The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1951, Page 4

* PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire ruhnmcd every evening except Sunday by the MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY !«econd and Main Streets, Juneau. Alasks HBELEN TROY MONSEN - - - President DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President TLMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managing Bditor Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by elrrirv n Juneau and Douglas for S1.95 per month: 09; cme year, $11. tage paid. at the following rates: e, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; the month, in advance, $1.80 Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Rusiness Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telvphones . News Office, 603; Business Office, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for lon of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- edited in this paper and also the local news published ., REPRESENTATIVES e , Seattle, Wash. Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Saturday, April 7, 1951 SEVENTY YEARS OF SERVICE Tomor inauguration of postal service in Juneau. On April 8, 1881, the Harrisburgh postoffice had its Juneau in January of the following year. Both names honored Juneau's pioneers — Richard T. Harris and Joseph Juneau, discoverers of gold in Silver Bow Basin in the summer of 1880. The first steamer to deliver mail to Juneau (or| Harrisburgh) was the Eureka, formerly the California, » a month out of Portland, Oregon. In mail between Sitka and Juneau was an arduous trip of from three the flight averages about fifty sail those ea often carried by canoe, to a week. Today, minutes. Not too much information is available on the early history of Juneau's postal service, although Juneau on ars, day citizens had already petitioned the Post Office De- | party 1889, Although the list is incomplete, some of the early postmasters were: J. C. Stitt, who served from 1885 to 1889; Charles E. Coon, 1890 to 1899; R. P. Nelson, about 1900; John J. C. Barber, 1900 to 1903 and E. J. | Brooks, from 1903 until 1908. Later incumbents, bring- | ing the list up to date, include: John T. Spickett, E. L. Hunter Sr., Z. M. Bradford, Mrs. Lottie Spickett, Albert Wile and our present postmaster, Mrs, Crystal Snow Jenne. ; y marks the seventieth anniversary of the | official opening, but the name was changed to| nent for money order service by the summer of | From a small beginning, the progress has been continual. Air mail and frequent steamer schedules have reduced delivery time to a fraction of thai re- quired in the early days. Various refinements have been introduced to streamline the handling of the United States Mail, Juneau's latest being the reeent installation of metering equipment to speed up parcel post service. It is with great pleasure that we salute the men and women who provide the link with our friends and relatives away from Juneau and with the firms throughout the world with which we do business. MRS. LUTHER C. HESS Sadness was brought to the hearts of all who knew her by the death in Seattle Saturday of Mrs. Harriet Hess, of Fairbanks. No woman in Alaska has done more for the Terri- tory than Mrs. Hess, who came north early in this century. Her first home in Alaska was in Juneau where she was assistant principal in charge of the local high school for five years, then, in 1907, she moved to Fairbanks to become high school principal. It was in Fairbanks that she met LutHer C. Hess, prominent banker, lawyer and mining man of the interior, to whom she was married in 1911. Though her activities were many, hrer chief inter- est over many years was the University of Alaska and she had been a member of the University Board of Regents since its establishment in 1917. She was named, in 1916, to select the site for the proposed college. H In recognition of her work for the university, the | school’s women’s dormitory was named Harriet Hess | Hall. Mr. Hess served one term in the Territorial House | of Representatives and six in the Senate as a member | from the Fourth Division and a Democrat. Like her | husband, Mrs. Hess was active in the politics of her ‘party and was Democratic National Commiteewoman for Alaska. Her other interests included welfare work and |she was a member in the Fourth Division of the |Baard of Children’s Guardians from 1913 until the work was taken over by the Department of Welfare in 1935. Her clubs included the Eastern Star, Pioneer Women of Alaska, the American Assocation of Uni- versity Women, Soroptimists, the P. E. O. Few Alaskars have had the broad interests of Harriet Hess. I'ew Alaskans have accomplished so much of worth for the Territory as has Mrs. Hess. To her husband The Empire, like their other extends very real | friends throughout the north, | sympathy. OOPS — SORRY! In two recent references to the Argentine news- paper La Prensa, and between the typewriter and the | printed page, La Prensa became La Presna. So, be- fore we receive any letters telling us how to spell the name of this world-famous newspaper — here it is: La Prensa. the equal of $54 To make life The WSshinglon ¢ WMerry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) up their o garia, and set tl erably Lafayette in turn passed it on|Bulgarians, Tom Paine with these words: “The key goes to America, Give it (o our General” That was how one of the most famed tokens of French freedom havpened to be hanging in Mount Vernon when President Auriol vis- to Capital Ne the satellite state, the Russians set wn retail stores, stocked them with the finest foods in Bul- lower than All this was bitterly Bulgaria and helped current Bulgarian unrest. Less Inflation—The fight against a month, more pleasant ELEVEN FLY TO WEST FRIDAY ON PNA LINE Eleven flew to the westward yes- terday on Pacific Northern Airlines and four arrived from Anchorage. From Anchorage: Ray James, D. Grimm, H. Lisby, Ruth Swank. To Anchorage: Walter Judkins, H. R. Wilson, L. N. Lyons. To Cordova: Arlene and Janis Body, John Peterson, S. C. Raynor, Richard Ziman, Roy Smith, Bill in he prices consid- prices paid by resented in to increase 'ws Capsules ited Washington’s home last week. Return Key to France In this connection I should like to suggest that the cherished key to the bastille now be returned to France—as a symbol of everlasting friendship between our two coun-| tries. The average American who visits Mount Vernon does not appreciate | the key's significance, and the role it played in French history. But to, France it means the day of liberty,| the founding of the French Repub-| lic. For, as the Liberty Bell tolled out the call to revolt in Philadel- phia on July 4, 1776, so the key‘ to the bastille freed the oppressed | of France on July 14, 1789. - That is why every July 14 since then is Bastille Day—the chief| French national holiday. Imprisoned in the bastille at that, time were such French patriots as Vcltaire, Lally-Tollendal, Cardinal De Rohan and the man in the iron mask. They had been impris- oned because they criticized the government or offended members of the nobility. That why Bastille Day and the key io the bastille mean so much to France, and why it would be such a significant gesture of iriendship if we returned it at this time. It could be enshrined in a monu- ment not unlike the statue of Lib- erty a symbol of freedom. is Soviet Scandals The American public may feel| depressed over the scandals recent- ly exposed in Washington. How-| ever, a Russian scandal, with all the earmarks of the Fulbright RFC investigation, has recently been re. ported by British intelligence. The scandal took place in Bulgar- ia, about 37 miles from Sofia where Russia operates a uranium mine, the Goten mine. The boss of the mine is a Rus- sian engineer, Khrissimovich, whose salary is egual to $1,200 a month. He named his wife his assistant at $900 a month, and took over the most luxurious mansion in Sofia | for their quarters. | Following his example, three cther Russian engineers, Vetrenko, Dubrovsky and Stihma, puued‘ Cown cushy jobs for their wives at 1°-m $450 to $900 monthly. In com- pa. son, Bulgarian miners are paid | long-term government bonds. | his mind to leave (A mistake—the govern-! |and air force bickering, intlation is a long way from being won, but the picture is now brighter than in the last three months. This is partly due to a tapering off of the consumer buying spree; also the recent decision of the Federal Reserve Board and thg Treasury | Department to depress the price of Big banks and insurance companies are now holding on to their govern- ment bonds rather than selling | them and showing a loss on their books. This means less credit in- flation, though the bankers and in. surance tycoons are far from happy about it. Warning to India—Assistant Sec- retary of State McGhee warned Prime Minister Nehru of India on his recent trip to check the loyalty of certain top officers on the Indian general staff. McGhee made a spe- {cial trip to Delhi to warn Nehru that Russia may try to -overthrow his government by stirring up a phony ' revolution. He also gave Nehru a complete report on the plot to subvert the Pakistan army, said this should be a grim lesson to India. Nehru, however, resented, rather than welcomed the advice. As a result Indian-American rela- tions are worse than ever. Merry-go-round Marriner Eccles, who has threat- ened to resign from the Federal Re- serve Board several times, now tells friends he has definitely made up the board on June 1. ment already is painfully short of good men.) . . Al Hayes, presi- dent of the machinists union, is talking to other labor chiefs about publishing a daily labor newspaper, Jointly sponsored by the AFL and CIO, it would present the trade- union viewpoint on national issues as the Wall Street Journal speaks for big business . . . one reason Gen. Lucius Clay was eased out as No. 2 man for mobilization was Clay’s stubborn refusal to take ad- | vice from anyone. His own assist- ants were g that “even Con- fucius couldn't advise Lucius.” . .. The B-36 feud is smoldering again. This time, instead of the navy it's the army and air force. Army generals | believe the air force should spend its money on tactical planes to support ground troops, but the air force wants to build more B-36's for strategic bombing. Ingram. To Yakutat: Floyd Severson, ENGINEERS HERE Mack Jones of the Palmer Con- struction Co. which was awarded an emergency flood control project at Skagway, arrived here yesterday from his Anchorage headquarters. Engineer Kenneth Hoyt of the U. S. District Engineers Office, accom- panied him. They planned to fly to Skagway today to look over the ground. Jones says work will be started as soon as weather permits. A gas turbine-electric locomotive tested by the Union Pacific Rail- road, operated 70,000 miles in 1950, produced nearly 270,000,000 gross ton miles, and used approximately 1,114,000 gallons of fuel, Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Consumed Object of worship . Resting places Fence made of stakes Toward the sheltered si . Dill seed Think 81, Unit 32. Small mound 33. Mindanao native 34, Boy 35. I“Q‘f’tllllndlni toa rigid zone 81. Color 38. Type measure 89. Conveyance 40. Silicate . 2 dliptical Womln s title courtesy 3 4. Dhllnc[ 3 Weslern city portion of - Qo of doye . Perfor . Word o( aonlu . Fav . Fari So. Africa . Equality 8. Convenanted 85. Pastoral poem 66. Military assistant 57. Befor: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA = — Nana Monbero Denny Merritt Mary Monagle Ruth Iffert Cedric Davis Olav Lillegraven August P. Anderson Gordon Wildes April 8 Felix Gray Lola Mae Alexander Louise Adams Henry Mead Don Morrison Geraldine Holm I. A. Aalto Kim Diane Faulkner Ruby Waldon James Rude e o o o o o COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY meeting, Scottish Rite Temple. At 4,30 pm. — Elks dedication of Iron Lung in Public invited. At 5:00 pm. — Elks cocktail party at Baranof welcoming Grand Ex- alted Ruler Joseph B. Kyle. At 6:30 pm. — Elks only banquet at Baranof, At 8 pm. — Elks receive Grand Ex- alted Ruler and initiation conduct- ed by Ketchikan PERSs. At 10 p.m. — Open house for Elks and Ladies in Elks Club and aud- itorium. At 8:30 pm. — Circle Eight Square Dance club meets in parish hall.{ At 8 pm. — Taku Travelers square dancing in Douglas gym. April 8 At 10:45 a.m. — Rainbow Girls meet at Scottish Rite Temple to attend Lutheran church in group. At 2 pm. — Civil Defense district captains meet in city council chambers. April 9 At noon — Lions Club, Baranof. At noon — BPWC meets in Terrace, Baranof. At 8 pm. — American Legion post meets in Dugout. Y At 8 pm. — Special meeting s0f City Council. April 10 At noon — Rotary club, Baranof. At 8:30 p.m, — Community. Gex; night for adults at Teen Age ¢ with square dancing. g At 8 pm. — Civil Detens&,(&! meets in City Council chami 3 April 11 At 8 pm. — Elks lodge. April 12 At noon — Chamber of Comimerce meets at Baranof. From 4 to 5 pm. — Girl Scout Tea, Elks auditorium. 20 YEARS AGO Ty HE EMPIRE APRIL 7, 1931 The Presbyterian mission boat Princéton sailed this day for Sitkal { ghere | aboa! Churt E. Marsden of Metlakatla; the Rev. Samuel Davis, Kaasan; | Geor Mrs. and Classmates of Bernice Edwards, in Douglas, surprised the young{s {with a number of church people who will attend a pastors’ m#ml The Rev. David Wagner was skipper, with Mrs. Wagner in Me ‘“1 the galley. The Rev. Verne Swanson constituted the crew. rd were: the Rev. C. C. Saunders, pastor of the Junedu Ptubfuthn the Rev.} the Rev. ge Beck,.Ketchikan; the Rev. R. F. Pedersen, Wrangell; Mr. and Harry Willard, Mrs. J. M. Chase and Mrs. O. Carmichael of Juneau, Miss June Barber, of Haines. ch and Mrs. Saunders; the Rev. E. E. Bromley of Haines; the night before at the home of her aunt, Mgs. E4 Bach on the served. In Douglas, Mrs. A. Africh was dble to be around again after & sever Tof flu were on the road to fecovery also. The infant daughter of Mr. e attack of flu. Frank Pearce and Leo Weiss, two other victims and Mrs. Fleek, whose life was despaired of a few days-ago, was brough home from the hospital and complete recovery was nnucw. The Alaska Steamship Company vessel Alaska docked from the south: t 2 p.m. — Rainbow Girls monthly|at ten o'clock in the morning with 300 passengers aboard. Those for June: Suth J. B. au from Seattle were: Mrs. Hope Markoe, Carter, Mrs. H. erland, J. Mesoetf, Mrs. T. R. Young, J, Keagy, Mrs. D. Somers, Elks Auditorium.; ; " renneson, Miss L. Mesoeff, Robert Simpson, L. B. Morris and Henahen. From Southeast Alaska ports were: G. J. Black, E. Marsden, 5. H. Murchison, 8. G. Davis, L. G. Anderson, C. K, Wright, C. Warhick, | L. C. Dana, J. Paul, W, B. Little, Russell Pedersen, T. F. Brennan, B. C. Felsh, and K. O. Scribner. Weather: High, 53; low, 36; showers. e~ Dally Lessons in Eflg"fll §WV L. GORDON B e } WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Six miles are too far for. anyol ne to run.” Say, “Six miles IS too far.” QFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Microseope and microscopic. The sec~ ond O in the NOUN is pronounced as in NO, and in the adjective as in ON. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Riffraff; observe the four F's. SYNONYMS: Enjoyment, satisfaction, gratification, happiness, felic- ity, fruition. 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: COVI man ETOUS; inordinately eager to acquire and possess. “The covetous will acquire wealth, but seldom has the time to enjoy it.” ——— MODERN ETIQUETTE %semra vex | Q. Should a person.who holds a Ph.D. degree always be addressed as “Doctor”? A. The title of “Doctor” for a Ph.D. is rarely, if ever, used in social circles, unless the affair is in some way associated with the At noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof. | nonor he has gained. However, if he uses the degree professomlly, he is always “Doctor.” Q. When a man is living in a strange town and marrying & girl who lives in that town, whom should he ask to be his ushers? A. He may first ask any of his own friends if he thinks they will Juliette Low World Friendship |make the trip, or choose from the bride’s circle of friends. Q. A. Certainly, and only a prude would resent ' it. It it proper for a girl’s escort to tell her that her slip is showing? A girl should MARIE H GOES AGROUNDI === > ‘s IN CHATHAM STRAM|;™ U. 8. Coast Guard headquarters here received a report yesterday afternoon from the fishing vessel, Ocean Queen, that the 57-ft. fish- ing vessel, Marie H. with five men| # e > e LOOK and LEARN Mm,'o',, 1. aboard, was aground at Point Au- IS it pronounced? gusta in Chatham Strait. The CG cutter Storis was directed to the scene arriving in the evening. At low tire the Marie H was high and dry revealing holes in several What U. 8. city is known as the “Crescent Ojty”? Who was the famous emperor of the Aztecs? Why is Homer’s “Iiad” so called? ANSWERS: A tone is a sound havlng regularity of vlbnnon. 4. 5. 1. places. Assisted by the crews of thelsoung without any regularity of vibration. Storis and four other fishing vessels in the vicinity, temporary repairs were made and the vessel refloated at high tides early this morning. The Marie H. is owned by Wil- liam Jehnson. She was accompanied today to Hoonah by the four other tishing vessels. She traveled under: her own power. Bl e ciote Ml e 5 TS e AT SlalE mouGD O ulutufi of Yesterday's Puzzle 8. Sumatran animal 3. Ralsed 4, Exists 5. Barrier 6. Lyric poem 1. Guided 8. Moderated 9. Dash 10 E:sloflo Inlfi’ln‘" 1). Wup lmznvul- ll Olmlv ing mamry OWN 1. Three-banded armadillo GOSH, O as in GO. 8. New Orleans. 4. Montezuma. 5. It is the story of the war at Ilium (Troy). nns mm.ns G. unm What is the physical distinction between tone and noise? 2. What is the meaning of the French word “gauche,” and how]" A noise is It means left-handed; hence awkward, clumsy. Pronounce totluboxdfiudm "WATRCH THIS SPACE—Your N-o lu Appear! B Oldest Bask in Alaska ml—nmflahfilhnflm The B M.nemnds Wealher al Maska Poins wufim cmdmou and temper- Btures at various Alasks points also pn the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 a.m., 120th Meridian Time, s hlnnd by the Weather Bureau WEA%‘!ER Anchorage . Annette Island . |Barrow ... vevie 35—Cloudy Ss—hruy Cloudy S—— - .. 26—Snow 32—Cloudy .. 19—Clear 34—Partly Cloudy 25—Partly Cloudy 22—Clear 34—Cloudy . 33—S8now Juneay Airport . Kodiak ... Kotzebue McGrath . Northway Petersburg .. Portland .. Prince George Beattle ..... Whitehorse ‘Yakutat .. JUNEAU DRUG GETTING FACE LIFT AND STRETCH The Juneau Drug Co. is having its face lifted and expanded. Re- modeling. is expected to be comple- (' ted within about ten days, Ken- neth Shaffer and Bud Nance, oo— owners, said today. Business is going on as usual despite carpenters buzzing saws and hammering, Expansion into all but. a small portion of the former Jun- eau Bakery is going on increasing the store floor space by a third and providing a freight check room and extra storage space. The cosmetic department will be enlarged. The Juneau Bakery will occupy a small street frontage for a retail store. Shaffer and Nance purchased the Juneau Drug about a year ago. 31—Cloudy 24—Cloudy 16.—Cloudy 33—Partly Cloudy .. 42—Clear 37—Rain 44—Cloudy 26—Partly, Cloudy . 32—Partly Cloudy BOAT CONSTRUCTION AT L. F. MORRIS SHOFP Under construction at the L. F. Morris Boat Shop on West Tenth St. is the first skiff of a four boat contract recently ewarded by the Fish and Wildlife Service to the ‘| boat shop. In the contract are two 22;foot skiffs to be used in the Bristol Boy area and two 22-foot river boats. One of the river boats, will be used in Cook Inlet while the other goes to the Interior. RAY JAMES ARRIVES Ray James, Seward contractor, has arrived here on PNA from An- chorage, to look over a Douglas site. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1951 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Wm. A. Chipperfield, Worshipful Master; JAMBS W. LEIVERS, Secrstary. ———t et \ e — @® .70 E1xs ueetlnl every Wednesdsy at § P.M. Visiting brothers welcome WALLIS 8. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Moose Lodge No. 700 Regslar Moctings Each Friday momx.mm WALTER R, EERMANEEN 15—8now} "The Rexall Store” Yout Reliable Pharmasists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. i Allsh llslc Supply GENERAL PAINTS ind 'WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Stere Phone 54 Pred W. Wendt Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 006 10th 8. PHONE 216—-DAY or NIGHY fer MIXERS or BODA POP v The Alaskan Hotcl & Reasomazble Hates Thomas Hardware Co. for 10 AHA homes. He is at the Baranof - hotel. '. r. .'. Talku Post No. 5559 every Thursday in M the €. . Hall at 8:00 pm. J. B. Burford Ce. “Our Dosrstep Is Wern by Satisfled Customers™ RD AGENCY l FO (Authorised Dealers) i Juneau Dalries, Inc. ] NICHOLSON’S WELDING SHOP ‘Tanks and General Welding