The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 12, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dml Alqs]m Em pire Second and 8 President | Vice-President | Managing Editor | in the Post Office in June Second Class Matter, UBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; | 8.00; one year, $15.00 he following rates: months, in advance, $7.50 six months, ptly notify MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS X v entitled to the use for r not other- s publishe:! Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Tuesd A 10-TON LOAD ON A 1-TON MOTOR have heard a lot about the filibuster staged the southern Democrats to prevent statehood for stage in the United States by ka reaching the voting It wasn't all filibuster. Here is Senator McClellan (Arkansas) stating his position on statehood for Alaska: “Mr. President, I wish to say at the outset that not unalterably opposed to statehood Al- Frankly, I shall look forward to the time when » may ify for statehood. I think tentialities, and I think it is highly probable that in the course of time—and I should like to see the am for q she has hood would impose. As I see the situation, it is very placing a 10-ton load on a 1-ton horsepower | motor. I don't beleive Alaska can pull the load. |T do not believe she has the adequate strength, or has developed resources from which she would collect taxes out of the her people adequately to support a State government . ... “Therefore, Mr. President, until there has been further development of Alaska, such further growth, that she can be self-sustaining, I do not believe state- hood should be granted.” The Senator from Arkansas had much more to about statehood Alaska in the Congressional Records of last week and the statement above is an account of his reasons for cpposing HR 331. There are a lot of us in Alaska who feel that statehood now for Alaska would be a 10-ton load on a 1-ton motor. | much income of for T(Ifl Hdrllev (Wshington, D. C Post) Senator Taft would be justified in regarding his impressive victory in the Ohio senatorial contest as an endorsemnt of the Taft-Hartley Act in toto. How- aver, Mr. Taft, who has long advocated changes in the law that bears his name, discovered when cam- paigning in his home State that most complaints were directed aginst those provisions of the law that he made an abortive attempt to amend in 1949. Now he is ready to try again to revise the law provided e is assured of sufficient support in both House wnd Senate to put through his proposals. His decision not to force the issue is wise, not because it might create dissensian within his wn party, but because amendments should be con- sidered on their merits without wrangling. Unless there is strong backing'in Congress for the Taft re- visionist proposals, therefore, it would be much better to let well enough alone. We hope, however, that Senator Taft will be able to round up enough backers to insure approval of changes in those sections of the law that have hampered effective administration. Especially needed are deletion of the requirement for an NLRB vote before granting a union shop, authorization of Government seizure of struck plants in national emergencies and abolition of the semi- independent status of NLRB'’s general counsel. With such changes the Taft-Hartley Act would be greatly improved and much of the hostility aroused by some minor prohibitions and restrictions would evaporate. only time veloped populated, that thus veloped resourc adequ become of the Union. “As T sce the situation, Alaska to acceot the and hastened — Alaska may become sufficienhly de- considering the )ng enough financially, she could support the forty-ninth State responsibilities which state- | area | that is best for with such de- statehood the alphabet has not matured | duce the last “A baby will in his early infancy. From the A-bomb to the H-bomb is going through too fast. word would reduce cvm'vthlnr; to zero. not him,” says a dietitian. instinetly choose the food He will At thi bombs, rate, we’ll soon pro- in the Z-bomb, which Ths Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) er, and [ ccmmander of the Major Gen. Edward mander uf the 10th Corps. For 1oé " reason, known only In.’\'lh\n these two generals no battle communication with her, but had to talk to her by way of Tokyo some es away. nd, both generals had their vacing for the Manchurian er to see which could get there sured by MacArthur’s in- that they had nothing to the Chinese, the troops instead of driving for- ward in a strong, compact spea head. Furthermore, the 10th Corps undcr General Almond went racing toward the north, instead of close to the 8th Army. h Ambassador Henri Bon- 3¢ on instructions from government, warned U. S. of- vicls against this advance before) rted. Specifically, he wamedi' ere were 700 miles of Chin- border toward which MacAr- was headed, along which the iese were concentrated. tisnh also warned against ; into this arca, and these relayed to Mac- ington. Warning 8th Army, Almgc to 1 fear from fanned out, wthermore, the Joint Chiefs of | f cabled a reminder to Mac- that General Almond had battle communication with Walker. MacArthur sent | a curt reply that he knew he was doing. | Result was that the Chinese| wisely hit at the vacuum between the n Army and the 10th Corps They also hit between the advanc- | ing units of the two armies which | were fanned out, not expecting | resistance. | During this confusion, Gen. Ai- mond tried to send his Marines to close the gap betw him and the | 8th Army. But after a brief, bloody | battie, they were forced to Lurn‘ back to the Chosin Reservoir | Then for some reason, so far nut‘ explained, the Marines were allow- | ed to remain at the reservoir fur{ four days, giving the Chinese an op- | portunity to swarm all around them | and cut off escape. The Marines and Tth Infantry could just as well have pulled back toward Hung- nam harbor immediately. But with it necessary to relay orders back ! and forth to Tokyo, the orders| did not come for four whole day: Note—During this period, Mac- Arthur had time to send five mes- | sages to American newspapers ex- | plaining why he was not to blame | in Korea. 1 Human Relations wa cdon’t usually e chairman of a Democratic Committee dinner to be a philo- sceher on human relations. No do a expect many big businessmen be working Democrats. But vht Palmer, President of the ‘a]l Cable Company, happens ‘Chairman of the big Dem- ct the | National [ 0 D G to ocratic | eretary dinner in New York mh and when he received letter from an Indiana Domuum calling him -a nigger-loving, pic- labor Rooseveltian, Palmer wrote back: “My job is running a company that emplo about 7,000 people | and we have plants in Perth Amboy and Bayonne, N. J., Rome, N. Y.; St. ‘Louis, Mo.; and week, Los Angeles Emeryville, Calif. For a long per- iod of time I have been interested in bettering human relations by opening up jobs and upgrading peo- ple, based solely upon merit, re- gardless of race, creed or color. “The America of the early days, when the Anglo-Saxon strain dom- inated everything, is no longer with us. The influx of foreign- born from all parts of the wur](ll has made America what it is today. | Each racial and religious group brought with it some of the best of its old world talents and ideals. Ang these all dumped into the melting pot have developed a na- tion that Is strong, democratic and outspoken with all the freedoms that go to make up a true democ- racy. “We have two Jews as Vice Pre- sidents in our organization. Another Vice President is of Italian par- entage. We have Protestants and Catholics in the mana and we have Negroes serving as foremen, department manegers and in our laboratories. “It so happens that I was born in St. Louis, white and Presbyter- jan, It took me quite awhile to | free myself of some of my preju- dices and discriminations. But my | feeling is that I have to see what I personally can produce in the way of doing my share to get peo- ple to understand each other bet- ter.” Capital News Capsules Search for uranium — Govern- ment geologists are still searching frantically for uranium deposits in the USA. At present, we imbport most of this vital ingredient for | atomic bombs from the Belgian Congo. So far, uranium prospectors | have sent 3,000 samples to Wash- | ington to be analyzed, of which | some 700 showed traces of uranium, thouglx usuiaMy mot enough to bother mining. So far, no one has been able to collect the $10,000 bonus which the Atomic Energy Commission has offered to anyone | who makes a strike yielding at least four tons of uranium. MacArthur debate—In hot re- buttal to GOP charges blaming Se- | of State Acheson for the Korean debacle, Democrats in Con- gress planned a series of speeches | pinning the blame squarely on Gen- | | eral MacArthur, the GOP idol. | However, President Truman passed | down word that MacArthur's pres- tige must be salvaged for the sake | of unity and world opinion. Tru- | man’ led off by praising MacAr- | thur at his pr conterence, after | which the anti-MacArthur Senate speeches were canceled. w TO MEET The WSCS of the Methodist church will meet Wednesday after- | nocn at 1:30 at the home of Mrs. Oscar Lundquist, Spickett Apts. the study “Near East Pflnorama”; will be continued. | | ement group | | | well, and Frank A. Dosser. | ATTE (MINING MEN VISIT TULSEQUAH CLAIMS; T0 CONTINUE WORK Underground exploration work will continue on the Tulsequah Chief and Big Bull properties near Tulsequah, B.C”, according to W. C. Jewitt and H. C. Giegerich, mining engineers of the Consolidated Min- ing and Smelting Co. of Canada, Ltd., who have returned from there. Sixty-five men have been em- ployed there for the past two years, and plans are to continue, Giegerich { At 2 p.m.—Skating in AB Hall to said. The two men, from Trail, B.C., have spent the past week on the properties inspecting progress. Fourteen Juneauites have interest in the pmpvmes 8 ARRIVE; 5 DEPART PACIFIC NORTHERN | Eight passengers arrived here yes- terday and five departed for An- chorage via Pacific Northern Air- lines. S From Anchorage: Fay Bemis, Bruce Parker, Charles McCoy, Jack Ballinger, H. Quay, and Mrs. Lund. From Cordova: Polly Turine. From Yakutat: Howard Bremner. To Anchorage: Ray Thurman, Phil Jeans, Bryan Burch, Ira Roth- NTION REBEKAHS Meeting 8 p.m. Wed. Initiation and Past Noble Grand night. Isabelle Jorgenson, Noble Grand. For a Real Fit-Made-ic Measure suits at Ceslers. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA December 12 Rosie Meier Mrs. William Paul Mildred Elkins Loren Elizabeth Shaw Margaret Mercado Harriet Merriweather Esther Miller Mrs. A. G. Goodman O. G. Culberhouse e o 0 0 0o o o (OMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY At 8 pm.—Odd Fellows meet in IOOF Hall. At 8 p.m.—Concert at 20th Cen- tury Theatre and Marcus Gordon. At 8 p.m.—Eastern Star Christmas party, Scottish Rite Temple. At 8:45 p.m.—Community Center Night for Adults at Teen Age Club. eececcececove = b December 13 At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. At 1:30 p.m.—WSCS meets at home of Mrs. Oscar Lundquist. At 6:30 p.m.—Couple Club meets at Northern Light Presbyterian church. At 8 pm.—Elks Lodge. At 8 pm.—VFW Auxiliary meets at home of Mrs. James Brunette, 229 N. Franklin St. At 8 p.m.—Turkey Shoot of Cardi- nal Club in Catholic Parish Hall. At 8 p.m.—Alaska Potters meet in AB Hall for demonstration of one piece mold. At 8 p.m.—Rebekahs meet in Odd Fellows Hall, initiation and Past Noble Grand night. December 14 At noon—Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof. At 7:30 pm. — Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club meets in AB Hall. At 8 pm.—Emblem Club annual Christmas party will be held in Elks Lodge rooms. At 8 pm—V.F.W. Post meets in CIO Hall. At 8 pm.—Lutheran Ladies Aid in church parlors. December 15 At 8 p.m.—Moose lodge meets. At 8 p.m.—Rebekah Past Noble Grand Christmas party at home of Mrs. George Martin, 1019 W. 10th Street. At 9 pm—Senior Ball of Juneau High in High School Gym. December 16 At 8 pm. — ANB-ANS cerénfbnial dances for Library Fund in High School gym. At 10 p.m—Sons of Norway dance in Elks Ballroom. All kinds ot music to be featured. December 17 5 p.m. A% 7 pm—Lutheran Church Sun- day School Christmas program in Church parlors. At 8 p.m.—Christmas program pre- sented by First Church of God in IOOF Hall. December 18 { At noon—Lions club meets in Bara- nof. At 8 pm—American Legion post meets in Dugout. December 19 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof, an- nual Christmas party for Rotary children. December 20 At 7:15 pm. — Methodist Sunday School Chrisimas party in church. ALASKA POTTERS CLUB MEETING TOMORROW The Alaska Potters Club will hold their regular weekly meeting Wed- nesday evening. Members who have bisque pieces are requested to take them to the Club Room tomorrow so that we will be able to fill the kiln for another baking. Unit of work . Statute . Rigorous . Cylindrical . Plece out . Hoosier state: abbr. . Restrain Positive poles Ancient slave 43. British country . Body of water 7. Goddess of discord 48. Treacle . Scraped linen Units 54. High mountain . Falls behind 56. Most excellent . Merry ACROSS A weight of India Opening 1In a network Mark of a wound . Brazillan timber tree . Measure of surface 14. Kind of balsam Pertaining to literature . Baking chamber 18, Nerve network 19 Upright 0. Irish expletive 23, Wia eae 25. Beholdest AP Newsfeatures Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 1 Salt used In chemlstry . Finlal . Rodent Female horse Muse of lyrio poetry . Unruffied : Dried grass Shop . Bedspreads . Fish sauce . Dwart . Obliterate Urged on .Sofulh African ox . Give off fumes . Disclosing . Short for & man's name . Three-part ! . Fits one inslde ponother . Foot hottoms . Healthy i \mal solo . Riotous crowd . Droop 50. Guido's high= est note 6L Catch sight of | by Desire Ligeti | 20 YEARS AGO 4o DECEMBER 12, 1830 HE EMPIRE Having vowed in a letter he placed on the counter of the Mint, a soft drink parlor and poolroom in Ketchikan, “that this fellow I am taking with me, framed me,” and that he would be the last man the victim would frame. “Black Matt” Berkovich fired three* shots” into Phil Dohm and then after warning bystanders in the Mint to keep clear, fired a shot through his own brain. Both died instantly. The shooting took place shortly bfore 7 o'clock the previous eve- ning and came as a climax to the sensational booze trial in which “Black Matt” was convicted by a jury the previous Bnturdw nner 24 hours of deliberation, of consptracy to violate the Prohibition Law. He had not been sentenced. Dohm was one of the chief witnesses for the government in prosecuting the case. Dohm, about 24 years of age, was accused in the same indictment with Berkovich but turned State's evidence and was not prosecuted. Berkovich owned several fishing boats. He was called the “king of the bootleggers” in the Ketchikan district. In high school basketball games the girls Alumni team beat the School Girls team by a score of 19 to 16. Lena Jackson, Barbara Winn and June Geyer sparked the high school team and Irene Burke, Elsie Jensen and Mrs. E. G. Sweum for the Alums. The Mohawks beat) the high school boys team by a score of 15 to 11. Outstanding players for the school boys team were Elmer Lindstrom, William Rodenberg and Thomas Relingshafer and for the Mohawks, Lloyd Bayers, Claude Baldwin and Samuel Nelson. Mrs. Alma Hendrickson entertained with four tables of bridge. Mrs. !John Torvinen won first prize and consolation went to Mrs. George | Grigg. The past year had been one of the most successful in the history of the Chamber of Commerce, reported G. H. Walmsley, Secretary, in a statement of activities made at the organization’s final meeting of the current year. The total number of members enrolled during the year —— o Daily Lessons in English % .. GORDON, PO et ] WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: To retire, in the sense of “to go to bed,” is not good usage, and should be avoided. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gratis. The preferred pronunciation is A as in GRATE. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Annulment; observe the NN and the one L. SYNONYMS: Original, initial, primary, primordial. 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: NIHILISM; a doctrine which denies any objective or real ground of truth. (Pronounce ni-i-lizm, first I as in NIGHT, second and third I's as in IT, accent first syllable. BERTA LEE | MODERN ETIQUETTE % Q. When a hostess wishes to use place cards at a dinner she is, giving for some very good friends. is it all right if she uses only their first names? A. Yes, this is quite ail right. Q. Is it necessary always to ask the permission of a man before furnishing his name as a reference? A. Yes; it is very ill-bred not to do so. Q. Is it all right to use the telephone to acknowledge receipt of & gift? A. This is not good form. | thanks is in order. ] LOOK and LEARN 1. How many pints are there in one bushel? 2. What is the difference in meaning between “interstate” and | “intrastate’’? What is the family name of the royal family of Great Britain? How many agate lines are there to an inch? g What line follows: “Laugh and the world laughs with you N ANSWERS: Sixty-four. Interstate means between different States. one State. ‘Windsor. Fourteen. 5. “Weep and you weep alone,” from the- poem -“Solitude,” by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Weather: High, 40; low, 36; cloudy. | A sincere, personally written note of 3 C. GORDON g Intrastate means within 3. e ZALMAIN GROSS d-ap subscriber 1o THE VAILY EMP is invited to be our guest' Present this coupon to thé box office of the and receive TWO TICKETS to ses: "MALAYA" Federal Tax—12¢ Pald by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and. ?.I'UBN YOU to your home with our THIS SPACE—Your Namq May Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century ol-,mm-tm The B. M. Behrends Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL ~SAVINGS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1950 Wealher al " Alaska Polnis eather eonnmom ana r- At at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30[ un.. 120th Meridian Time, and by the Weather Buresu fl'! follows Anchorage .. Annette Island Barrow Bethel Cordova Dawson . Edmonton Fairbanks Havre Haines Juneau Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath .. Nome Northway ..... Petersburg .. Portland Prince George .. Seattle Sitka Whitehorse Yakutat o 21—Cloudy . 47—Rain 19—Snow . 32—Cloudy 16—Partly Cloudy . -25—Clear 26—Snow 5—Partly Cloudy 32—Partly Cloudy 29—Clear 31—Cloudy 34—Snow 21--Snow 21—Snow 27—Fog and Drizzle . -24—Partly Cloudy 34—Rain 41—Fog 21—Fog 42—Cloudy 38—Drizzle -9—Clear 20—Partly Cloudy ROUNTREES BACK FROM TRIP EAST; DAUGHTER BE AT MT. EDGECUMBE Mr. and Mrs.. Ellery L. Rountree have returned from a visit in the east. They were accompanied to Juneau by their daughter Betty who has been in Buffalo, N. Y. Miss Rountree has left on the Al- aska Coastal Airlines plane for Mt. Edgecumbe where she will join the hospital nursing staff. She visited in Juneau with her parents last August. After leaving here a month ago, the Rountrees went to Cleveland, Ohio to visit with Mrs. Rountree’s mother who is recovering from a serious illness. They then went to Washington, D. C., to visit their daughter, Mrs. John Anderton and her two children and they visited in Virginia. Rountree is back at his desk as Supply Engineer for the Alaska Road Commission. Mrs. Rountree is on the office staff of the Veferans Administration here, BROWNIE TROOP MEETS At our meeting Saturday morning we finished most of our doll cloth- es. We sang Christmas carols as we sewed. Next Saturday we are going to finger-paint. We are going to make Christmas wrapping paper. Our leader wants us to bring lots | of newspapers. We are supposed to wear our oldest clothes. JUDY IRBY, Reporter. SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S — WALT HATLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Experienced House Wiring Electrical Marine Repair Phone Red 290 Juneau, Alaska V.F. W Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.1.0. Hall at 8:00 p.m. The Erwin Feed Co. Offics in Case Lot Grooery Pheme 794 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE STEVENS’ LADIES’—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Streét Near Third The Charles W. Carter Pourth and Praoklin Bts. PHONE 138 Casler’s Mea's Wear CLOTHES NUNN SHOES HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Mem SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 187 SECOND and FOURTH m of each month m D- Wdrnmmlm JAMES W. LEIVERS, m —— @ 5.7, 0. ELKS Megting every Wednesday ‘at § P.M. Visiting brothers WALLIS S, GEORGE, Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Stors Phone 50 Fred W. Wends Wholesale 808 PHONE 216—DAY e for. MIXERS or 50DA POP LD L sty peyriters J. B. Burford Ce, “Our Doorstep Is Wern by Satiafied Customety” FORD R ! AGENCY GREASES — GAS — OK% Juneau Moter c.. Yoot of Matn Strews . JUNEAU DELlClOUS lct & dally habit—ask for i