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

PAGE FOUR D(u_l - Alaska Empire xcept Sunday by the COMPANY Alaska - President Vice-Pregident best for the general election in October is the only ) issue at present There is also said to be harmony prevailing among the territorial Republicans and this should be cemented | at the Republican caucus, a call which has been issued for March 29. lislied_every eve PRINTIN y Streets, Juneau, EMPIRE A Hot (amp.ugn (Anct > Times) In case someone didn't notice, may we point out that the campaign for the special election February 128 is a bit torrid? It started out a simple question to be decided by the voters of Anchorage: Do you want a civic center to be paid for by a tax on local sales? It has become a tug-o-w The campaign was generated by a long list of endorsements from the Central Labor Council, civic clubs and others. The harmony was split, however, when the Carpenters Union took exception to the action of the Central Labor Council. The Retail Clerks Union followed suit. We are now in the midst of statements favoring or opposing the project and repl ments. Some of them go rather far afield but, in the whole, they are healthy in that they are prompting :vhr consideration that should lead to an intelligent | decision at the polls. The most alarming development as far as the opponents are concerned, was the radio broadcast by Governor Gruening in which he went on record as an enthusiastic supporter of a local sales tax for a local community project. The governor gave a convineing statement against a general territcrial sales tax but of a local tax, pointing out that it is a of handling a local Entered In the Post Office in Juneau a BSCRIPTION RATE Juneau and Dousla $8.00; one year, SI » pald at the follo for $1.30 per month; | 00 | rates advance, $7.50; Delivered by carrier | six mon(h By mail, post a favor 1f they will promptly notify failure or irregularity in the delivery | 602 ness Office, 374 SSOCIATED PRESS exclusively entitled to the use for s dispatche: dited to it or not other- a ‘in "this paper and also the local news published TATIV ka 1411 s - Newspapers, 2., Beattle, Wush, in favor “democratic and sound method” | problem. The ON RIGHT TRACK opponents find it difficult to answer the governor’s statement. It has left them unhappy. At least one candidate for the legislature took it upon [ himself to say that the governor didn't know what he was talking about—which was rather bold for a novi- tiate in referring to one of the most intelligent and successful men in Alaska government. It has not been made clear just how a local issue such as this has any part in the territorial election. Certainly the Democratic Party cannot disapprove of the special election. It is being held under a law which won the party's approval. The Democratic Party could have prevented enactment of the bill which authorizes Alaska cities to hold a referendum vote on sales t There are those who make much of the “principle” involved in a sales tax, contending that it is so wrong | that it must not be used under any condition or for | any purpose. Yet the Territory already has a sales tax enacted by the legislature and which is on the books for an indefinite period. It is the tobacco tax, under which The Associated Press dispatch yesterday that the! Truman Administration is strongly opposed to seeking an atomic peace conference with Ru at this time nost logical. Perhaps Truman and his advisers her the time when Japanese representatives conferring in Washington and announced no intention van to break with the United States when wham, 1k attack on Hawaii struck. The general opinion is that Russia cannot truste The Soviet Union, like at the UN sessions, would veto any suggestions or possible peace moves. It happen that during the conference, there wouls another wham, an A-bomb or H-bomb attack. And, regarding possibilities of such happenings, Drew Pearson's Washington Merry-Go-Round today. is reme were of the be | d. might be ad | the POLITICAL SITUATION Cancell; of the First Division Democratic Con- sale of each s to those state- | vention which was scheduled at Sitka next week, March 3, to be popular. The reason given by Chair- man James Nolan, that. there are no issues requiring disposition, is sound. The Democrats have popular men as candidates for the April primaries and selecting the appeal I Territory collects three cents on the of cigarettes. Instead of finding the package the tax objectionable and wrong, there is a prospect that the | tax will be increased to five cents by the next legislature | der The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) are war with part and who would jons necessary » of who would of Congress Tragic Possibilities These are just a few of the prob- lem about but which have to be con- sidered in view of the now definite | elor, 1ooking younger than hi | Keech | the ch aren't pleasant to think | | ional fact that Russia has all our atomic | secrets. Thi: lso why the Administra- tion, inexcusably long delays, is Imost frantically woiking cn civil defense, including an alternate capital of the United Elates. For, should a bomb be dropped on Washington, it would mean the destruction of all FBI fingerprints, all Civil Service re- cords, all veterans insurance and pension records, all military de- fense pl me-tax records, the finally and @ chives dating of the Republic. there is some doubt Government could all immecd 3 n of these records. A period would be certain, military planners fear, unless care- ful made now for an alt > capital, with microfilmed re stored there. peculation is that capital would be safest somewhere in Mountains, possibly Denver Lake City. whether functicn an alternate the Roc Judge Keech, Jchn L. Lew Federal Ju Richmond the an who has been L. Lewis with those back-to- work court orders, teethed on law enforcement. His father was a District of Columbia policeman However, the 53-year-old jurist is ni a chronic “crack-downer,” Lut a quiet, amiable man with a homespun air that belies his black He also has a , for people, particularly lit- people, a_characteristic develop- ed in the days W n he used fight consumers’ battles against the public lities as people’s counsel of the District | using Dictator Congress and the Gov- | back to | | recognized Later Keech became a me mbm‘ of the Public Utilities Commis- sion and served for a time as cor- | roration counsel of the D. C. Gov- | ernment before President Truman his talents and made | him a White House Administative Assistant. His automobile | recognizable. For | Keech’s tab has been also is easily ars 6”. A bach- years, | would be a big suceess in Washington social whirl, shuns it. His only conce: sion to “high society” is an occ ride with a hunt club near-by Maryland. { “My riding equipment is consid- erably less than a stable,” he ex- plains, with a modest grin. “All I've got is a barn with one horse in it on 100 acres of land in Maryland. Someday I am going to build a house there and retire.” he “Dictator” Mc(rrran | Dictator Franco's {riend, Sen. Pat McCarran of Nevada, has been Franco’s methods inside the Senate Judiciary Com- mittee. In order to smear the displaced | persons commission, McCarran held after | | rector, Richard Arens, |ful than the | become slapping | tremendous | to! secret hearings without other committee members. It was a virtual star-chamber pro iing. On the other hand, he refused to grant | the displaced persons commission a hearing to defend itself. He also railroaded his own dis- placed persons bill through the committee, allowing only 15 minutes for the committez to consider a substitute. And as committee chair- man, McCarran made his staff di- more power- Senators who belong to the committee. The situation has} so bad that the Senators and Congressmen, who are forced to deal with Arens, have nicknamed him per Senator.” McCarran also fired another staff member, Coleman Rownberger.l whom the Eenator from Nevada suspected of being loyal to another Senator. But worst of all, McCarran has hidden out a pro-Nazi on his staff. This man is Otto Dekom, who was kicked out of the Army Signal Corys in 1942 for being pro-Nazi. He was also fired from the Pennsyl- var itral Airlines in 1944 for the reason. After the war, w0titying a same Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposat RBoxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS ! signed terican Activities he was turned down as an investi- gator for the House un-American Activities Committee upon the re- commendation of the Army. But |in spite of all this McCarran hired Otto Dekom and assigned him to a trusted job in the Judiciary Com- | er mittee. Again applying the tactics Judge | Dictator Franco, McCarran tries Lu the case to s ‘Grand Jury. handpick new committee members. While he was Franco in Spain last summer, Sen- put | ator Kefauver of Tennessee was as- | the shooting, told the jury he and Judiciary | Barkeau were trading pistols when to McCarran’s Committee, and, when he returned, the Gentleman from Nevada hit the | ceiling. “How did Kefauver get on this committee?” McCarran stormed. “I don’t want him.” However, Kefauver is still on the committee. More On Dekom Here is more information on De- kom, a letter to the House un-Am- Committee from Col. C. C. Blakeney, of the General Staff Corps: “Secretary Royall has asked me to reply to your recent request for information concerning Mr. Otto J. Dekom, who has applied for em- ployment on the research staff of the committee on un-American ac- tivities. “According to tained in the file on Mr. was discharged from his position in the office of the Chief Signal Officer on July 16, 1942, under the provisions of Public Law 703, 76th Congress. “The file also indicates that he was discharged for cause by the Pennsylvania Central Airlines in information con- Dekom, he visiting Dictator | home. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA - {20 YEARS AGO £%: mmrirE FEBRUARY 24, 1930 FEBRUARY 24 ‘e Harry Sperling Laurel McKecknie Dorothy Brown Mrs. R, D. Peterman Mrs. John Natterstad Stina Hope Martin Herbert Elizabeth Walcott R. F. Hermanson H. Ahrenstedt of the Silver Cord Mining Company of Point Astley o | Was a Juneau visitor several days, coming from Seattle on the Alaska. . S AR ol John C. McBride, U. S. Collector of Customs for the District »f ® Alaska for eight years, was nominated for a third term by President ® | Hoover. McBride's first appointment was in 1922 by President Warren ® | G. Harding, to suceced John W. Troy. He was reappointed by President . Calvin Coolidge. | The Margnita, Capt. S. Swanson, arrived from Sitka and way points 1844 under the provisions of War with these passengers, listed with their place of embarkation: G. L. Department Circular 339 (1943), | Arc hibald, Soapstone FPoint; Sven Swanson, Port Althorp; Gust Gustava- ‘suspension of subversives from pri- | son, Hirst-Chichagof; E. Hiddala, Ed Rogers and F. J. Hart, Tenakee; vately operated facilities of impart-‘m\ May White, Charles White, Mrs. Thomas Murray, Mrs. John ance to the war effort.’ He ap-|,yqerson, Mrs. Annie Bob and Charles Nelson, Hoonah. pealed this discharge to the In- i ?;;Klemll,fl(l]‘:‘m:‘(?]‘:{:1??;2&:0:‘.1? Forty-seven members of the Juneau halibut fleet attended the sixth the decision to discharge him mr\‘nmual dinner in their honor at the Bergmann Hotel, given by I. Gold- cause was upheld by that board. ‘\mu proprietor of a local fishing goods store. “Based on additional miormntion‘ b on file with appropriate agencies Mrs. Albert Brown, who had been visiting in Seattle, was expected of the Department of the Army, 1”,(,,,19 on the Yukon. can make no recommendation ex- | cept for unfavorable consideration, | # It is the expressed opinion of ap- propriate staff divisions that the |8 employment of Mr. Dekom by thei heomp Tesies committee on un-American Acnvit.g H. L. Faulkner, prominent local attorney, returned after a month’s ies in any capacity would be most | business trip to Seattle and San Francisco. Mrs. Faulkner was remain- inadvisable.” ling in Seattle for another two weeks. > Fatal Shoofing of Anchorage (ab Man Is HeIdAmdenIaI ANCHORAG (M—A coroner’s Oscar Hart, Alaska agent for Neustadter Bros., arrived after spend- some time in Seattle and Ketchikan. ' Be | 0 U ! Returning from Ketchikan, where they had been given four suc- | cessive drubbings dt the hands of the high school five, the Juneau Hi I basketball squad arrived on the Queen, accompanied by:Coach Alex Dun- | ham. Asked for comment, Coach Dunham said Ketchikan had an ex- | cellent team; that, while the games were rough affairs; refereeing was entirely unbiased, and, although Juneau was decisively beaten, the teams | were more evenly matched than indicated by final scores. His team { was weakest on shooting, he said. In the squad were Sam Nelson, Hen- 3 Al:xfika, Feb. 24— | ino Berggren, Lloyd Bayers, Harry Brandt, Bennie Messer, Robert : jury late yester-| g ey Loren Sisson and William Bob Rodenburg. day found the fatal shooting of | Paul K. Gunn, 26-year-old taxi-! cab driver, to have been accidental. | The decision ended a two-day | PO BERIE SRl U hearing. | Gunn was shot Saturday wml‘z . . . | Daily Lessons in English 2% 1. sorbon Weather: High, 40; low, 30; snow. a P-38 German pistol. He was irom Boise, Idaho | Lilburn Barbeau, 27, another cab driver, was charged with man- slaughter prior to the coroner's jury finding. He is out on $2,500 bail. The District Attorney first charged him with first degree mur- but later reduced the charge. Dropring of the manslaughter charge is expected in view of the coroner’s jury verdict. A spokesman for the trict Attorney’s said the office did not intend to drop the manslaught- charge, despite the coroner’s verdict. He said the District probably would present P ) | vacation in the mountains.” Say, “We plan TO SPEND our vacation in the mountains. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cowardice. Pronounce kou-er-dis, I as in KISS (not as in DICE), accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Staccato; observe the two C’s. SYNONYMS: Range (noun), scope, extent, compass, latitude. o & Bl WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us - 8. DIS=4 ) crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: SUBSIST; to htve existence. “Subsist, not in the good of one, but all.” —Pope. MODERN ETIQUETTE Roperra LEE g Q. When a man is waiting in a doctor’s or dentist’s office, a barber shop, or some such place, should he give up his turn to a woman ac- quaintance as a matter of courtesy? A. No; nor should the woman request or expect this. Q. If a man takes his fiancee to a bridal shower in her honor, is he privileged to remain at the party? A. If there are no other men present, it would be much better for him to leave. Q. Is it improper to say “thank you” to a servant? A. Most certainly not. A sincerely spoken “thank you” is never out of place. LOOK and LEARN i C. GORDON In what countries are these famous lakes — Lomond and Lucerne? What is the more common name of a cicada? ‘What is meant by the Canon in reference to the Bible? What is a celibate? ‘What is the most famous symphony with a choral part? ANSWERS: Scotland and Switzerland. 2. Locust. 3. Literally it means rule or measure. In refernce to the Bible, it means those books which were accepted as inspired. 4. A married person. 5. Beethoven’s Ninth, often called the “Choral Symphony.” jury Attorney The shooting was at Barbeau’s| Jack Howe, a mechanic and | only other person who witnessed the P-38 went off in Barbeau’s hands. Gunn dropped to floor with the fatal wound. Frank Jones, cab company own- er, testified that Gunn, on the way to the hospital, whispered to him| that Barbeau was not at fault. Barbeau told the jury earlier: “Paul's eyelids fluttered and his lips moved but there was no sound from him.” Dr. James O'Malley, city physic- ian, testified that Gunn probably died almost instantly, SCHWAMM HERE SATURDAY Tony Schwaram, director of av- iation for the Alaska Aeronautic and Communication Commission, will arrive in Juneau Saturday, February 25 via PNA for a few days to negotiate with contractors interested in building seaplanz fac- ilities at Tenakee and Hocnah. Any contractors interested in bid- ding on this work may contact Schwamm at the Baranof Hotel starting Saturday. ITKAN HERE -« Mrs. O. R. Rutherford of Sitka is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. s Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Depression between mountain peaks 4. Wise men 9. City In Scotlana 12, Unrefined 13 28, Run away 30. Pulls 1 2. College degree . Not at home Bobbins Jump 36.- Along . Native of the metal One of the Muses . Bleat . Straighten Marked with irregular stripes . Until 20. Tropical bird . Blunders . 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Bethel Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks ... Haines Havre Juneau 4—Partly Cloudy ! 39—Rain -35—Clear 5—Cloudy 17—Cloudy -5—Snow . 1—Cloudy | 2—Cloudy | 32—Cloudy | Missing 37—Partly Cloudy . 33—Snow Kotzebue -5—Clear MOUNT JUNEAU 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.ELXS 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 Becretary— 18—Clear 1—Clear | . 2—Snow 39—Partly Cloudy 53—Rain | 24—Cloudy ... 41—Cloudy . 41—Cloudy .. 13—Snow 31—Partly Cloudy McGrath Nome . Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George ... Seattle Sitka Whitehorse Yakutat FUNERAL RITES FOR KIEFER IOMORROWl Funeral services for Albert A. (Bert) Kiefer, 74, who died at Et. Ann's Hospital Monday, will be held tomorrow at 2 pm. in the chapel of the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. I The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman | will conduct the service at the chapel, and Ernest Ehler will sing. | A graveside service will be led by members of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska. Mr. Kiefer was born in San Fran- cisco, Calif,, and came to Juneau in 1912. He was a member of Pio- neers Igloo No. 6 and a life mem-| ber of the Hotel and Restaurant | Pallbearers will be Joe Stocker, James J. Herbert, son, H. R. VanderLeest, William Cady, and Fred Alexander. Mr. Kiefer’s remains will be in- terred in the Pioneers’ plot at Evergreen Cemetery. Elmer Peter- FROM TULSEQUAH John T. Cunningham of Tulse- quah, B. C, is stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. —_———_— Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 163 139 So. Franklin P. O. Box 2506 p———1 [ ] GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS i 1 FHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. 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