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"RTISTNO REPRESENTATIVES — West
Monday, December 24, 1951
MERRY CHRISTMAS
The staff of the Daily Alaska Empire extends
to each of you its warmest wishes for a very Merry
Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year.
As in the past, there will be no edition of the
Daily Alaska Empire published tomorrow, Christmas
Day
CHRISTMAS
%• -*
i'.This Christmas of 1951 finds our beloved nation
yet involved in the terror and devastation of war, and
tli#s the holy day which is best observed with serenity
of spirit must once more be shadowed by unhappy
events. While this is unfortunate in the extreme, it
is by no means a new experience.
, Many of our American Christmas observances,
including those of recent memory during the two great
World Wars, have o{ necessity been conducted at a
bitter period of despair and anguish in the homes of
many of cur people.
But in the very darkest and worst of these sad
times, Christmas has never failed to give the Am
erican people, even the most depressed of them, a
sense of abiding spiritual comfort and a renewal ol
faith and courage. i
And miraculously, even with the most evil of
man's devices — war — rampant in the world.
Christmas has been a day of peace and beauty and
we have numbered among our blessings the cherished
memories it brings to liie and the faith and hope tc
which it gives eternal life.
And so it is today, with the dark shadows oi
war; the depressingly cruel casualty listfe; the tin
certainty of armistice negotiations; that Christma;
is yet symbolic of the instinct for brotherhood in
herent in all men of good will and we are blessed or
this sacred day.
Tragedy marked the pages of the world's historj
in the year of Christ's birth, for there was the:
ruthless oppression and despotism in the land of Hi:
nativity and the infant Jesus was taken to a remoti
country that the prevailing violence might not desroj
Him. In the brief 33 years of His life, there wa:
1 continuing strife in the world and the powers of evi
seemed overwhelmingly strong to those who aspirec
to peace and brotherhood.
But Jesus spoke serenely of peace and the low
of man for his neighbor and His voice was heart
above the clamor.
And there is beauty and comfort and serenity in
the world today, because of the challenge to fait!
and worthiness of mankind offered by the teaching:
of Jesus and the evils of war and domestic corruptior
notwithstanding.
A CHRISTMAS HIT
By EDGAR A. GUEST
If I were Santa Claus this year
I’d change his methods for the day;
I'd give to all the children here,
But there are things I'd take away.
I’d enter every home to steal,
With giving I'd not be content.
I’d find the heart-aches men conceal
And take them with me when I went.
I’d rob the invalid of pain;
I d steal the poor man’s weight of care;
I’d take the prisoner's ball and chain,
'And every crime which sent him there.
I’d take the mother’s fears away,
The doubts which often fret the wise—
And all should wake on Christmas Day
With happy hearts and shining eyes.
For old and young this is my prayer;
God bless us all this Christmas Day
And give us strength our tasks to bear,
And take our bitter griefs away!
the Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
paid, and the child died. She was
buried in Potter’s field at govern
ment expense.
* This burial expense probably
•jyiwugiiai** urn wwww **
assessment of $34.51 wrung from
Mr. Massey. So in the end the
treasury gained nothing. Finally
the 01 fice of deputy collector J.
Ellis Bowen apologized for the mis
take "If you are assessed again,
last ignore it," he said.
That was the experience of one
little taxpayer who could net hire
a political lawyer or pull wires.
MUSHROOM FRAUDS
Illustration No. 2—Took place in
the mushroom industry in Chester
County, Pennsylvania. Five smal
mushroom growers were found
guilty of tax frauds for amounts
ranging up to around $60,000 and
were given jail sentences. They
were: Nicholas Gallo, Toughkena
mor.. Pa.: Emilio Ciansante, Avon
dale; and the three Manfredi bro
thers of Kennett Square.
contrast, J- B. Swaync of
Bennett Square, also a mushroom
grower, was recommended by the
treasury for criminal prosecution
and the case sent to the Justice
Department for action. Lamar-Cau
dle, then chief of the tax division,
forwarded the case to U. S. Attor
ney Gerald Gleeson in Philadel
phia, but he did not want to pion
cute and sent the case back to
Washington.
In the interim, J. B. Swaync had
hired a smart tax attorney, Mcnte
Appel, friend of Ohio’s Congress
man Clarence Brown of the Taft
forces. For more than a year, An
pel held conferences, made delaying
moves with the Justice Department.
However, here is the pay-off. J
B. Swayne and Sons already l ad
one strike against them. They had
been found guilty of selling mis
branded mushrooms and been fined
$1,100 in Federal court for viola
tion of the Pure Food and Drug
Act. According to S. Milton Gris
com, president of the Mushroom
Institute, they made around $37o.
000 of illegal profits.
However, while the five little
mushroom growers went to jail, J
B. Swayne was finally excused
from criminal prosecution by the
Justice Department because he was
elderly and the trial might injure
his health.
Illustration No. 3—Was that of
Richard E. Smith, head of the
Dix Petroleum Company of Wichita,
Kans. He was indicted on four'
counts of income evasion involving I
about $37,000 in taxes, pleaded
guilty and was given ninety days in
Jail, plus two years suspended;
sentence. The U. S. judge who let
Smith off with this light sentence,
Arthur J. Mellott, the year before
had sentenced two boys who stole
a jalopy, and took it across a state
line, to two years in Jail.
WHITE HOUSE PHONE CALL
Illustration No. 4—In January
1930, President Truman sent a
message to Congress urging full
collection of income taxes and vig
orous prosecution of tax frauds.
Shortly after that a call from the
White House stopped the prosecu
tion of a tax fraud.
The fraud was charged against a
prominent Missouiian, Irving Sachs,
operator of "Shoe Styles” in St.
Louis. His case had been sent by
Internal Revenue to the Justice
Department where Lamar Caudle
t!»as*Bn tlw>Wi'9&'trf>n»ei'-din? it. tc
■ the U. S. Attorney in St. Louis
; for prosecution, but suddenly he
| got a call from the White House.
Caudie was recently fired by the
White House for stopping the
prosecution of fraud cases involv
ing friends. But this time, i* was
: the White House which called
| Caudle and asked that the case
j against Sachs be held up pending
! a conference with Sachs’ new at
I torney, A. Schwimmer of Kansas
City.
On the surface, it would appear
proper for the White House mere
ly to ask for a conference whb an
attorney. However, Sachs knew the
game of hiring the right lawyer.
Though he lived in St. Louis, he
had reached across the state and
hired a new Kansas City attorney
who was close to President Tin
man's most intimate Kansas City
friend, Tom Evans.
After that the Sachs case was
held up on the ground that a trial
j would seriously injure his health—
I an excuse used repeatedly in re
| cent years to avoid criminal prose
i cution.
HEAD OF BIBLE SOCIETY
Illustration No. 5—Puri of the
government's trouble in cracking
down on tax frauds is lenient or
politically minded judges. Take
the case of E. P. Mead, miUionab'o
Texas bakery owner. Mr Mead not
only was wealthy, but he was pi
ous. He had been head of the
Gideon Society ■ which distributes
Bibles in hotel rooms.
However, Mead apparently did
not believe in the gospel, for he
cheated the government out of
$245,593.78, and then relied not on
his faith, but on a politically po
tent Texas attorney, J. Percy Rice,
to defend him. *
At the trial, U. S. Judge T. Whit
field Davidson asked Mead this
amazing question:
"Would you rather pay the $20,
C00 fine, or pay $5,000 to $10,000
and take a short probated sent
ence?"
"I would rather pay the $20,000,”
promptly replied tax-evader Mead
and walked out of the court.
That is why the current tax
scandals have cut so deeply into
our national consciousness. For
when people see other people, who
can afford to hire influence, dodge
paying their share of the huge cur
rent cost of government, it makes
for unrest, dissension, and the un- j
dermining of democracy. Eventual- |
ly it may lead to Communism—as :
it already has in Europe.
RED TONGUE
BUDAPEST —(JPi—The Russian
language, compulsory in Hungar
ian schools, has broken the “rule
of the French, English and Ger
man languages," the newspaper
Magyar Nemzet declared. It also
claims that Russian is the “uni
versal language of socialism."
Scuihbound ?M
Irgffk is Heavy
The southward holiday migra
tion continued on Pan American
WoYld Airways with ■58 passengers
leaving for Seattle and eight ar
riving Sunday.
■prom Seattle: Dolores Crossoh.
Alice Davis, Jim Hodges, K. J.
Kadow, Alfred Newbolt, J. Nor
dale, Gerald Shaw, Fred Wyller.
To Seattle: Howard Thomasen,
Chuck Pearl, W. Westover, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Roth, Jesse F.oner, J.
Huffman, Henry Gilbertson, Carl
Helton, Joe Twceden, Mabel Free
man, Robert Rapuzzi, True Der
rick, Mr. and Mrs. Seerbrook, Guy
Ball, Don Meurs, Mrs Cochran,
Robert Terry,
Lillian Goger, Celia Niemi, D.
Scudder, Flossie Doolin, L. Maly,
Marion Boland, Harry, Golub,
George Russell, Harold Crandall,
Harold Gusato, Bob Bartholomew,
Natalie and Violet Dapcevich, Car
oline Breiding, Mrs. M. V. Moore
and infant; Roy Webster,
Carol Beery Davis, Larry Hod
son, A. Alexander, Mrs. J. Read
ier, Mrs. J. Gleason, E. Curtiss, J.
Allman, O. E. Peterson, Dan Skce
na, P. Lawrence, Harold Blanton.
To Ketchikan: George Williams,
Mabel Sutterstrom.
LOCAL CHRISTMAS CAROLS
OVER KI\Y TUESDAY P.M.
A program cf Christmas carols
will be given on Christmas day
over K1NY at 3:33 p.m.
The trio will consist of Christ
ine Rasmussen, piano; Corinnc
Kcnway, violin; and Jim Mahar,
voice. Mahar is the accountant at
the B. M. Behrends store. The
program is not an advertising fea
ture, but a station program for
Christmas day.
a December 21
* Kay J. Kennedy
e Agnes Easley
a Rdath Prouty
s Frank H. Stine
o Julie Hudson
a Stella Dapcevich
e Rayna Jackson
* Mrs. J. J. Jackson
a Ed B. Shaffer
a Lisle F. Hebert
a Arlie B. Hayes
*
» December 25
o Hazel Isler
a Gloria' Spain
® Betty Kemmer
a Sam Paul. Jr.
a A. J. Balog
• Bessie Dapcevich
® Steve Stanworth
® Mrs. Joseph Kcndler
® Mrs. A. Shaefer
a Christine Nielsen
® W. C. Gray
a Ruth Bloomquist
® Mrs. Edwin Gunst
9 Lee Rox
• Mrs. Martin Lynch a
a William D. Gross «
o Sharon Louise Wruck e
• M. A. Chase •
a Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Graham a
• aaeaacaaea
| Weather conditions and tempera
I tures at various Alaska points also
! on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.
120th Meridian Time, and released
j by the Weather Bureau are, as
[ follows:
j WEATHER .HI
' Anchorage . 17—Snow
! Barrow . -3—Snow
I Dawson . -13—Cloudy
I Edmonton . 4—Partly Cloudy
I Fairbanks . 17—Cloudy
Haines .. 23—Cloudy
\ Havre . 19—Clear
Juneau Airport . 27—Snow
■ Annette Island .. 32—Partly Cloudy
1 Kcdiak . 37—Snow
• Nome .. -3—Clear
! Petersburg . 23—Snow
• Portland .. 26—Clear
Prince George . 17—Snow
I Whitehorse . -8—Snow
i Yakutat .., 3—Clear
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Community Events
TODAY
At 11:30 p.m.—Annual Christmas
midnight service at Holy Trinity.
' At 12 midnight—Christmas song
i service at Lutheran church.
December 25
i At 11 a.m.—Christmas Day Wor
| ship service at Lutheran Church.
December 25
1 At noon—Kiwanis club meets a'
| Baranof Hotel.
At 3 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
December 27
' At noon—Chamber of Commerce
I meets at Baranof Hotel,
j At 7:30 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters
j open house in Baranof Gold Room,
j At 9:30 p.m.—Holiday party at Teen
Age Club for all Juneau, and
Dougius Teen Agers.
Phi SSI.AN SF1IIIT FOLGIIT
BONN, Germany—(JP)—Members'
of parliament here are planning tc
eliminate the Prussian spirit from
any future German armed force.
Informal discussions are being
held between members of leading
political parties to draw up a new
| code that substitutes civil' rights
-tad democratic respect for the
j individual for the bullying meth
| ods of the old German army.
I The deputies recognize the need
■lor discipline but want to get rid
j of the haughty ofiicer caste sys
: tern, brutal punishments -and vic
timization of subordinates who
complain of injustice.
THESE WOMEN!
By d'Alcssio
VO SMOKING
| PUgASF fj
“He’» VERY successful—only twenty-one, and already,
he’* inherited a million dollar* 1”
20 YEARS AGO the empire
DECEMBER 24, 1931
Arriving here this night to spend the Christmas holidays were
three Juneau young people who have been attending school outside.
They were Elliott Robertson, Jean Faulkner and Dana DeVighne. They
were passengers aboard the steamer Victoria.
The new Indian schoolhouse at Hoonah was entirely completed and
had been accepted by the Office of Indian Affairs, and the school
has moved into the building, R. J. Sommers, whose company had the
building eon'ract, reported. He returned to Juneau on the motorship
Estebeth, and planned to go south in a few days.
The recently opened used clothes depot operated under the aus
pices oi the Juneau Woman's Club was doing its part in local relief
work, it was made known today. Already a number of people had been
outfitted, and there was a considerable supply of good clothing of all
kinds, and shoes. The depot was located in the basement of the
Methodist Epicopal Church, and was receiving wholehearted support
of the community.
Among passengers arriving on the steamship Victoria were Mr. and
Mrs. Edward J. Dull, Mrs. B. A. Lybeck, Mrs. A. P. Franklin, Viola
Riendeau, Aline Warner and Cedric M. Davis.
G. II. Skinner, Disbursing Officer and Chief Clerk of the Alaska
Road Commission, returned after an absence of several weeks which
he spent in Washington, D. C., on commission business.
Weather: High, 33; low, 29; cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English L. cordon I
J _ ___ ___j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Although the adjective “worth-while”
is hyphenated, it is written as two words when used predicatively. We
speak of worth-while films, but the film is worth- while.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Accursed. Pronounce either as three
i syllables, or two. A-kur-sed, or a-kurst.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Compel; one L. Compelling; two L's.
: SYNONYMS: Intelligibility, lucidity, pespicuity, comprehensibility,
simplicity, clearness, clarity, explicitness.
! W'ORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering ohe word each day. Today's word:
FICTILE; molded, or moldable, into form by art; relating to pottery,
etc. (Pronounce both l’s as in IT). “The sculptor works with fictile
masses.”
ETIQUETTE ROBERTA lee
Q. How do a man and his wife go about notifying business and
social acquaintances that they have legally changed their name?
A. The quickest and simplest way to do this Is to mail out formal i
announcements, as, “Mr. and Mrs. William (original name) announce j
that by permission of the court they and their children have taken]
the family name of Jones.”
Q. Should a girl working in an office give or send her employer]
an inexpensive Christmas gift?
A. No.' She should wish him a Merry Christmas as he or she is j
leaving the office cn Christinas Eve. In some cases, a Christmas card I
j addressed to him and his wife is appropriate.
j Q. When an elderly woman brings a yjoung man over to a giri
I who is seated, for the purpose of an introduction, should the girl rise?
! A. Yes; in this instance the girl should rise, as deference to the
elderly woman who is standing.
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I LOOK and LEARN a! c.cordon j
* n
—1 • '——
1. ITTiat is meant by “biblicmancy”?
2. On what continent are found the largest tropical trees?
"• Vi hat economic law governs all buying and selling in business?
4. In C-reat Britain, what is the head official in charge of naval
■ ufairs called? ,
5 What is a synod? 1_
ANSWERS:
1. The act or art of foretelling the future by means of books,
specially the Bible. It is usually done by opening the book and choosing
i passage at random. The passage is regarded as an augury.
2. South America.
3. The law of supply and demand.
4. The First Lord of the Admiralty.
5. An ecclesiastical council.
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13. Reluctant
14. Luminous
envelope
15. City In Nevada
If.. Kmlt light
18. Badge of a
Japanese
family
19. Small rugs
20. Without
friends
21. Request
22. Back of a boat
21. About
25. Kxclaination
28. Chill
29. Vegetable
22. Soften In
temper
II. Magician’s
word
3'). Cry of sheep
36. Old musical
note
"7 In what way
3s. Near
30. Athletic
fields
41. Beard of
grain
43. Bdged tools
44 Pieced out
48. Doleful
40. Cave tempo
rarily
GO. Tibetan monl
51. Defray, the
cost In
advance
53. Sloping letter
55. Placid
56. Stick tightly
DOWN
1. Yeast formed
on brewing
Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle
2. Part of the eye
3. Torn
4. Waste
6. Plural ending
6. Disregard
T
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7. Disdain
8. Village
9. Alternative
10. Effeminate
11. Grandson of
Adam
12. Dnwholesomely
moist
17. Learning
23. Color
24. Pronoun
25. Sphere
26. Norse, goddess
ot the lower
world
27. Flowering
shrub *
29. Spoken
30. American
Indian •
31. The present
time
33. Devour
34. Pliable
36. Smooth
39. Kind of daisy
40. Biblical word
41. Serpents
42. Town In Massa
chusetts
43. Masculine
name
45. Kind of cab
bage
46. Arabian chief
tain
47. Fresh-water
fish
52. Hebrew letter
54. In the direction
at
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