The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 19, 1940, Page 4

: . Daily Alaska Empire Aublished vening e..cept Sunday by the Becond and Main Streets, Junnu Alaska. - President WELEN TROY BENDER R L. BERNARD - - Viee- mum-m nnd Business Manager SUBSCRIPTION ®A eatvier in Juneau and Dous e h; mail, postae paid. at the following ra One year, in advance, $12.00; six months, in ad one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or frregulariiy in the de- tivery of thelr MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusivoly entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatces credited to it or not other- wise credited in this naper and slso the local news published berein. ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEOR-E D. CLOSE, inc, National Newspaper Representa- gves, with offices in_Ban Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Gilbert A. Wellington, 1011 American Bank Building. WHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER? Yesterday's Washington Merry-Go-Round column | suggested that the anxiouslv-awaited bad weather over England weuld, far from hindering the Nazi attack, actually facilitate it. Since the raiders are bombing indiscriminately at this stage anyhow, the Merry-Go-Round authors say, they can bomb just as easily from above the clouds where they will be safe | frem anti-aircraft fire and hidden from English fight- ing planes. Needless to say, the approaching storms will have a profolind effect, of one kind or another, on the pro- gress of the war. A year ago, in one of the severest winters Europe has ever known, hostilities were al- nfost at a standstill. Hitler waited fof two months after the French capitulation before launching his first intensive air assaults against Great Britain. Whatever his reason for delay may have been (and we can be sure that | he had a reason, as for everything else he has done | in the war) the British believe that he has ;,non. them a priceless gift of time. If he had begun his air offensive in June and had followed it swiftly by dn‘ invagion he might well have won the war then and| there, for the British had none but untrained or part-{ ly trained troops on their island, and had lost vast quantities of supplies, weapons and airplanes in France. Today Great Britain 1s not only a veritable fort- ress but her defenders know that only a few days re- main before the equinoctial gales begin to whip the Channel, before the rains and mists of autumn begin to shroud the island. Germany’s change of tactics, adding use of coastal gun fire over the Channel to continued aerial bombing, may reflect apprehension over approaching weather conditions as well as rec- ognition of Britain's recent success in air defense. Every autumn traveler abroad knows the fury of| the Channel and the North Sea in late September; | every one who has lived in England remembers the driving rains, the swift alternation of sun and storm, the clammy grip of fogs from October and November, the weather that makes an English winter something of a purgatory. These are poor conditions for an! invasion, especially for an invasion of thousands of | | enemies of France. Germans must land more thap: one or two divisions to succeed, and they must keep their -invading troops continuously supplied, regardless of winds or waves. As for a persistent air offensive, this, too, will depend partly upon continuity of attack if it is to be successful. winter when German bombers can smash’ at British military targets; but there will also be many days when flying over Britain will de impossible. Already ice is forming on planes that go to high altitude. British fliers bombing German oil centers have en- sand feet, forcing descent to lower altitude. German | pilots wil be meeting the same handicap, with the resultant delays favoring Britain. As the British look ahead into a murky [ut\u'f‘ they cannot assume that the weather in the autumn know too much about the dependable ally. They mental obsessions now. They simply know that the of delay, and that the odds will rise still further whezl the bad weather begins. A winter campaign will bring new trials and new dangers, but anything can be faced ahead. Traitors in Power (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Traitors occupy the seats of the mighty and patri- the tragedy of France as the Petain government, please its Nazi masters and to find scapegoats for the | treason of its own supporters, arrests former General- issimo Gamelin and former Premiers Daladier and Reynaud. These men who once ruled France are x(‘spmxslbln for the war, according to the Vichy regime. Sometime they will be brought before the Supreme Court at cate the blame for France's collapse. of France's history for the last 10 years is underway by the court. Tt can order the detention of any persons it desires as the inquiry progresses. This sorry business—however much the impar- tiality of the Supreme Court may be emphasized—is a political move to divert attention from the real A government that contains a Pierre Laval and a Paul Baudoin cannot be termed pro-French. These men, among others, dealt with the enemy and held back France’s defense effort. Now they condemn those who tried to save France. Some day France will try the real traitors. That day is hastened as Frenchmen come more and more to realize that Vichy is but the creature appendage of Berlin. The colonies are in revolt. Marshal Wey- | gand is sent to Africa to prevent patriotism from show- An Allied victory will restore the | ing its head there. patriots to power. A Bigger Job—At No Pay SR | (Philadelphia Record) Our idea of a genuine patriot is Wiiliam S. Knud- sen, who has resigned as president of General Motors | to devote his entire energics to the nation's defens | program. Knudsen’s salary at General Motors has been $303,400 annually. His salary with Uncle Sam will be | $000,000—plus expenses. | In short, Knudsen is sacrificing his source of in- come to give his services to his country. True, Knud- sen is not & poor man. He will continue to have ham and eggs for breakfast. But what counts is the spirit of this sacrifice—by a man who has headed one of the biggest corporations in the whole country. The nation needs Knudsen's services. President Roosevelt, we understand, has come more and more to depend upon Knudsen's judgment and that of Ed- ward Stettinius in organizing and carrying out the | defense program, even though the posts of both men are, technically, “advisory.” Knudsen always has been a production man. He had little to do with the financial end of automobile making, everything to do with the actual turning out of millions of cars. He is precisely the man for his job with Uncle Sam. Millions will share our grati- fication that he is going to stay on that job and see it through. Russia has called up two more classes of her army since Germany has taken over Rumania. There's said to be honor among thieves, but apparently not enough to make them feel easy when things get on a grand troops and wvapons transported in small boats. The There will be many days throughout the| countered snow, and ice accumulated at a few thou-| Maginot Line to comfort themselves with any such| odds have risen in their favor in the past two months | if Britisi: air power survives the weeks immediately | ots are imprisoned as enemies of the state. This is| to | Riom, a tribunal which was constituted solely to allo- | An investigation | |real enemies next month. | national and 1191 miles back again, which is a lot of miles for anyone to motor for a class reunion. But it didn't | daunt 79-year-old George Norris, Nebraska'’s grand old Senator. Accompanied by his son-in-law, | Jack Robinson, who did the driving, Norris left the Capital on Thursday and was back in his seat the follow- ing Wednesday noon, when the Sen- Washmnlon i Merry- 6o-Round (Continued from Page Ore) of the British navy to American defense. ate reconvened after the Labor Day i recess. REPUBLICAN ADVICE For 58 years he has made fl\lst By this time Roosevelt’s emissar- | sentimental journey. And this year, fes also had sounded out Congress- |although worn by nearly 12 months | ional leaders, including Republicans | of continuous legislative work, he and isolationists, and the advice |was determined to make no excep- they received was interesting. Both | tion. groups were unanimous that the [ Only two members now remain of President should arrange the de- |that class of 1883 at Valparaiso | stroyer-British island deal himself, | (Ind.) University which pledged on and not ask the approval of Con- graduation day to meet every year— gress. and kept the pledge. Last year three They gave two reasons for this: were present, but this year Norris’ (1) that the proposal never would only reunion mate was E. E. Smith, pass Congress in time to give any retired Fort Dodge merchant. help to the British; (2) that a Con- | The reunion was celebrated with gressional debate would put many a big banquet, attended by townsfolk of them on the spot, perhaps force | and relatives, and the highlight of them to vote against the plan, the evening was a three-page print- Even Senator Wheeler of Mon- | ed program in which were brief mes- tana, vigorous isolationist, advised ' sages from the two venerable guests along these lines, of honor. Meanwhile the Justice Depart- Wrote Norris, “The L. U. N., once ment was digging into the question a democracy, now is within one of of Roosevelt’s right to make the a dictatorship.” The roll call on transfer. And behind the scenes, it page two read: was aided by a prominent Republi- G. W. Norris, C. W. can and former Solicitor General E. E. Smith, V. W. Judge Thomas Day Thatcher; also No Privates by Dean Acheson, former Under Just what “L. U. N,” “C. W.,” and Secretary of the Treasury. They|V. W." stand for, no one has ever helped to dig up the precedent of found out It remains a class secret. the Louisiana Purchase. Norris’ friends think L. U. N. stands Thus the stage finally was set and | for Loyal United Nine, but this is | ready for the announcement of a week ago. NOTE Despite the fact hat Re- publican leaders in both House and | secret pow-wow before the banquet. | only a guess, As had been the practice for 58 Senate advised Roosevelt not to ask And Norris and Smith closed the | years, the L. U. N. held the annual | New Officer Arrives for Ladd Field (Fairbanks News-Miner) Capt. John R. Copenhaver of the United States Medical Corps is the latest addition to the official staff at Fairbanks' Ladd Field. Capt. Copenhaver took his place as flight surgeon for the air corps’ cold weather experiment station upon arrival from Anchorage aboard the B-10 bomber stationed at Elm- endorf Field. Also aboard the bomber, flown here by Major Everett Davis, was Major Harry L. Vitzthun, newly as- signed signal officer for Elmendorf Field. Vitzhun arrived in Alaska from previous posts in the “deep south” aboard the transport Chirikof a few days ago. The Ladd Field medical officer was transferred from Kelly Field, Texas, and the 8ignal Corps man was last stationed at Maxwell Field, Alabama. | Capt. Copenhaver found a staff of five men in his department al- ready in Fairbanks. They preceded the officer here by an earlier trans- port. Major Vitzthun said he will handle Signal Corps work, outside of that | now carried on through the Alaska Communications System of the Corps. This will include chiefly of- ficial army dispatches both to the States and inter-post, and local tele- Both Capt. Copenhaver and Major | for Congressional approval, Willkie 'meeting with the L. U. N. song, one | phone or issued a statement criticizing Roose- velt for not submitting the matter to Congress. | e 1 NORRIS' RETURN It’s 1191 miles from Wasl;mww:x‘ to a quiet lake at Waupsca, Wis, verse of which is: Of school days “Out from among the memories We cherish the remembrance Of lasting friendships formed.” ——————— Subseribe for The Bmpire. other communications | setups. The major presumed a man will be assigned to Ladd Pield as signal officer. He was unable to state whether the appointee will be a past and gone, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 19, 1940. 940 SEPTEMBER 9| | [ | [P | HAPPY BIRTHDAY e e a0 B SEPTEMBER 19 papers. | or winter will be an .impregnable defense or a wholly | Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. { A. B. Phillips Beatrice Murphy Nora Lozzie Mrs. R. L. Davlin William Franks Wendell Schneider Owen Hales Mrs. J. B. Bernhofer Mrs. L. R. Carrigan | Tom Paddock | e e i 20 YEARS AGO 7% SEPTEMBER 19, 1920 of fish packed, the Libby, McNeill and Libby can- wpected a more successful season than had been Superintendent. from E EMPIRE With 77,312 cases nery at Taku Harbor anticipated by Capt. C. E. Ahues, Dr. E. W. Nelson, Chief of the Biological Survey, United States De- partment of Agriculture, arrived in town on the steamer Admiral Evans. H: was to be here for several days on official business. A very convenient fixture was placed in front of the Sanitary Plumb- ing Shop by Carl Drlica, the proprietor. It was an emery wheel operated by water power and was for the benefit of the public to sharpen knives |and other instruments. Fred Henning, whose mother and brother left on the Princess Alice for Seattle, took an apartment at the Zynda Hotel. Mrs. R. F. Richardson and daughter were to leave on the Princess Alice for Vancouver, Mrs. Richardson was to go to Western Canada. hson of Holy Trinity Cathedral, was The Very Rev. G. D. Christians : {0 leave on the Princess Alice for Seattle to attend the Provincial Synod of the Episcopal Church. He was the delegate from Alaska. | o e — e e i Weather condition: Clear. | HOROSCOPE ||, 1 A e The stars incline |11 Daily Lessons in English w. 1. corpon | % 5| & oo e e e ot e e e ) GET e | : WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I do not get enthused about S e his books.” Say, “I do not get ENTHUSIASTIC about his books.” Adverse aspects are dominant to- day which is particularly trying to |men in high | Employees may be difficult to di | rect and labor troubles may be easi-| ly precipitated. Heart and Home: Women are under a configuration that may en- courage self-centered ideas. In the home, members may easily irritate one another. Young folk may be in- xiety. Boys will seek adventure. Military training will absorb in- terest and aviation will gain many | |applicants for intensive instruction The stars presage marvelous attain- ment among American fliers who will enjoy advantages throug novel inventions. Business | Affairs Conservative lines may prove tg be | As the| campaign advances the contest will appear more and even. Party funds will be more able among Republicans than' :&h Democrats, if the stars are tly read. Women will prove their @ffi- within par {ciency in campaign work, but Mwill | be expected to feel that they miust| be unselfish in donating service fox which men are well paid. International Affairs: Mexico continues under ronflguracion%m bodes peril to friendly relations with the United States. Fifth column ac- tivities will gain power. Before the end of a year some scrt of an ul- timatum from Washington will be sent to the southern neighbof. In Southern California groups will work secretly for the advancement of subversive plans. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of some un- certainties and perplexities. Extra- ordinary caution in love affairs as well as business connjections is recommended. Children born on this day prob- ably will be sturdy in mind and body. Subjects of this sign will be perseverinz, prudent and success- ful, but inclined toward extrava- gance and love of display. (Copyright, 1940) thun may head the entire commun- ications staff of the Alaska Defense Force, although no official orders to this effect have yet been received. Major Davis and Major Vitzthun plan to fly to Nome tomorrow be- fore returning to Anchorage. . - — Yous Her Last One -, From now on this French girl will have to eat her ice cream out of some other contamer than the cake e o Vnder gov I - | The Laly Alaska mmpire m the Signal Corps or Air Corps men, There is a possibility Major Vitz- largest paid circulation of any Al~ !aska newspaper. executive positions. { |spired by ambitions that cause an- OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Area. Pronounce a-re-a, first A as in ATE, E as in ME unstressed, second A as in ASK unstressed, accent first syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Install; two L's. Withal; one L. | SYNONYMS: Accomplish, attain, achieve, perform, effect, fulfill, !.m ute ' WORD STUDY a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: | PHLEGMATIC; sluggish; indifferent; not easily aroused. (Pronounce irst syllable FLEG, E as in BEG, accent second syllable). “The most phlegmatic dispositions often contain the most inflammable spirits.”"— Hazlitt. MODERN ETIOUETTE o ROBERTA LEE o | { methods are recommended to Am-| Q. Should one ever write a sarcastic or ill-tempered letter? erican men in important lines of A. Never. An excellent rule to adopt, when one has such an urge, manufacturing. Merchants willhave! . . . {1 letter, hold it until the next morning, read it again, and |a continued trade which gains 80cd | ;¢ (v e instances out of a hundred the letter will be altered, or | prefits. In commercial vrmd.lll-‘»'- TS :;‘))\Sz’:t:lxtwlvl\:vlu::?&:' l:;dll)lll:‘l’)::;rl ” Q. When ceting in the J\‘T‘l'n;.'t\ ru.j.imu'nvm. w'hex:e :he meal costs 35, but the stars presage surprisivs| 40, cr 50 cents, how much should a person give as a tip? 4))10\[)8!‘1!‘/ despite apparent perils A. Ten cents is sufficient |to leading industries. Mobilizing of Q. Should a girl w ring other than the engagement ring on the raw materials will be fortunate.. | third finger of the left hand? National Issues: Friendly enemies | A. No: it should be wern on the right hand, or some other finger of | the left hand. v - e 3. < 2~ | 100K and LEARN ¥ ¢ coroon | e e s e oy 1. What is the second largest state in the Union, and the second - - ) ) 0 smallest? 2. How long does the average dream last? 3. What is the color-carrying portion of the eye called? 4. Which tire on an automobile averages more punctures than any other? 5. What is the normal life-span of a cat? ANSWERS: 1. California, second largest; Delaware, second smallest. Rhode Island are the largest and smallest states. 2. According to scientists, about five seconds. 3. The iris. 4. The right rear tire. 5. From 12 to 15 years. 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