The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 22, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire hed every evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Main Streets, Juneau Alaska Publi President Vice-President HELEN TR DOROTHY TROY LINGO Entered in the Post ‘Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for §1.75 per month; six months, ! ne year, §17.50 postaze at the following rates: vance, six months, in advance, $7.50; §15.00 ance, $1.50. 1l confer a favor if they will promptly notify e of any faflure or irregularity in the delivery News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS d Press is exclusively entitled to the use for patches credited to it or not other- nd aiso the local news published ISING REPRESENTATIVES — West- Saturday, December 22, 1951 JUST A MINUTE, PLEASE The newly formed First Division Democratic Com- mittee, as well the Democratic Committees from the other divisions, should be particularly interested in the candidacy of Senator Anita Garnick for the post of Dircctor of Employment Se- now-vacant curity. Although no definite word has been received, we understand that her application is being considered favorably by the Governor and the members (of the Employment Security Commission. It is our sincere hope that this information is not founded in fact. Party unity is at an all-time low 25 was demonstrated by the recent conventions at Sitka and in the other divisions and the appoint- ment of a Republican to the ESC post can lead only to further discord. Besides, there is much question as to Anita’s status as a Republican. of {hat party disclaim her; her legislative record indicates that she strays far from the principles and | Responsible representatives | 0 | 0'Connor’s plea for funds to finance “rapid advances” program of the Republican party and her close adherence to the Gruening line puts her beyond the pale so far as acceptance by either party is concerned. Moreover, we are concerned with the qualifica- tions she expects to bring to her new office if ap- pointed. To date, she has shown no particulgr signs | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA of broad executive experience and/or the judgment | N . that the ESC post would certainly demand. ° December 22 . So long as Alaska remains under a Democratic | ¢ Harold McRoberts . administration, there should certainly be no appoint-| e Stephanie A. Frick . ments of Republicans to political office save in ex- lo Diane Hunsbedt ° treme emergency and then only with the sm\onunl . Erna Meier . of the duly elected party officials. | . Robert Lee Roberts The recent Democratic convention at Sitka adopted | ® Dolores Freimuth . a resolution which is particularly applicable to this | . Margaret Ann Barber 9, L : le December 23 . situation. They resolved that henceforth, all j(\\);. Emitt A. DeWitt . appointments within the Territory and the First| g Hans Johnsen . Division be routed through regular party channels|q Pear] Swanson ° and that all applicants for such jol ecure the en- | o Leo V. Osterman . dorsement of their precinct and divisional committees. | o Sally Crooks . Adherence to this policy should eliminate Senator (e o o ¢ © o & o o o o Garnick from consideration for this important position and assure the people of Alaska that the administra- tion of the Employment Security Commission will be placed in the most competent Democratic hands available. Netdless to say, the ESC is charged with the collection and disbursement of large amounts of money and appointment of its directorship should be made on an unwavering basis of ability, integrity and experience rather than as a reward for dubious political services rendered the governor. BEATING THE POLIO THREAT M» announcement mace in recent months was more welcome than the recent statement by Basil O'Connor that a polio vaccine is now being developed by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, of which he is president. Mr. O'Connor said, among | other things: “We are on the way to producing a . Alaska Poinfs Weather conditions and tempera- tures at-various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.,, 120th Meridian Time, and released polio vaccine. I cannot say how soon we Wwill have‘ it but we expect to get it."” | The foundation president went on to say scientists | were now virtually certain there were only three | viruses responsible for the disease, and that they sNorthwny In addition, workers have | Petersburg had all been isolated. found a way to produce them in quantity, in test tubes. Heretofore, doctors have been able to produce | Prince George .. only small amounts of the viruses, from monkeys. | Seattle .. The report should encourage millions of Ameri- cans who have contributed their dimes each year to the March of Dimes, and encourage them to con- tribute again next year — in an effort to meet in this directiof. The Washinglon Mersy-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) Caudle the $5000 air- later paid plane commission. the shirt on his back, plus a crim- inal record dating back to 1939. 1L M ML Y 4 e WAR PROFITEERS It was not until about four years later that Mrs. Shientag ran across Larry Knohl's trail again, this time as a tax fixer for two men, Friedus and Aaron, who had con- cealed $300,000 worth of income in their second-hand machinery bus- iness. Immediately she smelled trouble. Friedus and his father-in-law, Aaron, had three secret bank ac- counts; and during the war years when other men of Friedus’ age were fighting for their country, they had piled up a fortune selling machinery on the black market. In all, they owed Uncle Sam $219,- 000 in taxes for 1943-44, the two peak war years. The two gentlemen, who didn't think they owed their country ei- ther military service or tax money, had prospered so exceedingly that they bought the Starrett-Lehigh building, organized the Starrett Television Company, and after hir- ing a Kansas City friend of Dem- ocratic chairman Bill Boyle's, they were cn the verge of putting across a $700,000 deal with the RFC. Since they had reached all the way from New York to Kansas City to influence the RFC, they obviovs- ly knew how to pull wires. So they proceeded to pull wires to keep themselves out of jail First they used Larry Knohl, the fixer. Then Larry Knohl looked around for a way to influence La- mar Caudle, the man in charge of prosecuting tax-fraud cases in the Justice Department. Caudle was from North Carolina, a graduate of Wake Forest College. .So Knohl approached John Caffey, also a graduate of Wake Forest, N. C. Though Caffey was originally from South Carclina, he was practicing law at Greensboro, N. C, and a friend of Caudle’s. TWO NAIVE CAROLINIANS Caffey was asked by Knohl how much he wanted to handle the Fricdus-Aaron tax cases, and he replied that he wanted a retainer of $2,500. The fixers from New York al- most fell out of their chairs. Caf- fey seemed so naive that they weren't sure they had the man they wanted. However, they ex- plained that this was a big case and they were prepared to pay more money—up to $25,000. So John Caffey, of North and South Carolina, friend of Lamar Caudle, from North Carolina, went to work on the tax-fraud case in- volving two black-market machin- ery operators a long way from the Carolinas. And you will still find Knohl and Caffey sharing joint offices at 1520 L Street, Washing- ton, right acress from the Hotel Statler. During the period that inter- vened, Caudle, the not too bright country boy from North Carolina, At that time, | Knohl didn’t have much more than | rode the private airplanes Wwith city slicker Knohl, palled around with his Carolina friend John Caffey, got paid the $5,000 commis- sion for an airplane that Knohl did not really want, while wires were being pulled in New York to | block the prosecution of Friedus and Aaron. Knohl did everything he could to pull wires and ingratiate him- | self with those on high in the Democratic party. ‘He even bought ten tables at the big Democratic dinner in New York in 1949—cost $10,000. And he was careful tobuy them through Lamar Caudle, who labored under the: impression that all this attention was because people just naturally liked him. WRONG LADY JUDGE This was where Mrs. Shientag got her back up. The harder the wires were pulled to take the case out of her hands, the more insist- ent she became that the case go to trial. In this she got support from U. S. Attorney Tom Murphy, now Judge Murphy. Finally she had her way. The trial opened Oct. 9, 1950, lasted six weeks before U. S. Judge Sam Kauffman, and ended twith four-and two-year jail sent- ences for the tax chiselers. Mrs. Shientag tried the case all by her- self. Six high-powered attorneys represented the defendants. * Irony was that although Mrs. Shientag has deserved a U. S. judgeship for her long record in the U. S. Attorney’s office, Miss Frieda Hennock, of the FCC, was appointed instead — only to be blocked by the Senate. It will be interesting to see whether the White House now belatedly recog- nizes Mrs. Shientag’s great job of overcoming the wire-pullers in ‘Washington. Note 1—Just as Mrs. Shientag brought Friedus and Aaron to tria} they were negotiating with the RFC {for the purchase of the Air- eon Manufacturing Company by their own Starrett TV Company. The deal was being arranged by Knohl and Leo B. Parker, a Kan- sas City attorney friend of Bill Boyle’'s. The RFC directors, ap- parently impressed by outside in- fluence, did not bother to get a Dun and Bradstreet rating on Starrett TV, and found out only Ly accident that the people to whom they were making the sale were being tried for tax evasion. Note 2—Larry Knohl recently purchased the famous race horse, “The Battler,” from Ogcen Phipps of Long Island at a cost of $40,000. Apparently Knohl has come a long way from the day in 1945 when Mrs. Shientag found he didn't have much more than the shirt on his back. It looks like tax-fixing pays. MILK NOTICE No milk delivery on December 25. Wm. Flint—Juneau Dairy Products. 995-3t FROM SEATTLE Mr. and Mrs. D. Hunt of Seattle are registered at the Baranof Hotel. NOTICE I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than myself. Signed—John E. Dap- cevich. 994-4t ® EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY * 55 Deparf on PAA For Seattle Friday Six overcarried passengers ar- rived here from Fairbanks yester- day on Pan American World Air- ways. Fifty-five passengers here boarded the southbound plane for; Seattle and three went to Annette. Arriving from Seattle via Fair- banks were: Leonard Evans, W. M. Kimball, Y. Poole, Rosemary Theile, Walter Walsh, Dale Bel- | cher. Going to Seattle were: Helen Oman, Clyde Mathews, B. Coun- tryman, Don Milness, Jr., C. Car- ter, Mr. and Mrs. John Cramer, william Craton, B. Chatfield, Le- roy Linder, Ira Perry, Walter Hag- erman, Hazel Haney. Henry Williams, Mrs. Beulah Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Nova War- ner, Fred Whittet,» Paul Troast, M. J. Rector, A. Broughton, Mr. and Mrs. Newell and two childre Mr. and Mrs. Dunham, Dutch Al- erdice, F. F. Faires, Charles Esch, Henry Benson, A. Bandetini, W. E. Hanson, Orville Sayther, Betty Ellingen and child, Tom Ovinlin, Mr. and Mrs. Stan Asplund, Sue Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scott, Darryl and Fay Mish, D. and Betty McDonald, Louise Mil- ler, Jack Melquist, D. A. Peckham, Homer Vandervelde, Fred Jacob- son, Doris Lathsaw, Robert Laam, Ken Fujiki, Chris Dahl, A. Doll, Ernest Corcoram, Ann Zuboff. Due to bad weather in Seattle yesterday there was no inbound flight from the south, but two planes are expected to arrive to- day. NOTICE I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by anyone other than myself. Signed—John E. Dap- cevich. 994-4t by the Weather Bureau are as foilows: Anchorage 23—Snow Barrow . - 6—Cloudy Bethel . 30—Partly Cloudy Cordova 22—Cloudy Dawson canh .. -8—Cloudy Edmonton ....... -10—Partly Cloudy Fairbanks . T—Cloudy Haines ........ 11—Clear Havre . 14—Snow Juneau Airport .. 4—Clear Kotzebue 20—Snow Nome ........ 27—Cloudy -29—Clear i . ... 24—Fog | Portland .. . 39—Partly Cloudy arsesraisnss SSNIOW 39—Partly Cloudy Whitehorse .. =§—Clear | Yakutat ... 21—Cloudy ‘Sanford Keep? ‘Knocking Them \Down for Tifle By TED MEIER NEW YORK, Dec. 22—{®—Stan- cific Coast Conference football | championship, may come up with the PCC basketball crown, too. The Stanford cagers, like their 1951 football brethren, still have to suffer their first defeat of the,sea- son. Last night they made At 7 52-49. The victory put the Indians in the national college cage picture since | San Francisco had beaten Kansas State, ranked 5th in the Associated P poll. | Washington, the pre-season fav- orite to again win the PCC title, was put off to tonight. The Huskies ilost their first game to Utah, but since then have won 6 in a row. Only one of the first 20 teams in the AP poll saw action last night. Wyoming, No. 16, was beaten by Oregen, 66-59. Most of the night’s major games took place in the Rocky Mountain and far west areas. UCLA edged Denver, €0-58, and Oregon State did likewise to California, 61-59. Wash- ington State went overtime to take Montana, 68-63, and Brigham Young whipped Santa Clara, 64-59. In a twin bill at Syracuse, N. Y. the undefeated Syracuse University team made it 5 straight with an easy 84-65 triumph over the touring. Loyola -of the South quintet. St. Bonaventure, also unbeaten, won its 4th straight by beating Colgate, 77- 68, in the first game. Another doubleheader was played in Tampa, Fla., where Tampa whip- ped Nebraska, The Big Seven, 81-76, and Sewanee beat Florida State, 68- 48. In the southwest, Murray State of [Kentucky beat Texas, 64-63. It was Murray’s 9th straight triumph. At Houston, Detroit trounced Houston University 73-56 in a Missouri Valley [ conference game. * ¢ straight by taking San Franeisco i 4 DECEMBER 22, 1931 P s by the Juneau Radio Club. ption from outside points. The Alaska Steamship Compa ll[l?l():\(hn‘; cargo. arged powder at Dupont. The followinz amounts of snow, in inches, were reported on the Barrow 8, Bethel 14, Cordova 17, Faiganks 22, Juneau 3, Ketchikan trace, Sitka 1, and Kodiak 2. ground at various Alaska stations: All boys and girls of Gastineau Channel were invited to meet Santa A big Christmas tree, lighted and decorated, occupied a cleared floor space which would give Claus Christmas Eve at George Bros. store. Santa plenty of room to greet all his little friends. Douglas, and a special ferry had been youngsters over for the big party. Weather: High, 35; low, 27; cloudy. e e —— say that.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Clairvoyance. | second syllable. 20 YEARS AGO 7%t EmrirE Forty-five thousand dollars worth of radio receiving sets owned 500 or more Juneau residents were rendered practically valueless when the U. S. Signal Corps took the air with all communications and abandoned the water circuit that for more than a quarter of a cently served its cable system, declared Wilbur Burford, Secretary of The inter-Alaska wireless communication played havoc with local Hope was expressed that the trans- mitter station could soon be moved out the highway. cargo carrier Oduna, Capt. A. A. Anderson, arrived this noon from Seattle, to remain here for two days On the way up Gastineau Channel, the vessel dis- Santh Claus was also dated up to appear at the Eagles’ arranged to carry Daily Lessons in English % 1. cornon ‘WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Bob had no business to Say, “Bob had no RIGHT (or REASON) to say that.” Pronounce klar ans, first A as in CARE, OI as in TOIL, second A unstressed, accent § SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1951 MEMORIALS | MARBLE and GRANITE Monuments and Markers JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS Phone 426—302 Franklin St. €© B.P.0.ELKS PRI R e N e FIELD PROPANE GAS AND APPLIANCE CO. Walter D. Field — Phone 581 Meeting Every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secrctary. Hall in Juneau i Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— LOREN CARD Sesretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN | e —— | Taku Post No. 5559 VF W Meeting every Thursday in the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m. NASH SALES and SERVICE CHRISTENSEN BROS. 909 12th Phone Green 279 { voi- | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Authoritative; not AUTHORITIVE. { | SYNONYMS: Habitation, dw ! dress, lodging, headquarters. i WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” lling, abode, residence, domicile, ad- Brownie's Liquor Sfore |i Phone 103 139 So. Franklip P. 0. Box 2596 Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: . CONJECTURE; a surmise; a guess. “This is merely a matter of con- | jecture.” | turned to the giver. consent,” | engagement. | Q. How are artichokes properly eaten? A. jedible end dipped into the sauce and then eaten with a fork. edges are cut, and the “he: !C)u‘htmas cards? A. Whenever written in ghat order. the titles “Mr. and Mrs.” ‘When signed informally, e { What is the principal river of Palegine? w1 atmospheric pressure? 5. 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Whose name comes first when a man and his wife sign their are included, however, | first name, the order is reversed, as, “Mary and John Smith.” | L0OK and LEARN % c. coroox 0 Why is Christmas sometimes written as “Xmas”? Which four states of the Union are “commonwealths”? What is the popular name of the instrument which measures DON ABEL Millwork-Glass-Building Supplies Schorn Paint PHONE 633—Juneau, Alaska STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Beward Street Near Third {VLERERY| The Charles W. Carter Mortuary When the Fourth and Franklin Sts. i PHONE 138 i they are with the | Caslers Men’s Wear McGregor Sportswear Btetson and Mallory Fats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen £dmonds Shoes !‘ Skyway Luggage BOTANY | 500" ! CLOTHES [ | g — | l i | | l, SANITARY MEAT FOR BETTER MEATS There is no subsitute for Newspaper Advertising! . P A[S[E] ACROSS 30. Small singing 1. Mythical bird bird o 4. Less dangerous 81. Distributed 9. American - 32. Biblical man author 33. Type measure 12. 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