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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
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Thursday, November 15, 1951
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NEIGHBOR!
Just one hundred years ago this week, Seattle’s
founding fathers landed at Alki Point and set about
the difficult task of establishing a community in the
wilderness.
That winter, 1851, was a cold and stormy one and
the pioneers suffered unusual hardship. Their scant
supplies were soon exhausted anti they were forced to
live on fish and game, without bread, salt, vegetables
or fruit. But they persevered and, before long, had
erected a church and a school.
The tiny settlement prospered and grew. In 1853,
coal was discovered near what is now Renton, but it
was more than fifteen years before rail transportation
could be built to serve the mines. Seattle constructed
its own railroad to Renton, but battled another
seventeen years for a rail connection with Tacoma.
In 1889, fire destroyed the entire business district
and Seattle was faced with the job of rebuilding—
from scratch. Once again, the city raised itself by
the bootstraps to become the leading city of the North
west. The Great Northern Railway came to the city
and Seattle shortly became a major transpacific port.
Business boomed, building continued and Seattle was
on her way to greatness. It is interesting to note
that not a single Seattle bank failed in the great
panic of 1893.
With discovery of gold in the Yukon and Klon
dike fields, Seattle established herself as the gate
way to Alaska and has maintained that position
to this day.
Alaska’s economic development has always been
closely associated with Seattle and the relationship has
been mutually advantageous. Seattle’s wholesalers
have been a dependable source of supply to Alaska
merchants; her shippers have provided regular, sched
uled service (often at a loss*, and her banks have
financed innumerable Alaska business ventures.
Alaska owes much to her good neighbor and we
take pleasure in extending our heartiest good wishes
on her hundredth anniversary.
Iielter Social Security
(Seattle Post-Intelliger)
Canada has adopted an old-age security program
which in almost every respect is superior to ours.
Under the American plan, federal old-age pen
sions are financed by payroll taxes, partly deducted
from wages and salaries.
Only employees who contribute to the fund may
share in its benefits. >
This is discriminatory as among workers.
The payroll-deduction ’plan is impracticable in
some fields,and consequently many employed persons
are excluded from participation.
Moreover, the American plan is basically de
fective.
It ignores the principle that, if old-age insurance
is a governmental obligation, then it is due equally
to all citizens, and the costs should be borne by the
government directly out of its general revenues.
Eesides correcting social injustices, acceptance of
the principle would eliminate a major deficiency
in our system which makes it virtually a swindle.
Our social-security taxes are called a “trust
fund" but are actually spent by the Treasury as cur
rent income.
The “social security fund" receives federal I. O.
U.s which must someday be redeemed by more taxes.
And obviously, the federal government cannot
alter this condition by becoming an investor in
private industry, like insurance companies, w’ithout
soon owning all the industries and socializing the
nation.
The Canadian plan avoids these faults by simply
adhering to the basic principle described.
With some minor safeguards, its benefits will
be payable, beginning next year, to every person
reaching the pension age, without regard to previous
employment or nonemployment.
The only qualification required is old age.
Canada even meets the argument that some old
folk are more needy than others.
For these, ‘old-age assistance" remains available,
in addition to the pension and in the same amount,
but with a “means test” to prevent fraud.
Furthermore, the Canadian system does not in
volve payroll taxes.
Costs are covered out of the existing sales tax,
with small increases in income taxes.
Thus the Canadian program puts itself on a
sound annual “pay-as-you-go" basis at its very start.
If the purpose of social security is to avoid
poorhouses and permanent breadlines for the aged,
the Canadian plan is vastly preferable to ours—and
could easily be adopted in the United States.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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side of that primary. Ike's name
has been entered on both the GOP
and Demo tickets, which makes
Oregon the most significant test
of political strength in the country
—namely, Eisenhower vs. Taft and
Eisenhower vs. Truman.
Inside Washington — Dictator
Franco may be scratching the bar
rel back in Spain, but he seems
to have plenty of dough to spend on
lobbying in Washington. Chief
Franco lobbyist Charles Patrick
Clark sometimes passes out $20 tips
to Mayflower Hotel waiters when
ordering sandwiches and coffee. . .
Down in Texas, they are not feeling
so lush. The City of Houston has
been struggling for some months to
raise $8,510.55 to pay its enter
tainment bill for Douglas MacAr
thur. Glenn McCarthy, the Houston
hotel owner, is even putting the
bite on San Antonio, Ft. Worth
and Austin to help out, while in
Athens, Texas, (noted for peaches,
peas, potatoes, peanuts, pigs, pot
tery, petroleum and phiddling) the
folks auctioned off one can of
blackeyed peas to help Glenn Mc
Carthy. The can sold for $1.93. . .
Chief expense of the MacArthur trip
was a special airplane rented from
Eastern Airlines. . .Taft forces don’t
seem one bit impoverished. They
have retained Julius Klein, who fin
essed the rank of Brigadier General
in the army and the presidency of
the Jewish war veterans, into a luc
rative public relations business.
Klein, also retained by Pan Ameri
can Airways, has been headline
hunting for Taft.
Cuban Thanksgiving—Four days
before our Thanksgiving, the people
of Cuba, for the first time in their
history, will celebrate their own
Thanksgiving Day on November
18. . .While Cuba does not have
over three hundred years of tradi
tion behind their celebration as do
we, the basic idea of Thanksgiving
Day should not be limited to any
one country. For the Pilgrim Fathers
established Thanksgiving Day to
thank God for helping them sur
vive a difficult year in a free world
. . .The Cuban people share our
Democratic birthright, and it is an
important step toward the univer
sality of Thanksgiving that they
should wish to count their bless
ings of free thought and free speech
on a., day set aside for this specific
purpose. . .So this year they start
a tradition that should live for
ever with the freedom-loving people
of the Republic of Cuba.
Louis B. Mayer’s taxes—Every
so often an amendment sneaks into
a tax bill aimed at benefiting or
hitting one individual American.
One was the "Marshall Field Amend
ment,” tucked into the tax bill
during the war to prevent Marshall
Field from taking tax losses oil the
Chicago Sun. Reactionary Cong
ressmen didn't like Field’s liberal
! newspaper, hit back with a tax
amendment banning deductible loss
es of more than $50,000 for five
straight years. . .First man to get
hit by this was rot F’ield, a Demo
crat, but the former Republican
National Committeeman from Cal
ifornia, movie mogul Louis B.
Mayer. His racing stable was in the
red by more than $50,000 and he
got hit with a big tax bill. . .Now
it looks as if Louis B. Mayer has
staged a comeback with a tax am
endment all his own. Latest tax bill
permits a capital gains tax for in
come when a former employee sells
his right to future profits to his
former employer. This fits Mayer,
now retiring from MGM, right down
to the button. The tax bill even
provides that the retiring employee
must have worked for his company
twenty years, with profit rights for
12 years, and be entitled to profit |
right for five years after retirement. |
Few people outside of Louis B.
Mayer, fit this picture. . .(Mayer's
tax lawyer in the past has been as
tute Ellsworth Alvord, close friend
of Senator George of Georgia, who
largely writes the tax bill.)
Kansas-Missouri Floods — The
Trumanites have thrown up their
hands once more regarding Missouri
Valley Authority flood control in
tegrated with public power. . .In
stead, Democratic leaders will en
deavor to get a compromise through ^
the next session of Congress, calling
for a limited system of flood control
dams and some power development i
in the Kansas River basin. This is a |
piecemeal plan recommended by j
grmy engineers who want to get the j
money out of Congress in driblets.
The tragic losses caused by the i
Missouri-Kansas floods last sum
mer could have been used to pass
an over-all flood control-power
plan for the Missouri Valley, but
Secretary of the Interior Oscar
Chapman didn't have the courage
to get out and lead.
Monty and Ike—Field Marshal
Montgomery of Great Britain has
sent a message to General Eisen
hower urging him to continue as
supreme allied commander. Mont
gomery said he had heard Ike plan
ned to quit in February, return to
the United States and run for Pre
sident. Warning that western de
fense would fall apart when Eis
enhower left, Monty tirged that he j
reconsider. . .Eisenhower hasn’t ans- i
wered the message yet but I predict I
he will say no man is indispensable j
. . .Interesting thing about Mont- |
gomery's message is that he was
partly sidetracked by Eisenhower
when the British army failed to
keep up with General Bradley after
the Normandy invasion. Later Eisen
hower gave Monty two of Bradley's
armies during the battle of the
bulge—a move bitterly resented by
Bradley. (Perhaps Monty fears
Bradley might replace Ike in Paris.
French Friction—It wasn’t in the
news cables, but conference-weary
Dean Acheson was called on the
carpet by French Foreign Minister
Schuman in Paris last week and
bawled out because Americans Have'
been encouraging independence
hungry Arab leaders in Morocco. .
The Secretary of State was in no
mood to be bawled out. Increasingly
worried over relations with Russia,
he told the French Foreign Minister
that there were a lot more import
ant things in the world than Mor
occo. . .He also told Schuman, whom
he regards as one of the most far
sighted statesmen in Europe, that
the U. S. did not not intend to back
French Colonial tactics, Suggested
France should worry more about
Russia and less about French pres
tige in Africa and Asia.
i6 Arrive, 5 Leave
On Princess Louise
Arriving on the Princess Louise
Tuesday were 16 passengers with
five embarking for Skagway. The
passenger ship is scheduled south
bound Friday morning at 6 o’clock
sailing for Vancouver at 7 o’clock
This is the last trip of the sea
son for Canadian Pacific passen
ger ships.
Disembarking from Vancouver:
Pauline Gagnon, Frances J. Gahan,
Andy C. Jacobsen, Peter Korolack,
William N. Sherst, Otto Wasshuber,
Laurel A. Woodward, Donald H.
Ashburn, James C. Crockett, Crystal
W. Crockett, Donald E. Gahan, El
sie M. Stodart, Jean M. Stodart,
Hugh A. Stodart, Joseph A. Will
iams, Nora A. Williams.
Embarking for Skagway: C. W.
Stine, R. A. Stine, Miss Beverly At
wood, Miss Bernice Hane, E. W.
Norton.
NOVEMBER 15
Robert H. Burns
Mrs. Sturrock
Albert E. Goetz
R. D. Baker
M. E. Tibbetts
Louella Tucker
Lillian Ynruan
Dorothy Peterson
Florence McIntosh
Joey Thibodeau
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
1 Anchorage . 5—Clear
Barrow . 8—Cloudy
Bethel . Missing
Cordova . 11—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . 12—Clear
Edmonton . 21—Snow
Fairbanks . 3—Cloudy
Haines . 19—Clear
Havre . 27—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 18—Clear
Annette Island . 32—Cloudy
Kodiak . 25—Clear
Kotzebue . 27—Cloudy
McGrath . 19—Snow
Nome . 32—Cloudy
Northway . 28—Clear |
Petersburg . 27—Cloudy j
Portland .. 40—Cloudy j
Prince George 25—Snow !
Seattle . 36—Partly Cloudy I
Whitehorse. 16 -Clear)
Yakutat .. . 16—Partly Cloudy j
Community Events j
TODAY
At 7:00 p.m.—Ail nurses, active or ^
inactive, meet at St. Ann's hos-j
pital.
At 7:30 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
club.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet.
Initiation. j
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re- ■
hearsal at Methodist church.
November 16
At 7 p.m.—Martha Society County
Fair in NLPC basement.
At 8 p.m. — “Swinging Squares'
dance for 7th, 8th and 9th grades
at Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs.
W. B. Converse.
November 17
At 11 a.m.—Brownie Troop No. 3
meets in Legion Dugout not Meth
odist church.
From 1:30 to 5 p.m.—WSCS bazaar
tea in parlors of Methodist church.
At 7:30 p.m.—Rainbow Girls meet
in Scottish Rite Temple, initiation.
At 8 p.m.—Circle Eighters Square
Dance at Parish Hall.
At 9 p.m.—Elks Days of ’98 with
show by Skagway Troupe of Elks.
November 19
At noon—Lions club meets at Bara
nof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—Delta chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi meets in Gold Room at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah drill team prac
tice in IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion meets
at Dugout.
November 20
At noon — Rotary club meets ir
Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Alaska Music Trail con
cert at 20th Century Theatre.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Auxil
iary meets in Dugout.
November 21
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
AT THE GASTINEAU
Gordon D. Kennedy and D. E.
Fluharty of the A. Wilcox Co., ol
Seattle, are registered at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
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“My guets ii ta’fc boring a hole to drain the radiator!” ^
20 YEARS AGO empire
NOVEMBER 15, 1931
With the thermometer below freezing and a strong wind lashing
the city early this morning, a fire started between the walls of the
buildings occupied by Charles Sabin's Clothing Store and Kaufman’s
Cafe, and but for quick and effective work by the fire department
might have developed into a conflagration destructive of the entire
business district.
Damage was confined to merchandise in the Sabin store and to
furnishings in the Sabin apartments above the store, and to wooden
walls of the two buildings. Most of the loss was covered by insurance.
Republican leaders had agreed to sponsor tax increases at the
coming session of Congress, but what form of new or increased rates
w’ould be recommended was not yet knowm.
With six passengers for Juneau and twelve for Skagway, the steam
ship Princess Norah, Capt. W. Q. Palmer and Purser P. A. Hole, was in
port this afternoon, arriving from Vancouver. George M. Simpkins and
W. Niederhauser were among those disembarking here. Mrs. Soldin
and two sons were among those returning to Skagway from vacation
trips in the states.
Juneau’s skating enthusiasts put in a full day on the ponds in
Mendenhall Valley where ice was reported to be sufficiently heavy to
stand up under reasonably heavy strain. Only the smaller bodies of
water were fully coated with ice, the lake in front of the glacier and
Auk Lake being partly open.
Bert Caro was successfully recuperating from surgery at St. Ann’s
Hospital.
Weather: High, 32; low, 23; clear.
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Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It was saturated by
water." Say, “saturated WITH water.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Corroborate. Pronounce second O as
in ROB, not as in ROBE, and accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Psychic, though pronounced SIGH-KICK.
SYNONYMS: Wealth, money, riches, possessions, property, means,
fortune, assets, opulence, abundance, substance.
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:
FELONIOUS: malicious; villainous; traitorous. “Was this done with
felonious intent? J
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE |
Q. When a woman stops at a restaurant table to exchange a few
words with another woman who is dining with some friends, is it neces
sary for that woman to introduce her friends to the newcomer?
A. No, an introduction is not necessary.
Q. When someone telephones a member of the family who is
absent, should one ask who it is?
A. If the caller has not identified himself, rather than ask, "Whc
is this?” it is much better to ask, “May I tell him who called,” or
“Would you care to leave your number?”
Q. When does one take the napkin off the table and put it on one'r
lap?
A. As scon as one is seated.
j LOOK and LEARN a! C. GORDON ]
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1. How long did the cavalaryruen hold out against the Indians ir.
Custer’s famous Last Stand?
2. What is the name for the soft, fatty substance enclosed in
bones?
3 .Which state gained the most in population during the past 10
years?
4. About what is the maximum weight of an elephant?
5. What is an “expurgated" edition of a book?
ANSWERS:
1. Attacked by a far superior force, all the cavalrymen, including
their leader, Gen. George A. Custer, were dead within 40 minutes.
2. Marrow.
3. California.
4. About 10 tons. ‘
5. A book which has had objectionable passages removed.
BOBERG RETURNS
Alfred Boberg, engineer with the
Alaska Public Works, returned Mon
day from a month’s trip to Chicago.
tie drove across country ahead
of the recent storms throughout the
west. At Yakima, Wash., Boberg
stopped at the New Chinook Hotel
being managed by William Hughes,
former manager of the Baranof
Hotel.
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BROWNIE TROOP MEETS
Brownie Troop No. 14 had its re
gular meeting Tuesday after school
in the Lutheran Church. We were
busy cutting and pasting for our
hospital booklets and we also work
ed on weaving pot holders. Those
who had finished their holders took
them home to surprise their mother:
with their handiwork.
Linda Calahan, Kathleen Feather
stone, Reporters.
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ACROSS
L Keep
5. South Ameri
can rodent
9. Health resort
12. Arrow poison
13. Frank
14. Nervous
twitching
15. Group of
players
16. May-apple
18. Employers
20. God of war
21. Centers
24. One
26. Entertain
27. Fried cake
30. Suitable
81. Suitor
33. Anger
34. Garden tools
3G. Medicinal
plant
35. Constructed
39. Account book
40. Precious stone
42. Degrade
44. Boatman
46. Nostril
60. Self
61. Giving no milk
*62. Brain passage
53. Lair
64. Conclusions
55. Grant
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Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
1. Strike
2. Undivided
3. Meadow
4. Offers ob
jections
B. Fleshy fruits
6. Three-handed
armadillo
7. Adverse
criticism
8. Also
9. Rousing sud
den surprlss
10. Slender fish
11. High cards
17. Bar of wood
or Iron
19. Boiled slowly
21. Handle
22. Turkish official
23. Self-acting
mechanism
25. Nourishes
27. Kind of lettucs
28. Sea eagle
29. Back
32. Soft ointment
35. Mark of
flogging
37. Heavenly v .
39. Disembarks
40. Was under
obligation
41. Male attendant
43. Bare
45. Cereal grass
47. Consumed
48. Color
49- Before
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
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Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
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NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Sfore
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2390
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LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third j
The Charles W. Carfer !
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin 8t«. i
PHONE 138 !
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
FBED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
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FOR BETTER MEATB
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J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box SO Telephone 019
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"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianoe—Musical Instrument#
and SuppUes
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale BOS 10th St.
PHONE 21B—DAY 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
PAINTS -0118
Bonders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
BOLD and SERVICED by j
J. B. Surford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn liy
Satisfied Customer."
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealer?)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jonean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for It by name
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Juneau Dairies, Inc. j
HOME GROCERY 'i
Phones 146 and 342
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Home Liquor Store—Tel. 6M
I American Meat — Phone IS
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To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Lanndry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Stan
J. RAY
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