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Wednesday, October 4, 1950
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK
This is National Newspaper Week and we believe
that a few remarks about newspapers are in order. The
fact that today a free press is denied so great a
segment of the' world’s population makes these re
marks even more timely.
We are citizens of one of the few remaining
nations which permit the free and uncensored publi
cation of news and opinion. Our press is still free
to report the news as it happens and to comment upon
it without fear of reprisals or the heavy hand of
governmental “guidance.”
By keeping the people fully informed as to the
conduct of public affairs, the press provides an ef
[ fective check against excesses of corrupt officialdom
j and exerts the tremendous pressure of public opiniot
j against offenders.
The American newspaper is more than a chronicli
i1 of the day’s events. Together with the daily news i
i | presents features designed to interest and amuse read
ers of divers tastes and ages. Comics, crossword puz
1 zles and classified ads—all combine to make the dailj
newspaper an integral part of the American way o
life.
Today’s Empire, which you hold in your hand
brings you the news that will be tomorrow's history
More than that, it is a daily reminder that, as loii£
as we have a free press, we will be a free people.
Running Lights
(Ketchikan News)
Under the caption “Running Lights" Father Cloo
man in The Adak Daily Sun says:
Calmness or self-possession is a rare virtue. A
man with a big job to do and many demands on hii
time can get a lot of work out if he can keep calm
Without calmness he simply adds to the confusion.
Its easy to work along with a calm man because
he is a balanced person; you can adjust your efforts
with his easily.
To see a calm person in the midst of confusioif,
to find a self-possessed man who is quietly in control
of himself and everybody else is hysterical and panicky,
is always impressive.
The excitable man lacks balance, rarely inspires
confidence; the calm man rubs elbows with friends
and enemies alike and is not thrown off balance.
Most of us are calm and cool when things are
running smoothly. The time to be calm is when
everybody else is going crazy. You'll be doing yourself
a lot of good and be a big help to others.
Remember Kipling’s advice to his sons: "If you
I can keep your head when all about you are losing
I theirs, and blaming it upon you; If you can keep
your faith when all men doubt you . . . You’ll be a
man, my son.”
Calmness doesn’t mean laziness, lack of effort.
The seasoned basketball player "looping” one, the
juggler doing an intricate act, a bird soaring gface
fuiiy — all these are examples of calmness and seli
possession produced by skill. And skill comes from
I practice.
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
'Continued from Page One)
higher, compared to 52 cents in
June—an increase of 32 per cent.
Coffee has jumped from 74 cents
a pound in June to 84 cents for
better grades, or a price boost of
13 per cent.
Black pepper, which cost only
3% cents a pound in 1939, now
costs $2.66 a pound.
The wholesale price of cotton |
yam has increased 40 per cent in
the last year, while the price of
a pair of shoes has rlSfcn 25 per
cent since September, 1949, and 15
per cent since last June.
Truman and Coolidge
The price of medicine has shot I
up from 25 to 50 per cent. |
Meanwhile, veterans of the last I
war are finding it tougher than j
ever to buy the homes which Con- i
gress promised them five years j
ago. Here are a few reasons why: j
The President has tightened ere- j
dit controls on lower-bracket home ■
buyers, but he has done nothing j
about controlling the soaring prices |
of building materials.
The wholesale price of lumber has
jumped 25 per cent since June.
It is practically impossible to buy
cement at any price.
Window glass is up 12 per cent
over last year.
Copper wire and other electrical
and plumbing equipment has risen,
from 10 to 20 per cent, while home
fuels are 10 per cent higher than j
last year. |
However, despite the growing j
trend of inflation, President Tru-.
man still refuses to control prices,'
though he has the powers to do
so if he wants to use them. The
Democratic party has long criti
cized Calvin Coolidge's indifference
to inflation, claiming—quite rightly
—that it led to an unforgettable
depression. Unless Truman acts in
a hurry, he will be far more re
sponsible for inflation than the
much-criticized Republican admin
istrations from 1921 to 1933.
Soft-Soap Sawyer
One of the big inside reasons for
failure to impose wage and price
controls is the lackadaisical atti
tude of well-meaning, likable
Charles Sawyer, the Secretary of
Commerce.
The other day, tough-minded
Stuart Symington, head of the Na
tional Security Resources Board,
learned that his friend Sawyer was
going to make two milk-toast,
middle-of-the-road speeches re
garding price controls. Syming
ton’s advisers debated whether
they should warn the Secretary of
Commerce that airtight, tough con
trols would be necessary.
However, they decided not ‘to call
Secretary Sawyer. To warn him,
they decided, would mean that he
would only get busy and lobby
against the controls which they
were planning.
Man With a Smile
Amazing thing about the man
whom Secretary Sawyer has picked
to control industry is that during
the last war he was eased out ol
the War Production Board because
he wasn’t tough enough.
The gentleman in question, Wil
liam H. Harrison, head of Inter
national Telephone and Telegraph
was known in the WPB as a nice
guy with a smile. Everybody liked
him. He didn't offend anyone; j
neither did he fight.
His job was to control building j
^instruction, and he was so friendly
that he let the Arihy get away
with a lot of construction which
they didn’t need and which took
manpower and materials away
from other important projects.
Finally, WPB officials suggested
to Gen. B. B. Somervell, the Army
Supply Chief, that Harrison be
made a general and join the Army.
Both sides were happier after that.
K. C. CRIME
The U. S. Attorney who put
President Truman’s pal, Tom Pen
dergast, in jail was slated to be
subpoenaed before the Kefauver
crime committee in Kansas City j
last week, but for some reason he j
was never called.
What the Senate committee was
interested in was any possible
friendship between two Mafia
leaders and Maurice Milligan, the
U. S'. Attorney whom Truman fired
a few days after he became Pres
ident. The committee was also in- j
terested in Milligan's brother, ex- i
Congressman "Tuck” Milligan.
It happened that two leaders of
the underworld society Mafia in j
Kansas City, Joe De Luca and Joe '
Di Giovanni, received favors from
the two Milligans in 1942, and the .
Senate committee at first proposed
to look into the matter.
Joe De Luca was convicted on
a narcotics rap in 1942, at which
time narcotics agents of the U. S.:
Treasury recommended he be given J
15 years and deported to Italy. |
However, U. S. Attorney Milligan, |
through his assistant, Richard I
Phelps, recommended only three;
years and opposed deportation. \
After De Luca Had served only one ]
year of his sentence. Milligan’s1
brother, the congressman, arranged
for a parole.
Later, De Luca violated parole
and was slapped back in the pen.
But within a month, "Tuck” Milli
gan, the congressman, had ar
ranged another parole.
The Senate committee also was
curious as to why U. S. Attorney
Milligan had blocked a search war
rant for narcotics agents when
they wanted to search Di Giovan
ni’s cellar for dope. Narcotics
agents had given the Senate crime
committee a recording of a tele
phone conversation between the
two Mafia members, saying that
the District Attorney’s office had
fixed De Luca's narcotics trial.
However, for unexplained reasons,
the Senate probers at the last
minute decided to lay off.
Note—the lay-off was certainly
not inspired by the White House.
It would have given Mr. Truman
great pleasure to have had the man
whom he ousted as U. S. Attorney
investigated by a Senate committee.
LUTHERAN LADIES MEET
Lutheran women will meet at
1 '30 p.m. tomorrow at the home of
Mrs. Chris Wyller for an afternoon
ui sewing. Articles for the Lutheran
Bazaar on October 21 should be
turned in as soon as possible,
Friends and members are invited tc
attend this meeting.
TROLLER TO BE RAISED
The 28 foot troller 31B969 owned
by Jamas Huston of Hoonah is tc
be raised with drums today in the
j small boat harbor. The boat sank
Saturday evening while Huston was
in town.
POLIO INSURANCE
See Floyd Fagerson. Tel. 32 oi
I 764, Box 784, Juneau. 621-61
I
POLITICS
TURNS TO
DOMESTIC
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4—).?)—Dom
estic problems began to reclaim
attention in the Congressional cam
paign today as military victorj
tended to diminish the Korean
war as a political issue.
Senator Xaft-dR-Ohicp, who hat
been contending the Truman Ad
ministration's “blunders" invited
the Korean Communist attack,
shifted to a denunciation of the
Brannan Farm Plan.
In a weekly report to Ohio voters.
Taft said the Brannan Plan—which
would provide direct government
subsidies to growers of perishable
crops under certain circumstances
—“is a fraud on its face.”
He complained that supporters
of the Brannan Plan have not said
anything about the taxes which
would be necessary to pay farmers
who sold their perishables at pre
vailing market prices lower than
fixed standards.
“Yet those taxes will have to be
paid by the farmers and the con
sumers,” Taft said.
Former Alaska Mining
Man Leaves Estate
Of $153,644.29
SEATTLE, Oct. 4—tyP—Frederick
Edward Becker, 83, pioneer Seattle
resident and former Alaska mining
man, who djed here May 19, left
his share of a community estate
valued at $153,644.29 to his wife
Mary. An estate inventory was fil
ed with County Clerk Norman R
Riddell yesterday.
October 4
Roberta Johnson
L. A. Delebeque
Jasper Tyler
Alfred E. Jensen
Mrs. John W. Troy
Mrs. L. B. Nelson
David Hill
Robert Sprague
Jimmy Sprague
Mrs. Evan Wruck
Eugene Anderson
Sharon J. Wilson
Nadine Levasseur
COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
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.
At 7:15 p.m.—Cub Scout organiza
tional meeting, Grade School audi
torium.
October G
From 10 am. 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.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
night for adults at Teen Age Club.
October 11
At noon—Kiwanis Club. Baranof.
October 12
At 8 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid,
Church social room.
Brownie Troop News
Brownie Troop No. 4 met Tues
day afternoon at 3:45 o'clock in the
American Legion Dugout. Each girl
reported on our week's home pro
ject. Twenty-four girls were pre
sent. We elected Ann Akervick, pre
sident, Coralie Sheldon, secretary,
and Marianne Terencio, treasurer
for the month of October.
ROSEMARY SUNDBORG,
PATTY MacNAMARA,
Reporters.
FAIRBANKS WORKER
IS DEAD IN CAVE-IN
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Oct. 4—04>>
—Louis Kumferman, 42, was killed
outright yesterday when he was
buried by the collapsing walls of a
sewer ditch in which he was work
ing.
Fellow workmen dug away the
earth with their hands and un
covered Kumferman’s head within
a minute of the cave-in, but ef
forts to revive him were futile.
There are no known survivors.
HAINES VISITOR
| Mrs. Ross Hevel, wife of the U.S.
: Commissioner at Haines, is in Ju
neau for a few days. She is stopping
i at the Juneau Hotel.
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ACROSS
1 Moccasin*
6. Wheeled
vehicle
| 8. Love to excess
12. Medicinal
plant
' 13. Bustle
| 14. Entry In an
account
15. Copper coin
16. Many-sided
figures
18. Artist’s stand
I 20. Back
21. State of quiet
, 23. Fleshy fruits
. 27. Greek letter
! 29. Tableland
31. Slide out of
j the course
| 82. Steeds
34. Subsequent
selling
36. Afresh
37. Tailless leaping
amphibian
39. Ribbed fa brio
40. Interprets:
archaic
42. Last king of
Troy
44. Harvest
46. Stumbles
49. Building for
storing grain
63. Capital of
Norway
64. Italian coins
63. Simple sugar
66. Asterisk
67. Repair
68. Favorite
69. Anglo-Saxon
slave
Solution ot Yesterday’s Puzzle
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DOWN
1. Speed
2. Title of
Athena
8. Plotted
4. Sailing vessel
6. Head covering
6. Worships
7. Assumed
character
8. Wander
9. Siouan Indian
10. Number
11. Type measures
17. Island In the
Pacific
19. Halt
22. Girdle
24. Those who
spread need
less fear
25. Govern
26. Percolate
27. Burn
28. Sharpening
stone
20. Sandarac tree
33. Turned aside
35. Prepare for
publication
38. Resist
41. Ocean
43. Ascended
45. Upon
47. Scheme
48. Morbidly
tender
49. Tree
I 50. Recline
51. Nagle
' 52. Steep
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
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OCTOBER 4, 1930
After cbmplete renovation and rearrangement ,the Club Cafe was
to be reopened under the management of R. T. Kaufmann, wellknownj
chef, caterer and restaurant owner, who had taken over the Front |
Street building under a four-year lease from the owner, E. R. Jaeger. In
the restaurant business here for three years, Kaufmann had most
recently operated the Gastineau Cafe. He had engaged V. T. Williams
as chef for the Club Cafe.
Plans were being made for the annual bazaar, November 14, of the
Douglas Ladies League. Appointed to committees were Mesdames Lang
| seth, Mills, Edwards, Fleek, G. Kirkham, Bonner, Fraser, J. Sey, J. O.
Kirkham, Gallwas, Cochrane, Frankfurter. Gair and Balog. Miss Eliza
| beth Feusi represented the senior class for the candy sale.
Tire tender Highway, Capt. Nels Rogne, of the U. S. Bureau of
Public Roads, returned from a supply trip to Ketchikan and way points.
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Two visitors from Goddard’s Hot Springs planned to go to Sitka |
on the steamer Queen after visiting here. Mrs. F. L. Goddard had j
stopped here enroute from California, visiting her son, E. M. Goddard j
and his family. Mrs. Etta Payson had visited her brother, H. T. Tripp J
and his family.
G. E. Almquist sold this tailoring establishment to Tom Shearer and
expected to sail southbound October 14. Almquist was to locate in
either Seattle or San Francisco after visiting both cities. He had been
in business here since 1926.
Friends learned of the recent marriage of Audalie Chenard and
Colman S. Westby. U. S. Commissioner A. Fox had officiated. Attend
ing the couple had been Lenora Carter and William N. Bergstrand.
The new home was to be in Juneau, where both were residents.
Weather: High, 49; low, 41; cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English Z l. Gordon i
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, ‘‘I could of (or would of)
heped you.” Say, “I could HAVE (or, would HAVE) helped you.”
•OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Alien. Pronounce al-yen, A as in ALE;
and TWO syllables, not al-i-en.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Proceed; two E’s. Procedure; CED.
SYNONYMS: Maim, mutilate, disable, injure, cripple.
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:
RESPLENDENT; shining brilliantly; lustrous. “He was resplendent with
medals.”
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MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
Q. When a waiter in a hotel dining room brings a dish for me to
look at, what am I supposed to say or do?
A. By this act, the waiter is merely asking your approval of the
dish. If it is as you ordered, you nod your head yes, and he then
serves it. If something is wrong, you tell him quietly either to change
jit, or send it back to the kitchen. Of course, this last is done only for
serious cause.
Q. When the double-ring service is to be used at a wedding, who
should buy the two rings?
A. The bridegroom, of course, buys the ring for his bride, and the
bride should buy the one for the bridegroom.
Q. What should a girl say when being introduced to a young man?
A. “How do you do?” is sufficient.
LOOK 3nd LEARN a. c. GORDON
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1 1. Where does more than one-third of the total population of the
United States center?
2. What are the three ways by which heat passes from one body to
another?
3. How did Portland cement get its name?
4. What well-known bird can feed its young while on the wing?
5. What is the oldest musical percussion instrument?
ANSWERS:
1. It borders on the Great Lakes.
2. Conduction, convection and radiation.
3. Because it resembles a building stone quarried on England’s Isle
of Portland.
4. The hummingbird.
5. The drum.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather concmions ana temper- '
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and ;
released by the Weather Bureau |
are as follows:
Anchorage . 38—Cloudy
Annette Island . 48—Cloudy
Barrow . 31—Freezing Drizzle
Bethel . 42—Cloudy
Cordova . 47—Rain Showers 1
Dawson . 29—Clear |
Edmonton . 27—Partly Cloudy j
Fairbanks . 30—Clear j
Haines . 44— Cloudy
Havre . 31—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 40—Cloudy
Kodiak . 47—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 39—Cloudy
McGrath . 32—Cloudy
Nome . 46—Cloudy
Northway . 31—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 45—Cloudy
Portland ... 50—Rain
Prince George . 38—Cloudy
Seattle . 49—Rain
Sitka . 53—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 31—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat . 38—Cloudy
HOSPITAL NOTES
Admitted to St. Ann’s hospital
yesterday were Robert Dunlap,
Betty Bishop, Michael Moore, Clif
ford Hall, John Doogan and Mrs.
Marlin Feero.
Dismissed were Sadie White, Gil
bert Mills, Donald Argetsinger,
Ismael Vosotros, John J. Klein and |
C. L. Bickel.
At the Government hospital Ray
mer Johnson of Klukwan was ad
mitted, Dismissed were Agnes Mayo
of Rampart and Mary Ann Juneby
of Coal Creek.
RECLAMATION MAN HERE
Reed J. Evans, of the Bureau of
Reclamation, is registered from Ju
neu at the Juneau Hotel.
LUNDSTROMS TO TENAKEE
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lundstrom
and three children leave today
aboard the Martha T. for the win
ter at Tenakee.
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CREAM *
Imagine! This 2 VS-ounce jar con*
tains 21,250 I.U. whole natural hor
mones. A scientific beauty help fox
"over-50" skins. Save now.
Juneau Drug Co.
Phone 33 Box 1151
Prove FREE
( RHEUMATISM PMNS1
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It is now easy to aid rheumatism
and arthritic and neuritic pains.
The test will cost you nothing.
So why suffer another day from
the agony of this painful ailment
when you can secure MUSCLE
RUB, the new preparation that not
only relieves the pains of rheuma
tism but also lumbago, muscle
soreness, sprains, as well as the
less serious lameness of muscles
and Joints? It is no longer neces
sary to dose the system with in
ternal medicine. The entire
MUSCLE-RUB treatment is a
simple liquid, applied directly to the
limbs, shoulders, neck, face or back
—wherever the trouble is.
We urge only that you make this teat.
Use one-half the bottle, and if you are
not amazed and delighted with the re
sults. return the remaining half to your
druggist and he will refund your
money. Price only $1.25, large economy
size $2-25. Buy it today.
At All Drag Stores
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North of Small Boat Harbor
Phone 867 Juneau, Alaska
Home Office — Colman Bldg., Seattle