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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411
fourth Avenue B’da., Seattle, Wash.
Wednesday, January 3, 1951
HERE’S OUR LIAR’S STORY
We think we can top the Burlington, Wis., Liar's
Club story — at least with an Alaska angle. The
Burlington story appeared in The Empire December
29. Here is our story:
There was the fellow who discovered the source
of the Northern Lights beyond Point Barrow, mined
it out in chunks and sold them for batteries. It is
said that he made a fortune before the income tax
boys caught up with him.
VOICE FROM MOSCOW
The purpose of the Kremlin's policy in the Far
East is to lock us up in Asia in conflict with the
Chinese so as to leave Europe to the Russians. This
is obvious to anybody with the normal quantum of
brains, but for the benefit of those not so possessed,
the Literary Gazette in Moscow drives the point home.
“The Chinese Communist offensive in Korea," notes
its political commentator, gleefully, “has shaken the
foundations of the Atlantic Pact.” If it has, the
policymakers should repair them quickly, and build
an enduring edifice upon them without delay. Only
in unity on the basis of a common effort and equality
of sacrifice is there any strength nowadays.
Consider With Care
(Anchorage News)
The death of U. S. Marshal Paul C. Herring leaves
vcant a vital law enforcement post in the Territory,
and also, alas, a choice political plum.
It has been customary for the local political party
to recommend the appointment of an individual to
the Alaska delegate in Congress who in turn submits
the nominee to the attorney general. Pinal appoint
ment is by the President.
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The United States marshal’s job has too often
been a seat-warming reward for faithful political
service, and this has been the sole qualification of the
appointee in many past instances.
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That day has passed. The United States marshal’s
job in Alaska is one of heaviest responsibility. It is
one of great drive and initiative, more so in the
Third Division than perhaps in other areas of Alaska.
It is here that the great bulk of transient population
ebbs and flows. It is in this division that the dis
tances are greatest.
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Under the marshal's jurisdiction here it the far
flung Aleutian chain of islands, which although not
heavily populated, present a problem in law control
through the very fact of their great distances. There
is only one field marshal between Kodiak and the
tip of the Aleutians, which itself lies within the realm
of Soviet influence.
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The Third Division marshal must contend with
poor and inadequate jail facilities at Anchorage where
the Federal penal institution is a tinder-dry frame
building that has had its floor bored through a half
dozen times in as many years.
There is a big job to be done by the new marshal
of the Third Division and the manner in which he
fulfills this job will reflect the welfare of every indi
vidual in Anchorage and the Third Division.
Those holding the power to name him have a
serious duty to perform for their fellow residents and
neighbors.
No man is homely when he wears a smile on his
face.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continuer :rorr Page One)
was given all kinds of government
loans, orders and backing. Kaiser
was sold surplus aluminum plants
at bargain rates after the war.
However, both wanted to produce
pretty much on their own terms
.Ui the pew, emergency.
" Early'last fall, when the govern
ment first contemplated expanding
aluminum production, genial, hard
working Henry Kaiser, genius fff
the far-flung Kaiser industries, wel
comed the idea with enthusiasm.
"Let's get going, let's get going,"
he told Larson.
No Risk—All Profits
However, when it came to signing
a contract, both Kaiser and Rey
nolds had their own ideas. Arid
their ideas were that Uncle Sam
take all the risks, they take all
the profits. Both companies are
heartily against government inter
ference with business, but appar
ently not against government guar
antees of dividends.
For here is what Kaiser and
Reynolds wanted from the govern
ment in return for expanding the
aluminum plants which they origin
ally purchased from Uncle Sam
at bargain-counter rates:
1. A government guarantee of
their loan.
. The right to amortize their
investment in five years, whereas
ordinarily tax depreciation would
be spread over 20 years.
3. The government to buy all al
uminum except a margin allocated
to small manufacturers.
4. If the market dropped or if
government purchases decreased,
the companies could turn the plants
tack to Uncle Sam in two and a
half years.
In brief, the two aluminum com
panies wanted the government to
put up the money, give them tax
relief, buy most of the product, and
then take the plants off their
hands in case business went bad.
All this the government agreed to
do. However, the aluminum execu
tives wanted even more. They pro
posed that if price controls should
be imposed on the nation, they
would be exempt.
This w'as too much. And in a
confidential backstage conference
with Larson, the attorney for Rey
nolds Metals, Judge Robert Patter
son, refused to support his own
client. Patterson, who served as
Secretary of War, quietly remarked:
"Gentlemen, we have asked for
enough.’’
Note—The aluminum contracts
have now been signed. They provide
for a total of 320,000 tons expand
ed production divided among Kai
ser, Reynolds and ALCOA.
Tide of Toys
Toughest problem facmg General
Eisenhower in rearming Europe will
be to mobilize the spirit, the espirit
de corps, the enthusiasm of the
street.
This points the finger at our big
gest failure in postwar building.
For, while we have repaired Euro
pean factories, rebuilt railroads,
'■'Hied men’s stomachs, we have not
\ irked nearly as hard on people
t -people friendship
We have dealt chiefly on a gov
ernment-to-government basis, and
unfortunately when a cabinet falls
or a government changes heads, we
are left with no deep roots among
the people.
This is one reason why the Amer
ican Legion's Tide of Toys is so
i important at this time.
These toys, collected for the
i children of U. S. soldiers in Korea
and for the poorer children of
Europe, are not so valuable measur
ed in dollars. But they will be
priceless in terms of goodwill.
For it’s the thing that touches
a person’s heartstrings that counts.
And a toy sent by a child in the
U.S.A. to a family in Europe can
make a more lasting impression
than rebuilding a dozen factories or
munitions plants that can easily Be
taken over by the enemy if the
people of western Europe lack the
will for defense.
War Notes
About 50 of the Army’s revolu
tionary lightweight tanks will be
ready for combat in the next few
weeks. They have radar fire-con
trol which guarantees a hit on the
first or second shot, and are re
ported better than anything in the
Russian arsenal. . .The Russians
are reported to have turned up a
new and tremendous deposit of ur
anium. This probably explains why
Moscow has suddenly begun to close
down the uranium mines in eastern
Germany. . .The American Embassy
cables that Prime Minister Nehru
of Indian is bitterly disillusioned
with the Chinese Communists. Ap
parently Nehru finally is waking
up to the facts of life. . .One hun
dred and fifty American prisoners
are in a special camp at Tunghau,
decorated with pictures of William
Z. Foster, Eugene Dennis and other
Commie leaders where the Chirese
are trying to convert them to Com
munism. So far no luck.
Merry-Go-Round
Charles Wilson, the new mobiliza
tion boss, testifying behind the
closed doors of the Senate Banking
Committee, summed up his plan of
action in four words—“Analyze, or
ganize, deputize, then supervise.” . .
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota
ends all his letters by asking for
the prayers of Minnesota constitu
ents to help give him divine guid
ance in his Senate work. . .Only
10 percent of our commercial planes
can be used for defense purposes,
according to a confidential Air
Force survey. This means the Air
Force could not reopen the Berlin
airlift in case of another Berlin
blockade, because 90 percent of
our cargo planes are tied up in
Korea. Despite this, Congress still
dillydallies about building up the
Merchant Marine of the air. .. Be
cause of the delicate international
situation, British labor officials
and Tory leaders both are convinc
ed they ought to hold off new Bri
tish elections until next fall.
ACCOUNTANT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Kessner
and two children, Richard, 10, and
Joyce, 8, arrived here on the Bar
anof. Kessner is the new civilian
fiscal accountant with 17th U. S.
District Coast Guard headquarters
here. They come, from Washington,
D. C. where Kessner has been with
the Public Housing Administration.
They are temporarily living at the
Baranof Hotel.
MINING SHORT COURSE
CUSSES START TONIGHT
Classes will start tonight in Ju
neau in the mining short course
being conducted in southeast Alaska
at this time by the Extension Divi
sion of the University of Alaska.
The course will be from 7 to 10
o’clock each night on Monday, Wed
nesday and Thursday to continue
for a period of four weeks begin
ning with the first class tonight.
Classes will be held in the High
School building.
Larry C. Doheny, well known min
ing consultant, engaged by the
University to conduct the course,
said this morning that anyone in
terested in the course is invited to
attend the classes. There are no
educational requirements and no fee
is made.
The mining short course will in
clude a resume of the entire mining
field including mining metallurgy,
geology, prospecting and the use of
the Geiger Counter as an aid for
prospecting of uranium minerals,
and blow pipe work for strategic and
critical minerals.
Doheny will also give one lecture
on the polishing of gem stones and
rock.
During the course Doheny hopes
to secure the services of Treasurer
Henry Roden to give a lecture on
mining law. Roden is an authority
on this subject. He has had a wide
experience as a mining man as well
as a prominent attorney in Alaska.
FROM KETCHIKAN
Robert Berg, Phil Wacker and
Charles King, all of Ketchikan,
were overnight guests at the Bara
nof Hotel enroute to Anchorage.
PAUL STOVER HERE
Paul Stover oi rs.oaiak is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
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January 3
Patricia Carroll
Lance E. Hendrickson
Freddie Schmitz
Yoland Uberti
Walborg Lindegard
Mrs. Walter Butler
Grace Dodge
Mrs. T. B. Finch
Harold Hedlund
Elizabeth Moyer
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m.—Elks Lodge,
i At 8 p.m. — WSCS will meet in
Little Chapel.
At 8 p.m—Juneau Woman's Club
business meeting at Jiome of Mrs.
Mildred Hermann.
At 8 p.m.—Alaska Potters regular
business meeting in club rooms
in A.B. Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Mary Circle will meet
in N.L.P. church parlors.
At 8 p.m.—AWVS meets at Gover
nor’s House to discuss first aid
class. All women interested in
vited.
January 4
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
I meets in Baranof.
j At 1 p.m.—Weekly Well Baby and
Health Conference at Health Cen
ter. 318 Main Street.
At 7 p.m. — Girls and Boys folk
dancing club meets in Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose will
meet.
January 5
At 1:30 p.m.—Martha Society meets
in N. L. P. church parlors. Instal
lation of officers.
At 1:30 p.m.—Home Tailoring Work
Shop meeting in Red Cross rooms,
Shattuck Building with Haldene
Price, instructor.
At 7:30 p.m.—Short course in winter
first aid offered to Juneau skiers,
sewing room in High School.
At 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket
ball, High School gym.
At 8 p.m.—Regular meeting of City
Council in City Hall.
January 8
j At noon—Lions club, Baranof.
| January 9
i At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Territorial Sportsmen
■ Inc., meets City Council Cham
bers. Election of officers.
January 10
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
January 12
At 8 p.m.—Central Labor Council
elects officers.
SOS OF SHIP NEAR
AUSTRALIA PICKED
UP BY KODIAK CG
SEATTLE, Jan. 3——'The Coast
Guard reported a weak SOS signal
today from a sinking British ship,
possibly near the Australia coast.
The ship was the Palana. The
distress call, picked up by a Coast
Guard radio in Alaska, said the
ship hit a rock off Pine Peak island.
Coast Guard offices in Juneau
and New York said the island was
believed to ’ be off the Australian
coast. The latter office said it was
off the northwest coast.
Coast Guard records in New York
disclosed the Palana was in Bris
bane, Australia, Dec. 24.
Lloyds Register lists the Peninsula
and Oriental Steam Navigation Co.
of London as the owner. The British
Consulate here said the firm's ships
usually operate in the passenger
trade.
There are no British ships en
gaged in the Alaska trade.
ACROSS
1. Cheek-bone
6. Mocassin
9. Head covering
12. Not sleeping
13. South Ameri
can Indian
14. Macaw
15. Cotton fabric
16. Optical
Illusions
18. Beast
20. Throb
21. Allow
23. Wearisomely
25. At any time
27. Take one's way
28. Walks In water
30. Lure
34. Last name of
Columbus’
flagship
88. Morbidly
tender
89. PerserverlnR
application
43. Openwork
fabric
44. God of love
45. Cooked slowly
47. Tinged with
rose color
49. The elect
52. One: Scotch
53. Pronoun
54. Strictness
65. Affirmative
56. Public notices
57. Former Amerl- 1
can Jockey
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Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzlo
DOWN
. Insane
. Mingled wonder
and fear
AP Ntwrtntunt
I. Woolly
4. Related
6. To transmit
money
t. Ointment for
the hair
7. Oily liquid
used In
making dye*
8. Automobile
9. Boxlike
structure
10. Pertaining to
an urea
II. Meat pie
17. Maltreats
19. Cry of a cat
21. Bulgarian coin
22. Feminine nam*
24. Peculiar
26. Make over
by deed
29. Droop
31. Merited
32. Native metal
33. Still
35. Reposed
36. Buries
37. Top card
39. Archaic anto
nym of army
40 Principle of
violet root
41. Fails to win
42. Pitchers
46. Lamb's pet
name
48. Exclamation
50. Bushy clump
51. Before
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JANUARY 3, 1931
Among passengers for Juneau arriving on the Northwestern were:
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Engstrom, Mr. and Mrs! L. W. Turoff and child,
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Newman and daughter Frances, Michael Pusich.
Since the first week of the year was designated as the Week of
Prayer, the Protestant churches of Juneau were planning to observe
it by having services each evening during the week starting at 7:30
o’clock, in the various churches.
Before a large crowd in the Juneau High School gymansium, the
first string basketball quintet of the school went down to defeat before
| a team representing the Douglas Fire Department. The score was
119 to 26.
i
Alaska was pictured as the dominant strategic point for Pacific
! military purposes in a special map published by the Pacific-Yukon
Highway Commission. E. W. Sawyer, member of the commission, in
explaining the accuracy of the map, asserted it brought out the domi
nant position of Alaska for military purposes and said he hoped avia
tion squadrons would be established at Fairbanks and Seward.
Twenty thousand dollars, due January 1, had been paid by the
United Eastern Mining Company of Los Angeles, Calif., toward the
purchase price of the Tulsequah Chief mining property in the Taku
district, to Charles G. Warner of this city and his associates.
The first game in the telegraphic bowling tournament between
the Elks lodges of Juneau, Ketchikan and Anchorage were rolled the
i previous evening and the local team jumped at once into the lead
with a good margin. The locals led the nearest rival, Ketchikan, by
178 pins and defeated Anchorage by 438 pins.
Weather: High, 36; low, 33; rain.
| Daily Lessons in English & L. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “What is the use ot you
going?” Say, "What is the use of YOUR going?”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Obsequies (funeral rites). Pronounce
ob-se-kwiz, O as in ON, E as in ME unstressed, I as in IT, accent first
syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Insure, preferred to ENSURE.. Enclose, pre
ferred to INCLOSE.
SYNONYMS: Vivacity, vivaciousness, liveliness, sprightliness, ani
mation.
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:
DETERRENT (noun); that which prevents from action by fear of
consequences. “The news acted as a deterrent to his going.”
I MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
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Q. When one has been invited to a party, or other affair, and after
accepting he contracts a heavy cold, what should he do?
A. Telephone the hostess and express how sorry he is that he
cannot attend. He is being considerate, not only of his own welfare,
but also of the other people by remaining at home.
Q. If a girl is to be married in a simple, informal ceremony, and
is to wear a traveling dress, does she have a number of bridesmaids?
A. In a ceremony such as this, the bride usually has only one
atendant, her matron or maid of honor.
Q. Is it necessary to thank a clerk in a store, when he or she has
been particularly attentive and patient?
A. This is done only too seldom. But it certainly is very courteous
and is the mark of good-breeding.
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{LOOK and LEARN C. GORDON
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1. How many automobile accidents in the course of a year are
caused by drivers falling asleep at the wheel?
2. What country is conceded to rank first in beauty, grandeur and
variety of scenery?
3. What use in an orchestra is a glockenspiel?
4. What character in one of Charles Dickens- novels was taught
to be a pickpocket?
5. Who was considered the greatest of all Greek philosphers?
ANSWERS:
1. More than 70,000.
2. The United States.
3. For bell-like effects.
4. Oliver Twist.
5. Aristotle.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released oy the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
| Anchorage . 17—Snow
Annette Island .29—Clear
Barrow . -17—Snow
Bethel . 2—Fog
Cordova .. 11—Clear
Dawson .16—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . -17—Snow
Fairbanks . -7—Cloudy;
Haines .. 18—Clear
Havre .. 15—Snow
Juneau Airport . 25—Clear
Kodiak . 28—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue .. -23—Clear)
McGrath . 10—Snow!
Nome ... -5—Clear:
Northway . -25—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg .. 20—Clear
Portland . 43—Cloudy
Prince George .... 7- Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 39—Partly Cloudy
Sitka ... 26—Clear
Whitehorse . -11—Clear
Yakutat . 11—Clear
WEEKLY WELL BABY, CHILD
CONFERENCE IS TOMORROW
All mothers in this area are re
minded of the weekly Well Baby
and Child Health Conference to
morrow afternoon at the Juneau
Public Health Center. These confer
ences are a public service of the
Health Center and are offered to
all pre-school age children and
babies.
Any mother who desires to do so
may take her child to the Health
Center to have him weighed, and
measured. The mother is also in
vited to have a short discussion
with the health nurse over any
problems she may be having with
her child, including diet, eating
habits, behaviour, sleeping habits
and many others.
Every mother who is interested
in going to these Child Health
Conferences is asked to phone 218
for an appointment, or drop into
the Juneau Public Health Center
at 318 Main Street for information.
The hours are from 1:00 to 3:30
p.m., and the conferences are held
every week on Thursday afternoons.
FROM VANCOUVER, B.C.
G. W. Robinson, official of the
Polaris-Taku Mining Co., at Tul
sequah, w'as a guest at the Baranof
Hotel last night. He flew to Tulse
quah today with Alaska Coastal
Airlines and expects to return to
morrow.
WALTHATLIN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Experienced House Wiring
Electrical Marine Repair
Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska
Y. F. W.~ ~
Takn Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office in Case Lot Grocery
Phone 7*4
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Be ward Street Near Third |
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The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
fonrtb and Franklin Eta.
phone im
Caller's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportawear
pinfri- and Mallory Bata
Arrow SWrta and Pndorwear
Skyway Luggage
botany
"500"
CLOTHES
! nunn-busji shoes
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
Cemplete Outfitter (or Mea
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY MEAT
FOB BETTER MEATS
18—PHONES—4f
Free Delivery
M6UNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141
35COND and FOURTH
onday of each month
Ip Scottish Rite remple
beginning at 7:30 p. m
Carson A. Lawrence.
Worshipful Master;
JAMES w. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
PM. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary— _
WALTER R. HERMANBEN
■-—
Brownie's Liquor Store
Fboa* in in So. FrankSs
r. O. Box UN
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"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Pharnwlste
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Paone £46 Pred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
1 Wholesale SOS 10th St.
PHONE 210—DAT sr NIGHT
(or MIXERS or SODA POP
i
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rsoam
at KeasonaMe Bates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE ess
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
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.
Foot at Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a daily habit—ash (or It by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engine?
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL (M
American Meat — Phone M
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Aluka Landry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI'S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
U7 Main St Phone ITS
Hl?h Quality Cabinet Wert
far Hone, Office ar aim