The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 16, 1940, Page 4

- 4 Daily Alaska Fmpire Pllb]lsh&fl'flw evening except Sunday by the PIRE PRINTING COMPANY Streets, Juneau, Ala: has been on a downward trend. Deaths from all causes in the United States each year have been reduced to less than two-thirds the rate at the be- ginning of the century. President For the most part, Germany's worsened health Manager | record is attributabe to the deliberate malnutrition of the people during the years of preparation for the present war, while the Nazi regime was prac- ticing self-sufficiency and accumulating war stocks of foods, But the greater frequency of disease is traceable also to the perversion of professional talent to war objectives. The men in the laboratories have been told to devote their time to important things like death-dealing gases and high explosives. While German arms conquer the world, German stomachs and hearts are being conquered by the attrition of nationwide bad health Second and Main HELEN TROY BENDER = R. L. 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Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3% CARELESS FLYING e 1 Lo R MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Associated Press s exclusively ent'tled to the use for | % che oo republication of &ll news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- Wolls schofvied atr. transport Ui wise creditad In this paper and ulso the local news published | States has now completed its 16th consecutive month foon 5l 8 < . — |without fatality to passenger or crew member, the e b B | el accidents In non-scheduled flying during a Jves, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, jpormd of about nine months, in addition to 733 acci- Seatile, Chicago, New York and Bost |dents of a less serious character. The most re- lington, 1011 | grettable.feature of this record is the extent of reck- lessness in the air which it reveals. Thus it found that 14 of the fatal crash due to stunting, chiefly by inexperienced pilots, altitudes “far below the 1500-foot minimum set in | the regulations.” Two pilots were killed flying their |planes into hillsides while taking part in “aerial lcm'ulr‘ hunts.” Three died trying to push through adverse weather conditions without proper training | or equipment and in spite of warnings. Stalled turns, | mishandled landings and other mistakes due to lack | of skill accounted for many of the fatalities. Of the }m cases reported on, poor technique was found to | have been involved in 245 accidents, errors of judg- | ment in 99, carcessness in 89 and disobedience in in SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE G! American Bank Buflding, six ELWO0OI BIG DAY Well over half the accidents, therefore, were o NS | directly due to pilot errors. Real progress in private Once in a lifetime, to an individual or a cnm-j“yihrz cannot be expected until the man who takes munity, comes a supreme moment when the world|to the air has more respect for its hazards as well salutes and the skies drip tribute. |as its advantages. Tomorrow that day comes to Elwood, Indiana Most people never heard of this Madison County town prior to the Republican convention which nom- inated an Elwoodian for the Presidency of the United | States. It is known chiefly Wendell L. Willkie'’s birthplace and home as a youth Our First Synthetic Tires (New York Times) Some 600,000 tons of natural rubber must be | transported annually from the Dutch East Indies half 4 |around the world to meet the American demand for Now the candidate is to be motified of his can-| ;a0 *gyershoes, doormats, insulating materials, ten- didacy. Willkie supporters will flock to the suddenly | s halls and thirty thousand other objects. What famous town. Roads from everywhere will be crowd- it the Dutch East Indies were blockaded? In the now as ed with partisans and the curious on their trek to Mecca. Visiting cars will find 350 acres of parking space ready . Thousands of unreserved seats—all in the shade—will be waiting. Food from health-inspected stands; pure drinking water; all sanitary arrange- ments approved by the State Health Commissioner; band concerts—everything Willkieite could wish. It's Elwood’s big day. That portion of the popu- lation not in WPA-bnilt Callaway Park to witnes the notification ceremony will be listening in at home. It's nice for Elwood to be getting this at- tention, because after November nobody will re- member it—for anything, HAPPENI WHAT N GERMANY? National health reports provide a grim footnote to the Nazi strugele for world power. Public health evidently has been only a <ccondary consideration in Germany under the Hitler regime, and the fact is borne out in the civilian death rate and prevalence of disease. Deaths from diphtheria provide an accurate in- dex to the circumstances. In the cities of the Uniled States, diphtheria deaths decreased from 9.2 to 15 per 100,000 of population during the period between 1928 and 1936. In English cities, the rate was re- duced from 9.3 to 86. But in German eities, diph- theria fatalities increased from 8.4 to a rate of 11.5. In the same period, German cases of scarlet fever increased 37,000; instances of dysentery trebled in number. And industrial accidents, a side issue perhaps but one which tends to reflect health con- ditions, increased in number 435,000 during a two- year period us Germany prepared for war. Germany’s peacetime national death rate climbed recently at the rate of 80,000 a year, in contrast to light of this possibility, by no means remote, the in- troduction by the B. F. Goodrich Company of the first American tires made partly of synthetic rub- ber assumes importance, | Striking as the achievement is, we have still far to go before we are as self-sufficient in the matter |of synthetic rubber as are the Germans. At the outbreak of the war fully one-third of German auto- | mobile tires were made of the much advertised “Buna,” a verbal hybrid created by combining the 1” in butadiene and the “na” in natrium or soda The Goodrich rubber is also butadiene, though made by a process which differs in some essentials from that developed, by the Germans. Last year we sold {only about 1,700 tons of synthetic rubber of various | compositions. Fully a quarter of a billion dollars | would have to be spent on new plants before we |could dispense with natural rubber entirely. Even |the Germans have not gone so far. Scrap rubber is one of their mainstays, as it is one of ours. Tires of synthetic rubber were made even before the last World War. After years of research the Ger- mans succeeded in making for the Kaiser a set which must have cost a small fortune. They had a life of lonly a thousand miles, Butadiene tires of today are | tougher and more durable than tires of natural rub- ibor. but also about 30 percent more expensive. With | natural rubber selling at about 20 cents a pound and | butadiene rubber at 60, it is clear that if the factory is to compete with the Far Eastern plantation it {must be on a utility basis, If they had to meet severe competition the planters of the East could | probably sell rubber at seven or ten cents a pound, |and still make money. For the moment it looks as if we would use synthetic rubber only for articles which must withstand severe wear, acids, gasoline, light and heat and for which a high price is justi- fied, Still, it is something that American chemists have made it possible not only to produce a syn- thetic rubber on a wholesale scale, if need be, but to prevent the Eastern rubber monopoly from forc- ing up the price of the natural product to more AUGUST SUN | MON | TUE 1940 Pass of the flight. previously | pany, the future }Tfi{fipv BIRTHDAY THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, AUG. 16, 1940. - o < 20 YEARS AG | om0 s ) 0 from i i THE EMPIRE AUGUST 16, 1920 ing high over Juneau, Capt. St. Clair Street, Commander of the planes making the New York-to-Nome flight, brought up the rear guard The other three planes had passed over several hours According to F. J. Wettrick, attorney for the Deep Sea Salvage Com- operations of the company in raising the Princess Sophia, were to be governed by an answer that was expected from officials of the company at Seattle who had been advised of conditions there. Mary Kashevaroff, Miss Nadja Kashevaroff and Miss Mary 5 Miss AUGUST 16 . i 2 Howard Mills | Monagle, the three applicants for teacher's certificates, who took exam- Mrs. C. J. Bailey |inations, passed them successfully, according to Mrs. James Drake, L. E. Shockley Secretary to the Commissioner of Education, Stella Graham Martha L. Hopkins F. D. Rider W. W. Castleman Everett Leonhard <8 | g% __# [tineau Hotel. | | HOROSCOPE l “The stars incling | Ray G. Day. but do not (‘Omptz[" | nere accompanied —— SATURDAY, AUGUUST 17 Adverse aspects again rule today. Labor comes under an influence, that hampers a line of busines: - There may be 1€2S0NS O T00KING ' e oemm ommoamso e omnomomm om0 forward with re- garding the and subversive influences. Heart and Home: Vagaries weather may affect the nerves. Wo- men should devote much time to preparation and conservation appprehension of | Weather: Highest, 54; | YOUEEET——— A of amount.” Say, “We HAVE ONLY a small amount.” for several years machinist-operator on The Empire, [xon on the City of Seattle on a vacation. H. A. Berty, of Taku Harbor, was in town and registered at the Gas- 8. S. Jacobs, broker with headquarters in Juneau, left on the Este- beth for Haines on a business trip. C. B. Bohm, keeper of the Sentinel Island light in Lynn Canal, was by his daughter, Flora Bohm | C. A. Shonacker, traveler for a wholesale paper company, left on the | city of Seattle for Ketchikan lowest, 45; partly cloudy. e e spread of desbructn‘e“ Daily Lessons m Enghsh [\’)\'; L. GORDON - . 830 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We only have a small ONLY should be food for the coming winter. It is| ,a0eq directly before the word or phrase it qualifies. wise to see that the autumn shop- ping and sewing are finished early Increase in the cost of woolen garments is forecast. Leather goods also will rise in price. Girls should pay attention to domestic training and practical interests. Business Affairs: Despite syllables, and not a firearm). SYNONYMS: great production of American fac-| ADVENTITIOUS; r tories and the demand for skilled| jatiral voluntary workers there may be industrial difficulties in widely separated @-u-..-».r.-.-...,-"_».‘v-(»-‘.-»—.r-.-»--v-..-a.«....-‘.-',..-. places. Business in general will con- [”/ tinue to be lively. New channels MODERN ETIOUETTE & | of trade will benefit the United ROBERTA LEE | States. Certain exports will in- _._,..‘._,..u_.-.......‘..fl—--—.,..‘._u-n-«-_'.-«-«_«-.-..-'.:. crease. In the coming winter Eu- i ropean arts and handicrafts will Q. When a man is introduced to a girl in the office, should she shake contribute to the development of hands? American wares. | A. Not unless he offers his hand first; then it would be embar- National Issues: Patriotism Willl pgiing 1o refuse. Otherwise, merely say, “How do you do?” Agsymie supreme imporiatios. :Secret Q. Is it good manners to wipe the silver on a napkin, before eating and subversive organizations are to Bl il cause legislation which is intended| It & public place? ni A to prevent traito from operating A. No. If the silver isn't clean, one should call the waiter's in numerous guises, The greatest attention to it, without attracting the attention of others. What are a few things that a very stout woman should avoid Q of democracies is to command loy- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Governor. OFTEN MISS] WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours the increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: Pronounce guv-er-ner, three guv-ner. PELLED: Breach (an opening). Breech (rear part of Management, direction, guidance, control, care. " Let us 10t inherent; accidental; casual. ‘Deformity is either or adventitious.”—Fuller. alty with new emphasis as the youth| when selecting gowns? of the nation mobilizes for de-| ' A, She should avoid brightly colored or checked patterns, also short | fense. Politics engages atwmm;]. | waists and tight sleeves. the International Affairs: As maps of Europe, Asia and even' @remcemoemcesoemo Africa are redrawn the United| | States will form strong tles’ with| LO OK other freedom-loving peoples.| Growth in power will increase na- | tional respongbilities demanding gifted leaders. Experience in state- craft will be recognized by voters. In the coming winter Party lines will pale beside those needs re- quiring great wisdom and fore- sight. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of suc- cess and gain through hard work. I What was In what d bl and LEARN ?s,” C. GORDON | s s - w3 What is the superstitution regarding the amethyst? In what opera by Wagner does a swan appear? What is a sepoy? the name of the rebellious son of King David? irection does the Panama Canal run? ANSWERS: 1. That it dispels sleep, prevents intoxication, sharpens the intel- lect, and brings victory to soldiers. A native of India employed as a soldier by a European power. Unexpected experiences in’ iptib- 2. “Lohengrin.” lic service are indicated for young 3. men. 4. Absolom. Children born on this day may Northwest | & be of complex interests and sfrong character. Many of these Leo na- tives may be moody at times, but exceedingly talented. (Copyright. 1940) today Sailing Mount McKinley. the fact that the death rate in most other nationsthan 30 or 40 cents a pound. WSShinqlon Merry- Go-Round (Continued rrom rage One) P ment of political OLD MAN'S out regarding the ence show that ev is due Cordell Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Knox. In fact, the opinion inside the Administration has been unan- imous. However, the has been loathe Privately he has been one of the strongest believers in helping Great Britain, ‘but in the last few weeks he seems to have stood absolutely Department, did a President himself, to move. tions, one of thel dates” over United States faced its greatest mo- Presidential elections. Inside details gradually leaking Hull. ably, “The Old Man,” as he is called by the younger men of the State His patience, tolerance and tact won out over many minute proposal by the Colombian delegate, Luis Lopez de Mess, re- | garding Western Hemisphere “man- | British, delegate, for whom the meeting was called, did not appear. Finally, just before 11 p. m. he arrived. Secretary Hull still waited patiently. No sooner did Senor Lo- pez put his head in the door than he said: “On behalf of my government, I withdraw the proposal which I made today.” Cordell Hull had won out—just by waiting. indecision, the SUCCESS Havana Confer- en greater credit Unquestion- magnificent job. SOUTH . AMERICAN POLAND Biggest undercover crisis in the conference took place at a private session .of the subcommittee on Western Hemisphere possession. Ar- | gentina was opposing the U. S. plan difficult situa- m being a last- French and George Skinner, to be the Poland of South Amer- L Montgomery, Ala. ica.” NOTE — Most important victory for Mr. Hull was a flat permission for the United States to intervene to take over French and British is- MARIANNE SKINNER i SOUTH TO SCHOOL attend Huntington Empire classifieds biing results. and southeast. PAINT MAN HERE Dell Fett, General Paint repre- on the steamer|sentative, returning from a trip to , Miss Marianne| the Interior and Westward, came Skinner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.|in on the McKinley this afternoon o] and is at the Baranof Hotel, plan- is enroute . where she will| ning to contact his Juneau trade for the next few days. P PO oy Subscribe for The Empire. College. lands, if necessary. This does not| require consultation with other countries, nor does the Act of Ha- vana require ratification by differ- ent Congresses. The most vital part reads: “Should the need for emergency action be so urgent that action by the committee cannot be awaited, any of the American Re- publics shall have the right to act in the manner which its own de- fense or that of the continent re- quires.” Held Without Bail in Slaying still - Eighteen months ago he took the lead in warning the Senate Military Affairs Committee that this coun- Just as it looked as if the sub- committee had about agreed on the | administration of these possessions, I Dutch possessions in the Americas. | to take over British and French islands, if it-leoked as if they might fall into Nazi hands. This brought forth a long and im- WHO IS THE MAN? Curiosity continues regarding whom the President was talking about in his Chicago speech when Senor Lopez, who once studied at try’s frontier was on the Rhine— passioned plea from Mr. Hull for or words to that effect. He got a |ihe University of Paris, delivered a | American unity. He pointed out how] of criticism from the isola-|long speech, quoting liberally from |that a new Ny‘m,,m of pillage and tionists, but the reaction in the|his Paris professors and proposing [ murder had arisen in Europe, set- a new means of dealing with Allied possession in the Americas, Other delegates objected to his plan, but he remained obdurate. Time passed, no progress was pos- sible, and finally Secretary Hull adjourned the meeting until 10 p. m. That night the delegates were |the guests of the Foreign Minister of Cuba. Secretary Hull wore white tie and tails. But he left the din- ner early, doffed his evening dress and turned up promptly at 10 p. m. for the subcommittee meeting. But aside from the interpreter, he was the only delegate there. So he sat down to wait, About 10:20 p, m. the Ecuadorean delegate arrived. obviously in high spirits after the dinner. He joined Mr. Hull who still solemnly waited. Then at 10:30 came the Argentine Brazilian country now indicates that they con- sider him right. Twelve months ago he began sell- ing airplanes to England and France, again despite Senate criticism. And again the vast majority of the coun- try now agrees with him. And last summer he warned Con- gress that war was going to break in September and that the Neu- trality Act should be changed then. Congress ignored the advice, but again the President was right. Now, however, Roosevelt has marked time for several wecks re- garding destroyers for Great Bri- tain. No reason is given by those closest to him, but the accepted ex- planation boils down to the simple fact that it is an election year. NOTE: Last summer word from Berlin quoted the Hitler entourage ting the world back 800 years. Whether the Americas liked it or not, he zaid, they had to cope with it, ‘They could not merely say they expected to remain neutral. Poland and Norway, Mr. Hull continued, had said they wanted to remain neutral. So also had Hol- land and Belgium. And because they had tried to be neutral, they were dragged down one by one. If they had stuck together, he said, these countries would be in a far different position today. S0, he concluded, this is what the | Western Hemisphere faces and the | countries of the Americas can eith- |er stand together and survive, or |stand separately and fall. It was a most eloguent plea, and made a profound impression. But immediately after he had finished, the e delegate rose and said: “But my country does not want llnd for Whitehorse, F. J. Friedle, he said everyone had been coop- erating in the National Defense program except one man. The White House has now let it be known that this was not meant ‘o be Henry Ford, who had just turned down a big order for Brit- ish motors. However, no other word has leaked out as to whom the President was referring. So newsmen expect to ask him when he returns from Hyde Park. ELECTRA GOES NORTH TODAY A PAA Electra came down from Fairbanks this morning and re- turned with nine passengers ‘from | hgre, one for Whitehorse. Those going north were Clyde Smith, J. 8. Truitt, Mrs. M. Quirk, Miss M. Quirk, W. Langer, D, Ras- mussen, W. Johnson, O. J. Weibe, ding trial. enyon, who served six years for manslaj Hugh Barry Kenyon, 20, is shown (right) as he entered court in New London, Conn., for arraignment on charge he killed his sweetheart, Rita Wheaton, because she refused to marry him. He was held without bail is mother, Mabel Crandall ter in the fatal shootine of Dr. Herbert Tetlow in 1920. ? At the arraignment was | | Drs. Kaser and Freeburger DENTISTS Blr agren Building PHONE 56 Dr. A. W. Stewart DENTIST Hours 5 am. to 6 pm, SEWARD BUILDING Office Phone 469 Dr. Judson Whittier CHIROPRACTOR Drugless Physician Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. PHONE 667 r—— Dr. John H. 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