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Wednesday, December 12, 1951 .
WORK TAX HELD VOID
We applaud the recent decision of Superior Court
Judge Henry Clay Agnew of Seattle, who, sitting at
Bellingham, Washington, held that the Bellingham
work tax was unconstitutional.
The tax grab, said to be the first attempt in the
United States to tax a person's right to work, provided
that all wage earners pay an annual fee of $1.00 for j
the privilege of working in Bellingham plus a so
called “license tax" of one tenth of one per cent of
their wages.
Judge Agnew said that the ordinance was in |
violation of the Washington State constitution be
cause it was not equally assessed against all income.
He asserted that the tax was actually an income tax,
rather than an excise levy. He pointed out that the
state constitution forbids any graduated income tax.
Had it become necessary, the jurist continued, he
would have probably ruled against the ordinance as a
basic infringement of man’s rights likening it to a
tax upon a man’s right to breathe.
"It is my personal opinion," Judge Agnew said
in his decision, "that this tax requiring a man to
buy a license to work would be enforceable only in a
police state."
Judge Agnew has earned the gratitide of wage
earners and taxpayers everywhere. In a day of "Big
Government” vs. the taxpayer, far too many abuses
of power are perpetrated upon a poorly represented
public by the social planners. Although the action
concerned only a city ordinance, the legal and moral
principles redefined by the judge are of vital import
to every citizen of the United States and its Terri
tories and possesssions.
DO PEOPLE READ THE BIBLE?
An inquisitive man, in another State, recently
wondered how many “ordinary people" read the Bible
nowadays and he nftdc something of an investigation
among a variety of types.
While he found some exceptions, he discovered
that many of the people he interviewed had “not
seen a Bible for fifteen years”
This is an astounding report, concerning the
wonderful compilation of books, which we call the
Bible, and which, it is generally believed, has affected
the destiny of mankind more than any other literature
efer produced.
Whether the observation applies to Juneau or
not, we do not know, but we sincerely hope that the
people of this city have not become so blase as to
pass up the opportunity of enjoying the great spiritual
truths that the Bible presents to men.
loo many persons, we presume, approach the
Bible as a solution of their material troubles and
the remedy for their physical ills. They seek to
discover the answer to mundane issues and overlook
the values that abound in the development of indi
vidual personality. ’
Certainly, we would not attempt to interpret the
Bible for other people but we make no apology for
suggesting that it presents mankind with a philosophy
that will endure through the ages. Its lessons, even
understood in part, are immortal and the man or
woman who imbibes the great teachings will serve
the present world and, as we conclude, develop a
spiritual force that will not die.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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more and more industrialized, with
U. S. Steel putting up the biggest
steel plant in the world on the
banks of the Delaware River in
the back yard of GOP boss Joe
Grundy. On top of this Philadel
phia for the first time since 1884
has gone completely Democratic.
That's why long-range GOP lead
ers doubt if a reactionary Repub
lican nominee would have the
slightest chance of carrying the
state next year.
3. California, now the second most
populous state in the Union, went
for Truman in 1948—even with
Governor Warren on the ticket for
Vice President.
Thus the three largest states, re- ■
presenting about one-fifth of the j
voting population may well go Dem
ocratic in 1952. This with the solid ;
south and a few other states would |
about clinch a Democratic victory. '
Note—In order to influence the
party leaders toward picking the
best Republican candidate, mail a
postcard to the Merry-Go-Round
Poll, Box 1952, Washington 13, D. C.,
and give your opinion as to who
the nominee should be. Remember,
while the people elect, they do not
always nominate. However, party
leaders are susceptible* to public
opinion.
WHITEWASHING THE KING
Congressman Cecil King's com
mittee investigating income tax in
fluence is doing an A-l job—except
when it comes to investigating its
own chairman.
No one really expected the com
mittee's crack investigators to find
their own boss guilty of influencing
tax cases: However, if they had
dug into King’s activities half as i
relentlessly as they have rooted
out other tax scandals, they would
have come up with some eye-open- I
ers.
King is one of the ablest members
of Congress, but believing his own
case deserves the same close scrut
iny as the cases he is investigating,
this column has conitnued where
his investigators left off.
The committee held three' days
of whirlwind hearings, all safely
behind closed doors, then issued a
public statement whitewashing King.
No evidence had been found, the
statement assured, that King had
intervened in a tax investigation
of Thomas A Gregory, his old
friend in Long Beach, Calif. I
However, this column has un
earthed some documents, which the :
King committee conveniently over- j
looked. These documents not only
indicate that King brought pressure
on the Justice Department in Gre
gory's behalf, but also fought to
keep a loophole in the tax law for
the entire nation—all at Gregory's
urging.
Gregory is president of the “Long
Beach Savings and Loan Associa
tion, long sunder fire by the Fed
eral Home Loan Bank Board and
the Justice Department The Board
has made the following serious
charges against Gregory:
1. That he made fantastic loans
to firms in which he was financially
interested:
2. That he used depositors’ funds
to get gambling concessions in Mex
ico;
3. That he diverted GI loans from
the construction of Veterans’ homes
to financing a project in which he
had a personal interest;
4. That he set up 21,000 one-dol
lar accounts in the Long Beach
Savings and Loan for voting pur
poses to perpetuate himself in con
trols.
The Home Loan Bank Board also
reported alleged tax irregularities,
involving • Gregory, to the Internal
Revenue Bureau, which began an
investigation in 1946.
WIIAT KING OVERLOOKED
The record—which Congressman
King overlooked—shows that he im
mediately went to bat for Gregory.
After a drawn-out, four-year legal
battle, the Congressman from Cal
ifornia brought pressure on the
Justice Department to compromise.
Gregory, himself, admitted under
oath that the compromise should
include canceling all government
charges against him, both civil
and criminal. This, of course, would
have ended the tax case against
him.
King’s part in the compromise
is revealed in a confidential memo
to Attorney General McGrath from
Assistant . Attorney General H. G.
Morison. Dated May 5, 1950, the
memo reports: “Mr. Clapp and Mr.
MacGuineas (of the Justice De
partment) appeared befofe Cong
ressman Dawson, chairman of the
House Committee on Executive Ex
penditures, at his request on May
4. Congressman King and Holifield
of California were also present. . .
Congressman King stated that he
had an offer of compromise (in the
Gregory litigation) which he had
teen trying to bring to you for
several days but had been unable
to see you. He suggested that Mr.
Clapp take the offer and transmit it
to you.”
In other words, Congressman
King used a Congressional commit
tee to bring pressure on the Justice
Department on behalf of his friend
Gregory.
This is the kind of influence
which he criticized on the part of
ohters, but which he covered up
when done by himself. And being
a Congressman with tb* powea
to place matters before a Congress
ional committee, his degree of in
fluence was much greater than that
of the average citizen.
JWC CHRISTMAS BASKET
The Juneau Woman’s Club Christ
mas basket is at Bert’s Grocery,
member, are reminded, and all
donations should be left there in
ample time for the distribution, ex
cept perishables. This plan is in
cooperation with the community
program for the needy which is be
ing followed this year.
The traditional Christmas “sing”
will be held at 4 o’clock Saturday,
December 22, at Seward and Front
Street, with William Reedy as
leader. Song sheets will be fur
nished by the club and the com
munity is invited to join in the
carol singing. As usual, the ' large
Christmas tree will be set up by
the city, and will form the back
ground for the club’s annual pre
Christmas celebration.
WSC MEETS FRIDAY
Mrs. Eugene Norton and Mrs. R.
R. Armstrong will be hostesses to
the World Service Circle of the
Northern Light Presbyterian church
at 1:30 p.m., Friday in the church
parlors.
FROM SKAGWAY
Morgan Reed of Skagway is a
guest at the Baranof Hotel.
Territorial Sportsmen
Choose A. W. Boddy
President tor 1952
A. W. Boddy was elected presi
dent of the Territorial Sportsmen,
Inc,, at a meeting of the board of
directors last night. Art Skinner
was chosen vice president and Kay
J. Kennedy was appointed record
ing secretary.
It was decided to meet with offi
cials of the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice next Tuesday evening to deter
mine which of contemplated pro
jects may be carried on by the
organization. Following that meet
ing a date for a "gripe session” will
be set. Meantime any member of
the organization who wishes to
make suggestions may leave them
in writing with Skinner at Skin
ner's Gun Shop.
An invitation to the president
from the Stikine Sportsmen’s Asso
ciation's annual game dinner De
cember 16 was read and it was voted
to send Boddy. _ »
i There was a discussion regarding
the revision of the by laws and the
deer situation in Southeast Alaska.
Boddy was authorized to purchase
an automobile as the first award
in the 1952 Golden North Salmon
Derby.
CIVIL ENGINEERS
ELECT OFFICERS
W. K. Boyd, materials engineer
with the Bureau of Public Roads,
was elected president of the Juneau
subsection of the Alaska chapter of
the American Society of Civil Engi
neers at a meeting Tuesday night at
the Baranof.
Amos J. Alter, director of the di
vision of sanitation engineering
with the Alaska Department of
Health, was elected vice-president.
L. D. Rainey, engineer with the
Alaska Road Commissioner, was
elected secretary-treasurer,
A slate of officers for the Alaska
section of the society was approved.
These officers will later be voted
on by members of the various sub
sections.
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY •
DECEMBER 12
• Mitchell Dabo
• Mrs. A. J. Goodman
• Mrs. William Paul
• Rosie Meier
o O. G. Culberhouse
• Mildred Elins
• Eric Herring
» Lorene Elizabeth Shaw
• Margaret Mercado
• Harriet Meriweather
» Esther Miller
Community Events.
TODAY
At 7:30 p.m.— Scottish Rite degree
work. 10th to 13th degrees.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m—Alaska Potters meet in
club rooms.
At 8 p.m.—VFW Auxiliary meets at
home of Elsie Brunette, 229
Franklin.
At 8 p.m.—Rebekah Lodge meets in
IOOF hall.
December 13
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
1 At 0 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters meet
in Gold Room, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Emblem Club, regular
meeting in Elks Lodge rooms.
At 8 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid
Society meets in church social
rooms.
At 8 p.m.—Taku Post, VFW meets
in Jeep Club.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal in high school , music
room, Sixth Street entrance.
December 14
At 1:30 p.m.—World Service Circle
meets in NLP church parlors, j
At G:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite dinner!
followed by regular meeting and
conferring 14th degree.
At 8 p.m.—Swinging Squares dance
for 7th, 8th and 9th grades at
Parish Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Moose lodge meets. :
December 15
At 3:30 p.m.—Juneau Singers dress'
rehearsal at 20th Century The
atre.
At 8:30 p.m—Circle Eight Square;
Dancers meet in Parish Hall.
December 16
At 2:30 p.m.—Christmas concert by
Juneau Singers at 20th Century
Theatre.
At 7:30 p.m.—NLP church Sunday
School program.
December 17
At noon—Lions Club meets in, Bar
anof Hotel, Children’s Christmas
party.
At 7 p.m.—Badminton club meets
in high school gym.
At 7 p.m.—BPVV meets at home of
Dr. Reitlinger, Christmas party.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grand’s Christmas party at home
of Mrs. Fred Schindler. ^
December 18
At noon— Rotary club meets at
Baranof.
At 8:45 p.m.—Community Night for
Adults at Teen Age Club with
square dancing.
December 19
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets ai
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Christmas operetta “The
Shepherd’s Christmas” by com
bined youth choirs at Methodist
church. '
December 22
At 4 p.m —Public Christmas “Sing’
at tree at Seward and Front.
DEMOLAYS TO MEET
The Dcmnlays and their advisory
council will hold a dinner meeting
G:30 p.m.. Friday night in the Scot
tish Rite Tempi', it was announced
today by R. W. Cowling, chairman
of the council.
ATTENTION
Save—Royal Xmas lampsets 70
cents and up—spare bulbs. Alaska
Radio Supply, 307 Seward. tf
FROM HAINES
I. B. Houwser of Haines is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
STRICTLY BUSINESS >
MERVIN
DESIGN
DEPT.
AJAX
NOVELTy
CO.
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HALLOW£'£H!
masks
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“If you can’t get any ideas, why don’t you call in some of
your girl friends?’’
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
DECEMBER 12, 1931
The Douglas Alumnae basketball team defeated the Juneau High
School girls in a close game in Juneau High School gymnasium the
previous night, by the very slight margin of 20 to 19. The Douglas
girls were R. Fraser, M. Fraser, M. Carlson, E. Fleek, M. Reidi, C.
Cashen and M. Pepoon. On the J. H. S. team were E. Rocovich, M.
7/hittier, E. Terhune, B. Winn, V. Ulrich, M. Hanson, and substitutes
0. Carlson and R. K'inzgohr.
With one of the heaviest mail shipments ever brought from Seattle
to Juneau, 450 tons of freight and 29 passengers for this port, the
steamer Northwestern, Capt. Joseph Ramsauer, and Purser Dave Doran,
arrived the previous night, and sailed this afternoon for Seward, via
Haines and Skagway. Nine large truck loads of mail were put aboard
at Seattle, and additional mail was picked up at wayports.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Lunch, R. H. Stock and M. L. Merritt were
among passengers arriving on the Northwestern. John K Noyes left
for Haines aboard the steamer.
T^ic motorship Norco, Capt. A. Eckholm and Purser H. Knight, was
m port this morning, with a capacity cargo of general freight and three
passengers for Juneau. A large cargo of frozen, salted and mild cured
fish was loaded for shipment south.
Dr. Stewart set another new altitude record for the season’s
tournament play on the Elks alleys, when he bowled 632 as his team,
the Woodpeckers, trounced the Pelicans, league-loading team. Stewart’s
individual game scores were 213, 217 and 202.
Weather: High, 35; low, 32; partly cloudy.
1.
Daily Lessons in English
by
W. L. GORDON
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His explanation corresponds
with yours.” Say, “corresponds TO yours.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Motif. Pronounce mo-tef, O as in
MORE unstressed, E as in TEA, accent second syllable.
OFTEN* MISSPELLED: Default; FAUL. Defalcation: FAL.
SYNONYMS: Incongruous, inconsistent, inappropriate, inharmoni
ous. improper, absurd, unfit, unsuitable.
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:
SOBRIETY; state of being sober; temperance. .(Pronounce so-bri-e-ti,
first I as in BRINE, accent sceond syllable). “His sobriety was ac
knowledged by the court.”
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j MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
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Q. When a woman is either standing or seated, talking with a man,
and drops her handkerchief, glove, or some such article, and the man
does not notice it, should she pick it up?
A. No. It is better if she says, “I believe I dropped my handker
chief.”
Q. What kind of dress should a brid’s mother wear to an after
noon wedding?
A. She should wear the same kind of dress she would wear to e
tea or reception.
Q. What fruit may be served as the fruit course at a luncheon?
A. Cantaloupe or grapefruit, when availabfc, 6r the* Very popular
fruit cocktail.
j LOOK and LEARN a. c. GORDON
l
1. In what continent are the ten highest mountains in the world?
2. Who is said to be the most famous virtuoso violinist of a!
time?
3. What is the disease, arterio-sclerosis?
4. TTnat vegetable is sometimes called gumbo?
5. What does “sub rosa” mean?
ANSWERS:
1. Asia.
2. fV.colo Paganini (1782-1840).
3. Abnormal thickening and hardening of the arteries.
4. Okra.
5. Under the rose; in strict confidence. <
SEYS VISITING HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Sey, former
Juneau residents but now of Eugene,
Ore., are visiting in Juneau for
three weeks. They are house guests
il Mrs. Sey’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
V F. Knight. They are here to
xttend the wedding of their daugh
ter Patricia to Stanley Beadle Sat
urday night. Sey is with the Bon
neville Power Administration in
Oregon.
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SKI SCHOOL START DEC. 30
A ten-weeks ski school for be
ginners and intermediate skiers will
start December 30 with John Gibbs
in charge, Tom Stewart, president
j of the Juneau Ski Club said today.
[Classes will be held from 1:30 to
3 p.m. each Sunday on the slalom
hill. When snow conditions permit
the club will have an instructor
in the fivergreen Bowl Saturdaj
mornings for the purpose of teach-,
ing small children.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Parts of
churches
6. Unseal: poetic
9. Simpleton
12. Large net
13. Genus of the
blue grass
14. Epoch
15. Kind of bird
17. Winglike
process of
a fish
IS, Wooden shoe
19. Winter vehicle
2n. Fairy
23. Fleur-de-lis
24. River ducks
25. Peruse
27. Proper
29. Take up again
21. Salad plant
34. Abounded
36. Earth
37. Small flsb
39. Angry
41. French
marshal
42. Open vessels
43. Ciphers
45. Hard water
46. Comforting
60. Brightest star
in a con
stellation
51. Conjunction
62. Former
Rumanian
queen
63. Type measures
64. Affirmative
55. Variety of
wheat
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Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Equine animal
2. Vegetable
3. Err
4. Finishes
5. Leaf of a
calyx
6. Resist
7. Bard
8. Spike of corn
9. Reduction from
an inflated
state
10. Kind of gazelle
11. Slender sticks
16. In the same
place
19. Dispatches
20. Make a mistake
21. American
general
22. Clasps
24. Base of the
decimal
system
26. Combats be
tween two
28. Evergreen
trees
30. Encountered
32. Contend
33. City in Minne
sota
35. Corrects
37. That which
gives zest
38. City in Georgia
40. Condemns
solemnly
43. Belt
44. Rebuff
46. Low island
47. Anger
48. Nothing
49. Secure
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
© B.P.O.ELKS
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.
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
I’hone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carler
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Rata
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoe*
j Skyway Lnggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
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| AND APPLIANCE CO.
"Gas Has Got It"
| Walter D. Field — Phone 581
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"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
butler-mauro
drug CO.
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Alaska Music Supply
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE Z16—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rate*
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS -OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Snrford Co.
■"Our Doorstep Is Worn b7
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Noior Co.
MAKE |
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM I
a dally habit—ask for it by name (
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Juneau Dairies, Inc. i
HOME GROCERY (
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL <M
American Meat — Phone 38
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 Week
for Home, Office or Star*
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