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

e Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alas) WELEN TROY BENDER - - 2. president R L BERNARD - - Viee-President and Business Manager Rnterea 1o the Post Office in Juneau as decond Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Janeau and Douslas for §1.25 per month By mail, postase paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00; one month, in advence, $1.25. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notity the Business Office of any failure or frregulartly in the de. lvery of their papers i Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Offic EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctsted Press is exclusivoly entitl republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other wise credited in this raper and also the local news published berein. THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. CLOBE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- Los Angeles, Portland, GEORTE Jves, with ofiloes in_8an Francisco. Beattle, Chicage, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 tmerican Bank Bullding. THE SPEAKER IS SILENT The Democratic convention of a few months ago within an ace of nominating William B. Bank- for Vice President. Nationwide consternation loss of a candidate in this stage of the campaign cculd not be. great than the grief of Alabama and Washington today at the death of the beloved Speaker of the House. Those who knew him admired him, as was proved by the large vote he received at Chicago even in the face of the President’s designa- tion of Henry Wallace as his choice for Vice Presi- dent. Alaska's Tony Dimond was one of the many who voted at Chicago for the Speaker of the House in which Dimond serves as Delegs Speaker Bankhead has fo cloud’ of confusion in ides the body politic not b William and his brothe: People couldn't seem to remember, either the father of Tallulah, the ac 3 It was William Bankhead, the Congressman who died yesterday, who was lulah’s father and the more famous of the brothers, even though he served in the lower house Bankhead gained his first knowledge of the na- tional legislature’s aperations when, while yet a law student at Georgetown, he served as clerk of one of his father’s Senate committees. Upon his graduation from law scheol ke tried his luck in New York, finding that he would have to serve an apprenticeship of two years in a Manhattan law office before he could be admitted tc the bar It was while undergoing this time test that he almost succumbed to the lure of the footlights. He was ready to accept a part in a Broadway production when his mother persuaded him to stick to the law. Friends said at that time Bankhead vowed not to interfere if any child of his ever had similar ambitions. Thus when Tallulah decided upon a stage career, her father was her stron ally. He gloried in her success and his serap books contain many written and telegraphic expressions of her affection for him. “He was my first dramatic teacher, playing Romeo while I attempted Juliet,” the daughter once related. Few of his congressional colleagues knew it, but ame hrad at the and respected s lived under a the great majority of able to distinguish between ator John B. Bs 1ead. which was to the use for | the Chairmanship of the Rules Committee. While in that place he campaigned for the Speakership in 1934, but subsequently withdrew to become a candidate for the floor leadership of his party. The result was that Speaker Byrns and he were elected to the two highest House offices, an event regarded by many as one of the most telling blows against sectionalism since the Civil War. Prior to 1934, the two jobs had been divid- d, when the Democrats were in control, between the North and the South Bankhead, however, was presented from serving his first term as majority leader. The day he was elected to that post he entered the naval hospital in Washington suffering from a heart ailment which kept him abed for the entire session. The days of Byrns’ death the Alabaman was elected speaker in an unprecedented, three-minute session of a hushed House. The speakership had claimed the of three men within four years, Longworth, Rainey and Byrns. Bankhead had served under six speakers before he himself ascended the rostrum. He once said he regarded Champ Clark as the greatest of these. But | none was more faithful in his Nation's service or held in hig esteem by his colleagues, both in the majority |and minority, than Bankhead himself { Our New Bases | lives (New York Times) The group of air and naval bases that the United | States has arranged to lease from Great Britain will | enormously stre hen our capacity for hemispheral THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, SEPT. 16, .1940. 1940 SEPTEMBER 1940 HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER 16 Lawrence Larsson Thomas L. George Dorothy Fors Isabel Parsons Linda Furuness Alfred Westfall Benjamin Phillips i i N HOROSCOPE “The stars incline |and hence for national defense, The proposed bases |at the Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia and | Trinidad will make far easier than before the defense ;cr the Panama Canal. They are not only points which | @ few naval vessels or airplanes can use as local homes, ‘hm they are points which can become, if necessary, a series of stepping-stones by which our bombers and | our much more short-winded pursuit planes could be rushed to the Canal Zone in case of attack. More |important, the existence of th series of bases lying far east of the Canal Zone will make it much more | difficult than before for a hostile fleet or hostile planes | to get as far as the canal without prior interception. | In addition to these, bases at Bermuda and New- foundland will give great added security to our At- :V:m(iv Coast from either fleet or plane attack, while a base in British Guiana will increase our ability to de- |!-nd the northern part of South America. To round It this series of hases a few more, which could only be obtained from other naticns, are desirable thoug! not quite so important. It might be desirable to have. | for example, one air base in Venezuela and one in | Colombia to link the air base at Trinidad to the canal It would be desirable—as Secretary Knox pointed out— | to have a base in the Galapagos Islands (which belong | to Ecuador) to protect the canal from the Pacific side. Most important, if we wish to make hemispheral | (or even “quarterspheral”) defense a reality, would be | the acquisition of a base in Brazil in the neighborhood |of Natal—that is, at the widest part of the South | American “bulge” and at the point nearest to the “Eastern Hemisphere.” If such bases could be se- cured by amicable negotiation, the Western Hemis- phere would be as nearly impregnable to military | attack either from the Atlantic or the Pacific as it would be practicable for bases to make it. But what must be constantly kept in mind is that though outlying air and naval bases are important, their strength is derivative. What is most important is strength at the center, strengh at home. When | planes and ships are insufficient in number or qual- iity, bases cannot help much; but when strength exists at the center, bases make it possible to bring it most |quickly to the point where at any moment it may be needed. Harnessing a iuman Dynamo to National Defense (Philadelphia Record) When the plan for a Joint Defense Commissici of the United States and Canada was first announcec we'll bet many a citizen said : “Fine. But let! hope this isn't another stuffed shirt board whick has a couple of meetings and doesn’t get anything one.” | And if the citizen had let his mind run ove: |the list of men who would make the commission into a really working board of defense coordination it might not have been long before he thought of | Mayor LaGuardia’s name, For LaGuardia is one of the world’s prime ex- amples of how democracy can produce men “who |get things done.” No dictator: can show more re- but do not compel” — -+ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 Benefic aspects are strong. after | ‘he early hours today. The stars en- | ourage expansion or development »f business or professional connec- ions. Bankers and financiers should slan wisely under this configura-| tion. Heart and Home: Girls will find he evening lucky, especially for so- | ial affairs. It is a happy wedding 'ate. Marriages will be numerous 11 through the autumn. Speedy ourtships and hasty weddings will nerease under the influence of the tars which presage amazing events nd encourage the idea that now is| he only time on which one ean count vith any degree of certainty. Business Affairs: While there will e opportunities for speculation, as- rologers warn that it is unwise for American men and women to take ny risks. A leveling of incomes is| rognosticated as mechanics draw ig wages and capitalists pay big axes. Heavy drains on organizations or charity or philanthropy are fore- rast as fall storms cause losses and dd to the number of those who nust be aided. The next few months | re to be noteworthy in recognition f the uniyersal brotherhood. | National Issues: A political blitz- wrieg which will be a boomerang is rognosticated for the end of the ational campaign. Oratory " this nonth will become unpopular be- :ause of an overproduction of spoken | vords, Newspapers and magnzines‘ vill profit as economic quesStions tommand growing interest. Calam- 20 YEARS AGO 4% wicrirs e s o " 0 SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 Emil E. Hurja, former Alaska newspaperman and secretary to the late Charles A. Sulzer during his term as Delegate from Alagka, returned to Seattle from the Texas oil fields. Mr. Hurja sent in his application for membership in the Alaska Historical Society. Pete Jelich, pioneer restaurant man of the North, sold his business in Ketchikan and was to return to Juneau. E. W. Nelson, Chief of the Biological Survey, was to arrive in Juneau from the Westward on the Admiral Evans, according to advices received here. William Blalock, well known pioneer of Western Alaska, arrived here on a late steamer and was at the Alaskan Hotel. Miss Anna Whitman, of Long Beach, Cal, was to leave on the Estebth for Sitka to teach school. She had been spending the summer in Juneau. Jake Rice, oldtime resident of Juneau, was in the city. He was one of the members of the crew of the cannery tender Alameda. R. E. Douglas, of the Alaska Pacific Fisheries Company at Tee Harbor, arrived in Juneau and was at the Gastineau Hotel. A. Dano and Mrs. Dano arrived in Juneau from Tenakee on the | Jefferson and were at the Gastineau. ‘Weather report: Cloudy. Daily Lessons in English . 1. corpon 21~ 0 {7l ) 0 2 S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I was compelled to back out of my promise.” Say, “I was compelled to WITHDRAW my promise.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Impotent. Accent first syllable, not the second. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Do not confuse ALLY (a confederate) and ALLEY (a narrow lane). SYNONYMS: Boastful, bombastic, pretentious, pompous, vainglorious, grandiloquent. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your: Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today'’s word: CARNIVOROUS; eating flesh. “All courageous are carnivorous.”—Sir ‘W. Temple, Qramommoamo MODERN ETIQUETTE ™ poerra LEE ) . e 0 0 T ) - 2. 8 G- Q. Is it necessary for the bride and grcom to tell anyone the des- tination of their honeymoon trip? A. It is better to tell the best man know, in case for scme urgent reason th Q. When a girl has two dinner partners, more to the one who is the most interesting? A. Never. She should try to divide her attention equally. Q. How should a servant young girl in the household, who is sixteen years of age? A. “Miss Helen.” At least one person should hould be reached. isn't she privileged to talk address a T T LOOK and LEARN ¥ ty howlers wil attract the atten- fon of timid persons, but the' stars mile upon the greatest of democra- ies. Ip',ernuuonnl Affairs: Foreign as- roiogers who watch Hitler predict | hat his fortunes will decline rapidiy iext year. According to an Ameri- an seer Hitler has been under the onstant flow ,of a primary direc- lon without a discordant note since he summer of 1937, but in 1941 and especially in 1943 serious afflictions et in when Saturn and Mars are in square to the Moon in his horo- cope. Persons whose birthdate it is have he augury of a year of success, lespite sudden setbacks. Persons in uthority may cause trouble for a while living in New York Bankhead also joined Tam-|sults in cutting through red tape, more constructive | 1ort time, many Hall and campaigned for Willlam Jennings Bryan. He had gone to the metropolis imbued with the idea that it offered greater opportunities for young lawyers than did his native state. Disillusioned, he went back to Alabama to practice in partnership with his elder brother, participate in local politics and win his way to the National Capitol. In his early days at Washington Bankhead feared he might not be able to retain the support of his con- stituents. For t reason, relatives recalled, he in- vested his savings in land. “They always kick you out,” he philosophized, “and in that event, I want to be kicked into a ¢ pasture.” His fears proved ground- less, however, for he was elected to 11 consecutive terms, Bankhead’s first post of major importance in the House, achieved after almost ten years service, was " The British capfion on this Associated Press picture " Hurricane fighter in a dog-fight with Nazi planes ov accomplishment in a short space of time, than La- Guardia can show during his terms as Mayor of New York. | When we think of dynamism in public affairs we think of LaGuardia. His selection for the defense board shows that this joint commission is supposed to function, and that if it doesn’t function there will be a loud public ;squuwk from the Little Flower, | The appointment should serve notice abroad | as well as at home that the Joint Defense Commis- sion means business. The superstitious may be pleased to know that Germany and Russia, between them, have occupied part or all of 13 nations, Ttaly’s indignation toward Greece cooled in a hurry. Mussolini evidently suspected there was a Turk in the woodpile. . Battered Brifish Figher Gefs Home e says it shows what er the English d to the tail of a British espite the riddled control Children born on this day will be teen, clever, artistic and tempera- nental. They may succeed in mu- sic or literature. (Copyright, 1940) DOUGLAS TEACHERS GUESTS OF HONOR Complimentary to Douglas teach- >rs, Mrs. H. L. Cochrane and Mrs. Calvin Pool entertained af the home of the latter Saturday night. Other Zuests included members of the School Board. Pinochle and contract were A. C. GORDON j - ) < e S < - - P ) 1. What is difference in meaning between “biannual” and “biennial”? 2. Who was Morpehus? 3. How much do the women of the U. S. spend annually for perfume? 4. What novel by Victor Hugo is cown 5. Where are the Aleutian Islands? ANSWERS: 1. Biannual means twice a year; biennial means every two years. 2. Mythical god of sleep. 3. $33,000,000. 4. “Les Miserables.” 5. A chain of volcanic islands extending west from Alaska Pen- south of Bering Sea. the red his greatest? 1817, 1900, 1916, 1842, 1867, morning, children of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jensen, residents on the Dcuglas Highway. Janet is in the | third grade, Esther in the fourth and Larry in the fifth. — - — CARD OF THANKS week: 1939. —————— GRADES ENROLLMENT UP Enrollment in the grades of the Douglas Public School is this term 15 percent greater than last year at this time, according to figures re- leased this morning from Supt. for their help in my late bereave- Pool’s office, ‘mem. Three new pupils enrolled this'adv. J. M. REED. British Erggsmfor the Nazis olayed. Arne Shudshift and Mr. Cochrane were winner and loser, respectively, at pinochle, while for ‘he bridge, Mrs. Elton Engstrom and Arthur Ladd were high, Miss Esther Boyd and Mr. Engstrom low. ——————— MRS. FLEEK TO ENTERTAIN Open season for regular sewing club meetings begins here this eve- ning when Mrs. Elroy Fleek wil en- ‘ertain the members of her club at her home on F Street. —————— MORE FREE DINNERS John Marin, proprietor of the Douglas Inn, this morning an- ncunced that the following numbers win a free dinner at his place this R et T | DOUGLAS-Colisenm Tuesday and Wednesday JACKIE COOPER Qe L B < L P — McNAMARA & WIL Registered || CIVIL ENGINEERS Designs, Surveys, Investigations Vi | /ALENTINE BLDG. I wish to thank my many friends| ' | Professional Fraternal Societies Qastineau Chanael Director B. P. 0. ELKS meet every Wednesday at 8 Drs. Kaser and P. M. Visiting brothers Freeburger welcome. H. E. SIM- = DENTISTS MONS, Exalted Ruler; I~ agren M. H. SIDES, ERONE o SIDES, Secretary. 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