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The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
SPOILS IN CONGRESS

Reports that general house cleaning of Congressional employees is contemplated with the shift from Republican to Democratic control is very disturbing to sponsors of the Congressional Reor- sanitation Act It is to be expected, of that patronage jobs will change hands Congress ought to shake itself from the patronage system, the executive branch has largely done. Until it does so by law neither party afford to give up the petty spells of clershps doorkeepers, elevator operators and so forth The tragedy of the turnover which is being predicted is that it may extend to the pro- fessonal safs granted to numerous committees under the La Toilette Monronev reform program.
 All the experts hired by the committees under the l946 act supposed to have been selected on the basis of merit without reference to partsanship Although the caliber of chosen varies from con- expert category and many have rendered nonpartsan service. some instances undoubtedly, these we'll paid positions went to patronage hunters, and in these cases there be little argument against placement of the incumbents. The grave danger is that there will be wholesale repacements. In that event, the Republicans would be almost certain to repeat the performance the next time they get in power The result would be to undermine this part of the program and give Congress the service of political hacks instead of professional trained men
 In the executive branch, the civil service has tra ditionaly grown chiefly by covering into the merit system employees appointed a patronage basis It
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

This freed the company from mak ing payment in case his death were caused by injury resulting from riding in, or operating, or fall ing, or descending from or with, any type of aircraft"
 As evidence that Fraser didn't understand this clause, he had left a note sealed with his other papers, indicating his belief that the policy would take care of his family if he were killed in action. Yet Mrs. Fraser, with four young children on her hands, has been forced to earn her own way.
 The interesting fact is that the company tripped over it's own le- gal wording, and still might be vulnerable to lawsuit. Since no evidence was found of Major Fras- CTS death, it cannot be proved that he died of injuries connect ed with the airplane. He may have hailed out safely then drowned in the ocean or died of hunger and orivation on liferaft. The bur- den of proof is on the company and the legal presumption is in favor of life.
 However, the Acacia Company, swank, marble-front building all most opposite the Capitol in Wash ington, still refuses to pay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
About that Sales Tax
CBy BOB DeARMoND in Ketchikan News)

|
 The Ketchikan City Council, looking for more revenues from some source other than the property owners, voted to instruct Mayor Ellis to push Ter ritoria sales tax with partial refound to muni cipalities when he attended the conference of South east Alaska Mayors at Sitka
 From press dispatches it appears that the sembed mayors went only half with the program and will ask instead for legislation to enable mun cipalities to put in their sales tax if they wish
 We believe that this is an entirely unsatisfactory compromise. While Sitka and perhaps some other communities have collected sales tax on purely voluntary basis, it is at best patchwork system. The merchants in towns which collected sales tax would be at a disadvantage when it came to com peting with other towns that did not collect it. and enforcement would be difficult.
 The main advantages of Territorial sales tax that the money starts rolling into the treasury almost at once it is pay -you-go tax for both the wage man, and the cost of collection is not high
 If, as under the Veterans Tax, all whole and retail sales in the Territory taxed well all exports from the Territory and if in addition goods shipped from mail order houses and other were taxed nearly everybody living in Alaska and great many people who just pass through would contribute.
 The income tax will catch most residents and some nonresidents, but good many will escape Tour sts, private yachts, crews of towboats and cannery tenders and good many others would pay the sales tax So would the troer from Puget Sound who comes up for few months, sells his fish on the grounds his supplies at Out-o1- tne-Way pldceS IleIl goes south. If income tax is enacted, he should pay that but how many of them will? About the only certain way of taxing the transient population is to catch them they spending their money
 It is quite probable that income tax will be enacted and we believe the Territory going to need it. If the proposed budget is adopted running up to $20 900 900 for the bennum, it will also need other revenues sale stax will provide additional and will also provide easy and fair method for refundng to municipalities according to the amount of tax collected in each of them.
 A good many States have the income tax, great many have sales tax, and quite number have both
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA sy LEE

should engraved letter 
 They be engraved in gold silver plain white in coo paper shape paper position.
 At dinner in which hand should maid hold the dish she serving?
 The dish should be held folded hand Then the right the dish
 O. Is it for assist putting rubbers overshoes?
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
TRUMAN's ELECTION GUESS

Montana's newly reelected Sena- ter Jim Murray called at the White House recently to suggest that extension of the Senate Small Business Committee should be high on the list of Presidential recommendations to the next Con- gross.
 The dangers of monopoly were never greater" explained the Mon- tanan, who, though one of the wealthiest men in Congress, has Eeen a hard hitting champion of the little fellow. We've got to stay on the ball if we want to preserve free enterprise
 I'm behind you 100 per cent, Jim" declared Truman. That committee must be extended and I further agree with you that one of the most important measures we must enact is strong anti monopoly law"
 The President laughed heartily when Charles Murray, the Sena- tors son, showed him a clipping
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
Daily Lessons in English v %y. L. GORDON

NdIsUSED: say, Leave alone" when you Stop botheing me" OFTEN NuSPRONOUNCED: IT, A syllable NISSPEILED: Hysteria; HYS, SYNONYMS Soothe quiet calm paciy mitigate STUDY: it is yours Let us
  a Violations perversions law"-Bacon
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

patched up Marshall curtly told them the decisions were being made in Paris, for the moment, not Ber- lin.
 Three days later, the Herald Tribune, European edition, publish ed front page story quoting an unnamed American official in Berlin as saying precisely the things Clay and Murphy had said in Paris. Marshall had gone to Washington by this time, but an immediate investigation was order ed regarding the leak.
 One top-ranking American dele eationer said, If we can find out who promoted that story, he'll have tc retract or get out!"
 But the source is now enjoying protection in the tight little Der lin colony, and won't be detected.
 The ether issue where Clay sur prised and displeased Marshall was in the announcement of Anglo American plans to hand the Ruhr industries back to the German Car tels. According to sources close to Marshall, this came as complete surprise to him. Later, as Secre- tary of State, he was obliged to ex- plan the action to the agonized French. It did not make him happy.
 Note: Behind Clay's high-policy decisions are the U. s. bankers who once loaned billions to the Ruhr and who now run the U. S. Defense Department plus Ambass- 2dor Bob Murphy, whose bitterness against France is notorious.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

would be better for Congressional committees to keep few partisan appontees on the job than to indulge in wholesale disnissals which would discourage men of training and objectvity from seeking these
 jobs in the future.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
FIRES AT ANCHORAGE

A home rented by MT. and Mrs c. R. Gibson, behind the Green Lantern night club, was totally des- troyed by fire at Anchorage Mon- day morning. A garage, along with Star taxi and two privately owned cars, was also totally burned in a blazing inferno" Four "hot stove" fires were also answered by the Anchorage Fire Department in 36 hours.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Marshall Plan steel from Europe is being sold in America, are astonished to hear And anyone who ever bought his hat at rummage sale will know the feeling-(Yakma Republic).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Russia under the Soviets says Britain's Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin is "as mperialis the ever was" And besides none of the ever dis guised their expansianism democracy. Belling ham Herald.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
CONDITIONS OF WEATHER
 ALASKA PTS.

Weather conditions and temper atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, for 24- hour period, ending at 4:30 this morning, and released by the Weather Bureau, Juneau, follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

The man who is waiting for something to turn up might do well to start with his shirt Everson Newsl.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Junior has adopted overalls his favorite garb But not for the grandfather them. -(Vancouver Columbian).
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
20 YEARS AGO TIT fHE EMPIRE
DECEMBER l, 1928

DECEMBER l. 1928
 Miss Evelyn udson returning to her nome h Juneau on the months vacation in the States
 City Dock was progressing rapidly Crope the e-drivg contract under Alfred Dshaw weather continued work the building scheduled to begin
 for the Pioneers at Sika was to start be to Stka on the Margna on December 20 of the drive and had t annual affair
 cooperative efforts of Juneau merchants suspended from the section the Clothing Store to Connors Garage
 halbut vessels missing since November l5 The ships had believed heavy Capt St. Elias open they swamped
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Unlike whitehall deer, elk are gregarious and migrate in large herds. They are curious animals and will approach any strange mo- tionless object.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

| lTUiH llle LcWiStOWll, NIOlltdlld, News, predicting a month before the election that Truman would receive 308 electoral votes. The fi- nal count was 3o4. The President said he had to confess, however, that the newspapers optimism ex- ceeded his own.
 My own prediction on my elec- toral count, which I placed in a sealed envelope, was less than BOA" the. President told his callers. He politely but stubbornly refused to reveal the exact number he pre- dicted, and this figure has remain ed an official White House secret.
 However, it can be revealed that the Truman forecast was 276 elec- toral votes-10 more than he need ed and 28 less than he finally got.
 The President based his predic- tion on the belief that every state with Democratic governor would go Democratic except Virginia, which fooled him by staying in the Democratic column, and on Maryland, which surprised him by going Republican.
 The President also figured he would lost both New York and Cali fornia, tpt California surprised him, pleasantly, by going Demo- cratic
 INSURANCE COMPANIES
 FINE PRINT
 Three years ago, Marine Pilot Robert Fraser zoomed into a cloud tank off the California coast. That was the last ever seen of him. Search planes prowled over the area for three days, but never spotted so much as floating frag- ment to give a clue to his fate
 The missing Marine left behind a young widow and four fatherless tots. In the Marine Corps care, he also left a sealed envelope, con- taining an Acacia Mutual Life In- surance Company policy. He had taken out the policy during the war, believing it would protect his family in case he didn't come back Yet Mrs. Fraser hasn't been able to collect a cent. Her tragic story will be made enc of next years headlines, when Wisconsin's COP Senator Joe Mc- Carthy, himself an ex-Marine, plans to focus the national spotlight on 8 vicious insurance racket. Mc- Carthy will expose how widows and orphans, applying for insurance payments, often get nothing but empty legal phrases-dug out of the fine print.
 Mccarthy already has written to the Marine Commandant, Gen. Clifton Gates, urging him to bar Acacia salesmen from Marine bases. Backing this up, the Sena- tor is also working on bill which will require the military to screen all life insurance policies sold to military personnel
 For, buried in Fraser's life in- surance policy was a clause which he apparently didn't know about.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. l4. SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month fA in Scottish Rite Temple ErM beginning at 7:30 D. n. "xW WILLIS R. BOOTH. " Worshipful Master; JAMES VI LEVERS. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01
The Washington 
By DREW PEARSON

fCon:irued from Pare Cne'
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Miss Evelyn Judson returning to her home in Juneau Victoria following months vacation in the States
The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-12-01

Weather High, 27; low, 26; clear.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Produce Markets

Baltimore quotations furnished by the
on.ied Ann,s stftes Department Of Agriculture
wise stated. Maryland. virginia and West
virginia, Delicious, 21a-inch up, $50; few
zoo; Golden Delicious, lou ~ ssineh uisy up, a9S- 20
utility, 2N.inch up, s,s5; fair Quality.
inch ": rs; various v.Ti.tiss mostly
quality, /: :So-$ .oo: virsinia, ;Sushe1
ass a1zss fair aa.ty 3D. armss ne Delicious ga5
Potatoes-Market slightly weaker; 100
pound sacks, U. s. Is and u S. is size A
fqnlsss 9th othergiss statsd gnwashed
200 ,used sacks): Katahdins, used sacks
2.50-2.60. few higher; new sacks, $50
Sweet potatoes-Market about steady;
Maryland and Virginia, bushel baskets
Zoo ~.sasp xssy ssx e 0E1ssse hissse
quality. $4,000; nearby, 1a-bushel ham.
Poultry Receipts Light.
v.ass Receipts sht x ssss demand d shs fs'asns som
Grain Market.
wheat-Receipts. Ioo,ese bushels; ship.
ments, 3,959 bushels: stocks. 4o36, ,6ea
bushels. No; 2 red winter garlocky, spot
oomeStlc, ..2o42: september, 2.26I2.
Corn-Receipts. none; shipments, none
stocks, 1929 bushels.
Oats-Receipts, 3O,392 bushels: ship.
ments. none; stocks. 163,S2s bushels. Nc
quotations
Sariey-Receipts. 125,3so bushels ship.
ments none; stocks, 561 S92 bushels
Rye-Receipts, none; shipments, none
stocks, 6,74S bushels.
Soybeans-Receipts, none; shipments
none: stocks. none
Millfeed-Receipts, none
Butter and EsSs.
Eggs-Market slightly stronger: re.
ceipts moderate; demand moderate Whole
sale prices: large 65-6S; A mediums
$3.50: large, $3.50; current receipts
Receipts-tTwo days) butter, 1924
pounds; eggs, 800 cases.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Stock Market Drops
Fractions 10 Point
In Quiet Dealings
By Roder Wineet
Assoeioted Press FinoneiaI Writer


. NEW YORK, Sept. 20.-Losses ol
fractions to more than a point were
general in the stock market today
After receding slightly at the
opening, the market turned def
nitely lower within a short time
Initial plus signs soon disappeared
Volume inc9ased only moderately
on the downslide. Brokers have
been heartened recently by the
small amount of business attracted
by dips in prices which now are
near their August lows.
Steels and motors were the most
active groups. Rails and chemicals
also got a fair share of attention
Airlines and metals were unchanged
to slightly lower. but they were
inactive as groups. Utilities were
steady.
On the downside were United
States Steel, youngstown Sheet &
Tube, Chrysler. Santa Fe, du Pont
Allied Chemical. Montgomery Ward
Douglas Aircraft, American Woolen
and Standard Oil New Jersey.
| Pepsi-Cola was active and Sold al
another low for the year. American
g. Foreign Power common touched
new low with the sale of a block
Of $500 shares off Il. A large bloch
of 1890 shares of United Corp
Sold unchanged from Fridays close
Stocks in the Curb market were
of major fractions to more than 6
point. Lower were Cities Service
Electric Bond & Share, and Ii
Tourneau. The bond market was
narrow and quiet. Governments ir
the over the counter market were
steady.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
New York Produce

NEW YORK, Sept, ao R;-Butter
g days receipts,' 3l3,4 irregular
@aTe' 9eors B 81 To- 7 & scor. &c & s. '
tubs usually command u a pound over
Cheese g days receiptsl: 45s,906:
ssssss cvSois mi{k ;a'ei
cheddars grass 1947l. $3.50; cheddars
daisies, 4sia-4s: single daisies grass
1947), 59-62; single daisies grass 1s47)
snet en5sd 1ss fs ss sts Ats tsfsss 4s4s sa AZ
gets grass 1947j' 60-S5; midgets shelf
cured. 1854 processed pounds. 46ha 4s;
domestic Swiss tsinsle tubs) best, 63-65;
Little change was wa noted today in tn, the
days totaeld 1925 cases. Spot quota
Midwestern: Mixed colors. fancy heavy
weights. 1-63; extra large $3.50; extra
2, large, 52-55; extra medium, 51-53;
extra i, large, 63-s5; extra :, large, 55-
So extra l, medium. 56-5s;
Browns: Fancy heavyweights:, 62-64;
extra ], large, 59-61; extra 2, larse
"a ;56; extra !. medium, 52-54.
White snd bro%n sses hhes
wholesale selling prices for the finest
| to producers or shippers: White, extra
fancy heayyweights, 1917; fancy heavy
geights 72,74: ethefs, 5o,7l; mediums fsnry
Reayyweishts 1915: fancy heavyweishts,
7l.73 others. 69-7o: mediums, $3.50
| pullets, 41-4S.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO. Sept 20 lP.-Grain futures
hung around Saturdays closing levels in
early dealings at the Board of Trade
ar'ans h tdT in sorn s pits Bu Ihs: aa;
trading in the September delivery was
sno the, tone was inclined to be easy
Oats held about steady
During the first hour wheat was u to /
lower than Saturdays close, September
sS5s.; corn SuS WaS "a lower to y higher
snsnssds snsnsed to H.r. " lover ssptembs1 1lss
24G.
The Department of Agriculture an.
nounced that the world wheat harvest this
year will be around $3.50. OOO. 900 bushels
II said this is slightly above the 1935-'39
4 favorable aspect of the harvest, in
ZION. 1t is estimated that the European
wheat output will be around 1 ,435, 600,
00G bushels, Al per cent gain over the
1947 crop.
The department said continued high
requirements for Europe reflect q need
for an increased bread ration in many
disSontinuins ;Sor1l of rationinr Substantial
| improve the quality of bread and build ur
seriously depleted stocks. Asiatic re-
qGliements continue heavy.
The Government export estimate for
The year was placed around $50, 900, 600
the amount exported last year.
Some new crop corn has arrived al
today, has aided the early ripentpg corr
| crop.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Sept. 90, lP .(UsDA? Sal
live; $3.50 higher on all weights butcher,
and sows, but market closed slow; top
good and choice 200-2sO pounds, ae.7b.
DO. .25; 110-190 pounds, 2S 50-29.5O few
good and choice 300-35O pounds, a7.5o.
29. So load 4S0-pound butchers, $3.50;
good and choice 325 pounds and under,
2S.OO-2S5O; few 2s75; 35O-4OO pounds,
"s25-27 90; 425-475 pounds, $500
$500; few 500 pounds and over, 240O-
Salable cattle. 1000; total, 1900;
salable calves, 900; total, 900; good and
choice steers moderately active, $3.50
higher; lower grades slow, steady; heifers
steady; cows steady to 25 lower; bulls
about steady; vealers steady to 100
higher; top, Al 90, for three loads choice
and choice steers SO 90 40.50; common
srassers down to $3.50; eood and choice
fed heifers. 3O.OO-3S.50: common and
medium cows. 1900-22.0O; Gamers and
cutters, 16.O0--1S.50; most medium and
good bulls, 23.50-25.25; good and choice
vealers. 90 a.00-32 90; stockers and feeders
slow, steady to weak
sslable sheep. 5000; total, 1000; nc
early sales: undertone lower; ewes anc
yearlings comprised better than so pei
cent of run; holding few decks good anC
choice sprin glands around 24.00.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Hotel Men Meet Here to Plan
more Convenience, Less Plush

clearly that our employees want nine
distinct things" he declared. They
were:
Good pay. good working condi-
tions. good bosses. steady work, q
chance to get ahead. to be treated
with respect, to get the facts about
what's going on, to be doing some
thing worthwhile and to have other
reasons for really liking their jobs,
such as finding them interesting
Clear views of the management
are given the widest dissemination
on economic. social and political
fields" he said.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

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Evening star., 1948-09-20
Dividends Announced
NEW YORK. Sept. 20 R.-Dividends
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Sept. 20 aP.-cotton futures
Continued irresular during forenoon trad
ing today Rallytn9 tsndsnsiss rsts t,an dis
in nearby October prior TO nrst notice day
Redxs selling was light. Attributed 70
for heftfr prices and the fact that good
deal Of tn. spot cotton sold was for I'M
mediate delivery.
tn AZ cents higher than the previous close;
October. 81 IS, December, 1929, and
March, &c. 80.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

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