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ARCHIE E CAMPBELL - Managing Editor
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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers. 1411
Fourty Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash. _
Monday, August 6. 1951
INCOME TAX LAWS
We don’t profess to be experts when it entries.-to
tax laws, although we feel that we qualify as expert
taxpayers. We have long been subjected to the quart
erly bite and we accept it almost without flinching.
The income tax laws affecting corporations aVe
also not our specialty. However, we were interested
to read that a certified publfc accountant in New
York, testifying in a criminal case, said that the
company concerned had losses of $607,000 in 1945 but
that it "amounted to a net gain of $47,000 because, by
the carry-back feature of the tax law,” the losses
"wiped out the concern's liability on past profits and
entitled it to a refund of taxes paid.”
This should be of interest to the average people
trying to pay income taxes out of their wages arid
salaries. When a $607,000 loss, sustained in one year,
becomes a $47,000 profit in another through provisions
of the tax law, we wonder why we aren't getting some
of that, too.
EDITORS’ NOTE — SILVER LINING
Editors who are experiencing difficulty in the
procurement of newsprint may be pleased with the
thought that they wouldn't need as much in a life
I time as the Federal Government uses every month.
The United States Government Printing Office
! uses 15.000,000 pounds of newsprint every month—
and any editor can figure the circulation he'd-need to
use that much. For example, the Daily Alaska Empire
could use that newsprint if our circulation was just
a trifle over six million copies daily.
The pamphlets Uncle puts out with ail this news
print have a large and fascinating list of titles, rang
ing all the way from “How to Control Vagrant Cats"
to "Mist Netting for Birds in Japan.”
The knowledge that the government Is regaling
the people with such edifying and educational litera
ture should be a great solace to the many publishers
who have had to suspend publication of their news
papers due to the newsprint shortage.
Confessions Of A Pace Setter
(Seattle Post-Intclligencer)
Max Hess Jr., Allentown, ‘Pa.l, department store
executive, who lifted the volume of his family busi
ness 15-fold in less than two decades, recently gave
his success recipe before the Sales Executive Club in
New York.
The youthful merchant uses four pages of ad
vertising daily in his home town, and he believes that
there is no substitute for thus alerting customers as
to what is for sale and at what prices.
Spoofing erudite public relations counselors who,
he said, prefer to make surveys rather than create
sales, Mr. Hess declared: "Why can’t some of these
experts understand what the experience of the past
century has taught American business men—that there
Is no substitute for direct newspaper advertising, for
radio, telcvlsm and magazine advertising?
"As a matter of fact in times like these, you
must continually advertise your wares and advertise
fn newspapers, magazines, radio and TV—every media
that reaches every home in the quickest way.”
Decrying the press agent’s racket of trying to
divert funds from an advertising budget, Mr. Hess
bluntly said: “charts, pamphlets, movies, thry are all
good. But you can’t sacrifice your advertising bud- |
get for any one or all of them. Advertising has and
will always sell merchandise.”
Mr. Hess, believing in institutional and prestige
promotion, pointed out that they must be regarded
as a plus and should not be used as a substitute for
immediate bread and butter advertising.
As a successful user of advertising, Mr. Hess has
developed a crusading enthusiasm, which would come
in handy if he ever wanted to switch his position and
become a media salesman.
Mr. Hess’ directness and common sense are re
freshing in this period when self-exploiters in and out
of government try to divert business men and their
customers away from self-evident truths. ,
The methods, which Mr. Hess advocates, have
been tested in his home community, and have paid off.!
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
' xCbnttuued from Page One)
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Vhe public, of course, had no
kjea that thesg speeches were all
ntimeographed on the same mim
eograph machine or largely writ
ten by one man and nis staff.
Congressmen are supposed to
represent the people of the United
States and make duly considered
speeches which represent their
o^n conviction—not rattle off the
canned opinions of a ghost writer
a* if they were phonograph rec
ords.
•However, copies of the canned
rrjimeograph speeches were sent
u£ to the press gallery, sometimes
eten before the Congressman be
gan to make the speech on the
House floor below. It was like au
tomobiles coming off an assem
bly line—17 speeches all attacking
the Voice of America or Acheson,
ah delivered by Republicans, and
all done on the same mimeograph
machine.
The ghost writer who dished out
this flow of words obviously was
unfamiliar with the poll-parrots
who were to mouth them, for he
didn't even know how to spell
tljeir names. GOP Congressman
■William Ayres of Ohio he mis
spelled “Ayers,” and GOP Con
gressman Karl Stefan of Nebraska
he misspelled “Steffan.”
An Old Grudge
-This backstage business, of
course, was known to the Con
gressmen, though not to the pub
lic. But what not even the Con
gressmen knew was that the man
behind all these canned speeches
probably would not have had
them written had he not been
eased out of his job by the man
who now heads up the Voice of
America.
Assistant Secretary of State Ed
Barrett, now in charge of State
Department propaganda, was for
merly editor of Newsweek maga
zine, and as such had serious dif
ferences with a member of his
staff. Robert Humphries.
So much National Association of
Manufacturers propaganda began
creeping into Newsweek columns
through Humphries that Barrett
was about to ease him out, when
Humphries beat him to it and re
signed.
Humphries then took a $25,000
job as chief ghost writer and re
searcher for the Republican Con
gressional Committee. As such he
has a ritzy suite in the George
Washington Inn just across from
the Capitol where a group of wri
ters grind out the speeches for
Congressmen who are elected to
think for themselves instead of
parroting the views of a spite
monger with an axe to grind
against his former boss.
Those are some of the back
stage factors, the public doesn't al
ways know about when it reads
weighty speeches delivered on the
floor of Congress or learns of a
campaign being waged against the
Voice of America.
-Making Democracy Work
Some people talk about Com
munism, others do something
J about Communism. In the long
j run, the doers are a lot more im
I portant in preventing Commun
i ism than the talker!;. Here 'ui'tr
some hai'O gone out,
ancT do’ne Sungs rather than just
make Senate speeches:
General Federation of Women's,
Clubs—Mrs. Hiram Cole Hough-1
ton, liveware president, and her,
colleagues have sent radio sets to
Iran to help get the Voice of Am
erica heard; have organized five
and a half million members in
foreign countries, thus cementing
closer understanding with the U -
S. A.; and are Inspiring several
thousand friendship letters to
women abroad.
Inter-American Congress. of Free
Trade Unions—This is a group of
North American and Latin Am
erican unions which are fighting
against Communism in Latin Am
erica. Francisco Aguirre of Cuba,
George Meany of the AFL and
Jake Potofsky of the CIO Amal
gamated Clothing Workers are
among its leaders. Most people
don’t realize it, but Communism
has begun to'crdep in our own
front . Latin American door, and
these labor men are doing a skill
ful organization job to check it.
ECA’s Pen Pals—A lot of indi
vidual Americans wonder what
they can do about Communism
aboard. Here’s one small step. The
individual touch' sometimes counts
more than government contacts,
aftd the ECA in Washington has
arranged for letters from individ
ual Americans to be sent to in
dividual Europeans, especially from
workingman to workingmen. It’s
among the labor classes that
Communism lias made greatest in
Galley 2 Wash Mcrrygoround HH
roads, and letters similar to the
’’Deuiopracy. letters to Italy" dur
ing the Italian elections, help a
great deal.' A- letter sent to "Pen
Pals, Washington, D. C.,’’ will be
translated and sent to any coun
try you designate, or you can leave j
the designation up to ECA.
Texas Long Tom
Gruff old Senator Tom Connal
ly, the colorful Texan, is not one
I to > conceal his impatience over
j long-winded orators.
The other day, Senator George
j Malone of Nevada, who can turn
! a simple question into a filibuster,
was pestering Connally on trade
agreements.
With a sign that could be heard
all over the chamber, Connally an
swered a Malone question, to
i wfcich the Nevadian replied eag
lerly: “I am very happy to be in
| iormed of that fact."
"I hope." grumbled the gentle
| man from Texas, “the Senator
i stays happy.”
Washington Pipeline
One Senator, George of Georgia,
didn't show up for a single vote
while billions of dollars were be
ing dished out for post office,
treasury, and agriculture depart
ments. George had the excuse that
he was writing the nation's tax
bill. However, some Senators also
think it’s important to see how
the tax money is being spent. . .
Congressman Furcolo of Massa
chusetts, Democrat, is planning to
run against Senator Cabot Lodge,
Republican. Lodge may even have
trouble inside the Republican1 par
ty from Sinclair Weeks, the Na
ttonal GOP treasurer,. . who is
thinking of running, too. . . Sen
ator Lyndon Johnson of Texas,
who has done such a valuable job
of exposing poor military housing,
will next crack down on rent
gouging around naval and marine
bases. . . price enforcement chief
Ed Morgan has ordered his price
G-men to make a thorough inves
tigation of the high price of baler
twine. Black marketeers have been
selling baler twine to farmers
from trucks at night.
LACK OF DISCIPLINE
IN HUNGARIAN
INDUSTRY BLASTED
BUDAPEST — UP1— Hungary’s of
ficial Communist paper, “Szabad
Nep” has complained again in a
front-page editorial about the lack
of discipline in Hungarian indus
tries.
The editorial singled out miners
and construction workers, charg
ing that many of them worked
less than 48 hours weekly. The
paper stated that in the Ganz
Connector Plant production time
was no more than 25 to 30 hours
a week recently.
“Toleration of want of discipline
is the sole interest of the enemy,”
the editorial asserted.
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AUGUST 0
Arthur W. Nelson
Mrs. Harry Naifonoff
Mrs. Bertha Vaughn
Carol Lynn Davlin
'Beg Team' Births
Must Be Filed, Says
Health Department
Since many of the birth., and
deaths in the isolated areas of the
Territory do not get reported, the
last Alaska Legislature passed a
law to more adequately deal with
the problem of filing these import
ant legal records.
The law became effective on June
21 and enables the Territory to
pay a fee of SI to anyone, other
than a doctor or nurse, who signs
and files a birth, death or stillbirth
certificate. F. E. Hester, director
of the Alaska Health departmen:
Bureau of Vital Statistics explained
that this is intended to stimulate
better, more prompt and more com
plete reporting of these events.
The Bureau of Vital Statistics is
currently sending cut instructions
covering the conditions under which
the $1 fee may be collected. Briefly
they are: (1* o-vent not attended
by doctor or nurse; 12) certificate
filed within six months of date of
birth or death: (3> certificate prop
erly filled out and signed; <4> should
more than one- person report the
same event, only one cr.n be paid:
and (5) voucher for payment will
be made by the gurcau, and sent to
the reporter for signature; returned
through the U.S. Commissioner to
the Bureau; and then sent to the
Treasurer for payment.
The law further provides for pen
alties in the event of fraudulent
filings.
The new law does not change the
responsibility for filing these certif
icates. Those births and deaths at
tended by doctors and mutes must
be filed by them. The $1 Tee is to
encourage the filing of those -other
events where no professional person
is directly responsible.
Hester said the U.S. Commis
sioners and the Vital Statistic).-; Bu
reau will attempt to find some one
person ia..cacti .tillage or commun
ity. such as the postmaster,iSJchool
teacher, or village teacher, wtio will
assume the responsibility of' filing
the records in smaller places where
there are usually no professional
persons who are acquainted With
the filing of these important legal
records.
BRITISH
CORRECT “OMISSION”
LONDON — LP) — At long last
London is to have its own version
of Christopher Morley’s 'Baker
Street Irregulars.”
A collection of Sherlock Holmes
fans, red-faced at the thought of
their hero going virtually unrec
ognized in his own city, have
formed what they prosaically call
the “Sherlock Holmes Society of
London,” with the equally prosaic
aim of bringing together “people
who have a common interest as
readers and students of the liter
ature of Shetlock Holme.'-.''
"For a considerable number of
years,” the new society says, "there
has been in Britain no society de
voted to the study of the life and
work of Sherlock Holmes. This is
the more remarkable in view of
the many such societies which ex
ist in other parts of the world.
The omission has now been rec
tified.”
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7. Lament
13. Charge with
gas
14. Carry too tar
15. OutHia
16. Defy
18. Note ot the
scale
19. Plant of the
Illy family
2a. Unman date
21. Addition to a
building
22. Slept lightly
24. Article
25. Behind a
vessel
2S. Snug room
29. European
country
22. Pasteboard
box
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31. Military en
gagement
35. More faithful
3G. Implore
37. lJieee out
3S. Symbol for
39. City in New
Jersey
41. Dry
43. Peruvian
Chieftain
41. Iridescent gem
45J. Arabian
garment
49. American
caricaturist
60. Recreational
contest
61. Bustle
63. Draws forth
65. Frequent sign*
of a cold
66. Sorrowful
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Solution of Saturday's Puzzle
DOWN
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name
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wall of a
room
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4. Demolished
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cheap
Jewelry
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nights
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acid
11. God of wood
t or stone
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Arabia
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27. Cut off
22. S'.asonlng
herb
30. Soi t
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33. Mark aimed at
in curling
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motive
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THE
EMPIRE
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AUGUST 6, 1931
Mrs. Cyril Zuboff and her son Cyril, Jr., left on the Admiral Rogers
last night for a visit with Sitka friends.
Mrs. Harry Olds and her little daughter left on the Alaska for a
few weeks’ visit with her parents in Seattle.
Good weather facilitated airplane work in the vicinity of Juneau.
The seaplane Petersburg, piloted by Bob Ellis, yesterday took R. E.
Leg:.!, mining engineer and H. Fraser to Tulsequah. Soon after returning
here it made a flight over Mendenhall and Taku glaciers with tourists
and late in the day went to Funter Bay to pick up W. S. Pekoyich,
mining operator there. This morning the plane was chartered by M. J.
O'Connor of the Bureau of Fisheries for a fish patrol flight. During
the afternoon it took Dr. H. F. Reid, famous glacialist; Charles W.
Wright, E. P. Pond, Juneau photographer and R. J. Suratt, cameraman
for Pathe News, on a flight over Glacier Bay.
Charles Swanson and Louis Miller, who recently entered St. Ar.n’s
hospital for medical treatment, left the institution yesterday.
On his first trip to the States in several years, James Orme. cle-.k
in the grocery department of George Brothers, left Tuesday on a six
weeks vacaton in the Pacific Northwest. He will remain in Seattle
few days and then go to Seaside, Oregon.
Leaving for Sitka today on the Admiral Rogers were the following
from Juneau: Mrs. M. A. Pearce, Margaret Pearce, Mrs. H. C. Redman,
Mrs .Cyril Zuboff, Tillie Holst, Master Cyril Zuboff, Dan Rose.
Weather: High, 70; low, 48; fair.
j Daily Lessons in English w. l. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “My husband would h'avc
ccme, only he was too busy.” Say, “BUT he was too busy.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Paramour. Pronounce par-a-moor,
both A’s as in AT (second A unstressed), OO as in LOOK, accent first
syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Heinous, although pronounced hay-nus.
SYNONYMS: Morose, moody, gloomy, sullen, surly.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us
i increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
DEMONSTRABLE: taht can be made evident; capable of proof. (Accent
second syllable). “These things which have told you are demonstrable."
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee !
I ^ ^___^ ._] I
! Q. Is a-diamond the only really "correct'’ stone lor an engagement
I ring? i , |
j A. The diamond is the conventional symbol of "the singleness and
I durability of love," but it is quite all right to use other stones. Some
1 times the girl's birthstone is used in the ring, and this is entirely
correct. i
[ Q. Should a rrirl place her nurse and gloves on the restaurant table
While she is eating?
! A. Never. She should keep them in her lap. Or, she may place j
' them on a vacant chair if she feels sure they arc safe.
( Q. Are the members of a bereaved family supposed to return all ■
visits of condolence?
A. This type of visit is never returned. ,
LOOK and LEARN a. c. GORDON I
1. What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?
2. Which withstands drought tetter, wheat or corn?
3. How much soda does ordinary soda water contain?
4. In crew racing, is the stroke oar nearest the bow or the stern
of the boat?
5. What is an octane rating?
ANSWERS:
1. San Juan.
2. Wheat.
3. None: it is a solution of carbon dioxide in water.
4. Stern.
5. A figure indicating the quality of gasoline.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
*
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Alaska pointi
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 50—Cloudy
Annette Island . 54—Raining
Barrow . 54—Raining
Bethel . 50—Raining
Cordova . 51—Raining
Dawson . 39—Cloudy
Edmonton . 45—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks .. 45—Partly Cloudy
Hair.es . 53—Raining
Havre . 52—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 52—Raining
fyodiak .. 51—Foggy
Kotzebue . 53—Cloudy
McGrath . 54—Raining
Nome . 48—Cloudy
Northway . 51—Cloudy
Petersburg . 52—Cloudy
Portland . 55—Partly Cloudy
Prince George . 43—Cloudy
Seattle .52—Clear
Sitka . 55—Raining
Whitehorse .51—Cloudy
Yakutat .. 52—Drizzling
Employment Security
Com. Computes
Refunds to Employers
A refund of $822,311.48 from the
Alaska Employment Security
Commission will be divided among
all Alaska employers who have
experience rating credits, accord
ing to H. L. Faulkner, Juneau at
torney.
This decision was an outgrowth
of a court action brought by the
New England Fish Co. and Ward's
Cove Packing Co. on behalf of the
Alaska Salmon Industry and all
other employers. It was against
the Commission.
The Commission appealed a de
cision of District Judge George W.
Folta ordering refunds on the ba
sis of inaccurately computed un
employment compensation trust
fund surplus for 1949.
A U. S. Court of Appeals in
San Francisco upheld Folia’s de
cision.
“Under the decision, all mining
companies, contractors, merchants,
sawmill operators, professional men
and all qualified employers will
receive refunds based on the total
payrolls of all employers for 1949,"
Faulkner said -upon his ■ return'
from San Francisco.
Additional credits for the cur
rent year beginning July 1, 1950
will be issued by the Commission
to be used by all employers against
their contributions for the current
year, Faulkner explained.
Attorney General J. Gerald Wil
liams represented the Commission
in the appeal action and W. C.
Arnold of Seattle and Faulkner
represented cannery companies.
John T. McLaughlin, acting di
rector of the Employment Security
Commission, said that computa
tion of amounts to Ipe refunded is
under way and being processed at
the present time.
Ten per cent of all drivers in
volved in automobile accidents in
1949 were women.
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SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
j Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
I JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
1 © B.P.O.ELKS
i Meeting Second anti Fourth Wed
; nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
i ers welcome.
j LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
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Regular Meetings Every Friday
j Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
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Takn Post No. 5553
Meeting everv Thursday in
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P. O. Box 2508
1 J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
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JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 643 Telephone 919
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"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Nusic Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale B05 10th Bt.
PHONE 21ft—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS-OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn by
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Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main gtreet
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DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
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Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699
American Meat — Phone SS
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To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 772
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Store