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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
a.
Saturday, October 7, 1950
A PIECE OF ALASKA IS GONE
Fathered by Ickes, born with Krug and nurtured
by Chapman, the Hydaburg Indian Reservation is
today a grim reality. It is 100,000 acres of land that
is still in Alaska but no longer of Alaska.
Almost from the day he took office in 1933, Harold
Ickes set out to establish a number of vast Indian
reservations in this Territory. These reservations, for
the mast part, represented great areas of land and
they were set aside for the use of a handful of people.,
In promoting Indian reservations in Alaska, Mr.
Ickes and those who followed him unfortunately had
the assistance of some residents of Alaska. They had
the help, in fact, of at least one of the men who sat
in our Legislature as a representative of all of the
people of Alaska, and who aspires to rcelection.
We refer, of course, to Senator Frank Peratrovich.
We were pleased in 1949 when Frank Peratrovich
w!as made President of the Senate. We regret his
assistance in the matter of reservations.
At Ketchikan earlier this week a reporter asked
Senator Peratrovich whether he believed the creation
of reservations is a solution to the Native problem in
Alaska. The Senator replied:
“I consider this a subject to be handled by the
Federal Government. Aboriginal rights do exist and
should be recognized and if the Natives of Alaska
decide to settle their aboriginal rights through voting
themselves a reservation I think they have a right
to do so.”
We repeat: 100,000 acres of Alaska is gone. Sen
ator Peratrovich can stand beside Ickes, Krug and
Chapman in the partitioning of Alaska.
Alaskans Should Co-operate
i Marine Digest)
Transportation lines operating from Seattle to
Alaska from time to time have been severely criti
cized by residents of the Territory. They have com
plained of rates, schedules and deliveries of freight.
It nas been difficult to satisfy merchants in the various
Alaska towns.
We believe that the Alaska people should show
more cooperation in the transportation problem, aid
the private operators to maintain their services and
thus prevent government operation of ship lines to
the Territory.
The people of Alaska should remember that the
routes served are perilous, particularly in the winter
time that there are expensive delays to ships as a
result of storms and labor troubles, and frequently
the cost of operation mounts to staggering figures.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
'Continued from Page One)
thing again. For, believe it or not,
the Munitions Board did not even
try to buy aluminum for stock
piling until August 4, more than
a month after the Korean war
started.
This amazing failure was partly
due to backstage maneuvering of
the giant Aluminum Corporation of
America, the empire built up by the
late Andrew Mellon, Secretary of
the Treasury under Coolidge and
Hoover. ALCOA, which called the
signals in World War II, is now
doing the same at the start of
( ^hat max,.fee JY_S?4iL,waij III.
History Repeats
Here is how history is repeat
ing.
World War II—In August, 1940,
ALCOA’s manager, Irving Wilson,
announced his company was "in a f
position to supply the U.S. Govern- j
ment, both Army and Navy, with'
all the aluminum it will require i
for national deiense within the next
year" and that ‘a substantial sur
plus” would be left over to fill
British orders.
Various government advisers dis
agreed, chiefly Leon Henderson,
later OPA administrator, and Rob
ert Nathan, War Plans brain trust
er. They argued, urged, and beg
ged that aluminum production be
increased—to no avail.
The rest of the story is well
known to every housewife. The
shortage that followed helped break
the complete monopoly ALCOA had
on aluminum in this country. At
the urging of the U.S. Govern
ment, Reynolds Metals and the
Henry Kaiser Company went into
the aluminum business. However,
thanks to a $65,900,000 RFC sub
sidy by Jesse Jones, ALCOA also
built a giant plant on the Sage
uenay River in Canada, financed
by the U. S. Government interest
free, and not subject to high U.S.
taxes. It was a windfall for AL
COA'S twin sister, the Aluminum
Corporation of Canada.
The present war crisis—ten years
later, the Aluminum Corporation of I
America, on Sept. 25, 1950, insert,
ed an ad in New York papers,
promising plenty of aluminum for
everyone. "To our government we
report," said the ad, "there is plenty
of aluminum for any announced
military program.”
Shortages Forces Allocation
Despite this promise so remin
iscent of World War II, the nation
is already so short of aluminum
that the Agriculture Department
has had to stop building aluminum
storage bins and aluminum is now
allocated to most manufacturers.
Meanwhile ALCOA doesn’t want
new plants built in this countiy,
but is trying to persuade the Mun
itions Board to buy aluminum from
its sister company, ALCAN, the Al
uminum Corporation of Canada.
But Arthur Vining Davis, chairman
of ALCOA, is also a large stock
holder in ALCAN, and his nephew,
Nathaniel Davis, is its President. In
fact, the Quebec town where AL
CAN’S plant is located is called
Arvida, in honor of Arthur Vining
Davis.
Furthermore, the two companies’
policies go hand-in-hand. Last
month when the Aluminum Corpor
ation of America boosted its price
10 percent, the Aluminum Corpor
ation of Canada immediately fol
lowed suit.
Motive behind ALCOA’s demand
that we buy aluminum from its
Canadian twin sister is to prevent
building up any fresh competi
tion from Kaiser and Reynolds. The
less competition ALCOA has, the
higher prices the government and
the public pay. Thus, during World
War II, aluminum prices shot up
to 67 cents a pound .and remained
double the prewar price long after
the Armistice. After Reynolds and
Kaiser started competing with AL
COA in World War II, however the
price of aluminum dropped 20 to
15 cents per pound, and now the
price is 20 percent below the prewar
level—all thanks to the American
principle of free competition. ,
Capital News Capsules
Rent-gouging again—complaints
are pouring into the Housing ex
pediter's office that landlords are
hiking rents for servicemen in mili
tary areas. One commanding offic
er, Col. James Murphey of Camp
Atterbury. Ind., has formally ap
pealed to the Housing' expediter
to restore rent control within a ra
dius of 50 miles of the camp. Under
present law, however, the Housing
expediter can do nothing to hold
down rents—except through the lo
cal city councils, which too fre- ,
quently are dominated by the real
estate boards.
Local Communist hunts—J. Edgar
Hoover has issued orders to field
agents not to give local authorities
secret lists of Communists. Var
ious cities and towns in New York
and Pennsylvania have passed anti
communist ordinances and are now
asking the FBI to tell them who
is or is not a Communis!. However,
Hoover spent years planting FBI
agents inside the Communist Party
and doesn’t want to jeopardize
them by giving lists to local offic
ials .
Soviet migration—U.S. Ambassa
dor Kirk has cabled the State De
partment from Moscow that mil
lions of Russians are being forced
by the secret police to move from
their homes in five of the Soviet:
Asiatic Republics—Kazak, Tadzhik,,
Turkmen, Uzbek and Kirghizz. Am- '
bassador Kirk doesn't know the j
reason for this exodus, but there
are rumors of elaborate atom-bomb
plants in these areas.
Where our guns go—Believe it or
not, American machine guns and
75-mm. artillery are now pound
ing French troops in Indo-China—
fired by the Communists. The Com
munists got these American wea
pons after we turned them over
to the Chinese Nationalists, who
sold them to the Communists.
Israel's Prime Minister — Prims
Minister David Ben Gurion of Is
rael is boiling mad at the State
Department for blocking his pro
posed trip to the United States.
Ben Gurion wants to visit the Uni
ted States to help raise money for
the new Jewish state. But the State
Department told him he had better
postpone the trip until after the
November elections. However, Ben
Gurion has served notice that un
less the State Department changes
its mind he will come to New
York incognito.
MISS THLEMA OSBORN BOUND
FOR ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA
With the Mayo Clinic in Rochest
er, Minn., her destination, Miss
Thelma Osborn of the Employment
Security Commission, left by Pan
American today on combination
vacation and sick leave.
Miss Osborn was surprised by an
office handkerchief shower during
“coffee time” Friday afternoon. Be
fore she returns to Juneau in Nov
ember she will visit old friends in
Ottumwa, Indiana, on her first trip
home since she was eleven years
old.
She expects to be back at her
desk in the Goldstein Building
late in November.
Louise Robinson of Bethel is re>
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
$2,535 MORE IS PAID
ON LIBRARY PLEDGES
Unions, civic and service clubs,
fraternal orders and individuals
have combined again to make a
sizeable showing in the fulfillment
of pledges to the Juneau Memorial
Library Fund.
Total for this week is $2,535, ac
cording to B. Frank Hemtzleman
chairman of the Library Board.
Besides substantial payments by
individuals. Cold Storage Workers
Local 41 (CIOi paid the remaining
$125 on its $250 pledge. Don Hane
bury is president of the local. Other
groups are planning fund-raising
events to fulfill their promises, and
they mean soon.
Heintzleman said Library Board
members greatly appreciate receiv
ing all payments that can be made
on pledges, especially now that ac
tual construction is under way. He
hopes that firms and families no*
yet subscribing will consider doing
so, thereby helping toward bettei
living in the Juneau community.
Aditional funds are necessary, he
pointed out, to supply good furnish
ings, also more and better books.
BOARD THAWS $5,000
FOR PIONEERS' HOME
The Pionedrs’ Home at Sitka
has benefited by this week's un
freezing activities of the Territorial
Board of Administration .which re
leased $5,000 under Chapter 55, Ses
sion Laws of Alaska. This act ap
propriated $50,000 or portion there
of for acquisition and remodeling
the Tower Apartments adjacent to
the home, for use by Women Pio
neers of Alaska.
The Pioneers Home Board of
Trustees is taking applications for
residence in the Women's Home.
‘•RAIN OR SHINE”
"Enjoy weekend at TAKU LODGE.
$25 includes round trip transpor
tation from Juneau; deluxe lodging,
meals, fishing and sightseeing trips.
Phone 202 for reservations. 592-tf
SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN’S
October 7
Frank Maier
Ethel Colvin
Thomas J. Jacobsen
H. W. Campen
George E. Nelson
Irving Krause
Pat Rollins
Herman S. Waldemar
October 8
Mrs. A. F. McKinnon
Sheldon Simmons
Sandra DeHart
Kathleen Jeanne Toner
Gloria Floberg
Russell Nelson
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
From 2 to 5 p.m. and 8 to 12 p.m.—
Carnival-bazaar at Parish Hall.
From 4 to 6 p.m.—Democratic Tea
honoring Delegate Bartlett at j
Governor’s House.
At 8 p.m.—Sons of Norway meets
IOOF Hall.
October 9
At noon—Lions Club, Baranof.
At noon—Business and Professional
Women’s Club, Baranof Terrace.
At 7:45 p.m. — Civilian Defense
Council, City Council Chambers.
At 8 p.m. — Juneau-Douglas Girl
Scout Council, Lutheran church
parlors.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion Post
meets in Dugout.
October 10
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
night for adults at Teen Age Club.
October 11
At noon—Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 6:30 p.m.—Annual Fellowship
dinner, Northern Light Presby
terian church.
At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladies will meet
at home of Mrs. Clyde Hill.
At 8 p.m—Elks Lodge.
October 12
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets, Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Senior Service Scouts
meet at home of Pat Boyd.
At 8 p.m.—Lutheran Ladies Aid,
Church social room.
October 13
At 11 a.m.—Pioneers Auxiliary food
sale at paint store of Vic Power.
At 8 p.m.—Scottish Rite 18th Degree
conferred in full form, Scottish
Rite Temple.
October 14
At 10 p.m.—Elks Annual Purple
Bubble Dance.
TRUMAN IS BACK
FROM VACATION
ABOARD YACHT
BOARD YACHT COMMANDER,
Potomac River, Oct. 7—W)—Presi
dent Truman headed back to Wash
ington today after a “wonderfully
relaxing” week-long vacation cruise
on Chesapeake Bay.
The yacht Williamsburg was
scheduled to dock at its Naval Gun
Factory berth. From there Mr. Tru
man plans to -go directly to his
White House office for a brief stay,
then on to Blair House for a quiet
weekend.
Press Secretary Charles G. Ross
told newsmen in the accompanying
press boat, the Commander, that
Mr. Truman has had a “wonderfully
relaxing rest.”
“We have remarked," Ross added,
“that you could just see the fatigue
dropping away from him during this
trip.”
POLIO INSURANCE
See Floyd Fagerson. Tel. 32 or
764, Box 784, Juneau. 621-6t
ACROSS
1. Nourished
4. Rob
9 Thickness
12. Beverage
13. Kind of dance
14. Turmeric
15. Swell
17. Company
; 19. Sins
20. American
Indians
21. Frolic
23. Make believe
, 26 Change one’s
residence
27. Dens
28 Abraham’s
birthplace
29. Compass point
30. Lure
81 Before: prefix
f / I o l -a ' i.
32. Lika
S3. Lucky number
34. Tableland
35. Experiences
again
37. City in Mas
sachusetts
38. Smell
21). Roll up
40 Nine-part
composition
42. Grows less
bright
45. Unit of work
40. Wear away
48 Afternoon
affair
49 Existed
50. Restrain
61. Stitch
DOWN
1. Hobbv
;—nr—rz—rr—To
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzz’la
2 Yale 1*
3 Merit
4. Cubic meter
1 cj I in I / / I
6. Grows brown
6 Finish
7. Svmbo! for
silver
8. Affair of
chance
9. Ordinary form
oi language
10 Constellation
11. Island In th®
Pacific
16 Source of
lumber
18 Decays
20. Mythological'
hunter
21. Daub
22. Armed body
of men
23 Step?
24. Attendant on
the sick
26. Reverie
27 Mechanical bar
30 Faithful
31 Pills
33. Lateral
boundary
34 Target
36 Yearns •
37 More certain
30 Crow dim •
40. Novel
41. Earlv English
monev
42 Small round
mark
43. Born
41. Beheld
47. Again: prefl^
20 YEARS AGO the empire
OCTOBER 7, 1930
The Fisheries patrol boat Widgeon, Capt. Greg' Mangan, left to patrol
streams in the Freshwater Bay area for about a week.
Departure of the seaplane Skagway for Seatle marked the last aerial
service of the Alaska Washington Airways, until pecember or later,
announced A. B. Hayes, Juneau representative. With Pilot Robert Ellis
and Mechanic Frank Hatcher, the Skagway had brought Larry Parks
here the day before. The seaplane was scheduled for overhaul in Seattle
before being put on the Seattle-Vancouver-Victoria run.
“Sandy” Smith, cn of the most widely known prospectors and ex
plorers jn the north and a pioneer of Dawson and Nome, was here
visiting friends. Sandy was credited with discovery of the noted oil
seepages and pools east of Point Barrow in 1914. He had preliminary
two-year leases on 42 claims. Smith believed that the progress of aviation
would make possible the economic use of oil in Arctic regions.
Chester Zimmerman of Douglas was booked on the Alaska for Seattle,
planning to enroll as a student at the Metroppolitan Business College
for a two-year course in accounting.
Plans were being made for the marriage October 11 of Miss Gertrude j
McGrath, daughter of Mrs. Charles M. McGrath of Sitka, to Mr. Jorn
Joseph Conway, son of Mrs. Martin Conway of Skagway. The church
ceremony here was to be followed by a large wedding breakfast.
Weather: High, 52; low, 36; clear.
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j Daily Lessons in English w. l. cordon
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: A FRIEND is one who is attached to
another by esteem, respect, and affection; an intimate. An ACQUAINT
ANCE is one who is personally, but not intimately known.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Modiste. Pronounce moe-deest, ac
cent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lea (a meadow). Lee (a sheltered place;
also, opposite to the wind).
SYNONYMS: Oscillate, undulate, fluctuate, vibrate.
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:
ETHEREAL; pertaining to the upper regions; celestial; spiritlike. “She
possessed a certain, ethereal quality that impressed everyone.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
Q. Does a man always light a woman's cigarette first? I’ve heard
that, when using a match, a man should light up first because of the
initial sulphur taste from the match.
A. The well-bred man will always light his woman companion’s
cigarette first, and his male companion’s, too. If he wishes to avoid the
sulphur taste, he can pause a second after striking the match.
Q. How should one eat olives at the table?
A. Unless a special fork or spoon is provided, one may take the
olive with the finggra. Eat around the pit, then place the pit on the
side of the plate.
Q. When two men and two women are dining in a public place, at
a square table, how should they be seated?
A. The two women should be seated opposite each ether.
LOOK and LEARN c. GORDON |
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1. In what year was the first mail carried by plane in the United
States?
2. What is the longest mountain range in the world?
3. What three Presidents of the U. S. were married while in office?
4. Why are spiders not classified as insects?
5. What language is spoken by the greatest number of people?
ANSWERS:
1. In 1911.
2. The Andes of South America, extending a distance of 4,500 miles.
3. John Tyler, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson.
4. Spiders have four, instead of three pairs of legs; their bodies
are divided into two, instead of three divisions; and they lack wings.
5. Chinese.
EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED
DR. D. D. MARQUARDT
OPTOMETRIST
Second and Franklin Juneau
PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS
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Oldest Bank in Alaska
1891—Over Half a Century of Hanking—1950
The B. M. Behrends
Bank
Safety Deposit
Boxes for Bent
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS 'v
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions ana temper
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage .
Annette Island
Barrow .
Bethel .
Cordova .
Dawson .
Edmonton
Fairbanks ...,
Haines .
Havre —
Juneau Airpor
Kcdiak .
Kotzebue .
McGrath .
Nome ..
Ncrthway
Petersburg .
Portland
Prince George
Seattle .
Sitka .
Whitehorse ....
Yakutat.
34—Parily Cloudy
. 53—Cloudy
. 30—Cloudy
. 41—Cloudy
. 35—Clear
. 38—Cloudy
. 31—Clear
30—ParTy CJoudy
52—Cloudy
-Missing
t . 46-Rain
46—Drizzle
. 31—Fog
. 32—Cloudy
32—Partly Cloudy
31—Cloudy
46—Rain
. 55—Cloudy
. 44—Rain
. 55—Cloudy
... 51—Partly Cloudy
. 28—Fog
. 41—Cloudy
GINGER N" FINED
$1800 FOR ILLEGAL
HOOD BAY FISHING
For illegal fishing 24 hours be
fore the fall commercial season
opened, captain and crew of the
Ginger N were sentenced to stiff
fines in the U.S. Commisioner’s
court Thursday.
Judge Gordon Gray sentenced
Capt. Sam Newman to pay $600
and imposed fines of $300 apiece
to these crew members: David New
man, Arthur and Fenton Dennis
and William Jackson.
The complaint was signed by
Clarence (Sandy) Matson, Fish and
Wildlife Service agent, who observed
the seiner fishing from a Service
aircraft piloted by Bob Meek. The
offense was in Hood Bay.
POLIO INSURANCE
See Floyd Fagerscn. Tel. 32 or
764, Box 784, Juneau. 621-6t
MARCUS F. JENSEN
Democratic Candidate to the
House speaks Saturday night at
6:25 over KINY. 625-2t
V. F. W.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
I
GEORGE BROS.
Widest Selection of
LIQUORS
PHONE 399
The Erwin Feed Co.
Office In Case Lot Grocery
Phone 704
HAY, GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caster's Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
1. V. COWLING
COMPANY
Pedge Plymouth—Chrysler
DeSoto—Dodge Trucks
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
IS—PHONES—4f
Free Delivery
MOUNT JUNEAU LOUUE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Carson A. Lawrence,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary.
© B.P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS', Secretary.
I
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone IN in 8*. Franklin
P. O. Box UN
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharnwlsta
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Piano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
..Phone 206 ..Second and Seward.
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAPER
Ideal Pain! Store
Phono 549 Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS sr SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Beonw
at Reasonable Rates
RHONE SINGLE O
PHONE 666
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
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAWS!
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a dally 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. 689
American Meat — Phone 18
To Banish “Blue Monday*’
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Maw
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boye
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. phone 778
Hlyh Quality Cabinet Week
for Home, Office ur Store