The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 13, 1940, Page 4

Fl Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond _and s. Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER President R. L. BERNAED s Entered in the Post Office s for $1.25 per month llowing rates hs, in advance, $6.00 one month. in Bubscribers con'er a favor if they will promptly notify in the de- w the Business Office of sny failure or irregularity lvery of their pepers. Telepho: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3 ATED PRESS. sively entitled to the use for credited to it or mot the local news otherwise published her " ALASEA CT THAN Y >5.()R(r! D. ClL« Inc Sves, with offlcus in_Sen Beattle, Chicasc, New York an EED TO BE LARGER R PUBLICATION. 2 TULATION GUARA: T OF ANY O N r Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, Natfonal n B SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Bullding. THINK ABOUT NATIONAL DEFENSE National Defense week, now in progress, lasts ten days. That's not a bit too long. Off and on, o since the war clouds gathered over [Europe, the American people have been giving some thought to their own nation’s state of preparedness. Now in National Defense week, between the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, we should all make a study of just what the United States needs to make it secure against the rest of the world . In Juneau the Reserve Office Association is heading up the obs ance National Defense week., This group of a dozen ts is one of three in the Territory, the of s being at Anchorage and Fairbanks less than 50 men constitute the Alaska reserve i e of national emergency; and the state of affairs the Territory is comparable to that e e United States. We haven’t an Army, a real one that could get out and fight. All we for an Army, a shell that mig force in six months or a year. of such Blitzkreigs weeks and subjected Albania, Czec age as subdued ania and Latvia without even a struggle, Twenty years ago, holding a belief that we had just shared as victors in the war that would end all wars and make democracy safe, we pro- ceeded to dismantle our defense forces. The mili- tary machine forged in the World War was con- signed to the scrap heap and the Army which rolled victorious through France was reduced to the status of a force hardly suitable for our police needs at home. In the succeeding years and as a further evi- dence of our faith that victories had insured the life of the world's democrac rge part of our Navy was scrapped. In 1922 ns supremacy was sacrificed. In the effort to se peace for the world through negotiation we sank battleships while rival maritime powets scuttled blueprints At no time in our national history was there fuller compliance with the traditional American view that the military establis ent should be wholly subordinated to the civilian—with the idea that the State Department is our first line of defense. For 12 years there was no major naval construction and in the land forces there was an accompanying lack of zeal for the maintenance of our armed forces. And while the United States, has continued to maintain a military establishment. never going high- er than 18th among the nations of the world, we must recall that in 45 cou about two-thirds of the world's land surface, there have been scenes of war, revolution and revolt in the 20 years of “peace” since the i of the World War, In the past few years there has been improve- nt in our force hip for ship and man for es, Sandbags Protect Se P o I asi;le Walks from St;):m o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, FEB. 13, 1940. Havpy "|! man our Navy is the finest in the world. Our Army, so far as it is organized, is not surpassed in the excellence of its intelligence and training. The quality of our Army and Navy air forces is the envy of the world. But this is not enough. There remains the recessity of speeding !he‘ expansion of these forces, In time of peace, even ~=—— of dubious peace as at present, we must prepare.| WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 14 Today there is small hope that there will be a | On this Saint Valentine’s Day Ve- formal declaration of war to warn us or that, as nus smiles upon the planet earth in 1917, we shall have strong allies to bear the Benefic aspects dominate strongly brunt of battle while we take 14 months to prepare It Is a rule of opportunities, auspic- to put a single Division, ready to operate as an in- |ious for meting strangers of 8ppo- strument of war, into the field. site sex, helpful not CaivAREOGNE folk but to their elders. Widows If you will study the history of the United should be fortunate under this sway. States from its very beginning you will find that Heart and Home: Under this con- never once has the Army been responsible directly |fjgyration household duties become or indirectly for bringing about any of our wars. g pleasant pastime. It is a day That is not the mission of the Army. The mission ' when mental vision reveals only the of the Army has been to restore peace to the people best traits of human nature and after they have lost it | obscures the ignoble. Under the sway The time to begin restoring the next peace Sudden romances blossom into lucky engagements. There is good luek for l %roscofie fl *“The stars incline | but do ~ot compel” is now Preparation for national defense should s il be speeded. It is a cheap precaution. A nation hc;pnxllu.e.? and entert efits of y many sorts. The theatres should well defended is a nation which can best avoid con- prof;t flict. A nation best able to care for itself 1S & Bysness Affairs: There 1§ prom- nation best able to remain aloof from the troubles jse for those who launch new ‘enter- of warring states prises today. Merchants should prof- it through expansion or changed methods. There is a sign of promise for shipbuilding and for construc- (Cincinnati Enquirer) tion of airplanes in which noyel in- ventions will be installed. Heéavy de- very important maritime neutral in the world, ‘mands for relief will be met gen- excepting the United States, has lost one or more |erously while this planetary govern- ships since the European war began. The neutrals ment prevails. in Europe are finding the war waged by their neigh- National Issues: Public institu- bors nearly as costly as if they themselves took part |tions will come under investigation hostilities. as the system of treating criminals Italy's tax burden is almost identical with that is assailed by reformers critical of of the belligerents. i ry. Denmark must either give up the valuable |With lawbreakers. Sweeping im- British market or else accept British convoy for her Provements in the care of those who ships and thereby invite punishment from Germany. |are unfortunate will be advocated Sweden soon will have to choose between openly | International Affairs: After tem- helping Finland and the equally unpleasant prospect |Porary eclipse the League of .Na- common frontier with Soviet Russia. tlons 15 Agaliue co_mmand attention. Various Balkan states are similarly on the spot, | Peace gestures will be many, but Italy is faring better than most, courted from both |the stars warn of treachery and sides and somewhat less adversely affected economi- |COUnsel almost sagacity as diplomats by trade disruptions. But the Itailans are pre- |CONfer and statesmen outline plans g swiftly for war, conscious of the many ways ¢ oend WML Extreme sufferipg is \ she may be drawn in, p_rognos_ucm,ed for soldiers, Casualty s is the product of a curious war which is i i st;v errorts_ fo ‘eng the ght by blockade instead of by infantry Et“'_"f’e“ “i’"’vm]“ gh‘gfse . Mce In their effort to break the German economy, 2 ax)\a‘mon o I RC, VAT e not only closing the sea approaches 'T( racns Whose, birtiaiess &F S have but also are attempting to force all 1\ 8USUFY of a year of advance- | states bordering on Germany to refuse to sell mERG SEtReod fortuiec HEERRNcled Neutrals on the Spot of 4 ials to her. Germany in turn is using Children born on this day will every device possible to expand her commerce be luck: hi - througt Danube Valley, Scandinavia, the Low AL S marriages are indicated for these subjects of Aquarius and Saint Val- entine. and Italy. the war remains one of rival blockades, it seems inevitable that the pressure on neutral Zoe il e states w increase. Most of them will be fortunate indeed are not compelled to choose between NG L SRR | [ m o AR | Tragedy in Spain | AT REPUB”(AN‘ | (New York Times) | though ten months have passed since the civil war ended. The Vatican Secretariat of State this week| laced the number of political prisoners in Spanish c M and centration camps at 500,000 men and l'lme Ommem ad women. This is staggering number for a country one-sixth as populous as the United States. We can visualize it better, perhaps, if we imagine three million political prisoners here. The Spaniards have endured such miseries in the last four years that we can hardly expect them easto Percy’s Territorial Group Meeting (Continued irom Page ©One) to know the meaning of forgiveness and reconcilia- | | tion. The most reliable estimates place Spain’s ;\md?r Ickes,” Robertson said, and death roll in the war—on the battlefronts or at!Pleaded that “no more reservations” the hands of firing squads—at 1,200,000 on both | be set aside in Alaska for Indians sides. This again, translated into comparative Am- OF for Slattery colonists from erican figures, would be the equivalent of over seven|abroad. 4 million deaths in this country. So much mourning ‘Alaska is no longer Indian coyn- and bitterness, so many shattered families and or-| !XY.” Robertson said. “It is a land phaned children, are too much for human compre-“’m"e “.]e White. man should Iigye hension. It has been a blood bath more fearful,¢dual rights—nobody but a New than any other European nation has endured in our/| Dealer would seek to create TeuE: time, even In the slaughter of the last World War, 'atons wherein different rights Outwardly, Madrid is sald to show much or‘p'g;‘tl f)"f A"‘g“““". & aens its old gayety these days. It would take more than | P :ue:(—i} if:::‘le:.:nng‘nskkr':“‘('aolxl]ct:a‘o-l wars and disasters to suppress the courage of the Dver Alakka Teabiartaon })lt*.aded “Al- individual Spaniard, especially of the younger gen- Aikane mus‘t fight the Slattery re- eration, Nevertheless, this has been a desperately ;;ort"l o hard Winter and it has provided hard problems for £ the regime that is trying to rebuild an exhausted | country. Food has been scarce and prices high; if | the middle class has been hit severely, the hard- ships of the poor are reported to be far worse. General Franco's troubles are increased by the fact| that the Falange Espanol, the driving force behind | his regime, is an anti-traditional movement that is| not willing to rebuild simply by restoring the old order. It is easy to understand why Spain has not | taken sides in the present European war. She is| too poor and too tired. Talk Plain English Robertson mentioned the state- ment of Secretary Ickes condemning Alaska objection to the Slattery ref- ugee colonization plan as “couched in incomprehensible phraseology,” shouting: “We Alaskans talk plain English. If Mr. Ickes says it is in- ccmprehensible phraseology, he is talking through his hat.” ‘Toastmaster Winn introduced four | Republican candidates to the Ter- ritorial House. They were, Mildred Hermann, Donald Foster, William Paul Jr. and JayWilliams, Everett Nowell, prime mover in the organization of the Baranof Hotel dinner party for the Juneau Republican Club apart from the Percy’s Cafe party of the Territorial Republican party, explained the dou ble dinner occasion in saying, “We do not feel we have the right lead- ership.” Vote For Americanism Ed Metzgar, who assisted Nowell |in the dinner arrangements, spoke briefly on introduction and urged a “return to Americanism” with both Democrats . and Republicans going |to the polls to display their pride in Americanism as opposed to other isms. Applause was frequent when Sec- retary Ickes' name was assailed. Smiles were evident when the “Al- bert White machine” were men- tioned. Hit of the entertainment feature of the evening was Tony Del Santo, | little grade school lad who sat in the crowded Gold Room with his big piano accordicn and did a re- raarkable fob of music. ——— ATTENTION 0. h Regular meeting of Juneay Chap- | ter No. 7, Tuesday, 8 p.m. Valen- tine card party and refreshments. (Signed) LILLIAN G. WATSON,. adv. Secretary. ———— The importation of horned cat- ie from Scotland and Ireland into England was prohibited by law in 1663. ; To prevent further damage by breakers riding high tides, sections of the beach where walks, and in some case; buildings at Los Angeles had been undermined dur- ing recent storms. The precautions were made as a new storm was predicted, workmen erected sandbag barricades along | \ Holland has lost her flower bulb |many modern methods of dealing | windfalls are indicated for women. YEARS AGO 2 Prom THE EMPHE FEBRUARY 13, 1920 Through the circumstances that| high federal officials were working the previous night in their orricesl in the upper floors of the Federal) Court House, together with the im- mediate response of firemen, was undoubtedly due the fact that the Court House this day was not in ashes. During the period of the quaran- tine only the circulating depart- ment of the Juneau Public Library was to be open to the public, it was announced. Charles W. Titus, Superintendent of the Jualin mine, arrived in Ju- nea and was at the Gastineau Hotel. Grover and William Frame, sons of John W. Frmae, were passeng- jers on the Alameda for Cordova. E. J. McKanna, former Juneau resident, who was in the automobile business in Yakima, arrived and was to be here for a few days on legal business. E. R. Brenneman, United States Marshal for the Third Division, with headquarters at Valdez, was in Ju- neau for awhile, S. Zynda was a passenger on the Estebeth bound for Sitka. Mrs. M. Haslan, who had been outside on a trip, returned and was at the Gastineau Hotel, Weather: Highest, 34; Lowest, 33; Rain. —-o—— OPPOSITION HIT - IN ADDRESS BY ' ALBERT WHITE | | | |after the primary, the Republican | ticket should stand for some self- ;government in Alaska.” i Candidates Speak Candidates for the Legislature | who spoke at the banquet were| | Theodore Danielson, Virgil Newell, | |Grant Baldwin and Sigurd J. R.| Wallstedt. | Wallstedt, apologizing for what |he termed his “first offense” in | !‘runmng for office, said: “I have been peddling the bull for the past 15 or 20 years and I lost my girlish figure doing it. Win or lose, I want | |it understood I am a White Re- i nublican and not a black one.” Elton Engstrom, Chairman of the | {Republican Central Committee in | I Alaska, read a telegram of greenng! | from Chairman John D. M. Hamil- | | ton of the Republican National com- | | mtitee, | bickering, which T expect we will do | . PBirthday The Empire extends congratula- tions and best wishes today, their birthday anniversary, to the fol- lowing: | FEBRUARY 13. Mrs. James Drake Mrs. L. E. Iversen | Harold Knight T. S. Evanson Frank Carpenter Elizabeth. Perkins Thomas Tyler - ‘I_T() OK and LEARN By A. C. Gordom & word “Catholic 2. What successful general, after two terms as President of the U. S., made a tour of the world? 3. How many carats are there in pure gold? 4. What is the name of the front teeth? 5. Which state of the Union was {named for Queen Elizabeth of Eng- land? ANSWERS Universal, or general. U. S. Grant Twenty-four, Incisors. b |gin Queen.” M ODERN | ETIQUETTE * By Roberta Lee | 85 Republicans of Official Organization Meet at Percy’s ‘Continnen rrom Fage One) Q. How should one ea: spaghetti or macaroni when it is served Ital- ian style? A. To avoid embarrassment or a |experienced in the Italian’s manner |of eating it. Q. Would another man? President Hoover to someone, what title would you use? A. Introduce him simply as “Mr. Hoover."” S . | DAILY LESSONS | { IN ENGLISH * ‘Words Often Misused: Do not say, “I wish to settle up my bill before I go.” Say, “I wish to pay (omit up) my bill.” Message From Committeeman Henry Benson, Secretary of the | | Central commitiee, read a message |from Republican National commit- | | teeman E. A. Rasmusson of Skagway | in which he warned of a “ruthless | tax program” about to be put into| |effect in Alaska by the Democrats. | Other speakers were Ed Garnick | |and Mrs. Albert White, Republi-| | can National Committeewoman. R. B. Lesher was toastmaster. Ronald Lister led community sing- ing. The musical program was furnished by Louis Anderson, pian- ist, Emmest Ehler. tenor, accompan- ied by Ernest Oberg, and Stanley Tollofson, violinist, accompanied by Jean Rulaford. Seventy were seated in Percy's dining room and 15 others dined in tem, ! . - THELP AN | ALASKAN Teiephecne 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service BARTENDER-LABORER — Age 29, married, high school graduate. Experienced as bartender in beer parlor. Also laborer, truck driver, ahd fireman, some mine experience. Willing to do anything. Call for ES 48. LSS Py () ST. VALENTINE'S DAY CANDIES ON DISPLAY; BIG STOCK AT PERCY" “Hearts turn to candy” on St Valer'ine’s Dav . and that is exactly what is happening at Percy’s | this week, for the largest stock of Valentine candies in years is on display today. Van Duyn candies, sol dexclus- ‘vely.in Juneau by Percy’s will make the ideal gift for this season's val- °ntines. , Have you purchased yours yet? et The famous Drury Lane Thea- ter in London.was opened in 1696. It was originally called the The- atre Royal. . booths outside and listened to the | |program over a public address sys- | Often Mispronounced: Indian. Pronounce in-di-an, three syllables, and not ind-yan. Often Misspelled: Hoop (a circle). Whoop (a shout.) Synonyms: Candid, frank, straight, forward, impartial. Word Study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us in- crease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | Gratuitous; given freely without claim or consideration. (Pronounce \first u as in use; accent follows first u.) “Public charities for the gratuitous relief of distress, are pe- |culiar to christianity."—Colton. ————— ’_Opera’ Rift Cause. ® . Although he is characterized as a “genius” by Edward Johnson, general manager of the Metropoli- tan Opera company, Erich Leins- dorf, 27-year-old senior conductor of the opera, has been the target of Wagnerian opera singers, in- cluding Lauritz Melchior and Kirs- ten Flagstad. Sum of the com- plaints against Leinsdorf, who succeeded to the post upon the death of Arthur ,is that he has his own ideas of the tempo in‘ which long-established arias What is the meaning of the! Virginia, named for the “Vir-| mishap, it is better to break it with | the fork, unless you are thoroughly | it be all right for a| |girl who is engaged to be married | |to accept flowers or candy from | A. Yes. It would be very rude | to refuse. Q. If you were introducing ex- Drs. Kaser and i Freeburger DENTISTS | Blomgren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 9 am. to 6 pm. SEWARD BUILDING | Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 , Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 !|" Dr. John H. Geyer DENTIST | Room 9—Valentine Bldg. PHONE 1762 Hours: 9 am. to 6 pm. | e e il -—_—-m s ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. Graduate Los Angeles College of Optometry and Opthalmology Glasses Fitted Lenses Ground B. P. O. ELKS meet every Wednescay at 8§ p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. H. C. RED- MAN, Exalted Ruler; M H. SIDES, Secretary. | MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 Secona and fourth Monday of each month o in Sccitish Rite Temple e beginning at, 7:30 paa RALPH B. MARTIN, Worshipful Master; JAMES W, LEIVERS. Secretary. GUY SMITH DRUGS PUROLA REMEDIES | PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- | FULLY COMPOUNDED Front Street Next Coliseum ! PHONE 97—Free Delivery ( "Tomorrow's Styles Today” & The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Pranklin Sts. | PHONE 136 D — e —— Juneau's Own Store | ““The Rexall Store"” Your Relixble Pharmacists [| Dr.RaeL. Carlson | Have Your Eyes Examined by ' Butier-Mauro Drug Co. ! OPTOMETRIST Blomgren Bldg.- 2nd Floor | Front Street———~Phone 636 _— | THRIFT C0-0P Phone 767 Phone GROCERIES | HARRY RACE PRUGGIST “The Squibb Stores o Alaska” —r ey FINNISH STEAM BATH Your Ailment Calling You Scientific Treatments and Baths Open every day—10 a.m. till mid- night—Dr. E. 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