The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 8, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publlshtd every evening except Sunday by the MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Matn Streeis Juneat, Alaska EELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO President Managing Editor Business Manager Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear, in advance, §15.00; six months, in advance, sne month, in advance, $1.50 Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS $7.50; The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- :m credited in this paper and also the locel news published erein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. MR. STINES ON THE AMENDED STATEHOOD BILL Probably no mining man in Alaska is better equipped from the standpoint of practical experience to express an opinion on HR. 331 as amended and as it affects the mining industry in the Territory than | is Norman Stines. It was Mr. Stines whose examinations of gold placer deposits in Nome in 1920 and later in Fair- banks brought’ into operation by 1929 the large scale placer operations in those areas—mines that have contributed so much to the economy and developmem‘ cf the Territory. To bring the Nome project into operation required an expenditure of $4,500,000 and the Fairbanks project required 11 million dollars and five years of time. During their most productive year (1941) these two operations produced about 70 per cent of all placer gold that came out of Alaska. Mr. Stines’ letter to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs protesting “Yes” vote on the amended Statehood Bill objects especially to Section 5(b) of the measure which provides for granting the Vice-President | ® THE DAILY ALASEKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA ~ new state areas of public lands not to exceed 20,000.- 1000 acres which are vacant, Ireserved. This Section 5(b), his protest continues, provides that these lands shall be granted to the new state after five years from its admission and after the Secretary of the Interior shall have surveyed the exterior boundaries of the tracts desired, and shallj have issued a patent therefor to the new state. “Section 5(b) then goes on to state, ‘such lands may be granted or sold by the state in tracts of not more than acres for any purpose, but with a reseravation to the state of a r Ity of not less than per centum of all minerals produced therefrom’,” says Mr. Stines. He then says in pretty plain language, “This pro- vision of the amended bill will ‘work havoc in the mining development of the Territory.” Explaining the importance of mining leconomy of Alaska, Mr Stinesc ontinues: “In the past the mining industry has contributed ¥ in the unappropriated and un- | {almost 50 per cent of the territory’s revenue, but due to economic conditions, mining now is in great dif- ; ficulties. The production of gold in 1941 amounted to approximately 28 million dollars and this production in 1949 had fallen to something less than eight million dollars. However, the future of Alaska depends in a large measure on the revival of mining and the de- velopment of minerals in addition to gold. There are | indications of a great variety of minerals in the terri- tory. Whether these can be obtained and developed in commercial quantities so as to contribute to the wealth of the Territory and .he new state, if one is created, depends upon prospecting, exploration and the application of large amounts of private capital. “The provisions of Section 5(b) of the amended ! statehood bill are to my mind wholly inadequate to protect such mining as remains in Alaska or even to permit future exploration and development.” To emphasize, further, his protest Mr. Stines says that the inclusion of this provision in a new Statehood Bill “will spell the death knell” of even Alaska’s present meager gold production. At present, after many years spent in Alaska, Mr. Stines is developing a gold placer operation in British Columbia. This he explains: “Under economic conditions existing at the present time, it is almost impossible to procure venture capital for any development in Alaska. Conditions in British Columbia are quite different and that province, which encourages mining development in every way, is now receiving a flow of venture capital which should go into Alaska. However, the enactment of Section 5(b) of the amended Statehood Bill will, in my judgment, completely throttle all mining development in Alaska and contribute ‘ further to the elimination of such Emming activities as remain in the Territory at the present time.” The Washmglon Merry-Go-Round (Contlnu!d from Page One) workers. He ‘referred to Joe O'Ma- honey of Wyoming, Democratic whip Franci§ Myers of Pennsyl- vania and Herbert O'Connor 'of Maryland. ! [ o Boylels Reaction “I just dorft know,” repliéd Boyle sadly “The action of adminis- tration senators for the Basing Point bill ‘prises me."” D “The Derfibcrats ‘are the best ball carriers the Republicans could hope for on this deal” observed Burger cdustically. The small business representative also reminded Boyle that Soufh Carolina’s Burnet Maybank, chair- man of the “so-called small busi- ness committee,” voted for Basing Point side by side with GOP chiefs Robert Taft and Ken Wherry. The delegation pointed out that the Basing Point bill would raise the cost of living, that big steel and cement interests would profit from the formula at the expense of other economic segments, and that Mr. Truman’s action on the bill was as much a test as the Kerr Gas bill. At the end of the session, Chair- man Boy¥'*said: “This has been an education for me, and I'm coh- vinced youre right. I'll do my best to persuade the President to veto the bill.” Trygve Lie and Truman Here is the Inside story of what iappened when U. N. Secretary Cieneral Trygve Lie met with Pres- ident Truman and Secretary Ache- son following Lie's return from Moscow. Lie first reported on the strong desire for peace which he found | everywhere from Moscow to Wash- ington; then asked the President to consider sending Acheson to a special meeting of the United Na- tions Security Counsel in Geneva this summer, a meeting which he said was imperative to keep the United Nations from collapsing Mr. Truman's reaction was im- mediate. He promptly said he could do no such thing; that it would be a cruel hoax to play on the American people when there is absolutely no chance of agree- ment with Russfa. The only thing Russia under- stands, the President argued, is force, and the West is going to build up its own force until Rus- sia realizes the Democrats medn business. ; After that, perhaps a meeting with Russia might pruduue some good, As it is. now, Truman told the U. N. Sectetary General, Russia is boycotting the United Nations be-! Communist | cause it won't seat China—just like a little boy who says he won't play in the game unless he can be captain of the team. In contrast, Truman said, the United States had attended every meeting, never used its vefo and is working night and day for peace. Trygve Lie left the meeting con- " wvinced there is absolutely no chance | ; (for an East-West meeting in near | { | bassador Kirk has cabled the State | Department that the Russian gen- g DEIDE e t American and British personnel in ;American Air Force, time friend of small business. 4 W0 ORANIZATIO AT SKAGWAY ELECT (Special Correspondence) SKAGWAY, Alaska—The Ladies Auxiliary to Skagway Aeria No. 25, FOE, recently elected the following officers: President, Mrs. Helen Lee; Vice-President, Mrs. Dorothy Self; Conductress, Mrs. Virginiti Steffen; Treasurer, Mrs. Etta Church; Sec- retary, Mrs. Pauline Pribbernow; Chaplain, Mrs. Ethel Villesvik; In- side Guard, Mrs. Dora Ackerman; Outside Guard, Mrs. Birdie Roehr; Three Year Trustee, Mrs. Ruth Nel- son. Mrs. Paula Selmer was selected s “Mother of the Year.” the future, - Capital News Capsules Too Friendly To U. S. A—Am- recalled 52- eral who was suddenly from Japan with his entire man staff has suffered the same fate as Marehnl Zhukov. He's and disgraced—be- 00 chummy with cause he wi as Tokyo. Kirk says General Kuzma Derevyanko committed what is the supreme heresy—he actually be- lieved the East and West could get along in peace, No Moscow Lin Last week one of the big news picture services got a wire from a California poli- tician asking if it had any picture linking Congresswoman Helen Douglas with Paul Robeson, Henty Wallace, Claude Pepper or Mos- cow. The news service wired back that it had a picture linking Mfrs. Douglas with Moscow. California immediately ordered the print. But all it showed was Helen Douglas giving an award to Warren Mos- cow, crack reporter of the New York Times Actually Mrs. Douglas refused the endorsement of the Henry Wallace third party in 1948, even though to accept it meant a substantial number of votes. Peaceful Oxford University—A special Air Force construction bat- talion has arrived in Britain with materials and equipment to bulld three permanent air bases for the The air basés will be constructed just outside the The Emblem Club, at a recent meeting, elected the following of- ficers: President, Mrs. Myrtle Hoyt; Vice-President, Mrs. Evelyn Boyn- ton; Past Madam President, Mrs. Dorothy Dewar; Three Year Trus- tee, Mrs. Jacqueline Budd; Corres- ponding Secretary, Mrs. Betty Dalby; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Virginia Steffen; Treasurer, Mrs. Linda Bigham; Marshal, Mrs. Gladys Welch; First Assistant Mar- shal, Mrs. Gertrude Beitinger; Sec- ond Assistant. Marshal, Mrs. Birdie Roehr; Organist, Mrs. Juanita Stevenson; First' Guard, Mrs. Mae Heidelberger; Second Guard, Mrs. Marie Larson; Historian, Mrs. Dorothy Sheleby. FROM GUSTAVUS Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Parker of Gustavus are guests at the Bara- nof Hotel. {old university town of Oxford, and will be designed to accommodate B-29's, B-50 atombombers and even giant B-36's. The bases will in- clude permanent installations for hundreds of American flyers and technicians. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Spigot 4. Nothing 8. Musical instrument 'm Free card of admission . Atmosphere . Seasons . Negative . Supplicate 42, Irish author 44. Past . Caress . Disorders . Officeholders b. Ahout Merry-Go-Round The President would like to ap- point ex-Secretary of the Interfor Harold Ickes to the world power )1 conference in London if he would |15 2o Reports from Argentiffa |47, are that Ambassador Stanton Grif- {,q fis is doing a good job. However, !0 he is pulling wires for the top'“ At diplomatic post=Londop—which he |#8. European river will not get . , . The lobbying of : u‘; Byring be Samuel P. Haines to abolish the 28. The man excise tax on night clubs has back- R fired. After the Ways and Means Committee learned that Haines was to get a $100,000 fee if the tax was akolished, t decided to recon- sider. Metric land measure Holly Small ease Cloth made from flax Antlered animal Exist Dog Symbol for : Ferrorm Slight sound Hesitate 60. Bacchanals' cry . Town in Alaska New RFC Direetor President ‘I'ruman se-ccied a New Englander to be the new director 0( the Reconstruction Finance Cor- poration—namely, Ed Rowe of the Harrington and Richardson Arms Company of Worcestér. Rowe was a director of the smaller war plants corporation dur- ing the war, whose function was to direct war orders to small busi- ness. Rowe is now chairman of the board of the Harrington and Rich- crasou A COMipally, manutac- | turers of sporting goods and small arms, and is considered a long-l 1. Soft mineral 2. Solo Dr. Howe Vance Edna Polley Suzanne Gunst Geneviene Davis Mrs. F. M. Kennedy Irene M. Matthews R. M. Gallagher Ina Richardson COMMUNITY EVENTS, TODAY At 6:30 p.m.—Baseball game be- tween Coast Guard and Moose. At 6:30 p.m —Juneau Rifle and Pis- tol club at Mendenhail range. At 7:30 p.n.—Skating in A.B. Hall. At 8 p.m.—40-8 meets, Dugout. At 8 p.m.—Rebekah Drill Team, IOOF Hall. June 9 At 8 p.m.—Final closing for Candi- dates for July 4th queen. June 11 At 12 noon—Cars leave Federal Building for Auk Bay recreation ground for annual Shrine picnic. June 12 At noon—Lions Club, Baranof. At noon—BPW luncheon meeting in Terrace at Baranof. At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug- out. June 13 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. June 14 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. June 15 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. NEW HARBORMASTER MAKES CHANGES AT SMALL BOAT BASIN A number of changes have been made at the small boat harbor since L. J. Geiger took over as harbormaster last month. He went to work when the new 640-foot gridiron was under con- struction and the ends of tht piling used in its construction wert clogging up the mooring space on the shore side of the main rloal It was here that small pleasure craft moored in the past. They are parking there agaln, now that Geiger has towed the piling ends under the harbor ap- proach. Formetly there was no loading, zone at the harbor. Geiger has cleared the space along the main float between No. 1 and No. © floats to make room for the ves- sels coming in to take on supplies and mail. “The harbor needed a commer- cial space,” Geiger said- today ‘Now it has one.” In the past, boatowners’ cars bave pé¥ked on the harbor ap- proach wharf, making it impossi¥ic at times for trucks bringing cargc to the harbor to get to the unload- ng zone on the wharf. That, too, has been changed “Got that done without a pinch,’ Geiger said. “Just wrote notes and put them on the windshielis. People would rather cooperate than pay fines.” NEW REGISTRAR IS NAMED AT U. OF ALASKA Verne E. Roberts, Fairbanks, has been appointed Registrar at the University of Alaska according to an announcement made by Dr. Ter- ris Moore President. This appoint- ment was made to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Blaine Mercer, who ‘left to attend school at Syracuse University starting this 7 Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN Feather Flowers Spanish article Ruday . Beasts ‘The woman's By . Gem Cr\lxut\ad dishes Literary composition . Incline . Fisher for eels Atan end Chance Goddess of healing . Step . . Convulsive cry Pen . Knocks . Condescended . Pronoun Greek portico . Part of a shoe Blunt ends Roman date New star 2. Ward off A son of Isaac Measure of paper A Wom?:n pin American poet Ahead i Biyseie g 20 YEARS AGO Fi's empine JUNE 8, 1930 The City Council appropriated $4,000 frcm the general fund to init- jate steps to assure construction of an airplane landing port here, in cooperation with the Territory. The total cost was estimated at $8,000, the Territory to furnish half. John 1. Conn and Fred Nodigar left on the Yukon for Ketchikan enroute to Hyder. They were to be gone several weeks doing assessment | work on their mining claims, Deputy U. S. Marshal C. V. Brown returned from taking prisoners to McNeil Island and insane patients to Morningside. Three Chevrolet sedans—standard, club and special—were unloaded from the freighter Tanana, all stock models, according to J. J. Connors. On the same vessel were a White truck for the Juneau and Douglas Telephone Company and a standard Essex coupe ordered by the Mc- Caul Garage for Mayor T. B. Judson. A delegation of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 160 strong, was due shortly aboard the Aleutian. Booked as far as Anchorage, the | party was to be taken to Auk Lake and Mendenhall Glacier while the Aleutian was in port. Having taken William Strong on a rush trip to Victoria, B. C., the seaplane Taku, Pilot R. E. Ellis, returned from Seattle, stopping only at Ketchikan enroute north. To quote from The Empire: “Rumblings of a portended legal battle {over the water that flows in Gold Creek—and sometimes doesn't—were iheard at the City Council meeting when John Reck, local manager of the Juneau Water Company, appeared and portrayed the position of his company . . . The attitude adopted by the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company and the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company in claiming paramount rights to the water, Mr. Reck said, will compel the water company to take the matter to the courts for final decision.” Weather: High, 60; low, 44; rain. i Daily Lessons in English % | ' ally Lessons In ENGliSN w. L. GORDON | i} WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The money we earn is not scarcely enough for expenses.” Omit NOT. Say, “is scarcely enough.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mousse (a frozen dessert). Pronounce as spelled MOOS. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Assessor; four S's, and OR. SYNONYMS: Thoughtful, reflective, pensive, meditative. 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: INCREDULOUS; refusing belief; skeptical. “He listened with an in- credulous mind.” '...WW MODERN ETIQUETTE Hoperra LEE e d Q. When one has finished eating, where should the knife and fork be placed? 5" A, They are placed a little to the right of the center of the dinner pldte. “'The tines of the fork should point upward, and the cutting edge of the knife should face toward the center of the plate. Q. 'Would it be all right to have only a matron-of-honor at a church wedding, and no other attendants? A. Yes; the bride has the privilege of having as many. or as few, attendants as she wishes. Q. When a person makes a telephone call to another, whose place isjit to terminate the conversation? A. The person who makes the call should also end it. LOOK and LEARN z?c, GORDON 1. If Congress should vote to admit Hawaii to the Union as a State, would this increase the size of Congress? 2. What President of France was assassinated in 1932? 3. Which is the most easily digested of the fatty foods? 4. What are the three big “A-B-C” countries of the Southern Hemi- sphere? 5. Which is the first of the Ten Commandments? ANSWERS: It would increase the size of the Senate by two members; but the of Representatives is fixed by law at 435 members. Paul Doumer. Butterfat. Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. “Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.” 14 House 2. 5. J. E. ASHBAUGH as a paid-up subscriber v 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: “RED CANYON" Federal Tux—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! - L Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS | Fairbanks Weather af Alaska Points Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska pownts also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follows: Anchorage . Annette Island Barrow .. Bethel Cordova DaWSON ..o Edmonton . 45—Cloudy 51—Partly Cloudy 5 25—any Cloudy & 43—Cloudy 45—Rain ... 51—Rdin SB—Panly Cloudy 46—Partly Cloudy 49—Partly Cloudy 38—Drizzle ... 42—Clear 45—Cloudy 34—Partly Cloudy 44—Rain 40—Rain . 48—Rain . 44—Pnrtly Cloudy 51—Partly Cloudy . 33—Clear 49—Drizzle 3 45—Clear 39—Partly Cloudy . 44—TFo8 Haines Havre .. A Juneau .. Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath . Nome ".......... Northway ... Petersburg . | Portland | Prince George Seattle Sitka : ‘Whitehorse . Yakutat .. Widow of Former Nome Postmasier SEATTLE, June 8—®—Funearl services were held yesterday for Mrs. Ada M. Arthurs, 76, widow of the former postmaster of Nome, Alaska, She died Sunday. Born in Minnesota, Mrs. Arthurs went to Alaska in 1903 and lived in Nome and Fairbanks until the death in 1947 of her husband, Wwilliam Arthurs, a former post- master of Nome She came to Seattle two years ago. Mrs. Arthurs was a past presi- dent of the Pioneer Women of Alaska and ‘a past noble grand of The Midnight Lodge No. 3-A of the Rebekahs, both at Nome. —_— e o 0 0o 0 0 0 0 o TIDE TABLE JUNE 9 Low tide 3:44 am, 3.7 it i 6 a.m., 11.8 1t. 5 p.m., ® o000 e Brownie's Liquor Sfore Fheme 163119 Se. Fresklin P. O. Box 3508 ivkiin < Y Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. Oftice in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGP STEVENS’ LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Prankiin Sta. PHONE 136 Casler’'s Men's Wear BOTANY "w’ CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES Dies in Seame’ THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1950 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. @ B.P. 0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. ’_ Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday ¢ Governor— i | | ARNOLD L .FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main 8t. Phone 713 High Quality Cabinet' Werk for Home, Office or Btere "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. i Alaska Music Snpply and WALLPAPER' Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt P Card Beverage Co. o o e for MIXERS er SODA POP ————— The Alaskan Ho - Thomas Hardware (o. PAINTS —0 omfi Builders’ and Shelt HARDWARE Remington Typewri SOLD and mvwn)":;' J. B. Burford:Co. “Our Doorstep Is Ween by Satisfied Customers” FORD A GENCY emus-m S Juneau Motor Co, Foot of Main Street e TG AR S MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & dally habit—ask for it by mame Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY' Phones 146 and 342 Home Liquor Store—Tel. American Meat — M‘: To Banish “Blue Monday” To give yor freedom tmmng mois my Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVrS 0 ALLS torylfnn R s ey S e “Say It With Flowers” but mvnwrmouns‘:-.