The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 26, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire 3 COMPANY ts, Juneau, Alaska. Published every even! EMPIRE PRIN Second and Main Str HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD President Vice-President and Business Manager Litered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RAT! Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates One vear, in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00 month, in advance, §1.25 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the uge for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ther- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in_San Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE 1011 American Bank Buildin Gilbert A. Wellington, AN ALASKA ROAD SYSTEM Out of the rush to fortify Alaska against a trans-Pacific threat which becomes more menacing every day will come more than airfields, naval bases and troop barracks. Some of the important by-products of the Alaska defense program will be better communications, faster and more dependable | means of transportation and, most important of all to the development of the Territory, new roads. The Signal Corps is already working on plans to extend telephone service such as now exists be- tween Juneau, Ketchikan and Seattle to Sitka, An- chorage and Fairbanks. This communications link will have a tremendous effect on Alaskan business, quite apart from its value from a defense stand- point. News dispatches from Wwashington the other day told of the House Appropriations Committee asking Congress to appropriate $238,000 for construction of a Coast Guard radio station in the “Juneau District,” which Rear Admiral Russell Waesche, Commandant of the Coast Guard, says probably means Ketchikan. This will take part of its present heavy load off the‘ Signal Corps, enabling it to give better service to| sboth service and civilian patrons. ax the 4 Tgasons, given by Pan American Air- %flys in its announcement that the airmail service between Seattle and Juncau would be continued the year ‘round was that the service is “considered par- ticularly important in the Territory and by Federal Government officials in view of the widespread ac-| tivity in the Territory in connection with the na- tional defense program.” Thus all Alaskans benefit ®rom service improved primarily for the Army and Navy. Similar improvement of steamship and rail- road service is largely due to the defense program. bui Alaska’s greatest gain, it now appears, will be la roads, the connection of existing random high- ways into an integrated system. Naturally enough, the Army wants to be able to move trucks, guns, troops and supplies by highway between Anchorage and Fairbanks in event the vulnerable Alaska Rail- road should be put out of commission. Today it would be possible for a single enemy plane to com- | | Southeast Alaska. | flict. age reinforcements with one well-placed bomb on a railroad trestle. While troops were being moved by makeshift transportation down the Kenai Peninsula to Seward, across the Gulf of Alaska by water and inside by way of the Richardson Highway, untold mischief could be done by an invader. The Army insists upon a road connecting the present Anchorage road system with the Richardson dighway., A few weeks ago Hawley Sterling, Assist- ant Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission, oack-packed across the route on a reconnaissance (rip. The proposed road, one’ which would cost $1,500,000 to build across some of the most difficult| terrain in Alaska, has now been placed “at the top of the list” of Alaska Road Commission new con- struction projects. The cost of the road, large as it is in compari- son with what Alaska has been able to spend on roads in recent years, is hardly an item in a de- fense program which Congressmen say is likely to run to $15,000,000 per year for the next four years in Alaska alone. The benefit of such a road to the development of Alaska would be almost incalculable. It would be the skeleton upon which a real Alaska road sys- tem could be built, Ultimately it would draw branches from all the rest of Alaska, even from It would give Alaska development a push which woull send it far. More power to the national .defense program which is bringing so much of lasting benefit to Alaska The Nation’s Call to Service (Philadelphia Record) In his proclamation setting October 16 as regis- tration day under the selective draft, President Roo- sevelt restated, simply and eloquently, the objectives of the nation’s defense program. We cannot possibly improve on his words: | “The method is fair, it is sure; it is democratic —it is the will of our people. “On that eventful (registration) day my genera- tion will salute their generation. May we all renew within our hearts that conception of liberty and that way of life which we have all inherited. May we all strengthen our resolve to hold high the torch of freedom in this darkening world so that our chil- dren and their children may not be robbed of their rightful inheritance. “America stands at the crossroads of its destiny. The terrible fate of nations whose weakness invited attack is too well known to us all. We must and will marshal our great potential strength to fend off war from our shores. We must and will prevent our land from becoming a victim of aggression.” The spirit of the President’s proclamation is the American spirit. It is the spirit of historic leader- ship in maintaining our liberty by maintaining our means to defend it. It is so that we were kept free in the past; it is so that we shall be free in the| future. The terms of the draft, as outlined by the Presi- | dent, are simple and clear. They constitute a call| to service, not to war; a call to training, not to con-| They are the insurance of our peace. 1 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1940 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lorraine English John S. Dapcevich Mrs. Henry Baman Mrs. James Ramsay Jr. Charles Talmage M. W. Dorman Mrs. Albert E. Goetz Kenneth Shudshift Mrs. E. H. Clifford John Nickinovich William Litchfield Ruth Torkelson John Newmarker Mrs L. R. Smith IR HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ¢ ST FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 - After the early morning, adverse planetary aspects rule today. While there is a good sign for men in high positions, financiers and bankers, the stars frown upon workers in many fields of effort. Heart and Home: Women are well directed under this sway which exacts unselfish service. Family ties will strengthen as the mad world suffers abroad, deflect- ing troubles and anxieties to the United States. Many love affairs will mark the autumn and the re- mainder of the year as the young reach out for happiness. Marriag- es will multiply and economic ob- stacles will be ignored. Business Affairs: Industry will suffer from labor difficulties. Strikes are forecast, Workers will profit as taxpayers contribute to the general weifare. Unemployment | will greatly decrease as the gov- national defense. Foods will' vary Goodby to Spinach (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Some extraordinary award for bravery should be bestowed on the technicians of the New York State Agricultural Department. Flying in the face| of all the vitamin fanatics who are attempting to| make us a nation of grass eaters, these New York diet experts have come out with the bold assertion that one cup of tomato juice will provide all the vitamin C an ordinary person’s system can use in| a day, in addition to a fair portion of vitamin A. | probably the first time since vitamins were dtscov-‘ ered that anyone has dared suggest they could be| found adequately in a palatable food. It has become almost a tradition that these health-giving elements will hang out in nothing thdt goes down any easier than three and one-half tablespoons full of castor oil. Now we kow who it was that spread the false report that the tomato was a poison fruit. It was| those gents who were getting ready to foist spinach| on us! Whatever you say about the Italian fleet, you have pletely isolate the Interior Alaska base from Anchor- to admit it's pretty quick on the rudder. Washingfon Mefl'_- 6o-Round will New Deal, let it be known privately that they raise personal objections to Stark’s confirmation if he isnamed| draft administrator. Clark is anti- but Truman has a 100| which will be rushed into print. BILL GREEN REBUFF | Representative Abe Murdock’s smashing primary triumph inUtah |in cost as winter begins and me | price of bread increases. Amencan | merchants and manufacturers will abstain from profiteering. National Issues: Although the feel- ing of war's menace will be gen- eral on the Atlantic coast, resi- dents on the Pacific coast will be ess apprehensive than conditions warrant. An incident in the Orient will awaken the people to the se- |cret advancement of Japanese What makes this stand courageous is that it is| plans to dominate the Philippines| and other important islands, Di- plomacy, subtle and far-reaching, will be unfavorable to the United States in which many Japanese spies have been working for three decades. International Affairs: European conditions will become more diffi- cult to accept as winter draws near. Malefic planetary influences will affect India. Seismic disturbances are indicated in the Orient. There are aspects read as inspiring for the British who will demonstrate more and more the splendid fiber of the people of the long-dominant Empire, There are still evil por- tents for the Navy. Epidemics will affect many nations of Europe where under-nourishment will re- duce resistance to disease. | ernment pays the wages of thou-| | sands employed in preparedness rur- (Continued from Page One) successor, Henri Haye, who is great personal friend of Bullitt's. Reason for the French desire a to have Bullitt back is that they| realize they cannot be enemies of Britain and friends with the Unit- ed States at the same time, and they want to heal the diplomatic breach with the United States, One important reason for this is| to get food to France. With Bul-| litt in Vichy, they at least canrep- resent their viewpoint. Another purpose might be to re- sume diplomatic relations with Britain, The British are willing to| negotiate any time the French take the initiative, and Bullitt might pe the intermediary. NOTE—What happens to food brought to France is illustrated by the disposal of a shipload of 8,000 sheep obtained from Northern Af-| rica. When they arrived at a Prench port, 5000 of them were appropriated by the Germans and Italians. percent Administration record and Roosevelt is not likely to rebuff him by appointing his enemy. NOTE — Colonel Donovan, World War hero and 1934 GOP candidate for Governor of New York, has been sounded out on the draft administrator post but indicated he did not want a desk Jjob. He intends to return to active military service, CONFIDENTIALLY YOURS When the President gave Claude Wickard his credentials as the new Secretary of Agriculture, Wickard handed the President a calling card | whiich &ead} *Cpnfijentially—I'm not for Willkie.” HATCHED AND UNHATCHED The “No Politics” sign has been hung up for the 100-odd business executives who are $1-a-year offici- als of the Defense Commission. In a confidential legal memoran- dum written by Blackwell Smith, acting General Counsel of the Commission, the business men are warned, that they come under the DRAFT ADMINISTRATOR Governor Lloyd Stark of Mis- souri, defeated last month in a primary attempt to unseat Sena-| tor Harry Truman, is angling for| |Hatch Act and engaging in the | campaign is taboo. If they want to @o political, quit their federal jobs, While this red light was being (“wild Bill") | was double-barreled. Besides un- seating veteran anti-New Deal Sen- ator William King, Murdock also administered a spanking to AFL President Willlam Green. In the closing days of the hot election, Green suddenly leaped into the fray with a letter to King, on official AFL letterhead, warmly endorsing him as a “genuine friend of the American Federation of Labor.” King made much of this, reproducing the letter throughout the state in large newspaper ad- vertisements. Murdock is a member of the| do! House committee investigating the National Labor Relations Board, where he vigorously opposed AFL proposals to axe the agency. So he countered with a coup of his own. He made public a “My Dear Abe” letter from Roosevelt. The President did not put the hand on Murdéck in so many words, but made it clear that he liked him and considered him a very important lieutenant. Mak- ing the most of the message, Mur- dock published it in big ads cap- tioned, “Elect Roosevelt’s Friend U. 8. Senator.” What Murdock did't know was they will have to| that Senator King tried to get just such a letter and failed. Before going out to Utah, King appointment as draft administra- | flashed on the defense officials, calledd on the President, and des- tor, a new office created by conscription act. White House. With his senatorial hopes dashed by a narrow margin and his term as Governor expiring the the green signal has been given pite a long and bitter record of U. S. Ambassadors and Ministers. ‘ anti-New Deal warring, asked him A World War veteran and suc-, There is nothing in the law bar- for an endorsement, When Roose- cessful business man and farmer,|ring them from campaigning, and velt shook his head, King then Stark is on close terms with me'nw\ can take the stump—provided proposed a “friendly little letter.” they get Secretary of State Hull. Ambassador Willlam Bullitt,| the okeh of their boss,| But the President smiled and said, “Sorry, Will. Not this time.” NOTE—Despite Green's letter this year, Stark is anxious to re- whose recent Independence Square and the fact that the CIO en- main in public life and, is pulling. broadcast stirred a hornet’s nest dorsed Murdock, AFL leaders in . wires to land the compulsory train- ing Jjob, . However, of isolationist outery, iouxh hurdles—Truman and Ben- more than 25,000 letters on his ads nett Ciark. ’flnss and is now busy expanding plans to| Utah campaigned for him openly. make a number of others on for=! he is up against two eign policy. Bullitt has received NLRB DILEMMA Inside reason for the hitch on the tment of Chairman J. .memvwmmmwawlm Madden 6f the National Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pro- gress, but it is wise to cut down family expenditures wherever eco- nomies are possible. Children born on this day prob- ably will be self-reliant, faithful and optimistic, These subjects of an air sign usually love beauty and the finer things of life. (Copyright, 1940) Labor Relations Board is that if he is given another five-year term, mmissioner William Leiserson i N intends to quit. Leiserson has nothing mflh against Madden. The two men get along very well. But when Leiser- son, in response to Roosevelt’s pleas, agreed to enter the NLRB cockpit to clean it up, he was promised ized to enable him to do this. Madden, while sincere, comscien- tious and idealistic, is not a strong administrator. Many of the Board’s difficulties could have been avoided by a better executive. For example, Madden has retained certain trouble - making officials whom the strongest friends of the NLRB have privately urged be elim- inated. The other Commissioner, Edwin Smith, also an earnest lib- eral, is even less an executive than Madden. It was the Presldents intention to replace Smith and Madden by offering them other jobs. But the European war broke, he became engrossed in foreign affairs and national defense, and the NLRB | problem went on the shelf—leaving Leiserson holding the bag. Every effort he has made to houseclean the agency has been blocked by Madden and Smith. Now Madden’s term has expired and Leiserson is insisting that Roo- sevelt make good his promise. Roo- sevelt is willing to reorganize the that the Board would be reorgan-! from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 26, 1920 That there was a probability cf the establishment of an Alaska sub- station for the Coast and Geodetic Survey was indicated in information received here from Washington by Gov. Thomas Riggs. That the development of the pulp and paper industry in Alaska was to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue to the Territory, was the statement made by Col. W. B. Greely, Chief Forester, in a letter received here, A real estate deed of some importance was put through in city prop- erty when the Henry Shattuck lots and building at he corner of Front Street and Ferry Way was disposed to Michael George of the Leader Department Store, With a crew of 45 men employed, working at Speel River, the Alaska Pulp and Paper Company was rushing preparations for an early opening. Juneau's population had increased more than 20 per cent since the 1020 census was taken. The official figures were 3,126 and according to the Dynes Alaska Directory Company there had been an increase of 639 | since the last census was taken. Leo. Kennedy, one of the foremen on construction at the Alaska Pup and Paper Company's plant at Speel River, was in Juneau for a few days. Weather condition: Cloudy. Daily Lessons in English %. 1. corpon - P -0 D D Dl - DO S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Please direct all of your communications to this office.” Say, “Please ADDRESS all (omit of) your communications to this office.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Gone. not as in OF, often heard. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Alumnus (masculine), singular. Alumni, alumnae; plural. Pronounce the O as in COST, alumna (feminine); tiness, arrogance. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: DOCILE; disposed to be taught; easy to manage. (Pronounce the O as in OF). “A docile disposition will, with application, surmount every difficulty.”—Manlius. o camomm e MODERN ETIQUETTE ** roprrra LEE e e o e e} Q. When a young man takes a girl out to dinner, and she knows he | doesn’t carn much .money, should she be very modest in what she orders? A. Yes, but she shouldn't overdo it. invited her if he didn't "have the money, The young man would not have and if she ordered merely a sandwich and coffee, he would resent it. Q. Should one turn down the ccrner of a borrowed book to mark his place? | A. Never; nor should he do co in any book. It is just as easy to use a piece of paper. Or a good way is to use a rubber band, placing it around the pages read. Q. Can you give a list of about six subjects that should be avoided | in general conversation? A. Yes. Six topics that should be avoided are accidents, disease, death, dress, money, and personal domestic affairs. LOOK and LEARNA C. GORDON 0 D e DD - < - D 1. How many people in the United States reach voting age each year? 2. What common English word meahs a color, and also means a noise? 3. What President of the United States had his son-in-law as a member of his Cabinet? 4. What is an octogenarian? 5. What state of the Union is a Spanish word meaning “red”? ANSWERS: 1. Approximately 2,000,000 people become 21 years of age each year. 2. Hue. 3. Woodrow Wilson had his son-in-law, William G. McAdoo, as Secretary of the Treasury. 4. A person between 80 and 90 years of age. 5. Colorado. Board but is up against two dil- emmas. = Madden would like to go on the bench, but doesn’'t want the U. S. Claims Court place already offered to him. He wants a Circuit Court. appointment. Also, Roosevelt has found it next to impossible to find a No. 1 man willing to' take the thankless grief that goes ‘with being NLRB chairman. Two. who. have| been_approached, Dr. Harry Millis of Chicago University and Dexter Keezer, Reed College president, re- plied, “Nothing doing.” Smith could solve the problem by quitting. His term has only a few more months to run, he is well fixed and certain not to be reap- pointed because he couldn't be con-! | firmed. If Smith stepped out now, Madden could be renamed and a new member found who would co- | operate with Leiserson. Under these conditions Leiserson would remain. But when Secretary Perkins privately proposed this to| Smith, he flatly refused. ! NOTE—Because the expiration of | Madden’s term left only two mem- | bers on the Board, it disposed of { 34 cases in the ‘week-end before| he departed. his was equivalent to two weeks work and cleaned up the calendar for the present, (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) e HONOR SYSTEM | & OKLAHOMA CITY.—Senior high school students will write their own excuses for absence.| Says City Superintendent H. E.| Wrinkle: “When a student rean:hefi senior high school age, he ought' tatuesque Shltlv to be old enough and mpcmflshle St as America’s most enough to make his signature’ 'm preside as “Qu-n d Tlfu mean something.” | sion” and chairman of ———e———— | nmt -uuufinl The Daily Alaska Emprre guaran- tees the largest aily circulation of any Alaska newspaper. 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