The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 25, 1951, Page 4

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Pubnshrd every evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Sirests, Juneau Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - B - - JOROTHY TROY LINGO - . personally in always discernible in the turmoil of 211y It might be profitable for all ofgus to check up on pretension. nd practices. principles accepted J. A. Durgin Company, lne. Accounting Auditing Tax Wt Room 3, Valentine Bufldlu MEMORIALS MARBLE and GRANITE Monuments and Markers JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS Phone 426—302 Franklin St. from, THE 20 YEARS AGO B BMPIRE | IN THE HOLE AGAIN | ; 4 OCTOBER 25, 1931 : OCTOBER 25 Mrs. C. M. Jorgensen and Mrs. Leslie White were southbound pas- John A. Covich engers on the Northland. Bob Scott o o o o o our President Vice-President ®atered- in the Post Office in Juneau Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RA' Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.75 per month; six months, $9.00; one year, §17.50 e paid, at the following rates: One year, in $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, In sdvance, $1.50 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or frregularity in the delivery of their papers . WANT ADS PAY o ® o 0 0 0 00 the fiscal year for passed, with a deficit the | of The first quarter of Federal government has $2,614,986,764 reported. This is a large sum, Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 314, eration. Nevert} it = ¥ WBROCTANED PRERS. fense spending during July, The Assoclated Press is e sively entitled to the use for | yunted to $9,232,000,000 compared to $3,594,000,000 republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. By mail, po: €) B.P.0.ELKS Meeting Every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. A A surprise farewell party was given in the Douglas League rooms in honor of Miss Ruth Lundell, who was leaving to enter nurses’ train- hould be noted that de- in Seattle. Winning prizes at “cootie” were Madeline Riedi and August and Septembe ri Weatherat =~ Jim Barra | bowling league last night with a score of«591. Alaska Poinfs /=i Weather conditions and tempera- tures at various Alacka points also on the Pacific Coast, a$% 4:30 pm., . even in this day and gen- "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG Co. Alaska Music Supply | Arthur M, Uggen, Manager Planos—Mausical Instraments and Supplies Phoue 208 Becond and SBeward agr and Fred Henning tied for high score in the Elks Henning rolled the highest ago. increased in the same 59, in the period a year Income of the | period, amounting to $12 [dH 955,117 for the Total spending, $14,988,766, This com year when the first guarter $300,000,000. The figures show tha 1early all of the increase for by defense spendingz increase# have not kept mament program. same government 373,779,588 compared to first quarter last year, in the three months period, was ares with $9,048,608,072 last had a surplus of nearly NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Yourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. With a scow belonging to the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company the Amy, Capt. Larry McKechnie, returned to Juneau from Canal. ‘The scow had been used for a camp for a group of 120th Meridian Time, and released | workers engaged in prospecting ground belonging to the AJ in the by the Weather "Buréuill Bee*ds| nynpan Ganal dibtrct. follows: o e s e ohae 1 giondy | The hangar of the Alaska-Washington Airways, which during tie - | aviation was off Willoughby Avenue, was taken to its winter Hethel 36—Rain Cordova 36—Rain Channel cpposite the Glacier Highway home Dawson 8—Cloudy Edmonton e 0=FoOE Fairbanks 29—Cloudy Haines 35—Cloud, Havre 28—Cloudy Juneau Airport . 35—Cloudy 3 % % by Annette Island 39—Cloudy | D l L E I h Rodiak sa—couy | UANY LESSONS IN ENQUSN . 1. GorDON | o rd speech Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— LOREN CARD Becretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN in tow, in expenditures is accour ey also show that tax up with the cost of the rea: This situation will not be relieved by the tax biil about to become law, which will increase taxes by less than six billion dol The spending for d fense during the next year will exceed last yea: costs by much more than the new taxes are estimated to yield. season, in Gastineau of Tom Gardner. “Taku Post No. 5559 V.F.W. Meeting every Thursday in the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m low, 38; cloudy. Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th BS. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP ‘Weather: High, 41; Thursday, Oectober 25, 1951 if you want to end your that you can’t It might be a good idea financial problems, to buy nothing TIME TO THINK OF 1952 i Kot rvhu» i . 32—Cloudy 40—Cloudy 34—Rain 0—Partly Cloudy 32—Cloudy 42—Clear -11-=Clear 43—Cloudy 254-Clear 35—Rain NASH SALES and SERVICE CHRISTENSEN BROS. 909 12th Phone Green 279 buy for cash. The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O The year 1951.is moving toward its end, without | so far developing the third World War or the other misfortunes that were predicted by the pessimis There has been no collapse of public morale the younger géneration,’ despite’ the complaints of their elders, sem to be developing normally. These B g s or hahdt Life’s Little Joke: Business man, dying of heart oo orco facts should not be overlooked in connection ‘h} i news items which naturally play up the unusual wita- | attack, while working hard to accumulate a fortune | Yakutat out expressly recognizing’ the @great ntwmber of m>n $ou order to rest. ! Be :;Ldnduzx:;nf:r?u::]:y the game of “life according m: ‘Over 100 A"end Rebekah Dinner We are not vet ready to_weleome the advent of | Of {_these who print newspapers and magazines—it be- 1952, or to suggest that those “h; wish to plen | longs to everybody. | their lives should get down to the business of making ety | resolutions. We will say, however, that individucls We hear that the scientists have Over 100 persons attended the can greatly improve themselves by giv ericus | other planet encircling Jupiter but Rlb(‘kfl"l potluck dinner held on| P 34 i " § e Wednesday evening in the LO.OF.| s E n will solve the housing shortage. Nt & . ¥ g hall. The committee for the dinner | | was headed by Noble Graf¥ Berna : West, with Mertie Smith, Sally ' to be followed in axn effort to attain desired | There is a great tendency on the part of mcst Now that fresh vegetables are people to live from day- to day, without any conscious expensive, the man of the house will insist that he | jonnston, Brownie Bland, Myrile Converse, Lu Cookey, Doris CIlift, and Martha Wendling assisting. attempt to follow a pattern based fundamentally on | needs them for his health. i i 3 ving the meeti gular s will to be hard-shelled enough to ward off black looks in return for buying |z H M Following the meeting, a regular aces Wi 8! |Fish and Wildlife meeting of the lodge was held. An- | frcm those have served him and possible accusations of “stingi- he admitted .that the A'moun(e ':hanges nual roll call brought many res- ness.” _ which jponses from members present at Q. What should a bridesmaid who is in mourning do about wearinz WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The president’s replete in hwmor.’ Say, “replete WITH humor.” [® N MISPRONOUNCED: Marshmallow. Pronounce second A as in AT, nét MELLOW. OFTEN: MISSPELLED: Obscene; observe the SCENE. SYNONYMS: Approval, approbation, advocacy, sanction, ment. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it i ingrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. ‘TRAI)XTIO ; handed down from generation to generation, upccmll) ,-._JJ!L—X&JMHD—J—DWMMM&_ e MODERN ETIQUETTE ¥omerra re Q. When one does not believe in the custom of tipping isn't it hi privilege to omit it? A. Yes, of coul there is nothing compulsory about the custom. { However, a person who makes a practice of omitting the tip in pubiic self-control, illustrates the when measured by maturity Northway Petersburg | Portland ’ Prince George | Seattie An adult, without was difference between instead of year: age endorse- THOMAS HARDWARE and FURNITURE CO. PHONE 665 .__PAINTS —— OIS Bullders’ and Shelt HARDWARE Brownie's liquor Slore, Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. 0. Box 2596 e Let us Freedom of the press is not an exclusive right discovered an- we doubt if J:| Remington Typewriters SOLD and BERVICED by J. B. Burford Co. *“Our Doorstep Is Worn by Batisfied Customers™ ng 'y EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY scarce, and more | taxes fixed | insurance. who However, Mohawk Music Corporation, FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OM. STEVENS® LADIES’—MI3SES’ The Washington ‘Merry-Go-Rount (Continued from Page One) man and Japanese trade, Goods from these two countries have come‘ into the international market in the | last year or so and cut down Brit- | ish markets. Following today's elections, it is certain that the new government will have to take some drastic monetary steps, and U. S. experts figure that one of them may be a | is still under tax investigation, had | had its tax returns handled by his | seeretary, thotigh he.maintained the investigation started after he Ieft office. FRANK MISS VITRO | Miss Vitro, when interviewed, was more forthright. been working for Mr. Akey and the Akey Insurance Company for eleven years and during most of that time had given tax advice to about 50 to She said she had | 0f Service Vessels Howard Baltzo, assistant region- al director of the Fish and Wildlife "Service said 'Thursday that sev- leral reassignments of service craft| |and other changes have recentl been made. The Pelican, Baltzo said, left Wednesday ‘morning where she will | | be permanently assigned to Ketchi- | kan. The vessel, captained by FJL‘ Britt, was formerly based at Sitka. \ the meeting and from letters re- ceived by Sue Kennedy, recording on her friend’s weds It is quite proper for. the col Al bridesmaid to serve on this day aad READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third Juneau Motor Co. secretary. Second nomination of officers for | the coming year was completed, with the election scheduled to be held on November 14. ; - | out \ NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER | | OU Of OUF moutth - OB BALE mf | | except fish bones.and fruit pits, Sealed bids will be received by me Division Supervisor, Juneau, Alasa, up to and including 9:00 a.m. vember 27, 1951, for all the mer- \wear colors. ' Bridesmaids’ dresses individual costumes. Q. What odes cne do & No- if food is too hot A. Quickly take a swallow of water. are looked upon as uniforms, Lot to swallow? On no account, take the feod It is offenslve to take anything out of the mouth, The Charles W, Carter | Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. PHONE 136 Foot of Main Street MAKE AU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM » daily habit<~ask for it by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. loan from us of around $2,000,000,- 000; another could be further deyal- | 100 People a year. She frankly ad- uation of the pound, which in 1949 | mitted that most of her customers was cut from $4.03 to $2.80. A third also had fhsurance with Akey's alternative could be curtailment of ' COPAanY, taxpayers got off b iy b iR [bu}mg insurance. | Miss Vitro was also quite frank any easier for WASHINGTON PIPELINE President Truman was upset hy turns of the Mohawk Music Com-| Secretary of Commerce Sawyer's pany, but she gave information speech in Columbus, O., attacking!contrary to Akey’s as to who ‘had government spending. The speech started the Mohawk tax investiga- was a direct slap at the Truman tion. Akey claimed it was started! budget and was not cleared Wllh“lfl?l he left the collector's office,’ the White House. It's regarded as but Miss Vitro said he had started a dare to the President by his Sec- | it. retary of Commerce to fire him.| The music firm, she said, had (Sawyer and Defense Mobilizer Wil- , taken out insurance on its plate- son have had a row over materials glass windows and another small controls, which Sawyer lost.). pol neither one amounting to If you count up all- the pages of much. the Congressional Record and com- pare words with deeds, the wordiest member of Congress turns out to be Senator Malone of Nevada. . .Gen. Mark Clark's appointment to the Vatican stirred. up such religious. fervor that some Senators even refused to say “no comment.” Sen- in at the top. That condition still ators Maybank’ of South, Carolina | prevails. Thousands of . career ‘rev- and Hayden of Arizond pleaded | enue ‘agents are trying to do a with newsmen that “no comment” conscientious job, while certain pol- might be misinterpreted. They beg- | itical appointees sabotage their ged reporters to forget they had Work. The most important move tq asked them about the Vatican ap- clean up tax collection is to take pointment. }Imernal Revenue completely out | of politics. column first began calling atten= tion to then little-known income- ax scandals, pointing out -that ‘whxlc the great majority of Civil Service Revenue agents were hon- TWO-WAY TAX JOB | Here is another chapter in mc‘ DoneK long history of income-tax dewlnu-‘ Congress comes in tor a lot of ments which ought to be investigat- | criticism, but it’s important to note ed. This one pertains to western that this Congress has just abolish- Massachusetts where Clifford Akey ed tax-free exemption on its own recently resigned as deputy col- | expense accounts. This will cost lector. Previously, Denis Delaney | Congressmen $800 a year—at a time was indicted as Collector of Inter- when all other salaries are going nal Revenue for Massachusetts. Political pundits say it looks This column has unearthed a deai formation that Akey, who has now and ex-Governor Stassen. switched from income taxes to act- | ing postmaster at Greenfield, Mass., has been operating a tax-counseling to Taft. In return Stassen would business at the very same time he|get the VP spot or a top job in the was collecting people’s taxes. Akey | cabinet. . .Sen. Owen Brewster, Re- also operated an insurance bu:l-ipubhmn is trying to persuade fel- ness on the side and some clients low Republicans in West Virginia who received tax advice seemed |to nominate ex-Secretary of De- to have followed the natural impulse | fense Louis Johnson, a Democrat, to take out insurance policies with | for Senator next year. (The two| the tax collector's company. rhave worked together sub rosa Xcr Queried on the telephone, Mr.|a long time as friends of Pan Am- | Akey told this story: He had help- | erican Airways.). . .Senate inves- ed his neighbors with their tax returns when he first joined Inter- nal Revenue in 1941, he said, but when it took too much of his time, he had turned his tax-counseling kusiness over to his secretary, Miss Elizabeth Vitro. Significantly, Miss Vitro contin- ued to be Akey's secretary in his insurance business, while also act- ing as tax-counselor for various people who had income-tax prob- lems. Akey admitted that some of his| insurance policy holdérs ‘may also ‘have received tax advice from Miss Vitro, but denied that they got their Stassen spread gambling by servicemen, great deal of prostitution, but not much gambling. NOTICE—NOTICE Yacht Club meeting Tuesday 8 p.m. Baranof Iris Room. ATTENTION PIONEERS Regular meeting Pioneers of Al- | aska and Auxiliary at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, 1951. 947-2¢ | o EMPIRE WANT AUS PAY but claimed none of the| {«uub having handled the tax re-| Note—In the winter of 1949, this | t, political corruption had crept | between Senator Taft | around Great Falls, Mont., found a | | The Pelican is being temporarly | chantable dead timber, standing or; relieved at Sitka by the Teal, cap- | | down, and all the live umbm markad tained by Howard Marks. The Teal, |or designated for cutting, on an in turn, will soon be relieved by a |2 described as Area 7-B, total- converted picket boat now -being | Ing approximately 11 acres, at f%‘le completed ih the shops at the Ju- \ head of Fish Bay, Tongass National neau subport. \F(v t, Alas estimated to ' be The Teal, which was out toward | 306,000 feet B.M., more or less of | the Aleutian Islands during the |Sitka spruce and western hemlock ‘;ummel will winter in Juneau |sawtimber and 1000 linear feet, while being repaired. | more or less of piling. No bid of Baltzo announced that Capt. Art!less than $2.50 per M feet B.M. for Britton of the Crane has resigned | spruce sawtimber, $1.00 per M feet from duty and has left for the | B.M. for hemlock sawtimber, and 1 states. ic(‘nt per lin foot piling up. to The Crane, the Brant, and the|and including 95 fest in length, and Kittiwake will be lajd up in Ju-!1% cent per linear foot for piling neau for the winter. | over 95 feet in length will be coa- Work has started in putting in|sidered. $50000 must accompany new floats for winter use by the | each bid to be applied on the pur- Fish and Wildlife Service along the | chase price, refunded or retained approach to the Douglas bridge in|in part as liquidated damages, ac- the small boat harbor. The Juneau | eording to the conditions of the city council agreed to the new gaje. Primary manufacture outside construction at last meeting. of the Territory of Alaska, of &ny Earl Bright, vessel superyisgr for t of the timber is subject to the the service, is now in Seattle ar- of the Regional Torpstor:] ranging for the loading . of the ht is reserved to zeject any- | Dennis Winn, which will leave for .. 11 bids recéived. ‘Before bids Alaska stations of the. service on|gye submitted, full information xon- Nov. 1. % | cerning the timber, the conditions | of the sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Division Supervisor, Juneau, Alaska. First Publication: Oct. 25, 1951. i Second Publication: Nov. 8, 1951. HERE FROM SEATTLE Gil Rich, wellknown proker, of Seattle, is registered at the Baranof | Hotel. “TH WINNAH!" ; will corral delegates in the north- | west, but in the end turn them over 1 { tigators, checking reports of wide-, | 46-2t R/ W. COWLING, Comm. | | 1. What is the simplest form of the miscroscope? 2. What is the tendon which connects the muscles of the calf of tae lez with the heel called? 3. Which of the 48 states has more mineral springs than any other? 4. What is the last book of the Old Testament and of the Niw Testament? 5. What is the tallest quadruped? NSWERS: A maegnifying glass. The tendon of Achilles. Arkansas. Malachi and Revelation. The giraffe. NOTICE—NOTICE Yacht ' Club p.m. ALASKA PIONEERS AND meeting Tuesday 8 AUXILIARY MEET FRIDAY Baranof Tris Room. 46-2t | The Pioneers of Alaska and Auv:- R.! W. COWLING, Comm. | jliary will meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the TIOOF Hall. the meeting, games will be played under the superyision of Miss Anita Garnick and refreshments will be served by Berna West and a com- mittee. Members are urged to at- tend and take their “white ele- phants.” ATTENTION PIONEERS Regular meeting Pioneers of Al- aska and Auxiliary at 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, 1951, 947-2¢ FROM TANANA Mr. and Mrs. A. A. 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