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Tuesday, October 3,1950
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS
It is seldom that newspapers admit advertising to
their editorial columns. The practice is universally
considered to be, not only poor journalism, but un
ethical as well.
The Empire, however, choses to make an excep
tion in the case of an advertisement which has ap
peared in its classified columns the past few days.
We reprint it here:
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS interested
in forming Juneau group or persons hav
ing an alcoholic problem. Write Empire
C 1494.
By definition, an alcoholic is one who is addicted
to the excessive use of alcoholic liquors. And there are
many thousands of people in this unfortunate con
dition. Besides the personal miseries suffered by these
individuals are those borne by their families and
friends.
The alcoholic is literally at the end of his rope.
He realizes, in his sober moments, that the course he
follows can lead only to his utter ruin. He knows, too,
that unless he can resist his compulsion to alcohol he
is faced with the loss of his home, health, economic
security and the respect of his fellows.
The need of these people brought about the forma
j tion, intccn years ago, oi Aiconoucs Anonymous. Ana
j in these years, thousands of men and women have
rehabilitated themselves and found their way back
into useful lives.
Members are not solicited to join AA, but do so
voluntarily. Every member of AA is, or has been, an
alcoholic — and this knowledge gives the newcomer
confidence that, insoluble as his problem may seem,
it will, at least, be treated with sympathy and under
standing.
Problem drinkers need help — and AA has shown
that the most effective help they can get is that they
give themselves and each other.
If you have such a problem; if you have a friend
or relative who is an alcoholic; this group may be of
service. •
Communications intended for AA in Juneau may
be addressed to Box C 1494, care The Daily Alaska
Empire.
MORE ON ELECTION REGULATIONS
Monday, this column suggested that the incom
ing council take steps to revise municipal election
regulations to provide for the annual election of
three councilmen for terms of two years.
Such a revision would assure the city the services
of three holdover councilmen, familiar with current
affairs and able to aid the newly elected members in
their new duties.
Section 16-1-34 of the Alaska Compiled Laws of
fers Juneau a method of retaining such holdover mem
bers. Although differing from our suggestion, it would
still be a vast improvement over the present system
and, moreover, would require no further legislative
action.
The Act, passed by the 1949 legislature, provides
that an incorporated City may elect a mayor for s
term of one, two or three years and six councilmen:
two for three years; two for two years and two for
one year. Thereafter, two councilmeif may be elected
each year to serve three years.
To effect this change, tho council must first pass
an ordinance adopting the system and the ordinance
must be ratified by a majority vote in a general city
election. Upon ratification by the voters, the system
becomes effective at the next regular election.
STILL TIME TO VOTE
Polls will be open until 7 o’clock tonight. There
is still time to vote for your city councilmen, for your
magistrate, for director of the school board.
If you have lived in Juneau a year, in youi pre
cinct a month, you are .eligible to vote.
No registration is necessary.
If you haven't voted today, hie yourself to the
City Hall, or to the Alaska Electric Lght anid Power
Company, or Juneau Dairies, whichever your polling
place. Until 7 o’clock tonight, you may vote.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(pontlnued from Page One)
just before he retired it looked as
if some of the big liquor companies
were trying to pay him off.
For mysterious telegrams went
out to whisky distillers asking that
they send a series of presents
to Bill Kennedy. The telegrams
even informed the distillers what
they should give Kennedy, as fol
lows:
1. A maple bedroom suite.
2. An oriental rug of an exact
room size to fit Kennedy's new
home.
3. A complete silver set.
4. A new radio-television set.
5. A set of chinaware.
6. A Collie dog.
The telegrams were signed by
“A. R.” Reed” and sent from Phil
adelphia.
It happens to be against Federal
rules for anyone having business
with the government to give pre
sents to a government official. Fur
thermore it is not considered ethi
cal to give expensive presents when
an official retires. Therefore, Ken
nedy immediately sent telegrams to
the distillers saying he knew noth
ing about the proposal to shower
him with gifts and that he would
not accept them if offered.
Kennedy also conferred with fair
haired chief, Carrol Mealey, who
sent investigators to the Western
Union office in Philadelphia from
which the wires were sent, to see
who had suggested this series of
indirect bribes. No one by the name
of "A. R. Reed” could be located
in Philadelphia, though investigat
ors found that man by that name
had registered at the Statler Hotel
in New York, giving an address in
Washington. When investigators
checked on the Washington address,
however, it turned out to be a va
cant lot.
Finally, Treasury agents traced
the telegrams to Dr. Louis Marks,
head of the giant Publicker Distill
ing firm in Philadelphia. The tip
that Dr. Marks might be "A. R.
Reed" came from Commissioner
Mealey, who got to wondering why
"A. R. Reed” wanted to send Ken
nedy a Collie dog. Then he remem
bered that Dr. Marks was fond of
Collies.
Dr. Marks, incidentally, was fined
$20,000 and given a suspended jaii
sentence last year for concealing
German assets in the United States
during the war. But he is now
back in the distilling business anc
took a peculiar way to embarras:
rather than reward a retiring anc
faithful public servant.
Johnson and Brewster
President Truman is still tellinf
intimate friends about the reason
he fired Louey Johnson. "I fount
out,” * said Mr. Truman recently
“about all those secret deals be
tween Louey and Senator Brewster
and those trips Louey made to New
York to See Barney Baruch.”
“I hear that Louey and Brewster
even had a connecting door be
tween their apartments in the May
flower,” remarked the Presidential
caller.
“It was almost that bad,” replied
the President. “Louey was actually
feeding Brewster ammunition
against our foreign policy. It show
ed up in speeches by Republican
Senators."
j Note—Had Truman waited two
1 weeks, until after the Inchon in
j vasion to fire Johnson, it would
have been difficult. The Secretary
| of Defense would have received
ipart of the credit. Hence the latest
j Washington wisecrack: "Truman
• has captured Formosa from the Re
publicans and prevented Johnson
| from taking Seoul.”
1 -
• Woodrow Wilson’s Namesake
• Former President Woodrow Wil
son must have been present in spirit
when a disabled veteran of the war
he tried to prevent by a League
of Nations called at the White
House in a wheel chair.
The caller was ex-Army Corp.
I Woodrow Wilson of Millville, N. J.,
; who lost both legs and a hand in
| Germany after the Battle of the
1 Bulge. He came to present Presi
- dent Truman with a Forget-Me
-Not, opening the annual fund-rais
jing drive of the disabled American
i veterans.
j "You have a distinguished name,”
I suggested Truman. "By any chance
| “Yes, Sir, I am related to the
late President Wilson,” said the vet
eran, “and was named after him.”
i “Well, I know he'd be mighty
I proud of you if‘he were here to
i day," replied Truman. “You remind
! me of another young fellow to
I whom I awarded the Congressional
i Medal of Honor. He told me he
j regretted having only one life that
! he could give to his country.”
New Mussissfippi congressman
A boy whose father died pro
tecting a Negro from a lynch mob
; will soon come to Washington as
J the Congressman from the Third
j Mississippi District. He is 32-year
old Frank Smith, a hard-hitting,
two-fisted newspaperman, whose
father, Frank Smith, Sr., was the
Sheriff of Leflore County.
Smith made friends.all over Cap
itol Hill when he was Sen. Frank
Stennis’s assistant a year ago. He
returned to Mississippi and defied
gfoomy predictions y> run for
Congress against veteran politic
ians.
One opponent derided the well
padded Smith by saying he was
“too fat" to do much in Washing
, ton.
"I wasn’t too fat," replied Smith,
"to light in the Battle of the Bulge
as a foot soldier.” That ended
any talk about his weight.
;1 Finis For McCarran??
A big political upset, the defeat
, of white-thatched Sen. Pat McCar
ran. tyrannical boss of tiie Senate
, Judiciary Committee, is hinted in
confidential reports from Nevada.
Major factor behind the possible
dumping of McCarran is tne
smash-up of what the Republican
National Committee calls “The un
holy alliance" between GOP poli
ticians and the Democratic mach
ine in Nevada. Under this back
room arrangement, Republican
politicians supported McCarran in
return for favors from the vic
torious Democrats.
But this summer, a rank-and-file
revolt among Republicans elected
Harold Stocker of Las Vegas as
State Chairman. And he genuinely
wants to beat McCarran in Novem
ber.
McCarran’s GOP opponent is
George E. Marshall, an up-and-nt
'em campaigner, former judge and
deputy district attorney.
Reports from Nevada reveal what
few outside the state know—that
Democratic strength in Nevada has
been sloughing off since 1940 with
an upswing of Republican votes.
From 64 percent of the vote in the
Presidential year of 1942, Demo
crats dropped to 50 percent in 1948.
The slump is worse in the off
years, with a low of 41 percent in
1946 when Republican isolationist
George Malone beat Democratic
Rep. Berkley Bunker.
Another little-known factor is
that McCarran ran behind the
Congressional ticket in each of his
three races for Senator.
POLIO INSURANCE
See Floyd Fagerson. Tel. 32 or
764, Box 784, Juneau. 621-6t
Polls Close at 7—Vote.
October 3
• Claire Folta •
• Jim Vuille •
• Lillian Nielson •
• Harry Brensdal •
• Mrs. Rex K. Early •
» Dennis Gallagher •
o Mrs. J. Paul Johnson •
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
From 8 am. to 7 p.m.—City Election.
At 7:30 p.m.—Delta Chapter. Beta
Sigma Phi sorority, Baranof
Hotel.
At 8 p.m—Mary’s Circle. Northern
Light Presbyterian Church.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for Adults at Teen Age Club.
October 4
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 1:30 p.m.—JWC meets in AEL&P
Co. penthouse.
At 7:30 p.m.—Civil Air Patrol squad
ron and cadet corps, N.G. Armory.
At 7:30 p.m.—Juneau Concert Asso
• ciation membership committee,
City Council Chambers.
At 8 p.m.—AWVS meets at Gov
ernor’s House, officers to be
elected.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — Women’s Society of
Christian Service, Methodist
Church.
October 5
At noon—Chamber of Commerce,
Baranof.
From 1 to 4 p.m.—Rummage sale,
American Legion Auxiliary in
Dugout.
October 6
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—Rummage
Sale, ALA, Dugout.
Afternoon and Evening — Catholic
bazaar, Parish Hall.
October 7
Afternoon and Evening — Closing
day of Catholic bazaar in Parish
Hall.
October 9
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Post
meets in Dugout.
October 10
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
AWVS TO ELECT NEW
OFFICERS WEDNESDAY
The regular meeting of the Am
erican Women's Voluntary Serivces
group will be held tomorrow night
at 8 o’clock at the Governor’s
House, it was announced today. The
change in the date of meetings to
the first Wednesday of each month
was made by the group at *he
meeting held September 27.
Chief business of the Wednesday
evening meeting will be the elec
tion of officers.
The nursery mothers will hold
a special meeting October 10 at
the home of Mrs. Alex Young to
talk over nursery regulations.
“The nursery will not be opened
until the current “polio” danger
is passed.” said Mrs. Ed. Chester,
AWVS officer.
At the last meeting, Sept. 27,
AWVS members voted to join with
the League of Women Voters for
the no-host United Nations dinner
to be held October- 24. The commit
tee on arrangements are Mrs. Jo
seph Alexander and Mrs. William
Krasilovsky.
FROM TYEE
Wayne Short of Tyee is registered
i at the Gastineau Hotel.
JUNEAU WOMAN’S CLUB
I Business meeting at AEL&P Co.
[ bldg, penthouse. Wednesday 1:30
i p.m. 622-lt
ACROSS
1. Dinner course
6. Steal
k 9. Monkey
12. Kind of daisy
13. River In
England
14. Oriental
dwelling
15. Dogma
16. Breed of
domestic
fowls
18. Surgeon's
instrument
20. Gaelic
21. Yale
! 23. Rodent
24. Temples:
archaic
25. Girdle
27. Purport
29. By the side or
31. Northwestern
state
35. Summer
flowers
37. Infrequent
38. French
revolutionist
41. Thing: law
43. Rent
44. Character In
Arthurian
legend ;
45. Scamp
47. Takes out
49. Custom
52. Liquor
53. Rubber tree
54. English sand
hills
55. Guided
50. Teutonic sky
and war god
57. Gluts
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Drunkard
2. Hewing tool
3. Edible lens
shaped seeds
4. Town In
Massachu
setts
5. Restrain
6. Narrate
7. Draft animals
8. Implore
9. fimhellish
10. Demonstrate
grammatical
construction
11. Sea eagles
17. Auditor
19. Heads
21. Decline
22. Shelter
24. In place oi
26. Long abusive
speech
28. Organs of scent
30. Small round
mark
32. Chivalrous
33. Potential
metal
84. Fishing device
36. Implement for
obliterating
38. Award of valor
39. Anoint
40. Vexed
42. Runs before
the wind
45. Depend
46. On the ocean
48. Expression of
rebuke
50. Turn to the
right
51. 19th letter
20 YEARS AGO thTe empire
'OCTOBER 3, 1930
Harry Stonehouse, one of the Juneau delegates to the American
Legion convention in Anchorage, returned after spending a few days
between Anchorage and Seward.
After attending the Department convention at Anchorage, repre
senting the Juneau American Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. Edith Sheelor
had visited the Interior, seeing former acquaintances of her winter in
Fairbanks 15 years before. She returned on the Northwestern.
Douglas Fire Department members started preparations for the
annual “blow-out’ in late October, these firemen being named to the
committee: Mike Pusich, Ray McCormick, James Manning, Joe Riedi and
Elton Engstrom.
Assistant U. S. Attorney George W. Folta was passing the cigars and
receiving congratulations—-Mrs. Folta gave birth to a daughter that
afternoon in St. Ann's Hospital.
Gordon Gray of Douglas had accepted a position with the U. S.
Office of Education in Juneau, where he was to start work immediately.
E. C. Manderson and family moved to Juneau after a month’s resi
dence in Douglas.
Weather: High, 42; low, 41; rain.
Daily lessons in English w. l. cordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not confuse STATUE (a sculptured
likeness) STATUTE (a law) and STATURE (the natural height of an
animal body).
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Automobile. Preferred pronunciation
is with accent on last syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Love and lovely; observe the E. Lovable; no
E after the V.
SYNONYMS: Dauntless, undaunted, fearless, courageous, brave,
bold.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let vs
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
INCIPIENCE; begilmin; commencement. (Pronounce all I’s as in IT,
accent second syllable. "The disease was in its incipience.”
MODERN ETIQUEITE ROBERTA lee
Q. When is the proper time for the host and hostess to take their
seats at the dinner table?
A. The hostess should always seat herself first, this being the signal
for the guests to seat themslevs. The host is always the last one to take
his seat.
Q. If there is no reason financially for postponing a marriage, what
\s the usual maximum length of an engagement?
A. Six months.
Q. What is the meaning of "a la carte,” and how it is pro
nounced?
A. It means dish by dish, with a stated price for each. Pronounce
ft-la-kart, all As as in AII, accent on last syllable.
j LOOK and LEARN a: a cordon
1. On which syllable is each of these words correctly accented:
(a) xylophonist; (b) allied; (c) appendectomy; <d) infamous; (e)
clandestine?
2. Where is the tibia bone in man located?
3. In English money, what is a • bob"?
4. What color is ecru?
5. What famous musician composed nine symphonies?
ANSWERS:
1. (a) Second; (b) second; (c) third; Cd) first; (c) second.
2. In the lower leg, between knee and ankle.
3. A slang term for a shilling.
4. Light brown.
5. Ludwig van Beethoven.
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Optometrist
Eyes Examined Telephone 26ft
Visual Tpainino Simpson Blob.. Juneau
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! Weather at
I Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
i aturcs at various Alaska points
| also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
j a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
1 released by the Weather Bureau
■ arc as follows:
! Anchors;: 42—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island .... 23—Clear
Barrow . 30-^Snow
Bethel 49—Partly Cloudy
Cordova . .... 54—Cloudy
Dawson . 28—Clear
Edmonton ... 23—Clear
Fairbanks .„ 40—Clear
Haines . Missing
Havre . 19—Clear
Juneau Airport. 29—Clear
Kodiak . 45—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 42—Cloudy
McGrath . 35—Cloudy
Nome. 47—Cloudy
Northway Missing—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg ._. 34—Clear
Portland .'. 51—Rain
Prince George . 21—Clear
Seattle . 53—Cloudy
Sitka .. 55—Clear
Whitehorse . 35—Clear
Yakutat . 37—Clear
__
Juneau Woman's Club
Will Hold Monthly
Meeting Tomorrow ,
I The regular monthly business
| meeting of the Juneau Woman’s
Club will be held in the penthouse
| of the Alaska Electric Light and
Power Company on Wednesday af
ternoon at 1:30 o’clock.
One of the important items of
business will be the report of the
J committee appointed last spring to
! revise the By-laws of the organiza
I tion to bring them into line with
| the recommendations of the Gen
I eral and Alaska Federations.
• ••••••••••
I • •
« TIDE TABLE •
j • • j
• October 4 ®
• • I
• Low tide 1:07 a.m., 3.7 ft. •
• High tide 7:43 a.m., 10.6 ft. •
o Low tide 1:12 p.m., 8.0 ft. •
• High tide 6:52 p.m., 12.4 ft. •
• ••••••*•••
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the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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i office to Case Lot Grocery
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! SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVfeRS, Secretary.
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Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting hrothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phene Iti 181 Be. rrtiUla
r. O. Box UH
■ "The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharm^jlste
BUTLER MAURO
DRUG CO.
! Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Piano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.
general paints
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Pain! Store
Phone £49 Fred W. Wendt
I Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 80S 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAY ter NIGHT
for MISERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Kates
phone single ©
PHONE 665
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
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J. B. Bur ford Co.
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Juneau Motor Co.
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Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone 38
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To give you more freedom
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Alaska Lanndry
H. S. GRAVES
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117 Main St. Phone TO
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