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Monday, July 23, 1951
MODERN MOONSHINING
Illegal distilling* Ja.'.the New York metropolitan
area is beginning to rival the worst days of Prohibi
tion, the Tax Council of the Alcoholic Beverage Indus
tries declared this month in reporting two big outlaw
operations had been seized by Federal agents on Long
Island within five days of each other.
Xo support its claim, the Tax Council singled out
othW recent big seizures there and in New York and
pointed to raids on new “home cookers," a type of
.■•mall still which flourished during the bootlegging
20s.
Remembering prohibition days, one is given to
wonder why, now that distilling can be a perfectly
lrg«4 occupation, widespread illegal making of liquor
shotBd provide an attractive occupation.
For the information of the post-repealers, the
home cooker" is liquor trade slang for a neighborhood
outlaw still operated on a small scale, usually at a
community level.
f And now, it is explained by the Tax Council
report, there has been a sharp increase in the "home
cooker” in producing liquor for low income groups.
In 1949, the Alcohol Tax Unit and other enforce
ment agencies seized 19,000 outlaw stills with a
daily producing capacity of over 500.000 gallons.
It is all a matter of dollars and cents. The
Federal tax or distilled liquor is $9 a gallon. This
tax, which is passed on to the consumer brings the
average price (in New York) of a fifth of whiskey
to $3.85. The bootleg fifth can be bought tax-free
for about $2 in the New York area.
And at the rate that bootleg whiskey is produced,
the government was losing $4,500,000 a day on the
19,000 stills seized in 1949.
‘‘I Am An American”
(Cincinnati Enquirer! j
For most of us, indeed for almost all of us,
$250,000 is quite a lot of money—especially if it is
held out in front of us, there for the taking. It must
have seemed so to James N. Gape of AkrOn when a
manorial estate of that value in England , was willed
to him—on condition that he and his family move
to England to live.
British-born, Mr. Gape might have taken up the
unusual offer if he had had only himself to consider.
But he is grateful to the United States, which he
served in the Navy. His wife is an American. His
children are Americans. Taking plenty of time to
consider, he decided that he would rather stay in
the United States, and let somebody else have the
two manor houses—and the 1,000 acres of fine Cam
bridgeshire land, and the substantial annual income.
Now and then, in years to come. Mr. C-npe may
wonder if he did the right thing ' fully if ‘he
happens to encounter some adversity, But as he
watches his children growing up in the land of their
birth, he undoubtedly will feel confirmed in his judg
ment.
We all talk a good deal about certain intangibles
in American life—abstractions like liberty and broad
opportunity and democracy. They are abstractions,
it is true. But they are none the less real. Their
reality is confirmed by a case like that of Mr. Gape,
who weghed them against a quarter million dollars
and then declined the fortune.
It's amazing how many Hollywood characters
were the guileless, naive, trusting and completely
innocent dupes cf the Commies.
Now we know what happens to dead-end kids
when they grow up. They report their incomes under
"miscellaneous.”—Changing Times.
1e Washington
srry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Democratic rule. Nobody, except
a t few incurable optimists, really
expects this administration to be
re-elected, and when that frame
o# mind wxists in Oqngnm tlw
can be no party discipline, no
leadership.
And without leadership every
Congressman adopts the law of
the jungle—every man for him
self. Instead of voting what’s
good for the country, he votes
what's good for himself or the
lobbyists who helped fill his cam
paign chest. He knows that, in
many legislative problems, the na
tion's interest has to be put above
his district’s interest. A flood
control reservoir may dislocate a
hundred or so people in his dist
rict, but their dislocation may
save the lives and property of
millions below the reservoir area.
However, an "I'll get mine, you
get your’’ spirit has become ram
pant in this Congress. The law of
the lobbyist and the local interest
reigns supreme. ‘
2. There has been no firm hand
on the reins. This is true of both
of the White House and of the
Democratic leaders on Capitol
Hill.
The President has alternately
begged and scolded. He has sel
dom inspired
Congress is like a team of hor
ses. It knows from _the feel of the
reins whether the driver is com
petent, and, like a team of hor
ses, you can't alternately lash
Congressmen into a lather, then
coax them up a hill.
When the President calls the
Alger Hiss prosecution a "red her
ring" one day, then rewards the
Hiss prosecutor with a judgeship;
when he calls the Fulbright RFC
reforms "asinine," then adopts
the Fulbright RFC reforms him
slef; when he vetoes the Kerr Na
tural Gas bill, then appoints a
power commission chairman who
adopts the Kerr bill — Congress
knows that an unsteady hand is
holding the reins.
Harry Truman will go down in
history as a courageous President
and on his major policies a cor
rect President. But he will also
be known as an unstable, unpop
ular President, and in leading
Congress, popularity and stability
are what count.
me ^resident s leaders on
Capitol Hill are no better—part
ly because they don't particular
ly believe in the President's pol
icies, also get discouraged working
lor him.
Speaker Sam Rayburn, who
once held a steady hand over the
House of Representatives, now
doesn't care much whether school
keeps or not. Sam is older, more
tired, more discouraged than in
the days when he controlled the
unruly House of Representatives
for FDR. Those were the days
when he pioneered the Securities
and Exchange laws through Con
gress; then the Holding Corpora
tion Act—both great landmarks to
his legislative career. But it's
doubtful today if Sam would have
the courage and stamina to re
peat that legislative performance.
In the Senate, the President's
leader is a genial, hard-working,
scared Senator from Arizona, Ern
est McFarland, who is so- worried
he will not be re-elected that he
spends more time looking over
his shoulder at his home state
than at the national problems
pitched at him in the Senate.
M V’arland'is assistant, Lync'on
Johnson, squeaked into the Sen
ate from Texas by the narrow
pf ^,^es and, having
(fope - jq,“ has -qdepted a policy of
antagonizing no one—a policy
which does not help to pass Mr.
Truman's measures and which
has won for Lyndon the nickname
"Lying Down" Johnson.
Therefore, the Senate today is
treated to the spectacle of watch
ing the President's two leaders
unhappily voting and working
against many of the policies they
are supposed to push.
3. The Lurking Fear of Civil
Rights Really Dominates the Sen
ate. This is something never talk
ed about publicly but which is
the most basic factor behind the
Republican-Dixiecrat coalition.
Two years ago, when Southern
leaders found that Mr. Truman
was really serious about pushing
his civil-rights program, they
formed a coalition with northern
Republicans—the followers of Ab
raham Lincoln—to sabotage civil
rights in return lor southern help
in blocking part of Truman's ec
onomic program.
That is why just enough nor
thern Republicans always vote
with the south to block cloture
and to continue any filibuster
j against civil rights. That is also
why you will usually find just
enough southern Democrats vot
ing with the Republicans and
against the Democratic platform
to kill some of the Truman cc
1 onomic and labor measures which
the Republicans oppose.
The bipartisan foreign policy
has been pretty much on the rocks
ever since the death of Michigan’s
Senator Vandenberg. But today
a much firmer, though never dis
cussed bipartisan domestic policy
has taken its place.
Engineered primarily by Rus
sel of Georgia and Taft of Ohio,
it operates so smoothly it is al
most automatic. And it has be
come a basic factor in the stult
ification of a Congress which will
probably go down as one of the
most do-nothing in history.
Washington Pipeplme
A business committee advising
the munitions board lias recom
mended standardizing all automo
I tile and airplane engines. . . a
real blow to the Kremlin: since
V-J Day the American Steel in
dustry lias increased production
by more than Russia’s total pro
duction. . . . the White House got
a report last week that American
industry is now delivering $300,
0C0.000 worth of guns, tanks,
planes, and radar to the armed
services per month This will soon
jump to $500,000,000 per month
. . . the recent price increase
granted the machine-tool industry
' was ordered by mobilization boss
Charlie Wilson over Mike Di
Salle's head. . . General Ridgway
has informed Washington that
Japan wfll be able . to put four
divisions' into the field in eight
months. Tiaining of the Japanese
police force has been going on
secretly, Ridgway reports, but a
new Democratic Japanese army
will soon be announced.
DOUGLAS
NEWS
CASHEL HERE
Ed Cashel is visiting here with
his wife and daughter Margaret
Lindsay. They arrived last week
from Sitka, where he is custodian
in the Federal building.
VISITING AT MEANS HOME
Mrs. Della Means and grand
daughters Kathleen 16 years old
and Pat, 17 years arrived here re
cently from their home in Albu
, querque, N. M. The family * are
guests at the home of Mrs. Means'
son, Jack Means and family, and
plan on staying here lor several
years while the two girls finish
school.
COUNCIL TONIGHT
The Douglas city council will
meet tonight with representatives
of the U. S. Engineers, together
with representatives of the City
of Juneau, on further hearing on
the Douglas-Juneau harbor fa
cilities. Meeting will be in the
City Hall at 8 p.m.
BUILDING IMPROVING
, Several homes are under con
struction in the city besides the
10 house A.H.A. project, on 5th <
street. William Kerns has his
basement and first floor up on his
building lot between the Barou
mes apartment and the Ingebright
home. Robert Anderson poured
first ^ floor walls on his 27 by 47
foot foundation on Knobb Hill
yesterday. The William Boehl
home has been completed and
sold recently to Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Hamilton and family.
The Marcus Jensen apartments
on 2nd Street is roughed in with
siding being installed this week.
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° July 23 o
• •
• Helen Dubree o
• C. M. Ferguson *
• Mary Ann Jones e
• Don Crosson »
• Annetta Peterson o
• Gene Jorgensen «
• Lvle Riley •
• Elizabeth Peterson •
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Community Events
July 21
At Noon — Rotary Club lunchn
Baranof Hotel, District Cover r
to speak, Soap Box Derby pm
awarded.
At G:30 p.m. — Baseball game bi -
tween Coast Guard and Elks, Fire
men's Park.
At 8 p.m. — Odd Fellows meet in
I. O. O. F. Hall.
OAKLAND. Calif., July 23 —
An Oakland carpenter who said he
was the former husband of author
Betty McDonald, and "Bob” in her
famed book. "The Egg and I," was
stabbed to death in a fight with the
divorced husband of another woman.
Police said Robert E. Ileskcit, 55.
Who was married to Mrs. MacDonald
in 1527 and divorced eight years
later, died here yesterday from a
knife wound in the heart. Thomas
J. Blake, 37, of Visalia, Calif., was
booked for investigation of murder.
Officers said Elake’s divorced
wife, Thelma, 35. told them she had
been living at Heskett’s house here
for a week. Blake, she related, came
to the house about midnight Sat
urday and an argument ensued.
She said Hcskett ordered Blake
out. but Hi? Visalia man pulled a
knife and Hcskett grabbed a hatch
et. As the two grappled in a hall
way, llc.kctt suddenly toppled over
a bannister, she said.
Police said Blake claimed self
defenre, contending he didn't wield
the knife until Heskett swjung at
him with the hatchet.
Betty MacDonald was awarded a
divorce from Kskett and custody
of their two daughters by Superior
Judge Malcolm Douglas at Seattle,
March 8, 1935.
Her experiences on an Olympic
Peninsula chicken ranch while mar
ried to Heskett formed a background
for her book. "The Egg and I."
Slock Quotations
NEW YORK. July 23 — !.B— Clos
in'' Quotation of Alaska Juneau
mine stock today is 2N, American
Can 110'», American Tel. & Tel.
I5G’», Anaconda 39'i. Douglas Air
craft 48';-. General Electri' 54 T ,
General Motors 48’ . Goodye; r 87’t,
Kennecott 71"., Libby. M' Neill &
Libby 8a„ Northern Pachc 49N,
Standard Oil of California 47Vi,
Twentieth Century Fox 19 . U. S.
Steel 40’ Pound 2.80’ .. Canadian
Exchange 94.50.
Sales today were 1.320,000 hares.
Averages today were as fojlows:
industrials 255.61, rail 77.71. util
ities 44.51.
TIDE TABLES
July 24
High tide 5:42 a.m. 14.5 feet
Low tide 11:51 a.m. 1.2 feet
High tide G:15 p.m, 1G.0 feet
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
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5. Period
8* Bay ‘j
12. LiphNng ^
device
12. Geological ago
14. Black
15. Dye indigo
10. Shallow vessel
3 7. Medicinal herl)
IS. Long* step
2n. Wit'll draw
22. Study
22. Italian river
24. llvergreen
tree
27. Lessen
32. Lyric poem
31. Small shieljl
33. Female ruft
3G. Protector
39* Vegetable
KB JjMve
4t. F^rnale deer
43. Fillets
47. Empower
61. Public vehicle
52. How
54. Cheerful
55. 'jI'Jic birds
56. Kpcline
67. Ac!ore
5S. Pease
5’i. Make a mistake
CO. Female sheep
DOWN
1. Exclamation
of sorrow
TTTTT,
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
2. Bombast
3. Turkish official
4. Unite
5. Relied
C. At lo-Saxon
mon**y of
account
7. C< everts to
leather
s- Sc1 al light
i*. Competent
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measure
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1. Finial
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20 YEARS AGO t°he empire
JULY ;3, 1931
After more .than a year’s absence, Mrs. E. F. Cashel and son Francis,
aimed to thev home in Douglas yesterday from Anchorage where
they were guests of Mrs. Cashel's daughter, Mrs. Margaret Strickland,
the latter accom.oi. nied her mother here to remain a short time before
oing south where- she will visit.
—
After a stay of several hours here yesterday afternoon, the steamer
Yukon, bound from Seattle to Seward, departed for the Westward,
: phe booked at this pert four passengers. They were: For Seward, Mr.
I .K1 Mrs. J. C. McBride, J. S. Hall. For Valdez: Major E. L. Atkins. *
i _
j E. iioyie, an oincial of the Union Oil Company, is in Juneau a
lew days on company business.
Vrs. W. S. Fekovich of Fun,er, successfully underwent a surgical
operation at St. Ann s hospital yesterday.
Docs the loss of a fellow’s appendix impair his prospects of be
coming a fireman? Clayton Fleck, 5 years old, of Douglas wants to
1 know. He returned home yesterday from St. Ann's hospital after sur
geons separated him from his appendix. When he grows up he hopes
t„ pc a member of the Douglas Fire Department, he said just before
'.caving St. Ann’s.
Assistant U. S. Attorney George W. Folta was main speaker at a
dinner at Scottish Rite Temple last night. More than 100 Masons were
present to honor Thomas M. Askren, grand master of the Masonic
Podge of Alaska and Washington who is visiting here from Seattle.
I Folia talked on “The Basic Truths of Masonry.”
Weather: High 55; Low 50; Showers.
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| Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon \
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "It seems funny that he
[ would do such a thing.” Say, “It seems queer (or, unusual) that he
would do uch a thing.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Hoof. Pronounce the oo as in too, not
j as in book.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Assassin; four s’s.
SYNONYMS: Pretty,'handsome, beautiful, beauteous, comely, charm
ing, attractive, exquisite.
I 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:
! IMPASSIONED; moved to a strong feeling; ardent. "His impassioned
; words brought tears to her eyes.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
i Q. I was recently widowed and a friend told me I am supposed
! cither to discard my wedding ring or wear it on my right hand. What
is correct?
i A. You don’t have to do either of these! You may continue to
■ wear your wedding ring for as long as you wish.
i q. I it considered proper to address an envelope to Mr. and Mrs.
1 John Smith and Family?
A. Where there are children in the family, it is best to address
the envelope to Mr. and Mrs., and then on the card or in the letter,
write, "Love to the children, too.”
Q. When are plates removed from the dinner table for ensuing
courses?
A. The plates for each course are not removed until the slowest
alcr has finished and. laid down his fork.
LOOK and LEARN bA. c. GORDON i
1. What is the difference between American and European plans
of hotel operation?
2. How many cubic feet are there in one cord of wood?
wmch is the only state of the Union whose capital bears th*
tame name as the state?
4. What is pigeon English?
5. If a cow is a bovine animal, what is an ovine animal?
ANSWERS:
1. The American plan includes lodging and meals for guests; the
European plan charges for lodging only.
2. There are 128 cubic feet.
3. Oklahoma, whose capital is Oklahoma City.
4. A mixture of English, French, and Portuguese.
5. A sheeplike animal.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and 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 . 50—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island .* 53—Cloudy |
Barrow 44—Rain Showers i
I# thel.49—Partly Cloudy |
t’fcdova . 49—Rain j
Dawson . 50—Cloudy '
Edmonton . 58—Rain
Fairbanks . 41—Fog
Haines . 55—Cloudy
Havre . 53—Clear ,
Juneau . 48—Cloudy
Kodiak . 50—Fog i
Kotzebue . 48—Cloudy
McGrath . 49—Cloudy
Nome . 47—Cloudy
Northway . 49—Cloudy
Petersburg .. 52—Fog
Portland . 58—Partly Cloudy
Prince George 47 Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 53—Clear
Sitka . 54—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 45—Partly Cloudy |
Vakutat . 53—Drizzle 1
By ELTON C. FA Y
(AI* Military Affairs Reporter) j
WASHINGTON, July 21 —(.41— j
Almost 25,000 Air Force radar men j
now are on .ieady watch at nta-1
tions and control centers in the
United States and Canada to detect
the approach of any strango and
possibly hostile planes.
The aircraft warning system has
reached the point where it is 07 per
cent manned, the Associated Press
was told by officials today.
Three years ago, in the days of
economy and before the swiff build
up of military strength which start
ed with the Korean war, only about
3,009 to 4,000 men were in the en
tire warning system. That system
then consisted of a few, isolated de
fense areas where radar scanning
of the skies was conducted part
time. There was no coordinated
warning system.
However, the fact that warning
stations now are almost fully
manned dees not mean that the
U. S. has all the warning system it
plans cr wants or that the equip
ment used at those stations all is
necessarily modern.
The Air Force’s air raid warning
organization is composed of 12
groups cf regular troops and three
of federalized Air rjational Guard
outfits. This does not necessarily
mean there are only 15 stations;
each group has personnel enough to
man a number of stations.
The exact number cf warning
stations and control centers and
llo'ir locations are secrets.
The stations in the U. S. and
Alaska work with those in Canada
under the mutual Canadian-U.S.
Defense Plan.
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