The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 4, 1940, Page 4

2ublished every evening excépt Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. d Doulas for 3125 per momth. the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; | one month, in advance, £1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify | the Business Office of any faflure or irregulerity in the a--\ lvery of their ous, . a P (R e E AR ) Same Mrs, fiermann we know, the one who Bgffatea" e mly AlaSka mp"'e throughout the session of the last Legislature, through nightly radio addresses, for Territorial control and who turned a recent Woman’s Club newspaper of which she was editor into a tract for Territorial liquor control and for the election of Mrs. Hermann .0 the Legislature. Can it be that, even more than the Territorial liquor control which she has contended is so righte- Mrs, Hermann wants votes for herself? Editorial (The Nome Nugget) Alaska's per capita cost of enforcement of liquor control is the lowest and its revenue from the liquor trade is among the highest, if not the highest, in the nation. It has less “boot-legging” and less en- Dpapers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Bus MEMBER DF ASGOCIA“D rllss The Assoclated Prees is exclusively entitled to the use for | republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this naper and wlso the local news published s Office, 37a. ALASKA CTRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER “ THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER FUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSS, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- | gves, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Gllbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Buiding. Saturday’s crash of a Pennsylvania Central Air- lines transport northwest of Washington constituted the first fatal smashup the commercial aviation in- dustry of the March 6, 1939. In 17 fatality-free months up to August 1, the planes had flown 1,249,594,262 passenger miles with- out injury to passenger or crew. Many additional millions of miles were added last month up to the time of the crash the last day of August. Saturday's accident at Lowettesville, Virginia, killing 25 persons, will long be remembered as the one which ended a unique record, one which it can never be hoped to equal again. Untold caution, untold checking and rechecking of equipment, untold care on the part of dispatchers and fliers, contributed to the record of which Ameri- can aviation can ever be proud. The commercial air transport industry has proved it can be safer than railroads or automobiles. It has proved its right to its growing share of the U. S. transportation business. But despite care and prudence, accidents will happen. That the accident which ended the record was so far from the one which started it is a tribute to the aipplanes and airmen of America: United States has experienced since WAR-IS-HELL DEPARTMENT A British pilot who made a forced landing near a laundry was kissed by 43 laundry girls before he escaped. One hundred censors have been added to the staff at Bermuda, the. contingent filling a whole hotel. Marshal Goering’s magazine is appearing on paper made from potato vines. The Yorkshire Observer reports an increase in nudism due to the war. ALL THINGS TO ALL WOME <9 We note with interest a letter from Mrs. Mildred | Hermann published in the Alaska Fishing News. Snys‘ the letter: | “One thing you might do is to get the idea out of people’s minds that I an: working for Territorial | control. I am not lifting a finger for Territorial control. My position is that that is a thing for the people to decide through their vote on the refer- endum, If they vote for Territorial control and I| am a member of the Legislature, I will do my best | to see that the best possible control bill is drafted and passed. If they vote against it, I will accept that vote as a mandate.” passenger | | forcement problems than a vast majority of the | States in which the trade is legalized. Examples of economic 'results i’ typical State | monopoly systems include: “Idaho, its population is estimated at 445,000. On a total volume of $3,546,000 in 1938, the net earnings of the State were approxi- mately $1.20 per capita; New Hampshire, with a volume grossing about $4,500,000 earned 90 cents per capita for a population of 465,000; Oregon’s | earnings were approximately $1.25 per capita on a population of 958,000; Utah earned $1.40 per capita |on sales grossing slightly more than $4,000,000 to a population of 507,000; Washington, regarded as the model monopoly state, on gross sales of almost $17,- 300,000 earned a net of $240 per capita on a popu- lation estimated at 1,563,000. Administrative expenditures including costs of| enforcement in these monopoly states, averaged ap- proximately $1 per capita per year. This, however, does not include interest in capital invested in stocks, storehouses, warehouses, rectifiers, bottling and labeling plants and other property, The figures for Alaska's system of private sale under Government control and regulation are strik- ing in comparison. Based on an estimated 70,000 population in 1938, the cost of enforcement was 36 cents per capita; the gross revenue was $3.67 and the ret earnings $3.31 per capita. The Territory has no capital invested and a force of four supervise and control the administra- tion and tax provisions of the law. For the life of us, we can't figure out what the Territory will gain by going into the monopoly liquor business. The Balloon Barrage (New York Times) On that fateful Sunday in September when the war began, Londoners saw their blue sky studded with hundreds of silvery sausages, floating so high that they looked like daytime stars. These were the units of the mysterious balloon barrage, the trump card the British had played up to that time in protecting their metropolis against marauding bombers. The balloons have now come into the news| with a concentrated attack upon them by German fighter planes above Dover. One German pilot said in Berlin recently that “those pesky things finish you if you happen to run into them.” That is their purpose. They float at varying heights as high as 10,000 feet from steel cables attached to mobile trucks on the ground. But it is the cables, and not the balloons supporting plane that strikes them. and ballons are spaced so irregularly that a plane attacking: the city at 200 or 300 {fpiles #n hour: ip low; or medium altitude is certain to hit one of them, from whatever direction it may come. By night the cables are a lurking terror, for a pilot cannot see them as he rushes toward them; by day they are a handicap if not a danger, for they compel a raider to climb so high that his aim is in- accurate, No doubt the balloons themselves are vul- nerable to raking machine-gun fire from above, but they can be hauled down at a speed of 1,400 feet a minute—twice the speed of the express elevators in the Empire State Building—and if one of them is destroyed a replacement can be sent up in a matter of minutes. Their mobility is not the least of their assets, for the trucks carrying them can be moved anywhere, and the enemy never knows from night to inight where he is apt to strike them. There has been no report thus far of a large- scale attack on the balloons although the furious raids now pounding England suggest that the decisive struggle is at hand, Whatever the scale and inten- sity of the air attack may be, the British have reason to believe that the balloons will be as effective in the skies as the anti-aircraft guns and the determined army of defenders on the ground. A Los Angeles theatre owner, recently returned from a tour of the Far East, reports that Malayan girls are now patterning their clothes after those of Dorothy Lamour. Sarong way from homge. Sin and style reportedly are taboo in Paris now. The Germans don’t believe in the ordinary popular This leaves us wondering whether this is the misdemeanors, them, which brings certain destruction to any raiding | Strung up at half-mile| intervals over the sprawling London area, the cables| i { | | | I H | Washinglon Merry- Go-llound = (Continued twm Page One) 4 invasion from Hitler if England failed. Only about ten of the let- ters were critical DEFENSE BLOW-UP If certain legislative and admin- gram aren't cleared up quickly, there is going to be a blow-up in and placating White House palaver ‘has kept the explosive situation un- _der cover so far, but it is very serfous. -+ Inside faet js that William Knud- * sen, who gave up a $300,000 a year ' General Motors job to become de- fense production chief. is cetting ' pestive over the delays he is en- puntering. He has made no threats ut he hu also made it clear that s he gets action he does not to continue in a position he eould be blamed for lack uction. "9hm operations man,” as he himself, Knudsen worked adlldme of production for guns, planes, armor Dplate, d_ the. m vital essentials for llns partdy wfiv e | d&—dmms have istrative snarls in the defensé nvo-| the Defense Commission that will knock a dent in the Roosevelt ad-| ministration. Some fast footwork teld that the amortization problem, which has heid up the construction of several new defense plants, would |be handled by Congress in a sep- |arate bill. But at the last minute, Treasury tax experts objected to this and insisted that the matter be “included in the excess (war profits) tax bill. | Next Knudsen was assured by Congressional leaders that the tax bill would be passed by August 17. |But first the Republicans recessed lto attend the Willkie acceptance ceremonies at Elwood; and then last week, on the verge of finally reporting out a bill, the House Ways and Means Committee got into a |brawl and the legislation was post- poned again. RFC LOAN DELAYS While this dilly-dallying was go- ing on at Capitol Hill, Knudsen was{ having other difficulties with Fed- eral Loan Administrator Jesse Jo RFC was given wide powers by Congress’several months ago to make loans to industry for defense purposes. But whn Knudsen sub- mitted a list of plant expansions | that needed financing, Jones balked. He objected on the’ground that one-third of the output of the | plants would go to fill British war orders. Knudsen pointed out that this was not impairing U. S. pres paredness, but on the contrary was | providing the country with vital productive capacity at the expense of the British, Still Jones, despite the President’s to aid factory expansion for the British. NOTE—Much of the tax delay in Congress is the result of business opposition to any real tax program, and some of Knudsen's advisers are strongly with them on that. How- ever, Knudsen personally is not. BAREFOOT BOY Six months ago there was some expectation that Justice Owen J. Roberts of the Supreme Court might be pried.loose from his marble re- treat to run for the presidency on the Republican ticket. But what is he doing now? % Latest reports describe him as wading barefoot in the soft sand and shallow pools of Brandywine Creek. Roberts has a country estate at Kimberton, near Phoenixville, Penn- sylvania, In the long summer re- cess of the Court, he spends his time there in the lelsure of a coun- try squire, : Justice -Roberts loves the feel of sand and soft mud between his toes, and takes no shoes to the Brandywine or the Octoraro. On these two creeks, he and his friend Frank B. Foster venture forth in a canoe. The creeks are seldom more than waist deep, but for safe- ty's sake, the two dignitaries post a chauffeur at the nearest bridge s0 that, in case of emergency, he may act as lifeguard. APPEASEMENT AMBASSADOR Regardless of whether Ambassa- dor Cudahy was misquoted by the policy of extending every assistance British press, there is 10 doubt ’H'AFPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER 4 Charles D. Beale Harley Turner Jr. Robert Dalton Sig Olsen Mrs, Frank Dick Daniel R. Steele Sdm Gazaloff Clyde E. Gordon — HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” — . THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER § Adverse planetary aspects rule guarding financial resources: Fore- but the un. sight should be. keen, expected is likely to happen. dents may be numerous. Heart and Home: Letters today will their strength, for the nerves may be sensitive and the judgment un- trustworthy. Inclination to overdo wives who should use their heads delay search for employment. The stars encourage a critical attitude ameng persons who have influence over human destiny. Business Affairs: a favorable date for transactions of minor importance. Unusual demands upon manufactur- ers as well as extraordinary read- This should be presaged. In days of prosperity fore- sight should prompt careful prepar- ation for future exigencies. Extreme caution should be exercised in choos- positions. National Issues: While many Gov- ernment officials mark time until after election day, events of supreme importance for the future will cause sudden awareness of those dangers stubbornly denied by isolationists. Intensive training 'of Arthy® and Air forces will prove t & cessful. The United States, in m anized methods of warfare, is to ventions. International Affairs: astrologers have foretold a weaken- ing of colonial ties the British Em- pire is to realize splendid loyalties from dominions and colonies—as- suring ultimate victory. Canada is to gain greatly in importance and to be closer to the United States than ever before. Italy will lose ances while France will suffer ex- treme humiliation through Nazi power over its customs and institu- tions. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of hard work which will be fortunate in its re- sults. Dangers in automobile travel are indicated. Children born on this day prob- ably will be serious and thoughtful, talented and industrious. Success will come to them. Girls may be fond of dress and display. (Copyright, 1940) vored treme. The Germans he described as a great race, doing many fine things for Europe. He said it was neces- sary for us to deal with them. The British he described as caus- ing most of the trouble in Europe. It was absolutely necessary, Cudahy said, to get the British to-dHange their tune. One thing that seemed to im- press the Ambassador particularly was that the Nazis put troops around the Catholic churches in Belgium to prevent Freemasons and Pro- testants from coming near them. NOTE—While in England; Am- bassadors Cudahy and Joe Kennedy compared notes, found themselves in substantial agreement. “appeasement” in the ex- FARLEY AND ITALIANS Jim Farley continued working for Roosevelt right up until his resig- nation as chairman of the Demo- cratic National Committee. One of the last things he did’ wasito ask Tommy D’Alesandro, dynaghic Congressman from Baltimore, to visit the Italian districts in the big cities and campaign for Roosebelt. Congressman D'Alesandro has six children, of whom the fifth is named Franklin Delano Roosevelt D'Ales- andro, and he is just as ardent a rooter for the President as the name implies. He has told Jim Farley that the Italian districts can be swung to Roosevelt easily. + NOTE—Farley also asked Sena- tor Tydings of Maryland, against whom Roosevelt once waged a vig- orous primary campaign, to make some speeches for the President. Tydings said he would be too busy. gowe\'er. he is not bolting to Will- e, ted obstructions, | to the British, dldnt. like the idea|that his backstage conversation t money with State Department officials fa- (Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Ine, —— k| strongly today. It is a date for ‘ssle-‘l Acci- | bring more happiness than social| contacts. Women should conserve | will be compelling to many house- | as well as their hands. Girls should | commercial | justments in trade relations are| prove superior through strange in-| | Although | prestige through internal disturb- | 20 YEARS ”Aco To inspect the Juneau-Sheep Cre James Gordon Steese, President of Capt. C. S. Ward, Secretary and Dis| | the roads. Spokane. Mrs. John F. Malony, Joseph | Elmer E. Smith, proprietor of t| store of the Juneau Music, House to Alaska; left Nome enroute here on the steam | | H. L Faulkner returned here on | a week in Ketchikan on business. | | Weather: Highest, 55; Daily Lessons in Eng WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do time.” Say, “I SUPPOSE you had refers to the future. “I EXPECT to r OFTEN MISSPELLED: All (the SYNONYMS: Explain, expound, WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering | RETICENT; inclined to keep silent | syllable). Jack London. | oo e e e e 1 MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. his conversation with foreign words ai lowest, 50; OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Eclair. | ATE unstressed, second A as in CARE, accent last syllable. “Use a word three times and it is your: Isn't a person considered well- from THE EMPIRE SEPTEMBER 4, 1920 eek and Juneau-Eagle River roads, the Alaska Road Commission, and bursing Officer, made the trip over | Enroute to New York where he was to spend two months doing hospital work, Dr. L. O. Sloane was to leave for the south on the steamer Malony and Mr. and Mrs. F. J. | Wettrick, who had been spending several weeks in Juneau, were to leave |on the Alaska for their homes in Seattle. he Juneau Music House, had pur- | chased the Dyer ice cream and confectionery store and was to move the that location. Dr. James H. Condit, Superintendent of the Presbyterian Missions in Lester D. Henderson, Territorial Commissioner of Education, and M. B. Summers, Meteorologist for the United States Weather Bureau, er Victoria. Henry Roden, candidate for election to the Legislature as a Repre- sentative from the First Division, arrived in Juneau from Haines. the Admiral Evans after spending clear. - D O O D - D S+ O s 1 b lish W. 1. corpoN 10 - - - DD O D S not say, “I expect you had a good a good time.” EXPECT properly eturn next Saturday.” Pronounce a-klar, first A as in whole of). Awl (a tool). elucidate, interpret, make plain. " Let us one word each day. Today's word: or uncommunicative. (Pronounce ret-i-sent, first E as in RED, I and second E unstressed, accent first “Listening, observing, replying in reticent monosyllables.”— by ROBERTA LEE bred and educated who can sprinkle nd phrases? A. He may be educated, but he is not well-bred. He is merely trying | est and unassuming. | Q | left hand? [ A No. right hand. for a formal call? A. 15 to 25 minutes. LOOK and LEA [ 1. What is the total amount of | | the world? 2. What Democratic President of should not support the people? | | 4. For how many years has the Doctrine? { o the mountains” ? ANSWERS: 1. Twenty-six ounces. | 3. The Eskimos. 4. 117 years. 5. Utah. ing men and women for trustworthy | to impress others with his learning. The well-bred person is always mod- Is it all right for a left-handed person to hold his knife in his A left-handed person can easily learn to use the knife in the Q. What is the minimum and the maximum length of time to stay RN A. C. GORDON radium that has been produced in the U. S. said that the government 3. Who are the most thinly scattered people in the world? United States enforced the Monroe 5. What state of the Union is an Indian word meaning “dwellers in 2. Grover Cleveland said the people should support the government but the government should not support the people. Armed Merchant Cruiser Is Sunk By Nazi Torpedo LONDON, Sept. 4—The British Admiralty announces that the 15,- 000-ton armed merchant cruiser Dunvegan Castle has been tor- pedoed and sunk. Warships landed 250 survivors at British ports. The Dunvegan Castle was form- erly in the London-East Africa pas- senger service, Former Senalor 0f Oregon Dies NEW YORK, Sept. 4—W. Jona- than Bourne Jr., 85, United States Senator from Oregon from 1907 to 1913, is dead here. Bourne was author of the Parcel Post Law. Death is attributed to complica- tions arising after his hip was broken in a fall in his residence six weeks ago. ITALIAN DIVERS STRIKE BRITISH ROME, Sept. 4—Mussolini’s High Command reports today that newly formed squadrons of Italian “Pic- chiatelli,” little divers, attacked British warships in the Central Med- iterranean, scoring hits-on a buf:d Sister Mary Leona Laid to Rest Today VANCOUVER, B. C, Sept. 4— Funeral services are held today for Sister Mary Leona, 75, former mis- sionary worker. For many years she travelled in the Kootenay Dis- trict and became known in the Far North from Nome to Dawson. She traveled the rugged country mainly by foot. 6. Gatti Casazza Is Dead in Haly NEW YORK, Sept. 4—Madame Frances Alda, opera singer, re- veals that she has received cabled news of the death in Ferrarra, Italy, of her former husband, Giulio Gatti Casazza, long time manager of the Metropolitan Opera House here. ———— “DOLLY” BACK Dolly Gray returned on the Aleu- tian from Valdez after spending a few weeks in Fairbanks. [HELP AN | ALASKAN Telephr~e 713 or write ‘The Alaska Territorial Employ.aent Servic: *for this ~ualified v~ - STENOGRAPHER — Married woman, age 25. Two years of uni- versity training and one year of business. college. PFive years’ ex- .| perience in responsible position as bookkeeper, stenographer, and gen- eral office work. Call for ES 167. Drs. 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