The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 11, 1939, Page 4

F'l Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday br the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY {ELEN TROY MENDER _ - . i L BERNARD - - Vico-Prosident and Business Manage: !curemmt may be banished by the fact that our | government contracts all carry heavy penalty clauses !for delay and assure that the Army and Navy will get the material they want on schedule. There is every indication that the lessons of confusion, delay BSecond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, and ing of the World War period have been | i b T 4 well ied and that today the industry has its e Sedbendolisitlin house in order Chamberlain Faces Issue AtnY HERMBEY T S pish (Cleveland Plain Dealer) The frankness of Prime Minister Chamberlain’s address on Britain's war aims is in sharp contrast SURSCR! s to the cant which cluttered up the speeches of Allied 4 by carrler in s for §1.25 per month. | ciatecion from 1914 9 & b BBy I statesmen from 1914 to 1918, High-sounding phra in advance, $12.00; six months, in ndvaace, $6.00 1 only for publi¢' consumption and in no e n advancs, $1.25 way p hat the i »nde ) R A a1 e Wil ooty tiohity LR - £l W her authors intended to d s Office of any failure or Wregularity in the de the 1le Today Chamberlain tells dis« o 1 itain has in mind after the peace shones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. o vt There was much talk in the World War about MEMBIR OF ARSOCIATED PRE Allied “military might being aimed at the rulers of exclusively entitled to the use for The Asmociated Press is O -, %1l news dlspatehes credited to it or mot| Germany and not the German people, No such dis- B . b"‘!AUd in this paper and also the local news |tinction is made today and it is just as well. hlished beres “If the German people can be convinced,” says BLATSON GUABAWFRED X0 &% LARG!R Chamberlain, that the stve bullying me:x- Stdiion — 'tality which seeks continually (0. dominate other yn'.:“?;') e 2 ""Ff’fizi‘:"‘:‘;\:' peoples by force is as bad for -themselves s Ao gl g B for the rest of the world, they will abandon it.” ~ SATTIE REPRREEWTATIVEOflbert A, Wellmston, 1011 This is a recognition of the fact that there would be no Hitler regime in Germany if the Ger- | e fenin Bank Buflciw . man people did not tolerate it. And it is not only the regime, but the spirit which made that must go. This is not to say that in the years which followed the last war the Allies themselves republic. | The German people should, and will, jextend to their own imposition of repressive measures Austrians, Czechs and Pole: | No one can dispute the achievements of the | German people in art, literature and science | achievements which came to an abrupt end with | . |the institution of the anti-cultural Nazi regime. But in politics the Germans are a century behind the rest of the western world. This may be because of : against sl B 14 ithe late start in nationhood. They have been o the iy of 1 and apocryphal orders | Ukened to France and Britain after the fall of o AR 1o i following the lifting of | Napoleon. But in the process of getting their poli- tical education they cannot be permitted to upset the embargo, conflicting statements from manyline equilibrium of Europe. Apologists say the sources have b published as to the capacity | Germans are political adolescents. That is all the and production rate of our airpl and engine | nyore reason for the rest of the world to be careful manufacturing plants. Exhaustive surveys of pro-| _an adolescent with a loaded gun is not always ductive capacity, undertaken long before the out- |amenable to reason. ! break of war in Europe by the Aeronautical Chamber Chamberlain’s recognition of this situation should of Commerce of America ich represents practi- |lay the basis for a sounder peace after the conflict cally the entire in try this count have been ! It is encouraging that Allied statesmen are thinking brought up to date. Wt surveys do mnot ' Of the future with minds unfettered by hate, but at eslbih. ‘the: “intans continuity of | the same time undazzled by generalities that can management in the industry, the happy position PEVer be realized. which it shares with only a few other manufacturing N SRR 5 W industries of carrying no inventory of finished pro- German val Strategy duct, and its typieally American mass-production — thinking, they are based on more definite and more (Cincinnati Enquirer) dependable yardsticks. It was a familiar fact long before the war broke The number of square feet occupied by each Cut that Germany, unable to challenge the British employee in machine industries gives the maximum PAttie fleet, had built a navy of highly specialized 2 missions. The Reich first developed a considerable Hpooneuive of plant. The s dollars Per g,pmarine fleet, which was to raid merchant ship- employee have been e ted for this industry as pine supplying Britain with food and war materials $5,750 per annum. Wt the gross sales are divided This is in fact a counter-blockade, identical in pur- by the aver ice of plane or engine, unit output pose but different in method from the British block- can be very accurately estimated. For the present ade of Germany | month the les of plane and engine plants, not In addition, Germany built three so-called pocket including propellers and accessories, will be about battleships and a number of heavy cruisers, all de- 18,000,000, or a rate of more than $200,000,000 a signed for the dual role of policing the Baltic and year. By the s of 1940, according to ' present raiding enemy commerce on the open seas. At a ders and de ch the should later stage Germany began building large battle- e 1,000,000 a montk hips, two of which are completed. 3 After two and a half months the war is ex- ie, propeller and ; o1y DIADtA=hes hiore than $500,000,000 af pres | o ven & naval war, sad the Ditihiive is Ger L m Once the British Navy cleared the seas of ent on the books in unfilled orc ome $200,000,000 Army the 1940, Of this amount, and Navy ap- and from these TS, German shipping and established its tight blockade of the German coasts—a matter of a week or so— it assumed a wholly defensive role. Except to search represents priations for fiscal year ources more orders are to come. Domestic s out and destroy enemy U-boats and raiders, the orders are est ted at about $25,000,000. British Navy has no offensive mission thus far. en found that the sales dollar figure per emr The Germans, on the other hand, have carned the war to the British coasts and to the enemy squadrons. the main they have focused is somewhat n air airplar na In manufacture, and for m, plus a d continuing expansion o their efforts on the blockade of England, by sinking esent retooli craft lln‘!?(llu.‘x‘.mt nkfl‘fiuwd in lru;iv with England. But due to a slow-uy o vipated | O hoats and bombing planes have destroyed at least £ s eight British naval vessels, with a heavy toll of by students of the inc who can discern no jus- j;-e int tification for Government ervention to engine or propeller plants the Aercnautical Chamber subsidy o This represents only a tiny fraction of British sea power and accomplishes nothing in itself. As a matter of fact, it may be significant as an indication that Ger- estimates the sent plane output capacity of the many’s highly specialized weapons can exact a heavy American industry, on a three-shift bas 15,000 toll in the course of time, without risking ships of a year and that of engines at 16,000. r {rom corresponding value. it holds, the capacity, on a like basis, will be e 23000 planes and 36,000 engines, of which 000 nost any day now Mr, Browder may be rally- will be 1,000 ho: or more, These estimates INg American opinion against Finland an enemy do nof‘envisage larg in plant floor space | 0! World peace, an agent of British imperialism, and beyond those presently under way. They do, how-|* refuge for enemies of the Soviet Union; like that time 22 years ago when Lenin fled from Petrograd ever, take into account the freezing of production 5 into a limited number of types and models at each RN B SN e i"’r‘(‘:‘““f::‘"f‘j:“_b‘jm:“‘ "“‘“x‘\‘]‘:]‘ h".“i;“"“.‘l’l‘;fl"‘v:":; If yowve run out of everything else to worry ” about, you might try your hand at deciding whether systematic allocation and subcontracting the war between the American Federation of Labor Any fears that foreign business might and the Congress of Industrial Organizations will be aliowed to interfere 1 our own military pro- out-last the one in Europe ’ERFECT JUMP...AND PERFECT TARGET_Over a fence near Kerrville, Tex., soars an eight-point wild Virginia buck which probably by now has fallen victim to a hunter’s bullet. of the deer season in Texas brought predictions of a 45,000 kill. Deer can Jjump 11 lu‘s -nd nuh owners usually bulld ls-loot (encu to protect their fields, keep deer off. reads. it possible | were not to blame for failure to support the Weimar | have equal- ! ity among the nations of Europe. Their protest against the restrictions of Versailles was justified ! in many instances. But that justification does not But | -{ ernment Hospital THE DAILY ALASKA l:.MPIRE MONDAY DEC lls %rosco “The stars incline but do not corppel | | TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 { This is a day fortunate for women, \bm, adverse to many activities of ‘men especially to aviators. It is not | promising for the signing of agree- }menu New Year partnerships |should not be concluded under this | forbidding aspect. It is an ‘Auspic- |lous date for social affairs and wed- idings. Love affairs, especially among cotlege students olTe- |atres and places amusement |should profit. It is a good day | | for Christmas shopping. | Heart and Home: Visitors will be | | fortunate in their travels. Warm | welcomes await homecomings.* As old customs pass, stress will be plac- |ed upon American festivities and | home entertainments. Reckless gdy- eties will veil grave anxieties. Ro- | mance will dominate the young who |belong to the great drama of the future. The influence of a new age will be felt mid holiday joys. Business Affairs: Movements to sure financial security will grow in number. The idea of obtaining something for nothing will be fos- ‘tered as a result of unemployment and the unwise propaganda that ' disturbed conditions have produced. National Issues: Maladministration of an office that his distributed large amounts of public money will cause a scandal. Waste of federal fund: will be criticised as preparedness p]nm absorb vast expenditures. Li- {bel suits may be numerous as the press backs public demand for re- forms. International Affairs: India will make insistent demands troublesome to the British government. Propa- ganda distributed in the Uml:-ul States by foreig nagents will not be revealed until grave harm has been accomplished. Sabotage affecting oil storage or airplane plants may be disclosed Persons whose birthdate it is will profit through foresight that as- sures success in manufacturing and merchandising. They should over- come a temptation to be extrava- gant Children born on this day prob- |ably will be keen of mind and en- dowed with intuition, | )Copyright, 1939) - HELP AN ALASKAN Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service | | ity DRUG STORE CLERK — Male, age 21, married. Two years of pre- medics course in college. Clerked’ in drug stores all of spare time while attending high school and collége, knows the business. Has also clerk- ed in grocery store, and drives triféek Available for temporary or steady employment. Call for ES 26. e Reservations End for " Norlitemen Tonight All who wish to attend the Nor- litemen dinner tomorrow eyening at 0 o'clock in the Parlors: of the Northern Light Presbyterlan must have their reserva- They may be Church, | tions in by tonight. | made by calling 373. Guest. speaker for the occasion will be M. S| Whittier, and Christ- mas carols will be displayed on the screen, to bhe sung during.the dinner hours. The annual Christmas free will lgocd cheer offering will be re- ceived at this time and the dinner menu will be prepared by mem- bers of the World Service Circle.! e e g C L | HOSPITAL NOTES e 's. Arnie Copstead and her baby son were dismissed last night | from St. Ann’s Hospital and are at their home. Clyde Fellows, who underwent an appendectomy at St. Ann's Hos- pital, was dismissed today and | sailed south on the steamer Yu- | kon. Vincent Yakopatz and her ter, Charmaine Louise, left Ann's Hospital yesterday after- for their home. noon Admitted to St. Ann's Hospital, | Neil Olson, mine employee, is re- l:-mvmu medical care for a foot in- | jury. Mrs. Edward Lincoln, with her new baby daughter, were dismissed afternoon from §t. Ann’s at their home. | yesterday Hospital and are girl was born this\morn- A baby ling at the C rnment Hyspltul | to Mrs. Francis Obert. i 1 % | Anna Berthold was a medical admission last night at the Gov- [ After receiving medical tlmtllul. | Allen Martin was dismissed H | the Government Hospital this ternoon, - ORDEK TREES NOW YEARS AGO From THE EMPIRE DECEMBER 11, 1919. A test of the “Running Automatic Purse Seiner” was made on a full- sized working model under actual working conditions and the device was found to be a complete success. Dr. B. C. Parker, veterinary sur- geon with the Department of Agri- culture, loaned to the Territory to examine the livestock of Alaska and prevent the spread of infectious dis- eases, had completed his inspection | of the stock in Juneau and vicinity. He inspected 137 cows and 45 of them were condemned. L. Schulman, the fur man at the Goldstein Emporium, returned from Ketchikan where he had taken a $30,000 work of fur garments which were placéd on display and were for sale. | On account of the heavy tonnage | of rock being put through the Thane mill, the Enterprise foundry was | working a full force of men. | Dr. Walter A. Borland, United |,y States Commissioner at Hoonah, was | at the Gastineau Hotel. | Capt. John Zug of the Alaska Road | Commission was registered at the Zynda Hotel. S. S. Jacobs, a traveling man, left | on the City of Seattle to spend the | holidays in the States. | SR | Weather—Highest, 14; Lowest, 8. Clear. DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH * By W. L. Go l ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say, “Your photo is beautiful.” Photo colloquial. Say, “Your photograph is beautiful.” | Often Mispronounced: Forget. Pronounce the o as in of unstressed, not as in fore. Often Misspelled: Cello, though pronounced chel-o. Synonyms: Unity, union, oneness, singleness. Word Study: “Use a word three times &nd it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by ma.‘;tonng, one word each day. Today's word: Atheism; disbelief in, or denial of, the tence of a God, or Supreme | Being. “God never wrought mira- | ales convince atheism, because | | I to his “ordinary works convinee it. — Bacon, CEEP PN ke WATCHFUL THIEF 'TAKES HIS TIME “ NEW CASTLE, Dec. 11.—Damon | Catron, New Castle High School ag- ricultural teacher, went to a jewel- er's to get his watch and learned a young man had already paid the $4.50 repair bill on it. He had also | taken the watch. 1 | | | ! e Try an Empire ad. 1939 Happy PBirthday The Fr ,,.-u extends congrflula- tions and best wishes *day, 'beu' birihday anniver: to the roe lowing: DECEMBER 11. W. O. Carlson Frank Cashel Mrs, William Fromholtz Jessie E. Shelly Jimmy Connor Katherine Bavard Mrs. Thomas A. Morgan Laura King M ODER ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee Q. What should a girl do when iving at a dance, and her escort s not around when she comes out of the cloakroom? A. Stand away from the dancers until her escort appears. A girl should try to time her appearance from the cloakroom so that her es- jcort will be waiting for her. Q. Isn't it rude for a person to eat a meal with others and never enter the conversation? A. Yes, unless the person is ill or bereaved, and under those cir- | cumstances if he cannot enter into the general conversation, he should not have eaten with the others. Q. Should the bride be delayed a | by people who wish to extend their | good wishes, as she is leaving the | church?, A. No. The wedding reception is the place for this. - - |LOOK and LEARN By A. C* Gordon 1. Which city covers a greater {area than any other city in the U. 8.2 2. In what musical composition does the “Hallelujah Chorus” occur? 3. What is African Golf"? 4. For what is Valley Forge fa- mous in American history? 5. What is the highest navigable body of water in the world? NSWERS 1 Los Angele: 2. In Handel's “Messiah.” 3. ‘A crap game, played wtih dice. 4. For the suffering endured there by Washington's army during one winter in the Revolutionary War. 5. Lake Titicaca, in South Amer- e ee FREIGHTER TRAVELS Dan T. Kennedy, packer and freighter at Fairbanks and Anchor- age, was a through passenger on the Yukon, headed Outside. S e - MINER THROUGH William Estes, mining man from the Circle district, is headed Out- side on the Yukon. Dmly Crossword Puzzle ACROSS Solution of Saturday's Puzzle 11. Not hard 1. Bweet potate 17. Excess of the 4. Long narrow solar over board the lunar 8. Renown year 12 0ld_mustcal 19. Either of two 13. Horseback ansieila: nockey Hony 14. Regi 21. Having rela- 15. Children's tively little game speed 16. Short light 22. Mexlcan In- music dian dramas 18. Undraped fig- 45, Hxslamation Rk 24. Otherwise 20. Meat pie 26. Former mon- 55 Make well Aol . Make we 25. A great deal: 21. Local offices collog. 28. Serles of 26. Soapy-feeling names mineral 29. Rents 21. Entire quan- 31 Attire tity 33. Across 30. Mountan 36. Proceed nymphs 38, Accosts 32. Kind of cigar: 47. Masculine 3. Prominent 39. Tips to one nt name orsons in o slde d ndustr; . visions ol ins, - Aing et duck . Ggiring gr ing plays ed 51. Entrance English 41. Ostrich oat 52. Eternity pottery 42. Attendant on Brave man 53 Impertinence: = 5. Easy gait Cleopatra Copper coing dialetic 6. Beverage 43. Principal 40- Operatic songs §4. Welting Im- 7. High pointed 45 Faucet 43. Refuse left hill 46, Small fish after press- 55. obstinate 8. Fraught with 48, Mottled ap- ng grapes destin; earance in 44. Adherent of a DOWN 3 Branrhez of Certain 1. Still learning woods ligion 2. Wing Animal food . Insect Orden your Christmas trees, or Jackpine: See the Hx wqm Lverys - | | | r— ey Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory 2 B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M. H. SIDES, Secretary. Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blomgren Building PHONE 56 — Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am to 6 p.m. BEWARD - BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier i CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12, 1-£, 7- rowoms 2-3-4, T-iangle Bldg. MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Second and fourth Monday of each month G @ in Scottish Rite Temple A beginning at w30 p. m. CHAS. W. HAWKES- WORTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. etk s ZAL PUROLA REMEDIES Sl e, i PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- — FULLY COMPOUNDED Ne: nl'. Jnhn n. Geyer Front Stret xt Coliseum DENTIST PHONE 97—Free Delivery Room 9—Valentine Bldg. B e N PHONE 762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. DR. H. VANCE | "Tomorrow’s Styles OSTEOPATH " Today Consultation and examination free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 to 5; P 7 to 9:30 by appointment. Gastineau Hotel Annex South Franklin St. Phone 177 ROBERT stmpson, opr.p. | | | Juneau's Own Store Graduate Los Angeles College of Optoinetry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground ! L "“The Rexall Store” Your Reliuble Pharmacists Butler-Mauro The Charles W. Carter | Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 —_—m Have Your Eyes Examined by Dr. Rae L. Carlson OPTOMETRIST | Blomgren Blag. 2nd Floor | Front Street————Phone 636 — e H. S. GRAVES “The Clothing Man” HOME OF HART SCHAFFNER & MARX CLOTHING TR PR, Y THRIFT CO-0P Phone 767 Phone Groceries Gastineau Motor Service Phone 727 GENERAL AUTO REPAIRING Gas—Oil—Storage FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Sclentific Treatments and Baths Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. Malin, Prop. 142 Willoughby Ave. Phone 673 e R A s HARRY RACE DRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores of Alaska” FINE Watch and Jewelry Repairing at very reasonable rates PAUL BLOEDZORN 8. FRANKLIN STREET “The Store for Men” SABIN°S Front St—Triangle Bldg. L. C. SMITH and CORONA TYPEWRITERS Bold and Serviced by GASTINEAU CAFE J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” Juneau Melody House Music and Electric Appliances (Next Irving’s Market) Front Street Phoue 66 LUNCHEON SPECIALTIES * e e 5 9 Archie B. Belts Krafft’s PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Nt Bt e s, Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building CABKNEE I ORR--GLAN Phone 676 PHONE 62 2 —d TELEPHONE-—5I COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS CAPITAL—$50.000 SURPLUS—$100,000 29, PAID ON SAVINGS SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASEA 4 4