The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 23, 1950, Page 4

: | FAGE FOUR draft extension now several countries loyalty to the N with the Soviet U v evening except Sunday by the RE PRINTING COMPANY ets, Juneau, Alaska Daily Alaska Empire nion Vice-President { ng Editor | a1 undue significance into the ELIE oposal will be noted overseas. are wavering h Atlantic coalition and compromise In such countries—and West- President | ern Germany is one of them—many persons will read fact if we abandon between Just all-out e i SR s Bl Manager | conseription at this time of great tension. If they Sotercd Post Office in Juneau cond Class Matter. | fail to notice it, they will be reminded by Communist SUBSCRIPTION RATES o Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; anda, which will be quick to assert that the B ki) pattaat Daids At N Tobi ¢ Yatac: States is relaxing its military posture. __or n six months, in advance, $7.50; Chiefly for its psychological value overseas, but iy + will promptly notits |also for its contribution to our military readiness, : arity in the delivery | (ho yenewal of the draft might be well worth while. New Offic siness Office, 374. MEMBER OF ED PRESS he A Pre 1y entitled to the u The Issue Is Plain ren credited to it or not ot miln b w C s paper 1so the local news publ be (Ketchikan News T NATI of nizing Local 7-C of the & Inter 1l horemen’s Union affiliate, is not v ta que of recognuizing union principles, one way lor tr er. It is a question whether to recognize a known mmun. dominated local which seeks dictatorship {of Alaska and Alaska industry { This organization, headed by Harry Bridges, a ! convicted prejurer for having lied about never having 1 a Communist or belonging to the €ommunist party to n his citizenship, es nothing about American welfare principles and action for the benefit iof the members. Its officers are using a false front jin order to gain their ends and follow the Moscow i party line and not the American way of life. o i any of the mbers are innocent victims who But what in good faith. to realize exactly DO WE NEED THE DRAFT? joinec , - them to extend military con- lthough no one has’ and none of the j have any intention of for draftees At first blush, the call for re- | of the draft law seems unnecesary and a 11\(:('; h. But tk Couplet on m: expensive, the pri to live, and he can't afford to die. s present than a year services to “When you are re some perfectly sound arguments dilemma: r too high; it the time is at hand for the score is and not continue to blindly follow an un-American leadership. Peace is too costs to much at a loss for words, it may mean —_— THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MAY 23 Lew M. Williams Mrs. Floyd Dryden Daisy Conright Ethel Roberts Bayou Jack Kurtz Gus Adams Shirley Casperson Tom Blanton Helen Angus . Louis .E. Anderson © eeccccccccscoce tract is made between the Federal and a state government, it often involves the latter in fixed expend- itures over which it has lost con- trol. What all this really amounts to is that actually there is no budget; there is no balance between income and outg Not only does the Ex- ecutive pile up expenditures but senators and representatives and 1 thousand and more pressure roups pile item upon item of ex- penditures without regord to the capacity of the American people to ca the load. nd 'mo most surprising fact ab- it it all is that thus far there is no evidence that the people real- ly worry about it. Of course, thcy] and complain around tax-| but there is not sufficient R ,an insufficientcy of blood in the brain.” It also may | OPPosition t .he wildeat, spending, s ent state of world politics, we cannot | Mean that you're afraid anything you might say would :r':\l;,h seems to grow wilder each when the time may come to resume conscrip- | Probably be used against you. In his tour about the country, tion. It is more efficient to have the draft law on 5 President Truman never indicated th tatute books, and to have in being a skeleton “The moon is covered with dust a foot deep,” [the slightest interest in economy, orzanization for administering the draft. That is not | asserts an astronomer. And no wonder, with nobody f nor do the Republicans, except ior ah argiifent of Gverwheliing force. But it is & factor. | there but the|man in’the moon, We'll bet the sink is]# fe¥, sliow any gress Rppeetion to Furthermore, the action Congress takes on the | stacked full of dirty dishes, too. T "T‘I“‘i"";mver oromsalle, 4o aaval B 1 O T SHGEK s I T R . money, with the single exception of y : | been under cover in (he|been introduced into Congress tojthe Department of Defense, have "58 waSthmn | Senate, pc as an employee, Lr?’}“'\"‘ money. Not all the bills!peen sidetracked. The 21 measures cateh the bookie who is supposed to|will be passed, but it shows atlin this connection, which President Mefl'y-GO-ROHfld \g there. So far, all the!kind of thinking there is in an|Truman sent to the Congress, were uncovered is one|€lection year. This is possibly theinot Hoover proposals, altholgh d from Page One) Con; 1| mest 1 partisan article T havelthey were subtly labelled as such. e il to written Republ s|None of them were related to econ- | Rl i Willlams of by Senate are no mor 3 wed than {omy. Every effort of Senator Har- | red | 1 qui he Democr: hen this sessioniyy F, Byrd to produce economies Give the Federal|by the House of Congress is completed, it “mlh,s failed. Cer Commission chair- | Would 0Se interest to know what rarey Obyiously, if the people do not man ¢ Fousht |+ Here is ul in C ress stood like Horatio|care, Congress will reflect their at- by N A Broad- |absent-minded atomic ene; the bri ked, | titude. If the people, are willing ca I B cials who leave secret dc inst *)k:l B8, ¢ ito carry the burden, Congress will T ivht Republicans voted |1Ving around on their de About 307 Lills have been intro-|go along. Therefore, the final| 5 re hauled out of bed and aid state and local govern- ! responsibility must be in- the people, Iar Smi return- to the office and lock t ted that if alllyho ought not to be confused by T g { Tobey secret pap! in a safe. Seldom|the continu grant-in-aid pro-{¢o-cent dollars or inflationary i ldo y make the mistake ¢rams in these bills were passed,imeasures which give them the feel- TR ! twice . . . The Senate small u\m-“’ would cost $3,200,000,000 in the|ing of having more money with- » '\4]::;: to the | eSS committee hiag dis that | first year. By the sixth year, theylcut the reality ofeife s Execut b, Hoover said: |1t 15 powerless because the Senate,|Would “rise to $6,100,000,000. The fact is that no overpowering i ibs have. ot il authorizing the commiitee, neg- movement for economy in_ govern- | oty s D s oot |lected o vote 1t any monsy Of| gome'of tne bills fall to'stipulate| MRk has yet appeared Mmoug sne . bah ¢ o authori The 18} thie ooxts. estub] ; the prin )J("nplv and until it does, pollticiax_\s Satm of all*th u,n:u- d . . Sena Kefauver | oo oopenditures but leaving it to will continue to spend to satisiy ; Siomise volit is.nt‘nm office space cn Capitdl B il vbaz U5 6k “w";o ure groups whose yotes count 1 L AN fathe’ b }11 for his ;n;\\' crime comn 2 Thus, a bargain-iiD particular localities. g Aokl PP AR The Senate LiAI{(‘r nm}u. i J set up between politi- | e 3 i th of it et 5 :, “l:.]' 3 ji nd the pressure groups,| GIRLS' SOFTBALL TEAMS the E nguag which I s gy | making i¢ possible for them to bar TO MEET ON MAY 31 W 2irway 1 i gein for advantage. ! has done | Already, for the year 1950, the! Girls Softball teams will meet at ab Y £ Beate Jobn 1 Lewis | Federal rnment - has ated | 7 pm, in Evergreen Bowl May 31 in- port_is the lively Ju ) TF koas. cre e bub. o the ewnl 0 1-aid. | stead of May 24 for their first meet- C cce. Clifford D. Cooper,|pe the downfall of Penn: Pa Budget pro- | ing Any girls interested call Pat t resident g e, but Jc 00 for grants-in-| Grove Green 155, € organ y ots|and ni S ot em® - laid to and l;‘&.r] governments. g Bt e s I Y ment down to defest in the ehia In a word, even V\:‘l!! ut the 307 iAo, hills, '!x.e amount is high, nearly; G. BLOMGREN JR. HERE Balloons to Russia e enth of the budget. And it is vcunnar Blomgren, Jr., and Mrs. T dore H. Sloan of Washirz- | pemocratic :u?;' up a}l the time. Blemgren arrived Saturd:ny by PAA t P: who was chief develop-| gavalcante, a el Where is the mo to come|irom Seattle to_spen_d his vacation ment engineer for 5" contiol Ot Yk van.. AltRFNSySifor - the m? - X of two weeks with his mother Mrs, d W War I, I Yadsl 15 Waulown, Pa. becanso "1 ere is ther factor in this, G Blumgren.‘ Sr, and §ister, Jane n leiter sut his it Sadnt A’ sl uation that is ccimmlly ignored, | Blomgren-Stringer. He is with the i sees in floating i el te posdieamar ¢ And when Caw namely, that the Federal govern-| Standard Oil Co. at Point Weils, into hostile territory—such as Rus-|cante seemed to be makir ment takes too x'mx(h of the earn-|near Seattle. way, his opponents tried to break | 1o r e DU, Ehe granfudh worked out & plan{up a rally with their fi |aid to state and local governments BOY SCOUT EXECUTIVE floating balloons into] cavalcante was staging a meet weaken those governments, m:\km‘gl' Doramus P. Scudder of Ketchi- fire bombs to|ing at Windber, Pa, when hi them dependent not upon their kan, an execu':lve of the Boy Scouts sts. Event-lmary fos, Ed Dumbald, a citizens for u'wuu: but upon the ?f America, is at the Gastineau n stopped the |sown attorney, barged bureaucracy of the Federal govern- | Hotel. O il 4 Yol : mt:ul, This break S down our en-| about 60 inches | 1jeutenants, who loudly demanded ln‘e i,rsu*m of division between the|24-hour Developing Service at g an automatic|that Dumwald be allowed to speak., Ff%ua and state ggverpnmnls.- l‘{aycs Shop, Harry Race Drugs, ease mechanism| shouting above the uproar, C Further, once a grant-in-aid con-| Spruce Delicatessen. 10-3x te Mr. Sloan. | gleante said: “Let him 2 = se to aboutipe's got something point the | Democratic meetir A ! é ut this alti-1 Anthony Rulli, a local Dem [4 tu the prevailing wind causingljo leader who presided at the rally ACROSS 35. Edged tool it to travel easterly at about 100 also raised no objections, but in-| L Felished R i P ur. sisted that Dumbald and his Towdy | 15, oee who v ] [A] mber of these mech- |companions leave immedia transfers 39. Article c| anisn built and tested. On|pe hall had his say W Lp’“p“;'l" 41. School book E § up from|one of the Lewis goons on :I,;‘nr;eero 2 :‘“fi g:d ") D y 1}:!_» Wwere |Rulli and broke his nose IOk B e Fosmer Britlsh Atlantic coast. | Rulli was being Uncle: Scotch poet laureate A notice of a re- |, sital, Dumbald d Ty b et LR R bom brief angue. Then the intn Symbol for instrument [3 means got ab- |ers were booed out of the meet S i e hall 400 Cavalcante folloy Beve 51. Not sleeping Solutlon of Yesterday's Puzzle ¥ > ou continued M. | most of them members of Lewi Bi lk:‘:;:xen?blyc S. DOWN 4. Hebrew £ wbout $2| mine union and local mill workers. o1 pllgsident L Devoured o Droselyte € bout 10| Final result: Cavalante won by 68! Flounderea - S0 animal 6. Word of dental ; ¢ e e i e ) | through wet 3. Ireland T Vegetables ; cheapest ‘method of b Cex::oqu{xae'nuy transportir d e, THESE DAYS Foneasled an enemy ealutation @ : W --BY-- Upbraider 2 Human i is ot Jeapardied. | | GEORGE, E. SOKOLSKY || 1 Al satenren r 3 — herb feet; therefore, | HOW MUCH MONEY 1S THERE? - Erintios & They tell us t times are good, . Contradict ic Americans |put that the budget for 1951 will .. %3?”:3’" umn offering a deficit of $5,300,000,000 “- Bxist balioons in- on the basis of existing %‘:l‘lal{:nbut ltaxes. If taxes are cut anywhere,| .. Ay |the deficit can be higher. The| Apparel und deficit is based on the assumption W oo . 1es will soon |that the budge will be kept to . Black wood s, the |$36,200,000,000. This, of course, does fln N 1 Con- |not take into account supplement- .. Kind of black to American |ary expenditures during the fiscal lmlne:un of which there are generally .. ainoad dish Afte var, in view of plenty. | shipping sur many predicted | expenditures during the fiscal year, | -- » B'.dh': e 1o more passenger ships would be|of which there are generally plcnty,l .. ¥ nfl;[l ss polnt i s , A detective has Meanwhile all sorts of bills hmcJ 'ml:,'['b'"' 20 YEARS AGO #%': emrire MAY 23, 1950 Little Edythe Young, daughter of Mrs. Stella Young, fell over a pile of building material on Fifth Street in front of the high school, and her arm was broken just above the wrist. Theodor Heyder, Sr., who had spent several months in Europe, most his first visit in 22 years since leaving home, the Juneauite found his first visit ni the 22 years since leaving home, the Juneauite found quite good conditons in Germany, with living reasonable except for high taxes on such luxuries as tobaccos and coffees. The unemployment problem was not serious, however, he thought, largely due to the gov- ernment system of compensation. He was impressed by the number of American-made automobiles. sSamuel Branch Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Walker, who had lived here for a number of years, was to be graduated from the Boise, Idaho, High School. His father was supervisor of Public Surveys for Alaska before being transferred to Boise. Meeting nearly head-on in a collision near the Six-Mile post on the Glacier Highway, both the Ford truck owned by Harry Watson and driven by Carl Johnson and the Chevrolet coupe of Luther Suby were badly damaged. There were no personal injuries. The largest run of king salmon in many years was occurring in Southeast Alaska, according to Capt. M. J. O'Connor, assistant agent of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. Both trollers and gill netters were making good money, as the demand for fish was excellent Dr. F. L. Goddard, father of E. M. Goddard or Juneau, had been visiting here. With his grandson, Jack Goddard, he took ;he seaplane Taku for Gdddard, Alaska. Henry Sully also made the rtip aboard the Taku, as did Dr. R. E. Southwell, local optometrist and optician. Weather: High, 45; low, 44; rain. Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corbox WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The police thought I to be he.” Say, ‘The police thought ME to be HIM.” = OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Dolce (soft; sweet). Pronounce dol- cha, O as in DOLE, A as in SHAY, accent first syllable . OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ptarmigan (a grouse); observe the PT, al- though the P is silent in the pronunciation. SYNONYMS: Ceremonial, ceremgnious, formal, precise, punctilious, studied. ‘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: TENSIVE; giving the sensation of tension, stiffness, or contraction. “He suffered a tensive pain in his back.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Hoperra Lee Q. If you are being introduced to someone whom you have met before, but who shows plainly that he or she does not remember the cccasion, what should you do? A. It would be best merely to say, “How do you do,” and not recall the previous meeting. Q. What is the proper way to acknowledge a wedding announce- ment? A. Announcement cards need no acknowledgment, although care- fully courteous persons like to mail congratulatory cards or brief notes of good wishes to the newlyweds soon after the receipt of an announce- ment. Q Whern one has finished dining in a restaurant or hotel dining room wlat should one do with the napkin? A. Place it unfolded on the table next to the plate. ) [2 1. Who was the only man to be Secretary of War, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and President of the United States? 2. Of what country is the “Tri-Color” the ‘flag? 3. Why is an American ten-cent piece called a dime? 4. Which two States of the Union were once independent republics? 5. How many times does the Lord’s Prayer occur in the Bible? ANSWERS: 1. William Howard Taft. 2. France. 3. From the Latin “decima,” meaning one-tenth. 4. Texas and Vermont. 5. Twice; in Matthew VI and Luke XI. U.C. NELSON as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMP] 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: “NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.—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! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1950 The B. M. 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Mrs. Morgan will give a study on “Wo- men of the Bible.” MARINER SCOUTS MEET At the last meefing of the Mari- ner Scouts, the session was called to order by our President Pat Goforth and then after we finished some old business we gave a surprise shower for Mrs. Hagerup. The meet- ing then adjourned. Joan Kassner, reporter. NOTICE We will not be responsible for any bills or debts contracted against the troller “Humdergen” by anyone than ourselves. Signed W. W. Reams J. J. Lown Sewing machines for rent at The White Sewing Machine Center. 52-t: T —————C————r PAINTING AND DECORATING Priced to Meet Your Budge! PHONE 996 Ralph Treffers —_——— Brownie's Liquor Store Phone 103 139 Bo. Frankiia P. O. Box 2508 ) GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and PFranklin Sts. 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