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Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Thursday, May 31, 1951
BOAT HARBORS FOR DOUGLAS
AND JUNEAU
Prominent in the discussion at the last Chambei
of Commerce meeting was the question of new small
boat harbor facilities on Gastineau Channel.
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce is protesting
the U. S. Engineers recommendation of “Plan B" foi
the building of a 20-acre boat harbor at Douglas, and
asks instead a compromise that would provide a
Douglas boat basin of smaller size than the specified
20 acres of Plan B and 'an enlargement of Juneau’s
present small boat harbor.
There is no controversy between Juneau and Doug
las. However, the Juneau Chamber of Commerce
letter objects to the army report, included in the
Plan B setup, that a wind velocity of 44 miles an
hour is the greatest encountered at the Douglas site
and objects further to the assumption that the pro
posed enlargement of the Juneau boat basin would
require a costly breakwater.
These objections to the report might be inter
preted as objections to a Douglas boat basin, but
the same letter from the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce goes on record in maintaining that the letter
is not a protest made for the purpose of opposing a
boat harbor being constructed in Douglas.
"We definitely believe that Douglas is entitled to
have a harbor, but we maintain that it should be one
comparable in size to the number of boats that would
have use for it, and should also be limited in size
to that part of the area of the proposed Douglas boat
basin that is protected from the Taku wind by Juneau
Isle i Mayflower Island i," says the Chamber of Com
merce letter.
The letter closes with this assurance, "For your
information discussion has already been had with
officials of the City of Douglas on this matter. It
is reasonable to believe that a fair compromise can
be worked out between Juneau and Douglas whereby
a small harbor, fully protected from the Taku wind,
should be constructed at Douglas and a larger boat
'asin adequate to accommodate the needs of Juneau
boats should be built in Juneau. We sincerely hope
that you will take steps to see that this report ifavor
ing Plan B i is held in abeyance until some satisfactory
Plan can be devised whereby the needs of both com
munities can be satisfied."
Douglas city officials, we are told, would be
happy to compromise over the size of the boat harbor
provided for Douglas in Plan B.
A 20-acre boat harbor would be expensive to
maintain and would be greater than their needs now
—and for sometime in the future, a Douglas city
official told us. A boat harbor of eight or ten acres,
he suggested would be ample.
Douglas does not want a boat harbor beyond its
means to support.
Facilities for fishing boats and pleasure craft on
lastiiieau Channel are important to both communi
ties.
There should be no quarrel between Douglas and
luneau that cannot be resolved to the satisfaction of
both towns. And we believe there is no quarrel.
We hope that the Army Engineers, Juneau and
Douglas can reach a satisfactory solution to the
problem. And we are sure they will.
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A Refreshing Trend
(Indianapolis Star)
It may be branded as pure heresy around the
FSA in Washington, but that “get off government
relief" edict pronounced to 40,000 members of the
Mormon Church in Arizona and New Mexico sort of
restores our faith jn human nature. Members of the
Latter-Day Saints Church who met at Globe, Ariz.. in
their annual regional welfare conference had it im
pressed upon them by a representative of the Gen
eral Welfare Committee from Salt Lake City that
the Mormon Church was ready to look after its own.
In fact, it was pronounced that the welfare program
and the Bishops’ storehouses made it unnecessary for
any member of the church to depend on Uncle Sam.
There must be consternation among the social plan
ners in Washington.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
talk ' their language, they’ll get
back* in line.” *
Snubbed Senator
Busy Sen. Ken Wherry of Neb
raska is complaining bitterly about
the he has been snubbed by
Gena' l Ma Arthur, the man for
whom he I me to bat so vigor
ously.
What irks Ken is that Senators
Knowland of California, Bridges of
New Hampshire and Taft of Ohio,
all Republicans, are in frequent
touch with MacArthur while his
. pokosman, Maj. Gen Courtney
Whitney, telephoned questions to
them to .hoot at Gen. Omar Brad
let and Gen. Joe Collins, when they
were on the witness stand.
In contrast.. Senator Wherry was
turned down when he tried to see
MacArthur in New York, and has
n*i j et been able to get him on the
telephone. You can’t blame him for
feeling just a little out in the cold.
Lady Senator from Reno??
It is supposed to be an office
secret, but the lady who runs Sen.
Pat McCarran's office, attractive
Eva Adams, now has ambitions to
become a Senator from Nevada
herself. Miss Adams has been bad
gering her boss, McCarran, to sup
port her in the 1952 election against
his Nevada colleague, GOP Sen.
George ‘Molly” Malone.
Miss Adams has secretly coveted
Malone's seat for some time, and
even put herself through law school
at nights until, last year, she passed
both the District of Columbia and
Nevada bar examinations. She is
the pert, competent, lormer Dean
of Women at Nevada University,
but for the past 10 years she has
been McCarran’s secretary. Those
close to McCarran's office also say
she can twist the Senator around
her finger.
Net result of Miss Adams' poli
tical ambitions is that the silver
thatched Nevada Democrat is very
much on the spot. For he had al
ready promised his support private
ly to Alan Bible, the ex-Attorney
General, who also wants to run
against Malone.
If McCarran goes through with
his support for Bible, it means that
his senate office and the lady who
runs it will be impossible to live
with. Therefore, the harassed Mc
Carran is trying to placate his sec
retary by offering to make her a
federal judge, even though she was
admitted to the bar only a short
time ago.
Biggest RFC Loan
The more you dig into the RFC
scandal regarding the huge $87,000,
000 loan to the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, the more you wonder why
Republican Senators side-stepped
a showdown at a time when they
controlled Congress in 1947. Had
they finished their RFC probe in
stead oi mysteriously suspending it
in mid-air, subsequent RFC troub
le- might have been avoided.
Chief difference between 1947 and
1951 is that today White House
cronies and a $9,000 mink coat are
involved, while a powerful railroad
friendly to certain senators and
$87,000,000 was involved in 1947.
At any rate, here is a new and
interesting wrinkle regarding the
B. & O. case.
After RFC administrator Jesse
Jones had" put”'his ’hien’ inside the
B. O., one of them, Russell
Snodgrass, who became financial
vice-president, proceeded to get
the McLaughlin Bankruptcy Act
revised. The RFC would not be re
paid as scheduled in 1945. There
fore, he proceeded to pull wires to
secure the renewal of the McLaugh
Mn Act by which the railroad could
go into receivership without the
aeses Jones boys giving up control.
To that end. Snodgrass appeared
before the Senate Banking and
Currency committee and urged re
enactUicnt of the McLaughlin Act.
but the interesting thing was that
Snodgrass testified as an RFC of
ficial, even though he had already
accepted a lush salary offer from
the B. & O., the railroad which
would profit most.
Furthermore, Snodgrass did not
tell the Senate committee that he
had accepted a job with the B. &
O. when he testified. In brief, he
used his government position to
further legislation in the interest
of his private employer.
The McLaughlin Act was then
renewed, and the B. <fe O., three
years later, was thrown Into a fic
titious bankruptcy under circum
stances described in a previous col
umn—namely, a letter drafted by
Snodgrass, later sent to him by the
RFC.
These are some of the facts
which Senator F’ulbright’s subcom
mittee on the RFC could well in
vestigate.
Panning John Steelman
Dr. John Steelman, back-slapping
administrative assistant to Presi
dent Truman, has been pulling
frantic wires on Capitol Hill to
prevent the Senate Labor commit
tee from making public a report
on the railroad strike criticizing
him.
Steelman has been pleading and
cajoling that the report be rewrit
ten or suppressed.
Chairman of the Senate Labor
committee, Jim Murray of Mon
tana, is a great friend of the White
House, and ordinarily would not
level criticism at one of Truman's
aides. In this case, however. Steel
man is charged with being respon
sible for the off-again, on-again
White House policy which confused
the nation last year and helped
precipitate the railroad strike.
This column has obtained a copy
of the Senate report which Dr.
Steelman wants suppressed, and
it’s easy to see why he doesn’t like
it. Here are some purple passages:
"Dr. Steelman allowed himself to
become involved in the dispute in
a manner which compromised his
effectiveness and which threatens
to embarrass the White House. It
is an unwritten rule in the profes
sion that mediators will not. . . be
come arbitrators in the same dis
pute. In the opinion of the Senate
committee, he (Steelman) made
himself a vulnerable target.”
The above referred to the fact
that Steelman wrote himself into
the railroad agreement as arbiter
in case of future misunderstandings
between the railroads and the bro
therhoods.
The Senators also panned Steel
man for having “grossly distorted
and misrepresented” the railway
unions.
The Senate Committee also sug
gests that Steelman was untruth
ful when he advised the President
that the brotherhoods had promised
not to strike. “The committee
finds,” says the report, “that no
such promise had been given.”
All in all, for a man who likes
to get along with folks, as big
I John does, the report puts him in
| rather a bad light with a large
I segment of society.
Mm MEMBERS ON
HOLIDAY WEDNESDAY
Because of the short notice given
and also previous engagements
only 14 members of the school and
Juneau City bands reported yester
day morning and the engagement
to participate in the Memorial Day
parade was necessarily cancelled.
Majorette Joyce Hope was ready to
lead the band if sufficient numbers
had turned out. Russell Clark, of
the City band represented his or
ganization and beat the drum for
the marchers.
FROM WASHINGTON
Richard G. Ray of the United
States Geological Survey from
Washington, D. C. is registered at
| the Baranof Hotel.
May 31
Henry S. Sully
Oscar Clau.son
Joanne Blythe
Paula Frelmuth
Edwin J. Kirchofter
Mrs. Thomas Aiken
Ulady; Dennison
Effie Raynor
| COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
j At G:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club shooting on Menden
hall range.
‘ At 7:30 p.m. — Fourth of July com
mittee meets in lobby, Baranof.
June 1
At 10 a m. — Trinity Guild rummage
sale in Undercroft of church.
At noon — Soroptimist club week
ly meeting and luncheon in Gold
room, Baranof.
at 8 p.m. — Regular meeting Juneau
Shrine club.
At 8:30 p.m. — First series of sum
mer square dances given in parish
hall.
June 2
! At 2 p.m. — Style review by sewing
v,’nrtr<5hnn members in grade school
auditorium. Public welcomed.
June d
At noon — Lions club. Baranof.
At noon — BPW noon luncheon
meeting, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
June 5
At noon — Rotary club, Baranof.
June 6
At 8 p.m. Elks lodge.
Seven Americans,
Parachute Dropped
in Korea, Captured
MOSCOW, May 31 —UP)—The Sov
iet press reported today that seven
Americans dropped by parachute be
hind the North Korean lines have
been captured.
(The account indicated such para
troopers were being killed).
A dispatch from the North Korean
capital of Pyongyang said the Kor
eans are showing "great vigilance”
in nabbing such paratroopers.
"The local population,” said the
dispatch, "catches them quickly and
destroys them. During recent days,
thanks to the vigilance of peasants,
seven American diversionist-para
chutists have been caught in vari
ous regions of Northern Korea. They
had been dropped from planes.”
ANTICOMMUNIST i
PARTIES WIN IN I
ITALY'S ElECT’ON
ROME, May 31 —UP)— Final re
turns today gave Premier Alcide
Gasperi's church-supported Chris
tian Democrats and other anti
communist parties a sweeping vic
tory over Italy’s Reds in provincial
council elections in one-third of
Italy this week.
The Communists and Allied Soc
ialists polled 35.3 per cent of the
8,500,000 votes cast.
De Gasperi reported to President
Luigi Einaudi last night that his
“Atlantic Pact” Coalition’s candi
dates had won control of 21 of the
27 North Italy provincial councils
for which elections were held.
_,_
FROM SEATTLE
E. S. Marvich of Seattle is reg
| isered at the Baranof Hotel.
ACROSS
1. Swine
4. Couch
9. Chart
12. Room In •
harem
13. Pope’s veil
14. Past
15. Old card game
17. Raised
19. Handle
21. Construct
22. Potter’s glaze
24. Periods of ten
years
27. Touch lightly
30. Existence:
philo.
31. Lesson taught
by a fable
12. Mission
84. Galley having
two banks of
oars
85. Devil
86. Hasten
87. Condensed
moistur*
88. Doom
39. Withered
41. Go away
secretly
43. Locations
47. Army officer*
GO. New star
51. Vetch
52. Courts
54. Allow
55. Female sand*
piper
56. Shelf
67. Land measur*
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle I
DOWN
1. Army
2. Smell
8. Strong wind I
4. Perform j i
B. Anger
6. Man servant!
7. Keenly
watchful
8. Sand-like snow
9. Was of im
portance
10. Span of yean
11. Seed vessel
16. Simpleton
18. Stage per
former
20. Tendency
23. Tip
25. Title
26. Killed
27. Important
Abyssinian
cereal
23 Operatic solo
20. Sham
31. Digs
33 Anoint
34. Prickly seed
vessel
36. Staggered
30. Fean
10. Hubbub
4?. Spoken
44. Indian weight
45. A’ways
46. Fill to repletion
47. Jewish
proselyt!
43. Pefnre
40. Settle down
ward
52 Cnmnass nolnt)
20 YEARS AGO thTe empire
MAY 31, 1931
Nine thousand pounds of fish were brought in to the cold storage
in ihe last 24 hours. Of the total, 4,000 were halibut and 5.000 salmon.
The Fern, Capt. John Lowell brought in the halibut and the r-3765,
Capt. James Young, the salmon. They were brought in too late for the
day's auction. *
Memorial Day, set aside to pay homage to the nation's dead, “should
likewise serve to remind Americans, one and all, that they have a duty
to perform in the continued life and welfare of the Republic,” Major
L. E. Aikens, of the U. S. Army told his audience at Memorial Day
services. A parade by the American Legion and other civic organiza
tion was one of the highlights of the day.
W. D. Gross was a passenger for Petersburg on the Admiral Rogers.
He is the owner of the Coliseum Theatre in that city.
Mrs. Ethel Rigney, experienced beauty operator from Seattle, was
opening a beauty shop at 174 Front Street, catering to ladies and chil
drui for haircutting, trims, marcelling and finger waving.
E. G. Norland of this city underwent a major operation at St. Ann's
Hospital.
The Bureau of Census announced a population of 59,278 for Alaska
comprising: 35,764 males and 23,514 females. Of these 28,640 were white
persons; 29,983 Indians. 213 Japanese, 164 Filipinos, 136 negroes and 77
of other races.
The Norco arrived in Juneau, Capt, A. fekholm, and Purser H.
Knight with the following passengers: From Seattle—Mrs. J. M. Cramer,
Violet Boyd, Dot Llewellen, S. P. Whiteley. From Petersburg—M. McKol
lick, W. T. Mahoney, R. C. Wakelin.
Weather: High, 48; low, 41; fair.
Daily Lessons in English L. cordon i
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Please try and avoid such
another mistake.’’ Say, “Please try TO avoid ANOTHER SUCH mis
take.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Rebound. Preferred accent for both
noun and verb is on second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Musical (rhythmic). Musicale (concert, re
cital).
SYNONYMS: Squeamish, fastidious, overnice, scrupulous.
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:
OBSESSION: persistent and unescapable preoccupation with an idea or
emotion. “His theory of perpetual motion became an obsession.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE I
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Q. Which is the correct form of introduction, “Mrs. White, this is
my husband,” or, "Mrs. White, this is Mr. Roberts”?
A. The correct form is, “Mrs. White, this is my husband.”
Q. Where do the bridesmaids meet before the wedding?
A. They always meet at the home of the bride, where they receive
their bouquets.
Q. Should a college girl introduce herself as Miss Hall or as
Shirley Hall?
A. She should call herself Shirley Hall. t
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON i
1. What city of the world opened the first underground railway
for passengers?
2. A lieutenant normally has charge of what unit in the American
Army?
3. What is a filicide?
4. How is bayou pronounced?
5. In what poem is the famous line, “What is so rare as a day
in June"?
ANSWERS:
1. London.
2. A platoon.
3. One who klils his child.
4. A “by-oo.”
5. “Vision of Sir Launfal,” by James Russell Lowell.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pactfie Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120‘h Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 44—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island . 45—Fog
Barrow . 23—Cloudy
Bethel . 47—Cloudy
Cordova .. . 45—Fog
Dawson . .. . „ 45—Cloudy
Edmontoji . 34—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks . ... 41—Partly Cloudy
Haines ... ... 43—Partly Cloudy
Havre . 38—Drizzle
Juneau . 35—Clear
Kodiak ... 42—Rain and Fog
Kotzebue ... 44—Cloudy
McGrath . 42—Cloudy
Nome ... 44—Rain
Northway . 48—Cloudy
Petersburg . 35—Clear
Portland . 48—Cloudy
Prince George . 30—Clear
Seattle . 45—Cloudy
Sitka . 39—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . 43—Rain
Yakutat . 45—Cloudy
ALASKA COASTAL
ANNOUNCES NEW
SUMMER SCHEDULE
On June 1. tomorrow, Alaska
Coastal Airlines is returning to the
summer schedule on flights to Icy
Straits and Chatham Straits points.
Two flights daily, one in the morn
ing leaving Juneau at 9:30 and one
in the afternoon leaving Juneau at
3:25 will serve this area.
Scheduled airmail service author- |
izes stops of at least three times
per week at these points. Since
planes will be operating on routes
in this area both morning and af
ternoon, stops will be made at any
point on a request basis.
With this new schedule in effect,
Alaska Coastal Airlines offers
twice daily service—passenger and
air express to all points on its
routes in Southeast Alaska. The
points effected by the new sched
ule include Hawk Inlet, Chatham,
Todd. Superior, "I'enakee, Pelican,
Hoonah, Funter, Excursion Inlet,
Gustayus, Elfin Cove, Port Althorp,
Baranof, Barge, Hood Bay, Angoon,
Cobol, Chichagof and Kimshan.
The date of Sitka to Ketchikan
operation will also be changed oX
June 1 from Monday to Tuesday.
Flights will leave Sitka at 9 am.
stopping at Petersburg and Wrang
ell as traffic requires and arrive
Ketchikan at 12:30. Departure from
Ketchikan is at 1:30 p.m. stopping
at Wrangell anil*' Petersburg de
pending on traffic and arriving Sit
ka at 3 p.m.
GEOLOGIST MOVED
HERE FROM PALMER
Clark McHuron. project geologist
with the Bureau of Reclamation on
uie Eklutna hydroelectric power
project near Palmer, has been trans
ferred to Juneau. He will replace A.
E. Jaskar, district geologist here,
who has resigned.
As soon as he can find accommo
dations for his family, McHuron ex
pects to move them here from Pal
mer. The family consists of Gregory,
9; David, 8; Eric, 5, and Barbara,
six months.
The climate in the “central ba
sins ' ot Ecuador is springlike the
year around.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 143
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at B
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
r ■>
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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