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| PAGE FOUR Duaily Alaska Empire l’ublhheu every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Junesu, Alaska EELEN TROY MONSEN . - Prestdent | Don(rnn TROY LXNGO - - - Vice-President = = = Managing Editor | LFRED ZENGER. - < - = Business Manscer Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT) Delivered by carrler in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.90; one year, $15.00 By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: e year, in advance $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; #me moth, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | $he Business Office of sny failure or {rregularity in the delivers | of their papers. Telgphones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. * MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republiestior. of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- :ng crédited in this paper and also the local mews published rein. ONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aiaska Newspapers, 1411 | venue Blde., Septtle, Wash. fourth - v Saturday, September 2, 1950 NO EMPIRE ON LABOR DAY As in previous years, there will be no edition of The l)mly Alaska Empire issued on Monday, Labor Day. [Any important world evean wm, however, be bullelfi(’d e & fOTMR e S5 0, KOREAN ARE COOKS 've just gome acrgss avme most interesting informgation on;Korea. shounld incite Americans to nej e:xorb in be!’lf of ‘the Wttle land across the sea. orean’ momm We lwm must know how to cook Mefore they sflt hfll’flu Any gal who wants to get® herself engagéd must go to the government and prove that she can whip up a tasty meal for her mate. Failing, she gets no license. She can, we under- stand, go to cooking school. But this is dangerous. Korean men are as fickle as those of the West! Be- fore she graduates he may have wandered to new fields. That the program has paid off is illustrated by the fact that 95 per cent of Korean women 40 years old und over are married. The percentage in America, fhe Washington battle of his life, Most modest e to mend “one litt somewhere (Continued from Page One) the military’s woerul mistake re- gardiplg inadequate bazookas sent to are speculating that this was uxcd; in the state. : Two MeCarthy's € A clerk spotted a young, frcsh—.nlflnlh !n a_campaign to reelect | ! ] i campaign report was $2.50 for “re-; Meffl'fio-nound }pd " Indiana Democratic Jeaders | nd often do-=without We think some comparative data ere girls can get married- nowing how to boil coffee, is h lower. it would be interesting to get on the indigestion rate as well as on the marriage rate. But our sources are silent on that subject. Suffice it y that while it's lots safer for a man to get married in Korea, his chances of bachelor- GIs expecting service there to hood are sharply limited take notice! , Tmflu' \l.mgh(er Continues (New York Times) Many safety authorities agree that we danger of being lured into fatalism with regard to the traffic deaths and acci- that is, the are in real or com- placency dents by the fact that the rate of facality— number of deaths plotted against the passenger miles has shown a gratifying decline. Unfor- tunately. it is also true that, even if the somewha improved rate is held, we shall still kill about 32,000 persons in traffic accidents this year and suffer 1,- f exposure R by Mrs. Vance Blackwell Moreover, indications are that we cannot count on ) : Evelyn Kelly a continued decline of the traffic fatality rate in spite Fitri 'Gashen of all the efforts that are being made to hold it down Pagh! M Wl“.ll(‘h(“\d The death toll for each of the first three months of 3 4 R . Lisle (Shorty) Hebert, Jr 1950 was definitely greater that for the com- % 3 i T Mrs. Oscar Lundstrom parable months of last year March figures were 1 Jean Metoalfe per cent above those of last year. Unless extra- > > g v e s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 rdinary efforts are made by enforcement officers and, even more importantly, unless we brush away our apathy and determine to do something about traffic accidents as individuals, whether we are walk- ing our riding, 1950 may well be the worst postwar year in total deaths and injuries and even in the cate of fatal Those in prmuon to know lay special emphasis upon more rigid enforcement to eliminate the worst »ffenders on the roads—the speeders and the drinkers There is food for thought also in the study which has been made by the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies of the beter showing made by those States which require periodic inspection of vehicles as com- sared with those which do not. In States having no inspection, death rates for 1949 were higher than the national average by 2.9 per cent. In States which have private inspection stations appointed by the State the rates were 3.6 per cent below the national average, while in States having State-owned and State-opera- tion inspetcion stations, the rates fell to 343 per cent below that average. The lessons appear to be clear. We should inspect we should enforce the traffic laws more rigidly, we should continue with earnestness and ingenuity cam- paigns of education. We must accept and exercise our own responsibilities to cut down the shameful toll. “In certain parts of Africa a man isn't qualified to hold public office until he has killed a rhinoceros. _Newspaper filler. Over here many voters consider 2 man qualified to hold public office when he shoots the bull. .. e BARKLEY 15 10 STUMP IN HATION (By Assoclated Press) Vice President Barkley is ! paring to’stump the nation ntry le political fence” pre- next THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-—-JUNEAU, ALASKA September 2 Douglas Mead Mrs. J. G. Christensen J. 1. Noble Albert Goetz Suzanne Hudson Jane Miller September 3 Earl D. Riller Robert Dalton Mrs. Frank Dick Sig Olsen Harley Turner September 1 w0000 sesueecceec0es00e0Se Marian Jensen s Wed to Mr. Towle In Catholic Church| Tall, slender and brunette, Miss | Marian Jensen made a beautiful pic= ture in her formal white wedding zown as she walked up the aisle of the Cathaolic Ghurch of the: Na= tivity last evening to meet fer brides groom, Mr. George D. Towle. Her gown, made withiclose- mupk bodice and key-hole neckline,’ was. of empbroidered net lace, and-ende ed in a train. ‘She wore a hears- haped lace and rhinestone coronet which held her fingertip-length veil of double net. The bridal bou- quet was of white roses and steph- anotis. She was attended by her brother’s wife, Mrs. Marcus Jensen, whose long gown was of dusty-rose sheer lace. Mrs. Jensen wore a matching hat, and carried flowers of the same color. Mr. John Bracelen st Towle as best man, and ushers were Mr. Gordon Graham and Mr. Irving Davies. The couple repeated their mar- riage vows to the Rev. Robert J. Whelan, and Mrs. Lillian Uggen, organist, played the wedding music Flowers for the wedding recep- | tion in the Douglas home of Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Jensen were from the gardens of the Gene Weschen- deol # ey Tenc 1-) House armed services (‘ommlllr‘e uqu pluns to spend all of| n this beal b s solated cases. They fear the mil- = | October speaking in a dozen or|Ralph Williams cut the wedding itary Bas not looked ahead Oh other recenbrheat‘;mg ml‘:l requested his ,,,Z,i siw‘-el; :vhcr‘:e :onl‘ml of Con- | cake after the bride’s first cut; Miss name for he record. a vital problems. SRkl Gattubte: was Bk, réply aress is likely to be decided in the | Terry Snethen was in charge of the i X1 g { 9 ti guest book, and those pouring were Froeil Joo Mactin “Prom Wisconsin?” asked the | November election. g o Y Mve. B ) § clerk. The Vice President will make the | Mrs. Edwina Snethen, Mrs. Democratic Congressman' Foster Furcolo and Thomas Lane of Mass- | o achusétts wéte joshing thefr fellot- stater, House Republican leader|take about his idi Joe Martin, about his exemplary | Representative Pa tic McCarthy habits. nessee, “I understand, Joe, that you don't | name Gene instead of smoke,” Note—no relatiol ‘Don’t" @rink, either, asked Furcolo. “Nothing stronger juice,” replied Martin. “Bachelor, t00?” do you?”|a quiet, than grape|erans' welfare leg “No—Minnesota. “Just so there won't be any mis- “be sure to make ln; first effective job constructive {fields, Gambler’s Threat trip in place of President Truman who called off his tour when the Korean ‘war broke out. President Wanls Six Million for FBI WASHINGTON, Sept. 2.— B — President Truman asked Congress today for $6,000,000 for the FBI because of its increased activity due to “the changed international I'm the Dem- in Congress.” entity,” spoke up t Sutton of Ten- n to Lhe urepx'e‘s- Representative in various including islation. vel- Martin nodded. “Then you must be mighty rich,” observed Lane, “The truth is that I'm only mod- erately fixed, but it's good to hear somebody called a rich Republigan again,” slyly retorted Martin. “¥ou Democrats have all the money thése days.” Money for Capehart ; Some years ago the U. S. Senate refused to seat Senator FrankiL. Smith of Illinois because he spent $100,000 in a hot primary campaign But now, in the neighboring state of Indiana, GOP Senator Homer Capehart has spent the staggering sum of $91961.4 campaign, in his primary even though he had opponent Capehart’s senatorial salary for six years is $75,000, to obtain which he has already spent $91,961.84. It will watch how no now be interesting to much the “music box senator” will spend in his general election, in which he faces a ter rific battle from dynamic Democrat Alex Campbell, The chances are that the money will continue ‘to - roll in from his wealthy backers. For Capehart had such an easy time raising money that he collected $99,679.35, or $7,- 71751 more than he spent. His chief bankefollers were the Lilly Phaxmaceuunal people of Indian- apoli: /who' fattened the kitty by about ' $20,000, Some of Capehart’s cmpaign ex- penditures are equally interesting. ‘Though he had no primary u})p(m-' ent ,he reported to the Indiana Secretary of State that he spent almost $40,000 in salaries for cam- paign workers; also, $6,268.89 for | radio and newspaper advertising, $2000 for recordings and $74 for| “flowers.” | Other expenditures included $2,-! 804.15 for “rent” (presumably office | space and hotel lodgings); $1, for general “expenses” and $1, for “postage.” Of course, some of this was undoubtedly an advarice investment aimed at the final elec- tion apd was justified by the fact that Gapehart faces the political said Lan “That’s right,” said the ex-speak- |sible Senator Joe, resentative er. Eugene McCarthy has been doing Conscientious Senator Hunt of Wyoming, of the Senate crime In- vestigating committee, has received a threatening letter, warning that into ndicate he might be “rubbed out.” Postmarked “Boston” and written in caretul, intelligent English, this was no crackpot let- ter. Instead of being intimidated, Sen- ator Hunt introduced an amend ment to the tax bill to force gam- blers to pay a 99 per cent income tax on all their winnings. This wculd put most of the gamblers out of business. if he sticks his nose too far the gambling Merr: o-Round New Mexico’s Senator Chavez was so attentive to movie actress Linda Darnell in showing her around the recently that he whisked away from admiring page boys The Russians have started jamming the radios of the U. S. eventh Fleet now stationed off | Formosa. In addition, the Air| Force has reported Russian jam- ming of its radio network in Calit- | ornia and Alaska. This could be serious. It makes quick communi- cation impossible . Congratula- tions to the machinists union and Lockheed Aircraft of Burbank, Cal., for their “Buck of the Month” Club. Each worker contributes one’y buck a month to help sick children, needy families, and disabled war veterans—$2,000,000 raised so far . A Naval officer in the Penta- | gon guided missiles section started a new crop of “flying saucer” ru- | mors the ather day by passing otf | “flying saucer” toys as authentic' models. (He had bought them in' the Pentagon drugstore) . Sen- | ator McCarran of Nevada has made | a political football of a bill that | would grant Americai citizenship | to 3,000 Korean hamigrauts—at a time when we are trying to win | capitol her friends in Korea. McCarran has doctored up the bill with so many of his pet security measures that Senate majority leader Lucas has been forced to hold it up. situation.” He gave no details of how the money is to be spent—whether for employment of additional agents or how. In the ordinary routine, Mr. for the total. Details are supplied to Congress later by the budget bureau or the agency for which the appropriation is asked, FROM WHlll:HUlta 5 R. O. Wesherg of Whitehorse is Anchorage, is registered at the Ho- registered at the Juneau Hotel. Truman makes only a requgst) Renshaw and Mrs. Ernest Weschen- felder, the bride’ ster, who' had come from Anchorage for the wed- ding. The newlyweds planned to go to Seattle today for a two-week wed- ding trip in the states, and will re- turn to make their home in Juneau. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Neva Jensen of Minneapolis. Mr. Towele’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Towle of Spokane. Both are employed by Alaska Coastal Airlines. SULLY, GOES SOUTH niture and appliance departments of Juneau-Young Hardware Co., Inc., After a short stay in Seattle he will visit the Furniture Mart in San Francisco and then return to Juneau. CAA MAN HERE James P. Pfeffer, CAA man from tel Juneau. Crossword Puzzle Limb 33. Part of the Bible: abbr. Because A ACROSS 1. Likely 4 Spread to dry 7. Mother of Ishmael 2. Irreverent 4. . Ancient Ex Roman divisible by official two 15. Thus 29, Leading 16. Amid character 18, Topaz hum- 40. to pre- mingbirds vent slipping 19. Poems 42. Ancient Greek 21. Fury coin 31; Impressea by 44, Fruit grandeur = 46. To a higher 24. Protects an point invention 47. Division of a 21. 01 noem 28. Hires 49. Crawling 29. Three-toed animal sloth 61. Large plants 30. Light brown 52, African 31. Large coarse bowstring seaweeds hemp Passing 3. Toward fashion 4. Domesticated DOWN 6. Son of Seth . Part of a 6. Home of a i 7 wila animal 2. Spread 7. That man 8 9. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle . Proverbs Specified . Wing . Thing: . Dim . Farmers’ asso- ciatjon . Mountain 1n law Colorado 2. Slamese coms . English pennies . Large poison- ous spider . American admiral . Upon . Haphazard . Headdress: poet. . Surface . Slender 35. Occurrence 7. French river . Run away secretly . Musical character . Hastened » Month of the year: abbr, Obstruction Silkworm . Bone 50. French island ©ec0ecesesceccseescscse®ooce rved Mr. | Henry Sully, Manager of the fur- | leaves today on a buying trip.! from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO In Douglas, their sixth wedding anniversary was celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. Sam McGee with a dinner party in their home. The event |also honored Mr. and Mrs. Ed Krause and little daughter, Lucanne, who were to leave for New York in a month. SEPTEMBER 2, 1930 The Cash Bazaar, operating for the previous year at the corner of Main and Front Streets near the U. S. Cable Office, had completed moving into new quarters in the Alaska Laundry Building on Front Street. . A hunting party aboard the Hyperian, Capt. Oscar Oberg, brought back a giant grizzly, taken on Admiralty Island near Twin Points. The bear had been killed by H. R. Shepard, City Clerk and Magistrate. Among those in the party were: R, L. Bernard, G. B. Rice, D. Weyand, Axel | Koski, Arnot Hendrickson and J. Tucker. Among the numerous hunt- ing parties returning to Douglas Island after the Labor Day weekend had been Joe Riedi, Charles Schramm and several boys on the City | of Rome; also O. F. Rollins of the Mayflower, who took A. E. Goetz, ’Rnngnm' Kronquist, Ernest Kohl and Arne Shudshift. ! Exhibits in great variety and quantity were in readiness for the Ninth Southeast Alaska Fair, which was to open the following day at noon, according to W. S. Pullen, Fair Association secretary. The Juneau | City’ Band and others participating in individual and group entertain- ment held final rehearsals, and enthusiastic interest was high. The steamship Aleutian, Capt. Charles A. Glasscock, enroute from Seattle to Seward, was in port for four hours. Disembarking were Judge and Mrs. Justin W. Harding and Justin, Jr.; Clerk of Court John jDunn, J. B. and Roy Rutherford, Arthur Bux!ke, Quinton - Campbell, | Hi E. Datoff, Mrs. G. E. Freeburger and Doris; E. M. Hanson, Mrs. J. B McAuliffe, Dorothy Israel, J. Rochester, Harry Bykley, B. J. Heath, Viola Loftus, Arthur Marlett, Mrs. John Osborn, 'Helena Patterson, nvry‘.'Rust. Gil L. Rich, Frank Scully, Mrs. L. Wigg and Sister Rosalinda. it ad - Weather: High 55; Daily Lessoris in English 2% 1. sorbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He was so careless that he nearly fell in the lake.” Say, “he nearly fell INTO the lake.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Cerebral. Pronounce ser-e-bral, first E as in SET, second E as in ME unstressed, and accent FIRST syllable, |and not the second as so often heard. i OFTEN MISSPELLED: Obsequies; observe the five vowels, | SYNONYMS: Maintain, uphold, defend, claim, assert, sustain. | 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: INCORRUPTIBLE; incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted. “He was a man of honor, and incorruptible.” "MODERN ETIQUETTE %perra res PUSPTIUSUSSTSR If a girl is carrying a great many packages and meets a man ‘of: low, 52 cloudy. ‘Q _all of them to him? . A If there are many packages, she should m’ré' and heavier ones. all of them. Q. When writing a business letter to a woman, and one does not know whether she is married or single, how should the salutation of the letter be written? Y2 A, As “Dear Madam.” B i Q. Does etiquette require that a girl give her. nanoe an engagement gift? A. Noj; this is nenther required nor customary. e e et e ) 1. What body of water separates England from Ireland? 2. How does the movement of a cat's jaw differ from that of a dog’s? 3. What is the name of the greatest European mountain system? 4./ When do-people speak in hyperbole? 5. Who wrote, ““The Orxzin ot the Species”? | ANSWERS: ) o, 1. The Irish Sea. | 2. A cat’s jaw moves up and down, not sideways. in either direction. 3. .The Alps. 4. In exaggeration for sake or emphasis. | 5. !Charles Darwin. ‘hith only the larger If only two or three packages, she may let him have A dog’s moves J. M. HAWTHORNE as a paid-up subscriber 10 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 STALLION IN THE ROCKIES” Federal Tax—1Z%c Paid by the Theatre ' Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—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 Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit . Boxesfor Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS | hér acquaintance on the street, who offers to carry them, should she give | Edmonton 52—Partly Cloudy Haines ... al—Raih Havre 57—Clear Juneau Airport 51—Rain Kodiak 46—Clear Kotzebue 42—Clear McGrath . 38—Cloudy | Nome < 47—Partly Cloudy | Northway 44—Cloudy Petersburg . 50—Drizzle | { Portland 63—Clear Prince George e 39—Fog | Seattle GO—Par!ly Cloudy Sitka . 51—Rain Whitehorse 48—Rain Yakut_at 49—Rain SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1950 Weatherat Alaska Points Weather conditions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also ‘on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as foilows: Anchorage 40—Clear Annette Island 52—Partly Cloudy Barrow - 33—Cloudy Bethel . 40—Fog Cordova 47—Rain Dawson 46—Partly Cloudy FROM WHITEHORSE i Don_Pollock, J. Mogus and Y. Bemik all of Whitehorse are regis- tered at the Hotel Juneau. TIDE TABLE September 3 1 High tide 5:52 am, 119 ft. Léw ‘tide 11:40 am, 5.1 ft. 'Ht‘,h tidé 5:42 pm., 149 ft. ; September 4 Low tide 12:41 am., High tide Low tide 12:28 p.m,, High tide 6:29 p.m., 13.0 ft. eeecccccrsessecccsce September 5 Low tide High tide Low tide 1:45 pm. 7.5 ft. High tide 7:456 p.m, 123 ft. Talm Post No. 5559 Meetmg ¢évery Thursday in { the C.1.0. Hall at 8:00 p.m. ———— - Brownie’s Liquor Store Phene 103 139 Be. Frankiia ®. O. Box 2508 e | 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. Carier: Morfuary Fourth and Pranklin Bts. PHONE 136 Culerslleu'm CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Cemplete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY DeBoto—Dodge Trucks | Moose Lodgem MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 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, Secrztary, @ B.p.0. ELKS Meeting every second and fourth Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. WALLIS 8 GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Regular ‘Meetings Each Friday' Governor— a7 ARNOLD L .FRANCIS ||| ' Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main 8t. Phone T3 High Quality Cabinet Werk for Home, Office or Stere GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER ldeal Paint Store Pred W. Wenat \ Card Beverage Co, Wholesalo ""|| ¥HONE 216—DAY o NMIGHT Tor MIXERS o BODA POP \ The Alaskan Hotel PHONE SINGLE 0 P PHONE 585 BB B S mp Thomas Hardware Co, PAINTS —_ opg Bullders’ and Sheit HARDWARE L S Remin, ot elon Typeviters :{; B. Burford Co. Doorstep Is Wern »y \' e FOR 5 (AquMA GD,E.,..N CcY IREASES — GAS — Om, - J bau Motor Cs, Fook of Mat greet \ il \U DAIRIES ICE CREAM o dally babit—ask for 1 7 name. Juneau Daris, e, Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE Marine Hngng Chas. G. Warner Co, e aretbaibicne HOME GROCERY hones 146 and 342 Home Liquor Store—Tel. ‘mmlm—nm.: Toihnhh“Bruew To give you more frésdom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys SAII‘I'MIY MEAT lS—I’HONES—“ Pree Delivery Poesne - namagin sia e e o “Say It With Flo “SAY IT WITH OURs Juneau Florists . FPhene 311 <) A i

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