drawn up empowering certain city offi- cials to examine private radio sets for “squeals” in an effort to wipe and the measure was ardenly supported by the Chamber of Commerce. Support for the ordinance had been asked by M. S. Whit- } tier, founder of the Juneau Radio Club. H. R. Shepard, City Clerk, dis- cussed the matter before the Chamber, and Mayor T. B. Judson said I1ittle support had been given the ordinance by the Council. It was to come up for action soon. | the same out local static, An article in Pacific Fisherman was a laudatory account of the new ‘(Jnm'l\ being erected at Hawk Inlet for P. E. Harris and Company, skillful work of Hans Floe, who also was associated with ‘(1(\'llhln” the Olaf Floe, in the Northwestern Herring Company. his brother, A team composed of Duncan, Simpkins and Petrich scored 22 pins above their opponents, G. Messerschmidt, W. Wilson and Hermle in the bowling tournament on the Elks’ alleys, by a score of 1355 to 1377. In Douglas, senior members of the Four Leaf Clover Club met at | the home of Mrs. Rose Davis for a demonstration in picture coloring pefore guests arrived, and a later luncheon, games and singing for every- one. Alaska commerce for the year 1929 was $768,355 under according to figures in the annual report of U. S. Imports had increased and exports Total value of the previous year, | Collector of Customs J. C. McBride. | decreased. | A party of trappers composed of Dick Pritchard, Fred Lambert and | E. H. Bartholf, who had returned frcm Admiralty Island, reported the Hmdm:; of a cocked and loaded rifle, a can of tobacco and a safety | match box on a boulder on the beach. There was nothing to explain The Old Grouch just passed a remark on free j¢ i jg o be used as a tool in|their ownership, and the rifle was rusty and appeared.to have been “I'm in favor of letting folks say exactly|conjunction wWith “and in not paying a bit | factors that go into the oneration | i there a long time. | Weather: High, 34; low, 30; snow. x'w Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corox B e \ ) ] \ WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am anxious to read that book.” “I am EAGER to read that book” is preferable. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Contralto. Pronounce the A as in AT, not as in ALL, and accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Weird; EI. Wield; IE. SYNONYMS: Gather, collect, congregate, convene, assemble. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Tet us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: SALUTARY; promoting health; curative. “Exercise, when not too strenuous, is e‘\lumry 4 TS el Q. How does a young married woman introduce her mother to an- othe person? A. She must be sure to give her mother’s name, saying, “This is my mother, Mrs. Jones,” so that the other person will know what to call her in speaking to her. Q. What refreshments should be served at a reception that follows the christening of a child? A. The menu is the usual one for an afternoon informal tea, with refreshments served in buffet style. | Q. Is a girl ever privileged to announce her own engagement? A. Only to her family and close friends. Public announcement is made by her parents or closest relatives. | I.OOK and LEAR What is the principal freight carried by railroads? . What is the capital city of Puerto Rico? | . What are the names of the so-called simple machines? ‘Who is England’s much publicized Chancellor of the Exchequer? What is the most widely-read book in the world today? ANSWERS: Coal. San Juan. Lever, inclined plane, pulley, wheel and axle, screw, wedge. Sir Stafford Cripps. The Bible. A (C. GORDON D e e ] HANS LOKEN 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: "“CHRISTMAS EVE” Federal 1ax —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! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS Iner was charged with five counts— ; MODERN ETIQUETTE Roprrra Lee § TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1950 Weather at ' Alaska Poins| Weather conditions and temper- | atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureuu| at Juneau, follow: | Anchorage -10—Clear Annette Island Barrow Bethel Cordova | Dawsen Edmonton Haines Havre Juneau Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath .. 32—Snow . =24—Clear -17—Clear 10—Clear -33—Partly Cloudy 10—Partly Cloudy i 4—Cloudy 26—Cloudy | Airport 13—Snow -42—Clear -16—Clear MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO, 14 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month n 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. “",_.'_—_—__.__—_‘— { Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Seattle ... Sitka ‘Whitehorse Yakutat -51—Clear 24—Cloudy 38—Rain 24—Cloudy 36—Rain 31—Cloudy -32—Partly Cloudy 20—Cloudy 13—Snow -10—Clear 1 OUT-OF-SEASON MOU:! COSTS 2 MEN 60 DAYS, $200 FINE IN ANCHORAGE Two men were fined $200 and sentenced to 60 days in jail each by an Anchorage court on charges in-| volving possession of an illegally | shot cow moose, it is announced by the Fish and Wildlife Service otfice here. Holger Larson, enforcement agent, made the arrests. Thomas J. Cheft- shooting a cow moose during. closed season, of hunting in the Eklutna Game Reserve, illegal transportation and for selling the carcass. Douglas L. Beal was charged with transportation, po: session and sale of the same carc: )t moose meat, it was disclosed. The i winter short season on moose lasts from December 1 to 10. ARRIV YAKOBI The 55-foot mailboat Yakobi ar- sived in Juneau yesterday two days off schedule The boat was delayed by weather, It had been forced to stop at Taku Harbor Sunday while the crew chopred ice from its d rigging and superstructure. sav Brownie's liquor Store Phone 187 139 Bo. Frankiin P. O. Box 2596 i T K A Y S GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 39¢ [ The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGF STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 They received $75 for sale of the: BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store —_—— TR ST T TR T "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Sepply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Tnstruments and Supplies .Fhone 206 ..Second and Seward.. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Card Beverags Co. Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — 011 Janean Motor Co. Foot of Main Street: MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it Ly name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY "500" CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks SHAFFER’S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone $8 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVIS OVERALLS for Boys “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Phone 311