The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 19, 1950, Page 4

GE FOUR Dall Alaska Empire Pnhfished qfi{' evahina except Sunday hy the PRINTING COMPANY second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska families who pay ! taxes. be dehied their For .instance, we President | object to the pay: vlce~l=rend:m 1 Managing Editor | dollar grocery bil Business Manager One per cent line with similar Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.08; one vear, $15.00 By mail, postage pald, 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 b favor if they will promptly notify y tinguished fires the Business Office of any fajlyre or irregularity in the delivery | represent hundred of their papers. Neéws_Office, 802; Business Office, Teleshotion: 34, MEMp OF ASSOCIATED PRESS penny becomes pe: The Aspciated JPress IS eKelusively entitied to the use for republicatiod of alliews disp: jes credited to it or not other- | wise creditel in uz paper "and slso the local news published | children. berein. | In the midst NATIOE‘L REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | remember 1 Pourth Avedue Bldg, Seattle, Wash. ast | States and in Alas That one cent levy can be a useful civil servant | rather than a burden. saved from destruction neither real nor personal property Yet no one would suggest that these children rights to our educational facilities. are sure their families would not ment of one dollar on each hundred 1 to insure their education. is not exorbitant, nor is it out of tax programs in many cities in the ska. Translated into terms of ex- that penny tax on one dollar can s of thousands of dollars in property Into police protections that ace of mind to householders, reduced insurance premiums and security for our women and of summer weather it is difficult to winter's snows,—but how much of a | day’s snowfall would you have been willing to shovel | for one per cent of your day’s retail purchases? | our city buildi nue building program Mayor Hendickson ng program is essential. The reve- to meet our going expenses, improvements and a must be raised somehow. .and the City Council have obviously given the matter much serious consideration and have apparen proposed levy offe | tion | rests with you. It is our city to the city’s financial problem. tly come to the conclusion that the rs a practicable and equitable solu- The decision and the advantages offered us by |good municipal government entail certain responsi- TOMORROW WE VOTE 1“ i | Tomorrow we There is only Chambers in the Tomorrow we vote This time, the should have a one per cent retail sales tax. The proposed ordinance appears in its entirety elsewhere in this issue of The Empire. Read it. again sue is whether or not Junc'\u’ evening. | bilities on éur part. ffords must ultimately bear their cost. ‘We who use the facilities our city vote. one polling place, City Hall. The in the Council polls open at 8 tomorrow morning and close at 7 o'clock tomorrow We have heard a number of arguments for and ! against the proposed meakurt &nd there is merit oh | each side of the issue. | ¢ It is appagent that additional revenue will be re-‘ Originally the id quired to confinue the services afforded by the city | w.s o celebration I Am An American : New York Times) ea of an “I Am an American Day” of the happy event of naturaliza- but whether of not a salés tax is the best source of tion for those of our community who happened to be these monies is debatable. 1urelgn born. Tt It has been' argued, u)ogxcally we think, that since ! course, but it has the bond issugs in question were voted by the eight of the throng that hundred real property owners of the city, that all Was made up of ci responsibility for retiremént of the bonds should res with these citizens. |rather than celeb We should not fail to realize that schools, police | status. and fire protection, street cleaning and maintenance, There is still winter snow removal and library, park and playground | should broaden out. until every day of facilities are not the particular privilege of the prop- ay.” The precio erty owners. All residents of Juneau enjoy these municipal advantages whether they own property or not. still has some of that aspect, of broadeend out.. A very large parti assembled in Central Park recently itizens by birth. Similarly, a large t part of the emotion that surrounds the ceremony is ,pride and rejoicing in the privileegs of citizenship ration of any change of national another way in which it can and Rather, it should lengthen out, the 365 is an “I Am an American us heritage of our free citizenship is one in which we can and should constantly rejoice. | It is our incalcuable privilege that we can even take | our freedom for granted. But we will be well advised Juneau schools have an enrollment of about 800 { to be more steadfastly aware of it, so that we may be children. Obviously, many of these children are of the more diligent in its defense. better known were the earlier head- ‘ lines, spread by Senator McCarthy | when he read a <ensational tele- | gram from Var JSeuren on the| The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round | ! | senate fioor | (Continued from Page One) | In the elegram van Beurén| icharged that Senate investigators| office of Secretary Johnson, but got | probing Amerasia were not inter nowhere. Becretary Johnson’s ested in getting the true facls, speeches dbout:a faif deal to small |and that when they met with him, business apparently meant nothing. they chiefly tried to discredit Mc- Finally, however, Congressman Carthy’s witnesses Manny Celler of New York, in' Later, however, the author of this charge of the House monopoly in- telegram came to Washington, ap- quiry, got busy, placed the matter peared before the committee and before the general accounting off- | completely revamped his story. He ice. There, fortright Lindsay War- |admitted that the telegram had been ren, watchdog of the Treasury, {cooked up by McCarthy himself, promptly deelared ‘the Army's: ac- jalong with Scripps-Howard news- ceptance of the Westinghouse bid‘paper reporter Frederick Woltman illegal. who is chiefly behind the Amerasia It took great patience and a ot Ipx'vbe. and by Robert Morris, the of work to unravel all this red !bitterly partisan Republican counsel tape, however, which is one rcasonlinr the Senate committee. Congressman Buchannan of Penn-! Van Beuren testified that Mor- sylvania, chairman of the House|ris and Woltman first proposed lobbying committee, has sent a[that he send McCarthy the tele-! questionnaire to big corporations |gram accusing Senate investigat- asking the cost of their offices inlors of whitewash. Then McCarthy ‘Washington. himself sent a telegram suggesting What Buchanan has in mind iscertain ideas, which Van Beuren that big companies spend millionsqthen sent back as his own. Later maintaining not only WashingtonjjMecCarthy read to the Senate the offices, but hotel apartments where jtelegram which he himself had they entertain Army officers v.uhpnspned accusing the Senate com- a view to gtting edntracts. Small |mittee of prejudice and whitewash- companies such as Sunroc can't|ing. afford this ‘“entertainment” ex-| It was for his part pense. i . ‘lto mislead the public Yet when'‘@ongressnian Buchan- | Beuren . apologized. an, Democrat, sent. out his ques- tionnaire it brought immediate pro- tests from Congressmén Brown of Ohio, O'Hara of Minnesota, and Halleck of Indiana—the Republic- ans on his committee. in this plot that Van Ignoring Senate Subpoenas A somewhat similar attempt to mislead the public was made when McCarthy brough a former FBI man, John Huber, to Washington with the promsie that he would give sensational evidence against Owen Lattimeore. Then the FBI agent suddenly blacked out, dis- appeared, and hasn't shown up since. The whole thing fizzled. Real fact is that Huber had no K lx'v;\l evidence. He knew this &nd | presumably McCarthy knew it. Un- doubtedly that was why McCarthy flew to Washington on the same plane with, virtually held his hand to make sure he would testify However, after McCarthy deposited Hub Carlton Hotel and went t , the unwill Base-Fiddle Ching Cy Ching, who, at'six feet four inches, towers above most of his fellowmen and has hands like hams. has the thankless job of trying to settle Uncle Sam's strikes. At the age of 72 he left the U Rubber Company to try to help his government with its labor relations and though he gets kicked around by both sides, has done an amaz- ingly good job. If Ching wanted to, he could write a fascina book about stroking John L mane, coaxing U. S. trying to get milk for ton babies. But probably he will never write the book The other day, telling a close cirgle of fries about trying to SetHé the b strike, and of going up the bac stairs of New York hotels try to avoid newsmen during his with Jehn L. Lewis “Imagine,” said Mrs she looked up at her husband, “trying 1ddle.” at the ck t up the sur- however, hg wa com- authority Backstage Apology Real facts seldom catch up wit fhe headlines, especially when so much is done behind closed doors However, a former OSS g Archbald Van Beuren of New York, | contritely apologized to the Ser committee investigating the Carthy charges last week. This fact was little known 155 1t =03 1t. 141 ft 45 1t . Complete Ming Tree Supplies {Nima’s Nik Naks A Muc $2.50 up. 31-6t| MADAME "VIC" GUYER ENROUTE TO EUROPE Madame Rigina Vicorina Guyer, who has made her home with her 'daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and '.MI\ T. D. Gregg, Chilkoot, for past three years, left Skagway Thursday aboard the Princess Louise for Vancouver, Seattle and a summer on the continent of Europe. Mad-}) ame “Vic,” as she affectionately is called by her friends, plans to sail from New York July 5 aboard one of .the Bernstein Line ships for Plymouth, England and Antwerp, Belgium. While in France Mrs. Guyer will be the house guest of Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Allen Kwan who have:a chateau near Bordeaux. Mrs. Kwan was Mrs. Guyer's concert agent when the latter was a member of the San Carlo Opera Company. Alter her career in opera, Mrs. Guyer taught voice and music at several colleges, among them Bre- nau College at Gainesville, Ga. In addition to her trip to France Mrs. Guyer plans side trips to hér native Switzerland, Italy- and the Riviera hoping to return to the States and Alaska in late autumn or early winter. FROM VANCOLVER, 6. C. Vancouverites registered -at the Baranof Hotel include N. Kuprosky, N. and V. Nelson, Halvor Ahei and O. J. Hansen. FIREPLACE WOOD—$20.00 a cord | delivered. Phone 333. 29-1mo ¥ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA JUNE 19 . Mrs. C. L. Wingerson Mary Lou Heusser Ethel Milner Mrs. John McLoughlin Edward J. Brostrom, Jr. ‘Ralph Mielke Mrs. Dora Sweeney Rex A. Hermann A. Minard Mill isy McAuliffe RED CROSS CHAPTER SLATED TOMORROW The annual meeting of the Ju- neau Chapter of the American Red Cross ‘will be held in the Chapter’s Offices in the Shattuck Building at 8 o'cloék, June 20. All citizens who have contributed $1 or more are members of the board and as such are invited to at- | tend this annual meeting. The re- ports of the year’s work will be given and a complete picture of the | activities of the Red Cross may be understood. { This meeting will also be the one} where all members of the Execu- tive board are elected. It is the hope ANNUAL MEETING OF ! way. from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO f JUNE 19, 1930 | Miss Harriet Sey, bride-elect, was honored at a community miscel- ! laneous shower after the Eastern Star meeting in Douglas. There was a mock marriage and other entertainment, besides cards and refresh- ments. Hostesses were Mesdames J. O. Kirkham and F. A. J. Gallwas. Honors at cards went to Mrs. A. Shudshift, Mrs. Olga Anderson and Mrs. R. R. Brown. Douglas was planning a big Fourth of July celebration under the | chairmanship of Robert Bonner, who had named these committees: Pro- gram’MI\ Robert Fraser, Mrs. J. R. Langseth, Mrs. Charles Fox, W. |E. Feero, Hans Loken, Sam Devon; sports—H. L. Cochrane, J. R. Lang- | seth, Mike Pusich, Robert Fraser, Arne Shudshift, Mrs Felix Gray, Mrs. | publicity—Guy L. Smith, J. R. Langseth. | A new five-passenger Auburn sedan was received at Juneau Motors for delivery to Emil Gastonguay of Thane. The smaller Auburn origin- ally ordered for him had been taken by Gus George, as Gastonguay Ineeded a larger car. ' | Mrs. Brilliant Olds-Carpenter and children arrived to visit Mrs. | Carpenter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, of the Occidental Hotel. F. E. Swartz, B. P. R. engineer, had left for Seward to make surveys, | chiefly those on the relocation of the Russian River-Quartz Creek high- In his crew were Fred Teidt, R. V. Killewich, A. . Martin and Quentin Stone. Gordon’s Inc. signed & three-year lease for the Triangle Building storeroom on the corner of Front and Franklin Streets, for their new ocation. Announcement was made by Mrs. Winifred Jones, manager of the Juneau !wre. Miss Rica Niemi' of Douglgs, who had been teaching at the Fair- of the Chairman of the present| Executive Board, Henry Leege, tnat‘ all interested citizens will attend. COMMUNITY EVENTS| | | TOD A Y At 6:30 p.m. — Basebal game at| Firemen's Park. Elks vs Moose. i At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug-‘ out. | June 20 i At 8 am. to 7 p.n.—Special City Election on proposed Sales Tax. Polls at City Hall for all voters. At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. At 8 pm—Odd Fellows meet in| IOOF hall. | At 8 p.m—Annual meeting of Ju- neau chapter Red Cross at offices in Shattuck Building. June 21 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. June 22 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, | Baranof. At 6:30 p.m—Juneau Rifle and! Pistol Club at Mendenhall range. June 26 At noon—Lions Club, Baranof. PACIFIC NORTHERN RUNS DC-4 SUNDAY To accommodate’ yesterday's westbound traffic, Pacific Normetn‘ Airlines ran a DC-4 instead of the usual DC-3, 26 passengers boarding | here. Flight 2 brought R. Blankensop, John and Evan Scott, Robert Sum- mers and Donald Josslyn from An- chorage and from Cordova: Stewart Kreiger, Jumbo Johnson, W. E. Mitchell, George - Fraley, Mary Cloudman and H. Kytoonen. Going westward, PNA took Mr. and Mrs. John Cooksey to Yakutat; N. Davis, C. Chapman, Jean Hege- burg, W. H. Hamilton to Cordova; F. Kester, Father Balliou, Mr. and Mrs, Nicholson, Richard Jones, Susanne Allen, Rita Bot, R. E. Chion, Frank Hintz, W. H. Hyslop and H. E. Smith, to Anchorage.| Stanley Putzky and Robert Elander went to Kodiak and to Naknek:| Morris Lawrence, Stapley Ryan, P.| R. Nanol AREA. te, Harold Tumer ol Olsow and Svere 8jimo. Sewlng machines for rent at 'me‘ ‘White Sewmg Machina Center. 52-ti | [ Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Gratitude In motion 36. Writer 89. Underdone . Short for a man’'s name Large knife Employ Headdress Kind of fish astronomy. . Babylonian deity Level - Sz of shot xclamation . Sleeping . Double: Conspires 5 . Breathe tn Seotcl :adfhlnl evices . Seesaw DOWN . Regales 2. ‘Paradise . Public notice Solution of, Saturday’s Puzzle { H.a(cvn) lh.ln 4. 'j‘l(ht knu !. lk unaer lp'eh. breath l Metal-bearing ‘eompounds 9. Moving truck 10. Within 1k i By unull ked 1dly 7. Plaything Act of £l expung 2. meriting. * 24, Daukhter of a sister 26. Couples 28. Shelt 0. And go forth: 3. Abum withe out leave 34. Slice nf bncon eples of watei 87. Former church of 38. More uncanny 41. 014 Dutch lquid view School in Wasilla for the isecond season, returned to her Douglas home. ‘Weather: High, 63; low, 42; clear. { Daily Lessons in English %, 1. sorpoN | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I know who you saw when you went into the theatre.” Say, “I know WHOM you saw.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gangrenous. Pronounce gan-gre-nus, E as in ME unstressed, accent on first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Presentiment (a premonition); observe the TI. Presentment (a presentation); no I. SYNONYMS: Difficulty, obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, impedi- ! ment. 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 : CULINARY; pertaining to the kitchen or cookery. (Pronounce the U as in’ CUTE, accent first syllable). “She was well versed in the culinary art.” MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥operra 1ee o oreeeeed m which she is living and in which she is to be married, should her wed- ding announcements or invitations be sent in their names? A. Yes. Q. What is the correct pronunciation of “au revoir”? A. Pronounce o-re-vwar, O as in NO, E as in HER, A as in AH, principal accent on last syllable. Q. Should one insist on helping the hostess if she is serving | dinner without the help of a servant? A. No; make the offer quietly and sincerely, but do not insist. LOOK and LEARN z!{C.GORDON 1. 2. If you were rowing “stroke” in a racing shell, sitting at the front or back of the shell? 3. Which character of the Bible is known for his patience under tribulation? What is a lant of type? In painting, to what does “genre” refer? ANSWERS: New Hampshire. At the back. . Job. 4. A complete assortment of all the characters of particular size and style of type. 5. A style in which scenes and subjects of ordinary life are depicted. e i ) Which coastal State in the U. S. has the shortest coast line? would you be LYLE LOHR as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Preseut this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "THE STRATTON STORY" 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! e T ————— Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent ~ COMMERCIAL SAVINGS A. R. Edwards; dance—W. E. Feero, A. Shudshift. A. J. Balog;| Q. When a girl's parents live at a great distance from the town, Weather al Alasia Poinfs Weather conditlons and temper- atures at varlous Alaska paints 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 . Edmonton . Fairbanks ... Haines Havre Juneau Airport Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Seattle Sitka ... Whuehorse Yakutat SHIRLEY CASPERSON PARTY PLANNED BY TWO ORGANIZATIONS The Fourth of July Committee ot the Juneau Central Lahor Council and the Filipino Community met Friday evening to complete plans for the Shirley Casperson box social and dance this week. The two or- ganizations are jointly sponsoring Shirley in the queen contest. This event, to which the public is invited, will be at 10 o'clock Sat- urday evening, June 24..in the A. F. of L. Temple. The committee is mak- ing plans for special entertainment, and the Musicians’ Union will pro- vide a dance band. INJURED FISHERMAN FLOWN TO JUNEAU Paul Evich, 57, a rshermah from the vessel Fleetwood, was tlown to Juneau for hospitalization yester- day after he injured his back. Evich was brought ffom Washing- ton Bay on Chatham Strait by a Coast Guard aircraft from Annette Island. s ———— Browme s Liquor Slm 03 139 So. Franklis P. O. Box 260 iz Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 51—Partly Cloudy . 52—Fog 33—Cloudy . 47—Cloudy 53—Partly Cloutly + . 59—Cloudy 57—Partly Cloudy . 57—Partly Cloudy 58—Partly Cloudy | . 52—Clear 65—Partly Cloudy 54—Cloudy 55—Partly Cloudy 44—Partly Cloudy ... 62—Cloudy 61—Partly Cloudy 57—Partly Cloudy . 49—Clear 55—Fog 51—Fog GafPartly Cloudy 53—Partly Cloudy The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGF STEVENS’® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sta. PHONE 138 Casler’s Men's Wear BOTANY wl CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing o.-j.ho-mlcfl- 42_Rain Showers || MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1950 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGM NO. 16 SECOND and FOURTH @ B.7.0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, . e e — Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— ARNOLD L .F'RA.NC]S Secretary-- WALTER R, nmumm —v—-—.—_h_‘ 3 BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 773 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office or Stere R A VR, "The Rexall Store’ ' Your Reliable Pharmaciste BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CoO. Alaska Music Supply and Supplies GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wends Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th &% PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS er BODA The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms &t Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 855 | Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS —— OILS Builders’ and Shelf ° HARDWARE Remington Typewri J. B. Burford Co. “Our Doorstep Is Wern by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Autharized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Molor Co. Foot of Main Street JUNEAU DAJRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM & daily habit—ask for i 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. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 || Yo Banish “Biue Monday” | To zlvo you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. §. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVTS OVE for Boys “s-y It With Flo “SAY IT wnn'(')et'J'”nsbr," Juneau Florists FPhene 311