The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1950, Page 4

» 8 Merry-Go-I{gEId PAGE FOUR that we have neve " Daily Alaska Empire . ruuuhea every evening except Sunday by the | horsewomen, EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alsska EELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO remember Juneau, or, - President Vice-President Managing Editor Business Manager | f town. We | out remember ntered in the Post Office in Juneau as Becond Class Matter. | master and the Post Office SUBSCRIPTION RA’ Delivered by carrier in Juneav and Doulas for $1.50 per month: months, $8.96; one year, $15.00 By mail, postage pad, at the following Cne yesr, in advance $15.00; six months, in #me muath, in advance, $1.50. Bubscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery o their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Cusiness Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS her ce, $7.50; Eyes Are Smiling” We remember, master up in Building. The Assoctated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for i mdm:l of Al news dispatches credited to it or not other- ‘We have read wise credited in this paper and also the local news published e 5 bers serving on cc NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aiaska Newspapers, 1411 fonrth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. . She has been been a working m who does a little m of a good citizen She brought to ents were pioneers diness, to growing up, mining town Many who read the story of Mrs. riding in winter, from Juneau to the Office store on Front and Main streets at the theatre: as we remember John Spickett singing the r considered a Juneau without her. Lottie and her sister, both fine the trails and highways out of driving her and cutter Caro and Burford homes two miles horse her when her was in the r husband was post- of the Post We remember s she and her husband operated— “When Irish on the stage of Spickett's Palace Lottie was first post- the Feder: too, when post office in new of club mem- the Re- the lists Pioneers, her name in ommittees of the bekahs, the Eastern Star. not only a she has nember of the community . . ore, or much more—than is expect good citizen, one Alaska a pioneer spirit. Her par- of the west and she had the spirit stay with Juneau during the years during the years it was a rough Spickett’s death, found it difficult to believe that she was born 83 years ago. To her sisters a The Empire staff sympathy. Tuesday, September 26, 1950 - S JUNEAU ELKS AMBULANCE This evening, the City of Juneau will accept (Ci Gelivery of a brand-new ambulance — the gift to the people by Juneau Lodge No. 420, B. P. O. Elks. Juneau has never before owned its own ambulance, municipalities that close relatonship tc that cties Her activity belied her age. and her several nieces and nephews. joins Juneau in offering sincerest We will all miss Lottie Spickett. 1rl\1ng and Prosperity incinnati Enquirer) 1t is increasingly clear Jrom studies of American off-street parking facilities have a » retail trade. And it is also clear are taking an ever larger share of the re- although there have been several such conveyances,!sponsibility for providing such parking space. pmatelv owned, available for public use. Time has been when Juneau's sick and injured | z e carried to the hospital by whatever means avail- “able — and the difficulties experienced with such |7 ill-equipped vehicles as taxis and trucks added urgency fo ‘the need for a modern ambulance, designed ex- -pressly for the comfort and convenience of its infirm | passengers. Juneau’s great need was recognized by its Elks— and their prompt response to that need displayed a splendid spirit of community service. The sleek grey ambulance that bears their name and their pledge of assistance to the stricken will bear daily witness to their citizenship and Chris- tianity. in the New York-N area . Tt finds that spaces invariably h improved land valus | to languish. This, of centers, but it app! gested areas of la in retail merchand also, JOSEPHINE C. SPICKETT parking meter was With the death Thursday of Mrs. Josephine C. Spickett, Juneau has lost one of its real oldtimers and many of us have lost a friend of such long standing motorists parking painlessly, for the relieve congestion The Regional Plan Association ha parking space close by, retail business ente! course, that city net income from all parking me cated to the purchase After maintenance cost, street parking space for one and a half cars. studied 84 cities ew Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan city-constructed off-street parking ave boosted business and also have es. The plain fact is that, without e tends applies to suburban shopping lies with especial force to the con- rger cities. There the investment ising is at its greatest. And there, the volume of trade depends peculiarly on the availability of parking space. The most ingenious solution to the parking prob- lem has been worked out in Wnite Plains, WX In s is allo- of off-street parking space. a yei revenue from one found to be enough to pay for off- Thus, on the traveled streets are paying, off-street parking space that will of traffic on traveled stree H Brehm, popped up on his father’s | the waihll'lghl'l payroll—and he’s still there at a| salary of $638.40 a month. | A Kiss For The Veep There’s been quite a dispute as to whether Vice President Bark- ley did or did not kiss Miss Am- erica, Some newspapers reported 3 he did: Others reported that he ayrolls; some of them, such as xs)eimtor Lehman of New York,; didn't. Howeverj here is what S & " - tactually happened. even dip into their own pockets § When Miss America—pretty Yo- Xt ffice help. ! SRERRYITOr paTre 0 i lande Betbeze of Mobile, Ala—| called on the Vice President, he;| { declined to kiss her for the pho- | tographers. After the cleared out, however, Miss Amer-| ica kissed and told. She confessed blushingly that Farkipy had smacked her “right on the li Barkley kept reporters guessing, however, by denying the whole thing to reporter Milt Berliner of the Scripps-Howard Press. But in the privacy of Senate Majority, Leader Scott Lucas' office, thel Veep was chided by Lucas and «Continued from Page One) my opinion are high-type citi- zens who do not fudge on their 1 Mrs. Soliday Kicks Back Congressman, Brehm on the other hand approached Mrs, Soli- dey 'in January, 1945, and asked if she would like to work in his office for $200 a month with the understanding that she kick back] the balance of her salary to him.| Mrs, Soliday was from Brehm's 11th District back in Ohio, s0 he felt such an arrangement would be safe. She was then working for the treasury, but since he of- fered her a little more than she was making, and since she did not realize that kickbacks were ill- egal, she accepted. Mmy. Soliday began work on Jan. 10, 1945, as a secondary clerk at a purported salary of $375 a month. On this total amount she phid a withholding tax, as well as @ regular income tax. However, #he kept only the agreed $200, re- turning the rest to Brehm. Sometimes she put this kick- back money in an envelope, after cashing her check from the tax- payers, and delivered 1t directly to Brehm. Sometimes lhE envelope was delivered by a son, Rd\ Soli- day, an emplcyee of the Interstate Commerge Commission, or her daughter, also working in Wash- ington. On one occasion, Mrs. Soliday transmitted the kickback by registered letter. blush Barkley the culation. “And she didn't fl chuckled the Veep, admitted 0s- nch, either,” | Politics Synthetic Rubber love uf as ap-} It was probably not Louey Johnson so much prehension of the hard-hitting! Senate watchdog committee that brought the abrupt resignation of Hubert E. Howard as chairman of the Munitions Board. Only a few insiders know it, but the committee was all set to put Howard on the hot coals for push- ing the le of government-own- ed sythe rubber plants. He was scheduled to appear before Sen Lyndon Johnson’s watchdogs atl 10 am. Tuesday, when he sud- denly resigned Monday afternoon S | The committee's first report scorched Howard and his Muni- Mis, K"H‘“Hhmn\ Board for lack of firm hiked to 329[( aggresive” rubber p: of $44201 % & What the report doe withholding tax), though she con-{ i " that when tinued to receive only $200, Te-| jonnson was moving Heaven ar turning the remainder to her boss.| earth behind the scenes to sto: In other words, the spurious raise| ¢ sgle of a synthetic rubber ple also went to Brehm’s pocket at Akron, Howard was urging This arrangement continued un-{ oo 3 g5 til Mrs. Soliday left the payroll on ; Jan. 31, 1948, four months after breaking her arm during a visit in Ohio, The lady was then years old, and her doctor bills were heavy, but she continued to Jkeep her bargain with Erehm. In fact, in September, 1947, before the broken arm was set, and rack- ed with pain, she returned to Washington to deliver her month-} ,neryths ly kickback. “It was one of Four months later this nmgmd-,,hmg‘S I have ever ed loyalty was rewarded by a dis- charge from her job. Brehm's ac-!pere and 1 told count of the severance was that)paye to quit. He she fell down the stairs and had|jnow what to say’ I told him,| to resign.” ‘there’s nothing for you lu a.x){ However, the Ohio Congressman!yoy will just have to quit’. ! did not want to terminate me The President added that he' Brehm family’s trip on the gravy!gnew the whole story about John- train. So, a year after Mrs. Soli-- son's knifing Acheson and play- day departed, a son, James F.|ing footsie with the Republicans.! Son Gets In July, 1946, listed salary was a month (a net “a not reveal Chairman Lyndon Johnson and Truman A friend of ex-Secreaary of De- fense Louey Johnson dropped in to see the President recently, and! the conversation drifted around | to Johnson’s resignation, | “I had to let him go,” Pre; dent said. “He's an egomani: He’s psychopathic. He would tell 2 si- ac the hardest | had to do,”! “He sat down him he would | said, I don't | Truman continued. W newsmen | ° t this country. Gen. Dean’s Memory of friendship for Ko ea in memory of a gallant gen- eral who died in action will be the theme of a reunion hf U. S veterans of the Kore The U. S. Am Korea Association, the 200,000 G.I's W the Korean occupation, will gath- ler at Fort Meade, Md., October {7, at which time a plan will be launched to help educate the children of Americans who died ! fighting in Korea, plus Korean students who want to The schola be dedicated to the late Maj William Dean. A project o served in Gen Merry-Go-Round two major cities are ac- putting their civil-defense plans into action and working on the p! cal protection or disper- sal of vital facilities—St. Paul and Pittsburgh. Several others, in- only tually asked for the truth. With a slightcluding Seattle, San Antonio andt .y g nm - Joint Baltimore, are drawing plans ready for use when the need is more urg .The voice of Am- erica 29,000 fan I each from all over woorld .Congre Jacob Ja\la of New York wants more mon() for America's T-bomb (Trut] | bomb). Says Javits: “The T-boml !is as potent a peace weapon as v.he H-Bomb is a war weapon.”, . .The FBI questioned 500 personr alenf receives mo. 14 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA September 26 Al Boutin Dale Hillerman Mrs. L. R. Smith Kenneth Shudshift John S. Dapcevich M. W. Dorman Ruth Torkelson Aimee Stephenson Kenneth Lawrence Jack . Los Angeles, Miami, Boston, New Henry missing wi Grunewald hid out Washington in country arounc der to t the long Meanwhile miles from horse-and-hound The Plains, Virginia. MacArthur will soon secret underground used by the Japanese Army ‘and during the last war. Mac- Arthur wants to have these q;fl:- orate communications centers an map rooms available in the event | of war with Russia. They're. carv- the | reopen th Naval base of .U. S. Ambassador warned the French go\- t 30 Communists the French and the Kyushyu. Bruce h ernment still working omic Ener; to be fired, Ami ned, if France lmpux(‘lnl in A'- ssador wants Bruce any cret States. (OMMUNITY EVERTS TODAY At 8:30 p.m—Community Center night for adults at Teen Age Club. At 8 pm.—Ski Club meets in AB Hall. At 8 p.m. bulance come. At 8 p.m.—Social meeting of CDA in Parish Hall September 27 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 7:30 p.m.—Membership Commit- mittee of Juneau Concert Asso ation will meet in Cily Co chambe: pm Dedication of Elks Am- at Subport, public wel- Chapeladies meet at A. E. He A'un AP sq meet at p.m corps Guard £ At 8 pn Hall. At 8 pm—BPW Bo home of Lucille St At 8 pm—Elks Lol At 8 p.m.—First NFFE in Gold Rr om, At 8 p.m.—WSCS meets at hom Mrs. B. W. Matheny. September 28 At noon—Chamber of Commerce, Baranof. ational nory .—Rebekahs meet IOOF At 7:30 p.m—Senior Service Scouts | meet at home of Betty Baxter. At 8 pm.—VFW meets, CIO Hall. September 29 —Pie Social at t 7 pm by-the- At 8 p.m.—Emblem Club meet Lodge rooms. Chay Elks liary meet in IOOF Hall October 2 At noon—Lions Club, Ba: in. American Legion and Aux Dugout. October 3 & lle}:‘sll-'romaam to 7 p.m e[At noon—Rotary C “RAIN OR SHINE” “‘Enjoy weekend at TAKU LODGE. | | $25 includes round t tation from Juneau; de | meals, fishing and si; ed its offices in Newark, A]bany.,Phone 202 for rese: Crossword Puzzle ACROSS L Domestic animal & Part of & flower . Tool for making holes . Wing . Old-womanish . Crusted dish . Rumor Aquatic mammals . Reverse end of a hammer . Father-in-law of Jacob Revolutionary hero . King’s house 37, Pulls apart Moccasin . Steep . Casual ob- premium . Greek letter .- Roughly i il IIIIH BN ufl Bl 7l 7/l il ol l%flflllll & oX II% . /dREEE Hll Haven and New York City in or-|was made by a group of Ketchikan backers. € Grunewald, | the second floor of the Goldstein Building was to open October 10, tap witness.| ohorated by L. F. Eklund and George C. Grove, proprietors of the 4 |Juneau and Douglas; General | Cafe here, and L. S. Ferris, also wellknown here. headquarters | Golf Cor) oject. They will have | information from the United " ibusiness position, | A. No; pel- | | | from 20 YEARS AG) THe emrire S e ) SEPTEMBER 26, 1930 John Vanderbilt, former Juneau and Sitka resident, and Mrs. Vanderbilt, who had spent two months at Goddard Hot Springs, sailed on the Queen enroute to Los Angeles. vanderbilt had formerly been | associated with the Behrends Department Store. Tom Hill and famiy, who had spent the summer at Tenakee Springs, returned te Douglas for the winter. The high wind of the previous night was disastrous to one member of the local mosquito fleet. A motor boat belonging to Delbert Hayes had sunk near the Douglas Cannery float. | R The third announcement within a week of a new indoor golf course The miniature course on | Tom Thumb course in the First City; N. H. Stevens, former resident of Toni Laudisen, who formerly operated the Club Arthur Thane had | been the first to announce such a diversion to be operated by his Midget poration. Then Grant Logan and Hugh Jones said they were arranging for a nine-hole course in A. B. Hall. On schedule, the mailboat Estebeth departed Juneau for Sitka and vay ports. Passengers were Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Harley, Eimér Wheatley, | R. Richards and Frank Bausman for Tenakee; Joseph Dorethis for Sitka, ed out of the cliffs around Tokyo | and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams and Ed Leach for Hirst Chichagof. Weather: High, 50; low, 42; cloudy. Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. sorpox | se- | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Compared to others of his age, the boy had made remarkable progress.” Say, “Compared WITH | others.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Calk or caulk. |in OF, and the L is silent. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Naphtha and diphtheria; |in both of these words. SYNCNYMS: Leave-taking, adieu, parting, farewell. | 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: | DEMURELY; soberly; guarded. “She looked at the man demurely.” | MODERN ETIQUETTE Xomerra 1EE i) Pronounce kok, O as observe the PH Q If a young man is engaged to be married, should he resent it if the girl’ father asks him q ions pertaining to his financial affairs, and the like? the father has a perfect right to be concerned about every- thing that might affect the happiness of his daughter. ‘ Q. What should a h8stess do when a callar brings her a box of on and |flowers? A. First, of course, thank the caller sincerely and graciously. Then arrange the flowers immediately in a vase of water and display them | prominently. a0 H Q. What would be a good toast for a son to offer his father? A. “I pay my hearty respects to the man who so singularly honored 'mv——b}' being my father.” LOOK and LEARN Zy C. GORDON | | BRUEER B e e e & | 1. What world-famous official is succeeded at death by an indi- vidal born the precise moment that he dies? 2. Why is No. 10 Dawning Street, London, a famous address? 3. Who was the Roman Emperor who established Christianity as a religion of the state? 4. Why is an artist’s stand called an easel? | 5. Who was the composer of the famed “Moonlight Sonata”? | ANSWERS: { 1. The Delai Lama of Thibet; the idea being that his soul is re- |incarnated at the moment of his death. For many years the residence of the Prime Ministers of Eng- Constantine. From the Dutch, meaning an ass, to support the artist’s canvas. Beethoven. 3 There is no substituie for Newspaper Advertising! E. 0. DAVIS as a paid-up subscriber 10 THE DAILY ALASEA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Presert this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "TOKYO JOE™ Federal Tax—1%c¢ 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! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS i( TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1950'{ Weather af Alaska Poinls 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 follows: Anchorage . Annette Island . Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson . Edmonton Fairbanks Haines . Havil» Juneau Zodiak Kotzebue ... McGrath . Nome Northway .. Petersburg Portland Prince George ... Seattle ... Sitka ‘ Whitehorse . Yakutat FREIGHTER DOROTHEA IN PORT FROM SOUTH; OWNED BY M.B. DAHL The freighter Dorothea, owned by Martin B. Dahl, docked this morn- ing at 4:30 from Seattle with gen- eral cargo for local merchants. Rough weather was encountered causing a lay over in protected waters near Ketchikan last Satur- day. Sailing time southbound is | indefinite since longshoremen are unloading the Ring Splice. Aboard the Dorothea are M'\rtm Dahl, Fred M. Dahl and additional crew of two. The Dahls own the freigter Robert Eugene that sank on Addenbrooke Island, in Queen Charlotte Sound, August 22° They report that the Robert Eugene may be put back into service. It was fully refrigerated and had been on the Junecau-Seattle route since 1947. Soon after going aground, the freighter was towed into Seattle by a salvage company. 47—Partly Cloudy 23— Snow 33—Partly Cloudy 46—Rain Sh(:wers 38—Rain 46—Smoke 34—Cloudy ... 44—Cloudy - 41—Partly Cloudy . 44—Cloudy | 36—Cloudy Sa—Pamy Cloudy | ... 45—Rain 3——Paruy Cloudy 35—Partly Cloudy 5 48—Rain . 45—Partly Cloudy . 26—Partly Cloudy Fred M. Dahl, oldest of the Dahl sons. V.F. W. Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m. ———————————————— [ e m— 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. Carter Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Bts. PHONE 136 Casler’s Men's Wear portswear NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING mo-tflanl-l- . W. COWLING COMPANY 43—Rain | 42—Cloudy | 35—Cloudy | . 38—Drizzle | 44—Rain Showers | Skipper of the Robert Eugene was| 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, Secrctary. @ B.P.0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome, WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler, W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Moose Lodge No. 700 || Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— 3 ARNOLD L FRANCIS | Secretary— || WALTER R. HERMANSEN Brownie's Liquor Sfore Fheme 103 139 Se. Frankils P. O. Box 2608 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmuists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply ' Arthur M. Uggen, Manager ! Pianos«-Musical Instruments and Supplies -Phone 206 _Second and SBeward_ | GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store { Card Beverage Co. | Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS er SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Reoms &t Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O i PHONE 565 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shelt HARDWARE Remington berheien rpemee J. B. Burford Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satiafied Customers” EORD AGENCY (Autherized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Ce. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Daries, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phones 146 and 342 flml.lqwfit‘cu—'l‘d.- American Meat — Phone 38 To Blnhh “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom | from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. 5. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys BLACKWELL'S CABINET SHOP 117 Matn 8t. Phooe T3