Daily Alaska Empire
Published every evening except Sunday by the
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY
Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska
HELEN TROY MONSEN - President
DOROTHY TROY LINGO ... Vice-President
Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter.
SI INSCRIPTION RATES: *
Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Dourlas for $1.75 per month:
six months. $9.00; one year, $17.50
By mail, postage paid, at the following rates:
One year. In advance. $15.00; six months, in advance. $7.50;
one month, in advance. $1.50.
Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify
the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery
of their papers.
Telephones News Office. 602; Business Office, 374.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRI SMS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for
republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not other
wise credited in this paper and also the local news published
herein.
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Monday, November 5, 1951
POSTAL IMPROVEMENTS
The improvements in postal service that are
planned by the Post Offige Department will be wel
comed by most people in Juneau and it is good to
know that civic groups in town are offering their
assistance to R. C. Sheldon, postal inspector, who is
arranging for city' delivery, for downtown pickup
service and a possible downtown contract post
office.
If rural delivery can be added to the service of
the local post office it too will be greatly appreciated
by the hundreds of people who live on the highways
out of town.
Postal rates vll be higher in a few months.
The day of the penny post card will soon be among
our memories. The only additional cost for mail
delivery will be 3 cents instead of 2 cents for local
mail.
Mr. Sheldon says that he is here in response to
a request from Alaska’s Delegate Bartlett. So Juneau,
along with Anchorage, Fairbanks and Ketchikan owe
the delegate thanks for bringing to the attention of
the Post Office Department our several needs in the
wny of improved service.
The mail man will save a lot of people a lot
of trips to the post office, when winter weather
arrives. And mail delivery will change our daily
habits.
There will be some citizens who prefer their trips
to the.post office for moil over delivery service.
That will be all right with Mr. Sheldon. Those
people may keep their post office boxes, may direct
that their mail be delivered to their boxes.
So everyone should be pleased.
For Ihe Love of Saps
(Seattle Times)
Washington State’s Douglas fir forests havp a
new enemy — bears. Foresters report that “since
1945 on some fairly open Douglas fir stands" in
the Olympic Peninsula, “bears have killed 100 tree;
to every one killed by fire.”
Bears, the foresters say, have recently acquired
taste for tree saps, particularly the sap of the
Douglas fir. They claw the bark from young tree:
and lick up the sap exuded from the wood. Stand i
on 20-to-30-year-old Douglas fir have suffered most
A cdmmjttee of the American Society of Forest
ers have examined some G.O'JO acres of Olympic
Peninsula forests and reports that on some acres
bears have killed as many as 50 per cent of the
young Douglas fir trees.
No need to suggest immediate remedy. It ha
been taken. The State Game Department has de
clared the bear a predator in all parts of Clallam
Jefferson, Kitsap, Mason and Grays Harbor Countie,
outside of federal forest reserves. Hunters are pre
mitted to kill bear in thes areas at any time of the
year. And if the reports of the foresters are noi
exaggerated, it would behoove the United States For
est Service and the National Parks Service to take
similar action.
There are many ways to break a habit. A Texas
woman who fell into the habit of marrying the same
man, having been his second, sixth, ninth and tenth
wife, hauled off the other day and sliot him.
Fairy tale: Qnce upon a time a woman walkec
out of the house and got into the car and was ready
to go without having to go back into the house tc
do or to get something she had forgotten.
Parents with children of school age eventually
learn to buy a wheelbarrow load of pencils at thr
beginning of a school term and scatter them through
out the house.
Although Truman chided taxpayers recently loi
complaining about taxes, we shall not allow him1
to deprive us of the only pleasure we derive, out ol
paying taxes — that of bellyaching to the" higl
heavens every time the government pries money loose
from us.
"All-Woman Jury Returns Verdict of Guilty in
Five Minutes." — Headline. Before reading the story
we guessed correctly that the accused was young
good-looking and female.
Letters from readers are invited on all subjects
of public interest. Make them as short as possible
and always sign your name.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
• Continued from Page One)
chairman. The President specifically
and categorically agreed.
KING-MAKER CONNELLY
Thereafter Mrs. Edwards wrote
the President, suggesting several
prominent Democrats as National
Chairman, including Alabama's Sen.
John Sparkman, Denver's ex-Cong
ressman John Carroll and Price
Administrator Mike Di Salle.
Meanwhile, unknown to Mrs. Ed
wards, presidential aide Matt Con
nelly was working feverishly to put
over his candidate. Connelly, who
fancies himself as ‘ king-maker" and
the real "power behind the power,"
was plugging, for either Pennsyl
vania’s Federal Judge Jim Mc
Granery or Indiana's Frank Mc
Kinney. When Connelly heard that
McGranery would probably be op
posed by Mayor Dave Lawrence of
Pittsburgh and ex-Senator Francis
Myers of Philadelphia, he devoted
full time to promoting McKinney.
Connelly’s maneuvering was so
secret that neither retiring Chair
man Bill Boyle nor Mrs. Edwards
was aware of it.
Only on Monday, two days before
the committee met, was Boyle in
formed by the President that Mc
Kinney was "the man." Boyle im
mediately got on the phone and
passed the word along to key Demo
crats, including India Edwards.
When she heard of it, she hit the
ceiling, and promptly turned in her
resignation as vice chairman.
THE LADIES REVOLT
News of Mrs. Edwards’ resignation
hit the Democratic committeemen
simultaneously with the news that
Frank McKinney was to be their
new boss. Both caused consterna
tion, the former because Mrs. Ed
wards is extremely popular, the
second because McKinney was al
most unknown to most Democratic
leaders. Also southern and west
ern Democrats felt that in view
of the Vatican appointment, the
new Chairman should have been a
Protestant rather than continuing
the thirty years of Catholic Party
leadership.
Leaders of the revolt included
Carl Thompson, Democratic Com
mitteeman from Wisconsin f the two
Kansas Committeemen, Carl Rice
and Georgia Neese Clark; and Ore
. gon's Monroe Sweetland. The latter
suggested that a delegation make a
personal protest direct to the Pre
sident.
Accordingly, Iowa’s Florence Lynch
telephoned king-maker Matt Con
nelly to ask for an appointment
King-maker Connelly refused. He
did not want anyone disturbing his
plans to put across his hand-picked
National Chairman.
The day before the committee was
to have its rubber-stamp session,
therefore, Mrs. Lynch called a meet
ing in her room in the Mayflower
Hotel. Attending were: Pennsyl
vania's Emma Guffey Miller, New ,
Jersey's Mary Norton, Minnesota’s
lone Hunt, and Wisconsin’s Mrs.
Dan Hoan. All agreed that as be
tween Ipdia Edwards and Frank
McKinney, Mrs. Edwards was their
gal and they rkould stick by her
through thick and thin. So, failing
to get pa^tj jkii^pifcker, CQttneUy
for an appointment, they sent letter
to the President urging him to inter
vene personally with Mrs. Edwards
and hinting that if he did not per
suade her to stay, his hand-picked
candidate might not be committee
picked next day.
Truman got the letter, hurriedly
called Mrs. Edwards, apologized for
the misunderstanding and urged
her to remain. She agreed.
Thereafter, opposition to new
Chairman McKinney gradually melt
ed—especially after his resound
ing speech next day promising to
clean out influence peddlers.
BILOXI GAMBLING BACKrIKLSs
The Air Force may retaliate
against Biloxi, Miss., whose wide
open gambling got Keesler Field
into hot water with the Senate.
What the «Air Force may do is
quietly abandon a lucrative, $43,
000.000 'expansion program at Kees-.:
ler, thus depriving Biloxi of some.
juicy contract# and jobs. I
i ■ r's!
The reason is that gambling has
been so widespread in Biloxi that
the Air Force couldn't keep Keesler
based personnel from gambling with
out placing the whole city off lim
its, including the leading hotels,
bus station and even the basement >
of a church. Instead, Keesler Field 1
tried to solve the problem by ex-1
panding the recreation program on
the base, establishing a 10:30 p.m.
curlew and appealing to the Biloxi
authorities to clean up their town.
However, the gamblers continued
to fleece 18-year-old recruits and
others, until this columnist first
exposed the whole sordid story last
July. This columnist listed the num
ber oi gambling joints operated wide
open, reported that one Lieutenant
had even committeed suicide over
gambling losses, and revealed that
the majority of Keesler servicemen
were around 18. The column then
turned the evidence over to the
Senate Preparedness subcommittee.
As a result, Senate investigators
cracked down on Biloxi, and the Air
Force got a black eye for not keep
ing its men out of the dives.
Real blame, according to Senate
investigators, rests squarely on Bil
oxi authorities, who winked at law
violations and openly conspired with
the gamblers. Since the gambling
trade lured free-spending tourists
into the town, which in turn lowered
local taxes, the townspeople refused
to get stirred up over young re
cruits squandering one-third of their
pay.
That is why the Air Force may
now retaliate by abandoning its
$43,000,000 expansion program at
Keesler, which will cost the city
more than it has been able to pocket
in 10 years of playing footsie with
the racketeers. For most of the gam
bling profits don't stay in Biloxi.
They go to the big-time operators
in Manhattan.
Community Events
TODAY
At G:30 p.m.—Dinner meeting of
Kiwanis club at Baranof.
At 7 p.m.—Headquarters and Head
quarters Service Co. weekly drill
in Armory.
At 7 p.m.—Juneau Badminton club
will play in high school gym.
At. 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
November 6
At noon—Rotary club meets Bara
nof hotel.
At 7:30 p.m. — Delta Chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi meets in Gold
Room c* Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Aux
iliary meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—Folkateers meet in grade
school gym.
At 8 p.m.—Coast Guard wives meet
to sew on doll clothing at home of
Mrs. Paul Trimble, 202 Sixth St.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for Adults at Teen Age
C.ub with square dancing,
i i November 7
At 1:30 p.m.-JWC business meeting
in AELP penthouse.
At 8 pjn^-Elks Lodge.
November 8
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
'club.
At 8 p.m.—Sons of Norway pinochle
party in Moose Hall.
November 10
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
■Dance in Parish Hall.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
• NOVEMBER 5 •
• Thomas W. Larsen •
• Ruth Geyer •
• Mrs. T. N. Powell •
• Elizabeth Connors •
• T. M. Stanley •
• Melba Rogers •
• ••••••••••
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 .. 32—Cloudy
Barrow . 28—Cloudy
Bethel . . 22—Clear
Cordova . 45—Cloudy
Dawson . 22—Cloudy
Edmonton . 38—CloUdy
Fairbanks . 11—Clear
Haines .... . 36—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 34—Fog
Annette Island . 49—Couldy
Kodiak . . 47—Rain
Kotzebue . 29—Snow
McGrath . 25—Fog
Nome .. 31—Cloudy
Northway . 20—Fog
Petersburg . 40—Cloudy
Portland .37—Fog
Prince George . 25—Clear
Seattle . 40—Fog
Whitehorse ..... 27—Clear
Yakutat . 37—Cloudy
lifting of Safe
Dn Gold Restriction
Is to Be Asked
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5—UTl—Sen
ator Pat McCarran (D-Nev) is ex
pected to try in 1952, for the fourth
time since 1948, to persuade Cong
ress to lift government restrictions
on the sale of gold.
First, of course, he’ll have to win
a fight with ill health. The 75-year
old veteran lawmaker suffered a
heart attack Thursday and is ex
pected to be hospitalized several
weeks at Reno, Nev.
McCarran's recent speeches show'
he has been considering the intro
duction of a bill aimed at freeing
the nation’s gold miners from a
“straight jacket” which he said was
“clamped” on them in 1934.
McCarran i^opld restore ^o minqfs
the right to sell gold In’* opeil mt*r*
kets around the world and to miy,
possess, import and export the pre
cious yellow metal.
Miners in this country have had
to sell their gold to the U. S. Mint
for the past 17 years, at $35 per fine
ounce.
This situation, McCarran believes,
should be changed in order to in
crease production of gold needed to
build up Uncle Sam's stockpile,
both in peacetime and wartime.
Pan American Carries
79 Weekend Passengers
Pan American World Airways
carried 79 passengers on weekend
flights in and out of Juneau with
35 arrivals and 44 departures.
Prom Seattle: Dr. and Mrs. John!
Clements, Lulu Davis, Robert Duck
worth, Harold and Helen Foss,
Wallis George, Oscar Johnson, Lois
Jund, Fred Kislingbury, C. Michol
son, M. Olson, Paul Troost, E. G.
Wernentin, A. Wilson.
Col. E. Landreth, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Robinson, A. W. Bolay,
Mrs. A. Bowles and Verona, Mrs. R.
D. Cameron and Linda, H .S. Chris
tensen, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Doyle,
Everett Dezell, Irene Lenz, Martha
Parce, D. Stettler, Clara Sturgill,
Frank Tilson, Lynn Winter, Willard
Wood. ,
To Seattle: M. Franks, Mrs. M.
THESE WOMEN!
3y d’Alessio
“Oh, yes—George handles all the money in (he house.
I just tell him what to buy with it!” j
| 20 YEARS AGO the empire |
NOVEMBER 5 ,1931
Farewell had been said to the cableship Dellwood and the craft
returned to Lake Union, since the cable system to Alaska was being
replaced by radio. Some of the crew members were transferred to other
services, and only a skeleton force remained to keep the craft in
condition.
Italy expected to collect about $20,000 000, or one-tenth of her
budget deficit, on goods from the United States. This was to be accom
plished through new tariff rates.
Juneau firemen were to feast ’ on moose and venison meat at a
dinner preceding their regular monthly meeting this evening, and a
large turnout of members was expected.
Mrs. Tyrne Salo and Mrs. Alfred Ruotsala entertained the previous
night’ at a shower in honor of Miss S'igricF Davis. Dancing and card
playing were enjoyed, and the honor guest was presented many beau
tiful pieces of silverware.
F'rom Security Bay, Petersburg, Kake and way ports, the motorship
Pacific, Capt. Paul Kegal, returned to Juneau after a longer than -usual
time on the voyage, due to heavy business between way ports.
Three vessels with 23,300 pounds of halibut had arrived in Seattle,
selling there for 12 and 22 cents a pound.
Dog licenses were overdue in the City of Douglas, and authorization
for disposal of unlicensed dogs would be given after November 15, ac
cording to Felix Gray, City Clerk.
Weather: High, 40; low, 36; rain.
~---|
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I don’t know if I can
go.” Say, “I don’t know WHETHER I can go.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED. Modiste. Pronounce mo-dest, O as in
NO, E as in ME, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hammock; OCK. Havoc; no K.
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:
GRFGARIOUS; having the habit of associating in flocks, herds, oi
companies. (Pronounce the E as in GREED, A as in CARE, accent
second syllable). “Some people are gregarious, preferring to live in thi
crowded city rather than in the open country."
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
L.—————-—-— ---r
Q. What are the correct birthstones?
A. January, garnet; February, amethyst; Masch, bloodstone; aqua
marine cr jasper; April, diamond; May, emerald; June, pearl, moon
stone or agate; July, ruby or onyx; August, sardonyx, peridot or car
nelian; September, sapphire; October, opal or tourmaline; November
topaz; Decemebr, turquoise or lapis lazuli.
Q. Is it proper to sop one's bread into the gravy at the dinnei
table?
A. Yes, but it must be done properly — by putting a small piece
clown on the gravy and then eating it with knife and fork as thougl
it were any other helping on your plate.
Q. Is it ever permissible to write a social letter with a lead
j pencil? c ■ ■■■■■• m
A. Only if the writer is in such circumstances that he cannoi
procure a pen and ink. Otherwise, no.
i LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON I
i_1
, l. What, approximately, is the population of the United States'.
2. What liquid is a conductor of electricity, and when solidified, i
is not?
3. What are the four qualities of taste sensations?
4. What European monarch ruled for the longest time?
5. What creature has the greatest life span?
ANSWERS:
1. 150,520,000.
2. Water.
3. Sweet, sour, salt and bitter.
4. Louis XIV, of France, who ruled for 72 years.
5. The tortoise, which may live to be 200 or 300 years old, or
older.
Brouilette, Jack and M. Petaja,
Jackie Budd, Norman Stines, Clay
Scudder, Mrs. E. Hunter, Rita and
Dick McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Madson, Boyd McLean, M. Randall,
M. Moser, K. Rutherford, B. Weld
ing, George Varra, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Holden, W. Vreland, Glen Col
lins, F. Gilpatrick, Patricia Meyer,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Westfall, Mr.
and Mrs. A. E. Lundstrom, Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Crafton and Amber,
Claude Crown, Gray Miller, G. E.
Hamilton, Ruth Johnson, Charles
Burdick, M. Grazier, Mary Crock,
G. Varku, James Haynes, Leo Rich
ard, Pj. Godfrey, M. O. Lindahl.
Tom Appleton of Anchorage is at
the Baranof Hotel.
ACROSS
1. Hobbies
6. Weep bitterly
8. High cards
12. Afresh
13. Monkey
14. Ceremony
IB. Speed contest
16. Patron
18. Pedal digits
20. Ocean
21. Use a lever
22. Infant’s
garment
24. Row
26. Young devil
27. Move to and
fro
29. Crinkly
material
82. Variable star
24. Animal's foot
36. Cast off
37. Odor
39. Steer will
41. Purpose
42. littered
44. Rude hut
4G. English letter
48. Unruly crowd
50. Greek
mountain
51. I.ingered
54. Indication
56. Medicinal
plant
57. Japanese
statesman
58. Bacchanalian
cry
59. Not any
60. Is able
61. Canvas 1
shelter
EEinEIEEBSEISH
1ft A L iM[Y]Bc|oIdIeMBL I I
A L.EIeMtIBiUMP Eh~|
s ow u EQ~HM a nIeI
MnMt o g sis e wm
|5]c O O XpN° B O eW sTo]
A C M^BsS O ^BE A|y
T A ppiMp 0 £TOA L s|
i tMcIaIp eWpfJb urn
lcieIaIc|BJa[n'g)eMa t|e
IeipIpIvMsItIoIwBlIeIrI
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzlo
DOWN
. Distant
Dealing with
anatotay
I. Gradual release
of pressure
4. Crush
5. Pouch
6. Musical work
7. Assail
8. Away: prefix
9. Broad
10. Personification
of woman
hood: Irish
II. Nimble
17. Pertaining to
an Indo
Chinese tribe
18. Stitch
22. Edges
23. Knock
25. Bitter vetch
28. Merry
30. Five-sided
figure
31. Whirlpool
33. Collection of
facts
36. Existed
38. Measure of
duration
40. Pronoun
43. Kind of
architecture
45. Item of
property
48. Ardor
47. Done alone
49. Greek letter
52. Golf mound
63. Put on
£5. Open-work
fabrlo
© B.P.O.ILKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
1 ^
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Vi.
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
• •
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY • |
• •
• •
*•••••••••«
STEVENS*
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third j
The Charles W. Carter !
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY HEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
13—PHONES—49
Free Delivery
J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Wort
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 642 Telephone 919
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY •
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
butler-mauro
drug CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument*
and. Supplies
Phone 206 Becond and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 603 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—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 Typewriter*
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
“Onr Doorstep la Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — Oil.
Jnneaa Motor 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 — Rhone M
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
Dfh Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Stem
G. W. HILSINGER
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 y
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"THE FIGHTING KENTUCKIAN"
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phoae 14-YELLOW CAB C0.-Phoae 22
ana an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments.
WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear!
Oldest Bank in Alaska
1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1951
The B. HI. Behrends
Bank < v
Safety Deposit \ 'W ^
Boxes for Rent * \
COMMERCIAL | SAVINGS v