The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 24, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire d every evening except Sunday by the NT! COMPANY Pub) EMPIRE P} Second and M BELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY [LiNGo ELMER A. F ™ Streets, J.mn {UN subcommission is that 218 million newspapers circulate daily—nearly enough to provide one for every 10th person in the world. That really is an awful: au, Alaskas lot of newspapers. - Prestdent Vice-President Managing Editor 1947 l R()l’HbCY ALFRED ZEN - - - - 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; $8.00; one year, §15.00 six months, age paid. at the foll ce, $15.00; six mont| $1.50. N MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED 1 r a favor If they will promptly motity | upon a f. ffice of any failvre or irregularity in the delivery ews Office, 602; Business Office, Talk about prophecies made by Government agencies, the St. Lous Star-Times recently unearthed a good one and here it is: Cleaning out a desk drawer the other day we came ascinating pamphlet. Prepared for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it was called “Full Employment Patterns, 1950." It was published Feb. 16, 1947. Here, then, was one of those rare occasions when owing rates: hs, in advance, $7.50; 4. PRESS paper and also the ed Press is exclusively entitled to the use for news dispatches credited to it or not other- a prophecy was still around and available at the time when the prophecy was supposed to be fulfilled. We flipped the pages to see how close B. L. S. had come, local news published NTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, M| 1 was amazing. If the United States was to have WHAT A CIRCULATION! number of newspaper r lation, he probably ause of its size an level UNESC Freed the per mark racy O for th nd. Norway, eden and New Zealand, i of the United States, thousand. are al of onl er s does in tk State: printed and published oned than in the United if the UNESCO figures paper for every four people o n continent and only paper m fact, ne e pear one for Perhaps the most impressive 1iy asked what country According to figures prepared by the United Nations Subcemmission on m of Information and the Press, t ratio per thousand population, with 570 Luxembourg, in the order named not mean that there are more news- are c s brought out by UNESCO for the use of thls I full employment in 1950, said the pamplet, there would have to be 59,000,000 people at work. And, by George, there they all are, give or take a few thousand. Of course B. L. S. thought there would be only 2,000,000 | unemployed, and there are instead more than 3,500,000, But they got that 59,000,000 right, which seemed to be a good score for prophecy. | And then we flipped a few more pages to come to ‘ the assumptions on which the B. L. S. made its fore-‘ cast. Ah, what a fall was there! | The basic assumption was that the federal gov- erminent’s budget in 1950 would be $27,500,000 and that the budget would be balanced. The nation would be | spending, suggested the B. L. S, only $5.6 billion for | national defense. It would be spending only $2 bil- lion for veterans’ payments. It would be spending only $4.7 billion on paroll. And it would be keeping in the black on “a tax structure with 1939 excise rates, 194( corporate income tax rates, personal income tax latesl between 1940 and 1941 rates, and 1939 rates for all| . other taxes except social security.” H of the world has eaders, in propor- would name the d its general high Britain has Australia, Den- remaining hydrogen to make it heavy, incert an A- which has & ratio ;) g5 a fuse, and light. he other countries s. As a matter of orrect, there is a n the North Am- five Euro- making machinery to the Eskimos could sell falsies to Jane Russell. A lot of people are funny. Although money is worth little and it continues to decrease in value, they still get out of their comfortable early beds in the morning and go out and work for the trivial stuff. every of the statistical The Washington Merry-Go- Round from Page One) (Continued of the to whom Jack Ge C %el, manager ble Company, Stanfield ¢ s his job, personally drove him to the congressman’s office. But regardless of any press- ure, the fact that Stanfield, a resident of a smalcCeopgiatown and ignorant of the law, was “sat- isfiec makes no difference. And the fact that Carl Tallent,® paid $7,000 a year by the vernment to scrve as Wood's assistant, ac-! cepte* (he fee .o difference. Congressman Wood knew what the liw was and he knew that it is a criminal offense for his office to accept such a fee. He also knew that a member of congress is paid { by the government to work for all the reople and he cannot take extra pay from one individual per- son. Who is the Rogue? Now let’s examine Wood's record further and ‘see who is really the villai A congressman is supposed to award mail routes on merit, not because of any fees, whether direct or indirect. Yet I have an affi- davit signed by Weldon C. Bennett Ga., which states that 1 examination for rural in June of 1949, and later went to see C. B. Holcombe, Secretary io man Wood, regarding his on the 'eligibility list. oifered C. B. (Butch) Hol- fifteen hundred dollars for continues the affidavit. Holcombe then stated that the offer was not high enough. He stated, however, that if it could ke ged at that price, I could contact him later. I made this offer with the understanding that Mr. Hclcombe was the ‘go-between’ n 8. Wood.” ymbe is the congressional who originally approached eld Stanfield asking for a in connection with the com- tion bill for Ralph Stanfield. 0 other affidavits are signed Ralph Clark, Jr., of Flowery h, Ga., and Harold W. Puck- of Buford Ga., n, mail carr o comb said ey route for J Hol secr the fee by stating that in Se, r, 1949, Congressman Wood to! 1em quite franl that he was rding the mail route at Flowery Branch to Homer Reeves, because of the large fee, he, Wood, had received in connection with a lawsuit brought.by Reeves' father in breaking the will of the late Dr. George Bryce. Reeves stood sixth on the list of eligibles Yet Congressman Wood t those who were nearer the top of the list that, because of a large legal fer paid him in a lawsuit involving another appli- cant, they would be passed over. The congressman at least was frank Wood's Bobriety While on the floor of Congress, a congressman is also supposed to remain sober and clear-headed. Wrat he does at home is his busi- | nes But what he does in Con- gress is the nation’s business. His vote, his decisions on. matters of state affect millions of people, For some time, however, Con- H I gressman Wood has let alcohol| handicap his public duties. One }affidavit shows that when he was | solicitor general of the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit, the local sheriff| “arrested the said John S. Wood i while the said John S. Wood was drunk and placed him in a room in the Mashburn Hotel in Cum- ming, Ga., and held him there 24 hours instead of confining him to jail; and that the opening of fhe superjor Couxt of Forsyth County {was delayed Monday morning to ! Tuesday morning while the said John S. Wood sobered up and got 1in condition to perform his dutle as solicitor general.” If the congressman had changed, i his earlier habits would not now be mentioned by me. But one of the most glaring instances of pass- ing out on his own bill took place in May 1949 after Congressman Wood introduced what was known| BREAKS RECORD; MANY STRANDED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, .une 24—(® —A record number of motorists| | traveling the Alaskan highway ar- rived here during the past week, the Highway Patrol reported today. <A1 1 during the week totaied 147 carrying 419 passengers. The ,carrying 303 passengers. The patrol said many of the cars eventually are stranded when their owners cannot find work and lack the required $300 to re-cross lhv Canadian border. An average of 75 persons a week reportedly seek jobs to make enough money to get back to the stat Many of the arrivals are collcge as “The Wood Bill,” a substitutef .yydents. Five youths arrived this for the Taft-Hartley Bill Thiiweek in a converted hearse in was most importar: legislation. it)which they have now set up house- affected res oi labor unions and keeping. millions srkmen. But when the time came for the final debate on the Wood Bill, its author was so under the influence of liquor that ex-Speaker Joe Mar- tin and Congressman Charles Hall- eck of Indiana, two Republicans, | substituted for him in arguing for | his bill. When the final vote came, Wood managed to appear on the House floor to vote, though he could hardly make it, and immediately thereafter retired to a couch in the W WASHINGTON STATE LOSES NCAA TOURNEY baseball championship will another year in Texas. The Longhorns successfully de- fended the title they won last year by beating Washington State 3 to 0| in the finals of the nine-day NCAA stay Democratic cloakroom. tournament here last night. The congressman’s so-called per- sonal “eccentricities” would not| Ruth: T. was at Snake Pit last have been mentioned by me, had |Ri8ht with D. having gay time. he not asked for it. But the|Se€® how wrong I was. Forgive voting public has a right to]me I know about them. It also has It is wondered if the salesman who can sell ice- ! | week before 127 automobiles arrived | OMAHA, June 24—#—The NCAA | THE JUNE 24 Mrs. John Newland sally Jo Rhode Mabel Rundall Lester Linehan Douglas Parker JUNE 25 Kenneth Cole James Vole Gordon Mills Jennie McRoberts Barbara McLoney Chester Wnuace I I ) 'RUN-OFF PRIMARY INNORTH CAROLINA (By Associated Press) A run-off Democratic primary | is being held today in North Caro- lina—with the Senate seat of Frank | Graham at stake. Graham is a lib- eral friend of President Truman. Appointed to the Senate in 1949, he seeks reelection. Graham is challenged by a Raleigh lawyer — Willis Smith. | 0 Campaigning as a middle-of-the- 1 Smith has opposed “Truman Social- road candidate, Whflt he called ism.” In the May 27th primary, Graham had a 53,000-vote lead but failed | primary under North Carolina’s election rules. BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS |JUNE 2, 1950. SEALED BIDS will |be received at the office of the | Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Federal land Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska, until 9:00 A.M. on July 10, 11950, and then publicly opened for | furnishing the materials and per- | forming the work for constructing %Alaska Forest Highway Project 5- B2, Grading, Kenai River Highway, Chugach National Forest, Third i Judicial Division, Territory of Al- | aska. The project, 5.475 miles, is lo- cated approximately 38 miles north of Seward, Alaska and involves the following approximate quantities: | Extra and Miscellaneous Force Ac- | count Work, All Req'd.; Clearing 43 Acres; Grubbing 30 Acres; Unclassi- fied Excavation 182,000 Cu.Yds. Un- | classified Excavation for Structures | 700 Cu.¥Yds.; Unclassified Excavation :fur Borrow, Case 1, 41,000 Cu. Yd.sA, {Overhaul 303500 Sta.¥ds.; Speci: ® ee0egececcccssc e DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, | DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA [ Tip to Russian spies on how to make and detonate | to get a majority of the total Vote. {;, .cqse our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. an H-bomb: Strain the oxygen out of water, pack the and Smith demanded a run-off| .. crre. geting vigorously; extreme; effective. | | il | Overhaul of Borrow 10,900 Cu. Yd. | Mi.; Pit Clearing 11 Acres; Pit Strip= y ping 10,000 Cu.Yds.; Bituminous Coated Corrugated Sheet Metal Cul- vert Pipe 2542 LinFt. Bituminous Coated Sectional Plate Pipe 132 Lin. Ft. Plans and specifications may be | examined by prospetcive bidders at Burean of Public Roads, 419 Federal \and Territorial Building, Juneau, | Alaska; Bureau of Public Roads, Dis- trict Engineer, Seward, Alaska; As- sociated General Contractors of Am- | | erica, Benjamin Franklin Hotel, | Seattle, Washington; Associated | General Contractors of America, | Multnomah Hotel, Portland, Oregon; ;Associated General Contractors of America, 304-306 Central Building, Anchorage, Alaska. Where copies of plans and specifications are request-. ‘ed a deposit of $10.00 will be re- | quired to insure their return. If these are not returned within 15 | days after opening of bids, the de-| ! posit will be forfeited to the Gov- \ernment. Checks should be made ‘paynble to the Treasurer of the United States. Plans and specifica- Itlons may be obtained at the office of Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Fed- eral and Territorial Building, Ju- neau, Alaska. H. A. Stoddart, Divi- sion Engineer. First publication, June 23, 1950. Last publication, June 26, 1950. a right to know about Wood's per- sonal servant on the payroll of the un-American Activities Committee, who actually worked in the Wood home. Finally, it has & righi 10| 1 pima connas 33 Share know about his failure to invest-| & Leaf of a 38, Number igate Hollywood after his close, ; p S4V* SR HeE Georgia-lawyer friend, Ed Dunlap,| = opposite .ne 41. P id { nadir 42, Loose earth received a lush fee from Metro- Crossword Puzzle Goldwyn-Mayer. i\r\lmfx‘zl o8 0ol Ple’fi”v° 2 f . Abol s | Taken together, these attributes - o £ E:fié‘;“ letter and incidents form a picture of a } 50. Palm lily man who, as chairman of the un- I i American Activities Committee, is Al to finimum supposed to be a pillar of good| 24 Reins . © Rrawing. room # - And not DOWN Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Americanism and an example to Burning 1. Pollute the nation. The conclusion is in- L‘{;"’g Pl 2 Aln.m;)l{z : 5. Forming 7. Fodder plant " Stron, e . Climbing lant 6. Divis . Gentle strokes escapable that he isn't. | 32 Froth & Devoursa " ‘vislon of &g, I5: Palatpublic. announce- i men e o 06 0 0 0 0 0 0 o o Lowlands bordering . o! t?e Orinoco river » TIDE TABLE . Regions ° . . Abrasive . JUNE 25 . %:ml;na e Low tide 48 am., 131t e 2. Enflven {e High tide 10:02 am., 125 tt. ® H'f:‘v}’md“‘* e Low tide 15:43 pm. 3.7 ft. 0‘ no?ir:;tmln‘ ® High tide 22:03 p.m.,, 166 1t. ® Cereal '] . P E|emel;'n‘ll | roducing & . JUNE 26 o | result o e Low tide 4:51 am, -03 tt. ® Siytes e High tide 11:14 am,, 132 1t. ® | fl Mexfcan e Low tide 16:47 pm. 3.7 It -} 2 Zo.?lné’ ('x-;t i o atin epic e High tide 23:01 p.m., 174 1t. .‘ . Dfleiflit ! varian L 0 e Al | . . Unsuitable | Ancient Irish [ TOURISTS ! - Sk cup(l!n.l Ride the Mailboat Yakobl for an | : Oriental intimate acquaintance with SE Al-’ | ] 4o, ocommander aska, Leaving every Wednesday, arrive Juneau Saturday night. {SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S 2. Symbol for tellurium 54, Italian river 3 d | the Princess Louise. {for the coming week. !and her brother, Jack Gravrock returned to Douglas on the Aleutian. | former Douglas residents. 20 YEARS AGO s mupizs JUNE 24, 1930 half series, scoring 3-2 over the Elks. half series, scoring 32 over the Elks. Juneaw's participants in the British Columbia motor caravan from Vancouver to Hazelton returned home on the Princess Louise. They were Gov. George A. Parks, Maj. Malcolm Elliott and Chamber of Com- merce President H. G. Watson. with all but three canneries represented, the first week's pack of red salmon was 6,000 cases, a substantial increase over the previous year. Miss Harriet Sey of Douglas was a passenger for Seattle aboard Her marriage to Mr. J. Gerald Williams was planned After a two-month visit in Puget Sound cities, Mrs. Inga Dickenson Most of their stay had been in Port Angeles, home town of the Hensons, Miss Marie Henson, nieec of Mrs. Dickenson and Mr. Gravrock, accompanied them here on her vacation. Weather: High, 61; low, 48; cloudy. { vg. L. GORDON { Daily Lessons in English WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Aren’t I?” expression is, “Am I not?” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Promenade. Pronounce prom-e-nad, 10 as in ON, A as in ME unstressed, A as in AH, principal accent on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Apostrophe; observe the PHE. SYNONYMS: Malicious, malign, malignant, malevolent. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| Today’s word: “Such conditions cafl The correct for drastic action.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Ronerra 1EE Q. Is it all right for a girl and her fiance to announce their en- gagement to their relatives and most intimate friends, before making | a public announcement? A. Yes, a few days before the public announcement, Q. Should more than one player on a golf course tee up i. one time? A. No. Each player tees up and drives in turn. Avoid any move- ment toward teeing up while another is driving. Q. What distinguishes a formal invitation from an informal one? A. A formal invitation, engraved or handwitten, is always in the third person. 2 1. The name of what North American nation was changed recently? 2. In what part of the:body does the common Colles’ fracture occur? 3. Into what does the Rhine River empty? 4. What is a codicil? 5. Who composed the popular song, “White Christmas”? ANSWERS: 1. The Dominion of Canada, which now calls itself the Government of Canada. 2. Just above the wrist. 3. The North Sea. 4. An addition or change in a will. 5. Irving Berlin. $10,000 REWARD: CASH IN on the Government REWARD for the dis- covery of acceptable uranium deposit . . . . 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Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent Weather af AlaskaPoints Weather conditions and temper- atures at varlous Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and releaséd by the Weather Bureau are as follows: Anchorage 53—Cloudy | Annette Island ... 49—Drizzle Barrow .. wreenne. 31—FOg Bethel 45—Cloudy Cordova ... 46—Fog Dawson . 45—Clear Edmonton 42~Partly Cloudy Fairbanks ... H56+-Cloudy Haines 51—Partly Cloudy Havre (Missing). Juneau Airport 44—Partly Cloudy Kodiak 47—Cloudy | Kotzebue .. 46—Partly Cloudy | McGrath 48—Partly Cloudy Nome ... 37—Fog Northway 52—Partly Cloudy Portland . 52—CloutTy Prince George 40—Partly Cloudy Seattle ... 49—Cloudy Sitka . - 48—Drizzle Whitehorse .. 55—Partly Cloudy Yakutat . 48—Cloudy TODAY gram, Baranof. ley Casperson, July 4th Queen candidate at A. F. of L. Hall. June 25 At 2 pm.—Start of Rotary picnic at Auk Bay Recreation center. At 2:30 p.m.—Baseball game be- tween Moose and EIks. June 26 At 6:30 p.m.—Baseball game, Coast Guard vs Moose. At 8 p.m.—American Legion, Dug- out. June 27 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. June 28 At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge. June 29 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. At 1:30 p.m—Lutheran Ladies Aid sewing group at home of Mrs. Edward Dick, 1669 Evergreen Ave. At 6:30 pm. — Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club at Mendenhall range. Sewing machines for rent at The White Sewing Machine Center. 52-t —— Brovmie’s Liquor Store l ) Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 399 The Erwin Feed Co. READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third Office in Case Lot Grocery e HAY, GRAIN, COAL -nd STORAGE STEVENS® The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear LADIES'—MISSES’ McGregor Sportswear BOTANY wl CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men B COMMERCIAL SAVINGS _________________.———————-—’ P. O. Box 2608 R SRR Sy s COMMUNITY EVENTS, At 7:30 pm.—Lions club installa-| tion of officers, banquet and pro-| At 9:30 p.m.—Booster Ball for Shir- | SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1950 MOUNT JUNEAU LOGGa NO, 18 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. e T Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— ARNOLD L FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 773 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office or Stere "The Rexall Store” Your Rellable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Mausical Instruments GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt ! Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th 8t. 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