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PAGE FOUR % THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA b TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1950 o velopment. Under HR 331, Alaska takes nothing of " JUNEAU LODGAE NO. 15 Dally Alas’;a Emplre [those resources. The Act purports to grant Alaska from " : Mms SECOND and FOURTH uttifieg vty Wantis esoept Bunday by the four sections in each township, plus 1,000,000 acres. | 20 Y E A RS A G 0 H EMPIRE Monday of each month E 4 R T e O ANY Examination reveals that neither the grants of num- | THE in Scottish Rite Temple > Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska Y g « ' TODATY beginning at 7:30 p. m. HELEN ?q‘_\l{w»gofifiga - - - i ;ru:gen:&med sections nor general grants are given to Alaska | At 7:30 pm.—Dorcas Soclety meets| Carson A. Lawrence, I DOROTH' - - ce-President | G i ELMER A. FRIEND - 1 - Managing Editor | Until rectangular surveys are made and approved by, MAY 2, 1930 at home of Mrs. Edmund Hinkle | Worshipful Master; ; e am o, .t = - Busidem Manamer|ine Department of the Interior. in Douglas. JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. Entered in the Post (?!Qcce'(ln .::;n‘enu‘;s_S(-rond Class Matter. There are now 2,459,555 acres of land surveyed ml . . Ray Stevens, for several years assistant cashier of the First Nan‘nnnl At 8 p.m.—National Guard meeting i . - B Si L7 aiviee 1 Sunear and Degeins ‘for $1.50 per month; | Alaska. This is two-thirds of one per cent of the | ® MAY 2 ® | Bank, was elected cashier by tbe board of directors to fill the position | 5 activate new unit, Army Dock. Iy R UBOILET et iy e fonioming atas otal of 365481,600 acres. This means the absolute|® o e : of Harold H. Post, resigned. Elwood McLain, formerly with the Tread- | At 8 p.m.—American Legion Auxili- ok S e md'nm‘ancgl LN e g, 50; | maximum acreage the new state could receive would be , gr E HC !Zmer o | Well interests on the channel and presently with the Bradley mines in| ary in Dugout. B. P. 0. ELKS i " month, 1n advance, | 3 . Kas il ’ ® Subscribers will onfer a favor if they will promptly notify | 1,273,283. Only the Department of the Interior through | o B, Hbwe o | 1daho, was elected assistant cashier. Mfl:flgg Mary’s Circle in N. L. P.| Meeting every Wednesday at 3:£;::n;s;ggrme of any faflure or irresularity in the delivery | (o Bureau of Land Management can make and ap- | ¢ Archie McDougall v Poar- .pm—Flnal S S 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- : Telephmmnryuw om;~ 602 _B\_’l_tén)es; grnee, 374, | prove official surveys. The Department can complete | o Einar Lavold ° Four persons were injured, one seriously, when the car owned by nea:u slx-lgérs Met-h:dt::rscflhurc“_ come. F. DEWEY - BAKER, @i o By RIS IATED PRESS __ |and approve survegs at its leisure, thereby controlling| e Vivian Powers o | Sam Gazlott and driven by Bill Kereff skidded at the corner of Willoughby | , "¢ ST (UT0CtS SRSl | - Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, PepU el o el e e ereditd a1t Cor oot seneor | the time, location and extent of lands passing to the ® Mrs. Henry Museth ® | Avenue near the Totem Grocery, crashed through the railing and landed | ™ iohe” for adults, at Teen Age Becretary, ’@.% wise credited in this paper and also the local news published |state. . Clyde Sparks ® | on its top on the beach 15 feet below. Mrs. Jennie Soberg sustained the | clyb with square dancing. 4 h'mi SRR e, e ved | During the last five years while the Departmentje e ® @ o |most severe injuries. Of the other occupants, Mrs. Harry Begis received May 3 “ l.od " mr . NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newepapers, 1411 ISPHOIIS cuts and bruises as did her husband. Mike Kosoff appnremly was | At 1:30 pm_ch meeting, AELP wse ge o‘ Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash, DEVELOPMENT OF ALASKA, NOT NATIONAL DEFENSE, IS STATEHOOD ISSUE We are glad that Senator Herbert Lehman, Demo- crat, New York, and other members of the Senate Interior Committee told Gov. Gruening and other pro- ponents of HR 331 that the matter of national defense has nothing to do with the Alaska statehood issue. Ever since the matter of defense was brought into the statehood picture, we thought it a poor excuse for a statehood demand—rabble rousing, no doubt, but not sound. Alaskans testifying in favor of HR 331 pleaded for its passage without any qualification. If there was anything wrong with the Bill, they hadn’t heard of it. | Most of them spoke in generalities, expecting, no doubt, that the Governor, last speaker for the Bill, would summarize its content and his position in urg- ing its passage. Instead, he openly admitted that the Bill was a sour one that needed lots of changes. He did unfurl the flag and blow the bugles about national defense, but the bugle notes were sour as the Bill and Senator Lehman and others flatly said that national defense had nothing at all to do with the issue. ‘When the Governor was told that he could best serve the fight for statehood by showing how the Bill under consideration would develop Alaska and attract new settlers, he agreed pretty much with these charges of those who appeared in opposition to the “land grant bill’: 1. STATE LANDS: Alaska is one-fifth the sizc of the United States, and its greatest resource is the landsland t# pegentialeweaith- it-can_ probluce from its minerals, oil, forest and agricultural products. It is to these the new state must look for its future de- J(\f Interior has been advocating statehood for Alaska, |an average of only 27,500 acres a year has been sur- | veyed. At this rate it would take approximately 15,000 years for the state to obtain full benefits of the grant. 2.. INDIAN CLAIMS: HR 331 would automatically | subject every acre of land in the new state to the cloud of Indian title. It requires the people of Alaska, as a condition to statehood, to acknowledge the exist- ence of unextinguished Indian title to the very homes in which they live and to accept state lands subject to the same unextinguished native rights. The courts have held these rights do not exist, but HR 331 revives and recreates them. 3. FOREST RESERVES: Southeast Alaska with few exceptions is almost all in the Tongass National Forest. Under the terms of HR 331, the new state receives no lands in this vast area until the lands are | no longer useful for forest purposes. It would receive no income of any kind from the sale of forest products within this area until the Indian title is extinguished or the Indian claims otherwise adjusted. The Forest Service has a perpetual cropping plan | for the Tongass National Forest so the state will never receive any of the lands. Since only the Federal gov- ernment can settle the Indian claims and the Secre- tary of Interior is advocating that they will be settled , in favor of the Indians or not at all, the prospect of state income from this source is practically nil. | 4. FISHERIES: Under HR 331, the control of ! the fisheries will pass to the new state or be retained by the Department of the Interior, as the Secretary of Interior, whoever he may be at the time, may decide. His decision will not be final. It may be reviewed and reversed by him or his successor at any given |time. This is certainly complicated enough, but, in addition, the control of the fisheries is subject to the same condition which exists in California and the ] Gulf States with reference to control of oil resources found below low tide. The only difference is that in Alaska Federal government is already in possession and control of the fisheries, while in California and the Gulf States, it is just now trying to take possession and control of oil resources. Wouldn't it have saved a lot of trouble if Governor Gruening had explained these defects in HR 331 be- fore now? Surely he didn’'t have to wait until the :nd of the hearings to read the Bill. Was he, along vith the Department of Interior, {rying to force HR 331 down our throats? We 'should be glad that the Senate Committee vas able to hear both sides of the question and to lecide for themselves the merits of the Bill. The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) American loan. kpown to many senators, influenced the vote. 1. Dictator Franco is hanging on | sStrations and cries of “down with by the skin of his teeth, largely“‘ap“““"m' in Madrid on Novem-] through claims that he will get an| ber 29 and 30. which | tine fight.” There were Communist demon- Last summer, 15 MARINER SCOUTS TO 'Weather al Alaska Poinfs 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 are as follows: Anchorage 37—Partly Cloudy Annette Island .. 44—Cloudy Barrow 3—Partly Cloudy Bethel 15—Clear Cordova 36—Cloudy Dawson 36—Cloudy Edmonton 28—Clear Fairbanks 34—Cloudy Haines 41—Clear Havre 35—Cloudy Juneau Adrport 32—Clear Kodiak 35—Clear Kotzebue 13—Snow McGrath 29—Snow Nome 10-—Clear Northway 36—Cloudy Petersburg 34—Fog Portland 43—Cloudy Prince George 34—Clear Seattle ... 39—Rain Sitka 39—Cloudy ‘Whitehorse 31—Partly Cloudy Yakutat 31—Cloudy e o 0 0 0 0 08 6 50 . . . . TIDE TABLE . . MAY 3 . . . ® High tide 2:04 am, 202 ft. o e Low tide 8:39 am., -451t. e e High tide 15:00 p.m., 17.0 ft. e Low tide 20:46 pm., 11 1t. e e o o e o 0 0 0 e s WHEREAS, the general health and welfare of our citizens. depend upon. wholesome surroundingg aris- ing from good clean living condx- tions, and WHEREAS, the lives and. prop- erty of our people are endangered by fires caused by the cluttered conditions in homes, shops, alleys and streets, and ‘WHEREAS, unity of effort.ds re- quired for the future development the need for extension of rent controls. I have told the Congress —and I intend to keep telling them —we need rent controls extended.” Boston was represented by C. T. Kiley, chairman of the Boston Housing Authority, who said he had been instructed by the Mayor to declare his “unqualified support for federal rent controls.” “We need continuation of rent controls in our community,” broke in Mayor Lester E. Holloway of Muncie, Indiana. “We are highly industrialized. = Too many rents would be hiked if controls are| removed.” top Spanish generals had a show- down with Franco, All but two pointedly said they could no longer support him. Franco begged for time to prove the United States was backing him. |In August, American fleets under | Admiral Connolly steamed into Spanish ports and Franco won his reprieve. But the latest inside dope is that unless he can wangle a loan this year, the Spanish mili- tary definitely will ditch him for a return of the king. | Franco and Vatican | 2. Meanwhile, Jose Aguirre, lead- A small-town mayor, Russell S.|er of the Militant Basque Catholic Wallace of Aberdeen, South DBk-:Resistance, has been conducting a ota, also spoke up. stirring campaign in the United “We are a small city,” he said. States and western Europe. He “But there are many small Lmes‘wa.s in Washington, as well as in the United States where rent New York, and Latin America, or- control is still needed.” | ganjzing support among Catholic Among the other mayors who!leaders. Aguirre, President of the spoke strongly for continued con-!'short-lived Basque Republic, told trols were Thomas D’Alesandro of | Washington officials he had the Baltimore, John J. O'Toole of St. complete backing of two great Louis, Tom Mooney of Lexington,|Catholic prime ministers—George Ky. and Edward K. Delaney of!Bidault of France and Alcide De 8t. Paul. | Gasperi of Italy. This, of course, !is a matter of record. Actually, relations between Fran- Sixty Methodist ministers left co and the Vatican are reported the capitol a few days ago chuck-|far from good. There is no con- ling over a story Vice President cordat between Spain and the Vat- Alben Barkley told them. | ican. Franco has, in fact, offended In his mellow Kentucky drawl,|the Vatican by insisting that he the Veep told about the Methodist| name Spanish bishops. . preacher down Paducah way who, 3. Under the Franco regime, cor- was giving a sermon out of doors'ruption has reached a new high. on a lovely spring Sunday. A bee The story is told of cement man- kept buzzing around him, and ut;ulac(urcr; forced to sell thousands the height of the eloquence, dis-|of tons of the scarce product at appeared up a pant leg. |low-cost to the Army. The cement The preacher beamed on his at-|was allegedly for fortifications be- tentive audience, placed his hand'hind the Pyrenees, but it was not on his chest, 4and said, “Brothers,(used for this purpose. Instead, I have love and kindness in my|most was sold on the black market heart.” \rur more than double the manu- At that moment the bee stung. | facturer: The parson swatted his knee dudl Businessmen are required to pay added: “But, bron-ers I've got hell| tribute to Franco's Falange party fire in my britches \l‘lruu"h ‘social security allowances” |for workers. Sixty-four per cent Inside Spain It 0 funids |6 'for byeshead. ana An intent, wavy-haired figure sat| “political hierarchy of the syndi- in the exclusive senators’ gallery |cates.” like the master of a puppet show| 4. Thanks to widespread poverty during the debate on economic aid |increased by a devastating drought to Franco Spain. land Franco's police crackdown on He was Charles Patrick Clark,|any democratic movements, Com- Franco's American lobbyist, who munists are successfully infiltrating with elderly and querulous Sen-|into the Falange. A Catalan Com- ator Pat McCarran, has been beat- | munist report last November brag- ing the drums for a loan to Spain. | ged, “The work within the syndi- In the end, Marshall Plan aid to|cate is giving good results. We Franco was defeated. And here‘must carry further this advantage- are some of the arguments, taken ous experience of combining the from U 8. Intelligence files and/legal possibilities with the clandes- Veep’s Humor of our community, NOW THEREFORE, I, Waino E. Hendrickson, Mayor of the City ot Juneau, do hereby designate May 1 1950 as official opening day of the CLEAN UP - PAINT UP - FIX UP PROGRAM sponsored by the City of Juneau, and call upon all de- partments of the city, its commer- HOLD PICNIC MAY 21 The meeting of the Mariner Scouts, Troop IV, was called to order by our President, Pat Goforth. We discussed plans for a picnic which we will have May 21. We will meet at 1 o'clock in the afternoon behind the Federal building and|cial organizations, civic clubs, 30 to the skaters’ cabin. schools, churches, boys’ and girls Joan Kassner, Reporter. clubs, and all other associations, and our people in general to take an active part in this constructive program for community improve- ment to insure its success. WAINO E. HENDRICKSON Mayor of the City of Junean. HOSPITAL NOTES SPORTSMEN TO MEET The Territorial . Sportsmen, Inc., »f Juneau will meet Thursday eve- ning at 8 o'clock in the Council hambers. A meeting of the city Council prevented the scheduled neeting last night. i —————————————— ; Robert C. Redd and Mrs. Mar- PAINTING AND got Hendrickson were admitted to DECORATING St. Ann’s Hospital yesterday. Mrs. Jerry McCarthy and Angelo. Pappas were dismissed. Agnes Goodwin was admitted to the Government Hospital. Priced to Meet Your Budge! PHONE 996 Ralph Treffers [WiATR ] man UBE Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 21. Farmer 1. Tropleal frujt 32 Night before, 6 Nicknameof 35 nop B 5. Diminish . Fairy tale 12, monster long O . Roman citadel Relate Annex Muflles & . Samoan ligrate seaport Raised 41. Silkworm 18, Iniquity 42, Thus 19. Masculine 43. Egyptian nickname tered bull’ 20. Activity “ Gennl of the Take a chair at W Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzie talian capital 46, Keep from Charges happening 24, Type measure 48. Circlets DOWN 2. Funny 25, Circle of light 49, Rubs out 1. Short for a kind 3. Small: law 26. In favor of 50. Confliet of dog. 4. Town in Francs 6. Existéd 6. Experts on n F'l;e neh river Sun god . Musical study 4. Epic poem . Kind of balsam 0. Alr: comb. olform 2 hpeed contest . Defense work 5. Bees” home 8. Tear " Ancient lrish o Resfi‘l’ent i Slmgln‘ 36. w»mfln ! 87. Think 38. Scene the least injured of the four, except for the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Begis, who was scarcely bruised. To look over the site for the proposed Skagway airport, Gov. George A. Parks and Federal and Territorial officials went up Lynn Canal on the Alaska-Washington Airways airplane Taku, Pilot Bob Ellis. in the party were R. J. Sommers, Alaska Road Commissioner; Maj. Malcolm Elliott, ARC president, and Ike P. Taylor, assistant ARC en- gineer. The Taku returned late in the afternoon from Sitka with M. S. Wilson and A. S. Brown, local traveling salesmen. A party composed of J. O. Kirkham, Car] Carlson, Harry Bracken and Douglas Mead left for a prospecting trip up the Taku River, expect- ing to go to the headwaters and be gone a month. Mrs. L. Powell and daughter arrived from Vancouver, B. C. on the Princess Alice to visit with the Bavard brothers and their families, plan- ning to stay six weeks. Mrs. Powell was a cousin of the Bavards. George Swigert, oldtime Alaskan who had been in St. Ann’s Hos- pital for two weeks, was able to be out and had left on the Margnita for Sitka, where he was a resident in the Pioneers’ Home. Weather: High, 46; low, 34; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English % 1. sorbon ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: One is accountable TO another person, but is accountable FOR a thing. “Brown is accountable TO his fore- man.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Insulate. not as in SUD. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Renaissance; observe the AI and the two S's. SYNONYMS: Border, margin, verge, edge, rim, brim, brink. 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: TRENCHANT; keen; biting; severe. “His trenchant wit amused the audience.” { MODERN ETIQUETTE % perra 1ax Q. Don’t you think it is uncouth to eject from the mouth to the floor the little specks of tobacco. that separate themselves from tha cigarette or cigar? A. It most certainly is. Remove these particles from the mouth with the thumb and forefinger and place them in an ashtray. It is best to do as little of this as possible. Q. If a bride has already thanked a person for a wedding gift is it then necessary for her to write a note of thanks? A. Yes; these “thank you” notes are obligatory. Q. Where should one place the spoon when one has finished eating a dessert that is served in a stemmed glass? A. Tt should be placed on the plate underneath the dessert dish. LOOK and I.EARN A C. GORDON 1. St. Valentine’s Day of 1912 marked the official entry of the latest State to join the Union. What was it? 2. Who was Presiden of the U. S. when World War I began? 3. What is the leading mineral product of the U. S, in both value and quantity? 4. What country owns more of the Great Lakes, the United States or Canada? ‘What is the national flower of the United States? ANSWERS: . Arizona. ‘Woodrow Wilson. Coal. ) The United States owns aobut 60 per cent. The goldenrod. Pronounce the U as in USE, Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS JOE GEORGE 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: "DON'T TRUST YOUR HUSBAND" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOQU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Others | penthouse. At 7 pm.—Lions cleanup work party, Douglas beach. ’ At 7:30 p.m. — Civil Air Patrol squadron, cadet corps, Engineers Office, Army Dock. At 7:30 pm.—Ladies Night at Ju- neau Rifle and Pistol Club, A.B. Hall. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. At 8 pm—WSCS meets in Little Chapel. May 4 At 10 a.m.—Rummage sale by Amer- ican Legion Auxiliary, Dugout. At noon—Chamber of Commerce Baranof. At 7:30 p.m.— Juneau Rifle and Pis- tol Club, A.B. Hall. At 8 p.m.—Variety Show by Ro- tarians at 20th Century Theatre May 5 From 3 to 5 p.m.—Tea by Womer of Moose, Moose Club. At 3:30 p.m.-—Junior CDA game party, Parish Hall. May 6 At 9 am.—Relief Society Rummags sale at LDS Chapel, 10th and F Streets. From 3 to 5 p.m.—Tea and Fashion Show by Home Demonstration in Elks Hall. May 7 At 5 pm. — Primary Conference Church of Christ of Latter Da Saints Chapel, 10th and E Street: May 8 At noon—Lions Club, Baranof. At noon—BPW . luncheon meetins Terrace Room, Baranof. At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dueg- out. . May 9 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. May 10 At 8 pm—CDA election of offi- cers, Parish Hall. WANT ADS BRING RESULTS AT T R AP T | Brownie's Liquor Store Phene 103 139 Se. Frankils P. O. Box 2508 ) Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 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 Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear | Formerly SABIN'S Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clnthlnz FRED HENNING Cemplete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—JOHN LADELY Becretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone T13 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office or Store 2 The Rexall Store” ) Your Reliable Pharmacists . BUTLER-MAURO .| . DRUG CO. s biois, Alaska Music Snpply. Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Mausical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 ..Second and Seward. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Phone 540 PFred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th 8t. PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHT The Al ol PHONE BINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —— OILS Builders’ and Shelf s HARDWARE A Remin, J. B. Burford Co. ““Our Doorstep Is Wern by FORD AGENCY R g (Authorized Dealers) d GREASES — GAS — o "] * Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAEKE JUNEAU DAIRIES - | DELICIOUS ICE CREAM - a daily habit—ask for it by mamss'] Juneau Dairies, Inc Chrysler Marine Engines’’ MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY ~ Phone 146 L ive you more freedom rom work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVPS OVERALLS for Boys — e | “Say It With Flowers” “SAY IT WITH OUlsbl"l"h Juneau Florists “* Phene 311