Daily Alaska Empire
Published every evening except Sunday by the
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY
Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska
HELEN TROY MONSEN - V1„
DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - _ Vice-President
Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter.
SI ASCRIPTION RATES:
Delivered by carrier In Juneau and Douglas for *1.75 ®*f monm:
six monlhs. *9.0#l one year. S17.50
By mail, postage paid, at the following rates:
One year. In advance, 115 00; six months. In advance, *7.50.
one month, in advance. $1.50.
Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify
the Business office of any failure or Irregularity In the delivery
01 '’Telephones: News Office. 602; Business Office, 374. _
MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for
republlcation of all news dispatches credited to it or not other
wise croalted In this paper and alto the local news published
herein. ___
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle, Wash. __
Tue ;day, November 27, 1951
NOME SAYS, “NOT THESE, PLEASE”
Reports from Nome indicate that the Second
Division Democrats have had a bellyfull of the
Gruening machine. Latest word is that Nome Demo
crats balked at the proposed appointments of two
Gruening “boys” to Second Division jobs.
The Federal judgeship at Nome was vacated by
Joe Kehoe when he came to town to replace poor
old incompetent Lew Williams and has not yet been
filled. Applicants for the post are Wendell P. Kay
and Harold J. Butcher, both Anchorage attorneys.
The Second Division Democratic Committee and the
Democratic National Committeeman have given their
endorsement to Mr. Butcher, but have turned thumbs
down on Mr. Kay.
Kay served as a member of the House in the
recent session of the Legislature and distinguished
himself, as did the rest of the Third Division gang,
by unswerving support of the Gruening-McCutcheon
team. His voting record in the House certainly quali
fies him for the support of the machine, which he
apparently has. Whether it qualifies him for a Fed
eral judgeship is another matter.
As we understand it, Federal judges are sworn
to uphold the Constitution of the United States and,
as officials of the United States Government, to
protect and preserve that government.
It seems to us that the qualities necessary to
perform those duties are singularly lacking in Mr.
Kay, who proudly co-authored the infamous "Seces
sion Memorial" — H. M. 4 — in the recent session
of the legislature.
This unhappy bit of legislative caprice sought
immediate statehood for Alaska; statehood failing,
that absolute independence from the Government of
the United States be declared and the “Republic of
Alaska” be formed.
Fortunately, wiser men than the Third Division
gang prevailed and H. M. 4 died upon second reading.
A man who advocates withdrawal from the Gov
enment of the United States in January and then, in
November of the same year, seeks appointment as
Judge lrom that same government, must certainly be
possessed of colossal gall. Small wonder that the
Second Division people oppose his appointment.
From the same sources, we learn that the Second
Division Board of Equalization and Assessment spurns
Mike Haas as Assessor. We do not know the reasons
they advance, but they probably feel that Mike is
not the best qualified man for the job.
The Tax Assessor is required to keep a number
of records, tyi of which must be accurate and up to
date. It may be that Second Division officials re
member the difficulty Mike had in keeping records
when he was Commissioner of Labof, As we recall,
a Senate Committee on Investigation established that
Mike’s office records were incomplete and that some
of them had been removed, although Secretary Joe
Kehoe (then Senator Kehoe), in his dissenting report
held that Mike had not removed the records "without
good reason.” Kehoe, although not concurring with
the other members of the committee, did say that in
general the office procedure was inclined to be slip
shod.”
We’re not prepared to hazard a guess as to
whether Wendell Kay and Mike Haas will get the
jobs they are after. We hope, however, that the
appointing authorities will respect the wishes of the
people of the Second Division despite the pressure
that is sure to be applied.
The Washington *
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Bob Patterson, Averell Harriman I
and a delegation of top military
brass called on Ickes to oppose Rey
nolds. Patterson waved his arms,
chewed gum, strode up and down
the room.
"Don't you know there’s a war
on?" ho exploded. "ALCOA knows
how to produce aluminum. Rey
nolds doesn’t. We need aluminum
in a hurry.”
Ickes listened, turned them down.
He reminded Patterson and Harri
man that under the Bonneville Dam
act no power was to be used to in
crease monopoly, and that ALCOA
enjoyed an aluminum monopoly.
Meanwhile Reynolds did a good
job, so the other day Ickes tried
to phone Secretary Chapman to
remind him of this wartime inci
dent, and urge him not to increase
the monopoly hold which Anaconda
has on the state of Montana by
putting it in the aluminum business.
Chapman, however, harassed and
trying to leave for Hawaii, ignored
Icke’s phone call. And since Ickes
is sensitive about the idea of try
ing to run the Interior Department
from the outside, he did not call
a second time. Instead he sat down
and wrote a letter to President
Truman, whose views on monopoly
he felt sure he knew.
Within a few hours, word of this
letter got back to Chapman. Im
mediately he telephoned his old
boss, listened to his story on mon
opoly and Anaconda, wrote a letter
to Administrator Manly Fleisch
maun, stating that he would not
transfer to Anaconda the permit
for Hungry Horse power which he
had given to the Harvey Machine
Company. *■
CONGRESS INVESTIGATES SELF
Congressional hearings regarding
alleged backstage wire-pulling on
income taxes by Congressman Cecil
King of California illustrate the
difiiculty of having Congress inves
tigate itself.
King discreetly stayed away from
the committee when it considered
his reported attempts to stall tax
prosecution of some of his friends
in the Long Beach Federal Savings
and Loan Association. However, his
fellow Democrat, Congressman J.
M. Combs of Texas, who presided
set the stage with this unusual
statement:
“It Is of course an awfully ser
ious thing for Mr. King that has
come up.” Combs declared solemn
ly. “We are simply out to clear this
matter up as to the committee and
its chairman. That is all.
“Incidentally, we are not inter
ested in finding here, it is not our
province to find, whether this tax
is due or not due, or whether there
are violations or not violations in
those particular tax cases in con
nection with this particular in
quiry. You understand?"
This seemed a strange statement
from a committee charged with in
vestigating tax irregularities and
which—up to that time—had done
an excellent job.
During the cross-examination
which followed, ace committee
counsel Adrian De Wind, who has
pulled no punches in the past, ap
peared to slant his questions to
defend Chairman King, and asked
no questions of Congressman King
himself.
Pan Am Takes Out 38;
Brings 16, Monday Trip
Pan American World Airways
moved 54 passengers Monday with
16 inbound and 38 outbound.
From Seattle: Betty Luecke, Paul
Vetterick. Ted Oberman, T. G.
Ritchey, Leota Russell, Lyle Rei
man, William Bobbitt. George
Whittika, James Wakefield, Ann
Ambrose, Ray Copeland, Jack Rob
erts, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Vanwert,
Erice Wahnschaffe, Xnger Eide.
To Seattle: Ellis Ethely, Jake
Mollan, Norman Nordine, Zalmain
Gross, Sandra Brooks, Mrs. Rudolph
Isler, R. J. Sommers, Mrs. E. Deroux,
Tom Brandon, Willard Bergston,
Pete Haugen, Ed Thomas, Mr. and
Mrs. Harvey Scott, John Eldener
and David, Mrs. H. White, Jim Per,
J. W. Male, John Iridrlng, M. Gall,
Mrs. Gali, Enoc Lian, Clark and
Iris Bassett, Joe, Catherine, John
and Ruth Storms.
To Ketchikan: Svend Thorp, Fred
Moe, Charles Naples.
To Whitehorse: Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Banks.
To Fairbanks: E. C. Wallace, Joe
Attuayuk, John Carisee, Martha
Albert, Lester Purcell.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAT —
"KING-MAKER KING”
For months, King has made no
secret, in talking to friends, that he
was sore .at the Justice Department
for its handling of litigation with
his friends of the Long Beach Fed
eral Savings and Loan Association.
Nor has he concealed the fact that
he has made inquiries at the Justice
j Department aimed to help his
[ friends.
However, the Congressman was
not queried about these matters.
Congressman King also has made
no secret that he helped secure the
appointment of Ernest Tolin as U.S.
Attorney in Los Angeles, and ex
erted a powerful hand in promoting
U. S. attorneys to judgeships. One
of the ablest and oldest California
Congressmen, he has sometimes
been called "King-Maker King".
Naturally this gave him influence
with those handling tax cases, and
sometimes the political grapevine
is such that little is said about cases
where close friends are involved.
None of these matters was ex
amined very carefully at the closed
door investigation.
But one tiling that did leak out
| was that Lamar Caudle, the re
I cently fired Justice Department tax
chief, had been concerned over
; lailure to prosecute the Long Beach
tax cases, and on March 3, 1951, had
demanded an investigation of this
\ failure. Caudle wanted to know why
i the tax cases, involving Congress
man King’s friends, were not sent
to Washington for scrutiny instead
of being handled in Los Angeles by
local officials friendly to Congress
man King.
It is highly unusual for tax cases
| to be referred direct from the In
ternal Revenue Bureau in a local
j city to the U. S- Attorney in that
: city without being sent to Wash
ington. However, this was done in
the case of Congressman King’s
Long Beach friends.
Note—The closed-door probe of j
1 Chairman King seemed more con
cerned with finding out whether
witnesses had talked to this colum
nist than with getting to the bot
tom of King's alleged wire-pulling.
Both counsel De Wind and Cong
ressman Combs heckled witnesses
as to whether they “talked to Drew
j Pearson.’’ 1
DOUGLAS
HEWS
W.S.C.S., THURSDAY
The Womens Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church
will meet on Thursday evening at
8 o’clock at the home of Mrs. Charles
Gray. Mrs. Prank Mcllhardy will
be in charge of the evening’s pro
gram. Any women of the community
interested in this Christian Service
are cordially invited to attend.
WEIR HOUSEGUESTS
Mr. and William Weir were hap
pily surprised last evening when
Mrs. Bernard Larios and son Wade
Lacey and daughter Bernardine, ar
rived on the Alaska to spend
Christmas at the Weir home. Mrs.
Larios is a sister of Mr. Weir and
now makes her home at Jarbidge,
Nevada.
CATHERINE EILEEN BURNS
A baby daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. James Burns Saturday
afternoon at 12:56 o’clock at St.
Ann’s Hospital. The ba^y, a first
child for the couple, weighed 8
pounds and 11 ounces at birth. She
has been named Catherine Eileen,
in honor of both maternal and pat
ernal grandmothers, Mrs. A. J. Ba
log of Douglas and Mrs. J. Dickson
of Seattle.
DEMO CAUCUS
Mrs. Kathleen Andrews, has called
a meeting of the Democratic Party
of Douglas for Wednesday, Novem
ber 28 in the City Hall. She an
nounced that Douglas Highway resi
dents would meet at the home of
Herbert Savikko at 8 o’clock, also
on Wednesday evening.
HUSKIES MEET STORIS
The Douglas Huskies will tangle
with the Coast Guard team from
the Storis tonight and attempt to
take their second win of the sea
son in a game scheduled for 7:30
in the Douglas gym.
The Huskies have been bending
their efforts toward smoothing out
NOVEMBER 27
J. E. Smith
Louise Hildre
Neill Gallagher
James Smith
Mrs. J. V. Hickey, Jr.
Bobby Nyman
Bette Shand Sturrock
Greg Baxter
Eric Beach
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
I on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 19—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 13—Cloudy
Bethel.14—Cloudy
, Cordova . 39—Cloudy
Dawson . 16—Snofo
Fairbanks . 11—Snow
Edmonton .?... 20—Clear
Haines . 33—Clear
Havre . 38—Clear
Juneau Airport . 28—Cloudy
Annette Island . 42—Rain
Kodiak . 28—Clear
Kotzebue .6—Cloudy
McGrath . 7—Snow
Nome . 17—Snow
Northway ... 12—Snow
Petersburg .,. 40—Cloudy
Portland . 45—Cloudy
Prince George . 37—Clear
Seattle . 50—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse. 17—Clear
Yakutat ... 30—Clear
Discharged West
Pointers Can't
Be Reinstated
By the Associated Press
The ninety West Pointers who
were kicked out for cheating will
not be given a chance to get back
into the academy. Some Congress
men have renominated boys who
were dismissed, and the academy
has sent the Congressmen letters
which say this cannot be done.
An army spokesman says that a
flat policy has been laid down under
which no cadet dismissed for an.
honor violation can get back in,
even if renominated by a member
of Congress.
the ragged edges which were so
apparent in last week’s game.
Free throw practice has also been
the order of the day. So far, the
reserve strength has been untested
but it is expected that Stevens and
Johnson will carry most of the
reserve chores until the others
gain more finesse.
The Coast Guard has improved
considerably since the team first
began their practice sessions in the
Douglas gym several weeks ago.
Despite personnel changes they are
expected to be a formidable oppon
ent. Ensign Carr, player-coach, a
former player with the Coast Guard
Academy and Purdue.
SCHEDULE CHANGE
The next league games will be
played on Thursday, Nov. 29 with
Douglas meeting the Alaska Road
Commission at 7:30 and Mikes en
gaging the Country Club at 8:30.
I CALLED COMMUNICATION
Gastineaux Lodge 124 will hold
a Called Communication tonight
at the Masonic Hall for the pur
pose of conferring the M.M. Degree.
; DOUGLAS DEMOCRATS NOTICE
Attention all Democrats!! A meet
ing will be held in the City Hall
Council Chambers on Wednesday
Nov. 28., at 8 p.m. All Democrats
are urged to attend.
Democratic Committee—Kathleen
Andrews, Chairman.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
by McFeatteri
\COVM>VM*TS>
1 n^-sr..
“It doesn’t bounce when I drop it!”
20 YEARS AGO £he empire
NOVEMBER 27, 1931
Gordon and Douglas Gray ,who had been engaged in surveying
work for the Bureau of Public Roads at ^ngoon, came in on the B. P.
1R. vessel Highway for a few days' visit with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Gray.
For the benefit of those who enjoyed skating at night, the city
installed \a light at the Seventh Street pond.
Enroute to the states for a 30-day vacation, United States District
Forest Ranger Charles Burdick left on the Ranger VII, which was
to be left at Ketcnikan for annual overhaul. Burdick was to join
Mrs. Burdick in S'eattie, and later to go to Montana to visit relatives.
The Alaska employees and others of the Department of the Interior
had their traveling expense allowances reduced one dollar per day, with
the admonition that travel should be kept to a minimum. A similar
order was recently made by the Department of Justice.
For the first time in a decade Alaska felt the effects of depression
in the fiscal year ending June 30, last, according to the annual report
of Gov. George A. Parks. Only gold mining^escaDed unscathed, and the
governor predicted greater activity in that industry in coming years.
Thanksgiving Day, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Selby in
Scatter Tract, Mrs. Edith Fosse became the bride of Ilolgar #Larson.
He was a member of the Service Transfer Company.
Weather: High, 34; low, 28; clear.
Daily Lessons in English ft L. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “As we progressed through
this boo*, many things were learned.” This is a rather confusing shift
from the active to the passage voice in verbs. It is better to say, "As
we progressed through the book, we learned many things.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Brochure (a pamphlet). Pronounce
bro-shur, O as in BROKE, unstressed, U as in USE, accent second
sylla“e.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Arrange (to put in proper order). Arraign
(to accusp, censure).
SYNONYMS: Banter, badinage, sarcasm, satire, raillery, ridicule,
irony, mockery, derision.
WORD STUDY: ,rUse a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
SANGUINiE; disposed to be hopeful; anticipating the best; as, “sanguine
of success.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. Does a man ever shake hands with a woman without removing
his glove?
A. No. Of course, at a ball, or if he is an usher at a formal
wedding, he does not remove a glove intended to be worn indoors. If
on the street he cannot free his left hand to pull his right glove off,
he says, "Excuse my glove.” But-he does not ask that an indoor glove
be excused.
Q. Is it necessary to tip a waitress in a cafeteria or self-service
restaurant, who merely carries your tray from the counter to your
table?
A. This isn't necessary, nor is it customary. Some people do,
however.
Q. Is it ever all right for the bride’s mother to give her away, if
she has no father?
A. Yes, if she wishes.
LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON
1 What is the derivation of the word “Bible”?
2. Which are the two smallest U. S. states, in area?
3. TTno is the spiritual leader of the Church of England?
4. What is euthanasia?
5. Which is the smallest of the major planets?
ANSWERS:
1. In ancient times, the papyrus plant, the paper made from it,
and then a book or writing, was called “biblos," and finally the word
‘Bible” was evolved.
2. Rhode Island and Delaware.
3. The Archbishop of Canterbury.
4. The mode or act of inducing death painlessly or as a relief
rom pain <mercy killing).
5. Mercury.
ATTENTION ODD FELLOWS
yisitors and members of Silver
Bow Lodge are urged to attend the
regular meeting Tuesday, November
27. The second degree will be con
ferried and other important business
discussed.
---
EASTERN STAR
Initiation, last of this year; Ju
neau Chapter No. 7, Tuesday Nov.
27, 8 o’clock. Remember to bring
groceries for Christmas donations.
ALICE BROWN, Secretary.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS P4V _
ACROSS
1. Massachusetts
cape
4. Coarse file
5. Small mer
ganser
12. Salutation
13. To a point
within
14. Italian coin
15. Judicial com
mands
17. Glacial ridge
18. Otherwise
19. Item of value
31. Woven
container
21. Corroded
27. Consoles
80. Worked with a
garden tool
32. Public speaker
33. Recent
34. Blacksnake
35. Italian name
for the Vh>
gin Mary
36. Beverage
37. Closer
39. Pauses
41. Large lake
45. Off
47. Nostalgic
50. Ceremony
01. Asiatic
country
52. River In
Scotland
03. Sweet-sop
54. Head coverings
55. Bitter vetch
F|a|BMS|h|a|mIeWq|w|lI
e b eBca LXlxW^AlYl
WIaIssTA I LMPptolNlEl
ipIMp A[£gMK eTpTnWK
|A|M|l oMyIeIa g Blojo|k:|
DOB I_]C.IBA|N|TIa1Bn]|
A B-^jlo'u S^JlIIS I N
w aBo g b eMvIa P o <
I5IL lO V E N LjVMt I N S
IMP E N sMo|d]o Bpfci
fa i ntWaIda|ma|n|t
o w nbBl o]w e bMtoe
.gIeIeByIeIlIusmeIwIe
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
1. Arrived
2. Elliptical
S. Lairs
4. Narrow Inlet
5. Emmet
6. Cuts ot meat
7. Force of men
8. Blackthorn
9. Erroneous
10. Age
11. Armed conflict
16. Argument
20. Walked with
long steps
22. Fruits of the
oak
22. Weight of
Ihdla
25. Gull-like bird
26. Feminine name
27. Kail
28. Spoken
29. Tear
31. Loves
33. Deface
35. Collection of
Old Testa
ment mar
ginal notes
38. Moral
40. Organs ot
vislcin
42. Be carried
43. Cooler
44. Pieces out
45. Constellation
46. Humor
48. Chart
49. Being
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome*
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
_ i
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third j
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Bt*.
PHONE 138
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hat*
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FEED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY HEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
13—PHONES-19
Free DeHrery
J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. B *«» Telephone Bit
—-f " '*r"-»-*** _
EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY
"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Snpplifes
Phone 208 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th st.
PHONE 218— DAT or NIOnT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 655
PAINTS -OIIS
' Bonders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED kj
J. B. Snrford Co.
'‘Onr Doorstep Is Worn kj
Satisfied easterners”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally habit—ask for It by dim
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Llqnor Store—TeL SM
American Meat — Phone M
To Eani3h “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 773
High Quality Cabinet Week
(or Home, Office or Store
R. E. GARRISON
as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATHE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"INSIDE STRAIGHT"
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.-Phoao 22
and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments.
WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear!
Oldest Bank in Alaska
1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1951
The B. M. Bell rends
Bank
Safety Deposit
Boxes for Rent
COMMERCIAL
SAVINGS