Daily Alaska Empire
Published every evening except Sunday by the
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY
Second and Main Streets. Juneau Alaska
HELEN TROY MONSEN - President
DOROTHY TROY LINGO - Vice-President
ELMER A FRIEND ... - Managing Editor
Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Doutla# for $1.75 per month;
ala months. SIMM); one year. $17.50
By mail, postage paid, at the following rates:
Owe year, in advance. $15.00; six months. In advance. $7 50;
one month. In advance. $1.50.
Subscriber^ will confer a favor If they will promptly notify
the Buslne: Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery
of J.heir papers
Telephones News Office. 602; Business Office; 374.
MEMBER OF ASSOC IATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for
repubhration of all news dispatches credited to it or not other
wife credited in this paper and also the local news published
herein.
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
FouTfh Avenue Bldg , Seattle, Wash.
Friday, July 6, 1951
CONNECT JUNEAU WITH THE
ALASKA HIGHWAY
After reading about the report made to the
Chamber of Commerce Thursday by Jerry McKinley,
chairman of the Chamber’s committee on roads, one
can be certain that everything possible to get the
road up the Taku river to Atlin will be done.
McKinley's active committee is composed of Fred
Eastaugh and Joe McLean.
The three men want the road And they think
that 95 percent of the people in Juneau want the
too.
- *They are digging in to the whys and wherefores
oiuitostructions to Taku road plans.
■ ;They believe in the need of a road up the Taku
rfW to join the road at Atlin thak connects with
the Alaska Highway.
They have more than half a dozen good reasons
for Jvanting the road up the Taku. but most important
of all Is that they believe it will be good for Juneau,
provide us commerce which we sorely need.
These are among the reasons for building the
road advanced by Mr. McKinley at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting Thursday:
Such a road would serve the Consolidated Mining
and Smelting Co. and would help bring the business
of the mine to Juneau. The mine intends, it is said,
to build a road to tide water and establish its own
docks, if we don’t build the road ourselves. From
Tulsequah to the border is in British Columbia, but
we should build the highway from the border to
tide water on the Taku.
Such a road would promote tourist business.
It would stimulate the trucking industry.
Fishing on the Taku would be stimulated, and
business brought to Juneau.
Ten years ago, the route up the Taku was con
sidered in case of possible need for evacuation, should
the Japanese have threatened the towns on the
channel And there was only a trail to follow then,
and there would be only a trial today, should there
be a sudden need for evacuation.
And, of course, every automobile owner in Juneau
is a prospective traveler, bound over the highways
of Alaska or to the states.
British Columbia is making overtures regarding
the highway to Atlin, we are told.
We can’t pass up this serious interest of our
neighboring Canadian province.
We think Mr. McKinley—and his committee—is
not far wrong when he says that 95 percent of the*
people on Gastineau Channel want a road up the
Taku to connect with .the Alaskan highway.
They believe that the 50 miles of highway in
Alaska could be built for $5,000,000.
' Even if it should cost more, we believe the return
to Juneau and the channel would be worth the
investment. We know nothing of engineering diffi
culties involved in crossing the Taku glacier. If they
are beyond solving, a ferry would no doubt take care
of the traffic. Ferries—small ones, too—cross the
Columbia river at more than one spot and apparently
the operations are satisfactory.
There will be a further report on the road to,
Atlin at the next meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce. and we intend to be there to hear it.
If the plans of Mr. McKinley and the Chamber
of Commerce should materialize, most of us who live
on the channel will be grateful for their help in
assisting our communities to overcome our isolation.
Perhaps the average person, if he should try hard,
could look at the multiplication table objectively.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page On*)
b5*aii.se they knew that, with the
u Ycr , he was stronger than they.
/today just the opposite is true,
a lid members of Congress whose
M.t'rlalty is keeping their ears to
the .round know it. They know
that iitlniiilTr-’ri'nt has waged -so
many puny, personal feuds, called
• m: ny people names, tolerated
su h laxness among the cronies
i. f.und him that his ammunition is
spent.
They know that having fired his
bi•’ shells at Paul Hume, the music
c:ilic, and at Bernie Baruch, and
the Marine Corps, the President
h. nothing but bird-shot left to
fire at Senators who fail to sup
p.'Tt him on price controls. They
lOi' w that having called Senator
Finbright “asinine” when he probed
1{FC scandals, and having tolerated
rtink coats and deep freezes in his
own official family, the President
c: n call the Congressmen no names
Jsftit will hurt them with the voters
jvfiii n they vote against him.
: 1 hey also know, in their hearts,
5.1 fit the President is right about
pf-.- :• controls. They know that in
Ha ion can be the first step to
ward depression. But they also
know that Washington is more
crowded with lobbyists than at any
time in years; and it is the big
•cattle, cotton and real-estate
croups that contribute heaviest to
their campaigns. The housewife
ijjt n’t contribute. Sometimes she
n’t even vote.
rtThose are some of the reasons
why the President's own senate
•It ader, Ernest McFarland of Ari
jp.»a voted against him; why Mike
feomoney, the new senator from
Oklahoma, who had the courage to
Champion the old OPA ;why Wy
jjjoing's Joe O’Mahoney, supposedly
$ft administration leader—all turn
Trl their back on Harry Truman.
And Harry Truman, unable to rally
the people, but still courageously
tattling, appealed to Arthur God
frey to come to his aid.
More Kickbacks
Three congressmen have been
e. ht hy this column accepting
•-’kickbacks” from their employers.
-Two were brought to trial_ and
Ityivi guilty—J. Parnell Thomas of
_U<;w' Jersey and Walter Brehm of
35;-.io, both republicans. However,
The Justice Department has done
nothing about the third. Congress
man Victor Wickersham of Okla
He is a democrat.
3E Meanwhile, this column regrets
ijp report another kickback scandal,
though no congressmen are in
volved. It is just as much against
the law for a government con
tractor to take •kickback.,'' and
swear out false payrolls, as it is
for congressmen. Yet this is what
Maultsby and Sutton, Inc., of
Pensacola, Fia . lias been doing.
This lirm lias been repairing the
lighting at the Pensacola Naval
Air Station. Since this is a govern
ment contract, the firm is sup
posed to comply with the Davis
Bacon At t which sets minimum la
bor standards for government pro
jects, and Maultsby and Sutton
Have sworn out affidavits that they
; re paying full, legal wages.
Yet the sworn payrolls list some
c Joyces as receiving more money
t. they were actually paid For
example, George B. Crain, a jour
neyman, was listed on the payroll
at a salary of S2.00 per hour. Yet
all he received in his pay envelope
was $1.50 per hour. Differences
such as this would make Maultsby
and Sutton able to submit lower
bids than their competitors.
Crain has sworn out an affidavit
against Maultsby and Sutton, for
mally charging that he “did re
ceive $1.50 per hour and at no
time have I received $2.00 per
.pour as. •stated on the payrolls
vhicTPT"vTave examined.”
Pievioiis Error
This isn't the first time Maults
by and Sutton have been careless
ibout the Davis-Bacon Act. In
949, the firm was charged by the
'lavy with "certain irregularities,"
;ut finally excused because the
Uavy “felt at that time that there
might be some excuse for their ap
parent disregard of the provisions
if the law, since this was believed
to be their first government for
mal contract and they were inex
perienced in the administration of
,uch matters.”
So reported George Robinson, of
ficer in charge of construction at
Pensacola.
“As a result of this previous ex
perience,” Robinson added, “the of
ficer in charge of construction is
sued instructions to assure that in
the event Maultsby and Sutton
were low bidders in any future
work that they be fully informed
>f their responsibilities in connec
tion with the Davis-Bacon Act.”
As a result, Maultsby personally
was reminded of his previous vio
lations and was warned to comply
with the law, specifically the wage
and hour provisions, before his
firm was awarded its present Navy
contract.
“Mr. Maultsby assured that he
would abide by the requirements,
maintain records in proper order
and submit all necessary reports
aid data promptly,” Robinson re
torted to the Navy Department in
A ashing ton.
Washington Pipeline
Thi Texas Elks, who gave Gen
eral MacArthur the $6,000 Cadillac,
have found themselves holding the
bag for about $2,000. They expected
some of the big oilmen to make up
the kitty for the Cadillac^ but the
money didn't come in as expected
. . Congressman Dick Simpson of
Pennsylvania, who helped write the
new tax bill, is expecting another
>600 personal exemption. He al
eady has five, and he doesn’t care
much whether the new one is a
poy or a girl . . . the British,
who don't particularly like Trygve
.ie. have been grooming a Dutch
nan, Van Heuven Goldhardt, to be
he next Secretary-General of the
Jnited Nations. However, Gold
nardt has made a botch of his
present U. N. Refugee job, wasted
5100,000 given him by the Ford
Foundation by paying for a survey,
when all the facts on refugees are
already known without spending
any money . . . July 3 was the
fifth anniversary of signing the
National Mental Health Act, first
legislation for nation-wide efforts
to control mental illness. Increasing
progress has been achieved by the
public health ser vice since then.
FROM TEXAS
Helen Heji and Vivian Gatling of
Waco, Texas, arc guests at the
Baranof Hotel.
COURT CONVENES
TODAY ON RETURN
JUDGE G. W. FOLTA
District Court Judge George W.
Folta arrived home today from
Santa Barbara, California, where
he attended a judicial conference
of Circuit and District Courts of
the Ninth Circuit which opened
there June 26.
Immediately upon his arrival
court convened in the court room
on the fifth floor of the Federal
building to hear cases on the
docket.
Sunday Judge Folta and Tom
Stewart, law' clerk, arc leaving for
Anchorage where Judge Folta will
preside during the absence of
Judge Anthony J. Dimond, of the
Third Division, who is going on
vacation. Folta will return to Jun
eau the latter part of August, the
date depending on the amount of
work on the Third Division court
calendar.
GIRL SCOUTS HAVE
VISITORS SUNDAY
Sunday from 2 to 5 p.' m. will
be visitors hours at the Girl Scout
Camp, Mrs. M. M. Flint, camp
chairman, announced today.
Any mail for the camp may be
left at the Case Lot Grocery, she
said.
Baggage from the first camp
session is now at the City Dock
and Mrs. Flint requested that it
be picked up by Saturday noon.
NOTICE
FAMILY DRY CLEANERS will
take no more dry cleaning till
further notice. Mrs. Olga Klet
zing. 852-3t
^py^rajS]
July 6
Mrs. Alva Bickel
Joanne Ruth Cowling
Mrs. Josephine White
Mrs. T. W. Gibson
Jane Hale
Mrs. Earl McCort
Melvin Reilly
Madeline Williams
COMMUNITY EVENT!!
TODAY
At 7 p.m. — Soap Box Derby trial
run.
At 8:30 p.m. — Fourth Square Dance
of sujnmer series at parish hall.
July 7
At 8 a.m. — Ship, Shank^md Shut
ter hiking club starts trip to Pet
erson Lake.
July 3
At 1 p.m. — BPR picnic at Auk Bay
recreation beach.
At 6:30 p.m. — ‘ No host" dinner at
Baranof honoring Erie Cocke. Jr.
national commander American
Legion.
July 0
At noon — Lions club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion post
meets at Dugout.
July 10
At noon — Rotary club, Baranof.
July 11
.^t noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — Elks lodge.
July 12
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 2 p.m. — Fish cookery demon
stration by Hallene Price at Wo
man’s Club room.
At 6:30 p.m. — Juneau Rifle and
Pistol club shooting on Menden
hall range.
At 8 p.m. — City council meets in
regular session.
19 IN; 26 OUT ON
PAN AM THURSDAY
I -
Pan American World Airways
carried 45 passengers Thursday with
13 arrivals and 26- d rpartures.
From Seattle: M’. and Mrs. G.
Federoff, O. M. Hagen, E. F. Kvins
land, Ellen Olze'.
From Whitehorse: Mrs. N. F.
Graf, Mrs. J. E. Norene and Joan,
Miss V. O’Connor, Tom Dyer, B.
Stroud, G. R. Turpin, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Weber, Ralph E. Kuhns, A.
Cowney, Mr. and Mrs. F. Symons,
Agnes Buttle.
To Seattle: Ray and Edward
Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cof
lin, Jim O'Brian. Mr. and Mrs. M.
Curtis, Arthur Alley, W .McClellan,
Lloyd Lockhart, Albert Swigs, W.
Day, Albert Erickson, Mr. and Mrs.
T. V. Martin and two children, D.
H. Miller, Bertha Watson, Ethel
Terrell, Joe White, Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Rollin, Delores Davis.
FWS TO PICNIC
TOMORROW AT
SALISBURY G*T.
Fish and Wildlife Service per
sonnel, their families and invited
friends are leaving from the sub
port tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock for Salisbury Point, Taku
Inlet, to enjoy the FWS annual
picnic.
They will travel c:i the Brant
and several smaller patrol boats,
returning to town in late evening.
C. Howard Baltzo, assistant re
gional director, is general chair
man for the event and says if last
j car’s picnic is any criterion a
gala time will be had by young
and old.
-EMPIRE want ads fat—
I Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Mineral spring
4. Prevaricator
8. Cast oft
42. Curve
13. Egg on
14. Healthy
i 15. Site
I 17. Go up
j 18. Rubber trees
19. Accustotut#^
var.
| 21. Donkeys
23. Excited
24. Tardy
! 2u! Self1
30. Newly mar
ried woman
31. Masculine
name
32. Make up
34. Halt
35. Narrow road
36. Bring into line
37. Flinched
40. Tight
41. Lend
42. Move out of
the country
46. Poker term
47. Ring slowly
48. High pinnacle
40. Encounter
50. Only
51. Female sheep
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
DOWN
1. Salt
2. One in favor
of
3. Inure
4. Musical In
strument*
6. Flower
6. Gone by
7. Traitor
8. Expresses
dislike
9. Head covering
10. Otherwise
11. Act
16. Opposite of
a weather
20. Not any
21. Fish sauce
22. Kind of starch
23. Ascend
25. Toys
26. Alleviate
27. Press
2$. Binding fabrlo
30. Chaff
33. Moving star
34. Slight
36. Coi ner
37. Bridge score
38. Razor
sharpener
39. Fixed charge
40. Window frame
43. Low
44. Pull
45. Before
j 20 YEARS AGO the empire
Max Schmellng successfully defended his title as heavyweight cham
,jon of the world in a 15 round fight in Cleveland, July 3. He defeated
challenger, Young Stribling by a technical knockout in the final lap
,,1 the 15th round. Stribling took a terrific beating from the tenth
i-i .unci on and the referee stopped the fight at Schmeling's pleadings.
Gov. George Parks returned from a month's visit to the interior
aid westward. He said conditions in business and industry were gen
erally good throughout the Territory. Salmon fishermen were active
in cook Inlet and Prince William Sound and early returns promised
ja good pack for the season.
_
Watkin Davies of Seattle and James Carlson of Wrangell were pas
i ngers for Seattle on the Alaska-Washington Airways plane Wrangell,
with pilot Ancel C. Eckmann. The A-WA seaplane Petersburg, with
Bob Ellis as pilot and Brian Harland, mechanic, took Lt. L. B. Kuhre, of
the Alaska Road Commission to Haines and then made flights to Punter
Bay and Lake Hasselborg.
Mrs. Ann Webster was ^ passenger for Seattle on the Northland
which stopped in Juneau enroute south.
George Blake and George B. Wesler were passengers for Juheau
aboard the Admiral Evans which arrived here from Seattle. Boarding
the vessel here for the westward were William Gray, to Yakutat; W. C.
George, to Cordova; and N. B. Williams, to Seward.
Mr. and Mrs. Cash Cole took a party on the Jazz to Hidden Falls.
Jim and Tom Cole were to stay at Hidden Falls for a week visiting
friends.
Leaving for Seattle on the Aleutian were Mrs. E. Guerin, Amy
Lou Guerin, Eckley Guerin, May Nelson, A. L. Moore and William Brown.
Weather: High 53: Low 50; Cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
i—--—■——i
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The board of directors
were quick to divide up the profits.” Say, “was quick,” and omit up.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Duke. Pronounce the u as in use,
and not as oo in boot.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Bankruptcy; observe the ptcy.
SYNONYMS: Erase, efface, expunge, obliterate, delete.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
PRESUMPTUOUS; taking for granted; overbold. “It is a presumptuous
idea.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE
Q. When the guests begin lighting cigarettes after a meal in
someone’s home, and you find there is no ashtray near you, is it all
right to use one of the used dishes in front of you?
A. Never. Don't light your cigarette until you have asked your
hostess if you may have an ashtray.
Q. How should a United States Senator be addressed in a letter?
A. The Honorable John Doe, United States Senate, Washington,
D.C.
Q. Does a bridegroom usually give his bride a wedding gift of
-;ome kind?
A. Yes; it is customary for him to give her a gift of jewelry. And
she usually gives him some such gift, too.
LOOK and LEARN bZc.GORDON
l
1. What is the oldest national park in the U.S.?
2. How many sheets of paper and how many quires make one ream?
3. Members of what religion use a mosque as a place of worship?
4. What is a Pyrrhic Victory?
5. Who was the author of the famous "Dr. Fu Manchu” stories?
ANSWERS:
1. Yellowstone.
2. 480 sheets, or 20 quires.
3. Mohammedanism.
4. One gained at a ruinous loss.
5. Sax Rohmer.
There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising!
J. RUSELING
m a paid-up subscriber to TUB DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE fa invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"OUTPOST IN MORROCQ"
Federa'i Tax—lUc Paid by tne Theatre
Phene 14-YELLOW CAR CO.-Pkeu 22
anji an in«ured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU to yor.r home with our compliments.
WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Narift May Appear I
Oldest Bank in Alaska
1H91—Over Half a Century of Banking—1951
The B. N. Behrends
Bank »
Safety Deposit
Boxes for ft enti
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS
Weather at
Ataska Points
Weather conditions and temper
atures at various Ataska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.tn., 120th Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage 65—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island 53—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . ..... 33—Fog
Bethel 45—Drizzle
Cordova 55—Cloudy
Dawson 59—Cloudy
Edmonton 55—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 58—Rain Showers
Haines .57—Partly Cloudy
Havre .56—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport 54—Cloudy
Kodiak .55—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 48—Cloudy
McGrath .52—Rain
Nome . 44—Cloudy
Northway .66—Cloudy
Petersburg .50—Partly Cloudy
Portland .55—Cloudy
Prince George . 38—Partly Cloudy
Seattle .52—Cloudy
Sitka .51—Partly Cloudy
Whitehorse .58—Cloudy
Yakutat .52—Partly Cloudy
RED NATIONS
GIVEN SWAT
U.S. TRADING
WASHINGTON, July » — tP —
The United States has given notice
to Russia and its major Satellites
it is canceling all American tariff |
concessions on goods they ship to
this country.
The State Department disclosed |
the action today.
President Truman took the step
at the directio nof Congress, which
has sought to deprive Communist
areas of all American trade bene
fits.
The State Department said goods
from Russia. Romania, Bulgaria,
Hungary and Poland will be affected
once the necessary time for notifi
cation elapses.
Exports from Communist Czecho
slovakia, Red China, Eastern Ger
many, Eastern Berlin, also will be
hit along with goods that might be
shipped from Albania, Esthonia,
Latvia, Lithuania, any parts of
Korea and Indochina under Com
munist control. The Kurile Islands,
outer Mongolia, South Sakhalin Is
land and Tanu Tuba.
The President’s action means that
duties of goods from Communist
countries will revert to the rates
charged in 1930 before the U. S. cut
tariffs under its reciprocal trade
programs.
The State Department said Pres
ident Truman shortly will follow
up another congressional directive
and ban most fur imports from
Russia and Communist China.
These are ermine, fox, kolinsky,
marten, mink, muskrat and weasel,
which have been imported at the
rate of about $7,000,000 a year.
Informed officials estimated a
total of $81,908,086 in Communist
shipments to the U. S. would be af
fected, by the withdrawal of tariff
concessions.
HELP ALASKA’S
CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Buy a ticket .to Lake George
Break-up Ball. Closes July 14.
852-9t
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
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
SHAFFER'S
SANITARY MEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
13—PHONES—49
Free Delivery
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 1W
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfleld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
@ B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2508
I
J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box 642 Telephone 919
—EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY—
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Mnsic Supp y ;
Arthur M. Uggen, Manage] f
Pianos—Musical Instrument
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Sews 1
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale B05 10th St.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS -OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
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 name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Llqnor Store—TeL <M
American Meat — Phone 38
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 773
High Quality Cabinet Work
for Home, Office or Store