The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ° TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1950 Daily Alaska Empire Pubmhm every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Junesu, Alaska #ELEN TROY MONSEN - President | DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President | ELMER A FRIEND - - - - Managing Editor | ALFRAD ZENGER - - - Business Manager Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for §1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ove month, in advance, $1.50. Subseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivers of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 802: Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 374, The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published heretn. ~ NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alasks Newspapers, 1411 Yourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. STATEHOOD WON'T GIVE SECURITY TO ALASKANS The Seattle Times, in a well timed and explain- able editorial, and under the above caption, took a definite position on statehood for Alaska. In order that all may read and digest this editorial, it is as follows: Alaska's bid for statehood at this session of Con- | gress has caused more stir in some sections of the country than it has in Seattle and the Pacific North- west. From Huron, South Dakota, for example, comes a copy of that city’s Daily Plainsman with a special four-page supplement devoted to the Alaska state- hood issue. The repeated theme is that Alask security depends on giving the Territory the status| of a state. There is little disposition here to oppose state- hood for Alaska—since a majority of its citizens have | declared by vote that they want it, whether they can afford it or not. But the argument that the military security of the Territory depends on statehood has always seemed as weak as any that can be marshalled tor. fthe most populous sections of the country, were under the same shadow. And Seattle and these other areas rose up to demand that, if they were Insecure, ade- | quate defenses be provided for them. Alaska certainly is a vulnerable spot, geographi- cally, being right across the water from Siberia. And |if it is insecure—as one must fear it is—what is im- mediately needed is not more population, but ade- quate defense installations, chiefly to support a suf- | ficient air force, to make it impregnable. | That cannot await a slow process of settlement |by civilian pioneer families. And let no one be optimistic enough to imagine that the conferring of statehood will inagurate an instantaneous rush of new people to the northern Territory, like the gold rush of the '90s. As to the road problem, pends on Federal highway aid, let Federal highway aid be provided. It makes little difference whether the money comes from highway aid funds or by out- | right appropriation, since American taxpayers would if Alaska’s security de- civilian populace in the immediate vicinity was a Yal:-| New England and the Great Lakes region, among | APRIL 4 Joe Manhagan Anna May Murphy John Feero Denny Hugh Green Mrs. Joseph R. Murphy Gladys Robards G. A. Fowle Mrs. Miiton Daniel T. C. “Bud” Whiteside David R. Hill Edw. C. Hanson oOrrin R. Edwards Norma Homme e e 00 0 0 0 o 0 COMMUNITY EVENTS eeececeecco0o0e e e | foot the bill in any case. Many Alaskans see good reasons why the Territory should be admitted to the Union as a state; many see good reasons why that step should be delayed. The argument that security depends on statehood is not convicing to the latter. Impregnable defenses by air and sea, not statehood, constitute the sine qua non of Alaska’s gecurity. Our “Basic Tax” System (Ketchikan News) We were never very bright at figures. However, it takes no mathematician to know that when incoming funds do not meet outgoing, there is bound to be a deficit. over-optimistic about the recent 000 and | | We can’'t get Territorial Treasurer's report in which he says $800. borrowed from private banks has been “unthawe paid, or that tax money is “rolling in.” The catch here is that no interest was paid on the principal. The next legislature will undoubtedly be asked to appropriate money for this interest. Again occurs the thought that the banks could have waited still longer in order to give this money to needed welfare work. Also the $25,000 unfrozen for the Statehood Board and the $75,000 for the Fisheries | Board better could have been used for needed welfare | work Though funds may be “rolling in” there also are | refunds to schools which have not been made for sev- Everyone knows how desperately the schools eral years. need money. The “fine basic tax system” which the Governor on that side of the controversy. The South Dakota newspaper contends that more population and more roads are prime Alaska’s security; people to the Territory, and admit Al eral-aid program for the construction of highways. Consider for a moment the population phase of this argiment. Sometime ago the vulnerability of the Seattle area to attack from across the Pacific was in question; but there was no suggesuon that lack of that statehood will attract more boasts about is still in “a devil of a mess,” apparently | with more of the unfrozen funds coming in paid for requirements for | political purposes than for old-age pensions and wel- fare agencies. The last meeting of the board was attended by Secretary of Alaska Lew Williams, Attorney General J. Gerald Williams, Treasurer Henry Roden, Commis- sioner of Education Charles Ryan and Neil Moore, | deputy collector. A total of $261,564 was unfrozen. Of this amount $100,000 was given to the Fisheries and | Statehood Boards. laska to the Fed- The Washmglon Mef"!GO'ROIInd““ o '“‘luf ‘Chthmunisth' seertis ‘to” be ap-| (Centinued from Page One) | backed up his attorney general who‘ would not give the Senate docu- | ments on the removal of a district attorney. President John Tyler even sent a message to Congress spelling out his reasons for refusing to give ‘War Department reports on Chero- . kee Indians to the House of Rep- resentatives. Senator Taft's father spelled out | the issue quite clearly, though it| was after he left the White House. “The President,” he said, “is requir- | ed by the Constitution from time' to time to give Congress informa- tion on the State of the Union. But this does not enable Congress or either House to elecit from him confidential information which he acquired for the purposeof enab- ling him to discharge his Constitu- tional duties, if he does not deem the disclosure of such information prudent or in the public .interest.” In 1879 the House Judiciary Committee even rebuked an investi- | gating commitfee for trying to pry out State Department records re- garding the conduct of George F.| Beward, a Consul-General in China. “Under our theory of govern- ment,” the Judiciary Committee ruled, “all the records of the ex- ecutive departments are under the control of the President. When- ever the President has returned (as sometimes he has) that in his | judgment it was not | with the public interest to give the | House such information, no further proceedings have ever been taken to compel the production of such information. Inteed, upon principle, it would seem this must be so. The mischief of the House calling for documents might easily be a very great one.” s 4 Blocking Asiatic Communism | This column recently secured a copy. of a letter written to Prime Minister Nehru of India by the living Buddha of western Mongolia, now a refugee in Baltimore living consistent | .. | of China,” the living Buddha wrote. ! sumers. We ought to have more “The remaining one-fifth is about| chance to study it." to encounter danger, and the terror ‘ In the showdown vote all the com- mitted} Republicans and all "the roaching near to Tibet. The road | Democrats, except Madden and Mc- is difficult for a military offen-|{Sweeney, supported Rayburn and sive against Tibet, yet if they wpn.the natural-gas inter It was |able to win the mind of Tibet, they|a golden opportunity for Clarence would with small numbers be able{Brown of Ohio and the commit- to dominate large numbers. I{tee Republicans to show a little pray earnestly that your honm | independence—and also put their with your vast understanding, will|party on record as for the consumer protect Tibet and to show that|in the coming campaign. But as country and teach it how to pro-|usual they tagged behind the Dixie- ceed and to understand. crats. ‘Mongolia and Tibet are alike in religious faith,” the living Budd- ha continued. “Moreover, the fun- damental policy of Communism ls not to make nse of any religion, but | PALMER, Alaska, April 4—#— Colony Day, to include a full 24 hours of fun this year, will begin wherever its teachings may reach, to extinguish immediately the re- on the evening of May 27 and last through the following day, Al ligion of that land. In outer and Hagen, program chairman, an- inner Mongolia. now, religion Jat nounced. A long list of events is vanishing altogether, “If Mongols fleeing from Red already scheduled for the two-day celebration. Terror should reach your honored country of India, I pray with pro- found faith that they may be | Principal attraction of the week- Rayburn revived memories of whip-{ong of fun is a planned “Pony Ex- cracking Uncle Joe Cannon, by his press” race from Wasilla to Palmer rided and protected.” haste to get House approval of the | between horse-drawn stage-coaches Kerr bill boosting natural gas prices. land an early locomotive of the Battle Over Gas Usually fair-minded speaker Sam TODAY At 7:30 p.m—Ladies night at Ju- neau Rifle and Pistol Club, A.B. Hall. At 7:30 p.m. Bay Home Ex- tension Club at Caro Building. At 7:30 pm.—United Trollers of Alaska regular meeting, CIO Hall. At 8 pm—American Legion Aux- iliary, Dugout. At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center Night for adults at Teen Age Club with square dancing. April 5 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 1:30 p.m.—JWC meeting in AELP penthouse. At 7:30 p.m.—Civil Air Patrol squad- (Elizabeth Sey and John Cashen. ron and cadet corps, Engineer’s Office, Army Dock. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge, Installation. At 8 pm.—WSCS meets in Little | Chapel, business meeting. April 6 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. At 1:30 p.m.—Martha Society meets in N. L. Presbyterian church par- lors. At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite Maundy Thursday dinner and extinguish- ing symbolic lights. At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau Rifle Pistol Club, A.B. Hall. At 8 pm—~VFW Auxiliary, installa- tion of officers, CIO Hall, with joint affair of VFW. April 8 At 1:30 p.m.—Easter-party for all} children of the Rebekahs at Odd | Fellow Hell Lipril 10 At noon—Liciis Club, Baranof. At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug- out. SEAL HUNTERS ASK and CIVIL SERVICE RATE, ‘WASHINGTON, April 4—®—The 500-odd seal-catching Aleuts ot Alaska’s Pribilof Islands want to be Civil Service employees instead of government wards. The Interior Department, which administers their work, approves ot the idea—in general terms, at least. It has asked the Civil Service Com- mission for a ruling. The Pribilof Islands are the sum- mer-time home of about 80 percent of the world’s fur seals. In 1910 the U.S. government took over management of the herds, then growing scarce. Under its control the seals have increased; the Prib- ilof natives have been conducting the annual harvest. A Civil Service has looked upon the natives as wards of the government, not civil service employees. He said the question now is being re-examined. Rayburn had colleagues di i A Railroad. with his deft backstage maneuvers Iakke Jiautond bill through the House. H R i to speed a Senate version of lnel PALMA COMPOUND IS. BETTER' ® & & & & - 0 ¢ o o o 3 TIDE TABLZE . . . . APRIL 5 . e High tide 3:10 am, 19.7 ft. e e Low tide 9:41 am, -35 ft. e e High tide 3:55 p.m., 16.7 ft. e e Low tide 9:48 pm, 10 ft. e . . o o 0o ° 0 0 0 0 o o However, Congressmen Ray Mad- which caused Maddeui under the wing of Owen Lattimore, the Johns Hopkins professor whom | BSenator McCarthy has charged with | being’ the top Communist spy in the United States. | India has long been €d by the United States as the key | country in blocking the spread of| Communism, which is one reason we gave Prime Minister Nehru the royal-carpet treatment on his visit here last fall. The living Buddha seems to have similar views. Any- way here is the letter sent to | Nehru by the man whom “top Communist s to the US.A “The teachings of Communism expounded and propagated by Len- in, have spread widely and now | prevail over mofe than four-fifths' consider- | y” Lattimore brought | | { den of Indiana and John Me- | (WE[D[S] E Sweeney of Ohio of the Rules Com- CTOSSWOl‘d Puz le [Elv]1]v] mittee furiously objected to the [TielP[1]D] star-chamber” proceedings and e ACROSS 35. Relieve [clo/s|T] fact that Rayburn arranged the| flmt:ixdor“ 3. P“c"l‘m‘;'ch‘ g[s|T e+ €] Rules meeting on sudden notice; g, Siamese coln 37. Guided [L[u[allls[E (D] while liberal chairman Adolph Sab-l | Plicher 38. Male_of cero [Sic|RIA|P|E] - . State tain anin ath was out of town. | 13 Greek letter 40. E%m:‘n n mmggu The Speaker, whose Texas gas| 15 Ahect%Bmb. b ) G IRLIN[T] friends are clamoring for action, fflr"a 8P i T[Iv] wouldn't even agree to delay the| i LORE® Dl qotee RIEBRY meeting for a day, to enable Chair-{ 20. Words of courses [« VI igie 3 e | affirmation . Lasso [T[ol YIlE M| man Sabath to return to Washing-1 21, Biblical . Wide-mouthed ton. So the Rules Committee meet- | g, geharacter o, Jar Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle ing was called to order by Dixiecrat . = Scotch rrow poison DOWN o sting Chairms . Past Squa . Uneven Acting Chairman Gene Cox of| 3t By curve L Resvpided 5. Pain Georgia, poker-playing partner of o Danish 2. Ege-shaped 6. Heavy rains SDe: or 32. Nullification welights 8. ishful with thun- the speaker, derstorms? to remark P If 1 didn't see the sun outside,| “ 4.{15"‘2(::““: rd t e i ad on | d “{”k th muv!n), was be: /“ Smooth |ing held in the dead of night. I Bright colors | just learned accidentally about ten | : Chimp iR minutes ago that we were to be 'b‘“‘ fpian called into session | “Why all the secrecy?” contin- --///// iued the Indiana Democrat. “And Z . Actual why hasn't the Chairman been no- /Hi‘ s iane tified? He'd be here'if he was given | . Norweglan proper notice that this bill was to H. a.- . Fifien be d. T object to this un- . Vague rihodos procedear JdEEN fl...%.- : Gofe con When Cox vxp.‘mmd that he had %///%“fl. //fl“// . Uncanny called the mecting “at the instance | 7 7R Wreatn of the cader: o i | bearing a ot 4o leadership,” Madden fired | flfln../fl‘- .nfl ity cres sty St {2 Vex: collog. Well, I'm still ckjecting to fur- n-. .i../ Makes lace (ther procedure. Here's a bill that | / : Fencing sword |has been widely publicized as a / i measure that will take 100 million | 0 Peminine | U name dollars out of the pockets of coxhl Commission | spokesman said that agency always | | et e e e e e e b ) 20 YEARS AGO 7% THE EMPIRE APRIL 4, 1930 In honor of Dr. G. L. Barton and Honor Roll members, the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department gave a dinner in the clubrooms of the | Firemen's Club in City Hall. Other guests included Mayor T. B. Judson, E. Valentine, L. V. Winter, E. P. Pond and Royal Shepard. The third and last of three steamships built at Birkenhead, England, for the Canadian National Steamship Co., for service to Alaska, the Prince Robert had been launched, It will make her maiden trip from Vancouver August 4. Muriel Jarman was chosen to represent the Juneau High School at ! the Southeast Alaska Schools declamation contest to be held in Ketchikan April 10. ———— | Dr. L. P. Dawes was a passenger aboard the Admiral Rogers for Petersburg. | The City Council for 1929-1930 was to hold its final meeting and the new Council would step into its shoes. Only one new face was to be seen this year, Homer Nordling filling the place of Walter P. Scott, who did not seek .re-election. Other retiring members, W. 8. George and Henry Messerschmidt, were re-elected with Mayor T. B. Judson. Hold- over members were: D. M. Bothwell, E. Krause and Lockie MacKinnon. Hunter and Bongard were to be batteries for the opening game'of} the baseball season in Juneau, Saturday, April 12, with Vale, Burford, Steele and Wildes playing errorless music, according to an announce- ment made by Manager Bill Vale. This “game” is the annual Baseball | Dance sponsored by the Moose Lodge. h Athletic sweaters will soon be ordered for four Douglas students who | had won the right to these awards. They were Mona Carlson, Mae Fraser, | Mona, Mae and John played basket- | ball on the first team through four years of high school. 1 Weather: High, 38; low, 32; snow and rain. P SNSRI PSSP Daily Lessons in English % 1. ¢orpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Did you ever see the | Grand Canyon?” Say, “HAVE you ever SEEN the Grand Canyon?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Frequent (verb and adjective). Accent | the verb on the SECOND syllable, the adjective on the FIRST syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Benefited and benefiting; only one T. i SYNONYMS: Veto (noun), prevention, restriction, forbiddance, pro- hibition. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three timcs and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: INTUITION; quick perception of truth without conscious reasonmg:‘ | insight. “Her intuition led her to the conclusion that she must go at| once.” "MODERN ETIQUETTE % nprra sg | Q. Should soft-boiled eggs be eaten with a spoon? A. Yes; if served in an egg cup, they may be eaten from the shell with the spoon; or, if you wish, break the egg in two, scoop the contents an egg cup, and eat with a spoon. %Q. Is it proper to abbreviate the name of the month when wnnng‘ thé dats in a social letter? A. Noj; the name of the month should be written in full. true of business letters. Q. What should one use as a decoration for the table when giving a breakfast? A. A large, bowl of fruit or one of flowers is sufficlent. LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢ corbox This is also 1. Which seven provinces of Canada border on the United States? 2. What is the Fourth Commandment? 3. .How many times does the second hand of a clock go around in one hour? 4. Which can be made out for the greater amount, a postal money order or a postal note? 5. By what name do we know today the country that was once called the Ottoman Empire ? ANSWERS: 1. British Columbia, Alberta, Quebec, and New Brunswick. 2. “Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy Ciod giveth thee.” Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, 3. Bixty times. 4. A postal money order. 5. Turkey. Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS COMMERCIAL MRS. C. ARMSTRONG as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited 1.0 be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupion to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "THE BARLEEYS OF BROADWAY" Federal Tua—12c Pmd by the Theatre+ Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.—Phone 22 * ¢ and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to ;vour home with our compliments. b Weather af Alaska Poinfs Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 LIEUT. GREEN IS HiGH MAN TODAY LAS VEGAS AIR BASE, April 4 —iM—Lieut. Jesse Green of the 49th Fighter Bomber Group, Misawa Air Base, Japan, held single mission honors in high altitude shooting today in the Air Force gunnery teurnament. Green plunked 131 shots out of 360 into a 6 by 18 foot panel, being | towed 20,000 feet up at 260 miles |8 an hour. His percentage of hits was 364 for the day. Contest officials concentrated today on high altitude gunnery in an effort to make up missions lost because of trouble with targets and a high cloudlayer last Friday and Saturday. After- noon flights were ordered and a full schedule set up for tomorrow. Nineteen teams, including two National Guard units, have been competing since last Wednesday in | aerial gunnery, strafing, dive bomb- ing, skip bombing and rocket firing. They represent the sharpest shoot- i ers among Air Force fighter groups all over the world. 1 Brownie's Liquor Store Phene 103 139 Se. Frankiia P. O. Box 2508 Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE BOTANY m" CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B. W. COWLING COMPANY Dedge—Plymouth—Chrysler ‘SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT WATCH THIS SPACCE—Your Name May Appear! 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery IN AR SHOOTINGI Flying an F-80 Shooting Star,: 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 am, 120th Meridian Time, and @ released by the Weather Bureau! B- P- 0- ELKS Anchorage 17—Clear|{ Meeting every Wednesday at Annette 36—Rain| 8 P- M. Visiting brothers wel- Barrow ... 9—Snow|{ Ccome. F. DEWEY BAKER, Eethel . _2-Cloudy| Exalted Ruler. W.H. BIGGS, Cordova 15—Clear Becretary. Dawson . -14—Clear Edmonton 19—Clear 4 | Fairbanks . -s—ciear|| Moose Lfldgfi No. 700 Haines 26—Partly Cloudy | Havre 28—Partly Cloudy || XRegular Meetings Each Friday { Juneau 39—Cloudy /| Governor—JOHN LADELY Kodiak . 31—Clear || Secretary— Kotzebue 6—Cloudy WALTER R. HERMANSEN McGrath 0—Cloudy Nome .. v 20—SNOW Northway 50_Partly Cloudy Petersburg & 35—Rain | BLACK Portland 34—Partly Cloudy C ABAI%EfiLHIE;% Prince George <. 27—Cloudy Seattle . 34—Partly Cloudy 117 Main St. Phone 173 Sitka <..c. 3T—Rain Whitehorse ... -4—Partly Cloudy|| ‘High Quality Cabinet Work Yakutat ... . 18—Clear for Home, Office or Stere ""The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists UTLER-MAURO i DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply I Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Mausical Instruments and Supplies .Phone 206 _.Second and Seward. | GENERAL PAINTS ¢ and WALLPAPER Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel PHONE SINGLE O Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington SOLD ‘nd SERVLOES vy J. B. Burlord & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Wern by Satisfied Customers™ FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel 690 American Meat — Phene 38 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS - for Boys “Say It With Flowers” “SAY IT WITH OURS Juneau Florisis N o