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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle. Wash.
Friday, August 17, 1951
YOU CANT CHEAT AN HONEST MAN
Something new in “influence peddling" is re
ported »from Washington, where a Senate committee
is investigating an alleged swindle of hundreds of
thousands of dollars, obtained from persons who
thought they could get help in obtaining leases on
major government buildings in the capital.
The story' that the fast-talking swindler developed
was that the Government would abandon its buildings j
and go undergrond to escape the danger of an atomic
bomb. The money was paid to get his “influence”
in obtaining leases on the governmental buildings !
when they were abandoned.
This is an astonishing story,, depicting not only
the crooked shrewdness of the manipulator but also
the almost unbelievable gullibility of those who are
willing to spend some money to get something at a
bargain rate. Of course, the swindler could not have
succeeded in his promtional stunt if there had been
no individuals ready to pay him for an "inside pos
tion” in connection with leasing the Government
buildings.
N.G.M.D.?
There are many events chronicled in the daily
press that we fail to understand. This may be due to
our ignorance, or it may be due to the inadequacy of
the reports that we rued.
An example of this mystery comes from Indiana,
where a young doctor has turned down a reserve
commission to avoid becoming "just another Army
pill-roller.” He preferred to accept training as a
$75-a-month private, rather than the S400 a month
lie would receive as First Lieutenant, plus a $100 bonus
for signing up, under the Army program to attract
doctors into the service.
The young man, despite his reaction, does not
sem to object to receiving benefits from the Army.
After beginning as an infantryman in World War IT.
he transferred to the specialized training program to
receive his medical training. He was called under a
Selective Service regulation that provides for the use
of doctors who have received part of their medical
education at Government expense.
It seems to us that if the Army was good enough
to provide part or all bf hi:; training as a medical
man, it ought to be good enough to receive some of
the benefits of the training that he received. More
over, there seems to be something strange about a
man who turns down a $100-a-month salary to accept
less than one-fifth of the same amount.
UMBRELLA MAN
More people, including some adults, have wondered
whether an umbrella might be used as a successful
parachute.
Well, the question has been answered by a gen
tleman in South Africa, who recently won a fifty
cent wager by jumping from a two-story building,
us'ing an umbrella as a parachute.
He made no money, however, because he ran up
a large bill at the hospital, where he was treated
for injuries to his ankles and wrists.
Buying for cash is a good way to keep your debts
paid.
Three of a kind — golfers, fishermen and proud
parents.
You can never tell, from the way a woman smiles
at you, what she is thinking of you.
People who stand outside the church and criti
cize those on the inside have very little to do.
A good neighbor is one who loans but nevei
borrows.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
the Lee Sun Company’s account
in the National City Bank of New
York. However, careful investiga
tiin^jig^ates.. th^t the. Lee Sun
Company is nothing more than a
name in a bank book.
But here's the real shocker—the
man who juggled these bank ac
counts is Chiang Kai-Shek’s top
general, C. J. Chou. This same
General Chou is also in charge of
all military purchases for the Chi
nese Nationalist in other words, of
the $307 million proposed for For
mosa, General Chou would direct
the spending of $217 million ear
marked as military an!.
The story of the juggled bank
accounts goes back to July, 1946,
when the United States sold sur
plus equipment located on the
Philippines to the Chinese Na
tionalists. The price, which Chi
ang Kai-Shek promised to pay,
was $596,629.07. However, this was
later scaled down to $444,706.53.
The contract called for pay
ment to be made in U. S. dollars
“concurrently with the delivery.”
Accordingly the money was depos
ited in the Bank of China on Oct.
1, 1947. Yet General Chou kept
haggling over minor details, and
delaying the payment for three
years.
Overdue Payment
On November 16, 1948, the of
fice of foreign liquidation fired a
sharp letter to General Chou's
negotiator in the Philippines, Maj.
Dadis Hsiung, demanding: "We
request that action be taken to
reimburse this office in the amount
of $444,706.53 as quickly as pos
sible, since this amount has been
outstanding since 1946.”
This finally forced General Chou
to kick through the long overdue
payment. But the incredible fact
is that Chou paid the debt, not
from his earmarked Chinese funds
from American aid money. Chou
cabled the Chinese procurement
office in Washington on March
23, 1949, ordering the $444,706.53
payment made out of tire balance
of American aid. In other words,
Chou took money from the Amer
ican taxpayers to pay the Amer
ican taxpayers—a neat trick if
you can get away with it.
This left the money that was
originally appropriated to pay for
the surplus equipment, still in the
Bank of China. On October 18,
1949 General Chou signed five
checks withdrawing this money.
The checks were made out in the
following amount — $110,000;
$100,000; $90,000; $fio.OOO and $76,
926.02. All the checks were presen
ted the same day, and were made
payable to the Canton Trust
Company. This made a total of
$456,926.02, which the Canton
Trust Company deposited in the
National City Bank of New York
to the credit of the fictitious Lee
Sun Company.
Strictly speaking this is embez- j
zlement of Chinese government j
funds. However, the money came
from the American taxpayers, who
actually put up the $444,706.53.
Most Americans are willing to
aid anyone who wants to fight j
~ tne Communists—as long as that
lid doesn’t end up in the pockets
of coirupt leaders.
Note—in another case, the Chi
nese Nationalists went through
three middlemen in an attempt
to buy 2,850,170 gallons of aviation
gasoline. Yet the Nationalists
have a procurement office in
Washington that could have made
purchase much cheaper directly
from the producer. The amazing
angle is that rme of the middle
men was a hole-in-the-wall Chi
nese grocery store in San Fran
cisco's Chinatown, called the South
China Enterprise, Inc. This store
is worth only a few hundred dol
lars, yet stood to make a cool
$100,000 profit on the deal. It
looked suspiciously as if the gro
cery store may have been a front
for someone else.
Washington Pipeline
John Dunlap, new boss of the
Internal Revenue Bureau, has
recommended the dismissal of four
of his top aides—for covering up
tax scandals. He has sent his rec
ommendations to the White
House ... A Pentagon team is en
route to Korea to recover steel
scrap from the battlefields. They
expect to recover at least 250,000
tons—vitally needed to build more
tanks, guns and planes to be used
on other battlefields.
Patriotic Printer
Some U. S. newspapers have
made spot checks recently to dis
Galley 2 Wash Merrygoround HH
cover what the average citizen
knows about America's two great
est documents — the Declaration
of Independence and the Bill of
Rights. Without exception, these
surveys revealed that adult Am
ericans have either forgotten — or
never knew — the language and
meaning of either document.
As a result, a patriotic prirtter,
August Dietz of Richmond, Va.,
decided to do what he could to
reacquaint the American people
with their heritage. Dietz is now
working on a scheme to bring a
readable and artistic copy of the
Declaration of Independence and
the Bill of Rights into every class
room and home throughout the
nation. He s planning to turn out
as many copies as necessary. He'll
sell them at slightly less than
cost — in addition to donating
his own time and printing equip
ment. The first copies will be
ready by the middle of Septem
ber, and may Ire obtained directly
from Ous Dietz in Richmond,
Virginia. (The charge will be only
five cents each in quantities of
100 or more.)
Dietz is working closely with
Pat Regan, president of Sertoma
Clubs International, who calls
Dietz’ project "inspiring.”’
"It Is gratifying to know, said*
Regan, "that our Richmond Club
in Virginia — the home state of
Thomas Jefferson — was the first
to pledge a copy to all of its local
32.000 school children.”
FOREST SERVICE
AGENTS IN JUNEAU
For conferences with headquart
ers' Forest Service officials, two Pet
ersburg agents arrived in Juneau
last night. .
They are Harold E. Anderson, for
est supervisor, and Gordon Arm
strong, Anderson’s assistant.
They came up on the service ves
sel which is stationed at Peters
burg and will be here for several
days.
Britain Won'! Take
'No' for Answer in
Iran Oi! Dispute
TEHRAN, Iran, Aug. 16—W—1The
Iranian government today rejected
the latest British compromise offer
to settle the oil dispute, but Britain
refused to take “no" for an answer
and the talks are continuing.
Deputy Premier Hossein Fntemi
told reporters the British offer was
unacceptable because it did not
conform to Iran’s drastic nationali
zation law under which Anglo
Iranian Oil Company properties
were taken over..
Chief British negotiator Richard
Stokes told a news conference he
hoped an agreement might yet be
reached.
Asked if he thought the 10-day
old talks would continue, Stokes re
plied : "Oh yes, I think I can con
vince them our offer is the best
they can get from anybody.”
On the other hand, the Iranian
government statement issued by
Fatemi showed clearly that Premier
Mohammed Mossdaegh and his cabi
net are not budging from their
nationalization plans to vtake over
the properties of the British-con
trolled Anglo-Iranian company.
THOMAS EDEN WILL .
JOIN CHICAGO FIRM
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Eden are
leaving on the southbound S. S
Baranof Sunday after one year in
the Federal Housing Administra
tion office here. Eden is an arch
itect and Mrs. Eden has been a
statistical clerk in the local office.
Eden will go into private prac
tice with the large architectural
firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst
and White, in Chicago. 111., he an
nounced.
AUGUST 17
City of Juneau
Mrs. Fred Schindler
Patricia Virginia Sider
Mrs. Julia A. Costigan
Mrs. Elsie McLean
James Larson
Lauraleen Miller
Miss Dorothy Jones
Helen Aaste
Gary Jenkins
George Graves
Sidney Smith
Pat Jones
Lauraleen Miller
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 release d
by tlie Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage .
Annette Island
Barrow ..
Bethel .
Cordova .
Dawson
Edmonton .
Fairbanks .
Haines .
Havre .
Juneau Airport
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .
Nome ..
Northway .
Petersburg ..
Portland
Prince George
Seattle ..
Sitka .
Whitehorse ....
Takutet .
.54—Rain
54—Cloudy
35—Drizzle
. 49—Cloudy
49—Rain
52—Smoko
. 46—Cloudy
46—Cloudy
. 53—Cloudy
58—Rain Showers
52—Rain Showers
50— Drizzle
45—Cloudy
43—Cloudy
42—Partly Cloudy
51— Cloudy
51—Rain 1
. 55—Clear |
37—Partly Cloudy
.... 48—Clear
51—Cloudy
39—Partly Cloudy
...52—Rain
Exploratory Cruise
On John Cobb Pales
Few Albacore Tuna
Results of Albacore tuna fishing
on the recent exploratory cruise
of John N. Cobb, Fish and Wild
life Service ship, were generally
poor. «
This was brought out when tdie
Cobb returned to Seattle a|t£r
fishing for two months ' Off the
coasts of Oregon and Washington.
One objective of the cruise jwas
to attempt an interception of
tuna in the early stages of Mi
gration towards shore.
An appraisal into the possibil
ity cf using gill nets and floating
stainless steel long-line in taking
albacore commercially was made.
Gales hampered operations con
siderably during the first part of
the cruise, the announcement said.
Fish were taken in small amounts
by means of gill nets and troll
ing while the wire long-line gear
took no tuna throughout the op
erations.
Surface and subsurface sea
temperatures were recorded be
cause albacore are not usually
found in waters colder than 57
degrees, the service said. Tagging
was accomplished whenever suf
ficient fish were located.
NOTICE
Soroptimist Silver Shower — for
improvements at the Health Cen
ter, 122 Second St. Monday, Aug.
2Cth, 7:3C to 10 p.m. Public urged
to, attend. 888-4t
BAKED FOOD SALE
The Women’s Society of Christ
ian Service in Douglas will hold
a baked food sale Saturday, August j
18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the
Val Poor Drug Store.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
THESE WOMEN!
By d'Alessio
“I understand the one playing the piano is the boy who
brought her!”
; 20 YEARS AGO
EMPIRE
AUGUST 17, 1931
R. W. Dunlay, assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and daughter Mary
arrived her August 15 accompanied by Assistant Regional Forester Frank
Heintzleman on the forestry boat Ranger X. Helntzleman met Dunlay
in Ketchikan to accompany him on a tour of inspection of activities
of the Forest Service.
Miss Vivian Lyndstrom, of Douglas, will be a passenger aboard the
steamer Yukon leaving Juneau tomorrow for S'cward. Miss Lyndstrom
i? destined for Chatanika, near Fairbanks, where she will have charge of
the Chatanika public school for the coming year.
H. G. Watson, secretary • to the Governor, accompanied by Mrs.
Wat.-on, returned from Haines this morning on the steamer North
western.
Mrs. Harry Sabin and child left here on the Northland for Peters
burg to visit with friends for two weeks.
Sam Buoy and Ernest Walker, recent arrivals from the south, left
today in company with Lester Rink for Strawberry Point where they
have taken up homesteads adjoining Rinks' place. They expect to farm
and raise cattle in conjunction with Rink.
Mrs. Homer S. Jewell, formerly Miss Victoria Spaudling, arrived,
here last night from the south on the steamer Prince Henry. She is
visiting Miss Nell McCloskey until tomorrow when she leaves for her
home in Anchorage. Mrs. Jewell has been visiting relatives and friends
in Canada the past three months.
‘Brown bears may be pets to Stewart Edward White but they are
a menace to livestock on Strawberry Point,” declared Bert Parker,
pioneer homesteader of the region who is in Juneau. Parker said bears
killed one of his finest cows ten days ago, making the sixth animal to
be lost by the Parkers to bears. Parker is accompanied here by Mrs.
Parker and child. They are visiting Mrs. Parker's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Chase.
Weather: High, 58; low, 52; cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English
by
W. L. GORDON
<
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I will revenge my brother.”
Say, "I SHALL AVENGE my brother.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Lenient and lenity. Pronounce first
E a:- in the adjective as in LEE. Pronounce the E in the noun as in
LEND.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Annul (one L). Annulled and annulling (two
Ls’).
SYNONYMS: Gossip, chat, chatter, tattle, prattle, babble, palaver.
WOP.D STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
incerase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
INTONATION; modulation of the voice. "Some curious intonation in
his voice caused her to glance at him.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
Q. Should hostess add Complimentary remarks as she gleets each
one of her guests?
A. No: exaggerated greetings are not in good taste. A cordial greet
ing is all that is necessary, such as “How do you do, Mrs. Jorgan? I
am glad to see you.”
Q. Is it proper for a young girl to ask a young man to call on
her, when she has known him for quite a while?
A. Yes, this is quite all right. Probably the best way in which
to handle the situation though, would be an invitation to dinner In her
home.
Q. Should a bride have bridesmaids when she is to be married in a
traveling dress?
A. No, although she may have maid or matron of honor.
LOOK and LEARN
by
A. C. GORDON
Downing
1. What three languages are officially spoken in Switzerland?
2. What position did Josef Goebbels hold under the Hitler regime?
3. What Speaker of the House of Representatives served longer than
any other?
4. In what cities are the following famous streets —
Wall Street, Champs Elysees?
What are the names of the strings on a violin?
ANSWERS:
Italian, German and French.
Minister for National Enlightenment and Propaganda.
Sam Rayburn, present Speaker, has that distinction.
London, New Yoork and Paris.
G-D-A-E.
Stree
5,
1.
3.
4.
5.
There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising!
^Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
l. Mlmfo
4. Tliaw
8. Outer garment
12. Opening
13. Holes
15. Silkworm
16. Turning aside
17. Dinner course
ID. Still
20. One: Scot.
2L Loved exces
sively
23. Salt
25. Swine
26. Pinch
28. Adjust to size
again
1/ 12 13 V////A
32. Majariai fever
34. Pen point
36. Sand hill:
Eng.
37. Daub
39. Twitching
41. Playing card
42. Thing: law
41. Hindu fabric
46. Summit
49. Tribunal
61. Musical study
53. Administrator
66. Scarlet
67. Bank cus
tomer
68. Finish 1
69. Winter pre
cipitation
60. Information
61. Pigpen
* K \i> 17 \.M
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzslo
DUWN
1. Eons
2. Model
Is I? Uo 1//
3. conclusion
4. Enrage
5. Netherlands
commune
6. Tax
7. Attempts
8. Incision
9. Melody
10. Mexican
laborer
1L Anglo-Saxon
slave
14. Native of
Tartary
18. Near
22. Clamor
24. Guided
25. Dance step
27. Deep hole
29. Characteristics
30. Event
31. Golf mound
33. Organ of
hearing
35. Invite
38. Picture puzzle
40. Gladdens
43. Glossy fabrlo
45. Old Testa
ment: abbr.
46. Spreads to dry
47. Beasts of
burden
48. Fruit of ths
gourd
family
50. Ceremony
52. Whirlpool
64. Bovine
65/ Qsclars
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 14!
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperffeld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
@ B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
-_ ;
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting eveiy Thursday id
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN EROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2508
CANADIAN
EKGL1TE
DEPTH SOUNDERS
MADSEN
Cycle & Fishing Supply
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
, i
Seward Street Near Third
I The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
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McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hata
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
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BOTANY
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Accounting Auditing Tax Work
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box Telephone 919
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Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PnONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Holel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
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J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Moior Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit—ask fot it by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Ilome Liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone 31
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 772
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Store
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