The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 1, 1940, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE P} ING COMPANY Second and Main Stree! HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD Junesu, Alasks. - - President nd Business Manager Vice-Presiden Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid. at the following rates One year, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $6.10; one month, in advance, £1.25 Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published hereln. ALASEA CIRCULATION GUARANTE’ED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Iic., National Newspaper Representa- tives, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE—Gilbert A American Bank Building Wellington, 1011 | | | A GRIM GAME So poison gas is to be used in the Battle of Britain! Berlin hints it; London has long suspected it; the rest of the world has had no reason to believe that one of the horrible weapons of the last war would not be used in this. It should have been obvious from the first that gas would be made use of as soon as the going got really tough for either side, Although it is tech- nically “illegal,” ponson gas is a perfectly natural weapon in an all-out war. Each side uses whatever force it can muster to prevail. Poison gas is a known force with devastating effect. No one would | censure England for using gas to repel an invasion of her shores by the enemy. Should Englishmen, knowing the uses of poison gas, stand and see their| island taken by a relentless conqueror, just because they wanted to abide by a set of rules which has been violated so many times by the other side that it can be said to no longer exist? Why shouldn't Hitler, on the other hand, use gas in making good a landing on English shores? If he doesn't make the landing he has lost the war; if he doesn't use gas he probably will not be able to make the land- ing. A careful consideration of the fine points of international law cannot be expected to deter him | one moment. The old saying “all is fair in love and war” is at least half true. It is true as far as war is con- cerned. War itself is unfair and unreasonable. Why should the weapons it makes use of be any less so? ‘The only thing which will keep gas from being used is the fear of retaliation, the certain knowledge by the German masters that their own soldiers and civilians would be gassed very soon after they had turned loose a gas attack on England. Both sides are known to have immense stores of poison gas, very likely of new and more terrible improvisations on the 1918 varieties, It is an axiom of warfare that there is a de- fense for every type of offense. Tanks at first were invincible until hard-hitting anti-tank guns were devised, along with land mines and tank traps to handicap their use against prepared positions. So it is with bombing planes and dive bombers. | Despite the vulnerability of their position and their inferiority in the air, the British showed that there is a remedy for accurate bombing of military ob- jectives in devices like barrage balloons, fighter planes and anti-aircraft artillery using such inno- vations as “spaghetti shells” loaded with long| streamers of tough steel ribbons to enmesh enemy aircraft. These defense arrangements took such a toll of German raiders that the Nazis were forced to modify their original blitzkrieg plans, and to fall back on night riding and indiscriminate bombing, This ad- mittedly placed the defense again at an extreme: dis- advantage, as witnessed by the fact that London was blasted unmercifully by German bombers which unloaded a rain of death from so high an altitude that, in the darkness, they were largely immune to anti-aircraft fire. But again, apparently, the defense has caught up with the offense. London’s defenders turned out their searchlights and worked out a scientific pattern of anti-aircraft fire which blanketed the air above London so completely that raiders dared not ven- ture into the maelstrom of shrapnel. And it worked, for one night at least. It was expensive, with an estimated 500,000 shells flung into the air during the night, and it undoubtedly is wearing upon the| anti-aireraft guns. But it warded off another night of terror and v destruction. By the time this appears in print, the Germans may have found other means of circumventing the defense. But the British, one may be sure, will in turn checkmate that, too. The war may hinge upon their ingenuity. The answer to polson gas is the gas mask, which is 100 percent effective against every known variety of gas practicable in warfare, England distributed gas masks to the entire population at the beginning of the war and required that the masks be carried at all times; so did Germany, These arrangements may have been upset by the long period in which the war has been goihg on and poison gassing has not. People naturally become careless under such conditions. Poison gas will add a horrible new note to the war, but in view of the known probabilities, not a decisive one. | An Optimistic Report (Cincinnati Enquirer) It is an optimistic picture which the United States Army officers painted upon their return from a military mission to London. They say that bad weather makes actual invasion of England not only unlikely, but perhaps impossible, Brigadier General George Strong, Assistant Chief of Staff of the War Plans Division, reports that German bombings “have not affected the British morale at all” and—more important even than that—they have accomplished only a comparatively small amount of military dam- age. The General said that if the present tactics were continued by the Germans at the same rate it| would be a year or more before the air blitzkrieg becomes “a serious sort of thing.” Such reports, of course, are subject to human fallibility. But General Strong and his associates on the mission were under no obligation to confirm the reports which come through the British censorship. As neutral observers, charged with the responsibility of reporting the facts to their government, their only interest is in an accurate report. And had it looked black for the British, they were free to say so—or, at least, to keep silent. The fact that they chose to speak indicated a willingness to risk their reputation on the accuracy of their report. The news from Europe has tended to give many Americans a more or less distorted impression of the trend of the battle of Britain. Grimly realistic, news reports from London describe frightful damage done by German bombers. They have not had a counter- part in German frankness. For reasons best known to itself, the German censorship seldom admits dam- age done by British raiders, except in the isolated | instances when a cause celebre is made of a stray bomb hit upon a hospital or children’s institution. The Nazi government’s prestige would be greatly re- duced if the German people were permitted to know the full extent of the damage the nation Js suffer- ing. The British government’s prestige, on the other hand, would be reduced if it gave the English people reason to suspect that it was not dealing frankly with them. Newspaper Men (New York Times) That correspondents of American newspapers are men of courage, men who have always made their personal safety a secondary matter in the per- formance of their duties, was established long before the current Battle of Britain. But today in London, by scores, representing individual newspapers from coast to coast, radio broadcasting services and great| news-gathering organizations that serve the whole| Western Hemisphere, they are carrying on amid the horrors of the bombings in a manner finely worthy of the traditions of their profession. Working under tremendous strain, undeterred by bombs that fre- quently have barely missed them, they have done valiant service. There are no crosses, “Victoria,’ | “Military,” or otherwise, for them. Yet they have their rewards in the consciousness of duty well done. And they know that their comrades at home are proud of them. g THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, OCT. 1, 20 YEARS AGO % eMPIRE OCTOBER 1, 1920 For the purpose of inspecting the season’s work and closing opera- tions for the winter in a number of places where winter work was impossible, Col. James G. Steese, President of the Alaska Road Com- mission, was to leave on the Northwestern for a trip of several weeks to the Interior. 1940. ° Headed by Coach A. B. Phillips, the following 1920 football squad lineup at the Juneau High School was announced: Charles Perelle, Stan- ley ‘Jorgenson, Allen Fortney, LeRoy Vestal, Bill Clark, Arden Peabody, James Barragar, Johnny Janeksela, Roy Whitney, Leonard Holmquist, Jacob Britt, James McNaughton, Benjamin Burford, Bill Kirkland, Stewart Holt and Allen Sha}uuckA HAPPY BIRTHDAY OCTOBER 1 J. E. Barragar Jr. J. L. Ahlers Terry Crondahl Joan Molyneaux Terrence Magorty Mrs. J. E. Neate W. H. Clark Mrs. Frank Dufreshe Richard Harris Jr. Edna Liston Mrs. Tom Cole Mrs. M. W. Dorman — 4 HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ‘WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 This is a fortunate day, for ben- efic aspects to rule. The morning is auspicious for the activities of women, especially for those serv- ing the nation - in philanthropic work. It is a lucky date for sign- ing contracts or other legal papers. "Heart and Home: Women of ex- ecutive ability will be in demand. Many who have retired from active business will now be sought for tasks where experience counts. The care of children will be of widen- ing interest. Food preparation will continue to be of greatest impor- tance. It will now he more fash- fonable to study recipe books than bridge rules. The schools will adapt study courses to .unusual needs as American ideas are ap- sorbed by young refugees, The seers | declare that the making of a super! race is possible, Business Affairs: Small and minor factories will profit as the imperative need of organized| effort is recognized. The trend A. No. It is presumptuous to do ro. toward self-sufficiency in com-| Q. When one is to have a small wedding in the minister's home, is munities will be beneficial. Dwell-} it all right to send wedding announcements? ers of cities will seek the simple A. Yes. life in villages and towns. Relief| Q. Isn't it ill-bred to applaud at the theatre or opera? agencles will gain in justice and| A Not in the least. One should applaud. efficiency as their administration| IS tUrNEd OVET 10 IMEN QNG WOINETL | 4 ommm e o e s oo om0 o e e o a: ) o - T - > S familiar with persons in the dis- | tricts they serve. < - LO 0 K a nd L EA R IA?/ ‘C. GORDON National Issues: The terms “radi- Luncheons were being served in the Domestic Science room every day at the school by Harriet Sey and Liberty Worden. George Anderson, piano man, came back to Juneau on the Admiral Evans after a business trip to Ketchikan. Robert Scott, Juneau broker, returned on the Admiral Evans after a visit to various cities in Southeast Alaska. James Dempsey, a pioneer carpenter of this vicinity, who was at this time employed at Thane, was in the city. J. L. Backstrom, Assistant United States Attorney, arrived here on the Admiral Evans after a vacation trip to the States. Weather condition: Rain. e - - A D D e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox ) et 2 et )+l WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am going to try an experiment.” Say, “MAKE an experiment.” An experiment is a trial or test. One would not say, “I am going to test a test.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Limousine. Pronounce lim-0o-zen, OO as in BOOK, E as in ME, principal accent on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Annihilate; two N'S and two I's. SYNONYMS: Big, bulky, huge, massive. 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: APOTHEGM; a short, pithy, and instructive saying. (Pronounce ap-o- them, A as in AT, accent first syllable). “A good apothegm is often a safe master to follow.” - e e 1 - MODERN ETIQUETTE * ropgrra rem e s s e ey shops | Q. When visiting in the home of a friend, and a box of candy is | open en the table, isn't it all right for a guest to help himself without an invitation? 8 i cal” and | “communist” now gwill S e IS s—Y cause serious trouble among o, ocrats. Suspicions based on#col- 1. What is the approximate weight of the human heart? lege and parlor groups that wve 2. What is the capital of South Dakota? experimented with odd ideas will 3. Of what is parchment made? be prevalent as fifth column in-‘ 4. What is a C. P. A.? vestigations broaden. Women will 5. Which is the largest lake in Europe? assume leadership (in organig ns ANSWERS: that have advocated peace under 1 ‘Abont 40’ obinces foreign inspiration. Pacifists and gy e isolationists will vanish as patrio-| 2 FPieme tism of the real American brand 3. Skin, usually of sheep or goat. gains complete domination. 4. Certified Public Accountant. International Affairs: Foreign as- 5. Lake Ladoga, in northeastern Russia; 7,000 square miles. Roosevelt, “for a while it looked t——r—o——— as if I was going to miss out.Here I_IELP AN | I was President of the United| States and I couldn't get a post| i office for my home town. It was| l ALASKAAT tough.” trologers foresee a truce or tem- porary cessation of hostilities be- fore winter sets in. The new Moon of October is believed to presage for the British government great aid or support from dominions and colonies outside India, Shipping comes under a better rule of the stars which seems to indicate pro- tection for the fleets defending the Empire. Aid along new lines from the United States is prognosti- cated. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good fortune. Gain in the artistic world is forecast for women. Men will en- Telephone 713 or write The Alaska Territorial Employment Service for this qualified worker. DRY CLEANER-BUSHELMAN— Woman, single, age 54, Five years’ experience busheling, fancy pressing. Call for ES 184. > ——— Rcosevelt explained that he fin-| | ally got the post office only after| | postal authorities agreed to share| | the building with county and other| | Federal agencies as a considerable saving in retals. “That was proper, too,” Roose- velt concluded. “That should be the| guiding rule for all government spending—for the maximum public in dry cleaning shops,|’ Second Street Washingfon Memy- ~ ment appeared in the want-ad sec~: plane engine roaring through one | tion of a Washington daily: “Club-| of these gas masses ignites it and women wanted to organize Willkie| causes an explosion which tears| | Clubs and distribute Willkie em-|the plane to pieces. That is the blems. Twenty percent commission.| way the British are reported to be directly in the contest. Room XXX, XXX H. St. N. W." I ACADEMIC: Dr. Endicott Pea-| body 83-year-old founder and hendu‘ | master for half a century of into German or Japanese hands. |famed Groton preparatory school, But, if Indo-China does decide | Which Roosevelt attended, is taking to set up a separate state, Colonel| DO cracks at the third term. An Jacemy was assured that his gov-|attempt by an Indianan to draw a| ernment could buy arms in this| hostile blast from him brought this country. 3 letter: —_— “I am entirely confident that Mr.| ANTI-BRITISH AMBASSADOR | Roosevelt neither wants to be dic-| New French Ambassador Henri- | tator nor contemplates taking steps Haye dropped in at a Washington, toward that position. He is in my' movie theatre the other day to Judgment a thoroughly loyal Am- see a newsreel of himself being erican with all that implies, I received upon his arrival, have no fear of trouble coming His Excellency scemed quite from a third term. The fact that pleased and intrigued at the pic- it is unprecedented means nothing. ture. Then the newsreel switched There Would be no progress if we to a shot of pro-British General de|Tequired a precedent every step.” | Gaulle, who has set up a provis-| { icnal “free” government in Lon-| don and is attempting to rally| pyeaing new secret anti-atreraft Frenchmen in all parts of the world | weapon, which is described as e e 4 e, | Deither “gun, ray, nor balloon,” is dorpo:;'vjnbp fif;fn d”?;] dAl:’:I\:.:l %" the most ingenious defense instru- 7 g 4 ™ | ment the war has yet devised, ac-| | cording to military reports received | BATTLE NOTES here. DEMS: National Chairman Ed| It consists of a shell which when Flynn has quietly put his foot|fired by an anti-aircraft gun, ex- down against any campaign speak-| plodes at a desired level and re- ing by Mrs. Roosevelt. The First|leases a new kind of gas. This Lady has made no attempt to go|gas has the same density as air on the stump, but .certain inner|and does not cissipate. It holds to- circlers strongly urged it. Howevcr.‘ gether and constitutes a sort of Flynn is vigorously opposed, con-|invisible balloon. The gas is harm- tends that Mrs. Roosevelt can be|less—except when it explodes, and a lot more effective by not engag-|then it possesses tremendous de- structive power, Explosion ‘s by ignition, An' atr- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) SECRET BRITISH WEAPON I, using it} LABOR AND DEFENSE Communities seeking new de- fense industries might find a valu- able lesson in what nearly befell the town of Gadsden, Ala. The Army decided to build a shell plant there. But when this reached labor officials, they en- tered vehement protests. Reason was Gadsden’s long and harsh anti-union recora. Among laborites, Gadsden s known as one of the “toughest” anti-union cities in the country. Several years ago, when Sher- man Dalrymple, head of the CIO Rubber Workers Union, headed a drive to organize the workers in the rubber factories there, he was beaten and ordered to leave. And only a few months ago, when he arrived to address a big union rally, he was informed that the hall, previously engaged, had Just been canceled. Backed by telegrams and peti- tions from both AFL and CIO sources, Defense Commissioner Sid- ney Hillman and his Labor Ad- visory Committee assailed the Army’s plan to locate the shell | plant in Gadsden. They insisted that it be built somewhere else. The Army admitted the validity of the attack, but contended it was strategically necessary to lo- cate the plant in Gadsden because of the availability of raw mater- ials. In order mot to obstruct vital | finally withdrew their objections, |and there was objection to placing gage in military affairs, Children born on this day proba- bly will be extremely clever., Those born late in the afternoon may have literary talents. (Copyright, 1940) but only after obtaining explicit assurances that the labor records of communities would be carefully considered in locating future de- fense industries. ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS You wouldn't think it, but cording to the Fresident he has had trouble getting personal pa- tronage himself. In fact as he ex- plained it to Representative Tom| Flaherty of Massachusetts the other day, he was flatly turned down on a post office building. Flaherty, an old friend and strong supporter, called on Roose- velt to discuss plans for a new veterans' hospital near Boston. Dif- ficulty had arisen over the site because a large naval hospital al- ready existed at nearby Chelsea, ac- two service hospitals close to- gether. “I can see that the site is of paramount importance,” the Presi- dent agreed. “Great care must be exercised to locate such fnstitn-f tions where there is definite need for them and where they will do the most public good.” r Then, leaning back in his chair, he grinned and told Flaherty he could sympathize with him as he too had had patronage trouble, He had tried to ger a post office for Hyde Park, N. Y., but with little 50 defense production the labor chiefs “Why, Tom, you know,” _related good and need.” (Copyright, 1940, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc.) ‘The Daily Alaska Empire guaran- | tees the largest daily circulation of any Alaska newspaper. Alien kcgfstratfon Under Way Hope-Gill Registration of 40,000 allens in . way with the post office Bureau of Information in Professional Fraternal Societies Gastineau Channel Directory B. 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