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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06
MINISTERIAL GROUP
MEETING TOMORROW

A meeting of the Juneau Minis
terial association will be held
Thursday, at 10 am, in the Metho-
dist church.
After short worship period led
by the Rev. Willis r. Booth, a
number of business matters in
Guiding the plans for the Com
munity Good Friday program, will
De given attention.
A special showing of the film
Human Growth" will be seen by
the association at IL am, at the
Health Department according to
the secretary, the Rev. H. E. Boyer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06

Men used windmills to grind
corn and pump water in Europe Jas
early as the 18th century.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06

SCHWINN BICYCLES at MAJ
SENS. 46 Il
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06
MORE MONEY FOR
UNEMPLOYED UNDER
MEASURE ENACTED

Unemployed workers eligible for
unemployment insurance will re-
ceive more money for a shorter
length of time if they have depen-
dents as result of a measure pass
ed by the recent session of the
legislature
Explaining benefits which will be
available for workers with depen-
dents under the new enactment,
John T. Mclaughlin, head of the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06
LUTHERANS LENTEN
SERVICES TOMORROW

Tomorrow night the Lutheran
mld-week Lenten service will be
held in the church beginning at
7:4o o'clock and will last until $3.50.
This Weeks mediation will be bas-
cd on the Lords Supper and will
ne considered. L-lder the question,
rs this our feast? or Christ's?"
The publicsis cordially welcome to
attend.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-04-06
BEACHCoMBEK ON RUN

The M. v. Beachcomber, owned
by Jerry Mckinley, leaves tomor-
row with general cargo on the
Sitka run. The freighter loaded
this morning at the City Dock
Way points of call are Tenakee
Gustavus, Angoon, Patterson Bay
Todd and Hoonah.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
TB Kills Nearly 1000 Americans A Week

1t kills at the rate of one person
every II minutes. tuberculosis is
considered "the most important" of
all the preventable diseases, although
tuberculosis kills more young people
between Is and "a years of age than
any other disease, it may strike at any
age. One of the insidious aspects of
tuberculosis is that it has no symp-
toms at first. Thus, many people may
have the disease with out knowing it.
But TB can be discovered early by
means of chest X-ray. 1t is estimated
there are 100000 people in this coun-
try with active tuberculosis; only
about half are known to health au-
thorities-the other half are unknown
cases. tuberculosis can be found ear
ly, before there are any outward
symptoms, by means of chest X-rays.
More and more of these people are
being found through X-ray programs
and treatment is being provided be-
fore their disesae reaches an advanc-
ed stage.
While $4,000 new cases of tuber-
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
PROPOSED LIBBY DAM
TO BE One OF LARGEST
In NORTH AMERICA

The international joint commission
at Ottawa is weighing plans for the
proposed Libby Dam on the Koot-
enai, in northwest Montana and
declared to be one of the biggest in
ternational waterway dams in North
America. The dam would be on the
border between British Columbia
and Montana. The commission study
ing the matter reports the dam of
the"greatest interest" to both coun-
tries. 1t also gave out the informa-
ton that it would be "strategically
located on the Kootenai river in
British Columbia and Montana.
The statement continued: "It will
afford complete flood protection
to all lands in the Kootenai valley be-
low the dam and will contribute sub
stantially to flood control on the low
er Columbia river where the bulk of
the damage occurs"
While the exact height of the dam
has not been determined, A. o. STAN
ley, US chairman for the commission,
estimates it would be several hun
dred feet tall.
And at Libby, Colonel E. C. It
schner engineer and Major ]. S.
Grygiel, chief of operations for the
army engineers, both of Seattle, told
of that community
that the dam would benefit every dam
between Libby and Bonneville from
power point of view and would bene-
fit northern Idaho from the stand
point of flood control.
Colonel Itschner said the Libby
dam would produce from $10,000,000
to $15,OO0,000 worth of power and
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

the vast water needs of the
Missouri-Souris project and
the nine-foot flowing naviga-
ton channel will take all the
water Montana has and leave
nothing for further power and
agricultural improvements, he
warned.
The speaker cited sections of the
Hoover Commission report which
condemns the work of the two main
government agencies, the Bureau of
Reclamation and the Army Engi-
neers, now operating almost auton-
omously in the valley, as very waste
full of taxpayers money and not pro-
ductive of lasting benefits for all
population groups. He read to the
audience passages of the report crit
zeal of the pickering between the
two government agencies.
Outlined also were Montana's
power needs, against which the Pick
Sloan plan falls far short of full
filling. The extensive network of
canals and irrigation bitches called
for in the Missouri-Souris project
plus the big downstream dams like
Garrison with the navigation channel
flowing full nine feet from Yankton
southwark would absorb all of the
required water from Montana and
give it to other states in the region.
This prospect alone, declared Erick-
son, is enough to make Montanans
rise up in wrath against the Pick
Sloan plan and even insist that no
development be done rather than
take such a risk.
The Helena attorney said that
furthermore the Missouri-Sourisp prof.
ect was too costly in terms of dol
lars and from his contacts with
farmers in the area was convinced
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

the much-touted agreements between
the farmers and the Bureau was no
guarantee that water users would
be willing to make much use of the
water and so assume the costs of con-
struction. Where the water is need
ed, Erickson said, is in the more arid
areas of Montana anyway rather
than in the downstream areas where
rainfall is already more than that in
the Treasure state.
A threat to all irrigation, it was
stressed, was the prospect of waste
full navigation channel. Listeners
were told there is not enough water
in the Missouri river system upstream
for both navigation and irrigation as
now planned downstream under Pick
Sloan.
Summarizing his talk Judge Erick-
son briefly outlined the MVA bill
introduced in the 81st Congress by
Senator James E. Murray and his
colleagues, as a common sense ap-
proach to problems of the Missouri
valley by providing for the coordina-
ton of the work of all agencies in
a program where natural resources
and interests of all the citizens of the
valley would be protected. He said
an administration of five men, three
of whom must be residents of the re-
gion, would direct the work of the
Bureau of Reclamation, the Army
Engineers, the Forest Service, the
Department of Agriculture and the
many other federal and state bureaus
and agencies in a program of total
land, water, mineral, plant and ami
NAL development. The administra-
ton would be responsible in all its
actions to congress, but would be re-
moved from Washington and located
in the region where it would be re-
Continued on Page Four
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

William Mason, long a leader of
Mine-MilI, first in Butte Miners
Union No. l, and then as Information
al Board Member for District No. 1
comprising Montana, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO and Alberta, last week was Civ
en- a rousing vote of confidence by
rank and file members in re-elect-
ing him to his third consecutive two
year term on the international board.
The election by secret ballot was
held at various locals in the district
Monday, November 7.
In addition to serving as board
the past four years, Mason
served in the same capacity in 1942-43
In between he served as president of
the Butte Union. At an earlier date
he was treasurer of the Butte Union,
and in 1884, was one of the leaders
of the miners strike which resulted
in the re-activating of the union at
Ill ACM properties.
Besides being active in Mine-Mill
for number of years, Mason has
also been a consistent worker for
MVA and his cooperation in support
of progressive legislation for both
worker and farmer, and for greater
unity of both groups, has been of
great Importance to the liberal cause
n Montana.
In this years election, Ray Lee
md Neal Shea, both of Butte, were
in opposition to Mason.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
By ROBERT HANDSCHIN
and 7. w. HENDERSON
GTA Association

Now that congress is through I'M
til January, let's see what was done.
How many promises were kept? Who
got what, and how much did it cost?
You remember the platform on which
Democrats were returned to con-
troll of the congress last fall-that
Fair Deal platform promised to I'M
do what the Republican 80th con-
gress had done to labor, farmers
and the rank-and-file of the Ameri-
can people.
Let's start with farmers. What
did the get? Quite bit, but long
way from what was promised. First,
congress in July finally lifted the
halters on helping farmers store their
grain crops. That undid one of the
worst blows at farm income con-
gress ever put across. Second, con-
gress passed the international wheat.
agreement, to help grain farmers
for the next four years. By the years
delay, farmers lost several hundred
million dollars. Third, congress made
our crop insurance program bigger
SO it can help a lot more farmers.
Fourth, congress passed a housing
bill to get some new and better farm
homes. Fits, Congress passed bill
to get modern telephones for farm
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

discuss the numerous problems
that are present in this mat
ter.
Such joint probe of the liquor set
up would have a number of import
ant advantages over either the COM
mittee or the Attorney Generals of
flee pursuing separate, and possibly
overlapping studies. Neither has any
considerable amount of money to
spend, and in the interest of getting
the greatest amount of results from
funds available, a joint investigation
would prevent costly duplication of
effort. This is particularly true since
the Attorney Generals office has no
inclination to let up on its determ-
ined drive on racketeering in the
state.
Likewise, a joint study could be
extremely beneficial to the state in
that a constructive effort, rather
than political field day, could be
manifested toward developing sug-
gested legislative revisions, which
IL III Tie StdIe laws,
might materially improve the admin
istration of the liquor monopoly. In
formed sources in Helena are of the
opinion, in view of the exhaustive
federal investigation in 1948, that a
further delving into the monopoly as
conducted by the Ford Administra-
ton, would bear little fruit A few
minor indictments might be forth
coming over the operation of the
monopoly proper, but that the obtain
ing of such indictments would be
very costly to the taxpayers, and
would not serve a constructive pur-
pose. (Note: This is not to say that
all the characters who operated so
profitably under wholesale licenses
during and following the war, have
been de-odorized. Nor does it mean
that some employees of Store A were
not guilty of extreme favortism in
doing est choice brands of liquor to
favored politicians and other indivi-
duals.)
Further, such a joint study could |
be of great assistance to the Bonner
Administration in its announced pur-
pose of making the operation of the
liquor administration hall mark in
the field of state-owned business.
Such a continuing study could do !
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

that it would be a highly profitable
dam to the nation. He said if funds
are available and the international
joint commission approves, the Libby
dam would be built to an elevation of
2,440 feet and would back water
nearly to Wardner in Canada.
And again from Ottawa, the re-
port said reviewing the work so far
this year, the commission received
reports from the board and engineers
but said it is still too early to make
recommendations on pollution and
other problems to the governments
of both countries.
Work already has been started on
atrial reconnaissance, mapping es-
tablishment of gauging stations, Eek
ploration of dam sites and storage
possibilities and various other ac-
tivities. Treas. State Labor Journal.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
farm EXPERTS give Views ON 81ST
CONGRESS AND ITS RECORD

ers, along the lines of REA. That
will be much appreciated in years to
come. Lastly, congress refused to
pass strong, modern farm program,
but did pass stop-gap. 1t didn' t
repeal the 60 per cent of parity law,
but softened it up and postponed
it's damage for year or two. So con-
gress didn't do the main job, the
job of stopping the fall in farm in
come now having such bad effects on
the farm, in the country towns, and
in the big cities, too.
City Folks Got Little
What did city people get? The
record isn't very long. Rent controls
extended one year, housing bill,
minimum wages raised for a few
workers, and that's about all. Con-
gress refused to repeal the Taft
Hartley labor law, refused to increase
social security for the aged, didn't
act on whole long list of things
promised in the Fair Deal.
The only thing on which congress
really did a bang-up job was on for
eign policy, and that cost tremend-
Gus amount of money. There was no
trouble raising military appropria-
lions and laying out more billions for
foreign aid. The total spent, even
after trimming down things for the
people here at home was up SIS bill
lion. And by that amount we're 60
ing further into the red this year.
That spells big profits for the corpora
tions here and abroad, but less food,
and secuhity for the people
Congress turned down a real farm
program, claiming it might cost SIS
billion but went ahead to spend that
much more for others than the farm
ers. That's the record of congress in
4 year in which five million Ameri-
cans are unemployed, many industries
Continued on Page Three)
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

much toward keeping the entire liq-
uor set up on it's toes; of encourag-
ing that board to demand strict adj
herence to the law by all saloon
keepers. Should retailers fail to re-
spect the laws, then such "watch-
dog" committee could encourage the
liquor board to relentlessly press for
convictions and loss of license by in
tractors. Therein may lie the ans
wer to stopping the wide and increas-
ing inclination on the part of many
saloon keepers to build up a juven-
lie trade for their products.
All in all, this move for joint ac-
ton will not only save the taxpayers
considerably, but may result in strict
er observance of existing state laws,
and in the formulation of whatever
new legislation necessary to cope
with the perpleXing problems sur
rounding liquor and racketeering in
Montana.
Herewith is Attorney General Oh
sens letter to Chairman McKenna:
November II, 1949
Hon. ]. E. McKenna, Chairman
Liquor Investigation Committee
Lewistown, Montana
Dear Mr.. McKenna: Pursuant to
House Bill $50 of the Thirty-first
Assembly, relative to the
and prosecution of &C
tions as disclosed by the special LID
uor Investigation Committee, my of
flee is now in a position wherein l
find it convenient and feasible to be-
gin a thorough investigation of this
matter.
AS you are chairman of the House
Liquor Investigation Committee, l
desire to meet with you and discuss
the numerous problems that are
present in this matter. l would be
pleased to meet with you within the
next ten or fifteen days at your con-
venience.
Furthermore, would be pleased if
you would reconvene the entire
House Committee for a full discus
sion of this subject on the Sd day of
January, 1850, at 1000 am. in my
office at Helena, Montana.
With kindest personal regards,
Very truly yours,-ARN-
Old H. OLSEN, Attorney General.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
Skibbins Lets His 'Socialistic'
Tendencies Go Too Far

c.. j. Skibbins of Helena was
fined $25 in an Augusta justice
court October 81 after entering a
plea of guilty to charge of killing
a pheasant in the Augusta game
preserve, the state fish and game
department. reports. Justice Clar-
ence Reasman presided.-Helena
Independent Record.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
velopment At ALI Is Preferable To
Pick-Sloan. For Montana

at Falls-Speca-No plan of development of the Mis-
asn at all is better than the so-caed Pickoan pan
Left Erickson Helena attorney and supreme
court justice told members of the Great Falls Lions Club
luncheon meeting Tuesday.
Erickson Monana's irrigation and power developments
doomed the PickSoan plan into operation The
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
Olsen Urges Joint Study Of
Liquor Monopoly

Further investigation of the state liquor monopoly
be Forthcoming should the House Investigating
tee accept proposal forth by Attorney General Arnold
Olsen Thursday.
Olsen, yesterday, Committee Chairman E. Nc
kenna suggesting that McKenna with Olsen within the
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

culosis were reported to health author
tiles in 1947, $4,000 cases were re-
ported in 1913. The increase in num-
Der is undoubtedly due in part to the
increasing use of group chest X-ray
surveys to find unknown cases of
tuberculosis.
Due to the efficiency and speed
in finding people who have tuber-
culosis, the number of new cases re-
ported each year in our state. is in
creasing. Two X-ray Units, one Mo-
bile and the other Portable, operated
in Montana last year. This is coop
eratWe program under the leader
ship of the State Board of Health
and the Montana tuberculosis Asso-
citation.
The Mobile Unit took 9,725 X-rays
in 25 counties covering 80 communi-
ties and one state institution. The
Portable X-ray unit took 1885 X
rays in six counties and three state in
situations. First visits to each county
are complete including the seven In
dian Reservations. Reading of TO-
234 films resulted in uncovering 331
cases of tuberculosis and possibly
1872 more, and 345 other pathology
through cooperation with family
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18
Buy Christmas seuls

tuberculosis, is by being generous in
our purchase of Christmas Seals to
support the work of the Montana Tu-
berculosis Association and it's five
locals.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1949-11-18

work is SOlely sup
p o T t e d b Y the
Christmas S e a |
Sale Funds, urges
e v e y adult to
have a chest X-ray
at least once a
year. One way of
helping to defeat
his age-old enemy,
Evening star., 1949-11-05
ReynoIds.Is Is Forced Back;
May Still SET Flight Mark
By the Associoted Press

HONOLULU. Nov. 5.-Miltor
Reynolds has been forced back tt
Guam on his attempt to set new
around the world fight record by
commercial airlines. Pan Ameri.
can World Anyways reported today
Pan American said the big Boe.
ing Stratocruiser he was riding
was two hours out of Guam wher
it was forced to turn back by
engine trouble. The plane will.
require a cylinder replacement
which will have to be flown tc
Guam, the company said.
The flight probably will be de-
layed nearly "a hours.
There is a possibility, Par
American said, that Mr.. Reynolds
may switch planes if Philippine
Air Lines or Transocean has 9
flight leaving Guam earlier.
Pan American said the plane
which carried Mr.. Reynolds ar
rived back at Guam about 8 pm
today midnight EST Friday.
Mr.. Reynolds was not expected
to reach Honolulu before 2 am
Sunday if he continues by Pan
American. He had been due to-
day at 5:45 am.
Even so, he still would have q
few hours leeway in which to
better the mark of 6 days, 3 hours
Is minutes held by Eddie Egan
chairman Of the New York State
Boxing Commission.
Evening star., 1949-11-05
Parking Ticket
Continued From First Page.)

recalled that the man told him
he was from Florida.
The detectives paid a call at
the first precinct and leafed
through copies of parking tickets.
They finally located one they
wanted. At 9:10 pm, a Ford
coach with Florida tags had been
ticketed for parking too close to
the corner of Ninth and E.
They promptly sent out look
out, giving a description of the
car and the man.
Then they started cruising the
downtown streets. At 6:15 am,
they spotted the car parked in the
900 block of K street NV.
While one watched the car,
the other canvassed nearby ho-
tells. Then they switched and the
other went to the rooming houses.
Finally, in the 900 block of K
street. they located a landlord
who said a man answering their
description had been with him
since Tuesday.
They paid call on the roomer
Sergt. Molle said Mr.. Dennes'
wristwatch was on the mans
wrist, the billfold was in his pock-
et-minus the DENIES identifi-
cation card-and the man admit
ted the robbery. They did not find
the parking ticket.
Sergt. Molle said Jones denied
only one item in Mr., Dennes' story
Jones said he didn't hit Mr..
DENIES with q blunt instrument
only his fist.
According to police. Jones, "a,
served three years In Florida on
robbery charge. has been here q
week and is a painter by trade.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Cyril s. Lawrence
he was held under $500 bond on
a robbery charge. The case was
continued until Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-11-05
Herman {. Gauss Dies;
Brother Of Ex-Ambassador

Herman c. Gauss. SO, retired
chief clerk Of the Bureau Of Land
Management, Interior Depart
ment. died yesterday of a heart
attack in George Washington
University Hospital.
Mr.. Gauss was the brother. o1
Clarence E. Gauss Of this city
one-time ambassador to China.
Born In Bridgeport. Conn, he
had been Washington resident
for over IS years. He was gradu-
ated from business high school,
here and the Columbian Law
School.
He entered the Government
service about IS years ago in the
Land Office as a clerk and worked
up to chief clerk and a member
Of the law board. He retired In
l945. His home was at 1922 En1-
erson street NV.
In addition to his brother, Mr..
Gauss is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Alice D. Gauss Of the Emer-
son street address; q son, DR..
Charles E. Gauss, head Of the
Philosophy Department of George
Washington University, and an
other brother, Harry w. Gauss,
Of the Washington Loan d Trust
Co.
Funeral services will be held at
3 pm. Monday at the s. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in Cedar
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-11-05
Kidnulpinq
Continued From First Page.)

NoAAo1A1uCA V1OA1 Aoe 1dSCI
kitchen door unlocked for him
She told police that:
A few minutes later she heard
a rustling in the kitchen but
thought it was her husband
Then, hearing other movements
she called out. who's there?'
When there was no answer, she
investigated and saw the man
running out with the child.
The mother. barefooted, chased
the man. She reported he ran UP
an embankment to a State high
way about 100 feet from the house
and jumped into an automobile
He drove north toward Utica.
Mr.. Komorek, who police sale
was notified at the plant, collapsed
when he returned home. He later
recovered,
Talking to a reporter, Mrs. Ko.
Fmorek said when the baby wa.
taken the man also took blue
blanket" with which the baby hac
been covered, and "two smaller
blankets wrapped about the baby's
legs"
She found the blue blanket or
the embankmeut.
Mrs. Komorek said she and hel
husband were up all night, hop.
ing to hear some word"
She added:
But no one has tried to get II
touch with u.s., Il