The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 12, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONBEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO ZLMER A. President Vice-President Managing Editor Second Class Matter. Gntered in the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION Delfvered by carrier in Juneau and Dot for S1.75 per month: six months, $9.00; cne year, $17.50. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; tne month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telwphones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitied 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 NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Blde., Seattle, Wash. Thursday, April 12, 1951 THE WORLD IS SHOCKED Shocking, indeed, was the news that President ‘Truman had summarily relieved General MacArthur of his command. Whatever the outcome of this un- precedented action, its impact is bound to be terrific. ‘Wednesday, the day following the President’s mid- night announcement, the Democrats had little to say. Party defense of Mr. Truman’s action will probably come in today’s news. According to the Associated Press report in Wednesday's Empire, the only quoted statement from a Democrat was that of Chairman Vinson, Georgia, of the House Armed Services Committee, who said that the President has his “full support” and called the matter a “test of civilian control over the military.” He said, further, of MacArthur's removal, “It is, if anything, long overdue.” Senator McFarland, Democratic floor leader, did object when Senator Wherry (R.-Neb.) asked unani- mous consent for a vote on an invitation to General MacArthur to appear before Congress. But the affair provided a field day for the Re- publicans, who had plenty to say about the Presi- dent’s drastic action. Half a dozen Senators and Representatives were quoted in the news from Washington as calling Tru- man's removal of the General everything from a “tragic error” to “another Munjch” and cause for impeachment. Today we will know whether General MacArthur will be permitted to tell his version of the Korean situation to the United States Congress. Considering his summary dismissal, it should be his unquestioned privilege. Moscow and Red China will be happy over the firing of General MacArthur. But certainly the rest of the world is shocked. The Tenth Rescue Squadron (Fairbanks News-Miner) An incident that occurred last Saturday night ‘il- lustrates perfectly the nature of the fine work the Tenth Rescue Squadron is doing in Alaska. Thanks to a very kind invitation extended by the Nenana Junior Chamber of Commerce, the News- Miner editor flew down to the railroad community to attend an annual dinner. Midway - through the festivities, a very worried nurse entered the hall, and approached Deputy Mar- shal George Sullivan. A local woman was critically ill, in-childbirth, and desperately needed the attention of a doctor, the nurse reported. There was no doctor available. The Alaska Railroad agent, also in the hall, was summoned, and Deputy Marshal Sullivan, the nurse and agent, left the dinner to summon aid. In about 40 minutes, the group returned, in plenty of time to continue with the program. Someone asked if they managed to get a call thfough to the rescue squadron. “Get a call through?” replied the deputy marshal. “The plane has already been here and picked up the woman.” In less than forty-five minutes from the time the emergency call was put through on the Alaska Railroad communication circuit, the C-47 rescue plane, with an Air Force doctor aboard, was landing on the Nenana air strip. The woman was taken aboard, given medical attention and rushed to the hospital. The little drama that was enacted in Nenana last Saturday night was ngt unusual. It has been repeated scores of times, in scores of isolated Alaska communities. No one could say how many lives the rescue squadron has saved, or how many suffering people have benefited from its mercy flights. The people of Alaska, and especially those in remote areas, owe a big debt of gratitude to the men of the Tenth Rescue Sguadron. Our private statistician reports that 98.5 per cent of high school girl seniors would rather master the art of twirlipg a baton than to make A in geometry. The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page Ome) the figure should be at least 25 per cent. Meanwhile Sen. Ed Johnson of Coloradc has agreed to give the on resolution a hearing before Sen Int te g e s of the TV-ed- on include senators ral of Wyoming, and Wiley, Republican of Wisconsin— both members of the Kefauver committee. However, Senator Tobey of New Hampshire, who once tang- led with the Radio Corporation ¢f America, declined. Postwar Scandal« After the post-civil war scandals of the Ulysses S. Grant administra- tion, a Republican Congress voted a law whereby no government em- ployee could resign and prosecute a claim against the government for private business until two years after he had left the government. The Demccrats continued this law during the next major war— World War I—and there were no major scandals. But during World War II both Democrats and Re. publicans joined in chucking this law off the statute books. As & re- sult, some men worked for the gov- ernment one month, then took jobs working against the government the next month. Another result has been the rash of scandals now being investigated by Congress. And although Congress deserves credit for probing them, Congress also deserves blame for throwing out a law which for 50 years had helped to hold scandals down. ‘This column, which three years #go exposed the surplus property operations of British ex-convict George Dawson and the indirect help he got from Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughn, has now unearthed an- other chapter in Dawson's life which' illustrates how ‘government employees are permitted to duck in and out of government service like shuttlecocks. 3 Dawson is the surplus property juggler, reported to have made $30,000,000 selling U. S. war goods, and who among other things tried to ship U. S. army trucks into Communist countries. Hires Insider One interesting thing Dawson did to get his hands on government swplus was to hirc a young man who worked for the office of For- eign Liquidation, William E. Ryan. Ryan handled government surplus in Bermuda, knew exactly what Wil the government had on hand there, its quality and the best way buying it. © So, after Ryan stopped working for the office of War Liquidation in June, 1948, he later turned up on the payroll of George Dawson, British manipulator of surplus pro- perty. Confidential letters I have oltained regarding Mr. Dawson's operations show how this worked On Nov, 9, 1948, for instance, bawson’s Washington Attorney, G. out Commerce " | A. | “In the next few months there come thoroughly familiar with the | surplus market. He has also made] | will be substantial offerings of wsrl surplus. Bill Ryan has by now be- | Chadwick, wrote him as iol]owx:'SanmfI has been a luncheon guest at the White Heuse, and Margaret Truman has been hired by Sarnoff to make singing appearances on his National Broadcasting System, it will be interesting to see if At- extensive contacts and opened nu-'torney General McGrath ever does merous channels for disposal of surplus. In brief; we both feel that you are definitely in business here ind that we have laid the founda- | m_ for profitable future business. highly ETLE TR TS pes $10,000 Fees ) Dawson’s payments to ex-govern- | ment official Ryan are listed in| nother letter as follows: Nov. 12,| 48—$3,000 cash for motorcycle seat covers; Dec. 3, '48—$3,500 by check No. 1026; Dec. 27, '48—$500 cash; Jan. 19, '49—$2,635 expense vouch- er; Feh. 23, '49—$1,000 by check No. 1036 (expense voucher for February.) This makes a total of $10,635/ paid in three months to the manj who once handlei surplus proper- ty for the U. S. government, but who" later worked for a former British black-marketeer in buying property from the U. 8. govern- ment.* Apparently, nowever, Dawson was not satisfied with Ryan's services. For, on Oct. 6, 1949, G. A. Chad- wick, Washington Attorney for Dawson, wrote Paul Hagenbach in Zurich, a surplus dealer associated with Dawson: “I am sorry that Mr. Dawson is disappointed with Mr. Ryan’s ser- vices. However, I had nothing to do with hiring Mr. Ryan and therefore cannot accept responsi- bility for what he has done. It is undoubtedly true that Mr. Ryan cost Mr. Dawson a good deal of money. However, to my personal knowledge Mr. Ryan was directed to perform many services and he obtained and sent abroad a great deal of merchandise for Mr. Daw- son. I therefore cannot agree that his services brought no results.” RCA and Radar Patents This is just one small chapter ‘in zhe‘mstory of government em- ployees hired by private industry to handle government business. Another which likable, easygoing Attorney General Howard McGrath has been sitting on for a long time is the case of the Radio Cor- poration of America which hired the man who discovered radar, William D. Hershberger, formerly employed with the Army Signal Corps. Then it proceeded to claim radar patents for RCA and pub- licly filed its claim in Germany and Japan. This automatically ‘made the secret available to Hitler and the Jap warlords, and took, place just before the war, at a time when Radar was the most priceless military secret we had. The Army Signal Corps wanted | to prosecute RCA for this patent | grab and sent the case to the Jus- tice Department after the war for action. But suddenly, Gen. Harry 1 C. Ingles, former chief of the Sig- nal Corps, was hired by RCA at £30,000 a year. 2 After that the Signal Corps ap- eared to get lukewarm about any ction against the Radio Corpora- Lon of America. Note—Now that RCA's David get down to business about RCA’s patent infringement of the most priceless prewar military secret v had. BARANOF GIFT SHOP HAS NICE DISPLAY BY NATIVE CHILDREN An attractive window display in the Baranof Gift Shop windows of the Coffee Shop is made up of articles made by Eskimo children at Kwethluk, together with some snapshbrs of the youngsters. TLz al es will go to a schoo! and museum in Iliinois in appre- ciation of Junior Red Cross boxes received. In the display are dolls dressed in parkas of fur and eider- down, tiny mukluks, a purse, a fur valentine, a tiny mink cap, a model of a dog sled and a model of a river fish trap. There is also a childs size gingham parka. Mrs. Katherine Nelson, propri- etor of 'the gift shop arranged the display. e © o o 0 o o o o TIDE TABLE April 13 5{29 am. 13.2 ft. 12343 pm. 3.1 ft. 7:28 p.m. 10.7 ft. High tide Low tide High tide Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Fright Mediaeval Italian - family ). Parent: collog. Separated Termination . Marry . Went swittiy 3. Elongated fish Changed position Operated 46. Affirmative . Raised surface .. Palpitate One of the twelve tribes of Israel . Feline animal 64, Male of &3 across Enlarge . Before . Assigns 60. Crimson 61. Prophet 62. Direction . Sloping gently ‘backwal id person: slang . Large bird . Coagulated Iqu . Banishment . Immerses . Condensed moisture . Press . Smooth 28, Pronounce 7 B Hul/ dWE Newsfeatures THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA — 20 YEARS AGO F¥': empire April 12 John Repk'* Lt. Norman: Bteini Alice Dean Da Bob Hall "homas Osborne., Mrs. Rose Schnieder Ruth Richards Mrs. Bud Bryant Aimee Grinnell Elise King . o . COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY From 4 to 5 pm. — Girl ScoutC Juliette .Low World Friendship Tea, Elks auditorium. 2 At 8 pm. — VFW meets in CIO hall. At 8 pm. — Emblem Club business | meeting, Elks auditorium, At 8 p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid| meets in church social rooms. At 8:45 pm, — Juneau Singers re- hearse in Methodist church. April 13 | At 7:30 pm. — Piano recital of grade school pupils of Mrs. Davis in NLP church. At 8 pm. — Scottish Rite regular meeting, 30th degrée conferred. At 8p.m. — Instrumental and vocal groups of high school in concert | in high school gym. Free. At 8 pm. — Residents of Auk Bay meet with American Legion in| DeHart’s store to discuss local issues. April 14 From 1 to 5 p.m. — Junior Artists annual exhibit at Dugout. Pub- lic welcome. ! At 7:30 p.m. —Roller AB hall. At 8 pm. — Two piano recital of | High school pupils of Mrs, Davis | at Governor's House. At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square Dance club meets in Grade school | gym. | skating in |seth drew the cut prize. APRIL 21, 1931 Many attended the annual baseball dance the previous night given . {by the Elks. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Hunt were awarded the fox trot prize; James Orme and Miss V. Wahto were adjudged the best waltzers. Butler- Drug Co., B. M. Behrends Store and George Brothers contributed a; A bili to repeal the Alaska Bone Dry Law whs introduced in the ezislature by Reps. Allyn and Hellerich of Nome. To honor Mis. James Sey, a recent Douglas bride, Mrs. Glen Kirk- ‘ham entertained with six tables of bridge at her home. pimperton held high score, Mrs. W. Spain low score and Mrs. J. R. Lang- Mrs, Anna Ellis of Juneau sang several songs, did Mrs. Wendell Cahill and Mrs Kirkham. After cards delicious refreshments were served. Mrs. H. Anderson, Mrs. Fay Weldman, Chet Johnson, Miss C. Shire, ing H. Keil, W. G. Knox, Knute Thorstadt, were passengers disembark- from the south on the Admiral Evans when it arrived from Seattle the previous day. Capt. 8. K. Gilje was master of the ship. The steamer Rueen was in port for two hours before sailing for ports south Booked aboard her were Robert Thomas, Amy Watson and muel Watson for Petersburg; H. M. Sawyer, Ivan Winsor, for Ketchi- Kar for Seattle. and Glenn Carrington, B. Bordeleau, H. H. Gubser, and Glen Reeder The Juneau Gun Club held a shoot the previous Sunday with the following scores made: Williams and Truesdale, 25; Council and Scrib- ner, 24; Morris, Bepjamin and Gucker, 23; Radde, 22; Ziegler, 2i; Barnes, McNaugthon and Kirk, 19 Sawyer, 4. Weather: High, 45; low, 39; rain. s e e e Daily Lessons int English 3 ©. aoroon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: One may say either, “Drive slowly,” or, “Drive slow,” as both words are adverbs in this case. is the more formal of the two. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Enigma. ME unstressed, I as in BIG, accent second syllable. “Drive slowly” Pronounce e-nig-ma, E as ‘n OFTEN MISSPELLED: Colonnade; observe the two N's, and the one L. SYNONYMS: Likely, liable, probable, plausible, apt, credible, pre- sumable. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us At 9 pm. — Douglas Junicr Class | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: prom in Douglas gym, April 15 @it 2 pm. — Roller skating in AB hall. 4 April 16 At noon — Lions Club,, Baranof. At 8 pm. — American Legion post meets in Dugout. | At 8 pm. — Parent-Teacher Asso-| ciation in high school study hall. April 17 neon — Rotary Club,, Baranof. At 8 pm. — Community ight for adults at, April 18 At nooh — Kiwanis club, Baranof. ! At 8 pm. — VFW Auxiliary meets in CIO hall. 3 | 1 PR At 8 pm. — Elks lodge. April 19 At noon — Chamber 6f Commerce meets at Baranof. At 8 pm. — Annual ‘m&ting, re- ports, election 3-yedr Hfustees of ACCA in city council chambers. 12 CARRIED VIA ~ ELLIS AIRLINES Ellis Airlines carried a total of ! 12 passengers on Wednesday flights | with six on interpcrt. | Arriving from Ketchikan: Gale. From Petersburg: Amelia Kito, Carol Kito, Phyllis Hauska, Bill Wil- son, P. S. Boot. Joe | MOVIES TONITE AT V. F. W. See the Christopher Movement. 82-1t COUNTRY CLUB Dining & Dancing — Open all night, every night. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Thoodwn 6. Listened . Threads 6. Steps for ! Glossy paint staling & Frac worh feoes " by usage kg system 8.*Rim 9, Want 10. Ocean fsland near terrestrial paradise 11. Hang 24. Armed conflict 27, Small cask 29. Edible tuber 32, Time of light 34. ‘At the present 35. Utter _indistinctly 36. Qpposite of “asea e 37. Applied*a name to 39. Entertain sumptuously 11 12 /) adh e Make vacant . Cavalry sworg . Resting places 52. Caning American fieral through the wilderness.” e e | MODERN ETIGU b ETTE ¥ mksra om i ‘TORTUOUS; twisting; winding. “He followed the tortuous path that led s | RGBS R e iR Q. If a girl becomes engaged, and she has no family, would it be iall right for her fiance’s family to announce the engagement? A. No; the bride-elect always has the privilege of announcing her AeWSPRDer: Center | engagement, and if she has not the means of giving an announcement Age ("Hh‘v‘,\ny, then she can always extend the “good news” through the local Q. When a girl enters a public dining room with an escort, should she remove her wraps before she arrives at their table? A. No. She should wait until seated, and then her escort or the waiter should assist her. Q. When pouring wine from the bottle, should the bottle be grasped by the neck, the label, or where? A. Hold the bottle by the labeled part. - e > LOOK and LZARN 1. by A. C. GORDON ‘What sea in Europe is below the level of the ocean? 2. The average American housewife washes how many pounds of laundry during her lifetime? 3. 4. 5. ANSWERS: 1. The Dead Sea. . 780,000 pounds. Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. Benjamin Franklin. Mark Twain. 3. 4. 5. What are the three well-known orders of Greek architecture? ‘Whose likeness appears on the American one-cent rtamp? Who wrote “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”? There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! o D. A. BAKER as a paid-ap subscriber 10 THE IYAILY ALASKA EMPIRE i3 invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "THE WINDOW” Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre * Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compiments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1951 The B. M. Behrends ‘Bank afety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1951 Weather al Alaska Points Weather conditions and temper- stures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120h Meridian Time, 'and released hy the Weather Bureau are as follows: Anchorage 2k 30—Cloudy Annette Island 40—Rain & Drizzle Barrow .. : ... -9—Clear | Bethel ... 4—Snow Crystals | Cordova . 20—Clear | Dawson .......... . 16—Cloudy | Edmonton ... ... 40—Cloudy | Fairbanks . 15—Partly Cloudy | Haines v, 30—RAIN | Havre 29—Partly Cloudy Juneau Airport ... . 36—Drizzle Kodiak . 26—Clear Kotzebue - 21—Cloudy NOME coooeoerveerseeeierrenrs. 1T—SDOW Northway ........ 16—Partly Cloudy Petersburg .. ... 26—Fog Portland : 44—Clear Prince George ... 31—Partly Cloudy Seattle : 45—Clear Sitka . 36—Drizzle Whitehorse 28—Cloudy Yakutat .. 34—Cloudy | 61 CARRIED ON ALASKA COASTAL WEDNESDAY TRIPS Passengers carried on Alaska Coastal Airlines Wedresday flights totaled 61 with 22 arriving, 25 de- parting and 14 on interport. Departing for Angoon: Mr, and| Mrs. G. Chilton, Ramona Kookesh | and child; for Pelican: V. Bernhard, M. Gentile, Emma Waltonen, Eliza Mork; for Sitka: Mr. Wagner, M. Rodgers, Jim Weaver, Walt Coulley, B. Locke, Les Florence. For Skagway: J. W. Pierson, Alice | Wilcox; for Haines: Felix Toner, R. Hermann, J. G. Richardson, R. J. Johnston; for Ketchikan: J. French, Helen French, Norm Wiggitoff; for 1Pewrsburg: E, T. Brehm, Andrew Greignier. Arriving from Ketchikan: Frank | Metcalf; from Petersburg: Mrs. Armstrong, Rev. and Mrs. Willis Booth; from Haines: H. C. Brad- shaw, Harry Ellengen; from Skag- way: W. D. Andrews, Mrs. M. Tufts and chil From Sitka: J. Johnson, A. John- son, Laura Jones, J. Townsend, J. C. Melson, E, E. Finney, B. J. For- ney; from Tenakee: Nick Gronds- ma, Randall Hough; from Pelican: Mrs. J. H. Sadlier, Tony Zitz; from Angoon: Mrs. H. Albert and child. 13 TRAVEL VIA ELLIS AIRLING Arriving on Ellis Airlines flight Thursday weze six passengers with seven carried on interport. From Ketchikan: Mrs. Hawkins, L. Lindstrom. From Wrangell: Isobelle Miller. From Petersburg: Mrs. Shuquanie, Mrs. Carl Enge, Arnold Enge. FINISHES WORK The John N. Cobb, research vessel of the U. 8. Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice, sailed for Seattle this morning after concluding shrimp prospecting operations in the Juneau-Lynn Canal area. PANCAKE SUPPER Try the Boy Scout Pancakes— May 12, 5:30 — 7:30 p.m. Methodist Church Social Room. 780-3t STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Caslers Men's Wear McGregor Sportswear Stefson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY . "mo" CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing Complete Outfitter for Men Seward Street SAN!'I'A"IEY EAT 13—PHONES—49 * Free Delivery MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 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 Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— ARNOLD L. FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN V.F. W. Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.1.0. Hall at 8:00 p.m. Brownie’s Liquor Store Phone 103 139 So. Franklim P. 0. Box 25068 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE o S — B e R —EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY— e e e S s "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholésale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O THOMAS HARDWARE and FURNITURE CO. PHONE 555 PAINTS —— OILS Builders’ and Shelf HARDWARE Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford Co. “Qur Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. 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. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVPS OVERALLS for Boys BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main St. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office or Store