The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 2, 1950, Page 5

"TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1950 Capitol Theatre advertisement on DOUGLAS NEWS y. 8. C. S. MEETING The Women's Society of Christ- ian ice will meet Wednesday évening at 8 o'clock at the Doug- las Comimunity Methodist Church. Mrs, Lefgh €. Grant will be host- ess to the group. All women in- terested in Christian Service are welcome. FIRE ALARM ¢ The fire alarm sounded shortly after 1ig'clock yesterday afternoon, when the furnace at the Douglas Public School back-fired, sending oil smeke through the building. There Was no damage, but due to the sniokea and odor, school was dismissed for the afternoon. i DOUGLAS ALTAR MEETING The {Ladies’ Altar Society will ¢hold tHeir regular monthly meeting tomorrow evening, May 3, at 8 o'clockf at the home of Mrs. Grace Millis. § (] ! SQUARE DANCING FRIDAY ¥riddy night will be the night for th‘ Douglas square dancers to “swing; their partners.” It was *deemed advisable to change the date oing to other attractions on ‘Thursday night. Sincg there are many who can sleep Saturday, the Taku Trav- elers will dance from 8:30 untii Mater than usual, on Friday, May 5, at the Douglas Gym. Everyone is urged to be on time, so damncing may start without any delay. . Those interested in prac- JHeing ffor calling should contact Steve Ford at Douglas 472 afte: 5:30 gm. 'HOMEMAKERS ON EXTENSIVE FIELD TRIP TOMORROW Tomjorrow, May 3, all members of extension classes and clubs and other | interested homemakers will “attend a field trip through various busin establishments. This tour als degigned to acquaint the home- maket with modern methods and develgpments on the consumer mar- ket. ) Beginning at 10 a.m. Mr, Johnson will take the group through the City (Dry Cleaning establishment and will show the different phases of cleaning and discuss with the «group merits of different fabrics and what materfals to choose for satisfactory dry cleaning. At 11 » am. the tour through Sully’s Bak- ery will acquaint the group with the various types of equipment and ,products used in a modern bakery. During the tour through the new modern home at 840 Gold Belt at 1:30 jpm., James Larson will tell the homemakers about the latest building materials and show how they jare used. This modern home features the latest in architectural design. ¥ At3 p.m.-the group will witness variaus procedures pertaining to the pasteurization and bottling of milk. ' e demonstration at the 20th Cen! Meat Market at 8 pm will t of cutting up half a beefy showing different cuts and choiges of meats for various meth- , 0ds bf cooking. It {will be the privilege of all attending to ask questions and par- » ticippte in discussions at these det trations. A good attendance is ired to make it {worthwhile to the businessmen who have gen- ? erously contributed their time. date of the fashion show, tea @nd exhibits is Saturday, May 6, 3)to 5 p.m. at the Elks Hall and all fnterested are: cordially invited Y to l‘uend. | DANCING CLASSES ® Now; enrolling in Tap, Acrobatic, Toe,; Ballet, Baton Twirling, Acro- batie. Class for boys. Social danc- » ing {for beginners. Ph. Blue 163. F EYES EXAMINED o Second and Franklin - AT DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS T NI TG "ONE FALSE STEP" FEATURE TONIGHT CAPITOL THEATRE “Take One False Step,” starring William Powell and Shelley Winters, is the feature tonight at the Capi- tol Theatre and is said to be tull of speedy, dynamic comedy melo- drama loaded with thrills, suspense and laughs. Powell plays a debonair scientist who comes to California seeking en- dowments for a university and meets up with the Winters character, a predatory blonde whose favor he had won while a wartime colonel. Now respectably married, Powell fights shy of renewing the association but is lured into a sit-| uation of having murdered his one- | time inamorata, who is unhappily married and involved with bigtime | gangsters. Trying to clear himself before the police get to him and also trying to maintain his respectable facade, puts Powell into a hectic chase from Los Angeles to San Francisco in which he is threatened not only with scandal but a painful death fromn | rabies caused by the bite of a dog | which attacked him while he was trying to retrieve an incriminating diary. Whether Powell will lose his life, his wife and his good name is any- body’s guess up to the last feet of | the last reel. i S e o | J.W.C.TOHOLD LAST MEETING CLUB YEAR ON WEDNESDAY P.M. ‘The last busintss meeting of the present club year will be held by the Juneau Woman’s Club tomor- row afterncon at 1:30 in the AELP penthouse with Mrs. William L. Paul presiding. Many matters of interest and importance will be discussed, reports of department chairmen and standing committees received, and officers for the com-! ing year elected. A large attend-! ance is desired. | The social-program meeting of the past month was held at the home of Mrs. A. T. Morgan with Mrs. J. D. Alexander, chairman of | the Department of Civic Improve- ment, in charge. Following the dessert luncheon served by Mrs.; Eugent White, Mrs. F. J. Statts and Mrs. C. A. Carroll, an Alaska Development * Board documéntary film on Eskimo life at Point Hope | was shown by Miss Lynn Fales,| and Miss Sadie Billis of the Pub-| lic Welfare Department gave an interesting talk on the service in! the Juneau area which includes all| the territory north of Petersburg| and Yakutat, and which poses ser- ious problems because of lack of | funds and insufficient staff. Al question period followed. | A review of past accomplishments of the Alaska Federation of Wo- men’s Clubs was given by Mrs, Mil- dred R. Hermann who stated that it was not the purpose of the Federation of nineteen clubs scat- tered throughout the Territory to rest on accomplishments of the past but to press on to other goals. The program closed with a group of charming solos by Mrs. William Reedy, contralto, accompanied by Mrs. Don Burrus . Visitors who signed the guest| book were Mrs, Eugene Norton, ! Lynn Fales, Mrs. E. R. Sharn- broich of Wrangell, Lois Reedy, Mrs. Emma Williams, Marjorie Strang, Mrs. Lyle Jones, Mrs. Howard Schleiter. Ruby Griffin and Joyce M. Howell. METHODIST WSS 10 MEET ON WEDNESDAY The Methodist Women’s Society of Christian Service will hold its first meeting in May, Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the. Little Chapel. After the devotional serv- ice, led by Mrs. Agnes Lennstrom, the group will adjourn to the par- sonage for the business meeting and social hour. Nomination and election of offi- cers for the coming church year are scheduled for the meeting. Hostesses will be Mrs. Dolly Math- eny and Mrs. Anna Hougendobler. Ameeting of the executive com- mittee has been called for 7:30 o'clock in the chapel. WANT ADS BRING RESULTS LENSES PRESCRIBED Juneat HILDRE SAND & GRAVEL Formerly R. J. Sommers Construction Co. Lemon Creek Plant $ Washed Lemon Creek Aggregate and Sand Plasier and Mortar Sand EXCAVATION OF ALL KINDS {Juneau Office Phone 129; Residence Phone Blue 540 . P. 0. Box 2837 ¥ WE DELIVER | with | Dorothy Hart playing the wite,| Alaska has been an organized ter- ritory for 38 years. That is longer than the territorial period of the majority of the 28 states that went through territorial status before be- ing admitted to the Union. The proponents of immediate | statehood for Alaska have made much of this fact, using it as an argument for passage of a statehood enabling act, any kind of statehood enabling act, at once. It is a little like arguing that a person is entitled to a college diploma because he lived four years on a college campus. What actually counts in prepara- tion for statehood is not the length of the apprenticeship but what was accomplished during it. The most feasible measure ol Alaska’s accomplishments under | territorial government is a compari- ison with other territories that have ismce become states. Arizona and | New Mexico are the most susceptible {to comparison: they are the newest {of the states, both had longer-than- average periods under . territorial government, and both are large in area and were rather sparsely popu- lated when they became states. New Mexico and Arizona were, ot "course, a long step ahead of Alaska from the start. They were guaran- teed eventual statehood by the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo by ! which they came under the rule of the United States. There is no such guarantee in the treaty with Russia by which the United States acquired | Alaska. New Mexico, Arizona Despite this guarantee, however, New Mexico and Arizona remained | territories for 61 years before Con- 1 gress saw fit to admit them to the Union. They came very close to being admitted as one state in 1850. Arizona was then a county of the Territory of New Mexico. The terri- tory fully expected to become a state along with California and went so far as to adopt a state constitution {and elect two U.S. Senators. At the last minute it was denied admit- tance by the historic Compromise ot 1850. Thirteen years later, in 1863, the county of Arizona was set up as a new territory and commenced her own long fight for statehood, a {fight that was to last another 49 years. New Mexico continued her state- hood battle on an almost continu- ous front and if contemporary re- porting is to be trusted it was a live issue, not merely with a hand- ful of political office holders but with nearly every individual in the territory. A second constitutional conven- tion was held in 1876, another con- stitution was formulated and a statehood bill was introduced in Congress. It passed both houses and failed to become law only because of nonconcurrence in an amend- ment. New Mexico’s third constitutional convention was held in 1889. It lasted nearly a month and again framed a constitution. Presumubly éhe peo- ple of the territory were by then reasonably familiar with state con- stitutions and had pretty well made up their minds as to the kind of constitution they wanted. A state- hood bill went to Congress again that year and was followed by other bills at each, session of Congress for the next 21 years until the enabling act was finally passed on June 20, 1910, Land Grant Made In the meantime, in 1898 the United States granted the Territory of New Mexico 1,100,000 acres of land which could be leased or sold for the support of the territorial institutions, plus two sections of land in each township for the com- mon schools. Land surveys were rapidly completed so that nearly 70 percent of the territory’s lands had been surveyed by the time statehood was granted. New Mexico also did a great deal for herself during her territorial years. County government had been perfected for 20 counties long be- fore statehood was achieved and the following territorial institutions were in full operation a dozen years before statehood: a university, an agricultural college and school of NOTICE To Advertisers All display advertising copy must be turned in to the advertising of- fice before 4 p. m. of the day preceding date ' | Abfi rse,fioe, p,esplee ,I 5:!302 D ; BRING 24; TAKE 37| BIG ROLE, FEATURE | By BOB DeARMOND | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA o COASTAL FLIGHTS Alaska Coastal Airlines flights s | yesterday brought 24 persons to mechanical arts, two normal schools,’.lunenu and carried 37 from here a school of mines, a military insti- to points in Southeast Alaska. tute, an insane asylum and a peni-| To Sitka tentiary in addition to the terri- torial school system. Nor was the sister territory of Ari- zona lagging in preparation for Kirk Jones; to Petersburg: statehood. She also built a univer- Browne; to Ketchikan: R. F. Tay- sity, two normal schools, a capitol 1or, R. M. Godman, Larry Zach, C. building, a territorial prison, an Dobbins, and Clyde Millo. asylum for the msane, and near!y! To Tenakee: 400 county schools. The 15th terri- D. Gass, torial legislature authorized a con- Hood Bay: stitutional convention in 1889 and a Angoon: Mrs. E. Garnes; to constitution was framed, placed be- Haines: G. W. Johnson, Bob fore the people and ratified by popu- | Churchill, Mr. Nolf, Glen Fletcher, ar vote. 'Mr and Mrs. T. L. Armstrong and County government was orga-|two infants, David Tyree, Dick nized, lands were surveyed, ap-'Wells, Rufus Chaney, and H. B. praised and taxed. Governor atter Ashley; to Tulsequah: Mr. and governor urged that land surveys Mrs. J. C. McLean; and to Skag- be increased, pointing out that it!way: Tom Dyer, J. F. Williars, had been found impractical to assess Dr. Anderson, and Joe Werner. and tax unsurveyed lands. At least' From Sitka: D. Mitrovitch, Max two of the territorial governors in Penrod, R. A. Littlefield, Mr. and advocating'immediate statehood also | Mrs. Bartley, and B. Mullen; from advocated that all public lands|Tenakee: Sam Cotton, Mr and i John Strassburg, R. to to and Grant Lowry; A. W. Blackerby; of publication. This policy will be strictly adhered to. Classified advertising will be accepted until 2 p. m. of the date of publication. within the territory be granted to the new state. Alaska to Suffer Alaska, with her inadequate pub- lic school facilities, her single starved-to-death institute of highes learning and without even a start on the other institutions that will be necessary when she becomes a| state, can only suffer by comparison with these two earlier territories and with other territories that have since become states. It is scarcely any wonder that Congressmen and Senators, familiar with the terri- torial histories of their own stats have looked at our underdone po- litical and economic development, shaken their heads and voted “No” on the Alaska statehood bills. The fact is that Alaska has taken only the first few steps along the road that other territories followed in earning admittance to the Umom| The people of Alaska, and especially the political leaders, have done next to nothing toward preparing for statehood except to talk about it. We are doing worse than putting the cart before the horse; we are asking for the horse without even aaving built the cart. Statehood — Propaganda ‘There is not at the present time any reliable information on what kind of statehood ke :people of Alaska desire, or whes “elieve it should come. The referendum of October 8, 1946, gave no information on these points and was useless ex- cept for propaganda purposes. In that refendum a total of 6,822 Alaskans said they did not favor statehood for Alaska. A total of 9,630 Alaskans said that they did favor statehood for Alaska. The latter group did not and could not signify whether it wanted statehood now or later and how it should be served. Only a handful of Alaskans have appeared before the various committees of Congress to tell what kind of statehood Alaskans want, and the few who did testify were often in disagreement. ‘The first necessary step in a real down-to-bedrock preparation for statehood is another referendum to determine what sort of statehood the people want. Here are a few of the questions that should be an- swered by the people: Is Alaska ready for statehood now? Should the territory be subdivided, as almost every other territory was subdivided, and admitted as two or more states? How much of an additional tax burden are the people willing to assume to pay the costs of state government—25 percent? 50 per- cent? 75 percent? 100 percent? How much of Alaska’s public lands should be granted to the new state—10 percent? 25 percent? 50 percent? 75 percent? 100 percent? More Questions Should the new state take over the National Forests, the Pribilof Islands sealing industry and other reserved resources? Should the state constitution give |Mrs. Lloyd Reid, Oswald Neuman, Willlam Smith, Grant Lowry, T. P. |Hansen and A. D. Gass; from Hood |Bay: W. A, Forrester, O. P. Olson, |Arvin Oberg, and Roy Miner; from iHames: Jim Horgan, H. Tonsgard, |George R. Grey, and Bob Churchill; from Funter Bay: Mrs. H. Har~ |graves; and from Skagway: A. {Bacon, | !untaxed Indians living on reserva- | tions the same voting privileges as {Indians and whites who do not live {on reservations? Should the state constitution pro- | vide for the referendum and recall? | Those are a few, and only a few jof the questions that should be sub- | mitted to the people and answered {by them so that we can intelli- gently plan and prepare for state- hood. There are other steps to be taken, too. They include: ! Overhauling the Organic Act to remove some of the restrictions on the Territorial Legislature and to | allow Alaskans to elect their ow" governor. Continuanee of the Alaska State- hood Committee with its principal duty the drawing up of a state | constitution to be submitted to the voters for approval. Lane’s Proposal Assuming/ that Alaskans want control of their own lands and re- sources, there must be some prepa- ration for administering them. No better plan’has been suggested than the one praposed by a former Sec- retary of the Interior, Franklin K. Lane, some 40 years ago. Secretary Lane proposed an Alaska Commis- sion of five members, all of them to reside in Alaska and at least two to be bona fide residents of Alaska when appointed. This commission would be given active administra- tive control of every branch, bureau and agency of the Federal govern- ment operating in Alaska except the military and the judiciary. The Lane plan was drafted into a bill by former Delegate Wickersham and died in Congress because of lack of interest rather than lack of merit. If such a plan were revived, brought up to date and put into effect it would do much more to promote the development of Alaska than will lands and resources. The federal governnient should be prevailed upon to grant Alaska a substantial area of land, as was done in the Territory of New Mex- ico, to finance the construction and upkeep of a penitentiary, asylum for the insane and other necessary 1 institutions, and these institutions should be built and operated by the ‘Territory. ‘When thisi program is completed and the Territory has proved her- self fully capable of self-govern- ment, then the people of Alaska can go before Congress and say, “We want to be admitted to the Union, we want to be admitted im- mediately, and here is what we have done to deserve it.” l | | 1 | Daily Scheduled Flights fo: Anchorage - Cordova - Kodiak Homer - Yakutat Same Low Fares from Juneau fo: Yakutat $30.00- Homer $87.00. 10% Reduction Cordova $53.50. Kodiak $105.00. on Round Trip *Plus Tax A Connections at Anchorage for all Interior and Westward Points Tickefs and Reservations BARANOF HOTEL Phone 716 | William Schoonover, | England’s gift to American films, Anthony Bernhart, John Schriver, | Daborah Kerr, heading an all-star A. Littlefield, | cast, “The Hucksters” comes to the Richard Dean, Miss Williams, and|20th Century Theatre tonight as a James | high-wide-and-handsome I T. P. Hansen, A.‘.scencs of a radio advertising agency. CLARK GABLE HAS AT 20TH CENTURY With the one-and-only Gable, and adapta- tion of Frederic Wakeman's best- seller novel revealing the frenzied activities that go on behind the The bombastic story, moving at a breakneck pace, casts Gable as the ingratiating Vic Norman who comes back from the war with fitty | dollars in his pocket, spends most | of it on a necktie that will impress the head of the Kimberly Advertis- ing Agency, and ends up by im- pressing everyone else, including the ' insulting and imperious soap manu- | facturer Evan Llewellyn Evans who hires him to put over a “Love That Soap” radio program, spurs him on to some diverting Hollywood in-( trigues in an effort to lure a comic away from a rival sponsor, and al- most but ~not quite succeeds in breaking up his romance with the lovely and aristocratic Kay Dor- rance. CADETS NAMED T0 TEMPORARY POSTS IN CAP SQUADRON Recommendations for Civil Air Patrol Cadet Corps ofiicers have been made by Col. Neil Fritchman, commander, and permanent ap- pointments are expected soon from CAP Wing headquarters, Anchorage. Meantime, three student CAP members are serving as acting of- ficers: Bob Croken as Cadet Squadron Commander; Graham Rountree, Squadron adjutant, and Howard Ottke, supply officer. Other positions, both for com- missioned and non-commissioned officers, are not yet filled. Mem- bership in the Cadet Corps still is open, according to Fritchman. Both the cadet group and the senior CAP squadron will meet to- morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Engineer’s office at the Army Dock. Cadets will continue their close-order drill conducted by the previously named officers. Senjor members will have two hours of instruction which will in- clude a 30-minute motion picture, “Help Wanted.” This film, loaned by the Territorial Department of Health, shows valuable details of first aid techniques, Maj. Allan G. ™Marcum, Juneau CAP Squadron commander, return- ed Friday from Nome, where he has been for six weeks, and will be in charge of the meeting. In his absence, Capt. Milton J. Fur- ness, executive officer, was acting commander, Lt. Everett R. Erick- son, adjutant, taking over for one session when both were out of the city. The Civil Air Patrol is an auxil- fary unit of the United States Air Force. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S statehood without control of our| .— PAGE FIVE TONIGHT [0 CNTURY "y eaissainy Complete Showings 7:20 and 9:30 He was a huckster in big-time business! He was a huckster in playboy adventures! He was a huckster in his love affairs! 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