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Tuesday, February 27. 1951
GOLD MEDAL BASKEBALL
fOlRN AMENT
■ r successful Gold Medal Basketball
T . ended and the Lions, sponsors of the
e-.. . given praise for their efforts. The
, ; l.ave only gqpd words, not only for the
setup r.nd the work of the referees but also in the
hr s;;i, .lfv displayed by Juneauites. The attendance |
at tin : nrv was good and the fans were given the
worth for their money.
The nc::t big event in basketball circles will be the
game this w< k between the Juneau High School
cagers and the Ketchikan High School team for the
championship of Southeast Alaska the winner to meet
the champions of Western Alaska, the Anchorage
High School.
Then, not related to basketball, will be the Music
Festival at Ketchikan during April which will be a
big event, especially as far as Juneau is concerned for
the High School Band and chorus groups will make
the trip to Ketchikan. This will involve quite a sum
for transportation but Juneau will raise it and later
The Empire will give its unqualified approval for this
important feature of school life.
THE ARGUS TELLS THEM
With out national debt mounting and the national
budget, bigger than ever, with taxes rising until many
of us are forced to borrow money to pay our tax bills,
we can't but read with interest the tirade in Seattle’s
The Argus for February 17.
However, we frankly find ourselves in the position
of the Congressmen whom The Argus berates. We
hesitate to reprint the Argus editorial.
We in Alaska have learned, like the Congressmen
who "have lost their guts," that it is dangerous to
earn the displeasure of those who control the purse
strings.
Btu since we believe that The Argus editorial rep
resents a growing public opinion, it is published here
with under the following captipn:
HAS CONGRESS SURRENDERED?
Probably ninety per cent of the Senators and Rep
resentatives, both Democrats and Republicans, have
more manhood, ability and loyalty to their country
than the President or any members of his Cabinet.
Then why do they seem to tremble at his feet?
Is it a sell-out for patronage? Has it become a
matter or habit to take orders from the White House?
Or have our Congressmen just plain lost their guts?
One of the very basic facts of democracy is that
the control of the purse-strings should be in the
hands of the representatives of all the people, not
in the hands of any one man or little clique of men
The only way that democracy can possibly exist is
by fighting aictatorshio whenever it sticks its head
up. And the only way dictatorship can get control is
by manipulating public money, by bribing this or
that group of voters with money extorted from the
other groups (in the end they ALL pay the bribe
money themselves?. One of the principal ways that
politicians get away with this type of bribery is to
use part of the public’s money to lie to the public by
peddling false and misleading propaganda.
Congressmen don't need to fall for this stuff. The
people of this country have lost all confidence in
Truman and his K. C. gang. As a matter of fact the
public is jumps ahead of Congress in its demand to
stoo government squandering and bungling. The most
popular thing Congressmen could do for themselves
would be to slice Truman’s budget right IN TWO for
everything except defense. Cut the civilian payroll
in two and let these fellows with their soft snaps at
Washington put on uniforms and go to the front or
get out and work for a living. Put a provision in
every appropriation bill making it a crime to use any^
public money for any domestic propaganda..
Even make it a crime for both staff and field
military officers to waste public money or show in
competence. It. sounds to us as if people were falling
for sly communistic propaganda when they repeat
the falsehood that you have to have waste and in
competence in military matters. Neither under Roose
velt or Truman was it considered an offense for a
military man to be responsible for his incompetence
even though it might cost the lives of thousands of
our boys at the front. No other nation tolerates such
things.
■ It is time Congress wokc-uo and showed some guts.
Cut the appropriations until it hurts every buieau
crat in Washington. It WON'T hurt the public.
fhe Washington j
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued"' ffnm Page One)
that have to get by tough Moscow
cen ! . These stories have repor
ted that the Kremlin was "de
lighted" to receive "encouraging
responses” to its recent diplomatic
note;. Washington experts reason
that the e stories would be killed
by p "itburo censors unless the
Kremlin intended to convey a mes
sage to the U. S. through them.
Note 1—The U. S. wants the
meeting held in Washington for
world prestige and domestic polit
ical reasons.
Helping Small Business
Thcitening jail for five per
center;, mobilization boss Charles
Wilson promised congressional
watchdogs the other day that he
would establish a small business
office to circumvent influence
peddle: and help small firms gei
government contracts.
He made the offer behind closed
doors of the joint congressional
committee on defense production,
at the suggestion of chairman
Burnet Maybank of South Caro
lina.
"I hate to see five or ten' per
center; around," snorted Maybank.
“You should do something so that
a man can come to Washington tc
find out what is what witTiout
paying -ome fellow' 52,000 or $3,000.
"If I find that, the two of therr
will ;■ i to jail,” warned Wilst/i.
He agreed to organize a small
busine. office "That will be com
plete o give all help and inform
ation that fce know how to give tc
aid email business.”
This was a relief to Senator
Capehart, Indiana Republican,
who complained that "Small-busi
ness men are worrying every con
gressman and senator to death
with telephone calls and letters
asking how do we get business."
“Senator, I have thousands ol
letter .” sympathized the mobiliza
tion boss. “The first week I was
down here, I had 20,000 letters. 1
think the problem is very press
ing.”
Galley 2 Wash Merrygoround HK
Here are other important high
lights of Wilson’s clo ed-door ses
sion with the congressional watch
dogs:
1. Wilson warned against over
expansion of industry. "We have
got to strike a balance on the pro
gram for increased facilities, par
ticularly in such things as steel
and aluminum,” he declared, "Be
cause if we just go willy-nilly and
permit expansion beyond a cer
tain point, we will handicap our
selves in the production program
for military items.”
Advocates Trailers
2 . ison advocated trailers in
I
stead of temporary housing to
house workers in defense areas. I
would hate to see the taxpayers'
money wasted in building short
term houses, because it would be a
complete waste,” he warned.
3. Wilson was not worried about
the copper shortage. "I do not
think the copper shortage is quite
as serious as it has been made out
to be. But we could use more cop
per," he said. "In my judgment,
you can get more copper if you will
take the two-cent duty off copper
that comes from Chile and other
places.”
4. Wilson agreed to oranize a
committee on science and develop
ment to develop new production
methods, such as manufacturing
aluminum from clay.
"In the next three years—and j
this is the fundamental philosophy j
in my office—we must really make |
America mighty from a military |
standpoiint and at the same time I
keep a sound economy in the coun- i
try." declared the defense mobilizer. j
Then he added firmly: “I believe it i
can be done.”
Washington Pipeline
Presidential Assistant John Steel
man may try to defy a senate sub
poena. He spurned an invitation
from Ray Murdock, chief counsel
for the senate labor-management
subcommittee, to testify at the rail
road hearing. When Murdock
warned that a subpoena- might be
used, Steelman replied loftily:
“When I act, it is the same as the
president.” .... committee mem
bers are at odds over prolonging
the senate hearing into “influence
and favoritism” in the reconstruc
tion finance corporation. Subcom
mittee chairman Fulbright of Ar
kansas is satisfied with president
Truman’s plan to reorganize the
RFC and is willing to wind up the
hearings. However, the Republi
cans, led by Senator Capehart of
Indiana, hope to drag out the hear
ings another three months . . . .
meanwhile, Fulbright has sounded
' i>ut the President again on appoint
ing Marriner Eceles of the federal
reserve board as the new RFC boss.
Truman Is sour on Eccles, has al
ready turned down one Fulbright
feeler. However. Fulbright has tried
again, pointing out this would be
a good way for the President to re
move Eocles from the federal re
serve board.mobilization boss
Charles Wilson will not return to
General, Electric after the war. He
has told senators that he is through
with industry .... the armr*.as
secretly tested a new, 58-ton super
tank, which will beat anything the
Russians have. Can't go into de
tails, but we’ve just okayed a $99,
000,000 order .... There’s been a
contest in Washington for the best
song about the nation’s capital. One
entry is titled: ‘Deep in the Heart
of Taxes.”
School Chaff
The nation faces a critical short
age of public-school teachers next
fall, because of increased student
enrollments and the fact that many
low-paid teachers will seek jobs in
defense plants, where they can
double their salaries .... school
superintendents report they are
having difficulty getting teachers to
renew one-year contracts expiring
in June—something congress should
start thinking obout.
TRAVELING LIBRARY
WiLL BE DEDICATED
AT ROTARY TONIGHT
Dedication of a circulating li
brary for Southeast Alaska will take
place tonight at 7:30 in the Gold
Room at the Baranof hotel. The
library is a gift of the Sears, Roe
buck Foundation to the Rotary clubs
of Juneau and Ketchikan which
have sponsored the project which
wyi serve 20 small communities.
Presentation wi'l be made by
Stewart W. Pettigrew from Los An
geles and Edward Cameron of Seat
tle, both with the Sears Founda
tion. B. Frank Heintzleman, direc
tor of the project, will be chairman.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sherman of
Ketchikan were scheduled to arrive
today. Sherman is vice president of
the Ketchikan Rotary Club.
The dinner meeting tonight took
the place of the regular noon meet
ing today.
[ggisygHBl
February 27
Myrtle Turner
Lee Nance
George J. Williams
Alaska Nowicka
Ellen Strand
Arne Lund
Elmer Lachance .
Carl A. Bloomquist
John Danielson
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m. — Rotary Club dinner
dedicating Sears Roebuck Co.
Foundation Circulating Library,
in Gold Room, Btiranof.
At 7:30 p.m. — Cub Scout Pack No.
309 meets at Methodist church.
At 8 p.m. — CDA meets in Parish
hall.
At 8 p.m. — Oddfellows meet in
IOOF hall.
At 7:80 p.m. — Advanced First Aid
Class meets in sewing room at
high school.
At 8:45 p.m. — Community Center
Night for adults in Teen-Age club
with square dancing.
February 28
it noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m. — Chapeladies will
meet at home of Mrs. Harry Ar
nold on Fritz Cove Road.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah lodge meets
in IOOF hall.
At 8 p.m. — Elks lodge.
At 8 p.m. — AVSCS meets at home
of Mrs. Jack Popcjoy, 620 Seatter
Tract.
• March 1
At neon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Juneau Botanical club
to hold Wild Flower slide show
at IOOF hall.
At 8:45 p.m. — Juneau Singers re
herrsal in Methodist church.
March 2
At 1:30 p.m. — Martha Society
meets in N.L.P. church manse.
At 8 p.m. -• Concert by Frances
Paul and Lois Reedy at Northern
Light Presbyterian church.
At 8 p. m. — Shrine Club regular
meeting. Joe Alter will talk on
recent trip through Scandinavian
countries.
March /
At noon — Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
March 6
At noon — Roiary Club, Baranof.
PARKER TO ANCHORAGE
ON m TICKET AWARD
Charles L. Parker, recently awar
ded a round trip ticket to Anchor
age by Art Woodley, president of
Pacific Northern Airlines, left Mon
day on hi.s well-earned trip. Parker
was awarded the ticket for use of
his emergency landing field at
Gustavus by the airline.
He has spent most of his life in
Alaska and the Canadian north
wed. Parker is credited with being
the youngest stampeder to travel
over the Chilkoot Trail. He was
11 months old in July, 1898 when
his parents took him and his two
sisters over the trail from Dyea to
Lake Linderman on the Canadian
side of the Chilkoot Pass. On this
lake, Parker’s father operated a
half-way house.
Parker has done extensive pros
pecting in Alaska and in 1933 dis
covered a rich silver-lead deposit in
the Glacier Bay area. This prop
erty may be developed this year
by a Canadian mining company.
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
MmilUB
ACROSS
1. Rap lightly
4. Snow runner
V. Broad piece of
cloth
12. Foolish
14. Vacillate
15. Thoughtfully
17. Him
18. Words used In
college cheers
19. Feminine
pronoun
22. Therefore
24. Note of the scale
25. Stupid person
28. Esteem greatly
30. Sun god of
Egypt
S2. Boundary
34. Incompetently
37. Spanish
gambling
game
38. Toward
3D. Shriek
10. The bitter vetch
41. Former
President’s
nickname
43. Alternative
45. Cereal grass
46. Happy
48. Raise
50. Condition of
going from
bad to worse
57. Pertaining to of
58. Dresses
59. Free from
writing
60. Manner
61. Roman bronze
DOWN
1. Nervous
twitching
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
2 Bustle
S. Metal fastener
4 Pens for swine
5. Young goat
ti. Freezer
7. Language of the
Mohamme
dans of
Zanzibar
8. Head coverings
9. First woman
10. Elongated fish
11. Test
13. Ru slan town
10. Male sheep
19. Viscous mud
20. Esteem
21. Smooths
23. Crude metal
25. Mohan,medun
noble
26. Foolish
27. Mode
29. Newt
31. Division of a
Rlay
33. Clim 1 >iri* vine
35. Cushionlike
projection on
a hotse's hoof
31 Also
12. Shred
11. Covered with
rust
16. Smile
47. full
49. Creek letter
50. Steal
31. Addition to a
building
32. Beverage
33. The Ci.-.-k E
31. Man's name
o5. Five-dollar bill:
colloq.
56. Feminine sulflx
20 YEARS AGO empire
FEBRUARY 27, 1S31
To Ketchikan went the basketball championship of Southeast Alaska,
By a score of 21 to 14, her high school team defeated the Douglas High
School quintet in the Douglas Natatorium the previous evening, for the
second consecutive time. According to tournament arrangcemnts, the
title was awarded to the winner of two games in a possible series of
three. The first game was won by Ketchikan by a score of 38 to 16.
Players on the Ketchikan team were A. Smith, G. Northrup, P. Gil
more, S. Oaksmith, R. Peratrovich, J. Gilmore, R. Leseka. Tire Douglas
team was comprised of A. Gair, Ross Fox, H. Lundell, T. Niemi, A. Wilosn,
J. Edwards and E. Guerin.
Just to demonstrate that the two previous victories were not acci
dental the Ketchikan team played Douglas again this night and won
by a score of 20 to 13.
Members of the Tenth Session of the Alaska Legislature to convene
in Juneau March 2, were gathering in the capital city. A caucus of the
House members, without regard for party affilations, had been tentatively
set for the following day, February 28, to work out an organization
program.
A Fine Arts Program was gicen this night in the grade school audi
torium under the auspices of the Juneau Woman's Club. Singing in the
Girls’ Sextette under the direction of Mrs. Leo Osterman were Edna
Riendeau, Dorothy Bakke, Muriel Jarman, Matilda Holst, Masie Rogers,
Eleanor Irvine; piano sola, Jean Dempster; baritone solo, Ted Keaton;
readings, Muriel Jarman; vocal duets, Crystal Snow Jenne and Ann
Ellis; instrumental trio, Klondv Dufresne, violin, Mamie Sperling, piano
and Stella Jones, cello; baritone solo, Sam Ritter; interpretive dance,
Lenore Anderson.
James A. Barragar, Jr„ returned on the Northland after a two
months’ vacation trip in California and other points on the Pacific
Coast. Among other passengers on the Northland were Mrs L. S. Bots
ford, Miss Blanche Nelson, Dr. G. A. Doelker, R. S. Bra^aw, L. H.
Kubley, Mr. and Mrs. H. Donnelly.
Weather: High, 40; low, 31; snow.
Daisy Lessons in English w. l. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The twin sisters both
dres alike.” Omit BOTH.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Theologian. Pronounce the second
O as in LOW, not as in LOG, and accent Ihird syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Mien (demeanor!. Mean (ignoble)..
SYNONYMS: Difference, discrepancy, discriminate, disparity, dis
similarity, diversity, contrast, unlikeness, variation.
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:
VERDANT; covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh. "Every
one looks forward to the verdant springtime.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. When a girl is marrying a very wealthy man, and her family
an elaborate wedding, then she should have a very simple, informal one.
for the wedding?
A. No. If the bride's family, or the bride herself, cannot afford
an elaborate weddin, then she should have a very simple, informal one.
Q. Is it a matter of etiquette for a new father to give out cigars
and candy to his friends?
A. This is not required by any rules of etiquette. It is just an old
and widespread American custom.
Q. What should a hostess say when a dinner guest tells her how
much he enjoyed the evening
A. “I am very happy that you could come, and I hope we shall
see you again soon.”
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON
1.. In what State is the greater part of Yellowstone National
Park?
2. To what race do the Japanese and Chinese belong?
3. What Biblical figure has often been spoken of as “the beloved
physician”?
4. What is an animal that has no backbone called?
5. Who is author of the phrase^ “Hitch your wagon to a star”?
ANSWERS:
1. Wyoming.
2. Mongolian.
3. Luke.
4. An “invertebrate.”
5. Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coasst, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 8—Clear
Annette Island . 34—Cloudy
Barrow . -15—Drifting S'now
Bethel . 8—Cloudy
Cordova . 27—Snow
Dawson . -1—Snow
Edmonton . 0—Snow
Fairbanks . -3—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 17—Snow
Havre . 1—Clear
Juneau Airport . 29—Snow
Kodiak . 25—Clear
Kotzebue . -14—Snow
McGrath . 12—Cloudy
Nome . -22—Clear
Northway . 9—Snow
Petersburg . 26—Cloudy
Portland . 32—Clear
Prince George . -14—Clear
Seattle . 28—Clear
Sitka .. 35—Cloudy
Whitehorse .t. 13—Cloudy
Yakutat .. 32—Snow
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STEEL IS FREIGHTED
OVER HIGHWAYS FOR
FORTY-MILE BRIDGE
Freighting of the steel for con- i
struct ion of a 300 foot bridge over I
the Forty Mile River about 106
miles out on the Tetlin Junction
Eagle River road has started by
truck carrier over Alaska’s high
ways from the Glenn Allen, it was
learned from William Niemi, Alaska
Road Commission chief of Opera
tions Divisions, who returned to
'Juneau over the weekend from a
trip of inspection of road main
tenance in the Anchorge-Glenn
Allen districts. Niemi discussed op
erations for the coming season
with district engineers and their
staffs.
The structural steel to be used
I in building the bridge to span
the Forty Mile river was taken
from the old Matanuska River
bridge, built in 1930 and recently
replaced with a more modern |
structure.
Niemi said that winter road
work is in fine shape' at the west- ’
ward and the preliminary prepar
ations for the season’s work are
progressing normally.
In Anchorage, Niemi said, the
Fur Rendezvous is going at a great
rate and crowds are enjoying the
annual event. The basketball tourn
ament was the main big attraction.
PETERSBURG PARTY
Members of thePetersburg bas
ketball team and fans were guests
of Ed Locken at a dinner at Mike’s
Saturday night.
V. F. W.
Taku Pcs! 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
IPhone 7t4
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Monday of each month
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beginning at 7:30 p. m.
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B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
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Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
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Governor—
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