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Saturday, September 29, 1951
ALL IN FIFTY YEARS
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the
first motion picture theatre and the twenty-fifth an
niversary of sound pictures.
Celebrating "It's Movietime, U.S.A." with a na
tionwide golden film jubilee, every Hollywood studio
offers this year the greatest continuing lineup of
outstanding films ever released. Throughout the
country »the celebration starts October 1.
The nationwide film jubilee and its consequent
publicity was planned in part to meet the invasion
of television into the movie industry's audience.
Movies in Alaska have no television competition.
Their principal competition is the home, clubs and
meetings that engage the time of movie patrons and
keep them away from showhouses.
Too often an exceptional film will come and go
before a potential patron has had an opportunity to
see it.
The screen gives us a wide choice of the world’s
greatest music, the ageless literature, the merry
antics of a brilliant comedian, the heart-quickening
Inspiration of a biography, news, almost as soon as
it occurs.
The development of movies from the early days
of the "flickers”—and there are those of us who re
member those flickering films of 50 years ago—to the
j superlative sound and color films of today, is diffi
cult to realize.
But the movies are a part of our life today.
After fifty years, we can bet they are here to stay,
with or without television.
Juneau theatres have as their attractions for
the first day of this Movietime, U.S.A., “The Mag
nificent Yankee" at the Capitol and a comedy,
"Rhubarb,” at the 20th Century.
“The Magnificent Yankee" isn't colossal, we are
l told, it is just good. But it is so good that those
who don't see it in the two days of its showing will
| be sorry when the picture is gone. It was chosen
especially to begin the Movietime jubilee.
; And for variety — the ’20th Century's comedy
i is good, too.
Between our two theatres everyone in Juneau
will find movie fare to suit his taste at this beginning
of Movietime, U.S.A.—a golden jubilee.
It may take a 50th anniversary to make us
aware of what the movies mean to us. But we are
sure that everyone appreciates the betetr world that
is ours because of moving pictures.
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“Small” and “Big” Business
iArchbold, Ohio( Buckeye)
If occasionally you are perplexed, trying to
answer some question sent you by a government
bureau, you may be heattened to know that the
National Production Authority has one it cannot
answer.
For six months this group of Washington officials
have been trying to determine what is the fine line
between “big business" and “little business.14
Politicians have been liberal in their unwarranted
abuse heaped upon so-called “big business.” But
these same authorities are in deep wonderment when
it comes to determining what is a "big" and what is
"little" business.
So far their only answer is: a firm with fewer
than 50 employees is small, and one with more than I
2.500 employees is large. Then they add to the con
fusion by revealing one fact that they have determ
ined; one-third of any industry's output comes from
small companies—fiims that take and execute small
. contracts.
It is indeed comforting to the average business
man to know the National Production Authority is
also confused.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
^Continued from Page One)
by influencing his vote on legislation
of interest to you, or getting him
to call up government agencies in
order to secure loans, priorities or
government contracts.
This practice has become so wide
spread* {hat many otherwise fine
Senators and Representatives get
so in hock politically that they can
harijly call their souls their own.
GETTING BIG LOAN
Here is how the system works:
out in Los Angeles, members of the
Harvey Machine Company contrib
ute heavily to the campaign funds
of several Congressmen. Most of the
time they bet their money on De
mocrats, because the Democrats are
in power. But sometimes they also
back Republicans.*In addition, Law
rence Harvey wants to be Demo
cratic National Committeeman from
California, chips in $1,000 at each
of the last two Jackson Day din
ners and serves on the SlOO-a-plate
committee welcoming Truman to
Los Angeles October 8.
Simultaneously the Harvey com
pany wants a big loan to build an
aluminum plant. A lot of wires are
pulled, Congressmen who are re
cipients of campaign contributions
go to bat, and lo and behold, Har
vey comes up with a $46,000,000
loan. There’s a lot more to the
story than that, but one of the
most important features is the way
certain very fine Congressmen have
to become messenger boys for Har
vey largely to pay off a political
debt.
It doesn’t make for clean or effi
cient government.
CHINA LOBBY CONTRIBUTES
Or take another case. When Sen
ator Bridges of Maine last ran for
re-election in New Hampshire, Al
fred Kohlberg, who lives in New
York, not New Hampshire, con
tributed $1,000 to Bridges' campaign.
Kohlberg just happens to be the
key man in the China lobby.
Another Bridges contributor, in
fact his heaviest, also lives a long
way from New Hampshire—in San
Francisco. He is Edward Heller,
whose wife happens to be Demo
cratic National Committeewoman
lor California. Yet Heller, a Demo
crat, contributed $3,000 to help
Senator Bridges, a Republican, stay
in the Senate from New Hampshire.
Significantly, Heller is director of
the Wells Fargo bank of San Fran
cisco, biggest repository of Chinese
Nationalist money. Significant al
so, Bridges, both before and since
his election, has gone out of his
way to defend Chiang kai-Shek
Once as chairman of the Senate
Appropriations committee he even
sent a lobbyist for Chiang’s broth
er-in-law on a propaganda mission
to China, cloaked as Senate repre
sentative—though actually paid by
the Chiang family.
Obligating a Senator has become
so common that long rows of cam
paign contributors from the Dela
ware Du Ponts turn up in South
Dakota, while Texas oilmen sent
several thousand dollars to Mary
land last year to elect GOP Sen
ator Butler.
Labor * Bets Too
On the other hand, John L. Lewis
kicked in half a million dollars on
behalf of the United Mine Workers
to elect Roosevelt in 1936. while
labor all over the nation poured
money into Ohio in 1950 to try to
beat Taft
The tragedy is that under the pre
sent system, money from some
body or other is absolutely neces
sary. You can’t run a political
campaign without it. Billboards cost
about $1,000 each. Radio time can
j run into hundreds of thousands of
| dollars, while TV is going to cost
I even more. Governor Dewey turned
the tide of the New York election
last year in his last 24 hours of
television, thereby setting a pattern
which every important candidate
will have to follow at tremendous
cost and the necessity of passing
the hat for more campaign funds.
Best way to prevent all this prob
ably is to abolish all campaign
funds and have a national kitty put
up by Congress for each party. If
the Democrats and Republicans each
were voted $5,000,000 to be allocat
cated state-by-state on the basis
of population, it would save five
times-five million dollars in the
elimination of graft and favorit
ism.
Note—Biggest and strangest con
tributions by eastern bigwigs betting
on a Senatorial horse were the gifts
that poured into South Dakota
to re-elect the late Sen. Harlan
Bushfield, Republican. Contributions
included $4,000 from Lannnot Du
Pont of Delaware; $2,500 from his
brother, Irenee Du Pont; $2,000
from their' General Motors associate
Alfred P. Sloan; $5,000 from Ailsa
Mellon of the Pittsburgh Mellon
family; $4,000 from Sarah Mellon
Scaife; $6,000 from the Pew family
oi the Sun Oil Co., in Philadelphia
$5,000 from Colonel McCormick of
the Chicago Tribune;. $10,000 from
Mazey Jarmon of the General Shoe
Co., in Tennessee; and $1,000 from
L. W. Mesta of Pittsburgh, cousin
of Perle.
Brownoui
Soon for
Northwest
TACOMA, Sept. 28—1.4’)—A power
saving brownout order expected
from defense electric power adm
inistration next week could cost
Pacific northwest workers and busi
nessmen up to $1,200,000 a day, the
area’s emergency power boss says.
J. H. Gumz, chief of the DEPA’s
utilization and conservation branch,
warned yesterday of the probable
economic losses in a speech before
Tacoma business and industry lead
ers.
Gumz said if the DEPA order,
expected Oct. 2, calls for a 20 per
cent curtailment, approximately 40,
000 of the area’s 215,000 workers
would face layoffs.
ATTENTION MASONS
Called communication of Mt. Ju
neau Lodge No. 147, F. and A.M.
Monday at 7:30 p.m. Masonic
Temple. Work in the M.M. Degree.
BUY YOUR SEASON TICKET
NOW Juneau-Douglas Concert As
sociation. 921-5t
RUMMAGE SALE
Tuesday October 2 at 10 a.m.
Alaska Mission across from Empire.
Community Events
TODAY
At 10 a.m.—4-m uiuo rair in Don
Abel’s building, Willoughby ave.
Continues afternoon and eve
ning.
At noon—Start of annual bazaar
of Wumrr. of Moose, Moose Lodge.
At 8:30 p.m.—Taku Travelers square
dance in Douglas gymnasium.
October 1
At noon—Lions Club meets at Bara
nof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—Creative Writers meet
in KINY studio.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—Juneau-Douglas Concert
Association meets in Elks Audi
torium.
October 2
From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.—City Elec
tion for mayor, councilmen and
magistrate.
At noon—Rotary Club meets in
Baranef Hotel.
At 3:30 p.m.—Third Grade Brownies
meet at Lutheran church.
At 8 p.m.—Officers, chairmen of
Arts, Craft to meet in Museum
to plan for annual .exhibition.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for Adults at Tepn-Age
Club with square dancing.
October 3
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — Annual meeting of
AWVS at Governor’s House. Elec
tion of officers.
October 4
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets, Baranof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in CIO
hall.
BUY YOUR SEASON TICKET
NOW. Juneau-Douglas Concert As
sociation. 921-5t
SEPTEMBER 29
James Morrison
Louise Skinner
J. V. Hickey
Mary Harris
Mrs. Carl Carlson
Ruth Blake
Suellen Whitehead
Betty Johanna Brantner
Katherine Orme
Joan Patton
SEPTEMBER 30
Henry Benson
Mrs. W. M. Whitehead
Merle George
Mrs. F. M. Kardinoff
Terry Don Gallagher
Angus Foss
Hazel McLeod
Wanda Wagner
John Quilico
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4 30 p.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage 39—Cloudy
Annette Island 46—Rain
Barrow . 27—Ice Fog
Bethel 36—Cloudy
Cordova .... 42—Rain
Dawson ... 35—Cloudy
Edmonton 28—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks. 39— Snow
Haines . 42—Rain
Havre.47—Cloudy
Juneau Airport 42—Cloudy
Kodiak .40—Clear
Kotzebue . 33—Cloudy
McGrath . 22—Clear
Nome . 28—Snow
Northway . 30—Snow
Petersburg . 44—Rain
Portland . 58—Rain Showers
Prince George . 39—Cloudy
Seattle . a*—Cloudy
I Sitka . 48—Raiq
Whitehorse . 33—Snoy;
Yakutat . 44—Rain
Hospital Notes
I Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital
'< Friday were David Andrews. Mr s
I Pete Lawson, Mrs. J. Frar*brw^
1 Fred Barragar;! dismissed were .Mrs
j Thomas Simpson and twin gittsj
Mrs. Harrry Scott and baby boy;
Alex Daroff, Andy Gregorich, Mrs.
Louise Kadake and baby girl; Mrs
Irving Krause.
Admitted to the Government Hos
pital Friday was Patricia Albert
I of Juneau. There were no dismissals.
FROM NEW JERSEY
Misses Shirley Herbert and Elmira
Campbell of Belleville, N. J. are
guests at the Baranof Hotel. *
FROM GUSTAVES
Alex and Georgia Johnson ol
Gustavus are at the Baranof Ho
tel.
| TIDE TABLES [
• SEPTEMBER 30
•
• High tide 1:12 a.m., 16.7 ft.
• Low tide 7:18 a.m., 0.1 ft.
• High tide 1:29 p.m„ 17.7 ft.
• Low tide 7:41 p.m., -0.5 ft.
•
• OCTOBER 1
•
• High tide 1:50 a.m., 17.2 ft.
• Low tide 7:50 a.m., 0.1 ft. -
• High tide 1:57 p.m., 18.5 ft.
• Low tide 8:15 p.m., -1.7 ft.
OUT OF THIS WORLD!
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20 YEARS AGO the empire j
SEPTEMBER 29, 1931
1 Two men from Hoonah barely escaped with their lives when a
' whale smashed their gasboat to pieces. The men were John F. Flagg,
1 wfe-eless operator, and Joseph Anderson. They were on a hunting and
' fishing trip' to Glacier Bay and when they sighted the whale, they took
, shots at it. The whale continued to swim towards the boat, and the
,• men jumped into a skiff and rowed to a small island. The whale
i capsized the boat and in lashing around broke the boat into pieces.
| _
Charles R. Settlemeier, former editor and co-owner of the Dawson
News, arrived from Valdez. He reported that gold mines were booming
in the north from Mayo to Fairbanks.
Arriving on the Yukon from Seattle were Mrs. A. H. Campbell and
her daughters, Charlotte, Elizabeth, Catherine, Helen, and Jean.
Mrs. A. Kronquist of Douglas had announced the marriage of her
daughter, Lily, to Mr. Lester W. Smith of Star, Idaho. The couple
expected to remain at Star for a short time and then go to Seattle to
Reside.
-
Paul Bloedhorn returned to Juneau to open a Jewelry store. Bloed
1 horn was in business in Douglas from 1908 to 1917 when he moved to
I Cordova to open a store there.
j Weather: High, 53; low, 47; cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English $.L. cordon :
l-;
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "I read where the governor
is going to visit us.” Say, “I read THAT the governor is going to visit
us.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Inimical. Pronounce in-jm-i-kal, all
I’s as In IT, A as in AT unstressed, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Caress: one R, two S’s.
SYNONYMS: Conscience, cognizant, aware, apprised, informed,
sensible.
| 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:
| CAVIL; to raise captious and frivolous objections. <Pronounce the A
! as in CALF>. "The meeting was a failure, because several of the mem
bers caviled.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE J
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Q. When there is a guest of honor at a house party, isn’t it the
duty of the'hostess to see that all her guests are informally introduced
1 to this person?
A. She would be a very negligent hostess if she failed to do
this.
i Q. What toast could you suggest offering to a guest of honor at
a banquet?
A. "Here’s to our guest of honor. He deserves what he gets, and
1 may he always get what he deserves.”
Q. When a married woman is a doctor, how should she be ad
dressed socially, as Mrs. Williams or as Doctor Williams?
A. Always with her title, Doctor Williams.
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'| LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON
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1. In chess, what piece moves in three different manners according
to circumstances?
2. If you are studying Eucild what are you studying?
3. What does "in loco parentis" mean?
4. What is the difference between a “stogy" and a “stogie”?
5. For what is London’s Fleet Street famous?
ANSWERS:
1. The pawn • it may move two squares forward on its initial
move, one square forward thereafter, and one square diagonally when
taking another piece.
2. Geometry.
3. In place of a parent.
4. A stogy is a coarse boot or shoe; a stogie is a long, slender
cigar.
5. Newspapers.
NOTICE
Bazaar and cafeteria lunch 12 to
2 at Moose lodge room Sept. 29. 3t
ATTENTION!!
Important meeting of all A.P.
of L. cannery workers at A. F. of
L. Hall on Second Street, Saturday
evening at 7:30. Business of inter
est to all cannery workers. 924-2t
RUMMAGE SALE
. Tuesday October 2 at 10 a.m.
Alaska Mission across from Empire.
ATTENTION!!
Important meeting of all A.F.
of L. cannery workers at A. F. of
L. Hall on Second Street, Saturday
evening at 7:30. Business of inter
est to all cannery workers. 924-2t
CLASSES STARTING
Red Cross Nurses Aid Classes
starting this month. Call 434. -tf
BUY YOUR SEASON TICKET
NOW. Juneau-Douglas Concert As
sociation. 921-5t
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16. Merry
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23. Forbid
21. Commotion
25. Pikelike fish
20. Wild animal
23. Draft animal
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32. In force
33. First even
number
34. Plant from
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46. Denial $
49. Body joint *1
50. Variety .>•
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9. Three-toed
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formed with
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13. Lateral
14. Swiss river
[9. Tiled roofing:
20. Prickly seed
covering
21. Gone by
22. Negligent
23. Large hanker
chiefs
24. Swamp
26. Write
27. Swine
29. Mingle
JO. Acknowledge
11. Incline the
head
22. Sack
23. Outdoor game
24. Dapple
15. Citrus fruit
17, Floating
conveyance
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH q
Monday of each-month //A
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m. 'MjMf
Wa. A. Chipperflcld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
' Taka Pos! No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
fhe C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.tu.
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NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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NICHOLSON’S WELDING
SHOP
Tanks and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
P. O. Box 1529-Feero Bldg.
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward 8treel Near. Third
The Charles W. Carter
• Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
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BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
JPmnplete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY NEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
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Free Delivery
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J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 64J Telephone 013
• empire want ads pay •
"The Rexail Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 605 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
(or MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
st Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
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 Molor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for It by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL €M
American Meat — Phone SS
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
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 Store
A. W. BOLAY
as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see;.
'LOVE HAPPY"
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phone 14-YELLOW CAB C0.-Phone 22
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