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Saturday, January 20, 1951
COMPETITION BASIC
We would like to add one fervent footnote to all
that has been said and writen on the subject of war
time governmental regulations: The hope that no
greater restriction than necessary be placed on our
magnificent scheme of private enterprise and com
petitive business.
Regulation and edict can stifle both enterprise
and compel rion very easily. There are some who
say that the .* things are luxuries of capitalism we
cannot indulge in virtual wartime. What is it we pro
pose to defend? Our lives, our homes, our nation,
of course. But also—and let us not forget it—we must I
defend our way of life.
Even if World War III never comes, the Com- 1
munists would count it a victory if they had forced
us to jettison our capitalism and abandon our way of
life; if we were doomed to live under a rigidly com
pressed diet of want and scarcity, all regulated for
evermore by the state.
We have learned through bitter experience that
governmental regulations alone cannot keep us pro
vided with the necessities and luxuries at prices we
can afford to pay. . There can be over-regulation of a
nation's economy, causing it to suffocate. Black
markets are not the thing we are seeking either.
Tire more competition that can be preserved in
the nation's industries and market places, the more
likely we are to endure the stresses of preparedness
and inflation. After all, 'it was competition which
created for us the highest standard of living in the
world—a constant seeking to produce more goods for
less price.
Let's not give up that priceless thing.
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Civil Aviation Proves Usefulness in Defense,
'Seattle Tiniest
Services of commercial airlines in the transport |
of men and supplies to the Korean war front have |
given a new emphasis to'the importance of civil avia- !
tion to the national defense and security. Even as the |
merchant fleet, in a serious emergency, must be called :
in to drop other business and convey men and arms
to battle theatres, so the planes of the commercial
air transport systems, and, in dire extremity, private
ly-owned aircraft, provide a supplement to the nation’s
military and naval air forces.
This is a recent development. Before the Second !
World War, the commercial airlines were operating j
less than 400 aircraft, carrying fewer than two mil- |
lion passengers a year. Now the airline companies j
have more tha na thousand planes in service. They
are much larger planes, and they carry some 15 mil
lion passengers a year.
Again, before the Second World War, the number
of privately-owned small planes was comparatively
inconsequential. Now business firms and corporations,
farmers and ranchers own some 30,000 planes. An- (
other 30,000 are in use for charter service and for
training.
This country has developed no comprehensive or j
long-range air policy, applicable either to military or j
civil aviation. Such a policy has been laid out and
proposed, but it has not been adopted. Hence de- j
cisions must be made, and funds provided, for meeting j
emergencies in the air in haste and without mature
deliberation. That was the procedure again when the
Korean trouble woke everyone up with a rude jolt.j
The situation is unfortunate.
Fortunate, however, at the outbreak of the Kor- ]
ean war was the circumstance that the country had !
well-devi»oped civil airline service across the Pacific,
both by the northern and southern routes, to begin j
an immediate airlift over the ocean. More fortunate j
than planned, in the case of the northern route, for!
much had been done officially to knock it out, or to
limit its usefulness, by attempts to curtail air bases
in the Aleutians in the name of false economy.
Since we have no over-all air policy, and tradi
tionally must act when some crisis is right upon us,
the Korean lesson should not be forgotten Adequate
production of civil aircraft must be encouraged and
permitted, and the services the civil airlines are pre
pared to give should not be interfered with arbitrarily
by bureaucatic action without thought of what they
may be called on to do, when the country needs them
most.
An Indiana man got a divorce because his wife
made him do the laundry. Now she’s all washed up.—
'Daily Olympian.)
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One!
the Pentagon, the new .^t^niiions
Board Chairman John D Small
has been given 90 days to straighten
out the mess he inherited. He took
over the reins from Hubert Howard
after the Munitions Board had fail
ed in its assignmen to stockpile
strategic materials. However, Pre
sident Truman still isn't satisfied
with the Board's progress, and has
applied the spurs to the new chair
man.
Dissecting Taft
Democrat Senators were verbally
dissecting Sen. Robert A. (for Al
phonso) Taft in the Senate cloak
room the other day.
"Bob has a good mind and always
brings up interesting points," de
fended Illinois' Sen. Paul Doug
las.
"But what about his know-it-all
attitude that even gripes the Re-1
f/jb helms’?” he was asked.
“The truth is,” Douglas explained, j
"The Senator is two people. He is j
Bob Taft, and he is Alphonso Taft.” I
Industrial Targets
In the haste to expand war pro
duction, the government is paying
no attention to dispersal but is
throwing up new factories right
where the Russians can bomb them
easiest. The truth is, 90 percent
of our new' plants are being built
in dustrial areas that are already
tempting targets.
Of approximately 80 defense
plants now approved for construc
tion. 18 are located in Pennsyl
vania’s industrial heartland. The
rest will be built in the production
centers of Ohio, Michigan, Ala
bama, Illinois and New York—with
a fov. altered plants in Indiana,
West V ilia, Kentucky, California,
Maryland i d Connecticut.
In other words, instead of scat- :
tering these factories around the j
country, the government is concen- j
trating them in big cities such!
as Pittsburgh, Detroit, Birmingham, .
Chicago and Los Angeles. This not
only makes our defense facilities
more vulnerable, but adds to the
housing, transportation and edu
cational problems of these over
crowded centers.
Technically, the new plants will
not be built by the government
but by private companies. How
ever, the government has a power
ful say-so through its certifica
tion system. This is handled by
the National Security Resources
Board, which issues certificates of
necessity for building defense
plants. Only factories that have
been certified by the NSRB are
eligible for big tax reductions un
der the defense production act.
Needless to say, this is a pow
erful lever for keeping the plant
owners in line. However, the NSRB
while it has encouraged dispersal,'
has not enforced it. As a result,
the owners are building their new
J
factories right alongside the old.'
It may be more costly to build
defense plants in remote regions,
but it would be safer from enemy
attack, hence a lot cheaper in the
long run.
Rival Newsboys
Two rival newsboys, taking sides
in the Pearson-Mcarthy feud, car
ried on a shouting match on a busy
Washington street corner the other
day.
The boy hawking the Washing
ton Tlmes-Herald shouted: "Sen
ator Mcarthy accusses Pearson of
publishing secret documents!"
Not to be outdone, the boy selling
the Washington Post on the same
comer shouted back: "Drew Pear
son tells how Senator McCarthy
aided Nazi war criminals! Read all
about it!”
Shifts in the House
One of the toughest questions
facing the 82 Congress is the re
apportionment of the House of
Representatives to conform with
population shifts of the last census.
It is easy enough to transfer
the 14 seats from nine states that
gained the least in population to
the states that gained them most.
However, this won't solve the prob
lem.
Sooner or later Congress must
face the fact- that the House—the
chamber our founding fathers said
should be “close'to the people—
hasn't grown up with the country.
The first House of Representatives
(1789-91) had 65 members, or one
to approximately 61,500 people. To
day the ratio is one Congressman
to approximately 346,000 people.
To use a more modern compari
son, there were about 92,000.000
people in the United States in 1911
when the" number of House seats
was raised to 435. Today we still
have 435 House members, though
the population has grown by more
than a third.
Smart, young Rep. Frank Chelf
of Kentucky did some straight talk
ing on this the other day to Pre
sident Truman in a plea for his
bill to raise House membership
from 435 to 450.
“I don't want the House so big
that the tail will wag the do.,
and my bill doesn't do that,” ex
plained Chelf. "But we've simply
got to do something to give the
people the democratic representa
tion they deserve and tht framers
of the constitution wanted them to
have.”
Truman promised to “think it
over." .
Note—Under reappointment, Cal
ifornia (which has led the popu
lation spurt since the 1940 census >
will gain seven House seats, Florida
will gain two, and Maryland. Michi
gan. Texas, Virginia and Washing
ton, one each. Pennsylvania will
lose three seats; Missouri, New
York and Oklahoma, two each; and
Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Miss
issippi and Tennessee, one each.
Newfoundlanders use Labrador
retrievers to haul wood as well
as for hunting.
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model violin
Tliis violin, weighing less than
an ounce and perfect in every
detail, yet only as big as a match,
was made by Rudolf Fuchs,
Cerman violin maker in Aalen.
FILIl’INO CHILDREN
HEALTHIER TODAY
MANll .A. — UP! — A Bureau of
Health survey here has disclosed
that the average Filipino child to
day is 10 per cent taller and heavier
than 15 years ago.
Tibet has no railways, airfields
or motor roads.
January 20
Joann Sabin
Spencer DeLong
Mrs. Henna Edman
Evan Hill
Joan Gissberg . 1
January 21
Agnes F. Adsit
Ellis C. Reynolds
Rev. G. H. Hillerman
Don Freimuth
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TODAY
At 8 p.m. — Rainbow Girls, public
installation elected and appointed
officer; at Scottish Rite Temple.
At 8 p.m.—Weather Bureau flight
assistance demonstration. Actors,
sound effects, slides and movies.
No charge, public invited. In high
school gym.
At 8 p.m. Taku Travelers meet
for .‘•quart' dance, Douglas gym.
At 8:30 p.m.—Circle Eighters square
dancers meet at Parish Hall.
At 10 p.m.—Public dance in Elks
ballroom sponsored by-Shrine Club
as benefit Boy Scout Eagle River
Camp extension.
January 22
At 10 njn. 20th session of Terri
torial Legislature.
At noon—BPW canteen luncheon in
Elks Hall.
At noon—Lions Club. Baranof.
At 7:15 p.m.—Mariner Scout Troop
No. 10 will meet at Health Center.
A; 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket
ball including game between Ju
neau High and Mt. Edgecumbe.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
' t 8 p m. WCTU business and pro
tram meeting in IOOF Hall.
January £3
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At noon—League of Women Voters
luncheon group meets in Dugout.
At 1:30 p.m —League of Women
Voters meet at home of Mrs. Ray
Day.
At 7:30 p.m.—Sigma Beta Phi meet
ing at Mrs. Ray Renshaw, Kendler
Apartments. ,
January 21
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m.—ACCA Board of Directors
meet at home of Mrs. John Mc
Cormick, 436 West 12th Street.
January 25
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets in Earanof Hotel.
At 8 p.m.—Rotary sponsored variety
show at 20th Century.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal in Methodist church.
January 27
At 8:30 p.m.—Reception honoring
Legislators at Governor’s House,
dancing at 10. Public invited.
BLACKERBY TO REPRESENT
FOREST SERVICE AT
ANCHORAGE CONFEREh't E
Alvin Blackerby, U.S. Forest Serv
ice Forester with the Division of
Operations is leaving today by Pa
cific Northern Airlines plane for
Anchorage to represent the Forest
Service at the conference to open
there Monday morning in an effort
to determine means for an unde
layed building construction program
in Alaska this year.
The Forest Service is an interested
] government agency of those meeting
with representatives of contractors
and unions engaged in construction
work in the territory.
The State of Oregon has launch
ed a $10 million program to get
Oregon’s 750,000 acres of state for
est land under full protection.
ACROSS
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rock
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9. Drop the bait
gently
12. Metai!iSerous
rock
13 Homan official
14. Geological age
15. Lessened
gradually
17 Lou Moats
19 Astringent
20 Wax
21 I. kimo canoe
23 Kxtreinlst
26. In proximity to
27. Sweetened
drink
29 Sta • Ward of
pr< 'Sure
30 Wand
32 Transaction#
34. Drunkard
35. Lady of
A rthur’s
court
37. Award for
merit
39. Behold
40 Retributive
lust ice
42. Ballots
44. Scheme
45. Fro a
4G M« tal tac at
end of a lac<
48. Compilations
51 Fish e^trs
52 Aukiv
54 Sn ill mound
55 Insane
5G Provinces in
Greece
57. Consume
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Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
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3 KPimuurse
4 Wigs
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6 Cover
7 Powerful deity
8 Dried
9 Imperfections
10. Branch of
learning
II Dance step
16 Dash
IS elaborate solo
20 Boxed
21 Mountaineer of
southern
Burma
22 Make amends
23. Mo verm*
21. Soap plant
25. Plant of the
water lily
family
28 Street arab
31 Having slight
skin depres
sions
33. Uncivilized
hu man
beings
36 Delete
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41 Smooth fabric
42 Sample
4 5 Ceremony
46 Limb
47. Tibetan eazel
48 Barrier
49. Afternoon
gathering
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53 Artificial
language
20 YEARS AGO the empire
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JANUARY 20, 1930
A raise of S600 annually, from $3,800 to $4,400 was given to the
Secretary of Alaska under the provisions of a measure passed the
previous day by the House of Representatives, according to advices re
ceived from Washington, D. C„ by Karl Theile, Secretary.
Henry Messerschmidt, District Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, B. P.
O. Elks, for the Southeast District, left for Seattle on a brief business
trip and on his return north would stop at Ketchikan to pay an official
visit to the Elks Lodge there. Later he planned to visit the Skagway
Elks Lodge. He was making a special effort to interest Alaska Elks
[Lodges in sending a large delegation to the order’s national convention
to be held in Seattle the next summer. He announced this day that
H. H. McCutcheon of Anchorage had been named District Deputy for the
Western Alaska District.
A series of mysterious disappearances of boatmen in Southeast
Alaska was being investigated by the U. S. Marshal and Justice Depart
ment agents, at Ketchikan. While the circumstances were similar in
several cases, the officers said the evidence did not support the con
tention that the five men missing in the past four months were murdered
by a single. John Marshall, fish buyer, had been found slain aboard
a boat on which he left Ketchikan in October.
A bill amendatory to the Alaska Game Law, just passed by the
House of Representatives, had been the object of protest since it had
been introduced the previous April by every Alaska Chamber of Com
merce because it provided, among other things, for searches of boats,
camps and camp outfits without warrants.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Huntington, whose marriage had occurred the
previous evening in the Northern Light Presbyterian Church, left on
the Alameda enroute to the Philippine Islands. Mrs. Huntington was
the former Martha Sey Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sey.
At her wedding her sister, Mrs. Gerald Williams, was her matron of
honor and her brother, Alex Soy, was groomsman. A reception at the
home of the bride’s parents in the McBride Apartments had been held
following the wedding. The bride was a graduate of the Douglas High
School and the University of Washington.
Weather: High, 39; low, 37; cloudy.
I Dciir/ Lessons <n 'oiniisSi w l. cordon
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED- Do not say, “They occupied the two
first rows.” Say, “the FIRST TWO ROWS.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Lieu. Pronounce LU, U as in USE.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Baron (a nobleman). Barren (unproductive).
SYNONYMS: Interlude, interval, intermission, pause.
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:
COMMISERATE: to feel compassion for; express sorrow for; lament
over something with someone. “I commiserate with you on your mis
fortune.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE \
_—
Q. Does good form demand an announcement of an engagement
be made promptly?
A. Yes. This may be done by inserting a notice in the newspaper,
or by Issuing engraved announcements to friends and relatives, or by
means of an announcement party for close friends and relatives.
Q. When men are being introduced across a table to one another,
should they make any attempt to shake hands?
A. No, this would prove very awkward. A courteous “How do you
do" and a smile are all that is necessary.
Q. Should the napkin be used before drinking water at the dinner
table?
A. Yes, the napkin should be used before drinking water so as to
avoid any smear on the glass.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON i
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1. Who became president of the Repubic of Texas after the
renunciation of Mexican sovereignty?
2. Which language is conceded to have the largest vocabulary?
3. What States of the Union have names beginning with the
letter “1”?
4. What is the most common name borne by newspapers?
5. What is the popular Latin phrase used to denote the existing
state of affairs at any given time?
ANSWERS:
1. Sam Houston (1793-1863).
2. English.
3. Idaho, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa.
4. “The News” is the name, or part of the name, of the most news
papers.
5. “Status quo.”
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
j also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:3C
a.m., 120th Msrldlan Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau ;
are as follows:
i Anchorage . -21—Ice Crystals!
Annette Island 35—Snow Showers !
Barrow ... -43—Snow
Bethel . -19—Clear I
Cordova . 18—Cloudy j
Dawson . -55-Fog !
Edmonton . 19—Fog !
Fairbanks . -48—Fog!
| Haines . 1—Cloudy
Havre . Minus—Clear
j Juneau Airport .. 13—Cloudy
! Kodiak . 16—Partly Cloudy
! Kotzebue . Missing—Clear
McGrath . -44—Clear
Nome . -27—Clear
| Northway . -45—Clear
; Petersburg .27—Partly Cloudy
Portland. 38—Cloudy
Prince George -13—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . .... 32—Partly Clouly
Sitka . 32—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse . -31—Partly Ctouuy
Yakutat .. 25—Snow
ATOMIC STUDENTS
RICHLAND, .Wash.—UP)—A new
kind of university has been started
for men and women who make
plutonium for atom bombs in the
i Hanford Works in this new' city,
i The atomic workers can stay right
| here on the job while also rating
i officially as students at any one j
of five northwestern universities.
Each university sends officials
here to enter the atomic students.
Each qualifies the professors here
as competent for Its own faculty.
The professors are scientists who
work on the plutonium projects. The
new institution is called the Gradu
ate School of Nuclear Engineering,
and is open to all Hanforci Works
employes and their wives and to
all employes of the Atomic Energy
Commission and of the General
Electric Company which operates
the Hanford Works for the Com
mission.
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j IRAN PLANS EXPORT SCHEME
TEHRAN, Iran.—iff!—Iran plans j
J to build three new plants to package j
; dried fruits in an effort to increase j
| exports. Two will be constructed in j
Azerbaijan, at Rezeih and Mara- j
j gheh, to dry and package raisins, j
j apricots and peaches. The third j
! plant will be constructed in the j
south to dry and package dates.
WALT HATLIN
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Experienced House Wiring
Electrical Marine Repair
Phone Red 355 Juneau, Alaska
v. f"' w.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.in.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office in Case Lot Grocery
Phor.e 7*4 . J
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
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I,ADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carier
Moriuary
Fourth and Franklin StA.
PHONE 138
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Casler's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Fdmonita Shoes
Skyway Lagga**
BOTANY
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CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE. Exalted
Rut r. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
PhMM IN lit 8a Fraukliu
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I "The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Phamwlstd
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Masic Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
.Phone 206 ..Second and Bewarfi.
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GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
ideal Pain! Store
i Phone E48 Fred W. Wendt
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Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th 8t.
: PHONE 216—DAT er NIGHT
I
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room?
at Reasonable Rata*
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 668
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Bonders’ 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 Motor Co. |
Foot of Main Street I
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a tally habit—ask tor It by nan*
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Enginer
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL CM
American Meat — Phone S8
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Maa
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boye
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 771
Hi*h Quality Cabinet Wort
ter Home Office or more