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

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1951 state constitution Had it become _D_a—;ly Alaska Empire i Published every evening except Sunday by the | e : EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY | basic infringement Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska | tax upon a man’s HELEN TROY MONSEN - - President | DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - Vice-Presitent | would have probably ruled against the ordinance as a “It is my personal opinion,” Judge Agnew said - |in his decision, “that this tax requiring a forbids any graduated income tax necessary, the jurist continued, he of man’s rights — likening it to a right to breathe. man to Entered in the Post Oifl(‘(‘ in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | ° Y SUBSCRIPTION RATES: tbuy a license to work would be enforceable only in afg DECEMBER 12 . Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douglas for SL35 per monthi | |\ 1000 (o040 N 2 six months, $9.00; one vear, $17.50 . | police state. % 5 By mail. postage paid, at the following rates: | new has es R 4 One year, 1o advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; Judge Agnew has earned the gratitide of wage|e Mitchell Dabo ° one month, {n advance, $1.50. i i RO | e and taxpayers everywhere. In a day of “Big|® Mrs. A. J. Goodman . Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ” o 0 e e e " 3 s i » the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery | GOvernment” vs. the taxpayer, far too many abuses)® er}.i W‘”‘;‘Am, Paul . of their papers. of power are perpetrated upon a poorly represented | ® osie Meler . Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374, i 5 e s POl 2 - public by the social planners. Although the action|® Ohfl-dc“;b(’él‘?o"se . MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | ¥ S 2R i ° ildred ins . The Associnied Press Is exclusivly entided 1o the use for concerned only & city ordinance, the legal and moral | J Rrie: Hetring % cpublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | principles redefin ; the judge ar E T : T O O *this paper and also the local news Rublished | P I 3 ed by the JUERS of vital import o Lorene Elizabeth Shaw ° hereln, to every citizen of the United States and its Terri-| o Margaret Mercado . NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES — West- % i % 4 ca Holliday Co., Inc tories and pos! IS s Harriet Meriweather ° —— 13 v 30 e ° Esther Miller . DO PEOPLE READ THE BIBLE? LN 5 e il 5 i An imquisitive man, in sther State, recently " nowadays and he xx’mv something of an investigation among a variety of types TODAY While he found some exceptions, he discovered [At 7:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite degree that many of the pecple he interviewed had “not | work, 10th to 13‘;‘ degrees. seen a Bible for fifteen years /:; g p.m "i;‘]‘i‘k"”rff[-m S . A m.—Alaska Potters meet in This is an astounding report, concerning the ch-bpr Yor ;\Vnh(lmtul c(;mpun.uon of books, which we call the At 8 pm.—VFW Auxiliary meets at Bible, and which, it is generally believed, has affected home of Elsie Brunette, 220 the destiny of mankind more than any other literature Franklin Wednesday, December 12, 1951 . | eter produced. Whether. the | not, WORK TAX HELD VOID people of this city have not become so blase as to|At 7 W | pass up the opportunity of enjoying the great spiritual | cets at Baranof Hotel. We applaud the recent decision of Superior Court | truths that the Bible presents to men. At G I‘"’l*Tllk‘\ rons:fmnf.\tcrs meet Judge Henry Clay Agnew of Seattle, who, sitting at Too many persons, we presume, approach the ,\mgG:‘: R;:{T:Jhfl?m(q:fi B Bellingham, Washington, held that thé Bflllmsmm‘muc as a solution of t! material troubles mmi‘ m(‘('tfn:; i E‘;lfi Lod,:’n 1.(;0,"5 work tax was unconstitutional |the remedy for their physical ills. They seek to At g pm.-—Lutheran Ladies Aid The tax grab, said to be the first attempt in the | discover the answer to mundane issues and overlook | Society meets in church soeial United States to tax a person’s right to work, provided | the values that abaun the development of indi-| rooms. vidual personality. ° At 8 p.m.—Taku Post, VFW meets that all wage earners pay an annual fee of $1.00 for the privilege of working in Bellingham plus a so- called “license tax” of one tenth of one per cent of their wages. Judge Agnew said that the ordinance was in violation of the Washington State constitution be- cause it was not equally sessed against all income. He asserted that the tax was actually an income tax, rather than an excise levy. He pointed out that the Certainly, we suggesting that it understood spiritual force tha we do not know, but we sincerely hope that the Bible for other people but we make no apol that will endure through the ¢ in part, are woman who imbibes the great the present world and, as we conclude, develop a| 1At 8 p.m.—Rebekah Lodge meets in IOOF hall. December 13 noon—Chamber of Commerce observation applies to Juneau or in Jeep Club. At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re- hearsal in high school music! room, Sixth Street entrance. | December 14 | At 1:30 p.n.—World Service Circl meets in NLP church parlors. At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite dinner | followed by regular meeting and would not attempt to interpret the v for zind with a philosophy Its lessons, even | immortal and the man or teachings will serve | presents mar es. t will not die. | the construction of Veterans' homes - “le waflllng‘on to financing a project in which he | had a personal interest; Merry-Go-Round 4. That he set up 21,000 one-dol- lar accounts in the Long Beach (Continued from Page One) | Savings and Loan for voting pur- poses to perpetuate himself in con- trols. The Home Loan Bank Board also | reported alleged tax irregularities, | involving - Gregory, to the Internal Revenue Bureau, which began an more and more industrialized, with | U.'S. Steel putting up the bxggmw steel plant in the world on the banks of the Delaware River in| the back yard of GOP boss Joe QAL 8 p.m.—Swinging Squares dance | for 7th, 8th and 9th grades at | Parish Hall. | At 8 pm.—Moose lodge meets. December 15 Territorial Sporismen Choose A. W. Boddy pfeSid&n' iOI 1952 jAv 3:30 p.m.—Juneau Singers dr(’.\s1 { rehearsal at 20th Century The- A. W. Boddy was elected presi-| gtre, | dent of the Territorial Sportsmen,| At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eight Square Inc., at a meeting of the board of | Dancers meet in Parish Hall, | directors last night. Art Skinner | | was chosen vice president and Kay | At 2:30 p.m.—Christmas concent by J. Kennedy was appointed record-| Juneau Singers at 20th Century Grundy. On top of this Philadel- | investigation in 1946, | ing secretary. ; | Theatre. ! phia for the first time since 1884 i SR TR | _R was demd}’d to ch_f with offi- | At 7:30 p.n.—NLP church Sunday has gone completely Democratic.| WHAT KING OVERLOOKED | cials of the Fish and Wildlife Serv-| school program. J ice next Tuesday evening to deter- December 17 That's why long-range GOP lead- | ers doubt if a reactionary Repuh-i lican nominee would have the| slightest chance of carrying the‘ state next year. | The record: ch Congressman King overlooked—shows that he im- mediately went to bat for Gregory. After a drawn-out, four-year legal hattle, the Congressman from Cal- 3. California, now the second most | fornia brought pressure on the | Justice Department to compromise. populous state in the Union, went | for Truman in 1948—even with !,("'[ejgofil' lmlllme“_' “d’_m"e‘? ]"“?E‘ Governor Warren on the ticket for (')a~l]d Gl “‘l ]L‘Umnl’]'lm:‘“f.: it ‘m‘ ¥ Beesident include canceling all government charges against him, both civil Thus the three largest states, re- presenting akbcut one-fifth of the voting population may well go Dem- ocratic in 1952. This with the solid | King’ G ¥ 7 A south and a few other states would | X&' part in the compromise about clinch a Democratie victory s revealed in a confidential memo Matd—in order "o influence the. '0 Alborney Genbral McGepth from | party leaders toward picking the‘A' lft:mtAALtume_v (;enemlr H. G best Repyblican candidate, mail n| Agrison. Dated May 5, 1950, the postcard to the Merry-Go-Round memo reports: “Mr. Clapp and Mr. | | Juineas g % Poll, Box 1952, Washington 13, D. C., Nf“i("f“:?‘" (o ‘:cbe}“‘;“‘% De and give your opinion as to who}p‘” VORI, APPRRES a%e - COns ressman Dawson, chairman of the the nominee should be. Remember, | and criminal. This, of course, would have ended the tax case against him. while the people elect, they do not | H0Use Committee on Exccutive EX-| gy pop opFICERS bined youth choirs at Methodist always nominate. However, party "e"d"u“"“j at his request on May i church. leaders are suscéptible® to pubnc“& COI‘\‘QIBSSHIE{] .ngt and Holifield _W. K. Boyd, muerm]s’_engineer\ December 22 oo, of California were also present. . .|with the Bureau of Public Roads,|At 4 pm —Public Christmas “Sing’ | Congressman King stated that he i | At noon—Lions Club meets in, Bar-’ jects may be carried on by the| anof Hotel, Children’s Christmas | organization. Following that meet-| pg. | ing a date for a “gripe session” will| ot 7 pm be set. Meantime any member of | jn high school gym. the organization who wishes t0|af 7 pm-—BPW meets at home of | make suggestions may leave '-h?m Dr. Reitlinger, Christmas_party. in writing with Skinner at Skin-|at g pm —American Legion post ner’s Gun Shop. | meets in Dugout. i At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble Grand’s Christmas party at Home mine which of contemplated pro- -Badminton club meets | An invitation to the president from the Stikine Sportsmen’s Asso- | ciation’s annual game dinner De-| ©Of Mrs. Fred Schindler. g cember 16 wz3 read and it was voted | December 18 9§ to send BodGdy. Sl | At noon— Rotary club meefs at There was a discassion regarding | Baranof. At 8:45 p.m.—Community Night for Adults at Teen Age Club with square dancing December 19 At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at i Baranof. At 8 p.m. Shepherd’ the revision of the by laws and the deer situation in Southeast Alaska. | Boddy was authorized to purchase | an automobile as the first award in the 1952 Golden North Salmon Derby. has operetta “The tmas” by com- CIVIL ENGINE was elected president of the Juneau| gat tree at Seward and Front. ous, improper, ¢ conferring 14th degree. “ S from THE EMPIRE i 20 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 12, 1931 The Douglas Alumnae basketball team defeated the Juneau High School girls in a close game in Juneau High School gymnasium the previous night, by the very slight margin of 20 to 19. The Douglas girls were R. Fraser, M. Fraser, M. Carlson, E. Fleek, M. Reidi, C. Cashen and M. Pepoon. On the J. H. S. team were E. Rocovich, M. Thittier, E. Terhune, B. Winn, V. Ulrich, M. Hanson, and substitutes C. Carison and R. Minzgohr. With one of the heaviest mail shipments ever brought from Seattle to Juneau, 450 tons of freight and 29 passengers for this port, the mer Northwestern, Capt. Joseph Ramsauer, and Purser Dave Doran, ived the previous night, and sailed this afternoon for Seward, via aines and Skagway. Nine large truck loads of mail were put aboard Seattle, and additional mail was picked up at wayports. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lunch, R. H. Stock and M. L. Merritt were among passer arriving on tbe Northwestern. John K. Noyes left for Haines aboard the steamer. The motorship Norco, Capt. A. Eckholm and Purser H. Knight, was in port this morning, with a capacity cargo of general freight and three passengers for Juneau. A large cargo of frozen, salted and mild cured was loaded for shipment south. N Dr. Stewart set another new altitude record for the season’s tournament play on the Elks alleys, when he bowled 632 as his team, the Woodpe , trounced the Pelicans, league-leading team. Stewart'’s individual game sco) were 213, 217 and 202 9 fi Daily Lessons in English % 1. cornon ; WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His explanation corresponds with yours.” Say, “corresponds TO yours.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Motif. Pronounce mo-tef, O as MORE unstressed, E as in TEA, accent second syllable. OFTEN: MISSPELLED: Default; FAUL. Defalcation; FAL. SYNONYMS: Incongruous, inconsistent, inappropriate, inharmoni- urd, unfit, unsuitable. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your: increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: BRIETY; state of being sober; temperance. s (Pronounce so-bri-e-ti, first I as in BRINE, accent sceond syllable). “His sobriety was ac- knowledged by the court.” MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. When a woman is either standing or seated, talking with a man, and drops her handkerchief, glove, or some such article, and the man does not notice it, should she pick it up? A. No. It is better if she says, “I believe I dropped my handker- chief.” Q. What kind of dress should a brid’s mother wear to an after- noon wedding? A. She should wear the same kind of dress she would wear to 2 tea or reception. % Q. What fruit may be served as the fruit course at a luncheon? A. Cantaloupe or grapefruit, when dvailable,’pr thet very popular fruit cocktail. s 5 iL L0OK and LEARN ¥ corboxn’ in by ROBERTA LEE 1 1. In what continent are the ten highest mountains in the world? j 2. Who is said to be the most famous virtuoso violinist of all time? 3. 'What is the disease, arterio-sclerosis? 4. Svhat vegetable is sometimes called gumbo? 5. What doe: b rosa” mean? ANSWERS: 1. Asia. 2. DMicolo Paganini (1782-1840). 3. Abuormal lhickenii}g and hardening of the arteries. 4. Okra. 5. Under the rose; in strict confidence. SEYS VISITING HERE Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sey, former SKI SCHOOL START DEC. 30 WHITEWASHING THE KING { had an offer of compromise (in the Gregory litigation) which he had Congressman Cecil King's com- been trying to bring to you for mittee investigating income tax in- scveral days but had been unable | fluence is doing an A-1 job—except | to see you. He suggested that Mr.| when it comes to investigating its|Clapp take the offer and transmit it ! vision of sanitation engineering|6:30 p.am., Friday night in the Scot- own chairman. to you.” with the Alaska Department of|tish Rite Temp it was announced No one really expected the com-| In other words, Congressman |Health, was clected vice-president. today by R. W. Zowling, chairman mittee’s crack investigators to find | King used a Congressional commit- L. D. Rainey, engineer with the Alaska Road Commissioner, was — their own boss guilty of influencing ! tee to bring pressure on the Justice tax cases: However, if they had Department on behalf of his friend dug into King's activities half as|Gregory. relentiessly as they have rooted| This is the kind of influence out other tax scandals, they would Which he criticized on the part of have come up with some eye-open- | ohters, but which he covered up ers. when done by himself. And being King is one of the ablest members!a Congressman with the powexr of Congress, but believing his own ' to place matters before a Congress- case deserves the same close scrut- |ional committee, his degree of in- iny as the cases he is investigating, | fluence was much greater than that this column has conitnued \\horv“flf the average citizen. his investigators left off. 4 The committee held three' days of whirlwind hearings, all safely | behind closed dobrs, then issued a | Mas basket is at, Bert's Grocery, public statément whitewashing King, | membel are reminded, and all No evidence had been found | donations should be left there in statement assured, that King ample time for the distribution, ex- | cept perishables. This plan is in | ‘1 JWC CHRISTMAS BASKET The Juneau Woman’s Club Christ- the had intervened in a tax investig 4 of Thomas A. Gregory, his old, cooperation with the community friend in Long Beach, Calif, . |Program for the needy which is be- However, this column has un-.Ng followed this year he traditional Christmas “sing” | will be held at 4 o'clock Saturday, { December 22, at Seward and Front earthed some documents, which the King committee conveniently over- | looked. These documents not only indicate that King brought pressure i’”:!:“ \;”u William »Rcedy g on the Justice Department in Gre- ml:.hrll !:,On;", ”;‘g‘\ \\‘111 be gurg gory’s behalf, but also fought to| .oncd BY the club and the com- | munity is invited to join in the keep 'a loophole in the tax law for the entire nation—all at Gregory's urging. carol singing. As usual, the'large | Christmas tree will be set up by g the city, and will form the back- Gregory is president of the Long ground for the club’s annual pre- Beach Savings and Loan Associa- Christmas celebra 5 tion, long sunder fire by the Fed- s coletrntion i eral Home Loan Bank Board and 'SC % WSC MEETS FRIDA has made the following S€rious|R. Armstrong will be ‘ho&!e e charges’ against gregory: | the World Service Circle of the 1. That he made fantastic loans | Northern Light Presbyterian church to firms in which he was financially | at 1:30 p.m., Friday in the church interested; ; parlors. 2. That he used depositors’ runds} to get gambling concessions in Mex- | ico; 3. That he diverted GI loans from FROM SKAGWAY Morgan Reed of Skagway is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. subsection of the Alaska chapter of‘ the American Society of Civil Engi- { neers at a meeting Tuesday night at the Baranof, Amos J. Alter, director of the di- DEMOLAYS TO MEET ATTENTION Save—Royal Xmas lampsets 70 elected secretary-treasurer, A slate of officers for the Alaska section of the society was approved. These officers will later be voted on by members of the various sub- sections. council will hold a dinner meeting | Radio Supply, 307 Seward. tf I. B. Houwser of Haines is stop- e EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY e ping at the Gastineau Hotel. The Demolays and their adyisory |cents and up—spare bulbs. Alaska FROM HAINES STRICTLY BUSINESS MERVIN by McFeatters ' DESIGN DEPT. AJAX NOVELTY co. ideas, why don’t you call in some of “If you can’t get any your girl friends Juneau residents but now of Eugene, Ore., are visiting in Juneau for three weeks. They are house guests f Mrs. Sey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Knight. They are here to| attend the wedding of their daugh- ter Patricia to Stanley Beadle Sat- arday night. Sey is with the Bon- | neville . Power Administration in | Oregon, — EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY — | A ten-weeks ski school for be- ginners and intermediate skiers will start December 30 with John Gibbs in charge, Tom Stewart, president of the Juneau Ski Club said today. Classes will be held from 1:30 to 3 p.m. each Sunday on the slalom hill. When snow conditions permit the club_will have an instructor in the flvcrgreen Bowl Saturday mornings for the purpose of teach- ing small children. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 34. Abounded 1. Parts of 36. Barth rches 6. Unseal: poctic 31 Small fish 9, Simpleton 39. Angry 12, Large net 41. French 13. Genus of the marshal blue grass . Open vessels 14. Epoch . Ciphers 15. Kind of bird 45. Hard water 17. Winglike . Comforting process of . Brightest star a fish in a con- 18, Wooden shoo stellation 19. Winter vehicle 51. Conjunction 20. Fairy 52, Former 23, Fleur-de-lis Rumanian 24, River ducks queen 25. Peruse . Type measures 27. Proper . Affirmative 29, Take up again 55. Variety of 81, Salad plant wheat Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 4. Finishes 1. Equine animal 6. LDQ;I)O; a 2. Vegetable 6. Rentey 3. Brr 7. Bard 8. Spike of corn 9. Reduction from an inflated state 10. Kind of gazelle 11. Slender sticks 16. In the same place 19. Dispatches 20. Make a mistake 21. American general 22, Clasps 24, Base of the decimal system 26. Combats be. tween two 28. Evergreen trees 30. Encountered 32. Contend 33, City In Minnes sota 35, Corrects 37, That which 38, 1y in Georsta . City in Georgld | 40, Condemns solemnly MARBLE and GRANITE Monuments and Markers JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS Phone 426—302 Franklin St. MEMORIALS ] o’ FIELD PROPANE GAS AND APPLIANCE CO. "Gas Has Got It” Walter D. Field — Phone 581 € B.P.0.ELKS Meeting Every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Vistiing brothers welcome. LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler., W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— LOREN CARD Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN “Taku Post No. 5559 V.F.W. 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