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Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle. Wash. __
Thursday, October 18, 1951
ALASKA DAY
Throughout the Territory, Alaskans today observe
the 84th anniversary’ of the; formal transfer of owner
ship of Alaska from the Russian Empire to the United
States of America.
In what was the largest real estate transfer
in the history ol the world, the United States took
title to an area one-fifth the size of the nation itself
at a price of two cents an acre.
K’eedless to repeat, that modest investment has
repaid the nation handsomely. Many times the pur
chase price has been harvested from/the waters, mines
and forests of our generous land.
As we observe Alaska Day, it might be well to
review the happenings on that historic day at Sitka.
Eighty-four years ago today, in the early morning
hours, the U.S.S. Ossippee arrived at Sitka, having
aboard Major General L. H. Rousseau, the com
missioner of the United States for the transfer.
Three United States ships lay in the harbor; the
Ossippee, the Jamestown and the Resaca. Three com
panies of United States troops, about 80 sailors and
marines and a full complement of naval officers form
ed beside the Russian troops on the parapet before
the Baranof Castle.
At 3:30 p. m., General Rousseau and Captain
Pestchouroff, the Russian commissioner, appeared.
Pestchouroff signalled for the lowering of the Rus
sian flag as the salute of the warships in the harbor
began—American ana Russian guns alternately salut
ing the exchange of colors.
To General Rousseau, Captain Pestchouroff said:
"By the authority of His Majesty, the Emperor of all
the Russias, I transfer to you, the agent of the
United States, all the territory and dominion now pos
sessed by His Majesty on the continent of America
and in the adjacent islands, according to treaty made
between these two powers.”
In his acceptance, General Rousseau replied, "I
accept from you, as agent of His Majesty, the Em
peror of all the Russias, the territory and dominion
which you have transferred to me, as commissioner
on the part of the United States to receive the same."
FEDERAL PAYROLL GROWING
As the defense program absorbs more and more j
of America’s labor force, the number of civilians |
employed by the Federal government is increasing
steadily. Late reports indicate the government has
more than 2,400.000 employees, to whom it pays $8,
300.000,000 a yeai now, and for whom it is asking
salary increases.
This rise in Federal employment has taken place j
despite estimates that the govenment could save more I
than $1,000,000,000 a year by dropping 305,000 un- I
needed employee? from the projected payroll for j
fiscal 1952. Yet to avoid cuts many peacetime de
partments have been making every elfort to have |
their activities classified as defense work, hoping not
only to keep all employees, but even to do a little
‘empire-building” by getting more personnel.
This bureaucratic expansion program should be
stopped in its tracks. When every worker and every
Federal dollar are needed for defense, it is no time !
for personal “empire building” at public expense.
BUREAU FINANCING
Critics of Federal credit operations say there
diould be a thorough review of the subsidy aspect
of these governmental activities.
The Production Credit Corporations, for instance
report $40,000,000 of idle funds invested in U. S.
securities. But since the government originally in
vested $42,000,000 in these corporations, they really are
drawing bond interest on funds they received interest
free from the government. This interest provides the
corporations with money they can spend without ex
ing Congressional approval, and critics consider that
improper.
Similarly, the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
in which the government has $60,000,000 invested
also has $46,000,000 in U. S. securities. Both the banks
and the corporations are components of the Farm
Credit Corporation.
Whenever you hear someone complaining about
“too much work,” the chances are that his complaint
is really “too little loafing.”
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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practicf to his partner, Max Sis
kind, who paid him in annual in
stalments.
The Democrats, many Republican:
feel, could score some points or
this comparison during a campaign
Actually, the RFC was established
for the purpose 01 helping companies
which could not obtain loans from
private banks, and American Lith
ofold might have been in that cate
gory. However, it was not so much
the RFC loan as the way American
Lithofold / wangled huge printing
orders from the government and
paid government officials on the
side to get those orders that made
the public hold its nose.
blue-chip backers
But what worries Republican Sen
ators about the Gabrielson loan is
that Carthage Hydrocol appealed
not to have needed a loan at all.
Its owners include some oi the
most powerful companies m the
USA, with top credit ratings and
the ability to borrow millions from
the banks, insurance companies, or
^Instead they used politics to get
an RPC loan of $18,500,000. They
retained Gabrielson, then a rising
figure in the Republican Party, just
at a time when the Republicans
were nearing their peak power in
the 1946 election and appeared sure
Winners of the Presidency in 1948.
Carthage Hydrocol was organized
to make gasoline out of methane
gas, which is the dry part of nat
ural gas and which never before
has been used for gasoline. How
ever, the experiment, after four
years operation near Brownsville,
Texas, is reported unsuccessful and
GOP leaders now fear a Democratic
charge that the blue-chip backers
of the concern are trying to let
Uncle Sam share in their loss—
through the RPC.
Chief backer of Carthage Hydro
col is the Texas Company, one of
the largest oil companies in the
world with gilt-edge credit. Another
owner is United Gas, a holding com
pany controlled by Electric Bond
and Share, one of the biggest power
companies in the world.
Another owner is Stone and Web
ster, hitherto never known to have
been had up for cash. Other own
ers are the Niagara Share Company,'
the Forest Oil Corp., La Gloria
Cofp., the Chicago Corp., Newmont
Mining 'A J. P. Morgan concern),
Western Natural Gas, and White,
Weld and Co., the Boston bankers. ,
Another backer is Henry L. Shat
tuck, Boston blue-blood financial
leader; Robert Winthrop, Boston
banker and insurance mogul; Will
iam A. Coolidge, another blue-chip
banker; and N. C. McGowan, one
oi the biggest gasmen in the busi
ness.
The amazing thing is that this
group, with unlimited resources, not
only wangled an RFC loan, but !
When the loan’s first instalment |
. was due, wanted to postpone pay
ment. It was last month, when the
first $250,000 was due to be repaid
the RPC, that Chairman Gabrielson
approached Stuait Symington and
asked for a postponement. Later,
when Symington demurred, the in
■ stallment was palfi, but Uris post
• ponement move left Gabrielson
open to a possible charge that his
> i blue-chip backers wanted to let
i Uncle Sam hold the bag.
These are some of the background
! factors w'hich have caused GOP
, leaders to demand the ousting of
genial Guy Gabrielson.
JET PLANE.CRISIS
In fairness to the employees at
General Electric's Lockland, Ohio,
plant, it should be noted that the
recent work stoppage there which
delayed the production of jet en
gines was not due to a strike but to
shortage of materials, which in turn
was due to an ALCOA strike. The
1 fact is that the UAW-CIO unit at
the Lockland plant has a no-strike
record for which they are to be con
gratulated.
Meanwhile, however, the entire
! jet-engine production picture con
tinues bad, largely because of labor
troubles at various factories making
key parts. The strike at the Borg
Warner plants is one of them.
What this means in Korea boils
down briefly to this: Our F-86's are
the only jet plane we have that can
match the MIG-15’s. Yet today
our F-86’s are outnumbered five to
one by the MiG’s—due to lack of
jet-plane production. Meanwhile, we
are lasing more jets in Korea than
we are producing.
While there is usually something
to be said on both sides in labor
I disputes, and while corporations
I have netted tremendous profits—
as this column has frequently re
ported— nevertheless neither labor’s J
case nor management’s case is im
portant enough to hold up jet pro
duction at this critical time.
Important development at ' Pen
tagon-Generals Ridgway and Van
Fleet have now come around to the
Air Force view in the bitter con
troversy over tactical air support.
Hitherto, the army has wanted
most air force planes operating on
close-up tactical support of troops.
But now the two top army com
manders in Korea have told General
Bradley that strategic bombing has
crippled the Communists and pre
vented them from mounting a fall
offensive. As a result General Van
Fleet cut in half the number of
planes to be called for tactical sup
port of ground troops.In other
words, both Ridgway and Van Fleet
believe it’s more important to bomb
enemy bases and supply lines.
RADIO TECHNICIAN
ARRIVES HERE
Dave Stroebel, radio technician
with the Alaska Highway Patrol,
arrived yesterday from Anchorage.
He will set up sending and receiving
stations and car sets for the high
way patrol cars here. All highway
cars in the Interior now have two
way radio sets.
Stroebel was formerly with KINY
in Juneau.
Two Entertainers
i
At Country Club
Well Received
*
The two new entertainers at the
Country Club, although they have
I been appearing only two nights,
Tuesday and last night, are mak
ing a good impression among the
i diners and dancers,
i The two entertainers are Anita
Porter, singer and drummer, and
1 Irene Ford, pianist. Both have been
J appearing at wellknown night spots
| on the coast prior to coming to Ju
neau.
j Miss Porter's home town is San
i Francisco. She has been with name
I bands as singer, ending a long en
j gagement with Vido Musso's well
| known organization.
Miss Ford registers from Holly
wood. She has toured European
night spots and was in Korea and
other Oriental amusement centers
in 1949.
Both entertainers are enthusiastic
over their reception in Juneau.
LUTHERAN BAZAAR
‘Saturday, • October 20, tea, food
and needlework sale, from 1 to 5
p.m. at the Lutheran church. 40-3t
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• Angela Castro *
e Ralph E. Robertson •
• Ingvald Sunderland •
• Mrs. Bert Lybeck •
a Billie Cortez •
• Mrs. Jake Cropley, Jr. •
o Darrell Miller •
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage 17—Clear
Barrow .. 35—Cloudy
Bethel 23—Clear
Cordova 18—Clear
Dawson . -4—Clear
Edmonton . 14—Cloudy
Fairbanks ^. 21—Clear
Haines 31—Clear
Havre . 24—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 34—Clear
Annette Island. 40—Cloudy
Kodiak . 40—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 25—Clear
McGrath . 9—Clear
Nome . 31—Clear
Northway. -6—Clear
Petersburg . 23—Cloudy
Portland . 54—Cloudy
Prince George . 24—Snow
Seattle . 46—Rain
Whitehorse . 9—Snow
Yakutat . 42—Clear
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Rainbow Girls lo
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Meel on Saturday
The Order of Rainbow for Girls I
will meet Saturday evening at 7:30
o’clock at the Scottish Rite Temple.
Worthy Advisor. Lois Lawrence and
her officers will confer the initia
tory degrees on two candidates. Re
freshments will be served following
the meeting. All OES and Masons
are cordially invited to attend the
meeting.
Officers will meet at the Scot
tish Rite Temple at 1 o’clock Sat
urday afternoon for the scheduled
practice.
'I he annual Hallowe’en Carnival
will be held in the Scottish Rite
rumple at 8 o'clock on October 27.
The Rainbow doll is now on display
n the window of Brown's Apparel
Shop on Front Street, the awards
ing of which will be one of the high
lights of the carnival.
' On Friday evening the regular
meeting of the Rainbow Advisory
• Board will be held at Mrs. Wm. H.
Barron’s apartment in the Assembly.
j
Raven Tribe
Are Hosts at
Memorial Parly
Over 150 people attended a mem
orial party given on Tuesday eve
ning by the Raven Tribe at the
Alaska Native Brotherhood hall on
Willoughby Avenue. The party
marked the second anniversary of
the death of Daniel C. Kunz.
In the afternoon members of the
j Raven Tribe erected a memorial
stone on Mr. Kunzs grave in the
Evergreen Cemetery. The party is
a tradition followed when a beloved
member of the tribe dies and is al
ways held when the gravestone is
erected.
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OCTOBER 18, 1931
Miss Irene Burke, member of the clerical force in the office of
H. L. Redlingshafer, Fiscal Agent lor the United States Forest Service,
left for Seattle to spend her annual vacation.
A dairy cow crossing the road near Switzer's Dairy on Glacier
Highway injured five persons when two cars collided in an effort to
avoid the animal. Those injured were Mrs. Clarence Geddes, W. H.
Geddes, Warren Geddes, G. E. Cleveland and Mrs. Ardelle Cleveland.
Mrs. Geddes was the only one hospitalized from the accident.
The yacht Pandora docked in Juneau with Captain Albert Zuck
schwerdt of Berlin and W. C. Maeser of Seattle aboard. The men were
an a big game hunt.
All schools and territorial oiiices were closed today in commemora
tion of Alaska Day. The students at the high school were to hear the
Rev. A. P. Kashevaroff on Alaskan history the following day.
The Rev. P. E. Bauer gave the principal address at the Alaska Day
program for the grade and high school students of Dotiglas.
Weather; High, 42; low, 38; cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English & l. cordon ]
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED; Do not say, "I hope you don’t take
sick.” Say, ‘‘I hope you don’t BECOME sick (or ill).”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Oath; pronounce the TH as in BOTH.
Oathes; pronounce othz, TH as in SMOOTH.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Throw (to hurl). Throe (extreme pain).
SYNONYMS: Rejuvenate, rejuvenize, reinvigorate, make youthful.
WORD STUDY: ’’Use a word three times and ft is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: ■
DIVEST; to unclothe; to dispossess (pronounce the I as in DIE). “It
is difficult to divest one’s self of all vanity.”
I MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE |
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Q. If there is to be no catering service engaged for a wedding
reception, is it permissible to ask friends of the bride or bridegroom
to help out?
A. This would depend upon how close these friends are and upon
their personal reactions to such a request. Seme people would consider
it an honor to be asked to do this, while others might think it an
imposition.
Q. What is the proper fee to give the clergyman for a baptism?
A. Baptism is a sacrament of the Church, for which no fee is ever
required. A donation to the church, however, may be given—whatever
amount you wish.
Q. Who goes first when entering a room or her house, the hostess
or guest?
A. The hostess goes first only when it is necessary to show the j
way. Then she usually says “Excuse me for going first.”
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| LOOK and LEARN a! C. GORDON |
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1. What language is spoken by more people than any other? 1
2. What ex-President of the U. S. swore one of his successors into
office? !
3. What four seas bear the names of colors?
4. What is an aborigine?
5. What world port handles the greatest amount of tonnage cl 1
vessels?
ANSWERS:
'1. Chinese.
2. Taft, who later as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court swore
Hoover in as President.
3. Red, Black, Yellow and White.
4. One of the earliest known inhabitants of a country; one of the
native race.
5. New York City. r
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(hapeladies
Change Date
Of Bazaar
The Chapeladies of Auke Bay will
-hold their annual bazaar on Friday,
November 30. The bazaar was orig
inally scheduled to be held on Fri
day, October 19 but due to the
condition of the road that is now
undergoing reconstruction it was de
cided >o change the date.
. FROM ANCHORAGE
C. T. Bostick, of Anchorage, is a
guest of the Gastineau Hotel.
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GOOD HUNTING: VIC POWERS
AND RAY RICE GET MOOSE
Happy hunters are Vic Powers
and Ray Rice, home from a hunt
ing trip up the Chilkat river with a
thousand pounds of moose to see
them through the winter.
The hunters left Juneau by plane
for Haines, drove to Mosquito lake,
went up the Chilkat River about
314 miles—and got their moose.
Sounds easy and probably a lot
more involved than the story indi
cates—at least when it came to
packing out a 1000 pounds of moose
—but it was a wonderful trip, ac
cording to Vic Powers. “We were
lucky, though,” Powers said.
ACROSS
i. Frightens
T. Musical her
LI. Assistant
rector
iZ. Hourly
.4. Public speaker
,5. Humbles
17. Fall behind
8. Attend the sick
ip. Japanese porgy
n. Fall
IS. Entangle
|4. For fear that
>5. Spanish title
i7. Those who
make a
display of
learning
29. False hair
31. Negative
32. Behaves
36. Color
40. Across
41. Help
43. Midday
44. Lair
45. Sinned
47. Hard-shelled
fruit
48. Trial
60. Optical Illusion
62. Concise
63. Wild ass of
Asia
64. Act
65. Stitchers )
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Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
L Berates
2. So. American I
arrow poison I
I. Former king- |
dom of Spain
4. Rodent /
5. English school
6. Watery part
of whey
7. Punish
8. Part of the ear
9. Epoch
10. Bind
13. Minimum
16. Holds a session
19. Knock
22. Strength
24. Ancient
language
26. Long narrow
Inlet
28. Dowry _
30. Twisted
32. Extinct bird
33. Turn outward
34. Darned
35. Title of respect
37. Minority
38. Ijnpostort
slang
39. Comes In
42. Greek populace
45. Relieve
46. Eat
49. Before
SL Uncooked
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
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NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Bbx 2596
NICHOLSON’S WELDING
SHOP
Tanks and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
A O. Box 1529-Feero Bldg.
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carler
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoe*
Skyway Luggage
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NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing'
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Complete Outfitter for Men
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FOR BETTER MEATS
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Accounting Auditing Tux Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 64J Telephone 019
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY o
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
butler-mauro
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager*
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Holel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS -OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
i Remington Typewrite™
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
i “Onr Doorstep la Worn by
Satisfied Customers’*
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(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Junean Noior Co.
i Foot of Main Street
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* JUNEAU DAIRIES
J DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
| a dally habit—ask for it by name
\ Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
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1 American Meat — Phone H
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| To Banish “Blue Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Lanndry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVrS OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 772
High Quality Cabinet Week
for Home, Office or Store
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as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to ^he box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
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