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Thursday, December 13, 1951
SOCIAL SECURITY JACKPOT
From a recent issue of Nation’s Business comes
the Allowing story. Almost unbelievable, it serves j
to point up the determination of the social planners
to put everybody aboard the Federal gravy train.
Its implications are more serious than the tenor «of
the article would indicate. It becomes apparent that
the American welfare state is well on the way to
economic self-destruction. Without further comment,
we reprint the yarn—
It is now possible to put your mother-in-law on
a paying basis. This is how one lawyer does it.
“When the new Social Security law went into !
effect on Jan 1, 1951,” the lawyer said, “my mother
in-law was precisely 63'.. years old. I hired her as a
baby sitter. I began to pay her $50 every three
months, for 24 days' work during the three months.
Tliis brings her under coverage as a domestic—and
nothing in the law forbids hiring an in-law as a
servant.
"We will continue the arrangement until July
1, 1952, by which time she will have six quarters of
coverage. She will then quit and go on the social
security payroll for the rest of her life at $20 a
month. Total cost to the two of us: S9 in social
security tax. plus the $300 I've paid her in wages.
If I bought her a life annuity of $20 at age 65, it
would cost me about $3,700."
TAXES NOW TAKE SI OF EACH $3.40
New federal tax increases will bring the toll out
of every dollar earned to a higher level than in 1945
—the peak tax-spend year of World War II. The
toll, federal, state and local, in 1952, is expected to
be $1 out of every $3 40 earned. In 1945 it was just
a penny less. But in 1950 it was only $1 in each $4—
still a high rate.
In 1941 the toll was $1 out of every $5. Thus the
taxpayer today is more heavily taxed than ever
before In U. S. history. The main question is — where
do we go from here? The answer will certainly have
a bearing on the 1952 elections.
The big economic question for the U. S. A. is
not whether there will be inflation but whether
there will be deflation and an economic collapse.
You may be good, and it’s fine to think so, but
other people prefer to put it in their own words.
The sharp business man who knows a dollar's
worth, often fails to understand money's true value.
The individual who is out to prove he is smarter
than anyone else is in for a series of disappointments.
The person who gets ahead stepping on his fellow
man ends up buying friendships with material gains.
Has anyone suggested moving Thanksgiving back
to October — to clear the way for a greater shopping
carnage?
Fall is the time to enjoy good food, a roaring
fire and nature’s outdoor technicolor productions, not
yet on television.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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book. He had a number in the Mun
sey Building, but that phone led
to the law offices of one Ed Martin.
Significantly, he later turned out
to be the same Ed Martin who
fronted for a New York corporation
formed overnight to get a cut of a
huge purchase of Chinese National
ist gasoline. This mysterious deal
was blocked when "commissions"
were suspected.
Attorney Martin, when queried
about Gruenwald, explained that
be had inherttecb jHhjt office epa.ce
from Henry but neglected to notify
the phone company. The minute
the column representative stepped
outside the door, however, Martin
picked up the phone, called Senator
Bridges’ office, and tersley report
ed: “A guy named Anderson was
here asking about Henry.”
Later, it developed that Martin
was actually or Grunewald's pay
roll.
GRUNEWALD’S MYSTERY SUITE
Next lead was that Grunewald
occupied a suite on the fourth floor
of the Washington Hotel. Investi
gation revealed that he used the
suite as an office. However, it was
strangely registered under the name
of Harry Woodring, former Secre
tary of War. Queried by phone, in
Topeka, Kansas, Woodring explain
ed that he and Grunewald had
once used the suite together on a
business deal and that Grunewald
must have neglected to change
the hotel records.
A tip from a hotel bellboy de
veloped the fact that Grunewald
was also chummy with another
guest on the fourth floor of the
Washington Hotel—Dan Bolich,
then No. 2 man in the Internal
Revenue Bureau. Bolich was a
free spender around the hotel,
probably spending more than a
government salary permitted. He
had been seen in the company of
New York underworld boss Frankie
Costello.
Further research developed that j
Grunewald had many addresses in I
addition to his Munsey Building j
phone number and Washington Ho
tel headquarters. He also kept an
apartment at Washington’s fashion
able Westchester, where he had two
private phone numbers — Woodley
5700 and Sterling 2158—though he
usually called from a phone booth
in the Westchester lobby—Woodley
9705.
He also owned $75,000 homes in
Miami, Fla., and Spring Lake, N. J.
Deputy Commissioner Bolich also
had a summer ho’me at the latter
place. For commuting purposes, I
Grunewald owned a fleet of at least |
three limousines.
SENATOR BREWSTER’S FRIEND
As we delved deeper into the
wire-tap story, we lealjned that
Grunewald had the habit of visit
ing Senator Brewster once or tw'ice
a week and that they called each
other by first names. We also i
were able to prove that Brewster
paid the expenses of Grunewald’s
wire-tapping friend, Lt. Joe Shimon
of the Washington police force,
while he was listening in on Howard
Hughes’ private telephone conver
sations.
SENATE FEEBLE PROBE
Meanwhile, Senator Neely ap
pointed Senator Claude Pepper of
Florida as chairman of a subcom- 1
mittee to probe the Grunewald- J
Shimon-Brewster wire-tapping. But
when this column placed the evi
dence before Senator Pepper, in
cluding Grunewali's activities, Pep
per remarked:
"Is Henry mixed up in this?”
Shortly thereafter, Pepper seem
ed to lose interest in the investi
gation and took a round-the-world
trip with Senator Brewster, the man
he was supposed to investigate.
Meanwhile, my curiosity about
Grunewald was heightened by the
discovery that he had been mixed
up in a black-market liquor deal.
This had been investigated by the
Alcohol Tax Unit, but Grune
w'ald's part in it was never made
pMc. * * “ ’
MANY HIGH FRIENDS
Significantly, the Alcohol Tax
Unit is under the direct control of
the Internal Revenue Bureau. And
a little probing as to why nothing
I had been done about Grunewald
■ and his black market case revealed
the interesting fact that he was
a bosom friend of three key men
in the Internal Revenue Bureau.
Not only was he a friend of Deputy
| Commissioner Bolich, but of Com
1 missioner George Schoeneman and
General Counsel Charlie Oliphant.
Both Schoeneman and Oliphant
had spent vacations at Grunewald’s
home at Miami Beach. Schoeneman
also dropped around for spaghetti
dinners at Grunewald’s apartment
in the Westchester.
Interviewing Oliphant about his
friendship with Grunewald brought
forth scant information.
"He is a friend of the family,”
Oliphant explained.
“Is he also a friend of the family
of Schoeneman and Bolich?”
Oliphant admitted that all three
knew him, that Schoeneman and
himself had visited Grunewald's
Miami home.
"Did you know that Grunewald
was investigated by the Alcohol
Tax Unit in connection with a
black market case? Did you know
Grunewald had a reputation around
town for fixing tax cases?”
To both questions, Oliphant re
plied: "No.”
“What is Grunewald’s business?”
"I have no idea," shrugged Oli
phant.
It was suggested to Oliphant that
it seemed strange for a man in his
position to accept the hospitality
of a man without even knowing his
business. He made no comment.
"The Dutchman” is also a caller
at the office of Vice President Bark
ley and twice has turned Up at din
ners with Jess Larson, former head
of the War Assets Administration,
now head of General Services. In
each case, Larson said he was in
vited to Fordham University din
ners by Grunewald's lawyer, Ed
Martin. When he got to the dinner,
Grunewald was conspicuously pre
sent and even sat next to him.
Larson said he found the rumor
was spreading that Grunewald was
the best intermediary to handle
surplus property deals, so he turn
ed down an invitation to golf with
him and a “group of Senators,” and
tried to steer clear of Grunewald
in the future.
After the Dutchman learned that
I was investigating him, he started
an investigation of me. I am still
waiting to see what, if anything,
he turned up.
FROM SITKA
Ben C. Miller of Sitka is at the
Baranof Hotel.
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 8—Snow
Barrow . 30—Clear
Bethel . 4—Cloudy
Cordova . 17—Cloudy
Dawson . 17—Clear
Edmonton \. 6—Snow
Fairbanks . 9—Clear
Plaines Missing
Havre . 23—Fog
Juneau Airport .30—Snow
Annette Island .... 39—Cloudy
Kodiak 34—Rain, Snow
Kotzebue . 7—Clear
McGrath . 18—Cloudy
Nome . 2—Clear
Northway . 9—Cloudy
Petersburg . 30—Cloudy
Portland . 37—Cloudy
Prince George 11—Clear
Seattle .. 32—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 10—Cloudy
Yakutat . 24—Cloudy
Aluminum Plan!,
Costing 40 Million,
For Montana
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 — —
Defense Production Administrator
Manly Fleischmnnn today author
ized the Anaconda Copper Mining
Company to go into large-scale
aluminum production.
The action was taken over opposi
tion by the Justice and Interior
Departments.
It clears the way fo*. construc
tion of a multi-million dollar alum
inum reduction plant at Kalispell,
Mont., by Anaconda and the Harvey
Machine Co. of California.
The project is expected to cost
at "least $40,000,000 perhaps much j
more.
DECEMBER 13
Mrs. Robert Light
Edna Harpole
Madge Wade
A. N. Eide
, Mrs. Ana Osterman
Patrick Leach
George Frederick Bond, Esq.
I
Community Events
TODAY
At 6 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters meet
in Gold Room, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Emblem Club, regular
meeting in Elks Lodge rooms.
At 8 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid
Society meets in church social
rooms.
At 8 p.m.—Taku Post, VFW meets
in Jeep Club.
At 8:45 p.m—Juneau Singers re
hearsal in high school music
room, Sixth Street entrance.
1 AtA 8 p.m.—Young Republican club
meets in Gold Room, Baranof.
December 14
| At 1:30 p.m.—World Service Circle
meets in NLP church parlors.
At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite dinner
followed by regular meeting and
conferring 14th degree.
At 8 p.m.—Swinging Squares dance
for 7th, 8th and 9th grades at
Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Moose lodge meets.
December 15
At 3.30 p.m—Juneau Singers dress
rehearsal at 20th Century The
atre.
At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eight Square
Dancers meet in Parish Hall.
December 16
At 2:30 p.m.—Christmas concert by;
Juneau Singers at 20th Century
Theatre.
At 7:30 p.m.—NLP church Sunday
School program.
December 17 i
At noon—Lions Club meets in Bar
anof Hotel, Children’s Christmas
party. I
At 7 p.m.—Badminton club meets
in high school gym.
At 7 p.m.—BPW meets at home of
Dr. Reitlineer, Christmas party.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugbut.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grand’s Christmas party at home
1 of Mrs. Fred Schindler.
December 18
| At noon— Rotary club meets at
Baranof.
; At 8 p.m.—Folkatoers will dance in
grade school gym.
At 8:45 p.m—Community Night for
j Adults at Teen Age Club with
square dancing.
December 19
At noon—Klwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
! At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge. \
At 8 p.m.—Christmas operetta "The
Shepherd’s Christmas” by com
! bined youth choirs at Methodist
church.
December 20
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
j meets at Baranof Hotel.
December 22
I At 4 p.m.—Public Christmas “Sing" 1
at tree at Seward and Front. j
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' Taft !o Lose
His Tonsils
CINCINNATI, Dec. 13—iffl—Sen
ator Robert A. Taft will have hit
tonsils removed tomorrow, a mem
ber of the family announced today
The senator, a candidate for tht
Republican nomination for presi
dent, expects to leave the hospital
Sunday.
Taft’s campaign plans call foi
little activity until after the holi
days.
FROM PELICAN
Mrs. II. W. Hoyt of Pelican fe
stopping at the Gastineau Hotel.
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20 YEARS AGO
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THE EMPIRE
DECEMBET 13, 1931
The Juneau Firemen beat Juneau High, 53 to 28, in the first of a
doublehcader basketball session the previous night, and in the second
game Juneau Alumni were defeated by Douglas Firemen, 35 to 34.
Juneau premen's team was composed of H. Hollman, S. Nelson, L.
Bayers, C. Erskine, K. Blake and substitute C. Wiitanen. Juneau High’s
Crimson Bears were E Lindstrom, O. Henning, B. Nikish, B. Kara
bclnikoff, A. Bloomquist, substitutes H. Haglund, T. Redlingshafer.
Douglas Firemen were H. Hayes, J. Martin, J. Manning, D. Gray.
R. Bonner and J. Neimi. Juneau Altimni were J. Connors, J. Orme,
D. Baker. A. Sturrock, K. Junge, F. Orme and E. Jackson- Officials
were J. Osborne, J. Leadbetter, James Cole and Arthur Ficken.
Among officers elected by the Juneau .Igloo of the Pioneers of
Alaska were C. W. Carter, Historian, and A1 Lundstrom, Chaplain.
V. W. Mulvihill, newly appointed agent for the Canadian Pacific
Company, had arrived here from Skagway, where he had been assistant
agent for the company. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter,
Maxine.
Standards of new requirements for teaching certificates for Alaska
were to be raised, effective with the beginning of the next school year,
W K. Keller, Territorial Commissioner of Education, announced here.
The new standards would keep Alaska's schools on a par with the
state of Washington, he said
Weather: High, 37; low, 34; cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English
by j
W. L. GORDON j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “This is different than
that.” Say, "This is different FROM that.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Zealous- Pronounce first syllable ZEL,
E as in BELL (not as in SEE).
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Colander; COL, though pronounced KUL.
SYNONYMS: Ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned, unlettered,
unenlightened, untaught.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
Increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
DERELICTION; a failure in duty. “There is no excuse for his dere
liction.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. When, for any reason, the hostess of a dance cannot or docs
not dance, should the men guests ask her to dance anyway?
A. It isn't necessary to ask her to dance, but each man should "sit
out” one dance with her.
Q. Kow should a sister introduce her brother’s bride to a group
of her woman friends?
A. "This is Frank’s wife, Jean. Jean, this is Martha Morgan
Dorothy Dean, and Wilma White.”
Q. What are the most appropriate “bon voyage” gifts?
A. Books, candy, flowers, and fruit.
j LOOK and LEARN a^c.GORDON
l....—-!
1. What is an estuary?
2. What two great poems are credited to Homer? I
3. What bird is tamed for laying her eggs in other birds' nests foi
them to hatch?
$■ what musical instrument is sometimes called the fagot?
5. What are the largest of the flowering plants?
ANSWERS:
1. A narrow arm of the sea at the mouth of a river.
2. The Iliad and Odyssey.
3. The cuckoo.
4. Bassoon.
b. l rees.
Case Dismissed;
Too Many Denvers
By the Associated Press
In Denver, Colorado, 49-year-old
James Cohn was hauled into court
on drunken driving charges. But
his lawyer had an argument. He
said the police report merely said
Denver and therefore could have
meant Denver, Arkansas; Denver,
Illinois; or five other Denvers, be
sides the one in Colorado. The
judge agreed and dismissed the
charges. Police have referred the
case to the city attorney.
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Advice Is Given
To Eisenhower
By the Associated Press
Two Democratic Senators said
today that General Eisenhower
should head the defense of Europe
and not run for president. Joseph
O’Mahoney of Wyoming said: “I
don’t think the general should be
used to save either the Republican
or Democratic party.” And Hubert
Humphrey of Minnesota said he
found Europe feels that way about
it, too.
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Puzzle
ACROSS
' 1. Long stick
5. Watering
place
8. Epic poem
12. Pieces out
13. Relatives
14. Load a vessel
15. Avaricious
17. Medicinal
plant
18. Not so danger
ous
19. Regulates by
moderating
21. Meshed fabric
23. Scratch
24. Swindled
28. Cessation:
colloq.
31. Own: Scotch
32. Silly
84. Creek letter
35. Kind of forti
fication
37. Removed from
high position
30. Killer whales
41. In behalf of
42. Closing part
of an opera
45. Wooden shoe
49. Mail
50. Instigators
52. S-shaped
molding
53. Extinct bird
54. Feminine
55. Urchins
56. Favorite
57. Antlered
animal
DOWN
1. Wooden pins
2. Kind of soup
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
3. Part of a plant
4. Ancient Jewish
ascetic
5. Kind of snow
shoe
6. Measure of
capacity
7. Wrath
8. Pass
9. Artists* mixing
boards
10. Scent
11. Understands
16. Division of a
city
20. Distance
marker
22. Number
24. A great dis
tance
25. Recline
26. Sanctioned
27. Pa
29. American
Indian
JO. Soft lining
33. Clock in the
form of a
ship
36. Rugged moun
tain ridges
38. Made speeches:
humorous
10. Impress
12. Precise loca
tion
13. Roman
garment
14. Musical instru
ment
16. Tree trunk
17. Wreath bearing
a knight’s
crest
18. Russian ruler
Take solid food
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meeting* Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Taku Posi No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SAL£S and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone X03 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY TO-WEAR
8eward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
BHAFFER’S
SANITARY MEAT
FOE BETTER MEATS
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FIELD PROPANE GAS
AND APPLIANCE CO.
"Gas Has Got It"
Walter D. Field — Phone 5S1
» empire want ads pay <
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Mnsic Supply
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 80S 10th St.
PHONE 818—DAT or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINT8 - OILS
Bonders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Snrford Co.
'Out Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
• dally habit—ask for It by Dam
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL SSf
American Meat — Phone M
To Banish “Blue Monday”
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 St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
(or Home, Office ar Stare
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Old Friends and New
ALL of the Best
for the Christmas Season
and the New Year
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