The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 5, 1950, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT APPLICATIONS FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES Leslie Reece Hogins, Jr., retail yard man, and Evelyn Doreen Pub- low, a nurse, yesterday applied for | & marriage license at the U. S. Commissioner’s office. Commissioner Gordon Gray also received an application by Gaylord Erling Otto of the U. S. Coast Guard, and Esther Mary formerly of Klawock and now attendant in St. Ann’s Hospital. LI:(:AL OTICE I will not be responsible for debts con‘racted by any one other than myself or my wife. 623-3t JOHN E. DAPCEVICH an Cooke, | | FOUND DEAD HERE | Mike Baranof, about 60 years |o1d, was found dead this morning in his residence at No. 14, Knutsen Cabins, He was dismissed yesterday | from St. Ann’s Hospital at his own | request despite the advice of his physician, Dr. C, C. Carter, who opposed his leaving the hospital. | He was unemployed. Baranof has | a brother in Pennsylvania but noth- | ing else was immediately known | about him. The remains were taken to the Charles W. Carter Mortu- | ary prn(lnm funeral arrangements. | POLIO INSURANCE DIMAGGIO LINES OUT WIN RUN (Continued from Page One) wildly to first with no chance to get the runner. Fine back-up work See Floyd Fagerson. Tel. 32 o: 764, Box 784, Juneau. 621-6t | WHERE'S THE MONEY YOU OWE THE VETERANS, AL? Your long statement which ap- peared in the Daily Alaska Empire in Juneau September 30 as a paid advertisement by the Republican Party Special Committee for In- vestigation of Corruption, Malfeas- ance and Misfeasance in Territorial Government is full of outright falsehoods As a veteran of World War II and one who has been active in vet- eran’s affairs since my discharge, I have taken the trouble personally to check the statements you make relative to the World War II Vet- erans’ Board. You state that this bureau acquired a “yacht” with taxpayers’ money and that the Commission used the vessel for “fishing trips, poker playing and parties” and that the yacht is now at the dock in Juneau and is an investment which has never been fully explained. « The facts about this so-called “yacht” are that the vessel NAHA was purchased from Tom Morgan on August 13, 1946 by Charles E. Judson, an Alaska veteran of World ‘War II, with the aid of a veteran's loan in the amount of $7,700, Jud- son had anticipated charter work with the boat around Ketchikan, but was unable to earn enough to meet his loan payments with the result that the Veterans' Affairs Commission had to repossess it in June of 1947. The former Com- missioner subsequently sold the vessel to Earl T. Forsythe Decem- ber 9, 1947 for $9,580, which was the outstanding book balance ag- ainst the boat at that time. When Mr. Forsythe failed to make pay- ments in accordance with the terms of his purchase agreement, and when liens against the vessel for repairs threatened the preferred status of the Commission as mort- gagees, the NAHA was again re- possessed. The action in repossess- ing was taken upon the advice of Norman H. Banfield of the firm of Faulkner, Banfield and Booch- ever, and upon concurrence by the s Territorial Attorney General. The NAHA, a 54-ft. cabin cruiser, was moored at the Juneau small boat harbor during the time it was in the possession of the Veterans’ Affairs Commission and it was ad- vertised for public sale by invita- ticnal bid. Continuous efforts were made to dispose of the vessel, bt no satisfactory offers were received. The Rev. A. B. Morgan, of the Juneau Methodist Church, ulti- mately made an offer of $3,000 for the vessel and when it became ob- vious that this was the highest bid obtainable, the boat was sold to him January 6, 1950 for use in missionary work. A recapitulation of the account covering the NAHA shows that the net loss to the Commission resulting from this loan totaled $8,452.60. So we see that Mr, White was in error in stating that the Com- mission had “acquired a yacht, using taxpayers’ money”; was in error again when he said it was “used by the Commissioner and his associates for fishing trips, poker playing and parties”; was in error in stating that this trans- action had “never been fully ex- plained,” and was in error in stat- ing that “the loss to the taxpayers on this deal was more than $10,- 000.” Mr. White, the Republican boss, went on to say that there is “still a mystery” about what became of $1,000 allegedly drawn by the for- mer Veterans’ Commissioner in connection with purchase of the Clover Club cocktail bar in Juneau by another veteran, There is no mystery about it whatever. The $1,000, together with another $2,000, has been paid back to the Commis- sion by the Maryland Casualty Company which bonded the former Commissioner. The Company is also seeking to recover an addi- tional $7,000 from the veteran, who defaulted on the loan, and this will be paid to the Commission. It is true that action by the Democratic 1949 legislature led to the resignation of this official, the former Commissioner of the Alaska World War II Veterans' Affairs Commission. What Mr. White does not say in his political advertise- ment is that the Commissioner with whom he finds so much fault was a member of his own Repub- lican party; that he had formerly VERN METCALFE Candidate for the Legislature World War II Veteran (Paid Advertisement) been employed as cashier in the| bank of the late Captain Austin E, Lathrop, Republican National Com- | mitteeman, who recommended him highly for the veterans job, :mfi{ that he had been appointed by the Territory specifically at the urging of a Republican Senator from the Fourth Division, Mr. White found fault with the fact that the Veterans’' Bureau had from time to time retained attor- neys to collect on delinquent loans. He cited as an example the em-| ployment of Warren Taylor of Fairbanks in bringing suit against the Star Cab Company of Fair- banks on behalf of the Veterans’' Affairs Commission and mmuoncd‘ that the attorney's fee in that case | was $750, and that a $907 fee was paid to Mr, Taylor in another case in which the Veterans' Affairs Com- | WHERE'S THE MONEY Gal. 2 J mission was an intervenor. What | Mr. White was very careful not to say was that these fees had been set by the court in each case and were paid not by the taxpayer or the Veterans' Affairs Commis- sion, but as part of the judgment obtained when the Territory won the suits. Mr. White pretends to find something horrifying and pol- | itical in the employment of this particular attorney, who as we all| know is a member of the legislature | and a candidate for the Territorial Senate. Mr. White again was very | careful not to mention that other| Alaska attorneys, including notably | such eminent Republicans as le-i liam L. Paul, Jr, of Juneau and| Herald Stringer of Anchorage, had | been retained for similar work. In view of all the delibcrate mis- | statements in Al White’s speech and advertisement, it is refresmngi to find that in one paragraph he says something which is absolutely | true, This is that “a few business firms who collected the veterans’| tax have nct paid it into the fund| at all.” Mr. White knows exactly whereof he speaks, for as owner of the Bon Marche store in Juneau, he collected the tax from customers| and has to this day failed even to make a return covering the tax owed by the Bon Marche for the first two quarters of 1948, Mr. White sold that business in De-| cember of 1948, but still owes the veterans of this Territory the money which he collected for six full months on their behalf. There is apparently no record either of his having paid over to the vet- erans any tax he may have col- lected as an attorney. Was this because, as in the case of the Bon Marche, he just pocketed the money he collected for veterans, or because he didn't have any clients until the Republican party came along? Al's having included in his statement the mention of non-payment of taxes only goes to| prove, I suppose, that there is a little bit of truth in everyone He| is absolutely right in saying that some firms have not paid. | WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW NOW, AL, IS WHETHER YOUR FAILURE TO PAY THE VETERANS THE MONEY YOU OWE CONSTITUTES CORRUPT- ION, MALFEASANCE OR MIS- FEASANCE? Mr. White, so anxious to find something to criticize, ignores en- tirely the good work done under the fine program which Alaska has enacted for her veterans, Under it, more than 1,000 Alaska veterans have received the benefit of $4,- 595,314 in loans and another 3,888 | veterans have received $1,385,150 in| bonuses. The fund has been man-| aged conservatively and, to the credit of our veterans, total losses have been less than was anticipated | when the prograim was set up. Unprincipled a‘tacks such as| those of the Republicans under-| mine public confidence, jeopardize worthwhile programs and destroy the morale of conscientious public| servants. Just consider what kind of a veterans’ program we could ex- pect if such people as Al White| again gained control of the Terri- torial government! Veterans not only of World War II but of Korea | could expect to come back to Alas- ka and take up the good old Re- publican-sponsored profession of selling apples on the street cor- ners. by Yogi Berra kept Goliat on first base. Trying to bunt him over, Roberts popped to Reynolds but Eddie Wait- kus moved Goliat all the way to third with a bad hop single over Coleman’s head into short right field. The ball skidded off the edge of the infield grass and careened wildly over Coleman’s head for a single. Ashburn tied it up with a fly to | Gene Woodling, so deep that there | was no chance for a play on Goliat at the plate. Two double plays, the first of the series, stifled Phillie threats in the eighth and ninth innings. Yanks Blow Chance The Yanks blew a chance tc knock off the Phils earlier when Bobby Brown and Hank Bauer singled with one out in the eighth. Roberts bore down to get Coleman on an infield bouncer to Hamner, the first Phil assist, and retired Reynolds on a called third strike. The Phils tore into Reynolds for four extra base hits after being held to two lonely singles by Raschi in the opener. Hamner collected a triple and double and Waitkus and | Ashburn both doubled. Outside of DiMaggio’s homer, the only other Yank extra baser was Coleman’s double in the fourth. —_— Frank McConaghy of Seattle staying at the Baranof Hotel. is “RAIN OR SHINE” “Enjoy weekend at TAKU LODGE $25 includes round trip transpor- l 1 ' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA |OAKLAND SURE OF TIE IN PCL PENNANT RACE (By the Associated Press) Oakland is guaranteed at least a tie for the Pacific Coast League pennant in the daffy final week of the long season. Goofy business in the league in- cluding a 15-inning game winding up with a seven-run outburst, an- other game called by fog and a ‘crowd” of 396 watching a double- header. Osakland let go the seven runs in the top of the 15th, including Loyd Christopher’s grand slam homer, to left the Oaks five games ahead of second place San Diego, with only five games to play. Hollywood doomed the Padres to no better than a pennant tie by} beating them 6-4 in the game called by fog after eight innings. Only 396 fans were on hand when Los Angeles took two from Seattle 9-8 and 4-3 yesterday afternoon. In another day game Portland tightened its hold on fourth place by beating San Francisco 4-3. STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League w . 116 A7 Pet 594 569 523 510 495 485 423 Oakland San Diego Hollywood Portland San Francisco Seattle Los Angeles . Sacramento FIGHT DOPE Fights last night ended as follows: At Chicago — Rocky Graziano, 160, New York, knocked out Gene Burton, 151, New York, 7. Rex Layne, 196, Salt Lake City, and Dale Hall, tation from Juneau; deluxe lodging, | 212, Chicago, drew, 10. meals, fishing and sightseeing trips. Phone 202 for reservations, 592 tf WANT ADS BRING RESULTS . IMITATION VANILLA CAN'T DO THE JOB! Get the pure vanilla that has been the standard of quality for 69 years. 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