The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 25, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publisiied every evening except S: EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska 4ELEN TROY MONSEN - JOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRAD ZENGER tions that made unday by the this repudiation. President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager The treatment of Entered in the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Dovglas for $1.50 per month; , $8.00; one year, $15.00 1all, postage paid, at the fol in_advance, $15.00; six mon| advance, $1.50. s will confer a favor if they will promptly motify | ss Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery eir papers. Telephones: News Office, 602: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATE! Business_Office, jecond Class Matter. | tern in Vogeler's lowing rates: ths, in advance, $7.50; | Government and 374, PRESS \e Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for stion of all news dispatches credited to it or not other~ e credited in this paper and also the local news published |relations with satellite states and forbid Americans repu ® ber in. Department has [to travel in those IONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411|1556 our listening posts inside the Iron Curtain and | also the means of telling America’s story there. But | we cannot, in good conscience, subject Americans or | natives in American employ to such barbarous treat- Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. ment. completely trustworthy. and sentenced to 15 < | ment incommunicado and then a lengthy, fantastically improbable confession, followed by a quick, perfunctory | trial and an oppr When Americans and employees of the American | | to such brutal and unjust treatment, merely to serve | the propaganda purposes of Communism, the State his repudiation of the confession Later he was recaptured in prison after “repudiating” This may explain the confessions of such men as Robert Vogeler in Hungary and a good many othe: Shipkov tallies closely with the pat- case—sudden arrest, long imprison- sive sentence. friends of America can be subjected no choice but to sever diplomatic countries. It is unfortunate, for we (St. Louis Times-Star) When a St. Louis man heard that his daughter ‘t Too Much Trust in Guns i had been beaten | picked up his .38 | of the son-in-law. | ing. THE THIRD DEGREE There have been many uncor tortur of extracting confessions. It has confirm those reports, because the vi bLeen imprisoned or executed. The finally proof in cne clear-cut case, says t quirer. Mic by c ¥ rged wrote and signed a confession, admitting a long serie: crimes he had not committed. The treatment was | e of hypnosis and torture. fession was obtained, he agreed to become a police | of a mixty has been able to obtain and to disclose the :] Shipkov, a Bulgarian translator employed | or his family. the American Legation at Sofia, was arrested,| which a citizen can always turn for justice and pro- And there would be less business for both— ith espionage, roughed up, made to snlfer{ tection. s tragedy—if more people trusted them instead infully and finally broken to the point where he|and 1 nfirmed reports of reach? in Communist-controlled countries as a method | household is a hazard. Som 1 n easy to child who happens on the weapon and shoots himself. who keep guns for protection against prowlers ars face the contsant risk that they might shoot an innocent friend or a member of the family. | A gun is especially dangerous when its possessot |is a person of short temper or one given to the belief not bee ictims usually have | People State Department |©OF burgl he Cincinnati En- | that he personally of their guns. Once the con-| by her husband the other day, he caliber revolver and went in search The result was another fatal shoot- How many tragedies of this kind can be traced to the fact that a lot of people think they can't live in a civilized society without loaded guns within easy Every pistol and revolver in every St. Louis etimes it is an innocent should right any wrong against him’ There are courts and policemen to Misconceptions: The average man doesn’t believe a pretty woman has brains; the average woman doesn’'t spy in order to escape, and then hid out in the believe a pretty woman has beauty. American Legation. Thus for the first time in Eastern Europe a victim | | y e, of this horrible treatment was able to give American | other fellow's place, full account of it afterward, under condi- | advise him to do if he were in our place. friends We alwa know what we'd do if we were in the but we rarely know what we'd fhe W;;hinqlon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) the can s war, the time-honored Ameri- ystem of competitive bidding 1s been largely side-stepped, with ordering from their 3—The oil lobby received the se- cret blessing of President Truman for the Kerr natural gas bill. In- € Truman’s position sulting from two factors: (A) aker Sam Rayburn’s charm; (B) heavy campaign contribu- s from the oil boys. The President has not hesitated to kick big campaign contributors in th in the past. However, in the campaign money ates through Congres- friends, including Lyndon ohnson, the handsome Senator m Texas, and Bob Kerr himself. asked about this, Bible-quot- blandly replies: “Why President ruman and I would never get into a quarrel.” Note 1—Thou the ivately OK'd the Kerr Bill to cnators Kerr and Johnson, public sure against the bill has been ) hot that the Democratic National mmittee has been urging Sen- tors to vote against the bill in crder to take the President otf the One Senator whom Chairman B the most difficulty persuading to vote for the mer was Brien McMahon of necticut. 2—0il f1 \When ing Bob I ¥ C lobbyists have been ing under co to prevent ht Sen. Jim Murray of 2 from being named chair- f the Senate Small Business mittee. Murray was too consci- ous in ferreting out the Navy’ Arabian oil scandal two year Facts vs. Headlines Sometimes it takes a long time for the final facts to catch up with the headlines. Here are some 1 facts about George Racey who made headlines with story about the late Harry slipping secrets to Rus- 1d who now expects to cash on his sensaticnal (jarses an, The ex my major is now writ- a book, “Red Pipeline,” which pes to sell to the spy-con- lic. He is counting on nes to make the book a 2 pects to sell the first 100,000 copies to the Republican Party. Significantly, Jordan was in financial jam just before he ex- rloded his spy story. He sold 5000 shares of oya Bean Corporation stock that he was unable to delivir, was hauled before the New York Attorney General and ordered fo make He finally paid the good, good., money back in installments, made the last payment just before break- ing his spy st What has been overlooked, mean- while, is that the House un-Am- erican Activities Committee has never been able to confirm a word of Jordan's charges against Har- ry Hopkins. This colmn also check- ed confidential military A4zcords ‘ound that Jordan made only one « ‘mplaint about Russian shipments (o superior officers, Calling atten-|meet rising price support costs. : President ; tion to the large shipments going to Russia, he asked how much au- | thority he had to check them.| However, he didn't say a word | about Harry Hopkins, nor official secrets, though he mentioned some agricultural booklets on loading live istock into freight trains. On the other hand, Jordan com- | | plained about customs officials who | were discourteous to the Russians, | specifically protested because Mrs. | | Molotov, wife of the Soviet For-| leign Minister, had been delayed. Jordan also got | mendations for from the same Russ whom he worked, but whom he now | accuses of abusing American hos- pitality and shipping uranium to Russia. Note—Jordan has indicated that he would give a cut from his new, book to the commentator who gave Jordan his first publicity break— though Time Magazine had already refused to print the story for| of evidence. i 7 two recom- Goaerzl Bradley’'s Humor Gen, Omar Bradley, the chief of staff who was trained as a foot soldier, went down in a submarine the other day. With him—at least to the submarine—went his pilot, Maj. Alvin Robinson, who will fly or follow the General anywhere— as long as it's up and not down. But when Bradley and Major Robinson reached the side of the sub, Robinsin backed out. He didn't like the look of those deep green w After the General finished his submarine ride, Bradley boasted: “Look, I got a Deep Dunker card. 1 got one for Robbie, toa.” The "chief of staff handed his sheepish pilot a card that is given for the first submarine ride. In the blank, showing how deep Ma- jor Robinson had dived, was en- graved a great big “zero.” | 'FARM PRICE BILL - KICKED AROUND By Associated Press) The Senate has delayed final ac- | tion on a compromise farm price support bill—after first voting to | approve it. The reversal came when | the bill's supporters made a move that usually is just a formality: Tabling a motion to reconsider the bill so there can be no further action, This time the Senate de- | feated the move to table the ‘re- consideration, by 37 votes to 35. | Northern farm state Republicans | then made a motion to reconsider | ang action on this is scheduled for | tomorow Northerners and southerners split violently over the measure, which iwould set up controls and pricej upports for potatoes, cotton and peanuts, The northerners say it favors the south. Democrat Richard Russell of Georgia warned them they may not get any price support bill at all, if they don't stop fight- ing it. The House has passed and sent to the Senate another farm bill This one would add two-billion dollars to the capitalization of the | being done on the vessel. The M Commodity Credit Corporation—to TWO TROLLING BOATS GET SPRING REPAIRS Two fishing vessels are out of the water at the Juneau Marine Company, West Eighth Street, for preseason repairs. The M and E, a 40-foot trolling boat, is being fitted out with » new shaft log. Keelwork is also and E is owned by Orville Wagner of Junezu Extensive repair work is now being completed on the Helena, a trolling boat owned by Carl Weid- man of Juneau. New planking, bullrails and coveringboards have been installed, as well as a newv stem post. The Helena is also getting its first complete re-caulk- ing in 20 years. STRIKE MAY HIT PAN-AM "AT ANY TIME' SAYS UNIOK NEW YORK, March 25—(®— Strike action was approved yes- terday by tHe executive board of the CIO Transport Workers Union when its negotiations broke down with Pan American World Airways Spokesmen for the union repre- senting 4,800 ground crew, main- tenance and flight service person- nel of the international airline said a strike could occur “at any time.” William Grogan, international pre- sident of the TWU, refused to com- ment on the likelihood of a walk- out. Union officials said most of th> 4,000 ground crew and maintenance l THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MARCH 25 Carol Lie Strang Dewey Baker Mrs. Mary Benson George Sundborg Eugene Carothers Mrs. J. R. Langseth Mrs. R. P. Nelson Lincoln Turner MARCH 26 S. J. MacKinnon Charlotte Carroll Jenny Rusher Rose Simonson Mrs. Thos. J. Jacabson L. E. Sturm Charles E. Swan Bernard B. Mullen Mrs. G. Isaak Earl Bennett « o o 0 0 o | | i | | ®Seeceeessnsteccscssccsone workers affected are stationed in New York, Miami, Brownsville, Tex San Francisco and Seattle. Some 800 pursers, stewards and air host- | esses also are involved. FROM TANANA | Mary T. Hayes of Tanana is a| guest at the Baranof Hotel. H TACOMAN HERE O. W. Judd of Tacoma, Wash,, is | a guest at the Baranof Hotel. SITKAN VISITS Jack E. Fetter of Sitka is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. | | COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY In afternoon, evening—Arts, Crafts exhibit, Elks Hall. | At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square Dance Club, Parish Hall. | March 26 At 2 pm.—Juneau Singers practice Methodist church. From 2 to 5 p.m.—Final showing of Arts, Craft in Elks Hall. March 27 At noon—Lions Club, Baranof. At noon—BPWC luncheon, Terrace Room, Baranof. At 8 p.m.—American Legion Post,| Dugout. March 28 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof At 7:30 p.m.—Ladies night, Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club, AB Hall. At 8 pm.—VFW Auxiliary meeting, CIO Hall. At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center night for adults at Teen Age Ciub with square dancing. March 29 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau Singers prac- tice, Methodist church. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. March 30 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, | Baranof Hotel. At 17:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club, A.B. Hall. At 8 pm.—Emblem Club, Elks Hall. At 8 p.m.—Annual meeting ATA in Council Chambers, City Hall. At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers prac- tice, Methodist church. March 31 At 7 p.m.—Lions Club turkey shoot, for Library fund, at A.B. Hall. At 8 pm.—Legion of the Moose, regular meeting. At 8 p.m.—Scottish Rite installation of officers and initiation 31st de- gree. 1 At 9 p.m.—Junior Prom, High School | Gym. 1 April 1 At 3 pm—VFW Auxiliary silver tea and apron sale in Methodist Church parlors. April 2 At 3 pm.—Juneau Singers give Easter portion of Messiah in 20th Century Theatre. April 6 At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite Maundy Thursday dinner and extinguish- ing symbolic lights. Crossword Puzzl -- . Leave empty Devoured S. Cancel . Genus of the olive tree . Pluck 43. Russian sea 45. Symbol for tin . Roman date . Extinct bird 0. Accost . Spider web: dialectic W ACROSS . African worm . Lessen . Attempt . Cereal grass . Cutting implement . Fish eggs . Quality Soft drink . Bar legally Dad 23. Soft mineral . Timid . Finished * . Sea eagle DOWN . Cut oft . Rowing implement W ik ain v . mount peaks Collect Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle . On the summit 7. Playthings . Asiatic palm 8. Soh of Judah . Tribunal . Growing in . Mexican warm Indians regions . Staff Z//%I . Affirmative . i 6. Small piece of ground . Plant Hindustan hill i dweller Heathen y time issful region duzed n block tn a St . Acquire by labor . Land measure . Owns g . Indian mulber 3. Golf mnul;x,:] . Belonging o u Write Earth: comby form | Miss Helen Halterman; going to Wrangell were R. K. Stewart and E. | from C. L. Durgen, owner and operator, to the Alaska Game Commis- | SUAVITY; the state of being smooth and pleasant in manner.” Mrs. F. C. Geyer, wife of Cable Operator Guyer, arrived with their | daughter, June, on the Yukon. Miss Geyer was to enter high school here, transferring from Seward where Geyer had been stationed before being assigned to the Juneau post. 20 YEARS AGO 7' surire MARCH 25, 1930 Among passengers arriving on the Yukon were M. B. Wilson, rep- resentative of Blake, Moffit and Towne; Frank Parris and Albert Brown, | salemen, who had been to Petersburg and Ketchikan, respectively. s.un-i ing on the Yukon for Seattle were Mrs. Harry Mabry, Alfred Olsen and S. Gubser, to do predatory animal control work, and Mrs. Herb Kettlesby, avho was to join her husband there. i i A. N. Herrold, head of the Pacific-American Fisheries plant at Excursion Inlet, arrived on the Margnita, coming for medical treatment. The Dagny, Capt. Ed Skaret, sold 2,000 pounds of halibut to Mel- chior, Armstrong and Dessau, the same firm that bought 5,500 pounds ' from the Albatross, Capt. E. Sinvog. The Vivian, Capt. Charles Larsen, | sold 5,000 pounds to San Juan. His month’s furlough in Douglas ended, Alois Ulrich rgturned to the Unalga for the voyage to Seattle. In one of the briefest reports cver made by such a body here and containing not a single recommendation, the Federal Grand Jury, through Foreman John D. Helps, concluded its sessions and was then discharged from further service that term by Judge Justin W. Harding.| The report comprised four paragraphs of one short sentence each. Poachers had raided a blue fox farm on Baird Island, in the vicinity of Chichagof and made away with 20 animals, according to a letter sion. This was the fourth time the Durgen ranch had suffered such depredations. Weather: High, 41; low, 31; snow. Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Say, “It is APPARENT that he is| sincere” (appears to be, but may be false). Say, “It is EVIDENT that he is sincere* (plain to the mind; obvious). | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Defalcate. Pronounce de-fal-kat, E as in ME unstressed, first A as in AT, second A as in ATE, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cousin (a relative). Cozen (to cheat). SYNONYMS: Drawback, difficulty, hindrance, obstacle. 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: (Pro- nounce swav-i-ti, A as in AT). “He bowed and spoke with suavity.” P ODERN ETIQUETTE Roperra Lee Q. Should the hostess try to finish eating before her guests? A. No; the hostess should always eat slowly, so that she does not finish before her guests do. Q. Is there any difference between the pronunciation of “fiance” (masculine) and “fiancee” (feminine)? A. No. Both words are pronounced fe-an-sa, E as in FEE, first A as in AH, final A as in SAY, accent final syllable. Q. Is it all right for a hostess to suggest to her guests that they play bridge for money? A. Yes, if she is certain that they can afford to lose. 1 N e e e o 1. Which of the 12 signs of the Zodiac is represented by the “Arch- er” or the “Bowman”? 2. If you visited a drugstore and bought some diphenyl trichloroe- thane, what popular commodity would you be buying? 3. According to the Bible, just how long did it rain when Noah lived in the Ark? 4. What letters of the alphabet were used by the Romans to indicate (a) 50; (b) 100; (c) 1,000? 5. What great English painter is renowned for “The Blue Boy”? ANSWERS: Sagittarius. D.D.T. Forty days and forty nights. . L, C, and M. 5. Thomas Gainsborough. Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 - The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS CHAS. BUTTREY 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: “THE OVERLANDERS" Federal Tax—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! SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1950 Weatherat | Alaska Points Mm Open 11 a. m. to 3 a. m. " THE .MIRROR CAFE Chinese Food Steaks—Chicken ALASKA' only hours away by Clipper” Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30! am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau Anchorage 28—Snow Annette 38—Rain Barrow -11—Fog ! Bethel 21—snow | Cordova 36 Dawson 21—Cloudy Edmonton wo. 28—Snow Fairbanks 6—Partly Cloudy Haines 33—Cloudy Havre 29—Cloudy Juneau ... 35—Rain Kodiak .. 33—Snow Kotzebue ... 8—Cloudy McGrath ... 19—Cloudy | Nome 19—Cloudy Northway -4—Clear Petersburg . .. 36—Cloudy Portland . 37—Cloudy Prince George ... 20—Clear Seattle 36—Cloudy Sitka ... g .. 34—Rain Whitehorse .. 25—Partly Cloudy Yakutat 32—Cloudy . . . - < @ Fast and frequent Clipper service from Juneau to Nome, Fairbanks, Whitehorse and Ketchikan, Clipper flighta daily to Seattle. Aboard the Clippers you enjoy real flying comfort — excellent food, relaxing lounge seats, and traditional Clipper hospitality. For fares and reservations call Pan American at... BARANOF HOTEL Phone 106 Trade Mark, Pan American World Airways, Inc. l Piv ANMERICIN ) Wortp AIRWAYS STORY BOOX DOLLS A new shipment of famous Nancy Ann Storybook Dolls has just ar- rived at “Alaska’s Finest Hardware; and Furniture Store. 60-tf. NOTICE i Please leave rummage for JWC sale at Juneau Hotel, White Sew- ing Machine Gift Shop, or phone Mrs. D. W. Herron, Blue 786 by Monday. 60-2t Peeececerccescescescoscssessesscaceccsascccccane LUNCHEON & SEWING SALE By Missionary Society Memorial Church 3 p.m. Saturday —West 8th and E Sts. 60-2t WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE eescccsccocccccscsone esssccssce PALMA COMPGUND IS BETTER “The thinking fellow Calls a YELLOW* PHONE 22 OR 14 FOR A YELLOW CAB | F————j Save The Date! ‘- April 29¢h | Douglas Volunteer Fire Dept. 52nd Annual Dance Eagles Hall-Douglas BOAT TANKS Stabilizers Mufflers Trolling Pole Brackets Anchor Rollers Burrows Welding Phone 289 It Attention Special Meeting Local 869 Bartenders’ Union 10 a. m. Sunday March 26th Bring all receipts and dues books