The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 5, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire by the to the .post offic That will be all ruumma every evening except Sund: people may keep EMPIRE PRINTING COMPAN Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - President So everyone Vice-President Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter For SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dourlas for §1 six months, §9.00; one vear, 13 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50 one month, in « Subscribers will confer & favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fatlure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones 5 per month; Washington enemy S new 1945 on some the Olympic Peni to every one Kkille Be the fort taste for tree Douglas fir and lick up the on 20-to-30-year-c A cdmmijttee ¢ have e Peninsula forests have lied young Douglas {tir No need to taken. The a fa News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. | MEMBER OF ASSOC The Associated Pres Iy entitled to the use for republication Il news dispatches cregdited to it or not other wise creaited s paper and also the local news published herein. TED PRESS REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Seattle, Wash NATIONAL | Fourth Avenue Bldg., | ers amin bears been clared the Jeffe Kits | outs federal mitted to kill bea: And if rated, it wo t bear son, ap, e of year. Monday, November 5, 1951 3 rvice and similar action. POSTAL IMPROVEMEN woman who fell ir having been hauled off t The improvements in postal service that arc|man, planned by the Post Offige Department will be wel- comed by most pepple in Juneau and it is good to know that ‘civie' groups in towh are offering their assistance’ to R. C. Sheldon, postal inspector, who is anging for city® delivery, for downtown pickup service and @& possible downtown - contract post office. : If rural delivery can be added to the service of the local post office it too will be greatly appreciated by the hundreds of people |ho live on the highways out of town. Postal rates will be higher. in a few months The day of the penny post card will soon be among our meémories. The only additional cost for mail delivery will be 3 cents instead of 2 cents for local mail. Mr. Sheldon says that he is here in response to a request from Alaska’s Delegate Bartlett. So Juneau, along with Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ketchikan owe the delegate thanks for bringing to the attention of the Post Office Department our several needs in the way of improved service. The mail man will save of trips to the post office, arrives. And mail delivery habits. X : There will be some citizens who prefer their trips wife, Fairy tale: Qi to go without ha Parents with learn to buy a beginning of a sck out the house. Although Trui complaining to deprive us of paying taxes — heavens every tim | from us. Five Minutes.” — we guessed corre it good-looking and when winter will change our people a lot weather daily Letters from that their mail be delivered to their should be bears ar They sap exuded from the wood. old Dougl the There are many ways to break a habit. wheelbarrow about “All-Woman Jury Returns Verdict of public interest. and always sign your name. mail over delivery service with Mr. Sheldon post office boxes, e for right their Those may direet boxes. pleased the lmc ')f Saps (Seattle Times) tate's Douglas fir Foresters report irly open Douglas fir nsula, “bears have kx]ml 100 d by fire.” forests I that ands tree esters say, have recently ularly the sap the bark from young tr Stand: have suffered most srican Society of Forest- 6,000 & of Olympic that some 50 cent of acquirec of thi claw e fir of d and An some the on acres the reports many {rees.. as as per immediate remedy. Tt has Game Department has de- predator in all parts of Clallam, Mason and Grays Harbor Countie: forest reserves, Hunters are pre- areas at any time of the reports of the foresters are not uld behoove the United States For- he eNational Parks Service to take uggest State r in the A Texas nto the habit of marrying the same sixth, ninth and tenth and shot him. his second, he other day nce upon a time a woman walkec out of the house and got into the car and was ready ving to go back into the house tc do or to get something she had forgotten. children of school age eventually load of pencils at the hool term and scatter them through- man chided taxpayers recently foi taxes, we shall not allow him the only pleasure we derive, out of that of bellyaching to the" high e the government pries money locse of Headline. Before reading ctly that the female. Guilty the story accused was young readers are invited on all subjects Jersey's Mary Norton, Minnesota’s | Ione Hunt, and Wisconsin’s Mrs. Dan Hoan. All agreed that as be- tween Ipdia Edwards and Frank McKinney, Mrs. Edwards was their gal and they would stick by her | ythxough thick and thin. So, failing | chairman. The President. specifically | to. get, .past, King-maker, Connelly | and categorically agreed. {for an appointment, they sent letter to the President urging him to inter- KING-MAKER CONNELLY vene personally with Mrs. Edwards Thereafter Mrs. Edwards wrote and hinting that if he did not per- the President, suggesting several suade her to stay, his hand-picked prominent Democrats as National | candidate might not be committee- Chairman, including Alabama’s Sen.!picked next day. John Sparkman, Denver’s ex-Cong-| Truman got the letter, hurriedly ressman John Carroll and Price called Mrs. Edwards, apologized for Administrator Mike Di Salle. the misunderstanding and urged Meanwhile, unknown to Mrs. Ed- | her to remain. She agreed. wards, presidential aide Matt Con-‘ Thereafter, opposition to new nelly was working feverishly to put Chairman McKinney gradually melt- over his candidate. Connelly, who ed—especially after his resound- fancies himself as “king-maker” and ing speech next day promising to the real “power behind the power,”|clean out influence peddlers. was plugging, for either Pennsyl- vaMa's Federal Judge Jim MC-wBlLOYl GA\[BLI\(: BACKFIRES Granery or Indiana’s Frank Mc-‘ Kinney. When Connelly heard that o2 A : > McGranery would probably be op_‘agamst Bll()?(l, Miss., whose Wl‘dE- posed by Mayor Dave Lawrence of | open gambling got Keesler Field Pittsburgh and ex-Senator Francis 'into hot water with the Senate. Myers of Philadelphia, he devoted | What the #Air Force may do 15{ i bandon a lucrative, $43,-| full time to promoting’ McKimmey.; | quietly a s 343,01 Connelly’s maneuvering was 50| 100,000 ‘expanston program at Kees- | | Fhe Washinglon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) The Air Force may retaliate secret that neither retiring Chair- | !ler, thus depriving Biloxi of some man Bill Boyle nor Mrs. Edwards | juicy contracts and jobs. was aware of it. Only on Monday, two days before been so widespread in Biloxi that | the committee met, was Boyle in-!the Air Force couldn’t keep Keesler- formed by the President that Mc- based personnel ffom gambling with- Kinney was “the man.” Boyle im-|gut placing the whole city off lim- mediately got on the phone and 'its, including the leading hotels, ! 4 it The reason is that gambling has|.= (ommumly Events TODAY At 6:30 p.m.—Dinner meeting Kiwanis club at Baranof. At guarters "Service Co. in "Armory. At 7 p.m.—Ju will play i At 8 pm. meets in Dugout. November 6 weekly drill eau Badminton club high school gym. At noon—Rotary club meets Bara- | ounce, nof hotel. At 7:30 pm, — Delta Chapter of should be changed in order to in- Beta Sigma Phi meets in Gold ’crease production of gold needed .to [build up Uncle Sam’'s Room cf Baranof. At 8 pm.—Odd Fellows IOOF Hall. At 8 p.m.—American Legion Aux- iliary meets in Dugout. At 8 p.m.—Folkateers meet in grade school gym. At 8 p.m.—Coast Guard wives meet to sew on doll clothing at home of Mrs. Paul Trimble, 202 Sixth St. At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center Night for Adults at Teen Age ,Ciub with square dancing. {1, i November 7 At 1:30 pm.—JWC business meeting in AELP penthouse. M 8 pan~Elks Lodge. November 8 At noon—Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof Hotel At 8 pm~—~VFW post meets in Jeep *elub. At 8 p.m.—Sons of Norway pinochle meet passed the word along to key Demo- | crats, including India Edwards. When she heard of it, she hit the ceiling, and promptly turned in her resignation as vice chairman. THE LADIES REVOLT News of Mrs. Edwards’ resignation hit the Democratic committeemen simultaneously with the news that Frank McKinney was to be their new boss. Both caused consterna- tion, the former because Mrs. Ed- wards is extremely popular, the second bécause McKinney was al- most unknown to most Democratic leaders. Also southern and west- ern Democrats felt that in view of the Vatican ‘appointment, lhe‘ new Chairman should have been a! Protestant rather than continuing the thirty years of Catholic Party leadership. Leaders of the revolt included {bus statin and even the basement 1of a church, Instead, Keesler Field tried to solve the problem by ex-| ‘p'.mdmg the recreation program on the base, establishing a 10:30 p.m. jeurfew and appealing to the Biloxi | authorities to clean up their town. However, the gamblers continued{ |to fleece 18-year-old recruits and others, until this columnist first exposed the whole sordid story last July. This columnist listed the num- ber of gambling joints operated wide | open, reported that one Lieutenant |had even committeed suicide over gambling losses, and revealed that the majority of Keesler servicemen were around 18. The column then turned the evidence over to the Senate Preparedness subcommittee. §As a result, Senate investigators | cracked down on Biloxi, and the Air | Force got a black eye for not keep- ing its men out of the dives. p1ny in Moose Hall. November 10 At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square sDance in Parish Hall — EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY — Carl Thompson, Democratic Com-| Real blame, according to Senate | mitteeman from Wisconsin; the tWo investigators, rests squarely on Bil- Kansas Committeemen, Carl Rice | oxi authorities, who winked at law | and Georgia Neese Clark; and Ore- | violations and openly conspired with ‘ . gon's Monroe Sweetland. The latter | the gamblers. Since the gambling | suggested that a delegation make a personal protest direct to the Pre- | sident Accordingly, Iowa’s Florence Lynch telephoned king-maker Matt Con- nelly to ask for an appointment. King-maker Connelly refused. He did not want anyone disturbing his plans to put across his hand-picked National Chairman. The day beforé the committee was to have its rubber-stamp sessio therefore, Mrs. Lynch called a meei- trade lured free-spending tourists into the town, which in turn lowered | | local taxes, the townspeople refused | to get stirred up over young re- | cruits squandering one-third of their | pay. } That is why the Air Force may now retaliate by abandoning its $43,000,000 expansion program at Keesler, which will cost the city | more than it has been able to pocket | in 10 years of playing footsie with the racketeers. For most of the gam- { i | in | Make them as short as possible | 7 p.m.—Headquarters and Head- | American Legion post | | | in| THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA NOVEMBER 5 Thomas W. Larsen Ruth Geyer Mrs. T. N. Powell Elizabeth Connors T. M. Stanley Melba Rogers o o o o 0 0 0 Weather at Alaska Poinfs Weather conditions and tempera- tures at various Alacka points alsc the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m., 120th Meridian Time, and veleased by the Weather Burcau are as follows: Anchorage Barrow Eethel on . 32—Cloudy 28—Cloudy 22—Clear 45—Cloudy 22—Cloudy 38—Clondy 11—Clear 36—Cloudy .'M—Fog 49—Couldy 47—Rain 29—Snow v 25—Fog 31—Cloudy 20—Fog 40—Cloudy 37—Fog 25—Clear 40—Fog 27—Clear | 37—Cloudy Cordova Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Juneau Airport Annette Island Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath Nome Northway Petersburg Portland Prince George Seattle Whitehorse Yakutat Liffing of Sale ; On Gold Restriction |- Is fo Be Asked i WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—(®—Sen- ator Pat McCarran (D-Nev) is ex-| pected to try in 1952, for the fourth time since 1948, to persuade Cong- | ress to lift government restrictions on the sale of gold. | First, of course, he'll have to win a fight with ill health. The 75-year- old -veteran lawmaker suffered a heart attack Thursday and is ex- pected to be hospitalized several weeks at Reno, Nev. McCarran’s recent speeches show he has been considering the intro- duction of a bill aimed at freeing the nation’s gold miners from =z |down on the gravy and then eating it with knife and fork as thougt [ “straight jacket” which he said wasy clamped” on them in 1934. ' ‘2! McCarran wyouyld H’\(OIE to mingrs, the right to sell gold in" opert xw' kets around the world and to’ bity, possess, import and export the pre- cious yellow metal. Miners in this country have h1d to sell their gold to the U. S. Mint for the past 17 years, at $35 per fine This situation, McCarran believes, | stockpile, both in peacetime and wartime. Pan American Carries 19 Weekend Passengers Pan American World Airways carried 79 passéngers on weekend flights in and out of Juneau with 35 arrivals and 44 departures. * From Seattle: Dr. and Mrs. John Clements, Lulu Davis, Robert Duck- worth, Harold and Helen Foss, Wallis George, Oscar Johnson, Lois Jund, Fred Kislingbury, C. Michol- son, M. Olson, Paul Troost, E. G. Wernentin, A. Wilson. Col. E. Landreth, Mr. and Mis. | nelian; e e o i it 20 YEARS AGO 7% THE EMPIRE NOVEMBER 5 —— ,1931 Farewell had been said to the cableship Dellwood and the craft returned to Lake Union, since the cable system to Alaska was being replaced by radio. Some of the crew members were transferred to other services, and only a skeleton force remained to keep the craft in condition. Italy expected to collect about $20,000,000, or one-tenth of her budget d((xcn on goods from the United States. This was to be accom- plished through new tariff rates. moose and venison meat at a mecting this evening, and a to feast on monthly expected. firemen were their regular Juneau dinner preceding large turnout of members Mrs. Tyrne Salo and Mrs. Alfred Ruotsala entertained the previous night’ in honor of Miss Sigrid Davis. Dancing and card playing were enjoyed, and the honor guest was presented many beau- tiful pieces of silverware. at a shower From Security Bay, Petersburg, Kake and way ports, the motorship Pacific, Capt. Paul Kegal, returned to Juneau after a longer than usual time on the voyage, due to heavy business between way ports. Three vessels with 23,300 pounds of halibut had arrived in Seattle, elling there for 12 and 22 cents a pound. Dog licenses were overdue in the City of Douglas, and authorization posal of unlicensed dogs would be given after November 15, ac- City Clerk. for dis cording to Felix Gray, Weather: High, 40; low, 36; rain. Daily Lessons in English . 1. corvon | e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I don't know if I can Say, “I don't know WHETHER I can go.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED. Modiste. Pronounce mo-dest, O as in NO, E as in ME, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hammock; OCK. Havoc; no K. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three gimesi and it isiyours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one weord each day. Today's word: GREGARIOUS; having the habit of associating in flocks, herds, or companies. (Pronounce the E as in GREED, A as in CARE, acceni ond syllable). “Some people are gregarious, preferring to live in the um\m d city than in the open country.” Bouy rather “ Q. What are the correct birthstones? A. January, garnet; February, amethyst; Magch, bloodstone; aqua- n ine or jasper; April, diamend; May, emerald; June, pearl, moon- stone or agate; July, ruby or onyx; August, sardonyx, peridot or car- September, sapphire; October, opal or tourmaline; November topaz; Decemebr, turquoise or lapis lazuli. Q. Is it proper to sop one’s bréad into the gravy at the dinne: table? A. Yes, but it must be done properly — by putting a small piecc it were any other helping on your plate. Q. Is it ever permissible to write a social letter with a leac pencil? A. Onl procure | L y if the writer is in such circumstances that he cannot pen and ink. Otherwise, no. L0CK and LEARN IEI,C,GORDON 1. What, approximately, is the population of the United States: 2. What liquid is a conductor of electricity, and when solidified, i is not? 3. | | | What are the four qualities of taste sensations? What Eurcpean monarch ruled for the longest time? What creature has the greatest life span? ANSWERS: 150,520,000. Water. Sweet, sour, salt and bitter. Louis XIV, of France, who ruled for 72 years. . The tortoise, which may live to be 200 or 300 years old, or older. and Mrs. A. E. Lundstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Crafton and Amber, Claude Crown, Gray Miller, G. E. Hamilton, Ruth Johnson, Charles Burdick, M. Grazier, Mary Crock, G. Varku, James Haynes, Leo Rich- Brouilette, Jack and M. Petaja,| Jackie Budd, Norman Stines, Clay | Scudder, Mrs. E. Hunter, Rita and Dick McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Madson, Boyd McLean, M. Randall, M. Moser, K. Rutherford, B. Weld- Richard Robinson, A. W. Bolay. . '|ing, George Varra, Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. A Bowles and Verona, Mrs. R | alex Holden, W. Vreland, Glen Col- Cameron and Linda, H .S. Chr: lins, F. Gilpatrick, Patricia Meyer, ard, B, Godfrey, M. O. Lindahl. Tom Appleton of Anchorage is at tensen, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doyle, Everett Dezell, Irene Lenz, Martha Parce, D. Stettler, Clara Sturgill, Frank Tilson, Lynn Winter, Willard Wood. . To Seattle: M. Franks, Mrs. M. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace wesuall, Mr. the Baranof Hotel. Crossward Puzzle ACROSS 1. Hobbies Weep bitterly High cards Afresh Monkey Ceremony Rude hut . English letter . Unruly crowd Greek mountain Lingered 4. Indication Medicinal plant . Japanese statesman p Bacchamlllnv Speed nantu! Pat Pedl.l aigits Ocean Use a lever Infant’s garment Row H ARANAE EE% SiTion] "Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 3. 1. Distant 2. Dealing_with anatomy L 6. Young devil Move to and fro Crinkly material 32. Variable star Animal’s foot Gradual releace of pressure Drush . Not “any 3 lLs able . Canvas Pouch shelter Musical work :ssall 0 way: prefix . Broad Personification ot woman- Nlmhla Penl.lnlnt to. Ch!n.‘ tribe | 12 Sces es Knook 5. )B‘Iuer vetch erry Five-sided figure ‘Whirlpool Collection of facts Existed Measure of duration Ard Done alone Greek letter / l ‘n‘il/flllfl | s | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1951 MEMORIALS MARBLE and GRANITE Monuments and Markers JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS Phone 426—302 Franklin St. J. A. Durgin Com, Ine. mu."'..-m"'m’.'.i' Work Room 3, Valentine Building JUNEAU, ALASEA P. O. Box 642 Telephone 919 MPIRE WANT ADS PAY o o € B.P.0.ELKS Meeting Every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiiing brothers welcome. LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. I l "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CoO. Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— LOREN CARD Becretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Mausical Instruments and- Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward “Taku Post No. 5559 V.F.W. Meeting every Thursday in the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m. Card Beverage Co. Wholesale 805 10th Bt. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP - The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates NASH SALES and SERVICE CHRISTENSEN BROS. 909 12th Phone Green 279 PHONE SINGLE © THOMAS HARDWARE and FURNITURE CO. PHONE 555 PAINTS —— OILS Builders’ and Bhelf HARDWARE Brownie's Liquor Sfore Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. 0. Box 2596 Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co.- Poot of Main Street EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY e ———— STEVENS® LADIES’—MI3SES’ READY-TO-WEAR BSeward Street Near Third | | The Charles W. Carter " Mortuary Pourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 CaslersMen's Wear McGregor Sportswear Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrdw Bhirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY usoon | CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men MAKE JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM » dally habtt—ask for 1t by name Juneau Dairies, Inc. HOME GROCERY Phones 146 and 342 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 | i To Banish “Blue Monday” | I To give you more freedom ! from work — TRY Alaska Laundry H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS * for Boys BLACKWELL’S CABINET SHOP 117 Main 8t. Phone 772 High Quality Cabinet Work for Home, Office er Btere SHAFFER'S SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS 13—PHONES—49 Free Delivery G. W. HILSINGER as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is 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 FIGHTING KENTUCKI 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! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1951 The B.M.Behrends | Bank | | Safety Deposit | V¥ ¥ Boxes for Rent ™ Q° . Golf mound . Put on Open-work e fabric bling profits don't stay in Biloxi. They go to the big-time operators | in Manhattan, COMMERCIAL -SAVINGS * ing in her room in the Mayflower Hotel. Attending were: Pennsyl- yania’s' Emma Guffey Miller, New | “Oh, yes—George handles all the money in the house. 1 just tell him what to buy with it!” %flll%flll