The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 3, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publistied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - President -President ing Editor Entered in the Post Office fn Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION. RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juncan and Dougla: six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irrecularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIA’ The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to jt nr not other- ise credited in this paper and also the local news published erein. TATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 NATIONAL REP! Pourth Avenue Bldg., Wednesday, January 3, 1951 HERE’S OUR LIAR’S STORY We think we can top the Burlington, Wis, Liar's Club story — at least with an Alaska angle. The Burlington story appeared in The Empire December 29. Here is our story: There was the fellow who discovered the source of the Northern Lights beyond Point Barrow, mined it out in chunks and sold them for batteries. It is said that he made a fortune before the income tax boys caught up with him. VOICE FROM MOSCOW The purpose of the Kremlin's policy in the Far East is to lock us up in Asia in conflict with the Chinese so as to leave Europe to the Russians. This is obvious to anybody with the normal quantum of brains, but for the benefit of those not so possessed, r S1.50 per month; | | the Literary Gazette in Moscow drives the point home. “The Chinese Communist offensive in Korea,” notes its political commentator, gleefully, “has shaken the foundations of the Atlantic Pact.” If it has, the policymakers should repair them quickly, and build | an enduring edifice upon them without delay. Only in unity on the basis of a common effort and equality of sacrifice is there any strength nowadays. Consider With Care (Anchorage News) The death of U. S. Marshal Paul C. Herring leaves veant a vital law enforcement post in the Territory, and also, alas, a choice political plum. It has been customary for the local political party to recommend the appointment of an individual to the Alaska delegate in Congress who in turn submits the nominee to the attorney general. Final appoint- ment is by the President. . s . . . . The United States marshal’s job has too often been a seat-warming reward for faithful political service, and this has been the sole qualification of the appointee in many past instances. B ) » . That day has passed. The United States marshal’s job in Alaska is one of heaviest responsibility. It is one of great drive and initiative, more so in the Third Division than perhaps in other areas of Alaska. It is here that the great bulk of transient population ebbs and flows. It is in this division that the dis- tances are greatest. B e W WL Under the marshal’s jurisdiction here it the far flung Aleutian chain of islands, which although not heavily populated. present a problem in law control through the very fact of their great distances. There is only one fleld marshal between Kodiak and the tip of the Aleutians, which itself lies within the realm of Soviet influence. . . . . » The Third Division marshal must contend with poor and inadequate jail facilities at Anchorage where the Federal penal institution is a tinder-dry frame dozen times in as many years. There is a big job to be done by the new marshal of the Third Division and the manner in which he fultills this job will reflect the welfare of every indi- vidual in Anchorage and the Third Division. Those holding the power to name him have a neighbors. No man is homely when he wears a smile on his face. building that has had its floor bored through a half | serious duty to perform for their fellow residents and] L5 et S oesiRR ihe Wasl;;nglon g Merry-Go-Round (Continuec ‘ror: Page One) was given all kinds of government | loans, orders and backing. Kaiser!y was sold surplus aluminum plants at bargain rates after the war. However, both wanted to produce pretty much on their own terms 4n the pew emergency, “Farly last fall, when the govern- ment first contemplated expanding aluminum production, genial, hard- working Henry Kaiser, genius =f the far-flung Kaiser industries, wel- comed the idea with enthusiasm. “Let’s get going, let’s get going, Le told Larson. No Risk—All Profits However, when it came to signing a contract, both Kaiser and Rey- nolds had their own ideas. Ard their ideas were that Uncle Sam take all the risks, they take all the profits. Both companies are heartily against government inter- ference with business, but appar- cntly not against government guar- antees of dividends. For here is what Kaiser and Reynolds wanted from the govern- ment in return for expanding the aluminum plants which they origin- ally purchased from Uncle Sam at bargain-counter rates: 1. A government guarantee of their loan. The right to amortize their investment in five years, whereas ordinarily tax depreciation would ke spread over 20 years. 3. The government to buy all al- uminum except a margin allocated to small manufacturers. 4. If the market dropped or if government purchases decreased, the companies could turn the plants back to Uncle Sam in two and a half years. In brief, the two aluminum com- panies wanted the government to! put up the money, give them tax relief, buy most of the product, and then take the plants off their hands in case business went bad. All this the government agreed to do. However, the aluminum execu- tives wanted even more, They pro- posed that if price controls should be imposed on the nation, they would be exempt. This was too much. And in a| confidential backstage conference with Larson, the attorney for Rey- nolds Metals, Judge Robert Patter- | son, refused to support his own) client, .Patterson, who served as| Secretary of War, quietly remarked: | “Gentlemen, we have asked for enough.” Note—The aluminum contracts have now been signed. They provide for a total of 320,000 tons expand- ed production divided among Kai- ser, Reynolds and ALCOA. Tide of Toys Toughest problem facing General | Eisenhower in rearming Europe will | be to mobilize the spirit, the espirit de corps, the enthusiasm of the street. This points the finger at our big- gest failure in postwar building. ¥or, while we have repaired Euro- pean factories, rebuiit railroads,! “illed men’s stomachs, we have not y. orked mearly as hard on people~ t.-people friendship. We have dealt chiefly on a gov- | ernment-to-government basis, and unfortunately when a cabinet falls or a government changes heads, we | are left with no deep roots among : the people, This is one reason why the Amer- jcan Legion’s Tide of Toys is so important at this time. These toys, collected for the children of U. S. scldiers in Korea and for the poorer children of Europe, are not so valuable measur- ed in dollars. But they will be priteless in' terms of goodwill. For it’'s the thing that touches a person’s heartstrings that counts. And a toy sent by a child in the USA. to a family in Europe can make a more lasting impression than rebuilding a dozen factories or munitions plants that can easily e taken over by the enemy if the people of western Europe lack the will for defense. War Notes About 50 of the Army's revolu- tionary lightweight tanks will be ready for combat in the next few weeks. They have radar fire-con- trol which guarantees a hit on the first or second shot, and are re- ported better than anything in the Russian arsenal. . .The Russians are reported to have turned up a new and tremendous deposit of ur- anium, This probably explains why Moscow has suddenly begun to close down the uranium mines in eastern Germany, . .The American Embassy cables that Prime Minister Nehru of Indian is bitterly disillusioned with the Chinese Communists. Ap- parently Nehru finally is waking | up to the facts of life. . .One hun- dred and fifty American prisoners are in a special camp at Tunghau, decorated with pictures of William Z. Foster, Eugene Dennis and other Commie leaders where the Chirese are trying to convert them to Com- munism. So far no luck. Merry-Go-Round Charles Wilson, the new mobiliza- tion boss, testifying behind the closed doors of the Senate Banking Committee, summed up his plan . of action in four words—“Analyze, or- ganize, deputize, then supervise.” . . Senator Humphrey of Minnesota ends all his letters by asking for the prayers of Minnesota constitu- ents to help give him divine guid- ance in his Senate work. . .Only 10 percent of our commercial planes can be used for defense purposes, according to a confidential Air Force survey. This means the Air Force could not reopen the Berlin airlift in case of another Berlin blockade, because 90 percent of our cargo planes are tied up in Korea. Despite this, Congress still dillydallies about building up the Merchant Marine of the air. .. Be- cause of the delicate international situation, British labor officials and Tory leaders both are convinc- ed they ought to hold off new Bri- tish elections until next fall, ACCOUNTANT HERE Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Kessner and two children, Richard, 10, and Joyce, 8, arrived here on the Bar- anof. Kessner is the new civilian fiscal accountant with 17th U. S. District Coast Guard headquarters here. They come. from Washington, D. C. where Kessner has been with the Public Housing Administration, They are temporarily living at the Baranof Hotel. MINING SHORT COURSE | CLASSES START TONIGHT Classes will start tonight in Ju-| neau in the mining short course being conducted in southeast Alaska at this time by the Extension Divi- | sion of the University of Alaska.| The course will be from 7 to 10 o'clock each night on Monday, Wed- | nesday and Thursday to continue for a period of four weeks begin-; ning with the first class tonight.} Classes will be held in the High; School building. Larry C. Doheny, well known min- ing consultant, engaged by the| | University to conduct the course, | said this morning that anyone in- | terested in the course is invited to | attend the classes. There are no ieducaeioml requirements and no fee is made. The mining short course will in-! clude a resume of the entire mining field including mining metallurgy, geology, prospecting and the use of | the Geiger Counter as an aid for } prospecting of uranium minerals, | and blow pipe work for strategic and | eritical minerals. Doheny will also give one lecture on the polishing of gem stones and rock. During the course Doheny hopes to secure the services of Treasurer Henry Roden to give a lecture on mining law. Roden is an authority on this subject. He has had a wide experience as a mining man as well | as a prominent attorney in Alaska. | FROM KETCHIKAN Robert Berg, Phil Wacker and Charles King, all of Ketchikan, were overnight guests at the Bara- nof Hotel enroute to Anchorage. PAUL STOVER HERE DPaul Stover or sodiak is stop- ping 3t the Baranof Hotel. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA January 3 Patricia Carroll Lance E. Hendrickson Freddie Schmitz Yoland Uberti ‘Walborg Lindegard Mrs. Walter Butler Grace Dodge Mrs. T. B. Finch Harold Hedlund Elizabeth Moyer e o 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY EAL 7:30 p.m.—Elks Lodge. |At 8 pm. — WSCS will Little Chapel. At 8 p.m~—Juneau Woman’s Club business meeting at home of Mrs. Mildred Hermann. At 8 p.m.—Alaska Potters regular business meeting in club rooms in A.B. Hall. eeecccccccscccoe ® 000000200000 meet in in N.L.P. church parlors. At 8 pm.—AWVS meets at Gover- nor's House to discuss first aid class. All women interested in- vited. ) | January 4 | At noon—Chamber of Commerce meets in Baranof. |At 1 pm—Weekly Well Baby and ter, 318 Main Street. At 7 pm. — Girls and Boys folk dancing club meets in Parish Hall At 8 p.m—Women of Moose will meet. January 5 |At 1:30 p.m—Martha Society meets in N. L. P. church parlors. Instal- lation of officers. | At 1:30 p.m.—Home Tailoring Work | Shop meeting in Red Cross rooms, Shattuck Building with Haldene Price, instructor. At 7:30 p.m.—Short course in winter first aid offered to Juneau skiers, sewing room in High School. At 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket- ball, High School gym. At 8 p.m.—Regular meeting of City Council in City Hall. January 8 At noon—Lions club, Baranof. January 9 At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof. At 8 p.n. — Territorial Sportsmen Inc., meets City Council Cham- bers. Election of officers. January iV At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof. Januvary 2% At 8 p.m.—Central Labor Council elects officers. 505 OF SHIP NEAR AUSTRALIA PICKED UP BY KODIAK (6 SEATTLE, Jan. 3—®—The Coast Guard reported a weak SOS signal today from a sinking British ship, possibly near the Australia coast. The ship was the Palana. The distress call, picked up by a Coast Guard radio in Alaska, said the ship hit a rock off Pine Peak island. Coast Guard offices in Juneau and New York said the island was believed to be off the Australian coast. The latter office said it was off the northwest coast. Coast Guard records in New York disclosed the Palana was in Bris- bane, Australia, Dec. 24. Lloyds Register lists the Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. of London as the owner. The British Consulate here said the firm’s ships usually operate in the passenger trade. There are no British ships en- gaged in the Alaska trade. Crossword Puyzzle ACROSS 84. Last name of 1. Cheek-bone e 6. Mocassin y . Morbidl 5. tad obughiog Tr ¥ ander 12. Not sleeping 39, Perserverin 13. South Amerts applicatio can Indian 43, Openwork 14, Macaw w cdsbre, . God o I fabrie 45. Cooked slowly * " Hlnsions 17, Tidged ioe 18, Beast 49. The elect 20, Throb 52, One: Scotch Allow §3. Pronoun 23. Wearisomely 54. Strictness 25. At any time §5. Affirmative . Take one's way 56. Public notices 28, Walks in water 57. Former Ameri- Lure can jockey 30. 1. Insane h 2 Mingled wonder ¢ qottion. e Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 3. Woolly . Related and fear ‘money 6. Ointment.for the hair 1. Olly llullxhi structure 10. Pertaining to an area 11 Meat pie 17. Maltreats 19. Cry of a cat 21. Bulgarian coln 22. Feminine name 24, Peculiar 26. Make over by deed . Droop 31. Merited 32 Native metal 33. Still 35. Reposed 36. Buries 37. Top card 30, Archalc anto- nym of array 40. Principle of violet root 41. Fails to win 42. Pitch Lay 48. Exclamation 50. Bushy clump 51. Befors At 8 p.m.—Mary Circle will meet ! Health Conference at Health Cen- | JANUARY 3, 1931 o’clock, in the various churches. a team representing the Douglas Fire Department. 119 to 26. | Alaska was pictured as the dominant strategic point for Pacific | military purposes in a special map published by the Pagific-Yukon E. W. Sawyer, member of the commission, in | explaining the accuracy of the map, asserted it brought out the domi- nant position of Alaska for military purposes and said he hoped avia- tion squadrons would be established at Fairbanks and Seward. | Highway Commission. | The first game in I with a good margin. 178 pins and defeated Anchorage by 438 pins. Weather: High, 36; low, 33; rain. oing?” Say, “What is the use of YOUR going?” g | syllable. ferred to INCLOSE. mation. 1 | - ———— e ens s sssss. i but also of the other people by remaining at home. atendant, her matron or maid of honor. been particularly attentive and patient? | and is the mark of good-breeding. | { caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel? variety of scenery? ¢ 3. What use in an orchestra is a glockenspiel? to be a pickpocket? ANSWERS: More than 70,000 The United States. For bell-like effects. Oliver Twist. Aristotle. HAROLD F. DAWES CAPITOL THEATRE and recetve TWO TICKETS to see: Oldest Bank in Alaska Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL Among passengers for Juneau arriving on the Northwestern were: |Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Engstrom, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Turoff and child, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Newman and daughter Frances, Michael Pusich. Since the first week of the year was designated as the Week of ‘Prayer, the Protestant churches of Juneau were planning to observe it by having services each evening during the week starting at 7:30) Before a large crowd in the Juneau High School gymansium, the first string basketball quintet of the school went down to defeat before The score was Twenty thousand dollars, due January 1, had been paid by the United Eastern Mining Company of Los Angeles, Calif.,, toward the purchase price of the Tulsequah Chief mining property in the Taku district, to Charles G. WarneT of this city and his associates. i the telegraphic bowling tournament between !the Elks lodges of Juneau, Ketchikan and Anchorage were rolled the | previous evening and the local team jumped at once into the lead The locals led the nearest rival, Ketchikan, by WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “What is the use of you OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Obsequies (funeral rites). | ob-se-kwiz, O as in ON, E as in ME unstressed, I as in IT, accent first OFTEN MISSPELLED: Insure, preferred to ENSURE.. Enclose, pre- SYNONYMS: Vivacity, vivaciousness, liveliness, sprightliness, ani- WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: DETERRENT (noun); that which prevents from action by fear of consequences. “The news acted as a deterrent to his going.” MODERN ETIQUETTE 2 ppara wem Q. When one has been invited to a party, or other affair, and after accepting he contracts a heavy cold, what should he do? A. Telephone the hostess and express how sorry he is that he cannot attend. He is being considerate, not only of his own welfare, Q. If a girl is to be married in a simple, informal ceremony, and |is to wear a traveling dress, does she have a number of bridesmaids? A. In a ceremony such as this, the bride usually has only one Q. Is it necessary to thank a clerk in a store, when he or she has A. This is done only too seldom. But it certainly is very courteous e e e e LOOK and LEARN % corpon e e e e e 1. How many automobile accidents in the course of a year are 2. What country is conceded to rank first in beauty, grandeur and 4. What character in one of Charles Dickens' novels was taught 5. Who was considered the greatest of all Greek philosphers? as a paid-ap subscrider 10 THE VAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the “SHADOW ON THE WALL" Federal Tax—12c 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! - e 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1951 - The B. M. Behrends SAVINGS rrr——— WED: Weather at Alaska Poinls Weather conaions and temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am, 120th Msidian Time, and | released oy the Weather Bureau are as follows: ' . 17—Snow | Anghorage ... Annette Tsland .. 20—Clear | Barrow ... -17—Snow Bethel . .. 2—Fog Cordova 11—Clear | Dawson - - -16—Partly Cloudy | Edmonton -17—Snow | Fairbanks ~T—Cloudy Haines 18—Clear Havre ... ... 15—Snow Juneau Airport . . 25—Clear Kodiak ... . 28—Partly Cloudy Kotzebue ... . =23—Clear McGrath 10—Snow | Nome it .. -5—Clear| Northway ... =25—Partly Cloudy Petersburg . ... 20—Clear | Portland .. 43—Cloudy Prince George Seattle Sitka Whitehorse . Yakutat .. T—Partly Cloudy 39—Partly Cloudy 26—Clear -11—Clear 11—Clear | i i WEEKLY WELL BABY, CHILD | CONFERENCE IS TOMORROW All mothers in this area are re- minded of the weekly Well Baby | and Child Health Conference to- morrow afternoon at the Juneau Public Health Center. These confer- ences are a public service of the Health Center and are offered to all pre-school age children and| babies. Any mother who desires to do so may take her child to the Health Center to have him weighed, and measured. The mother is also in-| vited to have a short discussion with the health nurse over any problems she may be having with her child, including diet, eating habits, behaviour, sleeping habits and many others. ! Every mother who is interested | in going to these Child Health Conferences is asked to phone 218} for an appointment, or drop into the Juneau Public Health Center at 318 Main Street for information. The hours are from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m., and the conferences are held | every week on Thursday afternoons. FROM VANCOUVER, B.C. G. W. Robinson, official of the Polaris-Taku Mining Co., at Tul- sequah, was a guest at the Baranof | Hotel last night. He flew to Tulse- quah today with Alaska Coastal Airlines and expects to return to- mOrrow. WALT HATLIN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR Experienced House Wiring Electrical Marine Repair Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska V.F. W. Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m # 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 Sta. PHONE 136 Casler's Men's Wear Sportswear BOTANY llwl CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Cemplete Outfitter tor Men SHAFFER’ SANITARY MEAT NESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1951 M6(7N'l‘ JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 ND and FOURTH of each month Scottish Rite Temple ing at 7:30 p. Carson A. Lawrenoe, Worshipful Master; |JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. @ B.P.0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Mcose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— ARNOLD L FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. Brownie's liqioi Store | Pheae 183 139 Se. Fra=nkiin P. O. Box 2508 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharma2iste BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Mausical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 ..Second and Sewaré.. i GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Puone 549 Fred W. Wends Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th Ss. PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHT for MIXERS or BODA POP The Alaskan Hotel PHOXE SINGLE O PHONE 6580 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Shely HARDWARE Remin A J. B. Burford Ce. “Our Doorstep Is Wera by Batisfied Customers™ FORD AGENCY (Autherized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor C: Foot of Main Street JUNE AU DAIRIE; DELICIOUS ICE CRESAII & daily habit—ask for it by mame a x Chrysler Marine Enginer MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phones 146 and 342 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 To Banish “Blue Monday” To give you more freedom from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. 5. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVIPS OVERALLS for Boys ——— BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main 8t. Phone TH 13—PHONES—49 Pree Delivery T S R ST ST | l ||| Juneau Dalries, Inc. High Quality Cabinet i