The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 9, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empi Publishied every evefilng except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second &nd Maln Streets, Juneau, Alaska EELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER Prestdent Vice-President 4 - A - Business Manager, Managing Editor | tation to lie, say ‘No comment’ until you get your | imagination in check.” 5. Stay “on the record;” don't put a remark “off “Properly used, ‘off the record’ means ‘hear this and forget you ever heard it'—generally, a ridiculous re- »ymark to make to a news reporte: Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doulas for $1.50 per monfh; six months, $8.08; one year, §15.00 By mail, postaze paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sne month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 4. 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 erein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. GETTING GOOD REPORTS A common occurrence in the newspaper business is friction between the businessman and the reporter. Many of the former blame the latter for bad press. But who, cry the unbiased, is right? Writing in the May edition of the Harvard Business Review American, William M. Pinkerton, an ex-newsman (Omaha World Record, Kansas City Star, etc.) and now director of the Harvard News Office, argued that, contrary to the rantings of some people, reporters can be trusted { to get things right . . . as long as businessmen tell, them the facts. Incidentally his arguments were listed in the last issue of Time. Newsman Pinkerton compiled a few rules for busi- nessmen to keep under the glass tops of théir desks to help them get better relations with the press. Some of the most important are: 1. Put an officer in charge of press relations and give him authority to speak for the company. 2. As an outsider, the reporter “knows mnothing . .. he cannot be a specialist in your problems.” But unless “you make him understand the special circum- stances. the technicl reasons . . . he will fail to make his readers understand too.” 3. Be helpful to reporters even though the news may seem bad for the company. Bad news (for ex- ample, a scandal or an accident) will be printed any- way and the story may be worst if the reporter be- comes irritated by the lack of co-operation. - (This is very important). 4. Don’t mislead reporte: “If you feel the temp- The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round (T haed Sl trublicd ) gressman May who called you a Press conference liar, and then show that they went |8orical denial. to jail—well, it makes people think | That evening, {the use of their Naturally he d! eaple. Apd wh 1 México and Ch you want to send Senator Taft to, jail. And'I know you don’t mean that he had to deny the story for anything like that.” fear Chile and Naval bases in case of war. |me up to his home and explained indignant over the leak. SUNKEN TREASURE Relying on a legal charter granted his ancestors in 1641. and on modern diving gear of the British Navy, the Duke of Argyll is conducting a new search for sunken treasure in Tambermorry Bay, on the west Icoast of Scotland. Gathering a thick accumulation !ur silt through 362 years, a vessel of the Spanish Armada rests on the bottom of the bay. It is be- Ilimrd to be the galleon Duque de Florencia, laden { with 30 million ducats of gold intended for the pay of the Spanish armies which were to invade England but did not. 3 For more than three and a half centuries, spas- modic efforts have been made to recover the treasure SNow, the galleon is covered with 10 to 20 feet of silt, making the divers’ task harder. But now there are much better tools for the job than ever before. Enough daggers, cannon and other objects have been found to make it clear the hulk is in fact a Spanish vessel of war. The big question is whether it will yield up 30 milllion ducats. The Duke of Agyll evidently is as canny as Scots are supposed to be, for he has it figured out that even if the gold is not to be found, he still can sell iin America the film and syndivate rights to his search for sunken treasure, and recover the cost of diving op- erations. And he probably ¢an. The film rights to {activities far less thrilling have yielded handsome I'sums of dollars, which are better than ducats, in the hunting grounds of Hollywood. Incident Closed (Cincinnati Enquirer) It is hard lines, we agree, that three of the key officers on the battleship Missouri, which ran aground I'l:»( winter, should be so severely penalized for negli- | gence and neglect of duty, but that is the way things work in a military organization like the U. S. Navy These officers have been dropped many numbers on flhe promotion list, with the result that their next | promotions in rank will be a long ‘time coming. ! The case differed from most of those in which negligence is involved in that Capt. William D. Brown, the former commander of the Missouri, changed his original defense by assuming sole responsibility for the grounding of the ship. In pleading guilty to all charges, Captain Brown threw himself at the mercy of the court. He was dropped 250 places on the pro- | motion list. whereas Lieutenant Command Morris, the former navigation officer, who pleaded innocent, lost 350 places on the list. This would appear to be fair and just, for the former navigator was not only charged with neglect of duty, but with culpable inefficiency as well. And | now that these punishments have been handed down, the Missouri incident, so far nas the public is con- cerned, would appear to be closed. |ernments of Chile and Mexico Iol‘lsenator Douglas of Illinois that the bill shoots the Anti-Trust Act as full of holes as Swiss cheese . . . id this by private | Unlike most cabinet members, Sec- 1 repor _Jhg‘.‘r}"elnry of . the. .Interior. Chapman e had offered us|welcomed the investigation of In- stood up in his|dian affairs proposed by Senator and issued a cate- | Anderson of New Mexico . . . Sen- ator Russell of Georgia vigoroush objected to the new draft bill in | the secrecy of the committee room because it does not provide for segregation of white and negte troops. seaports as U. S. however, he called Mexico would be I think . Taft and McCarthy “Of course not,” I replied. “But why does your friend from Ohio have to pick on my stories? Why does he deny mine and not those of other newspapermen? “One day after I reported that Taft was encouraging Senator Mc- Carthy,” I continue, “Bill White comes out with a front page story in the New York Times which says ‘Senator Taft, highest-ranking member of the GOP policy com- mittee, said that while the Mec- Carthy attacks were not a matter of policy, he had personally urged the Wisconsin senator to press his charges.’ “That was last march,” I re- minded " the' little woman, “March 23 to be exact,” I continue, having just looked up the records in pre- paration for giving Taft the bizz- ness. :“And he didn’t denmy it." “And why was it,” I ask, “that Ed Haakinson of the AP and Ray Lahr of the UP, together with Phil Potter of the Baltimore Sun and Dave McConnell of the New York Herald-Trib all talked to Taft and got the same idea that he was strong for McCarthy pressing his charges. In fact, Taft didn’t want McCarthy merely to rest his whole case on Lattimore, he wanted Mc- Carthy to take up one case, then the next, and so on. “And the Senator any of those stories,” little weman, getting steamed up. “That was late April. . He waits until fate April to jdeny imy story of March 22, And why? Because his support:of McCarthy boomer- anged. By that time he could see McCarthy didn't have anything and public! sentiment iwas, turning sour. “So 'whom do you believe,” I ask, “your’ hero from ~ Ohio or your busband?” didn’t I tell deny the This, T admit, was a mean ques- | tion to ask. However, husbands have to have some means of self- defense; and Mrs. P. subsided. Stimson and Denials Afterward I got to thinking about an incident which occurred when I was a young reporter covering the State Department under Henry L. Stimson The Japanese had just invaded Manchuria, and Secretary Stimson, who saw things more clearly than almost anyone else around the Hoover administration, wanted to head them off. He saw the Manchurian invasion as the 1also he was having trouble with jthe White House where Herbert Hoover was dead opposed to stick- ing our necks out in the Pacific. ' Anyway, perhaps the Taft denial that he had agreed to deliver six Republican votes to the south to continue the filibuster was just a little bit like that Stimson denial. For after Taft and Senator Russell of Georgia got through their rough- tough speeches calling me names on the Senate floor, they laughed and joked about it in the Senate| cloakroom. Not only did six Republicans line up with the south, but everyone who watches the backstage doings of the Senate, knows that a sub rosa understanding between the Republicans and Dixiecrats can al- |ways defeat the administration— and does whenever it wants to. In fact, they're at it right now. Witness now the present, smoofh- working coalition between GOP senators and Dixiecrats to chop a billion dollars out of the Truman budget. Brannan's Beetles Fast-moving Secretary of Agri- culture Brannan has established an emergency fund to save Colorado’s [forests from being wiped out by | bark beetles. The beetles have {been devastating spruce trees which make up 80 per cent of Colorado’s «forests, and in another two weeks, the beetles will sprout wings and pread throughout ‘the state So while Congress dillydallied about authorizing money for fight- ling the beetles, Brannan juggled his budget, created an emergency fund, and an army of sprayers are already preparing to march against the bark beetles, Merry-Go-Round |nearly got killed climbing a mount- ain in Oregon last year, will climk ,the Himalayas in Tibet this sum- mer Ben Javits, brother of Congressman Jack Javits of New York, will run for the Senate lagainst Vivian Kellems of Con- necticut, the lady wko won't pay withholding te 5 Both Repub- licans, they'll ve to battle it out jin the primary . The Mormon |{Church is negotiating to buy the Salt Lake Telegram and combine it with the Desert News, a church paper . . . President Truman has Inot made up his mind whether o Justice William O. ,Douglas, who § J. P. ANDERSON WILL ATTEND BONTANICAL MEET IN STOCKHOLM | L. P. Anderson, formerly of Ju- neau, now of Ames, Iowa, is going to attend the International Be- tanical Congress which meets in Stockholm on July 6, according to information in a letter received by | Maxcine Williams. Anderson says he intends to leave Ames June 25 or 26 for New York, will leave there June 30 and stop in !Scotland for several days before go- |ing to Stockholm. He will visit | Lapland for several days following the Stockholm: €onvention. Anderson says he will be a fully accredited voting member of the IBC. d ¥ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA i the record” after it has been spoken. Pinkerton says: JUNE 9 Mrs. Shell Simmons Gene Lundstrom J. J. Meherin Mrs. T. N. Baird Francis Doyle Claudia Hutchinson Mrs. Cyril Munter Faye Randolph COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY 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. At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game, Elks vs Coast Guard. 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 p.m—Elks Lodge. June 15 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. At 6:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club at Mendenhall range.‘ JOHN CASS FAMILY, JIMMY 0°CONNOR BACK FROM MONTANA With vheir children — Michael, | aged 2, and year-old Marcia—Mr. and Mrs. John Cass (Edna O’Con- nor) returned by Pan American yes- terday, planning to be here for the summer. Mr. Cass was just graduated from the University of Montana, and he hopes to do graduate work next year for a master’s degree in geology, possibly at another university. They were accompanied by Mrs. Cass’s brother, Jimmy O’Connor, ! who made his home with them this} year and attended high school in |Missoula. Their father is Jack O'Connor. Mr. Cass is the son of Mrs. H. Clay Scudder. He and his family are staying with the Scudders for the summer. MOTHER OF FIVE ASKS DIVORCE ON NON-SUPPORT CHARGE AGAINST HUSBAND A Juneau mother with five small children filed suit for divorce from her husband, Fred Morgan, today with the clerk of the district court, charging non-support. Mrs. Priscilla Morgan, until re- cently a patient at the Govern- ment Hospital here undergoing treatment for tuberculosis, asks in her complaint that she be awarded Itheir home in the native village |and $20 a week support money for !the children until she is .able to iwork. ' The couple were married in Hoo- {nah in 1938. The children are [now at the Minfield Home, being |support,ed by the Alaska Native Service. She said her husband, although drawing $20 a day as a carpenter when he worked, has given her and the children no !support. She was discharged from the hospital April 6 but ordered to rest| for six months at heme. LANDMARK DESTROYED Fire at Mt. McKinley Park, re- cently destroyed an old landmark, Moreno’s Roadhouse, near Riley ) Creek, along the Alaska Railroad. ! 32. Ignited 33. Be indebted 34. Pronoun 35. Dogma 37. Born 38. Transgress divine law . Peruse . Flat dish . Footless animals 47. Fragrant lily- | e like flower H . Century plant fashjon Kind of cheese . Courtway sfigure oor American . Wax 5. Steering apparatus 56. Temporary | first sign of Pacific conquest and|veto the Basing Point bill, but is| world .war, - 80 he asked the gov- somewhat inclined to agree with + T ot il W)l i Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 3. Splashes 1. First man 4. Compound 2. Heap ALAYF 5. Binge . Rubber tree Number Greek poet Sign . Curve Leavings . Dash . Payable . Woman's name Bishop's headdress Brazilian money . Cereal grass . Cotton-seeding machine Grieved in sympatl . Wonder Golf term . Row 6. Supper Water vapor uickly Egyptian god Tempt . Son of Adam Dickens character 50. Finiyh 20 YEARS AGO 7% empirE JUNE 9, 1930 Five new Modet A Fords and an Auburn sport sedan arrived for delivery through the Juneau Motor Company. The sapphire blue Auburn was for Emil Gastonguay, general manager of the Alaska Gastineau Gold Mining Company. A Ford pickup truck was for C. A. Anderson of Mendenhall and the four pleasure cars were delivered to J. T. Petrich, C. 0. Bowen, Cliff Mason and Ben Lowell. U. S. Signal Corps officials announced that the Juneau-Haines- Skagway cable service would be resumed in a few days. It had been suspended for about a year during the use of radio. To repair cable breaks in the Lynn Canal area, the Dellwood, Capt. Shearer, was based in ‘Juneau, the cableship having’ but recently returned to Southeast Alaskan waters after a year on the Atlantic Coast. In Chicago, Jake Lingle, the Chicago Tribune's veteran police and crime reporter, was killed by a gunman. Police believed he was marked for slaying because he knew too much about criminals in the Windy City. About a dozen Juneau Boy Scouts went to Eagle River to begin the annual encampment, where Harris G. Clark, Seattle Scout executive, was to be in charge. The scow of G. E. Krause had taken the cook, Mr. Jones, bedding and food the day before. Among Juneauites who had helped with preliminary arrangements—and plenty of hard work—were Scouts Tom Redlingshafer, Arthur Ficken, Irvin Hagerup and Robert Simpson; Assistant Scoutmaster Curtis: Shattuck; Dr. Robert Simpson and T. B. Judson, Council members; Scoutmaster H. W. Douglas, Mr. Hile and Mr. Hedman. Weather: High, 55; low, 45; rain. P Daily Lessons in English 2. 1. corpoN l! WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Because of the train being derailed, his arrival was delayed.” Say, “Because of the TRAIN'S being derailed.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Initiative. Pronounce in-ish-i-a-tiv, all I's as in IT, A as in ATE, principal accent on second syllable, and place a secondary accent on the fourth syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Gasoline; INE preferred. Kerosene; ENE. SYNONYMS: Affectation, emulation, mennerism. 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: APPREHEND; to arrest. “The embezzler was soon apprehended by the police.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. Is it customary to announce an engagement, when the probability is that it will be of long duration? A. That is not'a matter of etiquette. It is entirely optional with the man and the girl, although it seems that the waiting is easier if the announcement is withheld. Q. How much of the hand should be dipped into the finger bowl, and should both hands be dipped at the same time? A. Dip only the finger tips, and one hand at a time. Q. What is considered one of the best closings for a business letter? A. “Very truly yours” and is always correct, and may also be used in formal social correspondence. When was D-Day? How does the bee produce its humming noise? What in newspaper parlance are “pipelines”? Where was the final resting place of Noah’s Ark? ‘What is the largest bird in North America? ANSWERS: June 5, 1944, By the rapid vibration of its wings. Sources of information. Mt. Ararat. The California condor. by ROBERTA LEE EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS DT U | v W. H. BARRINGTON 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‘¢ab 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 Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank " Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent .COMMERCIAL SAVINGS | Edmonton Weather af Alaska Points ‘Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridlan Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follows: Anchorage Annette Island Barrow ... Bethel Cordova . Dawson . . 47—Rain 48—Rain Showers 31—Snow . 38—Rain . 45—Rain .- 46—Partly Cloudy o ’ 40—Clear . ‘46—Partly Cloudy 52—Partly Cloudy . 41—Partly Cloudy . 42—Partly Cloudy i .. 44—Rain 42—Ran . 44—Rain 38—Cloudy . 45—Partly Cloudy .. 51—Partly Cloudy 51—Cloudy . 47—Partly Cloudy 47—Partly Cloudy ... 45—Cloudy 50—Partly Cloudy 47—Rain Fairbanks . Haines Havre .. Juneau Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome ... Northway . Petersburg Portland . Prince George Seattle Sitka ... ‘Whitehorse ... Yakutat CRAIG ELECTION FIGHT TO BE HEARD IN JUNEAU The suit filed to contest this! spring’s election at Craig—during which the village went dry—will be heard in Juneau, it was ruled| today by District Judge George W. | Folta. Attorney William L. Paul, Jr., representing the case, asked for a change of hearing from Ketchi- kan, the nearest city to the fishing center. After the election was held, a number of citizens contested , the result by claiming that absertee ballots were counted and also those living outside the corporate limits of the village were allowed to vote. No provision is made for absentee balloting there. There was no indication given as to when the case would be heard. e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 o TIDE TABLE JUNE 10 4:41 am., 26 ft. 10:50 a.m., 12.1 ft. 16:29 pm., 4.2 ft. 22:50 p.m., 15.1 tt, e o 0 0 o Low tide High tide Low tide High tide »- e o o o Brownie's Liquor Store Pheme 103 139 Be. Frankiin P. O. Box 3808 ) Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward 1 Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortvary - Pourth and Frankiin Sta. PHONE 13 Casler’s Men's Wear BOTANY llwl CLOTHES oo e " Quality Work Clgthlil R. W. COWLING COMPANY SHAFFER'S : SANITARY MEAT 13—PHONES—i9 ! Delivery FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1950 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 168 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of ‘each the, i G beginning at 7:30 p. m. Carson A. Lawrence, . Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Becretary. @ B.7.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secmral_'.,‘., “The Rexall Store” Your Rellable Pharmaciste BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply / Arthur M. Uy 'ggen, Manager ~Phiond 206 _Second and Seward_ GENERAL i’AlN'lS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wends Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th St PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHY for MIXERS or SODA POP ——— 1 T,l‘le Alaskan Hotel By -y Thomas Hardware (o, PAINTS — omLs Builders’ and Sheit | FORD amm:’GmENc! GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co, Poot of Main Street JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & dally habit—ask for it by mame Juneau Dairies, Inc., Chrysler Marine Enginés MACHINE SHoP Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY To give yon ?pn %?.de fmq*vior H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVrS O for Boys It With Flowers” %Y IT WITH qunsbx'-.-. Juneau Florists ~