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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Thursday, March 1, 1951
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SOME SOAP
Cheer for adults — and to a somewhat less degree
for small boys with grimy ears — Is to be found iri
the announcement by Neil H. McElroy, President
of Procter and Gamble Co., in an interview at Los
Angeles, that there is no reason for householders to
hoard soap or lard because postwar development of
new productive facilities now has made this nation
self-sufficient in the supplying of soap and edible fat
products.
The emergence of chemical soaps, or detergents,
has been an important factor in this. Adequate sup
plies of soybean and cottonseed oils and animal fats
help supplement our advantage in that respect.
So, barring the unforeseeable, we face ahead
to the era of austerity with the assurance that, at
least, we can keep clean. Soap was one of mankind s
greatest inventions, and it not only is an indispensible
element in good appearance but also one of the
greatest safeguards of public health.
Why Pick on Alaska!
(Ketchikan News)
j
According to press reports Colonel J. A. Alexander
told the Territorial Legislature they must raise $1,
100,000 for Civilian Defense purposes with only match
ing funds to be provided by the Federal Government.
There is no doubt but that Alaska should have,
must have civilian defense, but we cannot see how
in the world we are going to scrape up $1,100,000 for
the purpose.
When the cold, plain, unvarnished facts are recog
nized we must admit that we do not have that kind of
income and have no practical means of raising taxes
to provide it.
Representative Glen D. Franklin, chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee, after careful study of
the Territory’s finances, points out that actually we
have a deficit of $4,068,639 to meet. This is money
already owed or appropriated and represents bills we
must pay. In the same report he states we must raise
$22,234,629 to meet our expenses of government for the
next two years. He estimates our anticipated income
at $18,166,000. By adding another $1,100,000 to our
deficit we will find ourselves over 5 trillion dollars in
the hole.
We might be able to trim our budget tonsidernblv
by eliminating such useless groups as the Alaska De
velopment Board and the Statehood Committee but
that is only going to save a small portion of the 5
million needed.
In our opinion this Legislature should inform the
Federal Government, without any adornment, of our
financial position and ask special consideation and
funds for the purpose of civilian defense. We are
willing and ready to do our part but it is obvious our
bank account will not stretch any farther.
For the past 12 years Alaskans have paid their
share of taxes for the purchase of guns and equip
ment. We have contributed our share of men for the
Armed Forces. We have always gone over the top
in War Bond drives and the support of the Red Cross
and other national causes.
If we need guns and equipment now for civilian
defense the Federal Government should be in a posi
tion to provide us with them—we are in no position to
buy them for ourselves.
The question now arises how and where would the
million dollars be spent. Each city in Alaska already
is taking precautionary defense measures at its own
expense.. Moreover. Alaska is a key to offense and
defense for the whole United States and it is up to
the government more than to the Territory., to
provide what additional precautions may be necessary.
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
rmv. The latter is in command of
a ten-man detachment guarding the
Kaprikule outpost. The road lead
ing to the curtain was paved with
cent .i -old stone and beside the
ror ■ •'ll' Roman wells built by
Empi'ior \d . n. But the traffic 1
leading t * t| i rbed-wire curtain,
aside from an on team pulling a
John Deere disc drill, a tribute to
the Marshall plan, was nil.
Suddenly the road ended. Ahead,
was an iron gate bearing that in
ternational English word known to
?vary tongue: “Stop.” Beyond it .wasj
another rate slightly rusty and de.
lapiit.ited bearing the words “Bul
garia ii. lioth French arid Cyrillic.
Thi- wa- he Iron Curtain and the
place which Turks call Serhad,
which -r.ificantly has two mean
in : the Frontier and the Neckline
where one’s heai, is chopped oft.
Bloc' houses Guard Curtain
Alongside the gate was a series of
blockhouses—one on the Bulgarian
side, a little shabby with some of its
windowpanes missing, and two on
the Turkish side, both new and or
derly. One Turkish blockhotyse — set
back from the iron gate but con
nected with it by a series of trench
es—housed troops
I climbed stairs inside the thick
walled parapet to the tower on top
of which a Turkish soldier stood
scanning the landscape through field
- gasses. Through his glasses we could
see a Bulgarian guard in the tower
on the opposite side of the iror
curtain, scrutinizing us. From time
to time he would run to the tele
phone evidently to notify hjs head
quarters about our part*. Aside from
this, there was almost no movement
on the frontier. The sturdy walls,
pierced with rifle slots, looked down
on nothing more than the winter
barley fields and the long, long
barricade ol barbed wire extending
north.
Prisoners Escape
A herd of water buffalo grazed
in the distance. They did not know
the difference between Communism
or Democracy, between Russianized
Bulgaria or Turkey—to which the
Truman doctrine is supplying arms
and Marshall plan aid. They only
knew that the grass was just as
green on either side.
•‘Sometimes,” remarked Captain
Seckin, ‘‘Sheep or buffalo get un
der the wire and cross to the Bul
garian side and the Communists
shoot them. Our farmers get no
chance to herd them back,” Some
times, also, I learned, Bulgarian po
litical prisoners sneak through the
barbed wire at night to give them
selves up to Turkish authorities..
This happens at the rate of two or
three times per month and they
tell a story of harassment and po
litical suppression in what once was
a relatively Democratic country.
Climbing down from the watch
towr; we moved closer to the Iron
Cu: l. the second Turkish build
,nr. This one was just six feet
f*‘on ti.i . seperaling the two
countries.
Oil ran . . m official with
a properly vt.. ed port is per
mitted to pass through this gate and
customs officials tire kept on the
Turkish side to handle such tran
sits. We sat down a few feet from
the gate to drink coffee with the
customs officials. The weather v. a;
cold but the sun was warm, and I
pulled my chair out onto a stone
platform in the sunshine in full view
of the Communist guards peering
down through rifle slots in their
watchtower fifty feet away
I don’t know and never will know
what they thought of the stranger
—the civilian dressed in western
clothes who sat and dnpik coffee
just below them. I don’t even know
whether they recognized me as an
American but the Turkish guards,]
who watched them from the tower i
with their field glasses, , reported I
that, on the opposite side of the
Iron Curtain, there was more s-ur
rvii arid mo'e frantic telephoning
back to their headquarters.
However, the sun was warm and
the -nffee Hopeious and we lingered
talking about the days when the
army of Sultan Beyazid battled with
the armored knights of the Polish
king and the Grand Marshal of
France in the days of the crusades j
across these same barley fields be- j
fore the gates of Adrianople.
Battle For Adrianople
For hundreds of years men had
fought to control this gateway to
the Bosporus and they were still
fighting. But the big question is
would another war start actively
this spring? Would the Russians at
tack before Eisenhower has a chance
| to strengthen the armies of western
I Europe, before an American-equlp
1 ped Turkish army becomes stronger
before Marshal Tito further solidi
’ ties his hold on Yugoslavia? That
is a question discussed in the chan
l ceries and the coffee houses of the
I near East and that is a question 1
1 came to Europe to try to answer.
! Talking about it I drove back to
! Adrianople, drove back over an age
1 old blood-soaked battlefield now.'
| planted in barley by oxen and John
Deere disc drills—a battlefield sure
i to be one of the first points of at
tack if war comes.
NEED FOR MEMBERS
1 IN AMER. LEGION IS
STRESSED, VAN HORN
Speaking to Legionnaires and
their ladies Monday night at the
Legion Dugoat, Department first
| Vice-Commander John Van Horn
j emphasized the need for renewed
efforts toward increased member
ship goals. He commended Juneau
Post No. 4 on its increase in mem
bership during the last month.
Van Horn also pointed out that
veterans of the two world wars
are the largest single group in
America with one thing in common
the privilege of having served our
country in time of war. "Now it is
our duty to serve on the home
front to keep our nation strong and
alert to the dangers it faces on
every side. We can do this by com
bining our individual efforts in
the American Legion," he said. Van
Horn is Department Membership
Chairman.
A pinochle party followed the
brief business meeting. Harold Zen
ger and^ his wife, Mildred, took
both prizes for high scores. The
ladies served cake and coffee.
GIBBS FAMILY IS
HOUSE HUNTING
John W. Gibbs, engineer with
the Bureau of Public Hoads who
arrived here accompanied by Mrs.
Gibbs and their two little children
on the Baranof, Is now house hunt
ing, for a house or an apartment.
At present the Gibbs are guests
at the Hotel Juneau.
Gibbs is from the Denver BPW
region and will be stationed here
on the Glacier Highway construc
tion project to be started the first
of March by Keil and Peterman,
local contractors.
KODIAK VISI’IOR
Richard Haggin with the CAA at
Kodiak, arrived here yesterday from
Seattle on PAA and is stopping at
the Hotel Juneau.
FROM ANCHORAGE
V. C. Forbes of Anchorage is at
the Hotel Juneau.
March 1
Joseph L. George
Raymond Dickson
Jane Williams
Jack Popejoy
Christine Emerson
Mrs. T. M. Small
Horace Gregory
Janice Thomas
Dr. Ted Oberman
COMHU 1 EVENTS
TODAY
At 8 p.m. — Juneau Botanical club
to hold Wild Flower slide show ]
at IOOF hall.
At 8 p.m. — Women of Moose holds I
business meeting.
At 8 p.m. — Forty and Eight meets j
in Dugout.
At 8:45 p.m. — Juneau Singers re
hearsal in Methodist church.
March 2
At 1:30 p.m. — Martha Society
meets in N.L.P. church manse.
At 7:30 p.m. — All 4-H Club mem- I
bers meet for party in parish hall.
At 8 p.m. -• Concert by Frances
Paul and Lois Reedy at Northern
Light Presbyterian church.
At 8 p. m. — Shrine Club regular
meeting. Joe Alter will talk on
recent trip through Scandinavian
countries.
March 3
At 2 p.m. — Deep Sea Fishermen’s
Union meet. General election.
March 5
At noon — Lions Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
March 6
At noon — Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8:45 p.m. — Community Center]
night for adults at Then Age club
with square dancing.
March 7
At noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m. — Civil Air Patrol
meeting at National Guard arm
ory.
At 8 p.m. —* Elks Lodge.
At 8 p.m. — Public pinochle party,
series 3, Moose lodge.
March 8
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 8:45 p.m. — Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
March 9
At 8 p.m. — Juneau Singers in con
cert at 20th Century Theatre,
sponsored by Juneau Woman’s
Club.
March 10
At 10 p m — Annual formal dance
by Bern Sigma Phi.in Gold Room,
Baranof.
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of the Columbia River Packers As
sociation, Astoria, Ore., are at the
Baranof Hotel.
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MARCH 1, 1931
Miss Helen McDonald and Mr. Marcel Stragier of Douglas surprised
their many Channel friends the previous evening when they were quietly
married at the Catholic Church in Juneau. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Webb. Witnesses to their wedding were Miss Lee Thoma,
Mi s Margaret Pimperton, Miss Julia Stragier and Mr. Chris Ellingen.
The bride was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacDonald of Fair
bank where she had lived most of her life. She was a teacher in the
Dotr i High School and the girls’ basketball couch. Mr. Stragier was
the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stragier. He had lived on Douglas
Island all his life except the past four years when he had been attending
colli ". He was a graduate of Detroit College, Michigan, and was em
ploye,! at the Alaska Juneau mine.
Fifteen cents a pound for first grade halibut and 9 cents a pound
for second grade halibut, grading to be under 1931 rules, which classified
all fish more than 60 pounds in weight as second grade, were refused
by vessel owners and fishermen on that part of the Juneau's fleet
which returned home the previous day from the season's first trip to the
bank The aggregate hailing was 80,000 pounds. All of it would be
shipped this night on the Alameda, by Vessel owners and fishermen to
Seattle, where the United Pacific Fisheries was paying a minimum of
12 cents and 9 cents a pound cash, under 1930 grading rules, which put
fish weighing between 10 and 80 pounds in the first grade.
Territorial revenues in the decade between 1921 r-l'd 1930 aggregated
$10,002,318.42, an average of slightly more than $1,000,000 per year, ac
cording to statistics b. Auditor Cash Qole and made public. The lowest
year of the period was 1921, when receipts totaled $563,244.01 and the
highest was 1927, $1,379,422.20. The compilation was one of the most
detailed pictures of the Territory’s sources of income ever made, and
showed receipts by industry, business and profession, and the Division
in which it originated.
February was much warmer and wetter than average. Sunshine was
about 40 percent of the previous average and snowfall was much less
than usual. Tire mean temperature was 36.3 degrees or 5.8 degrees above
the normal, exceeded only in 1912 when the mean temperature was
37.3. Highest temperature in the month was 45 degrees on the 12th and
lowest was 28-degrees on the 14th. Coldest February on record was 1890
with a mean of 22.4 degrees. Total precipitation in the past month was
8.26 or 2.77 above the normal.
Weather: High, 45 low, 36; partly cloudy.
I Daily Lessons in English tv. l. cordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We shall try and persuade
him to stay with us.” Say, “try TO persuade him.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Preamble, Principal accent is on first
syllable, not the second.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Whither (to what place). Wither (to fade).
> SYNONYMS: Virtue, goodness, purity, rectitude, chastity, truth,
worth, honor. |
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: i
REFRACTORY; obstinate in disobedience; stubborn; unmanageable.'
“He is a refractory child.”
[modern etiquette ROBERTA LEE ||
Q. If a woman would like to become a member of a certain bridge
club, may she tell one of the members, or perhaps hint that she would
like to join?
A. No. Her best procedure would be to give a small bridge party
of her own and invite two or more members of this particular club.
Q. When a girl is with her escort at the table in a nightclub, and
she wishes to leave the table to go to the restroom, what should she
say?
A. "Will you excuse me” is sufficient.
Q. What are the most appropriate gifts to send to a convalescent?
A. Usually one cannot go wrong by sending either flowers or books.
LOOK and LEARN A. G. GORDON j
1.. what is'the Hippocratic Oath?
2. What are the two chief materials used in the manufacture of
a piano?
3. In what famous novel are Rebecca and Rowena characters?
4. What is the unit of electrical resistance?
5. What in music does “fortissimo" mean?
ANSWERS:
1. An oath, embodying a code of medical ethics, generally taken
by recipients of the M.D. degree.
2. Wood and steel.
3. “Ivanhoe,” by Sir Walter Scott.
4. The ohm.
5. Very loud.
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Weather at
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Alaska Paints
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coasst, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 15—Ice Needles
Annette Island . 27—Clear
Barrow ... 24—Snow
Bethel . 2—Cloudy
Cordova . 6—Partlly Cloudy
Dawson . 25—Clear
Edmonton . 3—Snow
Fairbanks . 19—Clear
Haines .„. 21—Cloudy
Havre . 1—Ice Needles
Juneau Airport . 29—Snow
Kodiak . 25—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 25—Fog
McGrath . 15—Clear
Nome .. 30—Clear
Northway . 15—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 30—Snow
Portland . 34—Cloudy
Prince George . 7—Snow
Seattle . 32—Snow
Sitka . . 35—Partly Cloudy 1
Whitehorse ... 10—Clear
Sfakutat . 26—Cloudy j ^
l’he Editor, The Daili Alaska Em- |
pire, Sir: My attention has been
drawn to the article in your paper
rf February 27th with reference to
House Bill Number 7D which deals
with a proposed tax on salmon.
The statement was made that
Mr. C. L. Anderson of the Terri
torial Department of Fisheries as
sisted in the preparation of the
Bill.
Having the highest regard for j
Mr. Anderson whose work for the
Territory is too valuable to be af
fected, in the slightest way, by any
controversial measure of this type,
I feel it most necessary to state
that Mr. Anderson did not partici
pate in the drafting of this Bill. At
the request of some members of
the House, his assistance was ob
tained on background and data as
was entirely proper bearing in mind
his official position.
It is possible that your reporter
misunderstood part of the state
ment made to him by Representa
tive Hope.
Yours very truly,
(Signed) Ernest Spink
FREE INSURANCE !
FOR ARMED FORCES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 —tV)
The Senate has passed by voice
vote a bill to provide cost-free
$10,000 life insurance policies for
all persons on duty with the armed
forces since June 27.
A compromise now will have to
be worked out with the House.
V. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office in Case Lot Orosery
Phone
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’ !
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Tnlrd J
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The Charles W. Carier
Mortuary
Pourth and Franklin St*.
PHONE ISO
Caster's Men's Wear
McOregor Sportswear
Stetaen and Mallory Hat*
Arrow Shirt* and Underwear
Allen Edmond* Sheee
Skyway UflW
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
nunn-bush shoes
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Mea
SHAFFER’S
SANITABY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
IE—PHONES—4»
Free Dellrary
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
n Scottish Rite Temple
)eg inning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Mister;
JAME3 W i.cTVEP.3, Secretary.
© B. V. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 706
Regular Meeting* Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
IVALTER R. HERMANdEN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Fhefte ICJ IS* 8*. Fr .aklln
P. O. Box 85M
"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Ph&rnwlata
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and Reward
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 648 Pred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale SOS 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAT er NIGHT
for MIXERS er SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated n«»mr
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 669
FHomas Hardware b
FAINTS-UIL3
8sliders’ and Shell
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriter*
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
'*Our Doorstep Is Warn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENC?
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Poot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for it by nana*
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engine*
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL Mt
American Meat — Phone IS
To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrS OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone TO ,
High QnaUty Cabinet Week
for Home, Office or Stare
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