The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1950, Page 4

' PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publlshefl every evening except Sunday by ma EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska SELEN TROY MONSEN P - - DOROT/'Y TROY LINGO - 5 ELMER A. FRIEND - - - * ALFRAD ZENGER - - - many corporations are reporting their 1949 net in- | come at all-time high levels. The more typical state- | ment seems to indicate profits a trifle under 1948, but | still quite near the high-water mark. On the basis of these high net earnings, one is entitled to conclude that our traditional system of free enterprise is as healthy and as successful as it ever ANY - President - Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douslas six months, $8.00; one year, By mall, postake paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ope month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602: Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘)m.x been. Good profits over an extended period of time may certainly be regarded as one important yardstick when passing a judgment on our economic system. for §1.50 per month; $15.00 will promptly motifs | giqe by side with this showing, however, is the fact that a strikingly large share of our people depend on government, not on business or agriculture, for 4. | The Assoclated Press is exclusively ent republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. their income. This was brought out clearly by U. S. News and World Report, which has tabulated the data in its current issue. This shows that in 21 States the itled to the use for NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 vourth Avenue Bldg., Beattle, Wa: people get more money from Federal, State and local governments than they do from manufacturing pay- SEWARD DAY, 195 Today is Seward Day and Alaska is 83 years old. It was on March 30, 1867, at 4 o'clock in the morn- ing that William H. Seward signed t purchase of Alaska from Russia. Th to the U. S. Senate for ratification. changed with Russia and the treaty was proclaimed by President Johnson June 20, 1867. For! place at Sitka, October 18, 1867. was 37,200,000. A great deal of opposition was voiced in Congress land was worthless—of no value. Russian minister to that the Baron Edouard de Stoceski, ‘Washington, had been given the miss! to the United States for not less than but this price was upped after long ECO A new crop of earnings statements for 1949 leaves | the unmistakable impression that it was an extra- | their wedding day. ordinarily good year for American business, despite launched upon the sea of matrimony in so formal a the fact that we had a recession in midyear.. A good manner. my,” said the Finletter rc]mrt,'willinz to predict anything, how- The Washmglon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) 3. Regarding the Air Force, con- sidered the nation’s main striKing arm, Secretary Johnson has not given the public a true picture of the facts. The real fact is that the Air Force is far BeHRZ" e Stafiad ard set for it by Congry Deception Figures It should be recalled, of course, that it was President Truman, not Searetary Johnson, who flouted } the Congressional vote that the Air Force should be 70-groups strong. Johnson wanted 54 groups, but Truman cut to 48. But perhaps because of super- loyalty to his chief, Johnson has not been frank with the nation regarding the real status of our air strength. Here is a case In point. One of Johnson’s most important statements on U. S. air strength was given to the press on Feb, 24 for release—Johnson explained to newsmen—at 7 p.m., Feb.25, in or- der to give his friend, Arthur Krock, time to break the story in the New York Times. In this statement, the Secretary of Defense claimed that Air Force personnel had now surpassed the figure of 401,000 men set for it in the Finletter report—the study made by Tom Finletter and other experts as to what our air strength should be. The purchase price OMIC I’ARAI)OX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASEA MARCH 30 Ervin Hagerup Mrs. Katherine Alexander David Orrin Edwards Mrs. Cecil Swagerty Mrs, Earl Miller . James Wilbur Mrs. Richard McDonald Acken Edwards George Lavall e o 0o 0 0 0 o Towa, flying an F-80 with the 57th rolls In 15 additional States, this calculation discloses, government payments to citizens aggregate more than half of manufacturing payrolls. Taking the country as a whole, we find that government payments to indi- viduals total $28,000,000,000 a year, while manufacturing payrolls come to $46,000,000,000. While we have a healthy and prosperous national | economy, quite obviously, we do not any longer have an economy that can be called overwhelmingly capi~ talist in character. When government payments to the | citizens bulk larger than the total income derived | from agriculture, as they now do, we have to recognize }vhaL ours is a mixed economy, not the free enterprise | system of a generation and more ago. 50 he treaty for the Gay, Mad Vienna e treaty wi Articles were ex- sent (St. Louis Star-Times) A man stole a kiss of a girl in Vienna. The girl's mother charged that the girl’s personal liberty had been infringed because the man pinioned her arms while kissing. During the trial it developed that the kiss had rendered the girl unconscious and left teeth marks on her cheek. The Austrian Supreme Court ruled that a six- week suspended sentence was sufficient pumshmnvnt. of the man, because, as his attorney said, “We were all young once ourselves.” True. But how many of us were that vigorous? 'mal transfer took ion to sell Alaska $5,000,000 in 1866 discussions. A New Yorker is suing for divorce because his | bride broke a bottle of champagne over his head on referring to the “very heavy” bom- | ever, since rough weather or a bad bers. | round could werck their chances Yet today the Air Force has only | for the big Air Force trophy. two groups of B-36s or slightly more Capt. Robert H. Knapp, flying than 60. One hundred and sixty |an F-86 Sabre with the Aircraft more have been ordered. This, how- | Gunnery squadron based here, ever, is a long way from the 500 |racked up a 90 percent score inj “yery heavy” bombers recommended | dive bombing. He scored 269 out of in the Finletter report. 300 points. Lt. William Crawford of the 20th Fighter-Bomber group from Shaw Air Base, S.C., flying an F-84 Thun- | derjet, made 74 percent of his shots good to lead in strafing. He made | 177 hits with 240 shots in six screeching passes at ten-foot square panels. The early lead in aerial gunnery at the 12,000 foot level also went to | ~Public. Needs Facts Johnson also claims that under his economy program the Air Force | will have 8800 planes with 1252’ more - new planes in the fiscal year 1950, and another 1383 new planes in the following year. But what the Secretary of Defense didn’t explain was that these fig- Fighter Group from Elmendorf Air Base, Alaska, was the only other pilot to exceed 49 pcrcenc. BAPTISMAL FONT AS MEMORIALIS GIVEN T0 NL PRESBYTERIAN In memory of Charies Donaidson McClellan, the father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. McClellan and son Robert Neville, have pre- sented to the Northern Light Pres- byterian Church a beautiful Me- morial aptismal font which wiil be dedicated in the worship service next Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. This font is of genuine walnut in gothic style. The designer of. this elaborate font has achieved re- markable success in combining un- usual massiveness with rare beauty of design and embellishment. The very proportions are an intimation of the importance of the baptismel rite. The exquisitiveness of the symbolic hand carving is a combi- nation of great dignity and refined taste. In connection with the dedica- tion of the memorial baptismal font the Sacrament of Baptism will be administered. The junior choir will It seems he objected to being|ing several anthems and a large| class of new members will be re- ceived into the membership of the church. The many friends of Charles Donaldson McClellan will recall that he lived in Juneau during the four years of his high school, coming here from Kotzebue, Alaska, where his parents were residing. He was very active in all young people’s activities, and many of his friends will remember his great skill in playing baseball. He met death by acecident on August 19 while working for the Juneau Spruce Corporation. The public is cordially Jnvited 9| attend this service and to share in | the joy of the dedication of this important memorial gift. LION’S LIBRARY BENEFIT Turkey shoot—Friday and Satur- day nights starting 8:00 p.m. A. B. Hall. —adyv. 65-3t ures include trainers, transports, and all other types. Actually the Air .orce today has only 3400 first-line planes. This 1s the hard, inescapable fact. Un- der the 70-group Air Force, on the an F-80 pilot when Lt. Jack Schwab of the 33rd Fighter Group at Omi Airbase, Mass., scored a spectacular 64 percent. Lt. James E. Jarvis of Woodvine, EMBLEM CLUB Regular meeting Thursday March |30 at 8:00 pm Will officers please other hand, as recommended by the Finletter report, it should have 6,- 369 first line planes. These are the facts regarding the nation’s air strength. It may be ¢hat Secretary Johnson is right, ind that in view of the rapid de-! velopment of jets, rockets anc other secret weapons, we should not spend too muech money on planes which soon may become obsolete. That is a matter for the experts to Judge. Until they make up their minds, however, the country -is entitled to know exactly what the defense picture is. Merry-Go-Round Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—O0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent When you scrutinize Johnson's statement. carefuly., however. oy | Fresident Truman is considering COMMEBCIAL SAVINGS arrive at somewhat differom.fact.s A migaralomighanolicy - sppech 10 While it 18 true that Air Foroe | 2CK UP S ¥ Adhsson. . Okl personnel now total's 415,000 men,| 10Ma'S bible-quoting Sen. Bob Kerr the Finletter figure of 401,000 men |Cted 8s If he had been slapped T provided that ground services—re when a friend innocently suggested pairs, upkeep of airfields, hangars,| Quote from Eccleslastes for a etc—be done by the Army. Now|SPeech: Bob's reputation as a the Air Force must furnish its uwn'nwxlc “‘”‘””k 2 ““‘i‘““”‘“ 0 A under his skin. “ongratulations ground services, hence il needs e : e to Mayor Allen Street of Oklahoma SEB0SE A TRaE f re manpower. L. Bxist 30 English City and the Oklahoma City SYm-| ¢ gpeed contests dynasty A phony Orchestra for commemorat-| s, Proper g TR Too Few B-36's ing our long and much-prized| 12 Dude = _ sodium T[e) Johnson aiso told newsmen that | friendship with Canada by saluting| ' "fo‘iirm.'or 31 Gavden fower AlN the B-29 bomb groups had been|that friendship this week. . .Nils a ship 35. Surprise win- : Bohr, ; - 14. Samuel's ner at the ¢ doubled, thus giving the impression | Bohr, famed Danish atomic scien- teacher Across PR that the Air Force now has as!tist, made a special trip to Wash-} }§ Crooked $k.Lonsiournans lo[ 1] many planes with 48 groups as it|ington to urge the Administration| 19. Billiard sticks 39. Il Dread ¥ [ola would have with 70 of the smaller |to get behind the Iron Curtain . . . e oaiion Mving about groups. In other words, B-29 groups | Congressman Foster Furcolo of | Pressure of Comforted Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle used to have 30 planes. Now, John- | Massachusetts, a liberal wno prac-| ss. Pronous et §0. Dips in liquid 2 Tier son said, they have 60. es what he preaches, recently| 37 South . Night before 1. Iniquity 3. Connofsse y American a holl Sennolmeny But the Secretary of Defense|appointed Ronald B. Lee, a 19-year mountains 49, ROWN didn't give the whole story. He|old Negro of Springfield, to West| 28 Exclamation 1 Astern didn’t explain, for instance, that|Point, though Furcolo has less than 15 of the extra planes with each |2 percent of Negroes in his dis- i‘%ii“.fl// n group of sixty are tankers two Negroes have been / / fly for refueling purposes, ;m'm from West Point. %, . /A no combat value. Furthermore group has been authorized 20 tank- | ers, though they have only 15 Moreover, the B-29s are fast be-| coming obsclete and are supposed to be replaced with B-50's, HOw- ever, only one of the nine groups has actually been replaced with B-50s so far. In addition to the B-29s, the Fin- Jetter. report recommended 700 “yery heavy” bombers. This referred to the prospective B-36, which at that time had not been tried and tested. “Only by using the very best equipment and the latest techni- ques will so small a force be able to carry effective war to the ene- JET PILOTS MAKING 600D GUNNERY TESTS ATLAS VEGAS AIRBASE LAS VEGAS AIR BASE, Nevads, March 30—#—Jet pilots held top individual scores by wide margins today in three types of shooting at the Air Force annual gunnery meet. The jets looked good to take single plane and team honors on the basis of the first day’s events in the six day contest among 19 teams representing the entire Air Force. None of the leading fliers was o Bk o ol B I | IHI Protend Evil fiinte Of the count Beneath o evice ris of egge ring tool Diminished . Large casks . Priestly tribe of Israel Malay cance } voured Descenda River In Poland Biblical king . Lair . Symbol for ruthenjum from THE EMPIRE [zo YEARS AGO MARCH 30, 1930 0dd Fellows and Rebekahs attended the Metropolitan Methodist Church in a body, under the leadership of George R. Chamberlin, Past Grand Master and Grand Scribe of Washington and Alaska. The Rev. Henry Young gave a sermon of special interest to members of the two organizations. Chamberlin had given the main address at the open meeting held by Alaska Lodge A-1 in Douglas. The program included piano solos by Miss Katherine Shier; recitation, Jenny Johnson; violin solo, Astrid Loken; vocal duet, Miss Shier and Mr. Cathcart, and piano solo, Mr. King. Interesting scientific observations by R. L. Lynch of Nenana were reccived here by Dave Housel. Lynch commented that the Tanana River there had a four-foot ice cover, snowfall was average, and there had been no thawing weather yet. Barring radical changes in weather conditions, Lynch predicted a medium late breakup. Rolling a total of 2901 to Ketchikan's 2997 in the last game of the Tri-City Elks Bowling Tournament, Juneau finished the series 439 pins behind the First City bunch, according to telegraphed word. Rolling for Juneau in the order of their scoring were Henning 208, Lavenik 205, Radde 203; Guyot, Metcalf, Kirk, Pullen, Selby, N. Bavard, H. Messer- schmidt and George Parks. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer, who had been away most of the month, returned on the Princess Norah. They had visited Mrs. Bern- hofer’s brother, Fred Gould, in Seattle, and also seen Robert Morris, a former Juneauite. They also spent some time with Mr. Bernhofer's sister, Marye Burns, who had been singing over KOMO, but planned to change to station KGW, Portland. Miss Mildred Morrison, who had attended Oregon State College at with her family. Sitka, arrived on the Margnita to report for duty on the petit jury. was a visitor from Funter Bay. Charles Goldstein returned after a trip of several weeks outside. Weather: High, 45; low, 35; occasional showers. Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Were you to church this morning?” Say, “Were you AT church this morning.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Justifiable. Principal accent is on | first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Imitate; one M. SYNONYMS: Criticize, censure, reprove. 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: APOSTATE (noun); one who deserts professed principals of faith; a renegade. (Pronounce the O as in ON; accent follows the S). “He was Immigrate; two M’s. an apostate, false to the vows of his church.” 'MODERN ETIQUETTE Roperra LEE i Q. When placing the guests at a dinner party, at which all the guests are “coupled off,” should the woman be seated to the right or the left of her male partner? + A. The woman is seated to the right of her escort. | Q. Is it sufficient to send a printed card of thanks in acknowledg- | ment of a wedding gift? A. No; the donor is always entitled to a personal letter of thanks. | Q. Is it good manners to take bread with the fork? i A. In no circumstances is it good manners to lift bread with a | fork. | LOOK and LEARN g?c_ GORDON What are the principal constituents of the earth’s atmosphere? 2. In what parts of the world do the greatest number of hurricanes 3. What was the greatest naval battle of the first World War? 4, Is penicillin animal, vegetable, or mineral? | 5. How are penguins different from all other birds? ANSWERS: 1. Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and water | vapor. 2. West Indies and China Sea. | 3. The Battle of Jutland. . 4. Vegetable, being derived from a mold. | 5. Their wings are modified into swimming paddles for which they are exclusively used. Plumbing ® Heating | Oil Burners ‘ Telephone-319 Nights-Hed 730 Harri Machine Shop, Inc. | | There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! MRS. HARTLEY CROSBY 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: "EXPOSED" 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! Mrs. James L. Brightman, Henry ®ryson and G. A. Collette, all of | Corvallis for two years, returned on the Princess Norah for a long visit | | ; AT 1 W. §. Pekovich of the Admiralty Alaska Gold Mining Corporation | ! * THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1950 Weather af Alaska Poinls ‘Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 - MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1& SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month Scottish Rite Temple Ibeflnmng at 7:30 p. m. Carson A. Lawrence, ‘Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @ B3.7.0.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 | Yakutat ........ GRAND JURY AT ANCHORAGE MAY ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 20 —M—U.8. Attorney Earl Cooper estimated yesterday that the Third Division Federal Grand Jury is ikely to be in session four to six weeks. It is to probe into possibie anti-trust law violations. Neither the federal court nor grand jury were to be in session to- day. It is “Seward Day.” The job is selecting the 22 mem- bers to sit on the grand jury was delayed again yesterday morning. Thirty prospective jurors reported in court, compared to the seven who reported Tuesday. Rather than hold up a trial in federal court, Judge Anthony Dimond instructed the jury panel to return in the af- ternoon. V F W AUX. April 1. Methodist Church Par- lors. Silver tea—homemade pies— aprons—dolls—Alaska Crippled Children items. 3 to 5 p.m.—adv. —_— Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. O. Box 2508 PSS —— | [su=siiigions s ] Widest Selection of LIQUORS FHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE STEVENS® LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 138 Casler’s Men's Wear Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY 'm' CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing B. W. COWLING COMPANY Dedge—Plymouth—Chryslee DeBSoto—Dodge Trucks e ———————————————————————————— — ————————————————————————————————— —————————————————— S —————— am, 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau Anchorage 27—Clear Annette Jl Partly Cloudy Barrow . -10—Snow Bethel 10—Cloudy Cordova 32—Snow Dawson 2—Clear | Edmonton . 26—Cloudy Fairbanks -1—Clear Haines 26—Clear | Havre . 30—Cloudy Juneau 28—Cloudy Kodiak 24—Ram Kotzebue -16—Partly Cloudy Nome " 14—Snow McGrath -2—Cloudy Northway -12—Cloudy | Petersburg 31—Cloudy Portland 46—Rain Prince George 26—Cloudy Seattle 43—Rain Whitehorse 14—Clear Sitka - 28—Clear . 26— Partly Cloudy HAVE LONG MEHl BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store L "The Rexall Store” ‘Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO I DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Pred W. Wenat Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Retiovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —— OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington SOLD ‘nd SERVIO or J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE AM Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. ! HOME GROCERY ‘ Phone 146 [ | I Home Liquor Store—Tel. 690 American Meat — Phene 38 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freed: from work — Tnym Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVFS OVERALLS for Boys SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT ||| “Say It With Flowers” but FOR BETTER MEATS “SAY IT WITH OURS!” W FRaAR—A Juneau Florists | Phone 311 O O SRR | et . ¥