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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
ALASKA HOUSING AUTHORITY PLANS
 BUILDING ACTON
Compf ehensive Legisld. five Program Develop
 ed ot Recent Meeting

The Alaska Housing Authorit.
 held their regular quarterly meeting
 in Fairbanks, September 8 through
 II. The agenda consisted mainly
 of delevoping comprehensive leg
 islative program. to seek relief
 to the critical housing shortage
 of the Territory.
 The Rev. Paul c. O'Connor, chair man of the Authority, declared upon conclusion of the sessions that the Board after a complete analysis of the situation considers that the re- sponsibility of providing a relief to the housing problem in Alaska rests with 10th the Federal and the Ter ritorial governments, and that upon this basis both Federal and Terri torial legislation was proposeu."
 "The Territory must do some thing as required by the direct re- sponsibility to it's citizens, and the nation must assist in providing aid as required by its enormous de- mand upon Alaska for housing the thousands of Federal employees and the many more thousands of mili- tary personnel. If Alaska is to de- velop, by following the most ele- mentary rule, we must make it pos sible for our people to have a de- cent home,' the Rev. O'Connor stated.
 At the next Territorial legisla- ture, the Alaska Housing Author ity will submit bill entitled "A bill to provide assistance for mod crate cost and rental housing pro- jects, and moderate cost and rental This bill is divided into three parts and under Title I pro- vides that should Congress so au- thorize, the Territory will bond itself, or guarantee bonds issued by the Alaska Housing Authority up 10 $l5,000,000 to construct moderate cost or rental housing. The bonds are to be retired from income of the ;ale or rental of such housing. Fifty percent of the housing to be con- ;tructed is to be sold or rented with l thirty-day priority period for qualified war veterans.
 Title II provides for a direct yrant of $5,000,0O0 to be used for he construction of rental and sale as revolving fund. Title IT generally applies certain re- luirements and restrictions to both Title I and Title II and includes fc requirement. that any projects under the bill shall 1e designed and planned in size and manner to encourage the fullest use If Alaskan professional and con- ractural services and of local materials.
 The Federal program will include wo bills, one of which is to au- horize the Territory to bond tself up to $15,000, 900 to construct as required by the Terri orial Organic Act, and the ottaer 5 comprehensive bill providing CT loan of $l0,0O0,000 to assist. he private, home building industry nd to construct public housing. This bill, known as HR. 7019. was Irafted by the Housing and Home Finance Agency in Washington, D. ;, and has the support of the branch of tEe govern aent. It was introduced by Delegate ,. L. Bartlett on the last day of he 80th session of Congress
 The Alaska Housing Authority to late has operated solely with funds ,rovided from the management of he few war housing projects in he Territory. To date no funds rave been received from the Terri
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
DYEA ROAD COMPLETE

The Dyea Road, coupling Skag- way with the old camp of Dyea, is now complete, according to George Tapley, chief of the Engineering Division of the Alaska Road Con- mission, who returned yesterday from an inspection of the road.
 Tapley said that the road is
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FOR SALE

32-ft. troller rigged ready to go- best buy of season; be at Small Boat Harbor 2 weeks. The FORESTER; several other trollers.
 HALE and Schoenecker properties,
 patent. Auke Bay area, log cabin
 pat. acreage, Fritzz Cove, log cab- in Point Louisa.
 2-BDR con1pl. furn., marine view,
 Dixon Ave, immediate occupancy. 4-BDR. compl furn. and 2-BDR completely furnished, Star Hill. 2-BDR, basement. furnace, double plumbing, electric kitchen, ma- rine view, Hemlock. INCOME INCOME INCOME 3-apt., one, two and three bdrs. completely furnished. basement etc. Large lots, garage, near Governors House. Marine view. Terms.
 615 East St., bdrs., cornpl. furn., large basement, remooeleQ, lm- mediate occupy.
 PILE driving equip. Make pur- chase price in few months op- eration. Plenty work. Marine carpentry shop, fully equipped with heavy machinery; falling equip. 2 good Titan power saws, etc.; Seaview Apts.; two cafes center Juneau, good income. FOR RENT 10-room unfurnished home at 481 South Franklin. See Bliss Variety Shop. Also g. bdr. completely furnished home at Norway Point. LOTS: Juneau, West Juneau, and Douglas.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
DJVORCF FILED

Martha Martin has filed for a divorce from Robert Martin on the grounds of desertion. The couple married in Petersburg in 1945. Mrs. Marton now resides at Rake.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
MARRIAGE PERFORMED

Miss Agnes Florence Gable and Joseph Charles Johnson were mar ried last evening by U. s. Con- missioner Felix Toner at his home in Douglas. Witnesses were June Kluskkan and Angle R. Peterson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
HOSPITAL NOTES

Patricia Myrick a nd Christina Myrick were admitted to St. Ann's hospital yesterday for tonsillecto- mics.
 Discharged from the hospital were Mrs. J. J. Pugh, Jack David and Clyde Lane.
 Admitted to the Government Hospital yesterday were Evelyn Johnson and Jack David of Haines and Minnie Albert of Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
--------------- VA MAN HERE

Neil s. Miller of the Anchorage Veterans Administration Sub-Re- gional office, has arrived here to confer with VA officials. He will spend about 10 days here and will visit Sitka before returning north.
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now rough graded and that next year the road will be regarded and re-aligned.
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AWARDING Of CHRIS CRAFT FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPT IT, AT 2oTH CENTURY THEATRE, BE- TWEEN SHOWS. ss2 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17

Red Cross membership through out the world totals 88,000,000
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
WILLIAM WYNN Phone 234

OPEN SUNDAYS and EVENINGS ! CsI 9li Anytime LASSIE, less than years old. 46-ft. boat, combine halibut and trolling Gray diesel 165 hp; ra.. dio, iron mike. With or without halibut and salmon gear. Built by Bud Fields.
 BOBBY CHA large cruiser for only $385O.
 '48 CIVILIAN JEEP, 2-ton trailer, power take-off with 30-inch crosscut saw and table, Ram sey winch in front. Bought in July. s245O.
 n ACRES PATENTED land with 3-bedroom house and adjoining cabin. Good buy. 1942 PLYMOUTH SEDAN, $55o. 1888 PLYMOUTH PICKUP, $500. 1887 NASH SEDAN, $500. FIVE BEDROM HOUSE. large liv- ing room with fireplace, good furniture. Channel view, $4,75O. $500 down.
 5-ROOM HOUSE between FRA and NCCo. $500. 5000 down. BEDROOM HOUSE furnished, beautiful setting on beach. West Juneau road. $4500. SEVERAL INVESTMENT PROP ERTTES AVAILABLE. Miscellaneous marine engines, boats, motors, air compressor, drills, non, tar ou,al <liaeAe4
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
MEETING OF JUNEAU LEGION OF M00SE E
 ADVANCED TO SEPT. 25

The regular meeting of the Ju- neau Legion of the Moose, schedul- ed for tomorrow night, has been postponed until Saturday, Sept. 25. Inability to get the contemplated program ready in time is given as the reason for setting the date later, There will be initiation, frolic and lunch at the Sept. 25 meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
FROM PORTLAND

Here from Portland, Ore, are Charles J. Nagele and c. A. 6criv- 3n, guests at the parsDof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
MISCELLANEOUS

RALPH A TREFFERs, Paint Con-
 tractor, all kinds of painting and paperhanging. Phone Blue 462. 986 If
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MURPHY & MURPHY
 REALTORS ACCOUNTANTS Phone 67J over First National Bank
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FOR SALE (loniinued)

BABY Basket and pad, $5; high
 chair, excellent condition, SIP. Call 241. 980 If
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LOST AND FOUND

PARTY who picked up hand truck,
 Sept. g. on garbage dump. please phone D. B. Femmer,. 9s7 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17

OIL Range, oil heater, hot water
 tank, all for s150. Call Garnick's Grocery. 993 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17

HAVE that paint job done now.
 For immediate service see Ralph
 Treffers, phone Blue 462. 66 If
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
FOR SALE

EASY Washing machine, Westing- house deluxe refrig, Swear crib, spring and mattress. Call Red
 398. 993 2t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-09-17
WANTED

WANTED. Person to care fol small boy, 1 afternoons a weeb
 Phone Blue 3ao. s9a St
Evening star., 1948-04-09
Report on Europe's Economy

One of the main difficulties in framing
constructive program for European re-
covery has been the lack of accurate and
up-to- the minute factual data. This lack
has seemingly been remedied by the COM
prehensive report just issued by the Eco
nomic, Commission for Europe set up by
the United Nations. The report is clearly
the most complete and thorough study of
Europe's economy that has ever been
made. 1t contains the facts and analyses
which Congress wanted before acting on
ERP, but could not get because they did
not then exist. Henceforth ERP can
function on a much more intelligent
basis. Incidentally, though concerned
mainly with Western Europe and exclud-
ing Soviet Russia, it includes certain
countries like Czechoslovakia which are
on the Russian side of the iron curtain.
AS might be expected Of this compre
hensive study, it touches so many points
that only its high lights can here be dis
cussed. The general picture is one of
mingled favorable and unfavorable fac
tors. The brightest spot is the extent Of
Europe's postwar industrial recovery,
which, excluding Germany and Russia,
has now attained virtually the level of
1888 and in certain countries has exceeded
that norm.
However, this is no ground for undue
optimism. Agricultural recovery lags be-
hind that of industry for variety of rea-
sons, the upshot being that Europe pro-
duces less food than before the war and
must import more Furthermore intra-
European trade is badly dislocated, due
among other things to currency difficult
ties which cannot easily be remedied.
There is also discouraging evidence that
the individual governments are not sub
merging their special interests in the
common cause of European rehabilitation.
And there Is likewise evidence of the high
cost of those socialistic experiments on
which many of Europe's nations have
embarked
Probably most interesting and signifi-
cant is the reports analysis of Europe's
changed relation to the world as whole
Before 1914, Europe was unquestionably
the worlds workshop and banker. This
creditor position, while diminished by
World War I, enabled Europe as a whole
to remain In balance with the outer
world, Its imports Of food end raw mate
rials being offset by It's induErial exports
plus receipts from foreign investments
and services. That balance World War n
Evening star., 1948-04-09
DPS

"DPs?" oh, can pe stoop to lower shame,
We, NTH our heritage, our pride OF birth,
Denying eDen the dignity of name
To those who aoander homeless on the
earth?
"DPsp The blaneless ones, By euil chance
Tortured, unananted, stripped OF human
right,
Driuen like Ienues by cruel circumstance
Though they are stu our brothers IN
Gods sight.
Nop Lent, the gentle season comes once
more;
Against our hardness let 1t plead Their
cause
Until America thro,Ds ,ride the door,
Discdrdtng barrier quotas, barrier latDs.
Then let our loutnu Kindness dry their tears
And bind the mounds OF all their bitter
years. .MEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1948-04-09
Approves Mr.. Wallace


think Henry Wallace, along with thousands
and tens of thousands of others, thought war
was right in 1941. But can tell you, we don't
any more. Mr.. Wallace has q perfect right
to change his mind. I've changed mine too.
And If I were young man. Uncle Sam would
have to drag me by the hair Of the head and
the point of a gun to make me 60. am
certain most of our boys feel the same.
Let Europe go Communist; who cares? Not
for one. t-efs,s .s~
Communism must have Its rise and fall, and
no amount of money or help will prevent 1t.
Mr.. Wallace is an American born citizen and
not q Communist. Which Of the two major
parties would refuse Communist votes to get
in office? Not either.
am eligible for the d. A. r., also Colonial
Danes; and I shall vote for Mr.. Wallace
MRS HARRIET E. CRANDALL.
Edinburgh, Va.
Evening star., 1948-04-09

has gravely upset, especially as regards
the United States, and the rest Of the New
World to lesser extent The resulting
imbalance is steadily rising, the deficit for
ls47 being $500, 100000, mostly due the
United States.
The report admits no early likelihood
that this deficit will be redressed, though
It's extent may be reduced. Europe's eco
nonic salvation lies in increased produc-
ton, especially In industry though here
again the United States must take large
measure of these increased European ex-
ports II economic equilibrium is ever to be
re-established. The report plainly indi-
Gates that American aid will continue to
be necessary even after the scheduled
conclusion of ERP in 1882
Evening star., 1948-04-09
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

O. Is 1t necessary for a submarine to sur.
face to discharge torpedo at target? II
not, what Is the approximate depth of ac-
curate fire? What is the length of time re-
quired for q submarine to surface and SUBJ
merge again?-R. e. S.
A. The Department of the Navy says that IL
is not necessary for submarine to surface to
discharge a torpedo at target To fire by
visual means de. periscope) the depth is
limited by length Of periscope which varies
with type Of scope and submarine. A torpedo
can be fired at sound Of target without using
scope, but this Is not as accurate q method.
The length of time required for submarine
to surface and submerge again depends on
several factors The time may be from II
to minutes depending on (a) how much
positive buoyancy Is attained, (b) how many
personnel proceed on deck and must get below
again.
@. How did the United States acquire the
Swan Islands and why does Honduras claim
sovereignty?-T. II. B.
A. United States sovereignty Is based on the
Act Of August 10, 1856, known as the Guano
Islands Act. This act provides the method
by which Jurisdiction may be acquired and
the sovereignty of the United States extended
over unoccupied and unclaimed islands con-
tanning guano deposits. 1t provides certain
conditions which must be complied with by
the discoverer or those claiming through him.
When these conditions were met, it was held
that the islands came into possession of the
United States Honduras claims sovereignty
on the basis that as a part of the Spanish
colonial government the islands belonged to
Honduras when that country became independ.
ent.
Q. What is the origin of the term "jazz"2-
r. C. l..
A. One authority says that 1t is a Creole
word for speed up" imported from the west
coast of Africa. However, DR.. Vizetelly found
an interesting parallel in the Arabic word
''jazib' meaning one who attracts and "jaza,"
meaning complaint or lamentation. Since the
natives of the north coast Of Africa are closely
related to the Arabs who were great slave
traders, it is likely that the word coming from
Africa had Arab ancestors.
@. What is meant by Lampson Professor OK
English at Yale?-F. N.
A. William Lampson OF Leroy New York,
was graduate of Yale, and when he died he
left his entire fortune to the university with
instructions that out Of 1t be founded three
professorships, one Of Latin, one of Greek and
in 1901 and the professorshp is named In
honor of the man who left the money for it.
@. Does an enlisted man in the Marine
Corps or Navy hold permanent rating II
he enlisted for the duration Of the Emergency
or war?-R. g. T.
A. The Department of the Navy says that
all enlisted personnel Of the regular Navy
hold permanent" rates in their present rating,
regardless Of their previous service or status.
All enlisted personnel of the Naval Reserve
hold permanent" rates In their present rats
Ing regardless Of their previous service OF
status
Evening star., 1948-04-09
TotoI-Not PurtiuI-Defense

It Is unfortunate, because 1t Is danger
Gus, that the issue o. adequate military
preparedness Is being talked about now
In terms of Air Force groups. One might
draw the inference, for example, that with
a fifty-five group Air Force we are neglect
ing the air arm; but by adding fifteen
more groups, and making it seventy, we
shall have everything we need, even to
the point of excluding the necessity for
universal military training.
Less than three months after Japan's
formal surrender, General Spaatz wrote
an article for Golfers Magazine presenting
q seventy group Air Force program as the
minimum on which we should rely for
defense of the country. The article may
not have attracted much attention, for
the people were preoccupied then with
getting the boys back home" and settling
down to a long period OF peace and
prosperity.
But it is mentioned here as a reminder
of the fact that the seventy group Air
Force, which General Spaatz was talking
about over three years ago as minimum
requirement in peacetime, is being put
forward now as the answer to threats of
war. 1t has been supported consistently
by the Air Force and by two detailed
studies The world situation undoubtedly
tustifes 1t and Congress is we'll advised
in supporting 1t.
The danger arises when the seventy
group Air Force Is pictured as meeting
our needs. 1t may meet merely one OF
many needs. But a seventy-group Air
Force will be an effective force-some
years hence-only If it is supported by
adequate ground and sea forces. The
question now is not merely one OF adding
fifteen more groups to the Air Force. The
question Is the extent Of enlargement OF
the Air Force that can be undertaken,
within the means Of our peacetime econ
omy, with the enlargement in other forces
that would be made necessary.
That Is the nature of the question that
the Joint Chiefs of Staff is studying now
for the Senate Armed Services Committee.
The committee members are wise in wait
ing for all the facts before committing
themselves to the amount Of expansion
that can be made in Afr Force equipment
and personnel without neglecting the
related and necessary expansion in other
arms of the service. 1t might we'll be that
sixty groups, adequately supported by
other arms, would make more effective
national defense than an Air Force OF
seventy groups, so out of proportion to
other arms that the lack of support would
tie large part of 1t to the ground.
The Air Force is the most vital arm of
our national defense. We must make it
strong. But its strength depends on every
thing that goes with it and the important
issue now is the extent of mobilization for
rearmament-in factories, in stockpiling
and in manpower-that must be under
taken without dangerous disruption of the
national economy. The issue is by no
means resolved by decision to spend an
additional $1.s billion and swap fifteen
more groups in the Air Force for COM
pulsory military training.
Evening star., 1948-04-09

launching. It is bound to create dutter
Of sorts in certain circles. It Is bound to
cause many grimace and lifted eyebrow
all over town. Still, in our secret hearts
under our classical polish and veneer,
there are probably thousands among. us
who are by instinct and psychological
preference hillbillies eager to cut loose
with the Shenandoah Waltz" but too
repressed to do It, Mr.. Gay is determined
TO change that. Nashville had better look
to its laurels.
Evening star., 1948-04-09
The HiIIbiIIy Cupitul?

An entrepreneur in our midst-a gentle
man named Connie B. GAYS about to
start something that may add yet another
feather to the cap of our town. We are
the seat of the Government of the United
States, and there are those who say we
are also the hub of the universe. But this
is not enough to satisfy Mr.. Gay. He
wants us to become even more than what
we are. He wants us to supplant Nash
vile as the Nations great stomping, clap
ping, strumming, all-out capital of hill
billy music.
To that end, he has drawn up what
seems to be the biggest project of its
kind since the first sweet singing OF
Mountain Dew" "Ole Rather" or "It's
Sin, My Darling, How 1 Love You" Be-
ginning April II he will direct series of
three-hour programs to be staged here for
f1fty-two Saturday nights in row. He
expects 1t to be the worlds greatest hill
billy show" complete with a cast of forty
Ave performers all admirably equipped to
make the welkin ring with quvering song,
stamping feet and the varying strains
squeaks and deep-down bullfrog bleats of
banjo mandolin, guitar, fiddle and bass
viol. The idea apparently is to persuade
as many people as possible to be gay with
Connie B. Gay.
Wonderful to relate, moreover. all this
is to take place in Constitution Hall, one
of the most refined, genteel, sedate. toney
and high-brow meeting places we have
in town. Here, where the highest of
high c arias have been sung, where the
Paderewskis and Kreislers have entranced
esthetes Of every station, where time and
again great conductors have sent SYM
phonies signing classically to the ceiling,
Mr.. Gay and his hillbillies now will hold
forth every Saturday night. In a way,
1t Is as II Spike Jones were to bust in
boisterously, with the loudest Of discordant
noises, on the sacred and ever-so- -harmoni-
Gus precincts Of the delicately lovely
Euterpe, the Muse of music.
Quite obviously this is . strange and
interesting experiment that Mr.. Gay Ia
Evening star., 1948-04-09
Splitting Germany

Even Stanolng by ltSelI the addfeSS
delivered to an audience in the British
zone Of Germany by Sir Brian Robertson,
the military governor. would have been
sensational. This quality is enhanced by
the background Of current events, all Of
which underscore the acute tension pre-
vailing between Soviet Russia and the
Western Powers over the former Reich.
Sir Brian pulled no punches. Admitting
that Moscow's iron curtain" had dropped
over Eastern Germany, he called upon
the Germans of the three western zones
to rally to the Western Allies and support
their plans for German recovery and
rehabilitation as the sole hope for pre-
serving their liberties and their national
future. Castigating Communist aims and
tactics Sir Brian said: Make up your
minds and stand together against these
gentlemen who, with democracy on their
lips and truncheons behind their backs,
would filch your German freedom from
you."
All pretense of possible cooperation with
Soviet Russia over Germany was dropped
by the British military governor, who pre-
sumably spoke with the backing of his
American and French colleagues Tenn
porary division Of Germany was taken for
granted. Come forward determined to
make the best of the largest part of your
country which is on the right side of the
iron curtain" Sir Brian exhorted his
listeners. "The rest will come in time"
Sir Brian came to this meeting fresh
from singing rebuff delivered by Marshal
Sokolovsky, the Soviet military governor
to British protest against the recent air
tragedy over Berlin. Reversing his first
conciliatory attitude, the marshal termed
the British protest provocative" and
limited that he might seal of the western
Allies air corridors to Berlin At the same
time, Tass dispatch from Berlin to
Moscow asserted that Soviet Russia does
not recognize any rights Of the Western
Powers to Berlin communications, while
many cars OF parcel post out Of Berlin
were impounded by the Soviet rail au-
thorities.
Thus, by action and reaction, the split
ting of Germany widens and deepens, with
Berlin crucial test OF power and prestige
between Soviet Russia and the Western
Allies. The question inevitably arises as
to how much longer this process can 20
on without precipitating a crisis of the
first magnitude. &*nt