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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07

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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
JAY(EE PRESIDENT
BACK FROM TRIP TO
NATL. CONVENTION

With a ruddy tan to show for
more than 5000 miles OF travelling
through the Western and South
western states, Warren Houston re-
turned yesterday by PAA plane at :
ter month vacation. Mrs. Hous-
ton, who accompanied him, will re-
turn to Juneau via the Alaska
Highway, with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. F. Greiner of Seattle. They
plan to leave Seattle July 81.
Big event of the trip for the
Houstons was attending the nation
al convention of the Junior Cnam-
Der of Commerce held the second
week in June at Colorado Springs,
Colo. Houston, who is newly elect
ed president Of the Juneau Jay
Gees, was one of four Alaskans to
join thousands of stateside delegates
at the convention. Three Anchorage
Jaycees also attended the meet.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
FOOD POISONING
OCCURS, CANNERY
IN BRISTOL BAY

One person is dead and an un-
determined number OF cannery
workers became i'll from food pois-
cning at the Alaska Packers Dia-
mond J cannery, located al
Kvichak in the Bristol Bay area
The food poisoning occurred on
Friday, July l, and was reported to
the Anchorage office of the Terri
torial Department of Health on
Tuesday.
DR.. Wendall c. Matthews, of the
Health Department Immediately
contacted Fred w. Butler, super
intendent of the cannery, who re-
ported that everyone had recovered
from the poisoning and that only
one death occurred.
DR.. Matthews and Lloyd Morley,
sanitarian for the Health Depart
ment are scheduled to leave Tor
Kvichak on Friday to make COM
plete investigation to determine the
cause of the poisoning.
DR.. Amos Alter, chief sanitarian
for the Health Department, said
that his reports show that APP
prcximately 600 people reside at
Kvichak during the cannery sea-
son. 1t is not known how many
CT the workers eat in the mess hall.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
RETIREMENT PLAN
TO BE SET up AT
MEETING ON FRIDAY

Although the appropriation mas
been frozen, the Public Employees
Retirement system authorized by
the 1949 Legislature is to be organ
lied Immediately.
Chapter Al of the Session Laws
provides that the system be estab-
lished this summer in anticipation
of its becoming operative January
/, 1850, when payments by members
and benefits to members begin.
A board Of trustees is charged
with general administration of the
act, trustees to take office July L,
1949 and hold their first meeting
in Juneau this summer.
The seven trustees are to be the
Attorney General, Auditor, Commits
sioner of Labor, Welfare Director,
Treasurer and two persons to be
appointed by the Governor for
four-year terms.
One appointee is a Territorial
eihpIoyee, liie oeiiel an eAipioyee VI
a participating municipality. AS no
municipalities have signified an in
tention to take part, there can be
no representing member. Governor
Ernest Gruening will announce the
other appointment tomorrow.
The first meeting of the new
board will be held tomorrow at
D. m. in Labor Commissioner Henry
BenSon's office.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
JUDICIAL GROUP
SUPPORTS CHANGE
URGED BY F0LTA

The first Alaskan jurist to ad-
dress an annual judicial conference
of tho Ninth Circuit Court, Judge
George w. Folta was optismistic, on
his return from Los Angeles yester-
day, about changes which will bene-
lit United States courts in the Ter
ritory.
Judge Folta gave the main at
ternoon address June %, the second
day of the session. In it, he traced
brief history OF the courts in Al
aska, then presented their needs.
He urged that there be an adj
ditional judge for the Third d.
vision, where work is exceptionally
heavy, and that law clerks be made
available to the courts under the
same conditions as in the states.
Judge Folta asked that U. S. Dis
trict Courts in Alaska be placed on
parity with federal courts in the
states. This would require changes
in the statutory requirements of
District Courts.
The judicial conference voted to
recommend such a change to Con-
gress.
Among other things" said Judge
Folta today, this would mean that
Alaska judges would be members OF
the conference, not guests"
After an exchange of correspon-
dence concerning the subjects on
which he later spoke, Judge Folta
had been invited-rather, summon
ed-to attend.
Besides the serious matters of
the convention, those attending
were treated to elaborate incidental
hospitality. The Los Angeles Bar
Association was host for an eve
ming at Earl CAROLS and at a
luncheon for 1900 persons IN the
Biltmore Bar, with Associate JUS
tice Burton presiding.
MGM entertained the judges on
a movie set while pictures were be-
ing shot, and at luncheon. Judge
Folta sat next to actress Janet Leo
The visitors also were special guests
at a typical movie premiere.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
J. {. THOMAS DIES,
SEATTLE HOSPITAL

j. c. Thomas, former Juneau
business man, died in Seattle last
night at the Doctors Hospital ac-
cording to advices received by ]. w
LEVERS today.
Thomas was born in Golval, Eng
land in 1882. He came to Alaska
in 1910 and was employed for a
time at both the Shattuck Hard
ware and c. w. Young Hardware
He went to Sitka in 1915 where he
was employed by w. P. Mills, re-
turning to Juneau in 1929 and then
organized the Thomas Hardware
retiring from that firm two years
ago and taking up residence in Sc
attic.
Thomas was a member of the
Blue Lodge of Masons, Scottish
Rite, Shriners and Elks.
Survivors are his widow Marie,
and daughter in England.
Last rites will be held in Seattle
under Masonic services.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
BOAT COLLISION
SUIT IN COURT

The case of Charles and Frank
c. Johnson, owners of the vessel
Helen j., VS.. Nakat Packing Co.,
owner of the Frederick c., began
yesterday afternoon in District
Court, and was continued today.
The admiralty suit concerns a COL
lision of the two boats.
The habeas corpus petition of
Melvin Harbert VS.. Mary Harbert
Usage for summer custody of young
Kenneth Harbert was heard at
7 o'clock last evening, and Judge
George w. Folta expects to give a
decision tomorrow.
Tomorrow is motion day. Court
will be in session Saturday morn
ing. 3
Judge Folta returned early yes
terday afternoon from Los Angeles
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
PASADENA WILL LEAVE
TOMORROW AFTERNOON

The Navy Cruiser Pasadena is
scheduled to weigh anchor Friday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock for Seattle
San Francisco and Long Beach. AT
Long Beach, the ship will pick up
another group of Naval Reservists
fer a southern training cruise. The
cruiser has been here since Sunday
evening.
Many Juneauites have inspected
the ship during daily visitors hours
between 2 and pm.
The Pasadena, which was one OF
the last ships to leave China dur
ing the recent Communist advance,
is scheduled to return to the Orient
next spring.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
TO INFORM PUBLIC ON
CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS

Lily Angerman, Territorial De-
partment of Labor representative
from Fairbanks, left this week Tor
Ketchikan after spending 10 days
at the labor office here. She Will
go to Wrangell, Petersburg, Cor
dova, Anchorage and Seward in
connection with new child labor
regulations, with public familiariza-
ton with new laws as objective. She
will also work en- facets of the
equal pay law.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
Rehearing Started
In Cardinals Case
(By - Assoclated Press

A retrial-or appeal hearing-of
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty and
his co-deiendants began in secret
last night in Hungary's highest ap-
peals court. The defendants were
not present.
The Cardinal last February was
sentenced to life imprisonment on
treason and black market charges.
The defense wants the sentence
lightened, the prosecution has asked
Tor more severe punishment.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
next TRIAL RUN "
FOR SOAP BOXERS
SATURDAY AT 7::30

Take the doctors advice, fellowsl
"As practice makes perfect" says
DR.. william P. Blanton, chairman
of the Soap Box Derby, All Derby
drivers need to take advantage OF
every chance for a workout
More than half the. cars were
out at last nights trial rum" DR..
Blanton said. They looked nice.
The boys drive well, and everything
is fine, except that the boys who
aren't turning out are just giving
themselves a handicap.
The time is short-the big. event
is only week from Sunday. Now
is the time to buckle down for the
last big push"
There will be another trial run
On the Twelfth Street hill at 1880
p. m. Saturday, unless rained out.
H.. -
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07
ANDY ANDERSON FOUND
DEAD IN HIS ROOM

Andy Anderson was found dead
this morning in his apartment IN
the Kensington Rooms. Mr.. Ander-
son had been i'll for over a year.
His body was discovered by Bernard
Hulk, Chief of Police, who had beer
called by the manager of the rooms.
Mr.. Anderson operated the bar
Der shop in the New York Tavern
for many years. He was forced to
retire last year due to i'll health.
The South Pole is on plateau
nearly 10000 feet high.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1949-07-07

No Towering plants occur with
in the Antarctic circle.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

symbols in our mammon- mad day of the
supremacy Of the material over the spiritual.
In the desert Of secularism oases of inner
refreshment should be invitingly open to
every pilgrim of the infinite. That is to say,
all the churches ought to belong to all the
people. Each church, no matter who erect
ed it or what branch of the church governs
it, has been built for the worship of the one
God and Father of all men. Why should
not any child of that God over all feel at
home in any one of his Fathers houses?
At appointed hours of worship the rites.
forms and uSages of a particular branch of
the church are observed according to the
cherished traditions of the body of believers
whose devotion and sacrifice have reared it
as the holy of holes of their faith. But the
fact is that most Of the time as hurryfng
humanity passes church doors there is no
public service being held, no congregation
fills the pews, no priest. minister or rabbi is
officiating at service. But even the abb
sence of q throng often casts a greater spell
across the sacred precincts than when q
multitude fills its spaces. The silence is
vocal. Symbolism and art sweep with music
the chords Of the outward senses.
The holy quietness Of a sanctuary is sac
ramental. A so-called empty shrine Is
peopled with presences for those who have
inner eyes to see and inner ears to hear.
Here is the mystic glory Of jeweled and pic
tured glass. Here the emblems of DEATH
less faith bow the soul in contrition. Here,
out Of the vestibule of little day, one can
step into the vast cathedral of the ages and
sense oneness with the hoary past. Here.
as one enters. can be felt the fellowship and
unity with that church whose altar fires
Evening star., 1949-12-11

Offices for him was as various In origin
as 1t was quantitatively impressive, but it
was unanimous in its appeal to keep on
turning out yarns for men who really
thought of themselves as men.
Women read him also. When his books
were dramatized for the stage and the
motion picture screen, they made up at
least third of his audiences. He was not
invariably successful in the delineation of
girls, but his feminine admirers did not
care. What they wanted was what the
men likewise preferred-heroes who were
reasonably credible, tolerably authentic.
Mr.. Beach, always a careful and serious
artist, strove to please. The net result OF
his achievement may not have been per-
manent. He outlived the age to which
he belonged. But the durability of his
influence ought not to be overlooked. He
contributed to the education of America
which yielded the conservation movement
whose benefits now are discernible every
where.
His fellow-writers remember Mr.. Beach
gratefully for his services to their mutual
profession. Especially as president of the
Authors League, he was constructive
force in the publishing world.
Evening star., 1949-12-11

ary Board, including: Miss Olive Risley
Seward, president; Miss Marie e. Patterson,
vice president; Miss Sara Carr Upton, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Maurice Egan, corre-
spending secretary; Mrs. Richard p. Bland.
Mrs. Francis M. Ramsey. Mrs. Eugene A..
Carr, Mrs. Thomas A. Carter. Miss Catherine
Roach, Miss E. C.. Dangerfield, Mrs. w. C..
Robinson. Miss M. c. Redfern, Miss E. l..
Dorsey. Miss M. E. Seawell Mrs. Philip
Sheridan, Miss Elizabeth Sherman, Mrs T. B.
Vance, Miss Emily Mason, Mrs Thomas M.
Vincent, Countess Lichtervelde and Mrs.
Henriques. A Jubilee celebration was held at
chronicled in The Star for the next day.
John Wanamaker, the famous merchant
prince and former Postmaster General, was
in Washington To- testify
Department Store before the Industrial
Economics Commission on Decem-
ber O. 1899, and The
Star quoted him as describing the modern
department store as being beneficial to the
public. 1T is a natural product evolved
from conditions that exist as result OF
fixed trade laws. Cheaper capital, better
TRANSFORMATION, more rapid communication
make the modern retail store possible, natu-
raj and useful, therefore inevitable. Execu-
tive capacity combined with the command
of capital finds opportunity in these condi-
tions which is in harmony with the irresist-
ible determination Of the producer to meet
the consumer directly and OF merchandise
to find distribution along the lines Of least
resistance. Economy In the expenditure Of
money. time and effort measure department
store success. Just in proportion as these
ends are reached is 1t oopular, powerful ana
proSoero1lxn
Evening star., 1949-12-11

on the maintenance Of monetary and
fiscal stability and on such other i'm
portant things as steady vigor in our free
enterprise system. Obviously, If deficits
and public debt are allowed to upend our
economy, the dollar in 1000 AID. may be
much less valuable than today's, which in
turn, incidentally, does not buy nearly so
much as the one our fathers earned back
in 1900.
Above all, Mr.. Sawyer's great expecta-
ton depends on what happens to the
peace of the world. If there Is another
total war in the next fifty years-a war
with A-Weapons and other instruments
of mass destruction-So much of man.
kinds natural wealth and energy will
be swept away that what we now know
as civilized human society may itself be
disntegrated or vaporized in a cloud of
radioactive smoke. In that case, of course,
talk about astronomical incomes will have
little or no meaning.
Assuming the best, however, including
long epoch of peace, fiscal sanity and
an average annual per cent increase in
our national income, then today's Ameri-
can toddlers are quite likely to be making
at least a trillion dollars a year in the
next half century. Let us wish them well.
But let us caution them at the same time
to bear In mind Goldsmiths words about
the danger of men decaying where wealth
accumulateS.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Rex Beach

Rex Beach looked the part He was a
man of large frame as well as Of large
ideas. In height, weight, ruggedness, car
riage and bearing, he fitted into the edges
of the wilderness about which he wrote.
His characters were people he knew. He
might invent situations for them, but he
did not attempt to create personalities out
of his imagination alone. One OF the
qualities which made such books as
'The Spoilers "The Barrier" and "The
Silver Horde" memorable was the fact that
they were true to certain aspects OF LIE
which ordinary folk had experienced.
At the apex OF his popularity, he had q
following which cut across all class ana
geographical distinctions. MIR. Beach was
a "best seller" among readers who never
were west of Broadway or north OF the
Mason-Dixon line, and he was almost a
rage in California, Oregon, the State OF
Washington and bordering common
wealths. His public asked only that ne
continue to produce stories which gratified
their own longing for adventure. The fan
mail which poured into his publishers
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Stronger and Less Costly

Defense Secretary JohnSon'S prediction
of one-and- half billion dollar saving
in defense costs this fiscal year may sound
come accustomed to ever rising military
budgets. But the estimate is in line with
the economies which the Hoover Commits
sion declared were possible If the military
establishment were put on businesslike
basis of operation.
/. Mr.. Johnson told the Congress of Amer
lean Industry in New York City that de-
fense expenditures will be brought down
to thirteen billion dollars this year and
to the same figure next year-as compared
with the more than fifteen billions orig
inally budgeted for fiscal 1949-50. Presi-
dent Truman previously had limited
defense spending this year to fourteen
and a-half billions.
The substantial savings will be made,
Mr.. Johnson declared, without reducing
the over all fighting strength of the armed
services. In fact, he expects the combined
establishment to be stronger and more
efficient because of the elimination of
wasteful activities. To members of a
Hoover Commission task force" which
studied the military administrative organ
ization, Mr.. Johnson's announcement
should cause no surprise. They found the
Defense Department to be prime example
of governmental extravaganza. Said the
task force report: "The committee failed
to find in the military establishment a
sense of cost consciousness or a general
realization Of the vital Importance to our
national security Of utmost conservation
Of our resources"
Apparently Secretary johnson, taking
this criticism to heart, is making real
headway in instilling "a sense of cost
consciousness"-in plain words, of thrift
in the minds of higher-ups at the Penta-
gon. When it is considered that the total
of estimated wants submitted by the three
services for this year was in excess of
thirty billion dollars, fantastically un-
realistic figure in time Of peace, the need
for more conservative thinking by mill
tary planners is evident.
Admiral Sherman, the new Chief Of
Naval Operations told the National Press
Club this week that much "fat" has been
trimmed from the military establishment
and that more Of the padding can be
eliminated safely. The fat-removal process
should be continued until all useless
poundage has disappeared. The net result
should be stronger and far less costly
defense organization.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Argues That People Fear To Invest
Because Of the Political Risk Involved

Argues That People rear l0 Invest
Because of the Political Risk Involved
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Relative to your editorial Of December 8,
"Why the Investment Lag?." there is no doubt
that the reluctance of people to invest their
savings in equities is threatening the system
Of individual enterprise and individual free
dom. But why should 1t be necessary to
conduct a Congressional investigation to
determine why people are loath to risk their
money in business enterprise? Would any
one suggest such an investigation to deter
mine why these same persons would be
reluctant to carry their savings on a dark
night through some Of the poorly policed
sections of some crime-ridden city?
People hesitate to invest funds in business
enterprise for just one reason-fear Of loss.
Such investment always has entailed cer-
tain amount Of risk. So long as they had
only business risks to consider, investors
never seriously were deferred, but political
risk is something else. For many years, it
has been growing and today Is much greater
than the normal business risk. It results
from the simple fact that 1t is politically
expedient and profitable to take property
away from any persons who have it and to
distribute it as political largess to those who
find it easier to say gimme" than to practice
thrift. It gets votes; and it probably will
continue to get them so long as any private
property remains. Call it high taxation. old
age pensions. subsidies, rent control COM
pulsory health insurance or by whatever
name best fits any other form it may take,
it is all the same thing. It takes money
away from those who have worked for it
and gives it to those who have not.
BY investing In business enterprise, one
makes himself conspicuous and easy target
for political snipers. If he invests in secure"
investments. such as Government bonds or
life insurance, our politicians must resort
to more difficult, less direct and less popular
methods such as imitation, to separate his
substance from him. Investors understand
these things and naturally choose the safer
investment.
But where there is not integrity, there is
not security even in Government bonds or
in life insurance, nor is there the incentive
to save. Are Government bonds or life in
surance to be considered secure investments
If the money they yield at maturity will buy
only half as much food and clothing as
could have been bought with the money paid
for the bond or the insurance when it
was bought? J.. MD.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
The Doctors Fight Back

There is a crocodilish flavor to most OF
the tears that are being shed at the decl-
sion of the American Medical Association
to assess it's members in the fight against
the administrations compulsory health
insurance program.
The Star does not see eye-to-eye with the
"socialized medicine" tag which the doc
tors have pinned on the health program.
But If the doctors think the program
amounts to socialized medicine or that 1t
will lead to socialized medicine they have
a clear right and perhaps duty to take
their case to the people of the country.
They need not worry too much about the
criticisms that are coming their way. For
the critics, or most of them, suffer from
curious form of eye trouble. They can see
nothing wrong when the labor bosses levy
assessments on union workers In an effort
to defeat some public official who has
refused to bow to their demands. They
can see nothing wrong when Oscar Ewing
the administrations leading advocate OF
compulsory health insurance, goes abroad
at the expense of the taxpayers to study"
Britain's socialized medical system and
then turns into propaganda for the
insurance program-wigs, false teeth and
all. The only thing that is wrong, in the
warped vision of these critics, is for some
outfit like the ANA to take up the same
weapons and go all-out in fight against
a project that they, the critics, happen
to favor.
It is too bad, perhaps, that great issue
which touches closely upon the well-being
Of the people has to be resolved in costly
war of propaganda. But this necessity is
q fact In the world in which we live, and
it can at least be said for the doctors that
they were not the inventors of the tech
nique.