The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 23, 1940, Page 4

v v.5 = 1 L | envisage the same heaven. And believing this, it follows that we call down God’s blessing on British arms, and wish her well. Daily Alaska Empire Publ very evening exeept Sunday by the : MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY The last few days have developed news which Second and Main Streets, Jun Alaska, indicates that the heroism of an old-time England is HELEN TROY BENDER -~ - - - - _ President R. L. BERNARD - - Vice-President and Business M alive again. If that proves to be really true, then in sincerity we can say that the second greatest | renaissance of all time has occurred in the second | greatest nation of all time, iters4 In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class ‘4 RESERVOIR OF OFFICERS { Often berated by pacifists as an agency to make |the United States a militaristic state, the Reserve | Officers Training Corps emerges now as an impor- SUBSCRIPTION RATFS: Delivered by carrler in Jun Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following rate: g O yeur i uivanos, 113005 six months I advance, 36.08; | tant ingredlent in national defense. It long since Subocribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notity has been shown that such criticism of the school ;"'m"““:";!V"""L“‘;flf“ ny fallure or jrreqularity in the de- | piitary training program was unjustified Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 37a. Instead of instilling a warring spirit in Ameri- = MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS can youth, the R.O.T.C. program has touched the A Rews it s chon titled o the Use.f9r |lives of upward of a million young men without wise credited in this paper and also cal news published appreciable effect upon their eagerness for war. But, e A PR AL A . | meanwhile, it has relieved one phase of our unpre- ALASEA Iy ION A A acaEion C® | paredness for any confligt which our national inter- e S0 o, MG e Sy, | 0 iRy demand. Our reserve of officers numbered pves, with of! n San Francisco, Los Aneeles, Portland, only 2900 when the United States entered the last Aeattle, Chicago, New York and Boston war—and the safety of soldiers depends greatly upon lington, 1011 the experience and skill of their officers. Now, thanks mostly to the R.O.T.C, the nation’s Gilber SEATTLE REPR American Bank Bull A i THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1940. e ) ) ) G emomm s 1 - - £ o ¢ MY ‘ JULY 23 | Donnie Crosson * Mary Ann Jones Claude Erskine Jr. C. M. Ferguson Helen Dupree | Mrs. L. H, Metzgar K. C. Talmage Otis Oliver K. M. Kitchener | Oscar Friedman ! reserve of officers includes more than 103,000 men In 1914 only 75 public high schools of the nation gave “military drill” of a kind to 8,702 students. Last year 138 public and private secondary schools and | 42 military academies administered junior R.O.T.C training to 70,441 youths. The number of students taking the training increased 20 percent during the| vear. A total of 116309 collegians are included in| the senior R.O.T.C. training at 136 colleges and uni- | versities | The annual cost of maintaining this valuable | reservoir of potential officers is ridiculously small by comparison with other defense requirements. The annual cost of the RO.T.C. is about $11,500,000, of 3 3 I $5,000,000 go for uniforms and equipment and FACING BLITZKRIEG ALONE i e f alance for the Army officers and noncommissioned men who instruct the Corps salaries of The British Empire at last is on 1is own. il i SRR R R Nonbelligerent nations are under the impression ez the empire did not bestir itself unduly in fulfillment The ’If{‘f‘rf‘ Ambition of the solemn pledges it had given in various treaties o . (Cincinnati Enquirer) and elsewhere, to Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland ibr hae baan S BbORY AHAGGH BF Peodtl yents Norway, Belgium, Holland and France. And the sad in the attitude with which a mother regards her g fact of the matter is that Britain really did not|pewborn babe. Some time back, it was customary come through 100 percent on her promises. for her to look upon the infant, if a boy, as a future r- | President; or, if a girl, as a future President’s wife. self, the patronizing manner which both her govern- It is all different now. The mother scans her and the individuals of the United Kingdom baby girl's cheeks for dimples. Breathlessly she | exhibited to the benighted peoples of other |studies the regularity of her baby son’s features. not provided, at the very|Then begins a period of grim waiting Will the in- she has given he This, combined with the ment, have lands (as every traveler, n r Jleast, with letters of introduction to the best county (fnt have beautiful, curly hair? Wil it have Hl’ron" fentlies; ‘kiiows)-ihha. Enimed tp; f07/a/i degres of |Fescant: Yoice—or one ke fte fathersh “will 3t ' 1 beeome graceful—or, again, like its father? snobbery which has produced the lamentable result i th he Britist e Nivals aithot aiil When its s turn from baby blue, will they | at the British today are very largely without allies.| o oo™ o G ivine eolor? Or, horrors, will they As the self-anointed lords of creation they forced [y o an indeterminate color or gay that won't | so many other people off the sidewalks to let them | pnotograph? 1In short, from the cradle on through pass, in the Americas, in Europe and in Asia, that|the teens (mothers don’t give up hope easily, you now in their moment of direst peril it is astonishing | know), the child of today is regarded not with how many millions of the earth’s inhabitants survey thoughts of Washington in the mother’s mind, but | with a dangerous complacency the present scene and of Hollywood. And if you would please her, don't| say, “I'll bet he’ll be President some day!” but “I'll| Now |bet he'll be a second Robert Taylor!” conclude, in a word: “They have told us how good they are! 1ot 18, ScoPRGHERY, cuks A6 Mr. Taylor, it may be noted from the Treast This s 8 ‘Dertethly. natural conclusion for anyDePertments latest Hst of ldrge’ncomes, recelved A vn R U tn i is TabiraliiE s aleo] R LIRS 8 ARIASYL el cwice sasTInge day they Exest: T . . dent's, with $34,000 left over to spend on incidentals. arong. |Claudette Colbert in the same year received more | What we Americans have o do as the probable |tnan five times the salary of President Roosevelt.| residuary legatees of freedom on this earth, is 0[S did Bing Crosby and Irene Dunne, Wallace| quit quarreling about manners and go to work on|Beery was content with a few thousand less than | the Thing in Itself. five times as much as the President. Shirley Temple | The British invented democracy and made it | had $7,000 left over after quadrupling the amount work. It was not a complete democracy, as we under- | the Chief Executive of the nation receives. In other If you, though British |Words, it's a great life—if you're photogenic, stand the term in America born, talk with a Cockney accent, you will find it difficult to become an M. P. But, by and large, it " was a free government they made and it did work.|SOn on the, nation's rearmament program suggest Also, the British gave language, that ,m,\‘__‘lhut hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, or a {nepired tongue which has flowered into the great.|General unconsulted. est literature of all time. They gave us the English common law, the basis of our jurisprudence. If the British go down, their Godlike ideas and | bad manners, all into a common grave, then indeed | America is left alone. The obvious conclusion is that we have to help Britain. ed way, what we believe way. We T The recent comments of General Hugh S. John- us our We hadn’t really been frightened at the possi- bility of German invasion until Hitler said in that interview that he wasn’t interested in the Western Hemisphere. Further evidence that Hitler doesn't believe the Bible is found in the passage that says “The meek shall inherit the earth.” She believes, in her own self-satis own democratic in our HERE'S WHY The Empire has modern equipment for economical production The Empire’s printing staff is composed of men who are craftsman in their own specialized field ‘The Empire has a com- plete and varied stock of printing papers GOOD PRINTING....... and builds respect for your business. An original print job, showing crafts- manship, reflects the policy and product of your firm. Therefore, you cannot risk the possibility of wrong impres- sions because of inferior printing. The Empire guarantees more than satis- factory printing—at a fair price! { The Daily Alaska : Empire 4 602—Phones—374 ‘The Empire’s prices are fair and service prompt— ask our customers Large or Small Jobs Handled Quickly and Efficiently S c—4 |is pleasant A. P. Seybold e e D. J Willlams, mining engineer, who had been employed at Funter Bay mine for several months, left on H 0 R 0 S c 0 P E Prince Rupert A L | Honoring the officers and men on the U The stars incline , || was a dance given by the Knights of Columbus at Parish Hall. but do not compel” ||, 2k * Weather: Highest, 53; lowest, 51; cloudy. R o i 1 WEDNESDAY, JULY 24 [ Adverse planetary influences con- | tend today with benefic sways. In the morning a feeling of depression | is overcome by logic, for philoso- | phy should be cultivated under this configuration. There is a good | sign for aviation and for new pro- jects of ambitious scope. | Heart and Home: Women are| under sinister rule of the sta today. They should dwell on what | and should deny de- tructive thoughts. Many anxieties| will disturb families as the effects| of war are felt by persons of ev: ¢ work should engage of women of all ages. may be expected regarding young while this configuration pre-| | the energies Good news | Business Affairs: Agriculturists| should ke fortunate at this time when food supplies for the coming financial relations, Americans will | continue to pour out great funds| for the aid of war victims, | National Issues: Unity of aims among citizens of the greatest of democracies will be apparent ‘in the mobilization of national strength | for the defense of liberty, The need | of men of vast experience will be recognized in the choice of Presi- dent, members of the Cabinet,| army, navy and aviation heads. The winter will be marked by the concentration of American brains| and talents for the benefit of the | nation. International Affairs: Internal troubles are forecast for Russia | where plots and counter-plots will multiply as advantage is taken of the upheaval in Europe. The death of Stalin has been prophesied py the end of this year, while Hitler’s | career will reach its end in 1941. In| a world war will be paid by the final fall of totalitarian ideas. Rev- olution is indicated within the | decade. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good | luck. Domestic affairs willbehappy.! It is well to safeguard the health. Children born on this day prob- ably will be generous, sympathetic and impressionable. They should be highly intelligent and may have talent for music. (Copyright, 1940) ““Fagin” Victim? Frances Carro Arrested for passing counterfeit' quarters, Frances Carro, 18, and her sister Rae, 19, testified in Federal: Court, New York, that they were forced by their stepfather to pmi the phony coins. Police then raided their home, arrested Michael Limi-! talo, 87, the stepfather, and seized| counterfeiting equipment and $285 in fake coira \ making sideri APPY BIRTHDAY § = garage two months visiting his aunt, Mrs T. J | Pacific Coast. | company | “His TROUSERS were torn.” by GENTS, TROUSERS by GENTLEMEN. ss and every nationality. Relief| yINDICATION; justification; defense. conduct.”—Broome. LIIE | om0 ) from THE 20 YEARS AGO JULY 23, 1920 The four army planes comprising the Alaskan Flying Squadron were minor repairs at Curtiss Field in St. Paul, preparatory to con- tinuing their attempted 9,000-mile flight from Mineola, New York, to Nome and return. A. J. Ficken, Manager of the F! where the old truck was kept Mrs. W. G. Lawrence, who left several weeks previous to visit rela- |tives in the states, returned on the Alameda. Earle Hunter, Jr., was to return on Mrs. was to arrive here on the Alameda from Seattle. Mrs. J. E. 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Today’s word: “This is no vindication of her Let us LEE i host te insist upon a guest drinking, when Q. When invited for a weck-end visit, would it be all right for a | guest to take along her dog? A. Never, unless the dog received a special invitation. | LOOK and LEARN % an A. C. GORDON 1. From what is cellophane made? 2. What Roman general left his plow to go to war? 3. Where is the pituitary gland in the human body? 4. What is a dudeen? 5. What is the largest city on the Ohio River? ANSWERS: 1. Pure wood pulp. 2. Cincinnatus. 3. At the base of the skull. 4. A short tobacco pipe. 5 Pittsburgh, Pa. any event the price of projecting| ™ N WAR'S SHADOW In three years of war with China (the anniversary was this month) Japan has overrun all of China’s coast. After France surrendered to Hitler, Japan won a diplomatic victory when Indo-China agreed to ship no more supplies to China proper. Britain has closed the Burma road, China’s last lifeline. Japanese soldiers have moved near Brit- ish Hongkong; English women and children moved away. And the fate of the Dutch East Indies is in the balance. Whatever happens, America’s furthest outpost, the Philippines, are right in the center of the Orient’s gathering storm’clouds. There is no substitute for ! winter are to be sought with the Q | knowledge that thousdnds must be | the gucst refused two or three times? saved from starvation. There is a A. Ycs. It is rude to do so after the guest has refused once. sign presaging improved conditions Q. How long 1d a hostess wait for a tardy dinner guest? | for bankers affecting international A. Fifteen minutesis long cnough, unless of course it happens to | | i | 1| Archie B. Belis | Bookkeeping Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS B~ 1gren Building PHONE 56 l Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 5 am. to 6 pm. 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