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fourth Avenue B'dt.. Seattle. Wash.
Saturday, January 6, 1951
ASSIST
When major league owners announced that they
had ousted Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler,
they emphasized they wanted the job to find the
man to be his successor. Now they have named a
four-man committee to screen candidates and have
authorized an increase of $10,000 a year over Chand
ler’s $65,000 salary. The job may still be looking
for the man, but it has been given some very sub
stantial assistance.
DON’T TELL “PAPA!”
"Cassandra,” the music critic of the London Daily
Mirror, has entered the discussion of Margaret Truman’s
ability as a professional concert singer. Said he, with
the experience of Paul Hume of the Washington Post
undoubtedly in mind. “Margaret Truman is about as
good a singer as her Papa is a pianist — which means
she is in the upper corn belt.”
In the interests of world security, we trust that
this latest critique will not reach Papa's eyes, because
the dual reflection upon his own piano playing and
Miss Truman's singing might lead to a national emer
gency sure enough!
We don’t know how long it took H. S. T. to com
pose his bilious note to Mr. Hume, but a fitting reply
to Cassandra—carrying a challenge to fight a duel
to the death with spears or maces, or maybe even
pianos—might take all winter to put in precisely per
fect phraseology.
Bitter Cold War
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
The onset of winter at its worst in Northern
Korea has restored the term cold war, but in a
changed connotation. Sub-zero temperatures can be
just as serious a problem for a military force as'
enemy snipers or enemy tanks. Adverse weather quite
possibly led to more casualties in our trapped Marine
division than enemy fire.
In the terrain and climate of the northern moun
tains of Korea, a great advantage is held by the
troops accustomed to such conditions. The new forces
being brought down from Manchuria are adapted to
even greater extremes of temperature than occur in
Korea. Some of the Chinese units are lightly armored I
calvarymen, each leading a remount. They ride in the |
coldest weather., and penetrate rugged areas in which
tanks and motor trucks cannot operate.
The supply train of this Mongol force is based
on the long-haired Bactrian camel, traditionally the
beast of burden in most of Mongolia and Siberia.
These animals virtually are immune to cold. They do
not have to be fed often, and they require neither
gasoline nor spare parts.
It is one of the strange ironies of the Korean
campaign that it should bring a modern army v/ith
its electronic gear and mobile field laundries and Jet
planes into conflict with a rude cavalry force with
Mongol ponies and double-humped camels. And the
greatest mistake we could make would be to assume
glibly that jet propulsion and electronic wizardy are
certain to prevail over the primitive horse - and -
camel military machine which evolved long go to
cold.
A Sitting Duck
(Ingersoll, Ont. (Tribune)
With the international situation as it is today, j
and the negotiation of 1000 miles presenting less!
difficulty than did that of 100, 50 years ago, it is
silly and short-sighted to imagine that so vast an area
as this country is adequately populated by a mere
14 millions. Canada would be like a sitting duck to an
enemy country.
The solution is, to bring about a substantial in
crease in population. A larger population, too, would
mea na better and faster development of our vast
natural resources, something that must be done if
Canada is to survive and flourish in this fast-moving,
highly competitive world.
Care must be devoted to the direction of new
arrivals—both when they are here and before they
arrive. Today, the majority of immigrants land •
without the first idea of what the country is like, I
or the faintest knowledge of its people and customs.
The new tax setup will make a lot of new dol
lar-a-year men. That will be about all they can save. )
—(Pathfinder).
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
final settlement. This so-called
"memorandum of agreement" was
typed by White House secretaries.
Then, brotherhood chieftains said,
they were flabbergasted to find
that Steelman had called in the
p. ess, radio and newsreels. To
th :m he announced: “I have reach
ed a settlement. There will be no
strike.”
Gulps came from the labor side
01 the table, but no open protests.
It was difficult to protest with the
nc wsreels clicking.
However, this rancor has contin
ued to boil below the surface and it
looks as if the whole rail strike
will have to be negotiated over
again.
Filibuster tievaior
Even the elevators are catching
the "filibuster" fever on Capitol
Hill. One of them stalled for 15
minutes between floors of the House
office building the other day. Mean
time, its Congressional passengers
had a scary interlude as the air
grew stuffier and stuffier and the
cpeiator struggled to get the cir
culation fan functioning.
Senator-elect Mike Monroney of
Oklahoma helped to ease the ten
sion in the jam-packed lift by
wisecracking: "Don't anybody get
excited. I’ve never heard of a pol
itician suffocating from hot air.” I
The perspiring operator finally!
was able to pry the elevator door
cptn far enough for the 14 passen
geis, including Congressman Reva
Bosone of Utah, to be raised to
safety.
"The atmosphere in that eleva
tor was the most nonpartisan I
have witnessed since coming to
Congress,” observed Mrs. Bosone.
None of us was thinking about
politics, I can assure you. We were
all jammed so close together that
any fainting would have been done
standing up.”
War Plant Debate
Sessions ot the Truman cabinet
seldom feature explosions. But at
last week’s session, two members
from New England. Attorney Gen
eral McGrath of Rhode Island and
Secretary of Labor Tobin of Mass
achusetts blew off some steam
They weile indignant because
New England has been left out in
the cold when it comes to the lo
cation of new war plants—espec
ially steel and aluminum plants.
Behind the McGrath-Tobin gripe
is one of the most important econ
omic debates going on inside the
administration—a debate between
tig business on the one hand and a
group of New England businestme
on the other, regarding the location
of a government-sponsored steel
mill at New London, Conn.
Simultaneous with the inside
L, vup. Sen. Brien McMahon of
Co. iecticut staged a showdown
conference with Stuart Symington,
Chairman of the National Security
Resources Board. McMahon was
arguing the cause of the New Eng
land Council, the business group
which has organized the New Eng
land Steel Development Company.
Tax Concessions
Opposing this plant is most of
“big steel,” especially U. S. Steel,
which proposes to build a new
plant near Morrisville in Bucks
County, Pa. If the government au
thorizes a plant at New London,
U. S. Steel will npt be certified to
build its plant in Pennsylvania. Or,
if, in the other hand, U. S. Steel
is certified to contruct a plant
in Pennsylvania, the New England
Council of Businessmen is out of
luck. The financial club which the
U. S. Government can hold over
either outfit is the “certification
of amortization,” a document from
the Treasury permitting war con
tractors to write off their plant’s
capital investment in five years.
Arguing with NSRB Chairman
Stuart Symington, Senator McMa
hon pointed out the need for diver
sifying the steel industry instead of
concentrating it in the hands of
a few big companies.
“This is the biggest bonanza you
could possibly give to big steel,”
McMahon told Symington. “To let
them amortize their investment in
five years is manna from Heaven.
Naturally they are pulling Heaven
and earth to build new production
capacity now rather than in peace
time when they can't amortize so
quickly.”
“You’re just going to have a
white elephant on your hands,” Sy
mington replied. New England, he
,said, would find itself with an emp
ty steel mill after the war emer
gency was over.
"Let us worry about that,” count
ered McMahon.
The Connecticut Senator kept ar
guing until Symington finally pick
ed up the telephone, called William
Harrison, Chairman of the National
Production Authority, and told
him to give tha New England
Council a certificate as soon as
possible. This does not settle the
argument, but it’s a big step in
favor of smaller business. There
will be a lot more backstage wire
pulling, however, before it is de
cided whether big steel or the New
England Business Cooperative gets
to build the W’ar steel plant in Con
necticut.
Dingell In Reverse
Big utility lobbyists wouldn’t have
believed their eyes and ears if
they had been present at the final
joint conferencs of the House and
Senate on the $3,200,000,000 excess
profits tax bill.
As the closed-door debate raged,
it was that militant foe of the
power trust, liberal Congressman
John Dingell of Michigan, who led
the fight to protect the revenue
rate of private utilities set by
Federal and State commissions.
“I guess it seems a little funny
for me to be arguing for the in
1
terests of people who are always,
against me at election time," ad-)
mitted Dingell. “They call me a'
Socialist. However, the rates of |
return for utilities, including the ■
communications industry, allowed i
by State and Federal agencies are :
fair in most cases, I don’t think
we ought to tamper w'lh them here.
“Besides,” Dingeu impishly added
as an afterthought, “those big fel
lows would get around any reduc
tion we made in their rates of re
turn by adding it as a hidden ex
cise tax in the bill to consumers.”
TIDE TABLE
January 7
High tide 1:37 a.m., 16.0 ft.
Low tide 7:11 a.m., 3.3 ft.
High tide 1:14 p.m., 19.6 ft.
Low tide 7:56 p.m., -3.6 ft.
January 8
High tide 2:24 a.m., 16.7 ft.
Low tide 8:01 a.m., 2.6 ft.
High tide 2:04 p.m., 19.8 ft.
Low tide 8:42 p.m., -3.8 ft.
««•••*•••
BADMINTON CLUE
CANCELS MEETING
There will be no meeting of the
badminton club Monday evening be
cause of practice sessions for the
All-Star team playing the Harlem
Globe Trotters Tuesday evening. ]
The next meeting of the club is |
scheduled for Monday evening, i
January 15, at 7.
January 6
Ted Samples
Jack Gucker
Aimie Farwell
Mrs. T. M. Stuart
Addie McPherson
January 7
Darlene Gross
J. T. Petrich
Karl E. Ashenbrenner
Frank A. Peratrovich
Mrs. H. T. Waldemar
Katherine Pelroy
Terry Ray
Arley Forrest
Aileen Kronquist
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 2 p.m. — Deep-Sea Fishermen
meet. •
At 7:30 p.m.—Skating in A.B. Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Taku Travelers meet in
Douglas gym. Election of officers.
At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eighters Square
Dance Club to meet in Parish
Hall.
January 7
At 2 p.m.—Skating in A.B. Hall.
January 8
At noon—Lions club, Baranof.
At noon—BPW Club meets in Ter
race Room, Baranof. Henry Ro
aen, speaker.
At 7 p.m.—Mining course in high
school.
At 7:30 p.m.—Stated Masonic Com
munication with joint installation
ceremonies at 8.
At 8 p.m—Drill period for Hdqs.,
Hdqs. and Service Co., 208th Na
tional Guard Infantry Battalion.
At 8 p.m.—Nurses aid group meets
at home of Mrs. Tom Dyer on
Gold Belt Avenue.
January 9
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At noon—Luncheon group League
of Women Voters in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—Drill for Hdqs., Hdqs.
Detachment at Armory.
At 8 p.m. — Harlem Globetrotters
meet Juneau All-Stars in basket
ball game in High School gym.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for adults at Teen Age Club.
January 10
At ' mon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladies meet at
home of Mrs. R. I. Congdon.
At 8 p.m.—VFW Auxiliary meets
at home of Mrs. Ed Chester.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
January 11
At 10 a.m.—Alaska Field Commit
tee meets. Water code will come
up for final approval.
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets in Baranof.
At 1 p.m.—Well Baby and Health
Conference at Health Center, 318
Mai l Street.
At 8 p.m.—Uptown unit League of
Women Voters meet at home of
Mrs. Frank Metcalf, Assembly
Apartments.
January
From 2 to 4 — Mothers Classes at
Public Health Center.
At 8 p.m—Central Labor Council
elects officers.
BROWN BEAR GOES TO
* KETCHIKAN FOR REPAIRS
Departure of the Brown Bear for
the Aleutian Islands is delayed be
cause of a badly damaged shaft. The
Fish and Wildlife vessel, recently
arrived from Seattle, hit a log near
Craig damaging both wheels. New
wheels have been installed but the
Brown Bear will now be taken to
Ketchikan today for replacement
of the shaft. The vessel is under
the command of Capt. Linn Jorgen
son.
WANT AOS BRING RESULTS
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ACROSS
L Endured
T. Steer
12. Italian dish
IS. Bouquet
14. Everlasting
15. Renounce
IS. Through
17. Commence
IB. Mature
SO. Spoken
22. Greek lette.
IS. Ages
24. Wise men
26. Smooth
28. Football team
SO. Rubs out
84. English school
86. Pillar of stone
87. Mirth
40. Bird’s beak
42. Always
43. Flax: dial
44. Gropes
46. Night before
47. Keen
49. Marauder of
the Scottish
Highlands
61. Whistle
62. Strive to equal
■ IR E pBcIhIaIt^WIi 1*1*1
'M! §9
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
63. Place
64. Old womanish
DOWN
L Sid*
8. Mean
8. Title of respect
t. Units of weight
6. Putt up
(. Distend
1. Portion
8. Anger
I. Pertaining to
a lobe
10. Greek letter
11. Stories
12. Rest
18. Rant
2L Tax
23. Growing out
25. Harden
27. Bitter vetch
29. Not any
31. Some
32. Lift
33. Calm
35. Children of
one's brother
37. Transparent
substance
33. Lawful
33. Accustomi Tar.
41. Censure
44. Ward off
45. Make senseless
48. Beverage
DO. King of Israel
20 YEARS AGO empire]
, .......
JANUARY 6, 1931
Services were to be held this night at 7 o’clock in the Greek Ortho
dox Church in observance of Christmas Eve in conformity with the
Julian calendar. Christmas is observed on Jan. 7. The services were
to be conducted by the Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff.
W. K. Keller resigned his position as Superintendent of the Juneau
Schools to assume the office of Territorial Commissioner of Education,
succeeding L. W. Breuer. R. S. Raven had been named to replace
Keller in the schools. He had been principal of the high school for the
past four years.
The Juneau bowlers in the telegraphic pin tournament between the
Elks lodges of Juneau, Ketchikan and Anchorage, remained in the
lead following the third game in the series. Scores were: Metcalf 566,
Henning 576, Stewart 549. Bavard 572, Barragar 541, a total score of 2803.
James Sofoulis and P. Fromberg had announced the opening of the
Star bakery and restaurant on or about January 7 in Juneau.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Gray had received word from the registrar at
Oregon State College at Corvallis that their daughter Iris, a sophomore
student, had made the rare and coveted straight “A” card at the
conclusion of the first quarter of study. Miss Gray was majoring in
music. Beside her three music subjects—piano, harmony and history
of music, her elective subject was German and she was taking a course
in the game of golf.
Grateful acknowledgment was made by the pioneers of the Sitka
Home, through Superintendent Kettelson to W. D. Gross and all who
participated in the Christmas fund and to others who remembered the
oldtimers at Christmas. The Empire was asked to make public their
expression of deep appreciation.
Weather: High, 36; low, 34; cloudy.
| Daily Lessons in English tv. l. Gordon j
i„.. -r-rrr—--—- i
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: A person may adapt himself TO cir
cumstances or a book may be adopted TO the tastes of children. How
ever, a building is adapted FOR occupancy, or a book is adapted FOR
juvenile reading.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Stupendous. Pronounce the U as in
UNIT, not as in RULE.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Supersede; not CEDE.
SYNONYMS: Weak, feeble, infirm, decrepit, debilitated.
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:
BOREAL; pertaining to the north. “Heavy clothing is essential in the
boreal climates.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
' _____ --—
Q. Is it really considered correct to accept a second helping of
food when your hostess offers it to you, or is this a sign of greediness?
A. One may certainly take a second helping if one wishes. It is
a compliment to the hostess' cookery to do so. However, if you don’t
care for a second helping, you may say, “No, thank you.”
Q. Is it necessary for a man to remove his hat when entering a
business office?
A. Yes. No gentleman wears his hat into an office, even where
theer are no women employed. And the best bred men remove their
hats, too, when entering their own offices.
Q. Is it proper for the train bearers in a wedding to carry flowers?
A. ’this would be practically impossible, because it is their duty
to hold up the trailing edge of the bride’s train.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON 1
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1. By what nation was the American flag first saluted?
2. How many square yards are there in one acre?
3. In what part of what continent is open country called the
“veldt”?
4. How many legs has a lobster?
5. Which Book of the Bible narrates the giving of the Ten Com
mandments?
ANSWERS:
1. By FYance, when it was flown by John Paul Jones’ ship “Ranger,”
in Quiberon Bay, France.
2. There are 4,840 square yards.
3. South Africa.
4. Eight.
5. Exodus.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released fay the Weather Bureau
ire as foliows:
Anchorage . 23—Cloudy
Annette Island . 40—Rain
Barrow .!. -33—Snow
Bethel . 32—Cloudy
Cordova . 40—Rain
Dawson . -9—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton ... 11—Clear
Fairbanks . 2—Qloudy
Haines . 22—Snow
Havre . -11—Clear
Juneau Airport . 36—Rain
Kodiak . 36—Cloudy
Kotzebue . -17—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 9—Snow
Nome . 3—Clear
Northway . -4—Cloudy
Petersburg . 39—Rain
Portland . 37—Fog
Prince George . 23—Snow
Seattle ... 31—Clear
Sitka . 45—Rain
Whitehorse .... 18—Partly Cloucty
Yakutat . 37—Rain
BURFORD PURCHASES
CARPENTER PROPERTY
The old Clarence Carpenter pro
perty, on Fourth Street between
Seward and Main Streets, was pur
chased Thursday by Jack B. Bur
ford for an unrevealed amount. The
lot has a 50 foot front on Fourth
Street and is 50 feet in depth.
Burford hopes to erect a new
store building on the property,
"Interested parties may have the
grey concrete blocks in the building
on the property and any salvage
able material for the destruction
of the building," said Burford. He
can be contacted at the Burford
Co., store at 115 Seward Street.
Howard Stabler was the agent |
in the transaction.
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
TO ENTERTAIN MONDAY
The Juneau Classroom Teachers
Association will be hosts to the
teachers of the Douglas schools at
a social meeting next Monday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock in the sewing
room of the Juneau High School
building.
Guests and the hostesses will
hear an account of the White
House Conference on Child Welfare
held in the late fall in Washington,
D. C., by Rev. Roland Armstrong.
Rev. Armstrong was a delegate to
the Conference from Alaska.
WALT HATLIN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Experienced House Wiring
Electrical Marine Repair
Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska
V. F. W.
Ta Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.n».
The Erwin Feed Go.
Office in Case Lot Grocery
Phone 7*4
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
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Beward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
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Fourth me Frankhn Ste.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. XU
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m
Carson A. Lawrenor.
Worshipful Master:
JAMES w. lei vers, secretary.
© B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at ■
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
t- — — ■
Ncose Lodge No. 7QP
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L -FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANBEN
Brownie's Liquor Sion
Phene 1M lit Be. FraaUta
F. O. Bex MM
The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Pharnwlste
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Oggen, Manager
Pfanoa—Musical Inetrmments
and Sappdea
-Phone 289 -Second and gowaad.
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone £(9 Pred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 806 10th BL
PHONE 316—DAT or NIGHT
(or MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Roaoonahlo Bsta
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 666
Thomas Hardware Co.
,t 4*r 1
PAINTS - OUS
Ballder* and SbeV
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriter*
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
“Oar Doorstep Is Worn bp
Satisfied Customer**
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(Authorised Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Molar Co.
Root ot Main street
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JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—art far U by StiMri
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine EnSURs;
MACHINE SfMM?
Marine Hanlwfti*
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Phones 146 and 342
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