The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 1, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publlmrd every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks - President Vice-President Managing Editor DOROTHY TROY ELMER A. FRIEND Satered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. UBSCRIPTION RATES: Bettvered by earrier in Juncau an Douelas for $1.50 per monthi six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, st the following rates: One year, in advance, §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones 374 News Office, Business Office, The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also' the local news published berein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Wourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Thursday, February 1, 1951 THE COLD SLOPE Now comes the long, slow haul up the cold slope toward spring and April. The cold days and the long nights are ours, the best and the worst winter. Long nights and early evenings, fireplace evenings for long thoughts and simple comforts. Star nights, when the old patterns in the sky gleam with a promise of the nearest certainty, the most enduring continuity, that is visible from any winter window or any snowy road. iawn, when the gray world comes alive after darkuess and chill that seemed so deep they might last forever. High noons, with a sun so far to the south that only the faith of generations can believe that it will be overhead again, June Winter, which drives man in upon himself and tests his mettle and his understanding. January and February are the darkest months, and the coldest, and the snowiest. In our part of the of a come world this is the time when the rocks have lost the | last of their autumn heat and the earth itself heaves with frost. ice and levers the stones apart the The ice shoulder: river valleys amd splits the cliffs and loosens the soil; in the meadows. This is the time of cold, inexorable force working silently all around us. But the ice will pa: ng of the long Now the seep among the stones turns to | nights. Streams will flow free again, and the rocks will lie warm in the sun, and birds will sing and trees bud and leaf. Spring will come. Already the days lengthen than it was a week ago. As JJanuary ended the day- light becomes about three-quarters of an hour longer than it was at the beginning. The slope lessens as we climb from winter's nadir. That we know, for it has always been so. A Long-Li (Cincinnati Enquirer) Weather balloons, flares, meteorites, hallucinatior pilot fatigue, power of suggestion and the reflections of objects in aircraft windows and windshields have been the only factual basis for the frequently reportec “flying saucer.” So asserts Col. Harold head of the Air Force's “Project Saucer” unit intervieewd by Bob Considine in the current Colonel Watson declares gorically that there “positively are no {flying' saucers, either hostile or our own—although it plenty to expose this great Ame ded that he wished the Air Force did have such a form of aer propulsion, since “it would come in handy in Korea The “flying enon, whether C mopolitan magazine, cate has been a notable phenor actually exists, and in view of the weight of evidence Colonel Watson obviously is right that there is no such thing. Although there have been a good many occasions where mass hyster; caused some foolish .reactions—as witne the “In- vasion From Mars” broadcast by which Orson Wells innocently startled the nation a decade ago—the flying saucer hoax certainly has no rivals for persistence s continued over a period of several y now. ring in cycles. - This alone has caused many people to suppose that there must be some tangible reality to the reports, in line with the “Where there smoke there's bound to be fire.” Colonel Watson named some of the most gen probable causes of the “flying saucer” reports. Jet planes and experimental aircraft—some of which ar decidedly bizarre in appearance, even though they definitely are not saucers—no doubt account for ot such reports. As a matter of fact, when an ord airplane is viewed laterally from a distance the fuselage®and rudder give something of the impres of a saucer. During the periods when so many people were “seeing” flying saucers, this was a likely answer to what they actually were seeing The Air Force has become resentful of “saucer- hoaxers” because it does cost money to investigate the various reports. Without intent to condone any delit erate hoaxing, howev we hope the Air Force will not discourage the reporting of out-of-the-ordinary | aircraft in America’s skies We can’t forget that Sunday morning in Pearl Harbor when a Lieutenant | attached to the radar unit was so sure that an ex- | perimenting private saw nothing on the screen, whe the soldier reported that the radar receiver indicated {a fleet of approaching aircraft, that he did not even | make a routine check. The ccst of his unwarranted | assurance was v\m)allmn saucer” or not it xiom, ion He tailed t extended summer bu some. gress last The Washington Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Second, pick experienced question of drafting 18-year-olds is serious for another reason. They are what are known as depression | babies—born during the nadir of the depression in 1932. In those depression years babi ccvfl” it an inferior were fewer. People couldn't afford | using Roosevelt p them. And many Congressmen now | to stand of his ¢ feel we cannot afford to lose too | this was the reas much of the “seed” of the nation.|call in the men This also applies to 19-year-olds, | price control ar and will apply to the youngsters | did anamazingl who become 18 next year and the!Henderson, Che year after. All are depression babies | Paul Porter. That's why more thought is being| Leon Hendersor given to some system whereby ed- | offices all over t ucation can be contained along|cord time, is with military trainin g. ‘Lomm' whom' he | in overnight. However, Harr, { strange quirk—p: Chester Bowles a term as Goverr Prayer Not Pressure A group of lobbyists who special- ize in prayer—instead of pxexsuxe”m to stick to H —calleq on GOP Congressman Ge0. | ¢ they would dormant ever since. the President priceswage controk; ithough he had | js|a handful of experts around the sti] as a consultant for private business Paul Porter is pr | are looking for trouble, Con- late lain o use them. these powe! t they have REPUBLICANS OF KETCHIKAN GIVE BLESSING failed to men to handle The sun is in the sky minutes longer today | E. Watson, | | ology THE DAILY ‘ALASKA EN \\\\ | Iy February 1 Charlotte Conine Alex Gair Lynne Barcus Sally Hope 1. Goldstein Tucker Daisy Marshall R. M. Neely Beatrice Ray Dr. A, W. Stewart e o o o o (CrMUNITY EVENTS TODAY At 6 pm. Taku Toastmaster: meet, at Baranof. At 7:30 p.m. Doubleheader basketball at Douglas. At 8 pm. Ski Championship movies in Grade School auditor- ium. At 8:456 p.m. — Juneau Singers meet for practice in Methodist church. February 2 — Soroptimists luncheon at Baranof. At 1:30 pm. — Martha Society will meet in manse of N. L. P, church. 8 pm. Regular meeting Juneau Shrine Club. At 8 pm. — City Coungil meeets in regular session in City Hall. At 8 pm. — Auk Bay Post, Ameri- can ion. Special meeting at DeHa Store. February 5 At noon — Lions Club, Baranof. At 8 pm. — American Legion Post meets in Dugout. February 6 — Rotary Club, Baranof. 8 pm. — Civil Defense council meets in city hall council cham ber A At 8:45 p.m Community Center night for adults at Teen Age club with square dancing. February 7 of At noon busine: At of At roc. At 11 At noon — Kiwanis club Baranof. H of Commerce Februa Chamber Baranof. At noon meets t Comiittee should consider the legal aspects and termin- of bills and should not pass their merits. jciary only upon Ee was told by Speaker Egan and Rep. McCutcheon that it hus been the p actice for this committee to comsic er all aspects of bills referred could have called (By Bob DeArmond) The predominantly Democt |House of Representatives this sychiatrists might | ) onine receiveq the blessing and | ity complex—about | 4 wiches of a Republican group, ersonnel. He wants | gefchikan Republican Club, own feet. Probably| e message from the club on why he did N0t | .44 6550d to Speaker William who grew up with | and s s nd on the “h(lll‘; “Being gcod citizens we are i y good Job—LeON ' oiteq in honest, efficient gove ester - Bowles and | pone conducted on a sound fm cial basis, the elimination of wa nd a thorough budget analysis a reduced taxation expre: ballot last fall. | “Our faith and trust are in you May God bless you in your sincere efforts and difficult task.” Two memorials were introdt {during the forenoon session of House, which did not start | 11 o'clock, and the body spent m y Truman has a n, who set up OPA he country in re-! _ as 11 in Washington has just finished nor of Connecticut acticing law. None much pre- | heir own knitting, | have helped out the | until t 1 toit . | on the | afternoon Bender of Ohio the other day. The delegation included Presby- terians, Methodists, Baptists, Men- nonites and members of other faiths from Wooster, Ohio, After talking over domestic and world problems with Bender, one of the visitors suggested: “Let us kneel and pray that Con- gress will get the divine guidance it needs in the days ahead.” Bender knelt with his callers. “Those kind of lobbyists don’t have to register with the Clerk of the House,” remarked the hefty Ohioan, who won back his Congres- | sional seat .2 November. hey are registered up yonder.” z7 Cent Doliar The housewives be surprised ai this, though the figures look pretty bad on paper. However, the inescapable fact that the 1939 dollar is now worth only cents, when it comes buyin 1 everyday items as but- ter, cc sugar, silk and print cloth This is fee, cocoa, shown in the price in- creases of 28 commodities, compiled | daily by the Bureau of Lagor Sm-‘ tistics. In other words, what would -buy in 1939 now costs proximately $3.65. This is a measure of how the dollar’s purchasing pow- er has dwindleq for the following commodities: barley, burlap, butter cocoa bean, coffee, copper, corn, cotton, cottonseed oil, flaxseed hides, hogs, lard, lead, print cloth, rosin, rubber, shellac, si steel scrap, steers, sugar, tallow, tin, wheat, woo! tops and zinc a dollar Who Killed Drice Control? Members of the Administration will admit in their off-moments that | blame for the present zooming cost of living goes straight up to the White House itself. In the first place, the Republi- cans were smart enough to give the President all the power to con- trol prices he wanted—and then probably won't | is to ! ap- | nonetheless—if asked. But they were | ¢ ;¢ time hearing a discussior not even asked to help as consul- the functic of the tants lon Judiciary and Federal Instead, complete greenhorns were i selected for the toughest job in the entire U.S.A.—controlling prices and | wages and making people like it. ' Note—Another wise counselor on | t¢ B¢ the domestic economic front is Ber- | *°F ©f nard M. Baruch, who also was luH {on the sidelines. The reason: Mr. Truman's yearning for letter-writ-| committee | | R | matter of came up during committee reports p. Mike Stepovich, a mem- the Judici; Commit'ee Matters Only 1d to make recommendations merits as well as the struc- ture of the bills. The question became involved in procedural technicalities but was to be brought up again during the session, which started 2 o'clock. A memorial Rep. eeks an airfield at Egegik, Bristol Bay area. Rep. Carlson in- troduced a memorial asking that Japanese fishing vessels be exclud- >d from the waters of the Pacific and that this stipulation be ained in the treaty of peace aveniu§ in the Would Donate Check Representatives this mor: T ceived checks in payment of mile~ age from their homes to Juneau. Rep. Hendrickson su 1 contribute his o to a social fur check was for 15c ntatives from the Second whose mileage unts ) near $300, showed no enthusiasm t stion. Hen a ATTENTION SHRINERS Regular meeting, Juneau Shrine Club, S. R. Temple, Friday, Febru- 2, 8:00 p.m. Nobles cf tZie leg- ing. He wrote Bernie one of his| [eP. Stepovich felt that the Jud- islature especially invited. T21-2t | hottest. Acheson and Seward | North Dakota’s big, homespun | | congressman “Jsher L. Burdick, a| Republican, ¢mpares the current | attacks on Secretary of States Dean Acheson with the Civil War at- tacks on William Henry Seward, al- so Secretary of State. “Let us turn over the musty pages of the war between the| states,” says Burdick. “We got lick- ed twice at Bull Run and our army | beat it back across the Potomac | {in a panic. Lincoln and his Se- | cretary of State, Seward, found themselves in of criticism. | Newspapers demanded the ouster | of Seward and said Lincoln was not | to be trusted. Lincoln stood firm, | cool and collected. He kept his Se- | cretary of State and went about| the jou of winning the war.” | C ssman, writer of | ACROSS L Soverclentys Hind. . Portico . Small drop ? : Flowers of a fragments tropical Frog herb Breach Insult rivers Strike . Lets . Tin ale swan a sea DOWN L Piece of waste cloth W a 4. Vessels for distilling liquids . Hues . Hop kiln . Bustle . Hallowed . Scraped linen . Formerly Malt beverage . Reclined . Tardy { many historical bool cautions: | | “Remember what happened in| 3aby's bed 2. Grass cured for fodder { this country before. Remember that . Feline animal cool heads lead the way to victory.” Austrian crownland . Po e SOROPTIM S MEET | All members of the Soroptimists | lare urged to attend the business | luncheon Friday noon in the Ter-| race room of the Baranof. Import- | . Depend Suppose . Be ant business matters will be| handled. Those members who can- | {not attend the meeting are to con- [ | tact Mrs. Norma Johnson MRS. RIVERS HERE Mrs. Vie Rivers of Anchorige is stopping at the Baranof Hotel. | rods . County fn Lraska . Qualified . River barrfer . ©ece0ecscccocese I i 3 IPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 1-20 YEARS AGO %5 EMPIRE | FEBRUARY 1, 1931 \ble space was occupied in the Northern Light Prvsbyterwn es formally dedicating the new C. C. Saunders, vastor, expressed the thanks and gratitude of gation to the women of the Martha Society, who planned and sition of the organ. the'eon: finaficed t Cordova hopeful of early industrial through the t of its shell fish resources and a possible utilization of peat lared J. W. McDor President of the Chamber of Com- and supervisor of the Chugach National Forest, who a two-week visit to Forest Service headquarters. was expansion developm depokit meice de ald, f that city, Juneau ox I, Pilot C. H. Gillam had announced on his arrival Center that the Gillam Airways expected the company at Chitina and the Panhandle of Alaska. He would Yukon points. Pilot Gillam said mail at Chicken Creek and Fortymile Cistrict eam delivery. = from Copper between ‘mile At Dawson there 10 estabhi with Ch als Dy e airway headquart, eek, For n and interior fror would fully \ ahead of dog the rship eighty thousand Bellingham, pounds of salmon James Shelton, was t June~u by the Marlyn Fish Com- It would be discharged A shipped south on t Burope t Capt destined for fish was put aboa Olson, local representative. t, B..C. The ar at Prince Ruper 102 according 99 de was the warmest in Mize. The mear In 1 the mean temperature in 1931 was 52 lowest w 5 degrees on the 23. The cold- 1909 with a mean of 14.0 degr the past Januar Weatherman R. C. above normal. the record, exception of t tem or rees I h temy degrees. The hest degr 1e 31st of record wa n tk and the that n f u on the Northwestern for E. Henderson, Wallis S. George C. V. Brown and Mark Williams. ! § mong passengers leaving Junea L. B. Adsit, Mi Truesdall, H. Felder, Geor we Mrs, M. Dorothy e White, low, 37 Weather: High, 40; oo e 3 Daily Lessons in Lnfihsh W. L. GORDON Y partly cioudy. WORDS OFTEN MI It is much better to s OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED 1s in ON. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Faint nounced the same as FAINT. SYNONYMS: Faithful, constant, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three abulary making > D: Do not say, “I wonder if she will go.” I wonder WHETHER OR NOT she will go.” Ogle. Pronounce the O as in NO, not (to swoon). Feint (to trick); pro- true, loyal, times and it y mastering one word e reliable, trustworthy. you Let us Today’s word: noisy. (Pronounce vo-sif-er-us, “The people are vociferous in increase our vo E day. VOCIFEROUS O as in VOTE, their demands. MODERK Q. If a person asks you how old you are. or what your salary is, or sonte such personal question, what should you reply? A. In this case ,you may y, “That is something I prefer not answer.” It is onl; very rude, tactless person who would ask such questions, and you can afford to be blunt with him. Q. If a girl does not care for a certain man’s attentions, and this man sends her a gift. what should she do? A. Write a note thanking him, but telling him you cannot accept Thién return the gift. Q. When a woman is wearing gloves, move the right one before shaking hands? A. No. a d outc accent second syllable). . — UE”E KOBERTA LEF } ! _. to a ’ gtoox and LEARN ¥ . corpox #1. What, in political parlance, is “log-rolling”? 2. What is the geographical name applied to a narrow strip of 1aAd; bordered by water and connecting two larger pieces of land? 3. Orleans? What is a stevedore? What common English word mea ANSWERS: 5. a color, and also a noise? 1. as by edch voting for the other’s bill. 2. Isthmus. Mardi Gras. A man employed to load and unload ships. 3 4. 5. Hue. 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Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS installed pipe organ.| Seattle | is it necessary for her to re-| What is the name of the famous festival held annually in New A combining of two or more politicians to aid each other's plnns.1 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1951 Wealher ai - Alaska Points Weather conaitions ana temper- atures at various Alaska points| also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:3C | |am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by ithe Weather Bureau are as follows: Anchorage Annette Island | Barrow Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome 34—Snow -22— -18—Clear 5—Partly Cloudy -14—Clear 20—Clear Partly Cloudy Cloudy Drizzle 6—Clear 8—Snow . 20—Drifting Snow -1—Snow 18—Clear 28—Cloudy —Cloudy 9 Airport | Whitehorse Yakutat TRUMAMN SEES "NO FUTLRE,” HiS JOB; 33—Rain, ‘W: SBHNGTON, sidenv Truman see his job. He said so last formal dinner in fionor Democrats elected to the House November. The dinner was by the Derocratic National ressional Committee, Fob. 1—(P—Pre- “no future” ight at an in- of 21 new the cases of Vice President Barkley, speaker Sam Rayburn and Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, all of whom once served in the House, as examples of the prospect that | lies ahead of new Congressmen, Mr. Truman said: Citing thing about thi (the Presidency), it has no future in it. Every young man wants something to look forward to.” The President made no reference to his legislative program but he ended his remarks with this: There’s one job 26—Snow | 4—Snow | TALKS, AT DINMER, inf} |1 | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE | SECOND and FOURTH | Monday of each month | in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. ‘Wm. A. Chipperfield, ‘Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary, @ B.P.0. ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome, WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ru'ern W. H. 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