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The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

esy accomplishing lot but never seeking the lime
 light One this latter type has recently done several things that the special recognition and grateful appreciation of all thoughtful citizens. The local Teen Age Club is not quite four years old Already however this youthful group repeatedly has proven it's rightfu place high among local organ cations with true of public service Two recent examples, and another of long standing, are typical of the thoughfulness of the several hundred Juneau and Douglas boys and girls who comprise it's mem bership.
 Last fall these young people cooperated whole heartedy helping to raise over $looo for the Min field Home and last week they enthusiastically an- nounced their pledge of $500 for the Memorial Library
 For than three years now, on Tuesday night of each week. the agers have been donating their clubhouse adults for square dancing and the playing of ping pong and pool This has become known as Community Center Night for Adults at the Teen Age Club apt designation it is, too with 50 to 100 grown ups spending whole evening down In the club having the same sort of fun they would be enjoying at real community center. The whole affair is the treat the young people who foot all the bills for lights, heat etc., every Tuesday night
 The charter of the Teen Age Club expresses the high ideals of it's founders in all of its purposes One of these is ito help young people and adults to understand each other" We congratulate our girls and boys on the they having through their thoughfulness and generosity, in accomplishing this fine purpose.
 To major extent, the Teen Age Club has been selfsupporting at all times The financial assistance needed in the past from the adults has not been heavy If in the future, the teen agers should need more such help we feel they will have earned their right to it.
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The facts of the meeting were dug up by an enterprising editor of a great newspaper family, Jack Travis of the Hood River Daily Sun. It was called at the insistence of Rayhurn Clifford, chairman Of the Washington Public Service Com mission. He is an appointee Of Gov ernor, Arthur 1anglie. "a oRepubli- can, who publicly at least, is a great advocate of public power.
 The meeting was he'd in the of flee of John Laing, attorney for the Pacific Power and Light Co.,, which is ur for sale. Present also were representatives of the Washington Water Power Co.,, and the Washing ton and Oregon Public Utility Com missions.
 It was Clifford and the heads of Pacific Power and Washington Water Power (They'll be out of jobs if American Power sells) who pulled the strings backstage.
 The SEC now has up for decision the sale of Pacific Powers com mon stock to B. J. Van Ingen and Co, a New York banking house which intends to get rid of the property. It has offered to pay S10,000,000 cash and split on the sale of the power and distribution system.
 Another banking group, Allen and Co.,, the bankers for the President of the giant Pacific Gas and Elec- tric Co.'S chief, James Black, has made a lower bid This group has announced the properties will be operated as a private utility.
 Oregon's independent Republican Senator, Wayne Morse, is backing the Public Power crowd, while the regular COP organization is in the other corner.
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The Washington MerrY-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)

with the art of flattery down pat breezed into the capital, grabbed orders from awed big shots, anc even nudged the august Recon- struction Finance Corporation for a loan.
 "Hell's Bells" he boomed, This is still the land of opportunity I've been in business 45 days, and I've so many orders stacked up can't handle 'em."
 Brown was in the coal business in Fairmont, Va, but after a second look at his and John Lewis demands decided to scratch around fer a new business. He settled on fine glassware after Ned Smith, the newspaper sage of Fairmont, w. Va, said, why don't you en- grave signatures in glassware?"
 Brown replied: "Henceforth, you are an immortal, Ned. That's my business
 Hustling to Washington, Brown got the signatures of the President and other capital bigwigs, and had them made up on glasses in his new factory. The glassware he is now selling to swank department stores and galleries is hand-painted by coal miners wives and sisters
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
NEW OFFICERS OF
 REBEkAHS;pLEDGE
 S2OO FOR LIBRARY

The last regular business meet ing of the Rebekah Lodge was con- ducted by the newly installed off cers. Those for the ensuing year are Noble Grand, Isabelle Jorgenson; Vice Grand Berna West; Recording Secretary, Edna Williams; Financial Secretary, Sue Kennedy; Treasurer Thelma Boddy; Chaplain, Martha Weadling; RISING, Irma Geyer; LSNG, Sigrid Dull; RSVG, Linda Schindler; LSVG; Gertrude Willard; IG, Mary Kirkhan; OG, Mary Klingbeil; Warden, Alice Murray; and Conductor, Ethel Milner.
 Many plans were discussed for the ensuing year and lodge better ment contest will be held With a lace tablecloth and electric casserole as prizes for the best papers to be submitted. Any one not present Whc is interested, may contact Mary Klingbeil for information.
 Two teams will be chosen within the lodge and points will be given for attendance, etc. The losing team will give the Christmas party.
 Next meeting will be held Febru- arv g. This is the social meeting and a George Washington comedy skit will be presented.
 A pledge of $20o was made by the lodge for the Juneau Memorlai Library fund.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
U. $. Autos In Brazil

A juicy scandal over a black mar ket in American-made autos, re- frigerators and washing machines is rocking Brazil.
 It all started with scolding speech in the Chamber of Deputies hy Ruy de Almeida. He revealed that 349 luxury cars arrived in Rio in crates between Dec. IT, 1949, and Jan. Il, 1850. They drained off 5523,000 in precious foreign eX- change.
 According to the deputys charges, the fancy cars were brought in on ships belonging to the Loide de Ar gentina, Serra-Pinto, and Loide de Bolivia companies. The licenses on the cars were false, and counter feited in Brazil.
 De Almeida promised next to tell all about the black market in refrigerators and washing ma chimes.
 The deputy went on to say Bra zilians had placed orders amount ing to s4,000,O00 for foreign cars
 Last year, charges were aired i'll the chamber accusing members oi the Brazilian Purchasing Commis- sion in Washington Of arranging the orders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
SPORTING REGRET

It is regretful that those in authority could not see their way to sanction game between the visiting House of David aggregation and local teams last night in the High School Gym.
 It is true a doubeheader had been arranged be- tween high schools of the channel and Moose and Imperial but neither were life and death con- test
 One could easily have been postponed and per mitted the Davids to pick up little money by a game It is a cinch the Davids have lost money on their trip to Alaska, not only by being weather bound but in losing scheduled games in the Pacific Northwest
 There are adults on the channel who perhaps will never see a professional basketball game played here again and as for the kids, it only another chance, an extra game last night that would have just been one more thrill for them to remember.
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tion and is taken by the state only with precautions and safeguards.
 Once murder becomes tolerable for any reason, it may become tOl- erable for all reasons. Already there are those who would sterilize the unfit; yet was Beethoven's father fit? Who is to decide fitness? Shall i. it be, a psychologist like Professor George P. Murdock of Yale who apparently believes that chastity is foul and celibacy degenerate? When man arrogates too much to his own judgements, the safeguards for the individual that rise from moral law wither and civilization dies.
 One reason I do not give my readers name is that obviously he is distraught over a case cf cancer in his own family. And that could happen to any of us. And none
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
Daily Lessons in English " v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN "He should be called down impudence" coloqualism to say "IIe should be APPROVED for r OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Anathema Prononce anathe-ma A ME unsesd on nsecond syllable
 OFTEN MIssPEILED Hawaiian; three i' s f At ment
 WORD three times and is yours" Let us Todas reribuive
 justice tPrononce the as memory pursued a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
I H E s E D A Y s
 --B B Y-- GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
MOItL O4N LC THAN d A reader writes me:

A TedQer WTlCeS me.
 You are so ill informed on the
 subject that you had better do some Investigating on what goes !on every minute of the day in ev-
 cry hospital in our land. :"
 The implication in this letter
 is that many more doctors than
 we know kill their patients and
 and that many hospitals are char Incl houses. That is difficult to be-
 lieve and were it so, many persons
 would be justified in rejecting med ical services and in refusing to go
 to hospitals. Surely, the medical profession will take steps, in it's
 own interest, to protect itself
 against islander.
 l emit giving this particular read
 er's name because his letter, which comes from San Francisco, is an unbelievable defense of Euthan- asia. The writer apparently believes in murder, if in the opinion of the
 murderer it is done for a good
 purpose. Mercy killing" may be regarded as a good purpose by those who perpetrate it, but it i: taking life just the same and that without due process.
 It leaves to the individual 2 judgment over another's life which mo individual should have. Ever in our system of jurisprudence, tht jury system provides that l2 per sons should decide, and that by un- animous decision. Even the lite ol a murderer is sacred in our civiliza-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
Public Power Battle

A life-and-death battle between public and private power interests in the northwest is centered in the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion. A secret meeting, the sale of vast private utility interests in Washington and oregon, and i'm portant political fortunes are mixed up in the struggle.
 The secret session was held Jan uary l2 to stop the sale of Ameri- can Power and Light Co.,, holdings in the northwest to public power districts, and swing the properties, instead, to the billion-dollar Pacific Gas and Electric Go. empire.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

O. players bridge table talk while the game is progressing. # &
 players talk while the cards being shufed dealt begins necessary play good game
 a young a a weekend 
 friend of the of the family from o
 girl driving stops to buy gasoline should the for it?
 Yes he should refuse
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] of us is SC wise or so restrained not to say. in moment of distress, ,hings that we would not even hink about objectively.
 Yet, cancer in it's early stages is curable and the various cancer so- cioties have issued abundant lit srature to inform the public about the progress that has been made to meet this dread illness. Every year. new and important advances are being made.
 It is only natural that the suf-- ferer should not be so keen about what is being done generally, but should cry out for surcease to oain-his pain And 1t Is under standable that when beloved one suffers, the family is grieved and is tortured mentally as well as physically. As sympathetic as one must be to suffering, it is impos- sihle to give to individuals, asso- ciated with any profession, the right to murder at will to kill ac-i eording to private judgment. iht
 Euthanasia attracts good people o it's cause because they seek to relieve pain and misery, but these very same good people would be shocked if it were discovered that abortionists enlarged their business to mercy killing. a s
 The real difficulty about human beings is that it is always danger ous to let the moral barriers down at all. They seem always to fall down altogether. f
 For instance, that is what is so wrong with Professor Murdock's thinking. He has reached the Freu- dian conclusion that sex is import ant but that marriage is slow oi attainment. Therefore, as l read the report of his address before the American Social Hygiene Asso- citation, he would abolish chastity altogether. He does not say that he would make it a crime to be chaste, but he supports premarital sexual relations. I saw nothing Tn the newspaper reports of his speech as to how he would handle the babies born of unwed mothers CT of the fierce involvements of unwed fathers. The world is wit messing that spectacle in the pulp licized ordeal of Ingrid Bergman. Il
 Professors often evolve plans that's flout thousands of years of human experience. So Professor Murdock would take marriage out of moral ity, as my correspondent would take murder out of morality, as Dean Acheson would take perjury out of morality. :.
 It's getting to be queer world
 
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HIRING HALL IS
 DEBATED AGAIN
CBv Associated Press)

The CIO Executive Board is conA sidering an immediate appeal to Congress to legalize the Maritime Unions hiring hall system. Yes terday the Supreme Court in effect ruled that it is a violation O. the Taft Hartley law to use such halls through which union members get preference in jobs.
 Democratic Senator James Mur- ray of Montana claimed that the hiring hall had proved itself a good thing for the maritime industry, and that it's abandonment would pro yoke labor trouble.
 Murray promised that a labor subcommittee he heads will give the hiring hall problem immediate at tention.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
More Than Talk Needed
Seattle Times

(SeattIe TlrneS)
 More talk of increasing American naval strength in the Pacific An aircraft carrier and six destroyers may he transferred from Atlantic to Pacific waters Even so the two fleets would be far out Of balance as perhaps they should be- But the Pacific IS mighty bo nond When all the talk turns into action, the West Coast will feel secure.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
AN ORGANIZATION TO BE PROUD OF

Juneau has many fine civic organizations of which it is justly proud Some draw most of the publicity; others just quietly go along from week to week, mod
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15
20 YEARS AGO FHE FIT EMPIRE
FEBRUARY 15, 193O


 Mrs children Eleanor returning were Willis Company Novel;
 meeting of William in
 
 following President John Spckett reported large Whist prizes to sinpkins Mrs Keeny and Thomas Dull An Juneau Amusement nd the direction H. M Gart completed arrangements A. roller skating potato rollers on the features
 
  Arizona Withe her mother sought the marriage saying Loretta too young to we'd Bavard games of bowling Consistently bowling of his high place with Cleveland running close second Bavard average The fishing boat Wilson, Capt. Inlet to learn that district week Scarcely received at Cold Storage to date entertained of 40 people Church. valentine Prizes were awarded Rhodes ma headed the committee Word was of William J Neimi of Nemi of Anchorage, in Cherokee Iowa, Miss ernice Kngsby 1927 of Fairbanks Exploration Company
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. l0 SECOND and FOURTH a ::::: : ::::: ]: :: ;: 5: $: :::: :::: ]: Worshipful Master;
 JAMES w. LEVERS, Secretary
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

How to reduce greatly the intensity of your long ing to be rich School yourself to the realization that you wouldn't get any fun out of it than do rich people you know
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

Instead of recognizing Red China, it might be better to unrecognize Red Russia. (Belingham Herald.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

children Eddie and Eleanor, m the Alaska Seattle Also aboard were Willis E. Novel; Steamship Company and Novel;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

Food Sale, Feb. F, 10 am. Sears Order Office. By Beta Sigma Phi.
 428-2t
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MUSICIANS UNION Meeting Thursday night at AF of L Hall adv.
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Weather: High, 26; low, 25; cloudy.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

Palace their Great Le Loretta Young had elopd Arizona with mother sought the marriage Loretta young to we'd
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-15

An organization to be known as the Juneau Amusement ,nde the direction H Reed and Mrs. M Gartley had for B. Hall roller skating ,vmnasn the opening day, potato race on rollers ,ne of the features.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

The school children huddled in
little groups at George Washing
ton Cemetery yesterday.
Four Prince Georges County
schools had dismissed 200 pupils
to attend the funeral of Alfred
w. Scheuch, a county school bus
driver, one of their warmest and
closest friends.
Mr.. Scheuch, who was Sc. died
Monday at Prince Georges County
Hospital. He had carried thou
sands of students to and from
Prince Georges County schools
for the last 81 years. Each day
he had made two trips to and
from Mount Rainier High and
Brentwood, Mount Rainier and
Ager Road Elementary Schools.
Drove 3 Generations.
After Mr.. Scheuchs burial. one
of his first pupils" whispered to
a friend: He carried three gen.
erations of my family. My grand
child is in school now"
Mr.. Scheuch was more than just
a cheerful man to the children he
Evening star., 1950-06-09
School Children Pay Respects
/ As Friendly Busmon Is Buried

picked up each school day. On
Sunday he would be on hand to
drive the kids to Sunday school
and later in the afternoon to a
picnic ground. He bought the gas
himself.
Many parents were at the ceme-
terry yesterday. Often he had
taken them in the old school bus
to community. civic and religious
gatherings. He was so prompt
about picking up the children that
the neighbors could set their
clocks by him"
Suffered Heart Attack Monday.
Mr.. Scheuch suffered a heart
attack at 2:30 pm. Monday at
his Hyattsville home on Riggs
road. He died in the hospital Is
minutes later.
He attended the Church of the
Brethren in Univerity Park. Nd.
where the services were held yes
terday.
Mr.. Scheuch was born in Chill
lum, Md, but had lived in Hyatts-
vile since he was Z. Besides his
school bus duties he worked as
caretaker for the WRC and
VOL transmitting stations on
Ager road. Also he had done part
time work at the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission.
His hobby was raising pigeons
and he belonged to the Greater
Washington Race and Pigeon
Club.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
Marvie E. Scheuch: three sons,
Alfred, jr., and Mark of Washing
ton, and James L. Scheuch of
Berwyn, and a brother, Herman,
of washington,
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Annapolis Taxpayer Suit
Seeks Annexation Speedup
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, June "a friend
Iy taxpayers suit asking a court
order making annexation "effec-
tive forthwith" was filed yester-
day.
Suburban areas voted to become
part of Annapolis at referendum
May %. Under recommendations
of an annexation commission, the
City Council then passed an ordi-
nance putting annexation into ef-
feet next January /.
The suit to speed UP the ef-
fective date, arranged by the city,
was filed by William B. Clatanoff
in Anne Arundel County Circuit
Court.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

One of the two statues of George
Washington in the Capitol Ro-
tunda is scheduled to be given to
the Smithsonian Institution.
The Senate has passed and sent
to the House a resolution trans
ferring a plaster cast copy OF the
famous marble statue made by the
French sculptor Jean Antoine
Houdon. The original is in the
State House at Richmond.
Remaining in the Capitol Ro-
tunda is a bronze copy of the
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Dr.. Edward A. Birqe,
President Emeritus oi
Wisconsin u, Dies
BY the Assoeiefed Press

MADISON, Wis, June 9.-Dr
Edward A. Birge, president emeri-
tus of the University of Wisconsin
since 1925, died today.
A member of the Wisconsin
faculty for IS years. he would
have been 80 years old in Sep
tember.
Twenty-Five years ago DR.. Birge
retired" but he continued to work
at his Office to do scientific re-
search and writing.
He joined the faculty in 1875
as an instructor in natural science
He was named president in 1918
serving for seven years. He also
served as acting president from
1900 to 1902.
Spry, alert and sharp-witted
DR.. Birge was the Nations Oldest
doctor of philosophy and recog-
nized authority on linology, the
science of lakes. He had held the
Ph. D. degree since 1873.
He was born in Troy. N. Y,
September Z, 1851. In 1880 he
married Anna Grant, who died In
1919.
At the age of 8S, $50 can read
my own research papers better -
he learned to operate typewriter.
He was almost completely deaf
in his last 20 years.
In 1948 he was honored for
being one of $50 Americans whose
names had appeared in every edi-
ton of who's Who" since 1898,
Honorary degrees were con-
ferred on him by the Western
University of Pennsylvania and
Williams in 1908, Wisconsin 1915,
Missouri 1919 and Rensselaer,
Polytechnic Institution in 1925.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
lndio's Minerals

NEW DELHI.-India's annual
output Of minerals is valued q,
over Silt million: only IS pei
cent of the territory has been
geologically surveyed. About $780,
600 square miles must be surveyed
in detail.
Evening star., 1950-06-09
Icopitoi to Lose Copy Of Washington Statue

Houdon statue of the first presi-
dent. Ofncials figured that with
more new statues arriving. one
CODY of the statue was sufficient.
Evening star., 1950-06-09

Amber is a fossil resin coming
from coniferouS trees now extinct
Evening star., 1950-11-19

The next day she told her father
that Leggett was postponing his
enlistment until December.
One person not delighted by
this news was Howie Keller.
Don't get the idea I'm jealous,
he snarled to Jug. "But who is
this lout anyway? Where'd he
come from?"
"Who cares?" said Jug. admit
it, Howie - have you ever seen
passes like those?" He chuckled.
"And, you know Il think he
really believes he figures them out
the way he says - all those equa-
tions and stuff" He shook his
head. Hes a genius, that's all"
"How do you know he's eligi-
ble?" Howie demanded.
Il checked at the registrars
Office" Jug said. "He's gone to
two colleges. Wesleyan four years,
Harvard three. He never played
either place."
"You mean they couldn't use
passer like that?" Howie said skep-
tically. Whore you kidding?"
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Evening star., 1950-11-19

had a dreamy, far-away quality.
"And if you're anywhere near the
ball, Howie, catch it."
This time the ball travelled
forty-fve yards. Howie, unoo-
operative to the last, didn't even
look back. But at Jugs infuriated
below, his arms shot out as if by
reflex - and the ball settled into
his hands as lightly as a butterfly,
and he didn't even break his stride.
For a moment jug was silent,
trying to grasp the implications of
what he had seen. Then he said to
Leggett, you and have got
to have a little talk"
Tomorrow. if it's convenient,
Leggett answered politely. I'm
going into the Army Friday"
The thought of finding the most
stupendous passer in history only
to lose him before he could throw
a pass that counted plunged Jug
into a state of shock. When he
came out of it, he appealed to
Susie. Surely she could put it up
to Leggett on logical grounds that
the Army's striking power would
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SUSIE FOUND A FOOTBALL GENIUS
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not be impaired if he delayed his
enlistment till December - after
the Notre Dame game. Jug was a
good friend of Frank Leahy, the
Notre Dame coach, any day but
the Saturday when their two
teams met.
''FoR some reason l don't un-
derstand," Susie said. "he'sexempt
from the draft. He feels he should
enlist for ethical reasons"
Jug nodded. do you suppose"
he said, "he really believes he fig
ures those passes out the way he
says?"
II don't know" Susie's blue
eyes were puzzled. He says he
hates mathematics. He was read
ing me a paper he wrote - for a
philosophy course. 1t was called
Some Fallacies In Emmanuel
Kant's Refutation OF The Onto
logical Proof Of The Existence Of
God.
well. anyhow" jug said. "if
you can do anything - "
II wonder if I could" Susie's
blue eyes were now thoughtful. :.