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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, June 16, 1951
FATHERS DAY
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Tomorrow, the forgotten man comes into his own
in the American home. The occasion? Father’s Day,
of course.
Chances are good that Father will come in for
more attention and affection than he has enjoyed
since this time last year.
His grateful offspring will gather round bearing
gifts of choice cigars and hand-painted neckwear. His
favorite foods will grace the family board and, for
a day, his wish will be law.
We weren't able to find much about the origin
of Father’s Day except that it was founded in 1910
by Mrs. John Bruce Dodd, of Spokane, Washington,
who thought that Dad deserved a little more recogni
tion than he" was getting.
We believe that Mrs. Dodd had the right idea. We
believe that Dad is entitled to a great deal more con
sideration than he normally enjoys. But we don t
think that setting one day aside each year does the
job. Being a father is a full-time job, 365 days a
year—with no vacations. And it’s not an easy job, j
either.
How about making it a point to give Dad a little
extra thought and consideration every day? He’ll ap
preciate being appreciated—and the knowledge that
he is appreciated will please him more than all the
cigars he could ever smoke.
A Fair Request
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
On their own face, the sensational charges made
last February by the so-called "Alaskan Task Force"
of the Armed Services Committee of the United
States Senate were never worthy of serious credence.
In the first place, the members of the “task
force” — Sens. Lester C. Hunt, Leveret Saltonstall
and Wayne Morris—spent only a week on their entire
“study.”
And, secondly, they themselves admitted they had
been unable to authenticate reports they had re
vived that Seattle business concerns were unfairly
and even illegally exploiting Alaska.
Nonetheless they passed these unsubstantiated stoiies
along and made them part of an official Senate docu
ment.
Now the falsity of these reports has been dem
onstrated by the Alaska Division of the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce—which devoted as many weeks
to the subject as the “task force" did days.
Under the circumstances, the Chamber is amply
Justified in memorializing the Armed Services Com
mittee to expunge the false allegations from the
record.
As the Alaska Division pointed out in its report,
“it is important to the good name of Seattle and of
the wholesaling and manufacturing industries in th;s
city that proper steps be taken to secure the with
drawal of those parts of a report which are totally
out of line with the true facts of the business relations
between Seattle and Alaska.”
[he Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One'
America and the stalling regard
ing the wiretapping of Lt: Joe Shi
mon of the Washington police, who
was paid by Sen. Owen Brewster of
Maine to tap the phone of West
Coast aviation executive Howard
Hughes. In the case of Shimon, the
Justice Department did nothing un
til about 10 days before the statute
of limitations expired. Then, upon
the prodding of newspapers, a grand
jury was called—too late to get any
conclusive evidence.
Biggest Companies Involved
In the Arabian-American Oil
Company scandal, some of the big
est oil companies in the country
r.re involved—originally Texas and
Standard of California, with Stand
ard of New Jersey and Sunoco buy
ing 40 per cent interest in Aramco
later.
In 1948 the Senate investigating
(rmmittee found that Arabian
American oil had overcharged the
Navy millions of dollars by charg
ing it $1 05 a barrel for oil, after
c riginally promising President
Roosevelt to sell oil for 40 cents a
lari el. It was on the basis of this
cheap oil pledge to FDR that he
rave $99,000,000 of lend lease to
Saudi Arabia in 194V
"To induce the grant of aid to the
Grudi Arabian government,” says
the Senate report which has been
i athering dust with the Justice De
partment, "the Arabian-American
oil company offered to sell to the
United States under a proposal to
the President dated April 16, 1941,
at prices based on fuel oil at 40
cents per barrel.
"When the United States needed
oil because of its war demands, not
withstanding these prior proposals,
tne companies offered the Navy fuel
til at $1.05 a barrel on a take-it-or
leave-it basis. The Navy was forced
to buy the oil on these terms.
“The oil companies were under
moral < il not a legal obligation to
disclose to the Naval Procurement
officers their previous proposals for
the sale of oil submitted to the
Fresident,” continues the Senate
leport.
"The oil companies exploited the
government by exacting high prices
for their products despite the as
sistance granted to Saudi Arabia
at the companies' behest to protect
and preserve the companies’ con
cessions.”
The Senate committee goes on to ]
tell how the oil companies claimed
they had doubled their royalties to
the Arabian government, and ob
serves: "The U. S. government
clearly was defrauded because the
royalty payments were not doubled."
It has been nearly three years'
since the Senate committee made
this categoric Charge of “fraud.”
Nevertheless, the Justice Depart
ment has* made no move, and the
statute of limitations will expire in
a few more days.
•“All-out” War
Industry spokesman were discuss
ing government controls at a
closeci-door meeting with officials
of the National Production Author
ity.
Several of the business leaders
argued against "all-out” allocations
of materials because, they said, we
are not involved in an "all-out"
war. As the question was debated
back and forth, R. S. Gilliam, a
pen manufacturer of Petersburg,
Va., remained silent. Pressed for
his views, he finally remarked:
•'Gentlemen, it may be that we
i
are not already in an all-out war,
but nobody can make me believe
it.
"You see,” he added, “My son has
just been killed in Korea.”
Ex-Governor of Georgia
Georgia's ex-Gov. M. E. Thomp
son is now making a lot of money
out of his dramatic exit from the
office cf Price Stabilization when
he claimed he was given nothin?
to do and didn't believe in drawing
his pay for pure idleness.
Since then Thompson has spent
most of his time lecturing and writ
ing about how he quit the govern
ment, and is even publishing a
monthly newspaper in Metter, Ga.—
the "Georgia Democrat" is devoted
i largely to attacking the price con
trol office.
However, the ex-Governor doesn’t
tell his readers and his lecture au
diences the full story.
He has never mentioned, for in
stance, that he signed a false claim
in order to draw the OPS salary
which he said lie didn't earn. He
was on the OPS payroll for 12
weeks, during which time he stated
publicly that he didn't do a lick
of work. What he didn't tell the
public, however, is that he put in
a voucher, claiming his full pay of
$53.48 per day, plus expenses, total
ing $2,887.92 for only 12 weeks work.
In order to collect this pay,
Thompson signed the following
statement: “I certify that the above
account is just and true in all re
spects. My statement of services
performed, correctly sets forth my
services on official business.”
Yet, when Thompson reygned in
a huff, he announced that he had
been given "no assignments to do
anything.” In other words, when
he signed a claim for $2,887.92 pay
for "services performed,” he did not'
tell the tri^h. ‘
Thompson also hasn't told his
lecture audiences how he used to
annoy price boss Mike Di Salle by
telephoning him at 2 and 3 o’clock
in the morning. When people get
addicted to telephoning other peo
ple after 2 a.m. in Washington it’s
generally considered that the tele
phoner has had too much to drink
—though, of course, habits may be
different in Metter, Go.
CONGRESS URGED
TO GIVE ANOTHER
JUDGE TO ALASKA
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WASHINGTON, June 16 —.'PI—]
A federal judge told Congress today
a backlog of civil cases in the Third
Alaska District is •getting out of
hand."
Chief Judge John Biggs, Jr., Wil
mington, Del., of the Third Circui\
testified before the Senate Judiciary
Committee on a bill to create ad
ditional district and circuit judge
ships.
He said the backlog at last report
totalled 599 cases and described
this as evidence that another judge
is needed for the area.
There are more cases pending in
the Third District, Biggs stated,
than in the other three districts of
the Territory combined. He noted
that civil cases consume more time
than criminal cases.
Delegate Barlett D-Alaska' told
the committee the work load of the
court in that area has "grown tn
ormously.” The population of An
chorage alone, he pointed out. has
risen from 3,400 to about 30,000 in
the last 10 years. This figure also
includes military.
Fresh Frozen Herring. Sturm
Locker. 834-6t
$24,600 GIVEN
KODIAK TO PLAN
NEW SCHOOL BLDG,
The Housing and Home Finance
Agency in Washington has approv
ed an advance of $24,600 to the
Kodiak Independent School Dist
rict to allow planning to start im
mediately for a grade school to re
lieve the present overcrowded con
ditions in the Kodiak Schools. It
is expected that the new structure
will have eleven classrooms and the
plans will include a future gymna
j sium-auditorium, it was announced
1 by the Alaska Public Works office
here today.
The estimated cost of the project
is $800,000. The school district has
applied for construction cf the first
unit of construction under the Al
aska Public Works Program.
The growth of the Kodiak Naval
Base, along with the normal growth
of the community, has caused the
school enrollment to increase from
280 in 1846-47 to 355 in March cf
this year. The normal capacity of
the Kodiak School building is 175.
The construction of a large housing
development in Kodiak in the near
future is expected to throw an ad
ditional burden on the present fa
cilities.
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HOUSE PASSES
ARMY BILL WITH
20 PERCENT CUT
WASHINGTON, June 16, — <10 —
The $514,427,400 Army Civil Func
tions Bill was passed by the House
and sent to the Senate after the
lower chamber had rejected all ef
forts to increase the total appropri
ation.
The bill as passed was 20 per cent
below the $640,637,843 the amount
requested by President Truman. It
included $498,382,400, for construc
tion and maintenance projects in
the fiscal year starting July 1.
June 16
M. S. Whittier
Frank Maier
Mrs. Peter Carlson
Mrs. Lisle F. Hebert
Mary Earrer
Katherine Wilson
June 17
F. H. MaGill
George Francis Shaw, Jr.
Edna Tagart
Mrs. Carl J. Johnson
COMMUNITY EVENTS
June 17
At 8 p.m. — Filipino Community
dance in parish hall.
June 18
At noon — Lions club, Baranof.
At noon — BPW meets at Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
; At 8 p.m. — Reorganization of
Health Council at Juneau Health
Center, 122 Second street.
June 19
At noon — Rotary club, Baranof.
At 5:00 p.m. — Methodist church
family picnic.
At 6:30 p.m. — Baseball game be
tween Moose and Coast Guard.
June 20
At noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof.
June 21
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
' At 6:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club shooting on Menden
hall range.
At 8 p.m. — Regular meeting of
city council.
DOCTOR HEADED
FOR PETERSBURG
WITHJUT, RIFLES
SEATTLE, June 16, — OB — A
j Wisconsin doctor is on his way to
Petersburg, Alaska, with his medi
j cal kit and a firearms collection
| which he values at $75,000.
I He hopes the hunting will be
good—and the medical practice not
! so good that he can't fully enjoy
the hunting.
Dr. Russell Smith and his wife
are heading by ship for a new life
after his 18-year practice ir. Bar
row, Wis.
••I’ll be the only doctor," he ex
plained. “We've bought a new build
j ing, with space for offices on the
first floor and a large apartment
upstairs."
The ardent hunter said he had a
private rifle range in his Wiscon
sin home on which to try out his
278 rifles.
The Smiths have been north be- j
fore. The doctor's rifles have not
ches for black, brown and polar
bears.
It was correspondence with Ho
sea R. Sarber, a Wildlife Service
rgent, that gave Dr. Smith the
idea of moving to Petersburg.
"Maybe it seems crazy to pull up
stakes and head north,” the soft- j
spoken physician commented. "But
we have no children, Petersburg
needs a doctor and it’s the greatest
hunting country in the world. We’ll
make out fine.”
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NEW PIO AT KODIAK
Lt. Frank O. Brink has been an
nounced as the new public infor
mation officer at 17th Naval Dist
rict headquarters at Kodiak. He
replaces Lcdr. R. A Rogers who is
enroute to Philadelphia to assume
new duties there.
JACK & JILL DAY NURSERY
Jack and Jill Day Nursery open,
342, Distin. Mrs. L. M. Dunlap.
Phone 982. 836-12t
ACROSS
1. Bushy olumps
6. Soak up
8. Snare
12. Encourage
13. Attention
14. Network
15. Fissure
16. Roman
magistrates
18. Strict
20. Unoccupied
21. Egyptian
father
23. Small fish
24. Peace officer
27. Golf mound
30. Stir
31. Contend
32. Possess
33. Legal
profession
34. Frozen
37. Distant
33. Sea eagle
39. Aster spiguls
42. Pierced
45. Musical
instruments
48. Venture
49. Dash
60. Decline
61. English college
52. Compass point
53. Before
54. Bar of a soap
frame
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Sailors
2. Death notice
3. Bearing
4. Begins
5. Collection
6. Rowing
implement
7. Prerogative
8. Temporary
cessation
9. California
rockflsh
10. Solar disk
11. Plague
17. Ordered
19. Clear profit
22. Propitious
24. Public vehicle
25. Room In a
harem
26. Storage
compartment
27. Endure
28. Sheep
29. Conclude
34. Unruffled
35. Unit of work
36. Positive
voltaic pole*
37. Hard mineral
39. Small duck
40. Story
41. Ages
43. God of love
44. Lairs
43. Ventilate
47. Perceive
20 YEARS AGO th*e empire
JUNE 16, 1931
The Pacific International Airways plane for Anchorage departed
| on the afternoon of June 16 for Anchorage and was expected to reach
there on the following day with an over night stop at Valdez. Aboard
were A. B. Holden, pilot; Larry Davis, mechanic; Joseph Barrows, gen
eral manager of the line and Harry P. Morton, attorney.
Word was received in Juneau of the graduation of Midshipman High
Douglas Gray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Felix Gray, from Annapolis Naval
Academy. Mr. and Mrs. Gray were present for the exercises. Other
Alaskan young men attending the Academy were James F. Climie, of
| Anchorage and Henry Miller, Fairbanks
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Cooked by H. W. Douglas, J. W. Leivers and Curtis Shattuck, a din
ner was enjoyed by 90 adult guests who visited the Boy Scout camp at
Eagle River Sunday.
Registered at the Gastineau were: P. R. Bradley, San Francisco;
Harry S. Holden, Larry Davis, Hans Floe, Arthur Ayres, W. J. Barrow,
Anchorage; W. G. Strench. M. F. Thomas, Ketchikan; E. W. Felch,
Taku Harbor. At the Alaskan: M. Richards, Seattle; Ed Morse, Wran
gell; John Turkovich, W. McGee, Frank Flemming, Juneau. At the
Zynda: J. E. Boyle, Ethel Rigny, Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Andrews,
Watertown, S.D., C V Brown, Petersburg; Edward L Keitholm, Kake; J.
McDonald, Los Angeles; J. W. Oyster, E. M. Philips, Springfield, Mo.
Weather: High 71; Low 49: Partly Cloudy.
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Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "She only had enough for
herself.” Say, “She had only enough for herself,” or “She had enough
for herself only.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Xylophone. Pronounce first syllable
as zi, i as in sigh, and not ex-i-lo-fon.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Cannon (gun). Canon (law). Canyon
(gorgei.
SYNONYMS: Doubtful, dubious, uncertain, undetermined, question
able, ambiguous.
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:
EVOLUTION: a development, especially as leading up to a definite end
j or result, as, “the evolution of a flower from the bud.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. When a man is accompanying a woman up or down some steps,
should he walk beside her, ahead of her, or behind her?
A If the steps are very wide, he walks beside her. But when the
steps are too narrow for this, he allows her to go up th? steps ahead of
him. When descending, however, he goes first. In both instances, he
stations himself below her so as to be in position to catch her, should
she stumble.
Q. When the folded napkin is laid on the left side of the dinner
plate, should the open edge be toward the plate or away from it?
A. The open edge should be toward the plate.
Q. Would it be all right to write a note of condolence to the parents
of a friend who has died, when one does not know the parents?
A. Yes, this would be a very thoughtful thing to do.
LOOK and LEARN Sc.gordon
1. What was the name of the first full-length talking motion picture?
| 2. Who was the only U.S. President who was the son of a former
President? .
3. How many words does the average American woman speak per
minute?
4 What bay lies between France and Spain?
5. Second to the canary, what bird is the most frequent pet?
ANSWERS:
1. “The Jazz Singer," starring A1 Jolson.
2. John Quincy Adams, son of John Adams.
3. 160 words.
4. Bay of Biscay.
5. Parrot. ____
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Weather al
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at variqus Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
am., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage .,,.47—Cloudy
Annette Island . 43—Cloudy
Barrow . 35—Partly Cloudy
Bethel .' 48—Partly Cloudy
Cordova 44 -I„. irshowers
Dawson . 43—Fog
Edmonton 4 7—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks ..... 47—Cloudy
Haines . 45—Partly Cloudy
Havre . Missing
Juneau Airport . 43—Cloudy
Kodiak . 44—Fog
Kotzebue . 51—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 40—Partly Cloudy
Nome . 41—Partly Cloudy
Northway . 41—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 45—Fog
Portland . 55—Partly Cloudy
Prince George .... 31—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 48—Partly Cloudy
Sitka . 45—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 41—Partly Cloudy
Yakutat ...... .43—Rain
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ADM. NEWTON OF
WORLD WAR FAME
PASSES, FLORIDA
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. June 16,
— i/Pi — Admiral Newton A. McCul
ly, 84, USN retired who played a
prominent part in World War 1, is
dead here.
He served in Russian waters dur
ing the first World War and later
adopted a number of Russian child
ren, bringing them to St. Augustine
and rearing them here,
EVENTS FOR JULY I
CELEBRATION TOLD
COMMITTEE MEETING
Committee reports at the Fourth
of July Central committee meeting
Thursday evening showed that the
boat races, ball games, tennis tour
nament and water ski exhibition
are scheduled.
Three contestants with sponsors
for the queen’s throne have been
announced. The entrants are Joyce
Hope, Mary Whitaker and Lous Law
rence. A Plymouth sedan has been
ordered and will be awarded during
the July Fourth celebration.
SCIENCE MEETING
at McKinley park
SEPTEMBER 4 TO 8
A conference to survey the pro
gress of science in Alaska and to
examine the prospects for better
development and application of
science in Alaskan research, will be
held at Mt. McKinley National Park
from September 4 to 8, it is an
nounced by Ralph Browne, acting
secretary of the Southeast Alaska
branch of the Alaska Association
for the Advancement of Science.
The conference has the joint
sponsorship of the University of
Alaska and the National Academy
of Science.
CMDR LEFEVER HERE
Comdr. Curtis LeFever, of Alex
ander, Va. is stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
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Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple (
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chlpperfleld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 760
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary— _
WALTER R. HER HANSEN
> ' ..
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Takn
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ti\e C.I.O. Hall
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Phone 103 139 So. PraakHh
P. O. Box 2300
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Phone 20« Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 809 10th Bt
PHONE 218—DAY or NIQHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Ifema
at Reasonable Bates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
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PHONE 999'
PAINTS-- OILS
Bonders’ and Shelf
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DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
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Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Heme Liquor Store—TeL 888
American Meat — Phene Ml
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