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

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1940 obviously is what fhe Nazis are trying to do. Not 20 YEARS AGO 7% emrire only are they concentrating on strategic points, but o e s Daily Alaska Empire 4 Aublished !‘;!-r; ;;uew;rl“:ganl Sunday by the Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. YELEN TROY BENDER - ARD v they are working on the nerves of the people. The few parachute troops that have been dropped were sent down for their effect on the public mind more than for any harm they might accomplish. While only a defeatist would give up the fight| 1940 SEPTEMBER 1940 Directory R President President and Business Manager SEPTEMBER 13, 1920 Instead of making preparations to withdraw from the Alaskan trans- B. P. 0. ELKS meet - Drs. Kaser and now it should be remembered that Britain faces a A i titanic struggle. She can carry it on only if she portation field, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was getting every Wednesday at 8 rovelves the. matertal jaitl “afle HEABK oiohit M ready to increase its present steamship equipment, according to General Freeb P. M. Visiting brothers p : v Eoies cpecty " He stated that the company was urger S ! from the United States, That she can still counter- | Agent H. F. Richardson, of this city. He stal ha e IJ‘ welcome. H. E. SIM- attack by air with telling results is a pledge that, planning to enter another vessel in its Alaska service as soon as Blrm MONS, Exalted Ruler; | while the time is short, it is not too late for help | geasesmomm possible. PHONE 56 © __flbflsv Secretary. | to be effective PR R o g Dulvared by Shitis 5 Thnons aag Bunrias ot 8100 per month. s - HAPPY BI RTHDAY Mrs. W. M. McLaughlin purchased the Alaskan Cafe in the Alaskan MOUNT JUN®AU LODGE NO. 147 One n-rmn.nu-:\o::-‘.u' :x";d ‘Illm;n{)flrlllto'.m!:l ce, $6.08; | Hotel from the former owner, Walter Rainbolt, it was announced. e M&wonggy :'nzu;ou”n one month, in advance. $1.35. HUNDRED PERCENTERS S | OFFICES OF in Scottish Rite Tmmon‘: Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify . the Business Office of any fallure or frregulariiy in the de- After spending ten days hunting at Sumdum, Big John’s Bay, Snet- | SEPTEMBER 13 beginning at 7:30 pm DR.A.W. STEWART I f thelr paers. o5 PR i i i les s ey Roselle, J. H. Kline, Fred \:r_ly_fl:mmm; B ofion. 0l : hhetiissa OHISE S16, Another precinet in addition to Ouzinkie voted tisham and Kake, Charles Goldstein, Barney Rosel ks . RALPH B. MARTIN s 100 percent for Tony Dimond against Cash Cole. | Mrs. Arthur Adams | Oliver and Edward Jones returned here on the Diana. will be re-opened in the Worshipful Master; JAMES w e ‘nsociateq Fret e e:::luflvdy titics %o the use for | It 15 Bell Island, which reports a count of 14 rm—: Marilyn Jewett - - 20th Century Gross Bldg. LEIVERS, Secretary, e e W Vil yiied o o not other. | the Democratic Delegate and 0 for his Republican | David Brown Establishing the Juneau Tire Shop, William Dunder purchased the OCTOBER 1ST 2 by g opponent. Ouzinkie voted 25 to 0. HS’;""D;Q Bakke Sparling Tire Shop in Marshall and Newman's Store on Front Street H elen evenson i 7 LASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEFD TO BE LARGER Returns from the Territory as a whole Indicau" THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. that Dimond, received more than three times as Ada Stewart s, r] 5 55 @ her home. Mrs. T. F. Standard Mrs. Dan Sutherland was to be hostess at bridge at her h GUY SMITH | Dr. Judson Whittier GEOR-E D. CLOSE, Inc, National Newspaper Representa- Many votes as Cole. H. F. Gilroy — I ,’::;,,‘}‘,’,‘,;{,’é",:,;“,f;“_::‘g;f_‘f,fn S A e In the First Division, where he is known best, W. S. Hudeen Henry Roden, who had been in the city for several days, returned CRIROPRACTOR 5 | - - Cole received fewer votes even than the weakest i k after interests with the Chilkat Pack- SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 it B0 $r g I to Haines on the Estebeth to look a. Drugless Physician Bank Bufidimg. of the eight candidates for the House, He trailed the | #——— ing Company Office hours: 10-12; 1-5, 7-9 N\ American Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bldg. entire ticket by hundreds of votes, PHONE 667 | The perfectly obvious explanation is that Dele- |gate Dimond is held in the very highest regard by | both Democrats and Republicans. The Democratic | ‘P‘u-(_\' is proud of him; so is all Alaska. PUROLA REMEDIES PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- ~ULLY COMPOUNDED Front Strcet Next Colisewm Partly cloudy. HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline l | but do not compel” | l —— . =3 Wisiiocs - | | | weather: | | Qramsamearemmcmmomn samoameansam e o s ea: | Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corbon s ot s s oY Dr. John H. Geyer PHONE 97—Free Delivery Nonprofessional Experts | | sz 77 | Sew DENTIST | (Cincinnati Enquirer) | (BATURDAX, BECAFMEES L WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Their advertisement was a Room 9—Valentine Bldg. it *fhere is, and has been for a good many years,| This is not an important day fake.” Say, “Their advertisement was a MISREPRESENTATION (or a Homl"l‘;O.NnE, Zgflu o ’z\ dismaying tendency in Congress for members to|in planetary direction. Changes FRAUD).” ' . g .m. ' y ’ usurp the functions of Army and Navy chiefs and|which may appear promising OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Aquatic. Pronounce a-kwat-ik, first A TUmOfl'OW S Siyles i strategists. Their purse-string control of the armed|should be avoided. Judgment s/ .. iy ASK unstressed, second A as in AT, accent. second syllable. Today“ forces—inherently necessary in our scheme of gov-|not trustworthy under this con- > D pf tterly). Route (the way to 2 | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Rout (to defeat utterly). 3 Y 2T | ernment—gives an exalted status to those Congress- | figuration. Outdoor recreation s = oo . | ROBERT SIMPSON, OPT. D. 3 | men who fancy themselves better judges of military urged for persons engaged in exact-| s . S AN t, certify, affirm, avow. Graduate Los Angg°s Coll~ge BL ()“ FOR BLOW | technique and strategy than the men who have made |ing work of any sort [ : (ERNGNTMS TRy, Bttea), l“;]:‘x::”'m:“']\:p(:l'dC;\t] (il\‘\'_n:‘".g]. Let ‘u; of Optometr.® ana | o | military science their life carcers. Many Congress-| . Heart and Home: Under this| ~ WORD STUDY: “Use a word T e T Opthalmology ! England is not yet beaten. There are grounds|men succeed in maintaining a fair sense of pro-| configuration fear of the future| increase our vocabulary by mastering one word cach . “He is tal. | | Glasses Pitted Lenses Ground for hoping she never will be portion regarding their knowledge, but many others, may intrude. Heads of households| VERSATILE; turning with ease from one thing to another. e is tal- | } ¥ the el Hed 80 oirotimacribed. the fsldnds unfortunately, do not. should maintain a poised and op-|ented and versatile.” H > i R This tendency was emphasized during the Sen- | timistic point of view. Duty to . F . Ow i that it was necessary for Britain to devote all re-|.i. debate on conser iption. A number of Senators— | the family should be balanced| ? Juneau s n Slore i | | —— The Charles W. Carter Mortuary sources to defense alone, the Royal Air Force would | iy one instance a majority—took the position that not be engaging in daily counterattacks. As long|they were better judges than the United States| as the British can strike back against Nazi bases in|Army Staff of the number of men needed in our against duty to the nation in a | way inspiring to the wisest patrio- | tism. Danger of selfishness is I MODERN ETIQUETTE ropirra rex ! western Europe victory for the Nazis is a long way | military establishment, how they should be procured, | forecast as the autumn advances m r I 1 h ded to be trained, when they wert 3 r - ”" it ::s;iegngm:d%:::e e it fi’;";‘i‘:fi;f‘fl”’,;“‘,,f‘ff;‘;a"{,‘jm‘,"’ ,;’:;L Q. Is it permissible for an employee to have his or her personal m:mp:ingN!;-?_;un Sts. The Rexall Store Not only are the Britisk ttin a worthy : e | g 5 L i : i ? 3 [ i m_mva ‘\( .,«,‘(1“,,,‘ xl| ll:’xm;’:!a\ n;:nd\ ; ;'“1: Major General Brice P. Disque, in an address| must be kept constantly in mind. mail addressed Lo‘ the office instead of the hcm('.v ) - | Your Relixble Pharmacists i Y 4 G 5 BhIer | ofore the Cincinnati Rotary Club, expressed behef\ Business Affairs: Foresight| A. If there is some very urgent reason why ‘(lns is preferable, one | Bufler_Maur( planes that appears out of the mists of the North | yay political control was the cause of the downfall|should show that provision for| may ask his employer for permission. But ordinarily things of a personal Sea and from across the channel, they are Visiting|of the Allied Armies in Belgium and France. Very|lean years is imperative in pros-| nature should hot be mixed up with business, and all personal mail should Have Your Eyes Examined by upon Nazi-occupied Europe the same punishment nearly every observer ascribes this as one of the | perous times. While trade con-| pe addressed to the home. which Germany inflicts on England {leading causes of the easy defeat of what potentially | tinues to be good there will be| A Tead lsttuce may be cut with a knife. A lettuce leat shouid be || Dr, Rae L. Carlson { | | As long as this goes on the world will know—‘wm one of the greatest armies of the world. France |reflection of Europe's tragedies in folded with the foik before conveying to the mouth. OPTOMETRIST not | provides an extreme instance of the dangers of | changing economic conditions. | whatever the figures say—that Germany has Blomgren Bldg.——2nd Fleer § | ing to the mouth H yet achieved one of her prime objectives, which is| political “0"1"h°' of Al“‘""y ";"“‘"Y ‘"““”Si‘ "“:! ‘: 1| Banks and bankers now will pre- Q. ©heuld a bridge hostess place the best players at one table, the | [ Front Street~————Phone 63¢ | | ————— the destruction of English air bases. It was the|ODe not without its significance for the United|pare for tests in financial prepar-| ; . 2 —_— : | states. | edness for coming months. This 1;| inexperienced at another table? ost ce station 3 early, successful bombing of Polish air fields which | Mote thin: & year-ano the United® Sites Mav A. Yes ¥ made possible Germany's easy conquest of that iyt g 7|8 favorable time to buy genergusly e ¥ NOW LOCATED AT I’ In I 2 p tha Xow O tr 1 sought funds for the improvement of Guam as|those necessities which will be in| AP 0 5 PP R G Y | § country. In her invasion of the Low Countries and |, o, ihoct for the fleet in the Pacific. But funds|demand when prices have ad-| JAMES C COOPEB HARRY RACE France it was the air fields against which the in- for dred [, ; ging the harbor were opposed, successfully,| vanced. | d LEA R Y C.P.A. DRUGGH! vaders struck first |by a congressional bloc which held that such im-| National Issues: Need of longer| a n A. C. GORDON Business Counselor et Certainly the invaders have done much damage | provement would be displeasing to Japan. It is im-|hours for workers in industr & “The Squibb Stores of Alaska® in aerial assaults. But the indefinite verbiage of ! portant to note this in connection with What Was| preparedness PrOZIAIM Wil CALISE | e mmoemommoem oo e s e oo oo e o o e e e ooy COOPER BUILDING - i official communiques naturally does not reveal it.|said recently by Rear Admiral ¥ates Stirling Jr.:|agitation for & corresponsiing 1. What is the Mohammendan name for the Supreme Being? P Tl ity . . - — ~ Supposing German raiders had destroyed important|“Guam is about equal distance between the Phil-|lengthening in the hours of gov- 2. How many cubic feet are there in one cubic yard? “The Stere for Men” dockyards at Portsmouth and Portland, where much |ippines and Japan. It would be strategically impor-|ernment employees. Adjustments to| 3. What is an abattoir? # L._C s_‘—‘mlth ] needed detroyers and small naval craft are being |tant to our fleet in war if it had been prepared as « | meet urgent needs in a perfod of | 4 What battleship during the Civil War was called “the cheese- % Corona s 9 ‘bdls(‘ If this had been done years ago, before Japan | grave potentialities will be widely TYPEWRITERS e box on a raft”? ‘nd\;o’cnu,‘d. Drastic _post-election 5. How did Rhode Island get its name? | policies are forecast. The next Pres- ANSWERS! reconditioned, it is unlikely that the government | would proclaim the fact from the roof of Westmin-| ster. It would be bad psychology Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. | got so strong, our naval position in the Pacific would be infinitely more secure. Japan might have been Front St—Trlangle Bldg. ? i in order to take care of the extia expense to be incurred by Ford in equipping his plant, and Con- gress rushed through a special ap- propriation of $43,500,000 to pay for the order. Then Ford reneged on the Brit- ish end of the order and the offer sevelt, and on November 10 he de-|Was made to Packard, which im- cided to make Morgenthau coor-| Mmediately raised the question of dinator for the sale of airplanes|!ax amortization. In other words, to France and Great Britain, Later,| Packard said that if they were to on December 6, Under Secretary|enlarge - their plant they didn't of State Sumner Welles approved | Want to have to pay taxes on it a plan whereby the Treasury rather | after the emergency was over. than the State Department pessed| This was agreeable to the Treas- on the shipment of airplanes to|ury and the White House. But the Allies. | about this time the Treasury and the congressional committees con- | sidering new taxes proposed a WORKS | limit of eight percent profit on ¢ seemed 0] all Army orders. This is the same work all right during the winter,| profit limitation enforced on Navy and the Allies laid plans for spend- | orders under the Vinson-Trammell ing about $7,000,000 on U Act, which was inserted in the tory expansion. They didn't dotnis|1936 naval bill through an amend- very willingly, but Louis Johnson,|ment by Congressman Tobey uf hard-boiled Assistant Secretary New Hampshire. However, the War, saw to it that they di Army escaped any profit restric- get the latest types of planes un- on fits contracts except for less they paid extra for plant ex- airplanes on pansion, " and Morgenthau backed can maki profit of 13 percent. Al up. | THREE SETS OF BOOKS Thus the British paid 3739000 | Thus some manufacturers have the Curtiss aircraft company for putting in new tools not for | their profits are not limited, and British but for new U 8 the and British pay for it. He pointed out that the Allies were placing large airplane order and that they could pay American factories a higher price in order to finance plant enlargement and new ma- chine tools. This seemed a good idea to Roo-| | J | | | | HITLER GUMS THE The Morgenthau idea fac- | of tion % |refused to do business with One factor upset this pro Navy where their profits are kept namely, Adolf Hitler. For fi# down to eight percent. Further- time he had gone into Norway, more, some alrplahe manufactur- Belgium and Holland it apparent that the United States Navy have had to keep three sets was going to need airplanes a great|of books, one for Army orders, deal faster than either the Brit-|one for Navy orders, and one for ish or the United States could| civilian work which manufacturers | done business with the Army, where | became| ers working for both the Army and | contracts were binding, but be- cause the profit llmitation was being reduced from 13 percent to eight percent, the War Department decided to hold them up, in fair- ness to the companies, until the entire question of profit limitation and tax amortization could Ue settled. This halt in June and July was one reason for the slowness in getting airplane construction under way, despite huge appropriations voted by Congress, (Editor's note,~Another column on cooperation between . business and the government on national defense will follow shortly.) (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) Proud of Dirty Suit : s PITTSBURGH, Sep.. 13. — It's easy to pick out Infielder Debs no“Gus cdlseum Garms from other members of the Thursday Fnd'xy Pirates’ nine. ) L - "Hapalonq Cassidy Debs isn't a bit ashamed of t " distinction. He explains: su"s" TRAIL “I'm always the guy in the e —— dirtiest looking monkey suit.” * The reason is thai he hits the| | MeN T e o dirt ‘30 much. A hustler, he’s hit-| AM‘:’;‘:‘.&.W"‘DES ting hard and has been a valuable utility . man to the Pirates, who got him ' from Lhe Boswn Bees gO was playod Suhseribe for The Bmpire. DOUGLAS . NEWS PARTY IS GIVEN TONIGHT Five Freshmen students of Doug- las High School will receive the final works of initiatory stunts at a party to be given in their honor by the rest of the high schoof to- night, thus celebrating their be- coming properly qualified to asso- ciate with the higher-ups in learn- ing. Alumni and their friends in ad- dition to members of faculty and school board are invited to be pres- ent. The first year students include Doris Balog, Alfreda Fleek, Betty Bonnett, Solveig Havdahl and Billy Osborne. INITIATION L et s HUNTING PART! LEAVE Joe Riedi and Everett Bliss each ‘took cut a party of friends in their boats yesterday for a hunting trip. CIVIL ENGINEERS | Designs, Surveys, Investigations VALENTINE BLDG, Room ¥ Phone 673 —_— ‘who couldn’t live two minutes the Plerce OUT OF THE BOILER CLASS_Glenn Mobr, 10, ing to Dr. Melvin Warren, tries out a new “pewee iron Sehhuum” :::l:l :‘lh’l"_u;:a. Wash., while Nurse offers e new unds, ‘compared to 600 pounds % without lung mvlnllon. acoord- Mrs. T e, today much more tractable, and war with Japan | ident of the United States will But whatever the truth, the British stand 8s|jecs probable.” [ fave" extraprainiry Hrobleind e 1. Allah. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by resolute as ever, In Parliament Prime Mimsm; 1t is properly the duty, of course, for the Presi-|yet foreseen. 2. Twenty-seven. Satisfied Customers” | Churchill warned that the dangers of land invasion |dent and Congress to formulate the policy of the| International Affairs: While the| 3. A slaughterhouse. R S T, B GASTINEAU CAFE are not yet passed, The supposition, made by some!Army and Navy. But that is something quite dif-|stars presage closer relations be- 4. The Monitor. ~+ = ‘ experts, that the Battle of Britain will be decided |ferent from having Army and Navy plans and strat- | tween the United States and our 5. From a supposed resemblance to the island of Rhodes in the DR_ H_ vANcE ; in the air without any land invasion can be dis- |egy subjected to the bungling attentions of poli-| northern neighbor there will be se-| Mediterranean Sea. OSTEOPATH : counted. A country still has to be occupied by the | ticlans. rlous strain in connection with de-f —— —— ——————————_-— Consultation and examinat : man on the ground with a rifle bver his shoulder G mands from our southern nejgh-|The former for el the k“ | free. Hours 10 to 12; 1 hfi: and a sharp bayonet topping it . bors. German influences in Mexico|and the latter for a week’s moose HELP AN 7 to 8:09 by appoinment, > Massachusetts commission rules Communist party il b t r. it is indicated,|hunt up Taku River. ent | All that can be accomplished by air is to weaken | names off the November ballot. Moscow will con-| o Dbe stronger, it Is indicated. Bt Gastineau Hotel Annex | defenses in preparation for taking the country. That'sider this an act of war. Z”";;‘;f/e“::fij?;lerr::enE“:}“’:’; i: MRS. MILLS TO VISIT | ALASKAN | South Franklin St. Phone 177 i S : ~ = | me citizens of the United States,| Mrs. John Mills is booked to sail : 7 washinm much faster than anyone could| was to put both the Army and| persons whose birthdate it is|On the Mount McKmlcy_ this even- | | Telephone 713 or write ! L e s P : build new plants. Navy on the same scale with an nave the augury of a year of un-|in8 for a y.rip to Ketchikan where | | The Alaska Terrlm;ial ! Ju.al Hel d n | M Y. eight percent profit limitation. But| expected experiences. Sudden good|She Will visit her sister Mrs. Wm. | | Employment Service ; (] y onuse eIy COMPANIES FEAR PAXES | industry balked like an aged muie.|fortune may be expected, Robertson. | pfon s QORI WEEREEE T | s il oot Ao Efl'kflun‘ Shortly after the invasion of the|And even some contracts about| Children born on this day will PR e = LAW CLERK—Single, age 21, law = Low Countries, the British entered |t be signed were hastily withdrawn| pe ingenious and industrious. In- SUREEISE SHOWNE school garduate. Experienced ‘as Next to Truesdell Gun Shop — into a deal with the War Depart-| When the tax proposal was placed|ventors belong to this sign, Ecgen-| A surprise shower was given last| )00 \" o “five years, draft plead- /| Second Street Phone 6 Whesi' tn- Bt of (Continued from Page Or®) | ment and—they thought—with Ford | before Congress. tricities of .genius may be garly|DiEht for Mrs. Kay Hulk at the|, o poo tuec"ote Also experienped DIESEL OIL—STOVE OmL - {6 manufacture 9,000 Rolls Royce|] The War Department had Jjust| evealed, ':Iomecglr"{rf%!fi?'.mds{‘bcfi'?o' T"g:e in insurance work, selling, investi- plane companies, but instead of | airplane motors, 6000 for Britain ;';?“‘1‘]‘ A“:“"“Tg:::‘s A‘:“:':mg"a“fn a:’l“d (Copyright, 1940) R o(t’]lr:\Z*glv :nr:«:”::r: e Ot for Rl )75 Archie B Belt: E TN enoiem taking it out of government tax|and 3000 for the United States. i e fie s . ; i et Y ENERA reventm, lhv would fimke the French | The price was increased somewhat| facture about 2,000 'planes. The| Ritseniado, Ditlug the, cvaping bing o N, . ) 2 i PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT STORAGE and CRATING CALL US i Juneau Transfer Phone 48—Night Phone 481 Bookkeeping Tax Service Room 8, Valentine Building Phone 676 IT COSTS SO LITTLE TO DRESS SMARTLY AT DEVLIN'S T FAMILY | SHOE STORE “Juneau’s Oldest Exclus- Helene W. Albrecht ||| somet” ™ 2% Street Manager PHYSICAL THERAPEUTICS Phone 773 Valentine Bullding—Room 7 Try The Emplre classifieds fa results, TELEPHONE—51 COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS * CAPITAL—$50,000 SURPLUS—$125.,000 * 2% PAID ON SAVINGS * SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES First National Bank JUNEAU—ALASEA