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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, I4II
h■ irth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash.
Monday, September 18, 1950
NO DISHONESTY—BAD JUDGMENT,
MAYBE
The Empire agrees with other Alaska news
papers that no wrong has been or should be imputed
to Delegate Bartlett as far as is concerned the pay
ment of money to him by the Territory “to effecuate
the purposes of the Alaska Statehood Committee.
The Delegate's honesty is not questioned nor do
we find anything in Senator Schoeppel's statement
that would suggest anything more serious than, per
haps, bad judgment for his part in the employment of
Mr. Fcltus. And we would disbelieve any implication
of dishonesty or disloyalty were it made against Mr.
Bartlett.
In his statement before the Senate Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs, Mr. Bartlett said, “It so
happens that I have what almost amounts to a phobia
against personal spending of Government funds" and
no one doubts his words.
To Mr. Bartlett’s further credit, let it be noted that
in his statement he says that he recommended against
the hiring of anyone for lobbying as long as the
statehood bill was in the House of Representatives.
T had the feeling,” said Mr. Bartlett, "that the ex
penditure of Territorial funds would not have been
appropriate in the House, of which the Delegate is
an adjunct if not a member.”
PLEASE TELL US!
In a two-column, black face editorial on the first
page, The Petersburg Press says:
We’ve read everything we could find on the sub
ject of Randolph Feltus, hired as a lobbyist by the
Alaska Statehood Committee to lobby for Statehood
for Alaska.
We’ve read Governor Gruening’s testimony;
we’re read comemnts by Mildred Hermann, recording
secretary of the excutive committee of the Alaska
Staehood Committee; we’re read the eight-page state
ment put out by Delegate E. L. Bartlett in regard tc
the employment of Randolph Feltus by the Alaska
Statehood Committee;
We’ve read editorials in the Chronicle, the Daily
News, and The Empire.
But nowhere, and we do mean nowhere, have we
found one word which gives us a single clue as to
what Feltus did or even was supposed to do to earn
the $8,000 which was admittedly paid out to him.
What was he supposed to do to get statehood for us
or even to bring it closer by any measure of time.
There have been thousands of words printed as
to what Feltus DIDN’T do. Thousands more as to
how well-spoken he was; how he did and did not have
Communist affiliations; how his ancestors came to
this country in the early 19th century; how he with
drew from his well-paid lobbying position lest the
“statehood cause would be embarrassed in any fash
ion" by publicity given his past relationship with the
Polish ambassador.
We read that he ‘submitted a memorandum
stating his qualifications for aiding the statehood
cause.”
But never a word as to WHAT he DID do. WHAT
WERE those qualifications? Won t someone please
tell us!
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
eral Marshall was mistaken about
Senator Baker being buried at Lees
burg.
The President's reaction was most
interesting.
"Poor General Marshall," he said.
"We musn't hurt his feelings. You
leave this to me.”
After lunch, as Marshall es
corted^ the party to the supposed
gravl ' Of SWiSTO Baker, Truman
broke the news that he wasn't bur
ied there after all. However, Mar
shall, unconvinced, led them to the
grave, where they found that the
Library of Congress was right. The
marker stated that Colonel Baker
v as "killed here, Oct. 21, 1861.”
there was no indication that he
was buried there.
General Marshall apologized pro
fusely for bringing the President
ar.d Senator Morse on the long trip
for nothing. But they told him they
were delighted at the excuse to
get away from Washington.
MacArthur vs. Washington
It’s no longer a secret that there
have been important differences of
opinion between General MacAr
fliur and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
in Washington. It w'as to iron out
seme of these differences that Adm.
Forrest Sherman and Gen. Joe
Lawton Collins recently went to
1 OKJO.
One cf these differences, still
not ironed out, per’ains to guerrilla
warfare and sabotage behind enemy
bnes. Such tactcs have been urged
cn General MacArthur but he has
been reluctant to adopt them.
Italian sabotage behind German
l.ncs. Such tactics have been urged
the Italian campaign; likewise
French sabotage of the Germans
after the Normandy invasion. Stra
tcg.sts in Washington believe that
we can do the same thing in Korea,
and reverse what the North Kor
eans have been doing to us.
So far, we have tried to break
up North Korean supply lines by
arerial bombing and artillery, and
while this has been partly sucess
ful, the enemy continues to move
up supplies by night. When the
Communists take over a town, for
instance, the entire Community is
drafted The population is told:
"Here are the supplies. Get them to
the next point.”
So men, women and children
transport them, sometimes without
even using roads, which makes
bombardment difficult, and is why
Washington has urged MacArthur
infiltrate 'South Koreans behind
Ninth Korean lines.
Wire-Tap Mystery
It looks as ii Henry Grunewald
the long-missing mystery wire-tap
witness, was headed for trouble
He has gone to extreme lengths in
refusing to answer the questions
of the Senate Investigating sub
committee.
Grunewald is the wire-tap ex
pert who at various times has
worked for Pan American Airways
and whom Senators think was go
between with Senator Brewster ol
Maine in tapping the wires of How
aid Hughes, head of Trans Work
Airlines and a rival of Pan Ameri
can. Senator Brew'ster has admit
ted paying the hotel expenses ol
the Washington Police lieutenant
who tapped Hughes’ phone, though
he says the Lieut, was watching
a man who was shadowdng him.
j Mrs. Prances Dustin, Brewster's j
secretary, shed further light on the j
matter by frankly admitting that
Grunewald w'as a frequent caller
at the Senator’s office and that the
Senator called him by his first
name.
But when the Senate committee
asked Grunewald how often he vis
ited Senator Brewster's office, he
refused to answer. Senators are now
considering a contempt citation.
Orunew'ald did admit, under,
sharp cross-examination, that he
had frequent appointments with j
Lieut. Joe Shihmon, the man who |
did the wire-tapping.
, rf n, .jf y. J
Senator’s Conclusion j
Thus the story which the Senate '
committee gradually is piecing to
gether locks something like this:
Senator Brewster in 1947 was
chairman of the powerful Senate j
War Investigating committee He '
was also the bosom friend of Pan j
American Airways. Brewster and:
Pan American wanted Howard |
Hughes’ TWA to consolidate its ,
overseas lines with Pan Am. This |
Hughes refused to do. Whereupon j
Brewster investigated Hughes, and.
during the period when he w'as be
fore Brewster’s Senate committee,
Hughes’ telephone wire and that
I of his attorneys were tapped, ap
| parently under the off-stage di-*
i rection of Henry Grunewald, who
! admits at various times he checked
I telephone wires for Pan American
! Airways.
I Grunewald and others deny this.
| Nevertheless this is the conclusion
! which Senators are forced to arrive
at.
No wonder business men who
come to Washington are worried
i about talking over telephones. They
I never know when some competitor,
perhaps with the coppera’ion of a
Senate committee, is listening in.
Yet this is supposed to be the
capital of the U.S.A., not Moscow.
Under the FBI’s Nose
It takes a brazen thief to steal
right under the nose of the FBI.
However, one was caught the other
day pilfering nickels from a news
vendor’s bex at the entrance of
the FBI's offices.
The thief was caught when the
FBI dyed nickels in the change
box a wet green, and hid two FBI
clerks behind ventilator slats in a I
nearby door.
After a short wait, the hidden
clerks heard stealthy foosteps com
ing down the corridor, then the
jingle of change taken from the
newspaper box. All they could sea
from the ventilator slats however
was a pair of dark blue pants.
So, crawling from their hiding
place, they ordered all the blue
uniformed guards to report for in
spection. One guard was missing,
■fhey found him in the lavatory
washing green dye from his hands.
SEVEN-YEAR-OLD DIES
AT ST. ANN’S HOSPITAL
Gerald Ross, 7, of Ruby, Alaska,
j died Saturday at St. Ann's Hospital.
His body is at the Charles W. Car
ter Mortuary, and funeral arrange
ments are awaiting word from rela
tives in Ruby.
• TIDE TABLE
•
• September 19
• Low tide 1:18 a.m., 1.4 ft.
• High tide 7:57 a.m., 11.7 ft.
• Low tide 1:24 p.m., 6.4 ft.
• High tide 7:32 p.m., 14.3 ft.
4-H CLUBS ARE TO
HOLD FIRST FAIR
HERE ON SATURDAY
Although 4-H Clubs have been
organized in the States since the
early 1920’s, their activities are
new in Alaska. Next Saturday, 4-H
Clubs, from this area, will gather
in Juneau to present their first
annual 4-H Fair at the National
Guard Armory under the sponsor
ship of Juneau Post No. 4, The
Ameriacn Legion.
The club’s motto is “To Make
the Best Better.” It’s insignia is a
four leaf clover, each leaf inscribed
with the letter "H." The four “H”s
stand for head, heart, hands and
health. .
The organization's pledge is: “1
pledge my head to clearer think
ing, my heart to greater loyalty, my
hands to larger service, and my
health to better living for my
home, my club, my community and
my country.”
Nationally, the 4-H Clubs are as
sisted by the U. S. Department oi
Agriculture, State and county ag
riculture agencies and many agri
cultural colleges.
At present, there are several dif
ferent types df both boys and girl:
4-H Clubs in this area. Membershif
includes clubs at Skagway, Haines
Sitka, Auk Bay, Douglas, Thane
and Juneau.
LAUNDRY CONTRACT SETTLEE
Negotiations were completed here
over the weekend between the Laun
dry Workers Union Local 314 (AFLJ
and the employers with a com
promise agreement of 10 to 25 cent:
an hour increase, according to clas
sification, according to Cledamae
Cammock, Secretary-Treasurer ol
the Union.
T. M. Casey of Anchorage ii
registered at the Baranof Hote».
• September 18 •
• •
• Mrs. Norman Steinig •
• Minnie Monroe •
• Emily Carr •
• Mrs. Henry Reagan •
• James Erickson •
• Mrs. Edgar Turner •
• Ethel Little •
t Eugenia Rowland •
t Clare Weeks •
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COMMUNICATION
Mrs. Barbara M. P. Roobanko, of
Ukrainian descent, who has lived
n Juneau for the last six months, is
,o grateful for the kind treatment
hat she and her husband have re
ceived in Juneau that she brought
.he following letter to The Empire
to be published as a “card of
hanks.” *
To the Editor, Daily Alaska Empire:
Things like this can happen only
in Juneau, Alaska.
There is a human being, honesty,
justice and God in this world and
,n our wonderful Juneau is most.
I am Mrs. Barbara M. P. Roobanko
and my husband is Laurence Roo
banko. We were offered by Mr. and
Mrs. John Maurstad to buy property
from them on 426 East 4th Street,
which needs quite a bit of repairing, •
for only S200, and pay them any
time we will be able to pay—and
as much as we will be able. In case
it happens that we can't afford to
pay them, we don’t have to pay at
all, and at the same time they gave
me the property warranty deed at
the office of Howard D. Stabler,
attorney-at-law, telling me the
property is mine forever and I only
paid them $10, which was all I
could do at the time. They wished
me and my husband the best of
luck and told to go at once to Ju
neau land commissioner and record
the deed and the property and not
to worry about payments.
God bless you good nice people of
Juneau, Alaska.
So, now we are paying them $25
a month and each time I pay I re
ceive an amiable “thank you.”
Let us thank you from the depths
of our hearts.
After receiving deed on property
• from land conjnissioner, I and my
husband started doing hard work of
fixing it.
Both of us lacked experience to
build and being quite new in Ju
neau, not knowing where to get sup
plies, having not enough working
tools, etc., the God sent us most kind
and generous neighbor, Mr. Abel
Koski, 416 East First Street, who
let us use all kind of his working
tools and helped us with his smart
experience and advice and was so
kind and helpful in a million things.
Thank you very much Mr. Abel
Koski, our kind neighbor.
When it came to rewiring our little
home for electricity, Alaska Electric
Light and Power Company esti
mated it would run up approxi
mately to $269. We agreed on it,
though it was lots of money for us
to pay and when the job was done
by the Alaska Electric Light and
Power Company, I came .to the office
to pay the bill. Here I was simply
struck by human’s honesty and
justice. They told me it was not
run up to $269. "You must pay us
only $142.94, Mrs. Roobanko.”
Also at the land commissioner of
fice, city clerk office, city engineer
office, and Daily Empire, I receive
courtesy, attention and good service.
This is Juneau and Juneau people.
(Signed).
Mrs. Barbara M. P. Roobanko
FLEISCHMANN on a product Is
like 21 carat on gold—the finest it
can be. Try FLEISCHMANN GIN
i and be convinced.
ACROSS
1. Summit
4. Footlike part
7. Leaven
15. Highest moun
tain in the
Philippines
18. High: musical
14. Anxious
16. Genus of
fresh-water
snails
17. Floor
18. Of a historical
period
19. Marble
21. Ancient
Persian coin
! 23. Close of day
27. Large vulture
29. Female deer
30. Placid
33. Think of
35. Biblical
character
36. Low overshoe
38. Breathe
40. Periods of time
44. Masculine
name
46. Talon
47. Diminish
60. Command
62. So. American
animal
53. Character In
"Uncle Tom’e
Cabin”
64. Distant: prefix
65. Revises
66. Atmospheric
moisture
67. Addition to a
building
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Domesticated
2. Music drama
3. Arctic
4. Dairy utensil
D. Lamo s pen
name
6. Portrayed
dramatically
7. What to-day
will be
to-morrow
8. Devoured
9. Gone by
10. East Indian
weight
11. Attempt
16. Lewis Carroll
heroine
20. Keep away
from
22. Deems
24. Mountain In
Crete
25. Negative
26. Turn to the
right
28. Approaches
30- Title of a
knight
31. Before
32. Oriental
commander
84. Choose
37. Required
39. Small: law
41. Winged
42. Badgerliks
animal
43. Enlarge
45. Reside
47. Corroded
48. Poor
49. Himalayan
mountain
61. Note of th«
crow
| 20 YEARS AGO
from
THE EMPIRE
SEPTEMBER 18, 1930
Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Hulse had become the parents of a daughter, born
n St. Ann’s Hospital Septembzer 17 and weighing 6V- pounds.
Mrs. S. A. Light, wife of the manager of the United Food Company’s
lew store in the Goldstein Building, arrived on the Yukon, accompanied
iy their two young children.
Mrs. H. L. Arnold and her daughter sailed south on the Alaska,
Mrs. Arnold planning a visit of several months before returning. Her
daughter was to enter school in Tacoma, Wash. Miss Frances Harland
vas another passenger, bound for Eugene, Ore., to enter the University
if Oregon.
I -
Douglas High School freshmen elected these officers: Lloyd Guerin,
president; Jennie Savikko, vice-president; Elsa Lundell, treasurer; Helen
Pusich, secretary, and Violet Runquist, Gastineau Breeze reporter.
"No More Eats at P-TA Meeting,” said a headline in the Douglas
lews, over a story which also told of plans to raise funds for school
ictivities, and a membership drive. Also in Douglas, Mike Pusich, pro
pietor of the Hub Market, announced that Richard McCormick, Jr.,
wellknown butcher and meat cutter, had accepted the position left vacant
py the resignation of John Marin.
The Juneau chapter of the Rebekahs observed the 59th anniversary
if the order with an elaborate musical program, an interesting address,
several tables of whist and sumptuous refreshments. At the party in the
[OOF Hall, musical numbers were by Mamie and Elizabeth Feusi, Mr.
ind Mrs. Ronald Lister and Clifford Mason. Mrs. J. D. Van Atta pre
sided, delivered the anniversary address and made the presentation of
prizes. These went to Mrs. Charles W. Carter, Mrs. J. E. Connor, J. D.
Van Atta and George Whitely.
Weather: High, 54; low, 37; clear.
j Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon
i ----j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: DEPRAVITY is the condition of one
whose morals have been corrupted. DEPRAVATION is the act of de
praving, or corrupting one’s morals.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gigantic. Pronounce ji-gan-tik, first
I as in LIE, acecnt second syllable, and not ji-jan-tik.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Athlete; ETE.
SYNONYMS: Thereaten, frighten, alarm, menace, overawe.
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:
CONTEMPTUOUS; disdainful; scornful. “I think their attitude towards
you was contemptuous."
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE J
: —---——-----—i
Q. Who should be the first to raise a glass when cocktails are being
served to a small group of persons at a table?
A. The hostess. If a man alone is doing the entertaining, then
he should lift his glass, nod slightly to all his guests, and proceed to
sip his drink.
Q. Should the hours always be definitely stated in the invitations
to a child’s party?
A. Yes. State them clearly, so that the parents will know when
the children, should go and at what hour they should send for them.
Q. Where should the bride's mother be seated at the wedding break
fast or supper?
A. She should be seated at the right of the bridegroom’s father.
LOOK and LEARN A. C* GORDON |
^ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~
1. What is the origin of Canada’s name?
2. How many squares has a chess board?
3. What is the difference between a husband and husbandry?
4. What Biblical character had the dream of angels ascending and
descending a ladder?
5. What famous poet swam the Hellespont?
ANSWERS:
1. Although the exact origin is obscure, it is believed that “Canada”
was a word of the Huron-Iroquois language, meaning a collection of
lodges, hence an Indian village.
2. Sixty-four.
3. A husband is a man who has a wife; husbandry is either thrift
or farming.
4. Jacob.
5. Lord Byron.
J. CROPLEY, JR.
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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 Blureau
are ts follows:
Anchorage . 44—Cloudy
Annette Island . 50—Rain
Barrow . 35—Drizzle
Bethel . 41—Partly Cloudy
Cordova . 46—Rain
Dawson . 43—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 30—Clear
Fairbanks^. 31—Partly Cloudy
Haines .
Havre .
Juneau .
Kodiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .
Nome .
Northway .
Petersburg .
Portland .
Prince George
Seattle .
Sitka .
Whitehorse
Yakutat .
42—Partly Cloudy
45—Partly Cloudy
41—Partly Cloudy
31—Partly Cloudy
48—Rain Showers
48—Rain
46—Fog
32—Partly Cloudy
46—Drizzle
52—Clear
40—Fog
47—Clear
51—Cloudy
49—Rain
38—Clear
AIR FORCE NAMES
CREW OF MISSING
C-47 TRANSPORT
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept. 18—
(£i—The Air Force says that Capt.
Lemuel W. Purdum III, 29, of near
by Fort Richardson was pilot of the
C-47.
The four others aboard are iden
tified as 1st Lt. English F. V. Wil
liams. 25. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.
Williams, Ruffin, S C.; 1st Lt.
Richard E. Moore, 26, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert L. Moore, Ogdens
burg, N. Y.
Cpl. DiCk Schutte, 22, of Belling
ham, Wash.; T-Sgt. Ornold N.
Andersen, 29, son of Mrs. Mae
Hardman, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Andersen was engineer and Schutte
his assistant.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODUE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
m Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every second and fourth
Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting
brothers welcome. WALLIS S
GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H.
BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 779
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Store
----
"The Rexall Store"
i
Tour Reliable Pharnujlsts
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and SewardL
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Paint Store
Phone 549 ft-ed W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th 8t.
phone 216—DAT or NIGHT
tor MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 655
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
"Our Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers'*
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Junean Motor Co. |
Poot of Main Street |
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
ft iftllj habit—ask for It by ■»*■—
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engines
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home liquor Store—TeL 699
American Meat — Phone 18
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVTS OVERALLS
for Boys
“Say It With Flowers” bat
“SAY IT WITH OURS!”
Juneau Florists
Phone 811